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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1884
Page
2
A sprawling, opinionated piece discusses politics, economics, marriage, and society. It laments money worship, calls for reform in education and domestic life, and surveys election-wide planning, party dynamics, and public discourse with references to West Virginia, Ohio, and national figures, amid local civic notes and events.
A scatter of advice on fattening and social propriety appears alongside musings on wealth, marriage, and the tobacco trade. The piece laments shifting fortunes among millionaires, notes English trends in marriage and tobacco use, and closes with a fragmentary discussion of public opinion and personal choices.
A garbled column blends names, quirks, and rumors about public figures, actors, diplomats, and a fire alarm in Greasy Hill. It notes Mrs Beneley’s house fire, a near-escape from jail, and local social mentions with scattered references to officials and residents.
Judge John Brannon Republican candidate for Congress visited Motsenanes State and National Good Audience in Wellsburg. He spoke for about two hours at Lazearville on protection to labor and capital, criticizing the past Republican administration and praising Cleveland as a proper executive. Local sentiment favored Brannon while some Brooke County Republicans prefer Goff.
Emancipation celebration set for tomorrow in Martin's Ferry with a 10 o'clock parade forming in front of Commercial Hall. Republican and invited clubs will join, bands to play, a large wagon with thirty eight fire girls and the day’s queen featured. Speakers include Douglass, Jones of Wheeling, and other exercises follow a march through principal streets to Walnut Grove for a banquet. Excursion tickets offered via Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, and Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling lines.
In Bellaire a large Democratic turnout was reported with strong showings from the Warnoc Democrats and St John and Daniel club now numbering twenty one. Funeral services for Robert Aeceanot were planned, with a sermon at Belmont Church. Community events included dances, excursions, and lectures as the New Orleans Minstrels visit on the 29th.
In Bridgeport, a serious accident occurred near Hollows on Friday night involving Mr. Ohn a railroad operator of the C. L. W. road. A large crowd gathered on the hill beyond the depot as the tragedy unfolded. the injured man was taken to Cricbavl Mera. Officials report the victim will be laid up for some time.
A horse and buggy were taken from a line near Flagg's mill, with a manhunt underway as authorities, including Mr. Leprow of the Society for the Recoverers of Sack, track the culprits. Reports mention a captured horse, a boy named Hawi Awan, and various sightings across the county as investigators pursue leads and seek to recover property.
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