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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-17
HuBt the Unfortunate Wen.

Losing his way, he did not reach them
TILL next morning, when the wounded
man was found dead. They were taken
to the fort and buried. This happened
the 10th of July, lSS2. Soldiers started
again for Fimck. Tracking him, they at
last came upon him at Dsnnison, Tex ~,
where they found him at the depot.
The moment F'inck SAW the soldiers he
drew his pistols and began a running
fire, but was soon captured. Being
brought back, he was turned over to the
United States Marshal and iucarcerated
in the Jail at this place. AS was eX-
pecttd by many, Finck, when asked
by the judge if he had anything to say
why sentence of death should not be
passed upon him, arose, calm and col
iecttd, aud said in distinct and rather
musical Ynirn.
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LAST PLEA IN COURT.
The Strange Scene at tho Death
Sentence of an 0Ct0roon.
AFTER COMMITTING TWO MURDERS
Ard Living as Fugitive for Months, A
Desperate is Captured, Tried
and Condemned to Death.
AFTER COMMITTING TWO MURDERS

Fort SMITH, ARK, May 16.-Iu the
Criminal Court of this county death
sentence has been passed upon three
men. Martin Joseph, a negro, who
killed two men after an attack upon
the wife of one of them; Tu-al-is-to, an
Indian, and William H. Finck. They
were sentenced to be hanged on the
18th of June. Finck is an octoroon,
with decided Italian features, and a
man of unusual intelligence. He is
quite a musician, and his confinement
in Jail has kept his fellow-prisoners
amused with feats on the guitar, also
with good vocal music. His father is a
preacher in the A. NJ. +. Church, and
lives in Georgia. They are well-to-do,
and are highly respected by all his peo-
pie. Finck evidently has had good
rearing, having perhaps breathed the
atmOSphere of
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East Liberty,

EAST LIBERTY. May .-Cattle-Receipts
$50 head. Market slow; prime 81 1895 30;
fair to good S. 75@6 %; common 41395c.
Hogs-Receipts j15 head. Market &C.
tive; Philadelphias s. 7097 30; Workers
81 40G7 60.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head. Market
far; prime IS 25d5 so; fair to good 81 50
5 co; common > .M3c.
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CLAREMoST STOCK YARDS.

Arriv al, of live stock at Claremont stock
yards vi a 1.al timore and Ohio railroad for
The week ended May l3-S2 cars containing
G.E cattle, 1886 hogs 3, PSI sheep and lambs,
- calves, l52 horses and 81 mules.
Shipments to Europe, New York, Phila.
Eel phia. &C.: GOO cattle, 1862 sheep and
leEbs, q calves, hogs, and - horses.
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PlOns HousehOlil.

He went to Fort Sill, where he b.
came q barber. This not paying, he
stole horse belonging to the post and
rode 10 Texas. Soldiers were sent in
pursuit, who found him in GAINESVILLE.
The arresting party consisted of Wash
Grimkey, Bush Johnson and John Me-
Carly. They started back with their
prisoner. One day, while stopping at
moon" Finek watched his chance,
and, securing a gun, dispatched two Of
the men, took the best horse, two pistols
and gun, and left McCarty to tell the
sad tale. McCarty, after retreating,
came back and found one OF the men
still alive. Not being able to do any
thing, he started for the fort, which he
reached in the night, and getting help
returned to
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-17

health ed AVOID sickness.
I..5t.ai 0! feeling tired and
torn out. instead of aches
md pains. wouldn't you
rather feel fresh and Strong9
Ycu can continue feeling
miserable and good for no.
thing. and no one but yoIr-
self can find fault, but if you
arc tired Of that kind oflife, ,
YOU Gun change it if you
choose.
How ? BY letting one
bottle Of BRoy lKON BIT
Ta&s. and takin. trcgularly
..cord,ng 10 dn ctions.
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Toledo.

tl9 12K. whisky-At 81 IS Butter
Unchanged.
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Mock Theme of PathOs.


No description can touch all the sorrow
ful tenderness which death in me ex-
cites, now become so tragic and so Bit
ter. o! ignOminy! thou art better to
me than the gall which Socrates drank.
Ii is not death fear-it is the form of
death-its ignominy and the shame of
the gallOws. Under my present circum-
stances can but fill my mind with the
gloomy images of death, and TO torment
the present by appreheaSiOns of the fu-
ture.
But religion does not couutenance
any such morbid anxiety. She comes
bearing in her hands she flowers OF
hope, and, like the angel which she is,
whispered Of the crucitied Christ: 'tHe
il risen.n The star of hope that first
banned upon men like me shone from
the murderer's dying faith, as he hung
upon the cross, champion in death
with Christ, and that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-17

INOk SALE 4 BELMONT FRUIT FAHA
II and Garden, situated In Belmont c0uu.
~. Ohio. sis miles from wheeling, one mile
from the CsdiE pike aud one mile nom Bar
tanning an eleven acres Of good land, under
high state Of cultivation, with good build.
ings aud a choice variety OF fruit Church.
school. ply stefan . ON &C, store and posioinoe
with daily mail within = mile. For further
particulars call on or nddess WV. ii. C0PG,
bon T. o., Ils lmont rounty,O. hpiSirb
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Philadelphia.

PHILApELPHtA, May l4.-Cattle-M Market
fair; receipts 100; sales of prime at
81. @Gli cents; good 6H@6's cents; med
ium Ga6A cents ana common at 5]3G5Is
c. hts, fat cows at 4@5H cents per pound.
Sheep-ACtive; receipts 10000; sales OF
wool sheep at Sal cents; and clipped at
sac cents per pound. Spring lambs at S@
81 per head. Hog market active; receipts
> coo; sales OF prime at l0is@ll cents, good
lO;5@lOA cents, medium lU1.0l0H cents,
common country l0@l015 cents per pound.
Calves Gas cents per pound.
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with Tears and Blood,

farewell, and to my enemies farewell.
Times brief work in the face of eterni-
~, q ray Of celestial joy falls upon me
and takes away every fear, and l now
know how easy it is to die.
Thus ended the most singular plea
ever made by any prisoner at this court.
The effect on the Judge and enemies
was marked. The prisoner was i'm.
FASHIONED in his utterauce, and was
ricre than ever pathetic and touching.
Ike Judge then in feeling manner
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-17

MONDAY, May IL.
Cttae ave sold at these HyWes lire nstgat.
cf-nf generally Oh rum Hire nef9h. Sheep Iie
sUyd gross, that is hpe lpesDht, or nothing OIL
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same Star OF Hope

scatters its rays in my heart. Yet l
Rnd it hard to Danish the dread events
from ME. Yet why's have always
been honest. and stand guiltless to-day
of tine crimes for which am about TO
be sentenced. stand here and boldly
saw, and with clear conscience, that /
did not kill those two men If speak
falsely, miserable or happy souls, who
ever you are, make your appearance
upon the threshold Of this room and cry
out, Thou liestw And to you [address-
ing the Judge1 whose duty il is to be
tender as we'll as just. ask all clenency
you can give. And now, farewell earth,
made wet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-17

New YORK, May TO- Beeves- Receipts
2,5U0 head oxen; prices fully 81 90 per
head higher; extremes S. Soar 81 per cwt
live weight; general sales at ST soar 10, in
GLIDING distilery fed steers at 81 72@7 90;
exporters used l2j carloads; shipments 2jO
live cattle and 500 live sheep.
Sheep-ReceiptsG c, 200 head; brisk trade
and firm prices; clipped sheep S. 5096 60
per cwt.; 2 carloads clipped Texas stock at
including / carload Kentucky lambs sold
at 50 IS.
Hogs-Receipts 5,4OO head market tirmer
for live hogs at s. so per cwt.
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ron 0ALG,

NOR sALE-THE STOCK AND GOOD
II VIII Of . well equipped job prinuns
Once In this city or whl ell naisrial In iSu
to suit. For further particulars enquire VI ":
J. Corbett, agent atsundAy Lsateromce. ooI
NOR SALE-A fIRsT.C'.ASS BRICK
II dwelling OF 10 rooms, situated on How
ard ST. eel, In KiIkwood. Terms TO suit Pur.
chaser. Inquire OF james duncan, Oxlsosy
Block. bridgeport, Ohio. mHn
An EXCELLENr oPPURfukry-A
"A hut-claas drug busineo., osesollshoi shts
last twenty rve years. is nov odtred on
liberal terms. Satisfactory Vaeons TOR ell.
ing will b. given Parties viii AddrsS In FER.
non or by mail. Z. A. Schaefer q Co. Real
Estate Agents. Telephone CAS mrSh
LH,R sALE-FuLroN HOUSE, OLE or
Il u e best stands In tho county for saloon
or butcher khof. Situated on the NAtienA
bike, In the town OF Fulton. now ocsu pied
by Laurence Heller ~ Aalosn.
fun pArticul AIT Dy tdressiuG
ZANE & 81 NLSAKER,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents, IS Twelfth
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CHICAGO, May lS.-The Drovers' Jour
nal reports: Hogs-Receipts 1000 head {;
shipments 1900 head. Market weak, slow
and 10 cents lower; mixed s. %; heavy
81 IS; light ST. 9Otg7 80; skips s. 90.
Cattle-Receipts $500 head; shipments
. 100 head. Market fair and moderately &C
tive; prices steady aud weak export Sc q
at 60; good to choice shipping S. 9o@G %
common to fair s. 30(95 50.
SLeep-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
200 head. Business slow and easier; prices
steady: common to fair 81 OOgi 90; good
s. -; choice s. 30.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
PERSONAL AND LrTERaRy.

President Arthur paws taxes In New
~ Y. Times.
1t is said that Henry Ward Beecher
netted $4,000 by his recent lecturing
tour.-Brooklyn Eagle.
M. Worth. the Partisan fasb;on
king, is fifty-five years old, fat. pleasant-
looking and very bald-headed.
Miss Chamberlain, the famous
beauty who has been the social sensa-
ton In England for couple of wears.
has returned to her Cleveland home
Clereiand Leader.
John L. Stoddard. the lect,,rs,
upon European travel, who began his
course In the Brooklyn Academy the
other night, receives $22, 900 wear sal
airy and all his expenses from his mana
gers.-M Y San.
Mrs. Reynolds, daughter of FL.
mira's millionaire, DR.. Eldridpe. has
created sensation there by sending
her husband adrift because he was
spending the $4,000. 900 she had Inherit
cal, foolishly.-Bufalo On W Express.
Rev. H. Root, bank President at
Valley City. Dakota, sued the Times of
that place for $1,000 damages for
charging him with perjury, embezzle-
ment and stealing Sunday-school cop
pers. The jury awarded him six cents.
Detroit Post.
Bill Nye, the Western humorist. has
resigned the postmastership he held in
Laramie City, as well as his connection
with the Boomerang. He has concluded
to publish book to be called "Baled
Hay" He thinks the title an improve
ment upon Walt Whitman's Leaves OF
Grass. - Chicago Journal.
Rosa Bonheur is sixty-one wears
old, but is said to be full of energy and
in excellent health. In conversation
with Young artist not long ago she
said: MY dear, you can't afford to ig-
more the opinion of the world, even in
small things. If you do, you are sure
to suffer. 1t doesn't pay to be eccen.
trio, even if your eccentricity helps you
along in your studies. You must re.
member that all studies are means to
an end, and you are to sacrifice nothing
nothing whatever, that can defeat oil
hinder that end.-M. Y. Graphic.
The editor of the Christian Com.
n1OnWedlth, being asked if it is right fol-
Christians to read novels, answers al
follows: eve do not see any more
wrong in reading novel than in read
ing anything else, provided that novel
is worth reading at all. Truth may bt
set forth in fiction in very forciblt
way. The parallels of the New Tesla
ment are for. the most part doubtless
constructed with imaginary characters
but they are for the purpose of teaching
some important truth. When move
does the same thing it may be read will
profit. Still, we do not recommend the
reading of novels where the tendency il
to destroy the taste for more substan
tial reading"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
HUMOROUS.

One thousand dollars in gold weighs
four pounds. That is why so many
newspaper men are round-shouldered.-
Chicago Telegram.
Darwin says that the monkey can
blush. He certainly ought to when he
sees the way his descendants are cut
ting Harrington Free Press.
"A case is on record where barber
and his victim were both happy. The
former talked on without interruption,
and the latter was deaf.-N. y Mail.
Offended: Il did not think my cousin
would have taken offense - said Mrs.
Ramsbotham, "but to my surprise he
retired in high gudgeon. London
Puncb.
-"Oh," blushingly said the young
tons by friend, Pm not engaged
yet but and she blushed more
deeply expect to be by next week"
The congratulations held Overlooked
Citizen.
"A colored girl was heard the other
day to remark confdentially to a
friend: "Yes'm, l done write to my
gemman frien' dat de next time / set de
day fur de ceremony it'll have to come
off: an he knows Is in earnest, for
put it in parenthesis. - Chicago Irib-
une.
OF the rich newspaper men, James
Gordon Bennett Iuns two yachts and
four-in-hands; Robert Bonner is the
owner of one hundred and seventy
horses; Charles A. Dana keeps Pull
-,
q foundation for a barn. -MdrI6orO
Times.
-"Begorrar' said an inebriated Hi
bernian, the other day, as he saw q
Chinaman's head sticking out of coal
hole in the pavement, ''phat do thin
havthin divils care for traffic, at all,
at all. whin they've dug a tunnel clane
through. so they have?"-Sdn Fran
cisco l'oSt.
John Gyumber, the famous Hun
garian sleeper, was married few days
ago. From which il may be inferred
that John has not yet got his eyes open;
but married life will open them for him,
and keep him awake, If anything will.
AS the poet would say: mot another
long slumber TO- John Gyumber. -
NoTriStoDn Herald.
Papa, can't l 90 to the store and
get me new dress?" ''Why, child,
you have got plenty of good dresses.
Eyes, papa, but they are out of style"
Nonsense, girl. the trees always come
out in the same style every spring, don't
lhey?" "Yes. papa, and they always
look green, too" ''All right, 60 to
the store and get a dress. '-Boston
Post.
You certainly play very WE'LL"
said the music-teacher, encOuragingly,
"but you have not had good instruc-
ton. If you will promise to practice
four hours daily will make an artist of
you in two years, and only charge you
my regular rates. By the way. where
do you live?" Next door; Just got
lodgings there" '.Oh! ali! yes-I for
got to say that your lingering is bad.
and il is now too late to correct it.
Take my advice and give up music al
together. ~ Chicago Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Always separate sick animals from
he othcrs.-M y. Herald.
1t is thought that farmers have seen
The worst of the potato bug.
Pumpkins are good food for mich
COWS, but are of little value as fat-pro-
ulcers.
If YOU see toad by the wayside
carry him home and put him into ,snur
garden. He will kill the bugs, says an
exchange. Wait till next season now.
"A reasonable application of wood
ashes is very beneficial in garden.
But it is comparatively an easy matter
to make the application too strong,
especially if the ashes are unleached.-
Farm and Garden.
Minute Pudding: One quart of milk.
salt, two eggs, about pint of -four.
Beat the eggs well; add the flour. and
enough milk to make it smooth. But
ter the saucepan, and put in the re-
mainder of the milk well salted; wher
1t boiis stir in the flour, eggs, etc.,
lightly, let it cook well. 1t should be
of the consistency of thick corn mush.
Serve Immediately with the following
simple sauce, viz: Milk sweetened to
taste and favored with grated nutmeg.
Detroit Post.
An experienced gardener, of Indi.
ana, according to the Farmers Adro.
cate, is of opinion that very few per.
sons who plant currant cuttings do il
at the right season of the year. 1t is
usually done in the spring, when in fact
it should be done in the fall. He says;
81 have had good deal of experience
in preparing cuttings. l always plant
my currant cuttings in the fall as soor
as the leaves fall off. They will make
durable roots two to four inches long
the same fall, while the buds remain
dormant. They will make double the
growth the next season if set in the
fall, that they will if not set in til
| sDrinp
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
Boy and Man.

Many years ago poor shepherd-boy,
clad in an old plaid mantle, went into q
bookstore in Edinburgh and asked for
a secondhand Greek Testament. being
unable to buy a new one. The book
seller having handed him one, the boy
asked the price.
For whom do you want it?" asked
the bookseller.
"For myself" answered the boy.
Scan you read Creek"
Yes. SIR" modestly replied the
bov
"TDen." said the bookseller, eli
y~ will read and translate a few sen.
tcsaces will give YOU the book"
The boy. highly pleased with the
proposal, read the Greek text and then
translated it into English.
Take the book, my boy" said the
bookseller; "you are welcome to it."
The boy thanked him, clapped the
book under his arm and walked off in
triumph to the pasture to attend the
sheep.
Many years afterward that same boy
(ah! he had become man nowJ
stepped into the same bookstore, en-,
tered into conversation with the book,
seller and asked him if he remembered
giving secondhand Greek Testament
to poor shepherd-boy one morning.
'Yes, l remember it well, said the
bookseller, land should like to know
what became OF that boy, for am GER
tain he has risen to eminence in some
profession or other"
Sir" said the man, ''you see him
before you"
Now. who do YOU think he was? Rev
John Brown, of Haddington, one of the
most eminent authors and commenta.
tors of the Scriptures the world ha:
ever produced.
1t is a well-known fact that the chill
dren of parents in humble circumstances
often succeed better than the children
of the rich; and their greater success
must arise from their being stimulated
by their scanty means to improve to
the utmost the talents which God has
given them.
To the sons of the poor man, then,
say, in the words of Solomon: "The
hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but
the slothful shall be under tribute"
BE industrious, be frugal and attentive
to every duty. To the sons of the rich
| would say: "He that loveth pleasure
shall be poor man; and seest thou s
man diligent in business, he shall stand
before kings; he shall not stand before
mean men. IN. y. Observer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
Deserted Farms In Vermont.

Vermont fairs show better butter and
cheese, better cattle and sheep, than
they did forty years ago, but the farm
ers' teams do not stand for as good
horse-stock as they did then; there are
fewer farms we suspect in Vermont;
there are as many deserted farms and
decayed towns in Southern Vermont to-
day as there ever were in our history;
at least that is the testimony given us
by very intelligent farm-bred lawyer
who has recently personally visited the
towns that touch either side of the
Green Mountains from the Massachu-
sets line to Addison County. In STRAIT
ton, where Webster in 1910 addressed
the great Wing mass-meeting, the FARM
house where Webster spent the night is
q ruin and the farm deserted. In the
woodland you meet the ruins of old four
loot stone-walls; in Somerset you find
IN the forest stone-walls and the re-
mains of an old highway; the decaying
abutments of a former bridge across the
stream are all that remain of the civil
cation that was once represented by a
church, grist-mill and country store.
The woodland has so encroached upon
these deserted farms that our friend is
confident there is more woodland to-
day in the mountain towns of Vermont
than there has been at any time during
the last forty years. In the old coun-
ties Of Bennington, Windham. Windsor
and Rutland our informant found, be
assures us, plenty of evidence of de-
serted farms and decaying towns along
either side of the mountain range, and
these deserted farms are not being re-
occupied by any returning wanderer. al
though most Of these towns are places
Of much natural beauty and attractive
ness Among these towns are Reads
6oro, Somerset. Searsburg, Sunderland,
Wardsboro, Peru, Jamaica, Landgrove,
Weston, Plymouth, SALISBURY, Winall
spd several mountain towns in Rutland
County Our friend thinks that towns
touching the mountains on either side
have been permanently deserted. The
future Of Vermont. If she is to increase
henceforth largely in wealth and popu-
lafion. lies in manufactures, not en-
larged agriculture, and this is true, not
only OF Vermont but Of all New En-
Siand.-Rxtlezd (Tk) Bsrold.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
New Move Against Burglars.

A burglar alarm, in the form of
wooden mating, has recently been in.
vented. 1t consists of strips of wood,
four feet long, an inch and half wide,
and One-eIghth of an inch thick The
strips are fastened together by cloth.
so that the mating can be rolled up.
Every other strip is equipped with wire:
and brass springs. The springs separ-
ate two series of fat brass plates. &c
each of which is attached n wire, which
connects with a battery and an electric
bell. The wire of the upper series !:
connected with the positive pole of
battery and the under series with the
negative pole. When one steps on the
mating two series of plates are pressed
together, the circuit is complete, and ar
electric bell rings. When the weight i.
removed the springs force the plate,
apart, and the circuit is broken. The
bells can be regulated so as to stop al
once or keep on ringing.
The mating is designed to be laic
under the carpet in front of the doors
and windows of houses or in front Of
safes or bureaus The battery, which
consists of three small jars, is kept in
closet. The electric bell can be hung
to suit the owners fancy.
A reporter of the SIN witnessed ar
exhibition of the working of the mat
ting. The box containing the electric
bell hung on the wall of the inventors
office, and the battery was in the cup
board of n stationary washstand. The
bell was so constructed that by turning
catch it would give a single stroke,
give a sharp succession of strokes, last
ing only while the circuit was com.
pleted, or ring continuously even after
the circuit was broken. All three way,
were tried. The reporter stepped out
side of the room and then walked in
As his foot pressed the carpet inside O:
the doorway the bell began 10 ring anc
at the same instant gas-burner near
by sprang into light. The same Circuit
which had rung the bell lighted the
gas.
The great beauty of this inventiou.'
said the gentleman in charge, '.is Il,
simplicity and cheapncss. None of In,
mating will be sold II will be rented
at the rate of five cents day per win.
dow or door. 1t can be shut off in the
day and used at night. The wires car
not be cut for they can't been SEEN"
docs the five cents day include
keeping the battery in orderP''
"Yes. it includes everything" replied
the gentleman. 81 have not told yor
all the advantages of the mating. IL
people living in the country il is invalu
able. When the weather is warm al
the doors and windows can be left oper
if the mating is in front of them. L
any one should step inside, clang goes
the bell, and everybody knows that
there is visitor, burglarious or other"
N Y Sun.