Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-27
MARTINS FERRY.


one for those who care to come, but he /
il only c3lled upon TO teach aoont ball
the pupls of the district who were fer
meriy In regular attendance. Miss LIZ
Tnoburn he's opened a private school IN
pp1sition o Mr.. McGlen's, ard che mas
few of the pup Is of the district. AS the
matter stands now, II Is sort OF dead
lock, which will surely in the end be won
by the public school
Master Charlie Allender, son Of Mr.. X.
F. Allender principal Of the First Ward
schools. entertained a jolly party OF his
Young friends at his fathers house Oh
Tbu-sd,y evening last. The eveaing was
enioy. d By tie little folks IL very much
the ssme manner that older folks enjoy
similar occasions, except that the children
eutsred more heartily into ell the diye'-
sicns proposed.
Tne question i already asked, How
can any mo.e railways get into Martins
Fe-ry?" Il may seem little previous,
but with four railways and county road
possessing rights Of way on strip OF
ground not more than one hundred ana
fifty feed wide between TIE bluff aad the
river Just above town, the question IS Ia
reality an important one. There Is, how
ever, one point in connection with 1t
which tends to relieve tns
embarrassment. The Cleveland and
Wheeling Company the old S. ?. q y }
intend building their road on plan which
will allow its use by any and all roads
which care TO come in over their tracks,
while it vii, be used in Martins Ferry By
the Terminal Company, which has already
secured 30 much right Of way IN the city
az to make its building certainty. how
many more roads may want to get into
town and over the Union bridge il an uo-
answered question, but those already in
sight make it certain that this city Is
bound in the near future to become quite
railroad centre. The purchase OF rights
Of way by the Terminal Company by their
agsnt, Mr.. J. T. Hanes, continues, and the
company is surely making all possible
effort TO get into shape to commence work.
The arrival of several car loads OF stone al
PAige, Carey & Co. . store yards in the
lower part of town indicates that energetic
work on the Union bridge viii be COM
m4ncsd very soon. The presence ofGaneral
G A. Jones, OF the Cannon Ball road, in
this vicinity means something, and we
may safely predict that the long talked of
road is rcOa to assume more material pro-
portions. On the whole our town is on
the eve of boom in railway building few
towns have experienced.
John Tweed, of Steubenville, is in the
city visiting friends.
Joseph j. haywood returned to his
home in this city yesterday after an alb
sence OF over year He has been in ODa
ha, Nsb. Immediately upon arriving at
home he left for Mt. Pleasant, where his
sister, Miss Maggie, is quite i'll with ty-
ph)id f-ver.
A daughter of Mr.. George Tweedy is
quite i'll at her home on Walnut street
Miss Elizabeth Thomas ia qlite i'll at
her home at ". \. Holidays.
The typhoid fever epidemic in certain
parts of the city calls for immediate action
on the part of the city authoi les, There
ara causes for all of il, and those Canses are
p2lpable TO the most ootuse. |, few Of
the slaughter houses whose filth is allow
to flaw tar ugh the town were fo:ced 10
burn their offal one of the potent factors
to fever epidemic would be removed, and
if pig styes ard surface drainage weIs
stopped in other quarters, ouch diseases as
have their origin in fifth might be reduced
to q minimum.
Arrangements are being perfected in tina
public schools for an exposition to be held
sometime in the spring. The idea is TO
have az nearly as possible all pupils place
on exhibition some srticle of their own
make or conception. Tire exposition will
be open several days aad prizes will b3
given.
I. n. Miller, of Cincinnati, Division
Superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, E. Wright, of Cleve
land, G o. Rove, and E G. Bradley, of
Pittsburg, General Superintendent OF
PENNEY lysria lines, p. Drummer, Train
ths past week looking after their compaDy'e
interest.
The Ancient Order OF Foresters has
leased the hall in the third story Of the new
Opera House block fer ten years. The hall
measures 27x5O feet
A boOtbleck would starve to death In
this city, not that there would be q short
age OF work, but because any man who
blacks his boots such weather SIS this keeps
turning his head to see if the fool-killer is
coming.
Our street crossings were set just about
right for GUNNER weather, but for such
weather as this they are, on an average, a
fraction over foot too low. But the street
crossings aye not the only things in town
that need "histing."
Twas sad bat awe-inspiring sight. Is
wss at the junction Of Fifth and Hanover
streets. Or one corner stood half a dozen
ladies with dresses above their ankles gaz
ing at The gently TipliDg ocean of mud. On
another corner stood q crowd of half grown
boys end young man waiting patiently fo5
had through the spray of mud which
pedestrians threw Up as th:y ran inglor
iOusly from Oae pavement to another. In
the midst of all this stood Uncle Sam
Fisher looking like Father Time rugged
out in gum boots aad coat while shovel
took the scythe's plaza in bis hand, and a
well-worn fur cap held in check hie
patiiarchial locks. Uncle Sam seemed
much pertuIb3d. He would wade out On
one of the low stone crossings and shovel
silently except for the steady "kir
plush" Of tte droppiog mud, and
the pushing of the stream cf'
diluted terra frms which over and
snon ran back to tie lowest p3i1t, tie
the crossing, as fast as he threw it out
After hOur3 OF uusyailiag labor he SAW
ha he was situated similarly to the man
who tried to bail out the sea with tel
spoon, and with one mighty effort he dis
lo6gd his gum boots from their casirg Of
mud and walked aWby soliloquizirg thus:
well, if tie bad place is hot enough 20
dry up the mud, it is an improvement on
Martins Ferry"
NJ. James Miskel, who has bsen very
i'll for several weeks, was in a veg critical
condition last night.
Mr.. George McKim is in Washington,
DC.
Mr.. L Linden, of Bsllaire, was in the
city yesterday on business connected with
the \ F. G. W. L. Mr. L is quite popu-
lar in this city, and there was many regrets