Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-09
BENWOOD NEWS.
A Coming Interesting EveDt--'The
Happenings of Yesterday in the
Busy Town.


roodo nv the members of Evening Star
Lodge. No. is, Knights of Pythias, for
| a social gathering to be held on 1Ae
evening of the 9th inst. at their nan.
| Invitations for the affair have been
extended to the knights of Pythias at
various neighboring points ana very
Io7.rro attendance will no QouDC DC
! eoorox,. The features of the occasion
! viii be of an interesting character, ana
an enjoyable time is promised 10 al
who may be present. street Demon
| stratiCn will be given by the Uniformed
Rank, Knights of Pythias, previous to
! the opening of the meeting. quite
| number of the members OF the order
have expressed their willingness to turn
out. They will traverse over the prln-
! cipal streets Of the city, headed by a
| band Of music The Evening Star
| Lodge is at present in very flourish
| ing condition, having q membership of
one hundred and fifty. They have been
! considering and accepting applications
| for membership at each regular meet
! ing for some time past. The coming
| affair is to be given in honor Of the
| gOOdly number of new members recent
| ly initiated into the mysteries of the
! organization.
William Trisley, of Upper Benwood,
who has been lying i'll Of pneumonia
| at his home, was in critical condition
yesterday.
Miss Margaret Kavanaugh, of
| Moundsville. has returned to her home
! after pleasant visit at the home of
! Miss Julia Barrett, Of McMechen street.
| The board of directors of the Electric
Light Company held their regular
! monthly meeting last night at the Office
( of the plant. The various bills con-
! tracted by the company during the
past month were ordered to be paid and
| other business matters Of routine ma
ture were brought up and duly trans
acted.
| Miss Fannie Padden. of Wheeling, is
a guest at the home of Mrs. James r.
| Mahood, of McMechen street
| The lecture to be delivered by Rev.
| George C. Wilding, of Jersey City, N. j.,
| on the subject, ITO the Top of Mt
| Hood at the First NJ. E. Church, next
| Wednesday evening, promises to be at
! tended by a large audience from all
| present indications. The lecture will
! be given under the auspices of the Ep-
worth League of the First NJ. E.
| Church.
Sam Munas has recovered from a
slight attack of grip.
7. w. Morris, of McMechen, who en-
| listed in Company NJ, First West Vir-
ginia Volunteer Infantry, has returned
! 10 his home from camp at Columbus,
/ Ga. AJM#$aId 4g.ssr
William McCabe, of Main street,
| member Of Company c, First West Vir-
glnia Volunteer Infantry, arrived in the
city Tuesday from camp at Columbus,
Ca.
The reception which was to have
| been held by the Social Three" Of
this city, at the home of Mrs. Alonzo
C0sser, in South Wheeling, tonight,
has been postponed until a later date
Oh account of the illness Of a sister of
the Misses Mahood. The Social
Three" is composed OF Misses Cleo Sim
mons, Alvirda Mahood and Sara Ma
hood
Russell. young son of o. 0. Gates,
the druggist, has been presented with
a collection of the buttons of the vari-
Gus States of the Union by William
MeCabe, of this city, one of the SOL
diers OF the First West Virginia Regi-
ment, who returned home from Co.
lnmbus, Ca, on Tuesday.
A blank was scored in yesterday
mornings police court.
A man named McClusky, a tube
worker at the Riverside mill, while at
work yesterday shortly before noon
suffered the misfortune of having an
artery of his right hand badly cut. The
injury was attended TO by DR.. Eskey.
at the Emergency hospital. Two
stitches were required to close the
wound. The cut is quite painful one,
and will necessitate disuse of the hand
Tor some time to come.
The lecture on the subject Love.
Cnurtshlp and Marriage" delivered last
night by j. G. Bailey, of Kentucky. at
the City Hall, was largely attended.
The lecture was given under the aus
pices OF the Central school, and ouife
a neat sum of money was realized Mr.
Bailey discoursed upon the tonic in
humorous vein and his remarks
throughout the evening fairly delighted
his hearers.
Last evening about $50 O'Clock an
alarm OF FIRE called the bucket brigade
TO the Enterprise building. where
small blaze had originated among Some
papers in the front Office. The Ara n-as
quickly extinguished. The loss was
small
The vacant room in the Emergency
hospital building has been rented to