Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-02
FAIRMoNT.

to catch up with order,
The 5000 silk weayers Of Lyons, France,
made successful demand tor higher wages
FAIRMoNT.
The Circuit Go urt and the Liquor Dealers
General News.
Special 10 the Sunday Register.
FAIRNoST, W. Va, August The Cir
cult Court got tired Of foohng with the
LIQUOR sellers last week and went for them In
q manner that was really refreshing, even
With the thermometer 100 in draught.
Alfred RadcliF, an old and persistent offend
er, was arrested on Friday last, at Newport,
on a capias profne, he having previously
been convicted in twenty-eight cases aud
fined $25 and costs in each case. he was
sentenced to 60 days Imprisonment tor each
offense and will therefore graduate and re-
ceive the degree of D. D. on or obout the
first day of December, 1889.
Sias NJ. Billingslea and W. W. Mshanns,
Of Fairview, had secured the continuance
of their csses provided they would give
bond in the sum of $500, each not to sell
sny more raw apple-jack, or drinks OF like
nature, for one year. They had arranged
to 90 on each others bond, but the arrange,
ment was not satisfactory to the Court and
they were given day in which to find
bondsmen.
They failed to show up at the proper
time and capiss was issued for each OF
them. They now languish in Castle Man
ley Billipgslea is an old ofender-a past
graduate, as it were-while Mshanna has
lust entered the preparatory department.
Sheriff Marley viii care for them tsaderly
and the good people of Fairview will wish
them long life in their present quarters
Pat. Bennett, the GENIAL contractor on the
F. NJ. & P. railroad, and one OF our most
excellent citizens, has gone to Sewell, Fay
cite county, to build ten miles Of narrow
gauge road for the Longdale Iron and Coal
Company.
The Attrill bridge is at last completed
and the opening Of the new coal helds on
the West Fork river will be proceeded with
at once. Aside from this, the coal business
is unusually dull here at precent.
The F. NJ. & P. bridge, across the Mon
ongahela river, will be up in few days. 1t
will be most magnificent structure and
will lay owe" anything else Of the kind in
this section.
The W. Va. and Pa. directors held q
meeting here to day. We did not learn the
result Of their deliberations, but presume
they shook up and aired the old bunk, pre-
paratory to another good long nap.
A select party numbering tTenty-seven
ladies and gentlemen, with Judge Hay
mond and Hon. James Morrow in charge,
vent to Valley Falls on Wednesday danced
al night, till broad daylight, aud came
home on the way.trsin in the morning"
Miss Elite Watson entertained a COM
psny of her friends at her mothers hospits-
BILE home, on Locust Avenue on Tuesday
evening. The party was given in honor of
Miss Minnie Huntington, a handsome
Weston belle, who is guest at Mrs. Wat
sons.
The Protestant Episcopal congregation
here has secured q new pastor in the person
of Rev. Howard McQueary, of Virginia.
He preached his initiatory sermon here on
Sunday last, to large audience.
So far all the circuses have gone around
US. 1t is we'll The blackberry crop is
short and the pasture is burnt up, bat we
may have occasion to observe thanksgiving
yet.
Isaac Davenport has about completed his
new building on Coal run.
The plasterers are putting the finishing
touches on the Snider and BrownGeld build
ipgs on Main street.
The bricklsyers are busily at work on the
new Lott building.
The two store rooms being fitted up by
T. W. Fleming are well under way.
Repairs will shortly be added to our
school building
W. S. Raymond, ESQ, contemplstes the
erection of new dwelling house on Bridge
street.
Burns & Chisler are making some re-
pairs to their store room.
Our mechanics generally are busy.
Two West Warren patriots named Hen
men and Snodgrass, came to town last
Tuesday, got gloriously drunk, had two
fights and called on Mayor Hayden to pay
him for IS worth Of sport.
Personals.
Col. Ben Wilson was here yesterday at
tending meeting of the directors Of the
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
Judge James Morrow was in Grafton this
week on legal business.
Miss Ida Frsw, the handsome and &C
compGshed daughter Of John FreT, of
Wheeling is visiting Miss Mamie Pier
point, on Quincy street
Miss Minnie Nichols has charming Wis
itor in the person Of Miss Emma Gropple,
OF Baltimore.
Major a. A. Whiting and his genial as
sistant, Mr. R C.. Williams, Of the Fair
mont, Morgsntown and Pittsburg engineer
corps, are in Wheeling managing the new
creek route of the B. & o. there. They
are two of the best engineers and most ele-
CANT gentlemen We know
Geo. Morrow is again at his post in the
store. His respite from WORK and the gen.
isl associations of Hancock were Of great
benefit to him, spiritually as well as phys
icslly.
Miss Ida Sickles and ". J. Borland, Of
Uniontown, Pa, were visitors to our town
this week.
Stephen Morgan, who he's been here dur
ing the summer, was summoned to his
house in Baltimore on account OF the death
of his daughter Lulu in that city on Sunday
last. She was buried in PruntytoWn, Tay-
lor county, on Wednesday.
Miss Laura c. bennington is visiting Miss
Minnie Lott at Deer Park, Nd.
Mrs. D. W. Brodie is in Romney visiting
Edmund Bonney and wife.
Prof. Ulysses Fleming was recently re.
elected principal of the Grafton schools and
Miss Amanda Abbott also of this place,
will be one Of his assistants. Mics Abbott
is an unqualified success as teacher, and
has served in the Grafton school for quite
q number of terms.
Mrs. A. ]. Stone and children have re-
turned from q visit to Hon. Robert loves,
in Grant district.
Miss Ida Martin is at home after an ex-
tended visit to her aunt, Mrs. E. j. Arm
strong, in Luray, Virginia.
Mrs. Delbrugge and Miss Davis OF Shinns-
town were in town one day lately.
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