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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-16

The NATIONAL TuDE WoRKs.-It is
fortunate for the National Tube Works
that their financial condition is strong,
for such an attack as has lately been
made OH them, which does not appear TO
be borne out by facts, would ruin COM
Pany OF moderate strength. The animus
OF the matter is shown by the fact that
while it was also published as special
to Boston, it was also published the same
day in the papers Of Pittsburgh and 9th.
er Western cities, although not in 30
gross form. The facts in the case are
learned to be as follows: First, no no.
tice has been given to the company Of
any claim or suit by the Government, the
knowledge Of either being obtained from
the article in the Boston Journal Of the
3lst ult. Second, the whole amount of
drawback claimed or received from the
Government for six years is only Sis, 900
instead Of $4,000 as reported, and for
the last three years only $1,000. For
the last two years no drawback has been
claimed on any goods exported. Third,
in the years 1870 to 1873, the company
imported English iron, on which they
paid the Government over 100000 gold
as duties, and had on hand all the time
plenty Of English iron, and could have
gained nothing by using American iron
and pretending it was English. There
was no motive for fraud. In 1870 the
company thought trade might be open
ed with Canada, and that market
taken from English manufacturers;
and US iron was then low in
England, they gave some small orders,
which they increased to very large
quantity just MS the market in England
began to advance. From these importa-
lions the pipe was made upon which
drawback was claimed. They have also
exported pipe made of American iron,
and sometimes in the same shipments
with that made from an English, but rs
their entries will show, they have always
been kept separate, and drawback claimed
only on the English iron. Nearly all
the information which the Government
claims TO have has been obtained from
the books OF the company, which were
voluntarily offered to the Treasury agents
a year ago, and the subject was then thor
oughly investigated and dropped. The
first news the company had Of anything
further was from the article that APP
peared in the Boston Journal. We are
informed that the discharged clerk, with
whom the charge originated, called at
the company's office within a month,
offering to get the matter settled if he
could have some money, which offer was
Of course promptly declined. We have
taken special pains oget the above facts
from Mr.. William s. Eaton, the treasurer
Of the company, and the most implicit
reliance may be placed in the statement.
Mr.. Eaton is extensively known in bust
ness and financial circles, and enjoys a
high reputation as an intelligent, reliable
and successful business man. Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, February 15.-Flour-Quiet
and firm. Wheat-In good demand and
prices q shade higher; No. 2 Chicago 81
BIZ cash 81 S2|1a1 S9L March; ST S6sI
May No. 8, $i2l, rejected 81 O5. Corn.
Firm Of 42c cash; ACC May. oats-In fair
demand and firm; S5ka359zc cash; 500
April. Rye-Qulet OF G9Kc. Barley
Dull at BIC. Pork-Unsettled and lower III
$l6al6 12h cash; SIS 05Gl5 10 February
$40 07Ial5 10 March; SIS S7Ifal6 40 April,
Lard-Dull; $40 40al0 42X cash March
10 67H April. Bulk Meats-Firmi shoulder
5kc; short RIB SIC; short clear SIC.
Dressed Hogs-$6 72a6 76H, Whisky
81 05.
1.-THE close wheat was easier OF n 1875
March; 81 SS% April. Corn easier. Oats
unchanged. Pork frmer at $751; March;
Sl4Al4f April. Lard frmer and unchang.
A
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CINCINNATI, February 10. - Cotton -
Demand light but holders firm at 121Sc
Flour-Quiet and firm. Wheat-Dull! rel
81 45al So. COrn-Steady at4la4Sc. Dat.
Steady at 3Sa42c. Rys-Quiet at 7SaSOc
Barley-Dull and unchanged. Pork-Dul
and nominal. Lard-Dull; steam l09Sc
kettle llNllNc. Bulk Meats-Dull at %
S7Ga8ISaSNc. BacOn-Dull at 7ka9Isa
9Ac. Butter-Dull and unchanged. Wits
ky-Steady ut 81 O5.
HoGs-Steady; common S. 00a5 %; fair
to good light S. 4Oa5 50; packing S. 90a
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FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL
By TELEGRAPH.


NEw YORK, February 15.-MoNEY-
Easy ut 2Ifa31S per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 3}Sa5 per cent. Custom receipts $l9l,
900. The Assistant Treasurer disbursed
$4,000. Clearings $l9OOO,O0O. Sterling
steady at $4.S4a4.S5Il.
GoLD-Steadyat 1858. Carrying rates
2l9a4 per cent.
SLLvER-At London unchanged. Here
silver bars 81 90 greenbacks, 81 22,{ gold
silver coin 4 per cent discount.
GoVERNMRNTS-Firm
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Allegheny CnItIe.

EAST LIBERTY, February 15.-CATrLR-
Receipts to-day 1921 shead, or 90 cars oil
through and II cars Of yard stock; total fol
three days $3.50 head, or 90 ears OF through
and IS cars of yard stock. The supply Ia,
been light and the market moderately &c
tive at haHC advance on last week all
round.
HoGs-Receipts to-day 4,0l5 head; total
for three days G,Sl5. Workers SO OOaG TO-
Philadelphia 50 75a7 10.
SHEEP-Receipts to-day 400 head; total
for three days 5000. Selling at 81 OOa5 so
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NEW YORK, February 15.-The package
trade in cotton goods, dress goods and no
siery is fairly active, and prices are
steadily maintained by agents. Prints in
moderate request. WOolens sluggish
Kentucky jeans in fair demand. The Bul.
ictin says 1900 pieces of dress goods were
sold at auction, and brought good average
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What Nasty Says OF the Present
state OF Affairs.
C0NFEDERATE \ ROADS,
witch is in the State NV Kentucky,

W ANh ." SO NhN N'hukG NV ], 7
February 3, 1877.
lwuz wunst in favor nv the Joint COM
mishn, and WIZ eager to hey it. When
it WIZ ez good ex shOor that majority
Nv the Judges wood be Dimocratic, giyin
ia a majority Nv one in the lot, ! bleeyd
it to be constooshnel. When it lookt ez
tho'we Good get Tilden and Reform in
that way, and make :me shoor NV my
post.ottiS, l prcferd it to blood. l am not,
ez general thing, u thirster for gore.
he'd much rather hev Tilden buy his way
into the Presidency than TO hev to fife for
it. When think NV his barls nv money
and remember his skill in distribbitin nv
itlsay with the poet:
"Ther lSa weCpIn irmer set
And Surer than the bayonet,"
Tilden and Reform hez better show
with dollars than they ever did with bay
onets, tho really bleeve that Dino
crat who hea bin hungerin for an oils
sixteen yeers wood iite for il rather than
not git il. Shood we ever come to the
arbitrashen Nv arms, / shell, Of / hev COM
lnand Of the Tilden and Reform forces,
mass them all in front Nv the capitiI, and
hang onto the other side, 80 that they kin
all see it, a banner with this inScripshen :
"COmmIshnS for pOst-OtIieCs madeout herew
Their wood be SIGH rush CT all the
troops that Good be unconstooshnelly
concentrated in Washinton coodent with.
stand. Artillery coodent keep the patri-
OTIS back.
But this is digreshn. Wat I wantid
to say wuz, Providence takes better keer
Nv the Republican party than it does nv
itself. For iist eE We he'd 1t all fixed to
hev the commishn appintid, and he'd ded'
wood on heyiu Davis for the fifth Judge,
givin nsa majority, that seli.seekin man
had to go and be electid to the SENT from
lllinoy, maxim It nessary to hev Bradley
in his place, wich is pizen. And when
Tilden and Reform begged Davis to dc,
cline the SENT and cit into the com.
nishn, that selfish man remarkt he'd sec
him further tust, and leaves 100000 Dim,
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NTNIH DUNDS-Ilulpt,
sroCHs-ln the morning were alternate.
" TeaSand firm, with wide fluctuations in
coal shares. the general list Lake Shore
and New York Central were strong, while
Northwestern preferred and Western Union
showed considerable weakness. Al the
close the market was irregular, some shares
being lower and others higher as compared
with morning quotations. Western Union
recovered from the decline Of the morning,
but Northwestern preferred closed near
the lowest point Of the day. The tranSac.
tons aggregated $4,000 shares, Of which
1900 were Western Union, 1000 North.
western, $4,000 Lake Shore, $500 New York
Central, 10000 Delaware, LaCkawanna 4
!, Western este 1900 New Jersey Central, and
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TOLEDO, February 5.-FlOur-St eady
Enthusiastically No. 3whitc Wabash 81 S.
No. l white Michigan 81 50; amber spot
February 81 So; extra white do. 81 g.
Corn-Steady; high mixed 441sc; No.
spot 4i1Gc; rejected 4iHc; old A Nc. Dat,
Firm; Mo- 35JGc; Michigan Acc.
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PITTSBURGH, February 15.-Peholeum-
Crude very unsettled and lower; SO 45a
? SO at Parker's; refined dull; refners
holding as before, but small outside lots
sold at lS1Ec, Philadelphia delivery.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.


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SEMI.WEERLY.


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RS.Pullman Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars
from steubenvllle and Columbus through tSitIo,t
change, TO Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis and
81; Louis, and from Columbus 10 Chicago,
m, inc pleasure seeker or those seeking Homa IN he
FED, should call on or address the urderSjVncJ ioT
through time tables, maps, land circulars and fur
". L. OBRIEN,
Gent Passenger and Ticket Agent, No. 2lO High
street, Columbus, Ohio. ja2S
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A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS

BaT We want 500 more flrst-cIass
Sewing Machine Agents, and 500 men
Of energy and ability to learn the bust.
ness of selling Sewing Machines. Com.
pensatlon liberal, but varying according
to ability, character and qualifications
Of the Agent For, particulars, address
Wilson Sewing Machine Company,
Chicago,
s27 and s29 Broadway, New York. or New Or.
leans, La.
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TRANSPORTATION.

, No. stops At all stations between WHEELING aud
Cumberland No. y stops at all Stations between
Wheelngnnd Grafton; No, makes direct connec.
lions for all points South.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-06


Bishop futile has called down upon
himself the anathemas of the Christian
press for having stated in lecture in New
York city that 1.-The Mormons. bad as
they are ,pcrnicious as is their system. lave
many traits that are worthy Of admir.,-
t.on." In the same lecture he eulogized the
MorlnOns for their fervent faith, their ten
acioas and efficient organization and the
care and devotion with which they follow
the forms Of the church. lie said: Il might
speak for hour of their detestible qualities.
for think their religion is worse than
heathenism, and a stain on the escutclieOn
OF our free country. could show how il
pierces the honor Of wOnanhood. stains
manhood, and fosters the grOssest MATER
alism; but | cannot say that they are a
horde OF sens,,alists who have possessed
Of that far-off valley in the West |
10 freely practice their sensual y;ces.''
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psablic Debt Statement,

WAsHlNGTON, December 1.-The public
debt statement for November shows &c
crease OF 81 .333 G3i and the following bal
ance in the Treasury: Currency, SS.Sl6.-
$50; special fund for redemption Of tiac-
tional currency. S9.sOG.oO2: special deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of celtiti-
cafes of deposit. $50, 055.O00; coin. 81 $685.
:02; including coin certificates. S32 .39l. 400;
outstanding legaEtenders. S35l.3t0, 2sS;
aOO, GOO.
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TAKEN IN RYIyDIANS.
A Party Of Soldiers Compelled to
Give up their Arms.

Some two weeks ago it was reported
that small company Of United States
soldiers had been captured and disarmed
by Indians in the Black Hills country. but
ut the time it was rot credited. 1t has
been confirmed by the arrival of tie SOL
diers at Standing Rock Agency. The facts
as stated by the Lieutenant commanding
are these: The party had been scouting
in the Black Hills. and on their way home
they captured Il few Struggling Indians.
and dis;lrmed them. but shortly af1erward
the main c;,mp. numbering one hundred or
more. was found. The Indians. who were
well armed. took tie scouting party in.
and. after taking their arms from them
and releasing the Indian captives. told
them to go home. ''-Indepeudcnt.
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4 Coach Attacked by Indians.

DEADwOOD, November 2a.-On Thurs.
day the outgoing coach was attacked by
Indians. near Sulphur Springs station
about fifteen miles from here. They free,
vollcy at the driver and passengers, but
they al escaped unhu,t by leaving the
coacil and taking TO the bluffs. Tie In
di"ns captured the coach and horses, ram
sacked the mail bags and tried unslccess-
fully to open the treasure box. They kill
ed two OF tic horses and decamped with
'he other two. Several miners from the
surrounding camps are missing. and fears
are entertained tllatthey have fallen victims
to the redskins. who are again in the yicin-
ity in considerable numbers. 1t is the
opinion of the best informed that these In
aians are part OF large body that are NOV
ing from tie Red Cloud Agency to the
river. and doubtless tie same
WHO attacked Lieut.. Kinrsb,ry.
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: Henry Coin. Of Miles City. while in
Bismarck last month, was attacked twice
by Ed. Smith. the latter time with a knife
and pistol. CoIln. in pure self.lefense. drew
his revolver and fired Il single shot that en-
tered near Smiths heart. killing him almost
instantly.
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Sparta. Wis. Nov. 81. Nicholas
Pleimling. Of WeltOn, has been arrested on
suspicion. apparently well founded. of hav-
ing attempted violence on Mrs. Van Voor-
bees of that town. Mrs. Van Voorhees,
body was found together with her three
dead children. in tlieir burning cottage. rs
detailed in these dispatches. November 2.
Pleinling is "A desperate character, and has
threatened the lady heretofore, and was
seen in the vicinity Of the spot shortly be-
tore the fire was discovered.
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Sioux Again Oh the War-Pnth-Gcn'l
Terry Orders u Winter Campaign.
New YORK. November pa Washing
ton special says: Information Las reached
the authorities here stating that while the
Sioux Indians were being removed from
Red Cloud Agency to the Missouri river.
seven hundred OF them broke away and
are now on the war-patll. Gen. Terry has
issued orders TO the L. S. troops to pre-
pare fora winter campaign. Those who
have thus deserted are operating in the
Deadwood country. and have already at
tackled trains and caused general consterna-
ton.
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LAFAYETTE, (Ind.) November 29.-The
Second National Bank closed yesterday at.
ternoon owing to the defalcation of Chas.
I. Mayo, Cashier. The shortage will
reach $4,000 it is reported to have gone
in a Chicago speculation. This is tie first
bank failure in this city tor % years.
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DEADwooD. December "A large party
Of Indians captured two freight trains
owned by Hook Il Wilson. on the Fort
Pierre road to the Hills. Another party
of Indians killed three anclmcn i'll The
vicinity of Srearfsh creek. yesterday.
Considerable lneasiness is felt throughout
the Hills. and the County Commissioners
have applied to Gems. Sheridan and Terry
for military assistance.
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That is the way the matter stands now.
The United States Attorney having rcceiv-
ell such instructions from the Department,
OF Jlsiice-tliongh many will not think
the justice-tlelr is probably no al!erns-
tive but to accept the situation. 1t will
work. great lar'lsI'ipto I'LL. OF course il,
will eventually fall upon the consumer, but
it will be more severely felt by tie me,, en-
gagged in clOpping and deIiverin. it. as
they are mostly poor and will be COMPEL
Ell to ay for what they have on hand or
let the Marshal sell it and lose all. Most
OF them probably have not the money to
advance. or can lily spare the sum. So.
viewed in what light it may be. it is Il pub
tic calamity. rs it Injuries everybody"
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RumOred Appoinfm ent.

chief Joseph and his Band i" I'risO~
LEAvENwoETH. November 26.-The Ne7
Perces Indians captured by General Miiss
including Chief Joseph, arrived here last
avening. and were placed in the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth. where they
will he kept until reservation in the In
liam Territory is provided for them.
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IDu;ty Herald I

During the month of November there
was melted and assayed at the u. s. Assay
ONCE, gold and silver bullion of the value
Of S74, 4s5 50, as follows:
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: MONTANA NEWS,
| Benton Record 03fl ;,st

benton Record, 23l inst.1
A Blackfoot Indian. who appeared in
town one day this week. stated that the
Sioux. AssinabOincs and Crccs are camped
all along the banks of Milk River.
Judge Tattan is in receipt of letter
from Hon. Martin Maginnis. stating that
Gen. Sheridan will request an appropria-
'ion rom Congress TO build Il military post
near the forks of Milk river.
MissouLi1n, Esd ult.1
L.. ". Harris was down from his place
on Ihree Nile Tuesday. Mr.. Harris has
OF late years turned his attention to fruit
culture. and thinks he will have fifty bear
ing trees next year. He approves The SEN
li'nen's expressed last week. but SAYS lie
will furnish any man who wishes to raise
his own apple trees all the gratis lie needs.
Agent Roman has received communica-
ton from the Honorable Commissioners
OF Indian Affairs. granting permission
from the War Department to tie Indians
OF the Flathead nation to purchase of tie
traders powder. lead and cans. These Dur
clases are restricted TO Major Romans Or
der and in such quantities as he NAV Judge
to be necessary.
Daily independently
There are several eases of scarlatina in
town.
A new post has been established across
the line. and is called Fort Conrad. ABB.
Hamilton is located there.
Wood came in very freely Yesterday
md sold readily at Sc 90 to Sc 80 per
ord.
Chas Root committed suicide in Kessler
Miller's brewery by takine dose of
trychnine.
The death of Mr.. II. E. Bond occurred in
septon few days ago. Mr.. Bond was
me OF the oldest settlers of BENTON and
vas well known throughout the Terri
Dry.
About two hundred freight teams are re-
orted the other side OF Pleasant Valley.
he snow is beginning to lay deep on the
'nges, and it is feared many teams will be
nablf to reach Montana. Large quantities
Montana freight is said to be still stored
the warehouses at Corinne.
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Plevna-The Turks Prepared to H0i0
Out.
LONDON. November pa Vienna cor
respondent states that the rumOrs of neyo
liations for the surrender OF Plevna are
contradicted from the Russian camp itself
Turkish prisoners. moreover. assert tl''
Osnan Pasha has supplies for many wee.
and that he has addressed Lis officers =;
nouncing his intention to hold out to Il.
last man.