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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22
Hunah for the Penitentirv!

WE HAVE On HAND AND FOR SALE
w Four Hundred Thousand good mer-
charitable Brick, which we will deliver ut
the depot, or any place in the town of
Moundsvillc, at the rate of 500 per thou
sand.
Also Fifty Thousand Paving Brick
SD per thousand.
Also Ten good Two Horse Farm Wagons,
which we will sell at prices ranging from
SO TO $50.
Also Ten first class Two Horse Spring
Wagons. finished in good style, al prices
ranging from sl20 to $50.
Also Two Two-Seated, Light Granger
Wagons, for two horses, finished In the
highest style ofthe art which will BE- sold
for $50 per wagon.
Also full line of from first class IL com
mon Household Furniture, which we will
sell at Cincinnati wholesale prices.
Also on hand constantly, large supply
OF BrOgup Boots and shoes, at the lowest
market prices, and are prepared To make
To order, from the best obtainable import
ed stock, Gcntlemen's Boots, Shoes and
Caters, In the latest style and at prices
that cannot br reached by any other cs-
Enlistment in the state.
All Of the above named work Is warrant
ted 10 be- made OF the best material and in
n workmanlike manner.
WM. l.. BRIDGES,
sepl9t To superintendent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22
The Bar.room Remedy TOR all al

The Bar-rO0m Remedy for all all
ments is Rum BitteIs, surcharged with
Fusel Oil, a deadly element, rendered more
active by the pungent astringentS with
which IL Is combined. II your stomach Is
weak and liver or bowels disordered,
strengthen and regulate them with Vine
gar Bitters, purely Vegetable Alternative
and Aperient, free from alcohol and capa-
BILE OF inflsing new vitality into your eX-
hauSted system. ..r.. sepl6 b
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22
AYERS
ARILL

Is widely known
aS one ofthe most
eilrctual remr-
dies ever diScoy-
cred for cleans
ing the system
and p.u rifyin g
the blood. II has
stood the test OF
Years. with q con-
stantly growing
reputation based
on It's intrinsic
virtues and sus-
sustained by its
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22
THE WEEKLY REGISTER

Is the largest and altogether the most
complete news and family paper printed in
West Virginia. 1t will be sent to any ad-
dress one year for 500. Valuable premi-
ums to club agents and to subscribers.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22
IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
WHEELING.

I. IL. w.,
W.
ThOs Mccormick, trustee OF In ChanCcry.
David +. schwartz.
The undersigned. Commissioner Of said
Court, hereby gives notice that in pursur-
ancr Of decree made and entered III the
above entitled cause by said Court, on the
18th day Of september, A. D., 1874, he will,
al his Office on the northeast corner Of
Chapline and Twelfth streets, In the city
Of Wheeling, West Virginia. on IN" lHh
day Of November, 1874, commencing NJ 10
O'Clock, IA. M, proceed 70 ascertain and re-
port,
First. What assets have come into the
hands OF the said Trustee, Thomas McCOr-
mick.
secondly. What assets. II any, belong to
the said trust uncOllected, their character
and condition.
Thirdly What liens there are, IL any,
upon the said trust fund.
Fourthly. What debts are due from the
said trust fund, and their respective priort-
ties. IL any.
FifthIy. Any other matter deemed per-
tinent by any Of the creditors Of the said
David r. Schwartz, or any OF the parties In
Interest.
And notice IS hereby given To all the
creditors Of David +. schwartz. and ~ all
persons interested in said trust. that they
;tFr required to present and prove their
claims before me, on or before the 18th day
~ November, 1914, Al my Office Aforesaid,
in the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. q
l.. :. JORDAN,
Commissioner OF said Court.
DAvKsPORT 4 DoyENER,
soils for Com plainant. Oc2lOawt
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22
FOR SALE,
Trustees Sale.

SolCs
DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF Tpr.,.
ID made by Robert B. Wood. IN SSI
Trustee, bearing date the 3Oth day ~ AZ, ~
uary, 1866, and recorded in Deed b., an
so, page 80, Of the land records 81 40.
county, / will on SATURDAY, The c Stt
day OF October, 1874, at the fron, t'Vh
OF the Court House OF Ohio cor uoo'
at 10 o'clock a. NJ, offer for SsIa
public auction, the following
scribel real estate, lying about AZ NE De-
north of the city OF Wheeling, on ii r. milo
side of the Ohio river, being part n, a., a.
:. Z. Woods home farm, having A fror, "r
the east side of the county road and hn "a
ing thereon b poles and extending La.L
eastward 100 poles; containing pig. acr,s =,
land, covering and including lOt, acr.' Y,
coal. Also strip.of land 10 feet widr sr.
about 10 rods long, running nom the ,on,I
western corner OF said tract OF land to -.
river, being the north half OF a priy.,s
road.
Terms of sale, onc-third cash and ~.
balance in six and twelve mon h. seem
by deed OF trust
$. BRADY. Trustee
J. &. HERvET, Auctioneer.
Al the same time will be Offered ior ,sl.
ll0is acres OF coal lying immediately hsrE
OF the above described tract OF land
au26-rb ROBERT Il. WOOuS
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-22

THE Chicago Tribune is just now en-
gagged in writing the history of some OF
the West Virginia Insurance Companies,
1t says, however, that they are "reaping
a golden harvest in Chicago.
The New York herald., 1874-08-10
A PEDESTRIAN TOUR.

Two Sons OF President Grant and other
Young Gentlemen Doing the Alleghen-
les On Foot-A Walk OF Two Hundred
Miles-Description OF the Journey.
PrTrsBURG, August Z, 1874.
This afternoon there arrived in Pittsburg Ulysses
Grant, Jr.. and Jesse Grant, sons OF the President,
Lieutenant Harry Otis and and son OF Thomas
Murphy, exCoiector OF the port OF New York.
The young gentlemen were on a pedestrian tour,
having walked all the way from Huntingdon, Pa, q
distance OF two hundred miles, and the manner in
which they footed the distance entities them to the
rank OF first class pedestrians. They were unen-
numbered by baggage, having mad their trunks ex-
pressed to this city from Huntingdon retaining just
snf1cent to dll a moderate sized satche. On their
OF their journey without a mOrsel OF Ood from Its
commencement owing to the mountain roads
traversed and the consequent scarcity Of farm
houses. The next and subsequent days OF their
journey they got over u great deal OF ground with
out feeling much iatgued, and on their arrival at
tais CITY expressed themselves as being able to ac-
complish the distance again IN much less time
than on the first OCCASION They were
VERY DROWN AND DUSTY,
but, nevertheless. very Jolly. and thought the
grandeur o. the scenery OF the Allegheny Noun
tains M Is, SURPRISINGLY beautiful amply repayinR them
Alter change OF clothing and rest OF some hours
here, they boarded the cars tor Washington, Pa,
for the purpose OF visiting Mr. Smith a nephew OF
Presldent Grant, who resides at this place. Here
GRAND COON HUNT
is to take place next week. in which the distin-
ggished party will participate.
ulysses, Jr, is IN the twentieth year OF his age
anu recently graduated from Harvard University
Lieutenant Otis graduated from West Point last
fall. Murphy and Jesse are the youngest OF the
pedestrians but on this long journey proved them
selves to De much tougher Than their older COM
paniOnS
The New York herald., 1874-08-10

interest. Pangbourne. the great resort Of
Anglers and artists; Maple Durham, celebrated
py rope a. the residence OF Theresa and
martnd Blount; Caversham. where Charles
the FIRST was defeated and imprisoned: Shiniake
10 whose church Alfred Tennyson was married.
neney' r,any' wnere the great regatta annually takes
place; Medmenham, IN whose abbey Sir Francis
Eastwood ana his sham Cistercian monks Of whom
John wilkes was one. carried ON their orgies in
the middle oi the last century. having for their
quite acting up to 1t; Bisham, which was gwen
by Henry VIII. 10 Anne of Cieves; Great Mar
low. where Shelley lived and wrote his "Reyos
OF lslam," and Dropmore. with its marvellous
pleasure grounds, which are 900 acres In extent
THE COST
OF boat for such an excursion as this would NOT
be above three or four pounds, and the riverside
inns are comfortable, clean and cheap There Is
no better way for stranger to make himself well
acquaintedi with the beauties OF English scenery.
The New York herald., 1874-08-10
SEASIDE AND COUNTRY.

Mrs. A. G. Jerome and family are at Islip.
Cape May is failure; the hotels not near full
The Old Guard will rendezvous at Long Branch.
Colonel F. A. Conkling and family are at Lake
George.
Mr.. J. w. Harper and family are at Martha's
Vineyard.
A. T. Stewards Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga
is to be enlarged.
The Green Mountains OF Vermont are being ex.
tenslvely climbed.
General Elijah Ward and family will spend this
month at Newport. e.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Dudley Field have gone to
The ocean House, Long Branch. is having heavy
lists of arrivals daily.
The Saratoga season Is becoming more and more
profitable to hotel men.
Governor Hendricks was last week at the vir-
gna White sulphur Springs.
Baron Schwarz-Senborn with 60 to the Ocean
House, Newport. In few days.
The ''grasshopper wakn has succeeded the "Bos.
ton dip" at the seaside and springs.
Jay Gould Is at the Memphremagog House, New.
port Vt, with his family. Edwards Pierrepont Is
also there.
Loring Andrews of Chicago, AMI Richard Wood
and family. OF New York, are at Lake Luzerne War
rem county.
priced fashionable resorts have settled In Long
Island towns. Indeed, Long Island, we may say
Is alive with city folk.
correspondent OF the Boston Journal reports
summer travel In the White Mountains very light
so far. The Profile House, Franconia Mountains
alone appears to be prosperous
On Saturday evening musical and dramatic
entertainment was given at the Pavilion, New
Brighton, by the Ninth Regiment Band and
attaches Of the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
The railway companies are gradually burrowing
into the White Mountains and reducing stage
travel 1t is believed that next season the roads
will extend clear through Crawford's Notch to the
Twin Mountain connection.
writer In the Boston Transcript from the Sar-
anac Lake region, New YORK, says:-"I have stood
with one foot each side a little pool and drank
from water which on the right hand, to the south,
nowed to the hudson River and the Atlantic
Ocean, at New York city, and on the opposite side
lent It's waters to the Ausa5e River and the Gulf
OF St. Lawrence. For picturesque beauty and
sylvan l0veness there Is no region to compare
with this great wilderness. To the sportsman 1t
has been paradise, anu to the tourist 1t is des-
tined to be au unIailing source Of enjoyment and
heath-restoring peasure.n
The New York herald., 1874-08-10
THRIFTY AGITATION.
IFrOm the World-I

Alawyer named Hodnott, In Washington, who,
during the District investigation, sided with the
lahoring men and held public meetings and issued
one edition OF newspaper In their benalf has
secured from them an agreement TO pay MIN for
MS services twenty nve per cent Of the amount
que Dy the Board or Public WORKS lt Is estimated
there is due this class OF necesstous creators
$225,000 II the Commission allow him to colIecs
his perc entage he WIN make 100000.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14
STEAM ON CANALS.

To the EditOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: You published in The TRIBUNE Of the
7th inst long letter from william Baxter TO the New
York Chamber Of Commerce which has my Endorsement
as respects the canals but 1t is great pity that such
good should be couded with much egotisn and
se3hness for, had it not been to advertise what his
boat could do, the suggestions he makes (Which are
nothing but what every canal man knows Is waned),
foar would not have been made. do not care how
much he adyertises himself and blows his trumpet
long ne keeps by facts
Engineer Greene in his report to the Commission for
1871 estimates the power necessary to prope! canal
boat with at 2ShOrse power and every engineer
OF any note will admit that he is not far from the mark
Yet Mt Baxter has the audacity to state TO the world
that he has propelled canalboat loaded with 300 tons
per hour with some 10 or IL horse power
least, this 10 what his statements amount 10. MI.
Greene says figured up that his engines at the trial
trip working at 23Orse power, which Is doubtless
this, at 80 pounds coal per horse power per
hour tan exceedingly and unusually low esuhaeJ,
would cause consumption OF about lsOO pounds coal
instead of $50, as stated by Mr.. Baxter Ihat small
engine board canalbOat can 80 far surpass the re-
suits attained by the best ocean stcamerSds ne states
is simply pepOstorOus He forgot ~ state that MS plan
is unsultrd to the Present boats,
Nejr- YOrk, Feb. 3, 1874. A STEAM CANALER'
THE following the report Of Engineer Greene as TO
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14
SAFE STREET STEAMERS.
TO me Editor Of The Trtoune.
LEX

TO me EutIOT or Ihe
SIR: In your account of the freless loco
motive Jan H. there unfair comparison Of 1t with
all other steamers to safety AS the earliest and most
constant advocate Of street steamers, feel In duty
bound to dispute the implication that the boilers Of
steamers Of this class necessarily dangerous Sew
eral were made years that could not do harm If
they were burst. Maceron got upon his steam car
riage with two OF his children, tied down the safety
valve and drove the fire until the boiler burst and
no harm was dOne except 10 the ruptured part; and
others were sometimes rupured without attracting no.
tee until the carriage stopped for want OF seam Those
boilers can be built now at less cost than then because
topwelded tubes have been invented since then, and
cheaper and better than the rveted or buttweded
tubes then used and If have no better designs
we attain perfect safety by adopting those old ones
eoncede that the common boilers now in use for steam
hFe engines and rail cars, dangerous, and likely to
XII people II they burst but ID is unfair 10 speak as
such boers must necessarily be used. The principle Of
safety well agreed upon years ago. Is TO use multi
tude OF small boilers grouped together connected by
small pipes each member of the group having in IL
little power that 1t cannot do harm in case OF bursting
and II made thick enough TO endure against rust so
pressure that would slip the wheels On this prncipe
street steamer can be made much safer than horse
and perfectly safe against explosion.
But the hreess locomotive has in one yessel mower
enough 10 run whole Trip OF some miles; and punch
from an omnibus pole may start a ryet and beoin
rent. aud an explosion may instantly follow with de.
structve effects prOpOrtiOned to the power nm store
The pow in the small boiler will prOpel its car but n
few rods that In the freless boiler viii prope its car
several miles and rust, JOtng. collision In time
cause rupture. consider that this great reservoir of
power is dangerous TO De used Ia streets aud that
there no danger at all in the boilers have referred
| to. j. X, FISHER.
1 Mem York Ian. "a
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14

To the EdltOr or The TrtObBe.
SIR: Your correspondent, Mr.. McWatters has
hit the nail on the head his letter which appears your
know the exact nature OF this work which many
charitable institutions and individuals engaged: and
particularly with reference the food and free dinners
which distributed III many quarters OF the city
during the day. As Mr.. McWatters truly says, there
appears be scarcely i'll 10 which flesh Is heir that is
net provided for by some organization in this city The
difficulty bring together into focus the various
branches into which the administration OF charity has
ramhed and to systematze the whole without interfer
ing with any The Bureau OF Charity was created for
this among other Objects and II 1t receives sufficient
support from the public and from the other institutions
dependent the support given 10 them by the public
IL will do this work eectually The Committee did not
In the work OF obtaining information from the
different charities in NewYOrk until they had commu
nlcated with Police Department. See THE TRIBUNE
Of Jan ST. They ascertaned that the Police Board had
not sufficient force TO engage In tue WORK or compiling
classification OF the charitable Institutions as suggested
I'm the resolution OF the Board of Charities and COrrec
ton July 20, ls73 1t Is stated that upward OF llOO
have been addressed by this Bureau
to the Executive Officers, clergy and osteDsbe mana
gers Of the religious, benevolent and charitable nsttu
lions and societies. but II appears that the returns 30
far are very incomplete and barely number 100 alto
geher For complete 10 Is obvious that accurate
without delay and that full and accurate answers should
be made TO the questions forwarded from the ooe IL
cannot often repeated that the Bureau was not
Intended raise distribute dispense renef
i'm any FORM but to collect and duse information
10 render benevoence effective for its purpose This,
tenn among the charitable institutions would probably
be sufficient TO tax the efficiency OF the Bureau this
Winter. Yours, NIGlLAss
Nee York, Feu. l, 1874
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14
INDIAN COMMISSIONER SMITH.
> EditOr Of The Trfbuns,

z
SIR: Will you let me ask your attention TO
the case OF IudIan Commissioner smith, L have the
strongest belief his integrity Mr.. Rice whom be-
lieve have inspired Mr. Welsh, is man who justly or
unustly accused OF being engaged in plumber
ing the Indians his own nook. He was undoubtedly
given to understand that the investigation would DO
made pretty thorough; hence he declined 10 take part
In it. suppose that his operations member Of tho
Minnesota Indian Ring, would hardly bear the light Mr.
Welsh is his brotherinaw, and is not am told man
Of much weight in Philadelphia That Smith has not
corrupty profted by any transactions with the Indians,
have the best reasons for believing. His family havo
lived ever since knew them in the frugal manner.
vet he has very badly cramped the last by
two small mortgages "A house which he bought for
$1,000 before he was made Indian agent This fact
impaired By him, but came TO me IN an incidental
way. II be is bad man don't care how severely he ~
punished but 1 am anxious that he should have iaH
play. a. '"
BrOoklYn, Feb. 3, 1874.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14
ERIE RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

70 the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR see by your valuable journal that the
earnings OF the Erie Railway Company FOR the week
ending Jan 81 s7s,367 increase Of s35458
the corresponding week Of 1879 Now with these figures
In your mind, you tell me what reasonable excuse
that Company have for Withholding the wages OF
their employees for two and three months The pay
the line disbursng for work performed
during the month OF December IL is bad enough for the
employees TO be paid only once MONTH but wnen their
grocery and butchers bills obliged for 90 and
days IL Is st more discouragng. Is 10 wonder
that strikes precptated that the otherwise
rebel against these infrngements their rights Wheu
the loan negotiating England is successfully raised.
hoped tins bad feature OF Erie mana cement will be
righted. AN OBSERVER.
Nse- York Feb. Q, 1874.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14
THE NATIONAL WEED on RAILWAY CARS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR Allow me to call the attention of tho
directors the various railroads in our State. tho
Central Hudson River roads especially 10 the most
disgusting and abominabe practice, carried on by tho
brakemen and OF travelling roughs, of splitting
juice and around the stoves In the cars, aud
IN the asles
Can we wonder that European travellers regard Us In
the light Charles Dickens did in his american Notes.
while we remain thus nsensiDle TO our rights and 70
the customs OF decencyl There is smoElngcsr
attached TO every irst-cass train. Now either let
the companies give the conductors power to compel
all fellows to where they belong, or let them
provide spttoOns in every car into which they can
expecorate without keeping their feowpassengers IN
"a continual OF torment The companies look upon
the travelling public class created for their especial
benefit and tyTanniZed ut their pleasure Let
them for once be mercif and for the sake OF the thou
sands OF ladies daily subjected to the above
nuisance let these suggestions be regarded on at least
the firstclass cars. l.. l.. 5.
Nep. York, jan. %, 1874.
New-York tribune., 1874-02-14
A POLICE CHIEFS ACCUSER.

THE CONFESSION OF A THIEF DECLARED To BE FALSE.
Ex-Chief of Police McWiliams of jersey
City was visited Tuesday by TRIBUNE reporter and
questioned concerning the confession purpOrtngt have
been made by Oliver Twist" in Joliet Prison. Ill.,
Mr.. Mcwiams said that the writer Of the "conesson"
was one Matthews" better known as Jack sheppard,
famous jail-breaker,i whose true name Is John Ma
hony and who born and brought gp " jersey City
He had known Mahony since he was a boy, but had
held any conversation with him. BILLY Forrest
er the alleged murderer OF Benjamin Nathan, prisoner
N the same prison. and Forester was close friend Of
Denning who was Convicted OF attempting 10 rob the
First National Bank OF Jersey City. and sentenced to Id
years In Trenton Prison. In this case he himself was
accused but acquitted after two trials Forester
and Denping companions and probably Forester
and Mahony had communicated with each other,
and the latter had told Forester where he came
from, and that he acquainted In Jersey
City. Forester doubtless induced Mahony To
write the confession, thinking It would help
both Denning and a man named strauss Strauss was
arrested for receiving the goods which had been stolen
from Brown 81 Clarks store, and several lndeE
ments were found against HIM. He was found guilty
and sentenced to seven years & no con
fesson states that, taking stolen goods from inc
ferry several persons tried To arrest Joe G when ne
turned on them and fred three shots at MS and
attempted 10 escape, but was e"pt punyt dav
brought before New N.wi,aas ana 'he answer OS 70
this statement affirmed tnat at the time mSntlonsd en- %
he was not Chief OF Police and had nothing 10 90 whst
ever with the Police Department lie p was tneh ~,
private detective employed by the Erie haIway. ns
denied the statement that he received gold watch and
chain and $3.50 from named Gibbons ana Mahony:
as he was never acquainted with them. Mahony knew
him nv seht Tor several years and Mahony had con-
versation with detective about that time and his INC
Wams name is substituted in the confession for that
of the detective. Mr. McWliliams further stated
that he was searching for Mahony night and day.
tsted nv the NewYork detectives and that the latter
wss driven away from this part OF the country and
made the West the OF his exploits Mahony had
nndoubtedly made the confession IN order 70 DO re-
yenSed Strauss had been well-known as thief for
number of years, and II he was innocent OF the crime
charged against him he would never have peado.
guilty as he did. In conclusion. Mr.. McWllllams sa9
That the writer of the confession JACK sheppafu.
WAS the most criminal and ailoreaker IN .nc
United Statos. He had broken out Of the IomDs fo,sS
HEADQUARTERS la NewYork, Sing sing. bAokNeHs
Island Charestowp Prison. aud several othee piasss