Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-23
REvoLvERs DRAWN.
How a Pleasure Party Conducted
Itself.
Self. Constituted Policemen Arrest a
Citizen and March Him OF at
the Muzzle Of Their
Pistols.
MARrIN,s FERRY.
Exploits OF n Mixed Company OF
whites and Blaeks-A Man shef In
the Hand.

Exploits OF a Mixed Company Of
whites and BIaeks-A Han Shot In
the Hand.
A Pittsburgher, q darkey and two white
men from this city went out to Seibert's
Garden on Thursday evening to see the
sights and take in the dance. They hired q
hack and went out in style. They imbioed
some of the amber fluid while there and
then started home about II O'Clock. While
out west OF Wheeling some where, they
got out of their hack and the darkey and
the Pittsburgh man got to scufiing in
a good humored way, but before long
BOTH GOT MAD,
and commenced to pummel each other in
fine style. During the fuss the Pitts
burgher drew his revolver, a % caliber,
and began firing it. Three shots were fired,
and the third went through mis- hand.
They then came home n he went over
to DR.. Hinneman's to have his wound
dressed. While he was gone the others
discovered a gentleman on the street and
at once concluded he was a burglar, and
pulled their reyolvers and declared him
under arrest for burglary. He told them
where he was stopping but they would
not believe him until they had marched
him I'D to his room at the hotel at the
POINT OF THE REVOLVER,
when it was found that he was a stranger
in the city who was stopping over night at
the hotel. The boys had better drink
their beer at home.
James +. Dawson, a rougher at the
Laughlin mill, had his right eye badly
burned by a flash from the muck rolls yes.
terday afternoon. The eye ball is
BADLY BURNED,
but fortunately the sight is not effected.
II. A. Mcclure is home from a business
trip to Philadelphia. -,
Al. Porter has severed his connection with
DR.. Cox's drug store, on the South Side.
Three DRINKS were disposed of at Mayor
Mitchell's court, yesterday morning. They
got s. and costs each.
There will be a strawberry festival at the
A. NJ. +. church this evening.
There will be
OUR CAMP MEETINGS
held in Walnut Grove this season-three
colored and one white. They will occupy
most Of the summer. The first one begins
July Z.
Dr. Frank Day, a recent graduate Of the
Cincinnati School OF Homeopathy, was in
the city Yesterday looking for a location.
The doctor was we'll pleased with our town
and will probably locate here. 1t is men
toned as a remarkable coincidence that
there are now here twenty.one doctors and
twenty.one saloons, and as soon as a new
doctor comes into the city
NEW SALOON rs STARTED.
Ross Mitchelrs little boy took very ill
suddenly Thursday evening. He was some
better yesterday.
Mr.. l.. J. c. brennan, who has been WIS.,
iting his father here for a few days, leaves
to-day for his home at Minneapolis.
A new bay window is being put in at the
C. & p. depot here. The company is also
to use the block system Of signals in use
on the Pennsylvania road.
Hon. A. D. Sharon, Of the Palace Hotel
at San Francisco, Cal, who has been
so~journiug for few days att Mt. Pleasant,
will leave the first Of the week for the
mineral springs in Michigan.