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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-05
LIVE bTOCK.
New Y orh.

NE~ YegE. March A-The Drm,y's
Jyrn bureau reports Beeyes Re-.
ceips TO day l.oi) head; rain storm in.
I rrupt.d outdoor traffic. sales slOw
but prices not quo,ably lower; Q fair
clsarsnce Vas made; no really fine cat.
tie were shown; yery poor 10 prime
steers IOIc. Exporters used 30 head
of fat steers at lOlnl0!c; shipments iov
N day and ~. morrow include GA head
of live cattle, 5000 quarters oi b@~i,
l.l3s csrcssses Of mutton, and S3u
dressed pigs.
Sheep Receipts $3.50 head; market
duh at - 2jtaG IS; lambs st w. ySs
20; some extra wethers taken for eS.
portatioo st good prices, including three
carloads At &c.
Swine Receipts I 800 head; market
SLOW for live bog,; very COMMON
Western - IS per 100 pounds; good $SU.
Cneinnsti
CiscIssArI, March 4-Hogs-Firmsr:
common a 2j<a5 10, light u GIe5 10,
packing . 2yla5 81. butehers - 1Js
s 90. Receipts ,:Oo bead; shipments
500 bead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-05
DEF GOODS
Uw Tea.

Nsv YoaK, March A-Dry Goois-
Tr,de quist. Cotton goods unchanged.
Prnt cloths unensnged: prices ruled
quiet. WOODEN goods irregular.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-05
Cincinnati.
WOOL.
Phtladeiphia.

PHiLaDsLrHIA. March I-Wool-In.
active and mofe inquiry; Ohio. Pa, and
West vir giBia Xxx and above 45c extra
i3lnt5c; medium 4s(t49c; coarse 37cs
40: New York. Michigan Indiana and
Western fine 3sla+lic; medium 4Js
fsc, coarse 3jIs 32c; washed oombing
and deIsin- j2c; unushed 3ls3ic:
pulled 33sJc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-05
Boston.

I:o-Tos. March 4-wool-Demsnd
active; Ohio and Pennsylvania eItra
43is, 45c, Michigan and Wisconsin estra
&ys,4.e: medium and No. ] 4Ss4'sc; (;
INV ash--i woods IJ437 pulled Jjle52c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-05

The present issue OF United States
notes has been sustained by the neces-
sities OF war, but such paper should de-
pend for its value snd currency upon its
convenience in use and its prompt re-
demption in coin a. will oi order, and
not upon its compulsory circulation.
These notes are not money, but promi.
ses 10 pay money If holders demand it.
The promises should be kept. The re.
funding Of the National debt at lower
rate OF interest should be accomplished
without compelling the withdrawal
O: National bank notes and thus disturb.
ing the business Of the country.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
- - .
THE PROMISED LIND.
a Canaan Held Out TO COlOred
People by Western Company.

Secretary kirkwool's attention has
been called to Il circular, addressed "To
the Freedmen Of the United States"
which is being sent out from st. Louis,
bearing the signatures Of ]. Milton Turner,
president and Hannibal C.. Carter general
manager. The manifesto, which is quite
q long one. sets forth that the Govern
mcnt OF the United States had generously
anticipated the necessities Of the freedmen,
and IN view Of them had III 1866 secured
hy treaty stipulations with the Greek,
Seminole and Chickasaw Indians the
ession of about l4,U00, 900 acres of their
lands, 'to locate other Indians and freed
men thereon. "rhesc lands, the cir.
eular states, "hayc been surveyed and
srctioni1ed awaiting their intended usr ,
viz. settlement and occupation by the
freedmen ol the United States, giving to
r,srh settler the fee simple To u homestead
Of 80 acres.
I he circular asserts that the subject
has been carefully studied and that no
bar tn the immediate occupation of this
land by III" freedmen exists. "rhu
Assoc iationH Processes 10 have made an
arrangement to employ from ono TO five
thousand ahle-bUdird laborers for sis
months or longer for from 81 to IL. so pei
day, with board, provided they reach ST.
Louis at their own expense. Thence they
ans to be transported without further
expense to the scene of their labors, OF
condition that they agree TO join tn,
! Oklahoma movement.
The Secretary bids colored people avail
his Investigations before embracing tn,
I scheme
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
PLANNING THE GEARS DEATH.
Fixing the Day and Details OF the
-Assasstnatton-sop Pteomky's
Hand in ft-Her CoufesstOu.

The confession made by tho Nihilist
.Kussakoff, who was hanged on Friday, is
published in the London Standard. 1t
makes known for the first time the exact
means by which the Cars assassination
was planned and executed.
AT first the date was not fixed, and was
not thought to be near, but soon Russia
kof observed i'll Jeliaboif and his friends
n feverish haste, occssioned, he thinks,
by the arrests that had weakened and
alarmed the party. 1t was week before
the lst (l3th) OF March that he accepted
the task in answer to Jeliaboti's categori-
cal demand. The latter then brought
him into immediate relation with those
who were preparing for the deed, and he
was introduced into the revolutionary
quarters Of Sablin, which had been taken
with the express object OF getting all
ready for the attempt. His first duty
was, i'll company with Elnlkon,
to follow all the movements Of
Pieroilsky. The other "volunteers," who
met in Sablin's room, We're Michaeloff and
one Michael. From time to time, too,
man made his appearance who was
| called THE Technic," who explained i'll
detail the bombs and furnished them with
a sample, which the volunteers tried with
full success in field behind the Smolno
| Monastery. Coming back they found
that Ieliabof had disappeared, having, in
fact, been arrested. On the eventful day,
at 5 in the morning, they assembled
again at Sablin's to get hnal
instructions and the bombs. These were
| brought by Pieoifsky in bundle. There
were but two Of them, but she said that
perhaps more would come; they had been
working all night at them, but had been
unable to prepare the number previously
decided upon. after this 1.-The Technie"
arrived, bringing more bombs, which
were gwen to Pieofsky, who drew on the
cover OF each plan ot the streets, mark
ing. the spots where the respective bearers
were to stand. The disposition was as
follows: Ii the Emperor passed down the
Sadovaya, the niue was 10 he exploded,
Russakolf standing with his engine in the
square at one end, Michael" at the
other end Of the street where it runs into
the Nelisky. In the Alanege square, as
the more dangerous place, Were 10 stand
Eluiliuif and Michaeioif, as being better
known to each other, more experienced
and with better revolutionary record.
On the explosion OF the mine all were to
run towards the spot 10 insure the death
Vi the Emperor if the explosion had failed
to do its work. Ii, however, the Imperial
carriage did not come that way the CON
spiraturs We're TO meet i'll the Michael
street. where Pieuilsky would give them
sign ii they We're to 80 to the Catherine
canal and wait their victim there. This
WAS what in fact lapppned and
Russakoh, getting the signal from the
woman, went to the canal, and, las already
stated, threw his bomb under the horses
AT that time Elnikot was standing by the
railing some way further ON.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

What "a gentleman OF Milford Recalls
of ihH Poet.

w. T.. Corsa, CORES pondent of the Mil
ford chruhcit, quotes an article from
STATE Journal to the effect that DIR. W.
Gibbun Carter Of Richmond, Va, denied
that Edgar Allen Poe was ever 4 drundard,
and says
Far De it from me tu hrcluud a character
that At its worst excited tile interest and
sympathy Of many, and mad- Il host Of
friends. But the memory OF childhood is
too vivid tn pass unchallengad the above
assertion of DIR. Carter.
While Poo livad in Forlhun, n. y, it
was my lot in going to and from school to
pass his residence daily. ...
The house was low one story and
a-halt cottage, with its gable end toward
the road, aud located but few feet from
the picket fence that shut it in from the
highway. Along its front ran rooted
| porch, the floor OF which WAS scarcely
raised above the ground by the small
| iioor-timbers. The cottage faced small
orchard Of large apple trees aud was =
romantic spot. Along this porch, from
end to end, back and forth, have the
most vivid recollection of Poe as he paced
with measured step, somewhat quick and
nervous, his hands behind him and his
/ hedi bpNti' ilio ldct was btltTdliy
flushed and his countenance was the
picture Of distress; so that the school
girls passed with quicked pace, and the
boys, assuming a boldness they scarcely
possessed, sauntered on the sidewalk
near the fence, until We had passed what
was generally known az 'the drunken
man." On pleasant afternoons he was
seldom absent from this porch, and ii he
was not a drunkard he did himself great
injustice by carrying the sign.
During his residence in Forihsm his
necessities We're ministered 10 by my
aunt, Mrs. Walton, and by other relatives
and friends, who took great interest in
him and his; and among whom never
heard our idea that he was "the drunken
man" disahused, except so far as to as
sure us that he would not hurt any one
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

Captain Mosher, Of the barque Su'tna
which came into Baltimore from New
Castle, England, a few days since, was
delayed in his passage by vain hunt
for the trade winds, and for the first time
in his life he found the winds not blow
ing at this season Of the year. His
passage was an unusually long one, and
he says that there are many sailing
VESSELS becalmed 200 miles southeast OF
Cape Henry, some Of which are probably
short of provisions. He thinks the
revenue cutter that should venture few
leagues beyond the capes would find
enough to do in relieving vessels Sc
situated. 1t is strange enough if this
most unnatural spring is to have
Its phenomena supplemented by the alb
sence of the unfailing trade winds.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

PirrsBuRc, Pa, April ls.--The first
case of trichinosis ever developed here
made it's appearance in Allegheny
on last Tuesday night in the person
Of a German named Frank Knize.
On that evening he ate freely of pork
which was not well cooked. About two
hours after he grew violently sick and
terrible pains spread over his entire body.
He was next taken with vomiting and
pursing.
A physician was summoned who pro-
nounced the disease triChinosis and upon
submitting small piece OF flesh TO the
microscopical test in a net work of small
muscles II trichina were found.
Proper remedies were administered and
the patient is slowly improving. He
refuses to state from whom he purchased
the pork.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
A Negro Juror i'm Our Courts.

Moses America, colored man from
Brandywine hundred, has Just been
drawn as one OF the petit jurors for the
coming term of court in this county. Mr..
Mahaffy, member of the Levy Court for
Brandywine, is responsible for placing the
name in the box, and therefore Moses
substantial and intelligent citizens OF
Brandywine hundred, This is question
between Mr.. Mahaify and his constitu-
ents, but his action has one aspect of de-
cided public interest. 1t has been re-
Gently contended before our own courts,
and We believe before the supreme Court
of the United States that the laws Of this
State deny colored men the right to sit on
juries and that, If this is not the case, the
administration OF our laws practically
does work such exclusion OF negroes be
cause of race.
All the judges on our bench have
denied tue accuracy of this view and
most people have doubtless accepted theil
Judgment, but it was left to Mr.. Mahaffy
to settle the matter beyond doubt OF
peradyenture, not by argument but by
active demonstration that under the law,
OF Delaware negro can be drawn as
juror, and that, therefore, color is not tn,
ground of their ordinary exclusion frou
the panel. II Mr.. Mahaffy does not CON
prehend the completeness with which h
has accomplished this, we doubt not tina
it will be made clear to him at the frs
interview he has hereafter with hi
political lord and master, who has sough
to destroy the centuries old iurisdictiol
of our State courts on the plea that thi
very thing Mr.. Mahafy has just don
cannot by any possibility be done.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

The Neseark Ledger, suspended Tor three
months past since the death OF its late
editor, L. Theodore Esling, has been re-
vived, the first Of the new issue appear
ing on Saturday last under the name Of
the Delaware Ledger The new proprietor
is Fred. A. q. Handy of Washington, and
the paper is edited, we believe, by his
younger brother Egbert P Handy. The
editor promises to make his paper non
partisan but not unpatriotiv non
"seetarian, but not irreligious. This
first issue Of the Deiawafr Leigsr has the
usual amount OF local news, some well
considered editorial matter aud consider
able local correspondence. As is meet in
Newark, special attention is given L
Delaware College doirgs Mr.. Esling
late editor of the Ledqer, succeeded il
making one Of the best country papers OF
the Peninsula, and there is no reason
why Mr.. Handy should not do as we'll
He has the hearty good wishes vi EVER
EvENrNG.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

The lsniasuidr .Nars and Advertiser de-
clare, that il Is unable 10 see that the |
usury laws were ID any way responsible |
for driving capital out Of Delaware at
tinr when money commanded more than
six per cent. plaewhurs, md says that the
monuy that went out generally was in
vested in stocks, &c., or else was loaned
In tho States of New York and Pennsylva-
mia where tho legal rate Of interest
ia the same as il is here. The .N1cs
and Advertiser, II 1t has given
any attention to this snhject, certainly
knows that the penalties under the usury
laws of the two States named are 80 differ.
ent from our own that nil that the oppo-
nents Of the usury laws have ever asked
at the hands of our Legislature has been
the passage of law in Delaware similar
to that in Pennsylvania. Here the whole,
principal and interest, is forfeited in case
of usury, the State holding out delib-
crate inducement to any man borrowing
money to commit an act 80 despica BILE
that it ought to be accounted felony, while
in Pennsylvania and New York the only
effect of the usury law is 10 deprive the
creditor of the power of collecting the
interest agreed upon in excess OF that
stimulated by law. Consequently usury
laws there have little or no effect except
to regulate the rate of interest where no
agreement is made.
But, if the Neirs md Advertiser cannot
see this, and it says it cannot, there does
not seem to be any use in attempting to
present the matter at the present time.
It is as absolutely plain as anything can
be. So long as money was worth more
than six per cent. in neighboring States
and the laws of Delaware made it peril
Gus to loan it at more than six per cent
here according to the Ne'cs and Adrer'
hser's own confession, money flowed from
Delaware to those States. Now thai
general causes have rendered the Ordi
nary attainable rate of interest in thos,
States less than six per cent. money
seeks investment here in Delaware al
lust such rates as it could command il
other states, men naturally preferring, i
they can obtain the same rate of interest
for their money, to invest in propert.
accessible to them and under the laws o
their own state. 1t seems to us that thu
simple statement ofthis fact, admitted b.
our Milford contemporary, shows that tn
usury laws had driven out capital, ant
all argument is wasted to demonstrat
that which is clear without argument.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
differentiation.
Dftstt''
Richmond Dlspalrh.


a well-known and rotund Teutonic
editor of this city was taken in the other
day by fresh" young man, who re-
piled, when his victim had failed to
answer his query of what was the differ
ence between an editor and a jacsass
"Well, have tried, but don't see any
difference between them"
With that characteristic impulse of
human nature which always tries to
tranfer to others any little discontinue it
has received, the editor was itching to
PROFOUND the new-found conundrum, and
TO catch the first acquaintance he should
encounter, when he at that moment
met the genial caterer OF fashionable
uptown club.
Hello, there Can you tell me the
difference between the caterer of club
and jackass 1''
When that gentleman deliberately
stepped back, and, as if measuring the
distance, said, "Wby, yes Just about
one yard" the editcr failed to respond.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

Local option has made one uudying
enemy TO states rights. Montgomery
county, Maryland, has strict local option
law, but nevertheless, there Is distillery
in the county, working under United
States license. Now a. no man makes
whisky for fun, aud as the instances are
rare OF men who can alone consume the
product Of distillery the manufacturer
naturally sought to sell the whisky to his
neighbors, but local option came in and
forbade him and when he complained to
United States authorities he was in
formed that the general government
guarantees no right where it conflicts
with the State law.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
THE uHG4tTIRuP.
Summary Of Reports From the Grain
Fields of the West.

CHICAGO, April lG.-From ,evrncolumns
of Geographic reports from the great
cereal growing states Of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Kansas and Kentucky, which
represent all parts OF the Western winter
wheat region, the Times Of this city draws
the following conclusion
While and immense amount Of damage
was done to the crops by the severity OF
the past season, there is not the slightest
danger Of q general failure Of the harvest
on that account, and while the intorna-
lion is that the cropis in a backward con-
dition, the reports do not intimate a
total failure anywhere.
The fact Of the large harvests and high
prices Of the past two or three years has
encouraged the planting Of such 4 largely
increased acreage in most localities rs to
offset to 4 great extent the injury suffered.
In Il great many sections the heavy
SHOWS Of the winter furnished an invalu-
able protection against the intense cold,
and the latencss Of the spring has con-
| tinued the defense through the critical
period of the alternate thaws and trosts
Of March,
On the whole it appears that unless
disastrous late trosts or other unfavorablt
conditions materially impair the present
prospects the yield is likely to he moi
much less than that of last year. Tn,
farmers Of Illinois and Indiana in som,
sections seem to have suffered NOR,
severely than those OF the other States.
the PEACH CROP.
Extended reports from the Western frni
| lI,ty l, at la a,I, prt nt
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

Their Opportunities 10 Dcfraud
Employers and Their Tempia-


From Sow York Letter.
In tins city, where business is widely
extended, book-keeper who has his
employers confidence can keep the latter
continually blinded in points of great
Importance. The merchant will inquire,
GLOW much money have VIZ in the bank,
Mr.. Brown and MIR. Brown will reply
generally in correct manner but lie
may, by ngeniously altering figures,
make up q drfusive show. Ii is said that
Figures will not lie Naturally speak
ing they will not, but i'll the hands OF a
skillful accountant they may be lnade to
do 50 in very surprising manner. Tie
book keeper Mctiutchen, OF the Ocean
Bank, succeeded in robbing that institu-
ton VI $66, 900 before detection. while
the book-keeper Levtrch, of the City
Bank, obtained 44oo,oOU Of that insti-
tuition. Tins, however, was an unusual
haul, and will not soon be equalied, but
il shows what can be done. Ii lack OF
pay could be- urged in eXtcnuation, tbs
| book Keeper would have powerful plea.
! This is always small in proportion to the
work required. They are not and never
| will be paid more than enough to exc out
| hard living, Some who have al
unusually laborious and responsible,
position may get what is called higi
salary-say $1,000; but such instances
are very rare, and you can hire exper
hands at Sl,jOO The hardest-worket
book-keeper ever knew got only s., 0no
and his labors nearly occasioned blind
ness. He had very extensive set o
liouks and his neat hand and imlnens
columns Of figures were matters o
admiration, but it was killing work. Ii
large houses the bouk-keeper is occupie,
chiefly with the ledger, and has enougl
to do to attend to posting accounts" an
keeping the books balanced. He vii
have his monthly balance sheet ,commonl
called trial balance" ready by III
first OF the month, and the accurate balanc
between the debit and credit side wi
prove that the ledger has been KEEL
correctly. Ii an error, even of only
dime, appear, ii must be discovered ;
) however great q cost OF time and stud,
| and have known book keeper
| spend three days looking up just such e
/ item. Hence the work requires gree
. care and an habtual exactness in figure
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

We do not see what ground there is for
hoping that the nrw liquor law does not
tax tine two large beer brrweries in the
city ont Of existence. 1t imposes tax
OF ten cents Il gallon on "'pirituous or
"aleoholic liquors, ana certainly every
one knows that all malt liquor contains
alcohol As the Law io-s not prevent The
bringing Of beer from elsewhere it cannot
I've considered as measure To prevent
the consumption Of that beverage hy our
people but simply as one to break down
profitable industry in this city and
drive it el-ewhere. Yet every member
from this county in the House and two i'll
the senate voted TO strike this blow al a
New Castle county industry.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
The Cxaris Asaassins.

Tho NlhlIlsts WHO were eAecuted on rIdAyi
were escorted TO the place OF execI-
ton by soldiery with marshal music, and the
scaffold was strongly guarded. The pris-
oners were conveyed from the fortress in
two carts, with their backs towards the
horses and their hands tied to boards OH their
breasts bearing the word "Regicide" in large
letters. They received the ministrations OF
the priests and kissed the cross and one
another. Russaliofr tainted at the last
moment. Many thousand people passed the
night at the place of execution, in order to
obtain a good view. The eaecutioner was a
reprieved convict. After twenty minutes the
bodies were cut down and takento a cemetery
outside the city.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

PhlIadelphIa ReCoru.
Thomas R. Arrison, a window frame
manufacturer at Berlin, N. j., was robbed
in a new way on Saturday. He had
Just drawn s452 from the bank at Sixth
and Vine streets, and had proceeded
down town as far as Fifth and Cherry
streets when man threw hoop pole
between his legs as though by acci-
dent, causing him to fall. Two other
men ran to his assistance, and after rails
ing him to his feet and condoling with
him they departed. In little while the
Berlin man discovered that the book con-
tanning his money had disappeared, evil
IDENTIFY with the hoop pole man and his
confederates.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

Cincinnati's praiseworthy efforts to be
good are to be seconded by the arrest of
several theatrical proprietors who insist
upon keeping their places of amusement
open on Sunday.