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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
A TERRIBLE DISEASE.
How 1t is Destroying Chinese in British
Columbia.

New YORK, April l5.-An Ottawa, On
tario, special says: A terrible disease
has broken out among the Chinsman
employed on the Canada Pacific Rail
way works in British Columbia. The
case OF a Chinese cook at q place known
as Big Tunnel, will serve to illustrate
some phases OF the strange malady. He
sat down, apparently perfectly well, to
eat his dinner, his feet began to swell,
and the swelling extended itself up his
legs and body, reaching the vital parts
in about ten minutes, causing his alb
domen and chest TO expand to most un
natural proportions, and he tumbled
down dead, all in less than fifteen min.
utes from the time the disease attacked
him. In this way these people are dy-
ing IN dozens, and already more than a
hundred have been carried off. White
people are alarmed. The government
has been asked to have the disease in
yesiipated.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
YOUNG EMIGRANT
Fatally Stabbed By 9 Fellow Passenger.

CHEYENNE, Wy, April ia fatal
stabbing affray occurred on the west.
bound emigrant train at noon to-day,
near Pine Bluffs Station, Wyoming. A
man named Black qusrreled with boy
passenger and Evan Lewis interiered to
protect the boy. Black then stabbed
Lewis with dirk knife in the abdomen,
and jumped off the train, running
across the plains. Several passengers
are engaged in the pursuit OF Black, who
will probably be lynched ii caught
Lewis is from Dodgeville, Wis and was
bound for Butte, Montana. The physi.
clans say that he will die within twenty.
four hours. He lies in the Cheyenne
Hospital.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
GRANTS ARRIVAL
In the City of Mexico-His Movements
Regarded with Apprehension.

CRY OF Mexico, April 7.-Generals
Grant and Romero have arrived. The
movements OF the former are regarded
with apprehension. The latter is in bad
odor with the president. There was no
reception whatever. The incorporators
have transferred the franchise for rail.
road from Matamoras TO Montery to
Palmer and Sullivan, and the contract
for the construction OF the road has
been made.
Ex-Governor Pacheco and Col. Lewis,
OF California, are in the city in the inter
est OF the Topalavanpo railroad.
Six thousand laborers, it it is stated,
were discharged from the Palmer road.
The cause is not known.
A fire, now in progress, destroyed the
Lanzos warehouse. Loss $50, 900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
WIIUUII INc w VA SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL l6. 1881.

confirms the report from Berlin that
Greece has accepted the Turkish pro-
posals, and states that Greece at the
same time commends the Greek popula-
ton remaining under Turkish rule to
the equitable consideration OF the
Powers. Before the receipt OF this news
the Morning Post said: at is believed
that news has been received from the
East justiiying the hope Of peaceful
settlement" The same journal states
that Mr.. Goscheu, Ambassador to Tur-
key, will return to England in the course
OF the present month, Lord Dufferin
proceeding to Constantinople to take up
the thread of the negotiations where
Mr.. Goschen left them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
CABINET MEETING.
Aid Extended 10 the Sufferers In Dakots

Aid Extended 10 the Sufferers In Dakota.
WAsnISGroS, April l5.-The War
and Navy Departments were not repre-.
sented ut the Cabinet meeting to-day,
owing 10 the absence OF Secretarys Hunt
and Lincoln. The situation in Dakota
was considered. President Garfield
called attention 10 the destitute c0ndi.
ton Of hundreds OF homeless sufferers
by floods, and expressed an earnest de-
sire TO have every needed relief ex.
tended. with the least possible delay.
II was decided 10 authorize the issuing
OF army rations for two weeks and cloth.
ing and supplies. An arrangement wss
also made by which salt meat, which
cannot be furnished st needed points In
sufficient quantities by the War De-
partment. IL 10 be furnished through the
Interior Department from the Indian
supplies, to be replaced eventually by
the War Department. Gen. Ordway
was at the White House Immediately
after the Cabinet meeting 10 confer with
the President relative IN carrying out
the plans for relief.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
Caught Robbinz the Mails.

CINcINNATI, April Is j. q. Unser,
dispatch clerk in the Cincinnati post
once, was arrested this morning Tor rob.
hing the mails Of letters containing
money. Mr.. Burt, superintendent oI
mails, set day for him, hid. watched
and discovered him in the act and ar.
rested him. He admits this case OF
stealing, but denies having stolen pre-.
No1siy' For several months valuable
passages have been stolen from these
mSl1s' lie was held to answer and is in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
HENEws
o,,,s Day in Pithy Paragraphs.
vi INV porestic.

NS1@~-
susll.pox and tyPhqs have 'aken
,,Ssb start in New YORK.
MS Id ,ba. an intrepid Ohio man OF
IL Is sa,% san,iyinr for the appointment ol
Tue -. u,;lliou bushels Of coal shipped
SeNvI W. ,,rer on this rise, adds MIN
gov doSn rs,f,a s,,S to the cities down the river
e'%' - Sbrltz, of Milwaukee, was run
~ 'Vp and killed by the cars IN the CnI' On.
',.,r MilNduSee and ~ Fdu' S"iu' Wv
TT rr: wo,ld's Fair Executive Commit
luv -, -, next Wednesday 10 decide
,'g..tSr the worS shall be continue" or
-, Dawes is described by a CORE
ssu",y' st'r, g shaped ike one-hslt of q
Sin,sssis Siour,s, and as being thln-halred
and scrawny' .so .
Gaor,e Alfred Townsend gets 800 q
vsas nor bis Johnny Bouquet letters IN
,ss New York Tribune, and usuaiiy
writes only one letter week. .
Cd, Ruck, Of Texas, was acquitted
- rharye OF shooting John ";
,Ttonnsnn. ~ Jr.. of Ohio, while at school
., Uirhland Falls preparing Tor West
Point. M
Rsrs;rh. y. G, special says: W. j.
,,'rIsn a member OF the Lower House
- = legislature, eloped with the vile
.,I A Johnson. They carried on
....,rrt al money.
Tba Annie Ward Tiffany combination,
,rbi~b bas been playing through South
-, ma, f1r some weeks, broke up at
v,,;sf,. Yesterday. Cause, too many
s,t,rbments and bad business.
The Governor of Massachusetts, and
C,uucil have refused the prayer OF
Stearns X. Abbott, sentenced TO De
bsroaI on the 22d inst. for the murder
of Mrs. Crue in January, lSSO.
The Postmaster General has issued an
orIsr concerning the violation OF the
roryriyht law, and designating as un-
mailab.e matter any publications "nlch
violates any copyright granted by the
United States.
Foreign.
Doctors and sailors from American
ships particularly distinguished them
selves IN tending the wounded at Chio.
Gladstone writes that the government
will not adopt any apOlogetlc tone IN
the coming debate on the Transyaa
QUESTION.
Uor,enz Schneider is selling her Jew
els auI objects OF art at the Hotel
,sruuat. Paris. The proceeds otthe first
DAVIS sale amounted TO $4,000.
At NadriI, Yesterday, large Petard
exploded at the door OF the church OF
Santa Maria while the edlice was inll oil
warshinerS. The door was damaged,
ut no one Was hurt
Rothschilds house at Paris has nOtl'
fird the Italian government OF Its inabil.
ity % issue a loan iOr the resumption oil
specie payments so long as the difficult
ties between France and Italy are not
entirely smOO,hed away.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
The Anti-Jswish Petition Win Not &c
Granted.

BERLIN, April l5-The anti Jewish
petition sent Bismarck on the 18th, has
been going abont the empire for sigma
tunes tor SIX months past, and aims ut
imposing restriction on the immigrS-
tlon OF Jews into Germany, and exelud'
ing them from certain walks Of activity
altogether; in fact, undoing much legis-
latlon OF the past IN their favor; but the
objects OF the petition are hopeless, in
view OF the utterancss of the govern
ment that II does no. intend to permit
the existing laws affecting the Jews 10
be repealed or altered. Bismsrsk has
also told Hundesrath that the anti
jewish agitation is against hls wishes.
The Crown Prince Frederick William, il
not the Emperor. also has still less sym
pathy with the movement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16

er, will enter into the brick business ex.
tensively this spring and summer. He
is backed with both energy and capital.
We learn that quite . number OF new
dwellings will be erected in this place
the coming summer.
Ex-Sherif L. T. Gray, who was can.
didate for Commissary at the penitsu-
tiary, will give his attention more par.
ticulsrly in the future to the raising OF
blooded stock.
The Moundsville correspondent OF the
Inteiigencer reported row at the New
Latrobe House when there was none; !;
but there was row at Henry Snider's,
on Thursday evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
Arrest of n Forger.

WASHINGTON, Pa, April l5.-Yester-
day special officer Ebenezer McBurney
arrested VIM. G. Dougherty, alias Neil,
q colored man, at Steubenyille, for iorg-
ing the name Of VIM. Null TO an order
on V. Harding, and obtaining the
money. He was lodged in Jail here.
The man has served some time IN the
Morgsnss Reform School.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
CoLp-BLooDED MURDER.
A Conductor Dispatches . Road Maste

A Conductor Dispatches Q Road Master.
LARAMIE CRY, April l5.-Early this
morning Laramie City was the scene OF
a cold,hlooded, revolving murder.
Charles Pierronet, freight conductor
Oh the Larimie division OF the Union
Pacific Railroad, murdered the road
master, G. Ii. Graves, at the southeast
corner of the telegraph Office. Both
men were married, and each had a
pleasant home with a vile and one
child. Pierronet called Graves out OF
the telegraph Office and shot him dead.
The murderer was promptly arrested
and lodged in Jail. The excitement
runs very high, and threats OF lynchins
are INDUCED in. This. however, the
law abiding citizens will try TO avert.
rhe evidence is 80 overwhelming that
the law is bound to take speedy action
on the case.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
WHEAT AND STOCK REPoR1.
But . Pair Showing Throushout the
Country.

Country.
WAsHISGToS, April l6.-Tbe reports
OF April LIST received at the Department
OF Agriculture show that there Ia On In
crease Of nearly 4 per cent. In the ares
sown in winter wheat. Kansas and
Missouri show the largest increase, Ohio
and Illinois bat slight and New York
and Pennsylvania remain the same N
last year. Indiana, Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Virginia each report some de-
crease, owing 10 the prevalence 0f snow.
At the date OF the returns the con-
dition OF the crop vas
not given in large portions
OF the principal wheat growing States,
bat wherever mentioned II was stated
~ below the average Of last year. The
alternate freezing and thawing during
the n,snth OF March was the most deth-
mental OF suy weather during the win
ter. The live stock of the country, not.
withstanding the scarcity OF food and
provender caused by the long and se-
we're winter, has come out In lair health,
though reported very low In flesh. No
malignant nor prevailing disease 70 re-
ported over any large extsnt OF the
country. Local disorder OF lungs and
stomschs are often mentioned, and great
losses from cold and exposure are ~
ported from the plains in the lar Wsse-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
Given Up by Doctors-

Is y possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
remedy?' "
81; ! assure you IT is true that he is en-
nnreiy cured, and with nothing but Hon
t,; n,e'ers; and only ten days ago his doc
'ots nn gave hlm up and said he must die,o
r"ell-a-day. That is remarkable! |
VIII 10 this day aud get some for NV
oDs Ee1 rge-l know hops are good. y
i-AuSaln, Bros. & CO., Agents
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
A Hoy Hun Over.

SrruaExyILLE, April l5.-HafIy. the
twelve year old son Of Thomas hcCon::
mel. px.cousfable, had his left leg groued
"a belos the knee Last evening by .
Pan. Handle train. de MAS picking up
coal. he says. when tra,n passed % one
side and another came along on the other
side, catching his leg. and the entire train
passed over il.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
BERNHARDI's bonanza.
She Will Wander Back to Paris With
s2OO, 900 of American Coin

PHILADELPHIA, April l5.-Mr. Hy. f.
Abbey. under whose management Mile.
Sarah Bernhardt has made her starring
tour through the United States and
Canada, has communicated to the New
York papers the information that the
actress will complete her engagement Of
$50 NIGHTS at Philadelphia next Satur.
day evening, by which time the man.
sgement will have received from the
engagement between S43O, 900 and $40
600, OF which Bernhardt will take back
TO Paris about 100000 as her share OF
the most successful dramatic engagement
ever played in this country. 1t is un-
derstood that Mr.. Abbey will also pocket
at least $4,000 as his share OF the
profits. The manager speaks in the
highest terms of Mile. Bernhardt's lady
like and considerate department
throughout the engagement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
TWO BLoPING WIVES.
Their Paramours Suffer at the Hands OF
an Irate Husband.

an Irate Husband.
CIScISNATI, April ia Times-Star
special says: A week ago two tramps,
who had been living some time with
Ben Davis and son, on st. Francis river,
IS miles south of Memphis, persuaded
the wives OF the two Davises, in the alb
sence of their husbands, to elope with
them. They started down the river on
fiat boat. The younger Davis, on COM
ing home. armed himself with n shot
gun and took passage on a steamer in
pursuit. He came up 10 the party, who
were encamped on the bank, and pre-
vailing on the captain to go slow he shot
and killed the tramp who had abducted
his wife. He got off at the next land.
ing and came back and found the dead
man deserted. From pardon in the
man s pocket he found that his name was
Clark, who was an Illinois convict.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
Placed Him on q Chsir.

ST. PkTERsBURG, April IA man
has been arrested for having in his pos
session unlawful prints. He declined
to answer any questions and was made
TO stand upon chair at the prefecture
OF police and all the house porters and
the general public have been invited to
pass through the apartment and see II
any Of them could identity him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
PARKEksBURG.
piod unattended and UnknOwn

DlCu ualt1ANGN ahA - 1NAS"N'
PAEEEEsBURG, April lj.-The body OF
an unknown man was found IN room
OF the Swami House Yesterday morning
lie came TO the hotel the day before, and
complaining Of being M, was sent to a
room without having registered his
name. Upon his person was found a
good silver watch, nearly 500 in money
and carl bearing the name OF j. X.
Burke, I'aytnwOrth, Kansas, The
money aud rard were sewed up in a coat
pocket. \ jury VAS impane!ed, and q
verdict returned that the man, whose
name Is unknown, came 10 his death
from exhaustion Incident upon con-
sumption. IL IL now believed that he
was brother Of Squire Leach, a well
known resident oi the upper end OF tie
county, and that he was on his way to
visit Leach when he died.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
GREECE ACCEPTS.

Conditions Offered by Turkey and Rati-
fed by the Powers Finally Approved
at Athens-Probable End Of the I'm
broglio.
LONDON, April 10 M. Rangabe, the
Greek Minister at Berlin, has formally
announced that his government has no.
tilted the representatives Of the powers
at Athens Of its acceptance OF the Turk
ish proposals touching the frontier, con-
diiional upon the powers guaranteeing
the loyal surrender OF the ceded territory.
A telegram received at Paris from Athens
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
SINGULAR SUICIDE.
A Chicago Spectator Ends His Days by
the Revolver Line.

CHICAGO, April l5.-L. r, Ramsey,
Junior member Of the firm OF Ramsey K
Son doing business in the stock yards,
suicided at his residence at an early
hour this morning. He returned home
from the organization and installation OF
officers OF the Abraham Lincoln lodge,
G. A. r, shortly after midnight, and,
after kissing his wife and boy good
night, retired to another room. Shortly
after his wife heard the report of a pis.
tol, and, rushing to his bedside, found
him breathing his last. lie was shot
through the heart. The cause assigned
for the rash act is unsuccessful specula-
tions in provisions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
The First of the se.so,

NLEN BLAND, April l5.-The base ball
.eAm played Its first game Of the season
S 20 uay With the White Sewing Machine
Pauy 49,. nine, a very strong local.
S,n,l SSunl PROFESSIONAL clGb. The score vss
Ileyela9ds IL, Whites 0. The Cleveland
team only went to the bat eight times.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16

A SAFE and sure means Of ras,or;r,
the youthful color Of th. hs;~s ~ = s,,
nlsned oy Parker's Hair Balsam, Which is
SsssaSy SssssrSssdly popular from its superior %
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
WOOL
Boston

Bosrox, April i5-wool-In fair de.
mand; Ohio and Pennsylvanis $40
I6c: Wisconsin and Michigan 376
44e; combing and delaine $50 47e; pulled
O9524c.
Fhiisdsiphta.
PaILADsLsHiA. April l5.-Wool-Qui.
ct bot stsady; Ohio, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia Xxx and above lOa4lc;
x 4004lc; medium 43945c: coarSe 8,
037e; New York, Michigan, Indiaaa and
Western 6ne $40 40c; medium ls9I5c:
eoesss 33036e; washed combing delains
4o017e; unvashed 170s3e; pulled 800
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16

CiIHrnAfI, April l5.-Hoes-Quiet
and quslty poor: common q 55I6 -;
Iighse6 400S 90; packing beesy - g -
G6 IS; butchsn selection - 49, =
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-16
GATH.
A CHAT WITH THE FAMOUS NEWS
PAPER CORRESPONDENT.

Ms Personal Appearance-A Short Sketch
ofHis lifs-Hs Talks About Jay Gould
Some Queer Characteristics OF
the Millionaire Railroad jobber
How the Great Money
Shark Looks.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-12-24
THE DEACON'S Son.

81 am going away, mother" Frank
Raymond said, looking furtively into
his mothers face.
A ssd, troubled face his mother
turned toward him for an instant, but
she said nothing.
She stood at the table Ill the broad,
low, old-fashioned kitchen, busy with
some household task, and Frank boy
of sixteen-was sitting on the lounge in
The corner of the room, with his cap
slouched over his eyes and half-defi-
ant look upon his face as he watched
bis mother.
cts no use," he said; "father won't
give me n chance to know anything. l
must work from morning till night. He
says don't need to study to be far
mer. had book hid at the barn that
[ have been studying when had time :;
he found it just now, and he boxed my
ears with it, then tore it up and threw
it away. He said he guessed he'd stop
that nonsense. Father is q rich man.
and am the only boy. Why can't he
give me chance to know something,
mother?"
"My boy" Mrs. Raymond said, in a
gentle tone, "your father had only a
common education, and he has been
successful in business. He thinks
others can do as he has done. Perhaps
you had better wait little longer. Try
to be patient"
Mrs. Raymond sometimes had more
than she could do to smooth the ruffled
temper of her impulsive boy. Her hus-
band, Deacon Raymond, believed in
walking in the beaten track of his
fathers. and any innovation that caused
the slightest deviation from the old way
was looked upon with pious horror.
He was one of the deacons of an ortho-
dox church, strict and upright in his
dealing with other men, but he was pu-
ritanical in his views and rigid in his
family relations.
There were no fond words or caresses
in his family circle ); home was simply
the place where ne took his meals.
His broad acres yielded fine crops.
Every year he deposited large sum in
the bank. He paid his proportion of
church expenses he gave literally to
charitable enterprises and to foreign
missions, while in his own house boy
his son-was growing up almost a
heathen in point of knowledge.
Was it strange that, with a boys keen
perception, Frank Raymond was dis
contented?
Mrs. Raymond did all that lay in her
power to make the rough places smooth
| for her son, but it was comparatively
little that she could do.
The deacon did not believe that wo.
men were good financiers SO he held
the pursestrings, handing out to his
wife in homeopathic measure an allow
ance that he deemed sufficient for wo.
mans need.
Mrs. Raymond was one of those wo.
men who say little, but resolved if any
more trouble occurred between Frank
aud his father not to oppose his leaving
home.
Matters reached O crisis a few days
later when Deacon Raymond sold 9
beautiful colt that Frank had been per
mitted to call his own.
Frank had petted the beautiful crea
ture, and had lavished upon it wealth
of affection that the colt seemed to un
derstand.
1t would dash across the pasture t.
meet him, and lay its finely -arched necl
over the boys shoulder in perfect con
! tentment.
When Frank knew that his pet wa
, sold he went to the house, and laying hi
| hea j down in his mothers lap he wep
asif he had lost friend.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-12-24
Burns ana Soda.

We must again call the attention of
our readers to the power of bicarbonate
of soda-the common cooking soda-to
relieve the pain of burns. This power
is truly wonderful, and the fact that
soda is always at hand makes it impor.
tant for every mother fully to under
stand that she has in her cupboard a
sure aud inexpensive remedy for the
sufferings of her burnt child.
4 friend OF ours, Que morning not
long since, burned and blistered his
wrist. The length of the blister was at
least two inches, aud the width half an
inch. Moistening the wound, and
spreading dry soda thickly over it and
then dropping just enough water upon
the coda TO make it a sort of paste, he
was instantly relieved, nor did he have
an unpleasant sensation from the burn
afterward.
A writer in st. Petersburg medical
journal, speaking of sixteen persons
who were severely burned in efforts to
save their property from a fire, al of
whom were treated exclusively with
soda, says che considers himself jnsti-
fed in pronouncing this remedy the best
and most efficient in burns OF all kinds
and degrees"
In one case the burns covered half
the body of the sufferer. The whole
face was stripped of the epidemis (scarf
skin). The front of the neck, chest and
abdomen, and upper part of the foot
presented burns of the second degree.
Burns of tho third degree were found
on the right mammary gland, and on
the right forearm, all the muscles of
which were exposed, as if prepared by
dissection.
Soda was used and it relieved the
pain, and cure was effected in four
weeks, excepting that the healing of
the breast and arm required another
month. The scars were insignificant.
In burns of the first degree-the
slighter-powdered soda will do. In
burns of the second degree, cover with
linen rags and keep them moist with a
solution of soda. In burns of the third
degree, the rags will need frequent
changing to wash off the pus which ac-
cumulates beneath.