Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-23
MARTINS PERRY,

A fire was discovered yesterday morning
by Mayor Lupton, in the room in the
Commercial Hall adjoining the office Of
George Duncan, Esq. The blaze had made
very little progress, and no damage to speak
of was done.
Col. Jake Kemple will lecture here to.
morrow night for the benefit OF the Library
Association.
Joseph Byers, a coal miner at Rainey's.
ran off a day or two ago with a tifteen.year-
old daughter OF Samuel Bysil, and neither
one Of them has been heard of since.
Byers is said to be a rather notorious char
acter, and the parents of the girl are very
anxious about her on account Of her ten.
der age, and the company in which she is.
Mr.. Bysil says Byers is one of the men who
was engaged in the shooting scrape at
Slacktown some weeks ago, in which Harry
Paxton was shot.
Joel Woods, Esq, one Of the directors of
the Wheeling and Lake Erie road, says
there is no foundation whatever for the
rumOr hat the Lake Erie will take charge
of the Tuscarawas road. All the details for
the construction of the road to the river
over the projected route and over the river
at Martins Ferry have been completed,
and unless something very unexpected and
i~nsurmountable turns up, the road will
come here.
An addition 1OxO is being built to the
Catholic church here. The work is done
by the Exley's.
Mr.. Z. C. Boyd, the shoe man, is erecting
o house in the Orchard" The work is
being done by Mr.. Cloudy and the Exley's.
John alias Jack" Brannon and "Cloach'
Defey were arrested Yesterday by the
Mayors police on 4 charyeof robbing VIM.
A. Robbins. OF a watch and chain, a ring
II A1n ri. .. .l1A.A chat Nhn
robbery took place last Saturday night
when the complainant was under the In
huence of liquor. Both men are. in the
lookup.
r. Z. Sweeney, who has been very i'll for
some time, Is said to be slowly recovering.
Mr.. Chris. Ritter is lying very low at his
home with typhoid fever.
The c. & =. trains were all running yes
terday, the land slides having been re-
movea.
The Little Anna did not run yesterday,
the water being too high TO make the land
ings. in
consist Of a guide mill, two sheet mills and
twelve additional pudding furnaces. The
contract for building the engines has been
given to l.. Spence, OF Martins Ferry.
Washington's birthday was not generally
observed here, except in the public school,
or rather in the society of the High School,
Miss Lue Crumbacker, Principal. In the
afternoon quite a number Of patrons OF the
school called in and witnessed the carrying
out of the following programme:
Amelia Feeterer, select reading, Birthday
of Washington :" Olive Yost, defamation,
"Our National BanDer:r Maud Newland, es-
say, Visit TO the Tomb of Washington"
J. d. Spence, select reading, "The Soldiers
Tear" Chas. Lewis, defamation, "Our
Country" George Spence, select reading,
"Warren's Address Emma Deits, essay,
"Washington's Inauguration !" Geo. Rails
ton, original Grafton, sc. Washington"
Chas. seiby, select reading, '+Our Union :"
Ida Dsvault, essay, "Washington's Man
hood Anna Green, defamation, "The
American Flag" Daisy Hobenssck, select
reading, Sour Country" Hattie Upede-
GRAFT, select reading, THE Tomb OF Wash
ffngton y Chas. Kuckuck, essay, 1.-THE Boy
hood OF Washington 4" Mary McKin, ready,
Paul evere's Ride;,' Maud Eesleur, THE
Mother of Washington !" Nettie Penning-
ton, defamation, IThe Grave of Washing
tom" Edward McCombs, ready, Character
Of Washington; - Annie Ralston, essay,
'Our Own Country Russell NediH, do
clamatiou, Jennie McNeal's Ride" Ella
DevauIt, reading, ITO the Eagie;p Fred
Jones, defamation Of WA, Patrick Hen
~ Flora Williams, Independence Bell.
Ida Hoyie, defamation, "Marseflles
Hymn" Emma Lewis, defamation, "Dr.
Franklin's Teast to Washington; y Maggie
Kiot, The Blue and the Gray"
These performances were frequently in
terspersed with vocal and instrumental 80
lections.