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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13
WHY He Didn't Give Her the Sea

Why He Didn't Give Her the scao.
Stockton Mail.
They were swinging on the front gate
nj An aristocratic mansion opposite Ere
mont Square. M J,
"Isn't this lovely, Harry? The de
l;obtful moonlight, the heavenly
silence the repose which breathes the
very soul of love into the atmosphere
But what makes you SO moody ana ue
HAIRY sighed, "I'm going to get vac
cinated tomorrow" The young CIR
looked alarmed.
ooh. Harry, are you sure you won
catch Il in the Health Office? They say
that vaccination is very dangerous"
"Not the least danger" replied Har'
nv, looking very brave. TITS the genu'
Inc bovine virus"
al hope it isn't oleomargarineP
"No, dear, it's perfectly harmless, and
if the vaccination takes / can never get
the smallpox" :.
"Ain't that nice, Harry? l hope it
won't hurt" :,
mo, dear; and if you're a good girl
I'll give you a scab.
An old gentleman in dressing-gown
and slippers was smoking a pipe on the
porch. He softly chuckled to himself,
and quietly slipped around to the back
door and unclaimed the dog. Harry
was leaning over the gate with his back
to the house. The bull dog understood
his master. With a mutteIed growl he
took hold of the young man below the
waist.
"smallpoxw shouted the old man.
There was noise MS Of some one fall
ing over the fence, and the dog, wink.
ing at his master, laid down a piece OF
black cloth at his feet.
The young man had been inoculated.
He was seen next day walking lame,
but he did not offer anybody scab.
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Ors. Surgison & Son,
DENTISTS,
NO. ll43 MARKET STREET,
WHEELING, WEST VA.
All Onerations Warranted iy2,C
LEGAL NOTICE.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State OF West Virginia, county OF Ohio, City Of
Wheeling, in the Municipal Court of Wheel
Wheeling. July Rules, 1881.
The Citizens Fire, Marine and Life Insurance
Company,
Caroline z. Shriver, Marion Shriyer, James
Shriver, William Shriyer, Hampton Y. Shriver,
trustee Of W. W. Shriver. Hampton Il. Shriver,
executor of the will of W. W. Shriver, deceas-
ed, and Bampdep z. Shrivcr trustee Of the
Citizens Fire, Marine ana Lie Insurance
Company,
IN CHASCERY.
The object of this suit is TO have partition
made OF lot numbeIed one hundred and seventy
six (l76), and the west half OF lot numbered one
hundred and seventy.fve Q75). Lot numbered
l76 is situated in the City OF Wheeling on the
north eide of Zane street, at the corner OF said
Zane and Fifth streets, and the west half OF lot
numbered l75 Immediately adjoins said lot
numbered l76
And il appearing by all affidavit filed that the
defendant, William Shriver, Is not resident OF
the State OF West Virginia. IL is now ordered that
the said non resident defendant William Shriv-
err do appear at the next Rule Day, on the Sth
DAY Of August, 1851, OF either of the two follow
ing DAYS, and do what is necessary to protect
your interest in this suit.
in testimony whereof have hereunto signed
my name as Clerk of said Court this 18th day Of
July, A. d. 1881, at July Rules. in the Cieak's
office OF said court.
TeSte: THOMAS NJ. DAKKAH,
Clerk OF the Municipal Court OF Wheeling
DANIEL LAMB aud WIN. II. HEARSE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. ly!loawt
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
ID made by An'rew II. Britt and Jane W.
Britt, his wife, 10 me as trustee, dated January
i 1879, and recorded in the oitc Of The Clerk Of
the County Court OF Ohio county, W. Va, in
deed 81 trust book No. II, page 81 will sell at
the front door OF the Court House OF Ohio coun.
~, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881,
Commencing at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following
described property, that Is to say: A certain
by Francis r. Armstrong, trustee, and Emily A:
Zane, on the 2lst day OF september, 1852, and
which said tract is described as followf: Begin.
n ng at stake on the eastern side OF baltimore
street thence n. 22Ss- W. 100 feet Tor seven poles
and seven links) to James Sweeney's southern
line; thence with said line \. 662' 4. S91{ poles
TO Wheeling creek thence down said creek with
its meanders :. 81 L. poles and ii LINKS; thence
by a red oak :. CO.. w. 40h poles TO the begin
ming stake, containing in all one acre three
roOds and Gle, en- and two tcnths poles, the same
being portion OF what Wa formerly called the
Cots farm, lying east OF Hhceling hill and With
in the C corporate limits of the city of Wheeling,
W. Va. But there Is reserved and excepted from
the property above described the following:
First so much thereof as was conveyed by said
A. s. Todd and wife 10 the llempbeld Railroad
Company by deed recorded in book 80 page 81
Second, that portion which has been laid out as
lot No on Eleventh street. and conveyed by
A. II. Britt to q. schwanenberg on 9Th Janu,
AIRY, 1880. Third, the west half OF lot No 3, ana
the east half of lot No 2, laid out OH private
plat OF said parcel; releases of the second ana
third parcels herein excepted being recorded in
release deed book No 4, pages u and 81. The
property TO be sold is with the exceptions not
by Chas. A. Britt and wife, by deed OF record in
book So page Us.
Title is believed to he good but will convey
only such title as is vested in me.
TERMS OF SALE-One half, or more II purchaS-
er so elect in cash balance In two equal install.
ments at six and twelve months, notes bearing
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SEEKING REST.
GOOD WORDS.

Oh. We that ftre amid these breathlesS ? aces,
spending iur soul 'twiXt factory and mart,
YewhoSe q nick eyes aud pale and eager faces
Reveal the restless heart.
What are We seeking In your fevered labor.
That knows no pause thro' all the crowded
week,
Each for himself and no man for his reighbor,
What is that ye sex:
oh, some seek bread-no more-life's mere
subsistence.
And some seek wealth and esse-the common
AID o.hs seek fame. that hovers in the dis
,a.r,.
But all are seeking rest
Our temples throb, our brains are turning,
turning.
Would God that what we strain al were pos
seSSsd:
God knows our souls are parched aud black
with yearning:
God knows We faint for rest"
He went his way. q hsggard shape and dreary,
His hard face set toward The kindled West
And, 10, voice, Come unto me, We weary,
And will give you rest >
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13

NC humors In the system, that undermine health
and settle into troublesome disorders. Eruptions
OF the skin are the appearance on the surface OF
humors that should be expelled from the blood:
Internal arrangements are the determination OF
these same humOrs 10 some internal organ, or
organs whose action they derange and whose
substance they disease and destroy. Ayers
sarsapaIilla ex pclS these humors from the blood.
When they are gone the disorders they produce
disappaar such aS alterations of the Liver, stom-
sch, Kidneys, Lungs Eruptious aud Eruptiye
Diseases OF the Skin. -. Anthony Fire, Rose or
Erysipelas, Pimplos, Pustules, Blotches, Boils,
Tumors, letter aud Salt Rheum, ScaId Head,
Ringyorm. Ulcer and Sores, Rheumatism, Neu-
rsIgia, Pain in the Bones, side nd Head, Female
weakness steriliiy, LcucOrThna arising from in.
ternal ulccratiOn and uterine diseases, Dropsy.
with theirdcparture health returns. Prepared by
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CLEVELAND & PITTSBURG r. R
Condensed Time Card.
GOING EAST AND WEST.

GOING EAST AND WEST.
On and after Nov. z. 1850, all trains will run
daily Except sunday a. follows:
sfhrouyh trains TO Pittsburgh.
2ThronSh trains 10 Cleveland.
2ThronSh trains 10 Chicago.
PuIlman's Parlor Cars between wellsville and
Cleveland
Hotel and Sleeping Can on all trains between
Alliance and Chicago.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
In the Circuit Court for Ohio county, IS:
Hannah L. surgison,

In the Circuit Court for Ohio county, IS:
Hannah 4 surgisOn' In cn,ro.-v
vs.. IN SnaHceTy.
John W. Sanders, ct ais.
The nonresident defendants in Said suit, to-
wit: John W. Sanders, defendant in his own
right and as executor OF the will Of James N.
Surgison, deceased, Mary A. Sanders. Annie L:
Stewart, Milton Slewsrt, Emily A. Surgison and
Elizabeth s. Surgison, will take notice that the
deposition OF Hannah E surgison will be taken
at the Office OF Thomas Hughes, ESQ.,, attorney:
at-law, No. SO st. Paul street. in the city OF
Baltimore, in the State Of Maryland, on the 26th
day OF August, A. d. 1881, between the hOurs Of
O'Clock A. n. and O'Clock P. N, 10 te read in
evidence in the above named cause on behalf OF
the said complainant And il, from any cause
the taking of the said deposition shall not be
commenced, or being commenced shall not be
completed on that day, the taking OF the same
will be adjourned from time TO time until the
same shall be completed.
HENRY II. RUSSELL.
Iy2Soawt Attorney for Comprt.
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PROPOSALS.
OFFICE or THE RANAwHA CoNPASY,
IL

CHARLESTON, W. Va. July 2s. 1881. !
Under its contract for the construction OF the
Central Division of the r & A. & o. &. X. R.,
the Kanawha company Invite sealed proposals,
Masonry and CroSstieS for the line between
Charleston anu Point Pleasant, ". Va, about
IS miles-or so much Of il as is not previously
put under contract ProHles and specifications
viii be ready by the Goth of August. The right
10 reject snv and all bids reserved.
nr.i n D. WHITCOMB. President.
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Fellows Compound Syrup of
HypOpIi 0sphites

the inventor will refer to the medica! gentlemen
whose letters are attached hereto
Extract from let er,
LYNN, Mass, March !, 1870.
MfSSrs sHOIrs & Co.. 81 john, " Il.
GENTS nave prescribed your syrup Fellows
HopOpnosphiteS). in my practice for some hun
dreds of patients, where its use was indicated,
with quite satisfactory results.
J. A. McARTHCR, N. D.,
% South Common st.
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Trustees Sale Of Personal
PrODerty.

A TRUSTEE / WILL SELL AT PUBLIC
IA auction, on the farm OF Melissa Erskine
about - miles south Of Triadelphis, on
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18th,
Commencing at O'Clock P. ", the following
described personal property to-wit:
One hundred sheep, the undivided half OF
about thirteen acres OF wheat and the whole Of
six acres In the stack. one colt one COW, house
hold and kitchen furniture, hogs, cattle poultry,
one black horse. one bay horse, one gray horse
one two horse wagon, two double plows, two
single shovels, one double shovel one sled. two
sets OF harness, one harrow, saddle and bridle
eight acres OF oats, and all growing crops.
Terms Cash "
agli d. S. THORSBUR Oh, Trustee.
The above salc has been adjourned until Wed
nesday, August II, 1851.
aell ID. S. THORNBURG, Trustee.
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TO CLEVELAND
Only 5 Hours and IS Minutesi
TO CHICAGO-only Is HOup!

BteubenyiIIe accommodation Leaves Bellhire at
s:l5 r T., Bridgeport at 800, and arrives 81 Btsu.
benyille at sos F.s
Leaves Stpuheu lille ~ $50 4. H., Bridgeport
nj $50 A. n -g'iye at Bellaire st 9:05 4. n.
Tickets and Bx&zsge checks ~ all principal
poipts In the Fat and West Tan DO procured at
Inc ticket oi,ice IL Bridgeport Y. A. Y0RD,
noi7 Ocnenl fn&enRer Iicket Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
For Purifying the Blood.

This compound OF
the vegetable altera'
YES, SanaparillaS
Dock, Stillingia, and
Mandrake with thu
Iodides Of Potash and
Iron, makes ~ most
cifectual cure OF a
series Of complaints
which are very PfcyR-
liant and affecting. II
purihcS the blood,
plIrges out the lnrk-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13

Trains leaving Columbus at $40 P. and SIS
A. u. run daily. Through chicago Express,
leaves Columbus daily except Sunday, at 600 P.
20 at 7:80 next morning BerthE can be secured
In advance at Union Depot ticket office, Colum
bus.
Pullman's drawing room sleeping cars through
delphia ard New York, and West 10 Columbus,
Cincinnati, Louisville, indianapolis and st.
Louis.
For through tickets, baggage checks. sleeping
tion apply TO Joseph N. Belleyille, Ticket Agent
at Panhandle Depot, foot OF Eleventh street, or
ct City Ticket Office, under Mcclure House
Wheeling.
Sunday Express leaves Wheeling ats ~ A. NJ:
arrives Wellsburg 1924 NJ, Stcubenville 9:55A.
NJ. making close connection for Western points,
d. W. Caldwell, General Manager Columbus,
O.; Z. A. Ford, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent. Pittsburgh, Pa my8
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
The public are hereby cautioned against send.
ing any Money or Orders TO NUSEs & Co., IS
Nassau street, New York City, as authorized by
the Louisiana State Lottery Company 10 sell It's
Tickets They are flooding the country with
Bogus Circulars purportiDg TO be Of the Louisf-
ana State Lottery Company, anc are fraudu-
lently representing themselves as its agents.
They have no authority from this Company TO
sell Its Tickets and are not its agents for any
purpose. u. A. DAUPHlN,
Pres. Louisiana State Lottery Co.
NEW OELEANs. Ia. July 4 1871 agl0
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13

MyAnuual Catalogue OF Vegetable and Flower
seed for 1881, rich in engHvings from photo,
graphs OF the originals, will be sent FREE TO All
who apply. NY old customers need not write
for 1t. / offer one Of the largest collections OF
vegetable seed ever sent out by any seed house
In America, a large portion (which were grown
on my six seed fsrms Full directions for euutud-
ton on each pGckage.' All seed warranted 70 DC
bolL fresh and fy4Lr 10 name: so far that should
prove otherwise. I wiN refH the order grdtts The
original introducer OF the Hubbard Squash,
Phinncy's Melon. Marbelhead Cabbasos, Mkt
can Corn and scores OF other vegetables: invite
the patronage of al ,oho are anxious TO hare mc,r
Ssed d rect from tie qrower, Jreeh. true, and Of The
rsry best STRAIN.
New Vegetables Specially,
JAMESJ. II. GREGORY. MaIblehead. Mas
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ELpRrDGg SIMPSON, NJ u, OF Hudson. n. Y,
writes: II have used the Syrup OF Hypophos-
phites made by Mr.. Fellows, in cases OF Con-
Sumption, aud ther Lung and Throat diseases,
with the most gratifying results"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13

Forty Years Experience of an Old
Nurse.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is
the prescription OF one OF the pest
female physicians rnd nurses in the
United States, and has been used for
iortv years with never failing success
bv : i!lions OF mothers for their chill
dreu. 1t relieves their child from pain,
cures dysentery and diarrhoea, gripping
in The bowels and windcoiic. BY Civ
ing health - the child it rests the moth
er. Frice % cents bottle.
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n10S month-Agents wanted-15 best sell
SlSO ing article In the world. = sample
Prts. Address jay Bronson, Detroit, Mich.
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EDWIN CLAY. NJ. D.. OF Pugwash, \. s., writes:
~ know OF no better medicine for persons SUI
feriny from exhaustion OF the powers OF the
Brain and Nervous System. from long continued
study. or the cough following Typhoid Fever,
&C., &c"
CHANDLER CRANE, OF Halifax, y. H., writes:
az have used IL freely In my prictice. both in
diseases Of the Chest, as Consumption and Bron-
chitis &C., and in infantile diseases of the prima
via, or stomach and Bowels, with eminent sue
caSs ae2
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FOR SALE.
Public Sale of Real Estate.

PH VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VEST.
- ED in me by decree of the Circuit Court
OF Ohio county, entered on the 18th day OF April,
A. d. 1881, in the suit in chancery OF Ralph
Marsh etal VS.. William Jackson en- ais. Twill On
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1881,
At 10 O'Clock A. N, on the premises sell at
pu bile auction the real estate described as fol.
ows, to-wit: The south one. half of lot number
ed four, on the cast side OF alley H. east of Coal
street, In that part OF the City Wheeling known
as South Wheeling.
TERMS OF SALE--Cash.
HENRY ". RUSSELL.
Special Com missioner.
J. Z. HERVEG. Auctioneer. agloawt
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THE POWER OF ARREsTING DISEASES

TNHE FUWEN Ur AhhEo nv UISE tSEp
j. displayed by this preparation Is hOnorably
Acknowledged by the Medical Faculty In every
S Ctiou where it has been Introduced: AID the
lsrse sale is the best guarantee OF the estimation
in which it is held by the public. For the effect
hy
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Capital Prize, $4,000.

Responsible corresponding agents wanted At
all points, TO whom a liberal compensation will
be paid.
For further information, write, clearly, givinG
full address. Send orders By express Of
Registered Letter, or Money Or,ier by mail.
Addressed only 20
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LOGAN { CO., Agents, Wheeling,
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Pittsburgh, Cincinnati { st. Louis

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ROUTE.
Time table for East and West July 81, 1881.
Trains leave Pan Handle Depot, foot OF Eleventh
street, near public landing daily, except sun.
day, a follows:
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Iucorpora:ed in 1868 for D years by the L"gis
lature for Educational and Charitable purposes
with 4 capital OF 81, UOJ, 0JO-to when reserve
By an overwhe Ginning popular vote us nan
ChiSe was made part. of the present state Con
stitutiou adopted december 2, A. D. 1873
Its Grand single Number Drawings wllI JAKE
place monthly. II never scales or postponcs.
Inpk az thn Enlinyipu nisfributiO
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New Orleans, La,
or NJ. A. DAUPHIN, at No. 2I2 Broadway, New
York.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are IN
der the supervision and management OF Generals
6. T. Beauregard and Jubsl A. Early.
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1t was said OF Boston philosopher
that he had grown to be so tall that he
had forgotten most OF the incidents that
occurred duriug his childhood.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-23
NEWARK.
Dividend Declared to Creditors of
Mechanics Bank.
Utter Decentralization Of the De
faulsing City Auditor.
Disappearance Of the Comptrol
lers Chief Clerk

NEWARK, \. j., December 22.-The
receiver of the Mechanics Bank has
been authorized by the comptroller
of currency to pay dividend Of 25
per cent. to the creditors out OF the
assets in his possession. Payment
will be made as soon as clerical and
other necessary arrangements can
be completed, probably soon after
January l.
Measures are being taken for a
thorough overhauling of the accounts
in all departments OF the municipal
government.
Auditor Palmer remains in jail
utterly demoralized and sustained
by stimulants He is unable to see
any body but his counsel. His Office
is temporarily in charge Of his chief
clerk.
Treasurer Hinan has been sus-
pended and two policeman had
charge of his office last night to pre-
vent any tampering with its accounts
This morning Alderman Sheber0th
chairman of the finance committee,
took possession. It appears that the
money was advanced to Palmer IL
property, and some irregularities hai
been discovered in a check book
and one check for $1,000 is pro
nounced a forgery by the person tC
whom it is payable.
The Comptroller's chief clerk, VIM
A. Hall, has disappeared and detect
ives are pursuing him. He obtained
leave of absense yesterday morning
to go to New York ostensibly fol
the purpose of purchasing Christina:
presents, but not having We
returned he is suspected of col
lusion in the Walters robberies
The mayor has called special meet
ing Of the common council, to be held
/ tonight, to take action On frauds
/ discovered in the auditor Office
Halls wife states that she left hin
/ in New York, bound for that city
1t is suspected, however, that he ha
gone to Canada. Two more Of th'
Palmer forged drafts have been dis
covered in the city treasurer &C
/ counts,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-23
Homicide in Florida,

COLUMBUS, Ga, December 21.-
Passengers by the steamer Evening,
who have just arrived, say that VIM.
Malone killed J. P. NIalberg at
Greenwood, Florida. 1t appears
that Malone was at Greenwood ten
days ago, and while drunk in Mails
berg's store he was attacked by him
and severely beaten with rope with
out provocation. On Friday night,
Malone went to Greenwood and at
the first opportunity, attacked Nal
berg with hickory stick, knocking
hlm down and beating him unmer
clfully, and on Malberg's attempting
to run, he was shot by Malone in the
back of the neck and killed almost
instantly. Malone made his escape.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-23
FOREIGN NEWS.

LONDON, December 22.-The Times,
this morning, SAYS: Information has
been received from Tromsoe, Nor
way, which augurs well for the sue
cess of Mr.. Leigh Smiths voyage.
The captain of the Norwegian whaler
reports that On July I'd he saw the
Eria steaming southwark, having
seen the same vessel previously on
June Both at Matoashkin Strait, at
the edge of the ice.
The meeting Of the landlords in
Dublin, to-day, vas an imposing
demonstration. A resolution was
adopted condemning the way the
land act is administered, and de-
manding compensation for the land
purchased by the State.
GENERA. December 22.-The last
squad OF workmen who were en-
ployed IN the construction of the st.
Gothard tunnel, will be paid off to
morrow. The tunnel will be official
ly inspected next week.
DUBLIN, December 22,-Dr. Kenny
Weso, who formerly attended the
imprisoned suspects, and was himself
imprisoned by order of the governs
ment, has received 1000 pounds
which was subscribed by his sympa
hi zers.
At the meeting of the land lords
held at Rotunda to-day, John Blon-
den presided. Two hundred and
fifty persons were present, and
seventy deputy ieutenates of the
counties wrote letters in sup'
port of the meeting. The Irish Times
says it is believed the feeling is grow
ing in ireland.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-23
Meeting Of Manufacturers.

CHICAGO, December pa meet
ing of the manufacturers Of Illinois
convened at noon TO day to consider
the evident purpose of railroad com
panies, operating in the State, to
obey tie law of the State railroad
commissioners, and to discontinue
all special rates to manufacturers in
the State. The manufacturers Of
Rock Island and Moline constituted
a large part Of the convention, bua
thers We're also delegates from Elgin,
Rockford, Sterling, Peru, st. Charles,
Peoria, Dixon and other points. H
A. Ainsworth, of Moline, was elected
chairman. Judge Canton introduced
a resolution, which was adopted, ask
ing that the agricultural interests be
allowed representation.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-23
NASHVILLE.
The Missing Witness in the City
but Cannot be Found
The Investigating COMMITTEE Is
sues g Warrant for his Arrest.
The House Passes the Redistrict-
ing Bill on Third Reading.

special Dispatch to the Chronicle
NASHVILLE, December %.
Though Walter 4. Bransford, who
has been summoned to go before the
investigating committee, was known
to be IN the city, he could not be
found. A warrant has been issued
for his arrest. He is regarded as
the principal witness in the case.
The committee have decided not to
proceed further until his testimony
is obtained. The committee viii
probably sit after the adjournment
OF the Legislature.
The house passed the senate bill
increasing the Legislative repre-
sentation on its third reading.
Senator Smith. OF Fortress, is
gradually recovering from his
wounds.