Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-19
BELLAIRE.

occasions the Ola SOluleTS anu tHciI iduy
friends have had in years. Everything
done was improptu and voluntary Past
Commander Blowers, OF Wheeling, gave
| a pleasant chat and wound it up with
the roll call of his company in the three
months service. 1t was good exnlpl-
| ton of a wonderful memory. Com
mander Ebberts, of Martins Ferry gave
several songs, some new and appropri-
ate and others the popular odes. Com
mander Sells, of Bridgeport, gave an
Interesting talk. Mr.. Charles Milford,
of Buffalo, n. Y, gave rendition OF
Shamus O'Brien in excellent Irish
brogue Miss Elsie Lazure gave two
exceptionally good recitations. The
"WhistliDg Company" was well appre-
| ciated, as also was "And So Was l."
| Miss Anna Venison and Miss Anna
Schramm gave some nice vocal selec-
| tons. Then the feature OF the occasion
was the playing of the girls drum
corps. The crowd was highly charmed.
A minister remarked that he'd just like
to have his girl able to play the drum
| or fife as we'll as one of the little ladies
| in the corps. The district convention
| of the w. r. c. was a very successful
one. The visitors were fine body Of
| representative women of their COM
/ munities. The next session will be
| held at Marietta in April, 1897.
The lecture of Rev. S. r. Frazier, OF
Youngstown, on last Thursday even
ing on the Great White Loaf" is very
highly commended and spoken of as
being mastery effort. The Reverend
| is rapidly gaining an enviable reputa-
| ton as lecturer.
The dance at Armory Hall on Tues
day night is claimed to have been the
most popular and agreeable dance OF
the season, These boys know how TO
entertain. The supper at the Capitol
restaurant was another happy feature
of the occasion.
The Athletic Club dance Thursday
night made the boys all happy. About
sixty couple were present and all had
most excellent time.
On Monday night there will be pie
eating contest at the Option saloon, on
the corner of Bridge and Belmont
streets, T. Cook, proprietor. The pies
will be set before the contestants
promptly at p. m, and the one that
eats the most pies against the clock
strikes ten will win the prize, So bill
Some of the union stone cutters are
becoming quite wrothy because they
claim that the contractors are hiring
men at $3.50 per day while the wages
are 81 per day.
Mrs. Dr. Shallut, OF Steubenville, who
was a guest Of Mis-. Lee White, attend
ing the w. R. c. Convention, left yester-
day for her home.
E. T. Barnes, of Morristown; j. S.
Sullivan, of Columbus, and j. A. Bishop,
of Weston, w. Va, were guests OF the
Globe Hotel yesterday.
]. B. Rhodes, of GAINESVILLE. was in
Bellaire Saturday and registered at the
Hotel Anderson.
Miss Verona Jumps was fined S. and
costs, $1,000 in all, for disorderly con-
duct. She paid and went home. Mead
Hastings was continued under bond.
He gave bond for the continuance and
was released.
The play next Thursday night by the
popular Howard Wall Company is to
all?
There is a project on foot for a COM
pany to sink three test wells for oil on
Pultneg Bottom We only hope they
may find lots OF it.
The water works trustees met Friday
night and settled up the business of the
past year, paid off all bills and adjourn
ed. The new board then met, G. S. Jen-
nings retiring and D. T. Anderson TAX
ing his place w. S. Carroll was elect
ed President, NJ. Nelson, Vice President,
son, Superintendent of Lines, Joseph
Heatherington, engineer, and Thomas
Cochran, fireman.
Mr.. Louis Etzel, of Moundsville, is in
Bellaire on visit with his mother and
seeing his many friends.
The brickworks have had little bad
luck in breaking shaft that turns the
pans, forcing stoppage for few days
till repairs are made. They turned out
an average of $500 bricks per day last
week.
1t is said that prominent business
man was waylaid, sand bagged and rob-
bed of a small sum of money one night
last week. Wonder who?
Mr. John Mathews, formerly of Steu-
benville, died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Thomas Clergg, of the First
ward, Saturday morning, aged 81 years.
He has made his home with this daugh-
ter since he lost his wife, last Novem-
Der, and has been gradually sinking
from age and other infirmities for some
time. He leaves four children. The
funeral takes place on Monday. Inter
ment at Steubenville.
The brick works OF Bellaire have con-
tracted to furnish the brick for the new
Schmulbach hotel and opera house to
be built in Wheeling. II will take over
100000 brick to do the work. They
will also furnish the brick for the new
school house at Parkersburg. w. Va.
Mr. Louis Hogle is renovating his
property on Hamilton street, and thinks
OF going into business next month
The Colonial Dress party at the home
of Joseph Weyrick, Friday night, was
very unique and pleasantly successful.
All were dressed in colonial style, and
the son and daughter of the house add
ed much in the way OF entertainment.
There were large number OF the
Chautauqua Circle present and one or
two outsiders. Refreshments wore
served and much done by way of en-
tertainment by c. NJ. and Ada Weyrick
as to make such gatherings of this cir
Gle quite popular
Rev. John 7. Foster is home again
from short but nleasanf trim over into