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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

SrEuBEEvILLE News. RAILROAD VALU-
ALTON, &c.-Steubenville still complains
OF a surplus Of tramps.
They are going to use iron in their 4th
Of July triumphal arch, on the ground
that they can use the iron again while the
lumber would be wasted.
Commencement exercises are in pro-
gress at the Steubenville Seminary. DR..
Reid preached the baccalaureate sermon
yesterday. Commencement day on We'd
nesday.
The length Of the Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl &c St. Louis Railroad in Jefferson
county il 22.7. The valuation in the
city is S7S,Os7 and the tax paid to the
comfy is $4,000. The length Of the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh in the same coun'
ty is 3S.7, the valuation sl2S,OOO, and the
tax sl4,7OO. The valuation in each town
ship OF the county is as follows: Salem
s24e, ,S55; Irondale, s4s, ,l4O; Knox, $751;
OSS; Island Creek, S2OG,703; steubenville
township, SlSl,7S4; city, s7O,24O; Wells,
sl2s,29l; Lagrange, Sl6,954; Warren
$l52,79i.
The number Of deaths in Jefferson
county returned to the Probate Judge
from March Slst, 1875, to March 3lst,
1876, was $50, and the number Of births
for the same period 65l.
Rev. J. NJ. Thoburn, who for number
OF years past has been a missionary to In.
dia, preached at the Kramer Chapel
yesterday morning and evening. ;,
The Disciples Sunday Schools OF Steu-
benville, Bellaire, Wellsburg and Wheel
ing propose holding union picnic at
Warren on the 18th inst. A boat will be
chartered for the occasion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
New Orleans Custom House
Frauds.

New ORLEANS, June 10.-J. G. Bien-
yenu, J.J. Harmon and E. ]. Kuracheedt
were arrested by the Deputy United
States Marshal upon a charge Of con-
spiracy to defraud the Government in
connection with the construction depart
ment Of the Custom House, and were
bailed in $1,000 each. Before the Inves-
tigating Committee several witnesses
were examined, developing but little
other than the crookcdness OF J. Hale
Sypher and A. J. Sypher in relation to
the bid Of John Clarke for iron work on
the Custom House. They raised Clarke's
bid from $685. 900 to 81, 900, and then had
the contract Cancelled because Clarke re-
fused to pay the syphers $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

TuERE will be at least one Third term
man in the West Virginia delegation to
Cincinnati. Mr.. Richard Burke, editor
Of the Monroe Register, who is an alter
nate member of the delegation from The
Third district, comes outin his last paper
for another four years for Ulysses. He
hopes that the Convention will be drawr
"by a kind Providence to the same con
clusion," We have no idea they will
We have better opinion of Providence
than that. II, however, such an improb'
able event should occur, we shall attrib'
ute II to Simon Cameron aud exhonerate
Providence entirely.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
Murder In Kansas.

Fort ScorT, KS, June 1O.-The body
OF a man named ,Celestine Disperse was
found seven miles north Of this city this
evening, with his head cut open and 9TH
erwise horribly mapgled. A hatchet COW
cred with blood was discovered near the
body. ]. B. Veith, partner Of Disperse
in the business Of peddling harness, oil,
&C., has been arrested. There Is strong
circumstantial evidence against him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
New York Canal Register Con.
yictcd.

BUFFALO, June l0.-The case Of George
D. Lord, on trial for frauds upon the
State in corn canal contracts, was given
to the jury this afternoon. A verdict oi
guilty was reached III an hours delibera'
tion. Lord was released on S25, 900 bail
Sentence will be moved for on Monday.
The penalty Is not exceeding $1,000 fine
or Eve years imprisonment, or both. An
attempt will be made to carry the case to
the Court OF Appeals.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

-Francis E. Scott, boy eleven years
old, was drowned at Perrysburg, o, this
afternoon, while in swimming. The body
was recovered.
Morris, Coon & Co.'s dry goods store,
Of Rockford, Mich, was burgIarized Of
five hundred dollars worth Of goods last
night, an entrance being made through
the window sash. No trace Of the burg.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
Notice From the Western Union
Telegraph Company.

Edlton lnlelligenccr.:'
On and after this date the Western
Union Telegraph Company will, whenthe
party addressed, calls at, or is convenient
to the Office, deliver half rate messages the
same evening that they are transmitted.
The minimum rate for such messages will
be 20 cents instead OF 25-cents, as here
tofore. In effect, this change transforms
the half rate messages into second.class
day business. JOHN MORGAN, JR,
MANAGER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

The 81. Louis jail must be a very free
and.easy establishment, judging from the
"hiVh links" that take place there occa'
sionalIy. We find in the St. Louis ne
publican u report Of a vocal serena nade'
given by the Owl Club to VIM. Mckee,
senior proprietor Of the St. Louis Globe
DemOerat, and Con Mcguire, who were
sentenced to imprisonment for their com.
plicity with the Whisky Ring. Says the
reporter:
"The Jail is a fine place for musical
soiree, and when the reporter entered he
discovered that the distinguished pris.
ouers were evidently Of that opinion
Both were in their shirt sleeves, Uncle
Billy extracting solid comfort from fra
grant Havana as be listened to the singing
and Con leaning lazily against one Of the
large iron pillars Of the court. The cele-
brated owl Club furnished the music
singing such familiar songs as go way,
ole man. Old Black Joe,' 'Larboard
Watch Music In the Air. &c."'
One OF the songs they rendered con-
cluded with the refrain:
"Pny for Babcock, pray for Babcoek-1
H-li can't save him, hill can't save him"
The impudence OF the Whisky Ring
does not fail them in their hour Of trial.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
ENGLAND.


LONDON, juno 10.-Sir Henry james,
Liberal member for Taunton, has given
notice in the House OF Commons that on
Monday he will ask whether Secretary
Fish's dispatch Of the 22d Of May, relat.
ing to the case Of Winslow, reached the
Foreign Office on the 9th OF June, and
whether there is any objection to lay it
on the table Of the House. It is certain
the Government will not again ask for
Winslows remand unless il be decided
to have the whole matter argued before
the full bench, Of which there is some
probability.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

ATTORNEY GENERAL MATHEWS, the
Democratic nominee for Governor, is a
son.in.law Of the late Judge Joseph Fry,
formerly OF this city. lie married Miss
Lucy Fry some time before the war.
Those who have memory for social
events will remember that James D.
bingham, then editor Of the Wheeling
Times, created n momcntary sensation by
hcralding the event to the public as a
conspicuous occurrence in high life in
our midst People were not 80 accus
toned in those days, as they are now te
having affairs Of the kind written up IL
sensational style.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
A Tilden Climb In ~. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, June lO.-A Tilden club was
organized here tonight at public meet.
ing at the Temple. Capt. George W.
Ford was elected President, and among
the Vice Presidents are a number Of
prominent local politicians and gentle.
men Of influence and standing, Many
names were enrolled as members, and
the club will no doubt grow rapidly in
numerical strength and influence.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
Further Reduction Of Fares,

New YORK, June lO.-The Pennsyl.
vania Railroad Company continues fore.
ing down passenger rates, and to-day an.
nounces these reductions: To Cincinnati,
Sl2; Chicago, Sl4; Indianapolis, SIS;
Louisville, SIC; St, Louis, sis. Cores.
ponding reductions are made to all points
west,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
witnesses In Blaine InveStiga.
|. tiOu,

ST. LOUIS, June l0-Judge Usher and
Mr. Brotherton, Of Lawrence, Kansas,
are here, en- route to Washington, to tes.
lily before the judiciary Committee in
the Kansas Pacific Railroad bond matter,
Judge Usher is sick, and will stop over
here a short time. Hesays his testimony
will confirm that Of Stewart, given some
time ago, in exoneration Of Blaine from
all connection with the Kansas Pacific
Ln.L
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

sYRAcusE, N. Y, June 1O.-Between
hali.past A and sP. NJ. yesterday, eight
inches OF rain fell in this city. Cellars
were flooded, and the Central Railroad
tunnel, under the canal, had five feet Of
water in it, making the passage Of trains
impossible,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
FIRE RECORD.

GALEsBURG, ILL.,, June l0.-A FIRE here
to-day destroyed G. W. Barretts grain
warehouse and elevator and number Of
other small establishments. Loss $4,000
insured.
A1LEoAN, Mich, June lO.-A fire last
night destroyed dwelling house owned
and occupied by J. Morse. The contents
were mostly destroyed; loss SS,oOOi no in
surance.
Ly. Cady, an old fireman, was run over
by the hose-cart and seriously injured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
RilIinrhs.

OMAHA, NEB., June 1O,-In a social
game OF French carom billiards this even.
evening, Tennie McAiee, OF this city,
made run Of 30l shots.
NEw York. June l0.-In the billiard
tournament game tonight, Sexton de-
feated Rudolph. score-GOO to 4SO.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
LonisyiIIe RrIstoW Club.

LOUISVILLE, June 1O.-At q meeting OF
the Bristow Club $500 new names were
enrolled, increasing the total member.
ship to nearly 1000. Great enthusiasm
seems to be manifested by Mr.. Bristow's
friends in Louisville over his prospects
at Cincinnati,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
The Kansas aud Colorado Dele
cations.

sr LOUIS, June 1O.--MessrS. Thatcher,
Horton, Sears, Shaw, Leland, Lowe and
Sheldon, OF the Kansas delegation to the
Republican National Convention, arrived
here this morning, and will leave for Gin.
cinnati tonight, The other three mem
bers are already East. The delegation is
solid and enthusiastic for Blaine.
The Colorado delegation came down
with them, and they are also for Blaine,
The combined delegations sent dispatch
this morning to Mr.. Blaine, assuring him
OF their support.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

OMAHA, June 1O.-A dispatch received
at department headquarters to-day from
the commanding officer at Fort Laramie,
says a war party OF about fifty Indians
Indians ran of twenty head Of horses
from Kelly's rancho, on Chumwater, this
morning. Egau was sent in pursuit.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

KENDALv1LIE, IND, June 10.-The
postoffice was burglari1ed at this place
last night and the safe blown open,
Three hundred dollars in money and
$3.50 in stamps were stolen. No clue to
10 the thieves as yet.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
DIED.

LEONHART-on Sunday evening, June ilth,
1876, LOUIS FR INcEs, son Of c. and l.. A. LeonhHt,
aged years and days
Funenl from the residence Of his parents, No
l22 Seventeenth street, on Tuesday at 10 o'clock
A. N. Friends Of the family are invited to attend.
DOWNEY-0n Sunday evening, June lith, G.
1l:35 o'clock, HARRIsoN DowSRT, aged so years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

TuE CHARLESTON TIcKEr.-The Mar
tinsburg Independent, edited in part by
Mr.. Logan, late member OF the Demo.
cratic State Committee, rather damns the
ticket with faint praise. It says that
while not the strongest in all respects that
could have been put forth it is however
up to the average"
"The really weak part Of the ticket is
the candidates for the Court Of Appeals
bench. They are all clever gentlemen
and fair lawyers, but hardly up to the
standing demanded for this important
position, il We except one Of them"
The zone" exception referred to is, Of
course, Judge Raymond. The weak
brothers are Green and Okey. especially
okcy. This does not mean however that
Okey's voice iS weak.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
FRANCE.
The Workmen Delegation TO
PhiIadelphin.

VERSAILLES, jane 10.-The Senate to.
day, by a vote 1893 to 8, passed the gran,
voted by the Chamber Of Deputies for
sending delegation Of French workmen
and agriculturists to the Centennial lex.
hibition. The party Of the Right ab.
stained from voting.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

PITTSBURGH, June lO.-The puddlers
met to-day and rejected the compromise
proposed BY the manufacturers, and deci-
dedf 10 continue the lockout.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

WAN bIAAENANIt
OPHCE OF TIE cHIKT SIGNAL OgPicRR, :
WAIEINOToE, DC, June 12-l A. Y.

For Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and
Lower Lakes, rising barometer, north.
east to southeast winds, clear or partly
cloudy weather and slight changes in
emperature.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 1O.-Thc weekly state
ment OF the Bank OF Germany shows
decrease OF 2 1855, 600 marks.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12
CANADA.

MONTREAL, June 1O.-The foot and
mouth disease has broken out with great
virulencc among hogs at Outremont.
Hundreds are dead and dying.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-12

The river continues to recede slowly.
Last night the marks indicated feet 4
inches.
The Nail CITY has laid up at Marietta,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-29
DOUBLE AND TWIST.

The tariff resolution in the Republican
platform is the best specimen of the
patent reversible plankt hat even the mo-
dern politician has yet constructed. 1t
simply declares that the party is in favor
OF adjusting the revenue so as best to
subserve the prosperity of the American
people Of course it is. Why not
What protectionist can object to such an
adjustment Of the revenue? Old "Pig
Iron" himself will insist that this is lust
the object he has been working all his
life to attain. And yet no free trader,
not even the gentleman in Sheffield and
Birmingham, England who are supposed
to be manipulating the American League,
can demand that the party should do
anything else than so adjust the revenue
as to secure American prosperity. 1t is
an admirable plank, and our only won,
der is that the patent was not more ex-
tensively used. For instance, what
happy deliverance it would have been
on the financial question to say that the
party was in favor of such an adjust
ment OF It as would be best for the coun-
try" And how the Chinese puzzle might
have been worked out by declaring that
ii was the opinion of the party that the
Monaghan element should be treated
in such manner as would be right and
best for all concerned In fact whole
platform might be constructed in this
manner with splendid effect !--Pifts6nre
LSddef, lfi re.fu.r.,.i fr f1.t-- -r'f cfrf -.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-29
Grants Impudence and mterfer'
ence with Congress.
He Advises no Reduction in Appro-
priation Bills Passed by the Last
Radical Congress and before the
Democrats Captured the House.


This audacious interference with the
duties and functions of Congress should
have been sternly rebuked on the spot
by tabling the insolent message, or return
ing it without notice. Ii is not only un-
precedented, but is little less than an
outrage, which can only be explained by
Grants ignorance Of the elementary dis
tinctions which separate the independent
departments of the Government, or by
the obvious cause which has rendred that
ignorance more dense and obstinate,
and disgraced the office which he occu-
pies, but does not fill. arn .r.m..
OF the twelve principal appropriation
bills, ten have passed the House, one is
now pending, and the other is to be re.
ported Immediately. Some of them were
sent to the Senate several months ago,
and have been kept back or returned to
the House loaded down with amend
ments restoring the old prodigality, with
view to the impending deadlock and to
coerce the House into submission. The
Administration and the Senate have COM
bined to keep up the enormous eXpen-
ditures, through which the great Rings
have been enriched, corruption has been
spread through the public service, and
the Government has been converted into
a machine for plundering the people.
On one side are the Administration, the
Senate, the Rings, and the officeholders,
crying out for more money; and on the
other are the people, suffering in all their
industries, Impoverished by extravaganza
and taxation, and demanding relief.
Every jobber, and contractor, and specu
lator, and plunderer, and politician shouts
for large appropriations and huge expen-
ditures. Every farmer, every mechanic,
every laborer, and every good citizen,
asks for economy, simple government,
and old fashioned honesty.
The people look to the House with
trust and hope that these reforms will
be adhered to at any cost. There can
be no concession consistent with duty
and good faith. Retrenchementi is indis
pensable not only because it is right and
needed to stop the Generalization bred
from prodigality, but because it is impe-
ratively required by the diminished rev.
enues. Ifthe Republican party is pre-
pared to go before the country on this
test, their opponents should welcome the
issue. But in no event should the House
grant one dime more than is actually
needed for an economical administra-
ton ofthe Government. The way to real
reform is through strict economy. Plat
forms, resolutions, and professions may
mean nothing. Let us have substantial
remedy and begin change for the bet
ter by good works ~. Y. SIN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL Summary.

JUNE 2O.-Senate-A report on the i'm.
provement of the South Pass of the Mis-.
sissippi river was ordered printed.
A report from the Secretary of the
Treasury showing the number of persons
from whom balances are due the Govern
ment, was ordered printed.
A report from the Finance Committee
favorable to the House joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue ten million dollars in silver coin
in exchange for legal tender notes, was
laid over one day.
The House bill to repeal the bankrupt
law was postponed until the first day of
the next session.
House-The Freedmen's Bank Com
mittee reported bill directing the proper
accounting officers of the Treasury De-
partmentto settle the claims for payment
of bounty, prize money or other moneys
due to colored soldiers, sailors or marines,
and directing the Attorney General to in
stitute proper legal proceedings against
all persons who shall be shown to be inn
pliCated in the Freedmen's Bureau
frauds. After considerable discussion as
to proceeding TO the consideration Of the
bill at once, 1t was ordered printed and
recommitted. -s7 vi g.t 5tl of G.e
The sundry Civil Appropriation bill
was reported from committee. 1t appro-
PIRATES $l4, ,5S7 $40, against S26 ga 800 in
the corresponding bill of last year.
The bill equalizing bounties of soldiers
was passed 1t allows all enlisted men,
sailors and marines, eight and one-third
dollars for their per cent Of service be-
tween April l2 1851, aud May 9, 1865,
deducting all bounties already paid under
United States or State laws.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-29
MONOPOLY AND CORRUPTION
Thiege8 IN Politic8-MillionS Won by RaS-
Guilty, whiLe Honesty Stape8.

Parker Pillsbury preached to the Soci-
ETY. ofthe church Of Humanity, I4I Eighth
street, yesterday on "The Plague and
Peril of Monopoly" "The Government
at Washington is not only composed of
forty thieves said he, "but of ten thou
sand thieves, waiting to have one of
their own party elected as President.
This is the record we present when we
are scarcely one hundred years old, and
which we invite foreign nations to Join
us in celebrating. Look at the. .extrav-
agance that abounds among the officers
ofthe Cabinet Let me call your atten-
ton to two weddings that have been eel
ebrated in Washington within the last
five years-one the daughter of Cen
eral of the army, another of a Senator
elected, manifestly intended to eclipse in
magnifcence all gatherings of similar
nature that had preceded it. in this lat
ter case we are told that in 1864 the father
of the bride was worth nothing, but in
ten years he made so many miIlionsthat
he was able to give his daughter one
million of dollars as her marriage portion
The reporters did not tell us who earned
that million, or any of the other millions
he had collected in these ten years. But
they did not fail to inform us that his
house cost $500, 900. the gas fixtures $I2,-
900, the Administer carpets $4, 900, the
mirrors 5000 while the lace curtains
were like feecy clouds, so fine were their
texture. And all this splendor in com
munity and at time when thousands of
men and women were absolutely starving
for bread. Soon only the rich will com
pose the Government, or those who are
willing to become,rich by means dishon-
orable and disgraceful With every
administration the virtue of the Govern
ment becomes to the people less and less.
1t is Furnishing men for counterfeiting its
currency when its currency is fraud in
itself-promising to pay when it has no
idea of it. And all the while the Govern
ment rolls on in affluence, no matter
what becomes Of the laboring people. |
From IS4o to 1914 the White House ex-
penditures were about $4,000. During
Gen. Grants time they have amounted |
in all to $Io4.7o6 and this, too, when the
times were such that honest industry
would not insure livelihood Rings
and monopolies have ruled at Washing
ton until the Capital has become very
den of Beelzebub-a hideous blot upon
the pages of our history. Ia r.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-29
A SCHOOL GLRLSSJICLDE

Atelegr@m from Columbus, Ca, says
that Miss Lilly Harrison, daughter. .of the
Rev. w. P. Harrison, an eminent Meth
odist minister at Atlanta, jumped into
the river rapids at Columbus on Monday,
and was drowned. 1t was deliberate
and premediated act, and was witnessed
by persons who were on and near the
river. Her body did not rise No cause
is known, but depression of spirits had
been observed. Her age was IS, and
she was bright and interesting young
lady The Columbus Sun says that on
reaching the bank, which is about forty
yards slope to the water, she discovered
a Mr.. Names, who, standing not far off,
she thought, and correctly too, was
watching her. She Immediately rushed
for the river. Mr.. Names pursued her
When he was within forty feet of her she
had reached the waters edge-she tore
her collar loose in front, looked around
with smile as though exulting over a
conquest, gave three swings and leaped
from the rock.