The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-06
NEfGHBORHOoD NEWS.
July 5, 1874.
MARTINS FERRY.

On Friday night, about ii o'clock a
most disgraceful row occurred in Mar
tins Ferry. 1t commenced in barber
shop across the street from the Sher'
man House, where were some parties,
among whom were Henry Sweeney
John Cambell, and Wilson Madden. II.
seems Campbell and Madden got into
an alteration concerning bet they had
made and began to fight. The barber
told them to finish their row on the
street, and they started out the door
when Madden struck Campbell on the
Fnose and Campbell pulled out his re-
volver and commenced firing. He fred
several shots until the revolver was
EN- piled. They all missed Madden but
one hit Charles Moore, who was in the
crowd, going 80 nearly through the up
per part OF the arm, near the shoulder,
that when the skin was cut the ball fell
out. There was crowd on the rail-
road, as there generally is, near the
Sherman House, OF the roughs OF town,
and when the disturbance commenced
there was a general melee, and when
Moore was shot q number OF the crowd
fell on Campbell and nearly
beat him 10 death, while
curses and blows could be heard all
around. The straDgest part Of this
performance seems that no one was
arrested. We are hearing continually
OF our efficient police, and it seems
strange to US they did nothing to sup
port the character We hear there were
two OF the gentlemen with stars on at
the scene OF action, but they were mum.
Ii seems to us no special act OF bravery
to arrest q man who is so drunk he
cannot resist, or another man who is in
a hurry and jumps off the cars while
they are in motion; yet these are the
average arrests that we have, while in
this exceptional case, when arrests
ought to have been made, nothing was
done. Granted that when the firing
was done and there was mob OF per-
haps twenty drunken men, two police
men could do nothing. Could they
they not and was it not their business
to disperse the crowd when they cav
it was disorderly, and should not street
coroers be cleared of crowds Of known
70 wdies who have no business there ?
NoTwlTHsTANDING the heat and dust
there was a goody mum Der in the grove
Yesterday. All passed off quietly and
pleasantly. About eighty dollars WAS
made above expenses, which will be
equally divided among the four Sab
bath schools OF the place. The Baptist
Sabbath school was present from Wheel
ing, and several other schools were rep
resented as well as many families who
! came for a cool, quiet day in the coun-
try, but were almost smoihered in dust.
The exercises in the morning were
opened by prayer by the Rev. Bristow,
OF Wheeling, alter which there WAS
music, and short aud appropriate adj
dress by the Rev. Chafant. The Rev.
C. II. Gunter then read an origina
poem, entitled "The Red, White and
Blue" which certainly was worthy OF
more than transient lie, after which
Mr.. J. J. Ashenhust called for three
rousiug cheers, and the crowd scattered,
all parties entering with spirit into the
next performance, which was dinner,
| The afternoon was spent playing Cro-
qnet, Copenhagen, King William and
strolIing around until the waraiug
shades told Of nights approach.
QUITE a serious accident took place
at the grove in the afternoon. Some
one fred firecracker, which fell on
the dress OF woman from Rush Run.
The fabric was thin and was soon in
flames, and the hands OF the woman
were badly burned in her efforts TO put
out the fire. The fire was soon ex
tnguished by parties who came to her
help. A collection was raised to buy
her another dress Tor the one which was
destroyed. Considering the iryness OF
everything, We wonder there was no more
serious damage done by these mis-
chevous plsythings. We think the
ordinances passed in many villages and
cities prohibiting their use wise, and
feel thankful we have escaped without
harm from them.
The event OF the day which caused
general rejoicing, was the fine rain we
had in the evening. Almost every one
in town was out watching the clouds as
they gathered and scattered, and finally
when hope became certainty and the
great drops began to fall, every one
gave thanks. The streets were dreuc1.
ed and slight fall of hail cooled the
air, so to-day is the peassntest Sabbath
we have had for some time. All thnge,
we suppose, come in their season, and
we are thankful it is as well with US as
it is.
Mr.. LEVI INGLEBRIGHT was the VIC
tim OF decidedly inconvenient circums
stance last night. just as the storm
came up he took the last load OF
Wheeling people across in his ferry
boat, Carrie, and as he came back his
boat caught on a sand bar about the
middle of the river, and there it had 10
stay till morning When the storm
came up the water blew into the pilot
house where Mr.. Inglpbright was,
thoroughly dreuching him, and doubt
less in this condition the night seemed
long as be stretched himself on the
cabin floor, the only bed the boat a.
forded. He got of the ba- this Morn
ing, and reports himself as well, not.
witbstandiDg his exposure.
The disturbance Friday night seems
to have intimidsted the men who make
themselves notoriety by getting into
the lookup Yesterday was the glori-
GUS Fourth, and only one man was ar
rested. His name is James Porter, and
be is said to hail from Bridgeport. He
came up the railroad just after the rain
carrying on a loud and animarel con-