Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-28
BENWOOD.

Nfassrs. Benson and j. L. McMecnen so!u
abont 70 lots in their new plats down ~
the village of McMechen last Week. uue
Wheeling man buying eight. AZ.
Charley Rider, of Centre ward, anu MIS-
Verdece were quietly married last Ihurs'
day. os forcad
IN remain idle the past few days, OWING tt
the Gazing in of the gas-produclng PIT. lie
pairs are actively pushing forward, ana op
eratiOps will resume tomorrow.
Mrs. Morris, an aged lady, was founo
dead I'm he'd at the residence OF her son, u
| lower ward, Friday morning. Her deatn
was unexpected though she had had deica''
/ health for some time. ,.,
Mrs. Raper, of upper ward, is indlsposed
Miss Swallows, of Wheeling, is the gueS'
/ Of friends on Marshall street.
UProf. Albert Lorentz purchased two !ot'
! in McNiechen last week. .
Several more in this district added TO IN.
pension list within the past week.
Edward Jones has returned rom NC
| KeespOrt for the holidays.
The pudding department OF the ben
wood iron works will resume Monday.
Miss Cora Bayard. of McMechen street,
! is tho guest of friends in Elm Grove
ing friends in Greene county, Pa.
Charles Gutherie has decided not to re-
move Benwood until some future time.
VIII Talbert, teacherof Crescent Grove
school. spert part of the holidays in town
There is more prantical philanthropy IN
laeDinr Your sidewalk shoveled on these
wintry DAYS than in exporting bushels o.
tracts 20 YOUR fellow man in the SOuth SEA
Islands. 49,
Benwood Lodge No. 3, y. 0. L. W, Will
hold public installation and entertainment
at the lodge room on Wednesday evening,
January !, 1891. Messrs. Peter Altmyer
NJ. W. and p. p. Stewart, Recorder:
The festival and supper TO be given Ihurs
dav evening under the auspices OF the ladies'
of St. Matthew's Church promises to be Il
most pleasant and successful affair.
4 safe-foot path for pedestrians between
the Office OF Wheeling Steel Plant and the
station haS long been needed, and now that
active efforts are putting forth to secure II
no doubt tina. want will be relieved at no
distant day.
TGc inhabitants OF the hamlet OF Mason
-"Out Bogg's Run'-tnd the tunnel very
convenient this wintry weather.
Mrs Thomas Kennedy, of McMechem.
is indisposed.
DR.. Thomas Haskins, prominent phY-
stefan and surgeon of this place, spent
Christmas with friends at Burton.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Pelley, of Mingo,
were in town several days last week.
snow balling aud shedding were the
chief sports OF the past few days.
Mrs. Crimson and daueher, of Wheeling,
were guests Of Mrs. w. Palley one day
last week.
WORK is progressing on some of the new
buildings, Notwithstanding the uufaVor-
able weather.
The Christmas collections at st. Johns
amounted to neat little sum.
Walter Duggan, of McMechan. IS on the
sick list.
was il town yesterday.
The Humane society should look after n
case of cruelty TO horse which took place
Friday night on the street.
Several weddings are on the tapis for
nexn month. One of the suspected young
men went down Main street yesterday
whistling 'SOon Wen marry winch, OF
course, was Il clear give away.
4 delightful social affair was Il birthday
party given last Tuesday evening IL honor
of Mrs +. Oser, of Water street.
Passengers waiting to take trains on the
3. x q. enjoy the vast accommodations OF
the waiting room, whose ceiling Is the
sky above and whose walls are uncontined,
and amuse themselves by walking and
Jumping matches, and indulge in some
thing very like dancing in order to keep
warm while awaiting snow delayed trains
Now. if the company would limit their
waiting room TO the dimensions of Il box
car removed from its trucks, ii would have
the grateful thanks of its patrons.
A brakeman met with painful accident
on the Z. x o. near the junction a few
days ago. He was breaking on freight,
and in leaning off the train going up the
grade. me was forciby struck on the face
by the round plate upon one OF the switch
stats. cutting his face open from the fore
head straight down. The wound is not so
serious, but of most painful and tedious
character.