Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-24
MARTINS FERRY.
A Big Boom in Business Interests-Per-
sOna1 Points and Social Happenings.

\ A Big Boom in Business Interests-Per-
| sOna1 Points and Social Happenings.
Yesterday Mrs DR.. J. II. Blackmore left
for the country to spend few days. Jim
Starke, the tonsorial artist has began work
ing for Mr.. Muhleman, the down town bar
Der. The Third ward is to have another
saloon, making about thirty in Martins
Ferry. John Brannon, OF Bellaire, is the
guest of his brother, James Runion. The
| Salvation Army will hold q love feast in
Commercial Hall. To-day camp meeting
will be held at Smithfeld, Mt Pleasant and
Walnut Grove. The picnic given at Rush
| Run on Friday, by the Jefferson Grange
and the Buckeye Grange was grand sue
cess. Nearly one hundred persons went up
from here on the ten o'clock train. A good
dinner was served after which an address
was delivered by Hon. j. II. Brigham,
Master of the State Grange which occupied
| nearly an hour and was well worth hearing.
There was also some good singing.
| All present report grand time
| Business ought TO revive here, as the
manufactures are all running The Laugh
lin mill, the Martins Ferry Stove Works
and Elson Glass Works will 90 on to-mor-
row week. The Standard mill, the planning
mills, the agricultural works and the brick
yards are all making full time. About one
half of the Aetna mill is in operation and
the foundries are making about half time
Mr.. A. J. Van Pelt, the C. 4 p operator,
| took in the railroaders picnic at Kensiug-
ton yesterday. Mr.. Will Litten, Of Rush
Run, was in his place Mr. John Biles has
returned from his farm in Marshal county,
". Va. A lookout for the locomotive sign
has arrived to be placed near the depot 1t
ought to read, look out for the depot and
| you bet you will have to look out to find it,
| too. Tomorrow we will know who is to
light the street lamps the coming year. On
| Friday night an impromptu hop was given
couples participated and all report good
time Mr. John Gillespie, the C. & p.
agent at Portland, will succeed Col g. W.
Mitchell as agent Of the c. & P. Railroad
Company at this point Yesterday large
party of Portland and Warrenton
people picniced at Rash Run.
Martins Ferry is behind the the times in
the way OF campaign hats. Mr. Jas. Y,
Patterson we believe is the only man in
town who has one. Massrs Jas. Bayless,
Ed Reid, and Wis and Bob Kear who took
in the Niagara excursion, returned on Fri
day night and report q good time. The
excursion financially we learned was
failnre Miss Laura Lewis will attend the
Seminary in Wheeling the coming term.
Mrs. Geo Flicker, Of Kansas, is the guest of
Mrs. Sarah Bayless Miss Kate Carmichael
has returned from a weeks visit at Mingo
and will resume her duties in Harrisons
store tomorrow. Prof J. B. Wallace has
returned from Springfield. L. j. {. Dren-
men and family, of Minneapolis are the
guests of Mr. ID. S father, Jas II. Drennen,
Esq. The supper and social given by the
WOmenS' mite society Of the Presbyterian
Church, at the Hanover Hotel on Friday
evening, was a very pleasant affair and net
ted more money than any social they have
held thus far
The Republicans Of this city will meet at
City Hall tomorrow evening to organize a
Central Blaine and Logan Club. The
meeting will be addressed by Col. c. l..
Poorman. of Bellaire, and Hon. B. B. Dov
enor, of Wheeling, and there will be good
music. The club will likely adopt uni.
form consisting of white hat blue coat with
brass buttons, white vest, lantern and cane
which will be very pretty. The junior
Blaine aud Logan Escort Club, consisting
Of about 30 members, meet at 7 o'clock
TO attend the meeting. I'VE had COM
plrte whitewash," said Marshal Hanson
last night He reports the lookup empty
on Thursday night for the FIRST time for over
month. Mr. Daniel Wes,lake is lying at
the Toint Of death. On Friday night the
co.orcd Republicans organized Blaine
ana LOGAN clnb of over thirty members.
With Nose TAYLOR Captain; Howard Davis,
Lieu'enant; VIM. Turner, President; Sam
Kanbow, Secy; and Thos. Coleman, Treas
A canoe will be held at Ferrell's Hall next
Tuesday evening. An effort will be made
to get Gen. Logan, the Republican candi.
date for Vice President to come here and
speak in Walnut Grove next month. Mr.
James A. Dickson and wife have returned
from Clifton. John Dore is back from
Pittsburg Mr. Frank McCarty and Mr.
Richardson III open blacksmith shopin the
building formerly occupied By H. c. Lurant.
Mrs. d. W. McCann, of Columbus, is the
guest of Mrs Isaac Cots. Mrs Alex Fra
zier and son have returned from a pleasant
visit to Pittsburg. Mr.. Chss. A. Clark, Of
Holidays Cove, is the guest of Capt. l.. ".
Inglebright The meanest ugliest, poorest,
smallest and cheapest thing in Martins
Ferry, is the C. & P. depot Sabbath school
will be held in the Presbyterian church next
Sunday. The room viii be ready by that
time. Colored camp meeting will be held
at Walnut Grove to-day, under the auspices
of Wayman Chapel A. NJ Z. Church, Of
Wheeling, and promises to be very interest
ing Rev W. H. Brown, OF Elizabeth Pa.
will preach at II a m; Rev. J. II. DAILY, Of
the Fifth street church, Wheeling. at 2:30
p. M. Rev. W. p. Ross Of Jacksonville, Fla,
at 4:3O, and Rev. c. AsbUry, pastor, at 7:3O.
Miss Mary Burns will remove to Steu-
benville the coming week, where she has
rented large house and will keep board
ers. She is very clever lady, and will
prefer business men, and to such we can
say they cannot do better. Her house is
on Market street near the Panhandle depot.
The Republicans will meet at City Hall to-
morrow night to reorganize. Persons har-
ing a-y word for John W. Crooks, for the
REGISTER or otherwise, should leave it at
Oug's drug store or his home. Mrs. Mary
Roach and son, of Cleveland, are the guest
Of John Mack.