Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-26
MOUNDSvILLE.

Louis Bonenberger, of Wheeling, was
here yesterday.
Miss Bessie Vandine has returned to
| her home at St Clairsville Junction,
Ohio, after spending some time here
Charley Drake, former resident OF
| this place, was here yesterday.
| w. w. McCosh, of Webster district,
was here yesterday shaking hands with
| the voters Mr. McCosh is DESTROYS of
| being assessor of the First district for
the next four years.
Al. Dougherty has accepted his for
mer position with the Fostoria Glass
Company
f. P Manning, of Brooke county,
was in the city on business yesterday.
Mrs. John 0. Brooks has returned to
her home at Fairmont, after visiting
her relatives here.
Mrs. Melvin Powell, of Fork Ridge.
was in town yesterday.
Jessie link, of the Third ward, is
confined to his home with typhoid
fever.
Mrs. c. B. Riggle and family have
returned to their home at Middle
bourne after visiting the family of J.
D. Shaw.
James Hughes and wife, of Green
county, are visiting their son, G. V.
Hughes.
To-day is pay day at the Glendale
and Moundsville coal mines and the
Fostoria glass house.
Sheriff Peck, of Mingo county, was
| here yesterday and took James Dudley
from the penitentiary to Mingo county,
where he will be tried for the murder
of a conductor of the Norfolk & West
ern road, about a year ago. Dudley,
who is a colored man, serving an eigh-
teen year sentence, was pardoned last
year upon conditions. From here he
went to Bellaire and finally drifted
back to Mingo and committed the
| crime. He was Immediately arrested
and brought back to prison. 1t is ex-
pected that when he returns to the
! penitentiary that he will occupy a cell
in the execution building.
George Rupp has gone to Proctor,
where he will probably locate.
Ben o. Cresap, of st. Mary's, was in
town yesterday.
George Callahan has been off duty
for week on account OF sickness, but
will probably return to his work Mon
day.
ANY of the subscribers of the Reg
lister who fail to receive their paper
will please report the matter to Nc
Elroy's news stand, and they will re-
ceiye copy of the paper.
The small black building on the cor
ner of Grant avenue and Second street
has been converted into a white house
by being treated to a coat of white
wash. 1t was hoped when the last
tenant moyeu out that it would be per-
mitted to fall down, but fate has de-
creed otherwise.
The delegates TO the State and Con-
gressional conventions are to be Sc
lected by the Republicans to-day
The Board OF Trade held meeting
Thursday evening to consider the prop
osition 81 the Kraft Manufacturing
Company, which desires to locate here.
They now employ about 150 convicts,
| but they wish to establish a factory in
town and ask for about one acre of
ground and the necessary buildings to
| carry on the business. The company
agrees to employ about 100 persons and
will pay out about $50 900 per annum
a committee CONSISTING Of w, D. Alex
ander John A. Bloyd and w. w. Smith
was appointed to secure location.
The new factory will probably be loca-
| ted on the Mcconnell land, below
| Twelfth street 1t is to be hoped that
nothing will occur to prevent this con-
Germ from locating in our town, which
has the best advantages of any town
| in the State