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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-26
Il repaired to tlie Office in no amniabl

81 repaired to THE Office in no aam1riiable
mood, threw down $3.50, but refused to-
pay for the coffin. II had, never ordered
su Oh thing; never wanted i: On the
contrary, it was a liberty taken with me
that Icoul dsnots excuse. G)a,E9E o5 33fto7
II tssVery welb Major, said Mr.. Bealle,
with E. low brow and don one of bis bland I'd
est smiles, Just as you please: The coffin
was made in pursuance of a sanitaryjrule
Of my heusea had you remained e fort
night you would, most probably, have
needed II; and, as we bury FOLKS aimnnedi
ately after they an dead, in the event OIL
your death, had not this coffin been ready,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-26

sidered dangerous. Mrs. Tomlinson claims
the shooting of her husband was accidental;
he claimed that it was deliberate. Mr.. Tom
'linson is man Of considerable property.
! f.. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION
100 Advices from Allentown, Pa, Ct Jnne 81 !,
report an explosion at one of the ore mines On
the land of Stephen & smayer, two miles from
East Texas, Pa. The boiler burst with terrific
force, killing five men outright and seriously
wounding three Others. The killed are: a
Ettinger, of East Texas, head blown off; a
German workman; l. Fegely, contractor;
smayer. land owner, and one Derr: B: Keck,
the engineer, was badly scalded and had a leg
broken off. Derr and two others, names un-
known, were also badly wounded. Two years
ago similar accident, occurred at the same
place, killing four men and, wounding several
others @SN-~S>
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
OntWitted.

4 farmer who was as niggarlly as
ever lived, contrived by his parsimo-
NOUS habits to amass great wealth. lie
was likewise constituencies, and scrupl-
ed at nothing that would add dollar to
his pile. Not far from him lived shift
less sort OF fellow who loved to steal bet
ter than work, and the farmer said to
him once:
"Clem, l will give YOU a shilling a
bushel for all the potatoes YOU will bring
me, and l don't care where you get
them
Glenn jumped at the chance butasked
him where he could get them
81 don't care where. OF course you
will steal them, but that's none OF my
business
The bargain was struck, and every
night for week Glenn would drive to
the farmers house with load OF pota-
toes, put them in the cellar, and receive
his pay for them. At last he asked him
where he got them.
''Stole 'em."
"Where did you steal them, Glenn
ooh, up in your side lot" replied
Glenn, while grin took entire possess
ion OF his face He got away in time to
save his back, but the former hasn't bar
gained with him since to steal any
thing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
NEW POSTAL REGULA-
TIONS.
Instructions to Letter-Carriers.


Baltimore Gazette.
Postmaster Tyler has received from
Washington copy OF the official postal
laws and regulations recently issued by
the department for the guidance OF
postmasters. Several new regulations
have been made for the government OF
the letter carriers, which General Tyler
proposes to have printed in small books
and distributed among the men. The
rules recently added provide that carri-
ers shall not borrow money nor contract
debts on their routes which they are not
able to pay, under penalty OF dismissal.
They are also forbidden to solicit contr-
buttons or issue addresses" intended to
induce the public to make them gifts,
which will do away with the annual
Appeal" of the men, heretofore issued
on New Years day. Under another
regulation, which fOrbids their selling
tickets for theaters or concerts, or any
place OF entertainment, they will not be
allowed hereafter to assist in selling
tickets for any charitable fund, in which
work they have heretofore done good
service. They are required TO report all
damages to street boxes; are expressly
forbidden 10 deliver letters at dwellings
during the absence of the proprietor.
Another order forbids the practice OF
delivering letters on streets TO owners
and SAYS that the letter should be taken
to the house to which it is addressed.
They must not deyiate from their routes
and are not to engage in any business
not connected with the service during
their hours of business. They are al
lowed to sell postage stamps but must
only carry small quantities with them.
/ Under no circumstances are they to re-
turn a letter once deposited in a street
box to the writer. The last addition to
the rules is in the interests of the CARR
ers and reads as follows: Carriers are
not required to run the risk OF being bit
ten by dangerous dogs in delivering
mail matter. Persons keeping such
dogs must call at the postotiiCe for their
mail or, ii they wish it delivered at their
residence, must satisfy the postmaster
that it is safe for the carrier to so deliver
. ~ -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
Edison's New Telephone

The American Association for the Adj
vancement of Science, now III session at
Saratoga, is composed of body of dis
tinguished scientific and learned gentle
men, whose special business seems to
be the hearing and discussion OF all new
themes and projects which advanced
thinkers and inventors may bring be-
fore it. The other day Edison, the
noted inventor, went to Saratoga and
explained to these gentlemen as well as
he could his new elcctrU-Chemical tele-
phone. Those who have been count
ing Edison as among the conspicuous
failures Of the day, may wake up some
fine morning and find they have been
reckoning without their host. \ dis
patch from Saratoga to the New York
Hrdid SAYS of this new invention:
The telephone was operated from an
apartment in the building at some dis
lance from the hall. The difference
between the new instrument and the
ordinary telephone consists in its ca
paClty to convey the voice to arOOm full
of persons without any ear piece. The
sounds OF the voices were very distinct.
and one OF the most curious features OF
the experiments was the conveyance of
two voices distinctly at the same time,
the one singing and the other repeating
the alphabet. Mr.. Edison stated that
he could not attempt to explain the
reasons for the remarkable results OBJ
tanned, as he did not fully comprehend
them himself The features OF the in
strument are the use OF carbon points,
and, in obtaining the wave, he explain
ed that current was broken by the
friction OCCasioned by the revolution Of
a piece OF chalk against the metallic bar
attached to the diaphragm. Several
thousand vibrations Of this were pro-
duced in a second OF time. The rev0-
lutions are produced by the turning OF Il
crank worked by person in the room
to which the the sounds are transmit
ted, this placing the transmission OF
sound i'm the hands of that person. The
chalk used is saturated with solution
of phosphate OF potash, which
better than any other salt
produces the required result.
Mr.. Edison could not explain why. He
only knew that he could not obtain re-
SUITS III any OllleT way. MT. TNiISoll
asserted his belief that before long a
person making a speech in New York
may be heard through the electro-chem-
ical telephone by hall full of people in
Saratoga, or that a concert may he given
1t any place by artists in another city.
During the experiments the cornct was
PLAYED, aud "John Browns Body" was
sung and transmitted with perfect dis
tinctness and heard as plainly by all as
if the instrument and voices were in the
room
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
Executors Sale of Valuable Land

JNHE UNDERSIGNED EXECUTORS OF THE
i last will and testament of IIOratio j. Me-
Clean. deceased offer for sale the desirable tract
OF land, on the Ohio river, the upper part OF
Round Bottom, two and a half miles below
Moundsville Marshall county, W. Va, contain
ing about 30 acres Of land, Of the best quality,
80 acres river bottom under fence and IN n
high state Of cultivation; the balance In timber
There are on the premises good dwelling house:
barn and other ont houseS; an excellent wei OF
water. apple orchard and other fruit trees. Said
farm viii be sold in body or parcels, as may be
convenient, and on easy terms. The premises
can be shown and terms made known by.ThOs
Scott, MOnndsville or Joshua Burnley, Wheeling
THOMAS SCOTT,
JOSHUA BURLEY,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06

HENRY STANLEY, the great African eX-
plorer, has been complimented recently
by receiving from the Imperial Leopol-
dinic-C Caroline Dresden Academy Il
diploma, making him doctor OF philoso-
ply. The reason given is con account
OF his great services on the field OF natu-
raj sciences, which services have been
acknowledged unanimously by the men
most prominent on that field OF sciences,
in increasing the knowledge OF the for
merly unexplored remotest and desc
late regions OF Africa with admirable
diligence, understanding and persever-
ance; in being the first to describe the
course OF their great rivers, and in dis
covering the sOurces Of the Nile"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
Arctic Continent.

Surprising an Arctic continent to
exist, is there probability OF its being
inhabited? That, saws Mr.. Walcott
Brooks, is the great question for ethnol-
ogists, in relation to Polar investiga-
tons. Mr.. Brooks read an interesting
paper on this subject at the reception
given a short time since TO the members
Of the Bennett Exploring Expedition at
san Francisco. The speaker said that
il we carefully examine the almost uni
versal features OF all land known to us,
We find a prevailing form wherever We
turn. Each territorial area OF magni-
tude seems to have an appendage trend
ings outward. Ii We apply this rule by
turning the North Pole OF a globe to-
wards us, We readily see at a glance
that Greenland, which is known to Us,
NAV bear 10 an unknown Arctic CONT
nent the same relation that South
America does TO North America, or
Africa TO Europe. Hence, it is logic TO
infer that an Arctic continent exists be-
meath the North Pole, extending three
and half TO four degrees south from
the northern axis OF the earth. As
previous Arctic expeditions have ad-
vanced to within 1874 miles Of the pole,
the distance thence to such continent
would not exceed about 80 TO $50
miles.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
The Kiss of Death.

Memphis faper
Mr.. Jake Kohlberg, a Howard visitor,
related TO your correspondent an incl
dent connected with Mrs. Minnie Will
kie's death, which occurred this after.
noon, at o'clock, just previous to dis.
solution. She had several attacks OF
black vomit and during the intervals
called upon her husband to kiss her:
Regardless OF the danger that attended
her request her husband time and again
imprinted kisses upon her lips. He was
warned of the risk he ran, but he was
faithful to her in death as he had been
in life. She died with her arms around
his neck. One hour afterward Mr.. Will
kie himself was stricken with a most
malignant type OF fever, although he
had a severe attack last year. His kiss
may yet prove the kiss OF death.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
FOR SALE.

7 WILL OFFER At PUBLIC SALE, At THE
/ front door OF the Court House, on SATi K
DAY. SEPTEMBER 9th. 1872. commencing at u
O'Clock 4. W., the property known ~ the Ninship
Home, on Chapline street between Twenty
first and Twenty second streets The lot Is
beautifully situated and has on IL large brick
dwelling, newly fitted mp with all the modern
improvements. Any person wishing Ia pur'
chase a good house now has IL rare opportu-
nifty.
sep2 +. A. BRITT, Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
Abraham Lincoln's Ancestry.

Not far from the boundary line be-
tween Berks and Lancaster counties
lies the ancestral home OF the Lincoln
family. Stuatedin the midst of the old
Welsh colony OF Carnavon and inter
married with some Of its families, they
were always looked on as belonging to
the original Welsh colonists. \ letter
from Daniel Lincoln, BirdsbOra, Berks
county, appears in the Lancaster hieiL-
QeHcer, giving some account of the Lin
coin family. From it we learn that
Mordacai Lincoln, great-great-grandiath-
or of President Abraham Lincoln, came
from England and settled in MassaChC-
sets About the year 1850, having lost
his wife, he moved 10 Exeter township,
BcrSs county, taking up one thousand
acres of land. He brought with him
one son, the great-grandiather OF the
President. Mordccai married again IN
Bcrks and had several sons. The chill
dren by his second wife are the found
ers OF the LinColns of Pennsylvania and
those by his first OF the LincOlns OF
Massachusetts. One OF Mordecal's sons,
Abraham by name, married Anna
Boone, first cousin Of Daniel Boone,
the Kentucky hunter, who was born IN
Berks, and not in Bucks county, as
stated in history. John Lincoln, the
Presidents great-grandiather, moved to
Virginia about 1850. He had a son,
Abraham, grandfather to the President,
who removed To Kentucky about l7SD,
and was killed by Indians when lis son
Thomas, father OF President Lincoln,
was but a boy. Current history states
that nothing is known OF the mother OF
the martyr President, except that her
name was Hanks and that she was from
Virginia, while this letter asserts that
the Hanks family were originally from
Berks county, and near neighbors OF
Mordecal Lincoln. Hanks, with three
sons OF Mordecai Lincoln, moved to
Fayette county, Pa, and thence Hanks
moved to Virginia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
For SaIe--A Desirable Home Cheap

ERAME DWELLING HOUSE, FIVE KOOMs,
II cellar lvc. Good ice house, 10 tons capacity.
Three Green Houses in good running order, with
stock OF Flowers and pots on hand fifty Hot Bed
Sash, Frames, Ike; house for keeping sweet
potatoes in over winter. A good trade establish
ed This Is n splendid chance fOrsOmc energetic
man desiring To engage in this business. Address
OSCAR WRIGHT.
ag2lra MOUNDsyULE. W. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
]. B. SHEPPARD,

NO. 1913 MAIN STREET, CORNER OF
- Eleventh. Manufacturer and Wholesale
and Retail Dealer in
Saddles, Harness, Ladies' and 6entIemen's
travelling Trunks, Satchels, DC
A full assortment of all articles in my line con-
stantly on hand .,-.
All orders promptly attended to. luel7e
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
Good Word for Ross.

BaneSyllle Enterprise.
There will be general regret amongst
thoughtful citizens, that the necessities
OF the politicians have caused the with
drawal of Ross J. Alexander from public
life. Mr.. Alexander was not personally
solicitous for second term as Repre-
sentative, but his friends insisted that
his name should be presented to the
Democratic Convention. Another can
didate was selected maninly for the
reason that Mr.. Alexander had been ac-
tive in defeating the removal project.
The Democrats generally regret this
sacrifice, and had any less prize than a
United States Senatorship been at stake
they would not have consented TO make
il. Mr.. Alexander's course while in the
Legislature, may not have been agree
able 10 some office holders and Office
seekers, but the people generally were
pleased with his record. He need have
no regrets that his term has closed for
it was all that his best friends anticipated,
and worthy OF any man. He has labor
ed sincerely and honestly to DO his
duty. He advocated the strongest
temperance laws; he worked hard TO re-
duce the salaries OF county officers; he
prevented some huge swindles against
the State from being consumated; he re
duced the salaries OF nearly all the clerks
at the Capitol; he curtai!ed the contin-
gent expenses of all the State officers,
and labOred zealOusly and with some
success 10 effect the most stringent eco
nOmy in all the State expenses. Mr..
Alexander was not a mere partisan, but
labored for the welfare of the people OF
the State, often voting against the party
caucus. He was fearless, Independent
representative, able and willing to do all
he could to increase the happiness,
tighten the burdens, and promote the
prosperity OF the people. And this is
the kind OF man that is sacrificed to a
presumed party necessity, What en-
enlargement for men oil independence
and ability to devote their time and tai
ents to the welfare of the people.
Mr. Alexander retires with the con-
sciousness OF having done his duty.
The Office was a small affair to him, but
the loss of the services of such man is
a serious deprivation to State which
usually sends mediocrity instead OF talent
10 its Legislative halls
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
Commissioners Sale.
| ING ''' 80
cu.gl.1 A. ~

IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF WHEEL
i ING.
Joseph speidel 4 co.
V. IN bnhhCcIy'
Christian SChlasSer. J
By virtue Of a decree rendered and entered in
the above entitled cause on the 2srh day OF July,
1872 the undersigned Special Commissioners
will proceed 10 sell on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER !, 1879,
commencing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at public auc-
ton at the front door Of the Court House Of
ohio county West Virginia, the following Dc
scribcd property. situate In the city Of Wheel
ing tu-wit: Tie west twenty FIVE 81 feet Of the
lot numbered one hundred and scycnty-iour
ga with all the rights 81 alleys belonging there
to: said parcel ~ ground being situate on the
north side Of seventeenth street formerly Zane
streeu in that part Of the City Of Wheeling
called East Wheeling
TRRNs OF SALE-Ouc-half 81 the purchase
money to Doe paid I'm cash on the day Of the sale.
and the balance iu nine months, with Interest
thereon from day Of sale, ID" purchaser giving
bond with satisfactory personal security. aud
the title 20 said real estate % be retained A. fur
thCr security until payment in full Of said pnr-
chase money, but with liberty 10 the purchaser
a. pay all or any greater portion than one.hali in
cash. A. }. IN hhEt
X q. BARR.
Scu1N~i special Commissioners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06

"WHAr are you worth?" asked rich
old miser OF a yonng man who was
counting his only child. "Not much
now, but Pm coming into a large for
tune in a few years" was the reply.
The marriage took place, and then the
old miser learned that the large fortune
which the young man was coming into
was his father-in.law's.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

MIGHTY CHOICE BUILDING LOTS on
II Wheeling Island; price from 500 10 500
each. Only One-Sixth OF the purchase money re-
quired in cash. The residue may hc paid annu-
silly I'm five equal installments, with interest. APP
ply 10 JOHN 4. GILCHklsI
oclDh AT Ton Mill
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06


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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06

ELM GROVE RAILROAD.
ON AND AFTER TUESDAY, APRIL !, 1872
cars on the Wheeling and Elm Grove rali
r-ad will run as follows: Cars viii leave the
city corner OF Market and Eleventh slreeS' anu
Spsmm'S al --
Ieav. wheeling Leave Stamm's.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-31

ADULTERATED food gets away with
ten years Of our life, says an authority.
Then we have read other authorities
who say that a drinking man loses ten
years Of his life by his principal habit;
and u user of tobacco loses ten years;
and a man who doesn't wear
flannel undertaking loses ten years;
and a man who doesn't pay his debts
and loses sleep through the taunts of
conscience loses ten years; and a man
with a scolding wife loses ten years.
We are forced to believe these state
ments because they come from authors
ties. Therefore, a man over ten years
of age who eats adulterated food, drinks
liquors, uses tobacco, wears no flannel
underclothing, doesn't pay his debts,
and has a scolding wife, is a living lie.
Sixty years of his life is taken from him
because of these things, and this time
comes off the latter end of his life.
Hence he can't be over ten years of age
when he dies, for seventy years is mans
average allotment. We are particular
about these things because we always
value authorities highly and hence take
the trouble to demonstrate how logical
ly they always arrange things.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-31
WILL THERE BE A VAR?

The intended movements of Sitting
Bull are always fraught with great in
terest. Whether he will conclude to
remain in Canada a Canadian, or come
to the United States and fight in sup
port of his claim of being IN American,
are conundrums that seek solution.
Now we hear of an intended raid south
by him, and again we learn that he is
peacefully hunting north of the line.
But it can scarcely be doubted that 5.
b. and his braves prefer their old hunt
ing grounds and long to come back.
Especially is this passion uppermost
when the prohibition to return under
any circumstances is considered. Like
the ancient Roman who was forbidden
to go outside the walls of Rome, he lin
gers on the line and yearns to cross.
Possibly he has ere this crossed the Ru-
bicon.
The latest and best evidence we have
of the intentions of Sitting Bull and
his braves is a dispatch from Chris.
ellison, the well-known scout. who
writes to the Bismarck Tribune from
Fort Walsh, Northwestern territory.
He says:
Some few days ago the Assinaboines
had a little fight with some of the
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-31

YanktonaiS l0uX. Two were killed
and one wounded. The light took place
somewhere on Beaver creek in the Lit
tie Rockies. Sitting Bull and all his
warriors are camped on Frenchman's
creek, on both sides of the line, and
are making preparations for n summers
campaign against the whites. When
they calculate to make the first attack
is more than anyone can tell, but they
are determined to ''try a popn this
coming summer.
1t is the Tetons and Yanktonais that
are committing all the depredations on
the Yellowstone and elsewhere. They
are from Sitting Bulls camp. Sitting
Bull left Pinto Horse Buttes with his
own family and five lodges three days
ago. He went north towards Belly
river. He is undoubtedly on his way
to the Saskatchewan. Bear Cap, Lit
tie Knife, Two Horns, No Neck, Long
Dog and Spotted Eagle are bent on hav.
ing another tussle with the whites this
summer. Long Dog will be the brave
warrior this campaign.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-31
THE interest Decentralization {

THE Interest decentralization of the
congressional democracy exists. Like
a stampeded herd they know not what
course to take. The future is blank to
them and they are moving forward in
the blindness of dispair. A special to
the New York Tribune of yesterday
thus describes the situation:
The democracy are badly demoralized
and disorganized. Anorthern democrat
ic representative being asked when the
caucus would be held, replied he didn't
know or care, and that he thought con-
gress might as we'll go home. An
equally distinguished southern repre-
sentative replied: "We are not going
to hold another caucus at all; what do
we want with another caucusp" Mr.
Mills, of Texas, said he did not know
what course the democrats would pur-
sue. He is in favor of passing the APP
preparation bills before fixing any date
for the final adjournment, but he said
he was nc longer taken into the coun-
sells of his party. Mr.. Clark, of Mis-
souri,, said he had no idea what step
would be taken next. These are fair
examples of the replies Of about fifteen
members. The reason no caucus w9s
held is that a family row would be cer-
tain,