The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-24
OUR srEUBENvILLE Letter.
The Market House Muddle-Judg-
ment Against the Mingo Iron
Works-Haying a Good Time-Per.
sonaI LADY" Walters - Fire-A
Brute Attacks a Newspaper Man
and Gets Wbaied for His Pains.


Brute Attacks a Newspaper Man
and Gets wbaIed for HIS Pains.
Of the Register.
STEUBENvILLE, January %.
THE MARKET HOUSE MIDDLE.
The main feature of interest here at
this time is the disposal OF the market
house. Our city dads have been IN sol
emn council over this momentous ques-
tion for some weeks. Numerous petit
tions have been presented st each meet
ing from our citizens to this body. They
have been requested to tear down, let
stand, rebuild and remodel this unsightly
old structure SO many times that they
have become confused and Disconnected,
and hardly know what they ought to do
in the premises. Some of the petitioners
express themselves in favor of park on
the grounds, some are afraid that il the
building is torn down and abolished, our
grocers will embrace the opportunity TO
levy extortionste prices for produce, and
some think that the affair as it now
stands is of no real value, and If our gro
GERS were disposed to do this thing, there
IS nothing to prevent them doing so now.
There is as much planning and maneu-
vsring over the matter as there was over
the electoral count, but we hope 1t will
reach different result. Even Voorhees,
great speech in the Senate on silver re.
monetizstion fails to excite as much IN
o.I NATL tha 4, Hnallv cnt
tied there is no peace in Stenbenville.
Those who consider the matter from
On unbiased standpoint cannot fail to
observe that the market house is q dis.
grace to our city. 1t stands on the public
square, on market street, directly opposite
our magnificent court house, and the
strangers who views the two structures
always smile and make remarks on the
contrast and the lack of taste exhibited
by our citizens. We think popular senti-
ment will cause this old landmark TO be
oblIterated-indeed, there is very little
opposition to this-but the mooted ques"
ton is what shall be put in its place?
Some want another market house, some
want an opera house, some want public
square, and good many don't know
what they want. The press favor the
public square side of the question, we
believe. All things must have an end,
and the end of our market house Is evil
IDENTIFY at hand.
$500 AGAINST TIE MINGo IRON WORKS.
The case of VIM. II. Calder VS.. the
Mingo Iron Works, which we mentioned
in our last letter as being on trial in our
Common Pleas Court, resulted in YER
dict for the plaintiff, last Friday after
noon, $500 being the amount awarded.
There Is rumor to the effect that the
company will appeal, but We have no
definite information on the subject.
A sALooNIsT HAVING A GOOD TIME.
One day last week, one of our we'll
known Teutonic saloon keepers concluded
that as he had contributed considerably
to the fun of others, by furnishing them
with the fluid that caused them, for the
time being, to throw care TO the wind"
he was entitled to have little of 1t him.
self. He explained TO some friends whom
he met in his mesnderlngs, ave stood
behint mine counter and solt the boys
mine beer, and watched them have q
good time, so yust concluded dot |
would go out und have some Of dot fun
mine own self" He saddled up o pony
and started out. He said that he was
"yoost going to have goot time. and he
didn't care for expenses At one
saloon where lie could do so, he rode his
nag into the bsr-room, snc calling 1t up
for all hands. told the bsrkeeper TO I'LL up
one Tor his horse, for they had both gone
out together, and he was bound he
should drink, too. Tho pony didn't ap-
parently appreciate his good intentions,
not being used 10 that kind of fodder, and
resisted all efforts TO cause him to i'm
bibe His master said coats ostsl" in
his ear, after the manner of the circus
man to his trick mule, but it was of no
avail. He switched his tail and threw up
his head, and at last backed through the
stained glass door, creating smssh-up
and rare amusement for the spectators.
His master concluded he was no Dutch
man, and gave up the attempt. lie said
he would catch HI from his old woman,
but "what vas the use Of Twin unless
you been happy"
There was fight between two young
men Friday night, on Fourth street.
Liquor was not the cause, but pretty
girl was. 1t was q case of misplaced
confidence on one side, and excellent
triumph oA the other. The appearance
of the police in the neighborhoOd put an
end to hostilities and the combatants TO
flight.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. II. II. McFsdden, senior editor of
the Gazette, returned home from Column.
ba, Friday evening, where he had been
attending the Inauguration of Gov.
Bishop, and watching the Senatorial con-
test.
The Sunday Local, edited by Mr.. A. NJ.
Msttack, formerly connected with the
Gazette as local editor, was issued last
Sunday morning. 1t is q twenty-iour
column paper. 1t was received with
considerable favor by our citizens.
ROW IN THE PRESENCE OF LADIES.
Saturday night the waiter girl saloon
was much more lively than it has been
for some time. The beer seemed TO have
the effect of instilling belligerent ideas
into the heads of its patrons. Even the
presence of the "lsdies' was not sufficient
TO quiet them. One crowd wanted 10
fight, and fight they would have, and
concluded that since they could get no
one TO fight with them. they would hgbt