Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07

| tions have been made by the circle fol
| this event, and everybody is invited tc
come and spend a pleasant evening.
| Neat invitations have been issued an
nouncing the dance to be given at the
| Opera House next Friday night by the
| Klondike Club. Good music will be il
attendance and the boys at the head Of
| the affair expect TO have very large
| crowd present.
| In Circuit Court tomorrow the case
of James Edward Jones, the colored boy
who it is charged murdered Stanley
Mason, will come up for trial.
| The management of the Opera House
! is trying to secure the noted pugilis
| John l.. Sullivan and his specially
| company.
Last evening another delightful con.
! cert was given at the Paris Institute
Miss Hattie C. Sweeney and Miss Nc.
Intire, of Wheeling, contributed TO the
programme and everybody enjoyed the
| entertainment. Next Saturday another
concert will be given with a change oil
| programme.
! The usual services will be held by
| the Christian Endeavor Society on
next Friday night. At that date the
| time for holding another social will
| also be announced.
Work on the new addition to the
penitentiary has been at a standstill
during the past few days for want OF
stone.
The usual services will be held at all
the churches to-day, including the
United Presbyterian exercises at the w
c. T. U. hall.
The glass house the past week has
had very steady run and the new
! manager, Scott Littleton, is fast learn
ing the duties of his new position. The
plant has many large orders ahead and
long and steady run is looked forward
to by the employees of the concern.
The Gallaher and Parkinson base ball
clubs cleared about $40 on their dance
held at the Opera House on last Friday
night The same organization will
give another ball on New Years eve.
The past week j. c. Simpson, who
has held the position of postmaster
here for four years, gave way to A. E.
Linch, the new man. During Mr.. Simp-
sons time in public service the Office
was never in better hands, and the best
of satisfaction given all around For
the present the two old clerks will be
retained by Mr.. Linch, and will afford
the patrons of the office the same good
service as has been enjoyed in the
past.
United Presbyterian services will be
held this afternoon at the w. c. T. U.
hall by Rev. H. S. Boyd, of Bellaire,
Ohio
S. NJ. Cunningham was at Cameron
on business yesterday.
j. M. Williams, a former guard at
the penitentiary, has secured a posi-
ton at the Wheeling steel works at
Benwood, and will begin work to-mor-
row.
Two more prisoners were received at
the penitentiary yesterday from the
lower end of the State This makes
the list now $50, and at this rate the
number will soon be up to where it used
to be.
1t is not often that Moundsville peo-
pie do any strong kicking, but unless
the local street car company discon-
tlnues using the open cars while the
weather is so cold there will be war
The line has closed cars, or at least they
should have, and it is to be hoped that
some sort of accommodation will be af-
forded the public or the steam roads
may get the travel back again.
The first Of the month the new hook
and ladder will arrive here and as yet
there is no place to keep it. Our city
Council is aware of this fact, and steps
should be taken at once to either build
a shed or rent a building. The truck
should be kept in the Second ward, and
some action should be taken before the
same is unloaded from the cars