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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-11
rAKE.r.U tASK.
The Brooke County Commissioners Re.
s,ll imburso Assessor HuClaunn,

The Brooke County Commissioners Re.
imburse AAsessUr Huchauhn.
The Commissioners Of Brooke county, at
their regular monthly meeting held last
week, voted $3.50 10 T. Il. Buchanan, As.
SCISSOR, to reimburse him for expenses IN
CURED during his recent assessment trouble
with the Auditor before the Supreme Court.
Buchsnon, 1t will be remembered, refused 10
list property as ordered Ia the famous sun.
plement rsa&sessmeut order OF ths udi1i.
and the Auditor prayed for a mandarin.
Buchanan was beaten In this cs.e and was
compelled to do his work of assessment over
s.ain. The action OF the Commissioners has
ca led forth howl from all the county
papers, and majority Of the citizens are re-
ported to bs feeling much exercised over this
manner OF voting away their money. Tbs
Herald ssys: -. ..rI
The Court mieht.with about the same pro-
priety have voted $325 to reimburse the
Wheeling INTELLlaENcra for "e1penses"
growing out Of the bame matter, aud 1t would
be perfectly proper for those who advised
the Assessors 10 take the stand they did, AID
for any other individual that sympathizss to
put bis own hand in bis own pocket Tor the
regulate indemnify, bat there Is no propri.
ETY. whatever, in taxing tho whole public
many Of whom doubtless disagreed with tho
Assessor. Tor money 10 make him whole
again. II MIR. Buchanan, In his official ca
Eacity did wrong, he and bis suretits should
stand the contingencies, 40 they ore album.
dainty able to; II he maIe mere mistake,
even innocently and in the interest OF ,hs
public, we cannot see that the case is any
way different 80 far as the County Court Is
Mi .iallv cnncnrnah., and II hp was puluekp
enough to hava his case brought before tri-
bnnsl that had pr.j adged it corruptly, rs 8
member OF the great Democratic party that
upholds the Court he Is assuredly estoppad
from complaint. T. Il. should pay tina, $50
himself like little man and then il the
h puph s Sc Senn nj 70 him.
have no business medoling with the matter,
and We J: understand steps are being taken
to sue out an Injunction restraining further
action iu the matter. la,;. 4. L ii.4. ~
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This liz hOa irue.

Several gentlemen who were present for o
few momsa,s only % spectators at the a.
legged independent Democratic meeting q,
Labor Hall Friday evening arc extremely
tucenasd at the IErELLiGKkcER's unau,hori. sd
publication OF their unuieB as being members
Of certain committee. To use the lar usee
Of one indignant gentleman is enough. He
said: II am decent 1rishman, and don't
want 10 be classed with ouch crowd"
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EEw YORK.. August Money market casv 4,
l}sa2 percent, t.o.sd ott ed a! petesn., rim,
neicsnale paper eSasE percent sterling K.
y bansen' bills steady Ut 81 SIX; demand
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The following shows the range OF tho Their.
mouleter, sa observed at aohneprs drug store,
0pus House corner, Yesterday: A. NJ, $50;
laa., s4'; Sra s.; iSf. NJ, IL. ,5:l55i
lI. lNplcATIoHs. q
WARRINGTON, D. O., August ll.-l:3o 4. ~
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, gen.
orally fair weather, favorable winds with
slight riBs In Temperature. lTfi; r
For the Lower Lakes, generally fair
weather, followed In The eastern portion lily
Increasing cloudiness and local shower;
tonth 10 west windg, lower barometer and
blight Iiss In Temperatures. ~ u:
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once: N".. 20 ana ~ Fuu zenith Str g,
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Mics Emma Jones, Of Wheeling, who has
been spending some weeks at her brolher's
near South Branch Depot, on the b. d o.
Railroad, Ia now boasding. with her lliitle
daughter, at Mr.. Harry Wardan's, in the
Bank building.-Romney Inlel!igeneer. :
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For Observation-Disclosures RosedaIe. I'D
10. o. F. Picnic.
Gen;lsmsn'a silk and Felt Hats Renovated.
PennyIoysl Pills. l''''a5sz. &.
The Hannah More Acsdsny.
headquarters for Colssats's sosps-List &
Williams. y ~. s
{; WATERWAYS Ideal Fountain Psn-s!anton
& Davenport. .-1
Garry Institute and Union Business College.
Trustees eale-W. ]. W. Cowden.
Do Your Own R9odug-B. F. Caldwell.
Apoilinaris-Fourth page. 5ajf5
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FOUL PLAY FEARED.
AN OHIO MERCHANT DISAPPEARS
Uad,r vezY Aysierioua .Cireanstaaess-Ils 10 Llsl
Seen In Wheeling, and L,Avss for East Liver. I
pool, bs, Strer Reaches that Place.
t3ti Ills hons Rvaiu} Search for Him.

Mr.. jacob Roensr, a leading nnd pros.
porous dealer In general merchandise al
Clssington, Ohio, IS mystertously missing,
and his family are very uneasy about him,
aud fear ths. he has beck made tho victim Of
foul p'sy. Hs left homo and came 10 this
CITY on Sunday, August 8, stopping at The
Howell House. Sunday evening he went
over to Bridgeport, and upon returning rsld
he had made an engagement with friend
living thore ~ 10 to East Liverpool on the
early tyasn on the @. i Z. road The next
morning. He wau going there TO buy queens.
ware. uo was walked for the Q O'Clock train,
and lett Tor Bridgeport, since which he hss
not been seen nor heard OF by any Of his &C.
qusinianoes. He did not Is to East Liver.
pool, 10 far ss can be learned. h lT,.yl s,'lT,
His sou, John II. Roemer, and o friend
named McKimmic, cams up to the city this
latter part Of last week looking Tor some
clue 10 the whereat MI nj the missing man,
They followed him 70 Est Liverpool, and
finding 10 trace Of him there went on Ia
Pittsburgh, where 1t wr1 though. he Nigh,
possibly be-. No intelligence Of Ills where
abouis Was obtained. "
FOUL PLAY YEAEvp. 'i, IA
1t 10 feared that Mr.. Rocmsr has been
ioully dealt with. lie mad considerable
money with him. Ho 10 well advanced In
years and steady In bis habits, and this i,
the only explanation Of hia disappearance
that seems plausible, His son and MIR. Nc
kimmie returned home on Saturday withou,
any clue 10 his whereabouts II he ID alive, o,
The manner OF biz taking of II he Is dead
They did not report the cass to the police
here, as they had no reason TO believe Mr.
Roemer was In the city. v TsGl F5at,8l
The missing man Ia a brother to Nj. Johr
Roemsr, the dry goods merchant, Of Centre
Whe. Il Ig,snd Mr.. Hermann Rosmer, Of Bell
aire, who ls in the ZANE business. He 10 wei
known In business circles hese and all aloni
the river, was doing a safe, prosperous bust
ness 60 lar as known, and no reason for BIZ
voluntarily aba nting himst't from home ca,
be Unsigned. When here he was npparsntl,
In good health and spirita. M '6eN al
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X THE LOCAL 1N.pEGTORSHIp5ti
Made Vacant by capt. Wilson's Death 10
Y. be filled by the Board, tIa Is

Supervising Inspector John Fehrenbatch
Of this district, arrived from Cincinnati Sat.
urday morning, to act a. ono OF the Beard ol
Examiners that will examine applicant, iol
the positiou offices nspsctor at this point
n'aas vacant by tho death Of Capt. Thomas
burg Today, Tor which nolnt Capt, Fehrsn,
batch lett yesterday. Under tho law It'll
Board conHstn Of the Supervising Inspector
Judged. ]. jackson Of the District Court
aud Surveyor Of Cns,om7 Beach. The posi.
tlon, 1nspeoior Of boilers, requires o az,
class man, and tbs examination 10 q severe
one. Several applicants cslled on Cant
Fehrenbs,oh at tbs Surveyors Office Sattlr,
dty to learn what would be- required OF them.
The Board will, after the examination, make
Recommendation 10 the Eacreta,y Of tbe
Interior, who: appoints: Two OF the Board
may recommend nroyidsd the supsrylr, u i,
one OF tho two.a The Board may be in ses.
sion sevsral days. n 5--fy,Lf = -,
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A Nucrc,.fulhcl

We would suggest to our Ieadero, who
think Of attending a Business College OF Nor:
mat School, to send to Garry Inssisuse aud
Uaion Business College, Pittsburgh. for their
large circulars, giving full PARTICULARS.
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The proposed summe. resort-a trac. O..
ground laid If into large loI., each with a
private house-is not abandoued, but Inc si;e
IS not fully determined. A beautiful place
not far from Lewis's Mills IL I liked of most
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[ ClScIHNATI, O.. Angus. 9-Flour dull and IN
chang 4. heat dun: No. > rod Soaslc ,ort scstct
ard dtm; No. 2b7c. Oats Gs,er: No 4 mixed Wv
Eve dan ard Il %e: No 2 sc. barley duh shd TIL
snlk meat qu'c: aud htais shonlle CO. khor. iii
! 94e. bacon quiet and inch nsed Whisky I'M
te,t!cd: Us u: 81 q tstel. Cheese cay anh moi
rot bly, lower Eigs &c ier ut lO3al2c. Butter lrn
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Brea,a,uis and Provisions.

Nkw Yong, August 0.-Flour weak; recent,
s IVY 70 Sn hsls .s1gs,s go bhes superb 10 STATE
lower lcceipls Ias.t bushels erpot leo o bash-
OILS; No chicago SIC: No 3 Epribg 50 kass9Hc: Nh
rcd Anguss, sales LIS COZ hushel. ~ 9ika9c clo.
Ing a.. t9Si.; septemn,,. sales 10000 bushe Vt
otsfs"ks closing at Q NJ; October sales roma
bushels At s3ks931Gc, eli. ling At 935Ic: November
ka.ea Gs,C0o buhuelA At 9Sa9s1Sc closing at csc
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-BaLTINoRH MD..Aug 9-Flour quiet and steady,
heat, weItern lower and fctvu, tlos,ng tuil.
No p winter hni SPOT Ssx sS7f% August ss>ic;
WESTON nominal mixed SOFTEN oer e9adllse octo
Der ttN 16i1Tc. Oats dult and eCier; wellafn white
40 !Ic, mixed ia,ic: PennsYly ria 4iiI7c. RYE
quilt and easy at t046!c Pr visions steady, OK.
9 pt An sdv'nce CT t?1 OIL mes pork. WHISKY MIN.
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This !. The way lhry Mako Votes.

"A parry Of Italian begcars with two per.
forming bears passed through the city yea,es.
day. The filthy garments and faces oil the
human beasts wildly reminded one OF the
nondescrlpt meeting Friday evening.
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PnnApsLfHiA.. Pa, August o.-rlour, nomi.
nslly unchanged Mheal uLtet.lel anu lo., +:
exc: 6coteuhet e,1hSaPs,t;t: te'obcr Oh 8sc Ec.
v=u bet g3t.S9iMc. on, option, weak. " .iov
temaud faii aud market hm: rejected mixed
631ss64<c: sail mixed August GlRGw: september
dull; No. y white 49,; No. 2 white 4sas9c,
TOLEDO. O., august 9--whGAt, quiet and weak:
No. Z RID cash ara August $50 tsIed; Septe Der
e fsked;, ocsoter &c r:keI. November So: year
Ac; OF sllt Sic. Corn quiet and We,k; No
can t:j;Eo asked; rAHsUst Iie R.se3; September
$40 P:iei. Oats dull aud nominal.
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a FREE LUNCH will be seryed at the ''Oi.
bee" Balloon this morning from 0 until II,
80 - g ArGrsr HAsKE, Proprietor,
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WORKMEN!

Full lined Canadian Jeans Pants
Sewcd with waxel luuble linen thread,
II cents Il pair. his Is my regular
price, 10 drive. DAVID ASH, b
@ 30 Twelfth Street,
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

a special meeting oil tho stccsfo'der q, II,
Wheeling and Elm Grove .ts!!n I'd ttm,,rv'
called y order q The oGd OIL hecpIhp.tT
board, VII &c held At the ,flcr Il 10 N!d ,'r.
rsny, IN wheeling ". Va, gu hatu,tey, 1IrItr
70 h. 1854 at O'clock p D.. for the pu.p,tt Ci,ct.
ina % propositle u. Q eih.ntphmiiledot S. cpe
and Issue bonds kecufed by ocei Of trust on IN,
Property Of the companj and Of Itallsl l!lI ,1s
other business Gs may be pits ntGd. s'
July 1tth. 1884 -,
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WANTED-LsDfES AND YOUNG
wv men In city or touuttv, (tlib,Ance 10 OF
! 10 take II CT light aud ilGa.uA. OK al i'd,
o~a homts q! 70 % Il dty ta,.iy aud qui,tiy
~. nae 1s S9 9 Zen! ntil. No GMYsssnS 10
.v,Mn. nFss Ali
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The marching officers OF the Junior
"piumsd Kniehts"S are requested to meet at
the Lincoln Club room this Monday even.
Ing at 7:30 O'Clock. ~, IN q Il ~
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TOR sALE.l

A RARE CHANCE.-I WI l. OFFER
8 az private tale ny entire protnny. tLvwua
NE co:luy toatdilg house. eouiGintl / G,iI,.cte
foJms tne ht.i acre tot, With 80 d cellar WHO!
eo.a water, large tee htu e. rUsl MO plUDtet
Tor boarding b ute. Also Lo,ise ala 10, ono.
tie The above property nlto UI on c rlICr . he:
md sixth str eta kcas II for tvilibg- Alitl a!E
levcr"for i','sher part cuisis inqui o. the Uvier
on the p,emises, or. Adele.s y. L. hssL.Y, OIL.
lard, Nd ... -sfHrlt. r|nIn+ iv5Is
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The cc!ored csmpmeeting that has been
In progress at Gss,on's orchard out the B. &
0. road. under the auspices OF the Simpson
brought to close las: evening. The attend.
ance yesterday WAS very fares. The meeting
from beginning TO end has been very success
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EXPERIMENTATION !, ,
lastly Recent tho Registdr's Indecsn,
i 4 EliuEs At Them -B'A &

10 ne EdR0T OF w 1Hhll1etnen. n ~ , u v
alh:-1t answspaper editorial l. . n flsctlon
Of the political principles Of The. editor, We
would respectfully ask the reading public TO
look at the editor Of the Wheeling Register in
this mornings editorial remarks on the Irish.
American independent movement In this
city and pass Judgement. Let The yesdlc. DO
charitable. II 10 case OF "the ruling passion
strong In death. IL all signs don't iail it 10
evident that The Register Is dying In lta sins,
o. 1t lived. ~ Il; 4it'fIlG llI'
---l.-L...-.. NJ Any IxnI nrKnxSr Inlsu Norxna
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THAT Brazilian monkey which caused such
commoiioa ut McLain's drug, store lest
| week hr1 been added to the geological col
| l.. purk Wa - .f.H..
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will find good accommodations on the Rose.
dale. She was formerly known % the Lizsie
johnson, but had her name changed after she
had her hull Len pthenet. =, : s,,1t'Tl-s =

Tbs Dlarnal LEI. Tor Paskszshurs 8a!usaay
morning, and the Courier laid mp. The
Diurnsl and Elaine will DO the Park sraburg
boats until further notice. f7lis7 lgr
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t,.,..4 80 M, $500 - -

CHICAGO, Augrs! Tho Drortrs' journal repo,t.:
Llve, koss-Reee!p's $500 he,t shipments $500
esd; market weak and Ga e. lower; rough ptcy.
,ng sSz,.bSs Psesiag snd shipging sS 5O.e o5.
lint % 35a6 90 skips g. e1a5 ~ C@ttle-Receipts
export grades 81 sc.e 30 rood to choice shipping
q Gas ~ G'nnlon TO medium 81 sos CO. Itu /
Texans lee lawerst g 514i 40. dheer-Rcceipts
400 head: marie duil Inferior TO fair 70 2OaS 50;
4 'a'-..H....
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!.'Burr'a Mills Camp, Sunday, A uEus.
I-atJi Isl IT, 1894 VI 49,,

The Baltimore 4 Ohio will run an e1cur.
sion train from Wheeling 10 Bnrr's Mills and
return, leaving Wheeling at 1855 A NJ al '
time; arriving at BuIr's Mills al 0 A;M,a Re.
turning, leave Burr's Mills at i4:4O II. ".
Round trip tickets ST., Isilgltr IsiN,R,' i'I'
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new YORK. August 9.-Cotton Nrm future!
steady; August 1899: September 167fc; Uctohe,
loas;: EnseGaher tn1'c; December 10 19c; Janus ~
~ > t"nfIAry 1885; iissch loGlc; April 1912:
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At the Indian Run c.mpmeeting yester.
day there was good attendance all day. 7 In
the afternoon the Martiu'a Ferry Glee Club
VIZ, present and, as last years enier,a inment
OF tbs clnb VET remembered, many went to
hear them. Tho ministers present to ssast
Kew. y. Henderson were 4seys. ]. q. Hsr.
grave, J. f. K Moorland, OF Cadiz and Geo,
HollIlger, Of Wheeling, ~ ~ = 80
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EAST LIBERTY. Ausust Q Cattle Nothing do.
ipg; all ihIonrh colhcumtn 5: receipts i 1917 head
shtnnnen:s 7tC1 mead doaA-1arkct az tive receipts
300 head; shipments $50 atsd; phlls'elphias
81 .)lG 3d. YorSerS Sc O.6 10: era. era IS 50a5 rs
sheep-So' hing doing; receipts LOO head; ship.
tuents !, $50 head. = ,s..',...T-'a
CINCINNATI, O., August Live hogs active and
firm: com on and Light s. 7'a5 10; packing aud
.hipplng saia6 10. ReceipA9 Us head: shipments
si5hcad - s., IL 49,
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TOR SALE OK. RANI-lAL EAGLE
= Brewery and Aklt House rc,teAiuu even
September LIST. Enquire Of JOHN khli Kew
Mcclure Uoukc. fat9S
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Petr0 iCruI.

PrrTHauRsH, PA, August 9-The afternoon mar
ket was hiIly active snd rallied Hlvanc'd TO SGNc
ti"d de&'ued to we, II :dvoiug to 7I77@c At the
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FOR sALt

TOR SALF-BO0K CASE AND SEW.
ING MACHINE in GOOD repAi. arms ca y.
Address. Lb,'k BOX Es5. so
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XAnI-

new folK, AucuR' 9.-Wotl steady ard IN iai,
demand dome tic Aet 70 S4a4c3; pulled lstgc !,
Texas liacns. 's'r y7f.F7F "a; III - :
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STATE An u tl,llhIrY. !
Recent Doiugs Of West virsininns nnd
aN Their Eeighh0rs. AZ 7. psf'

IN Their hEeighbors. w 4. a e.
The wslistarg Fair will commence Sep.
tembet 81 and continue three days.
There ara now moro than 1000 visitors at
tho Greenbslsr White Sulphur Bprinsa. 2.
The Commissioners OF Gllmer county have
appropriated So. 700 Tor the erection Of SIX
Iron bridges. i. Z. IA
Prof. U. 8. Fleming. late OF the Fairmont
Normal School, has been mada Principal OF
the Grafton public achoola. Salary, 800 per
month. ygl65i 3iiy@lgt Q ''G,
The place selected ut New Martinsyille for
holding both Confessional Conventions this
montti 10 the upper story OF Neg1m's mill, e
new building G01Si feet, well ventilated and
lighted. q sa!.4, 81 n .llG3f8cI5g.
Tho ares are kept up In the DA1zsll glass
works and operations on The premises con.
Time, which does not ind!cste s'onpsge oil
very long DURATION Wtllslurg Herald : d
John etsa,hcr. o. horse Thief, was arrested
at Parkersburg Saturday morning. The tsld
u his operations had been In The country
districts OF Wood county for several dsy,
previous. He hailed from Fredericksburg,
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= !, ...asl -ftHr AeA'ncr. ~: 81
hemlock sole 29ka25c. 80 80 - n. :
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PETER Bolt, the pilot and ex-osnman,
pss,ed through Wheeling Saturday ea route
home to Pittsburgh from bis boat, which tied
The Dillon tribune., 1884-04-05
Coffee and Alcohol in Brazil.

According to the statement Of the Vice
Director OF the Rio Janeiro faculty Of med
inc, it appears that in Brazil, where there
a,e quantities of coffee and here all the in
habitants take it many times dav, alcohol.
in is completely unknown; il is further
stated that immigrants arriving in that
country, though beset with the passion for
alcohol, contract, little by little, the habits
ri the Brazilians, acquiring their tondness
.nr drink ing coffee and their aversion for
liquors: and as the children Of these i'm.
migrants brought up with coffee from their
Early years never contract the fatal habits
known to their parents, 1t would seem that
the number Of drunkards in the country is
IN inverse ratio to the amount Of coffee
consumed. A South American CORES.
pondent OF the Medical TIMES confirms the
above statements, asserting that the num-
her Of cafes in the large cities Of Razil-
where multitudes Of persons from the high.
est to the lowest classes 90 in to take cup
If that delicious beverage which none but
lirazilians know how to make prOperly-is
.normous, while drinking saloons or bars
are very few, and their patrons fewer still.
II the above Is correct, our temperance
advocates might take useful hint Less
nratorv and more coffee would give better
success to their efforts. The opening OF a
cheap coffee house alongside OF every gin
mill might have the effect 10 dry up the
liquor business.
The Dillon tribune., 1884-04-05
The Hollow Square.

The "hollow square" formation that won
the battle Of Ell Teb Is undoubtedly form.
liable one in these Gays Of long range rifles,
when the assailants can be exterminated
long before they ever reach the bavonet
points. But that infantry squares have
neen broken by cavalry on more than ono
occasion is now matter of history. Auth.
critics are still divided as to whether Victor
Hugo was right in affirming or Siborne in
denying that the French heavy brigade
drove in the face Of British square at
Waterloo. But Montbron's cuirassiers
broke a Russian square at Borodino in
1874, and Colonel Caulaincourt's Horse, in
the same battle, actually charged into an
intrenched redoubt. In the conrse Of the
Anglo. Arabian war that followed England's
annexa alton Of Alden, in 1899, an English
square was attacked in the open plain by
u mass Of Abdali horsemen. The Arabs
forced their way in 81 far as to kill several
men in the third rank, and were then beat.
en- off with bayonets and clubbed muskets,
AN occurrence utilized by James Grant in
one of his military novels. The Irish Brig.
AIDE had similar experience at Talavera.
So my Connaught boys" said General
Picton. after the battle, '.vou let the French.
men get into your square to day, did your"
We'll, your honor" answered brawny
Irish grenadier, 1.-THE blackguards got in,
sure enough, but, bedad! they never got out
again."