Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-07
FERRY.

George Wells YVES s>aie 70 be Ont yes.er.
day after Il severe at"ge of yphoid fever.
L.. j. C Dfenner. Of Minosapo,,s is i,
town Waiting his father, Jsm"s Il Dren.
men.
DR.. W. 4. Hergey IS at Roney's Point
attending lis sister 10 Law, who is ~strious.
ly i'll,
Mrs. Eliza Bomick's new house above
Jeas street, on the railroad, ia well
under way. G. &.
j. Hoyle, Esq il er.cting On elegant
new iron fence around. his property near
the Excelsior rink.
John liukill, the artistic paper hanger
is a: work decorar .ng r and II Muhle.
mans barber shop. near the Sherman
House.
A warrant was sworn ont before Mayor
heller tor ''ne arrest cf John Jones for dis.
orderly condnct yesterday. Mrs. Arch
McNicF OILS il the plaintiff.
Th' Climax will run TO the Wheeling
WHIP ri 10 morrow night TO accommodate
ID jss wishing 70 attend the Eluiraiional
exhibition NJ The Opera House
Water Works Eagineer Bornung is at
work making some preliminary surveys
and locating Il site for the hssin. Work
on the water works will be commenced
shortly.
The Auditing Commit,e Of Council meet
at j G Grsy's law Office st ESQ o'clock
tomorrow evening. All the committees
and retiring officers haVing accounts to
audit are requested 10 be present.
On Wednesday night q effort was made
by come, of course unknown, persons to
effect an entrance to theI esidence OF John
Cain, on Fourth street. Mr.. Cain was at
work in the Dirhridge q ass works, but bis
wife managed TO scare them away with her
screams.
Alexander Murrie, n we'll known archi-
feet Of ability, has gone into that business
10 this place. aud is prepared to give
drawings, specifications, and plans for all
kinds of bUildinga. His residence il on
Broadway besrJ. B M~untgomery's store.
His advertisement 'Till b. found in the
proper column.
Among The bills paid at the last meeting
Of the old Council was Que for $50, due
the city OF Whe .ling fo- services rendered
by the fire depf ,rtment Of that place at the
time Of the destruction Of the old Com
mercisl block, last spring. This bill 10 q
over which here has been much dispute,
many citizens claiming that siDce Martins
Ferry is such q direct tributary to Wheel.
iDg's commercial interests. ri looked very
telfsh for the later city 10 charge rs for
services rendered in IA uue Of distress.
A DImter OF our m~erchsnis. Who no
doubt justly feel themselves owe r~orked in
spending from fourteen 10 sixteen hours 10
their plS ces Of business daily, s!'e making
an efir IT TO have q compact form ed among
them selves to close their stores al s o'clock
p IN. and al Z ct The outside. Compare
u vely spssEng there are veryitw clerks
IN Martins Ferry. and it necessarily fslls
to the lot e tbs business men themselves
10 feel q little overtsxsd. People would
beyond 6 doubt FOOL become accustomed
10 the new business hours ind the change
ina little while vould cause no incon-
venience.
The City Council Of Bridgeport has pass.
ed @ resolution authorizing the proper OH.
GERS to confer with the officials Of Msrtin's
Ferry for the appointment of q policeman,
under lie Jurisdiction Of both towns. { o do
duty in II navilIs and the Standard add.
ton. The Standard addition lie TOO email
10 have q policeman alore and is too far
removed from the main body Of the Third
ward TO properly come under the jurisdic-
ton Of the policeman for that ward. The
same relations exist tet~een Ktnsviile
and Bridgeport, and ss q media'Ipg posi-
biiity, a policeman With prescribed duties
in each town is offered by Bridegroom.
That corporation agrees to pay s25 o
month II Martins Ferry will pay $l5, and
slIoS the man TO be B~fidgep1rter. This
latter, Of course, must be decided BY the
deliberations Of Council, but one thing ID
sure, the general plan ia 9 good q y