The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-03
MARTINS FERRY.


MARTINS FERRY.
"There is a time in the lives OF all women
and men,
When things would go fair and even
If the dead could only tell when
To come back and be forgiven
SO says Owen Meredith, and no doubt
such is an uncontrUvcrtiblc truth; but
nevertheless as the dead are about as
hard class as there is with which to OBJ
tain or maintain pleasant business rcla-
tions. we incline to the belief that things
| would in the main go as 'fair and even
| if the living to transact their affairs that
when they left this vale of tears, they
| could leave no unsettled accounts, but Il
perfectly finished record. These few re-
marks may seem irrelevant, and our
readers may feel before we finish
as did the good old judge who
listened to Il Young lawyer who
was discoursing of weeping widows
monumental urns and "sich, and gently
remarked that he had better confnc
himself to the dog fight case. But the
class to which we refer who will prnba.
| blv need to come back and be forgiven
unless they make better Use of their
power than they have done, are the
street authorities, the councilmen, OF
whoever has power to institute i'm.
provemcnts in the streets of Martins
Ferry. There is no street, nor piece Ot
road in the town. so much Travelled, rs
from Parks grocery store, across Water
street, and down to the Ferry landing
vet this same road Is in Il
condition that is terror &c
pedestrians. Down the hill or up il
whichever way you 80 is mud Of every
consistency, and at the top, in the middle
Of Water street, is II mud hole, excellrd
only BY the slough of DespOnd, and like
that celebrated slough, there is no way
around it. Now. as it is not probable
that there will be any other mode of
crossing the river for some time, would
it not be wise, and filling want felt by
every citizen of Martins Ferry, to have
such crossing on Water street and such
a sidewalk to the ferry as shall keep peo-
ple out of the mud2 If it is too late in the
season to build stone or brsrk one. can
not temporary board walk be laid that
will serve the purpose for this winter?
We submit this question for discussion
at the next Council rs the voice Of many
citizens.
THE number Of weddings that are
Transporting and in contemplation in
Martins Ferry. are unparalleled. We
hear of at least five to take place about
the holidays, and very brilliant affair
came off to-day at the residence of Mr.
Robert Carmichael, in the marriage OF
his daughter, Martha Carmichael To Mr..
John Quinn. All others wished them rs
uncloudcd pilgrimage as did the fifty
guests who assisted at the ceremony.
A Miss PRINCE and Mr.. Soules are the
next on the docket, and sentence will be
pronounced tomorrow night.
ONCE upon time we read a story of a
man who owned powder mill. The
mill exploded, and one of the hands was
thrown so high in the air that il was two
minutes and some seconds before he
came down. The owner Of the mill
locked him for lost time. The story
stated that that mill owner was the
champion mean man. We can beat him.
Last Saturday night. as every one vii!
remember. was a cold, dark, windy. rainy
night. Several gentlemen and one lady
from Martins Ferry were kept in Wheel
ING until quite late and when they had
reached the ferry landing to 20 home,
thew found that the boat had stopped
running. Some Of the men hsl-
lowed and man came across
with skiff. and the men, seven
in number, and women got in.
The current in the river was swim, the
boat leaked and the load Wa heavy. The
man worked at the oars with all his
might and had hard work TO keep the
boat from drifting on the head Of the
Island. As it was, it went a. low n the
cooper shop at 4Etnaville- and he rOwed
I'D stream to the ferry wharf, being COIN
pieteiy drenched, and almost warn out.
When the boat landed, he requested the
passengers to step into the waiting room
and pay him there. This four did, but
the other three, among whom was an en-
inent medical light, walked away into the
darkness without so much n = thank,
you.' leaving the boatman TO mediate
on the blessedness Of giving, in prefer
ence 10 receiving.