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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
SNAKE STORIES.

When Mrs. John Mcclellan, OF Mj.llin-
town, Pa, went to open her kitchen stove
she found blacksnake in the oven.
When William MuSselwhite, Of Tateyille
Gs.. was bitten in the leg by rattlesnake
he cuI of its head and bound the cut. end
to the wound. He then chewed nearly one
pound of tobacco, drank more than a quart
Of whisky and lived. The snake was five
feet long and had seven rattles.
4 genuine whip snake six feet long, at
tackled d. b. Taylor, of Charlotte, Va, and
tried to Jump into his wagon. With every
Jump il would crack its tail like whip and
, with such force rs to make the horses
prance. Mr.. Taylor finally succeeded in
knocking it senseless, and one Of his sons
cut Off It's head. After the head was cut
off il snapped at the boy.
While the family Of Mr.. Parker, near
Macon, Georgia, were seated at supper the
other night, a large king snake, with
half swallowed rat, fell on the supper table.
The family did not seem TO welcome the
visitor, who was not At sll disturbed. They
wsited till he swallowed the rat aal then
killed his snakeship. King snakes so in
pairs. During the night the mate to the
dead snake Was heard to fall on the table,
but was permitted 10 go unmolested, and
mkt morning by its size, showed that 1t
too had swallowed a rat. Since that time
it fingers around the place looking for
Its mate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
BEFORE A MIRROR.
A pisgusted Frsnch Sculptor Puts
a Bullet in His Brain.
The Ghastiy Sight That Met POIjceman's
Gaze as He Forced an En-
trance to Room.

New YORK, July lS.--Tne tenants in the
house No. 36S West Fifty.secOnd street
were greatly annoyed yesterday by an
overpowerng odor that seemed to come
from a room on the first floor. As the day
wore on this odor became uubearable and
Policeman Mccormack, OF the Forty
seventh street station, was finally called in
aud requested 10 break down the door, as
several Of the tenants had vainly knocked
at it ard had received no response from
within. The patrolman soon ascertained
that the room had been occupied for long
time by French sculptor named Frank
TLavard, and thst he had not been seen
since Saturday last.
On looking into the place horEifying
sight met
Ihe Gaze OF the Officer.
Seated on the floor, with his head resting
agsipSt pillow which had been placed
against an overturned chair was Thavard-
dead. In his left hand was small mirror,
and in his right a revolver was tightly
clutched. The face of the dead man was
swollen, and the whole appearance OF the
body indicated that he must have been
dead since Saturday. He had evidently
seated himself on the floor, and, after lean
ing back against the pillow so as 10 be able
TO get good view OF his face, deliberately
placed the revolver to his head and fired.
A ghastly wound on the right side OF the
head showed where the fatal bullet had
done its work.
Tbavard was, it seems, up to year ago a
steady workman, but he fell into bad
habits, and as these grew upon him and
be came home nightly under the influence
of liquor and in an abusive mood, his pa.
tent wife could no longer put up with the
life she was compelled 10 lead,
Remonstrances and Pleadings
on her part had al intervals neryed him TO
a better course, and for several weeks at a
time, it is said, he worked steadily and
kept away from the places which his
friends claim led him into temptation.
But he fell into his old habits again. A
year ago he became apparently irreclaim.
able and his wife abandoned him. This
proved Thayard's absolute ruin, for he
gave way 10 dependency, neglected his
work and finally lost employment entirely.
After his wife's departure he lived like
hermit in his room, permitting no female
to enter il under any circumstances.
Last night a letter. in French, was found
in the room written by him. In this letter
be bade the world farewell and told how
weary he had become OF life and that hav-
ing no hopes for TIE future, he had deter
mined TO take the leap in the dark that
would probably end his misery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
BRIEFLY TOLD.

A Poughkeepsie bootblack has $1,000 in
the bank.
The studious Utica policemen have bought
Chambers Encyclopedia.
This country turns out 2,45O watches
every twenty-four hours.
The Albany Penitentiary encloses 776
prisoners, of whom ninety are women.
San Francisco has fire bug who is girl
Of fourteen and church member.
New Haven wants sGOO, 900 more from the
Government for harbor Improvements.
The Zuni and Pueblo Indians worship a
God OF Pain, and the Navajos bow down to
brszen images.
Detroit will royalty entertain the United
States Association Of Charcoal Iron Work
ers who meet there August Is.
Mills Smith; of Greene county, Va,
dropped dead Just as he was raising his
hand to swear that his tax list was correct.
The lat woman Of a circus receRtly went
to sleep face downward and was smOthered,
because she was TOO heavy to turn herself.
Eleven passenger steamers, costing $780,
Geo, and employing 500 persons, carry
Washington people through the Potomac
ereezes.
The Missouri Legislature has made an
appropriation for the Southeast Normal
school, at Cape Girardeau, and large addi-
ton will be built.
The Southern Exposition building at
Louisville is to be lighted by go Edison
lights, of sixteen csndle-pOSer each, strung
en- forty miles OF wire.
Humboldt county, Cal, has timber re-
iServe amounting 10 &OOO,OOO,OOO feet, and
l.5UUCuO acres Of Government land subject
TO the homestead and pre- emPtion laws.
\ new pan of building leyees on the
Mississippi is TO ill great boxes with the
yellow rivers water. As the water settles
i, is Grained otT, leaving heavy sediment.
The need OF rapid transit TO the east
end of Cleveland has led to scheme for
building an electric railway. The motive
force will be conveyed by wires on poles,
as s done in Vienna.
\ TeAas man proposes to get hides from.
cattle as We get wool from sheep. He want
to skin the animals alive and turn them
OFT until new skin has formed. He is
in an insane asylum.
\ green but Jealous Providence police.
msn arrested a noisy fShmonger, whose
strange jargoh he could not understand.
Ne:ghbOring housewives got the frightened
Teddler released by explanation.
\ wonderful deposit Of whole trees i'm
pregnated with silica and covering two
square miles has been found in Eastern
Arizona. BY breaking the stone-like wood
beautiful specimens are obtained, Which
book like jasper and agate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
SEASIDE AND GLEN.

Lake George is rather quiet thus far, and
fhe hotel arrivals are not up to the average.
The hotel-keePe Pers attribute il TO the exc
,dus to Europe.
Saratoga habitues mourn over the fact
that there are fewer private equipsSes to
be seen there this season than ever before.
IL may be that all the livery stables are
mot open yet.
81 There is perpetual moonlight at Sarato.
ga by reason of the electric lights, esPe-
cially round and about the Grand Union
Hotel. Lovers are quite as apPreciatiye
as the electric light companies.
one sees some extraordinary dancing in
lie seaside hotel paryors, aud where the
s,v,e INDUCED in is taught as "one ot
those things TO fellow can find out 1t is
3 s,yle that must be seen TO be appreciat-
ed.
Nearly every other woman one sees at
the fashionable watering places this season
is known as made up iace-that is to
say. a very apparent artificial complexion.
And people will say that it is 1.-The fash
len
Ocean Beach, Just below Long Branch,
4 IT. al its hotels and boarding houses we'll
=. is not what can be called fash
,tle seaside resort" but the people are
e-fectly proper and respectable - which
these days, is great deal to say.
Take it all in all there is not as much
Elaborate dressing on the part OF ladies at
any of the watering places this as last year.
A good many Of last years dresses are
mace over. and no one is quicker 10 detect
this than the ladies themselves.
Asbury Psrk has party Of thirty young
ladies from the West matronizad by a
Senator's wife. They are all pretty, and
5 seem BENT upon having good time. 1t l.
reported along shore that they have fright
ened the dudes out of next years growth.
People who drink most of the waters at
Saratoga are the ones who so through life
with the determination OF getting their
moneys worth. And they sre the kind oI
people who. if they had to pay for the
mineral waters, would leave them severely
alone.
A woman undertook 20 bathe at Ions
Branch on Wednesday in n suit OF tights
identical with the style worn by circu:
riders. When she left her bathing house
en- route for the suIf, she was met by per
Son in authority who persuaded her it were
best to return whence she came.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
AN EXTENSION GRANTED.
Telegraph Operators Postpone Action
Until Tomorrow.

PITrsBURGH. July lS.-Twelve o'clock to-
day was the time set for the proposed great
strike of the telegraphers. At that hour
the vicinity of Fifth avenue and Wood
street was Ihronged with curiosity seekers:
Operators not on duty, retired Knights OF
the Kew and others were on hand expect
ing a spectacle of some kind, but in this
they were disappointed, as the strike dlI
NOT n,aterialize, owing 10 the Brotherhood
having granted the companies little more
time 10 consider their demand.
A number of the members were seen,
bur they were as reticent as ever. One OF
the most prominent said that so lar the oP-
orators had not cOurted newspaper notori-
etv. but in the event OF strike the public
would be made acquainted with their side
OF the case" From other sources II was
learned that the operators had decided TO
wait until tomorrow at noon before taxing
sny further action, when they Will all leave
their desks unless their demands are ac-
coded To
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS.
The MonopOiIsts Putting Forward All
Sorts Of EHcases, But the Boys stiii
Firm I'm Their Demands.

New YoEK, July lS.-OIo Of the gentle
men who attended the meeting says the
sentiment was unanimous in support OF
the action OF Gen Eukert in his reception
of the committee which called on him to
present the memorial on Monday last, and
his letter TO Col. ClOuy, OF Chicago, out
lining the position and resources OF the
company, and calling attention to exorbit-
ants OF that committee, was likewise dis
cussed and warmly approved. The meet
ing did not take cogu zance, in fact OF the
Ietilion, since il was held that whatever
com mplaints the employees OF the company
might have TO make, must be male direct
~ by themselves 10 the company
| ,'r;rr sinh committee is no.
| empowered except to make report next
| week, Wednesday, when the full com.
| mi;tee meets again. The composition OF
| the committee is, however, OF some inter
| est, as the bearing on the temper OF the
| meeting, and its future action. Clendenin,
| one OF the members, IS president OF
| the Acadia Coal Company, which has ex-
| tensive mines in PictOn, y. =, and miners
| there have been a turbulent community,
| and have frequently INDUCED IN strikes
| Clendenin has always managed these DIN
I
made through the
Medium OF n strike.
Ex.Govs. Cornell and Ferry are also SAID
! 20 he opposed TO the strike as a means OF
! settling the difficulties. The Wheatstone
| is the system for rapid transmission OF
messages and news. 1t has been IN use
many years in England, but is compara-
| lively a new thing in this country. The
instrument will DO nearly ten times the
| work thatcan be done over the ordinary
wire. Should the Wheatstone operators
| remain and the other operators strike, the
| telegraph company would have considera'
| bic advantage through the use OF this sys'
| TEN. Members of the Brotherhood claim
| that nearly all the WheatstOne men are
willing to 90 ont, while the officers of the
company say that not more than two or
| three OF the nineteen local employees, aud
not large number of those elsewhere, will
| consent 10 strike.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
LYNCH'S LUCK.
And Live in Ease as the Result Of For.
tune Amassed by the labors Of
a Business.lke Relative.

New YORK, July 18.-A wealthy
property owner Of Williamsburg, Mr.
Martin Lynch, Of 80 North Sixth
street, is now awaiting advices from
France which he expects will make him
heir to property there, the value Of which
is reckoned in the millions. The property
belonged 10 James Dunlap his wife's uncle,
Who was born in Galway, Ireland, In l7'O,
hut, when young man, left and settled In
81. Remy. France. He became q vine grow.
er and amassed q great fortune, never
married, but had not kept up any CORE
spopGence With others Of his family. About
Ten wears ago q son Of Mr.. Lynch, while
taking with q tenant, told MIN about bis
mothers uncle, and was surprised " hear
the man say he reoollected having read In
the English papers Of the death 0. man
OF the SINE name who was a vine grower
at st. Remy. He could not recollect where
be died.
This ConvePsatIOa
was repeated 10 Mr. Lynch, who at once
took steps 70 ascertain the truth OF the
statement After advertising he fms y
epgsp correspondence with Mr.. N. IL. Val.
lette, O lawyer at Avignon, from whom be
received q letter saying Mr.. Dunlap had
disappeared from his hotel in ls52, and not
appearing in . certain number oi years, tie
Public Administrator had taken possession
of the estate. Another letter told him the
proprietor OF the hotel where Mr.: Dunlap
boarded had assumed control OF the estate.
claiming that Mr. Dunlap. before leaving,
had told him be bad no heirs. This gentle
man. now that heirs had been discovered,
was willing 10 gIye up the estate. Daring
the many years in which be wa IN pos
sessIon he made o snug fortune.
After Expressing Surprise
,hst a man of Mr.. Dunlap's wealth should
| disappear 80 quickly. and nothing after
xsrd be heard OF him, Nr. Vsllette ad
| yi,ed Mr.. Lynch to advertise IL the French
papers for information.
This Mr.. Lynch did. and On Saturday hs
! received q letter from q man who kner
| Mr Du,lsp had died at least fifteen year
| sgo. He did not state where he had died
| Mr.. Vallette said be bad sent three Of th'
pspers In which the advertisement ap
reared, but none has been received. An
| other letter sent to Nr. Lynch's laxye
said the writer knew Mr. Dunlap. Who's
property at 81. Rsmy wss valued at 5000,
| COO.
Mr.. Lynch told World reporter yesteI
| dsy Thai be was ready TO go 70 France n
nent's notice, and only awaited late
sdyices from bis lawyer.
| ~ sm In no hurry" be added; "Ar. Val
lette 6oesu't want any yihing from me unti
he ruts ne in possefsicn. Then be vi!
get ten per cent. Nj Dunlap had :isk
In Irt tlsiid, and both SIZE and bsr ehiiife'
sre alive, sDG they, Of course, viii come u
f.I tltir sEsEs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
GRAFTON'S SENSATION.
Heckmsr Being Rocked by tbs
Ocean Wave
IN THE CRADLE OF LUXURIOUS EASE
While His Creditors are Pouring Into His
Accounts to Find Out How
Much Cash He Has Fer
His Summer Jaunt.
,SDeridl tO the Rsgister.

GRAFTON, July lS.-It is utterly impossi-
BILE to form any correct opinion as to the
amount of John l.. He Smer's dsfalcation
as Supreme Treasurer of the Catholic
Knights OF America Any specified
amounts which are sent from here tonight,
or have been sent, are mere coniectures, as
the books of the order are now being over
hauled by Heckmer's successor, assisted by
experts, at Lebanon, H.. Until these have
been gene over, no reliance should be
placed n reports sent from here, purport.
ing the exact amount which Heckmer is
short. Members OF the order say tonight
that Eeckmer's deficit would be only from
five TO six thousand dollars, while out
siders claim that it will be as high as fifty
thousand. Heckmer, it is said, is even now
on the
Ocean Rsnte 10 Germany.
When his office was entered the moneys
and drafts, many of which were endorsed
by Heckmer, were found scattered all over
his Office, together with his boo!E1 which
will tell the tale, and the combined papers
found amounted to some seven hundred
uOllHTS. IbeslutS llllS' WV NOAAe'S
await the order of Heckmer at the post
office here. 1t is supposed Eeckmer's fail.
ure in business and his defacation will
pull down several other parties, as he had
almost unlimited credit i'll the city and
surrounding country. Hs is indebted here
so far as known four thousand, but 1t is
generally supposed he owes considerable
more.
In the five years that Heckmer acted as
Supreme Treasurer OF the Catholic Knights
of America ne handled over half million
dollars. and his books, which were submit
ted only last May, when the order was
then in general session in II. Louis, were
| found to be correct snd were so pronounced
| by the Executive Committee Of the organi-
| zation. All sorts of wild rumors are float
iBgabout tonight in reference to Heckmer,
and is the only subject talked of. Even
rhough the deficit is greater than the
| friends Of the order now predict, it will
| not elect the organization in financial
| sense, as it is on a too secure financial
| basis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-19
FEVERlSH FEELING
That is Now Existing In Tsle-
graphic Circles.
TwsNTY-FoUa HOURS MoRE GRANTED
The Managers TO Reconsider Thar De-
cisiou, and if They Don't Come Down
the Boys viii Cease to Make
Their Saunders Click.

NEW York, July 1s.-It was announced
in the morning papers that committee
from the Telegraphers' Brotherhood would
wait on the officials of the Western Union
Company at II o'clock this morning, to
demand an answer to their petition IN ref
erence ia wages and hours of work. Up
to 80 o'clock this morning none OF the
committee had appeared. A meeting OF
the directors Of the telegraph company will
be held at 1890 o'clock, and the result, so
far as it refers TO the petition, will probably
not be known for an hour or more after
that time, No evidences of unusual ex-
citement among the operators were appar-
ent this morning, although the situation is
discussed with much interest wherever a
knot If them gathers.
Feyerish Feeling
exists in telegraphic circles over the threat
ened strike. Every person interested is
anxiously awaiting the result OF the meet
ing of the Executive Committee Of the
Western Union Directors. A committee OF
the Brotherhood held a meeting early this
morning. but what transpired there could
not be learned. Cipher dispatches were
received by the committee from various
points, stating the operators were in readl-
ness TO leave their desks at a moments no.
tiCe.
Mr.. W, B. SOmerville, of the Western
Union Company, said to-day there stoAess
to be little possibility that the company
would grant the request, and that strike
seemed TO be inevitable.
The Demands
were unjust and unreasonable, and II the
strike should happen, the company would
fight 1t 10 the bitter end. w. }. DeaIey,
manager of the operating room OF the
Western Union, said he did not believe the
strike would be commenced without ma
ture deliberatiOn on the part OF the opera
tors. This morning there was an unusually
large force at work in the oihce, number
ing between tnO and 700. The ordinary
number of absentees is from u TO -, but
there were only nine absentees this morn
ing. lie said he had at least fifty
letters from employees OF the com
pany promising TO stand by 1t In the
Event Of n Strike.
There were twenty nine chief operators in
the office, each one having under him from
eighteen 10 twenty-five men. This morn
ing a canvass was made by those chiefs
among operators TO ascertain, II possible,
the real strength of the disatleCted por.
tiCns and how large force might be relied
on in case of a strike. The first report
showed that out OF n operators y were
doubtful and promised to stand by the
company.
Later reports indicate this proportion
represented the divisions offeeling through
out the whole force. The Wheatstone
operators even to . man, Mr.. Deay said,
promised to stand by the company in case
of a strike
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SCI0To-L0MAS TRIAL.
Another Juror Seriously Hl-The Te,
iimopy So Far Favorable to Keller.

Special to the Register.
PARKERsBuRG, July 1S.-In the Scioto-
Lomas case to-day Thomas Mccormick and
NJ. Gamble, of Moundsville, DR.. Werlich
and r. n. Theaker, of Martins Ferry,
were examined for the prosecution and
the witnesses discharged. The testimony
ELECTED does not differ materially from that
drawn out before the inspectors
at Wheeling. Cross-examination occa-
sionally elicits new and important
points. The prosecution have over twenty
witnesses to examine yet. Owing to the
illness Of the family OF Baird Dougherty,
of Steubenville, a witness for the defence,
he was allowed to testify to-day, and was
discharged. The case, so far, is rather fav-
orable 10 Kellar. An unfortunate inter.
ruption occurred this evening, owing to
the severe illness of one Of the
Jurors, John w. Mitchell, who has
been indisposed for two days, but while
Mrs. McCann was on the stand, about 4
O'Clock, Mitchell grew worse, and was
placed in charge of a physician and the
Court adjourned until o'clock tomorrow.
Among the experts who are here as gov.
eminent witnesses in the case is the noted
Mr. Giles, an experienced pilot on the
Upper Ohio.
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Thai DOUBLE sCULL RACE
To Be Decided in a Few Days-Hanlnn
Calls Courtney by Anything bnt
pIeAsauf Names

NEW YORK. July lS.--The Turf, Field
and Farm says OF the following dispatch
from the Halifax Rowing Association: III
there is nothing definite from Hanlan anu
Lee regarding double scull race please re.
turn deposit. We are tired of waiting and
other business is proposed When the
double scull race was proposed the Hal
igorian were aware that Hanlan had
arranged several races for the summer
season. and the fact that he was on the eve
of deciding his great race with Ross at Og.
densburg, when the above deposit was re-
ceived, il withheld us from writing him at
length upon the subject, as his own letter
inferred that he had already settled it with
Spellman, a representative oil the Halifax
Association. AS soon as the Hanlan.R Ross
event is thing of the past, we will consult
the former in reference to the double sCull
event, and in lieu Of his not concluding
the match, we will return the Halifax
Rowing Association its deposit.
Strong Language.
New YORK, July B.-Courtney says thar
il lIanlan did not cut his Courtney s. boat
al Chautauqua, his tHsnlansJ money did
it. llanlan said Courtney was liar and n
Sref. Wallace Ross having appointed
Courtney as his Judge in the race, Hanlan
mas made formal protest TO the commit
lee eesgainst Courtney acting in that capac.
!ly.
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Railroaders fu Council.

ST. LorIs, July lS.-Representatives OF
railroads interested in the east bound live
stock, east bound dead freight and local
coal pools, have abolished the respective
Commissiouship, thus deposing r NJ.
Moore, of Dead Freight pool; Isaac II
krox, of the Live Stock, and l.. G. Remur,
OF the Local Coal pool, and decided on q
consolidation of the three commissioner,
ships on and after August l. H. S Depew,
general freight agent OF the Cairo Short
Line, has heen chosen commissioner Of the
consolidated pools and will assume the
duties Of the Office August l.
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RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
A Misplaced Switch Causes Serious
Affair on Tennessee Railway.

KNoXvIIIE, Tenn, July ls.-About one
O'Clock this morning, one mile east OF this
city, at the zinc works, the eastern bound
express train, going at full speed, was
thrown from the main track Dya misplaced
switch. The train struck four coal cars on
The side track demOlishing them. The en-
CINE jumped the track, ran into tie main
building Of the works just erected by the
East Tennessee Valley Zinc Co, tearing
awav the side OF the building and playing
havoc generally. The damage to the COM
nnry is so UNU