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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-19

covered with o sell supporting roof con.
structed from desigus furnished by MIR.
Hamilton, Of ]. A. holiday, and under
the supervision OF Mr.. Ed Miller, building
superintendent OF the concern. This roof
when finished will be one Of the largest
and most complete In the city.
Mr.. ]. D. MADDEN,
contractor and builder, has all he can do
at present, he says, and thinks the pros.
poets are good for the future. Atpresent
he has on hands the NJ. E parsonage on
Chapline street, above Twelfth; the Ogle'
bay buildings at Bridgeport, magnificent
new hotel and store house at Washington,
Pa, which are being built By James Anto,
ESQ.,; he has just finished making some
changes and very material repairs to the
Parker block, lately purchased BY H. K.
List and made to conform with the other
buildings on Main street, below -Four
tenth. Mr.. McFadden Is also doing the
work on the repairs to the Custom House,
and the residence Of Col. R. NJ. Deleplaine
on Ohapline street.
ARMSTRONG, coEN co.
are contractors and builders on large
scale, and during the season just past have
done q large amount oil work. Among
the most prominent OF their buildings we
noticed large business block on Market
street, near Eleventh, just finished for
Christian Hess, ESQ.,; two large tenement
houses on Fifteenth street, for Joseph
Bodley; two large brick tenements on
Virginia street, Island, for Alex. Coen; q
large and beautiful frame dwelling at the
upper end OF the Island for Capt. Tom
Prince; two elegant dwelling houses on
South York street for Martin Thornton; a
frame dwelling for W. II. Chambers, be.
sides several smaller houses in various
quarters OF the city. MIR. Coen, OF the
firm, says there is stifening up in resl
estate, and he expects to see q large de
mand for II very soon.
JOSEPH goDLEY, ESQ.
Mr.. Bodley, a well known contractor and
builder, has not been actively engaged ii
business for two or three years, but ha.
kept his eye on building interests never
ltheless. Said he: "The prices for build
ling are higher this year than the,
were last. l.think they are fully thirty
per cent higher. One reason of this is The
advance In prices OF labor; and another
the advance In material. All the materials
entering into the building have increased
in price-brick especially SO. Brick have
advanced fully thirty per cent, and they
are now about all used up. have noticed
this year that the new buildings are Of a
better character than usual; and they
have been principally residences. The
business houses are likewise OF better
character. Real estate is more valuable,
Improvements in Wheeling are on the ad
vance. and the future looks more promis.
ing than 1t has for years.
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THERE is nothing which will relieve dill
eases OF the kidneys and urinary organs
as quick as the Excelsior Pad. McLain
BROTHERS have them. See advertisement.
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A PLEASANT entertainment Ia promised
this evening at the Wheeling Female Col.
lege. Doors open att O'Clock; entertain.
ment begins at y O'Clock. Admission
twenty-five cents. Proceeds for library.
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The CouRrs-CrRculT CouRT-JudOe Mel.
aR. -This court met at 8 o'clock yester-
day morning and disposed OF the follow.
Ing business:
BE. MeMecben vs.. n. II. Gregg. The
entire day Was conAumed In the examina.
don Of witnesses In this case,
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THERMOMETER RKcouD.-The following
shows the range 1.-The thermometer, o.
observed at Schnepi's drug store, Opera
Houge corner yesterday:
1917. 1880.
7A.u,I7N,ar. H.7rn. TAN. IAN. .. ~. Pm.
u q q 20 % 10 Is o
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WARRINGTON, D. c., November l0-l A.
4-For Tennessee and tue Ohio Valley
falling barometer, stationary or higher
temperature, variable winds, shifting tc
the south or west, clear or partly cloudy
weather.
For the Lower Lake Region, station.
airy, followed by a falling barometer
slightly warmer south to west winds and
partly cloudy weather, with oCcasiona
light snow In the eastern portion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-19

THE greatest remedy for kidney diseases
is the Excelsior Pad, which can be found
at McLain Brothers. See advertisement.
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GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN @. HERvEr,
Gnnn.fnknnIn.E

Mrs. speCk was confirmed asianitress o.
the Eighth ward school.
On motion OF Mr.. John O. Miller, Gen
eral James NJ. Todd was elected to fill the
vacancy in the Board, created by the death
OF John Fitzsimmons.
A resolution was offered, empowering
the Committee on Finance to borrow
s. 600 at the lowest rate Of interest fol
sixty days.
Adjourned.
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II your kidneys trouble you, stop in at
McLain Brothers and get an Excelsior
Pad, which will relieve you In few hours,
Sea advertisement,
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WE have Stem Wlud watches With Look
JACOB W. GRUB,
Corner Market and Twelfth Sis.
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MUTTON Broth SOUP for Merchants
Lunch this morning al the New RcLure
House Sample Rooms.
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COMPLETE llus oFlldIss' and chlIdrsn's
Flows and m'ts In tlttoed, Isle, cashmere,
kld and wool at Sells Main ST.
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ANOTHER full lima Of Reversible Over.
coats lust recelv' d Ia you he and nsn'S
1I7ss, PretlItSt goods or The sess,n.
D GuNDlIN6 4 co.,
Star CIoIhlers, So Twelfth st.
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EVERYBODY chews Chief Tobacco, be-
cause 1t Is the best. For sale by all first
class dealers.
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signed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES.
accounts. committee reported bills
amounting TO 1896 79, which were ordered
paid.
Buildings and Gounds.-This committee
reported that they had employed Mr.. s. III.
Howard to make plans, and specifications
aud superintend the erection Of school
building in the Fifth ward, at the price and
terms nominated In the contract, viz: Five
per cent on the cost OF the building, this
being the rates Of charges OF the
American Architectural Association.
Accompanying the report were
the plans and specifications Of
the proposed school house. The commit
tee also reported having employed B. W.
Peterson, City Engineer, 10 make o survey
and plat OF the ground OF the new school
building. Report adopted.
suPERINTESDENT's REPORT.
WHEELING, November Is, 1880.
To le Board of Education:
GESTLRMES:-The reports OF the schools
OF the district for the month oil October,
1880, are upon your table. The following
abstract Is presented:
Enronent for the month. 3Ci9
Average attendance o.!
Average ABSENCE. 10
Per cent Of attendance on enTOllmsGt.,....... "
Enrollment aimee september Ssi1
Cases OF Hardness Washington, ia;
Madison, 81; Clay, l49; Union, 1888; Centre
III; Webster, 55; Richie, liz; Colored, 80.
Total, $50.
Pupils Perfect in Attendance Washing
ton, ITO; Madison, "a; CLAY, 1886; Union,
80; Centre, 50; Webster, 63; Richie,
l54; Colored, q. Total, Sll.
ENROLMENT in each School Washing.
ton, sos; Madison, 372; Clay, 575; Union,
SCI; Centre, 500; Webster, 5l3; Richie,
70S; Colored, 90.
Per Cent OF Attendance-W Washington,
81; Madison, SO; Clay, 90; Union, IS;
Centre, 81; Webster, 81; Richie, 50; Col.
ored, 81.
Pupils in the Several Branches-orthog.
raphy, S649; Reading, 1851; Writing,
1905; Mental Arithmetic, ..l,66S;
Written Arithmetic, lG6S; Geography,
1,l2s; English Grammar, 81; His.
tory, 30; Physiology, 90; Natural Philos.
poy, 81; Chemistry, 46; Botany, 6; As.
| ttonouy, Vi a'keDIai 1905 HeuLneHS, wi
Constitution and Science Of Government,
"a; Rhetoric, 81; Physical Geography,
1928; German Language, 297; Drawing 34S.
Amount paid for instruction, including
German, S4.05l.
GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
Enrolment in German-Washington,
20, Madison, %; Clay, 60; Union, 81; Cen.
ire, 40; Webster, 20; Richie, 70. Total,
2s7.
Number OIL clAs IS
Number Of pup Of German parentSge."-...... 1877
Number Of pupils oil other than German parent
age ~
Number Of pupils Ia grammar rooms 81
Number Of pupils In Division .... ..... "...-.. %
Amount paid for instruction in GeTman..."~r....sIa
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN @. HERvEr,
Superintendent.
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CHlLDREES knit hoods for SOC. 600,
$50. $40, 500 $t25, $3.50, So 90 and
$2.70 at Bells li22 Main street.
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EXTRA heavy " col hose, doubIs.hesIs and
toes for ladies', miss s. and children at
BeL's. Main street.
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INQUIRE for Chief Tobacco and take no
other. You will Iikeit.
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A FULL line Of ladies', ntssVs' aud chill
trGh's mIrlnO underwear at Bells, Haln
AiFaet
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CuIEF TOBACCO is the "boss." II you
try 1t you will use no other.
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BOARD OF EDUCAT1oN.

Regular Monthly Meeting last Might.
The Board Of Education met in regular
monthly session last night, Capt. Andrew
Wilson in the chair, with the following
members in their seats: Messrs. Arkle,
Blngell, Collier, oriswsll, Ebeling, Hess
Maxwell, Mccully, Miller ]. A., Miller j.
O., Wait, Wilson A., and Wilson ". A.
The minutes Of the last meeting, also
Of the called meeting, were read and
signed.
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CHItDRESs msrlnu vests for zoo and
upwards at Bells.
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THE b,st 500 lsdlsS msilnO vest Ia thu
oily at Bells, haln street,
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NENTISTRY.-To THOSE THAT DE.
~ SIRE 70 save their natural tS0th ve would say
that We are now better PREPARED than oVor before 70
Gnable them 70 do 60. By the use Of an ELECTRIC
MAGNETIC PLu0sHH NO can and arc making betteI
PStientI, than have heretofore been made IN this
city or elsewhere without the lid Of tho Electric
PIuHgtr. What We nay va csr prove BY actual
demonstration, Call and see for y0urIelyes.
JAMES a. BuRGIS0E 4 SON,
inI M fIAp Mrvts' o.. Wheeling W Va
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" you want the finest chew out, buy the
Chief Tobacco,
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mAttet OF DullulnR Stone, lne quhIIleB
around here, convenient to the city, have
almost all been worked out, and It 10 next
70 impossible TO get good clear stone for
fooled and rufEled work, and lately the
builders have been compelled to have re.
course TO the river quarries oil free stone.
Among the most important Is the Pors.
mouth, or Buena Vista stone works. This
stone lie much fuer and almost as cheap as
our local stone. There are several build.
ings In our city that have used this stone.
Among the prof buildings Is the new
residence Of Mr.. ]. A. Holiday, TO b
built on the corner OF Twentieth and
Chapline streets. The style Is modern,
and while belonging 10 no particular
school OF architecture the members are OF
bold conception and well studied. Tho
sunestructure will be Of brick on
Portsmouth stone foundation, windows
and doors all trimmed with the same ma.
teFial.
Hobbs, BroCkunIer 4 Co, is last approach.
ing completion. The roof trusses are be.
ing placed in position as fast Gs possible.
The factory 70 one hundred feet square,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-02-19
Neatness OF the Barn.

The Country Gentleman gives the
following excellent and much needed
advice: cit is not necessary for
the farmer to build q highly orna-
mental edifice in order to have q neat
and attractive appearance in his barn
and about his barnyard. Specimens of
neatness and purity are sometimes seen
where the owner could afford only
cheap and imperfect structures. The
management depends on the man-not
SO much on the character of his build
ings. Nevertheless, when the owner
takes the pains and incurs the expense
of finished erections, he will be more
likely to feel an interest in keeping
everything in and about them in good
condition. 1t must be confessed that
there is great room for improvement in
the majority of farmers in this country,
although much progress has been
made, and q number-happily q very
large number-are models in this re-
spect. We have seen barns and stables
kept IS neat as q parlor. Some men
think this is attended with too much
trouble and labor-like the boy who
combed his hair once q month, and,
finding it difficult and painful, was un-
able to comprehend how any one could
endure to do it every day. 1t is not the
process Of cleaning that we recommend,
but keeping clean. A nurseryman was
asked how he killed the weeds in his
thirty-five acre grounds. 81 do moi
kill them," was his answer. Z" allow
none to enter or grow" We men.
ton few examples of def.
cient care in this particular.
Among good managers the common
recommendation and use of manure eel
lars is a frequent cause of foul air, which
more or less pervades the building, in.
lures the sweetness of the hay and
compels cattle and horses to breathe
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noxious odors. Manure should never
be kept in q barn basement without the
constant use of enough absorbent, in
the shape of straw, chopped stalks,
sand or dry peat to hold all the effiuvia.
The difficulty will be much lessened as
farmers learn the advantages of draw
ing and spreading manure in winter. as
we have frequently recommended. But
care is necessary, even for the small
daily accumulations. No animal is so
badly abused as the pig, in being thrust
into apartments which are permitted to
become polluted from neglect. The
hired man, to whom we gave the pigs
in charge, thought it great hardship
that we required him to clean their
floor thoroughly twice day. But he
ultimately found it much the easiest on
the long run, as each daily cleaning
was a mere nothing. Pigs are natural
ly cleanly, If they are only permitted to
be so, and when comfortably provided
for thrive better and fatten faster; and
one would think the farmer would pre-
fer to eat such pork to that taken out of
q manure hole. Sweep the barn floor
often, sweep out the horse stalls atleast
twice day, provide clean and dry lit
ter for all animals, give them pure
water, let their food be sweet and nour-
ishing, avoid all fetid accumulations,
shelter your barnyard from cold winds
by evergreens and keep every square
foot of ground about your buildings free
from offensive rubbish, and you will
not only preserve more self-respect for
this care, but will enjoy the pleasure OF
giving comfort to the living creatures
under your control, and what is not
least in the eyes of money making man
ayers you will derive greater profit,
! preserve your buildings from decay and
have q place that will sell at q higher
price if you should wish to dispose Of it
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Spiders that XIII Birds.

Everybody knows that spiders catch
aies and other insects; but that some OF
them kill little birds may not be so
generally known. A traveller in Brazil
tells us that he caught one of them in
the very act, while going through q
forest in the Amazons. The spider was
q hairy fellow, with body two inches
long, and eight legs measuring seven
inches each, from end to end. The
writer describing the incident, says: sc 1
was attracted by movement of the
monster on q tree trunk; it was close
beneath a deep crevice in the tree,
across which was stretched dense
white web. The lower part of the web
was broken, and two small birds,
finches, were entangled in the pieces.
One of them was quite dead, and the
other nearly so. drove away the mon
ster, and took the birds, but the second
one soon died. The fact of species of
Mygale, to which genus this spider be-
longs, sallying forth at night, mounting
trees, and sucking the eggs and young
of humming- birds, has been recorded
long ago by Madam Merriam and Palisot
de Beauvois; but, in the absence of any
confirmation, it has come to be dis
credited. From the way the fact has
been related it would appear that it had
been merely derived from the report OF
natives, and had not been witnessed by
the narrators. The Mygales are quite
common insects; some species make
their cells under stones, others form
artistical tunnels in the earth, and some
build their dens in the thatch of houses.
The natives call them Aranhas caran-
gueijeiras, or crab-spiders. The hairs
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The Chinese Theater.

In the north of China every town and
every large village boasts its perma-
nent theater, while the inhabitants Of
other villages, too small to be fortu-
nate, find little difficulty in extemporiz-
ing theaters of mat and bamboo on any
chance arrival of an itinerant troop of
actors. As long as the visit of these
wandering players lasts the people Of
the district give themselves up to the
enjoyment OF the holiday. Early each
morning the roads from all the country
round may be seen crowded with peo-
pie, the poorer ones ON foot, and, If in
the north of China, the wealthier classes
on mules or carts, all tending to the
one point of attraction; the women gay
in blue, red or green silks, and the men
in their best and brightest attire. If
we follow this pleasure seeking crowd,
we enter q theater built in the form of
q parallelogram, at one end of which is
platform, generally, though not al
ways, as wide as the building. This
platform is divided breathwise by q
wooden partition with two entrances,
the front part forming the stage, and
the rear portion serving the purposes Of
green-room, property-room, and abode
Of the troupe. The body of the theater,
answering to our pit and stalls, is with
out seats or partitions; while above and
encircling the whole are the boxes in
which the women and principal sub
scribers have their places. If the dis
triot should be very poor one the
probability is that we find ourselves op-
posite q covered stage on an open piece
Of ground, in front Of which the carts
of the visitors, full of their occupants,
are ranged in . semi circle, thus forming
the walls of truly Thespian theater.
Within this inclosure stands q densely-
packed, good-natured, eager crowd,
whose power of standing is only
equalled by their power of unflagging
enjoyment. No money is taken at the
doors. The troupe is generally hired
either by a private individual or by q
public subscription for q certain num-
Der of days, and free admission is
granted to every one. The perform
ances last from the early morning until
late in the evening, with short intervals
between each of the four or five pieces.
The acting, generally speaking, is good
for the Chinese are naturally quick OF
observation, and are thus able in every.
day life to catch easily the tone Of those
with whom they associate, and on the
stage to assume the characters they
wish to represent. The possession ol
these faculties is the more important a.
the actors get very little guidance from
the play-books, which almost entirely
confine their directions to "enter,'
exit and "aside," or, as the Chinese
literally translated means, "ascend,'
"descend" and turn the back anG
say Contemporary ReUieso.
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A Pistol With O History.

Twas standing, few evenings ago,
on the corner Of Lamar and jackson
streets. in this little city, looking
vaguely toward the setting sun, and
&" chinking'' two Mexican dollars in
my hand, when an acquaintance ap-
preached and remarked:
See here, Jones, is something with
history-a thing which you may have
heard OF before" and he placed in my
hands what thirty years ago was the
most noted weapon in all Georgia-a
long, riied, double-sighted dueling
pistol. The weapon was single-bar-
relied. with cock under, not above; no
guard to protect the triggers, one Of
which drew the cock back and the 9TH
er threw it. Upon the market at this
day of modern Improvement the article
would have fetched, perhaps, $1.5O,
but half q century ago the pair, of
which this was the survivor, had sold
in London for f25. But let me tell its
history as my friend told it to me:
This, you see. has the name of A.
Prevot, London, on the barrel, and was
purchased, with its fellow, fifty years
ago. from that manufacturer by one
Sir Hugh Cadwalader as the best duel
ing brace ever manufactured in Lon
don. See how fine the steel, how per-
feet the rifle grooves, and yet how sim
pie the thing is gotten up. Cadwala-
der. soon after the purchase, had occa-
sion to use them, and did, with effect.
A Lieutenant in the army insulted him
at q banquet one evening, and the baro-
net threw q glass of wine in his face.
A challenge followed, and Sir Hugh, be-
ing anxious to try his new purchase,
chose pistols. They met at sunrise
next day, and the Lieutenant fell,
pierced through the heart by q bullet
from this weapon. Sir Hugh soon aft
er came to this country, and in diff
Guilty with q Scottish gentleman in
Charleston, s. c., used this pistol with
fatal effect Sir Hugh afterward gave
the brace to his second in the last named
encounter, q young South Carolinian
| by the name of Aston, an ancestor oi
the Colonel Aston killed last year in
Atlanta. 1t was not long before Alstor
had occasion to use them. While In
Augusta. Ga, q wealthy young man ol
that place made some disreputable re-
marx about Alston's political party. A
quarrel ensued, and meeting was the
consequence. Aston was desperately
wounded, but with this pistol he killed
his adversary.
| We next hear of these twin death an
gels in Florida, whittier Aston carried
them. He had removed to Texas, but
had brother in Florida who was kill
ed by General Reade, rising youns
politician of that State. On learning
Of the homicide Aston set out for the
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region and exercises its normal func-
tions in those secretions which absorb
the adipose liquefactions in their trans
fusion through the minute ramifications
in which they are conveyed to the cep-
halle protuberances has no primordial
condition of existence in the white cat.
This defect destroys the sanitary con-
dition of the nerves, thus rendering the
auricular organs impervious to sound. -
1t strikes US this is the correct answer.