Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-02
MARTINS FERRY.

J. T. Hanes is still confined to his bed
with illness.
There is talk of a new restaurant on
Fourth street.
Mr.. Laing has opened dyeing .estab-
lishment in the south end.
Charles Seabright has q force of men at
work setting the curb on Fayette street
The hot iron machines at the Laughlin
mill are working till 8 p. IN. to fill orders.
Work on the Water Works continues
with as much rapidity as the weather will
permit.
There is a great deal of complaint about
wagons driving on the cinder walks in
Clark's addition.
Mr.. James johnson has removed to
Wellsburg, where he will engage in the
baking business.
The Chautauqua Reading and Scientific
Circle meets at the residence of DR.. j. M.
Blackford tonight,
Mrs. l.. A. Vance has opened a grocery
and notion store in Daniel CoX's store
room at the head of Washington street.
Mrs. Carl Boyd was called to the home
of her parents in Washington, Guernsey
county, by the illness of her father, yes
| terday.
Carl Seabright, the gentleman hurt by
fall from a building in Etnayille, yester-
day, was found upon examination to have
two ribs broken.
On Tuesday evening, about 5 o'clock,
George, an infant son of William Paxton,
died Mt the home of its parents on Hano-
yer street, of brain fever. The remains
were inferred in Weeks cemetery yesterday
afternoon.
City Commissioner Fisher has n large
force f men at work making a fill about
the new county bridge on Jefferson street
The work is almost completed, and the
street when finished will present very
nice appearance.
Tomorrow night the regular Thursday
evening prayer at the Methodist Church
will be opened by song service This is
a new venture, and will no doubt prove
very popular. Let all turn out and assist
in the exercises.
The Lincoln sisters, supported by a
strong variety and comedy company, open
three nights engagement at the Lafayette
Hall to morrow night. They come highly
recommended by the public press and
should draw well.
The evangelistic meetings which have
been in progress in this city during the
past month were brought to n close on
Monday evening with a monster meeting,
| LAFAYETTE Hall being almost filled. Rev.
Patterson, the leading spirit in the revivalsi
returned to his home in Chicago yesterday,
and he may well feel proud of the result
of his efforts.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Thomas
Yingling and Mrs. Ella Arbaugh were
married at the residence of the brides
parents on Hanover street. Rev. Father
Tuohy performed the ceremony, after
which an elegant dinner was served. The
bride received an elegant diamond ring,
the present of the groom. Mr.. and Mrs.
Yingling left on the evening train on the
| G.. l.. & w. for Cleveland and other West
ern cities.
On Tuesday night Ohio City Lodge No.
81, X. of p, conferred the Knight rank on
eleven applicants, after which very pal
atable and enjoyable supper was served in
the Episcopal Hall, in the same building,
by the Boyles Hotel people. The affair
throughout was very enjoyable. and was
well attended by visitors from Rellaire,
Wheeling bridgeport, steubenville, East
Liverpool New Cumberland, Newark and
Mansfield. Among the more prominent
Knights were james s. Beans, Grand
Chancellor Commander, Of Ohio, Past
Grand Chancellor Commander Bennett,
of West Virginia, and the ubiquitous Col.
Jake Kemple made the opening address at
the supper table. After the supper was
finished Commander Beans conferred the
Oriental rank on o number of the new
members and DIR. Van Wagner of Bridge
port supplemented the entertainment by
initiating the entire lodge in zone Hun
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