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General News.


CHICAGO. Oct l5.-Thc second annual
session of the womeu's Suffrage congress
commenced to-day. Mrs. NJ 4. Livermore
OF Boston. president of the association
occupied the chair. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, lst vice president. Miss Alice 4 d.
Fletcher. secretary and Mrs. Geo. Ioif-
man. treasurer OF the association, occu-
pied seats upon the platform. and among
the distinguished women present were
Mrs. +. II. Churchill of New York, Mrs..
d.. Mary Stafford Blake Of Boston, Mrs.
Caroline Soule and others.
The list of subjects TO be discussed were
read, the drst being the gener Al subject of
finance embracing these points:
what monetary enterprises can wo-
men safely undertake?
What new element can women bring
into the field Of finance?
The part of women in finance for the
good or III of the country.
Mrs. Howe read the first paper on III.
general subject, taking ground that wo-
men should aspire 10 educate themselves
10 occupy any position in the bushes,
world held by man; that they should be-
come bankers. brokers etc.
Mis-. Caroliuc >oulc. Mrs {. X Churchill
and Mrs. l.lycrmorc also spoke Oh the sub
ject, taking similar grounds
The congress will BE- IN session three
days.
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.nd thsa bsg,a 70 lay ses' es''
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, December l7.-Flour-Dull
with all sales on privave terms. Wheat
Dull and unsettled; No. l spring 90lc;
No. = SS3@S7tc spot; sc seller Janu-
ary; S9tc seller February; No. 3 s2!c; re-
jected nominal. CONFIRM for old
No. = mixed old 77tc cash; 72ic seller
May; dull for new No. = mixed at 66sc
spot; 66Ic seller January. OatS-Duli
and lower; No. SIC cash; 52ic seller
january; lejectcd 4GG i6!c. Rye-De-
mand fair and market firm; No. l 95sc.
Barlcy-Dull and unsettled; No. 81 ~
cash; 81 u seller January; No. 3 81 o.
al II. Dressed Hogs-Stcady ut 81 ~
(as OO. Pork-Active and unsettled;
closed at Sl9 % spot; Sl9 80 seller Feb
ruary; Sl9 S5 seller March. Lard
Steady and in moderate demand at $500
spot; $l3 40al3 4j seller February.
Bulk Mcats-Demand air and market
firm and unchanged. Whisky-Stcady
and in moderate demand at sc. On
the call of the board in the afternoon
Wheat closed steady and in moderate
demand at SS!c seller January. Corn
Dull but unchanged. Pork-Steady and
in moderate demand at $40 % bid spot;
sales atSl9 45Ml9 Az seller February.
Lard-Dcmand fair and market firm at
Sl3 90 bid spot; sales at Sl3 81! seller
February.
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the amendment of the Senator from
Indiana The duty of Congress wus
prescribed by the Constitution of the
United States, which provided that Con-
gress should have exclusive control ever
the District of Columbia. When Congress
said there should be no suffrage in the
district; it would not deprive any man of
any right guaranteed him by the constl-
tuition. Congress has the same authority
over the district that it had over Fort
Monroe or Fort Hamilton, and would 1t
be contended that there could be any au-
thoritv within any of these forts in
hostility to the federal government.
1t never was intended that the
seat of federal government should
be at the power of any municipality.
The people of this district are not the
only persons interested in it. The gov
ernment itself is the largest property
holder here, and had right to protect It's
own property.
Pending discussion, the Senate after
executive session adjourned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
New York Market.

NEW YORK. December. l7.-CottOn-
Quiet at 4smlilc. Flour-Dull;
receipts l2,0O0 barrels; supcriine
western and state 81 0o"l 80; common
to good - 1j(G5 Is; good to choice 50 OO
M5 90; white wheat extra - G0tdG m;
st. Louis IS O0dS 90; extra Ohio - G6Ca
80. Whcat-Quirt; receipts $4,000
bushels; No. spring II lIdl %; No.
do 81 O5Ctl o.; amber 81 2jtn,l 81.
Ryc-Quct at 92@ 95c. Barley and
Malt -Dull. Curn-Dull and declined;
receipts $1,000 bushels; mixed western
old in store 93c; new do Ssld9llc. Oats
Dull and lower; mixed western G7m
69c. Hay, Hops and Groccrirs-Qui"t
and unchanged. Pctrolcum-Quirt; re-
fined at II! !c; crude jic. Egg,-Stcady
at 2Sm,2gc. Turpcntinc-Firmcr ut 35l
"a 3Gc. Pork-Dull at $1,000. Beef
Quiet. Cut Mcats-Quct; middlrs un-
changed at l0s@lO!c. Lard-ActiyC
aud tirmer at l3sc. Butter-Without
change. Chccsc-Unchangcd. Whisky
"A shade easier at 81 Of. Clover Seed
Firm mt Zoe.
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liant is withheld, the organ, like the sys-
TEN, gradually relapses into more tor
pid, or sluggish and weakened condition
than before. What then is wanted?
Medicines which, while they cause the
bile to flow freely from the liver, Us that
organ is toned into action, will not over.
work and thus debilitate it, but will,
when their use is discontinued, leave the
liver strengthened and healthy. Such
remedies are found in DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets.
AZURE OF LIVER DISEASE.
RusK, Ten, May 10, 1873.
DR.. r. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, ". J.:
DEAR SIR-My wife, last year at this
time, Was confined 10 her bed with
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best doctors TO see her, and he gave her
up to die, when ] came upon some Of
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commenced giving it. She then weighed
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WILLIAM MEAZEL.
PROM THE NOTED SCOUT, "BUFFALo BILL.
HOLLAND HOUSE, RoCKFoRD, ILL.,,
April ~, 1874.
Dr.. Il. j. PIERCE Bwddio. " T.;
DEAR SIR have now taken four
bottles Of your Golden Medical Dscoy-
cry in connection with your Pellets, and
must say that nothing ! have ever taken
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| feel like "A new man. Thanks 10 Your
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ence of so many of our best citizens,
many of whom entered an. Opera House
l"Theatre" nowadays is vulgar) for the
first time on those nights: but judging
from the shouts of laughter that arose,
and the pleased and smiling faces carried
home, 1t will be far from the last
We regret to be obliged to express our
astonishment to find in town like ours,
so many Christian families, whose very
clothes smell of the sanctity of church
and home, and whose outward demeanor
and bearing are to outside appearances,
the most Cody, permitting their boys as
their representatives to attend exhibi-
tions of every kind, and by their un-
Cody yells and shrieks, strike terror to
the nervous, annoy and confuse both the
audience and performers, and to the
stranger within our walls, give the i'm.
preston that we are race of semi
barbarians. FAIRMoNT.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

The specie shipments from New York,
yesterday, aggregated $4,000; S95,00U
in gold coin, and the remainder in silver
bars.
The Governing Committee of the
Stock Exchange has decided not to close
the Exchange on the Saturdays follow
ing Christmas and New Years.
Abner Turner, better known as Uncle
Abe, noted turf man, died in Nashville
Wednesday.
The specie in the bank of France has
increased 1921 900 francs during the past
week.
The rate for money at the London
Stock Exchange on Government securi-
ties is 5 per cent.
The foundry and planning mill of +. H.
Jones Il Son, at Vernon, Michigan, was
burned about 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
The roof of the market hall in Augnes
France, fell under the weight of.th snow
Wednesday, and several persons were
killed and injured.
The bullion in the bank of England has
increased E52l 900 during the past week
The proportion of the bank reserved to
liability, which last week was 44s per
cent, is now 45l per cent.
John Clark, engineer of the Harris
burg, Pa, water works, was killed, and a
laborer seriously injured, yesterday, by
the pressure of water forcing of the cap
on the 20-inch main.
About = o'clock yesterday morning,
four masked men rode up - the house OF
a farmer living about twelve miles north
of Clarksville, Jackson county, Arkansas,
shot him; choked his wife; robbed him of
5000, and made good their escape. y
posse of citizens started in pursuit of the
robbers, and were close behind them ut
last accounts.
Hon. j. b. Rice, member of Congress
from the First District of Illinois, and
formerly Mayor Of Chicago, died at Nor
folk Va, yesterday evening, at the resi-
dcnce of his daughter, Mrs. HinchaIl.
The body will be taken to Chicago.
The House Committee on the Condi-
tion of the South met last night. The
Louisiana delegation was present and
urged them to go to New Orleans at an
early day. -<----1-. e. r.. ---.'tr
A half million gold was awarded in
Yew York, yesterday, at from lll.43i
to liza.
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Clause in Reference TO the Excise
Hoard.

He then spoke of the clause in refer
ence to the Excise Board, and sand
that the section was intended 10 in
wade the domain of morals under the
form otlegi.latIon. Vice and immortality
generally followed the track of these
prohipitory laws. The power given to
this Excise Board was unlimited in Re-
gard 10 prescribing regulations under
which liquor licenses could be issued. He
spoke Of the unhappy results which "c-
CURED in the State of Maine from the
attempts TO regulate the liquor trati,c.
He moved to strike out that portion OF
the bill which required every person
tnking out liquor !iccns" to give bond for
faithfully observing the conditions
thereof. and the payment "f
such portion ot the license fee
As ,hall not b. paid in advance, and to
insert in the plac" thereof the provision,
occurrence Of fees tor license to he paid
into the Treasury "f the United State,
in advance" Rejected.
Mr. Morton moved 10 strike out the
clause requiring th" Board Of Comm.--
-lpncT> 10 b1 dlINlNt'A - NH' L i'N.A'uI
by and with the advice and consent Of
the Senate, and insert in lieu Thereof. a
clause requiring the .aji Commissioners
to be elected by the qualified voters Of
th" district.
Pending discussion, Mr.. Edmund from
the Judiciary Committee reported
lavorab!y on the bill to enable IL" "a.
prcme Court Of the District oi Columbia
10 proceed with its jury business. Pa--e,!.
Mr. Bayard opposed the amendment
Of Mr.. Morton TO make the Commi's az =
er, elective, and saiL that the evil under
which this District had suacre.. aas
caused, in the main, BY the exercise Of
suffrage totally unfit for il. He hoped -
see the dsy when the question Of -uf-
frage would H. left where the Trainer,
Of the Constitution intended 1t "a
BIN the hands "f those - be
effected by the right. He wuul!
not vote to bring the curse Of negro suf
frage upon the people Of this District
again. Their interests were far more
secure in the hands Of three honest Com.
missioners, than in the hands Of negro
| voters.
Mr.. Thurman said he was opposed Il
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
NcwYOrk Cattle Market.

New YORK, December lS.-Bccvrs-
Receipts 1870 head, making 5000 for
three days against 2,G3O for the same time
last week. Average quality medium;
ranging poor to premium. Demand
good and market firm at an advance
from Monday of Ic. Very poor to prime
native steers 9@i3!c; with couple of
cars of premium steers, 1850 lbs average
at l4@l4!c; poor to good Texans -
@1Olc. Sheep and Lambs-Reccipt'
ITO head, making 4,SOO head for the
last three days, against 1850 head for TN"
same time last week Demand fair for
prime sheep and Christmas stock, Of
which there is full supply, but dull and
weak for inferior and common; poor 10
prime sheep IC06ic; premium "a
1Ic. Receipts $500 head, max
ing 1850 head for three day, against
49, $50 Tor the same time last week.
Live steady at 7Cr7ic; dressed tirmcr at
sjm 9c for city; Ssc for western.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
GoyERSNESTs-FIrm.

RAILROAD BoSDs-Op"ned strong and
higher and closed firm, with the princi-
PAL tran.aciious in Chicago and North
~c,irrn consolidated gold bond, which
reacted o. ~
STATE BnSI~-QuicL
STocKs-Wca carly in the day; prices
declining Ia! per cent, With the chief
decline IN Pacific Mail A tie day sd-
vanced the market became firm, and
prices rU<e l(1 I per cent, with number
Of sale; If Pscifc Mail seller sixty days
at ia I per cent below the regular way.
The market va weak during the last
hour Of business; closing generally at TIE
lowest point OF the day, with the widest
fluctuations ia Pacific Mail, Wabash
Erie, Northwestern common and Z. q.
&IC. The feature Of the day was 3
decline Of II per cent in Wabash shares,
and per cent in the bonds in the regu-
| lar Hay and even more seller SIXTY days.
| The fall in Wabash il attributed to un.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
Discussion OH the Bureau Of Educa-
tiOn.

When the paragraph was reached
which makes provision for the Bureau OF
Educntion, II motion was made by Mr..
Monroe to increase the clerical force of
the Bureau. and advocated by himself
and McSsrS. lloar and Townsend and "p-
posed by McSsr:. Frye and Cox. Th"
latter avowcd his hostility to the whole
system of burcancy, and declared that MI
those bureaus. which lHd II"
warrant in the Constitution would
hr abolished hv the next Con-
Congress because if the Democratic party
had not the power in the Senate; it had
the power in the House to prevent tn"
passage of laws.
Mr.. Garfield favored the increase pro-
posed by Mr.. Monroe and defended the
Bureau Of Education aS necessary i'll
strunrnt for obtaining and publishing
educational statistics. If the Democratic
party proposed Ia begin its new career OF
power by putting out the eye of the gov
rrnmcnt by destroying the methods ot
obtaining intelligence rs 10 the condition
of the people of the government was to
enter on Il system which build pcniLcn-
tiarics and WAS 10 take no steps to get IN
formation as to whether it was not posi-
be bv better system TO avoid the ncccs-
sity for pcnitcntiuries, then he thought
it was well that they should have timely
notice.
Nr. Willard, of VT, argued against the
Bureau of Education rs an unwarranted
interference with matter which the
people themselves could and did better
take care of and declared that there WAS
no more reason for bureau Of education
or bureau Of agriculture than there was
for bureau of boots and shoes.
Finally Mr.. Monrocs proposition was
rejected.
Mr.. Hereford moved to strike out the
whole system of Capitalization. He re-
fcrred TO Spain rs illustrating that sys-
tenn. by which nation might become
powerful, but by which individuals were
dwarfcd. Rejected.
The committee progressed as far rs
page 6.
Mr.. Dawes introduced IA bill making
provision for the payment Of the sinking
fund. Referred to the Committe" on
Ways and Means.
Adjourned.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
East Liberty Cattle Market.

EAST LIBERTY, December l1.--CattI"
--Rcccipts for to-day 2SJ mead, and for
the week 20 far l,734 head. The supply
is very light, but mostly good TO extra
quality. Market more active than yes
tcrday and buyers and sellers coming
together, with good business done.
Extra choice 50 G0G ! 80; extra 50 2jrI
80; medium to good s. jOa 90; COM
mon to fair 81 OOlota,5 90; stockc"s - 20
m3 20; bulls r., to quality - 55tal 90.
Hogs- Receipts to-day $50 head; for the
week 20 far 1850 head; best Philad"l-
phas s. 4Oa,7 80; stockers 50 GOta5G 80.
Shccp-Rcceipts to-day 700 head, and for
the week so far $500 head; best - jOla
6 90; medium S. OO(a5 80.
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favorable rumors about the next interest
The fall in Wabash and the decline in
Pacific Mail exercised an unfavorable in
Huence on the entire share speculation,
and caused an unsettled feeling. The
transactions aggregated 100000 shares,
of which 900 were Erie, 5000 Lake
Shore, 10000 Northwestern $4,000 Pa
cific Mail, 5000 St. Paul, 1900 Western
Union, 25,0O0 Wabash, and 1000 Union
Pacific
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Philadelphia Market.

PHILADELPHIA, December lI.-Petro-
leum-Steady; refined llsci crude Sc.
Clover Sced-S!@9Ic. Flour and Wheat
-Unchar ged. Corn-ln good demand;
white slGEs4c. Oats-ln good demand
white G7mGs.c. Proyl,ions-Qu.oi aud
S,cndv. Me-. P"rk-s2l 80. Lard
I8lG,lIlc. Whisky-sl 0l. Butter
steady and quiet; prime western "%fa 3Ici
choice rolls 3UG, 32r. Chns-sc--Un nchang z
cI; Gne western lji@IGi. Egg
Steady; western 2Jhay@Or.
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WHEELING q LAKE ERIE Il. Il.
Annual Meeting at NOrwaik-Eiec-
,ion Of Oificers-The Present status
,f the Enterprise.

The annual meeting of the officers and
stockholders Of the Wheeling " Lake
Erie Railroad Company, was held at
Norwa!k, o., on Tuesday, December 18th.
The object Of the meeting was to elect
four directors in the place of those whose
term Il office had expired, and also to
-,rnrt a 10 the general condition of the
enterprise and its future prospects. Del
cration> were present from all the prin-
cipsl points on the line and considerable
enthusiasm was manifested.
On motion, Judge HenGry, of San
du,kv. WAS appointed chairman, and
after the reading of several reports by
the secretary. Judge Cochran, the bal
Iotin. for directors commenced. At its
conclusion the officers Of the company for
the following year were declared rs fol-
lows:
Prrsidcut-Jocl Wood, Martins Fer
ryO. 49,,
Srcrc,ary-R II. Cochran, Wheeling,
v. Va
Treasurer Nathan Husscy, Smith
field. q.
Enginccr-A. X. Robinson, Ravcnna,
Ohio.
Directors for three years-N. &. Shen-
nan. NorwaIk, Ohio; \. w. Hendry,
Sandu-ky Ohio; \. Ainsworth, Lodi,
Ohio; l.. VI. Roby. Lecsville, Ohio.
Directors for two ycars-Joel Wood,
Martins Ferry, ONO; Il. Ii. Cochran,
Wheeling, W. Va; Joseph Bell, Wheel
ing ". Va; Simon Bcilcr, Zoar, Ohio;
T. ". Chapman, Ncyarie, Ohio.
Directors for one year-Nathan Hus-
srv. Smthfeld, Ohio; f. ID. Otis, Dalton,
ONO; Cyrus McNcclcy, Hopedalc, Ohio;
&. Lockwood, Milan, Ohio.
The project of opening Il road from the
coal fields through Central Ohio direct
10 the lake has been agitated for several
wears. and the success of that project from
present appearances seems to be assured.
The necessary local subscriptions have
nearly all been provided for and il is now
reported that by the l>t of July, 1876, the
entire line from Wheeling, ". Va, via
Saulu-ky to Toledo, will be- completed
and IN running order. The contract for
building the road has bees let to Mr.
Shlul.y. the builder of the Hoosac tun'
url. and IN h., hands it is safe to presume
iLnt the work will be- pushed to compile
ton with the utmost dispatch. by
the terms "f contract he builds
the road, bridges, Sidc-trackS, drpots
and all other appurtcnanres, and pro-
vide, the same with rolling stock for
$4,000 per mile; being 5000 per mile
cash in hand; $225uO per mile; stock OF
read mot prrtrrrcdJ and SD, 800 per
mile of first mortgage bonds Of road.
Til" bonds of the road have been ne
sotiatrd to Eastern and European capl-
tali';S and nearly twenty miles have been
already completed.
The line of the road running as 1t
does through 50 rich Il country cannot
ta.l 10 be- profitable to stockholders and
Of lasting benefit to the towns and cities
along lis route.-Uereidnd Lcatcr
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TemDerance Petitions.

WASHINGTON, December l7.-Pct!-
tions from the National Temperance
Society, and other temperance organlzn-
tions and churches, representing over
100000 petitioners, were presented IN
the House to-day, asking for
the early passage OF bill to
provide for commission OF inquiry
concerning tho alcoholic liquor traffic,
which passed the Senate last session.
Judge Poland will report a bill from the
Committee on the Judiciary soon after
the holiday recess. and it is quite proba-
BILE that 1t will pass the House.
Katie King SwindIe Exposed.
PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-The
Philadelphia Inquirer of tomorrow Will
contain a full expose of the Katie klnS
swindlc, the facts having been obtained
from the gentleman who unearthed the
fraud. He traced the supposed katI"
to a boarding house, and after long
continued effort persuaded hcr
to confess the deception she had
been practicing, and to produce the
causey dress she wore at the mantestt-
tinus. The letter, with large lot OF
iewelry, &c, that had been presented to
Katie at the seance, induced Robert
Dale Owen and DIR. Child, thr%"
leading Spiritualists of this city, to pub
hcly repudate the swindle.
Railroad Aid Resolved On.
WASHINGTON, December lI.-ii"uSe
Committee on Railways and Canals, TO-
day. by IN almost unanimous vote; agreed
to renort bill recommending the gov
eminent to guarantee the bonds OF the
Washington, CinclnnatL st. LOUIS ana
Chicago railroad.
A Contested Seat.
Samuel Lee, through council, served a
notice of contest on RepreSchta'iN'
Rsinev. of the First district of South
Carolina. claiming he WAS recently elect
cd over Raincy.
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Cincinnati Market.

CINCINYATI, December l7.-Cotton--
Dull at l3:c. Flour, Oats, Rye and
Barley-Uncbangcd. Corn-Steady nt
at 7O;n72c. Wheat-Ensicr at - lOCa
STA Oils-Unchanged. Pork--DulI;
held at SIG 90 .p"t or seller December
sale. ut SO 5Ose!lcr February. Lard
Demand fair and market frm; team l"c
pot; futures dull; kettle steady at lic
Bacon-Scarce and nOminally lower, and
no sales; shoulders 7ic. Green Meat
Dull and lower; shoulder. G"Gici s'de-
9Ca gic; hams lO!@,l0ic; closing AT IN
side. Whisky-firm at &c.