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

The fansral will take place from the residences Of
her mother, No. % Twelfth ,treet. Tuesday afternoon
a! s O'Clock. tri"uds OF tn, family are invited to
attend.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-15

Speaking OF. reverend gentlemen leads
me to remark upon the apparent state OF
religion in this country. There is some.
thing about the, air or the mountains or
something else that works change in tho
Sntward forms and general Manifestations
Oh piefy III THE lar western REGION For in.
stance, Sunday In Colorado and Sunday in
the Panhandle Of Vest NiIgiri. is n dif-
f.lent sort ,iday altogether. Not tina. The
people are worse In their morals, 81
lar as can discern, but that Tor sons
cause the. forms aud restraints that ob.
tain in the east do not obtain here, Re.
spectacle people fish and shoot here on
Sunday. They carry ON mining operations
on Sunday. 10 the towns you can buy
anything you want Oh Sunday. Ia Lead.
vile one.third to one half oil the business
houses are open on thut day. The rail
roads advertise fishing excursions. The
tie cluba meet for large. p,rsc,ice. The
Bev. Mr.. Uzze!, the Methodist minister Of
Leauvllle, IL II prominent member OF the
shooting club there, although he does mol
shoot on Sunday that l snow OF. But he
does shoot on Wednesday, and phoois
well, "a ! can personally bear yitness
me DOVE Ike him and recently pe,i,ionph
the Bishop to havs him retained at !, and.
VILE. He ought to BE- retained, ior / really
believe from Ill I saw and heard ,hs,
while he Is hail fellow With the hnus
,s~yere, doctors, mercbante, mipe,a and
others) heis agood influence among them
shaip men 81 the world know A rsnnins
emo Of the cloth, and like ~ yesl;zs
'nat ne Is one Of them In bis penchan,a inv
manly sports. 'or
II all the sports Of Lesdyille wa,o f.
harmless as shouting there would not he
much TO remark upon. As a fa;,htni
%chronicler oil things as thew exis, T nm
compelled to say that rambling il ona ~
the conspicuous features OF Lesdvilla h,a
Saloons with iaro table attachments m. .e
him at every turn. They run seven dsvs
in the week. and apparently do a thrivinv
business. You will see a placard hung rs
the walls reading like this: - dotIsr.
in cash will be distributed here at keno a.
s !. NJ. Sunday" I said to a friend: ia
this sort Of thing licensed here?" "Well'
no. said he,i"e1cept by the indifference
OF public opinion People out here don't
care much what other people do provided
they don't steal. The most they demand
is a.equare game.
7! will Say. for Leadvilie that it is as
orderly a city OF It's sizs as ] ever was In.
l did not see hall q dozen drunken man
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-15
Died.

RuEcH-0n sun3at, August II, 1881, n: l O'Clock,
Jostrh BUNCH, uSel 50 years aud 4 months.
The iuurr Al will take place from hi, late resld erc,,
No. l4lG Tools street. Oh Tuesd.y morning at 10
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

Il reimbursed In great measure. to those
use OF Hostctter's Stomach Bitters. which In
vigorates and stimulates without exciting the
urinary organs. In conjunction with It's In
luencc upon them, II corrects acidity, tm-
proves appetite, and is In every way con-
ductivc u health and nerve repose. Another
marked quality Is Its control over fever and
'for sals by III drun4islD ~ dsalers ~
esally.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

The well-knOwn correspondent,
"Gath," furnishes the San Francisco
Chronicle with long sketch of the
life of Chester A. Arthur, which con-
tains points of present interest. The
father of the president was born and
educated at Belfast, Ireland. He
was of rigid Protestant stock, and
became an eminent Baptist clergy
man. On coming to America he first
resided in Canada, but subsequently
removed to Vermont, where his son,
now President Arthur, was born.
Afterwards he became pastor in a
church in New York City, where he
died in 1875. Chester A. Arthur was
educated at Union College, Schenec-
tady, New York, which was then un-
der the presidency of the celebrated
DR.. Eliphalet Mott. He graduated
from that institution in 1S49. After
teaching a school in Vermont he
went to New York City and studied
law in the Office of Erastus ID. Cul-
yer. He married daughter ofLieu-
tenant Herndon, who went down OH
the steamship Central america. Mr..
Arthur has been a republican from
the first organization of the party.
He soon became prominent in it's
councils in the state of New York.
At the outbreak of the war Governor
Morgan made him quartermaster
general of the state, very important
position, in which he made a high
reputation. He continued in it till
the close of the war, raising, equip
ping and dispatching troops, trans
acting apurchase business of enor-
nous amounts, and keeping the New
York regiments up to the highest
standard of military efficiency. Pres
ident Grant made him collector of
the port of New York (which position
he filed for several Years, but from
which he was removed by President
Hayes for reasons growing out of diff
ferences of opinion as to the admin
istration of the office. Gen. Arthur
is man of talents, though it must
be admitted that he was nominated
for the vice-presidency with view
rather to "conciliation" of the Sec
ton of the party that was defeated
in its effort to nominate Gen. Grant
than with a view to selection of man
to succeed to the presidential Office.
But this practice has for many years
been very common one with both
parties. Heretofore the fruits of it
have always been disappointing. 1t
remains to see whether President
Arthur will not reverse the uniform
ly discouraging experiences which
have hitherto resulted from the sue
cession of the vice president to the
chief executive office. While not
many are very confident, all are will
ing to wait and see.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

Capture OF q Whale.

A Quilleute correspondent writes as
follows: "a few days ago whale
came into the bay, within three hum
dred yards of the shoal. The Indians
from all around were to potlach.
Soon as the whale was seen blowing,
all was excitement, and five canoes
strongly manned went for him in less
time than it takes for me to tell it.
The whale would come up every five
or ten minutes and blow. The Indians
would 60 for him every time he came
up, and when he went down all would
lay on their oars. The canoes fairly
shot through the water almost like an
arrow from the bow. They chased
him about an hour around the bay.
He then started out past James Island
but just as be was going around he
came up twice in succession and so
nearly in the same place that the In
dians were almost on topof him. Yor-
kaladah threw his spear and struck
the whale fairly, and soon after all
five of the canoes had spears in him.
The water was quickly red with
blood. They wrestled with the big
fish two hours before they conquered
him. Then came the tug of war-to
tow him ashore, as he had worked
three miles away from the bay. They
went to work with all the strength in
them, and unitedly and laboriously
brought him nearer and nearer us
spectators on the beach. When three
hundred yards distant, the leading. ca
noe came ashore, bringing line, up
on which all the squaws, pappooses
and spare men in camp took hold.
They pulled with might and main,
and it was not long before the dead
monarch of the wave was high up on
the beach. He proved to be As feet
long, Is feet across the flukes and Is
feet across the back. He looked to us
all like u mountain, and everybody
made it a point to climb on topof him.
We fried some of the meat, and found
it tender and good, and quite like elk.
1t would almost melt in ones mouth.
1t was amusing to see the Indians cut
him up. They wallowed in tb~ meat
and grease like pigs, and worked in-
defatigably cutting, carrying and try
ing it out. This is an experience long
to be remembered" d."-Seattie Itelti-
gence.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
The Kansas Colony.

Mr.. NJ. A. Mcpherson, president
of the Kansas Colony Association,
has concluded to locate in Whatcom
county. The proprietors of the town
of Whatcom have donated one half
the town site to the colony. There
is fine water power near by that
has been purchased by the associa-
ton for $4,000. The colonists will
at once commence the construction
of a lumber and grist mill. The
main building will be 60x22O feet,
and have capacity of $4,000 feet of
lumber per day, besides the flour and
feed, which will be equal to the de-
mand. One run of burrs will be put
in next summer. In connection with
the lumber mill will also be sash,
blind and door factory. The town
ship will be surveyed and plated this
winter. Mr.. MCPHERSON travelled
very extensively over the country,
and estimates that in the Skagit and
Samish basin, not including the delta
and uplands, there are 100000 acres
of good arabic land. The greater
portion of this land is Of the richest
kind, and unoccupied. Messrs. K.
b. Ebey, +. NJ. Sewer, J. 5. Vernon,
John Collins, Mr.. Younkin, Mr.. Elem
by and NJ. A. Mcpherson, started out
from Whatcom about the middle of
September, to make road to Mount
Vernon on the Skagit river. They
found practicable route, and COM
pleted eight miles Of the road. The
colonists are greatly pleased with the
opportunity afforded them to get
homes in Whatcom county, and very
many will avail themselves of it,
Seattle htelligencer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
NUMBER 8.
SEW.E ITEMS.

The Garfield family have removed
to Mentor.
The Mrs. Garfield fund now amounts
to 1921, 200.
The White River Utes threaten an
outbreak, saying they will not remain
on the reservation selected for them.
1t is estimated that 1000 square
miles of territory have been burned
over by the Michigan fires and 10000
persons made homeless.
Suits against the star route thieves
have been started, and several have
already sought to save themselves by
turning States evidence.
There is prospect of splendid har-
vest in Ireland, but the general aspect
of the country is such as no loyal man
can look upon without concern.
At Independence, Mo-, VIM. Ryan,
a Chicago and Alton train rObber, was
sentenced to % years in the peniten-
tiary by the judge on the Goth ult.
A detective who has the credentials
says he has discovered that the same
men that planned to desecrate Lin
coins grave succeeded in carrying off
Stewards body in New York.
1t is most singular that the German
government has taken no official no.
tice of the death of President Garfield.
All courts of Europe but that of EN-
peror William have displayed tokens.
of mourning.
A disease called pink-eye is doing
great damage among horses in Chica-
go. Many have died and some recov-
er. The eye gets intlamed and the
horse loses vitality very rapidly un-
less the disease is checked. 1t is an
entirely new disease.
Guiteau is the one man in all the
world who is utterly and entirely
friendless and alone. No one goes to
his prison cell to see him, no inquiries
are made for him and no one believes
in his good motives. None care for
him only that he may live to suffer to
the greatest extent for his dastardly
crime.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

E. F. Vaughn, Of Topeka Kansas,
writing to the willamette Farmer,
partly answers the of.,n asked ques-
ton ''does prohiH ,ry law prohib-
it?" He says our prohibitory law in
Kansas, I am sorry to say, has thus
far been but little better than farce,
and more liquor has been sold and
drank in Kansas since 1t took effect
than at any time In the past IL years.
All the saloons in Topeka, Leaven-
worth, Atchison and many other towns
are In full blast, and their numbers
multiplying daily. 1t has also had
the effect Of cutting off very nearly all
the emigration into the state. l had
hoped for bstter results from this law,
but thus It is.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

The Tacoma Ledger says that on
Sunday Sept. 25th, the steamship Dd-
koto brought more than forty passen-
gers to New Tacoma, mostly from the
Eastern States, in search of homes.
Several families hail from Kansas and
Missouri who tired of destructive tor
nadoes and extremes of heat and cold,
have concluded to make Western
Washington their home. They want
land for themselves and others to fol-
low. They will examine Thurston,
Pierce and Lewis counties in search
of eligible locations.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

THR United Service for October contains
the usual amount Of interesting articles con-
esrnins military and naval Affairs, among
which are the following: Yorktown and Its
Heroes. by David Graham Adee; On the
Necessity for Divers in our Navy. by Lieut..
T. b. NJ. Mason. U. s. NJ; The Fgure-head
Of the Dela,care, by Commander VIM. Glib
son, U. =. N; The Trials Of Staff Officers,
III, at Wcst Point, (continued); Three
Years on the Blockade. Continued by l. E.
Vail; Notes for History Of Steam Naviga-
ton, v, by Rear-Admiral G. H. Preble, U.
s. NJ; Tho Hypercritical Lieutenant, Il
''hab hallad); The Command Of the British
Army, BY Capt. Phillip H. B. Salusbury;
also Editorial notsa &C.. &c. Published by
L B. Hsasssly I Co. 1910 Chsstaat g..
PAilsdslpAiA
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

The Tacoma Ledger says there is
much activity in the vicinity Of the
Carbon Hill coal mines. The new
owners having determined to open
additional veins of coal, will con-
struct a narrow gauge railroad three
fourths Of mile in length, from a
tunnel up the river down to the in
cline. w. o. Robb has charge Of the
work and will employ about 100
men-40 white men and so Mongo-
lians. This road will require large
additional number of tunnel cars aud
small locomotive, all Of which will
bs in readiness - soon - the road is
completed
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

The English government has receiv-
Information that the African slave
trade Is still extensively carried on.
1t Is stated that not fewer than $4,000
or $4,000 negroes are annually con-
veyed to the Turkish and Egyptian
ports Of the Red Sea, where they are
disposed Of to dealers from all parts Of
the sultAn's dominions.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

A rage for gold mining has again
broke out in Georgia and North Caro-
lima. a Boston company has just
been organized with capital of four
million dollars to operate in Georgia.
1t is not unlikely that the managers
will realize more from the stocks than
from the mines.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13
Portland Stage Line.
yERoMEB. SMITH. Proprietor

Daily stages leave Pacific hotel at p. n.
sharp; returning, leave the Occidental hotel
in Portland at 5 p. NJ On Sundays leave Pa
cidc hotel ut 1880 A. NJ; returning, leave Port
land at 10 o'clock A.. Leaves Pacific hotel
At 40 p. NJ; returning. leaves Portland at
$50 r. N. Special attention paid 70 carrying
packages and filling orders Faro, 20 cents
each way.
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

THE Californian, western monthly mag
azne, is at hand. The October number is
full of interesting articles, poems, etc,
among them the following: At the Summit,
by Chas. II. Phelps; Crabbs Expedition
into Sonora, by Jas. O'Meara; At Cobweb
& Crusty's, by Leonard Kip; Don Carlos, II,
by Edward Kirkpatrick; Comets, George
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Note book-The Indians Again, Inaugural
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-13

Despite the action of the Georgia
legislature making it crime for NOR
mon preachers to preach their nefar-
ious doctrines in Georgia, the an
nouncement is made that Mormon
conference is to be held in that state.
This announcement confirms the re-
port Of numerous conversions to Nor
monism in the mountain districts of
Alabama, Georgia and North Caroli-
ma and Tennessee, where exhortors
have been at work for several years.
These men preach polygamy but adj
wise the converts not to practice it un-
til they migrate to Utah. 1t is said,
however, that among Georgia Nor
mons a plurality Of wives is uncom-
mon.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-17
THE ABUSE OF PETITIONS.

A petition said to have the signatures of
between 10000 and 10000 persons has
been presented to the President on behalf
OF the Mussel Slough settlers. The fact
only serves to illustrate the complete dis
appearance of all the significance which
ut an earlier period attached to petitions.
The plain truth IS that there has ceased to
be any force or dignity in these documents.
1t has been notorious for many years that
there is absolutely nothing so foolish or
wrong headed or injudicious that numer
ously signed petitions cannot be procured
in favor Of it. Men sign these papers with
ont knowing or caring what they are doing.
Nothing is easier than to fabricate sigma
lures to them by the thousands. No mans
name so attached has any real meaning.
The whole business of petitioning has, in
fact, become obsolete and useless, and
neither the Legislature nor the public can
ever tell from the presentation of such
affairs whether there is any equity in the
propositions they indorse. In the present
case these people have signed a petition
asking that the well considered and legiti-
mately conducted process of United
States Court shall be annulled, and that
men who have been convicted of breaking
the laws on the strongest possible evidence
shall be held guiltless for nc better reason
than that they were in opposition to cor
porstion. This demand is against public
policy, and it ought not to be granted, no
matter how many names there are to the
petition.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-17
THE DEFEAT OF JOHN ROACH.

1t is satisfaction to know that John
Roach and his subsidies have been thrown
ont of the United States Senate. The
Brazilian mail subsidy proposition of a
million a year was scarcely disguised
bonus to this steamship owner, and could
have contributed nothing to the re.estab.
lishment of American mercantile shipping.
The friends Of free ships found an oppor-
tunity to make themselves heard when
this audacious and irrational proposition
came up, and the result was that the SUBJ
sidy, which its promoters had thought safe,
was beaten with great slaughter Con-
gress has hitherto refused obstinately to
repeal the mischievous navigation laws, or
to admit ship. building material free of
duty, but since it will not allow the Amer
lean people either to build ships for them
selves or to buy ships of foreigners, it is at
least bound to refrain from robbing the
taxpayers still further by making enor-
nous donations to individuals for no con-
siderasion. John Roach and his friends
have been active heretofore in opposing
any intelligent legislation upon the navi-
CATION laws, and it is therefore poetical
Justice that they should be bafied in then
tnrn
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-17
THE RBFUNDING BILL.

The indications are plain that the Sem
ate will amend the House refunding bill in
radical way. Senator Bayard has led
the attack on the three per rcent. proposition,
and there can be no doubt that he repre-
sents the weight of intelligence in the Sem
ate, The proposition to make the bonds
three and half per cent. ones will evi.
IDENTIFY be adopted, and when it goes back
to the House that body will probably re-
cede from its position and accept the
amendments. The statement by one SEN
ator that three per cent. bond would be
snapped up greedily was no doubt one Of
those mysterious inward revelations which
sometimes usurp the place of hard and
demonstrable fact with persons of vivid
imagination. So far as any evidence ex-
tant goes, it must be concluded that it
would be impossible to float three per
cent. bond at all. At least that is the
Judgment of the only men who possess a
competent knowledge of financial possibili-
ties and conditions.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-17
ANOTHER CONSIDERATION.

The advocates of stopping hydraulic
mining do not pause to consider all the con-
sequences of such step. 1t is not, for
instance, sufficiently considered that the
hydraulic miners store and hold In reserve
an immense volume of water, which if not
held back IN this way would add greatly to
the destructive force of the winter floods.
The following extract from the report of
Captain Eads is interesting in this connec-
ton; last year about eight hundred
and forty-seven square miles of the valley
were covered with food. water The
amount of water reservoired and used
" during the same year. according to Mr..
8. Hall, was about one billion three hun
'dred and fifty million cubic yards, or
enough to hare cocered oae-ha(f Of the
surface orerfo'oed three feet deep. In
g the present condition of the Feather and
g Sacramento it would not be desirable to
have this additional quantity added to
" the annual floods" In this opinion the
public will doubtless agree. But it is evil
dent that if the hydraulic mines were
elosed it would no longer be possible to
store up this vast quantity of water in the
mountains, and that it would consequently
be added TO the annual floods. What
effect does anyone suppose would have fol-
lowed the addition to the last flood of an
amount OF water capable of raising the food
surface foot and half over an area of
S47 square miles, Yet this is one of the
chances we are just now being invited to
take.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-17
THE DAYS WORK BILL.

The Assembly made mistake in passing
the bill providing that all work upon pub
lie buildings should be done by the day
and not by contract. The Legislature has
no right to prevent the people from buying
in the cheapest market. The Government,
State, county or municipal, is but the
agent of the people, and it is as important
to the latter in their collective capacity as
it is to them individually that they should
be enabled to make the best bargains of
which circumstances permit. But this
bill actually provides that work upon pub
lie buildings shall not be done in the most
economical way, but that it shall be done
in the most costly way. AS to the pre-
tense of the advocates of the bill that
days work is as economical as contracts, it
Is simply nonsense as applied to public
buildings. Such bill as this opens the
door wide to political corruption. 1t places.
the public treasury at the disposal of the
most unscrupulous demagogues. 1t pro-
vides the means whereby such men can
make for themselves great followings. 1t