Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-17

Thlt County Seattle Ohio
Prnit, ,ntiary - The Belmont
Delegation i'm the General As
srmbiN.

CoLUNBUS, o., April 10.

SOFA. correspondence ut the Register.
CoLUNBUS, o., April 10.
THE PRESENT STATUS
dtr County sat Bill may not be ex-
a.,.y known tu our Belmont county
r-a,.rs. 50 thought | would look it
up Aubnsn the Ohio Legislature are
rra tw c. b.torc being referred To
rummIt,ry. ami once after being report
I'll urUu. Amcnimtn nts are then made,
anjtry biI passed or rejected. The bill
tUW,huriZ' q yut n removal has been
ral a first an q S,cOnI time in the
House, AMI : now in the hands OF the
Committee on N,w Counties and Coun-
" Affairs, consisting oi >eXtrO, OF Gin
cuGl,r, chairman, Hardy, ui Defiance,
Cy,,uu. MrCoy, oi Lawrence, Sage,
B1gur anil QuImhy. Alter the report OF
tu' rnmmjtJyy, II il be favorable, the
bu, Vii undoubtedly pass. Ii It be un-
hv rJn.r, the bill Is doomed. In other
Nor is, % the committee makes any rec
omuaUiJ,iuu, the probabilities are that
uR... ny acted upon. But the tight IN
the HOUSE will be- bitter AMI long drawn
on, % the committee returns the bill
without tommendatiOn of any kind.
THE ONO rENTENrtARY,
one Of ,hy finest penal and retormatory
Institutions iu the United States, has
a,wty~ n,yu an object ui interest 20 me,
ever ,.ucr when a small boy, l used Ia
ht,ru hrli over my head, fgurdtiycly
sprlau- ,U much the S,Ime way that
mvurJ.e.rN hold larger, but doubt
% many degrees warmer, penal luStitu-
tIDurer the hrgj~ ut those ot mankind
NIH arr u.t o' the elect. Meeting SEN
a,rr Wagner un the street, | fell IN with
h,u amt accompanied him tO the penn
wa'ary, tp >ry d ! could find some
uiu- 'uUit interest % one of nv let
tr->. Z ,yGi 40 thr officers of the in
>u,EUHu JyyHUWo,atIug and eager 10
c'1."r uH.CJJ,ouS upon visiting
fIa drivers. Those ut my rcalcrs
Va aJr familiar With the workings
90, 'ur West Virginia penitentiary
VII r-Nu,y apprccIate the difference
NN'0 ] >0y that In the prison here there
ar confined l,b,O men and 81 women.
l~' 'l" institution i unsurpassed in
every r.,rrr,, hut upticrably so in dis
op.Ur. This Is aSCrbcd % the act Ot
'A' legislature creating what Is called
g.. Hwr which name CONVEYS no
.i.,~u u. Us nature without an eNplJna-
tH I.r .JN Is tn the effect that any
prisoner Who commits no Ollcusp SZgtlnst
g" rI.., tur.u. TIE first wear, Is cntl-
"r' o. .a Jlytymyut % seven davs from
every month u, the wear; that l., his
"7l Is shortened ~ DAYS. In the sec
"H Year, constant good behavior will
el..r ilw O. a relate" 10 u-e a term
"a amman '' Ji, West Virginia readers Of
RAYS Nvr month, or - DAYS i'm all. In
1'' ,hIri YEAR, the reduction l. . days,
al u a.. subsequent years 10 DAYS in
a month, So that after the
.i NJ Year he can gain one
1'rt 90 his time by obedi-
.'r .'r t' the rules. We commend
- vIn, which works - admirably
"" nearly al, other punishment is un-
HsFl 'i. to the Spluus of olr own state
VS." provision in uglrd TO those
.'-Hrn detained In the service Of the
T,"e against their will al MOundsvilie.
He .|e "Hrr punj>hmenis inflicted are
st"''ry confinement i'm dark dungeons
,'I S'I'' irri by seven in dimensions, and
,s messing by means Of a calvanir bat
-, No one has been in the dungeons
>'.ue time, ami the battery Is not
It,..,l I,,.a,l '' over eighty in wear out OF
-'.-' Prisoners.
~. ,.' workshops, isundrics, etc. Of the
,a,... .,..,',.'n are many. and probably rep
D. "' more yar,e,l Industries than can
n 'n .n aS small space elsewhere.
No. ''''l'r the making oi Saddlcry,
-. S,'re, huiiow-ware and stoves; bar
Ss A,iN and tubs; hoes, rakes and
ari D'Sslr>, cigars, tobacco, chains
in. N'Ie. The procesSes Of wire pull
r,',''i am manufacturing chains are ex-
tb.-'el novel and interesting. Beside
can works are rooms for seating
M ,.- -,'AirS, silver and nickle plating
ir.., - AMI coating the inside OF hollow
n NAIe With porcelain.
tEoDs So are IN the prison II life eOnvicts,
dho NhCm are females. The records
a., institution show one significant
evs, namely, that OF all the criminals
Obio "n'enced to life Imprisonment in
nero G5ne-iourth we're negroes or OF
ue'ent The number of female