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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
THE APPARENT EpIDEnIC o
DISHONESTY.

For months past the newspapers have
teamed with accounts of dishonest trans
actions of every shade and cahbre. Men
whose characters had always been above
reproaeh were found to be defsulters'
forgers, thieves and Fogues Of the worst
kind SO common and so frequent have
these things become, that their prevail
ance seems to be genuine epidemic.
This great lowering Of the standard of
morality and integrity came into exist
ance at the close Of the Wgr, and has IN
creased rather than lessened ever since.
Thousands of strong, healthy, quick
witted men were cast upon their
own resources, when the armies
disbsnded and the terrible de-
mors!izing race for wealth began
which came to so disastrous a close in
the panic If 1873. The tone standard OF
value has been reversed, and those things
which should be upon the bottom are sii
upon the top. The overwhelming de-
sire for elegant clothes, magnificent
houses. fast horses, diamonds, European
toura, &c, now leads men to strive TO
gain money by dishonersble means II
none other will avail. The wives at
home, when the head Of the family re-
turns home at midnight worried and
urain-stralned by the exciting, rush
ing work of the day, by
their exhibition OF petty strivlng'
to outshine their neighbors urge the
husband on, although the wives may be
unconscious of it, to greater deeds OF
shame and disgrace. When the time oil
trial comes q strictly honest man does
not yield to it, but the dishonest plunges
still deeper into the mire and poor, weak,
easily persuaded men take their first
step upon the downward path aud In
short time are Mortified to find them
selves thieves and torgers. The great
majority of the embezzlers and deiauiterS
and those guilty of similar crlmea were
not bad men when they first yielded to
temptation. They were simply towards,
moral towards who did not have
sufficient courage to make known their
position and needs to their friends or
families. 1t would be well for every man
to snaiize in his own mind the true value
of money and its relative worth ccmPar-
cd with honor and stainless conscience.
When be fully realizes the merits OF this
comparison, as he will, it will strengthen
him immeasurably in the hour OF trial.
Among business men the sacredness OF
ownership is not sufficiently marked, and
this tends toward an appreciation OF that
which in truth belong to another. I.ta&es
an able man to make money honorabIy
now-s-days; to overcome the obstacles IN
the way requires strength, and where
these barriers are lodged or surmounted
by trickery, the whole community sui
fers through the rascslity. In all Glasses
Of business, the recognition OF virtue and
condemnation Of what is termed SHARP
practice" should be the foundation stone,
and until it is made such, the epidemic of
roguery will 90 on, bringing down its
victims of low or high degree, without
Partially.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
THyRMAN IN 1850.

The New York GraPhlc has 4
strong article pointing to the dis
tinguished Ohio Senator as the Dem
ocratic nohIuee IN the next Presi-
dental canvass. That paper recalls to
the fact that long before the nominating
conventions of 1876, it predicted the
nomination Of Mr. TILDEN by the Dem
ocratic party asd pointed out RUTHER-
PoRD b. HAYES rs the "rising sun"
among the Republicans.
While the GyGykic names Judge
THURMAN as the man who will most
likely lead the Democracy TO victory in
1850 and gives strong reasons why he
should be selected as the stsndavd-besrer
OF the party, it does not propose to yield
him its own support. 1t will probably
stick TO the Republican nominee, let him
be whom he may. OF the gentleman re-
ferred %, the Graphic says:
Judge Thurman is an honor to his
State aud country, and u man OF whom
any party may be proud. OF ripe age,
long and eminent public service, with
legu' attainments OF the highes. order,
thorough knowledge Of men, and hon.
estv sgalnst which even partisan malice
has never uttered suspicion, the dis
tluguisEeG Senator from Ohio stands to-
dav full head and shoulders above all
ms competitors in the Democratic party,
while IN the Republican party his supe-
rior would be hard to find and his equals
sre very few.
we DO not say that we will support
Senator Thurman should he be nOmlna-
TED. For ourselves we should prefer q
statesman with progressive notions
some person who accepts Loyalty the
doctrine that the great central power of
our Government cannot be better en-
ptoyrd than IN ministering TO the wants
OF the community, for whose behOOt
popular Government was Instituted.
Judge Thurman is not 3
msn of this stamp, though
his honorable services in trying
10 curb the unlimited preLonsiOns Of the
Pacific railroad monopoly must be re-
mrmDercd in his favor. He is an old
fr-bioucd Democrat, who believes in the
J,tfusonian notions about the assumed
need of weak governments for free peO-
plos But, despite all this, we do say that
be is alphabetically the man for 1880, and
that all the Indications point to him rs
the standard beSrer of the Democratic
party m the next Presidential cam
psgn."
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
DIED..

FLETCHER-At the residence OF her
son, Phillip S. Fletcher, No. 40 Eighteenth
street, al l2:3J A. NJ, May l, 1878, MIS- ANN
FLETCHER, in her 18th year.
The remains viii be conveyed 10 the
Cathedral at o'clock Thursday morning.
Burial at Mount Calvary. Friends OF the
family are invited TO attend.
AMICK-On Wednesday, May !, 1878, at
$40 A. NJ, Miss CHRISTINA AMICK.
Funeral from The residence OF her
mother, Mrs. Catharine Amick, corner
Main and South streets, Friday, May 3rd,
at p. NJ. Friends OF the family respectful
ly invited TO attend. Burial at Greenwood.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02

Mr.. DoBBINs informs us that the pro
jected pottery enterprise is prospering'
lie feels quite confident of success. 1t
will be q good thing 10 have greater di-
versity in our manufacturing interests.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02

GREENE county, Pennsylvania, has
lust received from the State fish com-
missioner 5000 lake trout and 6,OCO
brook trout, to be distributed among the
streams OF that locality.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
FOR SALE.

OFFER FOR SALE MY RESIDENCE
and Grounds, 1 mill east OF the City on
the National road, at the terminus OF the
Elm Grove railroad.
There are some II acres Of land, with the
choicest fruits ana shrubbery. The house
contains al cOnvenlences OF gas, water,
&c, and Is in perfect order. StaoIinS,
green house, ice house, milk house,
henery, &c, convenient.
Terms easy. Improved city property IN
Wheelins or Baltimore, Will be taken IN
part payment
Apply TO myself untlthe l5ih OF May;
after that time to Mr.. Chambers Heryey.
MARIA SAMUEL LACGHLlN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02

THE Washington Weekly Reporter
comes to us enlarged TO the size OF the
WEEKLY REGISTER. 1t isreally mag
niacent paper, and we are gratificd at its
financial success.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02

ALL Of the rail mills belonging to the
Western Association, except the Terre
Haute mill, are strictly sdhering to the
agreement in regard to shutting down a
portion Of the time. The period OF sus-
pension will end on Saturday, and we
presume that sll the mills will start up on
Monday. This completes a stoppsge of
of eleven weeks since the 18th OF Deem
Der, which is little over one-half the
time; but notwithstanding this long volun-
tsry suspension, nail men inform US that
the market is in quite an unsatisfactory
condition, and 1t is probable that the
Association will, at it's meeting next
Wednesday, order further suspension of
work. is telt to be the only possible
mode OF even keeping the business alive.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
Go.D closed yesterday at 1908.

The arrival and departure of the trains
on the Washington and Wsynesburg
road has been so regulated as to make
close connections with the Hempfeld.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
FOREIGN WAR AND OUR TRADE.

A general impression prevails that a
war between Russia and England would
be of the greatest benefit to Us that it
would give new life to our msnuisc-
lures would quicken the movement Of
our immense crops of grain; would re-
ylye our parslyzed commerce and in =
hundred other ways would aid our in
dustrial pursuits.
To this impression there are many ser
ious objections. II is not certain, in the
first place, that such q war would be Of
sufficient duration TO cause the anticlps-
ted demand upon what we have for sale.
All European wars since the Cri-
mean have been comparatively short.
And then if the struggle should be con =
fined to England and Russia, all the
other transatlantic nations would be
formidable competitors in supplying
them with necessities. If the war should
come to a sudden end after our indus
tries had thus been unnaturally stimuli
tel, our gransrieS had been filled to
meet the call for bresdstutls, the resction
would more than counterbslance all the
good derived from this source. Such y
fearful loss Of property as would follow
q great European war, would inevitably
be felt throughout the world, and all hu-
manly would be poorer. A void would
be created which it would take the pinch
ing economy Of years to fill.
England thought that the civil war in
this country would be of lasting benefit
to her, and that as we were compelled 10
g to her then for supplies and many
manufactured articles, the demand would
not be materially lessened by time. Alter
the war our manufactures were stimu-
lated rs they had never been before; our
iron and steel interests shot far ahead Of
all precedeuts, aud finally by means of
labor.ssvIng machines we are enabled to
sell goods in the English market which
she formerly sold Us, and the blow to her
sales in the United States will
not affect her here temporarily,
but is lasting and imperishable. As the
Philadelphia Press wisely remarked the
other day, "there Is vastly more to be
gained by the increase of wealth and
strength on every part OF the globe than
by devastating war"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
SERGEANT'S SALE.
Sheldons d Slason

sheldons Slason
VS.. fFlerl FaciaS IN AS
Muldoon & McEntee,j sumpsit.
In the Municipal Court OF Wheeling.
BY virtue Of an execution issued in the
above entitled cause, and TO me directed,
| have levied upon and will self AZ public
auction, at 40. loi6 Market street, in the
City OF Wheeling, state Of West Nlrgin3a,
on FRIDAY. the 81 day of May, lS1N, COM
mencing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, he t0!Iu"iug
described property, to-wit: I3 head stones,
l3 foot stones, IS sand stones A p eces
marble, one lamp, one desk, TWO chairs,
one hose, five work bench 5, one lot OF
sundries. STEPHEN RIPLEY,
mar Sergeant OF the City Of Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
WAN D,
nn11and sec
TO THE PUBLIC.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
y from and after this date, April y, 1873,
| will conduct the business OF purchasing
and selling Pictures, Looking Glasses an I'd
Picture Frames, etc, at No. PA Main
street, in the city Of Wheeling, as agent
for Mrs Emma Wilhelm.
HENRY WILHELM,
aura Agent tor Mrs. Emma Wilhelm.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
GROCERIES.

THAyE ON HAND a VERY LARGE
stock of staple and Fancy Groceries
which offer at extremely low prices, es-
pecially on sugars. X !. SAGTH.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-02
A Lady Who Prides HerssI'
On her Biscuit. Dusk ard Batter -,
says sue always wants Logan Lls'
EycelFlyr Baking Powder.
Most Careful HOusekeeperS

Say they ind Logan. List a Coz EIe's I'd
baking Powder the most T''.aD'''
AVAILABILITY. and ID. mot o,D.y-.- -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19
Brief Mention.

TIE silver dollar ia bully 'un.
Box.ToED shoes with revolving heels
are anew thing.
SEVERAL Island florists have gerani-
ums in foil bloom.
IT is weak hams that is taking produce
men off their legs.
ISLANDERS are already working in
their flower gardens.
AeRAsp birthday party is booked for
the South Side shortly.
MEssR. WEIrY & Bro. received q large
lot Of liquors from Europe yesterday.
COUNTRY courtship has been At q low
ebb this winter from the lack OF sleigh
Ing.
AsEwER is in process Of construction
at the junction Of 18th and Chapline
streets.
The light yellow dandelion is conspie-
uous in the emeraldspringing grass OF
the Island.
The Knights Of Honor will give Its
erary and social entertainment at their
hall. this evening.
Two deeds Of trust and one bill Of sale
were admitted to record yesterday by the
Clerk Of the County Court.
The legacy received by Prof.. Stevenson
on Saturday morning last has been do.
mated to the Children's Home.
A PuRrM social is to be given at Neu-
hausen's Assembly Hall this evening, by
the Ladies' Benevolent Society.
A FREIGHT car got of the track on the
trestle work ut the P. Wa KY. depot
yesterday, but was replaced without any
damage.
MEssRs. BELL & Co, Of the Arlington
Stove Works, are receiving au unusual
number OF orders At present for their
manufactures,
The blast furnace at the Top Mill Is to
be placed in running order At once, and
will doubtless give employment 10 q large
number Of men.
NINE car loads Of freight were ship
ped, and seven received over the P. w.
4 KY. Railroad yesterday. Business Ia
constantly improving.
DEFAcrNo the walls Of public and pri.
yate buildings, and posting corner houses
with unsightly bills, Is 3 nuisance which
should be abAted by the authorities.
Iris surprising TO see the number Of
plows that are taken to the country every
day BY the farmers, who have evidently
commenced their spring work in good
earnest,
A BILL Of sale made by Christmau &
Amick, %liyerymen, conveying q single
top buggy 10 Mary Muldoou for 800, was
admitted 10 record yesterday by the Clerk
Of The County Court.
Tar announcement that the County
Board Of Equalization was TO meet YES.
terday, which appeared In the different
city papers, vas 3 mistake. The Board
will NOT meet until next Monday.
THE mouth Of the sewer At the north
end Of the Market street bridge Is being
filed up by the loads Of dirt and refuse
which are emptied over the creek bank
by eartmen, This thing ShOuld be stop.
PEDAL onee'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

Mr.. CALM informs us that his new
enterprise viz: A supplement for this
year Tor 81 50 embracing all changes and
removals in the city 10 be issued after
April lst bids fair to being a complete
success. Oar business men ought to ap.
preciate 1t, as II will serve every purpose
and can be furnished TO them at 70 email
an expense. Mr.. Calm did all he prom.
ised to do last year and without q doubt
he is the frst directory man that ever did
so for Wheeling, We trust u business
men will show their appreciation OF the
same, by extending to him the patronage
he so rightly deserves.
We would suggest that our busines
men should keep a memorandum OF any
errors or omission they may come accross
in last years book and hand the same 10
Mr.. Calm in person when he calls to
take the information for the next work.
In this way they would materially adm
getting up a good reliable work.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

ABOUT SEALED MEAsuRn.-A German
inquired Of an American neighbor as TO
the American Standard OF apeck measure,
and was OF course told that eight quarts
constituted apeck. The German bet the
beer that his American peck measure
held nine quarts. The wager was prompt;
ly accepted. A sealedquart measure and
a sealed peck measure were procured and
the American bears testimony that his
Teutonic friend did put into that sealed
peck measure nine quarts OF water, and
there was room for perhaps q pint more
The query is, will a standard measure,
made under the requirements OF United
States law, hold more water than 1t will
Of that class Of stuff which comes under
the denomination Of dry measures? II
so, why?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

DANGER AHEAD FOR WaEAr.-A
prominent Marshall county farmer was
In the city yesterday trying to buy spring
wheat for seed. de has already some
City acres Of fall wheat growing in rank
luxuriance. With such prospects, ahead,
we were curious to know why he was
anxious to have q spring sowing. In
reply he said that the fall sown wheat
was going to give n oil two results.
either the largest crop ever harvested
in this country or a total failure.
He informed us that at the rate
fall wheat is growing We will have
harvest this season towards the last Of
May. The wheat Is now about eight in
ches high. With nothing to check its
growth Il will bloom in fine time to be
caught by the frosts Of early May, and
just there is where he thinks the danger
lies. II It escapes the May frosts, atre-
mendous crop; If caught by them, nothing.
Our friend believes the latter contingency
60 imminent that he thinks il the part Of
prudence to be fortified with q reserve Of
spring sowing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

TEMPERANCE NorH.-John B. Cough
thinks Of going to Europe soon. When
he Is half seas over his enemies will say
he is drunk again.
A mass meeting is to be held at Wash.
ington Hall on Friday evening next. The
exercises arranged for the occasion will
consist OF music by q choir OF well
known singers, addresses by Miss Taylor,
Of the Female College, and Mr.. e. II,
Dunbar, and a recitation by Miss Kirk.
patrick, Of Bellaire, entitled "a Plea ior
the Temperance Badge
The PaIkers' Hall Union will give Q
literary and musical entertainment on
Saturday evening next, At Parkers' Hall
An effort is TO be made to get Mr.. E
Fl. Dunbar, who ia now conducting ase-
ries OF meetings at Bellaire, to come tc
Wheeling and revive the cause. II Wash,
ington Hall can be secured, meetings will
be held there every night for a week. ,
A meeting is to be held at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, North Wheeling
tomorrow evening. Addresses will b.
made BY William Coates, B. B Porter
Frank Kline and others.
Adam Warnig, an ex.policeman Of this
city, is making Murphy speeches in Bel
laire,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

AN ASTONISHING FAcr.-A large pro.
portion OF tho American people are to-day
dying fromthe effects Of Dyspepsia or dis
ordered liver. The resultof these diseases
upon the masses Of intelligent and valuable
people 10 most. alarming, making life act
ualIy q burden instead Of q pleasant exist.
enee Of enjoyment and usefulness o. II
ought 10 be. There Is no good reason for
this, II you will only throw aside prejudice
and s~keptieiSm, take the advice Of Drug.
giSts and your friends, and try one bottle OF
Green's August Flower. Your speedy re-
lief Is certain. Millions OF bottles Of this
medicine have been given away 70 Try Its
virtues, with satisfactory results In every
case. You can buy sample bottle for 10,
cents 10 Try. Three doses will relieve the
worst case. Positively sold by all Drug.
gists on the Western Continent. eod4w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19


The towboat Hobbs arrived from 81.
Louis on Sunday night at o'clock with
three barges Of ore, one for the Bellaire
Mil and two for the Riverside.
The j. @. Fisher arrived yesterday
morning and left at the wharf D barge
loaded with 400 tons OF old rails for the
Crescent Mil.
The daily packets from sistersville,
sunfSh and steubenyille put in their
regular appearances.
The Ragon departed for Parkersburg
at 10f A. NJ.
The steamer Andes, from Cincinnati,
arrived about noon.
The Baltic, with q heavy tow Of coal,
passed down at 5 p. NJ.
River Is feet 8 inches. Weather part.
ly clear and warmer.
The Stockdale, for Cincinnati, and the
Salt Valley, for Ironton, passed down
last night.
The o,Neal will depart for Pittsburgh
at z o'clock this morning; the Courier,
for Parkersburg, at 102 a. NJ, and the
Andes, for Cincinnati, NJ 8 n. N.
The Carrie Brooks, from Pittsburg 10
Zanesyille, will pass down tonight.
lBy Telegraph.l
PITTSBURGH, March 1s.-Riyer s ieet
and falling. Weather. fair and mild.
LITTLE Rock, March 1S.-Weather
clear. River falling, and Is now Is feet.
Business dull.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1s.-Arriyed-.
R. E. Lee, yicksburg, Cherokee, Cincin.
natl; Florence, Arkansas river; Joseph B.
| Williams and barges, Pittsburgh. De.
parted. w. Garrett and barges, Ohio
river.
YIcKsBuRe, March 1s.-Clear; mercu-
ry 62o. River rose l inch. Down
Sherlock. Arrived.-Natchez.
NASHVILLE, March 1S.-Riyor falling;
9 feet on shoals. Arriyed-Anderson
Cairo.
EyAssvrL1E, March 1s.-Weather
cloudy before and clear since noon; mer-
curry 43 to 54e; wind north and east. Riv.
er falling; % feet OF the gauge. Business
fair.
81. LOUIS, March 1s.-Arriyed.Alf.
Stevens, Tennessee river; John Means,
New Orleans; Clinton, Keokuk; Wild
Boy, Cairo. Observation-Disclosures Mem
phis. River falling with IS feet 2 inches
above the low water mark. Weather
clear.
LOUISVILLE, March 1s.-Weather clear
aud cool. Departed-Mary Elizabeth,
Cincinnati. River falling, with 12 feet2
inches in the Canal.
CNcIssATI, March 1s.-Riyes % feet
9 inches and falling. Weather cloudy
during the day, but clearing tonight.
Arriyed-Duriee, St. Louis; Donnally,
New Orleans. Departed-Durfee, Pitts.
burgh.
MEMpH1s, March 1s.-Weather clear
aud pleasant. River rose 8 inches. Mer.
curry go. Arrived-C. B. Church, Gin.
c%innati; Ny Choice and barges, New
Orleans; Belle Of Memphis, City Of Hell.
ena, st. Louis; City Of Augusta, White
river. Departed-Church, New Orleans;
Ny Choice and Belle OF Memphis, St.
Louis; City Of Helena, yicksburg.
CAIRO, March lS-Arriyed-St Gen.
eyieye, Memphis; Grand Tower, Vicks.
burg; Grey Hound, Memphis. Departed
Smoky City, Ohio; Susie Silver, New
Orleans; Port Eads, Grand Tower, St,
Louis; Grey Hound, Ohio; St. Gene.
We've, St. Louis, River So feet and fall
ing. Weather clear; mercury 65 degrees.