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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-09
Flushing Tunnel on the wheeling
and Tuscarawas Road.
GAINESVILLE Enterprise

BarnesNllle EnteTpllsC'
Oae of the big undertakings OF our ad-
vanced civilization is In progress at this
point lust now. The tunnel, running
under the immense dividing ridge be
tween the waters of Saltwater and Wheel
ing creeks, is now being approached
from both sides with all the rspidity and
skill possible. The contract for the
whole work is under the control OF Mr..
+ Dsrragh, of Painesville, Ohio, who
has let out the long esst approach TO Mr..
r. j. Keegan. MIR. Dsrragh is an en-
ergetlc and stirring man and has seized
every facility for pushing forward the
work. He has q mile ofirOn track run
ming back from where the men are At
work on the cut, on which the carloads
of earth, hauled by horses, are constantly
moving out 10 the end OF the dump, where
there is switch 70 accelerate unloading.
At the cut 80 men are hard 81 work blast
ing into the coal and slate and loading
the cars. In about 80 days they will
commence TO eXCavate, and then Mr.. Dsr-
rsgh intends doubling his men, working
night and day. Under his experienced
man 4gement the work cannot help but
be finished with all speed and perfection.
This is the great point On the road, and
is place OF much interest to all visitors.
On the east side the approach, under Mr..
KeegaD's control, is almost ready for the
blasting. The earth has nearly sll been
displaced, leaving slate which will re-
qulre great deal of labor yet to remove.
The contractors have new invention
for aiding in blasting, called Hercules
powder, the effect of which is terrible
and unprecedented in execution. Wster
has no effect on it, nor Is there any drill
ing required in its use. With every
means available, the contractors are do
Ing their utmost, and expect without
doubt to have the tunnel fully completed
by the lst of July, 1878.
Amelia, dowager queen of Saxony. is
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PosImasters Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, November 8.-The fol
lowing postmssters tor Ohio were con-
frmed to-day: Joseph +. Curren, Del4.
ware; James +. Holcomb Msllet Greek;
Warren Pierce, Gsrrettvi,le; Miss Sarah
VI. Russell, Gendslei Herman Ssgebiel,
Kenton; Samuel 7. Beerbour, Marion
Winfield 7. krske, Rsvenns; Harrison
II. Updegrove Vsn Vert; Samuel (.
Altman, Belefontaine; Augustus Vignss,
Canton; Andrew D. Rogers, Columbus;
F. Z. Bishep, Elyrls; George j. Krebs,
Fremont; George p. Waldorf, Lima;
VIM. c. Lyon, Newark; Wm NJ.
Thompson, Upper Ssnduskyi Chas. L.
Darlington, West Liberty; James A,
Hayes, Sullivan; Chss. Hipp, St. Marys;
Eli Overhaul, Wsdsworth.
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General Grant I'm Paris.

PARIS, November 5.-The facade Of
the Italian opera house was decorated
this evening with American asg., and the
staircase and vestibule with plants.
When General Grant and party appeared
the orchestra played HAL Columbia.
The house was full, many Americans
being present. Between the acts Of the
opera Il TrovstoreJ various American
national airs were played, which were
much spplauded and encOred. General
Grant sLtentlvely listened 10 the whole
performance. Upon his leaving. the
orchestrs repeated Hail Columbia"
Tne crowd waited Tor General Grant 81
the door and respectfully saluted him.
The Genera bowed and appeared pleased.
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A Man Killed and Another Injured
alteration, W. Va.

GRAFTON. November Jack Messen-
ger, brakeman on the Third Division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, WAS
run over tonight by an engine in the
vsrd at this place, and instantly killed.
lie leaves a wife and three children.
George w. Peters, a conductor on the
Third Division, while coupling sn en-
CINE to his train at this station last even
ing, the tender OF the engine ran over
his foot and ankle which will probably
have to be smputated.
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BIZ slrike Near virginia city.

SAS FRANCISCO, November s.--A Vir-
ginis City press dispatch this evening
SAYS: The ess. drIi. on the nineteen
hundred foot Level has run into ore a..
saying from fourteen tO .weLty-tour dol
lsrs per ton, some choice samples gong
up 70 fifty dollars. The drift has been
bulknesded pending arrangements for
advantageous working. A number OF
experts sre on the ground, but no one
has vet been admitted 70 the mine. Much
exciiemer. exist n Virginia City over
the strike. II is not cOhsldersd absolute
proof Of the presence Of valuable ore, but
IN connection with other indications the
discovery Of such Is deemed probable.
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Billiard Tournam nj.

ST. Louis, November SIN the
billiard tournament which Is being held
q. Mlsseys billiard rooms here, Tho.
Gallagher, The champion Of ONO, beat
Anthony Hyson, Of Indians tonight IN
a 500 point French carom game, by =
score OF 500 70 IA Gsllsgher's average
was 277.l9, which Is sAid TO be the largest
average on record for 900 point game.
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Italian News,

ROME, November 5.-Bsyaria is eI-
pected to Withdraw her diplomatic re-
presentauye from the Vatican as 3 use
les exPens@.
A great sensation hAs been caused BY
the speech Of Deputy Flnzsee, censuriHg
the whole ministry.
The Deputies OF the Lett St Milan
have resolved TO organize systematic
opposition % the Ministers.
The govern meni's popularity Is rapid
IL WsnIrg.
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Hayes and TN. silver Bill.

WAsHIEGTOs, November 3. -Senatpf
Stanley Matthews says that he has made
no assertion that the President will sign
the silver bill; be 10 merely eIpressed
hIs Individual opinion that in caSe OF the
bills passage by the Senate the President
will approve It, and be sddi that this eI-
preston Of opinion wa made by him
without any information derived from
the President a. 70 hiA Intentions on the
subject, and neither professsed 70 be nor
wAs in fsct statement bssed ou the
PresidenlI authority. It wa based on
the assumption that the bill would pass
by so large majority shs. the President
would consider It such an expression q
the public will ~ he could not properly
disregard.
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ou -, Kanawha valley.

CHAELgsroS, w. Va, November =
Thayer and Brooks struck vein OF oil
three and half miles above this city, on
the property Of w. b. Brooks. The well
il being pumped, and the yield Is said to
be very great; stream the size OF 8
mans wrist issued forth, snd will proba-
bly WELD two or three hundred barrels
Der dsy. There is quite an excitement
In the valley.
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IONNIL FOOTPRINTS.

Ala-s sro making q wonderful
'.'. tie discovery Of some fossil
10 Yates county, New York.
'. Is nothing, for fossil footprints
'al about alI our towns aHd in
VI the conntry. There are
$. here in Wheeling, and the
seen them so often that they
upon them rs anything un-
,'. seem to have come to regard
necessary appurtonsnces OF the
iaujiings standing on almost
t'''e, SO old fashioned in their
'' crazy IN their age rs to be
Upon the brink Of ruin, are but
'.,'. footprints. Tie unpalnt-
winch stand around the yards
do! and country, looking pitilul
'''en age, are fossil footprints.
out psvements along the streets
IND city, are fossil footprints.
"Nen sewers, or the muddy
were no sewers hsve cyo-
'ol' are fossil footprints,
g.. -. ~'g' who discsrds the use of mod.
Ia, improved machinery, and tugs
4. = -'s work with the heavy hoe
.... f'" with wooded moldbosrd, i:
guarding the footprints o.
-. -' is the possessor. We need no,
-, =, ''on home in search of the cur,
,.,.a ',,p,e. Of fossil race of other ages
a.o, ,','a had better reflect upon tn,
:. .oa We occupy, and not be ridicpIon.
a..,rDS pS Tor strange things which ar,
''''y At our own door.
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He was stealing n Ride.

GAINESVILLE, o. November This
morning tramp painter named John
Marquis, from St. Louis, had his foot
mashed between the bumpers of two
freight cars while stealing ride on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The In
iured man had his wounds dressed here
and was then sent to Cambridge, OHIO
to be taken care of the trustees OF that
township.
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Ticket Scalper on Trial.

PHILADELPHIA, November S.-The
trial of Sylvester 7. Wilson, charged
with forgery and defrsuding the rail-
roads by selling passenger tickets by the
method known SIS seslping, was put on
trisl At Camden, New Jersey, this
morning. A representative of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
and the general manager of the Penn
sylvsnis railroad testified against him.
The trial will last several days.
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Steamer Sunk.

CHICAGO, November S.-The Tribune s
Keokuk special says The Northern
Line steamer Alex. Mitchell sank, about
iour miles below the city, this evening.
She struck Enag and weGt down, and
in half sn hour the water was two feet
above the decks. All of the seventy five
passengers got of safely, but some 20
tons OF freight Is damaged. The same
boat was sunk near Burlington. in Au-
gust last.
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Cigar Makers, strike.

NEW ORLEANS, November S.-The
cigar makers on the strike number about
nine hundred. They held meeting last
evening and passed resolution demand
ing an increase of from Two to four dol
lars per thousand. They appointed a
committee of fifty to organize and induce
other workmen to join the strike.
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MMORTAL SPEECH.

Mr.. EDISON, the famous electrician,
claims to have invented an instrument
which eclipses the telephone as marvel,
it is nothing more or less than an in
vention to preserve and reproduce the
tones of the human voice long after the
voice itself has been stilled IN death. BE
claims that the voice can be reproduced
with the same tone, the same intensity
and the same articulstions in which 1t
was originally uttered. Tie Baltimore
Gazette, in describing the invention, says
at consists OF speaking-tube; me-
talhc diaphragm stretched across Its iur-
ther end and constructed so as to respond
powerfully to the vibrations of the voice;
and chisel shaped point secured to the
centre of the diaphragm, and pressing
upon slip of paper carried on re-
yolving drum, so that every vibration
will be faithfully recorded By an lnden-
tation OF corresponding deepness- l his
is the producer. The reproducer is Its
complement, the only difference being
that the diaphragm which repro
duces the sound Is made more sensitive,
and the motion of the impinging point,
as it rises and falls according to the in-
dentation on the paper, is communicated
to il with the aid of a halr-sprlng and
slender thread. So far a mere mechan-
ism goes, indeed, the invention Is quite
as simple rs the common bsrrel-organ.
1t is crude rs yet, of course, but the IN
ventor confidently expects not only that
he will be able to record graphically the
movements OF the lips, the vibrations OF
the larynx, and of the veil OF the palate.
but by the application of electricity to
these records to transmit them by wire
to the most distant points
1t is pleasant to pause and reflect upon
the possible consequences of this inyen-
ton. All this long controversy about
Splrituahsm will end; in fact, there will
be no necessity for spiritual mediums.
By the use OF the phonograph we will be
able to call back at will the voices, the
songs, the sentiments of our beloved
dead, if ever we had recorded them there
while living. 1t being easier to record
our thoughts by machinery than to set
them down, letter writing and book pub
fishing will be done by photograph.
Until the invention gets into successful
operation the REGISTER will continue to
furnish all the news.
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acREr or BUSINESS SUCCESS.

N'REI or BUSINESS SUCCESS.
Wen bAHNJNS circus WAS exhibit
Washington the grea. sho"m""
.' a.'o-ae'a o. t1' audience as one
-. -'.0'''.'' '' The snow MT OAR
'.A..'' ".....'.' % 'uo opportunity
-'''' .''i." speech, IN which he SAID
-'.-. .".H Dos success 10 the Sh"" ous-
."' ''..', INST To- advertising Niu
~ 10 '"ay presenting De'oro Tue
.,s '.'! '.'s s"'" n' c""'u get
'.' "''g'I ".S 'h' true success ol
.,' '"..F9.'-''. me NrS' 'n'hS
Sizes man wants to do Is to adVer-
Us business. When ne gets 1t
..y before the public UnC-hait
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" MANN is the only deaf
''' -;.,s- who ever otiiciated at the
,i deaf mutes. He united two
-. +, the bonds of mstrlmony re-
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maffon OxerruIed.

COLUMBIA, November 5-The motion
10 remove Congressman Smsl's case 70
the United States Court was oyerruled by
Judge Townsend. The argument occu-
pied all dsy.
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The Petersburg (Va) Indsr-APPeaI
evidently refers to the recent death OF
somebody when it morslizes in this beau
utul strain:
after the daisies shall have begun to
blow over the mold which covers u few
more malignants' last restin g-psce, the
moral traces of the war will be very
nearly as well edsced as the prints are
already which were made on the talr
bosom of Nature, but are now almost
wholly covered by the graceful drspery
of foliage and flowers.
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-.,,S's raid on MCCLELLAN
y. .i,psl failure as the cavalry
IS n,5e during the war.
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1,vros had one good quality.
IA ,of music and once played
,attp
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...,1.s BOB lsOHFsolL IS what they
'i"' minister 20 Germany.
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I.leeline gleel5ter,
Used yc,tsrday at 1925

,t,,to.Iy ,oiH be partly cloudy
,. .,p.aS, lo,oer temperature
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=, CJ,irsyille Gazette expresses q
..,arence for Hon. GEORGE ID.
,r,y for Senator. There is a de-
Ealing in favor of PENDLEToN
,ss Belmont Democracy, and we
,s, Gazette but reflects the dom
.,tfnent in giving expression to
,a ,,,
G,,,tss second choice would be
,g ". MORGAN.
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srH Is: been busy AT work among
81. people within the last yesr, and
s a,s ell gu. many OF the brightest
as l. the desth OF TITIENs the opera
.--a. hight, and among the num-
.1am Americans mourn are EDWIN
N, s1i GEORGE l.. Fox, the psntc-
4. Now the news comes OF the
decline in health of JoHN BRoUG-
I'D yl5 stood so high in American
c.r. 1t mss been but short time
i u. BR0UGHAM was in Wheeling.
.-a.o Cleveland 20 fill an engage
-z. .I: was taken sick, and mas now
-.l bis home -. Erie, IS he says, to
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,.,g the election the Democratic
,.s SIC getting As full of the spirit t., OF
s. JONI COLE ever was. The
an! Enquirer copies from Puck 5
S follows
.g-, 20 late through the night wind
---r,ord, pa, with his darling child
.in his arms, To keep IL warm,
I'm, little CiVIl-SrIVice Reform.
..r.r gr,aurrh-he rideth wild;
Lin mis- arms the SoObing child;
lathe "WhIte House with fear
I'm III, arms, the child lay dead.
P-..sdelphis Times sees that one
,ri announces the situation In
r:
..god Democratic rooster
-.--i,y got tiue booster;
>y.Jl,y il ieels
rtatii stands ON its heels
rYws iuS. the same a II used ter!
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Amelia, dowager queen of Saxony, j,
dead.
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julius A. SHELTON,
EX.President Grant.

LIVERPOOL, May 28.-Ex-President
Grant arrived here on the steamer In.
diana to-day. Adam Badon, US. Con.
sui General at London, and the
Vice Consul here, In Consul Fairchild's
absence, with several prominent Ameri.
cans, went in tender to meet the ship
The Mayor OF Liverpool, with number
OF prominent citizens, received Grant al
the landing with stage on the return OF
the tel der.
Hearty cheers followed the tender as
General Grant and his family left the
steamer. Many members Of the Com
mon Council and large crown of citi-
zens received the tender with cheers
The Mayor formally welcomed the ex-
president and extended to him the hos.
pitslities of the town. Mr.. Grant re-
turned thanks snd accepted the invita-
tion. The party then drove of in the
Mayors state carriage. Tomorrow
morning Mr. Grant will visit the docks
at the invitation of the Dock Board, and
at 2 o'clock he will lunch with the
Mayor at the town hall. He proposes
going to London later in the afternoon.
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Ffsht With Indians.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-.A special to the
Inter Ocean from Bismarck, d. T., says
that Lieutenant Alfred =. Fuller has just
arrived by the steamer Peninah from
the Tongue river, and gives the details
of q fight with the Indians on May Ith'
Gen. Miles, with companies F, d, L
and q OF the Second cavalry and twenty.
five mounted men OF the Fifth infantry,
attacked an Indian village Oh Little
Muddy Creek, nine miles frem the mouth
of the Tongue river, surprising and
routing them. They pursued the reds
five miles over q rough country. Four
teen dead Indians were coun,et IN the
field, and many others are know n to have
been killed and wounded. -Four hun
dred and fifty ponies and horses
and fifty lodges with their contents were
taken. The cavalry found many new
sgercy saddles, guns, officers clothing,
&c taken from the Seventh cavalry In
the Custer fight. The band were MIN
reconjous, led by Lame Deer. The
command lost: Killed, priya.es, Charles
Springer, company O; Peter Lewis,
company 81; John Martindsle, company
F; Charles Geokesky, company f.
The wounded are Alfred NJ. Full
Ter, shot through the right shoulde-'
Privates left arm; R. Osborne,
night arm; VIM. Jelries and Patrick
RYAN, left arm; Thomas Gilman, neck
VIM. Wilkes, right thumb; Geo. Leon
ard, chin. General Miles had narrow
escape from being shot by two Indians
| who. under cover Of friendly greeting
came near shooting him, just before the
engagement.
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Terrible ExDI sion.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-This afternoon
while lighter loaded with oil was being
unloaded at the foot of Forty-6rst street,
North river, a terrible explosion occurred
from some unknown cause, and in an in
slant the whole body Of oil was IN flames.
When the flames were extinguished, il
was discovered that three men had been
burned to death, and another had re-
cerved probably fatal injuries The
names OF the dead men wore William
Smith, who resides on the corner o'
Sixty. fifth street and Tenth avenue, cap
tain OF the vessel; Charles Luke, corner
Sixty.secopd street and Teeth avenue
mate, and man belonging TO the lighter
whose name is unknown. Rudolph
Brenner, Of No. 5O2 West Forty-third
street, was burned SO badly that it is mol
likely he will recover. The loss will
not exceed $1,000. :
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pre.by,.r,.n General Assembly.

CHICAGO, May 2s-The Presbyterian
General Assembly, this morning after
the opening exercises, adopted a motion
to reccmmit the first part Of the report
of the Committee on Reduced Represen.
tation, and sent the remainder Of the re-
port to the committee without debate.
The Committee on Church Erection
made q report showing the gross receipts
to be SlO6 600; cash balance, S24 600.
One hundred and seventy-two churches
have been erected the past J ear, with an
average paid 70 each church of $500.
About four hundred and fifty churches
have no house of worship, but depend
ON the Board Of Home Missions. The
board needs sl50,000 next year, and sp-
pesls to the churches to raise it. The re-
port was adopted, with an amendment
that the plans and specifications be sub.
mitted, with the churches proposing to
build the same. The committee made q
supplementary report on the overture of
the Salt Lake church, petltioning the
Assem- bly, to pay its debt, amounting to
$ll, 900. The committee recommended
that the overture be referred for the
careful consideration of the Board OF
Church Erection.
Consideration Of the report on German
work, which report has already been pre-.
sentej to the Assembly, resulted in it,
adoption. with the Recommendation OF
the seAmittsA
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FEAST AND FAMINE

From nearly every section Of the coun.
,ry the reports thus far have been full OF
promise for fruitful season. The win
ter was favorable to the wheat, and the
spring, although backward, was consid-
cred un sdvsntsse IN delaying vegsta
ton and preventing farming operations
until dsr ger from frost had passed. Even
the variable peach crop, which is seldom
renuaerstive two years in succession, Is
reported more abundant this year than
lnt.
But a very different story comes to us
from Cslfornis-s story Of ruined crops,
destruction of their cattle and prospec-
tive famine, occasioned by drouth. II
tbe reports are not exaggerated, the con-
ttion of THE people of this usually fruit
iul and wealthy state, is in marked con-
,rsst to other sections. A California cor
respondent of the New York Graph'e
thus describes the situ4tion:
"Allthe news from the Pacific coast
is disastrous. give it as my deliberate
opinion that va will have famine In
this state be:o,e the season is over. The
droulh las killed all our crops, and
nearly DESTROYED all our cattle. This is
The second great drOuth since the settle
uent Of CaIi!ornis, and the memory OF
these two will slwsys be cloud upon
the business horizon OF this wonderful
S.ste, Tor capitalists will not invest money
10 ranches and cattle and run the risk OF
burning season, when al their pos
sessions will be devoured and annlhliated
y the sun and dust.
0"l fear you will soon hear OF more
business disasters of q most gigantic
Character from this coast. Things were
really in an unwholesome state when
Ralston died, but the difficulty was then
iverted only to end IN greater calamity
and panic. 1t Is fact that people who
we're mlionsires six months ago are to
day eager to secure situations as walters
and farm laborers. The drouth alone
nesrly ruined the State, but occurring
simultaneously with the bursting of the
mining bubble, it has proved more than
he people can stand. Starvation liter
ally s,sres the whole farming population
10 Ihe tsce, and in few weeks more they
VII! have neither meat. fruit nor grain.
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Germany and the Catholics.

LONDON, May 2S.-The Times cor.
respondent at Rome represents that the
German bishops who are assembled at
Rome to decide as to the future policy
of the church in Germany have received
reports which show that the Berlin gov
ernment is preparing for struggle, il
the bishops show the sligtest tendency to
pursue yet more hostile policy. The
decisions they had arrived at have con.
sequently been reserved for further con
sideration. The Vatican is seriously
bent on decisive conduct against Russla
in order, if possible, to force her to make
explicit declarations as to her religious
policy IN Poland.