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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
WATER WAITS.
Stray and Regular Matters Along the
River and wharf.

The river was falling slowly at dark last
night, with feet inches of water in the
channel.
The Sidney arrived last evening and will
leave for Cincinnati this afternoon.
All the small packets were on time yes
terday, but are not doing very large bust
ness.
The Diurnal left for Parkersburg with q
large trip, yesterday:
The Regular is The Parkersburs packet to-
day. 49,
There will not be any Pittsburg and Cln-
cinnati packet down until the river rises.
The Hornbrook will receive q new dress
shortly, something similar to her sister
Nail City.
Frank Carroll and William Underwood
are in the pilot house of the Granite State.
The channel at Greenleafs is cutting out
Other Pr:="t Of water is reported there
The following card was clipped from yes
terday's Pittsburg Times:
WHEELING, October IL, iSS2.-DKAR SIR:
I have resigned my position on the steamer
c. w. Bachelor, and have accepted stu
alton In the Wheeling postofice,. in the
money order department.. Thanking you
very kindly for the fayors you showed me,
Yours respectfully,
49, ..-...-- tChAs- AsDkksoA, +.
The tow beat John Hanna, II ,aid!up at
The tovbosf D. 7. Lane hasbeeu repaired
ut Point Pleasant
The mammoth shaft of the Kate Adams
was put in position yesterday.-Pittsbargh
Times. -.-, .s-.s.. - - =
The steamer TelsphoEs Is IN the Point
Pleasant docks.
PrrrsnupgH October I3-RiyeP Is inches
and falling Cloudy and warn.
CINCINNATI, October 13.--Riyas 8 feet 8
inches and falling slowly. Ar:iyed-Queen
City. Paducah.
CAIRo, October f3.-River 9 ieet 2 inches
and falling. Thermometer 6S".
NEv ORLEANS October S.-River station.
airy. Warm and clear.
MExrHIs, October l3.-RiTsr rose inch.
Warm and clear. ,L.--t .arFF -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

the most expensive road ever constructed
for the distance. -,
A road. n cost s., 600 900, is to DO built
from Brooklyn, Ills, to ShawneetoFn.
The California Southern IL completed TO
San DIEGO. $50 miles from San Francisco
Ths wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
has been opened from wheeling to Detroit.
A short line is to be opened mp ~ the
Missouri Pacific from Kansas Clsy 70 %
Louis.
"A railroad is 10 be built between. Buffalo
and Toronto. 1t will be ten miles shorter
than any existing road. sftf9
Trains are to be running on November
on the Chicago and Atlanue haIiroaa pc
tween Chicago and Marion, ONO, zoo mics.
The Denver and South Park division
the Gunnison branch is now completed 70
Gnnn;son 2O7 miles from Denver, az mi a
fl0in fhe main line at Buena Vista
III fsxas i,4613 miles Of new roads were
CONSTRUCTED list yea, costir- nearly $50
0O0eOo, = The STATE les now. thirty.four
railroads, pgeregssus 1905 miles In length.
The grows eafniuas OF the Pennsylvania
!i.i.' :, .:ers e i49 l50 on the
Eastern lines, the largest ever known; The
net gain for the month was almost hah .
~ l.
million dollars. -.
There now employed on the New York
west Shore and Buffalo, and the New YORK,
Ontario and Western Railroads, from Wee.
hawkin to Middletown and from Cornwaii
10 Syracuse, Is, 294 men, lis steam ana
compressed air drills, IA steam excayators
and 4 dredging machipes, There are also
2 43l horses and carts, q locomotives, 1,oS0
cars, IA pile drivers, 76 steam derricks, 10
steam pumps and % tugs, bsrges and canal
boats. ..........- . ...
In ronnd numbers 1000 miles OF railroad
have been constructed so far TINS year
as-a;nst 4 900 miles for same time last year.
The earnings show corresponding I'M
prevement. During July IS roads, aggre,
eating 1920 miles, reported aggregated
earnings of $50, 0l9, 504, or 10 per cent. more
months. ending July 81, 81 railroads, ag.
greeating 49, 40 miles, earned $l96, 633, ~,
or i2.4 per cent more than last year. ...
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
POINTS ON PEOPLE.
The Most Recent News OF O Personal
Character.

The Most Recent News OF . Personal
Character.
Mrs Josephine N. Woods, of Baltimore, is
visiting relatives on the South Side. .
James Burley, Jr., of Marshall county, Is
at present out in the mountains recruiting
her health.
Miss Tenshia Knelt, of Newport Is at
present guest of Mr.. aud Mrs. Col. Peters,
at the head of Seventh street.
Mr.. Joshua Burnley, one Of our Oldest and
most respected citizens. is confined to his
home west OF the city with q bad case OF
cancer.
, Mrs. Col. Alex Campbell, of Bethany,
and Mrs. NJ. J. Purvis. Of Louisiana. are In
the city for brief visit the guests OF MS.
7. c. Moffat.
Miss Luellen Gibson and brother, s. Glib
son, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are at present
visiting their aunt, Mrs. VIM. 81. Qobinson,
on Main street H...
Major General w. s. Hancock passed
Wheeling Junction on the Panhandle
road yesterday evening en- route to
Governors Island from st. Louis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

In these times Of quack medicine ad
yertisements everywhere, IL is truly graft
flying to find one remedy that Is worthy oil
praise, and which really does as recon
mended. Electric Bltters We can vouch fol
as being true and reliable remedy, and
and one that will do as recommended
They invariably cure Stomach and Liver
Complaints, Diseases Of the Kidneys and
Urinary difficulties. We know whereof
trial. Sold at fifty cents bottle BY Logan
q Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

ftS Dus1S Or I11f : Z ~
ssa,1 49, q tSe Han FIR, there va
he wv - tr..,,nAa,
|, more or less taik Oh eets~in
Iu...dsto hava ban rocsivod hy~ Aa$oa
81 -. No. - Colanbu s6Th hands
o...s N, nn.onia. The latter were
very INDIGNANT at The report which WIN Be
Stst rest by the following denial from
Major Moore: 80
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
Tmportant Are, a, C.io,,., :.

PrrsBuRGn. October l3.-Th.:Conn.
cial Gazette. uniontown, Pa, special oar,
The United States secret service Agent, H.,
night arrested Thos. N. Carter and Ch,rI.
p. and Mccullough Marker for pas,in,
counterfeit money. Fayette couniy .pI
the adjoining country has been Aood,I
with spurious coin for a year past and {, 4
believed the parties arrested are meub,,
Of an organized gang OF counterfsisn
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
A free.EanAlI pYsN.

ATLANTA, GA, October ls.-At n,,on
small station on the Brunswick and a.
Railre ad, q serious shooting affr,y occ" :. =!
to-day. Green b. Mays and Martin H.
tufpentine producers, me, Of court NJ
aaked for retraction Of q sat,msn, ny;
letter to him. Harrel Of oEce frrd n.
tween the two men sni their II ends ~,
or fifty shots were tired. Both psinri,"I
fell MORALLY wounded. one q Ts,,st
supporters named Jordan, was Iilled AZ
another man was badly hurt.
ATLANTA, Ga, October ia ,peciL I,
the Constitution says Mays, one OF he NJ.
engaged In the Triton fight, is dead W.,
Vickors 10 also reported dead, and HoryT
10 at the point Of death.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

The Rev. J. r, Thompson, formerly OF
this CITY but now pastor OF Hedlns Aetao-
dist Episcopal Church, Jersey ttJ, y. j.,
will deliver sermon to morrow nIgnt Ga
Christianity and Modern Seeptieisn. the
SUNDAY RxGrsrER has been furnished with
an outline Of the sermon which VIII apPsas
tomorrow morning. HNl2l DC Widesy real
End With great interest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

Can you find a case OF Brights Disease
Of the Kidneys, Diabetes, Urinary or Liver
Complaints that is durable, that Hop Bit
tiers has not or cannot cure? Ask your
neighbors il they can.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

Albert Price Al HI. OLA s..i.ss. Ac.i,.

Albert Price &c Hts Oh Basiness
Yesterday Albert Price, Robert Richard.
son and Chas. Watkins, were arrested for
stealing two wagon tires from b, Bach, .
blacksmith, residing on Twentieth street
On examination before Justice Caldwell,
who issued the warraSts Price and
Richardson were held, and Watkins dis
charged. Price and Richardson were com
mitted to Jail for the Circuit Coui. Price
was also arrested on warrant issued by
Squire Philips, in which he stands charged
with having Knocked down and robbed one
Patrick Kenny, about 10 O'Clock Thursday
night of one watch and chain, the value Of
$25, and also S. Is In cash. Price has had
on bis war paint for several days. He was
inst out Of Jail one week. He is the
iuckiest thief In all Of these parts. Will
Moundsyills have him for . guest this
winter? ~
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

Toe much cannot be said OF the ever
faithful wife and mother, constantly watch.
ing and caring for her dear ones, never neR.
lecting single duty in their behalf When
they are assailed by disease, and the sys
tenn should have Q thorough cleaning, the
stomach and bowels regulated, blood puri.
fled, and malarial poison exterminated, she
must know that Electric Bittsrs are the
only sure remedy. They are the best and
purest medicine in the world, and only
cost SO cents. Sold by Logan q Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
Gen. Nathan COZ

A sketch of his busy life in War and
Peace, from the pen of Col Frank A. Burr,
will appear IN the SUNDAY REGIsTER- The
article includes his career at school, 10 the
army, and a lawyer. legislator, speaker and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

The BEsr SALvE In the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles. II Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. foc sale By LN6ea
& Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

'.'"It Is great art TO do the right thing
at the night time" The person subject to
protective duty TO perform in purchasing q
package of KidneyWort. II invigorstss
these organs by its cathartic and diuretic
effects. cleanses che whole system of al bad
humors
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

Nothing Is purer or more re-
freshing than the Cream sold by
Mrs. Mary Zelgenfelder, No. %
twelfth Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
Conrresana1G a6

Col. Frank A. Burr, brilliant writer.
contributes to the SUNDAY REGIsrER per-
sonsl sketch OF the Congressman-elect in
this district, The sketch will be read with
interest by all his constituents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

Persons of all parties desiring TO cele-
brate in true style tonight should pur.
chase their colored fire from F. ID. Fisher,
druggist, No. 1918 Market street. One
hundred pounds for sale. Call early to
serure il
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

J.H. DIKHL & Co., J. 8. Welty, Worthen
& Tieman, George K. McMechen, r ].
Smyth aud H. F. Behrens sell Charter Oak.
Robert Simpson, Wholesale Agent
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
BbrsIins Re9istes
SATURDAY, OCToBER IA, Issa.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Index to New Advertisements.


Notice OF DissolutiOn-LoftuS & Reilly.
Strayed-CoW and Calf.
Campbelrs Choice Preserves.
Argand Parlor Stoves-Sesbitt 4 Bro.
Lace Curtsins-G. Mendel & Co.
Oyster Parlor-Thos- F. Heyman.
Box Representation & Davenport.
Satin Gloss Flour-Neill & Ellingham-
Now is the Time-B.F. Caldwel-CThird
Page
Saichels-John H. Hall
Good Cheer and Welcome-Monarch Bill
lard ParlOr. v.
The Electric Light c. Moffat & Co..
Excelsior Planning Aill-Beltz s Fading
local Page.
New Stock Millinery Goods-Mrs. s. Z,
Buchanan. .aL.8 - E-LF-
French Condition PoSder-R- H. List.
Choice Coffees-J. H Diehl & Co.
Silverware- Miller & Franzhsim-
whole and Ground Spices-Edward
Reid. | -.
81 Co.
New Price List-W. A. Wilson & Co.
The Oil Stove G. w. Johnson's Sons
Champion Iron Fenoe--B. Fisher 4 Son.
Don't You Forget It-ridal Wave Sa-
AOon- a r.tf.-, poua-1 ri oca1
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Naek &C NAAhinRtaa.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, October l3-Pot.
master General Howe left for wsshins,os
last night. II Is rumored here that he siIl
be removed from the Cabinet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
Veterinarx HesRitAI.

Dr.C. B. Robinson has found itnecessry,
owing to increase Of practice, TO establish q
Veterinary Hospital where sick animals
can be treated in a rational ena scieutitic
manner. All animals placed in his hands
will receive the best Of attention. and
treated according TO the dictates of science.
Hospital, No l Eleventh street AN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

sLydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is q positive cure for all those
weaknesses so common to our best female
population. --
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True 70 Her TrusS,

MoRsIre Glory Baking Powder. Pure
snd wholesome. Ask your grocer for it.
@. 8. Feeney, proprietor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

LADIES and Children's Mehno and I'm.
derwear at extremely low prices at Blum &
Marks Cloak House, 1106 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

WALKING jackets, the finest variety, q
Blum & Marks Cloak House, llos MAJ,
street re
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/ HAD Chronic Rheumatism for one year:
bad been given up to die BY two physic.
ians. PERUsA cured me. VIM. CUsrz,
Pittsburgh, Pa
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
nnr SUNDAY Rermon.

rs-Feafhers, ribbons velvet can all be
coIored to match that new hat by using the
diamond DYES 10 cents for any color.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
FortyYesrs' Experse.ee eras oIA

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup il the
prescription Of one of the best female ply.
sicisns and nurses in the United States,
and has been used for forty years With
neyerfailipg success by millions Of moth:
ers for their children. II relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhoes,
gripping inthe bowels and wind collie. By
giving health to the child relieves the
mother. Price Is cents Q bottle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
r,.-d Pelttsesl Demonstra tion.

OYSTERS served in every style at the Tidal
Wave Saloon. -------
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Peach and other Fruit Flavor
ed Creams at Mrs. Mary Zeigen-
feeders, No. SO Twelfth street,
fresh every day.
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FINEST

,,,a ofyOmen's and Mems hand
Ill reachine made shoes IN the
a anu Also extra high cut Misses
Button SDJ 3. w. AMICK's, :
ffA3 Main st.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

CHEAP Hosiery in wool and cotton at
Blum & Marks Cloak House, ll08 Main
street,
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MoRsIsa Glory Baking Powder. Sold by
all leading dealers. Buy it and you viii
use no other. g. s. Peeney, proprietor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14
C0e0aaus Cake.

ASK Your grocer for Charter Oak Flour
Robert Simpson,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

ss Sc ne &c n sns af ha Psrsss Cigar.
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DO not be Deceived.

FoR good and cheap Cloaks 20 to Blum &
Marks Cloak House, 1106 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

49,, white and cOlored shirts, Msrin 10
1s snsnei underwear in great variety az
T P1um d Marks Cloak House, iiV0 ~
s,fttt
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RaelLlea,a Arniea saISe.

SILK Circulars ut Blum & Marks Cloa
House, 1l06 Main street
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AnsWeP Thia.

INVALID wives and mothers quickly re-
stored to health by using Browns Iron
Bitters. A true tonic.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-14

WARx end cold lunch every morning at
the Tidal Wave Saloon.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.


%. James Hotel. October Is, 1853.
Miss e Baker. Pa Mrs G Crest and daugh
r Mcconnell, Fnrhi'R ter, Moundsville
w G Booth, BALTIC EWa9un, I
Pryor, city Robson, boston
w A Higgins city, ] II Curl and wife, N
w Il Petit, Lttleton Jersey
] ID Hepop Clarksbg + @ Ebellng. Pitts
] T Boegess, do : Brown, MtPIeasant
IF Alien, do Mr. and Mrs Ewing,
CIV Austin BALTIC Pittsburgh
Alb Booth, str Dinrnal A Oxwad and wife, n
y Barpers str Diurnal Martinsyille
j Barr Martins Ferry J NJ Clark, NY
AW Merrill, Sandusky Il w Force, Cleveiand
q II Evans, BALTIC Pettinger, Mansfd
G Robinson, BALTIC w Quincy, BALTIC
] A Hellster u ii Baker and wife,
d Mears, Bosten LaIrobe, Pa
r Hodgens, Pa FW Weisand. Eyria
Mrs w Oaks, Wellsb'g r Hodgens, Pa
II Curl and wife, @ Mcconnell, Phila
New Jersey RIM Patterson, Pa
w M Babbitt, JP Francis, Newark
r NJ Harden, city w Wedeman, city
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SILK Dolnlsns at Blam & Marks Cloak
House HOG Main street.
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" you buy Charter Oak Flour you will
never want to change. II 70 good every
time.
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One Hundred Dollars Rsward-ILOcal
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CoRsKrs, handkerchiefs, Gloves, stylish
neck wear at Blum & Marks ll06 NAN
street. Cloak House.
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ULsrERs, Ulsterettes and Circulars at
Blum & Marks Cloak HOUSE. HOG Main
street,
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aS lhe lnltatory step 70 Spit from the
gated the matter TufIy, and. lind that while
the rollers have organized Protective
Association" they have done so with no
intention of Withdrawing from the Anal
pamated Association. At the meeting to
eapizipg a separate society and withdraw
ing from the A. A. was fully ventilated.
A few were in favor OF the latter scheme,
but the number who were and are shu IN
favor OF standing by the A. a. YVES 30 large,
and they were 80 emphatic in their declar-
atoms 10 have nothing to do with the new
society il such were its object, that the sub
iect was dropped. Therefore no fears need
be entertained in regard TO . split Tie
Labor Tribune.
The Riverside mill is running along
single turn and, as one of the managers
stated yesterday, they would so continue
until after the November election, as trade
would not be very brisk until then. In
the bar department the rolls were changed
from the merchants iron 70 the rails, Is
there is at present quite demand for rails
The reporter was misinformed short
time ego as to running the yard engine in
the coal bank The Riverside Mill Com
paDy intended getting special engine for
the coal bank, as they found il would not
do to use the yard engine for several reasons
II can be safely stated now, that IL they
use an engine at all il will be Of station
airy character, and the cars will be haulei
out by the use OF an endless chain, some
thing similar to the way the street cars ara
pulled by an underground chain. At the
factory everything is working as usual. All
the nails are Immediately put in kegs and
shipped of. The company are having an
other wall build at the foot of hill, behind
the upper mill, to keep the bank from cav.
ing in. The shed over the boiler is finished
and the general appearance of the mill Ia
much improved by the recent repairs.
RAILROADS..
The6rand Trunk system now embraces
$3.50 miles
The New York. West Shore and Buffalo
Railroad when completed viii, it Is said be
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-24
What 10 aTrilliOn?

Editor EVENING LIGHT:
don't like your definition of trillion, in
Tuesdays issue.
The Arbic notation, which is in use among
us, IS one of decimals; that is, the value of a
unit, or of any digit, increases by multlples Of
ten, not by squares Of the number itself, as
you will see by my using a comprehensive
number to illustrate, thus: Take 10, multiply
it by 10 and it equals 100; again, multiply 100
by 10 and it equals 1000, while if we multiply
100 by itself we shall have its square, or
10000.
You say that "million times million is
billion" Let us multiply this and see:
1000, oooxI ,ooo, 900 equals 200 ooo, ooo, 600
You see the unit stands in the fifth period,
which is, the period of trillions, and our
answer is one trillion, which is the square OF
one million. Let us take some other digit
than I, as for instance 3, multiplying it by
itself we have 3x3-9; then 9x9-SI; then Six
SI--656I, etc. These are the squares of the
different products. Now, use 10 as 2 multi
plier and we have 3xIo-3oxIo-3ooxIo-
5000, etc. The old English method of using
six figures in a period is out of date.
Yours respectfully,
TEACHEP
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-24
City Council Proceedings.

We have now arrived at that interesting
stage in the proceedings of the last meeting of
our city legislators, when an interesting little
game was played at the expense of the hand
some member from the second ward.
Alderman Story at a previous meeting, had
notified the council that at the next meeting he
would introduce comprehensive ordinance,
looking to the improvement OF our streets. He
set forth the main features of the plan, or in
other words, showed his hand.
Now "hs honor" is 'game keeper" and
when Story displayed his trump cards ''his
honor Immediately put up a job on the reck-
less Story, who was playing his first hand at a
game he don't really understand. So when
Story came to play his cards he found his
tricks trumped by ''his honor" through the
expert chairman of the public improvement
committee; in fact, the cards were waxed, and
now, Story doesn't understand to-day how
badly he was "set down on.'
''HIs HoNoR's" ORDINANCE.
Following the reading of Story's ordinance,
Alderman Lockwood rose and offered an or
dinance reciting the charter provisions in re-
gard to street improvements, varying the same
to suit the ideas of CHS honor"
Alderman Story at once recognized that his
card was trumped and got the floor to protest
and to ask that action be postponed On the
ordinance. "His honor" smiled an innocent
smiled at the nonplussed Story and reminded
him that he was little off.
Alderman Berg tried to explain that the Or
dinance did not interfere with the introduction
OF any measure of the street improvement, but
merely set forth how they could do it so that it
would be only necessary to pass resolution
instead of an ordinance every time street was
to be paved.
Now this was no reason at all for the ordi-
nance, which is really very lame attempt to
explain and re-enact the charter provisions,
which do not need re-enacting by the council.
The ordinance does not save time, money or
anything else, and is only "his honor's" inter-
pretating the charter, and we believe, not
withstanding the city attorneys opinion to the
contrary, it is not warranted by the charter in
several particulars.
twill take just the same trouble to pass a
resolutiod as an ordinance.
But following this ordinance, Alderman
Lockwood introduced resolution, sort OF
omnibus improvement bill, intended to close
out Alderman Story entirely, and as it is
drawn to fit the new ordinance, and as Alder
man Story's proposition is entirely out Of or.
der, we may take it that "his honor's" plan
will be adopted.
This Smnibus legislation saves worry
thought and care. The money is voted ant
the municipal ship swings lazily down tn.
sluggish tide, while its "boss" fans froms hi
brow the cares of state, and things take care O
themselves.