Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-09

PODular Interest In the Gas WesAs-
rails Of a New Glass House and Roll
inx MiII-The Coal Shsft-Personal
and General.
Special 10 TIE Register.
WEL1sBuRe September S.-Everybody
hereabouts Is interested in natural gas.
Everywhere you 90 the inquiry is, How is
Georges wellH How deep are they?" and q
number of questions OF q like nature.
Since the cool nights set in the gas coma
psny Is booming with orders to supply cit
liens with gas. The gas filters are as busy
as bees.
The tools at the George gas well became
fastened one day this week, thereby caus-
ing q delay Of q couple Of days. They were
taken out on Thursday, Mr.. burst superin-
tending the job. Boring IS now going on
successfully. The well is about 800 feet
deep.
Some parties were in town on Thursday
looking for q site to build
A New Glass louise
Come on, gentlemen, plenty Of room, and
the more the merrier is the motto here
now.
Mr.. Ford, of the New York Plate Glass
Company, located at Creighton station, Pa,
paid our town q visit this week. He visit
ed our glass factories and expressed him
self as highly pleased in the manner OF
their workings. He is well posted on glass
and natural gas and gave n citizens with
whom he coAyersed some valuable intor-
nation.
Captain William Barnes, an old Wells
burger, now of st, Louis, is visiting his
mother.
7. J. Armstrong; business house, on the
corner near the 2. w. d Ky. station, has
been wheeled to one side to make room for
q large building to accommodate his rapidly
increasing trade.
Mr.. Joe Cooper starts next week to Phila-
delphia, Pa, to attend Jefferson Medical
College, 10 receive the finishing touches OF
his medical education.
Mr.. A. Rae, of the drm Of A. Rae & Co,
paper sack manufacturers, returned tons
week after an extensive business trip West
Hillory Fisher, an old citizen Of Brooke
county, was buried on Wednesday last.
Dalzell Bros. staked off the ground f1r
their new glass works at Midway, on Fri
day.
A Rolling Mill
is among the possibilities. A gentleman
here has instructions to negotiate for
grounds for the erection Of the buildings.
WORK al the coal shaft is going steadily
forward. The machinery is being placed
in position, the entries are being driven
anu LlluUSIS pEcpdESu AOA tHO hOAse4A6 az
paratus. II will take about two months
yet to get everything in proper shape for
the regular mining of coal
Mr.. John Flinta, a popular glass worker
at the Riverside glass works, and Miss
Laura Perkins, were married on Thursday
by Elder Mortimer, Of the Disciples
Church.
New buildings are being erected in every
quarter Of the town, and the old ones re-
modelled. Such another boom the town
never enjoyed.
The Salvation Army
continues to hold services each evening at
the foot of Liberty street at the close Of
which they march to Union Chapel and
hold services until a late hour Public
opinion is somewhat divided as to the
work of the army.
A little chap aged about six years, from
the rural districts, got lost in our little
city on Friday, occasioning considerable
excitement for q while. He was finally
found, greatly to the relief of his parents.
The Panhandle glass works are now
rushed with orders, being compelled to re-
fuse over half the number they receive.
Cyrus Ferguson, the North Wellsburg
butcher, has located his slaughter.house
within the classic precincts Of Skull Hol-
low.
George A. Frazier has been appointed
Town Clerk, vice w. II. G%elsthorpe, re-
signed.
Miss Celice Good, who has been suffer-
ing from an attack of fever, is rapidly con-
yaleScing.
Mrs. NJ. A. Atkinson, of Allegheny, is
visiting her son, S. A. Atkinson.