The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-23
MARTINS FERRY MATTERS.
Councilman Shrode. Make, u Statement
General News aud Personal Points.

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General News aud Personal Points,
Rev. +, :, DeHass Is dangerously m.
To day j pay day At the Buckeye glp. work,
ami Standard mill,
At the .Etua mill an unusually big week
work has been made,
Miss Matte Greer, OF New Cumberland, (.
visi ing riulds here,
Roy CLARK, who was recently hurt by fall In
tn stalking rink, may not recover,
Rev, and Mrs., 4. ]. johnson have returned
from u two months visit near New L0udOU,
Gambia.
Mrs, Addison Frazier, of Toronto, (, here, sum.
moncd by the death Of her grandfather Mf,
AmbeTI Gl!krr.
Ahont the only rcdeemug feature OF the con.
tiuued rains Is that It keep, the uairrs oil the
sidewalks IN the evenings.
The admission To the matinee ut the upem
House this AFTERNOON will be ten Rul tWCuIy
GenIs' Tue "tasmway' company VIII pay
CLARA,
The case Of fUrCibc entry In the detention 0i
Mary kHshHnerNs James Terrell was tried be-
lore squire Iheo. Keller yesterday; the plaintiff
came VI victorious,
NY Aunt Bridget" which did such big
business IN Wheeling this week Will prubahl!
appear hgIt December 10, jumping from B4iti.
more TO Martins Ferry.
Mr. Ambcrl Clyker, aged )! years residing on
the Island. aud The father Of Ms. ], I. llancs
aud Ms. NJ. J. Lewis Of this placl, died ypstvr-
day after lingering illness
Yesterday Dr, J. N. BlackIonI, ". Il. Fulton,
Rev. \. +, BrOwulru, Fred T., Hall aud George
Davis left for SlcUbenvllu To attend the district
convention III the !, ~ G. \. OIhprs VIII ~
up to day
Miss ReuR lIebcrling Miss NHggic haywood
and Miss Maggie Written, teachers In the Nj,
Pleasant schools, passed through town ycslrr.
lay on lnelF way To Toronto To attend the
Teachers Institute,
William Madden died at his home On Second
street ul NrghTs disease yesterday morning
RhOul3 o'clock, after MI Il meas ri several wees.
lie WIS the son Of Mr., nud Mrs, John Madden.
lie was - years old aud WHN employed Ut the
luckcYe Glass Works,
Thomas MurlRugh, Esq who Inst saw daylight
eighty seven Yeas ago Yesterday, celebrated his
birthday NJ his Residence, near Pleasant Grove,
yesterday afternoon. M'gu number nj friends
aud relatives attended the anniversary Mr.
MurRugh Is sui enjoying health and Is able to
do good days WuTE.
The snit Of James Finlcy vs.. David lIill to
recover ~ Tor IeDi WINS iTieJ brlOTr squire Eel.
Ter and Jury yesterday afternoon, Hill vacated
the pIcm ~rs one month before his time was out
Hnl FIndlry sued 10 recover rent for that tiulr,
George duncan represented the PldiGtir and j.
&. Gray the defendant. The jury, consisting Ui
Charles Il, shrcvc, j. :, Harrison H. +. brady,
George MCMnhOn Rnd james Shru lUs, was ont
thrcCq,mrtcEs OF nu hour aud gave Findry SO,
Councilman James ShTnlcs called ut the Is.
TELLlGENuEG branch office yesterday AID made
u statement concerning the turning OF Of the
NATURAL gas aud che duiay In fighting the city
with electric light about which considerable
has been printed In these columns. lie sRyk
Council ordered tbs gus InruCd oil because It
was very unsatisfactory aud not Hny better than
M electric light ~ all; that the pressure In the
early part NJ the nisht was light, AHd nitur ali
Ilp iaptDTI ~ DnupI AIIpl "A ktTnNfF Nu
turned On that thV glHSS was broken, apG the OK.
p'nSo Of putting IN new g'nS3 was u, Ertat or
greater than the cost OF the gl3, AMI that the ~.
lice did not Keep nil the lamps liEltd is they
hnd been Instructed by CtUur, For these
reasons md with tho expectancy iht tho city
would shortly he lgh,r,! with electricity, the
natural gus was ordered lurHcd of. II irVms
that the Electric Light Company is not wholly
to blame for the lOng delay Iii lighting tn city,
ms the dynamo, wires, etc, watch ,huud have
arrived over II month ngU, nave been In II
freight blockade Und did not get here uuti
Wednesday,