Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-13
MARTINS FERRY

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General News Notes and Personal Items.
Mr.. James Archer and family, of Steu.
benville, and W. J. O'Nesll and family, Of
Cincinnati, are the guests Of L. Inglebright
Miss Harden, of New York, who has been
dangerously i'll at J. S. Hsrrisons 5, is some
better.
A. L. Wetherald, OF MassilIon, 0 was in
town Yesterday.
Mrs. Elmer Moore wi-hes your reporter to
make an expression Of ner heartfelt thanks
10 her neighbors, the members of Mr..
Mo2re's lodge Of the Amaigama!ed and
81 Others who so kindly assisted in minister.
log to he wants dutipg his lon illness
MIR. 0. +. Rodehaver, Of X,nssvilla, was
in town yesterday calling on L. Spence.
Mr.. Rocehaver is the inventor OF new
steam engine, or rather a new engine valve
ard al attachment which does away with
the cam, excentric and all parts used
in transmitting their motion. The valve is
circular and may be used on either sim
gle or double engine It also makes but
enc revolution while the engine makes three
thus saving large amount Of friction.
Besides this II does away entirely with forty
two pieces Of q common engine and can be
housed while in motion.
7. r. Hacket, Of the P,tts5urg Oil Ex-
charge Was in town yesterday.
Miss Rachel Wagner, of Wcllsville, is
the guest Of Mrs K n Thesker, OF Third
street
Charley Fritz, Of .Einaville, performed
delicate operation on dog OF 5ls Thursday.
The canine had a squirrels foot fastened in
his throat and could not live long unless it
was removed. All ether methods having
failed, Mr.. Fritz took a sharp knife and cut
through the dogs neck into the sesophsgus
and removed the cause Of trouble The
dogs neck was sewed up and nothing but
milk fed him and he now seems in fair
way 10 recover.
John Halpin and James RGnion are feed
ing nails in the Bellaire mill
Isaac Fowler, who lives about FIVE miles
west Of town, met with very painful acct
dent one day last week. \ farm hand was
pitching sheaves to him, while be was feed
ing q tbreshiDg machine, and by some
means ran the prong Of the fork through
his hand.
G. W. Delaney, Of Darlington, had his
right thumb ground up in the gearing Of a
fodder cutter yesterday. The member is
badly lsseerated and the bones are broken,
but the doctors hope amYutsuon may not
prove necessary.
Misses Nellie Sedgwick and Amanda
Dsrrah, Of S.. Clsirsvil!e, were in town yes
!. rdsy, calling on Miss Anna Green.
Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander, o sprv lady OF
e'gh,y.fve, is the guest Of }. A. Gray, Of
Third street
Theaker X Dickson got 10 case Of
chinsaa e yesterday.
Mrs Mans and family of S:eNbenville, aSe
the guests Of j. B. Gilispie.
There will be regular services al all the
churches to-day except the Episcopal and
Baptist.
Louis Hawthorn, William Lewis and
Charles Galoraith, were in towa yesterday.
William YeGnilhon and wife, OF Smith
Geld, are the guests Of Mr.. JOSEPH Medin.
The other day 3 young -aE named
George Hightmsn, claiming to be nail
feeder from Ironton, came 10 town and tried
to work the nSilers for ticket tc Nassillon.
pom being refused be became very saucJ
and one Of the striking feeders slapped his
chops severely George now claims thas
the whole craft will be sorry they did not
pay his way out Of town.
". q. Wood and family have returned
from visit in Michigan.
The new Commercial block is nearing
conpletioH. Workmen are laying nice
sawed stone pavement on the F0lrth street
front.
Hon. J. NJ. Thomas, of Indiana, wiz
open the prohibition campaign with a
rousing speech st the corner Of Fourth AID
Hanover streets tomorrow hight.
Andrew Msidens is still very low at the
home of David Paxton, on Fifth street.
s. Il. Heston has just completed she
new heavy wagon for the LaughEn Nail
Co. This wagon is one Of The finest places
of workmanship We have ever seen. The
tongue irons are l inch By aud
are made Of steel The Axles
are ,! inches and SOLID,
they being clipped to the bolster to gain
strength The entire vehicle IS made OF
hard wood, the spokes being swamp OAK
The lock is adjustable so as to avoid the
necessity Of mailing on old shoes aud wooden
blocks TO take up slack. On the whole the
entire wagon is complete piece OF work
msnsbip, every part apparently being IN ex-
act proportion to the strain it IS expected to
besr.
Many Of the telephone subscribers are
sickipy for another wire between here aud
Wheeling. 1t is indeed very ANNOYING st
times to be forced to wait til two or three
people have their little ssy before you can
be Accommodated.
In some quarters interest in the Water
Works has apparently died out almost en-
ti,ely;while in others, and especially among
who took no hand in the matter last spring,
interest seems to Just awakening. The
bonds were put on the market at FIVE per
cent and were advertised in few OF the
local newspapers. Perhaps had the adEsr-
tisement been inserted in some mercantile
or engineering paper more bids would
have been received, but as it was the
BIDS were very limited in nuubes,
and the only one which seemed at
al acceptable had serious drawback in
the shape of q proposition to hold back
enough money to pay the interest for sew
eral years cut OF the principal 1t nov
seems probable that the interest will have TO
be raised to six per cent and the sale read
yertised. In the meantime the Board OF
trustees has MOI bsea idle. They have Pos