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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
Available Public Servant.

No one knows better than Captain Ben.
nett how to appreciate good and noble
police officer. Consequently Officer Taylor
will alwsys have a position. An officer
should be ambitious 10 90 bis duty, and
Officer Taylor is male up Of ambition oil
this kind. He will 90 hIs duty II he dies
for it. On Monday night he feltit his duty
10 arresta gentleman for fast driving on
Chapline street. He felt il his duty 10 run
Wiley sut TO the middle of the street, wave
lis arms and club Ike msniac or wind
mill. and clutch medly q; the reins OF a
spirited horse. The buggy was not over.
turned, though il was nearly 50, bat even
il il had been, OF course officer
Tsyior's zeal would have covered all, for
he wss doing his duty. He doubtless felt
il his duty TO eIclaim in savage tones:
"Til Re Cd id If you shall make race
track Of this street But psssersby, not
apprrtia,iDg his zeal, bought that was
strsrge Language to come from the lips OF
A man sworn 10 obey the laws and not 10
break them. When Officer Taylor sEore,
at roIice court yesterday, TO tell the " hole
truth about the occurrence, he failed TO
rsEe mention OF the language nsed, and
fsi ed 20 tell OF the spectacle he made OF
hirr self in jerking at one rein OF an excited
hore An honest, conscientious officer
always deserves public praise and support.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
BENWOOD BRllLIANTS.
All the Happenings OF Yesterday
Served Up in Attractive style.

Special 10 the Register.
BENwoOD, November 4.-Mr. Jesse r.
Purnell attended the Masonic melting in
Wheeling yesterday.
Prof. J. Bouar of Bellaire, was in town
yesterday.
The Jorge department of the Benwood
iron works resumed operations yesterday.
The brief stoppage was owing to tn excces
OF uncut iron.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany are continuing to disoblige the trav-
cling public here by their unseemly de-
lay in erecting platform.
MIR. " illiam Kennedy and lady are Wis.,
ting at the residence of his sou-in-lsw,
Waller McMilean. Mr.. Kennedy is one
of the pioneer inhabitants of Marshall
county. :,
At the gas we'll they struck a small
vein of gas yesterday.
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NEARLY LYNIIlED.
Marrow Escape From summary work
~ Cambridge.

Thomas Towncr, awhile man who lives
AT the mines east OF Cambridge, has for
some time been jealous OF the we'll known
colored man John Dickins. The latter 10
nearly seventy years old, aud he. S we'll
AS Mrs Towner, claims there is no Just
grounds for the jealousy.
ON Sunday afternoon Towner returned
home and found Dickins In his house.
without any preliminary words he caught
Dickens by the throat and threw him on
the floor, telling Mrs. T,wner that he in
tended TO kill him and bury him under tho
house. lie chokrd aud beat the old man
until he was insensible. and then threw
hi nj out OF the house. The wife suppos.
irg Dckins TO be dead, He'd screaming 70
the neighbors.
In n few minutes the word had spread
throughout the neighborhood that Tow
ner had killed bickInS and IN q short
time about fifty miners assembled and
marched TO the house with the avowcd
object Of lynching Towner Towner
threatened TO kill the first man that On.
tered, bat after some parleying he Was
captured. At this critical moment the old
coiored man regained his senses and crawl
ed forth in time TO save Towncrs neck.
As soon as the Regulators saw that Dickins
was still in the land OF the living, they
quietly withdrew.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
BIG CRIMINAL DOCKET
For the CIrcuIt Court aud - Long rers
lndIcnted.

lnulchteu.
The following are the thirty one felony
cases before the Circuit Court for ia. No
yember term. beginning next Monday:
John II. Xeyley, forgery, live counts.
Elias BPal, two count murder sni cut
ting and manning JOSEPH Schuler. four
counts embezzlement william L-eprr,
three counts one OF grand snd two Of petit
larceny: John Bird, burglary and grand
larceny; Joseph Bartlett, grand larceny:
Frederick Miller, grand larceny; John
Geary, burglary John Stfatton, burglary;
Fleming Furgus, grand larceny; John Nc
Donough. grand larceny. Charles Harper.
cutting and manning, John Crompton
alias Knocker Shelly, riot. Vim. Marshall.
riot; Abe Halpin, riot; Charles Bennett.
highway robbery Charles Steele. highway
robbery; James Fleming, cutting aud
maiming; George EDgle, cutting and
manning; Clarance johnson. burglary:
Harry Freese, burglary, Joseph Battn"r.
assaulting and manning, Michael Lsmc.
murder. There are - single count felony
cases and four additional ones against Var.
ley, and three against Sheeld and ons
against Bssl which will make 81 felony
cases com plete for the jury 10 try.
Petit lsrceny-Thomas CoBdrey. alias
Eggy; William Leeper, two counts; Chas
B0ggs, not indicted yet, and I'd. Martin,
already indicted, but at liberty. There are
other cases OF misdemeanor, such - the
Myers boy and Others.
A long term Of court will be necessary 70
clear up the criminal docket, and We msy
therefore expect court IN continue It's ses.
zion, up to February. 1884, as there will bs
no courts held In the other counties OF the
circuit this winter. Judge Jacob will, Of
courss. try the criminal docket II his health
will allow him.
There are s.yrral important civil suits 10
be tried before Judge Boyd and agreat deal
u mi cellan. OU- business, enough IN keep
him on the t"Dch until the criminal docket
IL purgeh Of its unwL o'esome contents.
Some Of tb" priton"rs have been in Jail
long time Besl will be in two ysss on
D-cen.be 4'h. S~vTrsI others have been IN
three, cir end ten months, and IL does
seem ~ If something shobld be done with
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
DREsBACH DISCHARGED
BY n NoiIe PrOsequi, and a Long su''
pended Murder Case Quashed.

BY NoiIe Prosequi, and Long su'.
pended Murder Case Quashed.
LANcAsrEE, November IA nolle pro-
scout was entered in the case OF the State
Of Ohio vs.. Joseph Dresbach, indicted for
murder in the first degree, in the
Common Pleas Court this morning,
ard this celebrated case is final
" disposed of. Dres5sch's wife died
in 1871 Ssven years afterward he was In.
dictsd for her murder, tried, and found
guilty OF msns!aughter, and sentenced to
the Penitentiary for life. The Supreme
Court granted new trial, which led to to-
days result. to the satisfaction OF the peo-
pie, as DreSbach's unfortunate situation has
long been believed to have been brought
about for ulterior purposes by the enmity
al his brothers in-law, William and Christ.
Patrick, who instigated the prosecution.
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TO SHUT DOWN.
A Most Important Meeting OF
Nail Men.
THE WESTERN NAIL ASSOCIATION
In Session at Pittsburgh Decides to Close
All Mills West of the Alle-
ghenies-Reasons for this
Movement.

PITTSBuRGH, November IA very I'M
portant and well attended meeting OF the
Western Nail Association was held in the
Iron Association rooms, between II and /!
o'clock this morning, the representation
being better than at any meeting held for
some time. The meeting was
Called for the Purpose
OF considering the adyisability OF ordering
shutdown, which question was postponed
until to-day at meeting held two weeks
sGo. 1t txill be remembered, however, that
O sue pension OF work at all the factories was
ordered to take place during the present
month, at a meeting held about three
months since, but on the question coming
up for consideration at the last meeting
the resolution to shut down In November
was reconsidered. The meeting this morn
ing was
Quiet and Of Short Duration.
il being the general understanding that a
shut down would be ordered, and the only
matter likely 10 provoke discussion was
the length Of the time the mills should re
main closed This question was speedily
settled, and after very few expressions OF
opinion, all work wes ordered 10 be suS
penGCi from Decem her 22d next 10 feDru-
ary 1, 1854, period Of five weeks.
There was no discussion regarding the
condition o! stocks, IA all knew from expe-
rienCe and reports IS previous meetings
that On account Of
The Frequent SroPpages
during the past year that stocks are very
low and i'll assorted. and that although
trade il never brisk during the fall and
winter months, it is now universally dul Z.
The question OF prices was not considered,
and hence the card rate Of s. 40 will De con.
tinued, although the selling price 10 deal
ers is now as low as J. IS.
From present Indications there is but
little hope of revival uf business, aud
there will be no material change OF prices
in the market until the opening Of spring
trade.
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RAILROAD TICKET sCALPsRS.
Arrangements That VIII Cat OF Their
Traffic.

CHIcAGO, November 1.-THE General
Passenger and Ticket Agents of the roads
in the Transcontinental Association, have
issued a circular in accordance with the
topeka compact, directing connecting lines
TO withdraw from sale all tickets via San
FrsnCisco to points in Oregon, Washington
Territory and British Columbia, aud all
tickets TO San Francisco via st. Paul or
Duluth. The general ticket agents Of roads
west from this city are in receipt OF intor-
melton that Commissioner Pierson has
ordered the New York Trunk lines TO dis
continue selling through tickets from the
East TO points west OF Chicago and st.
Louis. This is to overcome the alleged
abuses growing out of ticket scalping. The
new regulation will compel travellers to
purchase tickets after reaching the two
cities ramed, and the action OF the Com
missioner is stated to have occasioned un-
usual wrath among the officials OF the
WCsttrn roads.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
BURIED ALIVE IN A WELL.
The " retched Fate OF rIchael calvin.
I4abOrer.

NEW HAVEN, November li.-In the town
Of SOuthington, yesterday, Michael Calvin
aged fifty years, was digging in well for
ty-two ieet from the surface of the ground.
The so!i was sandy, with some loam and
gravel, which at ali times manifested ten
denCy 10 cave. The indications were,
however. not serious enough to warrant
the usual rurbinG, and the work went on.
Calvin Was filing the tubs, and men on
be outside were operating a windlaSs.
y Tub which Calvin had filled had risen
some ten feet on its way upward, when by
some twist or turn CE the rope the tub hit
theS.Ge OF the well causing the earth on all
sides to fall toward the centre aud instant
y El The entire excavation, burying the
unfortunate calvin from sight. The men
at On,e set to work to rescue Calvin alive.
The process was slow, IS the loosened
earth continued 10 cave, and material sui.
hc!,nt 20 hil tive such wells was thrown
out before the body OF calvin was reached
last evening. When found he WAS in a sit.
ting posture, his head forced down nearly
10 hlS feet, and from appearances death
LtN bt en- instantaneous.
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AT HIS WlFE'S GRAVE.
Mr.. Hoses Learns that His Dead Bride
IL StilI There.

BALTIMORE, November II Daniel Moses,
h,q, Is in the city and to-day, in company
With some friends, including the Circassan
girI' the man with NJ arms, and several
other curiosities from the dime museum,
Tls!ied Mount Oiivst Cemetery to inspect
me grave Of Mrs. Noses and see If her body
was there. The cemetery people az first
Iooked on him with suspicion, bat finally
consented to satisfy his curiosity about the
condition OF the grave. The remains had
NOT been disturbed. Mr.. Moses, as chief
tt1oUrner, wss becomingly dressed in a
Disco SUIT With long piece of Grape dang
ing lrom his hat snd a mourner'S pocket
GCshGseTchlef. which was none the better
llf wear. His denial of Dr. Hills state
4 eht about the attempt to sell his wiie's
'OIy has reused the ire Of the latter TO
.uch an extent that Mr.. Moses is kept busy
SvCiGirg him.
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MOST lNHUMAN.
An Astonishing Chapter in Criml.
nal History.
The Acts Of Southern Monster Who Has
Been Four lines a Murderer
Of the Most Revolt
ing Type.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, November IA
few months ago two negroes, named Harr'
son Thomas and Charles Beliord, obtained
employment near Apalachicola, Florida AS
choppers in the lumber camp OF Jesse
Roynton. Boynton left the camp for few
DAYS, and when he returned Beltord Was
missing. Thomas profeSsed Ignorance as to
his whereabouts. \ few weeks later
bleached skeleton was discovered in a small
pond near the camp. Ii was identlned as
that OF Btltord, Thomas missing com
panon.
The murdercrs trial has Just been com
pleted, ard furnishes
One of the Most Astounding Chapters
in criminal history. Thomas confessed
that he dealt Bslford blow on the back OF
the head with an axe, nearly cleavng the
skull in twain. He then hitched yoke OF
oxen to the murdered mans body and
dragged il into the pond for the purpose OF
concealing it. The two men had married
sisters, and Thomas thought that II he
killed his brother-in-law both women would
live with him.
The most astounding part of the confes-
y
county had been.
The scene Of murders
which were SO mysteriously executed that
their perpetrators were not detected.
Thomas story unlosks them all. When
the prisoner was twelve years Of age, his
mother left him one day IN charge Of his
younger brother, while she went to q
neighboring plantation to work. Nexed
by the child's persistent crving Thomas
beat out its brains with a billet OF wool
and Crrmatsd the body IN an open fireplace
| on a pile of blazing logs.
When the mother returned and inquired
after the child's whereabouts
The Young Murderer
pointed TO the charred remains in the ire.
place, and said, there is the - -
-; he bothered me-, and killed him
| and threw him into the lIre.' The mother
faiutrt, but parental love saved tn" Grim
inal hy hiding The crime. In lS'l Thomss
committed II fe!Onious assault on Colored
girl OF fourteen years, and after cutting her
throat with lurge blaied pocket knife
buried Ter body in the woods, where II re-
mainCd seC~sted until two years latter,
when some wCOdSmen came across the
mound and IN digging il up
Found the Girl y Remains.
IN IN'o lNDnas llttfaIly cut I'noCl INV
son. smother coIOred man, into bits with q
knife. and narrowly escaped hanging for
his crime. lie was arrested and tried, hut,
through the shrewdness Of his lawyer, was
| acquitted by the Jury, many Of whom were
negroes, and were influenced by race preju'
dice.
| In 1873 he chopped Off a mans arm and
snd though the victim Is still living,
Thomas escaped punishment. For the
murder OF Belford the criminal escapes
with
A Life Sentence 10 the Chain Gang,
but his desperate nature makes the COM
pletion of the sentence rather doubtful, as
he will probably effect an escape, unless
he loses bis life In the attempt The len
iency OF the sentence excites uniavorable
con- ment. and visit from Judge Lynch
would not be surprising.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
A FRlSKy OFFICIAL.
A bad Case Against the Postmaster At
Portland, Maine.

BosroN, November 1.-THE Journals
Portland special, says: The report of In
sPector Field regarding the postofice will
soon be submitted to Postmaster Goddard
ior consideration and answer, il he desires
to make any. As to the deficits in the &C
counts Of The Office there is no evidence
that Goddard knew ANYTHING of it until
his attention was called thereto last spring
by the cashier. The report censures God
fard for lack OF familiarity with the offense,
IN that sCch deficit could be unknown
TIE charge that one clerk had been en-
plOytd at the pOstmsster's house is also
suhstantiated and bad case Of favoritisn
reve-ied. There is no evidence to show
that the postmaster has been subject 20 any
Gle Isency on the part Of the PJsI0rli : D..
psrimsnt.
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TIE STORM ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
Two of N Tugs Crew Lost and Her Tow
sunk.

Chicago, I'LL, November 14-An early
morning special from Saugatuck, Mich, re-
ports all the men on the tug Protection
safe, except two. William Kelly and one
of the firemen were lost. Her tow, the
schooner Arab, was sunk OIL Racine early
Sunday morning The Protection was dis
abied while tai ing otT the crew OF the Arab
by rope catching in her wheel. The
steam barge Akely tOwed the Protection
until she herself became disabl ed, Monday
night. The tug then drifted until she
came at anchor near Saugatuck. Vi nine.
tee men on the two vessels, seventeen are
saved. Capt. Kelly went down with the
Arab.
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EMMA S. PHlNNEf DEAD.
The Noted Scuiptress Dies I'm the Land
of Song.

NLw York, November l The many
friepds OF Mrs. Emma S. Phinney, the well
known sculptures. will he panied to learn OF
her death, which took place in Naples. She
left Rome in July for a season OF rest amid
the beautiful surroundings of the famed
Vesuvisn Bay, and it was whie sojourning
at Tore del Greco that SIZE became prostrs.
ted by the development of 4 tumOr Her
friends, the Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher, of Ma
pies, Immediately removed her to their
home, where, up to the hour Of her death.
she was the recipient OF the most devoted
attention. As a sculptress, Mrs. Phinney
ranked among the first OF American artists
and bid fair to have developed 3 career
marked.-wit originality and brilliancy.
Mos OF her works are in America
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
THE COLOR LINE IN SCHOOLS.



TRENTON, n. J., November l4.-Jeremiah
II. Pierce, 8 colored clergyman Of Burling-
ton, wanted to send his children to school
in June last There are four public schools
in that city, three for white children and
one for colored. 1t is claimed that the
latter is in every respect as comfortable,
convenient and we'll maintained -
the former. 1t Was, however, situated
over half a mile further from Mr..
Pierce's residence than two Of the
white schools, and an application was
made to the Board Of School Trustees to
admit the children to one or the other Of
the latter schools. The board refused the
application, and Mr.. Pierce applied to the
Supreme Court for a mandamus to compel
the trustees TO give the required permits
sion. After many delays the case came up
for argument before Judges Dixon, Magil
and Knapp to-day. After q full prssents'
ton of the case on both sides, decision was
reserved. The case is OF great importance,
as il brings up the whole question OF the
color line in public schools, which has
been such vexatious one in New Jersey
for many years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15
The School Beck Que.liss.


Several years ego the Legislature OF West
VirgIuia passed law in reference to
ct Uoi books, advertised for bids and hnal.
v adopted e set of books TO be used
hTGul hout the Stste. -,
!, snong others, laid in supply Of said
books, and sold said books 20 my Gus.
omers ss the books that were 70 De used
D tie ysrious schools in the country dis,
r!icts. This year customers have returned
,eversl Of the books and stated that the
teachers refused to teach their children
with said books and insisted on their .pu:-
hasine such books a. they ttbe teachers
.,ictsied. How is this Zoe. the laE allow
MS. or does il say said books shall be used
SUES'RiUEs.
There has been DO change in the book
law. The same books are now used that
have been for some time. Revised readers
are permissible. EDITOR RDitsTER
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NEAR TOWNS.
Two Sensational Murder Trials at
Parkersburg.
The Celebrated Paul Case and the Goes
Case-The Happenings Of Yes
terday in Lively Little
Benwood.

PARKERsBURG, November 1.-THE pres
ent term of the Wood County Circuit Court
promises to be a long one. In addition to
the docket already made up there will be
several cases growing out OF indictments
found by the present grand jury, which
will probably be disposed OF during the
present term of court. In addition to
The Celebrated Paul Murder Case.
which will probably be heard, the Coe muir
der case will come up for hearing. This
case promises to be an exciting one; the
cause which led to the crime being
somewhat similar to that from which the
bloody Paul-Marquis tragedy originated,
It is alleged by the Goes that young vii,
lians, whom il is claimed they murdered
in cold blood, had used the! name OF Goes
daughter in way that
Caused Public Scandal,
and taking the law in their own hands,
slew the alleged defamer of virtuous si4-
ter and daughter. The father OF the young
man, Walter Coe, charged as the principal
in the crime, is John K. Coe, whose hea is
whitened with the frosts of over 10 win
ters and heretofore has always born an
excellent character, and was valued ciu-
zen of Tsggart district, this county. The
evidence developed before a coroner's in
guest, although of circumstantial charac-
ter, was OF
A Damaging Character.
Mr.. Harry Camden, son of DR.. I. b.
Camden and law partner of Judge Jas. h,
Ferguson, has been admitted to practice IN
this court.
J. VI. Hamilton, Esq, another promis ng
Young attorney Of Wood county, was also
admitted at the same time.
Prother Greer, Esq, who last year dis
posed OF his fine plantation to Col. Chan
celOr with the intention OF locating IN
Texas, has decided to spend the balsnce OF
his days IN West Virginia and has
Purchased Another Fine Place
nesr this city. Mr.. Greer also bought a
$50 Chickering piano from Fitzhugh 4
Hunter, this city.
Major A. w. Fitzhugh, the veteran
notion salesman of Baltimore, is here again.
Rev. DR.. J. G. Hammer, late OF Parkers
burg, ard now OF Baltimore, Is greeting
friends here.
Squire Keen, of Gilmer county, is here
the guest of Col. Preston Pew.
Amongst the clever corps OF clerks in the
freight department OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, this city, is noted
a very disconsolate one-hls better half Is
visiting friends in Ohio.
The Railroad Question
IS cne Of interest now to the citizens ol
Pal&ersburg, and is being well ventilated
through our city press.
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IL hundreds of instances where Hot
Springs and other treatment failed 70 cure
scroiuls and syphilitie disorders, the su tfer
er has sought and found q cure in Or Guy
sott's yellow Dock and SsrSspsriIla. 1t en-
riches the blood, strengthens the urinary
and digestive organs, and quickly re-
moves ali indications OF i'll health and
blood disease, from p!mple TO a running
sore, from a headache 10 a rheumatic psin
Its superiority over all other blood puri-
iiers sud strengthening medicines is ADMIT
t.d by all who test its cur,tive effect snd II
flu nee.
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CARPENTER BOUND WEST.
The Accused Murderer En- Route TO
Kansas city, Drawing Crowds Along
The Line.

joliet, LII, November IA sensation
was caused on the streets here today over
the uews that 0. A. Carpenter, the ALLEGED
murderer Of Fora Burns, had got of the
Minneapolis train here to await the Kan
sas City express bound west. A large
crowd gathered at the depot to get a
glimpse Of the notorious man, who had evil
IDENTIFY taken this method Of escaping OBJ
seryation. He was communicative,
and would not converse more than to say
that he was going to Kansas City with his
family. The curious glances OF the staring
crowd made him nervous and grabbed, and
he paced tie waiting room floor with down,
cast eyes, pulling at his well dressed beard
and glancing anxously every now and
then at his watch. His face was pale and
devoid of expression, and he seemed to
nste the sight of everything. 1t is the
general belief that els looking up Mason,
WHO wanted the 500 for marrying Fora.
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Death Of sh.rI.. 4 Gesh...

CLyvzL.sp. o November h-Chariss Z.
Gorhsm. OF Chicsso. western agent Of the
PepnsyIrsnia Com pspy, died here last nigh,
OF Brishts disease, at the residsnes ot .
daughter. He hes represented the com
pan, 4 Interests for thirty five years