The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-19
sTEUBENVILLE.
Death Of a Brak keman-Temperanee
Meeting - Waiter Girl Saloon -
small Talk.

small Talk.
Our military are 10 have new hall.
1t will be located on the corner of Sixth
and Washington streets. Anderson q
Co., have the contract.
social at their hall this evening. A
supper is included in the programme. 1t
is in honor of st. Patrick.
A considerable amount of property
was sold by the Sheriff to-day, from the
steps of the Court House,
A brakeman on the Panhandle was
killed at Handlon's Station, Saturday
night. He was coupling cars, slipped
and fell, and was cut literally to piece.
The Csyvsn. Swisahelm concert was
not largely attended. Our citizens failed
to respond. 1t was very good, however,
and had they had manager who under.
stood his business. might have made the
affair a financial success.
AT the Republican nomination Satur-
day, the German candidate for Marshall
was the lowest man on the ticket, and
they are correspondingly sad.
This afternoon strange woman while
walking along Washington street carry
Ing basket, suddenly sank upon her
knees, and from thence fell PROSTATE TO
the pavement Parties who observed it
on going to her, found that she could not
speak. She was taken to quarters where
she would properly be attended TO.
At the temperance meeting Saturday
afternoon, held at the Christian Church,
a large crowd assembled. The services
were conducted by Elder A. II. Carter,
who opened the meeting with few we'll
chosen remarks. Mr.. Reynolds reported
that the meetings that were being held
in small adjoining towns and in the
country, were well attended. Rev.
Buchanan urged the Importance of the
boys signing the pledge. The
Temperance Committee will hold meet
ing in the Commissioner office, at u
o'clock, on Tuesday evening The Wo-
mems Temperance League will meet in
the First Presbyterian Church on the
same evening,
Saturday night the waiter girl saloon
came out in its true colors, and held up
the reputation that bad been made for it
by its first proprietor. Fight after fight
characterized the whole nights proceed
ings, and the matter became SO bad that
at last the police swooped down upon il,
closed tho concern up, and arrested the
proprietor on the charge of disorderly
conduct, keeping disorderjy house
and assault. The latter charge arose cat
of their trying TO preserve order by
throwing some o. the participants out,
and by mistake got hold Of the wrong
parties. Billy Miles and John Jones
had two rounds, one early in the even
ing and one later in the night. Some
fellows who reside out on Coal Hill and
johnny Wiggins and crowd had ditii'
Guilty, in the course OF which Virgins
received severe cut on the temple from
knife. Wiggins and friend,
"Crcket' Price, were afterwards incsr-
cerated IN the lookup ior disorderly con-
duct. The waiter girl proprietors, Nc
Crystal, Hogan snd Mccoy, will have a
hearing before the Mayor on Thurs
day afternoon next. All the good peo-
pie OF Steubenville here came to the con-
clu,ion that the wsiter-girl saloon is an
institution they do not want. The eI.
perienCe it has taught us is, thst 1t cor
rupts the morals Oi our citizens, is a sure
road to ruin for our young men, and
wrong and disgrace which should not be
tolerated, girls of the worst possible NOR.
ais are employed in the business, ard
even if they were not so at first, they
would soon become SO from the sssocla-
tions ard surroundings they are com.
oelled to associate with hourly. We say
God speed to the effort that ia being
made TO abolish It.