Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-06
MARTINS FERRY
General Personal and News Note

General Personal and News Notes
Since the resumption at the Elson Glass
Works, very good time has been made, oil
the shops getting half week, and some OF
them seven and eight turns. Yesterday
there were two more pots put into the fur.
snace, which will be filed ss tas, as practical
BILE. The pot arch is only capable Of heat
ing two pots at once, which fact will psoba.
bly, make it another week before the woiks
are on full.
The Laughin mill has been shut down
during the past two days owing 10 q scarcity
of material. Work on the new factory is
progressing rapidly. The engines have ar
rived and men are at work putting them in
position. The engines were buik in Youngs
Town, O., and present very good appear
ance and are pronounced OF superior quaL
ity BY Mr.. Ford, the chief engineer. Mr..
Pradiord, the new factory manager, denies
the statemeLt bat his three sons
and their nine friends from Massachusetts
are TO come here and take jobs in the fac.
tory He ssys they are all workers and
have sll good jobs and could not be induced
to leave home. From wnat has been nu'
merously hinted by those who are in post
rion to know something will be done at this
factory before long. Mr. LauRhlin ordered
Mr.. Harrison Bet,is, the cooper who holds
their contracts, to stock up his shop imme-
dis,tlv Bettis has on hand material to
make $4,000 kegs, which number would
last the factory il nails are not made faster
than they are now for quite hong time
This in connection with numerous rumors
of eastern men and old nailers being pnt on
at the 2l cent card, may be taken hor what
| it is worth.
Yearly meeting at Mt Pleasaa, closed
Yesterday, and the Martins Ferry people
who were in attendance have mostly return
ed home.
Miss Emily Wsrwood returned yesterday
from an extended visit TO Long Branch and
other Eastern summer resorts.
Episcopal service will be conducted in the
Baptist Church this afternoon ct half past
two ociock.
Mr.. Mortimer Williams has returned from
| St. Louis, where he has been during the
past two months.
W. D. Cochran, OF Grandview, Ohio, is in
town visiting bis fatherin.law, James Ii.
| Drennen.
Harry Robbertshaw is reported consider.
ably better, and WAS able to be out and
walk several hundred yards yesterday
A small child Of George McConnaughey
is dangerously i'll.
Drs j. NJ Backiord. W. Darrsh, J. II.
Ferrell and Mansil Rose, Esq attended the
st. Clsirsvile fair.
Mrs. T. w. Shieve and Miss Evira Gray
are in Canton, Ohio, visiting friends.
Miss Birtie Williams is visiting Miss Mary
Davidson.
As winter draws nigh Council should take
some action looking TO the laying oi q
pavement from the corner at the Centra
Public School to the Methodist Church. In
few months this will be q horrible place
it having in times gone BY even become
impossible.
There is q place in the path between
Hanover street and the c. d Z. depot wher'
the rain has washed gutter nearly two fee
deep, and which makes travel thereaboutl
actually dangerous after night.
Willie Harrison has returned, after
onrL's .uDt over the country.
Rev. DR.. Leonard, Prohibition candidate
fcr Governor Of Ohio, ~ill speak here onGe'
30th OF this month An effort will be mNd'
70 get the Walnut Grow and bold mon
Ter meeting AID denorS'ra'ion.
Harry Pobsr'shaw's many friends will b
pleased 10 learn that he was able 10 b
brought home yesterday. Harry WAS torSf
lime very low, but has been rapidly improv
rg dprirg the past three weeks
John Wallace and family are visitinC
friends in Town.
The "Punch and Judy" Baseball Clul
played game with the Democrat Badges
Yesterday, which resulted in defea, for ,h
latter.
The workmen at the Hoyle, Jones Manu-
featuring Company's works are now en-
gseed on tools and other articles necessar,
for a resumiDg in full in few months.
The Standard Iron Works made q larg
shipment Of washers yesterday.
Women's Union Benevolent Societ
meets at the re,idence Of Mr. A. link, Of
Walnut street, Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock
The Amslgsmated employees Of the Elm
and Standard mills received their pay yea
terdsy. One lodge paid out s7l2 and tb
other nearly 81 800.
a yearoid child Of Mr.. Roach, Of th
Standard addition, died on Friday aud vii
be buried today in Weeks cemetery.
A crowd Of small boys INDUCED in liys
. ly little fticof on Hanover street yestei
day.
The Men" and the "Puddlers" played
game Of base ball yesterday which resulte
in defeat for the Puddlsrs by g score OF j
10 H.
The suit Of T. C. Martin w. Andersen
McGrew, Esq., for assault and battery. ha
been postponed tilt AoDday evening.
Regular services in al the churches tc
day.
Misses Florence and Lizzie Lewis, q
Rush Run Station. are visiting Ct the res
depce Of Charles Lssis Jr.
The situation at the Etna and S'andAx
! mills still stands unchanged, with the uori
men drawing their benefits and playing bas
ball for AN nGsement. Manager Jones, Of th
. Etna, vent 10 Pittsburg yesterday for th
] purpose, IL is generally supposed, OF fndio
J out uheiber or not the scale presented
them wa the same as the one under vhic
the mills in The Pitt.barg district sre rui
ming. Il is though, that il bis investig
, ton proves the honesty Of the scale, it vi
Be argued Immediately.
, School rs-opers to morrow, siIsF : tIfe
take their old place. except that Miss FL
: Devault, who graduated laet spring. tax
the place Of Miss Lille Rice, aud j.
: Joiner takes charge Of the colored school
The Eureka rink was opsn Friday mig
and the Excelsior last night
James A. Van Pelt, Esq, 10 as home v
ting his family
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