Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-03

". a. weaver ana vile lett yesterday
on a trip to Atlantic City.
Mrs. S. T. COPYRIGHT and Mrs. DR..
Mccullough leave tomorrow on the
excursion to Niagara Falls.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the M. E. Church will have
their regular monthly meeting this ev-
ening at the home of Mrs. LANG.
| Harry Hall, an oil operator of Mon
roe county, Ohio, was in the city yes
terday. -
| Mrs. Dr. Hutchinson, OF Cameron. is
visiting in the city.
B. F. Chaffee and Miss Jessie May
Terrell were granted marriage license
| by the County Clerk yesterday.
The City Council will meet in regu-
| lar session this evening.
! The Hook and Ladder Company will
give another dance at the Park Satur-
! day night One of the features will be
| a fancy cake walk.
Judge T. P. Jacobs, of New Martins
vile, was in the city yesterday.
George Stephens and family have
| moved to Wheeling, where Mr.. Steph-
ems is again employed at the B. & o.
!, freight Office.
John Kemple, of Wheeling, was in
the city yesterday.
A son of John Murphy, aged 20 years,
died at his home yesterday. The fun
eral will take place to-day some time.
P. S. Hubbs was visitor to Wheel
| ing yesterday.
| Silas Ingram, of Cameron, will de-
| liver several lectures here next week
on the subject of hypnotism. He is
said to understand his subject thor
oughly and is able to practice the art
very successfully.
! Robert Brent, of ST. Louis, arrived
/ here last night to visit Mrs. Jane Cox,
of Lafayette avenue.
Isaiah Stephens, postmaster at Nc
Mechen, was in the city yesterday.
| Miss Agnes Sullivan has returned to
| n6r nome dL ", eAAsoA -
visit with Mrs VIM. Strong.
Miss Emma Hartley leaves to-mor-
row on the w. & L. E. excursion to Nj
agara Falls.
| A portion of the Fostoria factory
i will resume operations to-day. The
full list of shops, however, will not be
working before Monday.
! e. A. Garrison and family have re-
| turned from a visit to friends at New
ark, o.
Robert Purcell. Of the Third ward,
is suffering from the effects OF broken
finger, which he sustained while play
| ing ball a few days ago.
The Mound City fishing camp, which
| is located at Darlington, will dlsDand
tomorrow and all members will return
to their home in this city.
The county court has let the contract
for two new bridges; one is to span
Boggs' run and will cost $500. The
length of it will be 40 feet. The other
bridge will be located at Clark's Ford
and will span Fish creek. The length
| of it is 1876 feet and the cost is $3.50.
The last mentioned will be completed
Auguts 30th and the former September
Goth. The cost of superstructure is In
cluded in the price of each bridge. The
Massillon (O.) Bridge Company has
! both contracts.
A great game of base ball will be
played on the fair grounds next Satur-
day afternoon. The contesting mines
will be made up of employees of the
! Fostoria glass house. The captains
are A. c.. Scroggins, Jr., and 5. Z.
, Shropshire. The former calls his nine
the Packers and the latter the Deco
rators. Following is the lineup: Pack
ers-J. Weddoes, c.; T. Clark, D.; j.
O'Hara, 1b; A. G. Scroggins, Jr, 2b;
G. Rolf, 3b; c.. Weekly, S.; S. Shurt-
/ lift. rf.; M. Clark, cf.; w. Ryan, If; c.
Stultz, sub. Decorators. Dorsey, c.;
w. K. Purcell D.; S. C. Shropshire, lib;
R. Purcell, 2b; S. Scroggins, 3b; J.
Keys, SIS; H. Crow, If; A. Kuhn, ri;
w. Games, CT; F. Grow, sub.
The game is expected to be one of
! those real exciting kind and will no
doubt draw large crowd.
| Ingle Malone. B. & o. road super
| visor, was in the city yesterday.