Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-16
NEWS SETTINGS
Shaken Out of This Immediate
Reiphborhood.
Matters of All Sorts and Characters and
the Regular Correspondence From
Martins Ferry and Bellaire.

Thomas Medley Of Louisville. took an
overdose of arsenic on last saturday night,
and the the size of the dose is all that saved
his life. The arsenic is understood TO have
been procured in February last to admins
ter to q horse. Whether taken with suici-
dial intent is not yet known.
A Pennsylvania Senator wants TO break
MP the Washington crematory. He has in
troduced bill making it q misdemeanor TO
cremate any dead bodies of human beings
in any of the counties Of the State. The
bill provides for fine OF not less than $500
nor more than 81 ,000 and imprisonment OF
not less than one or more than three years
for all offending, and imposes a fine on all
constables, sheriffs, or officer OF the place
who refuse or neglect to prosecute. All
moneys thus accruing are to be turned into
the Treasury Of the county in which the
crematory is located.
On last Friday afternoon 0tsie Berry, or
Ritner, as she is known, but whose real
name is Margaret Ritner, and who is about
fifteen years old, was arrested in Bellaire
on the charge of forgery. The story is as
follows: The girl was last seen in st.
Clairsville on the day previous to the ar.
rest, when she said she had had some trou.
BILE with her aunt, with whom she makes
her home, and who lives short distance
from town, and that she was going to Bel
doubt but there is some other guilty party
whom she is trying to conceal, and who is
the prime mover in the matter, for OF.
is hardly capable of conceiving and
executing the plan herself. This party
should be found out, and We believe the
girl will weaken after being imprisoned
awhile, and tell who it was that got her
into trouble. She was no doubt willing
party to the forgery, for she certified to
the check, and the writing is the same as
the words Five Hundred" on the face Of
the check. The girl has long had very
unenviable reputation here, and has come
to just what could be expected from
young miss Of IA or Is, who is allowed to
roam the streets at all hours of the night
and in all kind Of company.-Belmont
Chronicle.
The Marietta Register is somewhat worked
up over the position OF Bellaire in regard
to the Ohio Valley Railroad, but adds:
Marietta is asked To raise $4,000 now, in
the hope that this will be acceptable as her
share, and $4,000 of this can be made on
condition that il be spent here on termi-
nal facilities. This sum ought to be raised,
and while it is not for US TO say what any
man should give, il is apparent that il
$4,000 will secure it we cannot afford to-
lose the road. Let US raise II and throw
the onus, if anywhere, on Bellaire."
Marietta last year collected Sl,S96 OF
wharfage charges, and the collections run
at about that sum each year. Had the
money expended in the thing called
wharf at this city been properly used, Bel
laire might have been deriving handsome
revenue; but all the money We put into q
wharf is lost, and there was fully $4,000 OF
il, and We have only a monument to the
stupidity Of the Council that built it. But
two or three mountains would not furnish
stone enough to build a monument big
enough to fairly represent the stupidity OF
the builders of our wharf.-LIdepende,n
A Guernsey county man has bean taken
in by the bogus news exchange" He sent
them So with an application for member
ship. In return he received certificate
and railroad passes signed by the officers of
the Exchange. Not many days elapsed be.
fore he entered passenger car for q short
ride. He was armed with his pass, and
feeling of intense satisfaction was depicted
in his countenance as he glanced over the
car and saw many unlueky wights
ride. The conductor came to him at
length. In response to his sharp tickets
the Guernsey county man. with an air that
was crushing handed out his pass over the
| Baltimore and Ohio railroad. issued by the
American News Exchange. The conductor,
however was not crushed. He simply
handed back the pasteboard with the infor-
nation that it was worthless so far as trans
portation WIS concerned, Our friend was
compelled to pay his fare. Then, for the
first time, he realized that he had been
swindled. Concealing his chagrin as best
he could, he wrote to the Exchange and re-
ceived an answer that the membership fee
has been increased to ten dollars, with
10 ard Hnll nd
the balance would be kept out of his earn.
ings. But the Exchange will have to wait
some time before the Guernsey county
man will be ready to respond. The con-
Germ has since changed its name, and is
still fishing for gudgeons.