Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15
NEWS OF BELLAIRE.
a Resume of Days General Happenings
in the Glass City.

in the Glass City.
William Prior, local manager Of the
Ohio Valley Telephone Company, went
to Cincinnati yesterday On the excur>
sion.
John Pryor went to New Martins
vile yesterday on a visit.
Sherman Yates, of Passedina, CAL,
and John Maryland, of Colerain, o.,
were visiting their cousin, Mrs. Ada
Porterfeld, on Friday Mr.. Yates was
on his way home from Boston, where
he was attending the Conservatory OF
Music, where he was receiving instruc-
ton as tuner.
A. L. Johnson, the blacksmith Of the
Belllaire Carriage Works, had his right
arm badly broken yesterday by kick
from a horse. DR.. Hustled extracted
seven splinters Of the bone from his
arm.
J. A. Green, wife and daughter, are
visiting in Cincinnati.
Mrs. A. J. Holt and children are in
Greenfield, o.
Mrs. Isaac Friese and Mrs. Levi Tar
bet were among the departures yester-
day for Cincinnati
Misses Maud Potts and Mary Saun-
ders are home from trip to Bay
View, Mich.
Miss Lizzie Lowe, Of Moundsville,
and Miss Winifried Boring, Of Phila-
delphia, are guests of Mrs. Asa Meeks.
George w. Yost and wife returned
from a trip to the lakes Friday night.
Mrs. James 7. Kelly and daughter,
Miss May, and Mrs. Joseph Clements
and daughter, Miss Marie, went to
Cincinnati.
Among the departures over the Ohio
River road yesterday for Cincinnati
were Allie Ritz and wife, Alfred En-
cry, wife and daughter, Mrs. William
Daugherty, Mrs. William Bamford,
Miss Beckenstall, Mrs. Carroll, Will
liam Love. Frank Tallott, Fred KEN
pie, Mrs. William Brickenstein, Miss
Tillie Braley, Thomas Mahoney, Frank
Myers Alfred Schindewolf, John Addi-
son.
Henry Tampe, T. H. Thornton, w.
H. Kramer and wife, were among
about twenty Bellaire people who went
on an excursion to Cleveland yester-
day over the c. & P. road. They will
return tomorrow.
The Cleveland and Pittsburg road
will run an excursion to Cleveland
next Sunday at the remarkably low
rate of $3.50 for the round trip. This
will be the lowest rate that has ever
been given to Cleveland from Bellaire.
Parties going on the excursion will re-
turn the same day and will have about
eight hours to remain in Cleveland.
Miss Lydia Simmons gave a trolley
party Friday evening to the members
of her Sunday school class.
Miss Mamie MCGOWAN has been the
day operator at the Bell Office during
the absence Of the regular operator,
Mrs. Colts, at Atlantic City.
John Lynskey, brother of Lieut.. Lyn-
skey, captured ON Friday evening one
of the largest blac&Snakes ever seen in
this section. 1t measG>ed just seven
feet two inches. This fact is corrob-
grated by a number of other parties
who have seen the snake. Lynsky
saw the snake with part of its body
in the hollow trunk of tree and the
rest wound a round the trunk. He was
afraid to tackle it, and securing a
gun from Ohcer Ike ShlelGS, or Wneel-
ing, he returned to the place, just west
of town, and killed it after firing sew
eral loads. A party went out to the
spot yesterday afternoon to burn down
the hollow tree, as it is supposed to
contain at least more than one snake.
Lynskey has the remains of the snake
still in his possession and will pre-
serve it for exhibition.
The opera season will open on Sep
TENDER 18th with AL Fields Darkest
America" at the Elysian Theater.
A large force of men are pushing
the extensive improvements az the
steel works and the entire job is eX
pected to be completed by September
10th.
The Barnard Brick Works was put
up for sale yesterday. but there were