Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-26


Grafton, w. va, March 25.-A slight
| fire occurred in the residence of e. e.
White at Fetterman the first Of the
week. Damage fully covered by insur-
ance.
Harry Gaines got a badly mashed
| hand while coupling cars in the yard
here Thursday.
Miss Maggie Hickle, of Fetterman,
was the guest of Miss Mollie Basford
Wednesday.
The Grafton band serenaded Mayor
elect Boyd Thursday night.
John A. Luttrell will leave Monday
on a months trip to Camden-on-Gau-
ley.
Clyde Cole, Fred Zeck, Berd Dent,
Clyde Lewis. Delbert Robinson and
Clarence Poe, members of the Cadet
Corps, at M%organtown, are spending a
short vacation with their parents in
town.
Sir knights Stewart T. Reed and D.
x. Keel, of Clarksburg, attended the
| conclave Of De Molay Commandery
Monday night.
Geo. Simmons. of Philadelphia, for
| merly with the West Virginia Drug
and Chemical Co., at Fairmont, was in
town the first of the week. He is one
of the hospital stewards in the First
West Virginia regiment. He is tray-
cling for an eastern drug company.
Attorney Chas. Powell, of Fairmont,
was in town Thursday.
J.. H. Mills will erect a new residence
in the West Side this spring.
Jacobs and Lucas, prominent lum-
Der dealers Of this county, have moved
one of their saw mills at Newburg,
Preston county. They contracted for
enough timbers at that point to keep
them cutting for over a year.
w. J. Painter, merchant of Thornton,
was in town Friday.
John Strother, Sergeant-Major of the
First West Virginia Volunteer Infan-
try, returned from MatanZas, Cuba,
where he had been since the LIST of
January as Interpreter of Major Gener-
al Wilson.
Bernard Kennedy, general organizer
fer the Modern Woodmen of America,
will leave Monday for a brief visit to
his home in Illinois.
De Molay Commandery No. II, K. T.,
decided by a unanimous vote at it's
regular meeting night to invite the
Grand COmmandery to hold the annual
conclave at this place in May 1900.
Marion Hall, former editor OF the
Philippi Republican, was in town
Thursday.
Marshall D. Bartlett, Of Pennington,
was in town Friday.
The Charity ball under the auspices
Of the Kings Daughters held in Brink
man hall Thursday night was largely
attended. The Grafton band, the Opera
House orchestra and the Olean Man
dolin and Guitar Club furnished the
music. An entertaining programme
was rendered and a handsome sum was
realized.
Hon. B. F. Bailey was in Wheeling
Wednesday and Thursday attending a
meeting of the Elks.
Col. c.. L. Smith, of Fairmont, was a
Grafton visitor Thursday.
Mr.. D. Bartlett, of Pennington, has
sold his Touring mill at that place to
Williamson & Curry, who took charge
On Thursday.
The Clarion Lumber Co. sustained
heavy losses by fire at Georgetown
Wednesday.
A young man named Wilson got his
arm broken Friday in Fetterman while
switching cars in the yard at that
place.
The grand Easter opening of the
American will take place Tuesday and
Wednesday Of next week.
Mrs. B. f. Martin placed a beautiful
memorial window in the M. E. church
the first of the week to the memory Of
her late husband, the Hon. B. T. Mar
tin, who was a member of that church
and for a number Of years superintend-
ent of the Sunday school.
The Grand Lodge of the A. o. U. w.
will be here on the Dist. 22nd and 23rd
of April. The local lodge are making
extensive preparations to entertain
their visiting brethren. Hon. John T.
McCraw will deliver the address of
welcome.
Miss Lizzie Whitescarver, who is at
tending the University at Morgantown,
is visiting relatives in town.
Bruce Bailey, of Morgantown, is the
guest of his brother, B. F. Bailey.
Mrs. r. NJ. Sheets and Miss Gertrude
Guard were visiting friends in Wheel
ing Thursday.