Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-29
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The new st. Clairsville Dramatic Com
many are now engaged in the rehearsal o
II o1va the Pauper," which they will .pu
n, in Wslday's Hall on Friday evening
No 1itb for the benefit of the pubic
sIhcol library, with the following cast:
-. the Pauper........ ..-..Nellie Sedwtcs
Nj. t,rs}t ....', ............... Lizzie McBriu
Aunt Charity n pIIa w. 4
G gs;y FFs2Rsam Anderson
Sol Craft..... Lta n,
Peleg Toh :, No Vcet
Witbgow .........Jonn 49,
Dick Langley Gsrron
Col s;SaTmsn poylf
Will sprlggs.. 90. panmin ZION
Cranke y Banks. - 49, nd
Al meeting of the Board OF directors
on Thursday evening the use OF the ocn4ol
Hall was granted the company two nlghts
in each week for re hearsal and they are la'5
becoming masters of the parts assigned
them, As this will be their first appear
ance before the public, they Will aouotless
do their very best to gain favor; Mr.. JONI
Grassland is the manager and director: auo
he is we'll up in the different parts oi tut
play. The evenings entertain ment WI VII
mich of a Good Thing" in the cast Of
which most Of the above named appear.
Rev. Slater Brown, OF Colerain township
who is q practical farmer and fruit grower
sent several different varieties OF seed corr
TO the Ohio Experimental station to have
il tested. He was in town on TUESDAY
and showed us the result as seat him by
prof Iszenby, which will be OF interest tc
farmers. OF corn that stood in the SHOCK
until March, only Is per cent. sprou'ed. VI
corn cribbed last October 10 per cent
sprouted, ard of three varieties OF corn
gathered in October and dried IN the mouse
% per cent. OF the Russell sprouted, .,
of The Chester County Mammoth, and
SO of the Egyptian Sweet. All helo
corn except the latter. a..
". S. Meek, Esq, editor OF the late
Martins Ferry Times, was up on Iuesoay
collecting back subscriptions due that Jour
nal
DIR. G. A. Close, of Bellaire, was up on
business trip on Thursday. Although not
having been in Bellaire for some months,
the doctor has to come out about once q
week, as some OF his friends here must have
him when they are sick.
John Danford, formerly local OF the Bel
laire Tribune, who has been i'll since the
first of April. made his first appearance on
the streets on Thursday.
Miss Sadie Hall is conyalescing from an
attack oil pneumonia. , . =.
Later examinations show that the fruit
was not so much injured by the freezes OF
the fore part OF the week as was feared
Nothing is injured in this locality. as ye,
but the earlier varieties of cherries and
peaches
We noticed W. S. Barton, of Coleralu, or
our streets on Friday. Sean has hosts OF
friends in this county who would like &c
soc HIM in the Ohio Legislature.
James Thompson aud his family starte
on Tuesday for their rev home in Chlca
so, followed by the good wishes OF hosts oil
friends.
The large amount of work done by Ev
ans & Close, the marble workers, and theil
host OF employees, makes the town loos
extremely business like in their nelgh0or'
hood. :,
There seems to be little bad blood be
tween the Gazette and the Bellalre Irlb
une, and atlidavits are in order.
Mrs. John Taggart, OF this vicinity, i.
on visit 10 her son at Long Point, Ill.
and other relatives in the West.
Judge / ely is at Woodstield holding q
term OF common Pleas.
Several st. Clairsville parties will come t
Wheeling tomorrow evening to hear TIT
| prima donna, Minnie Hauk.
A few of our saloons have temporarily
| suspended to await the decision OF TIT
| courts on the Scott law. Whichever way
| it is decided We will have several saloons
| Our city fathers will not likely have any
| thing to do with the matter OF Closing the
saloons.
There are about l25 saloons in Belmon
| county. II 100 of these ale continued un
| der the Scott law, and three fourths Of tina
| number continue the sale OF liquors, tn,
county will realize Sl7,500 from the trat
| fic.
Auditor Cotiisnd started for the East OIL
| Tuesday morning to purchase a stock o
| goods for his general store at Bruce, on til,
| C.. l.. e w. road.
| A.C. Downing and his sons emigrated I
| Independence, Iowa, this week. His wifi
and daughter will remain here for tn
| present.
DR.. John +. West was down to Bellair
| on Thursday, the guest of his brother, Dr.
J. Park West.
James Collins, Of Newark, formerly
| druggist Of this place, and strong frien
of his o.d.time home, is among friend
here.
The town was well represented on tn
banks of Wheeling creek FRIDAY afternoon
The bright sun after the cold snap took al
out who could possibly get away.
| Probably half hundred forest tree
were planted OH the fair grounds ON Arbo
Day, Friday. We went down after Dime
and put in a nice white walnut for tn
| REGISTER, which you can see when 20
come up TO the fair this fall.
| On Thursday Drummond Post G.. A. Il
was the recipient of handsome portrait O
| Capt. Drummond, in whose honor the Des
was named, from DR.. Drummond, his faith
| er, of Cadiz.
| Rev. Robert Alexander, ID. d W. III
| Mcbride and Vim, Chambers attended tn
PreSbytery meeting at Bellaire Tuesia
ard Wednesday.
The assessors of Belmont county hav
! been notified TO meet ut the auditors otiic
on May I'd 10 receive their blanks unde
! the Scott law.
The committee appointed by Judge Kell
to visit and report on the corrective and be
neyolent institutions of the county, met il
st. Clairsville on Wednesday and electe
Rev. DR.. Balph chairman, and Miss Jan
EdeertOn, secretary. They will procee
Immediately with their duty. Mrs. VIM
Eaton, of MorristoW n, and Mrs. r. J. Alex
ander, of Bridgeport. with the above, wer
the members present. Dr.. Kurtz, of Bel
aire was absent.