Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-17

Of the surrounding country were here
yesterday. many of whom were attend
ing the meetings now in progress
here.
Mrs. Mollie Hadsall, of Pleasant VAL
ley, was here yesterday visiting
friends.
w. D. Dunn and wife leave this
morning for Mountain Lake Park.
They are going overland by way of
Waynesburg, Morgantown and King
wood
The Moundsville, Benwood and
Wheeling street cars did a land office
business yesterday and last evening.
j. E. Hooten and wife arrived home
yesterday from an extended eastern
trip.
". A. Weaver and wife returned
home Tuesday from a ten days trip TO
Atlantic City.
County Court convenes on next Tues
day, and from present indications the
meeting will last week or so.
Miss Virgie Shafer has gone to New
burg on visit to relatives.
Scott Littleton, manager of the glass
factory, is home from a visit to Mari
eta, o.
Quite a number of our people will
take in the cheap excursion 10 Parkers-
burg to-day. The rate from here is
only 81 for the round trip.
Misses Eta and Cora COPYRIGHT,
Anna Sunderland, Sarah Porter, Halle
and VERNE johnson are home from d
trip to Washington and Atlantic City.
A petition will likely be presented
to the County Court this week asking
that the road law be voted on at the
| next general election The court is ex-
pected to take favorable action.
No services will be held at the NJ. E.,
Presbyterian and Baptist churches to-
day The ministers will all attend the
Prohibition meeting.
The Board if Directirs of the State
penitentiary will meet in regular mon
thly session on next Tuesday There
is no important business to be dis
posed of this time.
A meeting of Council will be held on
| next Thursday evening provided all the
members are not attending the Pro-
hibition assembly.
Two convicts were released from the
penitentiary yesterday.
Early yesterday morning thieves en-
tered the hardware store owned by c.
| b. Smith, on Lafayette avenue They
secured an entrance by breaking the
glass in one of the rear window and
carried away about $50 worth of goods
| A number of revolvers, razors and pen
| knives were the only things taken. and
it is believed that the guilty parties
| will soon be overhauled. Two young
men, strangers, were noticed in the
| city late Friday night and it is be-
| lieved that they are mixed up in the
| affair. The police are working on the
| affair, and have several clues to help
| them.
James Edward Jones, the colored
boy who murdered Stanley Mason last
| August, died at the penitentiary Friday
| night. Jones had been suffering from
| consumption ever since he has been in
| the institution, but only recently has
he been confined TO his bed. Since III;
! confinement he has grown from
small boy to quite large person. HI
| was serving a life sentence for his
| crime, and it was thought at the time
| that he could not live long Jones
killed Stanley Mason by beating his
| head with hoe, cutting his head
| frightfully, and nearly done the same
| thing to the younger Mason boy. He
| had his trial last Octobr, and was giver
a life sentence. His body will be bur
| led by the prison officials the same al
| if he had no relatives.
| George Valentine Hughes, who was
married to Miss Maggie Barnett, Of
Cameron, last Wednesday, will arrive
home this week. The happy couple
will make this city their home and will
| begin housekeeping al once.
| 1t is believed that Governor Akin
son will pardon John Hahn, the Ben
wood man who killed Oscar Hamli1
some time ago. Hahn is serving q
| four months Jail sentence for the crime
and Mr.. Atkinson wants TO pardon him
He has already written TO people il
this city in regard to the matter and
no doubt win take favorable actor
very soon.
| The Independent base ball club, OIL
the Wheeling Inter-City Lague, viii
| cross bats with our nine on the fail
grounds this afternoon. A large crowd
| should see the game
| Maraoer C,risweH Of the ODpra