Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-20
MARTINS FERRY.

xviii. 31-43. Next Wednesday will be
Ash Wednesday. The ashes will be
blessed and distributed before eight
o'clock mass. The blessed ashes will
also be distributed on Ash Wednes-
day evening at 1870 to give an oppor-
tunity to those who will be working
during the day. During Lent, which
begins on Ash Wednesday, there Will
be devotions every Tuesday and Fri
day evenings at 1880 O'Clock. On
Tuesday evenings there will be an in
struction. On Friday evenings there
will be the stations, or way of the
Cross These devotions will begin
with the Rosary and close with Dene-
diction of the most Blessed Sacrament.
Every morning during Lent there will
be five minutes meditation on some
point of our Lords passion. There will
also be stations of the Cross every Fri
day morning after eight o'clock mass.
There should be no parties of any kind
that may lead to desedification during
the Lenten season. The subject for
first Tuesday in Lent will Ia prepare
ton for the observance Of Lent. Sub
ject for late mass to-day, Reading
bad and dangerous books and papers. =
Subject for vespers, Divinity of our
Lord" First mass at s a. M; second
mass, 1920 a. m Promoters Of the
League will give in their reports to-
day.
First Baptist Church. Rev Dr.
Bond, Regular services at
1920 a. m. and D. M. Text for morn
ing. For | delivered unto you first
of all that which also received. how
that Christ died for our sins accord
ing to the Scriptures. list Cor. viii
8. Evening, THE true believers hope
not the philosophy Of despair f"
Text, Rom. viii. 49, Several candidates
will be baptized at $50 p. m. The
public generally invited.
Church of Christ-Services conduct
ed by Rev. A. B. Griffith in CONNER
cial Hail. Sabbath school at 9:15 and
preaching and Lords supper at 1890
a. m. Sermon at $3.50 and special mu-
sic. Subject of this discourse, I'm
Christ" Evening services at seven
o'clock There have been eight access
sions, and the enthusiasm is still
great
ST. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rev
w. ]. Williams, Quinquagesi-
ma Sunday Sunday school 9;15 a. m.
Mathis and sermon 1890 a. m. Even
song and sermon p. m. Subject of
discourse, THE friend Of sinners
First NJ E. Church, Rev. J T..
Morton, pastor-Morning sermon,
THE church of God" At this service
there will also be the baptism and re-
ception of probationers. Evening ser
mon, Becoming the children Of God. "
Presbyterian Church, Opera House,
Rev. S. J. Boyle, pastor-Morning.
THE Worlds Need. Evening, Christ
in the home, illustrated sermon.
Everybody welcome.
A call for a meeting of The defunct
Standard Home and Savings Associa-
ton has been issued by four Of the
stockholders, for the purpose Of elect
ing a new board Of directors This is
a new move on the part of the stock
holders who want to get some Of their
money back, at least The purpose
they have in view now is .r)r the new
board when elected to institute a suit
for the dissolving of the association
and having a receiver appointed which
a number of the stockholders brought
suit for that purpose in Common Pleas
Court but failed. as the Court claimed
tuGy
stand.
The Belmont Brick Works resumed
operations yesterday with excellent
prospects for the spring trade
Port Coleman is home from Parkers-
burg
Miss Rosa Copham left for Pitts
burg yesterday.
Within the next month postmaster
is to be appointed for this city. and
as to who will be the successful per-
son is something hard to even guess
at John w. Crooks and G. G. Sedg-
wick are the only two who seem to
be making a fight for it and their
chances appear to be nearly even.
Capt Abram Lash. who is still in the
field, although keeping very quiet, is
said to have fair show for it. Capt.
Danford, when asked recently as 10
who might be the next postmaster,
remarked that that was one Of the
delicate questions he had to decide.
At another time he said he would not
take the matter under consideration
until a month before the appointment
was to be made. So as far as Mr. Dam
ford is concerned and who he viii APP
point, nobody knows.
Ed. Virtue went out to Hendrysburg
yesterday
VIII Cooke, of New Athens, was the
guest of his brother George here yes
terday.
Ben Hildebrand Of Cambridge, o.,
was the guest of relatives in the Fifth
ward.
John Brannigan Is down from Steu-
benville visiting friends.
The Twentieth Century Club will
give an entertainment in the Com
mercial hall March u.
Sam Harrison, Of Mount Pleasant.
was in town yesterday.
The trouble caused by the action IT
the Republican municipal bosses in the
past week has quieted down to some
extent, but an i'll feeling still exists
and probably will for some time. The
opening Of the ticket and allowing
other names to be placed On it has ID a
degree ouieted matters, but the rush OF
names that came in to he put down
as candidates for the mavoralty has
caused huge chunks Of ridicule to be
thrown al the ticket now Not only
this. but it shows plainly that many
are of the opinion that the placing If
Mr. Kellar's name on the ticket made
il no stronger. AS was stated in the
Register yesterday, there are now five