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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-05
CONVERSATIONAL MATTERS,

POINTS In The Presldcnt'S SMessagc-IIow
II was *Recetvrtf-PcraUnai Notes..
Special Dispatch to the ln,ell!gcncer.
WASHINGTON, December 4.-The second
session Of the Forty.seventh i Congress
started of to-day without special. incident.
There was the usual amount Of cordial
greetings and more than the usual amount
OF sympathetic regrets on both sides,
the III regard to the recent elections,
slaughter having been as severe among the
Denocntsas upon Republican side. There
is likely to be IL foot race upon the civil
service reform. No two persons agree
US to what it is but the President, and
Representative Hiscock headed the COL
umn OF civil service admirers to-day, and
something is likely TO be put into the
shape OF Il law at this session which will be
be repealed in the next Congress. The
message is well spoken OF on both sides.
The Presidents defense Of his own course
in making appointments, and the favorable
contrast with that Of Hayes and Garfield
excited favorable comment.
m ap.-5 TARIFF NArTEIS. "a
Ills message on the tariff is criticised BY
the tariff men as is,thc tariff commission,
who are charged with having sacrificed the
general industries to propiate the free trad
ers on the commission. "Sunset" " Cox
opened the ball for the free ships by trying
to get bill before a special committee on
the decline OF American shipping but the
House under the lead Of Ward sat down
on him and sent tito the committee on
commerce. d. ..m...5
The President for the first time in many
years makes no estimates for the river and
harbor improvements, and the committee
consequently have nothing on which to
frame bill. They IRE 10 meet on Friday
to decide upon their course OF action, but
as the President reports seventeen millions
Of dollars unexpended from the previous
bill, it is not unlikely that no bill will be
passed at this session.
PERSONAL AND OTHER MATTERS.
Ex-senator Conkling is in the city, and
willargue a case in the Supreme Court TO-
morrow. -. M E' z
The notices Of the death OF one Senator
and two members Of the House for the
opening day Of tile session is unprecedent-
ed. 3.IaT' -, g
Mr.. Hiscock expects TO call up the Indian
appropriation bill tomorrow, and says he
will try to pass it and the pension, West
Point and fortiication bill, and probably
the diplomatic bill before the holidays.
An attempt is being made to concentrate
solid South on Mr.. Carlisle, Of Kentucky,
for Speaker Of the next House.
Both Senator'S from Nebraska ridicule
the idea that there will not be straight
out Republican elected there to succeed
Mr.. Sanders. 4 i..
Senator Teller was the only Cabinet
officer at the Capitol to-day. :
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TnEB Board Of County Commissioners very
wisely holds buck 81, $50 which the county
does not owe, and should not pay: Now
that Commissioners have time to think
there is but little reason to fear that they
will pay ont the peoples money in SO free
handed way. The county kept.faith with
the Turnpike Company: and that complet-
ell the transaction. -=oals 5i"lH'
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The Jeannette Investigation,

WASHINGTON, December 4.-In the Jean.
nette Court this morning, Ninderman con.
tinued his testimony. The Judge Advo-
cate says the letter. found on the body OF
Collins has not been rejected by the Court
us requested. The question whether the
letter will be received as evidence has not
yet been decided. \ -
Ninderman described the arrival and
burial oil Erickson. During the narrative.
he was much affected. He said they car
ried the body, wrapped in flag, to The
river, cut hole in the ice and nut The
corpse therein, and that the tide carried
the body under the ice. y.
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FOlsEIGN NEWS,
Erect or Ass's"sinntiuns In Ireland.
OpeninS OF Courts or LusiIcc In Lon.

Effect OF rAss'sssinntiuns In Ireland.
Opening Of Courts or Justice In LON
don-N0tcS.,.i- .iS F,,t
DUBLIN, December 4.-Justice o'Brien
said to-day that owing to the incteasc Of
oflenses tile trade Of London was gradually
decaying, Those able to do SO we're giving
up business and going from the city as it
it were infected with plague.
The Freeman's Journal urges Hcaly and
Dayitt to give bail, us the Imprisonment Of
two men in whom Ireland has the m ost
confidence would cause great mischief.
Ten Or eighteen persons arrested on sus-
plclon B ior firing at an agent and two police
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IT may be taken for granted that at It's

IT may be taken for granted that at It's
meeting tonight Council will again con
slider the election Of a Chief Of the Fire
Department. This officer is charged with
an important duty which comes home 10
every man, woman and child in this city.
lie ought not to be injected as IN issue
into the coming municipal election. Unless
some better reason than any yet advanced
call be shown, the present Council ought
TO discharge its duty under the present law.
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!" JACKSON, Mss, December IA private
telegram announces tho shooting and kill.
OF w. II. Tison, Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives Of Mississippi. No provo.
cation. 1,.g5
MEMPHIS, Tenn, December "A special
from Starkville, Miss, says: This town is
excited over the reported assassination Of
Col. ". Fl. Tison at Baldwin, Miss, to-day
by Edward Saunders. Tison was Speaker
Of tho House in tho last Mississippi Legis.
lature, 49, ,t''..t H. "a
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WAslllScToS, D. G., December 1.-THE
desk occupied during the l,,st session by
the late Congressman Updcsraf has been
tasteiully dressed in black, and ornament-
ell with IL basket Of flowers. In his openip
prayer today the Chaplain alluded to the
death OF Lowe and Updegrar and gave
thanks that the other members had been
preserved during the recess in health and
y Z, i545 lI ~ - !
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An Imposing Scene. {

LONDON, December 1.-The Queen
opened the new courts Of justice in London,
to'day,with imposing ceremonies.
Tho streets through which the process.
sion moved were crowded with entlu.
siastic people. AL the dignitaries Of the
realm IN London were present at the
opening Of the courts. Lord Selborne
Lord High Chancellor, was created Earl,
Before handing the courts over to the legal
authorities there was two hours search.
similar to that made since the gunpowder
plot before the opening OF Parliament.
The court party wore mourning, in cot1se.
quence OF the death Of Archbishop Canter.
bury ls,rr'l st' 4.s5 ~ iEE5''l.+I E..''-I' -
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FoR the fiscal year 1882, the balance Of
trade in Our favor was So, ,002, ,GS3, but ten
per cent OF the previous years excess Of
exports over imports, and less than fer any
year since 1876 inclusive. There was an
Increase Of S50,000,000 in the imports Of
inda.rubber, brcadstuils, cotton manufac-
nres, fruits, steel ingots, potatoes, silk
manufactures, sugar and molasses, and
wool manufactures.
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wise e. Opinions on the Message. =.

LONDON, December 4.-The Duly Tele-
graph says President Arthur's message to
Congress will not rank with the great ef-
forts made on similar occasions by many
Of his predecessors. If ever State paper
presaged wanning influence, and coming
downfall OF a political party, it is the
message delivered yesterday, by the man
SO blind to the true interest lying ahead OF
him, and so intirm OF purpose as President
Arthur.
The Daily Ncps says: 1t seems that
President. Arthur has taken to heart the
lesson Of the late elections. Tie passage
in his message pronouncing in favor Of
civil service reform must be intended rs an
offer at reconciliation to disaiTected Repub-
licans. Referring to the financial part
Of the message, the Neus says, if reduc.
tlon,of tho nationa! debt proceeds Mt last
years rate. the protective tariff must fall to
the ground, because there will be no means
of expcnding the enormous surplus.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-05

The week just closed has been broken
one as far as business wus concerned, ow-
Ing to the Intervention Of Thanksgiving,
which did not come in the corresponding
one Of Inst year. In spite Of this, however,
the clearings in general throughout the
country make u very fair exhibit, N
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Pittsburgh & C0nnclIxville Rnklroa,l
.f TlHEI@AlT Meeting. ga s1sEt sraf' =

ruihDureh ~ C0nnclIxville Railroad
G7.=,a,N Meeting. A.,
PlrrsnuRaN, December 1.-THE annual
meeting Of the Pittsburgh 4 Connellsville
Railroad Company was held here to-day,
and the following directors elected: Robert
Garrett, NJ. Cohen, Hugh sisson, Charles
Webb, baltimore; W. J. Bisscll,s j. D.
Scully, G: A. Berry, IL. Fitzhugh,. Pitts
bnrgh; Wm. Baldwin, Connellsvilie; VIII.
Markle, Greensburg, Pa; w. H., Koontz,
Somerset, Pa. Q. Q. Nurkle, West New.
ton, Pa. The Secretary's report showed
the gross net earnings TO be s., ,779, ss0.o7.
Expenditures, 81 ,4S7 ,GG4.20. AT a subse-
9uent meeting Of the directors, Robert
Garrett was chosen President md J, B.
Washington Secretary and Treasurer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-05

Two hundred and two Representatives
out Of two hundred and ninety.three, on
the first day. Many gentlemen are not SO
anxious TO yet to work as they are 10 get
their certificates OF election. 'fl
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THOSE Congressman who went it strong on
rivers and harbors will doubtless be glad
toknow that the "deestricks" will not see
very much Of it. The bulk Of that gigantic
haul will remain in the Treasury as sor!
OF nucleus for new conscience fund.
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.E EDAYroS, O., December 4.-This city is
excited over repeated assaults on ladies on
the streets. In the last four days ten cases
have occurred. Tonight two girls named
Fogarty were assaulted, knocked down
and beaten by rutlians. No arrests have
been made. Nj '.s, ttj3g y s51sEi Z, I'LL
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THE BAKER MURDER TRIAL
Begnn NJ fairn,Ont, Yesterday = Mucl,
Interest MnnifcAtcl In the Case.
Special Dlknatch 10 The Inielliannrnf L-L---- d

FAlnMoSr, ". Va, December 4.-The
trial Of james H. Book, one Of the parties
charged with the murder Of John Baker,
ST., in Huntington District, on the oGth OF
April, 1881 was commenced this afternoon.
Prosecuting Attorney Meridith . insisted
in the prosecution by Hon. B. F. Martin
and James A. lIaggerty. The prisoners
counsel arc NlessB. Fontain Smith, Thos.
II. B. Staggers and Col. W. W. Arnett, Of
Wheeling. The trial attracts great atten.
ton, and tho court house Is crowded.
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TIE friends and neighbors OF the late
Congressman Updeeratr and his associates
in the House OF Representatives who knew
his public worth, have paid tender and
fitting tribute 10 his memory.
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IT is to be hoped that Congress will
take prompt and wise action on the
PROPOSITIONS Of reform which the President
has had the wisdom and the courage to lay
before il. o ,Y.I, . t%
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KANSAS Cry, No, December 4.-A
Moberly, Mo-, special says: AN exciting
chase, participated in by a large number Of
citizens, occurred here to-day and resulted
in the death Of one desperate aud the
wounding Of two others.
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Facts speak palmer than words.n Proof
"The doctor told me to take a blue pill, but
! didn't, for 7 had already been, poisoned
twice by mercury. The druggist told me TO
try kidney.Wort, and 1did. It was Just the
thing for my biliousness and constipation,
and now am as well as eyer"'--A. ?. San.
ford, Sold in both dry and liquid form. iS
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LAFAYETTE, md. December 1.-The re-
port that Congressman Orth is dying is Il
bascless canard. He sits up most Of the
time, and the indications are more fayora.
BILE than for two weeks past, though with
out material change. iii T., = q sleS-7Tf
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-05

Dors any dear Democrat think he could,
he had a very delicate crowbar. pick u
tIuw In the Presidents civil service reform
aud no political accessment planks?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-05

LAST year the freemen Of this country
paid more than two millions and quarter
,omaintain the Delaware match monopoly.
Next year we should not pay anything.
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nUSINESS BAROMETER.

The Exhibit OF the Exchanges or tho
Prominent cities OF the Country.
BosroS, December 1.-The following
table shows the total gross exchanges at
twenty.six leading clearing houses in the
United States for the week ending De.
cember 3d.. |r J ,8.igfTl,
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OuR ilag Oh the seas floats bravely in the
message-as 1t SHOULDN'T It doesn't strike
terror to many hearts on the bosom OF the
deep blue sea. uGi,5 ~ (,
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Senate that the House was ready 10 proceed
10 business. The Speaker presented the
report ot the Tariff Commission, which, on
motion Of Mr.. Kelley, was referred to the
Ways and Means committee. A collouuy
ensued between Kelley and Cox, during
which the hitter remarked sarcasticatiy
TINT he was happy 10 hear the Secretary Of
the Commission was about 10 leave for Eu.
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After some routine business, Mr.. Her.
pert, Of Alabama, announced the death OF
Mr.. Lowe, and Mr.. Taylor, OF Ohio, an.
nounced the death Of DR.. Updegrai, and
the House outoi respect 10 tho memory OF
the deceased at $40 r. NJ. adjourned.
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Gke Qt,teuiQet1te|rl;. /;
,nlrr, N"s. ~ ami ~ Fourteenth HtreVt.
lie wrote 1t himself. There Is no doubt
Of that. e&E. tT r,&
THs President Is on the right road, and
the people will be glad to keep him com
pany. rt t.sl lg,&
Two cent postage-the President recon-
ueuds its, the country can afford It, and
The people want 1t. -.

TnE country does not want silver dollars,
bu! the law orders their coinage aud the
min,smu DO 1t. But Congress can change
the law. NsE
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DR.. UlMlesrnlr,s ncatl,.

A number OF similar expressions have
been received by the family. @S7r ~
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ExrRADITIoS TREATIES

The extradition convention with Belgium
which has been in operation since 1874 has
been lately supplanted by another. The
Senate has signifed its approval and ratjll.
cations have been duly exchanged between
the, contracting countries. To the list Of
extraditable crimes has been added that OF
the attempted assassination OF tho chief of
the State. Negotiations have been opened
with Switzerland looking to settlement by
treaty Of the question whether lis citizens
can renounce their allegiance and become
citizens OF the United States without obtain
ing the consent Of the Swiss government,
| am glad to inform you that the emmicra.
ton Of paupers and criminals from GER
tain OF the cantons OF Switzerland
has substantially closed and is no
longer sanctioned by the authorities.
The consideration Of this subject prompts
the suggestion that the net Of August I'd.
1882, which has for its object the return 81
foreign convlcts to their own country
should be 80 modified us not to be open to
the Interpretation that it affects the extra
ditlon Of criminals on preferred charges OF
crime. The Ottoman porte has not vet
assented to the Interpretation which this
Government has put upon the treaty. OF
1880, relative to its jurisdictional rights in
Turkey. 1t may well be, however, that this
difference. will be adjusted by general
revision Of the system OF Jurisdiction OF the
United States in the countries Of tho east,
subject 10 which your attention has bpen
already called by the Secretary Of State. 5
In the interest OF justice towards Chilli
and Japan I trust that the question OF the
return OF the indemnity fluid to- the poy-
ernments OF these countries will reach nj
the present session the satisfactory solution
which haye already recommended, and
which, has recently been foreshatowed by
Congressional discussion. The 4 treaty
lately concluded with Corea awaits tie
consent Of the Senate During the late
L
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by q choir Of sixty young ladies, and dur
ing the singing many Of those present gave
vent to tears. (. a. ( s5 ga tg'l K. ~
Rev. DR.. Doughan Clark, of Richmond.
Indiana, alter feeling prayer, preached
the funeral sermon, taking for bis text the
first verse Of the fifth chapter OF Second
Corinthians: "For We know that II our
earthly house OF this tabernacle be dis.
solved, we.havc a building Of God, a house
not made with hands, eternal in ] tie
heavens" g N Z; 81 Iii,i
The discourse was striking exposition
OF the speakers ideas OF Immortality. lie
said nun cannot get rid Of his personal
identity. The object we SEQ before us is
not our friend himself, but his remains.
What I'M apt word. These are bis remains,
for he himself, the part OF him which he
called g." when he WIS among men, has
departed. The body is like tenement
that has been moved out Of. When
friends move away from their home, it is
sad to see the empty house, but by and by
we geta letter from them, saying they stiff
live and are happy elsewhere. So it is
when q spirit moves out Of lis tenement 10
:" that bourne from which no traveller re-
turns, and in this case we had the blessed
assurance that our dear brother has
only become absent from the body to DO
present with the Lord. The speaker went
on TO depict the suffering and
pain, the doubt and 4 trial and labor
which end lin death. When ambitious
people accomplished their aims he won.
dered il they were satisfied. IsI it not like
Christ said to the woman OF Samaria,
"They that drink Of this water shall thirst
again." God has made us for himself
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JUDGE r. y. .UpDEdRArr, -,
u tf.. tIa#FtH-sa'.l t.lHsl An py.,vox,J 1t. a. ~
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Rev. A. II. Hussey, editor oi'the Gospel
Exposi'or, OF Columbus, and Il minister OF
the Society Of Friends, had charge OF the
services. He opened with m appropriate
Scripture reading, and the vast ussemblage
became as. still as death. AT the conclu.
sion Of the reading he announced the
hymn: ,i.' n :. r, ,s,fil & "A H. z.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-11-23
Darling Nellie GRAY.
From a Cincinnati Letter.

There are few persons in the South
who have not heard and admired that
charming negro melody, Darling Mel
lie Gray" and at one time it stood in
the same rank with "Old Kentucky
Home," "The Old Folks at Home" !"
and others of that class. 1t is less
known now, but in certain Southern
sections Nellie Gray is a household
words, and in every list of plantation
songs it has an honored place. But to
come to my story. [ was talking the
other day to a musically-inclined gen.
tleman, whose practice on the violin in
room near my own keeps me con-
stantly striving to be a Christian and
not to do anything OF a riotous or
violent nature, when we mentioned the
old song incidentally, and he told me
the author was his cousin, and that it
and its author had little history.
The song writer was B. r. Handy, of
Westerville, o., who was also a painter,
a musician and a poet. When he was
about 20 years Of age, he sometimes
jotted down melodies which struck
him, and on one occasion the notes of
Nellie Gray" went on paper, and he
afterward wrote the words. He had
never published any music, and this
was but aside where he could use it as
the fancy struck him.
One night at little company at his
home, the song, among others, was
sung, and q gentleman present, being
struck by the air, made some inquiry
about it, and the facts were given him.
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FOREIGN

Work has been commenced on a street.
car line for Monterey, Mexico.
FRANCE, on the strength of D g Bra zza' 8
treaty with the chiefs, will dispatch a
gunboat up the Congo river.
THE Spanish infant princess was bap-
tized Sunday in the presence of the
grandees representatives of foreign pow
ers, and members of the Cortes.
FAILING health has forced Sir Stafford
Northcote to leave England, and he will
first make trip to the Mediterranean.
PARIS cablegrams state that President
Greyy is really in very critical condi-
tion. Political circles are discussi ng the
succession, and the names Of Gambetta,
ChaEzY. and Bresson are mentioned.
So great is the distre So in the Egyptian
delta from the failure of the rice crop
that many deaths from starva tion are
probable unless aid is extended by the
government.
In the house of commons, Mr.. Glad
stone stated that Arab Pasha would GER
tainly not be put TO death unless the Brit
ish government was consulted.
EMPEROR WILLIAM opened the Prussian
Diet with the statement that the re la
tions of Germany with foreign powers JUS
tined the belief that the benefits of peace
are assured.
THE Spanish ministry, while admitting
the great Importance of the adhesion of
the republican party to the crown, still
object strenously to change of tho con-
stitut;on.
LONDON diplomats incline to the opin-
ion that the fears Of an Austro Russian
war are not warranted. The bellicose re-
marks before the Austrian delegation at
Pesth were made by unofficial personages
The Dublin Freemans Journal recants
its accusations against General Wolseley,
and states the general has written letter
in which he says that it is his earnest de-
sire to see Ireland loyal, peaceful, pros
porous land.
The German authorities haze caused
the Indictment of two th:usand persons
for dealing in forbidden foreign lotteries,
and revelations are expected which will
surprise that nation.