Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-27
ALI A MISTAKE
ANoIp TRICK TRIED OVER AT MARTINS
FERRY.
A Napoleon Of Finance Attempts the Dodge Of
Obtaining a Ten Dollar Bill for a Five
General News Notes.

Yesterday. over at Martins Ferry, a
large, well dressed, brunette man, with a
more than ordinarily large nose, called alta
Hanover street business house and pur-
chased twenty cents worth OF goods OF
minor Importance, and in payment passed
a SO bill to the clerk. That individual
handed the purchaser a S. bill, four silver
dollars and eighty cents in change. Inc
buyer suddenly remembered that silver
was bulky and passed back twenty cents
and the silver and asked for 4 50 bill IN It's
place. This had no sooner been handed
him than he concluded that he
would rather have the $40 bill than the
two fives, and pushed the clerks 50 bill
and the silver back and asked for a slO
bill. The whole affair was done up so
nonchalantly and with such apparent ease
that the clerk came very near In the con-
fusion giving the sharper so for 50. The
trick is an old one, and has been played
many times, and the effort OF yesterday
would no doubt have been successful a
not the clerk read of such a scene a few
DAYS before. The sharper became very
much abashed when the clerk showed the
mistake, and hastily apologized by saying:
Mistakes will occur sometimes
Charley Long, son of Conrad Long. the
Washington street hardware man, met with
a serious accident yesterday. He is EN-
ployed ut histrade, plumbing, with George
Hibberd & Son. of Wheeling, and while
working on gas connections at the Central
Glass Works in Wheeling, was so uniortul-
nate us to have I. large valve fall upon his
foot, MASKING it very badly. He was
brought home in n buggy.
On Saturday night some unknown thlei
stole what he supposed to be n pair OF shoes
from T.. c.. Boyd x Co., but found, on eN-
animation that the box contained only one
shoe, the other being on exhibition IN the
show window. The shoe and box were
found up an alley yesterday.
Rev. Calvin Payton and sister. Rose,
have returned to their home in New Con
cord. O., after a pleasant visit with DIR. ).
w. Darrah and other friends i'll the Vi
cinity.
Mrs, Jesse Selby was called to her for
mcr home near M~organtown, W. Va. very
suddenly by the death Of her brother, Mr..
Eldridge Weaver.
ThOs. c. Clark leaves to-day for his home
in Freedom Planes, New York, after 4
weeks visit to his parents and friends.
Some miscrcant put i'll Saturday night
cutting awning lines i'll front of our bust
ness houses.
Rev. A.. j. Alexander and son, Wand, of
Washington, Pa, are in the city visiting
friends.
William Cline has opened Il boot II
shoe repairing shop on Fifth street, near
Walnut.
John Stuart was a little better ycSter-
day. but is still in a precarious condition.
Mrs. Harry Ebcrlinc and children are in
Bclpre, O., visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. \. NJ. Hall. of Allegheny, Pa, is
the guest OF Mrs. Ann +. Miller.
ATurkiSh entertainment was held in the
VI. l.. church last night.
J. Il. Kcrshcr, of Springfield, WAS in the
city yesterday.
J. W. Payne, ESP, LETT yesterday for
Washington.
Mr.. 5. McGrew and family are in the
country.
George King is again able TO he out.