Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-15
A BAD BREAK
Made by Burglars at st. C!airsyllls
on Sunday.
Three Stores Burglarized-kews and Notes
Of All Kinds from Four Live
Towns in Belmont
County. ...-'

In our Sunday letter we said that as yet
our town had not been visited by the burg
lars who are doing the neighboring villages
and cities, but while our citizens were read
ing that item and congratulating them.
selves, the thieves were doubtless planning
for the general raid they made Sabbath
night. Three different business houses
were entered-J. B. Hoge's drug store, p.
W. Dickey's grocery, and 8. Cellar. Jr.'s
saloon.
At Hoge's store half pane Of glass was
taken out of the door, and the catch which
holds the belt of the locks screwed off.
About $50 worth, including the change in
the drawer, box of gold pens and lot OF
knives, pocket books and other fancy arli-
cles were taken. Every show case in the
store showed evidence of having been rum
mayed over for valuable articles.
At Dickey's the door showed evidence OF
having been forced by Jimmy" or some
article of the kind. The loss here was the
change from the drawer and some cigars.
They were evidently not through here
when frightened off by w. S. Nsiswang
who resides over the store and was awak-
ened by the noise.
At Cellars saloon, which is at the edge
of town, across from the narrow gauge
depot, they effected an entrance by break
ing the bar that held the shutter of the
window. Their object here was evidently
for lunch and drink, and it looks as If they
did not stint themselves much. They car
ried the articles, including two quart
measures to the platform of the depot, and
threw what they did not want into the
road, some five or six pounds Of cheese
being wasted in this way.
A pretty strong clue 70 the burglars IS
being followed up by Mr.. Hoge, who is get
ting tired Of being burglarized, ana by the
time this is in print, We hope the burglars
may be under arrest. Three very suspl-
cious looking characters were around here
on Sabbath, with apparently no object in
view: and they were thought to be the
same fellows who have been loafing in the
neighborhood of Morristown, Belmont
and other places where burglaries have
been recently committed. They were seen
in Belmont at midnight Saturday, and at
O'Clock the same night the safe OF Frank
Lynn, the hotel keeper there, was blown
with dynamite and S2j stolen. Previous to
blowing the safe they had taken the pre-
caution TO tie every door in the house shut
and fasten the windows so it would take
some time for the guests and other inmates
to get out of their rooms. Horses were
also secured near town 70 help them away,
if they were tight pressed.
Some sneak thief entered the cellar OF
Clerk Darrah on Saturday night, and stole
his Sunday dinner tixins'.
Young VIM. Eccles, who works on the
place of J. +. Young, Esq, near town, was
Seriously injured on Friday while telling a
tree. A limb fell, striking him on the
head, producing some serious scalp wounds.
Rev. Balph and j. H. Denham, of this
place, attended the Jersey cattle sale on the
Island last Thursday. Mr.. Denham made
some purchases.
Over sixty tickets were sold at the North
ern depot for show excursionists on Mon
day morning. Ada 10 these the number
that went at other times and by other con-
veyances, and our delegation to see Jumbo
will almost reach one hundred in number.
Mrs. Emma Cattell, of Martins Ferry,
is visiting her mother, Mrs Lewis.
Willis Nichols, OF the East Liverpool
RerielO, spent the Sabbath with his parents
in this place.
Robert Courtney, of Bellaire, Sundsyed
with his parents at the permanent county
seat.
The Republican Central Committee oil
this county is called to meet here on the
Goth inst, to appoint delegates to the State
Convention, aud for other business that
may be called up.
kleber Carter, OF GAINESVILLE, came down
on Saturday evening to see his young
friends.
Frank Wilkinson, of La Mira, was in
town last Saturday.