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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20

'Imr tax rate over at Bridgeport is 81 81
tn the $lOO this year. The vote ut Mar
Tins Ferry is SIP; ut Bcllaire S2.Os; at
IT. Cairyille $l.S3, and at GAINESVILLE
slii.
Ihesc rates are nearly all above the rate
On this side Of the river. Here our State
and county tax amounts this year TO 50
cents On the SlOO-viz: 20 cents State tax,
10 cents State school, and 80 cents for
county purposes. Add to this the city
faxes say 10 cents for city purposes, 2j
r'nts for city school tax, and the sum total
sonly Sli5 on the SlOO.
The corporation tax Of bridgeport Cn.
'ludel in the 81 ~ is 10 cents on the 800;
Al Martins Ferry GO, ut St. Clairsville q,
nj BelIalrr 81 and at Barnesville 80.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
TsRsE TsLEoRAMs.

An association has been formed in New
York city to promote international rifle
matches,
The New York Michigan Relief fund
was increased 81, l,030 yesterday. The total
fund collected amounts to Sl01912.
A Waco Texas special says an entire
block Of buildings was burned at Whit
ney. Loss, $4,000; insurance, 500
The Albany IN, VI E,eai9O Journal sayl
Judge fOlget has had no authoritative In
tihation 0t the Presidents calling him "a
assume the portfolio Of the Treasury De-
paEtment,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
Ga1.Ss GStaI oi ys; WI; sS ~ Ss S1s S5S q;

Memphis falls behind little, though
there was not, as might be suspected, any
decrease in the receipts of cotton ut that
point. Milwaukee gains little because its
transactions year ago were particularly
large. At Cincinnati, Indianapolis and
Cleveland the interruption on account OF
the election was much less this year than
last, so the increase appears greater. But
the returns clearly show, after all reason-
able allowances lave been made, TINT the
volume OF business throughout the country
Is greater than ever before. At the same
time It Is lndisputably true that an undue
and dangerous proportion OF business done
at Chicago and in u less degree at Il few
other points, is speculative and unhealthy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
chicago and Alton Train Robbers.

ST. LorIS, Mo-, October lO.-A special
from Independence, Mo-, Ays: Aftertwo
weeks investigation, special grand jury
indicted Greed Chapman, John Bugler and
John Land, for participating in recent
train robbery on the Chicago 4 Alton r.
K. Charles Fisk, VIM. stilyell, James
Wilkinson and Andy Ryan, who were ar
rested on the same charge have been re
leased, there not being sufficient evidence
against them TO sustain an Indictment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
A Diatres.Ins Calamity,

NEBRASKA Cry, October lO,--Senator
and Mrs, Van Wick reached here yester.
day, summoned by telegram that theft
eldest child was III with diphtheria. This
morning the youngest died, and the eldest
is now dangerously III. Their first.b0rn, a
few years ago, died with the same disease.
The calamity Is more distressing as Mrs.
Van Wick feft the, bedside of dying
father, Colonel Hroadhead, at Washing ton,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20

CGSciSSATl, October l9.--At Mercer Bot.
tom Mr. Alonzo Porter, Il farmer, bought a
bottle Of vcrmifuge Of a country store and
gave his four children a few doses, aud all
died from the effects Of II. The physician
says the sight previous to their death was
the most terrible he ever beheld, they tear.
ing the nesh from theiE bodies when moi
held and biting themselves as though mad
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
,,otnr A 1our WAY 10 wItnes. rlrutnllty

ClSctSSA1i, October 1g.-W. Il. Hard.
ing, sporting editor Of the Police Gdtdte,
and iarge party OF stor.ing men and re-.
porters, left last night for New Albany,
Ind, to witness the dog fight, for 5000 d
side, between Crib and rilot-New York
and Louisville dogs. II is now understood
that the Gglt viii occur on Silver Geek,
three miles from New Albany.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October lO.-1n the
United States Circuit Court to-day order
was made authorizing Oliver Ames receiver
Of the Credit Mohilier Of A1neriCFto exc.
cute unto TllQs. q. nunnt, formerly Fresi.
dent OF the Credit MObiief, full and
complete release oi all demands against
him by the Credit Mobiliet, upon the exc.
cution and delivery by Durant Of the proper
legal conveyances Of ithe real estate situated
near Council Bluffs Iowa, amounting to
about 800 acres, and lands in Platte county,
Nnhrnska
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
The Deod,y Fire Damn.

ptrrsBuRan, October i9.-An explosion
OF fire damp occurred at the Cincinnati
coal minesa few miles up the Monongahela
river from Elizabeth, Pa, last evening,
which resulted In the instan, death Of q
miner named Patrick Rlunkett, aud the &c!
YeFe burning of thfee ptheFs,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20

delegation have been guests, also the peo-
pie Of America for the sympathy and wei.
come extended to the representatives OF
France. Each Of US will treasure the
recollection of Americas hospitality and
friendly sentimentswhich have been mani
Tested to US in every place and every
sphere.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
AFFAIRS At DUBLIN,

DUBLIN October l0.-During the riotinc
here last night number Of passengers In 4
train OF cars were attacked and u number
wounded. The police captured many
prisoners,
Longworth Daims, who recently in
herited estates in Westmeath county, dGdi-
Gated One.titth OF the rent TO his tenants
and promised to reside upon the estates
himself and to consider Il further reduc-
tion. The tenantry paid their rents readily
and Cheered the landlord.
1.-THE Land League meeting yesterday
Rev. Cantrell, who presided, announced
that although the weekly meetings had
been discontinued the business Of tho
League would as far rs possible continue to
be transacted Mt its rooms in Dublin, Ho
urgently advised the people TO AVOID col
lision with armed forces.
Four persons injured in the Dublin riots
had their legs amputated.
Blggar has started for England to confer
with Healy.
1t is not true that Marquis Waterford
applied to the Land Commissioners to have
the rents OF his tenants raised.
Forty policemen are now disabled from
injuries received in the recent riots.
Goddard, q member OF the Property
Defense Association, has asked profession,
on account OF threatening mobs, His house
Is now guarded by the police. Cobbe, a
leading member OF the Board Of Cuardi-
ans Of Mount Melick, has been arrested.
4 troop OF lancers escorted him to Mas
jail Alta meeting OF the Carrlck League
to-day 10000 persons were present Two
hundred tradesmen Joined the organiza-
tion. a detachment Of Hussars, with
sabres drawn, paraded the streets. The
shops were closed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
THE rNcRowNED KING (?).

In Cork the military is instructed TO be
prepared for every emergency. The Land
League Of CarriCk on Sunday expressed
sympathy with Miss parnell OH account OF
the shock sustained through the arrest OF
the uncrowned King Of Ireland. They
resolved to redOublc their efforts and adj
yised tlat no rent be paid until every
suspect is Released.
The League has addressed letter 10
Victor Hugo, asking the assistance Of his
powerful voice in lreland's favor.
Alto r, NJ. Dublin was quiet. The League
has mailed copies OF It's manifesto and
placards, containing only the words, "NO
Rest, to every Land League branch.
One hundred and ten cases have been
entered for hearing in the Land Court,
which opens Thursday. i
TO-day's sitting Of the Privy Council
was very prOtractGd. understood man.
ifesto Of the Land League was discussed.
The land League office Is still open, but
the officials anticipate they will soon be
seized. Tho Land Commission will.
meet ut noon tomorrow, Justice 0'Hogan
presiding. The Irish Land Committee
has amalnmated with the Property De-
Tense Association. Bigar says the future
action Of the League must be determined
by experience. He predicted that tho
government would be beaten in the strtig.
gle. Miss Parnell has telegraphed her
mother not 10 como TO Ireland, as she
would be more useful In America. The
second battalion Of grenadier guards are
stationelatWindsor Ia readiness to roct e 4
10 Ireland,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
wIrArTlrE rREEMAN'sJouRSALs SAYS.

DUBLIN, October lO.-The FrecmdHs Jour
nal, commenting on the manifesto Of the
League, says; ave ioresee dire confusion
and ruin to individuals, and possibly strife
and bloodshed. We do not believe the
tenants will follow the counsel not to pay
rents. We believe better and wiser spirit
Is springing up. There is shown in many
districts desire to terminate the fruit
less controversy. We have no proof yet
yet that the Land Act will not be carried
out otherwise than in the most honest
Mavn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
THE BRITISH PRESS,

The Standard, referring to the attempt to
burn the steamer Bothnia in New York,
says 1T looks MS ii 1t were intended to
carry out O'DonOvan RosSa's threats"
The Morning Post says: "War to the
knife is proclaimed explicitly. So far there
is no tlinChing on either side"
The DAILY Telegraph says; Nothing can
be more explicit than the determination OF
the Land League to maintain fierce con-
tlict with the government"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-20
LEAGUE LINES.
THE MANIFESTO OF THE LEAeUERs
Is Not Supported by the Frssnaa's JOuraal, Z
Dublln-Tho British Press DsaOunrs II aad
Express the Opinion that Its Language
ASanS War to the HnlFs.

LONDON, Oct, l9.-The fint-class double
turreted iron-clad Inaexible, carrying four
81 ton guns, will probably make her trial
trip to the Irish coast, thereby making
great increase in.the naval availablein
the event of disturbances,
A sensational statement is published that
the war office is arranging to dispatch an
army corps to Ireland in event Of necessity,
Gen. Sir Thomas Steele, however, says he
thinks the reinforcements now on
their way to Ireland sufficient,
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14
Bird Language.

In the course Of very able paper on
this subject the Bishop of Carlisle says:
" a dog sometimes looks as though he
was thinking a thing out, and dog
stories are very wonderful; but after
all, the cieverest dog that ever lived yet
has not been able to get beyond bow
WOW, and We may safely predict that no
dog will ever acquire even the simplest
elements Of human knowledge.
But what, let us ask, is the real bar
rier between the dogs mind (ifthe term
may be used) and the simplest elements
of human knowledge? 1t consists in
this faet--that the vocal organs of the
dog are so constructed that it is impos-
sible for him to articulate
word. His vocabulary, however,
already extends long way beyond
'bow-wow.' To begin with, there are
as many different meanings to bow
wow or to the WOW (short and sharp
alone, us some one said lady could
give TO the word dear, according to its
position in sentence and the emphasis
with which it was pronounced. But be-
sides saying bow-wow,' the dog whines.
And there are many different meanings
(which, however, We are sometimes too
stupid.to undestand) in the whining of
dog We have no fear that dogs or
any other of the brute species will fur
nish competitors for the prizes to be at
tanned by human knowledge; for We. OBJ
serve barrier between man and brute,
fixed, and Intentionally fixed, by creative
power. When We find in the lower
creations, as among birds, the power of
| articulation, there the intelligence
is absent which could employ that
power for its own development; and
where, as in dogs, we find conspicuous
tokens of intelligence, there the power
of articulation is totally absent. Parrots
can be taught to repeat any words, but
| they never can make up for themselves
any new phrase out OF the materials in
the shape of words that they may have &C.
| quired. The natural utterance OF many
birds, though conveying no meaning to
themselves, is distinctly alticulate, and
sometimes is identical in sound with
woSls that have a meaning to ms. But
it is the nightingale that possesses the
power of articulation to the fullest ex.
tent among the species below US. There
are races OF men whose languages dc
not employ so many sounds as there are
in the nightingale's song. Vowels, con
sonants of various kinds, sibilants in.
cluded, even double consonants, as Y,
z, are recognized in it by the human
ear"
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14
Frightening Children.

4 servant-giri in this city managed to
make her employers believe that her
thefts We're committed by their daugh-
ter. The child was frightened and con-
fessed every charge, until the parents
believed her q confirmed kleptomaniac,
and kept her chained in confinement.
1t was, doubtless, very stupid and wrong
on their part but it calls attention TO
one of the greatest difficulties in the
education of children. A parent often
suspects child of an offense, and be-
lieves him guilty of falsehood because
he denies it, when he is really innocent.
Nothing so injuries and even brutalizes
a child as to hold him guilty when he
is not. Here the parent must use in
finite tenderness and charity; and
above all must so cultivate the conf.
dence of the child that he will not be
afraid to confess any offense. He
must not be frightened by the parent
into a lie,-Ne,r York Independent.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14
The Sweet Uses Of yentrilomism.

\ London ieweler was applied to on
behalf of lady who wanted to make Il
choice from several watches, rings and
other valuable articles. An assistant Of
the jeweler accompanied the young man
who came on this mission back to n
hotel, in order to let the lady make her
choice and please her fancy. The lady
was, perhaps, in bed, or for some other
reason could not appear in the outer
room, and her emissary went into the
inner room. The jewelers. assistant
presently heard two voices discoursing as
to the choice OF articles. Then the ennis
sary came out and said that the lady had
made q choice of certain articles which
he retained in the inner room. He
went back to make arrangements about
payment, leaving the jewelers. assistant
still in the outer room. Time went by,
and the voices were heard no more.
The emissary did not come out from the
inner sanctuary and the jewelers. assist
ant ended by growing impatient, going
to the inner room and finding that it
was rs empty as that which the Prince of
Breffni, in Moore's ballad, entered after
Tits loving tenant had fed" There was
apparently no lady in the case. The two
voices were seemingly but the ingenious
reproduction of one voice, and the
watches and rings were gone. -Loadoa
DdiN Ne,rS.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14

Few towns in the world can boast Of
n more rapid growth than Kimberley,
the headquarters of the South African
diamond diggings. Eleven years ago
not hut stood where now about 10, 900
people, with trade Of more than &c.
900, 600, form one of the most thriving
communities on the African continent.
It has been recently discovered that the
town is built upon land which promises
to be as productive of diamonds rs the
neighboring "diggings,' which have
been the source of its wealth and the
very origin of its existence. Kimberley
is identical with the New Rush" dia-
mond settlement OF 1870; and the
thousands who focked TO the
locality to secure "claim in the
valuable reefs. which have been worked
further and further to the east of the
site Of the future town, were in such q
hurry to seek their fortunes in the dig
gings that they forgot to inquire whether
the SOIL on when they pitched tents or
erected their log-huts was not equally
diamondifcrous. AS the wooden shan
ties have given place to more substan-
tial buildings, it has been found that
Kimberley itself has been built on a
diamond field, and that the west end or
residential part of the town is as full of
gems as the actual diggings themselves
at the eastern or working end of the
town. New claims are being taken up
in all directions, and land which was
beginning to acquire considerable value
as building sites has suddenly assumed
fresh importance as possibly containing
some new Star of South Africa"
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14
We Love the Absent Best.

Oh, the absent are the dearest
To a mothers loving heart;
And the depth of our affection
Is not known until we part.
We may view our sleeping darlings,
With watchful pride and care;
And may breathe an earnest blessing
Der each dusky head and fair.
But if there remains pillow
Too interrupted, and too white;
And the chair a-near the bedside
Hold no garments for the night
If we miss the shoes and stockings,
A torn jacket, or dress
If We miss "Good-night MOTHER
And a dear ones war1n cares -
Then our hearts yearn with affection
For the rover from our nest,
And we feel Of all our darlings
Tat we love the absent best.
All, the absent are the dearest
Mothes hearts will answer yes
The dear lips by far the sweetest
Are the lips we cannot kiss
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14

Bee culture is becoming a profitable
industry in Texas, especially in the
Brazos and Colorado valleys, where
quite number of enterprising men
have found that it pays vastly more than
cotton raising.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14
TIMELY TOPICS.

There has been congress of aurists
in Italy, at whicha Heidelberg professor
aid that experience had convinced him
of the importance OF examining the
organs of hearing of engineers and fire.
men on locomotives, both before APP
pointing them and every two years or
so while in service. The sense Of hear
ing becomes impaired from various
causes, and often without the knowledge
of the person suffering from it. Defects
in this sense are not less dangerous than
color blindness, and sometimes more
difficult to discover.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14

The United States treasury build
Tug Iii Washington. contains over four
teen hundred thousand dollars of
unclaimed interest on government
bonds. This sum is getting larger every
day. This vast sum of money, or much
OF it, can be drawn by simply applying
for it by whoever is entitled to it and
has the registered bond on which the
interest is due and not paid. There are
thousands of persons who have bought
bonds, and not knowing how to get the
interest on them, prefer to lose the
same rather than to expose the fact that
they have the bonds. Others have
interest due them and actually forget
the fact, and it lies in the treasury
vaults waiting for them to apply for it.
Should one Of the clerks Of the bond
division inform a person to whom in
terest is due of the fact, and the same
be discovered, he would be instantly
discharged.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14
NO. 81.
BlaekIbird.

Singing loud and singing gay
Mid the dewy dawning,
Blackbird welcomes in the day
Under his green awning:
Welcomes in the rising day,
While the shadows haste away,
Singing loud and singing gay
Mid the dewy dawning.
Singing sweet and singing clear
While the day is waning,
Blackbird spreads peneive cheer
Through the light remaining;
Spreads a calm and pensive cheer
Through the stiffness far and near,
Singing sweet and singing clear
While the day is waning.
Anne Eudns.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14

The death of Richard Jackson, q prom
inent business man of Richmond, Ind,
was the result of a strange case OF blood
poisoning, which he firmly believed was
caused by accidentally crushing potato
bug in his hand last spring, and touch
ing the inside of his ear with it. The ear
Immediately gathered and deep-seated
assesses followed, which baffied the
skill of the best physicians in New York
and Cincinnati. He suffered terribly.
Recently the poison began to spread
through his system, and it reached his
heart, causing death.
The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-14

Edison promises that great things shall
happen with the electric light in ninety
days. There are 800 sets of men, he
says, in 800 different cities and towns in
this country ready to begin work, with
plenty Of capital, Us local Edison cleo
tric light companies, as soon as be says
the word. There will be 800 machine
shops working exclusively on our ma
terial in different parts of the country
within ninety days. -Four hundred
millions are invested in gas in this
country alone. 1t is the largest manu-
featuring interest in the world, and pays
the best. The dividends average more
than ten per cent. When We move on
the enemy we've got to move quick, and
we are ready TO. Every plant will be
put in by our own engineers. We shall
have to enlarge our works"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-02
BoRAx TN THE M0HAvE DISTRICT,

The Mojave desert is producing an ar
ticle which enters largely into CONNER
cial pursuits-that of borax-and is
only to be found upon the deserts, thus
evidencing the fact that nothing was
created in vain. The Searls Brothers
are manufacturing and shipping, from..a
point only seventy or eighty miles north
from the Mojave Station, on the South
ern Pacific Railroad about sixty tons
of refined borax per month, are con-
stantly adding to their facilities, and it
is believed they can ship two hundred
tons. When we take into considera-
ton the fact that there are but three
companies on the Pacific Coast nov pro-
ducing this valuable article -at Teal's
Marsh and Fish Lake, in Nevada and
that of the Searls Broters at the place
designated above, and the only ones in
the United States and that nearly all
the borax furnished outside of these
works is produced in Tuscany, we can
see that this interest is one of consider
bale moment and one which should be
fostered and encouraged, particularly so
when it is known that the works in
Nevada must be shut down within the
next year and half or two. years for
want of the raw material from which to
manufacture borax. Here, then, is an
opportunity for the prospector which
will prove as sure and renumerative as
the best gold or silver mine ever dis
covered. There is an immense section
of country-the alkali deserts-which
has received no attention whatever,
and yet has been passed over by hun
dreds of prospectors in search of mines.
NY advice is to all of them, in the
future, to look carefully for borate of
soda, or borate of lime in connection
with carbonate of soda, to preserve
specimens and present them to some
scientific gentleman who will soon de-
monstrate whether the ssfind'' is of any
value. To any person who will furn-
ish your correspondent with assurance
that he has found moderate field that
viii produce borax, he is prepared to
guarantee cash payment of $4,000.
The covntry back of Los Angeles now
furnises the best and most permanent
borax producing field of any place in
the world. That there are other fields
between that point and the Colorado is
hardly question of doubt. Let the
hardy and venturesome prospector find
it aud his fortue is assured. Corr.
Los Angeles Mirror.