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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1893
Page
5
A Wheeling Register column discusses uncertain fre bearing on Tre Mosca inquiry. It notes mixed opinions about who should own the matter, mentions Mr. Mowrox, Queen Smee Basted, and a general atmosphere of respect for festival leaders, while linking broader political chatter about U S Attorneyship and various officials.
Regular session of the Board of Commissioners tomorrow morning. Auction sales of bue horses at Erb's stables and minstrels tickets at House's go on sale. Real estate moves include Gen J Marnings relocating offices to 103 Market Street and Miss Kate Warei purchasing Chapline Street property for 5250. Reports on new businesses, concerts, and social events fill the pages along with assorted city notices.
Col McGraw of Grafton and Sen Worley from Kingwood discuss West Virginia politics and a large saw mill planned in Pocahontas County with riverbank site and a Chesspeake and Ohio branch. Worley criticizes tax proposals, praises Preston coal risks, and Wheeling shops eye crinoline hoop skirts as a revived fad with samples and low prices.
Still in the water works on the South side, the Thomas Scouts family endures destitution in the Belmont mill complex. A 15 year old daughter, married, smokes a pipe while her brother 8 years old uses a stogie. the husband is in hospital with a broken limb after two days of work. The mother plans to wash clothes as authorities have yet to act.
Police report gun theft arrests of James Higgins and Howard Porter with commitments for a Monday hearing. Also covered are a witness case dismissal in a Mr. McCune assault matter, a farmer Jacob Manager's death, Leroy Alexander’s house fire, City Hall Park planning, a watch theft arrest in Martin's Ferry, a British syndicate buying convict labor contracts, a Wheeling stationary engineers meeting, Benwood railway pile driving, Rim Grove town lot sales, Ed Bocking’s illness, and Knights Templar Grand Commandery invitation for Martinsburg conclave.
An advertising feature touts Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as a spring medicine. It cites personal testimonials from Mrs. S. M. Hardy of East Wilton Maine and Mrs. E. M. Bass of Orford New Hampshire, praising nervous relief, weight gain, and renewed activity. The copy asserts it restores health and nerves, notes vegetable ingredients, and lists Dr Greene of New York as the physician behind the remedy.
No new developments occurred yesterday in the carpenters strike or the ongoing contract talks with the Builders' Exchange. About 160 of 200 union members are on strike, with 40 still working for arms who received no wage increase. estimated $100,000 of building work and $40,000 in architect projects may be abandoned if the dispute drags on.
The coroner planned an inquest into the death of John Keys, a British Columbia trader killed by a streetcar Friday night, but authorities moved the body before the inquest could proceed. Family and friends learned of the removal as officers prepared a view of the remains.
Toledo widows widow Mrs Margaret Short defies elopement with Charles Spence. Spence, who funded the trip, travels to Chicago with the bride and her mother opposing the match. In Elkhart the pair nearly split. in Chicago the wedding of Spence’s betrothed to Morgan is finalized, leaving Spence to return home alone.
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