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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

SEVERELY HURr.-Cspt Greene.
mate Of the Fanny Lake. while trying
to get refractory steer from the
steamer to the wharf. at Snohomish
City, last Monday, received . severe
kick in the temple from the vicious an.
imal, which dSme resr terminating &C.
riously. The man was knocked insen.
sible for about fifteen minutes. and is
still very weak and feeble from the eff
fects of the shock.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

EXTENSION The Portland papers
state that they are reliably informed
that dispatch was received n the city
from Precedent Kochlsf. It the O. C.
Railroad Company. announcing that he
has succeeded in completing his ar
ranaements by which 80 miles Of the
road will be constructed from St. joe
south.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

GESERoUs.-Mr. Ballard informs rs
that articles intended for exhibition at
the Territorial fair. at Olympia, will
be carried free on the Zephyr. and pas
sengers at half the usual rates. 6
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

Coon WoRK.--Messrs. Gard s Lair,
at their factory or Mill street are at
present getting out the doors, mould
ings, ETC., for Prof. Ingraham's new
house in Belltown. The pannelled
doors are Of very Hns quality. both -
regards material and workmanship.
This 6rm are building up for them
selves large share Of the public pat
ronage.
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I NC DowN.-The Tacoma snills
. running nights and intend
@eop altogether for . time.
152hu Is extensive repairs will be
~ - naehinery and other parts
J. I, tnsra are 1t present but
n = seae port, one Of which 10
- - - end the other pretty well
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n INTDLLIGBNCER.
.-~dsy, October 2. 1878.
diplomas.

allowing persons were '.alas -
= !, tho various committee. OF
- =. County c. Industrial Association
~ 1sp'i ssst display Of apples.
B B.gley, best variety Of
- Atkins, second premium for
~ 2 pp'csrdmsn, loaf bread by a
49, Sfissn years.
| = .'e uS;aItsbid5le. best cake and apple
=. = diplomas. ,...-
~ . ! Ipdsrson, tomato honey.
e Tnk, butter.
Isdsehell, nest Of tubs;
" Trpder, writing desk, secre-
idebosrd.
- "A Psalson & Co, chamber set
w., 3 ScbiIIistsd, spring bed and
- rhittemeyer, tanning mill.
/ g..iissr. tin and sheet iron work.
! Csrieek, marble, brick and
81. 1 Nslhorn, ale.
| lsdsrsoO. granting. first premium"
isdssoo, granting. second pre-
- - < Heckson, toilet aud washing
=. Catching. washing machine and
''I;se for saving slaves.
,.sson, Meyer & Co. canned salmon.
2rRH Denny, patchwork quilt.
Nm 4 6tringham, rag rug.
1rHL Crawford. ottoman cover.
n Diggs, hearth rug.
- ? Ci6crd, hooked rug.
SnH 1 Crawford. patchwork quilt.
IN J Wood, patchwork quilt.
w Randolph, embroidery.
n Smith, ismpmat.
n r " Barker, cardboard work
mi r Tibbetts. spstter work.
"A 1 E Hall. silk embroidery.
- NcAlister, silk embroidery.
inv Ulln, German text work,
MI Tanner, splint bouquet hold
Nm Peterson, worsted wreath.
Nm H Tibbetts. case millinery.
m B Brown, opera cloak.
I'm Denny. woven Counterpart.
Peterson Bros, best photographs.
Nm G N Hsnford. penmanship.
Go Colmsn. canary birds.
IN Il B Bagley. rare plants.
nv Valid. display of cutlery and
kola
Harris & Attridge. drugs and fancy
nd
] Chilberg, squash.
NJ Jones and son, standing corn.
Nh Jones, three varieties of pots-
y md one gallon Of peas. two di-
Iauas
Nv DeKott, bushel onions.
] NcComb, Marblehesd squashes.
M b A Atkins. twelve ears corn.
] iaubsher, caulifiower.
] NsComb. Delaware graper.
I 1cNatt, muskmelons.
Nh Peterson, wax work.
4 Burnsll. mineral picture frames.
Hin = Kane. splint picture frames.
W Holgate. case coral and shells.
IND F Mcknight. log cabin quilt.
Oliver Anderson. pen drawing.
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D.-The tug s. L. Mastick
svsains bringing tho ship
Ospt Blair sad wife were
They have been spending
e91n the Sound. The Mes
\ Yosemite anchored Of
~ tug will 90 down
- bring her up.
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GoxE To SKA.--The 0oliAh took
hold q the Barring Brothers late last
evening, and this One ship viii Be
toxed to sea to-day with 3.400 tons OF
SEATTLE coal il her hold. the largest
cargo that waa even ever taken from
Puget Sound in . single ship.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

SAN FRAncisco SHIPrIx0.--Our
Monday arrived iE San Fancisco tho
Martha Rideoat. Port Blsksly, Hssa-
more Port 0amhle. and Brown Bros.
from Boston.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

SHERMAN HYDE 1 Co. Pacific Coast
Agents. Also agents for the celebrated
Estey and Standard O-xsns. For Sheet
Music and Brass Instruments, address
SHERMAN, HYDE & Co..
aug3l -dAwly San Francisco.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

PKssoxAL. Governor Ferry j. in the
c;ty. he arrived irom the capital last
evening.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

e For smoked halibut, or nspes and
dns picked call on J r Bean. Front
street.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

Buy your groceries as T. Lyls's. the
cheapest house in the city. Quick GALES
and small profits IL my motto.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

MiLLINERY.-Mrs. Ada Blackmsn 10
going to Frisco for . new stock of
millinery goods They will be selected
b the lady herself, and in connection
she intends to keep full line Of hat
blocks of the latest Fall styles, and
will bleach aud press ct the usual price.
Experienced workwomen in this line
win be employed.
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EASTERN OATMEAL for sale 1t
Chilberg Brothers.
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LOST.
SIS r EW A 3 D.
A Very Largo Green Parrot,

rfteea ysars old, vas tAksA Wednesday night
bstvssn half pest Avs snd six o'clock. fr00
ny yssadence, @ ths cosnse Of mn -
souoso ~ - Eo1usn - n residence, md -
Quag11u11 VIII b onned.
sal-asv Mn. A.r-skx1Woe1uX.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

MAIsox DoRzE RESTAURANT, Front
street, next to the /" Arcade" Second
to none. Open day and night.
New furnished roomsup stairs for trav-
cling guests. =
D. II. WEBSTER, Proprietor.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

~ The Fountain Beer Hall, Front
street, next to the North Pacific Brew
cry. Is the largest and finest in the city.
All kinds of Beer. Ale and Porter for
sale. Lunch from nine to ono o'clock
every day; also. fine lunches to order.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-02

EUROPEAN DRAFrs.-Drxfts issued
ct lowest rates on Greet Britia1n Irs-
land. Germany. Russia, France, Norway
and Sweden. Tickets to and from
Europe sold ct lowest rates b. Andrew
Chilbsrg. Seattle. VT. 8
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-05

NEW YORK, April A. Cotton Quiet
at 10 9.l8Ii0 ll.16c Flour-Heavy; No. 2,
IS 00p3 90, superfne western and state
81 4044 90, common TO good IS 0Oa5 q, good
10 choice IS 30a5 IS, white wheat extra
S5aOa6 50, fancy SO 55a77 extra Ohio
$5l5a675 It Louis IS 2Oa7 70, Minnesota
patent process at $675aS 70. Wheat Firm,
closed dall and heavy; No. 2 spring 81 22i
al "a. No. 2 Chicsgo spring 81 2sf. No. 2
Milwaukee SI29ll 80, No. l spring 81 3sa
13i, No. 2 red winter steam SlSSal 81, No.
l do 81 3s5<al 40, No. 1 white 81 4ial 46If,
No. . northwest April at 81 26a1 IS. Rye
Dull; we.tern 72a74u. Barley-QaieI; No.
/ Canada $50. Mlt-Unchanged. Corn
Moderate demand; unyraded western mix.
ed Acc; steam mixed 63A53I Nc, No, 2 at SAX
55hc, steam yellow 6SAc, No white,
round, yellow aud high mixed 55>fc, yel.
low western 522<atSU. Oats = Heavy; west.
ern mixed 3iaSje, wDite western S5sS7f.
Hay and Hops Unchanged. Coffee-Steady;
Rio cargoes lial7c, jObbing at 1ialskc
gold. sugur-Dtmand fair and market
firm: fair to good refining 7lIa7s!e, primo
Ike, refined firm at 9Hal0Hc. MolasSes
Quiet and unchanged. Rice-uehanged.
Whisky-Steady at 81 t6Ifal OF.
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Emigrant Passenger Rates.

CINCINNATI, April 4-The genera
passenger and ticket agents Of the Unitec
States met in convention at the Crane
Hotel to day. W. B. shattuck, OF the AT
lantic & Great Western Railroad, wal
elected President, and H. G. Townsend. o.
the Wabash Railroad, Secretary. To
days session was devoted to the subjec
Of emigrant tickets TO Kansas and othel
land grand territory. The rate wa,
adopted for this class Of travel on basil
Of s cents per mile one way for the rouac
trip or 2 and q cents for the distanct
Travelled. Colony tickets, one way only
were fixed on a basis Of q cents per mile
the distance to be computed on nileag,
BY the shortest line. Tomorrow Eas
bound rates will be considered.
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Death ON the Rail.
GRAFTON, W. VA, April 4.

GRAFTON, W. VA, April 4.
EdltorI Iu.ellig.neer:
The body Of an unknown boy, sup,
posed 10 be about l2 years old. was found
about 8 o'clock this morning on the rail,
road track. near Simpson Station, on the
Parkersburg branch, by Mr.. Lemuel
Lake. II was terribly mapgled, being
scattered distance Of thirty yards along
the track. All efforts 10 identify the
body proved unsuccessful, there being no
papers Of any kind on or about the cloth
log. It Is supposed he was riding on
come Of the freight trains and fell Of.
It Is reported on good authority that
the shops and machinery Of the B. & O
Co. at Newberg will be removed to Graf
ton in a few days, which will be quite an
addition to our town, brt the death oi
Newberg.
The excitement over the controversy
on the action Of our Council is increas.
ing, which is a good thing, as II hurts no
one, and, as 2eck says, makes the papers
sell, Talk.
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VOLUME XXvI--NUMBER l99

Elementary estimates to 100000 OIL
E1, ,500,0 Allof these expenses COM
bined showed q total deficit OF g5, 800, 900
or e5,s000O0. They proposed TO meet
during the present year the deficit on
ordinary expenditures by the supple
mentary estimates. For this purpose they
proposed to increase the income tax
3 pence on the pound, which they estims.
ted would produce e9,000,000, to increase
the tobacco duty pence per pound they
estimated would produce E750. 900, and
10 increase the dog tax In a manner to
produce 100000. But they proposed to
make some allowance in the assessment Of
the increase tax for depreciation In value
Of machinery, and to grant some exemp.
tions from the house tax In particular
circumstances. These reductions would
cause loss Of $4,000. Thus about
sl, $50, 900 Of a deficit would be left over
TO the next year.
INCREASED DUTY oSTeBAcco.
In the House Of Commons a resolution
was passed favoring an increase Of the
tobacco and income tar.
A telegram from ST. Petersburg denies
that the landwehr has been called out.
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The TayIor Banquet.

NEw YoRK, April 4.-The grand ban
uuet rendered Hon. Bayard Taylor, Min
isler 10 Berlin, took place tonight, and
was attended by q large number Of prom
iuent citizens Of New York. The Ban
auet Hall was beautifully decorated Will
German and American flags. Hon. VIM
Cullen Bryant presided. On his righ
were the guests Of the evening, ant
among many distinguished person.
present were Edwards Pierrepont
Ex.G Government Morgan, Mayor Ely
Rsv. Dr.. Bellows, Rev. DR.. Adams
Chief Justice DAILY, s. B. Ruggles, ex
Governor soloman, George 0Pdy Ike, Sin
clair Tousley, George w. Curtis, E. A
Chaplin and many others.
Letters Of regret were read from Wm
NJ. EyartS, J. Bancroft Davis, Cyrus W
Field, II. w. Longtellow, r. W. Emer
son, .. w. Holmes and Us. Whittier.
Mr.. Bryant made the opening speech
10 which Mr. Taylor responded in ieelinl
and eloquent terms. Addresses were alsl
made BY Geo. W. Curtis, Ed. Pierrepont
q. W. Baker, W, D, Howells, @. D. War
ner, ex-Goy. Solomon and others.
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CINCINNATI, April 4.-Cotton-Steady
ut l01sc. Fiour-Quiet aud steady. Wheat
-EaSier; red 81 1Sal 23. Corn-Easier at
4lc OatS-Steady at 2saS2c Rye-De.
mand fair and market firm at 60a6!e. Bar.
ley-Dull and unchanged. Pork Quiet
and unchanged; jobbinS ut $40 90. Lard
Easier; steam 79Sc; kettle 7Ifa7<c. Bulk
Neats-Quiet; should.rs.at Sssc, short rib
o. cash, buyers May short clear 5Hc. BE-.
con-Ste41y at 49sa5ssa5Ha6c. butter
steady and unchanged. Linseed oil-Quiet
aud steady ut 6Uc. Whisky-steady and In
good denand ut 81 0S.
loGs--Aoderately' active aud o shade
higher; common IS 25aS so, light IS 55a
9 q, packing ss so4S 50, butchers 50 s6a
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New ORLEANS, April 4.-The steamer
Dawn, from Shreveport, was burned VI
this morningat7 o'clock, at White Heal
Plantation, thirty miles above this city
The boat and cargo are total loss. N,
loss Of life Is reported. The passenger
lost everything but what they had on
The cargo consisted OF Eve hundred BALE
Of cotton, u hundred head Of cattle, ,hre,
hundred head Of sheep and forty hogs
The boa. was valued at $40, 600, and wa
insured In Cincinnati for $4,000. Th,
FIRE was caused by sparks from the fur
mace door. A brisk wind was prevailing
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NEw oRLEASs, April 4.-I'he Times
yicksburg special announces the failure
Of Moss & Marty, cotton buyers. Liza
bilities 100000. No assets. The failure
was caused by the suspension oil the 81.
Louis branch house.
A HEAVY LUMBER FIRM GOES UNDER.
Bosros, April 4.-The firm OF Holt &
Bugbee, lumber dealers, suspended yes.
terday. Liabilities Sl50, ,0O0, due mostly
10 Boston. The failure Of the firm, II is
said, ia caused by the fraudulent action
Of Mr.. Bughee, a brother OF the junior
partner, who has for several years acted
as buying agent for the firm al 1ndianap'
oils. To cover his own losses he has
drawn against the firm, using as collat.
eral notes OF parties IN the West whore
signatures are admitted 10 be forgeries.
Mr.. Buebee contesses to issuing Sl32 900
Of these notes, now largely in the hands
OF the Boston banks, but made payable in
indianapolis. II Is believed thai apart
from the forgeries the firm is solvent and
will be able 10 resume.
BosroN, April 4.-The amount Of
forged paper issued by ]. W. Bugbee, o.
Indianapolis, Western agent Of Holt d
Bugbee, Of this city, Is said to amount 10
sl500O0, and in addition 10 this Bngbee
has drawn largely on the firm up 10 as
late date as March 80. Among The
forged signatures are II. Clostermaul
Cincinnati, $4,000; G. Henshaw' d Son
Cincinnati, $4,000; Hatch, Holbroo
Co., Chicago, $4,000; ]. Griffith & s n
Cincinnati, $1,000; Maxel Bros. g
Philadelphia, $4,000; T. W. Harvc
Chicago, 500, 600; Holmes 4 Co., Chicag
$4,000.
NEw YoRK, April 4.-Tbe suspension
Of John R Cecil, small operator, was
announced In the Stock Exchange this
afternoon. He was short ot the market
His liabilities are principally in the
West. The firm expects to DO able TO
pay in full.
Nlw York, April 4.-The suspension
Of John L. Eecler, small operator, was
announced In the Stock Exchange this
afternoon. Liabilities principally In
the West.
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are decidedly Encouraging so far as the
condition Of trade in this country is con.
cerned; for the decrease in imports shows
widespread depression. The decrease
in this large surplus Of exports that was
apparent from March to December last
year was the best possible evidence that
affairs were then assuming . healthier
tone. The increase since then in the ex.
cess Of exports over imports shows, SO
far as domestic trade Is concerned, are
lapse from that improvement.
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Grimes and Casualties.

WEsrF1ELD, MASS, April 4.-Jamei
Kearney fatally shot John Wilson, yester
day. Cause, both drunk and jealous.
CINCINNATI, O., April 4.-The resi-
dence Of ]. ]. Winegardner, farmer, n
Nashville, Fairfield county, Ohio. wa
entered by thieves on Tuesday night and
$1,000 in currency stolen.
In an affray at 8 o'clock this morning
between one Henry dig and JOSEPH
schauder, q saloon keeper, the latter was
literally beaten to death.
EArosTows, April 4.-Last night the
safe OF the Treasury. OF tbe Eaton branch
railroad was robbed Of $4,000 cash and
$4,000 in notes and mortgages.
TERRE BAurE, IsD., April AIN the
case OF Charles Burns for the murder oil
Elijah Birdwell, deputized sheriff in
Edgar county, Ill. last June, the jury
at Paris, to-day, returned verdict Of
guilty, and that the prisoner be hanged,
RUN OVER AsD KILLED.
ST.. LOUIS, April 4.-Mr. Henry Gar
she, assistant Physician at the Insane
Asylum, Situated several miles from the
city, was run over by a train Of cars about
10 o'clock last night and instantly killed,
his body being horribly mangied. tap
pears that DR.. Garshe was in the city
yesterday and intended 10 return TO the
asylum by the Q o'clock accommodation
train on the Missouri Pacific Railroad;
he missed this train however and took
the regular $40 P. NJ. train. This train
does not stop at the station near the say
lum and 1t Is supposed that the Doctor
jumped from it while II was 10 motion
and was struck by the cars, thrown under
them and nearly the entire train passed
over his body. It is also believed that
the already mangled remains we're run
over by freight train, which passed the
station about an hour alter the passenger
train. When found the body was cut into
about twenty pieces and scattered along
the track for about one hundred feet.
DR.. Garshe was a son Of a. J. P. Garshe,
prominent lawyer and one Of the Oldest
citizens Of St. Louis.
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ID, Ryiaq says tha. we copied It's
tmteb abOu. viIler' arrest for COM
,Jaly Ia lhs Wallace murder from the
PtbVrh Leader. This Is one Of Bak-
\, Juk inyeuIions to cover up his re-
ro!astion Of one Of our editorials from
's.s. Louis Dbpateh as showing Western
Rssin.pt 10 regard to the lynching. II
/. vii turn TO our paper Of the 2sth ult.
/. Ill zee our own news in regard to
vil.n from our own correspondent at
Barton. We copied no news what
nj from the Pittsburgh paper. Bakers
rndlL ue we'll illustrated in his paper
,sxdly wherein he publishes, under
llailg head lines, what purports to be a
Glath from Fairnont giving an &C.
salt oI 4 robbery 10 that town. The
". news was in the lSTELLIdEscER
,stEdsy iu a letter from It's regular
srwPpaden. at Fairmont, received by
a.n1e mail that brought Bakers bogus
tsp.eh.
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Toledo.

TOLEDO, April 4.-wheat- Opened dull,
weak and lower, closing tltmer amber
Michigan seller April ut 81 80, seller May
St3l, No. . red wint IT spot 81 25If asked,
81 25 bid, seller May 81 ak, No. 3red held
at 81 10. Corn Quiet; hish mixed 46kc,
No. Q spot offered 4l%c, bid 44Ifc, seller
May $50, rejected axe, damaged 36fe.
Oats Quiet No. 2 at 29Kc. Glover seed
-Dul; mammoth at 81 25, prime 81 90.
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lnrHOSt Is an important article OF
$saGrs 10 The vicinity Of blast iurn.
III TIE furnaces in and around
Esslins consume vast quantities Of it.
b hts, on an average, 95 pounds Of
EsuIOns to llx one hundred pounds Of
|issin furnace. Great piles Of II are
IeRsan kept on hand in the furnace
'rrtl side BY side with the ore piles.
.l.DE boats Of Wheeling are exteu-
|Eny employed in boating limestone
ssa points along the shore in Marshall
s'ssg 10 tie various furnaces. Much oi
" atone Ia quarried at Lock.
''oS. Landing, and at Pipe Creek
I'd st the Narrows below Pipe
|CMk, In the flush times OF the iron
sstH.. before the panic limestone sold
lSIga rs! 50 per ton. Now II Is down
s.Sont 50 and 90 cents at the furnaces
I'D u ,old N7O to the towboats along
asiSor. John Nolan Is working 30 to
AAiad, a! LOckWood's Landing, N. NJ.
Fowler u many more at Pipe Creek, aud
a'g' 4 Barnard as many perhaps at
A' Siror. The owners Of the quarries
|saAS lotenh royalty for the stone, and
aqunrynsu are paid 80 cents per tor
|@ssI!iHG it out. II costs 10 cents to
'ial lOihs landings anil 10 cents to
'n IL leaving 5centS profit to the con-
|s's''r who sells it to the towboats. The
e's, u We remarked, get an advance ol
9sent' per ton for delivering it at
|a.iutnac.,.
About 500 tons Otstonc are got out per
'Hk at The places nsmed, and beslde
lIicss there are several others in
VIslaty from which the furnaces
si' supple. The quarrymen get on.
,sISd iiS ions per day each, and are
Aei enabled In u.L. .,1 ,..,.o,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-05
- tAeurslon 10 Burgettstown
Yesterday.

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/ Yesterday.
Salsanuubsr Of ladies connected with
:, S'StA' Foreign Missionary Society
~ Warrington Presby,ery left the
Y; ;!aIs'day ! ID morning on the early train
EW'&Ky. for Burgettatown, Pa,
y. s'ed The yearly meeting Of the sOci,
S%Ha''Plnce. They were Mrs. R. G
W ~ M. Df. Geo. Baird, Mrs. W. F
ssls', D.. and Mn. Cunningham, Mis-,
| \ 'i,a,''din, ' Mrs. Judge cranmer, Mrs
A.. Vaa.udler, a. Mrs. John Frew, Mrs. NJ
ss'' s'' lia NJ. Harper, Mrs. DR.. J.o
SpR NJ ! vi" $. Irwin, Mrs. D. c. Lis.
4 ~ = ~ aOifhI, Miss L. McCullOch, Mis-
Oil'SH Mrs. A, ". PAUL, Mrs. H
~, ',, =: Ms. Eaie Russell, Miss L. Sin,
n, Aia NJ. Taylor, Mn. Dr.. 4. s
: s's s,,,l Mas. NJ. Whitesidsp, Ms. Rev
Williams, ,s., Mis-. Weber.
~, a''' 4 pleasant ride, the company ar
~ NV u BurgettstOwn about Q o'clock
.',S'i'sd a cordial welcome from III,
~'3ee REPRESENTING the ladies Of tha
H. s.a s'aas''ed with the Society, and B,
lS'.ss s''' escorted to the Presbyterian
- sssA' haud.oue brick ediaco Of
,5's'' architecture, with stained slas
W., !, meeting was called to order by tn
Y. .'ll's' and opened BY singing th
metre dO1OlOgy, reading Of ,h
ss''. s!'a'., q. andptayef. Mi.s ]. Mccle.ry
,,,.s "s' Alexander, Pa, wa. elected Sec
sI., 'e' The day. The report Of IL
], s y 'o' the year wa read BY Mr.,
a.. .''s, Of the Stone Church a. Elm
"" Next was read The report