Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-09
MARTINS FERRY.
a Big Budget of Good News-Personal
and General Points The Register
Booming. as Usual.

a Big Budget of Good News-Personal
ana General Points The Register
Booming, rs Usual.
And now Martins Ferry will not have
gas for another week at least. The work OF
Coring was Unexpectedly suspended yester-
day at noon for one week or more. The
reason assigned for this action is on &C.
count OF the condition OF the boiler and
engine. They have been in active use for
80 long a period that they have given COM
pletely out, and Messrs. Ryal and burst, the
contractors, will purchase new ones, place
them on the site OF the present old ones
and resume the work of boring as soon as
possible. The well is now down a depth of
q little over l. 600:feet sixty feet lower than
gas was expected to be reached at. When
the boring is resumed it will be continued
to q depth OF 1000 feet and perhaps lower.
Those interested in the project still have
hopes of striking gas, but the average Mar
tins Ferry man appears to be losing hopes.
Don't get discouraged, as gas may be found
yet. 1t may suddenly appear during the
surprise US if we can believe the history OF
oil and gas wells. II natural gas ever ap-
pears here, Martins Ferry will boom far
beyond her present booming stage.
Personal.
Mrs. Rev. E. r. Jones is at Irondale visit
ing friends.
Mr.. B. F. Brady returned last night from
a pleasant trip to Steubenville.
When you want q first-class "stew" or
fry" of oysters call at Sheekey's restaur-
ant, corner of Hanover and Railroad streets.
Choice lunch snd meals are also served at
low prices. Everything is gotten up in
splendid style at this restaurant and the
proprietress. Mrs. Sheekey, deserves liberal
patronage.
John McGuffy, adrag-out at the Laughlin,
mill, fell upon q hot bar Of iron yesterday
and was seriously burned about the breast
and hands.
The Ladies' Union Benevolent Society
will meet at the residence OF Mrs. B. Exley,
Jr., next Wednesday afternoon at / o'clock.
A full attendance is desired. .
The Happy Five gave a very pleasant
dance at Ulrick's Hall, Etnaville or Fri
day night.
The schools opened the past week with a
full attendance. The carpenters are beau
tifying the Central building considerably.
Mr.. 7. Stanton, the cheap grocer aud
confectioner, corner Walnut and Fifth
streets, now receives the choicest oysters
every morning. He always keeps q full
and complete stock of goods, which are sold
at prices that defy competition. Give him
a call.
Martins Ferry will be well represented
at the West Virginia State Fair.
The latest Martins Ferry news will al
ways appear in the REGISTER. As a sam
pie, take yesterdays REGISTER, which con-
tanned sn accurate account Of yesterday
mornings fire.
Mr.. Robert Miller, who has been in the
South for some months past, is home
troubled with malaria.
Mrs. Charles Behler. Of Petersburg;
Misses Venia Reece and Hickey Hoffmsster,
of Wheeling, are the guests of Mr.. Fred
Greiner.
Mrs. Field and daughter, of Kansas CITY,
No, are visiting Mrs. Squire Esgleson.
Clarence Burris began clerking in Dr.. A.
E Ong's drug store yesterday.
Mrs C. L. Myers lett yesterday for Cum.
berland, Md, to visit relatives.
Mr.. J. 7. Craig is back from a pleasant
visit o. one week in Woodsfeld.
Mrs Theodore TruIell leaves to morrow
to spend several days at Waynesburg, Pa
Misses Mamie and Sallie Fisher, Of Co
lumbus, have returned home after q pleas