Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-04
NEWS FROM NEARBY TOWNS.

OF Sistersyille, were business callers
here Friday.
L. ]. Williams, who has been confin.
ed to his room for some days of ty.
phoid fever, is improving. A female
nurse OF Wheeling hospital, is in
charge of his case.
| Mrs. Ed. Luikart spent Sunday with
friends at Powhattan, O.
The health officer, DIR Downing, has
ordered the vaccination of the school
children. Why should the children be
vaccinated and let all others off? The
! child which stays at home is not as
liable to take smallpox as the business
man, who is travelling all over the
State. It. is thought that the board
of education will take no steps to en-
| force the order. The order is not
meeting with the universal approval
as stated in local paper.
II. M. Fair has completed arrange
ments to put in a steam laundry. Mr.
| Fair is one of our successful business
men, and is deserving the success at
tending his business since he became
a resident of this city.
| DR.. j. j. Richardson of Washington
d. c., spent Sunday here with his par
| ents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Richardson
| of Main street.
l. N. Owens of Warrington, came
| on Thursday to take charge of a build
mig rented by him some time since for
| tin shop, but on arriving found the
building occupied by the Circuit Court
! clerk. Mr. Barrack had understood
that Owens would not be on and rent
ed the building to the County Court
! for an Office.
A committee of four j. w Lutes
| Ed. White, Ed. Lappert and S. Taylor
| Of Lincoln Lodge No. l. Washington
Fraternal Americans, called on their
brother John Hommell, Thursday and
| presented him a donation of $50 Mr.
Hommell having lost all by fire as
above stated.
] The Ladies' Aid Society, of the NJ
| E. church, was entertained by Mrs. H.
| R. Thompson this week.
! J. w. Lutes will leave for Waverly
Monday to look after some contracts
| He will pay Marietta a business call
| before returning.
Miss BERTHE Hawkins spent a few
days with Sistersville friends this
week.
Miss Mayme McEldowney was call
| ing on Sistersville friends this week.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank of New Martinsville met
| Thursday and selected the following
officers: President, S. B. Hail. vice
president, F. p Lowther; Board of Di-
| rectors, H. R. Thompson, A. T. Fair,
A. C. Ruby, J. g. Trees, J. W. Kauf-
| man, Robert Morris, R. C. Leap, S. B.
Hall, F. F. Morgan, Felix Abersold,
Amos Jolliff, MILFORD Garner and J.
K. Parr. The new bank. will be ready
| for business in few days. This will
make the third bank for this city,
with possibility of the fourth soon.
The members of the Magnolia club
will give theatrical party February
7th with their ladies, will attend the
Shoreacre performance at Sistersville
A special train will take them down in
the evening.
Mrs. Harry McEldowney entertained
the Daisy Circle at her home on Main
street Wednesday.
Miss Edith Briggs returned Thurs
day from two weeks visit to rela-
tives at st. Mary's.
DR.. Kerr and Miss Clark, of Sisters
vile. spent Sunday as the guests of
Misses Jennie and Lottie Bruce.
In removing the records from the
| Circuit Clerks office, James F. McCas-
key found a very important relic 1t
is Vol. I, No. /, of the West Virginia
Argus, dated wheeling, Va, Friday,
April 18th, 1840." The following ticket
is found on second page Virginia
Democratic Republican Ticket: For
President, Martin Van Buren,, of New
York. For Vice President, James K.
Polk, of Tennessee" The subscription
price of the paper is announced to be
$3.50 per year or $3.50 for six months.
Mr.. McCaskey prizes very highly his
find.
Workmen are removing the bell
from the old Court House to-day and
the same will be placed in the new
building.
An agent of the South Penn Oil
Company was here to-day looking for
a location for warehouse and offices.
The company will make this city head
quarters in the near future.