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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

NARROW EscAPE,-ssturdsy evening,
man named Hiram On had a narrow
escape from being killed while getting
on street car at the corner Of Market
and Madison streets. On, 1t Is said, was
under the influence Of liquor, and in at
tempting TO get on board, missed the step
and fell, the wheel Of thecsr passing over
one OF his hands. 1t was badly crushed.
he was taken 10 a surgeons Office and the
wound properly dressed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

NV FALL AND WINTER GooDa-C.
Hes, corner Of Main and Quincy streets,
has Just received the most complete and
choice line Of Foreign and Domestic Cas-.
simeres, Scotch CheviOs, English and
French DhgonAls, Cloths Of all shades.
Vsdngs, Gentlemsn's Furnishing Goods,
&c, that can be found in the city. Also
8 large stock Of German and Fancy
Wooden Knitted JAcketS He does al
work in the best style and guarantees fits
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04
N. cUTMAM q cos.
A REMARKABLE SUICIDE.

A Deliberate and Determined Act
OF SelfsDestTueuon...The Victim
Leaves Two Letters, Giving In.
struetiOns 70 the Coroner and Appel.
ogizIng 10 his Host.
Froa TIE Pittsburgh Gazette, Nova.
Yesterday afternoon there was commit.
ted IN this city one Of the most remarkable
suicides that We have eYer recorded. VII.
liam AArshAll, the victim Of seli.destruc.
ton, was Q pilot, and resided at Wheeling,
West Va. On last Saturday he came 70
the National Hotel, kept by Mr.. NAckey,
on water street, near Smithheld, and re.
manned during the day. BE then paid his
bill and went GW8y. Yesterday morning
he returned 10 the hotel and about four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon he was found
in his room In an insensible condition
from the effects Of an overdose Of lsud-
mum. An hour Afterwards he died. What
WAS most singular about the case was the
two letters he hsd written previous 10
taking the poison. They were written
with lead pencil and enclosed 10 buff en-
yelopes, which were stamped. On one
envelope was written, "For the CoroneT,"
and the letter read Is follows:
PrTTsBUR6H, Oct 81, 1s72-l0AM
HEsSRs CORONER AND JrRY. Gentle
men As ! am satisfied can do no more
good Tor myself nor sDy one else, am de-
termined TO take my exit from this world,
and IN order to assist yo1 in your finding
4 correct verdict will say I have taken
lAudnum. lAmYours respectfully,
WV. MARSHALL.
Of Wheeling, ". Va.
P.S.-Mr. Coroner, il you will have
the goodness 70 mail the letters left in
this room you viii confer 3 great favor.
WV. MARSHALL
The other letter was directed with
ink to The Proprietor Of the National
Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa" and contained
the following:
PITTsBuRsH, Oct 81, 1sT2-sPM.
Mr. MAcEEV-Dear Sir-I am sorry 70
put you 70 80 much inconvenience, but
nv circumstances are 50 that l can't well
resist the fatal act I'm about to commit,
Is horrible IS tits to contemplate self-de-
structiou. l am deliberate and determined.
1hope the Lord viii hsTe mercy on ny
soul. wv. MARSHALL.
AT half past eight O'Clock LAST evening
Coroner West held an inquest upon the
remains, and with the conclusive evidence
the jury was not long in bringing in q yer.
dict in accordance with the above iactS,
The deceased was single man and fifty.
five years Of age. HE'S said TO have been
very sober and industrious.
In all the Coronefs experience he says
he hiss never met with q case similar TO
thiS-where such cool deliberation was
evident Il is said that the deceased spent
July two hours in his room preparing all
the letters, Is he was noticed BY other
occupants Of the house, who saw him
through the window. The other letters
which he hsd written were TO his friends
in Wheeling, and were taken charge Of
By the Coroner, SIS the deceased requested
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

FooT 1SJURED.-Cspt Ed. Hornbrook
had one Of his feet badly hurt, Friday
evening, by a gang plank falling upon it
IS he was experimenting the loading one
OF Ed. Hobbs barges- We saw Capt q.
driving about in his buggy. Saturday, he
having adopted that mode OF locomotion
while one Of his natural locomotors is in
the dry dock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

]. ZEEGESTELDER Is receiving daily By
express Keagle & Geuders celebrated
national brand oysters, the best for family
use ever brought 10 Wheeling. Try q
hAlf-can. No. 4 Odd Fellows ball, Mon.
roe street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

RENovED.-The Office Of the Citizens
Railway company was removed 10 the
room formerly occupied BY the West Viz.
GINA Insurance company, first door south
Of market street entrance 70 the Mcclure
House, Saturday. A good chsnge.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

GREATEST BARsAEs-Ever offered in
this city in Scotch suItiDgs and MohAir
Mixtures. Tocloss out the above goods,
We will sell them al cost for cash, and
guarantee them made superior in style,
workmanship and excellence to any house
In the city. We ask the gentlemen 10
call and give US 4 trial.
Ut. LGKIS & Co,
No. 81 Monroe street
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

NRw SHEET Music, received three
times a week at Sheib's Music Store, Mon.
roe street. Orders received for music NOT
on hand, are forwarded Tuesday, Thur
day and Saturday morning., and are
ready for delivery in four days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

Please Remember-The Best IL
Always the Cheapest.
We are now prepared to IN ORDER. O. pat n
these pumps on short notice, and RuGransee a.
gre 4uAAedon, and would call the attention o!
for it:
ist. It's economy in construction, co-blped
VIZ enr1etlty, makes 1t, for 0aHs1l AITrIes, lhf
cheapest Pump IN use.
a. AZ the stock l. galvanized wrought iron I;
NiH neither crack from the elects Of he tar
nes decay or rust
% The great enemy Of the PUMPS IL no..
Nmeh IN single night often destroys and splitI
NE very best m1tsSiAl And renders pseless IN
me hour Of greatest need.
This Pump Cannot Freeze
Because when the Pump IL not in use the wA,e,
AUS % its level In the chamber, which Il AlE1ys
placed below the freezing point.
4th. FRESHNESS Of water L. 1lEGys injured. A.
ne water comes directly ron the bottom q the
sth. Impure water from deesJsd o. ro,ts,
pump stock ID entirely ohTt8ted
ON, In Construction II Il both simple and dura.
o!e. The handle L. made Of two IroaHht ircr
rods and 20 arranged that while II Il N1h:, ySt
has great strength. The cylinder IN which 81 ;he
work IL performed Il iron, lined With oouoef thf
copper lining prsreN&I nut and makes but Nttle
friction. This iron chamber % not EuhaerTed
oqi plaeed in The well above the 1AteF, and Jet
win work - well under - above he Vateg,
ia. II can b used In Q driven or bored vel
Win NE same ease a. well Of lRrGef 6IGnete.,
IN FOR IL general Gd1phhItity this PNnp d
without z rival The Pump may be PLACID a
your dwelling OF barn, OF GtthIn he SuIldin1.
AID connected With the well, o. spring o. c;hef
ooay o. Natst, any CT one hundred yArds dIs-
amt and VIII work with The sane eIsS g tho9ph
st4nding dtreSuy over tie water,
". II u angie acting and pumps only with
"! tSSedoNn stroke Of the FGadle' and thus ayo!da
ne hSaEI Arrequire In The doahlS acting Panp.
I'VE. BY attaching . short hose, stream nay
e thtoWn any 70 sIxty feet and raSy oIten Sc
osed 70 A4F3ntAGein watering gardens and lawns,
WASHING Windows, cleaning barXies, extinEIish.
tnE Htes, OF eleIAcng water. We recognize the
Aet mat treq1iies more power 70 elevate E1:ef
rom : deep than from . shallow well. Bat a.
NJ - possible 70 obTiGte this dihierliy toF deep
Nens, We manufacture sm8llOr chamber, 20 ika;
while The volume Of water u diminished, Tie
PoSG required e not greatly increased We
claim that b. The eonhInAtion. having all The
a.99yAn3Ses Of atmosphesis pressure IN eonhtl4.
Ioa WIN toree, that the SNLLn PrHP VII
elevate water fFun deep well With lee power
nan any sGo1lEFoG o. pIralv 5oraS pump in exts-
tenee. This Pumps easily adapted 70 supply
WAFER 70 steam mtlls, and foe transferring he
contents OF Vats IN TAnneTies 10 unsurpassed
you want Pump guaranteed 10 EtvO ATS
action. send your order 70 SINCLAIR b HOLr
LlsTKR, Bridgeport, Ohio.
"A Two or Tires AFst-elAss Agents wanted
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

ADMITTED TO CrTlzESsHP-Frsnk
Fisher and Theodore Miller, natives OF
BsvAria, and William Linsley, . native
Of England, were admitted 70 citizenship
in the Circuit Court, Saturday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

SECURE TER SHADOW ERE THE SUB
STANCE FADE"-NoW is q good time 10
secure your SHADOW" The best place
Is, unquestionably, the Partridge Gallery,
III Main Street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

MATRIMoSIAL-During the week end.
ing Friday, 3lst inst, seven marriage Ii.
censes were issued from the Recorderders
Office OF this county.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

ZrEGESTELDER Is still getting up the
incest fried, stewed and broiled oysters
Give him a call at No. 4 Odd Fellows
Hall, Monroe street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

QUITE number Of remarkable cures
have been effected among the citizens Of
this place, By the use OF that Great House
hold Remedy, Pain Cure Oil. All should
Try it For sale BY all druggists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

GEO. R TAYLOR & Co. have received
black Beaver Cloths or superior quality
for LAdieS' CloAks.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04
M. GUTMAN & Co.
CLOTHING
OF TIE
Cheapest and Finest Grades,
N. cUTMAN & COS.

CHAP GOoD&-A large stock Of Wo.
mens,' Misses and Childrens' Shoe Is
per cent cheaper than formerly at L. Y.
Rlnnd'a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

Stop and take box oil ZiegenEelders
celebrated fried oysters to your family.
No. 4 Odd Fellows Hall, Monroe street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

Manufactured BY 3. REID, wheenns, WA
| claim that Il cannot Be ereeIled, lot, In pun.
= and quality; ID, In economy, because Il Il
arm and hard - soon q made and will not ShTink
when exposed % the atmosphere, hke nost
soAps Do. II viii therefore wash half a. rnch
more q the eoaps now IN market u the eAme
price; ID, PoF Perfection In WashinR. You muT
ENsh with pure, clean sosp, OK yo1 cannot have
clean, white clothes 6lS az F6porIGs So6p and
roo will have no more trouble HettinR yoqf
clothes white and t1ultless, and HGArGntee IN
Il will rot lnJu-e the sktH OF the most delicatS
Ia3nee IN ! calm for i IN Advantage oTeT n
others In that Il vii bear leaving IN VStsr M 4
OF 70 hO1rs without inJuhnRit. other soSnS ~
rendered useless BY forgetting them In DC taS
OE basin AfteT astnH. PleaSe enquire Of yn1I
Hroce' for the PHVorte Soap, and Won vIfI ~
convinced that Il Il the best, ''- "
C4uTieE..sRAeh bar Il stamped "KIaSyt' oaG
R S'{i Es., EseoTH Sosp, "GHGetursd BY Z
Manufactured AID sold ct Wholesale BY
soap and Candle HAnufaetQfer.
Al2S WheelInR. " Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

In order 70 reduce my present stock Of
Boots and Shoes will sell them regard
less Of cost from this date. l. V. Blond.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

BLUE and Green Cassimeres and Cloths
for boys wear, can be had at George R.
Taylor & Cos.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

LIGHT AID sHADR--An the Summer
Styles" photographed on short notice, at
the Partridge Gallery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

THE incest and cheapest Stock Of Fur
you can buy at Henry jacobs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

LADIES in want Of Fancy D.ess Goods
will find the latest styles now daily being
received al John ROener & Co.'S, l02
Main street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1879.
New ADVERTISEMENT,

Grant & Wilson.
Steamer Andes.
Beautiful French China.
Anthracite Coal.
Oriental" ~Sunnyside," &c.
Baltimore i Ohio Railroad 20,
List Of Letters.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

1H you want good and heavy Comforts
for little money, go 70 Henry Jacobs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

HESRY JACOBS "a selling his Stock Of
Dress GoodI at New York prices.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04

lust RECEIVED.
q % Coils Manila Rope.
10 lba. FlAx Irvine ASSORTED.
Coils TAITed Yam.
tWlhs. Hemp THtne.
No. % Main street
So1e CHAs. q, BERRY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-04
Books Stationery, &C.
New Books!
AT THE CITY BOOK STORE.

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08
Opium.

Forcible remarks have recently
been made ON the increase of the use
Of opium in the United States. These
comments on . habit which, 1t IL
asserted, has become very prevalent,
have been supported by the compare
son of the statistics of the importation
Of this drug during corresponding
portions of the year 1870 and 1871.
These figures necessarily convey inn
perfect information on the subject,
but q recent report Of the Bureau Of
Statistics gives q summary statement
of the importatiOns Of opium and ex-
tracts of opium during the last two
fiscal years. From this report it, ap-
pears that during the twelve months
ending June 30, 1870. there were inn
ported into the United States 4, 073, :
IA ounces Of opium, worth 81, 766, SOS
in gold, and that during the year
ending June 80, 1871, there were im-
ported {, 042, 936 ounces, worth 81, 9S,-
9l5, making an increase Of twenty.
four per cent. in quantity and eight
per cent. in value. According to the
above figures, opium in 1870 was
worth, at the customhouse, about
seventy cents per pound, and in 1871
about sixty-One cents . pound, . de-
crease in price Of thirteen per cent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08

The series Of experiments which
have been going on for some three
months, at the Laclede mills, St.
Louis, for the purpose Of testing the
utility of petroleum for fuel, are re-
sulting more satisfactorily as they
progress. 1t has been found in every
way the best fuel for pudding yet en-
ployed-in convenience, economy
and efficiency, and beyond all the SUI
periOr quality of the iron produced.
The parties who are making these
experiments are men of experience
and scientific attainments, who are
now ready to claim that they can
make iron with petroleum fuel equal
in all respects to the best charcoal,
and that they can convert the ordin-
airy pig into qualities as good as the
best Low Moor or Sligo. ....
The tests have been made In every
manner which the nature of the case
suggests, and the iron produced put
to the usual tests to prove Its tensile
strength and power to suspend weight,
as well 10 by being rolled into the
thinnest Of sheets, like paper, and the
performance and results are regarded
entirely satisfactory. 1t also leaves
less SCRAP" and positively produces
q larger yield Of metal from given
quantity of ore. There can be nothing
further desired, and the problem SO
long in hand may be considered
sOlved.-Ans. AessV.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08
Ivory In Alaska.

Upon every stream in Alaska that
courses its way to the ocean are be-
ing found vast quantities of fossil
ivory; the low lands and lakes are
filled with tusks and bones of ele-
plants Of an age long past and race,
zoologically speaking, long since ex-
tinct. The ivory is not found in
isolated localities or masses, but over
almost the entire country from the
mountains to the ocean, and in such
abundant quantities that ship loads
of it are being collected and sent to
the markets of the world. Upon the
Yukon river there are such great
amounts to be collected that there
are now o large number Of persons
engaged In collecting the same, and
they are receiving large compensation
for their labor. In these localities
are also found some of the most ex-
tensive beds of the finest quality of
bituminous coal yet opened on the
continent, and in them the remains
Of fora and sylvia entirely tropical
i'm its recognized forms. These facts
seem to point to an age when our
coolest regions were once the homes
of the fauna aud fora of truly warm
latitude not les intense than that
now Mt the equator.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08

In this phase OF the proCess the
wheat is almost white, and can read
lily be crushed between the fingers.
Inc last operation IL to reduce IL to
dough. This Is done by passing it
between rollers similar to those OF q
chocolate NALL. It then loses about
one fifth of the water 1t had absorbed.
and is reduced In weight TO about las
kilogrammes. 20 ,ls., I7f,gnss 81 ~
The paste thus obtained only re-,
quires the addition of yeast and the
ordinary routine Of the bakehouse, to
become good wholesome bread. r
II the bread Is as nutritive, the gain
In this mode of bread making il very
great, as 145 kilogrammes can be pro-,
duced from a quantity Of wheat from
which, ut present, we only obtain
1O8-ll0 kilogrammes. The question
deserves most thorough investigation,
as Its results point to very great re-
duction in the price Of the most
largely consumed Of our food stuffs.
The extreme simplicity of the means
by which SO great and so important
result Is said to be obtained is ex-
ceedingly likely to provoke Opposi-
ton and, indeed, incredulity. IL will
perhaps be said: How IL il possible,
with 80 many able experiments, 90
many skilled workmen, and thought
full chemists, during 50 many CEN
turtles, that 50 simple . process has
been overlooked and has not long ago
been adopted, II it had any real value?
But, on the other hand, such rehec-
tiOns do not authorize the. curt dis
missal, Of 50 important q subject, ~ .
mere chimera. In France the in
ventor is supported by the testimony
Of NM. Parville, Payen, Barral, etc,
Long trial, and most careful analy-
sis, can alone decide on the merits of
this new discovery; but il, a. we
hope, it is really sound, its benefits
will be reaped by millions.-Les
MO0QG8. f- III .T .rs-f>
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08
President Monroe and the Wailles.

If Mr.. Monroe did not share the
peculiar tastes of Marshall, Henry,
and Tyler, it is presumable that he
was more than suspected of the love
of good eating which characterizes
every true Virginian, as may be in
ferred from the following remarkable
occurrence. On his return from abroad
with his beautiful bride, he tarried
for q number of days in the capital
of his native State, and while there
was entertained magnificently by the
hOspitable citizens of that place. BY
far the finest entertainment given
him was at the house of a very
wealthy, highly-oonnected, and &C.
centric lady. The fashion, the intel
ligence, the refinement, the beauty,
and the chivalry of Richmond, then
in her palmiest days, were gathered
in the ample parlors. Under the
blazing wax-lights in the chandela-
bras moved q throng Of danes and
demoiselles respondent in diamonds,
laces, silks, and feathers. In due
time came the hour for supper, and
presently q number Of servants en-
tered, bringing with them quantity
of small tables, which were distributed
about the rooms. Chairs also were
not wanting, with plates, etc. This
proceeding excited some comment.
But what was the amazement of the
whole company when the fat negro
cook belonging to the eccentric lady
walked in, holding before her an i'm
mense tray of batter, while behind
her came q negro boy with t,co or
three pairs of Old. fashioned, long
hdndied toa6ae-irOns! Nothing abash-
ed by that goodly company, the old
cooked walked straight up to the fire.
place, in which o fine wood fire was
burning, and then and there proceed
ed to make her waffies with dex-
terity, quickness, and perfection
which some other Virginia cooks
might have equaled, but none can
ever hope to surpass. They were
served "hot and hot" with superb
butter and other appropriate accom-
paniments, and enjoyed intensely by
all present, but by no one more than
Mr.. Monroe. The lady of the house
confessed that the proceeding was
rather odd. "But," said she, 81
knew Mr.. MonrOe-poor man =
hadn't had any waffies fit to eat since
he left Virginia, and l determined
he should have some. And what ac-
count are waffles if they are not hot?
and what's the use Of eating if you
can't sit down and eat comfortably
like . Christian. '-Fr0n Our Month";
" Gossip. in the March number Of
Lippincott's Adgaztne.