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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26

A dispatch to the Central Ne,us states
that 55S deaths from cholera occurred in
Cairo duringthe last twenty.four hours.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26
FOR RENT.

Two nvot view room, on ,seoaa ,oo, y, -.
Main street, specially sapted to mail ~ ,,n ~,
without children. Enquire Of -' Nau'
10, JAMES L. HAwllY.
&---itS Main St,aa,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26
A Lady Cured Of Rheumatism.

baltimore, Md, May 7, 1880.
My health was much shattered by
rheumatism when ! commenced
taking Browns Iron DitterS, and |
scarcely had strength enough to at
tend to my daily household duties.
lam now using the third bottle andI
am regaining strength daily, and I
eheerfIlly recommend 1t TO all.
cannot say TOO much In praise
oft. Mrs. MARY E. DEAsHEAH.
ia Freshman st.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26

REFRESHMENTS Of all kindG in abundance
at the grand plcnic to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26
NO cHoLRRA IN EN0LANl

The bills Of health which are given to
vessels leaving London to-day declare that
no cholera exists here. Mitchell, Ameri.
can Vice Consul and Acting Consul Gen.
erai, has appointed a physician to inspect
all vessels going to America.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26
Kidney Disease Cured.

ChrstianSburI, Va, 1881.
Suffering from kidney disease,
from which ] could get no relief, |
tried Browns Iron DilteS, which
cured nc completely. A child Of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem 10
be able TO Fat at all. lEavehlm Iron
Bltlers with the happicSt results.
J, KYLE MONTAGUE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
THE PHGNIy PARK ORIlIE

KAvASAGu TURNS GNroBMaR, AND TELLS now
-FOUR OF HIS FELLOW PRISONERS MURDERED
LORD CAvrNDIsH AND MIR. BURKE
There was a great crowd and much excite
ment in kilmainham courtroom, Dublin, last
Saturday, when the examination Of the sup
posed PhWnix-park murderers was resumed,
and it became known that Kavauagh, the car
driver who drove the four assassins to and
from the scene of the crime, had turned in
former and would testify. There was no
laughter among the prisoners whom Kavanagh
identified them. He deposed that on the 9th
of May last he drove the four mon-Carey,
Brady Kelly and Deaney-into the park by
the isand-bridge gate to tho Phunix monu-
ment, and along the main road to the Cough
monument where the men got out. They
said there was no sign of "Skin the Goat"
meaning James Filzharris, carman. (Here
Fitzharris called out Don't call me nick
namesl') Pretty soon witness saw Fitzharris
coming with cab from an opposite direc-
ton, and saw four men get out of the cab
Witness identified Fitzharris as the driver of
the cab. The cab stayed long way up the
road, the horses head being turned toward
Dublin. Carey and Delaney sat down on seats
beside the road in the park aud Delaney said
they were watching for tho chief secretary
He saw person speak to Carey, and present
ly Delaney told him (witness) to look sharp
and be ready to start. lie then drove nearer
to the waiting group, which included some
persons he did not know. Soon he saw Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke coming
arm in arm. One of the men he drove said
the tall man was to be assassinatod Witness
was then ordered to drive further away, and
as be did so, some one, he could not tell who,
repeated Mind, it is the tall man" As the
gentlemen came along, either Carey or Della.
ney raised white handkerchief. lie was SO
near the scene of the assassination as to hear
one of the victims cry "Oh." He saw one
gentleman fall, and saw the other who car
rad an umbrella, lying on the ground The
four men no had driven to the park Jumped
on his car and were driven or lie was paid
c3 by Brady for his services
Kavanagh also told what he knew about the
attack on Juror Field. On the night Mr. Field
was attacked, witness was on the College-st.
stand, and was engaged by Brady. They
drove into Fleet street, took in Delaney and
proceeded to Hardwick street, where his pas
seugers got out, telling him to wait While
waiting, Kelly and Lawrence Hanlon came up.
Kelly lost his hat as he got on the car after
attacking Field. They fed by circuitous
route. In Townsend street Kelly bought an
other hat. At the gas-works Kavanagh and
Brady wrapped some kind of swords ia paper
aud flung them into the basin Brady again
paid for the car. The swords and knives
mentioned by knvauagh have since been found
in the place Indlcat d 10y him. The govern.
ment seems TO be entirely confident that it has
ample testimony to convict the prisoners.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Melvin Johnson is railroad accountant
whose duty is to take the number of cars.
Last Sunday morning about o'clock a freight
started out over the Cheshire road with John.
son in the saloon. After the train had reach.
ed almost its full speed, he tried to jump of
His ulster was shut in the door behind him
aud he fell against the truck, which he grasp
ed firmly, hanging by the strength Of his
coat and fighting for life between the wheels
and the snow beside the track, striking first
one and then the other His cries were final
ly heard by brakeman, and the train was
stopped before johnson was seriously injured
He was considerably bruised, and his clothes
were torn into shreds
The First Congregational society raised
at its Sunday morning session $1,000 of the
$4,000 desired to make radical changes and
improvements in the church building, includ
ing new organ. The other $1,000 will be
readily raised the coming week and repairs
made early in the spring, The congregation
was taken by surprise at this moveme mt of the
pastor, Rev, A. b. Dascomb, but fully concur
red in it. This church already has the largest
seating capacity and the largest average at.
tendance of any church here except the Rom.
ish
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
President Arthur and the CIvII-service
COmmiHaiOn

The fact that more than five weeks have
elapsed since the President signed the cyil-ser-
vice reform bill, and yet he has not appointed
the commissioners providedfor in that act, nat
urally begins to excite remark, and critics are
not wanting who are ready to interpret the
delay TO the Presidents disadvantage The
idea is suggested that President Arthur, in
fixing upon these appointments has set him
self the task of appointing a commission
which shall be equally satisfactory to the civ
il-service reformers and the machine politi-
clans. If this is really the light in which the
President looks at the task to be performed
he may as well give it up. The problem is
one that cannot possibly be solved If he
makes a commission to please the civil.service
reformers, he must select men who are thor
oughly determined to carry out the spirit of
the act in good faith, and who also possess
the necessary qualifications for doing it, and
that will of course dissatisfy' the machine
politicians, He cannot please the latter with
out so constructing the commission that
while appearing to serve, it will really defeat
the purpose of the law and that would of
course be easily detected and appropriately
criticised by the civil-service reformers. The
absurd suggestion has been made that there
might properly be one practical politician"
appointed as a member of the commission,
but no arrangement could be more fatal to
its efficiency. 1t is one of the most impor-
tant objects of the civil-service reform act to
take the public service, as far as the law
touches it, entirely out of practical politics.
The practical politician" is to have absolute
ly nothing to do with it. The very spirit of
the law demands that the politicians charac.
.eristic methods and tests of fitness shall be
carefully excluded from the business of max
ing appointments and removals. That bust
ness is to be managed upon principles as far
away as possible from the practical politi-
clans point of view. To what end, then,
should such an one be put on the civl.service
commission? 1t can only be to keep the
oivil-service commission in contact with the
spoils system and the political machine, and
to certain extent under their influence: in
other words, to render the system incomplete
and unsatisfactory-a reform in part only.
Some people talk as though the whole civil
service idea was on trial in this attempt to
carry il into practice under the new law. This
is a mistake The ciyil-servioe reform idea.
just as it is embodied in the so-called Pendle
ton bill, has already been tried and tested
and wherever 1t has been tried in good faith
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

School exhibition Feb. 22d
-Almon Harris has moved to L. A. War
ren's.
A town meeting to reconsider the railroad
question will be held in village hall next Mon.
day at ] o'clock p. NJ
Officers of the Universalst society elect
ed at the annual meeting last week; CLERK
i. S. Allen; collector, G. Foster committee
f. G. Starr, j. w. Morse S. d. Faulkner
delegates to Windham and Bennington asso
citation, to be held in Putney next June, J.W
Morse and s. D. Faulkner
Our village schools closed successful
terms last Friday. The upper department
was taught by II. b. Graham Of auckland
Mass, and the lower by Nettie j. Morse Of
Jacksonville.
The following officers of Unity Lodge.
No. 50, +. d A. NJ, were installed last even
ing. A. A. Butterfeld, w. NJ; George L.
Faulkner, s. W; Geo. L. Clark, J. w; Ezra
Stetson, treasurer d. Byron Wheeler, secre.
tary; w. f. Winchester, S. D.; George c..
Briggs, J. D.; Il. O. Wilcox, S. S.; Eli Cook,
j. s.; H. c. Millington, marshal w. p
Jones, chorister A. Q. Stetson, tyler.
Our citizens, leaving their own business,
generously set to work and in one week re.
built the GOx4O feet of roof over Glen hall
broken in by the snow last week. Some 20
to 40 men we're busly at work most Of the
time. 1t was almost a miracle that loss Of
life was not connected with the breaking in
of the roof, as a moment before it fell mem.
Der of the landlords family had been about
to enter the room under it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
POndvfIIe.

Charles Stedman leaves his farming in
this place and removes to Williamsville,
where he will work at the wheelwright bust
ness with Mr.. Geo. Dickinson.
We learn that NJ n Houghton has pur.
chased land and will erect a house, etc, in
this place.
Married, on the 18th of January, Z. NJ
Dexter and Mrs L. A. Osgood The wedding
took place in Phiadelphia-iust quiet home
affair, with only the immediate family pres
ent. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
DR.. Harper, at 1915 A. NJ, the bride and
groom leaving on the 1920 train for Wash
ington D. c. Since their return to Phila-
delphia the bride has sung in the Academy.
She looked charming and sang as she Away
does, delightfully."-. While the newly welded
pair have the congratulations of friends an.
other wish is expressed, viz, that Mrs. Os.
good Dexter will not leave her professional
career for a long time to come.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

The term of our district school lust
closed has been most successful, and great
credit is due to the teacher, Mrs. Kenyon.
5 10, the manner in which she conducted it,
The exercises of her school given Of tba
church vestry on Friday evening last. were
something which she might well be proud of,
as well as the parents of those who took a
part.
The select school will commence Feb.
18th. Quite number of applications have
oeen made from students from adjoining
towns, and the prospect of large attendance
is fattering.
"A musical convention under the direetor.
snip OF Prof. H. H. Kimball of saxtons Riv.
er commenced on Wednesday, Feb. nth to
continue until the 2lst, closing with a con
cert on Wednesday evening. Singers from
auIolning towns are invited to attend and are
requested to produce pieces of their own So.
lection and take part in the concert.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

We are glad to be able to announce that
Brattleboros vote of aid to TIE Brattleboro *
Bennington railroad has been completed in
due form, the work of securing the written
consent in writing of n majority in amount
of the grand list and of the tax payers in
number, having been completed yesterday.
Whatever the outcome of the effort to build
this road may be, Bratteboro, by this action,
has demonstrated to her neighbors in the
southwestern part of the county her good will
in this important matter, and her desire for
the establishment of intimate and permanent
social and business relations with them. We
sincerely hope that Whitingham's vote next
Monday may not be such as to throw any dis
couraging obstacle in the way of pushing the
enterprise to an early and successful issue.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

S. o. Davis lately killed pig 81 months
old that weighed $50 pounds.
The annual donation of the Baptist soci.
ETY. came of last Thursday, and was a success
full affair.
w. A. Buxton, son of Stephen Buxton Of
this town, at present principal of the Saranac
IN. Y. academy, has been rendered the pro-
fessorship of Spanish in the Missouri School
of Mines. L. II. Buxton, brother of the
above, principal of the Bloomingdale a. "
academy, was recently married.
S. o. Davis is manufacturing the Adams
a Haynes patent sap-holder.
Harvey Clough, L. T. Landman and Wal
ter Thompson have recently had additions to
their respective families.
Superintendent Gibson held his annual
prize exercises open TO all scholars in town
except those who had already taken two prizes
in any one class, in this village last Friday
First prizes were awarded to Florence and
Anna Smith, Alice Walker, Salome Bixby,
Chloe Batchelder and Anna French second
prizes TO Mile Virgins, May Chase, Harry
Pierce Cassie Brooks g.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
TOWnshend.

Harvey P. Holbrook has sold a small
piece of land near his residence to the Spring.
field Soapstone Company on which there are
surface indications of a valuable soapstone
quarry. The company will commence work
ON the new quarry very soon, having already
abandoned work on the farm of David L. Be
mis-, where they have been getting stone for
the past two years.
A few days since, while c. H. Willard.
I'd, was saving hemlock log about IS inches
through and perfectly sound, the circular saw
struck hard substance, stopping it, Think
ing the obstacle must be a knot, he run his
carriage back and tried again with no better
success than before. This time, in conse-
quence of the increased velocity of the saw
the sparks flew, revealing the fact of some
hlnty substance being incased in the log
MIR. Willard took a cross. cut saw and cut the
log off and found flint stone about the size
OF good egg. Mr. Willard counted the rings
IN the log which had grown around the stone
AID found them to number two hundred
W. II. Eddy has bought the house in the
village formerly owned by E. P. Taft.
The cantata Queen Esther" which was
presented on Wednesday and Thursday even
lngs of last week by Prof. Lakes class, assist
ed by Miss L. NJ. Maynard of Walpole, N. H.,
was one of the best entertainments which has
ever been exhibited in town. The characters
were remarkably well chosen, aud each in
performing their several parts showed the
benefit of careful and skillful drill We
understand the class 60 to Grafton next Tues
day evening and will present the cantata
there.
Prof Mortimer Whitehead of New Jersey
delivered the third lecture in the course under
the auspices of the P. of H., in Academy
hall, Tuesday evening, to as large an audi
enoe as the hall would accommodate. The ef
fort of the lecturer was directed mainly in
showing the advantages that have already re-
suited from the workings of the order, and to
SHOW that these advan tages have not been
confined to the Grange alone, but that all
classes have been benefited. The lecture was
quite long, yet did not lack for clearness,
force and convincing power At its close it
was well applauded
The annual report of the town auditors
shows that there has been paid out of the
town treasury during the past year the sum
or S3'27l.3O, leaving a balance of 1884 30
IN the treasury. The present resources of
the town are 81, GG3. "A; liabilities $50 So
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
INC IOIIOWlnB quebIlOnb appear IN thi
inventory for the first time
senator Edmund. Photographed.

Washington letter to Cleveland Leader
Senator Edmunds is a tall man with large
frame, and students stoop in his broad
shoulders. lie has large hands, good foot
and big head, which. on the top, is as desti.
tute of hair as a babys check A two.inch
fringe of fine gray locks surrounds this oasis
of badness, fading away into the full white
beard, which covers the side and the lower
part of his square, intellectual face His
forehead is broad and high, and his bald spot
back of it terminates in several blunt cones
al the crown. His eyes are steelgray, and
they shoot out at you from under heavy
brows Of bristling white. His nose is large,
aud slightly inclined to be Roman. 1t has,
like his countenance, u tnge Of delicate pink
and shows the good living and warm blood of
its owner. Senator Elmunds sits in his ma.
room cushioned chair behind his rosewood
desk in the front row Of the Senate snnd-
wiched in between the fierce, Indian featured
Logan on the left, and the stately gray haired
Anthony Of Rhode Island on his right He
keeps pretty busy, and seems always to be
doing something. The clerk reads IL bill
lie hears it, is interested at once, leans for
ward and nervously moves the thumbs of his
folded hands against each other. He half
rises, throws his right index finger at the au-
thor of the BILL makes short remark, and
walks toward him with pushing energetic
stride. He is powerful speaker, is this
Senator from Vermont and a. a constitutions
al lawyer has hot his peer in the Senate
When his mind takes hold of subject. ev-
cry other part of the universe is excluded
from it. Like Spinoza he looks at the world
through goose-quill, and when he points
his quill toward particular star all the rest
of the armament is shut out
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Halifax.

The aid society meets with Mrs. William
Holmes next Thursday afternoon and evening
BENZ Barber lost valuable horse on Tues
day as a result of repeated hemorrhages from
the head
-. Rufus Farnsworth has fne pair of year
ling steers, weighing. about 1900 pounds
which well illustrate the benefits of good
keeping
The farmers club met at Willard Wieks's
last Wednesday evening The meeting was
called to order by W. G. Whiting. Benz Bar.
Der was chosen president and Fred Worden
secretary. An interesting essay was read bv
Charles Thurber, for which vote of thanks
was rendered. Messrs. L. NJ. Woodland, War
ner Stowe, Frank Griffin, David Tucker Fred
Worden and Benz. Barber gave interesting ac.
counts Of their experience in the use of fer
tillzers AT the close of the meeting little
time was spent in eating, drinking new CIDER
aud making merry. Next meeting at Fred
Wordens on Wednesday evening subject for
discussion Does it pay to raise corn 7" W.
o. Whiting will read am essay on GLOW to
make farming pay"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

William E. Dodge, the noted New York
merchant, died on the 10th inst, aged rs. He
had been for mary years in business, and
had acquired fortune estimated at $40, OOO,-
600 to $4,000, 600. He was distinguished
representative of the religious rich men who
form an influential class in the metropolis.
Much of his benevolent work was of prac-
tical kind, manifested in unostentatiously aid
ing young men out of bad circumstances and
habits, and he was also prominently connect
ed with several religious and reform associa-
tions He was Presbyterian, and his reli-
gous principles were continually active in his
business He repeatedly withdrew from rail
road and other enterprises on account of them,
and years ago left the Union League club be-
cause a portion of its revenue was derived
from the sale Of intoxicating liquors. He was
for some time president of the chamber of
commerce. and in this connection the fact is
recalled that his firm were compelled to pay
nearly $500, 600 into the United States treas
ury for alleged false invoices. 1t was claimed
at the time that the errors in the invoices were
accidental and without fraudulent intent, aud
that the money was paid only to escape te-
dious litigation, and Mr.. Dodge's fellow mer-
chants fully accepted this explanation. Half
of the $780, 600 went to the informer and Of
fcers under the moety law, procedure which
deeply outraged public sentiment and led to
the abolition of the practice of giving a moi
ETY. of the sum recovered to the agents of the
government
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
OBITU.1RT.
Marshall IewpIi.

Fy-Gnv NIar.hall J.r.u If C,,,...,;.,,t
died at his bnm, IN II,rtford l,st S,trria.
NIGHT of nna,r,onis NJ Tou,.I ,,,. -,
I'm our neipbborinp town of Winchestar n
II in October 1sJi He ,vos tbe eo, of pr,
Jewell a noted Iostber tanner and uas him;
self bred a tanner and folIowad mis- avocstior
until he had comnlet,I, ,nast.rod ,bo Lrsi,ass
He was in early life Interested in ,b c,,s,-,,,,
tiou of tolegranb lines in tbo son,byostarr
states. In 1870 in comnanv with his fathar
and bro,ber ho began Tho ,nanrfac,,ro ~
leather bal,in,, in H,rtrord owl IL, a.,
var brancbed INTO tho ,,sl,inl, of kno,,se,o,-.
of which he furnished greaf numb ~ a.,
government In 1sGg he was elected ,o,,er.
nor of Connecticut and ,,as r.;;Igot.j 10 f.-i
and Isz1 In is-l Ia 60 ,,r,.',,,a,a,t -,
by President Grant as minister to Enssia from
which nosition he was rec,llod in ,l, s,,ri,,l,
Of ISL Soop aftar bis -s,,,~,, - NJ. 80
try ne WAS apnoiuted nos,rsster ,,,,,rsI H..
President Grant which ,,ositior s,,l,s,'
oueptlv resigr.d In Issn bo u,a, alas,..l
chairman Of fbe Rennblic,,,. ,otio,al oo,,,,,,j,'
tee and il v.as prder bis la ,La, ~ O.
tield cetnpaig, ,,os az, ,,i,,rro,,si,- o,,d -,
phautly fought He was nresidsrt of tho
Connectirut ieIenhope co,nrsr, a,J d, 5;r.,
tor in several of Hartfor1,s Ior,Ia f,a,,l;oI od
insurance institutiops Ho w. aIsr sal
partner in the large drv goods house 10 II
Root 4 10 al n.troit ,yboro ~, ol,,, "a =;
terests in lnmber He Iaavos a ,Didov, end
two daughtars
In very many reenects M Jougol ,,o, q
tvnical American ~ H.. ,,,1 L.s, ,t,,.,,
A. mannfactnrer and man ~ hDs,,,s. H.,
saoacitv and activity won him m anil fnr
tnno Int hevond III ha no., mo-, - 49,,
and penerous views with a gen1i,. grasr ~