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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-09
WASHINGTON.
M River and Harbor Bill This Year
Some Other Year.
=. w,y in Which Susan 3. Anthony Is
'w,,sf;rped-Nr. Jones, Greenbacher
p,opbesies Political Ruin and
proclaimsth the Way OfSaVation'
y,rCssl NoTES-CAPITAL CULLISGs


S.r-i1l Dispatch % ths Register.
w,,vrxGrox. February Sit IS general
T. rc->,7ol here tha. the River and
TsrB.r bill being prepared BY the Com
,~e-ce Committee will not pass, The lead
=. r,~ybr'c..r in the Hou.e say the only
crsrc, ,heir party has to win next yer Is
10 practice economy and retrenchnent IN
r~b'-, affairs. The friends Of Mississippi
river Improvement are alarmed at the out
look and will now attempt to get through
2 separate appropriation.
Susan B. Anthony is in luck OF the best
sort. Not in the way OF her hobby OF "o-
mans rights. however, but in offerings
from her friends consisting Of bo'n the
,rbstantial and ornamental. She is wor'
sbfpcd as a heroine, and the msrtyrdom oil
her life is held up as a glory to women.
The last Offering made her IS q set OF poin'-
lace costing sllO, which the ladies propose
., Give her on her sixty-tbi.d birthday,
Ub;rb will occur in Philadelphia before
she ,sirs for Europe. Another Citt t. be
made Is an elegant black silk dress from
cheney Brothers. OF Connecticut and a.
.o,h.ra check for 500 from lich New
Yorker. who - a womau's rights maa.
S.san expects to cut . swell in Europe but
=, these same beauties CoUld be given to May
Ssv,Il. Phube C0uzins or soTe other
Younger woman. the Mrs Wellers, OF Ems
land. would have a higher opinion O.
American beauty, and Of their rights to
command the elective franchise.
The Ccgp,nser-Blaine welding seems to
have prea.cI the contracting parties only.
TIE general objection, as we'll as that OF the
Blaine family, to the match ives not on ac-
count o. sect for Mr.. Blaire's family were
Roman Catholics, but because there is such
y disparity il their ages. Fhty-three
minus tweuty-one leaves considerable re-
mainder. too much, It's said, for the goOi
Of sry marital match.
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Greene County Finances.

WAYNEsBUGG, Pa, February ST he state.
ment of the receipts and expenditures OF
Greene county for 1882 shows tLat there is
a balance of SIS, l64 a in the treasury,
against IS, S,4lS.5S at last settlement; 1t cost
81, ,2I6 90 to meet the expenses OF the Coun-
ty Home; Sj2S9S was paid TO the Morganza
Reform School, $3l2.25 to the Western
Pennsylvania Hospital, sos 20 to the West
ern Penitentiary. 1t cost to board prison
ers and tramps in the county Jail, $53225;
paid TO jurors, $500; election expenses,
$l,lSS32; bridge building aud repairs,
6,1462 81; road and bridge views and road
damages, $2,S79.76. The levy for county
taxes amounted TO SAC, ,073.02; State, 81, l50.-
%. Our Poor House, one of the most mis-
erable in the country, contains 76 paupers,
A of whom are males, SO females % idiots,
II insane, blind, deaf and dumb; four
children were born in the house during the
wear. There were - deaths.
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WORKING THE ROADS.
a New Plan Of Interest 10 Farmers
The Labor System TO BE Abolished.


CsLUMBvs, February S.-A bill of great
interest to farmers and others who have
worked the roads in the country is pend
ing in the House. As is well known, the
present statute requires every citizen to
get out his shovel and do two days labor
or the public highway each year under the
direction of a supervisor and gives him the
privilege of working out his road tax in
the same way. This bill, intro
ducei by Mr.. MCGavran, of Harrison
county, aboliShes the old statute
labor system, and requires in its stead dl-
ret pay ment in money and the expendi-
lure OF the money upon roads. Ii does
swsy with the small district supervisor
ship plan, reduces the number OF supe :
yi>oGS from fifteen and twenty in town
! ip 10 two. and places the full control OF
he ruiGs in the hands of the township
trustees. who shall direct the superviso orS
aS to time and place OF making repairs.
The go. tax j. ~ be paid into the county
treasury, thence back to the township, and
paid an. for labor sn orders of the supe wi
ser. The opinion OF farmers generally
seems 10 be that it will cause road work 70
be more Systematically and completely
performed, and that it wi. .,hd TO equaiize
the cost to a greater extent, and cause
many to pay who have here ,O.Dre escaped
both labor and taxation.
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STARTLING DISCLOSURES
made by Lady Before the Committee
on EdueatIOn and Labor.

ON 1Ao A-aNOAs
WASHINGTON, February S.-Mrs. Char
lo,,r smith is trying 10 get chance 70
make an argument before Senator Blair's
Se e., Committee on Education and Labor.
She : giving the civil Service reiormers OF
the >tra,e no little trouble in her earnest
sGgrs 10 carry her point which is the
enactment Of legisletion OF a somewhat
move character. She talked TO the genial
and modest Pendletoa to-day until he
lb.v,led 10 the roots Of his hair in eSplana-
4 tiun of the evils which she wished to cor
r,yt. She made the broad ,.Ssertion that it
was common practice among Senators
and members Of Congress 10 compel vicious
,COuCeSsions from female clerks for whom
Itley obtain places in the departments. She
Stated the proposition with such distinct
>nesS of detail that the Senator could not
Ssil tO be assured at least OF her
Convictions ON the Subject.
DIE proposition was that law should bo
1fuag.ui r-tatiUga special punishment for
kUrH misdemsanOrs on the q art Of govern
1Ieu' officials.
/ senator George \. Bluff MiSsisFippian.
+ Nss next interviewed by Mrs. Smith and
snd va. 50 astounded by the breadth and
GiirerJDeSS OF her assertions that he could
3Euiy calculate, Goodness, gracious, mad
BAN. never heard OF such q thing" She
R,sUr,5 him that not only was there a need
d sUt such a iaw as she proposed, but that it
w, crying necessity.
lt is understood that Mrs. Smith has as
SIrsuCes OF the support of Senator Blair,
I hartman Of the Education and Labor
tIuwuiLfeP for her project Whether Mrs
iSm.;h will be permitted, oveyer, TO ia
.su.t tie intelligence OF the Committe by a
1ec''a. ui her PromiSCuOuS charges II a part
tDi the testimony upon the labor question
Us extremely predetermined. She will
puAov the at;eupI, however, within a day
b. TWO during the progress Of the inyessi-
|EalitU.
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nEI.I.AIRE.

DT. Charles Auhelman has Just returned
from q pleasant visit 10 PowhattAn aud 9th.
er points below. There appears 10 be q
grsst attraction down there.
An infant child OF DR.. Mcclure died yes.
terday morn,He and will be barred to-day
at Rose Hill. for the prc~ent
Some Wheeling Italians will occupy
W,immer's room, on Union street, as Q
confectionery. =,
Prof LONE will preach In the Disciples
Church next sunday.
Charley holman and Frank Nelson, who
sre playing Mt the Academy Of Music, were
down yestsfdsy.
Alfred Hopkins. who has been teaching
| school st Smithield. II spending his Yaca.
ton with his friends and relatives here.
6smes HAglsrt, Esq, who built the saih
ice house, was in the city yesterday calling
on biz friends.
Rev. J ". Monroe. the newly called pas
tor of ibs Disciples Church, will arrive
this month sDd assume tho pastoral
cbnrys.
Tn. High School will celebrate washiSg.
ingiou's LiiIidsy hy dialogues. Essays. ora.
tiCG,, USdiDg, Instrumental and vocal
mua'". A pleasant time will take plsos
ana ~ srs $pSitsd. Similar sxsrci.ss arc
held every Friday afternoon, and visitors
nv
Last e'cnine very nice little party wr
riysn Mt NJ John n. RobiDson's residsDrr.
west Of tosn. Several fsllairs people
were present.
Miss Lizzie Fitzpatrick and Miss M.
Guirs, Of Pittsburgh, are Waiting here.
Mr.. J. b. Smith left last evening for
youngstown, where he vii try Law sHit
70. morrow, remaining u,ttl next week.
Charley Bradford was discharged ye.ser.
day snd Vim. oliver was only fined fof
esnyins concealed weapons.
Nj. W. X. Hoyt has bssn appointed Mas-
YER of Transportation and train di,pslcbsr
On tbs T., H. &C. road instead Of w. Stsve
Hpydsb. a. efrone0aAy stated 10 our To-
GALS.
Eoskerenhausen's doat ls firm one and
has teen nHmed tbs,"Lion's Paw"
We understand that hessrs. wm. OllIye'
snd Charles Bradford, who we're arrested
few days 'fDce charged with blowing open
MeClsin's safe, will appear bsfors the o"nrl
snd enter suit against the city foS uss Sun
81 o. 90 for falsa imprtsopment
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Buried With His Money.

Nrw York, February S.-About three
months ago August Diefenthal died sud
denly at an immigrants boarding house in
New York, and was inferred at Union Hill,
n. J. A few days ago letter was received
from his brother, in California. inquiring
as TO the disposition OF the dead mans
effects. and as to a sum OF money which the
deceased had realized from the sale of a
farm in Germany. His trunks were search
ed, but the rsoney could not be found.
The body was disinterred, and S2O9l were
discovered in a wallet hidden away in a
sLirs in which the body had been buried.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-09
A SOCIAL SENSATION.
An EIOpinc Husband Makes an Appli.
cation for Divorce.


WARREN, Miss, February S.-An obscure
scientific paper, published in New York,
accidentally strayed to Warren and into
the hands of Mrs. Charles S. Lincoln. In
il she read summons from a Monticello,
Ark Judge tor her to appear at cout with.
in 30 days, if she wished to oppose her
husbands motion for divorce. This was
the first Mrs Lincoln has heard from her
husband in four weeks. On January
sth be lett her ostensibly to go to
California. The next day his wife's
sister. Miss Abbie Hitchcock, who has
never been able TO conceal he! infatuation
for ter huudsOme brother in.law, told her
fanny that she was going 10 see friend in
Hartt,Id. where sue wished to get a new
drcs> Iur the Citizens ball, in which she
was go have a prominent part. Nothing
Las l,,u heard from her since. There is
no c. 90, how ihat the guilty pair went oil
toge;i q How much money they had
with tam is not known, but Lincoln failed
for $1,000 shortly before he left. The
e!orcr.,nI has caused general excitement
in Warren, for both parties are members OF
the ..Tst ismIIiCs of the town. Lincoln IS
orly - years old, is quite handsome, and
bas been the n!OSt popular man in Warren
To- ,tdTS.
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nInfoIerabIe Nuisance.

NEw GOgK, February S.-Ihe New OrS
Boark of Aldermen has unanimously passed
a resolution requesting the Board OF Police
not to grant any more permits to the mem
bers Of the Salvation Army to march
through the streets of the city, 'Creating
an into.orable nuisance by the beating Of
drums and the screechng Of musical in
struments.' The mover OF the resolution
supplemented il by saying that he spoke
for his own district from personal obser.
walton, but he had learned that the same
condition of affairs existed wherever the
Salvation evangeIsts pitched their tents.
Sick people were particularly annoyed,
and he thought morality was not TO any
degree subseryed by these people. Persons
living in the neighborhood OF the Salvation
Army barracks complain OF them as nui.
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nArlxS YERX.

Mis- Lilian soudsn gave Q yssy plssslnt
little parry last night st The ressdsnce 0i
her father Mr.. d. II. Boudsrs, on Third
street. About fifteen couples OF her
and % Other places. RsiTssSmsnis were
served end wen highly enjoyed
The wheat crop througboGt ths neigh
borbo1d will be small. The winter has
been ons OF the xopt We ever Bsd on the
crop. Tie farmers sre much disooura5ed.
Msssya Henry Lewis and d. u. bondefs
are s;iil confined 10 bed With rbeumstsn.
HE frat story 81 the bsv addition b the
BueErys aIsss works il up, and the WORK 10
pushing isrward - Ta1seiy - the weather
CoI. G. w. Mitchell returned last eysn.
| ios Tor . pleasant sIsis 70 Portland sssfiop.
Rev. W. Weir 10 bsek from wsrnoct
S;atos. where be vss Ia tbs Interest oi
the Qusrier1y CeDtsbnis'.
I Rev. Il. K. Josxs 10 st SsiineyilIe. on
jusiDef,
| A 1ot,lge prayer nsetiDg siIi Be hsld ss
I the r.sidence oI Harry Mcclure. to-nighi'
IL G, Dr.ppSs, Of Minneapolis, form
| sJly ,f this city. 10 IN toun, on business,
Ni,s ysry SsH 81 g. ClaaSsviiis, 10 tns
euest Of Jcsspb ffszief.
Ket<T, Gpsyan, Who bss hesn conbnei
/ a. MS bed tpy several weeks. dsaRsfoudy
!. made his frst appearance On ne stse7~
e,.rd,Y -,
a fir. occurred st The Etns MIL. yesfsf'
| ~, gf',b mipbt have been much more ss.
| rious than IL ~.s. The so0f of the oIn
mill ssuxbt FIRE from . hPsting fnfose
me Lese we're applied ssd the hAnes eI.
iir guisksd before any l.sts!iAi dnnsse -
dens. Considerable Gnculty ~
sncsj IN applying tbe hoss. - ~ = ?
xcpser the whole ssllI vss DOG
the sfoubd
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-09
signal Service Scandal.

WASHINGTON, February S.-+General W.
b. Hazen, chief of the Signal Office OF the
United States, has sent to the press for
publication a statement in reply to the
charges made against him and the attacks
made upon the Signal Service by Beltzhoo'
yer and a number of Anonymous writers.
The charges, General Hazen says,
have their origin in the recently dismissed
employees of the service and are untruthful
and slanderous. and the attacks are made
for the purpose of bringing about the re-
mOval Of he weather service TO the Interior
Department.
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Fatnl Freeze.

RAWLINGS, Wy. T., February s.-The
coach which left Pacific Springs, on the
Sweet Water Stage Route last wee wa'
caught in a storm Friday. The coach was
abandoned and the party started back on
foot'to the station. The driver was found
frozen to death standing in the snow, and
Thomas Scott Superintendent, was
found standing straight up in the
snow. frozen so that he could
not move. He will lose his
hands and feet. w. V. Stark, passenger,
has not yet been found. They were out
three days and nights. Another stage
driver was badly frozen. He reports two
feet of snow on the level and the cattle
starving. This stage line Iuas from Green
river, on the Union Pacific railway to Ft:
Washaki, Wy, through the south pass OF
tho Rocky Mountains,
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Sre>het Damages.

WASHINGTON, Pa, February S.-The
iTcShst vi last night did considerable dam
aye in this neighbOrhood, although gener'
ally not OF a serious nature. The loSIands
were flooded. One family named Saith,
residing few miles from town. were com.
pelled TO seek shelter outside OF their
home. \ telegraph pole that bad fallen
across the Nsrionly pike badly used mp
several vehicles which happened 70 rua
into II in the darkness. The railroad bridge
on the Hempfisld road at Tride'phia was
so seriously damaged that trains could not
pass over IL, and transfers were thereby
made necessary. Eighty five Of h'cS OF
us sheep belonging to George Wise Carver,
the heaviest sheep raiser OF Greene county,
were drowned
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Adjournment. A

Adjournment.
Mr.. Harmon called up the resolution
providing for an adjournment sine die on
the Goth of February.
Mr.. Harmon said he was receiving letters
every day asking for the adjournment
and protesting against changing existing
laws until the people learn whrl they are.
The resolutiyn was opposed by Messrs
Penny bscker, DALEY Powell, Holt and o,h-
ers, and supported 10y NJ. lsbell and
OlhtTs.
The ayes and nays being called for, the
vote resulted in favor Of the resolution.
Ayes. - nays, 22.
Mr.. Penny baCker moved to postpone the
announcement Of the vote until 20 NOR.
row. The House refused 10 agree, and the
vote was announced.
The rem ainder Of the morning Lession
was occupied it. routine business.
AFTERNOON stssloS.
The House rea-,cniblng at the usual
bour took up bills on their third reading,
aud passed those nnt'h hs,nS:
< bill amending sscliDu , 81 chapter - N
the AC.s of 1851. concerning dentistry,
psss,d.
Nj. povencr introduced bill to amend
cha lter IS Of 'hc Aces ~ 1917, concerning
the working uf CJnyiCiI In the peniientiary.
A bill paised sneDGing section Of chap
- ~ Of he Acts Of lss2, also, one amend.
ing section 2 % chapter Is Of the Acts OF
1851; also, bill 10 amend section ~ Of
chapter - ot the code.
A number or bills were read = second
time and the house adjourned At o'clock.
Hssse Notes.
The great Free Trade spostl. ,K d .egate
TLrner, Of Harrison. still figures promi.
neptly in the legislative halls
Delegate Harmon is one OF the solid men
Of the Republican side OF the House.
Grant county 10 well represented by him.
Consi@ering the lack OF interest mani.
tested by mot Of the members IN bills bs
fore the House, 10 j. about time the I,egis.
latUre was considering an early adjourn
ment.
The ubiauiioa, end sprightiy member
from PendIet0n, Delegate Penny backer, oc.
cupied the Speakers chair during part of
the day.
Harrison eogD'y's young men are very
quiet in the Home, bat attend to their
duties in bJsintss like way
Minera! county shows up With any otbor
county in the State, rs fsr as able and in
fuential representatives are concerned.
The yoIksblatt OF Yesterday contained &
Vi ~ 49,
Lincoln statesman rs he was supposed "a
appear on hearing Of the defeat Of che PRO
hibitory amendment.
Ex-senator WiIliamA the handsons
bachelor from Grant county, was 81 thu
capitol
Capt Phil Snyder. Kanauha's pssssea
! Tor. Vas in the Legislative halls. He vl
I he Ksnswha eounty's choice for CongrssI
( nan kenna's yacaED ssat.
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BOY MAIL ROBBERS.
Too Mach Newell Reading Gets New Eng
land Lads Into Trouble.

BosToN, February S.-Two boy mail rob-
bers were before Commissioner Hallett this
morning. They are Albert Ball and Elmer
Anderson, of Three Rivers, each about IL
years old. Ball confessed that he cut open
mail bag at the railroad station aud
distracted several packages of letters.
These were torn up and scattered about
tie track after small amount OF
money had Dcen taken from them. Part Of
the money Ball says he gave to his grand.
mother, with whom he lives. He proposed
10 make another raid, but he was arrested.
He sCcusCd Anderson of being an accom-.
plice, but the hoy hopes to prove an alibi.
Ball was held for trial and Andersons case
was put over til next week. II is another
cast OF too much dime novel
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4 Mioi,terial Frnud.

NEWPORT, K. /, February SIT was
learned to day thst the estate OF the late
Rev. Dr. Mercer, NeUpprts most faShiona-
HE minister. is vslned 3, sl0l AoO Dr.
Mercer was never taxed for more than $40,
600 His only brother, ]. c. Mercer, nf
philadelphia, died Yesterday, not in affi1-
ence. He did not receive penny by DR.
Nercer's will.
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Had SchanI R0Ha

UNIoNTowH, PA, February s.-At Brice-
ton, West Va, near the Fdyette county
line, as two boys aged about ten years
were returning home from. school last Fri
day. they qusrreled and each drew pen
knife on the other. One was stabbed IN
the back, not seriously injured, bat be
dealt his companion a cash near the heart
that may Droye fatal.
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Look Ont for Bombs.

PHILADELPHIA, February S.-Leon Hart
man, the Russian Nihilist, came here from
Washington last, and had an all-night con-
ference with Herr Most and three members
of the International Society, OF New York,
whose names are suppressed. 1t is learned
that the conference had relation to the cor
onation Of the Gar. Bachman,, another
Nihilist, arrived this morning and another
conference took place. Most sent a cipher
cable dispatch this morning to Berlin So
cialists. and arranged for another confer;
ence this evening. Hartman has declared
10 German Socialists here that the corona
ton will not be allowed 10 take place.
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Nail Wen I'm Convention.

PITrsBURGH. February 8.-The Western
Nail Association met to-day and passed a
resolution TO the effect that after the re-
sumption Monday next the mills in the
Association will run three weeks only and
then shut down for fortnight. The days
al suspension will expire Saturday the 10th
inst. Stocks are reported very light, but
Inquiries are multiplying as the building
season approaches. No change was made
in the existing card rate.
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Mare and Slade.

New YoRK. February S.-Msce and Slade
gave their sp:rring exhibition in Madison
Square Garden to night. Notwithstanding
the great amount of free advertising the
affair received, the ATTENDANCE was
comparatively small. The spectators in
all numbered over 1000. The performance
vas of the tameSt nature, aad failed to
awaken the semblance OF enthusiasm.
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YfrGintn Items

NORFOLK, February S.-An explosion IN
Smiths restaurant killed The cook aud in
jured several perons. The property was
damaged considerably.
LYYCHBCGe, February &-EmoTy l.
Hlwkes. aged Is. mail carrier of Wythe
county, was arrested to-day for stealing
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Murdered by Mexieans.

ALsUQUEEQUE, n. W., February S.-Three
y Uhlnamen living in q ranch near Fort
Bayard were fonnd murdered last Wedn 8
Nsy. The sheriff, with a posse, captured
one OF the murderers, who proved TO be q
Mexican. He, with several other Next
rsos, undertook 10 -nb the Cinnamon,
yron thFir resisting all thee were killed
Their bodies were horribly mangled,
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Roller Explosion.

DEs MONIES, a., February S.-An engine
boiler exploded at Boone. last evening, in
stantly killing George Fleming, engineer,
snd Joseph James, and fatally iniuring
John johnson. Two horses were killed.
fhe engine room and the company's coal
Office were blown TO atoms.
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FIRE EC0RD.

AKRON, O.. FebrSsry Sire dana,ed
the Excelsior Cnal COMPANY. near DIylss-
town, Wayne couaty, s29,0ol
CHICAGO, February s-The InAe. osean's
Peoris special sIys: Toe rosidene. OF
James W. JsABsOn WAS bnrsed With its
contents Loss $4,000; uninsured
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High.prieed Water.

SrEUBExvILLr. O., February ste wa.
ter supply has been cut of in tbs city and
there is probability it will be several
days before supply can be Obtained oF-
ing TO the high waters. Water Is being de-
livered through the city at 81 per barrel.
MosS OF the works have been compellei 10
suspend operations. The river = 81 ieet
and rising