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The New York herald., 1879-09-21
THE LATE ToMBs CHAPLAIN.

The Society Of the Gospel Mission to the City
Prison held q meeting Friday evening and
corded their testimony to the fathfulness and efi-
cheney of their late chaplain. the Rev. J. p Betker.
who, they say, was faithful man Of GOD. modest
and unassuming in his missionary work. ever kind
and sympathetic in his dealings with the prisoners
and acceptable friend to all who knew him. Gifted
with peculiar adaptations for his prison work In
voice and manner we'll in his spiritual earnest
ness his death inficts loss upon the mission
that prove hard to supply The society also
tend their sympathy to the bereaved fanny Of the
deceased.
The New York herald., 1879-09-21
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS CONTINUOUS
PRAYER

On the 23d OF September. 1857 in the midst of the
great revival of that year following the panic, which
appears return periodically about every twentieth
year. noon day prayer meeting for business men
was started in the chapel Of the old Dutch Church.
then on Fulton and william streets. Like many
other old landmarks that has disappeared and its
site is occupied with stores and Offices. The prayer
meeting has continued. however. without interup-
ton from that day this and in substantially the
same room in which it started by the missionary
of the church. Mr.. J. c. Lamphier. who sat out the
first half hour Of that first meeting alone. He had
the company Of another Christian for tha re-
manning half of the noon hour. From such small
all the chief cities OF this land and Europe. and
which has existed for twenty-five years. Such an
event important epoch in the religious life of
any city, and hence the Christian people of New
Tuesday by special service in the Mid
die Dutch Church in Lafayette place and
Fourth street. This meeting has liter
ature Of its own. Out Of it has grown at least
twenty books aud pamphlets. besides newspaper
tcles that would make good sized library II bound
in volumes. In these Is given very complete his
tory of this remarkable prayer meeting.
For time its renown was SO universal 1t became
q fetch in the minds of hundreds of persons. who
sent their requests for prayer from the most distant
parts of the earth to this meeting It was gloried
above the G0d Of and Of the Bible Then
months IL not years. that it was waste of time to
keep open church for the few that gathered to talk
rather than to pray But the meeting afterward
took q new inspiration and has prospered now for
many years. Since the demolition OF the old Fulton
Street Church the anniversary services have been
held in the Middle Church. where they will be held
on Tuesday next and where several OF the leading
ministers Of the city will deliver addresses Usually
that church is crowded. and only those who enter
early find sitting room
The New York herald., 1879-09-21

RETURN OF A CATHOLIC MISSIONARY.
The Rev. Matthew A. Hunt. o. NJ. L. who has spent
the greater part Of year in America giving. with
much satisfaction and earnestness. retreats. mis-
sions and lectures with great delight to his Irish
fellow countrymen has returned to this city, and is
present the guest of the Rev. Father McCrcady, of
the Church OF the Holy Cross. DIR. Hunt will lee
ture this evening Father John Barry's church. at
New Brighton, Staten Island Next week he will
give Q retreat in Brooklyn for Father Taft.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16
Bethel.

D. T. Hubbell is putting water in his house and barn.
 Schoonmaker has painted sign for the barber, MT. Schriber.
 Mr. Wm. McNaw has a rose bush with more than one hundred and fifty blos- soms on it.
 Mrs. G. NJ. Cole is visiting friends ill Cold SpriDoe and Monroe, Conn.
 Rev. L. c. Pattison and family are talk ing vacation, visiting West Haven, Ct.
 MT. H. H. Baird has been quite sick for several days, under the care of Dr. A. E. Barber.
 Mir. Truman W. Fox left town Satur- day, July 9th, for pleasure trip, and re- turned home last Saturday.
 Mir. I. H. Trowbridge, of N. Y. city, brother of Mrs. Aug. Shepard, is spend ing few weeks in town.
 The newly elected officers of Putnam Lodge, K. of P, were installed Monday evening by Deputy G. C., T. ". Fox.
 MT. G. A. Durant, wife and son return ed from Lockport, N. Y., Thursday even ing. Mr. G. expects to remain until Sep tember.
 dog belonging to Mir. Vim. Garfield bit Clifford Hubbard, Tuesday, on his leg. Dr. Barber cauterized the wound which was slight.
 Parents whose sons are practicing jumping on and off of the trains at the depot should look out and be prepared fnr funeral.
 Mir. Walker Ferry fell from load of hay one day last week, and was injured so much that he feels the effect even now. He knows every cord that is in his neck and every bone in his body.
 Mir. A. c. Logan, who for the past two weeks has been in Brookfield, returned for Q short time last week, and has made an engagement to teach the Grassy Plain school the coming year. MT. Logan gives satisfaction as principal.
 The hat finishers held their regular meeting last Wednesday evening, and elected the following officers: Charles o. Morgan, President; Nathaniel Raymond, Vice-President Wm. H. Judson Secre- tary Ammon Green, Treasurer
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16

Miss R. Orton and Miss Bessie Fitch. of New Haven, are on Mile Hill
 Mir S;,ml Scudder has had his house shingled and painted. Dennis and Peter NJ. Nash dId the work we'll.
 The lightning destroyed large barn belonging to Samuel Wildman, of Dan- bury. The barn was situated on Shelter Rock, and the fire was plainly visible from Dodgingtown.
 MT. John B. Hawley, of Brookfeld who for several months past has been in New Yolk quite sick, was brought home last week in special car. The friends of MT. Hawley hope to see hlm entirely well, soon.
 Hull X Rogers, hardware merchants of Danbury, have adopted a mode of ad- vertising which is getting to be fashion able. They have erected very neat mile posts on all the roads leading into Dau- bury, within distance of ten miles.
 The many friends of Mrs. Caroline Beers and Miss Julia Beers will wish them d pleasant sojourn in Vineland, N. J., where they havo gone to spend the summer for the health of Mrs. Beers, and where they nave already formed some tNaluable acquaintances; among them are the gentlemanly MT. Hicks and his e3ti- mable lady, of the Baker House, that being ouly e1unlled by some of the first class houses at Long Branch and were it gcnerally7lrown what accommodations could be found at the Baker House, many a plcasure-seeker who visits Cape May, Ocean Grove and Long Branch, would visit Vineland also, take drive on Lan- dis avenue, and partakc of some of the fruits and berries raised ill that town.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16

The following from the Philadelphia Press of Friday will interest many of our readers who have followed in these col umns the adventures of this man Butcher and Mrs. Judge Watson in this vicinity:
 George NJ. Butcher, the celebrated temperance reformer, whose escapades of last winter created quite a stir, denied the several charges brought against him, and demanded an investigation at the hands of his fellow citizens of Whining ton. A committee of the Moral SuaSion Association, of Wilmington, took up the matter, and their report, addressed te to the citizens of that city, finds George M Butcher guilty of drunkenness, hy-. pocrisy and of improper and injndicious conduct"
 We clip the above from the Standard of Monday. It is indeed strange that peo- pie in Wilmington were so thick headed as to doubt the published report at the time that Butcher was exposed. The first paper to expose this man and woman was the VIEWPOINT BEE in it's Bethel cor respondence, and for so doing we have enjoyed in common with otherpublishers the odium of having persecuted Butcher at the instigation of his enemies. Now that he has had an inv estigation at the hands of his Wilmington friends, and found guilty of all the crimes charged, what have they to say by way of apology to the press of Connecticut. who knowing from undisputable facts what was going on. stopped the fraud, and fer so doing were charged with trying to injure a good honest sincere Christian man and woman2 For ourselves we will say Let the galled Jade vince, our withers are un- wrung." Pious frauds find no quarter here.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16

Arrirals ut the GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL for the aceek: John R. Knox. Rome N Y. c. F. Morris, Danbury, Conn. Miss Lonycop, Philadelphia. Wm. H. Beers, Brooklyn. N. Y. Wm. E. Geddes and wife New York. s. E. Olmstend and lady Norwalk, Conn Robert A. Grannis and wife, Brooklyn, N. Y. s, H. Bundle and wife. Danbury. Conn. Edward Tweedy and wife, Charles Squire, " Mrs. T. S. Tweedy Edwin Marble and wife, New Haven Conn. Mir. and Mrs. CoorIdge Norwalk. Conu. Fred A. Hull, Danburv, Conn. G. ". Hoyt, J. S. Galley Grass Lake, Mich. E. Harkins New York. Noble Bennett New Milford. Miss Ruth Booth. New Milford. T. N. Bogdcn. Bridgeport. Charles Seabrook, New Haven. Mrs Geo. H. Lewis, Brooklyn. Miss Lena Lewis. ." Geo. c. Lyon, Bridgeport. Geo. ". Northrop. Chas. F. Lewis, Brooklyn. Mrs G. A. GoOdlett, New York. Miss Den nison wm. Whitehead, F.. R. Dibblee and lady. Miss Tracie R. Dikblee, c. W. Dbblee, Hattie Dibblee, J. Hawley, Danbury. Miss Minnie R. Smith. Danbury. Miss J. Maud Lewis. Brooklyn. Daniel B. Bradley and wife. New Haven. H. Wellbrock, wife, daughter and nurse. Brooklyn s. E. Olmstead, Norwalk. E. J. Knolton, New York. MisslSadie Nichols, Sinclair Toucey and wife New York Mrs J. Camp. Norwaik. L. E. Baker. New Milford. C. s. Hawkins, Rev. E. T. Sanford, Bridgeport. Arthur S. Miller, s. T. Sanford, Miss Mary Hawley, " Mrs. H. 0. Shepherd, |" Mrs Odell, New York. T. N. Bogden, Bridgeport H. NJ. Landen '
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16

FIFTY PER CENT. SAVED by using Hig- gins German Laundry Soap, because it is pure. Ask. your grocer for it and give it a trial.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16
L 0 S IT,

In the Housatonic River, the Pntatook fording place. calfskin Pocketbook, with about $40 in it. mostly in small bills, and some silver. Any one finding the same, will please return it to me. and
 f4l GILBERT WILLIAMS
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-16

The brethren will now sing, How happy are they Who eachsnight can say: '.we sleep on the Branchvlle Spring Bed.' They tuck their dear noses Beneath the bed clothes, And rest both the heart and the head Then stop all your grumbling, And kicking and tumbling, And throw your hard slats in the fire; You neer will regret it, Now don't you forget if, But let this your courage inspire. Take a ive-dollar bill Right out of the till, All shining and crispy and green. But don't pinch it to death, And crush out it's breath, Your covetous fingers between. But hail the Spring Bed man." Who comes with his pet plan. Which is, to have you just try them; Sleep on them month -aud-and-and-what? Why then you will certainly buy them. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE BRANcHvILLE SPRING BED CO, BRANCHVILLE, CONN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
The Best is the Cheapest.

Ec ii known to tine good people Of
Ohio county and vicinity, that we, the
undersigned. keep for sale at our drug
stores. in Wheeling, W. Va, that old
established and reliable rcmedy-Wis-
tar's BalSam Of Wild Cherry, and know
;ng that its great popularity IS the natu-
raj result of honest merit alone, and not
onarcomt oiwideSpread advertisements,
we.do most cordially recommend 1t as
one of the very best remedies known for
the cure OF Coughs, Colds, Consump-
ton. Asthma and all Lung diseases.
Wistar's Balsam is put mp in large pint
bottles. and the price is 81 90. "A
word To the wise is sufficient Ii you
continue to suffer and die it is your own
fault. for it has saved the lives of many,
and never fails in Immediately relieving
all soreness of Throat and Lungs. Very
respectfully, Laughlin Bros. x Co. and
Logan. List Il Co., Wholesale Agents,
Wheeling; West & Gilmore, Agents for
Bridgeport, ..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
An Undergr ound River.

There is a mystery about the Ameri-
can lakes. Lake Erie is only sixty to
seventy feet deep, but Lake Ontario is
five hundred and ninety feet deep, two
hundred and thirty feet below the tide
level OF the ocean, or as low rs most
parts of the Gulf Of st. Lawrence; and
the bottoms of Lakes Huron, Michigan
and Superior, although the surface is
much higher, all form their vast depths
on a level with the bottom Of Ontario.
Now, as the discharge through the De-
troit river after allowing for the probable
portion carried OFT 10y evaporation, does
not appear by any means equal to the
quantity OF water which the three upper
lakes receive it has been COnjectured
that a subterranean river may run from
Lake Superior, by the Huron, to Lake
Ontario. This conjecture is not impoSsl-
Bile, and accounts for the singular fact
that salmon and herring are caught in
all the lakes communicating with the ~.
Lawrence, but no others. AS the Falls
of Niagra must have always existed, 1t
would puzzle the naturalist TO say how
the fish got into the upper lakes without
some Subterranean river; moreover, any
periodical obstruction of the river would
furnish a not improbable solution OF the
mysterious ilux and influx of the lakes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
TRI,SrEE,S SALE.

10Y VIRTUE or A DEED OF TRUST MADE
ID by Samuel Shook and Sarah :. shook, his
wife. to the undersigned trustee, dated the ith
day Of September, 1872, and recorded in the
Clerks office OF the County Court Of Of Marshall
county, in deed of trust book No. j. folio y, !
shall, ON the
18th DAY or DECEMBER, 1879,
Between the hours of . 4. ". and =. NJ, sell at
public auction To the highest and best bidder,
for cash at the front door Of the Court House OF
Marshall county, West Virginia, the following
described tracts or parcels OF land, 10 wit: A
certain tract Of land In Washington township or
district containing % acres. Also, Tract OF
land on the waters OF BurCh's run, In Union
township or district, containing Is acres and y
poles OF land, all in Marshall county West Nlr-
GINA, or 50 much Of said tracts Of land not EN-.
braced i'm the deed from said Samuel Shook and
wife Ia Daniel Wilson, made since the making
Of said deed Of trust rs may be necessary 10
satisfy the claim Of Richard Allen, secured by
said deed uf trust, 10 which reference may be had
for more particular description Of said tracts of
land ScllingaS trustee shall convey only such
title n is vested in me 10y said deed Of trust.
uoSoawt THOMAS McCREARG, Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
"SCARF PIN HARRY"
What He Knows About Ohio
Politics and How Fred Mussey
Exchanged COurtesies With

What He Knows About Ohio
Politics and How Fred Mussey
Exchanged COurtesies With
Him.
Mr.. Fred ID. Mussey, Commercial cor
respondent, Private Secretary to Gov
ernor Fosterand 4 good fellow generally,
was complacently smoking the cooler
end OF a Columbus cigar in the depot in
that city night before last, waiting the
coming OF the train which was to take
him 10 Cincinnati. While inwardly re-
hecting on the results Of the recent cleo
tion-One result in partieular-he was
suddenly startled by a blow on the
shoulder. that riyaled the force ola Wig
Orous Young Spite driver or an incipient
thunderbolt Turning. he discovered 4
very remarkable scarf pin and an equal
" remarkable pair OF ambrosail NOUS
taChes.
Harry Sargent, by the powers
Erred MuSsey, by JOve'
II was indeed the verltable Harry,
new lighted, like the herald Mercury.
from his luxurious palace car, the Count
ess BOZenta.
After warm salutations and mutual
congratulations, a conversation some
thing like the following enSued:
Still at the same business?
M-Ges.
81 see by the papers that you've
been getting some kind of a position.
What is it2
M-I've been appointed Private Sec
returv % the Governor.
S-That so? What Governor?
M-GOvernOr of Ohio.
SO, what's his name?
M-FOster.
SO, yes. So Foster was elected, was
he?
Moi course.
S-CAssuming anair political knowl-
edge o, yes-yes. What majority did
he get?
M-About 1900.
S-Prrttv close vote, wasn't it?
M-CloSe? Thunder, II was an i'm
mense majority.
Shocking wiser. q, yes, ] re-
member; Mr.. Ewing did very good
work for him. Helped to elect him
didn't hep
M-CAghast). Well, hardly! But what
are YOU doing?
81 am going to Louisville to start
Adele Belgrade.
N-TrOtter or runner?
S-What?
N-Isu't Bclgarlc a horse
S-Horse2 Great heavens .
M-ISn't it,
S-NOl
Ms il a man or 4 woman?
S.-A woman of course; YOU
No yes, / remember. She's a
trapeze artist.
S.-Trapcze artist? She's thcgreatcst
tragcdicnue alive, sir.
VI .quietly)-That SO? Never heard
of her
SIS it possible that the private sec
rotary of Governor Foster never heard
OF Adele Belgrade
Ms possible that the manager OF
Adele Belgrade never head Of Governor
Foster
Sired come into my drawing-rOom
car. Wen open basket, and I'll take
YOU down to Cincinnati.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
admit Her At Once. Z"

Themanuscripts of Leonardo de Nlncl
i'm the south KensingtOn Museum, Lon
don. have recently been subjected to
renewed study. In one OF them occurs
the following fable:
"A man lying at the point of death
suddenly heard a knock at his door, and
asked one of his servants who 1t was
that had knocked. The servant looked,
and then informed him that it was a
person who called herself good woman
'muIouuo boual. Then the dying man
extended both of his arms to Heaven in
thanks to God, and babe them admit the
person at once, that he might be able
to see a good woman before he died, for
he had not seen one in the whole course
of his life"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
THE SCHEME EXPOSED.
What the North Carolina Dark
eys Were Promised I'm lndi-


Washington Post
The operation of transplanting ebony
ballots from the Southern cotton regions
TO the IIoOsier State OF the prospective
Democratic Vice President progresses
probably more slowly than the sangulne
inspectors of the scheme had anticipated.
OF the two hundred victims OF the so
called North Carolina "exOdus" that ar
rived Wednesday morning, less than a
fourth of the number were
enabled Ia raise their passage
money and proceed to their destinations
by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
the same night. The remainder were
sheltered i'm a colored Methodist church
on the Island, none the best pleased
with the partial realization OF their
dreams of future prosperity. y i0d re-
porter mingled with them yesterday, and
heard many complaints from which de-
yeloped evidences substanuatlng the IN
dicatious of this paper that the move,
ment had political origin. One old
man, seemingly intelligent and with
benevolent face, was put under the jour
nalistic pump.
81 understand, uncle said the local
arab. "that YOU people where influenced
10 Quit your North Carolina homes. Is
that SOP
"Well, yes, boss; you see Mr. Samuel
IT, Perry and (P. c. Williams went out
West the middle of September and got
back i'm November. Dey said ives to
cit SIS to SIS a month for workin' on de
farms, and two dollars an hall for
workin' on de railroad an in de rock
Queries. Dey made dis offer, an we
done took it for granted it was all right. ~
you wouldn't have lett home other
wise, would your
"No, sab; but Perry and Williams,
dey say dere's plenty work and big
money"
Another rising Senator, with nearly
dozen domestic spOnsibilitles, was APP
preached asked:
"Did not the men who told you that
YOU could not get work in Indiana tell
YOU To vote the Republican tlcket!'
ayes, sir; dey done tOle us we 90 out
dere must vote Publican ticket; hut,
Boss. Inever vote anything else; never
vote 'Seryative ticket in my life
"What did they tell you to do?"
"Dcv say, You pack up an 60 II
You hain't got de money you git dere
somehow
''Did they offer you money to gol"
ayes, s'r; dey tole us we get $40
month and board, and house an oder
tings." -,
"Who told you this-white menu?
eyes, s'r but not in my country,
Back in Green and Wayne county
hearn of dem Mr.. Perry and Mr..
Williams tole us.
"Did you recognize them as agents OF
the white men?"
Dunno, s'r.
"Were the white men and the colored
men the same?"
ayes, sir; hear dey's offering money
tode cullud people"
Gid Perry and Williams offer to pay
your railroad fare?"--
obey say dey pay what dey kin an de
s'ciety i'm Washington pay de rest?'
"Did you understand that if you went
it was necessary to vote the Republican
ticket?"
eyes. sir; Perry and Williams made
speeches at Goldsboro and LaCirange
an oder places, an tOle us we must do
dat"
Others, being engaged in conversation,
said the same, and all agreed that they
would find an elysium in the West.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
Notice to Contractors anu builders


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works,
WHEELING, Novemhcrl3, lS79. !
sealed proposal, will be received by the Board
Of Public Works, OF the state Of West Virginia,
addressed to the undersigned up to y O'Clock
noon, of March the 1,t, $50 for the ALTERATIONS
N and THE ADDITIONS 10 the building known as
the STATE HOUSE, at Charleston, Kanawha
county, West Virginia, according TO the Plans
and Specifications furnished by c. c. Kemble and
A. PEBBLES, joint architects.
Bids will be received for the whole and the
several parts of the work. Plans and spccifca-
tons may be seen at the Capitol Building, in
Wheeling, on aud after January lSt, $50, and
any information relative thereto may be obtain
Ell by applying To c. c. Hemblc, the architect,
csident at Wheeling, W. Va.
Bond security, approved by the Board Of
Public Works, will be required of each contrac-
tor The right OF receiving or rejecting any or
all bids is reserved.
By order OF the Board Of Public Works.
uoyl1 : BRADY, Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08

WARRANTED not to contain a single par
ticle OF mercury, or any injurious or min
eral substance, but to consist entirely OF
medical matter purely vegetable, which is
the reason Simmons Liver Regulator is
so efTectual, yet so harmless.
81 wsite you to certify that | have
used DIR. Simmons Liver Regulator in
my family with complete success.
81. w. ID. BIRD,
Chattahoachee, Fla"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
Trustees Sale of 100 Acres Of
Land.

DY VIRTUE OF 4 DEED OF TRj IT MADE
ID and executed by Andrew Hamilton 10 the
undersigned trustee dated ON the 18Th day 81
June ISIS. and recorded IN decd OF trust book
No >. page ~. in the Office of the Clerk of the
County Court for MARSHALL county, West Viz
glua, will on
THURSDAY, THE 9TH DAY or JANUARY,
$50 nj the front door of Marshall county Court
House commencing al 10 o'clock A. NJ, sci! AT
public auction Ia the highest and best bidder
one hundred acre, of land on the waters OF Jake
run. Marshall county, West Virginia, joining
land of r. Raycnscmlt Ashton and Others, with.
i'm one mile OF FaimOut pike. About "a acres OF
said land is under cultivation and all undcrlaid
with coal.
TERMS OF SALE-~tuO. uT such greater sum 40
the purchaser may desire 10 pay In cash, aud the
residue on a credit Of six and twelve months
with interest, the payments 10 be- secured 10y
notes and approved security; also secured ny
deed Of trust on said land.
selling as trustee will convey only such title
a. il vested in me. which is believed to he per
feet W. v HUE,
deCjOawt trustee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-08
a Grnnnd Swell.

At soiree-"Ah, Miss FitXjoy," said
Mr.. Toploity, with smile that nearly
twisted his eyeglaSs from its socket,
didn't observe You, aw, this awlter-
noon, Ylding down the avahnue, aw?'
ooh, indeed, Mr. Toploity, did You see
me? Yes, pa has a new span, and he
was Just speeding them a little. Do
YOU know that when | saw you on the
sidewalk | thought you must be one OF
those ground swells We read so much
about: now | did, really Weally,
aw %" and he "woaned" oil to seek more
''agweeable' company.-Ne,r Hrr0q
R.QlNlr.