Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-25


evening, on the charge OF being on the
street for the purpose OF prostitution.
ONE of theoldest horses that has been in
| the Street Car Company's service dropped
| dead on the suspension bridge, yesterday
| afternoon, having worked steadily Tor the
last sixteen years in the cars.
COMMODORE WIN. 0TTo, SR., and his fish
| ing club. are at present encamped up near
| Beach Bottom, and intend staying there
| until the North Pole is discovered. This
| office is promised a fine mess.
! John EMERY, of the North End arrived
! in the city Yesterday from his fishing camp
| about twelve miles up the river, with the
| largest cat fish that has been caught this
| season. The monster weighed a fraction
! over Is pounds.
MRs. TUCKER met with a very serious &C
! cident at her Son-in.law s, Mr.. /. A. Hail.
I residence. No. 81 North York street, Island,
Yesterday afternoon. She fell down the
! cellar stairs, breaking her left arm between
I the shoulder and elbow. DrS. FriSSell were
called in and reduced the fracture.
HENRY SToEHR met with a very painful
injury on the Elm Grove cars, near Frank
Walters two mile house, Wednesday night.
He undertook to Jump from one street car
TO another that was passing, and IN doing
so dislOcated his left arm. DR.. Bullard was
called in AMI soon had the young mans
arm all right sgain.
THE following cases were before Squire
Philips, yesterday: State VS.. Miss Lizzie
FordvceS on a Chrrge of breach OF peace.
She was required to give bond in the sum
of 800 for her good conduct for one year.
The case of State vs.. Robert FOrdyce, on
the same charge was continued until to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock.
The folks OF Washington county, Ohio,
are preparing to hold their annual harvest
home picnic in short time, and intend
making it the largest ever given. For fear
of rain they have secured the large dancing
hall at MatamOras, and will open with
grand ball and continue tw" nights anu
one day. They have secured I. L. Cock
ayne's full orchestra. Two thousand in-
yitatiOns have been issued.
A SAD story written by friend" has
come TO this Office. It is an old. old story
OF mans faithleSSneSS, but as the name o.
the author does not accompany ii, it can
not be published. 1t tells Of little dying
girl calling on her papa, who answered not
because he had deserted her and her mother
and was of with another mans wife. The
friend should send his or her name as Il
guarantee.
YESTERDAY afternoon collision occurred
on the TuSCarawaS Valley Railroad, near
parton SldllOl, III NHlCn cuBihC nhu
| several cars were mashed up and untraCk
| ed, but fortunately without loss of life or
even personal injury. A wild train from
| Bridgeport met the local freight, at the
point named, and the two crushed together.
| The former was boosted from the track and
| the engine and several cars considerably
mashed up. wreck train was sent out
and he debris quickly removed.
JAMES JOHNSON, Of this city, has bought
| about 20 900 pounds Of wool 81 far this
year, a considerable amount OF which, how
| ever, was delivered elsewhere. This Is the
| extent of the wool trade in Steubenville,
although il is situated almost in the center
| Of the heaviest wOOlgrowing section OF
| America, and is easily accessible from all
important points by rail or river. We fear
| this is an important interest that has been
| allowed to decay just as Steubenviiie's
| woOl manufacturing OF the past generation
| has gone into Observation-Disclosures.
| A NEW corporation has been formed at
| MartinSburg and the certificate was yes
tcrday issued BY the Secretary OF State. II
| is known as the West Virginia Iron and
| Steel Mining and Manufacturing Company,
| and is FOR the purpose OF mining coal iron
| end other ores manufacturing iron, steel
and glass, and of granting 70 Others the
| right To use for the purpose OF manufacture
1
| patent process for the creation or develop
| ment OF heat, the control OF which may be
| acquired by the said corporation; and for
| the purpose of constructing purchasing
and operating oil wells. The principal Of
ice is to he ut Martinsbur, and the corpo-
| ration expires in fifty years. The capital
| stock is divided into shares 800 each and
| may be Il, 600, 900 Messrs. Wilson Vance,.
| Nelson Wisner. William T. Logan, Charles
1 nj =" EaiIf Of Marfina
burg, hold one share each and are the cor.
| poratOrS.
LAST week a man came to the city calling
| himself ID. W. BarriCk, aged -, and claim
| ing to be blind. He was selling songs about
! the streets and induced Mrs. Swan, living
near the st. Nicholas hotel, on lower Market
| street, TO allow her little daughter Eva To
| go about the streets with him. She did SO
| and on Thursday permitted him to take
/ the girl TO Wheeling on promise of return
| ing the same evening. They did not re-
| turn, and have not since put in an appear
| anCe, whereas the parents have been well
| nigh distracted. The father has been work
| ing at New Cumberland, and Was away
from home when the girl left. A meSsen-
! ger sent 10 Wheeling failed TO find out
! anything about them. but they were heard
! of at BarneSville on SATURDAY. Mrs. Swan
/ visited Mayor Marion. but failed to obtain
| suy satisfaction. II any of our readers
notice this couple IN adjoining counties
they should have the man arrested
/ StWJsRrihc H,Tud.
! TIE young lady mentioned below is not
unknown in police circles here. The Bell
| aire hdcpendtRi says: Florence GOldSbor-
| ough, the famous female crook. who halls
| from this county, is in prison again, and
will most likely take another trip to the
| penitentiary. The history of this female
| thief is we'll known. She is between 80
| and 10 years of age and has one of the most
remarkable criminal records in, the cOun-
! try. She has been in city prisons. work
houses and jails hundreds of times and
| served in the Ohio and West Virginia peni-
| tentiaries. She goes altogether in male
attire, and passes for boy in his teens. As
such she hired TO Gilbert Deems, diary
man at Camp Chase, and was much liked
as Charley Price" attending To her bust
ness we'll in milking, feeding and driving
COWS and doing chores. Her sex was never
suspected. About three weeks ago she be-
gan work for him, and on Tuesday night,
last week, robbed him OF 800. She eluded
the officers at first, but was finally arrested,
and hslf of the missing money recovered.