Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-25
BUCKHANNON.

MIS-. saul lean QleQ IN JOnn Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, Monday. and
the remains were brought here FOR in
terment Wednesday. Mrs. Dean was
an estimable woman of 68 wears, and
went to the hospital last week for
treatment, but did not survive the sur
gical operation.
o. M. Nicely, of Hinkleville, who had
small pox at -Gauley, and
was in quarantine 80 days, came here
Tuesday on his way home. =
The house of James Vansky, on
Stump Run, was burned this week.
Mr.. Vansky is an aged citizen and is
not able to rebuild, so the loss means
much more than the loss of the house.
District mass meetings for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the var
ious conventions and determining the
date of the primary election will be
held throughout the county by the Re-
publicans Saturday, March 31st. at l
p. m.
Mrs. Susanna Harper Heavier. an
aged and respected lady, died at her
home at Overhill, Monday. She was
born in Pendleton county, Va, in 1929.
III. L. II. It vi HAL ICluI uSu lIOul Dali
timore Tuesday, where he had gone to
be present at a surgical operation on
two of his patients in Johns Haskins
Hospital
The pastors of the various churches,
headed by Rev. Geo. w. Pollock. have
started a movement to raise funds for
the relief of the starving in India Rev.
Pollock, who spent several years as a
Presbyterian Missionary in India, comes
out in a lengthy article in the local
papers describing the appalling situa-
ton in that country and says that I'M
less Immediate relief is had millions
of natives will starve.
Bascom Morrison has purchased the
McWhorter property on the Island for
81 600
Natural gas was piped into the Star
Mills this week, being the first concern
to use gas for manufacturing purposes.
Miss l.. L. Curry. of the Bon Ton,
is in the eastern cities this week.
The letters ''B & O." now appear on
most of the coaches on this division.
The coaches have all been newly paint
ed and present an attractive appear
ance
The contract for the administration
building of the Reform School was let
last week and d. c. Hughes, of this
city, was awarded the position of ar
chitectural superintendent.
Ed. Crislip, who is just recovering
from what is called small pox, was sue
cessfully vaccinated after his recovery
by DR.. T. j. HUFF, who has all the
while contended that the disease was
not small pox, and claims this a point
on his diagnosis.
Master Ted Winchester pleasantly
entertained a number of his young
friends Wednesday afternoon, the oc-
easion being his 10th birthday
The contract for the construction of
the new railroad up the Buckhannon
river to the coal fields at Burnersville.
has been let and work will commence
at an early date.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Chidester were at
Weston this week attending the tuner
al services of Mr.. Chidester's brother.
Granville
Tuesday all the small pox patients
and suspects in quarantine within the
corporation were released. This
leaves but two cases in the county, and
as these are about well ii will not be
long before Upshur is free from the
contagion.
NJ. c. Lemons was surprised this
week on his SD birthday, on going
home to dinner to find a host of
friends assembled to do honor to the
occasion, and the bountifuI repast that
was awaiting them.