Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-19
ELM GROVE.


nents ia town are being rapidly ad-
yanced. Yesterday workmen began
placing q pump in the one hundred ana
we'll at the Inhrmary'
Work has also been begun at the work
Of getting the building ready for the
water.
Last Friday night persons living
near the bridge crossing or wheeling
creek towards the infrmary were con-
siderably scared by an object which
many set down for ghost. Whatever
10 was it was first seen on the orloge'
Ii seemed very tall and not unlike q
woman dressed In black. Some lew got
up enough courage to follow the OBJECT,
which finally disappeared in held not
far from the Wadell residence.
Last Saturday night the IL O'Clock
Elm Grove motor ran over a valuable
cow Of T. j. Hugus near his farm just
west OF town. The animal was Valueu
at $50. The company is much annoyed
bv cows being on the railroad. Iney
scarcely make trip during the day
when a stop does not have 10 be maze
for these animals being on the track
The Elm Grove Coal Company is
having great trouble getting the water
from the coal shaft. Several pumps
have been tried, but failed to give sat
isfaction. Another more powerful
pump has been ordered. The improve
ments at the mine are on a standstlll,
% the DELAY is caused by necessary
timbers not having arrived.
The B. II 0. depot trade here, nnder
the MANAGEMENT OF NJ. c. Glass, the &C
commodating agent, is now larger
than ever il was, and is rapidly increas-
ing. In the last two weeks business
has picked up wonderfully. The depot
receipts this month will exceed the cor
ra,ponding month Of last year by thirty
i've per cent.
Quite a number Of young society
folks went out TO HornbrOok's tennis
court Yesterday and saw an interesting
match. II being the champion player
of the town VIM. Chambers and Percy
Hornbrook VINO were competitors.
Playing singles in carefully contest
ed game Mr.. HOrnbrOok beat MI
Chambers.
Engineer Murray, who lives near
here. who was in the recent b. ~ "
wreck at GaStonville, on this division,
is rapidly improving. What caused
him the most pain was an injury TO his
hip, which be got while jumping from
the engine. He will soon be able 10 DC
about
The Kimmins Hotel will change hands
soon. l.. H. Gorby, Of Maysvllle, Mar
shall county, will probably secure a
lease OF the property aud run nrst'
| class boarding house. Mr.. Henderson
will 90 to West Alexander, where he
will take charge of the Gossen House.
I. II. Gorby, OF Maysville, this State
An extensive lumber dealer, has secured
| rbe contract for extensive trestling II
Pittsburg. The lumber, twenty OF
! thirty carloads 10 all, will be brought
here and shipped to Pittsburg. Ihl'
work will be begun this week,
Young society ladies' Of this place are
now very much interested In horse oact
| riding. About a dozen young ladle'
can be seen out nearly every evening
making a nice display. Tomorrow
evening they will ride TO Roney's Pom
| for q good social time.
The lawn fete a few nights ago a
the Howell residence, was big success
/ being quite social event, it had fl
nanciaI feature, as nearly $50 wa
i cleared.
w. II. Chambers, formerly manager
| OF the coal works here, and who is still
| largely interested in the company, wa
| here Saturday on important business
pertaining to the company. He live!
at West Alexander.
In about three weeks now, the new
county bridge at RoEey's Point will bt
| finished. The Wheeling and Elm
/ Grove Railway has finished transferring
the stone from the Hugus quarry to the
Il. & o. depot here.
Harry Mendel, OF Evansville, Ind,
was a guest last Sunday OF friends in
the Grove. IL is said that this gentle.
man will wed a popular young lady oil
I this place about the middle Of next
month.
The Elm Grove Athletic and Literary
| Society will organize In few days FOR
winter. A good teacher of athletic
sports will be secured aud the members
look for a season Of pleasure and profit.
Samuel Patterson and Percp Horn
brook are home from the Jacktowu
Fair and a horse dealing expedition.
They returned with some very fine
horses.
w. T. Chambers had his most valu-
able dog poisoned few nights ago. He
valued the animal at SIS. 1t is someone
making it a business Of poisoning dogs,
The stone bridge along the pike near
the Hugus farm was begun yesterday.
The structure will have one arch. Con-
tractor BeerWiter is doing the work.
Miss Lottie Waterhouse, OF Wheeling,
aud her guest, Miss Dent, Of Washing
ton, Pa, are paying Miss Kennedy a
visit.
Hiram NcCOm6s, who has been so
critically III, is some better, and he may
now recover.
Quite a number Of persons from here
attended the Pittsburg Exposition last
Saturday.
George and Albert Hand will start
this week for trip TO Chicago.
Miss Minnie Banner left yesterday
for q trip TO the Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Maggie Travis is home from a
trip TO the Worlds Fair.
Travel along the pike is not reported
so good as it was.
May BE the Bottle Crank.
LIVERPOOL, September 1S.-A bottle
containing two slips Of thin wood upon
which was written: ''All hands lost"
''Naronic, no time to say more, has
been found in the Mersey.