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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-28
WHAT WILL COME TO.
A Little Drama of Interest TO the
Leader Man.


The scene of the drama is IN the Infer
nat Regions. Costumes of the Lightest
possible material, and each character
should be prou,ded NTH fan and lamp
of ace. Blue t'ghts, J'c., are unnecessary.
His Satanic Majesty (aside TO his
Grand Chamberlain, "Whose foot is that
which doth approach our sacred pres
ence?"
&. C.-"Your Majesty, l know of none
10 whom such feet doth appertaIn, save
one Charles johnson of the Wheeling
Sunday Leader"
H. S. MI know him well. He doth
offend us much, for he hath lied cen unto
me, his lord and master. Present him to
u."
q. J. ia then seen a. the far-oti end Of
his feet. and e.. q. brings him to IL. S. NJ.
e. C.-"Your Most Imperial Majesty,
this is him of whom l erstwhile spoke.
Charles johnson, known on earth as
the young man who wesreth canal boats
for slippers"
Ii. S. M.-"Thou base creature, who
vert cast in a brass factory, hear thy
dooml l gave the much on earth, but
thou diGst not fulfill thy part, for thou
didst lie so, that no man would
e'er believe thee, and thou could'st
accomplish nsught. Thy doom is awful
Thou shalt continue to edit the Sunday
Leader BUT THOU SHALT HAVE BRAINsll
Then shalt thou sec thine own fearful po-
sitlon and what an ass thou hast been."
AS the curtain falls the form of Z. j.,
of the S. H., is seen shaking with fear
and anguish, and he raises his hands i'm.
ploringly and says: please let me of
just this once" but Ii. s. M. remains mex
orsble, and G. j. faints u. the prospect Of
his future.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-28
A Water Railway,

Perhaps our readers are not all aware
of the existence of such thing as rail-
way upon water. But there is now rum
ming daily from Sistersville to Wheeling
and return, a peculiar looking steamer
called the Phaeton, that deserves the ap-
pellation. She Is the invention Of Cap.
tam VIM. Dillon, and surpasses any,
thing of the kind ever before seen upon
our waters. You can now leave home
in the morning, buy stock of
goods in Wheeling, and be back home
again the same evening, at q total per-
sonal expense, dinner included, OF Sl.75
You can arrange to meet friend at al y
point along the route at time as deh-
mite, fixed, certain and Interchangeable as
the laws of the Modes and Persians. You
can enjoy all the advantages of mod
erh narrow gauge railways much
speed, greater safety and more comfort
for far less sum of money. All
aboard for Wheeling Wetzel Democrat.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-28
A SURPRISED PARTY,
How Certain Ladies' Were Outgen.
ernied.

1t is always nice to have something
presented in such manner as to surprise
one, and there Is no class of beings on
earth who can more etfectually surprise
a man than the female race. They are
handy to have about house; in fact,
when married, they are, by far, mans
better "tother" half. To make long story
short, some time since the fair daughters
%. Sunfsh, some miles below this city,
conceived an idea OF having an organ
placed in their house Of worship in that
village on the rivers bank. When the
plan was fully talked among them.
selves, it was decided that committee
be sent to Wheeling for the purpose OF
purchasing the instrument. Consequent
ly, the appointed number of ladies ar
rived in the city last week, and made all
necessary arrangements with one of our
music dealers tor the organ. Terms of
payment were satisfactorily drawn up
and signed. The organ wa, still In the
store and how to get 1t down to Suntish,
without letting the masculine portion of
the congregation know it before the fol.
lowing Sunday, was sumner to the fair
ones who were engineering the surprise.
1t was at last determined that the organ
dealer should send man down with the
instrument and that he should go to the
party who held the church keys and get
him to open tho doors and admit tho
organ. When approached on the
subject, the worthy deacon thought
that his olfactory nerves dictated the
flavor Of defunct rodent in the atmos-
phere tbereabouts. He refused TO let the
organ man IN, as no one, to his knowl-
| edge, had ordered q new church or
gan, The man with the organ told the
worthy stewart about the arrsngem ents
made in regard 70 the instrument, but
still his stern heart refused TO admit that
machine into his church. All efforts TO
get the instruments put in were futile,
and the last seen OF the organ man, he
was seeking some means by which the in
strument could be housed. The ladies
who had purchased the instrument in
the meantime, heard of the az
fair, and at once begun to talk
of holding an Indignation meeting, in
which they would pass appropriate reso-
lu.lons refusing to attend certain party
that was on tspis for later day in the
week. How the affair terminated is
more than we are able to state at present,
but one thing we do know is that the
ladies who purchased the organ were
more completely surprised than their
brethren of the same religious faith who
refused to admit the organ, on the plea
that they would have to pay for it.
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Social Event.

On last Thursday evening one of the
most enjoyable gatherings Of the season
was held at the residence of Mrs. Hedges,
near Wellsburg, the occasion being The
celebration of the twenty-third birth day
of John NJ. Hedges. Over fifty couples
were in attendance from Wellsburg,
Short Creek, Beach Bottom, West Lib
erty, Buffalo Creek: Bethany, Wheeling
and other places. A pleasant and socis.
bic time was spent by all. We mention
the names of few of those present:
Misses Sarah, Ella and Jennie Wilson,
Mrs. NJ. kirkwood, Mollie Hams, Bird
Wells, Misses Jennie and Ella Nichols,
Annie Lszesr, Mary Wiley, Annie and
Ida Haley, Emma McElroy and great
number of others, all OF whom wished
that John NJ might live to celebrate his
one hundred and twenty-third birth day
in as an agreeable manner. 7. T. Cock
agnes excellent band of this city was in
attendance, and gave entire satisfaction
10 all.
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Personalities.

Mr.. Hess, of Fulton, who has been
visiting friends in Cleveland, returned
home last week.
Miss Bell Downs, of Pittsburgh,
South Side, is now visiting friends and
relatives in North Wheeling.
&. NJ. Smith, the Psrkersburg Hdez
man. is qusrtered at the st. James.
"Chup" Lupton, of Martins Ferry,
and enrolling clerk Of the House of Rep.
resentstives of Ohio, was in the city Sat.
urdsy. He will return to Columbus this
morning.
Judge Morrow and wife were in the
city Saturday. They left In the evening
TOR Charleston.
NJ. A. Chandler went East last week
to purchase new furniture for the Wash
ington Hall Masonic rooms.
Miss Nellie Berger is in Baltimore
visiting her sister, Mrs. John Reynolds
John Garter of Mt. Savage, Md, WAS
in the city yesterday.
l. Blum, Of Phil lphis, is in the city.
Mr.. Blum is the head of the firm of |.
Blum X Bro. of this city.
Col. Ned WOODS is expected st Mar
tinsburg on February 22d to inspect the
"melish" at that place.
Mrs. Sarah Goldenburg is lying quite
i'll at her residence on Thirteenth street
Mr.. Fsckus, who lives in Centre
Wheeling, and who has been on bust
ness trip to New Orleans, returned home
on last Saturday. He reports business
not very prospereus.I
Miss Pendleton, of Bethany, daughter
of State Superintendent Pehdleton, has
been visiting in the city during the pas!
week. She returned home last Saturday
Miss Kate Webster, of Moundsville, i:
visiting her married sister on the Island
Capt. w. L. Bridges, Superintendent
of the Penitentisry, is in the city.
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CALENDER aoorEia Minstter,.

This far-famed troupe of genuine col
ored Ministries gave as fine an entertain
ment at the Opera House, to large al.
dience, Saturday evening, as has ever
been our pleasure to witness. The com.
pany has four end men, and such ends
are seldom seen. The troupe is, by far,
the best that ever performed in this city.
There is a completeness and genuine
brightness about the whole which entities
them to the highest enconiums. Their
delineations of the grotesque and anus
ing phases of plantation life, their walk.
arounds, songs, acts, jdbilees and dances
of the Southern plantations, put them
high above their white compeers. The
members of this troupe vary in color
from the brightest mulatto, to the black
est negro, upon whom charcoal mark
would be white. This troupe will re.
turn in the spring, at which time they
will receive hearty welcome.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
PARKER's HALL.


The temperance meeting ut this hall
last evening was opened in the usual
manner by G. w. Baggs, who presided.
Mr. E. G. Cracraft made an eloquent sd-
dress on the subject of temperance.
Nineteen persons signed the pledge.
The entertainment will be produced
again this evening, by request.
A GRowL.
Correspondence of the Register.
Dropping in st Otis Hall, last even.
ing, l was much surprised-and much
more chagrined-to hear and find out
that Murphy principles of charity for all
and malice toward none were entirely
ignored, and that saloon keepers and
others we're spoken of in uRchsrltsble
language. 1 am member of OTIS Hall
Union, which was started with the under
standing that charity for all and malice
and my motto would be either to remain
charitable or resign and lecture some
where else. A MEMBER.
OTIS HALL.
A very large audience was present at
this hall lsst Saturday night. The meet
ing was opened by the choir singing the
"Sweet By-sn-by," President Young
reading portion of the Scriptures and
PRAYER by A. G. Wincher. Then the
slittle monitor" Kemple was introduced,
and as he had been previously announced,
he told his building association story.
His dutch language was good,
and frequently brought down the house
in applause and laughter. After
he had finished the comic por.
ton of the speech, he then in
very able manner, explained
his object in telling the story, and proved
to the audience some facts growing out
OF such cases as he had just related. He
was followed by Vice President 6. W..
Bsggs, who made stirring, but short
address. He was apparently filled to
overlooking, and did not hesitate to give
the audience the benefit of it. That
speech was well argued temperance ad-
dress. Mr.. John Westwood of the
Eighth ward then followed in short
but becoming address, after he had con-
cIuueu d. hempIe aSalu Iooh Ills sIauui
and in an earnest appeal to the audience
to sign the pledge made it right warm for
few minutes Thus closed the meeting
with fourteen siguers. A very interest.
ing meeting was held yesterday sf-
ternoon by the ladies OF the
band. There were three signers at this
meeting.
Last night another large audience was
present and listened to short speeches by
Mr.. VIM. Lewis who made good speech
of about twenty minutes. Next came Mr..
NJ. F. Lupten, who took text and
preached more of sermon than q tenn
perance address. Mr.. B. B. Porter, was
the next speaker to hold the audience
spell bound. There were six signers
at this meeting, which makes an
addition of twenty-three during Satur-
day and Last night.
A numerous entertainment is talked
of some time during the week at this
nall. Kemple we believe will be the
humorist.
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OUR MILITARY.
TIE ZoUAyES.

About thirty Of the Schmulbsch Zou-
ayes, Capt. Miller in command, went TO
Moundsville Saturday last, TO visit the
Zousve company organized st that place.
Capt. Bridges and delegation OF bis
company met the Wheeling boys at the
depot, and after short march through
the town the penitentlsry was visited.
Capt. Lowe, in command of the prison
guards, was untirir & in his efforts 10 show
them all there was TO be seen in the
establishment. The Zouaves then march.
ed through the town again, and wound
up by .psrtaking of magnificent dinner
furnished by the Moundsville company.
After arriving at home vote Of thanks
was passed and an invitation extended TO
Capt. Bridges company 10 visit Wheel
ing and trust themselves to the care Of
the Schmulbschs. The trip was highly
enjoyed by all the participants.
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Taken in by confidence Men.

Samuel Harmon, of Clark county, In
diana, bound for Clsysville, Pa, met with
two shsrpers on a train over the b. & o.
K. K. just after having lett Columbus
Friday evening. One of the sharpers
engaged the old man in conversation,
and another sharper came up to sharper
No. and wanted to collect small
freight bill which No. 2 held. No. l
drew spurious $40 gold piece from his
pocket and asked the old man to change
it. The old man gave sharper No. $15
in currency, and took the spurious
$40. When at the next station both
sharpers left the train, and old man. The
old man arrived in this city on the Z A,
NJ. train Saturday, and took lodging at
Hotel de Wallace that night and
trsmped it toward Clsysville yester-
day. He has son-in-lsw at Clsysville
by the name of Amen Eslo. The old
man Is sixty-tour years of age.
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RIVER News.

The marks at the landing show II
feet IL inches in the channel and fall
ing.
The Msllie Rsgon will leave at 10
o'clock this morning for Parkersburg.
The Thanhauser is this mornings
packet for Matamoras.
The Hudson left on time for Cincin.
natl last Saturday.
The local packets are arriving and de.
parting on time.
The Exchange passed down from Pitts
burgh yesterday, en- route TO Cincinnati.
The Carrie Brooks and Salt Valley
passed up Saturday evening, en- route TO
Pittsburgh, the former from Gsllipolis
and the latter from ironton. Both are
due down TO night.
THE Stockdale passed down from
Pittsburgh yesterday morning, en- route
TO Cincinnati.
The Sam Brown passed down, Sstur-
day, with eight model bsrges of coal.
The ONeal will arrive from Pitts.
burgh tonight.
The Fannie Tatum will pass down to-
morrow night, en- route for Evansville,
Calro and St. LOUIS.
The large steamer j. b. NJ. Kehlor,
Captain Brady, passed down, en- route
TO New Orleans, Saturday night.
The John L. Rhoads is on her way up
from St. Louis TO Pittsburgh.
The Andes is due here to-day. She
left Cincinnati with isir trip of people
and 200 tons freight, including SIS bales
cotton, $50 barrels molssses, 55 tierces
meat, 800 green hides, 800 sacks wheat,
so barrels oil and so sacks peanuts.
George o Neil and Yves earns were her
pilots.
The tow boat Dexter passed down Sat-
urdsy en- route from Pittsburgh TO Bel.
lsire with 10000 bushels coke.
The following tow boats have passed
down since the recent rise: Onward,
Coal Valley, j. A. Stone, j. G. Risher,
John Penny, 81 packages, 69l, 900 bush.
For Louisville-S. Miller, A. Swift, q.
Mcdonald, Sampson No. 2, Charley
Brown, Lioness No. 2, S. Brown, Il cosl
boats, so barges and fuel boats 1885, 900
bushels. Last weeks coal run 3,602, 900
bushels.
Captain VIM. List has not yet con-
trscted for his new boat, as the parties
whom he wishes TO build it are most too
busy at present.
By Telegraph.
PITTSBURGH, January 27.-RiVer Z
feet inches and falling. Weather damp
and foGgy, showery during the day and
heavy rain tonight.
MEMPHIS, January 27.-River falling
slowly. Weather cool and showery.
Arrived-ThCmpson Dean, New Orleans.
Depsrted-Colorsdo, St. Louie; City of
Helens, Vicksburg.
LOUISVILLE, January Claiming.
Depsrted-Chsrles Morgan, Cincinns ti;
Shinkle, Memphis; A. q Donnally, New
Orleans; +. II. Duriee, st. Louis. River
rising, with 10 feet IN the canal.
ST. LOUIS, January 27.-Arrived-
City of Chester, Memphis. Departed
None. River risen inches; now 10 feet
inches above low water. Heavy rain
last night, cloudy and wet to-day and
clear tonight.
EVANSVILLE, January 27.-Eained
ell night and nearly all day. River
l6 Ito feet and falling, Down-Bar-
nsrd aud bsrges, Laura +. Davis, Grey
Eagle, John Wood and tow, Williams
and tow. Up--Gaf.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID made by Henry Otto and Ricka, his
wife, To the undersigned trustee. dated
the 2Sth day OF December. A. ID. 1871, and
recorded in the Clerks office OF the Coun-
" Court OF Ohio county, West Virginia,
In deed OF trust book No. 4, page 2Si, will
on SATURDAY, the 23rd day OF February,
A. u. 1878, commencing at ~ o'clock A. NJ,
at the front door OF the Court House OF
said county. proceed 10 sell to the highest
and best bidder the following property
The east hall of lot eiglty-four, fronting
twenty-five feet on the National road in
the town OF Triadelphia, and running
back so as to make one full lot OF said town
TERMS OF SALE-Three hundred dollars,
or as much more as the purchaser may
eject, cash the balance In two equal in
staiiments. payable six and twelve months
after day of sale. with interest from date,
and secured to the satisfaction of the trus-
tee. A. REl MANN, trustee.
RUSSELL. & STIrEI. att'ys. ialSi
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Real Esfaie Transfers.

The following transactions IN real estate
were recorded in the County Clerks Office
Saturday:
Deed made December 8, 1877, by Louis
Marshall and Mary, his wife, TO Isabella
Creighton for the south half of lot No. 8,
in Csldwell's addition; consideration
$500.
Deed made April /, 1877, by William
II. Davis and Margaret l., his wife, to
Anna S. Cowen for all that lot or parcel
of ground lying on the west eide Of Jscob
street, between Forty-seventh and Forty
eighth streets; consideration Sl,0l504.
Deed made January &c, 1878, by w.
N. Rhodes TO }. g. Rhoades for all his
undivided one-hslf interest in and TO q
certain piece of land situated in the town
of West Union, Triadelpbis district,
OHIO county, consideration Sl25.
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whaI a Curious Quail an OWLS.

A certain pilot on one OF the local
packets was considerably nonplussod q
day or two since, by purchasing two
"screech" owls from 8 boy who had
caught them and cut their heads of, and
who represented TO the aforesaid pilot
that they were quail Of the finest variety.
When the pilot found how nicely the
boy from the rural districts had "fve dol
Jared" him, the roof of that pilot house
raised On inch, more or..less. And now
as he steers mis- boat cautiously along,
he peers out at every landing in search of
that rascally rural rustic.
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No. Z stops at ali statioSS
Wheeling and Cumberland. y, osg-
at all stations between Whss. AGa
ration. n
WESTBOUND 7px,,,n
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BELMONT COUNTY.
Rellaire.
BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTD
MURDER-BURGLARY OF

BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTD
MURDER-BURGLARY- OF
THE BELLAIRE NAIL MILL-GossIP.
Friday evening last the house Of Mil.
ton Stewart, mailer at the Bellalfe nail
mill, was feloneously entered and about
thirty dollars worth of goods taken, con-
sisting OF clothes, shoes, &c. The rascals
had the pockets OF an old coat packed
full OF silver forks, &c, but did not take
the coat, as noise was made and they
fed. The parties are unknown.
Ii. W. Meek, the man who was run
over by the G. & z. r. R. yard engine, is
slightly improving. DR.. Todd and others
OF this city smputated his leg on Sstur-
dsy last, and there is a faint hope of his
recovering.
Rev. l. j. Spencer, formerly of the
Disciples Church of this city, who is
now preaching in Baltimore, Md, will
lecture in the church named on Wednes-
dsy next.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected, Saturday, by the stockholders OF
the Bellslre nail mill. There will be
great changes made IN the management.
They also declared cash dividend of 3
per cent.
Two arrests made Saturday, Patrick
Manley. charged with drunkenness, and
VIM. Gill, for shooting at some boys
with intent to Brighten. Both fined 81
and costs.
The usual dance of the Baron base
ball club, successfully ended Saturday
evening.
Ferdinand Behr, a German peddler, q
brother-in.law OF Alexander Meyer, Of
the firm of Mayer & Klotz, of this city,
was met by two rascals about three miles
above Moundsville Saturday evening
about 4 o'clock and his money demand
cd of him. When he told them he had no
money, one of them struck at him with a
knife, it passing through the peak OF his
cap and the other pointed revolver at
his head, but Mr.. Behr caught his hand
in time to save himself, the ball passing
through his coat sleeve, il fiicting no dam
age except flesh wound. After the
shooting one of the rascals struck Mr..
Behr in the face with his fist, they
both seized hold CT him and
took from his person $50 in bank
notes, sl he had. He was going to Bel
lsire to get more goods. Mr.. Behr is
not long in this country, and is an in
dustrlous young man, and feels badly
over his loss. Some steps should be
taken to catch the villains.
Saturday evening was drill night at
the armory of the b. &. l.. e.
A steady falling of rain all day yes.
terds and last evening.
The following shipments were made
via the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
from the West to Baltimore yesterday {:
81 cars grain and II cars -four and meat.
The following shipments were made
from Bellaire stock yards: 1853 head OF
hogs, 81 head of cattle, II head of horses,
and LOG head of sheep for Baltimore,
New York and Philadelphia.
Fifty head OF nice Illinois cattle were
shipped through from Chicago to Wash
ington, Pa.
Mr.. John Cow OF the Leader was mar
ried yesterday to Miss Wagner, daughter
of State Senator Wagner
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MARROW Escape from browning.

Last Friday, as one OF the towboats
bound up river was passing Baresville,
Charles Mszeui and Albert Wallen, who
were going up the river from the mill
with load OF meal and -four in skif,
thought to hitch on 10 the boat and be
towed up about two miles to their homes.
Not seeming to understand the modus
operandi by which skiff rope is attached
to a boat while IN motion, they missed
their aim and were, with the meal, tossed
into the river. Mszeni swan about one
hundred yards to the bank. while Wal
len chung to the inverted skitf. Had not
assistance been rendered the latter would,
in all probability, have been drowned.
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OUR citizens having claims to collect
from the public are at loss often to know
how to collect them. They have tried
several so-called collecting agencies, none
of which appeared to give entire salts
faction, and our merchants would do we'll
to turn their attention 10 our own facIli-
ties at home now. We know of no better
manner of collecting claims than through
live Justice OF the Peace, and will
name VIM. Philips, No. 90 Twelfth
street, as one of the best. Try him before
throwing your money away on unknown
agencies.
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FOR RENT

ONE FINE BRICK DWELLING. NINE
" rooms, with all modern Improve &zA
ments, water closet and bath tubs; n.
large lot; located No. % y. Penn ST.,
now occupied by W. ii. Caldwell, Esq
Possession April LIST.
one two and half story brick house
with eight rooms and store room gas end
water; all in good repair: No. 63 Elgh-
teenth street; Will be rented very low
Possession April LIST.
Two one story frame houses on Eleventh
street, suitable for offices or dwellings.
Possession April lst. Apply To
4. NJ. ADAMS,
dec2s El2Z7 Market Street.
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Leg Bail.

A most laughable affair occurred on
Chspline street last Saturday night. An
officer had young man in charge, and
the prisoner concluded he would take a
rect, and leaned up against the fence.
Then he began to plead to be let of, but
the officer would not hear to it. Finally
the young man got tired of coaxing and
thought he would take French leave, and
started at 2:40 gait up Twelfth street,
leaving the officer far behind.