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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1893
Page
5
A noisy miscellany from Wheeling discusses weather changes, economic worries, and political tensions. It notes tariffs and trade concerns, rumored shifts in policy, and local reactions, with mentions of governors and national figures, plus social events and city notices woven through entries.
The official papers received by Rev. Bishop J. Kala show his transfer from Wheeling to the Coadjutor role under Archbishop Keorick of St. Louis. Rome consents to the title Archbishop of Oxyrinchus and sets a September departure for St. Louis. A farewell movement, led by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Catholic groups, contemplates a march and receptions. Bishop Kala, born 1840 in Martinsburg, was consecrated in 1875 and is a St. Charles College and St. Mary's Seminary alum.
A noisy mix of local notes from Elm Grove and East Wheelings covers property sales, court actions, weather quirks, and social events. The Elm Grove Coal Co assigns attorney, ward petitions rise at Board, sale announced for Jacob Wise residence, and a Vermont street lot sale for 3000. A local farm sells for 1555, and a birdbath of oddities includes a stray chicken dispute. Police Court yielded three cases, with a ten day sentence, a fine, and a dismissal. A bicyclist from Huntington tours region, and Garden Party planned at St Luke’s Church Island with a Sunday supper and refreshments.
The text notes water level readings of eight feet two inches and a stationary channel, with the C H Woods to stay in the Wheeling and New Matanoras trade during low water and depart Tuesday morning. It mentions fish churned by wheel action above the Davis dam prompting calls to clean the riverbed, and references the Anpie Laurie trading wheat in St. Louis with plans to switch after harvest. James Rees & Sons are building a steamboat near Hod the.
A country outing ends with Susie Wells spraining her arm after a fall from a 100-saw. Deputy Sheriff McCullough sends A B Whitson to Moundsville for a two year term over Metropolitan Life exposures. A boy is bumped but lightly bruised by an electric motor near Back River bridge. Barbers push for eight oclock closings on Mon Tue and Thu. Saturday prices may rise. Vandals damage wagons at Fulton shop owned by multiple locals. A child almost falls from a third story window on Market Street. Bowling at the Park sees strong scores with Borland leading. Lizzie VanKeuren funeral held with brief services by Rev J T McClure at Greenwood Cemetery. Goering suffers scalp wound after spout collision at the Second Ward market house. treatment at Woelty’s. Police log reports two drunks, a domestic dispute, a street fight, and a man in disguise near Thirteenth Street who fled before officers.
Captain Anderson of the United States Glass Company arrived from Pittsburg to confer with Manager Aug Frohme on appointing substitutes for recent resignations at the Elson v Martin Perry plant. John Nicholls becomes factory manager and Charles Morningstar night manager, both veterans of Hobbs Brockunlor & Co. Henry Fendt will be chemist, August Marsheer decoratings chief, August Cook cutting shop head. Building work continues on the new structure replacing the frame plant.
The Windsor Hotel dining room in Pleasants County, West Virginia, has undergone Moorish style renovations with Birge wallpaper and Lincrusta dado. Designer C. C. Boston supervised work with E. A. Meyer. the room will feature a terra cotta cove, Renaissance tapestry, and medallions. A kitchen view will be hidden by a new partition, and Col. Bob Grant is expected to preside over what may be the state’s finest dining room.
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