Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-13
SISTERSV|LLE NEWS.
Local and Social Happenings Of the
Z HuStling Town
Down the River - Personal ana
Other Interesting Items Pertain
ing to the Oil Metropolis of West
Virginia.
Special to the Register.


Sistersville, w. Va, August Il
There will be quite a surprise in store
for the saloon keepers of this town when
they appear before the Circuit Court at
its present session. The fact of the
matter is bomb of considerable mag
nitude will be exploded. When the
three hotel men were granted license
some time ago the temperance element
of the city expected them to act accord-
ing to the laws under which the licenses
were granted. Having no confidence
in them, apparently, the temperance
people hired three detectives from
nighboring city to not only watch the
hotels on Sunday but also TO watch the
spetkeasies, the parties who were re-
fused licenses, but who are still carry
ing on their business. The spys or de-
tectives, hired by the temperance peo-
pie, arrived in the city last Thursday
and Immediately went TO work. The
first field of operation was among the
speakeasies. They visited every one OF
these places and in each one purchased
intoxicating beverages. Having thus
looked after the unlicensed places they
turned their attention to the hotels, or
licensed places. These latter places
were visited principally for the purpose
of finding out whether they were SELL
ing liquors to minors, or on Sunday.
Yesterday tach one Of these hotels open
was visited and a note made of all IL
legal doings on the part Of the proprie-
tors or their assistants. The men hav-
ing accomplished their work Sunday
they left here to-day but not before onA
of them had made bad blunder. He
went to the Office of a certain law firm,
suppOsing they were the parties he was
to report TO when the work had been
accomplished. While he was telling the
members of tte firm. liz confidence,
what he ha1 accomplished, the repre-
sentative of the Register sat in an ad- |
Jolhlng room and heard the entire story. |
The object of having the detectives |
here, according to the fellows story, |
is TO get evidence to present to the |
grand Jury when 1t meets at Middle |
boure. The detectives all left this city |
this morning, but will return and go TO |
Middleboure TO appear before the grand |
jury and give their evidence. There Is |
a great big surprise in store for some On
the saloon keepers and, it is possible, |
if any evidence against the hotel men |
has been secured, thir licenses, granted |
at the recent session of the Circuit !
Court. will be revoked. The unlicensed |
places will also come in for their share |
of the surprise, and as Judge Jacobs |
has expressed himself several times In |
regard to illegal selling of intoxicants, |
it is possible they will be dealt with |
pretty severely.
Percy D. Leap and Clarence l.. Clark, |
popular young society men of New Mar
tinsville, were the guests Of friends IN |
this city. They both returned home to-
day. Miss Temp Garden, popular |
and charming young lady of Wheeling, |
arrived in the city this afternoon, ac- |
companied by her mother, and will be |
the guests of relatives here for a few |
DAYS. John Tucker, of Wheeling, and |
his brother Levi, of New Martinsville, |
were visitors in the city to-day on bus |
mess. A jolly party Of young people |
from Marietta, o., composed of Misses
Clara Thies, Helen Saylor and Messrs.
Ray NJ. Beagle and VIII August, came |
ND this morning and took in the sights |
of this hustling oil town. They re-
turned in the afternoon well pleased |
with their visit.
A wedding, the like of which has not |
occurred in this vicinity, will take place |
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the |
residence of the officiating minister. |
The contracting parties are Misses Ell
fe and Ella Way, the charming daugh- |
ters of ex-Sheriff Way, and Messrs. |
n. A. Kelly and ]. r. Carol respect !
lively. The news of the approaching |
nuptials Of these popular young people |
will be quite a surprise to their many |
friends. The weddings, which will be |
very quiet affairs, will be witnessed by |
only a select few of the friends OF the |
Young people. After the marriage the
wedding parties will return here and |
leave on Wednesday for an extended |
tour, which will include a trip over the
lakes to Niagara Falls and other east
ern cities. On their return here they
will go 10 housekeeping at once in |
house the grooms have already fur
nished. They have the best wishes OF
a host of friends for their future hap
pineSs.
Hon. J. w. Mcintyre and Col. Harry |
e. McEldowney, prominent legal gentle
men of New Martinsville, were in the
city to-day taking dispositions in the
HaU-Hall divorce suit. John McCaus-
land, a popular memebr of Wheeling's
police force. was in town to-day sight
seeing. A. II. Fleming, a popular
drug travelling salesman of Pittsburg,
was in the city to-day calling on GUS
toners.
Saturday afternoon Sheriff Sine ar
rested Isaac Longley, a former speak
easy proprietor here, on several old in
dictments. charging him with illegal
liquor selling. Longley was taken TO
Middlebourne Saturday night and
placed in Jail to await the action of the
grand jury at the next session OF court.
Mayor John Whittlesey went 10 Mari
eta this morning on business. Ben
S. Baer and Lee Friedenrich, popular
travelling men of Wheeling, were in the
city to-day. Quite a numberof people
from this place attended the opening of
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