Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-08
TERRA ALTA.

Our trout law ran out March LIST.
| SDeckled beauties in mountain streams
had better "bide a wee"
/ A great many Improvements are be-
Ing made in the Huntington Hotel.
Esquire Jno. n. Hill has removed his
| Office from his building on Railroad
street to the old Smith House, on cor
uer of Main and State streets.
@. NJ. Metheny made a flying trip to
/ ROwles0urg, on business, Friday last.
The sunday Register is becoming
/ quite a favorite among Terra Altans
thornton Benton is the hustling young
/ asent at this place.
Mrs. 5. z. Shirer and son, Ernest,
were Terra Alta visitors on Wednes-
\ day. the guests Of Editor and Mrs. G.
/ A. Baden.
Postmaster P. A. Fox was too i'll on
/ Wednesday to attend to the Office o.
/ c. Crane, assistant cashier in the Terra
( Alta bank. filled Mr.. Fox's place
c. (. Burke, foreman in The Oracle
Office VINO was i'll for over a month
| with pneumonia fever is again at his
post.
Mr.. Chas. Hewitt, telegraph lineman,
who fell on the railroad some time ago,
/ sustaining injuries which laid him up
/ for several weeks. is again on duty.
Our young people who have dramatic
ability are rehearsing the pretty dra-
ma, Hickory Farm" which will be
given here about March 2Sth. as a ben
eft for a prominent secret organiza
/ ton.
Miss Kate Sheridan, the charming
n - NTr nj q DoT -
I spending the present week with rela-
tives in Oakland.
Mr.. Geo. VI. Ridenour has opened a
tin shop in the w H. Glover building,
on Washington street
Some time ago a counterfeit half dol
lar was passed on Agent Jno. R. Wal
/ ker, of the B. & o. r. R.. which is one
/ of the best limitations that has ever
| come under the notice of your corre-
/ spOndenC Since then several counter
/ leits OF the same denomination have
been detected in circulation here All
bear different dates.
A branch broken from a chestnut
/ tree, growing on a ridge near town, on
/ Monday last, contained a bead OF ice
six inches long. four inches deep and
/ p
I outer edge was as sharp as a knife.
The whole tree contained the same
phenomenal gathering Of ice, caused by
the rain and sleet Of the preceding
night.
A young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Heath OF ROwlesburg, was burned to
death on Saturday of last week. The
child had. in some manner obtained a
few matches and in playing with them
one exploded, setting fire to her cloth
ing. The funeral occurred on the fol-
/ lowing Saturday.
Squire Joseph A. Miller, of Tunnel
/ ton. Messrs. Geo. A. Walls and VIM.
VI. Shaeffer. of Kingwood, all promi-
nent candidates for the Office of Clerk
/ 10 the County Court were Terra Alta
visitors on Thursday and Friday.
They were looking up their different
| supports at the Commercial Centre"
Of the county.
Thomas Ashley, an old and highly
respected citizen Of Garrett county,
Md. died at his home near Crellew. on
I Thursday Of this week. and was buried
on the home farm yesterday. Mr.. Ash
| ley was one of a set of triplets, born Sc
/ years ago One of the trio died in his
boyhOod. and one-Wm. Ashley-yet
remains. William is quite hale and
/ hearty. The Ashleys are very prOmi-
nent people over in our sister county of
Garrett.