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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-29
Lille Inlurance IrregularItIes

ST.. Loup, December 81. E. Alex.
ander, receiver ot the Columbia Life In
surance Company, has fled a petition il
the Circuit Court which alleges that Tho
Life Association OF America, desiring L
get control OF the business OF the Colum
bla Life Insurance Company bought or
q majority Of the Columbia stock and
then had the old board OF directors OF the
Columbia resign and filled the places thus
made vacant BY persons holding similar
places on the board Of the Life Associa-
tion. A list Of some 2sOO policy holders
OF the Columbia were re.examined BY
physicians charged with that duty, and
the old and in6rm subjects were rejected,
those who were considered desirable risks
were then insured in the Life Association
and in payment to the Life Asso'n for Civ.
Ing its policies in lieu Of these Columbia
lie policies. A large list OF assets was
transferred from the Columbia 10 the
Life Association. The same men who
ordered the transfer we're directors Of the
Life Association, which received the ben.
eft OF the assets transferred. This Ia
alleged 10 have been done with the knoWl.
edge that the Columbia was insolyent and
in expectation Of proceeding soon to be
begun by the Insurance Department to
wind up the Columbia. The prayer is for
a cancellation ot the transfer Of the assets,
and for their return to the Receiver Of
the Columbia. The amount involved is
about S675,00O.
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A Wrong iIoYement,

We observe in the proceedings Of the
Marshall County Teachers Institute, As
published in this Issue, that the assocla.
tlOn passed, among others, the following
resolution:
8. That this Association request the
State Legislature 10 amend the school
law 80 as to confer the power Of selecting
text books for our schools upon the mem.
bsrs Of the County Institute.
We need scarcely say that we are utter.
lyOppOsed to this grant Of power on the
pAit Of the Legislature. The result would
be the most heterogeneous collection ol
school books to be found outside Of a
schoolbook museum, and no one. can esti.
mate the amount of needless expense that
would be inflicted on the people of this
commonwealth.
A teachers institute in any county ia a
transient affair. It's Epersonel rapidly
changes. The teachers Of this year may
fancy one set of books and those Of next
year q different set. In the nature Of
things there would be no stability.
It is not better text books that we need,
but better teaching in the public schools.
Any established text book good enough,
If only the teacher is the right person in
the right place. This lack Of the right
person in the right place is the great
drawback Of our costly and inefficient
public schools.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
WAR NOTES.
Peace Negotiations,

CossrANrtNoPLE, December 2s.-EuV-
lands reply 10 the Porte circular has moi
yet been received, but Layard has been
Instructed 10 sound the Porte on several
points telativeto the conditions Of peace
OLD BoREAs COMMANDS THE PEACE.
LONDON, December pa correspond.
ent at the headquarters Of the Russian
Rustchuk army says the snow is over two
feet deep, and oil operations are suspend
cd. Two soldiers and many beasts par.
iShed. Transport service 10 the bridges
crossing the Danube at Sistova and Petro.
sham ls interrupted. There are NO
Gledges here 10 replace the wagons rem
dered useless by the snow. The Quarter.
master's Department has declared that Il
cannot supply food for the cavalry here,
One regiment OF CossReks Is about to
start for RoumaniR to obtain provender,
The best authorities concur in the opin.
ion that the Russian bridges across the
Danube must all 60 in a few days, when
communication will be com pleteiy cut of
until the river Is frozen enough 10 per.
NIT crossing on the ice. II the winter Is
ot ordinary vigOr field operations will be
impossible.
Osman Pasha arrived al Bucharest on
Wednesday last. His wound IL progress
Aing tavorably. It IL believed he will be
entertained at Moscow.
Prince Charles Of Roumania returned
10 Buchareston Thursday.
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Cigar AIaEers aInss nreetiue,

New YoRK, December 2s.-At the
mass meeting Of the Cigar Makers and
strikers and their sympathiIers held 10.
night in Cooper Institute, over four
thousand persons were present. A. Stras.
sed Of the Cigar Makers National Union
presided, and speeches denounclng man.
utacturers were made in English, Bohe.
milan andGsrmau. Resolutions we're adopt.
ed setting forth that the struggle would
be kept up until living wages were given
and the Union Recognized, dsnouHcing
tenement home syStem as an invention
70 renew chattel slavery, opposed 10 civ.
ilizatioD, the spirit Of the age and free
country.
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seeds, bulbs, roots, ferns, orchids and
oucidiamS, and 10 search for new varieties
Of fora. Under this appointment h,
visited every important part Of South
America and Mexico, and the western
portion Of the United States, after which
hO returned 10 Eusland with his collsc-
ttous, married, and in pursuance Of 4
plan which hs had formed while travel,
Ing in this country returned TO America
TO make Il his home.
In travelling over the States with q
view to finding = field mot already Oceu.
pied, he stopped awhile last summer In
Wheeling, and, as We have said, was 80
much pleased with the encouragement ho
received aud The inducements held out to
him to remain, that he determined to test
what he could do for himaelt and Others
in this vicinity. To this end he has leased
bis present grounda A portion oil them
he has laid out as we have deScribed, and
an other portion he iS laying out into
walks and flower beds with geometrical
precision. In the midst Of the rear
grounds he is constructing croquet
eSplanade, a true oval In shape, which
is designed to serve the double purpose
Of a croquet ground In summer and a
skating rink in winter. These grounds
Mr.. Bailey designs to lsy ont as speCi.
men Of what can be accomplished in the
way Of beauIiiying even a small plat Of
ground, and as proof that Landscape gar.
dening is no. only passion but an art
born Of science, We came away from
his grounds with the impression that such
a man had a mission for good among Us.
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RellaIrLeatlcr Items.

Bellaire has had more basatrdy cases
In the last two months than any other
city Of twice the size Of II in this State
Some Of the charming girls Of Wheel.
Ing Island know how to dress for a ball
aThe boys" all said they were the "bos'
ses at the Bridgeport party last Thursday
Gen,l Jas. Ewing and Col. John Bentel
Of Wheeling, were in the city yesterday
These gentlemen were Witnessing tue op'
Josephus Gofby, one Of the oldest dry
vrood merchants Of the city, made an as
signment last Wednesday, Tor the benefit
81 bis creditors. Jas. 9. Tallmau, Esq.
Ia me assignee. his liabilities are esti
mated al 81 900; assets at about SIC, 900
counting his house at $1,000. Mr.: Cor
bet has been In business In this city tol
near 25 years,
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Netter Fights Back-He Says the
Sharks Got All Ills Money.

ClEcINNAT1, December 27.-Mr. Albert
Meter, Of the recent banking firm Of
Meter & Co., New York, who is at the
Grand Hotel in this city, said in an In.
terview as 10 the rehypothecatiug fea.
ture Of their business, that It was simply
a question Of interest; that one firm in
New York has to-day Sl2,0OO,OOO bor-
rowed on such securities. II got the
securities for money loaned on them and
in turn reborrowed money on them from
insurance and trust companies. Mr.,
Meter said that the money they owed
was not to widows or orphans, but 10 the
WSllstreet sharks, who have gotten every
dollar that we had and have cornered US
untilsswe we're compelled to lay down and
quit, There Ia no truth in the report
that had sbseonded with 100000.
Gabriel Meter ia with our lawyer in
New York,
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Something Like This once Hap.
penGh nj NlOnnIIRYiIle.

RrcHMoSD, Va, December 27.-To-
day the Governor pardoned Phillis s.
Douglas, who was received in the Peni-
tentiary August, 1869, for seventeen
years for intanticide. The prisoner is a
handsome quadroon, and il now about
twenty-seven years OF age, She was for
merly the mistress Of an Ex-CopRress-
man, and was quite famous at The time
Of the trial, but what Is remarkable Ia
that, according to the published report
Of the Superintendent Of The Peniteniiary,
she gave birth to q white child on Janu-
ary l, 1874, four and half years after
imprisonment, which Is still living. Ru-
NOR fixes the scandal on Penitentiary
official and, as Committee has been ap.
pointed BY the Legislature to investigate
all the State Departments, the pardon
to-day causes comment.
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THE Wellsburg correspondent Of the
ISrELLIoEScER at Wellsburg, Mr.. @. B.
Crawford, came down over the P. W. 4
Ky, Railroad yesterday morning, debark-
Ing from the engine few rods on the
other side Of GIenns Run, from which
point he surveyed the track on foot to
this city. The progress made 10 the last
week is not much more than perceptible,
and does not indicate vast amount OF
push on the part Of the contractors. We
presume that they will reach Wheeling
sometime in January, although 1t is said
thst the track between here and Gleuns
Run needs much more attention than 1t
baS recaiVad
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Three Children Burned 10 Death,

CHICAGO, December 2S.-News has iuaI
been received Of q horrible accident ID
Morgan township, Crawford county, Iowa,
Carl Mas and wife, farmers, locked their
three children, aged respectively l, q
and 4 years, in the House on Christmas
day aud weat to husk corn. They were
shortly after apprised by neighbor ol
the fact that their house was burning,
and when they reached II Il was wrapped
In flames and the children burned to a
crisp. The mother frantically attempted
10 rush Into the flames, but was forcibly
prevented. Thefoggy morning prevented
them from seeing the Gre sooner,
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NEw York, December 2S.-The Time
to-day publishes an advanced summary
Of the annual report OF the New YorE
Central & Hudson River Railroad Com
pany for the year ending September 80
Gross earnings, S26,579,Os6, Of Whict
from freight SIG I4&,4l6, and from pas
sengers S6,596.Sl9S transportation ex,
penses, $l4,946,l6l; net erenings, ST..
6S2, 1924, which was q decrease ot only
$3.50 i492 Os from the previous year. III,
expenses were decreased II per cent from
the previous year.
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WAsnEeros, December 2s.-At The
Cabinet session to-day Mexican Affairs
were the subject Of much CONVERSE
tion though nothing new was presented
and no definite results followed. 1t Il
probable that the question Of recognizing
Dia1 will. be formally considered nexl
week. The Cabinet also gave attention q
the wishes fthe NeI Percea Indians to
return to the United States Government
which awaita further advicss before i
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1hegntelLqtnar
New Years Address.

Mh wm. Leighton, it,, haa kindly pre-
pared the "Carrisrs' Address" for our
nswsboys this year, and they will serve Il
to their patrons next Tuesday morning.
It will be printed in astyIe betting ita
poetic merits.
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NEw YoRk, December 2s.-Arriyed--
Steamships Frankfort and Donan from
Bremen.
LONDON, December 2s.-The steamer.
Bohemian, from Boston, and Utopia and
Alexandria, from New York, have ar
PIILADE1PH1A, December 2s.-Ar-
riyed-steamer Vaderland, from Ant.
Merp.
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Hammond nj Parkernhnr,,

PARKERsBuRo, W. Wa, December 81.
The union revival meetings now being
held in this city, conducted by the we'll
known revivaliSt, Rev. E. P. Hammond,
are attracting the attention Of the whole
city and the surrounding country, no
church being found large enough 10 &C.
commodote the multitudes who seek ad.
mission. The best OF order is maintained,
and between two and three hundred
have already protesscd conversion. All
the evangelic churches are united and
working harmoniously together, and the
interest is spreading to the towns around
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Another Bank Gone.
New YoRx, December 2s.-The Rock
land County National Bank suspended
NE srTLl ANornER.

N%At@A$ eAANSAAAbAAa
ST. LOUIS, December 2S.-At meet
Ing Of the stockholders Of the Real Estate
Savings Bank, this afternoon, Il Was re,
solved to suspend at once. The aSseti
are stated TO be in round numbers: Bill
receivable, secured on real estate and
interest accrued thereon, $20,SOO; real
estate, S26, 800; cash and furniture,
$1,000. Liabilities-Due to depositors
with interest S226,0OO, bills payable
SOS, 900, capital stock and amount due
the Real Estate Savings Institution, a
concern out ot which the present bank
grew less than year ago, Sls7 900, pro-
fits $1,000. The cause Of The suspension
was the great shrinkage in real estate
owned by the bank, which had been ac.
CURED by the foreclosure Of mortgages.
Il 10 thought the depositors will Be- paid
In full, and that the stockholders will also
receive something. The directors Of the
bank embraced several quite prominent
and wealthy citizens.
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FRANCE.
The Republicans Alter the Trai.
tors 10 the Republic.

AAe kAepuDllCtlnH Alter the TFRl
tors 10 the Republic.
PARIS, December "A correspondent
telegraphS that the Cabinet has de,erm.
ined TO prosecute the sub. Prefect Gaillac
Department Of Tarn for insulting Presi,
dent McMahon, TO whom he wrote a let
ter OF resignation, describing the Presi.
dent as Marshal oiIFrance, who was
wanting in allegiance 10 his sworn faith,
The ultra Republican papers demand
an impeachment Of the late Roche ebouet
MSinistery for the alleged intended coup
d etat.
The President has expressed to de
Faure, President Of the Council, uneasi.
ness lest the prosecution of tho Prelects
should result from the investigations Of
the Electoral Inquiry Commission. The
Marshal deprecated The revival Of party
passions, and urged that his own concili.
atory attitude should be recipr ocated
De Faure assured him that il any prose-
cutions resulted from inquiry they would
not be based on simple obedience to or.
ders but on deliberate personal excuses.
AwoNAN IN THE CASE.
LONDON, December ga Paris cor.
respondent telegraphs that it is reported
that Don Carlos was ordered to quit
France, partly in consequence Of ex-
Queen ISabella's overtures 10 him. Those
oVertures are regarded as expressions Of
her displeasure at the marriage Of King
Alphonso.
A ouEsTIoN OF CIVIL AND MILITARY pEs.
cIPLINE.
PARIS, Dec. 2S.-The official Journal
announces that General BressalIes has
been placed on the unattached list. The
Journal Dcs DcbGtS says: "This was done
because Gen. Bressalles exaggerated or
misrepresented the tenor OF orders he
was instructed 10 communicate TO his
subordinates, thus furnishing a pretext
for the protest Of Mayor In Bordere
Those orders had reference to measures
OF public safety foreseen and permanent.
ly provided for in regular duties Of gar.
risons. This is accepted as an aulhOra-
tive explanation Of the. Limages' affair
a published report Of which was made
II appears that President McMahon had
signed decree cashiering the captain Of
the line regiment stationed at Limapes.
who declined December 18th; when or
ders were received to march 10 Paris.
He would not abet eottps de tat.
General Bressalles writes to the FIGARO
contradicting the account printed in the
5ionitettr, and said, when 1 receive orders
! execute them without comment, The
following seems 10 be correct version OF
General Bressalles: He called the oticers
ot the garrison into his room and COM
mnnicated instructions which seemed 10
indicate acoup d. etat. He also made
speech about how orders were TO be exc
cuted, saying in case of insurrection or
commotiou, il insurgents resorted to
strategem ofplacing women and children
in their front, the soldiers must FIRE not
withstandlng. Major La Bondere here
upon protested and resigned his sword
General Boral, Minister Of War, on in
yestigation, placed General Bressalles ON
the unattached list and dismissed Major
La Bondere for characterization.
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WASHINGTON, December 2s.-since the
passage of the army bill the United
States Treasury has paid out over s3O,.
900, 900 in currency, the greater portion
OF which was paid as compensation Ia
the officers and men Of The army. The
Treasury is now paying out over SoS,.
900, 600 in gold on account Of the interest
OF the public debt due the 1st Of January
next, making in all over $50 100000 dis.
bursed within the past six weeks.
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Lou1svLLB, December ga Mays-
vile, Ky, special says that last nigh,
Mike McNamara, Mat Settle and james
Henderson appeared at the residence Of
Mrs. Hyatt and demanded admittance
into an apartment occupied by Laura
Rose. Being denied, they fred into the
house, and one Of them, supposed to be
McNamara, entered and fred a third
shot, the ball taking effect in Miss Roses
face. No arrests.
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CRIMES.

WASHINGTON, December 2s.-Charle,
8. Burke, messenger in the Office Of the
Comptroller Of Currency, has been arrest,
de on a charge Of rObbing the mails.
CLEVELAND, December pa special
to the Herald from Delaware, Ohio, gives
the particulars Of the murder Of 4 man
named Leach by man named Olney, in
that place yesterday. Both prominent
citizens.
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Ereighfa.

81. Louis, December 2s.-The meeting
to-day Of the 81. Louis and Texas Gener'
al Freight Agents Association discussed
the matter OF a rehabilitation oi ireights
with a view to slight advance In the
rates, but their action has not been made
public. 1t is thought, however, that q
small advance will be made on Texas
bound ireights.
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: Perm Of the Nlnge linea.

L1TrLE Rock, December 28.-The
Treasurer Of the Texas & California Stage
Company is in receipt Of a telegram from
Daniel 9. Stevens, Superintendent 10
Western Texas, saying that the Indians
In that section seem so full Of hellish-
ness that unless more troops soon reach
there no stage lines can be maintained
nor the people left alive. The Indians
attacked the coach in Bassey Canon
captured the four horses and killed both
Of the drivers and Gabe Valdez, the Di-
vision Superintendent.
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1t will be recollected that about a year
ago a widow named Oliver brought suit
against Hon. Simon Cameron for breach
Of promise Of marriage. Nothing has
been publicly known concerning this suit
until to-day. It now appears by state.
ment 10 the Evening Star thatit was aban.
doned in January or February last, the
widow having waived further proceed
ngs in consideration OF the sum Of 81 900.
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Committee ON TerrItorIes.

WAsHINoroN, December 2S.-The Sub.
Committee Of the House Committee on
Territories to-day heard an argument
from Delegate COrbett, Of Wyoming, in
opposition to the bill for the establish.
ment Of the Territory Of Lincoln. Mr..
Corbett based his opposition mainly on
The argument that the population Of the
Black Hills country is not Of perma.
nent character. He also opposed the bill
because il provides for including a por.
tion Of Wyoming within the boundaries
OF the proposed new territory.
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An Educated Gardener Among


Landscape gardening is something
which In the past has received little or
no attention from our people, either in
the city or the country round
about. This, too, Notwithstanding the
fact that our locality iS geographically
well adapted to a fine display of cult.
vated taste in this direction. Much Of
this neglect is perhaps chargeable to the
fact that we have really had no one among
US who had any practical knowledge of
the science Of Landscape gardening.
During the past summer there came
among US an educated Euglishman, who
gave evidence in several instances where
he was employed otsuperior attainments
10 this line, and who was induced by the
kindness Of his reception and the pros.
pectiye field opened up to him, to remain
among us and devote himself to the bust.
ness Of gardening in several of It's depart
msnts. Accordingly he leased from
Joseph seybold all the available ground
attached to the old OFT property in South
Wheeling, and there laid out an extensive
hot house. We paid a brief visit
to his grounds yesterday and found
that he had under way a consid-
cradle crop Of embryo early vegeta.
bleS, which crop is expected to mature
In February, at a time when 1t is not
likely TO suffer from the competition ol
,early vegetables from the South. For
instance, there were long rows Of cucum.
Der plants, now putting out their third
leaves. As soon as the vines commence
to run they will be trained up the wall
udunder the glass roof Of the hot house
where they will take up but little room
and yet secure an immense bearing
breadth. There were also innumerable
rOwsOf radishes, already an inch or two
high, aud every here and there clumps oi
rhubarb. Besides these, there were over
two hundred thousand lettuce plants, al
otwhich were coming forward as luxu
riautly as we ever saw them in our bes
gardens in the month ol April
10 an interview with Mr.. Bailey, the
proprietor, we found him to be an in.
stance, rare in this country, of highl.
educated man who had turned his atten'
tiOu to an employment requiring grea
deal Of manual labor. He was born q
Ipswich, in England, ,otparena in moder
ate circumstances in life, and at ten year
otage wal, in accordance with his Owl
tastes for flowers and towering plants
placed In the employment Of an orna
mental horticulturist. he served I
ssvsnyears apprenticeship to this busi-
mess, during which time, by careful us
othis opportunities, he was able to &c
quire sufficient education to enable him
In his l7thyear, TO enter Christs Col
lesep Cambridge, from which he wa
graduated at the Gge Of 20. Al
the time he was attending college he de
lFAyed hisexpenses BY working 80 man.
hours per day at his iayori,e employment
and Immediately after his graduation re
osIysd the position Of under gardener 10
Lady cullum. Alta later period he re
ceiysd an appointmsptin in the Kew Gar
dsa', at London, a Government instiiu'
ton, and was selected as one Of Ave !,
travel in different countries and ccllsc