Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-16
MARTINS FERRY.

The Union Cornet Band, of Etnaville
will accompany Advance and Mountain
City Lodges A. A. Of /. 4 S. W. TO the an
nual picnic at Beaver, June 8. This bant
J has gotten up quite q reputation lately b.
their excellent concerts and other music
rendered in public. They will doubtless
stand among the really good bands on thu
occasion mentioned above.
The Episcopal mission established here
at comparatively recent date, has BY the
asiduous lsbors OF Its members proven
itself noble organization. They have al
most unsssisted raised the money neces.
sary to purchase lot and and are now
making arrangements for the erection Of 8
chapel thereon. The lot is located on Wal
nut street near McCues livery stable, on
the opposite side of the street, and will be
splendid place for church. 1t is CEN
trslly located, and Is nevertheless in very
quiet portion of the town. The mission
proposes erecting 8 small chapel, but will
have it designed and finished in such q
manner that it will be very credita5le
building.
On Friday evening very pleasant sur.
party was rendered Miss Mary Sommers
ct her home in Pauis addition. The at
fair was gotten up entirely on the quiet
and the guests, accompanied by Blumen
berg's orchestra, repaired to the residence
entirely unknown to any member OF the
household. Those present were, Misses
Mary Metzger, Anna Metzger, Annie
Brown, Minnie Schrsder, Minnie Dognie,
AIDA Floto, Katie Hahn, Annie Hahn,
Emma Kehrer, Tillie Kshrer, Lizzie ksh,
rer, Sophia Bremen Annie Henschal and
Messrs, George Floto, Fred Sommsr6,
Charles Kuckuck, Carl Sesbright, Herman
Miller, Ed Nolte. Earnest Detmer, Joseph
Cneiss, Homer Morris. Peter Beck, John
Beck, Charles Henschal, William Hahn
and Gorge Me,zger.
David Coss is doing some very artistic
painting on the residence Of Samuel b.
Hea'o on on Walnut street.
People who complain seldom complain
to the proper persons. A gentleman com
planned to your reporter the other day. con-
corning the nuisance of people losfng
about the postofice corner. 1t is d nuts
snce, but no one but the officers OF the law
can do anything to abste 1t, aud they no
doubt would If the matter were brought to
their attention. Young ladies, and old
ones. for that matter, feel very delicate
about wedgiDg themselves throughs crowd
of men 10 reach the psstofice, which is a
place where every one has business There
ID an ordinance concerning corner loshIng
and it should be enforced. 1t ID very nice
for people to get out on the street once in
q while; il for no other reason, 1t allows
people to see who lives in the town With
hem, but every man in town should not
reel call d upon TO pose on some prominent
corner for TWO hours two or three evenings
a week. inst to b. looked at.
The fifteenth annual commencement OF
the Mar ms Ferry High school takes place
Friday evening, May 18th, in Lafayette
Hall, opposite the Central school building
These annual exhibitions OF our High
schools worth are always very interesting,
and il is pleasure to know that room
large enough to accommodate all has been
secured. The graduating class this season
comprises the follo= wing young ladies and
gentlemen: Mary Davidson, Hetue UDde
graf Berthe Blsckford, Ella Campbell,
Mortimer S Williams, Charles Lewis, and
George Spence.
III Drennen and family, who have
been the guests OF James Il Drennen,
Esq are III Steubsnville visiting relatives
and friends.
Daniel Maxwell, marshal of Mingo, was
in town calling on friends, one day last
week.
The Martins Ferry stove works are run
ming halt time with partial force OF men.
The new Council has decided to pay no
bills aud issue no orders till the money to
pay them is forthcoming.
TRe steamer Climax made a special trip
to the Wheeling wharf last night
The time for fishing and hunting camp
ing parties draws nigh, a time when the
town becomes almost depopulated, and
when all who have vacation are made to
oe happy.
The rtrike among the stone mssons at
the new C. i P. depot has been settled BY
the contractor allowing the nine hour -sYs'
TEN.
Work on the Wheeling Natural Gas Com
pany's lines is progressing nicely. The men
working for Both and Flynn made a de-
msnd, as was stated in yesterday . RsGIs.
TER, for an advance of ten cents on the
DAY, or 81. so, and pay day every two
weeks. They gave the employers Till last
evening to comply with the demands, at
which time the foreman informed them
that their requests were granted and tor
them all to return Monday morning The
work thus far has been Of q very difficult
nature, and has been accompanied With
severe exposure. In the old "Clarks
pond" ss the place is Familiarity known,
the ditch had TO be dug with the
men up to their knees and sometimes
10 their waist in water. Several OF
hem hays been forced from rheumatic
pains and cold, to lsy of till that part Of
the ditch is finished. In spite of the fact
that ditch ten feet in depth was dug from
the pond 10 the river, the water still re
mains in that part OF the pipe ditch which
crosses the old pond site. Pipe laying has
progressed as tar as half way between the
mill tenement house, and Clarks addition
and the ditch is completed to the run, in
Cisrk's addition. Two of the eight inch
river lines are completed, and work com
meucsd on the third Another river line
will be laid from Wheeling to Martin 8
Ferry. across the point of the Island from
Jonsthans rsvine TO pont near the Mar
tins Ferry Keg and Barrel Works.
Call at Harry Souder 8 aud see those
fine quits he makes for $40
The Hoyls Jones Manufacturing Com
pany received q neg portable farm engine
trom Wsynesborro, Pa, yesterday. .
James Delaney and Jake HINES vii
skate a raes ct the Excelsior rink to-mor'
row night. =.
Enward McCarty, OF Colsrsips township
vas 10 Town yesterday.
Satisfaction gusrasteed at Souders
tailor shop, Commercial Block, Fourtl
street.
| Deputy ShsriS Frank Sedwiek, Of St
Clairsyille, is in the CITY spending sunda
among friends.
Elk Probate Judge Thomas Coleman, Q
5 Clsirsville, was Ia the city yesterday
The Judges portly figure indicates ths
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