Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-02

the candidates held meeting at the
mayors Office last night and completed
all arrangements for the election on
Monday.
The semi-annual convention of the
Christian churches of the fifteenth dis
trict will be held at Quaker City on the
18th and goth of this month. Rev.
Robert Moffet. Of Cleveland. one Of tho
secretaries of the church, will preach
the opening sermon.
DR.. Joseph Piersol, of this city, has
been awarded the contract for doctor
ing the poor of this city at 5000 for the
next year by the infirmary directors at
their last meeting.
The Stanton & Kirk mandatory of
heaters have their works now in run
ming order. Mr.. Henry Stanton, the
inventor of the heaters, is the superin-
tendent of the works.
There are now one hundred and fifty
seven inmates in the county inflrmary,
ninety-four male and sixty-three fe-
male.
Enoch Member, manager of Neal
livery stable, had his left foot badly
mashed yesterday forenoon by a horse
which he was currying stepping on it.
]. E. and E. Gibson, of Powhatan,
were in the city yesterday calling upon
friends.
c. A. Kildow, of Bethesda, and DR..
Walter Coburn, of GAINESVILLE, were
shaking hands with their friends in the
city yesterday:
Edward Moore will open a wholesale
tobacco and cigar factory in the Tall
man block. His stock will arrive in a
few days.
Mrs. Isaac Blum and family returned
home yesterday from a six weeks visit
to friends at New York city
Prof. George Delbrugge will give a
select hep and entertainment at Ar
mory hall next Tuesday evening.
Spangler Womens Relief Corps held
an important meeting at their hall last
night
The Mechanics Hose Company held
a meeting last night and elected Christ
Marx and Frank Day as delegates to
the Northeastern Ohio Volunteer Fire
mems Association, which will meet at
Toronto on the 18th and 18th of May,
They were instructed to try and secure
the tournament Of the association for
this city. They also elected Frank
j. Mason as warden for the next year.
Good Will Lodge, /. 0. G. T., held an
interesting meeting last night and six
candidates were initiated into the or
der. A number of the members will
go down to Shadyside with Mrs j. G.
Stone to assist her in organizing a
lodge of Good Templars.
About midnight Wednesday night
two we'll known young men of this
city met In an alley In the Fourth ward
and as they had not been the best of
friends got into an argument, and
both pulled their revolvers and fired
two shots each. The neighbors thought
for a while that the Cuban war had
opened at home. But by the time Of
ficer Charles Johnson arrived both OF
the men had disappeared. No arrests
had been made yet last night.
The township trustees will award
the contract for building the new toll
house on the Bridgeport pike in place
of the building that was washed away
by the flood this afternoon.
Usual services at all the churches
Sunday. Communion services will be
held at the United Presbyterian, st.
Johns Catholic and Trinity Episcopal
churches will observe Palm Sunday
with appropriate services.
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