The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-04
MARTINS FERRY.
Haps and nIIshnps in tho Thriving city
Across the River.

Across tnc ltlNcr.
Rev. w. ii. Burbank, rector OF st.
Paurs Episcopal church in Martins
Ferry, aud the Episcopal church in Bell
aire, will make Martins Ferry his
home and will occupy the Cattell pro.
perty on North Fourth street, moving
into it next Monday. Mr. U. Russell
Wood will vacate this property next
Saturday. Just where Mr.. Wood will
make his home is unknown. Mrs. Wood
and baby will leave next Monday on an
extended visit at Terre Haute, Indiana.
Mr.. Wood being travelling passenger
agent for the Wheeling IL Lake Erie
railroad much OF his time is spent in
Wheeling and he may reside there.
Yesterday considerable trouble was
experienced in the work OF sewering
Jefferson street, the timbers giving
away and OBTAINING the work. On
Broadway everything seems to be NOV
ing along satisfactory. No serious acct
dents have occurred since Clarence
Lewis was hurt. The Jefferson street
ditch is from ten to eighteen feet deep.
Some OF the men ut work OH these
sewers earn several times us much IN
the factories, but having no work there
find this better than nothing.
A meeting OF the members OF the Phi
Delta Theta was held at the home oil
George Inglebright on Monday evening,
to make the preliminary arrangements
for holding the annual banquet A
committee on correspondence was aP.
pointed, consisting Of George Chessell
and George InGlebright. Another
meeting will be held tonight. The
banquet will be held in Wheeling,
early in November, probably on cleo
ton night.
The new street car line will not be
able to carry the people from Martins
Ferry, Etnaville and West Wheeling
to Bellaire when Mckinley speaks.
Martins Ferry alone ought to fill
all the cars that night. Some unem-
ployed workingmen say they are going
ii they have TO walk.
During the month OF September or
ders were drawn on the township poor
fund amounting to S7lS, OF which
amount S6O4 go was issued to people in
Martins Ferry. Idle workingmen are
receiving assistance who never before
found it necessary to apply for aid.
Rev. G. NJ. Conway, formerly pastor
OF the Martins Ferry Baptist church,
was in town yesterday calling on friends.
He is now stationed at Union City, O.,
town OF 5000 inhabitants, likes the
place and is enjoying good health.
According to the poll over 1900 votes
,,;1I H. ,aIinI pox-t Tnontb II thnFa q n
full vote. The poll is not untavoraole
for the Republicans. The poll shows
53S in the First ward, 426 in the Second
and $50 in the third.
Mr.. George W. Reece has been made
agent of the United States Express
Company in Martins Ferry. The
United States recently succeeded the
American on the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling road.
A late letter says that Rev. S. ]:
Boyle will not assume the pastoral
charge OF the Presbyterian church until
Sunday, October 10. Rev. Mr.. Stevens,
of Bridgeport, will preach in this church
next Sunday.
The creamery at Mt Pleasant will be
in operation within two weeks. 1t will
cost $1,000. The machinery is being
put in by the Vermont Farm Machine
company OF Bellows Falls.
Miss BERTHE Blackford, Miss Cora
Mishell and Will Crowl have been APP
pointed delegates TO the Y. +. Q. b.
convention, which meets at West Alex
ander, Pa, next Tuesday.
Next Saturday game OF foot ball will
be played in Martins Ferry between
the Wheeling and Martins Ferry clubs.
The New Athens college club will come
the Saturday following.
Samples of the fine new goods oil
Lewis Smith and William Garrett,
Union Glass Company, are exhibited at
A. r. Ong's drug store.
A social will be given at Steels' school
house tomorrow night. The proceeds
will be used toward purchasing an organ
for the Sunday school.
The only couRcilmen who showed up
last night were Henderson, Davis and
Wernig, and no meeting was held on
this account.
With such attractions as 1.-THE Burg
lar" the Martins Ferry Opera House
ought to do good business this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew Jones, of North
Fifth street, are entertaining Misses
Maud and Villa Storey, of Columbus.
Amateur photography is growing in
popularity in this city. There are
quite number Of good cameras here.
Miss Blanche schofield, who has been
visiting at ST. Clairsville, returned yes
terday.
James II. Drennen appeared on the
streets yesterday tor the first time for
weeks.
The Y's met last night to make ar
rangements for an entertainment
Work was resumed at the Laughlin
nail works yesterday.
G. NJ. Brown, of Mt Pleasant was
here yesterday.
Mrs. Lewis Smith has the typhoid
fever.
At the Grand Opera House.
Tho rocopd nighk of "Onr Married