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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1884
Page
2
The Register boasts a circulation larger than any newspaper in the two Virginians or Eastern Ohio. Its advantages as an advertising medium are evident to advertisers.
Special to the Resistor from Darauie February 2 describes Riverside pursuits, social visits, factory activity, a power plant project, and local daily life. Notable mentions include Wheeling visitors, Mr J Newton and Mr Poup Reilly, a piano gift, and community events, with ongoing work at the Riverside plant and local social gatherings.
Special to the Advocate from Stavsexville Ohio reports a bitter fight in Steubenville over the mayor's pick for city solicitor. The council rejected James P. Bigger for the expiring term, prompting a council election with candidates John A. Maxfield and Williams McD Miller, both young lawyers. The piece notes party dynamics, a separate Pittsburgh gang incident, and a heavy social calendar including a Taraverio Society leap year ball and a musical event at the Overs House with visiting Opera Company members.
Distracted notes recount a boisterous gathering in Pittsburgh area with several named attendees including Mise Gree Fayil and Cinta McCune. The writeup mixes travel, social events, discussions of charity dinners, and a reference to a Rural Mite Society lecture to raise funds for the poor.
Personal dispatches list N G Kranea leaving on Cannone Ball for Cincinnati and James Kavanaugh heading West for several days. Mim Mollie Ryan a popular schoolteacher wed Thursday. D Browning of Belpre left after seas on the Cannone Ball for New Orleans. John Mitchell mourns a burial after a recent freezing incident. James Ryan of Kentucky guiding sisters’ wedding, and G Biostle in the city. Miss Magpie McDonough ill at home. Hunt and wife eastbound for a while. Lele Mie Nora Carnahan visiting Belle Carnahan in fourth ward. Miss Hattie Hauek returned to Kanawha Station. J J Jackson and daughter Biggs Chicago. Father O Connor of Clarksburg in town. F Gardner Jackson to Fort Worth Texas for a month. Mrs Miller of Dennison visiting her mother. Two carloads of ladies en route to Pennsylvania. Mrs Stinchcomb plans two new cottages on Green Street. Mr Paden and son Mel of Sville will visit Mrs Welf next month.
A Friday night hop in Hanover Hill, Martin's Ferry, under the ATF Society drew about twenty-five couples. The event opened with a grand march, featured Myers orchestra, and ran until two o'clock. Attendees enjoyed ham sandwiches, tea, coffee, and Florida oranges, with praise for the hosts and guests.
In St Clairsville and nearby areas, reports recount husbands who stay out late and may face trouble, political chatter over marshalship and local elections, society visits, and preparations for Belmont County fair activities. Notable mentions include obituaries, visiting relatives, and community happenings with references to local editors and civic notices.
A long social column from Grafton describes a flurry of events including a first National Bank of Phillippi excursion by train, a large crowd facing rocky routes and a rough stop at Buck Court Boag, and various local dances, visits, weddings, and entertainments. The piece notes Henry Lippincott’s marriage, dancing classes at Linckman’s Hall, and a festive return for Arthur Love’s troupe, with many residents traveling to Philippi and back amid enthusiastic but troubled travel.
Special to the Beg later reports in Wellsburg of a three cornered boom era with a cemetery litigation looming. Fires, gas, and road work disruptions color a busy period as Presbyterians plan a new church edifice and Brooke Cemetery Company fights to manage grounds excavations and property claims. Local leaders and investors move on to projects including a proposed Village street improvements and new commercial buildings.
Vets Bock referenced with revolver incident at a works site. Grocery stock being moved to Sherman House block. Mt Pleasant resident Mrs Minnie Palet visiting T McCue. Property listings include several residences in Clark's addition and Newland waitlist homes, with prices and terms. Real estate agent J T Hanes invites inquiries.
Town dances and social gossip fill the week with remarks about weddings, visitors, and local grocers closing stock. Mentions of dance at St Clare Hotel, crowds at the hotel, and youth drinking concerns accompany updates on residents, travel plans, and business changes.
Town crowds pack Main Street for the Arthur Love troupe and carpetist L. C. Warehouse leading a lively afternoon and evening program. The free matinee drew families and the reverent locals buzzed about Barney in a tall hat as Barahanse delivered famed solo feted by townsfolk.
A distressed diary style dispatch recounts a night march toward Philippi, the Cleve artillery opening fire, confusion among troops, and the enemy retreating as dawn neared. Casualties include a captain accidentally shot. regiments arrive and tents and supplies are arranged amid harsh weather and muddy roads. Soldiers express pride and longing for home as they brace for further action around July.
A fragmented McUndsville column reports on a romantic elopement between a young reporter’s social mismatch couple. The event prompts local chatter, temperance lectures, and civic remarks as townsfolk react to class differences and the couple’s choices amid a busy public life.
In a humorous tale a grocer mocks a sick boy with rheumatism and the boy retorts with imagined cures. A neighbor hawks a dubious remedy as a possible fix while neighbors debate pain, pride, and the value of sympathy versus scolding in a gritty street scene.
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