Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-07
BELLAIRE.

a ghost haQ been oOtnerlng some OF
the people of the Fifth ward for some
time. The white apparrtion would ap-
pear after nightfall and fit around
frightuing nervous people and creating
crest excitement In that usually quiet
ueighborhOod. Three or four young
men who did not believe IN ghosts
thought they would run down the
sD0Ok. Hiding in the barn on the
premises OF tine late VIM. Barnard,
about eight o'clock o. M, they had not
long 20 wait until his ghOSIship made
his appearance. The young men, now
badly frightened themselves, waited IN
oil the spOok got within easy reach of
them and made grab for il. This
Frightened the ghost, and while the
young men with hair on end stood hold
ing the white sheet which they had
torn from the ghost, the thing which
had e}uded their grasp bounded away
at 2:4O gait toward the Bellaire Nail
Works, and has not been seen since.
The young men are positive, however,
that the thing they failed to capture re-
semb.ed man.
Martin Flanagan, the young man who
was arrested while stealing clothing at
the National House, tried to commit
suicide in the city jail yesterday morn
ing. Marshal Johnson had occasion to
go into the Jail and found Flanagan sus-
pended from the cell door. He was let
down aud came around all right. He
had twisted his handkerchief into a
rope, fastened one end to the upper
part of the door and me other end
around his neck. he had been feign-
ing insanity and kept up an incessant
din during the previous night by Yell
ing and kicking the cell door. DR..
Boone made a casual examination Of the
cuiprit and pronounced him of sound
mind. Flanagan says his parents live
in New York.
Accountant George NJ. Wise's report Of
thec0ndition of the books Of the SeCre-
tary of the Water Works shows short
age OF S3,642S3, being about the same
as was published I'm this column ten
days ago. The missing money is shown
Go hGve been collected by ii. q. Wilson,
the missing Secretary, no account of it
being made on the books The money
was collected from the b, Il D. and c.
o. u. railroad companies, the Belaire
Nail Works, BOdefer Bros. and others.
Not a word has been heard from Mr..
VII ON since his disappearance on No
vemb-r is.
A tramp who gave his name as Mar
tin Flanagan. was caught In the act OF
TYING up clothes to carry away at the
National House Monday evening. he
was arrested and pleaded guilty to at
tempted larceny. Mayor MCGOWAN SEN
fenced him 60 twenty days in Jail and
SIS and costs. The young man said he
was uiuteeen years of age, and he was
very tough character, using the slang
OF blood aud thunder" literature as his
vocabulary.
There nas been considerable growl-
ing OF late by those who travel over the
Bellaire and Wegee pike that the road
is badly i'm need OF repair, some OF the
patrons being in the notion OF refusing
60 pay toll until the road was put in
good shape. The County commission
ers, however. have decided 70 put the
road In good repair as soon as possible.
The old war in regard TO the Phillips
landing at the upper wharf has been re-
newed. The ferry people who tried to
obstruct new roadway to the wharf
boat were on Tuesday evening enjOined
by a Deputy U. S. Marshal TO deSist, as
the work they were doing was an OBJ
structiOn to navigation.
Two young chaps, who gave their
names as Wesley Corn and George
Junkins, were before the Mayor yester-
day on a charge Of intOxicatiOn. They
we're assessed S. and costs each and will
be taken to the county Jail to-day, along
with young Flanagan.
Henry Burkett, a Weak-minded young
man, left his home on Gravel Hill last
Sunday without informing his father
where he was going, and his relatives
are alarmed, as his whereabouts are IN
known. He was last seen at the home
OF a relative in Wheeling.
The Epworth League, Of the South
Bellaire III. E. Church, held delight
fol musicale at the home Of 1. L. raw
cett last evening.
The Nelson Comedy Company had
only a moderaE house at the Elysian ,
last evening.
John Luck occurred q job In
the Tribune 4dy pom.
The Turr isr ball in their
han next j
Minnie. Of Henry