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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
NJ. T. Frame, sol. for compl't,
NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.

To all persons holding liens qy judgment or
otherwise on the real estate, or any part
thereof, OF Jacob Watson:
In pursuance ola decree OF the Municipal
Court OF Wheeling, in Ohio county, West Viz
ginia, made in a cause therein pending to
subject the real estate OF the said Jacob Wat
son to the satisfaction OF the liens thereon,
you are hereby required TO present all claims
held by you and each OF you against the said
Jacob Watson, which are liens on his real
estate, or any part OF II. for adjudication to
me, AT my office, No. 1920 Chspline street, in
the city OF Wheeling, W. Va, on or before
Friday. July Is, 1888,
Given under my hand this 18th day OF June,
sS2. JOSEPH K PAUL.,
ielSOawt Commissioners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22

THE ozark Horses" Of the Columbus
convention will be fresh enough to
canter through the campaign. They
were held back as the reserve force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
Commissioners Notice.
In the Municipal Court OF Wheeling:
q. Mtndel, Booth & Co,

III the huDlClDdl tOuTl vi W ltcIlIS.
q. Mendel, Booth & Co.,
".
Jacob Watson and p. Mccullough.
By virtue OF an order OF reference entered in
the above entitled cause on the first day Of
June, 1883, IL is referred to the undersigned
commissioner OF the said court TO ascertain
and report all the liens upon the real estate
Of the said Jacob Watson, in the bill men
toned, the names of the owners OF such liens
ana their amount and priorities; what real
estate II e said Jacob Watson Is possessed OF
or entitled 10, and the liens thereon and the
owners thereof and I heir prioritics.
Said commissioner snail also report any
matter deemed pertinent by himself or re-
quired by any party 10 be reported.
Notice IL hereby given that the undersign'
ed has fixed upon Friday, July Is, lSS3, COM
menCing al 8 O'Clock a. m, as the time and
bisoffice, No. 1870 Chapline street, in the city
OF Wheeling W. Va, as the place at which he
will proceed 10 asc srtain and report the sew
eral matters in the said order OF reference re.
quiTed.
Given under my land this 10Th day Of June.
lSS3. JOSEPH X. PAUL.,
Commissioner
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
IDA JUNE NJ, IssS-
The fun will now begin in Ohio.

The melancholy days will come
early this year to n or the other Oh
the parties in Ohio.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22

Sons way or other "TILDEN's agent"
always comes upon the scene just in
time to gobble up and bag the game.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22

GOVERNOR BUTLER has thrown the
Harvard authorities into confusion by
politely accepting an invitation to at
tend the commencement exercises.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
The shameful Siar.Route Robbery
Clearly Described.
Ncm York Tines Rep. OrgGa.l

NcW lOfk IiHiCS lhcp. pTy""'J
While MIR. James was collecting evidence
of the rings work and cutting of the frau
dulent service which Brady had created,
the dismissed chief of the ring was busily
throwing up entertainments behind which
he proposed to defy the law. Atthe outset
he bought three Washington newspapers,
and bitterly fought in them the A minis
tration and all who engaged in the work OF
u~ncovering his oflenses.
The annual pay for a useless route in the
Indian Territory was raised from $3.50 to
$l5O,OOO. The mail matter amounted to two
letters a month, which a solitary horseman
carried over the wild prairies. The animal
pay for four routes in Oregon, included in
the indictments recently tried, was raised
in this way from $l6,7S2 to $l6i,l89.
The testimony OF Price. who held thirty
six routes, upon six of (which he secured
expedition" that raised the annual pay
from $50 to 1859, Sl3. and who had rich
temporary contracts, could not be more ex.
plicit. He bought his extra allowances
by large brides, paid in postal drafts in one
case to Senator keilogg,an IN traced to Brady.
Links here and there have been supplied
by other testimony, and the chain is com
plete.
The service in nine Western and South.
western States and nine Territories was let
at the beginning of the term for S2,0O9,2SO
per annum. In these States and Territories
were the rings routes. In one year Brady
raised the pay for this service to So, 706,997,
mainly by extra allowances to ring con-
tractors. amounting to almost 81, 100000
per annum. In the first half of the second
year he added almost $780, 900 more to the
pay of the members of the ring, and gave
them Temporary contracts" awarded
without competition, which yielded nearly
81, OOO,O o year, many temporary routes be-
ing useless.
The bakers dozeu who, with Brady, com
posed the ring, were bleeding the Urea ury
by frauds that were notorious. On only
AS routes held by these men and their rep
resentatives Brady added $2,O95, +5S to the
annual pay, raising that pay from 1892
sos to 1851, 1913, and at the same tiWe de-
c~reasing the number OF miles on which the
mails were carried. The inquiry was mar
rowed until it related to 93 of these AIS
routes, and it was found that the annual
pay for the 93 routes had been raised by
the addition of nearly 5 5000, 600 from $780,
SIS to s., 723,46i These figures show how the
frauds were limited to a comparatively
small number OF routes, and that nearly
one-half of the annual appropriation was
given by Brady to only thirteen out OF a
large body Of contracts. These thirteen
were divided into several groups, each
group having its agents and its line of in
tluence, The members of one OF these
groups, who were led by a Senator Of the
United States and a powerful politician,
have been OF trial with Brady and have
been acquitted. This groups share OF the
extra allowances were nearly 100000 a
year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
DIED.

SPENCER-On Thursday, June 81, 1853. at
lOI5 A. NJ, Reed b., son OF Joseph c. aud
Lizzie Ann Spencer, aged months and q
days.
Funeral from the residence OF his parents,
l$2 Seventeenth street, his friday afternoon
at 4 O'Clock. Friends OF the family are in
vited to attend. Interment at Peninsula
cemetery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
n. 7. Frame, sol. for compl't
NOTICE 10 LIEN HOrDERs.

To all persons holding liens by payment or
otherwise, on the real estate, or eny portion
thereof, OF George Watson:
In pursuance of q decree OF the Municipal
Court of Wheeling, made In a Cause therein
pending, 20 subject the real estate OF the said
George Watson 10 the satisfaction of the liens
thereon, you are hereby required to present
claims held by you and each OF you against
the said George Watson, which are liens on
his real estate or any part OF II. for adj udIcA-
ton to me at my once, No. l20 Chapline
street, IN the city OF Wheeling, Ohio county,
West Virginia, on or before Friday. July Is,
1873
Given under my hand this eth Cav OF June,
1883. JOSEPH r PAUL..
iuel2oawt Commissioner.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
Commissioners Notice.


In the Municipal Cour OF Wheeling:
]. Kuhn,
VS.. In chancery.
teorge Watson,
BS virtue OF sn order OF reference entered
il the above entitled cause OF the first day of
June, 1853, IL Is referred 10 the undersigned
commissioner OF the said court 20 ascertain
and report all the liens upon the real estate
owned by George watson in the bill men,
toned, the names OF the owners OF such liens,
their amounts and priorlties, what real estate
the said George Watson Ii possessed OF or en-
titled TO and the liens thereon, their amount
and priorities.
Also any other matter deemed pertinent by
the ommissione or required by either party.
Notice is hereby, given that the undersigned
has fixed upon Friday, the 18th day OF July,
RsS, commencing at 9 O'Clock q. M, as the
time and his office, No. lG0 Chapline street,
in the city of Wheeling, W. Va as the place
at which he will proceed to ascertain and re.
Fort the several matters in the said order Of
reference REQ uired.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF June,
1853. JOSEPH r PAUL.
Commissioner
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
Wiles of an interviewer.

The hardest man to interview, in my
experience, was Simon Cameron. The
only time it was my fortune to tackle
him was about three year since. and
the place Was ut the Girard House, in
Philadelphia. In response to n card he
sent word he could not bc seen. mo
matter" said u political friend of his,
who desired to see the statesman COR
ncred. 'Ill Xix it SO you can corner
him." An hour afterward we sat in
one of the Offices facing each other, and
l (withOut revealing my indemnity as
the bearer of the carly recalled to his
memory time when had been sent
for. as AN officer of the army, to meet
President Lincoln, Gen. Mcclellan aud
himself at his private Office in the War
Department. The old man grew inter-
ested and talked, and before he realized
tho situation he had answered half y
dozen political questions. Then sud-
denly he grasped both arms of his chair,
rose up, and said emphatically: Il will
not be interviewed. sir. Good day"
He marched out Indignantly, while his
political friend chuckled. The inter-
view was published, and was denied.
But the writer does not care to encoun-
ter the veteran again in that field.
However, this is enough of such remi-
niscences.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
Evidence Enough.

A New York broker. who left tho
street three or four years ago, one day
received a call from man up the riv-
er, who announced that old Hank was
dead,
"Old Blank, Yes, remember him;
so he is deada"
''Yes. and his heirs are trying to break
the will"
"They are?'
Eyes, and they are going to have it
he was crazy. They want you as wit
ness"
WANT me? Why, know nothing of
the old man. except that l once invested
$4,000 for him."
"Well, that's all they expect to prove
by you"
"What, eh?"
"Why, if you'll come into court and
swear that the old man let you have
$4,000 to invest for him the case is
made out. When can you Gomez
He never went.-WaH Street NeWs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
"MOther! Elorence!"

"MOthcr! Florence!'
The two women rose up simultane-
ously and with loud cries of joyful rec
OgnitiOn, they threw themselves into the
arms of the intruder
cts Jesse! OH"
my son! my darling boy!" and all
were weeping together.
The squire looked on bewildered; then
his withered face gradually frightened
with intelligence; q smile played for an
instant around his compressed lips and
he softly. almost inaudibly murmurcd,
''Jess. my boy! Poor boy! Heaven be
praised!'
1t was indeed the wandercr, the out.
cast returned.
Mother! have come back to you,
he said. ''and to my darling wife-sister,
bLt not rs poor and fricndless as l went.
am rich--rich enough to buy score
Of Guppys! and--no thanks to myself
without lifting finger! 1t was simple
luck-Ethink L must have been born to
luck.
II found my father four weeks ago
he was not lost on the Dolphin. as that
Slocnm letter purpnrted--and he is the
owner Of twenty ships. He sought TO,
M0tller--i mean my natural mother, moi
the dear. one here whom know and
love 30 well --b,,t- coul,i never obtain d
trace Of her. He gave me twenty thou
sapd dollars in hand when 1 left Phiia.
dslphia, three days ago; and now. dar.
ling Flo. i have come to claim you, and
to pay of the mortgage. have heard
OF fathers misforlunes. and forgive
his harshness to me will, all my heart. :
The old man sObbed aloud: II dom'l
deserve it. Jesse! don't deserve it!''
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
A Confusing Run on th, R,il,

"Was ever in San FranciscoS" said
OoOflicker, in response to ThcOphilus'
question. "Was Ia Well. I've Deen
there nero times than you've got hairs
on your head. :"
swell, say, paw, did you ever count
the trains you met on the ROAD between
Omaha and San Franciscan
''Of course have. Tneoplilus; l
used to run an engine from Omaha to
Frisco"
Then maybe you can help ME out
on this lesson"
TheophiluS laid aside his s,ate and
said his teacher had given him this
problem to solve: Suppose there is one
train each way every day-one train
leaves Omaha each noon, anil one leaves
San Francisco each noon. 1t takes
five days 10 make the trip. How many
trains does each train meet?
"Pshaw. Theophilus, I'm ashamed of
you. You ought to solve so simple q
problem in twinkling. If l had never
how many trains any one of them
would meet. Of course if it took five
days to 60 from Omaha to San Francis
co, and there was only one train day
leaving San Francisco for Omaha, it
stands to reason that the westward
bound train would meet five trains COM
ing east
But thpn, paw, I can't figure it that
way. / make it ten."
''You can'tp Well, you're stupid
dolt, Theophilus. If it wasn't as plain
as the nose on your face could prove it
by my own experience. Now it used to
take us just five days and one hour to
make the run from Omaha to San Fran
cisco, and there was one train o day
each way. When was half an hour
out of Omaha | used to meet Bill Shelf
fields train. Then the next day l met
Bob Sankey's, the next Jack Moseley's.
the next Sim Bakers, and the next, just
before I got to Frisco, Dan Hackney's.
That's every train net-just five, you
see."
"But. paw, just as you left Omaha you
met the train that left San Francisco
five days before, didn't you?'
Eyes. of course"
"Weil, when you had gone half the
distance, hadn't you met tho i've trains
that left San Franoisco before you left
Omaha? What became of the other five
that left San Francisco while you were
on the roade'
Dooficker thought he heard the tele-
phone bell ring, and went in to see
what was wanted. Chicago Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
Telling th, Truth as to Wounds.

A William street saloon-keepcr drop
ped into his store. He had been absent
for week. and when he arrived his
face looked like chGpping-black.
"What's the mattor?' asked q friend.
II don't SEQ anything the matter" he
answered.
what have you got your head bound
up like bassdrum at soldiers funer-
al fOr?"
''Oh! that's all right"
where did you get that black eye?"
''Now, see here" said he, ''for fear
that you'll 60 away with the idea that
I've been splitting wood or got up in
the night for drink or that my moth
er-in-law is in town, I'll tell the truth.
so help ME twenty-five cents! My
neighbours cat ate up ali my chickens
and shot the cat.
And then the interviewer shook his
head knowingly and remarked:
IL see! The gun Kicked
"No," responded the saloon-kecper.
sit was the neighbor who kicked. ~
New York World
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
In Sections.

The Secretary of the Lime-Liln Club
picked up communication from Jones
CROSSROADS, Maryland, and read Is
follows:
Brother Gardner:
HONOURED SlR-The Oscillations of the
ir;,ns-atiantic affairs and the hypothetical con-
cOrdmcnacn. machnatiOnS OF the imperial
leutonic dynasty. agglOncratcd with ru.
inorcd cOacsccrc, win Italy against the Gal.
'ic Republic. renders il an unfortunate Obiga-
ton that graduated progression be made by
ail the political nnd literary a.yregatons of
this nnpara.p Ell e mmonyca tn towards main
Timing that state OF unintimdatcd unintimid,l.
ton which has ever been po s"ssei by our IN
surpassed country and must be possessed to
significantly, therefore O.
s'Secretary, how much mo- am dar'
to dat communicashun?' interrupted
the President.
Give pages. sah.'
'Den put de res of it on dc table an
hold it down viii brick. We will take
it i'm seckshuns. one seckshun at meet
ing. What am de mex ?'-DetrOH Free
Press
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
How Hs Did Il.

Two merchants, rivals IN modest way.
Met upon the stree I by chance ono day:
And, businc rs not being lively. down they SET
UpOn the curb to have a quiet chat.
Nor hop nor warehouse did these merchants
own,
but every day their stock of goods was
thrown
Across their backs AMI carried all around.
While cries or "broOms' thrO'Out the streets
resOund.
..l3rooms'-"buy broom" each loudly cried,
And thus TO sell their wares these merchants
tried.
&c. as they talked. the conversation turned
UpOn the profits than each might have earned.
"HJw happens it," snid one, ''you cell 20 low
And yet your business daily seems to grow?
Materials now are high, and labor too. :,
And can buy and work NJ cueap "a you.
The ether reP,icd: "YOu silly elf.
seal the stun and make the brooms myself.
But outstanding this, II happens 20.
You uEdcrsc!l me everywhere ] go.
AMI eve:y dry u lively trade you DO
YOur stock OF goods keeps on increasing too;
know not how you do 1t, aud confess
I'd like to know the n c;et you possess.
His friend to tell him willingly essnyed.
He eaid: 81 steal my broO,ns already made"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
Excited Thousands.
All over the land are going into e,

All over the land are going into &C.
stacy over DR.. Kings Discovery for
Consumption. Their unlocked far re-
covery by the timely use Of this great
life Saving remedy, causes them TO go
nearly wild IN its praise. It's euaran-
tecd to positively cure Severe Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis,
HOarseness, Loss Of Voice, or any affec-
tlon of the Throat and Lungs. Trial
bottles free at John A. SambOrns. Drug
Store. Large size $l.Q0.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19

The aesthetic railroad manager orders
grass plots and flower beds ut the sta
lions. and educatcs in the beautiful the
young agent who taps ON the instru-
ment, changes the signals, and is so
very busy writing up his books when
the passenger wishes to buy aticket
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19

A very hard man to get ut was the
late George Law. the millionaire city
railway king. Naturally tacilurn. he
made himself practically inaccessible
except to those who had pecIniary
transactions with him. About three
years ago New York paper desired to
obtain an expression of his financial
and political views, but was puzzled to
find the means. Very opportunity g
former intimate friend of his died-a
man who had been United States
Senator from Florida before the war,
and had afterward removed to Canada.
leaving instructions in his will that his
body should never be carried to the
United States for burial. Armed with
this fact went to MIR. Laws house on
Fifth avenue early one morning, and
found him seated at long table cover
ed with papers, in the front basement.
clad in shabby red dressing gown and
busily debating to two secretaries. AT
the mention of his friends name he
wheeled around in his chair and paid
his memory IN earnest tribute. This
was only the bait, and the reporter then
rose. and, hat in hand, put in few
suggestions rs to finance and politics.
The ice having been thawed, and the
visitor apparently having finished his
newspaper business, Mr.. Law spoke
very decidedly npon the political ami
financial situation, and 1T half IN hour
length. 1t is said that when he read
the interview his profanity shook the
entire Ock.--Phdadclpiia Record.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-16

TIVE city of San Francisco has just taken
lesson in the ways and costliness of law
yers During the Rebellion the people of
California, being afraid that the republic
might be invaded from the Pacific Ocean,
clamored for an ironclad. The monitor
Comanche was built and sent out, stored in
sections IN the hold of a wooden ship. Be-
fore the ship could be unloaded she was
struck by norther and sunk at the wharf
In San Francisco hatbo The monitor was
insured in fourteen companies, and the con-
tractors assigned their policies to the city of
San Francisco, which pledged its credit for
81 1868, raised the money needed to rescue
the material, and the ironclad was thus
saved for the defense of the Golden Gate.
About fourteen years ago the city re-assigned'
collection, and he placed them in the hands
Of . New York attorney. The city of San
Francisco, to use common phrase, is hard
up, and the City Government has been ask
ing for information about its long-missing
Insurance moneys. The New York aitor-
ney, being much entreated, responds that he
was obliged to compromise with the insur
ance companies, but out of the 81 ,666 he
collected $50, 900 cash. His bill of expenses
II t22, 102.47; his fee is expenses is So, 1O2
smart attorney s2102.47. But the attorney,
being generous as well as smart, forgives
the debt.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-16
Magazine Notices.

The Frontispiece for the July number of
Harper's Magazine is beautiful engraving
from Mr.. f. S. Church's picture A Witch's
Daughter. The number is very rich in IL
Illustrations, and its Table of Contents pre-
sents very strong literary attractions. The
opening article Of the number is an interest
ing description Of Hampstead Heath, the
most picturesque of the suburbs of London,
by William II. Rideing, with thirteen illus
tratioDs from drawings by Robert W. Mac
beth and E. f. Brewtnall. Alexander f.
Oakley contributes brief article explaining
what is meant by Conventional Art, with
fourteen pictures illustrating the subject.
A second paper on The Romanoffs is con-
tributed by II. Sutherland Edwards, devoted
to the reign of the late Emperor Alexander
II. The article is illustrated by portraits of
Alexander H., Alexander I'LL, the present
Empress, and the Her-apparent. An adj
mirabe paper on Cincinnati is contributed
by Olive Logan, with twenty illustrations
from drawings by our best artists. Colonel
Higginson's eighth chapter Of American
History is entitled The Second Generation
of Englishmen in America. an exposition Of
the American Colonies at the middle of the
seventeenth century, with effective illustra-
lions from drawings by Howard Pyle and old
portraits. An entertaini NC article on Chat
terton is contributed by John Ingram, who
has given much stndy to the subject, with
some Illustrations by Alfred Fredericks.