Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-02
~MOUNDSyILLE MELANGE.
PeBitentiary Matters-CuttiDg SersPe
ReIies-WiIful PerversiOn.

Indian Relies iIraI PerversiOn.
The firm OF Weaver & Bardall have re-
duced their outside force employed in
manufacturing whips, from fifteen to four
persons, in consequence Of the present dull
season for the business. This firm has for
the past four years given steady employ
ment to q number OF men, women and
boys, in addition to their regular prison
labor, at sewing whips, plating lashes,
etc. The women were enabled to take
their work to their homes and could make
from S. to Sc per week, and the men and
boys could make fair living wages. Their
dismissal at this season OF the year is much
better than if it had been in mid-winter,
for plenty OF employment can now be had.
Two negroes belonging to the camp be-
low town had a combat with knives last
Saturday. One of them received two ugly
gashes in the right arm, while the other
escaped with one slight cut on the left
arm. They being outside the corporation
limits of the town, were not arrested.
The colored citizens cleared 1885 at
their festival in Masonic hall.
Mary Noice lost a pocketbook, said to
contain So in hard cash, and accursed one
CdThn LOHsuOu VI udNihS dOSbl
her pocket, and accordingly swore out a
warrant for Sarah's arrest, before His Hon
or Esquire Edwards. The case had a hear.
ing on Monday afternoon, when Sarah
proved her innocence to the satisfaction OF
the 'Suuire, and was discharged.
S. T. Alleston and Mary Noller were
Joined in wedlock by Rev. A. Buchanan at
the residence Of G. Alleston, OF the First
Ward, On Monday evening, July 30.
The correspondent OF the Nws Letter and
L,t,Higc"c,r, one AID the same individual,
with a view, perhaps, OF attracting stten.
ton or filling space, says in The .Nr"S TIER
that mr. opinion and the doctors diiler
concerning the death OF the negro George
Washington. There is nothing strange in
this, for the minds Of great men differ"
but this same individual in the h'riigctccr
willfully psrverts the truth when he at
temptS to sscribe language 70 US in an item
concerning the burglariZing OF a residence
in the First Ward. We may have made a
mistake in the name; but why he wants us
TO .ay that the burglar stole a watch aud
ate all the provisions surprises our under
standing.
WOrkmeu on the new railroad in aXca-
waiting for the road bed through Col. Lock-
woods farm, near the mouth OF Big Grave
creek, have found quite a number of Indian
relics. such as pipes, arrowheads, clay pots,
etc. In a number Of instances human
bones have been eXhumed, leading to the
impression that the spot was evidently
used by the aboriginees as a burial ground.
Nineteen witnesses were summoned in
the case, before Squire Edwards, on Mon
day, of Col. J. 4. CJckayne against Mar
shall county to recover $50 due for work
done by Cockayne, as road supervisor, on
the road through the Narrows. A judy
ment was rendered for Zip -.
Pools were selling lively at Col. McCor-
mick's Bazaar, last night, on whether Cor
poral Tim would leave on the lst for the
pletely broken in health and spirits by his
nightly vigils TO attach the CorpOral's bag.
gage-a pair OF socks and a paper collar. II
a compromise IS not effected the book
makers will nave u surcnmb.