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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25
The Troubles of John Smith.

Why will the Smiths, man and wife, 50
on naming the majority of their offspring
"John?" 1t is exceedingly stupid, and 1t
is about time to put stop to the practice.
For Mr.. and Mrs. Smith to name their son
John is to send him forth nameless into the
world. He is digitless cipher. Wey yes
terday morning had in our Police Court to
report the following item
John Smith, arrested by officers Lloyd
and Iby, on q charge of petty larceny;
dismissed.
Then came pouring forth scores of notes
from distressed and outraged John Smiths.
The poor fellows are obliged to parade be-
fore the public not only their trades and
troubles, but also their infrmities, in order
that the public may not mistake them for
thieves. The following are only a few of
the notes we have received, and are taken
at random from the avalanche that covers
our table:
EDITOR ENTERPRISE PLEASE state that
the John Smith mentioned in your Police
Court report this morning-the petty-lar
ceny fellow-was not John Smith who does
night work, and oblige Yours truly,
JOHN SMITH.
EDITOR ENTERPRISE will you be kind
enough to state that the john Smith arrest
ed yesterday for petty larceny was not John
Smith who drives the swill cart.
Yours, JOHN SMITH.
REPORTER ENTERPRISE PLEASE say that
the John Smith arrested for stealing was
not red-headed John Smith, the tinker.
Respectfully, JOHN SMITH.
Mr.. LOCAL You will oblige me by say
ing that one-legged John Smith is not the
petty-larceny cuss who was in the Police
Court yesterday. Your obedient,
JOHN SMITH.
Mr.. ITEMS BE kind enough to say that
the John Smith up yesterday for theft was
not the Smith commonly known as Lying
Jack Smith, from Poker Flat" 1 re-
main, etc.,
JOHN SMITH.
LoCALEITEMs Please correct your police
report Of yesterday morning by saying that
the John Smith up before Judge MARBLE
yesterday for petty Larceny was not the
John Smith lately divorced from his wife,
andcommonly known as 'Cock-eyed Smith, -
and you will oblige,
Respectfully, JOHN SMITH.
wish you to state in your paper that the
John Smith pulled yesterday for petty lar
ceny was not John Smith from Idaho, com.
monty called 'Sore-legged Jack"
Yours, etc., JOHN SMITH.
As may be seen by the above struggles of
the John Smiths to make themselves known,
John Smith is no name at all. Indeed, it is
worse than no name. Let Mr.. and Mrs
Smith name their boy Ebenezer, Hippato-
dorus, Gabriel, Lacedaemonicus, Jedediah,
or Epaphroditus, but let us have no more
John Smiths-at least not for generation
or two, when there shall appear to be de-
mand for them.
For the comfort Of the John Smiths who
have asked US to set them right, we will
state that the John Smith arrested on
charge Of petty larceny is better known as
"Suck-egg Smith. - Virginia City Enter
prise.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25
On the Doorstep.
We were sitting on the door step

We were sitting on the door step
remember it so well;
She was half in shadows hidden
Save where the moonlight fell,
And the dear heal resting
With its wavy, suit brown hair,
Made more than ever lovely
The face thought so fair.
know we talked but little,
And at last, beneath the stone,
We heard the cricket chirping
SO clearly all alone,
Till my heart had mustered courage
To tell her then and there,
How for her sweet sake truly
'TwOuld all things do and dare.
Then came the soft, shy answer,
Asher shining eyes dropped low;
"My heart is luiuc no longer;
twas yielded long ago."
And even as she doomed me
AZ lnloClN BdAiiS
The soft cheeks filed with dimples
Gathering Ger aud DER again.
How well l now remember
That, turning fast away,
would not heed the whisper
That softly babe me stay,
Till, at the low gate turning,
Her face once more to see,
saw the tear drops shining
In the eyes that followed me.
All! then, with heart fast beating,
To her side l turned again.
"Oh, tell me, Madge, my darling,
Has my love been all in vain {?
You do not love another?
Your words were only play?
Look up and answer truly
Madge must so away %
Again the dimples gathered,
Fen while the moons pure light
Betrayed the tears still shining,
Like dew drops soft and bright,
'My heart was mine no longer;
have given it, tits true;
Why could you not have waited2
Because-ah! meant youw
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25

To UTILIZE feathers of ducks, chick
ems and turkeys, generally thrown aside
as refuse, trim the plumes from the
stump; inclose them in tight bag;
rub the whole as if washing clothes,
and You will secure a perfectly uniform
and light down. excellent for quilting
eoYerlets and not q few other purposes.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-25

AAx IS the wesx-2s a2islal born to S9V-
srn all the rest.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

There Is no civilized nation In the Western HSmi..
phera in which tho utility Of Ho4tetters Stomach
Btters n tonic corrective, and Gnti.hilliors ned-
cline n moi known and appreciated. While Il u 0
medicine for all seasons and all climates II 10 espeGi'
ally iulied 10 tho complaints generated by the
weather. being the puitst and best vegetable stlmu'
For ssio Ly DruEgistS and Dealers, TO whom apply
for HostettsT's Almanac for 1891 dei'sWYAN
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

carpets and ordinary goods, but single
cross from the pure blooded merino gives
a wonderful improvement, and in two or
three generations gives wool equal to the
average Ohio, and worth in the market
fully double the present product, which
goes principally 10 Philadelphia.
II would be advisable TO breed from the
present stock, which Is acclimated and &C.
customed to the range, rather than to
carry In new sheep, excepting for cross
bresding, and II would be better to cross
with the pure blooded spanish merino,
than the Cotswold, owing to. the disparity
In size. -g1
Il may be estimated that flock Of ewes
with ordinary management will give an
annual income Of eighty per cent, and as
the eve lambs bear the second year, one
NAV estimate an increase Of one thousand
per cent from flock Of ewes In six years,
and Il will soon become In New Mexico as
In California at the present time, ques.
tion OF land rather than sheep, for the lat
Ter increase so rapidly as to diminish in
value while land rapidly appreciates.
l FACTS TO CONSIDER.
There are mary things to consider in
the wool growing business anywhere, and
particularly in New Mexico, where the
COUNTRY is 80 open and new to settlement.
Great care should be given in selecting
a range where water from springs or wells
can be obtained, and the wool growers
first business should be TO become thor
ouehly acquainted with his range, and at-
ter engaging, always have an exact knowl-
edge OF the locality where his sheep can
be found, and adept system in doing
business and should exercise the greatest
care in breeding, and docking and brand.
ing. 90,
against overstocking, In treating against
the scab disease, aud guarding against loss
by theft and straying.
There is vast deal more OF work In
wool growing when properly attended to
than In cattle raising, and proportionate
increase OF profits. Many undertake It
who throw up the business in disgust,
while their neigkbors grow rich.
Experience and determination are as
essential as capital, audit would be better
to have the first with credit and start In
debt, than with capital without knowl.
edge OF the business, and determination
to peIsevere in It.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

Are you disturbed at night and broken
Of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with the excruciating pain OF cut
ting teeth? II so, go at once and get q
bottle oil Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup
It will relieve the poor little sufferer I'm.
mediately-depend upon it; there Ia no
mistake about 1t. There is not mother
on earth who has ever used it who will not
tell you at once that 1t will regulate the
bowels, and give rest to the neither, and
relief and health to the child, operating
like magic. II ig perfectly safe to use in
all cases, and pleasant to the taste, and Ia
the prescription Of one Of the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses in the
United States. Full directions Tor using
will accompany each bottle. None genuine
unless the facsimile Of Curtis L Perkins Is
on the outside wrapper. Sold by all Medi-
cine Dealers. twenty-five cents bottle.
beware OF limitations. Aw4P
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

900 bushels; unsradsd spring q 1914
/ l7l<; No. 2 do 81 l7k; ungraded red s. la
i 2sK; No. 8, 81 20,fat 214; No. ., 81 2ia
/ 25k: No. do 81 30a1 81; mixed winter
81 2ial q X; ungraded white 81 leal e; No.
2 do q 17al 1s1S No. do, sales 1900 bush.
els at 81 coal a. No. 2 red. December, SAles
e6s, 600 bushels Of q 24lfal 26N January,
sales $50, 900 bushels, at 81 Hs<M "a be6-
Iuary, sales 446, 900 bushels at 81 SQal BIZ
Corn heavy; receipts $4,000 bushels; ship
ments $4,000 bushels; ungraded 6Oa6l &c;
No. 8, 67kc; No. q Coo; store 81 Ha8lH; No.
q 60ael ic: No. 2 December o. Na6l No; jan
uary 62ae2Xc; February 62Xa63c. Oats weak;
receipts 1900 bushels; western mixed IA
44Xc; white western 45a5oc. Hay In fair de-
mand. Hops quiet and steady. Coffee
steady and unchanged. Sugar steady and
tirm; fair to good refining 7sl7Xc. Molasses,
New Orleans In moderate demand ut 4Oao4c.
Rice steady and In fair demand. Petroleum
stronger; United 0iXo; crude 6%a1hc; re.
fined exc Tallow unsettled at 6Aa6Hc:
Rosen steady OF 81 76al IS. Turpentine dull
and weak at 46c Eggs firm; for prime goa
Bic. Pork steady; mess S14 2S. Beef firm
and fairly active. Gut meats dull and heavy
long clear 81 90; short clear SS 90. Lard
stronger prime steam 50 Of. Butter In fair
demand for choice lSa2sc. Cheese dull and
unsettled ut 10al2hc.
CHICAGO, December 2-Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat in good demand and
prices shade higher; No. 2 red winter 81 06
No. 2 Chicago spring 81 COX cash: 81 cox
December; 81 l09S January; 81 llNal NIX
February; No. 8, 9Oa93o; rejected 72a76o
Corn easier; 4lXc cash; 400 January: 47c
asked May. Oats active but lower at sake
cash: 32Kc January; S6sSaS694c May: re-
jected 2sISa29c. Rye easier at SOC. Barley
easier at 81 OF. Pork active, but lower at
sl2 locals 25 cash; 5000 December; $l3 421a
IS IS January; $l3 81 lfal3 90 February. Lard
steady and firm at IS 60aS 66 cash; IS 621Ea
IS December; IS 62kaS 65 January; IS 76a
s77K February. Bulk meat dull. weak and
lower: shoulders 81 Is; short rib SO 95; short
clear 81 10. WhiAky stronger and higher at
$l1a. ....ll. i,
The following shows the fluctuations in the
Chicago grain and produce market yesterday
as reported by John NJ. Hoon q Co., brokers,
No 1tR0 Ma{n atraaf
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03
Asthma! Raised from Death.

TN THE EARLY PART OF THE
l. Wluter Of 1874, my mother, Mrs. Jane honsAin,
vas taken' very hck with spasnodIo AIthma and
Law nona6 weeks ina helpless condition, and dlet q
We b0iI6yef, bad sent for Or, J. E. Grant, and he
came % Mr.. Jane Bailey was tying up her JAWS.
The Doctor placed his hand over my mothers heart
and said Ihe was not dead, not 10 10 up her Jaws
ID vent away and brought some drops ond gave them
70 her on handkeTchIs holding Il closeIy over her
nose aud mouth. In about ave minutes ehe sp9ke
vas abls 10 20 around. We were all very mnch sur
psised, indeed frightened She will never be further
sone ,,ber aho Is dead than she was at the tins the
6oetOr Say her. Ny mother Is now yeaIl
ts;-prli Ms. CATollrs ssswar Mrs.: Celia 7. stoE-
~, - jams Bailey, Mr., Rna Mrs George a.
-. ~ NJ, Nina ZeB, MrS Anna Brown. Ms. Car
Il" Ciarf, n BoiSsr street. CsEelopd' Oh9 January
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03
Financial and Commercial.


New YoRx, December 2.-MoNEr-Market
active at @ per cent per annum, and YAK per
cent per diem. Prime mercantile paper 6a6
per cent. Sterling exchange bankers bills
strong at 81 79I<; demand a SIX.
In connection with the stringency OF the
money market, bank presidents interviewed
say that millions OF dollars were In the bank
vaults for the want OF use. In the Assay
office there are $5o,0O0,0Oo IN foreign gold,
which has been comihS here since August I'd.
It is estimated that $4,000 900 are on steam.
ers bound to this port, 50 that by the latter
part OF next week the total amount Of gold at
this port will have reached $50, 0o0, 900.
CONVENIENT. BoAps-Quiet but firm.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

The sheep Of New Mexico at the pres
emit time, with the exception Of those
lately introduced, are Of the Churro
breed, lineally descended from the same
breed now existing in old Spain, brought
over by the Spaniards soon after the con-
quest, and similar to those found general.
" in Mexico and South America, and in
New Mexico are Ola pure strain which
have been bred In, for three centuries,
and are hardy and gregarious, and admi'
rably adapted to the country, and to
breed from with the pure blooded Span
ish merino.
The sheep are small, and though most
excellent for mutton, give four or i've
pounds Of coarse hairy WOOL ct only tol
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

NEw YoRE, December 2-Cotton firm at
i2al?Nc; tntareE easy. Flour heavy; re-
ceipts $4,000 barrels; shipments l,SoO bar.
relS; supeFhne western and State s. 9oa4 Is;
common to good "a 90a5 20; good 70 choice
IS 26a6 rs: white wheat extra IS l6a6 80; ex.
tra Ohio IS OOGe rs; St. Louis IS 00a8 rs;
Minnesota patent process 90 60aS so. Wheat
heavy; receipts ll7,0o0 bushels shipments
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03
l Asthma. Piles and Rectal Diseases.

!, r Grant, N. D., Physician and Surgeon, pa
,sSGc,Ss In ha rosscsSo Of cures IN the above dis
SsssS, covering period Of over twenty yss;T open
Tor inspection. BE will relieve any e1se o. sPaS'
modic Asthma In few minuteS, and without GnA,,Ee
LSthms il cufabIo IN all IL stages In tho 9Id o.
ToGnF VI have WhSelli reference o. our Aniity %
Stre piles and Rco'al Diseases. We intend 70 %
main, and eau b found a Room % stamm House
wheeling, West Va. Consultation In person. o. oy
letter. free To all DgNn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

1t may be safely assumed that ordinary
grazing lands in California will psy six
per cent interest for wool growing upon q
valuation Of S. per acre, and upon a bet,
ter class OF land, not valuable under ex.
isting condition for cultivation, OF Blk per
cent upon valuation OF $40 per acre, and
we may consider the capacity OF such
lands as follows: that four acres OF land
will DO required In the frst instance to
carry one sheep through the year, and
in the second instance two acres. This
will give the valuation OF the land Deces'
sary 10 carry one sheep through the year
$40.
We will allow that thu average yield Of
a good flock is Ave pounds oil wool pei
annum, and that its average market price
freight and commission paid, Is twenty
four cents per pound, this will give 81 90
or per cont on $50. Under ordinary
circumstances the surpluS @pttop should
nay wholly for the care OF sheep.
We may therefore arrive at an approx
nation Of the value Of grazing land fol
sheep, and perceive that land which is SO
poor as to haye eight sores OF 1t required
10 carry 'one sheep, may pay fair ineomt
upon valuation OF So 80 per acre. ppor
this basis q tract Of 40 aores or the size o.
Boston Common would have capacity O.
Eve sheep, and q valuation OF 500.
The average attitude Of the whole OF thu
territory OF New Mexico iC about 500
feet above the level Of the aea, or rela
lively nearly as high as the top OF Noun
Washington. This Heppres On exemption
from the fogs and yapors OF low regions
and gives an air OF great purity, and ont
does not feel there the rarelacation cxpe
rIoneed generally at high attitudes.
lis a yell known fact that sheep dt
better In large f1ocks Ut high attitudes thar
mon low lands and thrive wonderful!
well even at an altitude Of 1900 and II,
OJO feet eboye tide level, as witnessed II
the mountainous rpsioas OF Asia, and thu
high table lands OF South America AMI
Contra! Australia, and although the!
thrive below Sea leyel, as witnessed II
Holland, they are subject 70 balltrg ant
foot rot, aud an aggravated scab diseas'
from which thsy ere exempt In high, Or!
The principal grass Of tho country \
known as the gramna, which grows uni
VERBALLY upon the Mk,G or table lands o
New Mexico, and as the Alfllerea or nG
tive clover OF California and the Alfalfa 0
South America is wonderfully nutrition
in quality, and will probably make NOR
nj eat than any other native grass. :.
Theralny GeSson, commencing general.
in July, starts the gramms yraSS through
out tho region, which retains its vitality
and has SLOW growth during the winter
and when 1t does die, cureC standing as
irstClass hay.
BEST MANNER OF BREEDING. =
The sheep Of New Mexico at the pres
ent time, with the exception Of thos
lately introduced, are Of the churr
breed, lineally descended from the sam
breed now existing In old Spain, bropgh
/ 4 Ia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

As7wEnr, December 2.-PetrolOum-Re'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-03

TOLEDO, Observation-Disclosures steady; No. l
white Michigan 81 051s: amber Michigan
81 ok: No. red Wabash, spot and De.
cember 81 OK; January 81 1lh; February
81 lax; May 81 20; rejected SIC. Corn steady;
high mixed 44hc; new IS Nc: No. 2 new 4S1<c;
old spot 4sI<c; May 4Skc; No. 2 white new
4sc; rejected 421fc; new 42Kc. Oats quiet Z;
No. 2, SIC. Clover seed, No. 2mammoth 81 so;
No. g 81 90. Dressed hogs IS 40a5 4b.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-15
STARTLING PAPER.
A Father Tried for a Crime Con
fessed by His Son.

BOsToS, March l3.-Nathan Z. Pratt,
treasurer of the Reading Savings Bank,
tried upon iitty-twO counts Tor embez-
element, has been found guilty on
twenty-nine counts. The case goes 10
the Supreme Court. and Pratt's baii has
been fixed at s95, 900.
shortly after conviction startling
paper in the pOssiOn OF Pratts counsel
Was made public. Ii i'd the confession
of Sidney Z. Pratt, son of y. J.. Pratt,
and up TO within a lew months chief
clerk, bOOkkeeper and cashier OF the bank
Of which his father Was treasurer. lie
takes the entire responsibility Ot the de
ialcations, aud details tine manner IN
which the stealings we're effected. lie
distracted mortgages, insurance poll
cies, &c, from the bank, realized on
them and replaced them with cuUnlngly
executed forgeries lie stole SIC, 900 in
government bonds, deposited IN the
bank as collateral, substituting in the
envelope old pvpers tie negotiated pa
per with other banks to the extent OF
$40, 100, and Systematically stole from
deposits when handed in.
All his transactions were kept from
the knowledge OF the bank officers, but
he saws the exercise Of ordinary care on
their part would have prevented any
wrong doing by him. His stealings AZ
gregated Sl3O,OOO. aud will make the
bank insolvent AMI entirely without Us
sets to pay some eight hundred dePosl-
tors. The sou tled before the father was
arrested, and his whereabouts are un-
known.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-15
Did Moses Have Hornsp

Correspondence Oi the Register.
The author OF "The Pulse OF Life hay-
ing undertaken in an able manner from
his standpoint, to give the definition OF
the horns put on Moses by St. Jerome,
will, am sure, listen to my criticism OF
that standpoint.
As Credo No. . stated it VAS not q
question whether believed Moses had
horns, but the liability OF various read
ers Ia fall into that error Michael Angelo
made, with the Latin Vulgate in his
hands, when he painted horns on tho
IAwgiyer IN st. Peters; and not Pope,
Cariinal, Bishop OF Priest has known
enough Hebrew To have his ignorance
covered up.
IfCredo No. would look into He
brew Bible he would there see the gross
mistake made by the Bishop in giving
"karn" Profit" for "kOrn, "hoTn-iac-
Ell /" aud, worse yet, not knowing enough
Hebrew 20 see that II was two wor,is,
"Korn-r"" IAN enlightened face" Sill, |
will give the Bishop credit Tor knowing
more than many Bishop Who has set
himself up for candle to light up the
vorld-albeit many youth IN his junior
wear at our Harvard OF Yale would make
him 20 To the bottom OF the class lor
what he does not know.
Nv criticism, then, OF Credo No. Is
his acceptance OF the LATIN text Illus
tratel b, symbols ID mEdiico, Phllo-
sophical and popular, shlch are no
guide to the correctness of the text, int
'he knew not that his fsce shoue;
Nov, the hOTn-taced peculiarly wonld
necessarily be above the lace, above the
forehead in fact, and SO the error OF u.
Jerome must take place side by side
with another continued error Of the
churrh. which ma e. the LOrd Jesus
Christ act 50 undigniird to his yiceroy
As 10 send direct letters from himself to
the seven churches which were in Asia,
ins,esd of through his supreme Pontlti
and The Pope through his Bishops.
We Protestants do not claim lniailibu-
ity from error Show US where We are
wrong. and We correct ourselves. Al
last hear that a movement Is on loot
in the Vatican for revising the isilible
infallible Roman Catholic Bible.
l.. GARDENER
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-15
WIFE MURDER.
Another Horrible Affair at
Waynesyille, ..

CIScISSArI, March l4.--A GaEette
special from Waynesville, o., says that
a brutal murder was discovered there
this afternoon. Gideon Carson and his
vile have been living the past winter
in an old school house in the outskirts
of the village, in the most abject pow
erty, intensified by CarsOn's intemper-
ance and ill-health. He has been known
to be very violent in temper when
drunk. At O o'clock p. N. tonight
a young man wanted to get Mrs. Carson
To do some washing tomorrow, raped
at the door, and getting no response he
entered and found the room in utter
confusion. Mrs. Carson lay on the front
part Of the bed murdered, portion OF
her left cheek entirely cut Oh,
which he aiterward found in
a bowl. The fatal blow had
apparently been given with hstchet.
The Coroner was called, when il was
found that Mrs. Carson was entirely
nude, being covered with bed tick, and
her husband Was lying in drunken
stupor on the back OF the bed. He was
taken to Jail, where he reused enough
To say that he knew his wife
was dead, and that she was
killed about l o'clock, but said he did
not know who did it. Carson is between
30 and 90 wears Of aye, and has been a
highly respected man. lie Was at one
time in the dry goods business, and for
long time was trusted clerk In
Haines K Waight's store. Within the
past few years he has been drinking
heavily,