Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-28
MORGANTOWN NOTES.
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Rev. A. M. Buchanan, pastor OF the
Presbyterian Church, OF this place. mas
received a call to the pastorate OF the
First Presbyterian Church at Hunting
ton. made vacant by the resignation OF
Rev. Mr.. Sloan. No positive decision
has been reached by Mr.. Buchanan as
TO his accepting the call, though his
answer will be forwarded In Few days
He has been pastor OF the church here
for the past seven years, and has sue
ceeded in addiEg many names 10 tne
membership list, besides being neid IN
the highest esteem by ell. Shooid ne
leave his loss will be felt and his place
will be difficnt to fill. Two young Pres
byterian divines, OF this place, Reys.
Charles AID DE VIII White, Will NIL
the pulpits during the summer at
Clarksburg and Fairmont.
A son, the twelfth, was yesterday
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Zach Gidley. II.
may as we'll be stated that Brother Gid
lev is Democrat and so are his boys.
and that entities the fraternal "brother"
to be applied to him. along with the
fact OF his being very much OF
father"
The Cassville correspondent OF one OF
the local papers managed last week to
get the following funeral paragraph
printed: "Mr. Tucker, our enterprls-
ing undertaken, is having fine run OF
CUSTOM" This may account Tor the
fact that Cassvllle has never become
very much of town.
Afccfpofa itoQIf O1nPfG
terpsichoredn at Company armory
Thursday night. Killmyer, OF Wheel
ing, will be kept time to.
New York capitalists are said to have
several scouts through the coal lands
here and hereabouts. There have been
no sales Of especial Importance for some
time in the county, but down N the ad-
joining county OF Fayette, In Pennsyi.
vannia, higher prices are being PAD
now than at any previous time, and the
purchasers are moving this way, as -
also the survey Of the Pennsylvania
road on the west side. The building
of that road will witness the
initial development OF coal land
on that side OF the river,
so FAR as this County is concerned,
meanwhile the 3. 81 o., which is build
ing on this side, keeps steadily at
work and will have the extension CON-
plete in few months. The iron for
several of the bridges crossing
smaller streams has been arriving here
for several days. The work on
Cheat river bridge, at Point Marion,
has almost reached the finishing stage
in the masonery. Beyond Cheat there
is vet very little grading to do.
Huston & Domain have been awarded
the contract for constructing the two
big buildings to be used by the Far
rows gun works, which comes here from
Tennessee.
The contract for putting in new heat
Ing apparatus for the new scientific
building at the University was let to a
Pittsburg firm, which was lower than
any received from Huntington, PARK
ersburg or Wheeling.
Prof. Booke, OF the University law
department, has announced his sum-
mer law lectures, which have hitherto
been the means Of good preparation TO
young men who intend entering the
law school regularly. Or for delinquent
post graduates reviewed.
Another venture in the newspaper
business in Morgantown is to take place
June 1st. 1t is TO be called the In7e-
pendent and II is difficult to conjecture
lust what that means. Prof. Ogden
and Brown, of the University, and said
TO be the chief engineers Of the pros
pective moulder Of public opinion.
Hon. George c. Sturgiss has pur-
chased beautiful and salubriously
located residence at Mountain Lake
Park, and will remove there early in
May. 1t will be his summer residence
In the future. Mr.. Sturgiss has con-
cluded to remain and practice law in
Morgantown after some faithful Jeffer-
sonian and Groverian disciple is ap-
pointed to adorn himself in the District
Attorney toga, which Mr.. Sturgiss will
hand over as gracefully as he can. lie
has, however, been offered two tne
places as railroad attorney, which he
has declined.
Recorder John NJ. Gregg Is the father
of daughter presented TO him by Mrs.
Gregg last Sunday.
Miss Vaudelia Varnum, in the inter-
est OF the w. G. T. U. land Miss Var
num'S) is delivering 4 course OF lectures
on temperance and intemperance, which
are attended by large numbers or peo-
pie nightly. First one church and then
another is chosen for the delivery OF the
discourses. No appeal has yet been
made for the usually long list OF sigma
lures to en- indefinite contract TO total
abstinence, though it may be expected
now at any time, as considerable inter-
est has been aroused in her work. Miss
Varnum certainly succeeded in putting
talks on temperance out OF the dull and
improbable manner usually seen on
such occasions.a
Student George L. Bambrick, OF Han
cock county, has been down 70 Wash
ington looking after his chances to APP
pointment as Consul to southampton,
England.
The Odd Fellows fraternity celebrat-
ed last night in well arranged pro-
gramme, musical, dramatical. CASTRO
nomic and dansaute, this being the an
nual public function of that order.
Prof. Hopkins, entomologist at the Ex-
pertinent Station, is touring the
forests of the State and introduc-
ing the pine bark beetle
destroyers, the parasites which
he went to Germany in search OF, aud
which, by preying upon the destructive
beetles, will save the pine timber which
had been dying and for reason that
had been unacCountable till the cause
was sscertaaed by the scientist. Prof.
Hopkins returned from Europe last fall,
but it was not till this spring that the
German insects had multiplied TO a
number sufficient TO be introduced for
practical purposes.
Joseph Digs, Of Fairmont. AID Miss
Mary Law, of this place, were married
Tho hY1da hoe