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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

FoEr MADISON, Iowa. May l.-Polk
Wells, the train robber, escaped from the
penisen.iary, this morning, with two &C.
completes, named Fitzgerald aud Cook, By
chloroforming their attendant in the hos
pital, breaking through III iron roof and
overpowering the hospital guards. John
Elder, one OF the guards. has died from the
effects OF his injuries and the chloroiorm
Pursuit has been organized, but no trace as
yet found OF the escaped.
LATEn.-FitzscIald, one OF the escaped
conricts, was captured in barn, four miles
from town. Cook and Wells, the other
two, are supposed to be in the woods
near by.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
Grain ..,a provision. In chicago.

CE.cAGo, May Wheat was unsettled
and nervous olay, on account o; its be-
ing the first OF the month, anu because OF
the corner expiring for April and the un.
Certainty attcndin: the movements OF the
clique. twas generally believed that they
would carry ioswanl the corner and the
forward months advanced well along with
the others. Some fear WAS expressed and
minors were current ,ha. they were abou,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

made. The Republicans propose 10 unite
with this element and by running fusion
ticket 1t is believed that they can carry n
number OF districts in tho South. 1t Is
stated by II prominent Southern politician
that with sagacious management he Ind no
doubt that at least twenty Congressional
districts might be carried. The Congress.
ionni committee is disposed TO make the
experiment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
Important Decisions in Pcnnsylvnuin.

HAERlsBuEG, May 1.-The Dauphin coun-
ty court, to-day, decided case OF great
importance to the Lehigh Valley railroad
company and other corpora;ious that have
resisted the payment OF Tux on loans and
bonded indebtedness claimed by the State.
The claim against the Lehiyh Valley COM
pany was Sl35,9322, ior !SSo-'Sl, and suit
WAS brought against i; to test the right OF
the Commonwealth to impose this tax. The
court decided in favor OF the corporation.
and Commonwealth will appeal the case
to the Supreme court, whose decision, if
favorable to the State, wouid increase the
revenues OF Pennsylvania for the years i'll
question nearly million dollars.
The court, to-day, overraled all the es-
ccptiou filed by the Commonwealth to the
opinion in the suit against the Standard oil
company for the recovery OF nearly $500, 900
taxes on capital stock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
OCEAN STEAMERS.

I.oSDoS, May l.-Arrivcd out, the Gin
brin and the City OF Rome, from New
York.
New YoRE, May l.-Arrived, the Arizona,
the City OF Paris and tie Britannia, from
Liverpool, and the Frederick Wilhelm,
from Bremen.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

CHICAGO, May News was received at
Gen. sheridans headquarters, to-day. from
Fort Wassakie, Wyoming territory: Of the
killing OF Capt. Jack, OF the White River
Utes. Jack was imprisoned there and in
attempting to escape was killed by q
sergeant. As ne was running away, the
guard fired after him and he icll a, tile frs.
chr,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

DASvILLE, KY, May 1.-Since October
last, 100000 pounds OF tobacco were
sold in this market, at m average Of 50 IS
per 100 pounds; for the same period OF the
preceding year Is, 100000 pounds were sold,
ut 50 &c per 100 pounds,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

Notice is given that the principal and ac'
crued interest on the bonds. designated,
will be paid at the Treasury OF the United
States Ct Washington on July !, 1882, and
that the interest on said bonds will cease on
that date. ss
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
THE COUN rKY's IRA D..
Dull Mt Scu York and Ec.ton-Boor,IuS
Elsewhere. ..- o..

BosToS, May 1.-The following table
shows the total gross exchanges at the
twenty-five leading clearing houses in the
United States. ,wenty-one being for the
week ending April ~, and one, Louisville,
ior the week ending Anril q:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
Tb. nan, cn,l fur r,opl.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Secretary Of
the Treasury has called for the redemption
OF the following bonds:
Bonds OF the loan Of July 7and August
5, 1851, continued Ut 3! per cent. from July
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
WASHINGTON,

The Republican Convention OF Washing
ton county me: here yesterday and elected
Gen. John Hall, J. A. Mc.lyaine and +. F,
Achesdn de!egsies to the State Convention al
Harrisburg. They adopted resolutions recon.
mending Major (. l. Chris,nlan rs 4 caudi.
date for Secretary n: the Interior, and in.
structins the delegates to support Gen. James
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

s 20 No. . J6S 20 No. 1854 inclusive,
s,OO So.,l;,jAl % No. lS.6iS inclusive
SEQ No. II ..ii to Sn. la.42s3 inclusive p
81 COZ No, 5S,ojl 10 80, 4; 81. Inclusive
5000 No. lT.sSl TO No i7.s3i Inclusive
siI M, M rs Sll To No. Ij. llG inclusive
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02
The rub,,c D-b, statement

WASHINGTON. May 1.-The following is q
statement OF the public debt for the month
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02

For kidney and pelvic difficulties take
Manaiin .E
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11
THE ROUND OF LIFE.

Two children down by the shining strand,
with eyes as blue as the summer sea,
Wnlle the sinking sun fills all the land
With the glow OF a golden mystery;
Laughing aloud at the sea-mew's cry,
Gazing with Joy on its snowy breast,
I'll the FIRST star looks from the evening sky,
And the amber bars stretch over the West.
A soft green dell by the breezy shore.
A sailor lad and a maiden fair
Hand cIasped in hand. while the tale OF yore
Is borne again on the listening air,
For love Is young though love be old,
And love alone the heart can I'LL;
And the dear old tale that has been told
In the days gone by is spoken still.
A trim-built home on sheltered bay;
A wife looking out on the elistening sea /;
A prayer for the loved one far away,
And prattling imps meath the old roof-tree F;
A lifted latch and a radiant face
By the open door in the falling night
A welcome home and warm embrace
From the love OF his youth and his child
rem bright.
An aged man in an old armchair;
A golden light from the Western sky
His wife by his side, with her silvered hair ::
And the open Book of God close by.
Sweet on the bay the cleaning falls,
And bright is the glow of the evening star !;
But dearer to them are the jasper walls
And the golden streets of the land afar.
An old churchyard on hillside,
Two lying still In their peaceful rest
The fsherman's going out with the tide
In the fiery glow of the amber West
Children's laugh and old mems sighs,
The night that follows the morning clear +,
A rainbow bridging our darkened skies,
Are the rounds or our lives from year to
year -Chdmbers' Journal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

ANDY JOHNsoN's BIG GA8IE--The Lotfis-
Uille Commercial is Republican journal of
unquestioned orthodoxy. 1t prints the fol-
lowing laughabIe story, without qualifying
the allegations it contains:
johnson was fine poker player-one OF
the best In Tennessee. He used to tell OF
game played with Grant in 1856. Grant was
then at Washington and visited the President
one night. After a short talk johnson pro-
posed game Of poker. Grant. who was an
inveterate player then jumped at the chance,
Cards were brought and they began to play.
Grant lost steadily and heavily. The game
was 81, call IS, and no limit. At last Grant
said johnson, / will play you one more
deal around and we will quit l am tired of
of this 6-n foOlishneSs.' johnson dealt
and wouldn't come In They made 1t jack
pot.
neither could open il. At last there was S64
in the pot. Grant was dealing. johnson
picked up the cards he had pair of aces
up. Grant looked at his cards and quietly
laid them down. johnson said:
Z" Il will open for 500
"Grant without moving a muscle Of his
cast-iron countenance, leaned back In his
chair and said slowly, looking at his cards
all the time:
"T will have to raise you ESQ, Andy. 1
can't help it
johnson was little surprised, but stood
he wanted.
"T just want one how many do You
want?'
"'Eh p said Grant, carelessly, Il don't
want any this time
"Johnson picked up his card. 1t was an
ace. He bet S100
al will see your 800. Andy, and raise her
$1,000
johnson said afterward the bet came near
taking his breath away from him, but some
thing told him Grant was blufhng. He felt
q presentiment that he was.
'''Grsnt, 1 will see your $1,000 and raise
ber $780,
"Grant clenched his teeth, and his lips
came together like steel trap.
al will see your $500 and raise you 5000
better L got little scared, says john
son, and thought maybe he bad fours on
me- So 1 said, I'm just call you what
have you got p Jack high said Grant,
and. with an oath, jumped up from the table,
got his hat. and left. giving johnson his note
for all he had lost"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

AROUND THE WORLD FOR NOTHING
Our Parisian contemporary, La Figaro, has
hit upon an ingenious expedition for effectg
a journey around the world without any ex-
pense whatever to the traveller, (which expe-
dition 1t fervently recommends to enterpri-
sing but impecunious tourists for their adop-
ton. The first thing the wanderer does is to
become Jew. Having performed this pre-
liminary feat he must eontrive TO effect a
lodgment upon some portion Of the Cars
territory. Thence he will be Immediately
expelled, and conveyed gratis to Lemberg,
Galicia. At Galicia be will be received by
Mr.. Lawrence Oliphant who will forward
him to the United States at the cost of the
Jewish Relief Fund. Arrived in America,
the traveller puts on the raiment and demean-
or Of Chinese. BE will then be conveyed
to the aowery realm free Of charge by phi
lanthropic company bent upon eliminating
the Celestial element from the States. I'm
medistely on being Sc. ashore in Chinese
port he should give out that he Is a born Rus
sian, intrusted with secret political mission,
and therefore travelling In disguise. The
Chinese authorities willat'once cause him to
betransported to their northwestern frontier,
where they Will hand him over to the Rus
SLAMS. These, as soon as they find the stran-
ger is Jew, will pass him over to the capital
Of Austrian Poland; andlwhen, for the second
time he arrives In LemberR. he will have,."put
girdle round about the earth quite as In.
expensively, II not altogether as expeditions
ly as ever Puck die In his best days.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11
GALLANT DEEDS.
INsTANCRs OF HERoIsM WHICH THR ALEX
ANDRIA CON FLICT REVIVED.

INsTANCRs OF HERoIsM WHICH THB ALEX
ANDRIA CON FLICT REVIVED.
The dispatches from Alexandria enlarge
upon the wonderful devotion and extraordi-
nary bravery OF the gunner on board one OF
the British vessels who picked up a shell
with burning fuse and immersed 1t in a
bucket Of water. This was q courageous
act, but It was not ''more gallant than any
thing Of the sort ever before chronicled." -
During our own war for the Union hundreds
OF cases as deserving OF mention occurred.
at Stone River. when Croft's Brigade OF
Palmer's Division was pursuing the routed
rebels on the I'd OF January, they came sud-
denly on a reserve battery that opened on
them with surprising fury. The men were
ordered to lie down, and dropped In the soft
mud Of a cornfeld. The rebel artillerymen
had the range, however, and poured shot
and shell into the advance line in a way that
tore some unfortunates In pieces and cover
ed nearly every one with mud. In the
midst of the terrific fusilade shell struck
between two men lying fat on the ground so
near to their heads as TO stun both. Dozens
Of men, the bravest there, closed their eyes
In anticipation of the terrible scene that
would follow the explosion. But one Of the
soldiers at whose shoulder the smoking
shell had struck. digging up a handful Of
mud, held It aIoft for moment while he
said coolly, "Ten to one, boys, she don't
bust" and then with sort Of gleeful agility
he brought his great wad of mud down on
the shell smoking in the shallow hole, and
''she didn't burst" No one thought George
Hunt, Of Company G, First Kentucky In
fantry, a hero for doing that, but possibly he
| ranked as the courageous gunner on the Al
exandria.
Another case When Sherman was getting
ready for his move on Atlanta great quanti-
/ ties OF ammunition were stored In the rail-
road sheds at Resaca. One day in the midst
| Of thunderstorm that dismantled the camp
the ammunition building was struck by
lightning. Hundreds of the bravest soldiers
ran bTindly away as they saw the boxes of
shells thrown about, saw the guards drop as
| II shot, and saw smoke issuing from the top
OF the great pile of explosives. But one
man, cleaT-eyed and ccol-headed, saw that
the smoke came from one In which the shells
were packed, and, climbing to the top, seiz-
| ed the burning mass, and holding It up
shouted. Gan right boys no fireworks this
time. His intrepidity and alertness saved
the ammunition and possibly many lives,
and his record should be kept as green as
that Of the gallant gunner of the Alexan.
| dria.
These are only sample cases. The Amer
ican war for the Union brought hundreds of
such gallant deeds into clear light, and there
is no good reason why they should be for.
| gotten.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

COULDN'T FETCH TT "A farmer belong
ING TO a certain religious denomination in
Illinois called upon clergyman few DAYS
ago % ask the good man IL be really believed
that prayers were answered.
"Of course I do, was the reply.
"Well, dunno" was the douotful ooser-
YatiOn.
Have you anything on your mind, broth
er Parsons ?"
"I have" -,
Have you prayed in all earnestness
Z" have"
And often 2''
yes every day and twice day
I" And that prayer has been answered
"No"
"Well. perhaps had better pray Tor you.
What shall l ask for in your name Z?
AZ don't want to be hog. you know,
said the brother, "bdt il you are mlDd 10 70
pray that wheat jumps 10 81. 10 oushel oy
The first of July I'll bring you down ousnel
of new potatoes next time 1 come. I've
wrestled and struggled and hung on TIL l
have got a sore throat and am clean dls-
coura0ed -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

PENNSYLVANIA RoBfANCE.-An exchange
says A resident New Yorker pointed out
to me this morning a citizen OF Pittsburgh,
who was at one time a salesman in a retail
grocery there at salary OF $500 a year
When the petroleum excitement became
rampant he went to Titusville, without any
money, and, after few weeks, fell In with
a prosperous speculator and "struck oil. I"
making $4oO, 900 to $500, 900 In a year. He
incre ased this sum to 81 800, 900, and was
urged by his friends to retire from the oil
region with the wages Of his luck This he
refused to do and before another year he
had lost all but few thousand dollars
Then he returned TO Pittsburgh and went
TO work in legitimate way, But the fever
Of speculation attacked him once more, and
he betOok himself a second time to Oil Creek
After various shifts and adventures for
tune revisited him, and be was able to count
his million. Trying TO double this-he had
fixed his figure at %, ,000, ,ooo-he was again
financially wrecked. This time he was so
poor that he stayed among the wells, and
was forced to earn livelihood py becoming
a day laborer. New opportunities opened
to him, and a third time he got very rich
Reckless speculation once more brought him
low, and he left for California, hoping in i'm
prove his prospects there. The fascination
OF petroleum drew him back. He made a
fourth fortune and lost it and finally a fifth,
with the same result.
Within few months the tickle goddess
has smiled upon him for the sixth time, and
he has invested all his money in government
bonds-in all amounting to S1,7OO OO0-and
forswOrn speculation. He sold all his oil be-
fore the recent tumble in prices, and says he
has learned wisdom by experience. Having
more than he will ever spend he ought to be
contented financially, and run no more risks
but doubt If he will. The 81, 900. 900 he
had fixed upon he has not yet reached. and
he will be different from most spectators if
he can resist the old greed. his wife, who
is here with four chiIdren-two grown up
girls and two boys on the eve of manhood
was the counselor that induced him to buy
governments. He himself is not yet..ffty.
In no other country than this could a man
make six fortunes and lose five in less than
twenty five years. In America alone is the
tale of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp
daily, yea, hourly, verified.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER Every reflect
ing mind knows that the local newspaper
adds much to the general wealth and prosperi-
ty Of the place, as well as increases the repu-
tation of the town abroad. 1t benefits all
who have business in the place, enhances
the value of property, besides being public
convenience, even if conducted in the inter
est of the ruling political power. It's col
umns are not filed with brilliant editorials,
still it benefits you in every way. 1t increas-
es your trade it cautions against imposition;
it saves you from loss; it warns you of dan
ger ; it points out different advantages and
increases your profits. If you want such
paper, you must not consider 1t an act of
charity to support it, but as as means to in
crease your own wealth as well as that OF
the place in which you live.-Printer:' Ctrcti-
lar
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11
VIOLATING APATRHn

uviu Be sad nevs 70 many q prddeot
hOusewife 10 learn that every time she plsl1
9 hole In an egg with pin she is violating
Ehe patent Of en- American Invenbo< bui
such is the caGA Years ego an inventive
genius dsToted htnself % disc0vsrins .
method 10 preveni eggs nom cracking Dur
he The process Of boiling he solved ths
problem hy prickins pin-hoR IN ons end
q the egg, through which ths GsI In the shs1
vSs allowed 70 escape and This ptD-bols be
duly patented according 10 hv. Precisely
bow be managed to colfect his royalty Is .
myztery, but ne fact remains that be hasS
legal dsim for royalty on every pin-hds
made In an egg before boiling,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11
ARABI BET.

am flying, Egypt, flying. and it's likely
shall fly
Till can't fly any further, for 1 do not care
I'm so stified by the desert sand, my lungs
can hardly wheeze,
And m feeling mighty shaky IN my stomach
and my knees
Not bit of camefs sirloin, not q drop OF
camers whey
Not an orange nor banana has passed my lips
to-day;
For I'm flying, Egypt, flying. and my present
purpose Is
To keep on flying till know I'm safely out
of this.
From Ratapoul to BaR-el-Dsd I've wound my
weary way
From Alexandria's marble halls to Blnp
WhaDg's cots OF clay
From Snlcker Eh's sandy plains to Cairo's
tufted walls
From trumpet Hittem's lowly site to Sne
za's royal halls
And still the Bloody Britisher comes pranc-
ing up behind
with threat 70 tear my inwards out and
strew them to the wind
DO you wonder, Egypt-wonder, with my
army round me dying,
That IN flying, Egypt, flying, and propose
to keep on flying.
-DenceT Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11


JOSH Billings ON POLE "KATs- The
Pole Kat. They are beautiful things, but
oh how deceptive.
Their habits are phew but unique. They
build their houses out ov earth. and that IL
front door.
They are called pole kats because Il Is not
convenient to kill them with klub, but
with pole and the longer the pole the more
convenient
Writers on natural history disagree about
the right length of the pole tev be used, but
1 would suggest that the pole about 455 feet,
espeshily IL the wind is In favor Of the pole
kat
A pole kat will remove the filling from
hens egg without breaking hole in the egg
bigger than a marrow fat pea.
This is vulgarly called ''surkin eggs"
A pole kat travels under an alias which il
called skunk" There Il a great many
aliases that there is no accounting for, ano
that il one OF them.
One pole kat in a township is enuff, espe-
shially if the wind change once in awhile.
A pole kat's skin is worth two dollars in
the market after it is skinned, but it is worth
three dollars and fifty cents to skin him.
This is one way to make twelve shillings
shillings on wet day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

An AWFUL SUPPOsITIoN.-Dr.W Wilkes, in
his recent work on Physiology. remarks that
'1t is estimated that the bones of every adult
person require TO be fed with lime enough to
make marble mantel every eight months. -
1t will be perceived, theref ore, that in the
course Of about ten years each Of us eats
three or four mantelpieces and few sets of
front door steps. And in a long life 1 sup
pose it is fair to estimate that a healthy
American could devour the Capitol at
Washington, and perhaps two OF three medi.
um-sized marble quarries besides. It is aw-
full to think of the consequence if a man
should be shut of from his supply of lime for
while and then should get loose In a ceme.
tery' An ordinary tombstone would hardly
be enough for lunch for him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11
ATTACHING A MULE

Deputy Sheriff Cobb, Of Amsrious, Gsor-
gia, undertook to levy on Charles MAnHon's
mule. The mule was a notoriously hard
kicker; but Mansion offered to hold him
alongside q fence, from which the of1e9
could get on his back. Just as this manou-
vre was almost accomplished, the beast
threw Cobb by a vicious plunge and kioked
him frightfully. Mansion Is now under ar
rest on charge Of obstructing sbe law By
tickling the mule in the nose with straw,
just at the critical juncture. But the mule
is stin unseized.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

AN editor asks, "What is worse than going
to bed on an empty stomach % 1t is bad,
truly, and we don't know anything worse
than that, unless it is to get up in the morn
ing on an empty larder. But what is the
use of going to bed on your stomach at all :?
Why n OF lay on your back, even If it does
cause you to snore some.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

THIS hard one is sent by an inquiring cor
respondent to the Boston Journal.
Mr.. Editor: Tell me why colonel
Is spelled in a style so infolonel?
Shed one ray of light
On q 6orrOwful wight,
Who for years has subscribed for the Jolonsl.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

Doc MEAT and willow tea, poor De Longs
hin of fare, should be the diet OF the next
Congressman who votes for an appropriation
for another arctic expedition.
Herald
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-11

THEREs this 70 be tii il ava - Al tm
and Eve: There : no evidence thai ih-y lied
about the size nf the suuke.