Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-09
MARTINS FERRY.

u. u. Cochran has just returned from
| weeks trip down the river.
| Father Drennen, of the Ners, Is at Cleye'
! i is.r.6. on business.
Longs entire force is busily engaged cd
| fruit cans.
NJ A. Elliott and wife, of Chicago, are
visiting relatives here and will probably
| remain.
Revs. Grandson and Wilkes are attend
ing the A. NJ. L. conference, in session at
| Norwalk,
the switch down that street are reque:ted
! to meet at Chas. Zimrnerman's store on
next Monday evening.
Mr.. Chas. Undertakes children, who
have been down with typhoid fever, are
| improving. ,,
That pump on Washington street, is still
J out OF "geer."
''Scofe" Tolbert sprained his ankle day
before yesterday, and is off work in conse
The Bats and Balls played match game
| of ball yesterday. The score stood: Bats,
| 2; Balls, l.
II you desire any carting done, call on
Samuel Rainbow. He hauls cheap.
Mrs. Sadie Bennett, Of Wheeling, is visit
ing friends here.
Several persons will receive the sacra-
ment of baptism tomorrow or MondIy IN
the river, Rev. Jones administering.
Rev. PIG. Doepher will preach at Ben
wood TO morroy.
Mrs. Louis Swartz, who has been down
with inhammatOry rheumatism for some
days is convalescent.
John F. Miller, Secretary Of the Buckeye
Glass Works, has bought lot from DR.. [.
Werlich, on Fourth street, and will build
fine residence.
G. w. Chescel,, postal clerk on the B.
& o. road, has purchased the Duffield prop
ETY., corner Hickory and Third street and
will shortly occupy it, removing his family
from Henrysburgh, Ohio. Price. 5000.
Mrs Joseph Faust has just returned from
a weeks visit with friends at Eellaire.
Mrs. Eliza Parker, formerly OF Martin
Ferry but now of Pittsburgh, is the guest
OF w. Holiday, Esq.
J. o. Stewart, of Fifth street, was sixty
one years old yesterday. A sumptuous
supper was spread and twenty.one mem.
beers Of the family partook OF the good
things b.ioic them, all doing themselves
ample justice. At theIconclusion OF sup
per Mr. Stewards eldest son, &. c. stewart,
an eminent lawye- of Grand Haven, Mich,
made brief speech reciting past reminis-
cences and at the close presented his father
with pair of gold spectacles, TO which the
old gentleman responded in very kind
manner.
Heston & Crayton shipped lot OF picks
to the West, yesterday.
J. S. Harrison left for the East on Thurs
day.
Postmaster Dean took in the St. Glars
vile fair yesterday.
The Tomas will enter the Wheeling and
Captina trade to-day.
1ha Alaxandnr turtla S0un and itg vic
tins are subject to the conjecture of great
fun. The victims are ali getting along
nicely, and will recover. Marshal Hanson
proposes to have the affair investigated If
nobody else does.
Marshal Hanson was the recipient of
fine large turtle yesterday.
The bridgeport X. of Ps. went to Stou-
benville last night on the John Tomas.
Some forty or fifty couples went from
this city. band OF music accompanied
the excursion.
The Presbyterian social last night was 0
most ENJOYABLE and successful affair.
f. II. Hyder, agent Of the @. & p. at
Beaver, Pa, has resigned to accept a situa-
ton With Vim. Mann, OF this city.
Yesterday afternoon, between four and
five o'clock, as the local freight was coming
down past Rainey's coal works, brakeman
was knocked off by one Of the coal shutes
and badly injured. He was taken to Bel.
laire and was still alive at last report.
This was his first trip on this road and he
was unaequainted with points Of danger.
Miss Hattie Gamer, of Chicago, who has
been visiting her uncle, Prof. G. H. Shreve,
returned home yesterday,
The price OF croton oil has advanced fifty
per cent.
The REGISTER is gaining an immense cir
culation here. IL is very popular with
everybody and its unquestioned enterprise
is obtaining the recognition it deserves on
all sides.
A little daughter, aged eighteen months,
OF Eenj. Mitchell, who lives about two and
one-half miles east of town, on Glenn's run,
ate rome Rymsum s.cds. yesterday, which
poisoned her and will probably have a
tat al result