Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-30
OTHER BELLAIRE NOTES.

j. S. Patterson, of S~harpsburg, Pa,
was a guest of friends in the city yes
terday. <&
John Whealan, Of the Third ward,
has returned home from a brief bust
ness stay at Pittsburg.
Mrs. Matte Kelly, proprietress of
the Hotel Windsor, is confined to her
room quite i'll with grip.
Frank Litten, of the Fourth ward,
is confined to his home, suffering with
grip.
Arrangements have been completed
for the reception to be rendered to the
members of Bellaire Lodge, No. 419,
B.. 2. o. Elks, by. the Elks' wives at
Odd Fellows hall next Wednesday ev-
ening. The affair promises to be the
leading social event of the season:
Bellaire Castle, K. OF. G. E., will hold
! a regular meeting this evening at their
hall on Belmont street.
Ohio Valley Council No. q, Jr. o. U.
A. NJ, will meet this evening at their
hall in regular session.
The work of repairing and improving
the bushes place of H. P. Rodewig,
the. furniture dealer, will be COM
menced to-day. The building is to be
lighted and heated throughout with
natural gas. The other improvements
to be made have been mentioned pre-
Yiously.
A. A. Leach has sold his property on
Jefferson street, in the Fifth ward, to
r. E.. Elikan, the Thirty-seventh street
butchers The property is occupied at
present by Leach Bros, the BARRIERS,
as their place of business, but they
will vacate the premises in the near
future. Messrs. Leach intend to have
"a new building erected On Forty-fourth
street very shortly, which they Will
occupy as their barber quarters.
McMahOn's creek is frozen over
from its mouth to a point a consider
able distance west of town. The ice
has been formed smoothly in many
places, affording excellent skating.
Quite a number of places along the
stream were crowded yesterday with
lovers Of the light=footed art.
The Empire club will give a select
hop Tomorrow evening at Armory
hall. The music will be furnished by
Prof. Long.
The, walls and. ceiling of the B. & O..
Exchange on Union street, have been
covered with corrugated iron of an
artistic design, forming a very present.
able appearance.
Three men arrested Saturday night
by the police for drunkenness will be
arraigned before Mayor Freese this
morning.
j. l.. Linard, the insurance agent,
Will leave to-day for Steubenville on
business.
Messrs. Hermann and Linard, dis
trict agents for the John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Company, have
removed their Office from the Dreamer
& Neff building into room No. l in the
Central block.
j. NJ. Taylor, of Cleveland, was in
the city yesterday and registered at
the Globe.
Epbram Hogan, employed as a labor
or at the Bellaire steel works, died
suddenly Saturday evening about six
o'clock, at his home. on Gravel Hill.
Heart disease was the cause of his
death. Mr.. Hogan was on duty at the
works Saturday morning and after
noon, and returned to his home at
the usual hour. apparently in good
health. 1t was not long after reaching
home that he complained of being i'll,
and expired before much aid could be
given him. He was about forty-eight
years of age and was unmarried. The
deceased had been an employee at the
steel plant for quite a while past. The
arrangements for the funeral had not
been completed yesterday.
DR.. w. o. Houston, who is suffering
from a cancer of the stomach. was
much worse yesterday. 1t was the gem
eral opinion of the attending physicians
last evening that the patient would
not live through the night.