Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19
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ClARKSBUHG.


Female seminary-Picnic - Notes About
feuple of Clarksburg and Elsewhere.
Special TO the Saiday Register.
CLARKsBURG, July 1--we wish to cor
rect a statement made in last Sunday REG
lister concerning our new school, the Clarks
burg Female Seminary, Prof. c K Young
Principal We stated that the school woulo
De open for both young ladies and gentle
mer, while the fact is that it is exclusively
or ladies. Your typo made US say that j,
Was 10 be new sectarisn and new polit
cal school" What we said was that it Was
non-sectarisn and non-political. The school
g 10 be an und.nominationsl and unsects-
rian female seminary; just such seminary
as the distinguished educator at its head
has conducted In Paris, Ky, for the past
zen years.
Mr.. Lloyd Reed, postmaster of this city,
Gas one day during this week very agree
ably surprised by the receipt of beauti-
fully engraved silver headed cane from some
unknown friend in New York State.
Mrs. P. NJ Smith, of Ohio, who has been
visiting DR.. B. F. McKeehan and family, o.
ibis city, returned during the week to her
home in Wellsburg.
Mr. Samuel Steel. Jr., is home on q fur
Tough.
Major Gardner leaves next week for Min.
nesota.
Mrs Naomi Everett has been reappoint
ed classical instructor in the Northwestern
Academy.
Miss Florence Gray, an accomplished
young lady who has been visiting Mrs
Elmore Wells, LETT on Monday for Upshur
county. We. however, are gratifed to learn
that she will spend the most Of the summer
in this city.
MIR. d. L. Bedinger, formerly teacher Of
this pace, now from the Universi y Of Vr-
ginie where be graduated in the law course,
is the guest OF Rev. Brook.
Mrs. DR. J. W. Bowcock will spend the
summer 10 Virginia visiting relatives.
Miss Ida Rogers, formerly Of Bfoaddus
College, who has recently been the guest Of
Mrs. Lee Raymond, lett on Wednesday
evening for Charlestown, Of this Safe.
Now ell are gone who were heretofore
connected with that seminary, aud none
are more greatly missed then Rev. z ].
Willis, who recently returned to Virginia,
the State of bis nativity. Behind him be
leaves thirty eight graduates, bright stare,
whose scholarly attachments will ever be an
influence for good, evidencing bis satisf.,-
tory work as an educator in Clarks5urg
Wherever he goes may he even be as sue
cessful. Our great regret is to lose 90 able
q teacher. conscientious Christian and es-
teemed citizen.
Quite picnic was had on the Good win
farm, near this city on to-day. il was
under the management Of the Methodist
Episcopal church aud particularly parrici-
pated in by the Sunday school.
On Tuesday morning large number of
our citizens, at the First Presbyterian
church, witnessed the marriage ceremony
of Mr.. James Mitchell, 0 prominent gram
merchant of Washington, Pa, to Miss r so
ME Osborn, daughter of J. F Osborn, E,q..
Of this city. On the same day they left f,r
their new home in the East. Many. many
congratulations 10 them.
On Monday, Mr. Clarence Msthers, local
editor of the Telegram, had one of his
fingers cut of while working sith the print-
ing press. A similar accident hsposued
Willie McGoWn in the same Office on rnurs-
day.
All necessary arrangements are being
made to complete the telephone system at
this place. Contracts have already been
Left for poles. wire, etc. The mans Of the
company has been changed from the West