Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-17
MORGANTOWN.
The CentennIaI-The Railroad Evangelist
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Notes.
Special 70 tie RsgiLs.
MORO ANTowS, October l6-EVerythipg
is looking forward TO the centennial.
The ladies Of the churches are gong 10
have tables where lunch will be served
throughout the day at very moderate rates.
The object ia to raise funds for church i'm
proVemenis
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. C. Sturgiss are a5.
sent a, Athens, Ohio, attending The reeep-
ton of Miss Jennie Jones.
Col Evans returned from Uniontown
Saturday.
The prominent men in the district are
working up the district delegations in
readiness for the centennial.
Hon. J.. C. McGrew and wife were in
town Sunday.
Mrs Ella Reed, of Wheeling. ia visiting
her father, Of this place.
Rev. ar. Crawford will ell his pulpit on
sunday next. he has not yet returned
from conference.
The rink on Monday night opened for
the season. The attendance showed that
the rage for skating is On the decline in
hOEkAulOHA luz NOWAbk lCoA uoy ~
be so prosperous for rink proprie!ors
There is no doubt that the present proprie-
tor of the rink is less objectionsl than the
former one.
The uecktie party, a social event gotten
up to raise funds for d~efrsJiug the expenses
Of the centennial was quite successful
The receipts were nearly u hundred dollars
aud the bet receipts more than seventy
FIVE. The Town Council has also sppro
p7isted 800 TO this purpose.
The railroad has ceased TO move to-
ward Morgsntown. Work hiss been stop
ped for a few 6ays. The stock OF iron is
exhausted. We still live in hope.
The town last Saturday yotedSS on the
question of opening q street to the F, NJ.
4 P r Il. 1t was carried BY a large ma
iority.
MorgautoHn was visited Saturday, Sun
DAY and Monday by Miss Jennie Smith,
the railroad evangelist She was invited
here By the W. q T. U. Of the town and
was THAR guest wbils in town. Saturday
night she talked to 8 small audience Mt the
NJ E. Church. On Sunday morning she
spoke from the pulpit of the N Z. Church
to q very large audience, and in the otter
noon she held an open air meeting at
Court House Square. The brass band gave
part Of the music for the occasion, but in
some of the devotional exercises O choir
led the audience in singing. The day was
pleasant and the people just locked to
the Square. There we're few
isss than q thousand present
ola hpda.srkl, Eb0 we're believed TO really
have conscientious ScruP'es sbo2t attend,
ing religious meetings, We're there Tor the
FIRST time Tor years. ,,r
Her talk was very interesting and held
the audience almost Fpellbound tor over
an hour.
She spoke again at the u. V Church 10
he evening. At this service the church
was literally packed and still many could
no be seated
There must have bsen 600 or 700 seated
in tie church besides those who stood ID
he vesiibule and filed the sislss.
Her subject a. this meeting was her own
experience certainly the most marvellous
thing known since the Days of miracles.
Tee audience listened IN bresthles'
silence while she told Of her terrible aiiic'
ton, of her s~ufferiDgs, of the fruitless at
tempts Of skilllul medical men to aid her
any, OF the failure OF all lhoss things, and
OF her miraculous sudden recovery While
With her friends. who joined her in praying
for her recovery.
The most skepticsl may doubt that her
recovery was o miracle, yet the worst
scofFers ct christianity can not doubt that
{ she is q noble, earnest, good woman. Her
words viii lorg be remembered in Morgan
toSB.
Things at the University are moving on
nicely.
Prof Reynolds will lecture before the
societies on October q.
: The cadet corps is getting in trim FOR
the centennial. 1t is to take part IN the
ceremonies.
Miss Jennie Smith visited Chapel Mon
day morning and gave Q short address to
the students 10 her earnest telling way.
There is q ~pronounciug bee on the tapis
for this week. Many poor fellows will mud
out they don't know anything about their
mother tongue.
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