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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1891
Page
5
A scattered scan covers politics, public notices, and social commentary from the Jeeling Register. It notes health and diet quips about a politician, local elections talk, immigration education efforts, marriage/divorce chatter, and a civic welcome ride company event, all framed in a late 19th or early 20th century community voice with names, places, and institutions embedded.
Lieut. D. W. Mitchell of the Fifteenth Infantry will take command of the United States recruiting station in this city replacing Capt. Barrett, who is transferred to Columbus barracks. Mitchell, 16 years in service since his Grant appointment, has served in the Western Territories and on Indian reservations.
Bridgeport village council met yesterday to condemn and appropriate one acre of land on the hill south of Kirkwood for a reservoir for water works. Owners are Ross J. Alexander, Dr A J Heinlein, and J C Heinlein. Asking price is $1,000. Councillors also approved employing George Duncan and Georges C McKee as counsel for the village in the appropriation proceedings.
Captain Joseplerry of the bark The Justior arrives after a wreck near Nassau Bay forty miles west of Deceit Island. The crew escaped in boats to a relief station operated by Argentina. five men were captured by natives, one freed himself and shot an attacker, others fled. After 25 days they reached Buenos Aires then England and home.
Kansas alliance chiefs express alarm at Southern Alliance action in Fort Worth Texas to oppose the sub treasury plan. They call it a Democratic plot to split the alliance and speculate Democratic Congressmen are behind it. They fear the movement may disrupt Kansas organization and lure Republicans back to the old party.
A meeting in Boston today organized the shoe and leather trade to secure a representative building at the World's Fair. Managers suggest a $100,000 subscription to stock, with New England already contributing 20 percent of its share. Organizers will dispatch solicitors nationwide.
July 11 reports from Castor Ohio note Frank Melbourne the rain king failed to appear despite labor in his laboratory. Clouds briefly formed then cleared as Melbourne promised rain between a Saturday hour and Sunday dawn. Also, Fixmay Ohio records the death of 41 year old Harry Curtis from heart paralysis linked to heavy cigarette use. Curtis hailed from Corning New York and had ties to Ravenna glass workers. San Francisco California lists Private Harry Gunkie of the First United States Infantry at Angel Island who shot himself in the stomach, with prior mental strain noted.
A fragmented reminiscence traces a family memory of Castoria from infancy to motherhood. The speaker notes early reliance on the remedy during childhood and enduring association as a mother, suggesting Castoria’s lasting presence in daily life through generations.
Ex congressman R M Murray of Piqua signs at Stamm House as tariff reform and protection views shift him toward the Republican camp. He discusses Democratic candidates Gov Campbell and Neal, McKinley’s rising strength, and the impact of the Australian ballot on Ohio and national politics with emphasis on tariff as the defining issue. The interview notes Campbell’s and McKinley’s prospects and the broader presidential contest.
Boats carried coal downriver with tows aboard including Jim Brown Acorn James Gilmore Ark Netlia Walton Joseph W Gould and Wm G Horner The Andes headed to Cincinnati with freight and passengers The Keystone State and Batchelor were scheduled for today Water depth at landing showed 11 feet 9 inches and falling A John Moran tow of fourteen barge loads sank a cone barge after hitting rocks near Line Island July 16 round trip to Atlantic City via B&O railways offered with sleep cars and city stops
In Philadelphia Common Pleas Court No 2 Judge Ali son rejected Edwin Stuart mayor’s bid for a writ of sequestration against John Bardaley former City Treasurer. The court found no cash account default proven and ruled sequestration not authorized by 1854 statute. Counsel Wm Alexander reported to Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank not to honor checks drawn by Bardaley related treasurer Wright and Boyer on Bardaley's account.
Mr Elverson publisher of the Inquirer explains paying a 40 percent commission to secure Mercantile Appraiser’s list for 1890. He says funds came from heavy campaign expenses and that he acted like other papers. He denies any further ties with Mr Bardsley. Wall collapses in Chicago injuring several workers at Adams and Dearborn. three men die.
The notice states trains run on Meridian time with Sunday departures only, excluding Mondays and certain holidays. June 23 marks a schedule change in Wheeling, noting it is one hour earlier than Central Time.
The Christian Endeavor World Convention meets in Mommaroris July 11 with Grace Livingston presiding. Delegates from states and provinces report on past present and future of the movement while a colored delegate from Africa advocates a chain of societies in the Sudan. A cable from England Japan and Cubs announces greetings and a new society formed in Cubs with fifteen members.
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