The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-26
MARTINS FERRY MATTERS,
Tho Name Will not lie Changed -iils Drift
rilc-NSw Turnpikc-Notos.

Martins Ferry" Is on top. The name will
not be changed. At a meeting Of Council on
Monday evening tho committee appointed TO Sc
lcct names to DO voted on at the coming cleo.
tlon, reported and was discharged. There was
had q short discussion Oh tho question OF sub.
hitting the matter TO thV people. Councilman
lhylesa stated that there was no law 10 change
the name OF city. and that 4 thIrty.Lay notice
would be necessary before the question could be
submitted. Councilman shrodcs thought there
was no use Of wasting limo and breath on Tho
matter. Councilman Green sald he guessed that
mo lSfELli0ESCEn correspondent would here.
inter register FROM Martins Ferry, and tho nntno
need not 10 changed: Tho committee was then
DISCHARGED; The majority Of the citizens. from
tho nas Of Tho cIiy and i thought ta ahat liz
matter Ii dead forever. Tho lSTIlliIEyCEn
correspondent fs on tho winning side. with
such men as Capt. II. ": Smith, Roy. Father
Il In Il Sa!sIhsg TSy, A. f f9wnlse Cart "
Mayor n. y. Mitchell, ut. Iiancs, L. ". Ito.
gle, J. ". llogle. Joseph Villa ~, James Kerr.
Julius Jacobs, J. Patterson, Henry ftoto, j. r.
Ctowls Conrad Long, !. w. Morrison, ". II.
Joueph Waters, Judge John s. Cochran, o. K.
Wood. James llayless, David Co.'S, William Meth.
eial,l ). y. Williams, James X. ShroiCs, joseph
Medfil, Charles y. Shrcvc, VI N. Holiday,
Frank IL. scdSwlcE. I. ". Che.sell, IS. Ham.
a.
Wyarwood: Dr.. W u. shuttlcworth, Ii, ", i
llervcy, NJ. II. liildcbrand and Others. y
.E, THE DEMOCRATIC CGr Is A THIN ONE, vs.
The "rlng" cry Of the Democrats Is worn out.
lisa chestnut TO the people, and thew have
heard II until they arc very tired, and il won
Wote any longer. Thy thinking people arc ION
20 them, anu won't listen 10 the cry auy longer,
They have howlcd II until II has become thread
bare. The Democrats arc very much frjrhiencI
At the landslide III favor Of Nj. II, il. sn,sliS. Inc
Republican candidate for Mayor, and do
not Know what to resort 10. Their
ff e1 e, 49, sva e allow any man TO run
Gems" convention. except Burns, worked, hut
the people arc tired OF such tactics mud will yotc
against tllis Kind VI wlto pulling on election day
The Democratic candidate for Mayor has been
SsGsSG1iInE Wy vote o. the saloon keeeeI and the
ocrats arc making a terrible struggle 10 ciec,
| him, but arc beginning 10 learn Tint nil al I'M
| voters III that purity Will not be with thom on
| election day. j. =. = 20 w.
AN IMMENSE FILE OF DRIFT WOOD,
Yesterday tho Union Bridge Coni,any's men
| abandoned the work Of removing tho drift wood
mat !ouged against tho trcStlo work bot scen
| quantity oil It and the slow progrcss made in NJ
moving It. Hundreds Of cords OF drift wood oI
every description lodged there, aud In some
| Places 1t y wcdgcd clear to tho bottom OF the
| liver. Ihc dtiit wood Is 80 thick that mou and
Dogs can walk over any part OF II. All day yes
!erday large number OF koys wSr, playing /,
the drift pile md engaged III cnrryIpp thc wooj
10 their homes for kiDblng. II sald That falls
twenty eoras were carried away for this pur
poso Anu ~ OF II VIII 10 carried of for the same
purpose ms Spring. So much drift wood ha.
not been seen In Marln's Ferry s!nce thc cycl
memorable flood oil 1881.
WIDE AWAKE CITIZENS wANrA TURNPIKE.
| The citizens OF Mt. Pleasant havo peti,loncl
their Town Council 10 Issue long termed bond,
!1r tho pirpoae OF constructing u turnpIkc from
That place t e Mt Pleasant station on tic Wheel
ing 4 Lake Esic rallroad. distance Of one nnL
Que hall miles. The cost Is estimated ut from
5000 TO s7,0ol. As the citizens OF that borough
have Just flushed paying ! per cent tux for tic
construction Of tho Adcna and Glens rua turn
PIKE, ms newly proposed levy for similar pur
pose moi only evidences n spirit Of enterprise
| eas ~ also ssrdns endorsement OF tttnpikcs.
| BRIEp NEWS NOTES AND PERSONALS. r..
John +. Benzcl has moved to East Liverpool.
Maria Sheppard. Of Harlem Springs, Is the
guest OF Key. anu Mrs. !, 5. Wintois.
| Work on thc Third ward school building In.
been stopped OH account Of the strike. :
Eighty dollars were nc.tcd at the vIgilau
Hose Colnpany's festival ii Lafayette Hull.
( The public schools will close on Friday for on,
week, F!'day VIII BE- Class Day tit the High
| school,
| William Joy has purchased lot from Rev, !
:. winters, on lsroadway, aud will erect u room
Tor barber shop on It. 80
Miss Casslc Gibson. daughter OF Mr., md Mrs
Howard Gibson, residing on Fourth street, died
yesterday, aged Is years, 80 ;.
| William Fisher, who rocontly purchased The
Stnin property Oh nroadwRy. Ii onlargIng and
Improving the building Ut a cost Of sl,sOO.
| Major Anderson and DR.. Cook, of the Wheel
ihE d Lake Eric rallroad. left yesterday for
Michigan, Oh ton days business trip. These
gentlemen hav0 made host OF friends here.
Something Of n sensation was created By the
circulation OF report that Nay Garnenter, the
young Fiji aged 15 who died Gt the residence Of
her parents on Sunday afternoon Of heart failure,
wls not dead but in u ancc. Neighbors started
This report. having been deceived by the lie
IKE appearancc OF the corpse. brought about by
The use OF the em6almtns ,luid, 20 persistent
were SONIC in their assertions that the ufrl was
not dead, TINT physician was called to make
Rh examination - .'.-.. - : -