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Odd ErIInMA Assaulted.

New YoRE, October ia special to
the S,m from New Haven, reports that
the procession of the Odd Fellows En-
campments of Connecticut with invited
encampments from Providence, were in.
suited and pelted with stones by the
students as they passed Yale College, and
retaliatcd by charging on tho students
with drawn swords. Several of the stu.
dents were slightly wounded, and the nj
fray terminated. Tne faculty of the
college have expressed regre. at the un.
fortunate occurrence.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
New York Money and stock
Market.

New YORK, October l9-MoNEY-
Market nj 2@3 per cent. Prime mer-
csntie paper Sol per cent The Assist
ant Treasurer ds bur. ed $4,000 C.ear-
ings s3l 100000. Sterling heavy 1t
476G4S0.
G0LD-Opened at ll6i and closed
at ll6i the two extremes OF the day;
Rates paid for borrowing, , Ga, l-52, l-l5.
3-G4 finally, 64per cent per diem.
EoygpEN1rSTs-Fir
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Baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, October - Flour =
Quiet and unchanged. Wheat-S'rong;
No. . red western 81 4I@Jl A.. Corn
Firm; western mixed G9ir. Otts-Qu.e.
and unchanged Hay-Qmet at 81 OO
G,24 90. Pork-$23 IS. Bulk Meats
Shoulders 9@9ici clear RIB l3@l3ic
loose. Bacon Shoulders l0!c; clear RIB
l4!c; hams l5i@l6c. Lurd-Steady nj
l4ic. Cofee-Quet at l9@ pc P"tro-
leum-Unsettled; crude Gi@Gsci refined
l3tc. Mhisky-Sl u.
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New York Dry Goods Market

new YORK. October l9-The package
trade in domestic Cotton and Wool
Goods was light, and jobbIng branches
inactive. Cotton Goods moved at un-
changed prices. Fancy Prints ruled
quiet, and Amoskeags are reduced to 5!c.
Dress Goods and Giughams are in steady
request and oscy sold up. Overcoat-
ings are in limited demand, but Cassl-
meres and Flanncls are in light request.
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cleveland Market.

CLEVELAND, October l9-Wheat-
Steady; new red 81 25; No. . do 81 90;
rejected S5c; old nominal. Corr
Dull; high mixed. &C.; low do Coo; ear,
on track, 62e. Oats-Firm; new No.
state 42c; No. do, 4Oc. Petroleum
Firmer: standard white l0ic; Ohio test
ljo'J ll!c car !cts; li@2!c higher for
small lots
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-20
Sport.men'. Association.

MEMPHIS, October 19.-The meeting
of the Tennessee State Sportsmen's As
scciatlon, to begin on the 25th and con-
tinue during the week, promises to be
well attended, as thirty.f five hundred
dollars are offered for trap shooting,
81, 800 in cash aud $3.50 in plate for field,
and $500 IN plate for the best show of
field dogs. Several fine kennels from
Eastern States have already arrived, and
the W est will be well represented.
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Philadelphia WOOL Mark et.

PHILADELPHIA, October l9-Wooi--
Stronger and in good supply; medium
and combing sscarce with an upward
tendency; Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia double extra and above Asa,
soc. extra i5ll SC; medium 43c; coar-"
4Ola i6c, the latter for coarse Iclainc New
York, Michigan, Indiana and Western
fine 40 43c; medium 49a SOC; coarse 80
4, i9c. the latter coarse deiaine; combing
washed jS@62; cpmbing unwa.bed ~!
fine cunwashed SOR3lc; coarse and me-
dium unwashed 34ta 37c; tub washed 80
M55c; extra and nerino pulled 3SG i2c;
No. and superfne pulled 3SGi2c.
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Cincinnati Market.

ClNCINNATI, October l7.-Co.ton-
Quiet at l3:c Flour-Firm and un-
changed. " Wheat-Ac,ivea 81 3jdl 4S
Confirm ut GOMGjc Oats Dull at
32@45c. Barley-DllI and unchanged.
Rye-Quiet at S3@ Soc. Pork-Dull at
So OOta22 % Lart-Quiet; steam at
l3:c; kettle l34@l4c. Bulk Meats Dull;
new shoulders 9g9tc packed; old meats
nominally SB@l2u1l3fc loose, Bacon
Quiet at lO@l4!@I4lc. Whisky
Steady at 81 Is.
Hogs--Frm; good light packers
81 OOlG7 75 good butchers 81 sOlg7 So;
common light dull at s. OUCG7 Is.
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WAuSINGToN, October l9.-As soon
as Mr.. Chandler had signiiicd his accept
ance his commission was made out add II
note sent to Chief Justice Carter, OF the
District supreme Court, to appear Mt the
White House. At noon the Chief JUS
tice accordingly proceeded to the Execu-
tive Mansion and administered the oath
office to the new Secretary. The Cabi-
net then met and Chandler took his seat
ut the table.
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Toledo Market.

ToLEDo, October l9-Flour-Quiet
and unchanged. Wheat-Quiet; No
white Wabash 81 20; No. Go 81 "A;
No. I white Michigan 81 25; extra do
81 70; amber 81 ~. Coru-Quiet and
firm; high mixed 59ie; seller October
5'Ic; selle- November js!c; damaged
Ste; low mixed DOC Oats-Dull; No. =
37c; MIchIgan 46gc: rejected 3lc.
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THE WEATHER.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

" AK DtFAhI VI IN Y
OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, :
NAsHINGToN, October 20, An. }
PROBABILITIES.
For the Atlantic states. high or rising
barometer, northwest to northeast winds,
warmer and partly cloudy weather.
For the Gulf States, Tennessee and
OHIO VALLEY, high barometer, northeast
to southeast winds, rising or stationary
temperature, and clear or partly cloudy
weather.
For the Lakes. the Upper Mississippi
and Lower Missouri Valleys, slowly fall
ing barometer, southeast to southwest
winds, warmer and partly cloudy weather
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Pittsbursh Market.

PITTSBURGH, October l9-Wheat--
Quiet and prices unchanged; new red
quoted at 81 2j@, 80; new white 81 3OG
! 10; old red 81 lcrl 4j Corn--Dulii
shelled, 69G7lc; ear, 1U'o 12c on track.
Petroleum--Quict crude, - III AT Par
ker's; refined, 1896, Philadelphia deIiv-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-20

BUFFALO, October l9.-Thomas Ken
ney and Benjamin Dlckey, aldermen,
were today arraigned in the Superior
Court criminal term for misconduct in
Office in selling to the city and auditing
their accounts for work and supplies fur
nished. They were held to bail IN $1,000
each
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lOstDOIled.

CIxcIxyATI, October l9.--Thc citi-
zens here who were preparing for the
Hard Money Convention, appointed to be
held in this city on the 25th inst, have
accepted the action of the New York
committee as q postponement.
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InNinn Irihe Moving

OKMULGEE, |. T., October l9.-About
one Thousand Pottawa!omie Indians an
advance party of the tribe from Topeka
Kansas, passed through here to-day for
their new home in Indian Territory.
They were well provided with teams.
WAGONS and household erOOds
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Reunion ofConfedcrate soIdlers.

ELzABErH, y. Y, October l9.-The
reunion .. Union and Confederate SOL
dirr- begun to-day. a line was formed
a, 1880. when all marched to Waverly
Hall. Generals Fitzpatrick, Pryor, Penn
hertcn and others were present, together
with Il number Of State officials. Gen.
eral, Pryor and Fitzpatrick delivered ad-
dresses. |. Is gaia day in the city, the
display exceeding the 4th Of Julv. This
evening the fire department will meet
the veterans on their return, and = grand
display o. ire works will follow.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-20

GALvE>TOS, October IA fire at
Anderson, Texas this morning destroyed
fourteen stores and dwellings. Among
them were the Odd Fellows Hall and
furnit.re, Wilson & Howell's store, two
warehouses, Post Office and valuable
mail matter Losses estimated at $40
OOO: partialIY insured.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-20
Murderer Convicted.

New YORK, October l9.-Jacob Son
derman, WHO on April 18Th shot and
killed Louisa Lelbanman, was convicted
of murder in the first degree tonight aud
will be sen ntenced to. morrow.
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Stan d ard w orks.
BIGELoW's LIFE OF FRANKLIN.

The Life OF Benjamlno Franklin. Written
by himself Now first edited from Oiig
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William T. Able, potter, wa. caught
in clay grinder to-day and terribly IN
jured, his face being partially crushed,
and one arm so badly crushed as to ne
cessitate ampntation.
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Rcinforccmcnts for Cuba.

HAVANA, October 1.-two more
steamer. have arrived from Spain with
reiniorcements for the army.
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Prince Frederick TO visit the Cen
fpmn.uI

LoxpoN, October 2O.-The morning
Posts telegram from Berlin says that it
is stated m naval circles that Prince
Frederick intends to visit the Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia, and that a
German squadron will conduct him
thIthcr.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-10-20

RAILROAD BoNDs-Dull and lower;
Central Pacific tell of to l06: Union Pa
cifc frsts to l02; Land Grants TO SO;
Sinking funds to 88; Chicago and North
western consolidated coupon gold
bonds quiet.
SrocKs-The market opened firm and
higher, the improvement ranging from
/ to l per cent. Pacific Mail led the ad.
vance, rising from 36! to 3S5
on large business; Lake Shore
rose from 54} to 55s; Western
Union advanced from 733 to 74t, reacted
to 73s and later recovered. Northwest.
ern rose from 81! to 84:i St. Paul 80 to
32!; preferred from Gil to Gl!, and Ohios
from l5t to IL. In some cases theee was
a partial reaction after midday. Union
Pacific advanced to 81 and letter declined
TO G64. Erie sold at l4i@l53@l43@l5.
Missouri Pacific declined from l5! to 10
AT the second call the market WAS firm.
Stocks were higher during the last hour
Of business, ths closing quotations being
generally the highest of the day. Pacific
Mail WAS the leading feature, rising to 3S!
an advance Of 2 per cent from the opening
price. The closing sales were at 3S5.
Lake Shore advanced to j5:, Northwest
err to 50, st. Paul to 324, Western
Union to Tag, and Ohios to l6b. Mis-
souri, Pacific declined from l54 to ljl
The other changes were less important.
The general tone OF tho market to-day
was much stronger than for some time
past, and buying was attended with in
creased confidence rs to the future The
directors of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company held meeting thi. afternoon
and ratified the sale recently
negotiated Of four of their Old wooden
side wheel steamers, Costa Rica, Ore
ganlsn, Golden Age and Nevada to the
Militia Bitsche Company, Japan Thi,
Company receives subsidy from the
Japan Governmet and represents it. The
steamers sold were run between Shang.
hai and Yokahama in opposition TO n
line of the Militia Btsche Company,
their present purchasers. The Pacific
Mail lost on this line last year nearly
100000. The price obtained for the
steamers was 100000 in Mexican
silver, equivalent in currency
to nearly $4,000. The sale furnishes
the Pacific Mail ,'ompany with means to
pay its obligations, except the losn Oft the
Panama Railroad and place the company
in better financial condition than for
years past. The Militia Bitsche Com.
pany offers to run the steamers bought
SO rs to connect with the main line OF
the Pacific Mail line. The transactions
on the Stock Exchange were 10000
shares, of winch 1900 were Pacific Mail,
26,OO0 Western Union, $500 Northwest
ern common, 10000 Erie, $4,000 Lake
Shore, 1900 Ohios and 5000 Missouri
Pacific.
Western Union. ~ ST Paul prefer'd 6l1l
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FOREIGN.


LoNpoN. October ia specia! from
Vienna says the Herzegovinan in.ur-
gents are preparing to attack Zubel.
The Turk, arr concentrating there, and
"A decisive battle !. believed TO be impend-
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The run on the Home Savings Bank,
Bottom. continues. Over $4,000 were
paid TO depos.tors yesterday.
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CoLUMBUs, October l9-Tho Masonic
Grand Lodge Of ONO met here to-day,
about FIVE hundred lodges being repre-
scnted. Twelve lodges were organized
during the year. a resolution was adopt
ed in honor of the memory of the late
Grand Master McCarkle, of Kentucky.
After appointing standing committees
aRd transactlng routine business recess
was taken until tomorrow,
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Francis Liebcr, LID. Author of"Civil
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HAZLITT'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON
tn" Life Of Nupolcan Eonaparto. BY
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This IS Ia" earliest OF tho three great
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HAzLITT's LIFE OF NAPOLEON

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POLITICAL ETHICS.

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THE GERMAN EMPERROs

Admirably adapted for text book
t.!Gisiphta Evening Telegraph.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-22

AN Indiana paper, abiding to
the death of the man who designed
the great seal of that State, remarks
that "any man who would try and
make us believe a full grown bull
would deliberately rush up to stran-
ger who was chopping down tree at
sunrise ought to die" But the State
seal of Indiana is not by any means
the most remarkable of the devices
employed for that purpose, Georgia
offers something more astonishing in
a picture of an absurd summer house
supported by three pillars and guard
ed by a Continental soldier with
weak legs; and Kentucky actually
presents figure of Gen. Washington
III the act of holding up an intoxica-
ted friend, in order to keep him from
falling against a bookcase in the
back guard. After this California's
device of Minerva sitting on stone,
while a cinnamon bear nibbles her
1eis leg, seems artistic and nice.
Il Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-22

A FAIR GAME, BUT NOT Equal
During the war Georgian started to
Marietta with some chickens for sale.
He met squad of soldiers, and they
bought all his chickens but one roos-
ter. He insisted they should take him
but they were out of money, and could
not buy.
The old man said he hated to go on
to town with only one chicken, aud
was greatly puzzled about it.
At last one of the soldiers said
"Old man, I'll play you game Of
seven-up for him."
They played a long and spirited
game. At last the soldier won. The
old man wrung the ROSTERS neck and
tossed him at the soldie's feet, and
mounted his swab-tailed pony and
started home. After getting some two
hundred yards he suddenly stopped,
turned round, and rode back and said !:
"You played a far game, and won
the rooster fairly, but I'd like to know
what in the HI you put up agin that
rooster. Meridian Homestead.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-12-22
How HENRY CLAY WAS Sold

How HENRY CLAY WAS Sold
Some time before the Introduction of
railroads, Gov. Metcalfe represented in
Congress district of which Nicholas
county was part. Mr.. Clay was Sec
rotary Of State under President Quincy
Adams. The two distinguished poll
ticians agreed to travel to Washington
In Governor Metcalf's carriage. While
passing through tire State of Pennsyl.
vania, Mr.. Clay told Governor Met
calfe tbathe lad received intimations
that in certain town they were ap.
preaching he would be honored with
an ovation by the citizens. Just be-
fore coming to the town, Gov. Met
calfe, who had all along been driving
suggested to Mr.. Clay that he take the
lines and drive, as he himself was
tired.
Mr.. Clay readily consented, where
upon the Governor took the back seat
in the carriage. Mr.. Clay drove the
team successfully into the town, and
they were met by large concourse of
people. Gov. Metcalfe alighted from
the carriage, and being asked whether
he was Mr.. Clay, answered yes, that lie
was glad to meet them, etc., and at
this the crowd fairly holsted him upon
their shoulders and triumphantly star
ted with him to the place of reception.
Looking back at Mr.. Clay who still sat
in the carriage somewhat nonplussed,
the Governor cried: "Driver, take
those horses to the stable and feed
then." The merriment of the crowd,
when the joke was discovered, can bet
ter be, imagined than described-Mr.
Clay himself, as heartily entering
into it as the rest Carlisle Mercury.