Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-31

with a severe cold.
Robert Maloney and wife are at
home from their wedding tour.
DR.. John /. Warder, mayor of We5-
ton, spent Tuesday the guest of his
brother, DR.. A. S. Warder, Jr., Of the
West Side.
Mrs. Nimrod T. Lake, an aged lady,
died at her home OF Wickeville street.
Friday morning, Of grippe.
Drs. Warder and Mackin accompan-
led Mrs. Simmons to Wheeling Friday,
where she goes for medical treatment.
Harvey Scranage, of the county in
Urinary, died Friday morning.
The Misses Cole gave a very pleasant
|party at their home on Washington
street Friday night in honor of their
guest, Miss Florence Thorn, of Clarks-
burg.
Three prisoners broke out of Jail at
a a hour yesterday evening by pry-
ing the door open. The Circuit Court
will convene Tuesday, and the trial of
these prisoners was to have taken place
at this time.
The Hermann company will give an
entertainment at the Opera House on
the I'd. This promises to be a fine en-
tertainment and a corwded house is an
ticipated.
Hugh Painter has resigned his posi-
ton with the express company and ac-
cepted a place with the B. & o. yard
force.
Clyde Turner, yard brakeman, has
been transferred to a through run and
has been assigned to the Fifth division.
The Olympia Stock Company, Boyd
Carroll proprietor and manager, gave
very creditable entertainments at the
Opera House Saturday afternoon and
night to crowded houses. This COM
pany was organized here on Monday
by the manager of the Charles Morti-
mer company after the dismissal Of Mr..
Martinez from that company. The
new organization is a strong one, and
is made up Of splendid talent and good
people. The correspondent of this
place to a Wheeling evening paper did
this company an injustice in yester-
days paper, and has created a great
deal Of adverse comment from our citi-
Zens. The article mentioned was with
out foundation and was drawn from
imagination.
Adam Hirhnert returned Friday from
a trip to Keyser and Piedmont.
The New Years ball to bA Given
Monday night at, Brinkman hail by
Allegheny Company, No. IL, U. R. K.
Of P, promises to be a swell affair. Mrs.
Mary H~artigan's orchestra. of Morgan
town, will furnish the music. The hall
Is being handsomely decorated. Two
hundred couples are expected to be
present. The banquet will be served
at the Arlington Hotel.
Mr.. Pepper, from Salt Lake City, will
be at the Opera House On the 18th of
next month.
Clarence Poe was visiting friends in
Wheeling during the week.
Hon. A. F. Wilmott, of Sidney, Ohio,
was in town a few days during the
week.
George Harden, of Barbour county,
was here Friday attending a meeting
of the Central West Virginia Railway
Company.
Loud P. Sanders is visiting relatives
at Richmond, Ind.
The ladies OF the Presbyterian Church
held a Dollar Social" on Thursday
night from which they realized be-
tween seventy-five and eighty dollars.
F. Friedman returned from a bust
ness trip to Philadelphia Friday.
Charles Smith, formerly with the B.
& 0. company, has accepted a position
with the United States Express.
Harry Powell, the Exchange Mill
Company delivery, is now working with
the B. & o.
Charles Jenkins was at Piedmont
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Smith returned
from a visit to friends in Parkers-
burg.
Mrs. Albert Buchey, of Beverly, was
at the Arlington Hotel Tuesday and
Wednesday.
John McGoogan, a student of st.
Cloud College, Ellicott City, Nd, is
spending the holidays with his cousins,
the Misses Kenney.