Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-06-04
MOUNDSVELLE.

The members of the Ladies' Sewing
Society of the II. E. church, have made
arrangements to hold a strawberry fes-
tival in the Court House lawn next
Saturday evening. This will be the
first out of doors social given this sea-
son and the ladies hope that there will
be large attendance.
Cats & Gray, the well known lumber
merchants, have received an order
from the Lorain Steel Company for if
ty cars of lumber to be delivered at
their works at Lorain, O. This firm at
the present time are doing very large
business and have recently shipped a
large amount of lumber to foreign
points The order for the fifty cars
will be filled by getting the lumber in
Roane and Jackson counties.
The glass workers union have secur-
ed the Fair Grounds for the Gath of this
month and will give a big picnic. All
kinds of amusements will be provided
for and no doubt the day will be a big
one for this city.
At meeting of the Epworth League
held last week the following officers
were elected for the ensuing six
months: President, Dr. D. w. Stew
art; first vice president, Miss Vernia
Johnson; second vice president, Miss
Lena McDaniels; third vice president,
Miss Margaret Hammond; fourth vice
president, j. w. Rogers: secretary,
Miss Lulu Jones; treasurer, Miss Alice
w. Sanford, and organist, Miss Mary
Cats. The delegates to the State con-
vention at Grafton, which will be held
on the 9th, 2Sth and 18th of this
month, are Misses Margaret Ham
mond, Madge Mathews and Daisy
Cats.
The first camp meeting of the season
will be held by the Church OF God
commencing on next Thursday and
continuing ten days. The meetings
will be held in the old Prohibition AS
sembly hall. and will be directly in
charge of The Gospel Trumpet Com
pany. Reduced rates have been seeur-
ed on all railroads and il is said that
there will be a very large number of
people here from a distance.
The Kings Daughters viii hold their
usual weekly meeting tomorrow eve
ming at the home of Miss Daisy Cat
lett.
Tomorrow is pension day and all
the Old veterans who are allowed pay
from the government will have their
papers filed out in order TO receive
their three months allowance of
money.
The members OF the Hook and Lad
der company have maze arrangements
to give another OF their delightful pic
mics and dances at the Seventh street
park on next Saturday evening. Good
music will be in attendance and the
members expect large number of Wis
itors will be present on this occasion.
The Fair Association have made ar
rangements for big celebration on
their grounds on the Fourth of July.
AS is customary the association has
picnic with horse racing and various
other amusements each year. This
Fourth a programme much more elab-
crate will be arranged and with the
strong attractions offered will no doubt
draw very large crowd Of people to
this city.
The outlook for the Camp Grounds
being inhabited to any extent this year
is not very encouraging at the present
writing. Generally at this season of
the year great many families are oc-
cupying the cottages, but so far the
grounds have almost deserted ap-
pearaace. The Wheeling street car
strike is the cause Of the trouble and
unless it is settled there are few Wheel
ing people who will spend the heated
term on the Camp Grounds this sea-
son.
w. H. H. Showacre left early yester-
day morning for Baltimore, having re-
ceived telegram stating that his
brother was net expected to live.
Miss Mary Eta Weaver will leave