Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-24
MARTINS FERRY.

Several persons were baptised al the
hap tistry in the Baptist church, yesterday.
On Friday the Shreve literary society
elected the following officers: President
Geo. Ralston 4; vice-president Emma Lewis;
secretary, Lizzie Medill treasurer, Nettle
Pennington; critic, Flora Williams.
Mrs. Mary Irwin and children have gone
to Join Mr., Irwin, in California.
"Rody" Robinson will remove his family
here if he can get a house.
James McManus, lunatic, and Joe
TAYLOR, an inCorrigible "kid. were taken TO
st. Clairsville, on SATURDAY.
The Catholic festival held at Commercial
hall on Thursday, Friday and lay
evenings was well attended and realized a
round sum for the church. At IL o'clock
Saturday night the following contests had
terminated: Violin, James Slavin 1913,
John Dobbin 5000; necklace, Miss Mary
f. Brannon $l5.S4. Miss Kate Slaven SAL 10;
gold watch, Miss Kate Gaven SS5 Miss Ella
0Connell $l73.65; gold-heaied cane, Fred
Faust $50 30, Tim Conley $l2990.
A reception was given by Wanetta tribe,
No rs, |. O. R. NJ. at its hall Saturday ev-
ening. A splendid supper was served, and
the programme carried out consisted OF
speeches, songs, etc. Logan and Gray Ea-
gle tribes, Of Wheeling, and Red Cloud
tribe, of Bellairc were well represented.
Charlie Seabright will, this week, begin
work on the foundation OF the foundry to
be erected in PaulrS addition.
We regret to learn of the serious illness
of Mr. Cadwallader Wells, who is laid up
with pleurisy.
John Press is in the lookup on charge
of drunkenness and disOrderly conduct.
John wa, very rampant on Saturday night,
and abused several people >hamctully before
his arrest. He struck a cripple named
Cross. Mayor Mitchell will likely press
the gentleman to stay awhile with the
city.
The following named members OF Tho
burn Post G. A. X. went 10 st. Clairsville,
Saturday night tn institute post there:
Clarence Irwin, George Robinson, Abram
Lash, Nathan Shipman, W. 5 Meek, James
Snyder, !. Walden, John Everit, John
Burns John look, Henry Daily and James
Morgan. The name OF the new post is
Drummond. but the number has not yet
fixed Clarence Irwin, Deputy Mastering
officer, initiated the members and mustered
them in. The visitors report most
pleasant time and were very much satisfied
at the result of the visit.
a brakeman on the freight train that
passed through this city about l;3O \. NJ,
yesterday, heard a cry OF pain from some
one, and began looking about him. lie
ing across the track with both legs badly
injured Taylor was picked up and brought
to the station near by, where Dr>. a. K.
Ong and j. NJ. Blackboard attended him
until his death, which took place about
half past eight o'clock in the morning
Reaction never set in and the injured man
suffered no pain. His son, a young man
twenty-five years of age, said that he left
his home on NixOn's Run, above this city,
early Yesterday morning TO work for John
Mack at fence building. He worked at
Mr.. Mack'S until noon, when he came down
here and got much under the influence of
LIQUOR, and rs result was killed while on
his way home. Taylor stated before his
death that he stepped from the main track
to the switch, but car that was being
switched struck and knocked him down.
lie was about SO years of age, and leaves
wife and three grown children. The family
is so poor that the township will have to
bury him, and his funeral will take place
this afternoon from the Town Hall.