Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-09-10
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The citizens of this place contemplat,
| forming vigilence. as there are too man,
| tramps around at present, and If caught il
the act Of burglarizinG any of the homes Of
any citizen there is q probability Of dealing
out justice 10 some Of them at the end Of q
rope. There is time when forbearance
ceases TO be virtue. and that time has ar
| rived with the tramps that fnsest this
vicinity. Four OF the shirts belonging to
| MIR. b. b. McMechen, whicn were stolen
! from Campbell's barber shop, was found
back OF the Disciples church Saturday
| morning.
Large crowds went up 10 Wheeling
| Thursday and Friday TO attend the fair,
and returned home well pleased with the
! races and balloon ascension.
Mrs. Frank Faulksteln is visiting her
friends, Mrs. ]. E. Wsymsn aod Mrs.
Samuel Cooper, and is expected 10 stay
several day.
Some person or persons entered the bar
| Der shop OF j. Campbell and took four
shirts and half dozen of collars and cuffs.
II is supposed TO be the work OF some sneak
| thieves
Miss Ella Lemons, of South Main street,
is visiting her brother Ed Lemon, on Lin
| coin avenue, for the last several days. and
is expected 10 return home next week.
Mrs. Belle zimmerman, the daughter OF
that well known passenger engineer, w.
n. Johnston, is visiting many friends and
inspecting her new home which is In course
OF erection.
Quite Joke is going the rounds here
about. a well known railroad man who
moved from Wheeling several days ago,
aud it being late when his household goods
arrived that night, they made provised
bed on the floor. He being quite restless
during the night in the new house ne went
10 the window, and raising the window,
looked out snd his wife no
ticinG him all the time. At last she
asked I'm what was the matter, be said :;
What is the matter with the electric
light, they nevor did burn right anyhow"
His wife cnuga on right away, aud said,
Come aud go TO bed YOU are not in Wheel
ing" II was too good joke 10 keep, so
his wife told it TO some OF the neighoors,
some Of the railroad men began teasing
him.
John Cummins, the well.known passen-
ger engineer, ecame very near departing
from this world very suddenly on last Sun
day night MIR. Cummins In going out on
his run on train No. S, il being the double
header in passing through Board Tree tno-
mel which is 2, 400 feet long, was overcome
by gas and sulphur and for awhile II was
thought by his friends he would not pull
through, but after the proper restorstives
were applied, he came around ali right. IL
, was n close call for him, and the many
friends here and in Wheeling are glad 10
know that he is all right again.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi'
neers held an interesting meeting ut their
hall last Sunday. This Lodge OF d. /. r.
is improving very rapidly here OF late
With its present efficient officers II surely
will make Division 477 success.
Mrs. John Chaddock, the wife OF the
popular engineer on the Fourth Division
left last Tuesday evening for Galens, Ill,
where she goes 10 visit her parents, who
she has not seen for eight years. She Will
| be gone about two months, and on her re
turn her father, Louis Krshling, prom
inent citizen OF Galena, will accompany
her home
Frank Faulkstine. well known yard
engineer pm the B. * o., left for Chicago
TO visit the Worlds Feir.
A more Jolly crowd never left McMechen
than the Joe Keller Fishing ana Hunting
Club, composed of the following gentle
| men: Joe Keller, Joe Marpole and son
Ed, Rusty Strobe, Ed. Davis, John Lay
and Doc Keller, which goes 10 Winston
| four and half miles northwest OF Rosoy's
Rock. They will return in eight or ten
days.