Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-03
GRAFTON.
Pleasant Ball in a Young Lady's
Honor.
4 Long Listof Happy Events in the Social
WorId-0Pening Of the Railroad to
Philippi Personal Tits
and Chat.
Soecial 10 Tie ReQister.

GRAFTON, W. VA February MIR. Ed.
Smallwood a young machinist of this
lace, left on Friday for Newark, Ohio,
where he will work at his trade in the B. &
O. shops.
Bn Vance, Brnkman's late popular
clerk, departed this week TO seek his for.
tune in Texas. Ben is lively boy and we
are sorry to lose him.
Jim McCabc, who has been clerking in
Ryer's dry goods store, left that position 10
fill up the vacancy made by Ben Vance.
He began Lis new duties on Friday.
Charley Durbin, cf the First National
Rank, spent Saturday night and Sunday in
Farm mt on one of his many frequent Wis
its 10 4 at place. Why go SO often, Nike?
Miss Jennie Wolf, who formerly lived
here and is quite we'll known among our
Young people, but who row lives IN Con
nellsville, Pa, is visiting Mr.. Al. Nuzums
family.
Our esteemed townsman, Mr.. Johu
VI, Graw, has been confined to his room by
Avery Severe Illness
'Cr several days past. We are glad how
yer, to note the fact that he is now able to
be- out sgaiD.
They say Van Hamilton has had "too
much lip" this week. 1t may be true, yet
in Justice to Van, we will cay it Is Gil tue
T. uIt of an uunelcome visitor in the shape
of csIbuncle, which slightly disligured
nim.
Mrs. D. D. Farms worth and daughter,
Miss Ettie, OF Buchanan, who have been
spending some time with friends in Wash.
iDgton, d. c., stopped over several days
this week TO visit at Mr.. Emory Rec
tors. They returned to their home on
Friday.
Mr. Henry Eppncott and Miss Coozie
Leonard were married, on Wednesday
night, at the brides residence in West
Grafton, and departed on train No. 3 the
: me night for Baltimore, where they will
make their home in the future. The news
was somewhat unexpected, though not at
al surprising. We wish the happy couple
an abundance of good luck, in eytry man
Ter in which it may be needed.
On Wednesday night private ball was
GIVEN In Homer Of Miss EttIe Farms.
worth.
II the residence of Mr.. Emory Rector, on
Main street. Several couples of our young
Getty folks were pre-: ent, and as dancing
was the principal amusement resorted TO,
they enjoyed this inspiring exercise until
a very late hour. 1t is said everybody had
a good time, and il is also whispered that
many lasting obligations are due Mr.. Joe
Marnur, though on that grounds We have
tot bet n Informed.
Quite a pleasant affair took place at Mr..
George Barnhouses on Wednesday night.
After the entertainment at thu bail he in
vited the menb ers Of Arthur Love- troupe
and the Grafton cornet band and q few
others, to psrts Ike of the many good things
pI. pared in honor of his sons happy and
pro- porous return. The fatted calf had
beCn killed, all the delicacies OF the season
procured, and every step taken to make 1t
az intensely pleasant affair to everybody
concerned. Aud that every effort was
crowned with success is proven by the high
praises Of
All " no were Present.
Tuesday night was the occasion OF q very
pleasant affair at Brinkmau's Hall. An
other term Of dancing school has been sue.
cessfully carried through, and was closed
that night, ard the event was celebrated by
the scbo ars, with the addition of few out
siders who were invited, in q quiet yet
highly pleasing manner. 1t was a very
private affair, when compared to the former
closing exercises, bat perhaps for that very
reason, above ali others, was the more en-.
joyable. The scholars have certainly at.
the rsceful srt OF dancing, all Of which 10
owing to Miss Hughes skillful training.
and il is TO be hoped that the work so we'll
begun will go on until the rest OF our
young people have protited by it. We un-
derstsud the school is closed now until
some time in May, when it will be again
resumed.
The excursion to Philippi took place on
Thursday. end notwithstanding the pros
poets Of a had day
Avery Large Number OF People
won't from here, and the crowd was 40 10.
creased along the road that by the time
they got to Philippi the number vas con
sidered not lees than five hundred people
on board. A great many difficulties were
met with on tie road in the shape of rocks.
mud slides, washouts, &c, but by dint OF
great psrse verance and industry the ex
Two O'Clock in the afternoon. This delay
gave the OK plenty of time to be well
cooked, and the people were taken from
The train Immediately to the court house,
abere they were unceremoniously intro
duced 10 q small portion Of the boiled
qpsdruped, which OF course they hugely
.bjuyed. Mud. water. and bad whisky
we're present in large quantities all over
The town, snd sftfr things had been en-
joyed for . couple Of hours the return trip
sss begun at sLont four O'Clock and meet
ing with even more trouble than they bsd
going up. never got here until midnight
The people we're glad when they got home,
ard msny wished they had not gone in the
6rst see. Those who stayed for the bal
Have Net Returned Yes.
Int We suppose they will hsse s much