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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-06

A Connecticut Restaurant Keeper VINO
Won't MIX Customers.

STAMFORD, COM, October 5.-There Il
trouble hare. The laws of the country are
set at naught, and the requirements Of the
fifteenth amendment are ignored. Equal
rights ara not accorded the black man, and
a half.dozen lawsuits are in contemplation
On Main street, the principal thoroushtare
Of Stamford, Is the establishment Of Viii
liam Knapp. When customer enters one
Of the first things to meet his eye Is big
placard bearing the words: "Colored Peo-
ple's Table" This placard hangs over q
little fable at the rear end oil the restaur.
ant. 1t Is the duty Of walters
to ssy that "colored people" can cit at no
other table. They must take their food in
this dark corner or not take 1t all. Three
weeks ago Mr.. Knapp painted his placard
and adopted his new rule. Hitherto there
had been no distinction made between Gus
toners in his restaurant on account OF the
hue Of their skin, so long as they were ap-
patently respectable and well behaved.
Mr.. Knapp's new departure was quickly
initiated, and the color line Is now drawn
With decided distinctiventss at Germania
Hall, the only variety theatre in town.
Elsewhere also the black man is sought to
be impressed with his inieriority. Mr..
Knapp, however, is as yet the sole propri-
etor Of placard announcing an "anti-
Niger crusade.
Two colored men, accompanied by q
white man, entered Kapp's place to test
his rule. All three were well dressed, and
each man bore himself quietly. Saying to
q waiter that they desired dinner, the trio
sat down at one OF the centre tables. The
waiter mptioned back toward the scolored
peoples table" and Proprietor Knapp him,
self rushed TO thefre.
"Tbat table down there is for you black
folks" be said, abruptly. II won't have
you up here"
"But," protested the white man, these
men are my guests want them to sit
with me. insist on their III"
sob, ! don't care what you want or what
you don't want" interrupted the res;au
rant man, wrathfully. These negroes
have got to go down to that other table
the table for colored folks-or else they
can't get anything to eat in this place.
And that settles that"
There seemed to be bright prospect
for trouble, and the would be customers
Withdrew.
TO a reporter who asked why be insisted
on drawing the color line at his restaurant,
Mr.. Knapp announced that he proposed to
iun his business TO suit himself. 1.-The did
not care TO cater to black psopleit was q
matter concerning himself solely, and he
did not propose to have newspaper or any
body else interfering withhim. When 1t
wss intimated to Mr.. Knapp that suits for
damages might be brought by colored
people under theprovisionsof Of the fifteenth
hc laughed deep hysterical
lsu,h and rubbed his hands gleeiully,
having no fear, be said.
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COMMENTING on the exploits Of the Red
Men Of Barbour county, the New York
7IRa sOyp: "The success with which this
kind Of business was carried on for series
d years illustrates ut once the primitive
condition and the low state OF public spirit
in that region" Our esteemed cotemporary
kvery much in error. Bourbour Is not a
new county and it is not inhabited by
wild or primitive people. 1t had the mis-
i.tune to be chosen by some very bad
men as their theatre Of action, but public
seatiment was active aud earnest against
them, TIE former editor OF the JtGersonidn
newspaper, Mr.. George P Sargent, assailed
t'e Red Men so vigorously that they con-
tenplated his murder. Forthe active part
he look agaiust them the Hon. Samuel V.
Woods, now aJudge Of the Supreme Court
OiAPpeals, was also marked for assassinR.
lion,
There was no indicltion 0. a Glow state
oil tpbliC spirit" The people Of Barbour
knew that their property was unsafe and
their lives insecure, that their county was
lerrcuzed and disgraced by the crimes Of
the Red Men, and they did what they
could 10 punish the criminals and restore
order. There was neither railroad nor
telegraph. A large part OF the country is
billy and heavily covered with forest. The
maurSudeB were stealthy, hard to catch
aud harder still to convict 1t became
Necessary to ask the Legislature to pass a
conspiracy act to facilitate conviction, and
then the work Of regeneration began.
The band was broken up nearly two
years ago. The confession OF Kittle, which
the Tmo and some other distant news-
payers have seized upon as q new and
startling revelation, was made last Decem-
Der and resulted in the conviction oi
Albert Price, who was sentenced to ten
years in tue Buffalo Psnitentiary. Bar.
hour is Democratic county. Thegeptle
men above named by way OF illustration
are Democrats. But there was nothing
political or partisan about the Red Mems
organization, and Barbour count,
dOesn't deserve to be reproached for wha
RsSht have happened elsewhere undel
siuilSr conditions. There is robbery ant
murderia broad dayllghtin rich, popalou,
New York, but itwould not be fair to 90.
that public ssatiment in that city Ia IN
concerned or thSt in consequence publ
spirit iSG allow ebb.
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A TERRIBLE CRlME.
4 MURpsRoUs olssoLUTloNI
OF Partn.rAlp-1Ae AsteAsrs Rsa Community
contrlbuts, Another Horror to the Norid-A
nAddsusd Asa. C,ln,s-A Horribly Brutal
Harder Before tn. yletla,s Family.

PITTSBURGH, October 5.-Butcher's Run
district, in Allegheny City, made famous
by the great floods Of 1874 was The scene
tonight Of one Of the most bruial murders
that ever occurred in this vicinity. John.
Brown and James Weaver, aged respective
ly twenty-five and twenty.iour years, were
partners in horse trade, and to-day q dis
pute arose between them over family mat.
ters and the partnership was dissolved.
Brown was in debt to Weaver s47.5O, ard
this evening no called at Weayers.
house and in the presence Of his
wife and child demanded payment.
Weaver promised to settle tomorrow,
but Brown insisted on having It at once,
and finally drew areyolver and fired three
times, each bullet taking effect in Wesy-
er's body, killing him instantly. The en-
ragged man then jumped on the liieless resi
mains, land after taking the money from his
pocket,he first beat out his brains with Tie
butt Of the revolver and then broke a chair
over his head while the wife and child Of
he murdered man stood by paralyzed with
lear and horror. Brown then fled and las
not yet been captured.
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A MINIsfEn,S PLuCK.
Denouneing a Member Of His Flock 10
Aia Face


f His Face.
HEBRON, CosN., October 5.-The society
sf this rustic yillage in southern Tolland
county has been rent asunder by recent
sermon Of the Rev. G. B. Cutler, Of the
Congregational Church, in which be Wig
orously denounced Mr.. ]. B. Fillmore, a
prominent member Of his flock and an
earnest worker in his course, as breaker
Of the seventh commandment and q polyga.
mist. The sermon was o most scathing in.
yectiye. and It's energy thoroughly ava.
kened the Numbering Deacnns The congre.
tionreceiyed 1t 10 equslparts Of alarm and
amusement-alarm because the church has
a weak pocket book and Mr.. Fillmore and
his friends are rich, and amusement be-
cause even In Hebron sharp deuuncistion
d appreciated, II It comes from the lips of a
man who heartily believes what he Is talk
ing about. The Rev. Mr.. Cutler 10 an up
nd.iown, positive sort Of man. He
knew that his sermon would create an up.
roar throughout Hebron and the nejghbor.
ing towns OF Williamtic, Hartford, and
Norwich, but he believed himself In the
right, and he pounded only the harder al
his pulpit and looked down on the man he
was speaking ot. r.J
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gruyEllE SAVES his neck, and gets all the
IN allows short Of the gsllows. This is
r,riy duo to the impression the insanity
5o5gs made upon the jury, partly to the
b,Hepr Of lis victim, aud partly, perhaps,
d he fac. that in every jury of this day
.,b.re is likely to be one man biased by
..yposition 10 capital punishment. The
rlliug OF DR.. Schuchardt was a cold
Blooltd murder. II the verdict had been
nurder in the first degree without saving
tl,usc, isvery likely that the Court would
hive sent schuellq to the scaffold. Butthe
irry acted within itsprivilege and substan.
t,l Justice has been done. imprisonment
for lite is no mild penalty. The Presenting
Attorney is entitled 10 credit for the forci.
NJ presentation and skillful conduct of the
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The PoIiIicaiSI uation nEhere-tncreased
Republican aIejoriiy Expected,
STEuDENvILLg, October 5.-The political
situation in this neck OF the woods, now
that election day is near, becomes matter
Of State interest. George H. Pendletop,
the aspirant for continued Senatorial hon.
ors, was here the other day trying to assist
John A. Kitbcart in squeezing himself
through once more as representative in the
Legislature. OF what benefit he has been
to John remains to be seen, but the general
opinion among well informed Republicans
ia that "Gentleman George" had better
look nearer his own home, as Kithcart's
defeat is one OF the certainties written in the
book OF fate, and the Senator had better
put his time in where he might possibly do
some good.
AS lar rs can be discovered at the pres-
ent time, Jefferson county may be depend
ed upon for her regular Republican major
ily, with some hopes OF an increase. These
hopes are based on the promise Of o
fuller vote than last year, brought out by
the temperance issues; from the fact that
that this Ia u strong tariff section; from the
fact that some Germans and more Ameri.
cans who left us last year on account OF
the liquor question are again with US, and
for other reasons. A majority for the State
ticket OF from ], 100 TO 200 seems within
the bounds OF reasonable expectation. On
the Republican county ticket every capdi.
date, including Representative, will be
elected with possibly the exception Of
County Commissioner, With a good chance
for him, too. Jefferson will Keep up her
end Of the boon.
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uoRsrBLg TRAGEDY.
A Mexicaa Mother kisis her Fiye Chill.
dEen AMI Destroys derseif.


dren and Destroys derseiE.
LAREDO, TEXAS, October ga gentle
man just from Lampasas, Mexico, gives
full particulars OF most horrible tragedy
that occurred on Wednesday near that
place. Mrs. Valdez killed her five children
and then herself during flt of insanity.
In one Of the large ranches, about twenty
miles TO the southwark Of L4mpasas, there
lived for four years past quiet, well.to-do
Mexican, named Antonio Valdez, whose
family consisted OF wife and five children,
the age OF the eldest Of the children being
ten Year,, and Of the youngest two
years. The wife, who was about
thirty years Of age, had been subject
to epilepttc fits and spells OF melancholy Of
long duration. During the past few months
she has exhibited many e,iGences Of in
sanity, and when in such Alterations in-
variably sought 10 do violence to her little
ones. On Wednesday the woman was al
tackled with lit oi unusal severity. When
she had recovered from the spasm her hus.
baud went TO work to herd flock OF sheep
belonging TO the ranch. He had been
gone but short time when his wits rose
from her couch, and with a huge butcher
knife, which had been imprudently left
within her reach, commenced her terrible
work OF destruction. Her Oldest child, u
sweet girl OF ten, was first to fall victim to
her maniac mothers cruel blows, her head
being almost severed from her body. With
that method peculiar TO insane persons, she
In succession slew the other children, hack
ing and stabbing them in sickening man
ner. The frantic woman, after the nve
bleeding little corpses lay at her feet, view
ed them with grim satisfaction, filling the
air with wild aud weird exclamaLions
Suddenly, taking parting look al the dead
before her, she plunged the knife into her
own breast, reeled to corner in the room
and fell dead. During all the time this
fearful tragedy was being enacted the serv.
ing woman, u peon, was powerless to pre-
vent 1t from subject fear. The husband
was soon apprised OF what had happened,
and his lamentations were pitiable in the
extreme and he could not be consoled. In
due time the neighbors came and speedy
arrangements were made to bury the dead.
Six graves were dug and the next morning
the funeral rites were performed.
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CHICAGO, October 5.-Detectives passed
through here last night for Tilden, Tex, in
charge Of man named Abe Young, who
is wanted for the murder Of Ia man named
o'Donnell, in November, 1878. Thepriso-
ner was arrested on q ranch seventy miles
south OF Rawlins, on the Union Pacific
railroad, where he was living with q Mrs.
Castro, he having driven the husband oi
the woman away. tits told Of Young that
he and his brother carried on the career Of
brigandage in the southwestern part oi
Texas for o number OF years, robbinG
stages. The murder Of o'Donnell resulted
In their being driven from the country.
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PLEAS .hT sL,lNIOs
OF Company a, rer y.thlri o. v. Il, at
BeIinlre Thursday. - ~ Z

beHulre IuufkaNy. - ..sle
The Company mot in City Hall at one.
o'clock p. NJ, on Thursday, nineteen mem-
bers being present, besides several mem
bers OF other companies Of the Regiment.
Captain Samuel Martin was chosen
Chairman, and George NJ. Wise, Secretary.
A short address was made by Col. Poor
man, Of Company D, same regiment.
1t was resoved that the company here
after hold its reunions annually on the 4th
day OF October, except when that date oc-'
ours on Sunday; in such cases the reunion
10 be held on the Saturday preceding, also,
that the members OF other companies Of
the regiment be invited to meet with them
on such occasions. u
All members Of the company were re-
qnested to furnish the chairman or secre-
tary Of the company with their possoffice
address, also the address Of other members
that they may know oi, and the death Of
any membtr that may occur, SO that q
record can be kept Of the same
After q pleasant talk and interchange OF
views and recollectionsof the old war time,
the meeting adjourned.
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CLEVELAND, October 5.-The arrange.
ments for the reunion Of the Society Of the
Army Of the Tennessee bave been com.
pleted. Generals Grant, Sherman, Logan,
Governors Fletcher, Fairchild aud Others
have written that they will be here. The
society meets on the morning Of October
IL, In The tabernacle for business session.
In the afternoon the members will be In
the hands Of a committee Of entertainment
10 view the city. In the evening at Euclid
Avenue Opera House Gov. Foster and
Mayor Faley will deliver welcoming ad.
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TSDAYis tho Two hundredth anniversary
d ,be arrival OF the first German immi'
rants, who settled in Pennsylvania under
the @Q1ake King" Penn, and gave its
naneto Germantown, now beautiful and
prosperous suburb Of Philadelphia, in pop
ua;iOu about equal to Wheeling. From
that small beginning, with religious liberty
f.tils motive, the stream has widened into
anSgestiC A,Od sweeping through two cen.
tuhes Of hope and earnest endeavor, till
now the German born citizens Of this
country number more than
third Of the seven millions Of
iupfgn born inhabitants, more than the
,.mbined populations OF the ten States Of
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, kansas, Min
usols, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and
Rhode Island; Americans whose fathers
we're German, nearly five millions; Ameri.
cts Of more remotFGerman descent-who
sblllnumber2 And from that landing in
Pennsylvania who shall trace the German
bIocd flowing through two centuries oi
Americana, It's iniluesce upon our arms,
car politics, our liberties, our religion
and our manners! 1t is this event
which our German American fel'
low citizens OF Wheeling are
preparing to celebrate next Thursday. II
will be a noble occasion, and it will be
FLY celebrated, rs to-day it will be in Ger
nauIOwn and elsewhere. Wheeling should
heEy with the Aags OF the new and tho old
Eatherlaud. Uniting under one flag, which
Emboiizes the ireest and best Of govern.
mems, all Americans Of whatever blood and
birth can unite in this patriotic demonstra,
ton.
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IRoN ANp sTaEL THApE.
The Condition OF the Busiasss Brief
Summed lD.

h0 Va 1tshRNhS sttUHJ
U Summed Cp.
ST. LOUIS, October 5-The Age Of Steel
will publish tomorrow about thirty letters
from the Iron, Shetland Hardware Manutac;
turer's dealers OF various parts Of the
West relating tn the present condition and
the outlook for the fall trade in these lines.
This summary Of the letters shows the
present condition Of the trade good, the
demand comparing very favorably with
that Of last year. The sales are larger as a
rule than last year, but prices, however,
are low, so that per cent8ge OF profits will
not vary materially from last year.
The outlook is encouraging as 10 volume
but rot as to prices. The condition Of the
country issuch that there will be large
demand for goods for actual consumption,
but anxiety on the part Of manufacturers
to dispose Of excessive production causes q
weakness in prices all through the trade
down to local dealers.
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DETROIT, Mich, October 5.-The resi-
dence Of VIM. Dutton, retired capitalist
Of Adrian, was entered lss! evening through
a down stairs window and $4,000 worth
OF bonds and morigages, besides
small sums OF money, articles Of family
jewelry were, carried of. The safe from
which the Securities were taken was in
Dutton's bed room and was unlocked, thus
atiorliDg the robbers easy access TO plum.
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A nURNIAG sHAME.
A winner at Cards turned Up Because
lie Wouid Not Refund.

A winner at Cards iiurned Up Because
He Wouid Not Refuad.
NEW ORLEANS, October ga more brutal
crime than that perpetrated at Provencal,
Natchitoches Parish, on Sunday night, has
scarcely been chronicled. Six negro Sec
ton hands OF the New Orleans Pacific Rail-
road, and, one Bradfeld, sat around a
campfire in the woods for game Of cards.
Bradtlsld was in luck, and succeeded in
winning all the money OF the others. Ex.
asperated at their losses, the negroes de-
msnded that their money won should be
returned to them. This demand Bradtield
resisted. An assault was then made upon
him, aud the money taken away. Not con.
tent with this, theiniuriated negroes seized
their victim, who was q powerful man,
and resisted violently, and forced
him upon the FIRE. He was held by the
legs and arms, notwithstanding his violent
struggles, until his hair and scalp, one
hand and the other arm were buraed Of,
and then released. In this horribly mutt.
lated condition he managed to drug him.
self along for several miles until he reach
ed place where assistance was rendered
him. His injuries were go severe,
however, that he died Monday night
in great agony. The facts were kept coz
cealed until yesterday, when warrants
were Issued for Bradheld's murderers.
They are a desperate gang and will prob.
ably show fight before they will submit to
arrest The same gang were on trial q few
days before the assault upon Bradford,
charged with the murder Of their section
boss, but were released because no direct
evidence against them could be secured.
The general belief is that they committed
| that murder also.
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WHEELING. WEST SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER g. 1885
Gratis to stand by The ticket. An attempt

Gratis to stand by the ticket. An attempt
is made to persuade Democratsthat Hamil-
ton county ia in lovely condition, but like
every other feature Of the circular, is too
thin. Itis about time the Hoadly sick
business be exposed. That No. 90 mouthed
statesman was literally run out Of the State
by his Democratic managers, because he
was like bull in o china shop. A couple
OF days Of quinine would have set him all
right at any time, but 1t was general
scheme to play the sympathy dodge as q
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CLEVELAND, October Frank Hopping,
a four-year old boy, was playing with a
dog, on public highway to-day in Lsban.
on, this Slate, when he was attacked by a
drove OF thirty hogs aad literally eaten
alive. His cries brought assistance and the
brutes were driven away. The little fellow
was mangled fearfully. His clothing was
entirely torn from the body, half Of the
scalp was torn away and one OF the animals
tusEs entered hia cheek and tore out two
OF his back teeth. The sufferer died in
great agony an hour afterward.
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The Democratic Committee rIead,ng for
AlelSIy IySympatby.s

CoIuNBus, October 5.-The Democratic
Committee to-day mailed to all committee.
men circular beginning as follows:
"Judge Hoadly returned to Ohio last Sat.
urday. On Monday he, with Senator Nc.
Donald, OF Indiana, addressed an audience
of Is, 600 people at Cleveland. Whilst sick
in Pniladelphiathe Republican papers con.
tinued the campaign Of personal abuse
against him, and on his return to Ohio he
was greeted by such Republican papers as
the Cleveland Leader with two or three
columns Of personal ebuse.n The circular
goes on to contrast this alleged state oil al.
fairs with alleged conduct Of the Democ.
racy while the lamented Garfield, as they
speak oI him, lay sick at Elberon. =
The hypocrisy Of the Democratic Commit.
tee, from whom no abuse was too great In
| 1880, speaking Of the lamented Garhald, d
the greatest giyeaway oi the campaign.
The femainderot the address iB devoted tf
| the abuse Of Foster, and appeals to Demo
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ADRIAN, MICH, October 5.-As The Lake
Shore train, which left Chicago yesterday
morning, due here in the afternoon, was
nearing the city it was fred upon by con-
cealed persons. Three windows in the
smoking car were broken, and the pas-
sengers had their faces badly cut by irag-
ments Of flying glass. Officers are in pur.
suit, but no arrests have yet been made.
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n, Cincinnati Enquirer wants Senator
,,.istou AN to contradict over his own sigma
=. 1..,s ,Ss story that he twas slightly how.
W '.'sro,I W 90 when he made a recent speech
aI,. !. .I.i,xare.D There ought to be some
|, Nj, 10 ,Lis sort Of thing, but the Enquirer
,,.n', 49,. ,pe,a able to locate it.
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,c,. ,Ir Iiie Of me cannot see how any
.,. Nv o,lored y, man who has brains enough
s.,,, ,ro idels together, eau allow himself,
: nP.,I% r, ,Ss notion Of independence, to give
Il'n = nd I eonIior, to'he Democratic party in
ls,'o, \ ~, elsewhere" e,"-Ereierick Douglass.
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BcsoS, October 5.-The police are
searching for q man who recently started
in the commission business in this city
under the name Of solon B. Hodgins, and
to whom II is said western merchants Tor
warded some $4,000 worth Of flour, for
which NO paywas received. Six car loads
of flouf consigned to Hodgins have been
seized by the officers but the balance "a
supposed to have been disposed Of BY the
alleged gwindleF