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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-06
Every Body should Take IL.

Inc LtncpGi CVpptT.
Every man in Lincoln county should
subscribe for the Wheeling REGISTER.
There is no better paper in West Virginia.
WAS miserable with Chronic Catarrh.
PErUNA is my remedy and no other VIM.
Boyd, Pittsburg.
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Send 81, 81, So or s., for n retail
a box by express OF the best Cam
I'm m fsIl dies in America, put up elegantly
EpAb5kkH and strictly pure, suitable Tor
Uuau presents. Refers 10 all cincin-
matt. Address
L. LUCERNE 4 CO.,
2l6 & 2lS West Seventh ST., Cincinnati, q
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DIVlDEND NOTICE.

rT,HE DIRECTORS OF THE PEOPLES
Bank have this day declared dividend
of five per cent out Of the earnings OF the last
six months payable on dem and.
Go. ". ECKHART, Jr., Cashier.
wurr1rSc Janurryo lSS2 iaca
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Citizen 81 M q Q tin -.

HE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS OF
Wheeling feeling that our property Is serious
" ieopardized by the frequent failures OF the
Water Works TO afford an adequate supply OF
water for the extinguishment OF fires, 10 say
nothing of the loss and annoyance 10
families and factories from the same cause,
10 the end that some means may be adapted
10 remedy the evils experienced perlodlcalIy
for several years past, res6ectfnlly eau upon
ali Citizens 10 meet Saturday evening, the 'tn
inst. at seven O'Clock, at the Court House 10
takelthe matter in consideration and 10 devise
some remedy.
surance Company. ~. ..
+ Riester, Secretary German Fire Insurance
Company. -,
CHI Collier, Secretary Fire ana Marlne IN
surance Insurance Company.
III williams, Assistant Secretary tfanKnn
Insurance Company. -, ,,I,
&c Orr, Secretary Lima FIRE anu haIiuo
Insurance Company. -,
NJ Doddridge, General insurance Agent
VIM l. Hearn, List BROS,
John ID Cubertson, q Eeeneyl
Riverside Iron Works, NALL y EIllhghah'
n WiIkinSon Bodily Bros,
II PeIje Iron Works George L Tingle,
Harden a WilheImg, &c MoffRt & u. % -
n h Whitsker, OF, Bros N Co,
Nv Hunter, 81 Delaplsin, Son &
Henry X List, GO,
G. M CoeI1, Laughlin, Bros 4 Go,
MChlerr an & Nor NJ Gntman Co,
New Mcclure House. D Taylor,
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COPARTNERSHIP-T undersigned have
this day formed n partnership under the tirm
name of BOYD & Co, wholesale dealersi in Boots
and Shoes, succeeding the late firm OF Boyd
Prather s. j. BOYD,
q, w. BOYD.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
PITTSBURGH SOUTHERN RAILWAY Co,
PII-rSRIrRGH December llth, ISL. {

PITTSBURGH, December 18th, ISL.
Notice Is hereby given that the regular An
nual Meeting of the Stockholders OF the COM
many will be held at No. lT5 Wood street. Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the second Monday eth OF
January, \. ID. lSS2, at one O'Clock p. NJ, FOR
the purpose OF electing a Board of Directors,
and the transaction Of such other business as
may be presented. j. W. ROWLAND,
decl5i secretary.
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DISSOLUTION.

yTHE FIRM OF BOYD & PRATHER,
wholesale dealers in Boots and Shoes and
Hats and Caps. is thiSday dissolved by mutuSl
consent : n. Prather retiring. The business
OF the late firm will be settled by either mem
her M the old stand, No. lill Main and lilO
South streets, G. W. BOYD.
s. n. PRHTHER.
WHEELING, ". Va, Dec. 30, 1881.
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In retiring from the late firm OF Boyd &
Prather, i wish TO tender TO the trade my
thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore eS-
tended the old firm and earnestly solicit Tor
the new firm 8 continuance OF the same.
deSlh S. n. PRATHER.
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.- NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
7he date printed on the wrapper Of
cdeh paper denotes the time .rhea the SUD
scriptioa erpireS.
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7 e
next month, the nomination Of James @.
blaine for the Presidency on the first bal
iof, by two-thirds vote, would be the one
thing certain. Now, what do they propose
TO do to change the situation in two years!
Dakota's Ambition.
Chicago Times.
Dakota's ambition to become State is
not likely to be gratified at this session.
The parties are too evenly diyidedi IN Con-
gress, and the Democrats have the knowl-
edge that the probabilities do not favor the
election of one Congressman and two Sena-
tors of their particular way of thinking
They will have the power to prevent legis-
lotion of this kind. 1t is not likely that
Dakota will vote for President in 1884,
A Change OF Occupation.
Washington CfRir.
"Other hearts will ache" after the fifth
of January, when quite number OF nice,
very nice, gentlemen, who are drawing sal
aries from our respected Uncle sam,
ranging from two to eight thousand dol
lars, will he asked to step down into pri
waite life. There are thousands OF acres OF
land in the territories that can be taken
up under the homestead and timber eul-
ture laws, and the boys will find the walk
ing good next summer.
Fears OF Another Crash.
Nelr York Sun,
In view of the recent great decline OF
prices on the stock and other exchanges,
the falling of in the cotton and breadstuffs
crops of 1881 as compared with those OF
1850, the Stringency of the money market,
and the general fact that no violent inter
ruption Of the industrial prosperity OF the
country has occurred since 1878, q great
many people fear that we are on the brink
OF another commercial revulsion, and are
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-06
WEST VIRGINIA
Stencil and Seal Works,

ITSl MARKET ST., WHEELING, W. VA
Manufacturer of Stencil Plates, Burning Brands
Steel Stamps, Rubber Stamps and Name rates
seals engraved TO order. Postotfice Marking
Sfamps- Cancellors and Supplies. Rubber Type
and an kinds OF Stencil Supplies. o,
nais A. T. CASTOR.
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PRESS OPINIONS.
Another Crank.

ELchunge.
The Boston Herald says: TO be juStl-
fled by Abraham, Guiteau should have
killed goat instead of President" We
never before heard that Abraham killed .
goat.
Penp's Bones and the Tax Ofiiee Thieves
Indianapolis Journal.
The effort to remove the bones Of Will
liam Penn from England to Philadelphia,
has been suspended during the Progress OF
this tax-stealing Investigation.
Pacing Both ways
Philadelphia TfBses.
1t would be pretty poor sort of party
newspaper that couldn't face about on any
given subject at an hours notice, and since
Arthur's message left lump of ice where
the civil service paragraph began and end
ed il is to be remarked that the inspired
presses sermonize no longer on the spoils
system.
blaine New the Fayorite Republican.
CSncianati Commercial Rep.
The professors of Stalwartism know that
IL the National Republican Convention
should meet tomorrow, or next week, or
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-06
National Bank Of West Ya., at Wheeling.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OFTHE STOCK
holders of the Bank and the Election of
Directors, will be held at the Banking House
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, lSS2, between the
hours or and p. m.
JOHN WAGNER, Cashier.
wuErT1NC W Va Dec ~ ISL de2S
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
OhiO's Crisis.

That the struggle between the
good people of Ohio and the COM
bined powers of darkness and
drunkenness, has reached Crisis,
is being realized by our wide
awake friends over the river, and,
as might be expected, the quick
and far-seeing women are first to
sound the alarm and point out the
way of safety.
1t seems to be generally agreed
among those who are observing that
the disgraceful condition of EARNED
neutrality" between Right and
Wrong, cannot longer be main
tanned by the politicians in the
Ohio Legislature, and that the
coming session will mark a de-
cided departure in the one direc-
ton or the other. 1t is confidently
expected that the Legislature Will
be constrained either to 60 back
ward far enough to please the bad
people Of the State, or forward far
enough to please the good people,
and the noble women are actively
at work trying to secure the lat
ter.
Meetings are being held, organ
izations perfected and petitions
praying the submission Of q pro
hibitory amendment, being circu-
lated and signed in every district
in the State. Thus are the practi-
cal, sensible women of Ohio, de-
handing the one fair, square issue
between right and wrong. 1t will
now be seen whether the men OF
Ohio are too cowardly to meet the
issue,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06

Church Friday evening the after
noon programme was still on the
black board, as follows
Religious services, led by DIR.
Hawks.
Morality of Prohibition, by Rev.
Geo. L. Gear.
Legality of Prohibition, by Pres
ident l w. Andrews
Practicability Of Prohibition, by
John Dana.
A proper good programme that
thought we; one that would suit a
West Virginia audience well.
But we were only there in time
for the evening Mass Meeting,
which was addressed by Miss Ed
wards, of Cleveland, O.
We were delighted with Miss
Edwards earnest, practical manner
of dealing with this most practical
of all questions of the day; and es-
pecially were we pleased to find that
she has no patience with the alleged
Ohio idea of taxing the traffic to
death and making money enough
out of it while dying to buy Grape
for the funeral, After hearing
Miss Edwards again, we were more
than glad she had been secured to
lecture in Parkersburg; and al
though we had to take halliday
to get to Marietta, and nearly a
whole night to get back, we were
glad we went.
We bid our Ohio sisters and
brethren hearty good cheer and
God speed.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
Ohio Women.

We feel very sure that the wo-
men of Ohio are now battling in
the right direction and striking the
enemy in the weakest and most
dreaded point.
The one thing the liquor men
don't want is constitutional Prohi-
bition, and because they don't
want it is strong proof that this is
just what good people do want.
To this one object the Temper
ance women of Ohio are bending
all their energies, The counties
and districts are being organized,
md the State flooded with petit
lions for the submission Of an
Amendment similar to that de-
manded in our own State.
We had the pleasure Of attending
the County Convention Of the w.
Z. c. U. at Marietta, last Friday
The meeting was well attended and
much efficient work done.
When we reached the M. E.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
Business Profits.

A brief inspection of the records
in the Recorders Office show the
enormous profits to the city of the
liquor hus5ness.s
During the ten months ending
Nov. 81, the police force of the
city made three hundred and
eighty-one arrests.
The prisoners were charged as
follows
Drunk and disorderly, 364
Fast driving, 6
Stealing, 7
Selling whisky to minors, 4
Of these So were females.
We can't stop now to compute
the cost Of all this, but it is safe to
say that the principal part of the
peoples government is to take the
peoples money and hire men to
keep the traffic we license and le-
galize from killing US all.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
That Register Map.

We cove the world an apology for
neglecting till now to speak of the
splendid map of West Virginia
sent US by the enterprising pro-
prietors of the Wheeling Register. 1t
is by odds the best we have seen,
and if the Register was as sound on
Prohibition as it is on "maps"-
well, we'd be as happy as a school
boy Oh a full acquaintance with
his B, a Ba k, g, r,-ker; Baker.
The map is given to all Register
subscribers and is itself certainly
worth what a years subscription
costs. Indeed, we could have sold
ours for more, but it is on our wall
to stay
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
A Voice from Mineral County, and
a Vigorous One.

We give below some healthy ex-
tracts from a Mineral county letter
to the Chairman of the Temperance
Executive Committee. 1t was not
written for publication, but we
take it that the writer is familiar
with editorial propensities for for
aging wherever good things are to
be found, even if they be in the
line of
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
Speaking Of the opposition to
the temperance cause by protesting
Christians, the writer delivereth
himself thus vigorously: "These
obstructionists do us more harm
than "the impi01s sons Of Belial,"
in their opposition to the proposed
amendment, referring to it, as they
do, as the enactment of satnptua1y
laws, wishing to convey the idea
that it is an infringement on our
private rights. They speak of ours
as simple, childish views of a great
question, the friends of which
haven't sense enough to handle it
properly or wisely.
They stir my righteous indigna-
ton till I can hardly contain my
self Protesting, as they do, to love
their fellow men as themselves,
and at the same time allying them
selves with the rum-guzzlers and
upholders of this traffic in Distilled
Dapnation!
I've often said and repeat it, I'd
rather my boys would
ROB ON THE HIGHWAYS
for a living than to accept the
license these Christians vote to give
men to damn their. fellow men, so
cially, financially, spiritually and
eternaIIy. Hence you can readily
understand my profound and mex
pressible contempt for these
CHRISTIAN TRIMMERs
on this great and important-yea
the great question of the day.
Yet, thanks be unto "God who
giveth US the victory" we shall
with His blessing, at no very dis
tant day succeed in this grandest
Of movements.
Then be not discouraged. You
with your earnest co-workers, are
doing a grand work, and you have
the sympathy and earnest prayers
Of the enlightened Christians of thi'
and other lands for your abundant
success; and may God bless you.
efforts and give early and complet,
victory, is my prayer.
P. S.-Don't fail to get the wo
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1882.
Wickedly Conservative.

So far from being Radical and
ertreme, as some obstructionists in
sist, we insist that the advocates of
Prohibition are unreasonably, mex
cusably and wickedly conservative.
The law of self defence and the
defence of ones own, is divinely
ordained and obtains universally
The man is held to be a coward
and unworthy of life who hesitates
an instant to strike down the vii
lain that invades his home for rob-
berry or murder; and yet men and
women are to be decrisd as fanatics,
because they family protest against
the legalized robbery Of their homes
and murder of their children,
The man that lies in wait a.
cross the street from home to
rob the father and entice the boys
to death and ruin, is ten-fold more
an enemy than the thief that
comes IN the night to despoil
your house. While the thief may
take money and bruise the body,
the saloonist robs the family of
property, body and soul and sinks all
to perdition, blasting the hearth
and the home for time and etern-
ity Talk about being radical or
fanaticaI, when dealing with such
enemies! The wonder is that the
people don't rush madly forth in
one common impulse Of right
eous indignation, and as with a
bosom and whirlwind of Heavens
pent up wrath sweep the whole vii
famous traffic with all it's iniqui-
ties from the face of the earth
How Christian people and lovers
of humanity and sympathizers
with sorrow and suffering can con-
sent to live on under the cruel
domination of the accursed and
Accusing liquor-traffic, and longer
bear its impudence and insults,
submit to its tyrannies and toler-
ate its legalized robberies and muir
ders, is simply past all comprehen-
sion. Here indeed, is a conserva-
tism most unaccountable.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06

DEATH OF Mr.. F. E. PEARcE.-It
is with a sad heart we recall the
glad days of long ago, when we
knew him so well whose death is
announced in the Marietta Times as
follows:
"Many will read with surprise
the announcement in this issue of
the death of F. E. Pearce at Eau
Glare, whose life was chiefly spent
in this community. He was great
many years in the old bank and was
connected with the Union Bank.
His death was sudden. Not even
his son within a short tide having
any warning For the present Mrs.
Pearce will be with her daughter,
Mrs. McElroy at Grand Forks,
Dakota"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06

ing the railroad track short AS a.;
lance east Of Hinton, GOING in t ~
direction of Keeny's KnoboMos,is
tain Herald. -'"0'
Got away from there just in III.
nick of time-did'nt we?
There is a surprising scarcity Il,
local items this week, or we Ior VI
not been successful in finding thew
Everybody seems to be on, good /.
havior.- WetSel Messenger.
Then why not fill up your ca.
umns with "good behavior" items,
They're much better and healtb;s,
reading than whisky rows and do,
fights.
TED.-Twenty-fve head q
good Cabbage. Apply at this Of
fee Weston Republican.
Are you going to make "croutr
and does it take just tauenty-sis cah
page heads to make an editorisl
barrel Of the delicacy?
The feeling of popular indigns.
tian against the proprietor Of
doggery or whisky shop is strong
and growing, and will eventualvv
forever bury beneath its wave The
men who dare to wink at its exis.
tence. The people of this county
and of West Union district in par.
ticular, will avenge some insults to
decency, at the next general cleo
ton West Union Record.
Amen May the popular indig
nation swell and rise and soon burst
with overwhelming fury upon the
miserable plotters against the peace
of that community.
| We would kindly say to the FREE.
MAN that we do not thank it for any
advice as to how to run the Ilder.
Raleigh linden
All right. We didn't expect
thanks. The advice was given
freely for The good Of the hder
and it's patrons. ..
Rev. Lauck married Mr.. Detwil-
er to Miss Potts, at the residence CT
Col. Obers, on Sunday WetseI Mes
senger.
And didn't he in like manner
marry Miss Potts to Mr.. Detwiller?
While we dc not at all times in.
dorse the course of Brother John
son Of the FREEMAN, he is such a
frank, open hearted, and good ma
tured fellow that we like him nev,
ertheless.- Wayne Advocate.
We're right glad you like US
and if you'll be frank to endorse
the FREEMAN's course when its
course is right, we'll be content.
To SUBscRIBERs.--The end OF the
year is near at hand. Come for
ward and pay US, in order that we
may live. -MounLadn Herald.
We've tried that game Brother;
it won't work. Try another 'turn"
on them. Say: "Come forward and
pay us in order that we may de IN
peace" We'd try this ourself, if we
wer'nt afraid of a rush and the
panic that would ensue.
Have we a board of Health. The
sanitary condition of the county
ought to be looked after IacEG
Pioneer.
What you will now want will De
an extra force of undertakes, JAIL
ors and poor-overseers, for as mucn
as your county court has now au-
thorized certain of your citizens 'O
kill, murder, and make paupers o.
as many of your people as they can
In France they advertise the
drunkards in the town or nelghoollj
hood, giving the name, age anu rI
description, and the liquor s 57li II
are forbidden to sell to them. " ha'
a grand thing it would be to 40 y
in the United States ?-ChT0
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
Their Notions and Ours.

w 6DSG6T county olOOVo q WI LII 10
sioner, who is prohibitionist and
strongly opposed to license. Well
done Webster! The issue was square
ly made. Their legislator elect is
a prohibitionist also.-Sutton Noun
tanner.
We want to add a good, lively
Methodist Amen to that. When
our people get religion enough to
vote against the arch. enemy Of the
Church and patriotism enough to
defend their own homes against
their own corrupt parties, all our
counties will do as Webster has
done.
Was it Bro. Johnson of the FREE
MAN, who caused all this difficulty
on the temperance question in
Ohio, Indiana and Kansas? If it
was, we favour reading him out of
the party WetzeI Messenger.
What party ?-Radical.
Little Odds-read US out OF all
of 'em! AS it looks now We will fall
into bigger crowd and more re-
spectacle. We rather like train
ing with the independent Boss
Busters, anyhow.
There's lots O. news in the Ritch-
lie Democrat, if it does scold US bit
once in while-about every time it
meets us.--FREEMAN.
Spect you deserve the scolding.
We say so many good things about
you that you are kind of stuck up.
-RitcAae Gazette.
And if the Democrat should keep
up its scolding and the Gazette keep
saying it's good things, then would
the FREEMAN be held up, as it
were, on these antipodal petards
in a sort of aristocratic neutrality
is that the idea?
It seems to have been a rather
off year with Prohibition. - Wetzel
Democrat.
And why not have an off year
occasionally, on our side? 1t is az
"off" year. all the time with the
other fellows. Indeed it is an " off "
Saturday every Saturday for many
of them, the Democrats own col
umns bearing witness.
Editors love venison, turkey,
and mince pie. Does the Governors
Proclamation include these luxu-
ries ?-Irsbune
AS thy pocket-book so the in
depreciation thereof: how was it2
The West Virginia FREEMAN
party has proved very disastrous
to the republicans in Kansas and
Ohio.--Tucker Democrat.
If you can't spell better you'll
become tudicreous.
Twelve murders, 10 suicides and
a score or more shooting and cut
ting ARRAYS have been committed
in Cincinnati the past SO days
Exchange.
Just what we'd have in every
city if the personal---very. idea of
of the liquor dealers was allowed to
have it's legitimate fruits.
One of the whisky saloons in
this place was closed out last Satur-
day at constable's sale.-Pt. Pleas
ant Register.
And who ever before heard of a
whisky saloon being closed out by
a constable? They generally water
their stock and liquidate without
trouble of the kind named above.
Jay Gould is going to take trip
around the world, If he likes the
old thing he will buy it.-Nonpa-
riel
Reckon he's just looking out the
best place to start piers for bridge
to connect his lines with railroads
on the Moon.
The Tucker Pioneer speaking Of
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-06

men systematically and nun'erousIy
to work. They are the power be-
hind the throne, after all.
, 1882-04-08
(SDectator 11th March

"Jumb0n has been in Chancery. Mr..
Romer. acting on behalf Of certain Fellows
of the Royal Geological Society, applied to
the High Court, Chancery Division, to
restrain Mr.. Barnum from removing the
elephant. His argument was that the
Council of the Society had no power to
sell its animals, and if they had, in this
instance they had improperly delegated
their right, a quorum not having been
present when the sale was authorised. 1t
was shown. however, that the Council had
always bought and sold animals, and that
this particular sale, though originally in
formal. was subsequently ratified in a very
fullv-attended Council. The application
was. therefore, dismissed. Mr.. Romer's
plea. if accepted, would have compelled
the Society to ~reorganize itself, and was
hardly arguable, in the presence of facts
so we'll known and of such long standing.
The only obstacle. therefore, remaining to
"Jumbo's" departure is 'JumboD himself;
Int that is a formidable one. HO persists
in refusing to enter his cage, no cruelty
can be employed, and the effort to drag
him into it with a cable will, in all prOba-
bility. fail, more especially when Mr. Bar
num- agents realise their personal reSpon-
sibility. should he break out in the streets.
IT was admitted in the discussion before
the Court that the retention of the ele-
phant involved nothing but expenditure.
He is safe enough when not ''must," anda