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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-27
Louisville Industrial Exposition.

LOUISVILLE, August 20.-The Louis
vile Industrial. Exposition opens next
Wednesday. A great deal Of space Is now
occupied with vast variety Of novelties.
The opening day will be Rlgnali1ed by a
monster procession, In which the mechan-
les and manufactures Of the city will be
represented. Several firms will make dis
plays at n cost Of over 100000. All the
benevolent societies and military organi.
cations will participate. The Governor
will be present at the opening, and other
distinguished strangers from abroad have
been Invited. The natural history de-
partmcnt will embrace the largest mu-
seum In the United States, being valued at
quarter Of million dollars. The art
department will embrace the best works
Of American artists, private collections
being partially excluded on account Of
the large variety OF original pieces con-
tributed. Rare works Of sculpture by
Canoya, Powers, EFarband and other dis
tingniShed artists will be exhibited.
Strangers from all parts Of the South
are coming into the city, and the opening
festivities will be witnessed by thousands
Of people. Special rates on the railroads
and steamboats, have been secured.
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SlOan'S NtatiOm...Odd Fellows
GcIebFatiOn..FcsIiVaI, dc.
SLOAN's STATION, August 70.

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LoANssTATloN' august ~
Editors ln'0lliSen'Cri
Twenty yeOrSag thlS place was known
a. Newburg, and no place on the Ohio
river enjoyed the notorlety II did. From
Pittsburgh to New Orleans II was repre-
sented to be the abode OF parties who, be-
ing naturally born tired, were as u conse:
qncnce opposed to earning their bread
BY the sweat oil their DrowS' no matter
what the crime or where committed, II
was universally laid a. the door oil the
Newburgites, The citizens subsequently,
changed the name to sIoan's Station, and
since that time the place has Undergone a
mark change for the better. The In
habitants endeayor to avoid everything
that smacks Of immortality. They are
even mole Jealous IN tnlS respect than
the citizens OF CadiI ONO; Inc popula'
tiOn has more Than doubled IN the last TWO
years, and whatever way you turh evl,
dence oil thriitineSS and INDUSTRY meet
your gaze. a large nour.hg m.L' pan
ing mill and numerous sewer PIPE, CHM
ney Top anu TIlIcco WGfksareln ,ti i @ lnll Dlast
Tn-.sL. - '' ''' ns,,1I,tnn oI,n n'u..,,I
Iarer1 seek 0SOVe everyt,."ge'se, I, goou
hotel Kept ny mine most, Johh D. Lig'
gett' Inc religious elemenv OIL IniS pace
y composed 81 uhlISd rreSpyIeflanSl
MetiouisIs, ana Me'hoHts1 Me's!n EPlssoP"iMT, ~ aiI
having line church ed1Ilces mere mere. they
also nave n large anu liourishing school,
where the young idea y taught now TO
shoot. In short they nave everything
here that pertains 70 trstclas' village,
except the Aforesaid. ,,.,.
The object Of my ylSit mere To-Day was
to witness the oId feIioTs parade N when
took place ut l:3V o'clock I. NJ. on my
arrival ] found the citizens lalTiy gHrg'
ing over win eSci'engnt ahu entilu'
siasm. At rM. tie visiting brethren
sat down to n botntillil repast gotten up
6y the ladieS oil this place Alter alnheT
the procession, consltinB vi hisniUerS y; ol
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Suspension OF Sterling, AI,rens d

BALTIMORE, MD, August 2G.-sterling,
Ahrens & Co., said TO be one Of the largest
sugar importing houses in the United
States, suspended payment this afternoon.
Mr.. Ahrehs thinks that their liabilities
amount to about $2,OOO,OOO, but II their
assets arc judiciously administered, their
creditors can ultimately be paid dollar
for dollar. lie assigns as the causes for
the failure the;general depresSiOnin bust.
meas, and OF Shrinkage III value Of coffee
and sugar, which the firm have large
stock. They have also large real estate
not al present available. Detailed state.
me1ts Of their affairs will be prepared.
The debts are due to parties In this city
and Cuba almost exclusively. II Is said
that the business Of the firm footed up
$4O,OOOOOO per year. They were propri.
etors OF two large sugar retiheries, the
Merchants and the Chesapeake, and
agents for two others, the CaevcrL and
the Maryland. The effect here of the
failure remains TO DO developed.
BALTIMORE, August 26.-ft il now az.
certained that the liabilities Of Sterling,
Ahrens 4 Co. amount to two and a half
millions, Of which one million Is due in
Baltimore to the Merchants Bank and
private banking houses. The firm en-.
ployed 35O men In their rehneries and
barrel factory. The immediate cause Of
the failure IL said TO be the shfihkage in
mOlasses.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Baltimore Guseite says Tt is this
working between drinks that kill so many
Louisville editors" Cruel,
An Alabama widow n few days ago
found on her farm nugget Of gold weigh
ing two and half pounds, and worth
5000 This is the largest nugget ever
found in that State.
"A novel kind OF theft is reported
from St, Louis, where man stole a
gauge from boiler at quarry at the
moment when there was pressure of a
hundred pounds. This almost equals the
prOverbial red hot stove.
The Adams and the American, which are
the two great express companies Of the
county, employs about 5000 men, 1000
horses, 1000 wagons, and use 5000 iron
safes, Their agents travel more than
100000 miles daily, or nearly SS,0OO,O0O
mikes yearly,
The Hartford ConrdHt, edited by the
President Of the Centennial Commission,
says that almost the entire work and ex-
pense has thus far rested upon the people
Of Pennsylvania, and intimates that the
time has now arrived for the people Of
other States to come to their assistance.
Advertisement in Dublin Times /!
"Matriunny,--A mother, suffering from
mortal disease, and longing to see her
two daughters suitably married before
she leaves this world, wishes to meet two
sentlemeui respectable parCntagei mini
mum income, RlOO; age under 40. Girls
are good.humOret, trained hOuSckeepers,
very handsome advertiser can guarantee
this); agcs, % and 10; eldest very sensible,
youngest littlo~tlightyi fortunes, GSOO
each, InclosO card, etc. Address Y 72,
office Of this paper"
The Eads ietty system, by which the
Southwest Pass In the Mississippi IL to
be dCepened, so as to admit large ships,
promises to be fully successful. There is
already depth Of water secured which
assures tho required depth within the
year, The strength and permanance OF
the stone work must necessarily be tested
by time, but there Is every indication Of
final and complete success.
During the recent flood on the Wild
cat River; in Indiana, resident Of Clin-
ton county awoke late one night to find
the ground floor Of his house entirely
submerged, and the waters rising rapidly,
lie took his children out Of bed, set them
on the highest part Of the roof, and began
firing shots from his gun, rs a signal Of
distress, until his ammunition gave out.
He had just set about composing his mind
for death when some Of his neighbors,
coming down the river in boat, sailed
in at one Of his windows and rescued the
party.
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bridge Celebration.

ATcHrsoN, KS, August 2O.-Extensive
preparations are being made for the cele-
braiioh on the I'd ofsept., in honor Of
the completion OF The iron bridge over
the Missouri river at this point; all the
railroads centefing here will run excur.
sion trains at low fare, and II Is expected
that from l5,OOOto 10000 people will be
present.
Clarence N. Abbott, son Of the editor of
the Pdtriol Of this city, drowned a few
days ago while crossing the Mormon
river, Utah.
Heavy rain storms since l2 o'clock last
night, extending over northern Kansas
and far southwatd; they are very bene-
fetal 10 the late planted corn.
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11cpubllcnn state Convention.

JACKSON, Miss, August 26.-The Re-
publican State Convention continued In
session until four o'clock this morning.
The proceedings were not harmonious or
enthusiastic, and at one time we're posi-
lively diagraceiul. George NJ. Buchanan,
OF Marshall county, was nominated for
State Treasurer. The platform contains
nothing new. The Times, the Republican
paper Of this place, vigorously protests
against the section congratulating the
party on the successful and economical
administration Of Governor Ames, and
thinks the raising Of such an Issue as that
presented by the adoption Of that section
extremely imp0litic.
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Shocking Murder.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 2O.-Gustave Hum
Ter, Of jamestown, Green county, Ohio,
while intoxicated, last evening, made an
attempt to kill his wife. ShO lied across
the street to the house Of a neighbour
Humler followed and made an unsuccess-
full effort to get in the house by breaking
the window. He then threatened to re.
turn 10 his house and kill the children,
thinking this threat would induce his
wife to come ont, but It failing he return.
ed to his house, procured table knile,
took the infant from the arms Of his lit
tie girl, l2 years old, laid IL upon the
floor and deliberately cut its throat from
ear to ear. lie then threw the child and
knife upon the bed and went back and
told his wife what he had done. lie was
afterwards arrested. He still regrets
TINT he did not kill his wife.
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Indian Affairs.

EUFAULA, l. T., August 2C.-The regu-
lar annuity for the support Of the Creeks
from the National Government, and also
an appropriation for their schools for
this fiscal year, amounting to $4,000, has
been received and will be paid out here
tomorrow. This amount Ia Eve per cent
on the Investment Of funds held by the
United States in trust for the Creek
Indians, and an additional sum Of s2,7lO
will also be paid, appropriated by an act
Of Congress, March 3D., 1876, 70 resume
the fulilment Of portion ot the Creek
treaty Of 1882, that had been suspended
under the ruling Of the Interior Depart
ment for two years past.
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The September number Of Stribner con.
tains u meaty article on Chicago, which
describes the process of "corncring' in
that lively city. Briefly, A, D and c com.
bine their means and credits to mako a
corner in July. They therefore quietly
begin in May to buy corn to be delivered
in July. They gradually buy all The corn
in the market, and, Of necessity, must
buy all thatarriveS, paying for the latter
whatever IL demanded. When u purchase
i' thus made, seller and buyer put up
margin, either in cash, OF certificate, or
deposit A soon as the corner becomes
known, there IL an effort made to break II.
Inc settlement takes place at 3 r. N. on
!he last day Of the month, TloSe who
nave sold corn to the corner and have no
corn todelver, pay the difference between
HG price at which they sold and the
ruling price at the close Of business on
he last day AZ the corner has thus
purchased sometimes five times IA mitch
corn aS there is to bc had, amounting to
millions Of bushels, aud the price has ad.
yNnced ten cents Il bushel, the profit Is
enormous, As the prices advance, addi.
lohal margins arc required Those fail.
ing TO put up the additional margins. lose
what they have already nut up, The
antl-corner factions seek to 40 crowd
Mles on the corner rs to exhaust il cap.
ital and credits, and render II unable 10
buy at the advance prices. Tins The
corner Is compelled to send oni in ibe
country and buy for cash all the eorn in
sight to prevent having rushed into chi.
cago at the last moment. These f OK.
citing times. Corn at such momen, NAV
ec purChascd OF the corner, for shipment
rom six to fifteen cents bushel less than
y h selling for on Change for delivery
during the month Each time there il |,
corner there is crash, sometimes of the
corner men and at other times of the
antIcorner men. The whole proceeding,
we OF such questionable honesty that the
legislature Of Illinois has declared the
operation OF q corner to he felony. Il
M nevertheless still prNcticcd. Corners
Ne attempted in wheat, oats, barley,
Pork and lard, and Rome Of them have
TVeen quite successful in pccuniary way.
u requires nerve, nudacity and money,
OF credit Recently bank went into a
corner issuing its certificates Of deposit
,It margins; the corner failed, and so did
sue S bank, and the certificates have never
osen paid,
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cry in flowers. Again, another pair is
scarlet, with gold color or bright blue em-
broidered clorking on the sides, Some
are striped horizontally in narrow bands
Of blue and rose color, or rose and lead
color, intersected by lepgthwisc lines of
embroidery and open clOcking, Others
again are Of plain solid colors-blue, ap-
PIE green, rose color, scarlet and crimson,
purple, brown and gray, in allshades, but
knit or woven in ribs to form lengthwise
Ali Of this hosiery is long enough to
garter far above the knee. They say that
In Paris choice and iastidious women are
having the tops Of their fine hose trimmed
with Valenciennes, Cluny and DuChesse
lace. 1t ia put on full enough to admit
Of being Auted. Exquisite garters, with
gold and silver buckles, and some even
ieweled, are shown to go with this costly
hosiery, The garters are also trimmed
with rOsettes Of real lace,
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Com PROMISE on the Woodbury.
Patient.

CHICAGO, August 2G.--The Woodbury.
Patent Planning Machine Company have
com mpromi'ed with the National Defense
Association for 100000 for licenses to
one thousand mills, quashihg all litiga-
tiUn and acknowledging tile validity Of
the patent, which has been ratified by
meetings held at Chicago, ST. Louis and
DettOitby Mr.. ], T, Drew, their counsel.
The company have commenced suits
against the owners Of fifty thousand ma.
chimes outside these in the United States.
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The Latest Forni Of Extravaganza

tC AZ Dana In the N. Y sun.
The new fashionable silk hose come in
fancy boxes, four pairs in box, from $40
to $50 n box. The four pairs ARE all Of
different colors, and each pair Is embrOid.
cred or clicked in n different design. The
artists and designers skill is seen on
every pair. Some are pure, others pearl,
and others cream white; some pale blue,
rose color, mauve, drab, brown, In all
shades; red, from scarlet to deep
crimson; and gray, from the darkest
London smoke 10 the palest lead col
or. Exquisite combinations in strongly
Contrdsted Colors appear 10 embroidery
on the sides, running half way up the
leg, or to the swell Of the calf above the
ankle, and sometimes covering the whole
iustcp. Sometimes the embroidery il Of
the same color as the stockings, long lines
running between open lace-like clocks,
terminating in noti-iorm points half way
between the knee and the ankle. The
instcp Of a pair Of white silk hose
Il sprinkled over with tiny tosebuds
and leaves in natural colors, the
pure green and red Another pair has
A nEEHIvE on THE tSsrEP,
with bees swatming, in lines that termin.
ate in points below the garter; another
pair is striped lengthwise in alternate
inch bands oi.bme and rose color, each
point ending In a steeple or vandyke, at
the same point, defined on solid ground
Of drab or lead color. The tops Of the
HNndYkes arc ornamented with ombroid.
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COLUMBUS, O., August 2G.-worl comes
here that the final arrangements for the
Soldiers National Reunion at Caldwell,
Ohio, September lat, ID and Sd, are COM
pleted. II Ia expected that Generals
Sheridan, Logan, Negley, ex.Goyernors
Curtain and Hayes; General Cockerill, Of
Missougi; Gov. Allen, Of Ohio; Hon. Geo.
II. Pendleton, Senators Thurman and
Sherman, and Hon. George W. Morgan
will address the meeting. President
Grant is expected 10 be ptesent.
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NEW YORK.
TuE TURNER CONVENTION,

NEw York, August 26.-The Turner
Convention closed to-day. In the fore
noon Congress OF teachers was held, and
it was resolved to refer to the central Or
ganization as to the feasibility Of a plan
securing the introduction Of gymnastics
in the German-American teachers semi
nary.
DUNCAN, SHERMAN & co.
Sidney Root, u merchant at No. 60
Broadway, has issued circular asking
the creditors Of Duncan, Sherman & Co, to
authorize his taking the necessary steps
to throw that firm into bankruptcy. Mr.,
Root to-day said he had received favora-
BILE replies from persons representing
loans to the amount OF about 100000.
THE VICTORIOUS CREW.
The Atlantic crew, who were victorious
at Saratoga to-day, were Eustice stroke
Of the Wesleyans last year, Gurster stroke
Of Williams College last year and Rog.
ers and Downs OF the Wesleyan crew Of
1873.
DUNCANs HORSES AND CARRIAGES.
The horses, harness and carriages OF
Wm. Butler Duncan, sold at auction to-
day for SI,4G4,
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Slowmen Assnsuinntci.

BATHURST, N. b., August 2G.--This
morning while Gibbs Managerie was get.
ting under way for this place, three men
crawled up within fifty yards Of the tent
occupied by the Canvasslnen, and fired two
shot guns, instantly killing Wm. Spear.
ing, Of Calais, Maine, and dangerously
wounding Amos Wagner, Of Liverpool,
MS. After firing they run toward the
shore, their tracks being seen after they
jumped over the cliff, The Sheriff and::a
large posse with the Coroner Immediately
left III search Of the murderers. The
only reason for the murder isa dispute
that arose between the circus men and
some roughs who were trying to gain adj.
mittnnce without paying, last night.
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I,nnnnnn necInrns WAR.

WASHINGTON, August 26.-A telegram
received at the Navy Department this
morning from Capt. Edward Simpson,
commanding the United States steamer
Omaha, announces that the State Of Pau.
anna has declared war against the govern.
ment Of Columbia. The Department i'm.
mediately issued orders 10 Rear Admiral
Mullany, commanding the North Atlantic
squadron, 10 hold his available force In
readiness to proceed without delay to the
Isthmus, II necessary, for the protection
OF ihe American intefests.
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FIRE RECORD.

MEMrHEs, August 2O.-Last night the
Memphis Wood Works on George street,
together with lQTge amount OF lumber
and valuable machinery, was totally con-
sumed; a stable belonging 10 the cOmpa.
ny, in which were number Of wagons and
mules, was also burned; 30 intense was
the heat that one Of the fire engines was
nearly lost, and was only saved by the
other engines playing upon the men who
retreated II, and In accomplishing this
Capt. Raga and one Of his men were
severely burned. The watchman about
the works saw two men leave the grounds
before the fire broke out and fired at them
as they ran, from which II Is believed that
the FIRE was the work Of an incendiaryi
total loss about $4,000, on which there
is $4,000 insurance.
BosTfN, August 25. Tho Central Ho:
lei and Robeflson's building burned to-
day; loss $4,000; insured.
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Ku.Iklux It,ccndinries.

CGNCtNNArl, August 2O.-on Tuesday
evening three masked horsemen visited
the residence Of Wm. Mains, a farmer llv.
ing near New Haven, Indiana. Mains
was absent from home, and the masked
men, who were under the influence OF
liquor, took possession Of the house and
appropriated such articles as they desired
to tlefr own Use. They then set fire 10
the house, entirely destroyingit It with Ii
contents. Mrs. Mains fed, fearing she
should be murdered,
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Tho Cincinnati Industrial EXPO.
HltlOn.

NltlOus
CINCINNATI, August 2G.-The sixth
grand Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
is now in such forward state Of COM
plelion that upon the hour Of opening,
s r. NJ, September 9Th, II will present q
more finished appearance than at any pre-
vious opening day. The opening cere-
monies will be preceded by the grandest
trade procession ever Witnessed In the
United States. Machines, manufactures
aud products are rapidly arriving from
all parts Of the country and occupying
assigned positions. Through the exer.
tiOns OF the Art Committee and generous
response Of the owners Of celebrated
paintings and engravings, the choicest
works Of art, never before exhibited, have
been secured. The grand Floral Hall,
which has been In the hands Of expert
decorators for months, has now It's
grottoes, cascades, lakes, streams, bridges,
ETC., In an absolute state Of completion,
including the flowers and plants used to
decorate the rock work. Its beauty far
exceeds that OF any previous year, and
will alone attract visitors from all parts
Of the United States. The managers arc
unable to accommodate oil the machinery
offered this year, and the power hall is
expected, In It's display Of novelties and
processes OF manufacture, 10 eclipse all
former displays Of machinery In the
Nation.
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saratoga Regatta.

SARATOGA, August 20.-The fitst race
to-day In the amateur regatta was for
senior double sculls, which was won by
Courtney and Robinson, Of Union Springs
In l2:43t distance three miles. The sec.
ond race, iouf-oared shells, was contested
BY the Beayefwicks, Atlantas, Mutuals,
Duquesnes, Buffalos and Atgonauts, and
was won BY the Atlantas in 1882.
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MILWAUKEE, August 2O.-Inthc town
OF franklin, In this county this morning,
the body Of a farmer named Thomas Nc.
Carly, was found in a saloon kept by
August Baumann. Subsequently Bau.
mann committed suicide, presumably
from remorse at having killed MCCartyi
the two had been drinking and 1t Is sup.
posed became involved In an alteration.
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weather Report.
WAh ukPAkthkNT,
ORFICR or THB CuEV SIGNAL OFBICER.
WAsHINaTnN, D. @. AnEnAt 2I-l Az,

For New England, the Middle States
and Lower Lake Region, clear or fair
weather will prevail, with northeast to
southeast winds, slight rise Of tempera-
ture and falling barometer.
For the Tennessee and the Ohio Val
ley, partly cloudy and warmer weather,
with east TO south winds, slight changes
in barometer, and light local rains in the
southwest.
For the Upper Lake Region, the Up.
per Mississippi and Lower Missouri Val.
leys, partly cloudy and warmer weather
during the day with southerly winds veer-
ing to westerly, slight changes in the bar
ometer and rains In the northwest, fol-
lowed by lower temperature and rising
barometer.
The Ohio river will continue to fall,
The Mississippi will fall rapidly except
at New Orleans and Vicksblrg where it
will remain stationary or fall slightly.
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TIE CALIFORNIA GRAPE CROP.-The
indications now IRE that the grape crop
inCalifornia this year will be considera.
lily the largest that has ever been pro-
duced. The late spring frostS did much
damage to most kinds Of fruit in nearly
all localities, but grapes seem to have
escaped almost everywhere, and from
every quarter we hear the most favora-
bic reports IA to the condition Of the
crop. In the Sonona Valley the fruit Is
well advanced, and there is II prospect Of
yield largely exceeding that of last year,
which was much larger than was ever
produced before. II Is anticipated that
the facilities for manufacture and storage,
Notwithstanding the fact that both have
been largely increased, will not be ade.
quate to the necessities Of the producers
this year.