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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-12

Seventeen Persons Vanish I'm Ne"
York and vicinity I'm Month.


The New York World in speaking Of
the remarkable number of persons OF
whom all knowledge has been lost dur
ing the past month, says that 1t seems
almost epidemic. When we remember
that it is stated that for every case which
becomes public, there are about two that
are only known to the police, the mag
nitude of the loss becomes apparent. A
list of the missing contains the
following: THOMAS FL. WHITMAN,
a respectable merchandise broker, on
November LIST, spent the night at Bergen
Point and left for his home on Staten
Island next morning. dis coat anc hat
were found in the breakwater near La
Tourette House, but nothing else is
known in regard to him. HUGH RoDpY,
living in New York city, went out to
make call in the afternoon of Novem-
Der 5th and disappeared. VIM. JACOBS,
coschmsn on Staten Island, was missed
on November Sth, and q week siterward
his body bearing marks OF violence was
found in the bay. Mrs. ALFRED VAN
BEUREN lett No. zs Jones street, New
York, to take Third avenue car, but
has never been seen since. MATTHIAS
HENRY, of Brooklyn, disappeared tol
some few days, but returned. LOUIS
LOUIS, boy who was al I'M
portsnt witness in trial at the
General Sessions dropped out OF sight
November II. WIN. SPANKKoH was re-
ported missing on the same day-sup'
posed cause, his wife and debts. CHAs
DENIER, of New York city, went out
cunning in Providence, and it is thought
he fell over the cliffs and was drowned
JAMES MCNICHoLL, of Brooklyn, has
been lost since November u, and 1t Is
feared has met with foul play. u. T.
JEANNoIT, Brooklyn drug clerk, out
of work and despondent, hal been gone
since November %. ANDREAs Won
LIMERICK, OF Hoboken, is one OF the
latest cases; he has not been seen for
week. WILLIAM BIERNE, OF Pas
sale, who had been lost to nj;
friends for twenty-five years. turned
up last week, and then took arsenic
K. F. RICE, collector in the City Regis
ter's office in New York, has been gone
since the 25th of November. 1t is
thought he eloped with his fancee
LOUISA HAWKINS, young girl who
lived in the city near Blocker street, dis
appeared two weeks ago. Her mother
heard from her within day or two and
she says she was enticed away. JAMES
SULLIVAN last Tuesday was sent to de-
post S28l. Mysterious disappearance on
his part with the funds. JOHN MORAN,
of Jersey, had row with his wife and
cleared out. He is thought to have gone
70 Ireland
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THECREAH THE MAILS.

FOURTEEN thousand persons are said
to have signed the temperance pledge in
Baltimore during the past two or three
weeks.
THERE is some talk in Washington to
the effect that CoNKLINc is striving to
win two, or perhaps four, Democratic
S .nstors to his opposition OF EyARTs.
The breaks in the q & q. canal, near
Cumberland, are being rapidly repaired
under the superintendent of Mr.. a,
Wilson, collector of the port of Cum
berland.
JACOB GROVE and James Gardner
who were arrested and tried for the
murder OF Rev j. NJ. Friday, at Har-
per's Ferry, last May, have been acquit-
ted, having proved an abb.
The New York Herald thinks that
brooms and dirt carts clean the street;
better than statistical reports, and We
agree with it. A library of reports as
great as that of the British Museum
would not help our crossings a particle
PISCHBACK, In his letter of resigns-
ton, Is rather sarcastic on those Repub-
lean Senators who rejected him and
voted to seat Mr. Kellogg. He does not
think their action either consistent or
honesty. \. Herald.
That is where the shoe pinches-back
WE venture, with proper difidence
to suggest u solution for the troublesome
and apparently endless Mexican ques
ton. 1t is that our government shall al
once recognize President Diaz. Why
not ?-NetO York Herald.
Daz no special reason why we should
no..
GALE, the English long-distance pedes
trlsn who, by the way, thinks of trying
TO walt 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive
hours, has obtained such complete mas
terry over his physical powers that n,
sleeps occasionally while walking. Med
cal evidence has been taken on this
point, and the fact is beyond doubt.
j. A. CUNNINGHAM, OF Wheeling
who has been lecturing on temperance q
Piedmont, Keyser, Georges Creek snC
L,naconing, has been very successful IN
making converts to the cause. At Iona
coming, where he spoke on I'VE evenings
five hundred persons signed the pledge
Mr.. Cunningham formerly resided il
Allegheny county, Nd.
The richest thing in the way of de
serting wives and children by hesrtles
male wretch com,s from Newark, n. j
They had baby show there recently
and numerous prizes were offered by
the manager. About seventy five
mothers brought forward their cnlldrer
and ali went merrily until last Fri5sy
when the manager sbsconded with a.
the available funds realized by the show
Horrlblel 1t is bad enough for man tl
desert one wife and four or five children
bat to leave seventy-fve wives and the
Lord knows how many children to tbs
brutal care of an unsympsthetic world, IL
q piece OF bsrbsrism that could only be
equalled by Turk.
AFTER mature elaboration on the
plaintiffs side of the Vanderbilt will
case, we have come to the conclusion that
they believe that the late Commodore
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A STAND had TO be made somewhere,
and the President has decided and Mr..
Conklng tacitly agrees that 1t snail De
made on the confirmation OF the New
York appointments. The denomination
of Roosevelt, Prince and Merritt was the
long postponed assurance that the Presi-
dent means what he says, and 1t was also
a call in no uncertain words for the Sen-
ate to define It's position on the question
| OF the hour. Unfortunately there Is ilt-
| tie room TO doubt where nearly ali OF the
Republicans stand. Coming to the extra
session few and dIsorgsnized, the NAL
contents are now welded, through Ed
munds' skill, Conklings chicanery and
the brow. beating of both, into a compact
and easily hsnaled opposition OF really
formidable proportions. - Philadelphia
| Times.
| Washington Correspondence Phlladel-
| pnia Times.
Lord Roscoe Conkling is always super
I cilious and arrogant he enunciates
slowly and in tone of scorn for the in
farior creatures around him. He carries
an air OF self-suficiency which reminds
one constantly of an old French boast
which originated IN the time 81 Napoleon
-"Fier detre moi" 1t is great relief
to him that Carl Schurz is no longer q
| member of the Senate, for Carl could, IN
a cool, sarcastic way, hurl back insults
when provoked. During the excitement
| of the French arms discussions, tour years
ago, the interest conferred upon Conkhhg
and Schurz. Mr.. Schurz made telling
speech, aimed against Conkllng, who
| took sides with those who were the ac-
cused. He sneeringly pointed his long
| finger "a favorite gesture with hlm) to-
wards Mr.. Schurz aud read him highly
moral reproOf Tor Strattlmg about
the Senate Chamber. The tall, spare
form of Schurz rose from his
seat, his pale, student face
q shade paer, and in q tone OF mock po-
likeness, he said to the Senator from New
York: IL beg the Senator'S pardon
| With a graceful bow to the Vice Presi-
dent and Senators, ne sat down, while
the spectators enjoyed the "coup de
pate" he had given Lord Roscoe.
Never had man greater opportunity
W IlsS auO'o pony PINJu1'NoS ' tNN'
bigotry than this man. HIS star SET
never more to rise when he absented him.
self from ms seat last winter on an occa-
sion when he might have immortshzed
himself, but, as the French say, "Ls
cervelia lrfi msnque." Gordon and Hill
are strong contrasts to the cold, polished
Conkling. They speak eloquently, terVid-
| ly and with an eirnestness that stirs up
those who are listening. And there IS a
courteous regard for the personal feelings
of those addressed which might well be
practiced by some OF their opponents. Ii
it had not been thatjthe, Republicans were
50 bent upon the admission of Kellogg
that they could not wait, could not be
turned from their purpose, Senator hill
would have prevailed in his effort to at
least defer his admission until the new
charges which Hill offered to prove could
| have been examined.
1
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was perfectly rational while accumuiat-
ing wealth, but hopelessly mad the mo-
ment he came to dispose of it,-N. T.
1T is interesting TO recall at this time
the prophetic words in which old Sam
johnson foretold the downfall OF the Re-
publican party
ats fall was destined to a carpet-bag,
A petty larcenist and a scalawag;
1t left name at which mankind grew
pale
To point a warrant or adorn jail
~ N Y World,
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A GREAT OFFER ToE HOLIDAYS

We will during these HARD TINES and the
HOLIDAYS dispose OF lou New PIANOS
and ORGANS OF nrst-class make at lower
prices tor cash, or installmenis, than ever
Ueiore offered. Walters PianOs aud Or
gans are the BEST MADE, warranted for
I'VE years. IL. Catalogues Mailed. Great
inducements 10 the trade. Pianos, 7-octaye
$40; II octave $50. organs, 2 stops So
stops $50; y stops so5; stops so; 10 stops
S65; Y stops 81; IN perfect order, not used
a year. Sheet u usic at half price.
HORACE WALTERS Il Sons, Manu-
factu-ers and Dealers, 40 East lItn Street,
New York. dss5b
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MEATS AND LARD.

Sugar Cured Canvassed Hams, Sugar
Cured Canvassed Shoulders, Sugar Cured
Breakfast Bacon, Plain Shoulders, Clear
Sides, Sugar cured Dried Beet, fresh from
smoke house daily.
Kettle rendered Leaf Lard in tierces, bar.
rels, halt barrels, kegs and pals, all at
lowest market rates. NJ. REILLY,
1909 and l3ll Main Street.
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Yourself and Your Horse.

Are liable 10 Cuts, Calls, Bruises, Chaps,
&c, Try the grand neal ny application
cor MOLINE.
The medicinal and veterinary, both for
sale by Logan, List q Co, Druggists,
Wheeling. noH
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In EyerybOdY's Mouth

Wherever IL has been tried you will find
the praise OF Logan, Lis, & Co.'S EXCEL
rIOR BAKING POWDER. Sold by best
dealers everywhere.
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POTOMAC HERRING.

Is Halt barrels No. just received and
for sale by. VI. REILLY,
1853 and 1911 Main Street.
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DUPONT,s WHEELING pow
DER a.ENEK

T HAVE AT ALL TIMES IN MAGA-
1 ZINE a large stock OF the above cele-
brated Powder, viz: Rifle, Sportin-, In
cans, Blasting and Mining, In metallic
packages which will sell at wholesale mt
manufacturers prices. / have portable
magazines of different sizes for shipping,
and will deliver tree 90 cars or boat. This
Powder is unequalled in strrngth and
quality. n. REILLY,
Sole Agent.
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FRESH MEAS.

800 packages Gunpowder, Imperial,
Young Hyson, OolOug, English Breakfast
ana SouchOnS Teas, In store and tor sale
al low figures. NJ. REILLY,
1899 and 1911 Main street.
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EUREh n.

TINE BEST GAS BURNER IN THE
i market and warranted TO do all that
is claimed Tor IT. 1t is in universal use
throughout the East, and the city Of Pitts
burgh has adopted IL on all the street
lamps, and in all the public bnildin IS,
and is in use in many private houses. AS
to being the
BEST AND Oh APEST BURNER
To be lad, the following comparisons
endorse: The same pressure to zach burn
er; an Argand burner gives - per cent
more light than conn. on Brass Fish
tail burner; Lava Tip bras, burner mo
check y per cent more; Ellis patent -
per cent more; the Evans - per cent
more; and the Windsor patent 81. per cent
more, Thus you will see the Ellis equals
the Argand, the Evans gives IL per cent
more light, and the Windsor Is per cent,
proving itself the best burner in the mar
ket. Having been appointed sole agent
tor the Windsor Burner, now offer them
10 the cities Of Wheeling. assuring them
that IL is all that is claimed for II, and no
one using gas can afford to be without
them. Also a new and complete assort.
ment OF Gas Fixtures, Lead, Stone and
Iron Pipe, Brass Work OF all desert ptions,
and all articles TO be found in "A first class
Plumbing and Gas Fitting establishment.
OSCAR SEELEl.
decl0y 2ll2 Main street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-12
Rgvy ApvgaTlsEM EAT 8
THF ORPHANS FESTIVAL

IN CuARGE OF REV, A. SCHLEICHEK
,yiII he held on the evenings of next
thursday, Friday and Saturday, Deem.
her ~ IA and Is, at the Church OF the
immaculate Conception. This most la lag ad IA
SOW the generous citizens Of Wheeling.
Music, a Shooting Gallery. Fancy Tables,
refreshments and Amusements oil great
variety. are among the attractions. Rev.
A. ScHieicher and Rev. j. Reynolds, are
admission 25c. All are Invited. deI2q
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PRESCRIPTION FREE.

nor THE SPEEDY CURE OF SEMINAL
il Weakness, Lost Manhood, and all dis
orders br~U II on by Indiscretion or Ex-
cess. ~ druggist has The ingredients.
Address DR.. JAQUES CO.,
feb59gc Cincinn att, o
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Pure Materials Only.

And OF the verv best Gpalitv. are used in
the manutactU-o - I.N'qp Iisf - Co.'S FN-
celsl0r Blkin "'r-te-. TIE host In the
market
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BuCkWheat Cakes.

Batter Cakes and Biscuit, made light, crisp
and wholesome with Logan, List 4 Co.'S
Excelsior Basing Powder.
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0ne-haIf the Battle

In setting "A good table il won on your Bis
cult and Kusk. These are always light
and wholesome when made with Logan,
List & COS Excelsior Baking Powder.
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The Colorado Hotel, Philadelphia,
Pa, is noted Tor its fine location and the
unsurpassed elegance OF its appointments.
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REFINED SVGARS.

800 barrels Crushed, Powdered, Granu.
lated, Coffee and Yellow, in tore and for
sa. at lowest market rates.
VI. REILLY,
1902 and 1911 Main street.
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BROOMS.

300 dozen fancy, riOus sizes, Just re-
ceived aud for sale by VI. REiLLY,
1903 and 1911 Jain Street.
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TO BAGCUS.

have on hand tull line of TObaccOS,
from the leading MANUFACTURES in the
country, including LOrillaTd's, FINER
Bros, Homer HudSOn's, J. Il. Pace, RIch-
mond, J. h. Pace, Danville, b. F. Grayeiy,
Holbrook's Monitor Navy, Larry {. HOl-
brooks Navy.
l can furnish all styles made by these
factories, at lowest market prices.
NJ. REILLY,
1909 and 1871 Main Street.
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FOR SALE
FOR RENT.

THE FOUR STORY BRICK WARE.
L house, No. Is ) Main street. at present
in the occupancy oi MeSSrS. y i'll & + ling.
ham, Wholesale groceIS, and has been thus
occupied the last three years. 1t stands in
the very center OF the wholesale trade,
and Is N every way well adapted 10 do
leading business. Possession the LIST OF
April, or earlier If desired.
Apply 10 WM. PAXTON,
dec6a l2l7 Chapline Street
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Dissolution of Copartnership.

J1HE COPARTNERSHIP EXISTING BE-
4 tween the undersigned under the firm
name OF List, Davenport & Parks is DIS
solved 10y mutual consent. The business
of The late firm will be settled by r. Daven-
port. The books viii be found at the office
occupied by the late firm.
ID. {. L IST, Jr.,
b. DAVENPORT,
GEO. II. Parks.
WHEELING, Dec. 10, 1871. del0
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Hundreds of Ladies

Use Logan, List & Co.'S Excelsior Baking
Powder, preterriDg II u all others. Sold
10y best dealers everywhere.
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UNDERTAKING,

EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO THE
II business. \ fuIl line of
FURNITURE, CARPETS, OILCLOTHs
And Window Shades always 10 be had AT
WIN. link & SONS,
decu Cor. Market and 22d Streets
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Protect Your LunQs.

With the improved chest Protectors. Sold
by Logan List & Co., Druggists, Wheeling.
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CAROLINA RICE.

81 tierces received direct from Charles
ton, IN store and for sale by
VI. REILLY,
1893 and 1871 Main street.
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FISH.

Mackercl, Nos. !, 2 and 3, In barrels, halt
barrels and BITS; Lake Herring i'm hail
and quarter barrels; Salt Water Herring
in barrels and halt barrels; in store and
for sale by NJ LILLY,
lunll 1909 and 1871 Main Street.
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FANCY FLOURs.

20 barrels "BellaiTe NILS st. Louis.
100 Gold Medal
These are the highest grades OF Flour.
None better in market.
Just received and for sale by
VI. REILLY,
iels 1903 and 1911 Main st.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-08
The Elections.
,DITOR AND PROPRIETOR

We give in another column the returns
from the states which held elections on
Tuesday. Massachusetts has not come
into the Democratic fold, as was predict
ed in some quarters-but re-elects Rice
by about 10000 plurality. Connecticut
holds her own; the election in that state
was only for sheritfs and a portion of the
Legislature New York is doubtless Dem
ocratic. The majority of 10000 in the
city settles the question, as the Demo-
cratic majority in the city is usually that
by which the state is carried. In New
jersey "Little Mac" has triumphant
majority, probably not less than 10000.
PENNSYLVANIA returns indicate that the
Democrats have redeemed the state,
carrying IL by a handsome majority. 1t
is tremendous overturn if the indica-
tons at the time of this writing shall
prove to be correct. Wisconsin also has
probably ranged herself with the De-
mocracy, Upon the whole the result is
most encouraging to the Democracy, who
are likely to get hold upon the large
states of the north as permanent as that
by which they hold the south.
Later dispatches, just before the pa
per goes to press, will give later and more
decisive returns.
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as she is atfectionately called, isn't any
Amazon, bearing sword and shield, ready
for the fray; but very nice, benevolent
lady, whose whole life has been spent in
good works. Her salve, which she used
to make, and in the goodness Of her soul
dispense gratutously, was viewed by Rob-
bins with speculation in his eyes, She
was induced to make him, as she AYERS,
her agent, and give her time to the
preparation of that great remedy. AS a
consequence of these united efforts, the
fame of the salve spread abroad, cash
flowed in, and prosperity reigned i'll ''the
Opinion drug store, at the sign of the
Golden Eagle" But when Aunt Katie
ventured to hint that the $4OO doled out
to her in all those years of prosperity,
were not her fair proportion, there was
trouble at the Opinion drug store. The
Golden Eagle wasn't golden to her; it
wasn't even so good as the goose in the
story, that laid golden eggs. There was
a fat refusal Of any further payments.
Then Miss S., with a burning sense of in
jury, resorted to the law. The first APP
peal to the court for restraint against
using her name was, we learn, dismissed
for certain intormalities, and is to be re-
newed. Meantime Miss Sawyer has COM
mitted to Wiggin & Co, in whom she has
confidence, the right to make her salve,
vherewth the afflicted can be anointed
and made whole
1t is interesting to observe how surely
the meandering path of the unjust crosses
itself. The great Democratic teacher and
critic, who is waging legal and newspaper
battle against Aunt Katie, cautions the
public against her as making counter
felt article, and threatens the heaviest
penalties of the law. 1t was but a short
time ago that he was causing to be pub
lished the following, concerning her med-
cine
1t is prepared by Miss Sawyer. who has used it
in her own extensive treatment of the sick, for
nearly twenty years, with great success.
This was followed Ivy list from all the
clergyman and leading citizens of Rock
land, certifying that Miss S. is "a Chris
tan lady and a skillful nurse"
Byron records in an enumeration OF
pleasant things, that
It's sweet to win, no matter how, ones laurels
By blood or ink
But no one, looking upon the picture OF
Aunt Katie, with her face 50 like bene-
diction, will envy Robbins the laurels that
| can be gathered from contest with this
''Christian lady and skillful nurse" There
may be victories, that like the dead flies
Solomon speaks of, will "cause the ont-
ment of the apothecary to send forth a
sinking SAVIOUR" Out among the Indians
of the plains, who have singularly appro-
pirate names for people, the grasping and
querulous proprietor Of the pestle and
mortar would be known, not as the vari-
egated "Spotted Tail" nor the "Man-
afraid Of his horses" but as ''The-man-
that-fghts- his grandmother"
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Punching Out a State Debt.

Virginia is not only the mother of Pres
ldents, but likewise OF novel eXpedients.
Having a heavy state debt to be provided
for, principal and interest, they have in
not by any means a new invention, as
drinks have been taxed ever since they
We're invented, but the novelty of the
Virginia specimen is its "satety, celebrity
and certainty as the mail contracts say.
II is a method adopted from the horse
car system, where it was placed to make
conductors honest, and where, for each
fare paid, the conductor is expected to
punch out a number from card slip, by
punch which sounds little bell, and
registers within itself the number of fares.
That is just what Virginia obliges every
bar keeper to do when he sells drink,
and tax is levied on the number sold
Failure to sound the bell involves, for the
first offence, heavy fine, of which the
intormer gets the larger share and fol-
the second offence the license is revoked
At stated intervals d collector goes round
examines the punch register and collects
the tax, which, we believe, is five cents
on each drink of alcoholic liquor, and two
and half cents for the malt variety. II
is estimated that if the business continues
during the year as it has been for the
past three months, Virginia will have az
annual revenue from this source of sever
al millions Of dollars.
The retail liquor dealers-who, by the
way, have to pay for their punches-were
at first very much opposed to the law
but are gradually changing their views
They find that it acts as a check Oh the
bar tender, who has heretofore taxed
them on his own account, and also en-
ables them to raise the price of their slim
ulants, and abolish the "free drink" sys-
TEN altogether. Placards announcing the
aforementioned important fact are hung
up in all the Richmond saloons The
trade, it is said, is not hurt at all by the
novel regulation. The thirsty souls are
as numerous as ever, and patronize as
literally as ever the places where the
pangs of thirst are promptly and salts
factorily assuaged.