Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-12

sick in the family of F. Rice. of Sisters
vile, the past three weeks.
/ A number of our young people were
| very pleasantly entertained at the home
of Mrs. Joe Hervey. on last Thursday
| evening.
| The presiding elder will hold the regular
| quarterly meeting at the NJ. E. church to-
morrow.
| A. NJ Crow, of Littleton. a stockholder
| in the Peoples Telephone Co.. was here
| this week attending a meeting of the
board They viii put their line in first
class condition and make some extern
| sions. Most every business point in Wet
eel county has telephone service. Five
different lines have their terminus in this
! city.
| Waitman 7. Barrie, the we'll known edu-
Gator of West Virginia, author and field
| agent of the State University, made our
| city professional call this week.
| Mrs. Louise Swaney. of Pittsburg is
| the guest of her father. n. Bandi, of Main
street.
| Elk hotel. three stories. for rent or sale
A. C. RUBY, X.
Col Robert McGhee has returned from
an extended visit TO friends in Northern
Ohio.
Charley HARRISON. of Franklin, spent
few days with friends here the first of the
week
Mss Myrtle Barr is confined to her
room with sore throat Her many young
friends hope for an carly recovery.
Miss Edith OXnard who has spent some
months with her aunt, Mrs. VIII Ankrom,
left for Pittsburg FRIDAY
The many friends of Col. L. H. Stephens
read with pleasure the good account given
him Of his legislative work, in the Regis
ter.
DR.. j. D. Schmeid has procured the as
s.stance of DR.. Thos p. Downing of
Wheeling, who will locate with him in the
practice in this city. DIR. Schmeid was
unable to attend to all his practice. DR..
Downing is a graduate of the University
Of Pennsylvania spent two years with
Dr. Haskins, at his hospital at Wheeling,
and has he'd high position in the Ply
s.cian's Hospital in New Jersey.
Geo w. Fair. Clifford Anderson. Fred
Buck and Mike Gibbons, late privates in
the first West Virginia, returned this
week from the South, having been dis
charged from the service. The boys were
friends.
For rcnt-Two dwellings, and a business
room. c. W. BARRACK, Agt.
A. c. Ruby made his usual trip TO St
Louis and other western points this week.
buying up horses for his sale stables,
A large number of our Citizens have in
terests in the Elk fork extension, and
some are drawing large productions,
among whom are ]. E. Bartlett, Clark
Standiford John Slender, j. w. Kaufman,
some Of whom are receiving an income of
500 per day off of oil. Besides those men
toned there are at least one hundred
more who are interested in this fed. But
little is said of this extension, yet two
wells on this field produce as much oil as
the whole Scio field.
B. T. Bowers has been attending the Su-
preme court at Charleston, this week.
John X. Denney. the wei known Main
street tailor. was raised to the sublime
degree of a Master Mason, Tuesday even
ing, n Wetzel Lodge No. 90.
The thermometer registered twenty-five
below zero Friday morning, the coolest
ever known in this section.
W. X. Fitch and Joseph Trees were in
Richie and Doddridge counties this week
locking after their oil interests.
Mrs. w. r, Fitch and sister, Miss Lena
Lowther are visiting relatives at Mariet-
ia.
Geo. Eakinhead was at Sardis this week
on business for the n. NJ. Gas company.
c. c. Eisenarth was in Ohio the first of
the week, attending the funeral of his
brother, John, whose death occurred Sun
day.
The L. NJ Stephens hose company will
meet al the Opera House Monday evening.
All memers are requested to attend.
The committee of the "Terpsichoreans'
Club have engaged the Opera House for
the night of February End a. which time
a masquerade ball will be given by the
club. Many persons from different cities
will be invited and this being the first
masquerade of the year, big time is eX-
pected.