Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-04-19
STEUBENvILLE.

SrEu BENvILLE, April 1s.-On Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 2Sth and Goth, the
State Encampment of the Grand Army OF
the Republic of Ohio will be held in this
CITY. Committees from Z. Nj. Stanton
Post No. 1866 have been at work for months
nerfecting arrangements for the Encamp-
meat and making provision for the enter
tainment of the large concourse OF people
that will be in attendance. The ladies OF
the Women's Relief Corps are lending val
liable assistance, and when the people ar
rive they will find that Steubenvllle VIII
be in shape to comfortably provide for
them and give them pleasant time. Many
of the leading members Of these two Socle-
ties viii be present, among them X. b:
HAYES, ex-Gov. Foraker, Bill Gibson and
ex-Goy. Beaver, of Pennsylvania. The
headquarters will be in the handsome and
commodious hall of Steuben Lodge No. l,
X of p. corner Fourth and Washington
streets. where E. NJ. Stanton Post now
holds its meetings. The ladies will also
hold their meetings and receptions here.
This is the finest and most comodious hall
in the city. and better place could not
have been selected for headquarters
Camp fires will be held on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, commencing at seven
O'Clock, in the Opera House and First
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Two other large
assemblies will be held in Steubenville this
season. the National Conclave of the Glass
workers Union being booked for the
month of May, and grand labor day for
July.
Mrs. Isabella Mckay, known to almost
every one in Steubenville as "Aunty Nc
Kay,n died Monday morning at the resi-
deuce of the Misses Miller, on South Sew
enth street, in the S5th year of her age. She
was the widow of Collin Mckay, who went
TO California during the gold excitement OF
10 and died there She was a memter OF
the First Presbyterian Church for half a
century. Her funeral took place Wednes-
day morning at 10 o'clock.
The tearing down of the old Hamlin NJ.
f. Church to give place TO new stone
structure, on the corner of Fourth and
North streets, began the first of the week,
and now this old landmark is thing of the
! past.
George w. Thomas, the undertaken, is a
candidate for the Republican nomination
for County Commissioner.
George Zimmerman, our new Democratic
Street Commissioner, is astonishing the
people by the energetic manner in which
he goes to work. He has horse and buggy
and personally visits and inspects all the
work going on in different parts OF the
I
city.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who has the contract for
seventeen miles of the pike to be built in
Jefferson county this season, will employ
300 men and 100 teams in the work. AS he
has made it rule to employ nothing but
home labor, and use all the home material
possible, large portion of the cost of the
pixies will be kept inside the limits Of the
county, and there will be plenty of work
| for all.
w. L. Medill and wife are home from a
pleasant visit 10 Mrs. Medill's father, Rev.
DR. Chapman, of Massillon.
Ex-Mayor Oscar Brashear, who has &C
cepted the position of general manager OF
the new ice plant and cold storage house
being built here, left for Cincinnati Thurs
day, TO hold consultation with the pro
| jectors of the scheme.
Charley Elliott, who was dangerously i'll
for several months, was a welcome visitor
on our streets last Wednesday.