The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-12
MARTINS FERRY.
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Yesterday afternoon la Martins Ferry
| found the condition Of things Ia tolerabIe
! condition. The scaue is utterly nde.cribsble.
iAs devastated fields the h3oled hauses and
the wrecked dwellings form picture OF dis
trees that is uneq1alied. Hare IRA the va
csnt foundations Of hcu.cs who's, proptietors
thought they wers forever ssfo from water.
and in another place are up.urned houses
anchored in the mud. 4. ~
In the portion OF the town nesr Tia n,,t.
ounce things are assuming thoIr normnl
shape. TIE pustofftcG wag opened ycstsrdsv'
Postmaster y. I. Dean birsd wagon and
50 It to Wheeling und obtained t!ls accu1u- (
aiatad inaii AT that paint. Among The mail
received were sl7 letters, besides numerous
sscks OF papers. These were all dis.rlbu,ed
Yesterday afternoon in the boxes BY Post
master Dean and his assistant, Miss Nav
he factories and industrial establishments
are being cleaned out as 'apd!g as possible,
ana WORK will be commenced In Them No
soon as they get 10 good fo.s,. The Brcspye
slass works are making every ecdfay. r to We.
to work in twelve Or fifteen days, The
Laughlin mi Is ars being c!gansi out AZ
RAPIDLY ns the workmeu can do It, and thew
Will be at work whenever the machines can
be started, = -.
Toe strssts fronting on the river bank pre-
sent most dismal scene, tho mud and de-
ori' being everywhere present. Nj, Fl
THE waoSa DosE. ss.as -
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen CsEk, OF Mlnro, ar.
rived in Martins Ferry yesterday from Minso
aud brought the report tha! Abe Baron, who
formerly resided in Martins Ferry, bat Who
Is now boss puddler Of the Mlngo mill, was at
the point Of d;ath. He worked hard ali day
Saturday In the flood, and becouiuy ye,y
hoarse he took what lie thought 10 bs courh
medicine, but which sfterward, proved TO bs
concentrated lya. I. was five hourH after
lad taken the dose that the ,nisake was ait.
covered. He isly,ng very low now With bnt
! faint hopss OF his recovery. 10 wns \ ysfy
clever, good-hearted gentleman and tho ns VS.
o. his illness was recs'vei Ia town yesterday
with feelings OF souow. .t... 80, =
,l.D DEAD r2E pAyl.
John Durk!e, ons Of the olleat residents OF
Martins Ferry, living in Ctark's addition,
sitsr ssvess illness died on last Thursday.
and bis body ha, been lying In the bciltp
ever since. ii possible HIS r-mAius will bo
buried to-day. His son lot Cincinnati on
Wednesday, and after d'llisuli,s ipnumey.
able he resched home Sunday.
nISNEEMAN's HEGInA.
Dr. Zimmerman, who was 80 badly beaten
up for stealing from IGara' store, was sur-
rendered by bis boudsmea aud lodged in the
lookup. but yesterday he secured new bonds.
men and. was released nnd siace that time
has not been sesn. Some perso1s saw hin
walking down the track towards Bridgeport
Yesterday moraios. end It Is supposed he Is
now In q place Of sscluhi5n. f.' =,
lt THE RELIyf NEAtunes.
The work Of relieving tho d's!.ess Is going
on nobly, but trouble Ia zpe.isncsd from
lack Of system. Yesterday afternoon the
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