Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-16
SISTERSVILLE.

ARRANGEMENTS for the annual entertain
| ment for the benefit of the charity
fund of sistersville Lodge, No. 1888, d.
p. O. Elks, have been completed. The
| lodge has secured the services OF Dan
| lei Sully and his company for the even
| ings of March % and "a, on the occa-
sion of which he will present TWO OF
his greatest hits, namely ~ brlen' the
Contractor" and the Corner Grocery.
The remains of John Lynch, VINO
who died Yesterday of consumption at
the home of w. H. McMann, on Dia-
mond street, were shipped this after
noon to his former home in Cataraugus
county, N. Y, for burial.
Quite a large number Of the young
people of the city have received invl-
tations from New Matamoras, Ohio,
where there will be big dance given
on Friday evening by the young society,"
people of that place.
Mrs. C.. c.. Luce, of jamestown, N. y,
who has been in the city for several
weeks as the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. w. H. Tompkins, of Catherine
street, left yesterday afternoon for
home.
Mrs. J. S. Hockinberry, of Diamond
street, who has been the guest OF rela-
tives and friends in Pittsburg for a
couple of weeks, has returned to the
city.
The members of the Glover Leaf Club
will hold their first social at the nome
of Mrs. ]. ]. Bahen, of the South Side,
on Friday evening. Invitations have
been issued to large number Of their
friends.
Mis- Hattie Flack, of Franklin, Pa,
who has been in the city for several
weeks as the guest of her niece, Miss
Minnie Ingersall of the South Side,
left last evening for Washington, d. c.,
where she will visit for a short time
before returning home.
The members of the E. Wells Hook
and Ladder Company will give a dance
in the municipal building on Friday
evening, March II, for the benefit OF
the company. The committee which
has the affair in charge have complet-
ed all arrangements and it promises to
be the SWEETEST affair of the kind ever
given by the fire boys.
E. j. Thompson, the we'll known
bookkeeper who has been connected
with the Henry & Macdonald Oil Com
pany here for a couple of years, has
resigned his position to take effect
April LIST, and will open an Office in the
First National Bank as an expert book
keeper and accountant. He is one OF
the best in the business and there is
not the least doubt but that he will
make a success of his new undertaking.
He will also handle oil properties.
Miss Nellie Henderson, of Wells
street, is the guest of relatives and
friends in Huntington, w. Va, for I.
couple of weeks.
DR.. o. l.. Aultz, of Charleston, w.
Va, who was the guest of his sister,
Mrs. J. J. Golf, of Upper Wells street,
for few days while on his way home
from New York, left yesterday for
home.
Miss May Slender, Of New Martins
vile, who has been in the city for sew
eral days as the guest of Mrs. w. H.
King, and Miss BesS PomerOy left last
evening for home.
The new opera house is now an as
sured fact and during the next twenty
days work will be commenced on it.
M. J. Brilies, the well known insur-
ance agent of Wheeling, is in the city
and will remain for a couple of days as
the guest Of his son, Henry Michael
Brilles, at the Arlington.
A. 3. Hunt, Of the we'll known law
firm of Shanor & Hunt, left this after
noon for Pittsburg to attend to some
important business matters. He will
be absent from the city for couple Of
days.
Miss leila Altres, of Wheeling, who
has been in the city for several days as
the guest of her niece. Mrs. A. A Web
Der, left yesterday afternoon for home
John Smith, of st. Marys, was in the
city to-day.
S. w. Lawrence, who has been on a
business and pleasure trip to Pittsburg,
Wheeling and other points north, re-
| turned this afternoon after an absence
of couple of days.
Thomas Gartlan, well known oper-
ator of Parkersburg, was in the city to-
| day looking after some interests
The Misses Wells, who sold their
property on Wells street for the new
opera house building, have let the con-
tract for a handsome dwelling house to
be built on Main street. below Charles.
| Mrs. R. S. Eveland, of Hornellsville,
N Y, arrived in the city yesterday,
| having been called home by the seri-
| Gus illness of some of the members of