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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1893
Page
6
In a fever of speculation Republicans and Democrats discuss loyalties and concessions as a joint session looms. Reports detail board appointments, potential resignations, and maneuvers to influence elections with key names from House committees and county boards.
A scattered mix of local happenings includes sale of a saloon, a regular monthly board meeting, January police receipts totaling $55, and notes on assessees. Other items mention an unknown man injured at Opera House Corner, executors revoking a power of attorney, a factory fire at Belmont, and various social club events. Reports also cover a courtroom incident, a proposed transit strike impact, and community notices about a masquerade, English handbell entertainment, and a failure of a brace of local paddlers. A feature on a Prussian retiree's long city service closes the brief.
A bill in the legislature proposes creating a Criminal Court in Ohio county with a governor appointed judge from the county bar to serve from next May until a general election winner in 1894, salary 1800 a year. The court shares jurisdiction with the Circuit Court on felonies and misdemeanors and handles appeals, with transfer rules and proceedings outlined. Also details on clerk duties, term dates, and jury practices. Local items note theater performances and ads for goods.
A fire yesterday evening at August Red's residence near the B and O depot in St Clairsville consumed the building after efforts to save goods failed. The Roscoe home and two nearby houses were saved by a bucket brigade and hard work. A milkman sustained injuries after a fall on a banked hill near Reymann's brewery. Also noted is an advertisement for Odontander painless dental anesthesia and a second-hand Steinway piano sale.
A chaotic Cairo Illinois dispatch reports a brutal assault on Mrs. Nancy Pearson near Mound City, with fears for her recovery as the assailant remains at large after robbery. Other items note Louis T. Levy’s arrest in New York, a papal delegation plan, a missing niece of a butter magnate, and a mother dying saving her child in Syracuse.
Lee Cawp with the Confederate Veterans agrees to take charge of Jefferson Davis Monument Association duties upon arrival of Mr. Davis. They will also host visiting associations amid preparations in Verona, Virginia, on February 4.
The article previews upcoming boxing matches in New York and surrounding areas. It notes 150 pound champion Tom Williams plans to train in Lakewood New Jersey with Tom Burrows, while Billy Plimmer backs Danny McBride for the 110 pound world title. The featherweight title bout between Billy Murphy and Johnny Griffo is highlighted, with Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadelphia and Newark attendees anticipated and heavy betting on Griffo. Training and travel details for fighters Griffin and Hogan are included.
A stream of brief obituary notices lists individuals such as Romany Chall Martin Linden Giffen Edwan Ragan Hannah Allen and Katharine Haxdel among others with dates February and January. The items include ages burial places family residences and funeral arrangements with phrases like Interment at Mt Calvary or funeral from residence and invitations to attend.
We have added a department for watch clock and jewelry repairing diamond mounting engraving and other services. Our lacquer for silver saves labor and is not expensive.
Fragmented OCR lists a government position and a prospectus for a private investment product. Mentions address in Washington DC and Brooklyn and references to subscribers. First year success claimed for a system named Rowe s Infalible Mandicanpe System.
Bew Advertisements invites interested parties to form a stock company to run a general Typewriter Bicycle and Ot to Supply business. They will take stock to full inventory value and transfer all franchises and agencies without consideration. Several desirable locations can be secured now, with further information at No. 61 Twelfth street.
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