Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-25

at inc MISUNDERSTANDING EVenCS
Etc.
This is Thanksgiving. and the day will
be generally observed as public holiday.
All the city and county offices. except, of
course, the police Office, viii be closed
throughout the day. there will be services
in the churches; matinee and night per-
formances at the theatres; Sunday hours
at the postofflce; the banks will be closed,
and several sporting events in the way of
foot ball games will attract large num-
beers of people.
Perhaps the leading event of the day.
from several points of view, will be the
flag-raising at the ST. Joseph's Cathedral
High School. An elaborate programme
has been prepared for the occasion, the
initial feature of which will be parade,
in which the following organizations will
take part
Drum Corps.
Companies A, B and c, High School
Cadets.
Benwood A. o. H.
T. Mullen Division, A. Q. II.
Parke Division, A. o. H.
Opera House Band.
Young Mems sodality, st. Alphonsus.
Parish Society, St. Mary's.
The parading column will form at Tween
ty-frst and Market streets at 1 p. M.
sharp, and will march over the following
route: North on Market to Tenth, to
Main, to Twelfth, to Eoff. to Fourteenth,
to the new Cathedral High School, where
the programme of exercises will be as
follows:
Patriotic Selection, Band
oration.;. 80, W. P. Hubbard, Esq.
ol 49,. Pupils of the Cathedral Schools
chorusM"Coiumbfa 49,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Pupils of the Cathedral SCHOOLS
Presentation of Flag. Observation-Disclosures.
BY the Young Ladies of B. v. NJ. S;
cnorusm;.star spangied banner -.
...... Pupils of the Cathedral Schools
Raising of Flag.
$ Finale. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ie- Deum
Mr.. B. Bach will be chief marshal of the
parade, and has appointed the following
staff:
Chief Marshars Staff-Frank Healy.
William Shaw.
Aides-A. T. Gefaghty, M. Dolan, M. S.
Deegan, NeiH Quinn, A. o. H., Of Ben
wood; James Fitzgerald, Charles Ross,
Ed. Miller. James Rafferty, and Pat Burns,
of Mullen Division; A. Manley, j. w.
Kemple, James Filan, Geo. A. Miller of
Parke Division; Edward Bach Frank
Weide, of the Young Mems Society of ST.
AIphonsus; August Trabert, John Foose,
Jacob Dexi, William Kirchessner and w.
J. NoIte, of ST. Alphonsus Society.
At the North Street NJ E. church to-day
there will be a Thanksgiving prayer and
praise sc rvice from to $50 a. m. An ex-
tensive and varied programme will be CIV
en-, and original papers will be read, as
follows: 1.-The Origin of Thanksgiving
Day." by W. A. Wilson; Its Meaning"
by William Morgan! why 1t Should Be
Observed by e. G. Mossburg; How 1t
Should Be Observed, by A. r. Cham
bers. There will also be a series of read
ings and de clamations, interspersed with
good music
Rev. Chas. B. Austin, the new minister
for the Vance Memorial Church, will
preach his initial sermon as the regular
minister at the Thanksgiving service to-
day at 11:20 a. m. A large attendance is
expected Mr.. Austin, with his family
arrived ON Tuesday and received a warm
welcome by his Pensioners.
The services at ST. Matthews p E.
church, this morning viii be particularly
interesting. The church has been mag
nificently decorated for the occasion, and
visitors will be delighted and surprised.
About the chancel will be found wheat
and grapes, typifying the bread and wine;
at the pulpit and about it are grouped
all the productions of the orchard, farm
and garden, illustrating plenty, and the
general decorations are handsome and eff
fective. The service will take place at
1890 and there should be large congre-
cation.
The congregations of the First, Second
and United Presbyterian churches will
unite in services this morning at the U. p.
church. The sermon viii be by Rev. j. II.
Littel, of the United Presbyterian church,
and he will be greeted by a very large
congregation.
The congregations of the First English
Lutheran, First Baptist, First Christian
and Chapline Street NJ. E. churches will
unite in worship at the First Christian
church, where the sermon will be preach
ed by Rev. w. H. Anderson, pastor of
the Chapline Street NJ L. church.
AT the Cathedral this morning at 9
O'Clock there will be a decided religious
innovation in the shape of solemn mil
itary high mass. in which the Cathedral
High School Cadets will take prominent
part. The sermon will be by Rev. Father
McDermott, of Holy Ghost College, Pitts
burg.
There will be appropriate services at st.
Luke's p. E. church, by Rev. DIR. Brit
tingham, the rector, and at Fourth Street
church by Rev. Sooy. the pastor The
congregations of Wesley NJ. E. church
and of the First Presbyterian church will
unite.
There will be a big crowd at Wheeling
Park this afternoon, where a fine deer
lunch has been provided for all Corners
and where prize bowling will occur. In
vitations have been sent out. but the gen.
eral public will be welcome.
Tonight, at Turner Hall, there will be
an exhibition game of basket ball, Turn
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