The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-13
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS,
February -, 1873.
MARTIN = FERRY.

might be accessible to your columns, l
feel that our city fathers deserve com
plimentery notice.
AN Indignation meeting was called
: bills circulated, etc, signed "Many Citi-
zens'' to meet in Commercial Hall last
Thursday night. The hall was well
filed with all classes. A resolution was
offered by Messrs Smith and Sweeney.
that the Council be instructed not to
make any improvements on any street
unless petitioned to do SO by majority
of the property owners on said street.
Quite spirited discussion followed, and
bullyragging was indulgedd in pretty
freely by some Of the legal talent of
cur place, objections raised TO
building Of the wharf now in progress
near..Swartz & Sons manufactory-the
principal objection was that Martins
Ferry has been without wharf for the
past twenty years and prospered finely,
and that now was not prOpitiouS time
to make one. However this first resolu-
ton was lost when put to a vote of the
house-and their objection to wharf
disposed by DR.. j. Werlich moving that
ave approve of the action of the Coun-
ell in making q wharf at this time and
place" This brought more cutting and
slashin-but the motion on being put,
passed the hose with but two dissenting
voices, Smith and Sweeney. Sweeney
thinks now that it leaves him poor chance
for being councilman in the Spring, and
Smith, of the Commercial Bank, thinks
that the people don't want the
wharf ut the lower end of Hanover
street. Our Council have figures and
can make as good a showing for their eX-
penditures as any set of sane men could
ask, and we, in connection with the
majority of our citizens extend TO them
the right hand of encouragement and
support They deserve the support OF
the town and they'll get it. They issued
bonds to the amount of $4,000, and the
only objection raised by men outside OF
the above named croakerS are that il
was not $4,000. Give US pavements or
quit progressing-as you do now in mud
dy weather.
THE Dodge Club was well named
several of our young men deposited an
initiation fee of considerable amount
with their most honorable, to procure
room TO spend the evening in, to have
papers and books to read, etc, especial
" the etc. and now they have no room
and the money is all gone. The money
was given to one person. He took it up,
| :, 4. l,n
out of it. He is trying TO keep up the
name, now.
WE are sorry to say that the people of
this town are not doing their duty in one
, respect. We have it from very good au-
| thority that in Seabright's addition there
| is a house of prostitution. Can such
things be allowed in Christian cOmmu
nifty. Are our authorities doing their
duty? Should they not attend to all
lawless persons? We think so.
EVERYBODY who wants to have good
time should attend the spelling in Com
mercial Hall next Tuesday evening. 1t
is creating great deal OF excitement
among our rural friends.
Mr.. WIN. CLARK has returned from an
extended trip over the country in the in
terest of the Ohio City and other i'm
portant matters.
The fever over the First National
Bank is becoming more prevalent The
stock is now about all taken.
The Beazle NJ. Z. Church case is be-
ing tried at Bridgeport to-day for the
fifth time. JEDDo.
MARTINS FERRY appreciates the fact
that among its citizens ane few who
are in danger Of suffering, if they have |
not done so already this winter. To do
something in the way Of relief, and at the |
same time combine pleasure with bust |
ness, it has been decided to hold n series f.
OF spelling matches, for admittance TO
which asmall sum will be charged. The |
first of these will be held at
Marshall Hall next Tuesday |
evening. The admission is ten cents.
The irrepressible John i. Van Pelt, and /
the equally energetic S. l.. Dean, will be
the captains. Professor Shreye and
Rev. Weir will "give out
The work of preparing pots for the
middle glass furnace, is progressing rap !
idly, and it is expected that work will be |
resumed within week. A report was
current that the benches were broken
down. but such is not the case, they be-
ing perfectly good, except the eyes,
which required some dressing up.
THERE has not been single police
case this week in NJ. F.
mo LoAFING Here is posted up in
many places in NJ. F., but the statement
is ialsehood; proof Of which can be OBJ
tanned with no difiulty by those inter-
ested
BRIDGEPORT AND .ETSAvILLE.
BR1DGEPoRT is MS quiet, so far ms local
news is concerned, as the cave where the
famous seven sleepers lay for two hun
dred years without moving.
The street cars this kind of weather
hardly stop long enough at the terminus
in Bridgeport to change the horses from
one end to the other of the cars. Hence
a good deal of silent cursing is don" by
passengers who linger few moments
after the tinkling Of the bells ia heard
before they leave the fire to try the ctsh-
ions of the aforesaid cars.
MAN named w. Barcus, met with
. very serious accident in John Koch
Inns new coal bank, Thursday. He was
driving q coal ear in the bank, and did