Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
NEWS OF THE NEIGf1BORING TOWNS.

and assumed control Of same this week.
A bolt that was being blown from a
boiler at the B. & o. shops Wednesday
was thrown with suck force as to car
ry it from the shops over the tops of
the buildings to Main street, where it
struck the storeroom of j. Geo. PRESS,
but without causing any damage. IL
created no little excitement and some
Of our would-be soldier boys imagined
for a time that Spanish fleet had OPP
ened a bombardment of Grafton.
The contractors on the addition to
the Opera House are working large
force of bricklayers and the work is
being done rapidly, but the contract
will not be completed until late IN the
fall. It is Manager Brinkman's inten-
ton to have for his opening one of the
largest and best trcupes on the road.
Mrs. Van. Buskirk, of Elkins, who
was the guest of Mrs. Clarissa Hen
erickson several days, has returned
home
The election for bonding the town
for the electric light bonds will be held
the latter part of next month. Both
sides are "arming for the fray" and it
will be very spirited contest.
Mrs Frank Benner. of West Grafton.
left this week for a visit to her old
home at Baltimore.
Miss Matte Jaco is the guest of rela-
tives at Parkersburg.
Mr.. r. E. Blaney, of the South Side
has for some time past, been giving
considerable attention to raising fast
flying pigeons. which lately have beat
en- the record as published in a Wheel
ing paper recently The birds have
made several record breaking trips, and
on Sunday, June 18th, four of Mr..
Blaney's birds were released from St
Louis, Mo-, $50 miles from here, air
line, and four also released from Vim
cennes, Ind, 400 miles, air line, from
here. Those started from st. Louis
were liberated there at a. M, Sunday
June 10Th and the ones at Vincennes at
10 o'clock the same morning. Five out
of the eight birds were at home in this
city the day following (Monday the
18th at D. m, and the others arrived
here on the third and fourth days. The
record appears all the more remarkable
from the fact that the birds had rain
and thunder storms for greater part
of the distance, and Mr. Blaney is
proud of the great speed attained by his
pets.
Geo. w Curtin, of Sutton, was here
the first of the week on business
Miss D. Grace Core has resigned her
position as milliner at the Ellis store.
Miss Fannie Baldwin has accepted
position in the S. K. & D. NJ. White
store
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Bennett, Of Indian
Territory, were the guests of relatives
here several days this week
Mr. c. Frank Ellis, proprietor of the
Ellis store in this city, and Miss Mary
Orr, popular and accomplished young
lady Of Palatine, will be married at the
latter place on June 10Th at the home of
the bride in Palatine.
The Patriotic social at the NJ. E.
church Tuesday evening promises to be
the occasion of a fine entertainment.
The recitations and music have been
selected appropriate to the spirit Of the
times, and the costumes alone will be
worth seeing.
A number of Grafton Christian En-
deavor people will leave here July 9Th
to attend as delegates the National G.
E. convention which meets at Nash
vile, Tenn.
There will be two balloon ascensions
at the Fair Grounds on the Fourth in
addition to the OK roast, bicycle race,
foot races, etc. One Of the aScensiOns
will occur in the afternoon and the 9TH
er in the evening.
Miss Alma Friedman, who has been
confined to her home for the past eight
weeks with a serious case Of typhoid
fever, is able to be cut.
Prof. Claude Vincent went to Beverly
Friday where he will assist in a must
cal entertainment at that place.
Born on Monday to Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H G'>nes, fine son.
Mrs Robert Roe. (nee Miss Agnes
Kenny. of Luke, Ind, is the guest of
her parents On E. Washington street.
Thos. G. and Geo. M. Hill. who left
here several days ago to join the sol
diers at Chickamauga Park, <vrlved
there Monday and enlisted as musicians
William Ulrich also Of this city, went
to Wheeling and enlisted last week
Peter LYMAN, one of our oldest citi-
zens, died here yesterday morning at
an advanced age. Funeral Saturday
Rev Father McElligott -ficiating.
Some of cur local sports have for
the past few days been making quiet
arrangements to have two prize fights
pulled off at Thornton Grove, five miles