Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-04
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of Small Events Of Each
Passing Day.


Passing Day.
The new Council of Fulton will
hold a business session tonight.
Charles Jack had two fingers
mashed at tie East End boiler works
last Saturday.
The name of the Thos. Hughes
Company has been changed to the
Hughes Company. 2s3sfntm r8Hl nt
The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
will be held this morning.
The Hebrew Relief Association
has selected a new treasurer in the
person of Mr.. Barnhuff.
The Junior order of American Me-
chanics will hold a stag social to-
night at Odd Fellows hall. az =
The trial Of William Danford, for
murder, will 500 be called in the
Common Pleas Court at st. Clairsville.
The BARRIERS union of Wheeling
held a meeting yesterday afternoon in
John Welty's shop on Fourteenth
street.
The first meeting of creditors of
Capt. j. E. Mccoy will be held Febru-
airy 18th in the Office of Attorney Frank
&c. Cox.
T. M. Young, the druggist under
the Odd Fellows hall. has completed
a number of improvements to the inte-
rior of his store.
The funeral of Alexander Butler,
formerly %janitor of Lincoln school,
will take place this afternoon at two
o'clock.
The Monday Night club held a
business meeting yesterday afternoon
at George Menkemeller's barber shop
on South Chapline street.
The remains of Mrs. Diana Pepper,
who died at her home on South Jacob
street Friday night, were yesterday
shipped to Marietta for burial.
The annual meeting of stockhold-
ers Of the Bellaire, Benwood & Wheel
ing Bridge Company will be held at
the South Side Bank Tuesday, Febru-
airy 18th.
The "All Alikes" met yesterday
afternoon at their club rooms in the
Sixth ward and transacted consider
able business for the welfare of the Or
ganization.
In another column is a notice call
ing attention to a stockholders meet
ing Of the Champion Manufacturing
Company, to be held March 5th. at
Blairsville, Pa.
The Women's Hospital Associa-
ton will meet at the hospital Febru-
airy 9Th at $50 p. m. for the purpose
of electing officers and transacting
important business.
The ladies of the congregation of
the Second Presbyterian church are
arranging Tor a cake and candy sale
at Madam Shldelrs millinery store on
Main street ext Saturday.
The funeral of Mrs. Barbara Has
enauer, of Eighteenth street, will take
place this morning at $50 o'clock.
Requiem mass will be celebrated at
st. Alphonsus church at nine o'clock.
The Board of Control of the
MOundsville Chautauqua will hold a
meeting at two o'clock Tuesday after
noon at the Benwood NJ. e. church.
Important business will be considered.
The rain yesterday following lie
snow, put the streets in miserable con-
dition for pedestrians. II was excel
lent grip weather. The thaw carried
away the snow and cut short the sport
of the skaters and coasters.
Yesterday was the feast of st.
Blase, and it was generally observed in
all tie Roman Catholic churches. The
ceremony of blessing the Threats Of
Catholics took place at the masses in
the morning.
There will be no session of the
Circuit Or Criminal Courts to-day.
Judges Melvin and Hugus are still
confined to their rooms by illness, and
Judge Herveys side of the Circuit
Court adjourned on Saturday until
Monday.
The song service which was to
have been held in the thomson NJ. E.
church last evening was postpone as
several Of the members of the choir
were unable to attend. The pastor,
the Rev. Clarke, delivered an interest
ing sermon in It's place.
The number of deaths during the
month of January in the city Of Wheel
ing amounted to s.. This is unusually
large. The heavy death rate is not re-
markable considering the prevalence
OF grip and other diseases which may
be placed directly to the open weather.
The funeral of Mrs. Hannie NJ.
Peterson, an aged lady of the South
Side, took place yesterday afternoon at
two O'Clock, from the family residence
No. 2420 Jacob street, and was attend
eI by many %sorroWing friends. The
remains were laid at rest in Mt. Zion
cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth L.
Conant took place at 100 o'clock yes
terday afternoon from the family resi-
dence on Glenn's Run. Many friends
of the deceased paid a last loving tri-
butte to her memory. The services
were simple but very impressive. The
remains were laid at rest at Green
wood cemetery.
The second special musical SER
vice was held at st. Matthews P. e.
church last evening, and a large con-
~gregation was present. The singing
by the choir of ffty-six male voices,
under the direction of Paris R. Myers,
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