Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-30
MOUNDSyILLE.

WOUNVOYlLLEe
w. H. Batson returned last evening
from Cameron. where he is building a
/ new church.
nj. H. Harmer, an attorney of Clarks-
burg, was in the city last evening. He
has been making number of speeches
in the county for the Republican party.
Miss Estella Hall. an interesting
young lady of Warrington, is visiting
her cousin, Miss Evangeline Hall, OF
Seventh street.
VIM. Hearne, of Wheeling, was in
the city on business yesterday.
Joseph Roberts, Jr., has accepted a
position as clerk at the Baltimore and
Ohio freight depot.
Justice Henry Riddle, of BenwOod,
was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. l.. B. Purdy, whose illness has
heretofore been mentioned, is consid-
erably better at this writing. She is
at present recovering from a backset,
having left her bed too soon after the
fever left her.
Detective Mehen, of the Ohio River
road, brought Charles Wiles here from
Parkersburg yesterday. Young Wiles
is charged by Loring as being impli-
Gated in the robbing of Ohio River
| freight cars at Benwood some time
| ago. He gives pretty straight story
and says he is innocent. His hearing
| is set for Tuesday afternoon, and he
has a number of witnesses summoned
| in his defense.
Mrs. Carrie Stephens, of Wheeling,
| is visiting relatives in the city.
| J. e. Hooten, the well-known attor-
ney, is billed to speak at McMechen
| tomorrow evening.
County Clerk Lewis issued a mar
rage license yesterday to Scott Nc
Micknes, aged 20, and Pearl Daken,
aged %, both of McMechen.
The Kings Daughters will be enter
tanned at the home of Miss Lilly Girls
we'll, on Western avenue, tomorrow.
A taffy pulling is on the programme
and large number of friends of the
young ladies will be present.
Miss Elizabeth Batson will entertain
a number of her friends tomorrow
evening at her home in the East End.
The boys band festival at the Opera
House last evening was big success.
The young gentlemen who compose the
organization expect to provide Mounds
vile with first-class band in the near
future. All they want is the proper
encouragement from our people and
| they will do the rest. Last nights re-
ceipts from the supper will be used
for the purchasing of new instruments.
The next attraction at the Opera
House will be the Miller Blumenberg
Company, on November 7th. This dra-
matte company is one Of the best on
the road, and they will present very
strong play here. Other good attrac-
lions follow this one and Manager
Criswell has several treats in store for
the public later on.
A. J. Seamon was in Wheeling on
business yesterday.
Another batch of convicts were re-
ceived from the lower end of the state
Yesterday afternoon for the peniten-
tiary.
Council will meet in regular session
on next Thursday evening. There IS
nothing special in the business line
! to be transacted.
Rev. John Bryson of New Matamor-
as. is in the city visiting friends
M. S. McAfee was in Benwood last
evening attending the big political
meetings.
| The Republican Congressional Com
| mittee are sending out vast amount
of literature through this county just
now. Voters are all receiving letters
from headquarters asking them to re-
main loyal to the party.
S. B. Blair goes to Pleasant Valley,
where he will speak tomorrow.
Quite a. large crowd of people at
tended the Blair and Atkinson meet
ings at Benwood last night.
The Salvation Army meetings at
the M. E. church the past week have
been very well attended. The services
| also are interesting, and so far much
| good has been derived The Army have
a brass band with them which assists
greatly in filing the house. They are
| to remain here several days yet, and
| invite everybody to attend the ser
vices.
w. B. McMechen, Of McMechen, has
purchased the Moundsville Shirt Man
| ufacturing Comp2ny's machines and
other material, and will move the same
to his town. There he will have much
larger quarters and will begin the man
ufacture of shirts on a larger scale and
will employ about twenty-five girls.
John James. who was manager of the
concern here, is to be retained by Nc
Mechen.
DR.. l. N. Houston, of Pleasant Valley,
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
Tomorrow evening being Hallow
Fen the usual number of taffy parties
will be held around the city. 1t is
likely considerable mischief will also
be made by the boys, who never fail
to take advantage of a chance like
this.
The Moundsville people who own all
the stock in the Calf Creek Oil Conn
pany. which have 400 acres of land at
Waverly sold their interest this week
to a Pittsburg syndicate. The terms
of the deal were not made public, but
it was at good round sum.
Ernest Mcmahon, of McMechen, was
a visitor in the city yesterday.
In the Circuit Court tomorrow the
County Court case will be heard.
Readers of this paper are familiar
with the charges brought by several
citizens against the commissioners, and
the outcome of the trial will attract
much interest.
County Court convenes again to-
morrow and will likely last all week
There is yet much miscellaneous bust
ness to be transacted.
E. c. Wiedebusch and wife will re-
turn to Scranton, Pa. tomorrow. after