The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-23
MARrIS,s FERRY.
Nearly a Coal FAmine-Lopg Skin Ride.
Various Local Notes

Nearly n Coal FAmins-LopE skin Ride
Il Various Local Notes
John Gnham Is here, on his way from Greens
: bug, Pa, 70 Audoyer, Ind.
The funrrni Of Mrs John UlEich AZ pom yes
terday afternoon was very largely attended.
Work will DO resumed at the LAughlin Nall
1 Works this morning; also At NcDsrmon's tool
! works.
The Pittsburgh and all other newspapers are
now arriving regularly at the POsIOthcs NsWI
Stand.
Seats will be put on sale this morning at 8
O'Clock for the Reagan lecture on Thursday
evening.
g. T. Doume was recently married 70 Mis-
Matilda -hIllInger, Of Pittsburgh, where he Is
now located.
Mt. and Mrs. L. W. Smith, Of ClArks addition,
buried six yeRr-old child a. RiVerView GENIE
tsry yesterday.
Anumber Of Island people arc already look
Ing for houses here 70 rent or buy. Two gentle;
men living over there are negotiating for good
houses.
James Costello, Of Mt. Pleasant. who has been
a the City building under tue treatment OF =
physician, was taken 10 the County lnhrmAty
on Saturday.
A small lake Of water has been left standing
IN the low grounds between the Q. 4 +. rack
Bad Hipkins's Novelty Mould Works. IheHe
should be q sewer between this point and the
liver.
MeSsrG. Andrew GottschAlk and Joseph AedIll,
Of MArtia's Ferry, and two other gentlemen rode
down from Stelbeuville In skin durtng the
food. They had good supply oil bAls' Dut
didn't catch any tAh.
Mr.. William B. Mann, the iouudrymau: lost
from 500 70 Sl,C00 In patterns, etc. All Of the
sand Ia the iOupdryWR wet Fires have been |
kept burning day and night since the water re-
coded 70 dry the sand.
A Mt Pleasant man wanted 10 80 to Portland
from steubenyille, He did not care 70 walk
and procuring two logs fastened them together
and started down on them. When near Port
land the logs separated and the man came near
being drowned.
During the flood three men were riding down
First street In skin and singing Down Went
McGlnty." One Of them got up 10 so 10 another
part Of the skin aud fell into the water head
first. He was Obliged 10 swim twelve or fifteen
feet before reaching the ska.
Cora, the little daughter OF Mr.. Gnd Mrs. II. II.
Grove died on Saturday mOrniHR and was
buried the the Inme afternoon. This makes the
SECOND death among the nine pertoas who were
burned in the gas explosion. The condition Ot
George Thomas Is critical. He was injured In
ternRlly. The Others arc getting along nicely.
Martins Ferry, without natural gas aud Hell.
lIDg'E coal works out Of order, come near having
a coal famine on saturday Mr.. J. u. Gillespie,
agent Of the Q. x r. railroad. alter getting per.
mission from the Superintendent had three car
loads brought down from IOrkYllle, whICn was
distributed throughout town IN small quantities
Saturday and yesterday.
Rev. II. n. Campbell preached 10 the Presby.
teriau Church on chu CHI attendance yesterday
morning He said large Eumber Of people
attended church In matter OF course way and
not a. matter OF duty. He had no particular
complaint TO make Of his own church, but there
l. complaint among churches In general. The
attendance at this service was the largest for
months IL