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From the New Orleans Picayans'
"SIake the bed easy, Mr. B., said old
Uncle Abe to the undertaken, who was
preparing the coffin for his aged wife.
make the bed soft and easy, for her old
bones are tender and soft, and hard bed
will hurt them" He forgot for moment
that old, gray-haired man-that she was
dead that the old bones had done aching
forever, Sixty-iour years had she walked
nv bis side, a true and loving vile. Sixty.
four years Just think Of Il in this age o.
divorce. sixty.four years had they dwelt
nnder the same sorrows Of life; together
mourned over the coffin Of their first. born ;
together rejoiced in the prosperity Of their
sons and daughters, and now she has lett
rim alone. No wonder he forgot: her
loving hand had so long cared Tor him, Tor
he has been the ieebler Of the two.
"UnuI death do US part" said the mar
rage service that had united them so
many years ago. Death had parted them
hut the love still survived. Tenderly had
he cared for her all these years, and how
tenderly did lie watch the making OF the
last bed OF this still loved vile. He had
brayely breasted the storm OF life with her
BY his side, but now that she was gone
he could not live, and in few days they
laid him By her side.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-24
Trr london Ee0nami.l, in review

Tur London Economic, in review oil
,,,o FnoIisb trade with the United States,
does moi leave as much Of balance COM
inc 10 this country in consequence Of in
creased exports as has been expected
Taxing all crops together, cotton, tobacco
ana food, it computes that in lS79-SO
England will pay or has paid 100000
900 and Europe S5O,OOo,OOO more than in
1889. From England the exports to
this country are sSO,OOO,OOO more in the
later period than in the earlier. This,
without taking into account the large
shipments OF gold, amounts to about a
third OF the balance. The EconsmiA Is in
clined to predict that increased English
exports and not shipments OF coin will
meet the food and raw products yet to
cross tho Atlantic. Current predictions in
Chicago that the demand for food in Eng
land and Europe is 80 far from being met
that lao, 100000 bushels are still needed,
with only 100000 which can be sup
piled. receive small credit in the EcOEOni%,
. or in fact in any English paper. The truth
probably is that with supplies coming in
from Austria, Chill and other southern
points, the foreign demand will about take
the surplus here at fair prices, and not
much more.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

tTrladClphIA Accommodation train only runs
between Wagellng and TradephlA.
tDaly except SundAy-EeWirk Accommodation.
tSteubenV!lle Accommodations train during
the day passes backward and forward between Mar
tins Ferry and BollNiro, stopping whom required Rt
Sherman House, KtnaVillO, West Wheeling and
GfAyel Hill,
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Mind In scientific Persons.

NgW 4OIk 4luleAs
That animals have minds and can rea.
son has lately been maintained at great
length in an interesting book written by
one DR.. Lindsay. According to this
learned author, there is hardly anything
that dog cannot learn. He tells, among
hundreds Of other entertaining and sur.
prising anecdotes, the story OF an able
Newfoundland dog who was accustomed
to accept pennies from his human &C.
quaintances as testimonialsot their respect
and affection. These pennies he deposited
In cat-proof safe scooped out by himself
under the front door mat, and when he
wanted piece OF cake or a roll, he would
take the proper price from his bank, carry
It TO the baker, and buy what he wanted.
He was also accustomed 10 lend money
at interest on promissory notes to other
dogs, and when any note became due and
unpaid, he would carry ii to the front door
OF q notary's Office and solemnly protest
It with six distinct howls, after which he
would return tho note to the bank, and
subsequently take It's value out Of the hide
Of the debtor. DR.. Lindsay unaCcount-
ably fails TO mention this latter feature OF
the dogs commercial career, but perhaps
his capacity for receiving truth was ex-
hausted when the frst hall Of the story
Wss told 70 him,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-24
STATE POLITICS.
A Wirt County Correspondent Makes
Some ForcIbIe Observations.

M0me
WIRT @. H., W. Va, Feb. Is, 1850.
Editors IRtsllIgsucsI.
There are three very important matters
10 be looked after during the present year.
One is the election Of good man for
President Of the United States, and the
other two, which should particularly in
terest every good citizen OF our State, is
the election OF good man. for Governor
aud the adoption Of the proposed consti-
tutional amendment. So far Us the Re-
publican party Of the State is concerned,
unless II wakens up and thoroughly Of
ganizes and equips itself for battle, it may
not expect to add much toward aiding a
Blaine to Presidential victory nor q Stur.
siqs to Gubernatorial honors. -,
The politics OF our county is a zee oil
Democratic, II you please, but If the Re-
publican party Of this State will awaken, to
duty, good Republican placed ut the
head OF the State ticket, this county would
speak for that man. All that the Republic
cans OF this State need now is q little
spirit manifested, a good platform and good
men to lead them.
So far as have been able to ascertain
land have inquired generally through
out the county, Blaine is first choice fol-
President. We can't endorse the third
term arrangement. Grant has had all the
honors this country can bestow, and surely
he should be satisfied.
Now for the constitutional amendment
We predict 1t will carry largely in this
county, especially since the old Fungus
at its two.day session this week passed the
Harrison county hog law.
II is true this constitutional amendment
ia not Just exactly what we want, but
then its beginning toward good thing;
let's have 1t In preference to the jackass
court. Why keep up judiciary system
that licenses men to sit and decide upon
the most intricate points OF law, and also
to try complicated Chancery causes, when
in fact they know but little more about 1t
than the heather Chinese. 1t surely de.
grades the profession, and paves the way
Tor going backward instead OF forward
We would indeed like to hear from every
county In the State on this important sub
iect, and hope that the various newspa.
pers OF the State will not be backward
now in aiding in the adoption OF the con
Gtituuonal amendment-of two evils al
ways choose the least. And the County
Court OF the present is one OF the greatest
evils to Justice and square dealing that was
ever permitted to exist in any country.
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During the trial OF cause in the county
court last week, the presiding justice in
deciding some points which had been
raised by the attorneys, said the same
questions had before arisen in chancery
case, and this he had Consulted and OBJ
tanned the opinion OF one of the best legal
minds in the Stateon them" This was
intended as satisfactory explanation OF
the position oil tho court, and there was
nothing glaringly inappropriate in the
statement. In fact, we are glad that the
presiding justice had the candor to make
But here in nutshell was put our
strongest objection to the county court
system. We hope to be pardoned for say
ing that each separate county court, seems
to be the property OF some one OF the
best legal minds in the State" as it were.
In short, the contests before 1t seem to be
battles between the lawyers, instead OF
trials In which the right is to triumph.
He whom the court considers the "best
legal mind" is apt to weigh down all OPP
position, whether he Is right or wrong.
1t 10 our deliberate opinion, after eight
years OF observation, that the county court
Il altogether too much inclined to pin It's
faith to the coat tails OF certain lawyers.
This 10 the evil effect OF the system. The
fact that the court as rule, must be ig-
norRnt oil the science OF law, in the cause.
Weak itself, It leans upon IN improper
support, and falls.
In our higher judicial tribunals, before
learned and upright Judge, there are,
practically, no brightest legal minds"
The man who would command respect in
either the circuit or supreme court OF the
State, must 60 there armed with the right
In law. The decisions OF courts and the
enactments OF Legislative bodies govern
there. He who produces the law is
the one who triumphs, no matter II he
has only been twenty.iour hours sworn as
an attorney. So we say, give us court
that Is Of itself provided with bright
legal mind, that furnishes not only It's
own brains, but provides to reasonable
extent, It's own neutrality-suspicious. Ga.
sSttk
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ANew serIptarnl Inlerprelatlon.

An AneedOts by Judge Bruce, Of Kentucky.
There were two men in q Mississippi
regiment, commanded by Colonel Smith,
Of Baltimore. One Of these men contend
ed that the Scriptures were Of divine
origin, and the other said they were Of
human invention, and asked his oppo-
nent, in one OF the arguments which they
were continually having, il he believed the
story OF Jonah aud the whale, to which
The other replied, Eyes" ado you also
believe that the three Hebrews passed
through the fiery furnace without feeling
the heat?" persisted the inadel. yes,
came the answer again. "Do you believe"
came sharply, that Samson slew all those
OF an ASST" 1t was Just after the battle Of
Shiloh, and the believer in the Bible had
lust had some tough experience in the
difficulty Of fighting only four or FIVE to
one. SWELL" he answered hesitatingly to
the last home thrust, "I-I-always re:
garded that story as mere camp rumor"
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Notice to Contractors &Bulders

OFplcE OF THE BOARD or PUBLIC WoRKs |
WHEELING, November Is, 1879. J
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board OF Public Works, OF the State OF West
Virginia, addressed to the undersigned, up 10
70 o'clock noon, of March the lst, 1880, for the
ALTERATIONS IN, and the ADDITIONS TO, the
Building known as the State House, at Chares.
ton, Kanawha county, West Virginia, accord
ing TO the plansand specifications furnished by
@. g. Kemble and A. PEBBLES, joint Architects.
Bids will be received for the whole, and the
several parts OF the work. Plans and specifi-
cations may be seen ut the Capitol Building,
In Wheeling, on and after JANUARY l, 1850,
and any information relative thereto may be
obtained by applying to @. Kemble, the
Architect, resident at Wheeling, West Va.
Bonds and security, approved by the Board
OF Public Works, will DO required OF each
contractor. The right OF receiving or reject
ing any or all bids is reserved.
BY order Of the Board Of Public Works.
n0l7 s. BRADY. Sec'y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-24

A MOST delightful and warming drink,
santord's Jamaica Ginger,
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Tho wage. OF iron workers.

PlttIburgh Commercial GREettc. =
On Saturday afternoon the committee
appointed by the Western Iron Associa-
ton and the Amalgamated Association Of
Iron and Steel Workers to readjust the
scale Of wages for sheet, plate and muck
rolling, knobbling, ETC., met at the rooms
OF the Iron Association. After long con-
ference, the committee, without arriving
at any conclusion, adjourned to meet this
AFTERNOON. AS we stated on Saturday the
proposed scale, if adopted, will advance
The wages from so to rs per cent. A lead
ing manufacturer says the mills will shut
down before they will submit to the de-
mand.
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TIME TABLE.
Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad.

On and after MONDAY, February ID, 1880, cam on
the Wheeling and Elm Grove X, 4. will run rs fol-
lows Cans will leave the city corner Market aud
Eleventh ItreelSl and HornbrOok Parkat
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Died.

sPEARS-In ST. LouII, Of consumption, February
IS, JOSEPH W. sPRARs, aged 70 years.
WHEATON Sunday, February %, 1880, at P.
H., ii. BRADLEY WHEAT, in the SD year OF his age
Funeral from the residence OF bis brother, Geo. K.
Wheat, ESQ., No. 900 Main street. this morning at 10
O'Clock. Ilterment at Greenwood. Friends are In
yIted.
wHITE-MlcnAKL WHITE, February q. 1850,
aged 20 year,.
Funeral from the residence o.h' .sou.in.law Dr. C.
A. wugertrr 1857 Main street, Tuesday at O'Clock.
Requiem mass ut Cathedral at $50 A. NJ. lntermcni
At Mt. Calvary.
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CEALED PROPOSALS.
CEALED PROPOSALS.
CRY CLE1x's opTIcE,

WHEELINUI w VA TpDTHNy ~ Io0V'1
Sealed proposals will be received at the office Of the
City Clerk until Thursday. Marrh, $780, at4 oGlosk
p. NJ, for furnishing and delivering the city Water
Works, City Building, City Prison, Lookup and Hose
Houses with clean COAL mixed COAL or coal as II comes
from the bank for one year. beginning the Let day
Of April, 1850; payments 10 be made monthly. The
contractor 70 give bond and security Tor the fulfill
mentOi the contract.
Proposals to 10 addressed: To the Chairman Of the
Committee on Water Works. The committee resefV-
Ing the right 10 reject any or oil bids
ie9I ALEX. UPDEGRAFF, City Clerk.
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CEALED PROPOSALS.
C1rY CLKRK,s OyrlcR,

WHEELING, ". Va, Feb. ~, 1850.
Sealed proposals will DO received at the Once Of the
City Clerk until FRIDAY, March s, 1885, ut o'clock
p. NJ, for the removal Of all Kitchen Garbage and
DIAL from within the city limits for the year COIN
tnencIng April J., 1850, the bids to be as follows
For tho First district, comprising all OF the Flint
Ward.
For the secoud district, comprising the Second and
Seventh Wards
For The Third district, comprising tho Third aud
For the Fourth district, comprising all south Of
Wheeling Greek TO CaldWell's Bun.
For the Filth district, comprising all south Of
CaIdwell's Run TO tho southern line Of the city.
No person will be awarded for more than one dis.
trict.
Proposals 10 be addressed to the "ChaIrman Of tho
Committee on HEALTH the Committee IeServlng tho
feb2l ALIEN. UPDEGRAFF, City Clerk.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-17
The steamer ll.cla

New York, Sept To- The commissioners
of emigration continued their Investigation
to day into the alleged il-trt u ment Of pas.
sengers on the steamer Hecla, from Liver
pool. the charges being bud food, want of
medical attendance and improper advances
towards females by the steward. One Of the
female passengers stated that tho steward
kissed her and pulled her into his stsieroom.
She said there was one married man and his
wife AMI three single women besides herself
had to sleep in tho same compartment The
man was elderly and she said she did not
mind him much. Opposite their compart'
ment was room with Ave young uen.
There were many females with the FIVE young
men. The women were not the wives of tho
men. Other statements also made show that
there was not proper separation of the
sexes The steamers ply Stefan testified IN
favor of the vessel.
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IhicnEn NInrIlrrS

Olicsgo, Sept. ia gangot men were
ualoNding iron at the Union iron and stci
compauy's foundry at midnight last night
when suddenly two Of them, William Doyle
and Timothy Council, engaged in dshr,
the origin Of which was not noticed by their
fellows. They quickly passed from words to
blows and then savagcly clcnched. Sudden
ly, as il by the same impulse, they lei
go and each grabbed ut kerosene
lamp and hurled them ut each
other. The lamps were exploded and both
men set on fire. They were badly burned,
as were also some of their comrades who
tried to extiuguish. the flames, The men
we're carried home to their families. boy le
died to-day and Connell lie in critical con
duion.
Residents on State street heard men
quarroling in Nctori, alley, in the rear OF
$50, early this morning. One man received
Il heavy blow from some blunt instrument,
which felled him to the ground, and the
others ran awsy. Later the man was picked
up and found TO DO Lo is Butler, colored
hostler. He WAS insensible ard died to day
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CITY DOTS.

| Notwithstanding the muddy condition o
the roads cotton continues 10 come IN lively
The Holiness band will continue theil
meetings until couple of days after the
weather clears.
The PEUnix plahing mill has stopped
work for week, in order to reset the ma
chnery and make other improvements.
Dried apples and peaches, hominy, grits
rye, -four, Graham -four, Dunbars fresh iigs
just received Mt l.. +. Hughes 100 Elm
street.
! Major II. G. Pennaman received Il telegram
| from Mary land yesterday, where his witt
has been spending tho summer, stating that
she was seriously i'll with malayial fever.
Mayor Good will not hold court for a few
days TO come, owing TO some business he
wishes to straightcn up. In the meantime
Alderman Bohny, mayor pro TEN, viii oil
Ecate.
Those who love tho beautiful should 60
aud gnze on the Hastily arranged and hand
somely gotten up windows Of Leon Kahn,
the shoe merchant, on Elm, near tho corner
of Lamar street.
Attention il called to the advertisement of
Dr. ii. NJ. Bien. An those who wish an &C
clmphshed teacher for the German lAnguqSe
will find in him the thing needed. Several
of our citizens, doctors and others, vii
compose his first clas5.
Jimmy Thompson, tho well known and
popular dclneator of the negro character
acc ompnnicd bY his wife, left last evening
for San Antonio, where he goes to ill M en-
IgaGement at the Vuudoyille,th eatre. lie will
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-17

WEDNESDAY, the 18Th, was the third
birthday of the Waco Telephone, and that
paper gives graphic account of its ups and
downs from little four column sheet, with
out dollar in the world or type 1t could
call its own, to It's present handsome proper
tons and prosperous condition, We con-
gratulate our contemporary on its eminent
success. Tho Telephone is a credit to the
Texas press and an honor to journalism
generally, Ably and carefully edited, 1t is
always interesting, always reliable and We
sincerely trust that its days OF usefulness are
many yet in the land. May it go on ncreas-
ing in prosperity and enterprise in tho future
as it has done in tho past is tho sincere wish
of the HERALD.
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4 Conchman's FataI hot

rlar INA, N j, Sep'. l6-Oa Saturday
night j h. Johnson, co,red cuschman il
the emp'y If William B. Lewis, of this city
shot ard Instantly killed Samuel Williams, d
colored man, living in Battle Row. The
shooting arose from petty quarrel over the
manner in which Willis was treating a girl,
named Eva Thompson, his sister.in-law, with
whom johnson had been walking. johnson
fred four shots ono of them striking Vii
liams in the breast and goirg through or
near the heart johnson admitted the shoot
ing, but said it was done ia self defense,
Williams having attempted to cut him with
razor. This story was denied by two girls
WHO witnessed ,he a!Trav.
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AnInuocent Abroad.

Washington, Sept. los. Newton Pettis
again challenges public sttertion, S. New
ton Pettis is u Pennsylvania Republican poll
tician, and, like most Republican politicians,
thinks it is the business of the national nd.
ministration to provide him with good
Office. He finally did succeed in get,rg
appointed minister to Bolivia, but lie
didn't stay in Bolivia great willis; he came
home with terrible story of the immortality
of the country, which he said was so wide
spread that he feared even his Pennsyl, snia
character might not to able to Withstand it.
Pettis persuaded Hayes to nominate him for
a iudSeship out In ono Of the territories,
wnere he thought his character would not be
in such danger, but the senate refused to con-
firm him. Thereupon Pe,ts drops out OF
view for while. At last the evidence OF
Bolivian immortality Is made public in the
shape of two drafts. One reads
Lega len Of United states, La Pa2 golivia,
Oct. 70, 1869:
Upon April /, 1880, two days alter, sigh,
acceptance waived and Endorsements by pre-
vention accepted, ply to the order If 0tto
Richter Sl,260, value received, apd charge
same account per salary.
s. NEWTON PATHS,
Minister Il siient and Consul General. t.
the Honorable Secretary of State, Washing
ton, d. q.
The other draft was for the sac amount
to the same banker, payable on the LIST OF
July. Now, as S, Newton Pettis had drawn
ahead OF his time, his whole salary, these
drafts were duly protested and returned
with notice thereof, TO Otto Richter, the
credulous banker, who has instituted sui,
against the ex-minister. PctLis is now on the
Republican stump, disting on the terrible
dangers TO The country OF the election o
usotoos and the filling of offices with i'm
mJrl Democrats.
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PERSON L..


N. +. Comstock, construction engineer on
the Dallas IL Wichita road, is in the city.
Mrs Eliza Haywood and Mrs. VI, A. Rives,
of Jefferson, Texas, are visiting friends in this
city.
Colonel j. NJ. Stenmons left last evening
for Sherman. whittier he goes on legal
business.
Mr.. Moync, who has been with the frm of
KnepAy IL Son, jewellers, left yesterday for
his home in Indiana.
Hon. Thomas j. Brown ard Colonel j. d.
Woods of Sherman, ere in tho city yester-
day on legal business.
Mr.. R4but McClennan is lying seriously i'll
with typhoid fever, at the residence of Mt.
j. Murphy, Commerce street.
o. w. Apperson, travelling correspondent
Of the Chicago Tribune and indianapolis
Journ |, is ia The city and called on US yes
terday.
-di.s Sidney Penn, one of Waxahachie'.
most charming and accomplished young Ia
dies, is In the city visiting tho family of Cap
tain q. NJ. Swink.
Ex-Governor John G. Br wn, vice presi'
dent of the Texas Il Pacific, and G, Harris,
division superintendent Of the road, are at
the Grand Windsor.
Miss Fannie KnepAy left on last evening
east bound train over the Texas ~ Pacific on
visit Of several months to friends in New
Albany Indiana.
Her many friends will DO pleased to hear
that Miss Jessie Lantz has returned home
after two months visit to friends in Bten'
ham and Washington county.
Captain s. Il. Hardie, president Of the
City National bank, left last evening for
Talladegs, Alabama, to bring his family, who
have been spending the summer.
Dwight X Trip. president ofthe Chicago,
TexAs & Mexican Central railroad will leave
to-day for Washington City ald New York
in tho interest of his company.
Mr.. j. Wexlcr, representing the mammoth
clothing house Of SchusteH T0otle " Co,
left the city last evening for the southern
part of the state. Few commercial men have
more warm friends in Texas than Mr.. Wex'
Ter.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-17

THE Republican organs have published a
purportcd letter from Hon. Mr. Beltzhoovcr
Democratic Congressman from the nineteenth
Pennsylvania district, in which he was made
to say to the purported recipient of the let
ter. Il. W. Curriden, ono of bis constituents,
that it was hard TO get Il pension appropria
ton through the Democratic house for Il
union soldier, and an impossibility to got it
through the senate, because an exrebol
(Withers) was chairman of the senate pen
sion committee. Tho stalwart Republican
organs rung tho changes on this letter, but
Mr.. Beltzhoover has come out in q card, de-
nying that be ever wrote such a letter. or u
letter IN any wise similar to it. This, like
the manufactured portion of Senator Wade
Hampton, falls 10 the ground by the weight
OF its own iniquity and falsty.