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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-21
Another Account.
NoRwALK, O., Decent Der 20.

NOR"ALh, W. DeCelHt ger ~
Special to the Register.
At the meeting of the stockholders
this morning, the Robinson party, after
motion had prevailed to proceed to the
election of Directors, moved to appoint q
different set of tellers, naming them, in
stead of those appointed by the chair
yesterday.
Judge Cochran, in the chair, held that
the motion was not in order, and from
this ruling an appeal was taken, and an
attempt to debate the appeal was also
held not IN order.
On the question "Skall the ruling Of
the chair be sustained?" vote was taken
by shares OF st t5ck Pending the vote
challenges to vote were made, and the
question of the right OF stock to vote was
LETT by the Chair to the judges OF elec-
tion, who retired and sent for persons
and papers. At S o'clock this evening
the judges returned into the meeting
sud announced their decision of the chal-
lenge against the Robinson party. The
vote then proceeded, and the Chair was
sustained by y vote of $500 to l 800
shares.
The vote for directors was then pro-
ceeded with, pending which, at the re-
quest OF the tellers, who were worn out,
the meeting, by unanimous consent, took
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OUR CONGRESSMEN.

One of the most intelligent and dis
cerning lawyers of our acquaintance, one
who stands high in Wheeling, and
whose name carries with it great weight,
not alone in this city and State, but
in Washington City as well, has handed
US the following reference to the labors
of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress. The author is well qualified
to speak on this subject and he is not
given to hattery, but he speaks plainly
and honestly his sentiments. We eun-
hesitately adopt as our own his remarks:
"The State of West Virginia is to be
congratulated on the tact that her con-
gres>ional delegation, rejecting the sem
timents of a large majority of their con-
stituents, voted solidly for the repeal OF
the resumption act; in favor of the re-
monetizatlon of silver and against the
unconstitutional act sppropristing money
for the Paris Exposition. She is said to
be the only State whose representatives
did not divide or vote wrong on these
questions. she Is to be congratulated,
too, on the long deferred success of Sen.
stor DAVIS in getting his special COM
mittee appointed to ferret out the crook
edness in the Treasury Department. In
this he will serve his country well. de,
Senator HEREFORD and Col. WILSON
have been active In procuring for our
State much needed appropriations for
improvements OF rivers, &c, and putting
her on the road to prosperity. Senator
HEREFORD lately made very creditable
speech on the silver question. Mr..
WILSON, durin the last Congress
took decided stand against resumption
and Ia. favor of silver. He has recently
made q good deal of reputation by his
mastery report from the Foreign Al
fairs Committee on the subject of the
Mexican Mixed Claims Commission. He
is also one of those in charge of the
questions growing out of the Mexican
border troubles. These two questions
constitute one of the most important sub
iects before this Congress, involving
more of "pesce or war" than any other
"Mr. KENNA has by his maiden speech
in the House shown that he is man OF
ability and one who will serve his State
well.
"Mr. MARTIN has heretofore been on
committees where the kind OF work as
signed to him did not bring him promi-
nently forward. Now that he has been
transferred to the Committee on War
Claims, we predict for him bright
career.
"West Virginia may well fell proud of
her mem hers -
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PEACE AND THE PRICE OF
NliEAI.

So intimate are the commercial reIs-
lions Ol the world in this era tnat war
Jr financial panic or seant harvest in one
part Of the earth makes Itself to be telt IN
tue remotest corners OF the business
world. Just AS the recent earthquake OF
Peru that threw that spinal column OF
,ae continent, the Andes, Into convuI-
,ions, sent announcements OF the TACT IN
the shape OF vast waves TO every bay and
Met OF the Pacific, so does an outbreak
U! wsr in the Ear East send its messages
70 every stock and provision market In
America. When the hostihties between
Russia and Turkey broke out 1t was at
one time thought that all Europe might
te tepYunged into general war; the ex-
Peclstion thereof sdysnced the prices OF
oFesdstufs and provisions generally, for
j! Was thought that We would be called
on to contribute to the supply of the
armies IN the field. There came q sharp
reaction when it WAS found that Russia
sud Turkey alone would be engaged. and
hat the seat of war being near the
grain producing part Of Russia the de-
msnd tor American grain would be less
than had been supposed. Still the war has
kept up the prices of provisions quite
crmly in spite Of the immense supply
due to the magnitude OF the last crops
Not only did the food market advance,
but railroad stocks rose, upon the belief
!hst the transportation of the supplies
from the West to the sesbosrd would
.rgely increase the earnings of the
Trunk lines. The fsll of Plevna now
Affects the markets, and railway stocks
Aie the first to respond to it. AS the
outbreak OF the war put the prices up, so
le probable ending of the war tends to
PlIthem down. The collapse of Turkish
military strength appears to be In the
Lear future. The whole stock market
vent down slightly, and Lake Shore
which is the chief speculative stock,
went Of decidedly. The gram market,
winch is rather less sensitive than rail-
way stocks, has not yet shown any sp-
FeeIable decline. Whether this is ow-
1s 10 counteracting influences, such as
'S'nef unfsvorable to hauling grain,
~ or whether it is due to mere slow.
1a' 10 respond to the depressing infu-
'D'''' will be seen in few days.
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. Question 10 Rev. Mr. monat

Correspondence OF the Register.
would like to ask Rev. Mr.. Motist,
through your columns, what really is
meant by the quotstion "The due pun
ishment of original sin is IN strictness
damnation in hell winch IS t. be found
in his remarks published in the REGIs-
TER yesterday. 1t seems to one who Is
not a theologlsn, that 1t can mean no
more or less than that infants dying un-
baptized and unregenersted will suffer
eternally in hell. And if the law can be
evaded, as the rev erend gentlemen: hints,
when he says "May not one deserve to
go to hell and yet not go2' Then it is
no better than an earthly law, and can
not be in accordance with what we have
been taught OF Gods lmmutsbllity. Will
Mr.. Mottat explsin?i A MOTHER.
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8 recess until tomorrow morning At
o'clock.
The result will, in all probability, b,
the election of the reform ticket and 8
condemnation OF the management for th'
last year.
The interest is undated, and there i!
no telling what Question will be sprung
before the end. MACK.
Wednesdays Doings.
Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.
NoRwALK, O., December l9.-Thi,
has been notable day in the history o
the Wheeling and Lake Railroad Com,
pany. At an early hour to-day large
numbers of strangers were noticed upon
our streets, and the street corner!
hummed with speculation on the result
OF the annual meeting held to-day. Whit.
tlesey Hall was filled. On the assembling
of the meeting, Judge K. II. Cochran, Of
Wheeling, was made Chairman. Among
the prominent men from abroad were
Messrs Sutherland, Paul and Baxter Of
Hopedale, Chapman of Navarro, Hendry
OF Ssndusky, Pennewell ard Russell OF
Cleveland, Wickhsm and Beverstock OF
Huron, Lockwood of Milan, Wood OF
Martins Ferry, and Aiken of Jewell.
Resolutions were offered to increase the
number of directors to fifteen, which re-
suited by stock vote of 1881 ayes and
1904 nays. but the meeting rejected 600
shares, called the Bell stock, voting aye,
and the resolutions were lost.
After recess another parliamentary
struggle took place over the motion 10
proceed to the election OF directors, but
substitute to appoint committee OF
two to represent the Robinson, or Board,
party, and two for the Contractor, Viii
son party, the four to choose fifth man,
and the committee so constituted to name
the five directors chosen. Committees
were appointed to investigate from the
beginning all the transactions OF
the Company's officers, and a reso.
luton WAS passed to prohibit officers
of the company from having al interest
in any contract let by the Board. The
committee to present the names for the
directors reported rs follows: Joseph
Bell, of Wheeling; Joel Wood, of Mar
Martins Ferry; j. w. Wickham, Jr., OF
Huron, and L. S. Wooster, OF NOrwalk
for three years, and NJ. A Mock, OF Nor
walk, for one year. Pending the election
the meeting adjourned until morning.
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determinedly fought the flames, and the
police arrangements were excellent. Ii
the ruins are cool enough tomorrow
large force Of workmen will be set TO
work digging for the bodies.
A great number of persons who had
friends or relatives in the building say
they are missing.
A later estimate places the number OF
persons il the building st the time OF tho
explosion st l70, including 20 visitors
and customers.
The boiler had been in use five years
and It is said that pheld has been
several times warned that II was unsafe.
The loss Is now estimated ST S5O0,0O
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FEARFUL CATAsIROPHE.

Another of those hesrt-rendlng acci-
3.Dt,, by which large number OF NOR
..lbelpgs are hurled into eternity without
ops moments notice, occurred in Ne"
York yesterday evening. By the expio-
.ion of bOilerA located under a SIDE
vslk on Barclay street, q five story
boilding, in which were employed prob
.h,v three hundred young girls, boys
man and women, was precipitated to the
ground, killing and wOunding BY the
score and possibly by the hundred, Our
..,ssrsph columns tell the terrible story.
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The Mexican Mob.

WASHINGTON, December 20.-Repre.
sentative Mills received the iollowing G
dispatch, dated Austin, December %:
"My lieutentsnt lnformime that $50 o!
the mob which fought him at San
Elizario and killed three OF his men snd
three citlzeps,s and to whom ne wss forced
to surrender, were Mexican citizens
from Mexico. He is reIisbls. | give
you this by:direction OF the governor
1t was signed by Msior John b. Jones
commanding the Texas State forces.
In addition to the above Representa-
tive Mills hss information that previous
to the fight Msjor Jones found st San
Eliz.rio regular Mexican officer drill
ing those who fought the State troops.
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The National Road Narrow Gange
Project

Parties in Columbus, GAINESVILLE, Cam
bridge and Wheeling have entered into
correspondence relating to this pro-
posed rosd. 1t Is found that there will
be no difficulty in securing the right of
way from the counties through which
the proposed road is to pass There
seems to be no doubt but thst the enter
prise will be ultimately carried out. As
soon as the preliminary information is
secured an incorporation will be formed,
composed of men in the different towns
along the line Columbus Statesman.
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ACCORDING to Rev. w. H. Gill, there
are more drunksrds in Pittsburgh to-
day than before Murphy went there
Exchange.
If the Rev. w H. GILL is the w. Il.
GILL we once knew, the less he chal.
lenges in vcstigstion into the question OF
his own verscity the better. But per.
haps this is not the "fourth of pint
we refer to. Our GILL was sutler, or
chaplain, or something of the kind, in
the army-snd he made money by 1t.
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The NI.iIfIe ChiIhren.N -

The happy children in Heaven send
greetings to their fathers and mothers
on earth, and tell them that We have
made inquiries OF Adam and Eve in Par
sdise why the clergy at Wheeling con-
denim US into hell absolutely for the sins
committed by them. Adam and Eve
answered they knew not, because such a
story never met them. As the writer o.
the Bible had the intention to show Its
readers how corruption can take place,
he made use of that allegory. We hope
this will make an end OF that unhappy
controversy. SPIRIT.
UAssLinl. December 20, 1877.
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THE report of Superintendent HER
vEY to the Board of Education, last even
ing, contains great deal of information
of interest. The portion of it relating
TO his participation in the proceedings Of
the Educational Convention at Wash
ington City, was anticipated by the pub
licstion in the editorial columns of the
REGISTER Tuesday morning of an inter-
view with the Professor.
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The President will wake up to the re-
slitles of the Mexican situation stter q
while, BY vigorous policy on this
subject he could do much to atone for the
general imbecility of his Administration.
st Louis Globe Democrat.
We fear the "imbecility" of the Ad-
mlnistrstion is more marked in its treat.
ment of the Mexican question than in
any other matter. In this respect its
imbecility may be placed in the superls'
tive degree.
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Girl Killed bY the Cars.

DEFIANCE, o., December 19.-At
Whitehouse, Ohio, this evening, Maggie
Wetmore young lady eighteen years
old and an orphan residing with friends,
while crossing the track shesd of pas
senger train going west on the Wabash
railroad, was run over and killed.
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TIE Wheeling REGIsTEH says that by
the time the silver bill becomes law the
premium on gold will be scarcely percep-
iole to the naked eye. This is undoubt
sily true. thanks 10 President Hayes
irmness, which will prevent the SILVER
Dill from becoming lAw.-PhtladetPhIa
Nyrth american.
But with two-thirds OF each House OF
Congress in ,avor of the silver bill
which promises TO be the case perhaps
President HAYES little veto will never
be heard of in this case.
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Texas Border War.

CHICAGO. December 20.-Oticisl dis
patches from Elpozo, received this morn.
ing st General Sheridan headquarters,
state that nothing of importance hss oc-
Cured there during the last twenty four
hours The United States troops began
to arrive there from New Mexico yesteT
day, aud it is expected Lh at by today or
to morrow sufficient force will be there
TO render further Disturbances Of the
peace unlikely.
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A MISSISSIPPI editor is the first man to
send out q newspaper with the new
name Telephone.-ALbany Argus.
Not so: to the young lady pupils OF
Broadus College. Clsrksburg, West Vir-
gina, belongs that distinction. Give the
girls their due; they have hard enough
time at best
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s,rIoin steak Five Cents Pouud.

MHSOu NUUHIy -NtWN 4ItIH-
The beef we eat in Mason county,
Texas, is fat and juicy. 1t is delicious.
and Is slaughtered upon the Oyen range
in these mountain businesses, and de-
livered at the door at FIVE cents per
pound for nicely cut porter.house and
sirloin steaks. Wild turkeys, fine and
tat, sell in Mason At twenty-five cents
per head. Nenison hams fifty cents each.
Wild honey is abundant.
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The good nstured and instructive dis
cussion in which Bishop KAHN and Rev
J. d. MoFFAT are engaged through the
columns of the REGISTER, IS continued
this morning by letter from the Bishop
Both these gentlemen are young men OF
siucstion and ability, and they will
msintain the discussion upon an elevated
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The Wheeling and Lake Erie people
got up terrible row, at their meeting
for the election of officers On.N ednesdsy.
Judge COCHRAN, of this city, presided,
but it is evident from our dispatches that
ho WAS not able to keep the brethren as
quite as a Quaker meeting.
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Warrington and Cincinnati Mario
Gauge Railroad.

Ground will be broken next week for
An entrance into the District OF the
Washington, Cincinnati ard st. Louis
Narrow Gauge Railroad. Officers OF the
road and contractors for grading have
been over this terminus of the line, and
decided upon the location. The road Is
graded already nearly TO the eastern
limits of the richest coal fields of West
ern Virginia.
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DEATH AND RUIN.
Explosion of the Boiler of
a Candy Factory.
The Front of a FiVe-StOry
Building Torn Away.
The Wreck Scattered in
All Directions.
Death and Mutilation of
the Inmates.
From Forty to Fifty Bodies
Buried in the Ruins.
One Hundred and Twenty
One Hundred and Twenty
five Persons Injured.

NEW YORK, December 20-An eI-
plosion, immediately followed by fire,
occurred at five minutes past five o'clock
this afternoon in the immense candy
mandatory of Greenfield u Sons. No.
63 Barclay street, which extends in the
shape OF an l. to College Place. The
boiler, which was under the sidewalk on
the Barclay street side, burst tearing
away the entire front and
Scattering the Wreck in All Direc-
A large number of girls OF al ages
were employed at the time IN the build
ing. The walls fell within few min
utes after the explosion.
A policeman who was on duty near the
building says that ne saw the front
five stories high, fall into the street,
Fifty-six wounded and one dead person
were reported at the Chambers street
hospital at Gas O'clock A number were
also sent TO Bellevue and other hospitals
1t Is estimated that the wounded will
reach I25.
BuIFew Escaped Injury.
Mr.. Greenfield, owner Of the factory
could give no idea of how many were IN
the building at the time OF the
explosion, but thought sboht 10
OF these about fifty escaped by
College Place entrance, and n small
number got out through the skylights
walked over the roofs, and got down the
skylghts of other buildings. The book
keeper, who was on the Barclay street
side, WAS
Blown Ont Through n window
to the street, and badly cut on the head.
Several jumped from the second story,
and escaped with slight injuries, their
fall being broken by policemen and citi-
zens on the streets below. No fair esti-
mate of the loss of life can be given to,
night, but it must be large. The parties
employed in the factory were principally
young girls and boys, from eight to
twenty years OF age. Owing to
the approach of holidays, double
force was employed: one working during
the day and the other at night. The
force is changed at o'clock, and the fact
OF the explosion occurring at five minutes
past that hour renders it more difficult to
know how many or who are the victims.
The number IN the building at the time
Of the explosion l. yarlously estimated al
from one hundred 10 three hundred. The
flames spread so rapidly that 1t is feared
that many who were not injured by the
explosion were
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Steamer Burned.

NEW YoRK, December 20.-The steam
er huntsville, Captain Fsirc!oth, from
Savannah, December 10Th, for New
York, was burned at sea December 18th.
No lives lost. The crew was picked up
by pilot bost and brought to this city
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STANLEY MATTHEWS is up in New
York telling the Wall stree! fellows that
the silver bill will pass by more two
thirds msjority.
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SHERMAN is trying to destroy the
credit of the nation in order TO kill the
silver bill. Well. the people can stand
il the Bulls-his mssters-csn.
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TuE Golden Gate sends us Silve'
Senator, in the person of Mr.. FARLEY
who will succeed SARGENT in the United
States Senate after the fourth Of March
100
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The new California Senator, FARLEY,
/: native Notwithstanding emigrated
10 the land Of gold In lS49.
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Burned to Death.

The Barclay street angle of the build
ing has fallen to the ground, as has also
Nos. 90 and 81 Barclay street, on the
lower side, and No. 81 on the upper side.
Owing to the heat no search can be msds
for those buried in the runs until to-
morrow. The factory building was in
the form of the letter l., having entrances
q. No. G3 Bar lay street and No. 3 College
PIsCe. In the angle were situsted the
Grocers Bank Building and d. d.
Tompkins' brown paper warehouse, both
FIVE stories high. The paper warehouse
was burned TO the ground, leaving the
bank building on the corner looming up
over the runs The bank bu ldIng wss
injured on the fourth and filth floors only,
which were used s. dwellings By the
isnitor and several other families, who
lost all their furniture and effects. The
third floor was occupied oy law and
other offices, and sustained only slight
injuries by the water. The offices Of the
bank, on the ground floor, suffered 10 in
jury.
Nj. Tompkins Ices has not yet been
sscertained. Greenfield * Sons Ioss Is
estimated at 100000 insurance about
$4,000. No. 65 Barclay street
was frame building, occupied
BY cigar store on the first floor, the
upper floors being occupied by Colonel
French for the last thirty years.
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HOLIDAY vacation begins to-day, In
the public schools. Hurrshi boys.
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IT looks as if England would take q
hssd in the war.
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HOO,HOD-IIOO

A Treasury Official, who has been
eighteen months in London representing
the Treasury in connection with the Syn
dlcate, and has jLst returned, recites q
gloomy state OF affairs. The Syndicate
is dishesrtened. The Treasury clerks
have been sent home, and all parties in
the Syndicate interest agree that fund
ing operating must stop. They attribute
it all to the agitation of the silver ques-
ton in Congress. He says the
Syndicate people are OF the unanimous
opinion that 10 more four per cent.
United States bonds can be sold IN Eu-
rope. He had been to Naples during
mis- leave from London without pay, and
reports that some wealthy investors he
met are greatly excited about the proos-
biities that United States bonds, from
which they derive their income, will be
repudiated. THIS is sample ofthe man
ner in which John Sherman, through mis-
innate cu:sedness, attempts 20 dsmsge
our credit, unless, indeed, legislation Is
in the interest OF the bondholders
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Mr.. French snd family escaped, bat
the former left $4,000 in United States
bonds in s bookcase on the second floor
Foreman Joe McGill, of engine No. 81,
and Roundsmsn Coffee, OF the Twenty
first precinct police, volunteered to 90 in
for the bonds. The flames aud smoke
were bursting out of the building, but
they climbed upon the awning and en-
tered the windows, secured 8 package OF
papers and came out. The package WAS
found not TO be the bonds, aud second
time they entered through the dames
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Now FOR ice, and skates, and things.