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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-20
THE TOURNAMENT
In which PIumed KnlEhts VIII Ride IN
Honor of the Ladies',

MeSs. |. F, Jones, J, ], Woods, Jas, Y.
Patterson and Harry 7. Black, OF the commit
tee OF gentlemen appointed to take charge Of
the arrangements for the grand tournament
to be held on Friday Of fair week, met yes-
yesterday afternoon ut the office Of ex-Sherif
'TIngc and organized by electing Senator
Woods, Chairman and Mr.. Black, Secretary
The ways aud means Of conducting the tour
ney were discussed ut great length and at the
Of the meeting the committed
mounted and repaired to the fair grounds
for more perfect arrangement OF the detail
After consultation with directors Jingle
Campbell, Kimberly and Exley II was decided
to prepare course especially for the practiceI
of the knights. Work will be begun to-day
aud course eight feet broad and all eighth
ot q mile in length, will be cleared immed
lately in the centre Of the track enClOsure
As many Of the final entries will depend
upon the previous success Of the aspiranis at
practice, due notice will be given when the
course Is ready In tho meantime the com
|mittee will bring the arrangements tOasneaT
perfection rs possible.
Upon the day Of the tournament when, in
the words OF the posters, "plumed knights
will ride In honor VI the ladies', the trial OF
skiIl and address will take place upon the
track, Immediately in front OF the grand
stand. Three rings each two and half
Inches In diameter, will be suspended ut in
tcryals Of twenty yards and the object will
be to curry them off upon u lance's point,
with the horse running ut full speed Three
times will CaCh knight try his skill and he
who shall bear away the highest number Of
rings shall have the proud privilege Of crown-
ling the Queen OF Beauty aud OF Love, Three
maids Of honor will likewise be crowned by
the winners Of the second, third and fourth
|honOrs and a grand coronation scene,wlll close
the festivities,
The committee has not yet decided upon
the place and manner Of the coronation and
will probably leave that 10 BIZ arranged by the
knights themselves,
Notice, by advertisement, Uniform those
DESTROYS OF competing when the entries may
he made, and tile lNTELLIGENcER expects 10
see enrolled long list Of gallant knights
willing to do or die for thu bright smiles Of
the fair,
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LONDON, September l0.-The Methods
EEeumenical Conference to-day discussed
the subject Of foreign MISSIONS use OF the
press In pon.ChriStian countries for the pro
motion OF tho Gospel; the mission work re
IGuired in Papal and semijnfdel nations
especial need Of cooperative MetliOdisn
lin Papal and pagan lands; resources o
lMethodlsm in numbers Of wealth, organi
'zation and spiritual life for the work OF the
worlds conversion and the best means o.
developing and employing them,
The conference expressed very genera
feeling in favor Of increased support Il
schools for training native converts in the
various heather countries to missionary
work. .... ....G ...
Rev. Mr.. Norman, Of the Southern
Episcopal Church, asked English support
Tor the training colleges in the South, to en-
able an increased number Of negro mis-.
.slonaries to be sent to Africa. Mr.. Clark
|of Georgia, and Price, Of South Carolina
spoke in the same sense,
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The best cahmeres In the world. Msdo oil
the finest wool, and the blacks are brilliant.
va hNVO DlanChG's Cashmercs also, In Colors
AlGxandye Silks, the most celebrated silk
ltor wear, made In Lyons, Ny Alexandra
|Giraud. Every piece warranted, from 81 q
4 yard to % 90, only for sale by us In the
|statp,
Iunin's all wool Plaid. When Lupin turns
Iout materials there L. no questions asked
We say they are fine all wool plnidS, one yard
and one quarter vide Cost s5COnts per yard.
Bargains In all silk Damasses, In black and
IcolorS. 49,.
Satin mervoileux, surahs and plain silks to
match. An extraordinary black silk velvet
lat 81 80. We want every lady Ii Wheeling,
land every lady TINT comes 10 Wheeling, 10
come and see Our Cloak Rooms, Just think
lofitl We have one hundred and Slxty.eight
distinct, different styles more styles than all
other stores combined We manufacture
our own, and save you the profits Of middle.
men. Our Cloak ItoOm Is on tho second floor
BIT ilOi and li06 Main street,
|. ILuM 4 IIRn.
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LoNpoS, September 10.-.The Mark Ian,
Express In It's review Of the grain trade fol
the past week, says The weeks fine wealth
Ter las greatly benefited agriculture, but
IL Is altogether too late to alter the position
OF the harvest in its relationship to the
grain trade Nearly everything is unfit
TO grind without foreign admiXture. Prices
of foreign wheat have not materially
changed since Monday. The larger pro.
portion Of sales were made for feeding pur'
poses. On this basis published, pricesrangC
from twenty-five shlllings to shiTty.hve
per quarter. ..
Trade, both in London and in the
provinces, closed decidedly weak for al
home descriptions Foreign breAdSttIs are
not quotably changed siupe Monday. Tho
condition Of tho great hulk Of native dc
liverles has created demand for hard
whcats not anticipated months Ogo, They
therefore have advanced la2s the past fort
night, The weeks supplyof foreign when
In London was 1880 quarters, Of which
81, 7G4 quarters were American,
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large quantity Of Grape, and with the assist,
anee Of Janitor Yeltz soon had the Capitol
building dr1ped
The employees OF the Custom House were
quickly at work aud that pile was soon dEap-
ed on both fronts.
The Lincoln Club rooms were dlaped both
inside and outside, The banners will be hung
out to-day.
The Mcclure House office was dFaped, also
the entrance. In the office large flag was
festooned.
Messrs. Louis schwRlb and F. ], Lutz were
among the first saloonists To close. They
both draped their establishments heavily,
Messrs, Gill s Muilay, Managers Of the
Academy, had force at work on their win
iOws.
Bakers restaurant and that Of Martin
Thornton displayed the sombre traPpings
Other places marked with the badge Of
mourning were the stores of Stone Il Thorn
rs, E, Larkin, Shirk's drug store, GibsOn's
repair shop, $. Horkheimer 4 Sons, Miller 4
FranzheiM, 7, Jones cigar shop, and H.
HOrkheimer's, No OBS Min street,
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HAGGENTY,S HAUL.

lie Captures Two ViOIatOrs Of the Law
who Have BanIed the Officers for
Years.
Deputy United States Marshal ], W, lIag
EgGrty has returned to tho city after hrIeI
but brilliant raid IN in the mountains afteI
Imooushiners and other viOlAtorsOf the Inter
Ipal Revenue Laws lie arrested last Friday
Just over the Maryland line James plummer
who WIS Indicted some time ago In tho United
States Court at Clarksburg, for selling whisky
without having paid the special Government
tax, lilo was lodged In jail at Clarksburg or
Saturday, ...... .....
Mr.. IIaggcrty also made another arrest or
the same trip which reflected considerable
credit on his capacity us an officer. Tho
Cumberland Times tells the story thus:
"In December OF 1877, the Government In
|terna Revenue officers OF this district made
"a raid on an Illicit distillery In the lower
part Of the county, run by Luke Malone
and succeeded In destroying the dlstlllery
but failed In capturing Malone. Deputy
Marshal J. W. IlGggerty, Of West Virginia
took the case in charge about month ago
md while roaming through n neighborlng
one Patrick KeeneY wig had bp6H indicted
MI West Virginia eight years agO, and had
since Gyaded tho officers Of tho law AItel
Capturing KGeney no wrote Ia Collector
bruce, OF this city, for warrant against Ma
lone, and returning to Mineral county liz
found Malone near Frankfort, and lodged
him In Iail In this city yesterday. Deputy
Marshal ]. C. Lynn, OF this District, now has
the prisoner In charge and will take him to
Baltimore in day or two"
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TERnInLE sITuATION
or a Car Driver In Coal Mine-PrOba'
bly, Fatal Results,


A very serious, and probably fatal, accI
dent occurred In the coal bank Of Walter
Marshall, abouta mile above the Top Mill
yesterday morning.
John N. Stevens, mule driver, had ell
tered the bank aboutSix o'clock. lie had pro
cured his load and was driving towards the
tippe the other driver being some distance
before him. Stevens was sitting on the front
end Of his car, when place was reached
where the roof Of the entry was very low.
I'VE failed to bend down for enough, and be,
fore lO could stop his mule he had been roll
led over and was pinioned down upOntle car,
A " Is supposed that this occurred shortly aftGl
seven O'clock, gs II was his first load. There
I, no lay until ton O'Clock, when the
miners sllspeGting some accident, he;
came alarmed ut the absence Of the
drivers and started to ascertain what
was the matter In the meantime Stevens
4 had been unable to move hand or foot, and
was liable to still further crushing and agony
sif his mule should start. lie was, according
to his story, bent double, and said hc could
| hear the bones crack. He was taken to his
home, u cabin by the railroad track. lie had
mo feeling whatever IN his arms legs, hands
In bis hacF' FGeFS Was some dYacSIty III
gprocuring physician, but at lust tho county
physician was found. 1t was nat possible
10 tcl last evening what bones were broken,
but II IL inferred that tho spine Ii badly In
fjurCd, The man has wife and seven chill
tdren and they are In far FROM atIluCnt cir
iounlslaDGeG
A report reached the city about 2o'CloGli
this morning that Stevens was dead, having
died about midnight. ..-.1
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AnOIT PEOPLE.
where they are. How they IRE, ant
whom they are Visiting.

where they are. How they IRE, ant
whom they are Visiting.
Squire Philips Is over In Ohio on hunt
Ing expedition.
Rev. ". G. snodgrass, Of Morgantown, Il
In the city on business.
Mrs. Geo. KeOhollnc, son and daughter, O
Council Bluffs, are tho guests of Mrs f. O
Myers
Squire Hans Philips, OF North Wheeling
Is lying dangerously I'll at his residence or
North Main street.
All. PAUL and family returned to the city
yesterday after having spent the summer sea
sOh In the mountains,
Capt. Charlie List, the handsome and pop
ular clerk Of the 81. Lawrence, arrived III the
city from Cincinnati yesterday
Charlie OFT, accompanied by his sister, Mis-
Florence, left last evening for Philadelphia
where Miss Florence will enter school.
Misses Mary and Gertrude Lamb have re-
turned to their lionle IN this city after an ex
tended visit to Raleigh Springs and Charles
ton
Spaulding Wallace Is In the east, and on
Ills return will lie accompanied by Mrs Wal.
lace and their son, who have been spending
the summer at WestpOrt 1larbor, Mass
Mr.. William Harvey, Of the Riverside iron
Works, and Mr.. Alexander Bone, real estate
igent, have returned from trip 10 niagara,
tic lakes and prominent points In Canada.
Robert Armstrong has received from Ken.
lucky pair OF spirited and blooded horses,
ind now holds the ribbons Of one Of the
hatidSomest teams In this section Of the Foot.
stool.
Tom scanlon, Of the Mcclure House sam.
pie rooms returned yesterday from Roches.
ter, n ", where lie was called 10 attend
the funeral Of his father, who died very
suddenly, Mr. scanlOn lias the sympathy
VI n large circle Of friends.
We Ind a pleasant call last evening from
]. u. Mccormick, business manager oil Fred.
Prick rauldingi tile ttagcdlNh, and late city
editor Of tie Cincinnati Englirsr. Mr.. Nc.
course, successful manager. ....-.
DR.. j. Il. Reed, Of the Eighth ward, has
gone 10 New York TO take an extra course
with view to making certain ailments 4
speciality. He will take lessons IN the College
II PhysICians and Surgeons and In Bellevue
Hospital. Dr.. Reed will not return before
|'pring,
Among the guests registered al the Mcclure
House yesterday were A. q. Beall, wife and
child Of stcubcnviliC w, L, Tlngie, Of Gin
cnnatl, brother Of Gx.shefiff Tihgle; g. CI
Deem, Of Hannibal, Mo, Q prominent West
tfn glass man; Rev. snOdgfhsS, Of Morgan
own, and Henry 5. Campbell, prominent
|Pltisburghcr,
EvERYBoDY uses now the Acme Baking
Powder. II Ia an easy matter TO make light
axes with In purity and strength II Gao
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ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH.
10 THE nOsPTEALs,
4 German surgeon Taking Hints From
American InStitutionH,

a German surgeon taking Hints From
American InAtitutiOns,
New YoRK, September 1s,-To-day Prof
Carl Shoenborn arrived here to complete
his inspection OF hospitals in the city
limits. The Professor has been sent by
the German Government to study our hos
pital system. He Is a surgeon Of celebrity,
lie began his career as an assistant in Der.
hin to Professor Wins, the noted sur
geon and court fayorite, who Is
chief OF Bethanian, hospital OF
which the Empress Is u patron, and three
years latter became the assistant OF the emf
inent DR.. Langenbeck, professor OF surgery
in the University Of Berlin, In 1871, while
vet retaining his position under Professor
.l.angenbeCk, DR.. Schoenborn, then but -
wears OF age, was appointed consulting sur
geon OF the Berlin Hospitals. This was
|during the FranCo-Prussian war, when
the.hospitals were filled with wounded sol
iiers. The then Queen OF Prussia, with
her English daughter.in-law, the Crown
Princess Victoria, visited the hospitals nj.
most daily, and they were eye-witnesses OF
the skill and faithfulness OF Surgeon Sheen
born. Through their intercession he was
rewarded at the close Of the war by an up
pointment to the position which he now
holds, the very honorable one Of Professor
in the University of kOnigsbeY, This
honor was conferred when Professor Scho'
enborn had reached his thirty-tiSt year
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BELLAIRE.
sickness ana Death and POrsOn'
NJ Noles, a., Sc.

sickness ana ueAtn-SnoFehbhaE eFaon'
NJ Notes, &O., &G.
Tho beliry Of the Gravel Hill school house
Is putting on new suit
John Miller, who has long been down with
the fever, Is able to be out again
]. 4. MERGERS family has returned from q
summers stay at ST. ClRinville,
James Mertz, living Just above town, /,
dangerously III with typhoid fever
A. NJ. F. Boyd Is on the police force in the
First ward as sub, for Archer, who Is of on
pleasure trip.
One Of John Preston's horses upset himself
At the B. & o. elevator Monday, but no harm
was done except TO the harness.
Miss Matte Baker Is very low with diph
itheria ut her mothers on Gravel Hill. Hope
has almost deserted her friends,
Prof. Cox's recommendation that schoo
begin next Monday II at oil possible, will nj
doubt be adopted by the School Board.
E, Citizens Is preparing to start poultry
yard, The temperature will be kept warm
'all winter, and several hundred hens kept
Mrs, Caroline Gayman, mother of Mrs
Henry Over and Mrs, John Robinson, dice
bat Sharon, Pa, on Sunday The funeral viii
take place from the residence OF Mrs, Over a
|! o'clock on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. George Robinson lost his second chile
from diphtheria Sunday, 1t was buried u
Rock Hill, Monday,
The Sunday schools Of the Second Prcsby
terrain Church and the Disciples Church viii
commence their sessions again with mex
Sunday.
The congregation Of the Pirst Presbyterian
Church will meet Wednesday evening To dc
eide whether to call Rev, MCKallip to the va
scant pulpit
The Street Commissioner is strengthening
Ibis Notifications on the square, and tn
wagons will have to rally In force II the!
storm his works again,
The path from Gravel Hill to the C, & T
Railroad is beginning to be used Us wagon
way to the river and to the nail works, tn
only road that is open yet,
Unless the President gets better 1t is no
likely we will have our speech from MI
Sherman this week, rs lie has been refusing
to speak elsewhere from that cause.
The Ercuiag Tribune has omitted, Of Cours
Internationally, from its church directory
/. The Second Presbyterian Church. Also tbl
Church Of God Of South Bellaire, The hide
pendent also Omits these.
This township is called on for twenty.ninl
IjurOrs, to be returned after the election. Thu
tFiHt wards quota Is three; the Seconds six
the Thirds and FOurth's each five; the Fifth
three and the townships seven, b..
Mr.. A, l.. Wetherald, Of this city, and man
{agGr Of tho l.aughlin Nail Works before tho
were burned, has been promised fine hors
9and buggy by the Laughlin Bros II the wOrl
rs to enable them to be making nails BY tn
first OF December.
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Disease Among Horses In ~. Paul.

ST. PAUL, September l0.-A disease pre-
valent among the horses OF this city now Il
itebri.inAuenM, propagated from germs In
the air. Two-thirds Of the deaths among
the horses suffering from the disease art
caused by improper treatment and the I'D
'ministering Of improper medicines, l
properly treated tho disease Is not danger
ous, Tho express companies, hack lines
ce companies, water company and business
houses which run drays and delivery
wagons, are crippled on account OF the dis
ease, which has attacked their horses.
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ANOTHER RAILROAD
To Cross the Mountain State-If II


TO Cross the Mountain SIate-If II IA
Built.
West Virginia seems to be rouSing at last
from the lethargy which so long las bound
IhOr, and to have resumed the occupation Of
building ratlroads-on paper. 1t has been
almost three weeks, II our memory serves us
correctly, since . certificate Of incorporation
was Issued TO company for the purpose Of
building q railroad aud an impression was
fast gniiilng ground that every piece Of I'M
occupied ground wide enough ID lay 4 rail,
road track had been occupied by n projected
road. This impression proves 10 DO prema'
ture. Yesterday there was issued at the Office
oi Secretary ofState Stalnaker 4 certificate oil
incorporation to the "Gnyandotte Valley
Railroad Company" an organization consist.
Ing Of the following corporations
Angus NJ. Smith, GullfOrd county, s. O.;
John Cotton, Kanawha county, W. Va; W.
A. Gales, D. W. jenkins and !. G. Ruby, oil
hahawha Gounty, Tho corporation l. q per,
100000, and It's principal office Is to be al
Guyandotte, Cabcll county. Its object Is the
CONSTRUCTION Of a tailroad from the mouth oil
Ibp GgyRDA9tte river IN Cabell county, by
Tie most practicable route to nQint Oh the
Zine between the States Of West Virginia and
Virginia, at or near the head waters Of the
Big Sandy river, In Mcdowell county,
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THANKS FOR THE IIARyE.T.
BeautifuI Celebration at tho German
Lutheran Church.

The church OF tho German Lutheran con
grcgation ofwhch Rev, DR., A. ShanrCnek II
pastor, and which stands at the corner Of
Market and Seventeenth streets, was on last
Sunday the scene Of one Of the most notable
little celebrations in the history OF the city
The occasion was their annual harvest thanks
giving, and the church was crowded To suiEo
lCatiOn both morning and evening, Tho pull
1 nit and the rallied space In front were liter
Slliy covered with thank Offering
\ of the congregation, consisting Of speCi
mems Of every fruit flower and Yege
table known to ourplmate, More than fifty
abcautiful bouquets of rare flowers wert
lmassed unOn d table next tho pulpit, aud
gothers wero arranged at intervals among the
fruit. Graceful leStoons Of oak leaves and
seyergrOons were over head, making canopy
for the prOfusion Of brilliant flowers, Rare
and beautiful birds, from DIR, ShaifranOk'i
archaeological collection, swayGd on the
fplants, OF which about half u hundred rarC
isperImens contributed TO the display The
whole was arranged with noticeable degree
!Of artistic skill, and lighted by MYRIAD
! OF tiny gas Jets In the form Of On arch, witt
% large Star beneath.
Parsons, the photographer, secured iint
negative Of the display yesterday.
Sunday rs Happened, was also DR.. Shaffra
hicks birthday,and after the services Of the day
which all were appropriate to the festive cele
shratiQn, the church choir, under tho leader
ship Of Prof Louis Yaas called Mt the par
gs1nage and sang several appropriate airs
SPhe pastor WIS also made the recipient oil
numerous fine and appropriate presents
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Squire MurrlnS yesterday had before hin
Charlie Wilson, charged with maliciousl,
cutting John Gordon, and dismissed the cas-
at Clordon'scost This is an affair that occurr
ed several weeks ago near the South Wheel
Ing glass works A. crowd Of boys were play
Ing roughly aud during the rnnpuS Gord6t
was cut on the hand and IN the back. III
then until within few days. The evidence
However, went to show that what Wilson did
was oil In self defense and the medical test
moty as to the extent Of the cut was that Il
was slight one.
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FORGING POSTAL HONEY ORDERS.
Another Gentlemen Caught at thai
TFick-StOry Of His Crime.

ST.. LOUIS, September ia special to
the Globe Democrat from san Francisco
says Jno. II, franklin, who claims to
come from Winona, ILL.,, was arrested in
This city last night for forgeries committed
lin Illinois, On the 2lst OF last February,
while employed us clerk in the POstotlicC
at Winona, he forged thirty-One postal
money orders OF $50 each, and with a fore
Thought gained only by his knowledge Of
the service, also manufactured and signed
the letters Of advice that always accompany
such money orders. Soon after doing this
he left Winona and realized $500 on these
money orders on his travels eastward, col
lecting two orders in the town Of Celina
land three each in Lima and Columbus
sOhio, besides the same number in Phila'
delphia, New York and Jersey City. Hear.
ling that detectives were on his truck, he
then turned South and finally brought VI
lin this city, He stopped some time in thu
southern part Of the State, working on news
papers. He then came here, and TO raise
smOney wrote letter to Postmaster COey
saying he could give Il clue to the iorgel
Franklin II there was any reward for him
This gave the police IL chance, and they
soon grabbed their man. He will DO ex'
stradited and sent to Illinois.
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ArrEMpTEn WIrE MrRnER.



Tho popularity sensational events in this
locality have Of repeating themselves seems
to hold good through the whole rttn Of cast.
mites and crimes Recently we chtonicled
the attempt of Centre Wheeling miner to
make himself widowcr, and yesterday
Squire Felber had before him North Wheel.
.inE German, charged with tho same ofEensp,
Illis name Is Louis BrnSt, and lo Is employed
al one Of the Fulton butchgries. Not sitis.
Ifird with plyingh his calling In business hours,
his wife alleges, lie took carving knife and
attempted to make mihce meat Of her,
A portion Of the testimony for the prOseCtl-
ton was heard, and the hearing adj Outned till
Ihali.paSt seven last evening, At which time II
was discovered that he had departed. Con.
stable Exley was armed with q warrant and
went In pursuit, and the prospects late last
might were good for Louis spending several
hours In Capt. Daileys charge this morning