Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-07
sTEUBENvILLE.
A story of the Weir Mansisn-Iho Fo'
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A story of the Wehr
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sDacioI 10 the Sunday ReQisier'
srsuBESy1LLE, O., February 6-Fo
soms,ime past a woman By the name o
Weir has been keeping a house OF ill-Feput'
on Church street, where many crimes ar
committed. She has also living with her I
vounp man who it is alleged comes tren
ons Of the best fsmiliesin P~ittsburg, whose
narants have disinherited him, who helps
The stair lady" to run the place. Numer
ons times has he worked the injured nus
hand" racket among the boys of this city
and raked in a quantity of Doodle. One
evening last week q woman appeared o,
the Weir mansion, and tried to gam al
m;ttance. which was refused her. She
went 10 the Mayors Office and SAID nat the
Weir woman had alienated the affections
of her husband, and he was neglectlng ner
and her children, and that che had not re-
ce;ved a cent from him for q long tune.
She implored the Mayor to send after her
husband. which he did, and upon him con-
fronting his wife, begged her forgiveness,
promising her to return home with ner;
The Weir mansion was afterwards pullea
and the occupants ordered to leave town.
which they did, the Mayor threatening to
send them to the workhouse IT they re-
turned.
The Steubenville postmaster has not as
vet been appointed, although the time Is
drawing nigh when Postmaster inca
will step down and out. A hard light has
been in progress for some time between
the Brashear-M Moore factions. Brashear
was at Washington last week with his
friends drumming up his interests, but re-
turned without an appointment being
made. From present indications it seems
that Moore has the best of the fight, as he
is backed by Senator Payne.
Jack Elliott, the Englishman who was
sent to the penitentiary to serve a term OF
five years for the murder Of Grumpy
Jim" in this city in 1880, will be among
his Steubenville friends next month, his
time expiring on the oath of March. 1t
would be q good thing for the citizens OF
SteuOenVille if Jack had to serve about
twenty-five years more. .
The poker room on upper Market street
still runs in full blast.
Robert l.. Lindsey, who, it will be re-
membered was sent 10 the penitentiary
from this city, in December, 1881, for.
practicing forgery on several Steubenville
parties, was on last Thu. day p%srdoned
ont BY Governor Foraker. He was to
have served nine years. For the last two
years, his father, who is a prominent poll
tician of Missouri, has devoted his whole
time to the pardon of his son. 49,.
The Bachelors Club, of this city, will
give another of their delightful dances at
Fslks' p~arlors next Friday evening.
Jack Wind, a youth Of twelve years, but
who has had more experience in crime
than a boy twice his age, has at last been
captured and sent to the reform school at
Lancaster. Jack has a number Of times
placed distractions on the Panhandle
railroad track, to endesvor to throw trains
from the track, and only last week struck
an engineer on the head with o large
stone.
Hon. j. h. s. Trainer, who was stricken
with o psralytic stroke a couple Of weeks
ago, is improving rapidly.
Miss Sarah FisDger entertained her
friends last Wednesday evening. Pro
~gressive euchre was played until a late
hour.
Miss Lizzie Wilson, of Brooke county,
Pa, is the guest offrien6s in this city.
Miss Belle Young, OF Baltimore, is the
guest of Miss Jennie Mansfield, Of this
city. ,,,,
Will Coleman left for Philadelphia
Thursday, where he expects to make his
future home.
Will Bishop will shortly leave for st.
Louis.