The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-01
PUTTING THE scEEws OF.
Soihing but Absolute Necessities Must b
Sold on Sunday..The Ukass Pretty We

Nothing but Absolute Necessities Must be
Sold on Sunday-.The Uknss Pretty Well
Enforced.
"Closed Sunday for repairs. VIII open
again when the 'squall' 10 over"
This was the legend on a big card
which stared the patrons Of a leading
n~ewsdealer In the face yesterday when
they vent TO get their favorite Sunday
papers. Boys sold them the papers Just
the same, though. later in the evening
the same place was open. Nearly every.
thing was closed up. The drug stores
were generally open all day, though two
or three shut up except for the hours
during which II was understood TO be
the agreement that they should open,
Several OF them when asked about this
said they had never agreed to any such
thing.
All Of them, however, refused to sell
soda water, Cigars or toilet articles, or
anything but needed drugs or medicines
on Prescriptions.
One OF tho leaders OF the "Law and
Order" move called at several drug.
stores to buy stamps yesterday, but he
didn't. get them, aud gave over the ef.
tort with a dim suspicion that this thing
was being run into the ground.
a man from Pittsburgh came into
Schnept's drugstore. The first thing
that met his gaze was a bigeard marked:
"No soda winter or cigars sold to-day"
His face fell, and he said: slow 10 that
for a stranger? I'm dying for something
to smoke. l will not give you away"
The clerk expressed his regrets, and
assured him 1t wasn't his fault.
A well.known young physician went
into a drugstore and laid down a pre-.
scripiion that called for tobacco leaf,
in six rolls. Directions: Light one end
and inhale smoke. Take three in quick
succession" The druggist refused to
fill 1t because it was not in drugstore
latin. The doctor rewrote It: "Folia
nicotina; roll. Quantun suiT." But it
didn't 60.
Oae druggist was 30 careful about the
order to dispense nothing but drugs that
he refused 10 dispense information when
4 reporter undertook to interview him.
OF the saloons, only two were heard
OF that were doing business through the
day. Both were over the creek, and
each was reported TO be doing "a land
office business"
Last evening a we'll known uptown
saloon was opened for the accomnoda-
ton Of the Pittsburgh excursionists and
other strangers in the city, but the bar.
keeper absolutely refused to sell drinks
to Wheeling people whom he knew.
AtConard'sthere was a curtain around
the bar yesterday. For the past two
Sundays the place has been wide open,
and people passing on the street could
see that no drinks were being sold. Last
week somebody told Conard that the
law required a curtain, and he put one
up. II any valid Law does require q cur.
tain it is Il very unwlse law, for the cur.
tain makes it possible for anybody to
drink behind 1t all day, whereas with.
out 1t no drinks could be sold, owing to
the publicity. Everybody who tried 20
get n drink there, however, failed.
AT - o'clock last night there was q
grand IRISH for the all.night houses,
which opened up at midnight, and there
were more drunken people OH the streets
! n the after part Of the night than ever
before.
Oae or two OF the restaurants sold
cigars as usual, az did also at least one oil
the hotels. Others shut up the cigar
case and not q weed went out OF it. Mos,
Of the druggists sold stamps, but some
refused.
There were nearly as many drunken
people about town last night as usual on
Sunday evening. A. great many Of
them got their drinks over in Ohio, OF
down at Benwood or over the hill and
far away.
Louis Messina, the Italian at Twelfth
and Water streets, sold ice cream, fruit
and candy all day. One o. the leaders
OF the Law and Order League went
there and bought some candy. HI
went TO all the places that were oper
and did the ealpe thing. Another o
the League said last night that it va:
expected that BY to. morrow the offender
would be up before a Justice.
Saturday Mr.. Giesey, OF the South
Side, swore out a warrant for Mrs. Bolt
o! South Main street, charging her with
selling liquor last Sunday. She was ar
raiened before Squire Ankle anu held in
!Sl60 bail for the grand jury.
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