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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OPHicE or THE CIIIRV SI0NAL ORFICER,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb, 26,-s:S0'P. n.


PROBABILITIES.
For upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, Valleys and northwest, rising
barometer, notherly winds, followed BY
falling barometer, southerly winds
warmer and cloudy weather.
For the Lake Region, stationary OF
higher barometer, northerly winds
slightly warmer and cloudy or partly
clOudywcathcr, possibly with rain or snow
In the southern portions and attended
with tho development Of storm In the
centre OF Missouri.
For New York and New England
rising barometer, westerly winds, colder
and parly cloudy weather,
For the southern portion Of The Middle
States, falling barometer. warmer south.
west winds and partly cloudy weather.
Tho lower portions Of the Tennessee
Cumberland and Ohio rivers will probu
bly, rise decidedly, and tho upper portion
to u less extent. The Mississippi will rise
from st, Louis to Memphis.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
Thc ANN Ellzn DIVORCE.

SALT LAKE, February 28.--A decision
was made last evening by Judge McKein
in the case OF Ann Eliza 0n an application
for divorce and alimonN Printed copies
Of this decision had been prepared and
mailed to papers East and West before tho
delivery Of the decision, and were expeC-
ted to reach the principal points at about
the time the decision was made public,
and at tho request Of Judge McKein no
telegraph report waa sent Of the decision
as he desired and intended that It should
be presented to the public in full. This
agreement does not appear to have been
carried ont in good tailh by all tho par
ties. The decision by Judge McKein was
that Ann Eliza receive $1,000 per month
alimony pending the trial, the aliluonytO
date from tho filing Of the complaint,
which was about twenty months ago.
There was loud applause ii the Court
room after tho reading Of the decision to.
day. Judge McKein made an order that
within ten days Ofseryice brigham Young
shall pay $1,000 for attorneys fees, and
in twenty days from Scrvics $500 ali.
mOny.
Tomorrow General Smith and tho Off.
GERS Of tho garrison at Camp Douglass
will make al excursion to Black Rock,
on the shore Of Salt Lake, distance OF ~
miles by the Utah Western Railroad, by
the courtesy Of the officers Of that COM
pany, . II r..
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TninIn.

TOLEDO, February 2d--FlOut-Ddll, but
unchanged. Wheat-Quiet extra white
Michigan 81 ~ amber ii ok; seller Ami
81 10; seller May 81 l9>St No. 3 red 81 OOa
al 08X. Corn-Demand active aud prices
advanced high mixed 6lc; low mixed eSa
63Kc. 0Ats-Quiet and unchanged. Clover
Seed-86 96a6 80.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
GhegMteLLiqeneer.
Interview With Veteran Manu-
lnetuFeF,

We had the pleasure yesterday Of meet
ing with E, NJ. Norton, Esq, former citi-
zen Of Wheeling and one Of our early
manufacturers in the iron business. As
is generally known he is now resident OF
Ashland, Ky, where he ia at the head Of
the Norton Iron Works, q concern that
embraces one Of the largest blast furnaces
in the country and Nail Mill that runs
eighty machines. Mr., Norton has been
In the iron business since his bOyhood, or
about fifty years, and has OF course seen
great many of its ups and downs. He
thinks however that the present deprOa-
sion is the most dishearteuing Of any that
he has ever known, In all former criscs
Of the business we had the tariff to fall
back on. Theimposition Of an additional
duty, as long as we had not over produced
ourselves at home, saved us from too
much foreign competition, and reanima-
ted tho dropping tendencies Of the busi-
ness. Now, however, the conditions have
radically changed. Under the wonder
ful and unnatural stimulus given to
the iron business during the war and
since, especially by the great rise in
prices in ls7l-72, blast furnaces and
rolling mills Sprang up with rapiHty not
only in this country but in Europe,
England, France, Belgium and the United
States all competed with each other in
the multiplication Of their facilities for
the production and manufacture OF iron,
The consequence was that when the panic
Of September, 1873, came upon us, and
Frustrated the immense extension Of onr
railroad system that was going on so rap
idly (having reached 10000 miles in u
single year., we lost at one blow tho con-
sumption Of half the iron that wns made.
The situation therefore was, that with
nearly seven hundred furnaces on hands
in this country, and like increase Of
them in England, We had not demand for
half their product, Under such circum.
stances the tendency Of iron for the last
year and half has been steadily down.
ward in price, and this too without re.
gard to ita cost Of production. Tho mar.
kets Of the world have been glutted with
this surplus iron, and tho furnaces that
produced It have been losing money and
going out Of blast, The consequence is
that although one.half OF the furnaces Of
this country are now out Of blast, yet tho
price Of iron remains below the cost Of
production.
Mr.. Norton Ia Of the opinion that the
future Of the business has been discounted
for many years ahead, and that even
should railroad building revive we still
have for an indefinite time to come too
many blast furnaces. The question OF
profit therefore resolves itself into the
matter Of location. There are localities
in which iron can be produced at living
profit while there are others where the
furnaces must remain closed. Mr.. Nor
ton considers hiso location at Ashland
one OF the favored spots Of the country
for the production Of metal. lie gives us
the figures for producing ton Of iron as
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27

CLBvEL4Np, FebtuASyre,-wheat, Com
and Oats-steady and unchanged. Petfo.
eum-FiFm; standard white II Xc; Ohio
state test l3,1e; small lotS lA2c higher.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
RAILROAD BoNps-Firm.


sTooKs-The market was very irregular.
Union Pacific and Pacific Mail were strong
during tho morning with an advance tOXa
XpOr cent, while the "Granger" stocks, st.,
Paul and Northwestern, declined respect.
lively Y and per cent Later portion Of
this decline was recovered, and Western
Union and Lake Shore advanced respect.
lively u and n per cent Erie was weak,
falling from SIX to 96K, Union Pacific
ranged at 40, 4O1S and 4OSG, and ohlOs at
25I, 24IS and PAX, Canton dropped from
6iII to 62N. Market closed strong, except
Eric, The features Of the day were Pacific
Mail and Union Pacific. Tho total transac.
tlonS were 10000 shares, including Pacific
Mail, 10,7OO; Union Pacific, 22,5OO; Western
Union, 22,100; Northwestern, 1890; Eric,
l9,SOO; Lake Shore, 1850; ohios, 1900; 81.
Paul, $500; Wabash, S,4OO; Northwestern
preferred 2,lOO 81, Paul preferred, 1000;
Rock Island. 700
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27

In case the native ore Ia used exclu.
stvely, three tons Of II will make ton Of
iron. The cost Of putting Ashland iron,
when made, into tho Cincinnati market
Is one dollar per ton. The cost Of maxi
Ing a ton Of iron at Pittsburgh at present
prices Of ore is estimated BY Mr.. Norton
ma toliows.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27

james N. M.Tyner, Of Indiana, has been
nominated BY the President as Second
Assistant Postmaster General.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
IHO8, H. NEILL
:, -

CHICAGO, February 2O.-A dispatch re.
ceived at military headquarters from
Leayenworth say: AtelCgram from Col
Neill, Arapahoos Agency, states that
Stone Calf has come In there to surrender
himself and the whole tribe, about 1900
in number.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27

-Govetnor Booth, Of California, starts
East on Sunday next to take bis seat In
the United States Senate,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27
Surrender of the Cheyenncs.

LEAyENWoRTU, KAN, February 26.-
The following dispatch was received at
the Department headquarters to-day:
CHEYENNE, ], T., February %,
To Major General PSpe, Fort Leavenvorth :
Stone Calf has come in here to surren-
der himself and tho whole Cheyenne
tribe, about 1900 in number, with two
German white women. The main body
Is still three days travel from here, l
will send an ambulance out tomorrow
to bring in the white women, Stone Calf
agreed that they shall give up their arms
and ponies and 60 into camp and attend
daily roll.call, Gray Bird, Heap Of
Birds, and all the principal chiefs except
Medicine Water, are with Stone Calf.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27

The cost OF transportation on iron
from jackson county to the Cincinnati
market Ia about 50 10 per ton.
These three points Mfr. Norton con.
siders the most highly favored localities
In the country for producing cheap iron,
The only advantage that Pittsburgh has
over Wheeling Is In the transportation
on coke, which amounts to about $2 40
pet ton. While, therefore, iron can be
made at S2i 80 per ton at Pittsburgh,
II will cost say $23 90 at Wheeling. All
these estimates, as will he seen, allow
nothing for wear and tear, shortage, cas-
ualties, interest on investment, taxes, &C.,
which will add at least two dollars per
ton 10 hcRgures We have given.
Some people may think itstrangc that
localities like ST. LOFTS or the Lake sn.
petiot region, would not he enumerated
among The points where cheap iron can
be made, but at these places fuel Is dear
and the iron has comparatively no home
market. ConnellAviile coke costs from IA
10 1s cents per bushcl at ST. Louis, and
charcoal Is used in the Lake Superior
country. AS regards the Alabama and
Tennessee ore fields, their product having
tendency 10 cold short IL not adapted to
the general uses Of iron manufacture,
and, in addition, must be transported
long distances by rail to the principal
mAfEets bf tho cophtfy. Az 10 such
places a, Chicago, Milwaukee, tndiahAp-
oils, and similar localities, Mr., Norton
regards them as having no substantial
advantages whCreon to build an iron fti-
ture, having to transport most Of their
fuel from Pittsburgh.
In regard to the vicissitudes Of the iron
business in the future much depends on
the financial policy Of the government.
The tariff as has been observed, has done
all for us that II can do. We certainly
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-27

Mr.. Norton regards jackson county,
Ohio, OH the line Of the Marietta & Gin.
cinnati Railroad, as one Of the cheapest
localities in the country for producing
iron. lie gives the cost per ton there as
follows.
Two and half tons Of native limestone ore.
at 81 10 per "
Native coal, 70 bushels al 6centS""..".."."." q
~ ~
Limestone. ...'''..."'.''"''' w
n.,.,..., ala 90
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-22
Agsnts for tl.e Heglster.


Farmers and their sons who perhaps
have never gambled in their lives learn
that fair IS to be held by some agri-
cultural society aud that premiums are
offered on stock, works of art. nanufac-
tures and produces, and when the time
comes they hitch up their teams, take
their folks and go 10 the fair TO see the
fine stock the elephant, alligator, lions,
monkeys, to hear the band play and
see the horses run, or to witness the
plowing match, and to see friends and
have a grand time AMI innocent amuse-
nents for no honest upright person
would take his family to place where
they would be subjected to influences
and the witness of conduct distastefnl to
their feelings and contaminating to their
morals. But when they arrive upon
the grounds unexpectedly they find
themselves in the midst of wheels of
fortunes, square games, lotteries of all
kinds and description surrounded by a
host of strangers, gamblers, tlicksters.
swindlers, cheats, liars, rogues, rascals,
viIlaius-human vultures-more or less
drunk, sending forth a yillainous stencil
of whisky and tobacco smoke, gathered
from all parts Of the State to humbug
the innocent and rob the unwary, and
actually licensed by the authorities to
ply their thievirg trades in broad day
light and before the public. Girls and
boys stand around those games and lis
ten to the lewd language and submit to
the impudent stare, wink, leer and often
impertinent questions are directed to
them by these villains The young
men and boys often yield TO the tempta-
tions that surround them on every
side and bet their money and lose it of
course and get drunk to ssget eyen."
And ihus, year after many ofour young
men go to the fair and get feeoed out
of their years hard earnings by scoun-
drels who were licensed to do SO by the
society.
The result of such management by
our agricultural societies will eventually
drive away the moral portion of the
community from their fairs when they
must collapse. This is the end OF all
things that have an immoral tendency
from fair to system of government,
and the sooner the management of our
fairs are put on different basis--for
the Improvement of our people-the bet
ter tor the managers and the public.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-22

On the evening of the 11th, Sanders,
of Clinton, La, was poisoned with So
luton of arsenic in lipper and bucket
of water administered by one Catharine
Mathews, sister-in-law to John Gair.
When arrested she confessed her guilt,
and said John Gair and Robert Ray in
stigated her to the act. The deputy
sheriff and posse arrested John Gair in
Baton Rogue, under a warrant from the
authorities of this parish, to bring him
to Clinton. About night they were
met by body of about fifty men or
more, armed, who took from the deputy
sheriff and his posse, their arms, and
then took possession of Gair and then
sent the posse on to Clinton. It was
said Gair was killed by the men who
took him from the sheriff, and the same
body OF men, or others, came into town
and hung the woman.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-22

sstIBs BRoKEN.-- Saturday Mr.sWms
Crabtree feli trom OF the Lebanon britaans
@ the ground. a tistancssof sUu,e .tp,,sor fsf.
teen feet and stuck on soma aft.1 fsss,,,..
peaoW ana broke two ribs Dr.s Railase,
Mas immediately summoned to che asfI ~
she injured tnan and rendered him r,negl;cnI
asslstahee. and when our Informant lett he
was easy ana doing weA under tIie circ,,m
YOUNG AMERICA we have arrived at
she age which might, in the eyes Of youne.
America, be called progression. The Az
erage boy ofto-lay will converse witl, mora
reason anu use more slang phrases at-fle
age of ten or twelve than our forefaihers
did at the age of thirty, and just to show
you how the average youth Of to-day VIII
astonisli even their parents not TO say af,y-
thing about the natives-wc give q little
transaction that we happened to witness
last Sabbath, In one of our nrincfs,il
churches In this city. II was during tbe
hour OF Sunday School that young AmeticE
put in an appearance and took a seat ne,fr
the door where he might have fun view.
and keep himself posted iii things On the
out as wen as Inside. He did not ren,aiIf
quiet very long before he commenced ex-
Piainlng little piece Of slight of hs7Atlsha
had learned at the fair. and his explanation
was about half finished when the good
Deacon OF the church went to him, si,,fiai1f
his hand upon his shoulder and rerlsa, keiI-
son, this IS Sabbath school AMI yoEf
must not be playing and disturbing the
people in this manners The little E.IIow
was, for moment, knocked out OF time,
but he didnig stay so, lie commenced IA
swell up like toad, his face grew red and
the fire flashed from his eyes as be turned
toward the good Deacon and said ssDid
your mother never learn you not to inter-
lIlpt person when tlley were talkinQe.
What's the matter with you, you old bald
headed saint, haven't you got over tfsee eFs
fects Of the fair yetP's The minister hrs-
nounced that q collection would be taken
up for the benefit of the heathen; aud the
organ began to play and we LEFT the room.
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EFFm7s Do11.Aas.n1zz..

+
It was bitter cold night, the ftIll moon
shining with freezing light over cold ex-
panse Of glittering snow, the branches of
the glen tinkllng and cracking under their
weight Of lcicIes, the stars gIistening afar
OF. had run across tie beaten path that
led from the house to the barn, to get some
OF the red Baldwin apples that were packed
so snuglY In the oat bin. lor old Mr.. Cor
nell had come 70 spend the evening, and
my mother took pride In her unpretendinG
hospitality. But just as stopped TO lii
the lid of the bin, rrlstling noise in the
hay startled me. Before / could utter a
low cry that trembIed On my lips, / saw
that it was Stella Severns
Stella Severn, neighbor LockwOod,a
ssb0und girl, z wild, reckless thing who
received bad name at every ones hand.
and e0utfiRed somehow, TO get blamed for
every ecFApe that was going. Whether
Stella was really bad or not, no one could
tell--hnt somehow she was perpctually
under the ban. Mrs, Lockwood, g stIfE, rig
10 dame OF the Puritanic type, knew no
more bow to manage Stella Severn than
the Makronzy hem c0Inprehen<5s the rowing
nature Of her WllIlnl duCslines that take t0
water in spite Of every thing and for some
recent apade, the ttlll details or which i
did not know, had been forbidden by nv
mother even TO speak to Stella. -
: 1sss it is Is saia Stella, slowly rearing
herself out Of the recesses Of the hav and
staring at me with her big Andafusfan
eyes, And am oh so cold. =
~ bat are you doing here p'' I asked,
nosding Up my lantern 20 sore perplexIty.
have gt1n away -
ssRun awayp what fcrp,,
Because couIdns q stand &c any longer.
Mrs. Lockwood accused me Of being tEaIef
or ether and / won't be called 4 tilief.ss
ssFuk EfAlEa - 4 cried my sps,yssn,svros s,,s
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Beautiful Beautiful I - was the men,
tai ejaculation of Deacon Barnes at the
close of the sermon about heaven. tsThese
are my ideas exactly.;s
And SO enwraped was he with his
Thoughts. as he passed out OF the church.
he forgot to ask lame old Mrs. Howe b
ride home with him, as was his usual Gus
tom.
Perhaps it Is just as well'' he thought,
tsfor she Is q worldly ly-minded old woman,
and would probably have drawn nv
thoughts away from heaven. y
At the dinner table his son said
ION, hlther, have situation at Iast. -
Have You forgotten that this is Sunday.
Jonn r. asked ms father sternly. Don't let
me hear any more such talk. -
John ate his dinner In silence. How could
his situation be wrong thing to speak of
on Sunday ? He was so thankful for it that
1T seemed to come from God. God knew
all about the restless months in which he
had answered advertisements every day.
w hen the minister gave his thanks in
church for all the mercies of the past week,
Johns heart gave q grateful throb and he
determined anew to acknowledge God in
all ways.
John ate his dinner in silence, while his
father thought about heaven.
In the afternoon Deacon BIS net1 Ieyy
stranger In the place, came over from his
boarding place opposite, and sat on the
piazza talking with John.
Il CHI ail0W ttllSs 40m, - said MF.
Barnes, coming to the door with his bible
In his hands ssyou must not sit here
breaking the Sabbath go home to your
boarding house and read some good book
Tom started up angrily, and spent the
afternoon fishing and bathing with an
Old coiored man his only acquaintance in
the place, while Deacon Barnes sat in a
large rocker on the piazza with a flan6iker-
chiet over his head, and thought about
heaven.
Presently his two little grand daughters
came ont on the piazza with large pic
ture-book. and sat down near him. There
was : cutter of leaves and a great deal Of
buzzing, as the little yellow heads bent over
the book, and finally they laughed out
right.
Children where is your mother /? stern
~ demanded Deacon Barnes, spri nging to
his teet.
.,Up-stairs. putting baby to sleep;, they
both answered.
y Deacon Barnes strobe into the hall.
ELLEN, Ellen,', he shouted, 81 should
think you might keep these children Quiet
on the Sabbath. They Won't allow me to
Ellen had been awake all night with a
fretfnl baby. She had just fallen asleep
when her Gatherss voice aroused her and
woke the baby.
Please send them upstairs she said
wearify.
And an that afternoon she amused the
three children in a close upper room, while
her father rocked and famed hinlself-and
thought about heaven.
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AT a special meeting at Rochester
driving park, October 18th, there were
two events. Lulu against time, 2:14,
for purse of $4,000, and Lucille Gold
Dust against Thomas I. Young, for a
purse of 81 500. A large amount was
invested in pools, 8 to that she would
not beat 2:14, Q to 4 that she would
not beat 2:15, and even up thst she
would not beat ZIG. She trotted three
heats with running horse accompany
ing her, in 2:161, 2:14a and 2:16, the
fastest three heats on record. The quar-
ter of the second mile was done in 331,
the half in 1:06g4
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rmk a.IsszasEppr ..zrIounfs.

A dispatch dated Memphis, October
18th, says that q committee, composed
equally of white and colored citizens Of
Corhama county, Miss, have issued a
circular invoking the efforts If all eood
citizens of the county in behalf of peace
and to protect private property Of peo-
pie from the incendiary's torch. It
charges colored Sheriff Brown with
having sought to arouse the colored
people to lawless acts by declaring to
them, in his harrapgues, that while the
gin houses rethe property Of the whites
the torch is the remedy for grievances
in the hands Of the colored men. Itap-
pears that Colonel Stovel's steam gin
house was burned by incendiaries few
weeks ago. On the night Of the 10th
inst, his stable and thirteen mules were
burned, and an attempt made to burn
his dwelling. The circular urges well
disposed citizens TO organize tor COM
mon protection against inoendiaries, and
nightly patrol the plantations. It is
signed by nine colored men, and among
the signatures Of white men are the
names of q. S. Senator Alcorn and Rev.
r. r. White.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-22

Foggy mornings are very suggestive of
fires IN sitting rooms.
Scrub races was the order of the day at
the State Fair Grounds Saturday.
The receipts of the Fair up. 70 Friday
evening were SIS, 900.
Circuit Court convens week from Mon
day. Election day also week from Mon
day-Octoher 25tli.
8. q. Young has purchased the property
adjoining this Office on the west, Is feet
front, for which he paid Charles Bourgarsles
81, 800. / 5ass Ilt1
w. s. Newbury. Esq, OF Portland, ar
rived In the city last Saturday, and remains
ed until Monday, He was cordially met
by bis many friends.
a. w. settlemire yesterday purchased
the farm adjoining him, belonging to Mr..
Pape. about six miles south of this city.
coiltainings $50 acres, for which he Daid
So,boo or &c the rate Of e35 per acre.
Nothiug is 20 discoaFaging TO young
lawyer 1tlss as he wakes eloquent about
angels tears, weeping willows and tomb
sssnes as to be interrupted by; the cold
Diooded justice with, you're off your nest,
Dnps this = q case Of hog-stealing. p
Workmen were ON the Court House roof
Saturday giving the tin general going
over with the soldering iron. This is a
wise act In 0ur county officials to have the
roof put In order before the rainy season
sets In.
The Lebanon stage driver informs US
that times ont at Lebanon are rather brisk
5ust as the present time, and for the size Of
the town Il is about as lively as any in the
State.