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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
Capt. James anderson, of the
Schooner Benson, the Vic-
TIM Of a Shocking
1ccident.
While Timber Is Being Loaded,
the Grip Slips, Catches the
Captains Head, and
Pulls It Off,

Capt. James Anderson, a navigator well
known On the Northern lakes, was recently the
victim OF most horrible accident The
schooner Benson, of which Capt. Anderson was
commander, had gone to Lake Superior for a
cargo of timber, she and two or three other
craft being towed by the tug Metamora. The
tow arrived safely at the camp on Serpent river,
and the work Of loading commenced. On the
second day after arrival. while the timber was
being put aboard the Benson the accident oc-
Cured, and the horrible death OF Capt Anderson
was the result. Great iron grips are used to
draw the huge, heavy. slippery sticks of tim
Der into the vessel. In some way these grips
slipped when Capt. Anderson was standing
by, and, flying up, caught the CAPTAIN by the
head and literally tore his head off, The sight
was a sckening and horrible one, and the acct
dent cast gloom over the entire camp, and
especially over the crew OF the Benson. The
hardy sailors, some Of whom had been through
the war ashore and afoat, said they never wit
messed anything so terrible, and certainly hoped
they never would again. What made it more
terrible was that second before the Captain
in robust health. whOle-soued, large
hearted, good-natured friend, talking in his
jocular way with the men. When the latter
heard the grip slip, saw the body slung twenty
or thirty feet and the heSd remain in strings
in the fearful teeth Of the horrible tool, il was
more than they could stand. They shuddered,
sickened and shed tears. No more work was
done on board the Benson that day.
The decapitated body and the head and frag-
ments were dressed az we'll as possible by an
undertaken, and forwarded by boat and rail to
the family at Port Danousie-a most dreadful
caslIet, certainly.
Capt Anderson had hosts Of friends, and was
highly esteemed generally. H had been con-
nected with the firm OF Burton 81 Co., Barrie,
for M any yeqrI
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

Forty-nine Lives Lost by the Over
flow of the Concho River
in Texas.
Many Residences and Business Houses
Swept Away by the Torrent.
Telegram from Galveston, Tex. ]


Fort Concho dispatches to the Ne1os, in rela-
ton to the in lndation Of Ben Fickin are heart
rending. Forty deaths are reported from
drowning. The only names 80 far ascertained
are Mrs. Metcalf and daughter, George Robert
son Scott and DIR. Owens, and one child One
Mexican was also among the victims. The
other victims were twenty one Mexicans
at Kelly's ranch and ten Mexicans at
Beaslys ranch, also Joseph Math-
ews, wife and four SONS and one woman
and baby, Ben Fickln is all washed away
except the lighthouses. The Court House and
jail are total loss and are uninsured from loss
by water. The people of San Angeles tried TO
render assistance but the raging water pre-
vented. Ii is still impossible to cross the North
Concho. The country presents spectacle
which beggars description. Houses, horses,
cattle and clothing are piled up in heaps at
every step. The bodies Of Mrs. Metcaf and
daughter are the only ones found. The tele-
graph wires are still down.
Telegram from Little Rock, Ark
The Gdzette'S Texas specials furnish more
particulars of the damage by heavy rains The
North Concho river at San Angeles is sweed to
an unheardof depth. It, at pm, has gained
point on the main street OF San Angeles,
submerging all the houses. The Concho Hotel
ID now deserted. The people are moving all
their effects on the high ground.
Ben FIckin, on the Main Concho, is COM
pletely inundated. The Court House must have
fifteen feet of water in 1t. Houses, trunks,
cattle, sheep, and every conceivable thing are
floating down the river. The town is entirely
cut off from al communication, except by the
Fort Davis military telegraph lines, and COW
cred with water for over a mile from Concho.
Fears are entertained for the people Of Ben
Ficklin. The old stage station is covered
with water, but the occupants must have
escaped. The loss OF property in San Angeles,
az seen from the opposite side, includes
Mrs. Tankerly's fine hotel, Patton g. Lang
worth's tinshop, vick's storehouse, Miller
d Reek's livery-stable building. and four
dwellings, These were all adobe buildings.
Along the banks some fifty or sixty Mexican
houses were washed away. The post engine
house is destroyed. The loss at Ben Fickln is
not yet ascertained. At Dublin the Bosque
river is q mile wide. Several houses have been
washed away. Many horses and cattle were
floating down the stream. Baldwin, the mill
man, lost 5000 bushels of wheat which he had
stored III his MILL and his machinery is badly
damaged. Several persons had to leave or get
on top Of their houses for protection.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

Hanlan has challenged Ross to row
five miles on any course between Toronto and
New York in June next for $4,000 and the
championship.
The butchers of Baltimore met the
other day to voice therindignation at the large
sales by refrigerator company OF frozen beef
from Chicago. They assert that the livestock
trade of Maryland Is being driven away.
Joe Goss desires to fight Tug Wilson,
within four months, for $1,000 side and the
heavy weight championship.
The business failures in the United
States the past week numbered 1872 sixteen less
than for the week ending Aug. Is, and fifty
three more than in the corresponding week last
year.
1t is announced that the New York,
Chicago and st Louis Railroad Company, quite
generally known as the Nickel Plate from its
strict adherence to the pay-as-you-go principle
in the construction and equipment OF its line Of
road, will establish and operate an express
company of its own between New York, Chicago
and ST. Louis. What with its independent
telegraph system, its fast freight line and ex-
press service the new road promises to be q
formidable competitor with the existing pools
and monopolies.
The National Convention of Free
Thinkers at Watkins Glen, n. Y, adopted their
customary platform of relentless warfare upon
religion, churches, the clergy and the ecclesias-
teal order Of things in general.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01
The Vain Pullet.

A fine, fat pullet who was roosting on
the limb of a tree safe from danger was
saluted by fox with:
GOOD evening, Miss Pullet-I never
saw you look better. Your figure is per-
fectly lovely"
"Do you really think SO p
Certainly 1 do. I'd give anything if
1 could wear my hair doneup in French
roll and have it become me as il does
you"
Aren't you joking ?"
L was never more serious in nv life.
Your small feet and pretty mouth are
the envy of all the pullets in the neigh
borhood."
dear me. but is that SOP
"And everybody says you have such q
tony air about you.
"Oh Ia r.
81 think if we were to walk out to-
gether we'd mash the whole town."
REALLY, now?"
The fox gave her more soft solder.
and IN the end the vain pullet flew down
and furnished a square meal for the
villain.
Moral: F.attery," said an old roos-
ter, as he looked down at the few bones
and feathers, fattery is the soft purr
OF cat. The sweeter the purr, the
longer the claws aud the sharper ne
bite. "--DetrOi Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

by noted burglar Of North Carolina, who,
handcuffed and tied, sprang out Of car win
dow and went down precipice OF eighty feet,
where he disappeared
A dispatch from Monroe, N. c., says
the party of six young ladies engaged in walk
ing across North Carolina had reached that
point, 400 miles FROM their starting point, and
would go home by rail-. One night they camped
in q cemetery and slept between the graves at
another time they came upon bear. Their
log-book contains /, 246 pages OF incidents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01
Outrages mon the Jews have recon-

Outrages upon the Jews have recon-
menced in the interior of Poland, and the Off
Gals are represented as very apathetic in re-
gard thereto.
Six sub-constables who are supposed
to have originated the agitation among the Irish
constabulary were ordered transferred 10 north
ern counties, whereupon they resigned. The
Government forbade the use OF the telegraph
for communication between members OF the
force, and the entire constabulary of Limerick
held public meeting to protest.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

These thirteen States yielded in 1879 $685.
912, 900 bushels. while the crop for the whole
country was 459, 479,000 bushels. The yield Of
these States was in that year 8015 per cent. OF
the total crop. II this year also these selected
tates embraced S0lE per cent. of the whole
crop, then the $50, 100, 900 bushels which the
above estimate suggests as the probable yield
IN these States would represent 500, 400, 900
bushels as the probable yield for all the States.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

The Government Printing Office, Pen
sion Office and Postoffice Department, says
Washington dispatch, have been thoroughly
worked by collector for the Congressional
Campaign Committee, who found no one to
protest.
Fulkerson, who failed to get the Re-
adjuster Congressional nomination in the Ninth
Virginia district, has declared war against
Senator Malone, and will run as an Independ-
emit p ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

The London Times says: eft is pleas
ing to note that the average expenditure
for strong drink of every man, woman
and child in England has fallen from
$50 in 1875 70 GIG in 1884,"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

DIR. BEARD, in paper on the "Symp-
toms of Sanity and the Diagnosis of In
sanity" acknowledges that il is difficult
to make diagnosis between genius and
insanity, Gas, in either case, the person
is out of his environment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01
THE WHEAT CROP.

The following figures indicate what appears
to be the probable yield of wheat in thirteen OF
the principal grain-growing States, compared
with that of 1879:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky ia
being utilized as mushroom garden.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-01

At Lunenburg, Va, while Garland
whitfield stick In the courtroom for fifteen
minutes, the jury acquitted him of the murder
Of Addison in duel.
The hangman swung off Robert Par
ker, at Aiken, S. c., for poisoning his wife last
December; William Bryan, at Jacksonville,
Fla, for the assassination OF Jack Moore, and
James Redden, a negro of Newcastle, Del, for
an outrage on white girl.
Two colored prisoners, Savage and
James, convicted of murder in 1881, and who
had been granted a new trial, while being taken
to the Court House, were ridded with bullets
at Madison Fla, by mob, who stopped the
train 10 perform their dreadful work
The recent killing of Col. l.. w.
r. Blair, at Camden s. c.. by Capt. J. L. Halle,
has been followed by the suicide Of the Colonel's
daughter. BIair's father took his own life when
member Of Congress, and his grandfather was
hanged for murder.
A desperate leap for liberty was taken
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

ihelf attract an Increasing number Of emf
grants Of the better elass-men who have
mean5to patiently restore the sol Of the
land, and who have the saeaeity 70 see
that such astate can never b permanent
Iy kept down.
The climate Of the northwest Is very try
ing. There Is no getting over this fact. The
soil and climate Of Kansas are treacherous
and upcertain. The harsh winds and hur-
ricanes Of winter have their counterpart in
the hot winds and drouth Of summer.
There is no certainty whatever about crops.
Las; year the hot winds cut down the corn
yield fearfully after It was in full ear. No
such liability Is known in this region. The
virginias are lands Of equable climate and
pure running water. II they we're located in
the west there would be great rush to
them from the east and from Europe. The
ancient prejudice against slavery still oPer.
ates against them. The curse Of land title
litigation also especially operates against
West Virginia among the people
Of Ohio and Pennsylvania. We re.
gard the Braxton County suit for
the whOlesle eviction Of bona fide
occupants Of the soil as one Of the greatest
calamities that has happened to this State
since the war. Its to be hoped that We
have seen the las; suit Of that kind in the
State. The effect is to completely demon.
alize the emigating sentiment Of the
country. 1t is made use Of by every emf.
grant agent for other States in the land,
and efectualIy kills the prospects Of the
State for ANYTHING like boom in rapid
settlement. But even this drawback will
pass away, and those who Drawing thi.
temporary drawback, foreseeing the future
and realizing that defective titles are the
exception and not the rule, will reap theil
reward in the next few years. The re
sources Of West Virginia are too immeas,
in the way Of valuable timber and minera
to be ignored very long in this fast age
They witcome to the frontin a way ant
with a strength that will astonish even oui
own people.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

The Philadelphia street railway officials,
who visited Chicago last week for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the system used by one
Of the lines Of that city OF running cars by
wire rope buried beneath the tracks. have
returned home. The system has been in
operation for fortnight and Is giving per-
feet satisfaction. The South side Company
has invested 100000 in the "plant," and
proposes to make further extensions. The
method employed is similar to that used in
California where it was devised in order
to overcome heavy grade. The Philadel'
phians we're told that fifteen cars contain.
ing 700 persons had been connected and
borne along with safety, comfort and rap
idity. Although the plans are not matured,
it Is thought probable that the system will
be introduced in Philadelphia by the Union
Lima
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

Col J. A. BOYD, Of the 3. 60. railroad,
left on Saturday morning, for bis home in
Maryland, to attend to his private business.
he assures Us that as soon as the weather
settles % that the country roads become
passable he will return, and 'in company
with the Chief and Consulting Engineer
and Superintendent Of Construction, pass
oVer the whole line from Washington 70
the point where the extension will strike
the ConnellsYille road. By that time the
estimates will be oyerhauled and the con.
tracts ready to be given out Washington,
Pa, R<PortT.
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" Therefore let us keep on hoping
%hoping against hope"-eyen though it be
that the present decade will see the eI'
tension completed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

pretty q easa 81 Theumatfl4n as ever vas ms
tened on 70 man. BeTdF had the digease
IN the fashion. So one dSy feit nasty uoFt
Of pain creeping down my left limb, but
didn't think much Of ituntil night, when u
began % make me grOaH. bad seen the
Advertisements Of ST. jacobs OIL. and bad
heard something about IL from friends /
therefore got bottle Of il and ven; for my
left Lex. did not stint myself in the use Of
the Oil. but rubbed bali bottle on the fint
time. The hrt application gave me great re-
Lief, and let up on Il until the next day,
when ] used the remainder 10 the bottle.
That settled II. have not felt any rheu'
matte pain since. So much Tor that trial.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06


A WRITER in the Greenbrier LndtpeHdsH!
advances the following somewhat novel
proposition:
It would be good custom to require
every representative or delegate to a Ligis-
lature or convention or Congress, TO state
In public address to his iellow-citizens
and constituents, upon his return home,
the reasons-commOn sense and practical,
not theoretical-of every step he has taken,
Of every position he has occupied, in refer.
ence to all legislative acts and resolutions
Of the body he has attended, before he
should be considered quit Of his obliga-
tons, or at all eligible again to any cleo.
tive office within their gift
This suggestion has something in it
worthy Of consideration. II every mem.
Der Of the Legislature was obliged to rem.
der this sort Of an account Of his steward.
ship he would be compelled to keep him.
self well posted during the session as to
the character OF all the legislation upon
which he was called to vote.
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Renene,l frnnn nrnrh.

William J. COughlin, Of SomerYille, Mas
ayE In the fall Of 1870 vas taken with
bleeding Of the lung, followed by . severe
cough lost my appetite md flesh, and was
confined to my bed In 1877 I was admitted
to the Hospital. The doctors aid had hole
In my lungs as bigas a half dollar. At one
time q report went around that wasdead
gave up hope, bat n friend told me Of Dr..
William Halls BllSam for the Lung. got
to feel better, and to-day / feel better than for
three years past.
Il write this hoping every one afflicted with
Diseased Lungs will take Dr.. William Halle
Balsam, and be convinced that consumption
can be cured. can positively say it basd
more good than all the other medicines lhaYe
iaken since my sickness
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

The greatest proof OF the genuine merit OF
an article can be found In the amount Of
patronage It receives, and the thousands Of
testimonials respecting the Great German
Remedy, prove most concluSiyely that It Is
all that Il Is represented to be Mr.. 7. ].
Murphy, who resides at No. 81 DahaVolce
street, Brooklyn, n. Y, Is one Of the fortu.
nate ones / rubbed ST Jacobs OIL all over
my left leg for several days and 1t cured a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06
- HotheTsI HoIhcFSil HotheFHr.,

Are you disturbed at night and broken Of
your rest by ick child suffering and crying
With the eGcruciatingTai Of cutting teeth1
II %, 10 at once and get a bottle Of MIs.
WinsloW's Soothing Syrup. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediRtely-depend
upon It; there . no mistake about II. There
Is not mother on earth who has ever used
II, who will not tell you At once that It will
regulate the bowels and give rtst to the
neither, and relief and health to the child,
operating like magic. Il Is perfectly safe 70
lSe in all cases, and pleasant TO the taste, and
is the prescription Of the Oldest and best
female physicians and nurses In the United
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

Hos. II. G. DAVIS, it is stated. has pur-
chased the Presbyterian Church property
at Piedmont, and will erect an academy
thereon, and thus generously remember
his former home by founding good insti-
tuition Of learning, IN dTiinIbUrgI ndependeHt.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

THEEE Is a demand for houses at Clarks-
burg. The Naa says that fifty more
houses than the present supply could be
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06
SPECULATION IN GRAIN ON
CHICAGO MARKET.

Prom s to 81 900 Invested. Our cnltnmers havs
reallted l9Ige profits reeently and frequently ~
a Geh 80 Prolt hs9 been realized from SI6 Ia.
vision Exchange has such vide flucTuRiIons ~.
CURED, and tbs opportunities for profitable fnvtSt
Inenu ats dinghy rood, Puts and CSiiS n
Pet l,g9 puAneh ~ eioae FAtes Explanatory u4rnn6
let mailed tsee. Gno n. sGiissIIY 4. "a * Ely
i1rset, y. T., Gnin BFoken< ty2eNWTaW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

That purely vegetable compound, Burdock
Blood Bitters, may be justly termed the
Elixir Of life. A pleasant aud effective med
icine; it impar,s strength aud vitality to the
entire system. Price 81 ".
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Vest VIRGINIA UNITESSRT

NlNRdepaTtmeua Of study; tat lsft, -,
At COST; calendar GEFanecd % ~: 's,-s.-'..tS
pensca ior one year from SIS 10 &c sgp,ssr,..1
leerl, thorough. Fall term beEiia ssTPpTS
Z ISL; Attendance last year i1n > srpsst.5
yes NltEinsla and nom stats AL EsFsiss,
Tio1A -
sSsFOI CATALOGUES and otheI information ,,,,,,
ne Acting President D. b PURlSTOT, I'sa,.Sl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06
D A M
BY A. c, GUNTER, ESQ.

Evening PtIces. 80 and IS cent? Reserved Feat,
SIG Matinee prices . and 50 cents; Reserved
seats - cent? seals on sale ct Wilson q BlumsSSs
Mule Store on and lileT "wednesday, MRrch III
seatl can be secuted By Telephone.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06
Special Notice.

The baltimore and Ohio Railroad VIII ser, Rrtn,.
entertainments 1he steamer q y. Iucss I'M ~
make an oxtn trip on Friday evening Naseb M,
ptgrnins tmmediAtely alter The pefiormEnee,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

0SE HUNDRED DoLLlEs reward for a better
remedy. Williams Indian Pile Ointment il
sure cure for Pilea pGW
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nIE.n.

sPElnEL-on Saturday, Mlrch 4. 1sss, ABA L,
daughter Of John aud Anna sPeiiel, Ised Il
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

Dally except sunday.
tsteubenville AccOnnodAtIou.-Th trsIn dur
inE me day passes backward and forward between
a ne sherman House, RtaRviIle, West wheeling
AASsilnn Accommodation
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06

JoIS ". GAERrFT Is put down at 5000
OOd
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AEw ADVERTISEMENT.

EOR RENT-A VERY DESIRABLE
II bOpse, IL MONS. hnilbed ltiie, bathroom
and uodem eouTelienes1. Eule1iol lilsn ApEl
q Nay ID. Apply toJ. c. BRADY, IA cAaEline
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WANTED-To RENT FOR SIX
w mndthS frum April ist. ho1ss with o.
rusun situated = thoFt dhtanoe from the city. Ad-
drssi, giving loration, PItce, &e, s., elfS Ini'l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06
Wheeling { Elm Grove RaiIroad.

On and after Sunday, March S. lSsa c,r, ~,
the Wheeling Elm Grove r. r. viii nun 4, foiIo,SSt
Can VIII e 'ye the city corner Market and Eleventh
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WHEELING, v. va. NAEGa .. ls,l.