The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-13

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''RusI psstileuee went forth b? night and day
SWtOping OuT rhcV liE5 Ruiuf1n leaves away.
p4Ggli oafet 10 weapon With terrific might,
And vi! was GC,UlSts. igGE And light:
Al suniAu ScGt,neA. all pf1JccS HE IN END;
ND power Oh Garth could mortal nha uoleudi
Ills naughty Gp!.l; bumJled 10 the dust,
Sought ia Onnlpoicncc ~ only trust;
All else RAs peti.Oui beneath the aEy,
Twas dcAlh to 'Afry vnd Twas dcSth 70 ny.
10 every suCct was seen the tumbllnS heA:se
fast .ca'ps 10 the grave the FREQUENT cJrsc,
Aad kear;.sicE mourners wandering to aud fro;
Dark days OF trouble. closed in nights Of woe
I'VE thought returning home with solemn tread,
To.inouow or tonight We rest among tic
dead
Ono Sabbath afternoon during the
midsummer OF the year OF which We
writo the bells on the boats lying ut
the wharf suddenly rung out continued
peals which were heard far away in the
prevailing stiffness and quiet Of the
day, startling tho people with their
noisy clamor, creating a state OF alarm
and excitement which spread through
out tho entire community, and caused
4 crowd speedily TO assemble TO in
qlire the cause OF such an unwonted
occurrence on the Sabbath.
The ccmmotion was explained by a
report which mad reached the city that
the citizens OF the town oil Bridgeport,
on tho opposite side of the OHIO river,
were panic stricken and had fled. leav-
ing the sick INTENDED and the dead I'M
buried.
Hence, the alarm when had been
sounded was for the purpose OF occur
ing volunteers TO 80 to them aud rem
dor needed assistance and attention.
Tho call was not Undecided, but met
with u prompt response.
The ferry boat which then piled be-
tween the Wheeling shore and the
Islend was o crowded with persons
OF both sexes, messengers OF mercy, who
hOstencd to the relief OF the uniortu-
nate denizens o: tie stricken village.
The report was doubtless exaggerated,
but whether so or not it is H fact that
no town nor city in the land suffered as
severely in proportion to the number OF
inhabitants as Bridgeport did.
On the site OF the present freight de-
pot OF the Baltimore K Ohio railroad i'll
Wheeling there was located at the time
Of which VIC write o factory known as
the point Cotton Factory" the ma
chinery of which had been removed,
and the building was used by the city
as a hospital Tor cholera. patients and
others suffering from contagious dis
eases, which had been placed under the
control and SUPPLEMENTARY Of Isaac
Burt, a most worthy and capable gen
tIeman. The building was wei! adapted
Tor the purpose for which it was used.
After the cholera ha abated, and the
inmates'had recovered or died, two per-
sons residing in Il small tenement stu.
ated about twenty yards from the fac
tory building on the bank OF the river,
about ten o'clock ono night were seated
at a window which looked out upon the
factory, when their attention was ar
rested by a light in the fret story or
machine room, moving towards the
spiral staircase which was erected on
the outside OF the building for commu-
nication with the upper stories on the
same.
As the light entered the rotunda its
rays shone through the lower window
and in q few moments il reap
peared at the window OF the second
platform and from thence passed into
the second story towards the east end
OF the building, when to their great as
constituent it flashed out with the
power and intensity OF 4 dozen lamps
on the yard beneath, seemingly through
a door in the north end OF the picking
room. The persons who were witnesses
OF the phenomena were not alarmed, as
it was common WHEN there were sick
persons in the building to see lights at
night borne by the attendants shining
through the windows as they were COM
PEELED to pass IN or down the stairs.
At the time it was supposed by them
that a patient had been brought to the
hospital at some time during the after
noon, whose arrival they had not OBJ
served.
But the next morning upon inquiry
being made OF the boy who slept in the
building-a son Of MI. Burt's-who was
about twelve or fifteen years Of age, he
stated that there were no patients in
this building during the night, and that
he had retired to bed at about eight
o'clock In the evening and that he had
Ilub uCGu up ulkSt AGtl4lHEp ahA AlOIG-
over, that he had no light, nor any
means with which to strike one, and
that it was impossible for any one to
have entered the building without his
knowledge, as nothing was missing, and
that when no arose he found all the
doors by which entrance could have
been obtained, securely barred and
bolted, Just rs he had lett them the pre-
ceding night.
Now as to the correctness Of the story
as stated by the witnesses there could
be no doubt, as they we're persons OF
recognized integrity and standing in
the community. Besides, they could
have no possible motive for f~abricating
such a story. which at the time was ac-
copied as true and caused no small sem
sation in the community and was gen.
orally and freely discussed.
Though there is q mystery connected
with this affair, we are far from be-
lieving that there was anything super
natural in 1t, or that 1t does not admit
of explanation on scientific principles.
But this Is not the place to enter into
such discussion. We simply submit it
as an episode OF tho period Of which
We write.
SwItohm ems stril,o Threatened.