Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-13
MARTINS FERRY.

quite i'll.
Mr.. w. K Elson has returned from New
York, where he spent the pest week In the
interest of the Elton Glass Co.
Communion service will be held in the
Presbyterian Church to-day. Similar ser.
vices will be held in the U. P. Church mex;
Sunday.
The meetings during the annual week Of
prayer were well attended.
Mrs. L. B. Martin, of FostOIia, is the
guest of friends and relatives in Martins
Ferry.
Miss Laura COss ia the guest Of Miss I.
T. Bitton, of Portland.
1t is reported from Mt. Pleasant that
there are two crazy men wandering about
the town.
The Maeune'chor viii give q grand
mssque ball On February Z.
The Standard Building aud Loan Also
citation holds its annual meeting to. morrow
night
Miss Lizzie Wickham, of Wheeling,
sp,nt part of last week with Mrs. A. G
Heslop.
An effort is beipg made to organic q
camp Of Sons Ct Veterans here.
The Memorial Chapel Association met
AZ .he G.. A. r. hall on Wednesday evening
ard elected the following directors: w.
II. Co s, August Rothermond, T. H. S an
ton, John Riser, James E. Wier, John
Selby and George TruxelL Yesterday the
gan ., =. ri, .Tere sworn in by J. 7. Hanes,
~ Hspup1 by electipg August Rother-
. nc 'so nc .sssident, VIM. H. Orr, Secretary,
and John E. Selby, Treasurer. Bills were
ordered paid, books ordered and other
business transacted. The association pro-
po4es building a memorial chapel on the
soldiers plat in Riverview cemetery in
which soldiers will be buried. The chapel
will cost $1,000, and will be a credit 10
Martins Ferry. The shares will be fifty
cents each, and one share will constitute
membership Stockholders will be al
lowed to take any number Of shares.
The Board of Education held an impor-
tant NEE ting on Friday evening. They
approved of the plans furnished by Archi-
tect Wells for the rev Third wsrd school
building and gave directions for the plans
OF the First ward addition and chsngss.
They also arranged for tie adoption Of a
new system Of cadetship among the teach
ers. The system works thus: Certain
persons supposed TO be qualified IS teach
els and who desire TO become such are
elected cadets" They are allowed all
tie privileges Of teachers meetings and
attend the teachero classes. They are
furnished with the upeIintendent's bal
letins and are in every way trained Just as
the employed teachers are. When sub
stitutes are needed there is always class
of cadets to choose from, Who have had
the novelty worn off aud are more compe-
tent than raw material When vsclnciea
ere to be filed the Board OF Education has
the class of cadets" to chOOse from if it
sees fit. By becoming cadet, however,
the person has 10 claim on the BoGGd for
position. TIE cadets elected at the Fri
dey evening meeting were Nora Ebert,
Matte Mitchell and Sarah Lewis.
Mrs. john p. Maywood hos returned
from a visit with her bother, William
Waller, of COlersin.
Mrs. John Vickers, sr celebrated her
fortieth birthday at her home in Martin "a
addition on Thursday afternoon and even
irg Quite a pleasant party of friends
participated in the festivities, and Mrs.
Vicke1s mas the recipient Of quite a num-
| Der of valuable and pretty presents.
A man who will bide his time and lay
for fellow twenty-five years 10 get even
with him for licking some one else surely
hiss not thai forgivirg spirit mentioned IN
the Bible very largely developed. S1ch
thing actually occurred a few days since,
and the details are very amusing TO all
but thoss actually inter sted. Oye7 twen-
tv.fve years ago, when joseph Medill,
of this city, WIS quite a young
man. he had a fisticuff with 3
ueighbor boy WHO was a relative of man
named Becket, who now resides on a farm
near Rush run. Later on Walter Ong,
who WIS then Prosecuting Attorney OF
Jefferson county, was called upon to prose-
cute this same Beckett for disturbing g
public meeting. All these things were for
gettsn by b,th Medill and 0ng the former
coming TO this city to i've, and Ong, who
has become a somewhat fimous attorney,
locating in Cleveland, o During the hol-
idav season Mr.. 0ng cane to this city to
visit Mr. Mcdill ard DR.. A R O7g, who
are relatives. While here Mr.. MCdi'l and
Mr.. Ong concluded to take a rabbit hunt
I'D on Rush ran and apeni day tramping
among the scenes of their bOybood. They
were Joined BY City Marshal VIM. Burns,
l., w. Duff and David Psrton and went up
on the early tram to be or hands when the
cotton tails got out for the day. Beckett,
it seems, saw the party get off the train,
and recognizing Mtssre Ong snd Medill got
Constable Peck and went out TO bis farm
to wait for tresspassers. The first piece Of
land the party stepped onto afeeT leaving
the road was a part of Becke's farm, and
unfortunately a rabbit started about the
same time. Mr.. Medill fired at the cot
tor-tail, snd before the smoke had cleared
away Constable Peck placed the entire
patty under arrest and took them to the
Justices Office in Rush Run village. The
Justice was away from home, and after
OBTAINING the party till it was too late TO
hunt any more that day, Peck allowed
them to 90 under protest fom Beckett,
their release, however, beirg on condition
that they should return when the justice
csms home. Beckett gloated over his
revenge and insisted thst the prisoners
81 ould pay the fall penalty. Some Of
his remarks covering mis- ability to get
even with people who had wrouged him
we're perfectly amusing. On Friday Con
stable Peck came down with the prisoners,
except Mr.. Dog, WHO had gone home to
Cleveland, after having Instructions with
bis friends to appear for him
The Justice continued the cases again,
and it is probable the Rush Run people
will have some more fun with the gentle
men before it is done with. 1t would
take a very small pretext to get Beckett
arrested in this city while Mr.. Burns is
City Marshal. and Mr.. Ong declares that
if Beckett ever comes to Cleveland he will
be locked up under the dad fame act
On Monday night, January Dist W. J.