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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

An Atlanta correspondent Of the Herald
shows, by a review oisouthern enterprises
now under way, that at least one hundred
million dollars has been invested in tho
Southern States east Of the Mississippi by
Northern and European capitalists within
the last eighteen months, Much Of this
has been expended In railroad Construo-
ton, aud will do good to The people Of the
South in proportion 90 II proves profitable
to the investors. Down in the southwest
almost as much more money is being
spent on railroads to Mexico and the Pa.
cinc coast, and a very large share Of the
direct expenditure is made In Northern
workshops, All OF these enterprises have
stimulated or made possible Southern en-.
terprise In farming and manufacturing,
which promises to "set the South on ito
feet"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

THE Wesleyan University has a munia.
cent patron In George l. seney, Of Brook.
Ign, who has given the institution $1,000 0
Tor the endowment Of free scholarships.
The interest Of this sum Ia to DO used TO
prOvideior competitive scholarships, rang
ing from 500 to $3.50 per annum, and at
this rate 1t Is proposed to eudow thirty.Six
Of them. The prime object 10 10 encour.
age more young men to study Tor the
ministry than have chosen this profession
Of late years. It has been said that free
education has had a degrading influence
upon ministers, and that the decline Of
candidates for the ministry 10 chiefly due
to this cause, The competition Tor scholar.
ships which will result from the above
named endowment, 1t 10 held, will pre-.
serve their sense Of manhood while they
accept assistance In getting an education.
They simply earn the graluity thus pro.
vlded-win 1t, as 1t were, In tho rattle oil
scholarship.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

Psftont suffering from impute SIood =,
Hhote health is Giving way, ether a iminSs
ter OF th.se who study closeiS, viii aSd Il
Fellow sytnP Of Hypophotphittt tie M.
tltll to build them up ASd the tonic 10 teep
thOm uofo. d, G. Clay.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

Mr.. D. K. LORD, General Passenger
Agent oil the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad,
ridleulsd the idea Of the scalpeu doing
such al enormous business III conSe.
quence Of the railroad war, ~ 10 repre-.
Sentsd. Tho other day hO said 10 An
American reporter; "Why, II ls the grand.
est and cheapest advertisement the scalp.
efS have ever had. For instance, they
will and out the lowest rates tickets
are being sold 10 Chicago for by the trunk
lines, and when applied to they will sell
one, a dosen, or perhaps, Atty q day a,
from twenty-five TO Atty cents less. The
fact is Immediately hefAldsd over The
country In ali the leading newspapers
that the ScslPefs are actually undersslllnR
uS. Nov, II any sensible person will look
at II In The proper light, they will zee that
they can afford TO cell come tickets and A
great many At this slightly reduced rate,
Whyf Simply because they are securing
an atnOunt oil gtAluitous advertising that
thousands and thousands Of dollars Would
net pay Tor in time Of tAilfoad peace,
This story, which has been bstslded
abroad, that they are beating Us, viii be
oil lncAlculable benefit to them In tbs n.
tute, they think, in increasing their busi.
ness, l am not one Of those who bsliavs
the iealpert afe q cot Of fools, b, n
means. 1 recognise The iac. that thSy ara
a sharp, ShteWd cot Of men, and know
precisely what they are about. They ara
not losing a dollAt, 40 IL will all come
back" Nj. Lord IL under The impression
that the end Of the war 10 not yet near At
hand' and says his company are prepared
TO meet any emergency that may Sr,S
which will in any way Affect them,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

TuE designations Of Vice Presidents
King aud KeySsr, oIthe Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad COmpanY,goeS into effect to-day,
Mr.. Robert Garrett will then Gsaume the
duties Of First Vice President and Mt
Samuel Spencer those Of Third Vice Preai'
dent, The Office OF Second Vice President
still remains vacant, Tho resignation Of
Mr.. Charles A, Tinker, Superintendent oil
the Baltimore L Ohio Telegraph, has mol
yet been acted upon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01

RI.sURaEoN GENERAL HAMMOND, who
gives II as his opinion that ninety Of q
hundred chances are against the probably
Of the Presidents recovery, Is highly dis.
pleased with the treatment Of the Pres.
idsnt's case. He quotes authorities upon
gunshoI wounds to show that the ball
should have been extracted at once, and
Of the surgeons says; ut certainly 10 q
great pity that the President has not had
the best talent and treatment available in
the country, Dr., Bliss IL probably q very
fair surgeon, but as TO Barnes, l don't
think he has seen a gunshot wound since
the Mexican war, and as to Woodward, he
has probably never seen one in bis lie.
Wales was the best man they had, and he
was dismissed by BliGS." The Chicago
Hm1 thinksit Hammond had been called
In, presumably all would have been well.
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a. We went out to lunch at the restaurant.
l got u remittance Of additional margin
this morning from q banker down in the
State, who thinks hei d doing business with
ia under an assumed name, He doesn't
want anybody to.knoW that he il in wheat,
especially as he is badly short Of the mar
kst. ~ tell YOU" said the broker, every.
body ont here spsculAtes, men, women
and children. They are all infected with
the idea Of making money by strokes in
wheat, pork or corn" "Do many OF
them strike 1T" said l "Aighty few"
said he. They nearly all get Left in the
end. The big ish eat them up, They are
always dabbling, and the men who dAbble
all the time are bound to get left"
BOB FORSYTH,
l met Colonel Bob Forsyth while | was
In Chicago, He is one Of our old Wheel.
ing boys, and . glorious good fellow he 10,
too. BE 10 Q son Of the late James H,
Forsyth, who in his day was the biggest
shipping and commission merchant that
Wheeling aver had. Bob went TO Chicago
when he was young, and got in with the
Illinois Central Railroad Of the time that
Cairo was tts great terminus. He became
IL general freight agent, and enjoyed ex,
t%raordinary opportunities for making
money. He owned at one time half q
million OF stock In steamboats, on the Mis-.
siSalppi, and could have quit business in
1855 with q cool million. But disaster
came TO the boats, which were not in.
suTed, the company feeling strong enough
70 do it's own insurance, and followed
fast and followed faster" until Colonel
Bob's half million OF stock sold Of last for
SO 900, and his million OF dollars took to
itself wings and few away, well" said
Bob, II never cried over It. That is not
our style out here. l went In on q salary
As general freight agent OF the ChicaRo.&
East Illinois Road, and here l am to-day
without Q feeling Of di~sSontent." Every.
body knows Bob Forsyth in Chicago,
everybody calls him Bob Forayth, and
everybody likes him. He Is universally
popular with business men, and his little
road has grown from a mere line down TO
DAnville to q sort OF q trunk line, reach,
ing now to Evansville and making connsc.
ton there with the Louisville & Nashville
system. In common with the Colonel's
many friends l hope aud expect that the
future has a good.siEed plum in store Tor
him. He deserves good fortune, for he 10
q large'hearted man,
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Nv ApvER1IsEMEnTs.

poARDING-A FEW BoARDERs AT
~ liza MARKET street, a hV doom aSoyS asLgEa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-01
THE CRoPs oLp TINEs Az INV.

AAAa ANS NAWN
My route 10 Kansas City was, as | indi.
Gated VI the outset Of this letter, via the
Chicago i Alton road, my first trip over
The line since 1t Wps completed from
Bloomington to the Mississippi river. 1t
runs through the great Corn belt oil Illinois,
and such fields OF corn as we passed can
be seen nowhere else on the habitsble
globe. They were cutting oats along the
route. The oats were generally dead ripe,
and 50 far as the eye could reach the gold.
en- fields alternAted with the corn, and
seemed like pictures Of gold set In Ailyer
frames. The stand Of corn was simply
magnificent, and the oats were very heavy.
They say that wheat 10 q comparative fail.
IRE In Illinois, bat certainly the corn and
oats along our route gave no sign oil failure.
They were all that could be desired.
We crossed the Mississippi river Of
LouitiAna, over q magnificent bridge. l
could not help recalling the days when ae
a boy l had crossed the Mississippi at this
came point on q riCkety ferry boat after q
TIP ofseveral months through Missouri on
horseback. That was In the year 1866,
and In those days there was not q railroad
u Missouri, except from 81. Louis to JET.
IbThOH OlIy. lueTb YVES scarcely o rail-
road west Of the Mississippi river-per.
haps not mi except the short one l have
named. We passed through several coun.
ties between Louisiana and Kansas City
that l had traversed on horse. back and
mule back In their spArsely settled days,
whose little Villages then never dresmed
Of a railroad, that were now alive with the
spirit Of the age and teeming with active
lie. Kansas City, In the days l speak Of,
was not known by its present name. II
was called Westport Landing, and was
nothing more than q landing for the town
Of Independence, twelve miles out in the
interior, a point where caravans across the
plains fitted out for California. Those
we're the border rufiGn days, when the
great contest between freedom and slavery
In Kansas was going on. Kansas was
then q Territory and Leavenworth was the
only settlement Of importance In It's
limits, l presume that o few thousand
dollars would have bought the present
site Of Kansas City-a place now Of 80, 1000
inhabitants, and next to Chicago and st.
Louis, the greateOt railroad center in the
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Tag death OF Col. John o. Burch, Sec

THE death Of Col. John O. Burch, Sec
rotary Of the Senate, will make 1t necessary
for tbat body 10 elect a Secretary when it
meets in December, and the vacancy may
cause another deadlock, AZ the swearing
10 Of Senators Miller and Lspham will
give the Republicans taidsd by the Vice
Presidents casting vote the control o tthAt
oFira
, 1881-12-18

increase OF international intercourse TO UNDER
stand the nlfubct Of the rest Of Europe. and TO
use it even Tor writins German Thus the,
surt1 result wuT brought about That one Iau-
guaxe has to be expressed by two distinct and
different alfubets. 5''
. So much for the .patriotic" argument. Tho
two others may he briefly dismissed .As a mat
ter Of fact the :. Latin: :: occupies less space than
tho ''Germau" character, and, II u German
says that the former takes him longer To read>
thut is merely II matter Of use and won't. with no
reference to tho real attributes of either alfn-
bet The German written character Is expressed
by l01 Strokes. ns compared 10 the nincty- four
cultes' - in The way Of fchange, they ure very iu-
considerable. Every German, without excep--
ZION. can read nnd write the Latin character.* It
IL taught and pFacticed Ia every schtsol, eTeQ
the h,,mpIesr. throughout the Empire: It Is
exclusively used for maps. globes, monumental
Inscriptions, railway-tickets, paper muney, and
a vastly-increasne extent for books. pamphlets,
and reviews The difficulties, therefore. In rhe
way OF It's universal Introduction arc
rs arrun,ents Yor It's introduction, arc to bo
considered: l. Tho greater simplicity anu beauty
OF the true koman type: :. Tine extraordinary
hugely ascri}ablyto ths constant use OF this diff
tlcuit type In which every letter IL more ur less
like every other; 4 The gain that wouid accrue
to education IT. boy or g3rl hnd only one char
ncter tn icarI. to re:..l and write. They would
write more Eap:sliy und better II good haudwrit-
1nx Is rare In Germany. and learn to write much
universal aifabct would facilitate international
intercourse md itlcre;lSc the diffusion of Ger
man ii:cr.lt,lre and science Many Foreigners
the initial difficulties ot the a!tnhct. These con-
stderatfOns can be further supported BY the
authority ct many distinguished German schol-
ars an aiu p. phi!oossts: Schl:icher has hotly At
Grimm has carried tho War into the eneny's
camp hy maintaining that there Is one true Ger
man character, and one only, and THAI Is the tE,o
, 1881-12-18
HERRMANN.

he HAS TIE GOOD LUCK TO ESCAPE DEATH.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune
New York, Dec. 17.-Among the tricks
practiced by Hermann, at the Grand Opera
House in lhis entertainment this evening
was one In which he apparently invited
death. Having loadul his revolver
with five bullets, which had been
previously marked by the spectators, he
handed the weapon to aman in the orchestra,
with the request that he should examine it.
During this examination Hermann returned
from the middle aisle to tile stage, and, while
his back WIS turned. the man who had the
pjstol secreted uerrnann's weapon and
DREW FROM: :i1Is HIP POCKET AfnERR1SG EE,
remarking to those sitting around him, "I'll
see it he can stop this bullet" The fellow
cooked his pistol and. rs HERMANN, all I'LL
conscious of the matter, was about to return
to the auditorium tuok deliberate aim
ut lliiu. Before he could execute his
purpose, however, the man was seized by
Dr. Robert Taylor, Of Thirty-tourth street.
who snatched the pistol from his hand.
Several ushers who perceived the situation
hurried to the Doctors assistance. and the
man, who smell strongly Of liquor, was
elected
, 1881-12-18


The naturalist" schnot in France have every
reason To be satisfied with the present condition
OF the stage; for the snost repulsive works OF NJ
Zo!a have been dr.sinaIized, und tho Inst new
thing Is u presentmcnt OF tho Entliotine, with
very realistic accompaniments. This may be
seen every evening MT tho Thcutre dc L Amoigu
in lie Petit jacques "a drama In five acts.
which II. Nusuach, who has already nccou11no-
LAted the ''As5Ummuir" and Mama for the
same thcttrc, hats drawn from an old novel en-
titled ''Sncl K,mbert4' by u. Jules CtArete-
The boy who gives name to this dralnil IS tho
Sun Ut 4 workman about to he gutilottnctl for u
murder of whicn he Is nuoccnt- The father OF
Petit Jacques hus been sent with verbal mes
sage to Il yuung creole who Is staying In PnrtS
that he IL In danger OF a55aSlnArtOn; tut rs no
reaches the house just after The MURDER and
is wounded by tne murderer whom he endeuvOrs
70 seize, he is himself arrested by tho pQca rs
the criminal. The examining magistrate before
whom he Is taken il the murderer: hut he hugs
the tnnnccnt mans silence and induces him to
plead guilty BY settling IL large sum Ut money
upon his child The night before tho execution
who knows that his farher il not guilty, has
terrible tireau,, which au moves the ,vngnhond
thai he ut once denuunces the real cniprlt, who
is arrested Just al tho innocent man Is being ed
to the scatIolA. The prf5on-yafti. In which tao
guillotno stands, has been reproduced with
fidelity: aud II Il chr0uicicr OF the Fludro Is to
be believed, the Illusion was heightened on the
first evening uy the presence tn the theatre Ut
the soyernur and scrersit war1iens OF the prison,
to whom tickets were presented The public
executIoncr will, it Is expected, honor the per-
furn,anco win his patronage md prescnce next
week. ~
, 1881-12-18
TIE SPRAGUE ESTATE.

Special Dfspufch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW York, Dec 17.-At a meeting Of the
creditors Of the L. 't& w. Spraguc estate, to
be held on next Wednesday III Providence,
in response to call of the COMMITTEES
of creditors. the proposition made by
Gen. Butler to purchase the entire
property for about S3,00o.0o0, will be
submitted to those who hold claims against
tho Spragues. It isundcrstood that all Of
the Sprague family are willing to join in the
sile to Gen. Butter, us well us the trustee,
Mr. Cllatfee, and the conluittee OF creditors.
The great legal expenses necessarily i'll
volved in defending the suits. which, il
settlement is not made, promise
TO CONTINUE FOR YEARS AND YEARS,
has Modified some of the greatest opponents
ut !, compromise, aud, while there. may be a
few creditors who will continue their oppo-
sition, there is reported to Dc !. great
er disposition. now 70. end the in
fore. Ben Butler is understood to
be acting in the negotiations partly for him.
self and partly Tor some New England
capitalists with whom lie is already inter
ested in mill property. If the purchase is
concluded lie will pay Il cash equlva1ent.
Mrs. Mary ,Sprague, eN-Gov.. Sprague's
aunt, anu Mrs. Fanny Sprague,
his mother. will sign the deed. They will
be Obliged to give up their lioMesteaIs. but
it is not expected that they will be allowed
to suffer for want of an income. EX-Gov.
Spraeue will probably have charge Of TWO Of
the mills.
, 1881-12-18
BLOOD-ATONEMENT.
Still Eractfccd Among tho 1Iorn1ons-
Horrible Punishment OF IL Woman

Still prs.ctfccd among. tho Norm o1,x-
Horrible Punishment OF IL Woman
Who Revealed the Secrets Of the En-
toNment House.
Correspondence ST. Louis Republican,.
SALT LAKE CITr, Utah, Dec. 6.-With regard
to bl0od-atonemcnt l am assured that it is
practiced today IA frequently as it was twenty
tive years ugo, though not so openly. There aro
TO Coroncrs III Utah, and when IL body is in death
it Is simply buried. Poison does the work and
there are no inquiries. When Il MIN gets tired
Of hts wife hc'poisons her.
. One crime, which was committed here only d
short time neo, I must describe. Mrs. Maxwell
came to Salt Luke City with her hus-
band in 1869. Two years afterwards her
husband took another wife and Que year sub
scguently he wns sealed to third. Mrs. Max
well had two sons, aged respectively II
aud 1G years. Their father urged them to
20 through the Endowment House and become
Mrs Maxwell having led u life like that of Yrs.
Hunt, objected, and, i'll order tn prevail ovcl*hcr
sons, she told them the sccrets of the Eudow-
mcnt House. The penalty for revealing these
secrets Is tismcnbertuent of tho body, the
thront cut, and tongue torn out. AIR. Maxwell
overheard bis wife. being in m adjoining room.
nnd forwith he informed the elders. VINO sent for
the unfortunate woman and her two sons. They.
were taken into what is called the dark pit"
oo niood-afontn to- room u1aes a nrSnam ~ 9oE M S
clothing, md then tied on her buck to n large
tnbc. Six members Of the priesthood then
performed their: dA1n11nblc crime: they first
cut OFT their victims tongue. they then cut her
throut, after which her legs and arms were sc"-
cred. Tbs sons were compelled to stand by hnd
witness this drcatIfut slaughter Of their mother.
Tney we're then released and given twenty-f fnir
hours to gct out of the Territory, which was then
an fmpossibilily. The sons went directly to the
house nf Il friend, to whom they relnted the
butchery OF their mother, aud, obtaining pnck-
ase of provision, they started: bur on the fol.
lowing morning they were both dead-thcy bad
met tho Danites. One other case almost simi!nr
to the above occurred about five years ago In
tho city-hafi- These truths, and the lady to
whom the sons told their story is willing to nuke
affidavit to the facts if size cnn he guaran tecd
immunity from Mormon vengeance.
j. ". DuEL1
, 1881-12-18
Dissatisfied with the Presidents Chinese
Attitude.

San Franefse0 Chr0nfcit tIHd.l.
In touching upon the question Of Chinese 4n-
migrntton he is equally unsatisfactory. lie ex-
presses pleasure ut the conclusion of tho trc1tty,
and ndds: THE prompt arld friendly spirit with
which the Chinese Government. ut the request
OF tho United States. conceded the modification
af the existing treaties, should secure caEcsul
rcssrd for tho interests And suscepttbllt1ics Ut
thar Government In the enactment Of any laws
rcl4t!ng to Cnincs. !HlnigrsltOn-' II is doubt
fiji what this RECOMMENDATION Of President
Arth,lr's means. 1t Is quite certain TINT any
effort to consult tho interests OF the
Cnireso Government in the enactment
OF II 1aw regulating Immigration
from that country witt only % result Hsn+ s i,s
scndlpg the Commissioners TO China was tn Sc
cure important notifications ut the BnritnRnme
treaty. There IL some rea5on to Apprehcn1 that
our diplomats were not u match Tor tho Ccies-
tiuls uad that the concesstous obtained were noe
as important as the people Of tho Pacttic coast
dad hoped for II is certain that tho labor OF tbs
comm1nission will have been wasted II the ret.
concentration OF tho President Is followed, and
the interests OF the Chinese Government tcn-
dcrly considered. The true policy will bo to
take advantage Of ivcty privilege the treaty
Allows and thus set some limit to the Oriental
influx. Tint WIS tho object of the comnissions
und It should be tho duty Of Colxrcss TO glrG Is
force By passing q clo5ely-drawn act
, 1881-12-18

At recent Conservative meeting II ENGLAND
political sou0, entitled "The fcomen OF
field TO be sung ut political dinner in Bucklng-
hnnshirc forty ycurs nso whcE* us Dir DIsrAeli-
he sat for that county. was given with much ap-
pla.lse, Only uue copy Of # was known TO he in
existence, preserved BY tho wife Of Il Duckin9-
tamshire yeoman- 1t wa5 originally dedicated
to tho Marchloness Of Chandos. Tho text runs
thHs r MIN, and to no,,c the 5nstre, full long
Has sounded his harp and devoted his song:.
But here's to race rpor less proud thnu The
And riss pfa5' hearts notices. stout than tho bola
The Yeomcn of Bucks.
+" The land they love they will ever defend,
Ever firm to foe, ever true TO friend;
amid their green pastures aud homesteads 50
To Live and let live is the motto they bear
The Yeomea of Bucks.
Will the sons OF thy suil from their fifth ever
And, II chandos' green banner ware high in
There arc some gallant spirits will ne'er lag
The Yeomcn of Bucks.
81 And If the dark cloud that now over us low'rs
Bring revolt to tue Stale and bear gloom to
We know brave band that right soon will be
Astir il their saddles to guard their young
The Ycomcn Of Bucks.
"1hen health to the county that each Of us
It's halls % and Its hamlets, its fields and its
And Is eacn blazing in9le where yet may be
Tho bolacst of yeomen that e'er third the
The Yeomen Of Bucks
, 1881-12-18

speddy profitable araI; as tbst be guessed ss
10 the French Governments nnea soon soon after the
Franco-Prussian war Ine 9d odPera1aouse e. WAS was
eo@peted Ct the Aysn9o ,x5@ ,G de- Gopefa ;ss
nronosirjon offered to finish the opera-house
md to open and complete snass ., The f'a ayeaae y,
change for the concession. which, It Is needless
10 say, ~ w h;t69 houscs Of Paris which did
during Tsgn Of I'D Louis Rhi4ppe Up oe
nrders. mic curt1-p!ayfng ut the clubs affects
nobody but Tho rich or ut leaSt the Upper classes
workinginnu W might 60 and pledge bis little earn-
ings wrought ncacuable cyl TO the POOR. Tho
Europe nave passion for gambling ana 1t is to
ernn,ent fnans owe their immense popularity.
For there IS always series Of so.ealled prent,
ums attached to thesc loans, and the holder Of
o,Ic Of the lucky shares becomes entitled to
prize of $4,000 to $500, a. INC Gu; cuse may be.
lottery in 1875, a1,a most Of the other lotteries
which uro rot up from t!mo to time chiefly for
hor,ert1tHnt purposes.