Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07


| McMechen. The usual May devotions
service will be held at the church here
at 7:30 p. M
Miss Bird Zane, stenographer at the
Fostoria Glass Company, is spending
| Sunday with relatives atWheeling.
| The new house of E. c.. Rogerson,
located on Grant avenue, is being con-
| structed. When finished it will con-
tain seven rooms and is very neat
| building.
Attorney T. NJ. Garvin, CT Wheeling,
was in the city on legal business yes
| terday.
| Mrs Harry Henderson, who has been
| Ill for some time past with an at
| tack of the typhoid fever, is a great
deal better at this writing.
| Mrs. ]. B. Booher has returned to her
| home at Wheeling after visit with
| relatives here.
Quite large list of farmers were In
from the country yesterday, which gave
| the city the appearance OF being a very
busy one
A new team OF horses was purchased
| the past week for the penitentiary.
| Yesterday the horses were hitched to
! the road wagon used in hauling coal
| to the institution. The convict in
! charge did not understand how TO
handle them and the consequence was
| that much difficulty was experienced
in getting the load of coal to the
prison. The horses are fine looking,
but have never been used for heavy
| hauling.
The property located at the corner
of Fifth street and Tomlinson avenue
formerly occupied by Mrs. D. A. Dor
sey, is to be sold at special commits
sioners' sale on next Saturday.
Constable John 10y, OF Benwood,
was in the city yesterday.
The members of the Conley brass
band have decided to purchase uni
forms for their organization. With
this object in view subscription pa
per has been placed in circulation
which so far has been satisfactorily
received by almost everybody. The
boys deserve great deal of credit in
getting together SO many young men
| as members of this band and our peo-
pie should extend them all the aid pos
sible in a financial way.
The Kings Daughters will have their
regular weekly meeting tomorrow
evening. All members are requested to
be present.
The next excursion to be given by
the Symphony Circle Orchestra will be
run to Powhatan, Ohio, on the 18th OF
this month. The good steamer Leroy
has been chartered for the OCCASION
which will no doubt prove as satisfac-
tory as the trip the past week. Last
Thursday on the trip to CIarington
about twenty people were left for the
| reason that they we're not at the wharf
when the boat was scheduled to leave
1t might be well for all intending go
ing on this last excursion to be on hand
at the proper time, thus taking no
chances on being left,
City Clerk J. D. Burley has returned
from business trip to Parkersburg.
The first. dance of the season to be
given by the Hook and Ladder Com
pany will be held a the Seventh street
park on next Saturday evening. This
park will be placed in excellent condi
ton for the summer months, and the
members of the company will see that
everybody has real good time
The new schedule on the Baltimore
and Ohio road is expected 10 go into
effect on the 18th of this month. From
what can be learned the changes in the
new book will not effect this station
very much. Important changes will be
made on the Pittsburg division, now
ever.
The reorganization of our local base
ball club is TO be made on next Thurs
day evening. Meetings for this pur-
pose have been called on one or two
other occasions but they failed 10 ma
terialiZe. This time, however, the
boys have taken a great deal of inter-
est in the move and expect to organ
iZe the strongest amateur team in the
Ohio Valley.
The Epworth League District Con
vention, which is TO be held in this
city on the 10th and 18th of this month,
promises to be quite a. large affair.
Every chapter in the district has. ap-
pointed delegates who will be present.
The members who constitute the en-
tertaining committee of the organiza
ton here have been hard at work the
past week for the affair. The first
days programme is to be devoted to a
reception TO the delegates, but the Sec
ond will betfor the transaction of the
business and an entertainment will be
PROV ided for to be held at night.
Prices Floating Opera will appear in
this city some time during the month.
The boat passed up the river yester-
day.
The past week has been busy one
with the men who are building the
new foundation of the hotel for the
Gospel Trumpet people. Much grading
has been done and also considerable
sewerage constructed, which has made
quite a change in the surroundings at
the place. The stone work is not all
completed, but the company expect to
have the building completed this sum-
mer some time.
R. G. Blankinsop, who has leased
the building on Seventh street owned
by VIM. WOODBURY.. will have the nee
essary repairs made at once for the
converting of the rooms into a factory.
The machinery has already been Or
dered for his plant. which will manu-
facture ladies garments.
The members of j. c. Caldwell Post,
G, A. R., held very interesting meet
ing at their hall last evening. Besides
the regular routine business transact
&c it was decided to take part In DEM
0uctro tior hpra DpnOrot{on Nav 1rbax.