The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

play before the foiIce Nourt yeS'eiu"y'
Iftbe circus had remained another day
an addition to the calaboose would have
been necessary. 1t would seem that
those of our citizens who attended the
show and did not become intoxicated
with pleasure became so on whisky and
things.
Charles More went TO the circus in
the afternoon. He was so pleased that
he treated himself eleven or eight
times to copious draughts Of benzine,
until he became about as drunk as any
man who has been seen on the Island
for good while. At night More
thought he would go more, but he
couldn't. He got as far as the west end
OF the bridge, where he fell to rise no
more until assisted by officer "Dick
Richardson. 81 and costs was the pen.
s,,v. No collateral. He taketh geology
in his.
D. Wise was not as wise in his day
and generation as More. That is to
say. Wise would have been more wise
had he been as wise as More. More
went to the show and then got drunk.
Wise get drunk before he started. The
result was that his legs only held him
up until he reached the middle OF the
suspension bridge. There, about .
o'clock, he fell and laid until luEged of
10 the calaboose. He was sadder
vet a wiser man when required to pay
81 and costs for his iun.
James Dugan went TO the show on
Thursday night. He had two ladies
with him. One OF these lad ,es was
lu>uIted 10y negro man, a stranger
here, it seems After demanding an
explanation OF his conduct, which the
darkey re used 10 give, Dugan whaled
away at the insulting Amendment for
which he was arrested. The Judge,
taking the high ground that the Fit
,eenth Amendment does not permit
nero to insult a white woman any
more than it accords that privilege TO
white man, discharged Dugan from
arrest
William Johnson and Ellen John
-1n are man and wife and Elizabeth
McGIynn is a partner in their domestic
arrangements. On Thursday afternoon
the trio were on the flat under the sus
pension bridge, all as drunk as tiddlers.
For some cause fight originated be
tween my Lord and Lady Johnson
and they banged each other beautifully,
VI stress McGlynn taking a quiet part
in the proceedings and hitting head
whenever she could zee it, without ask
M which OF the conbatants owned II.
They were all arrested, and on being
aiken into court, Mrs. johnson, al
thou h.her nose was as big and as red
a. an overgrowa beet, declared Its
only larking we were, yer Honor. Sure
Billy niver iutiuded to hurt me. 1t
vas all in lun, sur, and she attempted
to coax up gigantic laugh that broke
out over her face like sunlight falling
on red flannel petticoat hanging on
q clothes line. William was fined so
and costs or twenty days, and the
charges against the two women were
dsmis>ed
Jenny LeCount, a woman whose
temper cannot be said to be seraphic, on
the 3lst OF March. amused herself ston-
ing a house in the Eighth ward. She
then cleared out, going to MoundsviIle
to live. She came up on Thursday to
20 10 the circus and was arrested. She
said she wanted witness, very i'm
portant witness, and at her request the
case was continued until this morning.
Yesterday morning early John West,
who has been on a drunk for the last
sixweeks. was found ying on the plank
walk leading up to Eof street from
Webster street, too drunk for comfort
lie was fined 81 and costs, but as we
think unconstiiutionally. John was
fined a few weeks ago for being drunk
snd as the constitution provides that a
man shall not be tried twice for the
sane offense, we are OF opinion that
John could have avoided punishment
by showing that this is the same old
drunk for which he was fined before.