Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-27
SISTERSvILLE.

S~ictersville, w. Va, January %
The large amount Of sickness which
has been prevalent here for some time
is gradually diminishing and the
| alraming condition of affairs has
greatly subsidized. For a couple OF
weeks there was practically a suspen-
| sion of business on this account, but
now everything is running along in its
accustomed channel and business is re-
| suming. There is still a large number
of sick persons in the city, and the pre-
vailing sickness seems to be the grip
and pneumonia. With the latter dis
ease there are a number of very seri-
Gus cases. Mrs. Al. Askew, of the
South Side, is so seriously i'll hat her
death was expected hourly to-day. The
infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Rice,
of Wells street, has been lowering be-
tween life and death for several days.
and Charles Darby, a we'll known
sporting man of the city, is confined to
his room with the disease. There are
a number of others who are in the
same condition, and there will prob
ably be a number of deaths during the
next couple of weeks, as some OF the
sick are at such a stage that recovery
is almost impossible.
Mrs. Harry Meek, of near Bellaire,
Ohio, who has been in the city for sew
eral days as the guest of her son, Dr..
H. G. Meek, Of Elizabeth street, left
this afternoon for home. She was ac-
| companied by her little granddaughter,
| Florence, who will visit there a short
time.
The streets are in a very dirty con-
dition at present, and the street COM
| missioner should receive instructions
to keep them in a better condition
than they have been kept for some
time. There is a constant friction
about the exorbitant cost of cleaning
the streets of the city and it would
seem to a layman that some better
mode of doing the work could be in
vented and suggested than the present
one. AS matters are at present, the
bills for cleaning the streets is n
of the largest the city has to pay, and
the streets are seldom in a neat, clean
condition. The street committee of the
| Council should devise some cheaper and
more effective method than the n in
vogue at the present time.
Mrs. D. A. Henderson,, who has been
/ i'll at her home on Diamond street for
some time, left this morning for Wheel
ing. where she will be the guest of
friends for some time.
Miss Emma Blair, of st. Clairsville,
Ohio, sister of Mrs. E. ]. Thompson, OF
! the South Side, arrived in the city this
afternoon, and will be the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Thompson for a couple OF
weeks.
At Austin's Opera House, last even
ing, under the auspices of the Young
Ladies' Guild of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Prof. F. w. Mott, who has
been conducting a dancing school here
for some time, gave a grand Kirmess
in which a large number of the young
people of the city took part. 1t was
without a doubt one of the finest
things of the kind that has ever been
held in the city. All those who took
part in the entertainment enacted their
roles in first class syle, and they are
not only to be congratulated, but Prof.
Mott as well for the excellent training
which he gave them. Miss Lolice
Mott. Of Washington, d. c., one of the
finest dancers in the country, was af-
| filiated with Prof. Mott in giving the
entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bedilion and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hornbrook, of the
wharfboat, went to Wheeling this af-
I. ternoon; where they were called by
the death of Miss Bedilion. of the ISL
and, sister of Mrs. Hornbrook and Mr..
! Bedilion.
Mrs. w. F. Doyle, of Wells street,
who has been the guest of relatives
and friends at her former home in
Toledo, Ohio. arrived home this after
moo She was accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Clara.
Miss Ethel Trader, of Baltimore,
Md, clerk in E. Stewart & Co.'S store,
who has been at home for several
weeks visiting, has returned to the
city. She left to-day for Parkersburg,
where she will be the guest of her
friend, Mrs. Thomas Gartlan. for a
short time.
Jack" Hammond la well known
writer on the Chicago Chronicle, ar
rived in the city Yesterday and will be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Stem
aker, of the NorthtE&, for a few days.
N. 6. Geider, field uperintendent q