Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-10
MARTINS FERRY.
J. vanPelt has gone to Pittsburg.

Al. VanPelt has gone to Pittsburg
Mr. Shilling, of Bellaire, is in the city.
Frank Vogler, Of Sharon, Pa, is in the
city.
Warrick Price, of Cleveland, is at the
haywood.
J. X. Ratcliff and wife, Of Mt. Pleasant,
are in the city.
o. Lane and wife are here on visit to
Mrs. Lanes parents.
Oscar Hampton goes to Pittsburg this
morning for a short visit.
Lie. Sherman, of Minneapolis, is here
visiting friends and relatives.
A party of young folks were out horse
| back riding yesterday evening.
Frank Taylor left yesterday for his home
at Ashbury Park, New Jersey.
Mrs VIM. Humphrey is lying very low
at her home near Hanover street.
Yesterday was pay day on the c. & p. X.
r., consequently the boys are happy.
Mrs. McAdams, of Portland, OHIO, was
in the city yesterday the guest of friends.
Mrs. Hussey and son passed through
here on their way home from Mt Pleas
ant.
Mrs. Jones, ofsFifth street, leaves for
| California this morning to spend the sum
mer
Father Mattingly, who has been quite
sick for the past three weeks, is improving
little
We understand the Pittsburg bricklay-
ers are having some trouble at the blast
| furnace.
Hanson Buniess, of Mt. Pleasant, o.,
was in the city yesterday, the guest OF his
friend John u. haywood.
There was quite a number went out to
| St Clairsville yesterday on the Fenirm
and G.. l.. IL W. X. Il. case
Harry Northwood's donkey and cart
causes a big excitement among the little
| folks when il appears on the streets.
Mr.. Wood, of the Porter Fire Brick
Company, of New Cumberland, was in the
CITY Yesterday looking after theinterests of
his company in the paving contract that IS
TO be let for Fourth street soon.
II seems strange but Dock Truax, our
veteran carpenter, has had considerable
trouble in procuring men to work on the
new railroad in West Virginia. 1t would
seem natural owing to the strike that car
penters would be plenty, but 1t is not so.
If the weather is not too hot the "Ster-
ling Comedy Company which appears at
the Opera House Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, will have the biggest houses OF
the season. for it comes highly recon-
mended.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
Chas. Van Pelt, of Anderson, Ind, but for
merlv of this city, and Miss Addie Dill
worth, of Connellsville, Pa, former resi-
dent of this place, on next Thursday. Both
of them are well known here and quite pop
ular. Their many friends, as well as the
REGISTER, join in and wish them happy
married life.
There was some little excitement yester-
day at noon by the report that the noon
train on the C.. Il p. Il. X. had killed a
woman at daughters Nail Mill crossing,
which caused quite a number of people to
Gather in that neighbOrhood, but it proved
10 be fake upon investigation. The only
thing in it was that woman had narrow
escape from being run over. The train had
to slacken its speed materially before she
got of.
To COAL DEALERS.
MARTINS FERRY, O., June 3.-Sealed
proposals will be received by the Board OF
| Trustees Of the Martins Ferry Water
Works, at their Office in Martins Ferry,
| Ohio. until noon, Monday, June 9TH, 1890,
for furnishing coal for one year, delivered
in the engine house of the water works of
this city. Bids will be received separately
/ for clean. mixed and nut Goals. The per
son to whom the award is made will be re
quired to give bond for the faithful per-
| formance of the contract. The Board re
serves the right to reject any or all bids.