Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-07

force or men engaged IN cleaning up
e GROUNDS and will soon have every
thing in ship shape.
Qntended for Sunday publication, but was
unavoidably delayed.-ED)
Henry Rozzle is spending the day
in Wheeling.
The Board of Education will meet
on the 10th inst. to elect teachers for
the coming school year.
At the parsonage yesterday, Rev.
j. B. Smith united in marriage John
McClintock and Callie Criswell. both
of Graysville.
G. w. Norris, of Captina, has ac-
cepted a position of salesman with
A. R. Bennett & Co., at the Racket
on Second street.
Deputy Clerk Alley -ssueu a mar
riage license yesterday John Nc
Clintock and Callie Criswell, both of
Graysville, w. Va.
James Cook, the soft drink man, of
Wheeling, was here yesterday looking
over the field. He ~ecided to start
a wagon here tomorrow.
0. L. Holiday and w. L. Conner
were selected by the Clay district Re-
publicans as delegates to the Sena-
torial and Congressional conventions.
The Board of Control of the Wheel
ing District Epwortn League has
called a special meeting of the League
to meet at the M. E. Church in this
city on next Tuesday.
AT the Methodist Church tonight
the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety will have charge of the services
and take a collection for the relief
OF the anime sufferers of Inoia.
j. K. Chase has finished the re-
assessment of real estate in the lower
half of the county. 1t shows a falling
Off in the value compared with that
of last year of $106, no, or about 2 GIG
per cent
At a late hour yesterday evening,
the condition of Mrs. Charles Dunlap,
who was taken to the Glendale hospi-
tai several days ago, was very criti-
cal and her friends have but Ii. lie
AAOPOo VI AOl 4OSOFCIy.
M. F. Leasdre and wife, of Sisters
vile, are at John Dorsey's, on Twelfth
street Mr.. Leasure is interested in
an oil block located about five miles
south OF here. 1t is intended to put
down a test well some time during
the summer.
The carpenters have the frame work
ar
house nearly completed The brick
masons are nearly ready to set the
pots and the indications are that if
Will be completed before many more
weeks have elapsed.
great many people from the rural
districts were in town yesterday.
When asked as to the effect of the re-
cent cold snap upon the fruit, they
all practically agreed with the farmer
who said: "a dry frost in the light
of the moon never hurts the peach
CROP
Communion services will be held
at the Presbyterian Church this morn
ing at 10: 80 o'clock The members
of this church intend building a new
edifice this year The committee have
already secured considerable money
and work will shortly begin on the
new building.
The people are loud in their praises
of the Heatherington band, which Wis
tied the Fostoria Glass Company band
Friday evening. The band boys fair
closed last night The lair was very
well patronized by the people of
Moundsville and vicinity and quite a
neat sum was realized. The bows will
shortly appear in their new uniforms.
The public schools of Moundsville
will cIose on next Thursday. Rev. ".
B. King vii preach to the graduating
class this morning at the M. e.
Church. On Tuesday afternoon the
High School will render public lit
erary programme in .Ae school hall.
The commencement exercises will be
held on Thursday evening The grad
uating class is composed of eight
members. E9JlffJIf =
The new Democratic executive cd
mittee Of Marshall county met
Walkers hall yesterday afterno
They organized by electing Erie
Cox president, j. H. Robinson sec
tary, and Morris Pendergast, of Bd
wood, treasurer. The date of the co,
s t. convention was fixed for June
at the court house in Moundsville.
ter transaoting some routine BUSH
thoy adi1uraed to moot june %.