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HELENGTn ar CONakEss
An Acnsurcd by Mr. oiman's Tape Line.
s''. Private Claims. Hh.fg p III

}s- - q - n. i,
Az Measured by Mr.taoiu,an's Tapo Line.
Private Claims. 'Na.5 {. i.4Ajj
From Our Special Contspondems.
WASHINGTON, March lS.-Mr. Holman
has little faith in the ability Of Congress 10
get away from Washington before August.
III We keep on at this rate" he said, yes
terday, to your correspondent, "it will be
well into August before We can possibly
get away from here. Three months and a
half gone and not an appropriation bill
through both Houses. 1 It seems impossible
TO control the flood Of talk. This ID the
largest Congress we have ever had and, Of
course, the most laxative one. The larger
the House the more talk 1t seems as few.
cry man in tho House is under the impres.
sion that he alone isposted on the question
at issue aud that 1t is his duty; to. discue,
and re-discuE1 the whole subject ior the
benefit Of everybody else, and 30 the story
% gone over and over again and time
wasted" $lstj 'iS N y ( g15{2Sff i,yl5 )
..tyhat ia the remedy Nj. ,lman p,
"lts pretty hard to answer" he replied,
"0ne remedy; aud one which l should be
glad 10 see applied would be to eliminate
ali private busine-a from the work Of the
House. Congress ought not to be expected
or required 10 legislate upon private
claims. Every claim which Comes to US
here ls one which the Law docs not allow.
II it did it would be allowed in the courts
and not sant here. A. very small proper.
ton Of the claims sent here are just, and
yet We are expected to spend days and
days discussing them. Our calender is
lum ,ertd up with them and the bills Of
q private nature reported to the House
have begun to be numbered by the hun
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II AN cured Of Cata.rh and deafness by Ely's
Cream Balm. & Ny aunt was deaf In one ear.
After uslng the Balm few times her hearing
was restored. +. o. MoRsr, Insurance Broker,
Elizabeth, N. J.TNot liquid or snuff. iti3 "a
y VI Z I, n :9S, rrhsAW
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Loss Liquor ana More Law.
4 3WILKrsnARKE, Pa, March ls.-The citi;
zens in mass meeting, packing the largest
hal, adopted resolutions asking the support
Of the Judges Of the Courts in reducing the
number Of liquor licenses and; enforcing
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Z Stool worI crx s,rike se,,,ed.

PIrrspuAou, PA, March 1S-Pfesident
Welhe, Of tho .Amalgamsted Association,
returned from Joliet, ILL., TONIGHT, and re-
ports o satisfactory settlement OF the strike
at the Joliet steel works. The man will
resume work next week. 81 a 3. l5 3
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Y LONDON, March lS.-A manifesto; from
Prince Napoleon is regarded as imminent.
He has gone to Switzerland to avoid arreat,
taking with him his papers and valuables.
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Notes About the Stenmbontx, Rank Hriefn
= I'd and photographic fAeuorix.8 Il
The coal fleet hrs all passed this point. Il
Tie us beacon light steamer Lily hes
gone down the river again. q !, z III,
The W. N. Chancellor IS due down; this
morning, bound for Charleston. "a "a 3
The Clifton arrived about IL o'clock yester.
dsy morning and lied up o. the upper end OF
the levee. 54 1l " - ,455: t5Ii
Capt. I'd. Maddy's handsome side wheel
PACKET, the new chesapeake, is due up this
morning from Pit sbu.gh 10 = Cincinnati,
This steamer is daisy. in every respect !
The Katie 6tockdale pa.sad down early
yesterday morning. bu: the Emma Graasr,
had not pa sed up Ut dark. Z She was several
hours behind time. A heAvy trip Is the pre-:
sumable cause. t5,i:.s., ~ 81 E.t55ItsS3li
The Andes cid not get away for C;ncfauati
until about 9 o'clock last might, Hhe had i
biz trip, both in 'i,eight and Pc aeueers. This
steamer haI been doing very large busiuerj
during the ;pcst two months. n A. u! L
The river fell rapidly yesterday. At dusk
the depth wa1hbout 10 feet 0 iucheS a, ueariy
as, could be calcula'ed by tho abominable
gauge marks, or alleged markH thAt this city
allows to disgrace the wharf. y. Z,
Ptr7snuRaH, March Z 1s.-Rlyer 0 feet I!
Inches and falling. q, sIi:.!. : d
! ClNclSSAr1, March ,1S River AS feat &
inch and falling; Light rain; much warmer y
PARKEn, Pas March sls.-Rivcr 4 feet Ii
Inches and falling; weather clear and mild. I
BRowSsYlLlE.%P %PA.a,t March ls-Rtver s fee
u inches aud falling; Feather cloudy; lhermu
meter Do -: N h 81 II g :, II. &, z !; {i
MoloAsTowN, .W.q.VA., March IS River
iset inches. aud falling; weather. .cloudy
thermometer CO.. s1A5S 4, 4 i,'ssE 4 q
Rlos's LANDING, Pa, March -18 River
ieet Q inchea. and fsllirg;4 wcathsr.. cloudy
ihelmom sier S.. ~ s,, r y Z
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Nlnino Leads,

Albany, N.Y. March ls.-Ex.sena.
tory Woodin being asked who was
the iavorite candidate in his dis.
.r|ct said: "Baine unquessionably
leaps: Edmunds has respectable sup.
port: General Sherman Is favorably con.
sidered: General Hawtey is not without
friends, but the mere mention OF Arthur's
name Is so absolutely disconcerling that
sentiment Is slow in crystsllizing upon any
one. Public attention Is drawn almost
wholly to consideration OF the possible
calamity Of Arthur's nomination. Now, l
have converaed freely with you, and posi-.
bly, indiscreetly, but have no apologies TO
olier., l have talked with representative
men from every county west Of Utica in
this State, as we'll as from the northern
counties, and my convictions OF the general
sentiment OF Republicans arc the result Of
those interviews" +" 'f1fr ~ t.y-=- ~ ~
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WIsCONsIN,S CiIOlCE
The Man Who Gun Carry New Yor
Governor FnirchllIl'n prosnec,u

The Man Who Cum Carry New York.
Governor fnirchiitt's Prospects.
Ngw YoRK, March 1s.-A Madison,
Wis.,, correspondent Of the New York
Times writes TO that paper: The delegates
to the Republican National Convention
from the State Of Wisconsin will vote on
the first ballot for Gen. Lucius Fairchild,
While his many friends hardly dare to
hope that their support will secure tho
prize for him, they tell the story OF his lie
with honest pride, and assert that his
career as a soldier, State officer, and n
representative Of the Nation in foreign
lands contains the elements OF political
strength, and ought to command the re.
spect Of every Republican voter. 10 =
Gen. Fairchild." said veteran Rspub-
lican who knows him well, twas the first
volunteer in the Union army from Wiacon.
elm. In his early youth he went to Cali.
fornia with the 'Forty-niners.' Having
made some money there he returned to
Madison, and just before tho war he was
made Captain Of an independent coInpany
OF militia that had been organized in
the city. We heard ono night that Fort
Sumter had been fred upon The next
morning he volunteered and rendered the
services Of his company. His father was
a Democrat, and 'copperhead' at
that, but the son left the Demo.
cratic party that morning, never 10 return
to it. In the service he roBe to the rank of
Colonel, and became Brjgadicr. General BY
brevet. He was in command OF a brigade,
I think, when he lost his arm at Get,ys.
burg. His wounds forced him to return to
civil life, and he was elected Secretary cf
State. The Republicans afterward elected
him Governor fer three successive terlns.
He then became Consul at Liverpool, and
he filled that Office totbs satisfaction OF all
with whom he came in contact. From
Liverpool he went to Paris, where he
served ss Consul General, and before he
retired to private life at home he served ss
our Minister to Spain." -I"E-
Z Politicians here say that good Presidents
are made out of material like this. They
point to his empty sleeve, to his associa-
tion with the pioneers Of California, to his
experience as an executive officer and his
familiarity with our diplomatic and consu.
lar service, and especially 10 the fact tha.
be has never been identified with faction.
He advocated civil service reform years
age, it is said. He is q man Of tact, who
has made no enemies. .1 Isl
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Four.h Dlntrtct n.icsnIc couxeu,,on.

FO"Fth UiHfFtct NeIcEhtc COnvention.
Special Dispatch 10 The Ia.etgencer u - " :
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, March 1s.-A call
has just been Issued by the Republican
Congressional Committee Of the Fourth Dis
trict naming the l0;h Of April as the day
and Point Pleasant es tho place Of holding
the convention 10 elect District delegates
to the Chicago Convention. g,ssE.
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THE FIlx JOHN pDRrEH BILL, !
Some Of tho President's Friends want
-s1 -. p Is.g him 10 VCto IT, b s-yfls5 ~

Some Of tho Presidents Friends want
~ him to Veto IL.
From Our Special Correspondent. 4. ,, li.'li
x WASHINGTON, D. @, March lS-Some OF
Mr.Ar.hur'S friends in Congress are making
IN effort to induce him to veto the Filz
John Porter bill as soon e1 the House
shall have. concurrsd in the Senate amend
ment Others ou:sidsi Of Oongrcss have
also represented to him that BY ye!oing
the bill he will gain more credit amougs tho
people Of the Nsr,h than he could possibly
do by any other course,i and 1t Is expected
that tho effous Of the opponents Of Porter
will not cerse until tho question is finally
decided by the President either By an ap.
pIoval or veto. N 5f rs ..$ =. n 4 a
n Whatever his course. may bs. the result
will be the same. He will bo commended
by some and condemned by Others. ( One
thing however, seems certain, II hn yeioes
the bill he will knock great deal Of wind
out Of Logan's calls, and by this method he
would certainly capture a large share OF
the soldier yate away from tho champion
Of army discipline. tf.5S j5se -: a "a y ~ Il
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o.Dvool men do welt to present their
.,,;ms @ a, Wellington, but We iearthey up.
os,, IN psra that are deaf.
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pr,yu,NDr will not return to US, and
,,,r ~ Anderson fingers in foreign parts to
,uub princes - ARA, .
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nr,norallye Mt Tilden can have 1t II
he wants It.
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vv EtypAll aud ST. Morrison are
~% ,,, o,rcvs the Kilkenny clothes line.
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! MoleAsTosN. .W.i:vA., March IS River 4
feet 0 inchta aud iall:pp; weather .clondy;
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,sanrbody uesrching for harmony The
,,,nocia,c party hasa lot of it laid away
l., which /. has no present use.
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NnilerA' S,rlxc Ended,

PLYNourn, Mass March 1s.-The strike
Of nailers at the Robinson Iron Company'B
iactory has ended Oh the conpany's terms. !
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yo QUESTIONS OF principle or policy dis.
,,,s, ,he Republican party. The Democ'
., IA ,liviIed and sub.diyided.
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Rloe's LANDING, Pa, March -18,-River5 5
let M . inchea; I; and falling; wcathsr. cloudy;
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RIVER NEWS.

TnE Bert Cast Steel HAtchet for so cents a,
Boyd's, Market equar.. sfl h II5,I5
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Enect ofthr l.nn'i For felture nill. n <
From Our Special core.poalen ;,,t y. II NJ: "a.
i j WASHINGTON, March ls.-The effect Of
the attempt OF the Public Lands Commit
tee 10 forfeit the land grants to all the rail-
roads in the country Is already perceptibly
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l!,e j1nteId!se!lfee,

-. Zn,, ~ nuI ~ f""rtcc"'h s.seei.
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81 very we'll remember" said Mr.. Hol.
man, as he dropped three equare Jumps OF
sugar into bis tea aud stirred it round and
round for moment--it was genuine
young hyson-and not cold tea as some
legislators IRE supposed to indulge in, II
very well remember my first experience in
Congress with these private claims. 1t was
a long time ago, when l first came here.
We were cs much troubled with private
claims ms we are now. They then we're
revolutionary claims. Tho room was full
Of them. There were great packages OF
continental money sent for redemption and
heaps and heaps OF papers OF revolution
ary war claims. One claim of $4,000 wa3
sent to me. It was for the heirs Of some
revolutionary claimant, and seemed to me
a Just claim. I set to work earnestly in its
behalf and the bill passed. Alter lis pass
age it went to the White Houae, and the
President sent for me and asked II thought
he ought 10 sign the bill. I told him that
thought the claim just one and should be
paid. He said the precedent was danger
ous one, but finally be consented and slgn-
ed the bill. The money was paid to the
attorney who had been pressing the claim,
and reports were received showing TINT the
money had been distributed to tho heirs,
and l supposed everything Settled satisiac.
toriaily, but to my astoniahment few years
later man turned up claiming to be the
legal and only heir OF the person in whose
behalf the claim had been made.
+, WHAT AN N5ISvEsTloAr ALTON SHOWED.
/ An investigation Of tho whole matter
showed that the claim as presented and
paid was without authority, that the pre-.
tended division ol the money among the
heirs wss fraudulent, that the signatures Of
the heirs showing the receipt Of the money
were forseries and that the attorney vino
presented and pressed the claim and got
the money had, with perhaps one as3ocfate,
pocke.ed the whole SlO. 900, while the origi-
nal heir who was entitled to the money, If
anybody wea, got nothing. That pretty
well cured me- Of private claims. Another
reason which ] have for doubling the gsnu.
ineness OF most Of these claims is that the
claimants do not appear, either, by letter or
otherwise. II tf;en seems to me that If
claima were genuine and the work OF genu-
inc claimants wo should receive a great
mnny more letters in person from them
than we Do" rs. 5;;f.ss.;;5r 8. q 4saslE
I. "Do you look Tor this Congress 10 pass
any tariff bill before IT. a1journmenl21
II think we shall," he said, something,
I don't know what it wiil;bs, but I think
wo shall agree upon some sort Of a tariff
bill which will be acceptable to almost all
fhn mpnhars Of nl1r n artv and M 4 Il y W.
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I"Do you look ior this Congress 10 pass
any tariff bill before it, adj,urnmenl2h Il
H"1 think we shall, "he said, something,
I don't know what it wiil;bs, out I think
We shall agree upon some sort Of tariff
bill which will DO acceptable to almost all
tho members Of our party, and pa, it, 4
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Ddtiti ridge for. ttIntnc.

10 ne Editor Of he In'eligenctr. Nv, F.ssEs,. Z
sm:-ln response to your call in late
issue Of your paper, in which you call
upon the Republicans Of the State for their
preference as to preside candidates, I
desire to respond for, Doddridge, county
audp say sIrhaye interviewed the leading
Republicans of this county and find them
all for Blaine. I cannot lind single Ar.
thur man, % = e. sSS-1,ss -, ,S>s-,8fH
I1urther find tBat'it' is the desire Of our
people that no Federal otliceholder be sent
az delegate to the Chicago Convention:
Wewant the Congressional Committee Of
this district to call convention OF tho peo-
ple'to select our two delegates, and we
want the people 10 control this convention
and instruct for Blaine rs their tirst choice.
Should he not s1cceed, 2 then to cast their
votes for the next most available man. Wo
want it distinctly understood We are Re-
publicans and will support the Chicago
nominee. g...,.-]Js,5 REPUBLICAN,.
Hest Union, March Is. s" T5.
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,,WARRAs7EO Hand.saxs, 80 csnts, at Boyd'a,:
Market Square, g55;;ss!t ~. ~!
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ThRrr pound. nail, for 10 cents at Boyd's,
Market Equare. ~! .gg. tt y, ;l35 s.
, 1884-05-20

t"H. II. A." in Chicago Tribune.l
1t may be taken for granted that OF all the
favoring substances used in cookery, the
onion is. after salt, perhaps, the most valu.
able, and, as many II housekeeper can give
testimony, when cunninSly concealed in the
sauce, or ragout, or soup it yields enjoyment
oven TO those who would carefully put IL
from them il they saw it, in their abborrence
of everything pertaining to the garlic tribe.
There is no doubt that this latter is most val
liable food in a hot climate, especially when
eaten raw.
| remember reading in a book called IAN.
COLA and the River Congo that the author
never Travelled without a supply of garlic,
whose beneficial effects on the stomach and
system were most marked. "When very
hungry and fatigued, he goes on to say, a
; have found nothing equal to a few
pieces of raw garlic, eaten with
a crust Of bread or u biscuit,
for producing, u few minutes after,
n delightful sensation of repose, and
that feeling OF the stomach being ready to
receive food generally absent when excessive
emptiness or exhaustion is tho case" Very
odd contradictions in regard to this vegeta-
bic arise; for example, Henry of Navarro
had his lips rubbed the moment he was born
with u Glove Of garlic, n ti~me-honored custom
in his native place. On the other hand, CUR.
lie was forbidden by statute of Alonzo the
Eleventh to his knights of La Banda, and Dou
Quixote cautions Sancho Panza to be chary
OF it, SO must honest Sancho beware of the
garlic which the king Of France had rubbed
upon his infant gums ON his entrance into
this world.
To the American taste the pronounced
favor of garlic is iRsupportable, and the odor
of II, while it has been called the "violet Of
vegetables is anything but n detachable per-
fumc. Still people have mourned for it; for
example, the Hebrews, in their wanderings
toward the Promise Land, complained to
Moses OF the want of the leell and the garlic,
which they informed him they remembered.
, 1884-05-20
GEN. HANeock,s ROMANCE,
How He Fell in Love with n Bcnu-
tIful Unknown.

w hsullBLOu LtLueFsl
y was talking politics with a senator from
the west this week, and, on mentioning
Gen. Hancock's name, he told me a story of
the gallant general that is romantic enough
to repeat. Soon after his graduation from
West Point, when bat a little past his mnjor-
lty, he started for the west in company with
a number Of army men, To see the country.
They stopped at st Louis, and while there
Gen. Hancock met bis future wife. He was
taking one of his customary morning rides
on horseback in the most fashionable
part OF tho city when he caught
sight OF n handsome young lady standing at
a window. His heart was touched at once
and for the first time-and, without n thought
OF the improperly of his action, involun-
tiriiy he refined his charger and took Off his
hat. The fair vision at the window waved a
shapely white band, blushed, and drew the
curtain.
This only increased the young mans dis
ease, and when he returned to his hotel his
absent mindedness and evident abstraction
provoked comment on the part Of his friends.
Try as he would, the beautiful face at the
window haunted him still, and he yielded to
an irresistible impulse to return to the house
= where his fate resided, in hope Of getting
another wave Of the hand or a smile Of en-
enlargement to loves young dream. AS
luck would have it, fortune smiled on the
-H t @"N 49, may "Nn Jdok At1A ~
the house, accompanied by u tall and elderly
gentleman, as he reached there. She recog.
nized him at once, and rosy bushes sufRused
her face as she entered u carriage in waiting
and was driven rapidly away.
Young Hancock was now more eager than
ever, and hailing a passing cab, directed the
driver to follow tho carriage containing the
beautiful unknown Finally her carriage
stopped, and she entered the house of an old
army friend OF the ardent lover, who fol-
owed close after and wns admitted by tho
friend in person. To him the smitten youth
unhosomed himself, and all introduction fol-
lowed to Miss Mary Russell, a daughter OF
one of St Louis wealthiest merchants. The
young lady seemed to have been struck by
the same dart that pierced her lovers heart,
and u cordial invitation to call was extended
to him. need say no more. The rest OF
the story is simply the oft-told tale, for in six
months Miss Mary Russell became Mrs. Win
field Scott Hancock, and she is held In the
warmest esteem by all those who know her
many charming and womanly qualities
This is but ono of many romantic tales that
one hears hero nearly every day, and their
recital is one Of the pleasantost features Of
Washington life.
, 1884-05-20
Piles! Piles! Piles !

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and Itch
ing piles. One box has cured the worst
cases Of twenty years standing. No one
need suffer five minutes after using Will
Jams Indian Pile Ointment 1t absorbs
tumors, allays itching, acts as poulticc.
gives instant relief, Prepared only iol
piles, itching of the private parts, nothing
else. Hon. j. NJ. CofFcnbury, of Clevc.
land, says: Il have used scores of pile
cures. and it affords me pleasure to say
that / have never found anything which
5ives such immediate and permanent re-
lief as DIR. Williams Indian Pile Oint-
ment. Sold by druggists and mailed on
reeipt of price, 81.
Gray 4 Pearse, Sole Agents.
, 1884-05-20

REFoRNnRs and others, who have of
late years been preaching the doctrine that
education e%levates the moral tone,
and necessarily tends, by its gen
enl diffusion toward the long
looked for millennium, will find
much food for reflection in All elaborate
article recently published in the
Cleveland Leaaor. In the article
in question, was a given Il sum
mary of the divorces granted in each
county ofthe state Of Ohio, and it was
discovered that those counties which rank
the highest for Temperance, morality and
virtue, are usually the ones with the great
est number Of divorces. As an instance
of this, it is stated that in Ashtabula
county the proportion of divorces is a little
less than one to every seven marriages.
This comfy is made up principally of a
farming population has excellent schools,
numerous churches, and less than the av-
erage number of saloons.
, 1884-05-20

REPRESENTATIVE CASSIDY, of Nevada,
who was one of the Pacific coast delegates
that recently visited Mr.. Tildcn, thinks
hat gentleman would accept the nomina-
ton of the Democratic party for President
if it were rendered him. A very great
deal has lately been said and written re-
garding Mr.. Tilden's intentions and so
far as reports of the interview published
in the NewHork papers are concerned, Mr..
Cassidy pronounccs them utterly untrue.
Tilden's strength evennow, is undoubtedly
greater than that of any other man in the
Democratic party and without an excep-
ton every local and state convention thus
far held this season has instructed for him.
There arc no difficulties whatever in the
way.of Mr.. Tlden securing the Demo
cratic nomination should hi desire it, aud
should he accept it the same vigorous
stirring up of the dry bones may be ex-
pected this campaign as was experienced
eight years ago.