The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-31

Local members of the sons Of the
Revolution afe completing aEranEe-
mentS Tor the meeting ot the West Viz
ginla Society, which viii be held "a
this city on April 6, next Monday, II
promises 10 be we'll attended and alto-
gether enjoyable. There VIII Dc . meet
inF Of the Wheeling members Of the Or
ganizatlcn Tomorrow evening at the
home Of pr. r. 81. Baird, on chapline
Streds. when q local chapter Will be or
aanized and officers elected.
The committee in charge Of the etata
Meeting on the following Monday has
nearly completed the days programme.
The busIneas meeting Will Be held in the
NcLure parI0r5, beginning at p. m.
OfiIeefS will be elected 70 succeed the
preIent InoumbRnts, who are:
PFeaIdent-J. Marshall anganA, OF
Vies PRESIDENT -Dr. John Daily, Of
Secretary Colonel Henry Raymond.
Treasurer Clark AlcGreW, OF
MorRantowtl.
Registrar and TfistoFiRn-PF otesaoF
John George GIttings. Of ClarSsbufB.
Board Of AIanageFS-John Ba1sel y
q. dIttlngs, Charles Matthew Hart,
Thomas Moore jackson and John p.
Hart, OF ClRrkSburg.
In addition 70 the above, hVe Qe!e.
gates to the general convention OF me
Sons OF the Revolution, which .cenVe!les
a New York, on April -, Will be cno-
sen, This u an Important meeting as
ire matter OF amAlgamRt!on with the
Sons OF the American Revolution VIII
be discussed and possibly acted upon:
wheeling will capture some OF the
ofices. II Is usual TO have all the HleEIA-
beYs OF the board Of managers In one
city, together with the secretary: ana
these hon0FS will come TO this city oy
general consent. Mr.. Sam Hugh BROCK
unler has been mentioned for becfe.
tary, but VIII not accept on account OF
the aFduous duties OF the ONCE.
During the meeting on Monday tne
local chapter Of the Daughters Of the
Revolution will probably hold recep-
tI0n to the visitors
Another matter that will be acted up
ON Is the proposition to erect t1bIet
nnon the sIte OF Fort Henry. on Main
street, between Tenth and Eleventh
streeta Possibly a celebration VIII %
held on the Anniversary OF the battle OF
Fort Henry, the last engagement OF the
Revolution, next September. when the
dedication attending the erection OF the
tablet would take place under the au'
snIces Of the West Virginia Soma
The meeting will conclude with q BAN
ouet IN the evening ~ the McLure-
The decorations will be by the Wheel:
ing Daughters Of the Revolution 9na
viii be elaborate and beautiful The
Opera House orchestra has oeen en-
gaged for the occasion Vocal seIectlons
~ Iocal singers will be 4 feature.
General, Nathaa Goft - member OF
the West Virginia Society. and Il II eE-
Dected thar he will be present at the
wheeling meeting. but q decided an
SJTer hnS not yet been received BY the
local committee.
There have been many 9ecesaion9 70
the membership recently. The roll Is az
w WbesllnF-R. SSlther Archer, DR.. r.
ar Baird, George Baird, Gen. 4. n.
Beach. c, w. BrocCunler, w e. Brock
unIar, s, II. Brockunier, Alfred Cald-
wen, John CuIbertSon. Joseph DUBOIS
Or. 3. A. G4lldTeth. DR.. +. J. Hupp' a.
W, PAUL, Henry w. Hughes, GIBSON
Lamb, Lucien Martin, William 4. MIC
3 PRIiI. walker Peterson, Wilbur Tall
man, Al. p. Tallman, John Topping.
Alex. UpdeErlfI, Joseph J. Woods and
Platoff Zane. -,
west Vlrginla-Hon. John Basel.
Professor ]. @. Cuttings, Judge Nathan
Goff, Colonel Henry Raymond, Hon.
Charles u. Hart, Major Thomas n,
Jackson, II. +. Wilson, OF ClarkSbufg;
Professor samuel B. Brown Judge ].
Al I7aEanS. Colonel James Moreland.
william c. AcGreW. II. u. Morgan OF
MorHantown: Hon. WILLARD seymour
Edwards. OF Charleston; Hon. Iohn
Newburg; o. 7. AfcKenney, OF Fair
mint.