The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-02
MARTINS FERRY.

Real Estate AppraiSement-NRtura Gas
ExpIosiOn-othe Notes.
Albert Belts Is visiting his parents In Yer.
mont.
The HibernIans will go TO BellAIre on St.
PatEick's Day.
Joseph Myers, an employe In the Elson Glass
works, died Saturday, aged II.
Mr.. John F. Miller, Of Anderson, Ind, form
erly Of Martins Ferry, ID In the city.
For Sale or Reut-A desirable residence on
4Ih street. Enquire at Commercial Bank.
The Imperial Quartette at the Opera House,
Monday, March 2, will be the musical event OF
the season.
The blast furnace grounds arc being enclosed
with high board fence. Men and boys have
been stealing pig iron.
Avery large number Of seats have been sold
for the Imperial QuArtette tonight. From
Martins Ferry It goes 70 Cleveland.
Richard Stewart takes charge OF tho rolls and
forge department Al the L4ughlIu mill to-day.
One roll was broken there last week.
The mercury was down TO five degrees above
zero yesterday, HVe degrees lower thai any day
this winter. At Mt. Pleasant 1t registered at
zero.
For sGle.-Pltcher's dining room and parlor
furniture, mostly good as new. VIII DO sold
cheap. Inquire Of William B. Lewis, Walnut
street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dean celebrated her sOth birth,
day, In pleasant manner, at the residence Of
her son, Mr.. 3. +. Dean, on Filth street, on
Saturday.
Superintendent J. E. Mannlx has returned
| from Philadelphia where he has been attending
the convention Of the city supeTtHtehdents Of
the United states.
"BorderRnd" was played to d good sized
house at the OFera HouEe Saturday night. In q
much better mHnner than many companies or
the road could do II
While experimenting with chemicals In iRI
In the back yard Of Df. Monroe Hickman, th(
dentist, on Saturday, Rn explosion. occurred
breaking the jar and throwing tho pieces and
flowers thirty feet In the air.
John Davis Is quite sick with typhoid fever a
the residence Of Capt. John Hutchinson, OF
| Washington street. A collection Is being tRker
by the employees Of the EtnA mill, In which hi
recently commenced working but was able u
work only three days.
VIM Kragle, VIM. Has nRurer, John Green and
Frank He'll were ali fined on Saturday for par
ticIpAting In the fracas at Lafayette Hall. KrR'
gle and ifaEGnRurer weare each fined o. and cost
Tor dlEorderly, and SIS and costs for striking ar
officer, amounting 10 SIS, and Green and Hell
each got Is and costs.
It's believed that the committee. consisting Of
James II. Dnennen, James Kerr, IL. W. Smith.
Y. II. Sedgwlck and James DAyless, which visited
| Columbus last week in the interest OF MRrtin'G
Ferry taxpayers, Will save considerable money.
| rhe vote on tho reduction was postponed tor
two weeks. The apprGisement In BellSire Is 81
per cent, Bridgeport 90 per cent and Martins
Ferry 62per cent.
An explosion Of natural gas occurred at the
residence OF Mr.. a. RRlstou on Saturday morn
ing which might have been much worse. On
account Of the Irregular supply Mrs. RAlSton
turned OF the gas on Friday night before re-
firing. when she lighted the gas In the cook
Stove Saturday mOrnfnG Rn explosion took
place, blowing down tue stove pipe, scattering
The lids and doors all over the Kitchen, and dis
placing the CRATES all over the house.
A large number OF views Of the flood arc being
asnt away by people who were "in IT, aud sone
who were ''out OF It," Thee vie As have been
sent to different paris Of the United States, Eng:
land, Scotland, Germany and Ireland: Several
views werc taken from the Union bridge. The
one looking up First street IL tho best. In this
view and another one nearly all Of East Mar.
tins Ferry and every manufacturing establish
meat north OF the bridge IL shown.