Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-23
PIEDMONT.

| Clarksburg, Tuesday, September Sth.
This order has made a large increase
in this State the past year.
The membership OF the Knights Of
Pythias, in West Virginia, made an n
crease the past six months OF over 500
Several new lodges were instituted and
others are being organized.
Abner Kight, VINO was so painfully
hurt recently near hear n Baltimore
| and Ohio freight wreck, will recover,
though he Will be badly SCARED for
life
A tramp in broad daylight entered
the house of Joseph Murray, a Balti-
mere and Ohio Waterman, and stole his
vest. containing a fine watch and chan.
| Another one raised a sash at the resi-
| dence of r. H. Pippin, and stole coat
and vest belonging TO his son, Elliott.
Joseph Paxton, OF Piedmont, was ar
rested in Westernport, Md, just across
! the Potomac river charged Win obtain
! ing money on false pret'nse and IoI-
gerry. he broke away from the officer
and ran over here and made his escape.
A new division of the Uniform Rank,
! Knights OF Pyth.as, has been organized
at East Bank, Montgomery, Point Pleas
ant and Wellsburg.
Nathan WaJurn, whose father re-
SIDES here, who is wanted al Weston on
! the charge of burglary, and who recent
/ ly broke Jail there. was arrested here
by special policeman Godfrey FranZen-
baker. Sheriff r. Addison Han and
J deputy r. II. Hall, of Weston, came
here. identified Wlburn, paid FTanzen-
/ baker for making tn arrest, went 10 the
| Kenney House and went TO bed. In the
morning il was found that the prisoner
had flown. The brick wall at the SIDE OF
the door was torn out, allowing him 10
crawl out. A large iron ball was at
tached TO his leg; the chain was severed
and the pail left. Wilburn used heaFy
oak plank from his bunk 10 break out
the bricks II is believed by some that
ne received material aid from OUTSIDE.
Sheriff Hall and deputy left for nome
"sadder, but wiser men.
Fifty fresh air children" from Bal
tImore are being cared for for TWO weeks
bv the members of Mt. Calvary Lutn-
an church.
A very serious epidemic of typhoid
fever is raging at Barton, Nd four
miles from Piedmont. Several deaths
have occurred. a Ike epidemic is rag
ing at Alexandria, ". Va, with numef-
Gus fatalities. and there are numerous
eases al Elk Garden, some OF Wl-c1
have proved fatal
lack Athey, the Keyser liveryman, so
seriously assaulted by a tramp FRIDAY
night last. is still alive, but may Ole. .
The tramp is still at Oakland, Nd rs I
sheriff Dixon is afraid 10 take him back 4
10 Keyser unll the excitement uIes /
down. TO-,
4 new Pv-hian lodge has been insu- /
.,-sd a. Pau-y Favette county, and one /
is being org u.zed az PoWeAton' anu al-
other al Mcdonald. same county
Miss Mamie Laucke, OF keyser' :
visiting her sister Mrs F. ". Ge''E' |
Miss Agnes Duyal. OF Baltimore IS /
The giles Of Mrs. L. B. Browne.
Mrs. Daniel Maloney Is al ho"-eS-
burg .,r.-.r %
Rro9k,vu. y. y. are guests OF the Luke .
Brothers. C.-
nellsyille Pa. ,....-
Mr.. and Mrs. Mann, OF Washington
are guests Of +. W. Getty.
Rev. Harry Boggs is spending TWO |
weeks at Baltimore. -,.--
Miss Elizabeth Winter. OF Nash-hs-
ton. Is the guest OF Miss h--]aOe'N (
Phleege-. ,.,-.- -
Nezsrs. Harvey Middleton ana !. \, \. /
KaIbaugh. Of Baltimore, were mere WAS .
week on railroad business.
Mrs Sainter and daughter, OF Pn..e-
da'phia, are visiting Mrs. W. X. WI /
- VIM. K!dlow has returned from f.
Fairmont and Will engage in the lie liz +
surance business. /
Rev. J. ". Lafferty and Dr. John T.
Daily attended the Winchester FFes'E-
terry at Romney this week.
Nr. and Mrs. R. T S0|"srs are +
home from Martins11-g.
Mr.. Thompson AMI VIE. OF Reading. /
Pa. are guests Of Mrs. CLAUDE OIe'-~-
p. c. Pr.tchard and Mrs. Bee .
Young. OF Laurel. Nj. are guests Cl /
Mrs. r. II. Whitworth.
can't. G.. ". Harrison and lady are /
visiting their daughter at Reading .
Mr.. and Mrs J. A. suter, Mr.. and .
lf-s 7. ?. Harrison, Capt. G. W. Har- /.
rison. NJ. and Mrs. Robert El-o,l' /
Misses Clarimond Woodrow ana Geor- .
r-a Johnson. and James and John MoG-
rlson. ATTENDED the theatre al CunOef-
land. Wednesday night
The B. & o. have placed cIuSAea .
rock in front Of their depot.
Preaching in he Presbyterian Church .
Sunday al 1880 q m. and 500 p. m.
hanging lamp in The Lutheran +
Church EXPLODED Tuesday night.
Rev. J. ". Ru,ier will conduct the
Y. ". C. A. meeting tomorrow AFTER
noon.
A son of E. ". Patton ran a splinter
through his eve destroying the sight
The 2. & O. received an So ton en-
cine this week. No 1000, the frs Of an
fns-aUment Of twelve from the Cooke
Locomotive n1d Machine Works, OF
Patterson. y. J. They viii all be used
on this division.
The TWO Methodist congregations VIII
worship together Sunday. al the NJ. Z.
Church in the morning, and Southern
a. night.
STEUBENVILLE.
s.eubenvire. o.. Aug. 22.-Nrs. G. y.
Riley and son Eugene are home from a
visit AZ Frankfort Springs. Roy and
Guy Yolton accompanied them here for