The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-13
MARTINS FERRY.
The City Growing Hnpidiy-Annexation Of
EtnayiIIe-Work ON the Reservoir.


The City Growing Rnpidiy-Annexation Of
KtnaviIIe-worls ON the Reservoir.
The ordinance Tor the annexation o.
Etnaville to Martins Ferry will prob
ably be passed by the City Council to-
morrow nj ght. The matter of annexa-
ton will probably be settled at the
next regular meeting Of the County
Commissioners, which will be held
early in September. This is for the
commissioners to determine. The law
says they may annex, and as nine
tenths Of the voters Of Etnaville are in
favor Of annexation to Martins Ferry,
there is no reason why the commission:
ers should refuse to grant the wish OF
the petitioners, who are composed OF
stockholders in the Etna and Standard
mills, business men, taxpayers and
others. II 1Stnaville is annexed to
Martins Ferry it and probably the
Standard addition will form another
ward and elect their own councilman,
etc.
Martins Ferry is growing faster than
any other town in Eastern Ohio, If not
in the State, proportionally: The
school enumeration for 1901 shows an
increase OF 27S over 1890, while Bellaire
increased only 116, Bridgeport 60,
Barnesyille 81, Flushing 90, and SO on
Martins Ferry leads East Liverpool
Wellgville, Toronto, Marietta, Ports
mouth, 1ronton, Gallipolis, Marian,
Cambridge, New Philadelphia, Uhrichss-
vile, Gallon, Lancaster, North Baitl-
more, Findlay, Fostoria, 0rrvllle, ALI
ance and other towns. In five wards
in Steubenyille there was loss OF tllir-
teen.
The hearing Of James Normen, known
as "Jim the Cowboy" for cutting Happy
Woods in the side with knife last Sat
urday in Gus Miller's saloon, was com
menced before Mayor Theo. Keller yes;
tcrday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and lasted
for seven hours. About fifteen wit
nesses were examined. Judge j. @. Gray
appeared for Mormon. The court room
was packed with a morbid crowd of men
and boys during the afternoon and
evening. Normen was bound over to
court in the sum Of $500.
The work of repairing the reservoir,
which has been in progress since May J.,
| is progressing finely. The slip hos been
>entirely stopped and well drained
with stone and pipe, and this week the
work OF repuddling and repaying the
east side Of the reservoir was COM
menced. Ten or twelve men are ut
work and will probably get through
about the middle OF September. Mr..
E. j. Hoyle has charge OF the men.
At the Democratic convention, Alon-
20 Grouse was nominated for Treasurer
instead of William Kinsey, as stated
Yesterday. The official figures were cor
rcctly reported, but the name of Mr..
Kinsey was inserted in the place OF Mr..
Grouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ford buried
their three-year.old son, Harvey B., at
Riverview cemetery yesterday, Rev. l..
S. Winters officiating.
An open air basket meeting will be
held in Locust Grove, near burlington;
commencing on Sunday, August %, and
lasting one week.
w. K. Fulton, ax-secretary OF the 7.
NJ. @. A., was in town the guest OF friends
yesterday on his way home from Allie
ghcny.
Miss Maggie Pennington lost herpursc
yesterday, containing $1,000. She thinks
she lost It at the postoftice.
The Martins Ferry Mennerchor celc.
brated its sixth anniversary in great
style on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. o. Russell Wood left yesterday to
visit her parents in Terre Haute, Ind,
and friends in Chicago.
James +. Grier returned to Macomb,
ILL.,, yesterday after two weeks visit
with his parents hero.
Mr.. William B. Lewis, Of East Liver
pool, is in town, looking we'll and hsppy.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kerr have re-
turned from Mountain Lake Park.
ii you want q bargain in hammock
60 to the Postoilice News Stand.
George Hornung, Esq, OF Cincinnati,
is here for few days.