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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1890
Page
4
A sprawling report from Wheeling recounts a dramatic courtroom scene with judges and legal action tied to corruption and political turmoil. Prominent figures are named, including judges and detectives, as proceedings address alleged wrongdoing and high stakes power struggles in the city.
Four armed men halted a southbound Missouri Kansas and Texas train near the Osage Riverwater tank one mile south of Sebell Car Mo. They guarded the engineer and messenger but found no money or loot after the engineer claimed no cash aboard. The train continued as the bandits left.
In Bellaire a long list of local industries and projects is noted with mixed progress. Gouvernment figures discuss rail depots, glass and bead works, and beetle factories. water supply and street paving are flagged as improving or lagging. public notices cover obituaries, meetings, and school events.
The Colored M H Clurch held a festival last night at Commercial Hall with large attendance, drawing many from Bridgeport. Other notes include local moves, industry bids, and social updates across Martins Ferry with brief mentions of residents traveling, illnesses, and a railroad plant upgrade.
The report notes key figures Mi ton and Ritter in a complex case involving multiple persons and local claims. Details remain fragmentary, but court action and ongoing proceedings anchor the item within a regional legal update.
A dated account describes the Mygale tarantula in Arizona, detailing its size six inches across, shaggy hair, six strong pedipalps, venomous fangs, and powerful springs used to capture prey. It notes two aggressive Agheena varieties, its nocturnal movements, leaps claimed near fifteen feet, historic San Diego nests, and cases of human injury and prolonged suffering from tarantula bites.
A fragmented reminiscence mixes odd natural history with street anecdotes. It recounts tarantula lore and predator insects, a hawk feeding on a tarantula, strange deaths, and a Broadway corner exchange. The prose shifts to vignettes of New Mexico travel, prison talk, and baseball chatter, ending with medical sales copy about a children's remedy.
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