Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
GRAFTON.

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| DR.. Tom Wilson Wednesday.
Hon. H. F. Smith, president of the
Maryland Smokeless Coal and Coke
Co., was in town during the week,
| looking after the interests of his firm.
Or. e. M. Turner. of Wheeling, was
| in town Friday.
The Red Greek Lumber Co. was Or
| ganized Saturday night at the office
of C. H. Rector on Main street, for the
purpose Of buying timber and manu-
| featuring lumber in Randolph and
| Tucker counties. Chas. H. Rector was
| made president; A. Rightmire, vice
president; Theodore Bush, secretary
and treasurer, and J. w. selvey, gener-
al managar. They have already pur-
chased several thousand acres OF tim
| Der lands on Red creek, Tucker coun-
| ty. ]. w. Selvey and Harvey Thorpe
left Monday to set UP the mill for OPP
Grafton.
Mrs. Or. Dan Bushay came down
from Beverly Monday and will spend
several months in town.
The residence being erected by the
B. & o. company on the West Side for
Superintendent Hustead, caught fire
Thursday night and was pretty badly
damaged before the fire company could
get the hose and reel to the place.
J. F.. Case, OF Akron, o., was in
town several days during the week.
Robert Hooper, foreman of the Graf
ton Printing Co., is quite i'll at his
home on the West Side.
Mrs. w. L. Rodgers will leave Mon
day for Parkersburg, where she will
make her future home.
Mrs Caldwell, of Wheeling, is visit
ing relatives. in town this week.
Miss Margaret Crowley and Mr..
! Henry Moore were married at the resi-
dence of the brides mother, on Tues
st. Augustine's church.
Mrs McGraw, mother of Col. John
T. McGraw, is seriously i'll at her
home on Main street.
The season of penitence was inaug-
urated by fitting services at the Epis-
copal and Catholic churches on Asa
=, Wednesday.
Mrs. ]. F. Cassell entertained very
| charmingly at luncheon on Tuesday,
complimentary to Mrs. Acken, of
Pittsburg.
The elegant new home of Supt. Hus-
tead, was slightly damaged by fire on
Tuesday night.
Auditor La Toilette, whom the Char
lesion Gazette reports attending the
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, spent
/ Monday and Tuesday here.
Mrs. S. l.. Martin returned on Mon
day from Washington, D. c., accom-
panied by Mrs. Acken, a charming
Pittsburg lady, who will be her house
guest for some days.
The operetta given in St. Angus
tines new school hall on Monday night
was brilliant success, and met with
the cordial support which the earnest
work OF the performers and their cana
bic instructors merited.
Judge M. H. Dent came in from Nor
gantown Saturday and will remain I'M
til Monday.
The fourth session of the Mononga-
hela Round Table will convene on
! March 8 and 10 at the public school
school hail. An elaborate programme
is being prepared by the teachers.
The Oral Coke Company has COM
pleted the pumping of water from
their mine at Newberg and are ready
to begin work of mining. These mines
have been idle for nearly fifteen years.
A. B. O'Neil returned from a visit
to his parents in McKeesport, Pa.
Mrs. Helen Bullock, OF Elmira, N.
Y, National organizer of the w. C. 7.
u, spoke to a large and appreciative
audience at the Baptist church Friday
night.
Harold, the eight-year-old son of
Chas. Wilmoth, fell from table while
playing and broke his arm.
G. Frank Gibbs, general merchant,
made an assignment Thursday to l..
Malonee, of the First National Bank,
as trustee. His liabilities are about
$4,000 Assets, $4,000.
Edmon c. Shaffer returned the first
of the week from Baltimore, Nd,
where he had been at meeting of the
board of equalization for the past
month.
Mrs. James IL. Flanagan re-
ceived the sad intelligence Friday
morning of the tragic death of her
brother, Mr.. Hervey, at Elm Grove,
and she left on the early train that
morning to visit the scene.
The residence of Mrs Pat Carr was
burned Friday night about midnight,
the fire originating in the kitchen flue.
The same building caught fire on Tues
day night, but was extinguished with
but slight loss at that time. The sec
ond fire was total less. Fully in
sured.
Two arrests were made late last
night by Chief Sayres for counterfeit
ing and raising bills. The parties gave
their names as George Bocacia and
wife, although they do not have the
appearance of Italians. They came to
town Thursday and engaged boarding
at Mrs. Barrow's, on East Main street.
They made a small purchase of Henry
Colinder and gave him five-dollar
bill, received their change and depart
ed. Later in the day Mr. Colinder
found that the bill was raised from
two to FIVE. and put the policemen on
the track Of the suspects, who were
arrested as above stated at Mrs. Bar
rows boarding house. Both had con-
siderable money on their persons, the
majority of which was counterfeit and
raised bills. 1t is now thought they
belong to the gang that have been op-
Grating in different parts of the State
and it may prove to be very import
ant arrest.