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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31

TIE burning of the Grant House has
g, our citizens again to discussing our
IRE department, TO csnvsssing the need
Gs fire alarm telegraph, snd to predict
jpr s general confsgrstion at no distant
tsy Everybody will overhaul their in
.qrsnce policies, have q little Insurance
sided here and there, and then settle
down into the old groove and go jogging
Aong as heretofore.
There Is some comfort in the fact that
with our limited fire department and
olr defective mode of conveying alarms,
the FIRE yesterday morning was confined
aasingle building; and the further
t,a hist had the gale which had been
EoTirg for nearly torty-eight hours from
tie aL,thwest not entirely subsidized be-
fore the fire broke out, no fire depart
ns1t would have prevented the utter
destruction o! the entire, block, or
several blocks for that matter.
While tenderlpg to Messrs. LEWIS u
WcODMASsE our sympathies for their
ass We congratulate them and the city
On the determination OF the proprietors
70 rebuild finer and better motel, upon
.he same site, than the one just de-
'ioyed. Wheeling is badly in need OF
sn elegant ana modernly. built and fur
ai;het hotel. We don't need great
Big barn, but moderate sized building,
With all the approved conveniences: a
little gem, where the comfort of the
guests will be the first consideration,
sld economical management the next.
Aessrs. LEWIS Il WooDMANsE have it
loT in their power to supply Wheel
!lg; greatest want: clean, bright, con-
7eaient, and thoroughly comfortable
k0te.
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An OUTRAGEOUS PROCEEDING.

The Keyser Echo contains the follow
ing singular price of information. The
names of the prominent citizens" and
keeper of the Jail" who found them
selves into a mock court and deliberately
turned loose upon society a murderer,
ought to be given to the public. we
shall look with some interest for the Sc
ouel to this affair. Some light may be
shed upon it at the next term of Judge
LEWIS court in that county. The
Echo says:
ave have reliable inform alton Of
most disgraceful proceedings in Dod-
ridge county. 1t is to the effect that a
dsy or 80 ago several prominent citi-
zens of West Union got on spree,
formed themselves into kind of mock
court, and ordered the Keeper OF the
county isil-he being one Of the number
to bring before them the prisoner
Powell, who so coolly murdered one
Thomas Borton u month or so ago, and
proceeded to try him. One party acted
as prosecutor and another tor the de-
fesse. After the prisoner had testified
and speeches had been made pro and
con, the Judge decided the prisoner in-
nocent, and after being given ten dollars
was allowed to depart, which ne did
without the least delay. As soon as the
sheriff of the county learned OF the affair
he started in pursuit OF the prisoner, but
at last accounts he had no clue 70 him.
This is certainly one of the most out
raseous affairs that has occurred in our
State"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31
Vessel Ashore.

SAN Francisco, March 30.-The
American ship Frank Jones, in ballast
tor Manila, while being towed to-day
parted her hawsor off Fort Point and
went ashore about two hundred yards
outside the fort A strong northwest
wind was blowing at the time. AT last
accounts the ship was pounding heavily
and as the bottom there Is covered with
Jagged rocks there is scarcely q hope o.
saving her. The tug KEEP. too near th'
south shore. The hawsers broke thre'
iemes. md the last time the ship wa
close TO the rocks. The pilot attempted
TO ge. sail on her, but ste struck befor'
ANYTHING could be done.
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4OOd Friday.

NEW YORK, March 30-To-day being
Good Friday is observed partly - .
holiday in this city. The courts, cotton,
stock and gold exchanges are closed
and Wall street wears a deserted sp-
pearance. The custom house, Produce Ex-
change, postofice and Maritime Exchange
are, however, open IS usual. The leading
coffee, tea and sugar stores are closed.
PHILADELPHIA, March S0.--There 10
q general Observance of Good Fridsy TO-.
day and the principal stores on the
leading avenues are closed. Business is
entirely suspended at the banks, Chamber
Of Commerce, Cotton Exchange and
insurance and other offices.
MRMPHIs, March S0-Good Friday
was duly observed at the Catholic and
Episcopal churches. The Cotton Ex.
change and Chamber of Commerce closed
anC. but little business was done.
NEw ORLEANS, March S0-To-day
being legal holiday, the banks were
closed and but little business was trans
acted. The day was observed by the
usual ceremonies in the Catholic and
Episcopal churches.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31

IT is now believed that the great
pressure which representatives of the
business interests Of the country have
brought to bear upon HAYES will induce
him to Issue an order withdrawing the
troops from the State House al Colum-
bia, south Carolina. This prop being
taken frem the CHAMBERLAIS govern.
ment, it must fall. The wounded feel
ings of CHAMBERLAIN being assusged
with fat office, his followers will gather
up their carpet-bsgs and quietly steal
away, leaving the people of South Car
olins to recover as best they can from
the awful ruin wrought by the bogus
government.
Governor HAMPTON yesterday sd-
dressed q manly letter TO the President,
stating that he would consent to no bar
gain or compromise whatever, but tha
he could and would secure absolute free
dom and peace to all citizens of TIT
State.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31
CowardIy Assault.

MEMPHIS, March 30.-About $3.50 to-
night, as NJ. w. Beach, agent of Whites
Sewing Machine Company, was leaving
his office on North Court street, he was
assaulted by two men with clubs, who
beat him severely. His cries attracting
persons passing, one of the men shot
Beach through the left breast
with a DerrInger and then they
fed. Beach Is thought TO be
mortally wounded. He says one OF the
assailants is named Cole, and that his
wife come to the Office to-day and he re.
fused to credit her FOR some articles, and
that Cole later IN the day came TO the
office and assaulted him for insulting his
wife, as he termed it, and that tonight
as he left the office, be was assaulted by
Cole and his companion, as stated above.
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Governor Hampton.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Governor
Hampton wrote letter to the President
tonight saying that he might not have
an opportunity to see him again, and as.
suring him that he could and would
secure absolute freedom and peace and
equality to both white and colored citi
zens of the State SO soon as the troops
should be withdrawn, but intimating at
the same time that he would consent to
no bargain or compromise whatever. In
very warm words he thanked the Presi-
dent for the manner in which he had
been received, and expressed his conf
dence that the President would be true
to the loyal and patriotic sentiments OF
his inaugural address.
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Ohio Legislature.

COLUMBUS, March 30.-.1n the Senate
to-day the bill 20 establish county inebrI-
ste asylums, was defeated by q tie vote,
but was afterwards reconsldered and
laid on the table. A bill was introduced
authorizing the formation Of partnership
associations In which the capital sub
scrlbed shall alone be responsible for the
debts of the association. The following
bills passed: House bill TO author
ize the votes Of stockholders
in mining companies to be
cast by proxy.
In the House, Mr.. Carnshan's bill to
allow the council of municipal corpora
tions to pass an ordinance to regulate,
restrain and prohibit ale, wine and
porter houses, was taken from the table,
An amendment was offered to exclude
all cities from Its provisions and to Pro
vide for local option in the villages. The
amendment was disagreed to-yeas 81
nays 3s The bill was then defeated =
yeas 81, nsys Al.
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Particulsr ofthe Arrest OF the q. q
Consul.


SAX FRANCIsco, March 30.-Further
PARTICULARS of the arrest and Imprisonment
OF Jno. A. Sutter, q. 8. Consul at Acca.
putes, are as follows. Previous to the oc-
cupation OF the town by forces of Giaz
under the command of General Jimnez,
General Alverez who held the place in
the interest of Lerdo levied q contrabu-
tion on the citizens to obtain funds to
carry on the contest against Diaz,
Among those who paid amounts assessed
was Henry Russian, an American citizen
who owned considerable property, includ-
Ing plantation in that vicinity. About
this time Consul Suffers house was en- .
tered one night by Mexican with view
TO robbery. Sutter shot at and wounded
him; he was examined and dis
charged by due process of law.
When Jimnez entered the city
this same Mexican turned up as one
of his adhererts together with large
proportion of the rabble element, and
there is an impression that his private
ennity may have had some weight. Sub.
sequently the proceedings against Sutter
were more particular, as many threats
were uttered against him by the rough
element. Jimlnez at once began to levy
forced contributions, and seized q lot of
cattle belonging to Kastan. The latter
lodged protest with Sutter as an Amer
ican representative. Then fearing q
personal tribunal, left tthe city. On the
morning of the 5th, Sutter sent protest
to JimInez, receiving a reply to the
effect that he had better be careful
how he protested against or interfeped
with the action of the Mexican su,hori-
ties, or he would get into trouble. A few
hours after Suster was surrounded on
the streets by soldiers and marched to
prison. subsequently Jiminez appar-
emily concluded that he had carried the
thing too far, and Informed Sutter that on
making the request in proper form he
might be liberated. Sutter replied that
he wonld accept his liberty if offered but
declined Jimlnez's request, and still re-
mained in Jail on the departure of the
steamer. In letter to the United States
counsel general at the City of Mexico,
the state of affairs, he in.
Inmates doubt as to whether it will
reach its destination, as all his CORES
pondence passes through the hands of his
TAILOR,
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Fight Between Lion and Leopard


London Globe.
The geological gardens at Pesth have
just been the scene of . combat worthy
of Nero or Heiiogsbalus. The cage ten
snted by lion and lioness happened to
be next to that in which dwelt female
leopard, for whom the captive queen of
the desert entertained a special hatred.
Probably she was jealous of the bright
eyes and beautiful skin of her neighbor,
and may possibly have suspected her
lord and master of casting tender re-
gard or two across the barrier which
separated the two dens. The suspicion,
brooded over in silence, became q
devouring passion, and it rlpened into
certainty at the precise moment when
vengeance happened to become possible.
The keeper OF the gardens had inadvert-
emily, one day, left hanging within the
lions cage the chain which served to
draw up the partition, and the lion was
not long in seizing it and beginning to
pull Whether he was animated with a
spirit of fickleness or by curiosity alone
must remain forever secret. But the
result was that the partition few up and
the road remained opened from one cage
to the other. Through 1t instantly rush.
ed the lioness, breathing hatred and NAL.
ice, but the lion had no sooner dropped
the chain and prepared to follow 10 chase
than the portculls fell and the passage
was barred again.
In the meantime, however, q struggle
commenced between the two lady war
riors such as has not been seen in Europe
since the pslmy days of the amphithea.
tre. The leopard, worsted at the first
onset, attempted 10 take refuge from the
foe by jumping and hanging to the top
rails of the cage. 1t was all IN vain, how.
ever. She was brought to bay again, and
compelled to fight tsce to face with the
terrible invader. For twenty minutes
the battle ragged in royal style.
The neck and shoulders of
the lioness were deeply furrowed
with red gashes. But her victim was
and at length thrown on
her back, when the coup de grace was
given by the savage fangs of the victor.
The lion who had been looking on, pro.
badly with mingled feelings, at the
scene, will now, no doubt, be restored to
the atfectlonate confidence of his spouse
remained at the end of the
encounter of the pretty spotted skin
which had so captivated him, but a few
torn and mangied shreds, and the 70.
nance of the cages, if romance there was,
came TO a tragic end.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31
MAKING ESTIMATES FOB CITY
EXPENSES.

Last winter the REGISTER called pub
lie attention to the slip-shod manner in
which the financial affairs of the city
were being run, and pointed out the
futility of expecting much of an i'm
provement until some system of estimat-
ing the expenses for each department,
levying for the purpose and appropriat-
ing for each current year, be established.
The Legislature thereafter amended the
charter of the city SO as to require the
proper committees of Council to prepare
careful estimates, on or before
the first Tuesday in May, of the amounts
of money that will be required to meet
the expenses of each separate depart
ment for the ensuing year; and Council
is required to examine these estimates
and provide by ordinance the sum re-
quired. That is, careful estimate shall
be made by the Committee on Streets
and Alleys OF the amount that will bere-
quired to keep the streets in order, in
Guiding macadamizing, cuIbstones, cross
ings, sewers, grading and repairing.
The Committee on Water works shall
make like estimate for their depart
ment, and so on. These estimates are
submitted to Council. 1t is then the
duty of Council to critically scan
every item OF each estimate, and
prune down when too high and increase
when proper provision has not been
made. When the proper figures to be
appropriated for shall have been ascer-
tanned, then council shall pass an ordi-
nance, two-thirds of the members con-
curling, (unless the same be concurred
in at two successive meetings of council
held on two different days by majority,
making the appropriation. And IN no
year shall the expenditures thus pro-
vided for exceed the amount so appro-
pristed unless authorized by four.ftths
vote of council.
This act of the legislature is now in
force, and the various committees are
doubtless already considering their es-
Inmates
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Cbespeake and Ohio Canal.

RICHMOND, March S0-The reports OF
the special commission on the settlement
made for Virginia with the Chesspesk Ike
and Ohio Canal Company occupied the
House all yesterday, when by a vote OF
"a to % the resolution Of the minority
was adopted. The report directs the gov-
ernment to employ counsel to examine
into matters pertaining to the contracts
made by the Board of Public Works
with Bradley l.. johnson, Wilson Poe
and John P. Poe on February 9th and
March 5th, 1867, and the settlements
under said contracts, and, if there are
proper grounds for so doing, TO cause
legal proceedings to be instituted to re-
cover whatever balances may be due the
State.
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Habeas Corpus Case .

COLUMBUS, March 30.-A writ OF
habeas corpus was issued to-day BY Judge
Pugh, directed TO the Sheriff OF Hamilton
county, directing him to procure the
BODY OF Abe Rothschild, the alleged muir
derer of Bessie Moore in Texas sometime
ago, in this city on next THURSDAY
Rothschild is now in Hamilton county
isil. by authority of the warrapt Issued
by the Governor OF Ohio on the requisi-
ton of the Governor of Texas.
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THE FISH ACT.

The Legislature a. its recent session
passed an sct, the object of which was to
encourage the propagation of food fish
Il me streams of the state. 1t provides
u; the appointment by the Governor Of
A"nmlssion of three 7persons, one from
each Congressional district, who shall
a0d their offices for four years, whose
U-'y Il shsll be to stock such of the
Ns'i and waters of the state as they
SIS. select, with food fish, by the estab-
'sanent Of Matching houses and pools,
:! 'he removal OF distractions in the
passage Of fish, by the erection OF
- ladders, and by such other means as
'-a" recommend themselves TO the wis
-'l o. said Commissioners. The act
'FP''P'lstes $1,000 to be expended, ono
-''' luis year and the remainder next
''a' equally IN the three districts, and
'TOi'es the Commissioners to serve
'"aOus reward except as to their actual
4eeaSes incurred in the discharge Of
"si' official duties.
1ue set does not take effect until the
'''a Of May, hence the Governor has as
;" .aAen no steps in the premises. We
'sulne that the demand for batching
Uses With al their attendant expenses
'~' not be considered very pressing, BY
''esdy well taxed people, and there
we We take it for granted that the COM
- s'on, when appointed, will direct
'4S'' efforts to the removal of obstruc-
NI' IN the passage o. fish from the
" 70 the headwsters of the smaller
u'' 10 the erection of fish ladders a,
S ana falls, and to the enforcement
4s laws sgsiLst fishing out OF season,
VIC code, as amended last Writer, it i:
Ga S'al to fish with any instrument ex'
M p' s nook and line, gig orsntr, between
i '' Gays of March and October, and
c;,s.a uaos the duty of the judge of the
y,.s' court to specially charge th'
o.. Jury In regard to this matter a,
III. 'efh' The rigid enforcement o
,.,.'s. y. would 60 a long way TOWARD
wang many Of our streams with fish
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dakota LawIessness.

DEApwooD, ID. T., March 3o-Ed-
ward Morgan, of Cheyenne VINO
left here with team was stopped oy two
armed men. five miles from here, to-day,
who tied him to tree and stripped
MIN, taking from him $3.50 in gold dust
some currency and q watch and chalh'
The people are anxious for the prGtec.
tion OF the law, which has been so long
DELAYED that it renders the formation o.
vigilance committees almost Necessary
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-31
Negro Brute Hung.

CINCINNATI, March S0.-Near Aiken,
hen lucky, Tuesday afternoon, negro
named Parker Mayo attempted to com.
nit a rape on the person of a little nine
years old daughter of Mr.. Murray, one
OF the superintedents of the Southern
railroad gangs, during the absence of her
father The next day he attempted to
rape a farmers wife residing in this vi
cinity. About two o'clock this morning
his body was found hanging TO the limb
of a tree about . mile from town,
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Died.

NEW BUEGH, n. Y, March So.-Ssm
Mclaughlin. q wsll-known horseman and
driver. died at his home, near here, last
night On y TT
Nsckev,svell-known fancy goods deal
er and one Of the largest in the city, died
Yesterday, in Paris, whether ne went
with his family about two months age
for The sake Of his hesIth-
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Tsrinterest on the bonded indebted.
~. Of the city of Pittsburgh, amounting
;, sgsI 764, due April lst, will not be
~, The debt of the city is over Sl9,-
oOOo and the intesest has become a
-.;.rnns burden.
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Swallowing Them.

New York Herald.
Mr.. Hayes conduct toward the Soutl
reminds us forcibIy OF the Walrus' treat
ment OF the Oysters:
"I weep for YOU" the Walrus said:
al deeply sympathize."
With signs and tears he counted out
Some OF the largest size
and sadly swallowed them.
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The Charges Against Ex-Consul Gen.
eral Seward

WAsH1NGToN, March 30.-The charges
against ex- Consul General Seward, now
Minister to China are said to be the re.
suit of an old quarrel between Mr.. Sew
ard and the present Consul General:
There is nothing in the Department OF
State showing anything whatever dis
creditsble to either his public or private
character.
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A Man of a Thousand.

WHEN DEATH WAS HOURLY EX.
w PECTED from Consumption, all
remedies having failed, and Dr. II. James
was experimenting, he accidentally made
a preparation OF "lndian Hemp" which
cured his only child, and now gives this
recipe free on receipt Oftwo stamps, tn pay
expences. Hemp" also cures night
sweats, nausea at the stomach, and will
bI eak a fresh cold In - hours. Address
Chaddock d Co., 81 Race street, Pbila
delphia. nam ing this paper. nOZ3ta
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What Did the Editor of tho "Stand-
ard'' Do With the Body of His Vic.

tim?
Mountain City Echo.
We are informed that mans arm
was brought into town Monday night
last by a brakeman on No. 33, freight
from the West, which he states he
found neatly wrapped in copy of the
Wheeling DAILY Standard, and sticking
between the brske-rod and end OF
house car, while ascending Cheat
river grade. The arm has the ap-
pearance of being torn of near the
shoulders, part of the flesh being OF,
exposing bsne and leaders, and all par
italy dried; nails and parts of the I'm
gers perfect The arm was lett at the
watch box at the upper end of the COM
psny's yard, where many embraced an
opportunity of seeing it, though we have
not, but gather the above information
from reliable source. George, the
giant, SAYS, Murder will out, and that
very arm may be the cause of some
mans dangling at the end of clothes
line" Who knows?
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WE see by the Wellsburg papers that
c,vpBELL TARR, ex-State Treasurer,
!. . Vice President OF a temperance or
sanitation in that town. Welsburg
Claims to be the banner town OF the
Ohio Valley, in the way OF temperance
reform, 572 persons having signed the
Dedee at three meetings. The temper
,,.e fever seems to have reached a white
heat up there.
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Fast Time.

NEW YORK, March 30-A train OF
twenty cars, containing silks and tea,
from China and Japan, which left San
Francisco on the 10th inst, reached here
at 6P. N. to-day, making the trip in ten
days.
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Rnootfng Match.

NEW YORK, March 3o.-CsPtain a.
h. Bsgsrdus in shooting MS air msssn sD
At Gilmore garden this evening, broke
1000 glass balls one at time ih the I. alr
in n minutes and 40 seconds. de only
missed % balls out of l,G2s.
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The Pope.

ROME, March 30.-The Pope was car
ried TO the small gallery OF st. Peter 5
today to witness the Good Friday servi.
ces. In consequence Of PoIemics abou
the Pope's sllocutisn the Vatican
has resolved TO ssRd 10 the NuDcios at
foreign courts a memorandum explaining
tho situation of the Holy See.