Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-20
MARTINS FERRY.

Judge John S. Corbrsn left yesterday to
attend the Senatorial Convention in Flush
ing to-day. Mr.. Corb-sn has rather an lin
poItsnt mission to perform; that is, to al
enpt to change the representation in thu
Senatorial district from one delegate from
each township to a delegate for every allot-
ted number of Republican votes cast il
Zach township. According to the presen,
rule Belmont county has not nearly 81
many delegates as she will have if the
Judge succeeds in carrying out the pro
posed plan, which is in keeping with the
methods adopted by the party elsewhere,
On Tuesday evening Thomas BlincC
overheard two men laying a plot to rob hi.
potato patch. Accordingly he and his
brother George went to the field to avail
the arrival OF the two well known %pilferers
After long and anxious waiting by the Bin
cos the thieves arrived and were allowed to
dig a few tubers, but were driven away with
out their sack. Mr.. Blinco says they cal.
have the sack by calling for it. The worst
hing about the catch is that the men are
known to the owners of the patch, and they
are mel who always ridiculed the idea Of
stealing and who protested great honesty
Trey will not be arrested.
Ali and Mallory went down to the new
Fair Grounds yesterday to assist the Lilies
OF he Valley in a game with the Wellsburs
b Sc bail club. At the end of the game IN,
score stood 6 to 2 in favor of Wheeling
To show how much the Martins Ferry boy.
di towards winning the game it is ouL
necessary to say that on Saturday las
Wellsburg beat the same club with their ex
c~eption by a score of % to 9, and that An
made three of the six runs made by Wheei
ing yesterday. Mallory did SOM
EXCELLENT batting, but was mo-
'ortunate enough to have goo
MN to bring him home. Ali snc
Mallory both did good playing all through
The latter, allowing the foreigners only one
base hit.
Word was received Yesterday that Harry
Robertshaw was still alive but lying very
low.
There was ore shop at work at the Elsou
yesterday with W. K. Elson. Esq as gofer.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. Gibson, the
scissor grinder, immor:slized himself by
eating two dozen large cucumbers with no
dressing but salt at n sitting.
Yesterday morning Master Charley Arm.
q small son of Jacob Arm, fell from the
third to the second floor of E. C. Boyd's
new building on Hanover street. He lit on
bis side and face and bruised his arm and
one side Of his face badly.
Rev Z. c. Simpson, of Hamilton, Ohio,
is visiting A. Rolston, Sr.
Rev. D. B U~piegrsff and Miss Phoebe
Harrison, of Mt. Pleasant, were in town
yesterday, the former on his way to the
Moundsville camp ground, and the latter
visiting her brother, j.. S. Harrison, on Fifth
street.
The Society of Friends hold their yearly
meeting in Mt. Pleasant on August 80.
Last night Prof. c.. R Shrlve gave a lawn
fete and social party to his many friends al
his beautiful residence and grounds back o.
town. Prof Charley Conway furnished the
music, and a pleasant evening was spent on
he grounds amid the rustic scenery.
Yesterday the workmen of the Elson and
Buckeye glass works picked baseball mines
from among their numbers and played two
games, both of which resulted in favor Of
the Elson.