Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-14
SISTERSVILLE.

part OF the country. There has been
an almost constant downpour for at
least part OF each day during three
or TOUR weeks, and in addition to rails
ing all the small streams and making
rivers OF them, quite a lot of damas, g
mas been done by washouts in different
sections. There has been an average
OF almost an inch of rain fallen daily
here and unless there is let up pretty
soon the suffering among the farmers
| VIII be intense. A great many of them
nave not yet been able to do all their
harvesting and the wet weather will
spoil great deal of the crop. The
roads in all directions from this city
! nave bee ngreatly damaged. Between
/ this city and Elk Fork there has been
! a number of bad washouts and slides
ana the same has been reported of the
| ROAD to Strlngtown. On the road to
the latter place couple Of days ago
| there were four horses drowned and a
| couple of men had very narrow es-
| cape.
| Miss Snedecker, of Bellaire, who was
| the guest of her brother, Ross Sned-
| ecker, of Marshes jewelry store, dur
| ing the week, has returned to her
| home.
Mrs. Homer Dudley, of the South
| Side, who has been the guest of friends
| in Washington, Pa. for couple of
weeks, returned home last evening.
! Mr.. Dudley met her in Wheeling
James Henderson went to st. Marys
this morning to look after some oil
! interests there.
! H. p. LOOMS, field superintendent
| for the Mountain State Gas Company,
| left this morning for Dunkirk, N. Y,
where he will be the guest of friends
for short time. He will be absent
| from the city about month and will
visit number of the most interesting
| places in New York and Canada before
| returning.
| George A. Shryock went up to Proc
tor this morning to look after some oil
interests he has in that section.
Mrs. Sara Sayre, of Wells street, has
returned to the city after couple OF
weeks very pleasant outing at Chau-
tauqua Lake.
Miss Blanche Wells, of Charles
street, who has recently returned from
a sojourn of a couple of months at
Mt. Clemans, Mich, entertained few
friends on Thursday evening.
Mrs. A. E. Aggas, of Brown street,
is the guest of relatives and friends
in Pittsburg.
During the past week there has been
quite number of petty robberies in
| the city, number of the most prOmi-
| nent houses in the resident portion of
| the city having been entered. In near
| ly all instances the burglars were
! frightened away before they were able
| to secure much booty and the loss
| from the robberies has been very small.
| The robbers have been working so per-
! sistently that it seems strange that
they have not been apprehended. 1t
is fact that there is but one policeman
on duty after midnight in this city
and it is very easy matter for a
| burglary to be committed. The city is
large enough and able enough to have
at least two men on duty so that the
! citizens could have some protection
| AS it is at present two or three fami-
lies could be murdered in one end of
I the town and the one lone solitary
policeman who is on duty would know
/ nothing about it.
morning.
! hlSo clip w cllo, VI w clIS Stl ttl, ID
confined to her room with a slight at
tack of fever.
DR.. James Stathers, of this city, who
enlisted in the army short time ago,
and who is now a lieutenant, arrived
in the city last evening on a furlough
and will remain here for several days
| as the guest of friends.
George Crawford, the we'll known
operator, who has been in different
parts of Ohio for several weeks, where
he has been negotiating the purchase
Of several city gas plants for his firm
of Treat 6. Crawford arrived in the
city last evening
! Mrs. Joseph Miller, of the South
Side, left this morning for her home
near Parkersburg, where she will be
the guest of her parents for a couple
! of weeks.
| Yesterday afternoon the grocery store
of F. A. Crist, on the South Side, was
closed up by the constable on an attach
ment. Bad collections is given as the
cause of the failure.
| Mrs. George Stocking, of Upper Wells
| street, is reported ILL.,
Patrick f. Donnelly, cashier of the
Mountain State Gas Co., of this city, left
| during the week for his former home
near Rochester, n. Y, where he will visit
| for couple of weeks. He will go from
there to Buffalo, Niagara Falls, TO New
! York City, Atlantic City and a number OF
'other eastern cities before returning.
| Mrs. Nancy Mccoy, OF Pursley, aged
| about 10 one of the best known residents
of the county, died at her home on Thurs
! day. The funeral was held yesterday af-
| ternoon from the home of the deceased
The circuit court at Middlebourne is in
session this week and there are some
important cases being tried. Some of the
; saloon men have been up before the court
| and they have been given pretty salty
| sentences. James F. Dolan, of the Ar
lington Hotel, was up on ten indictments
and in each one he got $50 and costs. The
| trial of Prosecuting Attorney Strickling
and Sheriff Pyle on several charges will
| come up at this term of court, and in ad-
! dition there are a number of very import
! ant civil suits to be tried.
| George L. Roberts, of Pitts5urg, a prom
inent corporation attorney, who has been
| in the city for week looking after some
| legal business, left this morning for his
| home.
| DR.. H. G. Meek. who has been at Bell
| aire for a few days visiting relatives and
| friends has returned 10 the CITY