Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-04
MARTINS FERRY.

Inc num0er OF canuluatSs III TUG nelu
amazing and is the result principally o
the changing of the village to q dty,whie
) proceeding requires an entirely new set Q
officers to be elected. Another thing Whicl
swells the list is the fact that there ar,
three tickets in the field and besides {
large number of independent candidates
Each full ticket contains the names o
fourteen candidates in the following order
Mayor, Marshal, Solicitor, Treasurer, Water
Works Trustees (three in number), Street
Commissioner, Cemetery Trustees (three
in number), Council 1.-TWO members to
elect) and Assessor.
The Ohio Valley News office, with itl
limited facilities, has been busy day and
night since Friday afternoon printing these
tickets. One candidate has purchased ten
thousand tickets and others in pro
portion, making the election quite
. boom fer the News job room.
Among all the candidates there are none
whom we feel at liberty to specially boom.
All ara good men ana are no doubt the
choice OF at least q small number OF citi.
zenS. Perhaps some have faults which, if
scrutinized closely enough might cause
the more fastidious to become APPALLED,,
but there are none who have not friends
who will close their eyes TO the faults and
vote for them. Many malicious stories
have been circulated concerning almost
all the aspirants, with the hope of defeat
ing them, but a campaign lie is lie Just
the same as any other kind, and voters
should consider such matters as have never
been brought before their notice before the
nomination of the party concerned, for
office, as lies and pay no attention to them,
All should aim to put the best men and
only such as they can trust and consider
honorable into office. No little private
booms, gotten up specially for the occa'
sion, should change a mans mind and
carry away his head and cause him to vote
for a man who may in time to come cause
him to feel regrettul that he had voted at
all. Lies or truths not known 10 be pos.
iively truths should not have any effect.
We can only hope that the first set Of
officers in charge of our city will be good,
honorable and upright men who will set
an example the teachings of which will in
spire greater efforts in the way OF right
and Justice in the hearts of our citizens in
time to come We append a list OF the
candidates before the people and recon-
mend oil OF them to those who like them
aud apologize most humbly to any I'M
lucky fellow who may be missed on the
list: For Mayor there are but two candi.
date, Theodore Keller and George W.
Mitchell. For Marshal there are three,
Robert Hanson, William Burns and Alfred
WEIGH. For Solicitor, j. Calvin Gray aud
Judge John s. Cochran, the latter an In
dependent candidate, For Treasurer,
ThomasJ J. Irwin aud Thomas Charlton For
Water Works Trustees, John WEIGH VIM.
Lipphardt and John A. NJ. Seitz. These
rhree men are sure of election If only one
ballot is cast, as they comprise the old
board and have no opposition. Street
Com missioner seems to be a coveted prize,
and the candidates ore numbered accord
ipgly. The list comprises Samuel Fisher,
the present incumbent md very efficient
officer, and David Vennum. These two
we're nominated in regular convention and
the following list have at the earnest solicit
tation of their friends, and from the pecu-
mary benefit to be derived from the office,
consented to run independent: W. F.
Orr, Thomas Watkins, August Rother.
mund aud J. R. Shrodes. For Cemetery
Trustees there are only three candidates
and three to elegt. James E.
Van Pelt, Thomas Lloyd and
Mathew Jones. They, ike the Water
Works Trustees, are sure Of election, un-
less all their friends stay away from the
polls The ward tickets are not so badly
crowded. In the First ward there are three
candidates tor Council end two to elect.
They are jams 7. Reilly, o. r. Wood,
and James Miskle. For Assessors in this
ward Jacob Pence is the only candidate
In the Second " I'D the same number Of
Councilmen are to be elected, with the fol-
loving candidates TO choose from; Ander'
son Ral.ton, ST., William <. Elson, Isaac
Colts and J. K. McCue. For Assessor
John White and J. 7. Reagel are contest
ing. In the Third ward Thomas Mears
John Tyler, Samuel Strain and David Viii
liams ore candidates for Council. In this
ward Isaac d. Wagner and A. Masor
Shipman are hunting people to vote fol
them for assessor.
} For school directors the following can1i
dates are up: N. r Smylie, Abram Lash
James Crossley, and William Turner (col
, ored,) This looks like good many csndi
dates, but when we consider that there vii
Ibs $4,000 selections made and 5000
, names to make out and tally by three mer
: it LOOKS larger, and makes it probable tina
. twelve clock Monday night will still fin
the Judges at work and tired. But there
: one consolation, when it is done it 1t don
Tor two years.
Isaac n. WAGNER, candidate for Al
n SCISSOR, in the Third ward, wishes Us
: say that contrary to the report which hs
b gained circulation, he will, if elected to tn
: Office to which be aspires, attend TO II
l. duties personally and will no: turn it oVe
to anyone. Isaac is q popular man &c
g will no doubt get there to morrow with
!: handsome majority aud some to spare.
= o. Russell Wood is in correspondent
: With the Matheson Tube Works Compsn
. Of Middlete Rn, Pa, with the Blackwell Al
!. aud Tool Company, Of Pittsburg; wi
dow glass works, Of Quaker City, o al
a green. glass company in New Jersey, g
d new companies, desiring to get in the q
'. territory. he has offered all these ne
Re companies strong inducements to locs
ID here in the way Of building sites and m
u. terial and 10 doing all he can to build
Er the town and give work to the idle men
town.
4 AN INTERVIEW WITH COL. C. W. mitchell
De Excitement over the municipal elect,
to in Martins Ferry runs at fever heat and
9. large number of subscribers and readers
o. the RvGIsrER beng residents of that CT
v. and vitality interested in its affairs. 70
IN reporter, among others, on yesterday,
70 teryiewed Col G. Mitchell, one Of {
prominent candidates for Mayor:
Reporter-Well, Colonel, what have y
Ne to say with regard to the election ne
= p Nondsy9
'e Mitchell-0h, nothing; believe exec
'sl election matters are at fever heat.
lg Rspcrter-Whst are your ehasees
~ election as Mayor?
ne Mitchell-Without any doubt | will