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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1891
Page
6
A blurred society page surveys Christmas gift trends as urban shoppers fill stores with vanity items, gloves, violins, and books. It notes heavy crowds, formal gatherings, and the classic focus on luxury presents while families balance budgets and social duties through a week of events.
A scattered Wheeling column reports drugs in short supply amid grippe fever, school and church entertainments planned for Thursday and Tuesday, notices of local clergy talks, a Toledo death, and community events. Socials, balls, and a masquerade are scheduled at Teutonis Hall and Westwood Hall.
Chief McNicholls is formally installed as Police Chief after Council approved his bond and appointees. Delbrugge contests the transfer, but parties reach an amicable understanding as force loyalty shifts to the new chief.
A new pleasure resort named Mozart Park is planned near Caldwell's Run outside city units. Henry Schmulbach and Charles Horstman lead a six acre site with Wright property also under consideration. A joint stock company seeks funding, with a paper circulated among South Side merchants. The park will feature a ten pin alley, dancing pavilion, refreshment stands, benches, swings, and trees. Plans include electric rail extension to the site to ease access. Work may start in spring with incorporation likely soon.
The court ruled on multiple motions in cases including Louis W Inglebright v W P Robinson where withdrawal of demand and remand to Rules were denied and demurrer overruled. Other actions covered dismissals abating suits and orders for amendments or new trials in several parallel matters.
Mr Reymann proposes a brick music hall on Market and Sixteenth streets with store rooms and a capacity for several thousand. Construction hinges on the removal of Baltimore and Ohio tracks from Sixteenth street, which currently disrupt performances. If the tracks stay, the property may be sold in lots.
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