Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-15
MARTINS FERRY.

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| Tuesday. Prospects are flattering for n
long and prosperous run, and quite
large number of prominent glass buyers
appeared in the city last week.
The Mountain View Literary Society
held their annual picnic in Pleasant Grove
yesterday.
Mr.. John Morrison is out of town visit
ing relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wethcrald were in
Bellairc yesterday attending the funeral OF
Mr.. Wetherald's niece.
| Last night 4 number of friends and rela-
tives of Mr.. Fred. Van Pelt congregated
at the home of his parents, mile west OF
town, and held very pleasant birthday
party and social in honor of MIR. Fred $
| twenty-first birthday. The afternoon and
evening was very pleasantly spent by the
guests, and Mr.. Van Pelt was the recipient
/ of a number of valuable presents, includ-
ing an elegant new silver watch.
Mrs. Randolph Howell is slowly rccov-
ering after long continued illness.
Ed Nolte and Mike Williams traded
horses yesterday. The universal query Is,
''Who got bcat?'
We still make those good suits cheap for
cash; H. SOuduS.
Mr.. o. b. Ong, of the Ohio Elastic Slate
! Company, left for Cleveland on business
trip yesterday.
We guarantee perfect fit in all our work.
III. SoudCrS.
Mr. Ross Mitchell has purchased DIR. D..
ID. HobenSlck's thoroughbred road horse.
The Democrats hercaboutS are all very
well pleased with the work of the Steuben-
Vile convention, and propose to make a
straight party fight.
We still have full line of choice shoes
at bankrupt prices. II. Souders.
Charles W. Swartz was out through the
country during the past week putting up
waterproof posters, the work of the artistic
Job department of the REGISTER.
Shoes of all styles sold to you ut your
own price ut SOudcrS, Fourth street, Com
mcrcial Block.
Miss BERTHE Robinson has returned to her
home in st. GAINESVILLE, after attending the
funeral of her uncle James Pennington.
Yesterdays rain has packed the dirt
around the natural gas mains on FIRST
street. The surface over the pipe haSsunE
in some places 4 foot and will neccSSltatc
the stamping of the ditch.
On Thursday an old fashioned, happy
basket picnic will be held by number oil
yovmg folks in DunganS woods about four
miles from town.
Ed. f.. McCombS has gone to West Nlr-
ginia to take charge Of Il book agency.
J. l.. Fowler will open cigar factory in
Eugene Carpenters building, on Hanover
street, on Tuesday.
Misses Hattie Exlcy and i. Thomas
have returned from 4 visit with Miss Cora
Woods, in Bcllarc.
! The RcchabitcS will hold Il monster les
| tival and fair i'll Lafayette Hall, on Fourth
! street, on September 18th, 18th and 2Otl.
| The affair will be well managed, and all
details necessary to making Il successful en-
! trrtainment will be well cared for. John
| f. Selby and John Brown will contest for
4 cold watch, and John Irwin, of the
Standard mill. and John Moreland, Of the
Elson glass works, will contest for gold
! X. of /. badge VIM. Moore and Tom
! Pugh will contest for Il gold pen.
Benz. EXley, ST., and number OF
other residents of the north end, complain
of villainous urchins who steal peachcsand
| fruit from their lots. Several tree owners
propose To take vigorous action to have the
dcprrdations stopped.
The work OF Marshal Burns, in pcnnlng
| up the cows Il few weeks ago, IS very COM
mcndablc, if il only could be prosecuted
| till all the COWS in town are tcthercd 10y
their owners ut night. Almost daily we
| hear of people with nice lawns and gar
dcnS complaining of their almost total de-
structi0n ruinatiun by the wandering bo-
! vines.
Col. Dave Walling passed through town
on his way to his home in Bcllairc ycstcr-
day.
Mr.. William Sioanc, who was so severely
/ hurt last week 10y falling from Il Sc'allold, Is
doing us we'll Us could be- expected.
Miss Allie Wallace, of this place, and
Minnie Rcncr of Wheeling, are the guests
of relatives in Woolsiicld, q.
Workmrn have been digging sand from
! the lot of Richard Colts. on Jefferson street,
and from the street itself, till nearly all
! Mr.. Cots earthly domain is sold. They
| have cotton 80 close To the new house OF
! Mrs. Lidr ROmick that Friday nights rain
undermined the foundation and allowed 4
part Of the house To come down. 1t was
propp"d up with posts before the damage
! became serious.
have in my full stock of fall hats.
| ChaS W. kuckuck, Commercial Block"
Harry IIumphryvillc has contracted
with William Moore for the erection of Il
new house on Walnut street.
Misses Beta and Jessie Shcctz have re-
| turned from weeks visit in Bellaire.
The Walnut Grove Camp Meeting con
tinucs over to-day. A large and cnthu-
Si:lStc turnout is expected if the weather
docs not interfere.
! Mrs. J. NJ. Cloudy is ConvalcSccnt after
4 weeks serious illness.
New and elegant designs in brown and
black, soft and Stif hats at Kuckucks
Mrs DR.. Werlich, of Wcllsburg, has re-
turned TO her home after Il pleasant visit
with DR.. !. Werlich, of Washington street.
The regular Saturday night dance came
of at Lafayette Hall, last night.
Miss Flora Williams is i'll GAINESVILLE,
o., visiting relatives.
The Martins Ferry Stove Works arc
running full with lots of orders and Sccrc-
tary Mclill on the road.
Mr. Taylor Tarbut who has been in
Cleveland spending the summer, has re-
turned 10 town and is the guest Of his
brother William Tarbct
Friday nights rain, while it did no par
ticular damage hcrcabOuts, was one of the
heaviest and most steady rains we have had
this year.