Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-09-23
FAIRMoNr NEWS

SPECIAL Correspondence o. ne hs0taS.
FAIRNoNr, September 22.-Word was
received here yesterday that Miss Gussie
Mayors, daughter of our former townsmap,
Geo. W. L. Mayors, Of Harrisburg, was
not expected to live. She has been i'll for
some weeks with typhoid fever and Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Comerford and Mrs. N. F. Fleming
left yesterday to attend at the bedside of
the sufferer. The many friends Of the
family express great sympathy for the
Young lady and hope for change for the
better in her condition.
Mrs. X @. bennington is the quest Of
Ms. A. @. Lott at Deer Park, and Mr.. ID.
will 90 out tonight to spend Sunday.
Morgan Billingsley and wife returned on
Thursday from lengthy visit to Cincin-
natl and Portsmouth, Ohio, and points in
Kentucky.
Capt. ID. N. Camp, of Monongslia county,
was in town yesterday and reports politics
booming and hot in that political Egypt
Uncle Max Fleming, Republican eandi-
date for the Legislature, IL hard at work
among the boys. He carries plug Of free
tobacco and might set up the hard cider if
the gang would 90 out, rs this hard-cider
campaign with his party.
John Clayton and wife were with Fair
mont friends this week. They left yester-
day for Grafton, and will leave there in
few days for their home in Philadelphia.
Our soldier boys are going to Pittsburg
next week to take part in the big celebra-
ton to be had there. They will look
gorgeous in their new, nobby military para
phernalia.
The new dwelling houses of j. Walter
Barnes and Mrs. Ann Kelly are nearing
completion.
The additions to the Barrackville school
house are well under way and will add
much 10 the beauty and convenience of the
structure
Our people are much gratifed that DIR.
W. j. Finley has been again assigned to
the NJ. P. Church in this place rs its pas
| tor.
Last Saturdays Democratic Convention
WAS decidedly the largest, most harmO-
Nous and most enthusiastic political gath
ering ever held in our county.
Our public schools resumed operations
last Monday with large attendance.
Eldridgs Carter, q slate candidate for
the Legislature, was given q permit to
remain at home by the recent Republican
County Convention. Eldridge wanted the
nomination as q sort of reward for his
former defeat, which he called
''frod," bat the convention didn't see il
that way, the bosses to the contrary not
withstanding
Prof Myers, Of the University, Is at
Glen Easton this week, taking steps to-
ward the establishment of creamery at
that point.
Joe Marum, of Grafton, thinks and as
serts that John w. Mason is the best law
yer in West Virginia Mason is all gone
ON Marum. II is very fortunate; nobody
else entertsips similar opinion concern
ing either. This is sort of 'you-tickle-
me-snd- 'll.tickie-you" arrangement be-
tween these gentlemen, evidently.
| Maulsby's battery held reunion at Cd
tawba last Tuesday. Candidate Mason
was there, bat we did not hear whether
the organization made its usual endorse
ment of the Republican county ticket.
Mrs Nellie Sweeney Palmer, Wheeling's
iavorite musical star, is guest among
numerous friends in town.
Agent Nesbitt's Scotch terrier pup met
its death at the depot this week. 1t col
lided with locomotive. The train went
to Grafton on tiiBe.
Nobody ont here knows Campbell, OF
the Window Glsssworkers' Union, but all
people, of every political faith, and OF
every race, creed and color, believe that he
deliberately stated stupendsns lie rels-
tive to an alleged assertion of our popular
and efficient representative in Congress.
LsboriDg people generally support Mr..
Wilson, for they recognize in him tried,
trusted snd true friend All the lies and
all the liars cannot prevail against man
when the people know he has their interest
st heart.