Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-07

huuGDg tXpSO1IOn Oh 0sLiWaNi. AAey
report game ofall kinds very plenty.
Mr.. w. F. Ayers has sufficiently recoV-
cred from severe attack OF typhoid fever,
of ten weeks duration, to be able to Visit
his place Of business on last Friday.
STEUBENvILLE GOSSIP
Special Correspondence o|the Sunday Register.
SrEUBENvILLE, Octote, Con Thurs
day last Judge Hance called the violators
of the liquor AMI gambling laws who had
been indicted by the grand jury, and after
giving them individually severe lecture
on the error Of their ways, imposed the
following sentences: Thomas Coburn, for
selling liquor to a minor, first conviction,
five days imprisonment and $25 tine ana
costs of prosecution; TIL ,mas McNamee,
second conviction; ten days lmprison-
ment, $40 fine and the costs of pfosecu-
ton: William Leeper and John @. Pastors,
convicted of runuinga cl1b houss In tne
local option district of Warren township
in violation Of Law, 5000 fac each and sTo
mont imprisonment; Henry king, wto
operated q dance house near wilson 8
Corners, convicted of sailing to minor,
$40 fine and costs sni ten dsys' imprison-
ment: Jeha ard James Mckay, for run
ming a gambling house, fret offsnse, $5o
fue each snd 20 ITS of PROSE- alton; Walter
Hsaler, selling on Sunday, second
cany:clio1, 500 fine and twenty
dsys, inprisonment; Harry Tollen, third
convict;oa, SIS fiue and twenty days I'M
pfisoment; John McEIcannop, Thee.
Gsiss hardt, John Hanlaa and 1sneS
White, first c,nyiction for selling on sun
dsy, $50 fine each and ten days imprison-
mept; Edward Hannah and Samuel Conn,
several convictions, each 800 fms and
thirty DAYS inpsisomsnt; John Gill, one
conviction, S25 fiue and ten days impfis-
onment: Seth M. Wilson, landlord OF the
St Charles Hotel, convicted of keeping o
bous, of ill-fame, 500 fire, the costs o.
prosecution and to Stand committed until
nsid. Chs. Herald and VIM. Harrison,
keepipp gambling house, second conv!c-
tiop, SlOO fine eschan thirty days impris-
onmsnt. These are the most severe sen-
fences ever imposed, and the Court re.
MAKE d that IS Re had found that mild
treatment hai not bal the tffsct of pre-
venting these viol stions of law, no would
t,v what q little tc,0:c medicine wouia
do. The sentences caused great deal OF
comment. come persons commencing the
Court for its action ami others thlaking he
had not dealt fairly with some OF TIE cases,
although nearly every ono believed that IL
would result in lees violations hereafter
The sentences in the cse5of William Lesp-
er and John Pastors will no doubt settle
the clubhouse scheme, and those town
ships that have voted for no license under
the local option Law passed by the lsgisia-
ture last winter will be allowed to g dry.
Ths second trial of Van B. Baker,
charged with the murder of bis wife and
mother.in-law at Holidays Cove, in May,
1887. will commence q. Wellsburg next
Monday morning. The intense intert st
that was manifested at the fret trlal,
which took place a. New Cumberland IN
the July fol!oTirg 'hs commission OF the
horrible crime, but which has Jain der
msnt daring the long period which has
since elapsed will 10 doubt, in a great
measure be ravived when the case Is once
more put on trial. =,
Frank Smith, Grard Chancellor of the
Knights of Pytlias of West Virginia, was
| in the city Friday, on his way to Charles
ton TO attend q session Of the Grand Lodge
of his State, to convene there next Tues
day.
The S'eubsnviile Gas Light and Coke
Company under the direction of Superin-
tendent Gwynn are making extensive I'M
provements to their properly on the corner
of South ard High stree s, and are erecting
q splendid block of buildings which will
be used for the extensive electric light
plant the company will INTRODUCES.
| William Lawrence Jr, OF Guernsey
county, Democratic candidate for Congress
in this district, deliver ed very eloquent
and effective speech in the Opsra House
last Friday evening, his subject being the
tariff, question which he handled in an
able manner.
James S. Bssue and Geo. Fl. Henry,
represented the Knights Of Pythias Of this
city at tie reunion Of that orler, held at
Cincinnati lat Wednesday.
Mre. Elzabsth McCook, widow Of the
late Commander, X. s. McCook, is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. NJ. Barclay.
| EA-mUSIhl Jluiuy bVyiS, VI LohuAooh'
was in TO s>e his Sieubenville friends on
Wednesday.
Charley Campbell, of this city, who for
several years was stenographer in the law
office of ]. W. Donrary, Of Washington,
Pa, has entered the Columbia Law School
Of New York city, to fit himself for the
bar.
Ex-Treasurer John Bray, wife and
daughter. are tone from two weeks 30
journ at Cincinnati.
Miss Nellie Groves, of Marietta, OHIO. is
the guest OF her sister, Mrs. @. F. Candy,
on North Fifth street.
John Kendall now has charge Of the
book aud stationery department of Crum-
zine g. Undertakes extensive establish
ment.
Pc. Brady is home from nine weeks
business trip through the West in the in
terest of Biatty's glas works.