Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-06-20

will 60 to housekeeping at West
Wheeling
Horace Williams, of Clyde, O., was
in town yesterday on business.
Mrs. James O'Brien and child, OF
Steubenville, have returned home after
a visit with friends here.
Council has had ratings placed along
the culverts out the pike for the safety
of the public.
A large number Of people from here
attended the Catholic picnic on the ISL
and fair grounds yesterday.
Miss Della Brown left yesterday TO
spend several weeks at East Liverpool
with friends and relatives.
DR.. j. o. Howells is home from a
business trip to Steubenvi,le.
Jesse Moore and wife, of West Wheel
ing, Mr.. and Mrs l.. Cook and son,
AID Mrs Jacob Fox left yesterday on
the Builders Exchange excursion over
the c.. L. & w. road The trip will be
to Cleveland, Niagara Falls, Thousand
Islands and Toronto, Canada.
Charles Fisher is home from Wash
ington-Jefferson College to spend the
summer vacation.
re. VIM Stitts and daughter, Miss Car
RE. LETT yesterday for Cleveland to visit
friends and relatives.
The brick work on the second story Of
the Neugart building was finished yester-
day
Meister's Band plays this morning at the
ODD Fellows memorial In Wheeling. and
at the Mozart park this afternoon and
evening.
Wilbur Pssco, of Pasco Station, was in
town yesterday on business.
Mrs. John Gilmore, Of smithfeld, has
returned home after a several days visit
with friends here.
George Pasco has quite an oddly at his
home in the way of a small ornamental
parlor stand made of willow branches and
painted black The stand was made about
three weeks ago, and during the past week
small twigs covered with green leaves
nave come out on it, giving it very odd
appearance.
Wheeling creek coal mines worked Fri
day and Saturday OF the past week.
Friday night a wholesale robbery occur
red out the National pike near Pasco sta
ton. in which four well-known farmers
are the losers to the extent Of nearly $40.
Who the parties are that committed the
d predatons are not definitely known. II
is claimed however that one Of the four
unfortunate losers has a clue TO the par
ties who committed one of the robberies.
1t is probable. though, that the same par
ties are responsible for all four OF the rob-
berries which were committed some time
Friday night or early yesterday morning.
At OF Blakeley's they broke the door Of
his smoke house open and stole large
quantity of meat. His spring house was
then entered and all his butter stolen. ia
cob Neff's spring house was also entered
and a quantity OF butter and several doz-
en- eggs taken. At Walter Morley's they
managed to steal about all the chickens on
the place. At William Aliens they seemed
TO have no desire for butter, chickens and
meat. consequently they broke into his
stable and stole a set OF buggy harness
that he recently purchased. The authori-
ties were notified of the affair early this
morning. but so far have failed 10 secure
any definite clue to the perpetrators Of the
the affair.
Extensive preparations are being made
! by the Numbers of the Mems League of the
Presbyterian church for the lawn fete to
be given by them next Wednesday evening
at Brookside on the Mecull and Graham
lawns The contests arranged for will
have a large number of entries and will
no doubt be very interesting as well as
creating a great deal of amusement.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock a
heavy but short rain storm passed over
this place. while at Martins Ferry and
Bsllaire there was only slight sprinkle
There is a possibility OF the Wheeling
creek mines running steady this week.
Mrs. R S. Strahl went out 10 Colerain
yesterday evening, where she delivered a
lecture