Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-21
sTEUBENvILLE NEWS.


speesal Correspondence Of the Sunday Register.
SrRUBENvILLE, October 13.-On Thurs
day of this week the work OF connecting
the street railway at hejunction OF Fourth
and Market streets was commenced, o
large force of men under the superinten-
dsnce eff Harry Culbertson being en-
ployed. The work is now about finlahed,
and when done the Fourth street line will
be complete. Two Of the cars have AZ
rived, the poles are MP with the wires At
tached thereto, and the connecting wire 10
on hand and in readiness te be put IN PC
sition, 50 that the outlook is good Tor an
early start. Some people afe;t to think
thai the line will not be success. but
after it has been in operation about few
months thsy will begin to wonder no"
they ever got along without it. -,
The finest political meeting held In this
city since 1924 took plaza at the opera
house Saturday evening under the susp cos
of the Tilden club. The addIe ,ses were
made By Hon. John insolvency, the silver
tongued orator of Wooster, Ohio, and Col.
W. D. Moore, the eminent PIttsbure
iurist, and were listened to ny An audienee
of ladies and gentlemen only limited BY
the Sis Of the opera house. insolvency
was his eloquent self and his auditors we'e
highly delighted with the rich treat Of ora.
tory he favored them with. The speech Of
Col. Moore's was calm, sble, Dip. s
sionate and convincing discussion OF tte
tariff, and his explanation Of the Mills
bill and the Presidents message was SC
lucid and tlsar that 20 one in the audi
en- ,e can fail to understand the position Of
the Democratic party on this Important
question end reslizs that Its object and
ms are the good of the people in common.
The meeting was a coz plete rtfdtstion oil
the assertion often made by Republicans
that the Democratic party was dead IN
Steubenville. The contrast between 1t
and the meetings held by the Repub' ana
was 30 great that the leaders Of that patty
could not fail to observe and acknowledge
it.
On Wednesday, the 3O;h inst, delega'
ton of Democrats will 90 from this city TO
Wheeling to greet tie 'Old Roman" that
will by lo-g odds outnumber the little
collection of Republicans who visited the
same tity on last Monday. The Demo
Gratis on this side Of the river are expect
ing good report from their West Virginia
neighbors, and are willing to lend them all
the aid they can.
The Baker murder trial in progress at
Wellsburg, continues to interest the peo'
pie of this city, Just as 1t did the former
one at New Cumberland, and the papers
are eagerly watched for information in re-
gard to it.
John w. Trainer, E o., has broken
pr1uud for an elegant new residence on his
North Fourth street property, which ad-
Joins that of his father. The bnildIng
will be of rough free stone.
The Jefferson Iron Wok ks made more
nails during the past twelve months and
ran more days than in any other twelve
months of it's existence. This does lot
look like Cleveland stopI log the wheels Of
industry.
Miss D.apa Moore, of East Liverpool, is
the CUES t OF her sister, Mrs. d. Hill, North
Fourth street.
The oil we'll at Rock Foot, back ofNew
Cumberland, still continues to excite the
intetett of the people. On Wednesday Of
this week sample Of the oil was brought
to this city and test made by ]. Gwynn,
Superintendent Of tho S'eubenvil!e Gas
Com pany, and an expert in the examina'
tion Of crude oils. By the standard by
drometer it showed gravity Of fifty one,
which il dictates remarkably fine quality
Of oil 1t teems to be the general belief
of Gil experts that the territory will de-
velop largel y and attract attention from
the old oil fields of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Givens, the drilling contractor, says the
we'll would develop ore hundred and
twenty-five barrels per day if the pump
was put in, and there are still two oil
slnds to 20 through. 1t is the intention
to put down three more wells as RAPIDLY "a
possible in order that thorough test be
made. A brok ersge office has been estab
lished in Ste ubenvil'e and if it proves to
be as large as hoped for, Steubenville peo-
pie Will know what it is to have their
town to the centre of an oil field.
r. w. Doyle and family, of Chicago, are
guests at the residence of Col. A. Doyle,
South High street.
Ben L. Sharp and bride returned from
their Eastern honeymoon trip Thursday
morning, and on Thursday night they
we're treated to a frst-class horse fiddle, tin
born seIensde by their friends.
Sed Stedman this week rssigned his po-
sition az ttsnographer at the pottery.
Chap. Bean'y this week disposed of his
drug store in the Lindsey block, South
Fourth street, and on Thursday left for
Columbus, where he will enter leadiog
drug establishment.
Mrs. VIII Fielding and her sistsr, Mrs
Hattie King, let Tuesday for visit to
Youngstown.
Adolph Brown is here from Philadelphia
on q visit to his family.