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SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
BAPTIST.


-ssMells Kingdom" is the name given to
circuit of ten miles around Bairdstown Ga,
because it has been for twenty years the
tramping ground of the Rev. DIR. Nell,
Baptist preacher, and there is scarcely to be
found therein Methodist Presbyterian, Epis-
copalian, or Roman Catholic. Every man,
woman, or child-infants only excepted-is
either a Baptist, or has Baptist proclivities
The immigration of Welsh Baptists to
America has been very large for several years,
and large proportion of these immigrants
are church members. Ministers have been
too few to meet the demand.
From May /, 1870, to February IA, 1871,
the First Baptist Church at Wilmington, n.
c., has had some sixty additions to its mem
bership-making considerably more than one
fourth of its present numerical strength.
Ihirty-four of this number were received by
baptism Within a few months past the
Second Baptist Church of Wilmington has
been organized, and now numbers considera-
bly, over one hundred members. They are
about to erect new house of worship in the
southern part OF the city.
in Minnesota there are 156 Baptist
churches, many of which are small-the
average membership being only 80. The
three largest are ST. Paul, with 248 members;
Minneapolis, with 233; and Winona with
1914. There were nine organized last year
The total membership of the churches is
Dip; the number baptized last year was 322.
Since the Rev. DIR. Taylor of Chicago
took charge of Coliseum Place Church, New
Orleans, Baptists from the North have Joined
it, who had resided in the city for years and
stood aloof. The church has enjoyed recent
season of refreshing; "between twenty and
thirty have found peace in believing, and
others are yet inquiring."
The Southern Baptists now have four
laborers in the city of Rome. More than
20, 900 copies of portions of the Bible, aud
numerous tracts, have been distributed by
them. On the 2Sth and Goth ult., eight per-
sons were baptized, and on the latter date a
church of sixteen was organized, Rev. Mr..
John A. Broadus assisting in the service. The
Rev. MI. Cote says that in every direction the
door is open and asks that further facilities
be furnished for spreading New Testament
truth and ordinances. If the board had ten
thousand dollars, they could be we'll expended
in this field, and at once. The Domestic and
Indian Mission Board of this Church employ
ninety men in the various States and III the
Indian territory.
From the nineteenth annual report of th'
Baptist Missionary Convention of Canal,
West, it appears that they have employee
during the past year forty-one missionaries
four OF whom have preached in German
three in Indian, and several in Gaelic, bu
the majority in English only. They hay
baptized 800 converts, built two chapels, an
have others in process of erection. Ther
are 2O19 Baptlsts in the field occupied b
these laborers.
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BEST.

BEST.
Mother, see you with your nursery light,
Leading your babies, all in white,
To their sweet rest;
Christ, the Good Shepherd, carries mine to-
night,
/ cannot help tears, when see them twine
Their fingers in yours, and their bright curls
shine
On your warm breast
But the Saviour's is purer than yours or
He can love besti
You tremble each hour because your arms
Are weak your heart is wrung with alarms,
And sore oppressed;
My darlings are safe, out of reach of harms,
And that is best!
You know over yours may hang even now
Pain and disease, whose fulfilling slow
Naught can arrest;
Nine in Gods gardens run to and fro,
And that is BEST
You know that of yours the feeblest one,
And dearest, may live long years alone,
Unloved, unblessed;
Nine are cherished of saints around Gods
And that is best.
You must dread for yours the crime that
sears,
Dark guilt unwashed by repentant tears,
And unconfessed;
Nine entered spotless on eternal years.
Oh, how much the best
But grief is selfish, and cannot see
Always why should SO stricken be,
More than the rest
But know that as we'll as for them, for me
God did the best
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ELEGANT STORE FIXTURES,
With Marble Counters, Large Fire-proof, Deskl
Letter Press, ETC., win be sold cheap for cash
good trade.
No. $50 CHESNUT STREET, UNDER THE CON
TINENTAL. 1215u
g. FOR SALE-A CHOICE MEDIUM SIZED
ll::a House, WALNUT Street, above Broad. Inper-
feet order. s. KINGSTON MCCAY,
3210t' No. 429 WALNUT Street
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OOTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALI
" numbers and brands. Tent Awning, Trunk
and Wagon-cOVer Duck. Also Paper MannfAoi
inches, with PaulinG. Betting, San rwlne, etc
JOHN w. KYNkAAN
No 10 CHURCH Street toiu store41
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WILLIAM P. CLYDE CO.,
AGENTS
For all the above lines.
No. 10 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia
where further Information may be obtained. 2 2s
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SHIPPINC.

AeR once, No; l. South WAR rs;
e,I, PHIILADELpHIA, I AA, RICHMOND AND NORFOLK
LINE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.
Steamers leave every WEDNESDAY and SATUR-
DAY DAY lat & noon," from FIRST wharf above MAR
No bills OF lading signed after l2 O'Clock on sailing
THROUGH RATES to all points in North and
South Carolina, via Seaboard Airline Railroad, con-
meeting at Portsmouth, and at Lynchburg, Va. Ten
Airline, and Richmond and Danville Railroads.
Freights HANDLED BUT ONCE and taken at
LOWER RATES than by any other line.
No charge for commissions, drayage or any
pense OF transfer. Steamships insure at lJwest
FREIoHTs RECEIVED DAILY.
State-room accommodations for passengers.
Point. T. p. CROWELL & CO., Agents. Norfolk.
>eFes, PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON
THURSDAY LINE FOR CHARLESTON,
and all interior points of South Carolina Georgia,
The first-cIass Steamship FALL RIVER, Captain
Hinckley, will sail on Thursday, March 16, at 12
O'Clock, noon, from Pier S, North Wharves, above
Through bills of lading to all principal points in
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, etc, @ etc ,o,+
For freight or passage apply the Pier, as above.
WM. A. COURTNEY, Agent in Charleston.
FOR NEW YORK DAILY-vIA
Len1kS.t-& DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL
Il
The CHEAPEST and QUICKEST water commu-
nieation between Philadelphia and New York.
Steamers OF this Line viii commence loading on
Philadelphia, and foot OF WALL Street, New YORK,
First boat will leave Saturday, the l1th instant,
and daily as usual thereafter.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going out OF New
York North, East, aud West, free of commission.
Freight forwarded on accommodating terms.
JAMES HAND, Agent,
No. u9 WALL Street, New YORK.
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALEX
l6Ae1sslS ANDRIA, GEG RGErOWN and Wash
llzzHAzzz3 ingtOn ID. c., Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, connecting with Orange and Alexandria
Railroad.
Steamers leave regularly every SATURDAY at
noon, from First Wharf above MARKET Street.
Freights received daily.
HYDE & TYLER, Agents. Georgetown, u. G.
Nj. ELDRIDGE x Co, agents, Alexandra, Va.
- DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
lsueS<R TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
Z Ax2zz&H Barges towed between Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and
intermediate points.
CAPTAIN JOHN LAUGHLIN, Superintendent
OFFICE, No. 10 South WHARyES, .l
PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE CO.,
AGENTS
For all the above lines.
No. 12 SOUTH WHARVES, PHILADELPHIA
where further Information may be obtained. 22S
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SHIPPINC..
... SHIPPlNL.
E@s> !1ORMLARD STEAMSHIP OOMPANa
FOR NEW YORK,

SAILING TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SA
URDAYS AT NOON,
are now receiving freight at winter rates, COM
mencing December 2s. All goods shipped on ant
after this date will be charged as agreed upon BY
the agents Of this company.
INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT.
No bill OF lading receipt signed for less than
fifty cents, and no insurance effected for less than
one dollar premium.
For further particulars and rates apply at Com.
pany's oflce Pier S3 East river, New York, or to
JOHN r. OIL.
PIER 10 NORTH WHARVES.
N. o, Extra rates on small packages iron, metalkr
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BHIPPINQ.

<GgA FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS
kH&&ETOWN.-The Inman Line OF Royal Mat
Steamers are appointed to sail as follows:-
OiLs Brussels, Saturday. March Is. at p. NJ.
CITY of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, March 21
att p. M.
City OF London, Saturday. March 2s. at Am.
City OF Washington, Saturday, April l, at 2 p M.
and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues.
day, from pier No. 46 North river.
RATES OF PASSAGE
By Mail Steamer Sailing every Saturday.
Payable IN gold. Payable in currency.
First Cabin. .s75 lSteerage. .s30
10 LOnden. 30 10 LONDON. ......... 50
To Halifax. 20l To Halifax. ......... Is
passengers also forwarded to Antwerp, Rotter-
dam, Sweden Norway, Denmark, ETC., at reduced
rates.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by
persons wishing TO send for their friends.
once
JOHN g. DALE Agent, No. lb Broadway, N. Y.I
Or to ODONNE1L & FAULK, Agents,
lb No. 400 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia.
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In the foreign field, the Canada Baptisis
work in connection with the Missionary
Union. They have two missionaries-Mr
Tonipany and Mrs. McClausin-in Teloogoo.
Last year the Canada Baptists contributed
$3385'68 to the American Baptist Missionary
Union.
purchased, at an expense of $75, 900, the
house of worship and land belonging to the
Pierrepont Church in that city for the purpose
of founding Strangers Sabbath Home, like
fremont Temple in Boston.
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THE ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS
i Sail every Saturday and alternate Wednesday
to and from Glasgow and Derry.
Passengers booked and forwarded TO and from ali
railway stations In Great Britain, Ireland, Ger.
many, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and America
as safely, speedily comfortably and cheaply as by
any other route or line.
'EXPREss" STEAMERS. "RxTRA" STEAMERS.
ANGLIA, IOWA,
AUSTRALIA, TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA,
INDIA, IOWA,
COLUMBIA, TYRLAN,
EUROPA. BRITANNIA.
From Pier 20 North river, New York, at noon.
Rates Of Passage Payable In Currency,
to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry =
tirst cabins. S65 sud sI5 according 70 location.
Calm excursion tickets good Tor Twelve monEnsl
securing best accommodations, tl5O.
Intermediate, $50; steerage, sxo.
Certi0catee al reduced rates, can be bought here
by those wishing 70 send for their friends.
Drafts issued, payab 9 on prese ntati0n.
AnDly Al Tie cOmpany's Offices to
f' - HENDERSON BROTHERS,
1921 No. BOWLING GREEN.
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WHIT STAR LINE

WHI TIE ST AR LIN e
OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMP ANY's
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS BETWEEN NEW
YlRK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK,
IRELAND.
The company's feet comprises the following mag
niheent full-p0wered ocean steamships, the six
largest IN the world =
OCEANIC, Captain Murray. ARCTIC.
ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BALTIC
PACIFIC, Captain Perry. ADRIATIC.
These new vessels have been designed specially
for the transatlantic trade. and combine speed,
safety, and comfort
Passenger accommodations unrivalled.
Parties sending for their friends in the old coun-
try can now obtain prepaid tickets.
Steerage, S32, currency.
Other rates as low as any nrst-class line.
For further particulars apply to lSMAY, IMRIE Il
CO., No 10 WATER htreet, Liverpool, and No.
EAST INDIA Avenue, LEADENHALL Street,
London; or at the compaRy's ofices, No. IS
ibf Ii. SPARKS, Agent
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FoR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL
4 UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL STEAM.
SHIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MAIL STEAMERS sailing on the
23d OF every month.
MBRRIMACK, Captain Wier.
SOUTH AMERICA, Captain e. L. Tfnklepaugh.
NORTH AMERICA, Captain q. b. Slocum.
These splendid steamers sail on schedule time and
call at st. Thomas, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, and
Rio de Janeiro, going and returning. For engage
ments OF freight or passage, apply to
VIM. X. GARRISON, Agent
121Ot No. Bowling-green, New York.
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fFeA NATIONAL STEAMSHIP >fEHs.
xANsE LlNE;1Steam E;a to % ana %a from S4Aae.
NEW YORK, s, LlvEEP1S9SL, ANp 2HEsESsTo%N
SATURDAY.
Cabin, s76 and s65; Steerage. s2s Excursion
tickets, good for one year, literally reduced. Per-
SONS sending for their friends can obtain tickets
(Steerage) for s92 Tickets to and from Londonderry
and Glasgow by this iayorte route at the same low
Passengers booked to and from London, Paris,
Hamburg, Havre, Bremen, etc., at lowest rates.
NoTE.-The magnificent Ocean Steamships OF this
line are among the largest in the world. aud
celebrated for speed, safety and comfort Owing to
steerage cheaper than other frst-class lines.
For passage or bank drafts for any amount, paya-
and in principal cities OF Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
France Germany ana italyl spPiy 70 70 .,t.
1le No. 204 WALNUT ST., just a6Ove Second.
Il LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM
SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to issue through
pills OF lading to interior points South and West In
ALFRED L. TYLER,
s1 vice-President So. 9. RR. Co.
,<&&A PHILABELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
XRM&. MAIL STEAMSHIP CoMPANY'S RE-
GULAR sEMI-MoNTHLY LINE TO NEW Or
The YAzoo VIII sail for New Orleans, via Havana,
on Thursday, March 16, at A. NJ
The HERCULES will sail from New Orleans, via
N9safS THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at as low rates
as BY any other route given 70 MOBILE, CAVES,
TON, INDlANOLA, hOCkPOhT, LANACCA, anu
BRAZOS, and TO all points on the Mississippi river
between New Orleans and st. Louis Red river
freights reshipped at New Orleans without charge
OF commissions.
WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH, GA.
The TONAWANDA win sail for Savannah on SAT-
urday, March IL, at 8 A. nj.
The WYOMING win san from Savannah on Sat
urday. March IL
! THROUGH BILLS Ov LADING given TO all the
prinep al towns In Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Mis-
slssipp, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee IN con-
nection with the Central Railroad OF Georgia. at
apticand Gulf Railroad and Florida steamers, at
| aslow rates as by competing lines.
SEMI MONTHLY LINE To WILMINGTON, n. @.
/ The PIONEER will sail for Wilmington on Mon
daV March Is, at r. M. Returning, viii leave
| wilmington Saturday, March is.
Connects with the Cape Fear River Steamboat
| COMPANY, the wilmington and Weldon and North
Carolina Railroads and the wilmington ana Man
| chester Railroad 70 all interior points.
| Freights for Columbia, s. c., and Augusta, Ga
taken via wilmington at as low rates as by any
| other route. .,
Bills OF iading signed at Queen street wharf on or
| before day OF sailing, oa -
| sH No. l30 s. THIRD Street.
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REFoRMEp (puTcHl.

The spirit Of revival abounds in several
churches of the Schenectady Chassis. The
work of the church Of Heidelberg, N. Y, is
simply wonderful. Since the lst of February
there have been above a hundred hopeful
conversions, and the interest is increasing.
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s.B - FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE
4 - and Raritan Canal
E.z{.zszik S WIFT URE TRANSPORTATION

&Ez1zlEaEA w IFT S URE TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES,
Leaving daily at IL M. and p. NJ.
The steam propelIers OF this company will com
nence loading on the Sth OF March.
Through IN twentyfour hours.
Goods forwarded to any point free OF commission
Freights taken on accommodating terms.
WILLIAM NJ BAIRD a CO., Agents
As No 1s2 South DELAWARE Avenue
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-05

PROPERTY FoUND.-ProbaJLe Robbery.
There were foand Yesterday on the
bank of the river, hidden in the weeds,
near the Baltimore ond Ohio railroad
depot, a box that looked like cracker
box, and a fair-leather hand trunk.
The cracker box had once been address
ed to Clarksburg, w. Va. 1t also had
a card on it addressed to Ada Baird,
Palmer, Ohio. The hand trunk bore
no address. Both had evidently been
broken open. Laying around among
the bushes were a number of gentle
mems and ladies paper cuffs, linen
hat and few neckties. Itwould seem
almost certain that the property had
been stolen from some one and had at.
forwards been broken open and the con-
tents stolen. Wonder if the valise isn't
the one that John Smith lost the night
he was so drunk and was serenading
our friends of the Iuslligencer officer
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LOOSE LIGHINING.-During the show
er about one o'clock, yesterday after
noon, the telegraph line Of the Pacific
and Atlantic telegraph company at
tracted good big chunk of loose light
ming, which danced along the wire I'M
til it reached the office on Main street.
Mr.. Powers was sitting at an instru-
ment receiving a message. The electric
fluid passing off the machine knocked
him off his seat on to the floor and
burned his right hand and side consid-
erably. The lead pipe in the gas meter,
which set just under where the wires
enter the room, was melted of. Pow
ers says lightniugs in his line, but he
don't want to see any more of it lying
around loose.
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po11oR cousr.-Judse Good having

POLICE CouRr.-Judge Good having
gone on trip to Oakland, the morning
services at the Police Court yesterday
were conducted by Hannibal Forbes,
Eco, who cleaned of the brief docket
with promptness and dispatch. I'd n5G-5
William Castor, on Saturday night
last, made the neighborhood near Wash.
ington Mill, where he has a chateau,
quite lively. 1t is said that when Billy
is about half full he is, the champion
swearist Of the Eighth ward. The
oaths fly from his lips like sparks from
hot iron under the blacksmith's ham
mer. For disturbing the peace he was
fined $40 and costs or twenty days.
William Gardner came into Court
looking bad. Billy is stranger, and
not used to our benzine. Knowing
whisky to be his enemy, he put on bis
war-paint and made an attack on. old
Whisk. He got Slowed, as matter Of
course. He was laid out in state on a
butchers block in the Second ward
market, from whence he was attended
to that calaboose from which no galoot
escapes, by an officer. One dollar and
costs was the price Of it all. Billy
begged like whitehead, but it was no
90. The ears Of Justice had stuffing
in them (igurative), and in default
Billy engageth in the study of that ia,
vorite science, geology, although he is a
Gardner.
Milton Stout, half grown boy, was
arrested for shooting stones from that
dangerous plaything called by the boys
"nigger shooter" Milton was stand
ing on the farther end Of the Suspension
bridge, on Thursday night, shooting
stones down at the people as they left
the circus, when he was made prisoner
by officer Richardson. He was fined 5
and costs which was paid
Now that the raid on these dangerous
and abominable playthings has been
commenced, we trust it will be kept up,
and every boy having one in his pos
session taken into custody. The amount
OF damage done with these "pigger
shooters" is incalculable There are
but few homes, in some localities but
show the effects OF them in broken win
dows. Go for them, sergeants.
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GIVEN AwAY.-Ice Cream, Soda
Water and other goods given away to
parties buying one pound Of fine French
Candies worth 20 cents, for 60 cents, or
one pound of plain Candies mixed,
worth 40 cents, for 80 cents, in fancy
boxes, with gift order in each box
varying from one glass of soda water to
one gallon of ice cream or other goods
to the amount at my store, till further
notice. G. A. SwARTz.
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A RAID Enthusiastically morning,
about o'clock, the police made a raid
on a house Of ill-fame, known as "the
farm, situated on the hill near the basin
and captured the keeper of the bagnio,
Caroline Zellers, aad an inmate named
Alice Dixon. Mrs. Zellers was COM
mitted to jail until o clock, P NJ. when
she was taken before Squire Gillespy,
to answer charge ofkeeping house
of ill-fame. The Dixon girl was re-
leased on bail and Immediately left the
city. The hearing in Mrs Zellers' case
resulted in her being held in the sum
of 5000 to answer before the Circuit
Court.
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ARE You SICK or afflicted in any wayi
If so, 90 to your nearest druggist and
purchase q bottle OF Frazier's Vegeta,
BILE California Herb Bitters, and after
trying them, if you are not satisfied,
your money will be promptly refunded
BY returning the medicine. Ask for
the California Herb Bitters, and do not
be imposed upon by the druggist re-
commenting some other in case he does
not have the kind asked Cor. Smiths,
Sinclair x Co., wholesale agents, Wheel
ing. West Virginia. ......
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How THEY DO IT.-Give away gold
and silver coins, greenbacks, and gold
and silver watches, in packages of con-
fectionery, is mystery that cannot be
explained only by Mr.. H. T. Foxwell
proprietor Of the new confectionery
store, al Main street, opposite Union
street. Each package contains half
pound Of fine mixed French CONNECTION.
cry, besides present in each one guar
anteed. There will be two gold watch,
es among the presents to be given
away to-day, worth 1925 and $50. Give
us a call and be convinced that these
are facts. II. T. FoxwELL d Co.,
Proprietors.
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Card from the Health Omeer.
CRY HEALTH OFFICE, !
August q, 1871,


Mr., EDITOR lin your issue of this
morning you allude to the exaggerated
and alarming reports which have OBJ
tanned circulation concerning the preya-
lence Of smallpox in Wheeling. am
most happy to assure you that even
your small estimate Of the number OF
cases in existence (fve) greatly exceeds
the truth. All told, there are up to this
hours o'clock P. M,-but three cases
Of unmistakable smallpox in the city
two Of these varioloid, the other tol.
erably severe form of the disease in a
child who had not been vaccinated. On
the discovery OF these cases the most
extreme measures were at once adopted
to prevent the spread Of the disease.
Every man, woman and child in the
neighborhood has been .7accinated; all
unnecessary communication with the
sick and their families has been prohib-
tied; and having taken these precau,
tons there is really, I think, but little
danger OF the spread of the disease. 1t
should be remembered, however, by all
classes of our people, that smallpox ls
just now. in every direction, unu-
sually prevalent: and, particularly, that
New York, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
have been and are still severely scourged
by the disease When these facts are
considered, and along with them the
other fact also that Wheeling is
in daily and extensive business
communication with the above named
cities, the reasonable wonder is that we
have not had already scores Of cases OF
smallpox in our midst.
The ordinance concerning contagious
diseases makes it the duty Of every ply
stefan having charge of case Of small
pox or varioloid, forthwith to cause
notice of the fact to be given to the
Health Officer. II any physician fail
so to do, he shall forfeit and pay to the
city not less than twenty nor more than
fifty dollars for every such offense. The
great preventive of smallpox is vaccln-
alton and re-vaccination; and if this
were compulsory every fresh importation
of the disease could be Immediately
stamped out. Parents should see to
this matter and suffer none of their
children to escape vaccination.
Yours. respectfully,
JAMES E. REEVES, NJ. D.
City Health Officer.