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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-19
ST. CLAIRSyILLEITEMS.

rom the N'aLtllc.
DR.. GEo. LYLE, Of Chetopa Kansas,
after an absence of about eight years. is
now on visit to this county, where he
previously resided.
The town authorities are Quartering
the trampS IN u room in the market
house, under the Council Chamber. Bet
ter find some work for them 10 do TO pay
for their lodging,
\ MEETING Of the County Commits
sioncrs WAS held on Wednesday Of last
week to hear the petition in behalf Of the
extension of the corporate limits Of Mar
tins Ferry. The petition was dismissed
for want of jurisdiction.
Ar the meeting Of the County Com
mis>ioners last week, no definite action
was taken in the matter of building fire
proof vault in connection with the pub
lie offices, for the preservation of the
records OF the county. Arrangements
were made for estimates of the cost, and
further action postponed until the next
regular session of the Board, March lst.
There were no petitions presented for
the construction of the vault, and only
one remonstrance against it, which came
from Martins Ferry.
OUR Court report is very short this
week. On Friday the case o David \.
ParShall rs. Calvin Hassen wrs COM
meRced. and occupied the Court until
Monday afternoon when it given to the
! jury and they retired to determine the
verdict. This is case in which certain
boundary lines near Bridgeport Is in
dispute The value Of the land is only
about 800, and the case has already been
tired several times. The costs will be
many times the amount involved in the
controversy. On Tuesday evening the
jury rendered their verdict in favor Of
the plaintiff, and the defendant i'm
mediately gave notice OF motion for u
new trial
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
New York Money and Stock
Market

New YORK. February lS.-MoNEY-
Abundant at 2!Ca$ per cent Sterling
advanced gradually from 4Sl and 4s4!
for long and short TO 1873 and 49,, with
the latest business ut 4S3 and 1861. This
i owing tothc increased ease in the gold
loan market.
GoLD-Opcned at lljh declined to
llii and closed at ll5. Loans from
l-6i to 2G&@1 per cent for borrowing
and at lo3 per cent for carrying. Gus
toms receipts $4,000. The Assistant
Treasurer di,burscd $4,000 for interest
and $277, 600 for called bonds. Clearings
$SIOOO.000
I,,,,n,.,,rN-r. Firm
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ST.. PAUL, February lS.-A long letter
has been received from VIM. :. King,
addressed to the Legislature, in response
to the resolution requesting him to eN-
plain his connection with the Pacific
Mail business, or resign as II member
elect to the next Congress. Mr.. King
denies the right Of the Legislature into
his private affairs, to undertake to cen.
sure or demand his designations; lc-
nounccs rs Legislative lie, which
epithct he puts IN italics.
the assumption that he had
done anpthiug wrong. He then adds:
Under what arrangement | did reserve
II large sum Of money about the time of
the passage Of the Pacific Mail subsidy,
is matter which do not propose To
disclose to the world, except in my good
time, nor until the evidence which | am
unable to reach is secured to reach that
exact fact in the case can be presented to
the public, which will bring to me the
fullest and most complete yindication
against the falschOods which you have
specified upon in your cspcctIveJournaIS.
Until that time which trust Is not far
distant, | have only to say that not
one dollar Of the money received by me-
of which 50 much has been written,
was ever intended or applied to influence
q vote on the Pacific Mail subsidy, and
no word or line of ail the evidence that
has been taken during this long and
most searching investigation, ever points
TO any such conclusion, and So, conscious
of my own rrctitudr in this matter, and
pausing here 10 tender that one Repre-
sentative who was just enough toward
me to refuse his assent to your
lying declarations, and with my grateful
thanks. pass on to some other points
which | propose to present to your and
the pubIcs consideration. The rest Of
Mr.. Kings letter i, devoted cntcrcly ard
at great length, to the vitup"ration Of
State Senators DonncIly and Wilkinson,
charging that they are Judging by their
record in Congress no better than they
should be. His letter j., dated February
llth, but has no postoflice addres, ut-
tYrhpl
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Louisville Leaf Tobacco Market,

Trade has been dull during the wr"A
under review, though new tobacco ha-
been fully supported, with receipts and
offerings insufficient to meet current dc
mands Old tobacco has been quiet and
nondescript grades duh and weaker.
Deliveries of new crop have still been
DELAYED by cold harsh weather.
The Frankfort estimate Of the crop.
about orc-iourth of its two last prcdrcc,-
sors, or 100000 pounds, against lt1,-
100000 pounds, Is generally believed 10y
the trade To be too liberal.
W. nunte rs lmllnMs:
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Philadelphia Market.

PHILADELPHIA, February lI.-Flour
Steady and unchanged. Wheat-FIrmi
red 81 IL; amber 81 2Om ] y. Rye.
95c. Corn-Quict; yellow 20, 'sci mixed
western 7sc. Oat--W Wanted at G7trr
Csc for white: Gjc for mixed. Proyi.-
.-Trchangcd. Pork-$lS jVn
20 30. Whi,ky-$l 0j. Butter-Stcaay y
Eggs-F!rm; western at @GCa iOc. p
,ro.rum-Frm; refined l4Crl4!c; crud"
N barrel. 1870 lO3c: in bulk CSC. Clover
>rcd-llmllic.
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GOVERN MENTs-Firm.
SrATE BONps-Qniet and strong

STATE BONDS-Quiet and strong.
RAILROAD BoNDs Mortgages steady
SroCKs-Activc during the forenoon,
uuictcr in the afternoon. The market
opened firm and prices advanced imlt
per cent with the chief dealings in Lake
Shore, Western Uhion, Northwestern,
Union Pacific Wabash Pacific Mail and
OhioS. After midday there was a gcner-
al reaction of!~I per cent, and at the
second call the market was quiet and
steady. Lake Shore led the market, ri--
ing during the morning from - to A.
subsequently, rcacting to 13i. Quiet
prevailed during the last hour OF business
though Ohos fell from 25t to -; Pitts
burgh from 81 4! to 80. and Missouri Pa
cifc from 4j to AL. The remainder of
the list was steady at Il fractional rec"y-
cry from the decline noted IN the after
noon. Lake Shore was scarce for deliv-
cry during the morning and l-@2 per
cent per diem at one time was paid for
the use of the stock, which frightened
some of the bear, into covering. Later
the stock was easy and the price fell.
The aggregated transactions today were
l7IOOO shares including Western Union
1900. Lake Shore 5000, Ohius 2i.iOO,
Pacific Mail -, 100, Northwestern lG. 100,
Union Pacific l29O0. Wabash $500
St. Paul $500, Erie 1900, {. c. " |. G.,
5000. Lake Shore went up on "a report
that large amount Of the stock purchas-
ed Yesterday Wa. tor the account of Com
mpdorc Vanderbilt and would be- taken
ont Of the market.
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Toledo Market.

TOLEDO, February ls.-Flour Quiz.
but unchanged. Wheat-Steady and
frmer; No. white Michigan II O9i
amber 81 O6i; seller March Il o5; 'e.lcs
May 81 l2ti No red - O6;. Corn
4 shade higher; high mixed cite seller
April 7Oc; low mixed CG!ci no grad
csc. Oats-A shade higher; ~. ,
57:c; Michigan 57!c; white 59:c
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under the highest quotations in the au-
tumn. This turn in the Gold market
has stitfened up the steamer Australian,
now in store, and had some slight quick
ening influence to the larger manutact-
urers movements, who had been holding
out anticipating further shrinkage IN
Wool values, as the supply Of foreign
here increased.
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Baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, Fcbr.ary ls-FIuur
Steady aud unchanged. Wheat Ni"u"y
and unchanged Corn-Westcrn weaker
mixed 77c. Oata-St"ady; western
white GOr Provisions Quiet. Purh
-$l9 75@ 2OOO. Bulk Mca;--ShoU.d"r.
7Ia7g: clear rib lO!r. Bacon ~t"ady,
shoulders SIC; clear rib Ito, lltc; hm"-
l4ml44c. Lnrd-l&im ~" Butter
Firm; western tub 2in, 3or, DO roll -
m2sc. Pctrolcum-Q -Quirtand nominslly
at 7:m7!c. Cotiec-Htcady ana n"mih'
ally unchanged. Wm,ky-No marN'ti
quiet and nominal. y at Il OiIa ! %.
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HOUSE.

After reading the Journal the House
went into a committee of the Whole on
the Rev enue Bill. The first vote was
on the SOuthardS amendment Us amend
ed by the amendment of Mr.. Cox, to
strike out the first section OF the bill,
which relates to the tax on whisky. The
vote was lost, "a voting in the atiirma-
tive and 96 in the negative.
Mr.. Randall then moved to strike out
Sl.OO in the first section and insert 80
cents, so that the tax on whisky would
be 80 cents. The amendment was lost,
G3 voting IN the affirmative and SO in
the negative.
Several amendm ents were offered and
rejected, except one providing that the
tax on spirits contracted for and to be
delivered before the 10th day of Fcbru-
AIRY shall be paid by the purchaser, was
adjourned.
Finally the first section was allowed
to stand, so far as the tax on Whisky Is
concerned and the second section pro-
viding for the increase of tax on tobacco,
was read and considered.
The secor d section of the bill gave rise
to long debate.
Various amendments looking TO Il re
duction Of duty, were offered and reject
ed.
The principal amendments adopted
were the first amendment in regard TO
contracts, similar in its provisions to that
relative to whisky in the frs: section,
and the second an amendment increasing
the tax on cigars now pay ing five dol
lar tax, to six dollars. Cigarettes were
raised from 80 to 75 cents.
At = o'clock the further consideration
of the bill was postponed
Improvement Of the Mississippi.
The bill for the improvement of the
Mississippi river was taken up.
Mr.. Stonard, who had charge Of the
bill. made a long explanation of ITS pro-
visions, and advocated il.
Considerable discussion followed, sew
eral amendments to the bill were offered
and rejected. One amendment was or
tcred by Mr.. Thompson, to strike out
that portion of the bill which directs the
Secretary of War to construct work IN
the case OF the default of Mr.. Eads, was
adopted and the bill passed.
The consideration of the tariff was re-
Sumcd in the Committee OF the W mole.
The third section repeating the stamp
tax on matches WIS stricken out for the
fourth section increasing the duties on
molasses and sugar at % per cent. a sub
stititute was adopted, substantially the
same, but including melada. y motion
to strike out the fifth section, which re-
peals the ten per cent reduction on
manufactured goods WAS discussed with
out action until the Committee arose.
NJ. Coburn. from the Select COMMITTEE
on Alabama atfnir,, reported the caucus
force bill. which was ordered to be print
ed and recommitted. The House then
took a recess until 80. The evening
session to be for pension bills only.
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Cleveland Market.

CLEVELAND, February ls.-N heat
Quiet and unchanged. Corn-Steady
and unchanged Oats-Firmer and un-
changed. Petrolcum-Firm; standard
white lltc; Ohio State test l2ic; sma..
lots lG2c higher,
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Call for an Extra Session OF the Sen.

Call for an Extra Session Oi the Sem
ate.
WAsHINGToN, February l8.-The fol-
lowing was issued this afternoon by the
President Of the United States Of Amer
lea:
\ PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, Objects of interest to the
United States require tthe Senate should
be convened at u o'clock, on the 9TH day
of March next, 20 receive AID act
upon such communications as may be
made to it on the part Of the Executive;
Now, therefore, |, Uly,us ). Grant
President of the United States, having
considered it to be my duty to issue this
my proclamation, declaring that an cx-
traordinarv occasion require, the Senate
of the United States 10 convene for the
transaction of business, at the capitol, IN
the city of Washington, on the 9th day OF
March, at L. o'clOcl; at noon on that day,
of which, those who shall Mt that time be
entitled to act US members of that body,
are hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the
United State, at the city of Washing
ton, this seventeenth day of February,
in the wear Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and Scventy-iive, and Of
the independence OF the United States
the ntnety-ninth. Us. GRANT.
Bv the President.
HAMILTON FISH,
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Over One Hundred.

vi. NlcHar, Edwards. Of York county,
".' ls now in West Virginia on a
.. Do, son, Is one hundred and eight
and in the cnioymen: of good
When at home he walks two
Sundays 10 Church He il n
'=- but has no immediate Intention
.!.Lg sgain
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FOREIGN.
Proceedings I'm the House Of Conn
mons,

LoNDoS, February lS.-At the open
ing OF to.day's session Of the House of
Commons, Doctor Kcnealy, newly elect
ed member from Stokc-on-Trcnt, enter
ed alone. The Speaker requested him 10
withdraw because for two hundred wears
it had been the custom for new member,
to have two iutroduccrs John Bright
and Mr.. Whalley then offered to accom-
pany the new member IN that capacity,
but on motion of Di-racli the custom was
dispensed with in thi, case.
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Shooting ARRAY at II Religious Meet
ing.

CISCINNATl. February lS.-A River
ton. Kentucky, special to the Commercial
says that AT religious meeting at Willard.
Ky, last night. II shooting atiray occurred
between three noted characters, named
Roork, Montgomery and Rose. About
fifteen shots were exchanged. Roork was
seriously and Rose slightly wounded, ard
y Miss Manly who was walking with
Roork was shot between the shoulders.
Her wound will probably prove fatal.
The affair grew out of an old feud. The
same parties exchanged shots about
three months ago, resulting in wound
ing Roork slightly. No arrests.
The Sacramento Union has been sold
to number of residents of that city,
1t is understood to be in the interest Of
the Central Pacific Railroad.
No election for Senator from Minneso-
Ia vet.
Yesterday n negro was admitted into
the senior class of the boys high school,
st New Orleans. Twenty out oftwenty-
two scholars in the class left the school
Immediately. There was no disturb
anCe.
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A Brother OF Mrs. TiIton Tesnhes.

The next witness called was Joseph
Richards. In answer to Mr.. Fullerton,
he said: | reside at Mont Clair, New
Jersey, but lived ten years ago IN New
York: | am brother OF Mrs. Tilton and
often visited nj their house; | always
considered Mr. Tilton's home model
one in every respect; ! think tins was
the condition of the family prior /" july
1870; Tilton's conduct towards ms family
was generous. kind and loving; ! have
known Henry Ward Beecher when l
was publisher of the independents | Sa"
him very frequently, probably t"r eight
wears: | probably met Mr.. Beecher hrst
at the residence of Mr.. Tilton when they
lived on Oxford street. but | often saw
him at the house in Livingston street
| do not know how often | saw BeccheF
there during the day; | saw him IN the
parlor of the house: on one occasion /
went to the house at eleven o'clock ana
found him there.
The witness explained to the Court
that he was here from dire necessity ana
not of his own seeking, and that he was
placed in what might be observed as 4
very cruel position. Witness contih-
ued-On one occasion | called IN the
morning at the house and opened the
parlor door and saw Mr.. Beecher IN a
front room, and Mrs. Tiltcn making a
hastv motion with flushed face and
leaving her position beside him, when
left an impression on my mind; | can
not fix the date of this definitely l DC
not know if it WAS as early as lstS ou'
it was number of years, probably prior
to 1870; | went to the upper par. Of The
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yet more singular that the article on
the same subject proved to be written
by the editor in person. But Mamma
Mullen had for her consolation the
adage that great minds think alike.
BY the same post arrived Skiggs' bill
for twenty-five dollars, Quiggs' bill for
eighteen dollars. Haggs' bill for twenty
dollars total, sixth-three dollars. And
the Mullen receipts had been thirty
five dollars Mamma Mullen finds a
difficulty in summing up. Something
is the matter with her eyes. And the
winter clothing. and the Christmas
rose The dodge" had accumulated
two dollars in spite of the law" The
little woman had brought SIX cents out
of trade. The young inventor and the
little woman proposed to invest the two
dollars and six cents, after supper, by
means of a committee of two, which
mamma was not invited to join-for
reasons common to Christmas.
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A Needed Railroad Reform.

The news that the great American
dead head has driven to despair all the
managers of all the railroads, and COM
PEELED them to recognize him as bellig-
erent, is rendered less al rming by the
further information that one great line
has struck blow at the sleeping-car
monopoly and reduced its rates from
81 for each berth to $1.50. Sleeping
and palace cars are always running and
earning money, their life is longer than
that of other rolling stock, and they are
always filled to their utmost capacity,
so that there is no earthly reason why
their occupants should be charged at
the rate of 81 night. plus fifty cents
or 81 to the orter. Great as is their
convenience for the business traveller
who desires fully to economic his time,
their expense is by no means light on
his pocket, and if so desirable reform
as reduction can be brought about and
made general, the travelling public, East
and West, will be deeply indebted to
the Illinois Central Company.
York World.
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ter, make toast over their wretched
little fire, and turn the whole into q
revel, which they talk OF with glee
There is cantankerous good-nature, an
abominable cheerfulness alb ut them.
They will not accept the situation, and
consider themselves disinherited. They
have every new painting and engraving
by heart. They visit the art-sales. They
know just where they would place the
inlaid cabinets and rugs of Shiraz, and
the prints of Hogarth. They will not
see that they have no finger in such
pies. They are continually trying to
put by money for artistic treasures,
when the ends of their income will not
meet. Such stupidity As said an
attar-of-roses woman, of similar null
leins, They hyein a world of their
own" They will not see themselves as
others see them Talking of art, and
stamped indelibly with Poverty, her
mark Condemned for life to fiat beer,
and dreaming of Amontillado, in Vene-
tian glass They could not be made to
see why it was so impossible to grow at
least one little rose from their stalk,
just one
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CHAPTER VIII.

RETURNS, BILLS, AND BALANCES.
A letter at last, about the Working
Idyl." An excelle mt idea," the letter
said; but was there not touch OF
nitro-glycerine in it, that, admitted,
might blow up society, or some SUBJ
scrlbers idea of society, which would
be quite the same thing, as far as news
papers are concerned;" and so with
thanks, it was returned.
Mamma Mullen tore her hair, or
rather whatever, in the mental econo-
my, corresponds to hair (the real article
IS too expensive), IN private, mind You!
and then came down smiling, and got q
letter about the Carol" A letter. A
blow in the face.
There was something theological in
the Carol" the letter said, and truly.
Mamma Mullen was a devout woman.
and it had slipped her pen, without in
tending it. "There was always dan
ger" said the letter, "in handling the
theological porcupine, even with
gloves and the paper declined to take
the risk. And so-with thanks, etc.
Christmas comes but once year, I"
and to make all these slips and Stun
bles then! A Protestant pilgrimage,
barefoot, to the Stock Exchange, or
some other temple of Mammon, and a
solemn VOW never again "to call spade
spade" would have relieved Mamma
Mullein's overweight feelings as she
subtracted forty dollars from her cal
culations. Then the tide turned, in a
letter sweeter than any love note, in
closing a check, for the "Preach about
Babies" twenty dollars. Another let
ter, and another check, for the
Review" fifteen dollar.
Fifth Week. = Appropriate articles
for the Chignon not returned-they had
been specially ordered, but gone into
bankruptcy. The paper had fallen into
financial collapse. Broken reeds that
pierced her side. Mamma Mullen had
scarcely the heart left to subtract forty
five dollars more from their calculations.
1t was over now. She kept bright
face for the younger Malleins but,
though there might be still some scanty
shreds and patches of Christmas, there
could be no Christmas-rose for them.
Sirth Week.-The day before Christ
mas. Returned, the prose version of
" The Cow Jumped Over the Moon"
with thanks. 1.-THE editor would have
used it, but he had accepted an article
before receiving it, on precisely the
same subject, which would appear in
the present number" Singular, and
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to come had it not been for O sudden
and mysterious development of good
fortune.
One dark, stormy night two men
came up the river in their little black
sloop, which had been engaged in many
marauding expedition, and landed at
Bay Ridge, in the rear of the unoccu-
pied residence of Judge Van Brunt,
with the intention of robbing it. Not
knowing that the house was provided
with a burglar alarm connected with
the adjoining residence of the Judges
brother the two burglars entered. The
alarm did its work. The family was
aroused, and the Judge, his son, and
the hostler armed themselves, went
over to tho house, and at last, tired of
waiting for the burglars to come out,
opened the doors and provoked an en-
counter which resulted in the death of
the two villains. They were Mosher
and Douglas. Mosher was killed in
stantly, and Douglas lived long enough
to confess he assisted in the abduction
of Charlie Ross, but died without dis
| closing the whereabouts of the boy.
| The identity of the two burglars has
been established beyond doubt, Charlie
Ross brother, uncle, and others having
identified them as the abductors, and
their relatives having identified them
as Mosher and Douglas.
Death has visited sharp and quick
revenge upon the two rufians, but
where is Charlie Ross Mosher's wife,
who might have told something, has
disappeared. Douglas wife or mis-
tress, through terror of the detectives
power, has agreed to tell all she knows
at the inquest, but this may not amount
to anything definite. A more joyful
den ouement than the restoration of the
little fellow to his home again could
not be imagined; but this may not be
possible. The clouds still hang dark
over the afflicted home, but the crime
has been fearfully avenged. The same
good fortune which made the two
scoundrels targets for the unerring
practice of the Van Brunts may yet
bring back the little fellow, and fill the
chair which has been vacant so long in
the Germantown home. Chicago
| Tribune.