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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-19

LoSpoS, July ls.-The town Of Bedford
is in the greatest excitement over lawn
tennis tragedy. A party yesterday were
playing lawn tennis in the center Of the
Town. Among the players were Mr.. De.
we're, a young army officer, and Miss Nc.
KAY, an exceedingly pretty young lady,
twenty years Of age. Suddenly, and with.
out apparent proyocation, Deyere pulled
ont a revolver and shot Miss Mckay dead.
He then blew out his own brains. Both
victims were well known in society, and in
both cases the o. ly Surviving parents are
widows. 1t Is believed jealousy was the
cause Of the tragedy.
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oopESsDuRo, N. Y, July lS,-It is said
Hanlan approached Courtney in his head
quarters this morning, and D bad tempered
verbal row followed, in which Hanlan is
said to have displayed unusual bitterness.
He offered to put up 5000 androw Court.
ney square race on any body OF water in
America. Courtney kept cool, and asked
Aanlan how much he had to pay for cut
ting his boat at Chsutauqua, aud, exhibit.
ing one thousand dollars, offered to bet
that he would crowd HauIan 10 faster time
at Watkins than he ever made before.
Courtney said II Hanlan didn't cut bis
(Courtneys) boat at ChautGuqua, his Han.
ian's) money did II. danan said Court
ney was liar and thief. Wallace Boss
having appointed Courtney as bis judge in
the race, Haulan has made u formal pro-
test to the Commiuee against Courtney
acting in that capacity.
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GREAT pains have been taken to show
~, Ex-Governor Hoyt, Of Pennsylvania
:. ~, s,ipv to kick against the Republican
! ,,,,s, The ex Governor promptly hits
W., ,n inv. ution on the head. He says that
',,s' .ns n,,t spoke its will in the convention,
,rS ,rJ il chose good men. The mischief
m ,,ss,le,, in Pennsylvania are having a
), ,,h,;me Of il.
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~ see the Rrgislsr ia down on monopoly
like thousand OF brick" said another gen.
lleman to M INrELAGEScEE reporter.
"Oh! worse than that-like q whole
brick -yard-or to use another elegant fig
,lre Of speech, there's heap OF milk in
hat COcoanut.'"
"rhere generally is in Register cocoa-
nuts
nm tell you how il is; the Rtgisi>r was
laid ont on the newP. The ISrELLiGEScER
told about the organization Of the COM
pauy, aud what it proposed TO do In a
General way. Sometimes II happens that
way, you know, hnt there's always
var, They cDuldn't very well make war
N the lSTRLLIGEXCgR for beating them on
he news. ~ W they are taking it out on
"Its a gUCl scheme, and hope some
thing will come out OF II. see the lSrRL-
LloGScER is on the right track, and see
ne Rgider ia busy manufacturing office
Funny how you can tell 'em
eI cry lime, isn't 2"
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n,n,,y and the New York Sun are not
..,jnr 4 harvest Of glory out OF their
''tIjS :, '.Ii'h assault on the dead President
r.. Ess',, p,es, generally takes no stock in it.
:, aIo NAV i the yirIuous citizen be claims
:, :, D.' ". r1y didn't he unbosom himself bt'
s,a he had grievance?
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Be,kmer's shortage AbOut StO,OeO-HIs
R0nd nm treasurer Worthless.


fond M Treasurer Worthless.
Special Dtspateh to Mc Intc'Iigeaee.
GRAFTON, W. Va, July lS.-The Ee k
mer case continues to be the great sensa.
ton. The ISTELLIdENGER contained an au-
thentic account OF tue affair. Copies Of the
edition were eagerly sought. Later de-
yelopments place the amount Of the short.
at a sum estima ed from $50 600 10 $40 ,000
The family Of Heckmer were informed OF
the trouble this morning. The bond oi
the defaulter Is understood TO be worthless
from irrpgularity. lis not known whether
he will be prosecuted or not. AS yet no
effort has been made to arrest him. lie is
supposed 10 be en- route for Europe. The
assignee was with him at some point east
on Monday and Tuesday. Hon. John W.
Mason IS counsel for the accused. His
fris, ds hope that later showing will be
more favorable. Regret is expressed by
every one,
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gold watch and chain, which the girl he
saved will purchase for him. Whittlesey
is twenty.one years Of age, and is clerk
In railway Office at Iowa City.
To reporter Miss Coombs said: II have
been dying all my life to be the victim Of
some real good romance, and l guess l
have got one that will last me for some
timp "
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NEw YoRK, July ls.-The TUT Field and
Farm, says of The following dispatch from
the Halifax Rowing Association: "Gf there
is nothipg definite from uaplau and Lee
regarding the double sCul race ptosse re.
turn deposit. We are tired Of waiting and
other business is proposed" When the
double scull race was prol osed the Haligo::
nisns were awsrrthat HAulan hid arranged
several nc for the sunm'I 20 s'n,and the
fact that he wa GA alh I've o deriding his
ereat race with Ross at @, O,densGurg when
the above Dispatch was received, withheld
ns from writing him at length upon the
subject. His own letter Inferred he had al'.
ready settled with spellman, a represen-
taliye u the Halifax Association. AS
soon as the Hanhn,Ross event is a thing
Of lbe past, we will consult the former in
reference to the double.scull event, and in
lieu OF his not concluding u mater, will re-
turn the Halifax Rowing Association Its
denosith
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nnsc nnII Yester,Iny.

At tPittsburEh-Metropol's,9 0; Allegh'y, l
At BAltimore-Athletics, lB Baltimore, 0
At Observation-Disclosures, 10; Columbus, 2
AtSt. Louis-Clncinnati,3 8; st. Louis, 5
At Cleveland-New York, J; Clevel'd, 10
At Detrsit-Providsnce, 10; Detroit, s.
At Cbicago-Boston, 0; Chicsgo,9 9.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., I, Buffalo, :.
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,,.....,,<a ,alrnt is doing itself proud at
.%Ia VIE oar correspondent gives an in,
han,;D, .,;D, accoun, Of the royal progress oil
-, ,ilprims.
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Charlie Seabright is voted the most sen.
sible man in the Wheeling party. He
wrote weeks ago and got his pick Of rooms
at the MaHsion House. lfhe wants to run
for the Legislature the whole delegation
will vote for him. Such a great head is
rare. ". II F.
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Sophia watmau, aged 10, Of Philadel.
phla, who in April last nearly succeeded In
killing herself with a revolver, almost sew
cred her head from her body yesterday
with a razo:. She was ruined under prom
i:e ol marriage.
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ns.r l.s become Iiat.in-ehiei OF i,,sne the
IN%,'' y',k Sun, the most important place
nn ,ne paper
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n, Rr1cEprnS, Il Kentucky, makes the
.I.rD aI D encouragement that he is for him
sT".S =, .n, lor Randall, for Speaker. What
S''' .,.d. ' Joseph so self.Sacriticing2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-19
TnE WnEATsroNE SYSTEM.

The Wheatstone is system Of rapid
transmission OF messages and news 1t has
been in use many years in England, but Is
comparatively new thing in this country.
The instrument will do nearly ten times
the work that can be done over an ordi-
dinary wire. Should the Wheatstone oper-
ators remain and other operators strike the
telegraph company would have considerable
advantage through the use OF this system.
Mem bers OF the Brotherhood claim that
nearly all the Wheatstoue men are willing
10 20 out, while the officers OF the company
saw that not more than 9 or 8 OF the nine.
teen local employees and not a large num-
Der OF those elsewhere will consent to
otr;ka
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-, 10 Mr.. Wauerson, the
s,s. d GravstOne bears a strong 'e''N
t,',,s ~ 10 Father Thyme.
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=. 80. n not to tick, that's the question
~ iV% ,ns ,eIfrraphers. vast amount oi
win 4iu,ss II1 or the country is done on tick.
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The parties referred TO in the above are
the same ones thai were written up by the
Cleveland ard Pittsburgh papers Of Mon
day as Miss SAndiord aud Frank Smith, Of
near Wheeling, and who were further
written up by the Wheeling papers on
Tuesday. One thing is certain, they do
not come from this vicinity. From ad-
vices received by the 1NTELLIoENcER tn, re
is no doubt but what they are from Nir.
ginia. The father is heartbroken and the
mother Of the girl crazy. Asa matter OF
course they desire no publicity OF their
troubles, and iu this they are being aided
by the police The cclored man has a
brother.in-law in this vicinity.
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!, under obligations to Star
Ho'ON p '
,r,s pJr.ty.
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r'3rI b swinging his lasso Tor The
w. W.. ,'jI, delegation. What! hO' there
I.hs Kelly
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T5eeiins go ahead or stand still :
,., ;1a, sool time to determine
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n:@ocfatic party is looking for an
laI = D' mipbt Try the trade dollar
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TO IHU RH5 HtdIIIB company
"Exactly. The men who are in that en-
terprise will make money II everything
goes well. That is enough to arouse ami
mostly and jealous opposition. The peo-
pie who oppose Il don't consider the pub
lies interest at all. Wheeling would be
immensely benefited II that project should
succeed beyond the dream Of anybody
connected with L; but then some Of our
home capitalists would have to pratt at
the same time, and that won't do. Perhaps
an outside company would have met with
no opposition atall. I hope the people and
Council will not allow themselves to be
misIed by the cry Of monopoly, and hope
We will begin now to try different kind
of sproVrtsa'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-19
THE COAL MINERS
IN THE VICINITY OF cLARkssvae.
The Model nIu.-rhs wll,Ouburg op,sIuss-rhs
Nambsr OF nan RmplOysd, the Wages Paid
And the Outpat-Ths Murphy Ban aAd
Other -bISerImInAtiss Prtishts.


CLARKsBURG, W. Va, July TO-
The FarIand mine is, in certain sense
the criterion for mines in this vicinity. Il
is 80 perfectly aired, so thoroughly dried
that, as a small mine, 1t is regarded as one
OF the best hereabouts. The Wilsonburg
mines are situated some five miles from
CIatksburg on the Parkersburg branch Of
the d. & o. They are named in honor Of
Col. Wilson, Ex-Congressman from this
district, who formerly resided here. The
town is q mere hamlet, having a postoftice,
two or three grocery stores, and, perhaps, o
score Of houses. The niue is owned and
operated by the Monougahela Gas Goal
Company, Of which Isaac George is Presi-
dent and Z. D. Hoffman Secretary. The
offices Of the company are in Baltimore.
The mines were opened in lS72, and i'm.
medlateIy attracted attention by the super
ior quality OF coal put out. The mine
opening is on the side Of a ravine, half a
mile from therailroad, and is reached by an
inclined plane and tnmway. Mr.. John
Templa, the present mine bose, has been in
charge two year,. Under his Gttictent man.
sgemsDt the mine il in better shape than
ever before.
The tranways are well laid, what little
water there il is carefully drained away,
the air is geod, and the men satisfied. The
coal is au eightfoot vein, usually free from
sulphur anu other impurities. The ten
ders on the B. & o., P&rkersburg branch,
are coaled here. For several years the
coal was shipped East in large quantities
for gas purposes, Dut tue freight rates prov
ing q serious obstacle, large shipments
were abandoned, and thirty coke ovens
erected. At the present time come 40 men
aFe employed III and about the mine, half
the full iorce. Only lair wages are made
by the miners. owing to the depression in
the coke business. The ovens turn out
about 1900 tons OF excellent coke per
month. Most OF the men working ut these
mines have been here for long time, and
the new cOmers are sober, industrious,
men. am informed that the miners At
this point are among the most thrifty, en-.
ergetlc aud intelligent on all the line.
There is scarcely one but that can read,
and the number OF papers and periodicals
coming here is unusually large, The tip
pie aud dumping arrangements are very
complete, and constructed 10 save the la
borer as much rs possible. Should the
coke interest leok up, large additional
number Of ovens will be erected, us the
company has an almost inexhaustible sup
ply OF coal, having 900 acres OF coal land
here IN one bUdy, only very small por-
liUn Of which has been worked. The de.
preston in the business is very sensibly
lelt here, and some fears are expressed for
the future II satisfactory rate could be
Obtained for coke west all these mines
would ut once 30 into coke on an extern
s.ve scale.
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~ 711IsHED AUGUST "a, 1852.
Che Jntelligsattr.

A.. .o and % ro"r,ce".h s.Ieee:
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wANrEp mol po up couKrNEY.

As Hanlan drew up TO the referees boat
and heard the official announcement he
exclaimed, pointing to Courtney, "Send
out that big fellow and l will make an ex.
hibition OF him" Hailan then rowed
over 10 Ross and shook bands. The Asso-
ciated Press time-keeper made. Hanlan's
four miles 81 minutes and eight seconds,
and Rots 2S minutes aud 10 seconds.
Courtney made Hanlsn's time y minutes
and 2 seconds. Hanla1 says the Asso'
c:ated Press time is correct. Han.
Ian was introduced to large crowd
in front OF his headquarters by referee
Hustis. lie made brief speech saying he
had rowed to win and did the best he
could as he had always done, and felt proud
OF having made the bsst time.
Pools sold four to one on Han
Ian throughout the day. The
race was an easy victory far Hanlau.
Nothing has been heard this evening OF
any challenge from Courtney. The water
was quite rough, and at times the swell
from the police boat washed over Hanlan's
bow, causing loss Of tiity seconds. The
race was admirably managed throughout
and the crowd behaved excellently.
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FApIhSl 4l1h SA' AhNOhb'
1t was the fastest time Oh record for the
distance with turn. The previous record
offour miles and turn by Mike +. Davis, Of
Portland, Me, at Silver Lake, October S!b,
1878, was 2S minutes and 81 seconds,
against Patsy Regln, who was killed by the
cars. John Davis, Of Toronto, was judge
for Harlan, and Charles L. Courtney for
Ross. Hanlan asked as favor
that Ross would choofe some
other judge, but this he declined
10 do. Hanlan came so far ahead that
the majority OF the fifteen thousand people
on the water and shore who saw the race
supposed Ross and Lee, who were pulling
together were the contestants, and that
Ross had won the race: This report was
teegraphed all over the country, and an
hour alter the race the question was asked
on the streets and at headquarters, "who
won the race" The official signals were
wrongly given for some reason.
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A REGULAR PICNIC
FOR THE CANADIAN oARsmAN.
The HAnllu.Rom Race Rs.ults Iu WAik.aWay for
the FOrmsr, Comisg In winner By aQuartsr
ola Ant-Bt.t TImI on g,eOrd-Han.
IAA's Feeling Against Courtney.

oGDENtDuRG, N. Y, July lS.-The
Hanlan. Ross race was started by referee
John Euslis, Of Boston, ut $50 r. N. after
many had despsired Of having race on
account OF the high wind that prevailed
all day. Ross won the choice and selected
the outside course, explaining he was
afraid the small boats would interfere
with him. Hanlan led of easily and
kept length ahead through the first mile,
rowing thirty.one strokes to Ross thirty.
At the one and three quarters flag iianlan
stopped rowing and then made twenty
Mise strokes 10 Ross twenty eight, and
soon was three lengths ahead. Han!an
made the turn in seven minute1
twelve lengths ahead OF Ross, one
third OF mile. Hsnlan slowed up
up and took drink Of water.
In response to cheers from the press
boat Hanlan cried out "It's lonesome out
here" Ross appeared blown at this time,
and George Lee pulled alongside eand talked
to him. Hanlan finished the four milea
with an easy stroke just as Ross reach, d
the three and three'quarter's Asg. II 9
official time for the four miles for Hanlan
was twenty.seven minutes titly.seyen and
a.half seconds; Ross twenty.eight minutes
forty.nine seconds. Hanlan was fully q
quarter OF mile ahead.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-23

higher up On the bench so as to be
as little obnoxious as possible.
The Legislature, which is to meet
in few weeks, should examine the
laws upon this subject thoroughly,
and if the privileges of railroad
companies are too great. they should
Immediately go to work and repeal
them, and substitute in their place
others more consistent with the
rights Of individuals and corpora
tions.
These are some CT the many az
guments pro and con briefly but we
believe fairly considered. In the
meantime we think the projectors
will not carry on the work if the
feeling is too strong against them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-23
RETROSPECTIVE MUSINGS.

What memories Of other days
the present brings. Yearslago when
the only means Of communication
with the east or west was by stage,
VIXEN the few merchants then in our
city brought ali their merchandise
from the Missouri river in ''prairie
schoontrs," as the monster wagons
were called, when the arrival OF
mule or OK trains was the signal for
playing "hookey" from school, then
Iuxuries did not enter largely into
the mixed freight which was
brought here. The toys and sweet
meats were scarcely known to the
majority of children. Sugar was a
luxury which brought the modest
sum of ST. per pound, and other
groceries were in proportion. When
an order was placed for goods it was
with the understanding that from
three to FIVE months must elapse be-
fore they would arrive. It was
pleasant to be a child in those days.
Strong as the inclination was not to
be noisy and boisterous, yet the
temptation was too great, and at
Christmas time the few large stores
were besieged with the cry of''shell
out" and boxes of candy and nuts
were emptied upon the floors and
soon gathered in by the boys. Such
names as William Jennings, KIM
ball & Lawrence, Godbe & Mitchell,
Bourne s. Needham, Gilbert & Ger
rish. and Bassett & Roberts will
live long in the minds of the boys
who were made happy by their lib
crafty. Contrast those times with
the present. Every want is sup
piled by the thoughtful dealer OF
to-day. True, the means of trans
portation have been well nigh per.
fected, yet a study is made of that
which will most please the old and
the young. These days of pleasant
anticipation make it seem an age
since young men and women. were
boys and girls. The display of the
past week by our merchants of all
that is attractive, both useful and
ornamental, surpasses anything
that has been attempted in former
years.
Christmas trees are brought to
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our doors from the mountain tops.
and with them comes the myriad of
questions from the children
Fathers and mothers are seen
at the toy stores and in
the markets making their
purchases and hurrying home ward
laden with those articles which are
to bring joy to the hearts of the
children. Each toy and gift is
selected carefully, with the firm con-
viction that 1t will be just what is
desired. Then the concealment OF
them until the time comes for their
distribution; the sleeping treasures
are gazed upon, and each face wears
the impression of the last glad smile
of expectancy which rested upon it
when sleep closed the eyes. In
dreams they are led through plea
SAINT and attractive halls, where
kind men and gentle ladies are in
waiting, not to scold them for
touching things and expressing a
desire to possess!this or that attract
i've toy, but who kindly give them
whatever they wish.
The little boy whose sole ambi-
ton is to own 8 pocket-knife now
finds himself the possessor of two.
The little girl, instead of being with
out doll, has such large wax one
and so many dresses for it, that she
does not know which one should be
WORD first. With dreams like this
the little minds are active allkthe
night long and while parents are
striving to please eachEone who can
say they are not happy in their
childish dreams, happy in the
fancied possession of that which
they most desire?
While studying the happiness of
those with US, how like a feast the
mind reYerts to that time when
there was one more little stocking
to FILL. How the mothers heart
goes out to that little grave in the
drear and desolate resting place on
the hill, and at the first opportunity
see is sadly drawing forth from her
sanctuary the little shoes and stocks
ings, the dress or some toy around
which cluster the memories of the
son or daughter. who within the
year perhaps has been taken back to
| its Creator. The tears will come
moistening the heart as well as the
eyes, and through them she sees
again the features of,ner loved one
called away. Memories of other
days come up before her and with
the pleasures mingle the
screws of the past-the sunshine
and shower of life.
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THE ALEXANDRIA (Va.) Gazette
is unkind enough to say something
to hurt the feelings Of our hands
some Eli. It remarks: Judging
from the two articles in the Jan
uary number of the North Amsri-
can ReoiesO On ecclesiastical control
in Utah, one written by John
TAYLOR, the head of the Mormon
church, and the other by Governor
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Murray. of Utah Territory, the
sooner Governor Murray is reca led
and the Territory granted a State
government and allowed to manage
its own affairs the better it will be
for the peace and prosperity of all
classes of it's citizens. :"
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TIE sEMI-wEEKLY HERALD is
pu6lifbed every Wednesday and at
urday morning. at $3.50 year; six
months, Sl.75; postage Included.
THE WEEKLY HERALD lie published
every Ihursdsy morning at 81 year,
six months $l,25, postage included.
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THE DAILY HERALD Is published
every morning. Mondays excepted. al
East Temple Street, nesr First South.
Salt Lake City. by the HERALD
PRINTING and PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Subscription price Slu.50 per amman.
postage included; parts of the yssr al
the game rste.a To weekly subscribers,
collections made by carriers, twenty
FIVE cents week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28
The Fishery Conference.

LONDON, June 26.-At the fisheries
conference last night. Lowell, United
States minister, presided. Prof.Goode,
of the American commission. read a
paper on the American fisheries, at
the conclusion of which the Marquis
later moved vote of thanks to the
professor