Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-04
MOUNDSVlLLE.
A Burglary Case-Penitentiary Directors
NIeet-General Items.
Special 10 Ire Register.

A Burglary Case-Penitentiary Directors
NIeet-General Items.
Special to hs Register.
MoUNDsvlLLE, August "a colored per
son of the name of Sweed has been arrest
ed, charged with the burglary Of the house
Of Mrs. Armstrong On the camp ground, and
is now in jsi. He Is to have preliminary
trial before the Justice to-day. He was
tracked to Zanesville, Ohio, by our worthy
sheriff, and from there to Columbus, where
he was arrested by the police of Columbus.
Sheriff Showsere then deputized Thomas s.
Brannon, who went to Columbus and
brought him here and lodged him in jail.
Sweed claims, through his counsel, that he
can prove an abb; that be was in Bellaire
on the night of the burglary, and that he
can establish that fact by four or FIVE per-
sons of Bellslre with whom he lodged on
the night the offense vas committed.
The Board of Directors of the Penitentisry
at their meeting on last Tuesday discharged
Mr.. Hendershot who has been a guard OF
the institution for long time, and appoint
ed a Mr.. Wills of Logan County, to fill the
vacancy. If the vacancy is as well filled in
the Eerson of Mr.. Wills as it was by Mr..
Hendershot. it is we'll The old gentleman
can tru,hfully say: II filled the bill. l did
nv duty while was one of the guards.
The contract for supplying a cooking range
for the prison was awarded to Messrs. Wei
don L Kelly, of Pittsburg. The coal con
tract was awarded to the Moundsyille Coal
Company.
Inc Superintendent was instructed to
purchase q tank for Warden building with
capacity sufficient to hold six thousand gal
Ions for the purpose OF supplying the lnstl'
tuition with water.
The Superintendent has gone to Logan
county on business, but will return IN few
dsys. and the responsibility OF governing
the institution devolves upon the Assistant
Superintendent, Col Wilkinson.
Matters appear to run very smoothly at
the Penitentisry, there being nothing OF q
sepss.ional character there as formerly
trapspiripg but cool discipline seems to
have reduced matters there to what good
order requires
Mr. Joseph C. Macearriher died on the
9th of last month, for long time q resi-
dent of Gravel Bottom, aud was laid to rest
beside his father and mother in the new
cemetery in the family plot. He was forty
Years of age. and for long time had poor
health and suffered great desl, but he met
his final end calmly and tesrlessly.
Thomas Long, who sometime since was
injured by the falling of q rock IN the
Moundsyille coal mine, is convslescent and
will soon be able to 60 to work again.
The streets of our village are presenting
very fine appearance, having osen re-
psirsd and dressed up By the commissioner,
new payements laid, &c.
We have no news as yet from Condry'
who escaped from jail some time aimee, the
officers having as yet failed to recapture
him.
The people seem to have found st last
that the Camp Ground is the place for tAis
lind of weather, and still they come to the
shads and pure air of that delightful re
M. Robert B. Curtis has the heaviest
loaded pear trees I ever saw, OF the enoices'
varieties. -,
Messrs. Trumbls & Lutes, Of your city
have been awarded the contract Tor placing
the gas fixtures st the penltentiarY.