Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-17

iOI at ana fOrCy-nlntn streets,
and attracted a large crowd.
The Welsh singing societies of this
section will sing the selections to be
rendered at the National E%isteddfod, at
Wheeling Park Casino July I'd.
Notwithstanding yesterdays hard
rains Company "A" will have their
practice march and camp to-day at
the Zane farm near Mt. de Chantal.
The only case in police court last
night was Ed. French on the charge
of disorderly conduct. He was fined
SIS and costs by His Honor, the Mayor.
About fifty children will take their
first communion at ST. Alphonsus
church next Sunday. Rev. Father Hy-
acinth will deliver the sermon for the
occasion.
A summer outing and hop will be
given at the Central Garden Club
house tomorrow evening under the
auspices of the "Emeralds." Prof.
Killmeyer will furnish the music.
Miss Bertha E. Rasel, a member of
Sister Marie's class at st. Mary's
Church, or the South Side, has been
awarded a prize of $40 for attaining
the highest average in music for the
year.
The funeral of the late Ella M.
Shorts, wife OF John NJ. Shorts, will be
held this afternoon at 2 O'Clock at the
family residence, 1211 McColloch
street. The interment will be made
at Mt. Wood cemetery.
The members of Lincoln Council
No. 20, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, will meet in
their hall Monday afternoon at two
o'clock sharp, to attend the funeral
of their deceased brother, Samuel R..
Graves, which takes place at that time.
"A song service will be given this
evening at Thomson NJ. e. Church,
which will be the best that has been
given there. The choir will be ably
assisted by singers of note from other
churches. The people will be seated
by young lady ushers as they We're
last Sunday, which has proven quite
a success.
The annual labor picnic under the
auspices of the o. V. I. & L. A, on
the State Fair grounds yesterday af-
ternoon, drew a large crowd in spite
of the bad weather. The picnic man
agement continued the affair last night
and was amply rewarded by good
weather and a big crowd.
&C. J.. Barr, employed as a brake
man in the B. & 0. yards at Benwood,
was engaged in his work early yeSter-
dau n1nrninn nhon ho hol h;o fL,-oI
caught between the bumpers of cars
and badly mashed. Medical aid was
secured. and it was found necessary to
amputate the injured finger.
Wilma Murray, aged eighteen
months, daughter of William Murray,
River road between Parkersburg ana
Cincinnati, died at the home of her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Schroeder, of Thirty-fifth street, yester-
day morning, after an illness of lung
fever.
The Hawthorne Outing Club, of
the East End, will give their monthly
private dance at the Central Garden
club rooms on Friday evening, June
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change the night of the dance from the
fourth Thursday of every month, as
formerly, to the fourth Friday, and
will dance on that night in the future.
Prof. Long will play.
In the contest for a bond of $500,
in connection with the recent fair and
festival given by the Pythian Castle
Association. the winner was a drummer
for a carriage company of Cincinnati,
o. Early in the contest the drummer
very kindly decided that if the prize
fell to him, he would donate it TO the
association, and Sc the bond will re-
main in the possession of the local or
ganiZation.
C. w. Higgins, an oil man, who
was shot ONE time ago in a fight near
New Martinsville, left for Proctor to-
day. Mr.. Higgins was shot in the
breast right over the heart and in the
leg, by a negro He was brought to
Haskins' hospital and has been there
ever since. His condition was very
serious at the time as a ball had en-
tered his lungs and there was little
hope for his recovery.
THE Ohio and Marshall county
school boards, which have control of
the school district surrounding Mozart
Park, will meet Monday to discuss i'm
portant business. The chief item of
interest which will be taken up Will
be in regard to the new school build
ing for the children who reside in
that section of the country. The meet
ing will decide whether the building
shall be built OF not. Many OF the
commissioners favor il and it will
likely be built.
-Messrs. Simon Kline and William
Davis will begin drilling the first of
b week on the lease of 100 acres re-
Gently purchased hy them in the Hem
dershor field, between WilIiamstown
and Parkersburg. Mr.. Davis returned
yesterday from a weeks visit to that
field, during which time he located a
well which will be drilled in as soon
as possible. There are heavy produc-
ing wells Oh each side of the lease. ths
last we'll coming in being a 200 barrel
producer. Their holding is considered
one OF the best in that territory. An
effort was made to induce Messrs. Davis
and Kline to place their lease in a stocx
company, but they declined, preferring
to handle it alone.