Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07

Se1NJ OSASNA w
held in the Young Mems Christian Asso-
l;arlors at 5 o'clock this afternoon
Rev. DR.. Randolph will conduct the study
Of the lessons during the present quarter.
All persons interested in the Sunday
school lessons are invited to attend this
afternoon.
Denies the Story.
Mrs. Alice Schell denies emphatically
that there is any truth in the published
statement that she wrote the letter to
Maggie Mccoy, of Cincinnati, offering to
procure girls for purposes of prostitution.
She says she never saw or heard of the let.
ter until her attention was called TO 1t In
the papers yesterday, and she attributes
its authorship to o personal enemy in this
city, who has upon several occasions, en-
des -ored to get her into trouble. Mrs.
Schsll a she does not know q soul in
Cincinnati, and never sent a message 10
that place by Bessie Ray.
An EnJoyhDlo surprise fhF'y.
A very enjoyable surprise party was
rendered to MISC Kate Hanes, on Thurs
day evening at her home on north Main
street. A gay party was present aud spent
q pleasant evening keeping step to the ex-
cellent music. At q suitable hour bounti-
fol refreshments were served. Those pres
cnt were Miss Zstta Mayer, Jennie Gard
ner, Annie Stanley, Ida Metcalf, Ollie
Morgan, Rose Brost, Lin Laue, Kate
Hsues, Lizzie Brost, Ada Bier, Title
Daub, Carrie Vaas, Mable HauCs aud Carrie
Brockardt, Messrs. Frank Ebert, Ray Sea-
bright, Neil McFadden, Paul B%rockardt,
Harry Smith. Harry Blchmau, Ellsworth
Schoield, Harry Wallace, Elmer Teater,
Frank Bachman, and Bart McFadden.
The Failure of the La Bills Company.
THE assignment Of the La Belle Glass
Company was the leading topic of conver-
sation among glass men and manufacturers
generally yesterday morning. Little ad'
ditional news Of the smash was received
yesterday, further than that the assignee,
Mr.. Thompson, states that the works will
be sold and the matter closed up as soon as
possible. He also states that Messrs. Gift
fin and Brown will lose not less than
$40, 900 by this failure; and that the crisis
came because they had assumed all the re-
sponsibilty they felt like doing, notwith'
standing the company had S4O,OO WORTH
of orders on hands when the works were
closed. For some time past things have
not been working well aud were discour'
sging to the management outside of the
Indebtedness. The yield Of the furnace
was not more than oue-third what it bad
been at former times, whil9 the expense OF
running was equally large. This, in ad-
dition to the heavy Indebtedness, brought
the crisis.
Ronceyerte Bank Incorporated.
A certificate Of incorporation has been
issued to the Bank of Roncsverte, the
principal Office or place Of business to be
at Ronceverte, Greenbrier county, aud the
charter Is to expire on the 10th Of March
1893. Forty thousand dollars have beer
subscribed to the capital stock and fOur
thousand dollars have been paid in, with
the privilege of increasing the capital to
the som of two hundred thousand dollars
10 all. The capital is divided into share:
of one hundred dollars each which are
held as follows: X. f. Dennis, ten
shares; W. w. Moore, twenty
shares; A. Graham, fifty shares; ]. L.
Bell, ten shares; John A. Preston,
eleven shares; Richard Thomas, five shares.
A. G. Snyder, thirty shares; John W. Har'
ras, fifty shares; Mark l. Spots, five shares;
V. w. Spots, five sharee; NJ. L Price,
Eve shares; Jane S. Price, five shares; Alex.
+. Matthews, fifty shares; A. + White,
five shares; j.. NJ. Pdce, two shares; S.mmf
NJ. Workman, two shares; r. S. L)yelace,
two shares; W. s Rodes, five shares; Rob
ert c. Rodes, FIVE shares; Il B. Hudgius,
three shares; Z. II. Camp, ten shares; j.
NJ. KiupOrt, ten shares; L q. Best, fifteen
shares; George c. BloOmer, fifty shares, all
of Greenbrier county, West Virginia; L.
J. Shryock, Baltimore, Maryland, fifteen
shares, and Newton Dixon, Of Monroe
county, West Virginia, twenty shares.
Death OF Mr.. John A. Cooke.
John A. Cooke, a young merchant vel
known in this city, as we'll al over a con-
siderable ARIA of the northern portion
of the State, died at his residence On Eff
street, South Side, yesterday evening,
after an illness of q little less than two
weeks. Mr.. Cooke, who had just passed
his twenty-siEth birthday was a young
man whose character combined many noble
traits. He was possessed ofexcellent social
and business qualities, aud had a host OF
warm personal friends, who will sincerely
mourn his death. He was born at Howes'
vile, Preston county, his parents being
John Julius and Catharine Cooke, both
natives Of preston. January %. 1876, he
ma ried Maggie, daughter Of Peter r lilly,
and about FIVE months ago removed Il
this city, engaging, with his brother
Thomas, in the con iuct of an art store at
No. 11O7 Market street.
A week ago las. Sunday he was stricken
down with some obscure constitutional
malady, and grew steadily worse. A few
days ago spprehsnsiQps as TO tie end
brought his parents and Rev. Father Joseph
J. Cooke, a brother, whose pastorate is al
Millen, OHIO, in the Cleveland diocese, tC
the bedside Of the invalid, and hencefortt
they added their endeavors to those Of hi;
young wife and his physicians for the
preservation OF his life. All efforts to stay
the progress of the disease proved futile
however, and last evening death closed the
career of a most excellent young man.
The funeral services will take plac'
Monday morning from the Cathedral, thu
hour 10 be hereafter fixed.
WASHINGTON EXCURSION.
The Last Of the Series.
The last Of the series Of popular excur
sions TO Washington via. B. & o. K. K
will be run on Thursday, april 18th. Tb'