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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
A Dead Body Floating in the River Tells its own
Story. tet s4H


A.special from Milwaukee says, the
Maggie Hennecke mystery was solved
this morning by the discovery of her
body, in the river, near Jones island,
only a short distance from where her
hat was found, few days after her
disappearance. The body was first
seen by Captain Williams, of the tug
Bues, and when discovered was near
the middle of the river, floating on the
surface. It was towed to the shore
and the authorities notified.
On the arrival of the wagon at the
station, Superintendent Whitehead and
Chief Mason viewed the remains, and
they without trouble identified them as
those of Maggie. The gold necklace
was in place, the little nut basket sus-
pended at her neck was still there,
and the gold band ring, with initials
M. III. engraved ON it. The body was
swollen by water, and the features were
almost unrecognizable. The eyes were
wide open and protruded, giving the
face a horrible expression. At the
morgue the remains were placed on a
marble slab, and under instructions OF
| the officers of the Humane society were
prepared for burial.
Her mother was Immediately noti-
fed of the discovery Of her child. Mr..
Hennecke unfortunately left for
a. m. and the discovery was made at
73O.
Maggie Hennecke disappeared Oc-
tober "a, 1882. The theory is that
her body was caught by projecting
pile of the wharf and held down.
The lake captains are of the belief
that Maggie, in sinking, got into one
Of the numerous holes made by dredges
which worked at that point in the riv-
er last tall. Some think she may have
clutched something on the bottom Of
the river and remained down, owing
to the death grip. Maggie was re
markedly we'll developed for her age
and it is thought by her mother that
the turn of life may have caused men
tai alteration and, while attempting
to find her home, wandered to the
dock and, perhaps, stepped Oft into the
water or, perhaps, lost her hat in the
strong wind blowing that day.
The theories Of abduction led to treu
bic in Kansas. G. E. Brown, a mer
chant Of Hastings, D. T., who consti
tuted himself detective, thought tina
he had possible clew to the abduc
tors of the child and caused the arres
of one Borden and one Hamilton, a
Lincoln City, Neb. Mr.. Whitehead
of the Humane society, went out t
Nebraska only to learn that this clew
like all others which were advanced
during the course Of time, was fail
ure. This clew ended few days ag'
by the arrest Of the parties who hat
caused the imprisonment Of Hamilton
upon charge Of abduction. Occa
sional dispatches relating to the Ne
braska clew were the only thing whicl
of late, kept interest active, until thi
mornings discovery brings up agail
the whole case in all its inexpressibl,
sad aspects Mr.. Hennecke had re
ceived hundreds Of letters and dis
patches from all parts of the countr,
making inquiries and advancing thee
ries in regard to his lost girl.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17
ADAMS AND BELMONT AT A Dis
COUNT.
Boston Sunday Bridget. }

y
It is no new thing for college boys
and school boys to go upon the stage
as supes, and not long since a group
of Hayard boys appeared at the Bos-
ton to take hand.o They were
dressed, painted and corked, when the
captain of the supes, looking down the
line, saw two who were under size.
" Y ou two fellows take off those clothes, .
be shouted, "you are too small. " "But
I am Belmont" said one, and | am
Adams" said the other, "It don't
matter who you are answered the
captain, "you are no good. Take off
those clothes I say" And take them
off they did, albiet one of them was
the son of an august New York bank
er, and the other the great-great-grand-
son of President ofthe United States.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-05-17

= From the looks of things somebody over
in England is going to get a blowing up one of
these days,--Log Cabin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

TIE Mutual Life Insurance Company, Of
New York, Is one Of the mAtvels Of the
time, not alone In the size Of It's business,
but in the npldty and steAdiness Of It's
growth. It's annual statement for 1882,
published in another column, shows S97I'
eel, Sl7 70 assets, over 100000 surplus
more than SEQ, OOOOOO insurance in force,
and sl9,sIs,SS5 paid on pollces last year.
This exhibit Is an exemplidcalion Of the
mutual plan In lie insurance in its purity,
and shows what can be accomplished by
wise and honest management The Mutual
Life requires no other guarantee upon an
equal footing, all inSuring each other and
iealously guarding the common interest.
The company has never wavered in liz
strict adherence TO sound and sale princi.
piles and it has so combined conservatism
with .iberaIity rs to protect Its old policy
holders and at the same time gain new
accessions to It's ranks. The widows and
orphans Of the country, who have been
beneiciaries under It's matured policies car
tell better than figures the good It has &C
compliShed. .-.....
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

column must satisiy the yeriest novice in
phrenology! He had made money in
mules during the war, and by attaching
himself to- tho growing Garrett ad-
ministration he worked himself into
tie Legislature, and then into the Senate.
He was In At the bornin' Of the Standard
oil company, which started thirteen years
ago a. The Southern Improvement com.
pany, and fastened IL pafalyEing grip on
the oil production Of Pennsylvania. He z
also large Btockholder In Thu, Baltimore &
Ohio, aud share owner In the Camden
Consolidated oil company, which isa young
Standard concern, Of which Senator Cam
den Is president and principal owner.
Old Camden has fixed upon the oil fields
OF West Virginia is the scene Of his depre.
datlons on the interest Of producers, and
as he Is 4 Gtoekholder In the Standard oil
company the two organizations will not
collide. Between these monopOlies the
producers and tho people have rs little
show as u cat in tophat without claws."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

A Scene Of IIorror-rWo Hundred and
sIxty.eIEht Lives Lost.
The Vienna correspondent Of the Lon.
don Chronicle gives the following account
Of the circus fire at Barditsehetf; "The
performance had reached the 9th item in
the programme, some clowns being in the
ring, when another clown in acting COS
tune rushed in shouting 'FireN At frst
the people thought this was part OF the
performance and laughed but immedi.
ntely aiterward the Tingmaster rushed In
and gave the alarm. The scene OF horror
that ensued was indescribAble. This aud.
fence were 50 closely packed that motion
was almost impossible. Some In despair
dung themselves from the galleries, aud
parents unable ~ save themselves made o
desperate effort 10 save their children by
throwing ihem down into the ring.
Some Of the men, wearing the long
coats Of the Russian Jews, were
entangled on spikes and remained
hanging in the air, while the whole build.
INK resounded with heartrending cries. In
the ring, where the Clowns had bean per.
forming, there was q carpet, and for O lit
tie while the children were sale IN the cen
ire OF this; but when the grown up people
inthelr despair began jumping from the
dress circle and galleries the whole ring be.
came one inextricablc mass, In which the
children were trampled 10 death or suiO'
Gated before the flames reached them. But
even This was not the worst. Tbs horseS
soon became unnianageROlc, aud about q
dozen Of them, driven mad with pain AND
terror, broke Into tho ring, trampling "a
death the people huddied together there
All this occurred In leas time than II taket
TO describe, and In twenty minutes all va.
over-At least halt the people who had
been in the building burned 70
death or buGOcateJ. At the win
dows and various exits scenes Of the most
horrible description werO enacted, some oil
the strongest, in their efforts TO extricatt
themselves from the struggling mass
forcing others weaker than themselves int
the flames. The fire brigade was sum
monrd, but the engine was delayed BY
falling through the ice, and when 1t ar,
rived tho water In the tanks was frozen
The doors oil the circus opened inward
and the side entrances were nailed up
Efforts werc begun on Sunday to recove
the bodies. At the main entrance 10 thl
circus lay the burned and blackened bodiei
Of a heap Of victims, their heads fairly out
sidp the door, while their bodies were hell
US though 10 yisH by those who hat
crushed upon them from behind. Furthe
inside Of the ruins many Of the bodies wer
burned 70 II cinder. The total loss Of liz
has been ascertained TO be SOS"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

The KanaWha siaIesmaa aud Why He
Couldn't 90 to the hsnats.

The Kauawha staiesmaR aud why lie
Couldn't 90 TO the AsaAts.
Washington Republican,
James II. Ferguson, Of Kanawha, w
Va, who Is aFeCtionately denominaiet
"Bmlns' Ferguson by the discriminating
people Of the State, visited the senat(
Chamber yesterday, and had quite 4 70,
ception. III. Ferguson Is one Of the few
men Of the country who will not take office,
having refused many times TO abandon the
law for politics. He might have been
elected to the Senate this winter instead Of
his partner, Senator Kenna, buthe could
not bind himself 10 be the servant Of the
corporations, and these interests united
upon. another man. Senator Kenna Is a
brilliant man and an able man" observed
an acquaintance yesterday In giving tho
Avenue Man an analysis Of the new Sena.
tors character" but his surrender 10 the
monopoly ring which has control Of tho
Legislative machinery Of the State, was the
very worst thing that could have hap.
penea him. Il has Killed him with
the people, and robbed him Of In
fence. It Is patent 10 everybody
that his election was the fruition OF an
Illicit and selfish trade in the interest OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railway, and the Stan.
dard and the Camden Consolidated oil
companies. Davis has been their man for
twelve years, but finding they could not re.
elect him they picked on q successor, and
the mantle fell upon Kenna. They have
kept the seat In the family. Heretofore
they have been represented largely by q
voting vacancy. Now they have q man.
Senator Davis iaa man Of mediocre talents,
a. q momenlAry scrutiny Of the cranial
bulb on the upper extremity Of his spinal
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
College


Two Courses-CommerciL coune and enErz
EnglISh branches. special Arrangements %, ~
Ough instruction In the Engllh branches, LIS
yidual instruction. Can enter Il any tins. lA4ii
admitted, Call At College ONCE or 'Cnd iut dfs
i'm. FRAsHER d Co,
huiqlWR4w Wheeling WV
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
Then the other miscellaneous articles
about the house and BAN:

This figuring Is based on the House bill,
and Mr.. Moore declares that the amount oil
the duties is added by the home manutac.
turer.
The percentage has in most cases been
screwed up to the top notch, but II the
Free Traders will have 1t 50 let them put
their case that way and take from 1t what ad.
vantage they can. We ask our farmer friends
to look into these tables and say whether
they are Of opinion that they pay these du-
ties when they buy an American stove,
dish, plow, axe, saw, carpet, coat or any
thing therein enumerated. Agricultural
implements were never 50 cheap as now;
and we send them to almost every quarter
Of the globe. Our farmers would not use
English implements II they could get them
for half the price Of our own, and for
the same reason that an American
mechanic will not have foreign'made
saw. When were muslins, calicoes, wooden
dress goods, fabrics for men and women
cheaper than they are now, grade for grade?
When could farmer buy more with his
products latter all the measure Of dear
ness or cheapness. DR.. johnson, being
told that eggs were maryelously cheap In
the Hebrides, anumber Of them to be had
for penny, replied with keen sagacity,
at Is not that eggs are plenty, but pennies
are scarce" The protective tariff protects
the home manufacturer against his for.
eign rival, but not against his home rival.
Manufactures, stimulated by protection,
have grown steadily cheaper under the
competition which has found lhost signal
expression in improved methods Of manu-.
facture. We ask the favor to pick out any
simple item in the above list, take what he
has to pay for 1t, figure the alleged duty OF
and see how much It would leave for the
cost Of making and the manufacturers
profit. II the trade theory be correct, the
barrel Of salt for which he pays
one dollar at the factory would
contain about thirty.threc cents worth
Of tariff, twenty-five cents worth Of barrel,
and iorty.two cents worth Of salt-9sO
pounds. Within a year salt did sell, per-
haps Is now selling, for seventy.dve cents a
barrel at the Iowa factories. Is the farmer
robbed when he buys his salt, and does he
think he is paying the duty to the Amer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

uTANTFD-To RENT, A FARM OF
Wv ~ I. ls9 acts AddnSi, J. Dou0LE!s,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
BREAKFAST BUDGET

NE father Of twin babies needs no alarm
clott.
By the way, another Of the Balaklavs
SSH hundred" has Just died.
The boy always goes right to the core
when he gets hold OIan apple.
Sometimes fifty thousand people skate
in Central Park, New York, by night.
In the United States one person in 81
is sid to bea paupcri in England one in IS
nyOu do not wish to hurt his feelings dc
noteall him tramp. Refer to him as tran.
sien! gentleman.
The mania for adulteration Is 50 great
you can't buy quart OF sand and be sure
that it is not half susar.
The oldest living ex. United States sena.
tor is Joseph Cilley,oi New Hampshire,
who Is now sturdy farmer ot02.
Its easy to see why Eugenlc went back
to Paris. The good lady wanted to see her
name in the society columns once more.
Tobacco Is grown In sixty.four Of the
siEtyaeven counties Of Pennsylvania. The
total production in 1852 was 2S,75o,OOO
pounds, valued at $4,000.
Italian growers have accllmatiled the
japanese silk.worm, and tho japanese
Cary says that the demand for japanese
egg, a lucrative trade, Ia over.
The average income Per head in IndIa ia
SIS 2 a year, says Mr.. Barring, Financial
Minister but India pays England a tribute
Of slO,OOO,OOO year all the same.
u her book on Japan, Miss Bid de.
scribs the curious people called Amos, who
liveia the province oil soudai, and are sup.
pose to be the aboriginal race Of the
country. They arc thickly covered with
silky brown hair, and Miss Bird asserts
that abe saw two boys whose backs were
covered with fur as fine and soft us that Of
al
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

The farmer Is the object Of the free
traders special solicitudc, whether he be an
American or English free trader. The
Golden Club Of London keeps this coun'
Try well supplied with free trade liteatur"
addressed 70 the American iarmer-whoae
interest 1t has under It's patrouiIinG wing.
Bat the EuSlIsh free traders have very &C.
complished SCENTS in this country, one oil
whom is Mr.. J. S. Moore, OiNew York, ono
Of the Gblest juglers Of statistics In any
country. Mr.. Moore has been agitatlnH
hIs mind to figure out the enormous duties
paid by the American farmer to support
The bloated manufacturing industries oil his
own country under the head Of the farmers
Kitchen. Mr.. Moore oilers in evidence
-,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
Stock Isai.ipE In Montana.

AAeLtlAt'
Montana appears to be rising rapidly
into Prominence as q producer Of wild
stock. Beneath the soil there are very
large unused mineral resources, butthe de.
velopment OF these seems likely 10 DO post.
ponel 10 the raising oil, cattle, horses and
SHEEP, which Is now the most profitable In.
dusty. The territory comprises o., 900 900
acres AsuriAee nearly as laFHe Rs tho cul.
tiYatei area Of England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales; yet It has 4 population oil
only 10000. Al present there arc 100000
head Of cattle, 10000 aheep and $1,000
heal Of horses; but these numbers, II the
recpt rate Of progress Is preserved, will be
doubled within the next four years. The
CllHAte Is very dry, the rainfall being only
y 10 "a inches per annum. It's, conSe.
qutnly, very favorable for the raising Of
sheep. The average profit upon these
animals Is estimated at 80 per cent per
annum.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

JJTANTRD-YoUNG MAN WHO Is
w quick at hEurS and a good penmAu, address
10 own handwriting. care Ihls Otheo. WHousLLE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03
THE RoBBEs AND rmE EDIroR.
ATeader story all the Way From Ne
VIDA.

ATeader story all the Way From Ne.
rAda.
Virginia clty Enterprise.
"Listen, my children said venerable
man, land will tell you story; beautiful
and true. Once upon d time there was q
bad, bold robbery who had his haunt in the
wilds Of n mountain. At the foot Of the
mountain, In the valley, was 4 village. It
was not very large village, yet In 1t o
newspaper was printed. Therobber looked
upon the editor Of the newspaper as being
the chief man Of tie village and thought
he must he very rich. SO one dark night
he came down from bis den In the noun.
tain and stole into the dwelling OF the
editor and then into the room where he
slept. The editor, being good man, slept
as soundly and sweetly as child. The
robber searched all the place but could not
find the caskets OF gold aud diamonds
he had supposed TO be stored up
in the room. He then put his
hands In all the pockets Of the clothes OF
the editor, outbound no money in any OF
them. The robber then stood for q time as
In stupor. lie was like one awakened
from dream. lie listened for some mo-
meAls 10 the deep, regular BREATHING Of the
sleeping editor, and us lie stood 50 he be-
gan 10 leel sad. The heart Of the hold, bad
man was touched. Quietly he took from
his purse Si.75, placed the money in the
pantaloons pocket Of the editor, and softly
stole from the house. In the morning
when tho editorgot up and put on bis pant-
aloons, there was u jingle as Of money. A
look OF establishment came into the face Of
the editor. He putlis hand into his pocket
and drew out the money. When he saw
this great wealth the knees Of the editor
smOle together; he turned pale, tainted and
fell TO the floor, and there lay as one who
Is dead"
ooh! oh! grandfather, did they catch the
bad robber man and hang him on tree2'
mo, my deas, they did not catch the
bad, bold robber. HE'S still living. From
that day he reformed. and got place rs
cashier In big bank, where you will be
glad to hear that he Is doing well and is
greatly respected by all in his church,
A"And the poor californian, grandfather
What btcamO Of himY
"Ah, yes, my daFlingsl had almost
forgotten him. Well, when he came out
OF his iainI, and his eyes again saw all the
money lying about the room where II had
fallen, 10 was Sorely perplexed. At last
he lelt sure II had been quietly placed In
his pocket in,ihe night by great and rich
neighbor who owned lanyard and was
running Tor the legislature. SO for days
and days Reprinted In his paper whole |
columns Of praise Of the rich neighbor, who
was elected to the Office, and ever after the |
two men were the greatest iricndR Thus,
my dean, dogoodaCIions always meet with
their reward"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

Mrs. John A. Logan reminds one Of a
portrait Of Marie Antoinette,
Ex Governor Hendricks, Of Indiana, has
resumed the practice oilsw.
Thomas NJ. Bowen, senatorelect from
Colorado, Is tii,y.two, and a native Of Iowa.
Goyeuor Hamilton, Of Illinois, owes most
Of his political success to an ambitious and
accomplished wife.
Ex-Governor Cornell, Of New York, has
received great deal Of attention during his
visit in Washington.
The Democratic party Of Alabama, elect.
ed State Treasurer Vincent TO his third
term by majority Of $1,000.
The Emperorof Japan WIS born in 1852.
He Is unscllsh and chivalrous, and con-
SANITY studies the customs Of other nations.
MB. McEIroy, tho Presidents sister,
like books better than Warrington society,
and 1t Is said will soon leave the White
House.
Attorney.Gene Brewster gives mole
elegant dinners than any Cabinet officer,
Secretary Frellnghuysen the quletest and
Postmaster General Howe the icwest.
senator.eleet Tabor, Of Colorado, in 1878
wm poor man keeping small store at
California Gulcb, near Leadville. Since
then he has made sI0OOOOOO and been
divorced.
Bishop Sanford, Of Gibraltar, in charge
Of tie English CHURCHES on the Continent,
will visit Nice in March, following in the
wake Of Bishop Littlejohp, Of Long Island,
who is visiting the American church there.
Henry I.ightner, who died in Baltimore
on Wednesday night, was the second Of
the "Old Defenders" to surrender to the
Conqucrur this year. Mr.. Lightner was
the drummer boy Of the Fort hlcHenry
garrison during the bombardment by the
British. u....
Mother Frances warde Xavier, the
founder Of the Sisters Of Mercyin America,
celebrated her golden jubilee at MAnches'
ter, y. H., on Wednesday. She received
the white veil in 1889. She came to this
country in 1913, accompanied by six Sis.
ters, and established the first convent in
the United States at Pittsburgh.
Mis- Ramnabal, a native Of India, now
studying medicine in Paris, Is said to be
the most learned woman in the world. She
reads, writes and speaks twelve languages,
aud is well versed in mathematics, Astron'
omy and various loHics. She looks forward
to pacticing medicine in her own country,
where, she says, thousands Of women die
every year because their traditions and
customs do not allow them to consult q
male physician.
Governor Butler, Of Massachusetts, writes
, to Susan B. Anthony declaring his belief
thai the Fourteenth Amendment fully
: coSfB the right Of all persons to vote;
; thai the women Of the country are "per.
/ som" and therefore woman suffrage is
already possible under the National Consti.
tutioa without further amendment, both
5 in Tie States and the country at large,
5 Governor Butler says further that he be
+. liey,s this position will be fully sustained
. by the United States Supreme Court.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

E1chRnkG
A novel engine, to which power is com
municated by the repeated explosion o
guupowder, has been patented by Her
Beck, Of Norlpausen, Germany. Small
quantities Of gunpowder areignited in 4 hol
low cylinder now on one side Of the piston
and again on the other, driving 1t to and
fro. The gases which have been used
escape through laternal openings closed b!
slide. valves at the return movement OF thl
piston. What heavy residuum Rccumu
lRtes in the deepest part Of the cylinder Il
pushed into receptacles, whichgre emptiet
rs occasion requires. A suitably arranged
gasiet ignites the powder.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

The Atlantic NoHltly for February gives
The second part Of LOuglellowa Michael
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-03

Angelo, continues HavthOrne's Ancestral
Foostep, has 4 timely acticle from Rich
ard Grant White on Shge ,RosSlinds. and
much miscellaneous matter Of high char
ac.er The Atlantic grows even better as y
vrowu older.