Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-31
WIJEIT me- w VA FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 81, 1856.
CHARLESTON.
License or No License?-Chas. L. Armi-
stead-GeneralN News.

License or NO License!-ShAss II. Aiihi-
stead-GeneralN News.
Special TSlegrdn 10 the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, December 3d.
The absorbing local topic now is, whether
there viii be license or no license granted.
Theiwhisky element elected county COM
missioner at the last election, and it was
thought that one of the two holding over
would vote with the new man, for license,
but it now seems doubtful, as the pro-
nounced friend is quite likely to vote
against license owing to the fact that he
has been converted, baptised and Joined
the church. Besides, the anti-license peo-
pie are now circulating petitions, asking
the county court TO refuse license. ltwas
generally believed that the refusal oflicense
last May would iniure the business of the
town, but such is not the case, rs the mer-
chants report larger sales and prompter
payments
| notice that there is some talk OF
Charles Armstead, a cOlored lawyer, for
merly Of the Kanawha Bar, but now a
practitioner in the Chicago Police Court,
being sent as Minister to Liberia He Is a
very bright mulatto; a man of fine physi-
cal proportions and at one time member
of the Mississippi Legislature, / think
Democrat. His record as a Democrat
here, dates from a speech made in this
CITY during the last Presidential campaign.
Shortly after his speech, he left for the
State of Ohio where he, so have been
told, made speeches for the Republicans.
Mr.. Armstead's father, Uncle Billy" "
resides in this city, where he has been a
tonsorial artist for a number of years, and
where he enjoys a high reputation.
That conscientious newspaper man,
"Chan" Smith, OF the Parkersburg Inder,
was in the city to-day and called at the
REGISTER bureau. He is the same Smith
whom knew ten years ago, and is just as
earnest in his ideas that hogs aud cows
should be expelled from the streets of this
beautiful city as ever. He in informed
me that the edict had gone forth, and the
festive COW and razor back hog were forced
into retirement and exiled from the streets
OF Parkersburg. o, for Chan" Smith
in this, the Capital City. He is needed
badly.
Painters, scrubbers and house-cleaners
are busy getting the State House in order
for the meeting of the State sOlons next
month. JanitOr Corcler is doing his ut
most to make the building-inside and
outside-look as bright as n new pin. The
various rooms are being carpetcd and com,
fortably seated, and the average legislator
will think himself in a paradise when he
drops his weary body into some of the
commOdious chairs in the committee
rooms.
There is one bad feature about the appor'
tionment of places for the newspaper men,
who may be fortunate enough to reach here
during the session of the Legislature, and
THAI is the place, viz. : the galleries
where they are to bt
seated. The arrangement is similar
to that in the Senate chamber at Washing
ton, d. c., but is not nearly 80 good. The
acoustics of the Senate chamber and the
House are very bad indeed, and it will bC
almost impossible for a reporter to heal
any thing from the Clerks desk, rs they
are placed at the opposite end of the re
spective chambers from where the report
ers are to be seated. | predict that unlcs.
better facilities be made for the CORES
pondents, great kick will be made, ant
our worthy legislators will be only too
| glad to arrange more advantageOusly fO
the makers or unmal;crS of men. The re
spectivc chambers are too high for thei
length and breadth, and the legislator
themselves will soon learn the accOusti
qualities complained Of.