Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-24
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friends at cards. The evening was
spent In a very pleasant manner. and
at the proper hour a very enjoyable
luncheon was served for the delecta-
ton Of those present.
Mrs. r. F. Mcconnell, OF the South
Side, wife of the well known operator
and contractor, will leave the early
part Of the coming week for Los
Angeles and other points in California
on a three months trip. Mr.. McCon-
nell has been in California for some
time and is contracting in the oil
fields there. Mrs. Mcconnell will be
accompanied by her children and pos
sibly by a couple of lady friends.
Miss Alice belong of Grafton, w.
Va, arrived in the city yesterday and
will be the guest of relatives and
friends here for a short time.
Mrs. Flora Smith, nee Fenimore, of
New Martinsville, arrived in the city
this evening and will be the charming
guest of her friend, Miss Title Dick,
Of the North End, for a short time.
Miss Bertha Smith, of the South
Side, who has been attending the West
Virginia University at Morgantown.
for the past few months, returned to
the city to-day and will be the guest
of her parents for a short time.
! Mrs. d. j. Henderson, of Main street,
left this afternoon for West Alexan-
der, Pa, where she will be the guest
of relatives and friends for a month or
six weeks.
Mrs. John Rea, of Clymer, N. Y, ar
lrived in the city the early part of the
week and will be the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. James B. Cook, of North
Wells street, for a couple of weeks.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Sanders, of the South Side,
died yesterday morning at its parents
home. This is the little one who had
such a narrow escape from burning to
death just a week ago, when the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders was entire
ly destroyed by flames. The funeral
services were conducted from the
Catholic church this morning at 10
o'clock, Rev. Father Boice officiating.
Interment was made at Cakwood.
There are 227 cases Of different kinds
on the docket to be heard at the
next term of Circuit Court at Middle
bourne, and there will be more after
the next grand jury sets.
Mrs. May Irwin, who has been at
home on a visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Hockinberry, of Diamond
and Brown Betty streets for a week or
ten days. left yesterday for New York.
where she is preparing for a stage ca
reer in n Of the popular schools
there.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued recently by the Clerk of the
County Court: Simpson Evander Had
ley and Alice Robinson; Perry s1oen-
Ger and Lillian Annie virden; Jacob
Stevens and Edith Burch; Greed Shep-
herd, Of Ritchie and Ida B. Pyle.
Miss Lizzie Davis, daughter of Can't.
and Mrs. NJ. B. Davis. of Water ana
Diamond streets, who has been the
guest for several days during the week
OF relatives and friends at st. Mary's.
returned home yesterday.
The city election will be held on
Thursday next. and sc far it has been
one OF the most quiet elections the city
has ever experienced. The campaign
this year is strictly one on party lines.
both Democratic and Republican tickets
being in the field. 1t is a very hard
matter to predict which side will win.
The heads of both tickets are extreme
ly popular gentlemen, the town has al
ways been very close politically, and
predictions cannot be safely made.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Crosby. of the South Side, died
yesterday afternoon at their home af-
ter an illness of several weeks. The
remains were inferred In lakewood GEM
etery this afternoon, the services being
conducted by the Rev. H. B. Bowden,
Of the NJ. E. church.
Daniel O'Neill and wife, OF Cliff
street, are the happy parents of a very
pretty little lady who arrived at their
home yesterday. The child and mother
are getting along nicely, and with
proper care the father will probably re-
cover.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. H. Stanford, of the
North End, who were called to their
former home in Bradford, Pa, a few
deys ago by the serious illness of Mr..
Stanford's father, which terminated in
death, have returned. Mr.. Stanford has
been doubly bereaved in the past
month, his mother and father both dy-
ing in that time.
At the special election held on
Thursday for the purpose of ~annexing
o.< OH(AF " "A1N 40 HoU9t3lIN
known as the South Side, the propo-
sition was lost. The election in
the city carried by a majority of 242
against So. but on the South Side the
vote was 81 against and As for the
proposition. As the South Side would
have to have voted a majority before
it could be annexed, there will be no
growth OF the corporation for some
time yet.
P. H. Gaffney, the well-known con-
tractor, accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Genevieve, left this morning for
Huntington, w. Va, where Mr.. Gaffney
will look after some oil interests. He
will also spend several days in Hunt
ington the guest Of a sister.
Miss Geraldine McAldowney, daugh-
ter of the late Capt. Robert MoEldow-
ney, OF New Martinsvilie, arrived here
this morning, and will remain in the
city for several days. the guest OF
her cousins, Miss Eloise Mccormick
and Miss May Corbett, Of North Wells
street.
Mrs. Oliver Locke, Of the Hill. ac-
companied by Mrs. Melissa Gates. wa
the guest for a couple of days during
the week Of relatives and friends at her
former home at C~larirgton, o.
Mrs. Joseph Slender, OF New Martins-
vile, accompanied by her daughter.