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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-13

Tho Duties aud Responsibilities OF Teach
eFs aud their Importance.


Tho Duties aud responsibilities OF Teach.
erS aud their Importance.
John Bright heartily believes every
other good and manly mAu-that moral
teaching Is much a part Of education as
the three RS. "ElucatIon," he said the
other day, SIS not even classics aud mathC-
matics, OF which, in my day, when l was
young, knew nothing, and Of which
have not acquired any knowledge since.
regard what are called classics. that is the
ancient languages Of Greece aud Rome, "a
rather luxulieS than anything else. | do
not myself believe that there is anything
in the way Of wisdom which Is to 10 at.
tanned In any OF the books OF the old lan.
guages which ut this moment may not be
equally attained In books Of our own lileTa.
ture. Therefore, think a man may be
~ great, Us good, aud as wise InAn,
knowing only his own language and the
wisdom that Is enshrlned In It, as II he
know all the Latin and Greek books that
had ever been written. / think with re.
gard TO teachers, they have two entirely
different branches ol labor. They have
that Of instructing their pupils from books,
and they have that Ot instructing them
from their own conduct and their o wn
manners. You want 10 teach child to
be gentle-and ] must say that Is better
than book learning mot the GentleneSs
that Is weakness, for there Is perfect
gentleness which is combined with great
force. You want gentleneSs, you want hu'
mantty. Humanity 10 animals Is ono point,
II were u teacher Of q school l would
make II q very important part OF my bust.
ness to Undue every boy and girl with the
duty Of being kind 70 all animals. 1t IL
In the world from the barbArity and un'
kindness which people show to what We
call the inferior creatures. Then there Is
the quality OF unsehshneSs. SelaShueSs
In families Is the cause Of misery and the
cause Of great injustice, UnSelHshuesG
and love OF inIustice-these arc qualities
which come II you oGer them 10 the young
} persons mind. Their very mature
makes them that they cannot receive 1t OK
, Ccpt with liking and appreciation. And
hayG no doubt that II Is possible for thu
: teAchos. In the. elementary schools o
birmingham during the noxt ten Year, o.
2 so, during which they will have two o
. three generations oi children under thel
care, so to impress their minds on thesl
: subjects that twenty years hence It vii
!. be seen and fell over the whole town thA
' there Is an Improvement in these respect
in the general population. Applauso.
= These are things which, think, It be
u hoOVes the teachers 10 bear In mind
!. They cannot, possibly, have too high
b sense Of the responsibilities Of their pos
). ton and ol their duties"
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SEw ORLEANS, December l2.-The Car
roll parish Democratic organ says: David
Armstrong, a colored man, living with hi.
family on MoraucY Place, near MilIlkcn'.
Bend, Madison parish, was taken out o.
his house on Monday night, preceding tht
election, by twenty-five or tlIirtv men
Over twenty shots were fred, and heard
by persons on the place. Pools OF blood
and aleet covered with gore were found
near the bank Of the river the next morn,
ing, but no trace whatever Of Armstrong
who Is reported US Us an industrious, nav
lug tenant on the Morancy Place, making
good crops every year.
Since writing the above report hu
been brought to town that the body o
Armstrong was tished out Of the river thrc,
days ago and inferred.
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A new paper Is to be started In Bridge
port; the ilst Issue wilt be on next Wed
neslay.
OGlebay Sons are putting a toney Opel
front In the new store rooms under theI
public hall, II will be occupied b.
Charley Miller, asawholeSale liquor store
A (chainl gang Of men are scraplng III,
muM OIL the streets This Is a sort OF /
secondary scrape, sequel 70 a former one
Mr.. A. Lash, Of Martins Ferry, Is put.
Jung a new oak floor In the old KirkwoOlI
bridge. The abntments Tor lhOnew bridge
are about completed, but the new bridge
wlll not be put up belorO next spring.
Large quantities Of poultry are coming
IN from the country, q part OF Il finds i
market here aud Ia Wheeling, but laYe
portion 0i It Is shipped 10 eastern cities.
The ST. ClRirSyille bus broke down Oh
The Island yesterday. The damage was
such that Mr., Wilson had to leave his
own bus and continue bis trip with the
Red Front" borrowed from Henry Shall.
cross. lie waSt two hours late,
Mrs. Ross JunkIns is In Washington,
D. O., with her sister, Mu. DutfoW, RoSs
Is travelling for a Chicago firm.
DO the memben Oithe bridgeport Coun.
cll own stock In lantern factory, OF have
lhey owl eyes which enable them 10 pen.
citrate the Egyptian darkness that hangs
Il ke . pail over our mud stricken town
after the sun goes down. The sun, moon
and star! were pronounced good by mighty
good authority, but Il 10 mean and cheeky
" depend on them for oil our light For
the business Interests Of tlIe town, for the
love OF light rather than darkness; for
your families sake; Tor Heavens sake get
ln Old coal oil lamp or two and hang out.
Some old secondhand lamps might be
purchased cheap Of West Wheeling, Farm.
lnglOn, "Hole In the Ground" Mount
Pleasant, or some other one oi our neigh.
boring towns where street lamps have
been for years past.
Passengers coming In on the new road
WI think when the train slRrkens up for
bridgeport station that they are entering
the Flushing tunnel. Light the old thing
UP some way, or next election you will |
have to light out oi the Council, and don't
you forget II.
A Bridgeport winter scene. A wagon
as big as canal boat lIlIed with coal
wheels In the mud eight inches, fourteen
big loaters with clubs beating two poor
little bOny tired horses that are irving
their best To pull Il out big man comes
along with a big team and big heart,
bitches In front and pulls them out,
Iableau: Fourteen big loAfers waiting Tor
the next clubs trumps,
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ACROSS THE OCEAN.
The Grand Iury Find True Bills Against The
Irish ssdlIlOnlsts Attempt 10 Az.
saSslnats the Vlceruy OflndIa
Critical Condition VI
Spanish Affairs.
FRANCE

PARS, December l9,-MArshal Canro
bert yesterday declared In the Senate, ~
far lFom ordering the soldiers 10 fire Ou
the people on the boulsvATtls In 1851 hp
stopped firing, aud said the tlrinR was a,l
ahsnrdlly which no General would have
ordered, and was doubtless begun by the
young h0t.heAded recruits.
The Presidents Of three groups OF the
Senatorial Left yesterday waited on Wad.
dlngton, President Of the Council and
Minister Of Foreign AIaiu. Ferry, sena.
tor from the Department Of Seine Etoise,
on behalf Of the Left Centre, advocated 4
more decided policy. Duclere, life Sena.
tor from the Department Of l4Andis for the
Pure Left, urged that the government
should watch over the strict loyalty OF oil
IunetionAries, and N TGrroulat, from the
Department oI War for the Advanced
Left asked for tho purging OF reactions,
and for the cessation oi the i!l.tFeatnlent
ol communists Ia New Caledonia, Wad.
dlngton acknowledged that much had still
% be done as to the iuuctionAries, though
II was not always easy TO lind suitable
successors. He promised IN DO bis nj.
most 70 meet the wishes OF the Left, and
stated that the only proved case Of III.
treatment had been dealt with by the dis.
missal Of the guilty, and said that II the
Investigation revealed other
cases, severe punishment should follow.
Waddlngton concluded by giving iayora.
ole account ot the foreign affairs.
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The local trade oi the road, on which the
IMkpaIdd'i lays 70 much stress, will, ac-
corlIns to Col. johnson, ind lts proper
markets, road or noroad. Why, therefore,
should we here feel 80 distressed over the
possible failure Of the railroadg Wheel
Ing 10 a manufacturing city, and draws
comparatively small amount Of prosper
lty from local trade. She sells TO the West
and Soath-lu fact, TO the whole county,
and depends on her manufactures for her
future. Its, therefore, proper to say that
Tyler county would bO relatively much
more benefited by this road than
would Wheeling and she can we'll
Afford to subscribe more liberally to It, In
proportion to her means, than Wheeling.
It will be source Of new population and
wealth to Tyler county, far beyond the In
crenent Of either that 1t will add to this
city. II will open Tyler to the railroad
world, from which she d now shut out IN
the months OF suspended navigation land
will attract TO her soil an element Of active
life and development such as sho has
never yet known. It will be TO her n
vehtable pearl Of great price, and II she
misses her present opportunity to-secure
1t che will illustrate anew to tho world the
unwisdOm Of not knowing and embracing
4 great opportunity.
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Circulation Of SIIVer-Every Congress.
man His OUu BONANZA.

|
WASHISoToS, December l2.-Secretar,
Sherman and Treasurer GilGllan are de
termined to continue paying silver dollar
to the extent Of ten per cent. on salaries
aud obligations until Congress checks tn,
coinage. Members Of Congress are nov
paid ten per cent. In silver, and some o
them growl about It, and resort 10 all sort
OF lodges to escape the ponderous pay
ment.
So many Of them have begged of In onG
way and another that there Is an accuuln
latlon Of six thousand dollars In silver Il
the sale OF the sergeAnt.at.arms OF The
House, which he don't know what to dc
with. II represents the amount which
was paid him TO pay members, but which
they have Rvoidedtaking. 'T
Treasurer Gilfillan will not yield an inch
however, and says they must take the
silver, that It Is lawful money aud mus
he circulated. Attempts to dodge the L.
sue by taking checks has been thwarted
anu now when member calls for six
hundred dollars in checks, for instance, he
Is paid live hundred and forty and the
balance In silver. ~, -'tft.T "
The original silver men do not grumble
at this, but those who oppose the move
ment 10 reinstate the silver dollar make .
great fuss, saying that they are weighed tc
the earth in attempting to carry ten pei
cent Of their own pay, In conversation tc
day, Treasurer Gilallan said that the pei
cent Of payment in silver would probably
soon be largely increased. Were pay
ments made strictly In proportion tc
available funds in the treasury there
would be. thirty per cent Of silver paid ou
instead Of ten. In the Treasurer's opin
ion We are coming to this II coinage Il
kept up ut the present rate.
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RIHSIA.

BERLIS, December l2.-Count Schouya
lotr arrived yesterday and had an audi
ence with the Emperor. The Count will
probably visit :Varzin before going to St,
Petersburg.
Its generally believed that DabouroE
will replace Doubroil rs Russian Ambas
sador at Berlin, and that the latter will gc
10 Vienna. NavikoR, the present AmbSs
Salor at that place, Is going 10 CONSTANT
nOple. These changes. some think, show
opposition to Eugland's hostility to Aus,
tria, and courtesy TO Germany.
BEhLlH, December l2.-The Naliona
Ga;tic reports that the man mentioned II
dispatch from St Petersburg as havinE
been arrested to-day In the vicinity O
Winter Palace was arrested last Saturday
He had In his possession 4 number o
electric batteries, dynamite cartridges, anC
complete plan ot Winter Palace. Pre-
vious to hisRrrest \ proclamation had beer
Issued announcing that Winter Palac,
would be blown up the next day-Sunday
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RELLAIRE

A variety troupe has advertised by win.
dow bills for several days, TO appear in
"zilch's Opera House" Bellaire, Saturday
night.
The Democratic stand was torn down
and the lumber removed Saturday. 1t had
stood ever since the campaign Of 1870.
Ono young man In town has cause to re.
member that the stand which preceded Il
was not so strongly constructed. He LOST
leg by the fall ol ii.
Wherever tho mud was 4 little deem in
our streets-there are n few. such plAcSs-
the cold snap Of Thursday night did not
freeze i solid, and the milk wagons that
were the inst to break the crust had hard
work to get around.
4 younger brother Of Rev. Gaston's was
visiting him Friday.
Dannle kurz, 4 childOi DR.. Kurz, is sick
with diphtheriA and scarlet fever,
A child OF Mr.. Hires, on Gravel Hill. Ia
very low with diphlheha.
The so.longc0mplained.ol sidewalk NJ
the "long row" on Noble street has been
repaired.
Some ol our citizens went to Columbus
to attend Gen. Grants reception, aud no
doubt still more will 20 10 Pittsburgh 10
attend the reception there.
Mr.. Evans, Of Baltimore, who has been
lodging at Clark's, on Belmont street, has
Oh exhibition In Miss Ada Clark's show
window some portraits which he has been
painting by peculiar proOeSR. :
Bellaire seems 10 DO like all the other
towns and cities we hear from In having 4
dearth Of ons aud two dollar bills, What
low dAddies' dollars there are, are hard on
pockets and purses.
Mrs. ]. X. Myers, an aged lady nj
Gravel Hill, is not expected to live,
Teachers examination will be ned here
Saturday.
Mr.. Brod!e aud lamlly, who came here
from Wheeling and soon after moved 10
Allegheny, have retained here.
A gentleman who Canvassetl the town
nome time ago for some sort OF tlutinu
iron delivered to many Of bis customers
the wrong kinda different kind from The
sample he had had. A great hubbub was
raised and m exchange was made by
some, The agent claimed the change was
not Important and was for the better.
r. G. F,
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PARNELL's s PROCLAMATION
Hls Statement Of the Status Of Affairs Ia
lrtland-The landowner COwsd
and The TSnahlfy Triumphant
"A Gloomy 0utlOOk for
the WIhter.

CHICAGO, December I9.-The Duly NtuI
al late hour this evening, received lh
following dispatch from Charles Stewar
Parnell, n. r., dated Dublin, Decembs
l2; The arrest Of DAvitt was prompted b.
the deslre otthe government to get rid 0
him rs chief organizer oil the land agta
ton, and also in the hope that the peopl,
would DO intimidated by state prosecution
or driven to illegal and violent action
The result, instead Of ArreSting tho move
ment, has been powerfully to assis
Il. Land clubs are being organized Ia
every part Of the three kingdoms and
subscriptions pour In. Tho Nationalist
Repealefs, and Home Rulers are united
and have found common platform In Tho
WatChWord, "rhV Land for the People. u
The government, bailled In ita attempt 10
crush tho movement, may, in is despera.
tiou, resolve upon further illegal aud un.
constitutional acts, and arrest other lead.
ers. But the landlords are CoWed and tllo
castle intinlidated by the determined &c.
ton Ot the people. Threatened eyiCLiOns
are abandoned, as the result Of the success
Of the Balla Rnti.evlCtiOn meeting. There
are no blddingS for estates at sales Ia
the landed estate courts, aud the
tenants are allowed to become owners on
easy terms. The leading English reform.
ets arc in strong sympathy with our move.
ment. The French press al least are show.
ing an appreciation Of the true position Of
AilAirB here, aud send special cOFrespOu.
dents TO watch the progress Of the winter
campaign, The spirit Of the people Is
maintained with redoubled yIgor, notwith.
standing the snow on the ground and that
the iNmine and cold already pinch many,
Great suffering Is anticipated alter Christ.
mas, and the Government trusts that In
this way the. courage ol the masses may
be broken. Swarms OF spies inlest the
country, additional troops are daily dis.
patched to stations in the south and west,
large levies OF conStabutary recruits ar,
Just ordered, all indicating the determine.
ti0n OF the government " take advantage
Of the suiIerings Of the people and drive
them 10 deeds oi violence. No relief
works have yet been undertaken, nor is
there any prospects Of State aid; but
orders have been Issued to prepare Sd.
ditional work house Accommodations, The
attitude Of our people to the present time
Is magnificent. They are seli.restrained
and reliant, and resolved not TO be bGtray.
I'd into any preclpltAte or illegal action.
An important meeting Of the Executive
Committee Of the National Land League
was held to-day, when, among other iu1.
portant business, 1t was decided that |
should leave for New York with Mr.. JnO.
Dillon, son Of the late John b. Dillon, as
ioon as possible.
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RED ROCK RUINED,
rOisl Destruction by Fire Of Red Rock, Pa.
-RlVGrS Of Rurnlnu OIL Consume
'i'2o The VlIlaSs-Thrts Hundred
.gl.I Families Homeless.

RRApFORD, Pa, December PA fltt
broke out last evening al well4, belonging
to Z. U, Emerson In He'd Rock. Tht
well had been cleaned preparatory TO tor
pelolng and was left open, superintend
ent Mason, Of the Emerson lease passed
by the with q lantern and the gas Ignited
and set fire to the rig. The well made a
flow aud the burning oil ran down the hill
tOa $50 barrel tank, which caught fire.
The fire communicated toA 5000 barrel
Iron tank, which was soon in blaze and
burned steadily until i've o'clock this
morning. r..-...
Rivers OF oil flowed down the valley and
through Main street Of Red Rock, burning
allthO business and private houses OF the
town. Three hundred families arc home.
less and there 10 great suffering. The scene
At the village alter the fire had consumed
all there was 10 Iced OIL was simply ap.
palling A dense black cloud hung over
oil the surrounding country and nothing
but blackehed beams and still smoking
ruins showed the site Of what had been not
long before thriving village.
Relief committees have been formed 10
render aid ut Gilmore, Derrick and Brad.
ford. Mayor BradOr, OF BRdiOrd, has teIe.
graphed 70 Red Rock US follows: "Call on
Tor oil help necessary"
NEw foRE, December IA dispatch
received BY the vice president Of the Pc.
troleum Exchange, IRON the office Of the
Bradford Star, says: "Ths suffering, cauS.
ell by the hre, Is intense. The weather,
which has been warm, changed during
the night, and the Gre drove out hundreds
Into the open air, almost without clothing.
Aid is needed Immediately to relieve the
suffering"
Immediately on receipt Of the above
dispatch subscriptions were started at the
Petroleum Exchange by the manager,
and the members responded literally.
Funds are rGmitted by telegraph as fast as
received.
Hon. James Brodsr, Mayor Of Bradford,
sendsa telegram to the President OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company as
follows: "Red Rock, neiRhboring town,
has been destroyed by fire. Three hun.
dred families are homeless. Can you as
stst US financially"
The Western Union Telegraph Co. will re.
ceiye and forward any contributions sent
10 It's officers.
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BALTIMORE, December II 2--Flour duh bu,
hrnier; western .upertIne Is OOa s 50; do q Nm
- 7oaB 80; do family 81 OOa7 50. Wheat,
western dull and eSsirr; No. . western winter
red spot and December 81 6Gal 66H; jan.
nary 81 osal 5shi February 81 OO,Sai OOX.
Uorn, western iirin torspot and easier for III.
ber, 6sHci January 6lI saGl Nc; February G2SI
AeSc; steamer OF Iic. Oats steady; western
white .4IA4SC; do mixed 45aI0kc: Penn.
sylVAniA AIaiSc. Rye firm at 90aD5c, HAY
htM prime 70 choice Pennsylvania bi7 OOa
lSW, Provisions rather ilrner. Mess pOrk
Mi %. Bulk meats, loose, nominal; packed
3 6HA7Kc. Bacon, shoulders. 69<aOo clear IN
sides SIC. Hams loHallhc. Lard sXc
23a2Sc roll 2OA25c. Eggs firm; fresh 12c: LINED
l0AlSc- Coffee quiet aud lower: Rio cargo,
l44lIc. Sugar quiet and lower; A soft MI
9xc. WhlSky firm at 81 Il. ~
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ChicaEo cattle Siarhet.

cncAso, December l2.-Ths DrUvsn' Jour.
nal reports:
HoGS-RsceiptS $1,000 head; shipments
5000 bead; N9T active At lOal6e higher;
al 10: light $4 6CAi U.s. yards nearer cleaned
than for three days
CAT1LE-HscoIps $500 head: shIpmsnt,
100 head. Market steady: common 10 iaiT
shipping slow at s 60at IS good "a clorS
at 81 5Oa6 %; some Christmas cattle al ~ Ia
SIS; butcher steady at 81 2iaa Is; fsrlrrs
and ItOcken strong, quality poor; prices
strong; Texans s. 3Sa9 Us. F
sMEIr-ReceIPs 100 lead; firm aud strong
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The Tyler County View OF the Railroad.
We publish this morning two articles
that may be said perhaps to embody rep.
resentative opinions in Tyler county rs to
the river railroad. One Of these Is an In.
terview with Col. Dan johnson, and the
other an editorial taken from the Sisters.
vile LGLpdIdaa, They both throw good
deal Of cold water on the railroad, espe.
clally Col. Dams views; but nevertheless
they are not very formidable expressions
Otopinlon, II we regard them In the light
oi tGcts yet to bs set forth in regard to the
proposed road. The Colonel has been un.
derstood to he opposed 10 the road; that
Is, opposed 10 his county showing 1t any
particular fAvor We suppose, as he says,
That be will ride on It when it Is built
but meantime will not smile on Il as
= projected enterprise. We are sorry that
the Colonel Ieels 80 apathetic to so impor.
tAnt public movement. The same spirit
throughout the country would keep US in
Ile woods from generation 10 generation.
II We did not realizo that the river
IslIroad has decided intrinsic merits 10
recommend II to the popular favor, We
wonld Eeel that Il had but little to hope fol
among the people along the line. But In
view Of the facts and figures that show
that nearly allths roads In this region are
paving roads, and that the river valley Il
especially choice territory Tor railroad
Wa are encouraged TO hope that the people
along It's line will not be afraid TO vote
proper subscription In aid Of itS success.
The spirit that Tyler county is shOwiuI
Is much tho same short sighted policy ex
hibited by Brooke county towards the P
W. Ky. road in It's last appeal Tor aid
The people preferred 10 forfeit what the.
had paid rather than risk anything more
aud hence are Just that much out Q
pocket to-day, while Ohio county, paEsu
Ing an opposite course. Is Just that mucl
on the right side Of her profit and loss aC
count The road Is paying the interest o.
its bonds, and will, after while pay div
dends on its stock. This, too, Il does Will
competing with railroad on the othe
side oi the river and with the steamboats,
The slstersville paper seems to thin
tiiAt this road Is 4 sort Of Wheeling enteu
prss, and rs this theory proposes thI
Tyler county viii do very small do In III
GAattsr. II u well 10 be understood Q
this point At the outset,
The t1ty Of Wheeling, or rather Il
county OF Ohio, will do It's full part on h
half Of the road, Nobody here, hOweve
intends 10 beg cooperation Ss favor irol
Tyler or any other county along the lja
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PHILADELPHIA, December IA-Flour, dull.
Minnesota extra family, good 81 iO; choice
q Mi Ohio family, medium 500; do fancy
q IS; winter patents $ 25. Rye Hour IS 81 1a
$50 Wheat. quiet; western rejected, 81 50;
No. 2 red, elevator 81 hS9tai 6g "a. 3r+tl
December 81 65H bid, 81 6SX asked; Janu,
aty y 67E bid. 81 67III asked: February
81 h5H bid, 81 69H asked. Corn In cool de,
mAndi OLD mixed truck, dc; old yellow G31H
asked January Gl9lC bid, G2JEc asked: Feb.
ruaEy 62Xc hid, U5c asked. Oats In r,Ol
demand; white 5OA5lc. ProvisionS ouiet SnJ
steady mess beef &l3 90; mess PORK SliSO
Hams smoked l01iaIl Nc; picked SNugXc
Lard S9iOS1(c. lntter Qulel: creamery rxIn
S2lSIc; New York and Bradford county, IN,
extra 2ja25ci good to choice lSa2lr Err,
steady: western &c Cheese firm; crcnnIer,
i9ASlSc. Whisky steady at 81 is.