The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05
Four Council Committees Held
Meetings Last Night.
PETlTl0NSAND CIRCUMSTANCES
committee Held n Lively Meeting, nj
wh'ch tho Petition Of Mr. Anglo Strong
Tor iicsnse was Discussed and stories OF
S"'srhl Petitioners IIeard-ActIon De-
frrrrd-rhc city W.lghcr Difficulty.
Police tiiiis Paid,

tees were held, and considerable public
business transacted. The commltteca
That met were rs follows: Committee on
ordinances: committee on petitions and
rcmonstranccs; committee on scales, and
committee on police. At all there was
an unusually large attendance OF thc
members.
Ihc committee on petitions and re-
monstrnnccs was called to order at s
O'Clock, with DR., D. H. Taylor In the
chair. The application Of Albert Card,
late or Pennsylvania and Slstcrsvllc, for
license 10 keep saloon ~ All Market
street, was first considered Mir. Card
was represented by Prosecuting Attnr-
hey Howard, who said that MIR. Card
was comparatively unknown In Wheel
lnI, but he comes with good rccOhmen-
cations, which were exhibited. lie
bought the license OF S. 4. Covert, who
had saloon at the old Bcu,er place. but
as he had been unable 10 make u salts
i%Htory arrangement for leasing that
room. he desired TO establish himself at
III Market street \ satisfactory bond
was presented and the license was rec
N't'tNNbN'h w NuUllCll ldNOtlUlN.
The petition OF Mrs Angie Strong, a
sister "t julie" Chlsncll, VINO kent A
house OF III fame at 81 Seventeenth
street for May years, FOR lccns,. 10
conduct saloon at that place was next
taken up. Mrs. Strong has conducted
the place out the National pike. over the
river. known AZ Jerry Clemens. road
house. which has about as uns1vory a
reputation as the pluc. conducted by
Mother Bunch. out at Fulton. A num-
her OF witnesses We're examined, In
Guiding the applicant Tor the license. who
denied that she Intended Keeping Il ga
loon In connection with an designation
house, uS claimed by some OF the wit
nGssCS.
In connection with this application, a
petition from number OF hOuseholdcrs
on Seventeenth street. who live on pro-
perty In the vicinity OF "Fltty-seven'
was presented Il Is signed by II. Il.
Grimm. Christian StcinmetZ, Tobias
Blanchard, Michael eekcy and many
others. and reciUcS that the applcan; Is
the late proprietor OF the notorious road
house across the river: that she IS Il
sister Of julie" ChisneH. who kept Il
house Of prostitution at 'FlfIy-s4Ven"
until the nciGhb0rs made It too hot for
her. and prays that the application De-
not granted.
The first witness called In by the COM
ml;tee was Mr. James McAdams. He
did no; know the woman personally. hut
Knew her reputation 10 be Dad Already
On thn' part Of Seventeenth street there
are five saloons within two and one
hait squlree. 1t had been bad enough
to have a house AZ ill-rnme there for
years. but 10 have saloon IN connection
Is too much
Mr.. Tobias Blanchard. the county as
SCISSOR. who lives on adjoining property.
was next called In to testify. lie knew
her Character to be- bad: she mad recently
ga; at one OF the front windows and oS-
tentitiously drama beer and 20: into an
intoxicated condition. Just TO annoy the
n"iEhbors. Hacks had recently driven
up 10 the place at und ! O'Clock In the
morning, whose occupants were noisy
and dIsorderly. His sistcr had been COM
pehed To remove her school TO another
part OF The CITY on account OF tho dl+rep-
utablc place conducted a; "Fifty-sev-
en- This place had caused 4 dcprecln-
zion In the value OF East Wheeling pro-
perty. and Is bad. too. as the Fourth
ward school building Is only short
distance away.
committee. or his personal knowledge
lie knew OF recent disturbances. which
he had heard from mis- home on Six
leehth street. Such place ~ the wO-
man would run would cause adjoining
property to d"Cr-iS" One-haif in vnlue.
Ihnma% Murray was NOT acquainted
WIN the strong wOmIU. but knew she
had KEPT notorious place over the nv.
"r. He had 'iheard her hOllcrin' all day. {"
remnants IN house hy. owns threaten to
move mt II the ll,r.Msr Is granted
George Miller a nrIchbOr, was next
heard. He mad seen I'll" "Cln-clu" dance
In Tn" CniSneil or Strong place"
What DO You mean when you say
'caH-cln':" inquired DR.. Taylor.
There was general laugh At this and
the witness did not thlnS the question
serious enough to lGlswrr.
Mrs. Strong. herself. was mex, admit
ted. she gave a sketch OF her career.
She Is married woman. but her hus-
band Is dead. ~ least that's what she
sid. Her maiden name was Chisnell.
she moved TO "Flfty.sevrn" on October
Is. Previous to that time she had con-
Quoted tnc Clifton house, across the riv-
cr. Her new place she will call tn"
Golden House" She has not sold A
drop OF beer there. The house has had 4
bad reputation. and pcopl" SIN COM"
there at lat" EOurs. but She Cliimcl that
everybody q turned away. She intends
TO kcCp 'ilrst class rest 4urant and sa-
bon She denied Indignantly tina: She
ever allowed the can can" TO b. danced
there. She referred the committee TO
the county officials ~ 81. ClnirSVili",
mentioning Judges LaRtOn and DrigE:
and Clerk Of Courts Emerson. who hld
promised to give her certificate OF good
character. She promised to conduct a
respcCta bic place II license were granted.
Would you civ" n bond 10 fuliill that
PROMISE" was asked.
This, Mrs. Strong declined to do. say
Ing !, would be humil!1tlng thing 20
do, She claimed the usual bond should
suffice. She claimed the opposition to
the granting Of l!2raSc Is spite work.
Henry bishop. bar tender. knew
nothing OF Mrs. Strong. lie hud been
engaged n blr-kccpcr. and IL the place
Ia not all right he would quit
James Dlshcr, who IL TO do the cook
Ing. had known tho applicant three or
four weeks. He had cooked at Shcc-
keys. but failed TO say he had tended
bar at Mother BunCh'S road house In
Fulton until the Information had reach
ed the committee by another channel.
Gus, MhrsChncr. collector OF thu
Schmulbach Brewing Company. ,cstl-
fled that he had found Mrs. Strong to be
a temperate person. So far rs he could
sec, she hid conducted respectable
plncr over In Ohm
Tobias blanchard appeared ngain. lie
claimed the house had been cut into
small rooms. twelve In number. and that
ms was done for no good purpose. lie
further snld that II this plnC" were not
there. he would have improved his prop
"riy hy putting M building AT 4 cost
orHS.0o0 to 10000.
At the conclusion Of tho inquiry Mr.
Dawson moved that further coNFihcrl-
tirn hr pJEtpOnCfl until the clerk Of the