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

West Virginia suiIcrs both in her coal
and iron interests by the formidable com.
petition that now exists in more highly.
developed regions. The competition in
the matter Of transportation issuch, both
by water and rail, that the rich ores
ol Missouri can be brought to
this city for the low price Of
81 % to 50 so per ton, as against 50 90 to
81 90 per ton three or four years ago.
The ores of Lake Superior are brought
here at the same low rate, and at this
point they not only meet cheap fuel but
their manufactured product is immedi-
ately in market when produced.
There have been recent efforts made
by parties connected with the ore inter.
ests OF the Chesapeake 4 Ohio road
to compete with the present status
Of these foreign ores at this and other
manufacturing points, but their success
has not been very encouraging. So long
as this is the case no amount Of geograph.
ical surveys can overcome the difficulty
that surrounds the development OF our
West Virginia mineral resources. Their
development will be matter OF slow
growth, and must in the nature OF
things 50 through II sort OF local
embryotic period Of developement, such
as has characterized the successful growth
Of manufactures all over the country.
Cheap narrow gauge railroads, such Us
are now agttated atsundry points in the
interior, will greatly assist in this de-
velopement, aud without these we will
not soon he able to compete with the
favored localities to which we have allud.
ed.
Another thing Is also necessary, and
that is the extinguislment OF present
troubles IN regard to land titles. No in
ducements presented by geographical
survey can ever overcome the fears and
prejudices Of capitalists against entering
upon the development OF localities where,
As sOon as the soil becomes valuable, a
suit OF cjectment is liable TO be com.
menced. TIE fact that wholesale suits OF
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WHEELING, WEST VA, MORNING. FEBRUARY l6 1871

charity wonld be in the hearts and hands
Of the landlords to be dispensed by them
according to their largness and liberality.
Upon the property plan Of assessing
water rent there would only remain to be
collected of the tenant, by the City Col.
lector, the 50 cents assessment made
upon each member Of the family us per
ordinance. The instances would likely
be few in which this tax would fail to be
collected and the City Collector would
be relieved from the odium, II any such
there be, incurred in rigid enforcement
ofthe water ordinance as now existing.
Assuggested by a member Of Council,
plan which would secure the collection
Of all the revenue from water would se.
cure a reduction in price, and result in a
general benefit to all the citizens. We
may add that II would also bankrupt
many property owning ward politicians,
whose stock in trade Is the professetl
championship Of the poor as against the
crushing hand Of the municipal author.
tiles. -
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COLUMBUS, February l5.-In the Senate
vote, by which the compulsory educa-
ton bill was passed yeste rday, was
reconsidered and the bill laid on the ia
BILE.
Bills were introduced to repeal the Sec
tions Of the municipal code, which allow
a municipal corporation to issue bonds
in anticipation Of taxes, 10 increase the
number Of commissioners to codify the
statute, from 5 to 5, directing them to
complete their work by the 1st OF next
Oct; to provide that lands sold under ex-
ecution shall not be sold for less than ap-
praised value; to campel railroad com.
panies to keep list Of their stockholders
at the principal Offices in Ohio, and to
provide for the service by publication in
action against stockholders OF such COM
panies ,o'enforce their statutory liability.
In the House bill was introduced to
allow any incorporated company to enter
into the business Of manufacturing and
supplying gas to cities and villages, and
to allow such companies to lay pipes in
the street on giving satisfactory security
and to forbid municipal corporations 10
enter into gas contracts for longer term
than years.
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certained by the Secretary Of the Treasu.
~, in accordance with the provisions OF
this act, to be necessary and sufficient,
with interest thereon, when added to the
other sums to the credit OF said sinking
fund, to pay of and extinguish the gov.
ernment bonds advanced 10 them. With
six per cent interest thereon from their
respective dates up to the lat Of October
1905. Interest on all sums placed 10 tbe
credit Of the sinking fund shall be credit.
ed and added thereto semi.annually al
the rate Of six per cent! provided, how.
ever, that on the failure or refusal Of
either company to comply with this act
for the period Of six months the proyis.
ions thereof shall become imperative as
to such defaulting company, and the
rights and powers OF the United States in
relation thereto under the original acts
shall be in full force and effect. II fur.
thcr provides that the payments made in
pursuance thereof shall be in lien Of all
other payments and requirements under
existing laws. Ordered printed.
The Senate took q recess until 10 A. NJ.
tomorrow,
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FOREIGN NEWS.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

BELGRADE, February l5.-Servia's ap.
peal for advice from Russia remains
unanswered. 1t il surmised that Servia
has been abandoned by Russia as the
price Of Austrian acQniescence or CO.
operation in Russia's policy, because il
SerVia is quieted great cause OF rest
lessness among the Slavs in Hungary
would be removed. 1t is probable that
Russia will not adopt similar course
toward Montenegro, but will put her
forward as the champion Of the Turkish
Christians
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IndIans RnidIne Ntock.

DEADwooD, D. T., February l5.--Dur-
iHg last week a number OF reports Of In
dian depredations have been received
from the small towns adjacent here. To.
day these rumors assumed an alarming
aspect, and the news OF simultaneous at
taCks in different directions leads to the
belief that the Indians are surrounding
this vicinity. A large cattle train was
captured near Butte yesterday. Fletch.
ers herd Of mules we're also captured in
the same vicinity. The Montana rancho,
a short distance from here, was attacked
about the same time, the Indians captur-
ing all the stock. Wigginton's herd Of
horses near Crook City was captured
Wigginton wounded, and his assistant
killed. Considerable stock in the vicini.
ty OF Spear Run was run of.
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Another Meeting in tile Interest
OF the TuScnrnWaS Valley Il
wheeling Railroad,

A second meeting in the interest OF the
completion OF this road to this city was
held at the Grant House last night. The
attendance waS much larger than on the
first occasion. The railroad company
was represented by two OF its officers,
Mr.. Card, the Superintendent, and Judge
Tyler, the Attorney. There we're present
also i number Of the leading citizens OF
Bridgeport. Mr.. John K. Hubbard oc.
cupied the chair. The speakers were
Judge Tyler, Mr.. Card, Judge Cochran,
Capt. Mcclure, DR.. Logan, Prof. J. Alex.
ander, Henry X. List, and others. A
decided interest in the completion OF the
road TO bridgeport was manifested, and
Committee was appointed TO call on our
leading manufacturers and merchants
and urge their attendance at the meeting
to be held at the Second Branch Council
Chamber on Saturday night next at 7
o'clock. This committee consists OF Dr..
Logan, Capt. John Mcclure and D. C..
List, jr. These gentlemen will formally
notify citizens Of the meeting ut the
Council Chamber and request their pres
ence on Saturday evening at the hour
appointed.
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IheGateltf0eueer.


DcAth Oi JOnn ISlSuOps
We are greatly panied to announce the
death Of this most estimable citizen this
morning. The particulars Of his sudden
taking of will be found in our local news.
His lamp Of life went out in twinkling,
and yet not in way, perhaps. that he
would have ordered otherwise had Il
been given to him to choose. Mr.. Bishop
lived an honest life. He had long con.
templated the mOmentous problem oil
death, and his mind was made up to meet
his fate calmly whenever il might come
to him. He was in his Goth year since
last October.
1t has been u long time since death
iu our midst has called forth such gen.
eral and sincere expression Of sorrow.
The deceased was man whom almost
everybody knew. and whom none ever
knew save to respect. He was a man Of
thorough principle-honest and upright
in every instinct Of his nature-above all
meanness or sordidness-genial, kindly
andsympathetic--iond Of his friends and
generous toward every human being.
Upon him, we eau truly say, nature had
set her seal "to give the world assurance
Of Il man." lie looked the good man that
he was. His fine intellectual expression
Comported we'll with the modest and be-
nignant aspect oi his whole face. No
wonder his friends all loved him aud the
whole community respected him.
Mr.. Bishop had lived in this city from
boyhood-wus identified for generation
with almost every enterprise Of impor-
tance-had experienced his full share OF
the vicissitudes OF life--hai been well of
and then very poor, and then again in
comfortable circumstances, anl yet in all
these changing scenes had preserved the
same genial and kindly nature and the
same good character in the face OF all the
world. Take him all in all and he was Ii
rare man. He was an unaffected phi,
losopher, without any OF the stoicism or
aSceticism Of many philosophical minds
lie had a keen appreciation Of everything
that was natural and beautiful. lie loved
flowers and had a highly cultivated taste
for all the mysteries Of botany, mineral.
ogy and geology. No man possessed
more accurate information, US far as he
pretended to know anything iu this di.
rection, and he could always express him.
self clearly and forcibly. Had he en-
ioysd early advantages, he would have
attained excellence in scientific pursuits.
Not having these advantages, he was an
entirely seli.made man, and courted
knowledge from the pure love oft. We
shall always remember him as fond
friend and good man, whom it WAS our
pleasure to know intimately, and who
left the world very much the better and
none the worse for his having lived in il.
Peace and honor 10 his memory!
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LONDON, February l5.-The bullion in
tue Bank Of England has increased E6l,-
900 the past week. The proportion Of re.
serve TO liabilities il 4Gs per cent.
The Court OF the Queens Bench has
granted rule that the magistrates show
cause why they should not hear the Slade.
Spirimalist case on its merits, holding
that his conviction was not properly
UUashed.
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Marine Intelligence.

New York, February l5.-Arrived-
Steamer Anchoria from Glasgow, and Ne
vada from Liverpool.
PHILADELPHIA, February l5.-Arrived
Steamer Lord Give from Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN, February l5.-Arrived
Steamer Wyoming from New York.
New York, February l5.-Arriyed-
Steamers Chila, from Liverpool, and
Canada, from Hull.
SAN FRANcIsco, February l5.-Arrived
Ships Big BOnanza, from Liverpool
Humboldt, from Queenstown, and the
British ship Mary B, Lundell, from
Cork.
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WATER RENTs.-ln the Second Branch
Of Council on Tuesday evening a resolu-
ton was offered looking to the enlarge.
ment, by ordinance, OF the powers of the
Collector, 10 as to authorize him to shut
of the supply OF water from parties who
fail to pay the rents assessed upon them.
After long and, as it proved, useless
argument against the reference Of the
bill, it was sent, as designed, to the Com
mittee on Ordinances. The total lack Of
liexibility in the large proportion Of the
councilmanic mind ia something prodig.
ious. 1t seems to be the rule that COM
mittees are sort oil machine which must
be set to a particular gauge by means Of
certain specific in structions, which can.
not be departed from. There must be no
latitute, no freedom, for fear the machine
may run wild. Some OF the members
seemed to think that the Collector is or
may be an extremely strict construc.
ZIONIST, and therefore feel himself com .
PEELED to exercise the full scope OF his
powers inexoraSly, to the oppression Of
the poor.
By the way, this everlasting twaddle
about the poor is becoming just little
worn-a little too thin. Charity, the
greatest OF the three virtues, is oftena won.
derfully cheap cloak in which to parade
character for benevolence. 1t doesn't
cost Councilman anything as a rule,
for 1t is generally manifested at the cx.
Pense Of the city.
As to the resolution itself, we venture
TO affirm that the Committee on Ordi.
nanccs will recognize that the object
sought, namely, the full collection of the
water rent, will not be accomplished by
an ordinance framed in accordance with
the resolution.
In a very large number of instances,
one hydrant Is made 10 do duty for two
houses and in few cases no, lcss than
half dozen families draw their supply
Of water from common source. Sun.
pose one, two, or more OF such parlies
fail or refuse TO pay their water assess.
ment. OF what avail would be the mn.
thOrity to cut of the supply of water so
long as a single party pays his remit All
this ia written to suggest that If those
who profess to have the poor under their
special guardianship really desire to
demonStrHte disinterested charity, they
should favor an ordinance assessing the
water rent on the property and not on
the tenant. This is the plan adopted,
il We are not misinformed. in
Philadelphia, where it is said every dol.
lar Of the revenues is collected. Amor.
dinauce to this effect would put the
water revenues upon substantial b,si.
the property Of the city, The matter Of
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Successful Raid Upon SmuggIers.


New York, February l5.-To.day
special Treasury agents seized several
cases Of prunellas, worth $1,000; which
were smuggled from Montreal. They also
arrested Samuel Stratford and Charles
Spencer, charged with being in conspira.
Cy, and they were held by the IS. Com.
missioner. For years past the agent,
have been trying to discover the SNUG.
glcrs and at last they have discovered the
whole plot. D. McClanoughan, proprie.
tor Of the Express Hotel at Montreal, i.
the head and front OF the conspiracy
and several United States Inspector.
and Baggage Masters at Montreal
and telegraph operators were in collu-
sion with him. He produced duplicate
checks, one Of which he would attach 10
a box containing goods and the other he
sent to the purchaser. Inspectors were
telegraphed by cipher the number of the
check on the baggage, and they passed il
through without examination. Letters
in MCClanoughan's writing were found
in the possession OF both prisoners. The
officers got man 10 make purchases OF
prunellas goods, used in making ladies
CATERS and on which there is duty OF
50 cents per pound, from McClanoughan,
and Special Agent Major Williams iol,
lowed the goods from Montreal into the
United States by way OF Rouses' Point,
leland Pond, Ogdensburg and St. Albaus,
and saw how the plot worked. Many ar
rests Of merchants and middle men have
been made in the United States. Inspect.
ors and others are suspected. The Gov
crnment has been deirauded out Of vast
sums by the smugglers, and the plot was
one OF the deepest and best planned ever
discovered by the officials. McClanou.
CHAN is worth half a million OF dollars.
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ITALY.

ROME, February l5.-The interview
between the Pope and the Emperor OF
Brazil was marked by extreme cordially.
The Emperor showed much emotion and
threw himself at the feet OF the Pope.
The Empress was received with great
kindness by the Holy Father.
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FRANCE.

PARIS, February l5.-Thlriy corpses,
frightfully mutilated, have 30 far been
recovered from the coal mine at GRASSES.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred at
Barro in steel works. Several workmcn
were killed and many badly injured.
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weather Indications.
WAR DRPARrMENT,
OPRIcR OF TuK CHIRP SIGNAL OVPICRR,
WASHINGTON, d, C., February lG,-I A. n,


PRoBABILlTIRS.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley
south winds, warmer cloudy and rainy
weather, followed by westerly winds,
lower temperature and rising barometer
For the Upper Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valley, cooler north and north.
west winds, rising barometer and gener'
ally clear weather.
For Upper Lakes, rising barometer
west winds, with partly cloudy and gener.
ally cooler weather.
For Lower Lakes, warmer, southwest
winds, cloudy weather, with rain or snow
and generally falling barometer.
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FIRE RECORD.

DuDUQuE, la, February l5.-Adam
Jaeger's distillery here burned tonight
between 9 and 10 o'clock, together with
copper still, two engines. and contents.
Loss $40, 900; insurance $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-16

Qua kilograms announce that the Ohio
Legislature, after having passed the com.
pulsory education bill, yesterday recon.
sidered their action and laid the bill on
the tnhle.
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SchOOncrS Cnnsineh.

BALTIMORE, February 15.-Two schoon.
ers and several oyster pungees are report.
ed capsized in Fauquier Sound during
the gale Monday. No lives lost.
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MINOR TELEGRASIS.

-Chas. Trowbridge, Il brakeman on
the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati * St. Louis
railway, fell from train in motion near
CentTevllle, Ind, yesterday, and was in.
sLantlY Killed.
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Died in HIS Cell.

NEWARK, n. j., February l5.-Regan,
who was sentenced to be hanged to-day,
with 0schwald, for the murder ot Officer
Brock, died in his cell this morning.
HANGED.
oschwald was hanged shortly after II
o'clock. To the last he protested his in.
nocence Of the crime for which he died
Regan broke down completely, mentally
and physically Tuesday afternoon, con.
templating the disgrace OF his family.
Yesterday he did not rally and last night
he suffered from the usual symptoms Of
poison and just before he diedhe declared
he had been poisoned,
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VOLUME XXV--NUMBER l49

prices Us are paid to printers not in the
govSSrnmentemploy. Another visit will be
male when the printers will be accom-.
panied by their Congressman,
Indian Commissioners Smith and Earlo
oil the Friends Society, and Rlchardson.
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs al Law.
renee, Ks5 called on the President TODAY
concerning the Indians imprisoned Ia
Fort Marion, Fla.
THE REAL ESTATE INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on the Real Estate
Pool continued its inquiry to-day, DR..
l.. S. Filbert, Of Philadelphia, Of the firm
OF Filbcrt 4 Taylor, contractors under
the late Board oi Public Works Of thai
city, rehearsed the story Of buying con.
tracts from parties who obtained them
from the Board OF Public Works, and
paying political assessments. Witness
never paid any money to any member Of
Congress for his influence, nor did he
know Of any member who was connected
in any manner with these matters. A
gentleman named Woodbridge, who at
one time did work for him and Taylor,
failed financially, and being personal
friend Of Gov. Cooke, came here and
asked Tor assistance. Gov. Cooke gave
him a contract for laying 10000 yards Of
pavement at $3.50 II square ward. Col.
Pelton, Governor Tilden's private Secre.
tary, and ex-senator Sprague were inter.
ested in this work.
Adjourned
MIR. JORDAN WILL APPEAR.
Cashier Jordan OF the Third National
Bank Of New York City, who was declared
in contempt by the Senate for not an.
pearing before the Committee on Priyi.
leges and Elections, will be before the
tomorrow. This committee
will continue the investigation Of the
cipher telegraphic dispatches tomorrow.
ClPHERING OUT OF A TIGHT PLACE.
Concerning the Oregon kilograms pro.
duced in the Senate committee, Senator
Herman says The cipher dispatches by
which the transaction was made are what
purport to be copies Of the original dis.
patches, which have never been in the
hands Of the committee. No writing has
been identified, because no original dis.
patches were exhibited, and there is no
evidence that the messages were ever
written or seen by the parties to whom
their authorship is attributed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-22
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

A meeting of the creditors of Gonzalo De
Cordoya, commission merchant OF No. 81 WiiIam-st,
who failed last owing 37o 900. held ycster
day Mt Register Fitchs Office and Thomas W Harris, OF
No A4O Broadway, elected assignee The principal
claims are James Campbell. $24,369 +. G. Beller,
$j.34l j. b. FatrOute, 1910.
Paul c. Coffin and Augustus Pettibone, hardware
dealers at No. 1877 Wcstst. and at Plainfeld, " D.,
submitted proposition for composition in bankruptcy
TO their creditors ut meeting yesterday before Register
Dwight They propose to pay 1913 cents on the dollar
I'm four eight and twelve months. The papers presented
showed liabilities Of 81 900 and $4,000 Twelve
creditors OF fifteen who proved their claims accepted
the olcr. The Claims proved amounted to Sl6I9o.
An assignment for the bencfit Of creditors fled
yesterday with the County Clerk by Lehman samucls
and Levi Samuels Hehman Samucs Brother. butchers,
al No. 7s2 Frstaye.l to Thomas Rafferty,.