Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-17

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L. e. Ward vas at the Pennsboro
Fair Thursday.
Hon. Geo. Leonard, of Beverly, is a
Ward House guest.
The Peoples Telephone Co. is pub
fishing a handsome new list of sub
~scribers.
Miss Icei Taylor will leave the first
of the week for Washington, d. G.,
where she will spend the winter.
John H. Henry, superintendent OF the
Tyrconnell mines, was in town FRIDAY.
Clark Lewellen, the assessor OF real
estate for the eastern district, has COM
pleted his work in the country dis
tricts and is now listing the town pro-
perty. He reports considerable de-
crease in the valuation of property thus
far assessed.
Geo. w. Lake, a prominent farmer
of Neel, died Thursday morning aged
II years.
Edward Jennings and John Hech-
mer, Jr., left Wednesday to attend st.
V%incent's College at Latrobe, Pa.
Capt. Geo, w. Hoover was in Balt1-
more and Washington the first OF the
week.
Granville E. Jarvis is leasing farms
on the west side of the river for oil
privileges. =.
George Baylor, of Claude. was in
town Friday.
liza Moran, the Fetterman merchant,
has returned from a visit to friends IN
Marion county.
Simon Robinson, merchant of Arden,
was a business caller to town during
the week.
Jack Morgan, of Fairnont, was here
during the week, placing a slate roof
on the NEWMAN property in West
Grafton.
The Spider and Fly opened the
dramatic season at the Opera House
Tuesday night with a fair house. The
entertainment was first class. The
next show is billed for the 9th inst,
"The Bell Boy" a show of high merit.
Geo. w. Deck, the produce dealer,
is off duty this week on account OF a
sprained ankle, which he sustained
while crossing the railroad bridge.
Richard Wilmoth, of the G. & B. di-
vision, moved his family this week
from Belington to this place.
Judge and Miss Dent returned Fri
dav from Charles Town, where the
Jcdge had been attending Supreme
Court.
Hon. Jacob Fisher, of Sutton, was a
business visitor here Thursday.
j. Slidell Brown, of the Kingwood
Argus, was among the newspaper men
here during the week.
Robert Maloney was at Colfax
Thursday attending a ball.
Miss Edna Bishop is visiting friends
at Colfax.
F. Kemper Holt and family left to-
day for Baltimore, Nd, where they Will
make their future home.
Samuel Armstrong, Of IrontoWn, was
in town Friday.
Chas. Painter has accepted a position
with the Provident Life Insurance Co..
DR.. J. E. R. Ellis was at NeWburg
Friday on professional business.
w. H. Bailey and Herbert w. Dent
we're at the P%ennsboro Fair Thursday.
Misses Eulah and Corinne Davis and
Grace Watkins will leave Tuesday to
resume their studies ait Wilson College,
Chambersburg, Pa, after spending
their vacation with their parents here.
Waitman Barbe, assistant to the
president of the University, was in
town Wednesday looking after the in
terests of that institution.
DR.. A. B. Hall, proprietor Of the Ar
lington Hotel, was in Morgantown on
business this week.
Robert L. Howe, lumber dealer, was
at Weston this week taking in the
street Fair.
H. Gaines, of the Main street Racket
store, was at the Pennsboro Fair
Wednesday and Thursday.
A. c. Love, clerk in the Auditors
Office, Charleston, is visiting his moth
er in this city.
Claude Shaw, of Preston county, was
visiting his uncle, George c. L. Shaw,
on West Main street Thursday. Mr..
Shaw was a member of the famous
Tenth Pennsylvania, having enlisted
at Morgantown, when the President
issued the first call for volunteers in
1897. He left here Thursday evening
to visit his sister at Burnersville, Brax-
ton county.
Harry Magill, of Charleston, who has
been visiting his mother on MILFORD
street, for several days past, left
Thursday for his home at Charleston.
Mr.. Magill has a lucrative position in
a large drug store at that place.
Hon. John Bradshaw returned We'd
nesday from a visit to Baltimore, Nd.
Prof. Robert A. Armstrong, of the
chair of English at the University, was
in town Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Carrie Dent returned Wednes-
day from Morgantown, where she had
been attending the summer term of the
University.
Hon. o. S. Mckinney, of Fairmont.
was a business caller to town Thurs
day.
Clarence Poe arrived from Morgan
town Wednesday to spend his vacation
here.
Mrs. Sheats, of Clarksburg. and Mrs.
Eaton, of Pittsburg, are visiting their
sisters, Mrs. w. R. GREGG, at the Ar
lington.
Mrs. w. R. Loar and children re-
turned this week from a visit to
friends at Reedsville
Auditor LaFollette has returned to
Charleston after a brief visit to friends
in this county.
Hon. D. Talbot, of Beverly, was in
town Wednesday.
Col. Clarence l.. Smith, of Fairmont,
stopped a few hours in town Thurs
day en- route to his home from a bust
ness trip to New York.
The American Bazaar has secured
the services of Miss Ethel Trader. an
experienced milliner from New York,
to take change of that department of
their new store.
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