The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-04
A SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED,
Too Strong a Flow Of Natural
Gas in the Night Time
BURNS A BELLAIRE SCHOOL.
The Fifth Ward There without u
Temple of Education Since Ncs-
terday MornIng--othcr Local
News From Bcllairc.

The Fifth ward or "Grayel Hill"
school house, at Bellaire, burned yester'
day morning at $3.50 o'clock. The build
ing is u complete wreck, The fire was
caused by the natural gas coming OH too
strong during the night, The ianitress
was cleaning all day on Saturday, and
was at the building at 10 o'clock, Every
thing was all right when she left, The
gas theory seems to be the only one ten.
able, us the fires were burning slightly
in all the stoves, The loss will probably
reach $4,000, including furniture and
and all, Tho house was insured in the
Royal, with Husbands 4 Inskeep, for
$500, and in one or two other compa.
MES for smaller amounts,
The fire originated in Miss WyriCk's
roOm-No. Sand the loss to the teach
ers and scholars Of books and other little
inCidentals will be considerable, Crowds
viewed the ruins all day yesterday, not
withstandlng the weather,
pRIEFs FROM nRLLAIRE.
DR., G. i, Kurz is still quite Ill,
Solomon Schwab has a slight attack Of
gastric fever,
Several chicken coops have had night
visitors lately,
Betsy Bobbctt at the First Presbyterian
Church Friday, March s,
Mart Smith and family have moved
here from Viola, Kansas.
The SteubenvilIe school teachers visit.
ed the Bellaire schools last week,
The BelIaire ran from here to Wheel
ing Saturday after tho Catholic fair.
Miss Clair Scott begins q weeks en-
gagement here tonight in "Lucretia
BOrgia,"
The Wenner cadets expect a grand
time at their fair and festival on tho 9th
and 18th.
Miss Ella Wier will leave this week 10
Gil her old position with u Philadelphia,
Pa, book firm,
A steel workers. committee conferred
with President Wilson, Of tho nail coin.
pany, Saturday,
Great crowds watched tho corn train
pass, from the Baltimore 4 Ohio bridge
here Saturday night,
George NJ. Jacques, OF the Crockery
and Glassware Journal, was in the city
last week on business.
Ex.Judge @. W. Carroll, OF St. Olairs-
vile, passed through on his way to Wash
ington, D. O., Saturday.
Rev, Il, Rush Swope, OF Wheeling,
will confirm class at the Episcopal
Church tomorrow night.
Tie new Ohio Valley Foundry Com
pany will build two new cupalos. Work
has already begun on them.
Roy Romick was attacked with very
severe and sudden pains in tho head
tho other night, but after very severe
remedies no was soon all right again.
John shonberg, who had an arm
broken by fall Of soapstOne at SChick's
mines here, was also hurt internally,
and will have hard work to pull through,
Tue workmen at the steel plant here
arc drawing about one third as much pay
under tho new system Of steel making
as under the old-$3i then, against $l2
now.
Quite a time was had with the time
lock in the safe OF the First National
Bank here, and depositors, with others,
had to wait until the thing got ready to
open.
Ross GilIin, who has been down SO
long with rheumatism, Is no better. His
limbs were all drawn up and in trying
to straighten them tho leaders were In
iured, and his sulferings are intense
now.
The Meyers Manufacturing Company,
OF Covington, KY, have fac simiic let
letter from little daughter OF S. O.
Cummins in IN advertisement in Harp
er'S for March. She had asked them for
one OF their novelties,
The residence OF Mr.. ]. Lashley, out
the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati
Railway, was partially burned on satur.
day morning. The fire was discovered
in time and quenched. The loss will
probably reach $500. 1t was caused by
building fire with shaylngs,
Below arc the names OF the stockhold.
ers In the new Ohio Valley Foundry
Company: I. NJ, Strong, ]. L. FawCett,
II. j. Alexander, II. NJ. Lewis, II. Roe
mer and John Parks. The necessary
$4,000 capital stock has been sub
scribed and the charter received: More
could have been raised. Work will be.
gin at once, and report has 1t that Mr..
.. NJ. Strong WILDE the new secretary,