Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-09-19
EiOUNDSVILLE.

Miss Eta COPYRIGHT arrived home
last evening from Grafton, where she
has been living.
Misses BERTHE and Eva Hall and
Pearl Criswell arrived home yesterday
morning from Warrington, where they
have been visiting the past two weeks.
Miss Jennie Halpin is at Warrington
visiting friends this week.
John J. Coniff, an attorney &c
Wheeling, was in the city yesterday
on legal business.
Miss Effle Evans returned yesterday
morning from visit to friends at
Easton.
Misses Agnes, Kate and Mary Hal
pin leave tomorrow for Williams
town, where they will open mill
linery store.
George W. Bowers, a prominent citi-
zen of Liberty district, was in the city
yesterday on business
Joseph Bloyd came home yesterday
from weeks visit at Marietta.
Miss Bertha Resmyer is home from
an extended visit to Wheeling friends.
William Mallory and wife and Miss
Ida Bryson left yesterday afternoon on
a weeks visit to Pittsburg friends.
Wilfred Hendricks, one of the gang
arrested at Benwood for being impli-
Gated in the stealing of coal from the
b. & o., was brought here yesterday
and lodged in the county Jail. The
other members of the Klondike Coal
Company have not been apprehended
as yet.
Samuel Cox, who has been very i'll
with typhoid fever for some time past,
is much improved at this writing.
An infant child OF Mrs. Ed Peters
was buried yesterday morning at ten
o'clock.
/ Patrick Murphy, Of Cameron, was
| in the city yesterday.
H. NJ. Salters, who has the contract
for the painting of the county bridges,
commenced work yesterday. While on
| the top of the scaffolding he lost his
| balance and fell to the ground below,
| spraining his ankle. DR.. States was
| summoned and the injured man was
taken to his home and will be all right
again in a few days.
| The famous trotting horse Carrie
i McGregor, which took second money
in two races at Marietta last week, will
be taken to Baltimore this week,
where she is entered in the races
| there. This horse is in charge of Robt.
| Crawford, of this city, who will drive
him in that city.
Hess & Fisher, the well known plan
ing mill men, are having their Office
improved by treating it to a coat of
paint and new sign painted on it.
The new National Guard company
was instituted in this city on Friday
night with membership of As. Col
c. L. Smith of Fairmont, was here
and named r. n. Humphrey as cap
tain; A. L. Hooten, first lieutenant;
and c. w. Conner, second lieutenant
| Following is a list of the names now
on the list: c. w. Broutner, J. F.
Clegg, j. F. Clemens, C. w. Conner
Pierce Conner, VIM. Conner, VIM. H
Conner, j. NJ. Donley, E. l.. Donley
c. E. Evans, j. NJ Flanagan, John
Fry, Cwrus Grandon, A. l.. Hooten
r. n. Humphrey, A. e. Keyser, Thos
kidder, VIM. A. Kidder Charles Kull
Edward Letton, VIM. G. Lutes, Johr
A .Mangold, A. T. Martin. l.. P Martin
c. 0. Morgan, Harry E. McGill, j. w
Nelson, S. H. Parkinson, Nj. H. Price
II. L. Purdy, J. e. Purtman, j. E. Rob
erts, H. M. Salters, c. NJ Scroggins
I. j. Steele, l.. l.. Stidger, William E
Stultz, c. o. White, T. L. Wrigh4 R
c. Yoho, Elias Charlton, David T
Burton, James Kidder, ]. NJ. Ritz
VIM. F. Taylor. Hhe head officers are
ordered to report at Charleston to-
morrow to receive instructions from
tn" State Acknowledgement.
The item in yesterdays paper in re
garu TO a dance being given by Miss
Lottie Hunter in honor of seyera
Wheeling boys is without any foun
dation whatever. party whose
name is withheld sent the item to tn,
Office and it was evidently a littl,
spite work. The local reporter of this
city had no hand in the article ant
there was no dance given.
The ladies of the W. c. r. Z. are
making arrangements to entertain th'
delegates to the State convention
which is to be held here from Septem
Der 29th to October list. Several en-
tertainments will be given and likel,
the city will be decorated for the oc
casion.
Rev. S. ]. Cotton will preach a spe
cial sermon to the members of the
O. o. F. lodge at the NJ. E. churcl
this evening. At the other churche
the regular services will be held
There has not been a game of has
ball which attracted so much atten
ton as the one played by the news
paper and professional men Frida.
afternoon. Every player in boil
teams were stiff and lame yesterday
and it will be several days before the,
get over the affair The defeated
team is giving several reasons for it
downfall, but the truth of the matte
is that they were outclassed. Just a
soon as they can get another good clul
together the winners will take an
other chance at them.
School opens tomorrow morning
and it is expected that the list of chill
dren will be much larger than at thu
opening last year. All the improve
ments around the building have beer
completed and the ground around thu
place presents very attractive ap
pearance. The teachers are ordered
to report at o'clock to receive tht
usual instructions from the principal
R. c. Dakan, a we'll known mer
chant of Rosby's Rock, was in the cit!
yesterday.
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