The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-05
MARTINS FERRY.
Natural Gas supply short-Bad Fall-Per-
sonAl and Other News.

BonAl and Other News.
For sale cheap-ParloI, bed room, dining room
and kitchen furniture. Enquire Of William b.
Lewis, WALNUT street.
tIcal talk OF Rev. II. n. Campbell to the boys and
young men 1t the Y. II. 9. A.. last night. The
attendance was good.
Yesterday Jimmie Leonard called on Mayor
Keller and asked 10 be- sent 70 the County IN
HsRREy. The Mayor advised jimmy 70 JAKE
sleep.
The Iucorporators Of the Peoples Saving Bank
viii meet ri the otice Of City Solicitor SeugwtcE
this morning Of 10 O'Clock TO take steps toward
organizing.
Yesterday at noon MISS. p. Harbourt slipped
on the leo in front OF ther store on South Broad
way and fractured her lett arm near the wrist
DR.. W. u. shuttleWpFth was called.
house GU his property on Pearl street for tue Wig
liant hose company. The second story has been
added TO the second ward hose house.
Rev. Charles o'Meta, rector Of 81, Pants Rpis.
cOpRl church, "a Off on trip 10 Columbus and
Cincinnati, partially for the purpose, Of raising
debtednebs.
Yesterday fellow giving the name Of william
Gore appeared and asked for aid from MAs0nSt
claiming he was member Of OIL Greek Lodge
No. 305, Of TItusVille, Pa but telegram from
there says he Is not member.
Martins Ferry has been Kicking about the
natural gas over 6lnco the food, aud the supply
Is still unsatisfactory. After the gas was turned
on the week following the big river Il was gen
| orally believed that the supply would DO salts
factory, but II has not been. AT times tho pres
sure Is light aud again there Is none. A teN
people say they have no gas, The irregular
supply has been very annoying TO the private
Consumers aud expensive 10 the manufacturing
Embellishments. some OF the latter have beeu
| Kept In suspense for week and arc getting verI
tired, especially those who depend entirel!
on gas. At the Buckeye Glass Works a0Yen pot
were broken by the irregular supply after TIT
company had spent considerable m0ney 70 keel
the 'tres going. The loss Will DO owe
81, 200. Al the ElsOn Glass Works tire
/ pots were also broken the same way. A
| the standard mill the day turn at tho Ehee
mills was obliged to lie OFT yesterday Oh accoun
Of the Insufficient supply, and the men In othe
some Of them coal, coke, wood, ETC., Is beln
used, with hopes Of good supply OF gas late
on, as formerly. AT Spence, BaRRa q Goa touu
dry yesterday tho foreman told the workme
They would have 10 work hard or freeze 10 death
has been registering As many feet as evel
When examined yesterday II was running Ike
clock. frank ShuttleWOrth, tho b0OEkeepeI
calling this perpetual motion. Some OF III
consumers wish they had never heard OF nRtuTH
gas. The gas company has force Of 4hou
nifty men At work on itS line In Martins Ferr
digging down TO the main, searching for Leak
remoVingthe water and caulking the Joints Wit
lead 50 as TO make them water PROOF. The er
tire line between the III iRted Kuntz house 4
the upper end Of the city aud Jefferson stree
has been dug up and every Joint Gxa N nee
lAlre. The gas company is paying the lAbOreti
who hnd the work very hard, 81 " per day, an
the bosses Inspectors aud others even more
making the daily pay roll quite large.