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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-15

NIGHT HkP0HTs
WARRINGTON, August 10, 1880 l. NJ
The day at the Executive Mansion has
been extremely quiet, and there IL little oil
interest 10 be said regarding the Presi.
dents condition beyond what has been
expressed by the attending surgeons In
the official bulletins which have been Is.
sued.
While the morning bulletin was not 70.
ceiysd by the public as an indication Of
much Improvement 10 the patients case,
II has caused little or no alarm.
The 1880 bulletin, showing o decrease
Ia the temperature OF half OF adegree, and
10 The pulse OF four beats, occasioned ex.
ceedingly Sanguine feeling at The Mansion
and throughout the city that the patient
was improving, and 90 the prediction OIL
the attending surgeons had by II been
proven correct, the expressions In oil
quarters were indicative Of general salts.
faction with the progress Of the case.
Early this afternoon Dr.. Bliss reiterated
bis statement that this improvement was
most likely to continue, aud barring acci.
dents unknown At present. The patient
during the nsxt few days would be very
much better. The wound throughout the
day bis continued TO discharge freely, and
the pus is ola perfectly healthy character,
and Is flowing. from the wound without
tha aid OF the drainage tube.
DR.. Agnew arrived from Philadelphia
about len o'clock this morning, aud has
been present At tile dressings OF the
wound, which have occurred since that
time. II having been stated a. q TACT
thst the surgeons had determined
to perform an operation upon The Presi.
dent for the purpose Of removing the ball,
Dt. Bliss was asked tonight what aui
thofity there was Tor the statement. He
replied 10 an exceedingly emphatic manner
that there we're no indications that the
ball was doing any mischief, and that until
II Ia discovered that such is the case there
will be no attempt made to remove Il.
Secretary Blown, who Just came from
The surgeons room, says the Indications
point 10 q good night for the patient; that
while bic pulse and temperature have not
been taken since the evening, they are
%noticeAbly lower. Dr.. Bliss thought the
pulse was about l02, with nOtmal temper.
atufe.
During The day The patient hes parAkep
Of the Usual quantity Of solid food, The
night ID cool aud pleAsaut, and there ID
every feaaon for believing the PfeAidenl
will have q good nights rest. He has al.
ready this evening had quite a long natural
sleep,
The United States steamer Dispatch ar
rived Lfom Fott Monroe this evening with
Secretary Hunt and vile, the PtesidenE't
sons, daughter and some friends on board,
The house has Just been closed TO visitors,
everything being quiet and the attending
surgeons, With The exception oil those
Who are 10 remain during the night hay.
ing let for their respective homes.
Il was leatned al the White House 10,
night that the President had pattAkOn o
The usual quantity Of solid food durinI
the day. Col. Rockwell u reported L
have stated openly alta late hour 10 nigh
that the President had been troubled
somewhat with nausea and had Vomi.et
several times.
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AS. SEcRErARY WIND ms letter n the
B,nkes' Convention At Niagara F4lIl
makes a capital good shosicg oil the SAY.
log effected to this government by htA 81
p'f cent idndisg operations Of the six and
I've PET cent bonds, and by government
PURCHASES Of bonds within the SIX monthu
from March lst to October Ia. oil this year.
"a The SlI per cent bonds extended in
three and a halt per cents the saving In
annual interest will be 81 45l ,379-on the
h'e per cents, about 81 900 900 and on
Ihe paid oil bonds, 81 0lS 7l0 so total
annual saving, 1880 Os6 The interest
eha'Se on the bonded debt which on
Mach LIST, 1851, stood on the books Of the
Treasury at $685., OS7 50 will sand on
The hNt Of October next at tb nut sol, 475,
"a? Is.
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NEW YoRk, August iS The Tribune hiss
the | flowing concerning the freight rates;
There are no rates on west bjund business,
The companies vie With each other In an
attempt Ia project their customers. II
promises 81 freight agents mean anything
the companies will have Q large business
Ia settling tue claims Of the shippers who
entfuss goods 10 them on the general a..
sutapca that they will be protected. Goods
are being shipped each day Of prices far
below the schedule fAles, even below the
rates recently made by The pool commits
bionef. ThefeAte,indeed, only unlike rates
BY him on east hound business, In that
they are not observed.
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1irsd ., hi. l,.ona Merld.

CouScit BLUFFS, August IA The de.
composed body Of a medium sisd man
was found In the woods a few miles from
tho city. BY the side Of his body 10y an
EuSlish "Bull Dog revolver, with one
chamber empty, aud the bead Of The dc.
ceased, from temple to temple, was
torn By q bullet. On the body WA found q
vel. written note 10 German, stating that
the writer had gown tired Of life. and, 40
The world did not think we'll oil him, he
hsd concluded to leave ihts world with
all ia pride and 20 10 the other world,
where The Lord had = place provided Tor
him. No i,1 n. wss siT s AUD 10 soI psPeSt u
learned. He was evidently q stranger
here aud apparently a highly. eluca(si
German. He wore q cheCketed coat, vet
and ahitl
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THE conference Of railroad men at New
Yoik lIt week accomplished nothing to-
ward sntlny the war Of rates. This ID
evident despite the statement OF Commits
IOHsf Fink, that an agreement was reach
eddy which lhs rates prevailing June 18th
are to be restored on the 22d Of August,
There V@A large number Of railway men
Ia attendance, but representatives Of the
Vanderbilt roads and the Grand Trunk
we're conspicuous by their absence.
Representatives. Of the Erie were present,
bat LETT before the conference closed, be-
cause Of ctTsnse taken at charges Of un'
dsrbldding Tor freight made BY the Com
minionets,
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tinrrstt on Vnnd.tbIIn

DEES PLRk, Nd, August is.-in the con-
tOhtion yesterday In relation to cutting rates
on the trunk lines, aud the recent interview
with W. II. Vanderbilt, John W. Garrett,
President Of the B Gilmore 4 Ohio road, said
that, a. several days had passed witAout cor.
fectlon having been made. he ASSUMED Presi.
dent Vanderbilt accepted the responsibility 81
having made The statement, He added: ''tt
IL painfully aasy Il convict President Wander.
|btit Ot great lack oil knowledge on the sub.
ject, Me statements In ielersnce TO the BALI.
tFary ofact." In view Of the Importance OI
this matter, Ptesiden Garrett has sent f1f
documents which will enable him him 10 pre-.
sent The case through the pres At an eafly day
ID a manner which will cause the public "a
understand the history Of the course Of The
New York Central Company,
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DESPERATE %EaCOUNrER.
A WISOonSin Farmer Kills seven Wolves.
ATeRRlble AIRnEHlR.

ATeRRtDIe btfuGHIes
WAuPAcA, Wis, August ls.-Report
comes from the town oil Dayton OF q ter.
rible encounter OF a man with seven
wolves. He 10 q farmer, and owns Q large
herd OF sheep. He wentout to drive them
home the other night, and 10 passing a
swamp he heard snarling and barking. He
had taken an old musket along, thinking
perhaps he might shoot Q partridge or some
small:game, and had loaded II with No. 4
shot. Not feeling unsafe, he advanced 10.
ward the sound, and there saw two old
wolves and Ave three.quarter grown
whelps, wrangling and fighting over the
dead body OF Q sheep. lie got to within
two rods Of them before they heard him,
when he fred into their midst. Immedi.
ately the whole seven came bounding 10
wards him, and before he had time 10
climb o tree they were full upon him. He
reversed the gun and used II for q club.
The tight lasted an hour, and 90 savage
aud ferociors were the wolves that az one
after another OF their number received q
death stroke from the old musket they
pounced upon their fallen Comrade aud
proceeded 10 devour him at this ~junClure
The farmer would rush In with bio gun and
kill another, hauling one or both OF the
dead bodies back to the tree near which
the hght took place. He did this, he
afterwards said, 10 save their ~carcasses, as
there 10 q bounty oil $ll on each wolf
killed In Waupaca county. After the ] AZ
hours eklfmish the seven wolves
dead Of the farmers feet. He was unsDIe
to carry cArcasses homo, 90 he took II q
large knife he had In his pocket, skinned
the whole seven, saved their seven skulls,
and 10 day applied to the County Clerk for
bis 81 bounty, besides Obtaining a fair
price for their skins. During the fight he
had every Bit Of clothing torn from his
body, his hands, legs badly bitten, and the
lower part OF n ear snapped Of.
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VISITS Petersburg and vieiBtty, Doisu
Considerable Dnmnge.

PETERSBURG, Va, August iS,-This city
and Immediate vicinity was vislted thil
afternoon by one Of the Sevefest and mosl
destructive wind and thunder storms ex
petisnced here for years. The rain fell ID
torrents, while some consid etRble damage
was done.
During The prevalence Ot the storm the
freight depot Of the Norfolk 4 Western
railroad, together with 0 large building
used as a workshop by the petetburg &
Weldan Road Company, NJ Mount Airy,
and the 1torCoran Brothers latgetob &C
factory, we're partially uncovered and bad
" damsgad. The grand stand al the FAii
Grounds WAS completely torn up and
scattered Ia every direction Two houses
81 the city aims house farm we're als5 de
moltAhed. Several hodseS we're ettdCk b.
lightning, and In some instances the occu,
pants we're sevsiely stunned by the hdid
Trees. fences and Chimneys were blown
down, ALd the damsgss done by the storm
we're terrible. II is feared great det,tuc
ton has iisen done to tha crop, and
orchards In adj iuing cnunlles, Pfevloul
to the storm tba thefm jmeter registered
1859 In the shade. It is now OIL
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INnIAN rwounLEs.
serIoaS ApprehsnsIuns M 10 the New
Mexican OnIbreNhn.

NNA"
DENVER, Col, August 1.-THE Repub,
Rcan's Santa Fe adyicss from below are that
the situation 10 more serious than ever DO.
fore in regard to the outbreak Of the
MesCalero Apschea. Tho Indians In
small bands are rsidluR the country and
1t Is utterly impossible for the troops to
come near them. Reports Of murders and
%depredations committed by them upon
the isolated communitiea come In every
day, and thete 10 no telling the damage
done or numbers Of lives lost since they
have been in the field. The supply Of
troops Ia unequal TO the emergency.
General Hatch is In the field notifying
the people to arm Themselves and giving
them Information oil the movement Of Tho
IndisnS as far al he knows. Two pros.
peclors were killed by the Indians In the
Florida mountains, and smother near
Guadaloupe mountaina There Ia the
neutrality-suspicious. oil over the country,
and unless more troops are ordered 10 do.
tract them, there is no immediate pros.
psct fIr bettering the outlook.
sAETA FE N. NJ, August 1.-THE Al
buquerque volunteers, from this city have
returned home, being relieved by troops
from Fort Wlngate, who are posted 81
McCarthy's and other stations on the line
Of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, where
the post troops are likely to cross. The
lndiaus were expected 10 attempt 10 cross
over 70 CABRERA yesterday. Maj. Ingalll
and Capt. Schaefer, with volunteers, are
cooperating with thetroops aud II is hoped
thatthey will be able to surround and
capture the hoBtileB.
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oxrof the Washington Eumors which
h.,,. some appearance OF truth, Is the
.',smsu. that the document signed by
p,s.iJsDt Garfield last week, reported to
~ an order Of ex,radiion, was in reality
= O,oclsma,lon converting Congress 10
',,,, session in the event oil the Presi'
S.nt,, death, and that 1t was prepared as
a matter Of safety and to guard against
,,,..bls contingencies.
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Tar militia u Philadelphia we're mp In
,,u., ready to Escort the remains Of Gsp.
All Robert Patterson, the hero of three
Van, to the grave, but the Generate son
promptly declined, saying, Sen'ibly
enough; "As you are aware, my father
VI, moi in the military service at hetime
olhl. death, nor for many years preVious,
md is not, therefore, entitled to y military
,,cort. Asin lie he never knowingly ac'
e,vtsd any honors 10 when be was not
strictly entitled, so In dolIh a proper re-
,vecI Tor bis memory requires that this
principle should be strictly adhered to-"
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ILLIN0Is WHEAT ORop
Tbiriy NIIIion Husbtl4 short-Causs q
.the Deficiency,

hurry NtIllOu huhueIe ~hnOft-CAnn OF
1.-The deficiency.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, August 10 Partial
retirns received at the Department OF
Agriculture concerning the fell wheat crop
copHrm the previous reports published by
Secretary Fisher. The results oil thresh.
Ing have reduced the average prospective
yield in come Of the counties, and In.
creased III others. siIty.two counties 70.
ported, produced 10 1880, 80, G32, O55 bushels
Of fall wheat against ~ 44S, sos bushels
this year, q reduction Of 50 per cent, when
compared with the yield u the previous
year. Forty counties not included pro.
luCed last season q. 1888 $50 bushels, and
II these counties have the bame proper.
tiohEte yield this season a. above, the
crop therein will make 500 ia bushels,
making the eutire winter crop Of the ssa.
soh for tile year Of 1881 about %, 1854, 279
bushels, against 81, 0 900 bushels lOSt
year.
The severe win,Or damaged the larger
proportion NJ wheat, and the Hes4ian 'fy
and chipCh bag 10 sou1e localities dsatroy.
ed most VI the wheat that, vas not killed,
leaving hardly e1ouHh wheat In some
counties flr bread aud seed. The quality
generally Is inferior amt the grain mitch
Bhrunken. The crop In quality as we'll 40
quantity is the poorest pfoducsd In this
State for over twenty years. This excep.
Llonal year will not disheArten the Illinois
farmers from seeding a large area this sea.
son, % The fact has been repeatedly con.
ifmed that the. soil aud climate Of the
State are M, surpassed Tor the successful
production Of wheat Of the besl quality.
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sOME oil the good people in Charleston
seem to bs considerable torn up over the
retention OF Q yankee school teacher
who, to use the language Of the injured
parties, Is not lone oil u.s." Without know
ing much about the controversy, we beg
leave to remind the native complainant
that the date for this sort OF talk 10 about
u out "Us" has grown to DO such q
miscellaneous pronoun, that It will not do
to attempt distinctions at this day, es'
pScIally sgAinSt Yankees. Babylon has
fallen 90 far 40 that Sort Of thing 10
concerned, and the KauSwhs vIllsy is
converted by the sams Yaakss' from =
land Of blackberry farms and mint patch.
% into the moat promising industrial SEQ
ton oithe country.
Besides, as Charleston Is to be the State
Capital, she oughtto be more cosmopolitan
In her views, Let US have peaCs together
With less ~picayuue eEclusivsneNs.
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81. Louis, August 10 John Amvsg,
jta the young chtrns singer Of Fotd's
Comic oSetA troupe, who VISA otsti tue
principal actors Ia what Is called the
HsGeltihe social scandal, which VISA devel.
opsd hare some DAYS ago, to-day died
suit for civil dtmBges In the tuln n So.
900 against VIM. B HSGetine, H., and
Fred ". PAfAmofe, for i~hVeiglibe him
into . loom and there bfutally liealing
him aud forcing bin 10 sign eefiain pspsis
and 10 give up certain letters ard photos
graphs ssainat his will. HiGelune IL a
brother Of the young lady involved in the
scandal, aud Patamofe q neat Trend.
Otitninal. scIion will also be brought
J SsAinst H. Seltine aud PafAmofe,
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ARLLAIRR HRWs,

AapGAllean PFinARioa-The I~neVitAhlo
i, etrlH Votss-ChllaFaA's Deaths, &c.
child Of EObsFt Rays died Sunday altar.
A child of Eli oOu vsu buried Sunday At.
t~ernoon.
Bridgeport
Ma =, N, Strong and Howard will spend
some time ct Barr5 Mills,
d.. Murray got back from IN extended
TIP Friday. Histhmly will remain away for
awhile.
Monday evening the Great sschsm OF the
Red Men Of Ohio will visit the Red Cloud
tribe here.
Milt Stewart got back from Eglon, Preston
county, v. Va, Saturday. Soma other Bell.
elre people are there.
The Republicans have elected stx members
OF the County Central Committee this In
stead Of one a. usual.
The fourth child Of John Khs died satur.
day Of diptheria- The country along the
ertSt seems to DO a. great . sufferer a the
town.
The funeral OF Nj. Kehnimon's child took
place from the German church Saturday As
. rule the funerals are not largely attended,
which 70 perhaps better for the SatOly Of the
people In general.
MrA Emma Strong and Nm. Mary Thomp-
son are eontelting for an elegant bureau that
e now on exhibition In one u kSllott's win
doWL The contest 10 for the benefit Of the
Church In South Bellaire.
About 8 O'Clock Saturday evening . horse
attached toa wagon, belonging to John Nsff,
ran on on GuTnBey street. and Miss Romenl
was thrown out and severely cut and bruised,
but no bones were broken.
By the time this Is read the glass houses Of
BellAire will DO in full blast The nail works
and rolling mill will start by the middle Of
thS week, and window glass houses as soon a.
their time OF stopping Is out
Alarge fox suddenly made its appearance
on the streets Saturday morning and ran
rapidly across the square and over the river
bank, The dogs 10 sight only stared at IL
long loaps and those Who gave chase lost all
trace otot It,
The var Gus voting precincts here held pri.
maries Saturday afternoon 10 appoint dele.
gates 70 the Republican County Convention
atsL ClairSVille Tuesday, No particular In.
uninStructed.
Its mot right TO dig the mud In the cutters,
pile II up In the streets and leAye II 10 send
forth is foul emanAtlOns, 70 poison the air
and be converted into dust laden with the
germs Of disease, to be blown everywhere DO.
fore the winds Independent, Saturday. But
how much worse 10 II 10 cart oil theSe piles Of
mud and spread them out over A whole street
right In the heart Of town, % Was done sAtuT.
day. One neighborhood In town has had no
sickness ~ yet, and up comes this street full
Of dirt that was scraped from the CUTTERS to DO
dumped aud spread out. II Is little less than
criuinAl 10 the Street Commissioner. II hsis
MT responsible he ought to DO.
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sTRUcK nv LIGaTHIHa.
4 u. LOuiS FIOaEiHE MiII Destroyed b.
an Electric ROIt.

ST, LOUIS, No., AuguAt lS.-About 7;sl
O'Clock last night the Atlantic AourinI
mills, corner Of Main and Plum streets
Of which George Balm, President Of th'
National Millers' Association, 10 President
and manager, was struck by lightning anG
10 now q mRsS Of ruins, scarcely q brick Of
stone Of the splendid structure remaining
An explosion seemed 10 have instantly
followed the stroke Of lightning, and near
y all the upper part Of the mill burstopsn
and ito walls we're cracked and riyen from
top to bottom. The bolt had scarcely
touched the building when ere iaBued, %
Il by magic, from iEa every part, and In
half IN hour the mill and itB entire con.
tents were completely destroyed.
A number oil men at work on the differ
emit ioorS were blown out the doors aud
windows, receiving serious, perhsps fatal
Injuries, It'll feared several persisted in
the flames,
The ERE Immediately spread to the Flu.
tuTe City OIL Works, extending on Plum
street from Main to the river front, and
they are now burning with intense fierce
mesa and fury, A warehouse containing
rosin and tuTpeutine, in the came block, 70
also In flames, and the Plum street depot
Of the Iron Mountain Railroad, on the op.
ger for awhile,
About seventy men were employed in
the mill, oil OF whom, II 10 said, are 30.
counted for. Several were badly burned,
however, and have been sent 10 the hos.
pital or taken 10 their homes.
WenIel Ra'zscker, O Bohemian barrel.
mailer, jumped from q aecond.story win.
dow. His clothes were oil ablaLe, and he
was badly burned on the upper part ofthe
body, and the skin peeled from his hands.
Robert Lorimer jumped from the fourth
story, and escaped with q broken arm.
Mr., Balm says the loss on the mil. will
be $4,000; insured for $40 900, mainly
In Eastern offices. The Future Oi,y OH
Works damaged about $3.50 0 the princi.
pal injury being TO the refinery, The
whole establishment 10 insured for S45,.
900. Loss ON the resin warehouse 10 not
known. The stables and storehouae for
bottles Of Anhonser Bros. Brewing Com.
psuy, OF the corner Of Eighth aud Pestaloz
about Q milo and a.hRlf from the
Atlantic Mills, was struck by the same holt
Of lightning, and damaged about 50, 900;
covered by Insurance.
Later reports state that there were ouly
men a. the mill az the time, Of
Whom the following were more or lees
seriously burned, and are now at the hos.
piIRl: William D4Iphllng, Christ Risdner,
Vtllman, Dick Roberts and James
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A ESsmi.OmeisI utteranes = The Cars
IntenIlona.

A EBSmi.OmoiaI UtteFAnee = The Caar,s
IntenIionS.
VIENNA, August 13.-An article on Rus.
sian affairs, published in the Moscow Ga.
sek, attracts attention here. II represents
The personal power Of the Gar as being
above discussion. 4 compromise tending
10 modify or diminish II would be Q source
oil peril 10 the State. The hope Of obtain.
ing anything by concessions la vain. The
very existence Of Russia is dependent on
the Autocratic power OF the Russian Boyer.
eigu. This article 10 said 10 be due 10 the
pen 81 Mr.. Katkoff, editor Of the journal
that prints II, and leading member OF the
PAnslaviet party;
Mr.. Katkoff Ia certainly not an official
scribe, and the views he sets forth In the
Moscow Carte may be regarded 90 those
oil the party to which he belongs. Yet
there can be little doubt that they have
the full approval both Of The Gear himself
and Of General 1gnstieft, and for the pres.
ent, At all events, there 10 likely 10 be q
truce TO all rumofs Of q Constitutional
Government In Russia.
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lintdersd Atd HANNAH

PITTSBURGH, August l4.-ThiS morning
about Q o'clock tie body Of q man named
Hugh Mevey IVES found lying In The
Allegheny river, near The foot OIL Fifth
street, with several uRly gashee on bid
bead He was laat seen alive about 9
o'clock last night. The Buppodllon is Thai
he was murdered and robbed, a be Va.
known 10 have considerable money on BIZ
person, and when found to-dSy the money
was gone.
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NR JAMES W. WoFFISDIS, Of Weston,
uthls State, who will be remembered Aa
{, Democratic politician who hung his
uss on the other post in the Hayes cam
pliga. has published a book Of forms aud
InEruclons Tor the use oil Surveyors oil
Rnds, tina! will commend itself to the
tms Tor which /! was intended by its
dedication. The latter reads:
40 The Surveyors Of Roads Of Lewis
county; the men who work harder, re.
tsiVs he least pay, and yet are men oil
vsNst Importance TO the material pros.
pthJ 1.-THE country, than any other class
dusn ibis compilation Is most respect
iuly dtdiCNed."