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Antics of an Escaped Lunatic-Tho Re.
.. cent OIL Strike.

Ctut obA otEAAts
Correspondence Of The EatetiOtMoer.
PARxEsBURG, W. Va, June 13.-Last
night pleasant sociable was held in tie
First Baptist church. The proceeds are to
be applied to the repair Of the lecture
room.
An escaped lunatic made things lively
at various parts Of the city yesterday. He
went into several stores and ordered out
the proprietors, offered the clerks an
advance in wages, and acted in other ways
indicating man OF unsound mind. He
was arrested by Officer Mehan and lodged
in Jail.
This morning your correspondent, hav.
ing heard 80 much about the Messimer oil
well, what 1t was doing and what 1t was
going to do, &C., resolved to 20 and see for
himself and report the facts. Leaving the
city about o'clock, after a pleasant drive
over the Northwestern Pike, arrived upon
the waters OF Stillwell creek at the seat OF
the present excitement, where / found
many visitors already upon the ground,
both from Parkersburg. Volcano and the
surrounding country. The sole topic was
the wonderful well, and it's production OF
such large quantity Of oil In a hitherto
unproduCtive locality. Many were the
surmises as TO It's continuing as it has
started, and numerous were the reports OF
It's depth, production, quantity OF
oil, &c. Finding 80 many conflict
ng reports, your correspondent hunt.
ed up Mr.. W. T. Messiner, and from
him obtained the facts. His lease Is on
the John Harris farm, about nine miles
from ParkeIsburg. Having been engaged
in the oil business since 1858 he has
acquired an extensive knowledge OF the
oil business, and in looking over the
region he became impressed With the idea
that he could strike oil at this point. Many
old operators shock their headP, but that
did not shake his determination, and he
commenced to arrange for the boring OF
the well about two months ago, and Ia. day
the reward for his undertaking is public.
Last Friday, at depth Of 300 feet, he
struck oil in such quantities that all the
tanks were filed, and they were compelled
to stop pumping until new tanks could be
erected. The amount daily produced Is
l75 barrels. The oil Is 27!' gravity, and
did not CONCEAL when subjected TO the
usual test OF salt and Ice. Years ago there
had been well drilled in the same local.
ity, hut 1t YVES abandoned, although the
operators obtained one barrel well.
1t was reported at the well that Fred
Rose and Sam Stewart had secured lease
OF some property inst scroSs the creek, for
which they paid 5000 bonus and one
fourth Of the oil produced as royalty.
Ex Judge Elmondson, Of Lewis county,
was In the city to-day on business.
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THERE is boom in stocks in New York,
and the New York Hrald's financial
writer sees in it only IN expression Of
popular confidence in the present and
prospective business situation. On the
other hand, broker who is pssibly
"short" sees in it only an evidenc, at Jay
Gould, being about to sail for foreign parts,
is cutting various melons with which to
tempt the boys TO take his holdings off his
hands and keep them in their tin boxes at
their own expense for interest during his
absence. lie says that az much as Jay is
known to bc attached to his specialties, be
has an ideathat they can safely beentrust'
cd with the public, for say twelve months.
There is nothing mean about Jay when it
comes to feeding the lambs.
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PIrrsnuRou, June 1.-THE Eastern iron
manufacturers haye called a meeting otall
the manufacturers Of bars, rods, bands,
hoops, ovals, plates, sheets and other shapes
OF extra iron, to be held at the rooms ofthe
American Iron and Steel Association,
Philadelphia, tho third Thursday in June,
for the purpose Of arranging, iipossible, q
new schedule CT prices 70 conform with the
changes made IN the new tariff laws.
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Col. ALxCK CAMPBELL, who ia the mem
Der Of the National Democratic Committee
from West Virginia, says that he is for
Tilden for President We record this f6r
the comfort and encouragement Of Waiter.
son who has lately been tramped on ythe
kentucky Democracy. .s
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A PROMINENT citizen Of Wheeling, who
returned few days ago from Kansas City,
made sensible remark in regard to
those who go West to city that is
booming in the way Of high prices
for real estate, to work for wages. II
man has capital with which to join
in the boom and partake in It, he may
make money and come out all right; but
the case is different where man rushes in
who Is dependent wholly on what he can
earn. A wage worker gets no higher wages
in Kansas City than in Wheeling, but he
pays higher rentsnd higher prices general.
ly, and consequently his earnings do not
count for as much there as here. This Is a
point that wage workers do not bear in
mind when they read Of booms III the
West. A boom in corner lots means sim
ply boom in rents, and boom in rents
il by no means boom in wages. AS q
matter Of fact they are generally antagon-
istic. There are thousands OF men in the
West who can not earn the wages that they
received in the East, and yet they part
with more OF what they do earn in order to
su,port themselves and their families. It
costa them more Tor rent and for clothing
and in many cases for food. Food is not
cheap in the West, although 80 much ofit
comes from there. We do not exaSgerate
when we say that common laborer
or a mechanic can do better to-day in
Wheeling than he can at nine places out
OF every ten in the West There are
great many sick labores in the West
sick Of n change that has proated them
nothing, and that until they can accumulate
means, which is harder to do there than
here, can profit them nothing.
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FOREST F1REs
In West VIrginIa-Tho Causes ana thI
Damage Inflicted.


Special Correspondence orIe Iatelt0sRoa.
WASHINGTON, D. G., June lS.-It Is, Of
course, well known to the readers Of the
ISTRLLIoENcER, in common with the peo-
pie Of the country in general, that Con.
gress has been making large appropria.
tious for the support Of Division Of For.
estry in the Agricultural Department, and
that this division, composed Of scientific
men, has been giving close and intelligent
attention to this important matter. This
letter could be completed with statement
of the general results Of these inyestiga.
tions, but, perhaps, it would be preferable
to limit 1t to the facts developed in regard
to West Virginia. As to one particular
branch OF the Commissions investigation
forest fires, it Is said: The Importance oil
the injuries that are done to forests by
running fires has led US to give particular
attention TO this subject, rs directly relat'
ing to tile pain,enance OF forest products
within the United States. The laws o.
West Virginia have also recognized the
importance Of the subject, and fine and
Imprisonment is declared against thosI
who unlawtully and maliciousIy set FIRE tc
any woods.
In the course Of the investigation tht
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Mr.. JonN BmouT, very excellent man,
has been delivering himself on the tariG
in this country to English hearers. He
naturally attacks the policy of protection,
and asserts we will yet come to free trade.
Every English manufacturer Is in sym
pathy with Mr.. Brighes sentiments, but
fortunately the American people have
something to say about the change, and it
is quite certain they will not agree with
the views advanced by Mr.. Bright.
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STATE UNIVERSITY.
THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Action Ofths Board Of Regents ia AbolIshIng the
PtsIldsuey Not Received with Favor
Changes In the FAealty-Mr. ".
p. WIlIsy'S appointment.
speclal pl,paleh % Me Mlenianoer.

Spertdt DupdtcA 10 We IUfAi1eHeGT.
AIoRGAHTowN, W. Va, June 14.-To.day
closed the very successful series Of enter
tainments which made up the fourteenth
annual commencement OF the University,
The town has been thronged with people
and jammed with vehicles all day. The
University Hall was filed to overAowine
with an audience that would have done
credit to any occasion. The Wheeling
Opera House orchestra added greatly to
the pleasure Of IN entertainment in every
way crediIable TO the institution and to the
young gentlemen who bore the burden ol
the day. 's''r s.
President Wilson's address to tho grad.
uating class was we'll conceived, well de-
livered and in every respect happy
effort. The afternoon drill was largely at
tended, the large and beautiful campus
being gay with brightly adorned ladies'.
The cadets showed great proficiency in
them In some well chosen remarks. The
Governors reception tonight assisted by
the President is being well attended.
This afternoon the Regents took action
which is Yariously commented upon, gen
orally with disfavor. The presidency is
done away with for year, the Regents say
as an experiment. and in lis stead Pref.
Berkeley is made chairman Of the faculty,
following the plan OF the University
OF Virginia. The students general
ly are displeased. Many Of them,
1 am informed, declare that Tor
this reason they will not return next
year. Professor Loreniz is made Principal
Of the preparatory department, and Mr..
W. T. Wiley, OF the Register, succeeds
Professor Loreutz as Professor Of History.
This is the programme, though Mr., Wiley
is as yet undecided about accepting the
part assigned to him.
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srs1NGE ISPAtUATloN.
EIopement OF Pretty white Girl with
~ Coai.DIAck Negro.

N CoaI.DIack Negro.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June l4-Chief ol
Police G. A. Kretlow, Of FoEd Du Lac, ar
rived in this city yesterday, and immedi
stely invoked the aid Of Chief Wason in
apprehending negro named Tom Smart
and a white girl named ottillie schmaelig,
who eloped from Fond Du Lac several
days ago. Detective MCManus was detail.
ed to find the runaways who were thought
TO be here, Smart having purchased tickets
10 this city. The detective obtained de-
scription OF the parties, and after a few
hours search succeeded in capturing
tbe girl on the street. She inform.
ed the officer that they had been
roomipg at Mrs. Riener's, 9l4 Fourth street,
and thither he repaired and bagged the
colored Lothario, and placed him behind
the bars. Smart has been head cook at
the American House in Fond du Lac since
January. 1t Is said that for several weeks
past the negro and the girl have been very
intimate, 90 much 90 as to cause not little
comment among their acquaintance The
matter coming 10 the notice Of her uncle,
Christian Geiger, q wealthy business man
Of Fond du Lac, he upbraided her for her
conduct, and endeavored to break up the
Tcandalous relations said TO exist between
the couple, Elopement was then decided
upon, and last Tuesday night they
bearded the Milwaukee train, arriving
here at midnight, and at once took up
quarters at PA Fourth street, which il
known rs a low place. The negro is ap'
parently about 30 yeas OF age, and hts
victim was 10 years old last October. He
Ia A iull. .blooded African, and as black as
a kettle, The girl is quite well developed
rather pretty, aud would easily pass fol
20 years OF age. At the station she seemed
TO feel very badly, and cried continually,
more on account OF her separation from
/ the negro than from q sense Of shame
She avowed her love for him, and repeat
tdly declared that she would marry ne
other man.
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"4t least 10000 aeres ara burned owe,
.,,a,..' -. nsoouhs;o. ao,,n,,, II II.
eEeiy yea' N o,eeHo'et e0u " 'ns
western part OF the county there ls a iafge
district ofland very little improved, and
the fires pre set tn keep down the brush
Ii ..a,,so ,oa.r.o,o 80 F-T..- !
ara seouie l'S'u"ee'
"Ihere nave been some extensive nres
in Hampshire county, generally occurring
iii the fall of the wear, but some in the
M vs. ,.,.,i,, startnJ /,
sPrtns' "e u'."'y 0'"-'eo ~
hunters, and those wlshlng 70 improve the
range, or by clearings. Ihe county CON
tains 680,OVO acres Of land, at least two;
thirds OF u Iesn, chiefly chesnut OAK and
varieties oi pine. The fresh fires frequently
run oyer an area oil several square miles,
and the came is true IN the adjacent Coun'
ties OF Grant, Hardy, Mineral, fendleton
and Morgan. Intse hres DO considerable
damage, especially 10 the young CROWN OF
thyme. 49,.
Fires occur annually in Peters Noun
tain, one OF the Alleghenies, In Monroe
county, usually IN the spring. but occa.
slonally IN autumn: 4hey are usually SCI
Tor the purpose Of increasing the range,
and but itttle ls done 70 UNI! them, unless
they endangsr iarms along the osss ol the
mountains. Immense damsge ls cone &c
the young timber oy these ,hrts whlch ex'
tends some twenty.nve m1ies s,n IN iength, py
rom tntee 10 Yen IN Wiutu' !he pecuilIaty
loss is not relatively largr, as there is no
market ior II, ana whi!e people CONTINUE to
pasture IN the mountains ,hese ntes WIN nap
pen, as they are oelieVea 10 greatly Improve
ths range. ~
Extensive fires have occurred In In Nor
gan comfy, In one alone io,oOo acres
were burned over ana a Vast amount o.
timber KILLED: "a, me me damage 70 oaa IIaper Z
estimated az S23'Vvo, Desiass so,oop worm
oI nSrk, railroad Aes, anu noop p9,es, s anu m
S5,OOo worm OF iehces. Inese a,:l llle9 aie ti
supposed to be SET oy men peeliag DarE
and some were kinuled Dy locomotives oi
the Baltimore Y ONO railroad:
FOREST nres occur ahnuaIIy ~ Eocanoil'
tas county, beginning ID any ary seaaun'
and often contlnulng nnii wet weather. !.
Occasionally they spreau Oyer Iatge tfact
oil mountain Ianos, OF wHch thete Il
mnch IN thls county, ana tney ate genetsSl'
" SET py persons %ish'ns WE " lmp ptoSe !!e y
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VOLUME XXXI...NUMBER 253.

ing thrown open to the public. The stu.
dents and our citizens generally are now
very much interested in the appointment
Of teachers for the ensuing term. We un.
derstand the Board Of RegeAts will have a
meeting in your city on Saturday next to
elect teachers for all the Normal Schools Of
the State,
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CLxSELASp, June 1.-THE statement Of
Mcmillan, condemned to be hanged next
week at Canton, O., that his wife and an.
other woman killed Cleveland detective
named Murphy, about year ago, for
money and secrettd the body, 10 doubtless
n pure fabrication Invented In the desperate
hope OF help In his case. No such detec-
tive. either police or private, was ever In
Cleveland and NO such person was ever
missed, and the story Dears other internal
evidenced fAlsity.
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Commission secured the following facts,

Commission secured the following facts,
which l believe will be found Of interest:
In Gilmer county fires occur to O limited
extent early in the spring, generally from
clearings, and the amount burned an
nually would not probably reach 1000
acres in the county. The loss may be es.
timated ut Eve dollars an acre, besides
fencee. There can perhaps be no pre-.
yentive measures better than stringent
law well enforced. There Is law that
makes person liable for the damages that
may be done by the fires that spread from
his clearings, or otherwise. But timber
has 80 little Valne that case is not known
in which the law was put in force against
any person for an oIiense ot this kind.
In most cases Of clearing the timber,
except such as is needed for fencing, is
burnt on the ground. That which stands
near enouyhto some stream large enough
for floating is always saved, II it will make
slaves orEaw logs. There are thus thou
sands Of dollars worth OF timber annually
burnt to get it out OF the way. Thisremark
applies not only to this county, but 10
many others south and east, as'there are
no means existing for getting the timber
10 market. All along the Little kanawia
river and it's tributaries the timber large
enough for use, has, with few exceptions,
already been Culled out. There Is . large
amount Of timber suitable for railroad ties
still left, but there are no means available
for bringing it into use. This applies also
to many counties TO the south aud east.
"What are termed wood fires occur every
year in Braxton county, but they are not
very destructive to timber. The fires haye
happened in detached parcels, 80 that the
area cannot well be estimated, These be.
gin in the flats and slopes running up the
EnOuntains, and they generally burn until
they die out. NJ
"Some twenty five years ago it was COM
mon, for fires to spread all over the forests
in Calhoun county being started by per-
sons who hunted fora livelihood.
,i"Fireo also commenced ia the spring on
the west end OF Grant county, on the top
OF the Allegheny mountains, and continued
until extinguished by the rain. They are
set on purpose, as it is the custom OF the
people here, for the purpose OF getting q
Iresh start OF the sprouts and weeds, as o
pasture for cattle and sheep. They are
also. often set in the clearing Of lands, when
Il is too drv.
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THE wheat crop is said to look better in
The upper Ohio valley than in any other
locality in the country. We saw field
yesterday that is expected to yield thirty
Ave bushels to the acre, and 1t is not an
isolated case by any means.
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Ghe Gsatelti4etteer-
0 nicc. os. rs nnd "a Pourteenth street.
TnR steel nail question is assuming life
and shapein this vicinity once more.
TIE GALES OF the new wool clip up to this
time are greatly below the average Of form
er years, as they well may be at the price.

IP combustible gas should be struck all
around US, (ss is not at ali improbableO
how will the spectators feel who are ac-
cumulating coal land in the Ohio valley
for a great rise.
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At Pittsburgh-COlumbus, 25; Alleghe.
At Bestnn-Chicsgo, !; Boston, 4
AtNew York-Cleveland, 0; New York, 8,
At New Yotk-St. Louis, u; Me;ropoli'
taDs, 8.
At Philadclphia-Bufialos, o. Philadel'
al Philadelphia-Athletic, s; Eclipse, 6.
At ProYidence-DetrOits, s; Providence, "
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RklEF TaLEnRAMs,

(. Ex. United States Senator Casserly, OF
California, died yesterday morning, aged
sixty.oue. aFs9
sAThe Bay View mills Of the North Chicago
Rolling Mill Company, at Milwaukee, will
start up Monday, the scale having been
signed through Superintendent Parks.
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DIED.

WALTON Thunday. evening, June u, 1881, at
Hge.
vunsAl from tho re,idOnoe Of her EiSser. Nm.
Amanda GorEell, No lSS siEusnth street, on Run.
day afternoon at2o'OlOCF. FhsEdS Of the iEmIly
] invited. Inssimeni at PeaILsulG Cemetery.
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young Mutt. A strong effort will be made
to have Hop. Charles +. Boyle join these
gentlemen in the defense. Mr.. Boyle was
waited on to-day by number Of Dukes
friends, who asked him to conduct the
prosecution, He
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AdooD SHOT.

GOOD SHOT.
DR.. W. A. Sturgeon, sworn-There were
three pistol wounds to the left Of the back.
They passed through the body, one lodg.
ing close to the sternum. The ball that
struck near the backbone.lodged in the
heart, and the other ball took diagonal
course, also passing through the heart
There was bruise ON the forehead OF de-
ceased, also on the left ankle. These were
caused by the fall The ball entered near
the back and lodged in the right ventricle
OF the heart
Henry +. Myer was standing In the old
drug store, leaning against the middle post.
He saw two men standing right above him
at the next post. Witness did not know
them. Saw Dukes come along the pave
ment. As soon as he came opposite where
these two men wers standing, one OF them
drew his pistol. Dukes started oil, and as
he was right opposite witnesa, there was
another shot fired at him. Deceased went
around the corner. That was the last wit
ness saw Of him.
NOT WORD SPOKEN.
l. Neither Dukes nor Mutt spoke aword.
The witness said lie could describe the
shooter, but could not identity the man
who was with him.
E.E. Weniger, sworn, stated that he was
standing in the postoiiice, about iour leet
10 the right OF the door, He saw Fnhes
come running and the flash Of q revolver.
"Who are you shooting a,P" exclaimed the
witness, and Dukes fell down in front OF
the window. Witness could not see VINO
did the shooting on account Of the smoke.
Isaac Hurst WAS talking 10 the tNletmistrees
when the trsgedy occurred. 7. Ii. Frasher
WAS standing on the cellar door IN front Of
the postUfiica. He heard shots but could
Giyeno testimony Of Importance. z
rHE YIRDIcE kaf
The jury then retired and'in a few
MINUTES returned with the following YER
dict: 1--WE find that the said Nicholas L.
Dukes came to Lis death from wounds re-
ceiyed a. revolver fred in the hands Of
James Mutt, on the corner Of Main and
Pittsburgh streets in Uniontown on the
I3h day OF June, 1855, atAbout the hour
Vi T;l5 o'clock T. "" .sf
/ Al II O'clock mud.Eplashed spring
wagon drove up in front Of the Jennings
House. This was the hearse Of Nicholas
.yman Dukes The corpse was hurriedly
borne TO the heatse. There
WIRE NEITHER TEARS NOR FL wERs
For the dead. Following is the order Of
the procession: Spring wagon, bearing
cofpst; buggy, containing MB. S.rub!e,
Dukes mother, and his half sister, Miss
s rublt; MrS, Helen, another half sister oil
deceased. in buggy, and in the rear AlE,
Ashury Struble and his son George, on
horseback. The remains were taken 10 the
S,ruble residence, German township. The
interment will take place Saturday morn;
ing, In Churchill cemetery. lJy
Hon. W. H. Playford and A. D. Boyd,
EsQs. have been retained as counsel FOL
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-16
No, Dazzled by Royalty.
New York Mercury.

IL is well known ,ha, .lr Gladstone has never been d favori,e with Victoria
 Earl Beaconsheld was high n her resa. i, knew how to manage her. and. n order to do Ii efiec;uaIy. made her Empress of india-an empty title beside ,ha: of Qaeea of the United Kingdom. The Duke of Albany. the young gen,lema aa who created stir among Newport fashionable belle dom. made few days ago an application to Gladstone to succeed Lord Lorne as governor general of Canada. The doe tors of the Duke. who IS a-Ii.cied with the hereditary scrofalous tain, brought 70 :hc later house of Hanover by German princes century ago. certified .ha: the young man $ health would permit him 70 SC 10 Rideau hall and govern the Do- min;on. Both the application and cer,i- ficate no doubt were sanctioned by the Queen. The old Premier. who Is no, of the titled class. did 10; see the matter with other than a commoner's eyes He plumply told the applican, that he was too young. and as ihe word goes, ",oo fresh. for position which could be better filled by Lord Lansdowne. The truth. perhaps, is ;hs, Mir. Gladstone Is d little sick Of the royal frippery a, R.deau hail. and hence Lorne will go home. and Princess Louise, who is very excellent young woman. bu, moderately intel leetuAl, be succeeded by Lady Lans- downe, who Is woman of inc attain ments and much literary culture. The change is certainly for the better The premie. is not man ,o be Awed by pedi- gree or dazzled by royalty. and having a mind of his own. IS determined in his ap- pointmenis to be, what he really IS in an official sense, he ruler of the country.