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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-07
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-07

THEMES no mud, anyhow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-07

THERMOMETER REcoRD.-Ths follow.
ing shows the range Of the thermometer,
az observed at Schnepfs drug store, Opera
Hama FORMER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-07

The Telegram and Della were the
only short line packets that made their
trips on Saturday.
The Thanhaiser, from Matamoras,
came up on Saturday night, but will not
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
A
ANow Schedule of salaries Proposed.

The House Committee Of POstoiice'
and Post-rOads agreed TO report Mr..
Waddell's bill to regulate the compcn-
satiOn of pOstmlsters and for other pur-
poses. 1t divides postmasters into fouT
classes. The first class receives $4,000,
aud upward; the second less than 5000
aud not less than g, 900; the third class
from 81 900 to g, 0Jj, and the fourth
class less than 81 800. Il proves that
CLASSES one, two and three shall be APP
pointed by the President, and the
fourth class By the Postmaster General.
The three higher classes receive annual
salaries, 10 be asccrtlined from their
respective quarterly returns TO the
PostOfice Department. The compcnsa-
ton of po,tmlstcrs Of the fourth class
shall be the whole of the box rent col
lectcd at their Offices and commissions
on unpaid letters, postage collected, or
amounts received from waste paper,
dead newspapers, printed matter and
Irvine sold, etc. Their commissions
are regulated by the amount of receipts
from these sources. On the first 500
il Is 60 per cent, and on all owe $500
per quarter 20 per cent. It provides
that when this commission and box
rents amount TO over 500 the Post
master General shall fix a salary. In
no case l. there to he allowed TO any
postmaster of the fourth class a greater
compensation than $3.50 in any oac
quarter, exclusive of mOnry-order
commissions. 1t further provides that
the salaries of the first, second and
third classes shall be readjusted every
two years. No postmaster is to re-
ceivc exceeding 81 1000, except in the
city of New York, which salary shall
remain as now fixed by law. Discre-
tiOnary power is given to the P0stmas-
ter General to withhold commissions
on returns whenever he is satisfied that
a postmaster has made 4 false return.
The penalty of a violation Of the pro-
visions of the bin in making the re-
turns is fine of not less than $50 nor
more than 5000.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
The UuTning Election,

The Bradley cUInty Republicans want
10 get themselves in a little better
shape this 'coWing election than they
were two years ago. If they run too
many candidates for the same Office a
Democrat will slip in again. This
county is Republican and should elect
Republican officers. 1t can be done
veryeasily by organizing now and pre-
pairing for a convention that VIII cX-
press the will Of the people. Some Re
publicans in the past have thought
they were so popular they could Win
without the party, that they ingnorcd a
convention, and the result was they
were defeated. The Republican party
of Bradley Co. is not more than able to
elect one man to II position, and don't
intend this time to be imposed upon by
too many so-ealled "independents.'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
Judge Whitaker IA defaultcr.

The Judge Whitaker whose ms of
Justice will not allow him to give the
members of the Louisiana Returning
Board a fair trial, is thus described by
the New York Tribune: He, is, doubt-
less, the same w. X. Whitaker who
was sub-Trcasurcr in New Orleans in
1866, until the discovery Of his defllcl-
ton for threc-quarters Of a million dol
lars. \ large part Of tle deficit has
never been made goel TO the United
States, and, so far as known, Judge
Whitaker has never been legally re-
lievcd from the position and RESPONSE
bility of Il dcfaulter. He was never
suspected of having used much, if any,
Of the money on his own account. He
lent it mostly to his kinsmen and
friends, who used it in unavaillng eff
forts to protect the First National Bank
of New Orleans from the consequences
of disastrous speculations in cotton and
gold. The failure of the bank speedily
brought out the facts of Mr. Whitakcr'S
dedication in the sub-Treasury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

then fence his farm into convenient
sized fields, after which the work Of
composing and subsoiling hogan In
earnest. And to-day his farm Is I'm the
highest state of cultivation of any in
my knowledge. lie has the largest and
best arranged barn | ever SAW. His
fifty fine wcathcrs are o. one meadow
~fattening for the spring market and on
another he has more than forty ewes
aud bucks. One buck Of the Cotswold
breed he bought of Tom Crutchfpld al
ten dollars. The wool Of these sheen
is eight aud ten inches long. His hogs
are Pure Berkshircs and are fine. he
also has a good breed OF cattle, having
bought some Of them from Mr.. John
King, who keeps the best breeds. lie
stalls his stock beds then on leave,
from the woods, straw, hay, &c., and
this bedding, when rolted, he hauls out
and piows 1t under and sOws wheat on
it. One thing | noticed worthy Of men
ton: Where the compost from his
sheep is tm ned under the wheat is much
larger and finer than where that from
the cattle and horses was put; every
thing else being except one was from
shcer and the other from horses and
cattle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
CABINET OPINIONS OF LOUISIANA
AFFAIRS.

Secretary Sherman said, in converse
ton, that he had information which
led him to hope that Anderson would
get Il new trial. The Secretary was
very emphatic in his Remuneration Of
the Louisiana Democrats. lie thought
it Il violation of an honorable obligation
TO let by-goncs be by-gones. Besides,
nothing had come to light yet which
indicated that the members Of the
Board had committed any otfense which
would justify their incarceration in
Jail. Besides, while it was a great out
rage and hardship, yet good would
come from it. What doubts had he of
Republican success in 1850 were pretty
we'll dispellcd now. This louisiana af-
fair would open the eyes of the North
as to the utter worthlessness Of Demo
cratic promises, and show very clearly
the danger of letting the Southern De.
mocracy get possession Of the govern
mcnt. Without help from the North
they never could get possession, and
The Secretary thought their prospects
Of help in that quarter would grow
less as their motives came TO the sur
face, MS in New Orleans. Being in
formed of the rumor that Judge Whit
takcr would sue him for damage fol-
reporting him a dcfaulter, the Secreta-
~ said that he had ~ objection to be-
Ing defendant in n suit of that charac'
Ncter, though he hal no intima;ion OF
It,. Secretary McCrcary who had been
very conservative in his actions and ut
tcrances, since the Louisiana complies
ton came up, feels indignant at the
course the Democrats there have taken,
Tcremarked privately that, speaking
for himself alone, If this thing went
much furtAer he would put on his wal
paint and never again take stock in
Democratic promises.
Jukge Aey laments the whele affair,
and in his peculiar Situation he feels ii
perhaps as much rs any person. He
uses his influence to quiet the disturb
ed state Of affairs as much as possible,
in the hope that the furry will soon
blow over. lie says that the agitation
which has taken PLACE has seriously In
jured business by destroying conf
denco aud threatening a renewal OF
sectional auimositicS.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
Hon. 7. II. MeyGeld.

In this issue will be found the
announcement of =. B. Mafiycld OF
this place as a candidate for Chancellor,
Mr.. Mayfeld needs no Introduction
from u3. lie has been raised and lives
among us-is onc'of our people-and
is as well known IN this end of the
State as most any man. AZ Il lawyer he
is among the first, as a man and citizen
there are none better: hi election would
give the whole district satisfaction. 4
more able man never offered his seryi-
ces TO this or aAy other district, and
we predict theg will be accepted.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Thislinircnt very naturally originated A in Ameri'
en-, where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antidotes Cor the maladles OF her chill
dren, Its fame has been spreading for % years'
until now 1t cncirclc3 the hnbitable globe.
Tho Mexican liustalg Linimcnt is q matches
remedy for all external ailments of man and beast.
To stock owners and farmers 1t is Invaluable.
A single bottle often saves o human life or re-
stores the usefulness Of an excellent horse, OK.
COW, or sheep.
It cures foot rot, hoof-ail, hollow horn, grub,
scrcw.worm, slouIGer.rot, mango, the bites and
stlngs of poisonous reptiles and insects, and every
such draw back to stock breeding and bush life.
1t cures every external trouble of horses, such
ns lameness, scratches, swlnny, sprains, founder.
wlnd.gall, rlng-bono, etc, etc.
The Mexican Mustang Llnlmcnt Is tho quickest
cure in the world for accidents occurring In tho
family, in the absence Of o physician, such az
burns, Scalds, sprains, cuts, etc, and for rhcumS'
tism, and stiffness engendered by exposure. Par
ticularly valuable to Miners.
1t is tho cheapest remedy in tho world, for IL
penctratcs the muscle TO the bone, md q single
application is generally sufficient TO cure.
Mexican Mustang Liniment Is put up In three
sizes Of bottles, the larger ones being proportion
ately much the cheapest, Sold everywhere,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
nemncrn1Ic onlnIon of Tnden.


The folloming is 4 specimen Of the
talk of Southern members Of Congress
about Tildcn.
Proctor Knott says that Kentucky
has had all she wants of Tilden.
Mr.. Harris, Of Virginia, says: Tilden
has no strength. We elected him once;
he would not take the Office; and that
will do.
Mr.. Bright, of Tennessee, says: Til
den is too old. He will never be the
choice Of the people again.
Mr.. Singleton, Of Mississippi, says:
The people Of New York State don't
want any more OF Tilden. lie did not
stand up for his rights.
Mr.. Goode, Of Virginia, says: Our
people think they a get a stronger
and better man next time.
Mr.. Hartzcll, of Illinois, says: Til
den stands no more chance than JcG.
Davis, and could not be elected if nom
mated again.
Mr.. Crayens, Of Arkansas, says: Our
people bave had enough of Tilden.
Mr.. CLARK, of Missouri, says: Tilden
beat Us cut Of one victory, and that is
enough.
Mr.. Dibrell, of Tennessee, says: Oar
people have no further Bse for rilden.
lie Is not the man they want.
Mr.. Schlciccr, of Texas, says: The
peoplc Of Texas don't want Iildcn
again.
Mr.. Wilson says the same of the pco-
pie of West Virginia.
Mr.. WhirthOrne, Of Tennessee, says:
The people of Il State don't think
Tilden stood by them in the last cam
paign, and they cannot be induced TO
support him in another convention.
Mr.. Slemmons, Of Ark. says: Our
people are disguised with him. We
don't want any man from east Of the
Alleghanies. Mr.. Chalmers, Of Miss,
indorscs the resolution introduced In
the Mississippi Legislature, that
"iIayes is a fraud and ridden i, a fail
ure,n
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

"Fair Play" IN Tuesdays ChattanOo-
ga Dispatch is very indignant because
Judge Bradford desires a reelection to
the Office of Chancellor. lie thinks
Chattanooga should have that Office,
and uscs as an argument that Chatta-
n0ogans are put to a great deal Of trout
bic hunting bradford in the country.
That's rather heavy-on Athens.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
From MeIgq County---AgrIculturc.

ITDIl 4hSlef NbNtiiNt w
MIR. Editor: In my letter last week
| said that Georgetown was loca.cd
about the center Of Cur valley: and that
il was the best section OF
the country with which was ar-
Quaintcd. My reasons for making dis
assertion arei That our lands produce
more and better wheat to thc-Ncrc. 1t
is naturally adapted to the growing Of
clover, which enriches it very rapidly
it produces as much corn to the arce as
any upland within my krowlodgc-
brings timothy and herd or red top
grass well, and blue grass is almost If
not qui c a natural growth. My opin-
ion is that if its growth was encouraged
it would pay Il farmers better (for
grazing purposes than to cultivate
their lands in corn or wheat (though
wheat pays we'll when the ground is
properly prcpared.) | have Is or 20
acres in blue grass that is worth more
to me than that many acres cultivated
in anything else on my farm. | never
feed my sheep only when snow covers
the ground. Stock an hogs do as Wei
on it rs they do on c'oytr. Clover only
lasts n short time in spring and sum
mer, whereas the blue grass gloNs
nearly lhG entire year. Our soil is u
dark mulatto with stiff red subsoil and
/ very susceptible Of improvement.
Barn yard manure raises it lie soda
does a biscuit. The Red Hills in your
county produce wheat Of as fine quail y
as Georgetown lards; but 10. so mu,h
to the acre. If our land owners here
would divide their farms into two or
three lots and sell them TO such farmers
u our f'iln John Co0dner, mot ten
per cent John of your town, but Old
uncle Jake's John of Long Savannah
Valley Our valley would flourish like
n Green Bay tree, IN | we would grow
rich. Some s or 10 years ago Mr.. Good
ner bought a small and not very rich
firm from one G. W. ~llanscley, six
miles south Of hero. His first work
was 90 build q comfortable log cabin,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

A Charleston correspondent Of the
Chattanooga Commercial writes There
has been a grccnback club organized in
Calhoun that ought to be healthy from
the number Of Doctors connected with
t.. Or. McWhirtcr IA temporary
chairman, DR.. lloge permanent chair
man, Or. Lane secretary aud Dr. Sloln
orator Of the day.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

The foreign powers are about to fight
about dividing up that Turkey. Russia
wants all the wings and legs, and En-
glcd objects.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
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Ia the President without Friends?


If there should be any agitation in
Congress, what would be the position
Of the President? 1t would be difficult
TO name a man in either house who is
earnest in the support of the President,
or even in the defence of the Prcsi-
dent. In the narrow limits of the see
resy of an executive session, the reports
of which can Immediately be denied as
newspaper lies, there have been four or
five men who separated themselves
from their party and supported the
Presidents nominations; but it is
doubtful whether more than one of
these men in open Senate, in the pres
cncc of the cXciremcnts which impend
and which seem possible, could be re-
lied upon to defend the President I'M
der all circumstances.
The causes which have led to this
situation are not ditlicult to discover.
The leaders of the Republican party
say that the President has taken pains
to ignore every suggestion made by
them. and that he is seeking every
means to govern the country alone, or
with the all Of Democratic advisers.
These latter have already proved that
they are friends of the President to the
extent only that they are recipients OF
Presidential favor. Futhpr rhan that
they do not darc-cvcn if any Of them
wish-to 20.
After the holiday recess there were
strong Indications Of the restoration OF
IN era of good feeling between the
President and the leaders of the Rcpub.
lican party. IT was believed by many
! that, removed from the scene of pas.
sion, the President had become convin-
ced that the great object Of the Repub.
lican leaders think that this contilnncc
is not now well founded. The appoiAt.
ments that have been made since the
recess have been for The most part in
def nCe of the known wishes OF the
foremost men in the Republican party
So that altogether the prospects Of har
mony in the party, Or ever of prevent
ing disharmony, are more remote than
they We're one month ago. The pres
ent condition is that Of Il trI'c upon
the one side, aud of indifference o
helplessncss or both, upon the other
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

The Congress door keeper, Polk, must
resign. They've proved fraud on him.
Too many Democratic friends.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

Tennessee bonds are worth only 50
cents on the dollar.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

Lamar refused to vote Oh the silver
bill as the Mississippi Legislature in
structed him To.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

The Silver bill has passed the Senate.
If itpasscs the House then well have
silver dollars as big as wagon wheels.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21

Gold Is steady from sl.o2 to $l.O27s,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-30
Manhood; How Lost, HOW Restored

Just published, a new edition of DR.. Culverwell's
celebrated essay the radical cure without medl-
cine) Of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weaknss In
voluntary Losses, Impotency, Mental or Physical
lncapacity, Impediments TO marriage, etc; also
Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by sell
Indulgence, or sexual extravaganza, etc.
TT Price in sealed envelope only six cents.
The celebrated author of this admirable essay
clearly demonstrates from thirty years success.
full practice that the alarming consequences OF
sef-abuse may be radically cured without the dan
gerous use of internal medicine or the application
Of the knife, pointing out mode of cure at once
nipple certain and effectual, by means OF WhlGn
very su fferer no matter what his condition may be
may cure himself cheaply, priya' ely, and radically
This lecture should be in the hands OF every youth
and man in the land
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to any az
dress postpaid on receipt of six cents or two post
age stamps. Address,
The Culverwell Medical Company,
Al Ann Street, New York.
Post -O0ipn poy dHQE
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-30
Four Celebrated Trees.

A correspondent of the Troy Times
thus describes four celebrated "big
trees" of California
The " Father of the Forest" whose
huge form now lies prostrate upon the
ground, has diameter of thirty-seven
feet. and measures 112 feet in circum-
ference at the base. 1t must have been
400 feet high when standing. We
climbed mp by ladder ON the mighty
trunk, and walked from the roots to-
ward the top for 300 feet, then We're
compelled to come down another ladder
because the tree had been broken in
two by falling. At the break we found
the giant sixteen feet in diameter.
Through the trunk of the fallen mon
arch, which is hollow, one can ride for
seventy-five feet on horse back. A party
Of us walked side by side through the
inside of this tree, then we all crawled
through knot-hole.
The "Mother Of the Forest, now
dead but still standing, is 1927 feet high,
More than 100 feet higher than Bunker
hill monument.) This is the tallest
tree on the continent. Some years
since the bark was stripped from this
tree, for distance Of 116 feet from the
ground, and carried to England. Your
correspondent saw it in the London
crystal palace, in 1857.
One of the trees of this grove (the
Calaveras) is called the cold Bachelor. -"
He is sixty feet in circumference, and
looks, like some other old bachelors,
rather forlorn. Another is called the
"Old Maid, and she is full sixty feet
around the waist. The Old Bachelor
and Old Maid are quite distance apart
(they generally are, you know The
Bachelor is still standing; but few
years ago the Old Maid fell, and must
tell of it, she fell right toward the Old
Bachelor.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-30
Aaron Burr and Madam Jumel.

A New York correspondent gives this
reminiscence OF the man who killed
Alexander Hamilton and who failed to
become President of the United States
by hairs breadth Madam Jumel died
in 1906. She was then ninety-three
years old, and had been out of public
sight for about generation. She lived
in the old mansion in the upper part of
the city up to the time of her death, and
her son-in law, Nelson Chase, lived
there with her. But though the public
did not see or hear much Of Madam
Jumel, she was not forgotten. Old
residents often spoke of the singular
episode in her career that brought her
into notice as the wife of Aaron Burr.
She had known Burr and many other
noted men during her husbands life
time, and soon after NJ. Jumers death
she accepted an offer of marriage from
Burr, and became his wife. Burr lived
with her o short time in the house that
still bears her name. But more i'll
starred match could not have been made.
Burr had grown querulous and sour,
and his wife was vixen. They spent
scarcely one quiet hour. 1t was per-
petual quarrel between them, and Burr
discovered very soon that the woman
would surely have the best of it to the
end. She was imperious as well as
waspish, and her strength Of will as
serted itself over the failing powers Of
Burr. He fingered around the house,
however, until his wife finally, turned
him out. She had no more pity for him
than if he were dog, and when he or
dered him to go he had to obey. 1t is
not known that the ill-mated couple ever
met again. The old tavern on Staten
Island where Burr passed his last days
is still standing there, and many stories
are told in the neighborhooi Of his
manner and acts before death dropped
the curtain for good and all. He had no
friends, but the strangers who attended
him showed him every kindness. They
were obliged to humor him in many
ways, for the will that was SO weak be.
fore his termagant wife was hard and
strong again in hours of his illness.
When he was buried in New Jersey, his
grave was left without mark to dis
tinguish it. One morning, long after,
people passing by were astonished to see
handsome monument above it. The
monument had been mysteriously placed
there in the dead Of night, but at whose
expense was never known. There were
surmises that Madam Jumel, moved by
remorse, had ordered the monument
and arranged for it's secret erection, but
whether she or some other person paid
this tribute to the memory Of Burr is
still mooted question in the vicinity
of the little graveyard in New Jersey.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-30
A Cats Sense OF Smell.

Pussy has not keen sense of smell.
A piece of meat may be placed in close
proximity to cat, but. if it is coveredup,
she will fail to distinguish it. This
want is, however, partly compensated
for by an extremely delicate sense of
touch, which is possessed to remark
able extent by the whiskers or vibrisse,
as well as by the general surface of the
skin. These bristles are possessed, to o
greater Or less extent, by all cats, and
are simply great developed hairs, having
enormously swollen roots, covered with
layer OF muscular tibers, with which
delicate nerves are connected. By
means Of these latter the slightest touch
on the extremity of the whiskers is in
stantly transmitted to the brain. These
organs are of the greatest possible value
to the cat in its nocturnal campaigns.
When it is deprived Of the guidance
afforded by light it makes its way by
the sense OF touch, the fine whiskers
touching against every object the cat
passes, and thus acting in precisely the
same manner as blind mans stick.
Put couple Of dozen, of exquisite
fineness, and these not held in his hand,
but imbedded in his skin, SO that his
nerves come in contact with them, in.
stead of having layer of skin between,
and some notion may be formed Of the
way in which cat uses its whiskers. Sc
puss is not so badly off, after all.