Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-05-20
MARTINS FERRY.


signs have been put on the ware iis.s at
the Buckeye Class Works.
There Il to h- a grand organized kiyk
this spring hg those who live ON streets
not reached by tie water pip,S, against the
/ paying Of taxes for the support OF the
/ plant and Tor the paymeus Of the iu.crr.,
on the Investment Hon Ross j. Al,Nan-
der, Of Bridgeport, has been up and Is or
gan'llng, with the aid OF lew Of the sore
T ores, syndicate 10 fight the matter IN The
courts. The light il to be made nuder some
/ p5rt Of statute which relieves, or
TeSdS u il II relieves, man
/ from paying taxes for any improvement
which u not "a direct benefit to him per
sOualiy. One of the gentlemen, in speak
ing al tine matter yesterday. said he tN
pected to pay the lawyers more 10 save his
taxes than the saving amounted to, but
that he would rather pay il TO u lawyer
;han give 1t to the town. This is a Public
Spirit with capital Z and an 5 as big a.
an elephant
Workmeu are engaged in putting in
water mains on the line of Fourth
street continued through tho properties
of Joel Wood, G. W. Mitchell and II W.
Smith. These gentlemen furnish the pipe
e"d pay for its laying and take their pay
IN wate! rents.
During the pas, week aeyeIa! very heavy
irosts have occurred in this vicinity
which were 80 strong as to blight corn,
beans, peas aud almost all the many
Eiud5 Of garden truck and fam plants
which are through the ground Tomato
. 81
almost everything which was exposed
suffered from the effects OF the frost.
WillilG CsJ!iv aui Miss Maggie Sharp
were married on last wednesday evening
/ NJ The home uilh brides uncle, Mr. Mar
/ tin Eichct, Of Warren I;Idg2.
| Herman Willie and Mus Minnie Shro-
der were msu,d last week at the IesidvHce
/ OF Mr.. Henry lIrhrg
/ Last Wednesday evening 4 meeting OF
/ the Martins Ferry Construction Company
wts held IN the Office Of Hon John :
/ Cochran 10 cOntrve some plan Ia try and
relieve the people AID manufacturing es.
/ Adjustments from the mOuopolI-tic IupC-
| sltIuu of the Wheeling NA'unl Gas Com.
pany. Some time aimee, the old PAUL gls
/ well. near the laughliu mill Wa rendered
w.
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| ton was accepted and committee ap-
/ pointed TO solicit subscriptions o! money
/ to delray the expense Of sinking the well
| jeepec. There will problbiy be no trouble
| fT,tLsrorcc oC ,I,e I,ra,,
,sr,Io,o,r .rsoi.i,,,, y; ,bo or,,f,r,r,.
to, ~, ,l. lyrs,l,mr, Z ,:,r,I G,g ,,.,,,
,,,nr I', re.tsTJ,v ra,ngrkaj tbn, !, ,N.nIJ
| he = y0od plau for tGe city council tn en-
nluy m attorney and discover whether or
| not the new state law pruntiag tn corror-
ate cities the power 10 regulate tins prices
charged by natural g9g companies would
hold va or, and whether uG not It cou-
tanned any PROVISIONS which won'd help
H. ou' in o1r present GIurnlty.
Mayor Mitchell has ISSUED Ais manifesto
/ to saloon keepers concerning the selling oi
drink % SardAy, and the next thing is
for th police IoyCe To SET TIA, an saloons
obey il. 1t ~ miserahly unfair lur one
saloonist to be forced to keep closed house
on the sabbath W''Ie "ho'hFF' on account
OF more remote i"ca'ion' "T ''"'''I '''N
| way Ih'ilu's' can sen NOR, 'e'' on Gun
/ hay inaA any "in'I Gay II. ire week u
. ir" places are 10 nc ai""'d 70 run DC
cause the ponce con NafPiH Z" ''' 'hrNi,
/ tue eui'Ie Il7' '"lEN' 10 wei Ut "C'o'"'"
the same privilege.
We believe Mayor Mitchell really mean,
. to institute at least few reforms, aud
tor that reason We take the liberty OF cal
ing mis- attention to II few matters which