Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31

SUCCESSFULLY For TEN
DOLLARS.

7SlS(ESSFULLE Fun ZEN
DOLLARS. &
-- 9
FAIRMONT, w. Va, March 80
Mrs. Charles Leonard is in Clarksburg,
having been called here by the serious
illness Of her brother, Walker Carter.
George Cams has completed the OPP
tioning of forty thousand acres of coal
land in this and Harrison counties.
The Index Publishing Company has
purchased a Babcock press, a BREWER
typesetting machine, numbering three
in all. About the first of May. @. S.
/ Mckinney, editor of the Index and the
Evening Times, will enlarge the Index
from six column quarto to a seven
column eight page paper; and the Ev-
ening Times from a six to a seven coli
umn folio.
+ j. G. Miller, postmaster at Upton,
this county, has resigned his position,
and j. w. Wadsworth hass been rec
commended for the place.
Prof. c. L. Michael, formerly of this
city, but late of the commercial de-.
paftment Of the University, has again
returned; to Fairmont and< accepted a
similar position with the. Fairmont
branch of the Elliott school. He will
assume his duties Monday
The following programme was well
rendered at the Normal auditorium
last evening, and fair crowd was
present: Vocal solo, Miss Myrtle
Shaw; recitation, Miss Ruth Arnett;.
music. Miss Shortridge;;j Grafton, Mr..
D.. B. Mason; vocal solo, Mr.. Harry
Engle; reading, Miss BERTHE Ramage;
intermission; recitation, Miss Leila
Mess; music, ex-members quartette;.
presentation of members; Lyceum
song
A banquet was given by the members
of Showalter Tent NOT, K. @. T. NJ,
at-their hall on Main street Tuesday
evening in honor of the new degree
team. Something near sixty members
were present.
TIL Jamison brothers and c. w. Ar
nett, who are the owners of twenty
six acres of land in the First ward,
recently discovered that in addition to
the tract of land, which was purchased
for the express purpose of cutting it up
into lots at some future time, that they
are also the possessors of ground that
contains what is pronounced by ex-
perts as being extra good brick clay.
. These men have decided to erect
small brick works on the ground in
order to make thorough test of the
clay and if found to be satisfactory
the plant will be enlarged and equip
ped with modern brick machinery
Ihe plant will be ready for operation
in about ninety days.
Nov. I, A tic nf
sthe Passionist Order, has been con-
Quoting mission at the Catholic
xchurch in this city, and large crowd
greets him each evening. The mis-
sion will be concluded tomorrow.
: One evening the first of the week
suspicious looking man entered the }.
. U.ssWise & Co. meat market on Main
street land when asked by the clerk
what was wanted he said his wife
would be in in a few minutes. Pres
emily we'll dressed lady stepped up to
the counter and asked Tor fifteen cents
worth of meat, and throwed down
twenty dollar bill. The clerk took the
bill and returned to her the change,
among which was three five dollar
bills. She then afterwards asked to
" m the bill that she had the amount
of the meat in her purse, which was
oone. 2. While the bis were being shift
ed from her hands over into the hands
of the clerk and vice versa the short
change" scheme was SO successfully
worked that the company lost a ten
dollar bill in the operation. The man
who claimed this woman as being his
wife stood close by until the thieving
was. completed, and they quickly left
the shop.
Harry Borgess. and wife have gone
to California. He is consumptive
sufferer, and they thought that the
change of climate might be the means
of permanent cure.
Congressman Dayton has recon-
mended the establishment of a post
office in this county. The office is to
be located about half way between
Pennington and Barrickville.
James Hare, agent for ]. NJ. Guffy,
Of Pittsburg, left yesterday afternoon
for Morgantown. For several days he
has been optioning coal land in Wetzel
county, and has now completed the
optioning of fifteen thousand acres in
that county, which lies near Burton.
Guffy is the owner of seventy-fve thou-
sand acres of coal property in this,
Monongalia, and Wetzel counties.
The Philadelphia Oil & Gas Company
has located a well on the W. E. Wat
son farm, near Morgantown, and
about three miles from the railroad.
Mr. Watson was in the city Wednesday
of this week, and said the company in
tended to commence drilling in about
fifteen days.
Miriam Jones, wife of ]. H. Jones, of
Little Falls, and the mother of H. w
Jones, who resides or Water street, III
the First ward, died Wednesday morn
ing, about one o'clock, of neuralgia of
the heart. Her husband and five chill
dren survive her. Her remains were
inferred in tde .Pisgah cemetery Thurs
day aftrnoon.
The remains of w. E. Ford, whose
death occurred in the army hospital at
San Francisco, Cal, are expected here
tonight. He is son of T. S. Ford, of
this city, and was a member OF, the
United States army. 9
The Seven Star Rebecca Lodge No "a