Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-12
MOUNDSVILLE.

The Ohio River railroad has a change
| in the time of their trains, taking eff
| feet to-day. Only two trains are eff
| fected. No. south-bound will arrive
here at 1879 a. m, instead of 12:17 p.
m, as before, and No. 4, north bound,
| will be due at 11:05 p. M. instead of
| 11:l0, as heretofore ~Te other trains
| will be the same as under the old sched-
| ule.
j. R. Johnson is now down to a
| depth of over 800 feet with his No. 3
| oil well on the Mccarthy farm. The
casing is being put in and it will be a.
couple of weeks before the well Is
! drilled into the Cow run sand
| The jury commissioners drew the fol-
! lowing list of names yesterday to serve
as petit jurors for the March term of
/ Circuit Court: Moundsville, J. E,
! Higgs, G. V. Hughes, j. S. Mcconnell,
u. w. Morris, Thomas shrimp. E. w.
| Hammond and J. D. Bruce; Washing
ton district, George Koontz, John Hill,
J. c. Riggs and w. A. Cox; Liberty
district, Mack Bane, Harry Turner and
]. N. Grimm; Webster district, John
| Hagerman, r. L. Prosser, H. w. Allen,
Andrew Moore. j. c. Burley, c. w.
| Phillips and T. B. Richie; Franklin
district, G. w. Ruckman, Thomas
| Kemp, George F. Seloughn, Quincy
! Cresap and T. B. Harrison; Sand Hill
! district, VIM. Patterson and August
| Geisler; Benwood, John Sivers and
| Isaac Thomas; McMechen, Fred Baltz;
! Meade, James A. Bonar; Clay, G. o.
LuteS and Joseph NJ. Holmes
A special session of the county court
will be held next Friday for the pur-
| pose of appointing a road surveyor for
| Sand Hill district, and also to make an
| inspection of tie new bridge now being
| constructed over Middle Grave creek
| near the fair grounds.
| Thomas McGruder and T. B. Elder,
| two we'll known citizens of Webster
| district, were in the city yesterday.
W. H. BatsOn came home from Man
| nington yesterday, where he has been
| the past week doing contracting work
| Mrs. a. J. McElroy, who has been on
! the sick list for some time past, is now
able to be about again.
| The symphony Circle will meet next
| Wednesday evening at the home of DR..
J. NJ. Williamson, on Fifth street
| George II. Brown, of Pittsburg, is in
| the city in the interest OF the wate1
| works company.
Manager Criswell has booked the
farce comedy success Other Peoples
Money" to appear at the Opera House
| on the goth of the month. This show
| is quite a large one and is something
extra for a city OF this size. His eff
forts in securing an attraction Of this
nature should be appreciated by pack
| ing the house the night this show ap-
pears here.
Last night banquet was rendered
| several Of the members of No. hose
company at their headquarters In the
First ward. The bill Of fare consisted
of everything imaginable. and several
toasts were responded to by different
| guests present. Capt. Elias Charlton.
| of the company, got the affair up for
the boys who were with Company NJ.
The Epworth League will hold a de-
votional service at the Methodist
Church next Thursday evening. All
are invited
C. II. Shaw, who has been very I'll
| with typhoid fever at the residence OF
| E. n. Lewis for some time past, is re-
ported as being much better at this
| writing.
Miss Bessie Knight entertained the
! members of the C. l. c. Club Friday
evening. Various amusements made
up the evenings entertainment, and at
the usual hour refreshments were
| served.
Miss Mary Balwin. of the Orchard, Is
confined to her home with the mumps.
Mrs. II. F. Cox, who fell on the Icy
| pavement Friday, is getting along very
nicely. Her head was only slightly
bruised
Tomorrow evening q meeting will
| be held at the court house in the in
terest of the law abiding citizens. This
| is what the cali states, and il is the
intention of those concerned to place
ticket in the field to be voted at the