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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

A citizen Of Wheeling adds testt-
mony to confirm the general belief that
the English sparrow Is about to take
possession Of this country to the ex-
clusion Of other and prettier birds, by
an incident which came under his
personal observation.
he was passing along Chapline street,
the other day, when his attention was
attracted by q couple Of robins pursued
by the vicious sparrow until they in
their fright and confusion flew against
ahouse and fell to the ground and lay
stunned and painting on the ground.
Whether the robins recovered or not
our informant did not t.rry to see, but
he cites this instance as an example OF
the exterminating war that is being
waged against our native birds.
Not many ofus may have happened
to witness actual conflicts between these
little yixers and other birds, but the
most casual observer will not fail to no.
tice that about the only bird, otherthan
the sparrow, that is e about the city
are those prevented from emigrating by
reason of being eIged.
Until the present season we have
been accustomed to the annual visit OF
hundreds and thousands of martins,
whose CHEEKY ehirp could be heard at all
hours of the day and which could be seen
soaring around every cupols Of the city
and building their nests in hundreds OF
bird-honses erected for their aeeommo-
dation. 1t was impossible to cast the
eye upward in any direction without
seeing these busy little birds sporting in
the air. But they have gone. Not a
martin, q robin, a blve bird or other
specimen of the feathered tribe is to be
seen in the city. save these ugly. voraci-
uus anu ubiquitous little interlopers, the
sparrow.
AS a lightweight prize fighter he
he takes the cake. In Richmond, we
are told, he has actually chased the
squirrels out of the parks. No game
bird" will dare enter the lists against
him. He is afraid of nobody, and asks
no odds for his insignificant size. The
coolest weather does not freeze him,
nor the hottest roast him. He never
Geserts his ground. He is the early
bird that catches the worm, and the
late bird that takes care of the roOst.
Ifthis feathered foreigner continues
to increase unmOlested he will have IN
disputed control Of the country in the
next few years. He is a prolific as he
is ~pugn@cious. He is not satisfied with
the city, but is spreading himself over
the country, and no army e con-
quered a territory so swiftly and COM
pletely as he is doing in this.
What shall we do with him. Shall
we allow all our beautiful sOngsters to
be driven from their homes, or shall We
devise means u eXterminate the exter-
minator? We submit that the sparrow
must So.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01
Public Sale of City Property

In the Circuit Court OF Ohio county and
stale Of West Virginia:
Samuel &. KuntS,
vs..
John a. Armstrong, trustee; Andrew r.
Baum; Franklin Osborne, executor OF Geo.
+, Werner, deceased: William Z. Brown;
Aaron Neil and William II. Bergen. par.-
nerS OF Brown, Neil Il Co.; o. II. b. VII
Iiams, John Couch, Levi MCGregoT, Will
liam 4. Bowers and A. q. partners as Bow
ers & Winslow; ]. h. Morris; :. g. Winslow;
Daniel Rishel,
IN CHASCERY.
By virtue OF a decree of the said Circuit
Court OF Ohio county, entered in the above
cause OH the 9th day OF July, 1888, the under
signed special COMMISSIONS will, on Satur-
day. the LIST day OF september, 1883, commeno
lrg at 10 o'clock a. m, proceed 10 sell at
pubic auction at the front door OF the Court
House OF Ohio county, West Virginia, the
following real estate on Wheeling Island,
known and described as follows: Lot No. 80,
A. known and designated on the general plat
OF Zane's island addition TO the city OF Wheel
ia Q, and now occupied by Robert Cowan.
Terms Of ale-Une.third or as much more
a. the purchaser may elect TO pay, In cash,
and the residue in two equal instruments al
rwclve aud eighteen months respectively,
with interest from the day of sale, the pur.
ri,asAr 10 give his notes for such deferred pay
mtnts, with good security, and the title TO be
retained Ill payment in full. Pos ession
yiyen April 1, 1884, K. Ii. CRACRAtT,
Special Commissioner
l hereby certify that o in the penalty
OF s., OO0 has been given In above cause rs re-
agioawt Clerk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01
A Card From Prof. Kidd.

To the EdItOr Of the Register.
In a facetious article in the Iatcligeacer
of the oath INST. under the head Of
Wanted to be INDICATED" that paper ed
itorially misrepresents the fact in regard to
the offering Of the resolution by myself at
the State Teachers Association, concerning
the newspaper discussion Of the Universe.
ty. l wrote a card to the LlteLIigsncer,
stating the facts in the case, but that paper
had not the courtesy to publish it, or the
fairness in its second article on the sub
iect to let the public know the truth. At
the time l offered the resolution, l was not
even acquainted with Prof. Berkeley, and
had no conversation whatever on the sub
ject with Regent Farnsworth.
/ wrote the resolution while Prof. Rem
olds was discussing the value of newspa-
pers in the school room, and handed il to
George 81. Fleming, Esq, OF Buckhannou,
who was sitting near me, who read and re-
turned it without expressing an opinion,
and no one else had any manner of knowl-
edge Of il until it was read to the asso.
ciaIion.
had as much business at The ascot
alton, was as much interested in Its pro
CCcNAuko. huu I'LL - muCu lu6QLlleQ Wild
the school system Of West Virginia as is
Prof. Berkeley. But if my opinions on the
subject in controversy are conceded in by
that gentleman and by Mr.. Farnsworth, l
an at least as we'll sustained and was in as
good company as il the editors Of the In.
tcHigencer supported me
The Intelligence is not correctly advised
when II states that the resolution would
not have commanded more than ten votes.
Discussion and q vote on the merits of
the question were not allowed, by reason
Of lack Of time and through the lobbying
of gentlemen, who were more interested in
protecting the newspapers under criticism
than in building up the University.
From the IRtsiiigencer's unwillingness to
allow the truth to be published, / am forced
to believe that its other numerous articles
on the University may be equally as IN
just and untruthful as those in relation to
inc. Respectfully,
r. F. KIDD.
Weston, ". Ia, July 81. 1888.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

THE Democrats of Pennsylvania
meet in convention to-day for the first
time in twenty-three years with MEM
bers Of their party filling the State ex-
ecutive and cabinet offices. They will
probably not findthe same occasion fOr
the customary arrignment of the adj
miDiStratiOn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

"THE Board OF Regents of the West
Virginia University have abolished the
offices Of President and Vice President
in that Institution. One Of the Faculty
is elected chairman, and he is to per-
form the duties Of the offices abolished"
The above paragraph, or something
substantially like it, has been going the
rounds of our State exchanges for some
weeks. 1t is about time they were
learning that it is inaccurate and mis-
leading. The Board of Regents simply
dispensed with the Office of President
until further orders"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

GRANT won't be satisfied until he can
" a small kingdom and preside over
it. The latest rumOr is that he has
formed a syndicate to buy Cuba from
Spain. FIELD, VANDERBILT and
SCHELL are among the number. The
plan has progressed so far that General
SICKLEs Will shortly go to Spain to
open negotiations. The syndicate is
willing, according to the writer, to give
1000 900 for the island.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

The City Council has made a move
i'm tl,erigIt direction in reducing the
price Of gas. At 80 cents net there is
still "a profit of nearly one hundred per
cent to the city. There is no occasion
for boarding money in the hands o. the
Gas Trustees which is not needed for
legitimate expenses Of the department..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

KING VANDERBILT is keeping a
stable of twenty horses ar Newport
There are lots Of poor fellows who would
think it very extravagant to keep n
horse and stay at home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

THE masses in Ohio obstinately de-
cline to let themselves get fercely ex-
cited on politics until cooler weather
comes. There is, of course, a very gen.
eral interest in the campaign, but great
enthusiasm is not yet apparent on
either side.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

THE price of coke is on the advance
Notwithstanding the mills are idle. At
the mines it is rated at 81 and S1.1O per
ton, against the recent price Of 95 cents
a tom
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01
WEDNESDAY. ATGUsrI 1. IssS.
THE REGISTER has, by sew

THE REGISTER has, by sew
eral thousand copies, a larger
circulation than any newspaper
published in the two Virgintas
or Eastern Ohio. Its advanta-
ges as an advertising medium
are therefore apparent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

MAYBE the lottery companies will
establish a telegraph line, since they
have been shut out ofthe pOstoffces.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01
ALEXANDER BONE, ST.,

NOTARY PUBLIC, general BUSINESS
IN and Licensed Real Estate Agent, Stock
and Money Broker. Deeds, leases, acknowl-
edgements and partnership agreements drawn
up, merchants and Manufacturer books
opened, houses rented. rents collected, collec-
tons promptly RENTED. All business coYres-
Market street, OTIS Block, corner of Market
and Twelfth St, Wheeling, W. Va. noIJ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01
NOTICE TO

NOLIOC ~
The date printed on the WrappeT q
sachpapSr denotes the time Whm the sub
scrfpHon e1ptres.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01
TrOtting, Pacing and Running
Races Each Day.

Speed entries close September ID, atll p. m.
AlioIher entries close Sept. 10th, at 5 p. m.
Bicycle Race and Base Ball Tournament on
the first day.
Excursion rates on all railroads and steam.
boats.
Admissions-Singie Tickets, Oc; Children
unGer ~ years, zoe, Carriages, one or two
norSeS, 2jc; Season Tickets six cOuponSl 81;
Grand Stand and Quarter Stretch, 2)c.
g. nd to Secretary for Premium List ana all
other information.
UOOk Sec'y. agledgi
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-01

Weston, ". Ia July 81. 1888.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01
The Mine Disaster in Australia.
So FRANC1sCo. Januar,

SAN FRANCISCO, January q.
From the Sydney Herald the following de-
tails of the disaster at the Australasian Mine
of December II are obtained:
The accident occurred at ) 80 q. m. in drift
from No. 2 shaft, which unexpectedly broke
into the old workings of No. shaft. The wa
ter rushed through with great force, and in
few moments the lower levels were flooded,
and the flood rose thirty feet in the shaft.
The men employed at this point fed for their
lives along the drift to station where twelve
reached the cage and were hoisted to the sur
face. Twenty-seven men in the other part
of the new workings were unable to reach the
shaft, and the only hope was that they might
be able to reach and ascend q distant Wine
leading to an upper leTsl.
The scene at the top of the shaft was pitiful.
Mothers, wives, children and friends gathered
there, waiting almost without hope for news
from below. The pumps at once started,
throwing 44,O00 gallons per hour, and all the
miners in the district assembled to lend assist
ance. The body of water was so great that the
pumps lowered it very slowly, and a diver was
sent for to attempt to penetrate the mine to
learn the fate of those below. The project was
found inpracticable.
In the afternoon of the 18th the water was
only breast high in the drift where the men
were supposed to be, and an attem pt was made
to reach them by wading, but the vitated air
lar attempts were made during the night.
About seven o clock on the morning of tho
I4Th TWO SeSrcnerS came up the smart cheer-
ing, and reported that near Wine No. II they
heard the words: at all right. We are all
right" About six p. m word came up the
81 aft that the lost were found. The news
spread like wiidf1re. The whole neighborhood
hocked to the shaft. Tanks were imprOVised
as carriages on which to raise the men to tho
surface. and half an hour later John Manley
was bro1gh up alive. He had been caught
by going to warn a comrade of the danger
when he might have ESCAPED.
Soon four others were brought up, ali
greatly exhausted. but in q fair way to
ribIe truth was learned that the TWENTY-FIVE
remaining in the mine had persisted. Tho
whole party had been caught in the drift tho
water rising so high that only by clinging tn
the timbers could they keep their chins above
water. One by one during the sixty hours
struggle they had dropped of exhausted and
drowned in the food, the strongest only hold
ing out INT relief came. The bodies were
found lying scattered about the floor of the
drift The victims were inferred on the 18th.
Liberal subscriptions were taken up for the
families of the deceased.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01
miscellaneous Items.

1t was reported from Atchison the
other day that the effects Of the late severe
suow-storm and extraordinary cold weather
had been very disastrous to stock and that
ranchmen in Western Nebraska and North
western Kansas were meeting with much
loss In theiI herds. Regarding wheat, much
could not be said, but If the growth were
not injured and cut short, it would be fact
little expected.
Meriden is to have four-mill.
At Washington the other day the
House Committee on Public Lands author
lied a favorable report on the bill author
fzing the Secretary of the Interior to certify
lands for agricultural college purposes in
Kansas.
AT. Shenneman, Sheriff of CowIey
County, who was said to have Leen very
successful in arresting some OF the worst
characters in the Western States, was fatally
shot at Wichita the other day by a man
named Cobb, whom he was arresting for
the murder of the Sheriff at Valley Falls seY.
eFal days ago,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the United States Senate on the
9th, consideration of the Tariff bill was
resumed. Rates on band iron not more
than eight inches wide were reduced one
fifth OF a cent. The rates on chains and
rivets were also reduced. In the House, the
Tariff Commission bill was taken up in Com
mittee of the Whole, and the debate thereon
was of general nature.
THOMAS NJ. BOWEN and H. A. w.
Tabor were elected United States Senators
for the long and short term respectively on
the 9th, by the Colorado Legislature.
IT was reported from Nashville, Tenn,
on the 9th that the accountant had found
the deficit Of NJ. T. Polk, late State Treas
urer Of Tennessee, to be 1922, 427. 10.
The shoe lasters of Montreal, Cana,
who had been on a strike for some time,
resumed work few days ago on employers
terms.
IT was reported from Paris, France,
on the 2Sth that President Grevy had ae-
cepted the designations of the Ministers, and
that TaIlieres and Jules Ferry were confer
ring with him about new Ministers.
AT Winooski, Vt, the explosion of q
car load of kerosene oil the other day was
said to have caused the destruction of prop
erty valued at Sill, 900.
A CONFERENCE of tenant farmers at
Belfast, Ireland, few days ago on the land
question passed resolutions in favor OF an
amendment to the land act, and urged that
leaseholders be admitted to its benefits.
The failure of Mohr & Mohr, dis
tillers, Cincinnati, O., with liabilities esti-
mated at $50, 600, and that of Pelon 81 Co.,
dry goods, Montreal, Cana. liabilities $500,
600, were announced on the 9th.
A COMPANY of Mexican militia had a
fight with a strong body of bandits in
Jalisco, a few days ago, defeating them.
Eleven bandits and six Of the troops were
killed.
THE anniversary of the birth OF
Thomas Payne was celebrated in the Ger
man Masonic Temple. New York City, on
the 2Sth. An address was made advocating
free thought.
THIRTY-Two arrests were made at
Allegheny City, Pa, a few days ago, OF
people who disturbed the meetings OF the
Salvation Army.
Two men were caught by eave-in
at the Hokendagua mine ia Pennsylvania
the other day. One was killed and the
other was imprisoned so that it was thought
he would die befoSe he could be rescued.
Ar Tapleyville, Mass, a shoe-factorJ
and three residences were burned few
DAYS ago. Loss, $100. 900; insurance. $50, 900.
CoAsrING must be numbered among
the dangerous pleasures. Five boys were
hurt at Shamokin, Pa, the other day. Fwt
81 TEEN would de-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01
A Month Of Horrors.

Three weeks Of the new year have elapsed,
and they have literally been three weeks
crammed full Of horrors On the I'd a fat
boat sunk on one of the North Carolina
rivers, drowning eighteen convicts, and
similar accident in Germany drowned thirty
five persons, while by the floods in Germany
and Hungary, about the same time, no less
than 140 persons persisted. On the 9th the
fine steamer City of Brussels, of the Inman
Line, was sunk by collision in the harbor
of Liverpool and twelve lives were lost, and
on the 9th the ship British Empire was
burned at sea and sixteen persisted. On the
next day, by the explosion of a mine at
Couiterville, in this State, ten were killed. On
the 10th occurred the dreadful disaster in Mil
waukee, occasioned by the burning of the
NeWhall House, by which at least eighty per
sons needlessly parished. Four days later
still more terrible calamity occurred in the
burning of the circus at Berditchef, in Po-
land, where 265 persons were roasted in the,
flames. On the 18th a gunpowder factory at
Meriden, in Holland, exploded with terrific
force, unroofing almost every house in the vii
lage, breaking glass eight miles away IN ANS
terdam, and killing forty persons. Day before
yesterday came the news of the dreadful dis
aster on the Southern Pacific Road, near Te-
hichipa, which resulted in the death of twenty
persons. and the awful horror in the German
Ocean. How many lives we're lost by the sink
ing of the Cimbria is not yet known to GER
tainty, but it is probable that over 400 persons
were drowned 1t adds TO the horror OF this
disaster that the victims were Germans, on
their way TO this country, who had saved up
enough from their scanty earnings to seek a
home in the New World and try to better their
fortunes. The last horror to be noted is the
powder explosion at Point Clement, Cal, by
which thirty Cinnamon were killed.
The rapid succession OF these disasters
seems to confirm the old saying that great ca
kamitieg occur in cycles. In some OF them it
is clear enough that they might have been
avoided by the exercise of ordinary care. 9TH
ers could not have been avoided by any pre-
cautions And yet at the same time it IS not
creditable to the race that such terrible d1sas-
tiers on land and sea should follow each other
so rapidly. In the progress Of civilization and
the increase of the methods OF enjoyment, as
| well as of the demands of business and daily
life, suficient allowance is not made forthe
increase of the dangers that menace human
life. Chicago grEbple. salHgrg q.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01
FRIDAY, january 26.


In the Senate a resolution was adopted
directing the Committee on Public Institu-
tions to inquire into the expediencY of pro-
viding an asylum for the incurable insane,
and to report by bill or otherwise. Mr.
EVerest's joint resolution being the special
order, was taken up and Mr.. Everest ad-
dressed the Senate in Committee of the
Whole. The following bills were introduced
among number of others: To punish GER
tain trespasses; recurring published state
The Senate concurred in the House concur
rent resolution to authorize an investigation
of the Leavenworth charitable institutions.
The following bills were passed: To repeal
the fees of clerks for registering transfers of
real estate; to re- est biish the Concordia
Normal school; . ating to misrepresentation
made in obtaining life insurance policies, the
validity of such policies, suits therein and de-
lenses thereto, being supplementary to chapter
that tax-saIe certificates shall not be set aside
and the taxes refunded except when the taxes
have been paid; relating to cost of suit in
aeEions of Teplevin. The Senate adjourned
until three O'Clock Tuesday.
In the House, a petition was presented from
a BeIoit brewer asking indemnity for losses
accustomed by prohibition. Thirteen new
bills were introduced. The Committee on
Elections reported on the contest from Jeffer-
son County continuing Mr.. Bayne in his seat.
The resolution relating to discrimination
products into and through the Indian Terri
tory was adopted. The resolution instructine
the Attorney General to bring suit against
the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific Rail
roads was under discussion when the House
adjourned till Monday morning.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01
FORTY-sEYENTH CONGRESS-.

JANUARY 22-In the Senate, petitions
were presented for a law to prevent railway
discrimination and against a reduction OF
duties on any foreign manufactured goods
below the rates recommended by the Tariff
Commission AF. Logan troa toe Ipdictsry
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

IT was reported at Washington the
other day that the claim made by Red Cloud
for compensation for ponies taken and sold
by the Indian Bureau revealed the fact that
no record could be found to show where the
money went.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

THE Woman's Suffrage Convention.
in session at Washington, D. c., the other
day, adopted resolutions declaring that
woman suffrage means stable Institutions.
happy homes, equal wages and equal purity
for men and women; prOnouncing pending
reforms in the civil service a dishonest pre-
tense unless women are graded in the
service the same as men; denouncing the
proposition to disfranchise the women of
Utah for no crime whatsoever Gas q cruel
display of the power which lies in might
alone," and asserting that women should be
given the ballot to preserve the Integrity Of
society and the permanenee of American in
situations, in view Of the fact that immigra-
ton to this country now averages 800, goo
people ReT sanRm,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

THE British troops engaged in ma
neuvers at Alexandria, Egypt,on the 26th, in
imitation OF the siege of Cairo. The dis
play gave rise to rumOrs among the natives,
creating some excitement
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

A PORTION of JUS band of Apaches
were committing depredations near Del Rio,
$50 miles west of San Antonio, Tex, the
other day, and Indians in large numbers
were reported on the Mexican side.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

IT was announced in recent tele-
gram from Paris, France, that the balloon
in which Powell, a member of the British
Parliament, persisted in December, 1881, had
been found in the mountains of Surra del
Phedroza, Spain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

THE Piute Indians in the northern part
of Nevada and near the line of Oregon were
reported to be in a starving condition the
other day. The intense cold had prevented
them from hunting. There were said to be
about 800 of them,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-01

THE burgomaster of Versa, Austria,
who arrested OVerdank, the Socialist, was
reported lately as so badly terrorized that
he was selling his property and would leave
the neigbbOrhood.