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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04

VIZ had call yesterday from J. c.
Palmer, Esq, Of Brooke county, one Of
the prominent farmers and wool growers
Of that county, and gentleman OF fine
intelligence, lie gave us last year in ad-
vance quite an accurate diagnosis of the
course ofthe wool market, predicting that
it would open low and after while ad.
vance to better figures; and he thinks that
history will repeat itself this season, and
that, substantially, we will see the same
thing over that happened last year. His
idea is that wool will open at So and 40
cents, and improve on these figures before
the harvest is passed and the Summer
ended.
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Business MEMoRASDA-The Hemn.
field railroad will not be sold apv more
until June o.. 1t sells down hill nearly
all the time. Bv and bv robodv will bid
ANYTHING.
Aupus, LAT ia now III. time .a, for ,ho
completion Of the Washington \ Waypes.
burg narrow gauge. Apropos to Tim,
subject. the 81, Clairsville \ Relloiro will
omen for messengers next Monday,
One thousand sheen died in Amwell
township, Washington eouptv l,st win.
TOR There ore bovovor oyor o. 0Oo .t;l,
ra,D,ining ''''
'?, IT >, o. 1,,,.u,
NSCv'IS W. " Wv" 4''ANu le''el III
tue washington FAp o0erreF' potatoes @
are selling IN mat neighoorhood ior ~
cents 10 81 per bushel, oats 80 cents, and
wheat 50. 1t is strange to see people
sellinp wheat so npch sbovc tho marke,
~, ,', ~ ''"s'' 80. N ~ NJ
anu oats so much below II,
AT an auction at J. S. CarlisIe's in
Waghington county, cows sold for $40
sheen 81 and bo,s q cor,s nor rorrd
~ r. " T S"' A'e, se"'' Pe' pON
ls""o N"iNooFheeS mas Fe'urheu from
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04

COLUMBUS, May SIN the House the
Senate bill to compel hotel and boarding
house keepers TO provide FIRE escapes was
passed. Senate bill to compel corpora
tlons TO pay their employees every month
and TO give the claims of employees the
priority was defeated. The Senate reso,
luton providing for the adjournment oil
the Assembly was adopted. The Senate
bill to amend the legal advertising law oil
last winter, so rs to leave it optional
with the county officers as to how many
papers legal advertising shall be pub,
lished in, and fix the price per square Of
240 ems at one dollar for the first and
fifty cents for every additional insertion
was passed.
The Committee to whom was referred
the charges Of cruelty to and the neglect
Of the pupils Of the Deaf and Dumb Asy,
lum, submitted n report, exonerating the
officers OF the Asylum from the charges
and commend the management of the
Asylum.
Senate bill, providing that the contracts
for work on public buildings or fol
materials for the same, may be let separ
ately, was passed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04

THE temperance question in Massa'
chusettS has taken new form by the
passage by the Senate Of local option
bill. 1t provides for town meetings on
the iir,t Tuesday in June for the purpose
of voting on tic question whether licen-
scs shall be granted or not. Only keep
ers Of inns and restaurants are to sell
liquors to be drunk on the premises. The
hours Of sale are from IA. NJ. to 10 p. NJ.
and the sale Of liquors is forbidden OF
legal holidays and the days OF State and
other elections. The bill also gives the
Governor power to employ special po'
lice whenever in his judgment the law il
not properly enforced.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

QUEBEC, May 3.-snow fell this morn.
ing for several hours.
OTTAWA, c. W., May 3.-The shock of
an earthquake was felt in this vicinity
last night.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 3.-The omnibus
New York charter bill passed the House
to-day, with an amendment creating an
ExciEc Commission in it.
FALL RIVER, MASS, May 3.-Four
men were buried here to-day by the cav
ing in Of u cellar. Owen Riley was
killed and the others seriously hurt.
HAVANA, May 3-Planters have de-
cided to introduce Cinnamon as laborers,
The capital required is fixed at $1,000
900, half of which has been subscribed.
ToRoHTo, May 3.-Four dollar coun-
terfeit notes on the Dominion Bank are
in circulation. The cashier's signature
is engraved, not written, as in the genu.
inc.
PATERSON, n. j., May 3.-A carriage
containing five persons was struck by q
railroad train near Pompton last night,
Simon Demorest, Miss Taylor, OF PAter.
son, and n young man were killed, and
the other two fatally hurt.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-N. C. Mussel.
man, President Of the Union Banking
Company, has been arrested on an
affidavit OF Jas. A. Fill, Cashier, charg.
ing tue President with embezzleing the
money OF the bank and using it in
speculating. E.
NEW York, May 3.-The grand jury
to-day indicted Conelius W. Simpson,
Edward W. Brown and G. W. Stewart
for circulating false rumors on Wall
street regarding the Delaware & Hudson
Canal Company.
MIDDLErowN, N. Y, May 3.-About
100 persons, including many prominent
citizens, have signed the total abstinence
pledge at the temperance revival here
Tho audiences are so large that it has
been found necessary to procure a large
tent for their accommodation.
KEoKuK, IA, May ga passenger
train on the Keokuk 4 Des Moines Rail
road last evening jumped the track neal
0ttumwa, and nearly all Of the 80 pas
sengers aboard were more or less injured
A tramp who was stealing ride on The
platform was killed.
New YORK, May Sat the annua
meeting OF the Chamber ot Commerce TO
day Samuel D. Babcock was elected
President. A resolution was adopted re
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04

THE stockholders Of the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh road can now rest easy over
future raids on the value OF their shares.
The lessee Of the road, the Pennsylvania
railroad, has declared a dividend Il /! per
cent for the quarter and carried n sur
plus to the contingent fund, thus assuring
not only her own stockholders but more
particularly those OF her guaranteed
lines that their income is not TO fail
them. She must ulv ays pay the Cleve,
land & Pittsburgh people before she pays
her own, and the nice part OF the bust.
ness is that the C. & p. is seli.sustaining
institution.
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GhpGatelliQeneer.


Yesterdays quotations look little aa
II we were to see reaction in prices from
tbe extreme advance forced forward in
the provision market, although the clos
ior quotations at Chicago ruled stronger
than tho regular report. 1t would be
oui.e natural II a considerable reaction
should occur after the unprecedented ex-
element that has attended the rapid ad-
vance. There is great diversity Of
yicws among dealers in provisions as
to the future Oi.:the market. Nearly all
agree on one point, that the recent ad'
vance has been too rapid. "soon ripe,
soon rotten" applies to such an advance.
Nevertheless, while it is true that the
advance has been, rs claimed, very rapid,
and while Il reaction naturally follows
such an excitement, yet we cannot, from
all the advices before US In regard to
the supply Of grain available for market
in this country and Europe, look for a
permanent material decline. The strug.
gle between Russia and Turkey is an old
and bitter one, and will not be decided in
one battle, unless it should be one OF
great magnitude, and even in that case,
should Russia be the victor, the settle.
ment Of the results may involve disturb.
ances with other Powcrs The res.
olution introduced into the British
House Of Commons yesterday Shove how
England looks on the struggle, and with
what Jealous eyes she is following every
movement Of Russia. Then, too, the
hostile feeling that exists in part Of Aus
tria against Russia, among the Hunguri,
ans. is not TO be overlooked. There Is
enough in the situation to keep up very
speculative feeling in the breadstutf mar
ket for some time. This feeling will
vary with the outlook from day to day
Every movement Of the hostile forcel
will give the market new phase ant
dealers wiIlsell one day and buy lh'
next.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04

NATcHEz, May 3.-The return OF the U
s. steamer Plymouth to Natchez has been
the occasion OF renewal Of hospitalites
and general good feeling. On Monday
night the officers were guests OF the
Adams Light Infantry, who rendered
them handsome reception on the bluff
followed by n banquet and ball, both oi
which were eminently successful. On
Tuesday evening the officers Of the Ply.
mouth were the guests Of Mrs. Kate
Miner, whose residence was beautifully
Illuminated and contained on this occa.
sion one OF the most distinguished
gatherings Of ladies and gentlemen ever
assembled in this city since the war. On
Wednesday afternoon the citizens were
entertained by the naval officers and
a delightful reception on board the
Plymouth, which continued from to
P. NJ. The ship was handsomely
decorated with the flags Of all nations,
also with evergreens and flowers present.
ed by the ladies OF Natchez. About three
hundred guests were present, and music
dancing and feasting the order Of the day
Several other entertainments will follow
to-day and tomorrow. On Saturday the
ship will sail for Baton Rouge and New
Orleans, and may be expected at the lat.
ter place about the 9th.
The Democrat says the entire trip has
been marked by a kindly feelingIof officers
and citizens, and has had in an eminent
degree the effect Of proving the truth Of
what Mr.. Lamar said not long ago, that
"when we Of the North and South know
each other better we would love each 9TH
or better.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04
The Nail Trade.

PituburBh Manufacturer Of yesterday.
There Ia a continued good demand, and
Notwithstanding the production contin.
ues large, the supply in first hands has
been largely reduced within the past few
weeks, and the market is very firm at the
current rates, $3.50, 90 days for 200 kegs
and upward, and 81 60, 60 days for less
than 200 kegs, with the usual discount OF
two per cent for cash. Manufacturers
nearly all report trade as having been
quite active ever since the last reduc.
tion, which, as tefore noted in these
columns, ia owing to an apprehension on
the part OF buyers that prices are Ger.
tainly down 10 hard pan, and that the
next change will 10 upward; hence they
are nearl all disposed to anticipate
future wants. The stock in first hands,
il we mistake not, was considerably re.
duced in March, as compared with Feb.
ruary, and the probabilityis that April
will show still greater reduction.
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NRw YoRK, May G.-A dispatch from
Philadelphia says the announcement
that John S. Clark, comedian, had failed
in London, and that Receiver had been
appointed TO take charge OF his estate,
causes greatsurprise. Geo. X. Goodwin,
Manager Of the Walnut Street Theatre,
and Clark's partner, stated that he had
received no intimation OF anything being
wrong, He is of the opinion that it Is
another John Clark, an American com.
edian now in London, who it iB meant
Goodwin received aletter yesterday from
his partner, dated two weeks ago. II
said nothing concerning any financial en-
b1rasment. Clark's last season at the
Haymarket Theatre was nota profitable
one, and atleast three thousand dollnrs
was lost, but then the comedian isreport'
cd worth all the way from three hundred
to seven hundred thousand dollars.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-04
The Union Leagues,

CHICAGO, May ga joint meeting oil
the Union League Association and Of the
National Union League was held here TO.
day in response to q call from Hon. Geo
d. Harlow, Of Springfield, Grand secre-
tary Of the Union League. About fiity
prominent persons were present.
Mr.. Harlow said the object Of the meet.
ing was 10 discuss proposition 10 revive
the Association, which did such powerful
work for the Union during the war, in or.
der to assist the President In carrying Out
his Southern policy, He said the Ma
tional Union League was formed about
iour years ago under the supposition that
the Union League Of America was dead.
lie was ayerse to giving up the present
organization, which was ready to work
vigorously II necessary.
After several speeches committee Of
five from each body was appointed 10
consider whether the two should unite
and how.
This Committee in subsequent session
brought in resolutions that the National
Union League OF Illinois should recop.
nize the authority OF the National Grand
Council Of the Union League Of America,
as the supreme authority Of the order,
and should change It's name to the State
Council OF the Union League Of America,
for the State Of Illinois, and should rec.
ognize the State Council OF the National
Union League Of Illinois, as the state
authority for Illinois, us also, the subor-
dinate State Councils and finally that the
officers Of the State organization be re.
tained until new election.
Resolutions were adopted, speeches
made regarding the Presidents Sou thern
policy, and a little opposition thereto was
developed, but the speeches generally ia.
vored il.
In the evening, at u secret session, pro.
per arrangements were made for the
working Of the council under new name
and State and National Committee
formed.
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\ Bly, business NJ u Small Profit.


The Cleveland papers Of yesterday
contain the proceedings occurring The
day before at the meeting OF tho stock
holders Of the great Lake Shore Railroad
Company in that city. This road extends
from Buffalo to Chicago, $40 miles, and
operates altogether 1,l7G miles Of road.
1t is virtually an extension OF the New
York Central road, and is completely
under the contral OF the Vanderbilt in
'sFest' Three OF the family, VIM. H. and
two sons are directors in it, and the first
named is President. 1t is splendid
roadway, largely double tracked, and
with steel rails, too, and is 80 straiph,
and OF such easy grades, and in such
splendid condition, that very fast time
can be made over it by passenger trains,
and freight trains can be hauled A, q
minimum expense.
It's earnings last year, according 10 the
report made at Cleveland, amounted tc
SlS9i9,l7G O., which was slS5,o22 lc,,
than in 1875, or 1886 per cent. lis oper
"ilnS expenses, however, were SO56GG5
or 9.OS per cent less. The net earning,
show an increase Of 1900 per cent.
IA ConOarai Will 1o-E
shows an increa'e OF 9O.2 per cent, bu
the average rate per ton per mile (sl7
Is l9l per cent less than even the yer,
low rate Of 1875 u,OlO), causing de-
crease in freight earnings OF s2sS, 400. o,
ZAP per cent, The rate Of 1875, but
'Fiae over per cent per ton per mile
applied to the heavy tonnage OF 1879
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ESTABLISHED AUGUST "a, 1852
would have given the road s2,1sS,SOO
more net earnings.
NJ l. l. a. L !.

would have given the road 50, lSS, 800
more net earnings.
We judge from the language Of the re,
port that the road expects to give the B
q o. and the PennSylvania road Il heavy
tussle for business from this time on. As
showing what the road is capable Of in
the way Of fast time, we append the fol.
lowing dispatch in regard to the return
Of the Vanderbilt! party to New York af,
ter the meeting was over;
The train, which left Cleveland at 1929
P. M, consisted Of engine No. 1858, en-.
gineer Dan. Mcclure, baggage-car and
the palace car Duchess" made the dis.
tanCe TO Erie, Pennsylvania, 95 miles, as
follows: Painesville, 20 miles, In 81
minutes; Madison, 40 miles, in 43 min
utes; Geneva, 45 miles, in 4S minutes;
Ashtabula, 55 miles, in 5S minutes, where
. stop Of 10 minutes was made, arriving
at 4:30 and leaving at 4:40, passed Girard
at 5:O5, distance from Ashtabula % miles,
being mile per minute; arrived at Erie
at 5.22, distance from Girard Is miles,
making the distance 95 miles in hour
and so minutes, including stops.
Dan. Mcclure, the engineer who took
the party to Erie, Is the same person who
was on the forward locomotive that pass.
ed safely over the fatal bridge at Ashta.
bula in the accident OF last December,
while the second locomotive went down,
killing the fireman and manning for life
the engineer, Mr.. Folsom, Such is life
on the rail.
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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Murder Swiftly Avenged.

SAN Francisco, May 3.-Last satur.
day night Henri Deforrest was murdered
and robbed at Santa Cruz. On Tuesday
last two Mexicans, Francisco Arias and
Jose Chamelis, were arrested in the vicin
ity Of the town, on suspicion, and upor
examination confessed to having com
mitted the murder.
A Santa Cruz dispatch to-day says thai
the prisoners were forcibly taken from
jail last night by a band Of men and driv,
en- tothe bridgeover creek near the towr
and hanged to the cross.beams, where
they were found this morning. Both
were ex.convicts and desperate charac.
ters. Chamelis confessed that the murder
was done for the purpose OF obtaining
money 10 attend circus.
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Brutal Outrage swiftly Avenged

Sr. LOUIS, May IA special from JET.
ferson City to the Dispatch says: The
little town OF Cedar City, across the riv-
er, was thrown into terrible state ol
excitement last evening, by the raping ol
Mrs. Henry McAnllss Of that place by 4
negro named Jack Graves. 1t appears
that Mrs. McAnliss had been visiting two
sick friends, and while returning home,
about dusk, accompanied by her little
daughter, Graves sprang upon her from
behind fence, forced her to the ground
and accomplished his diabolical design
Graves then fed, but was pursued and
captured two hours later and brought to
Jefferson for safety. This morning
while Graves was being conveyed to the
Jail at Canton, McAnliss, husband Of the
brutally treated lady, stepped into the
car and shot the negro dead. Graves
was an ex.convict; had served term in
the penitentiary for rape and one for
larceny, and had been ont Of prison but
a few months. McAnliss had not been
arrested at last accounts, and it is moi
believed that any jury can be found in
Galloway county that will indict him.
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The Wool Market.

lN' J. buhetnI
We have on the whole an unsettled and
rather stupid market. No one appears
TO have the least inclination to invest in
wool except as may be necessary to keep
little stock together or satisfy the pres.
ent wants Of the looms, and II is impossi.
Bile 10 infuIe the least particle OF interest
among buyers. Manufacturers Of all
kinds OF fabrics are slow about commen.
cling operations for the incoming seasons,
as they find ii difficult TO determine what
their necessities may require in the why
OF supplies Of material at what the mar
gins arc likely to be on the cost Of prodnc.
tion. This feeling, OF course, reflects
itself through the entire market, and nc.
gotiations seldom assume proportions
calculated to afford any great amount Of
encouragement. Holders are offering
with more or less freedom, especially
from the stock Of heeces, and occasional
hints Of extreme low rates are heard
where the desire to close out rules strong.
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The E.innor OuestIon.

The New York Observer remarks that
although some people may laugh at the
idea Of the State OF Virginia endeayoring
to make the consumption Of liquor trib.
utary IN larger degree than heretofore
to her financial necessities, yet when any
one comes to examine the matter coolly
and in the clear light OF justice, there can
b, no question as to her entire right to
thus levy tax Of large proportions on
the sale Of liquor. The OJscrer puts
this right Of the State Of Virginia; and
likewise OF every State, county and city
in the land, to control and tax this bust.
ness, upon the high grounds OF social,
moral and political economy. 1t main
tains that the business does not
stand and never can stNnd on
the same platform with other bust.
ness, being wholly exceptional in its
workings and results, and therefore de.
mauding exceptional and peculiar legis-
lation. Statistics show beyond all dis.
putc that the direct and indirect losses
inflicted upon society by reason OF the
liquor business are so enormous in their
character as to bs virtually beyond the
power Of accurate computation. This
cannot be said OF any other branch Of
business, nor Of all branches combined,
and therefore it is contended that every
State and city in the land has the right
to indemnify itself for this great tax thus
placed upon it by this single interest.
Here is the gist OF the 0Jsrrcr's urgu.
ments, as follows:
I'VE may laugh at the effort to make
rum pay the expenses Of the Virginia
State government, rs impracticable and
foolish. But even foolish method may
Indicate the awakening Of the mind TO a
practical recognition Of the fact that il
is an outrage to compel the great and
valuable industries Of the country to bear
the intolerable burdens Of the alcoholic
kingdom.
In this and neighboTing cities the ques.
ton OF excise is considered with increas.
ing determination that some alienation
must be obtained. At present we think
that the main difficulty is in difference Of
opinion as to the method OF compelling
liquor to carry its own load. While we
differ among ourselves as TO the way in
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A Notion In Regard 10 Hale and
Female Beauty That IL Dissi.
patinE.

The notion that high foreheads in
women as we'll as men, are indispensable
TO beauty, came into vogue with phren.
ology, and is going out with the decline
OF that pretentious and plausible "sci.
ence." Not long ago, more than ole
"fne lady" shaved her head to give II an
"intellectuap appearance; and the Gus.
tom Of combing the hair back from the
forehead probably originated in the same
mistaken ambition. When It is consid.
cred that a great expanse Of forehead
gives bold masculine look-that from
irons (forehead) comes the word "eiFront.
cry" 1t will not be wondered that the
ancient painters, scrIlptors and poets
considered a low forehead "a charming
thing in woman and, indeed, indispen.
sable TO female beauty. Horace praises
Lycoris for her low forehead (teRui5 jrons);
and Martial Commends the same grace
as decidedly as he praises the arched eye.
UTOWs
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international Cotton Convention

New ORLEANS, May 3.-The Chair
man of the United Cotton Association OF
Liverpool having notified the President
Of the National Cotton Exchange OF the
United States that an International Cot.
ton Convention will assemble in Liver.
pool July II, and inviting delegates from
the National Cotton Exchange, the Pres.
ident, Mr.. John Phelps, has notified the
Cotton Exchanges Of New York, Calves.
ton, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Mem.
phis and st. Louis to appoint each one
delegate and one alternate to attend said
Convention, it being of the utmost impor.
tance to the cotton interest OF America
that the Exchanges should be represented
on this occasion. Nine delegates are all
that the American Exchanges are enti.
tied 10.