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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05
DISTRICT CONFERENCE.


spce met at the usual hour yesterday
mOlning, and was opened with religious
services conducted by L, H. Jordan. The
minutes were read and approved.
Cameron, ChaPline Street and Pleasant
Hill were suggested as places at which to
hold the next District Conference, The
latter place was finally settled upon.
The character Of the following or
dained local preachers was passed; w.
Evans, S. Jones, George Policy, II. Riggs
and Joseph NJ. Turner
The license OF the following local
preachers was renewed; W. +. Bags,
b 3. Naman, George Franklin, Taylor
Richmond, John Ally, j, NJ Blair,
James Glendeuniug, \. Norris, Arthur
Pierce and George Ryan,
The following licenses Of exhorters
were renewed; W. W. Evans, Elias
Major, Mathew Marsh, J. E, sissOn, Q. r.
carp, W, II. Reese, Daniel Dean. Since
the last session OF the District Conference,
Father Dean has held 1872 meetings. los
conversions have resulted from his laborS
and ll2 have joined the church.
The Conference here joined in singing
the DoxolOgy.
Rev. W. G. Rhieldafler read n very in
Strpetiyp paper on the following subject
allow shall our weekday services be
made more prohtable| Remarks were
made on the paper aud subject by ! Ball,
A, ], LYDIA, ]. NJ. Kelley. T. Wunderlich,
7. B, Hughes, L. II, Jordan,
On motion, Abner Charnock was grant
ed leave Of absence.
The report Of the Committee on Local
Preachers work was presented by its
chairman, Vim. J. Hobbs, and was read
by the Secretary. Pending various mo-
tiOns in relations to the report, the chair
man Of the Conference decided that II was
the duty Of the Presiding Elder Of this
conference, F. Ball, to make out a plan
OF appointment for each local preacher
and Sxhorter for the ensuing hall year,
T The Conference then adjourned until
afternoon, Rev NJ A. W. Young pro-
nOuncing the benedletlon'
p AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened WIN re-
l'glous services oyKeV' ., i Mccartney
Inc Incense oil james Hyan' eAhor'er'
was renewed i,
On motion the report OF the local
preachers work was referred back to the
committee. The present plan WIS con-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

ANOTHER lot Of those fine bo&.toed
buttoned CATERS have just been received
at L, v. Btnyps
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

L.V. BIOSD'sis the only place in the
city whGreyOu canpurchase pair OF box
toed buttoned CATERS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

WEATHER Rtrotb. L The following
shows the range Of the thermometer. a.
observed at silvoy'S Drug Store, corner
opposite Postollice, yesterday:
sam AN. 'tsr.A 7PM.
II IL II a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05
FOR SALE.
lRuSTEEs SALE.
DRuG STORE FOR SALE.

Tho stock and fixtures Of the Drug Store OWnel
Olbrtl for sale. AsO tho house and lot nUW uCcu.
pIel by them will h. sDll or lclsSl Apply TO-
nlIENTLINGER 4 DERRY.
All persons having claims against the firm will
present. them for payment, and Those indebted will
please call Hid sgllll Eel
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

Do you want dry goods and carpets at
half their value' Iiso 90 to
J, W. FERRIES.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

As the lays grow longer, the cold
grows stronger.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

The best lGbone corsets 4Oc at
ENsHEIMER BRos'.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

,lFyou want a cheap carpet, go to
j. w. FERREl.s.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

The LADIES FAvoMTE.-ThoSe beau
tiful box.toed buttoned CATERS at
L. V. BLoED's.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

nor SALE.-Tcn Shares, $1,000 each, Of
II the Capital Stock OF the Norton Iron
Works ut Ashland, Ky. This Is the largest
iron manufacturing establishment In the
West and Is now IN full and successful op.
uratiOn. For further particulars address
THOMAS II. MOTION,
de2S Financial Agent, 100 Main ".
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05


BELLAIRE ITEMs.-Wc understand that
the choir Of 81. Matthews Church (Epis.
copaD, Wheeling, will in short time give
concert In this place for the benefit Of
the Episcopal Church Of this place. The
choir il composed OF Mrs. Whitney, Miss
Sallio Campbell, Prois. Roe and Ebeling,
Of Wheeling, and DR.. Hoover, Of this
place, The finest vocal and instrumental
music will be disCOursed, and We bcspeak
for them good audience.
Our citizens will doubtless remember
tho robbery Of mail matter from our city
pOstoillce which occurred last fall, Yes.
terday two young men Of our city, whose
names we will for the present omit, were
arrested on suspiciOnOf having something
to do with the affair and taken to Zanes.
vile for trial. Two United States de.
teCtives accompanied them. We can oh.
tain but little Information in regard to
the affair, but will give full account rs
soon as possible.
Mr.. Humphrey, m aged gentleman liv-
Ing in this city for some three or four
years past, died yesterday morning athis
residence on Pike street. Mr.. Humphrey
was formerly a resident Of Wheeling, liY.
ing In that city for n great number Of
years. Wepresume he will be buried in
the Wheeling cemetery, We sincerely
regret his demise, and sympathize with
his relatives and many friends.
McNlahOn's Creek Is again frozen over.
The cold snap Of Wednesday night fixed
It. We will report another break up in
aday or 30.
The wind blow several chimneys down
In town on Wednesday night.
Mr.. Ryan, proprietor OF the new tin
store on Belmont street, lost his pocket.
book yesterday morning while returning
from Cincinnati on business. 1t contained
something over hundred dollars and
papers Of value TO no one but himself.
lie thinks II was lost between Columbus
and Cincinnati, and that II was probably
picked from his pocket by some sharper.
There Is some talk about that narrow.
gauge railway from here 10 81. ClAirsville
and further Oh to some place out West,
but II We had II some Of our citizens
would puLronize Wheelers "bus" at War.
nock's anyhow
Yesterday was a singer. We havn't
known the wind to blow 40 long and hard
for thirty some years. 1twas awful.
Room No. 2 In our public school dis.
missed the SCHOLARS for the remainder Of
the week yesterday, the teacher Of that
room being sick.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

ID EsIDESCE LOCATIONS FOR SALE-TlIE
III most desirable Suburban llcsdenCe lOcatlOus
In tho market or In the county. Tho Farm VI the
late H. s. uOOd, within three miles NJ tho city, has
been suEllyIled Into Lots inn N tn - acres each;
Is near the National lIGIh and Immediately on the
line NJ the contemplated Street hallway ~ Elln
Grove. II nljOlns the well anl iarombly known
IlOFnbrOOk lark, In the vicinity arr many fine
country places, well improved any part d the
property can le bought at inlr price and OIL easy
terms Tho surrey call b. Scell at my Office 18th
strept! Unn0 IRWIN, Agent
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-05

TIE cold snap has fllod the river will
floating ice.
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In the Circuit Court Of Ohio County.
, 1875-05-12
BREAD MADE WITH sEA-WATER.

A careful analysis of sea-water made by M.
Dony in 1874 has shown that its composition
is far superior to that Of some Of the best
known saline springs of Germany and France.
AS these waters have for a long time been
used in cases of poverty Of blood, M. Lisle
proposes to invigoYate patients by feeding them
upon bread made with sea-water (BaIetin de
THsrapeuhque, February 18th, 1875. The
author has experimental with this bread upon
himself, and has found that its use raises
slightly the temperature of the body. The
sea-sait obtained in the usual manner would
not answer; for. as NJ. Lisle justly remarks,
there 10 an enormous difference between the
sea salt of and the salt dissolved In
sea-vater. The latter ID, after ALL, o mineral
water, and it is we'll known that mineral waters
form a homogeneous whole, the elements OF
which possess value principally on account OF
their intimate association, their distinctly de-
fined combinations, their greater state OF dlvl.
sion, and because they possess powerful pro.
perties which they only partially retain, or
lose altogether. when isolated. Finally, M
Isle thinks that the bread made with sea-
water will, be of great ovatuei lin the foinwing
complaints IL As a hygfenic. and preservatve
agent with healthy people Of delicate eonstltu'
tions. 2. In the connvalesoe1ce; Of acute die
seases. g.. In all apyretic disorders OF tne
stomach and the. digestive ofunctions:s 4.a!n
such, neuroses. as are accompanied byspoverty
of blood. s. In diabetes. 9'6.IAs77a prOpnyla-
tic Id the bofofulous and tubsrculouss diatnsssss
--ESrp.s AGx.. u !. .eaxgo ~ 81
, 1875-05-12

to Buda-Pesth, and no power save France
would hold such influence in the Mediterranean.
From Hamburg to Trieste all would be Ger
man. Of course if Austria we're a burden such
as Northern France would be, Germany would
gain nothing but what chance would there
be that Austria would be a burden, that the
change once accomplished, the Southern Ger
mans would be disafected to the Empire to
whichs.for so many centuries they belonged? Ii
must be a very small one. No man alive, certain
ly no outsider, can quite say what is the strength
of the bond between the Hapsburgs and their
people but no one either will affirm that in
this day. loyalty counts for much, or can prove
that any race il bound more strongly to its
hereditary rulers than the population of Han
over were 7 to the Guelphs. The German
Austrians might dislike and yet acquiesce in the
change ; and in the nineteenth century, with its
conscriptions, the aoquiescence of a population
suffces to. make its government strong
We do not intend, we need not say, to accuse
the German Government of the smallest design
against Austria. On the contrary, we have al
WAYS argued that Germany could secure moro,
with far less danger, by a strict and hearty al
lance with the House of Hapsburg, than by
any other conceivable combination. The two
Empires, acting together and thoroughly armed,
could maintain for the next century peace In
Central Europe. Nor, whatever may be
Prince Bismarck's wishes, is there any probability
that the Emperor William will attack q friendly
power merely in order to avert q possible and
remote risk of future combination. We are
only addressing ourselves to that large class of
Englishmen who will look only to one point of
the compass, who will believe that Prince Bis
marck cares only about France, and who expect
from day to day, as, for instance, the STANDARD
appears to do, to. hear that a German Army is
encamped at ~Chalons. To such we say thas
they may be right, but that, if they are right
she German chiefs, while dreading q coalition
for it is only a coalition which could put
Germany in tremor-think it best to strike at
the best.guarded point, at the point where the
fight would be sorest, and at, the point where
there is the least additional strength to be OBJ
tanned as the reward of victory. Is that likely?
1t may be true, fol-. Prince Bismarck may one
day make a mistake, like another man but it
is much wiser to assume that he will not, that
he will, if he breaks out of the ring, break Qua
at the weakest point, and that if he chooses
war, it will be war in which there is something
to be obtained. 1t is indefinitely more pro-
bable that all the rumours of war which dlsquiet
the Continent are spread to carry the new
ecclesiastical laws, but if war is really intended,
it is the Hapsburgs, Of all men, who, IS We
calculate, have war to dread.
, 1875-05-12
The "AVIS"

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EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
The Authors of the ''Spelling Mania"

And now it is said that the publishers
of Wehster's Dictionaries are response
BILE for the recent Spelling Bee" excite
ment. Whether this is true or not, the
spelling mania was a good thing, and it
undoubtedly had very excellent infu-
ence. OF all educational accomplish
ments, a. proper knowledge Of the or
biography of onr own language is GER
tainly the most desirable, and of all the
deficiencies in our educational methods,
that relating to this study is the most
marked And we were therefore going
to say that whether the spelling excite
ment came about through the advertis-
ing efforts of the Webster publisher or
not, one thing is quite clear, and that ia
that there is norhing that has helped to
stimulate the widespread interest in the
subject, or that is so nearly a Speller's
Vade Mecum as Webster's Pocket Die
tionary. sold for One Dollar, and to be
had of almost any dealer in books. It
is marvel of compactness, containing
about three hundred illustrations, over
eighteen thousand words, brief but COM
prehensive rules for spelling, a large
number of words from Foreign Ian
guages, phrases, proverbs, etc. in com
mon use. 1t is neatly bonnd in Moroc-
CO, with tucks and gilt edges. If not
otherwise obtainable il may be had by
mail from the publishers. Messrs wi
son, Brakeman, Taylor. & Co., 1873 and
40 Grand Street, New York, by cnclos-
ing to them the price, one dollar.
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The Path of the Great Cyclone.

We note with unabated interest, says
the Herald, the progress eastward of the
great Texas Cyclone that devastated
Indianola and Galveston. After sweep
ing over the Atlantic in almost direct
line from its point of departure on our
coast, the storm struck the British Is
lands, where it repeated the ravages that
marked it's progress in the United States
and carried shipwreck and ruin to the
Irish and English coast and cities. The
valley Of the Lee was inundated by the
enormous rainfall that accompanied the
furious meteor. Houses were unroofed,
kilograms, many human lives were lost.
Indeed, but for the substantial charac-
ter of the buildings on the territories
swept by the storm, we would have read
of disasters that would have created a
terrible parallel to those experienced
along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The latest reports announce the arrival
of the storm centre at Archangel, an i'm
portant seaport of Northern Russia. sit
uated at the mouth of the Dwina, on
the White Sea. At this point the storm
appears 70 have lost bat little of its
original force; for we read of nothing
but shipwreck and ruin attending its
passage. On consulting map oF the
northern hemisphere it will be observed
that the cyclone travelled directly north
eastward
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
California Hermit.

A forest hermit. dwelling among the
big trees of California. Is thus described
BY a tourist: "a while ago / came
drifting through the gorges and woods
from the Mari posa trees. arriving here
when the grove was full of noon suE-
shine. and in sanntering from tree to
tree, making my wav through hazel
and dogwood and over huge brown logs,
I came suddenly upon handsome cot
tage with quaint, old fashioned chimney
and gables, every wav uncommon, and so
new and fresh that it still smelled of
balsam and resin like a newly fallen tree.
StroIling forward, wondering to what
my strange discovery would lead, I
found an old, gray haired man, sitting
at the door upon bark stool, we airy
eyed and unspeculative, and seemingly
surprised that his fine forest hermitage
had been discovered. After drinking at
the burn that trickles past the door, /
sat down beside him, and bit by bit he
gave me his history, which, in the main,
is only a sad illustration of early Cali
fornia life during the gold period, full of
intense experiences, now mp in exciting
success, now down in crushing reverses,
the day of life waning meanwhile far
into the afternoon, and long shadows
turning to the east; health gone, and
gold; the game played and lost; and
now, creeping into this solitude, where
he may at least maintain independence.
he awaits the coming of night The
name of my hermit friend is John A.
Nelder, a man of broad sympathy and a
keen intnitive observer of Nature
Birds, squirrels, plants, all receive low
ing attention. and it is delightful to see
how sensitively he feels the silent intln
ences of the woods. How his eye bright
ems as he gazes upon the grand seqnoia
kings that stand guard around his cabin!
How he pets and feeds the wild quails
and Douglass squirrels, and how tender
ly he stroked the sapling sequoas, hop
ing that they will yet reach the full sta
ture of their race and rule the woods.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08

In January last, Captain Ward fell
down dead in the streets of Detroit. The
breath was hardly out of his body when
two of his sons by his first marriage
FASTENED to secure the services of emin-
ent counsel to contest his will. The
case was opened last month, and after
some ten days of legal fence and judicial
rulings on preliminary points, the pri-
vate life of the Michigan millionaire is
being revealed on the witness stand. 1t
appears that Capt. Ward came of fam
lily strongly tainted with insanity; that
he had both legitimate and iflegitimate
children who are confirmed lnnatics. II
has been shown that he procured d.
vorce from his first wife by gross fraud,
and that two months after that achieve
ment be married the Young lady who is
now his widow and the legatee of two
millions Of his property.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08
A Young WomsR Outraged and Mur-
dered-The Head Severed from
the Body.

CoNcoRD, y. H.. October 4.-ABoth
er horrible murder occurred at Suncook
to-day Miss Longmahe, daughter of
James +. Longmade, highly respecta-
BILE citizen of SuncOHk, left home this
morning for school. having half a mile
TO walk, part Of the -wav through the
woods. Not returning at the nsual hour
search was made and the woods secured
At s O'Clock this evening her body was
found i'm the woods. half a mile from the
read. with the head nearly severed from
the body She had been outraged and
murdered
Josie Langmade, the victim of the
terrible murder. was eighteen years Of
age, pretty and general fayorite. She
was an attendant at Pembroke Academy.
When her Young brother returned from
school the family received the first in
iimation Of her Disappearance. The
alarm was at once givea. and the people
of Suncook turned out en- lasse to search
for her. The body was found several
rods from the r"ad in a clump of bush
es, the head entirely severed from the
body. She had been fearfmlly outraged.
At IL o'clock p. VI. the head had no t
been found. She was last seen alive
this morning. one-thiri of a mile from
her house. The road to school is a lone
ly one; only two houses on the way.
Officers have gone down from this city,
and detectives telegraphed from Boston
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The Frog Trade.
Correspondence Of tbs Troy Press.l

Correspondence OF tbs Troy Press.
was ont driving on Saturday and a
few miles from here found two men in a
swamp by the side of the road, who
seemed to be crazy, to Judge from their
movements. j watched them from the
carriage some time, and finally, made
up my miad they were fishing, but how
they could find water enough to fish in ]
could not imagine Finally called out
to them. "What are Won doing thert ?"
"Come and see," one of them shouted
back / hitched my horse and picked
my way over the logs to them. They
were catching frogs. They would strike
them with clubs where they could reach
with wire "znare" They had large
basketful, more than a hundred pounds,
they said, and | guess they told the
truth. One of them said he made
good deal of money catching frogs for
the New York market. He said that in
one month last season he caught l 500 lbs
of dressed frogs, for which he got thirty
cents pound. making $3.50 for his months
work. Part of the time he had two bows
TO help him. Last week, near Hudson,
he SAID he eanght upwards of 500
pounds and sold them for $160, or at an
average of thirty-two cents pound.
These stories seemed to me incredible.
and yet he assured me it was truth. He
can clear twenty eight cents pound, he
says easily. He seemed to be an honest
man and, from the ease with which they
caught the frogs, was led to believe
that he had not stretched the truth much,
| if At all
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-10-08

The Government Commissioners, who
recently treated with the Indians for the
Black Hills, made an offer of S400, 600
per an annmm for the auriferous up
lands, reserving the right to terminate
the license at any time by giving two
years notice, and that at the expiration
of that time all the private property re-
manning in the territory should revert
to the Indians. OF the sum offered,
however, il was stipulated that 100000
should annually be used "for objects
beneficial for the civilization. Or, if the
Indians preferred to sell, they would
pay them the snm of $4,000, 900 for the
territory named, in fifteen annual in
stallments-not less than 100000 of
which should annually be nsed for pur-
poses of civilization. After delibera-
ting upon the matter for aShort time,
the Indians, concluded not to accept the
proposition; and IN reply to the Com
missioners, Red Cloud said he consider
ed the Hills more valuable in precious
metals than the entire wealth Of the
United States. He proposed to ask
large sum for them, the principal to be
put out at interest, and from the latter
derive sufficient TO keep the Sioux ma
tion. Tn addition he wanted a grant an
nualIy to each head of an Indian fami-
~ of six yoke of oxen, wagon, n span
of horses, harness, a bull COW, sow, boar,
sheep, rams, chickens, and other domes-
tic fowls, coffee, tea, sugar, side-meat,
rice, cracked corn, beans, dried apples
and host of other articles. He enum-
Grated also a house and furniture the
same as the white men have. He said
the Government is trying TO make n
white man ont of him, and he wanted
the indulgences of white men. He
wanted saw mill for every tribe of the
Sioux nation, the removal Of troops
from the post adjacent to the agencies,
also the right of appointing Indian
agents, employees and traders. He was
emphatic in his demand for Catholic
clergy for special Instructors. He said
God had given his people the Black
Hills so that they might all subsist from
wealth. He opposed any roads TO the
Black Hills except the one made by
Custer from Bismarck, which he desig-
mated as thieves road. He wanted all
half-breedE and white men who married
sqnaws treated the same as Indians. He
described the limits of the Black Hills
which he wished to SELL He emphati-
cally opposed disposing of the Big Horn
and Powder River country. He said
six generations of Indians had passed
away. The Seventh Is only condition, IL
the Sioux nation sells the hills, would
be the guarantee that President Grant
would provide for the Indians for six
succeeding generations An Indian gem
Grafton is one hundred years.) A prop
osition submitted by the Commissioners
surprised the Indians very much on ac-
count OF the unexpectedly small SUM
named for the Hills.