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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
6s.1ssa1 Nntiess.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

In the County Court Of Ohio County.
Amelia S. woods, who suea for her sCIsa'suE
vs..
Robert n. Woods and Amelia $, Woods, hl' SIZES,
beskl Brady, Trustee, The Merchants Sslets
Hank Of West Virginia AT Whcclin;, and Wa
GOshorn, Executor Of the last will aud io'aiA'l'"
John GOshOrn, deceased.
In pursuance Of an order Cnierel In the shove ~
tied cause on the nth day Of OciohrT l'is lhi l6d'
signed Commissioner will, at thraw office Of Er,''
L Allison, No. IliO Chapllnu street MhCr!las wa
on Saturday, the 9th day Of EOrCnlcr is''' fn'ra
10 take and state an account showing, ..,.,-. Il
LIST. 1.-THE amounts, with the several Pngiisggi y,
the liens upon the real estate Of the defendant t''i
b. Woods, mentioned In the bill, and the haA'
the holders Of said liens"
ID. Any other matters deemed p'rIhsa1 Y! w
Commissioner or reQuircd. by any I-T,a' 10 Inu'
II q provided In Sd order that the dac FugllsIa
Of this notice shall h. equivalent to tpi, 'tl'.s
thereof upon the parties IN Interest Ihr ,a., ..,,5
earnestly desires that all clain. 'lall F i'''''1
promptly on the day above namcl. ,,,r,yr
Commissioner Of the County Court Of Ohio Co. WA
nNiA.M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21

BuESos AYnrs is trying "Gat'' finance;
and wants to trade eighty millions Of her
bonds for three millions Of gold. No
takers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
REV ADVERTISEMENTS

pubic SALE.
ThatyaluabloF Farm known As the Casper clllia Farm,
between Martins fery aud Bridgeport, containing 90
acresOi land satabetog gardening, viii Be soId At
public salS, on tue pFemIsss, on SATURDAY October
96.h, 1878. oCgi
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
Coo, DINE, NEWS TO ALL OUT OF EN-.
TlHos. J, KIsSER, MD.
l. OTTlcE AND CONSULTING RooMS,
2240 MAIN ST., WHEELING, W. VA.

Can be consulted on matters pertaining TO
his profession either in English or German.
Chronic Diseases OF the Head, Throat, Lungs,
Heart Liver, Stomach, Blood, Urinary Organs,
Nervous System, Female Complaints and all
Constitutional Affections treated successfully.
Cures all cascs Of Piles No detention from
business. Medicines Furnished II desired.
Night calls promptly answered from the
office. je29
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DEPARTURE OF TRAIN,

STria1elphiA Accommodations tIaln only runs
between WHIT cling and TrlAdelphlA.
tDAily except Sunday-EeEiTk Accommodation,
tSteubenville AccOmmodati0n.-ThiS train during
the day passes backward and forward between Mar
tins Ferry and Bellalro, stopping when re1uIrcd Al
sherman House, Gtnaville, West wheeling and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
colonel nen % Go rn nIrhcr.

This is the way the Wetzel county Demo.
erai figures it out:
"Thc Democracy of the First Congress
sional District will re.elect Ben Wilson to
Congress in two years, and then put him
in the place Of II. G. Davis in the United
States Senate"
You are most too previous" friend
PdrkasJug Srniine.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
DINE FARM FOR SALE.

In pursuance Of the authority ve,iel 10 ne BY ID.
cree entered by said Court In The above eatel avs
on April 10Th, 1873, will sell Al the front lrTdlk
residence Of Moses Ray, on the premises hereby ,dI
| tISed To be sold on
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21

We loosed our little boat and were soon
back discussing our adventures over one
Of Andy's best suppers, and L may here
say in closing that Andy knows how to get
up something nice and palatable for hun
CRY man, and can measure your capacity
at a glance. The supply will be equal to
the demand. r.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21
Gnssst Salss.

W. II. nAlLKn, Auctlons; =: II V'''' '''', q
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-21

The Deisa,ea candidate IN ,he second. W.
IA Y Z Va, District.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
A Military Romance.

Orange county, n. Y, has just had
a wedding with enough romance about
it for novel. In 1862 the bridegroom
then young man, though under an
engagement to the lady whom he ex-
pected TO marry enlisted in the Union
army. His sweetheart made no effort
to dissuade him from what he thought
his duty, and with breaking heart she
bade him adieu, and quietly buried her
self in her home with her widowed
mother, the only living member of the
family beside herself. Fer awhile all
went well, and loving letters from his
sweetheart cheered the gallant soldier
and tender words of hope from him
made lite endurable TO her. After the
battle OF Charlottesville his letters
suddenly ceased. Letter afte- letter
but all that could be learned was. that
after the terrible battle he was missing.
Whether he had been killed or taken
prisoner no one could tell, and his fate
remained a mystery. His striken
sweetheart never entirely abandoned
hope, and lived on ''tender and true"
Hoping against hope for his return.
After many patient years her troth has
been rewarded, and she is now a happy
bride. His narrative is that sometime
during the fight he was taken prisoner.
and soon after he was sent to a South
can prison, where he was kept about
year. suffering untold torture. He
finallyescaped and reached the seabOard.
where he conceived the idea of person.
ating an English sailor and getting to
England on blockade runner. After
that all is blank. He learned afterwards
that he had been taken i'll, and soon
after was insane. On his arrival in
England he was taken to the insane
asylum by the Captain of the blockade
runner, where he remained until year
ago. when he was discharged cured, but
penniless. He succeeded in securing a
situation in a mercantile house, where
he rapidly won the esteem of the prin-
ciples, TO whom he told his story. \
leave of absence was granted him, he
came 10 Middletown aud found his old
now a mature lady of thirty
two, still faithful to his memory. They
were quietly married. and returned to
where lie proposes to remain
for a term of years. During his long
absence his only surviving relatives,
brother and uncle, had died and he had |
no ties to keep him here, save the love
Of country, which will eventually bring |
him and his faithful wife back TO our |
shores
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
The Honeymoon Eclipsed.

"When you are looking on me you
are looking down on a heart broken
woman" said Eliza Powers as she
wiped her eyes before the desk.
'They come here most every day. he
replied.
81 was married four weeks ago." she
sighed softly as she scratched her nose.
81 was living as coy as a duck, up on
Chene street, when Powers first found
me. He said he was struck with my
beauty"
"Was he crazy?" softly inquired his
Honor, after the boys got through
laughing.
mo sir; he was a nice man, or so /
though then. He could quote of the
incest poetry you ever heard.-He could
tell you how long George Washington
WAS President, which is the biggest
city in the world, when old John Brown
was killed, and lots of other things.
And he called rne his angel, sir, and he
was always talking about my raving
locks and chestnut eyes,"
"Hurry up-come TO the family fight
As soon as you can," warned the Court,
as she paused for breath.
"Csn't tell what l wore when we
went to be married?"
mo, ma'am. The law doesn't know
as you wore anything"
"Well, 1 did, sir. Dye s'pose Ia be
married without clothes, and good
clothes, too? Well, as 1 was saying,
we'd been married three days when
hit him a slap on the ear and he gave
me cuff on the MOUTH
"Any more?"
"Yes, sir; but il was his fault.-He
called me names, and he objected when
| took little sip to drown me sorrow,
and he was mad when wouldn't draw
me seven dollars out of the bank and let
him invest 1t for me. The other day he
left me. We had a row, sir, and be-
cause l backed him into the woodbox
and jamed his head agin rail lie flew
to Canada"
'I'm left here with me sorrow
This dark day;
That may die tomorrow
| shall pray"
"POOh ~
"Oh, you may make light of this
aching heart, sir, but nj soon be under
the sod."
"Youll soon get the red color out of
your face, your hands washed your hair |
and a job for sixty days." he
replied.
eff you send me up III choke meself
to death with stringv
''That is nothing to me, Mrs. John
son. If lend a man my snow-shovel
and he breaks his back by falling over
it, the law can't hold me. Go in and
sit down. There's a pan of snow ap-
plies, dime novel, and good fire in
there.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
Enormous Prices for Paintings.

Some enormous prices were realized
at a sale in London of the collection of
pictures formed by the late Mr.. Munro.
Sir Joshua Reynolds kitty Fisher"
brought $3.50, and his portrait of the
Hon. Mrs. Stanhope, personifying
Contemplation" was knocked down
for SIS, 300. Wilkes ''Gentle Shep-
herd" brought only sSl6, and the pic
lures of Richard Wilson. believed by
many in England TO be the finest CLASH
cal painter of the eighteenth century
sold for mere song. Then came the
productions of Joseph NJ. W. Turner.
Thirty-two drawings, large and small,
brought little over $Sl 800. The old
pictures, which included "Ancient
Italy" " ''Modern Rome" ''Rome from
the Oventuine,'' ''Juliet after the
Masquerade, 4" Ivan Tromp's Gallery"
Avalanche in the Vald'Aosta," and
the ''Kilgarren CASTLE" went at prices
ranging between $4,000 and $29.7SO
apiece. Two others sold for s26, 900
each. The nine works in oil produced
an aggregate of s2ll ,956, and the grand
total for all the Turner's sold that day
was s293, ,632. Two undeniable genuine
Hogarths, being two of the scenes from
the .'Hariot's Progress, went cheap,
one for s2.650, and the other for 81 $50.
Two painting r, p. Bennington, ''The
Fish Market" and "The Grand Canal,
Venice sold for $4,000 apiece. The
total amount realized was $3.50, ,575, the
highest ever reached for such small
number of pictures.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21

below the island, to see what it was
made of, and when he drew back his
arm his hand was gone. The island
god once gave present OF a club to the
tankei; and at fifty miles distance we
were assured that We should see the
club; but as we neared the place its
whereabouts became more and more
vague, until our arrival on the spot,
when there was no trace of it. Another
god. called ''Lotu," had taken away
that club. There were some other
thinge. also, that we did not see. The
three eels that served the Waga-qele as
rudder in the geod old times, we did
not see. But we were glad 10 see the
island itself, and all the place, before
the light of the ancient mythology had
entirely faded away, or, rather. had
become merged into the greater light;
for the simple belief of these people was
but tropic night, and not entirely des-
titute of some good thing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
The Right Man.

A day or two since, Mr.. Shaw. a time
keeper of the Consolidated Virginia
mine, found a watch lying on the snow
where it had evidently been dropped by
some one working in or about the
mine.
Mr.. Shaw wrote a note to that effect,
posting it up by the side of the window
to which the men came to give in their
names when going on or coming of
their shifts.
Several men called and described
what was, according to their ideas, a
valuable WATCH" nearly all making it
gold. with a fine chain of the same
metal. Some set number of beautiful
pieces of gold quartz into the links of
the chain.
At last little Frenchman came to the
window and said:
"You fiud one watch, Mistair Shaw ?"
ayes, SIR" said Shaw. "Have you
lost a watch?''
"Yes, sare, have lose one watch"
"Can you describe it?"
"Oh. yes. sare, very perfectly"
''well, what was it likeY''
"My watch was a silver one."
"what kind of a face?"
"well, he have he's face wide open.'
"What kind Of chain"
"One leedle brass chain"
"What kind of a key was on the
chain?"
"He have no key at all; wind him
by zee tail"
The watch was a stem-winder, and
the Frenchman had given n perfect de-
scription of 1t. even down to "zee tail. ,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21

A late visitor to the Sandwich Islands
gives the following account of the leap
ing swimming and diving of the natives.
We returned to the Sunbeam on Christ
mas, and on the following day we
witnessed some extraordinary feats of
swimming performed by the natives of
the Island. A copious stream enters the
sea about a quarter OF mile west of the
little town of Hilo. At short distance
from its mouth it forces its way through
chasm in the volcanic rocks, and then
winds round precipitous crag of lava,
at the foot of which it forms still pool
six fathoms in depth. We had been
invited to witness two noted swimmers
leap from the summit of the crag into
the pool below. The whole population
turned out on the occasion, and seated
themselves on the grassy slopes above
the river. awaiting the arrival of the
two athletes. Meanwhile a number of
the more youthful inhabitants of Hilo,
of both sexes, entertained us with
display OF the art of swimming and
diving. One active girl leaped repeat
edly from a height of twenty feet into
the river. In the intervals between
theiI performances these amphibious
people climbed up the rocks that over
hung the river, whore they gathered
themselves into the most picturesque
groups of bronze, colOred yet shapely
humanity. There were few garments
to mar the symmetry of their forms, but
there was not the slightest faint of i'm
modcsty in the scene. A sculptor,
looking on with the cultivated eye of a
trained artist, would have reveled in
the graceful movements of the forms
displayed before him; while painter
would have appreciated not less the
harmonious colors of the picture, in
which the olive fiesh-tints formed such
an admirable contrast to the dark lava
rocks on which the swimmers reclined.
Many laborious student of the academy
has racked his brain in the vain effort
to produce a composition on canvas or
in marble, with not one half the beauty
or the truth to nature of these fortuitous
assemblages of graceful figures.
An hour had passed away not unpleas-
antlywhen the heroes of the day arrived.
They were to leap into the pool beneath
from the summit of precipice ninety
feet in height. Thirty feet below the
edge crag juts out fifteen feet from the
face of the rock. 1t was necessary for
the swimmers to clear this projection.
We were seated on the ledge of rock
near the edge Of the water to witness
the feat they were about to perform.
II wac a nainf of view whence the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
" The First Private"

Arare specimen Ofsoldierly humanity
once appeared at Southern hotel. In
the large barrOom of the house, during
the evening. discussion arose touching
certain events that transpired at the
battle of shiloh. The dispute waxed
warm. Many of those present had been
i'm the war, some engaged on the one
side, and some on the other, and being
military men and officers at that, they
were very emphatic. At length mod
est gentleman, who had been sitting in
a far corner, quietly listening, arose
and came forward.
Gentlemen" said he, '' happened
10 be in that battle-was in at the be-
ginning, and came out at the end-and
If you would like, will tell you just
how ii was
All were respectfully silent while he
spoke, and they could not be otherwise
than attentive; for the mans descrip-
tion of the battle was 50 precise, so cir
so eloquent, and so start
there seemed to be living the fiery scene
over again. When he had concluded,
all understood, and there was room for
no more dispute.
On the following morning, the soldier
of Shiloh went to the office to settle his
bill previous to departure, and asked
the amount OF his indebtedness. Said
the landlord
You were in the army?"
Yes. sir"
May / ask what Office you held 2"
g held no commission, sir, was but
a private soldier"
''Is it possible? Well, sir, shall
claim the privilege of celebrating this
rare event by making you present of
a receipted bill without further cost to
you. OF the thousands of soldiers that
have stopped at my house since the
close of the war, you are the first pri
yate.''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
A Cause of Deafness.

Persons who contemplate spending
the summer at the seashore will be in
terested in a paper contributed to the
Medical Record by DIR. samuel Sexton,
Surgeon-in-Chief to the New York Ear
Dispensary, in which he estimates that
a thousand people of that city are sent
to their physicians, to be treated for
ear diseases, every year, whose trouble
has arisen from getting water in their
ears while bathing, or from catching
cold at such times by exposure or ne
glect. 1t appears from the Doctors re-
searches that salt water is peculiarly
irritating to the delicate structures of
the inner ear. Very cold water of the
freshest kind may, however. be equally
harmful, and there is a short list of ca
ses resulting from the Russian bath,
two of the patients being themselves
physicians. A few instances are cited
where the trouble came from using the
so-called nasal douche," water having
penetrated to the ear by the passage
are unimportant compared with those
where trouble has come from salt water
bathing. In all Of sixty-five of the last
named cases inflammation occurred; in
fifty-seven ii was acute. A variety of
subsequent damages may accrue, when
the trouble spreads; permanent deaf
ness is not among the least of these, and
life itself may be endangered, Surf
bathers are especially exposed to such
injuries, since a breaker may strike
them on the side of the head and drive
the water into the ear; the same result
may ensue if the bather gets a sudden
mouthful from an unexpected wave,
the water then being forced through
from the mouth to the inner ear. Man,
the doctor thinks, is not naturally am
phibious. Animals fitted for aquatic
life are provided with various arrange
ments for keeping the water out; seals,
for instance, have movable membrane
fluid; the muscles of the water shrew
are competent to shut the ear passages.
People who are blessed with very small
openings to their ears run the least
risk in bathing. A man should never
dive, says the doctor, if he wishes to
preserve his hearing. When in the
surf he should take the wave on his
chest or back, ''closing his mouth and
nostrils," though how man can close
his nostrils the doctor does not state.
But the pledget of cotton for the ears is
essential, and every bather should be
provided with it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21

tions Blake was struck by the recoil
of the hinder portion of the broken
roge and hurled to the corner of the
anchorage. covering the stones and
iron work with his blood. His right
arm was dislcc ted at the shoulder,
and torn out at the elbow, the bone
protruding about three inches from
the flesh. A blow on the head, Just
above the forehead, had made a hole
through which the brains could be
seen- He died Immediately. supple.
who was standing forward was hurled
back against the woodwork, and ropes
on the side of the anchorage, and, roll
ing through. fell down into the yard,
nearly seventy sect below. He died
about two O'Clock. Mr. Farsington was
struck by the rope and thrown upon his
on the other strands. the entire tackling
flying over his PROSTATE body, but
without doing him any further injury.
The huge block of pulleys. weighing
about 800 pounds, attached TO the shoe.
which, with its bars weighed about
three tons. all under the heavy strain OF
the strand, being suddenly released
darted toward the ryer with loud
whizZing sound. The huge missile
passed over TWO houses, demOlishing
the chimney of a third partly cracking
its roof, and knocked off a few bricks
from the roofs of the two next houses.
South street, which was crowded with
vehicles and people il broke down, q
stout new telegraph pole, which il bore
along with it. Passing over the entire
street, it struck the pavement on the
eastern side and rebounding, tore away
part of the high wooden fence OF the
yard of the main pier, and finally
rested on a heap of gravel, where a few
minutes before a gang OF men, with
several carts, had been at work. The
gate watchman and one of the fOremen
were sitting eating their dinners, about
five feet from where the shoe finally
struck An Italian candy vender, was
sta lding in the street, and portion OF
the rope struck his stand, demOlishing
it and scattering his wares i'll all direc-
tiOns, but the man escaped. y ear was
passing, and the rope rushed past close
behind the rear platform. The distance
between the anchorage and the pier on
the river side is $50 feet, and the shoe
attached to the strand passed over fully
700 feet before it rested on the bed of
gravel. That part of the strand between
The piers over the river, rapidly de-
'cending under its own weight; and
,ne of the Union ferry boats which wa
,rossing to Brooklyn, narrowly escaped
being struck by ii.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21

swimmers were seen with striking
effect, as they first appeared on the crag
before us, and paused for moment on
its brink before taking their tremendous
leap into the gulf beneath.
As we looked up to the summit of the
precipice the powerful forms of these
olive colored men-notable specimens
of the native races of the Pacific-stood
out in magnificent relief against the
dark blue sky. Each wore a green
wreath fastened on his brow, trifiing
touch which enhanced the resemblance
to those admirable products of ancient
art, the bronze figures of the flying
Mercury in the museum at Naples. As
the first swimmer gathered himself
together for the leap there was breath
less silence in the crowd, a momentary
succeeded by that set look which man
wears who is determined to do a chiv-
alrOus deed or perish in the attempt.
Then came superb elastic bound, an
VI lht anu
the athletic figure darted downwards
like an arrow through the air, with i
tremendous splash, disappeared feet
downwards below the CLASSY surface,
and after prolonged immersion, rose
again TO the surface scathless, amid the
enthusiastic ovations of the crowd. The
great feat was followed by a perfor-
nance which, would have excited
wonder. 1t was leap down a water
fall having fail of fifteen feet. Not
only did the two champions take the
leap, but even the nymphs of Hilo, in
numbers, followed them. After Gisap-
pearing for a few moments in the
seething water at the foot of the cas-
cade, they reappeared laughing and
talking, evidently regarding this feat
as an ordinary bathing incident.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21
NOBODY BUT NE.

I'm very happy where l am
Far across the say.
I'm very happy far from home
In North Ameriksy.
It's only in the night, when Pat
Is sleeping by my side,
/ lie awake and no one knows
The big tears that I've cried.
For little voice still calls me back
To nv fsr-fsr countrie,
And nobody can hear it spake.
Oh. nobody but me-
There is little spot of ground
Behind the chapel wall;
It's nothing but a tiny mound
Without q stone at all
Ii rises to my heart just now,
II makes dawny hlil.
It's from below the voice comes out,
Icsnnot kspe it still
Oh. lit e voice, We csll me back
To my far, far countrie,
But nobody can hear you spake,
Oh, nobody but me-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-21

1t is Just as much your drty 10 be a
Christian and set me an example, as il
is my duty to be one and set you an ex-
ample.