Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-04
DENwooD NEWS.

Rev. ]. S. Robinson. Of the NJ. E.
i church. left Monday afternoon for Grafton
] and Mountain Lake Park.
/ Miss Laura Dare, Of Benwood. left
yesterday 7Cternoon for bethesda, Ohio,
to visit friends for a few weeks.
/ The Lorcna Mandolin and Guitar Club
will picnic next Saturday at Whitman IS
grove
Misses Maggie Byrnes and Maggie
Brannon returned home yesterday from
Steubenville, after several weeks visit
with Miss Brannon's cousins, Misses Ada
and Gertrude CouiC.
Mrs B. +. Peabody Of Glendale. was in
the city yesterday. a guest Of relatives.
Mrs. j. NIcAdams, of Cadiz, Ohio. who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. Serig,
OF Main street. for the past several weeks
returned home yesterday morning.
l. o. o. r.. No. 40. of Benwood, gave a
banquet az their hall last Saturday night
en- honor of their brethren of Wheeling
and Moundsville.
Miss DIassie Altmeyer. OF sistersville,
returned home Monday, after q few days
visit with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. p.
Altmeyer. of Main street
Edward Fox. of Marietta, was in the
city during the past several days, and re-
turned home Monday.
Mrs. ThomaS Evans and Walter Green
wood arerru s,icaung at the Moundsville
camp sgSonds.
VEniam Rapier and wife returned Mon
ANY from New Matamoras.
Robert Robinson, proprietor Of the Rob
inson variety show. now making a tour
of this State, was in Benwood yesterday.
Ills mission here was q contract with
Atweu Y0st and William Burwinkle. two
amateur acrobadc artists who promise to
show the professional class a few new
manoeuvers of the agile vocation. The
party left yesterday evening for Little
ton. where the show is exhibiting this
week. Next week they viii open an en-
gagcment I'm Cameron.
Lee Worthington and Miss Florence
lIesser. Of Businessburs. Ohio, We're mar
ricd Monday afternoon at . o'clock by
the Rev j. $. Robinson. of Benwood NJ.
r, church at the Noundsvile court
house. The couple have the sincere
wishes of q large circle of friends for an
iutermiuabIe happiness in their new and
higher sphere Of life. Mr. and Mrs.
Worthington will make their abode at the
groom's residence on NIcNechen street.
Monday morning the Benwood plate
mill resumed after several weeks idleness.
The idleness was caused by the mems re-
fusaI 20 -ccept tho reduction. although
they have gone back under the lesser
scale. The break i'm the strike occurred
after q conference with President Hub
bard. which was held last Saturday. The
men could have taken no other step, when
consideration is yielded in regard to the
scale adopted at the Youngstown confer
ence. where the Amalgamated scale was
adopted for the coming year The pud-
-dlers are stiu out but may, in the near
future. come TO q similar agreement
David Evans. OF Main Street, has con-
verted the large stable in the rear Of his
residerce into a dwelling. which is now
occupied 10y William Chalk.
Knights of St. John viii give picnic
at Wniteman's grove the 18th inst.
Marshal Porterdeld is dropping many an
honest drop Of the precious salt water
these warm days in the preparation Of
the tax bills. The discount will be per
mitted until September
John Kennedy who has been given the
contract for the digging Of the artesan
wells for Benwood has just completed a
well for the Benwood Electric Light
Company. Work on the BenwoOd wells
has not yet been commenced.
A large number Of the Congratulatory
friends of Mr.. and Mrs Worthington
serenaded them Monday night in quite a
hilarious manner. The boys were armed
with every article imaginable. that is in
strumental in creating pandemonium. and
kept the ueighbors in the vicinity of Mr.
Worthington's residence in a state of per-
rlexi-N nrrn thaN ware forced 70 rebel.