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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-03
THE WHEELING

ing how 10 stop alter they have completed
the phonetic spelling Of dialog, katalo0, anC
En9nolc1.
We cling thus far to the pleonasti,
French way Of spelling these Greek de
riyahyes, and we pay the cost in
TINE, INK, PATIENCE, tSpRPENDEScR.
Sometimes we 60 beyond the French IN
padding with silent letters, rs Ia hauqllti
nets, from halllsuF; dilpaich, from deptclle
parliament, from parchment. II we stand mi
for historical photography, then economy,
eetiReHteql, ethEr, ought To begin, as atore.
time, with diphthong, Ike Gaheiics.
Where In all the lineage Of JEALOUSY do we
find its deriyative right 10 be spelt with
the diagraph eat Certainly not In the
French jatOusie, nor in the Latin selus, nor
the Greek sslOs, In 1873 John Trumbnll,
while tutor In Yale College, published a
Hudibrastic poem, In which he sings "The
Progress Of Dulness, through three can.
tos. What has "Dulness" done during
the last century that It should be punish.
ed with doubleH
Shak speare repeatedly wrote such past
participates as dreN, addrsst, and ErpreSt In
the only true and economical way, as thew
are pronounced. Pope, Bulwer, and
Tennyson have followed this good exam.
pie. The law Of economy and photography
here agrees with historical usages, and
requires that our dictionaries should cease
70 perpetuate warfare between the word
and the voice, by telling usto write dressed,
Gddre'ed, oppressed, while we read drest, ad.
dres, eEprea. .,e-
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a SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FOR.
TUNE. FOURTH GRAND DISTRIBUTION. CL AIS
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lS7B-lO7kh Monthly DFRwInV -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-03
NElrI1RA REpUDlArRD NOR IGNORED


10y replacing the cumbrous diagraph phi
with q simple fin such words as dlThabst,
diphthsrid, phantaan, phaopena, dipththong,
philosophy II we can properly spell fam
tdSic with an Il why not It's cognate phnn.
tomf Italians and Spaniards spell their
.Jllosof1 with pair OF fSthat have a look
Of honest independence. There Is not the
slightest danger that Italian and Spanish
fOSofeTs will ever forget the Greek birth.
place OF their chosen study. II we are
bound to retain the ph in these words be-
cause they.come from tho Greek, then 1t
ought to be displaced from cipher and
nephew, which, coming from the French
chi6fe. and nerclt, have somehow stolen the
Greek livery. Our rightto follow Shakes.
peare In spelling rial with a y, although II
comes from tho Greek, is as undoublsd rs
the Frenchman's right 10 spell with an ]
his foLt, from the same root. II the italian
has been forgiven for soitening the pltgnd
and phthisis OF his Latin iorelathers into
Rsmmd and tiaica, would not the society fol
preventing cruelty to children be justified
In arranging tho English spslllng'bookI
for such inhumanitics as lhlegm, phihiSiS
hsmortagt.
The argument in support Of what Il
called historical spelling
II spp 70 TEo-NASplEp,
4 and as serylcable to one party as 10 tn,
other, In Richard Yerstegan's "Restitu
ton OF DeCayed Intelligence" published
4 in 1905, that learned author anticipate
\ one ofthe proposed changes by endini
with,,a single oonsonant such words q
Hful,n "hil," ''od," and "shril.h It
equally noticeable that Richard yestcgal
,fspelIs" beeing,n "b6yes," "hee," "rattes,
and "yeare" with a superauous e,-thu
showing that II our language has lost Il
one difectionit has gained In another. i
old English knolriedge rhymed with eolleg
to the eyp aswell rs to the ear. Do v
sharpen the edge Of our modern know
edge by padding II with . d. FrTGpln
4 70 eoRlMs Q fdui: Il one Is writing French
but program seems more Of home with Il
Z Greek half!brothers, gnn9rgm, diagam, en-
gram, monogram, telegram. Consistency
4 q good thing even In spelllng.book. &c
lmaus havethe advantage Of us in know
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-03

TRE GRATITUDE OF COMING MILLloNs,
who, trained ut The mothers knee and in
the schools 10 an easier spelling, willre'
joice in new and larger sense OF freedom
and power The spelling-reformers arr
aware that their success must come slowly
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-10-24
only way 10 EBeas Grant.

MIR. Bowman, Republican mem
Der of Congress from Massach asetts
has eontrived what seems TO be alto,
gether the best plan yet proposed to
beat Grant. In a speech in Boston
last Saturday. at a dinner of the Mid.
dlesex Club. Mr Bowman said.
"The people of the North were more
stalwart than the Republican members
of Congress and their readers, and would
hail the day when the great Captain
shall lead lead them again to .v;etory-by
peace, let US hope, by war, if necessary =
1T is only necessary to repeat such
words as these often and emphatica!ly
and publicly to insure the defeat OF
Grant beyond peradyenture.
The people of the North have had
quite enough OF war They are anx-
ious not only for the continuance of
peace, but for an opportunity to give
their Individual attention to the things
which belong topeace-to a prosperous
renewal of all the activities which pro
mote the happiness and welfare of the
country"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-10-24
rhe Qu.ucy Rl,er Conren,ion.

iVHr lSouAieN-OOuThai-
The work of the Quincy River I'm.
provement Convention is embodied in
the second days proceedings.
There were only two methods of
river improvement considered-the
outlet plan of Capt Cowden aud the
reservoir system The latter was ia
vored by resolution the improvement
of all the rivers in the Mississippi
Valley, as Judge Underwood said in
his speech, "from the Rocky noun
tains to the Alleghanies, from the lakes
to the gulf" AS the resolutions were
adopted by delegates representing the
States from Minnesota to the gulf, the
magnitude of the proposition aad of
It's constituency will no doubt make
the editors of the Rev To.1-. 1r.;.--ue-
aud the New York Times crazy with
apprehension about fearful "raid on
the Treasury" 1t was shown at the
convention that a majority of the
members of Congress are from the
States Interested in the river improve
ment proposed, so that, if the people
of the valley insist that their Con-
gressmen shall stand by them and de-
mand systematic improvement. the
thing will be done in spite of the bowls
from our dog in the manger Eastern
friends.
The reservoir system, which the
convention favored, is applicable only
to the Upper Mississippi river and the
Ohio, but its utility and practicabili,v
have been denied by many competent
engineers. As for the Miss;ss;nn;
river, the improvement may we'll he /
left in the hands of the .fiss;ss;nn;
River Improvement Commission Great
ed by act of Congress The Commits
sion Is to make careful inves,;oat;on
of the merits of the outlet The levee
and the Jetty systems of Improvement,
one OF which will certainly be adonted
within few months.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-10-24
About Bates.
Montreal POSI-.

Il is often desirable to know on
what day of the week a certain date
tails. We find method suggested By
a correspondent Of the London Times.
which we publish for the curious rath-
er than for the prac teal:
The following old couplet commit
ted to memory, affords an easy rule
for ascertaiuing without reference to
an almanac on what day of the week
any day of the month will fall:
''At Dover Dwells George Brown, ESQUIRE.
Good Christian Friend, and David Friar'
Explanation.-The couplet contains
twelve words. one for each month in
order, beginning with January The
initial letter OF each word CORES ponds
with the letter in the calcndar for the
first of the month represented by the
word. The key to the use of the rule
is the knowledge for the Sunday let,
ter 10 the year, which this year is E.
Example 2-On what day of the
week did March 16 fall this year?
Answered, the first letter of
"Dwells," stands for March / But
ID is the letter or day before E-that
is, d, the 1st of March, was Saturday.
The calculation is instantaneous tha
March 10 was the third Saturday in
the mouth.
Example 2-On what day of the
week did December fall? + is De
cember 1. But F is the day after E
that is, Monday; therefore December 3
will be on a Wednesday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-10-24
COMMISSIONER sale
Fulton Circuit Court, KsQtuchy.
r. c. Everett, ad IN, Plaintiff
R. D. Watson, guardian, Def. J

against 5Equity /
BY virtue of a judgment and order Of
sale of the Fulton Circuit Court, rendere>l
at the August term thereof, 1879, in the
above cause, for the sum of Sl,l5O
-s,sit ga
August, 1873, until paid, and S02-2O costs
herein, | shall proceed to offer for sale at
the Court House door, in Hickman. Ky, TO
the highest bidder, at public auction, on
Monday, the tenth day of November,
1879, at l o'clock, p. M, or therabouts (be
fqg County Court day, upon credit of
> aud twelve months, the following de-
% '9ed property, to-wit: All the interest
n Cross has in that certain piece of
anu, anu Madrid Bend, Fulton county, Ky,
Sou 4, ght I. K. 3. Cross and r. c. Everett of
=, :" DoIsity and Pat Dorhity. of Pemi-
s So 0ouh ,y,No., on the 5th day of March,
lo'V' ana Do.pded as follows: On the
east y the Iahls of J. n. Hawkins and
] the MissIssiPpi eyer; and on the south
/ by The lands of J. n Hawkins; and on the
/ west, by the lands oil c. Harris: and on
the north, by the lands tf Larry Everett. OF
sum cient thereof to proeuce the sums OF
money so ordered TO bemade. For the
/ purchase price, the purchasers, with ap-
proved surety or securities, must execute
/ bonds, bearing legal interest from the day
/ OF sale until paid, and having the force
ana effect Of judgement, Bidders vii
lbe prepared to comply promptly with thes,
'Tms. w. c. JOHNSON,
Special Commissioner.
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S,o.gs.saissEomer,s Sale.
Fulton Circuit Court, Kentucky.
W "A. Brevard's Admir- Pltf.
I Family

FUtt0n CtFcHU COhft, h6HtHchY.
W a. Brevards Admir- Pltf.
against Equity.
W. \. Brevard's Heirs and Cred
itors Defendant.
BY virtue of a Judgment and order of
sale of the Fulton Circuit Court rendered
al the August term thereof, 1879, in the
above cause, for the sum Of Twenty three
hundred and ninety 1900 Dollars with
interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per
auaum from the 18th day of August, 1879
until paid, and S44. - costs herein, l shall
proceed to offer for sale at the Court
House door, in Hickman, to the highest
bidder, al Public Auction, on Monday the
10th day Of November, 1879, at l o clock,
r. ", or thereabout being County Court
day upon credit of 6 and - months,
the following de scribed property to-wit
City lots Nos. 800 and 81, and the east
half of lots No. 265 and 372, all IN Il. 2.
Mars southern addition to the old town
Of Hickman, Ky, said property to DC sold
subject TO the dover of the defendant,
Mary l. Brevard, wife of w. 4. Breyard,
decd, or sufficient thereof 10 produce the
sums of money so ordered 10 be made. For
the purchase price, the purchasers, with
approved surety or securities, must execute
bonds, bearing legal interest from the
day Of sale until paid, and having the
force and eHecNof a judgment. Bidders
viii be prepared to comply promptly
with these terms. w. c. JOHNSON,
SDecfaI Com
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alfw Advertisements.
commissioners sale.
Fulton Circuit Court, kentucky.

Fulton Circuit Court, KeRtucAy.
Jno. Troutweine, ct. al. Pltf, J
against Equity
Mary Jane Nelson, e. a., Defd.
By virtue of judgment and order of
sale of the Fulton Circuit Court, rendered
at the August term thereof, 1879 in
the above cause, for the sum of Eight
Hundred and thirty-six dollars, with
interest at the rate of ten per cent. per
annum from the 10Th day of August, 1879,
until paid, and SlS.75 costs thereon, l
shall proceed to offer for sale at the Court
House door, in Hickma Ky, TO the high
est bidder, at public auction, on Monday,
the 18Th day Of November. 1879, al one
o'clock, p. m, or thereabout being Coun-
~ Court day., upon credit of twelve
months, the following described property,
to-wit The east half of city lot No. 10,
and the west half of lot No. II, in old
Hickman, Fulton county, Ky. hs designat-
ed upon the map or plan OF said old town
of Hick man, or sufficient thereof to pro
duce he SUMS of money
to be made. For the purchase price. the
purchaser, with approved surety or secu-
rites, must execute bonds, bearing legal
interest from the day of sale until paid,
and having the force of a judgment.
Bidders viii be prepared to comply
promptly with these terms.
W. c. JOHNSON, Special Com.
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COrnlnissioner's Notice.
Fulton Circuit Court, kentucky.
Frank ATiIIer,s adm. nl,,iT

futon Circuit Court, kentucky.
Frank MiIler's adnl'r, prtif.
against Eouitv
ors, defendants
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of Frank Miller, deceased, that the
undersigned, Commissioner of the Fulton
Circuit Court, under an order in the
above styled cause, will attend at the
County Court Clerks office, in Hickman,
Ky, from the date hereof until the 4th
donday of January, 1880, to receive and
hear proof of claims against said decedent;
and that all claims not presented to him
and proven as required by law, within the
time specified above, will be forever bar
red. JNO. a. WILSON,
Master Comm'r Fulton Circuit Court.
septl-lS19
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Notice.

f9ftoa Circuit Court, Kentucky.
Geo. b. frather's admir-, pl'tif,
against EQUITY.
geo. D. Prath'r's heirs and cred
Notice IS hereby given to the creditors
OF Ueo- b. frather, deceased that the un-
Gersi ghed' commissioner of the Fulton
styled cause, will attend at he Gu, :,
Court Clerk Office in Hickman, Ky. from
the date hereof until the 4th Monday of
January, 1880, to receive and hear proof If
claims against said decedent; and that ali
claims not presented to him and proven as
required by law, within the time specified
above, will be forever barred.
JNO. A. WILSON.
Master Comm'r Fulton Circuit Court.
sept1-1S79,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-10-24

H. BU HA n 4 NJ S,

/ The Republican party is in the minority
/ in California, Indiana, Ohio, Maine, Mas
sachusetts New Hampshire and Connec-
| ticut, and with united opposition would
stand about the same show for success
as it does for electing honest men to
office, which is simply none at all.-Se-
dalia Mo- Press.
True, the Republican party is real
ly in the minority in these States, but
through want of agreement in the op
position majority, the Republicans al
ways manage to carry them-except
perhaps Indiana IF the opposition
could be united. the defeat of the Re
publieans would be sure aud certain.
la all honesty, however, there is near
ly as much antagonism between These
elements of opposition, as between the
Republicans and Democrats, so that if
they could be united in any given
election. the victory might prove a
barren one.
Our idea is, that, The old Democracy
Aho1fd cut love- from al alliances, and
~
the material interests of the country
such as tariff, finances, &c, leaving out
of issue altogether every semblauce OF
a question of ScctionalisDt, and stand
or fall upon such record Quit COM
promising with greenbackism, protect
tive tariffism or anything else merely
to win votes; but when the old Jack
son>J etfersouian principles are laid
/ down, let voters aud leaders come to
it or 60 from il as they may like, but
let the party stand firm to its time
/ honored principles. Then, if vic.o
[ ty is won. it will be a substantial vic
tory, but if victory is won by COM
biniUg with disagreeiug elements Of
opposition, all the fruits Of victory
will be lost in divisions aud Discussions.
10 our judgment, this is the incubus
on the party to-day.
The Democratic party cannot sue
ceed on sectional questions This is
/ our weakness lit is the sore part of
our organism The Republican poli-
/ ticians have succeeded in working the
Northern people into state of alarm
Z az tue ~ pHuoCA uAtlbGAt VI the DOuAh-
ern leaders. The Northern people
give eredenee to their cry, because
they are not acquainted with the real
sentiment OF the Southern people on
the question of preserving the Union.
In all truth, We, the people of the
South, have no sentiments in politics.
or interests in any direction. at vari>
anee with the Northern people, except
a common desire for the public well
fare and for the general means of peace
and prosperity. Our Southern leaders
are at disadvantage on all questions
of sec,ionalism, and the Republi
politicians hail with delight anything
that evoke such issues The people
of the South could do the Democratic
party and the entire country no better
service than to overwhelmingly defeat
: nc Tuorcdrr0ns ara now that the
fever in Memphis and other places will
soon abate The list Of new cases aud
deaths is gradually growing less, and
rs hoped that the early advent OF
frost will put full stop to its exis,
tence
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year, but because it prolongs and perpe-
trates sectional strife and feeling betw cen
the North and the South, whereas all our
intents and purposes should be in the
ways of peace aud the ways to restored
prosperity.
We regret that the great old Democratic
party with the grandest history of any
political party that ever existed in the
country, should thus be doomed to defeat
and literally murdered in its own house
and by its own professed friends. Since
the last Presidential election, the Tilden
democrats have determined to force Til
dsn's denomination on the party or ruin
all chances of Democratic success with any
other nominee; and the anti-Tilden demo-
crats.hsve perhaps been equally as de-
termined that he should not be the nomi-
nee, II to prevent ruined every chance
for success. The cause, or rather the
SSNi "a 'nS autagOulSm inside the
party was, and is, the money question. The
anti-Tildenites, hating Tilden for his hard
money views, raised in the last Congress
new issues for the Presidential contest.
designed TO lay Tilden on the shelf as a
candidate and make the nomination of
some other man more certain. These is
sues being invoked, and soft-money men
like Gen. Ewing being put forward as
their representative nominee, the hard
money democrats, under the lead of Til. |
den, determined to throttle the movemen. |
by comprising their defeat. The Tilden- |
ties knew that il Ewing carried Ohio. the !
nomination of Western man for Presi. |
dent was an almost certainty. Hence,
Ewing's defea. by 10000 votes. The
Tildenites knew that Democratic defeat in
Ohio would point the National Democracy
TO Tilden or nobody as the next nominee |
And such appears to be the only hope for
Democratic success in 1880. If the Dem
ocrats carry New York in November, thus
sealing it to the Democratic ticket for
President, then the Democratic nomina-
tion had as we'll be signed, sealed an
delivered to Mr.. Tilden, for it will then
be only question if he will accept he
nomination.
But the question of his election, after
receiving the nomination, is q different
and more important proposition. The |
anti-Tildenites have been determined |
and vehement in their opposition to his
denomination, and it may be assured that
q large percentage of them will continue
IL rs to his reelection. In 1876 the name /
of Tilden went before the people as the !
synonym of reform, economy and purity,
but now prominent leaders and large
bodies of Democrats have aided in black
cning it With charges as to railway
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Joe Es.ackburn,s OnInion.
Lexington transcript

Lexington Iranscript.
Our Representative 10 Congress,
Hon j. G. S. Blackburn, is IN the city
to'day Iu discussing the Ohio cleo
tion, he said, Heretofore l have not
been Tilden man. bGtsince the result
IN Ohio am for him. He is sound
on the financial question, aad l think
be eau win" MIR. Black burn also ex
pressed the opinion that it would be
useless TO attempt to run any man
whose position is not above suspicion
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commissioners Notice.
Fulton Circuit Court. kentucky.
n. P. Harness admir-, plaintiff.

'tu9OIt OtFtHtt COUFt. 4 ellfuCHY.
n. Z. Harness admir-, plaintiff,
against Eouitv
n T. Harness heirs and credit
ors, defendants.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
OF n p. Harness, deceased, that the
undersigned, Commissioner of the Fulton
Circuit Court, under an order in the above
styled cause, will attend at the County
Court Clerks Office, in Hickman. KY
from the date hereof until the fourth
Monday of jan, 1880, to receive and hear
proof of claims against said deced.nt :;
and that all claims not presented to him
ana proven as required by law, within
Barred. JNO a wilson
Master Comm'r Fulton Circuit Court.
septI-1879.
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Iuuudations in Spain have lntely
wrought appalling desolation Over
l 600 persons are reported drowned,
and the loss of property is estimated
at over s6,000.0 600. One great cause
of the destructiveness of inundations
in Spain is that the country has been
denuded OF its forests. The first exc
peiience of a country after the trees
have all been cut away is destructive
freshets 10 It's rivers. After that comes
sterility. There is too much unneces-
sary destruction of stream sheltering
trees in his good country Of ours.
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Tenaperanee xYlne.

New York Herald
1t v stated 10 temperance meet
ing 4day that the wine of the He.
brel the juice that natually ex.
y Eoken grapes, aud was not
1T. NJ Grapes may have acted
thar belofn Judea, but no ineyardist
OF tbeIpresep' day ever found such
juice. Tbe1 first running" as it is
saAed, yields the best wine, but mil
lions Of men have been made drunk by
II. Tell US something that we can be-
lieEe. brethren.
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Gov. BLACKBURN has pardoned IS
convicts out of the penitentiary since
taking his seat as Governor, We fear
the old fellows heart beats a little too
warm and sympathetic.