Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-22
slSTERsvILLE.

,~;enit Court OF this county, Wnlcn mas
Van in session at Middlebourne during
.bs mast ten days, adjourned last even
~, There was a large amout OF I'M
',1rrout business before the court at
t,is session. only a small portion of
,.bich was disposed of. The attorneys
,nd iudges arrived here this morning
nd This afternoon those from other
r,aints left for home. The most inter-
ling suit before the court was thaet
IL Prosecuting Attorney SUGEiTne,
which after being called On Monday,
MAS continued until the I'd Of May,
When Judge PAUL. of Wheeling, will
INV IT, Sheriff Pyle was indicted by thk
arand Jury on five counts, which az,
ense him of negligence in Office and
,qrious other things, and at the next
term of court his trial will take place
The prosecuting attorney and the sher-
If. are after each other, hence the cross
indictments, each having indicted the
other
Col. Robert McEldowney, of New
1Jauinsville, was in the city to-day on
his way home from Middlebourne
where he has been attending the Cir
emit Court for a week.
Cant. John Tonkin of Pittsburg, gen.
oval manager of the Mountain State
Gas Company was in the city yester-
dav and to-day looking after the inter-
ests OF his company.
Fred B. Sankey, representing the
PENNSYLVANIA lines west of Pittsburg
With headquarters in Pittsburg, was in
-na city to-day and was accompanied
2v Frank Irish. travelling passenger
gent of the northwestern lines.
VIII Fitch, of New Martinsville, sup
srntendent Of the Natural Gas Com
2any at New Martinsville. who has been
In the city for several days attending
h business matters, left this afternoon
Tor home.
Walter Cutler, assistant postmaster
who has been i'll for some days, is able
70 be about and has resumed his duties
ii the Office.
John c. McManus, we'll known
operator. who formerly was located
here, but is now in Parkersburg, was in
the city a short time to-day.
The work Of paving the extension oil
Diamond street is going along rapidly
and it will be but a short time until il
will have been completed. It was 8
much needed Improvement, as that par1
OF the street which has been paved was
always a very bad piece of road
Mrs. J. II, Pierpont left this morning
for Wheeling, where she will be The
guest of friends for few days
Frank D. Young, the attorney, ac-
c1mpanied by his daughter, Miss Jean
neIts left this afternoon for New Mar
-fpgy-il w oro thoyr will IA
Of Nil YOung's parents.
The last and perhaps the most bril-
liant social affair of the season in this
city will be the reception to be giveI
next Tuesday evening in the McCoacE
building on Wells street, 10y the Vir-
gina Club, in honor of Miss BlancI
Wells, CT Charles street, who will re-
turn to the city next Sunday after {
tour Of three months through Europe
and the Holy Lands. The members O.
The club are leaving nothing undone t
make ii by far the most brilliant af
fair that has ever taken place in the
city. The peerless Wheeling Opera
House Orchestra will furnish the music
Tor the occasion, and arrangements are
beng made with one of the hotels o.
the city TO furnish a banquet
Judge F'reer of Harrisville, who has
been holding court at Middlebourne fol
the past ten days, arrived in the city
THIS afternoon and left this evening fol
his home in Harrisville
Mrs. Andrew Bruner. of the Nortf
End, left yesterday afternoon for Pitts
5urg and other points in Pennsylvania
where she will visit relatives an(
friends for a couple of weeks.
J, VI. Buzzard, the agent of the Reg
lister, who has been seriously i'll fo
several weeks, is convalescing and viii
soon be able to resume his duties.
E. 7. Hubbard, of Ashland, KY, for
merly a resident OF this section, is il
the city and will be the guest of rela
lives and friends for a couple of weeks
DR.. j. A. Grier, Of this city, left to
day for his former home at Ravens
wood, where he will visit for shor
time
The Elks Of this city are preparins
Tor a social session which will be helt
III the near future and promises to bt
warm affair. Arrangements for a bis
ume are being made and a number O.
VISITORS are expected from other cities
H. Harris, who has charge of A. r
Simons' business in this city, has re-
turned from visit of about two week:
win friends in New York and Pennsyl-
vania
he finishing touches to the new city
nallding, which has been turned over
70 the city by the contractors, are being
put on and it will be fully completed in
couple of days. 1t is a handsome
pudding and one that would be a credit
70 city many times the size of Sis
tcrsYille.
MISS Sara limerick, who has been al
Idikersburg for a couple of weeks
NdIVlhS on brother who was very i'll
mas returned to the city.
Last evening the young ladies of the
~. H. Church gave a social for the
oeaellt Of the church, which was well
offended and nice sum was real