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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-13
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From our special Correspondent
WAsmISGToS, January l2.-Among the
West viIginiAus arriving here to day were
ex-senator Hereford, Mr. NJ. A. Manning
and II. n. Campbell, Of Monroe county
John ". Sinclair and W. A. Robinson,
Of Mineral county.
HRSNA's nOPELEss CASE.
Mr.. Manning, in talk with tho ISTXL.
LLIGENCER representative, sAid llereford's
withdrawal from the Senatorial contest
was for the reason that Hereford saw that
It was going to be long and bitter tight,
in which he did not wish to participate
Manning said that Eenna cannot be elect.
ed; that the entire Third District delega.
ton, with the exception Of one man, will
combine on either Quarter or Mat.
thews against him; that il is not
80 much Of fight against Ken.
nA as il is AgAinst Camden whom
the people look upon ~ the rising "bOSs.'
~ Sinclair expressed great regret at Mr..
IIefSsSId's withdrawal, lle::sald that he
ulbIlANu ~ iucA VI RVbAluk uht VI y HHtN
before they Sl,ad gotten into it. The talk
OF both MGnnii.> and Sinclair was iudiCa.
tive that the frieGA.s Of Hereford would
prefer Davis to either Sshe contestants.
OIL, HAS nE
Mr.. Manning said that il DGSN> >Santed
to succeed himself he bal nov Il m0S>S,e-
CANT opportunity offered him to doso. llS
was sure that il Davis name was present.
ell in the CAUCUS there would not be, fgu.
ntively speaking, grease spot left OF the
other candidates. lie said that all was
harmonious between Quarter and Mathews
and that the friends OF these
two candidates would combine on
some one else before they would
permit Kenna to receive the caucus nom
inAtiOn. Manning says that Hereford has
no preference, but has advised
his friends to vote for the man Of their
choice. Hereford left for home tonight.
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consented, however, to let CoRn treat him
Mr.. Farley was suffering from inilammA
tory rheumatism, and his legs and RrmE
were swollen 80 that the ankles aud wrist
joints could not be distinguished. Farley
was lifted from his bed to a chair andlCOr.
an rubbed the swollen limbs gently for a
short time. On Saturday morning Farley
experienced no pain-thGswelling had dis.
appeared. lie dressed himself with ease
and walked TO the store. This fact Is thor
Oughly cOrroborated.
On Saturday evening Coran WIS called 10
see William Knox, friend OF Faflay's,
who suffered from sciatic rheumatism, and
who was Obliged ta-HSA cT1tches. Coran
treated him, and on Sunday Knox had dis.
pensed with his CrutChes, and was rs
ninble Us u cricket. Mn. Enest Duiaure,
q resident Of COhOCS, who was confined 10
her bed Tor lime weeks, was cured in three
days by CoHn's laying Oh Of hands, and
on the fourth day she rode TO this city TO
thank her heneiactOr. Many other cases
are cited, and in each instance COran re-
fused pay for his services. This remark
able man is now treating a wealthy Indy
in this city, who was recently stricken with
paralysis. All those who claim to have
been cured in this remarkable manner
express IL perfect willingness 10 make aiii'
davlts 10 the facts should anyone request II.
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Sosr one without the wholesome lear oi
,ru,h before his eyes has given himself up
10 vain imaginings Of interference by the
Lincoln Club in local political movements
Ithas been stated, Tor example, that eau
cus we're held in the Lincoln Club rooms
10 place in the field the excellent Council
ticket nominated by the Second Ward Re-
nublirans The constitution Of the Lincoln
rluh ,rovidcs that "This Club shall not,
as AN organization, endeavor to In
hucuce in any manner tho action
Of anv National, State, County or NUM-
cipal convention, or indicate any prefer.
epcc for any candidate before any cOnven'
,ion,r This provision is respected In spirit
AZ veil rs in letter. As matter OF TACT the
meeting at which certain representative,
nnseltish men oI the Second ward deter
mined, us they had right to do, to support
certain other men for Council, was held In
the ward. There was no infringement oil
anybody's right Everybody.was at liberty
10 support what ticket he pleased. Another
ticket was put in the field and defeated
ono Of the unsuccessful candidates has
taken his defeat with bad grace, and Dem
ocra,ic politicians Of no very high grade
thinking they sRw a rift in the ranks, have
been shedding crocodile tCaS Ger the dis
comG,ure Of this eminent citizen. The
safety Of the good ticket is in the tranSpar
ent device Of the enemy. The regular
REPUBLICAN, ticket will be elected, mo-
because II Is regular Republican, but be
cause It Is a tiBt.claSs ticket and deserves
10 DO elected.
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LAST NIGHTS GERMAN
A. PrHuEhcIm'a TaII-A Very Helcct
Affair

A. PrnnEhcILn'a HRII-A Very Eelcct
Affair.
The German Of 1881 3 gave its third hop
for this season at eFmn9hejms hall last
evening. Each succeeding gathering Of this
society clique appears to bO more enjoyed
than any OF the previous onOp, and las.
evenings german was no exception
to the rule. It WIS very ex.
elusive aGuiS, very few being presen,
outside Of the club and few Indy visitors
in the city. The reason for this was, that
it wRs in the nature OF farewell german
to two Of the prominent NembeiE, who
will shortly retire Iopa time from the mem.
berhip, The dancing began shortly after
eight O'clock and was kept up with un.
abated enjoyment until alter midnight.
At:ten O'Clock the german proper began,
led by Mr. lieoHc Baird, Jr., gracefully
assisted By Miss Annie Hogg, OF CadiS,
Ohio. The iavoB were numerous aud
beautiful. and several OF the figures quite
new. The gentlemen wore the COnyen.
tionNl IUIii dress, while the ladies had
wider scope and used II to advantage, be.
ing even more handsomely dressed than
usual.
A notable feature Of this occasion and
also ot the past moetlnRA oi this club is the
early hour al which they begin and the
correspondingly early hour at which they
close The feature is a very CommepdAble
one, for it does seem to one who Continu.
ally witnesses the ways of society, that
surely greater pleasure eau be obtained
during the houn preceding midnight than
can be had by waiting until ono actually
needs rest heIoTe,heginnlng The music, aA
usual, was furnished by the Opera House
Orchestra aud was all that could have
been desired.
The following arc the RamOS a the ladies
and gentlemen DIeseHt, MlAJes Annie
tio0g, ol 0adiE, ohio; Annie Chambers,
steIbenvillei ClATa Fisher, Laura Harden,
Virginia pendleton, Minnie JunkIns,
SAllie Raymond, Fairmont; Mamie MolIat,
CadiE, O.; Belle ShaGer, Lancaster, O..
Mary Campbell, Bruce, CuRbeSlAnd
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BERLIN, January, l3-Emperor William
at his own instance increased the contribu.
ton from the Imperial fund towards the
relief Of distress by floods, The Emperor
said, in making the increase, that it was
intolerable to him to think oihundreds shiv.
ering from cold and hunger while he was
sitting In a warm room.
Twelve square miles Of territory are sub
merged at Raab, Hungary.
l'ETn, January l2.-The waters are re.
cediug in Upper Hungary. The leave a
fearful devastation. At Raab and Grau
large volume Of water Is held back in the
narrow ROckrick channel constituting
great danger 10 the low lands OF South
Hungary. Thousands Of soldiers and
workmen are employed on the dams.
They are much impetled by frost which,
however, checks the How Of the water Of
the tributaries into the River Theiss.
Twenty.three bodies were found in the
gRrrets Of the houses OF ArVany.
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CAIEo, his, January IA passenger
train on the Wabash lIaiIroad, leaving here
At \. NJ, consisting Of engine, baggage car
and two passenger cars, containing about
forty passengers, mostly Masons returning
home from a meeting held here lust night,
was ditrhed one mile south OF 0lms,cad,
Ills, this morning, throwing the two pass.
enger ears down MI eight foot embAnkment
and setting them on fire, completely dc.
stroyiug them. The accident WAS
caused by broken rail. Nearly all the
passengers were mare or less hurt, two
probably fatally. A silTgeUn was sent from
here OH u special train this morning, and
the wounded provided lOrGt the Olns;ead
Hotel.
The following is IL list OF the wounded:
4. II Holloway, Of Edtyville, Grand Mas.
ter, hurt internally; William EIIwcll, Of
ShAwncctown, hurt in the head, J. u. Cock.
burn, SloneiOrt, shoulder blade and arm
broken; DR.. q. a. Cummings, OF FIanu Hill,
collar bone broken; J. l., and W. 4. Mob.
erly, OF Samoth, Z. 5. Williams, Of New
Cola, J. T, Smith, OF SGmoth, S. J:lAike.
McleAnSbOrO, W. B. ArttsOu, Grand
Chaiu, William Cover and ". ]. Cobbi,t,
Tunnel Hill, were slightly hurt. lIAllO.
way, Blackburn and Cummings are ail 80
seriously hurt that il was impossible to IT.
move them trom Olmstead. The rest OF
the wounded were sent on their way. Mis-.
Frederick kOrsmeycr, Of Cairo, was the
only lady on the train at the time Of the
disaster aud escaped unhurt, and rendered
great assistance to the wounded.
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ST. lOUIs, January l9.-An lrishman
known us drunken Jack Sheehan WAS lock.
ed up yesterday afternoon on n charge Of
having murdered his son James, lad OF
seventeen year,. Ii seems that Shechan
wen, home drunk, Quarreled with his wife,
drove her ont Of doors and is then said by
one Of his little children to have struck his
boy James, who Was lying sick in bed, \
heavy blow on the chest, which shortly at-
terward resulted in death. At all events
the boy died aud the Coroner is now in.
vestiSHling the matter. Sheehan denies
striking his son or having any trouble with
him, OH the contrary he Claims TO have
given him medicine and otherwise treated
him kind
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NV YoRE January l9,-Thc business
failures Of the past seven days, as reported
to R, &. Dun & Co.'S Mercantile Agency,
number 9G9, showing an increase Of IS com.
pared with last week. The geographical dis
tributian Is as follows; Eastern States, 9Si
Western, II; Southern, OOi Middle, 49i
Pacific, "a; Canada, II; New York City, 20.
The principal assignments 10 New York
city, are Kerr 4 Smith, brewers, and yucca
Broihen, fruits. The Others are unimport'
ant. lithe prominent taillresin the country
may be mentioned. WeliSch, Tucson
Arizona; Eddleman 4 Rowe, boots and
shoes, Atlanta, Georgia; Romtree &
Mcclure, Wholesale grocer, San Francisco
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EtuAhN 'h"NNttAk NNNhN A-S"'"
NJ Media. Pa.
PHILADELPHIA, January Fin the Mel
vile hearing to-day at Media, Mis-. Mel
vile WIS called to the stand. The COurt
was crowded in every part, aud at times
during her testimony many Of the spectH
torS were affected to tears. As Mrs. Mel
vile mounted the stand the Judge told her
torelate her story in her own way. Her voice
Ialt,red slightly NsShe began, but she gained
confidence Us she went on and was com
Nparatively composed and possessed. "She
WSN,li years old, she said, "and WIS mar.
ried iIaSSlii, having been engaged TO Mel.
willie froTNSil. After the death Of her tiSt
child she wen5SSpm Bristol, Pa, to Norfolk,
Va, 10 see he~ husband before he
sailed. She met hA on the dock. lie
had cigar in bis mOutf>2nd did not even
Oiler TO kiss her when she Ained him. The
reason he did not come lOniN to see her
WIS because he did not like hHSnoth+r.
lie might have come for he did nOf4ail for
ten months after the outset She dec!AIed
that she never handed Melville Il glGgs1
liquor in her lite, but she would SAY thai
she had taken beer like any lady. When
her oldest daughter WIS born in liris.Ol she
WIS receiving $40 month. At the time
Melville threatened 10 sue for divorce be-
cause she complained that she was not Te.
ceiving enough to support her. llealways
said lie did not love her" "While
We were living in Bristol" she said,
"Alelville came home ono evening as was
getting supper. lie had pistol with him,
which he showed TO me, explaining lis
workings. While was in closet witL
some plates In my hand, heard Il report
and bullet entered the door close TO
where stood. fell and exclaimed My
God, I'm shot. lie said: For Gods sake
don't tell anybody The story he told
about pouring 500 IN gold into my lAp is
false. lie only gave me $50, which he said
was for myself | had no debts pay. hHd
receipts for whisky hill Of 81, but Mel
yillu stole that with the letters tIetoOk from
the house. Then he broke out with pro-
family, (which was reproduced by Mrs,
MELVILLE and started oil 10 sleep in the
pAror."
When Mrs. Melville told OF her being
taken to the insane asylum, men and
women in all parts Of the court ic-m sob.
bed audibly. Mr.. Melville was dry.eyed,
and Mrs. Demorest, his sister, stared stonily
at the Witnesses. when Melville came to
my room on the morning Of the day he
took me to tho asylum" she said, "he
brought two men in with him and ordered
me to get up and dress myself. said dsuIely
you would not ask me to get up before
II 4 Al. -.t.N
When had dressed he put his hands
under the pillow and took out an empty
revolver; then ! was ordered to 20 down
stains and went" Mrs. Melville's descrip'
tons Of the attempt TO separate her from
her children on the occasion Of taking her
to the asylum was very telling and several
ladies s0bbcd loudly. The summing up
will commence OIL Wednesday next
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EIsswnERE is printed an interview with
the lion. J. NJ. Mason, Cf Charlcstown, de-
yeloping novel proposition for the settle
mvnt of the long standing debt question OF
the yirginiaS. The movers in this project
come upon us SO suddenly that we shall
have 1a-take time to think it over. West
Virginia lats always stood ready to pay her
equitable proportion Of the Old Virginia
debt, but the mother State has treated us
with s,ep.mother coolnefs when We have
proposed to come to business. West Viz
yinia will not place herself among the
rpndia,iug States, but she wants to be
treated iArly. when her equitable proper
ton shall have been asceItaiued she will
be found ready to do what m honest
people ought to do. But We mean to make
very sure Of fair settlement.
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Special Dispatch To the intelligence.
FAIRNoXT, January l9.-A terrible trug.
edy was enacted here to-day by Mrs. Ilct,ie
Cunningham, widow of II. NJ. Cunning
ham, and daughter Of a. NJ. lIogyess E.o,.
Of this place, the mother Of two children,
both boys. To-day, about half.past twelve
O'Clock, she left home taking her younger
child, aged about three years, with her,
and going on to the suspension bridge She
threw her child into the Monongaheln
river and then leapcd into the stream her.
sell, a distance OF tiity.two feet.
Several parties, including her father.
were near and witnessed the awful ,cap,
Men in the Marion machine works ru,hr Il
to the river and waidiug in succeeded in
recovering :he bodies, which were m.
parcntly lilcless. The child iloatpd 4
hundred yards or more, and the mother
not quite so far. No sooner had tbs
ladies been recovered than mediral
aid arrived and soon both wcru resuai,at-
ed. They are still living but in a crilicnt
condition. The mother is supposed to he
injured internally. Mrs. Cunningham tx
young, hardly thirty, and prepoSscssing in
manners and appearance. She Is widely
and respectfully connected. 40 cause IL
assigned for the rash net.
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Prstrasted Dry Weather In New Eng
land states Causing Immense Losses.
BosroS, January l2,-The Journal prints
details o! the effects Of the prolonged
droutll in sIaine, New Hampshire and
Vermont. In Manchester, y. H., some
eOOO operators are idle from the mills
shutting down. The product Of the Maine
saw mills Is reduced "OO,0OO,OOO feet.
Rivers are lower than for half a century.
Mills in Penobscot losO over 100000. Rs
tabllshments on KennebeC, AndrOsCoGHin
and Saceare are likewise crippled. lnSouth.
eastern Maine hundreds Oi persons are
compelled to resort 10 snow wafer, and
caItls arc driyen Wiles to ponds and brooks.
The Merrimac Biyer Is lower than ever.
The rrlst mills at Nashua and Great Falls,
betides those at Manchester, are running
on half TO tWo.thirds time, aud the losses
al employers and employees are enormous.
In Vermont the dashboard on the Con.
necticut has been raised two ieet, and still
there Is not water enough to keep all the
mills running on fall time. II Is impossible
10 estimate the aggregate Losses. The RAIN
fall for 1852 Throughout the region Is barley
hall the average. No January thaw,
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WnAr has the Legislature 10 say about
the wool tariff? The proposition oil the
Tariff Commission is neither satisfactory
nor fair to the wool growers Of West Viz
vipia, The commission has removed all
the ud ralorrm duties, ranging from twenty
Uer cent to ten per cent, and retained the
present specific Iuties-this on the wooIs
which come into direct competition with
our own West Virginia product. We see
no reason for the display Oipartisanship in
II matter which means bread and butter
uud progress to the sheep growers
Of West Virginia II the voice oil
our Legislature can avail anything
for the maintenance Of this growing indus
try-des,ined with proper fostering aud
energy to give increasing value to every
hillside in the Sta;e-who will deny to
West Virginia farmers the benefit oi that
good Office? IetG resolution Of instruc-
ton to our Senators, offered Yesterday IN
the House bya Republican Of mountain
ruunty, was laid over under Democratic
objection, to bu served as the civil service
reform resolution WAS served. Alr. Har-
mon u.ay not get his resolution through,
hut he will have the satisfaction oil know
isr TINT he and his friends have aimed at
The right thing.
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DyuOcRATs were busy yesterday trying
10 get out letters patent for an invention
which llight or might not come under the
hs,I of IA useful device. Their aim was to
oct A vood Start ior the idea that Repub'
uublicans are gouging out each others
.,ves over the complimentary vote which
they will pay to Que Of their number when
,b, time comes 70 elect United States
Senatro. 1t will Grieve these able
Democratic SchemeiS beyond meas
ures to know that in spite oi
their pUli,e attentions there is no troubled
water flowing between Republicans No
Republican has so much Ns Expressed 4
desire for the compliment, Hnd no Repub'
lIcau Is trying to keep any other Republic
cans from receiving il, lithere were mOrc
in the nomination-il II were backed by
minority. for cxample-perhaps human
nature would crop out and we should see
several Republican patriots eagerly willing
10 do battle for the prize. but there is a
difference between prize and II compIi'
ment, pud thetc Is n difference between u
minority and Il majority. Republicans are
standing togethe5 now in the hope ol re-
yeninrthe order. When that bright day
shall dawn perhaps We shall be plagued
in turn as our Democratic friends are be-
inc tortured by rivah'ies, icalonScs and
that sort Of thing. But the curtain has not
vet risen on the Republican wrange.
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WHAT are the people OF West Virginia to
understand by the action OF the minority
in the Legislature with respect to civil ser
vice reform? a resolution to approve the
notion Of Congress thrown over day by
objection, and the next day, without argu'
nent, without justification Of any kind by
the sheer force Of Il minority, buried for
ever ION the tubIe'! Every Democrat in
the House voted to table the resolution,
that is to any, put himself on the
record nS opposed to civil service re-
form. Republicans, GreeubAcEen and
Labor men were not afraid declare them
..lvag in favor OF au effort to separate the
buSiness OF the Government from the par
,is,n politics Of the country. But from the
moment that civl! service reform was seen
10 have taken tlrn hold on Congress
Democratic politicians have been doing
what they could inst to weaken the bill
and mex, 10 belittlc the law before it could
vel into operation. This may or may not
be shrewd politics, but it is doubtful
whether the American people will endorse
No N,vra Mt double dealing with 80 obvious
Il purpoSe.
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ABDUCTED ASH RETURNED.


OItbuuttIbus
ST. IorY, January l2.-For some time
81, Louis has been excited over the abduc-
tion Of Miss Harrison. AT 10 O'Clock to-
night tho Pot. .DiSpateh published an extra
which sold like wildhre, as excitement
in the city was great. The extra contained
the following AT . o'clock this evening
Mr., Oliver Garrison called at the office Of
the PoA.Diyatrh to report in person that
Miss Garrison had been found during the
evening, and iS nov rat the house Of her un-
Gle, on Pine street. lie does not think she
suffered any violence at the hands Of her
abductors other than being chloroformed
on saturday last, when the rutlians obtain
ed IOssession OF her pgH0R. That she was
rhloroiormed IL absolutely certain, though
Misa Garrison has quite lost her
mind and memory OF The place OF oc.
currcuce. The Young lady was returned
This afternoon by one OF the rullians
himself who had probably become alarm.
ed at the excitement OF the public mind
and the probabilitypi his own punishment.
The younglaIy 10 Suffering from the chloro'
form, the great previous shock and con-
hnement, hDt is not dangerously III. Two
oi lie rugisnS hAVe already been arrested,
They belong 70 the nataTtoH9 hQodlum
gang Of Car6ndOlVt 'h0odlums.'
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wAsulSOroN, January I9.-In the ex-
ecutive session Of the Senate the subject
under consideration was the treaty with
Mexico recently signed by Secretary Ere
which provides for a re.trial by
a new Commissioner OF the Wiel and la
Alra claims against Mexico from tho COM
mission which made the award upon these
claims by which the Mexican Government
WAS Obliged to pay upon the two claims
acVrpgating S9j0.0O0. Payment was made
in installmentG through the State Depart
ment at Washington. Alter one payment
Ind been made the Mexican Government
protested against any further payments
heipr made on the ground that the claims
we're fraudulent. After investigation the
State Department became satisfied such
was the case and declined to make further
payment until the matter could bc passed
rpon by Congress. In the discuSsion TO-.
,Iay Senators Vest and Morgan defended
tLe former award and opposed the treaty.
which proposes to set It aside. The mat
tor wEll be taken up again in Executive
session,
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having lad placed In his hands By nm Ems, In.
diA missionary the formula Of IL simple yrr,.
table remedy for the speedy md permanent
cure OF Consumption, Bronchitis, Catnrrll.
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung 4 liections'
also a positive and radical cure for Nervous
Debility and Nervous Complaints after hay
Ing tested It's wonderful curative powers In
thousands Of cases, has felt ii his duty To
make II known to his suffering fellows. Ac.
tuaIed by this motive and desire to relieve
human feeling, will spend free Of charge to
all who desire H. this recipe, in German,
French or English, with full directions for
preparing and using Sent by mail by al
dressing with stamp, naming this paper. W.
A. NnYeR 10 POMer,s BLOCK. Rnchesfnr 4 Y