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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-09
CONGRESSIONAL.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE TWO HOUSES
YEsTERDAY.
A PrOpOaltion by Senator ConklInE
which Il Regarded as ThEAWInE
Down His Glove to PFSsI.
dent HAyes-SIAsk Day
In Both Houses.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, February S.-Ths creden,
tials Of Philstus Sawyer and Arthur
P. GonnAn, Senators elect, were read and
filed.
MI. ConklinE introduced o series Of reso.
lutions calling on the Secretary Of the
Treasury for q detailed Ntatement OF the
administration Of the New York Custom
House In the matter oil appointments
prosecutions and removals in connection
with the Civil Service Board established
In that service, and 1t was adopted.
The resolutions were lengthy and very
sweeping and minute In character. They
attracted 0 good deal ot attention, are The
subject Of much interest snd talk, They
were passed. without any objection, and
are regarded as direct blow at President
Hayes.
The resolutions call for the number Of
persons nominated for appointment In the
New York Custom House from January
1880, to December 81, 1880, with the
position TO which each was nominated,
with the namea and salaries.
Second-The names OF all the persons
appointed during the same period, with
names and salaries.
Third-Whether any persons have been
nominated by the Collector for appoint.
ment who have not been certified as emit.
tied TO appointment under the rules Of the
Civii Service Board, established In that
service, with the names and salaries OF
such, II any.
FOurth-whether any such persons
have been nominated more than once,
with the salaries Of the positions to which
they were nominated.
Filth-Whether any such persons 90
nominated and appointed appeared before
the Board OF Examiners and failed TO se.
cure sufficient numbers TO entitle him
under the rules Of the BoSrd to appoint.
ment, and whether those received
higher numbers who were not appointed'
with the names OF each.
sixth-Whether any person has been
appointed who was not examined by the
Civil Service Board; with names and sala.
ries Of such.
seyenth-Whether any nominations
have been made to positions under said
Collector, to temporary appointments, II
made more than once, with the names OF
persons 80 nominated.
Elghth-Whelher any person tempora.
rily employed, not eligible under the
civil service regulations, had been per.
whom.
Ninth-Whether any one appointed had
been removed and subsequently reap.
pointed. and the reasons for the same.
Tenth-Whether any exceptions have
been made In the appointment Of store.
keepers, and whether any storekeepers
have been transferred and promoted in
violation Of civil service rules.
Resolutions from the House announcing
the death OF Eyarts W. Far were consld.
cred and concurred In.
Adjourned,
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LETTER PROM SENATOR Il. y. brown

His Summary Of Legislative DOingS.
Senator Brown keeps his constituents in
Jackson county apprised as to what ia
going on here in the Legislature through
the medium oI the Ravenswood Nstps. We
quote from his last letter as follows:
The Judiciary committees OF both
houses meet in joint session daily, and
the work Of amending and re.enaCcting
tho Code of1SBS Is rapidly going forward.
Mr.. Riley is on that Committee for the
House aud In the Senate. The laws will
conform 10 what our people demand. Jus.
tiCes with jury ol six will.try misdemean.
ors in the county States attorney TO attend
trial and get same fee Of conviction as In
court-has power toappoint assistant States
attorneys when necessary. Jury before
Justices to be paid 6ity cents each for each
case tried, which In the first instance Is 10
be paid down by the party demanding the
Jury, and to be taxed In the bill OF costs
OF each case. Persons selling pistols to
minors, 10 be fined; unlawful to carry
deadly weapons, whether concealed or
not. Both Justices and Oonstables made
accounting officers, and both required to
give bonds 10 pay over money. In fact
the whole Code Ia undergoing revision,
and under the recent amendments 10 the
Constitution, the laws We are making will
give to our State as good q Jurisprudence
as can be produced In any Slate or coun'
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TIE Ohio Legislators are as much puz
zled in regard to the Liquor question 81
those on this side Of the river. They
have 0 number Of propositions before
them, all more or less combining the local
option feature, and differing only in the
strlngency oil their provisions, The liquor
interest Is an immense interest in Ohio
and speculation Ia rife in all the news
papers as 10 the effect the passage Of any
law may have on the next election. The
Republicans being in the majority are
naturally more concerned as to this effect
than their political opponents. They are
between two fres-the liquor interest
and the temperance people. They are
afraid that the Democracy will make cap.
ital out oil whatever they may do. The
case is reversed on this side OF the river
to certain extent, Here the Democracy
are not particularly soliCitous as to what
the Republicans may do. They are, II
possible, more concerned as to what the
Democracy themselves may do. The Dem.
ocratlc signers to the petitions are looked
at on the one side, aud the Democrats
who are opposed to said petitions on the
other. 1t Is q case OF Democratic embar.
rassment from any point Of view,
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Lawrence Nolan, Of BSnwood, was buried
at the Catholic cemetery here, from 81 Johns
church, Tuesday.
The new planning mill oi Dubois & Mccoy
Is ready for the machinery, which has been
delayed some. Although the mill can hardly
be ready by the frat OF March, as contem.
plated, things will be pushed.
Mrs Miligan, who formerly lived here, q
basket maker, now lives near West Wheeling.
She Is reported rs having fired pistol ut q
sled load of children, who went up the road
houses where anything attracted their atten.
tion, and she resented II, II seems.
Mr.. A. Richardson has concluded 10 move
10 Cleveland and go into business about the
first Of April.
Mr.. shuttleworlli, Of The Belmont Glass
House, Is In Cleveland.
Some Of the farmers are coming 10 the RELIEF
Of Bellalres scarcity Of milk by bringing their
milk 10 town In place Of chutning 1t.
officer Druganssw 10 Cambridge on Mon.
day after Fred GSsper, charged with bastardy.
He did not find his man there, but got him at
Burr's Mills and brought Him home on The
evening train. Yesterday he went 10 st.
ClairSville to procure marrlage license the
prisoner having agreed to marry Miss Ella
Myers, the complainant. Arrived at the
"permanent seat, the pair took dinner, and
officer Drugan left Casper In the hotel enjoy.
ing q quiet smoke, and went out to get
shaved. A few minutes after Casper con.
cluded To take a walk, and so far as the officer
Is informed lie Is walking yet, AT any rate
DrugAn has not seen him Since Miss Myers,
the gay LothArio's unintended, is quite
brok6n.hearted while the efficient officer Il
scarcely less diSconrolate over the disappear.
Rnce Of his "dear" (the dinner cost 80 cents
friend.
Bellaire contains about two square miles,
divided into land and water, Of which one.
fourth Is land and three.fourths water.
William BAer has opened q store In the
room formerly. occupied by the Company
store First ward
Harry Burrs has moved into his newly
completed residence, South Bellaire.
Chester Philips has returned home after O
long absence. He has been travelling with
Prof. Leon, the tlglltr0pe performer, as door
keeper for his circus He halls from New Or.
leans last.
Old Mr.. Workman. Of the First ward, who
Is nihety.two years old, Is very feeble at pres.
snt.
Part OF the rolling mill was off work Tues
day. Coal iSstill scarce.
There have been 80 many reports Of The Rel
mont Glass HOHse elections that the eecre'
taty has furnished lis With the following cor
rect list OF directors: L. G. stliel, Geo. Wise
Jacob Wise, Julius Armstrong, ]. ". Gill, Jollt
Crlmmel, Henry Faupsl. R.C. +.
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heath AT DETROIT.
Accidental Shooting, suicide by Poison
and Mysterious Murder Causing son.
BaIiOn There.


Sation There.
DETROIT, Mich, February S.-A single
man named W. NJ. Harvey, aged thirty.
four, and employed for several years as
car checker by the Detroit & Milwaukee
railroad, was found dead In bed Sunday
at thehotel where he had boarded for some
time. He was a quiet man with few ac.
quaintances and was supposed to have
heart disease, as he had been unwell for
two weeks. Yesterday, however, the un.
dertaker discovered small bullet hole In
the body just over the heart, and further
investigation leads to the belief that he
was murdered, though by whom and for
what tmoHyelt Ia difficult to con lecture. His
own pistol was under his pillow with every
barrel loaded. II appears to carry the
same sized ball with that inilICLing the
fatal wound. A fellow boarder named
Hayes, who roomed next door, has been
arrested on suspicion OF knowing some.
thing about the matter, which Is quite
mysterious.
NaaN SNA Wuu Mhh hCUlu6ulhlly b1OL
BY John Dunn Sunday evening, has since
died.
A young man representing himself rs O
Scotch. Canadian aud agent for New
York crockery house, called OF hotel In
Ann Arbor last Thursday, and desired to
engage board for few days. He com.
planned Of sickness on Friday, but on Sat.
urday said that he was better. Saturday
afternoon he asked for nitrate Of silver
and iodide Of potassium at q drug store,
claiming that he used them In tho silver.
plating business. Saturday evening he
returned In apparently good health, and
the next day was found dead In bed. His
stomach has been removed for examina.
tion, as death by poison Is suspected. He
gave the name Of Mcdonald, and left q
slip OF paper on which thers was some
writing, addressed to Mrs. G. A. Kieth,
6O7 First avenue, Milwaukee.
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DIR. BYERs delivered a forcible plea on
bsbalt OF such institutions as Children's
Homes at sleubenyills last Sunday after.
noon. He showed in striking light the
necessity Of providing homes for homeless
children outside Of the Poor Houses Of the
land, which, as far as children were con-
@ armed, we're only nurseries Of degrade.
tiou and crime. ForGyears he had been an
officer Of the Ohio Penitentisry, and many
oEthe prisoners in tha! !institutlon had been
neglected children, and 70 per cent were
upeducated. From the homeless and the
uueducated the penitentiariss got nearly
all their inmates, It's much cresper for q
community to prevent crime than to pun.
ish criminals, A mere money view Of the
case should induce the people to provide a
public Home, under good auspices, for
homeless children,
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The Electoral Count To- may.

This being the Second Wednesday In
February, the votes OF the Electors in
each State Of the Union, as cast at their
respective State Capitals on the frst Wed.
nesday in December last, will be opened
to-day by the Vice President Of the United
States, in the presence OF both Houses Of
Congress, and counted. #f +.
Section i42 OF the United States statutes
declares the law upon this subject as fol.
lows.
"Congress shall be 10 session on the sec,
ond Wednesday In February succeeding
every meeting Of the Electors, and the
certificates, or 90 many Of them as have
been received, shall then be opened, the
Offices Of President and Vice President as.
ceftained and declared, agreeable TO the
Constitution"
The meaning Of the last wotds Of the
foregoing section, agreeable to the Con.
atituton," has been o matter for great
deal Of discussion Of late years. The diffi'
Guilty has been 10 properly interpret the
twelfth article Of the Constitution relief.
red to by The act quoted. That article
provides simply as follows.
1.-THE President Of the Senate shall In the
ptesenceo oil the Senate and House Of Rep.
reaentaiyes, open oil the certificates, and
the votes shall then be counted"
This 10 oil that the Constitution SAYS Oh
the subject, as TO how the vote shall be
counted, 1t says nothing s to
what shall be done in case Of
dispute, 40 TO who Sl,all settle Il or how
ii shall be disposed oil. This was certainly
avery loose provision on the part Of the
Fathers Of the Constitution, to whom we
assign so much wisdom, but who were,
most Of them, very ordinary men.
The Democracy have been trying, ever
tince the meeting oi Congress In Decem.
ber, to have what is known as the Morgan
joint rule adopted, by which oil disputes
as to the electoral vote Of State shall be
referred 10 the two houses for decls.
sion. The Republicans have suspected a
t'lck In this anxiety ot the Democracy 10
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HARRISBURG, February S,-Ths TWEEN.
tielh ballot for United States Senator re.
suited: Wallace 80, Oliver n, Grow 81,
MScveagh 8, Phillips 8, HeweLt 2, shirAs
2, Baird l, Agnew !, Curtin l..
Mr.. Ruddlmah offered resolution 10
the effect thatBpeedy measufes be adopted
10 bring about definite result.
Senator Morris offered as substitute q
resolution declaring that unless an elec.
lion shall have been effected by mex.
Saturday, all candidates shall be dropped
and new names placed In nomination on
Monday the 14th Inst.
The substilue was greeted with cries oil
no.. Pending action, a motion 10 adjourn
Rha carried BY l4O 70 81.
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The matks last evening indicated 0 feel
8 inches and stationary.
The thaw has not yet made itself felt.
but will to-day, as river men expect The
tlver 10 begin raising this morning,
There were no movements at The land
Ing yestetlay-not even Of the Ice thai
batfiCades the leyee.
The expected rise will clean out oil The
shore Ice and navigation will be resumed
soon.
PiTrsBuRoH, February s.-Rivet 8 feel
4 inches and falling. Weather rainy and
mild.
CtScrNSArI, February s.-River 20 feel
and rising. Il has been tAining all day
Departed; Buckeye Stale, PltSbufRh
Cons Miller, Memphis; Guiding Star
New Orleans,
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The betting for the HanlAn-LayccCk race
Monday is five 10 two On HanAn.
One thousand miners at Ruabon, Wales
have struck for an advance Ia wages.
A Montreal dispatch says that Chief 10.
seph. the lead Of the 0kr Indian tribe, died
suddenly yesterday.
4 special says the town Of Walnut, ninety
miles west Of DesMoineS, lows, suffered ie.
stfuotlve eootlagtation. LoaI over $4,000
small insurance.
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PHILADELPHIA, February s.-The United
States Disttict Court has Issued an order that
the Western Union Telegraph Company be
restrained from using the telegraph poles
snd wires OF the American Union Telegraph
Company 10 such manner As 10 violate The
right Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
under the agreement Of January II, 1880, with
the American Union Telegraph Company,
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do at this late day what they have neglect
ed to do for the last four years, and have
steadily filllbustered against all attempts
at this session Of the Democracy to adopt
said rule. So that the method Of proceed
ure stands now as 1t stood at
the beginning Of the Government,
and in case OF dispute, { Of which there
ia no likelihood, as respects the vote oI
any State essential to GarGsld's election)
the Vice President will declare the result
OF the count by the tellers.
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NItrInIn hApnbiIenna.

RtcuMoSD, VA, February s.-The State
Republican Executive Committee adopted
an addtees-i9 to 7-calling upon the Re.
publicans 10 stand by theipatty otgAnilion
In March next. This action is considered
victory for the straightout Republicans
against an alliance with other pattles, A
State Convention will likely be held al an
early day,
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eats on sale "A. N. to-day at BAutnet's.
or a Little airi from a Hrishtfai Acct.
dAnt,

VI u LltIe dlfI from RfIghtful AeelS
dent,
Last night an accident occurred on Market
street, above Tenth, which catns near fesult.
Ing seriously. Nj. and Mn. robert Thomp.
son left their residence last evenihg 10 attend
church, leaving their children at home 10
take care Of The house. Shortly after the
parents left, their eightytar.old pitl pioksd
Up q lamp and was going into another room.
when she TIPPED and FELL. The lamp
broke, but the child still held on
70 II aud rushed out doors with
y, when helghbof called 10 the frightened
girl to throw Il Into the street, and juSt a ShS
released the lamp from her grasp II exploded
The affair collected quite O crowd. The es.
cape Of the gill from ifIghtiul accident, II
not death, was almost Miraculous.
NightWatchman soles was on hand prompt.
ly and quleted the frightened children.
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Nav oaLEANs February s.-Mosl Of the
breaks In the csnAl levees have been closed,
but the water still rising slowly In the oyef.
flowed districts between New Canal and ca.
nal stteeb. The water Is within four suuaIes
oil Claiborne street. Mos OF the quarter be.
TWEEN Canal, Bayou and VI. John streets ID
submerged, and almost the entire section be.
tween Bayou, st. John and Esplanade streets,
10 within 4 few squatta Of claiborne street
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THERE was almost a case OF States rights
in the House Of Delegates yesterday, arls.
ing out OF a summons from Judge Jack.
sons United States District Court, sitting
OF parkenburg, issued to Mr.. Wells, the
member from Tyler, who was summoned
to appear forthwith as a witness at Park
enburg, under penalty OF arrest. Mr..
Morrow, ol Marion, was anxious to see
such m issue as that tested. He denied
the power OF any Judge Of any Court to
arrest member Of the West Virginia Leg
islature for any cause not involving treas.
on, felony or breach Of the peace. In all
other cases he was exempt under the Con.
stItuton Of the State from arrest during
the session. or for ten days before and
alter. We do not go much on States
rights, as generally understood In politics,
but II seems TO Us that there Is q point for
grave consideration In such case as that
Of Mr.. Wells, Suppose matter Of great
moment was pending in the Legislature,
and that its decision, one way or the other,
hinged on the vote Of one member, how
easy 1t might be to procure asummons for
his appearance before United States
Court several hundred miles away. 1t is
certain that the Judge Of a United States
Court could not arrest a member Of Con.
gress under similar circumstance, and
1t seems as II the same exemption ought
to apply TO the members OF a State Legis.
lature.
Judge Ferguson relieved the compliCa.
tlon yesterday by moving leave Of ab.
sence for Mr.. Wells, thus permitting him
10 obey the summons, Otherwise we
might have had famous case.
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The UnIted states MerIno sheep Reg.
iAter.


The United states aerIno sheep Reg.
lister,
From The Ohio Farmer
The U. s. NJ. 8. Register Association met ID
Columbus, Ohio, January 9Th and 9th, r.
Perine, Third Vlce-President In the chair. A
committee on credentials reported that there
were ten lnembots present In person and si1
by proxy. The examining committee re.
ported that but one person had desired their
services during the past yeAr. Article 9th Of
Tie constitution was 10 changed as To read
THE duties Of the examining committee
shall be toexamine all sheep whose purity Of
blood has been approved by the Executive
Board and shall apply the scale Of points a
provided in the frst volume Of the Register,
when SO desired by the person making appll.
Gallon for registration, and that there 6e 10th.
Ing In this constitution 10 prevent the regis.
tration Of Individual pedlgrees, whether the
said sheep were scaled or not" A majority
OF the members present were OF the opinion
that a second volume Of the U. g. NJ. g. Reg.
lister should be publish "a soon as sufficient
material could be collected, II was there.
fore ordered that every applicant for registfa.
ton In volume second should forward with
his application The sum Of %, and that S5 be
charged for every flock Of 40 or less, with 40
cents for each additional sheep accepted for
registry. The Executive Board were Instruct.
cd TO employ some suitable pets0n 10 con.
duct the publication OF volume second. The
following officers were elected:
President, Q. Il. Beall, Of West Virginia;
Vice.Prlsident X Pefihe, Of Washington
county, Pa Treasurer, Alex McCalniobt, Of
Washington county, Pa; Secretary, ) 0. Glst,
Of West Virginia; member Of Executive Board
for three years, j. 0. Glst. OF West Virginia |;
member Of Examining Committee for three
years, Il. ]. CondlL, Of Ohio
W, l.. Mills,
Acting BecfeEafv.
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HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, February s.-Mr. Reagan
reported back the River and Harbor Ap.
preparation Bill. Referred to the Commit.
tee Of the Whole.
Mr.. Reagan stated that he would move
TO go into Committee OF the Whole on thai
bill Immediately after the morning hour
but Mr.. Atkins gave notice that he would
oppose II with the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Bill, which he thereupon re-
ported back from the committee. Refer
red to the Committee OF the Whole.
The discussion upon this proposition
was continued for some time without re-
eault, the bill being finally laid aside in
formally.
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VIZ observe by Taunton, Mass, paper
,ho, thev ssem to have pretty effective
sort s Of ndog law in that part of the copn'
trv, There were in the county 4,lO2 male
and an 1913 female dogs licensed in 1880, the
rSS rsosints from which amounted to $3.50
TbO 5isbursements from this fund were
onlv sis 95, to pay for damages to cat
tie, sheep, swine and fowls" The balance
vas @ returped to the treasursrs Of the dis
triots from which it was collected.