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, 1881-02-04
\ Self Made Man.

y Washington letter says: Senator
Bruce, who goes out to give way for
George, is the last of his race, doubtless
foryeGrs to come, in the Senate. He "a
now the only colored man in either
branch Of Congress and the Youngest of
the Senators. He told me story tbe
other day about himself which / had
heard before, but l think it has never
been in print. The late Senator Bogv
Of Missouri was very anxious to have y
pension bill passed one day for a con.
stituent, and came over to the Renuhl;.
can side to ask support for it. He an.
preached the colored Senator from M;ns.
sissippi, and said
Now look here, Bruce, vote for tb;S
won't you. | only want another vote ~,
two, and you carry it through for me
IL is mertorious case.
"Certalnly," said Senator Bruce "von
know, Senator, that / have ALWAYS bean
willing to do you any favor YOU asked ="
"D-n it, sir" replied the NIissour;
Senator, Il never asked you favor in
my life till this moment"
"Oh, yes, You have" replied Bruce,
"4ou may remember once, many years
ago, that you were going from St. Louis
down the river on steamboat, and you
were burrying along to catch the boat
with big valise. You passed a little
barefooted mulatto, and said: Here,
you little black rascal, take this valise
and come on with me-" The boy took
the handbag, and when You came near
the boat you said it was about to push
of, and you ran on ahead and lust
crossed the gang plank as it was drawn
in. The boy, however, had not been
able to keep up with you, and arrived too
late. You stood on the lower deck and
yelled: Throw that valise aboard,
you d - d black rascal; |
can't go without my yalise."
But the boat had moved out until tho
boy was afraid 1T would fall into the river
if he tried TO throw it; and, besides, he
expected to receive quarter for carry.
ing it., and you had, apparently, forgot.
ten all about that. The valise was net
thrown, and you made the captain OF the
boat come back to the dock again to get
it, and the boy collected the quarter
Now, do you remember that circum.
stance, senator?' concluded Bruce.
81 do, admitted Senator Bogy.
"Well," said Bruce, II was the little
mulatto boy that carried your valise, and
I am just as ready to accommodate you
to-day as l was then. I'll vote for your
bill"
Bruce was the first colored man who
ever presided over the United States
Senate, and he was called to the chair by
Senator Hoar, OF Massachusetts. 1t was
n notable coincidence that when the first
of his race to be called to the chair at q
national convention, he received the
gavel again from the hands of the same
man at Chicago last June.
The first colored man to occupy the
Speakers chair in the House of Repre-
sentatives was Rainey, of South Caro-
lima. He was placed there by Speaker
Blaine, whereupOn Judge Parker, OF
Missouri, proceeded to address the
House upon tho duty of the Government
to the Indians.
, 1881-02-04
SHORT BITS.

Robert Kay. the editor of Bradsha"
well-known English guide books Is
dead.
Epes SARGENT, who died in Boston Il, u
short time since, was the author OF Ine
well-known song, "a Life on the OCEAN
Wave"
Why is the meat in your sandwich Ike
the large middle class OF societyF DE,
cause it lies between the upper crust anu
the under-bred.
Both Senators David Davis and Ham
lin are fond of smoke, the former using
a meerschaum and the latter an Old
fashioned ccb pipe.
Philadelphia girls are quick tray, trayeiefs, .h,
One of them who went sleighlh8 1ne
other night made twelve miles In one zap
, 1881-02-04
A Dying Mans Vision.

John Pope, pupil Of Couture, associate
of the New York National Academy, ono
of the founders of the Assists Fund
Society, and an enthusiast in his profess
sion, died Mt his home i'll Fourth avenue
on Wednesday night, believing that at
last, after forty years of labor, he had
found the secret of perfected art. A man
more thoroughly enraptureI with his
calling never lived. He painted while
daylight lasted, and then spent the even
ing in producing the crayon drawings so
much admired in the exhibitions at the
Academy Of Design. Though as por-
trait painter he eXcelled, the dream of
his life was to produce strong figure pic
lures, in which the background of land
scape would form as effective q part as
the figures themselves. This was his
ruling passion in life, and as he neared
the end the passion grew stronger.
On Wednesday evening, as he lay back
on his pillows, very weak and i'll with
hemorrhage of the lungs, his wife, who
with their two children was watching at
his side, was started by his suddenly
rising in bed and crying feverishly:
"Quick! give me my patette and
brush. must paint. Don't attempt to
stop me now, for at last see it all.
can do it now, for have Just discovered
the art through the influence of visions
of exquisitely graduated music. 1t is
plain as day at last"
His wife, alarmed at his excitement,
made weak attempt to dissuade him,
but as opposition only increased his ex-
element, and it was evident that his end
was very near, she humored him. His
paints, brushes ard canvas were brought
to him, and his fearful relatives arranged
the coverings of the bed so that they
would look more like the drapery of his
studio. He began his work with haste
amounting almost to frenzy.
''At last. at last" he cried, 81 have
found the beauty which all my life and
over all the world have been struggling
for"
He painted faster and faster, evidently
believing that the canvas would show the
beauty that he conceived, although it
was in truth sad realization of the con-
ception. 1t was late in the day when he
began his death-bed picture. 1t grew
darker and darker as he went on, and his
sorrowing family sat around him power
less to ease his last moments. At last it
grew so dark that even he in his excite
ment noticed it.
LET us go to the studio" he cried,
suddenly.
mo, no; not tonight. Wait until to-
morrow"
1--WE must go 10 the studio he ex-
claimed, making an effort to rise to his
feet. The tax upon his strength was too
great; without another word he fell back
on his pillow dead.-[N. Y. Sun.
, 1881-02-04
British Peers In New York.

Perhaps, after all, it is hardly fair to
contemn and deride the good.natured
credulity which make the existence of
sham "noblemen' like Mr.. Pelham Clin-
ton so easy and SO profitable. 1t was
not so very long ago that gallant Of
ticer Of the household brigade, one of
the best-born men in England, had,
under stress of the queens personal
displeasure, to take an abrupt leave of
his friends, and spend some years Of
exile on Staten Island. Nor will his
riotous escapades, his downright ruff
tianism and brutality be easily forgot
ten by his simple neighbors. In her
good time it pleased her most gracious
majesty to pardon his original otfense
against public decency and the morale
OF the household brigade, and, to the
delight of Statan Island and Bay Ridge,
he went back to the horse guards.
Then there was another hereditary
legislator of the British Empire who
fled from one set of creditors in Eng
land only to create another in America.
His memory still fingers i'll many II
New Cork tradesman's profit and loss
account if not in more tender and ro-
mantle volumes. His inseperable com
panions were bear and valet, and
how he managed to support either dur
ing his period of transportation beyond
the high seas was problem which every.
body but himself gave up. His favorite
residence was the cottage OF an estima-
bio old gentleman of New London, upon
whom he preyed with an etfrontity that
was almost delicious. He had two equal
characteristics-his ignorance and his
contempt for the country which
harbored his fugitive impecuni-
osity. He Just abominated Americans.
and once took the Hudson River day
boat, with the hope of arriving in New
Orleans, via Albany, the next night.
When his noble father died, his relatives
compromised with his creditors, and at
the present moment the wandering and
penniless viscount is rich and respect
able earl.
Then, again, there was another British
peer who attracted good deal Of atten.
ton to himself in New York and else
where two or three years ago, a peer OF
a severely mechanical turn, who dressed
like navy, wore the cap of the coster-
monger, and spent most of his time in
foundries and machine shops. 1t is true
that extenuation was found for these
eccentIicites in the fact that he had been
u civil engineer or something of similar
degree before the earldom dropped into
his lap like an unexpected cherry. But
even upon that indulgent hypothesis it
was not easy to explain his lordship's too
evident passion for strong drink and riot
ing in the streets, as in Chicago, where,
so runs the legend, under the pseudonym
of John Smith, his lordship was amerced
in the sum of $40 for his misplaced hi
larity. n. Y. Hour.
, 1881-02-04
A NIee Point In Grammar.

The two young heirs, who had been
taking their first lessons i'll grammar,
disputed Ion and earnestly over the
question, and at last agreed to decide it
bp arbitration, selecting the head OF the
family rs arb ter, with full power to send
for persons and papers. The old man
was greasing his boots before the kitchen
stove.
Father" said the elder heir, sis it
proper to say We is rich, or We am
rich?"
The old man worked carefully down
into the hollow of his boot under the in
step, remaining long time in thought
full meditation, and then slowly replied:
"Well, should think it would come
higher to the truth to say we hain't
rich"
The young heirs, when they came to
think Whist hard time they had worry
ing pennies out of their paternal rel
ative, thought it might be made that way
too And the old man kept on annoint-
ing his boots with the extract of hog
Rockland Courier
"My case is just here" said citizen
to o lawyer: "The plaintiff will swear
that hit him. will swear that L did
not. Now what can you lawyers make
OF that if we go to trial?" Five dollars
apiece" was the prompt reply.
Mile. De Montgolfier. who died at
Paris on the 10Th ult. at the age of 81,
was the daughter of the inventor of the
balloon, whom she survived for eighty
one years.
1t is estimated that the sea swallows
up about two and one-quarter yards
year of part Of the Yorkshire coast, and
about three feet year OF part OF Kent.
, 1881-02-04

ENTIRELY UNsECRETARIAN.-- gentle
man says that III his town number of
little girls hearing good deal about the
great fair to be held in Boston for
abused children, and wishing to raise
some money for it, planned small fair
OF their own. One of them, who stands
about even with her seventh birthday,
came to ask him for donation, and
pressed her claims with the assurance,
This fair is entirely unsecretarian.
The devastation caused by rabbits
amounts in Australia to serious ca
lamity. One large estate, which for
merly supported 10000 sheep, has been
abandoned on account OF these pests.
A tramp's motto-"A little earning is
a dangerous thing
, 1881-02-04
General Mercnandise.

RlCE-Market quoted at China, j!a5i Sand
wich Island, 7ta7l.
COFFEE-Costa Rica, l7alscj Java, 25a26c !;
Rio, 16!al7c.
TEAS--We quote Japan in laQuered boxes 5Od
75c ; paper, 37lGi7l.
SUGARS Island, 9lal0c; Golden C,
in bbls, lOc hfbbls, 9ic; Crushed bbls, &c,
hf bbls, l2c; Pulverized bbs, l2c, hf bbls,
l3ic; Granulated bbls, ll!c, hf bbls l24c.
sARDIN ES-Qr boxes, 81 IS hf boxes, 81 IS.
YEAST POwDER-Donnelly $ls q gross !;
Dooley, s2oa22 U gross; Preston 4 Merrill,
$24 u gross.
WINES-Whto, per doz in case, So 50a4; per
gal, Zoe to 81 50; Sonoma, per doz in cases,
50 so 10 So per gal, 6Oc to 81 90
Claret-Caliiornia per gal, 81 10 81 25; i'm
ported per gal, 81 90 to 81.
Sherry-Cala per gal, 81 80 TO 81 80; Span
ish, So to So assorted brands, Sl2 to SIS;
imported per gal, 81 80 to 81.
POrt-Various brands in or csks, S2 80 to S. /;
81 90 to 80; imported, 50 to 81
SPIRITS-Fine old Hennessy Brandy in ar cks
and Octaves, s. SO to 81 50 per gal; Dun
ville's Irish Whisky in cases per doz, Sl2 ;
James Stewart Il Co.'s Scotch Whisky in or
cks and octaves, $4 Hennessy Brandy in
case, per doz, very tine-l star $l6, star,
SIT 80, 3 star $l9; Holland GIN, large cases,
SIS to S20 Old Tom Gin in cases, Sl2; Rye
Whisky, per gal, 50 30 to So; Bourbon, per
gal, $2 80 to So A Cutter, So 25 to SO 80 4;
X Cutter, 81 80 to S5
0ILS--Ordinary brands of coal, 30c high grades;
Downer & Co., 37ia40c; boiled linseed. 81 !;
raw linseed, 95c; pure lard, $lal lOj CASTOR
ST. 5OGSl so; turpentine, 60d65c,
, 1881-02-04

Extract from letter from Angelina:
"Dear Henry, you ask if / return your
love. Yes, Henry, have no use for 1T,
and return it with many thanks. By'by,
Henry
, 1881-02-04

The following quotations represent the whole
sale rates from producers or first hands:
FLOUR-Quotable in jobbng lots att Standard
brard DIS, a 5Obest country brands, 81 0OW
"a 5O,supcrinc, 80 7jMS3 80,
WOOL-25g97! for choice.
WHEAT-Good to choice, 81 30 as l,3j.
HAY-Timothy baled, buying at f20GgS25 per
PoTAToES-Quotable at &c per III market glut
MIDDLlNGs-Jobbtng at feed, S2O@ $25i fine
s25@$274 = ton.
BRAN-Jobbng at per ton, Sl5MSl6.
OATS-Feed, per bushcl AZ! n 4j cts.
BAC0N-Sides, l3!c; hams Oregon l24@
l4c Eastern l4Gp l5c; shoulders, 100 lc.
LARD-ln kegs, II; in tins, lSc
BUTTER-We quote choice dairy at 3ja37!c
good fresh roll SOW3j; ordinary, 27@
32ic, whether brine or roll
DRIED FRUlTS-Apples, sun dried, Ia Sc;
machine dried, l2!c. Pears, machine dried
Halle. Pums, machine dried, 1SWl5c.
EGGs-25c per doz.
POULTRY-Hens and roosters, SO 50ai. Tur-
keys l4al6c per pound. Geese, SSa9 per doz.
CHEESE--Oregon, l54al6c; California, l6c
HOGS--Dressed, 6Gl6lc; on foot, 4a4jOc.
BEEF-Live weight, p to 2ic for good to choice.
SHEEP-Live weight, llG2c
t. LLOW-QuOtable at 5lc.
HlDES-The market is firm at lie for frst.class
dry 7!MS4c for green; culls, one-thlrd off.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-21

SOMETHING must have gone wrong with
the digestion Of Editor Allen, OF the Bell.
aire Democrat, this week, lie is snappy
and snNrlish all over at Wheeling, as well
as at two Of his editorial brethren on the
other side OF the river. Here is one Of his
hr-tctchod and ill-naturcd paragraphs:
A great many people in st. Clairsvile
and some other parts OF the county would
sooner see Wheeling built up with their
money thnn any place in their own coun.
ty. To show how Wheeling appreciates
their labor Of love" It is only necessary
to say tint ut what is called the "Academy
Of Music in that city IN aftCrpiCCG was
played, and received with great cclat by
the Wheclingitcs, entitled "Thc Man from
y. Clarsvilc," " in which citizens of that
place and other parts Of this county were
belittled and bCrated.
This is II terrible arNignment. A com.
pany of theatricals, none Of whom belong
here, come to the city and get up some 10.
cal hits-among them the one rcferrcdto--
aud strNightway it occurs to the man in
BellNire, who OF course is mOrbidly jCal.
Gus OF the feelings Of st. Clairvillc people
(see late election rGturns) to stir up some
bud blood II possible. We have no doubt
TINT the people of ST. Clairsvillc will appre-
ciate for all it is worth this sort of cham.
pionship Of their scnsibiIities. The thin.
ness Of Mr.. Aliens soIicitudc for their feel.
ings will be considered as much Of farce
As the play referred to.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-21

TnE Martins Ferry Mc,g Is Of the Opin.
ion that the county scat question has come
TO stay in Belmont county politics. 1t is Il
veritable Banquo's ghost. 1t points to the
vote for WAGNER ut Bellaire, and for Lynn
ut St. ClairsvllC-thc former Democrat
and tho latter Repubican--Ns proof posi-.
tive that the issue has got beyond party
control. For instance, Governor Foster
received 500 votes in l'ultnCy township,
while Lynn, the Republican candidate for
the Legislature on the same ticket, only re.
ceived 10l votes His opponent, Wagencr,
received l,GOS votes. Wagner is II re.
movallst, while Lynn is opposed to re.
moval. On the other hand, at st. Clairs.
vile Lynn received 10 votes, while WNg.
Gner only received 50. In other words,
politics gave way ut both places to the
local feeling on the county seat question.
Hence the NcHS concludes that there will
be no peace in Belmont county politics
until the question Of removal is submitted
toa vote Of the people. II believes that
this will be done at the coming session. II
believes tliat the Republican Legislature
will feel compelled to submit IT,
One Of the arguments used by the st..
ClairsvillC people against submitting the
question is that experience in other coun.
ties shows that it leads to n large fraudu.
lent vote They point TO one or two prom.
inent instances where the vote cast was ont
Of all proportion to the known legal vote,
and where the result was thus turned into
II complete iarce. On the other hand, the
Bellairc people take the ground that il this
argument has any force ut all ii would for.
ever preclude any expression Of public
opinion on the question Of changing a
county scat. 1t would be n complete bar
10 agitation OH the subject.
We must confess that It looks good
deal us II the question would have to be
submitted sooner or later. The balance Of
power is with those who can make all
local elections turn on this issuC and rs
long ns this is the case II is bound to be 4
thorn in the flesh Of Belmont county poll
tics and politicians
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-21
TERsE TELEoRAMs,

The Bank Of France yesterday raised its
rate Of discount to five per cent.
The gold that arrived from England at
New York yesterday amounted to SlBi,0OO.
The American Humane Association has
decided to bring into the Supreme Court
Of The United States n test case Of the cruel
treatment to stock in transit on railroads.
The coal haulers Of 81. Louis will de-
mand next Monday three and half cents
per bushCl for hauling coal Oh contract
and four cents per bushel on order. Unless
the demand is complied with IL strike will
follow.
The banking house OF Thos. Branch 4
Co., Richmond, Va, yesterday and the day
before bought over million dollars Of con.
ieterate bonds, and are still buying.
Smaller dealers report lively business in
the same bonds
A Philadelphia dispatch says assistant
passenger agent lloyd denies that the Penn
aylyunla road had resolved to rum n through
train to Chicago in twehty.iour hours, for
which rebatc tickets at increased rates
would be issued.
&c. Meyer, a prominent merchant and
planter Of Little Rock, committed suicide
last evening By drowning. lie had bceu
sick for some time with typhoid fever and
was supposed to be labOring under mental
alteration at the time Of the act,
The daily Rcpubhcon, Of Little Rock,
Arkansas, suspended publication Yesterday.
The publisher announces that the editOrial
corps will be thoroughly reorganized, and
the paper Issued Under u new name aa an
Independent Journal the first Of November.
In the trial Of George Wood, at philadel'
phla, charged with throwing vitriol into
the face Of George Sheppard, by which the
latter was terribly burned and lost one eye,
the Jury returned verdict Of not guilty, on
the ground Of the insanity Oi the defendant
at The time Of the commission Of the act.
The Judge said II remained with him 10
decide whether Wood should not be CON
fined in an institution for the insane II lie
has not yet recovered his reason.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-21
TIE OIIIO RAILnOAn.
Meeting OF Stockholders hnd Election OF
Directors III Spite Of In junction,


CLEVELAND, October 20,-NOtwithsland.
ing the restraining order Of the Columbus
court, the stockholders Of the Ohio railroad
met hero this forenoon and proceeded
with the election Of directors, claiming
that the articles OF corporation having
heen filed prior to the application for in.
junction, the order cnjoining the G., c., G.
4 |. and the G., II. & D. Directors does not
coutCrn the Ohi6' road. ". II. Wander.
bilt cast $4,000 shares, more than major.
ity Of the stock which can be voted.
The individuals named in the restrain.
ing ORDER among them President Dev-
erenux, RETAINED from voting. A rCsOlu.
ton offered prior to the ballOtng, by II.
J. Jcwetts representative, to postpone the
election, received no second. The other
stockholders present, except those specified
in the injunction, proceeded to vote, taking
the ground that the individuals not named
in the order Of the court were not re.
strained. The Vanderbilt interest cast
more than majority Of the outstanding
stock. but one ticket was In the field
The following were elected directors !.
W. II. Vanderbilt, 6. Vanderbilt, Augustus
Schell ]. II, Rattcr, 4. G. pullman, W. L.
Scott, j. II. DcvCreux, Stevenson Burke,
f. =. Handy, Amos Townsend, John New.
eli, NJ. +. Ingalls,, and John Carlisle. Tho
board will meet Immediately after the vote
is declared, No change will be made in
the general officers and the road will be
managed principally in the interest Of the
stockholders Of the Ohio Hallway Com.
pany. II any advantage Nccrucs to the
Lake Shore thereby, well and good
After the polls closed the directors oithc
Ohio lIailrond met and chose tie following
officers President, j. II. Devereux; Sec.
retary Nnd Treasurer, George s. RUSSELL
Auditor, +. a. Hewitt; General Manager,
Il. B. Thomas; Traffic Manager, o. +. skin.
ncr; General Freight Agent, l.. Hills. The
only change is in Auditor Mr.. Hewitt sue.
Ceeding Mr.. a. Ely,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-21

Chicago, October 2O.-A San Francisco,
Jackson county, dispatch says The resi-.
dence Of N. Jclleitcl, one mile from here,
was destroyed by fire at . o'clock this
morning. All the inmates, consisting Of
jelleitCl, his wife and two children, n girl
two years old and an infant sOn six months
old, persisted. Iellcitcl's remains were
found, with the infant, within foot Of the
kitchen door. lie had apparently been
sulloCated while trying to escape with the
infant in his arms. The bodies of the
wife and eldest child were found close to-.
gcthcr by the bedroom window. The
bodies were burned TO cindCr. Four men
were sleeping within few yards, but
could do nothing for the inmates The fire
Is believed to have been accidental.