Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-01
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Daily Chronicle of the Movements of Indi
viduals.

Mr.. ]. R. McCortney and family left
Monday for an extended trip abroad.
While away they will visit many of the
prominent cities of Europe
Mrs. Patrick Fitzsimmons. of Seven
teenth street is visiting her sister, Mrs.
John Toos, in Dayton, o.
Mrs. John Reed is down from Mt.
Lake for few days He viii return to
the mountains Saturday evening.
Mrs. Thomas Kennedy, Of South
Jacob street, is critically i'll.
Amos Winston, a conductor on the
street car line, who has been sick for
the past week and unable to work, was
able to be on duty yesterday.
A siX-year-Old child of w. c. Smith,
of South Wood street, died early We'd
nesday morning. Funeral arrange
ments have not as yet been made
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Fitzgerald of
Fifteenth street, leave to-day for At
lantic City, n. j., to spend two weeks.
Miss Bessie Jacobs. of the Island,
stenographer for c. A. House, is visit
ing friends at Limestone, w. Va.
Miss Pauline Allen, Of Washington,
D. c., is visiting friends in the North
End.
DR.. Oscar Burdatts returned home
yesterdays from two weeks trip TO
Atlantic City.
DR. Rau returned last evening from
Harper's Ferry, where he has been for
the past three weeks, the guest Of his
parents.
Mrs. Ernest Gashel, of Roney's Point,
is in the city visiting friends
Edward Martin, of the South Side,
will leave to-day for GAINESVILLE.
Last evening Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Riester entertained a large number Of
their friends at their home on South
Market street The evening was spent
in a social way, and az late hour re-
freshments were served.
Mrs. VIM. A. Sonderman, of South
Jacob street, who has been critically Ill
for several days, is able to be out.
Miss Kate Snyder. the efficient opera
tor at the South Side Telephone Fix
change office, who has been spending
several days with friends at Marietta,
has returned and tonight will so on
duty
Prosecuting Attorney John A. Howard
went down to Sistersyille yesterday on
legal business.
Miss Maggie Welsh, charming young
lady of New Martinsville, is the guest
of the family CT Mr. Andrew Slender, OF
Twenty-seventh street, South Side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Knole Of South
Eoff street, who have been the guests
of friends in Parkersburg for several
DAYS. returned home last evening.
Hon. J. B. Sommerville, and Gen AL
fred Caldwell were in Sistersville yes
terday on legal business.
Mrs. T. II. Jones and two sons. of
Chicago. are the guests Of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Chapman, Of the
ISLAND.
Hon. Septimus Hall returned yester-
dav from Niagara Falls, where he has
lust completed big land deal for John
y. Mccoy. of New Martinsville.
Through John C. Sriver, of Niagara
Falls. Mr.. Hall purchased for Mr.. Nc
Gov one hundred and siXty-siX city
lots in Niagara Falls City, and the in
dications are that the deal will realize
big profits fer the new owner, as the
use of electricity, generated from Mag
ara Falls, will shortly make the city a
great manufacturing centre Capt. j..
T. Jones, Of Sistersville, has also gone
into Niagara Falls real estate extern
sively.
Mr.. c. \. Robinson and family will
leave for Atlantic City to-day. M
Robinson returned from a flying trip
to New York yesterday.