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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-11

PROF. RICHARD PROCTOR, tho eminent
English astronomer, whose lectures have
30 greatly pleased and instructed intelli-
gent audiences in all our larger cities,
sailed from New York on Wednesday, on
his return homo. His last lecture in this
country was delivered in New York on
Tuesday evening, and was made notable
by the number Of prominent gentlemen
and eminent scientists who attended 10
bid him good bye. At the close Of the
lecture, the subject OF which was 1.-THE
1naniteS around U.s. DR.. Iraraus Prime
addressed tho audience, expressing the
qualification with the lectures by which
the lecturer had led his audiences with
reverent steps through the sublimest
paths Of the heavenly worlds; and while
he had brought down the suns and stars
that we may study them with him, their
study, with his genius and learning as
our guide, had taught US not to admire
only, but also to adore" The Rev. DR..
Hitchcock and Prof. J. 8. Newberry also
added pleasant words Of appreciation and
Of good wishes ior his safe return home.
Mr.. Proctor responded very warmly to
the addresses, acknowledging the kind.
ness with which he had been received
and the popular appreciation shown Of
his lectures. With regard to the progress
Of science in this country, Mr.. Proctor
said that "in the way in which science Ia
undertaken, the generous way in which
men give their time TO 1t, the ingenuity
with which they endeavor to advance
science, the fresh thoughts they take, and
and the plans they employ-there is in
all this something hopeful to one who
has learned 10 look with regret on the
londness shown on the other side Of the
Atlantic for following old paths and not
trying fresh modes of research"
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EHRAD OF THB wRx1uY:
SAN FRANcIsCo.

FAN FGANorco. April lo-Tbs pom,.
nation nation Of Benz. P, Avery, Miuis,eF 10
China, causes great SatiSisotIo" T, S,~onS "
bis friends 10 this city OH "H0ns
Young Msxy, The surviving victim r,
the Fourth street tragedy, Ia SlIll alive hut NJ
sinking rapidly. lie insists tnat Csld well
shot him and then shot himself But tbe
the shooting.
, A dlspatCh from Santiago says that
Liet. B!ch had attacked the Apache
camp a. Penal Mountain, 10 Arizonla, GRd
killed % warriors and captured about 60
women.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-11

THE Old Dominion Dancing Club, we
understand, also gave one Of their choice
entertainments last evening. From the
sounds Of music and mirth, floating on
the midnight air, We should Judge every.
thing was happiness in that locality.
The Wheeling Blues gave q "masque.
rade" In the hall over the Second Ward
Market House last evening The ambi.
tious door.keeper declined to recognise a
member oi the presS, and tho managers
didn't know us; so we are without our
usual returns. .--.s
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Weather Report.

lWAR DHPARFRRFT,
oPPIoB or THE CHIEF SIGNAI. OTToER.
WASHINGTON, u. G., April i0-8:00lP, X.
PROBABILITIES,
On Saturday over the Eastern and
Middle States, clear weather will prevail
with northwest to west winds in the
former and west to south winds in the
latter.
For the South Atlantic and Gulf
States, clear weather and northwest 10
northeast winds.
For Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and
Ohio Valley, clear or partly cloudy
weather, rising temperature and south 10
west winds
For the Lower Lake region, fresh and
occasionally brisk aud variable winds
mostly from the south, increasing cloudi.
ness and possibly light rain during the
night.
For the Upper Lake region, Louisiana
and Minnesota, partly cloudy weather,
fresh and brisk winds and possibly light
rain or snow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-11

CHICAGO, April 10.-H. B. Myers, at
one time manager Of the Pacific & Allan.
tic Telegraph Office In this city, and more
recently employed as an operator In the
Western Union Office here was found dead
In bed at the Central Hotel this afternoon.
BE was lying on his back with his hands
folded across his breast, and was at first
supposed TO have died natural death,
bnt on moving his body 1t was discovered
he had shot himself In the back OF the
head. the ball entering the brain. Do
mesuc troubles are supposed to have been
the cause Of the suicide.
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A NOVEL WAY OF REDUCING Con.
vULsIoNs.-Dr. Brown.sequsrd, the IA
nous Paris physician, in lecture deliv-
cred in Boston last week, related the case
oI "a very intelligent negro, whose mas
ter was affected with disease oil the spi.
nal chord which produced eonvulsions
in the lower limbs. The most intense
stiffness would manifest itself in the lower
limbs. They were rigid like a bar Of iron
for time, and alter ten minutes Of this
extreme rigidity they began to have vio-
lent jerks. The jerks then disappeared
and the rigidity returned. All day long
the limbs were in this state Of muscular
contraction. His servant, the negro, hav.
ing 10 dress him, found it very difficult to
put on his pantaloons. Ono day he by
chance took hold Of his big toe, and found
as he pulled 1t that tho limbs became
perfectly soft and movable. The con-
vulsions had disappeared altogether. The
negro certainly had natural genius for
science. BE learned the meaning Of the
fact. He learned that whenever he want.
ed TO push his masters psntaloons up he
had only to pull his big toe down. He
succeeded every time. And as the mas
ter found the cessation ot the convulsions
useful at other times besides when he was
dressing, the negro was asked very fire..
quently to act on the big toe in order to
effect It. This TACT Is not q unique one.
l have seen fourteen such cases. Many oI
my medical friends have seen them also
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INDIANAPOLIS, April 10 AT the meet
ing Of the Grange committee this morn.
tng, resolutions were adopted declaring
the call issued yesterday BY portion ol
me members OF that organix zion ior a
farmers convention to be- held In this ci,v
on the 10Th Of June next, was unau .hof.
tzsd BY any action ol the committee OF
The Patrons ol Husbandry, and that The
COMMITTEES now In session 10 for the gen.
eraI q r routine Of work, having no political
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The Proposed Street Improvements
and the Citizens Street Railway
Company.
WHEKLlNuI April 10, 1874.
RdItora OF the IntellIRencer

WHEELING, April 10, 1874.
Editors OF the IntellIgeneer
GERTLRMRN-Ncw that the contem
plated improvement Of the streets 10 be-
Ing discussed through the press, and 1t d
proposed 10 submit 10 the tax payers ol
the city, to vote one hundred thousand
dollars TO be expended principally on the
streets on which the Citizens Railway
Company Is located.
Win You publish for the information OF
the public, section 0 and 10 ol the Char.
ter Of the said Railway Company, passed
by the Legislature ei West Virginia, Jan.
uary 80 1873. which Is as follows:
SECTION 0. Said railway company
shall not alter the grade Of any street over
which the said road passes, without the
consent Of the corporation through which
the eaid street passes having first been
obtained TO the alteration; and the said
railway company shall keep 90 much oi
the said streets in perpetual and good re-.
pair as are used by the said company,
from the distance Of two feet on the out
side Of one rail TO 9 like distance on the
outer side Of the opposite rail Of their said
track, at the proper expense and charge
Of the said compsny. And the said COM
pany shall In no case use locomotive en-
ginea on said road without first obtaining
the consent Of the corporations through
which the said railway passes. ~
SRcTIoN 10. That the corporations
through which said railway passes shall
have power 10 establish such regulations
in said railway as may be requisite lor
the purpose OF paving, repairing, grading
culvettipg and laying gas and water pipes
in and along the streets used by the said
company, and TO prevent distractions
thereon. And the City Of Wheeling
may assess and collect q tax on the cars
used by said company on the streets OF
said city Of sum 10 besgreed on between
the said company and the said city; pro
Vioed, the said sum 80 assessed be not
more than at the rate OF $25 per annum
for each car used on the said streets; and
the town oi South Wheeling may, in like
manner, assess and collect a tax on the
cars run through the streets Of sum not
exceeding the rate Of IS year Tor each
car used on said streets.
EQUAL TAXATION.
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Tho Probabilities as to the Close Of
the Session.


Special Washington Dispatch to the New York
Tribuno)
There Is some talk OF an effort to flx an
early day for the close Of the session.
Leading members believe that 1t will be
possible to adjourn as soon as the middle
Of May, in case the currency question is
definitely settled before the end Of next
week. Nearly month Of solid work re.
mains to be done upon the appropriation
bills, but all the other necessary business
OF the session could be transacted In the
morning hours and in special evening ses.
sions. Experience has shown, however,
that the long session Of Congress rarely
terminates before the intense heats Of
summer make Washington so uncomtort.
able that the members are glad 10 get
away. Efforts are always made by the
old members 10 adjourn in May, but the
new ones, who have just got taste of
the pleasure OF lie at the Capital, insist
upon staying longer. When the sultry
weather comes, and they 1nd that they
have to sit day and night in the breath
less halls, with the sun pouring through
the glass roofs by day, and the gas lights
making q furnace heat BY night, they
wish that they had taken the advice ol
their experienced associates and worked
harder during the winter and spring. In
all probability, June will be well advanced
before an adjournment can be reached,
and unless more industrious disposition
Is speedily shown II will be much later.
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ooDENsDuRo, April lo.-Almon and
Theron Farnsworth and Hslsey Smith,
on trial lor the murder ot Amos Farms
worth In 1879, have been found not
guilty, under inspection Of Judge Brown,
OF Herman, where the alleged murder
was committed. They were acquitted 9
year ago ol the charge.
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the Pennsylvania road gobbled the Cleve.
land & Pittsburgh road a lew years ago,
In which case these bonds will. be con.
verted into guaranteed stock and the In
terest on them thus made doubly sure
But, whatever the fate Of these bonds,
whether eventful or common place,
whether representative Of q great career
as an independent line, or Of an existence
speedily merged into some all absorbing
corporation, 1t is all the same to US now.
In the language Of the old bills Of lading,
"may they have a prosperous voyage and
happy returns"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-11

/. GALVESTON, April 1o.-Frost Is report.
cd as lar south sS Houston last night, and
at many points In Central and Southern
Texas. The extent ot the damage has
not been ascertalned.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, April 1O-There Is no foun-
cation Tor the report telegraphed hence Of
the Conservative and Ultramontape in.
Tigee 10 supplant Blsmark by General
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NEW YORK CITY.
THE STEAMER T1aREss R1p1opEs HRR
ROLLER

THE STEAMER T1aREss HxP1opzs uns
NEW YORK, April 10.-A dispstcb
from St. Johns, N. F., says the steamer
figrese, OF the Polaris expedition, while
seal-fshing exploded her boiler. Two
engineers and twenty Of the crew were
killed. The ship Is under sail for 81.
Johns.
MEETING OF RAILROAD DIRECTORS.
The representatives Of the Panama and
Union Pacific Mail corporations had A
meeting yesterday and outlined their pro.
posed agreement. The Pacific directors
wished the rates Of freight on Tea 10 be
raised 10 the former standard, 5 cents per
pound. This Is opposed by the Pacific
Mail and Panama directors, who think
there Is more money In carrying tea at 4
cents per pound, as by that rate The
traffic will be attracted. There are TO be
still further conferences before any agree
ment is signed.
FOUND GUILTY.
Rev. T. F. Kendrick,: pastor of the
Grand Street Methodist Church. Brook
lyn, on trial for q few days past on The
charge Of nom clerical acts, has been
lpund guiltyby the investigating commit,
Tee OF being under tho influence Of LIQUOR
IN church one evening, and OF condue,
unoecoming a Christian, by approving
OF promiscuous dancing. The iriends q
Mr.. Kendrick characterize the whole
proceedings Of the trial and verdict AZ
part OF conspiracy TO destroy him.
COMMISSIONERS STERN AND Doss TWEED
Commissioner Stern has made replv
TO the allegations that be; was overs,eppire
the powers Of bis office TO mitigate the
punishment Of VIM. Tweed. BE saws
that Tweed might, in the eyes of his BIT.
tereat antagonist, deserve no greater con.
sideration than the meanest cllprit-bur-
glar, highwayman or shoplifIer he ia
certainly entitled 10 no less consideration
Re says Tweed's room Is very little better
than large cell, and that there is no such
thing as muslin or tackle around the walls
10 guard against moisture. The CARPET
spoken OF dissolves itself into couple OF
OLD rags, and the library Is simply shell
with few books on 1t.
RAILROAD TRAIN STOPPED.
Tho Krening Pos! says the train which
lett Vanderbilts Landing, Staten Island,
az o'clock last evening, was stopped
about two miles out by band OF Italians
who tore up the track. Particulars OF
the outrage have not yet been received
save that the robbers secured the cash
box on the train, but were themselves
soon after arrested and are now locked
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COLUMBUS.
woMRNs FonE1aN ursp1ouAnr ,nnrr,.

"UAENB FoAEIdN MISSIONARY G0cIETY,
COLUMBUS, April 10.-At a meeting Of
the Cincinnati branch OF the Women
Foreign Missionary Society o.day the
following officers were elected Presi.
dent. Mrs Bishop Clark; Treasurer, Mrs
". B. Davis; Recording Secretary, Miss
2 A LsthEop; Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs e. =. Doughty and Auditor, Rev, 1.
Hitchcock, all Of Cincinnati. The next
meeting Of the Society will be held In
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BY TELEGRAPH
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT

CBy the Western Union Line.
once Northwest cor Of Main and Monroe sts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-11

A temperance mass meeting was held
THIS evening, which was addressed BY Ia.
dies prominently connected With the cru
sade In various parts oi the State.
SUITS TO BE BROUGHT.
It is reported that the Young Mems
League are preparing 10 enter suits
against prominent liquor dealers under
the AdaIr law,
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An official proclamation Is made by the
President al the ratification Of treaty be.
tween the United States and San Saliva.
dor for the surrender OF criminals. Il is
expressly stated that the extradition shall
NOT apply to any crime or offence OF DO.
lltical character. The treaty is TO con.
tinue for ten years.
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HOUSE.

A motion to lay on the table the motion
10 reconsider the currency vote Of yester-
day was rejected by the casting vote Of
the Speaker. Yeas 1875; nays 1875. A vote
is now being taken on reconsideriug the
vote poslp0nipg the currency bill.
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o, 8, COURT IN Utah.

The House Judiciary Committee TO.
DAY heard District Attorney Carey, Of
Salt Lake City, in advocacy ol action
6y Congress which shall give the United
States Court In Utah proper and exclu-
siVc Jurisdiction OF criminal offences, and
thus provide for the suppression Of po.
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The House Committee on Foreign Re-
lations TO day concluded the consideration
Of the bill revising grades and salaries of
Consuls and Consuls General. The most
important amendment Is to establish the
office Of Consul General at Berlin, Mel
bourne and City Of Mexico, and at the
request Of the Hebrew CONVENTION re-
Gently held at Chicago the Committee re.
commended the establishment Of a Con-
sulate at Bucharest and Rommonid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-03

Trains stop only on signal. Trains viii
not stop. / Trains will stop for Meals. Trains
do not run on Sundays. Full Faced Figures de
note the Stations for meeting and passing trains.
CONNECTIONS:
Green Bay-C & y. w. Trains leave :: Going
south Passenger-6.4O /. VI. 655 ?. NJ. 60
ing North, Passenger-S.30 A. VI. Fr's-l2G5 p
VI.
Wisconsin Central Railway Trains leave-Going
South. Passenger, 6:i5 \. NJ. 9:l5 p. NJ. Ar
rive Passenger, 500 4. NJ, S:l5 j. NJ.
Union Steamboat Cos First class PropGlers St.
Louis Toledo Passaic and Cancsteo, fOrmin g
line between Buffalo and Green Bay, max
ing direct connections at Buffalo with Erie
Hallway. The shortest and most desirable
route to New York, Boston Cleveland, Buffalo
Detroit. Montreal and all Eastern points,
One OF these splenhid Passenger Boats leaves
NJ. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Amherst-Wisconsin Central Trains leave: Go
ing North. Passenger. .06 A. NJ Pass. 1922
4. III. Going South, Pass. 4:37 A. NJ. 535 p.
Grad Rapids-Wiseonsin Valley Trains leave ::
Going Nort... l2:30 A. NJ. Going South, $3.50 p.
MorrilIau-West Wisconsin Railway Trains
leave: t5uug North, Passenger. Hos A. NJ.
ll:l0 z. Nj. South, 2.34 A. NJ. 442 7. NJ; St.
Paul time, which is > minutes behind Green
Bay time
Winona-Winona & St Peter R'y Trains leave ::
t-oing West, Passenger, los p. M.-Acccmoda-
ton, $50 A. VI a p. NJ.
Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Trains leave Going
North, Passenger 1910 \. NJ. 1850 p NJ. Go
Ing South. Passenger, ] p A. NJ. $50 p. NJ.
Wmona time. which is . minutes behind O..
D. VI. KELLY.
$. kENBICk, GenI Manager.
Sup't VS.. MELLEN,
Cen'I Ticket Ag't.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-03
Cur Small Change.

-Cranberries
H ard water. Ice.
The Teachers Institute opened
its session last Monday.
The w. V. r r. sold At cram
berry picker's tickets last Monday.
Judge Wood is underpining, and
otherwise improving his tenemcnts on
the hill.
The Portage Co. Circuit Court
convened at Stevens Point last Mon
day.
AS the twig is bent, the trees In
clined. Just twig that will you, ye
parents?
The State Fair opens at Milwau-
kee next Monday. Our city will fur
nish quite a representation.
"A new Alto Horn and a frst-class
Bass Drum have been added to the
Rogers Cornet Band.
The Cornet Band serenaded the
bride and groom at Mr.. Powers resi-
dence last Tuesday evening.
THE RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA
for August is before US replete with
valuable information.
"A farmer wanted to sell US Iowa
Resurrection Potatoes the other day
We found he had the "Early Rose. !"
A Debating Society at Tomah is
wrestling with the great question, els
it right for Wells to go fishing every
Sunday"
IT you would "bring child up
in the way he should CO." you must be
careful to keep the main road, espec-
tally in coming from Portage City
through the brush.
Potato bugs, where the Paris
Green Festivals have been in vogue,
are Just disguised to death, and the
dubious roots are laughing out of a
thousand eyes
How strange, Plover now receives
her Wausau mail Uia. Grand Rapids.
If anybody had told US FIVE years ago
that such would have been the fact,
we should have told such man you're
another
Shelf hardware at STANsBURY s,
WARMERS old stand, bought cheap
for cash and sold cheaper than else
where in the northwest. Just look IN
and see the assortment embracing
everything either ornamental or useful,
Mr.. S. guarantees frst-class bargains,
and won't be undersold. Choice of
goods to first callers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-03

Animal Kingdom. His lectures have
awakened lively interest in the sci
ence of Geology here and a desire to
hear HIM again.
We are positive. though the lectures
have net been renunerative to Prof.
Taylor. tn lat our people have had a
new spirit infused into them by the In
struction they have received and that
in the futureTthe study of Crooks
will be of more interest to each and
all of them. The lecturer through
the medium of charts and maps illus
trative of his grand theme impaired
useful knowledge, and for it all, our
people we know heartily thank him
Should he ever visit us again we feel
assured he will be able to talk to a
larger though not more interested
audience.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-03
Whiskey Tallies ''0ne" Again

Whisfey Tallies ''0ne" Again.
"A most disgraceful proceeding took
place last week in our city, at one of
our saloons which we won't mention,
as also the names of the parties out of
respect for certain ones whose feelings
are already narrowed enough. A
young man was seized by a drunken
acquaintance and pulled to the bar
with the intention of forcing him to
drink. The boy declined, and utterly
refused, tearing himself away and seat
ing himself in a chair, when he was
again beset and choked, kicked and
abused. and all because he did not pro
pose to drink Intoxicating liquor. The
young man mentioned is a Good TEN
plar and was prompted to go into the
saloon by curiosity, hearing much loud
talk and disputation loing on. The
man who perpetrated the unmanly
wicked deed is, when not under the in.
fuence of liquor gentleman we should
judge. The matter being brought be-
fore the Police Justice resulted in a
fine, bat how large we have not ascer-
tanned The Rum Devil tallies Zone"
again on Hell's blackboard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-03
Guardians Sale.

IN PROB tTE-WOOD County COURT.
In the matter of the Guardianship OF tle minor
heirs of James A. Jennings, deceased
nn re tdng and fling the petition Of Wallace
W II. Jennings. Iardian Of Walter w. Lyon,
Dora i. Lyon and Florence Z. Lyon minors rep.
resenting among other things, that the said mi
noTs. are seized Of certain real estate in the City
OF Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, OF un-
Givi LED one-fiith OF the following real estate
! described: Lot No. nine 60 aud the north half
OF Lot No. ten Q0) in Block No. one % peart-
ley's Addition to said City of Ra cine, in the
State of Wisconsin, and that it is necessary that
the same should be sold, and praying for license
10 sell the same, and it appearing to the Court,
from said petition, that it is necessary to sell
said real estate, is ordered and directed that
the next Of kin TO said minors, and all persons
interested in said estate appear before the Judge
Of this Court, on Monday the twenty-irst CD
day of September, '74,at ten QO o'clock A. M lat
the Probate Office in the City of Grand Rapids,
then and there to show cause. if any there may
be- why license should not be granted for the
sale of said real estate according to the prayer
of said petition.
Dated August 9th, 1874.
/. L. MOSHER,
50 3w County Judge.