Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28
Wagons will be provided in which
ladies OF the Relief Corps and decrepit
comrades may ride to the cemetery.

comrades may ride to the cemetery.
Yesterday afternoon Squire Morrell's
court was occupied with the case or
State VS.. James Bard, in which
Isaac Moore figured as the rroEe-
cutting witness The defendant was
charged with perjury in testifying be-
fore Mayor freese that Moore had
Committed an assault upon Bard on the
evening of the 26th of March. Yes
terday Marshal Fedrick and William
Petit, of Newccmertstown, swore that
Moore was in Jail at that place, where
he had applied for lodging, on the
night in question. Attorneys Kennedy
and Danford appeared for the prose
cution and Moore and Clevenger for
the defense. Defendant was held to
the grand jury.
Yesterday forenoon there was live
ly scrimmage at the Cottage saloon,
corner Thirty-seventh and Noble
streets, and Calvin Sprouse received
several severe cuts ON the head from
a beer glass. Sprouse said he held
three of his assailants at bay, but
went down under the onslaught of the
fourth. His injuries were given atten-
ton by DR.. Pipes, and Ross Dunlap,
bartender at the Cottage, was assessed
SIS and costs by Squire Morrill, for his
part in the affair
Yesterday Rose Seamon made COM
plant TO Mayor Freese against Jacob
Grub, charging the latter with strik-
ing her. The affair seems to have
grown out of the Moore-Bard perjury
case, which appears to have stirred up
CT the parties concerned. Grub was
fined 81 and costs, which he paid, and
left the court room declaring that he
had more money yet
There was no strike for wages among
the men handling the c. & P. crossties,
as reported. The men are low receiv-
ing $3.50 per day and the dispute arose
over the amount of work to be ac-
complished daily. The men have been
loading seven cars day, and Supt.
Greenfield thought this should be in
creased to nine, and upon expressing
himself rather plainly the employees
quit work.
at Rock Hill Friday evening, Calvin
Giffen, son of John Giffen, of district
No. s, was selected from the class OF
six graduates to represent the township
at the county commencement, to be
held at Bethesda on June 18th.
Merchants generally reported good
business yesterday.
The furnace hands were paid Friday,
and next week the employees of the
steel works will receive their two
Weeks pay.
A young child of Erwin Baker, who
resides at the toll gate west of town.
died Friday and will be buried at 10
o'clock this forenoon.
Edward Robinson, formerly Of Bell
aire but now resident Of GAINESVILLE,
has been in the county for the past few
days in the interest of Frank Dubois's
candidacy for the Gubernatorial nom
ination.
County Commissioner j. W. Wilkin-
son, Of Louisville, was here yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs S. L. Mooney were in
from Woodsfeld.
c. w. Watt, of GAINESVILLE, was do
ing business here yesterday
j. n. Wodnock, of Warnock, was a
Saturday visitor to the city.
Prof. c. j. La Roche and Godfrey
Bernarder took part in the music pro-
gramme at the Catholic bazaar at Nc
Mechen last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Work, Of Sis
tersville, and Miss Daisy Johnson. ar
rived here at noon yesterday from
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Rachel Arbogast. of Monack,
Pa, is the guest of Mrs Jacob Was
SER
John Blaney and William Luke have
returned from attending the Grand
Lodge, X. of P, at Columbus.
The new issue of the Western Union
telegraph code and international cable
dictionary has been received by the
manager of the local Western Union
Office. The book is of great value to
large shippers, and may be consulted
by all who have occasion to translate
cipher kilograms.