Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-18
MARTINS FERRY.

OF the building in the First ward.
John n. Barry, of Xeaia, o., was in the
city yesterday.
L. Spaces machine shops are go
pushed with orders for the R ,dehaver
dOu~b'e-cylirder traction engine that they
are unable to perfect arrangements for the
extensive manufacture of the new ma
chine.
A huge pile of waste wood which has
been thrown over the river bank from the
Mear's cooper shopsto took fire on Thursday.
The fire department tnrned out in the
evening and succeeded in putting the fire
out in all but q small place, which is still
burning.
Thu Telephone Company had a force Of
men here last week Strengthening the poles
and supptr:s.
Ladies' vests, coed quality, only &c,
at julius jacobs. ~
Council should take some action at once
looking to the matter of providing rubber
boots and cots for thu Members OF The fire
department. 1t is TO- proper 10 expect
the volunteers to turn cut and ruin their
clothes in the mad, which will exist all
winter.
Edward Allen, of Bel'aire, quite an ex.
pert amateur ta3e b9ll player from Bell
aire, will hereafter make his home here.
He will wcrS al the Buckeys Glass Works
and will be a valuable addition t. the Red
Stocking.
The slate roof of the new Episcopal
church on Walnut street is ab3nt tom.
pleted.
Messers Shise'y and Arch Neall, ofPort-
land, wsre in the city, yesterday.
Miss Maggie Hill and Flo. Van Pelt, Of
Bridgeport, wee the guests Of Bessie
Brady, yesterday.
Julius Jacobs sells diy goods cheap
est.
Mrs. James Miskell VAS still living, but
WIS very low last evening.
Mrs. George Madisoa, of Martins Ferry,
is the guest OF frie ads in Mt. Pleasant.
DR., James Bier, Jesse Bennett and wife,
William Bowles and George Medill, all of
Mt. Pleasant, were in the city yesterday.
Guaranteed not 10 contain lead, arsenic
or other poison, ard will not make the
skin rough or shiny" That is the legend
printed on a small envelope containing a
sample OF Harriet Hubbard Ayrts' Reca-
mier faca powder. The powder was given
rather o critical test Friday night, which
which proved that it contained poison end
very nearly resulting in the death OF
the innocent experimentor. Mrs. Weems,
the wife of the Co!ored policeman, went to
D. 4 MtSwOrd's drug store, on Hanover
street, to purchase a few doses of salts
While there she also obtained a sample
packe ge of tie face powder in an envelope.
The salts wss wrapped in a piece Of piper
bearing the advertisement of some drug,
and upon arriving at home, she not being
able to reld had Mr.. Weems read the d.
~rections to her. Before he flushed he
was cllled out, ard Mrs. Weems thinking
She had heard CROUCH to go on, opened the
face powder instead of the phys;caud took
good sized dose of it. In a sholt tins
she wss taken with sp'sms and violent
vomiting, necegsitatjng the summoning of
a doctor. As soon Us the man of medicine
was cal'ci and SAW she had taken fice
he gave poison ant'dOas, knowing
that these poisons are the base Of all fac.
Toe woman who had been put.
tirg the truck into her STOMACH which was
guaranteed not to make it rough or
began to get better after a few
hours treatment, hut was still quite i'll
yesterday evening. She had q very mario"
escape, and her experience should teach
Ladies a lesson.
You will save money If you ~patronizs
Jstob3.
Last evening Mr.. Julius jacobs had a
esc6pe from being burn:d ont.
Returned on the gas in ;he show window
sud lit it, wherein pom thu flime shot up
ignitiDg a lot of light goods hang
ing 10 the window. A few buckets Ct
water qreached the flames. The only loss
was tn few dollars worth o. goods dam
90 d in the window.
There were fo1r hack loads Ct pls,en-
gers for Mt. Pleasant from this city last
night. The ntw railroad coming into Mt.
Pleasant has made quite a me ropolitan
place of il, and many pNpls p rss through
this town for that point,
Blankets and comforts very cheap, at
Julius Jacobs.
Last night Rev. /. s. Winters and wife,
of the Methodist Church, were very agree
ably SURPRISED by q number Of members OF
the congregation, in the lecture room OF
the church. The gentlemen of the psrty
presented Mr.. Winters a pure containing
$50. and the ladies gave Mrs. Winters that
amount in servicable staple household
necessities.
The worm extractor man was on the
street again yesterday.
Railroad business in this city shows q
decided improvement over this time last
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Van Pelt have re-
turned from a visit t. Somerton, o.
What's the matter with Dixcn's? What
Dixon'e? Why, Dixon Brcs.' What
Dixon Bros :? Why, the popular hatters
and gents furDishers. Why-tEey're sll
right, you bet. They are 'olas. They are
not first in war, but are first in peace AMI
first in the hearts Of their oountrymen
who buy hats, cape, gents furnishing.
ne2kties, umbrellas, and canes. Their
line of underwear ia a feature, and has no
flies on it.
Lo'z& Schleehle, the popular Hanover
street aIocers, have always in stock a fell
line of all kinds ofstsple and fancy grocer
les. Country produce and vegetables
Uuse Magnolia -four.
Mr.. Fred Edle, Of Pittsburg, was in the
city yesterday. :.
The new steam litter at the Standard
mill has no. gotten into successful opera
ton yet.
Rev. Father Wattingby's FREE night
school, with a morning session for ladies
exclusively, IS making splendid progress
Manager Miller's etfo:t Thursday night
to give our mu,i:-loyirg psopls q rare treat
was not ~patronizei ss it deserved. The
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