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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

1.-The Chairman called attention to- the
lact That belmont county had cast one
more vote than she was entitled TO. Chair
man Lee, OF the Belmont delegation, cor.
rected the vote. for Hollingswor.b, which
should have beenl6 ,7gef] sssG. !
There being no candidate with a majority
ol Votes a second ballot was ordered. Col.
Iaylor's vote fell off one, and Mr.. Holdings.
woIth's increased one, while Col. Coulter
bad "a and Judge Frazier "a. Mr. Daniord
received votes and Col. Poorman kept
his one. On the next ballot the only
changes were in Frazicr's and EIolinps.
worth's votes, the former gaining 3 at the
latter's expense. DR.. j. NJ. Todd, OF Bridge
port, received one vote, and Poorman's
name was dropped. On the next ballot.
however, the latter received three votes
which announcement raised some cheers.
The other votes were unchanged.
On the fifth ballot Belmont county cast
q votes for Taylor, making his total vote
6l, while Frazier fell to 80. This caused
the widest cheers. Col. Poorman received
) votes. p. =.
\ SHORT CUT PROPOSED.
Eight ballots having been taken without
result, ". cope, OF Belmont, moved that
after the fifteenth ballot the candidate with
the lowest number OF votes be dropped.
and the lowest after each fifth ballot there.
after snccessiyely dropped. This raised
some objection, and several points OF order
were made against it, but all overruled. 1t
was finally rejected. -
On the ninth ballot Taylor received CO
votes Holliprsworth %. Frazier Of Coultar
27, Poorman 3 and Dr.. Todd 0. The latter
vote, when announced, created considera.
Bile enthusiasm. On the next ballot, how
ever. the Doctor fell to one, while lIollines.
W worth rose to Il, Taylor had 90, Coulter
% and Frazier %. poorman fell again 10
Il On the eleventh ballot Coulter rose 10
Is, getting 5 in Harrison from HolIines.
worth. He only kept them for the one
ballot. however, Dr.. Todd's name disap.
pea7e4 on the twelfth ballot. On the six.
teenth M ballot ilollinssyoFth took two Of
mare, The vote then standing. !, ls-1l Z
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

WnES Mr.ALExASpERd declared lend out
Republican triumph to be foregoue con-
cInsion he probably had in his mind the
nomination OF Colonel Taylor. "st l.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

SENATOR I'urLEn Is more disturbed by
being told about negro. shooting than he
was by the thing itself. This is u peculi.
arty OF evil doers. III.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27
l,Nllllf AuIllaSAY EnntIaxI

vienna, December 26.-Count Andrassy
has had longinterview with the Emperor,
which ia supposed to imply he will shortly
be again called to the Ministery Of Foreign
AfIuirs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

TuET do say that Mr.. Alexander's red
rish, band Is becoming limp from multitu-
,,inous handshaking.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

After some further discussion call OF
the counties was demanded for Il vote on
Mr. Grny's motion, WHICH resulted in
counties voting against it, being Harrison
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

IlE unsuccessful candidates at Bellaire
came up handsomely at the finish. They
spoke like big men apd thorough Republi.
cans. '.Hs 80
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

HAVANA, December 26.-The Demarara
sugar yield is expected to amount to l4o.
600 hogs}ieads. ...[
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

TuE mule market may be quoted Us
active. Tic Democratic party is making
faces at reform Of all sorts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

A PROPOSITION TO AploukH,
Twenty.eight ballots were recorded with
no important change. Dr.. Todd then sue.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27
/. Wheeling Live Stock Market,

Stock Yards: 8. 2-S- 49, y ; = - - = f' f'''e
, tdnt--steGn and hclers. weighing from 100 10 700
lbs. 3HAic 800 to 600 lbs, ia41Sc; extra, SiI:c
Cow. common. ?l4a?c: good, 3La3t11c; mllch COWS.
quality. s. ooal8 % per head. 49, ts.s1 = ''
Negs-l!shs aud toush. 5a5}>44c !A!r togood, 5Xa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

'rnk compliments Of the season tofyou,
Colonel Taylor. #. 1l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27
;spRoCEEDISox DETAIL. !
Fail Report Of the Speeches and Hal.
lg,S}lsE .f9l.r5 l0tjuY. ll}.L1 z.

The delegates assembled In Eilch's Hall.
A few minutes Satter eleven o'clock Najoy
John C: Brown, OF steubenviilet appoNnted
that the time for calling the Convention to
order had arrived, but Belmont counsy's
seats Ia the hall were vacant. He asked
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

w.. .5. THE CLIMATE. W,lfN bull
The climate Is mild and inyisoratinr af
this season. While doubtless the snow
and intense cold is upon the good old town
o. Wheeling, the contrast here is great.
The temperature averages about sixty
degrees throughout the winter with an oc.
casonal snow, which disappears rapidly I;
scarcely any ruin for six months al occa.
slonal wind or sand storm, and more sun
to the square inch than you ever could
imagine. a.s
The valley Of the Rio Grande is one Of
the, most fertile known, and will produce
endless varieties Of fruit nnd vegetables OF
the highest grade. Irrigating, however,
must be resorted to, which Is more easily
done than in Colorado from the fact that
water can be found trom,tlree to ten feet
at any point in the valley. . There ID u
bonanza here for a good, gardner, lor as
yet NIL the fruit and yege1ables,must be
Transported, thus making living high. 4 ,,
: OF the great mining interests have not
time 10 speak, but will reserve that until
more convenient season. D,C,I.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

Mr.. Hunt arose to suggest that It was un.
necessary to amend, MS the rule could be
suspended i npcessary. Nlr. Bal,zell called
him to order, and said le was not mem.
ber OF the Convention, bpt be was informed
that Mr.. Hunt held proxy, and iii. Hunt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27
and Noble, the tor,nes unanimously and
the hitter almast 81 s'- - =.

A motion to reconsider was ut once made,
which Mr.. Gray objected 10 as out OF order,
but the point was overruled. The vote on
the motion to reconsider, was 7s in the
affirmative and Il in the negative. !
Mr.. Lee moved that the report be laid on
the table, but this was lost and the report
otnntol n ~ ,. 81 80 -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

ca,ia,tea on Fourth Pug,e, p =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27

Colonel Poorman to notify the delegates
that the. Convention was ready 10 come 10
order. A little Inter the Belmont dele
CATION filed Into It's place at the right Of the
stage, and Major Brown called the body
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Helena, Montana Thursday, December Il, 1882.
Fixing His Horse to Win.
San Francisco Post, I

! San Francisco Post.
The writer met the jockey of Rutherford
while dining at the winter palace in St.
Petersburg short time after that huge
sporting wrangle, and in the course of a
conversation on sporting matters, the astute
prodder of horse flesh said, with child-like
and ingenious smile, as he passed the beans
Would you like to know the dead inside
facts as to how that race was won ?"
why, you rode the best horse, didn't
yOn ?" we asked
Not bit of it, replied the jockey with
a grin. THE fact was, that Rutherford was
only about the fourth choice, and was not
rated at more than eighth or ninth in the
pools. True Blue Katie Peace and Thad
Stevens all had the call over Ruthy. But it
happened that my horse was bolter, and
to steady him and prevent his flying the
track L put binders and goggles on him.
You noticed them, suppose"
There were two horses rugged that way y
we replied.
Exactly. Stevens was a nervous critter
also, and as soon as his trainer saw how the
goggles steadied my horse he put em on
Thad, too. The day before the race q big
idea occurred to me. got couple of pair
of magnifying lenses and quietly put 'em in
place of the plain glasses in the goggles of
both horses. Catch on to the idea?"
"Well, partly"
"The only difference was that in Stevens
bride fastened the glasses with the bulge
inside, so as to make them diminishing
glasses. Don't you see?"
Like looking through the wrong end of
an opera glass, eh 2"
Exactly. The result was that while
Rutherford was encouraged all the way by
the course seeming only couple of hundred
yards long, the quarter flags seemed ten
miles apart to Stevens. You see a horse
can be discouraged just as well as a man.
"Great scheme that"
"Well, l should smile Ruthy thought he
was in for little quarter race, and it kept
up his heart so that when he had nearly
done the last mile ond swung into the home
stretch, I called ON him to let out his last
link, he thought the judges stand was right
under his nose, so he came home like an ex
press on down grade, but Stevens who
thought he had about fifteen miles further
to go, went all to pieces, as you remember,
and almost laid down on the track. He was
mentally caved in on, as it were"
There can be noquestion as to the genuine
ness of this story, but we deliver it to the
intelligent reader the importers risk for all
that.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
The Worldly Deacon.
Detroit Free Press. |

lDetfOlt free tr0SS. e
A Hudson River farmer who wanted a
better horse than he possessed, drove into
Yonkers one day with his nag, and hunting
up certain citizen who had the sort Of
horse he wanted, the farmer stated his desire
to exchange, and added:
II understand that you are Christian,
man."
"Yes, SIR
Belong to the Baptist church ?" AZ
eyes," -, I,
Zone of the deacons, believe? 2"
Il am" H..
A trade was made, and the farmer drove
home with a new equine. Bnt in the course
of three days he returned, and began: r
'See here, deacon, what kind of a man are
you? You never told me that that horse
got of you had spavins and ring-bones and
heaves ?" ,;S T..
mo, believe didn't.
swell, you are pretty Christian, you
are ~
"My friend" placidly replied the good
man, if you can find it anywhere in the
Good Book that deacon in Baptist church
must point out the defects in his own horse
where sinner is too ignorant to see for him
SELF I'll admit my sin and trade back
Come in and we'll hunt for the passage"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Starting a Young Man.

1t is related of wealthy Philadelphia,
who has been dead these many years, that a
young man came to him one day and asked
for help to start into business.
''Do you drink ?" inquifed.the millionaire.
occasionally" L.,'
'Stop it stop it for a year and then come
and see ME,
The young man broke off the habit at
once. and at the end of a year again present
ed himself
do you smoke? 2" asked the great man.
"Yes, now and them
"Stop it. stop it for year and then come
and see me-
The young man went away and cut loose
from the habit, and after worrying through
another twelve months once more faced the
philanthropist. ...
'Do you chew?'
"Yes"
''Stop it! stop it for year and then come
and see me-"
But the young man never called again.
When some one asked why he didn't make
another effort, he replied:
Didn't know what he was driving at
He'd have told me that as had stopped
chewing, drinking and smoking, I must have
saved money enough to start myself"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Selfish PeOple.

"Don't go there" as he turned around on
passenger who had announced that he was
going through to Idaho. "They are the most
selfish sort of people you ever saw."
How"
"Well, take my case. / ran wildcat
under school house, and discovered silver
mine, and yet they wouldn't let me do any
blasting under there during school hours for
fear of disturbing the children. l had to
work nights altogether, and they charged
me thirty cents for breaking window"
Indeed"
.And in another case where staked out a
claim, and three men jumped it, the Cover
nor refused to issue ammunition or let the
Sheriff move; and do you know what had
to do? had to dig canal from the river
three miles away, and let the water in to
drive the Jumpers out, and, even then, the
Coroner who sat on the bodies made me pay
for the coffins, and charged me $12 for a
funeral sermon only seven minutes long !!
Don't go beyond Colorado if You want to be
used well. ss19 {i9i29 .lfb5s sfEfa9l -
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
How He Saved the Train.

The usual crowd of autumn liars were
gathered together in a grocery store, occupy
ing all the grocery seats-the only gross re-
ceipts that the proprietor took no pride in
when a little blear-eyed, weazen-taced indi-
vidual sneaked in by the back door and
skunk into dark corner.
That's him." said the ungrammatica]
hummer, with a green patch oyer his left
eye.
''Who is it ?' asked several at once
"Why, the chap who saved the train from
being wrecked" was the reply.
"Come, tell us about it," they demanded
as the small man crouched in the darkness
as if unwilling that his heroic deed should
be brought out under the glare of the blaz-
ing kerosene lamp.
After much persuasion, reinforced by a
stiff horn of applejack, he began:
at was Just such night as this-bright
and clear-and I was going home down the
track, when, right before me, across the rails
lay great beam. There it was. Pale and
CHASTITY as lifeless body, and light as it ap-
peared, had not the power to move it, A
sudden rumble and a roar told me that the
night express was laundering down and soon
would reach the fatal spot Nearer and
nearer it approached, till just as the cow
catcher was about lifting me, sprang aside,
placed myself between the obstruction and
the track, and the train few by unharmed" "
The silence was so dense for moment
that one might have heard dew drop.
Presently somebody said:
What did you do with the great beam ~
Il didn't touch it," he replied; but it
touched me-"
WELL" persisted the questioner, ''if you
couldn't lift it and didn't touch it, how in
thunder did the train get over it?"
"Why, don't you see how" said the sad
faced man, as he arose from his seat and
sidled towards the door, 'the obstruction
was moon-beam, and jumped so that the
shadow of my body took its place, and"
Bang! flew a ham against the door; and
if it had struck the body of the retreating
hero, there would have been much larger
grease spot frescoed on the panel of the door.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
A Novel Savings hank.

A young ST. Louis housekeeper, who had
read in Paris letter that four-post bed
steads were again in fashion, started in
search of one of them the other day. She
finally found what she desired in the house of
and under sick Hungarian, whose wife was
painfully supporting him by sewing, and
who valued it as an!heirloom, but was willing
to supply his necessities by selling it. She
purchased it. 1t was a mahogony four
poster of admirable workmanship, and the
new owner was examining the carving with
delight, when she accidently pressed upon
carved rose, which yielded and disclosed
secret receptical in which was tightly
wedge d a leather bag containing italian coins
worth several thousand dollars. The money
was promptly handed to the poor Hunga-
rians.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Fine Analysis.

Hamlet" it now appears, was liar OF
the first water. He speaks of an ''undiscov-
cred country from whose bourne no traveller
returns and that. too, just after he has had
a windy interview with his fathers ghost,
that had but recently arrived from the said
undiscovered country. Exchange.
LAS Hamlet is neither subscriber to nor
an advertiser in this paper, hence we will
not be accused of undue partiality when we
take up for him. The apparent discrepancy
is susceptible of very satisfactory explana-
tion. The reason no traveller ever returns
from the undiscovered country is self-eyi-
dent. If the the country is undiscovered no
traveller ever found it, and, OF course, 1t is
;mnossible for a traveller to return from a
country he never reached. If traveller
ever did get to that country of course it
would no longer be an undiscovered country.
It is with Shakespeare as it is with the Bible
The most difficult problems are solved by
stndving them in the proper spirit. ."-Teras
C,fy;nne tsF1a h#fst tt +tt-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Shocked his Grandmother.

Old Mrs Jones borrowed Mrs Browns re-
ceipt for making watermelon pickle the
other day, says the Detroit Free Press, and,
being very hard of hearing, as she couldn't
see to read very well, she got her grandson
| jake to read it for her. Jakie took the pa
per like dutifrl child, and holding it up
side down. commenced:
Take green watermelon"
"Why, jake, amt you mistaken? l
thought the melon must be ripe"
"Oh, what's the matter wild yew! Gew ever
see watermelon that wasn't green?"
"Cut the watermelon in four halves
But there amt only two halves to any
thing. don't believe you are reading that
jake"
well, l don't have to; anyhow, that's
what the recret says. Then soak it in a
pint cup"
''Oh, dear me! How in the world can you
put watermelon in pint cup?"
well, amt here to tell you the where
ases and howfores. I'm just reading the facts
and you can put in the filosofee to suit your
taste. After soaking the melon put in a
skillet and fry it. fur five days"
II wonder if Mrs. Brown sent me such a
recipe as that 2" said the old lady; but
jake kept on: 4a ......
Then put the watermelon IN quart bowl
and pour ever it a gallon of vinegar, taking
care to not spill the vinegar"
I'D just like to know how you can pour a
gallon into a quart bowl without spilling any
Of it?" but jake continued:
'sThen sifta peck of red pepper through a
milk. .strainer over, the melon, and to one cup
of butter and the whites and yolks and shells
of three eggs throw in the old hen that
laid them, and four sticks of cinnamon drops
and two tablespoonfn1s of quinine and run it
through a coffee mill and let it stand till it
frements, and then put in tin can and tie
the can to dogs tail this will stir it up to
the right consistency -and you can turn it
off in crooks and have it ready for use. Serve
it cold and spread it on mince pie and it
makes capital dessert" and jake slid out
of doors and left the old lady looking like a
wrinkle on q monument.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Responsibility.
PHILADELPHIA Eenterprise.

philadelphia Eenterprise.J
Nothing takes the pride of labor and its
results out of man like divesting him of
responsibility. The minute You make ma
chine out of man into whom God has
breathed the breath of life, and given brains
and sympathy to, that minute you deprive
him of the greater part of his usefulness.
This is why public employees and the en-
ployes of large establishments are so spirit
less and Indifferent The red tape by which
they are surrounded, and hampered and de-
pressed, takes away all their individuality
it makes them mere wooden men, whose
places can be filled for less money by cucum-
Der pumps. If you want to get all there is
in man out of him, invest him with a
sense of responsibility, make him feel as if
he was an intelligent creature, and RESPONSE
BILE for what he does or does not To this
fact may be attributed the intellectual supe-
riority of the graduates of smaller shops,
where red tape and system are synonymous.
Red tape is system carried to an unintelli-
gent and unreasonable extreme. System is
order in its highest degree; that is combined
with good sense.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
A Million and a Half Diamond.

From all accouts the wonderful Kohl
moor, or Mountain of light" the property
of her Britannia Majesty, is eclipsed by a
recently discovered diamond found in South
Africa. The weight of the newly-fo
uncut, bnt from its peculiarly favorable shape
it will not lose more than ten earats during
large walnut, and is described as "like a
hailstone in sunlight" Offers for his prop
erty flow in upon the lucky owner from all
parts Of Europe. The first offer was for
$25O,OO0; the most recent one was $500 900.
The stone will not, it is thought, change
hands under $1,0OO,OOO, which is just $780,
900 more than the famous Koh-i-noor is val
ued att The owner asks the trifing snm of
81, 100000 for his property.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Making a Passenger "Git.'

A Justice of the Peace in the interior of
Michigan had case before him some days
ago in which the defendent, who had been
arrested as suspicious character, and
plead guilty to vagrancy, was sent to the
Detroit house of correction for six months.
A Constable took him in charge to deliver
there, and as the man seemed rather pleased
at the idea of getting board and lodging for
six months he was not handcuffed. AS the
train was about ready to 60 the Constable
moved across the aisle to talk politics with a
friend, and pretty soon they were having it
hot and heavy. When the conductor came
in for tickets he held out his hand to the
pris, and the latter shook his head and re-
piled: z.1ss
Il don't pay fare.
"Aha! You don't, eh? Well, now, you
pay or get~ "
II won't pay" .u.#..
"Then you'll get! When we slow up at
the crossing you jump off. If find you on
the train after we pass there I'll give you a
bounce that you won't forget"
In two minutes tine train began to slow
and prisoner walked to the door and picked
a soft spot and dropped off. When the train
made another mile the conductor held out
his hand to the constable and received two
tickets. .,......f.
"Who is the extra one ?' he asked.
"For that prisoner over there"
What prisoner ?"
'Why, that fel--w
Then there was a raving and gnashing of
teeth and hurrying up and down, but it was
no use.
Sorry" said the condu ctor as he passed
along, "but when passenger says he won't
pay fare on my train give him the drop. The
only thing that surprised me was to see how
willingly he obeyed orders"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
The Power of Drink.

A well-known gambler of Denver paid a
negro dollar the other day to wash the
filth from a wreck of man who sat in the
Justices court, unconscious of what was 60
ing on around him. The ragged dirty, de-
graded being was Champion Vaughn, once a
prominent figure in Kansas, editor of the
Leayenworth Times an officer Of the Union
army, and from 1872 to 1877 editor of the
Denver Tribune. For years past he has lived
on charity, the gamblers and outcast women
of Denver being the most liberal contribu-
tors to his support. Vaughn was formerly a
resident of Milwaukee, and his wife is now
residing in that city.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-12-21
Will She Caree
IArt Interchange.l


The congregation of fashionable New
York church is just at present energetically
discussing the question of Ought we to
visit her. large majority of the members,
it is reported, inclining to the negative. The
'sher'' in this case is the mother of their pas
tor, woman of irTerroaciable moral char
acter and unobstrusivc manners. Although
no fault can be found with her manners, she
has in the past been guilty of that which
determines society or Christians to withhold
from her the ordinary courtesies Of social
life. Her offense is tnat, in former days, in
order to support herself and family of chill
dren she pursued the calling of a washer
woman, and a people which worships son
of carpenter refuses to extend social recog-
milton to a worthy woman who by the per-
formance of. lowly duties has aided her SON
to attain his present honorable position.