Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-05
MARTINS FERRY.
The News of the Day Pointedly Para
graphed for Hasty Readers.

The News of the Day Pointedly Para
graphed for Hasty Readers.
The C. L. w. people are still busily en-
gagged on their Martins Ferry Extension.
and have three pile drivers at work on
the line. Friday waspay day.
F. 4. Steck, of the Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette, has been in town during the past
week arranging to write up the city and
its business and manufacturing facilities
and establishments for his paper.
C. w. Bishop was i'll Benwood yesterday
putting up q self-feeding nail machine Tor
Geo. W. McKinn.
The Secretary of the Board OF Trade IS
in receipt of letter from large lmple-
ment manufacturing company In the IN
terror of the State, who desire to locate In
the natural gas belt. The works employ
from two to three hundred men. The
Board of Trade meets in regular session
tomorrow evening, and 1t IS important
that every member be present as there is
important special business to attend 10 AT
this meeting. -GF,
Mrs. Hall of Allegheny, Pa, was the
guest of Mrs. J. 7. Patterson during the
past week.
The Auditing Committee appointed by
the council a couple of months ago, has
completed its work and will be ready with
a report at next Tuesdays council meeting.
A full attendance of citizensis expected.
There has been some talk among our
musical people of reproducing the cantata
of "Oueen Esther, which was SO complete
" worn out q few years ago. The IDEA
has, however, been abandoned, and atten-
ton turned to some more appropriate OPP
cratic production. :,
The Elens Run Road from the school
house to the river, are in horrible con-
dition and teamsters from that neighbor-
hood are complaining accordingly.
Contractor Findley will have the abut-
ments of the new Elens River pike bridge
will be completed in q few days, after
which the heavy iron bridge will he COM
menced at once.
Mr.. John Garvin, Of Elm Grove, WA,
was the guest of Mr.. A. p. Smith, during
the past week.
For more than month past, each week,
the Wheeling Natural Gas Company has
been promising to commence its low pres
sure lines, but still the prospect seems as
seems as vague rs when first offered.
Tuesday will be pay day on the c. d Z.
K. X.
Work in the new factory at the Laugh
lin mill will commence in few days.
This is one of the most conveniently
arranged factories in this section OF the
county, and is entirely fire proof.
Yester.l lay was the very dullest Saturday
,rhinh hos ham
perienced in several months. Such state
of affairs is probably due to the extreme
rOughneSs of the country roads.
Yesterday was pay day at the Laughlin
and Etna mills.
Work on all parts of the water works has
been suspended by order of the trustees,
except the pipe laying This branch OF
the work can be carried on without danger
of inefficient workmanship from cold
weather. ItisprObable that no more work
will he done till the frost leaves the ground
in the spring.
Communion service will be held in the
PRESBYTERIAN Church to-day.
Young Mems Christian Association meets
this afternoon at four p. m.
The Sunday afternoon meetings at
Lafayette Hall will be missed by many of
our people who have derived much pleas
ure from attending them.
John Stuart is still confined to his home
in Woods addition.
Work in the new c. & p. freight depot
will DE commenced in few weeks.
Mrs. Geo. w. McCleary, of Wellsburg
was the guest Of Col. Geo. W. Mitchell
during the past week.
| Harry Robinson is in st. ClairSyille
spending Sunday with his parents.
Miss Jane Dwinley is the guest of
friends in Benwood, w. Va.
Miss Kate Boyle, of Brilliant, is the
guest of friends in the city.
| Miss Amy Charter met with slight
accident yesterday. She was coming down
the railroad near the Elmo Glass Works
and slipping on the ice fell and strained
her ankle badly.
A freight brakeman on tho @. & q. fell
from car while passing through the up
per part of town yesterday, MASKING one
of his feet badly. The tram happened to
be running slowly, or more serious injury
would no doubt have been the result.
The Clark pond i'll Paul's Addition is
frozen over, and afforded an excellent
skating park for the boys yesterday.
The river is running full Of ice. A few
cold nights would close it.
Freight No % on the G. & p. was seven
hours late yesterday morning
Til Huskins has purchased a horse and
wagon and gone into the express and de-
livery business.
Geo. W. Mckain's machine shops are
running full on self feeding nail machines.
Mrs. John Kreitcr, OF Sixteenth street,
Wheeling. is the guest of Mrs. Gaether, OF
! Third street.
Mr.. John White left last week for Kan
sas City, Mo-, to take up his residence.
Miss German, a former teacher in the
Martins Ferry schools, left yesterday for
Topeka. Kansas.
4 countryman, driving spirited team,
got a little too close to G. u i. train.
yesterday, and narrowly escaped smash
up.
Robert Heslop and Harry Sanders have
q contract building warehouse for the
Wheeling Natural Gas Company in Bridge
port.
There will be no Episcopal service to-
day, owing to the illness of Rev. w. 5.
Campbell.
Ethel Darrah, daughter of J. w. OAR
rah, is better after a week 3 illness.
Prof. VIM. White of Mt. Pleasant, was
in the city yesterday. The first time he
has been out since he had his leg broken
several days ago.
Mr.. Ed. McElen lost several valuable
sheep few nights since. He can find no
trace of them and it is thought they were
stolen.
Mr.. John Smith, of Mt. Pleasant, re-
turned to his home yesterday after two
months visit in the Great Northwest.
Mr.. Frank NJ. McCarty had his hands
badly laccrated Yesterday while sheeing
an unruly horse.
A half dozen teams were employed yes
terday hauling furnace cinders to put on
the Martins Ferry and COlerain pike, near
| Iaan ont ohnnt a milo wet nj town