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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-03

LAST night about eight o CLOCK as MT
Robert McLain and his wife and children
were driving down Market street in q
family carriage, the horse became fractions
near the corner OF Twenty.second street,
and broke the harness, besides kicking
the front OF the buggy to pieces. But for
the heroic conduct OF a boy named James
Mack the occupants OF the buggy must
have been severely hurt. The boy held
to the horses, in spite OF their kicking,
though he was several times thrown down,
till the family escaped.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-03

The marks last evening indicated 5 feet
9 inches and stationary.
Business dull,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
the Farmer I'm Politics.

Under this heading Land and Home,
new agricultural weekly. has an article
from which we segregate these sensible
sentences:
The time has gone by for Incorporate
criticism of lawmakers by those who do
not lit finger in the affairs of State.
Why does the farmer go into his grain
lot or dairy. and complain that the freights
are ruinonsly high, and all the politicians
Of the land fit only for the prison? Whose
fault is it? Is not the farmer citizen.
and are not the citizens the source of all
political power: The farmer who indul-
Ees in TRADES against political hacks. vet
keeps away from caucnses, Is not worthy
to De citizen. Perhaps farmers would
not relish the charge of being the ulti-
mate cause of political corruption. But
In % measure It Is true Indifference to
The public welfare is as dangerous to the
State as sedition and dishonesty. All that
any thief asks is TO be left alone.
Tt should be remembered that Cincin
nafIls, that old Roman farmer. was called
to do state service, not because he could
hold plow. bit because he knew some
thing of state craft and II the farmers
have no remedy for acknowledged evils,
they will not secure tie public vote by
simple hue-ant-cry. Well dIgested SYM
opsis of public questions. with definite
plan of opcI Iations, is what will make the
farmer of importance in politics.
Wherever men gather together to dis
Ouss public matters. there let the farmer
be; wherever candidates are to he select
ed for public Offices, let the farmer try his
hand i'm selecting men that will represent
HIM and wherever nonopolists plan to
get rich at the public expense, let the
strong agricultural arm be raised against
speculation. fraud, and injustice. The
farmer should be more than nominal
TNURa 1fTy in ShOIIId
tate measures, and not limit his duties of
citizenship to choosing between the bad
candidates of city bosses and machine
politicians.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
A wonaerf.,r Clock.

The most astonishing thing in the
way of a timepiece is clock described
by Hindoo Rajah as belong to a ma
tiYe prince OF Upper India, and jealous
ly guarded as the rarest treasure of his
luxurious palace. In trout of the clocks
dirk was gong, swung upon poles,
and near it was pile of artificial hu-
man limbs. The pile was made up of
the full number of parts for twelve per-
feet bodies, but all lay hesped together
in seeming confusion. Whenever the
hands of the clock indicated the hour
of /, out Of the pile crawled just the
number of parts needed to form the
frame of one man, part joining itself to
part with quick, metallic click and
when completed, the figure sprsng up,
seized mallet, and, walking up to the
gong, struck one blow that sent the
sound pealing through every room and
corridor of that stately castle. This
done, he returned to the pile and fell to
pieces again. When 2 o'clock came,
two men arose and did likewise and
through all the hours of the day, the
number of figures being the same as
the number of the hour, till, at noon
and midnight, the entire heap sprana
up, and, marching to the gong, struck,
one after another, each his blow, max
ing twelve in all, and then tell to pieces.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
Desperate Efforts to SUPPRESS
Virginia Newspaper

CHICAGO. March Pa Washington
special of the Inter- Ocean says: The people
of Alexandria. Virginia, are doing things
in the old way. A man named Foster,
who Is clerk in the Treasury Department,
and lives at Alexandria, publishes n local
weekly paper in that city. called the Literal
in which he has criticised the public acts
of city officials in PLAIN language A
week ago lie was approached by an Un-
known African, who demanded that he
should cease the publication of his paper.
anil declining to accetle to this demand.
Foster was assaulted and cruelty beaten, so
that lie was unable to leave his bed for
several days. Yesterday was tue regular
publication day, but the printer who has
been doing the preSswork tor Foster de-
clnetl to print yesterdays issue, saying
that he had been waited upon by a delega-
ton of citizens and threatened with The
destruction of his business if he did so.
Foster took his forms aud type to Wash
ington. and the regular edition was printed
in ii job office in this city. Last night by
the O'Clock boat Foster went to Aiexaif-
dria with The papers. He was met at the
wharf by three armed men. who seized
the papers and threw them into the river
The only objections to Fosters paper are
his criticisms of Alexandria municipal
affairs. Such an act has not been COM
mitted in Alexandria since slavery was
abolished.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

Prof. Sheldon, of the Royal Agricnl-
tural College, of England, writes to
the Rur0L Nec Yorker: "Great
numbers OF farmers are insolvent, and
many more are giving up the business
to save the remnant of their capital
Farms TO let are advertised by the
hundred, and rent is falling rapid ".
Many heavy landarable FIRMS do not
find tenants at any price, and the
owners have to farm them as best they
can. Sound grass lands have, however,
deprecated very little. Numbers Of
English farmers are in quite as baG a
plight as the Irish. The worst is over
so far as the cause is concerned. Those
farmers who had laid by something will,
in all probability soon find themselves
IN q fair way to make money again.
1t is, however, probable that the rains
of last year will have so impoverished
the land that crops will not be abund-
ant this season. l doubt il tie loss the
nation has suffered Through the last
three eeaeous) he less than $1,000, ,oOO,-
O0O."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

haI.d, one of whom remarked that
they were well served, since they
had duck between them. eyes,
she broke in-her wit is of the sort
that comes in fisshes-ssand I am bet.
ween two quacks." Then silence fell.
We all know there have been mer-
cenary men. One of this sort had the
good fortane to be accepted by an
heiress. AT the wedding, when he
camc to that part of the ceremony,
''with all my worldly goods l thee en-
dow" ''There goes his valice,' said
one of the brides relations spitefully.
"We bring Up our girls'' remarked
a modern writer, ''like young
men, and give them the freedom and
privileges of bachelors, and then we
expect that they will bear the monot-
ony of matrimony and the restrictions
of maternity with good grace, and be
home-staying wives and mothers after
having been maiden Tamblers."
Old Dick Hargood married second
wife the day after the funeral of the
first, whereat the neigbors serenaded
hlm with tin pans, horse-tiddles and
yells to signify thei. indignation.
Dick stood it as long as he could,
and then went forth and spoke thus
"Boys if you care nothing for the joys
OF u bridegroom, think you ought to
respect the feelings of d widower,
the late partner of whose bosom is
yet hardly cold in the grave" The
boys were stunned, and silently depart
ed.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
Scraps.

'Love laughs at locksmiths," and
yet there isn't anything funny about a
locksmith.
'Sweet are the uses of univer4ity," !"
said girl when senior asked her to
go to the concert.
An exchange says the young lady
who can peel potato in Eve seconds is
as usefnl as the young woman who can
speak five languages is ornamental.
When a woman sails along the
street with majestic stride, you all
mire her graceful carriage, bat the
charm vanishes when she becomes a
little sulky.
An Ohio girl accidentally discovered
that q beetle LETT in the center of loaf
of bread-dough would live through the
baking, and her. lover was at the table
when she made the discovery, and now
she is suing him for breach of prom.
ise.
An Arizona man, while digging a
grave IN which to bury the body of his
wife, struck a valuable silver lode.
Thereupon he remarked, "Well, Irec-
kop Polly III keep if this wether con.
tin1es." and kept on digging. To-day
he is rich man.
At dinner she had . doctor on either
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
a Few Good FIlns.

Punning would not be so BAD were
it not so infectious. Puns leave germs
which lie in idle minds till they tructity
and bare baleful crop of more pans.
The other day some OF us got talking
about that witty old cynic Dean Swift,
when one of the company took advan-
tage of tie opening and gave us tbs
jen de mot of his why" asked the
Dean, sis it right, by the lex talionis,
to pick an artists pocket ?'' 1t vas
given up, of course, and the answer
Was "Because he has pictures" A
silence fell about the table round until
one by one, we saw it. Then one
thoughtful man observed s'It was im-
possible to give the answer-oecause
tie dean had contrived to reserve the
answer to himself. / could not, for in
stance, say that it is right for me to
pick an artists pocket, because he has
picked yours" Here is another con-
undrnm, founded upon pun, which
only the propounier can solve: An old
man and young one were standing by
meadow. "Why," asked the young
man. sis this clover older than you ?''
''It is rot,' replied the other. "It is
though" returned the young man
"because its pasturage." TEereupon
an abstracted-looking person, who had
not understood the illustration, startled
us all with this irrlevent inquiry
"Why cannot pantomimist tickle
nine EsquImaux ? Give it up? Why
its because he can gesticulate.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
Brilliant Reception to GEN. Grant al
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, April 2d-Gen. Grant
had reception at the st. Charles hotel
from 10 A. NJ. to 3 z. a., and afterwards
took a drive through the city. Last night
the carnival court having serenaded the
queen and other distinguished members of
the court, in accordance with the annual
custom, repaired finally to the mansion of
Albert Baldwin, president of the Royal
Host, where large company. including
Gen. Grant, who had been specially invit-
ed by the host, was in attendance. After
an introduction to the ex-president, the
entire company participated In n magniff-
cent banquet. During its progress, Bald
win announced that the general had been
elected member of the Royal Host with
the title of Duke Of America conferred up
on him. The general was Immediately
decorated with the order of st. Rex by
Judge Geo. III. Braugbn, lord high cham
berlain. The general acknowledged the
compliment in substance as follows
Ladies and Gentlemen I thank you very
much for this kind reception and for the
compliment which the Rex association has
just paid me. For, pronounced republican
as am, it would under ordinary circum.
stances hardly be proper for me to accept
the distinction which you have just CON
ferred upon me. especially rs have been
frequently charged with the attempt to
seize upon higher title. But. as l said
before, under such circumstances, and ap-
preciating the objects of your worthy Or
ganization, accept the title of duke, and
thank you again for the compliment paid
and kind reception extended.
NEW ORLEANS, April 3d-Tn reply TO
the speaker of the lonse Grant said Il
have always felt that differences between "a
common people after they have been once
settled should remain SO forever afterward -
In accepting the Invitation to vickshurg he
said Il once went into Vicksburg by the
b:rck door l would like to go in by the
front.1
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

A young lady IN Vicksburg cowhidcd a
Young man who sent her Gothic Valen-
tire.
Hawkeye Burdette has been compelled
to give up lecturing on account OF i'll
health.
During period of nearly two centuries
the first born of the House OF Austria has
been giri-a curious fact.
At Madrid, Spain. sentries exposed to
the death BREATH" blowing from the
Gnadarama Mountains, are changed every
half hour.
Dfptheria is raging in Central Russia !;
since November over 40.O00 persons have
died from the disease i'm two provinces.
The debt OF the Dominion of Canada ia
$147. .4S1 .070, the annual interest of which
is oyer s., 900. 900.
Venice has lad so severe winter that
the wells have dried aud the canals have
been full of ice.
A Lowell man was recently Telling
tree by the roadside. when he saw man
aud woman passing IN sleigh right under
the falling tree. 1t was to late for assis-
tance, anil the tree fell. coming square
down between the horse and the occupants
of the sleigh. The forward part of the
sleigh was smashed, bnt neither the horse
nor the man or the woman was hurt.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
Notice or Final Proof.
LAND OFFICE,


OREGON CITY, Or. March 10, 1850.
NJ NOTIt'E is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice ofIlis intcn-
t1on to make final proof support of his caiuI
ana stcnre final entry thereof. and that said
proof will he made before J. L. cowan, County
Clerk of Linn county, Oregon. at the county
seat of said county, on Wednesday, the I4th
dny of April, 1880. viz Jnnius F.. Whiting,
Homestead Application No. 3:jS2. for he South
east quarter OF SECTION s. Township II, South
Range West, and names the follow ing as his
witnesses. viz: Berry James. f. NJ Miller,
Thomas K. Badger and W G. CusFcIl. all of Lei)-
anon. inn county, Oregon. L. r. BARN,
March Il. ISS0-v I2n24w5 Register.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
HOME INTEREST9.

President Wilder OF the American Pom
illogical Society is opposed to grass in or
clfarC1s.
Land that will grow corn or an average
hay crop is suited for the growth of the
= ash.
Russia stands first among the European
States in the number of swine production.
Wheat, oats. buckwheat and rye contain.
more egg producing qualities than corn.
It is estimated that France produces
three hundred millions of eggs every year.
Feed the sheep well-give fresh, pure
water and keep them out of the wet.
The wine product of California last sea-
son is estimated at 10. 600 600 gallons.
Warmth saves feed, helps f;.ttening and
prevents sickness among live stock.
Without prosperous agriculture there
Is no national prosperity.
The warmer the stable, the less feed re-
quired for the mixers.
The South raised last year 600 ,000,-
900 pounds of tobacco, which is 49,
10000 more than they ever raised be-
: tore.
The most valuable domestic fowl is
the turkey, and it can be raised profit
ably anywhere-it you only know
how.
Within the last five years the acre
age of cereals in the e. S. has increased
from $4,000 GOO to 95, 100000.
T. T. Miller, ESQ, Beecher, ILL.,, is
the largest breeder of Cotswolds in
the u. S it not in the world
In California one man raises from
700 to 800 turkeys every year, besides
tending a large flock OF sheep.
A man in Easton, Maine, last year
harvested 10000 bushels of Potatoes
from forty five acres of ground.
Meriho sheep feed in focks, while
mutton sheep separate almost as much
AZ herds of cattle when feeding.
-. To prevent horses from over-reach-
ing, shorten the toes of the front shoes
and lengthen the hind ones.
The three principal countries in Eu-
. rope which are exporters of butter are
Holland, Denmark and Sweden.
Buckwheat -four is recommended for
giving the hair of horses fine, smooth,
brilliant appearance.
Poultry enough to produce an annual
income OF 800 might be kept on every
! farm in the country.
stes ATizona cattle were assessed last year
: at from s12 to $50 per head, and they
can't be sold for that.
Feeding SOW plenty of oats, raw OF
cooked and seasoned with salt, is given
60 remedy her disposition to eat her
pigs
a
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

a process which, though old, is net
universally known, is to shake solu.
sion of gold leaf in aqua regia with
ether, or naphtba. The gold will leave
she acids to combine with the other
liquid. Polished steel surfaces, such as
knives, scissors, etc, on being plugged
in this ISOLATION, when dry, are covered
with ; coat Of gold, which is an ex-
cellent preseEvative from rust. Letters,
designs, etc, may be traced by means
Of apen, pointed stick or brush, and as
chs ether evaporatea, the gold will re-
main fixed.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

To show faith in the safety and excellsnee Of
che X. B., upon proper personal application, when
satisfied that no Imposition il intended, we will
give the names of all its ingredients, by AFFIDAVIT
prietor of any other Family Medicine in the world
Many festfmO mOnfa1 further inform alton. end
full directions for using will be found in the pam.
phlet Treatise Diseases of the Blood ~ in
which each bottle enclosed Price @l per bottle eon-
ginning u ounces, 10 TO SO doses. Sold by drug.
Nats. D. RANSOM, soN d Co, Prop'Js, Buffalo, ~.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
King Of the Blood

Cures nl Scrofuous affections and disorders result
ing from Impurity of the blood. 1t is needless TO
specify all AS the sufferer usually perceive their
cause but SaH Rhcan, PjDertess Ulcers, zssAsoFs,
well as many affections OF the Heart, Head. Livs1
and Stondch.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

Keep the back-especially between
the shoulder blades we'll covered, also
the chest we'll protected.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
MELMBOED,S i
u nUhU

Envigorafes the stOmah.
And stimulates the torpid Lives Rcwess
and Kidneys. to healthy action, " sleapA-
ing the blood Of all Impurities, anss tsiTars-
ing new life and yigor to the wlaese sYeaens
a single trial VIII be qtlise smsIBrSrns ID
convince the most hesitat5ng Of Its vaI.sabls
remedial qualities.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
PRICE, 81 PER BOTTLE.
Or six Bottles fer S8.


Delivered to any address free tronsIphser-
vation.
'.Patients' may coiisnit BY iatfe yeteiw
Ing the same attention as by calling.
Competent Physicians attend to earraa-
pondents. All letters should bs ati.stdseed
To- 81 aAs ftsA e =
=. 9. zE1Gzo ).
Druggist and cho
Phiaadelpah
CAUFIDN y y.
See that tAs private 2xenx.a
STAMP = On each hda.
SOLD Eyery
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16
HELMBOID'S BUCHg
Us Ume0Waled

By any remedy known. 1t Is pFest
by the most eminent physicians Vi issf
the world, in
RheuHmafismn.
SperRsatOrl.IsHa@
Neuralgia,
Nervousness.
Dyspepsia.
Indigestion.
80 COAstffSst6f6R1
Aches & Ps 10,
General Debility.
Kidney Diseases.
Liver Complaint.
Nervous Debility
Epilepsy,
Head 'A'rOUble
Paralysis.
General ill hes lh,
Spinal Diseases,
Sci9tica,
Deafness
LUEM bagO,
CafarFEa,
Nervous CORRnD1mikfa.
Female Complaints. he.
Headache, Pain In the Shoulders Carh.
Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Ernpsions llaa
Taste in the Mouth. PalpitaiIon the
Heart, Pain in the region Of the Kfdeys,
and thousand other painSal symposns,
are the offsprings OF Dyspepsia.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-16

For Debility, Loss of Memory,
sition to Exertion or Businesses
of Breath, Troubled with Thought
ease, Dimness OF Vision, Pain in u
Chest and Head, Rush Of Bloc. Ar
Head. Pale Counfenance and DrySnl
If these symptoms are allowed 10 ..
very frequently Epileptic Fits al h.
sumption follow. When the cOs,st M
becomes affected, it reqisiM.s the aid Ia
insigorating medicine to strength lad
tone up the system, which
Helm ho1d's Buch Z
DOES IN EVERY CASE.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-08
Deaths.


BRATToN-On July 6th 1850, Frank Bratton, aged
i lie relatives and friends OF the family also Co G,
DUPONT Guards, are invited to attend the funeral
from the residence of his father, Fifteenth and
Market streets, on Friday afternoon, 9th inst,
Services at O'Clock. lnterment at Mount Salem
cemetery.
CLEAYER, Fell asleep, at Wilmington, Del, on
the morning of the itb inst, Letitia Cleaver of
Elkton, Maryland.
EARECKSoN.-on Kent Island, Md, 18th OF June,
Margaret En- aged 70 years, wife OF William
Eareckson.
FARRA.-On Wednesday July T. $780, Maggie wife
of j. W. FArra, in the S9th year of her
Relatives and friends OF the family are invited to
attend her funeral from her late residence, Ill
French street. on Friday, July g. Services al the
house at $50 o'clock to proceed to biyerview
cemetery.
KELLY.-on July 3D. Maggie NJ, infant daughter
Of John r., and Mary @, Kelly, aged months snd
LoFMAN On July lst, Wilmer N. infant son of
David s. and Martha L. Lofman AGED 3 months
MURPHEY.-un July 4th, 1885, at his fathers resi-
dence, newark DEL, David ]. Murphey, Jr.,
scMuLIZ On list inst, Anna E. wife of samue
W. Schultz, aged q years.
SHOLL-1n this city, on the ith inst, John ShOll,
The relatives and friends of the family invited
toatend the funeral to leave his late residence, No
| East Fifteenth street. on Friday afternoon at 4
O'Clock services at the house, to proceed to Brandy
| wine cemetery
| springbett in the 4gnd year Of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are
respectively invited to attend the funeral on Thurs
day next July sth, from his late residence, No. ~
] Orange street, Services at O'Clock, r. III.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-08
MILFORD.


Special Correspondence of State Journal.
MILFORD. July 3.-Rain rain We have
had refreshing showers for the last two days,
and the mosquito il singing that tune OF
yore."
Our depot platform was crowded yesterday
with ice cream freezers, confectionery of
every description, cider, lager, and other
things en- route for Georgetown, and some say
the cider was of the hair-cutting order.
We understand that all arrangement is
shout to be made by the Messrs. Wood, of
Philadelphia and the ]. & B. railroad to have
a line Of steam barges between this place and
Philadelphia. Such a thing is devotedy to
be wished.
In regard to the population of our town
only $500 we think it hardly the fair thing, as
the town is now far beyond the original incor-
porated limits, and none of these have been
counted. We have not done,as we learn some
other towns have, used the elastic suburbs.
And none were counted who were not actual
residents. We can scrape 800 additional If
we were to adopt the plan above mentioned.
MILFORD, July Saturday was high day
with the colored population here. Early IN the
morning ''The Grand Independent Union
Boys" Ga secret society turned out III full
regalia with stalls and other emblems Of the
order, preceded by the Independent Cornet
Band, and followed by rushing, rouslng,
motley crowd passed through Front street to
High Hill where they pick-Hicked and i'll the
evening marched gleefully through all the
principal streets OF the town. A novelty
vender created some excitement in the even
ing by selling his wares at auction. This is
the sum of Milfords Fourth Of July iollities,
Your correspondent was at Georgetown and
would give full report of the days doings
but presumes your correspondent at that
place has or will attend to that, however,
will say it was big thing for Georgetown.
Some placed the crowd at Is, 900, but think
that large estimate, and would put the
figures at from 5000 to 10000. The town
was alive with people very much resembling
an "ant hill"' with the exception of an
occasional ant who had such a heavy head
that he would drop down on the grass, in the
street or on u soft plank in a cellar door