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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
4 MINED FIGHT
At Pinch Run on Christmas-Talk Of tho
Coolers at the Nail Works Being
Reduced other Items.

At Pinch Run on Christmas-Talk OF tho
Coolers at the Nail Works Being
Reduced other Items.
The order of exercises on Christmas Day
were somewhat varied it would seem. A
number OF "the boys" who reside in that sec
ton filled to Overlooking their delicate stom.
achs and proceeded TO turn the merry
Christmas into sort OF 4th Of July day, q
kind Of day for picnics and fights. Dur
ing their rejoicing an employee OF the o..
V. r. r. named Jimmie, colored, partici.
pated in the little racket they were having.
After merry music and songs for some
time discomfort arose and i'll Feelings mingled
and com-mingled until Jimmie" found that
he occupied one side, while his whie part
ners arrayed themselves on the opposite.
The darkey was kicked and badly used up
by the severe process through which he was
subjected. Finally some one took him in a
store for protection. The boys would
stand no drawback and proceeded to bring
down the door which barred their fur
Their progress Jimmie" although badly
injured is able to run about and, as far as
he is concerned, would have thought moth.
irg further about the matter, as he was, we
understand, as badly "of' as some of the
rest. But higher authority interposed and
desired that such foolery be abolished.
Warrants were issued for several Of the
party, and ere this they are the companions
Of Mayor Cooper.
Is IT TRUE?
1t was talked about yesterday that a re,
| ducion was to be asked of the cooperS at
lie BelIaire nail works to day 1t was said
that at a meeting in Wheeling OF the nail
keg contractors they decided to ask the men
to make kegs for two cents, AS we under.
stand it, the proposition is to appear here
| 10 day. A representative Of the Bellaire
nail works, when asked about the matter,
vas very reticent and was in favor Of us
stating TO our readers anything We like. II
the reduction is asked another great hitch
will be the result. A good cooper can make
one hundred kegs per day. For this he
has been receiving 1915, or q cents per
keg. Now, it keeps a man hump
! ing himself to make 81 u.s. which is not too
much for a hard day s labor. Yet there are
some men who do not make over eighty
kegs per day. At two cents the fast work
men can make 81 100, while the eighty kegs
per day fellow will earn SLIGO. Getting il
| Gown pretty fine iSn'tit.
NEWS NOTES.
Chas Hammond and Mary George were
married Christmas. They are in tcuben
Vile for the holidays
The lookup is poor place for news just
now
Bessie Junkins will be buried This after
noon at o'clock from the home Of r. j.
Riley.
A blind daughter OF Mr. A. Mcpherson
while standing near the grade, caught hel
clothes on fire but before much damage re
suited the flames were pat ont by heE
mother.
Mr.. James Wise and wife, OF Quaker
City, are in town.
4 gentleman friend of Mr.. 4ames Kelly
of the First National Bank, sent him flint
deer yesterday from Virginia.
Mrs Edward Ames is in GAINESVILLE fo
| q week
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NOT MUCH OF A COMPETITOR.
Lane Excuss For a Dead Scoop on an
Arrest.

a Lame Excuss For Dead Scoop on an
Arrest.
On Wednesday a man was arrested on
suspicion of completely in the marling
atrocity. There were good reasons why it
was desired 10 conceal the fact of his arrest.
The REGISTER and the lntelligencer prom
ised to withhold the information. The Reg
lister broke lis promise. The Intelligencer
is not a competitor in this kind of enter
prise. 1t prefers the safety of the lives and
property Of the people Of this community,
and it prefers to keep faith. 1t gives this
newspaper great pleasure to admit that 1t
has been worsted in this one-sided rivalry.
-Inteligencer Editorial
1t is quite evident that one of the re-
porters of the Intelligencer, when hauled
before his chief to explain how he had been
''scooped" on the arrest OF AcGowanr ex-
cused himself on the plea that he had prom
ised not to publish it and that the REGISTER
had done the same The latter is not true.
The arrest of McGowan was known very
generally except at the Intelligencer office
and it would have been nonsense to have
suppressed it or to have promised to do so,
neither of which the REGISTER did.
The Intelligencer is only sore. 1t had
not the enterprise TO send a reporter to the
scene of the Marling outrage and conse-
quently, in getting its information second
hand, it was very inaccurate. In the
Workanauer robbery, the case was the same,
and its account Just as inaccurate. A Com
petitor in enterprise" No, the Intelli-
gencer is not much of competitor in any,
thing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
WONDERFUL CURE,
Exemplifying the Power Of Faith In
= Prayer.
A Young Lady Given Up to Die Com
pIe,eIy and Suddenly Re- \
stored to Health
by Prayer.

The records Of the country contain not q
few instances of the power of faith and the
efficacy of prayer, exemplifying the scrip
tural teaching that if you have faith the size
of q mustard seed you may move a noun
tain. These cases have been secuted by
skeptics, even when the most convincing
proofs have been produced, though implicit
" believed by those who were familiar with
the circumstances. A parallel case came
under the notice of REGIsTER reporter yes
terdsy and the particulars are given below.
Mss Annie Owens, q twenty. year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. Thomas E. Nwens, Of Sixteenth
street, was dangerously i'll with inaamma-
tory rheumatism and was sudden cured by
faith. The writer called a. the residence OF
Mr.. Owens, last evening and obtained the
pull particulars.
About three years ago Miss Annie was
attacked with rheumatism which developed
into the infammstory species, OF very, ser
ious and painful character. After long
siege, she finally overcame it and gradually
convalesced. Three weeks ago q second
and more severe attack occurred and she
grew steadily worse. DR.. W. j. Bates, Sr.,
was called in and did all that medical art
could do with the stubborn ailment but 1t
resisted every effort Mr.. Owens and his
family are deyout Catholics and when the
condition of the daughter grew serious,
Bishop Kahn administered the religious CON
ISOLATION so dear to his people. On Sunday
Miss Annie was so ill that her
death was expected. She was suffering ex-
cruciating pain and had to be completely
enveloped in cotton to alleviate her tor
lures. Bishop Kan visited her and admin
istered the Sacrament and her father had
requested him to call in the morning and II
necessary administer extreme JUNCTION, II
their worst fears were realized and the end
seemed near In the morning at mass at
the Cathedral, prayer was offered for the
diving girl and in the afternoon, while
Bishop Kahn was at the Orphans
Home, the little ones united in q prayer
fer her return to health AT
the same time Mrs. Owens was praying
with her daughter and exhorted her to pray
for herself which she did fervently. Her
mother left the bedside for a moment,
while Miss Annie addressed her petition to
the Throne of Grace, and was startled, on
returning, few moments later, to find her
sitting up in the bed. The daughter said
she lad prayed, and suddenly the pain
passed completely away and she, to whom a
moment before, the slightest movement was
agony, was without a particle Of suffering:
Since that time she has entirely recovered
ard the next morning when DR., Bates call
d 20 see his dying patient he was aston
ished to find her convalescent The house
chan ged from one of sorrow to one Of re-
ioicing, and the family attribute the remark,
able cure to the efficacy of prayer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
REV. THOMPSON FOUND.
From the Effects OF Choral He Wandered
to Boston, But Is Now Ali Right.

From the Effects OF Choral He Wandered
to Boston, But is Now Ali Right.
Yesterday morning it was reported about
he city that Rev. j. r. Thompson had beer
found in Boston, and that private dispatch
had announced thai fact The report also
aid that he had, while suffering from the
effects of Choral wandered to Boston, and
was all right again. The recipient of the
dispatch could not be found, but last night
the following came by telegraph from New
York:
The Rev. John R. Thompson, pastor o.
Grace NJ. +. Church, Of Brooklyn, whose
disappearance on the morning of December
Sth caused so much anxiety to his relatives
and friends, returned at late hour last
night, accompanied by Henry c. La Rue
at whose house he spent the Sunday
evening before his disappearance. Early
Yesterday morning Mr.. La Rue re,
ceiyed q dispatch from Mr.. Thomp,
son, saying that he was sick at a ho-
tel in Boston. He did not lose minute in
fastening to Boston. He found the missing
pastor at hotel, and returned with him on
the first train.
Mr.. La Rue said that he found Mr..
Thompson rational and apparently all right.
He did not refer to his disappearance or in
quire from him where he had passed the
last two weeks. Neither did Mr.. Thomp'
son volunteer any information on the sub
iect.
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Beautiful Hands.

A GOOD deal of interest is now shown in
identifying hands, fingers and nails. Justly
so; for the human hand in its beauty is an
object worthy of admiration. But do the
ladies know that true beauty Of the hands
cannot exist if the stomach and digestive
apparatus are not in good health? To make
digestion good, circulation natural, blood
rich, and skin clear, take Browns Iron Bit
ters. Mrs. J. W. Ellis, Minburn, Iowa, had
suffered for several years from debility, but
is now restored to health by this prince of
tnpirs
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Setting himself Right.

Yesterday REGISTER reporter aceosted
Officer Morris, one of the policemen who
trsiled the Workenauer robbers, and asked
him whether the statement that he refused
TO follow the tracks Of the robbers further
than the P, W. & Ky. depot was
true or not. The officer said
there was not particle of truth in the
statement that he and his brother officer
were eager to follow the trail had there
been anything left Of it. The truth OF the
matter is simply this: After they had fol,
lowed the footsteps to the suspension bridge
they were last in the number Of other ones
made on the road. Everybody knows OF.
feer Morris is vigilant officer and never
sbirks bis duty.
The same may be said Of Officer Ried.
who also assisted in the pursuit
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MUST BE SHORT.
IN Agent and Operator Missing and
Badly Wanted.

IN Agent and Operator Missing and
Badly Wanted.
James Collins, for several years the Pan
handle agent and telegraph operator at
Cadiz junction, says the Steubenville Ga
zerre, left Wednesday evening Cor the West,
leaving a large number Of creditors to
mourn his going. 1t is said that he had
borrowed sums of money from friends rang
ing from $50 to 5000, in ALL in the neigh.
borhood of $4,000. The excitement at the
Junction is intense, and if Collins were to
suddenly return without a very plausible
explanation it would not be safe for him
He is a man about thirty years of age, and
lived with his mother at the Junction,
10 whom he babe goodbye just before
he boarded westbound train. He always
stood high both at Cadin and at the Juue-
lion, and also had many friends in Steuben-
Vile who will be surprised to learn of his
disappearance under a cloud. He was in
,erested in new Touring mill at the Jnnc-
ion, and appeared to be doing well. 1t is
said, however, that he recently had some
trouble with the railroad company, but to
what extent we do not know. ltisn't likely
that he got away with any great amount Of
money belonging to the company, as quick
settlements are always demanded, but it
may be that he had two or three hundred
dollars of railroad money No effort that
We can hear of has been made to bring him
back.
Collins was at one time a telegraph
operator in this city, and also filled a ika
position at Wheeling Junction.
He got 5000 from an employe Of the rail-
road company at the Junction and was to
Lave deposited in Cadiz bank, but failed
10 do it. taking the amount with him.
Collins was treasurer of German town
ship, and it is said he had funds belonging
10 the township.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
TALKED OF REDUCTION

or the Coopers In this City and Vicinity
An Interesting Talk on the Subject
The following article appeared in the Bel.
laire Independent, last evening:
Last Saturday there met in Wheeling
several gentlemen who have the contracts
to furnish kegs to the nail factories in this
neighborhood. As we heard it we give it
to our readers. Wilson & Dunlavy, Of
Wheeling, who have the contracts for fur
nishing the Renwood and Riverside nail
works withskegs, and Steubenvills gen.
tleman were the principal men concerned
in the meeting. Bellsire had no repre-
sentative, but the Bellaire nail works has
since been notified that the coopers who
make nail kegs at Wheeling. Steubenviile,
ETC., will be asked 20 work for - per hun
dred, so cents less than is now paid at
Wheeling, and Is cents less than in this
city. One hundred kegs is all the coopers
make for days work now, and If the re-
ductiou is asked here, and we understand IT
will be tomorrow, it will virtually mako 10
cents per day less for the men who make
hundred kegs"
This article is only partially correct. A
REGISTER reporter called on Mr.. w. a.
Wilson. OF the firm of Wilson 4 Dunlevy,
and asked him for the true particulars of
the talked of reduction among the coopers,
Mr.. Wilson said: I'VE have stuck up no
notices of any reduction. What know OF
the matter is this A gentleman from Mar
tins Ferry who bas been working up this
reduction for the last month, called on us and
told US that the La Belle Mill Company was
willing to enter into the reduction. We did
not commit ourselves. simply because we
work on q different plant from what other
cooper shops do. A regular scale OF prices
regulate us. When nails are selling at a
certain figure, we receive so much per keg
for our ware and when nails advance our
kegs advance certain proportion. The
other cooper shops work their men for 80
much per hundred, whether nails are worth
more or less. We have good, industrious
set of coopers, about 40 in number, who
now receive q cents per keg, it the
reduction went into effect they would be
making kegs at two cents each. One thing
about our works is this: when prices ad-
vance to justify it, the mems wages are ad-
vauced without their having to ask for It,
The keg business is in very bad condition
now. 1t keeps US working very hard to make
both ends meet simply because the selling
price of nails is so very low. l do think
that a reduction should take place if the
price of nails does not advance very
shortly"
When was the proposed reduction to go
into efectY'
The notices were to be posted up to.mor.
row and the reduction to go effect the LIST OF
January"
will you post the notice tomorrow
No sir, my partner, Mr.. Dunlevy is
away and until he returns nothing will be
Gone"
Mr.. Wilson, as also his partner, are sin
ce.cly liked by their workmen on account
Of the honest and upright manner in which
hey treat them. They never jumpat con-
illusions and demand reduction, but first
lock at the condition ofthe men and the
business. and then decide fairly.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Readable Notes of Persons and Home Sooi-
ety Eyents.

Readable Notes of Persons and Home SOci-
ETY. Events.
Mr.. Bert Hazlett is home from college,
also Mr.. Albert Whitaker
Mr.. Charles W. LETTERS and bride have
returned from an extended trip East
Cam. Sommers, Esq, and sister, Mrs. c.
II. fancy, have gone to Clarksburg for o
visit.
W. V. Hoge, Esq, returned yesterday
from Texas, after a month travel in that
state,
Messrs. Charley Copp and Harry Young
attended the Grady Steady wedding at
Clarksburg, on Wednesday last.
Three charming young ladies of the
South side viii give reception at the resi-
dence of Mr.. C. Daily, of the Eighth ward.
Mrs. T.. J. PAUL, assisted by Misses Liz
zie PAUL, Lizzie Cooper, Mariana Jacob,
Fannie Tsrr, Annie TAR and Mary Brown,
will receive at her home-Sunny Bank,
Wellsburg-on New Years day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
The Lost Hnund

After an absence of three years, Lee Nc
Keeban, of Clsrksburg. has been found
He is son of DR.. McKeeban and at thai
time went West. Years passed and as nc
tidings came from him, he was given up as
dead A letter was received from Mr. Dor
sey Garlic, former resident Of Clarksbsrg
which states that Mr.. McKeehan is living q,
Vincennes Ind, in the employ of railroad
company. Mr.. Garlic casually met the
missing youth and asked information abou,
the trains, when to his utter establishment
be had addressed an acquaintance from his
old home.
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Silver Spur.

A very good audience took in the Silver
Spur at the Opera House last night. Miss
Helen Sedgwick, the star, is a charming
little soubrette, of the Lolita order, and can
sing and dance to perfection. She was fire.
quently eneored and made most favorable
impression. The play is simple, interest
ing story, moderately well put on.
Silver Spur will be given at the matinee
to-day and again tonight
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

ZANE ST ~ z. CHURCH-QunteIly meeting
Sunday Dec q, at 0:30 a. m, services conducted
by Rev J. Henry He's, the pastor. Quarterly Love
Feast tbs p. m. Preaching by the Elder, Rev. @.
Z. Hite, followed by the Sacrsment Of the Lords
Supper Sunday-school at 2 p. m. All are invited
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH = Preaching
Sunday, December g. at 1880 q m. aud 1900 p.
BY Rev ID. A Cunningham, ID. D., pastor. Sunday
school at a Mission School, Eighteenth street.,
at 2:3o p. m. All are invited.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Pre1eh-
ing Sunday December q, nj 1C 30 q N. and I:oo
y. m, by the pastor Rev. ]. T. Mcclure, u. d..
SabhAth-school AZ 2;30 p. N W. }. W. Co~den, ksq.
f1RsT BAPTIST cHURCH.-Preaehing SUNDAY
December -, at l0:2O A. N. and 7:eo p. M. by the
pastor Rev. q. NJ. Shott Morning tonic: "Ine Last
Act Of Worship" Evening: "Glai Tidings.' Sun
day-sehool al D. IN. Y. p. w. A. Monday at p.
m Public invited 70 an entertainment OF special
\ BRInoEPoRT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
hrtachirE Sunday, Dec. ~, at 1880 a. M aud 7s3o
.. c., b1 Rev. J. r. Grzham-
DisCfPLES CHURCH.-Preaehirg sunday, Dee.
o, Al 1000 a N. and 100 p. N By Rev. Il y.
Hart, pasior Subject Of the morning sermon:
Chris, The ConquerOr" Ere>ing; The Faiines
u FOURTH STREET N. Z. CHURcH-Presehips
SUNDAY. Dec D, 1884, al 1890 A. n and T:oo ?. n.
BY the pastor. Rev. Jos. & Smith, ID. d. sandsy-
sef FIRST Esq. Nv. LUTHERAN CHURCH
Services SUNDAY, December 3. 1884, at 1880 q m
and .. m. by the pastor. Few. = H. Dornblssef.
supday-school al . .. N. Strangers are Welcome
sI.s5 VIII buy . Ladies' Fine
MID RufO1ed Shoe ut the CLOSING
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27

SINCE the creation Of man, his main
food has been bread And since Nature
has designated it as bis most universal
form OF nourishment, We must accept il a.
his best. Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
improves bread by making ir easier for the
stomach to receive it, and easier for circu.
lation 10 take up its sustaining. nourishing
Ingredients.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
Delinuuept Assessors.

Some of the assessors in West Virginia
need whooping up very badly. Three OF
the books have not been returned to the
State House yet though nearly four months
overdue. The law says explicitly they shall
be returned before the FIRST day Of Septem-
Der [chap. II, sec. 81, Code. Acts 1881
and yet three Of them are missing. The
result is to throw the officials back in their
reports and subject them to great annoy
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27

WILL open every day this week
choice novelties I'm Plush Toilet
Gases, Writing Desks. Polished
Gold Bronze SeOnaes, Tables, and
Candelabrns, besides n lew choice
pieces OF Royal Worcester and CO.
petand Fancy China. Gall and see
my stock whether yOu wish to buy
or not. Respectfully,
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Death of James Speyer.

Genial, large,hearted James Speyer is
dead. After several weeks of suffering, he
died about midnight, last night. For two
daSs his friends and family have hung
about his bed side, awaiting the inevitable
which though expected, yet came with a
great shock. Generous to a fault, open
handed as open hearted, liked on every
hand, he will be greatly missed in this com
munity and his death universally mourned.
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Fifty Thousanda Year.

To be sure. You've only got cold"
"only cough" BE all over it in few
days" Don't worry about me-" Well, we
won't. But $4,000 people die every year in
the United States from consumption. And
every soul of them began in that way.
Better stop it now with Parker Tonic. This
remedy viii expel the cold at once.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27
wouldn't Paw for His Reer.

A man named Floto went into Henry
Biedenbach's saloon and got some beer
which he would not or could not paw for.
Bieden6ach gave him mild trouncing and
he got warrant for his arrest for assault
and battery. Justice Ankle heard the evi,
dence and took the case under Amusement.
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NIcGoMnn Released.

AS predicted in yesterdays REGISTER
Capt Dovener appeared before Judge Boyd
Yesterday afternoon and secured the release
rom custody OF Thomas McGowan who was
arrested on charge of being implicated in
the robbery, at Elijah Markings residence.
Capt Dovenor produced witnesses to prove
an almost perfect abb and the Judge re
leased the prisoner from custody.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27

MEssRs, PETER WELTY & Co, have always
enjoyed the reputation of keeping the finest
brands Of liquors in the city. They have
never had choicer lot of fine case goods,
including Champsgnes. Rhine Wine, Whis-
kies, Brandies. &c, than at present Give
them A call.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27

Tonight, meeting of business men will
be held at the Mcclure House, in Veteran
Hall, in the interest of the organization of
a Young Mems Christian Association. The
General Committee has sent out invita-.
ton and appeal, which should meet hearty
respOnse
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Robe Stolen.

Thursday evening DR.. Reed lost very
fine Buffalo lap robe out of his buggy on
Main street. The doctor drove up to
Schwertfegers sadlerr to purchase buggy
whip and had hardly been away from the
buggy Eve minutes On his return, how
ever, he discovered that the robe was gone.
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Finger Mashed,

Yesterday George Plugh, who works at
the Belmont mill, while engaged in ham
meriDg, struck bis left thumb, badly mash
ing it The accident will cause the gentle
man 10 be idle for several DAYS
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FIVE YEARS
Is What Guenther schnelle viii Have I

Serve In the Penitenttary.
Yesterday. Guenther Schnelle was brought
before Judge Boyd to receive his sentence
in accordance with a verdict Of a just jury.
The Court sentenced him to serve FIVE years
in the penitentiary, which is the full limit
allowed under verdict of manslaughter.
Col. Arnett, counsel for Schnelle, moved
to arrest the judgment on the ground that
the Court was clearlyin error in one ofthe
instructions, which was overruled. he then
secured stay Of proceedings until he could
appeal TO the Supreme Court.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-27

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