Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-02

Miss Jessie Estep is ill at her home
on Main street.
A number of young people attended
a social in Bellaire Saturday evening.
A young child of Mr.. and Mrs. Car
penter, of Sixth street, is recovering
from a severe illness.
Atwell Yost, who is employed on the
new blast furnace at Mingo, Ohio, is
here visiting his relatives.
Miss Anna Pelley, the popular teach
err of Central school, is confined to
her home on Main street, quite i'll.
Prof. Nelson's class will meet next
Wednesday evening at the home of
Miss Carrie Vance, of Water street.
Harry Wilson, of Mingo, Ohio, ar
rived in the city yesterday yesterday
to be the guest of his parents for
several days.
Miss Lucy Hood, of Sherrard, is ex-
pected to arrive in the city during the
week, to take up a course of study at
the Central school.
Martin Brown and L. N. Crow. of
S~herrard, were here Saturday, attend
ing the meeting of the Union District
Teachers Association.
Miss Carrie Yost and Miss Stella
Krebs will leave for Sistersville to-
morrow evening to attend a reception
and visit friends for a few days.
Both the Democratic and Republican
Executive Committees met last even
ing and completed their respective ar
rangements for the city election, to
be held tomorrow.
At the North Benwood school on the
evening of the 10Th inst. a number of
the pupils will take part in a literary
contest and two prizes will be award
ed.
A lot of material has been unloaded
on the upper grounds of the Riverside
mill at a point below Boggs' run for
what it is believed will be a large new
blast furnace.
Council held a special meeting Satur-
day evening and signed the certificates
which are to be furnished to the State
Auditor, in order that Benwood may
receive her apportionment of the taxes.
The officials of the NJ. E. Church
will meet this evening at the church
for the purpose of completing plans for
improving the interior of the church
building. The auditorium is to be
handsomely frescoed.
The new reading room association,
which decided recently to hold it's
meetings in the vacant store room in
the Emergency Hospital building, may
change its plans and select another
place for the same purpose.
Rev. Paul w. Metzenthin, pastor of
the Lutheran Church, yesterday after
noon organized a new Mission with a
large membership, representative of
South Wheeling and Upper Benwood.
The new organization will prepare a
special programme for Easter.
Those who compose the graduating
class of the Central school for this
year are Jennie Evans. Ethel Lacey,
Daisy Shepperd, Alice Hoyt, Will
Leach and Will Duggan. Each mem
Der of the class has selected his sub
ject for the commencement exercises.
The puddlers of the lower Benwood
mill met at their hall on Main street
yesterday afternoon for the purpose
of recognizing. The meeting was well
attended and remarks of an interest
ing nature were made by a number
of the workmen for the welfare of
the organization.
The funeral of the late John Hig-
gins took place yesterday afternoon
at two o'clock from st. Johns Cath
ohio Church and was attended by the
many condoling relatives and friends
of the deceased. The services were
conducted by the Rev. John w. Wer-
ninger, and some pleasing and appro-
PIRATE music was rendered by the
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