Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-06
BEN WOOD.
A Brief Budget Of News Notes From
the Busy City.

Mrs. John Lubick is lying seriously
i'll of pneumonia at her home in North
Benwood.
Miss Lucy Hood, of Mt. Olivet, has
returned to her home after having
spent a few days in the city as the
guest of her uncle, DR.. ]. N. Alley, OF
the Emergency hospital force.
William Whitney, of Indianapolis,
Ind, who suffered the misfortune OF
having both his limbs taken Off in an
accident at the Wheeling Iron and
Steel works last Saturday morning, is
still confined to the Emergency hos
pital. His condition continues to grad
ually improve.
One plain drunk was arraigned before
the Mayor yesterday morning and was
fined the usual amount, 81 and costs.
Miss Mary Dixon, of Main street, and
her friend, Miss Margaret Rudolph, OF
Pennsylvania, have returned to their
studies at Muskingum College at New
Concord, Ohio, after having spent
brief vacation in the city as guests at
the home of Miss Dixon's parents.
Attorney J. E. Hooten, of Mounds
vile, was in the city yesterday on le-
gal business.
Miss Gertrude Manhood pleasantly en-
tertained about ten couples OF her
friends Tuesday evening at her home
on McMechen street. The playing OF
card games and dancing were the prln-
cipal feature of the evening. At the
conventional hour the guests partook
of tempting refreshments.
The Water Works company have a
large force of men at work engaged in
making repairs to the various streets
and alleys in the city that were torn
I'D last fall, when the main water pipes
We're being laid.
The day force of puddlers employed at
the Wheeling Iron and Steel works
were off duty yesterday on account or
the pump being out of working order.
The work of putting a new front in
the store room of the Krohnhardt
building on Main street, has been COM
pleted, and is quite an improvement to
the property.
The work of putting an additional
story to Paul Reidel's two-story frame
building on Main street, was started
yesterday morning, and will be speed
lily pushed forwaC% TO completion.
James Sands, the we'll known clerk
at M. & w. Deegan's department store,
and Joseph Kelley, have decided to
purchase the stock of Michael Dolan,
the McMechen street grocer, and intend
to reopen the business on Monday after
next
A horse attached to a delivery wagon,
belonging to the Amazon Dairy Company,
while standing on Marshall street at a
point a short distance north of the River
side works, yesterday morning about 1880
o'clock, became frightened ait a dog, and
ran off. After proceeding north along
Marshall street for short distance the
animal turned to the left and plunged
down the steep embankment at this point
leading to the B. & O. railroad The horse
and wagon alighted in a heap at the foot
of the bank. The vehicle was consider
ably damaged. but the animal received
only a few scratches. At the time Of the
runaway the driver was delivering milk
to people living in the vicinity.
Yesterday the Riverside Company re-
ceived a large consignment of bricks,
which are to be used in the work of
erecting a large coal storage building at
the southwest corner of the mill grounds.
The work of eXcavating for the founda-
ton for the new structure is progressing
nicely.
Two DRINKS and disorderlies were given
ternoon and each was fined So and costs.