The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-13
LAYING rlIE oomNnn STONE
otthe new High school nnlidIng nj Mar.
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W the hoW thkN Sthupi iiuUWtug NJ WAR
tins Ferry saturday.
The cornerstone 81 tho Martins Ferry
high school was laid on Saturday by tho
Masons with imposing ceremonies. A
parade hcadSd by tho Jr. o. U. a. NJ.
band OF Bollaito and mado up Of tho
police, board OF education, G.. A. r., Odd
Follows, Rod Men, Knights OF pythias,
Junior Mechanics aud Masona proceeded
tho laying OF tho corner stone. Many
buildings wore decorated with national
colora and tho streets wore vol filed.
Alarcc crowd witnessed tho coromonIos.
which wuro conducted by Grand Master
Clapp. o! Ohio, and wero as follows:
Music; divine blessing by tho chap.
lain, itev. ". d, llartGo,; singing OF
America" by school children; pro.
scntation OF trowcl. by NJ. ". Aldrodgo
10 Grand Master Clapp; proclamation,
by District Lecturer Roberts; invitation
to Grand Master Clapp, by NJ. NJ. At.
drclgo, 10 proceed; rai,ing Of tho ttono;
placing OF tho copper box containing
tho treasures In ,its place by s Hipkins;
reading OF Tho list OF articles by Thoo.
dore Snodgrnss; lowering OF tho stone;
spreading OF mortar, by John Selby;
lowering oil Stono; opening addroas, BY
DR.. a. X. Ong; presentation Of square,
grand architect OF Ohio, c. II. 0nsloy;
prononDclng OF stone square, by A. W.
Harris; level, by A. Il. 0ng. aud plum,
by Thongs Mitchell; pouring Of coin
on tho stone, By a. ". Harris; vino.
by A. r. 0ng, aud oil, by Thomas
Mitchell prayer, by Rev. uartzoc; 70.
mar Ks. by Grand Master Clapp. and
Grafton, by Past Grand Master Robert
White, Of West Virginia.
These articles were placed IN tho cop.
per box, made and scaled by Bayloss
Bros. and bearing thor name:
Wheeling Daily lSTgLLIugNcIR. Wheel.
Ing Daily Register, Wheeling Evening
News, Ohio Valley News, Church Her
aid, daily and weekly Times, Pittsburgh
Times; by john ". Crooks, United
Siatcs ting, buttons OF Harrison. Nc.
kinley and Dovener and relics from
Walnut grove mound; by Union Glass
Company, pepper box; by Thomas j.
Irwin, glass tablet, containing tho names
OF members OF the board OF education,
Superintendent ami architect and name
oil the donor; BY William G. Pritchard,
OF Wheeling, glass paper weight with
Masonic emblem; Chinese coins and
letter oil explanation by George ".
Pi,ner, Of Bridgeport; by ]. G. Gray.
Swiss coin OF 1855; by George
II. Smith, coin 1895, direct from mint;
by S. a. Baylcss, coin 1888: By NJ. S.
McGrew, coin 1877; cards OF Mrs. Sarah
4. Bayless, Miss Mary Abbott, Libbie
Twoedy. Flo Coyle and Berthe Black.
ford. A.. r. ong. Plat Tagcart. Harlan
Ong, Chas. Hall, John ". Crooks, john
+. lIukill, \. ]. Van Pclt, VIM. Ackes.
man, John L. Reynolds, Brady viii
Iiams. James ". Shipman, L. W. Ingle-
bright. a. D. Scamon, Fhos. Pugh, IS.
+. Orr, Boni. Exley; photographs OF
West Virginia glass works, Buckeye
glass works. Spence & Sons machine
works, Belmont brick and tile works,
Spence, Baggs Co.'S stove works, .Etna.
Standard iron and steel works. Bayiess
House, ierryboat Climax and letter
heads OF Lauchlin nail works, blast
furnace, S. Hopkins mould works. Kerr
Bros planning mill and Martins Ferry
key. barrel and box works; by DR.. J. VI.
Blackford, prescription to mayor OF
Martins Ferry; by Dr.. A. r. 0ng. let.
ter to chief OF fire department. names
OF officers aud members oil fire depart.
men., record OF Independent hose
company running team, cham.
pions OF tho world. also the
WHEELING 1STELLioEScEp's account OF
the great race At Sandusky. when the
worlds record was broken, constitution
Of frs. FIRE department, location OF FIRE
alarms; by Prof.. Stewart, manual OF
board Of education, history OF city
schools. names aud mbers OF board
OF education 1890 to 1895, names and
members OF graduating classes from
1890 to 1895. photograph OF Martins
Ferry school building oil 1927 and pho.
tograph OF Central school OF 1894; BY 7.
]. Irwin names OF high school teachers
from 1858 to 1895; by A. J. Van Pelt,
railroad time table and map; roll OF
members Ohio City Lodge No. 4S6. +. &
A. NJ: Standard. Council No. SO, Jr. O.
U. A. NJ; programme Of the day; rec
ord OF Waneta iribo No. 10, Improved
Order Of Red Men.
Many visitors wero present from
Wheeling and the Belmont county
towns