Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-04
MARTINS FERRY.

The bonds are sold and let him who
dares dispute it!-sold to W. J. Hayes /
Co., OF Cleveland, at FIVE per cent, and
the money TO be paid at the rate Of Sl0,-
600 per month. This has been known to
be the case for more than O week, but the
newspapers of Wheeling, with more
thouC Chtfulness for our town than the men
who wrote the derogatory letters away to
would be investors, held It back and al
loved the news to become stale to most
people simply to allow council the time to
perfect its arrangements. The following
telegram from the agent explains sll and
will make further comment on the matter
unnecessary:
PIrTsBURG, March 2, SO.
]. T, Hanes, Martins Ferry, O.:
No further contract necessary with
Hayes. Contract signed,
II. n. LoSG.
Since all is settled and there can posi-.
bly, be no further trouble from a newspaper
printing the news, we feel at liberty TO say
few words in answer 10 The card pub
lished by Capt. Fl. W. Smith in the Intel.
ligencer SOME ume since. In the first
place we wish to say that the REGISTER at
no time accused any individual or COM
psnY OF writing derogatory letters. But
1t did cay that they had been written, and
if necessary can produce the selfssme let.
ters, for they are now in the hands OF peo-
pie who know what justice is and who will
if possible, see it administered. We will
for the benefit Of those in the dark say that
one letter contained in substance the fol.
lowing:
The town has $500 inhabitants. Ii
is swamped. The debt on each man,
woman and child, is greater than the law
ures of our debt in which includes our
share Of the Belmont county Court House
debt and several other debts incurred
since the census of 1880, and then gives
the population and resources as found in
1880. The water works bonds when frat
issued were taken by II. ". Smith with an
agreeme TO sell the same in four days.
They were LETT in his hands four weeks
and were taken back because they were
not sold.
The quotation taken from letter writ.
ten By w. P. Ramsey was only an opinion,
and not a decision of any court, and further.
w. P. Ramsey is man who holds, and
always hos held, that man
has no right TO vote on any measure which
may possibly incur expense upon the tax
PAYERS. unless he is property holder. a
Judge who holds such views can not expect
his decisions, much less bis opinions, to
bear with much weight upon the people Of
Martins Ferry, Q large percentage OF whom
are renters Mr.. Smith says he thinks the
community Of honest people should taboo
anyone making such statements as the one
he claims the REGISTER makes. We agree
with him that there are people who should
be tsbooe1, butwe think the ones who have
no respect for the will OF the people, and
who will try in every conceivable way TO
Illustrate the same, are the individuals
We defy Mr.. Smith or anyone else, to
show I'D d single instance where we person
ally mentioned him or insinusted against
him. And we wish TO ask him why he took
the matter to heart so quick, and called Us
in mild terms coarse hlsCsmailers.
Mr.. Smith says q man OF financial sbil.
ity would not think that personal letter
would change the mind Of capitalist in
regard to an investment. When q man
intends to invest 100000, Z very slight
insinustion or 8 very humbly eTc.essed
opinion may turn his hcc1:.SS. Were this
not the case he foolish letter written to
one Of the men who contemplated purcbas-
ing our bonds would not have bad the ef.
feet It did.
But 10 return to the subject Of water
works bonds. ANY one knowing anything
about the sale oil bonds will agree with us
that corporation bonds at ) per cent are
hard to dispose Of. Our bonds were Issued
at per cent and q premium Of IS 900 or
fered for their ssle. Had they been
placed at per cent as were The Wellsburg
bonds, they would &c oonb, have cold at
once and without auy trouble Bot | per
esnL, the difference between and 6 per
cent, makes 81 600 q year, or in tho thirty
eight years which they srs 70 run S35, 600
The difference 10 our favor BY this
arrangement Is apparent and our saving,
though stretched out in thirty eisbt years,
will amount TO $4,000. That the Couu.
Gil was working for the conmunity's good,
cen not be doubted in this measure a.
least Bot i; is useless to say more, as the
next thing We will see OF the water works
will be lot Of pipes and trenches to put
them in.
Las: night Rev. Earl D. Ho,tz lectured
in the n. f Church to the Oxford League,
OF Bsnksville, Pa. Mr.. Holtz consented
70 lectu-e s!ley a request from Rev. ]. z.
| Williams and the trustees Of the church.
Bsnkvills ia Mr.. Holtz's former home. he
having been stationed in that plses fou,
years.
/ To-day o. sasse, these viii be partis
eclipse Of the sun.
The strike at the Etns and Stsndart
mills Is no nearer settled than when th'
frat demand was made. Both sides in ID,
question declare themselves firm, and II d
lar there is no signs ofs break.
Mrs. Alfred Dew ia on the sick la.
Bad Brown 10 someWhat better.
c. s. King ia lsid up with sore ann.
/ Advice to Mothers.
II Ms. WinsloVs Soothing Syrup fer Chi
dren tsathing, ia tie prescription Of one {
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