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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

GENEVA, July s.-The earthquake on
Sunday was one of the most severe and
widespread that has been known in
Switzerland for several years. Two per.
sons were killed. Several meteors OF the
summit Of Schnelleberg, near Quarton,
fell, overwhelming the large woods.
LONDON, July Gan earthquake at the
Island Of st. George, one OF the Azores
group, resulted in the formation OF another
island six hundred yards distant, and
about 5000 square yards in extent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10
ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRs

LONDON, July 9.-In the House OF Com
mons, in committee this evening, Parnel
and other members for Ireland, persisted
in combating the new clause OF com
pensation for the disturbance bill, al
though 1t was not before the committee
Biggar, Home Ruler, was called to order
for defending the use Of violence against
certain landlords in Ireland, particularly
the late Lord Leitrim. Mr.. Michael Henry,
Home ruler), in the course Of debate,
announced his intention to quit the Land
League. He said he repudiated its extreme
views.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

EEw YoRE, July 9.-The funeral Of the
late Col. VIM. Pelton, nephew and secre-
tary. Of Ex-Governor Tilden, took place
this afternoon from Mr.. Tilden's residence,
No. 10 Grammercy Park. Among those
present were ex.Police Commissioner
Mclean, Corporation Counsel Whit
ney, Mayor Cooper, Clarkson N.
Potter, Col. Jno. R. Fellows and Andrew
H. Green. The pail bearers were
Gen. Jno. NJ. Corse, Alfred ]. and
Alonzo B. Dickerson, Francis s. Abell,
Smith N. Weed and Edward L. Paris.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10
AsAILlNe sHIp GOES DOWN.
The owner DroWned-A Large sam OF
Money Lost.

1AtANS s-Ss"
NEw YoRx, July ga St. Johns, N. F.,
special says the Titania sailing ship, Cap
tain Lloyd, master, owned by John Rees,
Of Seven Son, left St, Johns, Meramichi,
in ballast, and on Wednesday, shortly
before midnight, she struck huge Ice
island, and In few moments sunk. The
crew all got safely out OF the ship In two
boats with provisions.
Mr.. Rees, the owner, who was on board
had q considerable sum Of money and
other yaluables In his possession, but
went back TO the ship for something ht
had forgotten, and the crews OF the boat
allowed him to 90 down with the sinking
ship. The boats crews were picked uI
next day and brought to St. Johns. Their
is no trace, however, Of the money or o
the unfortunate Rees. Conflicting storiel
are told, and the matter will be investi
gated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10
CROP REPORTS.
Iowa..

ATLANTIC, Ia, July This portion OF
the State has been bountifulIy blest this
year with an abundance Of working and
growing weather, and the crops are look
ing exceptionally fine. The country is ono
vast panorama OF changing green, with an
occasional strip OF gold where advanced
grain is ripening Harvest will soon be
here, and, nothing preventing, there will
be by far larger crop garnered than ever
before. Farmers are jubilant, and proies-
sional and trades people likewise happy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10
ST. CLAIRSYILLE.

ST. CIAiRvsILLE, July 0.
Special Dispatch to the IntellISeuosr.
Joseph O. Pratt, ex.Deputy Clerk oi
Court, under ]. R. Mitchell, Esq, died
very suddenly at his residence here, TO-
day at two o'clock. He had been confined
to bed with symptoms OF typhoid fever for
several days past. Pneumonia was devel-
oped some days ago, and to-day he was
apparently better, when sudden spell oil
coughing and smotheripg took place, and
in few minutes he was dead.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

FREMONT, O., July 0.-The Democratic
AesGngr Of this city, one OF the rankest
Democratic sheets In Ohio, comes ont in
an editorial to-day, declaring for Garfield.
It says "lhat bonn fdt vote OF the Ameri-
can people will loudly call on General
Garfield to take the reins OF the Govern
ment for four years. from March 4, 1881.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

ST. LOUIS, July 9.-Further private ad'
vices from Arkansas City, Kansas, say an
other party OF invaders entered the In
dian Territory, and will Join Capt. BYrnes
company. A dispatch from reliable
source at Alichita. Kansas, says that only
% 70 80 men left there for the territory In
stead Of 800 as previously reported,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

wlth the Jerome.PaleheII Am.Ir.

Win Tue JeFOme.PhIchoII AINlII.
New YORK, July 9.-William McGibbon,
a stock broker, OF SOS Broad street, was
arrested to-day, charged with being one Of
the men who knew OF the finding OF Ss7,-
900 worth Of bonds, lost bv Brayton Ives
& Co. He admitted that the securities
we're for short time in his hands, having
been retained one night by him for exami.
nation. at the request Of Jerome and
Patchell, the other accused partners. He
further stated that he advised them to be
returned 10 the owners.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10
TURkEY.

CoNsrANriSorLE, July 9.-At midnight
Sunday night three transports left the
arsenal for Volo and Prevesa with seven
battalions Of troops, five batteries and q
quantity OF ammunition. The disbandon-
ment OF 1900 soldiers in Thessaly whose
time have expired has been forbidden.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

Capt. ]. NJ. West, Superintendent and
Contractor for the Black Hills Placer and
Mining Company, which Is building and
erecting an extensive hydraulic works at
Rockville, Is short about S24 900 in his &C.
counts with his employers, oi whom there
is nearly 400.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10

ENGLISH iron workers are giving notice
aHat the end Of July new contracts will
oa's to be made at advanced prices, II at
ln' The trade in this country is expert.
t0elng 4 similar feeling. A slow advance
10 prices is pretty sure to result.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-10
MARTINS FERRY.

News Notes and Personal Mention.
The Garfield club meets tonight for the
purpose Of electing officers.
The greater part Of our people seemed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
White Wax.

1t will be a surprise to a large number
of our American women to be told that
the white wax, of which they make such
constant use when engaged in their
household sewing, is the diseased secre-
ton of peculiar species of fly found in
the eastern. portions Of Central China.
Most of our countrywomen, if they have
given a thought to the subject, have sup
posed that this white wax was some re-
fined product of ordinary beeswaX-an
article that has about it the conditions of
cleanliness and healthfulness, which is
more than can be said of exudations of
insects due to some bodily malady.
These flies apparently become diseased
from feeding on the leaves of a particular
kind of evergreen tree or shrub, of which
they are exceedingly fond. The twigs of
these trees in certain seasons of the year
are thickly covered with flies, which, in
time, leave upon them thick incrusta-
ton of white matter. When this has
increased to a sufficient size the branch
is cut off and immersed in boiling water,
which causes the wax to come to the
surface in the shape of a viscid sub
stance, which is skinned off, cleansed,
and afterward allowed to cool in pans.
The trade in this article is quite an ex-
tensve one, as it is estimated that last
year the crop was worth not less than
$3,5OO,0O0
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
How Bread Eats.

Did you know that bread is not only
eaten, but eats? Darwin has told US that
some flowers enjoy porterhouse steak.
Now M. Scheurer Kestner assures us
bread has a negro's Partially for hogs
and hominy. The discovery is interest
ing to dyspeptics, for bread can be made
to do the work of the alimentary canal
and relieve dyspeptics of all bother
except mere deglutition and, of course,
paying the bakers bill, which is harder
work than digestion. Science has since
found that several vegetable juices, or
saps, dissolve meat, but NJ. Scheurer
Kestner is the first person who observed
peculiar fermentation takes place which
produces complete digestion OF meat.
A beefsteak hashed fine and mixed with
dough containing yeast disappears
entirely by the time the bread is taken
from the oven. The steaks nutritive
principles are dissolved and incorporated
into the bread. Not the least curious
phenomenon noticed in these circum-
stances is that meat, which 50 rapidly
becomes putrid, when once incorporated
into bread, may be kept longer than
ordinary bread. Bread made in 1873 has
been shown the Academy of Science.
1t was as sweet and free from mold as
when it came out of the oven. At first
M. Scheurer Kestner used raw meat.
He mixed one and one-tenth pounds of
-four, one pound of l2aven and three
fourths of pound of raw beef minced
fine; water in sufficient quantity was
added, and the do Oh was left to ferment.
In two OF three hours the meat had
disappeared The bread was then baked
as usual. This meat had disagreeable,
sour taste. To remove it Mr.. Scheurer
Kestner first boiled the meat in just the
quantity of water necessary to wet the
flour, and used this water in kneading.
The meat should be rid of all fat, and
only salt enough to season the bread
added; for if too much salt be added the
bread will become humid (salt being a
great absorber of water) and spoil. If
bacon be used instead of beef, this objec-
is removed. Veal, too, makes delicious
meat bread. All these breads may be
used to make soup. Cut in slices one
sixth of pound of this bread, put the
slices in quart of water, salt to taste,
and boil for twenty minutes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
The Seaside Dog.

A greater nuisance even than the baby,
and running a c,ose race with the small
boy, is the dog az the seashore. He is
always the property of woman; but a
woman's dog is as inseparable from her as
her gloves; more so, indeed, for the dog is
sure to share her sleeping apartment, if
not her bed. The summer dog is usually
a small dog, that he may be thought adj
Missile all over the hotel and unobjec-
tionable in the dining-hall, where a chair
is reserved for him. and he is fed on oys-
ter pate and terrapin with the same spoon
upon which presently close the sweet,
red lips of his mistress. His battle
ground is the porches of the great hotels,
and the war lasts from the beginning till
the end of the season. The bowls of the
conflicts daily interrupt the concerts, and
arouse the audiences, as if by alarm of
fire. Ere long the guests of the hotel
are divided into angry factions for and
against special dogs, the fair owners of
the brutes demanding from all their
friends the same worship they extend to
the ugly creatures. On the beach, at the
bathing hour, the presence of the dog is
less pleasant than would be that of a
rattlesnake. The snake you would be
thanked for killing; the dog you must
bear with, and you are lucky if you es-
cape having to take him into the water.
Hotel proprietors have struggled vainly
against the seaside dog. He comes sur
rounded by such wealth and influence
that he must be accepted. If woman
kind could only be induced to see the
selfishness embodied in their silly canine
love, they would leave their pets at home.
But that is not to be expected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02

Henri De Criquelle, in q French work
upon the natural history of lie Morvan
Ga district of Franco, tells us that ''in
the summer the wolves, like the gypsies,
have no fixed residence. They may then
be met with in the standing barley or
oats, the vineyards and fields; they sleep
in the open country, and seldom seek the
friendly shelter of the forest, except
during the scorching hours of the day.
Toward the end of August I have often
met Them" he says, in the vineyards,
apparently half drunk, scarcely able to
walk-in short, quite unsteady in their
legs, almost blowing the ground up with
their noses, and staring stupidity about
them. / once came upon one partly
hidden amid the thick underground and
weeds on the edge of the piles of stones
collected from among the vines. My
presence aroused his growl; rising lazily
from the bushes, he stumbled and fell,
being evidently incapable of getting
further. A salute from both barrels
with small shot scarcely tickled his skin
but it brought him once more on his
legs, though only to fall again, when
having reloaded, advanced upon him
and administered a double dose in hi;
ear, which had the desired effect. The
fact was he was quite drunk, though moi
disorderly." This inclination in the
wolves for incorporate indulgence in thu
juice of the grape is vouched for by sew
eral authorities. 1t would appear thai
! the wolves, during the ardent heats o
August, suffer greatly from thirst, anC
in the absence Of water, take } the vine
yards, and there endeavor to assuage i
by eating large quantities of grapes
very cool, and, no doubt, very delightful
at the time, but the treacherous iquiC
ferments, bacchanalian fumes soon infec
the brain, and for several hours thes,
four-legged topers are literally ''as DRUM
as beasts" and entirely deprived of thei
| senses.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
Chinese Oddity,

Undoubtedly the first and most lasting
impression which China and the Chinese
convey to the mind of the foreigner is
that of grotesqueness. All instinctively
realize the truth of this, yet few know
the reason of it. To Europeans China
appears grotesque Simply and solely be-
cause the cRstoms and manners of the
people are so opposite to our own. So
cially, no less than physically, they are
our antipodes. Their habits are as OPP
posite to ours as the direction of their
bodies. In getting on a horse the Chi
nese mount on the right side. The left
hand seat at the table is the seat of hon
or, and to retain your hat during a call
is esteemed a mark of respect. Visiting
cards are painted bright vermilion col
or, and are not unfrequently three feet
long. A married woman, while young
and pretty, is a slave; but when she be-
comes old and withered is frequently the
most powerful and respected person in
the family.
When a Chinaman furnishes his house,
instead of buying a rosewood piano. or
carved chiffonier, as his European broth
er would do, he invests in a handsome
camphor-wood coffin, whichhe carefully
keeps in the best place in his house. No
wonder with such an object perpetually
reminding him of his latter end, that we
find the average Chinaman a sombre and
somewhat melancholy parsonage.
Their indoor social life, strange as it
appears to us, is, if possible, less remark
able than their outdoor industrial hab-
its. Their military customs and cos
tune are especially peculiar. Their
soldiers, intead of casing themselves in
helmet, cuirass and gamashes, wear
quilted petticoats, satin boots and bead
necklaces, carry comparatively harmless
weapons, and rush to an attack with
lanterns in their hands, being apparent
ly more afraid of the dark than of the at
tack of the enemy. Ladies ride about in
wheelbarrows, while cows are driven in
carriages. On the road to the great wall,
between Pekin and the Nankow pass, a
characteristic group was sketched, which
consisted of stout, intelligent-looking
coolie wheeling barrow that contained
a buxom young woman, whose feet dan
gled from one side of the wheel, while a
large and not over savory-smelling pig
snorcd composedly on the other.
Cinnamon of every class and grade, as
is well known, are passionately fond Of
fireworks, but prefer to exhibit them in
the daytime. While in Europe the feet
of culprits are put in the stocks, among
these strange people the stocks are hung
around the neck.
China has long been famous for its
canals and its wonderful system of in
land navigation. The means adopted fol
land locomotion are, however, scarcely
less peculiar than those in vogue on the
water; for while their boats are almos
universally drawn by men, their car
riages and carts are in favorable weather
as invariably propelled by sails.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02

Roland Bonaparte, a member of the
Napoleon family who has lived in shah
by gentility on occasional contributions
from richer members of the family, is to
marry daughter of Blanc, the farmer
of the Baden and Monaco gaming tables,
who left $3O,OO0,0O to his widow, be-
sides a fortune to his children. The in
tended bride has paid 5000, 900 for Prince
Demidoff's palace near Florence, as
their future home, and King Humbert
has given Roland the title of Prince of
San Donate. That estate has rs acres,
contains stables for so horses, coach
houses for 80 carriages, swimming and
riding school, hot, temperate and cold
greenhouses, orangeries, greenhouses of
orchids, a conservatory 400 yards long,
pigeon-shooting lawn, steam,' Turkish
and Russian baths; is lighted by gas,
has lawns, lakes, bridges, islands, avia-
ries, grottos, orchards, olive-groves,
kitchen-garden, vineyard, dairy,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
Cigar Smuggling.

For many years the smuggling Of
cigars into this port by the crews of the
Havana steamers was regular business.
Millions were brought in each year.
Generally they were concealed behind
the skin of the steamer, being fastened
by means of cross-piece of wood, If
there was danger of detection the fasten-
ing was cut and the package allowed to
drop down to the bottom Of the bilge.
These struggled cigars are done up in
packages of 1000 or more, covered with
oilskin. Often these packages are drop
ped overheard in the lower bay or at
quarantine, and are picked up by confed-
crates in small boats, brought up to the
city and disposed of. In other cases
they are kept on ship-board, concealed
in places where no one would be apt to
look for them, and carried ashore in
small quantities as opportunity afforded.
Experience has taught the customs
inspectors where to look for contraband
articles of this kind, and not a week
passes that seizures OF struggled cigars
are not made. A short time ago $1,000
cigars were found in one of the bread
tubs of Havana steamer, where tLey
had been placed by the cook and covered
with dough. They have been found
under the boilers, hidden away under
masses of coal in the coal-bunkers, and
covered with bulky cargo. A small
shed or wooden bin was found in a coal
bunker not long ago, and in this were
10000 cigars, packed in small compass.
If too closely watched by the inspectors
the crew will take back the cigars and
take their chance of smuggling them
ashore on a subsequent voyage, Bay oil,
which pays a duty of so cents per ounce
is also favorite article for smuggling.
The duty is almost prohibitory, and il
even a small amount can be brought in
undetected, it pays handsomely. 1t is
put up in 22-ounce bottles, and these can
be handily slowed away and taken ashore
one at time. Smuggling is not confined
to this end of the route, however. The
Spanish authorizes impose duty of Sc
per pound on opium, and the means
adopted to evade the customs officers at
Havana are very ingenious. Small guam
titles in tin boxes are packed in tubs and
barrels of butter. Cans of opium are
packed in large rolls of wall paper,
which is duty free. They are hidden in
barrels of potatoes, and in other articles
whey they are likely to escape detection
-Ne.U York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
Niagara Dry.

1.-THE Falls of Niagara were dry for
whole day." said the Rev. DR.. T. B.
Fuller Of Hamilton, Ontario, in recent
lecture. The accuracy of the story was
questioned, and now the clergyman pub
fishes the sworn statements of several
persons that they saw the phenomenon.
They say that it occurred on March 81,
1848. At 5 o'clock in the morning so
little water was dribbling over that
man and his daughter walked half way
across from the Canadian shore, near the
edge of the precipice. The girl stuck a
pole into a crevice OF the rock, and left
a handkerchief flying from the top. Not
content with this feat, they went half a
mile above the Fall, and rode part way
across the bed of the river in wagon.
Others did similar things. The jagged
rocks at the bottom below the Falls were
exposed. This strange condition lasted
until nightfall, when the stream began
rapidly to swell, and before morning
was as large as usual. DR.. Fuller's the
DRY is as follows: 1.-The wind had been
blowing down Lake Erie, which is only
about thirty feet deep, and rushing
great deal of the water from it over the
Falls; it then suddenly changed and
blew this little water Comparatively
speaking) up to the western portion Of
the lake; at this juncture the ice on
Lake Erie, which had been broken up by
these high winds, got jammed in the riv-
er between Buffalo and the Canada side,
and formed dam which kept back the
waters of Lake Erie,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02

We opened the door and beheld him
there, with a portfolio under his arm,
and before he could utter word we took
in the situation, and, to stave him off,
said cts no use, sir; we wouldn't per-
nit you to give us a book as a PRESENT.
but" said he, 81 don't want to give
you book" "No, you want to sell us
one; but you can't do it," we replied.
Indeed, sir, | don't wish to sell you a
book; nothing of the Sort he exclaim-
ed. Don't, ehP Well, we get all the
chromos we want at the tea store; and
besides we prefer a different style of art
engraving cut from photographers, etc. :"
'Well, SIR" said he, 81 don't wish to in
veigle you into purchasing any pictures. y
"Oh, we cried, 'you want to induce us
to get our life insured. No use, sir:
we're an editor, liable to be slaughtered
at any hour of the day by some fierce
and Infatuated villain whose vicious
character we have shown up. We're no
sort of risk to take" And he agreed
with us; but he wasn't an insurance
agent. Sir" said we, "an editor is
never struck by lightning; and we won't
have our house disfgured by lot of old
iron" Gas you please, sir; but if you'll
kindly let me-" mo, we won't kind
ly let you; you won't sell us Il patent
medicine; you show in your eye that
such is your scheme. But we are we'll
terribly well. We thrashed three men
and boy who came in to club us, yes
terday, and didn't get scratch-and a
little Fostering makes us savagew "Sav-
age OF not" he yelled, "the census law
backs me up and I'll do my duty"
"You Internal numbhead," said we;
"why in thunder didn't you say you were
a census-taker, instead Of keeping us
here all day trying to bluff you off for
an agentP" And we gave him our his
tory; and he only got~two cents for the
Job and wasted all that time on it. He's
not man who'll ever get rieh.--PoSt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-07-02
Massachusetts.

St. Joseph's French Catholic church
at Lowell is to have an addition IS by 80
feet, costing $4,000.
Bunker Hill monument has been as
cended by 35,ll0 persons during the
year.
Henry Clifford of Marion, who left
home in q small boat the 10th, is suppos-
ed to be drowned, as his boat was picked
up near Wareham.
Lemuel Bradford, former tax-collector
for Plymouth, is indicted for embezzle-
ment.
An abandoned infant, alive but sun
burnt and covered with ants, was found
lately on Fulton street, Boston.
The case of Chas. E. Walker of Som
erset, indicted for adultery, is continued
to the September term of the Bristol
county superior court