Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-05

SlSTERSWLLE, w. Va. February
LA Fonte Bliss, day clerk at the
Hotel Wells, was called to his home
in Cory. Pa, yesterday afternoon by
a telegram stating that his mother
was seriously i'll. He will be absent
from the city for several days.
Tomorrow evening a subordinate
lodge of the Rathbone Sisters, a side
degree of the X. of P. for the ladies',
will be instituted by Mrs. Haberfield,
grand chief Of West Virginia and
Pennsylvania, with Headquarters at
Wheeling. A large list of prospective
members has alreadwy been secured
and a prosperous lodge is anticipated.
The cards announcing the wedding
of Miss Lydia Walton, of this city,
to MIR. Charles F. Ruttencutter. of st.
Maryis, on February Goth, have been
issued. The ceremony will be per-
formed at the home Of the groom's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ruttencutter.
at St. Mary's, and the young couple
will make their future home there.
The funeral of Mrs. William Rod
gers, whose death occurred Friday af-
ternoon north of the city, on the VIII
La ldl III, Stul4Su yCotCA udy i
ternoon in lakewood cemetery in this
city.
Clarence R. Kerr and brother, DR..
VIM. H. Kerr, were called to their
former home in Urbania, Ohio, Satur-
day by a telegram stating the serious
illness of their sister, Miss Edith.
They will be absent from the city for
several days.
Miss Blanche Ruttencutter, a charm
ing young lady of St. Mary's, was in
the city Saturday, the guest of Miss
Mary Walton, of East street.
DR.. j. r. Milton, of North Wells
street, has gone to his home in Ro-
anoke, Va, Where he will be the guest
of relatives and friends for several
weeks.
The boxing contest at the Sisters
vile Athletic Club between Buzz Au-
Der, Of Wheeling, and Harry Jackson,
of this city, on Monday evening, Feb
ruary 18th, will be a very interesting
event.
Miss Charlotte Rodgers. of Allie
gheny, Pa, who has been in the city
fer a couple of weeks as the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. w. H. Topp, of Wells
street, left Saturday afternoon for
home.
Fred Kinney, who has been in Has
of weeks with a very serious affection
of the throat, is to come home in a
very short time.
"Dick'' Mcconnell, the well known
operator and contractor Of the South
Side, who has been on a three months
tour of the California oil fields, ar
rived home Saturday morning. He al
so visited the Texas field on his way
home and does not think very we'll of
the oil found there. He says the oil
found there is even inferior to the
fuel oil produced in the California
fields.
Miss Funice Robinson, who has been
i'll at her home on Wells street for
several weeks, is convalescing.
The show at the Columbia theatre
this week will be one of the best Of
the season. The bill will be headed by
Englehart and Rose. female wrestlers
and fencers; then follows Prickert and
Whippler. The Knight Bros, delin-
GATORS of blackface comedy and fancy
cake-walking, are also a great card.
Miss Sallie 0. Kerns, a German singer
and dancer, is a good performer and
quite a favorite. The producers, Bald
win and Chinter are there with anoth-
or good one. and make a hit. The
house was filled to the doors tonight
with a very appreciative crowd.
T. Clarence McManns, of the White
Front" who has been in Haskins Hos
pital for several weeks, returned home
Saturday and seems much improved in
health.