Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
MOUNDSVILLE.

Melvin Criswell, Of Pittsburg is
visiting relatives in the city this week.
William Marshall, superintendent
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, of Wheeling, was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Agnes Cook, who has been at
, Chicago the past two years, returns
home tomorrow on an extended visit.
Dennis R. Meighen, of Littleton, was
in the city on business yesterday.
Col. Ben Wilson, of Clarksburg, was
in the city on business connected with
the street railway yesterday.
Miss Mary Shelf is home from trip
to Pittsburg, where she attended the
millinery openings.
E. P. Bowman has been appointed
a deputy sheriff by Mr.. Doyle. Mr..
Bowman is a good man for the place
and his selection will please all Re-
publicans in the county.
Miss Allie Logan left this morning
on a trip to Pittsburg, where she will
attend the millinery opening.
Willie Francis Taylor, the genial
clerk at the postoffice, is home from
a trip to the town of New Martins
vile.
The Elks, at their meeting on
Wednesday night, decided to give So
cial session some time next month,
and also a grand ball in connection.
A large derrick has been placed in
position near the water works, to be
used in hosting stone for the new
station, which is to be erected at once.
Seats are now on sale for Railroad
jack" which appears at the Opera
House next Monday night. The show
will have a band and orchestra when
it reaches here, and the play will be
much stronger in every respect.
The ball game which was to have
been played to-day between the men,
bers of Nos. and fire companies
has been postponed for one week. Both
teams will practice in the meantime,
and very likely the contest will be
worth seeing.
Quite large crowd will attend the
Barnum show in Wheeling to-day.
A band of Gypsies struck the city
yesterday and are camped near the
switch at the camp ground.
The natural gas company have a
diver at work making some repairs to
their line which crosses the river at
Glendale.
Yesterday evening Mrs. Richard
Chaddock was presented with fine
rocking chair by the members of the
M. E. Sewing Society 1t was on ac-
count of it being the seventy-fifth an
niversary of her birth that the present
was given, and the affair was in the
form of surprise Twenty-three
members of the society were present
and the presentation speech was made
by Rev. Cotton. After the usual for
malities were through with tempting
refreshments were served. The even
ipg was a very enjoyable one to all
present
The Mound City Brick COMPANY are
shipping quite large amount of brick
this week to the Riverside Company
at Benwood. Besides this contract. the
company have other good orders and
the plant will likely be in operation
until the first Of the year.
Everybody should be on hand to see
the great game of base ball tomorrow
afternoon between the Wheeling and
Mouidsville lawyers. Both mines will
be very strong and as the benefit is
for the hose copmany a large crowd
should be present.
The mine situation in this city re-
mains about the same and the men are
making good time. The company has
good orders ahead and likely the en-
ployes will have steady work all win
ter.
F. P. High will deliver his course of
lectures at the Parish House the last
of the month. ]. B. Alexander has
charge of the affair and likely a big
crowd will be in attendance.
The suits for the members of the
National Guard are expected to arrive
here about the first of the month
Nearly all the boys have left their
measures for the outfits, and as soon
as they arrive the boys will be ont
for drilling practice.
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