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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1886
Page
6
Reports detail a brutal street incident ending with severe head and facial wounds to a man named Weaver after a confrontation with Dick Baxter in Braddocks Pa. The narrative describes a chaotic exchange, improvised weapon use, police intervention, and medical efforts, with testimony of a harrowing scuffle and subsequent arrest proceedings.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a judge and a party with unclear details about who is entered or brought before a court. Entities and specifics are not readable enough to form a factual summary.
Old city notes recount a vivid rivalry of rivermen and wheelmen amid weathered days, detailing range matches at Echo Point, a bridge disaster, reorganization talk, shifting club leadership, and public notices about long term sentences, trips, and local social events in Wheeling and surrounding towns.
The argument by counsel in the petition of J. B. Sheppard and others seeking to supersede the ordinance creating the Police and Fire Board was resumed before Judge Jacob in Part Two of the Circuit Court. Mr H M Russell spoke for about two hours criticizing the replies and urging the court to act promptly. A decision was promised as soon as possible.
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