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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.

NEW YoRK, April l0-The Tdegranss .
special from Reading, Pennsylvania,
saws: An explosion OF dynamite az
Downingtown killed John Powell and
Robert Taylor, and severely injured
about twelve others. The killed and
wounded were quarrymen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
rA.--.a ,ri,h wife Murder.

PHILApEIPHIA, April, lo.-Dr, Geor-
sen has been committed TO prison on
the charge of poisoning his vile, lately
deceased. About week before toe
wife died her mother died suddenly, and
prior to that her father died. The wife
left an estate of considerable value.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
Seven Hundred Human Sacrifices.

LONDON, April ia dispatch from
Rangoon reports that seven hundred
men, women, boys, girls, priests and
foreigners have been burned alive, un-
der the towers of the city walls, as a
sacrifice for the restoration OF Kings
health. The panic in Mandalay is fright
full and hundreds of people are leaving
the city. The Kings illness is said to
be leprosy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
Murdered by Hsr con.

LOUISVILLE, Kr., April lo.-Mrs. VIII
helmina Treske. German lady, sixty
years OF age, living On Eleventh street,
near Jefferson, was murdered By her
eldest son, wiiliam, this forenoon. The
boy has been crazy for the past three
yearA no one vitnesed the deed,
which was done with butcher knife.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
TURNED UP BY A PLOW.
Where Did the Baby Come
From PA Warning to House
Keepers.

"OSPOASs
Special Dispatch TO the Register.
WASHINGTON, Pa, April 10.
Isaac Mossburg, who was piowing
near Newberg, Greene county, while
driving along, his plow struck some
thing singular, but not stopping, he
plowed around again to the same place,
and to his horror, the feet and arms OF a
fully developed infant, wrapped in an
old bed quilt, were turned out. An in
quest was held, but nothing new was
elected.
The widow OF Jefferson Mundell. near
Willow Tree, died yesterday from pois-
on, which she imbibed while tasting
some spoiled fruits to see il they were
good.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12

GALvrsroS, Tx, April l0.-William
Steadman, law student, hlled himseit,
assigning as the cause q refusal Of his
application Tor admission 70 West Point
two years ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
Illness Of Gortschakof.

ST. PETERSBURG, April l0.-Prince
Gortschakof passed very bad night
last night. He has been delirious, and
is extremely weak this evening. The
Gar has visited him and summoned the
Princes two sons to st. Petersburg.
LONDON, April IA Berlin corre-
spondent OF the Daily Ners says it is re-
ported in Russian circles there that the
death of Prince Gorts,hakoff is hourly
expected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
F,ra M Hartford o,tv w Va

PoMRRoY, April l0.-This morning
the house Of B. T.. Harpold, OF Hartford
City, w. Va, was burned, with nearly
all its contents. Insured in the Cont
mental for $500.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
n,eh,s.a Prss,dsntAl Prssssssess.

Dfsosr, April I0.-At The hichipn
township elections last Monday, the
Detroit Poa and Tribune msje sn ~.
fsneement for . canvass Of tie prefer.
ences ol tbs Republican votsn on the
Presidency by responsible men, whoss
personal preferences we're unknown 20
that paper. The returns from 3z7 vot.
ing precincts scattered through axty
coo sfiss, i've the following tO<ais:
Blaine, n ,642; Grant, +.D0 bbesnee,
1870; washburpe. 100; Edmunds, sst;
scattering. 1,772. tr.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
INDIA

Reported Death of the King Of Burmah.
> Risaoos, April 1o.-The report d
the death OF Kiug Theobaw, OF Burmah,
cannot be traced to an authentic source,
but indiscriminate human sacrifices
have been offered at Maudalay to save
his life. Telegraphic communication is
intprrnDtpd
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
RUSSIA.
The Movement Against China.

ST. PKTxRsBURG, April l0.-1t is
thought that the naval denomination
may have a salutary effect on the Chi
nese, and that the step is partly due to
the news that the reactionary party in
China is gaining ascendency and the dan
ger OF all EuroI cans, whose respective
ministers have consequently asked for
naval reinforcements in Chinese waters.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12

Esv YosK, "A psil 10, ,--Bssk aaIsoeef:
Loans dssSesss, 2,1ss.Goo; specie o.
cree, 0,C45,7Oo; lego tssdep IN
ssnes 81, ,oes, 80; deposits deere.s.
Ssooo,ooo clsvsIssioa lscreAee. 80
0oos sonDsys jscrsass. ~, ,3o7htQ Tbs
bsnks nov hold SlyNl,5 100 - I'm The
Iesal reasiseuenh -, a,-,r
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
The Total Score.
The Receipts and Stakes.

New YORK, April 1.-THE receipts OF
the walking match which closed Satur-
day evening, were S2S,6S3. According
to agreement half the amount goes to
the managers and the other half to be
divided among the contestants. Hart
will receive S7,l75; Pegram, S3,5s7;
Howard, 81 ,793; Dobler, 1896; Allen,
S44S; krohne, S224; Williams, SIP;
Hanawaker, $50. Hart also receives the
sweepstakes, $1,000, and 81 900 offered
for beating Browns record.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
INDIAN, TARIFF AND OTHER AZ
FAIRS.
The Troublesome Utss-A Joke on Ed
munds or Butler; Which 2-Sen-
ator Davis on False
Economy.
SOLELY POLITICAL,
Or Rather souIle.sly PolitieaI

Special Dispatch TO the Register.
WASHINGTON, April IL.
| hear that all OF the Democratic mem
bers OF the West Virginia Social Asso-
citation, Organize1 here last fall, have
withdrawn, so that il is now essentially
a political organization.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-12

PusDueg.;Ap n~-Wigbtoss 4
g: e: s:sg.s ss' ); q q 81: s':s ss.siss il:
Lon SoQ0o6; fully iassed.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29
Pictures Of Misery in ireland.
-Harper'S BG&Gr

The first cabin into which went was
place that an Englishman would think
too bad for his pig. Its floor of earth
and stones, reeked with damp, and
water even stood in the hollows; the
only furniture was a few cups and
saucers, a stool or two, and as many
tubs and pots; in one corner a mass Of
dirty straw had evidently been used as
bed, and on the Wretched hearth
smoked rather than burnt an apology
for fire. The man of the house-shoe-
less and coatless, pale and hSggard-
sat idle upon bag of Indian meal, be-
yond which his food resources did not
90, and through the gloom around the
hearth-there was no window to speak
of-cOuld be dimly made out one or
two crouching female figures. | never
saw anything in the way of home in
civilized cOuntry-and have seen q
good deal-more appalling than this.
Yet here was the case of man renting
three acres of land, and usually getting
what he would be content to call a liv-
ing out of them. Now, alas! he and
the thousands of others like him, have
reached the end of their miserable last
seasons crop, and beyond them but q
little way lies starvation. The half bag
of Indian meal was all the family had,
nothing more remaining upon which, by
sale or mortgage, money could be
raised, and to the question "What will
you do when the meal gives outP" came
the despairing answer, " The good
Lord only knows"
Not far from this, was shown by my
melancholy attendants into an equally
wretched hovel, where a widow with
seven young children was fighting the
bitter battle of life, and rapidly getting
worsted in the struggle. She herself
had gone out gathering what she could
of stuff to make fire wherewith to
cook the family dinner, consisting of
single cabbage! But the poor little
children, half clothed, thin and hollow
eyed, were there to plead with heart
rending eloquence for aid. Once more
heard the old story. The land had
yielded nothing; no turf could be OBJ
tanned for fuel short of a journey Of
eight miles, and the family had touched
absolute destitution. Over the way, in
another apology for dwelling-place, l
found three poor women trying to kin
die fire with damp beanstalks, their
only crop, in order to cook a dish of
Indian meal, their only food.-LOndOn
Telegraph.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

upon its back, it gave visitors an er-
rOneous impression of its form, its
mouth and its baleen. The top of the
head lay upon the floor, and the upper
Jaws therefore under the lower Jaws;
the right fin stood erect and looked as
though the animal had dorsal or back
fin, which is not so, this species having
no back fin, although the sperm whale
has small back or dorsal fin. Enjoy
ing means Of progression so extensive,
living in a medium but little affected
by variations Of climate, these animals
are not generally bounded by strict
geographical limits which cOnfne the
terrestrial mammalia. Whales, it is
said, do not attain their full growth
under twenty-five years. / have been
frequently asked why this species is
called the right whale, and / viii now
reply: On board the vessel engaged in
the whale fishery man is sent aloft to
watch for whales, and one is kept there
all the day. AS soon as he sees a spout
he calls to the officer on deck and sings
out "right'' or " SPERM" as it may be,
and this he knows from the single or
double jet, which he sees; the call is
then made for the boats, and if it be the
whale that the sailors most desire the
word will be "right! right!' but should
it be a sperm whale the word " spermp'
will pass through the ship. There is
not so much risk in capturing the right
whale, but the sperm whale having
formidable set Of teeth, will sometimes
turn upon its pursuers and crush the
boat, and often many of the sailors are
killed.-PTot. Holmes, IN Charleston rs.
c. NeUS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29
A QUIET HOUSE.

NY house is quietnOw, 80 still
All day hear the ticking clock, -,
The hours are numbered clear and shrll,
Outside the robins sing and trlll,
The sunshine sleeps upon the sill,
My house is quiet now, 80 still
But silence breaks my heart! | wait,
And waiting yearn for call or knock,
To hear the creaking OF the gate, F..
And footsteps coming soon or late
To greet me sitting deRolate,
The silence breaks my heart, walt
AS through the lonely house l go,
From hall to hall, from room to room
What shall seek to find Cr know
The brooding shadows spread and grow,
The startling echoes mock me so,
AS through the lonely house go.
All! blessed Heaven, if could hear
Sweet noises in the tranquil gloom,
Soft broken songs and laughter clear.
The Joyous tumult, glad and near,
That Vexed me many happy year
All! blessed Heaven, If could hear.
All! blessed Heaven, if once, once more
MY longing eyes might see the stain
OF little footprints on the tloOr,
And grouped like roses at the door
The sweet child-faCes gone before,
Ah blessed Heaven, but once once more.
My house and home are very still!
| watch the sun, / watch the rain,
The winter days come white and chill,
And years 90 on 80. Perhaps death will
Iifes broken promises fulfill
My house, my home, my heart are broken stu
-Mary Atnge De0erS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

fine setter, which, while a pup, had
been stolen from him. He was arrest
ed, but in presence of the justice
pinohed up the skin of the chest below
the foreleg, inserted his knife and took
out birdshot with three crosses marked
upon it. On calling two witnesses who
saw him insert the shot three years be-
fore he was allowed to take the dog
Free Press.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29
~ CnR1REsPONDENTs.

All communications for this paper should DO accom-
panied by the name Of the authors not necessarily iol
publiClton but as an evidence Of good faith on the
Dart OF the writer Write only on one side OF the p
Der. Bepartcuarly careful In giving names and dates
Do have the letters and figures plain and distinct Prop
srnameS arc often difficult 10 d0clpher because Ot Lb'
careless manner In which they are written
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

The fail is a contrivance fearfully
and wonderfully made. A Cape Cod
man made great effort to hit a rat
with one, and somehow it got over his
shoulder and came up between his legs
and hit him between the eyes and
knocked him senseless. The rat es-
caned.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

TURN over a new leaf and spike it
down. so it will stay turned. Nothing
is as detrimental to morality as leaf
that has to be turned several times
during a year Marathon Independent.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

SWEET potatoes are raised in Los
Angeles County, Cal, weighing tWen-
ty-six pounds each.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-29

An old mareb-The march Of time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02
Seasoning Food,

Many people have the idea that fine
ly favored dish must cost great deal;
that is a mistake, if you have untainted
meat, Or sound vegetables, or even In
dian meal, to begin with you can makeit
delicious with proper seasoning. One
reason why French cooking is much
nicer than any other is that it is seasoned
with great variety of herbs and
spices; these cost very little; if you
would buy few cents worth at time,
you would soon have good assortment.
The best kinds, are sage, thyme, sweet
marjoram, tarragon, mint, sweet basil,
parsley, bay leaves, cloves, mace, celery
seed and onions. If you will plant the
seed of any of these seven aforementioned
in little boxes on your window sill, OF in
sunny spot in the yard, you can gener-
ally raise all you need. Gather and dry
as follows: Parsley and tarragon should
be dried in June and July, just before
Towering; mint in June or July, thyme,
marioram and savory in July and Au-
gust; basil and sage in August and Sep
TENDER; all herbs should be gathered In
the sunshine, and dried by artificial
heat; their flavor is best preserved by
keeping them in air-tight tin cans, or in
tightly -corked glass bottles.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02
A CoIored I" Vets" Story.

The following recital of experience in
battle was from poor, illiterate ICON
traband, " but it is very graphic. He had
been shot in the leg with q piece of shell
and was really very badly hurt. Hewas
plantation negro and entirely nom
combatant. After he got better he was
describing to the doctor one afternoon
how he had been hurt, and did it in this
manner:
"You see, boss I was on the old plan
tation when dem Yankee gun-boats dey
cum up the river. Ole massa and missus
had done gone days afore and we niggers
were left on de plantation. When we
see de Yankees comm up de ribber we
all run away an hid in de woods. By
um-bye the boats began to shell de
woods and Lord-asmassa what noise da
did make. Shells as big as -four barrels
were frowed into de wood and knocked
de trees down. 1t was awful hot, I tell
you, and [ thought de world was comm
to de end. De niggers prayed, but it
didn't do no good, as de Yankees only
frowed de more shells, and de Lord
seemed deaf to the partitions of de cullud
persons. Some of dem shells would go
high up in de air an say Whar is he
whar is hep Like as if dey was lookin'
for somebody. Den, by-um-by, they
would say, I see him, I see himH and
wild dat dey would bust an all de little
pieces go diminishing around de woods
after de niggers. 1t was one of desc lit
tie pieces dat koch me in de leg, and
dat's how l got hurt. It was a powerful
warm day, 1 tell yer"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02
Value Of Newspaper Property

(From the Charleston (S CO. News.l
There is nothing speculative in well es-
tablished newspaper property. A news
paper is hard to build up, but it is pro-
portionately difficult to pull down. tits
an aggregation of atoms, and its segre-
cation under the most favorable circum-
stances takes years and years. The
fact that it depends on thousands
of customers for success is It's protec-
ton. No two groups of men think alike,
and what displeases one set pleases
another, Even imprudent management
connot seriously injure newspaper, so
long as it does not tread upon the toes
of too many of it's readers at the same
time. Where it loses in one direction it
gains in another. There is indeed only
one way in which a newspaper can eff
fectually destroy itself, and that is by
disappointing, and continuing to disap-
point, the general expectations of it's
readers as whole. These readers ex-
pect the newspaper to keep within GER
tain lines, and the newspaper that DELHI
erately goes outside, and camps there,
will starve to death as soon as it's readers
have found a newspaper that suits them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02
The +" DANDY Grab"

Society and occupation in the world
of sea are represented by masons, build
ers, marauders, usurpers and plunderers,
and all have their distinguishing pecu-
ialities. A fancy of the quaint spider
crab, or ''dandy crab,'' as he is some
times called, is to decorate himself with
alge and sponges, and none but the most
brilliant in color seem to please him;
this, however, not for vain display, but,
primarily at least, for personal protec-
ton. When wishing to array himself he
finds brilliant sponge and piches off
piece after piece with his long slender
claws, these, when broken, are dipped in
glutinous fluid contained in the mouth,
and are carried to the back and fastened
securely. Sometimes after he has at
tached a particular fragment he reaches
back his claw a second time to satisfy
himself that it is secure. This practice
is INDUCED IN only when the crabs are
young and in the full, and it's object is te
obscure the crab from hungry surgeons
and skates. When placed in a tank will
many animals the crabs take the same
precaution against possible enemies, ant
often cover themselves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02

just as logically say that no man should ever be
senator again, would have been thought
rather stiff for an edict by Roman emperor,
or king of Spain, two hundred years ago. 1t it
could be made concerning one Office, it could be
made concerning all offices. 1t would be as
competent to amend the bill by saying no man
who had once been president should be eligible
for reelection. He wanted to see the yeas and
nays on the amendment. He would not believe
until he saw it that this ukase of the grand
sachem of the majority would be obeyed. The
members of the majority were American citi-
zens and would hesitate to thus, by legislative
stab, take away from large number of their
fellow citizens, without even giving them hear
ing, the right to hold Office under the govern
ment.
A running debate followed, in which
Rollins and Teller made some sharp
thrusts at the Democracy for their en-
dorsement of frauds upon the ballot box
and personal outrages in the interests of
their party in the South. Thurman
made weak attempt to break
the force of Edmunds' remarks,
but was finally silenced by the Yer
mont senator charging that the only pur-
pose of the bill was to get control of the
appointment of supervisors to the end
that there might be no effectual bar to
fraudulent voting. The bill then passed
as already reported with the addition
that no person who has held the office of
supervisor shall be re-appointed, the
vote being yeas II, nays Ia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02

the metal. By means of furnace heat
many hours are required, and sometimes
many days, to anneal metal. By the
discovery now made it is asserted that
bars of iron Or steel can be annealed
at the rate of one foot per second, thus
increasing the ductility of the metal one
hundred per cent, without the use of
other fuel than that contained in the
metal itself. The inventor says that he
simply unlocks the occluded- latent
heat; it becomes sensible and en1arges
the metal, and by the method of doing
this the enlargement is made permanent
THAT is, it does not contract again to
it's original limit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02

WHILE mistress of the White house
share of the money annually appropriate
ed for the White house 10 be expended
in prominent improvements. She has
given special attention. to the gasden and
conservatory.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02

LARGE parasols have festoons, cover
ed with puffs between each rib.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02

saying:
If the people of the United States desire to
sweep away every vestige of national control
over national elections they have a very easy
way to accomplish that object. They have only
to give voice to the Democratic party in the
coming election. If they are not quite ready to
do that they would also know what other action
they should take. He admired the courage of
the Democrats in bringing forward this and
chain OF similar measures IN this presidential
year; though, as had been said yesterday, the
silence with which they were attempted to be
carried through was ominous. A bill recently
passed which took away from the executive the
appointment of purely executive officers, the
deputy nlarshals, and placed it in the courts. 1t
was argued that judicial calmness was requisite
in the appointment of executive officers, and
that they must be of different political parties.
Now the argument is that judicial officers (su-
pervisors) shall be appointed practically by the
senate, that is, by majority of one or another
political complexion. In other words, while ex-
ecutive deputy marshals must be judicially ap-
pointed, the judicial supervisor must be polite
ally appointed. If they should be appointed by
the senate why should not receivers, registers in
bankruptcy, and all court officers be appointed
by the senate. The effect of the bill was that
the senate might appoint the chief of Tammany
as chief supervisor of New York city, and then
there would be no supervisors of election ap-
pointed IN that district unless they were agreea-
| BILE to Tammany because the court must ap-
point them, if at ALL from those recommended
| by the chief supervisor.
The plainness of this design of the bill was
something admirable. The proposed amend
ment of the senator from Ohio Thurman,
which, of course, would lot go in, forbade the
reappointment of New York man who now
holds, or who has ever held the office. When
| called on to show precedent for this disqualify-
ing of citizens for Office, the senator cited the
law that no importer shall be made secretary of
| the treasury.
Mr. Edraunds not only regarded this as non
| sequitay, but thought this decree, which might