The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-16
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
MARTINS FERRY.

ANOTHER land mark has been removed.
Mr.. David Coss, sr, died last Saturday
morning, after lingering illness, in his
eightieth year. Mr.. Coss was among our
oldest citizens, having lived in the Ferry
for forty years. He served his country in
tho war of 1912, and was esteemed by all
who knew him as an honest, quiet and
inottensive citizen. The large number
attending his funeral, which took place
Sabbath afternoon, showed the regard in
which he was held IN the community.
DR. JOHN WEST and wife, of st.
Clairsville, who went TO Colorado last
spring, returned last Sabbath, and are
stopping with Mrs. Rose Woods, Mrs.
Vests mother.
TOMORROW will decide the contest
for the Judgeship in this district. If
the convention acts wisely and nomi.
mates Judge Chambers there will most
likely be no other nomination made.
Men of all parties speak OF Judge
Chambers as one OF the best Judges
this district ever had, and we know of
none who oppose his reelection but some
whom the Judge has made feel the effects
of y violated law and some who have
the ambition and not the ability to fill
his place on the bench.
IT wonderful the amount of interest
men take in your welfare when they are
candidates before county for sheriff, &c.
This we never saw better demonstrated
than It was last Thursday at st. Glars
vile, when the delegates to the conven-
ton had to shake hands with the numer-
ous candidates and their hosts of friends
who were there TO urge their claims.
A number of our citizens are prepar'
ing to start for the Centennial next week
DEMOCRATS are requested TO turn out
Friday night to the Tilden and Hen
bricks club, as good speakers are expect
ed to be present to address the meeting.
FIVE cases Of plain drunk were before
Mayor Buckingham Saturday evening,
who assessed each one 81 and cost.
WE hope the delegates TO the Judicial
Convention, which meets tomorrow, will
remember that large majority of the
votes cast for them At the Democratic
primary election were cast for them be-
cause they the delegates) were profes-
sedly Chambers men, and that they will
remember they had their instructions
directly from the voters who voted for
them on that profession.
BRIDGEPORT.
The exercises in the Teachers lnsti-
tuts in session here were varied some
what from the programme as announced
in yesterday mornings paper. The first
exercise was q lecture on elocution by
Prof. Scott. This was followed by lee.
ture on geography by Supt. Pratt, who
announced that he had only received
notice of his appointment to lecture on
LAST Friday and consequently requested
forbearance on account Of short prepars-
ton. Supt. Shreve, of Martins Ferry fol-
lowed with brief talk on the best method
of teaching primsy arithmetic. Mrs. Case
sext set forth the method of teaching
reading by the phonetic system and stat
sd the wonderful results attained by this
methot 10 the Columbus schools.
A recess oftwo hours was then taken,
extending until 1:3O p. N.
The first exercise in the afternoon was
geography, by Superintendent Pratt.
Hon &. 5. Smart, State Commissioner
of Common Schools in Ohio, being pre-.
sent, was called out and made an sd.
dress about forty minutes IN length,
taking the ground that our schools were
at iauit in training pupils beyond their
business, that instead Of training them
10 become good mechanics and laboring
men they were too often encouraged 70
look Tor something better, and TO think
labor degrading. This fault was also
shared by the parents in encouraging
hopes in their children that they should
rise above being mechanics and lsboring
men.
Aftar this, Mrs. CAseagain took up the
subjec. Of elementary instruction in the
the department of language lessons.
The last exercise of the afternoon was
on elocutlon, by Prof Scott who Is
drill-mastsr and does not do all
the talking himself but requires hE pupils
10 practice the tonic elements with all
shades Of infection and stress.
At4P. n. the Institute adjourned 10
meet in the n. L. Church a. o'clock.