Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-20

A Brief Budget Of News Notes. Per
sonal, Social and Otherwise, Clean
ed Yesterday in the Busy Town.

The names of those who were admit
ted as members to Bellaire Lodge No.
419, B. P. o. Elks, at their meeting
Wednesday night, and put through
the first, second and third degrees, are
as follows: William Wassman, Dr.. G.
S. Starkweather, Bert Hopkins, Joseph
Rankin, DR.. D. w. Boone. R. L. Phil
lips, Fred. Eick, Miller Abel, A. l.
Lockwood, George Scott and Joseph
McNabb.
John Allen, of Wood county, is a
guest of his son-in-law, Seth Jewel, of
the First ward. Mr.. Allen intends to
locate in this city some time during
the coming spring.
A. w. Richards, of GAINESVILLE, con-
nected with the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Company, was in the city yester-
day on business appertaining to the
establishment of an agency here.
The collection of taxes will, it is
likely, cease on Saturday next.
Wright Fred, the Third ward grocer,
has gone to st. C%lairsville ON business.
Rev. William Denny, of B~arnesville,
is in the city. He is now engaged in
~canvassing this district in the interest
Of the Ohio State Children's Home So
ciety.
S. WINNER and c. Rumbach, the
liquor dealers, spent yesterday at Glen
coe on business relating to their inter-
ests in the Big Four Oil Company,
whose wells are located there.
Mord Nelson, of the Fourth ward, is
slowly recovering from an attack of
the grip.
William Shields is lying i'll with
grip at his home west of the city.
Mrs. A. c. Darrah and daughter, Miss
Martha, of st. Clairsville, spent yester-
DAY as guests OF Mrs. Darrah's son,
David H. Darrah, the druggist.
Miss Kate Sherry, money order
clerk at the p~c3tofice, who has been
confined to her home, i'll with the
grip, is improving.
( Robert Ralston, of Mt. Vernon, o.,
is visiting at the home of his brother,
Charles, Of the Fifth ward.
st. Joseph's Commandery No. 23S,
Knights Of st. John, met in regular ses-
sion last evening at their hall, corner
Guernsey and T~hirty-first streets.
After ~transacting business of a routine
mature, the newly elected officers for
the ensuing year were installed. At
the close of the meeting refreshments
were served, and a highly enjoyable
social time was in progress until a
late hour.
Mrs. James O'Neil and family passed
through the city yesterday on their
way from Moundsville, their former
place OF residence, to Muncie, Ind,
where they will make their future
home.
AT the regular meeting of ST.
Joseph's Commandery, knights of St.
John, held last evening, three new
members were made acquainted with
the mysteries of the order.
The rear office of Dreamer & Neff's
place of business has been newly
papered and will be refurnished soon
One plain drunk was the only case
in Police Court yesterday morning. The
fine assessed was 81 and costs.
The work of repairing the Bernard
brick works is now going on, prepara-
tory to a resumption of work in the
near future. The work is being super
intended by William Kinsey.
Invitations have been issued an
nouncing the wedding of Mr.. Claudius
Caesar Ball and Miss Nanette Mary
Kurtz, to take place at the home of DR..
and Mrs. c. E. Kurtz, at Chicago, Feb
ruary 1st of this year. The groom is
a resident of MUncie, Ind. The bride
has a host of friends in this city who
wish her success in her new and higher
sphere of life.
There were no cases up for hearing
at any of the Justices shops yesterday.
Mrs. Alice Wilson is confined to her
home with grip.
At whose home the next meeting of
the Twentieth Century club will be
held has not been decided upon.
The Big Four" Oil Company, of
which MesSrs. Rumbach and WINNER,
Of this city, are members, are very
much pleased with the outlook of their
wells at Glencoe. They have a force
of men at work at present engaged in
cleaning out two holes. They possess
two other wells in the field. one of
which is now pumping thirty barrels a
day, and the other six barrels a day.
Until a short time ago the former we'll
produced but six barrels every twenty
four hours.
The Elikan property, which has been
purchased by the Pabst Brewing Com
pany, who will remodel it for their w
use, will be managed by bartender
White, Of the Mcclure House, at Wheel
ing.