Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02
MARTINS FERRY.

the explosion of a keg of powder, at his
fathers home near Mt. Pleasant.
A few years since Henry Lewis and fam
lily went to live on Short Greek, near Mt.
Pleasant, and opened coal mine on the
farm from which to supply the local trade
Friday morning Mac, the o.des! son, was
sitting in the kitchen with his coal bank
lamp in his hat, putting some powder
from keg into his fl3k, preparatory to
going to the bank to work. By some
means the powder took fire and the kfg
exploded. The young man was horribly
burned and lscarated, bat livid four hours
after the accident All the front part of
his body was cut and burned and his face
and head almost tom off.
A drunken individual became dangerous
in DR.. A. r. Oog's drug store, yesterday
Of .ernoon, and had to be locked up.
Mrs. A. J. Halstead, Of Brainerd, Mion ;,
is the guest of her father, Mr.. 7. j. Smith,
of Burlington
G. A. McKjm ha7 been on the sick list
during the past few days.
Mr.. William Stringer, Of Portland, was
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Upde2rsff died on Friday at
the 10 ne Of Alexis Cope, at Coalrain.
Mis- Hattie Brown is in POrtsm nth, o.
Complaints are made by men who liv9
! in this city and work in Wheeling. They
claim that the street cars start from the
North Wheeling terminus before due to
start, thus often throwing thu workmen
late.
At the last meeting of the Board of Ed
ucatioa resolution was passed appoint
| ing a committee to arrange for the preps-
ration of plans for the new building.
In the Third ward it is the intention 10
build a new six-room building, and in the
| First put up four more rooms alongside
the four already there. 1t SEEMS to be the
desire of tie members to put up buildings
which VIII be q credit TO the town, ard
which will, for long time to come, furn-
ish room for the yout5fal population.
While the Board is at it, the Central
building might as well be taken into con-
sideration. The old part is very primitive
in its get up 1t has comparatively no
ventilation, and the arrangement of the
rooms il very unhandy. Further, there
are some very ugly cracks in the walls,
and in short time, at most, it will be
deemed unsafe by any competent architect
The fire in the upper furnace of the
| Bukeye glass works was allowed to 60 out
Yesterday. This leaves two furnaces If
twenty-six pots capacity 10 operation.
Viii Y. Thomas is in Steab anville
among friends.
R:ss Mitchell was in Wellsburg yester-
day on business.
Judge HOff, of ST. Clairsville, is in the
city.
Miss Maude Mitchell is tie guest of Miss
Laura Finney.
A number of our people are agitating
the matter Of holding pronouncing bee
| in the near future.
| A countryman named Go3horn was in
the city yesterday trying to get the law
! against Frank Paden, whom he alleges
shot his dog.
A little piece CT pablo BUSINESS which
has teen done in very private way came
oat yesterday and was pretty thoroughly
discussed on the streets in the afternoon.
There has 70. been q Council meeting for
three months plst, and when your re-
porter learned that Mes:rs. Ong, Swsrtz
and Krckuck had contracted to sell to the
town at fifteen cents per cubic yard, de-
Eyerel on Fifth street, the gravel which
they propose to take from their lot on
Hanover street it seemed little strange,
as no one has such power vested IN him as
makes snch contract possible. An investi-
CATION showed that DR.. Dog had gotten the
SIGNATURES of foar of the c ,uncilman to an
aoreamert to pass res0lut!oa at the next
meetiog purchasing the gravel to be re-
moved at fifteen cents Fer cubic yard.
S1ci an action on ths part OF those mtm'
b1rs who signed the agreement seams at
least very hasty and TO sill who un'
derstand the matter very foolish
10 the first placs it establishes a very good
precedent Hare 'ofore the city has never
D aid for earth so furnished, and If Courc
passes such a resolution as the one p'o-
posed it should be msds geaeral ana say
that hereafter the city will pay to all re-
sons who contemplate building fifteen
cents per cubic yard for the earth remov-
ed. In the .cond place, the street fdnd is
not only exhausted, but is go far over
drawn that the February apportionment
will rot SQUARE il. In pass ng such rsso-
lution the Council not only antic pates the
present levy but levy net yet made, aii
of which is entirely contrary to law.
Again, how a Cour Gilman can agree to do
certain things at certain meetings, and
sion his name 10 such an agreement, seems
very odd. and it should be borne in mind
that for such work as this Jake Sharpe,
Jaehne and other Aldermen got into the
the penitentiarY. If Council Will insist on
spending money on the streets whsn there
is none to spend, let thtm put 1t on the
crossings in the heart of the city where 1t
will do the greatest good for the
greatest number. If they want
the hollow on Fifth street
filled up let them contract with some one
10 grade out Third street, or Walnut or
some other thoroughfare which needs it,
and place the earth on Fifth street. A
cut and a fill can very easily be made If
the work is properly contracted, for lit
tie more than the fill will cost. 1t is
stated that all the excavatiDg which has
been done lately by the Street Commits
sioner has cost ffom forty to fifty cents a
ysrd. This may be true and it Is won
der it has not cost more. Paying a man
| So 90 a day to boss these men whose only
duti,s are to fill and keep one cart NOV
ing i, not business. If the august body
enters into such o contract it will be
sweet morsel for the 'kickers" to roll I'M
der their tongues for years to come. and
at some time mad lead to another Cotts,
| Boyd & Co. fssco.
Mr.. VIM. Blew and wife are the guests
of Mrs. Blew's parents, Dir. and Mrs: Will
| liam Woodruff. Mr.. Blew resides IN Mum
Gle, Indiana. =.
1t would bs awfully mics if Belmont
County could borrow few million Of the