The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-19
EOHOEs on TnR RLa REUNION
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the Aflalr,
The Salvation Armyls % make another on,
llAught on Sin In Martins Ferry,
Captain James Dean has returned TO Wood
vile, Mich, alter a ten days visit here,
Congressman ], D. Taylor was the guest OF
Nj. s. q, W, Morrison while In Martins Ferry,
Judge ], o, GFay,s chorus Of twenty voices V.
lected from the different churches, rendered q
number q patriotic etIs SuIs5K The Fsssgpion.
plRuIe,
Ms, Clark, Of BellRire, one Of the Relief Corps
ladies' ~ the reunion, saw General Ben Butler
arrive In New Orleans, Jaw the haH h0lAted on
the Custom House, saw John hnll0Ed tear II
down and had the pleasure Of seeing him hang
Frank AoNlllln, Of steubenyllle, whose reel.
tAilons were one Of the most pleasing features Of
the reunion, iS only niue Year, old and isR very
small son OFF veteran. He has promising tu.
tpre before him, and his parents should teel
proud bihim,
Col. David D. Taylor, brigade commander,
took u very active part In the reunion aud fur
nished more than his share Of fun, This Is mot
WFltten rs return for the high compliment the
Colonel paid the INTELLIGENCE aud It's Martins
Ferry man, but because he deserves II
Ephraln Martin lied at his home, corner 81
Park AND Seventh S!FssIs early yesterday mora;
E6eneIeI Martin, In whose honor Martins Ferry
was named, aud was soldier In the ate war,
O'Clock. ~
Captain John Schultz aud other Sons Of Vet
erRna Of the Hancock camp and Y, !, Grant
hfe III their illl Uniforms, made an excellent
impression, Rs did also the Ladies' Aid Society
Of the former camp, every member Of which NJ,
tended. The Martins Ferry camp expects 10
visit the Ladies' Aid ere long,
Among the liitlc reunions held In the city
during tho big one, was that Of battery D, First
Carlin's command, This was held ut the resi-.
dence OF Mr., b. Exley, aud the Battery D ''bOys,
had first class time, There were eight OF them
present. They were Isaac sadler, James Aims
worth, Jacob Honpecker, Adam Wernig, Alex,
Frazier, George Bottles, Benjamin Exley and Mr..
Heller,
The fireworks could be- seen from all parts OF
Martins Ferry and in Wheeling and Bridge
port, Miss Conoway was struck on the head by
. falling rocket aud knocked down, one woman
tainted and several boys were slightly burned
during tho display, Among the more prominent
Sous Of VeEeEdns.Who attended the reunion was
Capt. ", J, KGlleyt Of SIeubenYille, who Is Chief
OF stan on Col, William Bundy's SlaH Capt.
Kelley Is the man who distinguished himself ut
Of Veterans IN Wheeling, 1855, by climbing 70
tho top Of Wheeling hill and planting flag there
on which was Inscribed the words; "Ohio Il
Sill on Top, after another State delegation had
nORted q flag from the top oil the McLlrs, GU the
top story Of which the Ohio boySwere quirtered,
70 the effect that their State was on top.
A large number Of q, A. r. men aud others,
who attended the big reunion Tuesday, remain
Cd In Martins Ferry i'll yesterday and there are
still more 10 the cityi y large number missed
the late train All the visitors are highly pleased
with their entertainment while IN town, They
found moe people than they expected they
would on such q bad day, had better time than
expected, under the circumstances, and pro-
nOunce the reunion q monumental success.
Many Of tho old veterans had their wives aud
daughters with them, and even these did not
appear 10 mind the weather. Had tho day been
Us clear o. yesterday even with the temperature
Us low as II was, Martins Ferry would have
scarcely held the visitors. Tho soldiers all over
the district had manifested inten4e interest In
the reunion and were coming by tho hundreds,
accompanied by their families aud friends, The
reunion had been extensively advertised, and
with favorable elements would have compared
iayorably with the monster reunion Ut Wheeling
In 1857, Posts that were coming from various
points with brass bands and drum corps remain
cd home on account Of the rain,