Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-08
MOUNDSVILLE.

Mrs. j. D. Burley and children spent
yesterday with Wheeling friends.
Daniel Shafer leaves tomorrow for
wilson, N. c., to resume his duties as
travelling boiler inspector for a New
York insurance company
Miss Clara Mozier leaves to-day to
spend two weeks vacation with Col
umbus, O., friends. Her place at the
telephone office will be filled bv Miss
Love Gamble during her absence.
Mrs. DR.. j. M. Williamson is visit
ing her mother, who is quite ill at her
home at New Matamoras.
Thomas Meighen, we'll known
Wheeling physician, was here yester-
day.
S. S. Wilson, of Glen Easton, was
here yesterday, attending the session
of county court
NJ r. Wolf, manager of the telephone
company, was down from Wheeling
yesterday.
S. w. Matthews is having his Sew
enth street residence improved by
treating it to coat of paint
The Board of Directors of the State
penltentiary were in session yesterday,
but nothing outside of the usual rou
tine of business was transacted The
meeting this month was held one week
earlier than in the past
c. A. Weaver was at Wheeling on
business yesterday.
Some very fine paper has been
posted announcing the coming of Side
Tracked" at the Opera House next
Monday night. The show is much bet
ter this year and many new specialties
have been introduced.
Misses Ethel Venum and B. Hulse.
two popular young ladies of St. Glars
vile, O., are visiting Miss Ella Harris.
of Seventh street.
There are now exactly 572 prisoners
in the penitentiary. The list has been
diminishing here of late. and at this
rate the new addition may not be neces-
sary.
The Verscope pictures of the Cor
bettFitzsimmons fight will surely be
given at the Opera House here. The
exact date has not been set vet but
the management has the assurance that
the company will positively be here
not later than November
The Delsarte class had another meet
ing last night at the Christian church.
All the young ladies who are in the
affair are learning rapidly and the first
week in October Miss Wells will give
an entertainment at the Opera House.
The proceeds go for the new building
which is to be erected for that church.
County court was in session YES
terday. when the bids were opened for
the painting Of the various bridges in
the county. Elmer Morris. of Bolton.
was the lowest bidder. his being 1922
for the whole thing. He was notified
by wire and was ordered to file the
proper bond for the faithful perform
ance of the work.
A special session of the circuit court
will be held here tomorrow by Judge
Hervey to dispose OF number of chan
Gerry cases.
The famous pacing horse. Joe Sha .er.
is entered in the 2:1S race to-day at
the Wheeling Fair, and a large crowd
will be on hand to see him start. This
horse has been on the Fair ground here
for some time past, and was under the
training of Robert Crawford.
VIM. Rodecker, an aged citizen Of
Tomlinson avenue, is quite i'll with
blood poisoning. Some time ago he
received a couple of scratches on his
hand, and as very little attention was
paid to the injury at the time it soon
got worse until he is in the above con-
dition and it is hard to say whether
he can live or not
The Kings Daughters at their n,eey
ing at the home of Miss Alice Gotta
Monday evening. elected Miss An1ee
Sunderland president, Miss Alice Cd
ton vice president Miss Pearl CriaE} 4