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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-26

PERSONAL MEHTloN.-Col. S. Y. Buck.
man, well known gentleman Of Cincin-
natl, has rooms at the Stamm.
Frank I. Wray, very clever gentle.
man from Pittsburgh, is in the city. He
represents Harris & .Ewings drug house.
Mrs. H. K. List left for Philadelphia
Saturday night, called thither by the sick
ness Of her daughter, Miss Jessie, who Is
attending school in that city.
Thomas McCune, the new Manager OF
the Belmont furnace, will take charge
February 1st. Meantime Nick. Riester is
in charge.
county Saturday, to be married on
Wednesday.
Among the late arrivals at the slamm
are Col. S. Y. Buchanan, Cincinnati; Count
Ernest L. Ellrich, Paris, France, W. B.
Fleck, Bealsvile; D. F. Kemp, Buffalo.
n. u; NV. Fl. Biers, James P. Malseed and
II. y. Dalbey, Philadelphia; L. G. Morse,
Cleveland; @. s. Howell and wife, city;
S. b. ,Glemy, Buffalo; O. Damcke. Milwau-
kee; II. N. Burdick, Norfolk, Va; James
Dawson, Troy, n. VI; DR.. Stanton, Steu-
benville; A. F. Westain, Grafton, II. b.
Hayes and Il. Lehert, city.
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THOMAS 0'BRIES,
WM. @. HANDLAN,
THOMAS McCoRMICE,
JAMES W. SWEENEY,
H. q NpAcRAPr

This resolution was unanimously adopt.
Larkin and others then INDUCED in a
running debate on the proposition to be-
gin the subscription at once, which the
Chairman stopped att highest.
a motion prevailed that q telegram be
Gent to Parnell asking him to indicate the
time at which he could visit this city,
which was done, but up TO the time Of ad-
journment no answer had been received.
II he cannot come, mass meeting will
be held for the purpose Of raising money.
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taking on about $500 kegs Of nails at this
point. She WINS laden fiat.
The Stockdale passed up yesterday after
noon for Pittsburgh.
The Hudson was due down last night
for Cincinnati.
The Andes is due from Cincinnati to-
day, and will return tomorrow evening
at the usual hour for departure.
The local packets are making their usual
daily trips.
The bacotah passed up yesterday for
Pittsburgh TO load for ST. Louis.
by Telegraph
CcIScISNATI, January 25.-Rivor % feet
8 inches aud rising. Weather clear and
pleasant. Departed: +. II. Durfee, st.
Louis; Granate State, Pittsburgh.
ST.. LOUIS, January 25.-Arrived: j.
A. scudder, New CLEANS: Hope, Cairo.
River fallen 0 inches. with 10 feet 2 inches
by gauge. Weather clear and cooler.
MExPuIs, January 25.-River falling.
Arrived: J. w. CAT, Cincinnati. Depart
ed: City OF Vicksburg, St Louis; Gold
Dust, Vicksburg; Charles Morgan, New
Orleans. Clear and cool.
CAIRO, January 24.- Arrived-J. d.
Williams, Ohio River; Maude, Vicksburg;
Resolute, Ohio River; Cherokee, New Or
leans; Bedford, Pittsburgh; Mint Shinkle,
Memphis: Champion, 81. Louis. DEPART
ed-Colorado, st. Louis; st. Genevieye,
Memphis; J. B. Williams, New Orleans;
Mande, st. Louis; Cherokee, Cincinnati;
Resolute, Ohio River; Vint Shinkle, Gin.
Cinnati; Campion paducah; Bedford, New
Orleans. Biver 50 feet inches and fall.
ing. Clear. Mercury 81.
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BEsr qualities Of strlng at sAelb,s.

"My liver Is out Of order, and l feel bad
generally" said one friend 10 another.
"Do as l did, and You WILSON be we'll /;
get box OF McLains' Wheeling Pills las
they are the poor mans friend, and you
will never have your house without them. I"
Be sure you get the Wheeling Pills, or
you will be deceived.
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PoLtcR couRr-Jadge Crdamr.-The fol.
lowing cases were disposed Of at this
Court Saturday,:
Jonas Ruttergeld was up on charge OF
disorderly conduct, which was dismissed
at the costs Of the city:
Charles oohagon, disorderly. conduct;
S. and costs. Paid.
The "Great Unknown" arrested by
officer Asmus as a probable incendiary,
was sent to jail to await an examination
on charge OF lunacy. ~
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nENTIsTRY.-To THOSE THAT DE
IL SIRE TO save their natural teeth We would say
that WO arc now better prepared than ever eiore 70
enable them To do 20. By tho use oil an ELEcTko
MAgNEIIc PLuaaGR we can aud are making better
and hantsumer Gold Filings, With more ease TO our
Patients than have heretofore been made IN TINS
Gity or elsewhere, without the aid Of the Electric
PluHYcf. What We say We can prove ny ACTUAL
demonstration, Call and SEQ for yourselves.
JAMES N. SuRGlSON son,
aul No. Il4S Market ST., Wheollna, W. Va
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Brief Mention.

SUPPLIES Of coke for our various mills
arrived Saturday. t
A MONSTER masquerade is booked for
Fulton Wednesday evening.
The incendiary was insane, and the
other william Is still pursued.
The pleasant weather OF yesterday drew
out large church attendance. J
JOHN DENNIS has been sworn in as Con.
stable for Squire Waits Office.
GLASS will be made in the new Riverside
Glass Works at Wellsburg to-day.
TIE Central Glass Works are closely
watched by special night police at pres
ent
TIE Nail City Boat Club will give a
masked ball at their boat house Friday
evening.
Tue Ada Richmond troupe arrived in
this city by special train over the PwiKy
at Q o'clock last night.
A VERY satisfactory temperance meeting
was held at Otis Hall yesterday afternoon
by the Peterson Union"
TIE night Waterman at the Centripital
works shot at a man Saturday night who
was acting rather suspiciously around that
neighborhoOd.
A PILE Of coal.oiled kindling wood found
| In the stable Of James Maloney, near the
8. & o. depot, Saturday evening, is the
most recent fire news.
Mn ED RoDoERs, OF North Wheeling
was the lucky holder OF the ticket that
drew splendid gold watch lCt,efed Of
by Top mill employee Thursday night
last.
soxr tipsy fellows in the Sixth ward
started up town last Saturday night, and
at alley 10 one OF them ran down 1t "ioi
fun, and was fired ut by a night watch
man. His friends finally succeeded IL
finding him. He was perfectly sober anc
didn't want to 60 up town at all.
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l THANK God from The bottom Of my
heart, that He gave suffering humanity
suSh an excellent remedy as st. Jacobs
Oil. Having hardly, commenced with the
use OF the first bottle, already find great
relief, and look with lighter heart into the
future, W, d. EIsESTRAdER,
Marion, New York,
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Riyer Ne,,n.

The marks last evening indicated IS
feet and falling.
The st Lawrence left Saturday evening
with q fair trip for Cincinnati.
The Fearless will arrive to-day with ore
for the Laughlin, Riverside, Bellaire, Bel.
mont and Benwood mills
The Montana passed down yesterday
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THE atlantic Clothing House," TO be
opened March lst, at No. 1890 Market
street, Crangle's Block, by NJ, salinger,
will be patronized by all persons seeking a
good article al clothing.
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NEw Hamburg Edelngs and Insertings,
the largest variety in this city, at our
usual low and popular prices.
SPRYER BEnS.
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JonN RoEMgR still continues to sell Dry
Goods, Carpets and Wall Paper at the old
prices Nos. 20le and 2O2l Main street,
Centre Wheeling.
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TOR RENT = THOSE DESIRABLE
IL Houses, No. 20 and . Penn street, Island. An
modeIa improvements are 10 the houses gas hot and
cold water bath and closets. Rent moderate TO good
tenantl Possession given April J. 1850. Inquire or
a. u. ADAMS, At Lueas' Music Store, li27 Market
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! WOULD LIKE TO KNOW NB.

How II happens that ,cl s'ray, hsIe i9tA "
biscuit sn'I Griddie takes7 Well Y doal IN
II comes a. cCIulnty. because alNsvt " ~
LIST i oyS EXCELSIUR la HlSi fJWRtA'N
Is I',it" anil fOllAhlc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-26

NV Ruchings, Lace Fichues, the largest
and best variety in this city and at popu.
lar prices. SPRYRR BRoS,
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TOR RENT-BRICK HOUSE, No. 81
y Eighteenth street, East Wheeling containing
gas, good Atand Tor grocer. Cheap 10 good ten
ant, Inquire Of A. NJ. ADAMS, At Lucas Music
Stare, 1871 Market street. ja8
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DWELLINGS FOR RENT-THE NEW
IL brick dwelling, No. 1876 Fourteenth street. SIX
rCons wash room and cellar; Also the frame DWELL
ing seven rO0ms No. % South Front Street, Island
very near Suspension Bridge. Possession April LAT,
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DOR RENT.-THE WAREHOUSE
u and DWELLING. No, ili3 Main street, now oc-
enpied BY Messrs. G. Rraus Bro. Possession given
dec not Main street.
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FoR RENT-E&PECTlNG TO RE.
y move our Wholesale Hat House on or before The
~ Of April next 10 the rooms now occupied BY
Vance, hughes Co., No. Is Main street, NO oticr
Ior rent the roona We nav occupy, No. i22l Main
street. HARPER d BRO.
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snGEr Music at hall price, at sheib's.

ASK your. grocer for Dilworth Bros.
Roasted Coffee. 1t is strictly pure Rio
Coffee and each package contains full
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KRANRR's basd rendered Miss Elsa Won
Blumen, the walkist, . complimentary
ssrenade at the New Mci.ure setn5say
night, after which reception vas he'd N
the patlors.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-26

A generous nutritious diet. Pure air
aud Colden's Liebigs Liquid Extract OF
Beef taken regularly, paw
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MASON & HANLN Organs, one. tenth tie
price quarterly, till paid, at Shelbs.
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THERMOMETER RKcoRD.-The following
shows the range OF the Thermometer, as
observed at schnept's drug store, Opera
House corner:
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DOR SALE OR REMIT WILL SELL
i that well known stand, Nos. 700 aud 2O02 Main
tame, The house y three stories high with cellar
There are tHo good store rooms Ia The hnt story
The dwelling pArt Of the hOHlo contains fourteen
IoGnsr and there good wash house aud other out
bnldngs The house was built Of ifrSt rats malerial
and The workmanship Il TSt-elAS. The house can be
used ~ tegeLheI OF separated into three suementI.
Apply 70 UED, II. PARkH in6
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The Maennerchor Singing Society will
give masquerade at Germania Hall on
The 20th.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS,

7AnI2n.Sr.M.7P.AI7A.A.i 2M.Sr. N. i'm
"a So 50 a IS IS v W
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A sIIGHr fire in the cellarSof the resi-
dence Of NIL. OFT, Esq, North Main street,
last night, was put out by the servants,
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BUY a Present that will outlast time /;
one 10 not only gladdsn the heart to-day but
In after years awaken happy recollectlons
Of the giver. JACOB W. 6RuBB.
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SEND to sheib's Music Store, Washing
ton Hall.
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DOR RENT SToRE.RooM In BELL.
l. ARE, Ohio, situated on Belmont street BuSi.
ness location inst class. For any Information call on
BOllaire, Ohio. IaY3o
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DOR RENT.-THEs ToRERooM AND
J. Dwelling, Nos. 1865 and 1860 Main street, now
occupied BY L. y. Hopkins Possession given April
d 49, Apply to i io kESS nIn !}ls.,
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DOR RENT.-A TWO STORY AND A.
L. HALF brick dwelling house. hot and cold water
and gas throughout No. d Twentieth street. Inquire
Of ". Z, YOUNG, at Harper & Bros. de0
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Musical Instrumen tsfepaired at sheib's.
wanted.

Sherman 4 Co., Marshall, Mich, want
an agent in this county AZ once, al a salary
oil 500 per mouth aud expenses paid.
For particulars address as above. d&w
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BAND supplies at sheib's.
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Circle OF Honor. His inviolable word was
pledged to that He spoke for you this
afternoon; he ia TO. get half Of The pro-
ceeds and you the other hall, out OF which
you. pay the expenses, andif any shekels
Jingle Ia the box after that, the golden
residue is yours. The other party, labor.
ing under the impression that they had
engaged the doctor, made q few arrange:
ments to that effect, and when they found
that yon had the much coveted physician,
they not only wouldn't patronize you, but
did all they could to prevent others from
attending. Is this your side OF the affair
In nutshell? AM right2 0mnes land
one or two others Itisl You arel
Good EVENING"
Good evening!
Tbeevening meeting passed OF quietly,
DR.. o Weary speaking to large audience.
CONTAMINATION alarm Of fire was
sent In last night at HIS o'clock from tie
Bridge corner and was caused by the
burning oil small wooden stable, the
property OF John Dumas, q Frenchman,
who does hauling In the city. The stable
in the rear OF house or Market street, and
was OF very combustible material, was
Of very combustible material, was filled
with hay and was consumed before the ar
rival OF the department, which, however,
prevented spread to surrounding build
ings, several OF which were on fire at once,
and general contlagration seemed immi-
nent at one time. There were five horses
in the stable at the time Of the fire two OF
which were burned 10 1t and one SO badly
that he was shot by order OF the Chief Of
Police. His ears were burned off and his
body burned to crisp. Three sets oil
harness and two tons-of hay were also
burned. The report OF revolver four OF
five times in succession was heard but il
was afterward found that they had no con-
nection with the fire. There was no in
surance upon the property, the total loss
OF which will not reach $500. There is nc
clue to the origin OF the fire nor could
there be any conjecture formed.
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DOR RENT HOUSE, gs2O MAIN
Il street with seven rooms wash house, gas and ali
Inquire at
las 07OS MAIN STRERF
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DOR RENT.-THE LARGE STORE
~ ROOM and Dwelling attached No. 1858 Chap
Inquire on the promises, Of
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Trustees Sale Of Market Square Prop
Ladies', Please Take Notice.
Dissolution OF Partnership.
For Cincinnati-Steamer Andes.
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FOR RENT.

DOR RENT.-oNETwo AND A.HALF
J. STORY brick dwelling, hot and cold water and
gas, No, q Twentieth street. Inquire VI W. G.
YOUNG, at HsTpAr Bros desc
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Consumptiye,s Hope.

PlAxoa and Organs tuned at sheib's.
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Che lntelliaerlter
Sew AdyertisunenIu

once. Nos. as and n Fourteenth street
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To Nervous SufEerers-The Great guro.
peau Remedy-Dr. J. b. slump.
sons Specific Medicine.
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The manners, dress and makeup OF the
whole company are exceptionally good,
and should they ever return 10 this city
they are sure ola hearty reception. They
leave this morning for Lancaster, Ohio,
where they appear this evening.
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,ee and 81 co BuaioN.Y
and Eeetitd Sold
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One OF our being charged
with the mission OF obtaining the other
side Of tho difficulty, wendell his way to
DR.. Halls office on Twelfth street, but a
legend on the door bore. the words, "At
Washington Hail." From this we sur
missed that the Doctor early sought the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-19
IlOHse.

WASHINGTON, May 18th Bland from the Coinage
Committee, reported in favor of assay Office at St.
Louis, Referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Cobb, from the Appropriation Committee report
ed back the Pension Deficiency BILL with clause
approprating $4,000 for steamer to relieve the
crews of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean, The bill
was considered.
Chalmers submitted an amendment defining the
Act placing colo ed persons in the army the same
footing others to bounty and PENSIONS so as to
extend its provisions to heirs of such soldiers in
their claims to military service. The amendment
was ruled out, and Chalmers appealed. But on the
suggestion of Garfield the amendment was with
drawn, to be passed as a separate measure.
TIE pension bill then passed
Chalmers amendment was then agreed to as o
separate measure.
The District of Columbia Appropriation bill was
amended and returned to the Senate.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill was referred
to the Committee of the Whole.
McLane rising to question of privilege re-
ferred to the letter addressed to him and Ellis as
members OF the Committee Pacific Railroads, from
j. A. George, charging bribery and corruption upon
the Congress which passed the Texas Pacific bill.
The newspapers got the letter through himself. He
intended to submit the letter to the committee at
it's next meeting. Ii the committee thought it
worthy of notice he would bring the matter TO the
attention Of the House.
The House went into committee on the Agricult-
ural Appropriation bill.
The bill was hen read for amendments.
Whites amendment was adopted, that members
of Congress shall distribute reasonable proportion
Of the seeds
Gillettes motion, appropriating $4,000 for ex-
periments at various State Fairs for manufacturing
sugar from sorghum and corn-stalks was ruled out.
Converse submitted an amendment for an artesian
well for the sake of recaiming arid wastes Of the
plains east Of the Rocky Mountains
Pending the debate the committee rose and re-
cess was taken.
EVENING SESSION.
WASHINGTON, May 1sth.-The House met at 730
and Immediately went into Committee Of the Whole
the bill to establish Court of Pensions.
After short debate the bill was read for amend
ments.
Brown offered an amendment providing that the
members OF the Court shall hold their offices six
years, unless sooner removed for misconduct
Adopted.
After further consideration, without disposing Of
the bill, the House adjourned
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steaming gained fully three days on her
schedule.
The Exhibition was closed April goth by
His Excellency the Governor, in accordance
with the programme The executive COM
missioners stated that there were 400
exhibits, the number of awards being 7,o70
-firsts, 2,753; seconds, 2,0S2. The num-
Der of admissions was l,022, 600 persons
receipts since opening, under ESQ, eco, but it
is expected the Exhibition will pay ex-
penses.
The New Zealand Parliament is con-
vened for May 2Sth
In New Zealand man was twice
hogged in prison as part of his punishment
for indecent assault
The whitefish sent down to New Zea-
land from this country have been success
fully acclimatized in Canterbury province.
The Melbourne furnituremakers and
others have formed an association, the OBJ
ject of which is to restrict the employment
of Cinnamon, and appointed deputation
to wait upon the Works Commissioner to
request him to prevent the sub-letting of
government contracts, whereby the works
might get into the hands of Chinese.
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AUSTRALASIA.

By the Zealandia, which arrived at San
Francisco yesterday, we have later Austria
liam and New Zealand exchanges, from
which we compile the following news sum.
mary:
The Sydney Exhibition has been closed
with great success. The Executive Com
missioner, P. A. Jennings, brother of John
Jennings, proprietor of the South End
warehouse, has been made G. M. G. by
the Imperial Government in recognition of
his services at the Exhibition. The gen.
tleman was recently on visit to San Fran
cisco, and is well known to merchants en-
gagged in the wool business here.
The Bank of New Zealand, at its half
yearly meeting in Auckland recently, de-
clared a dividend at the rate of Is per
cent.
The South British Insurance Company,
having an agency here, declared 10 per
cent. dividend at its half-yearly meeting
in Auckland, April 18th.
A miniature volcano is reported at the
Sugar Loav.s, on the west coast of New
Zealand. This is near the base of an ex-
tinct volcano, and in the earthquake and
volcanic belt.
The New Zealand Herald says The Pa
cifc Mail Steamship Companys steamship
City OF Sydney arrived on the 9th instant,
after most unprecedentedly quick pas
sage of IS days and 25 minutes from San
Francisco. She left that port fully five
days behind contract time, owing to the
steamer catching fire, but by splendid