Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
STRAY WAITS
Picked Up From the Regions Round
About.
Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
Regular Correspondents From
the Small Cities Over
the River.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NOTES.

Western Pennsylvanians are determined
to break up the thieying gang in their
neighborhood.
Waynesburg is suffering terribly from
recent fires. A volunteer ire department
would be a good thing, and few extra cis-
terms should be erected.
There is a colored family in Wsynesburg
having three children with one eye each.
By accident and disease these Chi drea
each have been deprived of an eye, and Will
have to go through the world in this con-
dltion.
Isaac W. Jones, of Washington, has Pur:
chased during the past year nearly a hdt
million pounds of wool in this county.
He bought during he forepart OF the sea.
son for VIM. Beeson, OF UniontowD, then
for the Globe Wooden Co., OF Utica, N. u
$50 600 lbs, and since that time $50, 900 lbs.
on Joint account with VIM. Beeson. The
average price paid was about SO cents.
The Burgettstown rife team engaged in
a contest with the Noblestown club at
Noblestown on Friday last. The result OF
the contest was a score of Is for the 1or-
mer against Is for the latter A. Green, OF
the Noblestown team, was the champion OF
the day, with a score of 8 points to 81 for
the leading string Of the Burgettstown
club.-Ent1prise.
Two brothers by the name OF Mitchell
from Wayne township, were lodged In
Jail, at Waynesburgh. on the 18th, charged
with stealing one hundred and htty dol
lars from q Washington county huckster
by the name OF Thomas A Welsh. The
huckster put up with farmer for the
night with whom the young Mltchells
we're working, and it is alleged that they
entered his room and robbed him during
the night.
In the breach of promise case at Waynes.
burg. in which Alice Davis was plaintiff
and John Martin defendant, the evidence
showed that Alice was married at the time
of the alleged contract with Martin, and
while she was hurrying through her d.
vorce proceedings in order to marry Mar
tin, be married another woman. The
court held, in substance, that woman
having a husband living could not enter
into valid contract of marriage with an
other man, and therefore ordered nom
suit.
The recent fire at Brownsville is sup
posed to have been incendiary, and detec'
tive has been employed TO look the matter
up. Ii was one of the tercest fires ever
seen in that place. and had the night been
windy the whole upper part OF the town
must have been burned. In the James
Hogg building-an old log house OF late
used as staole-was born the W ife CT Cen
eral W. T. Sherman. She was Ewing her
mother Boyle and her grandmother a
Gillespie and great'aunt of Hon. James
g. Blaine,
On the night of the 25th of March two
horses, owned by Isaac Sumney and James
McNary, were stolen from the Pigeon
Creek Presbyterian Church, Washington
county, and ridden to a point in West
moreland county, near Mount Pleasant,
where the thieves deserted the animals aud
fled to the woods fearing arrest. The
owners OF the horses recovered them in
a few days thereafter. and they obtained
information that left no doubt in their
minds that the thieves were Joseph
Clark, Of Mansfield. Allegheny county, and
a young man from Washington county.
Accordingly, last week, Mr.. Summers went
TO Mans field and caused the arrest of Clark,
who was brought there on Thursday by
Officer II. N. Bell and taken before Justice
Donehoo, who committed him for trial.
Clark, we understand, has made confess
sion. His confederate in crime has not
been captured, but it is thought his arrest
will be effected before the June court.