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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1892
Page
2
Bargains offer best quality all wool Bedford Cord at 50 cents instead of 1.50. One case 40 inch all wool dress goods at 39 cents. One case 36 inch fancy dress goods at 54 cents. Ten pieces 50 inch cloth at 24 cents. One case fine all wool hose at 23 cents. One case wool underwear at 98 cents. Fifty dozen Masquetaire kid gloves at 59 cents. One case fine all wool gents cashmere hose at 23 cents.
The Cloak Department advertises hundreds of wraps and related garments at low prices. They offer to send any chosen item on approval to compare with others and claim to undersell all. The notice lists new suits wraps and children's clothing among goods.
Yesterday in Jus tice Arkle s Court Robert Hellville was arraigned for trial on felonious striking and held to bail. Andy Cook and William Howard faced felonious assault charges. Howard was discharged while Cook awaits grand jury action. A saddle larceny case against John Norman was dismissed at complainant's cost. A deed of assignment from T G Moat Co to S G Smith was recorded, noting Grim’s long financial difficulties and pro rata creditor distribution.
Movement to organize a coal exchange was discussed at Kasley & Son offices Manchester with J Kasley & Son Meley & Crumbarker Robert Teasdale Yorkum & Go represented. A second meeting was set for Tuesday evening to advance the project. The piece also advertises Waits of New York at Grand Opera House and the Beethove n Hall ball with local promotions and Thanksgiving bargains for shoppers.
As state and national results fade, Wheeling gears up for municipal politics with Democratic and Republican committees planning meetings at the Wheeling Democratic Club. Candidates for mayor and other offices are discussed, with salaries noted, precincts to be drawn, and polling places estimated for a January election.
At about eight oclock Friday night in West Liberty an accident occurred resulting in the death of William Busey aged twenty son of John Busey of Short Creek. He rode a spirited mare named Dusty to a point near Faris Great Western Hotel when the horse crashed into a cart and toppled both rider and animal. Busey died within minutes despite medical aid. Funeral arrangements were to be held, a charitable purse raised for expenses. The report also contains scattered notices about local events and advertisements from the era.
A collage of notices and brief items from a Wheeling era paper includes business charters for The S. George Company in Wellsburg West Virginia, a streetrobbery on Ninth Street with $19 taken, a clerical note from Father McEllicott denying Extreme Unction to William J. Mailer, fire department concerns urging a chief substitute, reviews of Jupiter and Rosina Vokes stage engagements, real estate transfers in the county, and assorted ads and public notices.
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