The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-02

blossomed in the calaboose during Sat
urday and Sunday nights. There was
no lack Of variety in the o6snses
charged, 70 that nearly al the tastes OF
the regular attendants were gratiHed.
While two young girls were walking
on Main street, on Saturday evening,
about halEpast seven o'clock, they were
accosted BY man named Richard Mel.
son, who grossly insulted them, as the
girls alleged. Nelson was fined $40 and
costs. -.-
On Saturday afternoon Jake Speidel
was on the war path. Meeting a man
named Miller at the corner Of Zane
and Seventh streets, he insisted on
fighting him, creating thereby consider
able disturbance and drawing a large
crowd. S. and coets was the charge.
The case against David Robinson for
disorderly conduct was dismissed.
The hearing Of the charge of disor-
DERBY conduct against Joseph Donovan
and Jacob Speidel was continued until
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
Robert Mckinley was charged with
having taken on an overdose Of benzine
the effects OF which he attempted to
sleep off in the Second Ward Market
House, but these new policemen don't
let the boys have bit Of comfort, and
they gobbled him in. 81 and costs was
the price Of this.
Ed. Clator and L. &. Rockwell have
not been on speaking terms for six
months. On Saturday they met and
Rockwell opened the argument by ask
ing some question in regard to'a law
suit and wound up by calling Ed. a
thiet. FL. responded by knocking
Rockwell down. Judge Good fined
them s. and costs each.
George Bullock was arrested on a
charge Of of disorderly conduct, but it
was not proved and the charge was dis
missed.
Andy Holmes went to the house Of a
family named Gray, on Quincy street,
Sunday night and made a nuisance OF
himself generally, at first, waking up
the people in the neighborhood, with
his shouts and yells. and wound up the
performance by kicking in Gray's door.
The Judge took pity on Andy's forlorn
condition and only fined him $50 and
costs.
Uriah Gey, gay gipsey, got to drink
ing on Saturday, instead of raising
chickens and telling fortunes. The
result was, he got drunk, got in the
lookup and got fined 81 and costs
Which he had the shekels to pay the
bill.
James Gender was such gander as
to take in too much fusil oil on Satur-
day. 1t made him think he was the
equal of Jem Mace, Joe Coburn or any
of the other worthless of the P. R, and
about noon he. shed his harness ready
to fight any man that should stand up
in front Of him. He was fined s. and
costs.
James Mann is one of the boys who
take too much "tes" and get noisy when
under its influence. On Saturday night
about 10 o'clock he came out of sa-
loon in Centre Wheeling with a full
load on and made more noise than the
law allows. He was fined So and costs.
And now cometh We ancient galoot-
the pride of the fraternity-Jlmmy
johnson No. |, better known as Yankee
doodle-do. Jimmy la, been missed
from those sacred cells, where musing
meditation dwells" together with several
other bad characters, for some time.
On Sunday he was found wallowing all
over the Eighth Ward. drunk as lord
and putting a stoga, through the smoke
Of which his nose loomed up like a
seventy four gun frigate in a fog. Jimmy
was fined 81 and costs He says he
don't care for the fine. He could ar
range that easily, but paying costs keeps
him poor. So he didn't pay it. He'd
study geology, rather.