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

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battle. CurICuM MRDiCfEAL ToiLEr Soar, %
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ccnisi In bars for BARRIERS mud large uOnguuus, 10
cents.
All mailed irrn nm ynoeibi ~ nrion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-01

MUTTON Broth SOUP for Merchants
Lunch this morning at tho New AoLuFe
NouSs Samplo Rooms.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-01


Stephen Mccullough Carpenter and
Builder,
Social and Supper.
Piano for Remit. W Banner.
Observation-Disclosures Bank.
Lost Bracelet.
List Of Letters,
Bangle Bfacelets--1, G., Dillon.
Housekeeping GoUds - Eushoimor-
[heRd Of local.
Selling Out to Quit Buainess-Henry
.Roemer,
SheriE's OGce--C. p. Brown.
Dividend NotiCe-PeabGdy Insurance
Company.
Notice ReheCca Harden.
LORt-SatChcl.
Dividend-Nationsl Band Of West Vir'
giniG.
NotiCe-Jos. Kleeh.
Dissolution Notice Reed 4 Houston
DR.. Simpsons Specific Medicine.
Cuticura- fourth pRge.1
Commonwealth Distribution Company,
Inman Line Royal Mail Steamers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-01

oITSrC Kol. 10 smG n F%0nrtccnth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-01

MANUEL Manlnts ECv Urlcans, th., writes: mo
others ran compare With tho CutiturA liCmclisa /
have used them In I'LL forms for \ severe case Of what
OuTf1 IN tivht WRHksU
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-01

1SQuiRe for Chief Tobacco and take no
other. You will like It,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-01

snlEr MUSIC, hall price, al shoib's,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
The Mound Of Mourning.
PaiIndeIphia -.


According to a Welsh legend there is
a mound which is called the Mound of
Mourning; and On the mound there is a
cairn or heap of rocks, and in the cairn
there is a serpent, and on the tail of the
serpent there is stone, and the virtue of
the stone is such that whatsoever holds il
in one hand can have in the other as
much gold as ne wishes; but first he
must fight with the serpent. To touch
the magic stone many unfortunates have
met their doom even while the yellow
gold filed their itching palm. Some
died, some lost an eye, some, terrified by
the monster, became insane or returned
10 their homes, only to die because their
sleep was disturbed by evil dreams.
1t is no new thing to declare the deceit
fulness or riches; it has served as the
theme or the preacher or the philosopher
since the days of Solomon and Plato; it
is the constant standby of the modern
pulpit. and yet men, and ministers as
well, still visit the mound of mourning,
still dare the fangs of the watchful SER
pent, still come staggering back, manned,
halt or blind, but clutching their stores
This man has made his fortune, but has
lost his appreciation of the true and
good; this Other is blind to beauty 10
music, nature, humanity; this other with a
bank account of a million, with yellow
stores and houses bringing him princely
income, suddenly fears that starvation is
staring him in the face, and his family
must watch him night and day lest he
suddenly cut his throat. 1t is the work
of the serpent. on whose tail the magic
stone is placed. With some, the serpent
uses guile, makes wrong seem right,
cruelty justice, dishonesty shrewdness,
and such men, having hreathed the
poisoned air, almost lose the appearance
of men; their brOws contract, they be-
come sOrdid and mean, they stint them
selves and their families, and when at
last they die, it is relief to the world
even as much as If they had been wild
beasts. Others, the serpent sends on long
and pTOtiiless tiourneyings through des'
eTts and wastes Of sea, makes them toll
10 weary lands, or climb rugged noun
taIns, with the promise that at their re-
turn they may have their wish, and touch
the stone.
In nearly all cases il is at the cost of
life, or, what is better than life, that the
glitteriDg goal is reached. After the
toll, or the fight. or the illusion is past,
how many or able 10 say, ut was worth
while, have not regret?' We Ameri
cans especially seem given over to the de-
vices Of this cunning Old serpent. Our
fathers were content to touch the stone
late in life or even to die without that
fateful boon, but We must needs bind
ourselves early to work the behests of
the Willy One, and each day his demands
become more exacting, his protean
changes and battles more dangerous and
more insidiOus, as the stone when
touched each time is found true to its
ancient virtue. giving to each the meas
TTre of his wishes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
THE DE EEssEPs CANAL.
No Real work 10 be Done for a
Year.

The New Orleans Democrat of Octo-
Der % contains an interview with Mr..
Da Costa, of Aspinwall, about the De
Lesseps canal scheme. There are, he
said, "some three hundred men employ
ed in making triangulations and surveys
of the route, but outside Of that no work
is being done"
'Can you tell me at what time the
actual work Of excavating will probably
begin1"
IN. Verbrugg. who is the provisional
director in the absence of N. Recluse,
who, as you probably know, was recalled
to Paris q short time ago, told me that,
in his opinion, no real work in the way
of excavating would be done there until
December, 1882"
"Where is the general Office of the
company
AT Panama they purchased the Grand
Hotel on the 18th day of this month,
paving for the same 206, 900 soles, or
Peruvian dollars, equal in your money to
$1SS,0O0. This is by all odds the finest
building in Panama, and viii be con-
verted into general Office by the pur-
chasers."
''What do the residents of Aspin-
wall and Panama seem to think OF the
scheme5"
They have great expectations of the
future and seem to think that the work
will be commenced long before the time
set by n Yerbrugg. They think
the plan proposed is a feasible one
and that it will be successfully carried
out"
What effect has this had upon proper
ty on the isthmus?'
Property has quadrupled and quin-
tupled in value since the work of sur
veying was begun. Ruins that could
have been bought for FIVE thousand dol
lars a few wears ago are now held at if
ty thousand dollars. Both Aspinwall
and Panama are increasing IN popula.
ton very fast, and a great deal of
building is being done in both places.
OF the two Panama is growing the most
rapidly"
"Of what nationality are the men en-
gagged in the work."
They are all Frenchmen, and few
DAYS before l left the company reduced
their wages twenty five cents a day, which
resulted in what might be called a small
strike among the men, work being en-
tirely suspended for several days and
many of the men quitting entirely.
There were several that came to the
United States on the same steamer with
me. No strike there, however, can be
successful. as no organization exists and
the men must work or starve. They were
paying the men engaged there one dollar
per day, and they now pay seventy-tive
cents"
''Are they having any trouble
whatever regarding the route of the
canalf"
Yes, little. They have a suit pend.
ing now against the municipal authori-
ties Of Panama, on account of some
lands purchased of the city, which they
are unable to obtain possession of, owing
to the fact that the title in them is defec
tive"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
A POSSIBLE SURPRISE.
Thirteen Independent CrOngressme EN-
VINO Propose 20 Break States.
Wdshinoton Post.


While the fight over the Speakership
wakes hotter every day there is an ele-
ment in the organization of the House
which, though now apparently ignored,
is confidently expected by some to cause
scheme is on foot to consolidate the.
Greenbaok material for an independent
stand. A prominent Greenbacker says
that they have finally succeeded in secur-
ing the cooperation of twelve members
to that end. He declares that J. Hyatt
Smith, of Brooklyn, will not go into the
Republican caucus. In fact, Smith will
keep out of the way for the time being
to avoid the pressure and await develop
ments The two Virginia Readjusters
are claimed by the Greenbackers and are
said to have given assurances that they
will not go into the caucus of Repubii-
cans. Mr.. Ladd, of Maine, Messrs. Bur
rows, Hazeltine and Rice, of Missouri,
are here and they have, it is announced,
taken the same stand. Mr.. Brumm, of
Pennsylvania, has written letter to the
Greenback headquarters declaring his
purpose to stick to the Greenback band
against the wiles of either party. The
plan is to run Bedford, of Colorado, for
Speaker. 1t is said that Belford is sub
stantially a Greenbacker, and that he has
been cons suited and will accept the nomi.
nation. This would not only give the
Greenbackers one more vote but would
deprive the Republicans of one. There
is Iumor that Bedford has been person
ally consulted in New York and was
prevailed upon TO accept on condition
that eleven men could be got into the soft
money caucus. To gain his consent it is
stated that a modified code of principles
was submitted to him as principles
for which they would contend this year
in Congress. Smith, of Brooklyn, has
been counted with the Republicans here
tofore, as has also at least two of the
Missourians, who. it is alleged, pledged
themselves to Republican reorganization
to their constituents. The two Virginia
men have also been so counted. This
movement has been actively but quietly
pushed, our Informant states, until it is
now absolutely certain that they have the
votes to prevent either party organizing
without their consent. They propose, it
is further stated, to deadlock the House
until they secure such recognition from
one party or the other. as they think
themselves entitled to. What this recog-
milton is was not stated. A Speaker from
the West is an ultimatum of Belford
and others.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

THE WAITER.-A crusty-looking old
gentleman, accompanied by the regula-
ton well fed consort and a couple of
well-favored daughters. entered the din
ding-room.of the Del Monte, and, as he
tucked his napkin beneath his generous
chin, turned round and fixed q fierce
glance upon the waiter behind his chair.
Look here, my man." said the old
party, sharply, "before give my order l
want to ask you question. Areyou an
Italian Count in disguise?"
"DIvil bit, replied the surprised cof-
fee-splasher.
Nor an English nobleman, the uuac-
oountable delay of whose remittance has
temporarily compelled, etc2"
NAV, EUR.
"'Nor a graduate of Harvard, and es-
tranged from your father, rich Boston
banker, whose naughty pride is as I'M
yielding as your own, etc?"
"Oi am not"
"All right; here's dollar, and you can
bring in the grub. Now that | know
you are not the regular thing in walters
nowadays. that you are not going to
run off with one of my daughters or pick
my pocket. L can eat in peace. San
Francisco Post.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
The Nab0bs Of the Press.
Burlington HairI1eye.


Editors are usually wealthy" the
man with the sample case remarked.
yes" / said, "they are familiar with
all the slang and business phrases of the
money market; they write about millions
as ordinary men talk about dollars; they
know how to pay the rational debt; tt ey
build railroads; they organize mining
and magnificent transportation compa-
MES with fabulous capital; they declare
war without consulting the Rothschilds,
and if all the banks in America were to
fail 20 morrow they wouldn't be a cent
poorer than they are TO day. Yes, they
are rich. They associate with the
moneyed classes, they sit down to the
table with kings, and sometimes, in hap
pier, luckier moments, with aces. If
you want TO borrow money, go to the
editor, be viii turn TO his advertising col.
umns and tell you where you can borrow
il. If you have money to loan, rather
than see You suffer he will borrow it of
YOU himself. Rich? He knows the Sc
crets of the moneYed rings; he divulges
The plans and schemes of the heavy op-
peratOrs TO the people; he Toars himself
louder than the bulls, and growls among
the bears; his voice is heard in the
temples Of the money changers, asking
for money; he MARBLES his little rounde-
lays cut On the curbstone, in melan-
choly key, when he doesn't getit. Oh,
yes, editors are Iichi When you want to
spend all the money you have in this
wide, wide world. to your lawyer; when
YOU want something done for nothing,
HE you to your newspaper Office. Then,
when YOU want TO send some man TO
Congress. send your lawyer. because you
csn get along without him" /
paused. and a round silence
filed the car Ike q dream of peace. /
looked around upon my audience. Ii was
asleep.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
PUZZLED PROFESSIONALS.
Six Hundred Physicians Assemble
10 witness an Operation Beyond
Their skill.

bTr. George o. Starr sent 2,312 invita-
tons to physicians in this city and here
abouts to attend an interesting clinic by
Doctor Lynn, of London, at certain
number on Broadway. Some six hundred
responded, many of them accompanied
by ladies' They were ushered between
the lines of living curiosities which Mr..
Bunnell has collected and into the audi
forum, where Doctor Lynn said he
should be happy to decapitate and other
wise dismember one or more Of them, if
any felt like submitting to the operation.
None responding, he said he would
take a stsge carpenter for his subject,
and invited two of the doctors to assist
him. After propounding to them an
intricate question in biology, asking them
if the resolution was clear in their minds,
and being answered by the shaking of
heads, he confessed that neither was it
clear in his mind, and the stage carpen.
ter who was to be his subject was strapped
against a board at the rear of the stage,
curtain being first drawn in front of
him to conceal the painful process.
Then the curtain being withdrawn, DR..
Lynn seized heavy pruning knife, and
with neat twirl removed the left arm of
the figure strapped TO the board. The
left leg was next sacrificed. Then a
black cloth was thrown over the head
which was undoubtedly that of the stage
carpenter, and when the cloth was re-
moved the figure was headless. The doctor
offered this part of the man to any lady
in the hall who would hold it while the
dissection proceeded, but none volun-
teered. The figure pointed in mute ap-
peal with his right hand to the place
where the head ought to be, and the doc
tor kindly restored the head, which
smiled with qualification. The other
members of the body were then thrown
at the stage carpenters feet-or, more
properly. at his foot he was told to
put himself together while the curtain
was drawn for half a minute. At the
expiration of that time he walked forth,
to all appearances whole, though Dr.
Lynn told the lockers on that they must
not trust wholly to appearances.
At any rate, what was done had been
accomplished without loss of blood,
and the assembled doctors acknowledged
that this was more than they could
themselves hope for in performing the
amputation of a mans head, one arm and
one leg.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

BEGGING FROM Mrs. GARFIELD
Mrs. Garfield has been greatly annoyed
lately by begging letters from all parts
of the country and from all classes of
people. Since the death of her husband
she has received nearly one thousand
two hundred of these letters. Mother
Garfield has also had great many SINH
lar letters, and in once instance at least
little Miss Mollie was appealed to by q
correspondent who desired to become her
step father. Mrs. Garfield has read all of
these letters and then burned them. Sew
eral letters were received from church
societies asking for help with their debts.
One woman wrote for money to buy
mourning dress for herself, and tomb
stone for her son, lately dead. Another.
who had lost one husband In the war,
and married worthless and undesirable
companion. She wanted money to en-
able her to leave him. A young girl
wrote for money for a wedding trous-
seau. Another beggar wanted several
thousand dollars to pay off her husbands
debts. She enclosed photograph of her
insolvent husband, and asked further
that Mrs. Garfield solicit President
Arthur to give him clerkship of some
sort under the government.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

THE GRAND OLD APPIAN WAY.-I
have seen the Grand Old Appian Way,
as my guide-book calls it. The G. o. A.
w. IS several miles long and some six
teen or eighteen feet wide. In fact it is
a very common sort of lane, except that
it is narrower than most American lanes,
and, though it is fenced in and well
paved, it is far removed from either
grandeur or beauty. A drive along the
Appian Way behind the average Roman
steed, the meanest horse attsinable out
side of Mexico, driven by the average
Roman citizen, is one of the least sub
lime exercises / know OF. The citizen
may possibly be descended from CALI
gula or Augustus, ard the horse, every
time it breathes, may pump through its
gothic carcass the noble blood of Blu
cephalus, but they don't look it, and
you must "make believe very hard, like
the BIaIchioness over her lemonade, to
make the drive other than prosaic. How
ever, it was built by Appius Claudius,
the gentleman who had difficulty with
Virginius concerning the latter's daugh-
ter, 1908 years ago, and that is a good
while-W 4. Crofufs Letter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
FaVOriteS Of Fortune.
The CapriciOusness of the
Blind Goddess Shown by the
Varied and Unequal BestOw-
al of Her FaVOrs!-An I'm
matchable Record!

A partial List of the Prizes Paid by
the Louisiana State Lottery Company
during the Year ending November, 1881,
together with the Names and Addresses
given to the Company by the Holders,
Omitting those who have requested it.
Receipts for the Amounts are on File
at the Offices of the Company.
Reference may also be made to Adams
Express Company, which has collected
on behalf of Holders of Prizes Sold
through the New York Office more than
a Million Dollars.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

The white-haired old lady, wrinkled
and worn, whom the passers in the Rue
Vivienne staredat the other day. was the
ex-Empress Eugene. Most Parisians
who saw her thought that there was
something familiar in her appearance,
but could not remember who she was
She visited a shop in which a great num-
Der of valuable works of art which once
graced the imperial palaces were stored.
She went through the garden of the
Tuileries, and out to Fontainebleau,
where she de lighted to live with her son.
Those who conversed with her say that
she is completely broken in spirit, and
that her life seems a burden 10 her. Tee
hand of sorrow has fallen heavily upon
her in the last ten years. No authority
dreamed of putting any obstacle in the
way of her visit. Indeed, think she
might come here to live, have salon,
and conspire, and no one would feel con-
strained to exercise a very careful super
vision on her movements. At last the
Napoleouic legend il dead in France. -
Nep York Pest Paris Letter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

The American Vice Consul at Pesth
reports that four hundred Hungarian
families have applied to him for his advice
in view of a resolution that they had
taken to emigrate to this country. They
are all from one vicinity, and are repre-
sented to be skilled farmers and artisans,
and each family having on an average
property of cash value of 1000 gull
dens, or about $500. Being told of the
difficulties and dangers of immigrant life
under the best circumstances, they still
persisted in their determination, saying
that they could not make any Roadway
in Hungary, in consequence chiefly of
the heavy taxation and imposts, and that
they had in tlseir number men of suf1-
Gent intelligence and energy to learn
English quickly. and thus become
spokesman for the whole party. AT
last accounts they were making active
preparations to sail for New York in
few weeks.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03
GeaaI SaIes.
NOTICE.

WILL be sold at public cutlery, at Munner-
w Ism, Burke county, Ca, on MONDAY,
December 5th, 1881, the same to continue from
day to day until finally disposed of, all the
stock in trade, and all personal property of
every kind and description in and at the for
mer store Of ]. 7. q j. NJ CRAWFORD, or in
the vicinity thereof ia said county of Burke
+ars s i ne ~ ~ ~ " s, anu a;d
firm to me dated November 2, 1881, and now of
file with the Clerk Of the Superior Court of
Burke county for record. All debtors to said
firm are hereby notified to make payment to
me alone, or TO 8. B. HARGROVE, my duly
appointed agent In charge of said store. as the
notes and chooses in action due to said firm, with
all their property, real and personal, have
been by said deed conveyed to me for the pur-
pose OF making distribution among the credi-
tors in accordance with the terms Of the said
deed.
NOVEMBER 10, 1881.
JOSEPH HULL.
Assignee.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

By authority Of the State, Gen. g. T. Beaure-
gard, of Louisiana, and Gen. Jubal A. Early, of
Virginia. will personally arrange all details and
supervise the Extraordinary Semi Annual
Drawing Of the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pany, at New Orleans, Tuesday, December 10.
1i,2 prizes, amounting to $50, 800, including
one Capital Prize of $4,000; one Grand Prize
of $4,000; one Grand Prize of $4,000 etc
Tickets, ten dollars $50: Halves, five dollars
05); Fifths, two dollars Css); Tenths, one dol
lar (S1).
Write fer circulars or send address to NJ. A.
DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La, or n. A. DAU-
PHIN. 21s Broadway, New York. For full par
ticulars see the advertisement OF the Company
In another part OF this paper.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-03

UNEQUALED SPORT IN LoUIsIANA.-A
few days ago Jim Young, the modern
Nimrod of the Southwest, while on a
hunt in the Sodo Lake bottom, was told
by planter of the neighborhood to kill
a hog of his if he came across one in his
mark. Jim killed the hog, and not being
able to Ego the whole hog" at one trip
hung up part of the deceased, and on his
return found one quarter gone and bear
signs around the place. Leaving the
rest of the meat on the bush he returned
that night and lay in wait for bruin. To
ward daylight the bear came, and Jim
tumbled her. While engaged in butch
erlDg the bear cub approached and met
the fate of the old one. Hearing the
hounds coming in full cry, Jim took a
stand and soon had famous large buck
at his feet. Very soon afterwards another
cub appeared, and he killed that one also,
thus having killed in one morning, and
at one stand, one large bear, two cubs,
and a monster buck. Jim says he at the
same time and place killed two wildcats
and three wild turkeys, but this must be
taken cum granO sails. The bears and
the buck we have seen; they speak for
themselves metaphorically speaking. -
Shreveport (LG.) Times.