Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-12
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They Work lsf ksed and uasuspscsMg Axd-
cuiturisf 6r Three Ihosslnd Ooi.
lars Ia hard cash-The Same
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ATTRACTIONS NOT oowaoH TAesstLs

billiards Great Pacific Equescuricolum.
Menagcrie, Museum Aquarium and
Humpty Dumpty Troupe" have beeo. do
ing this town and the Surrounding vinagig
for week and ara not yet over. The Show
is not in Itself extraordinary, but soms u
the attractions not down on the bills 40
great It will be long time before To
people hereabouts forget tdtm.'
They ditA't know just precisely Whist a.
kaesssss; -, "a sesolslit
F Some OF rhen Have HS<sA 0aE
For instance, Jacob Livengocd.
Ar. Livengood is wealthy farmer and
m honored member of the Dunkard
| lives retired life on one OF his farms, near
Salisbury, about six miles fionr this plaoa
| The aggregation exhibited in Salisbury on
| Thursday. While Mr.. Livsngood wss
standing On the postoffioe steps offhe littio
town, he was accosted by q tally slender
man with slight stoop in his ohoulderS
wearing little dark chin beard and's
Lssge saa ssave Daile,.'
who istrod uced himself % Rev. Mr. Miller,
Lutheran clergyman, Of Uniontown, come
over toattend Q church meeting hsreaAouts.
Nh
this country, and had often spoken highly
of Mr.. Lpensood. He Just told his. wife
he couldn't think Of leaving Salisbury
without hunting up old Jacob Liver9osd
and feeling
The GS~sp % HIS Hsaest Pslo,
which grasp he thereupon made bold 70
feel, while his whols countenance bcAmed
with the Satisfaction OF . lonefelt yearn.
Mr.. Livengosd did net remember the senior
Mr.. Miller, bat was too polite 70 nay %.
and the supposed preacher was soon IN his
good graoes.
At the prescher's suggestion the two
walked down 10 the show ground to sec .
wonderfully curly haired horse which was
on exhibition there. They quite unsx-
pectedly met Rev. Nj. KILLERS friend
'Judgc Miller, Of Lancaster county, for
mcrly OF the Supreme Court, but resigned,
IL After Rsnsti.l.g Dt9sss,"
as the preacher Informed the old farmer In
a confidential whisper. Judge Wilson
frankly informed Mr.. liysngood that he
was prospective candidate tor the United
States Senate; some OF his friends were
urging IL; Jare Btack, he believed, hsd
started the moyemsnt lie asked Mr.. Lv.
engood for his support, II he was not con-
seientiously committed To sO0s other cand-
idate.
still searching for the horse with the
lons curly hair, ths three entered one o(
the tents and thence walked into smaller
tent, q sort OF hels In tho wall, where Q
man had sort OF lottery game. As u
what occurred there, the stories are vAri-
Gus. Old Mr.. T. Livingood himself Is % much
agitatcd over hi loss that he can scarcely
tell Q connected story. All accounts agrce
on the main fac /, however, that Mr.. Liyin-
good was
Cheat ed Oct Of esyOoe
before he got Gut. Some say he bet II at
cards, others thi,t bs and che pseudo preach
er we're given q ckcts which required them
TO invest 5000 each. The most authentic
account, however, Is that the Rev. Mr.
Miller was at nee struck with the lottery
arrangement rs scientific enlargement ot
the time bont bred grnb.bag idss, and suR-
gestcd 10 Mr.. ] ivengood that they should
take an agency for II and use the profits
for the benefit OF the church.
Mr.. Livengo cd 10 old, innocent, pnsuspi-
cious and yer,' maGh intensted In church
work. With the assistance Of his friend,
the Judge am future Senator, the preacher
procured tho necessary funds for his share
Of the venture. but Mr.. Lvengood
Had ssG the Msaey Abssss Min.
The preacher, who had buggy, obligingly
drove his 10 thers old friend over here to
MeyersdaltJ TO set II, stopping at the edge
Of town 10 nee one OF bis Sock, he said,
while Mr.. Live ngood went TO the Farmers
Bank, in which his nephew, Samuel ID.
Liyengoc a, 10 principally interested, and
got from him 1900, declining 10 say what
he want ed with u. He drove back 10 Sails
bury vi th tho preacher, snd Was scarcely
inside c I the lettsry den when one Of tbe
gang got holdot hi. money, which Was In
say ju st how the transfer was made. but In
some way ha. and tbs preacher Lost their
money. Tbs minister Was almost broken.
heart ID and
Weps nssssiy
at II cir misfsrtune, while the Judge gave
his Sord that the money should b. paid
bacl TO then. All this occurred during the
afu rnoon. Mr.. Liyengood w0 very much
dis uessed, but did not tell bis family OF his
lo until last night. The shock 20 tho old
NJ an was very great, and all day. yesterday
b was 10 nervous that he could scarosiIi
peak nere !, I strong suspicion mat hs
may be serious. The two svindlen Stayed
about Salisbury Friday and we're seer. u
the show at Grsntsville, over the line In
Maryland, Saturday. It ID allsgs1 tt,et on0
OF them is financially intsrsstSd IN tho
much named aggYegation. OfiicsrS OF the
law started after them last night md ex.
pect 70 find the show st Pstsnburk
In this county. They intend 70 setse IL.
with all the animals, 10 Wit: I elephant, 8
lions, 2 camels, crocodile. 3 monkeys,
dogs, and the lorss with tho wondsrful
bangs. II is loas odds that they. Will not
capture the prssrher or Judge W1ison. VIE
Is Described ~ short, heavy sot man. With /,
a.nsddish comylexion.
Oshss ASssAesssaA,
Along with the show came ssNesal sharp
~r.cxitionsrp vho ulaVad TIA OA Rnm0 ~
selling money occasionally q . bait .cv-.
ing t5 for SI but oftsnsr II for G. Tksy
caught plea,y Of gudsens. 0ns man es.s
them go: Q thriving young, dsufist Of this
town was caught for less amount, sgd
Mr.. Beach9. . member Of The ns,ylsnd
Iegislstugs from Garnet county, bit Ike ..
common sitisen, and 10 oVttk