Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-27
MARTINS FERRY.

The preliminary hearing OF Franz
! Cochran, the man charged with setting
fire to the wheat and oats stacks OF
Alexander Ring, en- last Friday night,
took place before Mayor Barr yester-
day, and the result is that Cochran
was placed under bond OF 81, 900 ia
! await the meeting Of the fall term OF
Common Pleas Court. The hearini
was a lengthy one, as it began at nini
o'clock in the forenoon and was not
| finished until late last evening. Ernes;
G.. Smith is the attorney for the plant.
in, while Frank Sedgwick and George
Cooke represented the prisoner. The
plaintiff was the first witness on the
stand, and he testified that an i'll feel.
ing had existed between Cochran and
him for several months, also that
Cochran had made threats to "oleau
out the entire Ring family" He also
testified that pair Of shoes taker
from Cochran's home made idenucally
the same print on the ground as the
footprints discovered in the field the
day following the fire. Other witnessed
were Lee, John and Ferdinand Ring
each one giving about the same testi.
mony as their father. Ed. Kuckuck.
Robert Sterling Wilbur Cooper and
James Richards gave testimony some.
thing OF the same nature wit hthe ex,
ception that they had heard Cochran
make threats against the plaintiff
The Women's Missionary Society a.
the Wheeling Presbytery held theiI
twenty-frst annual convention yester
dav afternoon and evening i'm the Uni
ted Presbyterian Church at this place
The affair was attended by a large
number of women interested in missiou
work. and all were amply repaid by
the excellent programme rendered.
The meeting opened &C hG'f-past one
o'clock with devotional exercises. Mrs
Y. A. Balpl. Of ST. Clairsyille. presit
ed Mrs. Z. G.. Bailey made the al.
dress OF welcome. which was respond,
ed to by Miss Patton. OF 81. Glars
Vile, and Miss Mcclure, of Wheeling
after which the regular routine OF bus.
mess was attended 10. Miss Matte
Love, of New Athens, read an inter-
eSting and very well prepared paper
on the subject Our Indebtedness Il
Christ for the Advantages OF Chris.
ton Education" after which the AZ
ternoon session closed.
The evening session opened with
good attendance, all enjoying the
programme rendered
Thos H. Stanton. Jerry Ehberts,
James Kerr and James Taunehill have
returned home from Buhalo. where
they have been attending the G. A. II
encampment
| rSaedgwick is home from Nash
vile. Tenn, where he has been al
tending the exposition the past two
weeks.
Tom Curtis and family are here from
Columbus visiting his mother.
The Laughlin tin plant Is idle again
on account OF broken spur wheel.
The west factory Of the Laughliu
nail mill. which has been idle for NJ.
most n year. resumed operations yes
terday morning. II is not known how
long II will be in operation.
The public schools will open next
Monday. consequently all the teachers
are returning from their summer trims
Mrs. b. =. Brady left yesterday for
Sidney. Ohio where she will take
charge of the millinery establishment
recently purchased at that place.
Charles Hoyle has returned from ZIP.
worth Park.
The remains OF Mrs Thos. r. Pugh
arrived here yesterday from Flushing,
and the funeral will take place from
her late home on Walnut street az Jwo
o'clock Saturday afternoon. Thm rcy'
mains will he inferred in Riyeyiev
cemetery.
L. s. Scheele and family and Mrs.
Henry Rothermund returned home last
evening from a several days visit at
Buffalo.
A horse Of =. J. Stringer's died yes.
terday afternoon OF collie