Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-11
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new MaftlnSVllle, w. Va, June L.
Work on the big furniture house of
Thompson & Muh Nnan has been sus-
pended for more than two weeks. ow-
ing 10 the length of some timbers,
koontZ d Phillips sent a special order
to pennsylvania, which was filed and
shipped, and the car is lost. All eff
forts TO locate it has been futile SO far.
There were seven members of the
senior class of civil engineering at the
State University at Morgantown this
year. We are pleased to state that
two of the number mentioned were
from Wetzel county. George KreDbs
passed through town some weeks ago
TO accept a position in the southern
part of the State. The seventh mem
Der of the class and no doubt the
youngest of his associates, is Jacob
Abersold, who has accepted a position
with the Eureka Pipe Line Company,
with his office at Cameron. w. Va.
G. c. Eisenbarth and wife attended
the funeral of Mrs. Robert Henderson
at Sistersville Sunday
Mrs. Isaac fisher, Mrs. Nancy O'Neil
and Mrs. Rev. Stroll, of Barnesville,
were guests of Mrs. C. C. Eisenbarth
Wednesday.
AT their special meeting held last
Thursday evening, the l.. NJ Stephens
Hose Company accepted the terms of
the president and secretary of the Fair
Association and will conduct the pic
mic to be given by the company on the
Fair grounds July 4th. The commit
tee appointed have arranged quite a
speed programme ana are Offering the
best purses advertised at any previous
and similar occasion. They are offer
ing $50 to the winner of the hub and
hub race of $50 yards and invitations
are being sent to the surrounding cit
les, to the various fire departments to
enter in this very interesting race.
The company having this under their
own auspices, and having arranged a
good list OF attractions and the fact
that an elaborate programme has been
arranged will draw a large crowd TO
our town. Let the business people
lend hand and it will be complete
success.
Owing to their increasing business,
Hervey Bros. haze employed Louis
Salterbaek to take charge of their Of
flee work. Their rooms are located in
the Hall building on Main street.
Ed. Lawrence. a conductor on the o.
R. railroad, and family formerly of
Parkersburg, will make this their flu
ture home. Mr.. Lawrence has rented
the dwelling recently built by Walter
Priest.
Misses May and Sample Baxter are
visiting friends at Proctor.
Miss Georgia Clark spent several
days of the past week with Powhattan
friends, returning Thursday evening.
Miss Fannie Douglas, who has been
attending school at Washington, stop
ped off Wednesday and Thursday Wis
iting friends while on her way home at
Ripley Landing.
Your correspondent is under obliga-
tons to our genial wharfmaster, Henry
Shutter, for the following river news:
The boats for the last week received
and discharged 300 passengers at this
city and handled 200 tons of freight.
The steamer Ruth handling about so
per cent. Of the passenger traffic.
The Brast Bros. will commence the
removal of their old hotel on the river
front next week. 1t will be replaced
by large brick hotel of modern struc-
ture, and we'll equipped in every way.
The Brast hotel is well known to all
travelling men. and is first class, but
the QNHSIS lSel THAT lueA Cdn the
finest between Wheeling and Parkeys-
burg, and the business of our growing
city demands it.
The Elk hotel has changed hands
three times in the last few months.
The first sale was for $4,000 May the
first it sold for $4,000, and this week
for $500
j. f. and E. A. McCaskey sold thirty
feet front on Main street to A. Soland
for $4,000, being 500 per front foot.
On last Saturday a number of per-
sons were here from Sistersyille. look
ing for property, and few sales were
made in Stender's addition. More lots
were sold this week. and the building
boom still goes on.
Josephus Clark will lay out some lots
on High street. This is a very desira-
bic location Each purchaser OF lots
viii be required by his contract of pur-
chase to build certain kind of a
house. and the building will be reauir-
ed to stand SO many feet from the
street.
james Chaplin's new dwelling on
North street is nearing completion.
and for architecture it Is not surpassed
By any building on the street.
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