Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-13
BELLAIRE.
News Notes of Interest From the BEL
mont County Metropolis.

News Notes of Interest From the Bel
mont County Metropolis.
j. c. Archer. of Neffs. was in the
city yesterday on business.
J. w. Hunter, of Jacobsburg. was in
the city yesterday on business.
Mr. John Ludwig, of Louisville, was
III the city yesterday on business.
w. G. Simpson. of Glencoe, was a
business caller in the city yesterday.
A. A. Summers, of Summerfeld. was
calling on friends in the city yester-
day.
John B. Haney, of Illinois. former
citizen of this city, is the guest OF
friends.
Hunter S. Armstrong, prosecuting
| attorney, was in the city yesterday on
business.
Jacob Heatherington, who has been
| sick for come time, is slowly i'm
| proving and is now able to walk about
| his home.
John Terrell left yesterday for
Woodsfield and other points in Monroe
county, in the interest Of the firm OF
Rumbach & WINNER.
Mrs. Decker Robinson underwent a
successful operation Monday at the
North Wheeling Hospital and is re-
ported doing very well.
One plain drunk was before the may
or yesterday and fined one dollar and
| costs, and in default OF payment was
remanded back to jail
Fred Spriggs has returned from a
| visit with his parents at Caldwell
where he was called on account of the
serious sickness of his mother.
The High School will hold special
exercises Friday in commemoration OF
the birthdays of Washington and Lin
coin. The public is invited to attend
Hon. 2. T. Sweeney will lecture al
the Christian church next Thursday
! evening, February 23th. Mr. Sweeney
| is one of the noted orators on the plat
| FORM and will have large audience.
Mrs. Sarah Mills died at her home in
| the Fifth ward Monday evening al
| H. 80 O'Clock, after a short illness OF
| grip. She leaves four children to
mourn her loss. Her husband died
| several years ago.
Harry Munroe has returned from
| Philadelphia, where he was under the
| treatment of a specialist for his eyes
one of them being injured on Christ
mas by an explosion of a fire cracker
He will lose the sight of one eye.
The authorities from Uniontown
| Pa, arrived yesterday and took
| Mile Campbell back with them tc
answer to charge of murder. The
| prisoner seemed willing to go, but still
| showed her defiant disposition, which
she has maintained since her arrest.
The Christian, at the Columbia to-
night, is one of the best plays on the
roau, and all Bellaire people who
wish to see one of the greatest pro-
| auctions ever brought to this city
| should not miss this opportunity
The seats for this play have had a
| large advance sale, and no doubt the
house will be crowded.
! Coroner Beetham yesterday held an
inquest over the body of Henry Barnes,
who was crushed to death at the Troll
mines Monday, and rendered a decis-
!
learned what report Mine Inspector
Thomas McGough will make. The
victim leaves a wife and several chill
dren.
The Loving Mission band held a very
| interesting meeting at the home oil
Miss Laura Mccullough, in the Fifth
ward, Monday evening. Mrs. George
! Ball and Mrs. William Reed read mos
| interesting papers. Several OF those
| present rendered some musical selec-
| lions. During the evening light re-
freshments were served, and all pres
| ent had very enjoyable evening
In the Common Pleas Court to-day
the case of Riggs vs. Ramsey will be
heard, and it is thought that it will
! occupy two or three days. The case
| is the outcome of a case of the teach
er Furnishing pupil at school. Mr.
| Riggs Icing the teacher. The affair
| occurred about one year ago at the
| Powhatan schools, and has caused
much gossip in that vicinity. The
case is something new in this coun-
ty, and Is attracting much attention
| Mir. Hugh McGiHis, of New Martins
vile, was in the city yesterday calling
on friends. Mr. McGillis has just re-
Gently returned from Beaumont, lex,
where he saw the largest oil well in the
1 history OF the world and brought back
d sample OF the oil. He also yisite1
Galveston. He states that not near all
the bodies have been removed from .ne
! debris and that the scene is still a
horrible sight Excitement over tho
great gusher is at "a high point, and
the development of the territory viii
be pushed rapidly The oil Is cnIy
good for fuel purposes.
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