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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-17
THE RAILROAD.


It is to be hoped that the new railroad
will bring in an infusion OF new ideas into
this county. There are persons coming
already in from other parts to hunt homes,
and trust they will prove school teachers
to the native born population, and succeed
In shaking up and diversifying their ideas
little. They need 1t very much. Bust
ness is quite good, all things considered.
The merchants are doing q very fine trade.
,Messrs. ChalEant & Woodward are buy
ing wheat at 81 90 at their mill, corn at
~ cents and oats at 80 cents. They are
selling flour S. so delivered, and doing
a lively business.
We have, as you know, good land in
this region; 30 rich as to make many OF
our people indolent. Ten acres OF such
land, well managed, will support family
OF five persons. On halfacre OF it an on.
ion crop worth SIS can be raised, and on
the balance such profitable vegetables as
tomatoes and cabbage. Our Asylum makes
mar ket Of itself for a considerable guam
tlty OF such stuff. 1t has q population OF
500 non-produCers who must be fed, and is
equivalent to population ofL5, 900 people.
Production counts heavy for those who
work when surrounded by non-produCers
who are not competitors and who have the
wherewithal TO purchase and consume.
The State Of West Virginia has to this ex-
tent furnished as quite desirable market
in this part Of the commonwealth, by Civ
ing as contract as it we're, to feed her
unfortunate insane. 1t is q valuable insti-
tuition for the farmers.
Our town is growing; buildings are
going up, and we look to be more i'm.
portant center in the near future, es-
pecially if our railroad ia pushed on to
Braxton county. That will make Weston
market for an important region OF coun-
try. Town and county will both be i'm
proved by 1t. What we need is to have
the country opened up to immigration,
and to have an outlet for the resources OF
the country. We want the wild land cut
up into small farms, cleaned out OF the
hands otland.jobbers and spectators and
reduced to profitable cultivation. We
need educated and economical tillage,
and, in the way Of stock raising, we need
more sheep Tor our hill side lands.
The late rains have done great deal OF
good in our midst. The pastures have
been revived, and the fall wheat well
moistened with much needed water. Our
streams, springs and wells also have been
replenished. The change from drouth to
rain has been worth great deal TO this
region.
We read the INTELLlGENcER daily now
get it on the same day that it is Issued
and while we all credit it with honesty and
candor in politics, religion and business
many ofus vote furnenst it. We like you
and yet are "agin" you. Some OF us
"Bourbons," as you call US, swear at you
on the streets and swear by you at home.
Please renew our subscription and sign
this letter, il you print it.
| LEWIS County.
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WARNING.
JACORs' WONDERFUL L1rnocRAm,

J. n. JACOBS, Canadian Patentee Of the Iitho-
gram has this day been assigned Letters Patent Of Inc
United States, numbered lOS,30O and dated July IL,
asgu ment and record Of the above Is dated nj wsSb
ington, d. C., Nov 10th, 1879, and signed an, i.
Paine, Commissioner Of Patentsh Undcr this Patent
will At once be Issued against all the yar-
Gus "GFams and Graphs" now infringing on this nrO.
cess; and the public Is hereby warned that time and
money Will DO freely spent In finding out every per.
Son owning one Of these Judgements, and they viii
pe HgoroHsly prosecuted under the Patent Laws. j.
street, Boston. noviS
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ho1 HEU, II. fARkS'
rNRUsTEE's SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF
L Deed Of Trust made BY Christina Able, vile Of
Charles Able and said Charles Able her husband, 10
and recorded In the Office Of the Clerk Of the County
Court Of Ohio county West Virginia. In Decd Of Trust
Book No. Is, page u, l will, on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1870,
Commencing at 10 O'clock A. NJ, cell At The front door
Of the Court House et said county the following real
estAte parcel Of land sltu3tei In Ohio county West
Virginia, and bounded % follows: Beginning al q
sugar treO stump, IA original sugar tree corner Of
surveys made for Edward Calhoun and James Cald.
we'll respectively thence with Lac between said
what Is called tho Hubbard Road md with The same
N. 42ko 4. 20 poles, N. 80 l. " poles, n. 6!k0
q $500 poles; thence leaving sad rod n. CO.. ".
q 6OO0 poles, nOrgina llne between the Calhoun
and Smith tracts, and With the same 8. 29' W. rs
poles 10 tho begnning containing hve acres aud FIVE
perches. And also tract u land In said county,
bounded rs iolows: Beginning At point on the
eRstery line Of the Carroll rm and thirty feet nOrtn-
ward from the old sugar tree corner on the hill;
thence continuing on said eaStery line call W. ZOE
e. 70 92l0O poles TO stake; thence north Tx W.
AO-l00 poles to stake; thence = 2Oh0 ". 80 iS-lt0
poles 10 stake; thence 8. 1919 Z. - poles, 10 the
place Of beginning, containing one acre, excepting
therefrom all oil The coal stIata or beds which may
underlie the surface Of said Inst mentioned premises
Is well Us the right and privilege Of mining and re-
moving aid coal 10 proper manner from last named
zee win convey only The iiue vested in me BY said
Deed Of Trust,
TERMS or sALE-oue-IOurthO Of the purchase money
and Is much more rs the purchaser may elect cash In
handi the balance In three equal payments, ~ six
twelve and eighteen months respectively, from the
day Of sale with interest from that day. the purchA.
scr 70 give notes secured by deed Of trust upon the
property for the deferred payments.
W. Il. HALLKR, AuCtIOneer. CeH
The above sale Is postponed until SATURDAY, No.
Vember %, 1879, at the same hour and place.
nn1l WIN, LINCH, Trustee
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order to MUM CO., Publishers, 81 Park row New
PATENTS. ;, I Ia. connection with the sars-
Cot arc SOLICITOR Of American and Foreign paients
nave hI9 " years experience and nov have the larV
~ esMoInhment In the world Patents are obtaInSd
Sn the pest Terms special notice n nade h tha
sSCIkhLIEiC AMERICAN Of all InventIonH nateptaS
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A OARD.-l WISH TO SAY TO THE
IA Ladies' on the IGland, and those In the city, who
will DO kind enough 10 favor me- that Am now pre-
rates, and solicit share Of their patronage, and
warrant SaIslactiOh. Corner Of Zana and Broadway,
Island. HA1TIE KING.
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WEsToS, November Is.

Shttie-Ehe Asylum ~ % Market for
Produce.
WEsToN, November Is.
kdltos lntslllyehSer.
The elections being over we have all
settled down from our excitement and
curiosity over the result. The satisfied
and dissatisfied accepted the situatlon-at
least for the time being. We now have
our minds set on "biz" and from this time
on will watch the boom. The Spectators
who bought wheat short time ago on the
strength Of the "boom" have dropped
some money; that's, those who bought at
81 % here in the county, costing them de.
livered in Clarksburg 81 40 and 81 G5 in
baltimore. The fact Of the business is We
have too many persons who are inclined
to make money without work and most Of
them don't succeed worth cent. Give q
farmers boy $50 and out he goes to specu-
late in wheat, cattle or sheep instead Of
keeping at work on his fathers farm. or
course he loses his $50, and then comes
home to teach country school on q third
class certificate for three or four months
at from SO 70 so per month. We need
more good workers on our farms all
through this country and fewer grubbs;
we need more cattle, hogs and sheep
raised and fewer horses-at least fewer
scrubb stock. 1t is now no uncommon
thing on small farms in this section to see
five to fifteen no account horses, ten sheep
and four calves. When we know that
horses cost four times as much as sheep,
hogs or cattle, and are so much less profit.
able the wonder is that our farmers do not
change their policy. But farmers run in
ruts, and do not seem to have q wide
awake and progressive intelligence OF their
own. Many OF them. seem to think that
every member Of the family must have a
horse, and that It is not the respectable
thing 10 DO without them.
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WESTON.

Wheat Speculation In Lewis County
More Work aud Less Speculation Need.
ed-More sheep and Fewer Horses and
Cattle-The Asylum as Market for
Produce.
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SPARE RIBS
SPARE RIBS,

FIGS FEET, &C.,
TUESDAY MORNING at 10 O'Clock, at Pork HouSe
on Fifteenth street, bStween Market aud Main
n0i7 GEO, II. PARKS,
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MEw ApvEnIlsEMEMrs..

T uNoH To.DAY.-You ARE RESPECT.
~ FULLY invited TO call at my Saloon, No.
l0i6 Market street, on Monday, November
II, 1879. Lunch will be served during the day
and evening, In honor Of the pFoptietor's az
tIeth birth day. The publc's obedIent servant,
nol1a JACOB NUNGE, Proprietor,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-26
A HElYY VAR CLAIM

COLUMBUS, lad, Dec. 25.-Anothcr heavy
Morgan RAID claiuas be en- forwarded this week TO the
Secretary OF War TO be ltd for payment II was by the
Ohio aud Mississippi Railroad for $4,000. aud Is tuo
second largest claim In existence.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-06-17

until the long harvest has come, and
it is now yielding handsomely q rich.
ripe crop Of good things for all con-
cerned-thOse who make IL and those
who read it.
Personally, A. Miner Griswold is
one Of the most sOciable. genial and
warm-hearted gentlemen one will meet
in a lifetime, and he scatters his sun
shine with the liberality of such
nature. He has q handsome and
pleasing face. in which mirth and
good humor dances all the time
merry go-round. The mind Of the
man shines out through the windows
Of biz eyes. His journalistic accom-
plishments are versatile and varied.
He writes strong and brilliant esli-
torials ON the general questions 81 tn Z
day his paragraphs are all bright
and smart, and are perhaps more
numerously quoted than those Of any
other writer Of that class to-day, and
he has kept them coming, in almost a
continual stream. for more than
twenty years. His peculiar forte.
however. is in burlesque sketches Of
people Of ancient fame, and it is to be
hoped that be has collected these and
will some day give them to the world
in one hatch. with a title something
like 1.-The Has Beens," or Those
Who Have Gone Before and are Now
Behind"
/ know a great deal more than this
concerning Gris.. put won't tell il
until he is dead or disabled. ..
WILL l.. VissCHER.
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L.AI0NTR


Correspoudence Se.iAlia BAsoo.
.r-- LAnosTH, June u 1879.
Mrs. Eva Glow, ofss. Louis is visiting her
old friends ut tins ptace.
-PAseuraee IL pseaty here sow. Price from
50 essts 20 $50 pr 0oath-
-. n. UAlby the energetic drummer Of the
house a Daily Hogue. al Sedais2s - - toUn
this morning. Money scarce. go -.
-Tbe ehinch haeis very haA in the wheat here
David AeNair. we keRn, has Sorty srres injured
very hadly sish them.
Harvesting has commenced. d.. ". n. suO4dv
n the 6sst 20 pot tha ssekie N Pine hoe vessAsr
for Il. Others gill follow to- Gay and Monday.
The No. Pacific railroad have painted their
sAnks. They ARE 0oU - ornament 20 The pere,
ans their pond does NOS iocrease nssseh IN water.
Mr. Frauttin Ays that he ms all the wnser out
there mined 10 sAss ueek. .i s- O.,
John w. Hardin has baiN usee little cottage
in sowu. and .se and his tamiIy are sauRiv
housed under lis rsof. Jhe work uas all done
insuraoee next vees. ...... .-.
This .. hir grovips weather. and the corn 10
showing she eesS.s 0f iS a0d tie hsmess have
many ofthem are going over their corn wtsh the
culsivasor the last tine. THIS Is very early. bot
We puPyo~e n uif do.
The boys q The toun are DOW euglord ID
living their kiles and indulEsn1 in Quief little
aahss, azui De Pasvses are ehafpaQ around %
h0rsehaek and 0elser ways thrcaf>aioe % Gov
hsAe eAr hoyp-aaA have sSss hseslgke for as0anls
aud battery hat ~ jusfires refuse warrants -
The county iuxiRes Say that the parties must pay
- eeses, I'd % refuse - have anything to do
viii Is.
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DAv1DsodEr's DousE.
/ Baptized Yesterday BY Rev. Tan.
ner.

II va stated In the BA100 last week that
Davidson, sentenced 70 be hung On July
3. had experienced . change Of mind, and
lad requested Rev. Ishsm Tanner, The een-
tIeman for whom he worked when he killed
HagGersy, TO come and bapsi.e him.
In accordance 9Th ihis request. Rev.
Tanner, Who lives nssr Knob Nosisr. came
70 the city yesterday morning TO grai'ty
Davidson's wishes.
About o'clock yerter,lsy aiiernooe De-
vidaoo was taken from the Jail to the Fimt
Baptist Church. accompanied By the fol.
lowing persons: Sheriff Murray, Elder
Isham Tanner. Mn. I. Tanner, Steve HO-
m.ns, B. II. Ingram. J. w. Stewart aud .
BAzOO reporter.
After srrivinx ut the church the lOSd
Psalm Vas read, after which Elder Tanner
made the following prayer. while those
present stood up:
The divine blessing Vas invoked and
thanks for the blessing of our Lord Jesus
Christ. both spiritual and temporal, for life
and existence.
The circumstances under which We are
called together to-day are moot peculiar
and extraordinary. A fellow man
has been tried and condemned TO
die n public felon, and nov
be comes snppl,csting with . contrile
spirit. 10 the throne Of grace for mercy and
forgiveness. Oh our Father which art in
Heaven, forgive this erring child; forgive
him all his offences sgsinst Thy teachInRa.
and pity hin IN HE forlorn and miserable
condition. Have mercy ON all mankind.
and let his example prove warning TO ell
the rising generation. And to this end ve
pray now and evermore, for Chriss's rake.
Amen.
Elder Tanner then asked Davidson some
questions, the tenor which the reporter v.s
unable to catch.
Davidson v.s then taken through an
ante room to the bsptiatery. where he wss
arrayed in long cloak. Then descending
the steps the Elder said: by the author
ity of the Law Of Jesus Christ, baptise you
in the name Of the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit Amen"
He vas immersed in the usual manner,
and. when he came up. whether il Vas IN in.
voluntary facial coniorsion or . volun-
tary act, a. he brushed the water from his
FACE he laughed.
The ceremony being oyer, the party re-
turned to the Jail, where Davidson resumed
his old qusrters, never 10 leave them, per-
haps, until he goea to the scaflold.
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PERSONAL.

Will J. T. MayfcId call u this ofscef
Gen. smith is drink,ng-sweet springs water.
Miss Emma stone Of smithton, is At Nc.
Aiiister Springs.
g. r. Tinsley, Of Howard county, MAS in
Pestis this week
Rev. /. n. Pierce and daughter came in from
the north yesterday morning.
H. Martin Williams. the gigantic Gre~ntncker
of warrensburg. was N the city yesterday.
Miss Mabel Haley. channlng young lady Of
81: Louis, Is in the cay, the guest OF the Misses
w. G. Melville, one Of the Sedxlia 'boys"
viewed the Clinton sights last Saturday night
Clinton Advocate.
~. d. Brown, General Passenger Agent Of the
n. K. 4 7. arrived from 81 Louis yesterday morn
ing and h,vouscked nj S'chers-
e. W. Stevens, Of seiala, vas in town shi.
week buying ponies from those who want % 60
to Lesd,ilie.-Clinton Advocate.
+ Mrs. J. H. Kinsei Of warrensLars. wili be
guest at the Sweet Springs Hotel next month,
to drink Of the life giving waters.
Edward Harding. Esq. Division superiuiea.
dent Of the N. X. T., accompanied by his
daughter. WAS ~ sichefs' yesterday.
-. N. Fox Of visaim, has been appoiated By
the Grand Lodge I. q. y. r. District Deputy
California paper; IL this Dr. Joe n. Fox,
formerly OF Sedalias
Mr. J. E. Haynes, who for several months has
been q composltor in the Eagle once, leaves to-
night to visit relatives in Kanas City. 81. Joseph
and Chicago. We wish him good time.
Miss Sallie Higgins, an accomplished young
lady, daughter az Capt Zoe Higgins, il visiting
friends 10 lafayette county IN the vi nifty q
Aullvlile- She sill return TO Pettis this seek.
p. W. Webster. the boss spinner and weaver
81 Central Missouri and ~ genial . gen'iesnsn ~
We often meet. employed 10 tie Sedalia WOODEN
Mills, left for Boonyiiie last sight 70 spend day
or two nj home.
Rev. r. W. Gentry and wiee, accompanied By
Mrs. J. w. Gentry. Mr. ses Nary and Mamie
Gentry. Misses Lizzie Allen. Lena Galiie and
Ella Porter. OF sedalia arrivedis This city from
Columbia Friday night.
Bob Bradford, the lively drummer. and e.
shaking har ds vifh fr,ends and waking the boys
up with their fun. Rob and Ren,sh are always
welcome m our tow0.-OrceOIa Cor.
Ollie v. Hoss returned from Coiamhia, where
he has been attending the State University,
yesterday morning Ollie viii enjoy he summer
vacation 1t home. He has much improved
during his absence, mentally and physically.
Col. J. d. Crawford and family. accompanied
~ Miss Sne Part-rry. Of Se<iaIia, and Nh. |
APiseer SPRING. to stay sosne time, o. TAussAay
evening. The Coio.le sent 70 tire cay yesterday
for some fish taIt."
&C. r. Gray. formerly Of Sedalia and as en-
Dsloye Of the n. K. 4 r, noe Asistant Geneal /
Agent Of the Hooseoa 4 Tsxes Ceoeral /
Railway st Houston, Texas, arrived u The city /
morning and boeked huuDaels q 0irH.
Did acquaintanoes and looking II scenes q days /
past.
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DANCE OF DEATH.
A Human Skull Fitting Hither
and Thlther Along the Prairle.

From the Cheyenne Leader.
The readers Of the Leader will re-
member that some time ago the skull
Of road agent. brought u this city
by Boone May, was carried To the
outskirts Of the town and buried. The
grinning features Of the outlaw have
rested in peace since then. aud the
transaction had passed from the
memory of the people to give place
tn other and more pleasing scenes and
incidents peculiar tn Western life.
The matter has again been revived in
a still more CHASTITY and hideous man.
ner. Like the ghost Of Ban4uo, that
skull will not down at the bidding Of
the gravedigRers sp@e. The par
iiculars are as follows: A gentleman
by the name Of Clark. an employe at
q. r. Goldacker's establishment.
while out taking walk on Sunday
morning last. happened Ia he travel
ling in the vicinity where the skull
was buried. Although no coward. it
IS admitted by Mr.. Clark that when
he saw the skull Of that road agent
dancing along and bobbiug up and
down among the cactus bushes on the
prairie, his hair s."osl on end. like the
quilts ola fretiul Porcnpine. Cold
chills coursed their way from tn
crown Of his head to the soies ii hk
feet. hut he didn't bulge an inch.
He stood statue like and gazsd With
an'azement upon the CHASTITY scene.
Like Arte,nus War.l, he was not
frightened but-simply embarrassed 81
q little. The skull danced around
and gradually approached him. neaser.
nearer. until the spectre was almost
within his r-ach-''cl,,se BY his eide,
plain and palpable." This wss two
much, and Mr.. Clask retreated about
twenty steps. The skull continued
it, dance Of death. Mr.. Clark booking
ON with deep interest and intense
amazement. Presently the mystery
was unrsveled. As the skull danced
along it neared small sown Of prairie
dogs and suddenly stopped, Then
emerged, apparently from she skull,
q huge prairie dog. which set up y
loud ehstteriog. aud fifteen or twenty
lively little companions pinned him in
his noisy demonstrations. And tho
mischievous little fellows proceeded 10
roll and tumble the skull about and
jowl It To the ground 10 If IT wefe the
skull If Cain. that did the 6rst muir
der. The mystery was explained.
The skull danced over the prairie
simply because an innocent and I'M
suspecting prairie dog hsd inserted
his head in 40 aperture Of the SKULL
was unable to sxtrieate himself, and
Was jumping around, endeavoring to
free himself from his unfortunate pre-
dicament. What the next chapter.
will be in the history Of that road
agents skull is difficult even, to
imagine. san =. ..... t~,f,,
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Masonic Picnic.

The great event Of the summer season
will be the Masonic picnic and excursion
to Sweet Springs on July "a. All the
neighboring lodges will participate, asd
every Mason and his friend in Central Nus.
souri, should attend. The attractions Of the
Springs this year are greater than ever, and
this is the best opportunity to see and en-.
Joy them that will be offered. See adver.
tisement in another column.