The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-17
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Notes Gathered Here and There ny
Register Reporters
MARTIN > FERRY.

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Register Reporters
MARTINS FERRY.
REMAINDER the Beszel benefit Friday
and Saturday evenings.
A NUMBER Of the people went down to
Bellsire to help rejoice lest evening.
TIE freight and passenger traffic over
the G. q z. road is heavy at present.
THE Democracy of this place are over
reioiced at the result of the recent Dem
ocrstic victory.
Miss LINNIE MCGoyERY, OF Wayne'-
burg, Pa, is visiting her uncle, l.
Spence, OF this place.
The schools are IN nourishing condi-
ton, with large number of children in
attendance The present corps OF teach.
ers give entire satisfaction.
The Democracy fred forty shots here
las, Saturday night, in honor of the
10000 majorIty-which will come from
Penn syivania-neXt month.
Hon. GEO. X. Jenkins, of Mt. Pleas.
ant, late candidate for Lleuten-
snt.Governor OF the Safe on the
Prohibitionsts ticket, was in town yes
terday.
A BOY by the name of Barney Mullen
was arrested last Saturday for jumping
on the cars while in motion, and brought
before Mayor Buckingham. He was
fined 81 and costs. In default OF
payment he was locked up.
THE citizens are making arrangements
TO give festival for the benefit of John
Beazle the young man who inet
with the misfortune OF having his legs
cut off some time since by train OF cars
passing over them. The festival will be
held next Friday and Saturday evenings.
Let every one who can, turn out and
help in this noble act. A great number
of tickets nave alres dy been sold, which
will insure large crowd.
BRIDGEPORT.
The La Belle Glass Works are iiliDg
large orders.
MANY ladies were out examining the
fall styles yesterday.
Tue Dem Jcrats celebrated their VIC
tory Monday night by firing number
OF snots from q cannon.
ABOUT one hundred and fifty citizens
went down TO Bellaire last night to helP
celebrate the Radical defeat.
YESTERDAY WIS the kind OF u day
that made the Ulster overcOst man feel
as though he were under the Equator.
Rev. JOSEPH GLEDHILL will lecture
at the K>rkwood NJ. +. Church to-mor-
row evening, Subject "The Grumbler.
BRIDGAPoET will shortly have another
scandal. The mSn who torgoL to dol
his pants when he was called TO answer
the door-bell, Will be one of the principal
actors.
MIR. GEORGE GIFFIN left Monday
night to attend the annual assembly oil
the Grand Lodge of Masons to be he'd
ut Columbus. Mr.. Gitlin goes as dele
gate to the assembly.
Mr.. PIPER, of this place has gone
East to purchase stock OF boots and
SHOES, and will shortly open up in new
building on Bank street, under the firm
naIne of HeInlein " Piper.
FINNEY G. McGREw and wife have
sued John II. Watkins and wife, ali OF
this place, for libel. There are two
suits calling 70. $4,000 each. The
trouble arose about three years ago from
too free use of the tongue. 1t
Is on trial ut ST. Clairsvllle now and
viii, in all probability, be finished this
| term OF court.
\ brilliant wedding took place at
Bridgeport last week, at the residence OF
Mr.. Vincent Mitchell, at kirkwcod, his
daughter, Miss Maggie Mitchell, and
Rev McCurdy, of Waynesburg, Pa,
being the contracting parties. Rev. T
Alexander. Of Moundsvile, assisted by
Rev Chqlant, of Martins Ferry, ofici.
atcd. The happy couple received the
congratulations OF n large circle OF friends
previous 10 Their departure in their new
! life. The thanks of the REGISTER com
positors are rendered tor kindly nc,
acknowledgements.
John HEvELL, John Walters and
John Arboll, accused OF breaking
into K. B. Barton's house at Athens
Harrison county, and stealing Il full
suit of clothes last Friday. Constable
Brown, of Athens, came TO this place last
Sur day and told the story TO Officer
james McConnsughy, who, IN company
with Brown, went to Martins Ferry and
found the above mentioned men. They
were brought here on Sunday
last and had trial before
Mayor McConnaughy, and not
having sufficient evidence TO convict
them, they we set At liberty, by Mr..
Barton paying costs.