The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-14
MARTINS FERRY,
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Other Notes.
When Martins Ferry was visited yesterday,
the scene Of desolat;on was considerably i'm.
proved, but Notwithstanding many of the
houses are unfit 10 move in. Some OF the
iahabitea houses are still troubled Ri.h
water in tue cellars, and the walls ara damp.
The result Of the citizsns' meeting on Thurs.
day afternoon was tho appointment of az
executive committee This committe is CON
posed Of the frat general committee, with
the addition OF two men. This committee
y DOW working In harmony, although ut first
there Vas soms dissa as.iactiou. The Method
ist people tGel somewhat sore ever their noe.
recognition. and not without cause.
Iae 81 W0 appropriation OF tho Govern
ment. The share OF Martins Ferry, YVES re-
celved yesterday, and the fund is being dis.
tributed under the direction Of the Mayor
with the executive committee. The country
people are still sending In al! they cen share
and every person 80 far gs kcoTu has teer
provided for.
II NF!RMARr DIRECTORS.
The Ic6fmary Directors visited Martins
Ferry yesterday ard said that they had tray
c!ea eli over Belmont county, and that while
they INST with ecenes OF distress they had
stem none worse than Martins Ferry. They
held n conference With Trustee George Rob
ins'n in regard to providing 10. the poor.
AN Ex rRAoEpIsAHY Gaze.
A story was told a representative Of the
1STELLlaEscER yesterday that surpassss be-
lief. A nsilor in tee Laughlin mill, who
lived high and dry, boasted that he had gone
to Wheeling and obtained from The relief
committee a plir OF boo's. This s!o.y is civ
en On the authority OF trustworthy citizsns,
ana can ee .uhsssn.is'cd II Necessary.
DRAINAGE NEEDED.
A prominent citizen said Yesterday: The
township nhould take some action in regard
to draining the water from the irac. OF lard
lying north CT the depot and comprising
about ten acres. Tho locality is in a terrible
condition, and II it 10 possible the waller
should be drained of ct once, This state of
atlai!s Is noticed In the low land between
Capt. 1aglebrlsAt's residence and the rsil-
road.
HEIGHT or wA1EE.
Mr.. q. Frszier, who has resided in Martins
Ferry for fo:!y-tour years, says that the pres.
ent food was 5 feet 5k inches higher In Mar
tins Ferry than that Of 1852 Mr.. Frazier
took this measurement from the marks on
the farmers Hall building, aad IS authentic,
At this point the difference between the 1882
Hood n that OF the present time Is . feet.
THE BESwooD FURNACE.
When an 1srkLIlGEScEs reporter reached
the Benwcod blast furnace at tie UPPER end
Of Martins Ferry yes!s RAY afternoon he met
M George Wise and James Patterson, OF the
company, who had been on guard since the
alarm at midnight on Tuesday. Mr.. Wise
said the furnace wa ul right as far as fears
from q chill were concerned, and thst in a
few days they would be IN good order. The
trouble consisted in the pumps giving out,
and the cooling OF the lower portion OF tbs
furnace. The Vigilsnt q .s engine went over
early Wednesday moraing sld worked eff.
GENTLY until 4 O'Clock in the evening pump.
Ing water into the reservoir. The furnace
now has a steam syphon pump working
placed in with extraordinary speed BIZ Trim.
BILE & Latz. Il yes certtin'y & nsrrow es.
cape from a dis lster which would have in.
volved a losa Of $4,000.
NOTES.
James h. Drennen, editor Of the Ohio
Valley Nt'rs. was out yesterday.
TIE Cleveland & Pittsburgh psy car will
probably be around to see the boys to-day.
Trains were running on the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh Yesterday from Bsllaire to Bridge.
port every hour.
William Chambers will get out to-day with |
4 construction train. 1t Is possible that
freight and passenger trains will be running
by Friday.
NJ. r Smiley and James R. shrodes, the
Committee on Streets, on their II tesponsi, |
bili,y, dug a drain yesterday and let ont The
water from the lovIands Of the upper end Of
town.
MIS- Dr.. Hinerman called at the ISrELLr.
aEScER office yesterday, aud said that the
statement that her husbands bondsmsp, Nj. |
George La seur, had given him up, and be
had been locked up, was untrue. She says |
Mr., La seur is still his t%ondsman, and be
not In the lookup.
Between the Elson glass works and The
p Ike thirty out houses and four dwellings
The Tatchman at this establish.
ment was bemoauing the fact that the other
night he could not reach Lis family. bnt
when day dAwred he found his hou.e lodged
within twenty feet Of the factory.
Col. G. ". Mitchell has been appointed
station agent at Martins Ferry ylcs M.. Di.
worth resigned, and Till take cha.g, on Fri.
lay. The merchants part with MI. Dii.
Torth, who hes been agent at this point Tor
'out:een years, with regret. Hs hiss been
aithful aud accommodating representative
II the 9: 4 T. road, and has given universal
atis.actiou. Mt. Mitchell Is 4 clever gentle. /
nan, and the company has selected IN him a
worthy successor 0. Nj. Dilwo.th. .
BRIDaEPORT. I