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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-03-20

Fourth. One other Thought. ,Ine history
of the church in it's long struggle with evil and
unbelief, in it's wonderful tfiumphs, IN Its
present all-pervading influence, its intensely
aggressive work we say, IN these things we
have the strongest and most satisfactory his
torical proof of the truth of Peters contes.
sion: ''Thou art the Christ, the son OF God. .
If the theory of naturalism be true, If there DE
nothing supernatural and divine i'll Jesus OF
Nazareth, then how do you account for that
church which he built up, and which is possess
ing the world? Could the humble son OF a
CARPENTER do this? What mortal has gathered,
preserved and extended such society as that
which confesses and adOres the Christ OF the
gospel? When you consider all the difficulties
and sum up all the imprObabilities i'll the case;
that the opposing elements OF Judaism anu
heathenism should yield to His supremacy and
unite in Him; that all the power of strong
governments could not suppress the sect; that
an unknown and unlearned man should De-
come the founder of system challenging the
attention and commanding the homage OF the
brightest intellects Of ancient or modern
times that this system should become, as it is,
the most important factor in the civilization
of this enlightened age when these and many
other facts are considered, then he who is sat-
sfed with the explanation that it is the nat
ural product of merely human energy under
the earthly conditions of the birth and life OF
Jesus of Nazareth, is credulous indeed! There
may he those who profess this creed, but the
world will never embrace it.
How much more rational the faith OF the
Christian, who accepts Christ as the Son OF
God as well as the son of man who refers to
a divine power, wisdom and love, the words
which he spake and the works which he
performed; who sees in Christ the Saviour,
God the Creator, omnipotent and omnicient:.
If, then, we be asked, ''What think ye OF
Christ whose son is he e?"-we may answer
by pointing to the church, appealingt to its past
and present, saying, ''No man can do these
works which thou doest - or in the words OF
the Roman soldier: ''Truly, this was the Son
of God" =. air.. .''"." -" Z -.
Finally: Blessed is the man to whom Christ
is revealed by the Spirit as the Messiah. This
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
HOW BUSINESS LOOKS.

n. Y. sun.
The revival which is now beginning
slowly to appear in business makes
itself, perhaps, most apparent in the
iron industry. From all parts of the
country in which they are numerous we
have reports Of healthful state OF ac-
tivity in the foundries, and the promise
that the year is to be one favorable to
the trade. The starting up OF this in
dustry, which supplies the means and
contIivances on which nearly all
branches of manufacture so largely de-
pend, is an encouraging indication that
the wheels of our factories are again
turning with rapidity.
The shoe and leather industry OF Mas
sachusetts is also quickening, and trade
in Boston takes on livelier appearance
in consequence. The low prices of cot
ton and wool favor the manufacturers
of textile fabrics, but the extraordinary
ly great decline in the value OF their
products during the last two years
makes profits small and the dangers of
the business great; and some of the
largest companies have been obliged to
pass their dividends.
Manufacturing as a whole, however,
shows decided improvement; and the
growing reliance OF the cOuntry on home
productions to the neglect of foreign
fabrics and manufacturer, and the in
creasing if still comparatively small eX-
pOrtation of our goods, are hopeful signs.
1t rannot, however, be denied that the
recent rapid and unparalleled success in
placing the Government four per cents
furnishes an indication which does not
point toward any very great widespread
revival of business enterprise. Money
would not gosO cheapif trade was brisk
and the rewards OF commerce and man.
uiacture were such as 10 invite invest
ments.
We observe on the other hand, that
there is large and steady decrease in
the number of business failures and in
the total of the liabilities of the suspend
ed or bankrupt firms. The repeal of
the bankrupt law helps to reduce these
figures; for, prior to its removal from
the statutes, the weak and shattered
firms hurried to take advantage OF its
provisions, and business was relieved
of an element Of doubt and uncertainty.
Still, it must be acknowledged that
there is prevailing an uncomfortable dis
trust of the credit of mercantile buyers,
which hampers the revival of trade.
The total of failures in the country for
the quarter ending the first of this
month is reported as being only 1924
against 1855 for the same period last
year. The proportionate falling off in
the amount of liabilities of the bank
rupt firms is much greater-forty-three
millions in 1879, against eighty-two
millions in 1873.
The reports of retail trade in the
city indicate that it is improving, and
the hotels bear witness that the num-
her of strangers in New York is now
very large. The season of the spring
retail shopping has begun, and it
throngs the counters of the principal
and most popular shops. There is an
unusual variety OF tasteful fabrics dis
played at small prices, and when the
sun at last shines steadily upon us, We
shall see the promenades gay with
women arrayed in the brighter plumage
of spring.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
THE IRON MARKETS.

\ The american Manufacture, of the
18th instant, makes the following COM
ments upon the condition Of the iron
trade:
''The iron trade Of this locality are
still hopeful that there Is better time
coming, but it has not yet come, and we
believe none are bold enough TO fix a
date for its appearance. Nor is IT at all
certain in what form it will come,
whether in the shape of advanced prices
or of reduced cost of production. That
there will be an early advance OF prices
is almost entirely out of the question,
and how the cost of production may be
reduced is a problem as yet unsolved.
OF the different new methods of prOduc-
ton that have from time to time been
brought to the notice OF manufac-
turers, none have been consid-
cred worthy of introduction. What,
then, is likely to be done TO make the
business remunerative? The agreement
between the manufacturers and the
pnddlers, in respect OF wages, Will eX-
pire about the first of June, and we be-
lieve the former have asked the latter
informally, at least-to accept re-
duction, but it is Understood the latter
have not as yet returned a definite
answer. Whether the manufacturers
will insist upon a reduction, or whether
the puddlers will gracefully yield with
out strike, are matters that are as yet
withheld from the public. A prolonged
strike, or lockout, would be great
calamity, not only TO those immediate
ly concerned, but TO the entire business
community, and it is to be hoped that
if there is anything at present calculated
TO precipitate such catastrophe that it
may be speedily removed out Of the
way "
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
Wrenched and Racked

BY the pangs Of rheumatism. the joints eyentu-
ally become grevously distorted, and some
times assume an almost groteSque defOrmity.
To prevent such results by simple and agree
able means Is certainly the part Of wisdom.
tendency to rheumatic ailments may be sudceSs-
fully combatted with Hostetters StomrCh Bit
ters. a medicine with the prestige of a long and
successful career Of unbounded popularity, and
Of emphatic professional endorsement tire
moves from the blood those inhammatory i'm
purities which Psychologists assign as the cause
Of rheumatism, and not only purifeS the life
current, but enriches IL, promoting vigor by
fertilizing its source. Digestion, the action Of
the bowels and the secretion of the bile, are
aided by It, and IL impels the kidneys and blad-
der 10 a regular and active performance Of their
functions II is besides thoroughly reliable
remedy for, and means Of preventing, periodic
fpyPrS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
NOTE AND COMMENT.

SPECTACULAR chess Is all the rage IN
New York at present. The stage is the
chess-board, and thirty-two appropri-
ately dressed persons are the chess-men.
The building season has opened up
in Pittsburgh. Row upon row of new
houses are building, or have been con-
tracted for, and is considered the best
news of the day.
The New York Tribune thinks that
after the chance Thurman has had to
see how it feels to be Vice President,
ten 10 one he will like it so well as to make
Hendricks sick.
BARRYMORE, the actor who was shot in
Texas by the brutal Currie, is now in
Philadelphia, much iatigued 10y the
journey, but almost beyond danger from
his wound. Had he been killed, the
stage would have lost one OF its bright
ornaments.
The New York Senate is troubled
with lobbyists, and has taken decided
measures to abate the nuisance. New
York is not single in this particular,
Every legislative body in the country
suffers from similar evil, but all are
not as decisive in their actions.
The miners strike in Pennsylvania
has had the effect OF greatly cheapening
the lumber trade at Pittsburgh. That
city's coal trade uses large number OF
barges and keeps up a good manufac-
ture Of flats. &c, and now the coal run
is suspended, the barge-makers are
without occupation.
NEXT Wednesday, the 23rd of April,
is the anniversary of the death of Ger
vanets, the celebrated Spanish satirist,
and the Spanish-Americans will appro-
priately celebrate the occasion in New
York. The same day is Shakespeare
natal day, and will be observed in vari-
Gus places, among others, in this city by
the Shakespeare Club.
The telephone may become danger
Gus play thing sometimes. The light
ming recently struck wire in Chicago,
and entering the buildings at the ends,
burnt mp some furniture. Ii a person
should happen TO get dose of light
ming in his ear while listening at tele-
phone, he might become embarrassed
and lose the thread OF what was being
said.
THERE is war in Tammauy Hall. Ever
since Cooper's election there has been a
feeling that perhaps Kelley's leadership
would come TO an end. But ''the end
is not yet" AT belligerent meetieg
on "Wednesday night, the impassioned
orators OF the order swOre by the Grand
Sachem that victory should perch upon
their banners next tall. and the guber-
material occupant should DO named by
the wigwam.
The Radical wing OF the French pOliti-
cal party is urging the removal of the
seat OF government from Versailles 20
Paris. IL was removed to its present To-
cation at Versailles 30 prevent Interrupt
ton 70 or coersion in legislation by the
Paris mobs. The idea was first mOoted
BY Thomas Paine, "of infamous men,
ory," then q valuable member OF the
Assembly OF the Revolution, in a letter
written 10 Danton in l793
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

PROCESS
OF INTEREST TO THE IRON
TRADE.
The American MaHlgactTer publishes
an interesting letter from England rela-
tive to the process Of smelling the iron
stone Of Cleveland to make pigs, and
which has heretofore been utilized
mainly in the making OF iron rails, and
now claims that experiments have con-
clusiyely shown that the same stone is
capable Of that dephosphorization which
will make it fit to smelt into steel. II
this be true, it is fact of great signifi-
canoe to this country and this locality,
as it would give a greatly enhanced
value to our cheap ores, and also do
away with the pudding furnace, and
other expensive processes now connect
ed with our manufactures.
The advantages to be derived from
this new discovery are summed up, edi-
torially, by the MGngfdctarer, as follows;
The fact that the experiments proving
the dephosphorization were made In
presence OF large gathering OF ,Le En-
glish iron trade, and that the trm have
concluded TO continue the manufacture
for commercial purposes, appear 10 leave
us no room for doubt OF the entire
practicability of making fine steel from
highly phosphOretic ores, metallurglc
discovery which must rank second only
TO that of the Bessemer process.
OF the consequence OF these expert
ments upon the iron and steel trades OF
this country it is almost too early to
speak, but the following appear to be
among the probabilities:
1. Steel may nor be made cheaper In
the Cleveland district than anywhere
else in the world, possibly cheap enough
10 find some market in this country even
with our present tariff.
.. Steel NAV by the use of the cheaper
ores which have hitherto been rejected
on account of their phosphorus, be made
as cheap as puddled iron. This means
fastening Of the pudding furnace to
its final extinction.
3. In the United States it may no
longer be necessary for the steel manu-
iacturers to depend upon Lake Superior
and foreign ores. 1t may give the album
dant ores of the Appalachian range, from
Pennsylvania 10 Alabama, which have
hitherto been as Objectionable in quality
as enormous in quantity, value they
have hitherto never possessed.
4. By the use of these cheaper ores,
which have the additional advantage OF
living in closer proximity tOthe fuel and
hux than any of the high-priccd ores,
and by this fuel, the cheapest in the
world, it may be possible to make steel
in this country as cheap or even cheaper
than i'm England. In that case we will
not only hold the trade OF this country
for American steel-the iron of the fu-
ture-but with it compete with England
for foreign markets.
The solving of the long vexed problem
Of Observation-Disclosures therefore gives us
no fears as to its ultimate effects on the
iron and steel trade OF this country. We
hail il as a discovery that will be OF
as great benefit to our own as to any ma
ton in the world.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
RELIGIOUS.

TIME GREAT MISSION TO BE GIVEN IN
be opeued at 1890 tomorrow. The opening as
course will be delivered by one Of the four
Dominican Fathers. The order OF exercises for
each daY Wfll be announced. apl9Q
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
DIED.

GAUS-CATHARINE T., wife Of $. A. Gaus, on
"Wednesday morning, at ~ O'Clock, April 10Th
aged Is years, months and II days.
Funeral will take place from the residence OF
her father, No 50 sixteenth street on Friday
morning, al 81 O'Clock. Requiem High Mass
will be read at ST. AlphonSus Church Interment
al Mt Calvary Friends of the family are invit.
ed 20 attend.
STOTHART- On Thursday morning. al ?
O'Clock, JOHS SroTHARr, in the 42d year Of his
age
The funeral viii take place from the residence
on North Huron street. this friday afternoon
at O'Clock. lnterment al Bridgeport cemetery.
The friends Of the family are RESPECTFULLY invited
20 attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

The Thirteenth New York Regiment,
of which the Rev. HENRY WARD
BEECHER is Chaplain, is to go to Mon
treal next week as the guest Of the
Montreal volunteers, and will assist at
the celebration of the anniversary Of
the Queen. Mr.. BEEcHER will 20 with
the regiment, and will appear in his
proner place as Chaplain on the march,
and will preach on Sunday. The boys
of the Thirteenth, with their flags and
their distinguished Chaplain, expect to
create a sensation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
LETTER LIST.
McFADDEN E. SHEPPARD,

BUILDERS. 1910 MARKET STREET (EN-
ID trance three doors above Custom HOuSe.)
All classes Of Buildings erected promptly and
satisfactorily. Plans and Specifications prepared
and estimates furnished on application. Careful
supervision given % buildings. Parties desiring
To erect new or Ia make Improvements on pres
ent buildings, and those needing any work in
our line will do well to call or address as above.
aprlSc McFADDEN & SHEPPARD.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

"LUKE" having first answered a nom
de plume, he has no right to complain
that he is answered in the same way.
Yet he mistakes: l. When he identifies
"Rustic" with "For the Truth" 2,
When he prOnOunees the letter Cath
Ollie in disguise. 3. In insisting on
"R. s" being a resident OF the city.
When 81" wrote his first cOmmunica-
ton, he was temporarily in the city, but
does not reside within one hundred
miles of it. But We propose to allow all
of our correspondents to take care OF
themselves, as we are sure they can.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

The West Virginia excursion party oil
merchants arrived in Richmond on
Wednesday and were received by a
committee of the Commercial Club,
whose guests they will be while in the
city. The party numbers about 25O. VI
their appearance the STATE says;
"The West Virginia visitors are as
fine lot of men as we have had the
pleasure of seeing in Richmond for a
long time, and the sight OF them recalls
pleasant memories Of the olden time,
when "their people were our people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
AMERICA is fast becoming, If she IS n

AMERICA is fast becoming, If she Is not
already. the greatest cofee-consuming
country on the globe. Coffee Is no
longer luxury, bnt necessity OF the
humble home as well as the abode OF the
rich. We import annually, in round
numbers, SOO,OOOOOO pounds OF coffee
the value of which is S25,OOOOOo Ihis
is every wear increasing, and in greater
ratio than that of any nation on the
globe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

WADE HANPToN Was sworn in as SEN
ator from South Carolina during Dawes
speech. Ben Hill called this an Inter
ting parenthesis."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

THEY have anew plan for "a6olishins
the county court" up in Wellsburg;
they petition it to resign. The new
plan don't work, however.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19
GIT!

Or cory on NY aEDIcats Ans. S - =:
sens Book 70 any gs,.,-.h. Bros
Consumption. AsthIa1S 80 scDd 80
L.. q VOC 60, o. a'', VII iso ~ 10 81
: :.2si IN a'. -: az Z: !: %
Ga. = s.sd s:sl il, ss., II fs:s.i 10 q
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-19

The Pittsburgh MdHgfdeturer says of
the nail trade:
"The condition Of this trade is no
better. Some OF the factories are not
running at all, and none are operated
more than one third or one One-half
time. All could be busy ii they would
put prices low enough, but so far as We
can learn manufacturers here are all
herring to the rates established by the
ascociation -
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-28
STATE AND NEIGHBORK0OD.
Condensed Items Cleaned from Ex
estna,eNa


changes.
A scarcity Of water still troubles Reno.
Bodie Bluff, at its ~loftiest point, is $500
feet high.
Hogs bring only 8 to 90 cents a pound
in Napa Valley.
Prof. Taylor has drawn large houses
throughout the State
Storey county liberals celebrate Tom
Paine's birthday tomorrow.
A cockpit Is to be added to the places Of
amusement of Virginia City.
Virginia City is catching it from the
press of the coast because of that prize
fight.
The Phoebe Record says the furnace at
Bristol runs through about seventy tons of
ore per day. -
Robert Frazer, who killed Michael Dona-
hue at Phoebe in August last. has been
found guilty Of manslaughter.
The Methodist Church at Reno has been
repaired and newly furnished, and is now
one OF the contest in the State.
About $4,000 tons of chrome iron have
been produced during the last two years in
San Luis Obispo county, California.
A great deal of sickness is prevailing
among adults at Bodie-principally pneu-
monia-but children, as arule, are healthy.
Harry Mighels intends to start q daily
morning paper in Virginia as soon as the
present session of the Legislature closes.
Hon. Mr.. Collwell, formerly Of Washoe
City, and member of the Legislature from
| Washoe county in 1867, is visiting his old
friends in Carson.
The circular of n. G.. Dun gives Cali
fornia o population of 760, 900, and places
the number in business at II, 058, or about
one out OF every forty-fve inhabitants.
The Rentz troupe endeavored to give a
moral entertainment at Virginia City. The
result was a small attendance and they were
obliged to finally give the can can.
Mrs. H. Lufkin, of Carson, was severely
burned by the explosion Of a kerosene
lamp last week. Her injuries although Of
a serious character will not, it is believed
by the attending physician, prove fatal.
The Journal says that since the advent of
the tar-bucket Reno has been remarkably
free from the presence of the class most
directly interested in such episodes as tar
and feather matinees.
The U. s. Land Office at Stockton has
received instructions from the General
Lduu OiuCc uOt W ItCtiNc OT HE any 1uf-
| ther selections of land on account Of any
grant to the State Of California.
Mr.. Shepherd. father of the Senator from
Elko county, died at the residence Of the
latter recently. He had been in poor
health for q long time, but his death was
sudden and unexpected. Neither Of his
two sons we're with him in his last hours.
In Toledo Gulch, near Alta, Utah Terri
k>.r on 41, nA<l. .-.k
Cured, which run over the Emma mine,
breaking in the house and killing Richard
Duncan, better known as Captain Dick"
His partner. James Scholar, having start
ed for Alta a short time before the slide oc-
! Cured, was OF a reef of rocks, the slide
breaking on each side Of him, leaving him
uninjured.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-28
PACIFIC Al T.
[srEcIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
CALIFORNIA.
The Bullion Product Of 1878.
ABA0 CASE or STABBING.
An Editor Shot,.

San Francisco, January 81.
The "Bulletin, /" this afternoon, will pull
lish a statement showing the bullion pro-
duct, for the past year, Of 76 mines on the
Pacific Coast, including the principal mines
OF California, Nevada, and a number in
Utah and Arizona, and other Territories,
~aggregatiEg Sal 100, 100 in gold and silver.
Last evening a man named Shardy. or
Pat. Mcclure, formerly a special police
officer, and latterly in the employ Of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Dc fire.
man, wandered to the saloon of John Duris,
on First street, near Brannan, in a state Of
intoxication. Approaching barkeeper Sars-
field, MCGUIRE suddenly drew a sheath
knife and plunged it into the groin of the
former, infiicting a wound that is likely to
prove fatal. The stabbing was entirely
~unprovoked, no words having previously
passed between the parties, and no known
cause existed to warrant the attack.
SACRAMENTO, January 81.
On Saturday, at Auburn, District Attor-
ney Bullock, of Placer county, shot at and
wounded H. W. Fenton, editor and pub
Usher of the Placer weekly Argus" The
ball missed Fenton, but the powder burned
one side of his face badly. Bullock sur
rendered himself to the authorities. The
trouble arose from some structures on
Bullock in Fenton's paper.