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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-26
The Prospective Attendance nj
the Centennial.

Mr.. CowIes. editor of the Cleveland
Leader, writes an interesting letter 10 his
paper Of yesterday in regard to the pros.
poets Of the Centennial Exposition. He
.ays that the number Of visitors to the
Centennial during the six months it will
be opened is estimated at abont 5000 900,
100000 Of whom will be people Of Phila-
delphia, leaving 100000 strangers who
will visit that city, arriving at different
periods about as follows: ~
Ten days previous to opening Of the ExhI-
htion, May 10Th, at an average Of 6,O0O -.
per DAY bOVO
Miy. June and Jnly, S: days, at an average
=ol 1900 per day I9,OuO
August, 81 days, at an average oil 600 per
day s...'1s-..' Sa-1VOV
September and'october, 6I day s, at m aver
Gsc Of Is OO9 per day OeS 900
November, 10 days, at an average OF 1900 ...
Ter AO'cVV
$4,000
zu0VoO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-26
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.

The managers Of the impeachment
trial have summoned Marsh and his wife,
Vail, the Cashier Of the Bank Of Com.
merce of New York, f. T. Bartlett, a
New York lawyer, and General CuStar.
Mrs. Marsh il IN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-26
AUSTRIA.
Further Concessions Demanded

VIENNA, April o5.-The Hungarian
minister will neither accept or refuse a
compromise, but demands further conces-
sions from Austria. II neither cabinet
recedes, change Of government is inevi.
table. The situation is becoming critical.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-26

SALTLAKE, April 25.-Brigham Young
says he has no intention Of capturing The
territorial government Of New Mexico,
nor is there any truth in the reported set
tlement between hlmself and Ann Eliza.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-26
cTATE oF WEST VIRGINIA, OHIO couN-
. TY s., County Court.
Clara V. McSulty, with William A. MeNulty,

STATE JF WEST VIRGINIA, OHIO CoUE-
. TY s., County Court.
Clara V. McSuIiy, with William A. NeNulty,
her husband.
james II. Ewing, IT, Elizabeth Richardson, with
VIM. Il kieRafdson her husband; Mary Biggs,
With james II. Blggs her husband; Emma E.
Pcck, with VIM. Peek her hnsbabdi JAmes II.
Ewing and Katc Ewing, helrrat.lAE Of Wm.
Ewing deed, aud Mary Ewing, the widow Of
the said VIM. Ewins, decd. In Chhneery.
The defendants, Mary Bsgs, with James II.
Biggs, her husband; EmmA E. Peck, With VIM.
Peek her husband and james II. Ewing and Kate
Ewing, BOn-reaIdent defendants, will LAke notice,
that gu this day the plAnlns 10 the above entitled
cause hled their I'LL on the ChAneery Ode Of the
above named Court, the object Of which Is 10 par
ttiOn amongst aid PaTtlel lots No. u, u and The
WeStsriy half Of lot No y, on Mheeling llland,
being the addition to the city Of WDeelng laid out
by Henry Moore, trustee Of The estate Of EbeneEer
Zane and IN default Of such petition, 70 sell the
am0 and divide the proceeds Of such sae amongst
the aid PARTIES according 10 their several Interests,
aud the prayer Of the aid bill Is In Acoordancn
herewith.
The aid nonresident deiendEnts will be and Rp-
psar In the Sald case on the 10Th day Of Nay 1876
and do WhlteVtT they may considerIoF their soT-
erai inieIe't' In the defence q the aid rs 9iL
April 10, 1876 Clerk Of the aid CouIt.
The said defendants will take notice that on the
30th day Of May, 1876, between tho hours Of
o'clock i. y. and O'Clock ?. ~, 10 be continued
from day IN day until completed, at the Law otaee
Of Daniel Peck, lt0i ChaPlIBe street, in the eity
Of Wheeling, In Ohio eoully AFORESAID, the plain
tltfs will take the depoEti0ns Of the PLAINTIFF 10
this case, and Of VIM. L. RlehArdson, Charles H.
Collier nnd the aid Mary Ewing, 10 Be used in eT
Idence on the hearing Of this clHe.
DANIEL PECK,
snlleltOr for the PiAlnuiS.
AprIl 10, 1876 Spl9-W
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
Real Estate i'm England.

The Doomsday- Book, just published
in London, gives the name of every man
in England who possesses an acre of her
soil, covering every grade of proprietor
ship, from the mighty Duke of North
umberland, who possesses in a single
county 1S1, 900 acres, yielding, on an
average, five dollars per acre, or the
Duke of Devonshire, with $1,000 acres
in Derbyshire alone, down to the owner
of an acre villa lot. There are eight OF
nine boroughs in which the landlord is
qua landlord absolute over majority
of electors, but no division of a county
Is in that position, the nearest approach
to it being the case of the Duke of
Northumberland, whose colossal prop
erty, besides being greater than that of
any single man, is almost concentrated
ia the county which bears his name-a
visible aggregation of power which ac-
cidentally or consciously has in most
families been avoided. But it is still
painfully evident that in most counties
few families are so largely endowed
that they could veto any selection for
Parliament, and so long as their tenants
obey them, agree in ordinary if not ex-
traordinary times on any member. In
Northumberland, to take a single in
stance, twenty-six gentlemen could pro-
hibit anything like absolute free cleo
tion. They own half the l, ,226, 900 acres
in the county.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
A Mystery Solved.

John Reeves, an oysterman, of
Bordentown, N. j., disappeared, and
some days after man who supplied him
with oysters called at his saloon, and
not finding him inquired the cause.
Some neighbors informed him that he
had gone hunting and had not returned.
The oyster dealer said 81 don't be-
lieve that; 1 think Reeves is in his
saloon dead" He made known his
suspicious to the authorities, and on
bursting open the doors Reeves body
was found in the cellar, he having died
in an apoplectic fit. A coroner's jury
was summoned to view the body. While
looking at the corpse, William Garwood,
one of the jurymen, fell in a fit, and,
after being taken home, died in a few
hours. A post -mortem examination was
made of his body, and the doctors de-
clared that his death resulted from the
inhalation of poisonous atmosphere thai
generated in the cellar from the dead
body of Reeves
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
Burning their Fleet.

The theater of one of the most inter
esting of the romances of the Hudson
river is presented in Lofty Bear noun
tain in front, Lake Sinnipink. or Bloody
pond, on broad terrace at its base, and
Poplopens creek flowing into the river
on the western shore between high
rocky banks. Upon these banks lay
Forts Clinton and Montgomery, the
former on the south eide of the creek
and the latter on the north side.
These forts were built by the Ameri-
cans for the defense of the lower en-
trance to the Highlands against fleets of
the enemy that might ascend the river,
for it was known from the beginning
that it was a capital plan of the British
ministry to get possession of the valley
of the Hudson, and so separate New
England from the other colonies. In
addition to these forts, boom and chain
were stretched across the river from
Fort Montgomery to Anthony's Nose to
obstruct the navigation.
Clinton SWEPT around the Donder
Berg with part of his army, and fell
upon Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
This was on the seventh of October,
| 1777. The brothers Generals George
(Governor) and James Clinton COM
manded the little garrisons. They were
brave and vigilant. It was not an easy
task for the enemy to approach the fort
through the rugged mountain passes,
watched and attacked by scouting par
ties. They had divided, one party, ac-
companied by the baroret,. making their
way toward evening between Lake
Sinnipink and the river. There they
encountered abatis covering a detach-
ment of Americans. A severe fight ell
sued. The dead were thrown into the
lake, and it was called Bloody pond.
Both divisions now pressed toward
the forts, closely invested them, and
were supported by heavy cannonade
from the British fiotilla. The battle
ragged until twilight. Overwhelming
numbers of the assailants caused the
Americans to abandon their works under
cover of darkness and flee to the noun
tains. BeforH leaving they set fire to
two frigates, two armed galleys, and a
sloop, which had been placed above the
boom.
That conhagration was magnificent.
The sails of the vessels were all set, and
they soon became splendid pyramids of
flame. Over the bosom of the river was
spread broad sheet of ruddy light for
a great distance, and the surrounding
mountains We're brilliantly illuminated
by the fire, which gave aid to the fugi-
tives among the dreary hills. These
features of the event, with the booming
of the loaded cannon on the burning
vessels when the fire reached them,
answered by echoes from hupdred
hills, produced a scene of awful
grandeur never witnessed before nor
since on the borders of the Hudson. 1t
was wild and fearful romance, that
ended in the breaking of the boom and
chain, and the passage up the river of a
British squadron with marauding troops.
These laid in ashes many fair man
sion belonging to republicans as far
north as Livingston's manor, on the
lower verge of Columbia county.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
ond time, I should have answered diff

ond time, should have answered diff
ferently."
"Men are generally too proud to re-
peat such questions. said Evan. "I
am"
But the lady was not to be baffied.
"In matters of the heart pride should
have no place." she whispered. "For
my part, I'm ready to throw mine aside
and say
But Evan Ware was thoroughly fright.
ened.
"Don't say anything either of us
might regret" he said, "because 1,
this very morning, put that question to
another lady, and was answered favora-
bly,"
Matte stared at him she could not
believe her senses. But sense of
shame and anger gradually broke upon
her, and putting her kerchief to her
eyes she sobbed out "You're heart
less flirt, sir |" and founced away.
Evan Ware sat down upon a bank and
mused.
"Life is queer thing" he said to
himself. What should have said to
any one who had told me, ten years ago,
that should come back to Farmingdale
to refuse Matte Burt 2"
1t was a good hour before he rejoined
the company, and then Matte Fay had
taken herself home on plea of illness.
Before many weeks were over, not
only Matte but all Farmingdale knew
whom Evan had chosen, and it is a pitia-
BILE truth that sweet tempered Lizzie
has one enemy on earth, and that inGi-
vidual resides at Farmingdale and is
named Matte Fay.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
0yerskirts for Ladies.

Overskhts abound, says the Bdzar,
and instead of being diminished, they
almost conceal the lower skirt, and in
many cases are longer and wider than
the close plain skirt worn under them,
and of which only part of the hounce
on each side is shown. The front and
sides cling as closely as they now do,
and are often cut bias, or else are al
ranged in diagonal shape indeed,
sometimes the whole overskirt appears
to be cut bias. The back is slightly
bouffant, and has set drapery almost to
the end. This is sometimes arranged on
long tapes, with several fastenings on
each tape, as described last week; in
other dresses of rich material there is
one long careless looking and soft puff
sewed in shape down the back nearl to
the end, and made graceful by being
cut bias. Facings, knife plaitings, and
fringe trim the overskirts of silk or
wool dresses; lace is much used on
grenadines and net over dresses.
New polonaises are the long plain
habit garments we have already de-
scribed, and, like the new overskirts,
almost conceal the dress skirt beneath
them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Too much idleness, have observed,
fills up mans time much more COM
pletely, and leaves him less his own mas
ter, than any sort of employment what
soever.
That acknowledgment OF weakness
which we make in imploring to l,eaei;sieved
from hunger, and from ten,ntaflon. Is
surely wisely put in our daily prayer.
Think of it, you who are rich, and take
heed how you turn beggar away.
Prejudices, it is we'll known, aro vue
most difficult to eradicate from the
heart whose soil has never been Iouseueu
or fertilized by education; uney grow
there as firm as weeds among rocks.
There is no WEAKNESS like that which
rises from doubling, from the perpetual
Jogging of unfixed reason. The tor
ment of suspense is very great and as
soon as the wavering, perplexed mind
begins to determine, be the determine
tion which way soever, it will find itself
at ease.
He who can wait for what he desires
takes the course not to be exceedingly
grieved if he fails of it. He, ON the
contrary, who labors after a thing too
impatiently, thinks the success, when it
comes, is not reoompense equal to all
the pains he has been about it.
1t is the most beautiful truth in morals
that we have no such thing as a distinct
or divided interest from our race. In
their welfare is ours and, by choosing
the. broadest paths to effect their hap
piness, we choose the surest and The
shortest to our own.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
His Own Doctor.

A man of high intelligence, we'll edu-
Gated, and of vigorous understanding in
most things, was nevertheless given to
the practice of self-tormenting in re-
gard to the state of his health. He was
fairly robust, ate and drank well, slept
easily, walked with remarkable energy,
was capable of service and long sustain,
ed mental labor and of much physical
exertion. Unluckily for himself, he be-
gan to study domestic medicine, and
straightway too active imagination led
him to simulate in his own case the
symptoms of almost every disease he
had happened to read of. He was par
alytic, apoplectic, rheumatic he had
heart disease, his lungs were affected,
his liver was congested; gout threaten
ed him; his vision became enfeebled; /;
obscure sensations alarmed him as to the
state of his brain; fevers of one kind or
another We're perpetually Matching in his
system. The mans life became bur-
den and misery to him; he hall. .kille
himself with terror, and nearly succeed
ed in getting poisoned by succession
OF varied and opposing remedies.
AT last he was cured. Reading the
symptoms of condition from which it
is physiologically impossible that men
should recover, he found to his horror
that each particular symptom was dis
tinctly marked in his own case. He
went over the ground again and again !;
each renewed examination only served
to bring out the symptoms with more
alarming distinctness. Then the affair
became too ludicrous; hearty fit of
laughter dissipated not only that par
ticular ailment, but all the rest, and the
sufferer was cured.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
All are Dead.

The Idaho World tells a story that
seems almost incredible. One evening
two years ago party of ten of the
prominent citizens of Idaho gave a re-
ception at Boise City. Now not one is
living, all having met with violent
deaths. One was killed by an insane
man, another preferred laudanum to
political disgrace, another blew his
brains out with pistol ball, one was
murdered and his body concealed among
the rocks, one fell down a mine shaft
six hundred feet and was dashed to
pieces, another was assassinated while
walking along the street, one fell out of
a wagon and received fatal injuries about
the head, one was killed in Washington
Territory, and the last of the ten was
scalped by Indians in eastern Idaho.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
Summing Up the Case.

The ownership of a dog was the sub
ject of litigation in Clarksville, KY, and
there was large attendance of interest
ed countrymen at the trial. Great things
were expected of the opposing lawyers,
Hurd and Dougall, who had been hired
at great cost to come from Louisville.
Hurd was prompt, but Dougall was de-
layed, and the justice, being a stickler
for punctuality, decided that the case
must go on. All the evidence had been
taken when Dougall entered. "I'm
afraid I'll lose my fee," he whispered to
Hurd, who responded "Oh, no I'll
give you the points of the evidence in
two minutes, and you can sum up just
as well as though you had been here
from the start" Thereupon Hurd told
him that the trouble was about trade
of dog for a jackass, and pretended to
give him the particulars. The audience
was inpatient during the whispering,
and was deeply attentive to the oratory
when it begun. Dougall glowingly de-
scribed the qualities of the dog, told af-
fecting stories of his sagacity, and
wrought his hearers up to high pitch
of enthusiasm. Then he paused, wiped
his heated brow, and said, solemnly
Now, gentlemen of the jury, we come
to the jacknss." "Eh?" said the JUS
tice. "Now," the orator repeated,
with impressive emphasis, "we come to
the iackass." "You are the first jackass
I've heard of in this case," said the JUS
tice, and an outburst of laughter in
formed Dougall how badly he had been
sold. On the way to Louisville he said
to Hurd " L will make an earnest effort
not to kill you, if you will promise
never to mention this case;" but Hurd
said he would risk his life rather than
not tell,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
The Tramp Question.

Orange county, N. Y, adopted the
" work system last year to rid itself of
the great nuisance of being overstocked
with tramps. In their annual report,
just submitted, the almshouse commits
sioners of Newburgh say: "While they
did not suppose themselves able to sug.
gest plan entirely free from objection
to deal with the evil, yet they were con-
Vinced that relief associated with labor
was the surest plan to break it up. After
testing the matter the commissioners
are glad to be able to report that their
labor plans have been entirely success
full, in proof of which they would state
that last year at this time it was no un-
common thing to have as many as
twenty-five day, while at the present
time We seldom have more than one or
two."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
A Lost Hour.

A golden hour on summer morn,
When half the world was still,
The dew was fresh in the new mown hay,
And the bridal veil Of the fair young day
Hung DER the purple hill.
The sheep bells tinkled across the Slopes
Sweet es an elfin chime
Butterflies fitted athwart the down,
Bees went murmuring, busy and brown,
Over the fragrant thyme.
A lsnguid calm and dull content,
Silence instead Of speech
The wind sighed low, and the lark sang high
But the golden hour Of our lives went by,
And drifted out of reach.
We both went back to an eager life;
But in its pause to-day
The dream Of that golden hour returns,
Aud my jaded spirit frets and yearns
For one chance swept away.
The years creep on, the heart grows tired
Even of hopes fulfilled,
And turns away from the worlds strong wine
With fevered lips, that must ever pine
For that pure draught we spilled
And yet, perchance, when our long day wanea
Gage hath its joys late born),
We shall meet again on the green hill side,
Aud find, in the solemn eventide,
The hour we lost at morn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30

According to Humboldt and Danson,
and Peru from 1892 to 1903 was 81, 152,-
650,000. The production in Europe
during the same period was about $780,
100000. From the period from 1904 to
1S48 Danson gives 81, 244, $3.50, ,794 as the
production OF Mexico and South Ameri-
ca that of Europe and Asiatic Russia
for the same period having been about
1926, ,000,0 600. For the period from 1S4S
to. 1862, Professor W. p. Blake, in his
Report on the Production of the Pre-
cious Metals" gives the following esti-
mate of the silver product United
States, $73, 100000 Mexico, $3.50, ,OOO,-
0o0; South America, 5000, 900, 600; Aus
tralia, $40, 900; Europe and Asiatic Rus
sia, $780, ,390,000 total, 1913, 400, 900.
From 1868 to 1875 the product of silver
may be approximately estimated at
S163, 100000 for the United States,
$40, ,OOO,O 900 for Mexico, $56, 900, 900 for
South America, and $63, 900, 900 for the
rest of the world. None of these esti.
mates include the produce of Japan,
China and Central Asia, of which moth
ing is known. We have, then, as the
grand total of the silver product from
the discovery of America to the present
time, $7,150, 100000. The average pro-
duction OF silver at the present time
is about 800, 1000 per annum, and of
gold about $185, 100000 per annum.
The annual production of silver aver
aged over $50 years since the discovery
of America has been about 81, ,SS2, 900
per annum.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-03-30
The Silver Products.

The following table, based upon actual
returns from Germany, Austria, France,
Great Britain, Spain and the United
States, and upon estimates founded on
the most available accounts from other
countries, recently prepared by Profess
sor r. W. Raymond, of New York, will
show the worlds product of silver for
1873, and enable us to form an intelli-
gent Judgment on the subject:
, 1876-06-04

pought the land through boguo d Hyde
Of Mr.. Timothy Wright for $1s6,0o0
The architect, Mr.. G.. Q. Garnsey. n1r-
nishes the following particulars OF the Inn
provemcnt: On Washington street there are to
be twelve houses, each 23x50 feet, two stories
and high easements, with cut-stone fronts. side
walk, and fence, and four houses, 23x50 feet
each, two-story and basement, with mansard
roofs. These sixteen houses will contain from
twelve to sixteen rooms each, and will be fur
nfshed with every modern appurtenance for
convenience and comfort. On Madison street
there are to be sixteen stores, 211160 feet each,
with basement. The two stories above viii be
in flats Of four suites of four rooms to each, and
will be arranged so as to throw the four into
two for those who want SO much room. These
buildings will have fronts and sidewalks Of
stone. On Ada and Elizabeth streets there
will be twenry-twn houses, eleven on
each front, Five houssn on each
front will be octagons. They will
all be 21x3S feet, two stories and high basement,
limestone fronts, cut stone steps, etc. Throop
street will be extended through to Washington
street, and upon it will be erected eleven houses,
same size aud height OF the Elizabeth and Ada
street structures, Fourteen Of these will be
octagon fronts, eight straght fronts, all with
stone fronts, with approaches, sidewalks, and
fence copiags. The fronts Off blocks, ,exceptth
Madison street front, will be broken by the pro-
lection Of the centre and corner building. The
cost Of the improvement will be about $3.50, 900,
making, with the outlay for the land, q total in
restment Of nearly S540,000.
BUILDING PERMITS.
The following are the building permits issued
during the past week:
T. Wetzel, two-story dwelling, e4x44, Gil West
Twelfth street.
G. D. IIinn,an onc-story dwelling, 12x12 Ash
land and Winchester avenues.
T. 4 ". Ronrke, blacksmith-shop 22x30,
Wright street and Chicago nyenne. -..
Fred Peigel, two-story dwelling, 24x48, $50 West
Fourteenth street.
Thomas Flynn, two-story dwelling, 1890, 4ss
S. ". Meyef, T threc-story store, a4x4o, Townsend
and Delaware streets.
Joseph LAUGH, basement, 20z52, $50 Twenty
fifth street.
Derby S Bond, enginc-room, 12x4oo, Il McGEcgor
street.
Peter Conlin, three-story store and dwelling, 25x
52, 1l9 Ontario street. -
X. Wickman, two-story dwelling24x36, 519 West
II. ". Ramsey, Office, 1ax1o, 10 Canal street.
john Massen, two-story dwelling, 2013G, 1897
South 1Ialsted street.
William Walk. four-story store and dwelling, 50
x7o, 74l and 743 South Ilaltted street.
II. lIjorsberg, font-story store aud dwelling, -
x5O, 1888 North LaSallc street.
Hicks Brothers, tlrce-story store and dwelling,
24z5O. 010 West Lake street:
H.. r: Duboe, two-story dwelling, '24x44, 345
F. Wcnzel, thrrc-story dwelling, o3x5f, GO Elm
j. Nelson, two-story dwelling, 25xo0.
P. Conlins, two-story dwelling, 2ox4o, Emerald
=. Schmitt, basement, 2oz5. Warren avenue,
near Page street.