The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-01

6WEEHE1'b lRFAbVhb 1VUak AMI POI-
THING CEtLAR-Yesterday afternoon one
OF our young men who writes up what
everybody tells him for the 1STrttloEScrR,
found Major Jim Sweeney, City Sergeant,
in the City Building talking to City CLERK
UpdegraH, who was posting up bis books
for the year, and at the same time posting
Jimmy Riddle, OF the Water Works, who
was laying pipe on the top Of the stove
and wishing Deacon Stone would come in
and make II interesting for the office.
Remembering that some public spirited
citizen and taxpayer had recently drop.
ped some observations in the copy box OF
one OF our morning contemporaries, TO the
effect that the City Hall had been turned
into Sunday saloon, bottling cellar and
bonded warehouse for stolen property,
and remembering that the Sergeant had
charge OF the premises, the reporter ex-
pressed q desire to see the Improvements
and refresh himself. while viewing the
treasures ION which"-to use thelanguage.
OF the contributing citizen-"the light OF
day would in all human probability never
shine again" :.
ter, ;" said the Sergeant. "Well, you come
up and I'll show them 10 you."
The reporter followed up stairs with the
same alacrity that animated Cortez when
The Inca started tn show his treasure
house. On the second floor the Sergeant
opened a room which looked as though II
might be inhabited occasionally, but the
chambermaid evidently had not been
round for couple Of weeks. The bed
looked as though It had been made with
pitchfork, and the chandelier was so high
| that the Sergeant had to jump three OF
| four feet in the air TO turn on the gas
There were three bottles Of Rakoczy
water on the table, the uses Of which, the
Sergeant explained, were aperient TO all
He further explained that lie used the
room occasionally for sleeping purposes
when himself, or deputies other than the
house sergeant, were required about the
building, and for storing such articles as
came into his h ands for saie.keeping. H.sg
"I'll show you what I've got" he said
and diving under the bed, he produced
paper box that looked like shirt box
minus lid, about half full Of vsfiou'
articles apparently suited 10 o grab bag a
a church fair, and OF which the newspaper
man took an inventory. There was pail
OF circus tights, which looked as though
the owner had been levied on and pulled
out OF them too suddenly; surcingle thai
had been buckled too tight; four dozen
lead pencils; six boxes OF eyelets; SIX
camels hair brushes; one box OF pens; 9
dozen chalk crayons; q quarter pound
package OF snuff, and bottle OF ink
These articles" said Ma Or Sweeney
"were mostly found in the McAdams cellai
on the occasion Of q recent raid. and were
supposed to have been mainly stolen iren
the Capitol building. Besides these,
he added, there Is a smooth bore
gun in the corner, and two sets O
harness, all taken from thieves, and which
| would be very glad to have identified
and taken away. This, and that little
caddy OF tobacco over there, which wal
stolen from Speidel's aud which Is in my
hands awaiting the trial OF the thief. !:
the extent OF the stock, and you can JUS
say, while you arc about It, that II any 70
sponsible party will state that there II
anything wrong about my management
OF this Office, will ask for the appoint
ment OF an investigating committee by
Council so quick that it will make YOU
head SWIM"
"Well, what about the bottling cellar?'
"That's all there is OF it pointing to the
Rakoczy). l had dozen bottles OF Mai
City beer up here, but ! drank them u
and Chris. 'siebke sent up and got the
bottles.
"He did,"
eyes, he did,"
"And there's nothing to drink here
now?"
"Not a drop"
"Good EVENING"
"Good-bye!"