The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-05
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MARTINS FERRY.
IIaps aud Mi,hnps la the Thriving City
Across the River.

There Is growing desire 20 near oeu-
ators Hanna and Foraker In Belmont
county this campaign, and It is Thought
that both of these shining lights will
speak on the river front. The story that
Senator Foraker has fallen out with SEN
ator Hanna and Major Dick Is a ridlcu,
lous falsehoOd. Senator Foraker SAID
concerning this: 81 had imperative pusi-
ness In New York that required my per-
sonal attention, and am not 30 rfch IN
this worlds goods that can anord 10
neglect all my business. even In the
midst of a political campaign. left
Ohio with the full knowledge and assent
OF our state committee, and on Monday
/ shall go back TO Ohio and resume
speaking Tuesday at Toledo, and expect
10 continue until the day of the election.
see they say my hatred for Major Dick
is such that l do not speak to him.
don't care what they say, but the fact Is
that the last time saw Major Dick was
at Cleveland when returning. from the
Barton meeting, where he dlned with me-
That's how hate him"
The Buckeye Hose Company leaves
this afternoon over the Baltimore d ONO
at 1875 for Tiffin, and will arrive at $40.
They will take part in the races to-mor-
row and on Thursday, and will leave fo7
Martins Ferry at o'clock on Thursday
evening and arrive about midnight The
members OF the team who will take part
in the race will be, r. G. Smith, Howard
Smith, Harry Grayson, Thomas Grayson,
Hayward Long, r, c. Montgomery, r. Il.
Moore, Amos PaXon, Charles Downey'
George Springer, James Sweeney Peter
Kerry, ellis Lash, Carl Lash, William
Englemyer, Clarence Ebbert, Charles
WestwOod, Paul Thomas. The team Will
take the championship belt and banner.
The belt will be exhibited I'm the store
window OF r. j. Cunoway, formerly OF
Martins Ferry. The team is In fairly
good shape. A splendid run was made
last night.
Surveyors are at work making sur
yey for a second switch from the Cleve-
land & Pittsburgh railroad to the Laugh
lin mills. The present switch runs to the
nail works ware house and the second
will run east to point between the pres
ent tin mill and the tin mill to be built.
This will make the fourth switch to the
Laughlin mills, besides the Terminal
and Wheeling & Lake Erie railroads are
bothvery close to the mills, The CleVe-
land, Loraln & Wheeling railroad has
two switches running 10 this mill. Be
sides these four railroads the Lsughlin
mills are very close TO the Ohio river, In
all giving them shipping facilities that
are unsurpassed
John Smith. OF Don, who recently went
TO Rennemede, oceollu county, Florida,
writes home that he caught twelve black
bass In little lake near there one day
last week and that the smallest weighed
two and one half pounds and the largest
tipped the beam at nine pounds. II the
nine FOUNDER was the real article. John
Is entitled to the medal for black base
exceeding seven pounds are rarely ever
caught anywhere. The Canadian gov
eminent has a standing offer in gold for
seven pound bass caught In any OF its
provinces. and this is also done In two oi
three states in this country.
Congressman c. II. Grosvenor and Lo-
renzo Danford and William v. Blake.
candidate for state senator, addressed a
very large Republican meeting ut CadiZ.
The big crowd was very enthusiastic and
one farmer spoke up and declared that
he had refused twenty-eight cents FOR his
wool. Large delegations were present
from Jewett, Scio, Bowerstown and other
places and the addresses were fine and
pleased the many people present Sew
eral bands furnished music and the
beautiful town was well covered with
national colors.
Colored voters are Indignant at the at
tempt to fool them into cooperating
Ng.
votes away from the Republican party
and are holding meetings throughout the
state and denounclng what Is called the
Negro Protective Party" This will
make the eighth ticket on the ballot the
gold Democrats and Populists having
secured sufficient names on their petit
lions
Talk about business improving why
/ could rent dozen houses Of five or
six rooms each, and what will 1t be n 70
keeps on" said real estate man of Mar
tins Ferry, yesterday The demand for
property in the upper end Of town has In
creased considerably since the Laughlln
Nail Company decided to build anothei
tin plate mill
John Morris. an Ohio travelling man,
and Henry Maberson. OF Elery, put mp
$50 on the Ohio election. Morris betting
that II Bushnell Is defeated he viii call
on his customers for three months with
his trousers turned inside out and Ma
bersOn Is to have his head, beard and
mustache half shaved for three months
A. A. Fletcher, of Cincinnati, who has
the contract for building the Presbyter.
ian church, arrived yesterday. Tho,
work OF tearing down the old building
was commenced yesterday and the con-
tractors expect TO have the building
down during this week.
The woman's Foreign Missionary So
cicty viii meet at the home Of Mrs. j.. j.
Hoyle on Thursday afternoon, at $3.50.
Mira. Hoyle will be entertained by Mrs
w. Il. Harvey and Mrs. II. h. Relnick.
The board OF health met last night and
paid u number OF bills. The services OF
John w. Frazier. who WINS employed as
sanitary policeman, temporarily, was
dispensed With,
II you wish to get all Of the news, Rub-
scribe FOR the Daily lntelligcncer Leave
your name with John W. Crooks. the
Martins Ferry representative,
Nine thousand people heard Senators
Hanna and Thurston. at Caldwell on
Saturday Their reception was very en-.
thusiastc
Charles Parker and G. II. Rcccard. ot
McKccsport, Pa, who have been visit
inE Charles and william Morris, have
returned
A business and social meeting Of no
Epworth League viii be- held At the NJ. u.
church tonight
Men are at work cxcnvnllng for thu
foundation for double twu-story brick
house tn be erected by H. C. How'd