Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-11
cars are crowded both afternoon and

cars are crowded both afternoon and
evening.
Miss Blanche McClelland very pleas
antly entertained her friends at her
home on North Belmont street last
evening.
The Second Ward Juniors defeated the
Catholic Stars in a holly contested game
OF ball Tuesday afternoon, by the score
of 10 to q.
DR.. J. C. Archer and wife passed
through the city on their way to their
home at Quincy from the Buffalo eX-
position and eastern cities.
According to the Deutsche Zeitung OF
July 9. Prince Hohenlohe must have
peer chancellor of the Chinese empire.
How Is this, Brother Bente?
The Columbia base ball team of Bel
laire challenge any 16-year-old team of
Wheeling for a game next Sunday after
noon. Address S. McNamee, 2722 Bel
mont street.
The foundation for the Second ward
school house will be commenced to-day.
Unless greater speed is made with this
building, it will not be completed for
occupancy before the first of Octo-
Der.
The Gravel Hill Literary Society held
an enthusiastic meeting and elected T.
c.. Nicholson secretary and treasurer.
They contemplate a number of improve
ments before they open the rooms in
the fall.
August Greinert, who was so serious
ly hurt by being thrown from a car
at the metal yard, is slightly improved,
and unless some unlocked for compli-
cations set in, he has an even chance
for recovery.
Marshal Johnson arrested a couple of
suspicious looking characters yesterday
afternoon. They had purloined a bolt
OF cloth from Huffman's tailor shop,
and on complaint were taken up. The
cloth was recovered.
The South Bellaire M. e. Sunday
school will hold their annual picnic at
Keyser's orchard to-day. Refreshments
will DO on sale on the grounds. Wagons
will be run from Nineteenth street at
a fare of Is cents for the round trip. Ev-
erybody invited.
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per cent. call Of the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank has been paid into the
president and secretary of the bank. A
meeting of the directors will be held
on Saturday to contract for furniture
and electing the cashier and teller.
Sheriff Foreman continued the real
estate sale yesterday. The property
found many bidders and brought good
prices. John Du Bois, Jones e. McGraw
and C. r. Lazure were buyers OF most of
it. AS there was still a large block to be
sold, the sheriff continued the sale until
next Tuesday at 8 a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Grafton gave a re-
ception at their home on Rose Hill to
their son, Albert, and bride. who have
Just returned from their wedding trip.
A large number of friends were present
and spent a very pleasant evening In
dancing, games and other parlor amuse-
ments. Delicious refreshments. were
served.
Michael Donovan, a section man on
the b. & o., Is improving from severe
injuries he received a few days ago
while at work. A shaker fell from a
passing engine and bounced and struck
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the blow and was not found for several
hours. He was taken to his ,home and
a physician summoned. 1t was found
that three rib were broken and his
arms and body badly bruised.
William II. Schramm, tAe Fourth ward
grocer, met with quite a painful acct
dent Tuesday night as he was returning
from the Carnival. When his car
reached Thirty-fifth street he slipped as
he was getting off, and fell, dislocating
his shoulder. He was removed to his
home mad a physician summoned to set
the shoulder. He was resting easily last
evening.
A trip out Of the city along any of
the pixies shows them to be in bad o
dition. The continued wet weather Of
last spring caused the banks to slip and
the drains to fill up. The water from
the late rains flowed ON the pixies and
in many places they were badly washed.
Some OF the supervisors are making re-
pairs; others, "Micawber" like. are wait
ing for something to turn up. A little
money judiciously spent will save con-
siderable expense later, when a dashing
rain has cut them all to pieces. In
many places noxious weeds nave been
allowed to grow up, and sore of them