The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-12
MARTINS FERRY.
Hap. and nIi.hnps Ia the Thriving City
Across the River.

MARTINS FERRY.
Ilaps and nIishaps In the Thriving City
Across the River.
The Republicans held a very interest
Ing meeting at their Headquarters on
Saturday evening. Several campaign
songs were sung by the McKinley:Io.
bart Glee Club. y. c. Gray acted as
chairman. and excellent lmpromptu
talks were made by Z. L. Mccomb, Ken
worthy 1Iogc and w. II. Stewart Each
OF these gentlemen we're enthusiastically
lapplauded, and all who attended The
meeting left more than pleased with
what they had heard.
IS The Danford Guapds, the newly or
sanized marching club, gave II short
parade before the meeting and made u
! fine showing In their attractive uni
forms, with their splendid drum corps
and the beautiful new banner. Consid-
cradle red fire was burned, the streets
were well filled and considerable en-
thuslasm prevailed. The new march,
Ing club makes'the best showing OF any
one In the history Of Martins Ferry,
and would be much larser,lf times were
better. y i
Prof. ]. McITenry Jones, superintend-
ent OF the colorcd schools OF Wheeling,
will speak In Martins Ferry on Thurs
day evening, Octobcrt Is, under tho
auspices OF the Mckinley and Hobart
club. Prof. Jones Is one of the very
best speakers In this part Of the coun-
try and Will doubtless have a big crowd.
He pleased all OF the Republicans the
mud they are anxious to have him talk
again. He Will make one of the best
speeches of the campaign. rs
The Mckinley Hobart Glee Club will
sing at this meeting and the Danforl
Guards will turn out and act as an cS-
cort for Prof. Jones.
The Tlltonvlllc Republicans held the
biggest meeting In the. history of the
town on Saturday night. 1t far exceed
ed the expectations. The Mt. Pleasant
marching club was there, so strong. with
n brass band and drum corps, and over
200 marched down from Warrenton and
Portland. The speakers were ]. L. Dun
bar, of Steubenyille, and J. n. Wilson,
n Mlngo steel worker.
Jacob Rosenthal has received an In
vitation to make speech with Hon.
c. L. Weems at Bellaire on Wednesday
night, but he win be working ut
Aoundsvl)le then and cannot do SO. He
has received many congratulations on
his talk at the Mckinley and Hobart
club rooms. one OF which was from Il
glassworker at Marion. Ind. ,'g
Mrs. Mary Hartley, rellct of Thomas
Hartley, died yesterday morning at 8
o'clock at Soaptown, aged eeventy-eight
years. She was the mother-in-law of
Edward Kinsey. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at o'clock. The
intermcnt will be at Linwood.
The Assembly rooms In the Shreve-
Hervey building will be opened on
Thursday evening About 100 invita-
lions will be sent out TO Martins Ferry
people only. Kilmeyer will furnish the
music. The hours will be from TO L..
1t Is claimed that ST John and Van
Bennett, the free silver men who talked
at Colerain on Friday. made votes in
The neighborhood for Mckinley. The
free silver people say the county COM
mIttee is not paying the speakers.
Fifteen hundred people attended the
meeting addressed by Hon. c. L. Weems
at Mt. Pleasant on Friday night. One
of the features Of the parade was the
Young Ladies' Mckinley and Hobart
club, of Pennington.
Mrs. Hanna Wheeler and Miss Alice
Hartman, 81 Smithheld, and Mrs.
Rachel Hartman, OF Hopedale, are Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Tweedy.
II Over 1000 meetings have been held
In Ohio thus far under the auspices OF
the state committee, and half that num-
Der OF additional meetings will be held.
Superintendent a. L. Wetherald. of
the Laughlin tin plate works, had his
right foot mashed last week by cast
ing falling on 1t.
Communion service was held in the
Presbyterian church yesterday. Seven
persons united by confession and two
by letter.
DIR. ]. W. rDarrah. DR.. ]. G. Parr, Har-
ry Grayson and Paul Thomas rode TO
Harrisvllle on their wheels yesterday.
Tin mills Nos. 4. 5. IL and 10, jobbing
mill No. and the puddlers at the
Aetna Standard viii go on to-day
A number OF fair-sized shipments OF
nails were made by the Laughlln nail
company last week
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Lane, of Pitts
burGh. are visiting Mrs. Hobensack, on
Walnut street.
Miss Rose Fehrenbach, who has been
visiting friends in GAINESVILLE, returned
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucien Nelson, OF Con-
neaut, o.. are visiting relatives here.
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