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TSLAND PROPERTY FOR i'd

lob28 No, . Main street, WhCCllng, w. va.
ISLAND PROPERTY FOR IN
i. SALE.-I offer for sale my House ind it'll
lot, situated on Virginia street, near llurOn.4.
The house L. new, containing four rooms, hall
and other c0nYCnicncCs, such as presses, cup
boards, &C. Also good dry cellar under house,
side and rCar pOrtiC0s and all necessary Outbuild'
InRs. Size Of lot 4ixl18 feet.
For further particulars apply on the premises,
or at McAdCl's shop, Fifth street, TO
feb97t ". q. RlIIELDAFFER.
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NOR RENT.-THE STORE IN
Il Room occupied by ChAs. 3. Griffith, 1T
on Monroe street, adjoining OFT y Co.'S
Hardware store. Possession given 1st april.
Apply to N. I; OFT,
Main street, between Monroe and Quincy
leb1I
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TOR RENT.-THE STORE In IN
II Room In Odd Fellows Hall, Monroe NJ
street, formerly occupied by W. D. Motto. -
ApplytO r. A. DRENTLINGER,
jan2J or W. p. McKELVEY.
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River Division.
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Co.

deciS General Passenger and i; Ticket N AGENT
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, May l2.
&. Taylor Jones, u prominent merchant
Of this city, died this morning.
j. $. Perkins, agent of Underwriters
Insurance Company, fell through the
hatChway of u building he was examining
and was seriously injured about the head
II Is thought he will recover.
Pixies Music Hall being changed into
theatre will be completed IN June and
will be opened with u season Opera
BouiFG by Fisk's full company OF French
artistes. The time has been fixed for
June 10Th.
The assessment of Internal Revenue
for income tax Of the first Ohio collection
district, composed OF Hamilton county,
amounts to one hundred and flfty.ninC
thousand, one hundred and seventy.OnG
dollars. Last year the assessment was
five hundred and seventy.eight thousand,
three hundred and Gorty.four dollars.
The OlympicS Of Washington defeated
the Live Oaks, Of this city to-day, Score
30 10 d.
Horace Greeley arrived at 2 O'clock to.
day, and remained till II o'clock, when he
departed for Missouri and Texas.
The Board Of Aldermen have indeh-
nitely postponed the resolution to appro.
pirate money for the expenses Of a pro.
Cession on The occasion Of decorating
soldiers graves. ....... ......
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Pouyer and Quertier. He said that il the
object sought had not been accomplished
the Germans would have TO take posses.
sion of Paris, and demanded the with,
drawal of the Versailles forces behind the
Loire. The treaty, which was concluded,
hastens the pay Of the war indemnity 70
Germany. half a milllard Of It is to be
paid by France within thirty days after
the entry Ofthe Versailles army into Paris,
and milliard more before December OF
the present year, then only will the Ger
mans eyacuaie the Paris forts. As to tho
abrogation Of the CommuniCal treaty,
Bismarck stated that the withdrawal OF
France from the maintenance of that in
strnment was for tho purpose, and in the
hope OF an increased receipt of the Gus.
toms, with which TO liquidate her indebt-
edness. The ratlications OF the treaty
are to be exchanged on the goth inst
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Disastrous Fire at Parkersburg.
sash Factory, FIOuTing Mill and
Several Tenements Destroyed.

special to the Intelligencer,
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, May l2.
About noon to-day a fire broke out in
$. Burche's sash factory, this city, and
before It was discovered had gained such
headway as to be beyond control. The
building, large frame, was soon in
flames, and spread rapidly to the adjoin'
ing buildings. The loss ut the present
writing can not be nearly estima'
ted, but the following figures will
about cover It; S. Durchc, sash
factory, $1,000; Parkersburg flour
mills, $1,000; W. Is. CaswelI. tonements
$4,000; John McDonough, tenements,
$1,000.
The new fire organization worked with
commendabl0 zeal, under tue efficient
management of Capt Davis, and TO their
IabOrs the safety of the city gas works
and other valuable property We are much
indebted. The tenements were occupied
by numerous families Of poor persons
and being burned out and in the street
with their little all 1t is saddening in the
extreme Very little insurance. G.
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The Mining Troubles.

SCRANTON, May FL A.. NJ.
The miners have refused the proposi.
tion made by Mr.. Dickson, President OF
tue Delaware and Hudson Canal Com.
pany. lie offered five and u half cents
per ion, making seven cents per chr adj
vance on the former proposition, namely,
80 cents per diem on the car prices, to
continue ill the first Of June, and work to
he resumed at once. II is probable that
the weakness OF the labOrers movement
toward resumption, rs shown ut the meet
ing to-day, had much to do with the de.
cSiOn no deaths other than reported,
have occurred among the men so terribly
beaten Tuesday, though they are all in Il
critical condition. Ten soldiers were nd
1edlo the guard at the mines at Mnoie's
a Wppks
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Weather Report.

WASHINGTON, May IL.
Synopsi, tor PiSt 7tcenty:four HourS-
The pressure and barometer remain
stationary, with clear weather on the Pa.
ciic coast. The barometer Is falling in
western Nebraska, and is rising on Lake
Superior. Tho weather has remained,
generally, partially cloudy and hnzy, with
diminished pressure and increased TEN.
peraturc, from Missouri to Pennsylvania,
and north and eastward. Clear weather
has prevailed west of Mississippi. Cloudy
weather from Kentucky southeastward.
The lowest barometer Is now In Georgia.
Rains fell during last night ut Key West,
Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina.
Light rains have extended during the day
to Maryland
ProbdhlRies.-1t Is probable that by
Saturday morning tho storm prevailing In
the Southern States will have moved
northeastwnrd, with light rains and winds
on the Middle Atlantic coast. No serious
disturbance is apprehended in that region.
Fresh winds and cloudy weather will
probably prevail during The day on the
the Lakes
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NEW YORK CITY.
New YoRK, MAY l2.

New YoRE, May II.
1t Is stated that u dispatch announcing
the alleged attempt to throw an express
train from the track of the Erie Railroad,
near Deposit, is n malicious fabrication,
without the slightest foundation in fact.
In the case OF DR.. Townsend against the
Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad
Company verdict was rendered for the
plaintiff for $500. Townsend hailed n
car, which stopped at the crossing, the
front platform nearest TO him. He was
about to jump on when the car started,
causing him TO fall on the wheel, which
went over his foot.
In the Womans' Suffrage Convention
last evening, Mrs. Woodruff said that Il
the next Congress refuses women all Of the
legitimate results Of citizenship we shall
proceed to call another convention ex.
pressly to form new constitution and TO
erect new government complete in all
its parts, and to take measures to main
tain II rs eilectually as the men do theirs
II shall be HppllCablenot TO women alone,
but TO all persons who shall transfer their
allegiance to 1t, and shall he in every
practicable way higher and more scien.
tific development oil government ideas.
ave mean treason, We mean secession and
on thousand times grander scale than
was that in the South, We are plotting
revolution. Wewill overthrow tho bogus
republic and plant government orright.
eousness in It's stead"
At the afternoon session Ol the WO.
mans Suffrage Convention to-day, dele.
gates were appointed TO the WOmans'
Suffrage Convention of the United States
to meet at Washington. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton was elected President; Mrs. NJ
Gage, Victoria Woodruff and Susan b.
Anthony, delegates for New York State;
LuCretla Mott and Sarah Rigle Perrin,
Mississippi; Anna BOdeker and Mrs Judge
Underwood, Virginia; Mrs. DR.. Little and
Miss Julia Carpenter, Ohio; Mrs, Robert
D. Olden and Mrs. John s. Jones, Illinois;
Annette =. Gardiner and Mrs. G. A. f.
StCbbins, Michigan; Lille Peckham, Wis.
cOnsin; Sarah B. Stearns, Minnesota; Mrs.
Annie $. Avery, Iowa; Mrs, Gov. Butler,
Nebraska; Mrs. G. j. and G. Nichols, Kan
sas; Mrs. NJ. j. Arnold, Wyoming; Char.
lotle J. GOdbe and Mrs Governor Ashley,
Montana; Mrs Mary Spaldlng, Georgia;
Mrs, Francis Pittsburgh, South Carollnai
Mrs. Victor BanningGr, North Carolina;
Mrs. L. G. Suryeart, California; and MH
Arnell, Tennessee.
On the 25th Of April, an article up.
peRred in tho Sun charging Victor Place,
the French Consul, with delraudlng the
French government, and alleging that
Hector Chauviteau was his aCcompllce.
Place has already published reply, and
Chauviteau, through his counsel Jerome
Buck. has began a libel suit against the
Sun for $4,000 damages. The papers
were served on Charles A. Dana to-day.
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ST. JonN, N. b. NLnv 1a.

ST. JOHN, N. b., May l2.
An animated debate was TO take place
IN the House Ol Assembly on the subject
Of the new treaty negotiated by the High
commission, but the Attorney General
stated that tho Government had no offl.
cial information as yet only newspaper
reports, The House was Unanimous in
COndemning any and all Of such measured
as had yet been made public. The aboli.
ton Of the export duty alone, will take
from the revenue OF New Brunswick over
100000 per year, without equivalent,
The session OF local legislation will pro.
bably be prolonged to allow OF authentic
Information being received,
The preliminaries for tho forthcoming
boat race between the RentOrth and Paris
crews have been definitely arranged. The
deposits have been made, and the affair
will probably como off in August
HALIFAX, May IL.
The local government papers denounce
the Washington treaty as grossly unjust
10 the Provinces. Tho government pa.
pers quest approval, and want to see test
Of the treaty among those interested In tho
fishing business, The treaty is not re.
garded with entire dsIhvoF, because It
opens an American market to them, but
all others denounce It,
MONTREAL, May u.
The papers generally express them.
selves satisfied with the treaty, saying that
the terms are asgood as could be expected.
TORONTO, May 19
The Globe waits for the full treaty, but
says the terms as now published will
never be sanctioned by the Canadian
Parliament. The government organs are
now committed.
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GENERAL NEWS.

1t Is now known that ex.ColleClor
Bailey, Of New York, has settled down
In Montevlde0. A short time ago Mrs.
Bailey Joined her husband, and IL now
sharing his exile.
"A Demarara dispatch says the sugar
crop there Is the largest ever known.
The English steamer Sapphire, which
ran on the Maltacomba reef during
hurricane In October last, was lowed into
port at Havana yesterday.
"A Berlin dispatch says the Emperor
William Is slightly lndlsposed.
james Stuart, formerly Colonel oi the
10th illinois Cavalry, was arrested at
Kansas City, Wednesday, charged with
having absconded from tho Quartermas.
ter's Department, at Galveston, Texas,
last week, with $1,000.
John r. Griffith, chief clerk and
cashier ol Talbot, Patterson & Co., whole
sale grOCers, Indianapolis, was arrested
Thursday night for alleged delalcaLiUn,
amounting to six thousand dollars.
j. Fred Thompson, arrested ut Rich.
mond, Ind, for forging checks on the 2nd
National Bank was not identified and was
released.
Hines Il Gibbons store, In Kansas
City, was burglarzed Wednesday night,
and jewelry, cutlery and furnishing goods
valued at one thousand dollars taken.
Frederick Bulhs, q married man,
tlIty.two years old, hung himself tO lis
bed post in ST. Louis, Thursday night.
--Thomas Hanes, wife and child were
drowned near Dubuque on Wednesday.
"A fire at Elmira, N. T., Friday morn.
Ing, destroyed a building on Broad street
belonging to Luther Parchall. Warner
& Watson, dry goods, are tho principal
losers, Total loss $4,000; insurance $is,-
600.
"A dispatch from Munich Chunk says
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Compa-
nY's men at Summit Hill will resume
work on Monday next.
The American Minister, Joy, gave u
banquet al Vienna yesterday In honor Of
Chllders, until recently first Lord Of
British Admiralty.
The first anniversary meeting OF tho
American Society Tor promoting Chris.
tianity among tho Jews, was held In New
York yesterday. Tho report shows there
are quarter Of million Jews In this
country, and G5,0OO In New York.
-SeverA prominent gentlemen of III.
Louis have organized accompany, and will
soon erect works here for tho reduction
ofargentiIerods ores Of Colorado. They
will commence operations with capital
ora quarter Of n million.
The Handel d Hayden Festival at
Boston, eliminated yesterday in the pro.
ductlon Ol the BcthOvan Choral SymphO.
ny. A choir Of 800, and M orchestra Of
100, gave on adequate performance.
market Reu0rts on Fourth Td1e.l
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QUINCY, ILLS.
A Grand Smash Up.

Quincy, Ills, May IL.
a general smash up Of freight md fiat
cars occurred at the Union Freight
Depot in this city this afternoon. 1t was
occasionGd by n train of cars coming in
on tho wrong track and running into q
switch engine. The engineer Of the
switch engine seeing the danger, tried Ia
escape with his engine, but the train
struck tho locomotive. The engineer
lorsook the switch engine, which ran
into another train TO the rear, telesCOping
large number Offreight cars, and plling
flat cars on top Of each other. Several
men were bruised, but none fatally hurt.
The damage to the cars Is heavy.
A large number Of blooded horses have
been arriving at the Quincy Park
during the past week. They arc brought
here for training.
Nilsson singO here on Wednesday.
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DUBUQUE.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 12.
The triple funeral Of T. s. Kinds, wife,
and child took place to-day, md was ut.
tended by the largest conCoursc Of people
ever assembled on similar occasion, In.
Guiding three lodges of Odd Fellows,
Of one of which he was a member. .
The river came ton stand last night,
and is now stationary, having reached
three and q halfleet below thohlgh water
mark Of last year. rr.. .I.I.r ,.
A construction train was placed on the
Chicago, d. & NJ Railroad today. The
road Is graded to the mouth of the Tur.
key river, 81 miles north Of the line. Be.
yond this to McGregor ithas been placed
under contract, and a force of 800 mer
are Mt work.
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BUFFALO, MAY 10.


AT @ o'clock this morning, freight
train with an emigrant chr and caboOse
on the New York & Eric railroad, bound
west, was run into by an extra freight
train this side Of Attica. Five children
were killed, and fourteen or fifteen adults
wounded. The killed and wounded have
been brought TO this city, and the wound.
ed arc being cared for at the Sister oI
Charity Hospital. No names Of tho sui.
ferers are known yet.
The accident on the Erie Rail Road
occurred Mt 4.90 A. NJ, instead Of 0 A. NJ,
at Griswold station, four miles this side oI
Attica. A heavy freight train, with en-.
ginc, car and caboose attached, while go.
ing down the grade uncoupled, leaving
the car and caboose. The train was re-
coupled, the signal taken and started on
ascending the grade, when the coupling
broke second time. While being ro.
coupled, and before the signal could be
taken, an extra freight train came thunder.
ing down the grade, collided and crushed
everything before 1t. Thirty passengers
were in the car. Five children were
killed and about twenty-five adults were
more or less injured. Tho killed and
wounded were brought TO this city this
afternoon. The coroner took possession
Of the killed and the wounded were
taken to tho Sisters of Charity Hospital
in carriages provided by the Erie Com.
pany, and everything possible for their
aid and comfort was done by the Superin.
tendcnt OF Erie Railway.
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ENGLAND.
Death of a Son of the Astronomer
IIeTsche1.

Death of a Son Of the Astronomer
HeTSchel.
LONDON, May 12.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel,
only son of the great astronomer, and
himself an astronomer OF world wide re.
pute, died this morning at the age Of 70.
LONDON, May 12.
In the House of Lords to-day Lord
Redcslale asked whether the United
States could legally raise the question Of
remuneration for vessels and property de.
strOyed by the Alabama. He argued
that the Southern States alone were re.
sponsible for the depredatlons Of the Ala.
bama and kindred ships, and that the
government Of Great Britain could not
have legally detained the Alabama, for
she was not armed when she lel the
British waters. Earl Landerdale con.
Cured In this view. Granville said lie was
glad the question had been raised, as II
gave him an opportunity Of stating that
The adjustment made ut Washington had
not turned upon the point supposed by
lledesdale, that the Crown advisers had
not even suggested II. He promised that
before the treaty was ratified there would
lie ample opportunity Tor II lull COnsidera.
tioti oi its provisions, hut In the mean.
time he expressed regret at the occur.
renee nf desullory discussions. Lord
Granville III continuation admitted that II
was the duty Of the Government to give
every attention to the view Of the subject
presented by ltedesdale. lie concluded by
stating that the treaty itself wonld be In
the hands Of the Government by the end
of next wrek, and that II would be
promptly laid before Parliament for con.
siletntiOn.
In the House Of Commons Gladstone
announced that the Whitsuntide recess
would be from May goth TO June lst,
Marquis Harrington advocated the bill
providing for the protection Of life and
property in Ireland by authorizing local
suspensions of the writ ofhd6ed1norpns
The consideration ol the Irish question
was continued until recess.
At the evening session MIR. Mactie
member from Iieih, moved for the ap
pointnlent d A select committee 10 inves'
iigate the relations Of the colonies both to
the mother cOuutry, and to each other
and to ascertain In what way this can DC
strengthened and bound In closer ties o
friendship and loyalty to the Empire,
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TEXAS.
GALVESTON. MAY l2

GALVESTON, May l2
A special dispatch 10 the Netrs, from
Austin, May 10th, says in the House to.
day resolution was passed to remove
Speaker Evans by IL vote of4i TO 90. Mr..
Evans took the floor and said: "Because l
would not violate the Constitution ut be.
hest and join n majority Of tho Republi.
cans in this Legislature In Iernetuating
our existence and usurping the power to
legislate for the people of Texas, aIler the
third Of December next | must be saCri.
feed" Mr.. Sinclair was elected Speaker
by vote Of Al to 30.
A fire at Bryan, Texas, yesterday, de.
stroyed one block Of buildings, consisting
in part Of twelve stores. Loss estimated
at $4,000; insured $4,000.
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BiOody Murder in Indiana.

CINCINNATI, May IL.
A deliberate murder was perpetrated at
Buena Vista, twenty miles south Of Ko.
koma, Ind, at noon to-day. Last night
Thomas II. Javer quarreled with and
abused his vile In the presence Of Lord,
a young man living with him. Lord In.
terfered on behalf Of the woman, where
upon ,Iayer abused Lord so that he went
to neighoors house. To-day they met
on the railroad and .Iaver resumed the
quarrel. lie drew large knife and
stabbed Lord three times in the stomach
killing him instantly. Iaver tried to
escape, but was caught and put in jail.
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A Crisis on the Colored Question at
Louisville.

.. LOUISVILLE, May IL.
Many attempts by negroes in different
parts Of the city, to-day, to ride In the
street cars, created considerable excite.
ment, and Is the subject Of much anxious
discussion. Serious trouble is feared TN.
less the matter Il wisely and firmly man.
aged. There were several cases to-day,
Of negroes forcibly eieOietl from cans. In
one case, n negro was thrown from the
window Of o car; In another, newsboys
attacked an offending African, and were
beating him, when policeman lnterfered
the boys mingled with the crowd and cs-
capped. Crowds gathered on every oeca.
sion, and riot Is imminent, More than
once whtre n car was given up to the
negroes, they rode on exulting, amid the
waving Of handkerchieis and applause oi
tho spectators Of their race.
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The Nashville Races.

NASHVILLE, TENN, May IL.
The llloodcd Horse Association races
arc in their fourth day. The first race OF
lhe Association wns for n purse OF S4OO
Two mile heats. llnyonct, IL; Mollie
JAMES, 9.8; Morgan Scout, 9.2; time, 9:47l
and &iSi. The second race Of the Asso.
eialon was for u purse of 5000, mile and
ahall heats, and was won by Salina beat.
,ngCreole, Dance, Mamie Douglas, Annie
Walker and AnerOod in the order named.
lime, 9Ajt The attendance was large
With the iavoritcs Of both races.
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THE RIVALRY OF TWO GREAT
RAILROADS.

Effect of Competition--Cutting Down
the Rates.
WASHINGTON, May ig.
Another effect Of the contest between
those two great corporations, the Pennsyl.
yania Central and tho Baltimore ~ Ohio
railroads, has Just been developed. The
Baltimore & Ohio railroad recently com.
pleted and put In operation the branch
known as the COnnellsvllle road, from
Cumberland, on the main line to Pitts.
burgh. They opened for regular through
travel this week, and Mt once put the fare
from Washington TO Pittsburgh nj nine
dollars, heretofore ten and eleven d0llars.
The Pennsylvania and Its connections, the
Northern Central, nt once followed suit,
and this city Is placarded with the bills
Of the rivals announcing the reduction.
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Kate Manning who had taken her
homestead at North Platte, Neb., was
murdered night before last. The muir.
derer Is supposed to be her brother. The
assassin had taken of his boots and was
tracked by a misshapen foot, which cor.
responds with his. He Ia now under ar.
rest
The Missouri river Is still rising at Fort
Benton. The river Is higher there than
II has been for the past four years
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HALLS Attic Etuedition.

NEW YoRK, May ~.
Tho work on the steamer Polar, fitting
out for Captain Halls Artic Expedition, Is
rapidly progressing at the Washington
Navy yard, and her masts are already in
position, and her rigging being put In
place. The boilers on which may be
heated by blubber, were tested yesterday
with satisfactory result. The trial Of the
canvass boats was in oil respects satisiac.
tory; when tnken out Of the water the pro
cess oil unlimbering and folding up, oc
cupied only three minutes.
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MEMPHIS.


FIte.-IIorace Creeley.-Caterplllars.
MEMPHIS, May t9.
lloppeke's trunk mandatory, on Main
street, was damaged by fire, this aner-
noon, to the extent OF 5000. Insured.
Horace Greeley writes to Peter Tracy
expressing his willingness to deliver one
lecture here on his returR from Texas,
about the first OF June.
Caterpillars, despite the recent heavy
rains, nte increasing alariningly in num-
bers, and doing great damage 10 the crops
and gardens.