Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-07
MOUNDSVILLE.

Attorney C. c. Newman was at
Wheeling on legal bushes yesterday.
Edward Manley left yesterday to
spend a few days with Bellaire friends.
County Clerk Lewis issued mar
riage license yesterday to William l..
Dickson and Maggie ]. Clark, both of
Cameron.
City Clerk j. D. Burley is able to be
out again after being laid up the past
week with an attack of the mumps.
Hon. S. W. Mathews and wife have
returned home from an extended trip
to Florida.
Joseph Shertzinger has returned
from a visit to Pittsburg friends.
The Needle Work Guild, of the
Christian Church, will give an enter
tainment at the Opera House on the
18th of this month. Tickets for the
affair are now being sold by the mem
bers of the organization.
The Elks will have a very important
meeting this evening at the office of
]. C. Simpson. All members are re-
quested to be on hand early.
D. A. Fair was appointed a notary
public by the County Court yesterday.
Bond in the sum of $500 was furnished,
H. Dennis being the surety.
DR.. w. J. Carney, DR.. w. d. Stewart
were visitors to Wheeling yesterday.
J. T. Francis was at Wheeling yes
terday.
Mayor J. c. Parkinson has been ap-
pointed by the County Court to repre-
sent the Marshall county stock in the
Ohio River railroad at the meeting TO
ho Of
May.
ST Plunkard will appear at the Opera
House this evening.
A meeting of the City Council was
held last evening but only the usual
routine business was transacted.
Wylie o. Gamble and Miss Josie
Hood two we'll known people of this
city, were married Wednesday evening.
The couple have gone to housekeeping
in the house formerly occupied by W.
G. Mann and family on Purdy avenue.
The B. & O. company is making some
repairs to their tracks at the station
here. The Ohio River company is
also extending one of it's sidings to the
Little Grave creek bridge. Other
changes are to be made as soon as the
weather permits.
An infant of Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Maupin died Wednesday evening. The
funeral took place yesterday after
noon.
DR.. ]. S. Smith, of McMechen, was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cats were Wis
itors to Wheeling yesterday.
B. F. Meighen has returned from
Weston, where he attended the meet
ing of the board of directors of the
asylum held there this week.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Porterfield and
w. A. Kidder have returned from a
trip to the lower end of the State,
where they took a convict several days
ago to be used as a witness in court.
Now that the new street commits
sioner has assumed his duties, would
it not be we'll to have the paved streets
cleaned about the first thing?
The new Council met in regular ses-
sion last night for the first time The
wharfboat franchise was granted to-
Henry Earnst for the term of one year
The committee on police reported
that the accoutrement of the police
force consisted of about one mace The
committee was instructed to furnish
the force with all the necessary equip
ment.
The street commissioner reported
the city had provided no tools for the
wOrkmen. The matter was referred to
the committee on roads, streets and
alleys.
An order was passed instructing all
citizens who have curbing set in front
of their property to put down a side
walk within thirty days. If this order
is not complied with within the speci-
fed time the city will do the work and
send in a bill for same.