Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-08-25
GRAFTON.
TAYLOR County's Offer for the State Reform
School.

TAYLOR County's Offer for the State keiorn
School
suee;al Correspondence Of he Sunday Register
GRAFTON, W. VA, August 24.-Iayiol
county to-day will make big effort 10 Cd
tain the Reform School at PruntytoWn,
The county court will offer the old co9r'
honse building and grounds and Will also
he asked to subscribe So, 600 cash, which,
together with a private citizens suoscrlp,
ton of 81, 500 will make So, 500 casn sno
thirty thousand dollars worth IT real estate
in the most accessible, healthy and produc'
tive locality in the state:
The Morgantown-Gratton base Dali gum;
is scheduled for September Srd, S2oO sno
brilliant gore will be the stakes and Grai
ton will win.
John Regain of Phillip, was on the
streets this week. =,
Dr. Yankirk paid Wheeling flying Visit
Tuesday.
Geo. Ruhl, Little & Sons. representa-
tive here has gone on visit to friends II
Virginia. ~.
L. NJ. Lafollette, Prosecuting Attorney
of this county, has returned from very
ENJOYABLE trip to Atlantic City.
The removal Of all effects OF the latS
road department to that of the machinery
department has been completed and the
force reduced about twenty in number.
improvements of our streets continue
upder the regime of efficient Mayor Cham
bers.
Mrs John Evans, of Evansville, Preston
county. spent Friday with friends.
Dr.. J. F. Taught and Miss Belle Means,
both of Grafton, were united in marriage
az the NJ. p. Church Sunday evening last
and will spend the honeymoon in Pennsyl'
vania,
Few if any localities in this part of the
State can vie with West Grafton IN Its
rapid progress in building and street I'M
proving features, owing, no doubt to the
public spirit of its inhabitants and desira'
bility for dwellings.
The Park will be crowded Sunday, as
excursions will be run on the B. q o. and
G. & G. Railroads, in the interest OF the
Sevent-day A6ventists CAmpmeetlng that
is being held at this popular resort.
Nuzem & Heirony mus, through the trus-
tee. W. II. Dent, have sold the entire STOCK
of goods to FrostbuTg parties and are PACK
ing them for shipment.
Rev. Flaming has returned from DrleI
visit TO friends in Pennsylvania.
Miss Cora Sheppard, of Virginia, PAID
the Misses Hamilton of West Grafton, a
visit last week.
The following legal lights of Marion
county were in Grafton this week; U. N.
Arnett, T. H. B. Staggers and Charles
Powell.
Dr. Warder was at Weston this week
Mrs. Samuel Rudy died and was buried
at her home near Glady creek, this county,
Monday of this week.
The Electric Light Outing Olub," I'M
der the guidance of Moorey Flagel, pic
aicked at Valley Falls to-day.
Miss Mamie Guard, sister OF q. r.
Guard, of the Eagle. Sentinel, died at the
home of her parents on Friday night. De-
ceased has been sufferer from nervous
disease for a number of years. Interment
al Bluemont Sunday.
Greek met Greek" and fur had elo-
auence smeared all over 1t at Bnnkman' $
Hall Friday night, when Peter Roy and
Thos. Mosby. the two colOred giants, met
and discussed the question of who had sof-
fered the most at the hands of the white
man, the redman or the negro, Roy having
the negro end while Mosby looked after
the redman. TO one OF the largest audi
euces the hall has ever held. L. Msllonee,
A. J. Nuzum and L. NJ Lafollette were the
Judges and decided in favor of Mosby.
Peter is not satisfied and wants another 60
at his enlightened opponent.
The bodies of the two men, Bailey and
Fletcher, who were killed in the Silver run
wreck, were brought here to-day and will
be inferred Sunday.