The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-27
NEIGIiBORHOOD NEWS.
FEBRUARY 26, 1876.
ONER Tue KlNER.

Martins Ferry folks turned out pretty
well to witness the "break-up, but Ike
Wheeling folks, they wer0 much dlsap-
pointed on account of the affair being so
tame The river yesterday, WAS ''chock
full" of floating ice, but it did not pre-
vent the plucky ferry boat Eureka,
from Stemming the current. She could not
make as good time US usual, but never
theless she kept going backward and for
ward, Gearing u way through the thick
but rotten Ice. Captain lnglcbright
does not scare at trItles.
THE second spelling match was to
take place last evening, and We presume
il did.
THAT American citizen of African de-
scent and the feminine persuasion, par
cntheticallv, women are citizens IL they
can't vote,) named Henrietta McGee,
seems destined 10 get into difficulty.
Yesterday she INDUCED in very indecent
language IN a public place, aud rs such
action was contrary 10 the law made
and provided for such cases, she
Wa, taken III charge by the peace preseG-
vers Of the city, held 10 answer the charge,
aud will be required to either make Il
donation 10 the city treasury or grace the
lookup with her presence.
TO-DAY is pay day at the OHIO City
IRON and mail works. The boys will be
happy.
TIE teams engaged in hauling coal
and store goods to VI. +. have to suffer
during the present condition ofthe roads.
. \ Bcrgh would find employment in tht
nrighborhood, too. We observe ed yes
trrdav couple of horses attached to
about six horse wagon heavily ladcncd
with coal On the solid Macadamized
portions of the road they could scarcely
pu.l the load more than twcntyfcct with
out stopping, and yet they were expected
to pull the same load up hill through the
mud.
THERE are many persons in NJ. +. who
have been disposed to find fault with the
Council for proposing to spend the small
sum of $4,000 n much needed
improvements. who are still
among the first to grumble at the condi-
tlon of the sidewalks and streets III bad
weather. These persons should remcm-
Der that the money is not yet spent and
/ Will not be except rs it is needed. The
/ bonds are to be offered one thousand
/ dollars worth at a time, and will only be
/ sold a. iisbecomes necessary to sell them.
The Martin, Ferry glass works were
LII. 4 10, .t
OF Lcandcr Solcs.
THE folks in Bridgeport are muck put
out on dark nights because there are no
street lamps. They 90 stumbling ana
humping around, making familiar
acquain,auccs of sign and hitch
iuG posts and bosom friends Of
sharp anglcd house corners,
measuring the depth of mud holes and
height of stepping stones. until patience
and forbrarance cease to be virtues, and
anuthemas slip glib!y oil their tongues,
to the great detrimcnt OF their moral
natures and their hopes of reaching a
better world. They argue, and with
force, that place the size and Importance
of Bridgeport, ought to have not only
street lamps, but better streets and bet
ter pavcmcnts. The town could well
afford the outlays, and ought to make
them.
TIE abortion case will come up again
at Steubenville on next Wednesday. The
prosecuting attorney, of Jefferson county,
has had subprnaS issued tor
nearly all the witnesses in Bridgeport
and Steubeuville, who appeared be-
fore the coroner's jury, and several others
besides. 1t is said that onh witness who
wa, not before the coroncrS jury Will
come before the Grand Jury, who says
he knows all about the case, and will be
all, 10 fix the guilt upon the proper per-
son. How true this is will be known in
few days. The action Of the
States Attorney in taking
/ cornizance of the case Is
what he was compelled to do, from
the verdict of the Coroner jury, even II
he had no prospect Of throwing more
/ light on the tragedy.
/ BRIpGEPoRr creek was climbing over
its banks Yesterday.
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