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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31


The SUS DO MOvs -Rev. John Jasper
RiChmond's wel.known Colored preacher
repeated his celebrated lecture In Rich
mond, Sunday evening, before large
audience. The Norfolk Tirginidn gives
this report Of IL! The renowned "sun"
orator preached from the book Of Exodus.
"The Lord ia Man Of War; the Lord Is
Ills Name" In very graphic manner
the preacher carried his large and very al.
tentive audience over the times when
Israel was in Egypt and across the Red
Sea, the Wilderness, the Jordan past
Jericho, and down to the wars oil
Joshua, and at this point proved TO
the satisfaction Of q large Claas
81 his heaterA that Joshua did
command the "sun 10 stand STILL" The
preacher referred ia. many passages Allud.
Ing to the rising and gling down OF the
sun. His logic about the distance OF the
sun from the earth was very fine, when,
with contempt, no said some wise men, go
called, stated the distance to be forty mil.
lions, others fifty millions, and one az
much az one hundred and four millions oil
miles. "Whar could you get the tape line
long enough to measure such distance?
And how could a man get up close enough
TO the sun to hitch II on 60 as 10 measure2
The railroads can't get thar. The bal.
looms come nearer than anything else !;
but who can 90 up7 Now, In August
II is 90 hot here that folks want On
umbrella, q fan, and plenty Of Ice water;
and vet these wise men say we are 104,.
600 600 Of miles from the sun. 1t 10 too
foolish TO believe such stuff" And, turn.
ing around, he looked into the faces Of
one Of the most accomplished diVinea In
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31
An EdncnlIonnI Exrerlcment

Mr.. Joseph Wharton has recently made
over tho handsome sum Of $780, 900 10 tho
University OF Pennsylvania for the pur'
pose OF endowing school Of Finance and
Economy. The object Of this school Is to
provide for young men thorough busl'
ness education, as distinguished from o
purely literary or scientific, or even pro-
iessional education A buaine5a man him
self, Mr. Wharton in making this splen'
pid gift to tho University, carefully iudt'
Gates the general tendency in which the
instruction he desires should be admins
tered in this now school:
"This shond 10 such as to inCulCate and
impress upon the students the immortality
aud practical inexpedienCy OF seeking to
acquire wealth by winning 1t from another
rather than BY earning 1t through some
sort OF service to ones iellow.men the me-
CpssityOi system and accuracy In accounts;
of thoughtiulneBs In whatever Is under'
taken, aud OF strict fidelity In trusts; cat.
ton in contracting private deb! directly or
by endorsement, and in mourning Obliga.
ton OF any kind; punCtuality in payment
Of debt and performance Of engagements.
Adherence Of Reputation Of debt by COM
muniLies, and commensurate adherence
oflaysh or iuCOnsidcrate mourning of pub
lie DEBT; the deep comfort aud healthful.
ness OF peCnniary Independence, whether
the scale OF affairs be small or great. The
consequent necessity OF careful scrutiny oil
income ard oulgo, whether private or pub
lie, and Of such management as will cause
the fist to exceed, even II but slightly,
the second. In national affairs, this ap.
plies not only to the public treasury, but
also to the mass OF the Nation, ~ shown
by the balance OF trade; the necessity Of
vigorously furnishing by legal penalties
and by social exclusion those persons who
commit trauda, bGtiay trusts, or steal
public fnnds, directly or indirectly. The
fatal consequences 10 q community OF any
weak federation OF such offences must be
most distinctly pointed out and enforced ;
the fundamental fact thHt the United
States 10 a Nation, composed OF pOpula.
lions welded together for life, with full
power to enforce internal obedience, and
not loose bundle OF inCohOfent com.
manufacturing together temporarily with.
out other bond than the hum0r Of the
moment; and the necessity for each nation
TO care for It's own, and TO maintain by all
suitable mears Ito industrial and financial
Independence; no apologize or merely de-
iensive style Of inBtrnCtion nust DO tOlerRt.
ed upon this point, bu. the right and duty
OF national self protection must be firmly
asserted and demonstrated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31
SEALED PROPOSALS.
CLERk's OFFICE,
BoARn or COMMISSION ERB ~ Quo COUNTY,
WHEELING, W Va, March 10, 1851.

WHEELING, W Va, March 10, 1851.
Bealed proposals will DO REQ lived al this ONCE until
ThuTSday, SsL inst. at u O'Clock w., for the work
ordered BY the Board 4 County Ctmml'SlondI, at
On INT division, q. o. 4 r. road, 40 cubic yards
masonry, 900 cubic yards excavation, 800 cubic yards
On Secouj division. q. c. 1 p. roud, 1000 cubic
yards excavation, G00 cubic yards merchandising.
On Middle Wheeling Creek, lower nd, 40 cubls
yards mac sdamEIrg
On nnt division ". W Il 4 h. pike 100 cubic
yards nSCadamiErg, $50 cube yards Tip rT.
On POI insula aOd Full on road, Ocubic IAtdI ua-
sonny, 400 cubic yards matchmaking
On ChIpel Run to sprirgerS, 100 cubic yards ma
sonry 900 cubic yards excavation 200 cubic yards
mGoidamiLirE
SOnry 5000 cubic yards 'xCAVStlOn KelyT Barns and
Dement,, u meiefy, 100 cubic yards xcaVAlion.
On MciraWG Kun, 90 cubic yards masonry, 200
o. Middle wheeling Creek rod, uppr end, 100
cubic yards masonry 100 cubic yards excavation 200
cubic yards macadamIIinH.
River from Glene Hun 10 Brooke county line, 500
Rice and WedenRnS $500 cubic yards eIsAVa-
ton,
Rouey'S Point 70 b. \. a road, 100 cubic yards.
niMrnFy, 1900 cube JRr,ls excavation.
Mteliig iIOuIs lII 800 cubic yards tnacadlmIElng.
sOuth Ftrk Short Creek, 1870 cubic yards ezCAVA-
tion.
E' w. tOAut ON CUBIC yhIuu mACauAmlBlnEI
800 cubic yards excavation.
Wet Liberty aud uerVey'E 1900 cubic yards eGea'
walton
Battle Run, 80 cubic yards mDrOnry, $500 cubic
yards excavation.
m Grove TO BoGS, HlIl, 60 cubic yards masonry,
5000 cubic yards excavation,
GllleSpie's Kun 10 Ridge Road, 800 cubic yards
excavation
Lridiey's Run to KIdds MIL, 20 cubic yards
mNsOnrt, 1000 cubic yards excavation
Peters Run, 90 cubic yRTds masonry, 1900 cubic
yards excavation.
RDil ~ and DclRplIln's 90 cubic yards masonry,
1000 cubic y0lda excavation.
II OFT Creek, main stem, 100 cubic yards masonry,
600 cubic TdB tXCaTa Ion; THUS work 10 Whit
hams, 200 cubic yards excavation.
Warden ard WAddlrs hun, G0eublC yRrdS mAIORIy,
$500 cubic yards excavation.
Above quantities are AppioGmated and liable 10
char 60 al the pleasure Of the board. All masonry
will Da Of the IRnODd.ClAss Prices for excavation
must he distinct for earth, loose rock, solid rock.
Bids must Ia separate iJr each roSd ar must give
nAna Of och bidder and member Of FRA bidding,
with pOSiOfoc address, and must inc udc tho written
rpCo mt ndaCn Of Al least two persons acceptable 10
tho Eoird 10 10 the Atacer and qualification Of tho
bidder The standard Of ~ a,ur mcnt for all classes
Of work will 10 the yard Of 81 cubic let. Fndor.e
proposals., Proposals for County Work 10 be Let on
lth OF April 1851" Tho Board reserves the right 10
ect any or all bids. For any Information apply at
this office.
BY order Of the Board.
CHAS. II. nIIrERa, Clerk COMMISSIONER
W. 9. HMlrH. Connty Ehginrpr LnAl0
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MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
POs1OFFICE PAR1MEnr, |
WAS AIhGT0N, D. c., March 10, 1881. !

Proposals will bs received at the
Contract Office of this Department
until 8 p. m. Of APRIL 20, 1881, for
carrying the mails Of the United
States upon the routes, and accord.
Ing to the schedule Of arrival and
departure specified by tho Depart.
ment, In The State of West virGinis,
from July !, 1881, TO Iuns 80, 1885
Il Is Of routes, with schedules of
arrivals and departures, instructions
10 bidders, with forms for contracts
and bonds and all other necessary
information, will bs furnished upon
application TO the Second Assistant
Postmaster General.
THOs. l. JAMES,
Postmaster General.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31

OPPOSITION TRLEGRAFH-A Nsp Company
Worth S25 900 900 CapiIaI.-The following
interesting speculations regarding the
future Of telegraphy are given in a New
York dispatch to the Boston Herald: As
soon as the change was effected by which
Jay Gould and General Eckert came into
power In the Western Union Telegraph
Company, the veteran telegrapher and
Vice President OF the Company, General
Auson Stager, Immediately resigned,
About the same time new company was
started in Chicago, his headquarters, by
the merchants OF that city, aided by sew.
eral wealthy and influential memers oil the
Produce Exchange OF New York city. For
several weeks but little has been made
public OF the movements Of these parties,
and q great many people have begun
to come to the conclusion that ii
was an enterprise born only to die.
Such, however, il now said not to be
the fact. 1t Ia reported that General
Slayer, on returning to Chicago, was wait
ed upon by several prominent merChants
OF that city and urged to take the Presi.
dsnCy OF the new company, but he de.
cljned, having been in harness 80 many
wears, and desiring rest and reCuperation
| His deClinatiOn was, however, not re-.
gaIded as final. The report now Is that
Darties interested have overcome his
scruples, and that new telegraph com.
panv is being formed with General stager
"a lis President, with q capital OF $25 O0O,.
OOi, which ContempIates the immediate
erection OF wires throughout the country,
from Maine to California, OF the most up.
proved stock and material, reaching
every large city and town where trade
and commerce are carried on, 1t Is
stated that Mr.. W. II, Vanderbilt Is
heavily interested, az well as sew;
eral other equally large capitalists
They are said to have arrangements
nearly completed, whereby their wires
will be In working order In less than a
year from the lat OF May, and that one OF
the finest telegraph systems will be at the
service OF the public lat materially re-.
duced rates. that modern improvements,
ENTERPRISE and wealth can command
There will be no lack OF good and exper.
fenced teleHaphers to erect, man and
work the new lines, for, within the past
fortnight, several hundred excellent tele.
grsphers have found themselves out oil
business by the closing Of the offices Of
the American Union Telegraph Company.
There have also been some i'm.
portant removals and designations
among the employees Of the Western
Union Telegraph company In New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago and other places.
There have been dozen or more removals
oiimportant office superintendents, mana.
gers and chief operators, and as many more
are on the books to be removed or resign at
the end Of this month. The resignation Of
Mr.. Vanderbilt from the directory OF the
Western Union company gives added in.
terest to the reports Of the formation OF
this new and powerful company, which
means business In the way OF strong and
well.managed opposition to the present
great telegraph corporation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31

The reIa ion OF tie various roads in the
complicated system known as the Penn
svlyauia" are understood by very few,
even among railroad men, and the recent
changes in tho organization OF the passen'
GER and ticket department has suggested
to tho Railcay Age an explanation Of the
operations, The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company owns and Controls some two
thousand five hundred miles Of railway
east of Pittsburgh, upon which the freight
passenger and operative departments have
80 sra.e organizations. The Pennsylvania
Company was chartered in 1870 for the
purpose OF managing, in the interests OIL
the "PennsyIvania Railway Company,
the roads leased and, controlled by 1t wesI
OF Pttiburgh. The Pennsylvania Com
pauy, therefore, leases numerous impor'
taut lines, several Of which, in turn, con
troll others leased to them, in some
cases these leased lines themselves
having liuos under their own CONTROL
40 that tho relations Of the officers
of each particular company to the opera
tons Of their road and to the great con-
trolling company are complicated and var
ious. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & st.
Louis railway company has within tho last
few years developed into great System Of
lines which ia now Of nearly equal extent
with that Of the Pennsylvania company.
Thcso lines have been divided up into
three principal Bystems or groups, rs fol-
lows: Pennsylvania company, operating
1858 miles; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & st.
Louis (Pan HNndle) company, operating
LIZ miles; Vandalia line, operating l, l79
mileo. This forms q total Of 1897 miles
west Of Pittsburgh, and independent OF the
$500 miles operated by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company. 1t will be seen that
while, by the arrangement thus given, all
Of this great System of lines is under one
remote head, the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, the details OF management are
divided and the sources Of authority are
numerous, usN
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31
HENRY ROEMER
TRUsTEE's SALE.

TRUSTEES SALE.
BY virtue Of deed Of trust made by Robert CoEen
and rathGrI o C0Wsn. his wife, 70 me GS trustee.
dated January q, 1879, record In Deed Of Trust
ROOk No H. page 6IS 10 the OGS Of the CLARK Of the
County Court oil Ohio county, Weit Virginia, will
sell on
SATURDAY, THE SorH DAY OF APRIL, 1881,
Commencing al 10 O'Clock q. M, At the front DOR Of
the Court HVuS1 Of said county, the following do.
scribBl real estate that to say: Three atty feet lots
fronting ~ the west side oil Jacob street, In Hyoin
geI'a EPctlOn, number two addition 10 ih6 city Of
VIII cling on which 10 SrectSd 4 tWo.ItOry brick
DWELLING known as No l7l9 jacob street. Also oil
that Piece or parcel Of ground situate In the CITY Of
Wheeling Ohio tOunty, West Virginia, described
and bounded q, follows, vlI Commanding In Bydln.
gers tract d sgnated on the plat as number two, aL
4 take on the northeast corner Of an alley running
north with JsCab LiTeet formerly Filth street, hity
feet fronting on said street, thence rum Ing west the
distance OF one hundred feet 10 an aleI; thence
south along said alley the distance Of atty feet 10
Sake On the alley south Of ssd lot; thence cast one
handESd 'Cet 10 Inc place Of beginning.
The tlto 10 believed to be perfect but will convey
only the tito vested 10 ma By said deed OIL tusL
TERMS or SALE One third Of the purchase money,
and moro II the purchaser 10 elect In cash on the
dAV OF tA'e the balance 10 two equal at sig
and twelve months notes bearing Interest 10 DO lVOn
for the deie'TGi payments and the title retained
uRtil pay nient Ia mido In full.
". J. ". COwDEN EolieitOr
W. II HALLER, Auc IOneeF. mh3tTH
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Virginia and one Of the best civil eugi;
nesIs In this country. Mr.. Jasper treated
all such figures as the work Of 9 wicked,
foolish mind, who was not satisfied with
the plain Word OF God, but must 90 out
side to teach such things that no man can
learn. To his mind the idea Of the earth be-
ing round ia 60 foolish that he would not
insult his hearers with any argument on
this subject, The Scriptures say the earth
has four coruers-and that was proof to
him that it Ia not round. "How could men
be under their feet2 How would they
stick to the earth2 They must be like
dies, that can walk on the walls. l
don't believe any such stuff" The PF'
ginian adds that Mr.. Jasper is most ear
nest man. he fully believes all be says,
and Yields powerful sway over his peo,'
pie, who regard him as the most powerful
preacher OF their color.
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"DON'T YOU FORGET ITw

1NAX NOTICE.
SHRRIBV's OgECE, 1910 CHAPLINE 81.
OPEN FROA . O'CLOCK A, n, UNTIL .
O'CLOCK r. N.
All persons indebted 10 me for taXsS must call at
the old sheTil'S one AM settle promptly.
For the further convenience Of those who cannot
spare tbs time during the day, viii keep the once
open until O'Clock p, M.
Unless you RiVe this last notice attention, will
proceed to enforce the law, hch will In many cases
add costs more than the tax bill All Ord6n and
claims will bs presented to me "a TlG'.
GEO, x, Jingle,
IA9 EX.ShsTiN Ohio Cnunty,
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DIED.

COOK-On Tuesday, March 20, 1881, al 10 O'Clock
a. n., Mrs. LUCINDA COOK, aged 81 years.
Funeral from her late residence at Martln's Ferry,
Ohio this afternoon at two o'clock, Friends Of the
family are invited to attend. Intsrment at Walnut
Grove cemetery.
WTLsON-CnAELEs c. WILSON, aged IS years.
The funeral will tAEo place from the residence Of
Mn. COhan, corner TwOnty.hfth and ChaPline
street, al o'clock this (ThuTdayl afternoon. Msm'
hers Of Nall City Lodge, No. T. and sister lodges Of
the A. A. Of g. and T. Workers. aud friends Of ths
deceased are rtIpOctly Invited to attend. Riverside
nAllerS will meet al Walters Hall al o'clock p. m.
JACKsON-On wednesday evening, March 20,
1881, al $40 O'Clock, WI. TH0XAS D. JACKSON, In the
AID year Of his age.
EnnAIhl nnllna hhkhailAr.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31
A pMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE.

Hsving been appointed Administrator 1.-THE estate
Of W Be ~, deceased, al P,rsonS knoWlng them
selves indebted 10 thu tStHie will peals call and set
to- and all POI soma having claims III pVEIS pFtG0nt
them 10 me properly Ger Tied 10. IAlO "firr Or sale
the business heretofore CArll"d on by the 6ecRA Cd,
known as the Rope and OrdRge buSIBlE either eu-
tiFO, with the good will Of NmO, or will sci at pill
Onat stock OIntlslS u ROte, TWines, Cords, Tires
Pitch, OaEum, BlOSkS, u ching, HorSs and EgOn
COyert, Fish ne TaCEe, Gum and Leather Bel Ing,
gOOds will be sold At cost TO close up the business.
mrl5 ". Il. HUMES, Administrator.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31

THIS representations published some
wears ago with regard to the exhaustion oil
the English coal fields by the rapid in
crease in the rate Of consumption have not
apparently been verified. On the con
trsry, the economies effected, chiefly in
connection with the iron trade, have had
the result Of keeping the annual consump
ton at q fixed Ggure-it anything it has
declined. Since 1871 heannual saving oil
coal in making pig iron has amounted to
nearly 5OOOOOO tons, and, rs similar re-
ductions have been made in the steel and
other trades, it i, claimed that there isr
even now, in spite Of strikes, a suPlus oil
coal at bank.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31
GENERAL NOTICES.

no MERCHANTS AMP MANUFAC.
i TURER1.
After April lIi, position Is solicited by EGltls-
nsn Of good business gu hhuAtiou1, Trustworthy AAd
reliable, aud IEilliul accountant. City TeiOrSRoA
AddrelS, one week .,
mh29 Iutsllgrnees OEce.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-31

Mr. JoHy W. GARRETT, President OF the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Company, who
has been in Europe for severa! month";,
will return to Baltimore about the 18th OF
April. During his soionru abroad MI
CARROTS health has very much improved.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-06-25
japanese Clover.

Aberdeen Weekly: Prof. Kedzie, OF
the Michigan Agricultural College, in
his address at Starkville, Miss, said
81 regard Lespideza, or Japanese
clover, in its rapid spread, its vigo-
rous growth, even upon poor soils,
and its properties both as forage and
plant, as an accumulation of nitrogen,
as full of promise for the agriculture
of the South. hail it as an agricul-
tural missionary cent over by kind
Providence to convert the desolate
fields, and to awaken them to new
life from the dead"
This truly wonderful little plant
first appeared in this section after the
war, and has spread over our lands,
both rich and poor. when not inter-
fered with, with swift growth. We
hope it come to stay, and that it will
meet with the encouragement on ev-
ery side. The best of it is, that it
likes poor lands as well as the rich,
and seems to stick to it with divine
ly humanitarian resolve to restore it to
pristine fertility. Horses, cattle, sheep
and swine eat it with avidity, either
as grazing or dry foraging. Last fall
many of our farmers-notably among
them, Mr.. III. NJ. Franklin, of near
Crawford's mill, saved largely of it for
hay. Several specimens were sent to
this Office, and brighter, cleaner or
sweetsr smelling hay we never saw.
By all means, spare the Japanese
clover; not only spare, but encourage
it by distributing the seeds to every
nook and waste place of the farm.
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preserve the purity of the Hebrew
language.
The Sabine Pass railroad, so long in
allowance, viii be built. The contract
is let. construction material is being
prepared. and the work will be pushed
with vigor.
A farmer named John Knight, liv-
ing about five miles from Lagrange,
was robbed Of $50. The money was
taken from his house and was nearly
all in gold. There is 10 clew 10 the
thief
II. III. Neal has been arrested at
Gainesville, Ga, and taken back to
San Antonio, TO answer TO the charge
of embezzling $4,000 from the San
Antonio building and Loan Assoeia-
ton in 1879.
A serious and fatal shooting affray
occurred at Tellico, on the Trinity,
which resulted in the death of young
man named Chancellor. There had
been bad feeling between Chancellor
and two young men named Splawn
and rnother young man named Light
sey. They all met at church on Sun
day, and, after the congregation had
left. the shooting commenced. Chan
cellor was shot four times and died
Monday. No arrests have been made,
as the parties all left the county.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-06-25
MISSISSIPPI.

Crops are reported in fair condition
in the vicinity of Yazoo City.
A mad dog at Meridian bit four
persons and then escaped out of town.
A negro died suddenly at Natchez,
a few days since, from eating green
fruit.
Columbus claims the handsomest
and best apportioned post Office in the
State.
The genuine cotton worm has made
its appearance in the vicinity OF
NatcheZ.
Wool growers are complaining of
the low prices of wool, and some are
becoming discouraged.
There is great activity in the build
ing line at Columbus. Several sub
stantial business blocks and many fine
residences are in course of construc-
ton.
Peter Smith, charged with grand
larceny, and Bob Williams and Will
liam Rollins, murderers, all colored,
escaped from the Jackson Jail on the
night of the Sth inst.
Divers are prospecting in Yazoo
river for machinery of boats burned
and sunk in that stream during the
war. The latest find is that Of one of
the shafts of the Grand Duke, which
has been got out and taken to Vicks-
burg.