Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
MOUNDSvILLE.
Events of Yesterday I'm the Marshall
County City.


County City.
George Groves was in Wheeling on
business yesterday.
Sam Games, the village blacksmith Of
Knoxville, was in town yesterday.
William Sackerson has resigned his
position at the Fostoria and returned
to his home in East Liverpool.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Black and family,
of Triadelphia, were in the city yes
terday.
Rev. D. s. Hammond, presiding elder
of the Charleston district, Was in the
city yesterday.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to McClelland South. Of this
city, and Florence d. Richey, OF Pleas
ant Valley.
The case of State VS.. Walton Baker,
in which the defendant was charged
with assaulting Austin Richmond, a
minor, was set for trial in Justice
Pierce's court yesterday, but was dis
missed by agreement of the interested
parties, the defendant paying the costs.
The Improvements being made at
the electric light plant are nearing COM
pletion. The new boiler is in position
and the brick work is done. Yesterday
the engine was put in and it will be
but a short time until it will be ready
for use. When this is done the capacity
of the plant will be greatly increased.
The grand jury will be in session
here Tomorrow. Among the cases
which will come up before it are the
perjury case of the Haberfeld brothers,
the Reeves bigamy case and the forni-
cation case of F. Tigglebeck, in which
Robert Kemple will be the prosecuting
witness.
Jack Burke, B. & O. detective, Of
Bellaire, was in the city yesterday.
Phil Brogan and Orange West, who
have had many contests of speed this
summer, will have their final bicycle
race next Saturday.
The Ohio Valley Weaving Mill has
started up and is working on special
orders.
Patrick McDonnough and John Nc
Gregor, two employees of the Fostoria,
have been indisposed for a few days.
Frank Barcus and family raised a
Republican flag pole On Walnut avenu
yesterday evening.
Miss Mabel Barcus, of Walnut ave-
nue., is in very poor health, having suf-
fered with inlammatory rheumatism
for several months.
The family Of William Frey, of Tom
linson avenue, is afflicted with sick
ness.
General B. w. Price was able to come
into town yesterday and spent the day
in conversation with his many friends.
He said that he assisted In raising the
first hickory flag pole in the United
States in 1924. The general Is now SO
years Old
The Rough Riders and the S. M. Steele
club went up to the Weems meeting at
McMechen last night.
Rev. Harry McCombs and bride are
the guests of Mr.. McCombs' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. McCombs. From here
they go to GARRISON, O., where Rev.
McCombs is stationed.
The drunken oil man who was run
in by Officer Purtiman on Friday even
ing was given three minutes to leave
town. He left.
Hon. w. e. Raymond, candidate for
Congress, will speak in the Court House
tomorrow evening. y. f. Williams, ex-
consul general to Manila, will be here
on Tuesday evening.
A small boy named Carr, of Tomlin-
son avenue, fell from a ladder and
fractured an arm yesterday.
Mrs. DR.. Woodruff and son, Ralph,
are in Washington county, Pa, where
Mrs. Woodruff's mother is very i'll with
typhoid fever.
A sad death occurred here early yes
terday morning, when Clyde Black, the
ten-year-old son of Conrad Black, of
East Second street, died. He had not
been we'll for several days, but his case |
was not considered serious. He was
able to be about and retired Friday
nigh as usual. About two O'Clock yes
terday morning his mother heard him
groan and FASTENED to his bedside, but
life was extinct. The cause of his death
is said to have been rheumatism of the
heart. The funeral will be held to-day
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