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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-15
BUSINESS POINTS.

The qrality of this years ice crop is eS-
lcellcnt and the supply abundant.
Three cargoes of West India bananas are
row due at the port Of Boston.
II is said that the State of Texas will net
SIS 5,ocCO from the increase TO her sheep
farms this spring.
The cotton mills at Admission, Ala, have
lust shipped 600 bales of goods to China,
iaud have orders for 600 more.
4 J,hnstown, \. Y, firm has received a
sCoSernment contract for the manufacture
|dor the War Department OF 600 dozen
IEloveS for the use of the army.
The combination Of alcohol diStillers de-
X Ged last week, in view Of the dull trade
exi>tiug. to reduce production still further
|aiter June to 20 per cent capacity.
The Alpine Iron Manufacturing Com
h sny has been organized in Talledaga coun'
b., Ala, with a capital of s2Oo,OoO. This is
1he hrSt successful move made to operate
lnGines in that county.
Tie finest butter in the United States IS
adp in Iowa. The reason is simple. Corn
which IS raised in the West so abundant
,ly is freely fed to the cows. This produces
tbetter milk than hay or mixed feed.
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WHERE The LAUGH COMES IN.

Very few people nowadays suffer from
suggestion of the Crain.-Mrs. Darlington.
When railroad stock is watered coupons
are often all over dew-BOston CONNER
Iial.
1t is the people who have no good din:
ners Who are plotting to kill with dyna-
amite.-New Orleans PiCayune.
A lucky man, the late Wagner; he is the
only ore who can no longer hear his own
pnusic Paris Paper.
Professor Gresner, representative col
bred man, says Of his race: We want
fommon sense-not conventions. This
, ov, how much a negro kaowS about poll
tcs.-EostCn Transcript.
Don't you think have good face for
Die stage." asked a lady with histrioniC
, pirst. ons. IL dor't know about the
Die, replied her gallant companion, "but
Sou have lovely face for buss. ". Y
World
6 Dr.. Armitare says: Man should always
be graceful Did the doctor ever have on
, new spring suit, and try to get out OF the
pay Of a watering cart? Guess not.-Loweu
[itizCn.
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POLITICAL OPINIONS.

!, it absolutely certain that pious Hoar
does not wipe his moist glasses on piece
a the tanned hide Of "a man and broth
Gr,'-MacoL GA Telegraph, Dem.
With Messrs. Conkling and Grant both
predicting a Democratic victory, it is quite
evident there is work ahead for the Re-
publican party.-St Louis Republican,
lem.
The New York members, it is inferred,
will be much more likely to support Car.
llse than any othericandidate outside their
own State. They are all revenue reform
Grs.-BOston Herald, Ind.
In it's recent disposal of the so-called
granger cases from Illinois, the Supreme
Court Of the United States settles at once
and forever the pernicious doctrine that
the creature is greater than the creator
Cleveland Leader, Rep.
Mr. Sam Randall is q Democratic impss.
siblity. The tariff discussion must pro-
Ceed. Pennsylvania, being joined to her
5Iols, is not looked to either for Democratic
Counsels or Democratic yotes.-Louisyille
( CCuriCr-JOurnal Dem.
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A BRIDE OF A DAY.
A Wedding Tour Brought to an
End BY Death.
The husband Accidentally Killed While
Walking from Sleeper to
the Smoker.

PI1rsRUscH, May li.-One OF the saddest
accidents We have been called upon to re-
cord for sometime occurred this morning,
near Sawmill run, on the Panhandle road.
The name OF the victim was L. ID. Weiling,
of Coshocton, Ohio. He was married TO a
lady in the city yesterday and they got on
the train to go to their home, both, no
doubt, induleing in bright anticipations OF
the future. While near the pOint stated
Mr.. yelling left his wife TO so into the
sleeping car and il was q
Fatal Move For Him.
At this time nobody appears to know ho~
he met his death, but in passing from one
car to another he must have fallen between
the two cars and he was ground to pieces
between the wheels. 1t appears that no.
body saw how the accident happened, but
Immediately afterward the train men knew
il and the train was stopped The passen-
gers. or some Of them, knew that something
was wrong but they did NOT know that
life had been crushed OUT, and the
Bride Sat waiting for He, Husband,
little thinking that she would never again
see him alive. II appears that nobody had
the heart to tell her that her husband was
kllleu, ana lUuI he Was l1lup huuSich
corpse with his skull crushed in and one
arm and one leg cut of. When found he
was still living, but he died shortly after.
His remains were brought TO Devore's
under taking establishment, in this city,
while the train sped on and the
bride OF day sat there, unconscious OF
The Terrible Fact.
She did not know where her husband
was until the train arrived at Mansfield
station, when the dread news was impaired
to her. Her agony may be imagined, but
now n at MansifsId1 desssGqE.ilRe IT. and she is
ton. The victim was about thirty years
old and when all that was left OF him was
picked up a gold watch and chain was
found on his person. showing by an in
sCrption that they had been presented to
him by his employees. And this was the
terribly
Sad Ending Of wedding Tous.
On the person Of the deceased was found
three letters written by q girl named
Hattie, who is evidently q school teacher.
They are all from CoshOctoH, Ohio, and
they contain confessions OF love, and asked
him to take her away from that place, as
she is tired of il and only contented wlren
in his company. The letters were written
Oh the Ith OF May.
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OUR c0KlNG COAL FIELDS.
what Outsfders Think sf This Indas-
try In West Virginia.

WASHINGTON, May A-A correspondent
in summing up the interests OF the various
coke producing districts has this to Say OF
West Virginia: The coking coal fields OF
West Virginia, which ranks third among
the States in point Of production, lie Prin'
c;pally in Feyette and Raleigh counties,
extending along the course of the New
river and 1t tributaries about forty milea.
Reports of recent Investigations include
the Flat Top coal field, in the New river
district, which would extend this district
TO Mercer county, and make its total length
The Csking Property
of these Goals, in view OF their relations to
extensive deposits Of iron ore. makes them
very valuable, the coke made from them
being an admirable blast furnace fuel, sec
ond to none in Ike country. In the hat
top region the coal beds are reached at
railway levels, so that no incliues are
needed. A large vein apened at Pocahon.
tss has been fully proved TO run miles 70
the northeast
Along the BIuestene slspe.
The New river coal beds begin TO thicken
as soon as the river is crossed from the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and at
tain their grertest thickness m the Flat
Top region.
The chief localities in which coke 10
made in Ohio in the census year were
Columbiana and Jefferson counties, which
propuced so per cent Of the make OF the
State. Much Of the coal used in Ohio
gives a coke that is soft and brittle and
often high in sulphur and ash. The yield
in coke Is not as great as that Of the coal
OF the same seams in Pennsylvania or West
Virginia, though geographically they are
nearly the same.
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BIG BLAZE Ar BElPRE.
Hotel and Business Houses De-
stroyed and Damaged.
The Town Saved by the Heroic and
Mastery Efforts Of The
Parkersburg Fire De-
partment.
Special Dispatch TO the Register.

PAREERSBURG, w. Va, May 1i.-Belpre,
Ohio, opposite here, was to day the scene
of the most disastrous fire in the history
of the town, and but for the heroic efforts
OF the Parkersburg fire department, which
went to the rescue, the most densely popu.
lated portion of the village would have
been laid in ashes. The fire started at two
O'Clock in a straw stack in the rear
of Smiths Hotel by a spark from
Bucks hub factory. A stiff breeze
famed the fire into flames which
Shot Hundreds OF Feet Into the Air.
A livery stable near by, together with
harness, buggles and one horse was des.
troyed. The hotel was soon one mass of
flames, which spread with such rapidity
that the entire building, with its contents,
was laid in ashes in brief time. Also the
skating rink owned by John Stone. Total
loss $1,000; no insurance. The book,
jewelry and-variety store Of c. A. Brown,
together with his dwelling, was totally
destroyed, loss not known; light insur-
ance, which will be vitiated on account of
Recent Changes without Permit.
Browns furniture was mostly saved.
Hawkes. meat shop was burned, but the
loss is slight. The loss to the alderman by
the removal and breaking Of plate glass in
his windows is $500 and no insurance.
Davis, hardware, loss by removal is 500,
no insurance. Adams, drug store, loss by
removal 500; no insurance. The hotel
and stable were owned by Carmi Smith.
His loss is $1,000; no insurance. He had
been carrying $1,000 insurance but the
agent
Cancelled the Policies
recently Uu account of the proximity Of the
straw stack which Sri.L &c. r. -
Mr Smith Was BADLY burned about the
face and hands in endeavoring to save his
property. George Coleman had his hand
badly cut while saving property. Lou.
Brown was prostrated from heat and over
work, but was restored by medical aid.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon
the Parkersburg fremen, who worked
nobly to stay the devouring element.
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In Is an Intere.tinx Fact
Pbys,eIan spread. ContxEion.

CHICAGO. May 14-The residents OF the
town of Lake, a suburb, are greatly aroused
hy the fact that eight married lsdies have
died within a month of puerpersl fever
and peritonitis. Il is stated that DR.. Will
lism Parsons attended Mrs MCGOWAN, who
died with the disease, and his hair and
clothing became contaminated with the
poison, which is very subtle, and since
then eight of his patients similarly afttict-
ed have also died, and the deaths are at
tributed to the contsgion. DR.. Rauch,
pre- side MT Of the State Board of Health has
directed DR. Parsons to entirely abstain
from treating cases Of lsbor for s're!sl
months.
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AColored convention.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1i.-At the annual
conference of the African n. Z. Church
today, the committee presented a report
showing the political and social conditions
of the country and their blessing upon the
negro race, and referred to the progress OF
the negro in acquisition of wealth and in
the securing of citizens rights. and to the
close of the civil war, and the noted grow
ing Importance Of the negro and the part
he plays in the great social, religious and
Political questions of the day" The COM
mittee condemned in severe terms the con.
vict or ''chain gang" system as practiced
IN the South. and the exclusion OF the ne
gro from the railroad cars and hotels
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How Was Done.

New YORK, May 1.-THE Investigation
by TIE Comptroller shows sl4s,63o the
amount stolen by Vim. B. CAROLS clerk IN
the office, and now dead. Toe
Comptroller says be first learned OF
the discrepancy in CarrolFs accounts on
december last. The coupons were presented
through the banking houses OF +. Morrison
4 Co., and Hsgan & Billings. The irsnds
be gan with small amounts in July, I?'9'
and continued until August. lSH?. Iney
were carried on by the means Of false post,
ings in the coupon ledger.
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The yafIcan's Views,

RoNE, May 1.-THE document sent oy
the Vstican to the bishops in Ireland, in
referring TO fund being raised for Parnel,,
SAYS il is intolerable that priests, much
more bishops. should promote such an
object The document condemns al col,
leStiCns which may be employed as
means Of exciting rebellion against laws.
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The Presiden,'s summer Trip.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The President
will probably remain here about a month
longer. Those desiring ettice are requested
10 take notice. What bis summer cam
paign will be has nst yet been deter ermined;
The probabilities are, however, that he Will
seek rest in the mountains OF New Eng-
land, where the fishing is good and politl-
clans and sight seers do not trouble. ne
has pretty we'll decided not to go west; ne
icYnd his trip South very tiresome sna tns
nublic attentions not only annoying but
absolutely fatal so fs- ss rest is concerned.
He could probably fr1 comparative rest In
The Ysllow<t ne valley, but it IS . long way
there, and the trip in hot weather would
not be agreeable.
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Cancelled the Policies
At CasyilIe.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May IA fire at Cas-.
Vile, w. Va, destroyed property valued at
$4,000 1t is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary. The following
is a list of the principal losses
James Damron, store, dwelling aud shoe
shop, loss 5000; insured for $1,000.
Wayne Damron, dwelling and astorehouse,
loss 5000; insured for $500. William
Danron, store, loss $500; insured for 500.
James x Wayne Damrou store and beef
shop, loss $3.50; Insured. Reynolds flasher,
store. loss 5000; insured for $500. FL
isha Wellman, store loss $500; insured for
$3.50. Wayne Ferguson, store house, loss
$500; no insurance. G.. G. Burgess, Cass'
Vile Hotel, loss s., 900; no insurance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-15

NPtHltT Ws FN'i DW5ttW'
The Wheeling SUNDAY REGISTER Of April
10Th contains ten pages and eighty columns.
Twenty thousand copies of this date were
issued and they show up the business in
terests of Wheeling quite favorably to the
people. The REGISTER made the enormous
increase of four thousand subscribers in
eight weeks. We have no doubt this paper
merits its success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-15
Steamship Mississippi harmed

CHICAGO, May IA Seattle, Washington
Territory, special says: The iron steam
ship Mississippi, owned by the Oregon I'm
rrovement Company, was burned yester-
Cav morning, with ], 100 tons OF coal. there
being no tug in the vicinity to renGer as
.is,sTce. the fire spread to the coal bunk.
srs. burning five hundred feet. The chief
engineer was burned to death. The bun ker
tim bers fell killing one man and inluring
at other. The vessel is total loss. 1t was
formerly cwred by The Government and
was used as = blockade runner.
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A HeW DO1ge.

Month ADAMS. MAss.. Nay H.-Henry
Rudsor,, . spiritualist writer and versifer,
is led in s. 500 on . charge OF robbing
cashier Ingalls, house Of jewelfy.
&c. IL the possession OF Hna.on
was complete set Of burktasS
tools. J. Fred Meicalf. Hudson's partner.
is sIso held. MetcaIf u "a years old, and
With tie exception OF few moAths hss
been in Jail copt;aaously since 10 was II
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Far Ahead OF Any Journal.
Rnl<i1h CO. HiGJ.

The Wheeling REsrsIEE, as newspaper,
is far shead of any journal published in
either OF the virginias. On the 10Th uIs,
a mammoth ten-psge edition OF oooe'
copies was issued, and in that issue was an
article giving an insight OF the busiaess
affairs Of the leading city of this s4ate-
Wheeling. 1t is highly gratifying TO, the
citizens of this State to know that their
principal city is prospering. which is cor
tainly proof thai tle whole State IS IN a
LehiihY condition.
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Business Outlook

is anything but promising. The leading
members of the Amalgamated Association
says no reduction in wages will be submit
ted to by the workmen, and if the mill
owners desire TO run they must pay the
present prices. They also say the outlook
for the iron business is good, and if the
mills should close it would be only for
few weeks. The death of Amasa Stone had
no effect on the new organization OF Brown,
Bonuell 4 Co.. as Mr.. Stone had taken no
active part in the new concern.
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She Found n Pistol.

Her husband who was by her side and who
was the only person present at the tune OF
the accident, took the weapon and started
for a room adjoining. As he turned to
enter the room, the pistol struck against
the door and was discharged, the ball en-
tering his wife's head about two inches be-
hind the right ear, She fell back in his
arms unccr scions. He lifted her to bed
and called for help. Four physicians soon
arrived, but Mrs. Stoddard expired soon
after the accident.
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The Iron Situation i'm the MahOning
Valley.

CLEVELAND, o., May 1.-THE iron situa-
ton in the Mahoning valley is in ondi-
ton unsatisfactory both to the manufac.
turer and laborer and what the result will
be on June /, cannot be predicted. Some
think compromise may be effected, and a
s. scale adopted on basis satisfactory to
both sides. The mills are running with
small stock, and purchasing only enough
material to meet the present demands. In
YOUNGSTOWN only one of the four exten
sive mills of Brown, Bonnell & Co. is run
pipr ap1 tho
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THIEVES ARRESTED.
4 Tiamp's Comfortable Sleep Dis.
turbed.

Special TO the Register.
WELLsRURG, May l4-Chief Police Brown
was telegrBphed from Wheeling Junction
this evening to meet the 1890 train and
arrest three men who had robbed Joseph
Sturd, at Wheeling Junction, while he was
getting on the train. Two of the parties
were secured and the third made his es-
cape, who, it is supposed, was the one who
is in possession of the booty, as the Others
had nothing belonging to Mr.. Sturd, when
searched. Mr.. Sturd is well known AL
legheny gentleman, and was on business
trip to Wheeling.
Tramp's SnOOze Disturbed.
Last night tramp jumped train at
Golfers Station and was sitting between
two cars. While the engine was switching
some cars to side track he put his feet up
against one car and his back against the
other ana prepared for comfortable ride.
But in this he was battled, for, unexpect'
edly, the engine backed up and be was
ierked off and seriously injured. He was
attended by a physician at Steubenvllie
and afterward brought here for permanent
treatment.
A large crowd went to Wheeling to-day
to see Jumbo.
The Brilliant Gas Well.
The report of the Brilliant gas we'll is
considerably exaggerated in most all the
papers. some Of them claiming 1t is larger
tban the Wellsburg we'll, while it is not so
by one third. Mr.. Spaulding said he did
not think the flow would be sufficient to
SIMPLY his mill, while the well here would
supply dozen such.
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FLAMES At WORK.
A Three Hundred Thousand Dollar
Fire at Austin.

AUTIN, TEX, May 13.-The fine Hancock
building, belonging to nephew OF Con
gresham John Hancock, burned at 8 A. NJ.
to-day. The building was valued at $50, 900;
insurance, $4,000. Bertrand, Bruggertoff
& Moeller, Wholesale grocers, lost
$50, COO insured for $4,000. The building
Was occupied BY large number of Offices,
Fosters Bank, Waldridge's Bank, Insur-
snee Office, and others. Everything was
lost, and no insurance except that named.
The aggregate loss is $225, 900 with only
SIS, $50 insurance. II was the heaviest
fire ever known here, the heaviest loss, and
one that
Effects Many People
in Europe, and in every State in the United
States, especially New York, Illinois, Ohio
Kentucky, Missouri and other Northwest
ern States. 1t was the large Texas State
agency Of Johns & Spence, who lose office,
registers and papers. The interests
OF their correspondents will not
be seriously affected, as little papers can
be supplied from the county or State rec
ords. Complete assessments of all their
lands had fortunately been made for the
year, and they will go on with business.
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II was the duty of some one TO tell
the truth and expose 10 the world me coz
rupt alliance between the iag ENDS o' oeth
parties fol the purpose OF roohipg the hA,
migrants ard commerce OF New h97E, ana
Governor Cleveland had the cyu-ags e do
it-A .tany Argus Dlm.
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Hnsson,n Denial

GALvUs1ox. Ten, May li.-Wasson, the
defsultirg army psymastsr., deEies his
shortage due to gambling. he aileges II
wss in the nstnre OF 4 forced loan from the
Goytrrm,rt for sixty days to tiJat his
fs,her Guring bis temporary mercantile
embarrassment, and then reimburse the
Government through the conscience fund.
II i IN .iersiood he will make no defense.
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THE REGISTER has, by sew
eral thousand copies, a larger
circulation than any newspaper
published in the two Virginias
or Eastern Ohio. Its advanta-
ges as an advertising medium
are therefore apparent.
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THE BEST HAND IN THE DECK.
And. as Usual. an Ohio Man Plays
Special Dispatch to the Register.

SptCtuI UISDdICN 70 IHt NtIINT'
PARKERsRURG, May 1.-THE wife OF Mar
cellus BOyce, of Long Bottom, Ohio, near
here last week gave birth to four children,
two boys and two girls. Three of the
children are living. tue mother and babies
are doing well, but the father is quite
i'll. This couple have now seven children
all at three births. Two pairs OF twins
and tripIets Three hundred people visit
ed the house on Sunday and Contrib buted
clothing to the va ue OF two hundred dol
lsrs TO the poor man, as usual.
The body of an unknown white man
was found near BlaHnerhasset Island on
Saturday
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MrAssrLLE, Nay lk--A nttls Eiri Aboak
zen yssrs old u1 psutally Outraged iasA
TtursSsy mosnipg " Moth uard scAool
by . young mas sbosS sightsen yeess q
sgs. The sflsir hN inst been na6s known
o ,t,tls ". Public ssptfmeo. y noW
srou,.d spd the young man Will sadeahs-
tdly ~ . TIsSisd.
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B.r,.. o. G... a,..s,. u.s,ss.

BsStsa - Gss. 0vsoeS usshps.
CBcxxArr. Nsy H.-Gsn. Gf.nt arrived
this morning WIN the rensi.s of bis mothi
er, scoompanisaby Ma n J: CnISf. hn
ristsr, and Ia p. Csssy, big nsoahsein.
law. The busisi took place q tbs Spsios
Grove Cepe.asy without cefenooy; Gen.
Grsut and lister 90 TO the Old homo 10 Cisr-
mont county this evening and return 70
New York 70 morro1.
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Mrs. Alfred Maddox has made her ap-
pearance at 8 Gsiety matinee as Lady Clan
csrty, and ondon Truth says she is the
living imsge Of the late Miss Neilsson, ex-
ceptiDg that her hair is fsirer. In the light
or scenes she Was very successful; but she
'ai!sd wherever she had 20 portray strong
t-ysic emotions.
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wheeling and state Merchants.
The Lincoln, ". Ia, Clipper.

Attt A-iftNysNf ". N-f St'lEtf.
Last Sunday week Lewis Baker & Co. is
sued 10000 copies OF the Wheeling SUNDAY
REGISTER Of ten pages each. This issue, in
addition to an immense amount OF reading
matter, contained an expose OF the immense
business of the city of Wheeling as shown
by the advertisements Of that business con-
tanned in that issue. No city Of this
Union, OF equal population, does larger
business than Wheeling. In two, at least,
OF its industries, the manufacture of nails
and glassware, We believe it to be
ahead of any other city in the United
States Every West Virginian ought to be
proud Of our State Metropolis, ana We doa't
understand why our merchants don't buy
their goods here in place of running off to
other and distant points. If Wheeling
don't continue to advance in all its mater
ial interests, it certainly will not be the
fault OF Lewis Baker 4 Co. The REGISTER
has long been the leading newspaper ofthe
State. and the enterprise Of its publishers
is rapidly pushing it to the front rank OF
the leading papers of the Nation.