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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-01

From the Rural New forKer.l
Since the great fire in Boston. inter
ested persons have been showing up the
amount of wool burned, until they have
shown it to be apparently OF little con-
sequence-only few million pounds.
They try to make the amount imported
appear a great tbiugr yet these articles
make slight impression on the holder.
All knew that there were burned from
niue to twelve million pounds.
Then the cotton and cotton goods
together with the woolep goods
burned at the same time,
will make it equivalent to so million
mounds. Every wool buyer knows that
for the year Of 1871 the American clip
fell short about oue>third; they also
know that the clip of 1872 is still short
of that: thev also Know that the clip
for 1873 will be still less; and while the
Eastern dealer has been sending out
letters Ito be shown to the growers re-
ouestipg their agents to send on all they
have bought 20 that they can "close
mn" these writer's we'll know they have
none to send, and that they can buy but
little more until they advance the price.
Again, we read an account Of the
wool vet uusold-more cldp.trapi Most
of the wool growers have sold their
wool. Many sheep have been on the
market, and it is surprising how scarce
sheep are becoping. In looking around
I know manv flocks formerly containing
from 20 to so each now cold off or re-
duced to and 10 each; focks formerly
containing from Is to 200; j find
reduced to 25 to 100 each; those con-
tanning from 25O to 500 now have from
$50 tn 800 each, and several Of the 500
and 600 flocks l know have been sold
off entire. on account Of. disease, etc.
As far as am acquainted, I know OF
none increased. Gentlemen, ride around
among the farmers. and You will find
ample proof Of these statements; and;
further, you viii find most Of the wool
now held will be carried over, unless
the price is advanced
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r,re-Proof BuiIdfngs.

Hiram Powers, the well known
American sculptor, has written letter
from Florence. Italy, on the subject OF
,ire-proof buildings. Having the
highest opinion of the ability and skill
of his countrymen, be thinks they still
have much to learn in that direction.
To be fre>proot in our own buildings,
he saws, our neighbors houses must
also be fire-proof, and this calls
for municipal laws regulating the
material and the construction OF build;
ings. This is what should be required !:
First, the abandonment Of all wood
floors; second, the floors to be made OF
bricks, thus sealing down all ventils-
ton in case OF FIRE; third stairs to be
metallic, or of stone; fourth, the rafters
of the root, like the posts OF the floors,
TO be all bricked over before putting on
the states or tiles. Mr. Powers closes
his letter with this paragraph:
"But, it may be asked, will not Jolsts
and rafters take fire? Yes they will,
and often do take FIRE here in Florence.
But with q floon Of bricks laid with
mortar upon them the fire department
need not hurry tosuch a fire; hours,
indeed, might elapse before they reached
it. l have known an instance OF nearly
two days bueDing OF q joist,. just
Under q fireplace, and yet the beam
was not burned ca. only deeply charred.
The fire cannot get through the bricks.
but it would soon find ts way through
a wood floor, and then with ventilation
it would soon reach the Sarret. 10
short, the whole building weuld .be'in
. flames within halt an hour Brick
floors do not prevent hres, but th'y pre-.
vent conhagrations. No city Can be
burnt with brick floors, nor bss q house
. been burnt within the city Of Florencs
during my residence here Of thirty>n''
ysarS"
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BOSTON.
Arrest OF q Murderer,

BosroN, December 3l.-In the Mu-
nicipal court to-day, Patrick Callahan
alias Peter Callehan was held 20 await
the appearance of Philadelphia officers,
who have been looking for him since
September, 1870, on the charge OF muir
deripe a man named Peddy, at that
time. Callahan was arrested in Will
mington.
A large number Of the, members OF
the Legislature, who are to begin their
lsbors at the State House tomorrow,
are in town ard the offices and reading
rooms OF the hotels are full OF familiar
faces.
The Spinal Meningitis
which prevailed so extensively last
spring in many stables Of this city and
caused such fatality, has lately broken
ont in the Metropolitan Horse Railroad
stables They Rave ten horses sick,
and although using every precaution BY
disinfectipg the stables. the disease ap
pears to be spreading.
The steamer Siberia.
from Liverpool, December II, arrived
to-day. She reports heavy seas but
sustained no damage. On the 2O.h
inst. she experienced . terrific gale
She briugs>ons hundred and atty pas
esnssrs and valuable cargo.
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atheeliae Reeister.

THROUGH the courtesy OF Mr.. MORGAN
manager Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Compsny's office in this city, we
have received a copy Of the Journal y
the TELEGRAPH, containing an ed''of'a'
review OF Postmaster Generai OREs'
wills recent report Mr.. CREswELL'
tor some reason best known to himself,
il a most persistent and ipdefatigable
advocate OF. the Postal Telegraph Sys-
tenn" the main points Of which are
that the Federal Government shall as
sume control Of the telegraph business
JUS, az it now has o. the msils, and
manage the transmission OF telegraphic
m.ssages between private individuals
mat a. it does the carrying of letters
between friends. There are many
objections to the plap, one OF the
principal ones being that 1t
would enable government officers
to exercise a system OF esplon-
age over the acts AMI opinions of citi-
xens that. is hateful to free people;
and another is that it would be an un-
necessary assumption and monopoly by
the government Of business that be-
longs properly to properly to private
citizens and corporations. The United
States government might with equal
propriety absorb the chartered rights OF
the railroad or express companies or
engage in aov other business that has
been generally considered as belonging
to the field Of private enterprise.
The Journal Of the Telegraph exhibits
very iorcibly the errors into which the
Postmaster General has fallen, and
overwhelmingly demonstrates his mis-
representation Of facts. Indeed, we
have seldom seen more crushing re-
joinder than the Journal makes to- the
false statistics that were paraded in the
Postmaster Generals report. 1t is dem
oustratei that he vas wrong IN every
thing. The whole scheme has an un-
pleasant odor about it and the sooner it
ia abandoned the better.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-01

FAIRMoNr STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
The December report of this school
says that during the year ending June
25, 1873, sixty.two pupils were enrolled
in the Normal Department on State &C
count. Fonr OF these graduated during
the fall session, commencing Septem-
Der 8, 1872. Seventy Normal students
have been enrolled as cadets on State
account. These represent nearly every
part OF the State. There are connected
with the school nine teachers. The
Normal school is entirely separate from
the collegiate and model schools and
has the entire services of the Normal
teachers. Six teachers are paid by the
local board and three by the State
Board. About eighty OF the under
graduates OF the school have taught
more or less in our free schools. Fifty
nine cadets are in attendance atthls
time. Thirty three are now engaged IN
teaching in various free schools. The
present class numbers about thirty who
are candidates tor graduation. Good
board can be had at s. 90 to $3.50 per
week. The entire new building, SO.by
50 feet and four stories high, will soon
be occupied by the school. A musical
department is being organized with all
needful furnishings. The female col.
lege and classical departments afford
ali the advantages claimed by kindred
institutions. The last session OF twenty
weeks will begin February 9TH. Let aIl
who wish to attend be present at that
time or as soon after as possible. .
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WE are indebted to Me.srs CLAYTON,
REMsEN i HAFFELFINGER, the enterpris'
ing Philadelphia publishers, for copy
OF Rev. DR.. SroRKs life of MARTIN
LUTHER. 1t is elegantly bound and
handsomely illustrated, and is very
fascinating biography Of the great re-
former. For sale by J. D. STANTON,
corner OF Market and Monroe.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-01
PHILADELPHIA.
Dead

PHILADELPHIA, December 3l.-John
4. Brown, of the frm Of Brown Broth
ers 4 Co.. .,bsDkers and brokers, disd IN
this city this morning.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-01
M z DlcAl.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

>uve. beapy PSN
~ coptain no mer.
h curry or mineral
- whatever. Much
se ,ious 8 ckness snd suffering 10 preyented
by their timely use, and every Amty'
should have them on hano-Or taeu 20.
lection and relief, when required. Long
and suresi OF all the PILLS with which NE
market abounds. BY their occasional u1A
the blood Is purified. the corrupuons q the
system expelled. distractions removed, ana
the whole machinery OF lie reHtnred % ~
healthy activity. Internal oryAna wnice
by AYERS PILLS, and stimulated tnio &C.
tion. Thus lncipient disease is changed INTO
health, the value OF which chAn9et Wnen
reckoned on the vast muitituden VINO en-
Joy II, can hardly be computed. Their su-
gar coating makes them pleasant TO TAKE,
any length OF time, 10 THAI they are evet
fresh, aud perfectly reliable. Although
searching, they are mild. aud operate with
out disturbance to the constitution, or diet.
or occupation.
Full directions are given on the Wrapper
10 each box, how to Use them ~ fAmily
PlTvsic, and for the following complains
which these pills rapidly cure:
For DYSPEPSIA. OF INDIGESTION, DdsrLuo-
SESs, LASGUoR and Loss or AfrKrfrk
they should be taken moderately 70 ssimu-
the stomach and restore its healthy toos
and action.
For LIVER COMPLAINT and its vartses
symptoms, BILIOUS HEADACHE, BLK
HEADACHE, JAuSpIcE or GREEN sioxs
SESs, BILIOUS COLO and BILiocs fE'
VARS, they should he iudlcioosiy taken
for each case, To correct tho disoasod
action, remove the distractions which
cause IL.
For DYsrSrERY or DiARRHRA, but one
mild dose II generally requiI cd. o.
For kHkUMArIsA, IioUr, 4kAvkf. PAk
PIrATIon OF THE HART, PAlS - the
SIDE, BACK ana LolSs, they should 10 Ia
ken continuously. IN reQnired,. 10 chAngs
the disea >ed action Oi the system. Win
such change those complaints disappear.
FOR DRoIsY and DRoPsICALSWELLiS
they should be taken In large and frequent
doses To proiuce the elect of . draslc
purge.
For SuPPREssroS, q large dos should b
taken, as II produces tho desired enect ~
sympathy.
Asa DiSSER PILL, take one or two pills
Ia promote digestion aud relieve the stom-
ach. ~
An occasional dose stimulates the stoin-
ach and bowels, restores the appetite,
and invigoTates the system, Hence IL 10
often advantageous where no serious de
rangement exists. one who feos tolcrably
makes him feel decidedly better, iron their
cleansing and renovsung effect on the d..
gestiye organs.
Prepared by DIR. J. Z. AVER a 60,
practical Chemists,
LOWELL. MAss-, ,UA.A.
Sold by all Druggists eyerywhere.
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FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
nev,es Committed.

LospoS, December 81 1.-The Mayor.
to-day, fully committed Robert Bo"lss,
the dsfaultils American banker Tor
Rial. Ea&EAr. =
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BUFFALO,.
Death Of Geo. W. Fargo.

Death Of Geo. W. FafEo.
BUFFALO, n. Y, December 3l-Geo.
W. Fargo died at his home, in this
city, last night, through an overdose OF
laudanum. Mr. Fargo leaves q wife,
but no children. He WAS thirty years
of age, and a son of NJ. G. Fargo, OF
Wells. FARGO & Co.
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Notice i'm Bankruptcy.
TN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF

4
/ Wheeling. in Assumpsit
John Roemer and, Joseph A. Bell. part
ners doing business as John Roemer 4 Co.,
Is. TheodOre brueckner and LOUIS +. Salter-
bach, partners, doing business as Brueckner
& -alterbach.
The attachment In this cause having been
returned execu'e ed, and neither OF the de-
frndants having been served with a copy
Thereof, nor with process in this suit and II
appearing from an affidavit filed herein
that said defendants are non-re 'idents OF
the State OF " est Virginia, the said defend
ants are hereby required 10 appear within
one month after the date OF the first pubi-
cation ot this order, as required by Chapter
IA Of the Cole OF West Virginia, and do
what is necessary to protect their interests
The oblec OF this suit Is To recover from
the defendants the sum Of three hundred
and eighty-nine dollars and sixty eight
cents, with interest T. ON the I'd day of 30
w smber, ISL, aud to subject the property
attached TO The payment thereof.
A Copy. ieste:
DANA T.. HUBBARD. Clerk.
TAYLOR & BARR, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
decl2-Oawt
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Ayers
Cherry PectoraI,
For Disease Of the Throat and Lungs
such as Coughs Colds, Whoop-
ing Cough, Bronchitis. Asth.
ma and Consumption. -

Among the grse
discoveries Of mod
ern sciencc,f 10 -
Of more real vai%
10 mankind than
this efiectual RENE
dy for all diseases
Of the Throat and
Lungs A vast trial
OF LIS virtues thU
out this and otheg
:ou cSu,In nt,rnis,t, ,n.,t, .aas.' >
Htifely and e(in6l a.
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aIIy control them. The Rsiimony Of our
best citizens, OF all classes, establishes thvA
fact, that CHERRY PICTORIAL VIII and doO Z
relieve and cure the afflictcd dlsorder 81
the Throat and Lungs beyond any other
medicine. The most dangerous ahection9
and cases OF CONSUMPTION. cured hf
tins preparation, are publicly Known, -
remar kable as hardly To be believed, Wcfe !,
they not proven beyond dispute. ASS REM
.1y II is adequate. on which the pubic may
rely Tor full protection. By curing COUoH1
the foreTunnerH OF more serious dlsease, u
saves unnumbeTed lives, and an amount OF
suffering not 10 be computed. IL Challenges 4
trial, and conyIncas .ne most skepticAl.
Every family should keep II on hand -
protection against the early and. unper-
ceived attack OF Pulmonary AHectIous
which are easily met st nrst. but which -
come incuraDle, and 20 often fatal. 10 neg.
lected. Tender lungs needs this defsnss,
and II IL unwiss To De without It. A. q sale
guard tO children, amid the distreyeng dis
essfs which be--ei the Throat and Chest o.
childhood, CHERRY PICTORIAL h invplo /.
able: for, by its timely use, multitude41f4
rescued from premature graves, ard eeved
TO the lOye,anu affection centsfed On thep.
II acts speedily and surely agaiDat erdinayy
colds, SECURING sound and heAlth sst0f1Qg,
sleep. No one will suffer HoblesOfhe INs .
FLUESZA and painful BkOHCHffi1
when they know how eaxiiy they can ~
cured. s'r
Originally the product Of long, iassorioas
and successful chemical Investigation, no
cost or Toll In spared In making every bottle
he confidently relied upon ~ posseNtng al
the virtues II has ever exhibited, and caps-
bic Of producing cures ~ Lnefnorsbts - ths
greatest IL has ever effected.
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The work Of clearing away the ruins
Of the Centre street fire is progressing
slowly. No bodies were recovered to
day. The funeral of Jane Stuart, one
Of the victims of the fire. took place to.
day. The services were very impressive.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-01-30

velopment has scarcely yet commenced,
1 want to lend my aid, feeble as it is, to
the future greatness of my county. can
stand at the place where the poor woman
earned her coarse bread by turning the
crank of my fathers hand-mill, and at
one view see hills containing iron ore
which is worth more than all the proper
ty on the duplicate Of Jackson county
to-day. Skimming around the tail of the
ore has been the principal source of
wealth which has lifted the people of our
county from the poverty of the days of
coon skins, moccasins. ginseng, hominy
mortars and hand mills. If the develop
ment of the one ten thousandth part of
our coal and ore has so lifted our people
out of their poverty, shall we say it is
enough, and put our hands into our
pockets, and be content2 God forbid
Men and brethrenl Let US vote to-
day for the railroad. We will never re-
gret it. but will speak of it with pride
and satisfaction hereafter.
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THE LAST WORDS!

We have endeavored to conduct this
railroad campaign in good feeling We
have said nothing either in public or pri-
yate, that we desired to have wound the
feelings of any man. We honestly be-
lieve that we should carry the vote by as
large a majority as possible. We are
fully persuaded that if our one hundred
thousand dollars goes into the construc-
ton of the road, every man, woman and
child will be benefited thereby, and not
one will be injured. But if a majority
of the voters, or more than one-third of
them, shall think differently, all right.
There has been good deal of figuring
and statistics during this railroad talk,
and we believe these figures have all been
made too low If the measure carries,
the first year that payment is made,
$1,000 of the principal. and $4,000 inter
est, being the interest on the whole $780,.
900. will have to be paid. This will be
$4,000 Now, any school-boy knews
that the interest on S., 900 at per cent,
is $40O So that S4O0 will be deducted
from the interest each year, as each
$1,000 is paid. The last year, when only
$1,000 has been running, only $400 of in
terest will have to be paid. You will at
once see that the amount to be raised in
each year is lessened by the sum of $40O.
Now we believe that 30 miles of such a
road as this will be, will be placed upon
the duplicate at $4,000 per mile, or
$S50.0O0 as taxable property. This will
not, perhaps, be taxable until the third
year. But when placed upon the dupli-
cate, it will yield in taxes, Sc, 900. No
one will dispute that the number of fur
haces will be doubled in FIVE years. Then
there will be other improvements. The
city of Dayton alone will send a vast
amount of money into this county for
coal That the increased wealth of the
county, caused by the construction of
the road, will pay taxes enough within
the first FIVE years to meet the annual
payments to be made, both of principal
and interest, no careful man will doubt.
Then for the other fifteen years. this in
creased and rapidly increasing wealth
will greatly more than meet our obliga.
tions, and the surplus can be used in
making branch roads into every part OF
our county, either railroads or turnpikes
or most likely both. The fact, which
can be demonstrated beyond all doubt
that every man or woman who pays tax
-es. will make money by having the road
built, is why shrewd business men, who
own large amounts of property, and whc
pay the heaviest taxes, are the men whe
are most enthusiastic FOR voting for the
tax - ra st-- ..-s... Hs er-
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JUSTICE.

Until within the past ten years, we
were conscientiously opposed to capital
punishment. Our opinion upon this
question has been radically changed.
Murder has become so common inthis
country, and especially in New York
City, that it can only be checked bv
stringing up the murderers, either under
the law or under the necessity of the
case, by a vigilance committee or mob.
A short time ago a rufian saw police
man going along the street, when he re-
marked that he would Fix him." lie
then stole up behind him and struck him
down and murdered him. This murder
GUS brute was convicted, and for a wonder
was hung. Application was made to Gov.
Hoffman of New York to extend the
time, as the murderer desired time for
preparation; but the Governor made the
sensible reply that he had always noticed
that murderers took no pains to give
their victims time for preparation, and
the law must take its course. When this
terrified that he tainted. The gallows is
the only thing that can terrify and deter
this class from the crime of murder.
Stokes, who murdered Fisk, will in all
probability be hung on the last day of
this month. He is a respectable and
wealthy villain.
A year ago last May a man named
Avery D. Putnam was travelling in a street
car in Few York City, and two women of
his acquaintance were with him. At one
of the doors was low, vulgar, brutal
looking man named Foster. He had the
door partly open, and was gazing in an
insolent and insulting manner at the
younger of the two women. Mr.Putnam
went to the door and quietly shut it.
Foster pushed it open, and continued
his insulting conduct. Mr.. Putnam
pushed the door shut again, and Foster
again pushed it open. At the first point
where the cars stopped, Mr.. Putnam and
the two women got off. Foster caught up
an Iron hook used on the cars, got off and
slipped up behind Putnam, struck him
terrible blow on the back of the head
with the iron hook, crushing his skull.
Foster was tried and convicted. His
time was extended, and only last week
the Court above refused him another
trial, and he is sentenced to be hung
March 7th. Some of the papers, and
among them the Cincinnati Chronicle,
contend that this hellish brute did not
commit murder, and ought not to be
hung. If men as inoffensive as Avery D.
Putnam are to have no legal protection,
then we hope to see all murderers treated
like wild beasts, and hunted down and
shot on sight as was the murderer of
President Lincoln.
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Truthful James" I"
To The Editor Of the Standard:

To the Editor Of the Standard:
Mr.. Harbarger will find the following
n sufficient answer to his series of imper-
tinent questions, which appeared in the
STANDARD of last week They are gratu-
itously submitted for his careful consid-
Grafton, in hope that they may direct his
attention to little needful information,
more important to him than any query
he has hitherto raised Let him COM
pare them Seriatim.
l. Who hired the lecturers for the two
previous Institutes?
2 Who paid man 500 for similar SER
vices two years ago?
s. How much urging did it require to
secure your performance, with the same
degree of promptness with which you re-
sponded to your appointment? How
many letters, short of infnity, would a
committee be compelled to write, in or
der to secure a corps of unpaid lecturers :?
+ How does he get an order for his
pay as school teacher?
D. Did a written notice bring him to
time?
e. Who thought the bill for 800 last
year for the same work too muchP
Z. Did the Society empower the COM
mittee to compel home teachers to lee
ture for nothing?
q Can the gentleman find the differ
ence between the amount charged and
the blll for IL books at an average price
of $l.55?
y Has one-half that discount ever been
allowed to any teacher at the bookstore?
~. Was not the entertainment on
CHRISTMAS evening billed in lieu of the
address of the Prince of unpaid lecturers,
who answered his invitation to crate
freely with II can not, and we must sub
mt gracefully to the inevitable%
II. Does the gentleman know that tho
law under under which the funds in said