Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-06
BELLAIRE.

Budget of News From Our Belmont
County Neighbor.
Master John Whigfeld is quite sick.
Mrs. Geo. Leach is sick with typhoid
fever.
Ollie herman is off duty on account
of sickness.
Coleman Ney is visiting his brother,
Martin Ney.
William Prince, of Mingo. was in
the city yesterday.
Dankworth & Ney have placed
new fan in their drug store.
Senator F. B. Archer left yesterday
for Columbus, on business.
Mayor Freese has the improvements
to his home almost completed.
H. R. Wilkinson and family spent
yesterday at Bethel visiting friends.
Two shops of the Bellaire Bottle
Co. were off yesterday on account /of
no glass.
George Grouse, the miner, hurt some
days ago, is improving as rapidly as
could be expected.
gest attractions. U. II. IA. of p, Fair
Grounds. Thursday.
Garfieuld Happy, young man from
Mingo, is spending a few days with
the family of Jas. Lee.
Quite number of families in the
city are preparing to leave for Ep-
worth Park, in the near future.
Admiral Dewey will pass through
this city to-day, via B. G. O., about 9
a. M, on his way to Columbus.
Edward Moore, manager of the Co.
lumbar Theater, left yesterday for
Bethesda, to spend few weeks.
One plain drunk registered at the
Mayors office Monday night and was
introduced to his honor this morning.
receiving the usual fine, which he gave
security for
John H. Long, of Shadyside, has had
his pension increased from Sc to So.
dating september Z, 1898. The in
crease was secured through Squire
Mason's agency.
The Barnsdale Oil Co. have erected
a derrick at Armstrong; Mills, and
will soon commence drilling the well,
considerable territory in this section
has been leased, and there will prob
ably be more development in the near
future.
]. ]. Mccormick and family left
yesterday for Hamondsville, Ohio. to
spend a few weeks at the home of Mrs.
Mccormick. Mr.. Mccormick has not
yet fully recovered from his recent i'll
ness, on which account he is taking
these few weeks rest.
McClainsville is having a building
boom, and ground has been broken for
the erection of several houses, and it
is stated on good authority that about
thirty dwellings will be erected in the
near future. This will be quite an ad-
dition to this small village.
Quite a number of the Uniform
Rank K. of P. attended the organiza-
ton of the Uniform Rank at Martins
Ferry last evening. The members were
accompanied by the K. of P. band and
were conveyed TO the sister city in
summer cars. The boys had very en-
joyable time.
Chairman R. c. Myer has named
Everly e. South, of Bridgeport, as
temporary chairman of the Demo-
cratic county convention The selec-
ton is most excellent one. and will
meet. with the approval of the entire
party. as Mr.. South is well known and
quite popular with TIE party
Two well-known officials of the law.
who wished to accommodate a pris-
oner who claimed he could secure
bond for his appearance in Bridgeport.
was placed on a car and the two offie-
ials went with him to Bridgeport. and
promptly upon arrival the man leaned
from the car and escaped over the
bridge 20 the Island. The officers
were somewhat chagrined, but the loss
was quite small.
Abraham Frye, an old gentleman
residing near Neff's siding, was hit
Monday evening by an engine On the
B. & O. track. Mr.. Frye stepped OF
one track to miss train coming. only
to be hit by helping engine on the
other track. The engine was so close
that they could not stop and struck
him. throwing him several feat fror,