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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

Let us suppose that householder on
the first day Of October in the year before
the civil war went ont and bought bar.
rel ofpOrk, a pound Of lard and Il bushel
each OF corn and wheat Describing frac.
tiOnal parts OF cent We shall find that
they would have cost him so o.. II the
same man had set out to buy the same
commodities on the first day OF last Dc.
tober they would have cost him 50 Il. He
would, therefore, have gained $40 9l, or
about titty.fOur perCentum. We OF course
do not pretend TO say that the head Of Il
family is either apt to go into the market
and buy bushcl Of wheat, or that il he
buysR barrel Of flour or pound of lard,
he will find prices tifty-four per centum
less than they were in the year before the
war; but it is evident that 10 large n de-
cline III We have figured in the wholesale
cost Of four articles OF present necessity, in
which competition Is evidently unlimited,
must tell first or last, and has already told
in many places, on the cost Ofliving
But to show still further the changes in
retail prices let liz take the following quo
tai:0ns obtained few weeks ago In Il city
of elevcE thousand inhabitants in Massa-
Chusptts:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08
OHIO STATISTICS.
The Inmates OF JRiIS and InIlrmaries
ThFOuEhout the state


The report Of the number Of prisoners
in County Jails in Ohio is as follows;
Total number Of prisoners for the year
ending June 30, 1878, 7,7l0; total number
OF these who were sentenced to jail, LEI
held for trial, 3,sSl; detained US witnesses,
99; insane, 2G3; epileptic, 81; under six.
teen years Of age, 500; prisoners in Jail
January /, 1878, 5O4; prisoners in jail
June 10, 1873, 500; total cost Of keeping
prisoners for the year, S7G,GG9 81; number
OF escapes during the year, n.
The inRrmary statistics for the entire
State furnish figures Of such magnitude
that they will astOnish most people who
have never examined table OF aggregates
They are as follows: Whole number Of in
mates remaining in intlrmaries September
!, 1871, G,62G whole number received
during the year ending September !, 1873,
COZ; whole number born in .inGrmaries
during the year, 2i9; total number
OF inmates for the year, 1906: whole
number discharged during the year, 5000;
number Of deaths for the year, G0i; nun.
Der removed to other counties, States or
institutions, 49, whole number remaining
September |, 1878, G,475; whole numbered
children under 10 years Of age during the
ycAr, 2,O1S; number placed in homes, 4Ol;
number Of children remaining September
!, 1878, boys, 10; girls, 599; number OF
children helplessly crippled, IS; number
OF insane, males, go; females, 943, total,
l63; number Of epileptics, males, 9l7, fe.
maj les, 200; total, All; number OF idiotic,
males, 2iG; females, 223; total, 40;
number Of insane removed to State
hospitals since 1915 535; number
OF insane returned from State hospitals
during the year, y; total current expenses
OF inilrmaries, exclusive OF farm products,
Tor the year ending September |, 1873,
S4S4,Sl7 81; total value Of farm products
for the year ending September |, 1878,
Sl5I1SI 90; total amount puid in counties
Tor outdoor relief during the year ending
September |, 1873, S9G9,O34 81; amount Of
salaries for tho year, Superintendent,
A9,Oll IS; MatrOns, $8,9li; amount OF
wages paid employees, Si0,G33 Is; amount
OF per diem and expenses Of InRrmary
Directors for the year, $2i, 47j o..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

NV YonH, January "A supplement
to the Panama Slar dUd H,,uM Of Dcrcm.
her 18Th, gives the story ri nm attempt at
revolution on tho night u the 9th. An
attack was made on Grn. AihpmIH, rS.
President Of the State and some friends,
aud TINT gon'lrnun anil others were
wounded. Subsequently H0ngunI0 ScnN,
newly appointed Governor Of the District,
whilst passing through the streets in
charge Of some policeman, 0ndCnvoring Ia
restore order, WIS fired upon Ey parties
concealed and instan,Iykillrd. An attNrL
was male upon Quartet, outside, and two
men lost their Ivna. The object Of the
revolution was Ia place Ia I,DWUr u State
government that would 10 more In mu"nI
with the political views of ten. I'rrjrlo
President Of The I!"pubIir, The scheme
wnS exposed by nnrGf liz SUPPOSED friends
nnh In the attack friend and foe Ulturu,)
Mike.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08
Judaism, Catholicism aud PrOtesrantIsrn.

Judaism, Catholicism aud Professionalism.
Rev J. n. Irwin, Of Cincinnati
The Church OF to-day Is better than the
Church Of the past, and to a discerning
mind and eye the outlook for her Is most
suspicious. Our Protestant brotherhood
draws closer and closer together. But
there is noticeable drawing toward each
other in the fellowship Of churches widely
outside OF their circles. The Hebrews, in
at least one city, have Young Mems
Association, and Protestant speakers,
among others, have been permitted to adj.
dress II on live questions OF the day.
am glad to say that in my humble udg.
ment, among all the replies to Mr.. Inger.
soil which have seen, the best is thai Of
Rabbi Wise, delivered within the Hebrew
synagogue across the way. When Mr..
lngersoll lectures on Mistakes OF Moses"
Rabbi Wise answers him in Mistakes
About Moses" II ill.guided infdelity Is
to be attacked there are some topics on
which the voices OF Judaism and Protest.
antiSm can be at one.
The Roman Catholic Church holds much
in common with the evangelical churches.
Let there not be indiscriminate condemna.
ton Of the old mother Of all the churches.
Let Professionalism praise Catholicism for
all which they hold in common, such as
the doctrines Of the Trinity in Unity, the
deity OF the Lord, the atoncment, immor.
tality, reward and punishment. Let her
Sisters Of Mercy be blessed, and let her
charities and all her good be apprcciatiye.
~ and ably spoken Of. Let her be dis.
y taken to task for holding what
Professionalism believes to be error, such as
her doctrines of MarioIatry, transubstan.
tiatiOn aud priestly absolutiOn. That
staunch old Presbyterian, lion. +. D.
Mansfield, wrote most suggestively in the
Gazette when he said that Protcstants and
Catholics have nine interests in common
where they have one opposed.
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$50 anil Istn

\ trustworthy estimate OF the increase
Of iron workers wages in New England
fixes them ut eighteen per ccntum more
than in 1850 Mechanics are hut part Of
our population, and New England Is only
Il part Of the United StHtcs Yet il com.
PARSONS in distressed industries give such
hopeful results in the region Of the coun.
Try most thickly settled We may well be-
lieyc that striking an average in the whole
United States, and also allowing for higher
local taxes, would show that labor com.
mands at least us many comforts rs il did
just before the war, when complaints Of
hard times were almost unhcarA Of. In
some l0calitics-in the coal regions, for cx.
Nmple-thcrc can be no doubt that there
is real distress, caused usually hy ovDrpr0.
duction. Exceptions Of this kind will
scarcely diSprovc the rule that our toilcrs
are better Off than they were eighteen
years ago, and that they will find this cut
Ior themselves il they will overcome the
eXtravHgant notions inbred by our long
Years Of flush and fever
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

\ farctous brakeman on the Central
Pacific lIaiload cried out AZ the train was
entering tunncIt"rhiS tunnel is oncmiIu
long, nnd the train will 10 four minmius
passing through it," Tho train dashrd
Through il into daylight in four seconds,
and the SCrnG within thUmlr was II lit sub
lrrt Tor u painter, Suynn young luiiut
were closely pressed by seven pairs oI
VNwOInrNrms, fourteen pnirsoflis were
glued tognllnr mad iS0 dozen inverted
whisky laSkS were flushing IN ihnuI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

81 NAVE gained eight pound. IN weight,
aud i, nuw affords me I"nsurr 10 shy list
! am in prJrdhnhh, will undouhtrd faith
III the curative powers u I'thc@la WHtOr.
My trouble waS II serious arrangement Of
my kidneys, = litter Ia CM. DUubHr, Die
rVtcrtr " he hiITHiHSpriny
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

New York Post,
While few people look ut the larger
truths of national economy everybody up.
prcciates the simple facts OF household ex-
penses in which the larger truths find ex.
preston. We are sure, therefore, that the
following comparisons showing how Ger.
tain necessities Of life have fallen in price
will be readily understood by people with.
out any dissertation on the causes;
PRICES ~ rRnpuCE ASnPEovISIOHs At CHICAGO oN
TlIE lST ~ OCTOBER W EACH YEAR FROM 1861 TO
1873 lNCIlsIVE.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

The table comprises wider range Of
articles than the table given before. They
still show Il decline Us compared with
ante-war prices and an enormous de-
crease on the prices paid during The war.
MI these computations are evidently
incomplete without comparisons Of wages
which ior the Massachusetts city give the
following results:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

lnS'I ruin your health, aud hrsidcs,
make yOursnli lIsNgrtrNbIr To other pro.
pIn 10y your continued coughing 4 tWpn.
ty.ilvG cent bottle 0t DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup will cure you. At oil druggists
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

Ir9lns leaving Columbus at SiOp. N. aud G.SUA NJ.
run daily Through Chicago CXpTr>S leaves Columbus
HaIy, except sunday, 1t $50 +. VI, with s!,tr,ur ,HT
lt'HChed, arriving in Chicago At 80 u,Ni nioTIinr,
Ticket Office, Columbus, '''" ~ iva
IullInRh's Palace Drawing Room Sleeping Car,
through without change from Sclcu, ill, .nl iuhn.
Louis '''' "''" '''
For through Tickets, Baggage Checks. S!u,tn, "a,
acc"Inmoia'i.ns md any further Information. "mjy
to JOS. N. RElLENIlIE, Ticket AErni n, FIX
M .,% n trpoI i"ot q" Eleventh street oF nj Cny
'lckC' omvc' under Mcclure House, WhrrlinS,
y. W. CALDWELL,
Gyn,l Manager, Columbus. u.
S, N, FELTON,, JE,
", l.. O'HRIES, o." i"
,,,, Gent la" aud Ticket AErn; Columbus. o.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

That the foregoing estimates are ii any
thing too low, the following wages, given
by the largest manufacturer Of iron at
New Haven in COnnecticut-a branch Of
industry just now much depressed will
20 TO prove:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

NeVtrHi.h dC'pUuHiIIrlI= Leaves N.ll, mon, Z,
Y ~ M'"Erl"I hh T. III, nrftyc,M SiruIVu,iIl,,t
40 + ~, leave" St"UhrnNilir siSiOa ~. rrhi,".
~; ~ I.,. u. ~ Hni'rA " llSurat9&a NJ
tEA!A AMI l4EgAGr thuGN ~ VII rrin,,,gI u.,,,,
Once III RldENINri "' Wv '"N''
+ Il MNEIs.
"'n"tNl Pass nGrI and n,lrt N'n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08
Ghe Gtteltigenetr.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
LABOR APPLYING.

The Cost of Living Before the War, ut itS
Close aud Mt Present-The Earnings OI
Labor nc the same Dates.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-08

JOHS K. BonPoEp, Pres. WA H. SiMrsoS, Vice r.
Money received on drpnst
lhlor"St paid OH special deposits
ness and fidelity.
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mannun y Gasssausa.
Nfnat1EfaI.

RANK OF THE ONO VALLEY.
SUCCESSOR To TlIK
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WHEELING,
NHpIIhI'''"'.'..'.'"",.... S2AO. 900.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

A very nice prohibition fight Is going on In
Brattleboro, Vermont. A prohibtory law has
lately been passed there. The hotel and bar
keepers ~ the town are very anxious to bring
this law into disrepute and make 1t obnoT-
ious. To do this they have resorted to mum
Der OF very clever tricks, The hotel men de-
clare that II they are not allowed to sell wine
to their guests they will not keep their hotels
open at all, and have, accordingly, closed
them. The result Ia a great Inconvenience to
travellers, who find themselves wholly with
out accommodations upon landing In Brat
tleboro. An even shrewder trick is that of the
liquor dealers. Having no further use for
their liquor, they have generously given 1t
away. The result Is o revery and drunken
ness never before known In this usually very
quiet town. Everybody is taking advantage
Of the free whisky and getting on spree.
The number Of DRINKS has Increased fully
100 per cent since the bar-rooms have closed
and the prohibltlonlsts have become disgust
cd and alarmed at the resulto Of their law The
propose to keep the town drunk
until they are allowed to cell their liquors.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

France is generally supposed to be the
country most thoroughly divided up into
small farms and boasting Of the greatest
number OF real estate owners. This, however,
iS not the case. There are no less than $780,
600 distinct properties in France; that Is, one
In every seven OF the people IS 9 land owner.
In Prussia, one in five Of the population owns
real estate; in Bavaria one in six; In Spain.
one In five; In Belgium, two In nine; while In
Switzerland, out Of population Of 215o 600 in
habitants, 1t is thought that fully 2,25ooo0 own
some land. In all of these countries property
isGnuch more evenly divided among the peo-
pie than In the United States The number Of
persons holding real estate here being pro
portionately not half as great as in France or
Germany In the matter of large estates,
England, of course leads the entire world, its
lands being In the hands 81 very few persons.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

AN EXCITING DISCUSSION.

Society, and particularly the musical world,
is being nightly npheaved over the discus
sion now raging between q Times reporter
| and the celebrated organist, Prof. Pitcher, OF
st. Louis. Itappears that when Prof Pitcher
Appeared In New Orleans with the view Of
| giving some "recitations" upon the grand in
| strument OF which he Is master. the Times
| reporter was pleased to extend a large and
open handed patronage and to favor him with
much moral slapping on the back and chuck
ing under the chin and other cheap and art
less manifestations which, doubtless, stiff
fened Up the Professor wonderfully without
costing anybody cent. Encouraged thus,
the Professor proceeded to fulfill
his scheme of "reciting," which he did to
large and observation-disclosures on more than
one occasion. Indeed, It Is not too much to
cay that every Indication pointed to q graft
flying success In life until, In an ill-starred
hour, the Professor undertook to enter the
WaRnerian gloom and to exhibit his talent
upon selection from Tttnnhauser. Perhaps
he might oven yet have escaped the awful
fate which has since overtaken him. and been
able to glide nnnoticed into an early grave, II
he had not ventured, after performing the
selection, to express an opinion as to Its pro-
per title and general character Fortune was
aRin him. however. Some malignant demon
tempted him to rush upon his ruin and he
rushed. Itappears that his execution or the
Wagnerian selection having, attracted
large degree of notice and having
been honorably mentioned Id the Times
as very creditable performance
OF the Pilgrims Chorus" the Professor was
finally induced to state that he looked upon
the piece as q sort of combination Of the '.Pil-
grims' Chorus and the Grand March, both
from Iannhauser, artistlcally jumhled up
by some gifted arranger OF organ music, and
il that shape interpreted by himself Prof
PilcherA This sealed his doom. The Times
had already pronounced upon it as the "Pil-
grins Chorus" pure and simple, and at this
impertinent interruption BY the Professor be-
came greatly angered. The result is that
the Times reporter proceeded yesterday
morning to show that while Prof Pitcher
may be very deserving performer, and
while the Times will even 80 so far as to
eoEcede to him some OF the ordinary
attributes II humanity, he Is certainly inca
pahle OF expressing an opinion touching the
music he plays SO well. The Times sends
MIN forth with character for being able to
&c something with the organ. but warns him
never again to attempt feat OF which he is
apable--musical criticism,
We need hardly add that all this calamitous
has resulted ia Prof. Pitchers
heeing the town naturally taking ship for
Texas, since by that route his shattered
spirits and lacerated nerves will enjoy the
attention Of the National Board Of Health as
Ear as Galveston. All this Is very sad. OIL
course 1t does not make SO much difference
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

The relative proportions Of persons speak
ing French and German In Alsace Lorraine
has always been disputed question. 1t has
finally been settled by an official census,
which shows that 1,272,000 Alsacians and
Lotharingians speak German and only 259.0Oo
understand French. Strange to say French
s most spoken In Southern Alsace, where the
population Ia thoroughly German In race,
whereas In Lorraine. c untry whose people
are o. mixed race less tran 10 per cent under
stand French at all, although that language
has been taught In the achools eince 1850
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

Much has been said of the swift justice
that overlook the directors of the Glasgow
Bank. Justice in this instance was not more
swift than in somewhat similar case II
Canada, where Sir Francis Hincks. formerly
Canadian Minister Of Finance and latterly
member of the board OF directors O. the Con
SoIidated Bank, has been found guilty upon
criminal Indictment charging him with hav-
ing signed false returns as to the condition
Vt that lately collapsed institution. The pen
atty prescribed BY law is not more than seven
years In the penitentiary nor less than two
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

said election to the Secretary OF State On OK %"
fore the twenty ninth dag OF December. 1872 In
accordance with the provisions OF the proposed
constitution.
In testimony whereof. ] have hereunto anaxsd
my signature and caused the seal OF the State
OF Louisiana to be affixed thereto. at the city OF
New Orleans. this thirty-f1rst day OF July. In
the year Of our Lord one thousand eight hum
dred and seventy nine.
By the Acting Governors
OSCAR ARROYO,
AssistanG Secretary Of State
au2 1tawtOc1-dte
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27
BODLEY RRnTHERs

Have the most complete stock Of Care Wsgens,
three aud four mule Dane Carts. Ok CARTS Log
fWaseis, Cotton Wagons. Ba9asse Carts Farm
Darts, Rice Carts. Small CARTS Of every size SouF
for delivering goods. spokee. Fslloes Shafts,
Hounds, Wagon Material. Axle Grease. Car
boxes. etc. We especially call attention TO oug
fli-sized sWedRed and hardened hxIes Chilled
Boxes and sztrs. ironing Of ell our Carts and
WAGONS. manufactured In our own factories ct
wheeling. W. Va, tros1 the best material and by
sElned mechanics, we can give reliable
guarantee meet any competition aud supply
the largest demand.
Dnpat-ss and 40 Union street,
2dp ON
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

Politics have invaded the pulpit In Massa
chusetts. A leading Clergyman OF Boston
who IL weak enough to support Butler for
Governor, has unfortunately been working
for his favorite candidate among hts own par
ishioners. The leading members OF his
church, like all religious people In Massa-
chusetts, are III mortal terror OF Ben, and are
40 Mortified at the sight Of their pastor speak
inR In favor OF Butler that they propose to
ask him to resign his charge at once. This.
however Ia not "huldOYinR"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27
Gen. Sherman wrote churlsh letter to the

Gen. Sherman wrote q chnrlish letter to the
managers Of the Salisbury, 90, reunion Of
ex-C Confederate and Federal soldiers, posi-
lively refusing to give 1t countenance Ia any
manner. For all that the reunion was a
great success, 10000 persons participating,
Glen. Sherman will now discover that his
presence is not essential to give brilliancy "
bring numbers to an affair Of this kind. The
Salisbury reunion does not seem to have been
affected, otherwise than beneiicially, by his
nlaaenca
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Registrar Of Voters. Parish Of Orleans,
New Orleans, Sept. "a, 1879.

Registrar of Voters. Parish Of Orleans,
New Orleans. Sept "a. 1879.
The office Of the Registrar of Voters for the
Parish of Orleans will be opened on THURS
DAY. the twenty fifth day Of September. at St.
Patrick's Hall. Camp street. opposite Lafayette
Square. and will be kept open until November
"a. 1879, Sundays and legal holidays excepted. In
order to enable those who have not registered
In 1878 and 1879. and those who have removed, to
secure their regular papers. In view Of the
great number of applications for duplicate reg
istration papers. citizens are earnestly request
ed to use dlligent search for original papers
before applying for duplicates.
Office open from o'clock a. m to IL M, and
from / 80 to Z o m. .-5
CHAS. CAVANAO,
Registrar of Voters,
se25 Il Parish OF OrlaRns.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

about Prof. Pitcher. who IL mere
organist and whose extinction cannot matter
much, but when we consider that, with his
flight to Texas ard his lingering death In
some obscure corner Of that great State, we
shall never arrive at a final and decisive set
Element OF tho question of the Pilgrims
Chorus and the Grand March, we arc forced
ttaxegret that Pitcher has the efrrontery to be
born and the brszan hardihood to claim to
know tho name and nature of tho music he
r,ln Val
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27
The Talmage case, like Banquo's ghost ane

The Talmage case, like Banquo's ghost and
the Beecher trial, will not down" The en-
tire country felicitated itself, last spring,
when the Brooklyn presbytery dismissed the
charges against Ialmage; the country at
least was safe from Talmage, II his congrega-
ton were not News. however, now comes
from New York to the effect that the Long
Island synod will reopen the trial where the
Brooklyn synod left off. In other Words that
this old quarrel is to to be reopened to the
general disgust Or everybody outside Of the
City of Churches.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

years In the county jail, In the discretion Of
the court. A motion for new trtaI was at
once entered. The defendant, who ID nearly
eighty years Of age wifi lose bis pension of
$4,000 IL the verdict against him ia permitted
to stand A number OF other prominent men
are I'd be tried for similar ofrense Canada
does not seem to DO q healthy country for
cooked returns
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

Prohibition does not seem to flourish In Gin
clnnati. That city was once very puritanical
In It's Ideas concerning the liquor trade, but
what has been accomplished by tho Germans
and their beer Ii shown IN the fact that Ham
ilton county cast only twenty-eight votes for
the Prohibition candidate for Governor.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27
THE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION.

The exchanges for the nineteen principal
cities OF the United States for the week end
ing October IS. amounting to st.o33 o0o,ooo)
are double those for the same period Of 1878,
and larger than those for any week during
the mat ak wears