Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-31
SISTERSVILLE

SistersvilIe, w Va, May 3O-Decora-
tiOn Day here was very appropriately
celebrated to-day and was more gen.
orally observed than it has been for
| a long time There was a parade to
the cemetery, in which the members
of the local Grand Army post, as we'll
as the fire companies and several civic
societies appeared. After the decorat-
ing of graves in the cemetery the
crowd returned to the city building,
where excellent speeches were made
by Hon. Frank D. Young and George
M. Mccoy.
Hiss Helen Ludin, of st. Marys, who
has been in the city visiting friends
for several days, has returned home.
Mrs. A. B. Leasure, of Wells street,
returned last evening from Wheeling,
where she had been on a shopping
tour.
Mrs. F. F. Dunlap, of the South Side,
left last evening for Marietta, where
she will visit relatives and friends for
a few days.
Hail Fleming, of Pittsburg, one Of
the best known travelling men coming
here, was in the city yesterday and
during the day visited his friend, E.
A. Daniels, who is ill with typhoid
fever. x
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Sutton, formerly
of this city, now living at Meadville,
Pa, arrived in the city last evening
and will remain here for week or
ten days as the guest of their son.
DR.. and Mrs. J. F. Means, of Wells
street, were guests of friends and rela-
tives in Wheeling yesterday. They
returned home last evening.
Col John ]. Carter, general manager
of the Carter Oil Company, with head
quarters at Titusville, Pa, arrived in
the city last evening and will remain
here for few days looking after the
immense interests of his company in
this field.
j. R. Cunningham, we'll known
business man of Warrington, arrived
in the city last evening to look after
some interests here. He will be the
guest of COL and Mrs. B. d. Wood
while in the city.
j. B. Bremen, well known Wheel
ing travelling man, who formerly lived
here, was in the city yesterday look
ing after business and calling on
friends.
E. A. Daniels, who has been confined
to his home for several days with
fever, was reported to be much better
last evening.
George l.. Roberts, a prominent at
torney of Pittsburg, arrived in the
city last evening and will remain here
for few days looking after legal mat
tiers for the Carter Oil Company, Of
which he is counsel.
George w. Crawford, who has been
the guest of his mother at Emberton,
Pa, for few days, returned to the
city last evening.
Miss Ella Stewart, one of the very
few female "drummers, whose head
quarters are in Cleveland, O., and who
travels for a wholesale hardware firm,
was in the city yesterday and last
night, guest at the Hotel Wells.
Miss Edna Stewart, of Water and
Charles streets, who has been i'll with
syptoms of typhoid fever for several
days, is getting along nicely and it is
thought she will be able to be about
in a few days.
J. w. Boyer left last evening for
Marietta to look after some interests
he has in. that village.
Harry w. Smith, a prominent young
attorney of Middlebourne, passed
through the city yesterday afternoon
on his way to Parkersburg and other
points down the river.
C. S. Steady, of Middlebourne, was
in the city yesterday afternoon and
evening.