Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-27


yesterday to Cleveland, Ohio. where
they will be sold.
Things were very lively in local
telephone circles yesterday and last ev-
ening, all the interested parties getting
ready for the big fight expected in
Council this evening. A big lobby is
looked for at the session.
Mrs. Jane p. Hathaway, relict Of
the late Zach H. Hathaway, died yes
terday morning at 800 o'clock, at her
residence, No. 1896 Main street, in the
~eighty-third year of her age. The fun
eral arrangements have not been COM
pleted.
Clerk Robertson yesterday issued
marriage licenses to Herman H. Dillon,
aged 80, of Corapolis, Pa, and Belle
Keller, aged 80, Of Elm Grove; also
to Geo. v. M~cCaferty, aged %, of Ur-
bana, Ill, and Blanche E. Hopkins,
aged %, of Wheeling.
The Committe on Court House and
Jail, of the Board of County Commits
%sioners, held a meeting yesterday, at
which a number of small bills were
passed upon, and the Committee con-
sldered its estimates for incorporation
in the annual appropriation ordinance.
The sad news was received in this
city yesterday of the death, in New
York City, of Mr.. G.. Eugene Bayha,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis J. Bayha.
of this city. The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been announced.
The parents will have the sincere SYM
pathy of a wide circle of friends.
Last night about ten o'clock the
fire department was called by an alarm
from box 45 to the residence of Mrs.
Kemp on South Jacob street. where a
small blaze had started from a defec-
tive fue. TIL. flames were quickly ex-
tinguished. Box SIP in the same To-
cality vas also pulled after the first
alarm had been given.
The pudding department of the
Lower Benwood mill resumed work
yesterday morning, after being idle for
repairs for about two months. The old
spur wheel, which was badly broken,
has been replaced with a new one,
which was shipped to the plant from
Pittsburg. A large force of men re-
turned to work.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Ell
len, widow Of the late Edgar F. Hay,
took place from the residence of her
mother, Mrs. Jane Morgan, of East
Jacob street, yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock, and the interment was at
Peninsula cemetery. The funeral SER
vices were very largely attended by
the sorrowing relatives and friends of
the deceased.
Mrs. Clara Shaw, the washerwo-
man of Paper Mill' Alley, on the
South Side, who evidently attempted
to commit suicide by drinking strych-
nine, at her home Sunday night, was
reported last evening to be much i'm
proved. There is thought to be no
poison was administered to her by
some unknown party.
The new Swift & Co. building,
corner Eoff and Sixteenth streets, was
opened to the public yesterday, and
throughout the day was thronged with
visitors, all of whom were lavish in
their expressions of admiration of the
plant. The company also placed a
handsome automobile wagon on the
streets, which attracted a great deal
of favorable attention.
There was a very exciting time in
the Grand Opera House last night, re-
sulting from the repeated cry Of fire"
on the street. Men and women arose,
and started in a frantic rush toward
the door. The theater was crowded.
The orchestra continued to play, and
the attaches of the house did all in
their power to silence the fears of the
audience. 1t was some time before or
der was restored, and not until after
two women had tainted.
John H. Gregg, general manager of
the West Virginia Telephone Company,
was in the city yesterday perfecting a
contract with the Home Telephone
Company, of this city, George Hook,
President, by the terms of which the
Home Company will obtain connections
with Ohio river and Central West Vir-
ginia towns. Mr.. Grogg's Company
has 700 subscribers in Parkersburg
alone.
AT the Belmont mill a few days ago
two of the employees had a close call
from being injured. A bricklayer and
a helper were engaged in repairing
the stack on one of the furnaces when
the portion of the roof upon which
they were standing caved in. Forum
ately, one of the men caught hold of a
beam and the other threw his arms
around the stack in time to prevent
themselves from falling.
THE property on Twentieth street,
between Market and Main, occupied by
the Bethel Mission, has been purchas-
ed by Spear & Riddle, who will short
ly have work started on a large mod
ern machine shop. 1t has been found
by the firm that their present quar-
ters in the East End are inadequate
for their present and prospective work.
The proposed new shop will be thor
oughly equipped with the latest i'm
proved machinery, and will be one of
the finest plants Of the kind in the city.
Reduced prices on Music Cabinets
for next 10 days. Come in, our stock
will please you.
F. w. BANNER co.