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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-10

A PENNSYLVANIA newspaper claims that
this time the Oongreman ought to come
from It's county. because ono county had 1t
one term, another two terms, n third ono
term, aad more Of tho same kind. III
Yes, and tho IsTELllGEScEr happens to
recall that though that district has gen.
orally seut to Congress men Of fsir ebility
they:hsvs never amounted to great deal,
and the district has had scsrcely average
representation. Always allowing for a
difference IN men end in circumstances,
the district which swaps iiosses everyitwo
years cannot reasonably expect much Of
lis Representative. The districts that have
weight in the House are those which secure
yood man and keep him in service. !
Ftr example, General Goll has seryed
his district well. He had!natural ability,
and larger acquaintance at the Capital
than mcst new memberz have. But the
sbler a man Is the more he lcsrnp by ex:
n,.rience, and General GoF will be worth
to bis district still more in his second term
than he has been in his frat. An homes
and intelligent Representative grows IL
.,,selulnees with his opportunities. ;il
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against Kellogg, and that It was presented
In such ahapa aa 10 ha eniiraly reiactall

against Kellogg, and that It was presented
In such shape as TO be entirely rejected
by tho grand jury In tho first instance, and
in consequence OF which the second grand
jury, which had been adjourned was again
convened at tho instance OF counsel.
It was reported to me that Bliss was OK.
tremely anxious to finish the case and
urged It's immediate presentation. In any
event no presentation was made. Walsh
then left and could not be found. Walsh
says he went away because 30 long as
Blles was In the case he was Satisfied there
would be no honest attempt to convict. He
believed bis own testimony would DO ques.
toned and himself sandered and he did
not care to appear any longer as the In.
strument for inHincere men.
Lie was made 10 believe too, by some.
body, that was hostile TO him, which was
not:so, for did not know him. At my
rate when he learned that Bliss was no
longer In tho case and received word from
me that his presence was necessary he
came without invitation. I am remarked
upon on both sides for my course in this
matter by people who don't know v hat they
arc talking about, for not doing my duty,
and by these who know better because l
did do my duty. Urgent efforts were made.
to pnrsuade me to desist from proaecu.
tion, but there was too much to be remem.
bered-the honor Of the Department Of
Justice, but beside tha! the honor Of Mr..
Brewster. That pursued the right course
/ am perfectly satisfied, and the people OF
tho United States will be too, some day.
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RrrERElSd to the bill OF Senator Ed
rnund's, to place General Grant on the rc-
tired list with the full pay Of General, the
Cincinnati Enqui, er says: 4! s.
Whether General Grant has lost dol
lar by this failure, he should be placed on
the retired list with Generals pay, and
it should be done promptly. It is due to
the hero OF Appomattox, and it is none the
less due to the Government iteell which
his sword helped to perpetuate. Every
patriot will applaud it. 1t is 30 pslpably
THE duty Of Congress- to do this at once that
any argument why it should be dono ia @
wsste Of words. 1t has now been delayed
too long for the credit Of the American
Government. si f
Itwould be difficult to add anything to
thu strength of this approval. Fortunately
Gcpci'sl Grant is entirely out OF politics
now, and his claims OIL the gratitude Of his
countvmen may be viewed without preju.
dice or passion. What is suggested in his
.bohall is not more than is due to the most
illustrious soldierof his time. II Grant
had been an English soldier he would have
been loaded with great wealth and heredi'
;tary honors, rs Marlborough was, and as
every other great nation rewards its great
captains. w. M
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TIE Louisville Poet, stou! Demoratic
news PAPER which doesn't go much on the
"star-sy ed Goddess Of Reform" takes this
melancholy view ol tho signs Of the timea :.
at ncems impossible to throw oil the feel
ing Of ,despondeucy, If not OF despair, re-
sulting from the bIInders Of the past few
months. Had the party gone to sleep ak
months ago and 80 remained until within
two weeks before the time ofholdinga Ma
tonal Convention, the presidency would
have been assured us. But it is feared the
r.arplots have done their work effectively"
The Pot las work to do il it
hopes 10 catch up the Demociatic party by
the slack oil ills capacity to b!under The
presidency, as Democratic prizs package
has "yone glimmering." 4
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POSTAL; POINTS.

Changes Nude In West Virginia, In ilices
and Mall K0utcy.
From our sptcia! Correspondent E g
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The name OF the
postoflice at Salem, Greenbrier county, W.
Va, has been changed to Alem, and Het!ie
y. Hutsenpeller has been commissioned
postmistress. A postoilice has besn estab-
lished at Fairfax, Tucker county, ". Va,
and J. 7. ShiIlingin appointed postmaster.
The mail messenger service between Petro.
lcum and Ok. Bow, W. Va, lis changed 60 as
to leave Petroleum Wednesdays and Satur.
day1nt I'm, and arrive at OK Bow by i
O'Clock r. NJ and leave OK Bow Wednes.
days and Saturdays ut s A. ~, and arrive at
Petroleum by IL o'clock NJ.
John A. Boyd Las been commissioned
postmaster at Glen Esston, w. Va.
The bond OF Michael v. Mulyey for
$500 for postmaster at Split Rock, Pocs.
hontas county, W. Va, has been approved
by the Department.
The mail carrier service between Lewis.
burg and Martinsburg, W. Va, will be in
creased to three times week.
The railway mail service from Shaw to
Elkine, on the West Virginia Central &
Pittsburgh railway will on and after the
18th inst. be extended from Elkins to Fair.
fax, W. Va, increasing the distance Ii 80.
100 miles, less 1S.l00 miles, terminal at e.
kinB, making u net increase Of II 1900
miles. l941
Nathan Westfall has been commissioned
postmaster nt Rock Knob, W. Va.
Levi J. Barnett has been commissioned
postmaterat Paughman, W. Va.
Johu' F.: Jones has been commissioned
Postmaster at Coal River Marshes, W. Va.
George A. Herald has been commissioned
Postmaster: ut Hookersville, w. Va. Sam
uel Base has been commissioned Post.
nlaster;at Je-ry's Run, w. Va. Ulysses d.
Ice hss been commissioned Postmaster at
Uniontown, W. Va.
Special mail messenger service will be
discontinued at Hinch, Logan Co., on and
after the 18Th inst.
A change in the mail carrier service be-
tween Rich Creek and the mouth OF Pond
will on and: :aiter tho 10Th inst. embrace
Hinch next after Cow Greek, without
chaneein distance.
Arthur 0. L5wsry has been commits.
stoned postmaster at Oak Run, W. Va.
Changes in mail carrier schedules in
West Virginia have been made as follows:
From Charleston to Walton, will leave
Charleston on TueadRys, Thursdays and
Saturdays at 81. NJ, and arriveat Walton
by 6 Pm will leave Walton Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:S0 r. NJ, and
arrive at Charleston Mondays, Wedneg-
days and Fridays by 5p. NJ. From Madi-
son to Logan G. H., will leave Madison
dailyexespt Sundays at6A. NJ and arrive
at LogantC. II. by ! p. u, and leave Logan
G. H daily except Sundays at 7 A. NJ, and
arrive atiSladiBon by 5 5r.M.
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CAPTAIN B. B. DovENEE, Of this city, has
been fortunate enough tosecure good quar-.
ters at reasonable RATS in Chicago. This
he tas done on the supposition that our
delegates would desire to flock together, and
that II every body waited Tor everybody else
to move the harvest would be passed aud
no rooms would be saved. Delegates and
other West Virginiaus who expect to be
present ut the nomination Of the next
President OF The United States will do well
to communicate with Captain D,vener.
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Mr.. EATON, Of Connecticut, in his speech
on the Morrison tariff bill, eaid something
about traitors. The result was TO riIe Mr..
Blackburn, who began to "hurl back"
things. The Richmond Dispatch takes
up the cudgels for Nh. Eaton, remark
ing that lie said nothing to offend any body,
that his remark about traitors could not be
construed as applying TO Southern gentle.
men, because during the war Mr.. Eaton was
well-known Southern sympathizer. This
ought to be sufficient delense, though
Mr.. Eaton may not like 10 be reminded
that during the war he was one ofthe noble
army Of Copperheads who stayed behind
and shot in the rear. 81
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; hIBs1 aRCK'E SpEECIB
In the Gernlnii> >Rciciisins Yesterday on
H. he~Hnti.8oc:niist H.l!,


In the Gerninli> >Rcichsins Yesterday on
H. tbe~hnti.8oc:niist HII!.
BERLIN, May 0.-The debate in ths
ReichBtag on the anti.SoSislist bill was re.
sumed to-day. Prince Bismarck delivered
q strong speech in support of the bill, I[e
declared that its provisions were necessary
to enable the Government to succcssiullv
com bat the Socialists, whom he denounced
as not only revolutionary body, but they
alao aimed al the disorganizssion OF socie.
ty and were the cause OF the many strikes
and increased suffering gemong the working
classes throughout the manufacturing dis.
tricte.
Continuing. the Prince said: "In 1882,
recognizing tho rapid growth Of Socialism
in Germany and throughout Europe, and
tho contemplate means employed to get
rid OF Objectionable persons, I proposed
that conference OF the Powers be held ut
which measures could be agreed upon for
joint action for the suppreason oitho dyna-
mite policy adopted by the outlaws OF So
clety, be they Socialists, Anarchists, Nihi.
lists, or Dynamiters; but England ond
Francs refused to join the conference. 1t
remains ior ua to adopt policy which will
ailectually RID Germany Of auch personn.
Tho Government is fully determined that
the measures contained In this bill shall
become law, and il the Reichstag should
reject tho bill dissolution will follow, snd
an appeal be made to your clectors 10 con-
demn you, action by returning members
who will fully agree with the Government
that the Socialist excssses must be vigor-
, oualy combatted."
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THERON CENTRE
Orthe S0utt-Prepnration for Four
New City.

Ofthe SOuth-Prepnrations for FoHnd.
New City. .t.
TusCuMDIA, Ala, May GA great real
estate enterprise has beeen developed here.
The seney syndicate OF New York and
Atlanta capitalists have bought 5000
acres OF land in Colbert county and laid
out city, and the first lots were sold yes
terday at auction. Though there is not a
building on tho land, lis lots were sold
for 10000, an unprecedented price for
Southern real estate. Five thousand per.
SONS were present; and great interest was
shown. Tho stock Of the corporation has
reached high valuation. The town 10
called Sheffield.
1t ia on the Tennessee river at the head
OF navigation, and the company say they
will spend 100000 if necessary to make
it great iron manufacturing center, and
induce manufacturers to settle there, A
railroad eighteen miles long to the coal and
iron beds has Just been completed, and
contracts hsye been let for, the erection Of
furnaces, gas and water works and Q hotel,
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HOW WAkD ESCAPED,
Careless Detectives who Left tho War.
luni for IliB Arrest s,el,ind

Careless Detectives VINO Left tho Wnr.
lnni for His Arrest Behind.
NEw YoRx, May 9.-Ths furniture and
all the effects Of the residence OF Ferdinand
Ward, Of the wrecked firm of Grant 4
Ward, have been attached. -
The Brooklyn Eagle says: Persons pass.
ing along Pierrepont street this morning
were startled 10 see two well dressed men
grasp the head OF horss attached to
coupe and order the driver to atop,
Many thought they were to witness high
way robbery i~but they were mistaken.
The men were detectives and the inmate
Of the coupe was Ferdinand Ward. The
detectives produced papers from their
pockets, but evidently could not And,t the
one they we're in search of. g.
) Ono Of the men said, "Mr. Ward you are
our prisoner" and 1t was then Ward asked
for proof Of their authority. The search
for the warrant was begun. A troubled
look overspread the countenances OF both
men, and the pockets OF each were turned
inside out, land the bundle Of papers they car
ried was examined about seventeen times
to no avail. They gszsd disconsolatoly
olkCA sAS SoNfS " hAu Nuo 1oplhlJ
driven toward the Now York ferry. Ward
had not been out ok his house more
than half m hour when a deputy
sheriff arrived with writ, Of attach.
ment for the furniture and other
effects. oAs Ward could not be served with
the pap'r it was nailed on the front door,
and excited curiosity. The deputy made
an inventory Of tho articles in the housc
while the family made preparations to do.
The house Is elaborately and erpensively
furnished. The Wards have lived in the
house about five years, and four weeks ugo
tho!rs only child was born. He
was ohrietened Ferdinand Grant Ward,
after; General Grant. The refuge OF
Wards family will be the home Of Alrs.
Wards mother, Mrs. Green, No. 81 Mon.
roei Place, and thither the dispoaessed
ones journeyed. Mrs. Green is the
widow OF the former cashier o!
Of The Marine bank. The suit in which
the attachment is issued 10 Brought by the
Marine pank against the firm OF Grant 4
Ward, and General Grant is made CO.
defendant. The suit is for 100000
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MR. WARD, Of the late firm of Grant 4
Ward, Beems to have been determined to
enjoy lie while it was possible to rehy-
pothecate collNtere!s. He had $4,000
house in Brooklyn, end 100000 villa in
Connecticut. He had twenty.four driving
horses, vehicles Of all uorts, miscellaneous
assortments Of pugs and terriers,.e coach
man. n footman, French cook, French
butler and French waiter. In'this Demo.
cratic country everybody can't live on this
,sale; but then everybody can't "go up"
for ten millions.
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Eeiln!rc.

Mr.. John James, Of Brinton, Pa has moved
here. ,'.- H., = -,
Miss Minnie Marsh haa been added 10 tho
number OF Bellsire s,hool teachers. "
Mrs. Samuel Parks, who has been visiting
Wellsodrg, returned home yesterday.
Tbs g. A: R. festival and fair started of
we'll. Tonight ought to be big night for it.
Some OF the G-emen have bsen drawn on
the Jury for 81. ClaIrvllle, but are not liable
to suoh duty. -, 0 -" :
The Nav. Orleans minstrela open. good
part Of yesterday hero. They went to East
Liverpool to join Roblnson's circus. 45g I,
A great many new honaes dot Iellaire, 90
shown by q bird'a eye Wow, and B.ill others
are preparing to build Immediately.
TIE new Eaterpriss window glass furnace
has heen delayed few days by want OF some
specla! materials: but all the other work has
been showed right along. '&- + Nh
The ensortalumenta a: the N. z. Church wa,
q succta', both the literary part up Stairs aud
the festival down stsirs. More Refreshments
could have bsen sold had greater pYops:a
Ito, been made. l, -
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IN his speech at tho Kentucky conven-
tion Mr.. Watterson was pleased 10 remark:
~ don't believe We will ever bo able TO
drive the Republican party from its posi-.
tion with a squirt filled with soap suds.
We shall have to have the whole fire de-
partment-yep, hook and ladder and=all-
I was going 10 ssy the hell fire department. !"
Mr.. Watterson displays keen sense Of q
very tough, situation.
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A Nice Ne,t or ec,iarcrs.

San Francisco, May 9.-The Sharon d.
vorco case hss entered ION a period oisurpris.
ingrevelationa. Mrs. Martha Wilson testi-
tied yesterday having given false evidence
on behalf Of. the plaintiff, and n. I. Wells,
hotsstiied for the plaintiff that be heard
Sharon introduce Miss Hill to Mr., True
(since deceasad), of Santa Cruz, as his wife,
confessed to-day tho story was a iabrica.
ton and that nothing Of the kind had ever
occurred. Iu making his confesslon the
witness burst into tears and Bald: .'True
told me there was two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in the aHair. and I wss to
have one hundred thousand"
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In Honor OF nglnud'a Generosity.

WASHINGTON, D. G., May 0.-The Sec
retary Of War has directed that National
salute OF twenty.one guns be fired from Ft.
New York harbor, tomorrow on
the occasion OF the departure OF the Arctic
steamer Alert, in honor OF the English.
ensign, which will be displayed at the
Fort. This is in recognition Of the act Of
the Engliah government in giving this
vessel to the United States for use in the
search OF the Greely party.
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WIFE WAlFS.

R. J. MCKimm, 8 member OF the Caha-
dian Parliament, has been arrested for
forgery. a'l.
A school houae was damaged and two
children hurt by lightning at Rothrocks1
vile Pa, yesterday. =
Two gunboats took three hundred emf.
grants from Westport, Ireland, to meet a
paessngar steamer at Clew Bay ior Boston,
yesterday. - = >,.---1-sss ssS'~S..----!5.
Mrs. Katarina Gotta, 81 La Sale, Ill, 70
wears old, had been missing for four days.
Yesterday she was found beneath her bed,
where she had cyawled away to die.
The Governor OF Pennsylvania has nom.
insted Maj. L. A. Lewis, rs Commissioner
Of Pennsylvania to the New Orleans Expo.
aition in place Of James Long, resigned. s
James P. Coleman, colored, was hanged
at Columbia, S: O., for the murder and
outrage Of Sarah Willis. He was the lead.
ing Republican schoolmaster Of Lsurens
county. ,.5g a., ..s...ea.s2g, : Y.
A heavy storm Yesterday blew down
Harrison's large naval slores at Savannah,
Ga, killing Robert Jones and seriously
Nou.huS wv osNeN ulehs AeYeIak Utue{
buildings we're damaged. .-l /!
State Geologlst Smith, Of Georgia, says
rich phosphate beds have been found IN
Autauga county. Similar beds exist in
other portions Of the State. They aro in
the agricultural. districts. s5I 81
Dave Critzen and Alex. Burkett, well
known citizens of iFreeporI, Pa were
drowned yesterday while crossing the riyel
in sand boat, which sprung q leak and
sank before the men could be rescued. a,
The schooner Melrose, with seven per
Sons aboard, called from Rockport, Me.
January %, with lumber and ice ior Por
Al Prince. She has never been heard from
and probably topadered ia last 4lonth'l
gales. { I iii ;s, S;:IIiI, 5'%}
! Dr. F. Gardener, a young man lately mar
ried and living ut San Pablo, CAL, tool
thirty grains Of morphine last night, ant
his wife swallowed doSsn digitsles. TIL,
vile vas saved but tho luahand died. Do
mestic infslicity was the cause. ~ ~
Franklin Norris, formerly TELEGRAPH
operator at Concord, N. H., but who has 10
two years tried to gaiu foothold as Law
yer, died day before yesterday in convul
slons, after suhsisting Tor long time o
crackers and water. 3i'' 3f4 Z, ).
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THREE NEW BISHOPS
TO Be ELECTED NEXT THURSDAY
by ths Methodist Gsnsral Confsrenct--A Crisp Rs.
View OF tho Nesl's Work-Dr. natn.ld'a Attack
on LoKrollinE rthe Election ofEIshopI-The
Preacher Politicians R,s.nt Ills Assault. =.

| fHiLADRLPlilA, May 3.-Ihe Methodls
Conference reasaembled this morning
Bishop Bowman in the chair. Rev. Dr.
Coke, Of Iowa, conducted the devotiona
exerclues. Bishop Harris announced II
response to resolution adopted yesterday
by the General Conference, that in III,
judgment Of the Board OF Bishops, the elec
ton OF three additional Bishops will ado
Quately provide for the requirements O
the Episcopal office. Rev. Dr.. Garter, ol
the Church South, WAS introduced. The
standing committee on Missions reported
recommending the fixing OF an Episcopal
.resldencQ IN EplQpe. and India. A dele.
gate moved its reference to the Committee
on Episcopacy. Rum Chauder Bose, a lay
delegate from North India, moved that fur.
ther consideration OF the matter be poatpon.
ed until Monday. Rev. DR.. Alfred Wheel.
or, OF Erie, read, as part OF his speech,
report to the effect that resident Bishops
in India and Europe are not demanded by
the interests Of the church. He moved It's
reference to the Committee on Episcopacy.
Ruled out OF order. DR.. Wheeler moved it
as substitute, but this was ruled out OF or
dor. Dr.. Wheeler maintained that the
resolution Contemplates tho establishment
OF Episcopal residence in Europe and India
IN the same way as at Boston and San
Francisco. The project appeared to be to
establish residence with permanent occu.
pant Of the Episcopate. The third restrict
i've rule forbids destroying the plan Of the
general auperintendency. This would re-
suit in a diocesan Episcopacy. The Bishops
have greater oversight OF Mission Confer.
ences than OF the Annual Conferences,
They remain only about week at the An
nual Conference but many months ore
spent with the foreign missions.
Rev. Dr.. Buckley, Of New York, said Dr.,
Wheeler's argument seemed to be as 10 the
constitutionality and expediency Of the pro-
posed action. DR.. Buckley declined to dis.
cues the expediency, but had decided
opinion that it Is constitutional, as the
Methodist Episcopal Church exists as
much to-day in China, Siberia and Japan
as in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The re.
port was referred to the Committee Oh Ep;s.
copacy.
The Committee on Judiciary reported
under the third restrictive rule that no
General Conference has power to appoint
a missionary bishop or superintendent for
any foreign missions, limiting the jutis.
diction to the came, and with the exception
that all our Bishops shall be equal in
authority and jurisdiction and subject to
the same assignments for work. 1, is the
opinion of the committee that the General
Conference has the power to fix the resi-.
dence of all Bishops in any part OF the
country occupied by the Methods! Epis.
copal church. The report was adopted
With an amendment by the Rev. DR..
Curry, Of New York, that the words "other
than missionary Bahope" bs added, 50 it
should read "all our Bishops other than
Bishops shall be equal in
ETC."
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A Crime Confessed.

FT. WAlSE, IND, May 9.-Jesse Smith,
confined in isil at Bluflton, Ind, for COM
plicity in the murder Of Amos Beckesto,
near Boone, Adams county, Ind, April is,
today confessed assisting Fred Richards
who is confined in jail in this city, in the
murder as charged. Smith, who is s,ep-
son OF Richards, confeases he accompanied
Richards and Charles Werst, brosher.iu-
law to Richards, to the house OF Bcckesto
and stood ut the gate to keep lookout
while Richards and Werst entered tho
house, and Richards fred shot which
killed Beckesto. Charles Werss wa ar
rested at Decatur this morning.
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A RArliErIu HrOKY

OfIGrau,'a ConNi,,o4-Yiriunlly fenni.
~ less and Irretrievably In Debt,
NKwi York, May 9.-George Jones, Of
the New York Times, says: j" General
Grants fund Of s25O,oOO is absolutely safe.
Hitherto We have paid the intereat.annu.
ally: The 1st Of May OF each year has found
the Genera. IN possession Of sl5,l4o, inter