Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-05
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Miss Millor's Revival Work. Musical En-
tertainments-A Spry Old Veteran-The
Sprin.: Elections -Temperance and Re-
hg,ous Revivals.
Miss Miller, the revivalist, closed her
labors at the VI. L. Church last Sunday
night, preaching TO an Immense andl-
cnce. Besides awakening greater rellg-
iouS interest among the members oil the
church, some eighteen or twenty per-
sons proiesscd conversion during the
meeting. This lady's labors in our
midst have caused many discussions oil
the question: "Arc women allowed to
preach by authority of the Biblep" and
these disputes have waXed rather warm
i'm some quarters. Ii by her coming she
has caused our people to study the Holy
Scriptures more accurately, then her
work i'm our town has not been IN vain,
whatever our views may he on the
above question.
The Jubilee singers sang 10 fair au'
dirucc at the Presbyterian Church last
Saturday night. Owing to the threat
cning weather and the meeting ut the
NJ. l.. Church, the audience was not Us
large MS il otherwise would have been.
Their programme was new in the main
and rendered To the entire satisfaction
ol all.
Prof. Wcedcn, who has been teaching
vocal music here for the past six weeks,
will give grand concert this evening ut
the Disciples Church, assisted by Prof.
W. l.. Thompson, the well known com.
poser, and Prof Lindsay, in addition TO
his class. Ii will no doubt be worthy OF
the large patronage that it will undoubt-
cdly receive.
.lncob Dimmit, u soldier OF the war Of
", aged about 81, walked into town
from his residence near Taylors-
town, to day, u distance vi about i've
miles. Mr. Dimmitt is apensloner, and
walks in regularly every three months
TO execute and forward his affidavit for
his quarterly stipend. lie, with Joshua
Dorsey, aged SIS years, and Mrs. Nancy
Murphy, aged 50, are the only pension
ers OF the war OF 1872 now living in this
county.
Somc OF the young gentlemen propose
giving dance at the Hudson House to-
morrow night, in reciprocation Of the
honor bestowed on them some time ago
by The young ladies' giving them Il leap
year party.
As the time for the annual spring
election approaches, candidates are be-
ginning TO show themselves. Ii
is presumed that the issue will be
license or anti-llccnse, as 81 yorc,
and that the main interest will
center in that issue. &. w. Caldwell,
Esq, who served two terms rs Mayor is
talked Of again for that position, but he
says positively that he won't have it.
We presume that Mayor lIervcy is II
candidate for reelection, but further We
hear nothing said about that office.
Edmund Fcnwick is announced for City
Sergeant, and VIM. Linton, the present
incumbent, is also candidate.
II was tgnounced at the NJ. l.. Church
last Sunday night, that the temperance
campaign would open soon and be
prosecuted vigorously. On Friday night
. gentleman will lecture on Temperance,
which viii be illustrated by n panoramic
view Of the different stages OF drunken.
ness.
Rev Carter, Of the Disciples Church,
has been engaged for the past two weeks
in holding Il prOtracted meeting ut New
Cumberland, and up TO last "Wednesday
week lad baptized twelve converts. lie
VIII ill his pulpit here next Sunday.