Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-01
MOUNDS VILE.

Hon. F. p. Mcneil, of Wheeling,
was in the city on business yesterday.
Miss Bessie Knight is spending a
few days the guest of Wheeling
friends.
Mrs. William Catlett was at Wheel
ing shopping yesterday afternoon.
Harry Purdy leaves this week on
trip to points down the Ohio River.
Butch Harrison and wife leave in a
few days for Michigan, where they will
reside in the future.
Joseph Hausener. of Wheeling, was
here yesterday calling on his many
friends
Friend Cox left yesterday morning,
with his nephew, Willie Cox, for New
Athens, O., where they will enter coll
lege for this year.
Misses Pearl and lille Criswell
visited friends in Bellaire yesterday.
Miss May Hayes is home from an
extended visit to friends at West Alex
ander, Pa.
Dennis Rogerson and family moved
to Wheeling yesterday, where they
will reside in the future. The house
vacated by them here will be occu-
pied by John Sullivan and family, who
will keep a hotel.
John Kull and wife are home from
an extended trip to Buffalo, n. Y,
and Toronto, Canada.
J. C. Simpson, D. B. Evans and J.
Howard Holt, three well-known attor-
neys, were at Cameron yesterday,
where a number of liquor cases were
being heard by a justice of the peace
A man by the name Of Campbell
from Virginia, will open store in the
McFadden block in few days.
Miss Mary Bruce and Miss Shearer
have returned home from the seashore,
where. they spent nearly the entire
summer.
JohnA Burley was alta Cameron on
business yesterday.
Harold F. Rogers leaves next week
for Morgantown, where he will enter
| the State University for the fall and
winter terms.
Hess. McMullen & Co have sold to
| F. J. McMullen a lot in Purdy & Co. S
! addition to the city for $500.
Following is a list of the unclaimed
| letters remaining at the postofics
| during the past week: Wilma Burge
Viola Cox, S. P. Cramer, Maude
Gaults, Rosie King, Mrs. Lena Lynn,
Charles Miller, ]. w. Moffat, A. A
Mckelvey. Lucy Thompson and Mrs
Gertie Wilson ~.
A. E. Linch has traded his famous
horse, Regulator. to Charles Dean, OF
| Wheeling, for fine trotter which. SC
| far, has not been given mark but
can make the mile in 1925. Regulator
is in good shape this season and he is
expected to win several races where
he is entered.
v. A. Weaver has disposed Of his
lot in McConnell's addition to Mrs
Josephine Cox. Consideration. $3.50.
The Christian Sunday schools Of
Benwood, McMechen and this city viii
picnic on Friday at Belmont Park
Special arrangements have been made
/ to convey the people from here and al
are invited to attend.
The Junior Epworth League pic
nioked on the camp grounds yesterday
afternoon. The little ones were taker
over in hack and all had a delightful
time
The Mason child, which was so bad
ly cut by the colored boy Edwart
Jones, some time ago, was taken to thu
Jail yesterday to see his assailant. HI
recognized the fellow, and when Jone
saw the boy he began to cry like ;
baby. There is now hardly any doub
but what Jones committed the murder
of the other boy, but it is very hare
to say what punishment he will get.
Quite a large number of our people
will attend the races at New Martins
vile tomorrow. Usually every yea
the fair there draws good frum this
civ and this time is no exception.
T. Council meets tomorrow night in
regular session. There is nothing spe-
cial to be considered unless it is the
finance question.
Independent Hose Company met las
| night but nothing outside of the usua
routine Of business was transacted.
Yesterday the water works company
| had all the plugs and the stand pipe
| cleaned This is a move that should
have been done long ago, for the water
was so filthy that it could not be used
for cooking purposes. The stand pipe
has not been cleaned for over year,
and there is no wonder the people have
been disguised with the way things
| have been running. Probably now
| they will take more pains with their
property anu our people given ueceHl
water to use.
| The Epworth League will hold their
meeting tomorrow night little earlier
than usual so the members can meet
the excursionists from Wheeling who
are coming down on the Leroy.
The daily papers were two hours
late yesterday morning on account Of
the wreck on the Ohio River road.
Sheriff J. D. Porter, of Lincoln coun-
ty. brought two prisoners to the peni-
Tertiary this evening. One Of them is
Columbus Fry, under two-years' sem
tence for unlawful shooting. and the
other is George Smith, sentenced for
seven years for grand larceny.