Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-08
the guest of Mrs. Key. of the Third

is the guest of Mrs Key, of the Third
ward for few days.
Mr.. r. NJ. Gilleland has gone to Ems
worth to be at the bedside Of his mother,
who is reported as being at deaths door.
Mrs. R. Johnson is already there. and Mas
ter James G.. johnson will go up to-day.
Mr.. Samuel Crayton. of Findlay, O., is
the guest of R. Johnson, of the Fourth
ward.
Fred Eberle expects to go to Pittsburg
this week TO work at railroading.
Mr.. George Metz and Will Payne attend
ed masquerade at the home of Miss Ruth
Hall, Market street, Wheeling.
Mrs Thomas Boyce. who has spent the
last two weeks visiting in Bellaire, re-
turned to her home at Gas City Friday.
Mr.. Guy Finch. of Ambler,i was calling
on Bellare friends yesterday.
Mr.. McComas, of Colerain township. that
staunch old Democrat, was the guest of
]. w Shields last Thursday.
James Lee and wife and Thomas Lee REL
turned home from Newark yesterday, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rolf were called
home on account of the death of Albert's
mother in Wheeling
The ball given by the Progress club last
Tuesday night was a very pleasant one
and everybody seemed to have a splendid
time
Jesse Steel. Of Rose HILL was dangerous
ly injured by falling through an elevator
way while at his work in the Benwood
steel plant Friday night He was brought
home unconscious, but his physician has
strong hopes of his recovery.
AL Archer and wife, of Chicago juno
ton. have returned home after a very
pleasant visit among friends.
The Crystal glass works. of Bridgeport,
expect 10 have the second furnace in oper-
alton shortly. This is good factory for
Bellaire as a large number of residents
work there. and putting on the second fur
mace will double the employees.
Ed Smith mashed two of his fingers by
hitting them with hammer while at
work in the boiler works.
One of the big society events of the pasa
week was the literary entertainment and
banquet at the /. o. o. f. Hall on last
Wednesday night. The entertainment
consisted of music, vocal and instrumental,
Rotations and addresses. Miss Nichol-
son and Joseph Heatherington gave some
very fine songs. The violin club rendered
some beautiful selections. Also the Span
ish Star mandolin club assisted The
Misses Myers gave several duets on the
violin. also some rotations Addresses
were given by II. L. Bumgarner and II.
e. Armstrong. T. c. Nicholson was mas
ter of ceremonies. The banquet was rich
and bountiful and enough was left to feed
a hundred people after all were surfeited.
Mrs. Clouse presided over the Ice cream.
Mrs. Robinson over the coffee, Mrs Por-
terfield over the oysters and Mrs. Lancas-
ter over the dishes. The o. L. A. NJ fur
nished the walters and attended to the
wants of the hungry. All were filled-well
filled-and looked happy. It was an occa-
sion long to be remembered by the o. L.
a. NJ
The entertainment given on Thursday
night in the Christian Church was wit
messed by 500 people and all pronounced It
excellent and interesting. The refresh
ment stand was well patronized and
neat little sum was realized.
The social gathering at the Windsor Ho-
tel Friday night, when some Bellaire gents
entertained an equal number from st.
Clairsville, was a very pleasant occasion.
The time was spent in convert ton and
card playing, pedro being the game. The
visitors were the victors. At midnight
splendid supper was placed before the
crowd and they seemed by their actions to
fully appreciate the substantials and del
icacies which were before them. This was
a purely social gathering and the courte-
sizes rendered by the hotel people were
party what made it such a browning sue
cess.