Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-29
mARr1x,s FERRY MATTERS.

Thoburp Post G. A. R will decide, this
evening, how they viii go TO Wheelin, that
Captain ~Inglebright has purchased the
John Loomis for 81, 200, and will place her
in the Wheeling and Martins Ferry trade
at once.
On Friday afternoon a little child of VIM.
Craig, of Carlysle street got hold of q vial
of poison and swallowed a portion Of the
contents. The child has been very low
since, and its condition is considered crit
ical. 9,
and Pittsburgh railroad in the city are be-
mo- taken MP as fast as the steel rails are
laid up to them and replaced with the
Wharton safety-switches, BY which the
main track is always kept ~unbroken.
Ohio City Lodge No. 81, knights of Pyth-
las. of this city, will celebrate their ninth
anniversary at their han, on Hanover
street, to morrow evening, the invitations
for which are now out. B. b. Doyener, Es.
ouire, of Wheeling, will be present. and
make an address, and the knights will
leave nothing undone to make a pleasant
evening for their guests. -.
The Commencement OF the Martins
evening. June 9th. There will be but one
Graduate, Miss Flora A. Williams. DR.. e.
6. Vincent, President of Franklin College,
will deliver the address. There will be the
usual programme, but it will be brief.
The most elaborate preparations are be-
ing made locking to the proper celebration
of Decoration Day, tomorrow. Col. Irwin,
Post Commander, Thoburn Post, g.. A. R.,
and his committees have completed the
arrangements Following is q list OF those
whose graves will be decorated, and who lie
in the city cemetery:
pinia Infantry; Vim. r. Cottrell. Co. C,
First West Virginia Infantry; Thomas
Conoyay, Co. C, First West Virginia In
fantry; VIM. Minnehan, Co. c, First West
Virginia Infantry; Joseph Romick. Co.. Z,
First West Virginia Infantry; Enos Nc.
Williams, Co. c, First West Virginia In
fantry; Chas. Armstrong, First Lieutenant
Co. D. First West Virginia Cavalry; VIM.
Helmick, Co. c., First West VirginiB Cav
airy; Jacob Hatcher, Co. D, First West Nlr-
ginia Cavalry; Joseph d. Hayne, Co. X,
First West Virginia Cavalry Isaac harris,
Co. X, First West Virginia Cavalry; VIM.
Miller, First West Virginia Cavalry;
Henry Verwoldt, Co. d. First West Viz
ginia Cavalry VIM. X. Gordon, Sixth
West Virginia Infantry; Daniel Will
kinson, a New York State soldier;
VIM. C. Crooks. Co. G, Seventh Pennsyl.
vania Infantry; David Wagner, United
States Navy; James Tate, United States
Navy; Isaac Coons, United States Navy;
John Brooks, &c. G, Fifteenth Ohio lnfan.
try: Andrew Hymes, Co. B, Fifteenth Ohio
Infantry; BENJAMIN Howell, Co. +, Fiji
teenth Ohio Infantry; Albert Hockiday Co.
II, Sixty-First Ohio Infantry; James I.
Moore, Co. X, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry;
John Ada, Unknown; John Cowen, Co. A,
Fifteenth Ohio Infantry; Marion Burris,
First Lieutenant Co. G, 18th Ohio Infantry;
Vim. D. Beazel, Co: II, 1850 Ohio
Infantry; James White, S5th United
Co. A, 10th Ohio Infantry; Nicholas
Allender, Co. H, 10th Ohio Infantry;
John Jones, Co. ii, l93d Ohio Infantry;
John d. Park, Co. &, Fifteenth Ohio Infan.
try; VIM. Vance, Co. 4, 43d Ohio Infantry;
Michael MCGUIRE. Co. C., First West Vir'
ginia Infantry; John Harvey, Second Ken
lucky Infantry.
Since last Decoration Day the following
old soldiers, residents of Martins Ferry,
have died:
VIM. TAYLOR, Co. B, Ninety-eighth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry; John Hunter, Co. L,
First West Virginia Cavalry; John Coss,
Co. A, 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Thos. Cottrell, Co. C, First West Virginia
Infantry; Jacob Rennard, Co. -, First
West Virginia Cavalry; John McDaniels,
Battery II. First West Virginia Artillery;
James r. Griffith, Co. F, 5Oth Ohio infant
ry;. James Kinsl9w, First West VIZ
ginia Cavalry; Peter Holmes, Co.
f, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry;
The following programme has been pre-.
pared:
Prayer by the Post Chaplain "A. NJ. Shipman
Reading of Orders, by the Post Adiutant,