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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-06

ST. Paul, August o.-The returns from
threshers furnish basis for an estimate
Of the probable yield Of wheati in this State.
The whole average is much better than
last year, but lower than expected. Early
wheat is the poorest in southern counties,
the average yield will be from ten to
twelve bushels, and steadily improves to
the north, till it reaches from twenty to
twenty-five busheles in Red River Val
ley. The grade will be largely No.9 in
the south, and No. l in the north. A con-
servative estimate shows theaverage in
two.thirds OF the wheat area in the State,
to be thirteen bushels per acre, and in the
remainder at seventeen bushels. This
would give forty million bushels as a
whole crop, more than half No. l.
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The Germans will have picnic at In.
dian Run Wednesday.
At the Republican Convention at City
Hall, Joel Strahl was nominated for the
office Of Appraiser for Bellaire city.
There was a great mortality, worse than
the yellow fever, among the dogs in lower
Bellaire Tuesday morning.
Several families are moving over town
in various directions.
A curious phenomenon was seen on the
river bank Tuesday afternoon. A strong
stream of water burst through the ground,
right in the middle Of the c. & P. railroad
track to the wharfboat. The water is
clear and runs steadily, bubbling up
through the ground. The sewer from the
school house and houses in that neigh
borhoOd is not far of, and perhaps some
leak in that may cause the spring.
The brass Hook" fishing club went
up to Black run Tuesday evening.
Frank Naylor is organizing drum corps
Tor the tall campaign. He will take the
hie, $: Holl will play the bass drum and
Mllt. Westlake and Tommie Stephens are
toplay the tenor drums.
In the last Bellaire Leader ~. E. D."
mentioned a house on Central avenue
that he said was disgrace to the town.
The man and woman occupying the house
lay in wait for the author OF the paragraph
and went for him, one with poker, the
other with butcher knife. A glancing
blow Of the poker was all that took effect,
and warrant was procured. But neither
man nor women have been found so far.
A. Il. Evans, of the firm OF Evans 4
Ayers, lett Sunday morning to visit his
brothers in Illinois and Missouri.
d n II
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ALLEGED ELECrIoN HRAUDs.


The Congressional Investigating Com.
mittee at CineinnatI-The Prosecution
Closes and the Defense will Begin To
Day-PrOpOsitiOn TO Look into PreVI
Gus Elections,
CINCINNATI, August Sat the Con
gressional investigation to-day General
Brown moved that the testimony for the
memoriAlists close, with to-day's testimony,
Agreed to.
Charles 7. Hayman, cross.examined: /:
nish US money for any frauds we might
discover. Tim Edwards told me that he
would furnish the names OF thirteen re-
peaters for one hundred dollars. Had a
talk with Edwards in a Covington saloon.
Francis and Reed were present. told Fran.
els that l wasn't familiar with Covington
people, and wanted him TO go TO Campbell.
Think was In Covington on the 26th Of
July. Think told Francis then that Camp
bell wanted to talk with him. Told him,
Edwards and Francis that was getting
ten dollarsa day. l said 10 Edwards that
l did not care whether thirteen names
were legitimate or not, so we got the evft
dence. Told Francis the S0th OF July that
Campbell wanted him. Went with Judge
Cleary 10 his Office. Next morning met
Francis and Jerry Reed and told them
again wanted them TO see Campbell, and
offered to take them over TO meet Camp
bell and they refused TO go. Told them
not to say anything about the thirteen
votes or my connection with the matter.
Told Porter Dixon had been spoken to
about hunting funds. l did not say,
Dixon, | will get 500 for my ser.
vices. Campbell asked me to get Francis
and Reed to come to his Office. Went to
Campbell's office to see il it was criminal
10 pay for information concerning repeat
ers. First met Edwards in Covington;
told him great many things that were
not true; saw Hoffman before saw Ed
wards. Went to see Butterworth con.
cerning what Hoffman had told me, but
couldn't get an opportunity to see him.
Witness declined TO say what he intended
to tell Butterworth. Never was employed
at $40 day to hunt up evidence in this
case.
Samuel Mcnamara, Democrat, testified
that he met Butterworth two or three
St.AASst tSAA uALl WNutCN EfV lVI Tue
Eighth Ward Independent Club; the off.
GERS Of the club were all Democrats; he
told me TO call at his Office the next day.
Butterworth gave me S. to spend with
the boys; got 8 on two other occasions.
| would not have voted for Butterworth
il | had not got money.
General Brown offered the following:
Reaolrod, That as this committee is di.
rected to inquire into the mode and effect
Of the supervisor law Of 1875, it is the
duty Of the committee to investigate the
preceding Congressional election, with a |
view to comparison as to the peace, quiet
and fairness Of both, that the House may
determine whether said law tends tc Sc.
cure free and honest elections.
Mr.. Kenna offered the following:
ReaOlred, In the opinion OF this commit
mittee, that the powers Of the committee
and the scope OF its investigation are pre-
scribed BY the resolution Of appointment, |
and it therefore has no power to investi-
gate previous elections.
These resolutions will be voted on this |
evening. The defense will begin their
testimony tomorrow.
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
Eighteen New Cases Of Yellow Fever
at Memphis Yesterday.
New Orleans declared 10 be Free
from the Plague.
The ButterwOrth- Young Iuvsstiuat.
Ing Committee
Close the Examination of Witnesses
for the Prosecution.
A Woman MysteriousIy Missing in
Marion County, W. Va,
Causes the Populacs to Suspect
Murder and Scour the
Country for Her.
Sensational Disclosures in the Chi
Cago Match Stamp Fraud.
Sensational Disclosures In the Chi
Cago Match-Stamp Fraud.
BIackburn's Majority for Governor
of Kentucky 10000.
A MARION SENSATION.

Excitement Over the Mysterious DlSap-
pearanee ofa Woman-Citi1enS Sc0uF.
ing the Country In Hopes OF Finding
Her-Arrest Of Jabob Young and wife
for SeeretinE n Girl Alleged to Have
Been Outraged.
LrrrLEroS, W. Va, August5 8, 1879.
Special to the Intslligencer.
Considerable excitement was raised at
this place to-day by the arrival of several
citizens from the adjoining districts Of this
county, on the hunt of Mrs. Polly Ann
West, who resides in Marion county. 1t
was stated by the parties that she left her
home on last Thursday for the purpose Of
visiting her father, Jesse Morris, who lives
at Uniontown, near Center District, in this
county. Shelefthome incompany with Jas.
Devore, and came with him in wagon to
Frederick Gump's and put up for the
night, and on Friday morning she started
to go to the family of Eugene Hibs,
relative. Her course lay through
a rather lonely part of the country,
and nothing has been heard from her
since. She is widow woman, about 43
years of age and has four children, and is
in good circumstances, having an interest
in several hundred acres of land in Marion
and Wetzel counties. Her relatives, of
which she has large circle, think she
has been murdered for money. She was
last seen near the Poe school house, in
Grant district, on Friday last. The com.
munity in which she resided, and also
where she was last seen, is making every
effort to fiud some trace of her, and as
many as $50 citizens are securing the
country for miles around in search OF her.
Constable Silas Hedge has arrested Jacob
Young, wife and daughter for concealing
a young girl by the name OF Mary Watson,
whom Jack Hostetler and Thomas Barrett
enticed from home, and on whom they are
alleged to have committed rape. The
Young family have been concealing this
crime for about three weeks. The officers
have Barrett under arrest, but Hostetler
has eluded arrest so far. They will COM
mence the trial OF the prisoners this even
ing. y,
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A MATcHLEss CASE.
ChicaEO'S Sensation Over the nj scoTery
of the Principals in the Match Stamp
Frauds.


ChicaEO'S Sensation Over the nj scoTery
of the Principals in the Match stamp
Frauds.
CHICAGO August 5.-It transpires that
the prominent attorney at whose instiga-
ton Judge Drummond approved the straw
bond in the last match bond fraud case
was Leonard SWEET. The facts will be
made public tomorrow. SWEET brought
the men to Judge Drummond's chambers
as the latter was about to depart for his
home, and asked him to approve the bond.
When questioned as to the suticiency OF
the sureties SWEET introduced Baxter as a
man who knew all about them. Baxter
was sworn, the bond was approved and
the conspirators drew the stamps which
they turned into money. The amount
was $4,000.
Since the discovery OF the fraud Judge
Drummond has been greatly disturbed
about the matter, and uncertain as to the
attorney responsible. He finally charged
it upon SWEET, who confessed as Baxter's
attorney in various suits involving crook
edness that he knew his character well. II
only official honor is involved the bar
condemn SWEET, but if more the question
is, will the Secretary Of the Treasury
cause SWEET TO be a party in the criminal
action now pending. The prominence
and ability ot SWEET as a criminal lawyer
adds interest to the case, and profound
sensation is predicted. SWEET was the
leading attorney for the defense in the
late trial Of John n. Muller and Super
yising Architect Hill, before the United
States Court, for conspiracy to defraud
the Government.
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HAYTI.


Ahe SituA1on at Port.au.Pr1nee.
NEw York, Aug. 5.-A arrival from Port.
su.Prince and Prince Hayt says: Presi.
dent Caual had gone to st. Thomas and
Bazettas. The leader of the rebels after
three or four days hard fighting sought
refuge in the British consulate. He has
since been transferred to the H. NJ. S. gun.
boat Boxer Should he attempt to return
It will most certainly involve in severe
fighting and great obstruction Of property.
Business is entirely suspended. The
streets are thronged with soldiers and an
other outbreak is momentarily expected.
On the night or July 26th a boat filled
with armed men went out to the Boxer
and called for Bazelas. The commander
answered by piping away his crew in
boats and ordering them TO give chase.
The Haytians escaped in the darkness.
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THE KExTUCKY ELECTIONS.
A Falling or Of One-ThIrd Of the Vote
Biaekburn's Majority EStImated from
Twenty 10 Forty Thousand.

LOUISVILLE, August 5.-The Courier
Journal has unofficial and definite returns
from about fifty counties, which show
about one-third falling off in the aggre-
gate vote, but about the usual Democratic
majority. The Republicans have made
legislative gains, but the General AS
sembly that two years ago was one hun.
dred and fourteen Democratic is over
one hundred.
Blackburn's majority for Governor is
vaHously estimated from 10000 10 10000.
The vote recommending call for Con-
stitutional Convention, though supported
bv both parties, has undoubtedly failed OF
the required constitutional majority. The
election was unusually quiet all over the
State, no serious difficulty being reported.
The Greenbackers have certainly elected
two members Of the lower house Uf the
Legislature, but their aggregate vote is in.
significant.
In this county Blackburn gets 6,96I and
Evans 4,040. At the last Gubernatorial
race McCrcary (Dem.) received 9,7O8 and
Harlan (Rep. ,l60.
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Proprietor OF n Foundry shoots the
Foreman and Then Kills HIMSELF

Proprietor Of Foundry shoots the
Foreman and Then Kills HIMSELF
CHICAGO, August 5.-A most astonish.
ing murder and suicide occurred at 81
Polk street this afternoon. Solomon Sem,
a partner in the firm of Schiller, Kossmau
4 Sem, iron founders, shot the foreman
Of the firm, Conrad Engelman, through
the head, and then, after swapping the re-
yolver at his own head, he retired into
his private Office and cut his throat from
ear 70 ear with knife. Both men have
families, and were sober and industrious,
and not quarrelsome. Sem was wealthy
and Engelman poor. The quarrel was
about pillar which was being cast in the
shop, and which Sem claimed was being
spoiled by Engelmen. The latter denied
this, and after resigning his position on
the spot and being paid of, Sem reiter-
Grated his charge. Engelman gave him
the lie. and the double tragedy was at
once enacted.
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The county Jail is minus of prisoners.
Probate Court convened on Monday,
with a large number Of cases on the
docket.
There are several cases Of cholera in
tsntum in St. Clairsville and its surround
ings.
The new slate roof on the schooIhouse
is now finished, and Shultz & Co., of
Wheeling, have the credit OF doing a first.
class job.
1t will be decided in few days whether
a compromised or a narrow gauge rail.
road will be constructed from this place
to intersect with the 7. W. V. Railroad. 1t
is the opinion Of many that the proposed
road will be narrow gauge railroad.
The A. NJ. E. Church Of Martins Fer
~, hold camp meeting in Mitchell's
Grove, near this place, commencing Satur.
day the 18th intst., and lasting ten days.
Judge Cowen starts this week to take q
trip on the lakes for the benefit OF his
health.
Mrs. S. B. Powell, the former Matron Of
the lnfrmary, and Mrs. Sallie Woodman-
see, are off on visitto Urbana, Ohio.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-06

A FRIEND who has Just returned from
IMP through tho Canadas, hands US copy
ottLle Toronto GlObe OF the Goth ult., which,
anollg other things, contains q lengthy
editorial dissertation on American politics
as they appear to our neiGhbors over the
border. 1t is not often We get chance to
see ourselves as other see US, and we ought
to take advar tage Of such opportunities Of
!his kind as occnr to US.
Cur Canadian critics, at least those Of
them who look at US through the glasses
Of the Globe, seem to think that neither Of
the two great American parties Is in such
a condition as can give satisfaction to its
adherens.
The Democrats, instead Of holding fast
TO their birthright, have for these last
dozen years been following alter false
gods, and coquetting with every lunatic
notion that folly Originated. By one Of
the greatest political blunders on record
they succeeded in identifying themselves
with the repudiationistS and other ayowed
and secret assailants OF public and private
credit, and SO, for useless support at time
when il was OF no use, arrayed against
themselves the united force Of all sub
stapuA citizens. They have also COM
mitted iHnumerable minor blunders, not
the least ot which was their late assault
upon the army, and their attempt TO
cripple the execution Of the election laws.
The condition OF the Republican party
does not impress the writer much more
fAvoably, He fails to see in it the char
acteristics OF the sturdy, aggressive body
OF fifteen years ago.
In 3 word, it is now ccntra-D Democratic
and nothing else. Whatever the Demo-
Gratis do, opposition to It is the Repubh
can doctrine. Nothing but their irrepres.
sible faculty for laundering, has prevented
the Democrats from placing the Repubh
Gan party in false position before the
Co1utry on every vital point ol politics
But such lAmentable lack OF statesman
ship and discipline have the Democrat
shown that, though they have ehoset
their own position, they have OF AZ
yean Invariably ended BY putting ~
Republicans on the side Of justice, an
made themselves 70 appear - Would'p
repudiGtors and OppEessors.
We are glad TO note that our rsansOr doe
not stop with pointing out the dstasts q
the situation merely. He has = rStG@1
lor our ailments and this sOnEsts, % ..
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THE TURF.


SARATOGA, August 6.-The weather and
track In good condition. Handicap, mile
and hall, won by Franklin; Bonnie Wood
second and 0tiole third. Bnmble was the
fayorite. Time 2:S9l.
The French pools paid on franklin was
from 10 TO 50.
Giroae won the aye furloug dash, for
two-year.olds, defeating King Crait, the
only competitor. The latter was. the favor.
ite In the pools at l25 10 50. Time 1:OSI.
The United States Hotel stakes was won
BY VAlturno; Harold second and Bulwark
third. Time 9.4lt,
Harold sold in the pools at COO TO 100 for
Valturno.
Trouble and Katie P, started in the
steeple chase. The former was the favor.
lie and won. Time 2:5Sl.
BUFFALO RACES.
BUFFALO, August about three thous.
and people witnessed the races to-day.
The first race, 9:Sl class, proved an easy
victory for the bay gelding, Moose, in
three straight heats; time, 2:24, 2:2S and
?:25!. The only other horse making
fair showing was Gray Friar, which fin.
isheda good second in the last heat.
The other race, 2:9l class, was very hotly
contested, and kept the pool buyers busy.
Those who had backed Voltaire in the
morning at $40 in pools Of SlOO, hedged
after the second heat which was taken by
BraSsfeld while Katie Middleton's back.
ers saw their fayorite acting so badly that
she was unable to get better than fourth
place in the three tifst heats and was bad.
" distanced in the fourth.
The bsckers OF Orange Girl stuck to
their fayorite, and after the third heat,
which the latter took handily, with the
stallion close up and dead heat. In the
nth trial the mare rose rapidly in the
pools. The sixth heat was driven for all |
the horses were worth, the Orange Girl |
capturingit 1t handily. The finish was post |
poned on account Of the growing darkness.
The following is the summary:
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STOP YOUR GROWING.
Better wages Paid In This Country and
the NeeessarIes OF Life Lower thar
In European Countries.

Better Wages Paid In This Country aud
the Neeessaries OF Life Lower than
In European Countries.
WASHINGTON, August 5.-Reports from
United States Consuls in Europe show
that wages in the United States are double
those Of Belgium, Denmark, France and
England, three times those OF Germany,
Italy and Spain and four times those Of
the Netherlands. That the prices of the
necessaries Of life are lower in the United
States than in Europe; that more misery
results from strikes, drinking, socialism
and communism in England and Ger.
many than from all other causes COM
bined, the hard times included. The
State Department adds TO the above a
synopsis OF the reports, which it has pre-.
pared for publication, the following re-
marks: The reading Of these reports will
remind many OF our naturalized working.
men, who are so fierce in denouuclng the
condition Of affairs in the United States,
Of the hopeless condition Of that labor
from which they escaped by emigration
10 this republic, and open their eyes anew
TO the superior position OF the working.
men OF this country. It will show our
native workingmen the difference be-
tween labor disfranchised, impoverished,
degraded and hopeless in Europe and
labor free, independent, honored and
equal sharers in political power in
America.
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THE PACIFIC SLOPE,
A Mig Treasure Piad-Hemmed In by
Arctic Airs,

A DIg Treasure Pind-Hemmed In BY
Arctic Airs.
San Francisco, August 5.-Some parties
in this city who have been working up the
matter for some time past have discovered
thewreck ofthe steamer Brother jonathan,
which foundered off the point OF St
George, near Crescent City, in July 1855.
She lies in an upright position in %
tathoms Of water, about so fathoms from
the submerged rock on which she is sup
pose to have struck. There was about a
million OF dollars 10 treasury and bullion
in her safe and the finders are fitting out
an expedition for its recovery. The
treasure belonged to the Government
whose claim to hold lapsed on the expira-
tion Of ten days alter loss.
The Alaska Fur Company are disposed
to consider the report of the escaped
Nordjeskold steamer Vega from the ice in
theiArctic ocean, a canard. They have late
adviCes from that neighborhood t0 the
effect that the season has been very late
on the Asiatic side, and the strongest
winds have prevailed, piling the ice in
such manner as to render It in their opinion
impossible that the Vega should have
succeeded in working out.
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MEXICO.
Dia1 Issues PrOnuncIamento 10 the
ReTOIutIonISts.

Dia1 Issues PrOnuneIamentO 10 the
ReVoIutioniSts.
CRY OF Mexico, July 80, VIA HAVANA,
August 5.-Bluegin, Chief of the Pronun.
ciados in Yucatan, has been captured and
his followers dispersed.
Carton Y. Ruhio, Chief OF the Pronun-
ciados in the State OF Mexico, has been
brought prisoner to the capital, and
every Pronunciamendo has been speedily
suppressed.
President Diaz has given warning to
those intending revolution that if they re-
volt they must expect the halter.
The Supreme Council OF Masons has
invited President Diaz to state whether he
had directly or indirectly ordered the ex-
eCutions in Vera Cruz.
Minister OF War Gonzales has been
elected Governor OF the State OF AIIchoa.
coan.
The new taxes on textile fabrics Of
Mexican manufacture are being collected
without difficulty. 1t is calculated that
they will produce $4,000. President
Diaz is disposed to permit this revenue TO
remain on deposit to pay the debt to the
United States,
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YELLOW FEVER.
Eighteen Cases and Two Deaths at Mem.
phIA,

Eighteen Cases aud Two Deaths at meu.
phIs.
MEMPHIS, August 5.-Eighteen cases in
all were reported to the Board Of Health
to-day, ten OF whom were eolored. Two
additional deaths have occurred, John
Waters and Ida Repley. The fever Is
gradually spreading from the two infected
points, and greater mortality can be an
tiCipated. At injecting Of the Committee
ol Safety, this afternoon, It was resolved
that rations and medical attention be sup
piled 70 all the camps and societies alike,
provided that all moneys or contributions
received BY. the paid camps or societies be
turned over TO the Safety ComRittee. The
city. remains remarkably quiet and dull.
Little Rock.
LITTLE Rock, August 5.-To.dAy Gov
ernor Miller, officially requested DR.. A. S.
Breysacher. President Of the State Board
Of Health, appointed at late meeting Of
the State Medical Society, to organize
said board at once, in order to perfect q
thorough system Of quarantine and efFec.
tive cooperation between the several
local boards OF health. The Governor as.
sured DR.. d. that the board may depend
upon the cooperation and support OF the
State government TO the full extent OF his
power. The Governor has also issued q
proclamation reciting the grounds Of the
necessity for his action and declaring that
with view to the public safety, he has
called on the State Board OF Health to
take such action as may be proper to pro.
tect the public against epidemic diseases,
49, requesting local boards to conform in
all matters to the rules and regulations
established by the State Board.
More Tents for Memphis.
WASHINGTON, August 5.-The National
Board Of Health will make requisition
on the Secretary of War for five hundred
additional tents for Memphis, and they
will be promptly forwarded.
New Orleans Free From Fever.
SEw ORLEANS, August 5-SIrs. Howell
and son are out Of all danger. DR.. White,
of the Sanitary Association, states that no
other cases have appeared for six days,
and reports the city free from yellow fever.
Physicians say the fever has run its course
for the present summer.
Al New York.
NEw YORK, August 5.-John Henderson
arrived at the quarantine on the barque
Rebecca, from Matauzas, has been sent to
the yellow fever hospital.