Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-12
MOUNDSVILLE.

| Miss Della Deegan, popular yodng
| lady of Benwood, is in the city visiting
| friends.
/ Miss Ada Broccoli is able to be out again
after a brief illness.
G. c. Reppeto and family have gone TIC
Atlantic City to spend couple of weeks
| Victor Beebee and wife, formerly of this
city, but now living at Columbus, O., are
| the guests of V. A. Weaves and wife, of
| the Orchard
| day.
David Levi and family left yesterday on
| the excursion to Atlantic City.
Assessor J. X. Chase, of the Second dis
| trict, was an arrival in the city yesterday.
]. B. Alexander and wife were at Wheel
| ing shopping yesterday.
| Miss Babe Koontz, of Grafton, is in the
| city spending her vacation with ner
parents.
George H. Brown, of Pittsburg, and one
| of the officers of the Moundsville WAGER
| Company, is in the city.
The Epw0rth League excursion to Steu-
| benvile on the steamer T. NJ. Bayne was
| we'll patronized About one hundred peo-
| pie were on board and the trip was made
| without any special incident.
A large party Of Toronto, O., people will
picnic at Belmont Park one day next
| week.
A. e. King, formerly engaged in bust
ness here, has accepted position as trav-
cling salesman for the Joseph Speidel
| Grocery Company, of Wheeling. He en-
tiers upon his duties next week.
| Miss Kate Fee, a popular young lady
| of New Richmond, O., is the guest of her
| friend Miss Emma Catch, on the camp
| grounds.
Mrs. ]. E. Roberts left yesterday on an
extended visit to friends in Delaware.
| The Moundsville coal company has add
! ed about twenty new mine cars to their
| establishment. The old cars will be TAX
en- out of the mine, as they are worn out.
Mrs. Will Brown, who has been the
guest at the home of F. w. Brown, on
| Fifth street, left yesterday to join her
| husband, who is travelling for the Bloch
Bros. Tobacco Company.
| The plans and specifications for the pro-
| posed new building on the county poor
farm have been left at the county clerk $
| office. Several contractors will bid on
| the structure.
Friend Cox is home from business trip
| to Cumberland Nd.
| Tomorrow afternoon our people will
| have the opportunity of witnessing a
| crack game of base ball. The Martin 5
| Ferry team is to be here, and as it is
| composed of a number of former Tri-
| State players. a fine game can be expect
| ed. Jack Easton will pitch for the Wis
itors, and mis- name alone should draw a
| big crowd. The home team will also pre-
| sent very strong club and everybody
should turn out and help pay the big ex-
pense incurred in order o get the Martin S
| Ferry boys here The prices of admission
, will be ten and fifteen cents; ladies will
be admitted free.
Bids for carrying the mail between the
postoffice and the two depots will not be
| opened until the 20th of the month. The
present carrier only gets about sl2 a
! month and ii is very likely that the party
who is awarded the contract this time
| will ges 4 least twice that amount.
A large amount of sewer pipe has been
! placed at the west end of Twelfth street,
| where sewir is to be made from the
Ohio river railroad. leading to the river.
The members of the Uniform Rank X.
| of P. will be out this evening for drill
, ing practice.
The boys who are praeticing for the
| firemen's tournament at Bellaire next
| month are getting along very nicely.
| They make fine showing and will GER
| tainly give a good account of themselves
| when the time comes.
The Wheeling Laundry base ball club
Is TO play our club on the fair grounds
| next Sunday.
Mrs. B. F .Hodgeman is home from a
| visit to Wheeling friends.
| The plasterers are at work in both the
| Shelf and Stedger houses on Lafayette
| avenue, and they will be ready for occu-
| pancy by the first of the month.
| Ingle Malone, B. & o. road supervisor
| of Cameron, was in the city yesterday.
The levies for Marshall county as made
by the court at the last session are as fol
| lows: State and county, same as last
| year: State and State schools. IS cents On
the $1eo value: county. IS cents. Cameron
district for schools. 20 cents: roads, 80
l cents CLAY schools 30 cents. roads "a