Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-27
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, PA, August 90
Company H, of the Tenth pennsylvania
regiment will arrive here from the
Philippine Islands on next TUESDAY
morning. An immense reception
awaits them. There will be a parade,
consisting of the local company OF the
National Guard, G. A. R. posts, Sons
of Veterans, J. o. U. A. NJ, Odd Eel
lows, and many other organizations.
Six brass bands have been engaged for
the occasion, and LOCO school children
will sing patriotic songs, the exercises
! to take place on the College campus.
Each member of the company Will pc
presented with a gold medal, suitably
inscribed. M. L. A. McCracken, VINO
has a son in the company, will deliver
the address of welcome, while one OF
the members of the company Will re-
spond. After the exercises the ladies
of the town will furnish an elegant
dinner for the boys. The town will
be decorated as it has never been be-
fore, and the home coming of the boys
who travelled over 10000 miles to hght
foreign foe, will be one never to be
forgotten. In the midst of the great
rejoicing at the return of the soldiers,
there will also be sorrowing for the
brave boys who are left behind-hero's
who fell in battle.
Miss Alice Carver is visiting her
friend, Miss Callie' Miller, of Chapline
street, Wheeling.
Congressman Acheson and family
left on Thursday for a months visit
at Mackinac Island.
The new opera house Of Washington
will be opened on October 6, and the
Cherry Pickers'' will hold the boards
for that night.
The military funeral of the late Col
onel A. L. Hawkins, commander of the
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment in the
Philippines, and who died at sea while
returning home, will be held here on
next Friday afternoon at one o'clock.
The entire Tenth regiment will attend
and act as escort to the remains of
their gallant leader; also many other
military organizations will be present.
The funeral is expected to be the larg-
est ever held in this part of the coun-
try, and many military men of national
reputation will be here.
Miss Annie Reese, of South Main
street has returned from a visit with
friends at Altoona.
The embezZlement cases against ex-
banker Samuel Hazlett, which were to
have been tried this week, have been
postponed until the November term of
Criminal Court.
Nearly all of Washington will go to
Pittsburg on Monday to welcome the
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment. Com
pany c., N. g. P, will leave for that
city at $50 a. M, and will take part
in the big parade in the Smoky City.
Hereafter prisoners sent to the coun-
ty jail here for minor offenses, will be
put to work on the streets and roads.
Harry Bartlett and sisters have re-
turned from an outing at Mackinac.
The Washington military band gave
a delightful concert at the end of the
street car line on Thursday evening.
Mac. d. Carter, a compositOr on the
Observer, and Miss Josephine Chivers
were married on Tuesday evening.
Hon. John Mcdowell died at his
home near here Thursday morning, at
the age Of so years. Mr.. Mcdowell
was one of the most extensive wool
growers in the country. and it was
him who donated the wool to make the
suit that President Mckinley wore at
his Inauguration as President.
Mrs. Joseph Dickson and daughter
have returned from a visit with friends
in Clarion county.