Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
MARTINS FERRY.

Works to be used tor o DECORATING Lvor'
not FACTORY and mould wareroon, IL al
most completed ard viii be In use In .
few weeks. .oo
At the time Of the building Of the $780,
600 branch of the Clsvelspd, Lorain and
Wheeling railway from this city to Bell
aire the question was quite frequently ask
ed. ssWiil il p,y?' That question seems
to be pretty definitely titled BY sppear-
ACES. More freight 10 handled on tne
branch than on any other Fart CT the en-
tire road, and the shifting engine ufed In
handling the cans runs not o,Iy IN day
time. but at night as we'll AT about any
hour of the night the little engine, with
train TO, heavy for itself. may be heard
putting and pulling 81 ing First street. The
passenger trade is ar other important factor
in the reads SUCCESS, and the branch train
has almost O monopoly Of the trade between
this city and Beilaire and intern ediate
points.
1t pays to buy dry goods at Julius
Jecobs.
About mlgnight, Friday, the men and
the sixteen horses which hauled the Oar
ling and Kennedy II connective from Bridge
port to the Mount Pleasant tunnel, On the
Wne'ipg and Lake Erie railroad, returned
on their way TO WHEELING and this city.
II was hard weeks work, and tbs teams
were only able to average about mile and
half day.
Two new pots were set at the Buckeye
Glass works yesterday. This fills ell three
furnaces.
Mr.. B. ]. Long has accepted q position
in the Office Of the Buckeye Glss, Oom-
pany.
Mr.. Charles C'ayland, of Bridgeport,
visited her grandmorhe', Mrs Stevenson,
in this city last week.
William Madden is confined to his home
with typhoid fever. -,
Mr.. j. F. Dayton, of Steubenvill, de.
livered Republican barangue, at school
house on Long Run near Mt. Pleasant, on
FIJI lay night.
Hosiery, underwear and gloves in en-
DIES, variety, ard ct lowest prices at
julius Jacobs. Corner Fourth and Han
over streets. G.vs Elm a cal.
Rsv. Fatt er 8. 8. Mattingby, has re-
Turned from Cir cirnsti.
Wanted, Boys to sell the Sunday Reg
lister.
jose ph Green, the popular labor bo;s at
the Standard mill, ba, in his possession
walking stick, cot en- the banks Of the
Mis-, ippi River, ever eighty years ago,
twenty-six mil g from New Orlnsns. The
stick was cut by John Nichols, and was
in turn given by him 10 his nephew, Ed
ward Nichols, of Wellsburg, w. Va, who
presented it to Mr.. Green o short time
since. The cane is we'll preserved and Ii
quite o nobby stick. :,
Richard Stuart ard Harry Northwood
have bsen natched to shoot on election
day for purse Of 5000. They willshoot ten
shots eaca at an eight-inch target ut 200
yards. The range is lcc:ted in Martins
Hollow back of town, place vel pro-
te cted from wind, and with good light.
This match is the biggest thing in sporting
circles for some time.
Word was received fere yesterday an
nouncirg the death of Joseph Atwell, OF
Steubenville, former resident of this city.
Mr.. pa McHeniy, left ye:t:rday for
Alabama, to take charge of department
in new iron mill.
Mr.. A. J. Van Pelt has resumed his pc.
sition in the Western Union telegraph Of
flea after two weeks lllness.
Mrs. susanna Cochran is in Dalton, o.,
visiting friends.
A. J. Smith of the Nickel Plate Glass
works, was in the city yesterday.
Yesterday was the first time the fire de-
taItmeat "a been calsd ont on an alarm
since it was organizsd, ard thy did splen-
didly. An old tins fireman remarked
last night that they did as we'll as any
volunteer fire company he had ever seen.
The boys deserve credit.
Hon. n. B. Ben EFT will address q Pro-
hibition meeting in Lafayette Hall en- Sun.
day evening. Prohibition mestipgs are
the only kind we have had in Martins
Ferry this campaign. Thy are carrying
ona V Por JUS campaign and will poll nearly
hundred vutes this fall.
A party of e,giueers were at work sur
viy.ng on this side for tbs bridge, yester-
day.
Prot. Sparks and number of our school
tea, hers attended the Institute at st.
Clairsvi lie vest rdsy.
Tenement hou es are as scarce as ever.
A few minutes past o'clock yesterday
afternoon the Buckeye Gl ass Wo ks wbis-
tie sounded the First Ward lower fiat fire
alarm. In very few moments O large
part of the town population was collect d
about the residence of John Noon, ceroer
Fist and Carlyle streets, where smoke
was issuing from all the windows and
doors OF the Carlyle street wing of ths
touse In five minute3 after the alarm
sounded tie Hanover Sire Hos, Company
and the hook and ladder truck were on the
grGu-d. By that time, however, the fire
hal been extipguisbed, and the stream
was no. turned on. The fire originated in
wardrobe on the secord focr of part Of
the hous, occupied by family named
Gabe, and was probably due to the lighting
of m,tch 10 the pocket Of Q garment
hung in the closet. All the clothing was
de- troyed aud the lining Of tbs wardrob -,
burned out. This is the fist time the fire
department has been called ont, and 1t was
fun Y tnsp for the sIe t,tors to see III >
polished shoss plugging through the sloppy
mud. The bys, however,, made good
tine
A small number Of our citiz:n1 attend
ed the joint debate at Alhambra Rink, in
Wheeling, yesterday afternoon.
The Lewis Comedy Company draw
good HOUSES both ct the matinee and the
evening performance yesterday. The COM
psny is quartered at the Bayless Houss.
Quite large nunb,r Of cur people,
both republicans and DsmocratP, will at
tsnd the Thurman demonstration in
Wheeling Oh Tuesday. Several meetings
have beer held by the leading Dem ocrats
Of this city, looking to the perfection of
the Details, and it is probable that q
large squad Of naaidens will attsnd.