Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-01
MARTINS FERRY.

Shoes as low rs - cents and fine dress
shoes for women and children at 75 cents
ut H. SOuder's.
R"Whose Ferry is this?" asked the big
cider press agent, as he sat in Hanover
street business house door with his big
feet taking up all the doorway. "NObody's
ferry" answered the proprietor contempt
uously. 81 mean," said the big cider press
agent, who runs the ferry here?' Levi
Inglebright," answered the business man.
"Wcll that's not the name heard, said
Cider. "Well, you didn't hear, right then, !"
replied Business Martins, thought,
said the agent for the screw juice extractor.
Martin has been dead TN
years. | suppose you mean what is the
name of this town." asked the business
man. Chats it; suppose you call it
after the man who runs the ferry. ! have
been by here and in Wheeling q hundred
times, and always supposed Martins Ferry
WAS what its name implies, that Is, A
FERRY. | never dreamed there was q
town here. | think, though, did hear
once that there was small threshing ma
chine shop here. How many people have
you, and what advantages do you pos
sess; have you municipal corporations"
asked the agent Of the fruit juice poducer
The business man walked away and told
the inquirer to 90 out onto the street and
look round him and see the wealth and
beauty of the city. We met the cider
press man at the c. & 2. depot a day later,
and learned that he had made several sales
in this vicinity and was very much pleased
with the town, 'but, said he, "you ought
TO change the name of this place ~ soon as
possible, and above all things, if this
railroad company won't build better de =
pot than this, donate them new one"
After thinking the matter over carefully,
We concluded that the business man was a
little harsh, and that the cider press man
was not any more Of an ignoramus than
we would be under the circumstances.
Just think Of it! A man on G.. & p.
train arrives at this place, and the conduc-
tor shouts: "Marhu's Ferry! Next station
Bridgeport and Wheelingv and the pass
enger looks out and sees shed, Western
Union telegraph sign, and maybe two peo-
pie and clerk Who would stop?
The sale of cheap shoes is still going on
at II. Sounders'.
Toby the Union A. NJ. T.. campmeet-
ing commences in the Walnut Grove, and
continues ten days. A good list of preach
ers have been procured, and pleasant and
instructive meetings are anticipated.
Miss Mimic Kemple, who has been the
guest Of Miss Mary Davidson during the
past three weeks, left for her home last
week.
A horse hitched to spring wagon be-
longing TO Robert Finney, ran Off in the
orchard, yesterday, MASKING the wagon
considerably and hurting the horse.
Miss Jennie Hanson Is still very low
with consumption.
Yesterday was pay day at the Rtna
mill. -
The Ladies' Aid Society and Y. NJ. C. A.
will hold festival and social in Excelsior
Rink on Friday and Saturday evenings
next.
Daniel Curtis is seriously i'll.
The glass works are all ready to resume
operations in few days. Fire has been
put into the furnaces Of the Buck
eye, Ellison and Dithridge. The
Buckeye has all its connections made for
natural gas, and will be ready TO use that
material as soon as procurable. The other
factories are arranged 80 that connections
may be made at once.
Mrs. Theodore Snodgrass IL In Minpo.
visiting her sister, Mrs. John Quinn.
Miss Minnie Colts is in Monongabela
city and other Western PENNSYLVANIA
towns, visiting friends and relatives.
L. j. Anderson's infant child is conyal.
escent, after weeks serious illness.
There are number Of vicious don in
town which are allowed to run at Large
and bite people to their hearts content.
And the meanest part Of all Is they usually
belong to people who will stand and zee
the dog ON the verge of hydrophobia rush
at Its victim and console him with the CON-
forting assurance that he won't bite. The
owner ought to be arrested ami fined SIC
and costs for keeping such dog, and j2g
Tor feelings man he won't bite.
Mr.. W.. Rattle, of Cleveland, O., il Al
the Hanover House.
IL You want a bargain in shoes 20 to II.
Souders. .
Joseph Roberts Is in wellsville visitins
| friends.
Russell Medill LEFT yesterday ON !. bcsi.
ness trip up the c. * p.
Ms J. b. Gillespie has returned 6toru
visit in Steubenyille.
The Halle Jones Mannfacturinx Cou.