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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25
CoLUMBUs.

COLUMBUS, June 24.-The Supreme
Court today unanimously decided that
the Constitution Of Ohio does not enjOin
or require SAgious instruction or reading
of religious books in the public schools Of
tho State, the Legislature having placed
the management OF the public schools
under the exclusive control OF the
directors, trustees and boards OF ed.
uCatiou. The courts Of the State have no
rightIul authority to interfere by direct.
ing what instruction shall be given, or
what books shall be read therein.
In the Constitutional Convention this
afternoon, proposition to amend the
Constitution so as 10 prohibit the LegislR.
ture from passing any uSury laws was in.
definitely postponed.
Judge Green Of the Common Please
Court to-day decided that so much of the
Sunday ordinance as affixed 10 the penal.
ties for keeping open saloon for the sale
OF spurious liquors on Sunday, Is valid
and 20 much therefore as affixed to the
penalties for keeping open on that day
saloon or other places for the purpose OF
selling Ohio wine, cider, beer, porter, ale,
soda water, confectionery, pastry and for
the sale thereof, Is held 10 be void,
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-Thc Comp.
troller Of Currency has called for a state.
ment Of the condition OF the National
Banks OF the close oi business on Friday,
June 18th.
Five hundred and ninety.eight gaugers
bills for May, under the new schedule Of
fees, show an average earning OF $409 per
day, the gaugers in the cities earning gen.
orally six dollars per day. In the rural
districts their travelling expenses were
paid In addition. There are usually
about 700 bills each month To that many
gaugers. The following gaugers were
appointed to-day: W. 8. Robinson, Filth
Ohio District, and Antoine Damage,
Eighth Illinois District.
The Comptroller Of Currency has de.
clared q dividend Of 4 per cent In favor
OF the creditors OF the Atlantic National
Bank, Of New York, payable July 1st;
also q second dividend to the creditors OF
the First National Bank Of Nevada, Aus.
tin, making in all q dividend of 05 per
cent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25

MONSTER RATA Chicago firm has
undertaken to Cconomize in lumber trans.
pOrtatiOn by rafting across Lake Michi.
gan, and the Chicago Times has the fol-
lowing relative to their first attempt in
this line:
The big raft, which will be ever me
lnorablC in the history OF the Chicago
lumber trade, contains about G0O,0 900 feet
OF clear lumber, besides the savings OF
slabs, outer.pleces, fuel material, etc,
which would have been wasted under the
old method Of importing lumber by yes.
sci or rail. Tho logs will present rather
Al ungainlY appearance, as they have not
been hewn down so as 10 save freight,
this being an unnecessary eXpense when
tho broad bosom oil Lake Michigan can be
used, and the peut.up Utica Of petty
vessel or nlggardly railroad corpora
tion's car have no longer TO be measured
and yielded to. The labor Of hewing has
been saved, and the stuff, coarse as It is
and troublesome as a pile Of II was on the
other side Of Lake Michigan, will make
trst.rate cheap fuel-so that double gain
is at once achieved. In other words, the
dealer has not now TO pay lot Of men ioI
destroying large quantity Of fuel for
which there Is and has been and will con-
Iinue 10 be an excellent market in Ohica-
so, and demand generally greater than
the supply.
Another raft, which will contain nearly
one million feet, will promptly follow No.
!, and the work will continue uninter-
ruptedly until the old iogY lumber dealers
discover that lumber can be sold cheaper
in Chicago than the old iogies can buy it
Tor under the old system.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25
Tobacco WarehoNse Burned,

CINCINNATI, June 24.-The extensive
tobacco warehouse oi Dr.. Thomas, loca.
ted at the southerly outskirts Of CoVing-
ton, Ky, was destroyed by fire this morn.
ing. The flames were discovered at half.
past twelve, when they were confined to
the northern portion Of tho building. The
building being filled with an immense
quantity Of tobacco, loose and in hogs
heads, the flames spread with great Ta-
pidity, and in q few moments the whole
structure was In flames. The entire Gov
ington fire department was called out, but
tho fire had too much ol q start 10 admit
Of saving the building. There were about
100000 pounds Of tobacco in the ware
house, valued at about 1000, on which
there was an insurance Of $40, 900, mostly
in local companies. The building was
valued at $4,000; no insurance.
ClNCINNATI, June A.-The following
Is a llStof tho insurance on Thomas to-
bacco warehouse, which was destroyed
by fire last night: Royal, Liverpool, ST.
900; Imperial, London, $4,000; Frank
lin, Philadelphia, 5000; Enterprise, Gin
cinnati, $1,000; Commercial, Cincinnati
5000; Union and Queen, Baltimore, $5,'
200 each,
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For New England on Wednesday, gen
Tie and fresh nOrtherly TO easterly winds
and cloudy weather Is probable, with
possibly light rain over the southern Dor.
ton. For the Middle States and lower
lake region, gentle to fresh and occasional
brisk winds mostly from the north and
east, generally cloudy weather and rain
areas For the South Atlantic States,
gentle and fresh winds mostly from the
southwest and southeast, partly cloudy
weather and occasional rain areas. For
the upper lake region, winds veer-
ing easterly and southerly, a rising
temperature, and partly cloudy weather
during Wednesday. For the northwest,
falling barometer, fresh and brisk easterly
10 Southerly winds, and probably in.
creasing cloudiness. For the Gulf States
east Of Mississippi, partly cloudy
weather and light 10 fresh winds from
Tennessee, and northward over the Ohio
Valley, partly cloudy weather and oc.
casIonal rain areas.
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s,ewar,,s Home for Women. .

Mr.. A. T. Stewards home for Young
Women, says correspondent ofa West.
ern paper, is all finished except the inter.
ior work. II is located on F ourth aven7e,
between Thirty-second and Thirty.third
streets. It has q frontage OF 1872 feet on
Fourth avenue and OF 205 feet on the other
streets, and covers 1000 square feet In
all. The building Is six stories high, with
q Mansard roof Of pure white In color,
handsome design and admirable con-
struction. The upper stories are from II
TO IA feet In height, which will give space
enough for fresh air. There Is an in.
terror court oil 64xll6 feet, which will be
rendered attractive by a fountain and
other ornRmentation. The motive power
OF the whole ediflce Is steam, which fur
nishes heat, runs the elevators, works the
ventilatiDg fans, &C. The kitchen and
laundry are modelled upon the modern
hotel plans, and the dining-room, which
Is 9Ox92 feet, will be conducted on tho
restaurant plan. There are other large
halls for lectures, concerts, library and
recreations. The larger ones, 16IlS, are
Intended for sisters or companions; the
smaller ones, $40 feet, for one person
only. The object Of the Home is TO fur
nish working.girls with all the convent
ences of hotel, and the protection Of
good associations for the smallest prac-
teal prices. 1t Is believed that good,
wholesome accommodations can thus be
secured for less price than Is paid for
squalid lodging In tenement house. In
furnishing this, Mr.. Stewart has provided
q substantial charity, which will be all
the moro efficient because Il Is not alto
gether gratuitous,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25
An Intelligent Cat.

The man who lives just back oil us,
Chubb, has yellow tom-Oat whose intelli'
gence Is almost human. Chubb's cat pos.
sesscss voice like q TuscOrora Indian,
and when it goes out in tho yard on
moonlight night and meets cot with dif-
ferent views, and reasons with 1t and in
dulgcs In animated conversation and lifts
out handiuls Of fur, you can hear the de-
bate for mile and hall. Chubb used to
be much annoyed by the continual dis
turbsnce, and he would disperse the meet
ing with bullets and other projectiles. But
at last he noticed that his remonstrances
had no effect. The more soap.cups and
boots he fired into the yard the louder his
yellow tom.cat would screech, and when
he would bang away his gun, the cat
would send out a wild, unearthly YoWl
which would wake people within fifteen
squares and set eight or ten thousand dogs
to barking. 1t seemed so queer to Chubb
that his cat always refused to move on
when hit, that he determined one night to
watch It.
Just at dusk he observed the cat drag
about twelve inches Of old stoVepipe out
from under q bush and crawl into It,
Then the cat inserted It's legs through
four holes that had been punched in the
iron, and with its head projecting through
the end, and its body clad In armor, 1t
winked at Chubb, and rambled of to at
tend the mass.meeting, Chubb says now
that he wouldn't take thousand dollars
for that cat; but II VIC do not tunnel under
Chubb's yard some night and blow his
tomcat into eternity with submarine
torpedo, it will be very singular. We ad.
mire ingenuity, but vOcilerouS lomcat
makes us unhappy.-Mdr AdeIer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25

An OLD FLAd.-The veritable old flag
which waved over Fort McHenIy In 1914
when 1t Yas bombarded by the British
forces, and which suggested to Francis
Scott Key, the composing Of one Of our
best national songs, "The Star Spangled
Banner" has been sent to tho Navy Yard
at Boston for repairs. The flag was orig.
inally thirty.six feet long and twenty
four wide, but from usage It has lost some
four feet Of It's length, 1t has fifteen
stripes, and when now, fifteen stars. but
one of the latter was shot away at Fort
McHenry. 1t was not until 1913 that the
law restricting the number ot stripes upon
our flags to thirteen was passed. The
old flag Is In most dilapldated condition
Scarcely q square foot Of It remains in
tact, yet It's numerous rents and dingy ap'
pearGnce are In keeping with its honora'
bic history. Written upon one Of the
white stripes is the name Of Col. George
Armstead, who WHsin command Of our
forces OF the bombardment Of Fort Nc
Henry.
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Convention of the Friends OF TEN.
peTance.

ALBANY, June PA convention Of the
friends OF temperance and Sabbath
schools organized here to day, with II. ].
Groe In the chair. After remarks by dil.
ferent members, In which there was a
very general expression Of dissppoini.
ment as to the course Of the Republican
majority In the late Legislature, the con.
ventlon took q recess until two o'clock.
One hundred and flIty.fve delegates were
present.
Alter recess the Committee on Business
reported resolutions, WHICH declared that
tho license laws ought 10 be abolished;
that the law prohibiting the liquor traffic
ought To be enacted; that the Constitution
should be so amended as TO prohibit the
enactment OF license laws, and That the
temperance people OF the State will use
the best efforts 10 secure these ends.
Resolutions also with regard 10 theveto
by Governor Dix Of the prohibition bill
as direct violation Of the plighted faith oil
the Republican party and unworthy the
Executive head of the State and some
oil the leaders ol tho Republican party
who advised the Gov. 10 veto the local
prohibition bill, and others who we're in
different, Notwithstanding the pledges of
the Republican party, deserve the indig-
nation aud Iebuke OF the Temperance men
of the State for their duplicity and trcach.
cry towards those 10 whom they were in.
debted for their success in the last politi-
cal campaign;
A resolution was also adopted that the
State Temperance Committee be author
lied to call local Convention prior to
the first OF October next, TO complete the
plans Of political action ut the Fall cleo
tion, and that the committee be instructed
in a measure to perfect the most thorough
in the several districts by 10.
cal alliances or conventions or otherwise,
In order TO secure the election Of thor.
oughly reliable friends oil prohibition to
the next Senate and Assembly; and we
also recommend that property pledge be
In the Constitution OF our ALI.
anCe for an assessment in order TO
prosecute all violations oil the present
laws. "A resolution was offered, proposing
aud independent temperance party, which
elicted long debate, but was rejected.
Adjourned sine die,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25
The Process of EmbaImIug.

The Brunctti process for the preserva.
ton Of the dead has recently been pub.
lshed. 1t consists oil several processes /:
/. The circulatory system is cleared
thoroughly out by washing with cold
water ill It issues quite clear from the
body. This may occupy from two to five
hours. 2. Alcohol is injected so as to
abstract as much water as possible. This
occupies about a quarter Of an hour. g.
Ether is then injected to abstract the
iatty matters. This occupies two 10 ten
hours. 4. A strong solution Of tannin Is
then injected. This occupies for imbibl.
tiOn two to ten hours. 5. The body is
then dried in a current Of warm air pass.
cd over heated chloride Of calcium. This
may occupy two to five hours. The body
is then perfectly preserved, and resists
decay. The Italians exhibit specimens
which are as hard as stone, and retain the
shape perfectly, and equal 10 tho best wax
models. A more simple form Of injection,
suited for anatomiCalpurposesI consisted Of
GlycerIne. parts.
S9M sngsE ;o,::T ''''''''''''''.'''"
NltrAte OF potAsh sh.'...."...,.t.........
II is found that after saturation for
some days In this solution the parts be.
come comparatively indestructlble, and
change neither iD size nor figure.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-25
A DEAD WIFE,s GHOST.
Haunting the Husband Who DIsre-
garded his Solemn Vow Never to
Marry Again.

Haunting The huBDauu "uO DlSLeS
gaTded his Solemn Vow Never to
Marry Again.
A German OF good standing up town
lost his wiIc by death about a year ago.
On her death.bed the wife exscted SOL
emn promise from her husband that he
would never marry again. Hc was sin
cere OF the time and fully believed thathe
was willing to remain mourning widow
er the rest Of his days. A few months
ago, however, he began 10 feel warm
affection for lady up town. In due time
he proposed, and was accepted. The
promise to the dead was disregarded in
his affection for the living, and the man
was made sensible ot his broken promise.
His sleep was disturbed and haunted
with unpleasant dreams. Nightmare, or
the Accusing presence Of his spirit vile,
brooded oyer him, until the approach Of
night was TO him the sure coming OF ter
ror. His appetite failed him, he wasted
away In flesh, and his spirits sunk below
zero standard. Sill be persisted In his
inclination to wed, with all these premo-
nitions OF evil staring him In the iace.
The marriage day was settled, and the
man made the necessary prepa'
rations. He ordered from the contectiOn'
cry wedding cake OF size and quality
commensurate with the occasion. The
baker was cogniZaut oi the mans cireum-
stances and warned him against his con.
templaied step but all to no avail. Wed
he would. The baker made the cake.
1t contained the usual quantity Of In
digestion, and was as elegant an article as
could be desired. When 1t was done he
put it carefully away in another room
with q number of other nightmare'pro'
voking cakes, covering It with glass
protector. The door was locked and the
baker retired.
This was Thursday night, and the mar.
riage was TO take place on the day follow.
ing. The man who would marry met his
brotherhood and his friends in the even
Ing, and was married. The cake was sent
Ior. The baker, with professional pride,
opened the locked door and entered for
The cake, when 10 the cake lay strown
about the floor, the glass case was shiv.
cred to pieces-and yet not thing had
entered the room In his absence. The
news added q new ghostly feature TO the
yroom's unhappy surroundings. His su.
Dersticious neiGhbOrs say that the ghost
of the departed signilled her disapproba'
ion OF the second marriage by ruthlessly
destroying the wedding cake, and the
honeymoon Of the determined widoWer
vas turned into gall and bitterness.-L0u'
Soilk Ledger.
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The Sensational In old Times.

Showing that the sensational in matters
Of news was not unknown TO our grand
fathers, and that there may have been un.
trustworthy corresponds even in those
days, the Pail Mall Gazette reprints q
brief but very curious letter, hitherto hid.
den In the records Of the Brunswick fam.
ily, which illustrates the kind of intorma.
ton disseminated among the middle class.
es ia Germany q century ago: After des-
cribing the victory at Zorndorf, won by
Frederick the Great, August 20, 1858, the
writer thus enlarges upon the anthrop-
ophagist habits Of the Russians:
"NeWs has arrived written from Bruins.
wick two days alter the battle) by the
courier, on his way To Brennan, that the
King has utterly beaten the Russians,
after a battle which begun at 2 A. NJ, and
lasted till the evening. Fifteen thousand
of them were lelt upon the field; but very
lew prisoner were taken, except three
Lieutenant Generals, ak Major Generals,
and about sixty field officers, no quarter
being given TO the rank and file, The
King at the outset took standard in his
hand and led the army on, The whole OF
the Russian military chest Is captured,
with million roubles in 1t. Sixty pos
tillions, blowing their horns, reached Ber.
lin yesterday with the glad news. The
enemy's cOmmande.in chief Is cut OF,
and as good as taken. The towns and
villages have been burned In the whole
district that the Russians occupied and
the same thing has been going on during
their retreat, so that the people are ut
terly ruined. The Russian army was
reckoned at seventy thousand or eighty
thousand men, ours at about fifty thou.
sand. Such battle never was; 1t sur.
passes even that OF LIssa. The Russians
had in their knapsacks loins and legs Of
the. children that they fed on. There are
no children left in the district passed
they having been all consumed
by the Russians. The eth of August,
1759"
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An Embryo Raphael.

The Newark AdUertiasT, Of the 18Th,
says. a little fellow, thirteen years Of
age, attracted much attention in different
parts Of the city by drawing chalk
sketches on the sidewalks, and every
where he went crowds Of pople focked
around him, watching his movements
with great interest, and expressing sdmi'
ration for the talent he displayed In the
execution Of his drawings. The best Of
these Is q large picture Of knight, in
full armor, drawn on the sidewalk in
Broad street, Just above Grace Church.
The pose oil the figure Is excellent, and
the expression of the eye very clear and
good, although the different parts Of the
figure are not well proportioned. There
is On unmistakRble indication Of genius
in everything that the young artist does.
1t Is quite amusing to see the little lel-
low work. He seats himself upon the
tagging, and, working diligently at his
picture, pays no attention to the crowd,
except 10 turn round TO them now and
then, as they press upon him too closely,
and say to them in pleading terms, please
to fall back there, please" and then re-
sumes his work, hardly ever glancing up,
except to repeat his request or TO observe
the effect Of his work. At times he will
rise 10 his feet, throw his head back, and
take a step or two backwards, scanning
his sketch with the air of a Raphael or
Titan. Occasionally a mischieVous boy
will rub out part Of the little fellows
work, when tho latter will, without
word Of complaint, Immediately replace 1t.
On finishing sketch, he passes his hat
around and takes up q collection.
He says that his name Is james Carlin,
that he Is thirteen years Of age, q native
oil Liverpool, and Is an orphan. He also
states that he never had any instruction
in drawing, but says that 1t came 10
him like" he writes a fine clear hand,
which he says he acquired in school in
Liverpool. he has been in this country
a yeGr, and Is the same boy who attracted
so much attention In New York by draw.
ing on the side walk in front Of the Sub.
Treasury in Wallstreet. He will remain
in this city about a week. The little tel.
low says that three dollars day is q
good sum for him to make.
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TaE Mnysville (Ky.) Eagle says: "The
late Rev. Dr.. R, J. BKEcKNRrDOE, sr.
remarked a short time before his death
that the reunion of tho Presbyterians
would take place after tho Lord takes me
to Heaven and sends DR.. STUART ROBIN
son back to Ireland This prophecy Is,
nearly fulalled DR.. D. has gone to the
spirit land, and DR., r. has left, oris about
leaving, for ireland, and tho reunion OF the
churches seems to be not far distant. The
late General Assembly at Baltimore made
ovcrtures to the Southern branch Of the
church presaging q union"
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A ReIected L.orer,. Rerenre.

Taking a seat just behind the happy
pair In the church, he racked his brains
for means of revenge, and looked like
seventeen Othellos concentrated in one.
Finally q ghsstly smile crept over his
face, be raised up in his seat, and nGbbed
a large black bug that was crawling on q
pillar hard BY, and gently dropped him
down between his unconscious rivals
shirt collar and neck, and then calmly
leaned back with virtuous and Christian
air Of satisfaction. The bug soon made
his presence felt, and that other fellow
began 10 twist and scratch himself against
the back o! the seat and look uneasy, and
cast unhappy glances at the minister and
affecting ones at tho fair being by his side.
The bug evidently grew more and more
impatient at his imprisonment, and turn
ed himself loose, graphing around with q
recklessness devilishly suggestive OF big
black spiders or scorpions, and that other
fellow could stand It no longer, but, bolt
ing upright, casting one wild, startled
look at the congregation, cleared the
space between him and the door at two
bounds.
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The farmers oil Illinois arc going 10
have Fourth Of July Of their own this
year. They have decided TO set apart
the day for free discussion Of the evils
which oppressed them-rCading, In the
place OF Mr. Jeilerson's document, new
Declaration of Independence which their
Executive Committee has just issued.
'rhe new declaration rCcites ut length the
abuses of the railroad mOnopolies, and
concludes in this way: ave, therefore,
Tue producers of this State, in our several
counties assembled, on this anniversary
of that day that gave birth 10 nation Of
ireemen, and 10 government Of which,
despite the corruption Of its Oillcers, we
Are still SO justly proud, appealing to the
Supreme Judge Of the world for the recli.
tude Of our Intentions, DO sOlemnly declare
that we will use all lawful and peaceable
means to free ourselves from tho tyranny
Of monopoly, And that we will never
cease our GIIorts for reform until every
department Of our government gives
token that the reign Of licentiOus extrava.
gance is over, and something OF the puri-
ty, honesty and frugalty with which our
fathers inRugurated it has taken place,
That 10 this end we declare ourselves ab-
solutely free and independent of all past
political connections, and that We shall
give our suffrage only to such men for
office, IRON the lowest officer in the State
10 the President OF the United States, as
we have good reasons to believe will use
their best endeavors 10 the promotion Of
these endsi and for the support Of this
declaration, with firm reliance in Di.
vine Providence, We mutually pledge to
each other our lives, our fortunes, and our
sacred honor"