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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-06
RAILROAD BoNDs-Stealy,
0OvRRNMENTs-StGady.

SToCEs-Opcncd weak and lower, Ls'
Clining from u to lSS per cent in the entire
list. Wabash fell of from n to l59S, Lake
Shore from 749s to 73Ii, Pacific Mail from
35IS to SlIG, and Northwestern from 10 to
45IS. The decline In other shares was y to
y per cent, Eater there was a recovery OF
u to y per cent. During the last hour Of
business the market was firm and prices re-
covered Y to l per cent from the lowest
prices of the day, The principal activity
and strength was in Wabash, Pacific Mail,
Union Pacific, Western Union, Lake Shore,
New York CeRtral and Northwestern. The
transactions aggregated $4,000 shares, Of
which $4,000 were Pacific Mail, 1900
Western Union, II 900 Northwestern COM
mon, 5000 st. Paul, 1000 Eric, $1,000 Lake
Shore, 1000 New York Central, 5000
Ohios, 5000 Wabash, md 10000 Union Ia.
Cifc.
The new and advanced rates Of commits
sion established by the Governing Commit
tee Of the Stock Exchange causes consider.
able dissatisfaction, aud there Is some talk
OF starting opposition to the regular hoard,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-06
FINANCIAL am COMMERCIAL.
BY TRLEGRARA
New York Money ana StoeI.

NEW YoRE, February 5,-NoNEY-?1Ea
3 per cent Prime mercantile PaPsrla6 per
cent
STIRLING EXCHANGg-Dull at Sl.sGa
$3.50 for long and short,
GoLD-Closed 1T ll4.&, utter selling at
HAN. Carrying rates Las per cent. The
Assistant Treasurer disbursed SJSG,OOO,
Clearings $S5OOOOOO, Custom receipts
SalS,OOO, Total Imports for the week,
S,S0OOOO.
GOvRRNMENTs- Steady.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-06
ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH r0ssI-
BILE nErUNs OF THOUSANDS, is OFFEREll
ny THE rosTPONEStENT OF PUBLIC Li-
BIlARY OF KY. TO TIiE97th or FEBRU AIRY,
NEXT, OFTlfEtR FiFrliAND LAST CONCERT
AND DRAWING. THE MANAGEMENT ARE
PLEDGED TO TIE RETURN OF TilE MONEY
IF THE DRAWING sllOUIiD NOT COME OFF
Attic DAY NOW APPOINTED
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-06

NUrR-nr INngiOn Is permanently GII1biiIhoi
In Wheeling aud iiiny bG relISl on for professional
integrity and skill. lie l8yOtes special attention
10 al Chronic Diseases, embracing Atarrh, Sore.
throat, Bronchitis, AhtlnA and Consumption, Rnl
may lG consulted iTea Of charge In relation 10 these
ailments aud their proper treatment al his Once,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-06
500 PIANOS AND ORGANS

New and Second. Hand, N First Class Makers, tpiH h
Oi al Lower Prices ,Jr rGlh Or Ol lhStallmenS, Or
for rInt Y clh o. County during these Hard Tines
Agents wanltd 10 IeR NaiGfs Now Scale Pianos, anil
Concerto Organs. illustrated Catalogues Mailed.
Great inducements 10 ihr Trade. Il iirgs discount
10 Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Lodges, Schools,
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To remove dandrufr-Go out on the
plains and insult an Indian.
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re "A c.-Tlie choicest In tho wnrll.-InpOrterJ
IEFto prlCGs-lArB6at company In America
staple artlGlO->pleascs OVGfyb0ly -TnItl9 COntinu.
ally Increasing Agents wanted everywhere besi
Inducements waste time send for Circular
TO lsODRIT WILLS, " VCSOy H., N. Y, r. o. Box
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3oLUMRUs AND INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION.

Nos. ~, and 7 run Daily to and from Clncin.
natl All other trains Daily, except Sunday,
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No. 1909 EofF Told Firth Street,

Opposite the CatllNlraD
inI.enl WMRRLINU, ". Va.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.

One OF the most terrible disasters of this
season, so prolific of disasters, occurred on
Thursday night at South Holyoke, near Bos,
ton, Mass. The French Catholic church, all.
ed at the time with worshipping congrega-
tlon took fire from candle coming In con.
tact with the drapery near the altar. The
ceiling being low aud the flame streaming
up, set fire to the building. There were about
700 persons in the building, of whom several
hundred were in the gallery, the stairway to
which being very narrow, was soon packed
with mass of human beings struggling to
reach the floor below, and before the way
was cleared many were suffocated, while
Others lcaping from above were trampled to
death Besides GO that were killed, there
were enough fatally injured to carry the loss
OF life up to 70. The Priests house in tho
rear of the church was also burned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
PRESS ASSOCIATION

The Illinois Press Association met at Jack
sonvilc on Tuesday, and were received by an
address of welcome from c. NJ Mcconnell
Esq, which was replied to by President
Scroggs, of the Association. After the tran.
ssction of some formal business in the morn
ing, the members spent the afternoon in visit
ing the different State charitable institutions
at Jacksonville. In the evening the Associ.
alton and large audience listened 10 a poem,
by c. b, Bostwlck, of the Nation Gazette.
About 12j editors with their ladies constitute
the company. On Wednesday evening they
left for St Louis, whence, on Friday, they
were to start IN a steamer for st. Paul We
infer that none of the large city dailies are
represented in the company, as we find no
notice OF their movements in any of the de-
Spatchcs Of those journals.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
TEEGRAssHOpPERS

Either The people Of Western Kansas and
Nebraska and Northeastern Missouri were
some what panic stricken, or the bulls OF The
grain market were at the bottom OF much OF
the hullabaloo that was raised week OF
two ago over the grasshopper ravages in the
states named At all events, the news from
those quarters now coming to hand fails 10
confirm the apprehensions which were at first
excited on the subject. The st. Louis Repuj
Hcan of Tuesday, after a careful survey of the
whole field, finds that the grasshoppers are
not generally distributed over any consider.
able section of territory, but arc to be found
here and there only, with wide intervals I'M
touched; between their different Matching pla-
ces In many counties IN West Missouri and
Eastern Kansas they have ravaged a few
farms only. In other counties few sec.
tons Of land will be found 10 have suffered.
Nowhere have the ravages OF the pests eX'
tended over any whole county, and in only a
very few cases has general destruction of
crops been visited upon any entire township.
1t appears that the eggs were deposited and
the insects ha,ched out upon small tracts,
rarely ever more than few acres in place :;
that the young grasshoppers, while wiagless,
do not travel far from their hatching'places,
and that os soon as their wings are developed
they leave in a general easterly direction.
The Republican adds:
AS near as can be Judged from the obserya.
tons of last year. the grasshoppers do not
move more than one hundred and fifty miles
during the season. That is to say the hatch.
Jag locality this year is about one hundred
and fifty miles to the eastward of last years
Matching place on an average, and those who
have observed their habits think that they
will move across the continent at this rate,
keeping within a belt of territory bounded
generally by the 9th parallel on the south
and the 4lst on the north If this theory be
correct, they will hatch next year in the
counties Immediately west OF the meridian of
st. Louis the next in the eastern counties of
Illinois, the next on the western borders Of
Ohio and so on.
There is reason, however, TO believe that
before the grasshopper reaches the Alleghen
les he will be pretty efTectually played out
Both the Kansas and Missouri State Ento.
argue that the further East the
grasshopper goes the more he deteriorates
In western Kansas and Nebraska he IS 70.
bust and vigorous; in Eastern Kansas ne
oses half his strength, and last year half the |
srasshoppers were infested by parasite tina,
n killing them. This year the parasite 10
IN all Of them, and the probabilities indicate (
that before another year this little
ed parasite will have pretty etfectually laid
,ut the entire brood.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29

JESSE ID. BIIGur,--Thc death OF Jesse D.
Bright, a member of the Senate of the L. s.
from Indiana at the outbreak of the rebellion,
occurred at Baltimore on the Goth inst. He
was born at Norwich, n y, aud when quite
young removed to Indiana, where he studied
law, and soon rose to high rank in his pro-
fession Engaging in politics, he was elect.
ed to the state senate and afterwards lieuten.
ant governor In 1851 he was elected to the
~. $. Senate, and again in 1857 In 1862 a
letter was discovered which Mr.. Bright had
written to jeff Davis, president c. s. A." re.
to his attention the bearer, who
was the inventor of an improved riae Upon
this Mr.. Bright was expelled from the senate,
and he ever afterwards remained in OBSCURE
~. This was not the result Of any failure of
his great mental power, but simply because
he held firmly to the doctrine that the feder
al government was one of limited, delegated
and defined power, and he was wholly unable
20 take any political action based on the OPP
positc view. His fatal disease was an organ.
&c defect Of the heart, and he removed to Bal.
hmorc some years ago IN order to avail him
self of the best medical skill. He is entitled
20 all the credit due an honest man who gives
up place and power rather than conceal his
political principles, or fail to follow them to
their legitimate conclusion
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
NEWS ITEMS.

AZ the recent meeting OF the Illinois Pres,
Association at Jacksonville, a formal invi
taton was presented from the mayor and
council OF the city Of Joliet for the Assoca
ton to hold it, next annual meeting at tho
city OF rocks, iron and pentcntiary steals
The matter is in the hands Of the executive
committee
II appears ". +. Story has Withdrawn his
appeal Of the Early libel case to the Supreme
Court and settled with the lady. Whether
she accepted ten or Eve thousand dollars, or
Il greater or smaller sum than either, is not
named.
The horrible relation is made in The st.
Louis RepHblica, that on the night of May
4th woman in that city, crazed by a severe
attack of smallpox, stole from her bed and
disappeared. Two weeks later her dead body
was found in well in whIch she had evil
IDENTITY leaped and drowned herself, and from
which, IN the meantime, the family had daily
used the water.
Vice President Wilson met his old friend
Mrs Jefferson Davis in the streets of Mem
phis the other day, and the two are said to
have clasped hands with cordial and friendly
ardor, repairing Immediately to neighbor-
ing icecream saloon, where they discussed
strawberries and ice and the memories of the
past
The American flag which waved over
Fort Mclienry, at Baltimore, during the
British bombardment of 1914, and suggested
the well-known "Star.Spangled Banner poem
is IN the possession Of Mrs. Appleton, of New
York, who is daughter of Gen. Armerstead,
the defender of the fort
II will surprise some OF our people TO learn
that railroads are now moving grain from
Buffalo to New York at two cents less per
bushel than the lowest ghts of the low
rates of the Erie Canal, for 1874, which was
10 cents
Forest fires are sweeping over ten out of
eleven townships in Pike county, Pennsyl-
vania, and unless rains comes soon there will
be grea, Suffering and loss OF life
A meeting Of prominent drenocrats was
held at Chicago on Monday evening, a club
and 100000 capital stock vas
subscribed to start a sound democratic jour
nal in Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29

Secretary BrlStows war on the whisky ring
has progressed briskly during the past week,
new distilleries being added to the list daily
Indeed i, looks as if all of them had entered
into close combination to cheat the govern
ment of large portion OF its revenue The
difficulty of obtaining evidence sufficient, To
convict Is very great AMI it i far from Ger.
tam that the prosecution will succeed except
IN lie" aagrant cases pn TUESDAY. IN the
search Tor evidence the government detec
tives made raid on The railroad Offices IN
Chicago conceiving that the freight bills OF
the several railroads would show how much
spirits had been shipped within a given time,
and by comparing these bills with the books
of the dlstillerS and gaugers, an approyima.
ton OF the amount out of winch the govern.
mcnt had been deirauded might be obtained
Some oi the railroads at first refused to give
abstracts of their bills. but came down when
threatened with seizure for collision with the
whisky ring. When the abstracts were final.
~ obtained it is said they furnished presump
tive proof of some OF the most gigantic frauds
on record 1t begins TO look as if the pres
cnt prosecutions will 60 hard with the mann
iaclurcrS of spirits.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29

Grant AMI Delano are not having very
prosperous time in their negotiations with
the Indian chiefs now at Washington in ref
ercace TO the Black Hills reservation. Grant
made the longest and best speech OF his life
to them on Wednesday, using all his arts of
persuasion, to say nothing of threats, to in.
duce them TO consent to a removal to the In
dian territory, but they were apparently i'm.
movable. Among other things, Grant told
them that under the treaty. Of 500, the Gov
ernment was under no oblig a,icn any longer
to issue ration, 10 the Indians and IL they
refused to move the ra,ions would be s,opped
The Indians said they were willing To run
the risk
On Thursday DelanO gave them talk, in
the course of which he also urged the Indian.
to consen, 70 arcmoval 10 the Indian territory
and minated that they must be greatly
blamed by their people it they refused and
their rations were cut off, and so on Spot.
ted Tail int!ma,ed, IN reply, that perhaps he
was as much afraid of the criticism of his PEG.
pie as Delano was of the criticisms of the
newspapers The remark created some mcr
riment at Deldno's expense. Itseems certain
that the negotiation will come to nothing
and, as a consequence, there will be trouble
with the Indians IN the Black llili,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
FREE TRADE IN SWEDEN.

sweden was one of those countries which
for centuries had nurscd the delusion thai
the way to encourage home industry was
to tax four.flitns Of the community at the
rate of $500 to aid the other fifth at the rate
of 800, expanding the other 500 to main
tain lazy horde of tay-gatherer. AT length
however, the example of more enlightened
nations put the Swedish mind tc thinking
and as her statesmen happened not all to b'
stockholders in or feed attorneys of protect
ed rings and monopolies, they concluded tc
drop the entire protective system and try
free trade. The experiment was begun some
Is years ago, and prosecuted Systematically
by lowering the protective duties a little ev.
cry year until finally absolute free trade was
reached. Lord Erskinc, the British Minis
ter at Stockholm, who was instructed by his
government to investigate and report on the
success of the Swedish experiment has done
so, and the following is brief summary of
of his report;
la the course of seven years from 1871 to
1857, when most branches oi industry were
protected either by prohibition or by highly
protective import duties, the number OF man
ufactories in Sweden was ., $50, and the mum.
Der OF persons employed 26,j2S; while the
mean annual value of their productions
amounted to 33,420,0DO kronor. In the be-
ginning Of 1858 the protective duties were
reduced on number Of articles from ten 10
fifty per cent, while total prohibition was
abolished in 1866 on all articles except gun,
powder and pig iron, Oh which the prohibi'
ton was not removed until 1858 and 1850 re-
spectively. On the 18th Of April, 1865, a
further considerable reduction Of duty took
place on the great majority Of manufactures,
and again at the beginning of 1866, 1867 and
1868. In the five years ending in 1873 the
mean annual number of manufactures was
2 9l6, employing Al 200 persons, and produc.
lug manufactures valued at 10 604 900 kro-
nor"
In closing his paper Mr. Ersklne truly oh.
serves that "it is seldom that so good an op-
is afforded OF studying the effects
If transition to light import duties upon
he manufacturing interests of coun try"
The stimulating effects on the individual
of having an open market for his
,oods, and the greater skill which Is there by
developed, always have resulted and always
will result in improving the Industrial con-
ition of any nation which will remove the
legislative shackles from trade,
Will the day ever come when the states
men of this country will be able to rise to
D the honesty and courage of those of Swe.
en-? If the change from protective tariff
D one for revenue has increased so greatly,
5 is here shown, the industrial prosperity of
UGH country as Sweden, what good results
iould not be made manifest in the United
tates from simila. change in the absurd,
nfair and immoral tariff under which our
wn commerce now langushes?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
From Marseilles.

( MAEsEuLEs, May 26.
! 1t seems as if spring had come at last. The
bright and beautiful sunshine, the soft, still
hillside, all remind Us Of the vernal season.
The ladies of the Baptist church held fair
and neck-tie festival at Occidental Hall on
Thursday, the Goth inst Their fair may be
said to have been financially and socially q
success, The company was composed of a
happy, sociab.e portion of our inhabitants.
A vote was taken to determine who was the
most competent lady in the town to assume
the responsibilities of housekeeping. Five
ladies were on the ballot. Mrs T. W. Pitcher
received the highest number of votes, and
thereby received broom. The neckties we're
of every variety, and found quick sale to
the young men, who would instantly hunt up
the girl with apron to correspond. Our Bill
bought two neckties, and both girls took
their aprons OIL Bill says he has been 20
Chicago, and is as good as any OF them. The
refreshments aud music we're of the best. On
the prize list, Burr Fleming was the winner
SEQ, the tickets being % cents. The ladies,
after paying expenses, found themselves $3.50
ahead.
Mr.. Custer of Michigan, delivered tenn
perance lecture at the Baptist church, on
Monday evening. This town for the last year
has been pretty badly overrun by temperance
lecturers, and The result vas, his lecture did
not take vel.
For the week ending May 22d, the Mar
settles Manufacturing Company received or
ders for 20 wind mills The Adams wind
mill has not been before the public two years,
yet has earned for itself a wide reputation
and for cheapness, durability, and points of
excellence is unsurpassed
Mr.. Hurd is erecting frame building on
the north side of the race, to be used by him
as machine shop The contract for putting
up the building is in Charles Clarks hands
and is rapidly progressing The prospects
look rather "thin" tor any more machine
shops at prcsant
Mr.. Shelton is sinking a coal shaft on the
land owned by Mr. Scott between this and
the old town, having already reached depth
of over 90 feet.
Mr.. Pcddicerd living A. miles northeast
of here, is having An artesian well sunk on
his place having gone depth of 1880 feet
without getting flowing water.
The Pitts Mfg. Go. are shipping daily,
having yesterday shipped one Car load to the
Pacific.
Last evening two young boys of this town
we're trying the speed of an old horse Turn
ing cerner quickly, one of the boys, named
Munroc Woodruff, wa, thrown out, iracturing
his shoulder.
We have one saloon here, license $3.50. 1t |
opened about week ago. The boys" stand
out late that evening, and toward the wee
sma' hours some of them were seen cough |
ing against hitching posts CENTENNIAL.
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- - ----- -
GOOD BYE, NR, HOPPER.

y few years ago Henry Ward Beecher told
the people of Canada and Northern New
York, that the only way to exterminate the
Canada thistle was to find some profitable
use for it. Taking the hint, some ingenious
Kanuck shortly afterwards found that an ex.
cellent article of whisky could be distilled
from the root of the thistle, From that day
Canada whisky has been so cheap and plenty
along the border that the entire government
detective force have found it impossible to
make Roadway against its introduction But
we hear no more complaints of the Canada
thistle. The pestilerous weed has lost its
singular vitality, and for aught we know Is
dying out.
In like manner the doom Of the grasshoD
per seems to be sealed Not over week ago
some enterprising Kansas Swans, after re.
peated experiments, announced the gratifying
fact that the grasshoppcr was most palata-
bic, nutritious and wholesome article OF hui
man food. They had demonstrated the fact
in various ways. Dried and ground 10 pow.
der, the hopper could be baked in a whole
some and toothsome cake or fried in butter
he was equal to oysters. Though he might
destroy ten bushels of wheat, yet from the de.
nuded field five bushels of grasshoppers could
be gathered, yielding solid nutrment worth
ten times more than that contained in the
wheat
But see now the outcome OF this discovery
No sooner is it noised abroad than pervcrse
nature, or at least the perverse Missouri and
Kansas state entomoiogists, at once proceed
to load the poor grasshopper with a wicked
parasite that threatens his almost instant de.
struction, The present year, at most they
assure us Will see the last of him Too bad !,
Too bad
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29

PROBABLE VERDICT IN THE TILToN-
BEECHEg CASE.-I think 1t Is not hard 10
predict the final action OF the jury in this
celebrated case, even il the public verdict
should be against the defendant, and even if,
in the view Of the jury, the evidence affords
high probability of his quit. In all these
quasi criminal prosecutions, the rule of evi-
dsncc is the same as in actual criminal pro-
ceedings-namely, the evidence must exclude
every reasonable doubt. Such will certainly
be the charge of the judge; and, under this
instruction, the jury can hardly do otherwise
than entertain the reasonable doubt which
arises from the tangled, confused and con
Trajectory mass Of testimony introduced into
TIE case. J. c. WELLS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
THIRD TERN PROTESTS.

The dclicacy OF the republicans a year ago
in avoiding the subject Of third term for
fear OF offending Grant, is being bravely over
come as the exIgencies ofthe party demon
stra!e the necessity of plain talk on that tick
lish subject. The Republican State Conven
ton in Pennsylvania last week gave decided
utterancc against third term, and now the
different county conventions in Ohio as they
meet to send delegates 10 the State Convention
to meet at Columbus next Wednesday, are
passing strong resolutions lnstructing their
delegates to secure In the State Convention
the passage of decided anti-thlrd term reso.
lstlons. "IfGrant won't take a gentle hint
seerss to be the feeling, "let us give him a
kick The subject requires some holiness
on the part Of political leaders, as il is no.
tlced that whoever has made himself any
whore conspicuous as an opponent of third
term, has been spotted at Washington; but
as the reign of Grantism is running rapidly
towards its latter end, the courage OF the poll.
tcians, with their eyes strained TO catch the
o'"ui> w 'He IlslnS sun, wakes Tally stronger
and more defiant towards the waning lum,
mary. We have no doubt, before the autumn.
nal cqulnoxcs, an antithird resolution will
be as invariable a declaration of all republl
can meetings and gatherings, as resolution
approving "thc wise and patriotic admins,
lration of our present able executive" was
wear or two AGO