The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-06
MAnrrN,s rEl,i,Y.
nnrN mud Mlshnp. In tho Thriving City
Across the River,

iinrN nnh MIihnpA In tho Thriving CITY
Across the River.
Moro scrnmbing 10 being done for city
offices in Martins Ferry this year than
usual. For mayor thOro arO iuwor can.
didNtoI than In iormOr years. Tho 10.
publicNns will hold this primaries next
Saturday aud look out for II big vote and
lots OF fun. Yesterday Samuel +. DOAn,
GX.intornnl revenue collector, entered
tho race for mayor, aud will 10 tho
competitor of City MnrahNl Samuel
WCstwood. For marshal tho candidates
nrO Elmer Mora, Martin MyOrs, John
Fisher and David GosnOy. For city col.
lcctOr tho candidates ntO Judge John S.
Cochran and II. q. Pratt. For treasurer
George &. ScdgwiclI aud ], H. PlCkons
arc huatIing. For street commissioner
thoro arc three men VINO wish tho Office.
William Coates, Robert |. Lewis md
James $. Thomas. For water works
trustee j. Z. Crowl. James Crosslcy and
y. u. Moore nrG uspirAuis. For assessors
John W. Nlckors, L. c. Davis mud
Dennis Callahan nrc ont in tho First
wardi l.. W. Bailey and Charles Green in
tho Second, md George Strain In tho
Third. For tho board OF education,
Joseph Williams, i. Il. lioinick, Dr, W.
u. Mcclure and George q, ltaaton nro
in tho contest For council, John G..
llnynoin tho First, Joseph Hilton In
the Second, George Barr and John At
finger in tho Third
A now schedule will 20 into effect on
tho Cleveland Il Pittsburgh railroad
roXt Sunday. Tho company coniOm.
plates taking of two OF tho passenger
trains on account OF dull times. Ono Is
tho cast bound train duo In Martins
Forty at 300 a. III. aud the wost bound
train due at 1928 p. IN. The passenger
business on the different roads ia dullor
than ever before.
Martins Ferry is 10 have the postal
telegraph system. Arrangements arc
being perfected to this end, aud Mr.. a.
u. Gilmore, an experienced telegraph
operator. will DO tho manager, and the
office will be in his store OH Second
strOet. Mr.. Gilmore is circulating Il
petition, and the Service. will BIO intro
duced rs soon ns possible.
Last evening at tho corner Of Hano-
yer and Fourth streets, II. q. Pratt, the
city solicitor, and G. c. Cochran, tile
wei! known contractor, met and after n
fow words camo to blows. but before
much damage was done the combatanls
were separated by friends. Carl Myers
became involved and was struck by
Cochran.
Yesterday attachments woro porvcd
upon certain chattcls in tho possession
OF Kuckuck Il Swartz because OF money
due from Harry Temple, the alleged
bigamist. Tho money had hcen loaned
TO Tcmple, who was in their employ.
Yesterday n small boy called ut the
residence Of Rev Mr.. llarl2og, pastor OF
the Baptist church, aud said that Mr..
Morse wanted some money. The boy
got it, 6u, the Rev. Mr.. Morse did not
send him.
Tho cight-pcnny machines at tho
Lauchlin nail works will go on to-day
and others tomorrow and next day.
While logging on the Mt. Pleasant
pike jacob Steele had his legs badly
bruised by log rolling on them.
Tho VS. will moot this evening at the
residence ofEllis Lash, on North Fourth
atreet.
G. G. Mitchell attended the funeral OF
friend at Beaver Falls yesterday.
Misses Essic and Belle Ball have re-
turned to uGndrysburr. 1862.
Miss Cora Watson is visiting friends
in Stcubenvile.
Miss josie MCGOWAN left y esterday for
Alliance.