Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07


ne ne6 location h II III old point
Just south of HAndfon = Coss business
bloch. and Is "A fdsal 16cation, over:
i0oling the Ohio ana III A@positfon II
receive the fresh breezes from the river,
The main building Will be 66x80 feet,
1 with modern equipments. The stage
will be 36x40 feet. The building will
be Of frame material and Will be pushed
to completion for the coming
c. J. Kernas, OF Taylor county. pur-
| chased a lot Of &. G. Burlingame in
Martins addition Monday, and has
let q contract for a dwelling. This will
make eight buildings under construc-
ton In the new addition to Main street,
The frame bridge work to support
\ the roofing of the new church is being
| placed In position, and A. Burkhart,
the contractor, expects to have the
building under roof by next Wednes-
day.
The building committee of the Pres
| byterian church, composed Of J. C. Tree,
Joseph Hervey ana w. e. Culp, expect
to be ready to break ground for the
new church building by November LIST.
Charles F. Gross, Of Cincinnati, Ohia,
has rented the location at the south
| end of town recently vacated by Will
lam Koontz, and will open a restaurant
and lunch counter In a few days.
A. C. Ruby was absent several days
the past week looking after q location
In the Weston field. He has purchased
three acres in the suburbs o the town
and is building a large barn sufficient
for the demands In the new field. We
are Informed the South Penn has To-
Gated their yards on the recent pur-
chase and a railroad switch is being
built to the yards.
The recent Improvements at the new
grocery house and the in which
the work is being done has attracted
considerable attention and reflects
credit on the management In general.
There was an average of 122 guests
at the Brast hotel the past week. There
were thirty registered on last Wednes-
day.
The Bell Telephone Company opened
their office in the new Bank building
Thursday morning, Miss aaynell DeBolt
being operator.
]. G. Trees has moved his Office from
the ODER block to the second floor of
the New Martinsville bank building.
c. f. Lowther left Monday for CAL
houn county, where he will s%uperintend
work on the leases held by the Lowther
OIL Company. 1t Is understood that
a number of the members OF the COM
pany will make a visit to the territory
in a few days to locate wells.
Thel1piscopal church Is being moved
from the west side of Maple avenue to
the east side, on a lot adjoining the
rectory. The old site was recently pur-
chased by Drs. Schmied and Browse,
who will erect a building for hospital
purposes.
Irwin Ober returned Tuesday evening
from an extended visit with friends and
relatives in Roane county.
R. H. Sayre. school commissioner of
this county, left Thursday for Little
ton, where he will be engaged some
days.
The citizens of Clark street can boast
of having some beautiful homes. Levi
Tucker recently moved from his prop
erty on Main street into his new dwell
luS OH SAdI CllCCt. u. Leu i1dl uCy CdSl-
Ter OF the First National bank, has
made some decided changes to his new
residences, and has added a stone en-
closure of the yard, which has added
considerably 10 the beauty Of his home.
The new residence Of J. E. Bartlett,
cashier of the Wetzel County bank,
will soon be under roof, and this, with
the finished and complete home Of H.
r. Thompson, clerk of our County
Court, and the residences of James p.
Chapline, A. c. Ruby and B.. T. Bowers,
at the ju%ncture of North and Clark
streets, completes an array OF beautiful
dwellings.
W. T. Schnarffer, of Marietta, Ohio,
was a business caller in town ON Mon
day.
Miss Lydia Mccain returned home
Tuesday from an extended visit with
friends and relatives at Littleton and
vicinity.
Robert Murray, Of Murraysville. w.
Va. who is supplying the rock Tor the
foundation of the Court House, was a
business caller Thursday,
Mrs. w. T. Potts returned home on
Wednesday from Titusville, Pa, ac-
%companied by her sister, Mrs. J. c. Half
rich.
Mrs. A. M. Francis and mother, Mrs.
Shuman, were Wheeling visitors on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Robert Morris and son returned
the first of the week from a visit with
friends at Shirley.
A regular business meeting of the
Magnolia Club was held at the rooms
last Saturday. The letting of the third
floor for public speaking was discussed.
but the majority were in favor OF re-
tanning the hall for other purposes.
j. B. Clark was a business caller in
Wheeling Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Tucker were in
Wheeling Thursday.
Or. c. A. Ward will be at his dental
room on North street, Monday, October
Sth, and will remain for twelve days.
The latest legal move in the COM
plicated matter of removing the county
seat from this city to Pine Grove, Is a
writ of mandamus issued by Judge
Jackson requiring James Jolliffe, pres
ident of the County Court, to show
cause why he should not sign county
orders for the pay of Contractor Hug
ger for work on the new Court House.
The writ is returAable October 18th.
A. @. Whitaker, of Woodlands, Mar
shall county. was a business caller in
town Thursday.
An agent of the Humane Society was