Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-07
NEW MARTINSVILLE.

New Martinsville, June 6.-Rector
Brooking and wife and Mr. and Mrs. >.
B. Hall attended the Episcopal Council
at Moundsville this week.
Mrs. j. E. Bartlett was calling on
friends at Wheeling Monday.
Miss Dosie McIntire was The guest OF
friends at Sistersville Tuesday.
M. B. Potts the well known tin and
slate roofer of Main street, closed a
large contract at Sistersville Tuesday,
A Democratic District Convention was
held at the Court House Saturday, and
delegates appointed to attend the
Clarksburg delegate convention.
Forest Lawther and Jacob Abersold
students at the State University came
home Friday.
William and Charley Abersold, OF
Pittsburg. were visiting their father,
Felix Abersold the first of the week.
Miss Mable McComar, of st. Mary's,
is calling on friends in town.
w. S. Wiley, editor of the Wetzel
Democrat, and president of the Wetzel
County Bank, attended the Bankers
Association at Fairmont this week.
C. w. Barrack, accompanied by his
sons. Paul and Grover, visited Sisters
willie Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Souter. OF Wheeling,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. joseph
Slender. of Maple Avenue.
Mrs. Lou. Swaney, of Pittsburg, Is
visiting her father, N. Bandi.
Cards are out for the wedding OF
William Fitch to Miss Anna Lowther'
daughter of DIR. f. P. Lowther. This
happy event takes place June 18th.
MIR. and Mrs. DR.. Caddle entertained
the members of the Terpsichorean Club
Friday evening.
Mrs. Henry Koontz, OF Maple Avenue,
entertained a number of ladies Tuesday
evening in a very pleasant manner.
The members OF the Christian En-
deavor Society gave festival at the
Relleview Restaurant Tuesday evening,
which was a success financially.
Col. L. NJ. Stephens, took in the Wa
verify oil field Thursday. The Col. will
be before the Democratic primary as a
candidate for legislative honors and has
the best wishes Of his numerous friends
throughout the country.
Big" John Smith a well known oil
operator of Doddridge county, spent
the week here.
A we'll in Doddridge county in which
Col. l.. NJ. Stephens, Mont Burrows and
a number of our citizens are interested,
came in a buster. Another we'll will be
drilled soon on their territory.
Jack Mathews. of Moundsville, was
here this week looking to his fences in
the Senatorial contest before the Repub-
lican convention.
c.. C. Martin, of Parkersburg, was call
ing on his brother S. r. Martin Wednes-
day
Thursday morning Charley Lewhue
and Thomas Suter brought to jail a
man who. with three others, blew open
the safe in the Proctor mill. He was
shot in the right hip. DR.. Young made
an unsuccessful attempt to extract the
ball
The Alpha Oil Company's we'll on the
HUFF farm was drilled in Thursday and
is a buster.
Judge Jacobs left Friday for Dod-
bridge county. He will return by Mon
day.
The town council has ordered spe-
cial election to be held July 9Th. upon
the question Of issuing bonds in the
sum of S10.500 to be used in construct
ing a water works for the town.
The Republicans of Magnated Dis
trict held a convention to-day to elect
delegates to the various conventions.
Much interest is being taken in the ju-
dicial convention and il is thought that