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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-22

A HKDREw FEsrIyAL.-The Feast Of Tab.
nacles began at sunset Sunday, and viii
continue nine days. Orthodox lsraelites
observe two days at the beginning and
two days at the ending OF the feast, in
their temples. The Reform congregations
observe the first and last days The feast
commentaries Gods protecting care over
His people while they dwelt in the wilder.
ness, Il Is also a harvest feast or thanks.
giving. Some Israeli,es erect booths Of
eyergreens In their gardens and courts,
and there partake Of their meals during
tho featival
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A.M.E. CoSYRREScR.-Co Conference com.
mences tomorrow morning at 8 O'Clock
in the A. NJ. Z. Church. Services Sabbath
all day In Washington Hall, at 1890 A. NJ,
2:90 P. N. and 1880 P. NJ. At 2:30 p. NJ, the
Rev. DR.. 7. II. Jackson, Of Cleveland,
Ohio, will preach, after which a special
collection will be taken up for the A. NJ.
E. Chuch, TO meet note due ten days
after the rise Of the Conference.
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FOR YOU, Ik0iES-We offer the largest
and best stock Of black and colUred silks,
black and culursd Satin dc Lyon black
and ouIursd Satin de lyon Dlmaslss, high
cuIorsd silk novelties, old gold brucade
with plain ground silks, Illuminated silks
and yeIysts, black and CoiOrsd SeIvets,
ia the state Of .Esst Virginia, and sell
them lower than any Olhsr house and as low
as you can buy them Ia New York.
T. BLUM & Bro, ll04 Main Street.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES

R0r nil lI00tOFS of fhe BLOOD

For al InrnOrN OF Ihd HIOUu,
Are prepared by Weeks Potter, Chemists aud Drug.
EIatl, $50 Washington street Boston, Mas q Front
st., Toronto Ont, and snoW Hill, LondOn, and
for sale by DFuRglha Price Of CuIICuRA, Imlll
boxes, 20 cents; large boxes, w.. REaaLvKNT,
d pef bottle. CuifcuRG MEDICINAL TOILET Soar,
o osnts Per cake, CuIIcuEA MEDICINAL SHAVING
SoLP, Is cents per eike, ia BAN, for Hubsu and
lSrEe eouiumHrS, 80 cents WS4W
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TRANSFER OF REAL Estate, The follow
ing transfer OF real estate was recorded In
the County Clerks office yesterday:
Deed made August %, 1880, by Mary E,
Ryland and Samuel, her husband, TO
Jossph N. Woods for the North thirty
feet Of lot No. 0. in square Elk, in Church.
ms addition TO the city, for s..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-22
BELLAIRE.
Local News and Personal Gossip.

Local News and Personal Gossip.
The Republicans will have two even.
ings Of next week devoted to speeches.
On Tuesday Messrs. Morris and Nolan, the
Irish orators from Chicago, who made
such rousing speeches here last fall, will
sneak, and on Saturday, October I'd, Gen.
Gibson and Col. Allen Miller will speak.
Gen. Gibson has been talked Off Wheel
ing, GAINESVILLE and Steubenville, but was
in too great demand to be at those places.
Now Bellaire will have him and We will
give him a rousing meeting. all Wheel
ing ought to come over and hear him.
Col. Miller will be long remembers in
Bellaire as the wittiest speaker we ever
had here. The marching clubs will be
ready by next week to come out The
colored club has adopted Continental uni
forms, white with blue trimmings and q
red belt.
Rev. Toland's family have packed up
their household goods and lett Bellaire.
They will stay with relatives until Mr..
Toand is assigned to his next charge by
the Conference.
The people OF the First ward are on the
lookout for Councilman and a police.
man. Mr.. Alum wants off OF the police
force and DR.. Mcclure has resigned his
place in Council. The Democrats will
have q meeting to nominate acandidate,
Wednesday evening, at the Office OF
Rodefer's glass house.
Frank Greenwood, employed in the
Ohio glass house, wasstruck over the head
Tuesday by Patsy 0'Donnell with "key,
cutting an ugly cash, for alleged instten'
ton to his work.
on Noble street, is being fixed 80 as TO gel
the water into Indian run without let.
ting 1t do any damage. That gutter drains
the hillside down even to part Of the
vineyard below the reservoir.
Parties who understand just what i:
wanted and how to get TO it are engaged
in preliminary steps to establish fail
grounds and race course here. r. O. +.
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MINoR MENTION.
The polngs OF tue Day Boiled Down FOL
HRsty Readers.
TnE nights are now longer than The

hhs'y heheeA'
The nights are now longer than the
days.
TIE migratory birds have all, flown ex-
cept the mosquitoes.
VIZ notice that corn.cutting has begun
very lively AMONG the farmers.
TuR Chinese Of this CITY saw they will
mot nsytIcinaie In The Blaine demonstration
nsxt Tnesday
Tur NJ F. Conference Of Eastern Ohio
and Western Pennsylyania IL in session at
Warren. ohio.
pnna T,wnv,,v h,. i,.t ,r,ch,,ad
tont mn s,n;scant d,onaS, bo,soI tos nse AZ
III Mancnester coal works.
To-, ,h;,L 80 !. Va, non,h tb;s ci,v
iii ha"a . Nno noo naI III ~ r s ne,
Nh ,, uase $1,000 Ss.ttSn s VI "N''' ps'
Jay nlore 'nA, euo nom uae'
Vol IhaLH hih iiI injured III us y yTA
oS NJ cooi ;yo W." Ia. "a w." -. tSo 900
'uso.e. Soa. "O,Ae = n uay y. wv W r. W.T..
SUPERINTENDENT RIDDLE, oil Lns MateL
works, IS hurrying on MS preparations
Tor putting IN the new Worlhington pump
A LAD named McEntee had the bones
OF his right foot broken day or two ago
by transfer wagon 81 hoDDsj Dr0ckunlet
q Co.'s glass works.
JOE EMMETT, "Fritz," has been removed
to st. Louis In order TO allow evaporation
10 90 on Sufficient for temperance" for
his annual farewell trip.
AN excursion party. composed of Young
,oika from this city. will 90 down 10 Ma
r;atta Ohio, Saturday on the DinrnaI
KTarnefE hand will accompany the marty,
Tvv srn,omo Corr. ~ Anno.is vii,
mat In ,b;s ci,v On Tho i5th n 0ctoba,
for The nnTnose nj rendering decisions
Tho farm w;iI onlv hs a snec;s, one and
will moi he nrotrac,aI
sr.SroS Z n,vSSpoDr have ,oc.;ved ,b,
oL "a y pAfbsfvhL Lave 'eSei e ,t'
sot s hnelic9a nesIen pp sap S nS.n
y sSLiDhe hpp,eSd a.hii, ~ 9't n,ho,
Mohy, Alsnle montIy anu anu o'ne
perloutcais anu tlAss.'ueS ior oc'ope.'
The Registers Yesterday ,sissue contained
arep9rt Of gol. fontaln :, smith speech y
,ne Urea. Det99e cni mee'ins ~ Da, lss
asst SATURDAY. II tnltIy'uve OF lofty G Ilsu
women ana eni.dren makS uP al . Urea 20
pemoSratic meeting, tnen o9i: omItn ~ ~
dressed one, othefWise ne dtd noe, nl
report OF nus speech IN the heg'SseF ls
good one however.
soNE recent importation in the Eight
ward began blowing around in the neigh
borhood Of Koch's Hall Monday night
about his fidelity TO the late Coniederacy
"ard what he yet felt about the los
cause" when stray brickbat struck hin
on the Jaw. and for an hour or two alter
wards couldn't exactly tell whether Chap
line Hill had slipped over on him or not
DR.. Pipes repaired his Jaw.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-22

InAvE been great sufferer with rheu.
mntism for the past seven years and part Of
the time have been confined to my bed.
The last attack kept me in bed for seven
long months, in which tune employed
the best medical skill without securing re-
lief. was induced to try st. Jacobs Oil,
which remedy has entirely cured me. My
hands have become straight and can
be used as well as ever. have induced
others afflicted with rheumatism TO
use 1t. and they have experienced the same
happy result. l wish il was in my power
to tell suffering humanity OF the curative
powers OF St. Jacobs Oil.
EDWARD RHoERLING, Scranton, Pa.
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The CouRrs-CouxTY Court -Judgc
Boyd This court met at 8 A. n, yesterday
and diaposed Of the following business;
George Uselton vs.. Patrick Mahoney.
Certified by VIM. W. Miller, ]. p. Judge
ment FOR plaintiff. for SIS 90 and costs.
Adjourned until ga. N. to-day.
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Ladies', Gents nnd ChlIdren's Hosiery.
Nowhere in this city will you find such
an assortment Of fine or cheap hosiery.
Come to the BazSar Store, HOG Main st.
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WAsuSeroS, D. O., September o.
For tennessee and the Ohio Valley, partly
cloudy, slightly warmer weather, local
rains, winds shiilipg TO east and south,
stationary or slowly falling barometer.
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Jus, 90 and 1.eek a, mem.

The ladies' Vests sold at 4Oc,, at the
Bazaar. Buy them and II they are not as
good as the best 60c. vestsold'in the city,
return them and get your money back.
Deal at the Bazaar for goods at low prices,
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Where YOU can find whole infant outfit
for the cool weather, at reasonable prices.
Atthe BAZAAR,
ll06 Main street,
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MUTTON sROlA SOUP for Rerchants
Lunch this mOrning at the New nclure
House Sample Roums.
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Don't be bashlul. The Bazaar Store has
a line Of gents furnishing goods to suit
every taste, at low prices. Remember
the Bazaar, at 1l0D Main street.
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WE HAVE
3 A r C A | N S
TO
Show to Everybody!


Weak you to calland sec US before buying rs
Our stock Of SILKS. yELVEis AND
NOVELTIES was never 50 large Our prices
will sell hem Mt once AVER !,
We have BLANKETS AND FLANNELs
cheaper than you will find them elsewhere:
We sell DOMESTIC HOUSEKEEPING
We show more tLoAKs AND sHAWLs
than all 9th. houses combined. .,
Our increasing trade encourages US TO sell
still rhesper than ever ,>,p
our store must be headquarters for FINE
DRESS GOODS at low prices.
We have nrae force Of willing salesmen
to serve you politely.
We show larger assortment IN every Ge'
pariment this fall. We mean to sell goods.
Wc have them, and wish TO distribute them,
II low prices are inducements. Come and tee
ne
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MUSICAL GooDs at cost at sheib's.

CHIEF TOBACCO is the "boss." II yor
try it you will use no other.
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AccORDloSs at cost at sheib's.

CHEZ TOBACCO is all the rage. Try i,
For sale everywhere.
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IHsaMonKTRA REooRD.-The following
shoWB the range Of the thermometer, as
observed at schnepi's drug store, Opera
House corner yesterday:
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60
For Flannels to Blnms,.
Record.


The marks at this city indicate three
feat and falling.
The Andes arrived from Cincinnati at 8
r. NJ. and left late in the evening with q
good trip.
The Thanhouser and Phaeton arrived
and departed as usual.
The Bachelor left for Parkersburg yes.
terdsy morning and will be up again TO-
night.
The Diurnal will DO to.day's Parkers,
burg boat.
The Belle Prince is on the docks at this
The St. Lawrence is banked near Ben.
sons Ferry aud the Sidney above the
Water Works.
The o'Neal, Monitor and Nail City are
laid up at the Suspension Bridge.
The Scotia will be up from oiRcinnati
to-day. ,
PlrrsnuReH, September 2l.-River 0 in.
ches and falling. Weather clear and pleas,
ant.
CINCINNATI, September 2l.-River 7 feet
and stationary, Weather clear aud cool,
Departed: Ariadne, Tennessee river;
Paris O. Brown, New Orleans.
NV ORLEANS, September 21.-Arrived:
Guiding Star, st. Louis. Departed:
Schenck, Cincinnati. Weather clear and
partly cloudy. Thermometer S20.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-22

ISQuGRE for Chief Tobacco and take no
other. You will like 1t.
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ATTENTION RAlLERsl-AnOihsr Lot
$1,000 Brass Clock Springs Just received
IACUB ". 6RuBB, IsWeler.
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|. BLUM & Bro.
'IIO4 Main Street.
Es-store open in The evening.

nENTlsTRY.-To THOSE THAT DE,
u gtRB 10 ave their natural teOth We Gouh ay
thai NO ar nov better prepared thar ever 6etofe 9
olAbis them 70 do %. By the uSs Of an kLEcIhc
MAGNETIC PLugeEA We can and are making pettel
Aul bandsoeT Gold Filtlngp, With more ease 70 oll
PaIisnts, than have heretofore been made IN mi
dty or elSeVhers, without the aid Of the EleetIit
PiaR.oT. What We EAy We can prove py aetuA
dsnonsiTaiiop. Call and SEE for yourselves,
JAMES n. 5uRGlSON SOM
AMI No ilIs Market At, Wheeling, W.. Va.
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SKIN HUMOR,
Covering tGc upper part Of the Body,
Shin coppor.coIored.

MEssRs wRLKs 4 PorTRn 6eaileMea.-I bayI
been afflicted With troublesome skin disease, GOV.
eTiug plmpSt completely the upper pait Of my bdy.
could b rubbed OF Ike dandruh, lnd al tims eaus
Ing intolerable itching aud the most intense suffer-
lug. have used bltod purideH pills and other nd.
VefTiItd remedies, but experienced NO relief until
u,e1 cNelessly and irf, gulhrly, cured me, alayDH
that terrible IehlDg and restoring my Ikn 70 its nat
ursl color. am willing 10 make AFFIDAVIT 10 the
truth Oi this statement
Respectfully, 8. q. BUXTON.
Milan, Mich July 1873.
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For Dolmans and Walking Goats to
Blum & Bro.
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For Black cashmeres to Blums'.
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vIOLISs al cost Al sheIb's.
MUSICAL ISsrRUArsrs at cost at sheib's

For Cloaks to 1. Blum & Bro.
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7AM1qa.iSS,TS.M7nMI7As.IaS.srM7r.,
Is 10 20 Go 81 IS %
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They are Certainly Beautiful,
Those little walking suits for Misses ant
Children, sold 50 cheap at the
BAZAAR,
1lO6 Main street.
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Boarding and Rooms.
Dissolution-H arkins & Little. :.
Political Meetings = Hon. John A
For Cincinnati, Louisville and 1nterme'
diste Points-Stesme Chancellor.
Carpenter and Builder-Stephen Nc
CullOugh.
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For Satin de Lyon to 1. Blum & Bro.
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Music Books at cost at shsib's.
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SPECIAL trains to GAINESVILLE District
Fair via Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
September 22d, 23d and 24th. On above
dates, special trains will run as follows:
Leave Wheeling, Columbus time) 7:45 A.
NJ, fare for round trip, 81 90; Benwood,
s:l5 A. NJ, 81 so; Belaire, Passenger
Depot 9:S5 A. NJ, 81 10; Bellaire, June
ton Switch, S:43 A. NJ, -;Qnincy, S:55
A. NJ, SIS cents; arrive GAINESVILLE 1905 A.
N. Returning, leave GAINESVILLE 8:07 P.
NJ; arrive Bellaire 7:40P.M.
@. K. LORD,
Gen'l Passenger Agent.
O. Fl. HUDSON. Superintendent.
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For Dress Trimmings to l. Bum & Bro.
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SUNDAY EXPIRES lsavrS WhCelin1 A. " ,i :
arriving Al Welisbug 81 A ~ A9a 80, ~ II
at 1918 A. NJ, connecting with fAciu' Ia
western points. ,,Ik1LL
Trains leaving COLUMBIAN At &0H. ~ ~ Ssgstii
run daily. Through Chie1gS exp IA 100; a
attached, arriving 10 Chicago 81 ~ ~, nd
Bertha can be secured in Aduha 81 Va''A ''f'
PulimGn'S Palace Driving Ron s M. N h
through without change Iron StvsI'cc 90, "a
Philadelphia and New York. We Z, Isua
Cincinnati, Louisville, lndianapon W. gi,.e n 10
.o6emnoSStionS, and an !afih,r lliOfail'a,, e
10 JOS. II. BElLgvILLE, Tisstl 80. 4.fS \, 4 en-
Handle Depot, foot Of Elevate s ri'Gi
Tiefet Oeics, under AnI.uru H9SS hos'Ab
D. W. Caldwell. r.,,,s,, q
W. l.. O'RRTEN, .,,.,.A,,u
~. \ Ttekns agaHf AAlN'l
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ruesday. SAM. 2I& 28 and Oct. 5th,

at 8 p m. Returning viii lave cincinnati on fri.
day evenings At p, N giVirK excunoniSt1 one d,y
and one hight 10 which ~ SEC the Grindtt expoai-
ton In the country. There VIII Y FOOL sulns
Hand on hand oT The amusement Of eKcunlohllts.
Tickets Including bard al Cincinnati, Ten DOL
LARS for the Round Trip. bolo
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To the Bazaar. You can dress them in
every style you wish at moderate cost.
Sales ladies will attend to you at the
Bazaar, 1108 Main street.
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Ode qatstI1geaeer,


oaicsi Nos. sS ana a Fonrteenth Street
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CLFyELAND, TUSCARAIy.Al.SS, , VA;
CLEYAND = HEELLNG& ! - ~ ,-s,lzEE5
W@Ess:.siiFss sE--1.s : 80 !. !; Z,
lime I16Ie, 10 IaEe vnteI On A'I@i '-''
At as An.
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pITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI AEDST.
i LOUIS RAILpAY-PAN HLSDLB 20trfs,
Ea@W -
Time Table East and West. Juli lllh, III
Trains leave Pan Handle Depot, loot u EllItf1
,treet, near Public landing, daily except SanaiAi
follows:
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TO CLEvELANp.
Only FIVE hours and twenty-five mInu,,,,
To CHICAGO.
Only IS HOunl

Ssevbarile AooOWMOiaioa-LsaVu Bsllslr, A ~
p m, Bridgeport 500 p. ~; GrriTts Il sISabsaTil,d
COS ?. M; Leaves SteubenVlso al 80 Ia q Rdlfr
Port at SO .. m. arrive at Bsllilrs II 80 y.
The Steubenyille Accommodation, 10 adit;hsh
their regular trip 10 and from steabsnvA, vim ma
the following trips between BellAllO and NEtiI
Ferry:
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-06-12

He was watching neshbor's boy climb a
tree. and lie had look of painful anxiety 90
his counieuance Are you afraid the lad
will fail and break his neck ?" was asked hin.
No. be replied, I'm Gercedly eiraid be
won't"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-06-12

In the stomach Of Pennsylvania COW, re-
Gently killed. were fonud seventeen wrought
iron uails. She bad coahiJe ou'sid. and oxide
inside
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-06-12
A Missionary Bishops Views on At
RIGA.

Bishop Penick !eciur in Baltimore upon
his work 10 Africa He said the girls there
are more highly priced than the boys, as they
can be sold as wives from Sl5 to S25 apiece
al the wife's relations are also privileged and
beo of the husband. who is considered to be a
very mean man unless lie gives them come
thing. The paren.s rarely whip thelr GILL;
dreD, who are as bad lot nc are on The lace
Of the globe When child becomes TOO
obstreperous, however, any one may whip II.
As the boys grow up they are made TO Keep
the birds away from the rice fields and are put
in classes aud trained to fight As aresult OF
this training tie men are all inely developed
and athletic. When e.rl is thirteen years
old she is taken charge Of b; secret socleiy.
of women to lie educated i,r the duties OF Il
wife. No man ever enters the meei.nSs cl
this society, aud what they dJ is not known.
All the women marry. M such thing as an
old maid is known in Africa. ! he men on
the coast 20 to a. aud when they have saved
enough. return home 10 buy wife and settle
down. No man who ha- j'isi married Young
wife is allowed 10 90 io waF custom winch
the speaker cons derel u relnnaut oi Tue old
Mosaic laS Tie people are great liars aud
thieves, and - ChrlsianGe them Is WY n"'"
work. 1t is mistake for the people here to
suppose that tic hcaihen is iuuucent and
euiltless. On lLe contrary, he never knew
heatheu that did not sin according 10 hlS own
code 1t is hard to make them believe ~ the
spiritual benefits Of Christianity, AMI 10 con-
vert them it must be ua le materially beuel-
cal to them. Bat. in proportion 10 cxpendi'
ture, he believed the results among the heath
en- as good as The results in America. For
$4,000 there were maintained in Africa for
year nine ministers: 200 children were main
taincd at school, besides 500 more educated ;
400 Christians were attended to, aud 10000
heather were reached by the various branches
Of work His experience had taught him
that it cost less to make a Christian IN Africa
than it does il America, though he disllked to
put the subject on this mercenary basa.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-06-12

o happy bud on the grassy lea
Filled with the beauty that is To be;
Well may sue trust u the sun and dew,
As she sings the song that sing to you.
Eudoro Woy Stone IN 81. Nicie.ds.
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A Dive FOR Life.

Just below Kanawha Falls, in West Virgin
ia. writes correspondent, is an overhaugina
rock Of immense size ju,tlnc out about one
hundred feet over the seelhing whirlpool and
about the sane above. This was once the
scene of n remarkable adventure. The Ia
diaps were n hot pursuit Of Van Bibbcr, a
settler and a man Of distinction in those early
times. lie was hard pressed, aud all access
10 the liver below and above being cut or he
was driven TO this iu.ting rock, which proved
to be o jumping off place for bin. lie stood
on the rock in full view Of the enemy above
and below, who yelled like demons at the
certainty Of lis speedy capture. He stood up
boldly. and with his rifle kept them at bay.
As he stood lhero he looked across the river.
saw his fricnds--his wife with her babe in her
arms--all helpless 10 render assistance. They
stood as if peiriied with terror and amaze-
mcut. She cried at ibe top Of her voice,
." Irap into lie river and meet me |" Laying
her babe on the grass, she seized the oars and
sprang into the skfialo As che neared the
middle Of the river her husband saw the To-
dians coming in full f,ce aud yelling like de-
mons. "Wife, vile % he screamed. " I'm
coming, drop down little lower" With this
he spraug from bis crag aud decended like 40
arrow into the water, feet foremost.
The wife rested on her oars u moment to
sec him rise TO the surface, the little canoe
floating like cork, bobbing about on the
boiling flood. 1t was an awful moment; 1t
seemed an age to her. Would lie ever rise
Her earnest gaze seemed to penetrate the
depths Of the water, and she darled her boat
further down the stream. He arose near her,
in moment the caDoc was alorgsidc Of him,
aud she helped bin 10 scramble into il amid a
shower of arrows aud sho: The, the baaied To-
6iars Cured into thcm.
The daring wife did not speak a word her
husband was more dead than alive, and all
depended on her strength being maintained
ill they could reach the bank. This they did
Just where she started, night where the baby
was still lying, growing and laughing. The
men pulled Il skil high up on the land, and
the wife slowly afos4 aud helped to lift Van
Bibbes to bis fec.. lie could not walk, but
she laid him down by bis babe, aud then scat
ing herself she wept wildly, inst "a any other
woman would have done under The ci-cum-
stances. That babe is DOW grandfather. and
hat rock is called Van Bibber's Rock 10
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