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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
STRUCK OIL.
The First Find of the fIaId In New
Mexico.


ST. Louis, April lS.-A special dispatch
to the Globe De nocrat from Albuquerque,
n. NJ, says that oil was struch eight miles
from Fort Wingste, in Valencia county,
last Saturday, the first discovered in the
territory. While the men were testing
the oil a party Of Navajo Indians, who
said the men were on their reserya.
tion rode up and fred on them, kill.
ing one OF the number, Lewis Farley.
1t was growing dark, and the miners,
having no arms ut hand, fed into the
mountains, fred a. several times by the In
diaps, but they were not pursued Cross
ing the range the terrified prospectors got
TO Coolidge, on the Atlantic and Pscihc
railroad and ,elegraphed the oil strike and
murder of Farley to the company OF troops
at Albuquerque. The dispatch reached
there Monday morning, and the company
immediately cent telegram TO General
Bradley, commanding Fort Wingate, ask
ing that their workmen should be protect
ed end the Indians punished. General
Bradley sent q company Of cavalry 70 the
scene OF attack in the afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
Steamer Nrerke,i-

MEMPHIS, April lS.-The stea,er Jnbn
3. bran>iord. oSned by Capt. N. K Harrv
e. route to the St. Francis river C,;ro
pun 10000 feet of walnut lumber, strncE
reel at o'clock this morning. Ar Ds.,I's
rS.'r"' ,oUr miles above Memphis and
1hA. The boat was valued at $S,OO6 and
1 Sufrd for 5000. The wrecking steamer
.At has gone to the scene of the disss-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19

PmLApEIsBiA, April fs-rbs piGsea
shooting for atty birds rssalss1: JoAo \
Brewer, ~; Boisfdus. IL "a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19

JAcKsosvILLs. FLA. April u.-PrDtdset
Arthur left 81. Augustins g 6aloeeok .
The st/ames TslIspooss los bsvmoaA,
where be viii msks . brisf slsy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
RRIlrRA

WWa,,ii'i>"ToN, W. - April Is Captain Charles
M't 'Ir,D, If the Fifth ARTILLERY wss
> 10 ;,' a. DAY because of disability incur.
90 IN 'le service.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19

~ suhfr fTCm q state of i'll health >
- ''nblGd with dyspepsia? Browns
p'i i.i''ls will CUIs yCu.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
lsv,umisg ChaIIengs.

WASHINGTON, April IS For some time
past efforts have been made to get up
swimming match between John Williams.
of Cincinnati, o., an Frank Printz, Of New
Orleans. La. The matter has eliminated
by the deposit in the hands Of Hanlan, the
osrsnsn, Of tlO0 in behalf OF Williams
His backer Is Samuel Coulson. Of Montreal,
q staunch sdherept Of Hsnlsn, and VIII.
lisms il said by the champion scuiler TO be
ope of the beet long distance swimmers In
the world. The terms OF the match are
that Printz shall swim Williams any dis.
tsnce from one n 'es miles. date tn be rnu
tually agretd. The conciIions are thai If q
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
EX-SENATOR HENDRICKS.
He IL net u Candidate for the Presi-
dency.

New York, April 1S.-Ex-Senator Hen
dricks is here and in talk with a repor-
ter, gives his view of the struggle for the
Speakership. He said the contest was mar
rowed down to a fight between Randall,
Carlisle and Cox. He favored Cox,
Asked about the next Presidential cam
paign, he said he had nothing to say ex-
cept that am not candidate and do not
care to be mixed up IN any discussion Of
the possible chances of others
Being asked as to Mayor Harrison, Mr..
Hendricks said: "Mayor Harrison is a
man whose views must be respected. He
is a great power in the west; man who
has been elected Mayor OF Chicago, with all
its varied interests, three times in sue
CeSSiOn, and at the last election raised his
personal majority to 10000 votes, of neces-
! sity Commsnds respect for his views. In
! fact he is a much stronger force in the
Democratic party to-day than Governor
Butler"
How has the new tariff Law affected
! your State
Its details do not seem to be understood
! Yet in Indiana, the interests OF the State
are very varied, you know, and all are sem
sitiye TO the slightest
Change I'm the Tariff,
still as the law was passed Just before my
departure have not had fair opportunity
TO study its effects.
What is the prevailing opinion OF the
Democrats in Indiana regarding tariff ques-
tiOnS?"
The Democrats of the State are, think,
N favor of tariff for revenue, with re-
gard at the same time to the interest OF
manufacturers. The element in favor of
absolute free trade has no strength at all.
All think there must he tariff OF some
! sort. Whether it be greater or less. should
DEF end upon direct taxation and internal
! revenue. Il is matter of torn, OF expeci-
enCP so far rs | can ascertain rather than 4
wide difference OF opinions as to principle.
The rari II is mee9ly a question OF business,
and in adjustment of rates, discretion and
iudgm are necessary.
You are, then, strongly in favor OF
reduction OF taXatiOn?
70 be sure am. Taxation ought to be
reduced for the simple reason that the rev.
enue is far in excess of the expenditures.
Whether the reduction must be applied to
the internal revenue or in a discriminate
ing tariff, is iOr Congress to decide
The policy of the party, then, will, in
your opinion, be toward reduction of the
revenue
What it will be | cannot say, but that
ought to be its policy when We know the
expenditures are less than the revenue by
nearly 100000, 600"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
THE p. o. DEPARTMENT.
The New Two Cent Postage stamp-EE
feet OF Reduction on the Reyenue.


feet OF Reduction on the Reyenue.
WASHINGTON, April lS.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Gresham having approved the design
for the two cent postage stamp with the
yignette of Washington, the present de-
sign Of the two cent stamp with the head
of Jackson will be discontinued after 0c.
tOber next In fact, no more OF this de-
sign will be ordered by the department.
The change in values affects the stamp as
u does in every other business. Orders
Tor the return envelopes which are made
IN advance by business firms, are falling
of IN anticipation of the change of post
sge rate, the object being to use up the
isrge supply on hand. The same is also
true of orders for three cent postage
stamps, so that the revenues from the sale
of envelopes and stamps will probably fall
off considerably during the next four
months. But there will not, so Third As
sistant Postmaster General Hazen saws, be
any considerable deficiency in the receipts
from the
Sale OF Stamps
during the next fiscal year His cslcula-
t'on IS thst there will be large increase of
business-frst, by increased correspond
enee in all psrts of the country; second
ale substitution OF sealed envelopes in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
ADyusmtte Cartridge.

BRooKLYs, April ia roll Of paper
shaped like a q cartridge was found by
Charles Wilson, 4 machinest, yesterday A..
ternoon in the tool room Of the factory Of
Ronalds & CO., manufacturers Of plumb
ers' supplies, at SChermerhorn and Boerum
streets, Brooklyn. II was on the shelf
along the wall close 10 his bench. He
orened one end OF II, and called his broth.
er. X. NJ. Wilson, the foreman, who was
about 10 throw il into the furnace, when
be tastedof the contents, end finding thst
il had an ether taste and that it rssembled
dynamite, he concluded TO drop IL into .
pail Of water.
He crumbled some OF Il up and threw IL
into the fire, where II fixed like powder.
The mass OF the cartridge was made OF saw
dust Policeman Webb carried u 70 tbs
Police Central Office. DR.. y. II Psrt.ey, OF
tie Health Department, tasted of the CON
pound, and said that be experienced .
headache. Nitro gIycerine produces this
effect As the compound was moist IL hsf
no we'll defined smell, but IL tasted like
dynamite. A chemical test is TO be made
to-day 10 determine whether II 10 dyns.
mite or not. Drill Captain Mckelyey and
Sergeant BsllOu visited the works, but
could learn nothing 10 indicate that any
attempt was made 10 blow up the place. or
that there va. sufficient motive for such
an act Nsither could any Information BE-
obtained 10 show how the package came to
be placed IN the factory.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-19
Atsy 81 Executes.

LrscoLs, NEE, April 1s.-The suprems
Court granted stay Of execution In toe
csse OF Matt Zimmerman. the despsfsdo
who figured in the murder Of three m-n o.
Nind~A this State. snd whose captnre'
when bis psrdner. Dock Belmont wss kill.
ed. created quite . sensation. Nmnermsn
uas 10 have been hanged saturday. When
the story becomes known in KssSnsy
county, the excitement will be intense. II
IL an adjoining county TO Adams whore
the Millett murterers we're iypebed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

JUDICIoUs ADvERTIsING.-Am man de-
nouncing newspaper advertising to a crowd
of listeners: "Last week." said he, ~ had
an umbrella stolen from the vestibule OF
the - church. 1t was gift, and valulng
it very highly, spent double its worth IN
advertising, but I have not recovered it."
"How did you word your advertisement"'
asked q merchant.
HHere it is" said the man, producing a
slip cut from o newspaper. The merchant
took it, and read: "1ost from the vestibule
of - church, last Sabbath evening, a
black silk umbrella. The gentleman who
took it will be handsomely rewarded by
leaving it at No., San Fernando street" "
"Now," said the merchant, II am liberal
advertiser, and always found that 1t PAID
me we'll. A great deal depends upon the
manner in which an advertisement is put.
Let us try for your umbrella. again, and If
YOU do not acknowledge then that adver.
tisng pays, l will purchase you a new one" "
The merchant then took slip of paper
from his pocket and wrote: "1f the man
who was seen to take an umbrella from the
yestibule of - church, last Sabbath even
ing does not wish to get int, trouble
and have a stain cast upon the christian
character which he values so hlghly, ne
will return it to No., San Fernando street;
He is well known" This duly appeared
in the paper, and on the following morning morning
the man was astonished when ne opened
the front door of his residence; On the Y3
porch lay at least dozen umbrellas, of all
Shades and sizes that had been thrown
in from the side walk, while the front yard
was literally paved with umbrellas. Many
of them had notes attached to them saying
i that they had been taken by mistaken and
begging the loser to keep the little affair
quiet,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

A NICE ExPERIENT:WTH STRAwBER-
RrEs.-A. Southern amateur gardener Sc:
cured slabs from the saw mill and bored
two-inch holes in them fifteen inches apart
and laid them round side up upon the edge OF
some beds and set a strawberry in each
hole, in August. Sucha profusion of straw
tional varieties was sight worth beholding
When other strawberries in the neighbor.
hood were all dried up by the great drought
of that season his were perfection. A hall
pint or more were taken at time from
each plant. 1t was but little trouble to keeI
the runners down.-A66evWe Medium.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

VALUE OF BIRDS TO THE FARMER.-Re-
garding the value of birds to the farmer,
Prof Stearns, in paper read before the Con-
nectieut State Board of "A Agriculture states
that a young robin in the nest requires a
daily supply of food more than equivalent
to its own weight. The swallows are the
natural enemies Of the midges and similar
small insects that prey on grain. 1t is esti-
mated that in three weeks the nestlings OF
single pair of swallows will consume halt
a million insects. Blue birds protect fruit
trees from insects. The king-bird is strict
ly insectivorous and great protector. The
Wrens can be induced to remain near hous-
es if suitable boxes are provided and they
war without ceasing upon caterpillars.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

THE PROPOSED POSTAL NOTE.-A mod
ell of the proposed postal note IS apo4t as
are two columns, giving the months Of the
wear and the dates of twelve years, begin
ming with the present. At the left hand are
three columns of figures, one representing
dollars, is numbered up to four the second,
representing dimes, is numbered up to nine;
the third, representing cents, is also num-
bered up to nine, and each series ends with VT
a cipher. The note is for sums less than$5.
The postmaster at the office issuing the
note will punch month and year, the num-
Der of dimes, dollars and cents in their re-
spective columns, thus preventing an any a. az
system the postal notes can be issued for any
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

RAISE YOUR OWN ,CoRN.--Much has
been said of late about theilprosperity of
South Carolina within the last few years
and the facts and figures brought forward
must be very gratifying to every lover OF
the Palmetto State. The question now is
how is it with you, reader? Are you pros
pering? If not, why not? All material
prosperity must come out of the ground. 1t
will thus be seen that the farmers ought to
be the most prosperous people. But are
they prosperous? Are. the money-lenders,
whether bankers, merchants or others who
lend money or supplies to farmers accumu-
lating the wealth of the country, or does it
remain in the hands of the producer? We
feel perfectly certain that the farmer who
raises his own grain molasses, potatoes
and pork at home can make money, and
get rich at farming, but we do not believe
that any man can make living who has to
come to the stores twice month to buy
corn at twenty-five per cent. above the cash
price The man who does that might just
as we'll give it up now, as to surrender later.
Clean and ditch every foot of bottom land.
A crop can be made for five dollars an acre,
and any acre will make twenty-five bushels
of corn, whether it rains or not. Would
not farmer consider the merchant or the
printer on the road to ruin if he had to give
as much for the use of money as the farmer
often gives? Corn can be grown on the
farm at less expense than the cost OF going
to town after the grain, even if the; merchant
were to give the corn away.-A6beriNeP Press
and Banner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

WEBSTER AND WAITER.--Once when
Daniel Webster was dining to0te dhote at
the Astor House, in the days when it was
conducted on what we call the American
plan, servant came to him and said man
was waiting in the Office to collect bill.
as he good waiter?" asked Webster.
81 don't know" answered the servant.
"Neither do I,'' said the orator; 80 we
will have to ascertain. Tell him Pm at
dinner-let him wait" And Mr.. Webster
finished his dinner leisurely, the man hay
ing lost patience and departed prior to the
conclusion. 3 -s@
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

paS Curran hearing that stingy and slov-,
enly 5barrister had started for the Continent
with a shirt and guinea, observed, Hell
not change either till he comes back"
Somebody told Curran during his last illness
that he seemed to cough with more difficult
Gurran s'that's odd enough. I've been
practising all night"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

FRESH HVEGETABLEs.-The timeWill soon
be here for fresh vegetables. A time looked
for by all housekeepers and when bottle of
Norman's Neutralizing Cordial is necessary
tocounteract all the colics and diarrhga pro-
duced from eating them. Be sure to have
bottle convenienta as "a stitch in time saves
nine. e."-AdW.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

par "How can leave you, my darling %
murmured Toledo lover, in tones of dis
tressing tenderness, as he observed both
hands Of the clock a approach a perpendicu,,
lar on the dial. "Well, John," responded
the girl, with wicked innocence, "you can
take your choice. If you go through the
hall you'll be liable to wake up father, and
if you leave by way of the back shed you'll
be likely to wake up the dog"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

PLANS FOR THE YEAR-SystenfF contrib
utes to success in farming as we'll as in other
pursuits. TO reach high success it must be
adopted in farm operations. Plans for the
wears work should be determined and all
arrangements made that can be for fully
carving them out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

dear s and nd sanity old LADY from the country
'"deestrict" who, on examining the Weap,,
ons in an antiquarian museum, declared
that there was only one thing more she
desired to look upon, and then she would
90 home satisfied, viz, the ak of the Apos-
tles-N Y Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

WHAT COULD THE Poor Boy Do?-
"William, my son." says an economical
mother to her son, "for mercy's sake don't
keep on tramping up and down the floor in
that manner, you'll wear out your new
boots" (He sits DOWN. 'There you 60
sitting down! Now you'll wear out your
new trowsers declare, | never saw such
q hOyD
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

HEALTH SrATIsTICs.-Last summer two
Austin ladies met at the railroad depot.
One of them was very thin, while the other
was exceedingly fat.
"Where are you going ?" asked the thin
one.
''To Eureka Springs"
,--ssWhatfor ?"
''Dr. Bradley Barnes advised me to go
there to get thin. Fam too fat. Whereare
you going ?"
81 am going to Eureka Springs"
"What for % ~ -''
"Dr. Bradley Barnes advised me to 60
there to get fat. 1 am too thin"
When they returned to Austin the fat
one was fatter than ever, and the thin one
was twice as thin as when she started.-
Texas &ttings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22
COLORED PICTURES.

DERSONS having old or faded pictures Of de-
L ceased relatives or friends, and will send
them to us, giving color Of hair, eyes and COM
plexion, we will paint 14Xl6 portrait and return
it by ex press, prepaid, for s.. This is five dol
lar picture, but we make this offer that you.may
test our work, and in every case money will be
refunded if work is not PERFECTLY Salts
FACTORY. Good agents wanted to solicit or
ders. Address J. LEE LATTA,
Hickory, n. c.
January % st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

nar A printers towel fell out of a third
story window in a New Jersey town, the
other day, and cracked paving stone. The
crash was heard two blocks away, and
little boy ran all the way home, with white
lips and trembling limbs, to tell his mother
that he had seen a niger man tumble off
the roof and explode his head.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

IAN Irishman wrote thus to the wife Of
!, sick brother. eff Jamie isn't dead yet,
remoind him of the twenty shilhngS ne
ne not to T give himself any consurrun about it."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

p6 The man who believes in place for
everything, and every thing in its place,
never has postage stamp when he wants to
post letter.-Pttck.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22
MaMafuas 4eraftmtnt.

HE HAD >HEARD.-A good story is told
of one ofthe old-time Philadelphia Quakers,
whose sterling integrity was ingeni0usly
commingled with wOrldly shrewdness. He
WAS an extensive vessel owner, and during
his life made fortune, which has since, in
the hands of his heirs, been doubled again
and agaiR fAt one timeEWhen a period of
stormy weather had greatly delayed ship
ping of. all kinds, he became alarmed for
the safety of ship loaded with most
valuable cargo, and several weeks overdue.
Going to an insurance agent he truthfully
told him that he feared the vessel had been
lost, but if the agent wished to take the
risk he had no objections. Of course the
agent hesitated and put him off from day
to day, hoping for private information re-
garding the missing craft. One bright
morning the Quaker drove up to the insu-
rance office and called to the agent: "Thee
need not make out those papers; have
heard from the ship" Instantly the office
was in a hustle, and in a few moments the
agent came hurrying forward, exclaiming:
ooh! you are too late; the papers are al
ready. made out; here they are" AS the
Quaker looked them over the ink being
scarcely dry the agent asked: "Well,
what have you heard?" ~ have heard,"
"Ihave heard, ," responded the Quaker, with
childlike simplicity, as he put the docu-
ments in his pocket; 81 have heard that
the ship has gone to the bottom"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22
DENTAL NOTICE.
DR.. W. NJ. WALKER,

g DR.. w. NJ. WALKER,
-ll' RESIDENT SURGEON DENTIST,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Yorkville and vicinity. He is
we'll prepared with instruments of the most ap-
proved style, and all modern appliances, supple
mented by a continuous practice of twenty-five
years, to guarantee satisfaction.
In keeping with the general reduction Of
prices, he proposes to furnish complete UPPER
AND LOWER SETS, of the best material, for
5000; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower,
$1,000; and for partial sets, more than two teeth
S400 PER TOOTH. Patrons waited on at their
residences out of town, charged for expenses Of
visit.
July6 ".. F-. q $3.50 Ff tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

REJECTED MANUSCRIPTs.-Rejec con-
tributors are sometimesavenged. A Scotch
newspaper, the GreepOck advertiser, has
ceased to exist, after life of seventy-eight
years. This paper will be remembered for
one thing only; it rejected Campbell's poem
of Hohenlinden, on the ground that it was
"not up to the mark" Campbell himself
thought lightly of the poem, it is said, until
he was assured by Sir Walter Scott that it
was one of the finest things of the kind that
he ever read Since that time, the poem
has been worn Out.by the myriads of school
boys who have spoken it in public on the
stage. Charlotte Bronte's great novel met
with a similar reception. "Jane Eyre" was
written in the grey old parsonage under the
Yorkshire hills; the rough notes, sketched
hasty in pencil, were transcribed in neat
hand as legible as print, and the manuscript,
in its brown paper wrapper, was sent Oft
from the station-house at Kleighley tOpub-
Usher after publisher, only to find it's way
back again, "returned with thanks" till the
packet, scored all over with publishers
names, and well-nigh worn out by it's trav-
els, found it's way into the hands of Messrs.
Smith & Elder with stamped envelope in
side for reply. This story of "Jane Eyre"
is, with authors who cannot find publish
er, one of the standing sources of conso!a-
ton, and it is very striking instance of the
loose way in which publishers readers now
and then look through manuscripts that find
their way into other hands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-22

@ The stranger carelessly tucked away
in his vest pocket the change of s. that a
Brooklyn bartender handed to him after
serving warm drink. There was nothing
strange in that, but subsequently the bar
tender said to the bystanders:
"I have made customer of that man:
How? Why, as easy as rolling off a log. L
have given him fifty cent piece with hole
in it. He'll come in tomorrow when he's
going by, politely call for a drink, inform
Inc in the kindest manner that have un-
Intentionally put in on him fifty cent
piece with a hole in it. To all of which l
will reply good,naturedly that am really
sorry, and ask the man to take drink with
me- We are both feeling quite satisfied
with each other, and there is no refusing.
"reminiscences follow. The man spends
three or four dollars with me and then
leaves, saying am really good fellow. l
have bought all the perforated coins that L
can lay my hands on. Business has increas-
ed thirty per cent. this week."