Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
GRAFTON.
AN IMPORTANT RUSINESS MEETING
or THE BRANCH HUMANE
@ SOCIETY.
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
HARRY JONES, OF THE FIRST Ma
TIuNAL BANK, TO GO TO
BELINGTON.

South Carolina.
George Nestor. merchant at Bury
vile, was in town Wednesday.
Il There is large camp OF Gypgies
one mile east OF town.
DR.. j. c. Howell, of Clarksburg, was
here Tuesday and Wednesday.
Street Commissioner w. r. Keef-
over gave the streets a thorough clean
ing Friday.
Col. ]. K. Smith is quite i'll at his
home in Fetterman.
Alph Jenkins was at Pennington
Tuesday.
J. C. Mex. Richardson, superin-
, tendent of the bennington coal mines,
was in town Thursday.
Hon. Lewis Bennett, of Weston, was
in town attending court Wednesday.
Quite a number of Grafton people
attended the funeral of John Deveny
Wednesday at Fairmont, one of the
victims of the M. r. wreck.
Copestone Chapter No. u, r. A. NJ,
conferred the royal degree at a special
convocation Friday night.
F. Friedman is having the room in
the Whitescarver building fitted up
for his clothing, establishment.
The funeral of the late George w.
st. Clair took place at Pruntytown
Monday. Mr.. ST. Clair was one of the
oldest residents OF the county.
The Grafton branch of the Humane
Society held a very important business
meeting in the mayors Office Friday
night.
Hiram Gaines is confined to his
home with typhoid fever.
John Reed, of the Evening News,
wheeling. was IN tow4I Friday.
Harry Jones has resigned his posi-
ton with the First National Bank
here to accept the cashiership of the
lexington bank. His resignation
takes effect on the 10th of February,
and he win take charge of the Being
ton bank the first Of March. Mr..
jones has been with the bank here for
several years and has been a faithful
AMI efficient employe. and in his re-
moval Grafton loses good citizen.
J. Ord Mcdonald has moved his
meat market to the Colerider building
on Main street.
Will IRWIN got his fingers badly
mashed while coupling cars in the
yard.
A. L. Bartlett, Of Buckhannon, was
at the Grafton House Thursday.
Ward Lanham, son Of DR.. 7. F. Lam
ham, left Friday for Charleston, where
he will assume his duties as page in
the Senate.
Leon Faust returned the first of the
week from q Witt to friends in Wheel
ing and pittsburg.
Miss Anna Newton. for the past two
years saleslady in the dry goods store
of Davis & Byers, resigned his posi-
ton and left tuesday for her home
in Parkersburg.
William Clark, Jr, and Miss Lulu
Warthern were united in marriage by
the Rev c. L. Queen at the NJ. P.
parsonage Saturday afternoon.
w. P. Kinter fell from wagon
while returning from court Wednes-
day and received a broken leg.
In the case OF Bartlett, indicted at
the last term OF the circuit court for
shooting Howard DAWSON with in
tent to ill, the jury returned verdict
of unlawful shooting, and the judge
sentenced Mr.. Bartlett to one years
Imprisonment in the State peniten-
tiary.
The Taylor County Medical Society
met in the mayors Office Friday even
ing and elected the following officers:
DR.. A r. Warden, president; DR.. A.
j. Baker, vice president; DIR. R. H..
Powell, secretary, and DR.. W. F. Van
kirk, treasurer.
Rev. ]. 7. Davis, of McKeesport,
Pa, will occupy the pulpit in the Bap-
fist church sunday morning and even
ing.
We are assured by the superintend-
emit of the natural gas company that
the supply i'll the future will be sufii-
Gent for the demand.
A. @. Semon's company of COM
edians will present the True Widow
Brown" at the Opera House the 18th.
o. c. Jenreys, cashier of the Being
ton bank, has resigned to accept the
management of the Crystal Ice Com
pany. at this place. He will take
charge the first of March.
Hon. O. S. Mckinney, of the Fair
mont Index, was in town Friday.
Joseph Speidel. Jr., will spend Sun
day in Wheeling.
The Misses F'ahey entertained a
number of their friends most charm
ingly Thursday evening with pro-
gressive euchre party. At the conclu-
sion of the games a delicious repast
was served. Those present were Mi.
and Mrs Fred Kunst, Misses Anna
and Margaret Cook. Alma Friedman,
Belle and Anna Moran, Clara and
Mary Flanagan, Moilie and Annie
Rendle. Messrs. Lawson Starcher,
Floyd Patton, Edwin Sawyer. Hugh
Warder, Max Friedman, Will Rendle,
Addie Hehnert, Tom Moran, c. H.
Sartz, John Turner, James Dobbs and
Will Turner.
s. H. Warthern and son Lloyd are
in Pittsburg, purchasing a new supply
of buggias and other equipments for
their livery stable.
John A. Carroll was at Pittsburg the
first of the week, disposing of some
coal lands near town.
Editor Triplett, OF Elkins, was in
town Friday.
Owing largely to 1.-The gloomy
weather the Monongahela Valley
Round Table were not very literally
attended, TT c acsoria tinn of Suner-