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FOURTEEN VICTIMS. !
MEET DEATH IN "A TERRIBLE GALE.
4 Dlaas!sr Aors Ssrlous bat LIS, EIlsa.iyS thar
tho siood--ilOusss Hloua Down In ;S,virai
Alabsua rcwns and ur,at Loss Of Lie
Rrpurttd-A iiIlsEs Wiptd Out. al Ia

RoME, Ga, February ia fearful storm
struck Anderson aud L1dlgl, Alabama
this afternoon. At leas! fourteen persons
are reported to have been Killed. IIougel
were blown down In largo numbers 4,st NJ
Every housein Ambeisen Is reported Ia
have been thrown down. h Il s {, 4
At Cave Spring several houses we're de-.
mol'shed, and at least one man, named
Gsillard, was killed. Capt L.fslsy's house
was blown down, and bis aister.in.law is
reported to be killed.
Ten or twelve neighborlng housts: were
also destroyed. Great excitement prevails
and reliable information Is hard to raj.
Ladlga is small village l4O miles from
Montgomery, and the other two towns
named are in Floyd county, this Safe,
Gave Spring being the location Of tho State
asylum Tor the des aud dumb. lE,
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Dsn,h or II rs. mcCoI,oc,l,t,,,,, h,

Atan early hour yesterday morning Mr.,
Anna NJ. McColoch, widow Of The late Johu
McColloeh, who was for number OF years
clerk OF the County Court OF this county,
and herself an old resident OF Whtelipr,,
died at her home, No. 1911 Wood street
The deceased was a good woman In every
ssnse ,;oi the word 81 and her los
will be widely ,felt.if She a was 1 the
mother Of Ms. Baird, Il wife OF q d.,
George Esird, and Of Msj,rs seumnel B. Nc
CoiloCh. .1-Clerk Of the Circuit Court, who
recently 80 mys'trlonsly disappeared I ON
stoned BY his sudden disappearance and the
mystery surrounding his waeyeabout, since
then, had a3mkthing 10 do with tastenInc
tho aged lady q death. She had host II
friends who will nioura for her aud ;synups:
.hzs deeply aud .iace.ely with Tho sorrow.
ing relatives. ~ q ss!.1I, I, s9ltT,E.
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RUIN AerU na.OY BEND,
Huntington aud dGuynndotte buffer
q. CIV n ps w SafAly 4 I'm W

f.g, SoseIy Al.v.
HuSrISeToN, W. Va, February 19-
The s.ockdsle IS on her way back to the
sufferers in Pomeroy Bend. The twenty
miles in the Bend has more suffering and
dts:itution than any other two hundred
consecutive miles OF river: The water has
nearly left all the streets OF towns between
lronton and Pittsburgh, and the people are
nuey recogu'zlug their full lossss. The
siockdale has distributed two hundred
tons OF her freight, and will uss the res, on
her way up, aud probably arrive in Pitts
burgh Saturday next. The rail aud wire
communications at all river points are
very uncertain. During last week
box cara were sert Irom Hunting
ton to Guyandot,e and stores put in them
ior the homeless About 1900 peopls are
homeless III Huntington and Guyaudotte,
aud lodging in churches and school houses.
Z I. Huntington gave 81 900 10 Hunting.
ION and $500 to Guyando,,e, three milea
dlstsnt. TIE river bank for a hundred
miles below the Kanawha looks as though
q drunken cav mill had been Distributing
oga, Shingles and lumber along its banks.
Cat.ls;sburg cleared it's water yesterday,
and Immediately put it's poor and homeless
toshoveling The sand off tho streets. The
deslltution Of this section is transitory, but
the destltulion in the stricken Pomeroy
Bend will last for long time.
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II is stated on the bes. authority that in
thirty States Of the Union casting 29s cleo.
toral votes atthe last presidential election,
voters who could not read their ballot held
the balance oi power. Iu 1876, it is alsc
shown that sixty cut OF seyenty-five United
States senator's and 259 ont Of 29o repre-.
fentatiFes represented constituencies j.,
which the number OF voters unable to read
and write Yss greater than the majority O.
the dominant party, and in 1880, tifly.eight
out Of seventy six senators and 250 out O.
52' representatives were from States and
districts where illitera,e voters held th.
balance Of power. This state OF affairs is
startling, to say the leas', and in it the
Student who desires to understand the ori
gin oisome Of the frequently deplored evils
OF modern politics will find a suggestive
hed Tor speculation. Such large ratio OIL
itI'seracy cannot but be dangerous to Amer.
lcan institutions, H.,E.f
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The scho1! text baok question is receiv.
ins attention in Iowa. Gov, Sherman, in
bis last message, recommends that the
State print oil the books required by the
public schools. California tiled this ex,
pertinent, End gave it up rs ilnpracticable.
A better plan is to fix the price OF school
books by State enactment, as is done in
this STATE, or to advertise Tor sealed Pre-.
pOsals. The expense OF fitting out children
With school books is an important item in
a iami!y's expenses, and any measure
which can reduce it is desirable. El5,s.,
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A.VaLUaHLE P.ATENT,.
Owned by n Weston Editor varloua
hOicH From, That PInce.

Owned by n Weston Editor varluuo
hoirs From That PJnce.
Special Correspondence Of he Mteaigercer. 81,
WESTON, ". Va, February lS.-A shoit
time since TT. S. N. Holt, editor Of the
Republican, received his papers patent on
an improved recording desk. The object
is to lower heavy account books down to
q level with the face Of the desk, thus facil.
itating and making ensier the work OF re-
cording and bookkeeping. For. his rights
in this patent the Doctor has already bteu
offered $4,000. but has refused to sell at
that price. 2
AS Weston advances in years, the place
more and more assumes metropolitan airs.
Finstcr, the news,dealer, to day displayed
in his show window the weather indica.
tions as reported by Chief Of the Signal
Service Hayden. This is the first time our
citizens have been thus favored, bu! a bull
le,in will be erected by Mr.. Fins!er, ehort-
ly, and hereafter wo shall have the pleas
nro Of donning such habi'aments as shall
beat suit the varying csprices OF the upcer-
tain weather. i; i&at5559s, -. IS
On Sunday evening q collection was
taken in tho NJ L Church, under the
stewardship OF Rsv, D S, Hammond, for
the benefit Of tho Ohio valley sufferers, by
which nice little sum IVES secured, and
forwarded. 5f e
Sunday mornirg collection was alao
taken for the same purpose at the P T.
Church, under the rectotship oil ]. W..
Keeble, at which $50 was raised.
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No Bamk,"nt Law TAis Yinter.

From Cur SQtcla! Correspondent. -
WAsulSeros, D. g, February l9.-"1t is
improbable that a bankrupt bill will be
passed at this session Of Congress" said n
member Of the Judiciary Committee to.
night.
! asked him why. /. -
.Bscause," said be, "there will be de-
ciaed change in the status OF financial
affairs when there is bankrupt law. II
will prove advantageous in the long run.
but It may cause l!,ils pauic at first, and
neithsrufthaipolitical parties wants any in
terruptlon in money matters and huslnt 81
Affairs until ef!er President is elected.
The bill will be passed next winter"
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GOvERSMEN 4 RELIEF.
The Supplies Disiribnted sufficient For
y I.f.lIf nil prNs,,,f lbl s,osNv u fs"NF.

The Supplies Distributed sufficient Fol
lBtlltg nil Prcsrnt PurI,0sc,. ayf
WARRINGTON, February 19.--Tho Secrt.
tary Of War still continues 10 receive nu'
merous kilograms showing satisfactory pro.
gress in the work Of relief to the food suf.
fercra along the Ohio river and its tributa,
ries. A telegram to-day from General
Bsckwi,h, at Cincinnati, says among other
things: ITO day from Wheeling to Cairo,
along both banka, there Is not a woman or
child that pines for food."'i The general
tenor Of tho kilograms Is that the supplies
already distributed are amply sufficient 10
'nse. all present needs. The Secretary au.
thorizsd General Bsckwith 10 mako usc Of
26S hospital tents ut JeTersonville for fur.
nlshing shelter 10 the inhabitants of the
hupded districts whose houses have been
swept away. He also notified him that
there are alao 1000 second hand tents at
Philadelphia which may be utilized for
the san,e purpose. There Is yet unexpend-
ed Sl00, 600 OF the $500 900 appropriated.
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A CURIOUS CLOCK
=. = - ----- ttr1=t ~ " .s}'t NJ. -
Made In the Last century now Owned In

nnle ID The Last century now Owned In
I$A, yf Wheeling. Siii !, 3. = .s'I3
Mr.. y. A. Murphy, sReut OF Adams Ell.
press Company yin this city, is quite con.
noisseur IN the matter Of articles oi curioir; 4
interest or ancient make. He has shown his
taste ia this line BY picking up. over -in
Washington county Pa, some time since, an al.
old cseck.S,:Isis a very valuable aud antique
Piece Of Mechanism MOI, is lis aps a,aiI draw
back to its value. Tive family fsom whom
ar. MURPHY bonght it had 1t In their
po:sssion for sky five years, and the bar.
tses owning It before hid tused 1t for twenty.
1--we yesra. It is a musical clock, and goes
ahead OF anything OF the kind ever leetl in
this vio,Hity. The cabinet Is the newest part
Of the Whole, and WAS mate somewhere near
the year OF < ace lS.0-befose the '32 flood
aad is srompt I'd OF several varieties OF wood,
curly maple, mshog,ny, cherry, black wal.
nut aud Ffench walnut The m ,ker was
shton seigte, OF schwa. valid. rha clock
stands nine feet high. TIE dial Is fl mixed
by two fine paintings. Above the dial Is the
orchestra pit, four musicIars apd a leader.
The background Ia a beautiful oil painting
The smugglers" The cliff and ocean show
up c!cs!ly aud nicely. whila the Expression
on the faces Of these bold buccaneers Of the
Spanish msin Is vary fue. Two minutes
bsio,e striking the b and begins 10 plsy, and
az the last rsirains arc dying out the
hour strikes Ths clock part has 10 be-
wound every eight dsys, and the musicsl
part every ,welye hours. The clock play
eight, tuae:: "Brlllisnt: Waltz" :"Y lnkep
Doodie;' with lvariadors, "Napoleoa's
March" "rbs Uamphells are Coming"
and the Wearing OF the Grsen.", - -, :.
By an ingenious con,rivance The mus;c
can be made loud or sai, a! pleasure. Ma hisa
Albrecht Is the artist, and on a riecs OF wood
ia the name Of the maker ard tho tunes
played, all 10 the original. Mr.. Murphy
pr:z:s the old clock highly, and naturally 40.
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E VOLUME XX.XILmN UNIBER IA a
THE COUNTY CORONEa
Catches n Subject for an Inque,t-Son
Points on the Flood. l6rg5

| Poin's on tho Flood.
An lNrElLIokscER man dropped In 10 se,
'equire Schultz, last evening. The ,squir,
vas jnst Halshing lea bat came out to zee /
be could be Of any service. The 'squire wa
en- dis'habiAe, aud with "By jolly, youn,
man, yoh'll tayo to excuse appearance s Y sal
down in chair aud commenced TO laugh
Now. this same lau III meant something, and
the scribe immediately tried 10 dad ouI
what Eg,l .2'i .s.. lft57I a., Il '''''i =
ID you see behind that counter, asked III,
J: T. The young mau looked and saw q ser.
ular corsumers,iSn Of nesspapers, deeds
and b anks Of all snrts. 80 A, =
f"W.l! slr, by J My" The 'squjrs doesn',
gay ".jolly", but jolly will do) ""l'ye been ir.
tendipg 10 rtnovAte that place for The last
Two or ,hree yeara, and by the sreat horn
spoon IN solpg 10 do II nov. Bay. come 90
water WIS.," .55SiN lg7fglT I7ie'H '' :
The '!squlse took down a spirit lsvel and
proceeded TO show up the counter. 1t was
r"Now,n said be, "'hla house va, built upon
the higd water mark Of '32, and l Judge The
water was about 62}}5 feet. 5'Et1 ~ =
"Bas, ~ cracky, ain't this ms,,? And
yon bet N going to fix up this timtr, '''
HOW ABOUT husiness 'equir? ANYTHING
going orr asked the yourg man. 1.''Sg'.n
by Gad, | hayeu't done but one dollars
wortn o. b1sin ess to-day, bnd mace that a
pro ent 10 the fellow. 49, -. =, "
"hut don't you know anything 'squire?
lsa't there sonlathing going on ?"
"No, this blamed II icd has killed every,
thing. ftace and order reign Supreme, the
ma lssly OF the Law Is respected, eir, in this
part ,st o, tue eity. ny Joye, I've been pump.
look likss ten earthquakes had struck It i
And by Tho holy Moses I've got a ii,h down
there. Hes a whopper, TOO, from the
smount OF noi,e he nisses Topping q, ,ound.
Gntss he came In through the cellar door.
Which Was open. Tomorrow. III. have /,
Cleaned cut, though, and catch The gentle.
man. Yes. Good night, call again.n
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"A WAiEEI.t >G u ~. KILLED
Ah" Another Gr"vcIS injured by n Hail.
rOa,i Collision, gI.@ g.N&

49," "A"o'"eF SF"Scl3 injured ny u KALI
r0a', Colll.,on. II.
cosuccroN, Ouio, February ia most
disastrous wreck occurred this morning at
Trenton, few miles east Of here on the
Pan Handle, .wllereby three men were
Killed ontgightand one so seriously injured
shas 1t is thought he will die. Tbs eng
neer, conductor and two brakemen were
badly Injured, while the two engines and
twenty.one freight cars were almost en-.
tlrely demolished. The scene Of the misbap
nas the .ioot Of a long grade, down which
the first section Of the freight was running
sta high rate Of epeed. at the foot OF the
NIL is the little station aud side track.
s1tns deplta IL human form had moved
me a~itch without disturbing the signal
light, and when the train came laundering
along The engine crashed into two cars
sanding on siding. Before tho tiagulan
A ,eoa!d ee' far enough back The section iol.
loving i came crashing into tho first ,piling
ca!s aud engine In 4 mass OF pndis,inguish.
aoio debris, Trains were delayed for more
'han twelve hours. 1t is said the compa.
ny will make un,irng Efforts to ferret ou!
the miscscants Who did the dastardly
work. Ri ~. ',[ff'55;ll9' ,.[-ff'I'. ~
Private advices received in this ci.y
iesVe no room Tor doubt that ono II the
aen killed and tho noe.ipjured in the acci.
aent narrated above were from Wheeling.
matry Mccullough, sou Of Mr.. Stephen
Mccullough, OF Sixteenth street, and Ell
zones, who lived on Seventeenth>stIeet,
ieis this city on Monday night to 20 to
oalo IN hot work. They were thrown
ous Of employment here by tho strike q.
.ae Crescent mil. Yesterday afternoon
te!eSrams were received saying that Nc.
Ga'!onsh had been killed and Jones badly
au't, having one leg mud one arm broken
besides receiving other injuries, by ar
accident a! T'eaton. BNh were yer,
young. The occurrence Is ead one, ant
me families feel their bereavement borey
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T777s - a - = . II ~ =
: IN COOPERATIVE MILL
er0rgnutxtd5 tsyt Iron Works.

lfs-t1 I"1fsFr- potrlko kINNeu. = Issiitt.zttl j
BlRMISeuAM, Ala, February 19-After
maintaining hostile attitude again for
about a week, the union men fJrmerly EN-.
ployed at the Birmingham rolling mill have
decided the strike fnally OF. The mills
are thus opened to all who can get employ.
ment in them. The final break. in the
strike was due mainly to a letter from
William Ws!ghe, president Of the Anal.
gamated Association, announcing that they
could no longer sustain the strikers.
"A declaration was. filed TO uay for the
charter Of the Jefferson rolling mill OF this
place. The prpject is started mainly for
the benefit Of the last strikers in the Birm,
inghsn rolling mills, who are etill unem-
played. The company ia to be organized
aud the mill operated on kind Of coope.
rative bssie, tue shares Of the stock being
placai at $40 each, and the scheme is lor
the strikers and citizens generally to take
IS 3
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Tho ainle i'i!iv,

Yesterday morning Col.7 Wa. II. Exley,
mansser, and Mr.. Gorge Hoos, secretary Of
the State Fair Associatiou, left in sk!tf Tor
points down the river onsa hunt after The
graud stand, machinery nall and other prop.
erty Of tie Association that was car
rieu away !, by $"5ihs p h,od, i,
10 lheir Intention to mark all the pso-
usr!y found that will DO worth towing back
and Is soon ne practicable haye it brought
back. Thty Will be gone two or three daya.
10 this connection it my be stated tba, II ia
understood that Capt. Billy Prince, the gal.
liant cid commander OF tho ROW famous Belle
Prince, has voluatee-edio Tow back al pro
psr:y belonging 10 the Association that it Is
desired to have brought back. l.s 2
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y. s. MARSHAL'S FEES
AND OTHER EXPENSES or COURTS
Ia thu District Of west yirsiuia-ysry Dlssppolnt.
la n,aiIa' 10 Eager DtmoerAir, who E1..
psctsd to UbiAin CampsIEn Thund,r.
BridktSln this Stat.-War Claims.
From an Occasional Correspondent.

From an Occasional Correspondent. tft5
WASHINGTON, February lG.-In the lat
ter part Of last month the House adopted a
resolution requesting the Secretary OF the
Treasury to furnish q complete list OF the
marShaNs and deputy marshals appointed
and employed In West Virginia for the
fiscal year Of 1882 and 1888, together with
information in what service each WAS 80
employed, and how much was paid from
the Treasury to, or received in fees by,
each Of such persons. Also a detailed
statement Of all moneys paid to employees
and witnesses in behalf OF the Unite d STATE 8
in criminal prosecutions in tho Federal
courts OF that State for said years. "A
Tho Secretary has returned his answer
TO the resolution giving the desired inior-
nation. As it contains information OF gen.
eral interest your correspondent gives It in
full: ~ 'f'' z ~ ss5I .jgyi, !, .iii.5lsl ~
Sums received by tho Marshal aud tnch Of his dep.
ulies from the uuitCd Stats and iudiVidu as for
all services perforated. m ii5a $500
HE' y Namef. afI+ 1882, slt 1887. y
GeorgeW Atkinson, marshall 5i6S 81 8 UUO co
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MRS. II .tKTY IN A PET

Over n Picture by sse!asonier-A Duel
.4 Nia Possible. So. t5l,rs ltst
PARIS, February l0.-The current topic
Of gossip is tue dispute between Mrs.
Mackey and Meissoniersin regard to her
portrait painted by the latter. The price
paid WAS G5o00 francs. Mrs. Mackey was
dissatisfied wi,h the Likeness, which her
friends called esricalure, end she burned
the picture. Mrieaunier resentinX some re-.
marks Of the Gu,tlcs, wrote the editor that
he would fight Meyer, the Gdulos' critic, If
he {Ateissouier) were 50 instead OF 70 years
old. Meyer replied that Alelssoniet's son
should take his taIher's place a@d fight.
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Tue new Seventeenth 0 nio Congressional

TuEne Seventeenth OHIO Congressional
distric. Is evidently ''cut out for" Demo
cratic district, but the Columbus Journal
suggests that tho Democratic authors Of the
geuymaudel may find that they have
couuted Themselves out. AS it stands with
Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble and
Washington, j! looks like q big contract 10,
the Republicans TO undertake to carry it,
but j. is by no means hopeless. In 1881
Foster hid majority in those counties
and what hes been done can DO done again
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srEunEsvlLLE, O., February 19.-LaEt
night, near Bnwars,on, on tho Panhandle
road, u coal miner named Daniel Duffy, it
issupposed while intoxicated, lay dowA
On the track to sleep. His remains were
found later, be having been killed by ZONE
one OF The many passing trains. His body
was horribly manged-sead cut of, al.o
both arms. He lived at SherradsyitIe.
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TELEGRhPHiC TAPS.

The thermometer was Blk degrees below
zero at Minneapolis last night, and it Was
growing colder. }t l;g,}
The Cotton Exchange at Nsw York ex.
peled J. B, Billings, yts.erday, for irregu-
larities in grading c1lton. s ;Fll 4.!t;
/ Al Macon, Ga, yesterday, r.. G. Turpin
and John B Iruett, rival sewing machine
agents, quarrelled, aud rurrin v as stabbed
ta death. a ,.s 3
The Ways and Means Committee gave
hearing yesterday TO representatives OF the
g,s avd pottery industries, who made ar
rgn,nen'a against the proposed reduction Of
the tar fl 5.3 y,s15 Z
The British government has rendered
tbs Uuii.d States the steamer. Alert for the
Gleely relief expedition. She was built
specially for the Arctics, and will be used
Ss a supply ship, md follow in the wake
0 the ether sse ,ifsft VI
The mpl,y S : il The lVlniifede coal
ninep, in the ktnawLa ,ya.ley, fayc TO-.
fused 10 continue at work Oh account Of
tho fact, that. n, the operators lave
changad. the apparatus for se.5e uing the
coal from iwo 10 I've snd one-hslI incbea
The Ia!isn laborer5 Employed By the
Cleveland, Youngstown & Phtshurgh rail.
rad comnauy Great d another rin; 1t Atli-
ace, Motdty night hut after feveral Of
tAem bad been knocked doSn, they nad.
Al was quiet yeetsrday. irs.++s5, r5s.+s sss;sF
d "a Nav York dispatch says that it is
lsarrsd that McGiunisT BtsES & Fenring,
whose suspeI sion was Announces. Monday,
have effsc!cd i satisfactory settlement with
the Oregon 4 Trsns Continental company,
their principal creditor, aud there Is now
no serious obstacle to ,heir resumption. i5!$5,
P. Daluca and AZ Nardine, Italians in
respectable circumstances, qua,relled a,
San Ffanciaco Saturday over an amour,
due, by the latter 10 the former. Dslucs
drew; a e,illsto and stabbed iNardine s!z
times. Thella,ter then drew a revolver
! and fired twice, Dsuca died yesterday, Z
gH1 aHf -
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Jailed forTHeTt.

Ambrose NeIson,, colored ba.ber, was
yesterday commit ed TO i'll by 'se lire Arkle
in default Of 81 600 bail to nuswe, to c!isree
OF grand larceny. The crime with which he
II accused is stealing sci from Katie scha'z,
the young German girl who was robo,d VI
the tolcred employment cttice on Water
street several weeks aso. SHORTLY after the
robbery Fannie shept ord, q girl who SLEPT Ut
the plaza the same night, wgsj arrested aud
ssntto JUL for the theft. She then said she
knew nothing nbout IT. ba. y. s..rday con-
iesssd that she saw Nelson s,etl the money.
The Shepherd girl Is still held for the theft
OF several small articles OF c.oth.pg from The
es me- victim, jtg ~ "a li.5 s. L
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7 Inycxt.gatinytsc,. Cl,o,c-o. !.

|. BERLIN. February ;:ls,-The German SAM:
tary com mission sent to Egypt and India
by the Imperial Board Of Health 10 study
into the nature aad CAUSES Of cholera, has
forwarded a report from Calcutta. The
Commission discovered cholera germs in a
water tank. at Calcutta, and found in the
suburban village where cholera made its
appearance the same microscopic ,orgsn-
ism y htch hes been discovered in the lower
intestines OF cholera victims in E,sps.G
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WIuu N,.,,u nt,,o.,,o.,T.,...,,,I',,n, X !,

e Ctsu:cros, o, February is. a terrific
wind and rain storm struck this place It
about s o'clock to night, doing great dan.
ago to trees and buildings. The roof Of the
steel works, the larges. nlsnu!actory in tie
place, wai blown OF !; and portion OF
the walls demol $ 'led-all lines OF telet
graph were blown down and it il, feared
that much damage has been done through,
out ths country, ~ r ~ EgtSI,f -''sy
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-20

TuG appeal on behalf Of the New
AIur,ipsylle sufferers by the food made
by correspondent whose letter appears in
Our local columns thia morning, deserves
attention. The isolated position OF the
town makes i! peculiarly hard to reach
with aid. Wheeling should look after 1t.