The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-06
MARTINS FERRY.

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LAdOer Organization, Etc.
John B. McKim, Of Wellsyille, visited
hsi parents here yesterday.
The prospective advance in natural gas
prices does not take very favorably with
private consumers.
The Laughlin mill was closed down yes
terday while the furnaces were being
changed for the use Of coal.
Mr.. Charles W. Thorngste will be q can
didate at the Republican primaries for
nomination for Councilman in the First
ward.
Mr.. Fred Rub, the Railroad street
tailor, will remove to Washington, Pa, to-
morrow, to engage in the tailoring busi-
ness there.
A corps Of engineers under Mr.. Paul A.
King, went to work yesterday morning,
surveying for the bridge terminals on
this eide Of the river.
The Republican Club OF Warren town.
ship met in Warrenton Saturday evening
and adopted constitution and by.lawF.
The club, but recently organized, is fast
growing in strength, q number ot new
nalneo being :enrolled at the last meeting.
Contractor Charles sssbright has a
force Of men at work building new kiln
in the TiItonville pottery. The present
force OF men Is not enough to carry the
work on ns rapidly as desired, and several
more hands and teams will be put to work
coon.
Mr.. ]. A. Cooper, OF Pittsburgh, is reg
istered at the BAYleag House, Mr., Cooper
is here in the interest OF his new i'm
proved iron fence, and it may bs said the
prospects for the organic ltion OF COM
pany here to manufacture this article are
very encouraging.
Hannah Henderson, whose long illness
OF typhoid fever has several times been
mentioned, died Sunday evening shortly
before 9 o'clock. The funeral will take
plsce this afternoon at 2:30 in Riverview
cemetery. The deceased was bright lit
tie girl aged IA years, and beloved by all
her playmates and acquaintAnces, who
will sadly mourn her death.
The Hook and Ladder Company met
Saturday evening in Thorngate's hard
ware store, and organized with thelfollow.
ing members: Theodore Snodgras0, ]. B.
Fowler, Charles ThornRate, William
Lewis, Culbertson Greer, William Crowl,
W. Hymeg, Charles selby, Frank Hess,
Will Bowman, Robert Purcell, George
Wagner, viii Dixon. Sam Smith, Dan
ReaEdon, Howard Griffith, Howard Hip
kins and Walt Dsrrsh, The following off
GERS were elected: Joseph A. Bayless,
President; viii Bowman, Vice. President
Theodore snodgrass, Secretary; George
Wagner, Treasurer; Theodore snodgrass,
Captain; Charles Thorngate, First Lieu
tenant; W. O. Hymes, Second Lieutenant; f;
Will Orowl, Third Lieu tenant.
Yesterday morning when Mr.. Conrad
Long entered his store room on Washing.
ton street, he was much surprised to find
his floor scattered with broken boxes, pa.
perE, etc. Investigation showed the store
had been broken into, the show cases
riAsd, and iron close estimate about
$500 worth Of raEors, penknives and all
kinds OF cutlery was missing. Mr.. Long
kept very quiet about the robbery, and
yesterday morning seeing an account OF
two burglars with their booty Of knives
and razors being captured in Wheeling,
he left at once and coon identified the
things OF the parties arrested in Wheeling
as belonging to his stock OF goods. Tho
thieves were induced to come to this aide
OF the river without much pRrleying, and
were locked up in jail by MRrshGl Burns.
Yesterday afternoon they were given a
preliminary hearings and both plead guilty
to the charge OF robbery, They gave their
names the game ss those given when ar.
rested in Wheeling, Frank Mcdonald and
Bill Murphy. Mcdonald, when asked II
he would plead guilty, said he couldn't do
otherwise, and wanted hia trial just aa
soon as be could get it. He claims that
they had been in this city about FIVE boure
before doing the job, and that be and
Murphy were by themselves, and needed
money and "struck" the frat place they
could find. They effected IN entrance
through the rear Of the building. Nc
Donald said he was willing to take the
consequences oil such work, and seemed
wholly unconcerned as TO what the latter
might be. They will be taken to St.
Clairsvile to-day.