Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-12

News Notes OF Interest From the Del.
mont County Town.

mont County Town.
WIN. Odbert will go to Cleveland to-day
Frank Duga. of Pittsburg, is visiting
friends in the city.
Moses Workman. of Neff's Siding, was
In the city yesterday.
j. N. warnock, of Warnock's Station
was in the city yesterday.
w E. Wilson, of Beallsville, was in the
city yesterday on business.
Judge Holingsworth was in the city
yesterday for a short time.
Mrs. l. Dean left yesterday to spend a
few days at Epworth Park
C. H. Dankworth left yesterday for
Epworth Park to spend Sunday.
A large number from here took in the
excursion to Cleveland to-day over the
c. & p.
Considerable money changed hands here
on the Rubin Fitzsimmons fight. One
man won about $780,
Street fakirs are coming thick and fast
hgain to this city, as there is one or two
on the streets every evening.
Burns Mcclellan, the efficient clerk at
Milligan's shoe store. has returned from
his vacation and is back at work.
The uniform rank K of p will have
quite a large crowd for their Detroit trip.
Almost all of their lodge will attend
Prof. II. P. jefferson, of st. Clairsville.
and Miss Maggie Fulton and sister of
Glencoe. returned from Mt. Union college,
where they have been taking a special
course
One of Moses Duga's fine horses fell
yesterda while crossing the street car
track, and broke one of its legs. The an
imal is a valuable one and it's recovery
is yer doubtful.
Two men were before Squire Morrell
yesterday, one for using indecent lam
guage and the other for abusing his wife.
1t was not learned what disposition the
squire made of the cases.
Clarence McKelvey, the popular clerk
at Arnold's drug store, will go to Cleve-
land tomorrow and take a vacation of
two weeks. Roy Trigg, of Bethel, will fill
his place while he is away
Wilbur Howell, of Pittsburg. is in the
city calling on friends. Mr. Howell was
formerly clerk in the First National
Bank in this city but is now with the
American Window Glass Co.
Three bicycle riders who were arrested
for fast riding were before the mayor last
evening and plead guilty. They were fined
81 and costs. which was paid. Two plain
DRINKS were run in last night
The people are already talking about the
Harvest Home" picnic at Bethel, which
takes place on August 23d. A large num-
Der from this city will attend and the
management will try to make the picnic
this year a grand success.
The people living west of this city on the
B. & 0. are making quite a kick on the
new schedule of the road, which requires
them to lose a whole day to do their shop
ping. One farmer said he believed they
changed 1t just because 1t suited the peo-
pie.
Mr. A. McNichoas and Miss Tamazon
Lodge were married Thursday evening at
the home of the brides parents at Laf-
ferty Station. Both of the young people
are known in this city. They passed
through the city yesterday en- route to
EpworthPark.
yesterday a farmer we'll posted In the
wheat business in Belmont county. stated
that the crop in this county would not
average over five bushels to the acre and
that many acres of wheat had not been
cut, as 1t was not worth the labor. The
quanty OF the crop is nothing extra and
Will not demand high price At present
the farmers are holding their wheat in
Hope Oh securing higher price in the fall
On Friday morning a middle-aged man
hired horse and buggy from Chaser &,
Kern liverymen, to drive out to St Glars
vile Junction, where he stated he had a
sick sister whom he wanted TO bring n
the city, where she could visit a doctor
me mans name was Steele, but as he has
not returned with the rig. it looks as if
MS name should be spelled Steal When
ne tailed to come back, two of the stable
men went on search for him and are
sun out trying to trace the man. but only
succeeded in tracing him as far as Glen
coe' ana last night no clue of his where
aoouts had been learned. This Is the sec
ond case of this kind. as about one wear
ago a man hired a buggy and double team
Tor three days, and skipped out This was
the last they ever heard of the man or the
team and the firm does not care to have
another experience