Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-09-05
FAIRMOST.
A Live, Newsy Letter From Marion
County.

A Live, Newsy Letter From Marion
County.
Special Correspondence d The Sunday Register.
FAIRMoNT, w, VA, September 4.-Some
of the boys about town are stirred up over
the earthquake. Most everybody about
here got Il little shake, and Il few young
Main street business men were shaken al
most out of their senses. No serious dam
age done.
Thomas j. COnaway, Il popular Barrack-
Vile young man, has recently taken unto
himself Il wife in the person of Miss Rosa
l.. Kinney, OF GAINESVILLE, a lady well and
favOrably known here.
Thomas Deveny and Miss Laura Berus
were married at the residence of Rev. w.
II. Wiley in Palatinc, on Thursday night
last.
DR.. Will s. Hamilton, of Harrisville,
Richie county, and Miss Emma Grapple,
of Baltimore, will be married shortly and
return to Ritchie county, where they will
reside. DR.. Hamilton is an old Fairmont
boy, being a son of Elmus Hamilton, of
this place. lie is an energetic and worthy
young gentleman and an accomplished
pharmacist. Miss Grapple is known to
many of our people, she having visited the
Misses Nichols here last summer, and is
much esteemed for her many graces and
good qualities.
Circuit Clerk Smith and editor Ohley of
the Mder took in the Press excursion to
Luray Caves.
Quite a number of Knights Templar, OF
this place, will attend the Triennial Con-
clave at st. Louis this month.
DR.. NJ. NJ. COmerford, who left some
months since for a visit to old Ireland, has
returned home looking hale and hearty,
and expressing himself as greatly pleased
with his trip. He visited various points
in Ireland and Scotland and gives glowing
and interesting accounts of the old coun,
try. His many friends were glad to vel,
come him back.
Some days since we were favored with a
look at an excellent crayon portrait of that
handsome jurist, Judge Fleming. The
portrait vas strikingly well executed and
reflected great credit on the artist, the
Judges young daughter, Miss Ida. Miss
Ida's work all evinces a high order of tai
ent which is as gratifying to her friends as
it is to her teacher, the accomplished Miss
Helwig, of Wheeling.
Judge Raymond has had a new picket
fence built around his property on the cor
ner of Jackson and Quincy streets, and is
otherwise identifying and improving his
property.
We learn that Miss Gay Duncan, Clarks-
burg's most accomplished musician, has
been employed as musical instructor in the
Normal School. Miss Duncan's well
known musical ability is an earnest of sue
cess in this very important branch of the
school work. Miss Effie Reed, who has
heretofore successfully presided over this
department declined a reappOintment.
Mayor Hayden still has his force at work
cleaning up and improving our town. He
is building himselfa monument that his
grandchildren can point to with pride.
The repairs to the Presbyterian Parson-
age are about completed and now the pas
tor has one of the cosiest and handsomest
homes in u town. Just such q house as
50 popular and excellent a pastor should
have.
Probably Editor Ohley, NJ. D. Christie
and George Morrow felt more earthquake
Tuesday than all the other citizens in the
vicinity.
Senator Smith was in Wheeling Thurs
day on legal business.
Our old friend, j. A. Leeper, has got the
grit to stick to most anything until he gets
through with it. He undertook some
weeks since to raise money to buy an organ
or the Sunday school up in Grant district,