Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
MARTINS. FERRY.
An Avalanche Of News Happsnlas'
Yesterday.
Serious Aceident-.wo Social Affairs
Cold Meather-A Depot Wanted
City News Items.

kHy views tteins
On Friday IN other very serious accidsn
occurred ut Hehing's coal bank. Charley
Thompson, . young man Of eighteen years
who il employed - . driver, Ii the I'M
fortunate. While driving out . traiI
about IL O'Clock, and when making turn
he was caught between two earn and had
his right hip dislocatsd, also his leg badly
bruised. The fracture was reduced by Drs
Hobensack and Werlich.
BRILLIANT SOCIAL GATHERING
On Friday evening there was q most
delightful social gathering at the residences
eff Mr.. Stephen Hopkins, on Penn street.
The affair was given by his daughter Miss
BERTHE Hipkins to q number VI her friends.
They responded to invitations at an early
hour and remained until 1880 P. N. The
evening was pleasantly spent in playing
the choicest games and charades, convers
ing, chit chat and mischievousness. Ele-
CANT refreshments were served about IL
O'Clock, which were highly enjoyed by the
gay participants.
The occasion was brim full of merriment
lively one and all unite IN pronouncing
Miss Hopkins q splendid hostess. The list
of those present is % follows: Misses Salie
Carmichael and Dsde Speer, OF Martins
Ferry, Anna Lupton and Lizzie Moore, OF
Mt Pleasant and Messrs. VIM. Bridenstein,
Of Bridgeport, ard James Greer, Harry
Robertshaw, A. g. Snow, also the REGISTER
representative all of Martins Ferry.
ELEGANT LEhPYEAR PARTY.
The leap year ball given at the Standard
Glee Club rooms 90 Thursday evening by
he IS. B. s. Society" consisting Of five
young ladies of this city, was q grand sue
cess. The rooms were elegantly decorated
end presented Q grand appearance. About
sixty couples appeared about 8 O'Clock.
The ladies selected their partners for the
evening, which appeared to be something
povel. Boston was there and TO the soft
sweet strains of his orchestra, dancing was
kept up until 3 A. NJ, yesterday morning.
The ballot masters were Misses Caroline
Otto and Flora Humphreyville two mem.
tsrs of the society and under their manage
ment.
The hop passed of pleasantly, each and
tvery person present enjoying them selves
immensely, The refrsshment stand was
under the supervision OF Miss Ida Donna
Won, another member, and from her elegant
refreshments such as cake, lemonade or.
suges and peanuts were sold at low prices.
The ladies under whose auspices the hop
vas given succeeded in making little
more than expenses and on this account
are happy.
The revival at the NJ. f. Church contin.
ues 10 draw well. and thus far has been
very successful. The attendance on Sun
cav night is especially large. Last Sun
cay night about two hundred persons were
refused admission, and almost as many the
Sunday previous. Persons going after the
.econd bell rings stand q poor chauce OF
Obtaining a seat Rev. E. Z. Jones, the eff
fcieRt LAS tor, was the attraction.
TWENTY BELOW ZERO.
The weather OF the past two days is the
coolest in the history OF Martins Ferry.
The murcery ran down as low as fifteen
degrees below zero. Yesterday morning at
YoIkville, six miles above here it was re-
ported twenty one below. one fortunate
thing is that there are no people here in
destitute circumstances. We have no
loafers and beggars. The manufactures
have been making good time and very few
sble bodied men have been without EN-.
ployment, thereby enabling them to earn
a living.
WHAT is IT.
When are we to have a new depot? The
resent little depot, or whatever you would
call IL, is disgrace to the company and
rur enterprisiug city. Tue othea evening
a drummer walked up to the depot and
ssked your correspondent where the depot
was. Smilipgly, the drummer was told
bat he was in it, to which he asked: do
The trains stop here?" He continued by
saying that it took the cake, which did not
surprise his hearers. The waiting room
measures l2x1S feet, which has to accom-.
modate men, women and children Of all
creeds, color and ma tionalities. Yesterday
over fifty persons were in waiting at one
time: Among them was a number of glass
house urchins who exhibited their skill as
sluegers, and this was exceedingly IN.
pleasant for the ladies present. This oc-
ours almost every day.
GENERAL CITY NEWS.
The A. M. f. Church has q society
known as the A. NJ. E. Church Aid Society,
which meets every Friday night. The ex.
ercises consist OF debates, declarations, I'D.
dresses, readings and singing, with paper
called "The Church Aid Gazette" edited
by A. A. Dazzle, the tonsurial artist. The
meetings OF the society are very interest.
ing and draw well.
DR.. Dprrsh will remove his drug store
from Fourth street to the room on Han.
over street formerly occupied by J. B.
Hays.
Episcopal services will be held In the
Presbyterian church this Sunday aftor
noon. The pastor, Rev. Walker, OF Bell.
aire, will oficiate, preaching on Bad Lit
erature.'
Dr. Garrett, who recently came here
from Wetzel county, West. Virginia, will
occupy the Douglass property. .
Mrs. J. L.. schillipg, who cut her hand
very seriously the other day is getting
The Windsor Theater Combination, n ow
playing at Charley Shay's will present
rBiock Game, or Playing TO Win" ct
Commersial Hall on Tuesday night
Quite q number OF our people are still at
Par kersburg attending the SciOto-LImas
trial and are nj UGH missed
Burisls are still made at Walnut Grove
ce metery and we should think the old
ppryipg ground contains about as many
bodies as il should, Such city OF the dead
is disgrace to Martins Ferry. When the
weather opens up the new cemetery should
be pushed to completion.
Rev. Father Teuohy offers the Catholic
church for sale, and will build q new edi'
ice II the church can be disposed Of.
The g. B 8. Society guess what that 10,
was out last night having leap year
sleigh ride, which was highly enjoyed, not
only by them but by the boys.
The baby case has been dropped. A
thorough investigation was made by the
mayor and police, hut all efforts 70 disclose
he mystery were fIuitless.
Lots continue selling throughout town
at nice prices. The prospects for building
the coming season are excellent.
BByless Bros. have just received splen
did roofing machine.
Yesterday no Martins Ferry items ap
peartd in the RKsIsTKR by reason OF thu
messengers NEGLIGENCE. The many readerl
OF q e paper were greatly disappointed ir
consequence. as q budget appears every
day. The people here have become 80 90
customed to this that they would - soon
DIR without their breakfast, even these cold
mornings. Many saw they would rathel
do this. We hope their failure to appeai
will not occur spsin.
Our people still allsw the snow TO lay %
their sidewalks. some like plowed ground
This il exceedingly unpleasant for pedss
trians, and should not Be permitted, %
pecially in q metropolis like this. II thil
was New York, Beilairs or some othe
plscs OF the kind, there wouldnot be mncl
difference.
The series Of meetings ct the Presbyt<
rian Church closed Friday night with goo
success.