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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
year

New YonK physician has condemned
,bs J,c,s coat, and attribuIes the recent
increase in the death rate CT that city to
It,li,u Opera. He says The laws OF fashion
,b,t compel n man to appear in dress
r,t,t operas is the primary cause OF the
r,nlnction Of pneumonis, CT which there
ara an many cases Mt present.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10

Ar the msetiug oI the National Repuoli.
c,u Committee ut the Capital on Wedncs.
day, The place ior holding the next Con.
7sntiou will he GcIected, and a chairman
will be chosen in place OF the late Mar
shaIl Jewell. In this connection itmay be
remarked that the present inequalities in
representation are giving rise TO much
comment. The Boston Advsrtiser Gays:
i'On the basis Of four delegates at large
from each STATE and two from each State
and two from each district, the apportien-
men. now in Use, tho following exhibit is
instructive:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
A western Town Raldsl.

ToNRToSR, December 0-Five mounttd
men ratdsd the town Of Bisbce les. night,
killed J. O. Tappaner, j. A. Molly, D. 4.
Smith, wounded Airs. Roberts and
thin, robbed Castenda'a store of
Sl,200. The whole business was
accomplished 30 rapidly tuat no al,
tempt was made at defense. Advices since
the above statement was given stats tle
men are believed to be the same who rob.
bed the Southern Pac d, train aE GiSe
station, November 17Eh. Tne :tobbag asd
In the direction Of Sonora,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10

An analysis OF this table shows, for ex'
ample, ths. Mac1achusetfs and Rhode
Island, with thirIy-six delegates, and a
Garfield vote Of Isl. 400, would be met in
the Convention by these four Southern
States, their eighty.iour delegates repre-.
Rnting a smaller Republican vote than
came from the two New England States
mentioned. Names twelve Representa-.
iiVes would bO confronted by thirty'four
IRON Mississippi and Louisiana, though
The Garfield vote Of Mnipe was greater by
l,lOl than the combined vote OF tho two
Southern Sta;e1. These illustrations might
readily be multiplied"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10

Tur New York Tribuee hiss succeeded in
r,,,uhius gang Of thieying contractors
sS0 are in c1lluaion with city cflicislR.
Hr Ur ,he mcuiiar methods Of letting contracts
,hs ts1.psyers Of tho city have been
-, .abh,1 Of over u million dollarS in the past
...
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10

Miss AXSA Dickinson has at last rClucI-
..,ls laid aside the aombre cloak of the
a1,omv ar"T Prince Of Denmark, and will here
~, devote l,crsel; answering, from an
.,, .'as,icsn standpoint, Morsiguor CApeps
,,s,r,a M Church ald State"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
SPEAKER CiRaIsLE
Iutenda to Surprise the Country and
Republicans In Particular.

From Our Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, December O.-Speaker
Carlisle evidently intends to surprise the
Republican party by his course in the House
this winter. Ho said to friend to-day,
"The Republicans are going 10 get fooled q
good deal before ! 80 out of the speakers
chair" And then he began to run over
his list Of members and study the reports
that are being received as to tho fitness Of
men for positions on committees.
Carlisle, when he first began work on.the
committees, made out laRt Of the new
members, or those he was acquainted with
especially, and placed It in The hands oi
friends, who are canvassing carefully the
strong business points Of each man. The
speaker intends to make the strongest com.
mittees possible. 1t Is said he will put
eight free traders, Eve protectionists and
two conservative tariff men on Ways and
Meane,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10

Tho Noun: hickory Ellis, of Erie, Ei
tiFeiy Hestroyed.

@ tifeiy nestFoyed.
ERIE, Pa, December 9.-At . o'clock
this morning the Mount Hickory rolling
mills OF this city were discovered TO bo on
fire in the engine room and despite the et-
forts made, It vas totally destroyed. The
mills we're erected in 1872 snd were the
property OF the Mount Hickory Iron Co.,
the principal member Of which firm is
Hon. VIM. L. Scott. In connection with
other mills in western Pennsylvania owned
by the same company, they manufacture
mercantile iron Of every grade, and
for some time have been shut down, but
started up early this fall. In the company
here wtre originally number OF Erie
capitalists, but three yeats ago 1t was
disposed OF to hr. Scott. Loss Of build.
inc SIPS ,009. The stock on hand ives val
led at $50 O00. When the. alarm sounded
the city fire department failed to respond
oyins TO the works being located Just out
aide Of the corporation. The Chief was
appealed to, but declined to take out the
engines, claiming that an ordinance forbid
his going two miles beyond the city lin
la. Alter considerable delay permission
was obtained from the Mayor, butt was
30 late The department was OF very little
use when II finally arrived.
Two hundred and fitty men are thrown
out OF employn eat just at the beginning Of
winter, and few oil them Gre in q condition
10 20 elsewhere or support their families.
Mr.. Scott 10 absent from the city. The
loes Is placed at 5000. COO, with M insurance
OF Sg6,OC0. The mills had recently taken
large contracts aud were preparing 10 in
crease their force. Mr.. Scott being ont ot
The city 1t is impossibls TO tell whether the
mills will be rebuilt or not.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10

Tnr dr5ts OF the railroads Of the
United states amount TO the vast sum OF
SllfIOi29Oi. The last Of tiis debt will
mature in 1851. The amount to mature in
lAbSl4 C0O,0Ol; in 1851, SIS. 100000; in
1885, So 100000, in 1887, 100000, and
soon. The largest amount falling duo in
any one year is 500, 424OOO in 1921. The
dei, AMOUNTS 10 over S2tOOO per mile for
iha xhole r.ileage IN the UAited States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
Cap 1uteIIigeeffr
: s,,,,, Soa. ss and ~ Fourteenth street.

", FRANCISCO, formerly one Of the
..on,ic.o,s a, of the 0hio Stale Journal, has
rvL ir.,,I"I in los Angeles, California, and is at
,sS 'S, head Of sqriehlly Times Of that city.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
uniou IolIlug MN OF Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, O., December 0.-The Union
Rolling Mill was mostly destroyed this
morning by Ere, originating in the pack
ing room, supposably from q stove. The
ioT, onthe building Is S90,o0), and machin-
ery probably $5O,Cc0 to SGo,CC0 Much
machinery Is thought to be left free from
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10


There ia one drawback to Kansas stock
raisips that compares uniavorably even
with New Mexico, and that is the lack oil
winter pasture. The native or prairie grass
deadens and dies out here after the fret
fall fros,s, and does not come again until
Nav In other words, 1t disappears early
and returns late. In California and New
Naxieo all sorts Of stock Craze all winter
hs1ncb. and except where iatloning Tor
,msTIst are not fed grain. Here they are
a1rssdv feeding millet and corn fodder
notWiihstsnding the weather is exception
aIIv .ine Asyet Kansas, as q State, even
IN this rich and highly cultivated eastern
s;de oi Il. has not succeeded In domesttca.
@ s;no the blue grsss, although am told that
< XII; Ssa heen fismly rooted in the adjoining
rsa;nns I ri Missouri, have no doubt that
,bs same thing will follow here when the
soil loses little more OF rs wi!aness anu
receives more thorough cultivation.
gpeaking Of Kansas as ssase, ana tnls
part Of II In particular, l am persnad@eo @
thst the average farmer can DO as weli hsse ~
IA In any portion Of the Northern fsc'ns
country or any part OF the tacinc Coasl
that / have visited. California has better
climate; that is, o greater number o. c!eai
and warm DAYS; and farmers life is les'
,nsosd @ there than here, but there are thu
asssdsd drouths oil that State, (where yor
Lsvs no irrjration) which have occurre6
az @ oiten as every third year, and which
swsen away. In many cases, the savings 0
nrsyions wears. In Kansas they haye nov
IA revefnl successive fair crops, and eyei
q % esEisi yisitor can see that the tarmers ar'
eating ahead In lie. They have had w
Nh srop oi corn Of any State Of the unioi
lthis yesr, f and they baFe 2 geNi sbppaAApacc =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08
ABOUT PEOPLE.

OUIDA, the novelist, secured $1,000 for a
novel.
VERDI has built and presented a hospital to
his native place of Buseto.
BRET HARTE was in turn a compOsitor miner,
school teacher, express messenger and driver of
Laundry wagon.
ONE of the passengers on the trial trip Of Pal
tons steamboat, Mrs. Sally Smith. died not long
since at Edgartowu. Mass, aged ninety-two.
THE father-in-law of Representative Cox, of
North Carolina, who is the Bishop of North
Carolina, gave his daughter. who was married
last week; $1,000 check IA a wedding present
LABoUCHERE says of Indian meal: "It Is sim
ply oatmeal with the taste OF the smell of mice,
and a large quantity OF what appears to he sand
added" Labouchere evidently objects to
''chickeu food"
GENERAL GRANT sees little difference between
Beethoven and Ohenbach, and detests grand
opera. Once, when a lady asked him if he
''cared" for music, he replied, that he cared a
great deal for 1t; he couldn't bear It'll
THE "Home for Mothers, widows and Daugh-
tiers of Confederate Soldiers" at Charleston, 8. c.,
has had fifty-three regular pupils and thirty
three permanent inmates during the past year.
The estimated expenditure for the coming year
is $4,000.
THE London correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald says that the present Charles Dkrens is
a weak editor OF the poorest of the one hundred
monthly literary publications printed in Lon
don: he has greatness save that given him at
his christening.
MR.. j. w. ALEXANDER has finished his portrait
in oils of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and it is
now on private exhibition In Boston. The por-
trait, according to the Boston Post, is of three
quarters length, ana presents DIR. Holmes in his
scholastic robe of black The head is finely
poised and well modelled and 1t is strongly
painted in the vigorous, broad style of the Mu-
Mich school. The artist has caught the whlna-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

HERE is paragraph from the address of
Hon. w. NJ. Evarts before the business mems
meeting in New York, held on Friday night
last, which is worthy of general reading
''With the Romans war stood for trade
and they acquired wealth by robbing ether
countries bodily of their wealth. Let us be
sure, gentlemen, that in our system trade
may stand for war, and learn how to fasten
its fangs upon the vitals of a country with
out disturbing it with the thunders of its
artillery. [Apppleuse.l Suppose the Euro
pean countries instead of invading us
through cur weakness and their strength in
trade should pour their shot and shell into
our different ship-yards, and FORCES and fac
tories, wouldn't the whole country rally
though these were local industries? Would
we stand, that attack because Missouri zinc
was not hit? Laughter | think not. But
that would be very small injury to our
wealth and prosperity. When we see a sys-
tenn of foreign trade within the right of these
foreign countries-within, if you please
their duty to their own perity-under-
taking by the power of their trade to under-
mine and overthrow our industry and divert
our wealth from feeding its own labor and
replenishing itself, are we so foolish as not
to be willing to put up peaceful barrier OF
duties against this invasion, when we would
put at the service of the government the last
man and the last dollar, if shot and shell
were the form of the invasionY'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE Vincennes Sun (Democratic) is by no
means satisfied with the record of the pres
ent Legislature. By the way, who is? The
Sun says; "Just what has been accomplished
is not visible to the public" and adds: 1--WE
never could understand why body of men
of reputed wisdom should not act in their
aggregate capacity as sensibly as each would
in his individual capacity. But this is
rarely seen, and the Legislature that adopts
such a course could secure a copyright with
out fear of Infringement"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

WE regret to learn that acknowledgement
Heffren, Confederate States Army, is not
pleased with the Journal and that IN speak
ing of this great and growing newspaper, yes
terday, he actually used profane language.
We shall not prosecute General Hefiren
either under the provoke law nor
yet Tor profanity, but we must
suggest to HIM that it is not
becoming in the leader OF dominant poiti-
cal party, occupying the responsible position
he does, to lose his temper and fall to ours
ing like very drab. We trust that he did
not allow the sun to 90 down upon his
wrath, and that he will be able, in the beauty
of 800 pounds OF solid Democracy, to resume
his duty as Democratic leader this morning
without SC much as a wave of trouble rolling
over his peaceful and expansive breast. The
Journal has simply given few points of
general interest from the public career of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

"THERE are about 20, 600 working women in
Boston whose average pay is four dollars a
week. and whose board costs them an average
of three dollars and half a week. This
leaves them twenty-six dollars a year for
clothing and incidentals Yet we have a
good deal to say about the pauper labor of
Europe. Enquirer.
Did you ever think of the vastly more
who do not begin to earn enough to pay
their board, if they did board, but who are
compelled to work like slaves to help out the
meager wages of their husbands, and thus
keep actual starvation out of what by an
irony of language is called "home?" If you
have not, yon had better read up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE male Socialists of Philadelphia are
certainly social set of men. They gave a
ball in honor of Herr Most, invitations to
which were accepted by only twenty women.
Notwithstanding this disappointment, which
would go far toward breaking up most balls
the $50 men danced vigorously and with APP
parent enjoyment with each other until
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

IT might possibly have done no good, but
the Republicans might have nominated and
voted for some decent and loyal Democrat
for Speaker pro tenn. The Democratic ma
jority should have been compelled to carry
acknowledgement Heffren on their own ac-
count exclusively.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

WE are In receipt of volume = No. l, of the
Characterization, published at New York by
Wong Ching Foo. With few minor exceptions
taken great pleasure in perusiug its columns.
The fact that the fourth or last page is really
the first is calculated to mslead the reading
public, but once accustomed to it, it will appear
all right. The title, in Chinese characters, is a
triie large, and scientific men will first take
them for diagrams of the skeletons of a dodo,
plesosaurus, shark and boojum. A glance
at the telegraphic columns lot only rev Gals dis
astrOus floods, but gives illustrations of several
dynamite explosions. The poetry, on the other
hand, is set up in fourline plea, with faces that
make line look like a row of tea plants. An
editorial paragraph on the tariff is very able,
and denounces the free-traders in unmcasured
terms, the import of which cannot be given
be appreciated. In fact all the paper
publisher announces that the Chinese American
is founded to fill long-felt wan:, which original
observation deserves consideration. The publ
cation is made on yellow paper. and the entire
paper has to be printed" with pen or mark
ing-brush, transcribed to stone and then
printed Autograph. THIS, on account OF
the fact that the Chinese alphabet comprises
10000 characters, and Wong CHING Foo has not
III oney enough to buy one of each kind Persons
wishing good family fire-cracker literature
should subscribe at once. This prospectus will
appear bu. once, and must not be copied except
upon special order of the editor OF the Chinese
American
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

IF the Democratic party of Indiana has no
other man upon whom TO confer its favors
than x-Leutenant-general Heffren, Confed-
crate States army, it would be better to have
the Legislature adjourn when Speaker Bynum
cannot be in his place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE lower house of the New Jersey Legis-
lature has passed measure which provides
that in all civil actions the agreement of
four IN jury of six and of nine in jury of
twelve shall be sufficient for decisive YER
dict. 1t is expected that this will be changed
10 five out of six and ten out of twelve jul
rors before it becomes a law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

WE feel authorized to say to the Legisla-
ture that there is no probability of an extra
session. and there is no use of shaping bust
ness with the idea Of forty days more for work.
Sixty days of the present Legislature will
be quite enough, and Governor Porter will
not burden the State with any more of it
than is absolutely and constitutionally
necessary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

CERTAIN New York clothing house did hit
of advertising by displaying in its store window
II large glass jar filed with peas. A number of
prizes-a piano, buggy, billiard table and q
set OF harness-were offered in the order named
TO those who would make the best guess at the
number OF peas in the jar. One lady shrewdly
bought an exactly similar jar, filled it with peas
and carefully counted them, one by one. When
she put in her guess 1t was 1920, and she was
radiant in the confidence that The piano was her
huekleberry-or words to that effect But whom
the countess proceeded with their work. and the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

General Heffren, in which. as we under
stand it, he takes great pride, Indeed, he
wanted to know recently what We were 60
ing to do about it, If the doughty General
and great Democratic captain will keep his
weather eye Quit in this direction long enough,
he will probably find out to his thorough
satisfaction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

MARY II. KRoUT, since her advent into Craw-
louisville, is evidently trying to "Dull the
market in the girls of Athens. Listen to her
catalogue of the virtues of the maidens of that
place detailed in the last number of the Journal:
almost all OF our girls well read; they can
tell you what Is going on in the world. and have
opinions of their own which well worth
listening to. There is not girl IN town but
can sew, sweep, dust, cook a meal fit for king,
and besides these prattch accomplishments a
good many play, sing, dance and paint distract
ingly. large number also know how to black
stoves, rake the yard, spade up the onion bed
wheel wheelbarrOw, feed the pig, milk the COW,
curry and hitch up the horse, wash off the buggy
aud patch their brothers trousers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

TREASON is being made odious in Indiana
in the person of Horace Heffren, who was
yesterday made presiding officer, pro tem.,
of the House of Representatives of Demo
cratic legislature
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE State of Indiana was yesterday dis
graced by the election of Horace Heffren as
presiding officer pro tenn. of the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

A PHILADELPHIA drug clerk has been detected
in the ENLIGHTENMENT of 81 $4,000 When his en-
ployers found that their total profits for the
month were only ia per cent. instead of IT'S,
they knew something must be wrong and pro-
ceeded to investigate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

Two bad men entered grocery store in New
York, the other day, and told the German pro-
prietor that they had bet to whose hat held
the most molasses, and wanted him to settle the
question. The worthy grocer said he knew
"nodings about such businesses" and grumbled
at the "voolishness," but proceeded to fill up
one of the hats with choice "New Orleans"
When 1t was full one of the bad men took the
hat, put it on the obiging grocer's head and,
while he sputterng and trying to get the
sticky mess out of his eyes, the strangers took
1875 from his pockets and went away. The bet
about the molasses Is still undecided.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

1T used to be that phosphorus was poisonous
But now it is quito popular as q regular diet
At any rate, eating matches are the rage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

WITH the present abundant ice harvest, hopes
are entertained that all the teachers in our pub
lie schools can be dispensed with. Ice Keeps
cool, you know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

WHEN Mr. Dusen0ury, who was reading the
head lines in the morning paper, inquired, "What
does Herr Most wantf" his young wife, who was
used to that sort OF grammar, said, as it was n
little late for sealskin sacques she believed she
would prefer a new bonnet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

RONALD THOMAS, New York banker, has
been sued by his washerwoman for $769, balance
due on account of Stag for thirteen years
washing, during which time 20,9S2 pieces had
been put through the tub and wringer. 1t seems
that Mr.. Thomas got into arrears with her, and
STAYED her off from time to time until he finally
owed her the amount sued for. The Jury
awarded the fun amount claimed. This is bad
stab at the Republican party. No Democrat
runs any risk In that direction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1888.


Railway superiutendents and other officials
are requested to honor no requests for passes, or
other favors, save those directly from John G.
New & Son, from either the business or editorial
departments of the Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE Legislature of Kansas has instructed the
Atiorney-General to bring action in the Su
preIne Court TO break up the consolidation of the
Union and Kansas Pacific roads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

GENERAL GORDON, of Georgia, has recently
purchased nearly 100000 acres o: delta land in
Mississippi.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

RICHARD ]. OGLEsBY is looked upon by his
friends as the coming man for Governor of Hill
nOia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

DURING the past year 256 schoclhouses were
built in Arkansas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE Journal is pleased 10 announce that the
Mardi Gras idiocy was a failure at Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

THE Standard Oil Company has made contracts
TO rebuild the burned works at Cleveland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-08

Who shall say that Horace Heffren is not
the leader of the Democratic party in the
House of Representatives,?