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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-08

IT seems that the earnings of the
HempGeld railroad, running from Little
Washington 20 Wheeling for the year
ending September so, 1877, were s42,-
933 So, as sgsinst SjO,Ss0lS in 1876.
The expenses were $42,S45.92, lesving
only SsT.73 net. 10 1875 the earnings
were s4S 32l.43, and the expenses SAL
1S4 90, leaving S536.52 net. 1t will thus
be seen that while the Hempheld is self.
supporting it is not = source OF much
p-Drt
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Fire

Dispatches from Osego, Mich. report a
large fire there this morning, which
burned 3 greater portion Of the business
part OF the town. The amount OF the
loss is unknown and there Is very little
insurance.
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General French, the Sergeant-st-
Arms OF the Senate, is 10 be investigs-
ted for displscing Republican employees
and giving their places 10 Democrats.
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The Board of Education OF New
Haven, Conn, by vote Of 6to 9, has
decided TO dispense with religious SER
vices in the public schools,
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at Baltimore, Yesterday, thirteen July
rioters were sentenced 10 from six to
eight months il Jail Forty more ART
awaiting trial.
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SuiCtde.

DETROIT, December 1.-George +.
Webber, OF this city, sulcided to-day by
blowing his brsns out, He leaves wife
and twelve children Jealousy Was the
cause.
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WILD OATS
. Scandal .bou, The Actress.

A special telegram from New York to
the Cincinnati EaquiTsr says: A SUIT
has been brought In the Supreme Court,
in which Elizabeth Laurent seeks abso-
Lutte divorce from Henri Laurent. The
parties are well known among actors, the
defendant being member OF the Oates
Comic Opera Troupe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurent were married in London IN
1874. Mrs Laurent in her complaint
SAWS that her husband has acted sir ully
with Mrs. Alice Oates, at the Union
Sqlare Hotel, in this city, at Richmond,
New Orleans, st. Louis, Cnlcsgo and
elsewhere. Mr.. Laurent and Mrs. Oates
are now travelling with the troupe,
which has recently been performing At
" hee}ing and at Plttsburg. Mrs. Oates
and Mr.. Laurent have as yet had no op-
portunlty of ans wering the charges.
DeniaI from the gentle Alice.
Special Dispatch to the Euquirer.
CHILLICoTHE, o, Dsceu ber CA
speclsl telegram from New York, pub
lIshed in your las. Issue, accuses me OF q
terrible crime. Please state In wour col
umns that am entirely innocent of such
base accusations; that l viii prove it in
open court TO be the splte-work OF one
man, who IS mean enough tor anything,
and who has vo we'd to ruin me. Those
who know me best will certainly indorse
nv statement. Let the pubic, then, sus-
pend their judgment until the vlllItier Is
brought to Justice, ALICE OATES.
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Affairs on the Rio Grsnde were the
subject of consideration yesterday,
There were no an.iclpstions OF serious
trouble, as all sdvices from Mexico are
of friendly character.
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PHILADELPHIA, December T.

FHILADELPHIA1 DecSAOSI II D4I
-Stesgy sud unchar geo. Wheat
Quis. sd .,gady; amber 81 44f9l IS;
red 81 ll@l IS; wnI:s 81 i5l9l 80.
Corr-FIrD; yellow 65CG65.7 mixed "a
G-55c. O,ts-Stesdyi white western IS
Ga-385c western mixed 36!G37ci State
5156y37. Prcvisio-s-Onll and un-
cas,g-i Bu.tsr-Q Iiet srd unchanged.
Fy,.- H...sra 25c. Cheese-CD-
ct,lg.I PetcU!eum-Duli and un-
changed. Wbisky-At$ 81 10.
-. LOUIS December T-Ho.s-S:esdy
ard ~ good tslnsrd; good - 1904 l0
oac king i4 l6G4 10; butchers "a 25tS
/ ~ receipts ssO-
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LETTER LIST.

7 IsT OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
IL the postoffIce at Wheeling, ohio coun-
., West Virginia, unclaimed, Hatufday.
Decem Der Stb.
TO obtain any OF the following the appli'
cant will please call for advertised letters,
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From the Reporter.

RIGHT OF WAY. are about
being taken to procure the right OF way
through the farms along the line of the
projected Washington and Welisburg
railroad, and at once organize company
for the early prosecution OF the work.
A little earnest effort will now give Us q
railroad through one of the richest sec-
tious of the county.
Mr.. A. K. Todd, brakeman on tho
Hempfeld, was knocked of the top ci q
freight car, before o. y light on Thursday
morning. By coming in contact with u
bridge. He fell senseles5, aIghting upoa
the platforms OF two cars, and remained
there until he recovered consciousness.
be was very sore after the fall, but was
on duty the next day. His escape from
death was wonderful
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STATE BosDe-Stesdy
STocKs-Less active, and without i'm
portsut features. Although the tactus-
ton- were frequent, they were generally
confined within narrow limits, and the
tone Of the msrke. s. the close WA
steady and fr1. The trAnssctlon, Ag-
gregsLed ll9.OO0 shares, OF which 1900
we're New York Central, 5000 Lake
shore, 1900 Northwestern, 5000 81. Pau
common, 400 preferred, 8l,VOO, Dels-
ware, Lackawsnus and Western, 1900
Delaware and Hudson, 400 Pacific
Mail, II 900 Western Union, and 1900
Ksngss Pacific.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-08

A DEER was recently killed in Gsrret:
county, Md, which weighed 3l6 pounds
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-08

The German Savings Bank, OF Chi-
cago, suspended yesterday
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Chinese Immigration.

The bill introduced by Represents
tive Shelley, o! Alabama, to regulate
Chinese immigration, proposes to .evy
per capita tax of $3.50 upon every SUD
lee, OF Chins, Immediately on entering
the United States, either from China or
.nv other country, sitter January l.
1879, excepting the officers or duly Sc-
credited agents of the Chinese govern
ment and their families or servants
coming to the United States 10 some cth-
cisl capacity, and every Chinese subject
entering the United States without pay
ing the tax to be imprisoned at hard labor
tor five wears.
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Den,aI from tue Gentle Alice.
sneclaI Dlspatch to nc Euauirer.
A Political Almanac Of the senate

From the Albany Evening Journal.
Now that the struggle tor the political
control OF the Senate Is cOnclrded Tor the
present, 1t is time to make up the oticia
returns and see how the Senate stands
The Republicans have gained Kellogg,
the Democrats Butler, and EsstIs Is still
knocking at the door. Counting Como
yer and Patterson, the Republicans have
80 Senators, and the Democrats Includ-
lng Davis, OF Illinois, &c. But one OF the
Republicans, Sharon, Is habLually sb-
sent without pair, SO that the Republi-
can side is practically reduced to SO. 1t
is probable, also, that Eustls will soon be
admitted, increasing the Democratic side
to 81. Or, to put the whole In tabular
form:
Rel ublicans with sharon !3, 3s
RrpuD lcans without -harOn .................. 81
Democrats with DAVIS and without
kuSliS oO
De "Ccrals when tustls' gets IN ana
DAVIS stays IN %
DG ay r.e 38
Republican mujori y (without ShaIon)
Wuen : avs IL 4 D.mOCrat......... u ........-.
X. pu licdn mI joIity when Davis Is a ,
htpubllC Al
Rep,Ihl,. an majority when DAVIS Is an
independent aud artiul dOdger............ Z
demo crtl C majority, II Patterson
should 40 50 again, with Davis as
Democrat .......
REPUBLICAN majority, If Patterson
should do so again, with Davis as
Republi an
Repuh lean majority, II Paterson
snouId 10 so ag .In, with II tNis a. an
lndepg gndent dodS-r, making tle, 10
bs decided by the Vice residents
Democratic maj orlty, IL patterson and
CouOver :, Outd both do so egain,
With Davis as a Democrat, but his
position IN tuaL case not changing
The result no matte what he might
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-.
Gin and MILK Legislation.

Has been appreciated by beng assigned
by his Democratic colleagues TO the Com
mitiee on Finance. There was grave ap
preher sion that the hard money D5mo-
Gratis would torce one OF their number on
tins committee, and thus block all tlnsn
cisl legislation inimicsl to Eastern bond
holders The assignment OF Voorhees, to
a responsible position is victory over
the money power, and the sllyer-voiced
orator Of the Wabash will yet ring the
changes with clarion notes In behalf oi
the people as against John Sherman and
his Wall street allies.
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p..,,txe Nominations.

The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate Envoy EX-
trsordinsry of the United States to
Brazil, Henry ". HiliIsrd, OF Georgls;
United States Consul General. John IT,.
Smith, OF Ohio, at Montreal. To be u.
5. Consul at Ossken and Hioga julius
Stsphele, of New York. To be Secre-
tsry OF u. S. Legation in Spain, Dwight
T. Reed. of New York. All the shove
are duplicates OF those sent to the extra
session, but unconfrmed.
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WARRINGTON, PA.
Amusem ements-Accidents from q Rnn-
away-A Sealdtng and n Shooting
Assignment.

WAsHINaroS, Pa, December I.
Correspondence OF the Register.
Camilla Urso's troupe gave an enter
toinment in the Town Hall last night to
q very large audience, ard the concert
was highly spoken Of by those in atten-
| dance.
Isaac G. Young, sewing machine sgent,
and bis brother, were returning from
West Middletown the other day, where
they had been delivering machines, ana
in coming down Buffalo hill, some six
miles north of here, the tongue OF the
wagon broke throwing the vehicle for
ward upon the horses, causing them TO
run of, upsetting the wagon end
throwing the occupants to the ground.
Isaac was very severely injured about
the side, and his brother considerably
bruised about the head and leg5. The
hill is very steep and rough, and the
horses were spirited, and the wonder Is
that they were not both killed outright.
Wiley Stephenson, young man, and
nephew OF DR.. Alfred Creigh, met with
very severe accident the other
dsy at the slaughter house Of Tsy-
lor IL Chsrletjn. The accident
occurred in this way. The frn hiss :
large vat for scslding hogs, which Is
suak in tie floor and heated from below.
Young Stephenson wss walking back.
wards and stepped into the vat, sca,ding
his leg severely. Under the treatment ol
his physician 10 is doing rs vel! as
could be expected.
A small boy, son of j. w. Lockhsrt.
was shot in the leg, below the knee, by
a pistol which he was carrying in his
pocket. The ball was extracted and the
boy is doing well. When will boys
learn the danger of carrying pistolsH
Garret Buchanan WAS committed to
Jail this week by Justice Riggle upon
the charge of ceiling liquor 10 minors, to
men OF Incorporate habits, on sunday
and without license. The information
wss made by Policeman Herrick and he
WAS committed to Jail for trial at court
in default of $500 bail.
Charles Wels, prominent baker and
ccntectioner, made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors TO d. NJ. Donehoo,
ESQ. The amount OF his liabilities are
not certainly known, but 1t ia thought be
will be able to pay all his creditors.
NJ.
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The Recess.

There seems no probability that the
Senators who desire prompt action on
the silver bill, will consent to the recess
commencing as early AS proposed by the
House. the 10Th. Several prominent Sen
stors say that the recess will not begin
before the 10Th or 2lst.
Walter Ii. French, of Massachusetts,,
tally clerk of the House OF Representa-,
tive., has been removed, and General
Albert Lamar, of Georgia, hiss been sp'
nointed in his Mace.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26
RELIGIOUS.

The regular weekly prayer meeting OF
the Y. M. q. A. will be held this evening
at their rooms at o'clock. All are in
vited.
The Sunday schools of Trinity church
will meet in the Old Swedes' church on
the afternoon of Sunday next at $3.50 o..
clock. The parents and friends of the
children are invited to attend. r.
First Baptist church, corner of Elm and
jackson streets, Rev. T. NJ. Eastwood,
pastor. Preaching at 1880 a. M, and 7:45
p. m. Sunday school meets at 8 a. M,
and p. m. All are cordially invited.
Owing to the Anniversary services in
the Old Swedes church on Trinity next
Sunday May 9th, no services will be
held: In Trinity Chapel. The Chapel
Sunday school will meet as usual in the
school room at 9 o'clock a. m. ..0
Madeley Chapel, South Wilmington,
Rev. l. E. Mowbray pastor. Services In
large canvass tent at 1890 a. M, $3.50 and
TAO p. NJ. Morning subject. "The COM
| ing Of the BridegrOo m." Revival servi-
ces in the evening, "Come over and
help u.s."
| First Presbyterian church Market and
9th streets. Rev. +. b. Duval will preach
at 1880 a. M, on the ''Duty of Training
the Rising Generation. At seven O'Clock
] In the evening there will be appropriate
church services for children to which all
are invited.
| West Presbyteriad church, preaching
tomorrow at 10t a. m, and s, p. M, by
the pastor Rev. j. NJ. P. Otis, d, b
Subject for the morning, "Family Re.
ligion and Worship" for the evening
"Jehu and other Furious Reformers.D
All are cordially invited.
| The 178th anniversary of the opening
of the Old Swedes' church for Divine
worship will be celebrated on next Trim
ity. Sunday 9th inst. Services in the
Old Church, morning at $50 o'clock, and
1880 O'Clock; evening $3.50 o'clock and
$3.50 O'CLOCK. You are cordially invited to
attend.
The 01th annual convention of the Di
ocese OF Delaware will meet in st. Paups
church, Georgetown on the first Wednes
day in June. Bishop Lee is the presid
ing officer, and Solomon N. Curtis OF
Newark secretary. The clergy and dele.
gates from the entire State will be In at
tendance,
st. Mary's church, Milton Delaware
VIII be consecrated on the morning OF
the first Tuesday in June. This will add
another to the well deserved honors won
by the intelligent zeal and imdomitable
perseverance of the Rev. j. Leighton
McKim of Milford under whom the
church was erected.
Second Baptist Church corner of 4th
and French street, Rev. r. B. Cook, pes.
tor. Preaching by the pastor at 1850 q
M, and 40 p. m. Sabbath School and
pastors bible class at 2 p. m. Anniver-
sary exercises of the Sunday School 2:3C
p. M; addresses by the Rev. Mr.. Steven
son, of Grace NJ. e. Church of this city
and W. NJ. Shoemaker, of Philadelphia.
All are cordially invited.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26
DELAWARE STATE BONDS
FINANCIAL EDrroR OF Pun,,o Tn,

FINANCIAL EDITOR OF PUBLIC LED
Skk. Your paper of the 18th saws. 1
me state Treasurer of Delaware pives
nonce that he will attend at the Phi iadel.
phla National Bank on the three first
secular days of July next, prepared to
reueem and pay off all bonds from No. /
70 NO. 20 Inclusive, of the denomination
oI one Thousand dollars each, OF the issue
VI tne state or Delaware, under date of
the said day of July, 1877, the interest on
said bonds will cease. ~
me securities alluded to have coupons
atCached to January lst, 1885, and read:
,Inese presents certify ,and make known,
that the State of Delaware is held and
nrmly bound unto the bearer in the sum
OF one thorsand dollars lawful money of
tne Uuited States of America, which she
OIL nus herself to pay to the bearer, on or
peiore the first day of January, A. D.
1000, with interest at the rate of six per
centum, payable at the Philadelphia
Bank, in the city of Philadelphia, on the
nrst Gay OF January and July. until the
principal be paid" Delaware, having
seventy-five thorsand dollars in hand in
excess or her needs, purposes to pay of
this amount now at par, nine years be-
fore maturity. Can this be done without
the consent of the holders of these bonds?
Most certainly not! The term "on or be.
fore" as part of the cJver ant which IL
Is claimed gives the State the right, is
surely the on or before of both the par.
ties to the contract: that is to say, the
bondholder, alike with the State, NAV
receive or reject as the State, may pay
or withhold, payment until 1885; the time
| stipulated in the bond. And to the pre-
sent time this must have been the judg
ment of the authorities, for 1t is known
the State has been a purchaser from
time to time, in the open market, at the
premium the loan commanded. A large
part of these bond are now held by exc
cutor and trustees, having pissed from
the firt holders at a considerable pre-
MUM. A few words OF the wholesome
steady-going, financial ethics of the Led
ger to the rulers Of Delaware would be
| timely and might do good. WHINING
TON, Fifth month %, 1877. j. C.G.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26
New Castle Letter.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
RAwBHRRY FEsTIvAL-CoNTRACT
AWARDED, &c.
NEW CASTLE, May 26
The strawberry festival at the M. II.
Church was opened list evening; the at
tendance was large and doubt the num-
Der will be greater this evening.
The store at the corner of Ninth and
Clayton streets, hfp been rented by Mr..
Hurley, and fitted with a choice and
well selected stock of groceries.
The shade trees along Orange street
above Delaware. overhang the street tc
such an axtent that ,he tops of carriages
are sometimes badly injured by the
branches.
Ben. f. Stradley has been awarded the
contract for plastering the new house Of
David Lewis on Sixth street.
Y The county Jail hes now about fifty, in
mates; this number is the least for great
many years.
Fifty or sixty children in charge o.
three teachers belonging to this city tool
the train for the Permanent Exhib bitior
this morning.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26

TWO SPECIAL TRAINS FROM THIS
CITY-A LARGE ATTENDANCE Il
FROM BELOW.
The excursion over the P, W. & B. r.
r. to the Permanent Exhibition, this
morning, was attended more largely than
the previous one, but still did not come
up TO the expectations excited by the ex-
traordinary inducements in the way of
low fare-40 cents for the round trip, in
Guiding admission.
As about 225 persons had come up on
the Baltimore road, from points above
Perryville, an extra special of six cars
was sent off at S.45 o'clock, a half hour
in advance of the advertised time. On
the other special, which left at 9.15
o'clock, were about $50 persons from the
Delaware railroad, who came from points
this side of Harrington. The second
train comprised seven cars, well filed
The entire number of tickets sold from
Wilmington was 218,and the entire num-
ber of passengers on the two special
trains was about 700.
This is the last excursion of the char
acter that the p, w. & b. r. R. Co.,
will offer to the people at such low rates.
1t is pl obable, however, that later in the
summer excursions will be frequently
given at rs cents for the round trip, in
Guiding admission to the exhibition.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26
"CANKER IN THE RUn.n

You watch its development with ex-
pectant solicitude-the choice, exouisi-
tely-moulded bud which promises to un-
fold with the perfect flower. You per-
haps think how it will adorn the draw
ing-room vase, and anticipate the plea
sure of showing it to Jour fiower-Ioving
friends. But some morning you find its
head dropping, its fragrance fed, and an
ugly purple spot on one of the delicateiy-
tinted pertals. 1t is the poets "canker in
the bud" How often the loathsome
canker blights the cherished "infant
blossoms" III our household gardens
those human buds which give earnest of
brilliant future. The noisome canker,
SO long oncealed-scrofula-a length
reveals its dreaded presence and to our
bright hopes succeeds the most agonizing
fear, for we know the fatal sequel it por-
tends-pulmonary consumption. 1t is es-
dmated by eminent medical authorities
that at least one-fifth of mankind are
afflicted with THIS insidious malady. But
its ravagas are so secret, that even its
victims are unaware of its presence until
it suddenly discloses itself in some of its
myriad and ofttimes fatal forms. A sligt
cutaneous eruption is often the only in
dicator of its presence. The only means
OF exterminating this disease from the
system is by thorough course of consti-
tutional treatment This treatment must
fulfill three indications, namely, promote
nutrition, alter or purify the blood, and
arrest disorganization of the tissues and
the formation of tubercles No more eff
cient Alternative can be employed for these
purposes than DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. While imparting strength
and tone to the digestive organs il
cleanses the blood and heals the diseased
tissues. Test its virtues ere the deadly
canker has blighted the life you prize.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26

ANNIvRRsARIEs.-To-morrow appro-
pirate services will be held IN the Old
Swedes' Church, commemorative of the
one hundred and saventy-eighth anniver-
sary of that church. The church is one
of the Oldest in this country, and the
exercises will, beyond doubt, be very
interesting.
The Sunday School of the Second
Baptist Church will hold their regular
anniversary in the church tomorrow
afternoon. The exercises will consist OF
singing, recitations, and addresses by
Revs. w. S. Stevenson, r. B. Cook, T.
f. Plummer and others.
This evening Jefferson Council, No
10, o. U. A. NJ, will hold their fifth an
niversary at their Hall, No. 2l9 King
street. A pleasant time is anticipated.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26
TEMPERANCE UNDER A TENT.

Last evening, The temperance meeting
at the tent on the lot at Twelfth and
Market streets was very well attended,
Notwithstanding the GOODNESS of the wea-
ther. During the meeting and after it
was over several persons signed the pledge
but the number has fallen of greatly.
During the meeting Mr.. Wells announced
that Mr.. butcher would return to this
city next week to labor for the cause
After several had spoken Mr.. Wells re-
quested all of those that were seated be-
meath the tent that had not signed the
pledge to stand up or hold up their hand,
but one or two responded to the invita-
tion, and they were Immediately sur
rounded by the workers, who endeavored
to persuade them to join. Mr.. Wells
then asked all the ladies who had not
signed the pledge to arise, and a number
of good-leoking young men would be
sent down to escort them up to the pledge
book, but not one responded.
The regular exercises were opened
with prayer by Rev. "A. d. DAVIS, follow
ed by singing. During the evening the
meeting was addressed by William Cox,
Mr.. Smith, Rev. L. E. Barrett, Jas. Har-
gis, Geo. w. Wells, N. j. Lee, Rev. L.
Tull, Rev. A. d. Davis and VIM. White.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-26

LAST YEARS Coal On CONTRACT. 1t
will be remembered that during last year
it was somewhat difficult to find out who
the contractors were for furnishing coal
oil for the city the document being
among the things that were missing. 1t
finally leaked out, however, that w. II.
Lee, Clerk of Council, and II. b. McIn-
tire. a member of Council, were the con-
tractors; but the price Of oil having aris-
en- to almost double the contracted price,
they ceased to furnish oil. The lamp
committee had no other recourse than
to furnish oil themselves, which they
did, keeping account of the difference,
between what they paid for it and the
contractors price. The bill amounting
to over hundred dollars was some time
ago presented to MIR. Lee for payment,
and few weeks ago he gave his check
for an even 500; that being the amount
upon which compromise had been eff
fected.-RepublicaR