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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-19
FLOOD AT RON DU LAC.
Many OF the Streets Of the city Sub.
merged-ImmsnSs Damage.

mefkeu-lmmenht uhuhkes
MILWAUKEE,, April ls,-A special to the
Republican from the interior Ot Wisconsin
reports alarming Aoods at Fou du Lac
The river was raging torrent At5P,N
the river was = fearful sight The water
had overaowsd the banks aud submerged
great many streets. The entire western
portion OF the city is under water, which
ia still rising. Families In the Third,
Fourth, Sixth and Seventh wards have
been compelled to eVacuae their prem
isss, and the lumber yards are also sub
merged, the rivers being converted into
floating Wood.Yards. The narrow. gauge
track Ia under water and general wash
outs have already resulted, On the
Southwestern railroad washouts are also
reported. The damage will bs immense,
and 1t Ia useless to estimate 1t now, as the
flood seems to have just commenced.
Fortunately none oil the city bridges
have been washed away, In some local
tiles the streets are being naVigated with
boats. A Republican special from Water.
town says, The Rock river has risen i've
feet in the past two days, causing sud.
den break up OF the ice, which hComes down
In masses. The bridges leading to Oak
Hill cemetery and BlughtOn are both
swept away. To-day the river Is still RI
sing,
Specials to the Republican continue to
come in from all parts Of the State. The
rivers all though the southern half Of
Wisconsin are rising remarkably fast and
the trains on all lines are more or less do
layed. The Chicago, MilwaukO 4 st, Paul
track, west OF Milwaukee, Is covered
with water In the vicinity Of WRdswoTth
and the trains delayed. On the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore 4 Western the track iloated Tor
miles. The regular passenger trains from
Wauseon, had the engine and baggage
car ditChed four miles south Of Mequor,
The engineer was slightly injured, The
Milwaukee Is rising very fast, No dam.
age ot any consequences has been done yet,
At Racine the Root River Is q perfect
flood. Two vessels broke from their moor,
inVs and were badly damaged. In almost
every town considerable damage was done
by overlooking streams.
OMAHA, April lS.-During the thunder
storm at Hastings, In the central part Of
this State, Sunday evening, tho house ot
Eugene Parnell, q farmer, was struck by
and burned. Mrs. parnell was
disabled and perished In the flames. Her
husband succeeded In dragging himself
from the house, but was In critical con.
dition when found by the neighbors, and
his recovery Is doubtful.
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AMKMARD FOE ARBolT.
He Must Next Friday Pay the Penalty Of
Murder.

BosToS, April lS,-The sentence otdsath
pronounced upon steArus Kendall Abbott
for the murder OF Mrs. Marie L. Orue, in
January, 1880, will be carried out next
Friday, the Governor and Council having
refused to commute 1t to imprisonment Tor
lille. Abbott's case was stouuy contested
in the courts, and though be was known
10 have been dangerous man, and to have
served time in the PenitentiAry, counsel
hoped TO save him from q sentence for
murder In the first degree, When the
news ot the refusal to commute was made
known to Abbott he covered his face with
his hands, and, with deep groRn, threw
himself upon his pallet without word.
The Sheriff remained few minutes, and
after asking the unhappy man II he had
anything 10 say, and receiving no answer,
left him TO his sad reflections,
Wendell Phillips filed q protest to the
Governor and Council against the exeCu'
tion OF Abbott, Phillips contends, even
admitting that Abbott killed her, that
there is no evidence showing that he did
1t with premeditation or malice store'
thought Phillips ends his protest by say.
ing: " do not care to enlarge on the
motive which think impels the executive
to commit this crime, which, In my view,
makes he act murder Ia the stEiCtest
sense oil the law"
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Picture OF the Assembly and OF the Preai.
dents Cabinet.

ST. LOUIS, April lS.-The correspondent
Of the GlOJe.Democrat who accompanied
Gen. Grant to Mexico, writes to his paper
as follows from the City Of Mexico under
date Of April Q, describing session Of the
Mexican Congress!
The Palace Of Congress was burned
down some five or six years ago, and the
new building Is simply temporary thea.
ter, handsomely decorated, but still only q
theater. The Speaker and Secretary cit
on raised platform on tho stage, the
members occupy the parquet and balcony,
and above them rise four rows OF boxes for
the diplomatic corps, the ex.members, the
army, the press, members families and
the general public. The press boxes are
the stage boxes Of the second and third
tier, and as sat about thirty feet oiTirom
the Speaker, | had fine position for see.
Ing and hearing everything.
When we entered the House was In
session, and It was evidently a gala day.
The stage was handsomely decorated with
flags and drapsries, most OF the members
were arrayed In evening dress, and the
boxes were well filled. The preliminary
business was dispatched In business like
method. The Clerk announced the pres.
ence Of committee OF the Senate, and the
Speaker appointed committee 10 escort
them In. The Senate committee an.
nounCed that the Senate had organized,
and WAS waiting with the President 10 meet
the House In joint session, 10 proceed 10
the formal opening OF the session.
A House committee escorted the Senate
in, and the President Of the gonRts
mounted the Tribuhe-s small circular
stand on the right hand aide Of the plat.
iofm-and made bhel speech, sCknowl.
edging the honor conferred on him and
pledging himself 10 discharge bis duties
faithfully. The Clerk read the report on
the credentials Of Two new membeip, who
were then sworn In. was delighted 10
see that there was no absurd Bible kissing
or holding up oi hands. The Me6iCanS
have sehse enough 10 know that man Ia
no more likely to lell the truth with hls
hand In he air than in any other attitude,
aud the Constitution provides that sim.
pie affirmation shall have the force ol an
oath. AZ the clock struck the fanfare oil
the tfumpets outside and tho appearance
Of an aide dsCamp announced the artivaI
OF the President.
A joint committee oi the two houset
went to the door and escorted him, aocom
panied by bis Cabinet and his military
stat. The military, In full uniform, tool
chairs in the Honsei the Cabinet were
sealed on the platform, the President o
The Republic IN an arm chair beside thC
President oil the House. President Man
uel Gonzales, who entered upon the du
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 1S.-The move.
mont begun by the Chronicle Of this city to
raise fund for the widow Of old John
Brown has met with success. Subscription
books have been open only three days and
1920 have been received. The largest
single piit was $500, but the bulk Of the
subscriptions came from poor people ID
this city and throughout the State. who
can afford to give Iifty cents or one dollar.
An effort will be made to raise enough to
pay oil the mortgage son the widows
iafm, which amounts to 81 800, aud 10 es.
tablish fund sufficient to glVo her support
iot the remainder OF her life.
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Eaten by an AiIFE EIIRniAn Gives Hin Z
.raNat, nf 'Eslahla nala

Eaten by an AIIFRhanIan Gives Hin n
Touch OF TFIchin0AiR.
pirrsBURan, April lS.-'rhe first case Of
triChinosis ever developed here made lie
appearance in Allegheny last Tuesday
night in the person Of a German named
Frank KniSes. On that evening he ate
freely Of pork, which was not wei cooked.
About two hours after he grew violently
sick and terrible pains spread over his en-.
tire body. He was next taken with vom.
iting and purgi1g, passing blood and small
pieces Of flesh. A physician was called,
who pronounced the disease thchinosis,
and upon submitting a small piece OF the
flesh TO a mcroscopicsl test, In a net
work OF small muscles seventeen triCh.
inse were found. The proper remedies
we're administered and the patient ID
slowly improving. Knizes refuses 10 stale
from whom he purchased the pork.
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The largest run Of coal known for year
has been passing this city for the last i've
or three days. There is still more to come
Before the end Of tho week the cities and
towns between this and the mouth OF the
Ohio will have an abundance Of cheap
coal.
Consider what 1t would have cost con
sum0s to have received this Immense
shipment OF Goa! by rail, even supposinG
that there were at hand cars to move II
inside oi month on all the roads running
out OF Pittsburgh, 1t could not have been
moved In a month nor at three times its
present cost by rail. Hence we Nee the i'm.
portauCe Of preserving the Ohio as q navi'
gable stream throughout as great portion
Of the year rs possible.
As a means Of cheap transportation the
tributaries OF the Mississippi river have
no equals on this continent. Their barge
system oi moving vast quantities OF heavy
freight 10 bulk is uuequAIled 10 any other
part OF the world, As one instance OF 1t
we may reler to the flC! that three quar-.
ters Of q million bushels OF grain went
down 10 New Orleans from st. Louis last
week for shipment to Europe. Some oI
this grain was carried, it is said, as low as
three cents per bushel, which Ia only about
one.half the cost by the same route five
years ago. The company which furnishes
the barges provides also steam transporta'
ton to Liverpool, and the through rate
from st, Louis to Liverpool is said to be
lower than the rail rate from Chicago to
New York. Grain can be moved down
the Mississippi aud, 1t is claimed, deliver.
ed at Liverpool at twenty-five cents q
bushel. This meanS American grain at
ten cents less than heretofore, q drop
which must cut out the last margin Of
profit on English wheat fields. Great
Britain to-day Cultlvates one.NIth
fewer acres Of wheat, raises one.third less
and imports.twice as much grain as ten
years ago. The share OF this grain i'm.
ported in the form ot ilour has trebled In
the last five years and promises to
quadrupls in the current year. English
milling Is going the way Of English farm.
Ing. Tie Unltad States has trebled the
value ol its wheat export In 10 years,
multiplied It 10 times in 90 years and 39
times In 80 years-34 years ago European
grain was imported at Baltimore. II the
new water route on the Mississippi briugs
the all rail routes to bottom prices, the
next i've years will see see the United
States furnishing nine.tenths instead oi
two.thirds Of the wheat supply Of Eng
land, and face to face with the English
land problem Gladstone or his radical sue
ceBaor will dissolve paliament and 30 to
the country on an EugliBh land bill.
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ALL IN ONE DAY.
DEsPERATE DEEDS AND DIRE DIS
AsTERs,
And Some More Attractive ThsmGS-R
By Fire and FIOOd-Excitement over
Condemned Murderer AZ the
Hub-CFOP Prospects and all
Sorts Of Intelligence.
RUNAWAY BALLOON.
An ErOunAut Takes an InVOIuntaFy
hide.

hide.
ST. LOUIS, April ls,-Zuernelle Brayton
better known as Neil Brayton, the zero
naut, is billed for q balloon ascension al
the fair grounds on Sunday, May |, An
accident that occurred to him at st.
Charles Saturday came very near inter
isring with his programme and putting an
end to his mid.air experiences. During
the past winter he has built two mammoth
balloons ut st, Charles, to be used In o
series OF asCensions here and elsewhere
during the summer. In the morning be
took one oi the balloons which he had tin-
ished putting together to the top Of the
hill west Of town for the purpose OF paint
Ing 1t, and at the same time having II dry
quickly, About one hundred boys stood
around watching the monster, In order to
dry the inside OF the machine he had
placed young man at the mouth OF the
bag with instruClionsto hold 1t open 80 that
the wind, which was blowing pretty brisk.
ly, might enter 1t. All at once very
strong gust Of wind came, and the balloon
began to flop and crack, The boys who
were holding 1t down became ightened,
and let loose Of every thing, BrAyton saw
there was danger OF the balloon benS
blown against fence and torn to pieces.
lie shouted to the young man at the
mouth to close it, which the young man
endeavored to do, but was unable. Bray.
ton sprang to close it himself, but Just as
he reached 1t terrible gust OF wind rails.
cd the balloon clear Of the ground. The
Rronaut Clung to 1t, and was carried over
200 feet into the air, and descended com.
paratiyely unhurt about a quarter OF q
mile from the point he started from. This
10 the only instance on record Of a cold.air
balloon ascension.
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r.. nov understood at the Treasury
DsD,Tmqut " that payment will not be de-
SIpjeI flr more than $4,000, 900 OF the
4. ' Der cent bonds, and that the interest
% a%ntIS 10000 will be reduCed TO three and
Snsbai per cent, Tint being accom-
TIbed, Secretary Window will have
iICCOOOOOOor more to apply TO the hyes,
I'M, reducing the interest account by full
S60Gl6OOa a yeat A sensible and nervY
ssC,.tsw Of the Treasury IL worth half q
jSlen Democratic OOngresses.- Cleveland
Rrl8,
This Is ths situation stated in the ieyeSt
D,gIbe words And the beauty Of II ID
aNit hits the nail plumper aquare on
bs head 10 the last sentence. Secretary
Window has performed feat in finance
,hA. marks him as being the right man in
tue right place.
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TRANSPORTATION tories.
Activity IN western Railroad Circles
KeORuk Northern Lines Property TO


KeORuk Northern Lines Property IA
be Sold.
ST. LOUIS, April 1S.-Col. ]. M. Corse,
President OF the Toledo, Delphos & Bloom.
ington narrow guago railway, was here 10.
day and awarded the contract for the con.
struCtion Of 100 miles Of road, from Ram.
sey, ILL.,, to 81. Louis.
Col. ]. W. Laramere, President ot the
Texas 4 ST. Louis narrow guage, went 10
Cairo to-day, where he will meet O. F.
Stevens, Ohief Engineer, and arrange for
the immediate departure from that point Of
a party 10 survey the line across South.
eastern Missouri into Arkansas.
Receiver Clubb, OF the Keokuk Northern
Packet Company was authorized to-day by
Judge Lindfey, Of the Circuit court, to sell
all the property not covered by mortgages
10 deiray the necessary expenses, and TO
receive bids subject to the approval Of the
court for the purchase oi the steamers
Minnesota and barges Hawkins, Prescott,
HadinRs, Dick, Ida, South and Duncan.
The Company has a boat yard at St.
Louis, and warehouses al Falmouth, La,
Hannibal, Lagrange, Gregory's Landing
and Canton, all In this State. The ques.
tion Of selling the entire property Of the
Company was reserved for another day.
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1NDANAPoLs, April 1S.-The case Of
G@ly aud others, Of Cincinnati, against
the Aurora Iron 4 Nail Company, came up
In the United States Court today on mo-
ton Of the complAinanta for the appoint.
ment Of a receiver. The complaint charges
that D. P. Cobb, President Of the company,
has been lfaudulently administering hiE
trustin hisown interest, and the company
is almost insolyent; that the loss for 1886
was $l5l 600, and that Cobb has been run
ming the works In the interest Of an iron
dealing firm, Of which he Is the principal
owner, The defendants Set up a genera
dnhial
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| It is the special business Of theae Commits
slops to propagate all varieties OF fish by
means OF artificial hAtcheries, and from
these hstcheries to stock all the streams
within the borders OF their respective
States, This systematic method is adding
an illimitable number OF fab to the ma
tural supply OF all the streams, and making
the tluuy tribe abundant once more in wa
ters from which they had almost disap.
peared. The importance ot this grand re-
source for Increasing the f,Od supply OF
the country cannot be over estimated.
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No movement oI modern times excels
In Importance the movement in all civil.
lied Countries to increase. the supply of
aSh food in their inland waters, The ian.
dsncy oiIhs world has heretofore been 10
AE'ester increase III population than In
the means oi subsistence. But In The last
ball generation this;tendency is being re.
Ve'Sed' The ingenuity Of man is working
AchanSe. Machinery has aided him in
Producing lood at agreatly decreased cost.
and hence the means Of subsistence are
more accessible to the masses. We refer
SsfaIn food more particularly Tho poo.
peO' Europe were never 80 we'll led as
AV are to-day, owing to the surplus grain
snt them from this country.
The movement to supply an abundance
oi'heap Sch IoOd to the people 10 one Of
iAe wonders Of this century. The atti.
aHaI propagation Of tisl is now a science,
Mu mere Is Abstla'oly no limit to the in.
y, S,'A'e IN every variety Of desirable ash.
ia' waste waters Of the country, hereto.
WIG WIZ c'n'Idsfel unavailable for any rsslul
Sa'pV's' S promise to become even moi q
,s',. .,u"u,e 'nan 50 much land In the way oI
"pppyins p IoOi for the multitude.
otSs' V,'a e'''N Of Rochester, N y, writes
SS. TVV,'a' Of lsh.ptoducins waters.
covs,sn W. llve " 10 this State ca inland lakes
ictS oi M ~ Nea OI 4B6,457 acres, Every
a ioo,i .n,sIlef ",s NAlef area is equal In value a.
WbsS np,,oUsuuSlng element 10 the land
t1Sts properly stocked with ihe inhabi
AmopSi "1 ~ sf Sllef without which this vas
the p,od1d,i'a ~ surface is yalueless 90 lar a
SS,Ibs ,IvVS.''on y. Of food Ia concerned. Esii
Oi SS,. '.e VaIle Of water surface, RcrI
SnSJ 'y, Is equal TO that Of the land. Il 4
SSDj NT 70 reach the sum Of SSb SSe IN /,
The e,s1E, 1Ea,noefs. D! This does not includ
nsdSnS,. tiTers and bays, which Woul,
ma sSgOtsu'y ANY,, double the sum, ThTouVI
ISnnis suoIs OF the New YORK slais Fisi
sls,sJ ls,sJ'Ss.oheS N1eS the barren or nearly dt
sStoS. ou .aIets oil our State ara iast beih
iOdIiiSSa,S WIN the beat varieties Of fsh
to,i S,y Sey are allowed TO continue theI
tatv vs,o! ~, Aiew years longer, the vaiue {
land '''' area Will far exceed that Of Ii
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Arrnlnmnn,s ID en.l Cnt nn.

DuBuQuE, Ia, April 1S.-Thomas Guy,
freight conductor ou the 81. Paul road, 5d
yeats Of age, while standing on the top oI
a car last nipht, was struck by a guy rope
as the train was passing over the Sabult
bridge. His head was severed from hlt
body except a few tough muscles. lie iel
10 the track, the train passing over hiI
body and maugling It In horrible man
nef, The remains were sent 10 Leaven
worth, Ks., Tor burial.
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SAN Francisco, April Is. Senator Fair,
OF Nevada, who, 1t wss announced last
week, had gone to St. Luois on business,
arrived here Ly the Southern Pacific Rail.
way. lie travelled lncognito, under the
title Of ]. II. BAne, doubtless for fear Of
being captured by predatory cowboys and
held for ransom. The object Of his vlslt is
a mystery. but 1t Is slyly hinted that II has
some connection with the mining boom
which the ComAtoCk people have been
working up for a fortnight. Thus far his
presence seems to have had no effect on
stocks except 10 depress them.
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Important Testimony Taken Yesterday
In BehAlf OF Mrs. ChriStInncy.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Some OF the
testimony taken 10 the ChriStlancy divorce
case to-day is regarded as important.
Mrs. Alleger, with whom Senator and
Mrs. ChriStiancy boarded while he was In
the Senate, testified that she spent neatly
all Of Christmas day, 1879, with Mrs.
ChristianCy at the residence Of the latter's
father; that Mrs. Christisncy was sick and
did not leave the house all day. That was
the day OH which II is charged that Mrs.
ChristianCy met Giro at the st. James
Hotel. Mrs. Alleger's Testimony Is con.
siderel pretty conclusive, but Christiancy's
lawyers say they will produce testimony 10
rebut and ContradiC! that OF to-day.
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THE MEGiRA TO KANSAS
fthe CoiOrcd Freedmen Of the sout thern
HfntaS

HlHIeAt
BuRLlNaANE, Ks, April 49, The Chroni.
Gle Of this city learns from Rev. g. ".
HenninR Of the Slate Hoard, having In
charge the freedmen coming from the
South 10 KAnBss, that the Board has 70.
Ceived, cared for and distributed over
100000 Of these people since The exodus
began, and has been the means Of turning
10000 more into other States Mr.. Hen.
ming also says the Board has done all In
lts power to check the incoming Of Coofed
people from tho South, spending much
money in the effort, but without avail.
They are bound 10 come, they HSy, 10 Kan.
Bag, the home OF old John Drown. lie
further says that the exodus has begun
again, and large numbers Of these people
are now moving or preparing 10 move
The Board has received tenders from
Southern commercial centres oil unlimited
means 10 check the exodus, but this, Mt
Henning says, Is beyond their power.
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nnIrrsm GRA1N MAnkrr
Weekly Review by the "Mark Lane
Express"


LONDON, April lS.-The Mark Lane Er.
pnS, In its review OF The British grain
trade for the past week SayR: The general
weather has been decidedly beneficial.
The wheat plant is now In veryIsatisfactory
condition, though backward. Business Is
very slow, owing 10 The holidays. The
country markets are somewhat Rrmer than
those OF London and Liverpool, where,
owing to the influx OF foreign wheat, the
prices generally declined Monday from Bix
pence to shilling, except for the best
qualities. English wheat has since re-.
tanned about the same level. In Conse
quenCe Of the change OF wind thirty wheat
laden vessels have arrived OF The coast In
the bix days ending Thursday, OF these
not a single sale was reported 10 this date,
Sellers demand about lorty.nine shillings
Tor American red winter, and buyers ap.
pear only willing to pay about fOrly.seyen
Shlllings and elk pence. There Ia a Glow
consumption demand for -four at prices
iayoring buyers off the coast. The market
Is becoming tolerably well supplied with
maize, which was quiet In all positions.
Mixed American Is now quoted at twenty.
six shilllugs and six pence. Barley very
quiet. Oats steady. Sales Of wheat for
the past week, 3l,36l quarters, at forty.
lour Bhillings and nine pence, against 81.
$50 quarters, at forty.seven shillings and
eleven pence the corresponding week ol
lABt wear,
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MlssIsSIppI!. valley sanitary Conference

EVANSVILLE, April l8-The Sanitary
Council Of the Mississippi Valley, which
held its last meeting In New Orleans In
November last, convOnes here on the 20!h
inst. for q two days session. Avery large
attendance Is expected. Governors Of
many States bordering on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers have signifsd their In.
tentien to be present, and representative
sanitarians from all parts Of the United
States will be here 10 discuss sanitary
matters Of great interest and importance
TO the country at large, and extensive ar
rangements have been made Tor their
entertainment,
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Moscow, April 1s.-siS political prison.
ers will be tried by the Military Court al
the end Of April. Three OF them are oil
noble rank, KashintsefF, sChentin and
Pfiselekai. One is the son oI priest
named Preabroienkey, and two women
one the vile oi Dr. BoSomesliIs, tie othej
the vile OFF teacher. One hundred and
lotty students we're tustlGated this year loi
holding an illegal meeting.