Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-12-31
BELLAIRE

BELLAlRE
Four Of our old residents passed away
last week.-Dr VIM. McMasters, Mrs. A;
| W. Shepherd, Mrs. VIM. McFadden, ana
| Mrs. VIM. Risler. All OF them had resloeo
| in the city for years and had witnessed the
! growth of Bellaire from small town 10 q
city of IL, 600 inhabitants.
The Misses Olive, Sophia and Mamie
| Miller, of Gravel Hill, are wishing Irlenos
| at eubenville
Miss Rebecca Richardson, or Mckees-
port, Pa, is spending the holidays with ner
parents on Rose Hill
j. f. Francis, who has been confined TO
! his room for several weeks with muscular
rheumatism, is improving, and expects 70
| be out in few days.
The physicians nave been kept busy the
past week vaccinating school children.
Miss Belle Tucker. of the First ward, Is
visiting friends in West Virginia.1
Neither of our teachers attended the
county institute held at Woodsheld the
| past week.
The delinquent tax list covers ten col
umns of the st. Clarsville Gazette, and III
cludes number Of pieces Of property ID
this city.
The Belmont Turnverein will welcome
in the New Year by holding grand con-
cert at their hall tonight.
Watch meeting Will be held at the
| Church Of God, at Pinch Run, tonight 10
watch the old year out and the new year
| in.
One of our physicians says that the boys
] have not as much nerve as girls when II
comes to vaccination. OF the children he
vaccinated four boys and only one girl
tainted.
Mrs. Eliza Fowler, of GAINESVILLE, ac-
| companied by her son George, spent lew
days the past week with her daughter,
| Mrs. John Strable, Of the Third ward.
E.B Woods and family, OF st. Louis,
were the guests of o. p. Mason's family
! the past week.
Miss Jessie Butte attended the wedding
of her friend, Miss Grace Kelly, of Barnes
ville on Tuesday.
Prof G. w. Pierson and family, OF
| Glencoe, are visiting Mrs. P.'s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Giffen, of Rose Hill.
Lew Battelle and family, OF Pittsburg,
came down to spend part Of the holidays
with relatives and friends here.
B. L. Cockayne, Of Tiffin, formerly oil
| this city, has been in town for several
days, and will likely return here.
The family Of ]. NJ. McGinness, Esq, oil
Caldwell, are visiting Mrs. Me- parents,
Rev. and Mrs. VIM. Peregoy, OF the First
ward.
Hacketts Imperial Minstrels, who ap-
pear at the Elysian Theatre next Friday
and Saturday nights, is said to be the best
company of amateurs ever organized in the
! city A good show is promised, and the
| house will no doubt be crowded.
I Miss Ona Heaney, of GAINESVILLE, is the
| guest of her friend, Miss Alther, OF the
! Third ward.
The suggestion that candidates for the
| several municipal offices next spring be
| chosen on the popular vote plan seems TO
meet with encouragement throughout the
| city. The plan may be satisfactory way
| of choosing candidates, but If the people
show no more willingness 10 turn out and
| vote at such election than they do at the
! primaries, the candidates selected may not
! be the choice of the people. The old dele
| gate system is all right Il the people would
! take the proper interest In it.
MIR. and Mrs. Wood Darrah, OF Colum-
! bus, who have been visiting relatives in
this county, were in the city yesterday en-
| route home.
Miss Anna Hooten and Miss Maude JEFF
| ferson, of Moundsville, are the guests OF
Mrs. G. NJ. Weyrick.
Miss Anna Warnock, of Wanock, is the
| guest OF Miss Laura Dickens, Of the Third
ward.
Spangler Post and the Women's Relief
Corps have been invited to attend the open
| installation meeting Of the Post and Re-
lief Corps Of Benwood on January 10th,
! and quite a number of each organization
will attend.
Charles Hill, a printer, who works on one
Of the Wellsburg papers, was in the city
yesterday calling on friends.
VIM. McCulloch and wife. Of Short
| Creek, w. Va. have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. n, Weeks, Of the Second
ward.
The funeral of Mrs. w. H. Risler took
place yesterday afternoon, and was well
attended.
w. w. Watt, Esq, Of Jacobsburg,
Trustee Of the Childrens Home, was in
the city yesterday.
Our Pride Council, Daughters OF Lib
erty, elected new officers last night
Spangler Post and the Women's Relief
| Corps will hold an open installation of Off
GERS on January 18th.
John A. Neff. a prominent farmer Of
Richland township, was in the city yester-
day.
James Fittou, Jr, has invented a new
! device for burners for gas stoves, for
either natural or artificial gas, which is
! said TO be superior to anything on the mar
! ket James has inventive talent, and we
trust he struck something rich.
Il. T. Shoemaker and wife, Of Massil-
| lon. o., are the guests of Mrs. 5. S par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ogle, of Guern-
sey street.
w. F. Reece, of North Baltimore, o.,
! has been in the city for few days seeing
| old friends. Mr. Reece is Of the opinion
| that Bellaire has seen her worst days and
| nd arAfd he
| did a few years ago. enjoying many natu-
raj and acquired advantages.
The Misses Grace and Mary McCombs,
of Moundsville, are visiting their sister,
! Mrs. s. H. Criswell..
Rev. Welsh will fill the pulpit at the
United Presbyterian Church to-day, morn
| ing and evening.
Usual services will be held at the sew.
eral churches in the city to-day. New
| Years sermons will be feature st two or
| three of them.
Bellaire will start into the new year
with very encouraging prospects as to in
| dustrial establishments. A boom is not
| expected, but that the trade will steadily
| improve is anticipated by our people. The
| two proposed glass factories, about which
! so much has been said lately, can almost
! be counted on as a certainty. With these
and the factories we already have, all in
! operation, considerable more money will
| be put in operation and employment fur
nished all who desire TO work.
An alarm Of fire was sent in from the
| Second ward, about four o'clock last even
| ing. Several of the companies responded
| promptly, but no fire could be found. PEG
| pie should be careful about sending in
| alarms. The fire ladies are mighty good
in turning out, aud do not like 10 be fooled
John W. Coulson, Of Columbus, has
been in thecity the past few days.
! Frank Whitney, young Democrat o.
/ the Fifth ward, is a candidate for nomina
| ton for City Marshal
| BE. Cockayne. of Tifin, who has beer
/ visiting Charles Brockman, Of the Third
ward, returned home last evening. Ber
has many friends here.