Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-05-18
MARTINS FERRY.
An Interesting Budget of News from
Over the River.

The trial races of the fremen to pick a
team of twenty to run team from Bellaire
on Decoration Day were as follows. the dis
lance not being exactly known. The time
made is:
First ward-D. Woods, - seconds; Hap.
Woods. - sec; Brown, - sec. Medium
phrey, % sec. /; f. Och, % sec.
Second ward-Cattel, p sec; Swartz, p
sec; Stewart, - sec. ; RObertshaw, ~ sec;
Kuckuck, % sec. Shreve, p sec; Heslop,
- sec. Mckee, 24 sec.
Third ward-Hager n sec; Jenkins, %
sec; Thomas, 26 sec; j. Beck, - sec; Glib
bons, % sec; =. Beck, p sec. Montgom-
cry, p sec
Aul, Pugh, Clark and Hale made as good
time as any, but the watch did not start
and their time was not gotten. There will
be some more running before the team will
be picked.
McFadden Il Hubs Circus will get here
sometime to-day. They will show on
Woods ground.
Walter Darrah has gone away to stay
some length of time so we are informed.
We hate TO see you leave, Walter
Prof White of Mount Pleasant was in
town yesterday.
There is a hole on the road side near
ScarlotS back of town that has aroused tho
curiosity of the people. 1t is claimed that
YOU can drop stone in it and it is so deep
that you can't hear il strike the bottom
also steam or fog comes from 1t.
Some of the farmers are undera false i'm
preston in regard to the license ordinance.
| IL only included hawkers, peddlers, etc, not
the farmers.
There was a fight in the school-house
at Mt Pleasant that may turn out to be
serious affair. Two boys got To fighting,
when the father OF one OF the boys saw
them and jumped the fence and whipped
the other boy so badly that he is not eX-
pected to live.
Barney Drake, of Mount Pleasant. is in
town.
DR. W. B. Mcclure has returned from
Pittsburg
The following officers were elected at the
meeting of the Alumni Society, the other
evening: \. w Kerr, President; Ben EX-
lev. Treasurer and Miss Maggie RalstOn.
Secretary.
The Model comedy company will be at
the Opera House all next week.
Thomas Cochran, VIM. Jump and Robert
Applegarth are the representatives of the
Farmers Alliance recently organized at
Burlington, to attend the convention AT st.
Clairsville on the 18th of this month
John Crippen, of Bellairc. was in the city
/ yesterday
h. w. Z. Campbell clerk in Ralston's
drug store. is back on duty after being on
the sick list for few days.
The farmers are making great prepare
/ tons for the festival on the evenings Of the
Both and 3lst.
The Sheriff had force of men unloading
the lumber that was attached.
Mr. James F'indlay is unloading stone
here 10 20 TO West Wheeling for bridge.
There will be twenty ears of 1t.
w Evans of RrOOmtield is here
on a visit to his sister. Mrs. JAS. ShrOdes,
of the First ward.
The usual meeting for young men this
afternoon at ( o'clock, at the Young Mems
Christian Association. Superintendent
+. L. Sparks leader Good singing. All
young men invited.
For Sale-Two lots on Elm street, below
Schrcve homestead. Address James +.
Dolau, Benwood. W. Va
A little son of Ludwig Wilhelm fell on a
knife, while playing yesterday evening,
and cut himself severely, if not fatally.
The nobbiest, the latest, the newest and
the neatest designs in Wall Paper, at
Bougeherty's corner of Second and Hano-
Yer streets.
/ RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT TO ELI X. YOST, BY
MONITOR CASTLE, No. 2l, X. C. L.
WHEREAS. II has pleased the Supreme
/ Noble Chief of the Universe TO remove
/ from our midst Brother and Vice Grand
/ Chief Eli r. Yost; therefore be 1T
RcSolrcd. That we deeply feel the great
/ loss sustained in the death of Brother Y Ost;
I that our order has lost one of its best, trueSt
and warmest-hearted members, and an able
advocate for everything that was right and
noble: and be ii further
ReS0lred, That we tender TO the family
and relatives of our deceased brother our
sincere and heartfelt sympathy in this their
hour of grief; and be it further
RcSolred. As token of res pect, that the
gavels and charter of Monitor Castle, No.
-. X. c. +, of Martins Ferry, o., be
draped in mourning for period of thirty
days
ReSolred. That copy of these resolutions
be sent to the family and to the REGISTER
and NcwS-Lettr for publication.
JAS. BROOKS,
X. a. LINDEMUTH,
s. GIBBONS.
LOUIS DEIHL,
JOHN REED,