Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-13
Bndget Of Local News. Q y
Belmont County Neighbor.

| Bndget OF Local News. from Our
limo County N~eighbor.
Tonight the congregation. of the
/ Second Presbyterian Church will meet
| and talk over the ways and means OF
! building a new church, as the present
|. structure is not large enough for this
! growing congregation. 1t is said that
a large majority of the members are
| in favor of building, and the congrega-
! ton is well able to build a new
structure. +.
Of the sever cases before the mayor
yesterday morning not n cent was
paid in fines and six Of 'the offenders
were turned loose, each promising to
be good and never again darken the
door of the jail. The seventh member
of the Sunday boarders, who is Jack
Welsh. was not satisfied with peace,
but broke several of the windows in
the jail. Jack got S. and thirty days
in Jail. Marshal Johnston took him to
st. C%lairsville yesterday afternoon.
John Thurn, one of the clerks in the
postofice, had a narrow escape from
drowning Sunday. AS he was walk
ing out the plank from the Buckeye
fishing boat to the shore the. plank in
some way overturned, throwing Mr..
Thurn into the river. AS it happened
plenty of assistance was at hand and
the young man was o o rescued, and
taken into~the boat, where his clothes
were dried, being none the worse -off
for his cold bath, with the exception
of a bad scare.
The Uniform Rank K. of P. give a
banquet to their members and fawi-
lies hex Wednesday night.
Parks & Co. have sold Mrs. 3. c..
Michael's house and lot No. SO. OF
Horns first addition. Consideration,
$1,000.
MRS. b. O'Hara, Of .Moundsville, is
| sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
| John Madden.
Elmer Reed, of Martins Ferry, as
sumed the duties as prescription clerk
at Wyrick's drug store yesterday.
If the Independents criticism of
the new lights is having any effect
| upon the citizens it must be so slight
| and delicate that no one has ever dis
covered it. He has carried it on SO
| long that it has become a joke. Won
der what he will attack next?
Miss Agnes Coughlin charmingly en-
| tertained a number of her friends at
her home Saturday evening. Miss
Coughlin charmed her guests by her
German recitals and instrumental mu-
sic. Miss Coughlin is attending MI. de
Chantal Academy and returned to the
Mount yesterday.
Frank Meredith has returned from
a visit with Wellsville friends.
Miss Elsie Lee, who returned from
a visit with Mingo friends.
Sheriff Foreman was in the city
| q I'll OoolilOoos
G. X. Philips, Of Belmont, was in
the city yesterday calling on friends.
Frank Roemer, who has been visit
ing his parents here for the past week,
returned to Milwaukee yesterday.
Special meeting of council was held
last evening to approve of the revised
plans of the new city building and
other business pertaining to the new
structure. Tonight council will hold
their regular meeting.
Theodore Neff has sent ten pounds
of butter from his dairy to compete
for the prize at the meeting of the
Ohio State Dairymen's Association,
which is~in session at Columbus.
J. Hayes, Of Wellsville, was in the
city yesterday.
The Turner's will give a select ball
next Friday evening.
William Duffy has returned from a
visit with Wellsville friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. w. Dickens will en-
terrain the Twentieth Century Club
at their home on Gravel Hill tonight.
The Slayton Jubilee Singers, which
| will be at the First M. E. Church on
the 18th, should be well patronized as
it is the best attraction the lecture
course has booked so far this season.
Miss Maria Gallaher has returned
from Marietta.
Anna and w. s.. Marshal have pur-
chased the property of Geo. w. Day,
near Velonia, on the B., 2. & C..
John Parks was in GAINESVILLE yes
terday on business.