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The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

Mrs. Burnetts novel, "Through One Ad.
will be concluded in the April
CeRtRgy, the last number OF the present vol
ume. The Ctat,rV for May, beginning volume
XXVI., will contain the opening chapters of q
novelette, by Joel Chandler Harris uncle
Remus), "At league Poteet's," TO be com pleted
In the June issue.
The February Century, containing the OPEN
Ing chapters of Mir. Howell's novel, "a Woman's
REASON" is again out OF print, and third
edition is on the press. The March number Is
n 1cO panrintipv
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

Mr.. VAN vooRms, Of New York, In his
speech on the River and HarDor bill, as re'
vlsed and appearing In the Record to-day thus
takes his revenge on Mr. McLane for the mo-
tion Of thai gcniloman TO eXpcl him: " Neither
tho build, zlng Of tho chairman Of the com.
mlttce nor the drivel Of the eentlomln from
Maryland, now in his second childhood, has
disturbed NO. Wash. car. baltimore SHR.
of course, Mr. Voorhis said nothing Of
that kind on the floor of the House. He
didn't dare to. And in sneaking it
into the Record as he did he is
simply playing the coward by saying
that behind gentleman's back that he is
afraid to say to his face.
It's a good thing for decorum and deceucy
in the House that Mr. Van Voorhis has
been ignominiously retired from public life
by his disgusted constituents.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05
Planned out Badly For His Pay
masters.

INUNIT W UTIUs
Rerdell, the former secretary Of Senator
Dorsey, who has turned states evidence,
is now being cross-examined by Colonel In
gersOll, and does not pan out 80 well as was
expected. He is contradictory and unsatis-
factory, and judging from tho reports sent by
telegraph, the weight of his testimony with
the Jury Will be considerably weakened.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

SENATOR AErHoNYs amendment directing
the Public Printer to employ workmon at the
market rates should become a law. "A we un.
derstand 1t, the Government Printing once is
practically In the hands of the Washington
typographical Union, which sets up an aris.
tocracy Of extra high prices, while their fell
low type.s eters in other cities, as good or bet.
ter workmen than they, have to take tho
market rates. This is not only unjust to them
but 10 the Goyernment.-Iaiia aiiaSdl0iis NepS.
The Ncirs is a paper that combines great
ignorance, with lofty pretensions to superior
knowledge. 1t assumes to set up standard
for everything and everybody, and to be
more viituous than its neighbors The old
story about the monkey and the pole fits the
Ncics as though it had been originated to de-
scribe that paper.
The animus of the NelrS will be better
understood when it is explained that its
proprietor is the son-in-law of the late Mr..
Defrees, and that he the p. 1.-THE NJ has
never ceased to resent his father-in-law's
displacement by the present Public Printer.
However, motives aside, the criticism of
the NeWs is offensive by its misstatement of
fact. The Typographical Union does not
set up an aristocracy of extra high
prices " in the Government Printing Office,
and any one but bowling idiot
knows it. The prices paid in
that Office arc fixed by Congress, not by
the Typographical Union, nor yet by the
Public Printer. The prices are somewhat
higher than in private offices in this and
other cities, these latter prices being fixed
by the Typographical Union in conjunction
with employers. The prices at the Govern
ment Printing Office are higher, because
the work is not steady while work is to be
had and because, mainly, work is to be had
only during part of the year. These are
reasons which commend themselves to all
just and reasonable men, though we sup
pose they have no effect on such offensive
humbugs as the Ners.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05
The WhirIigig.


CINCINNATI Enquirer.
Tho President is giving great many din.
ners this year, but we do not notice Mr.. Dorseys
name among the guests. II was not always
so. Time was when the best part Of the chicken
was not too good for Dorsey.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

THOUGH the sins of the House of Repre-
sentatives Of the Forty-sevcnth Congress be
as numerous as the sands Of the sea, its re-
fusal to pass the Whisky Bonded bill atones
for than, oil
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

JAY GouLD's magnificent new yacht is
approaching completion. The money spent
on it would relieve the wants aud suffer
ipgs of thousands of people made homeless
by the recent and existing floods of the
Western rivers
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

AT about half-past 8 o'clock Sunday
morning Mr.. Van voorhis remarked, apro-
pos of nothing, that "the River and Har-
Dor bill has had the stuffing knocked out Of
it," This elegant phrase describes Mr.. Van
Voorbis' political condition exactly.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

THE prediction of THE CRITIC that
tariff bill, agreed on in a Conference Com
mittee of the two Houses, would be passed
by Congress on the Sd day of March, was
verified almost to the very letter and hour.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

The River and Harbor bill passed Con-
gress to-day March ~, if it passed at all.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05
"Alderney Dairy wagons,

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every morn.
ing and delivered in y ID "Ward" prints, soc.
per ID. Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk
and sweet milk, &c per at. Cream 15c, per pint.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

ALL THE regular appropriation bills were
passed and there will be no extra session,
not even an executive session of the Senate.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

An elephant killed dog the other day
in winter quarters and the Snowman got
quarter-column deadhead puff in a lot of
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

If the back taxes OF the street railways
were paid up the District would be good
deal richer.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

1T is cheering to man jammed up in
the front of Metropolitan (F) Street Rail
way car to be able to read, in the intervals
not occupied in passing up tickets, the fol-
lowing placard:
Drivers must not allow theircars to
BECOME CROWDED.
When the car is full the driver
MUST NoT STOP TO TAKE UP PASSENGERS,
But refer them politely to the next car.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

WHO is there left to mourn for Logan
now that he has shown the white feather?
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

WILL the able editor of the able organ
please tell us at what hour Congress met
to-day.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05
The wood They're Made Of.

Philadelphia News.
Philadelphia man says that II absinthe Is
made Of worm wood, whisky must be made OF
snake timber.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

THAT Court of Inquiry to investigate
General Hazen could be ordered now as well
as later.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

WHEN did the Forty-seventh Congress
expire on the Ith or 9Th ?
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05
Mixed Badly.
Literary Notes.

Mr.. Rerdell, as an informer, does not pan
out very we'll. He is evidently getting mixed.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

WHrcH went over to the other, Cameron
to Brewster or Brewster to Cameron?
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

WE TRUST that Don Cameron's toothache
is better.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

The report of the House commlttee ap-
pointed to investigate John Bailey aud the
gas company brought in a caleimining re-
port on the last day Of the session. The
committee was made up in violation Of par
liamentary rules and for tho sole purpose of
whitewashing Bailey and the gas company.
Neither Klotz nor Murcb, who had made
the charges, was put ON the committee
The whole investigation was a sham and a
fraud, and the report was a disgrace to
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

MAN is the only animal who degrades him
self. There are no drunkards, no gluttons, on
the earth except among men. Animals seldom
overstep or break the laws, while men break
the laws by Wholesale The diseases from
which animals suffer do not come from eX-
cesses. Man Is at war with himself every
where and always. Henry Ward Beechor.
Any one who ever saw u foundered horse
or a colicky COW can tell Henry Ward that
his assertion is nonsense very common
nonsense among teachers and preachers, but
still nonsense.
J. WARREN KETFER Speaker, has kicked
his last kick and pounded his last pound.
Whether any of the other candidates for
Speaker in 1881 would nave done better
than he it is now idle to conjecture. None
of them could have done worse, excepting
Frank Hiscoek, who is, if there's any
difference, weaker brother than j. Warren
X. If the Republicans ever get control of
the House of Representatives again their
experience of the past two years should
teach them to put strong man in the
Chair.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

AN enthusiastic'W electrician pro-
poses to kill cattle and condemned muir
derers by using an electrical apparatus
with strong current. The current, of
course, would be simply an artificial light
ming stroke, and it is perfectly safe to pre-
dict that, should such an instrument come
into use, the number of sudden deaths -
among hangmen and butchers would be
almost as great as among their subjects.
Lightning, either natural or artificial, Is q
dangerous thing to fool with.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

LET us see, what bills did Congress pass
to-day 2
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

THE nomination of Mr.. Edmonds as Dis
trict Commissioner was promptly confirmed
by the Senate, This is as 1t should be, Mr..
Edmonds will find in his new position
large field for the exercise of all his talents
and energy. There are many abuses, some
large, more small, that need correction, and
he, combining the experience of business
man and the technical knowledge and
methods of a lawyer with the tact of
cultured man Of the world, ought to be able
TO solve the difficulties of our anomalous
local government more readily tnan any
Commissioner we have yet had
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

THERE is great outcry in the city of
New York against the high rents of dwell
ing-houses and flats in apartment-houses.
The rents of these latter vary from 81, 800
to $4,000, according to the number of al
legged rooms in the fats. Dwclling-ho
in fashionable localities, near Fifth Avenue,
rent, unfunished, at about $4,000; and
furnished, at about $4,000 Offices in
eligible business houses fetch about Sl
square foot, and the erection of new build
ings appears to increase rather than de-
crease prices. Vive la New York
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

Bon.TA1L CARS are fraud.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-05

Monday, March 5. 1888.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09

dor on small. plain dressing table, aud in
the center Of the room q small round stand,
supporting large Bible, was covered with
Q cloth Of crimson velvet handsomely en-
broidered in gold, with Q gold fringe. To
zee such objects in the midst Of such sur
roundings vas like coming across blaze
OF the richest rubies lying about loose in .
peasant cottage.
These were all presents from different
kind friends"
Abroad, presume%
"So, here"
And il was after seeing this bed cover
that Capt Williams said he 'thought" he
had seen bed in the corner. Mr.. Morse
did not say, but Ii was manifest that such
presents must have been tributes of graft.
tude. On my remarking on the gorgeous
costliness Of the bed cover. he said: "Yes,
II must have cost seven or eight hundred
dollars. And all for me to sleep warm
under" He must have Q great power OF
awakening enthusiasm in friends. An inti-
mate of his afterward said to me that his
special impressive quality was his grand
simplicity" and that no outsiders could
have an idea his generosity.
He showed me number Of other minor
presents, one q white silk handkerchief,
with his name copied in embroidery from
his signature in Arabic, and another with
his autograph signature in our characters.
parted from him with the conviction that
j bad seen q very extraordinary man, OF
whom our police captains cod Judges, and
especially the authorities who have started
the mad-dog cry against him, have not the
remotest glimmer Of q comprehension.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09
STAR ROUTE CIRCUS.

Counsel CRlIIRg One Another Idiots.
WAsHINGTov, March S.-After recess, al
though the Court assured Wilson that
Sweeney had brought in enough papers to
last week, he insisted on his right to be
be allowed access to others. The old wound
was re-Opened, and counsel had lively
tilt. Merrick characterized the demand as
ridiculous, and declared that every chance
had been offered the defense, AMI when
Wilson persisted in his demand, he ex-
claimed: IL don't think you are sane on il,
so help me God"
Il think you are crazy, retorted Wilson.
The cOurt-Mr. MerTick, you ought not
talk to q crazy man in that way. Laugh
ter
Wilson, bitterly-I suppose the court is
endorsing what Merrick said.
Merrick, with mock grayity-fOur honor
should not say that
The court-Of course it was only q jest.
resuming his theory that you are crazy, l
said he ought not talk to you in that way.
WilsOn-lt is not the first time the court
has talked to me in an unkind way.
The cOurt-It did make a mistake be-
cause Of your incapacity OF apnreciahng a
lest. Merrick was getting too warm and
thought to call him off.
Merrick attempted to interpose, but Will
son turned angrily, and shaking mis- nnger
at him. exclaimed, II know the methods
OF this prosecution. know l have had
spy of the prosecution sitting behind me
for weeks"
Bliss-So far as the prosecution know,
that is not true.
The Court-Mr. Wilson. il you will al
low another joke, will say that you are
all spies upon one another. 1t is the busi-
ness of counsel TO find out what they can
Of the plans of the other side.
wilson, will not allow any man TO spy
on me, if know it, and l will never On
another man.
Merrick, laughing-Tve plenty behind
me now.
The examination into the papers was
then resumed. When it had proceeded
some time the Court interrupted, saying
il failed to see the pertinency Of the offer
ed evidence (the papers). The Court decid-
ed to let in the evidence in order to save
time and to shorten the trial, so as to bring
il within the compass OF an average hte-
time. So sgsin the examination was re-
sUmed and continued until adjournment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09
CAPTURED CREEKS
Nine Lodges Taken-Iudfans TO be
Sent Across the Border.

Nine Lodges Taken-Indfans 10 be
Sent Across the Border.
ST. PAUL March photographic advices
have been received at the department
headquarters from Capt. o. B. Reid,
Eleventh Infantary, in command at Camp
Poplar River, Montana, to the effect that
on March the scout Culbertson reported
from Timber Creek the capture OF nine
lodges of reek Indians belonging to Big
Bears camp, and which he said he would
hold until the troops could be sent to his
assistance. The Indians state there were
80 lodges OF Creeks camped at the big bend
of the Milk River II days ago, but de-
tachment from Fort Assiniboine drove
them away, and the nine which are in Tim
Der Creek separated from the others and
came toward the Missouri river. The re-
naming 81 lodges did not move a great
distance from the big bend because OF the
deep snow, snd in spite OF the shake up
given them BY the troops from Fort ASSN.
boipe. are reported 10 be still this side OF
the line. Culbertson also reports finding
the bodies of two white men frozen to death
in their lodges about 25 miles from Timber
Creek.
A mounted detachment has been sent
from Poplar river to Culbertson's camp to
bring in the captured Greeks, and in reply
to Capt. Reid's request for instruction or
ders have been issued by Gen. Terry to send
the Indians across the boundary line into
the British possessions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09
TO JOHNNY BULL.
weeden VIII Challenge the Light.
Weight champion of England,

PITTSBURGH, March S.-Jimmy Weeden
was found at his place on Penn avenue,
last night, arranging to give lessons to
class of twelve young men in the art OF
self. defense.
"You did not meet Savage last night"
mo, paid no attention to him. He is
a clever young fellow, but don't want to
fight, All the way would fight such q
fellow would be if he should insult me on
the street or in my house. Then I'm
ready in q moments notice. do not
want to again make myself liable for
term in the penitentiary. l
will fight any responsible man OF my
weight, $50 pounds, in the world. l do not
want to fight for prize, for l can make a
decent living in an honest way. Gould
fight be arranged to come within the law
so as to preclude the possibility OF impris-
oument, am ready To enter the ring with
any man. nv last fight put me behind the
bars for 20 days, with nothing but luck TO
keep me from going up for ten years. No
matter how well you may be backed, or
who may stick to you during your trial,
they all desert you when you pass under
sentence.
Savage was q good friend of mine, and
always considred shim q good light boxer,
but he has no staying qualities, and beside
he is not hard hitter. He must have been
drunk when he was influenced to challenge
me. Ed Freeley wants to fight him on
personal matter, and Savage avoids him.
Williams, the barkeeper next door, is anx.
ious to fight either him or his. brother, and
cannot see them"
1T is reported that you will go to Eng
land soon. Has your visit any significance
to the sporting world?"
1t may have. l will send ahead of me
a challenge to fight or box any lightweight
man in England. The laws there are not
so severe as they are here. | am anxious
to test a science or self-defense which is
peculiarly my own. No one else ever used
it."
What do you think of Sade?"
mo man in the world can lick John Sui
livan. Slade nor no other man can be so
quick that he can hit him and receive no
punishment in return. Sullivan has al
ways pushed the fight. Now just let him
be pitted against some one who will punish
him and think he is capable of the finest
defense ever seen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09
WASHINGTON.
The Hornets Nest that Ksi'sr
Stirred Up.
The Revenue Sham-Paying War Taxes in
Times Of Peaee-The Rebate on
Tobaceo-Star Route
Sparing.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES
Speeial pispateh 70 he Register.

N,yNtt%tS Lftek'ttstft ~ ltc LaSytstcJ
WASHINGTON, March S'-Ex-Speaksr
Keifer is having fine opportunity to prove
the truthfulneSs of the statement attributed
to him declaring that he did not care a.
- for the press. From every quarter
come fusillades OF censure, while none even
of the tsmest terms OF cold courtesy that q
long suffering people could heap as Goals
of fire upon the head of one who has held
high place, seem to be extended to him
in his retirement. Keifer's acts are not
such as are misconstrued by the generation
in which the actor lives and approved by
the sober thoughts Of the men farther re-
moved from the scene, but they are 90 pal
psbly wrong that time will only add to
their monstronsity and the wonder will
grow that an age like this could suffer
such man to hold so important place.
The Internal Revenue sham.
The receipts from internal revenue for
the last fiscal year aggregated Sl44, ,523, ,273,
being about s11, ,29S, ,36l over the year 1881.
The receipts up to the present time show
sn increase in the aggregate above 1928.
These taxes were imposed in time of war
Tor the preservation Of the Union. 1t was
the third instance in the history Of the
Government that excise duties were levied
The other two occasions were during the
Revolutionary war and in the war of 1872
But soon after the declaration of peace in
both cases, these taxes re abolished as
wholly unsuited to the changed conditions.
Eighteen years have passed away since the
close of the rebellion. Yet these war levieS
have continued, without serious attempt
to repeal them, in the face of an overflow
ing Treasury and the repeated recon-
mendstiOns of the President and Sec
tary of the Treasury to cut them off.
1t is estimated that the recent act will
reduce the revenue from this source about
forty millions of dollars, leaving still one
hundred and FIVE or six millions to be col-
lected, for which there is no pretense of
necessity. The banks, the proprietors Of
patent medicines, perfuEery, cosmetics
and tobacco are the benefciaries of the
changes.
1t costs over five millions year to col
lect these taxes, and there is q standing
army of four thousand otiice-holders, most
Of whom render partisan service, Not one
Of these Ofice-holders is disturbed, and
the cost Of collection goes on just as if
there had been no reduction at all. In
other words, the persons best able to pay
the taxes are relieved, while the general
taXatiOn which has so long burdened the
people for the support of the atrocious
SYSTEM is maintained under the name Of
pretended reduction.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09
BURNING HIM UP.
How m Uafaithfsl Chiaess wife 0ss
Rid Of HeP HosbanA.

Rt0 O1 heR HosooDo.
ST. LOUIS, March S.-Hon John A. Hold
erman, United States minister In Bangkok.
Siam, sends 70 friends . letter containing
the following account Of murder happen
ing there:
ION the morning OF the 9th OF December
q Chinese sailor, named All Lin, Was mur.
dered by his wife 10 most horrible man.
ner. Il tsppesrs that the wife Of the muf-
dersd man did not like her husband. and
during his frequent absences st 80 she
u cd 10 admit Q number OF lovers at various
times. On the evening of the 28th the muir.
dered man left his house 70 Join bis vessel.
srsp' citing the infdslity Of his wife,
of two and three N the morning. and
found his wife In bed with one Of her lov.
ers, who quickly made bis escape. The
wife eventually sppeased her husband's
wrath. and supplying him with plenty of
~mshoo. and making him drunk. When
he lay down and vent 70 slssp, hls wiSe
saturated the bed with ksroesne oil au1
poured lot over him. She then sst hfs
to the bed and made her escape. The usea
was rescued By bis nsishbon Aftss having
been horribly burnt He rallied liuls,
but succumbed TO bis injuries on the 3st6
Of December The murdsrsss vss caught
on the 18th and taken 70 The Hslfaaek
Yamen, where she will be tried, sod u
found guilty, probably the second sct u
horrible trsgedy win TAKE plsos. Aooeed-'
irg TO CniDsss laws the wife Who murdsp
her husband is 10 Be Hsyed sllks, the pes.
isbmsnt sometimes lasting two OF thrse
dsys. - the executionsry are very coeo(ol'
not to touch vital part"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-09
Nh0ther Prime Ri,h,

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In ~. aH n arney have forfeit Of 40 nafrs W
s,con s S.hgaL They will meet y 81 issue sue
10 n, IN. f''th avenue. an satpri,x :" a,,o punn
lie ,s.ni, terms and dates, TLs J'Hs So, .
cvsrsr"' cvt "' 'eud which has Ias,s5 % :
Cor,,;o!' !'ar They have fougbt a. r@SSsI 10y !oS
rsI Sn. IN Tact almost eysrv t;L,S Se.sl4L .
f,ns, ~, nsve never had satisfaction ,oN,s snTs
hey ne, ,Hays interfering Two wasl,s sV,ne .ie
follow. ill ~ at ball and the invs,isSIs iSsSaSo s.S.
i,Sip, ~ They were pTevepts5 'Iocs foo.I nsns go
sIRibi,ion "a 'arnes: Harris pistPR,sp tP,opGse : 20 70
sooD,lonn,lIn s,l"n N Dunn's place. He He !, Is or On
lie /, :. T,Sa.dered snd weighs isS no,n ,o as.'
s;riI,I 'TSsrtully built and 'T0 Io,e pounds; S;
short.r,Diai's aus opponent, Pat Ees+D.I, s nAfd :;
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EOiI - :, N.oorbead's mill I WbiS. Is Pud,
Cos = h'hs, the man Who sn ssoI9.d ,R s'aln, I'M
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tsl.s G s'nr lts city. Tle On IoG,, sUms oi tie bill
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