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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
SUMMING UP FOR THE YEAR.

The New York Herald has beeu inves-
tigating the condition of business in
Eastern Pennsylvania, and presents the
following summary of results among the
manufacturers for the past year:
"a significant item in summing up the
results of the year is the growth and
prosperity Of the number OF compare
lively small establishments shops en-
ploying from ten to fifty workmen, max
ing small articles, patented goods, spe-
cialties, DC. In the aggregate they
amount to an important matter, and
their increased business is good sign.
u is also worthy Of note that makers OF
files, locks, cutlery-mostly small es-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
nEw ApyEaTIsEMEMTs

CHRIsTMAs-BIBLES FROM q CENTS TO
U 10: Testaments from J cents to S2o0, end
New Methodist Hymnals are now Oh sale at the
de1sa JOHN BAILIE, Dep.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
C. ]. MAYER.
FOR RENT.
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS.

oPFIcE SECRETARY OF STATE,
WHEELING, October q, 1878.
The Board of Public Works Of the State OF
West Virginia, will receive at THIS oiice untii
December 10. 1875 plans for the alteration in and
additions TO the building known as the state
House" in the city Of Charleston. kanawha
county, from such architects as may please TO
submit them. 1t being understood that NO PLAN
WILL BE PAID FOR unless the same BE- adopted by
the Board y BRADY, Secretary Of State.
DECEMBER, II, 1873.
The time for receiving plans above mentioned
il ex tended until Tuesday, the list day OF yanu-
pry $50 nv order s. BRADY,
declsta Secretary of State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18

IT is quite amusing to see with what
unyarying fidelity our State papers pre-
face their remarks on tho whipping
post by quoting what some other paper
has said. They touch it tenderly--'fhe
harbarous post" One would suppose
that they had some kind OF presents
ment, maybe, they might be prescrlb-
ING for their own backs. They would
probably show more backbone in the
practical than the theoretical demon
stratfon Of the subject.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
AGENTS. READ THIS.

We will pay Agents a Salary Of 500 per month
aud expenses. or allow large commission 10
sell our new aud wonderful inventions. We
mean what We say. Address, without delay
SHERMAN & Co, MARSHALL, Michigan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18

In some aspects of the case, the iact Is
lust now cousoling that the United
States Senate is an unlucky place Tor a
Presidential candidate of any party
No President has ever been elected from
a seat in that body, though several have
been nominated. 1t was fatal TO CLAY
WEBSTER, CAss, BELL, and a whole host
Of others. Yet Presidential aspirants
eagerly crowd thither to meet their
doom,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
Capital Prize, $50, 900.
l00,OUo Tickets at Two pOllas each.
Half Tickets 500.

Responsible corresponding agents WANTED At
all prominent points Tn ~ HON q iibenal e5m-
pensstion viii lie paid
Application ioE rails 10 clatE should only be
made 10 the Home oflice In New Orleans
Write, clearly statiag iail address, for further
inflammation. or send orders 10
VI. A. nAUPHTN,
p. q. Box es2 New Orleans La
All our 6 rand Extraordinary Drawings are un-
der the supervisor and management al GrnsrAl
Il. 7. BeagezAd and JubAl A. Early.
i..rllavxs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18

ISouIsrrIvE Congressman still insist
upon knowing how the Treasury OF the
United States Is getting along. JOHN
SHERMAN is much disturbed over the
situation, but will have to tell all about
his coin balances.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18

GESERAL BuriER will take his seat in
the House next Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18

Grand Distribution, Glass A. at New Orleans
Tuesday, January II, ls7s-loith MopIhly Draw.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
CRY aERGEANT.

Thereby announce myself as candidate for
the Office OF City Sergeant at the ensuing charter
election. subject to the decision of the Repubh-
can Convention. sa.--
aec,s c. ]. MAYER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-18
HOUSEKEEPERS.

Postal Card sent us with your address will
insure fpce in rcfurn our illustrated CirulAss of
nice Ho1seiaruishilg specialues- PAixKR 4
sKILIoN, Manufactures, 81 Pearl stretI y. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
Life Insurance and Murder.


fffHi Ne LNNflH ifisyff JNi ~ T.
At the Chester Assizcs, yesterday, before
Justice Lush. the trial Of Ellen Hresuln. house,
keeper. for the murder by poison " Sarah Hec-
som, her child. ono year old. nj Lower walton,
Warrington. on the 81 of October was resumed
and concluded. In March last the prisoners
child LYDIA died under somewhat curious cir
Cumstances. but. a. she had been consumptive.
no uspicon was aroused and she was buried.
On the 81 of October the other child. Sarah.
having beer perfectly well up TO the middle ~
the day. was seized with commissions and died
the same night. DIR. Gormall. who was called
in before death. prescribed for tecthng convul-
siOn-. and gave certificate OF death from that
cause and the child was buried On the B Of
November the prisoners mother Lydia Sykes.
came to stay AT Walton. and ON the s,h was
taken i'll with the same symptoms as the two
children had shown. and though attended 10y n
doctor. died In great agony the next day. Sus-
norton examination We're held, and seven
grains Of arsenic were found in the stomach.
The bodies OF the two children were then ex-
humed 10y order of the Secretary Of State. and
arsenic was found in the stomachs OF both.
The motive alleged was that the prisoner had
effected assurances on the lives OF the
three persons. and hat the children were als0
entitled to- benefits from certain clubs. The
jury. after twenty minutes elaboration. found
a verdict Of guilty and the Judge. in passing
sentence. said that II II had not been 50 clearly
proved II would have been incredible that a
woman could have been found 50 lehased, -
lost To- all natural feeling. as 20 have been guilty
oi doing what the prisoner had done. HIS lord
ship then passed sentenced OF death IN ht
usual form.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
TROUBLE OVER FOREIGN PLAYS.
Mr.. Harkins Followed 10 baltimore Al
Irish Drama from the French.

Daniel II Harklns wen, 10 Baltimore on Mon
day lastto direct the production Of Celebrated Case
IN the Holiday street Theatre He intends to act the
part Jean Renuui Tic copy the play has been made
1t under.tood without following the language OF the
play used in the Union square Theatre but alherns
closely the story Yesterday, Shook Palmer OF the
unon square sent Lawyer Post e. Baltimore t. try to
obtain al injunction restraining lIarkins from bringing
ont tho uoce the rsht for which In that city they have
sold To- J1ln L Ford OF the opera llou>c
The Irish play. The piaoumaugh" now being sent.
Ell in the Filth Avenue Theatre; isa transanonly Man
Hscr Fskc wir oi Alasn ami Ncrmonis Los Memories
ia Dithc. itseli adramauzation Of French novel A
translation of the same play, advertised n 10y Hart
jackson. occupies the tg, 81 the Chestnut Street Thea.
ire Pilairlph under The uuc OF The 'raiga Dhou
Mr. Fishc has warned the Philadelphia managers that he
will claim ROYALTY the ground that II is Mrs Fske's
Translation not Jackson that they are using Tile two
plNs ARE the SAINT except a. Ia names Jackson WAS the
bu,n, manager OF the fith Avenue Theatre for short
time atei Mr. Flske took charge of that establishment
aud II l. understood that tie drama in dispute
worked AZ oiutN hi him and Mrs fiske On going away
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
WHAT NEW YORK WILL MISS.
Mashington 's Birthdny to Pass without Tn
rade of the Veterans OF IsIe.

An advertisement in yesterdays Sun, UNI
der the wcl-known signatures OF Gen II. Ray
mond and Col. Abr'm Daily. read us follows
The Veterans Of the War OF lsl2.-In conse-
uuonce Of the inclcmcncy II the weather. and
the advanced age and sickness OF some OF our
brother soldiers. there will be no meeting on
the 22d day of February 1875. Washington S
Birthday"
So many years have passed since the Veterans
II the War OF 1912 have failed TO come 10 the
front with their parade, and for the dinner al
ways spread for them 10y patriotic hotel pro-
prle,ors, that the announcement startled a re-
porter for THE Sun. and. without waste OF
time. he started out to find one Of the veteran
eGs wh9 and h1 Sr o ne "n Band YET par hS
prominent figures about this season Of the
year. The Directory aud a Mayors Marshal
specified a house n city Hall place II which the
General might be found. but on calling at the
place, and looking into dingy. dust-covcred
Ollie. and learning from good natured mat
ron that the General had not been seen there for
two months or more, the visitor wcndrd his
way q New Jersey, where, 1t was said, the vete-
ran General had his abode.
Con. Raymond was found comfortably sur
rounded at POI Montgomery street. Jersey City
yet suffering Eri"Nously from That most
troublous Of all old ages worriments, rhcuma-
No" he said, 9 we have concluded not t
lnnel to,morI"w IN iWr, II W. IiaIS ine ~,
together. for We are ali old, and at this seaso
Of the year afflicted with the troubles that mos
tend to make old age unbearahe. Besides
thcre's hecn a Misunderstanding. The pro
rrietors ofthe Smrtevant House didn't invite
us to dine with them on Washington's Birth
day. but on the Fourth OF July; aud it is on tina
day that the few surviving members Of the vet
cram band viii come together. some OF then
are So broken up with disease and old age tina
it would be impossible ior them 70 come out II
this weather: ~. for example. Major Crowley
nEo was unable 10 mount the stairs ~ IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
DEsOL1TE ADMINIsTR.iT ION.
Not n Dozen Warm supporters In Congress-
a Dismal Failure.

WAsHTNdToN Feb. III have noticed that
nftcr every brief absence from Washington | re-
turn here and find the Presidents following
weaker. His few heartfelt. ideal friends are
more cast down. His traduccrs and the stay
aways from his residence and receptions are
boldcr and more numerous.
John NJ Francis Of Troy. late Minister To
Greece who has unfortunately lost by fire.
since We spoke. the most valuable Office Of the
most 'proiitahe newspaper in interior New
York said: How IL the Admin stration get
ting on? never heard Of more dcsolate one.
There is no measure II could propose which
would draw half II dozen warm supporters in
Congress II Congress were al II might hope.
but in the State OF New York it,
friends are fugitive and depressed. and
the Republican party. both politicians and
voters have almost ceased 10 regard 1t as
theirs. That seems to be the view everywhere.
II 1t would only 90 over and be Democratic II
could be recognizable. but ii has lost 50 much
prestige that the Democrats are now afraid 10
accept it and the Republicans want to give 1t
away. II 1t was violent for a reform. for an
error. for almost anything. II might get the re-
spect Of luminosity. The last thing 1t has done
Is TO refer the appointments OF minor Postmas-
tcrs to bigger postmnsters In the nearest
city. Here 1t uunihilutcs source of pleasure
rather than Of Influence among congressman
and enrages rage. You know that don't take
h. opposition To- people quickly. | am among
the last 10 differ with wei meaning people. Bu
yOndcr is failure. dismal. incomprehenslblc.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
Mother AgnInst step.Fnther.

Mrs. Bertha Mayer appeared before Superln-
tondcnt wahns yesterday. leading her little sA old
girl Lizzie whom Emil Mayer Of a. Delaney street had
accused her Of abductng. Lizzie i her child by her first
husband About year Az Mayer accused his vii, Of
undey aud she quit his house in his absence, taking
the household furniture He hunted her up. and took
the furniture from her telling her that she might 90
She tlrfcupon had MIN arrested but Justice smith re-
leased him In september last the couple appeared be
Justice Smith IL wrangle over the possession Of little
Lirlr Mayer accused hs wife OF deseron nnl OF h.nl
an mpToucr person have the charge Of her daughter
aud til. custody Of tlc child WAS awarded 10 the step
father Mrs MAYER denies that she intended 10 ahduc
LlIhs She Was passing Maysr's residence At a. Dean
ccA street Tue day evening and her little daughter
who was PLAYING on the sidewalk called, her mamma
and sad Nat she wanted % 60 home with her She sub
,equeny teegraphei t. Mayer that she had the child
Sue rutcndent Wallug handed the child over 10 th'
society for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10 Children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
JOHN sHERMAN's DEsPERA TON
\ Subject tina. the sherman ramiiy Might be
Expected to Avoid.

Prom he Nee Orleans Democrat
That Sherman would instantly desert
Wells and Anderson. and never take another
thought of their sufferings II he could be salts
factorily assured OF his own safety, liz no news
to those who know him or are familiar with his
situation In these premises. II IL no more or
no worse than he did in Frank Hurtts case IN
short. II Is no worse or no better than he would
sacrifice is .vicarious and himself tho bene-
hciary, he does not care who suffers. from an
accompcc in crime to his granddaughter
But this is not all Of John heme to save
Nichols but he Is also scheming TO break down
the character OF the Courtin which he Is threat.
ened with Indictment, 10y raking up some old
records against Judge Whitaker. understand
compiling Whitakcr's record. to show that no is
n dcfnultcr to the Government. IL strikes mo
that man like John sherman should hesitate
to attack the records OF Judges In DIFFERENCE to
the iucmory OF his own brother. Charles T..
sherman who stands to-day ploricd In con-
tempt. and immortalizcd in disgrace and IN
fanny ms the only United States District Judge
in Northern state who was oyer forced to re-
sign to avoid impeachment for the vulgar crime
OF accepting money bride,
/ should suppose that II thero was any topic
forbidden OF conversation IN ths Sherma1
the fact that John assails the record Of Judge
Whitaker in such brazen defiance OF tho COM
moncst dictates of family dcicacy must be re-
ccivcd rs the most convincing proof OF his des-
pcration. There is no telling how 1t all may
end. John IL harder to catch than fca, and
harder to hold than an eel. But one thing Is
certain: whether he Is caught now or not. his
day of influence upon the public mind Mt large
is past. He may continue TO cs.npc indictmcnt
and conviction In the courts OF Louisiana. But
he can never escape the verdict OF the country
he has robbed. and the people he mas ruined.
history will pronounce upon his hateful men,
DRY over his unhOnOrcd corpse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22

Tho Court % Appeals yesterday affirmed the
Judgment o' cuuNlctO for murder m The nrst ~ gree
with the DEATH lenalt, a.ses~ei. against Emile Honon,
obtained boz the District Court of Colorado county Texas
tlv l7th March, l-77
The defendant WA. lawyer who had had difficulty
with another LAWYER named Masch relative o. the uic To
attract 81 land The dccnian, was chaI-l wth having
forged the deed under which he claiming. aul the
evidence tended 20 show that Ma-ch had cause sepa.
ration between II luhun ami hi wife and that he had
PENDANT IN number % acts OF Nhiny inc luiie among
others. the murder Of fOrmt wife by poison The wife
APPEARS To- have repcutcd of the statements made TO
Ma-ch aud eit Galveston AMI went 10 her husband At
Columbus AMI told HIM oi what she had informed
Msc and luther that Malsh had drz-ed her at Gal.
weston The n,Nt daN HuUihun waylaid Mal,ch on the
Fra~b,Tg road aud shot ana stabbed HIM until lac was
dead
THIS i the twelfth involving the death penalty
upon which the Court OF Appeals has passed ana Affirm,
tile iut.mcut
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
W.fs mr. ~ IvCENDIiRY?
The Strange Taking on of Mr.. Charles War
ner OF Ellington.

SPRINGFIELD. Feb. 2l--lna little piece OF
woodland, perhaps q mile from his home. the
body - Char Warner u Ellington. n town
lust over the Connecticut line. was found on
W.ln. STAY T. TIL lo}y lay q shotgun. and
ere was q terrible wound in the head. One
side Of tho skull had been blown or. Warner
could not have hoen lon, dead when diseov-
Erred by some young men who wore passing
through tho woods. Tho position OF the gun and
body le'i no doubt that Warner had killed him
self but rs he was wealthy man, one of the
richest In town. aud was not known 10 have had
trouble. or t. lay" shown any signs oi insanity,
The causes that led 10 Tie at could not DE sur
missed;
building ia Ellington an unusually hundsom"
building for So small a town som" tim" ago II
was burned e. the ground. and after n long de-
lay on Tie part 4 The in-urun - noinpanic-, the
losses were settled last we"k Warner receiving
Lrst Tuesday the men called upon Warner.
and after alning him aside, said that they were
effective. and hal come Co. nrr,st Ii i'm on n
h@ .grn1e Fiji WnrGer u srno IN 2y dei
uied. and said that he was willing To submit to
arr St tlM 1t was an inilgnily for which they
would suffer Then they took HIM to Rockville.
whore hc WAS confronted with proof 10y the
agent ir1ll whom he oil tanned tho insurance.
The proof i, spil t. be the confession Of a per-
son connected with or hired 10y Warner 10 sci
the school house on fire. hut the detectives are
UNWILLING 10 say Just what The proof was
Warner turned ln,r ana almost swOoned, hut,
without admitting or denying anyth ing, offered
tne agent .9n"-hali 81 IN" mopey, he had r.,
ccivel ii the matter was hushcd up, and the
offer WIS accepted. Warner signed papers
binding himself t. uay tn money and rs he
had property enough t. meet il he WIS allowed
t. 90. H.. explained when he reached home
that ne had had q little husingss 70 attend To-
The next morning he won, 10 W. ). Talrou. a
ncighhor, and borrowed Il Shotgun. NJ one
ever SAW HIM again alive.
Alter choos lng lhc place he placed the butt Of
The gun uIon "a limb 81 tlrc IN 81 n II way aS
f. support and bruce IT, ll,gr must prrylonslJ
n niS o ~ b w. t T h"ng the s gun M Viii ii,
lt hand, and with the ri.ht he pressed tAt
lrlg.ser A. n. tho rauIrOl,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
Manning Amuck In Malscca.


Psychologists have argued that the Nell-known
hHhitof rutun. anuckl is simply homicdal monoraniA
form of disease IN tact But our English authorities In
ieiak have taken different view and since they have
insisted formally executing Offenders they seem /,
have put decided cheek on the Practice The police
provided with huge pchiork meant tn take The mAd
man alive when he turns to bay MALAY. Major Nj Nail
tells US will say, Ny eyes gutdark and ran in when
tie terrible cry. "Amuck. amuck Il suddenly raised IN
the street there u general scramble to get out Of the
The homicide makes his headong rush striking I,
the right aud left, the bystanders who cannot
draw their own firearms and knives, and shoot stab
him I'll al last he drops under his wounds Is hsmneC
IA % "A
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22

y 7NI ne fUI0IUNlII fl7TWsToNIT
HoUsToS. Texas, Feb. ~. A terrible fatal
shooting HiilaN and four handed duel occurred at
BRYAN, middle Tcxt-, this afternoon. at O'Clock
Four men mot IN the street armed with siN huoiers
AMI guns. Their names were Hodges, Rush IRWIN.
ani another party whose name could not be
ascertainci TIE cause of the dincuty l. supposed
20 have been old ieud All four began shoot.
ing simultaneously, hni persons near the scene He'd
Spectators say IL uok,d like small skirmi-h Twomeu
were hit on the Mold wound d. ON, mprially ami one
dead Fifteen shot, were nr,d Rush was struck IN the
hip 10y pistol ball and ten early IN the action danger
Ou,N wounded man named Morrison, u ciufcn who
drove up IN buggy AT the CONNIE nconcnt of the row.
amt who was merely spectator wa, shot and n IS sup
posed MORALLY wounded. Irwin was killed Tile
affair created nicn,e excitement IN an around Bryan
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22

For the better protection OF through travel
tile kre Railway has built in Its Jersey city station an
ENCLOSED and spacious walk through which the pass. n
nlt Conducted to the eomTany's ery without heing
.lNR'u ~ hMlhdled by runners The fusaurhunna O
-" raNvhh ieffJ hasJust been elegantly redtled And
H"u' 0'V OF 1he handsomev I0ats On the river.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
baptized In . Hole IN the Ice.

TTVVI Wf TTVV TTHI's
The pastor OF the Advent Church, Sandy Hill,
yesterday morning conducted bapsma services the
river, when hole made In tile Ice and the converts
three Sundays
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-22
Ltal q siatt.

-.----------------- -. -------- -------
BARGAINS at Jersey Citv-rretty story house.
ID rooms ful lot nice garden cost - 500. only
1850 story AMI cellar hou~. AMI lot store ani
rooms ON PRINCIPAL street ~ 800 story AMI cellar
house, ful lot II rooms, rent Tor $50 month q ~,
easy terms send stamp for record open ON Wash
stun's Birthday
GIBSON ~ Montgomery st. Jersey city.
C16OtAsH, and - year plnnl pai, Tor, Miil by
couNrrcut to ferries At Jrr-ey city price only f2'l
Othcr places from Stl g. shpl easy forms scni stamp
Tor Record. omen ON Washington, Birthday
gibson ~ Montgomery Il. Jersey city