Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-21
MARTINS FERRY.

night at the X. of P. and Commercial
halls was success in every particular.
Almost all the merchants, business and
professional men in the city, accompan-
led by their families. were present. Fol-
lowing is the programme: Music, Vigil
liant COrnet Band; Address OF Welcome,
j. B. Montgomery; The Cash System,
DR.. j. NJ. Blackboard; Recitation, Prof
j. A. Bownocker; Address, DR.. w. Fl.
Hall; Does it Pay to Belong to This AS
ISOLATION, Louis Rothermund; Dead
Beats, B. +. Brady; Recitation, Miss
Mcdonald; Commercial Reform, George
Barr. After the exercises the guests
retired to the Commercial Hall, where
the proprietor of the Bayless House. had
a bountiful spread awaiting them, which
consisted Of all OF the delicacies Of the
season, and everybody present could
not speak praise enough Of the way Mr..
Bayless and his assistants had prepared
everything that was good TO eat for the
members and their invited guests. After
this pleasant part OF the programme a
little more music was served by the
band, and when the hour Of departure
came every one went away we'll pleased
with their night Of enjoyment.
w. Fl. Coss is confined to the house
by illness.
John Z. McMechen, Of st. Clairsyille,
was in the city yesterday.
Miss Ida Hoyle has returned from an
extended visit to friends in Nebraska.
Fred Dixon, who was laid up with the
grip, but was able TO be out last Sun
day, took relapse and is reported very
Ill.
The following is a list OF the grand
and petit jurors: Grand Jurors-A. o.
Thomas, Somerset township; NJ. +
Stidd, Samuel J. Jackson, Smith; John
Tyler, John Goodhue, Martins Ferry;
August Breidenstein, Pease; Isaac
Booth, o. II. Young, L. C. Morris, Bell
aire city; John Cassels, Warren; John
A. Myers, VIM. w. Giffen, Mead; Sam
uel Myers, Washington; 7. L. Pangle,
Goshen; Joshua Worley, Richland.
Petit Jurors-J. A. Shepherd, Kirk
wood township; Fred. Rodewig, ST.,
William Litton, A. T. Lockwood, Bell
aire city; Samuel Hilles, Warren; John
Amrine, J. F. Smith, James Clark,
Pease; William Okey, Wayne; Cyrus
Kirk, William Pollock, Jr., A. X. ORR
son, Elijah Pancost, Union; Ross earle,
Washington; Nathan Cater, Somerset;
A. 3. Fisher, Flushing.
Prof. Nicely was taken quite sick yes
terday and had to go to his home at
Portland. Miss Jennie Lytle will fill
the vacancy until Mr.. Nicely is able to
resume mis- duties.
Mrs. Delilah Dean Martin, died at
the family residence, corner of Hickory
and Sixth streets, last evening at six
o'clock. The deceased was in her sixty
first year, and was the widow Of Abso-
lom Martin, son of Ebenezer Martin,
the founder Of this city and after whom
the city is named. She was born on
the street she died on and has always
resided here. She leaves son and two
daughters to mourn her loss-Mr. Shell
~ Martin, Mrs. VIM. Lupton and Mrs.
w. p. Wells, Of Canton, Ohio. Her
death will be shock to her many
friends, as very few knew of her illness,
as she was we'll and hearty this time
last week.
Emerson Campbell, the accommodate
ing clerk at G.. G. Raston's drug store,
has resumee his duties after severe at
tack Of the grip.
VIM. Chandler, general manager OF
the Gamewel Fire Alarm Company,
which is in use in this city, is register
ed at the haywood Hotel. He is here
in the interest of the campauy to see
that everything is working o. X.
Lost-At corner Of Fourth and Han
over streets one band ring and one set
ring. A liberal reward will he paid II
left at the Office Of John w. Terri.
The colored ladies will give a leap
year party this evening at the home OF
Thomas Curtiss, on Seventh street. A
big time is assured.
Some one, either with the intent OF
burglary or for pure downright cussed-
ness, scratched several large circles on
one Of the large lights Of glass in OAR
rah's drug store on last Monday night.
1t will have to be replaced by new one
before long. The work looks as II II
had been done with a diamond, and II
so WOulu Ibl 10 ublN w NANNNi $50 1900
stone is a very scarce article on this
side.
Jacob Schnegg and George He'll, of
Powhatan, were in the city yesterday
morning to help in removing the re-
mains of Mrs. j. Schnegg and child
from Riverview cemetery to Powhatan,
where Mr.. Schnegg IS buried. The re-
,oirs ,yara taken down by boat last
evening.
A number of girls did the leap year
act in handsome style last night. They
engaged sfeighs and took the Imperial
Club out to Pleasant Grove, where
dancing, refreshments and merry-mak-
ing were INDUCED in to the hearts
content. There were about eighteen in
all, and a happier sleighing party was
never on the road nor listened with
greater relish to the jingle OF the oelIs'
WELLSBURG.