Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-03
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FMENONT, January The holidays
with all their pleasant memories, all their
kindly greetings. all their enjoyable pleas
ures, TO people who take them H., aud
with their uumberless snnoyauces to soured
and busy people are over, for which We are
duly thankful. Yesterdays sun was
bright, the air was bslmy, the day itself
was deIightful-a precursor, let us hope,
OF u year OF prosperity, OF Joy, OF goodness.
The past week has been flied WITH Joy Tor
the Young folks. On Tuesday night Miss
Knightie Burns entertained her young
friends at her home on Local avenue. A
large number of invitations had been is'
sued and were generally properly respond
ed 10. Dancing and other amusements
were the order during the evening.
On New Years eve Mr.. Norris Burns
WAS the host at his fathers residence On
Main streets where a number OF young To-
dies and gentlemen spent the evening in an
unusually pleasant way. An elegant sup
per was scrYed early in the evening to
which all present did ample Justice. After
supper the pleasures OF the art lerpsi-
chOrean were INDUCED in until q late
hour when refreshments we're served.
The host WOE assisted by his sister, Miss
Minute, who dispensed smiles and hsppi
ness lavishly The affair was tony and
ENJOYABLE in the extreme. We failed to
obtain the names OF the guests present.
Miss Emma Steele had invited a mum
her Of frieuds 10 her fathers house on the
avenue for New Tears Eve. They re.
solved themselves into Q watch party snd
spent a pleasant evening.
The colored folks gave a grand hop at
the rink Thursday night, which was quite
q successful aiair A large crowd and
good music served TO make il sl the more
successful and pleasant.
Elmer 7. Jones and Miss Mary Morgan
we're married Thursday at the residence OF
the bride 2 parents in Winfield district, this
county. Tie groom is an industrious and
deserving young man, and eldest son OF
the late Newton 3. Jones, Esq. The bride
is a daughter Of Aaron e. Morgan, of
Winfield, end js Sd smiable and iateili-
gent lady. They began the Cew year
GriGht. MsT they see very many mere,
snd may thei: honeymoon last forever.
A few young folEs met q: Il. 5. Hay
moud'a ne" residence On Thursday night,
and pulled tafTy as the Old year vanished
iEfo the past
/ ! in Grant district there MAS i large
gathering at Joshua Holbert Thursday
evening. All the country had been mi
ted and mos, OF them were there Anc taey
were royalty entertained,
4 revival Of religion is IL pEog5es, al
Rhess Chapel, this county, and wonderful
interest has been awakened. The meet.
ing is in charge OF Rev. Dean, who has
hscn assisted by Rev. Geo. McColium, Of
this place.
Lizzie, 4 fourteen year old daughter OF
Hugb L. Ling. Of Renton's Fefry 0ied on
Tuesday morning last. q lung .eve! and
was burisj the following day. She was =
very interesting and al unusually bright
child.
Bruce Nu2um ne! with Juite 4 painful
accident last week. he fell down the steps
at the Mountain City House and cut @
severe gash in his head. He has been
confined to his room but is To- GONZALES
cent.
The coal trade has been good Tor the
past two weeks, but is more %chsngcsble
than the weather. Operators never can
tell what n dag may bring forth.
The whrat throughout this county looks
vel! and he's not been hurt BY the frost.
There is & good prosp@c! Tor Il fine crop
this year.
Annie Mendell, d daughter OF l.. c..
Mendell, is i'll with ~diptheria.
Normal school will open on Tuesday.
The attendance ia constantly increasing
Principal Sipe is @ hard worker and sn
unqualified success.
Glen Barnes, the index carrier boy,
circulated his address yesterday. It was
G very neat gotten up affair and the poetry
was written By that talented lady, Miss
Pierpoint, daughter Of Ex-Governor Pier.
point.
The entertainment given in the school
building on Thursday and Friday evenings
realized quite o neat sum which will 20 10
i'll the library cases with books. The en-
tertainments were novel and new and even
succeeded each evening by elegant re-
ireshmentg.
While in Charleston recently, Mr. Dan
Bennett, of this place, as he informs Us,
bought a chance il three elegant pic.
lures, Illustrating the story OF the Prodigal
Son. A few days since he received notice
that he was ihe holder of the lucky mum.
Der and the pictures will be On 10 q few
days