Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-12
NEW MARTINSVILLE.

New Martinsville, w. Va, April IL
Mrs. Babe Clark and daughter, MISS
Georgia, were at Wheeling, TUESDAY
Capt. r. McEldowney was at MARI
eta Wednesday on legal business.
Miss Laura O'Conner, of Wheeling Is
the guest Of Mrs. Robert McEldoWney
Laurence Dana aud Eugene Marshall
of Marietta. we're calling on Irlends
here the first of the week.
Mrs R. Morris returned wednesday
from a three weeks visit 10 daughter
in Jackson county.
Charley Hall returned Saturday from
Marietta, where he was attending col
lege.
Miss Irne Clegg. of Oak, Ohio, is the
charming guest 70 Miss Daisy Mclntire
Isaac Cheering. a farmer living oppo-
scite our city, died suddenly Wednss-
day. A few friends had called TO see
him, and he was talking to them in the
best OF spirits. He left the room and
was found in the yard in a few min
utes afterwards, dead. Heart disease
is supposed to be the cause.
The steamer Evansville took A large
number of our young people to Sisters
Vile Sunday, on her excursion trip.
A building and loan association is be-
ing organized in our city. the incorp-
orators being w. MEG. Hall, J. w. HILL
R. E. Philips, B. NJ We,ch. Jacob
Koontz, H R. Thompson, J. w. New
man and Harry McEldowney. Capital
stock. $4,000
Fred Cartilage left Wednesday for
Little-on. where he will take charge Of
a farm for ]. w. Newman, Circuit Court
Clerk
Mrs David Robb, of Marietta, is the
guest of her sister, Miss Lecett Hart
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schlobohm, of
Franklin, Marshall county, were here
Thursday. They brought a daughter
for treatment to DR.. w. R. Curtis, of
Maple avenue.
Col. A. B. Moore, editor of the Wetzel
Republican. spent the last week in Ken
lucky looking after a valuable farm.
which he owns on the Tennessee river.
Z. B. SnOdgrass has moved his law Of
flee TO the ODER building on Main street.
The temperance lecturer. who con-
Quoted series of services free during
the week preceding the election. left
Monday evening, the town having vot-
ed wet" The result c. the election
was unexpected to the temperance ele-
ment, the town being dry since 1892.
TheNavago' 5 free show has been hold
ing forth at the Opera House since
Monday week TO large audiences. with
increasing popularity. 1t is under the
management of Dr. Silver.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slender entertain
ed select number of friends at their
residence on Maple avenue, Thursday
evening.
Col. Jacob KOohtz was at Wheeling,
Wednesday, on business connected with
the firm of Koontz & Phillips.
Judge T. p. Jacobs will leave Monday
for Middlebourne to hold the regular
April term of Circuit Court, which
opens Tuesday.
c. L. Williams. of Parkersburg. was
the guest of judge Umstead, Wednes-
day.
The following prominent business
men were registered at the Hill House.
Wednesday, c. F. Killmyer and @. P.
Klein, of Wheeling; A. A. Rawl. Of
the Philadelphia Natural Gas Company;
James P. Dunbar, Of the Ohio River
Railroad Company, and Robert Stealey,
Of Sistersville.
John Denney, the Main street mer-
chant tailor, was at Darlington the first
Of the week.
Messrs. Geo. Leichner, Bijah Potter
and Sam R. Wells took in the great oil
metropolis the first of the week.
Geo. w. Crawford, OF Bradford; z. =.
Thompson, of Chicago, and c. F. Feis-
ley we're among those who attended the
leap year ball at the Opera House Mon
day night
J. E. Mcdonald an attorney of East
Liverpool, O., was here Tuesday on L.
gal business
Col. L. NJ. Stephens leased 200 acres
Of land from Archilles Morgan for oil
purposes. This brings operations near
our city. The Colonel is slow about
taking hold but operations soon fol-
lows his leasing.