The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-03
BELLAiRE.
All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.

XIV NAAhb ShIs
The commission to locate the insane
ASYLUM somewhere in Eastern Ohio will
be here on Wednesday next, and at
Steubenville on the following day, St.
ClairsyiIle will hold meeting this
evening to formulate plans to present
some OF the farms in that region. The
project is one Of such importance TO the
county in which it may be located that
there should be united front presented
to the commission. Bellaire is not GER
tain that any OF the sites that will be
proposed from here will answer all Of
the requirements, and'it not the people
here who arc interesting themselves in
the matter are not OF the class to at
tempt to prejudice the commission
against any other part OF this county.
Indeed, it has already been suggested
that there are places out about Lewis
Mills or st. Clairsvilie that should be
shown this commission. 3
Rev. 7. W. Lane, whoi is a member Of
the Epworth Park committee on pro.
gramme for this season, shows list OF
the persons who have engaged to DO at
the Burr's Mills camp, ground this sum-
mer Dean Wright will be there
throughout the meeting. Jahu Dewitt
Miller will deliver one Of his lectures,
DR.. E. i. Eaton, an astronomer, will be
present with his instruments, and give
two lectures and other lessons of inter-
est. DIR. Moore, editor Of the Western
Christian Advocate, and Brooks and
Robertson, with reading and music
specialties, and on Pioneers day Hon.
John A. Bingham will be present.
The talk OF the Transformation Of the
B., H. & G. II. r. into a broad guage is
again revived and with probable truth
rs d basis this time. II is proposed to
shorten the road so that it will be
about the same length as the B. & o.
Tho route as laid out by recent sur
vey will parallel the Cincinnati. Wheel
ing 4 New York railway. Tho road
runs from Cumberland, Guernsey coun-
ty, TO Senccaville; thence to Alledonia
on Oaptina creek, thence to Bellaire.
The road is liz miles long, and when
tho improvements are completed the
route will be thirty.four miles shorter.
The board of trade has suthorized
II, p. Loo to collect the unpaid sub.
scriptions to the Improvement fund in
this city. They have obligated them
selves to render assistance fora larger
sum than has been paid in, though not
ali OF what has been subscribed, and by
thoir acts, at least the efforts OF the
board contributed TO the fact that two
glass factories continue to operate
here. The subscriptions should be
paid Il the subscribers meant anything
when they acted.
There arc eighteen graduates in the
high school class hero this year and
the commencement will be next Thurs
dav evening. The class motto is ''Ad
Valorem," and the graduates are Misses
Mary Boyd, Bertha Brainard, Angie
Fowkes, Clara Gill, Florence Nevans,
Gertie Norcross, Eva Lichtenberger,
Nellie Meek, Mary Parks, Emma Reed,
Cora Rose Edith. Thompson, Anna
Workman and Mossrs. Cook Danford,
Jacob Heatherington, James Stewart,
Howard Wallace and Bert Hopkins.
Theinvestigatton OF the cause Of the
collision at tho railroad crossing in this
city placed tho blame on the Cleveland,
Lorain & Wheeling crow, especially the
engineer. Ho had no signal and ran
his train with such force that 1t jumped
the ties for 100 feet after reaching the
end OF the rail whore the track was dis.
connected. The guard rail is all that
prevented his being dumped into the
river oil the trestle.
Edgar, the ten-ycar old son OF Mrs.
Jessie Hill, whose tragic death at Clar-
ington has been recorded, was brought
home here by Mrs. &c. Morrill,, sister
OF tho dead woman, and given a home.
This is tho Oldest child by her first hus.
band.
Mr.. Alfred II. McElwary, OF, omcmee,
Ontario, and Miss Emma D. keyser
were married ut tho home OF the brides
father Henry Keyser, at Avondale,
juno /, by Rev. s. G. Collier, in the
presence Of only the immediate friends
Of the couple. They will so to Canada