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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

DURING the last speech made by But
LER on Tuesday night at Boston, tele-
gram was received from one OF his
staunch supporters, announcing his de-
feat The telegram read, 1--WE have
lost, but you have polled over one hun
dred thousand votes" This was handed
to BUTLER just after he finished his
remarks, who, after reading it, passed 1t
to his son, who in turn passed ii to the
gentlemen present.
BUTLER is said to have displayed
not the slightest feeling, but rather
seemed inclined to make light OF his de-
feat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

THE band that played at HENRY WARD
BERCHER'S last lecture in New York,
wOve CHARLES WESLEY" and
BEEcHER" into one piece, which made
lively music, and to which BEEcHER
kept time with his loot. But the dele
gates from Plymouth Church did not
like the liberty taken with their tunes,
and did not ask repetition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

THE city OF Philadelphia has deter
mined that the telegraph companies shall
place their wires under ground and dis
pense with the unsightly poles. What
vast improvement would follow the
adoption of this plan in all our cities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

Mas. JOHN MoRRIssEY entered the
campaign quite energetically in behalf
OF her husbands successor, and he was
elected. She was sorry her husband
could not be there To enjoy it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

cussed by the next Congress, and all
these financial questions will doubtless
be definitely settled in the next lew
months, as the business interests OF the
country demand.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

THE display of pert poultry and sick
poultry would seem to indicate that
there has been quite commotion
among the cocks.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09
FOR CHARLESTON.

yTHEyEw SWIFT PASSENGER STEAMER
i TELEPHONE, Ed; +. Maddy. .sl-S
Master. W A. and L. l. Naddy. G@sss.lfz.
clerks, will leave Wheeling for Charleston, on
the Kanawha. on Thursday evening al > O'Clock
For freight or passage apply on board, or 70 H.
SEAMoS, ITO Water street, or Peoples mar
bout. H"'h
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09
STEAM BOATS.
Go m Board the Steamer Hudson

AND STOP YOUR EXPENSES AND FIND
n speed. safety and comfort com .slA
6ined' For Pomeroy Huntington, -
GAllipOlis Big sandy. lrOntOn. Portsmouth,
MaysvilIe. Ripley and Cincinnati, the commo-
dious passenger steamer
III W
CHARLIE u. LIST Clerk.
Will leave a. above on saturday, November 9th
nj z O'Clock p. ". promptly. For particulars in
uuire at Boat store or Old Reliable WharbOat,
where frsight will be received until hour Of de-
parturc. by c. II. BOOTH 4 son, Agents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09
You Can All be Pleased.

The rich, the middlemen, the poor,
everybody can be suited in cloaks at
Blum's. Dvery style and price, always
atfording saving OF from - TO SO.
Call on |. Blum 4 Bro.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

GEN. JOE JOHNSTON received majori-
ity in the city of Richmond OF 2,Ol2
votes
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

The Fayetteville, W. Va, Enterprise,
in long editorial article under the title
of "Soiled Ermine," takes occasion to
criticise the conduct OF Judge MELVIN
for what it styles his "lecture to the
Jury" because they did not find YER
dict of guilty in the case OF BRANSoN
charged with murder.
We have never seen what purported
to be a rerbatim report OF the remarks OF
Judge MELvIN in the case referred to,
but we understand that he claims to
have been mirepresented in the reports
published by the press generally.
THE Hd,rkeye speaks with only too
much truth when it says: Three years ago
a young man graduated from the West
Point military academy and came West.
His soul was filled with grand, lofty as
pirations, and he sought in the untrod-
den fields of activity in the mighty West
room for his soaring genius to plume IT.
sell for flight. He braced his feet IA he
prepared to shake heglobe. To-day he
is travelling agent for Cincinnati corset
factory.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

In the evening the new HYMNAL will be in
troduced. and PRAISE MEETING will be held.
The choir will sing some choice selections and
the congregation will join in singing number
OF pieces. The new HIMNAL. also, in the sun
day school. All will be welcome 10 all the ser
vices. nos
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09
RUGS AND DRUGGETS,

NvEw STOCK! NEW STYLES AND LOW
y Prices. Call and examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere We
Guarantee the Quality of our Goods
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fourth Street M. E. Church.
..The Worship Of Song

DEv. A. C. GEORGE, D. D., PASTOR. sPE'
Ia cial Song Services. Tomorrow the Pastor
NJ III
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
Can't. Hnrk Arrest.

Capt Isaac Barker Of tho schooner Jomcs
English entered rnk Sun Office yesterday afternoon high
~ indignant because 1t had been reported that his
sci and himself had been seized by United statos Mar
shat 1t makes 1t look Just II bloody pirate or
buccancer,' he said II came through Hell Gate on
sunday morning and anchored on tie Jersey City flats
On MONDAY morning the Pilnt Collector came aboard to
collect biz but being exempt under special contract
between the Hell date pilots and the VI ssc Of
suffolk made IN 1871, refused to pay In the Afternoon
tugbOHk I'LL several men, ran alongside and hit my
schooner big hump ran on deck with pistol In my
hand. not knowing who they were. Hnd asked what
and displayed shield. saying that he was United
States Marshal at once told him 10 como aboard. and
come TO linn lie came aboard and aftcr talk,
Agreed to ashore with him and bond the vCs for the
trfing amount pending settlsment TIL, did In per
feet good faith but walked up from ller \ Deputy
s,Tesed and wss Looked up all night Ia NE morning
was discharged, and then went To the Mar-lhs ONCE
In Brook Jn ana gave bail for resisting Marshal The
story wasmade out Of whole cloth by the Deputy and
Resistance was attempted BY me Ia way, shape, or
manner"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26

Capturing the Colorado Outlaw Sam Hatfield
by a Won Conceived sirnlnaem.

GEORGETOWN, Col, July 49, Sheriff Robert
Dwycr Of La Plata county COL has Just sue
cecded in capturing Sam Hatfield, tho leader
OF noted band Of horse thieves. who for years
has been u terror to tho rnn"hmcn OF southern
Colorado. Ctah. and Arizona. Hatfield with
seven confedcrutos usually operated in the win
tor time nlong the Mancos aud Dolores rivers.
The country IL most favorable for the outlaws
NJ it is surrounded by enormous canons. deep
glcns. and sandstone mesas. dry and forbid
ding. and into which no traveller cares to pene-
trate. Further to the south is the reservation
OF tho trcacherous and lawless Piutos. and
strolling Lands II renegade Indians and MeNi-
can half hrccds. The Shcrir started on the
hunt for Hatfield on the 10th OF June. in COM
pany with Deputy sheriff George ltnon. Both
w"r" heavily rrmcd, and Dwy"r secured before
stnrting II r"qulsitiun on the Governor OF Utah
In cnsc IIa'h'd hnl crossed the boundary line.
They travelled 35l miles through the almost
impnssahle distrirts bordering ON The Uncom,
phngrcc river and until reaching the Grand
river Ind not gained the slightest clue To the
whoreal"uts " the outlaws. II" then WINS in
formed that the men were hiding about thirty
miles from Dirty Devil creek in tho canon be-
tween the Sierra La Sal mountains and the
Grand river IN Utah. In company with band
near ri settlement Ia ut Beaver city, the ter
mini OF tn" Utah Central Railroad
The entire country north Of Beaver is one
unbroken Wilderness. So that the outlaws fear
no interruption from the officers Of tho Inv. To
the south the country for over 100 miles Ia q
continuous succession of craRRy cHhons and
lava dykes. whore no man has yet dared TO set
tie. Facing tn. retrent Of tho thieves IL tho
GRIND river. which sweeps down in torrents
toward the DUFF of California. The river is
dangerous To ross ut any time otthe year. but
especially in the early spring. Thus the canon
serves ~ corral for the cattle and horses
stolen. and. owing to the situation. cattle could
be- driven from Colorado into Utah or from
Utah into Colorado.
Arriving Mt this spot. the Sheriff and his
deputy passed themselves on for prospecting
party. dcsirous of developing the mining re-.
SOURCES Of tho country. Hatfield was engaged
TO take them on u trip toward the river. and
when about tW1 miles from the camp the sheriff
covered him WIKI his ctrb.nc while the deputy
clupped ON iair II handouts There were
but two companions with Hatfield and they lett
the camp early IA ~" morning on "a fishing cN-
cur-ion up thn river. IT," sheriff was seven
days and nigh.S IN reaching Pdrruu CITY. the
county sr,t of Ia llnta county. whore Hatfield
WIS al, ~ looked. The ran .hinrn ~ southern
Colorado arr luhilant over his capture. lie can
be- identified 10y several 80 the leader Of tho
OutluWs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
betrayed by "a Dress.

Mrs. Margaret Weiss's room ut ll3 Ohrysto
street was entered by burglars the 81 inst and Dcoc
uYcs Mcknight and Crowley arrested Harry williamson
Harry Mcfarland who save he is the nephew OF Daniel
Mcfarland who shot Richardson, aud Charles smith Oh
suspicion Soon alter they arrsrned before Justice
BNhy IN the Essex Market Police Court yesterday Mrs
Weiss whispered to Justice Bixhy that she had recog
niled one Of her dresses q dress worn by young
woman who IN the court room. There had been no
evidence urOduccd against the prisoners to tina
ment Justice BikbN mouOncd To- Detective Crowley 10
follow Mrs Weiss and arrest the young that she
would point out Mrs Weiss stopped NJ the fourth OF
benches made a rapid movement and caught Young
ant pretty girl By the shoulder and called loudly ~ the
officer, That's her that's bert" The woman described
herself MS RchcccA Brady OF Chatl street White
the detective was leading her To the bar four other
women went out Of the court room.
where did you got that dfrsst' Justice BiKby asked
Of Rebccca, who WAS pale and trembling
Harry Mcfarland gave II 20 me, Judge Surely there
Is nothing wrong about H."
Mrs Weiss recognizes as par, OF the property stolen
from her"
kebeccs, unable to say another word turned and
looked Mt Harry Mcfarland, who hung down his head
The prisoners then pleaded guilty aud were Committed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
rnE rl1lcr Jm cooKE nr1lr
4 Paradise Run Wild where the Money OF
the Poor was Invishcd.

"Can YOU direct mo To O.ontz, the former
re.id'n,r % JAY Cookc;'
An elderly man. with gray whiskrrs stand
ing on tha pla:iora Of Y6rS roa s.Hi.on. on The
North PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. answered:
Tor ,hrre-uuarl'r~ Of mile The largest house
YOU md On tho right hnnd is Ocnntz Nou can I
mis-. II; it'- theugliost house on the rold."
I.raVin.. She station and travelling for about
threr-.iehins oi a mile on the old York road a
suuuro -fnHn tower lnoni- up aheul ON tho rund-
sidr In ti,s ian of il il "A rlnsk 6ntiins
further ~ tho itil tho tower is found to b. thc
prnmtl.tt ,euiure If n fine stone church
Around 1t are scattered a few houses
Tho Young man addressed. who Is working
ON the rpal looks M ana answers: "Thcy call
"rhry haVsn fuc church7"
Yes; jaw IKE built that He attended
there. H. Epis opalian."
4 road iraa. Oh from the main highway. and
the directions ar, To- follow il for hall mile and
Oroitz will he found To- tho right There nrr "A
humber Of sion, houses large and small with
As On Nm. a hii nfrr passing. the last Of these
Tnnf nri .h', ,i,n ave- N"tI6e alone Knit
all IN surroundina- have an air Of immeasura-
superiority to their nrghbors. hcdgcrnw
higgins down th. hill. and running along the
iron rnt,Nuy only I, hr,in nt In. other side
continuing: As FAR AS the estate bounds the rond.
side. Os0ntz stands back about hundred rods
from tho road Tho drive TINT lends To il cuts
through lawn almost too profusely shaded 10y
evergreous The house itself il a great I'M.
even pile Of gray stone, looking ike three
houses built t"gether The part that fronts
the road il a square structure, live sto-
ries high sharp at the angles with nothing
n relieve the cold gray Of the walls but the
bleached walnut easements OF the windows
which are bunchcd together as though afraid
Of encroachinx too far from the centre and
wishing to render themselves az little con
spicuous as possible. To the left Of this
PORTION Is thrcr-story, uneven structure
which gives the building the appearance OF
rambling The hollow SQUARE between the
two buildings is filed hy large conservatory.
whose g,nss roof shaped like a scmi-circe
is conspicuous from the roadside. Against
those buildings ON the opposite side il huit
another large house four stories high This
third house inins the other two together and
makes TIA. three houses one. Everything nbout
the place .rens 10 Dee constructed on the scale
OF hii.nes-. On either side OF the third HOUSE is
a hig piazza, either one 81 which. # rnrtitiuned
IN would make "a good-sHed balr oin. The
dpurNay- are hig enough To drive team and
wagon through. They ARE a7 Wild Is they are
high. Tn" i.u- lanterns throughout the ground
are bigger than city gas lanterns. The stable is
big Ell ugh ior a livery stable. The lawn il big
and the hrigrrow iOOtwalks are big enough
FOR carriugr drives.
Back of tAe house the ground descends and
runs into u woods overgrown ana wild with
long grnss and bushes. In the Widest parts
among the lrn nlhlr- here and there blooming
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
THE SMALLEST or MOTHERS.
a Woman Only Thirty-two Inche. In stature
Her Matrimonial Experience.

Mrs w. H. Bristol, better known as Fannie
Burieuc. who has been travelling for years
with FOrepnugh 5 circus. gave birth on Wcdncs-
day night last. in the Commercial Hotel. To- a
child weighing eight pounds. Tho mother
weighs about nifty pounl j. And - only thirty-two
in hes in stature. Her husband is " full sin,
being six feet in height and Weighing AS
pounds. The infant was healthy aud well de-
vcioped. but in order to preserve the life Of the
mother II was necessary to sacrifice II. The
bangs OF maternity lasted seven hours. begin
ming at \. NJ. and ending at , L. NJ. and had
the Tito woman not possessed an iron constitu-
ton she must have died. During the whole Of
these long hours of agony she main
tanned almost complete silence tutoring only
few means, aud struggling against all eXtraor
binary exhibitions Of pain. Tho couple have
been married two years. and this Is their second
child. Tho first was much smaller and WAS
still-horn. Mr. Bristol was formerly n door
keeper IN the employ Of Forcpaugh's circus.
aud in TINS capacity becnmo acquainted with his
wife. who was then travelling under the man
agemcni OF that show with Il twin brother who
is an inch shorter than herself. They were
called the Burlcttc twins. and always travelled
together until Mrs. Burlettc'- confinement last
spring when the brother continued the engage
ment alone They ARE in the twenty first year
Of their age Mre.. Bristol was born in Mont
gomrry county. Md. on a farm near the little
village Of Damascus whore er parents still
dwell. She has "A brother and n sister Of tho
ordinary size. and her father IL above Blk feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26

pleasant herbal odor was waited into the
street yesterday from $50 Fourth avenue. the head
quarters Of the New York Flower ami Fruit Mission In
large room IN the second story oht or ten ladies' at long
deai tables were making oh ce little bouquets for disn
huton among the SICK and the poor All Kinds vi flowers
were u~d, especially white and red roses. pond hlics
pinkN macs, sweet tctnnlln, aud sweet pea PARTY
OF ladies' were visiting the hospital, and other iisiitu
unnS A. wei As tenemcntS, with tlciT Welcome floral
offerings, which, the pN sCinns saj, greatly hcncnt the
sck We also distribute fruit and vegetables" the
HdN WHO wa, experimenting the work Yesterday said
although pnif hnWcfs Aie going out to-day. We shall
nfohnbll gave away about four thousand bouquets nj
though on some DAYS we dispose OF many thou
sand We p9) very iulc money out THIS building he
longs 10 Dr BclOws's Church, and set TIL, room free
our Owcrs Anl uu aud vegetables are all sent to Us by
chaitnble persons, and MeilknOwn ladies come here
aud nsk TO ht allowed 10 distribute them So thai our
expenses no merely ior such things tNine and clean
ing the room,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
MISS .IBBr SMITH.
The Glastonbury Sisters who Resisted Taxa
ton without Representation.

Abby lladassa Smith. one Of the famous
smith Sisters, died in Glastonbury Tuesday
H ,he rine ngr OF 81 years she was one OF five
LA retia. Lnurilln AlerOya. julia Evelina.
Julin L. the only on" living. Her father WIS u
native ol glastonbury. II lrH luate 81 Yale and
was Congregational Clergyman, and settled in
thc western part of Connecticut. but niterwHrd
loft the ministry for the law in cons ,uaenc, of "A
change ~ lis theological opinions. Her mother
WIS lady II uncommon literary attainments
speaking French and reading Italian. She WIS
marriage the father moved To- Glastonbury. his
native placc ani bought the farm on which the
The cause oi Miss Smiths death is given MS
old n.y.. Sh" was sick from June |. ANY ne
count ~ h'r liir and clnrn"t'r must necessarily
D. inadequate to convey to those who did not
know her % Just conception of her. For In spite
81 " widespread notice shn had received, few
Is an accomplished lingust and s'holarly in
Abby was not a linguisi nor particularly
scholarly; nut she WINS very Intelligent and
thoroughly Interested in all tn worlds affairs
Her parti'ulnr passion H. sad To- have boon her
garden and her ilpwer-. aud she was always
eager i9 learn All she could about II plan now To-
her and tho best methods 81 It's cultivation. She
was sci -rcl iant and energetic. anl much de-
pend"d on hy her sister julia.
=. II IL said that when the two sisters were in
Washington last winter 70 further the cause Of
woman suffrage, and while women were gnth-
ering around Julia. congratuiatug her on the
courage she had shown. Mrs. Hooker said in n
Low yoi,e e. JMlRi You VII meyer pay another
die am afraid my courage would all be gone -
OF late years the faces OF abby and Julia
smith were familiar in every gathering where
woman suffrage was the topic OF discussion,
anu before the agitation on this subject they
were active together in anti-slavery and tenn
perancc work.
Perhaps the most notable feature in tho life Of
Abby smith was her resistance to the payment
OF the taxes assessed upon her and her sister.
ami which they declined 10 pay on the ground
Of non representation. And while this course.
to some. has seemed futile. II has been consid-
cred 10y Abby and Julia Snith and many Of
their friends II service like thnt Hampd-n rem
dcicd In resisting the payment Of IN UNJUST tax.
. Aiier the death OF tho other sisters Abby and
Julia lived nlOne at the Old homestead, doing
their own work. tendcrly cared Tor 10y the fam
NY OF ar. Kellogg thnir tenant ami friend.
In the death OF Miss Smith the cause Of
woman suffrage has met with a severe loss. n
her firm resistance To- what sho believed to be-
the unjust treatment of women greatly cncour-
aged her companions in thu contest. her sister
has lost her chicl support. AMI tho community
in which She lived "A faithful friend and a
worthy exponent of the virtues Of truthiulncss
iirmn"ss. aud support of tho right as shc un-
dcrstDOl it,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
SAVED M ms UITCH.
The Explosion OF Dentisrs Hetort while
Rubber wn. Being yuicnniled.

Mr.. Sircnlus Thompson Of Port Richmond,
Staten Island. has been an assistant TO Dr.
Jehl. dentist. at 22j BOwcry. for several months
In the laboratory he has shown particular
ability. and he has gradually been intrusted
with nearly all OF the work done there. Lately
he lns had entire charge Of the office. Dr. Jehl
being in the country. He has made sets 81
teeth according to the method said to have been
patented by tho Goodyear Rubber Company Of
this CITY. The measure Of the mouth VI the
person to wear the teeth il taken. Then n
lcaden mould Is shaped according TO this meas
ure. India rubber. made soft and flesh colorcd
10y process known only to the patcnico~, is put
into the mould When 1t is tnken out 1t has as
sumed the desired FORM but is stil soft Then
porcelain teeth-not teeth extracted from the
jawbones Of rorrscs. as dentists say Is popu-
larry bnlicved-arc imbedd.d in the proper
order Next. the. lndia rubber IL put into
brass rctort. looking much like q quart leo
cream churn and gas Jet ut the bottom IL lit.
A very high degree Of heat is thus produced,
and the India rubber becomes hard. but not
brittle and firmly retains its setting of teeth.
India rubber thus treated is called by the
pnnt"ntc.s vulrnnized rubber.
Mr.. Thompson began to mike set OF teeth
in the laboratory, Asmnll renr room in the third
story, at about dusk on Wednesday. Having
arranged the teeth in the bed OF the rubber he
put the bed into the retort lit the gas and closed
the retort lie watched the thermometer in
the lid Of the ra,tort closely hut did not see the
gas bracket so that the flow OF gns would DO in
creased. Almost instantly there was tremen.
dous explosion. The retOrt seemed to shriycl
up The heavy top crashed through the cell
ing. The sides. twisted like 40 much putty.
flew in every direction. One Of them struck
Mr.. Thompson In the stomach. making long
cash. and he fell. The contents Of the labora-
tory were widely scattered. and the glass in the
doors Of n cabinet and in the windows wns pow
dered Mr.. Thompson was taken tn his room
in the story below. His life was saved by his
watch. n fine gold chrOnomctcr. inherited from
his father. The sharp edge OF tho piece Of tho
retor that struck him had penetrated the watch
from case to rnsr.
gentleman who Is aiding in nursing Mr..
Thompson said Yesterday that the Thermometer
in the returt WIS newt but that 1t must have
been defective. Explosions 81 rctorts used in
dentists laboratories. tho gentleman said, arc
frequent