Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-03
MARTINS FERRY.

Star soap signs are looming up all over
town.
Miss Ida McCabc is in Newark visiting
friends.
George Floto has given up the butcher
business.
Miss Eta Smith is visiting relatives east
Of Wheeling.
A telephone has been put in the water
works office.
Mr.. p. Babb, of Philadelphia, was in the
city yesterday.
The Buckeye Glass Works are now run
ming two furnaces.
r. {. Clark has removed his shoe store
to Washington street
At the Lafayette Hall grand ball will
be given tomorrow night.
4 small force of men are still at work on
the {. l.. x W. on Water street.
The postmaster reports all the mails ex-
ceedingly heavy during the past few days.
Misses Edith Wilkins and Clara Zane, of
Wheeling Island, are the guests Ofthe
Misses Sheets.
Rev. and Mrs. Miller, of Steubenville,
are the guests of Mr.. James Hastings, nj
the Hanover Hotel.
C. Il. Stamm, of Canton, O., represent
ing the Peoples Mutual Live Stock lnsur-
ance Company, is at the Hanover.
Lott & Scheele have had their delivery
wagon nicely repainted, with picture OF
barrel of Magnolia flour on the curtain.
YeSterd ~ morning the weather was
rather inclined to be cold The thermom-
eter registered 400 on the hills back OF
town.
1t was reported yesterday that q strike
was imminent among the men employed
by J. j. Rumsey on the water works res
crvOir.
Meister's orchestra will play at the EX-
celsiOr rink tomorrow night, the occasion
being the grand opening for the coming
season.
Yesterday finished up all the work Oh
| Wheeling Natural Gas Co. s line. The es-
cape indicators are all numbered and the
! tests made.
The Wheeling Natural Gas Co. had the
Buckeye stand pipe taken down, and will
soon be ready to furnish the gaseous fuel
| to our manufacturers.
School opens Monday next for the fall
term. All the grades will close on Friday
to allow the scholars to attend the West
Virginia State fair Oh the Island.
George Mercer received letter yester-
I,U tho fnrtuna IN
which he is joint heir, stating that the
prospects of an early settlement of the es-
tate might he looked for.
No more earthquake shocks have been
| felt hercabOuts, but new stories of the
Scarcs the old one caused some people and
the exceptional bravery of some others,
continue to come TO light.
Since the police have been doing night
duty the town has become very much
more quiet. There is not nearly the same
amount of drunkenness and hilarity which
formerly existed after the cops were in
their little beds.
The suit ofMrs. Melinda Stringer against
Robert Galbraith, was dismissed yester-
day, the plaintiff failing 10 appear on
NiIllC. uC suit VIII DC III Wis
Stringer's intention was TO have been on
hands yesterday.
c. II. Osler, manager of the Baltimore
Clothing House, has chandelier and
lamps in his store which have been in use
l19 years. 1t is a very unique affair, and
is heavy enough to stand the hard knocks
of another century.
The Ladies Foreign Missionary Society
met in the NJ. Z. church yesterday, and
will continue its session over to-day The
meeting includes representatives from all
the branch organizations in this district
Yesterdays meeting was very interesting
and tO-day's session promises many matters
of more than ordinary interest.
The Water Works Trustees have decided
to run branches from the street mains to
the curb in front of all places where water
is wanted This will prove great saving
to those wanting water, as the job can
be done much cheaper for the trustees than
for an individual. 1t will also obviate
the continual tearing up OF the streets to
make connections.