Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-02

igurplus,' to put the. miserable country
ro,ds into possible condition. The butter
and egg "faiif' would be lowered mate
rally. II
Apples are much cheaper COW than when
they were picked.
People in the upper part of the city are
complaining loudly b:cIuEe the city water
mains do not reach certain streets, while
at the same time the city refuses TO keep
tie town plmps in repair. Oar people
should all be supplied with water from
some source. Either the mains must be
extended or the old time pumps kept in
repair. -
The Blue Grass Fishing Club gave their
annual ball in Lafayette Hall l.fs night.
Quite good siz;d crowd was In attend
spco, and a pleasant was the summing up
of the events ottte evening.
The Ancient Oder of Hibernisns will
give an entertainment on Saturday after
rom and evening December %, at which
time a firemen's silver trumpst will be
awarded the company CT person receiving
the largest number of votes.
MessIe, are an epidemic in this city.
Never before were 20. many grown lelpls
known to have this disease, and nevsr be-
fore were the cases so hard TO handle. In
many instances the remedies which have
for lifetime served the oracular NJ. ID. q
good turn in measles, have ia led entirely
to bring the answer. Thus far no deaths
have resulted from measles alone.
Mr., o. r Wood and wife have returned
from their wedding tour and will make
their home in this city.
The E ,iscopsl Mite Socitty met at the
residence of Mr.. John F. Miller, on North
Fourth street, last Wednesday night.
Quite a goodly number of the members
were pre sent and the usual good time was
enjoyed.
The forge of The Laughliu mill will re-
sumo tomorrow, altsr being of three days
on account of broken Toll.
The Merchants Protective Associat: on
of Pesss Township is now we'll under way
and includes among its members nearly all
the retailers in the township. T1e object
of the organization is to protect the mem
bers from dead bats. fla customer fails
to pay his bill, under reasonable circum'
stance, to one dealer, he is placed on the
black st by all the remainder, and can
not get credit till the old score is settled
up. The body is branch of State, and
in turn Of a national association. If
non. paying customer of one Of the mem
bers moves to another town bis p;s. dee!s
follow him to haunt him into paying his
debts. The only Gu stion Is, will the
associat on hold together? All tuch efforts
b eretofore made by local retailers have
failed the reason that the memt ers be-
came Jealous of each others trade, and
ppmiscuous booking was again COM
melced.
A child of Marshal VIM. Burns is qnite
sick.
Mis-. Ida Hoyle ia able to be ont after q
severe attack of typhoid FIVE.
Miss Lizzie R,iney is il New York city
visiting relatives.
Squire wv. Buckingham is convale:cant
after a severe illness.
Mrs. James Miskel is slowly improving
in health. Her many friends are much
gratif:d at this expected turn of heI
case.
Rev. Father S. S. M4ttirgly, OF s..
Johns Catholic church, will, in thu
spring, make an effort to build new
church OIL the rarochi Al property on North
Fourth street. The night school under his
direction is doing much good work.
Plos. Comstock will open Manager Mill
erls lecture course in Lafayette Opera
House, on Tuesday night.
HJn. NJ. G. Mitchell and f,muy Fave
returned from St Clsirsville, where they
wee visiting during the latter pvt Of the
week.
The Red Stocking Base Ball Club will
rsffie of a fne SINCE barrel breech loading
shot gun.
New houses il the Orchard, belonging
to John Ried and Joseph Davidson, are
nearing completion.
William Evans, the man who killed
John Felski at the Standard Mill a week
ago, has net been heard from, AID, 30 far
as the public knows no effort has b3en
made to apprehend him.
Mrs Lou Dasson and son are in Toronto,
OAio.
Will link returned to S.eubenville, after
a weeks say in this city.
A child of Rev. Doerkin isquite i'll with
lung fever.
Undertaking b1sioess was quite brisk
during the past week. The average was
funeral day.
It isgill muddy in this city.
The Wheeling aud Lake Erie Railway
Company has completed its surveys be-
tween this city ard Portland.
Intercourse between this city and the
surrc uuding county is rendered almost
imros ,ible by the miserably muddy roads.
There are some elegant camp es of home
made pavements on the east Side Of North
Fifth st eet. They are better than none,
however, and some of them are really good.
WANTED Boys to cell the SUNDAY
REGISTER.
The street crossings were never go mud
dy, so says the o'd8t inhatit'nt. In the
good old days before there was city CON-
missioner, each property owner kept up a
coal ash crossing az his door. Now it is
no ONES business to mske Pedestriani:m a
decent possibility, ard no one attends to
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