Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-12-23

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i and next week IT,
made. The railroad a.
! rapid enough in improvii
Mary's. 1t seems it cannot Is
pace of the town and is alway
years behind times.
| E. A. Sayre made a business trip to
Parkersburg Thursday.
Mrs. J. S. Smith was shopping at
! Marietta Thursday.
| Rev. o. Z. Thorne, of the NJ. E.
church South, returned on Friday from
| Paden's Valley, Wetzel county, where
! he has been conducting 2 very sue
J cessful revival.
/ People living on the west side OF
First street will be rejoiced to hear
| that a crossing will soon be laid from
| Gatrell's corner to the P. E. church.
The stones are there now.
Miss Lucille Baldwin will leave for
| Marshall College Immediately after
New Years day, where she will take
the normal course of study.
A brick sidewalk is being laid in
front of the NJ. E. church. There is
still good strip of paving to be done
to make that side OF the street pass
able at all times.
Miss Nellie Crowley will go to Park
ersburg about the first of January and
be enrolled among the students of the
convent there.
Miss Ella Ringing, teacher OF the
second room Of the public school here,
left to-day to spend the vacation with
her parents at Mason City, Mason
county.
Misses May and Stella Hudson were
| shopping at Marietta Thursday.
Clara and Margaret Myers have re-
| turned from the convent at Parkers-
burg to visit their parents during the
holidays.
Mrs. w. w. LoCkhart entertained the
| ladies of Grace Guild on Wednesday
afternoon. I nose present were Mes
| DANES D. Q.SL-ere, James Patterson,
Tim Penwell, W. c. Mervyn, j. N.
| Keyser, E. A. Sayre, w. E. Myers, Liz
! zie Barron, Virginia Barron, H. H.
Dawson, J. F. Mallory, t. P. McGreen,
Margaret Pemberton and Mrs. Granger,
| and Misses Fife Christholm and Rach-
ell Rymer. The afternoon was passed
very pleasantly in the work of the
| society, and the visitors were refresh
| ed with a dainty collation. by the
| hostess.
There was a convention at the court
| house on Thursday night, called by Dr..
| d. Q. Steere in the name Of the Good
! Government party. About s. persons
| were present, many being Onlookers.
| The ticket nominated for the coming
| municipal election is decidedly wet, "
| and Judging from the nominees for
! Council if elected, will let speakeasies
/ and gambling joints flourish as under
| the present good government adj
| ministration. The ticket is, for mayor,
! Tim Penwell; recorder, J. r. Smith );
1 Councilmen John Schauwecker. G. b.
! Phillips, Green HaddoX, Geo. Ziff and
/ Chas J. Lowry. Three members of the
/ old Council were nominated, Shau-
| wecker. Haddox and Zif. Mr.. MoWry
/ is said to have been highly indignant
/ on hearing his name was used, He
/ was not present at the meeting. The
/ opposition ticket will be nominated
( next week.
/ The NJ. E. South Sunday school will
! have their Christmas celebration on
| Tuesday night. December 25th. All
/ the other Sunday schools will observe
! the usual Christmas eve custom. At
L.
! titled The Growing of Christmas
will be given by the children. The
! other schools will have songs and reci-
/ tations All the churches will be
/ handsomely decorated with evergreen.
This is the first time in the history
! of St Mary's that Christmas trees
were offered for sale on the streets.
J We used to bring EN- in on our Shout
/ der.
The enrolment of the school here
| for the. last three months was 2S5. The
average attendance for the month OF
| December was 245. being ) per cent,
/ better than December last year.
| Rev A. A Kelly will preach to-mor-
row evening in the NJ E. church on
! the subject. professional Dead-BeatS,
/ Debtors and Tattlers."
Miss Mary Skinner is now clerking
! in George KelsaIl's store.
! Will Bookman has returned from
/ Salem to visit his parents during the
holidays.
Rev o. e. Thorne breaches to-mor-
/ row morning and evening in the NJ.
E. church South.
Rev Aubrey Hess breaches in the Y.
| P. church tomorrow morning on
/ 'Sanctilcation," and in the evening on
THE Christian Epitaph"
! Mrs. James A. Oldfield and her two
children. Isabel and Robert, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Oldtield's father, Mr.. Jas.
/ Topham, of Washington D. O., arrived
| here at nom to-day This is Mrs. Old
fields first visit to St. Mary's, where
she expects to reside. Her husband is
one of the foremost members Of the
bar here. Mr.. Topham will remain
until after the Christmas holidays
Mrs S. T. Mallory and daughter Eth
Ell, of Parkersburg. came up to-day
and will spend the week with relatives
here.
Otto Hess is in New Martinsville
where he has employment in ThOmp
sons restaurant.
DR.. Joseph B. Watson made a pro-
fessional trip to Belmont to-day.
| Mr. Edmund Holden, of Grape ISL
and. was here this afternoon.
H. H Gallaher, proprietor of the
Oracle, has advertised his Office for
sale. III health compels him to quit
the business.
SISTERSVILLE.
! SlSTERSEILLE, W. Va. December
| o2-SOme Dartias have been here d}Ir-