Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

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The regular term Of the County
Court for April did not convene owing
to failure OF . quorum Of its members
to attend. The President, Armstrong,
one of the Republican members, is pro-
hibited from serving by writ OF man
! ANUS, and R. e. Phillips, the other
Republican member. came in from his
country home on the morning of the
5th, ready to assist in the court spro-
ceedings. but found after consulting
DR.. Bailey. Holt, and others, that it
would endanger his health to remain
in town longer or to even go near the
cold, damp court house.
r. l.. Heffin, superintendent OF
bridges, has moved into his handsome
new residence on the west side.
Hon. U. n. Arnett, Jr.. and his law
partner, d. III. Kirby. of Fairmont,
were in town Thursday on legal bust
ness.
Dr. Raymond, President of the State
University, was Grafton House guest
Thursday.
An entertainment will be given at
the Opera House on the 18th, for the
benefit of the local fire department.
The recent opening up of the mines
at Pennington, Simpson and Tyrcon-
nell, this county. has created quite a
demand for labor. especially so at
Pennington, where the managers have
advertised for miners The output of
these mines far excel that of former
years. The company has contracted to
build at once seventy-two dwelling
IN, t.
chased the large mercantile business
OF Ii. P. Davidson and Son, and will
convert in into a company store. A
similar plan will be adopted at Simp-
son and Tyreonnell. The prospect for
a prosperous year at these mines is
certainly encouraging.
w. j. Watts, a member of the Hen
Erickson Clothing Co., came in from
Baltimore Wednesday.
Jessie Byres, of Phillip, was in town
Thursday.
Marion Lucas aged u years, fell
from a wagon loaded with hay We'd
nesday breaking his arm.
DR.. t. B. Yates is making extensive
improvements to his property. recently
purchased from the B. & o. Railroad
Company on the West Side.
A company is being organized to Sc
cure territory and put down a test well
for oil. Several attempts have been
made in and around Grafton TO find
oil, but each have proved failures. 1t
is not known at what point a we'll will
be put down, but enough is known to
guarantee the statement that work will
begin in the early part of the summer,
and somewhere in the vicinity of the
Valley Falls. or Bush Run. the point
where the test will be made.
Lieut. r. L. Core. of Clarksburg,
was a business caller in town Tues
day.
Mrs Clara Bell Conway and sons.
Clinton and Francis. have moved into
their residence on West Washington
street. They came here from Fair
mont. a.
]. S. Corfwen, one of Preston coun-
tvs popular teachers, was here We'd
nesday.
Thomas G. Hill. of Frostburg, Nd,
is the guest of friends in town.
Editor ]. Ed. Kildow, of the Beverly
Enterprise, was the guest of Rev. Geo.
R. Brown Friday and Saturday.
w. L. Montgomery of Pittsburg,
was here on business the last of the
week.
Contractors Fahey Bros, of Wheel
ing, completed the ST. Augustine Par
ochial school the first of the week.
and turned it over to Father McElli-
gott. 1t is one of the finest schools
Buildings in the State. has up to date
modern appliances. On the first floor
is the reading room. gymnasium and
bowling alley. on the second floor are
six school rooms with recitation rooms
attached, and on the third floor is the
auditorium or lecture room. This
room has a seating capacity of from
eight hundred to one thousand, with a
stage sufficiently large for seventy-fve
children to recite at one time. 1t IS
lighted with electricity and furnished
with elegant opera chairs. The build
ing has been erected at a cost of $780,
600, and is a credit to the church as
we'll as that Of our town. Father Nc
Elligott has personally supervised the
work, and to him is largely due the
elegant manner in which the building
has been constructed. The entire
building will be heated by steam. This
part of the work was in charge OF VIM.
Jennings. of this city. 1t Is furnished
with water from the city water works
on each floor. The gymnasium and
bowling rooms have bath rooms at
tached The painting. granting and
glazing was done by Joe V. Shelley.