The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-07
I DohT FORGET
That Pendleton and Thurman will
speak at st. ClairsVille next Tuesday.


He is Arrested by the Police-He
Gives the ALLEGHENY Twist" and
Escapes from Custody.
The most ludicrous joke of the season
occurred OIL Wednesday. A young gen.
tleman, who claimed to belong to the
repOrtorial corps of the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, arrived in this city the first
of the week, and was having q good
time" among his friends. He belongs
to one of the Pittsburgh fire or hook
and ladder companies, and, in company
with some of our fremen, was having
a pretty lively installment of fun OBJ
Tuesday night in the vicinity of the
Market House. A gentleman, who was
acquainted with the party happened
along, and informed the boys that they
were making too much noise, and that
they had better disperse. They acted
upon the advice given them, and all
went to their virtuOus couches. The
next afternoon, Wednesday, the ChroH-
icle man was sitting on one of our
salOous taking social glass of beer
with his friends, when one gentleman,
for the purpose of perpetrating joke,
excused himself from the party for u
moment, and went to one of our police
officers md stated to him the facts in
the case, and asked to go in the saloon
and make sham arrest of the stranger
from Pittsburgh. The officer consented,
and in few mOWents thereafter the
gigantic proper ions of one of our po-
lice entered the saloon and inquired of
the man who had posted him-who was
sitting at the same table with the Chron-
icle man-if he knew a young man from
Pittsburg by the name Of. The
Pittsburgher immediately answered
That is my name, sir" The officer
responded, 81 arrest you sir, fol-
creating disturbance last night /;
come with me-" The officer then took
the prisoner" by the arm, and
the two walked to the saloon
door. (This occurred at about three
o'clock in the afternoon). Upon arriv-
ing at the door, the officer dropped
something, and stopped to pick it up,
at the same time releasing his hold
upon the "prisoner," remarling to him,
"Now don't you run" AS soon as the
iron grasp of the officer was loosened,
the Chronicle man darted out of the
door, down Market street to Monroe,
down Monroe to Main, up Main to the
Sprigg House alley, down the alley to
Water street, up Water street to Union,
up Union to Main again, up Main to the
first alley, down that to the river bank,
over fences and sheds, until he arrived
at t bridge. In passing the toll
house he threw a twenty-five cent
STAMP" to the portly Mr.. Ew.
ing, not waiting for any
change, nor speaking not word-sm-
ply putting" He darted across the
river like deer, and arriving on the
Island he took the side of the road
fearing that if he ran on the sidewalk
his footsteps would be heard by the
supposed pursuing officer. Arriving
about midway between the two bridges,
the excited gentleman plucked up csur-
age to look behind him, still running
aud in doing so he fell PROSTATE into a
load of lime that had been dumped
on the side of the road. He winked
hinked, sneezed and coughed, gathered
himself up as soon as possible and con
tinued his journey to Bridgeport
now completely clothed in white
Arriving in Bridgeport, utterly exhaust
ed, he dropped into barber shop. Th'
barber exclaimed, "Geod gracious, Mis-
ter, what's de matter wild yer Thu
Chronicle man made no reply Che could
not), but simply motions the barber t.
'brush him off," While the barber wa
at his work the Pittsburger closel!
watched the door, intending, he ha
since Informed us, "to scale the
Bridgeport hills before subjectint
himself for a grand arrest" Aftel
remaining in Bridgeport abou
an hour, some Of his &C
acquaintance went after him, and i
was long time before be could be con
WINGED that the whole matter wa
intended as q joke. He was finally pre-
vailed upon to retarn, and has sine
seen the officer and was fully convince'
that the thing was all right. He sol
emily declares that when he catches
Wheeling fireman or policeman i
Pittsburgh, he will frighten "the Gay
) lights ont of him. The Chronicle ma
left the city on Thursday evening,