The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-16
sEIeHBORHOOD NEWS.
MAKTIN's FERRY.


TIE house of James Lewis, near the
ferry landing, was entered Monday
night By some sneak thieves, and re-
lived of pair of boots and some cloth
ing.
A TELEGRAM was received Thursday
evening announcing the death of Mrs.
William Wiley, at the residence Of her
brother in Trumbull county, Ohio. Mrs.
Wiley had been suffering for nearly
yesr from pulmonary disease, and had
gone some Ave weeks ago to her brothers
in Northern Ohio, in hopes of deriving
benefit from the air of her native home.
Mrs. Wiley, BY her kind Christian de-
pertinent while resident OF the Ferry,
had won the esteem of all who knew
her. She leaves kind husband and
two daughters TO mourn her loss.
MADAM RUMoR says-and we think
Madam is correct this time-that one OF
our enterprlsing young men on Hanover
street expects TO be counted in about
Chrlstmas--into state OF mstrimoDy.
The scholars of the Union School are
preparing to give grand entertainment
in Commercial Hal! next Friday night.
THE Republicans here think Hayes
has been counted in, and some OF them
say that knowing how to count we'll Is
more than half the game.
An American of African descent,
claiming to be from South Carolina, was IN
town this week consoling his politica!
friends here by telling. them there was
not a single negro in South Carolina
who was Democrat. He (the negro
desired very much tolecture on the pollt-
ical status of affairs in his State, but 1t
seems his white brethren here were not
able to procure him hall.
TIE all department OF the Ohio City
mill, which has been stopped for few
DAYS for repairs, started again yesterday
The boiling department will start up
again the first OF the week.
THE Ferry will soon have another
whisky saloon.
BRIDGEPORT.
Rev. Frank DeHass. ID. ID. \. ). con-
| sci ut W heeling, we mean Jerusalem,
lectured at the NJ. 4. Church at Kirk
wood, Thursday evening, on "Travrs IN
Oriental and Bible Lands
The house was fairly filled with an in
| telligent audience who listened with in
terest to the entertaining and instructive
| lecture. After the lecture the audience
were permitted TO examine number OF
| curiosIties i'll the possession OF Dr. DE
| Hass, among them female mummye
| hand. We confess we would rather
handle a live female hand than dead
one. Some one put the conundrum t.
YOUR reporter "who is attending TO the
| onerous duties of the consulate at Jeru-
salem while its grand Mogul is enlight-
eninp the inhabitants OF Wheeling and
neighboring villages" but we gave ii up
and said give me an easy one
AN article in recent number OF
!Scr,Jner's Monthiy advocated the abolish
ment of u great deal of our consular
! service and il there is not enough tor
consus to at their posts the government
better curtail expenses in that direction.
SEVERAL young bloods Of this burg
engaged in a row, rs the natural con-
sequence of too much whisky, the other
evening, aud are expected to put in an
appearance before His Honor Justice
Howell at an early date, as they promised
to do in order TO AVOID the publicity OF
an arrest. They had better come early
and avoid the rush, walk up
to the Captains Office and settle. We
withhold names for the present.
MEssRs. A. J. BAGGs x Son have
Just erected an additional building north
of their office for storing lumber.
The cannon of both parties firing
from Wheeling hill, yesterday, presented
quite warlikc appearance, and seemed
to threaten Bridgeport with destruction
The back river, just above the da m
offers n fine skating field to lovers OF thai
sport, and last evening it was covered
with graceful skaters.
Mr.. KUHN has been getting some very
fair ice from the. river just at the mouth
of the creek.
The Women's Temperance Association
have secured the old Hayes club room IN
Holloway's building, and propose holding
meetings there every sabbath afternoon
at y o'clock. There is need and room
FOR plenty of temperance work here.
IT seems probable, from surface lndi'
cations that the usual "Christma' San
day School treats will BE- omitted by al
the schools of this place this season. II
will be quite disappointment to the
many little ones. bat it seems best under
all the circumstances, to e&pand the
amount usually invested in that direction
in replenishing the depleted Libraries and
supplying the necessary papers.
THAT Gold Watch.