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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13
:. WHEEIING W VA WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 49, 1888.

great trust and it was his duty to obey the
law. To allow him to set up his own
policy against the law would lead to CREST
and inuumerable abuses, but the mere NO
lation of the law by public officer was
not necessarily crime. He might mis-
understand his duty and he might be
guided by the intention to do the public
good. These remarks were intended to ap-
ply to Gen. Brady. Where the law said, in
making increases of the service, he must
pay due regard to the productiyeness and
other circumstances, it hardly seemed
reasonable or
Fair For Brady
to say he disregarded the productiveness.
That was the policy OF the present Cabinet
officer IA witness in this casel, but the
Court could not sanction that policy. The
law prohibited any public officer from eI-
pending the public money or making con-
tractsf for expenditures beyond the appro-
priation. In this case there was evidence
that all the money appropriated by Con-
gress for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1880, had been expended by December
1879, and an appeal had been made to Con-
gress TO supply the deficiency. All that
might have been done from.a
Mistaken Sense OF Duty
on an exaggerated idea of public good
Men in such positions occasionally become
enthusiastic on that subject, and if there
was DO corrupt motive it was not Grim
inal act The Judge next took up the
question of conspiracy. The conspiracy,
he said, was charged to be combination
States BY fraudulent affidavits, petitions
and orders The statute OF limitations cov-
cred with its protection all crimes COM
mitted more than three years prior to the
finding of the indictment, which was de-
liyered in court May 20, 1882. The jury
could not find verdict OF guilty against
the defendants for anything done prior to
MAY Goth. II convicted it must be for
what they had done since that date.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13

WIrr Poisr, y. 7. June i4-6ecfstafy
Of wsr Lincoln and Gesssai ebsfnsn q.
dressed the gradusio of The Military
Academy. John =. Alsxssasf; yonae
the applicants for sdmisios. Hs pooe9
. physical exsninstion. He = . hiDes
looking dark mulstto With eoo4 fostusea
and nineteen and . bali yeasS cd
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13
Mistaken Sense or Duty
H0MlNG PIGEONS.
The Newark Clubs Rest Race of the
Season,

PITrsBURGH June 12-The Newark Pigeon
club had its best race of the season yester-
day morning Fifty one birds were started
from Cresson. Pa, at 5:l5 o'clock. The
prize winning returns were:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13

BIoonxxerox, LIS, yuns i4-Htts,s
pbyscisps agree tonight that abe V nsca
better. and thst the chsnees efe boz nyos
sbie for bsS speedy and complete reeoyeey.
,uirieed. snd she 10 ersdualIy being -.
Iieyed Of her rerYc1s Prostsetion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13
wrestling Match.

BosroY, June 1.-THE wrestling tourna-
ment closed tonight. H. NJ. Dufin won
the championship medal for mixed wrest-
ling and the first prize of $500. G. M.
Flagg, second, 800. p. ODonnel, third,
$50. a, Burbank, fourth, $50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13
VignauX Victorious.

NEW YORK, June l2.-The Academy OF
Muaic was only one.third full at the bill
lard match for the championship Of the
Bake line game between Schaefer, the
holder of the emblem, and Nignaux. In
addition to the championship there was
1000 in cash depending on the result OF
the 500 point game. Betting was light.
The game was called at Sis Vignaux won
after tine exhibition. Score, Vignaux,
800: SChaefer, GA.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13

CHICAGo June 12.--The international
bench show OF dogs opened here to-day
and is a very creditable one. The entries
number 800 including fine specimens OF
from all parts of the United States, Canada
and Great Britain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-13

in which he has been treated, and the
mountain OF abuse so undeservedly heap.
ed upon him. Nor can We expect Congress.
man Henderson to further sacrifice him.
self in the same direction. Governor Jew.
ell is dead, and Dorsey is being railroaded
toward the penitentiary. Nobody is left
but General Jehn A. Martin. who is acting
pro tenn. as secretary of the National Com
mittee, and he is located far away at Atch-
ison, Kansas, beyond all immediate reach,
and with little or no authority: / am
hsve no time to give attention to matters
IF political detail; and those OF my ass oci-
ates capsule OF aiding in the same direc-
ton are similarly situated"
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having left here on Friday morning fof
New York. from which point they will sail
for the Old World. carving With them the
best wishes of host Of friends for . pleas
ant Tip snd 10 safe return. Their bushes.
interests during their absence Will b
carefully guarded BY their trusted en-
ployes,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
An Idol Smashed.

A series of revival meetings was in
progress, and the subject on one evening
was the book of Ruth. Among the con-
gregation was a brother whom the sisters
delighted to hear. His language was
always fowery-grandly eloquent.
Waiting for his chance, he at length
arose and said: Brethren and sisters,
the subject this evening is the book of
Ruth. And do you know that 1 never
turn to the book of Ruth without a
thought coming to my mind that there it
lies, like beautifuljewel, between the
ermine of the Judges and the purple of
the Kings" Such. an exquisite thought
did not fail to have its effect upon his
admiring hearers. Laterin the evening
an elderly clergyman came in, and after
listening to the remarks for some time
arose and saids "My friends, whenever
| turn to the book of Ruth / am. always
reminded of that beautiful quotation
from Taylor, that it lies like lovely
jewel, between the ermine of the Judges
and the purple. of the Kings" And he
sat down, blissfully unaware of the idol
he had smashed, while the grandiloquent
man, like turtle, drew his head as far
down into his coat collar as his spine
would Acknowledgements Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
Fever Caused by Lemonade.

A remarkable outbreak of enteric fever
occurred in Evesham, England, last
summer. Fifty-one households were
invaded with sixty-eight cases, forty-six
of the patients falling ill during the fort
night ending August 8. The houses in
which the patients lived were in many
instances several miles apart, their SAINT
tary circumstances varied widely, sew
ers and water supply were entirely diff
ferent, and the milk supply was derive d
from several independent sources.
Under these conditions it was no easy
matter for the health officer to discover
the source of the epidemic, 1t was
ELECTED however, that all the patients
attacked before August s, had attended
Evesham regatta, and that they had all
been present in one particular meadow.
Further investigation developed the fact
that thirty-two of the fortvsix had GER
tainly, and eleven had probably. par
taken of refreshments at certain stall.
The other three were in doubt. In one
instance two of party of three drank
lemonade, while the third took nothing;
the two, had the fever, the other escaped.
The water used in the refreshment stalls
had been drawn from well near the
meadow, the water of which was found
to be so contaminated that it was at once
closed; the belief of the health officer be-
ing that this polluted well had been the
immediate source of the epidemic.
Two very obvious differences may be
drawn from this occurrence. One is the
propriety of carrying refreshments from
home when going on days pleasure
see king; the other, the necessity of more
critica supervision of the water supplies
of pleasure resorts. This should cover
not only the water used for drinking or
jim the preparation of beverages, but also
that used in making ice cream and
water ices, and in washing drinking
vessels and the like. The ice used for
beverages is further source of peril,
since the ponds from which it is cut are
AS the Newport inquiry demonstrated
too frequently foul, if not infected
The theory that water in freezing clears
itself of noxious germs has been shown
by careful trial to be untrue. Contain
mated water yields impure ice, no mat
ter how slowly the freezing is accom-
plished. -iSciehtifc american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
The Temperance Issue Now.

Those who imagine that the friends
of Temperance are either defeated or
discouraged by the last election or the
adverse decision OF the courts in Iowa are
mistaken. This is a free country for lis
cussion, but it is not to be free country
for saloons. The agitation against free
whisky and no Sabbath is to 60 on with
increased power. After the great gains
made by the Temperance cause in the
last few years it was not to be expected
that temporary checks would not be
met. Nor is it claimed that all the
measures proposed for the suppression of
the liquor traffic arethe best. Welearn
by experience and we profit by adversely.
The intensity of the opposition aroused
and the tireless warfare waged by rum
sellers testify to the increased influence
of the Temperance force Butthe good
work of agitation goes on, and steady
gains for Temperance workers aye
marked year by year. England feels it
in Parliament. The Secretary of the
Treasury there has called the attention
of the Government to the fact that the
consumption of liquor had so fallen off
as to seriously affect the revenues from
that source. Sir Wilfred Lawson has
introduced in Parliament bill similar
to the Local Option law in this country.
The Cunard Steamship Company has
at last yielded to the Temperance
pressure and abolished the custom of
furnishing grog to its sailors.
Let Temperance men and women
everywhere keep in line, and continue
the good work. There must be no sur
render and no compromise. Whenever
it is possible enforce prohibition. When
ever it is plainly impossible for the
moment, as in some large cities, see
that such fines are imposed as will
scotch if not kill the viper at once
Chicago AdUance.
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g He's such a little fellowr,

"He's such little fellowr'
Little or big, the boys been steal
ing, and prisons the place for thieves"
Il didn't mean to steal; | only lust
took two rolls cause | was so hungry"
sobbed the boy.
But didn't you know it was wrong
to take them?'' said a gentleman who
had looked quietly on while the con-
stable grabbed little Jake Melborne by
the collar and shook him till the little
fellows teeth chartered in his head.
Perhaps they shook from cold also, for
the snow lay thick upon the ground and
roofs, and the old clothes which COW
cred him let the north wind in through
many hole.
Don't know" said the boy, doggedly;
"can't starve."
"Why, he's Mary Fellowes' boy,"
said the bakers wife, coming out of
the shop, land she is lying dead and
cold in her grave. Sure he's welcome
to bite from me at any time. Con-
stable, let him go; I'll see that he's
taken care of" And the kind-hearted
woman took the frightened little fellow
away to warm and comfort him as his
mother might have done.
But across the street stood another
misunderstanding object, a man with
blear eyes and slouching gait, who only
few years ago had held Jake, then q
fair little baby, in his arms while the.
baby's mother looked on with delight
and thought OF the time when her
boy would be as fine a fellow as his
father.
Now she was dead, and her poor lit
tie boy, with no one to care for him OF
teach him any better, wandered about
the cold streets and stole his breakfast
when he could not stand his hunger any
longer.
"Do you know what makes the diff
ference?" said the gentleman, who had
before spoken to his own two warmly
dressed boys at his side.
Drink, " said one of them. with all
expression of contempt, John Eel
loves is regular old sot."
Eyes, but there was a time when he
was as fine and well-dressed a boy as
either of you. | went to the same.
school with him, and there wasn't
smarter fellow in the class. But he
thought it manly to smoke cigarettes
and to drink cider, and then, when
these were not strong enough, as he
grew older, cigars and juleps. After he
was married and had boy of his own,
he couldn make money enough to sup
port his wife and baby and pay for
smoking and drinking, too, so he first
broke his wife's heart, and now lets his
boy go round the streets neglected,
while he gets more and more worthless
every day. Do you wonder, when l
look round my pleasant home and note
the contrast, am very unwilling that
my boys should learn to smoke cigar
cites or drink cider?" Youths Tenn
perGnce Banner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
Temperance Reading.
POLITE MANNERS.

Says Mrs. Grey to Mr.. Grey:
Our son must manners learn"
And so he went to dancing-school,
Was taught to bow and scrape by rule,
And many figure turn.
He learned to stand up very straight
And turn his toes well out;
But one thing it is sad to say,
With all his father had to pay,
They never thought about: d
They failed in time to caution him
Against the drunkard's sin,
SO whe n he stayed away at night,
Lured by the bar-room's evil light,
They found his toes turned in
In toward the place where manners are
Of no account at all,
Where dimes and dollars buy the stuff
That makes gentleman a rough,
And fills his heart with gall.
Says Mr.. Grey to Mrs. Grey:
Our shame is now complete,
You'll own it is the better plan
To train the mind and make the man
Than educate the feet"
Mrs. NJ. A. Kidter, in Temperance Banner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
ALPS Well That Ends Well.

An Austin clerk took in a bad ten dol
lar bill, and his employer, who is a very
severe man, threatened TO deduct it from
his wages unless he showed it off on
some other customer. He said that he
did not intend that the firm should lose it,
Next morning when the proprietor
came down the clerk met him with a
beaming smile, and said:
''Hurrah! showed that bill off on fell
low. The firm won't lose cent. :"
ION whom did you palm it offP''
81 threw dice, on account of the firm,
with member of the Legislature for it.
and we lost. - TEXAS SijtingS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
pEAR HANDs.

Roughened and worn with ceaseless toll and
care, "
No perfumed grace, no dainty skill, had
these; F."
They earned for winter hands jeweled ease,
And kept the scars unlovely for their share
Patient and slow, they had the will to bear
The whole worlds burdens but no power to
seize '''' t .
The flying joys of life, the gifts that please,
The gold and gems that others find so fair.
Dear hands where bridal jewel never shone,
Wherein no lovers kiss was ever pressed,
Crossed in unwonted quiet on the breast, =
see, through tears, your glory newly won,
me golden circlet of lifes work well done,
Set With the shining pearl of perfect rest. '
Susan Mari Spdldirg, in Atlantic Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
in the Common Pleas Court at

In the Common Pleas Court at
Cleveland recently, Judge johnson
called the divorce case of Josephine
against Peter Meyer, on the ground of
desertion, and was about to order the
decree, when Peter came into court and
walking to'the Judge explained that he
had received notice of the application at
San Antonio where he was with his regi-
ment, had been granted discharge, and
had travelled night and day to save his
wife, reaching the court within thirty
seconds Of being too late. Cleueland
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24

Last fall and winter an immense
quantity of sauerkraut was imported
from Germany, and was pronounced
very superior. The Germans of Read
ing, Pa, prepare it in a way that many
consider far better than most other
methods. They cut the cabbage into
long, thin slices, removing the stringy
core, and do not apply salt, but ram it
down so tightly in stout barrels that it is
covered by its own liquor They then
head up the barrel, leavinga hole in the
top so as to admit of fermentation. In
Germany the cabbage is rammed down
by machine propelled by steam. That
received in this country last year came
in tierces holding sixty gallons EACH
PhitddeiphiGNresS. L. ..,.t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24

"A young man who was engaged to
be married borrowed money Of his in
tended mQther-in-law to purchase a IL
cense, and used it to marry the daughter
of another woman. If he lives long
enough he will probably go to Jail. Such
men are too smart to live long and too
mean to die poor.-N. Y. Commercial
ADVERTISER,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24

A PITTSBURGH PAwNBRoKER has OBJ .
served that ninety-nine per cent. of the
money he lends is spent on intoxicating
drink.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24

CARDINAL MANNING estimates that
the drink traffic costs Great Britain an,
nually billion dollars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-24
SUBMARINE DIVING.

The Dangers and Profits of n PerlIous
VOcation--A Divers Encounter with a
Shark--The Wonderful Beauty of the
Ocean Notwithstanding Treasures
LOstin the Deep Sea.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-27
A Jealous Mans Crime.

Elisha Palmer. nephew OF Elk Gov
ernor John Nj. Palmer, of Illinois, shot
his wife, Laura Belle Palmer, at ST.
Louis last week, and then put a bullet
in his own brain. Palmer was young
fellow OF 20 aud was employed by the
Great Western Printing Company.
Mrs. Palmer was a small and handsome
young woman. Not long ago Palmer
was married and commenced house
Keeping, bat his wife proved extrava-
giant as a housekecper and at the in
stance of the husband they gave up
housekeeping and weut 20 boarding.
They often quarrrled, young Palmer
accusing his wife of iuhdclily. A few
weeks ago she sold all her husbands
personal effects ard left him. He heard
that she had desc ted him to enter
house OF questionable repute on Pine
street He looked for her there, but
tailed to find her "Wednesday as he
was walking down Pine street he came
upon the woman. He seized hold OF
her and dragged her into ali alley; then
he drew his pistol aud fired at her. The
ball struck her in the neck and he per
haps thought he had killed her, Tor she
tainted away and the bl cd poured from
the wound. Being satisfied that he had
done his work well he placed the muz
zIe of his revolver 10 his own head, back
OF the ear, aud fired. The ballet pene-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-27
a Dead Mans Gold.

CLEVELAND, January 19.-The cause of
the death of the hermit miser, Austin Ris-
ley, who was found dead in his barn near
Aurora, is as mysterious as ever. The
worn and dirty clothing which had been
cut from the body of the miser, was
thrown carelessly into one corner of the
dilapidated house and avoided by every
one who through curiosity entered the
home. Yesterday ncighbor took it upon
himself to search this little pile of appa-
rent rubbish. The result of the search
was astonishing. Stored away in the
pockets in wallets of various descriptions,
in stocking legs, and in the lining Of the
old coat was the sum of $l5,027. The
money was mostly in greenbacks of large
denominations. A number of notes were
also found. 1t is believed that the old
man was the owner of 4 bank book, 4
number of bonds and mortgages, and that
they will yet De found somewhere in the
house. The clothing taken from the mis-
er's body appears toshave been all he pos
sessed in that lire, 1t is believed that
large amount of specie is buried some
where in the ground near the house, and
many persons are digging around in vari-
Gus places in the hope of hitting upon
some Of the hidden treasure. The funeral
Of the old man was well attended. The
majority went out of mere curiosity, for
Risley was we'll known by reputation for
miles around. No one, however, had ven-
tured upon his lonely haunts, and he had
been left alone with his gold for years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-27
Four Hundred Lives Lost.

The Hamburg American Line steam
or Cimbrla, which left Hamburg on
Thursday tor New York, came into col
lision with the British steamer Sultan
on Friday morning, off Bolknm, an
island of Prussia, in the North sea, 26
miles northwest of Emden. The Gin
bra sustained such severe injuries that
ii at ohce became apparent she must
sink almost Immediately. The officers
aid all in their power 10 save lives.
Without moments LOSE of time life
belts were distributed among the pas
srngers, aud an order was given I" low
ar the buars. This, however, in conse
ouence OF the vessels hreling over ON
her side, was found TO he very difficult
on one side aud absolutely impossible
ON the other. As the SECOND officer was
still engaged in cutting the sparS loose
So that there should be as much DRIFT
wood as possible for the people to cling
to when the inevitable laundering Oc-
Cured, the vessel went down under his
feet. He seized spar, but, rs several
other persons chung to IL, was obliged
To let 90, aud he swan 10 boat. The
number of lives lost Is estimated al fully
400. The passengers were mostly emf,
grants from East Prussia. Among
them were six American Indians who
had been on exhibition in Berlin for
some time: The steamer Sultan was
considerably damaged, but made her
WAY 10 near port.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-27
Jerked 275 Feet Into the Air.

While c. Sullivan and James Campbell,
of Minneapolis, were working on the cleo
tric light mast the rope holding the GOO
pound balancing weight slipped. The
men had holl Of the rope aud Thought that
they could hold the weight in place ana
prevent accident, but they began to ascend
slowly, AMI Campbell, whose feet became
disentangled, fell to the ground. Relieved
of his weight, the equalizer shot Ike
bolt of lightning to the ground, jerking
Sullivan to the top of the mast, 30 feet,
in an instant. lie reached out ant seized
a small wire cable, on which he slid to the
ground uninjurcl. Campbell, who fell
about fifteen feet, says that when he
struck he glanced TO the top OF the mast
and saw sullivan getting ready to come
down, so that Sullivan must have ascender
$50 feet in about the time that 1t took
Campbell to fall fifteen feet.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-27
Six Sixfy.lOn Engines Wrecked

DENVER, Col, Jan. 81. Thursday
evening an engine on the Atlantic aud
Pacific Railroad, while making All effort
To force the blockade of snow between
Coolidge aud Fort Wingate, jumped
the track. 4 second engine came 10
the rescue, and two more engines were
telegraphed tor from Coolidge. These
started for the scene of the accident at
iul speed and in binding snow.
Nothing could be seen ahead. Snd-
denly there was a tremendous crash,
and four sixty-ton engines were piled
up and wrecked OH the road bed. ChaS
Lakin, engineer of No. 6, and his fire
man were seriously bruised and several
others were slightly injured. Friday
the men working on the wreck being
exhausted from fatigue aud cold, Cool
edge was again asked tor assistance,
and two more engines with a way car
loaded with workmen started tor the
scene. The snow was binding and the
wind blew terrtically, and The rescuing
train crashed into the wreck of the
other four engines. Both engine and
way car were completely wrecked. The
storm was the worst known for years.
Danger lights Were completely covered
up aud the intense cold made it impos-
sible for signal-men to he out.