Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-06
MOUNDSVILLE.

=. II. S2nseny, Of Wheeling, was in
the city yesterday
orvie kurns returned last evening
from a trip out the B. & 0.
Dr. l. N. Houston, Of Pleasant Val
iey' was In the city yesterday.
Mrs. G. S. McFadden has been slight
~ lndlsposed the past few DAYS.
Council meets tomorrow evening
ana the session will be an interesting
one.
John Lohr, of Trail Run, Ohio. is
visiting his son Edward, of Jefferson
avenue.
Col. J. E. Hooton arrived home yes
terday morning from trip to Balti-
more Md.
Isaac Rogers is confined to his home
on account of very severe attack of
rheumatism
Z. d. Purdy and G. F. Gray are at
tending United States Court at Wheel
ing this week.
Miss Iva COPYRIGHT left yesterday
for Waynesburg to resume her studies
in the college there.
Charles o. Morgan and wife left yes
tefday Tor Pittsburg, where they will
reside in the future.
Letters are at the postoffice I'M
claimed for j. NJ Dakan, Priscilla
Mundel and D. D. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Morrow, of
Wheeling, are visiting at the home Of
Friend Cox, of the Orchard.
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move his family to the st. COPYRIGHT
house, on Fourth street, this week.
Mrs. G. X. Oldham entertained the
Sixteenth Century Club yesterday af-
ternoon at her home on Tenth street.
Mrs. Capt. B. B. Dovener returned
from Wheeling last evening and will
be the guest of her brother, A. E..
Linch, this week
E. N. and w. N. Weekly have dis
posed OF their interest in a certain
piece OF real estate in Jackson county
to party there. Consideration, 5000.
|. S. Rice took suddenly sick on
Jefferson avenue Monday evening and
had to be carried to his home. Yes
terday he was reported as being much
better.
Circuit Court convenes again this
morning and another session will be
held next Saturday. This will end
the term and no more trials will be
heard until June
R. 7. Marshall, former guard at
the penitentiary, but now living in
the interior of the State was an ar
rival in the city last evening.
The fair association held business
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
court house. Next Saturday the in
corporators will effect a permanent
organization by electing the officers for
the concern.
A good sized cannon, the property
of A. J. McElroy, is on exhibition at
his news stand. 1t is intended to fire
it off just as soon as war is declared
with Spain that our people may know
the news at once.
Independent Hose Company held a
well attended meeting at their rooms
last evening. The boys who belong
to the Hook and Ladder Company
have had their measures taken and
will have their uniforms about the
Goth of May.
The situation at the coal mines here
remains unchanged. The men are
still out and the prospects of any kind
of an agreement being made Is rather
slim. 1t is said the company has not
been making money here Of late and
the mine may not be operated at an
early date.
The members of Company B met
last evening for drilling practice.
Monday evening they were present at
the session of Golden Rule Council NO.
| Y, Jr. O. U. A. NJ. where they were
treated to bean bake. The boys en-
ioyed the treat as much as if they had
been old veterans and had been camp
ing out for long time.
The water works company have
been having considerable trouble this
week with their water mains. The
water cannot be forced through them
and it is thought that something IS
wrong with the pipe that extends out
into the rive" Consumers have had
to do with very little water so far, and
in some cases they have to do without.
The matter will be remedied at once,
as the company will ascertain where
the trouble lies.