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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-10
For additional Mntds y, Fourth PGg,
Weekly Review OF the British Drain
Trade.

IradC.
LoNDuN, December 9.-The Marx Ian,
E,prc~ SAYS As rule. the farmers
interests in England have not suffered
by the delay IN their operations caused
10y frost, but ia Scotland ploughing n
much IN arTcar. The deliveries oi home
grown wheat were slightly less than the
previous week, but in consequence oi
there being no material improvement IN
quality, business Was very slow In Lon
don and at the country markets, with
little or no change IN prices. The
imports oi foreign wheat have again
been large, amounting 10 s3,52i
quarters received at London
during the week, aud 2l0,OO0 quarters
at Liverpool during the past fortnight
These supplies. though doubtless in eH-
cess al the present requirements, have
exercised very little depressing effect on
the trade, which POSSESSES many quail
ties Ot inherent strength, the principal
0i which are th" rise in American mar
kets and the anticipation of n decrease
IN the American supply. IL appears
likely that there will bc an increased az
tivity, and, perhaps, even excitement
may be- felt before the close Of the
year. As further, ~. Petersburg
shipments are impossible and Southern
Russian ports will also soon be closed.
Altogether trade is healthy, il IL is Tor
moment lcthargic. As America holds
the key 10 the position, the first i'm
pulse toward renewed activity must
come from her. Maize rose q pence per
quarter in consequence Olscarcity. Owing
Ia the excessive arrivals sales Of oats
were difficult, even at a reduction Of
from 3 pence 30 u pence per quarter.
Saies Of English wheat last week were
3S,i2S quarters, ut i6 shillings and Z
pence per quarter, against - $50 quar-
ters, at 30 shillings and ! pence Tor the
corresponding week last year. Imports
into the Kingdom for the week ending
November ~, were l,Gl0,I25 cwt. ol
wheat and 2GO, 100 cwt. Of flour.
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ton, giving to Congress power to grant,
protect and regulate trade marks, and
agreed to report favorably and urge that
it be put TO an early passage, in order
that II may be ratified by the Legisla-
lures sitting this winter. Some action
will probably be taken by the full COM
mittee tomorrow.
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Murder in Chicago.

CHICAGO, December 9.-John Irving
a colored expressman, living on Third
avenue, hearing a noise in his barn
about midnight went to investigate,
when two shots were fired at him, one
taking effect in his head and the other
in his left breast, causing death. The
murderer escaped.
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TILDEN'S WITHDRAWAL.
The Statement Lacks Verifica-
ton.

NEW YoEE, December 9.-No verifca-
ton can be obtained here of the Wash
ington statement that MIR. Tilden is pre-
pairing paper Tor publication in which
he viii formally withdraw from the can
didacy for the Presidency in favor OF
Speaker Randall
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Literally False.

DELTA, La, December 9.-The re-
ports of violence on Peck and p. ".
Brown are literally false. Both are well
and have not been troubled. The cleo
ton passed of quietly.
Signed W. A. PRICE,
Colored Rep. candidate for District At
tOrney.
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FIN AkCE.
New York.

NEW YoRK, December 8.-MoSEv-
At Sol per cent, closing Mt per cent
Prime mercantile paper 5!Cd6l per cent
Sterling exchange weak az 1872; sight
exchange on New York 484.
SILyER-At London 52id; bar silver
here lI4i; subsidiary silver coin !sl
per cent. discount.
,sRETs-Duiet and firm.
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GRANT.
His Reception in Indiana.

ISDIANAPoLIs, December y. - The
special train, with General Grant and
party, left Chicago at O'Clock this
morning and made the run 10 Logans-
port, 10 miles, without stop
ping, in three hours and
five minutes. The party consisted 81
Gen. Grant and wife, Col Fred. Grant,
Potter Palmer and wife, Hon. j. y.
Tyner and wife, Col. Holloway and wife.
Rev. W. A. Bartlett aud wife. Col. Hill,
Superintendent Of the Pan Handle rail.
way and wife, State Senator kahln
OF Indiana, Hon. u. j.. Baldwin.
and Capt. Swigar, nj one time of Grants
stall. At all the stations on the line Oi
the road crowds were gathered AMI
chccred the train ~ ii passed.
At IIoganspOr, committee from In
dianapOlis consisting Of GoverD1 viii
liams, Mayor CayeE, Gen. John &. New,
Gen. &. q. Woods, Gen. J. X Slack and
Others, met the party and escorted them
10 this city, at 2:3O. The procession
in this city was formed previous 10 the
arrival Of the train, and moved at once
under command Of General Daniel Nc
AuIlcy. II consisted Of military oryani-
za,ions, German and Union Vet
eran Associations, the Grand Army oi
the Republic, the Governor aud Mayor,
with the city and State officers, free de-
partments and citizens. The streets
on the route were proiusely decorated.
and an immense crowd greeted General
Grant NJ every point Arriving At the
Grand Hotel the General and party pro-
,....I..I .. sl.. t..l...sss J..
formally welcomed 10y General Fred
kneher.
Preparations at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, DecrmberD.-Jh" prcpIr.
atiODs for the Grant reception - pro
gressing rapidly. Tie Committee on
.Escort left for indianapolis ~ . Ociock
this afternoon. and Will hold 4 meeting
at $ O'Clock, tonight. 81 the Bates
House of that city. Everything Is ia
good order for the occasion.
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HoGS-The market is active and the
supply fully equal to the demand at 4
IIll 4,
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RAILROAD BoSDs-Generally strong,
but with few noteworthy changes.
STATE BONDs-LOuisiana consOls sold
up 10 40 closing at 10 bid; 4s asked.
SroCKs-The market was strong and
buoyant in early dealings, and prices adj
vadced 10 81 per cent, New Jersey
Central, the other coal shares, and Pa
cific Mail being most conspicuous in the
rise. in the afternoon speculation
became a shade weaker, and there was a
reaction OF ! 10 ] per cent, but this
soon gave wav 10 feeling Of strength
and buoyancy under which the entire
market, led by Pacific Mail and Erie,
made steady advance, closing in most
instances at the highess point. Late in
the afternoon Western Union fell off 2
and Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph ]
per cent, but subsequently recovered
I and ! per cent. respectively. The ad-
vance for the day in the general list
ranged ld3l per cent One Of the fea-
lures Was the increased demand for in
vestment shares, especially for BuIling-
ton and Quincy. The commission brok-
ers report more orders for this class OF
securities than for some time past, on a
disposition on the part oil investors u
buy in advance OF the enormous Jan
uary disbursement for interest and divi-
dends, much Of which will be reinvested
at this point. The notable strength in
New Jersey Central is due to the
belief that there is some good
understanding between this road
and the Reading road in re-
spsct 10 the petroleum trade. A Reading
contract with the Standard Oil Com
pany 10 deliver petroleum through the
New Jersey Central line on New York
Bay, is talked of 10 the advantage ol
both stocks. The rise was also stimu.
lated by the statement that Keene is
sustaining the New Jersey Central and
will attempt TO give il q material ad.
vance. Pacific Mail was higher on be
increasing business, the clearing o.
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Grant VIII Not Visit New York thi,
Winter.

NEw YORK, December 9.-General
Grant sends word that he will not visit
New York or Brooklyn this winter.
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GENERAL MARKETS.
HOME AND TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
Money at 5 Per Cent-Goyemments Quiet
and firm-fIOur firmer but Not Quo
tabIy Higher-Wheat Active, Firm
and Hgher-HOgs Dull.
PRODUCE
Wheeling w holesale .


The quotations given in the following reports
are prices realized on wholesale transactions, un.
less otherwise specified
The state OF the market yesterday
showed no notable change from its con-
dition week ago. The bad weather
has made hogs somewhat scarcer, but so
far they have risen only trife, without
affecting meats. Wheat and -four are
a shade firmer.
Flour.
75S7 0O
Family 75G7 90
Fancy, patent process. ...... W
Spring Uao -
WHEAT-A fair supply is coming in;
81 80 is the ruling price.
CoRN-The supply in market is good;
selling at 40a45c.
RYE-Sales firm, but quite small;
selling at 60c r bushel.
OATs-The market was firm with
moderate demand and decreasing sup
ply; good to prime 33G35c.
BARLEY-Scarce, with a moderate de-
mand, except for the best qualities at
55GSl 90.
HAY-Demand active; supply equal
to it; old loose on wagons SIS 00(G20 90
per ton baled at $50 0Od2l 90.
MmLFEED-lnsm small demand and holds
steady; middlings SIS 90 per ton; ship
stuff SD 90 per ton.
SEEDs-Timothy steady at 8 90 per
bushel for Western; clover seed 81 90
per bushel.
Meats.
Packages for meats held as follows:
Casks, 1000 lbs; hall casks, 500 lbs. (;
terces, $50 lbs. barrels, 80 lbs. bags,
200 lbs. No charge for package.
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Canned Goods.

Tomatoes 81 % doz; peaches 81 %;
corn 81 80; peas 81 %; stringed
beans 81 p; Lima beans 81 10; black
berries$l 10; Damson 81 80; pine apples
81 so; salmon, ID cans, 81 IS; oysters,
N cans. 55G60.
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HENDRICKS.

He Speaks to the Point. and
Says He Will Not Accept the
Second Place With Any One,
and That the Democratic Man
ayers Sold Out the Ticket of
1S7G-The Grant Boom Boom
Inpr I'm Indiana
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Milwaukee.
Pittsburgh

PITrsBURGH, December 9.-Petroleum
Moderately active; crude at 81 30 at
Parker's for shipment; refined SIC for
Philadelphia delivery.
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GovERSMEYrs-Quiet and firm.
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WAsHINGroS, December q. - The
cabinet meeting to-day authorized the
Secretary Oi the Interior 20 notify Gen.
Hatch 10 receive the tie Indians en-
gagged in the White river massacre with
the assurance that they will be granted
an impartial trial outside of Colorado
and New Mexico.
McCrary's Nomination Confirmed.
WAsHINGroN, December 9.-The SEN
ate, without debate or division, this al
ternOOn confirmed the nomination of
Secretary McCrary % be United States
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
Trade Marks
WASHINGTON, December 9.-The sub
committee Of the House Committee on
Manufactures had under consideration
this morning Representative McCOrd's
Joint resolution TO amend the Cunsutu-
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The quotations given in the following reports
are prices realized on wholesale transactions, uu.
less otherwise specified
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-10
CIncInnati.

TOLEDO, Wheat Steady (;
amber Michigan spot 81 80; No. 2 red
winter spot and seller December 81 30! (;
seller January 81 All; seller February
81 AL seller March 81 41i; Western
amber 81 40. Corn-Firm; high mixed
44c old 4Gc; No. spot, i4c; old ijc;
seller January 44lc; seller May 49ic; No.
white a; rejected 43c; damaged iOc.
Oats-Firm; No 2 SOC. Clover Seed
Steady and unchanged.
, 1879-04-26

JAY G1Uan'S LAST SCHEHE.-Ihc st.
I.,nis iayBjl.cm has he following c3it"-
III! ~ r;-,7rI - - Kansas Pae-!!e Rail
yrat:
Now tha. the kansas Pacific railroad
has ra.srG completely into the hands ot
,i.y Il nd, tine Ho!uentcns question to
,I.-.d,. L. y lat benefit wiii 81 Louis de
rive from the chan g. g. caurSe the con
s .,laf...;i of the jn."n aad Kansas Pa
cd. road: MS IN It's initiation forced up
uu ,jag tiou.d by the movement III coli
..tss To- .ct p.p-r..'a legislation, 50 ;haJ IL
Is irn, - hc denied that Guuld Was 'nore
Influenced hy rhe necessity "f the S.tna
t.1G tl::tu b. any l,aEtIrI.a! F." -.'r" L. make
thc neg, conn, cc.uuS which Wi. be opened
- h,m through The haEsas pac lie. Hay-
iar rot tha- road nn his hands, however. 1t
Is nuy rcaS 'Uah.c u suppose that lac Will
Use tLe Who'll combination under lis con
tr-l IN a way that viii hast further his
own schemes. and although L IS an IN
Questionable fact that H. used h,S railway
interests heretofore as means OF stock
nan.paaIOUS rarh + than source 81 ie-
Ultimate business profit. 1t has i"n2 been
+ hel-.y i that i,e Is ambitious To get 'n ui-
b-,Le,l ..ge from New lo.k TO San Fran
,.is,., unirr MS control. The realization
~ this ambition will be easier, nov that
he controls the Kansas Pac.ilc, than 1t
"a, haf,re. and ii Is a fac: II lie borne IN
mind that from san Francisco - New
York va Ch yenne, Denver, Kansas City
and s. inuiS. over the shortest existing
routes, il is only ahont kity miles la3ger
than via Cheyenne, Omaha and Chicago
Whenthe Kansas City and northern branch
IN Omaha is completed. the line through
ST Lnuis viii be about the same length,
80 that il will he possible to make more
favorable connection here for the through
trans continental route, when the Onnant
and Kansas CITY ends are both conSld-
cred. than can be made at Chicago III
i not tn !,a doubted. therefore, that G"nld
| w,II send the business here if he Is gwen
hotter terms hence to the East than he Is
,,:er,d at Chicago. More than tirat, he
* almost compella,l to have branch ct
his line to Kansas City, becattse ?f ne .t,c'
t.af II is 3lo,r korn the AtchtSo", IopeEa
ard Santa Fe cnd the Southern fac!fc
hare made az aJreenteat eRd signed CON
tracts guaranteeing tie meeting q Me%
roals ,rithnl eighteen months. win tiliS
c,,,,.atino tronscontineutai Inca certainty
within short time, Gon!d cannot amor"
to give ii a monopoly OF all the business
which can best be reached at haHSaS
Civ
, 1879-04-26

The GREAT PEANUT MATCH, - ne sre",
peanut-eating match between A SniH anu
J. Junks for 5000 side came Oh at
Swooney Hall recently. The conditions
were. each contestant to eat quart %
baked nearuts each quarter hour iof Ior'y-
ei.,ht consecutive hours, The match was
terribly exciting Before each c"ntes'snt sm
was a table laden with quart measures luii
Of the luscious fruit of the peanut 'lee
Sniff weighed ninety pounds at the starr
and Junks eishty-six Neither h1d eaten
anything for twenty four hours, ana po,n
had YoTaeious appetites- The first few
quarts OF peanuts went like snow before before
= July sun. The floor was soon sre~n .i
with shells. After eating four i"a' a,' .
sniff took a short rest, but junks kept Oh
manfrllv. At the hour Of gong TO pres
sniff was visihly swelling, while 'uhAS
WAS eating away with apparently as > sou ~
relish as VIII II he began at 2oo +
the score stood Sniff, p quarts; yuhAsi mas
% Quarts. The hall was thr9nsea' ra a,,a
the excitement was intense; bets ~e.H ;,I
freely m offered, 500 to $50. that SnIn p Dli
win Junks' friends are conhdent--Do'
ton Sunday Times.
, 1879-04-26
H- CR+SDf.Ys..E.S C.-CE
My Srandfather's clock was too high for Il
shelf

MY Srlndtathers clock was too high for tht
shelf,
And it reached forty feet below the floor:
ana ne used to take a lightning rod to wind il
himself,
While he stood on the top of the door.
1t nan Ike a quarter horse long years ere h,
was born;
when he died it ran faster than before,
. And very time that he heard the tun,.
The cid man-swOra
Clorus. by he eniire t, n -re.,a.ion
About l59, 900 years without slu,uherire,.
Tick, tock: tick, tock, tum tum-tum turr
tum-tuni oom- -pah. uln-E,ah. bra -..-s
Whistiing and roaring and shriel,ins and thun
deringL
Tick, toek; tick, to9k, toot, doot, toot &c
tGot, tra Ia, la ia ha,
All. Scree-ee eel Whonp, Whoop, Wa-ha
ha-ha-la Ia Ia ha,
1t went Faster than ever it went before,
When the Old man died
The man who lived down at the corner # the
block.
With a y5ica ike hroad-.7lage hassoon:
lie made bass solo Of My Grandfather
Clock"
And he never sang any other tune.
He sang It every morning, and he sang it in the
night.
And he sang 1t when the congregation cried
But his neck tie : fitted his ns,l.-toC-tight,
Ga TIE day-he- died.
CLorn>, by people who whistle, but emit sing,
with u lingering, susp:c Gus infection the neck
tic tlnu Ia circumstances inlics.t,l tltt severn
E.en had Eelpe! {. music' to pat It
Forty nine hours day without slumbering. .
Toolle lie doe, too ae doc, toodle De doc,
to0ty toot
The multita1in"us notes cf the cric:,ets out
, 1879-04-26
DiversitieS.
A stuffed club-any of them after a
,rrsnl dinner

4 stuffed club-any of them after a
grand dinner.
If man really wants to know Of how
little Importance he is, let him 60 with
his wife to dressmaker.
Miss Celeste Wiuans is said to DE the
richest young lady in America She III
herited $40, 900, 600 from her father.
During the cold weather the police
found A man frozen sold, and they
thumped him until they made him hoiler
A Jersey City woman was recently ar
rested for smashing her husband across
the nose with 4 red and yellow worsted
motto bearing the words God bless our
home.
Grandfather to his hopeful: "Mv son,
which would You rather have when you
90 home-a little brother or sister,
Grandson: '1Well. [ would rather have Il
little pony.
One of the greatest feats Of woman 5
endurance is when female with i
diamond ring wipes her mouth 5000 times
in 5000 quarter hours, without complain
ing of the least fatigue
Bass 4 Co, the English ale men cleared
exactly twenty-one hundred Thousand
dollars last year; and this was done to
fulfill the prophecy Of one Shakespeare,
Bass is the slave that pays"
A missing orphan girl is advertised for
in New Orleans, and among the marks Of
Identification given are 4 ragged calico
sack and skirt and 4 scar on the top Of
her head, where her step-mother smote
her with an axe,
If there is ever time in the life Of the
Washerwoman when her heart IS made 10
beat with JOY, it is when she finds Il
diamond stud IN the unwaShed shirt of
the young man who owes her a years
wash-bill And the young man laughs
and says to himself, There ten-dollar
wash-bill paid with twenty fve-cent
diamond"
The ruling passion strong in death, At
a funeral down town, the other day, the
minister had just reached 1--WE shall miss
his cheerful presence III our midst, when
the carpse spran9 up and shouted, ''anA
SO will his sisters. his cousins, and his
auuts" Upon investigation it was learn
ed that the deceased had been scratched
with a Pu-atore be died
Where is Yesterdays Boston Tfor-
eljerH said ore of our subscribers to his
wife. Il wanted that paper particularly;
Il do hope it is not destroyed" " My
dear, replied the lady, IF you'd get up
and build the fire yourself, as Il man ought
to do, You would have saved it. As it is,
I am afraid it has gone to that burn from
whence no Tlapter returns
, 1879-04-26

W.,T Mrs HAYES Is WAITING FeR-A
rouno peoples party at the white house as
hen nromised by Mrs Hayes, bat she does
not wish TO siveit untl! the new set OF china,
rh;ch has been manufactured by the Havi-
Id Co. a, Limoges. France, has been re-
na;sad II is said to be very beautiful in
desiru and eoloring, and the pieces for each
,,c,,Tsa nf the dinner service are different IN
60 AMI decoration Mrs. Hayes has de
.nr..,,-aa that the state dinners at the white
house shall be as attractive as they USED 70
I,e when each plate was encirclei by eight
v,;,a classes of different sizes Ia their
nlacss will be coffee and t9a cups, with tiny
vases for flowers
, 1879-04-26

NADANE BaNAPAETE-Th remarka-
able old lady, one of the romantic relies
of the family to whose name she was en-
titled. though it was denied to her, died
quietly at half-paSt one o'clock on last
Friday in Baltimore. She was born IN
that city in the year 1875, her father be
ing Robert Patterson, a Scotch merchant,
very rich, who when lad immlgrated to
Ansriea: her mother, sister OF Gen.
Sam Smith Of revolutionary fame In
the year 1893 jerome BonaParte- brother
OF the first emperor, came TO America IN
command Of French frigate- He visited
Baltimore. and there met Elizabeth Pat
terSon was fascinated by her Wit and
beauty and married her. Her father op-
posed the match heartily, bnt lneiiect-
uslIv.. Napoleon, then first consul, or
dered Jerome back to France declared
the marriage with Miss Patterson null !;
married him to the Princess frederlea
Catherine Of Wurtemberg, and made INN
king of Westphalia, Pope Plus VII. re,
fused to sanction this second, and insisted
upon the validity Of the first marriage
refusal that NAPOLEON paid no attention
to. jerome Napoleon Banaparte, issue
Of the first marriage, was born July Ith,
1904. at Camberwell, England a decree
Of Napoleon III. recognized his leg1tl-
macy. The third Napoleon granted Mad.
anne Bonaparte, in 1861, formal trial OF
the validity of the marriage, The trlai,
conducted in Paris, ended in declaring
the marriage void.
, 1879-04-26
Advantages Of Country Life.
letter from School District No. Si,l

Many people who never lived any pace
( but in city, imagine 1t a very unpleasant
place to live in thecountry, but such people
never lived on nice farm, or they would
think very different, for there the birds
sing most and the ar is purest. When
You wish to take walk there is the nice
orchard and gardens to walk through,
which presents many pleasant sights
II YOU do not care for this. You can 90
and gather wild flowers which grow so
beautiful III the country. l think this
much more pleasant than walking IN the
crowded streets Of the city. Iou do not
see vour neighbors quite so often as You
do IN the city, therefore, when You do see
them, you enjoy their company much
more Whenever yon wish to 90 any
place, or to take pleasure ride, you have
vaur own horses and carriage 10 use
Almost every young lady in the country
is a GOOD rider, and has nice horse and
saddle. The Young ladies often have rid
ING parties which they enjoy very much
IF vou wish to 90 to church, there is a
pleasant walk or ride on the way, but i'll
the city it is So near oar homes. We do
not have the pleasure of either q walk or
ride. In the winter, they have dances,
oyster suppers, sleigh rides, soeiables, and
sometimes shows. When there Is plenty
of ice they have skating parties, which
are far superior to the skating rink of the
city. In the summer they have great
many picnics they select nice grove,
and have a good dinner and nice singing
and many kinds of merry games In
every district where there are children
enough they have school, at least six
months ont ot the year. If any one
wants to 90 To school more than this they
can 90 to the city, and not only 90 to
school. but learn something OF city life
also. In a GREAT many places churches
are Euilt, aad if there is no churches, the
school house is used for that purpose, so if
people care, they can G, to church and
sabbath school every sunday. | do not
think ihcrcara SO many bad temptations set
before the young folks Of the country as
thereare inthc city, with regard 10 saloons,
dyunfarls. ard their forms OF dissipation
| think n WV Of all these benefits that
a country lie IS much more preferable
than Ii IL = city.