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numbering rs muskets. The soldiers were
transferred to the Mountain Boy, which then
continued down the river, passingPortsmou,h
at about 81 =. NJ. Those on The Mountain
Girl, ON learning that the murderers were III
the care of the militia, wisely gave up the pur'
suit. and turning around, started Tor nome
The chase created the greatest excitement all
along the river towns, and when the Mountain
Bow landed at Portsmouth tor coal 1t was all
the troops could DO TO prevent the people from
boarding the steamer at all hazards, The
prisoners were safely lodged in jai! at Mays
VILE by midnight
The Ashland crowd indignantly deny that
they had any intention OF Iynching the prison
oners, but say they went to Catlettsburgh tc
protect them and see that they had fair trial
and they so notified Judge Brown. An indig
nation meeting was held and resolution
adoned declaring their intention to bring
back the prisoners, and plcdging their honor
to protect them until they have had fair trial
A resolution VA, also adopted to appeal to The
legislature for court to be held on next Mon
day for the trial OF the prisoners. The excite
ment over the case Is intense
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

A writer in the DeutSch6s W0ntdgSb2aH gives
an account of recent conversation with a
German Catholic priest a member of prince
IL family. who has more than once been re-
ported as having sanguine prospects of being
made Prince of the Roman church. The
talk turned upon the famous brew of the Mu.
Mich Court Brewery. ''Do you Know" asked
the Prince, "what they think of Bava
rian beer in Rome? Soon after the year 1860
became parish priest OF Bavarian country
village. One day the burgomaster came to
me and SAID he wished to have my judgment
unon a very serious point-namely, whether
il was proper to drink Bsvarian beer IN Lent"
II appears that the good old father of the CON-
urne had observed with CONSERVATION that
the consumption of beer increased TO a great
extent during the forty days of the fast, the
peasants indemnifyinc themselves for their
abstinence from flesh by extraordinary indul-
cence in beer. The pastor replied that he
Thought that moderate enjoyment of beer was
oui,e lawful. The President of the commune,
however. was not satisfied. few days later
nc AGAIN went to his princely reverence and
lsoIemnly asked hun whether he could not
make IN inquiry III Rome as to the wholesale
drinking of "Baierisch" during Lent. The
lclergyman gladly assented. 81 received a
notification IRON the highest authorities" he
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

The purchases of great blocks of land in
the southern states by English capitalists has
been marked feature of the past two weeks,
Sir +. j. Reed, representing English investors,
ana DR.. Jacobus Westheim, of Amsterdam,
representing Dutch, have just bought 1000,
600 acres in Florida; while Phillips, Marshall
Il Co, of LONDON have bought 100000 acres
in Mississippi. Nearly halt Of the latter are
levec lands, situated in the Yazoo delta, and
are fine cotton and timber lands. The object
In both these purchases has been to COLOMBO
and cultivate the lands, and the effect can
hardly fail to be felt IN the future III these
states when the cultlvators of the soil have to
pay their rents 20 English capitalists.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

We were surprised the other day to have an
modus operaadt of gambling in grain SO large
IL practlced on Chicago and other boards of
trade, and what is meant by options buying
"long," buying short" corners" sc. We
find the subject intehgently treated in the
AmerjcaB Agrjculturjst, and as we may have
other readers who need Information or the
subject we copy the following for their
benefit
During two or three years past, and never
so greatly as now, the methods of the Stock
Exchange have been introduced into the pro-
duce markets, and hundreds of men in lead.
ing cities, notably, Chicago, Toledo, ST. LOUIS,
Baltimore, Cincinnati and New York, are
daily betting millions of dollars upon the
probable prices of wheat, flour, corn, oats,
lard, pork, bacon etc To illustrate: Mr.. A.
offers to deliver to Mr., b. million bushels of
No. ked wheat at 1922 per bushel, on the
31st day of August though he (Mr A. does
not own Il single busbel OF wheat, and does not
expect to. Mr.. b. takes the offer, and makes
IL deposit of Il small portion of the price, OF
margin" In this case Mr.. B. Is long" Mr.
A. is short" of what he has agreed to deliver
/
] Aug. 31st is only 1920, Mr. b. pays Mr. A. 2
cents bushel, or $4,000. But if the price is
s p, Mr.. A. pays Mr. b. 3 cents bushel OF
/ $4,000. Usually no wheat is actually dellv
cred. Sometimes, however, if there is limit
\ ed supply Of wheat available, and Mr.. b. has
capital enough, he secretly buys up all there is
he gets up a corner In wheat; and when set
Ting day comes he may require Mr.. A to de
i liver the wheat, or he may get others to try tt
buy it, while he refuses 10 sell until Sl.3O, OF
81 40 or even $3.50 Is offered, and the price Of
the day Is fixed al that rate In the last nance
case, Mr.. A. would have To pay him the differ
ence between 1922 and $3.50, which on mil
lion bushels would be 2Sxl 600 or S2SO,0 900
i II, on the contrary, the price should be bea
down on the settling day to 500 per bushel
I Mr.. b. would have to pay Mr. A. % cents
bushel, or $220000. We have named only two
! individuals, but there are hundreds or thous
81 ands of persons dong the same thing, som,
betting on few thousand bushels, others OF
) hundreds of thousands, and a few heavy Op
lerators on millions. In times OF eXcitemen
and activity the speculative sales" of whea
81 IN few DAYS amount to more than the entir
surplus crop of the country during the year
/ The operators are in two classes those Xix
Mr. A. are Shorts" and those like Mr. b. ar
| "longs." Precisely the same operations ar
taking place with reference to other grades Q
wheat, corn, oats lard, pork, etc. The sam
d. man often operates in several kinds of produce
7 and may be short of one aud long OF al
, other. One speculator VIII often be short 10
August delivery, long for September and sho!
or long for October, or for "the year"
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Escaped ConviCts.

Saturday night of last week two convlcts
confined in the solitary cells of the Southern
Illinois penltentiary at Chester, for punish
ment, made their escape by cutting out OF the
cells and through the roof of the solitary
builuing. One was Tom Collins, highway
man, sent up from Bellvllle on ten years
sentence for robbing the superintendent OF the
Gartside mines. He is a paleaccd man, D
feet II inches tall, with gray eyes, weighs lGO
pounds, and has a crooked nose and scar on
the left nostrll. The other is John Coney, a
rosy faced boy.of 20, sent from Clinton county
on two years sentence.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

say, that no judgment could be given on the
beer question until the beer had been seen and
tasted" A small barrel of the very best Ba.
varian was sent frsm the village to the Eler,
nal City; it was probably the first Bavarian
beer which crossed 1.-THE threshold of the apos-
ties" The decision came back from Rome
without delay. The wine.drinkipg authorities
in the Vatican ruled that AS much OF this singu-
lar liquid might be drunk during Lent rs a
man could bring himself to drink Not only
so, but 1t was even added that 1t might be re-
garded rs sort of penance when man
drank large quantity Of so bitter and nau-
seOus connection
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Murdered and Rurned.

A dispatch from Syracuse, n. Y, Jan SUI
brings the following;
James Hall, colored man, known as udg'
Hall was burned TO death in his shanty at 80
dus Point Friday night. An investigation
makes 1t probable that he was robbed, muir
dered and his place set on fire. Hall kept
liquor saloon IN his house, and generally ha'
more or less money about his person. He wa
known 10 have had 81 200 last week,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
CRIMINAL VARIETIES.
Chilled Here and There from the Columns OF
the Daily Press
Hanged.

Hangman's day FRIDAY was quite largely
observed throughout the United States last
week. Charles Ellis and Joseph NJ hotoVsky
were executed at ST. Louis; John A. Phelps a
Marshall, Mo-; Martin KinKowsky at Jersey
CITY; Terrence Ochille and Sterling Ben al
franklin, La, and Jos. Abbott at EImlra, ny
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

Flows the baby" "ills Group is better this
morning, thank you. We gave him some Of
Thomas Eclettrc Oil us you advised, doctor, and
shall give him some more in an honr or So"
Next day the doctor pronounced the youngster
cured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

The demand for California olive oil Is great
err than the supply. 1t must compete with for
eign oil, which Is frequently adulterated with
cottonseed OIL, thousands of barrels of the lat
Ter being exported from the South to France
and Italy, where 1t is used, when refined, n;
olive OIL or is used IN packing sardines
There is in California an increasing acreage
in olive trees, the fruit of which Is being more
largely used for pIckling
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
The Farm Department

the WEEKLY HERALD gives the latest well as the most
practical suggestions and discoveries relating to the duties
of farmer, hints far raising CATTLE, POULTRY GRAINS
TREES VEGETABLES &C. &C. with suggestions for keep
ng buildings and farming utensils IN repair. This is sup
plcmcned 10y weedited department, widely copied, I'M
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

One of the amusing sights in the cold wealth
er Is afforded by the man who walks uncon
cernedly along until he reaches the thermome
ter which is exposed TO view on the street H'
looks At it a moment, sees that the mercury Il
very low, pulls his collar up to his ears
shrlnks up in his coat, walks frigidly away
and exclaims, "Gracious, how cold 1t isl
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

The propretors Of Trask's Magnetic Ointment
are of such high standing in the commercial
world that we think our readers could not DO
better when necessary, than TO try Its merits.
See advertisement.)
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SdNkS.
Exchange on Chicago and New Yorl

Exchange on Chicago and New York
And all the principal cities east ana wes
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Exchange on England, Ireland. Scotland and al IL,
porant points in Continental Europe drawn in suit
purchasers,
u. >. Revenue Stamps of ali demon aatonscoD
stanty on hand and for sale.
United States Bonds, Local Securities Gold and
Silver bought and sold
Banking hours from A. NJ to p. N.
Jan. II, 1873 q. L, LINDLEY, Assist. Cashier
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14

complete and comprehensive dispatches from
WASHINGTON including fun reports of speeches of cmt
mil trinns N M of the hour.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
The Home,

giving recipes practical dishes hints for making clothing
and for keeping up with the latest fashions at the lowest
price Every item of cooking economy suggested in this
department practically tested by experts before puhca-
ton Letters Paris and London correspondents
on the very fashions The Home Department OF the
WEEKLY HERALD will the housewife more than one
hundred times the price paper The of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
The Produce Market.

SPORTING NEWS at home and abroad. together with a
STORY every week, SERMON by some eminent divine,
LITERARY. MUSICAL, DRAMATIC. PERSONAL and SRA
NOTES There Is paper in the world which contains So
much news matter every week as the WEEKLY HERALD
which Is sent postage free for One Dollar. You sub
scribe at ANY time.
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The Weekly Herald
Political News,

the most valuable chronicle in the world as it is the
est Every week is given a faithful report Of
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Skilled Labor

are looked after and everything relating to mechanics and
labor saving carefully recorded There page devoted
10 all phases OF the business markets. Crops Mer
chandlsc &C. &c valuable feature is found in the spe
nllr r,rI r,rlrn nnhc nnhLfinna N
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-12

q a
.ss.ur Of Posen- Te-sighf- CsAiss ~
IT,, p.r;.r will Get the usual crowd on
Saturday night.
BARLEY Campbell will % mere IN pe -
with the white Slave. 80,
q, The "white slave" the iasesr P Ply II
that prolific writer. Mr.. Barley CsmP
was produced in the presence o' rsss
audience in the Fourteenth Street tne.o
last n;ebt and was received with rum
ning sccompaniment Of applause WHICH
5,d TO indicate that il is likely 70 prove
a popular success. The story moves Along
yery briskly with plenty Of incidenG, anu
q most liberal allowance OF ''situauons
which appeared 70 be heartily enjoyed;
The play was handsomely mounted anu
very we'll acted. Ere'iiag Posf, n. ~ ap -
4, 1857 Is. : =. -
p Tonjpbt for the first time. SAM Of
posen'' viii be given at the Opera HOUSE ss.
Speaking of II New York pepersays; =.
presents with great deal OF .uutniuln -,
a certain phase Of chafaeter which Is Seh Y.
known throughout the country anI y
been abused and yilified. Samli
Plastrick is commercial traveller and
a jew. He is shrewd, pushing ana
energetic, but he is not the Villain
that has heretofore been put upon the
stage as the type of Hebrew character. Inns
Jew is of bright and sunny nature, thrifty,
II is true but withal kindly. aud with the
spirit of gratitude firmly implanted in him.
The play itself might be much better, put
IL would be difficult to improve upon Mr..
Curtis performance OF the leading charac-
ter. He has succeeded in getting the Pecu.
iiarities of the Polish Jew down TO the finest
point, and the picture he gives is one In
which nothing is wanting. The support Is
excellent Last night the house was crowd
ed to excess, and the enthusiasm with
which the play was applauded at different
points gave evidence Of long run.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-12
WATER WAITS.
Stray and Regular Matters Along the
River md Wharf

The river was still on the decline at dark
last night, with 3 feet inches of water in
the channel.
The Diurnal arrived about o'clock yes
terday afternoon and left for Parkersburg
about o'clock.
The Courier and Bachelor arrived here
yesterday, and both were compelled to tic
up on account of the low stage of water.
The Andes on her down trip fsu aground
near Fish creek, which caused the DIurnal
to be so late in getting here yesterday, as
she could not pass the Andes, and had to
lay by until she was afioat again.
The ALARM and barges arrived here yes
terday, and were compelled to tie mp at the
docks on account of the water.
Business was very dull on the landing,
yesterday.
The young men who stand on the Sus-
pension bridge and stone the steamer Little
Anna, will be severely dealt with if they
do not stopit.
James Mcdonald, Captain of the Iron
sides, is here.
Capt. Gould is laying with the Ed Hobbs
at Benson's Ferry.
Capt. Frank Williams is laying above the
water works with the Horner and two
boats, Everett and, Williams, and will take
both boats on when the river rises.
Capt. Duberry is figuring on q new pack
ct TO make the round trip from Wheeling
10 Parkersburg daily. The hull will be
built at Hammer.
Commanding interest of the Scotia sold
Capt. James Kirker, formerly of the
Buckeye State. purchased Captain Frank
Maratta's interest in the packet Scotia, and
takes command. Capt. r. II. Kerr, will
have charge of the Office. Captain Maratta
will quit the river for the present.-Pias.
Times.
EVANSVILLE, October IL. - River falling
with 8 feet inches full. Weather clear.
CAIRO, October Il.-Arrived - John A.
Scudder, st. Louis; City of Vicksburg,
Vicksburg; City of Helena, Memphis. De-
parted-Granite State, Memphis; Oakland,
81. Louis; Nicksburg, st. Louis. River 8
feet 8 inches and stationary. Weather
clear. Thermometer 60.
ST. LOUIS, October li.-River risen inch,
with feet inches by the gauge. Weather
cloudy and cool.
NEW ORLEANS, October 1l.-No arrivals
or departures Weather clear. Their
mometer 81. .....
New MARTINsvILLE, W. Va, October IL
The vote Of this county, completely gives
Good, for Congress, g57 majority.
MEMPHIS, October 11-River fallen two
inches. Weather clear aud warm. Depart
ed: Arkansas, City Vicksburg Cons Mil
ar, 9P.M.
CINCINNATI, October ll.-River 0 feet
and falling Weather fair and warm;
arrived, Queen City and Padouch; depart
ed, Rene McCready, tor Memphis
PIrTsBURsH, October 1l.-Riyer foot 4
inches and falling. Weather clear and
cool. 500. =
yIckHcyRs. 0ctoqsr f1.--Riyer Q feet 8
inches and stationery.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, October Ii.--River fall
ing, with 6 feet inches in The canal and 4
feet 4 inches In the chute on the falls
Business dull. Weather clear and pleai-
amt -. ..-.. !. F-- o.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-12
POINTS ON PEOPLE.
The Most Recent News OF q Person
Character.

The Most Recent News OF q Personal
Character.
Governor Jackson is expected home this
week.
Senator John r. Donehoo is at the Nc
Lure House.
Geo. Hoey, the well-known actor, is at
the Mcclure.
Major W. W. Jackson arrived home from
Parkersburg on Tuesday.
Senator Napoleon Bonaparte Scott, If you
please, recently from Ohio.
Capt. VIM Bay, of lronton. o., Promi-
men. steamboatmen, is at the Mcclure.
Morgan English, of Liberty, this county,
was visiting friends in the city yesterday.
Hon. d. WAGNER and wife leave this
morning for an extended trip through the
West.
John Klaeri, the Centre Wheeling drug
compounder, has returned from an extern
sive Eastern trip.
w. w. Pond and wife, Mrs. s. H. Bower
and child, and Miss Lizzie Hogan, of Elyria,
o., are in the city on an excursion.
Mr.. James McCune, of North Wheeling,
who is at present working out Salem,
Ohio, was visiting friends in the city the
fore part of the week.
Miss George Mccoy, a vivacious young
lady of Cleveland, and for several years
student of Mt. De Chantel, will be the
guest of Miss Genevieve Borgess. OF this city
for some weeks.
James Gillinder, Philadelphia, and K: b.
Bryce, Pittsburgh, both prominent glass
manufacturers; J. H. Goodwin, an East
Liverpool potter, are at the Mcclure, and
will appear before the Tariff Commission,
this morning.
SQUIRE Geo. W. Nichols and his daugh-
te- 1elly, who have been visiting friends
in Pen nsylvania, have returned home east
Of the civ. The Squire did some fine
fishing while up there, and caught some OF
the finest trout ever tisneS out OF that Sec
ton. He is the boss fisherman.
Mr.. John A. Hervey, of the State De.
partment at Washington, like all Of Uncle
Sans boys, came home to vote, and put in
his oar for the Administration party. He
did some good work for the party OF his
love, and II is said his hand is seen in the
increase of the Republican vote in his
township.
Col. Bob. McEldowney, editor of the New
Martinsville Democrat, and staunch Demo
cratic war horse of Wetzel, came to the city
yesterday. to hear the election news. He
arrived buoyant and full OF hope of a
famous victory, but departed to-day sad
der but wiser man. He attributes Demo.
cratic defeat in the district to lack OF
organization and poor management, He is
of the opinion Ohio county has not covered
herself with glory in her late ballot-bOx
performance. Altogether the Colonel was
rather depressed man, but his attention
being turned to Ohio he took some consola
ton IL the turn of affairs across the river.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-12
INDUSTRIAL MATTERS

The blast furnace at the Top mill is still
cold.
Saturday will be pay day at several Of the
mills.
The Standard is shipping 1000 barrels Of
oil per day.-Pius. Dispatch.
Mendel & Co.'S furniture facto ~ is turn
ing out some very fine work.
Yesterday the boilers were being placed
in the new gas works building.
Quite large quantity of sand was haul.
ed to the LaBelle mill yesterday.
The Empire Oil Refinery will start up
full to-day. It is anti-Standard.-Pts.
Telegraph.
Yesterday was the first pay day since the
strike. 1t was the coal miners day ut the
Belmont Mill.
Hobbs, Broekunier Il CO. s glass works
were running full force yesterday, with no
accident worthy Of mention.
The Creek mill was running in all its
departments yesterday, and the repairing
of the coal bank is about completed.
The North Wheeling cooper shop men
are now thoroughly broken in to work.
and are turning out nearly 5000 kegs per
diem. ----.-r----.---.--r- --.-------
. Inc AaClOTicS tuTOukuOuL
city, that have been running steadily for
some time, claim that trade is falling of
slightly, but not enough to effect them
much.
/ Yesterday afternoon the engine that runs
the sheet rolls at the Whitaker iron
Works, broke down, which viii cause that
portion Of the mill to be off until to-
morrow. .a--..r.....'
The Union Iron Mills, of Carnegie Bros.
e Co., of Pittsburgh, are being repaired.
The firm is not pushed with orders. but
still keep the pudding and nearly all the
finishing departments running double
turn.
Wilson, Walker & Co., Of Pittsburg, are
satisfied with trade. Their mills are run
ming d0nble turn throughout all depart
ments. Within the past year this mill has
increased its capacity in all branches at
least 50 per cent.
The boilers ct the Top mill sprung O
leak Tuesday night which com PEELED the
day turn Of the forge and heating depart
ments TO be of yesterday. Everything was
soon repaired and the night turn went to
work yesterday afternoon.
TIE Shoenberger mills are running double
turn in the pudding department. bat only
single turn in the finishing department
The nail machines are all busy, but not
crowded 70 their fullest capacity, owing 20
a sIackness in orders = PittsbTg Telegraph.
One Of the most prominent of the B. & O.
freight engineers resigned yesterday, and
viii leave for Pittsburg to-day, having ex-
cepted similar position there. He claim
ed that there was more money for him on
the Pan Handle. as he could make mlre
time. in other words there was m re
freight moving ovtr that road than tie
&C.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-12
SAIUhDAl. NOVEMBER A ~.
TRUSTEES SAJr

TNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF n,
~ oftr,ist made on the .lr dsya
LIB, by Leamon Phillips aud ManhsI1
dps his wife, TO ME - trustee. VIII "a
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4 M
Al 10 o'c'ock u. m, proceed 10 sell. NJ u, =
door Of the Court House Of Ohio oos,,,
following described real estate, thai n \.
A certain tract Of land situated on -
Point Run, a branch Of Little wheeIipsSS
In Triadelphia district. In Ohio -.
West Virginia, and bounded and -
AZ follows: beginning nj q walnut -,
to Williamson: thence y. So, ENns
the school house lot; thence n. agII
poles TO the run; thence up tie run n +
W. II $40 poles; thence y. Il ksSnrS
thence N. l6,SS W. 1910 poles TO ID. NJ
son line; thence leaving The run n. SiSI
q poles 10 the beginning. contains
acres aud twenty.four perrhes. les on =
dred and thirty poles, conveyed by AZ \
lips TO George Amos.
Tie above property is rlrt 81 the nns y
veyed 70 said Phillips >! Alex. n!sc Az :
by deed dated Septembes !. is,s.
Terms cash. J. J. WOODS, rrscs|
W. II. hALLER, Auctioneer