Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-26
srEUBENv1LLE. .
The Town Catching the Boom FeVer-'eh-
eral Local News

eral Local News
S...,,, o,rre,pondencs Of the Sunday Re tST.
SrEUBENvIILE, Ohio, September e.
All that is necessary to satisfy any one
that Steubenville is experiencing o DOOM
;s IN look around a little and note now
her many industrial establishments arc
nnov;ng With but one exception tne
Co.Cnerative Nail Works, they are al
running full time, and a large portion
donble time. A partial enumeration VIII
show that her industries are by no mean
few or insignificant. There Is the Jener-
con Iron Works, employing 6OO hanus,
ReatIv,s Glass Works, 800; the Acme Glass
Works, 800; the Summer Glass WORKS anu
the Humphrey Glass Works, 9Of; tne up
per Blast Furnace $50; Means fo9nuly,
so: Sharp's Stove Foundry, 5O, heney
and Sheal's FIGURING mill, Pearl FIGURING
mill. Anderson's planning mill, Hydefs
nlaning mill. Ohio Valley Clay JOS. pot
work. and numerous other smaller lnStl-
t~utions. All of them are busy as they
can he In addition to lhese
Madgo, only three miles down the river,
md 90 closely identified with Steubenylile
that a large portion of the employees OF tne
Iron Works reside in this city, where tne
hnsv hum of wheels can be heard nlSnt
and doy. Occasionally a man n be iounu
Who will saw that times are dull but when
asked TO show where its dizziness exists ne
cannot do it. The truth Of the matter Is
that S~teubenville has not known such gooG
times for years, and with the aid OF naturaI
gas as a cheap fvel, and her many naturai
advantages she is in position to offer ln-
ducements to capital seeking a location
that is not equalled anywhere. 49,.
The vexed natural gas question, winch
has been agitating the minds OF the aver
noe Steubenvillian for sometime, was set,
tied last Tuesday evening by councli
adopting the amendment OF Soiicltor
Miller to ordnance No. los, winch Will nave
the effect of making the bond ofthe koyal
Gas Co. more binding.
Mrs. John ID. Boyle, of PittSburg, is IN
the city, the guest of her sister, Mrs j.
Hagan.
Miss Annie Sawters, who had been Wis
ting Miss Mary Schwartz, in this city, re-
tyrned to her home in Wheeling last We'd
neSday.
A large number of Steubenvillians went
down to Wheeling last Thursday to attend
the reunion of the First West Virginia In
fantry.
George n. Henry is off on q business
trip to st. Louis and the southwest.
The Smithfeld fair, held on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of this week, was
largely attended and was q great success.
DR.. w. d. McGregor is now located al
Rapid City, Oak. ,,.
D. c.. KennOn, Democratic candidate FOL
Congress, was in the city last Wednesday,
looking after his fences.
Joe Dawson has gone to Columbus as
Chief Clerk for the Democratic State Com
mittee. This is the third time Joe has
taken a hand in the clerical part OF the
campaign.
Vern Mccullough is off on n Western
tour. lie will take in Chicago, Kansas
CITY, Omaha, Topeka, Minneapolis anu
other cities before his return.
Irondale, this county, 4 town IN when
three years ago people were almost willing
to give their property away to avoid pay
inc the taxes, is to-day one OF the hycileSt
little towns on the Ohio River. y Cleve-
land COmpOny purchased an a~Daluohco
rolling mill there, started it up and now
everything huns.
Mrs. b. r. Blinny, of Dennison, is in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
The death of Mrs. NJ. 5. StOkely, which
occurred at Reading, Pa, last Wednesday,
caused deep sorrow among her many warm
friends in this city. Mrs. Stokely had
been in bad health for some time, and was
attending u sanitarian near Reading with
the hope of being restored to health. Her
husband was in the West ut the time on
business, but passed through this city on
Thursday on, his way to Reading to nc
company the remains of his wife back to
this city. They arrived here Friday
night at ten o'clock, and the funeral took
place from her late home, i'll the Grove"
Saturday morning at ten a. III.