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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

The wear 1881 closed with 104,sl3 miles
of railroad in operation in the United
States; 1882 closed with llS. 800 miles. The
gain is II sol miles, the greatest the coun-
try has ever seen. Last years construction
il even further in advance Of that OF any
other year than would seem by the record.
Toe increased mileage in 1881 is placed at
1l.l49. The actual number Of miles con-
structed in that year was 9,S5S, the differ
ence representing the hitherto unreported
construction, which had to be let in some
where and is properly placed in the grand
total.
The enormous growth Of this most i'm
nortant of industries-without which agri'
culture and manufactures would be where
they were half century ago-is not to be
regarded without apprehension. Its well
known that large part Of this construc'
ton takes place where 1t Is not needed.
New lines are built parallel to old ones,
not invariably because they are needed to
accommodate the traffic, or to bring down
exorbitant rates, but often with no other
purpose than to force established lines to
buy them. This means so much money
nut where 1t is not needed, and in the gen.
eral account 1t makes little difference whose
money 1t Is.
Then there are roads built to sell to in
yestors, to people not always the shrewd.
est, who have a little money which they are
willing to put in railroad securities in the
hope ofdrawing fair returns. Thepromoters
unload and make money out ofthe unsus-
pectiug. The sale Of the road pays, though
its profitable operation may be long de-
layed. Purchasers Of shares do not always
stop to think that they are buying part OF
the property; that somebody is buying
more; and that back Of it all may be shres d
business men jobbing out the whole thing
in small lots, having built to sell and not to
operate.
Stock buyers have no very satisfactory
way to ascertain the exact cost OF constrnc-
ton, but the promoters know to dollar.
The item OF liabilities is instructive on this
point At the close OF 1882 the total liabi-
Titles were s6,SO5,Ge4,S5o; that is, s6l,342
on every mile. In 1861 the liability per
mile was s57 ,7SO; in 1880 S5S,o4o. 1t will
be seen that from 1880 to 1881 there was
slight decrease. and the hope was held out
that the next year, by reason of constantly
improving methods Of construction and
ripper experience, would close with still
more favorable showing. On the contrary
1852 shows very decided relapse. OF
course the figures do not represent actual
increase. In the past three years the
nominal increase in expenditures has ex-
ceeded the cash increase Sl,050, 00O, 000l
by s973, Gi6,S42, but the paper has gone out
for 1t all and somebody is loaded up with
it A few pertinent figures will be found
convenient for comparison:
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LEaGL NOTICES.
GoMMIssIoNER's SALE.

~ virtue OF q decree Of the Circpit Cor,, .,,,,,
county NEST Virginia, made June is,g IN VI Hhle
10 ehsneety therein pending Between The SSII Fy,I
Bulldlng Association, Complainant, and Raw
BAIRD, committee Of John Mclaughlin and c,Ln,ILe
defendant, the undersigned IptciEl comm ~.
appointed by Said decree for the purpOse WIlI Cn
SATURDAY. Au 9usT 18th, lSSs ~
at the front door Of the court house Of sid c,,,,
commencing II 10 O'Clock A. y, sell Al SnbITS NY
uou the following cGscllbed property, Thai T. u
my: parcel OF land In that part Of tho SIt, "
wheeling lid out "A an addition thereto IN fn,n
McLuFe aid parcel being described ~ follow. yIs
'Begtnn nK ~ point who're the line Of the x.n,h
side Of Alley No. strikes the turnpike ,nSS.
thence In westerly direction long Sald llnc SNs
bundled and iorty.three (liS) feet 10 the linz oj
Nsncy kfait lot; thence at right Al ylsS with ~
line Of Apey NO 10 soUthefly dire lion d iSe
north line Of an alley Ioulh Of said Alley M o.
thence along the North line Of said alley esSirtIH
b.glnhipg, together with the lmpiovem nj tIs.S
on and tho appuTtenAnc thef 10 belonging.
TERNs IL sALE-One third ~ and as much no,.
B the purchaser may elect, Of The purchase tnoneS
In cash, aud the residue In equal iuStSllmCnts y,
Ak and twelve months from the day III Euie ibs
pu 'ehSket 81 Ing bis notes bearing Interest FINN
that date, Tor tie deferred iItAllmenN, and csp,
Log 10 be lnsur the Ou ldng on said properly IA,
the beneat Of the commissioner 10 Sucn sinOlint =,
the latter may require, and The It'll 10 DO TeIaIp
until the payment Of the puChAS money In mi
WlLLlNM +. HUBBARD
Special Commissioner
thereby certify that bond and security has b,r
given by the commissioner In the above nHmSt
cause. AStequircd BY law
SAMUEL B. MCCoLLoOH. Clerk
Na.AN.
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Exchange. .
Tom Thumb died comparatively young
for a dwarf. Richard Gibson, miniature
painter and court dwarf to Charles !, lived
TO be seventy.fve: Sir Godfrey Hudson,
dwarf and diplomatist to Charles II, ex'
pired at sixty:three, and the little gentle
mans span OF life was shortened by his in
generation, on suspicion OF connivance in
the Popish plot, in the gatehouse at West:
minister, where he died. The far'iamed
Polish dwarf, Count borulawski, for whom
George ~ provided, died also at an ad'
vanced age. Dwarfs are better constituted,
so Barnum says, than giants, both men
tally and physically.
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convenient for comparison:
Per cent oil
earnings 10
tRvnNfufAhF
.aa.H1

Total."............S9,eH
In three years there has been consid-
cradle falling of in net earnings. This
means that stockholders are not faring 30
we'll; and since there has not been a cor
responding decrease in gross earnings, 1t
appears that some one else IL faring better
than the stockholders. For the stockhold-
ers each year is worse than the year before.
II they had been able to buy in at figure
nearer cost price their returns would make
q better showing. In four years nearly
10000 miles Of road have been built, for
which stockholders have paid about g ,4oo,-
100000 more than double the cost Of con-
struction.
1t does not need to be said that some
body has been taken in. This is very
profitable business. 1t will go on while
people are foolish enough to "buy a pig in
a poke;" and until the public learns wis
dom and pulls its purse strings wildcat
railroad building will continue. The coun-
try is for from being supplied with all the
railroad facilities it needs; but under the
present system, fostered by the induce
ment OF rapid and dishonest gain, the new
construction is not always well placed.
West Virginia, for example, needs more
railroads and would pay fair return for
them. We have coal, iron, timber, manu-
featured and agricultural products to ship,
and we should have more Of them II We
could get them to market. West Virginia
Is not yet in the great railroad building
area, and is not thought to look so we'll in
the well-printed prospectuses. Daylight is
dawning; we are making headway slowly,
on1 our tnrn will come.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

Very few people who cry "Hip, hip
Hurrah!" with such gusto know anything
about the origin Of the words. During the
times Of the crusades the chiyalry OF
Europe was reused to arms by the intlam-
matory appeals Of Peter the Hermit, who
always displayed a banner emblazoned
with the following letters: Fl. E. p, the
initials OF the Latin words HierosOlyal0 est
perdita, or Jerusalem is destroyed. The
people who were not acquainted with Latin
pronounced the letters as a word-hep,
and whenever they CHANGED to meet a poor
Jew they raised the cry, "Hep, hep, hurra ~
and the chances were greatly in favor OF
the Jews feeling the point Of their swords.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

How lie got his title: "Has the colonel
been around this morning." inquired a
suest at a summer hotel. Colonel, what
coIonel?" asked the bell boy. why the
boss; the man who runs the hotel" Colo
mel huh! He amt no colonel" Every:
body about here calls him colonel"
"That's nonsense. He had so many corna
one year that some one called him kernel
in fun, but he amt no colonel."-Nt~ Ha-
ren Render.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

The newest thing in gloves. "My daugh-
ter wanted me to get her pair Of mosquito
gloves. I suppose she means those Eind
like mosquito netting" "Yo gt,S daughter 7
probably means 'mosquitaire. '""shouldn'tt
wonder II that Is 1t, only you get more Of
The French into 1t than / do"
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ClarESbuTg Nous.
1t is to be regretted that this institution
would be banded about by newspaper cor
respondents. We also hope that the Su:
perintendent can prove the utter falsity Of
the charge. The Asylum author
tiles must vindicate themselves and prove
to their friends the utter groundlessness Of
the damaging charges.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

GFaIlOn NntlhtI'.
The latest expose Of Bourbon mismanage-
ment in this STATE has produced sensation
in the Democratic ranks which bids fair to
be greater than that caused by the Univer-
sity embroglio. Let the inquiry be made;
let the public have all the facts and the
guilty parties be brought to Justice. Turn
the rascals out
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United States Senator from North Carolina,
Hon. M. W. Ransom, writes as follows: 81
fake very great pleasure In commanding DR..
Worthing;on's Cholera and DlarThoea Medi.
cine. Or, Worthington was gentleman OF
eminent skill In his profession. have OBJ,
served for thirty years the effect, Of his medi.
cine. 1t Is my duty TO state that 1t has proved
an almost inlallible remedy"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

MANY times you want to keep meat or fish
for several days. Lay 1t In solution Of Rex
MagnuU over night and yon can keep L for
weeks. You can also keep milk q week or
more by stirring In little Of the Snow
Flake brand. DAW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

Hinton Republicans.
The people Of West Virginia have de.
termined that IN 1884 every man who has
assisted In tine reassessment and readIust-
ment fraud shall 60, and as sure as the sun
rises on election day, 80 sure those State
House vampires will have 10 70.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

ANSWER rus-It there person living who
ever saw case OF ague, blliousness, ner-
yousness, or neuralgia, or any disease o. the
stomach, liver, or kidneys that Hop bilters
will not cure. 1Ths@"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

sIxxrLrss NIGHTS, made miserable by that
terrible cough. Shiloh,s Cure Is the remedy
Tor Won. Sold by MeLain Brothers, and
Alex. T. Young. pAw.
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pUBL1C SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue OF the authority Vested IT, him BY adj.
cree Of the Munit ipal Court Of Wheeling, made ~
the 9th day Of July. 1883, In q suIt III ChancsrS
therein pending, wherein Charles L, Odtnl,SnSk
aid wife IRE plainliilS and Julia Ann d, HbGuSS
AID otheH are defendants, the undersigned Sn Xxi
Commissioner, will. OH '-'
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, lsSS,
commencing at 10 O'Clock A. ~, sell ut publI,
auction, al the front door OF the Court HU,Sc n
Ohio County, the following described real est,ts
that Is 10 SAy: Lot numbered iorly.iouF an Nm,
ate on the north side Of Virginia STREET, bctWStn
South Penn and Front streets, on Wheeling SlSn5
In the CITY Of Wheeling, West Vim inia With NJ
and Sigulir the Improvements thereon. ="
TRIMS OF GALE-One.ihIrdo Of the purchase mOnav
and as much mare " the purchaser may eleci q
pay, cash. on the day Of sale aud the rem RInjer IN
Two equal lnstallmentS at nlns and ClphtrtS
mouths from day OF Nle, respectively, with inis,'
esti!om that day, the purGhatGF giving his mole,
fJr the deferred ipttAllmentS, aud the lille IN "
retained until the purchase molOyI hall have betn
paid Ia full. X, q. hARR,
Special Commissions.
J. c. HERvRY, Auctioneer. ''S''
hereby certi yIhat bond has been given In tina
above cause by the Special Commissioner, a Re.
quIred by law. "
Clerk pro temporc Of the Municipal CouT; Of
Mnet IltE. NulS
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mInIalerr Grntltnde.

DR. HAhrMAs-Dear Sir: I am thankful
To God that 1 can acknowledge your treat
ment (Pertua) Of my daughters eye, has
been successful and satisfactory. l would
be glad 10 have the public have confidence
10 you. n B-PleaSe make your fees in
reach OF poor people. Remember the tender
mercies Of the wicked are cruel.
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~ CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and In
discre.ions Of youth. nervous weakness, early do
cay, loss Of manhood, DC, VIII send recipe that
viii cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary In seuth
America. Send seltadd.essed envelope 10 the
REV. JosErH T. InnAn. station D. New YORK City
no1l.TThlkv
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

Tiny housekeepers all use Hunts Insect
Powder, Is cents. By druggists everywhere.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-18

EsrERpRIs1So local agents wanted in this
town for an article that Is sure 10 sell, live
druggists and grocers preferred. Address
Humtston Food Preseryative Co., " kiloy
street. Boston. nav
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NTANTED-A LADY TO PRACTICE
wv agenteel and useful accomplishment No
previous knowledge Of Art requited Position per'
inAnent and lucrative MOSAIC ART soCIEIf,
l4li Chapline street. Wheeling, AulS
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UTANEED-A COMPETENT AND
w experienced Bo1k.keeper desires situation;
would be willing 10 act as Salesman also. D., In.
telliRencer ONCE auIS
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Rev. E. H. BALDWIN.

Reader ask your druggist for one q DR.:
Hartman's invaluable books on the "1lls Of
Life" and how to cure them. You get one
gratis paw
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

uyANTED-AN EXPERIENCED Dry
w Goods salesman. |ood References requlr.
ef Address n, r., this oflea. AUS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-24
FATAL FAITH CURE.
A Young Lady Convert to the Mountain
Evangelist's Cure Dies in Great Agony.

RICHMOND, KY, Nov. 23.-Shortly after the
advent of George o. Barnes the famous noun
tain evangelist, now travelling in Europe, there
was greaJ furOre over his wonderful faith
cures. If sickness assails any of the followers
of this doctrine they vow that it is not on ac-
count of ills that flesh is heir to, but because
they have stepped on the DEVILS territory, and
only need to pray and have faith in order to be
healed. No physician darkens their dOorways,
and no poison in the form OF medicine passes
their lips. 1t is only temptation of the devil
to yield to physic, and only when they sin are
they afflicted. So they believe, and such is their
practice. Some have been brought with violent
disease, and refused to allow one thing to be
done Tor them, but the whole town was stirred
from turrst to foundation stone by the fearful
climax to Witch this fanaticism was carried.
One of the faithful" fresh from Old Orchard
Beach and DIR. Cullis, was unconsciously gnity
of deed so benighted that it was worthy the
mind of a Indian or Hottentot A fair young
girl. fresh in her youth and beauty with the
voice of meadow lark, and gentle, sweet dis
position, loved by all who knew her, theidol of
her family, of the mother and sister even who
Influenced her to trust for her healing when she
was taken ill. No danger was anticipated, and
IL was considered good case for experiments.
10 friends were allowed to see her. for fear OF
outside influence and in order that faith might
work its perfect cure. No sense of danger
seemed to drawn upon the minds of these
blinded fanatics, although their darling was fad
ia bafa +hair elnurlJ hnt
herself, in this weak, passive condition, became
fully imbued with the idea, and positively re-
fused to see physician.
Finally, to crafty her father, physician was
sent for, who even then Thought her case hope
less, but he could not at all bring her sister and
her mother to a real sense of the sick girls con-
ditiOn. He left medicine, and called again, Int
was refused admittance, and the medicine thai
he left was found just he had prepared il, after
her death-not one bit OFF had ever been given.
Not one opiate, not one soothing drop in all her
agony was given to alleviate her sufferngs, and
for two short weeks she lay dying when little
timely aid would have saved her, the victim of
the darkest fanaticism in this, the nineteenth
century. A number of leading citizens say If
they had krown of these proceedings they
would have interfered; but her death and the
manner of it fell on them with a shock Then
women and children gathered in groups to dis
euss the fearfulness of it, and the whole town
was mantled in sadness
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THE SPRING ARBoR TRAGEDY.
The Negro Boles's Story-A Belief that the
Family Were Drugged.

JACKSON, Mich., Nov. 23.--The negro Boles, in
an interview with the sheriff, claims that when
he heard the noises mentioned in yesterdays
report, to have sprung from the bed and con-
cealed himself in chest near, which was found
to be too small to admit his body. He further
claims to have heard the cry of "Oh," but heard
no firing. The former story is highly improba-
BILE. Some time since his brother was discharged
by White, and a quarrel ensued. Boles's brother
threatened to kill White with an iron bar he held
in hts hand The sheriff was hunting for him.
The night of the 22d two clerks from Jackson,
coming from wedding at Concord, at o'clock
in the morning, say they saw three men stand
ing by the roadside near Crouch's.
The report now is that the family drank cider
before retiring, and it is believed that they were
drugged A quantity remaining III pitcher has
been sent to Ann Arbor for analysis Should it
prove to be drugged, the stomachs of the victims
will be removed and examined The ball taken
from Crouch's head, this morning, was found
somewhat battered. but proved to be of thirty
TWO calibre The scene of the murder was Wis
tied by large concourse of people. This morn
ing hundreds were standing in the rain around
the house, making threats of lynching shonld
the murderers be found. There is no clew, as
vet,
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The New York Coupon Frauds.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-AnOther chapter has
been added to the history of the coupon frauds
in the finance department Of the city govern
ment, by which the city was swindled OUT OF
100000. Inspector Byrnes to-day arrested
Thomas EnOs on a charge OF receiving stolen
goods. Enos has been regarded as a gentle
man of means, ana was an intimate friend of
VIM b. Carroll, late coupon clerk of the finance
department, through whose death the frauds
were brought to light Enos was the man who
sold the coupons. 1t is supposed he received the
coupons from Carroll, and perhaps also some
from others in the comptrollers Office whose
names have not been made public. Police fol-
lowed Euos two months before his capture.
Inspector Byrnes says now there Is a fair pros
pect that all the guilty persons
will be brought to justice Carroll
coupons with Enos, ana others doubtless re-
ceived share, and in course OF time it VIII be
found out who did, EnOs said nothing in re-
gard to the matter. He is twenty-seven years
old, and was never connected with the compt-
rollers office, or any other public office.
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Two Samples of the Apparatus Discovered
in the Residence of a Leading Socialist
of the Metropolis.
A Chinese ambassador Announces
that War with France Is Certain.
Ecclesiastical Financiering in America
Under Discussion in the Papal Confer
ence-Miscellaneous Gable News.
INTERNAL MACHINES,
London Excited Over the Arrest
Prominent Socialist

London Excited Over the Arrest of a
Prominent Socialist.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-The police at midnight ar
rested man named Wolfe, member of the ad-
Vanced Socialists Club of London, and found in
his house two internal machines of sufficient
power to demolish any building One of them, a
large zinc pail, was nearly filed with coarse
blasting powder and gun cotton, covered with
scrap iron, with fuse at the bottom. The sec
ond machine, large tin cooking utensil, was
similarly prepared. Wolfe is machinist. 1t is
reported that he Intended to blow up the Ger
man embassy in London. Wolfe is one of the
leading Socialists of the metropolis. The ma
chimes were filled with time fuses. MAJOR Ma
Jend1e, on discovering the dangerous nature of
the explosive material, ordered it to be destroyed
by water. There were about ten pounds of ex-
plosive material in each machine. Wolfe is
said to be of German Or Polish extraction, and
was engaged for some time at the wax work ex-
hibition at the Royal Aquarium. There was an
explosion four months ago at his residence,
which lie reported to the police.
The prisoner gave the name of VIM Wolfe;
Bow-street police station and charged, under
the explosives act, with knowingly having in
his possession an explosive substance for an
unlawful purpose. The prisoner asked for
German interpreter. Superintendent William
son desposed that the prisoner, last evening,
was possessed OF internal machines and unable
to give a satisfactory reason for their posses
sion. A Bow-stre officer testified that be met
the prisoner on VauX Hall bridge road, close to
his residence; the prisoner ran away when ap-
preached. After arresting him the officers pro-
ceeded to Wolffe's lodgings, and the internal
machines were found. There were also found
fourteen empty powder cans and some docu-
ments, including letter to Count Won Munster,
the German ambassador, written In German,
which says:
equality. PRoLETARIAT."
Wolfe said the things found must have been
placed there by Frenchman. Wolfe was re-
manded until Thursday next
Frenchman named Bolderane gave the
police the information which led to the arrest of
Wolfe.
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THE PAPAL CONFERENCE.
Rumors that American Ecclesiastical FL
nanceering Is Being Discussed

Rumors that American Ecclesiastical Fi-
nanceerng Is Being Discussed.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-The news from Rome rela-
tive TO the proceedings of the papal conference
is very contradictory and misleading. One dis
patch states positively that the "Pope has an
nounced to the conference that he has deter
mined to put a stop to speculations and property
mismanagement among the Catholic clergy in
the United States, especially in New York"
Another telegram asserts that the American
bishops having placed before the conference de-
tailed statements showing the injurious results
to the whole church in America OF financial
scandals in certain bishoprics and parishes, the
conference appointed committee for the pur-
pose of devising some general rule for the gen.
eral regulation of church trusts in America, and
the prevention of clerical use of moneys in
trusted to their care by parishioners. AS no in
timations have been given of any scandalOus
financial Irregularities having occurred in the
diocese of New York, it is believed in London
thai the correspondents intended to refer to the
Cleveland and Cincinnati scandals, and that
these scandals were dwelt upon in the confer
ence by the New York prelates.