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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1892
Page
2
Curious notices from the Opera House drag show and various merchants fill a single page. Offers include hats, china plates, eye spectacles, and excursions. The bustling scene lists firms like Frew, Friede, Swae and Thomas, and the Swest pleasure band at the Opera House.
Reports from the United States Court describe a $100 fine plus costs for Dennis Clark and a short sentence. Cases listed include W G McBride v Loan Oil Co set for Monday, Iverson admitted to citizenship, and State v Frank Martin with seven months sentence credited six months. Several other matters involve demurrers, motions, and rulings across multiple cases.
Ninety two new grievances were filed yesterday as residents challenge reassessments in Wheeling. Citizens from wards across the city, including the Fifth Ward, petitioned the Board of Equalization seeking lower assessed values, while others requested adjustments for individual parcels. The crowd at City Hall indicated broad discontent with tax hikes, and sessions are set to resume tomorrow at ten o'clock to review the petitions and proceed with ward-by-ward reconsiderations.
The Irish mesmerist Prof J F Prynn opens a three night engagement at the Opera House tomorrow evening. Reviews from other cities praise his artistry in mesmerism and ventriloquist acts. Seats on sale Monday. Waters get moving as Archibald's Grove hosts a successful Knights event with music and refreshments.
Real estate transfers recorded at the clerk’s office include a deed dated August 2 1802 from W B Simpson as executor to B F Caldwell for 40 feet 8 inches on Market Street with a price of 18500 dollars and a September 22 1892 deed from Susan and Samuel Rosenlich to Alice M and Kate M Baggs for 30 feet on Huron Street for 10 dollars. The city’s druggists John Coleman shows a large sponge exhibition with Bath Sheep’s Wool Florida Yellow Nassau and Mediterranean varieties and a miniature sponge house. Bargain notices and a Pittaburg Exposition excursion rate by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are listed with several intermediate stops and prices.
In Martin's Ferry yesterday between three and four pm Joseph Morgan, described as a large, powerful Negro, struck Leonard White with a brick, fracturing his skull and leaving him unconscious. White remained in serious condition. Morgan fled toward Wheeling but remained at large by nightfall. Police sought Morgan as a murder charge loomed.
An early advert claims the Blood Purifier intervally Cri cura and other cures restore skin scalp and blood health. It promises rapid relief from skin blemishes pimples scalp issues and hair loss from infancy onward using external applications and internal preparations.
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