Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-05
BRIDGEPORT.

A Martha Washington tea is being
| contemplated by the ladies OF the Kirk
wood Methodist church, February %.
John Brooks, of this place, has ap-
piled for a patent on an improved gas
fire CRATE, made with a water container
on the back of it which becomes heat
ed, the vapor from which does away
with the odor from the gas. The de-
vice is pronounced a very good one by
those who have seen it in operation.
H. C. Burns is spending the day at
Wellsburg.
The members of the fire department
met Friday evening and decided to fit
the hose house up in order that the
members can use apOrtion of it for a
club room. A new linoleum and chairs
and tables will be put in. 1t has been
suggested that a small library be put
! in if the citizens of the town will do
nate the books.
Mrs. Sarah E. Deits and daughters,
Laura, Elsie, and son Joseph, left yes
terday for Williamsport, Pa, where
they will make their future home.
VIM. Pugh is home from week 5
business trip through West Virginia
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Wheeling confectioneT.
1t has been understood among the
postofTice candidates that the appoint
ment would be made about March 1st.
1t is very welcome news to the candi-
dates to know that Capt. Danford is
recovering from his recent illness.
Lawrence Neininger will remove to
Kirkwood.
Jas. Carney, of Pittsburg, was in
town yesterday on business.
Mrs. Heinline's condition remains
about the same.
Friday evening an old man who look
ed as though he had seen better days,
sitting on a dilapidated wagon to
which was hitched a horse whose con-
ditiOn was about the same as that of
its driver, struck the town. He was q
scissor grinder and on his wagon was
arranged a small grindstone. After
raising a few shekels he got glOri0usly
jagged and departed on his way. Dur
ing the time he was here he excited
much curiosity among the old as well
as the young folks.
Mrs. John Stahl, of Lansing, is crit
ically i'll and is not expected to live.
IlGl D6II blChCs, Il AtO SlCSt A4lS at Tie
home of Joseph Waterman, is serious
~ i'll with pneumonia.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the members of st. Anthony's
church for their festival and bazaar
to be given in the Opera House on the
evenings of February 8, 10, II and Is.
The event promises to eclipse any for
mer ones of the kind.
Last evening, at the West End
Methodist church, a social and oyster
supper was given by the ladies of the
church. The affair was well attended
and proved a success, financially and
otherwise
Sheriff Foreman was down from st.
Clairsville yesterday on business.
The rain of Friday evening caused
the ice in the creek to run out early
yesterday morning. 1t gorged at the
back river, the ice covering the river
ice almost across to the Island.
Mr. and Mrs. z. Sharp left yester-
day for Ironton in response to a tele-
gram stating that Mrs. Sharp's mother
had died at that place.
A large number of people here at
tended the Charlatan at Wheeling
Opera House last evening.
Deputy Treasurer Hayes was in town
yesterday on business.
Dulin Barrett pleasantly entertained
a number of his friends last evening.
Mrs. James Morrow is spending the
day with friends at Moundsville.
John Bird, Jr., has taken the agency
for a New Castle oil can firm, and will
begin business this week.
VIM. Burnley is laying in stock of
ice.
1t is understood that one of the
bosses in the Aetna-Standard mill has
been requested to resign.
Miss Jennie Williams, who was
brought home from Wheeling a few
days ago very i'll, is improving.
Wheeling creek mines worked all
but two days the past week.
The inconsistency of human nature
is we'll told by a street car motorman.
Hardly Sunday passes that some good