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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-22
Cincinnati Southern RaiIroao

CINCINNATI. MBy 2l.-Six thousand
shares. or controlling interest, in the
company organizing to operste the Gin
cInnsti Southern railroad, were sub
scribci to-day, by party OF gentlemen
of this city. Among tnem are msny
practical railroad ten, and all are
wealthy. The stockholders will hold 8
meeting to- morrow to organize.
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Ihe french (HlaIs.

RoAE, May 2l.-The Papa Euncio,
=, Par. informs Csrdins! Simeoni that
sncs tne cri.is Duke DE Cases bed im.
pressed upon him the necess ~ fOr
iae greatest prudence, and had requested
aim u represent 70 the Hoy See the
need for restraining Bishops from CIV
ing any p'ovocsti0p which might make
measures 70 re5trsin them unavoidable
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FOREIGN News liens.

LONDON, May 2l.-The Clyde chip
wrights, at meeting tonight, resolved
to submit their dispute with the masters
20 arbitration
An sfray occurred to-day a, AalIow,
Munster county, Ireland, between the
townspeople and some miIltis recruits, IN
which eleven Of the latter were injured,
some seriously.
During the Whit Monday smuserncn,s
At Hull, a balloon about to ascend was
blown against q gas jet and exploded.
Eighty-siI spectators were injured, SIX
dAngerOusly
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German Catholic Associatiop,

CLEVELAND, May 2l.-After q large
and fine procession through the princI-
pal streets of the city, to-day, the GeE-
rnsn Cstholic Central Association OF the
United States met in convention. The
usual committees were appointed, and s
telegram was csbled 10 the Pope, con-
grs;ulstng him On the dhie!n anniver-
ssry OF his episcopacy. An adjourn
meLt was then had till o'clock to-moF'
row morning.
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Town DestrOy ed by Fire

NEW YORK, May 2l.-A specisl from
Norfolk, Va. says the town of Creswell,
n. C., was totally destroyed by FIRE Fri
day night last. All the United States
mails in the postotice were consumed.
There was but little insurance held in
the town by property holders, and the
greatest distress prevails.
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Peruvian FINANCES.

NEW YoSK, May IL Advice from
Peru 70 April 2s:h. state tbst there u "A
very uDsssy feeling IL financial circles,
snd te.rs 81 crash were entertained. .
Senor Pedro Bernsies, banker and rnsr.
chant. h. failed for = million aud half
soles IL. reported tbs. Others would
be involved IN the failure. The sssOcia.
tion taak. were thought % be 10 pre-
rsrtnl-. -urAltinn
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Tweetis Testimony.

MEN YORK, May l9.-The World
SAWS that i. Is understood ths. the Attor-
ney Genei al mas been influenced TO de.
eide that Tweed's testimony shall not be
used in pending or future suits. Its as.
serted that General Sickles has been re-
tsined by Sweeney, and Senator Woodn
has been in frequent consultation with
Tilden, as has also the Attorney Gen,
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rsy desperate condition OF the WORK
NO, Of New York is forcib!y Illus
-, bv the attempt to mob the legis'
.. ,or failure to pass the sPPropri'
80, hill 0, million OF dollars to com
,r.,.,be new capitol. The Governor
:, vs,oed the bill and it WAS expected
-, the legislature would pass 1t over
:. cato When it failed tie crowd
nso no, for the legislators that
,,.r we're compelled to take the rear
to their hotels. No such scene, II
aid ever before occurred in Albany
". rigb, add that it is ahesd OF any
..,, in the annals OF the bull-dozlng
81. of legi. stion in New Orleans. 1t
s,p,t have been considered good cause
...,. for 3 ..cs ! Tor troops"
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Fatal Alteration.

ST. LOUIS, May 2l.-An alteration
between Robert Davenport and A. B.
Hubbard, a. Sturgeon, Mo, Saturday
sfterr oon, resulted in the death of Dsv-
export he being shot through the heart
end instantly killed by Hubbard. The
aifsir WAS caused by womsn. Hub
bard Cove himsel: up, and claims justif-
cstion
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-srorted from Washington that
= ...mn, WAS made to provide for the
., Goverdor CHAMBERLAIN, OF
~ p, csroIirs, by Offering him the ap-
mt Of Solicitor of the Treasury,
,., bs spubbed the administration,
obs,wi.e pleaded professional en-
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WHEELING, May 10, ls77.

McsrS. Pack, Lamb. clark, CdLdioeH aud
others Member, 0f the Bar Of OHIO county:
GENTs-Appreciallng highly the sKpres-
sion of your kind and generous Henu.
Inents. Ms cOutai Icd in the foregoing card.
| readily Rcquiescc In your request to be
come "A candidate tor reelection to tho
Office OF Judge of the Municipal Court 81
Wheeling, promising II reelected To that
position, Ia "ndraNur Ia secure by \ faith
iul and impartial discharge OF It's duttes,s
| continuance Of your approval aud rcgaTd.
Very respectfully yours,
l.
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R,RsuM has gone in:o the search
l. ,,,,r - Ross, and offers $4,000 re-
.,,3 for his return and no questions questions
" Doubtless the great Snowman
s'''' .,ra on snch capture beyond
animal in his cages
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souin Carolina Legf.Isiars.

COLUMBIA. May 2l.-The House 70.
dsy passed Join: resolution providing
for the appointment Of COMMUNION to
investigate the public consolidated deb
which assures the bopdholdors Of 8
speedy settlement of their CLAIMS.
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Buried Alive.
Special to the Commercial.

BALTIMORE, Msy 20 "A sensation
has been produced in the Fifth district of
Baltimore county by widely circulated
rumor that young girl has been buried
alive. 1t appears that about two weeks
ago man named staples called on the
States Attorney and said the grave of q
young girl who had died, While in his
employ, mad been desecrsted, and asked
for tie prosecution of the parties who
had exhumed the BODY. A few
days later Messrs. Zouck and
Bosler, Of the same district, informed
the States Attorney that they
believed Staples had buried the girl
alive. The coffin was rough pine box,
made by Staples, and as it was being low
cred in the grave in the presence OF sew
eral persons, two ladies present heard the,
exclamation: "Oh, Lord" from the
grave. They protested against the burial
but Staples buried the body. The next
day it was exhumed and the body found
to be turned over in the coffin. the fash
of the arms lacerated and the hands
clutched in her hair, and her shroud and
coffin covered with blood from her mouth
and nose These are the rumors in briet.
An official investigation will be made by
the grand jury to morrow. The girl hao
been an inmate OF q charitable instltu-
Oh before she went to Staples house
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,,are Tor 5 "cs

CessIpERABLE speculation IS beng
,,ulsed y. to the cause Of the Russian
s.s, Issving the port OF New York.
The World claims to have Information
~, the move was made through the
,a.l,. O. the President, privately COM
.,.,ics,ei 10 tue Grand Duke ALEXIS,
,g,vu,a Secrytsrr EvARTs, that the
g,..i.p vessels ,.,.,.'i not longer remain
f., American ws'-r. While the Tribune
Is. reason ,c rr.,,e that the purpose OF
ne Ru.,isn hr,t j, 10 keep watch along
he cos,, ,cr the purpose of interceptlng
ys,.r. having munitions of war for
Turkey.
We suppose Mr. EvAETs is sufficiently
vscblul Of even the technics! corstruc
.ion tbs. may be pu. upon the presence
Of tbs feet to avoid any difficulty IN the
matter.
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at'hee|iuq Aesister.
ON closed yesterday at ioos'

.,,c,bs- to-day ;y,A be partly
18th northwest to southwest
.''" s,,orv ten, ,serd!uys and local
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Methodist PrOtestant COnvenufp IN.
BALTIMORE, May 2l.-At the Metho-
dist Protestant convention to-day the
fraternal greetings OF New Jersey were
received, signed by j. n. Brown, who
attended the first general conference of
Methodism in the United States.
Rev. L. 5. Brown, of Iowa, rom the
Committee on Sabbath Schools. made
report in favor OF the ado pticn OF the
Methodist Protestant cstechism, and it
was adopted.
A COMMITTEES wss appointed to draw up
a pa toral address upon the unity o., the
Methodist and Methodist Protestant
Churches, which shall be read by pas
tors to their congregations and published
in the church papers.
Three members in the annual confer
ence and five in the general conference,
1t was decided, may call for division.
An additional report OF the work OF re-
vislrs the Constitution and discipline
WAS adopted L. EXHIBITS no material
change from the books used in the
churches during the past ten years.
Recess.
At the afternoon session an additional
report OF the Committee on Revision
was submitted and adopted. There are
no essentisl changes in the articles acted
on from those at present used in the
Methodist Protestant church,
j. j. Murray, of Pittsburgh, offered
q resolution that the "Voice of Praise"
published al Pittsburgh, and the hymn
book of the Methodist Protestant church,
published at Baltimore, be recognized MS
the hymn book of the Methodist
Protestant church until the new
hymaal be complied and published.
That the Committee on Hymn Books
be enlarged and authorized TO secure by
correspondence and other means, hymn
book to be used by the NJ. Z. Churcn IN
common with other Methodist Churches
in the United States. Referred TO Com
mittee on Hymn Books.
The following committees were
then announced: On Church E1-
tension-C. l.. Evans, T. NJ. Hender-
son and Z. Williams; on S;atistics-B.
r. Doggin, q. 5. Wcsttsll and w. d.
Mitchell; Historical Pretsce-P. j.
Strong, J. S. WbitefeId, II. S. Bassett,
B. Bates and II. +, SallIkohsr: Pastoral
Address-G.' 'Kost, J. j. White, +. ii.
Co.hour, j. X Nichols, n. j. o. Duley
and j. W. Herring.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
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THE EASTERN WAR.
Roumania ProcIaims Her Indepen-
dence,
And Declares War Against Turkey.
Advantage Of the Russian Victory
at Ardahan.
Turkish Accounts Say the Russians
were RepuI ed.
Hungary Restless of the Govern
ment's Inactivity.
Turkish Chamber of Deputies Quar-
reIing With the Porte
Unauthenticated Rumors of Peace,
The Attack ON Ardphan-Russ X n ssi ans
kepulsed.

The Attack ON Russians
RepuIsed.
LONDON, Msy 2l-A special from
Erzeroum, Saturday, describing the first
attacks on Ardshan, says the efforts OF
the Russians commenced with q heavy
artillery fire which was repulsed every
time with great slaughter. Under orders
apparently to obtain success somewhere
or other at any cost, the troops were
led back TO assault alter each failure un-
till night, which stopped the carnage.
From Kars we have intelligence that
yesterday the Ru:sisns attacked the
outer line with furious determi
nation, having preceded thier attempt
by heavy but ill-directed csnnonade
from siege artillery. The powerful guns
in the Turkish batteries replied with
better effect. The duel was vigorously
maintained till the Russians brought up
their columns OF Infantry as close rs they
dared 10 the Notifications, apparently
proposing, il possible, TO take the place
by storm. The Ottoman commsn-
der, observing this, drew together
large body OF troops behind
the rampsrts and launched y tremendous
oortie upon the Russians flank and rear,
under the shock OF which the enemy were
obliged TO retreat into disadvsntsgeous
position. A bloody engagement fpllew-
ed at close quarters and At It's termina'
ton the Russians were obliged to retreat
leaving upon the field 300 dead ard Il
large number OF wounded. There was
n slight encounter in the meantime be
tween the cavalry without any special
result
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Base Ball.

LoUrvILLE, May 2l.-Louisville, 0;
Bostons s.
lNpIANAroLIs, May l2-Indisnspolis
o.; HArtfords !.
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M, Grossman Watches

Thsse rDs tims-kssp@rs arr nsnuiac
tursg by NOFritz Orossmzn, Of bOfolOsi-
>al fame, AZ Dresdsr- saxony. In Ladies
and Gsl ~ sizes, both
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Case Dtsnissea.
NEw YORK, May 2l.--.Judgs Barrett
to-day dismissed the habeas oorpss pro ,
cured by Joseph Lopes, who ssesntly
clsndestinely married . daughter Of
Frederick Morrison, and who claimed
that his wife was Illegally kept fcm him.
The daughter made affidavit that Lopes
had another wife and that she did not
want TO live with him. Judge Barrett
remanded the lady TO the custody Of her
father.
Arrested for EmAealle0S0s.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 2l.-Maios U. w
Blackburn, Of Cincinnati. WAS arrested
in this city tonight on the charge oi
embe Zzlement. He will be returned r.
Cincinnati in the morning
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KEY AND STEM WINDIAG !

They are constructed on the same priD-
efple a. the watches by the late Adolph
IzsxnsABd are Of very supsrior wors nan
shIp, and fully gU,IAp pLred Tor perform-
anes and durability. They are The best.
their cost being considered, that hsye
been producsd In any 'ountry. Tkab care
N' 80 c, r. BROWN,
Sole Agent for Wheeling and vicinity.
r s.-A full line Of all grades Of me-
rtcan and swiss Watches at verv ow
prices. ap0
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-26
Easy as Lying.
Falsehood is apparently so difficult to

Falsehood is apparently so difficult to
avoid in our ordinary discourse, so invol-
untary, that the facility with which it is
employed has passed into proverb. Is
this moral obliquity due to the imperfec-
ton of the memory, to any mental or
physical Incidence, which might deter us
from the effort required to speak or act
the truth? or yet TO the simple habit of
exaggeration, which has crept upon us
inscnsibly, through our desire to make our
conversation spicy, TO be agreeable and
graphic IN our relations, to set off a
story as they say, or to establish our
own superiority in some doubtful case
Now the graphic is all very fine in its
way, when we do not pay for it too dear
ly, and the sense of superiority must be
highly delightful, provided it is not nom
sense; but we can dispense with both
more comfortably than with the ungarn-
ished truth, which is surely one of the
necessaries of life, though we may all
know people who make shift to live with
out it. One poor body thinks it no harm
to give her age to the census taker as
twenty ght for does not thirty-five con-
tain that lesser number ?-showing, after
all, that even figures will lie. She reckons
that part of the truth may stapd sponsor
. lapses would render statistics null and
void, not to mention their effects upon the
mind of the individuals. There is a sad
lack of exactness in daily intercourse; no.
body means to tell that vulgar thing, a fib,
but few shrink from its near relations
eXaggeration, prevarication and evasion.
1T Miss Polk danced twice or thrice
with Gen Shoddy, it is so natural
for her interested friends to overestimate
the sum total "The ladies are all out.
ma'am,'' said an Irish maid, repeating g
the message of her mistress to an unwel-
come caller, but adding on her own re-
sponsibility, 3" and Mrs X is particu-
tarly OUT" proving, in her bungling way,
that her untutored mind had begun to
suspect that truth was not to be spoken at
all times-perhaps for fear there might
not be enough of the article in the world
to go round, and if she used it extrava-
gantly to-day she might rue it tomorrow,
not knowing it resembed that magic
skein from which the more one wound
the more remained. 1t has been affirmed
that no two witnes sses of an event agree in
their account; but this might not surprise
US when we observe how few persons re
late an incident twice alike. With the
best intentions, doubtless, they omit some
thing which strikes them as supertluous,
or employ an emphasis which distorts the
expression of the case, because accuracy
does not seem vital matter, and they do
not stop to inquire whether the bad habit
OF treating it with contempt will be likely
to intrude into greater concerns. If a
falsehood is not going to injure anybody,
we are apt to consider it a harmless Ii
cense; if it hides our hort-comings and
relieves US of embarrassments, we do not
always perceive its cowardice; and are
not those who judge us unchartably
largely responsible for the fact that lying
is easy ?-Harper's Basdr.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE news from Constantinople and st. Peters
burg on the 14th and 10Th, indicated the imme-
diate precipitation of hostilities. 1t was stated
that Austria had resolved upon the armed occu-
patton of Bosnia; that the Greek Government
had directed the raising of an army of 1000
men for active and immediate service; that an
international outbreak was imminent in Russian
Poland and contiguous Russian Provinces; that
the Russian fleets in the Atlantic and Pacific
had been ordered to rendezvous in the Mediter-
ranean, and that Turkey had begun the erection
of a bridge across the Danube at Kalafat.
A VIENNA dispatch of the 10Th says Austria
would not long remain an Indifferent spectator
to the action of Turkey and Russia and that her
position would be thatof defensive neutrality.
BERLIN specials of the 18th say that 100000
Germans in Russia were about emigrating to
Brazil and the United States to avoid draft into
the army. -- gEs
THE Montenegrin delegates left Constanti-
nople for home on the 18th, the negotiations
with Turkey having failed. ~ & 81.
ACCORDING to- Vienna telegram of the 18th,
efforts were making by Austria and England to
induce the resumption of negotiations between
the Treaty of Paris as a starting point.
A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the 18th says
Russia had already issued her declaration of
war. Eight Turkish iron-clads had arrived at
the mouth of the Danube.
LoCKHART & DEMPsTER and Glenn, Walker &
Co., commission merchants and shippers at Liv-
erpool, England, have failed for large sums.
A BUCHAREST telegram of the 18th says the
Roumanian Government had decided to con-
centrate 100000 men. for the protection of the
capital against the expected attack of Turkish
irregular troops. 1t was reported from Con-
stantinople that the Porte would proclaim a
state of siege throughout Turkey.
ACCORDING to Vienna dispatches of the 10Th,
negotiations were still going on, with view to .
separate understanding between Turkey and
Russia The Russian Steamboat Company had
announced suspension of the Black Sea service,
the last boat leaving Odessa on the 10Th. 1t was
reported that Roumanian troops were gathering
in Little Wallachia, to dispute the passage Of
the Danube by the Turkish forces.
AN explosion in a coal-mine at Poutypridd
Wales, on the 18th, imprisoned nine men behind
column of coal 100 feet thick. Continuous
efforts for their rescue resulted in opening COM
munication with them on the 18th. Five We're
alive, but four had wandered to other parts of
the mine and were believed to have perlshed.
ACCORDING to Belgrade telegra1ns of the 18th,
fighting had begun around Nicsics.
| PERA specials of the 18th say the Russian
Embassy had been closed, and that Russian
interests would be cared for at the German EN-
| baSsv. &.
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Stole His Own Cow.

At a meeting of the Vermont Associa-
ton of Chicago the other night, Prof. A
D. Hagar, formerly State Geologist of
Vermont, said: "I will relate, in clos
ing this five-minutes talk, an incident
in my native town, Chester, as related to
me by my good old mother, then over
eighty, also a native of the town. Among
the dozen men who formed the first set
tlement of the town in 1854, then called
Hamstead, was man named Ide. He
was not favorite with the people for the
reason that he was suspected of dishon-
esty. In the fall of 1865, be submitted a
proposition to his neighbor, Charles
Mann that they go down to Rockingham,
a Town that had been settled about dozen
years, and steal a COW from some of the
settlers, drive or lead it up to Chester,
butcher it, and divide the carcass and
each take home his half for his winter
supply of beef. Mr.. Mann assented to
the proposition, and night was ap-
pointed in which they would do the work.
Mr.. 1de owned cOw-a black cow with
large white spot upon the head and
white leg. This, like other COWS in
the settlement, was suffered to run
at large in the woods, and wore a large
cOw-bell After dark the two men started
On foot for place in Rockingham desig-
mated by Ide as likely TO furnish the Gov
eted cow. Arriving near the spot, they
heard the sound of bells, and, going
in that direction, found cow without a
bell "a red COW, as Mr.. Mann said, for red
COWS always look black in the night,
caught her, led her to Chester (and a
splendid cow she was to lead), butchered
her, buried the hide and offal, divided
the meat, and each went to his home with
lis moiety of stolen beef. Mann did not
eat any of his, but kept it, and ultimately
gave it all to Ide. Ide's cow did not
come for her breakfast and to be MIXED
next morning, nor ever after. Poor Ide
mistrusted himself to be the victim of a
practical joke. 1t was not likely, he
thought, that his cow would lose off her
bell, get her white spot obliterated by
rubbing against logs in the burnt piece,
and wander off six miles to another set
tlement. He believed that his neighbors
had conspired to make him steal his own
cow, and wisely concluded that Chester
was good place to emigrate from, and
therefore emigrated early
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-26
Sequel of a Social Sensation.

Months ago Western society rang with
the accounts of a grand wedding. a fair
daughter of one of the Oldest an wealth.
lest families in the Mississippi Valley had
been united to a foreign nobleman. The
arts of Worth were exhausted in the prep
aration of the trousseau. Members OF the
aristocracy from all sections of the coun-
try were present, and never was there a
more brilliant social event in the history
of anyone present. The dark -whiskered
nobleman was reported to be enormously
wealthy. In his own country he lorded
over vast den1ains and bid his bondsmen
tremble. His exits and entrances were
attended with a flourish of trumpets.
When he walked he was attended by vas
sails armed to the teeth. He was supposed
to own vast castles, the most impregnable
of which he inhabited, and spent the sea-
son in making fierce forays upon the bear
that abounded in the fastnesses of his ma
tive forests. The wedding was succeeded
by dizzy round of festivities, and socie-
ty was ablaze. The i'm pressive foreigner
flnally departed with his beautiful Amer
lean bride, and it was said that they
would proceed forthwith to the native
land Of the nobleman, and proceed imme
diatelv to inhabit one OF his palatial cas-
ties A sturdy IIibernian at work yester-
day among The hotel ruins, turned over
some rubbish and found scattered pack