The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-17
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Charles j. LaRoche, q music dealer OF
this city, who has been closing out his
store for some months past and who re-
Gently made an engagement with
Wheeling firm, was arrested here and
taken 10 Cincinnati on charge OF en-
bezzlement preferred by the John
Church company OF that city The
amount In the charge OF embeZzlement
Is SlS5. Mr.. LaRoche claims that the
company owes him more than that sum
and denies that he is short. He gave
bond in the sum OF $500 and was not
locked up, An agent OF the John
Church company was here for a month
or more looking up matters while the
music store here was being closed out OF
the larger instruments, At that time Il
was limited the amount was large and
much uneasiness prevailed among pur-
chasers Of instruments who had fully
paid for their pianos, but found they
were not SO credited upon the books OF
the company. These matters, so far as
known, have been fixed up, and the
sum named In the charge is only to
bring the whole matter to an issue and
! have a settlement In the, courts. The
! arrest here was made very quietly and
was kept so until he was arraigned In
Cincinnati, II did not come as sur
prise, as there had been some talk for
months, but 1t was supposed the short
ages had ben Strengthened up, since, Mr.
LaRoche made no effort to avoid the
responsibility. What the outcome Will
be remains TO be seen
The cast OF characters in the Scottish
Reformation" to be presented here
Monday and Tuesday evenings, and the
names OF the persons who assume the
role OF historical personages, are as fol-
lows: Queen, Mrs. r, c. Faris; Mary
Beton, Alice G. Bolen; Mary Seton, Ida
b, Sofiield; Mary Livingston, Mrs. Mar
tin Cowen; Mary Curl, Mrs. NJ. Josie
| Wilson; Mary Carmichael, Mrs, John
Heinleln; Hannah Kennedy, Pearl b.
Chambers; other lady OF the court, Ber-
| tie Scott; John Knox, John w. FISH
Darnley, g. L. McClelland; Stuart, Bert
| Hopkins; Letherington, j. Q. Land
! krohn; Erskin, ]. w. Rankin; French
minister, DR.. @. s. Starkweather; Span
ish minister, John Cooper; English no.
blemen, +. G. Barber and Robert p.
Lawrence; messenger, William Rial;
minstrel, w. l.. Mllllgan; priests, II. w.
Hemphill. II. p, Bamford, Lawrence Du-
BoIs; attendants, p. w. Miller, Harry
| OllNtT1 IT. II H 4NHl1hhI NbNht SNhNfsH
Inc Carroll, Frank Myers.
Their is not dlscouraging feature In
the Industrial outlook In this city or VI
cinity now. The factories, machine
shops, foundries, enameling plants and
other industries are all in operation, and
the new steel works, together with the
plate mill will start up next week. The
farmers are all well pleased over the
better prices they get for grain, wool
and other products of the farm. Many
OF the coal mines have resumed work
and all will be at II next week. There
will be work for everybody who wants
work and the people genrally are feeling
the good effects OF this splendid con-
dltion OF local affairs. The fault find
ing and grumbling Is confined to a very
few.
Mrs. Isaac Sucker and daughter and
Mrs. Wilson occupied a buggy on their
way to the Rock hill cemetery on
| Wednesday and in going down hill a
strap OF the harness broke, allowing the
buggy to run upon the horse. The AMI
nal began TO run away and the buggy
was upset, throwing the occupants out.
They were not seriously hurt, but the
buggy was badly damaged.
The county supervisors OF elections
will hold a short session in the city hall
tomorrow, relative to dividing the
township voting precinct.
Warren MIchner and Colly Corbett will
leave Monday for trip through Indi-
ana and Illinois. They will be gone a
week or ten days.
l.. Perry will have charge of the dane
ing platform on the commons on Eman-
cipation day, which Is next Wednesday
]. w. oberman and wife have return
ed home from Cleveland, where they
spent n week with relatives and friends
Mrs. L. s. Spears and children have re-
| turned from Moundsville, where they
spent a few weeks with relatives.
Miss Maude Dawson has returned
home to Martins Ferry after spending a
few days with friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hampton have
gone to Put-in-Bay and Cleveland to
spend few days with friends.
Mrs. T. B. Meeks. of slstersville, w.
Va, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John
Burrows, in the First ward.
A crowd of young people from this city
gave n picnic out the national pike yes
terday afternoon.
There will be dance in Armory hall
this evening, given by number OF
young people.
Miss Alice Aker. OF Baltimore, Nd, Is
the guest of friends and relatives in the
Second ward.
Miss Nellie Nolans, of Moundsville, is
tho guest OF friends and relatives in the
Third ward.
Carl Fletcher will leave next week for
Cleveland, where he has secured posi-
| ticn.
Miss Louisa Davis, Of the Fifth ward,
Is quite sick with typhoid fever.
Father Cauley, OF woods1eld, was in
| the city yesterday.