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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

Ting latch string Of the ISTELllaENcER
.s,es hangs out to the members Of the
T Ta',i.lsture, without respect to color or
.'dsion, ~. condition Of serVitude. Wshope
,hat tbs brethren will call round and
'" '"sEs known all their wants and wishes,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10
r.,nn,Vy t,.inp manned lo main

TERsE ttAurr, iSD., January IA barn
was burned north Of this city to-day, and
with II q tramp, who went there 10 sleep,
lie name or home 10 not known.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

Tng people out on FiSh Creek, in the
,.,ion Of Bolton, are indebted to Fish
Commissioner Henry B, Miller, Of this
district, for supply Of 25.OOO California
salmon put in their stream on Saturday
lat. The fish we're from an inch and q
hall to two inches in length and In good
condition, They were hAtched at the
State hatchery at Romney. Mr.. H. s.
White, Of Belton, is getting large Carp
pond ready, and will soon receive an in
s,alIment Of this valuable domestic fish,
the mcsI prodlablespecies Of fish, perhaps,
ever introduced into this iscountry. Every
neiphborhosd can have an abundant sup
ply Of excellent fish food by simply pre-
pairing Carp ponds. Mr.. Miller will re-
coiyc and attend to all applications for the
fab from those who are prepared to put
them in proper ponds, His postofice ad-
dress Is at Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

NRw YoRK, January 8 The temporary
factory oi the Ahsonia Watch and olocl
Company Al Brooklyn, wss burned 10. day
Loss $4,000; insufance $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

MADRID. January IA serious split has
taken place ln the ranks Of the CaflistS, a
largo section Of whom abandoned the cause
Of Don Carlos.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

P0stnoned on Aoeaaut Of the weather.
ViESSA,, January 9.--The marriage oi
the Grown Prince, Rudolph, and Princess
stephanie has been postponed, owing tC
The in0lemency Of the season.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10
FIRE AT nINGO,
DWsIIlnE Of Robert Iurner Totally de-
RiFOyed,

STEuBESvILE, January o,
Special Dispatch 70 the IntlllsSuosr.
The dwelling house Of Robert Turner
station master at Mingo, was destroyed b,
arc this afternoon, Loss fully covered b!
insurance, The family were all out at th,
time and the origon Of Are cannot be
learned. ALwYR.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,


srocKs-The market opened strong and with
the exctpltonot an occasional slight reaction
prices advanced steadily throughout the day
and closed at or about the highest figures
touched, The Improvement aS Compareu
with Yesterdays closing prices ranged from
y toSk per cent, latter In Western Union
viii b, however, closed at rsa' tim OF " er
cent. The other shares which were consplcu.
Gus In the upward movement Were Hannibal
4 81 Joe, UuiOn Pacific, delaware & Lack a,
Wapna, Western Kansas 4 Texas, Wabash
Pacific, PEORIA Decatur q Evansville aud
Lake Shore,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

oo,.,., No,. rs and "a FOurtesnth street
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Duck Hunting With n Club.

A colored man by the name of Ike
Simpson was seen standing on street
corner, leaning on an immense club.
What's yer doing dar, Ike ?" asked
Sam Smith, another darby.
Else out duck hunting responded
Simpson.
"What sorter ducks?"
"Wild ducks, oh course
"And sposin' wild ducks was to light
about heah, what would you kill EN-
wild ?"
ovid dis here club" said Ike, swing
ing it over his head in a most alarming
manner.
"Well, you is de biggest fool on Gal
weston island, sure said Sam Smith.
mot much amt. Tee gwine to rake
in dead coolies of wild ducks right heah
on dis corner. I'll bet you foah-dollar
hat captures noah den dozen wild
ducks on dis heah corner wild dis heah
short range club" and once more Ike
swung the club to the great discomfort
of Sam Smith,
The bet was taken and now Ike sports
fine new hat. When asked how he
managed to get the ducks, he explained
You knows dat old niggah Moves,
what Ibis down on de island? Well, he
borrowed n new saddle wuff $40 from me
befoah de wah, and he hain't neber
fetched it back yit. / heerd he was in
town wild wagon-load of ducks for sale,
SO jess laid foah him on de corner wild
club, and you bet kerlected de whole
amount, wild interes' TO date, in ducks.
l has clared noah den S25 off dem ducks
already. "-GdiUestOn NtsUs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Macaulay y Memory.

Ben Jonson won from his admiring
contemporaries the epithet of rare
chiefly. if l remember Alright, from his
powers of memory. But Ben's powers
were small compared with those of Ma.
caulay, who recited the greater part OF
the Lay of the Last Minstrel after read
ing it for the first time. He used to say,
and he was by no means boastful man,
that if 10y any chance, all the existing
copies of Milton were to be destroyed,
lie thought he could replace the first six
books of Paradise Lost from memory.
He seemed" said his friend Milman,
ito have read everything; and to remem.
Der all that he had read" have seen a
letter of the late Sir William Stirling
Maxwell to friend, entreating him TO
ask "Mr. Macaulay, who knows every
thing for some piece of information.
Macaulay," said Sydney Smith, 4" can
you recite the list of Popes?'
No." confessed Macaulay, II get
confused with the Johns and Gregories. "
"Well, said Hallam, who was pres
ent, "can you manage the Archbishops
of Canterbury"
1.-THE Archbishops of Canterburyl''
was the disdainful reply, "any fool can
recite his Archbishops of Canterbury
backwards
And he began, from Howlev back to
Pole, when his hearers declared them.
selves satisfied.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Science In Homeopathic Doses.

Coal gas is not explosive except when
mixed with known proportion of COM
mon air.
The humidity of the atmosphere is
greater above forests than over non
wooded grounds.
Engineering has succeeded in putting
into steam only about one-tenth OF the
heat realized in the furnace of the boil
er the remaining nine-tenths are lost.
The difference between the highest
speed attainable by an ocean steamer at
sea in good weather and the rate OBJ
tanned during gale is the measure Of q
vessels strength.
No sufficient reason has been assigned
why sea-going mail and passenger
steamers should not be of cellular Con-
struction.
Steam is cooled by expansion, while
Dir is heated by compression.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The United States census of 1910,
which was the first one where elements
other than that of population were In
troduced, shows "a WOODEN factories that
spun yarn, and 1853, 269 yards of wool
en- cloth woven in families, valued at
81, Alb, 900. IN 1860 wooden establish
ment had increased to 2 ,020, employing
46, 900 work people of various grades,
and producing goods valued at $67, 300,
900 annually. The demand for blankets
and clothing for the soldiers during .he
rebellion caused general advance IN
prices and a corresponding increase in
factories, SO that in 1870 persons en-
ployed in the manufacture numbered
$1,000, who produced goods valued at
Sl77,000,000. The demand for woolon
fabrics naturally increases with the pop
ulation. Since 1888 this country has
imported wool, either manufactured or
in the raw, to the value of over 81 ,200,-
600, 600, aAd for the past four years, in
the aggregate, $17O,OOO,OOO has been
brought in, while the export has been
comparatively trifline. In 1875 the to-
tai duties on wool and wooden textures
amounted to $50, GA, O36, which is the
largest annual revenue the Government
has received on these articles, with the
exception of the four years previous to
1913. By this exhibition it will be seen
that the wool-grower in the United
States meets with remurerative reward
for his labor. In fact, it is another evil
dence that almost any legitimate occu-
patton in this country "pays" when
properly attended TO.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Testing q Mares Speed.

stranger, said stage-driver, "this
was how l found ont her speed / was
driving alongside the railroad track just
rs big load of hotel furniture started.
The freight car wouldn't hold it all, but
they managed to squeeze everything in
except long bar mirror. which they
tied to the side of the car. The mare saw
her reflection in the glass, aud thought
it was another horse squirting for the
lead. You couldn't have held her back
with steam windless.. She just laid her
ears back and snorted along like n
twenty-inch shell. The passengers all
began to get excited. They rushed out on
the platforms and began to make bets.
The conductor stood up on n seat and
began to sell pools. The engineer
pulled the Unbelievable wide open and
tore along at the rate Of ninety-five
miles an hour. Soon the mare was
abreast with the COW catcher. At San
Bruno we had half mile the lead. Near
the Six-mile House the train was so
much ahead OF time that it fell through
ON open draw and everlastingly smashed
up-seventy-two killed and one hundred
aud ninety. nine wounded. 1t was pretty
rough on the passengers, but then we
distanced the train, bet yer life. About
month after, / sold that mare to her
present owner foi sixty thousand dol
lars. California Paper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Experiment with a Mirror.

Some of you will remember, i'll the
years agone, the store of Sam Curtis, on
Washington street, Boston, where, Ill his
palmy days, he manufactured the best
frames, aud put up the largest mirrors
to be found in the city. Well, once
upon time curious discussion arose
in that store. A large French-plate
ror had been set up on exhibition III
the great swell-front window, its mirror
surface toward the street; and the ques-
ton was: Would the most men or the
most women stop and look into that
mirror in passing?
Most of us, naturally, declared, with
out hesitation, in favor OF the women.
We believed six women to one man
would stop and take look at the bright
ly-rehecting surface, az it was SO set that
it would reflect the full length of hui
man figure upon the sidewalk. AT
length, Two Of our number agreed to take
favorable stand for observation, and
make strict count; and the result, which
may be relied upon, somewhat surprised
us. Here it is:
They kept their post just one hour.
During that time they counted $40 men
WIZ WCht NtotO Oh oAoOp thib
all save two glanced ut the mirror suffi.
GENTLY TO gain clear view of them.
selves, most of them stopping for a
longer or shorter period. Of the two
who did not stop, one had huge bundle
on the shoulder next to the window, and
could not look IN that direction; while
the other was being led by boy-evi-
IDENTIFY blind man.
During that same hour there were 592
women who passed the window, not one
of whom stopped, and only three Of
whom even glanced at the mirror. Each
and every one Of the dear creatures was
entirely occupied in studying the dresses
OF other women
That was the report of our watchers
and they were both married men, and
truthful, and admirers of the gentlel
sex.-NeU York Ledger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
A COiOred Camp Follower.

"You ran at the first fire, did your"
said the Colonel Of regiment. "Yes,
sab" was the unblushing reply, can /
would have run soonah if had knowed
it was comm" "But have you no re-
gard for your reputation, Sam ?"
Reputation is muffin to me, sab, by
the side of life" "Well, if you lost
your life you would have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that you died for your
country" "What satisfaction would
dat be to me, sab, when de power Of
feelin' it was gomez" Then patriot
ism and honor are nothing to you, Sam.
Muffin whateber, sab, If our sol
diers were all like you, traitors might
have broken up the Government without
resistance. "Yes, sab, dat's so dere
would hab been no help for it /
wouldn't put my life into de scales
gainst any Gubernment dat eber exist
ed, for no Gubernment could replace dc
loss to me. 1 'spect, though, dat de
Gubernment would be safe huff If all de
soldiers were like me, cos den dere
couldn't be no fitin'. "-Butato Cypress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
A Sailors Yarn.

In q book written by Rear Admiral
Werner, of the German navy, strange
story is told of the way in which many
years ago, in 1886, French man-of-war
went down with all hands on board in
West Indian waters. The ship had been
in commission for two years on the An
titles station, and during the whole OF
the time her captain, who is described as
an incarnation of cruelty. had exercised
his ingenuity in tormenting in every pos
sible way both the officers and men Of
his crew. So well had he succeeded that
the lives of all on board had been rem
dered burden To them, while the cap
tain himself was hated with an intensity
of which proof was soon to be given.
Orders ut length came for the ship to
return home. Not long after the anchor
had been weighed it became evident that
q heavy squat was coming down on the
ship, and the captain directed the officer
of the watch to shorten ail. The orders
were given, but not man moved. Again
the orders we're repeated, this time by
the captain himself; but still not man
moved.
"This is mutiny," cried the captain,
and then hundred voices answered:
1--WE will not shorten sail.
In vain the terrified captain appealed
to the officers to support him. They
stood silent, and neither threats nor
promises availed to make man or officer
move, save only few who were noted as
spies and favorites of the captain. A few
minutes more and the squall struck the
ship. In a moment the vessel was thrown
upon her beam-ends.
"Cut away the mastsl' shouted the
captain; but still not man moved.
In another minute, however, the rig
cling was carried away, the masts went
10y the board, and. thus relieved, the
ship righted herself Then tho long
suppressed rage of the crew broke forth,
and, rushing aft, they seized the captain.
A few minutes more and he would have
followed the rigging, but the first lieuten-
ant, going below, opened the door OF the
magazine and fired his pistol into it.
There was loud report, and the ship
was no more. An hour afterward an
American vessel passing over the spot
picked up one of the crew, Who told the
story of what had happened, and died
shortly afterward.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Private Detectives I'm New York.

Rightly or wrongly, the detective is
becoming nm important element in mod
ern life. Every little while proceedings
in the courts let out the facts that he is
extensively employed in many ways
other than in ferreting ont crime. Fa-
theirs set him ON the track OF suitors for
the hands of their daughters wives en-
ploy him to watch husbands, and hus-
bands seek his services to spy out their
wives. There are about thirty-five rec
ogiized detective concerns in New York
alone, some of them employing "a many
rs twenty persons. Some Of them make
specially of looking up the doings OF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Skin Grafting.

The process of skin grating promises
to receive a fresh impetus from the
labors of M. Anger, French surgeon.
The main feature of his discoveries il
that pieces of skin taken from amputa-
ted limbs may he used to obtain cicatri-
cation on the bodies of other subjects.
Hitherto portions OF skin were taken
from one part of patients body and
applied to another part. 1t is stated
that in one case the surgeon cut pieces
Of skin from the surface of an ampu-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Cleanliness and Health.

The alarming spread of diphtheria
and kindred diseases il warning to the
people OF the United States, of which
they cannot long neglect to take heed.
In many cities and towns diphthelia
now exists almost to the extent OF be-
coming epidemic, while there are few
sections Of the country entirely exempt
from its ravages.
1t is believed that the first cause of
the disease is the preparation OF the sys-
tenn by the presence OF impure air tor
the germs of the disease to take effect,
while these germs are believed to be
multiplied by this impure air. The
best houses of the cities, where there Is
a tide flow, are liable to the disease, be-
cause the sewer connections are in the
house, and cannot easily be 50 secure
but that the gas is forced by the bellows
OF the tide back into them. This is also
the case with dwellings in cities where
high water fills the sewers, or into
which from other causes the sewer gas
escapes.
Upon the farm and in villages the dis
ease is propagated by the impure air
from eesspools and other sources. The
germs of the disease are not destroyed
by the frost as with those of yellow
fever, and the only safety is in COM
plete removal of all impurities from the
vicinity Of the dwellings, and not only
this but the filth must be entirely de.
odorized and rendered innocuous.
In the cities the sewer may be made a
complete carriage way 10 place OF safe
ty. In the villages and upon the farm
the remedy can be made the means Of
adding largely to the fertilizing elemen,
of the country as well as securing health
The farmer and the village improve
ment societies should take this work il
their especial charge
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

tated finger, and applied them to the
liberated leg OF another person. In
three days the bandages were removed,
and the grated parts were found init
mately united to the surface and evil
IDENTITY vascularized. 1t seems essen
tial to the success of the process that
the graft be made Immediately after
amputation. The name given to this
operation il "heterOplasty."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

employees after business hours, and
there are firms in the city who pay regu-
lar annual subscriptions TO the detectives
for this service. The spies are not we'll
paid, and it is obvious that there is q
constant temptation before them to
make out "good case by any and all
means.-COr. Detroit News.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

LORD BEAcoNsFIELD sent presenta-
ton copy of Endymion to the Queen,
Co which she devoted Immediately her
hrst mornings after her return from the
Scottish Highlands. The only other
ladies who received this distinction were
Lady Chesterfield, who is special
friend of Lord Beaconsfeld, and whose
late husband was an associate of his in
his youth, and Lady Bradford, who is
her sister. Lord Beaconsfeld visits
their country seats every season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

means of accommodation for the public
and to take freights offered without dis
elimination rs between individuals.
But writ of mandamus was held TO be
an improper remedy, as railroad COM
panies cannot be compelled to perform
any service. The only remedy for ag-
grieved persons is TO sue for damages,
when the rule above noted will be en-
forced by the courts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

DAVIS BURTON was returning home
from Waco, Tex, in n wagon. He
stopped at Mills store at Hog Creek,
and asked the clerk to send him out n
cigar. The clerk was busy, and sent
another man, well known in the neigh
borhood. The latter brought out a
cigar and handed il to Burton, mt the
same time presenting six-shooter to
his head and demanding his money,
which Burton gave up to the amount OF
$40. The robber was not arrested.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

JUDGE DANIELS, in general term of
he Supreme Court of the New York dis
trict, has lately decided that, for a
wrongful refusal on the part of any rail
road or common carrier to receive and
transport property, the aggrieved person
is entitled to recover as damages the
difference between the value of the
property Mt the place where it was ten
dered to the company and its value at
the place of destination, less the expense
of transportation. The decision was
made on an appeal from an order refus-
ing a writ of mandsmus to compel the
Ede railroad to carry crude oil for the
plaintiff, which it refused TO do though
it had the means of transportation at
hand. The Supreme Court held that il
vas the duty of the company to provide
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
Che Trne aorthrnner.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1881.

THE females and males more nearly
approximate each other in numbers III
Maine than in any other New England
State, the excess of the former being on
~ III in total population of CAS-, 945.
The number of foreigners is also unusu.
ally small, being only IS, 800, or about 8
per cent. There are about 2,ei2 colored
persons in the State.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

The attempt to introduce an organ
into the Presbyterian Church at To-
rosto gave rise to n violent row. The
question of instrumental music in the
worship had been discussed for years,
and recently majority of the session
voted to permit the use of small cab
met organ in the weekly singing school
in the basement only. The opponents
of the measure regarded this as the be-
ginning of an abonination which would
next be carried into the Sunday services,
and the older members became greatly
excited. Brother McMichael, the Choir
lister, ordered the organ sent to the
church, but when it arrived the sexton
refused to open the door, and several
young men carried it in surreptitiously
by a back way. The music circle met
that evening The Rev. Mr.. Kirkpat-
rick occupied the chair and made a short
address to the effect that even an organ
might be sanctified for religious pur
poses. Then the practice of a psalm for
the ensuing Sunday was begun, with an
organ accompaniment. Only single
verse had been sung when the venerable
Brother Balm, Trustee, entered mt the
head of party of anti-instrument men,
and ordered them to carry out the organ.
The young men of the circle rushed for
ward and scrimmage ensued but the
old men were stalwarts and the organ
was thrown into the street.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

THE story of the domestic life of the
late q" George Eliot has been variously
told by different persons. The disap-
pointment of her early life has only been
limited at. After she became famous she
married George Henry Lewes, the
famous English author. Mr.. Lewes had
been divorced from his first wife, and
had lived with her after divorce. After
che second separation, it appears that
under English law he could not marry
again. But he and Miss Evans George
Eliot decided to ignore this law, and
they were married. In this course they
had the approval of the Brownings and
others, but they were censured in other
quarters. The Leweses lived happy until
about two years ago, when Mr.. Loves
died. A few months since Mrs. Lewes
married Mr.. Cross, a London banker.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

SIR RICHARD WALLACE, who had q
coupon calling for S22O,O 900 annually.
used to he the largest creditor of France,
but now Nj. Furtado draws l 1000. 600
francs quarter, which represents an in
vestment Of $4,000, 900 in the funds
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
AcoonprNG to paragraph in the Corn

ACCORDING to a paragraph IN the C0rn-
Ell Era, nearly all the professors in
C, anell University use tobacco. So long
as thew use without abusing it, why
shuiltin't they if it pleases them. To
bacco is n great assistant to intellectual
e pose. As Horace mot Greeley has It,
" Chunk nicotinibus iumigator ant
chawibus cuspidore expeflant."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07

RICE is not only one Of the most
wholesome, but one of the most palat-
able cereals, when carefully cooked, and
its area of cultivation lis very rapidly ex-
tending.