Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-07
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Sistersville-A Wheeling Morning Paper
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OF the Hustling Oil Town

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SistersviIle-A Wheeling Morning Paper
Given Unreliable Subtitle LEGAL New
OF the Hustling Oil Town.
! Special to the Register.
Sistersyille, w. Va, November g.
There appeared in a Wheeling paper
this morning a report of the election
which took place here yesterday for The
issuance of bonds TO erect a new schoo
house. The report said that the cleo.
tion was a great Republican victory fol
| improvement. The fact OF the matter
IS: In the first place the report is yer!
misleading and unreliable, and in the
second there is no truth in it, There
never has been, in the history of the
/ town, any politics whatever mixed up in
/ the school affairs, and the election yes
/ terday had no political significance
( whatever. The vote was as everybody
/ expected, in favor of the issuing OF
bonds, and the issue carried by a good
IImajoyity, there being only 10 votes
against it out Of almost 300 pOlled in the
city.
J. X. Beatty, one of the superintend-
ents of the Philadelphia Gas Company
is here on business connected with his
company.
Mrs. Stoddard, Of New Bedford, Mass.
| is here, the guest of her son. who is
working for the Mountain State Gas
| Company.
Thomas Williams, one Of the Airing
ton hotel force, went 10 his home in
Martins Ferry, O., yesterday, to vote.
w. S. Downtain, Of Huntington, for
merly one Of the pToprietors of the Ad.
vertiser. OF this city, is registered at
the Wells.
Ben S. Baer, of Wheeling, was in the
city yesterday afternoon and left in the
evening for Waverly. where he has ex-
tensive interests in oil territory.
3. FOrst. an extensive and prominent
oil producer, Of Pittsburg, is in the city
on business.
Thomas B. Sweeney, a prominent in
surance man Of Wheeling, is in the city
on business.
E. J. a. Drennen, of Martins Ferry.
o., who is interested in the Dog Skin
field, is in town.
James Garland, Pittsburg, of Hays &
Garland, extensive operators in this
field, is in the city on business.
J. S. Richards has accepted a lucra-
tive position in Bradford, and will move
there with his family in the near fu-
ture.
Charles Holsworth, proprietor of the
Belmont restaurant, has a bran new
boy at his home over by the depot
Rev. Roberto. Smith. of Parkersburg.
L. har fcr ha - HI
duct special services at the Baptist
Church.
Rev. Father BOutlou. of Wheeling,
and Father O'Kane, of Moundsville, ar
rived in the city last evening, and are
calling on the local parishioners.
Miss Nettie Garrison. of New Martins
vile, is in the city the guest OF friends
for a few days.
EX-MayOr Chas. Seabright. of Wheel
ing. is in the city and is the guest of his
old friend, Eph Wells
w. R. Dellard. of Richmond, is reg
istered at the Wells.
George l. DufOuT, of Bradford. Pa,
a well known oil man, is in the city.
J. J. Mead, prominent lumber man
Of Pittsburg. is in the city on business.
Several important real estate trans
fers are scheduled for the next ten days
Capt Bob McEldowney, of New Mar
tinsville. was in the city on business
Tuesday.
Messrs. Pomeroy and Stewart have
commenced the erection OF a large dwell
ling house on Hill street.
Howard Kerr and l. C. MCGEE. O.
East Liverpool. O., arrived in town to-
day with three cars Of fall apples They
are registered az the Whiulesey.
F. D. Young. ESQ, was in Wheeling
yesterday on business.
Attorney Strickland. Of Middlebourne,
was in the city Tuesday.
A. F. Burns. of Pittsburg, is here
looking after some oil territory.
c. X. Clark has returned from trip
10 Wheeling and Pittsburg.