The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-30
rEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
BELLAIRE.

BELLAIRE.
THrRE are 1000 convicts in the STATE
peDitentiary.
THERE Is to be baby snow In 'o"u
next Friday evening. :.
A CONCERT will be given IN the d. l..
Church, Thursday evening,
L1cHrsIse ROD sgeuts and tax COL
factors are more numerous than apprecia'
tive.
NEXT Saturday Is the day set apart
tor examining the contestants iof Tue
vacancy from this district In the west
Point Military Academy.
THE temperance meeting on Gravel
Ain Yesterday evening, was not well at
tended owing to the inclemsncy oil tne
weather.
That spicy little sheet the Free Press
bss sbuffl ID of this mertsl coil, and Z ne
to higher power, where delinquent SUP
scribers are not known, and where c'ti
sens appreciate their papers
Cow, the bachelor editor OF the Leaasr'
consuIes himself ihusly: cit Is really
amusing to enter the home of friend
who mas been married Tor several years,
and unto whom no children has oeen
born. and fud hanging over the parlor
door the motto: suffer little children
to come unto me-"
MARTINS FERRY.
Our merchants and business men here
are complaining of dull times.
Miss LIZZIE KERR, OF Cadiz was
visiting Miss Ellen Gray OF the Ferry,
last week.
KERR 20 have been awarded the
contract of building the NJ. Z. Church.
at Blsckford's school house.
MISS Laura Besll, daughter OF John
Beal E.q of Cadiz was visiting MISS
Ella I. Reid of Mount View last week
ASUMBER of OHIO City men started
last week for the west to engage IN the
patent doorplste business.
ANOTHER couple in the Ferry made
happy. Agreed to separate the wife to
90 home to her people, and the husband
to try the world alone.
WE understand that n YOungato~n
man has been blowing out the chilled
mass in the BenwoOd furnace here at the
rate of 500 shot and that he has 1t
nearly completed.
The grand event of last week in the
Ferry was the meeting Of the st. Glars
vile Presbytery and also the anniver'
sary meeting OF the Woman's Missionary
Society. Some twenty ministers and
twenty-seven elders were present
Several ministers were detained from
canning on account OF sickness and deaths
in their churches. Rev. John Milford
of Crabapple church WAS elected
model ator for the next six months. La
addition to the ususl routine business
was trial sermon tor ordination By l.
g. Armstrong and trial sermons by
Messrs Holiday and Workman for iIcen-
sure. Rev. j. Hstlery, OF Beliaire and
Rev. Smith, of Woodsfeld, and Elders
DR.. Jonu Campbell and Hon. John
kennon were elected commissioners
to the General Assembly which
meets IN Chicago next month
Presbytery agreed to meet next October
IN umberland, Guernsey county. The
church of MI. Pleasant presented call
tor the pastoral services of Rev. SNnIue
w. Pringle, and that of BarnesvlIle for
Kew. St. CLAIR. On Thursday evenir g
the Presbyterian church was crowded to
hear the address of Miss Noye', who had
been missionary ia Cnna some
,ix or eight years. Her address
WAS highly entertaining. She Was
followed by DR.. Dixon in short addres:
OF tatteriug eulogy OF the women and
their work, aad II person might have
been leo ~ suppose from the tone OF the
address that the male part ct humanity
had nothing IT, d" with christian Eng
the henthens. D. ID. was followed D.
the venerable Dr.. 3. Mitchell in hi:
u.usl happy mona"r. Wednesday
nigh, the cnurch was again
filed to witt ess The ordination OF L.
T.. Armstrong, who goes as an
evangelist 10 Missouri, and the hcensure
OF d. K. Workman. Rev. Holiday TO
preach the gospel. There were more
than fi;,y women attending the mission
AIRY meeting. but rs the men were ex
Guided from attending their business
meetings, We can give no report.