Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
MARTINS FERRY


and Factories.
A local Board Of Trade was organ
lied last evening.
w. t. Dixon was at st. Cl~airsvills
yesterday on business.
Thomas Williams, of Sistersville, Is
in the city calling on friends.
Shreve Clark left yesterday for Little
Rock, Ark, to spend some time.
The West Virginia glass factory re-
sumed yesterday in full, almost all of
the boys having returned to work.
The High School base ball club have
received their new uniforms and the
team will soon commence practicing.
Miss Jessie Holbrook is quite sick
with appendicitis at the home of her
aunt. Mrs. W. H. Moore, on Walnut
street.
Mrs. David Jacobs and son, who have
been visiting Mrs. George Murphy,
have returned to their home at Col
liers. w. Va.
Roy Gamble, prescription clerk at
Ralston's drug store, will leave to-mor-
row for his home at Mooreield. w. Va,
to attend the wedding of his brother.
The new Council will meet tonight
and organize, and will have some inn
portant bushes. to start OFF with. The
election for the presidency of this body
is being warmly contested.
The funeral of Charles Edward.
young son of Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Eiek,
will take place Sunday afternoon from
the parents home at Q o'clock. In
terment at st. Marys cemetery.
There is much talk about the pro-
posed new electric railway and almost
all the citizens favor a line TO C~olerain.
but do not care to see their streets
formed into a network of street rail-
WAYS.
An aid society has been formed by
the Mother Mckinley Circle of the G.
A. r. The circle in the past has done
much charitable work, and now that
they are well organized they will be in
a better position to do the work.
The Sons of Veterans will take
charge of the funeral of James L. Camp
bell Sunday afternoon. and the G. A,
r. members will act as ~pall-bearers. +.
w. Campbell. one OF the sons, living
at Randolph, Iowa, will be unable to
attend the funeral.
Mrs. A. r. Robinson entertainer the
Woman's Club yesterday afternoon at
her home on North Fourth street, The
following was the programme; The
Church of Ansland, Mary Grove Will
liams; Club Periodical, Anna Branum
Smith; Book Review, Julia Mitchell
Francis.
The boat used by the two men
caught in Bellaire with a quantity of
brass which are thought 10 have been
taken from the Aetna-Standard mill,
was owned by John Willard and was
identified by him. The men had broken
the lock and secured the oars. 1t is
said both were formerly laborers at
the Laughlin mill and boarded at
Mrs. Guthrie's boarding house, where
they left without paying their board
bill, also stealing an overcoat.
The two men arrested Thursday eve
ming by Marshal Erwin yesterday gave
their names. One. John Leary. stated
that he had worked at Washington. Pa,
last winter and had come to Wheeling.
and was arrested for being drunk. He
was in the workhouse twenty-seVen
days. The other gave the name of John
Considine. and had formerly worked at
Rraddock. Pa, and from there he came
to Martins Ferry, worked a short time
at the Laughlin mill as a laborer and
quit. going to Wheeling. where he
was arrested for drunkenness and was
in the workhouse several days. He
said that he and Leary were dismissed
at the same time and came to this city.
Marshal Erwin had not filed his charges
last evening.