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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-01
A Pleasant Exchange OF UourteSies.

Hon. Eppa Huutou has recently come
into poss,ssion ui interesting war relies
under the following Interesting eircum'
stances: AT the battle OF Sailors CreeS,
Va. April 6, 1850, ten. Hunton was Ia
ken prisoner aud his wagon tram cap
tureA While the soldiers were deSp0ll'
iny the latter, Lieut. Bell, OF the One
Hundred and Fortieth PENNSYLVANIA IN
hntry. PASSED along the road aud saw a
truuE thrown lr0m a wagon. As u
struck the ground the iaStenings were
broken and a sword and pair OF mlh-
tary gauntlets TELL out. These Lieuten-
ant Bell secured. and finding the name
of Gen. Hunt0n ON the gauntiets, con
cluded 10 retain them, with P"ss'oim'y
of returning them u the owner. he
Gently an account Of this episode was
published in the DmOcrGi OF Washing
ION Pa. near which place Lieutenant
Rel lives. and the editor OF the Ltmotfd!
opened a correspondence With ten.
Hunton. the result Of which was the re
turn 10 him Of the gauntletS, Lieut.
Rel relating the circumstances under
which they came into has possession
and expressing pleasure at being. able
10 restore the souvenirs To their Origihai
owner.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
ARRIVAL % TRAINS

sTrialeiphia ACKNOWLEDGEMENT train only
rims between wheeling and Trialelphia-
tDaily except sunday Newark AccummodA'
ton.
fSteubeuyila ACCOmmpdguUu-IhS Train
during the DAY passrs back wa-i aud forward De
tgssn Martins Ferry and ByilIlrC. stOpplaS
when re4uired az sherman House, EuHvtiler
West wheeling aud Gravel HNl.
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MARINE
Oneut Mutual OF New Yord, .......... l,62. Sl5 IL
PLATE GLAss4 Accident.
KnickeTbocker Casualty. New York, l27,tJ
Property insured at the very lowest rates.
LOSES paid promptly. Good risks and reliable
agents solicited ia every part OF West Virginia.
J. G. ALnERS0E.
JOSEPH KNsHEIMEr Local Agcli nAl
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Louisiana State Lottery Company.

Ths institution ys regs lAEiJ Incorporated 81
The L1gislaiure OF the STAT iOr Eiutation.i Az
Charitable puryaees, In lsls. for the TERN on
TWENTY-FIVE YEAkh, ~ which eoutfs<i ,se
inTiolAbe faith of the State u piedzed, vhbh
pledge has been feneaef b. an overwhelming
con.uiuilOn 1dOpteJ December -. A. u. ls,
win CapllAi d O. 90 CO. ~ which u h.s siBes
sdfei a reserve "a nd Of 500 CO.. Ia Grad alngls
Number Distributbon viii tAss ptsce monthly.
on the scoOIi TUESDAY u lever seAles OF pat
IDu..- Lex a. ne loliONltIg dlstrbnt ton:
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NOTICE.

"AVING. SINCE THE FIRST OF JANC-
ary male a change IN the manner OF con
inrtirl. business I respectfully call the Atten-
tiou ~ my Patrons and The ISeoPie OF wheeling
and vicinity - H. ,.....
In The future all peTsOns sitting Tor picinres al
my Sipdio vsl D. rvl uiTcd d make partial
r,svrsrut after sitting. In aivanCC, In orieE 10
sls,,I-, com plcti1u % the wssk and the balance
Will BE- rpQuire,i upOn the delivery OF the pic
lures This step, ! an soTry 10 SAY, Is lnpera-
tive IN order 70 protect my interest," - many
,,-S,Ys In the EAST sitting for pictures and then
kiIiu, 10 have them finished Tme IS money,
sui this siage huds almost hourly examples
So, ir mn 6ysineSs. in the number u persons
a no constantly aW ait ny attention, aod bile
,,,osiiar N my duty % satisfy my patrons, and
vii ALWAYS cheerfuHy endeAyor - do %, 40
matte now many SttingS % hoE much u9e
- h. Consumed. sin l think that after doing
thai nv ser,ices should Al least be req uited oy
a. nr,isr for The work and laFaAi pay 10
slyaDt,, As security that the party lntells eAlI-
a., a. thtln or IN the event 81 them nOt eAIht 8
INSTRUMENTATION fOf my los 0! time and nate
80 Ptsople will 0biige me oy reinsmost
tSe al,oTe when CalliCg Tor piciuree, n otitt 70
,-,.,,sr,t any uupleaSSntncSS In our trAnsacnous
- y,fil ririlly and indi>cnmin2teiy entorSe II
Trnstlns thai our relations may e As peasant
IN IRE ftrre a. In the past and ASSUMING VIC
,,,elc rat IN AT things Twill endcaFor ie serve
PheiIa a 'Si.~iA' IVY J. A. Il. PARSONS
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EDuCATlO hAL.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.

MINE DEPARTMENTS OF STUDY. TEXT.
~ books furnished at Ccsi; calendar arranged
o suit teach ers pcuScs for one year from til5
o 500. non -seclahan, liberal, thorough. Fail
Term begins scI lcnbeT 81 1879.
For Catalogues aud other information, apply
to the Presi lcul J. X. THOMPSON, no1gau
town, West Va. ag1,gh
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81 HAvE used several bottles oil SIM
mons Liver Regulator, and you may
record the fact, that my feelings are so
far changed that can eat hearty, anu
am more like a we'll man than | have
been for years past. | have suffered
four wears and am grateful for relief.
az HAFFERTI, Periodical Store,
1SOS MarkRt St phila.
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Capital Prize, 10, 600.

E<<yos.nbls corresponding sx<ru wanted q
all point. 70 whom . Beersi CON p<nAtsSn WI
Nnts, elesriJ sixtinS full sifrsa, iof fartAes
infornkfiOn. os renf orders " erpfe9. % In 9
Kezissrei Letter OF Moosy Order ~ mall. -
dnxsed onlJ 10
r.. A. pAUPHIx.
Sew OricaxA Ia.
% sane person % No. no Bfns6ssJ. Sev rofE
1ef ths s1s<ryis.o1 aaf nlAf.aG<r1k1t Of 0<DefAS
q. Z. 1esnrsszsd and Jglai 4. Exriy.
y. B-rkk CoutAny has 10 sfsots In no
British Po~c~.ons. and al p<rspns 1s~s<nding
SsLsrvise are svugt1n nnoW"
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Public Sale Of the Fair Grounds
Oh Wheeling Island.

ON Wheeling Island.
TSP URSC NICE OF A RESOLJ TON
L adopted by the Stockholders Of the North
West Virginia Agricultural Society al meeting
held at their office In the City OF wheeling, on
the eth day OF March, lSSO, the undersigned
Committee will. on
SATURDAY, APRIL l., lSoO.
At the front door Of Ohio county Court House,
com nencing at 10 o'clock A ", proceed 10 sell
AT public auction 20 the highest and best bidder
the real estate owned by the North West Viz
GINA Agricultural society, situated ON Wheel,
Ing Island aud known ~ the Fair Grounds sald
property consists Of al out y acres OF choice
land suitable for building lots, and Is fully dc
scribed In the following deed % which refer
euCc il had, viz A deed made by G. Z. Brown
and Others b. said North West Virginia Agricul'
tural society, dated November Is, ls6', aud re-
cordcd in book No u, pages al, Ia ihe reconIs
Of deeds for Ohio county, w. Va. AMI IN deed
made by Joseph KugvsSner and wife 10 sail
North West Virginia Agricultural society. dated
February "a 1871. and recorded IN deed book No.
s. ps,se 81. Ohio county rCC1ri%
Trims OF SALE-Oue-thiTd OF the puryhase
money tn baud. aud the residue on credit OF o.
~. Is and q months with Interest for which pay
ments the purchaser is 10 give his notes Sausiac'
tori secured The title also retained unill the
purchase money is fully paid
MICHAEL RELY,
: J. BOYD. }CummltteS
EARL ". OGLEBANl
Gro A MlCkHAM AuCtioueer mrlhl
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

A VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT sITUAT:
"A Cd IL North Wheeling, on the corner OF
Main and Second streets, No. 100. The house
Main street and sxAnds back lo0 teet TO Coal
street.; also ssabls dtuatsd on the back part OF
the lot Said property 10 known az the John
Carpenser property. For terms Of sale enquire o
EWING q RILEY,
felTya ll60 Main Street. City.
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Wheeling and Bellaire Passen
yer Packet.

viii leave promptly on the above time; will
make connection with all trains. For freight OF
passage apply 10 II. scamOn, 1850 Water sreSt {,
or on board steamer.
ial7 JOHN B. LUKENs Capt
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splendid opportunity 70 win . fortune.
Fourth GrAud DsStriOutlon CiEks u. At Ses OF.
leans, Tuesday, Apfil i3ih. IsSo-iisth soatbiy
DraWin0
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THE PUBLIC WILL TAKE NOTICE
that the Order Of the Postmaster
General against the Mails Of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company
is RESCINDED.
Registered Letters and Money
Orders can be sent through the
Nails al formerly.
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INSuR RANCE.

j. &. ALDERSON'S
ESERAL INSURANCE AGEscY 2sD FLOOR
uFmnkliR Building. Wheeling, w Va. am
agent for the following old and reliable English
and American companies:
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POINTING WAllSI

WARMING.
nOST GET FRIGHTENED WHEN YOU
IL 20 out 10 take Tea II you ARE offered dish
Of ICE CREAM. ~ I am sending IL 20 ali parts
81 the city. Reference given.
TIL a9 n. IIoY"an,
1910 MAIN STREET.
nSIce Cream always on hand plriO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14

an enterprise without having before
hand summoned their powers of en-
durance before them and impressed
upon them the Importance Of the oc-
casion, where man, accustomed to do
what he pleases, starts forth rashly, to
turn back after the first few steps, or
presses on to declare when he IS half
way oyer hat he would give every
dollar that he possessed. to be safe on
land again. However, as we have
just said, it is not so dreadful after
the first ascent. The portion which
is directly over the water does not
impress you as being so high. The
view is superb, with New York har-
Dor at your feet and the two great
cities with their miles of brick and
mortar stretching away as far as the
eye can reach on either shore, the
trees with the May freshness of their
foliage relieving what might otherwise
be a dreary waste of houses. Way
down below us is the East river with
the busy ferryboats, black with their
crowd Of passengers, many of whom
are looking up and saying: 'Seel some
one is way up there crossing the
bridge We we're over an hour upon
ourpilgrimage before We again reached
the ground on the New York shore
and emerged through the lofty arches
of the New York anchorage"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14
SIT Was the Cat,

Detroit Free Press.
Down at Howell the other day an
old woman about seventy years old
boarded a Detroit, Lansing and
Northern train to come to this city.
Her baggage consisted of a large COW
cred basket, and she wouldn't allow
any hand to take it from her. She
had scarcely got seated when the pas
sengers were startled by a loud
Meow in the car, quickly followed
by a "per-wow'' and other vows ia
numerous to mention. While all
were searching to discover the cat the
old lady sat as stiff as a poker and
looked straight ahead at the stove
pipe. The sounds continued, and a
passenger finally peered around until
he located the cat in her basket.
Madam are you taking that cat
from one country to another 2" he
asked.
What cat ?" she snapped.
Don't you know that under the
laws of this state" he went on, "a
person who removes a full grown cat
from one county to another without
the written permission of the swamp
land commissioners is liable to a fine
of $100?"
GOOD lands! but / didn't know
that she exclaimed, as she faced
around.
Women don't keep track of the
laws as men do" he said. Person
ally, I'd like to see you take that cat
through to Detroit, but there may be
some one on this train Just mean
enough to inform against you and have
you arrested. Ia let her out if | were
you"
Eyes, l will, for l don't want tc
break any law at my age"
She fumbled around the basket for
a minute, and all of a sudden the cat
jumped out. She alighted on the
head of the mar who put up the job,
gave him several sharp digs, and then
leaped from one to another like a
oduliiOli DlIAuS. epAtbluS anu CldWlng
as she went. Everybody rose up and
yelled-everybody but the old woman.
She sat like 4 statue, afraid of being
suspected. When the feline had gone
the length of the car she turned to an
open window and shot out like a bull
let, landing right-side up and making
tracks for a barn in a 6eld.
who brought that cat aboard?
demand the name of the person who
owned that catl" shouted a mar
whose head had felt her claws until
the blood ran.
No one answered. Several passen.
gers looked straight at the old woman
who stood it for a minute. and then
lifted up her basket and called out.
IF anybody wants to look amons
the dried peaches in this basket fol
cats he can do so; you needn't all lool
at me as if | lived in the woods, anC
didn't keep posted on the law"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14
GARFIELD.
A Rotten Record and a Sticky
support.


Special Dispatch to The Pittsburg Post.
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1S80.-The
democrats are already making it hot
for DeGolyer Garfield on his congress
sional record. and it is a common ex-
preston, even with the republicans,
that they would not be surprised to
see him driven from the track. Re
publican congressman who have ex-
pressed satisfaction with the nomina-
tions to newspaper correspondents.
privately express their disgust at the
outcome. Congressman Cox to-day
offered a resolution in the house for
the reprinting of the testimony taken
before the committee of investiga
ton of the forty-third congress in
the Credit Mobilier and the Po-
land report declaring that Car
field took the swag from Cakes
Ames. the document being almost
out of print. Hawley, knowing his
object, promptly objected and defeated
his purpose. Cox will try it over in
another way, and should he fail again,
the damaging disclosures regarding
DeGolyer Garfield will be printed by
subscription. The committee of in
vestigation, appointed by a republican
congress, contained a majority of re-
publicans and was headed by Judge
Poland, of Vermont. 1t was appoint
ed by Cox, Speaker Blaine, who was
himself implicated, having called him
to the chair for that purpose. The
testimony Of Ames is conclusive as to
Garfield, and while the latter denied
the charge under oath, the committee
reported it in accordance with Ames'
evidence, thereby branding Garfield
as a perjurer as we'll as a corruption
list.
The Credit Mobilier is what ruined
Colfax, and the only difference be-
tween him and Garfield was that the
former got $1,000 in dividends, and
that the latter got but 1899. The re-
port, which condemns Colfax and
Garfield, completely exculpates Blaine.
Cox says Garfield is in a moribund
condition, and democratic congress
men are anxious to ventilate his
record on the floor of the house. Cen
eral Belknap, Grants dissraced secre-
tary Of war, pronounces Garfield one
Of the most corrupt men in the coun
try, which is additional evidence ofthe
truth of the adagO that when thieves
fall out honest men get their dues"
The DeGOlyer pavement business is
equally as bad as the Credit Mobilier,
it having been proved that Carried re.
ceiyed $1,000 to help the scheme alOns
as chairman Of the appropriation com.
mittee. There is also an ugly story
connected with Garfeld's legislatiy,
career in Ohio, details of which ar,
not yet out. AS evidence of Garfield
weakness as a candidate, the fact il
cited his majority for congress in hi
own district in 1876 was 5000 less thar
that Of Hayes for president. There i
not a Grant or Blaine man in Wash
ington tonight and Garfield men ar
about as scarce.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14

A New York correspondent of the
Providence Journal has been crossing
the Brooklyn bridge and describes
his impressions as follows:
In our walk over the bridge we
did not pass through those openings
in the tower, but over the tower it.
self. The little temporary bridge con-
sists Of Stats, three inches wide, placed
two inches apart. As we assembled
the tower, We could look down on all
creation below, on the men who look
ed like pigmies, on the h%orse-cars and
wagons which looked like toys. 1t re-
quired no little resolution to keep from
feeling dizzy, and it was not particu-
larly inspiring to dwell too much upop
our lofty and sudden elevation. II
was strange, too, what a comfort was
to be found in the twisted wires
which served as a railing and were
within grasp on either side. Owing
to the fervor with which this grasr
was maintained, our gloves, which
were comparatively new when VIC
started, became, in the course Of the
journey, complete wrecks. From the
anchor to the tower was by far the
most perilous part. After that, one
becomes accumsomed to the grear
height and learns to take a bird s-eye
view Of things with comparative com
posure. Mr.. Martin told us that mel
we're much oftener overcome will
dizziness than women. This is prob
ably due not to the superiority wo
men possess over men in m~aintainin,
their equilibrium, though possibly
they may average better, but to the
fact that few women start out on Sucl
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wen mn In years.

Grenada, Miss. New South At a
wedding of a colored couple in the
southern portion of this city, there
was in attendance a colored ~ancestress
at the advanced age of 120 years.
Also her youngest son was tbere-heI
baby boy-88 years old, who. it is said.
is as agile as a boy of twenty. His
name is Gideon Matthews. He claims
to have been with Gen. Jackson at
the battle Of New Orleans, and tells
of playing the fiddle" in the camps
among the soldiers there. The name
Of the woman was Mollie Rosser. She
was most likely, a slave of the Ros-
sers in the valley of Virginia, in the
"long ago.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14
On-ResIdens Notice.

No. 2755-In the Chancery Court Of sbelbv
county, Tenn.-R. @. Brinkley vs.. D. n.
Poston, administrator of J. o. Greenlaw.
deceased, ct al.
7 appearing from affidavit in this oausp
l. that the defendants, w. r, GreenIaw. Fsn-
ME Greenlaw, his wife, Sallie Greenlaw' Fan
ME greenlaw, Annie Greenlaw and such other
children of w, b. and Fannie Greenlaw who
have been born since the filing Of the original
billin this cause October sd, lS71 and whose
names are unknown and cannot be ascer.
tanned after inquiry, are non. residents Of The
state OF Tennessee and residents NJ Inc
state Of Texas; it is therefore ordered
that all Of said parties make their appear-
ance herein, at the courthouse of Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before tho
first Monday in August, 1880, and plead.
answer OF demur to complainant's amended
and supplemental bill, or the same will be-
taken for confessed as TO them and set for
hearing ex-parte; and that a copy Of this
order be published once a week for four suc-
cessiye weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 4th day Of June, 1880.
X; J, BLACK, Clerk and Master.
A ~cOpy-Attest:
By b. B. MoHENRY, D. @. N,
GOODWIN q Dix, sol. for complainant.
81 30 90 100
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14

country" The returning delegates do
not alone feel personal chagrin at the
defeat OF their candidates, but they
charge that Garfield aud Foster be.
trayed Sherman. 1t is a we'll known
fact that Garfield was elected United
States senator in pursuance of an I'M
derstanding whereby Foster was to be
made governor, and the support ofthe
state given to Sherman for the presi-
dency. Sherman made Garfield sena-
tor, in the sense that he could not
have secured Che place had Sherman
opposed hun Sherman's friends here
say that Garfield has played a treach-
erous part from the beginning, and his
remark above quoted lends the color
of truth to their assertion.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14
A Sharp-Witted COlOred Boot.
Rlnck.

A day or two ago, as a colored boot
black was passing a downtown bar
room and fruit store, in Richmond,
Va, he picked UP the stump of a cigar
from the gutter and went into the
store and asked for a match. He was
metwith the reply, I'VE don't keep
matches to give away" The boy
started out, but stopped at the door,
turned back and asked the proprietor,
do you sell emp He purchased a
box, paid his two cents and lit his
stump, after which he closed the box
and asked the proprietor to put it on
the shelf, and next time a gemman
asks you for a match just give EN- one
out'n my box" There were several
merchants in the store at the time,
who have since given the proprietor
little rest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14

THE Grant managers overreacbed
themselves. The real trouble began
at Springfield, where the Cook county
delegates were excluded. This made
Chicago solid against Grant and the
local influence of the place had a pow
erful effect on the national convention.
The unit was broken and Grant was
defeated.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14

No. S97, R. DIN the Probate Court of Sbolhv
county, Tennessee-W. j. Allen and others
VS.. Anna l.. Obenchain and others, bill far
partition. va y
I appearing. from the original bill IN this
\ cause, which is sworn to, that defendants
Anna b. Obenchain, +. q. 0benchain, W. r.
HreenlaW and his wife, Greenlaw. r. s.
Brown, W. A. Brown and Joanna p. Br.wD'
are non-residents of the State ofTennessee X
Is ordered that they make their appearance
6erein, at the courthouse Of our said Probaie
Court, in Memphis, Tenn, on or beforS
the hrst Monday in July, 1880, an
plead, answer q. demur to complainant's
bill, or same will be taken for Confessed as
TO them and set for hearing ex-parte and
that a copy of this order be published once n
week for four successive weeks in the Public
This May 81, 1880.
A copy-Attest:
By HUGH B. CULLEN. D. G..
scruggs and Ray, sells. for compl'ts.
70 IS 81 q7
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14
The Porter Rifles.

Nashville Banner.l
Twenty-four picked men Of the
Porter Rifles will enter for the prize
in the military contest at Evansville
on the fourth of July. The company
has drilled every night this week and
are in fine trim for the coming strug-
gle. New additions to their ranks are
being added at every meeting night,
about twenty young men having been
elected to membership within the past
two weeks. The company is composed
of the very best material and no person
who does not bear a good moral
character can become a member of it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-14
Arfhnr.s AnteceGenfs.

General Chester A. Arthur. the re.
publican nominee for the v~ice-presi-
dency, is a New Yorker, only about
forty-one years old. Though having
the title of general, it is understood
to be only in connection with the mil.
tia of his state. He is a lawyer BY
profession, and his first prominence
before the country was when he was
appointed collector of customs for the
port Of New York, succeeding Mr..
Murphy, who was removed in conse.
quence of the exposure made of the
moiety system, the bonded warehouse
abuses, and other arrangements by the
committee of investigation. In turn.
Mr.. Arthur was removed from the
New York collectorship by President
Hayes soon after his accession to the
presidency, and a prominent New
York merchant, Mr.. Roosevelt, nom.
mated for the position. Senator
Conkling madea vigorous and success
full fight for his friend and protege
Mr.. Arthur, however, and at thai
time succeeded in preventing the con.
frmation of his successor. Nh. Ar,
thurs removal and the appointment O.
General Merritt to be his successor
did not take place until some tim,
afterwards, and not until after the
report of Mr.. Jay and. his fellow
commissioners in regard to the neeC
Of changes and reforms in the New
York custom-hOuse.