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Az 10 Granting n Tavern License
ut ROney's Point,

EII.On Of tho IltOllIgonoOF;
We will give the facts in regard to the
petition for stopping liquor license at
Roney's Point refused by the Board OF
Commissioners at its late meeting, in
order that the public generally may be
able to judge the amount Of credit due
these gentlemen for their action in this
case.
A man has been getting license at
ROney's Point to keep a tavern, although
thcrcis no business to do there Of that
sort, II was simply . serene to enable him
to carry on an unlawful traffic in liquor.
This being the iaFthest out from Wheel
ing OF the liquor shops has become rem
devious for drunkards from long distan-
Ces around, and great nuisance in the
neighborhOod. The house has won a
very bad reputation aud serves no useful
purpose whatever, some very aggravated
cases having occurred their quite recent
ly. The desire TO have 1t closed was
about unanimous In the neighborhOod.
The petition was even signed by some Of
its victims. This petition was referred
to committee Of country members, who
brought in u report against 1t, skulking
behind the Wheeling members II asserted
that as Wheeling luls licensed houses,
therefore they should aid and abet this
law. breaking liquor seller against the
peace aud well fare. Of that community,
and, as far as was intheir power, place
them under thcNfect Of tho tag ends
OF society. They need not look TO
them for protection, from that sort
Of nuisance. This report seems to have
been adopted unanimously. 1t would
seem, II your report does him justice,
that the member from Liberty district
who experienced change Of views on
the liquor question last fall, just in time
to secure his election, has returned like
the SOW washed to wallOw in the mire."
II we lived in the old days Of slavery It
would be cheaper to get niggers owned by
the lowest class ofdOggcry keepers, to rep.
resent the county in tho Board, but II Is
not likely that n sufficient number OF
American citizens could bG obtained now
10 abjGct as the present inCumbents,
II Is n matter Of primary Importance
to people Of the country to have this ono
sided partnership that is maintained
with the sacrifcc:of honor and manliness,
with the city Of Wheeling in the admin.
istratlOn OF local affairs speedily termin-
atcd. There would then be some induce.
mcnt to 6ll these offices with men Of
character and fitness. They could not
I'LL all the places with ciphcrs unless
there was provision for an overseer to
"rnn" them.
NIB. twill be observed in the pro.
ceedings Of the Board, that the country
recommend that tho county be
ioTsery, as tIioy recommend moving a
bridge "aL probable cost Of $50" on the
petition Of its keeper and forhis private
benefit. Perhaps # is round about way
these gentlemen have taken TO get their
whisky paid for out Of tho public funds.
W,C.S.
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Minutes Of the second Annual
f, Convention Of the WOnnn'a
/ Foreign Missionary Society Of
the wheeling District.
METHODIST ErtsCopAL CHURCH,

METHODIST EPrsCoPAL Church, u
MOUNpsvtt1E, May Go AM 4
Editors InelIIgenCcr:
The Second Annual Convention Of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Of
the Wheeling District was opened with
the reading Of Scripture lesson by the
President, Miss Lizzie N. Boyd.
After singing a hymn, prayer was Of.
fercd by Mrs. Henry Hubbard, Of Wheel.
ing. H<1. J 80,
The first hour was spent IN devotional
exercises, including a Consecration ser.
vice Of great solemnity. .--
In the absence Of the Secretary, Mrs.
Judge Cochran, Mrs. w II. Wilson, Of
North Wheeling, was elected Secretary,
prJ lem. a8I.a "a
Minutes Of the last Convention were
read and approved.
On motion Of Mrs. DR.. Moore, all visit
ors were invited 10 take part In the dis
cussions OF the day,
Reports from several auxiliaties were
read. ~.
Miss LiuGtcM. Boyd, District Secretary,
presented a carefully prepared report
and on motion this, together with the
District Treasurer's report, was accepted.
Plans Of auxiliaty wefe then freely
discussed. Thcse included the considcra-
tion Of the following subjects, viz: The
pfoper mode Of dealing with delinquent
members the best manner OF conducting
the regular auxiliary mectings; The
working Of the system of quarterly pay.
nlenls; and the expcdiency ot holding
public meetings, tea parties and sociNbles,
On motion the meeting adjourned BY
singing the doxology.
AFTERNOON Session.
The afternoon session was opened with
singing and prayer by Mrs Richard
Chaddock, Of Moindsville; this was fol-
lowed by a missionary love feast, In
which the ladies Of the different donom'
nations present participated.
After an interesting experience meet
ing tho business Oi the Convention was
again resumed. ...
The subject Of juvenile societies was
placed under consideration. As Mounds
VILE Auxiliary was the only one in the
District that had formed one Of these So
cietics the President requested that the
plan Of conducting II be laid before the
meeting. A lady responded to this re-
quest BY giving a short history Of the
band from the time Of It's organization TO
the present. After remarks from other
ladies, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That whenever practicable,
Juvenile societies be organized, tributary
TO the auxiliary societies.
The Secretary being obliged to leave on
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CHEYENNE, May lO.-Red Cloud, Spot
ted Tail, and seventeen other chiefs M oI
the Sioux Indians arrived hero al noon
today and will leave for Washington 70,
morrow. 10 treat with the Government
foF The sale Of the Black Hills.
George W. Homan, formerly OF tne
Omaha Transfer Company, has entered
into 4 contract with the citizens Of this
civ I 10 nut on a daily line Of stages from
cheyenne to Haryey's Peak, in the Black
HiIis, Ns soon "A the Government will per.
init him to do 20,
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Condltion Of winter wheat.

WAsHtNaroN, May TO- During the
past week the condition Of the winter
wheat in iihree hundred and thirty
counties have been reported to the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture. About three hun
tlted counties Of the valleys Of the Ohio
and Missouri river are presented, which
last year prOducted seventy million bush.
els Of winter wheat, or sixty per cent Of
the product Of the seven States from Ohio
to Kansas. The average Of the condi
tibn In these States Is % per cent, and
yielding only 1 Of the full crop, II no
Improvement occurs, in Kentucky 10 per
cent, Ohio 81, Michigan 02, Indiana O3,
Illinois O3, Missouri 80, Kansas 81 though
only 32 counties In tile latter State are
represented. The condition is better In
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia,
though below In average. A few wheat
IN New York make extremely
returns. The proportion to
be replanted in other crops average Ia
per cent In the West. On one million ten
hundred and sixty thousand acres In a
breadth of nine million acres seeded the
largest per cent Ia 27 per cent In Mis-
so,iti, illinois %, Kansas and Indiana II /,
and Ohio 10, Kentucky a.
There IL very little replanting in the
Middle States, except New York.
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mr.. Wbceler ON Louisiana AntaIrs

NEw YoRK, May 1O.-Hon. A. Wheeler,
of tho Louisiana Congressional Commit.
fec. has addressed letter 10 the TImes, In
which he says | firmly believe that Louis.
lima has al last caught an Inspiration
from new order Of things. She will with
steady but slow pace emerge from what
seemed to be an utterly hel pless condition.
In regard to the reseating Of four Demo.
cratsin the House, Mr.. Wheeler says no
one can be found In Louisiana TO assert
that at the time these four Democrats
we're unseated there was a quorum Of the
House present. So these four Democrats
had never been legally deprived Of their
seats, and their reinstatement is an act Of
simple Justice which all, fully understand
ing The facts, must approve.
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!, ,,r.rtl ol state ma Coutt1 I,on,Is

ST. Louis, May l0.-Eight hundred
thousand six per cent currency State re.
newal bonds we're awarded to-day by
Gov. Hardin and The Fund Commission.
ers to j. & W. seligman, Of New York,
al 99c, an unexpectedly high price. The
county court Of st. Louis county also to.
day awarded Eve hundred thousand gold
bonds Of tho county TO run twenty years,
to Kolm 4 Co., bankers Of 81. Louis, at
l.7G, which IL 2 per cent higher than any
county bonds ever brought before the
hnhlic.
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TotEDo, o. May lO.-A tornado pa,,,ed
over Green Springs, Ohio, Yesterday,
blowing down three houses, killing TWO
children, and dcmolisbing every chimney
In the town. Passing northward, seyersl
houses between Green Spring. and Clyde
worc blown down tClyde the Nicholas
Honse was partially unrooied, and con.
adorable damage was done between Clyde
and Bellevue. Along the lake shore
Srorcely A building escaped uninjufed.
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TIE Catholic question has become one
Of such absorbing interest in Ohio poll.
tics, since the passage Of the "Gcghan
bill" that the Cincinnati Commercial has
been moved to write up an editorial remi-
niscencc Of the famous debate between
the late Alexander Campbell, Of Bethany,
and the venerable Archbishop Purcell
who still lives) which took place in that
city in the year 1887. 1t seems that the
debate has been republished lately, and
That in connection with Mr.. Glndstone's
pamphlet on papal infallibility, and the
replies Of DR.. Newman, Archbishop
Manning and others, II is likely to re-
reivc more than ordinary attention. The
debate is regarded MS one Of the most in.
tCrcsting and instructive that ever took
place in this country OH the Catholic
question. Both Of the disputants were in
the prime Of their vigorous intellectual
powers and both we're we'll prepared for
the contest. The points Nt issue IN the
discussion were these:
/. The Roman Catholic Church il not
now and never was catholic, apostolic or
holy, but Ia sect in the fair import Of
that word.
.. Her notion Of apostolic succession Is
without foundation in the Bible, in rea-
son or in inct; an injurious imposition,
unscriptnral, and resting wholly on the
opinions Of men
D. She is not uniform in her faith, or
united in her members, but mutablc and
ialliblc az any other sect OF philosophy or
religion.
L. She Ia the Babylon" Of John, the
Man Of sim" Of Paul, the empire Of the
youngest horn" Of Daniels sea monster.
SerpentO
8. Her customs Of purgatory, indul-
gcnccs, Ouricular confessions, nc, arc i'm.
moral in tendency, and injurious to the
wcll.bcing Of society, religious and Politi.
cal.
6, We are indebted to her for our
knowledge OF the Bible, and It's evidences
Of divine original
! The Roman Catholic rcligion-ii in.
talliblc and unsusccptiblc Of reformation,
"a allcgcl-is essentially anti.Amcrican,
opposed to the genius Of free institutions,
and positively mbversivc Of them.
VI the two parties to this famous de.
nate Ills unnecessary to speak at length,
Their names have been familiar to the
reading public for more than a genera.
ton Mr.. Campbell died few years ago
and Bishop Purcell still lives, although
inyefy feeble health. He was present at
the conservation ceremonies in New
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Menihet Ilenort.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OVPicR or fiiR CitlER StOSAL ORrtcKR,
WASHINGTON, q. c., Nay l0.-&8O r. ~.


OVTicR oF rnR CtllET siOSGL OTFicRR,
WASHINGTON, d. C., May iO.-G30 EA.
PROBABILITIES
For Tuesday, throughout the Atlantic
States, rising barometer, westerly winds,
warmer and clear weather.
FoFthc Gulf States stationary and iall-
ing barometer, northctly winds, shifting
to southeast, warmer and clear weather,
except cloudy in Western Texas.
For Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and
Upper Lake region, stationary and fall.
ing barometer, yarmef southerly and
easterly winds, and increasing Cloudiness.
Fotihe Upper Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valleys, falling barometer,
warmer southeast and northeast winds,
cloudy and threatening weather, attend
ing a storm center.
For the Lower Lakes, rising barometer,
southwcst and variable winds, partly
uloudy and warmer weather.
The rivers will change but slightly.
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RecenIiOtl Of tiIe Vice President.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 1O.-Col. r.
II. Haines, representing a New Orleans
house, was shot and killed by DR.. Wlnn,
a prominent hotel keeper at Hope, In
Hampstead county, on Saturday, in per-
sonal difficulty.
Vice President Wilson Is expected or
the Memphis train tonight, MAYOR
Fletcher and 4 committed o. ae oouncil
will meet him at the depot i, anu convey
him 10 rooms at the Ne!roP0ll'an ho'ei.
The State officials viii visit him In body
tomorrow anil ne will be serenadcd at
ttWbN
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FIRE RECORD.

TT. LOUIS, May iO.-si1teen business
houses and dwellings in Springfield, Mis-
souri,, were burned yesterday causing a
heavy loss.
The stair factory and trimming shop Of
Thorn, Fisher 4 Co., yesterday, loss
Si6OO1
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NEW YuhK, May l0.-The E1TASssaya
that on Saturday last somc Of tho trunk
lines madC further reduction IN tTeigh@
To the West, and this no doubt had some
thing to do with the decline in Erie to-day.
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Acc Ia Nothing..isioOd viii Tell.

CtNcINSArI, May lO.-At Paris, Ken.
lucky, OH Saturday last, Jacob Almond
aged eighty, quarreled with his son-in.
law named Allen aged sixty.hvc, and
knocked the latter down; Allen arose and
pldngcd knife in Almond lisembowel.
Ing him; the latter died instantly.
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Death Of the Ex.Chiei Justice
Ill Woodward.

WnKEsBoRo, PA, May lO.--A cable
dispatch announces the death Of ex.Chiei
Justice Woodward, Of Pennsylvania, at
Rome to-day.
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NEW ORLEANS, May lOf-Ah attempt
was made Sundny night to burn the town
Of Summit, Miss, The incendiury placed
bucket Of coal oil on the tops Of the
houses, The brothers Moses were arrest.
I'd charged with attempt at arson.
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the afternoon train, Miss Emma MoorC
was elected Secretary pro, TEN.
1t was then moved that the following
resolution be adopted:
ReaOlued, That hereafter all the auxili
aries close their year in February, instead
Of on date Of organization. Carried.
The expedlency Of sending a delegate To
the Branch Meeting called, fOrih M ami
mated discussion; on vote II wasresolved
that u delegate be sent from the Wheeling
District to the annual meeting Of the
Cincinnati Brahelk sIIg
A motion to rescind the resolution OF
last year in regard to the manner Of col
leOting the district fund prevailed. This
opened the way for the adoption Of the
following: -
ReaOlpei, That each Auxiliary in the
District payto the district fund annually
a:Hum equal to five cents per member.
The following resolution was adopted:
ReaOlpcd, That the District Secretary
furnish each Auxiliary Society in the
District with copy Of the resolutions
passed at this meeting.
The Convention then proceeded to the
election OF officers for the ensuing year.
On motion, Miss Lizzie Stephens was
elected to Gil the vacancy occasioned by
the absence Of one Of the delegates from
Zane street. J tAsAaHNh .
After balloting, II was found that Mrs.
Rev. Ball, Of oiWheeling, was unanimously
elected District Secretary, Mrs. Rev.
Thatcher was also unanimously elected
District Treasurer. The ballot was taken
for delegate to Branch Meeting, and Mrs,
DR.. Moore, Of MoundsYille, was elected by
n majority Of three, aB
On motion TWAS resolved that the Dis
trict Convention have an executive COM
miitce consisting Of five ladies. Mrs.
Henry Hubbard, Mrs. NJ. Dunn, Mrs.
Allen, Mrs. Hobbs and Mrs, Thatcher were
to act in this capacity.
Pleasant Hill was appointed rs place
Of next meeting.
The l.. NJ. DOxology was sung and the
Convention adjourned.
WIS EMMA moons,
FsEEf7 Secretary pro TEN.
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The heavy rain Of Saturday washed
the Iron Mountain Railway In several
places, and trains have been seriously
delayed. II il thought the road will be
all riRhL again to-day.
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THE offer oil q Chicago man OF large
amount Of money several thousand dol
lars) to any ono who would prove before
jury tone half TO be selected by each
side the inspiration Of the Bible, has been
accepted by the Rev. o. A, Burgess Pres.
ident ol the Northwestern Christian Uni
versity at Indianapolis. Mr., Burgess Is
agraduate Of Bethany College, Of the class
of1s52, and Is considered u strong man
among the Disciples, In accepting the
challenge Mr., Burgess says: a hope no
one will think ] am weak enough to sup
pose could carry my point before the
Jury; the faCt that man who does not be-
licvc in the Bible Is to select half that
jury at once stamps inilosSibility OH It's
face, There are, however, moral ques'
tions which call for some extraordinary
work on either side; we are living in the
midst OF such times, and this offer may
serve as n means Of attracting attention to
the real issues Of the day, and may end in
settling the great dispute. My effort
would, therefore, be more to the world
through the jury than to thcjury direct"
Mn. CHARLES THOMPSON, Of Mounds.
vile, left with us yesterday specimen
Of petroleum oil taken from the Union
Coal Works opposite that place. The oil
was found In a chamber Of the works that
had not been worked for sometime, owing
to the strong smell Of gas. Within the
last few days, however, II was accident.
ally discovered that large amount Of bil,
perhaps twenty barrels, had collected in
the chamber, and Mr.. Thompson brought
specimen to the city for examination.
An. analysis Of II shows about ~ gravity,
but Il Is thought that freslier specimen
might analysisc about Al. The oil at
present in the chamber has perhaps been
there long enough to cvaporatc consider
able Of It's bcn1inc. We have no informa.
ton as to the Surface indications" for
an oil well, but It is not improbable that
d Gow can be started by boring. The bot.
tom Of the shalt wherc this oil was found
is only about 100 feet perpendicular be-
low ground.
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PorrsvrLLE Pa, May 1O.-The Enter.
prise breaker, owned by the Enterprise
Coal Co. At Excelsior, was destroyed by
Ere last night supposed incendiaFy
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MElTPIITN.
nm Ylcr rnEslpENr AT MEMrnIg.

MEMPHIS, May l0.-During the fore
noon Vice President Wilson visited the
LeMoyne colOred school and made brief
address to the scholars, by whom he
was presented with numerous boquets.
lie also visited the Clay street colored
school, Peabody Institute, ST. Agnes
Academy and German Lutheran picnic,
ut each Of which he was warmly received.
Returning to his hotel he was visited by
a large number Of prominent citizens,
also BY large delegation Of cOlOred Citi-
zenS, Including Ed. Shaw, wharfmastCr,
and Squire Thompson, who presented
him with neat address in recognition Of
his abors In behalf Of their race. At 8
O'Clock he left on the train for Little
Rock, from which city he goes to ST.
Louis. lie expressed himself delighted
with his visit to the South and the over.
whelming kindness with which he had
been received by oil classes.
80 100000 FIRE.
a fire Sunday morning destroyed the
clothing store Of II. Cohen 4 Bro, John
z. Hughes saloon, and several other small
buildings on Charleston avenue. Loss,
$4,000; insured IL the Liverpool Lon
don & Globe, Quecn'e Hamburg and Bre-
men. ....4..s.-r.rf gg.F5 n.
A German named Mason was shot and
killed Saturday al Ashport, fifty miles
above here, by Scott HeNley, a warehouse
man, for attempting TO kill Healys
father, ...
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Fnln1 snnrtl NWalloWIng.

CALAIS, Mo-, May lo.-siwor Wan;
dana. Inc sword swallower, cut himself
internally while performing last evening
and dicd
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York the other day, and is thus alluded
to by correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Catholic Ttlegaphi.
"Behind the Archbishop Of Halifax
came the belOyed paftFiarch Of the West
who for forty two years, has worn with
unexcclIed honor the mitte and held the
crozier OF the See of Cincinnati, as
Bishop and first Archbishop, The buzz
OF inquiry; "Wh0 isthatl venerable man I
How pale he looks 7, THAT'S Archbish.
op PurcelB Of GinCinhatf are hurriedly
whispered as he moves toward his seat,
The reportOrial corps sat in front Of me,
Their 7psqciA J GsW rapidly over their
manuscript paper as soon as they heard
who he was. / The Herald q this morning
says: "Therg was Purcell, from the
banks Of the Ohio, his hair white with
nearly fOur-scOre winters, and his form
bending under the labOrs Of more than
forty years Of his episcopacy. In
him We saw the maryelous growth OF
the Western land, which he has
seen emerge from a wilderness into
an empire" 1t would only be a waste
oftime for me to tell the readers Of the
Telegraph Of him. But let ME tell them
that he has dedicated more churches than
any other prelate living, more school,
houses, converts, and hospitals; that un-
der his eye, in his own home, almost, he
has trained fourteen priests for the high
office Of Bishop Of the Catholic Church,
three Of whom the pallium awaits from the
hands OF the Ab-Legate Of the Holy See,
Monsignor ROncetH, He was Bishop
three months, less ono day, before Cardi-
nal McCloskey was ordained priest. lie
was Archbishop three years, four months
md seventeen. days before Archbishop
Bayley was ordained priest. lie has
crossed the Atlantic more times than any
prelate in the Catholic Church. Ills up.
pearanoe to-day was that OF one who had
been recently indisposed, which he has;
but the marvellous memory and warm
heart are still in full vigor. May God
grant him many more yeaH--grant him
faGulties-grant him incrcaS-
ed love and affection from the grand
army Of Catholics, Pope, Cardinals, Arch
bishops, Bishops, priests and laity, who
know him 80 long and well TO be model
Bishop, brave citizen, a faithful friend.
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WBarc each Of us thoughts Of God, we
owe onr being to kdring been in that infin-
ite mind; and as the author ot the book
Of Wisdom says, "Nevet Wouldst Thou
have made anything hadst Thou not lov:
ed ~ The Creator cannot be disgusted
with hiscFeature's infrmiiies, or wearied
Of his weakness, or ready to abandon him
because Of his sins, for he has underAlood
II all from the iitSt, and In his book we're
all our tfansgressions written when a.
vet there we're none Of them, and We
hung as innocent babes upon our moth
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