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The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
White Beaver aud HI. Gun.

Houston Minn.) Signal: We have
frequently read accounts ofthe remark
able rifle shooting done by White Beav-
er CDR. Frank PowelD Of La Crosse,
and like thousands of others, have
doubted his ability to perform such mar
vel with q shooting iron;" but our in
credibility has vanished. While visit
ing the Gateway City, last Thursday
evening, we dropped into DR.. Powell's
Office, and the following shots made, to
crafty a few friends. we're witnessed by
us personally. The doctor at frs
showed us position shooting. Sitting
in a chair, with his back to the target,
holding a looking glass before him, and
aiming through the same, he would hit
his mark every time. He then exhibit
ed some more difficult positions, he
would shoot and hit a small cork, sus-
pended in the air by a cord. and fast
enedto a chandelier. He the ashes
from a cigar, held by an assistant; shot
q cork from off his hat, which was
placed on the head of one of the spec
tators, shot q pellet (the smallest kind
made) out of a loop, said loop was made
of thread, and the last, and we thought
most difficult, was the cutting into Of q
hair, which was pulled out of an Indi-
an scalp. We have one of the hairs,
which was shot into by White Beaver,
fastened to a piece of paper, in Our
sanctum Oh exhibition, and also one of
the small pellets, which was shot from
the thread loop. The shooting was all
done with No. % cartridge rife, and ut
q distance of about sixty feet. "White
Beaver" by which name he is famlliarly
known might make a barrel of money
by his exhibitions, but he seems to pre-
fer to entertain those he likes, and only
shoots for the pleasure it gives them.
White Beavers st. Paul Office Is in
the Union block.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
A Minister'S Daughter Elopes.

The village of Clarksburg, Ohio, is excited
over the clopement of Miss Virgie Manson,
daughter of q Methodist Minister, an educated
brilliant girl of excellent musical ability, with
Adam King, an uneducated clerk. The par
ents of the girl found her room vacant last
Friday, and also found a note from her, saying
she had gone with King. A dllligent search
was made and the runaway couple were traced
to Cincinnati whore they were found. They
had been married. They wore brought back
to Clarksburg, where a brother of the girl at
tempted to shoot King, but was preventedafter
q desperate fight 1t is thought that the
girl, who is suffering from consumption, is in
sane, and an effort will be made to put her in
an asylum. Her mother, who is related to the
Hoyts Of New York, and is a direct descendant
of Gen. Putnam, is severely Frustrated. King
has a very bad reputation, and it is said that
he has a wife and child living. He is of the
most unprepossessing appearance, and is very
boorish Before clipping. with the girl he bor-
rowed 5000 from her, with which, he said, he
would buy property, but which he %squandered
gambling. The girl refuses to leave him
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
Fannie Kemble and her Father.

Charles Kemble was by no means a
fortunate manager, and by the year
1929 the affairs of Coveut Garden were
IN such a disastrous condition that the
bailiffs were in possession for taxes.
Inevitable ruin seemed to stare the un-
fortunate lessee in the face, when his
daughter Fannie, then only in her sew
enteeth year, stepped into the breach,
and at one redeemed the fortunes OF
the house. In "The Records of a Girl
hood" she has given a most interesting
description of her debut, relating how,
after she was dressed, she sat in her
dressing room with her hands convuls-
lively clasped and tho tears yelling up
into her eyes; how, when she was
called. she stood at tie wing lying
back almost insensible in her aunt's
arms. At length the dreaded moment
arrived, and Mrs. Davenport, who
played the nurse, called Outlet.
"Then." to continue the story IN her own
words, "my aunt gave me an impulse
forward, and l ran straight across the
stage, stunned with the tremendous
shouts that greeted me, my eyes GOV.
cred with mist, and the green baize
flooring of the stage feeling as if it rose
up against my feet; but I got hold Of
my mother, and stood like a terrified
creature at bay, confronting the huge
theatre full of gazing human beings. ]
DO not think o word I uttered during
this scene could have been audible. II
the next, the ball room, 1 began to for.
get myself; in the following one, the
balcony scene, I had done so, and, TO,
aught Il knew, 1 was Juliet, the
passion I was uttering sending hot
waves of bushes all over my neck and
shoulders, while the poetry sounded
like music to ME as I spoke it, with nc
consciousness of anything before ME,
utterly transported into the imaginary
existence of the play. After this I die
not return to myself till all was over
1 wonder if any of the self-suficient
young ladies who exhibit their incom.
petence to the admiration of thei1
friends at matinees nowadays feel any
such sensations? But Fanny Kemble
notwithstanding the overlooking houses
she drew, which enabled her father il
the one season to pay off Ella, 900 of hi.
debts, was not a genius; she had no tru,
sympathy with her art, and was chief,
conspicuous, after her short-lived tri
Jump, for casting scorn and contemp,
upon everything and everybody con
Rected with it.-Belgravia.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
How Q Fortress Of Amsxous Was
Stormed.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Some amusing details are gradually coming
to light in regard to the recent revolt Of the
female convicts in the prison of Acala, in Spain.
They drove out all the guards and took complete
possession Of the place, which they barricaded
and guarded day and night. They had on
ample supply Of provisions, and when the
troops arrived to capture the prison tho
women jeered them through the windows
and pelted them with bread and vegetables
from their abundant supply. The officer
IN charge ofthe expedition against these vira-
goes found himself in o bad fix. For eight
days he did not know what to do. To use ar
tillery against the young ladies was out of the
question, and to get into the prison without
smashing down the walls seemed impossible.
At last he conceived e brilliant idea. He gath
cred together a band of the best looking sol
diers in his compand, made them shave, wax
their mustaches, and put on their gayest uni
forms. Then he sent them with a flag of truce
to tho mazons. The handsome fellows welo
at once admitted, but were not allowed to re-
turn; in fact they did not want to get back, and
it was part of the commanders plan Of cam
paign to have them captured. In a very short
time these military prisoners spread disunion
and mutiny among tho Amazons and then the
place was easily taken.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
CIandcstine Marriage.

Frank Condo, of West Troy, aged 16
years, and Belle Ferguson, of Amster-
dam, aged Is, pupils at the Mechanics
vile IN. W Academy, where clandes-
timely married on Wednesday. The
preceptress, Mrs Ames, had frequently
aJmonished them for seeking each
others soc ETY. at every opportunity,
and the knowledge oftheir d%isobed;ence
was interfering so much with the dis
cipline Of the school that at the Thanks
giving vacation Miss Ferguson was told
not to return. She begged that this
course saould not be taken, as her
home was unhappy on account of a step
mother. The Condo boy was afflicted
in the same way. The marriage was
performed by Rev. N. Wirr, a retired
clergyman of the Lutheran Church, who
lives onlya few doors from the academy.
The same night both confessed to the
preceptress. The girl was sent home to
mains at the academy awaiting his
fathers commands.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
In the five years 1a71-75 the deatl

In the five years 1871-75 the death
rate in England fell perceptibly, aver
aging % per thousand; in the next five
years (1876-S0 it fell to POS; and in the
year 1881 it fell to 1879; in 1882 1t stood
at only 1876; and in the autumnal quar-
ter of last year to only 1876 per thou
sand of the population of England.
For the whole of last year the death
rate in England was 1875, and if the
great towns be excluded, 17.7 per thou
sand. Thus, for q dozen years past,
The rate of mortality has been steadily
and greatly on the decrease, and when
the cumulative influence of sanitary
work is considered, it may fairly be ex-
pected that the decline of the death
rat. is far from having reached its
limits.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

The Temps publishes a letter from Brussels,
which states that delegates representing Eng
and, America, France, Portugal, Spain, Hol-
land and Belgium will attend an international
conference in Berlin the la%tter-part of Novem-
Der, at which the West African question will
agreed to submit proposals to the conference
securing the freedom of commerce to all nations
in the Congo country and upon the river Niger.
The necessity of determining the right of any
power to occupy any of the unannexed terri
creation by the conference of an internationa
commission of the Congo, similar to the Dan
ubian commission.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
The directors elected by the Western Union

The directors elected by the Western Union
Telegraph Company for the ensuing year, by
unanimous vote, are: Norvin Green, Thomas
I. Eckhart, John I. Ferry. John I. Vanhorne,
ceas ed; Harrison Durkee, Jay Gould, Russell
Sage, Alonzo Cornell, Sidney Dillon, George W.
Gould, John ID. Fender, Sidney Dillon, Cyrus
Field, George j. Gould, John Pendcr, NJ. p,
Henry Weaver, PercyR- Pyne, Robert Lennox
Kennedy, Hugh J. Jewett, j: Pierepont Nor
gan, John L. Fay, William D. Bishop, G. P.
Huntington, George p. Roberts, Frank Work,
Samuel Sloan, Erastus Winan, John A. Storr,
Chauncey w. jerome, James w. Clendennin,
and Abraham r. Vance, vice Christopher G.
Baldwin, resigned.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
"work, Work, work."

How many women there are working to-day
in various branches of industry-to say moth
ing of the thousands of patient housewives
who arc martyrs to those complaints to which
the weaker sex is liable. Their tasks are rem
dered doubly hard and irksome and their lives
shortened, but hard necessity ccmpels them
to keey on. 10 such DR.. Piercc's "Favorite
Prescription" offers a sure means of relief.
For all female weaknesses it Is q certain cure.
All druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
A Paris correspondent saws Mrs

A Paris correspondent says Mrs.
Mackay's extravaganza has been exag-
gerated. She never pays more than
$500 for a dress. She makes the most
judicous use of her money, not only in
dressing herelf and her daughters pref
tily and artistically and in decorating
her lovely house with beautiful works
of art, but IN supporting and helping
many poor Americans who owe to her
and to her equally kind and generous
hearted husband all they have in the
world.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
A Bargain in Corner Lot.

is what most men desire, but to keep from fill
ing a grave in q cemetery lot ere half your days
are numbered, always keep a supply of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" by YOU.
When the first symptoms of consumption ap-
pear lose no time in putting yourself under the
treatment of this invaluable medicine. 1t cure
when nothing else will. Possessing, as tdoes,
ten times the virtue of tho best cod liver oil, ii
is not only the cheapest but far the pleasantcs,
TO take: 1t purities and enriches tho blood,
pies, eruptions and other humors. By drug
pists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

An Invaluable Remedy.-None except those
who have suffered all the horrors of Dyspepsia,
can fully appreciate the value and efficacy OF
Perry Davis Pain Killer, q sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease in all its forms is
used internally and externally, test its virtues.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

A huge black snake coiled around the ankle
OF Miss Elizabeth Carson OF Roxbury, Pa, and
she finally caught it by the head, and pulling
1t loose, killed it against a stone wall. She may
lose her leg from gangrene.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Mrs. Henry Pott has organized a propaganda
to prove that Bacon, not Shakspere, is the
real author of the dreams so foolishly credited
to the Swan Of Avon. At a recent meeting of
the Baconites Mrs. President Pott abused poor
Shakespeare in a style to make his bones move
under their epitaph.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Baldheaded men arc informed that there i.
but one avenue of escape from their affection
and that is Carbolinc, the great hair renewer
which being recently improved, is more efica.
cious than ever and is faultless.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Young and middle-aged men suffering from
nervous debility, premature old age, Ioss of
memory, and kindred symptoms, should send
three letter stamps for large illustrated treatise
suggesting sure means of cure. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

David Tapley,- stipendiary magistrate of Port
land, N. b., and chairman of tho county board
of almshouse commissioners the past fifteen
years, admits a deficiency of over 500
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

The probability is that the desire to
get hold of and read the revised vors:aa
If the Old Testament will not be g1ah-
fed before the beginning Of next year.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
Plso's cure for consumption is not only
to take, but it is sure to cure.

For Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Depression OF
Spirits and General Debility; in their various forms,
also as a preventive against Fever and Ague, and other
Intermittent Fevcrs, the '.I'erro- Ph0sphOrated
Elixir Of Calisaya" made by Caswen, Hazard & Co.
and for patients recovering from Fever or other sick
ness, it has no equal
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Tho gathering at the Northampton camp
ground, near Springfield, Mass, to celebrate
the centennial of the independence of Amori-
can Methodisln, numbered about 10, COO persons.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

The cost of the Sharon divorce case, without
counting attorneys fees, amounts to over
100000. Thu morning papers were paid s10,-
9OO for printing General Barnes speech for
senator Sharon.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

]. l. Reynolds, son of Mrs. Joseph Gould of
Newark, and Mrs. Mary McCabe of San Fran
cisco, committed suicide in California after q
drink of frozen absintha.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

For Torpidity of the Liver take Aliens Iro,
Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear the signature
of ]. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

The New York World increased it's edition
to lis, ITO last Sunday.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Trough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring
worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

A carriage containing George and Alice Hall
Of Stanford, Vt, was strucl! by an express
train and both occupants were instantly killed.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

A $6,5D model of the new Cunarder, Ezra
ria, which is expected to cross the ocean in
less than six days, will be on exhibition atNew
Orleans.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

"Buchu-Paiba. Quick, complete euro, al
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 81.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

If you are sick with that terrible sickness
Nervousness, you will find q "Bam in Gilead5
in Hop Bitter5.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Francklyn have been
entertaining tho prince of Wales in Scotland

CROUCH on Rats"-Clears out rats, mice, flies,
reaches, bed bugs, ants, vermin, chipmunks. 15c.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Coles Carbolisalvc instantly relieves the pain of
Burns aud Scalds and never leaves q Scar. 1t is the
best salve in the worldfor general family use. Csc. and
75c. At druggists or by mail.
j. w. COLE s. Co. Black River Falls, Wis.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

own fault if you remain ill II
you are wasting away with any form
of Kidney disease, stop tempting death this
moment, and turn for a-cure to Hop Biitera.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

White Beavers Cough Cream.
A soothing compound of lung healing plan
juices; SOC. Sold by all druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
He Must Confess.

The BEST Is THE CHEAPEsT-therefore us
Frazer Axle Grease.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

If you arc a%frequenter, or resident of,
"a miasmatic district, barricade your sys-
TEN against the scourge of all countries
Malaria, Epidemic, Bilious and Inter-
-mittent Fevers by the use of Hop Bitters.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Catarrhal Throat Affections, Hacking, Irritating
Coughs, Colds cured by Trough on Coughs. "225cs.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

1e MuSt CUN1eHS.
DEAR S1R:-I used the White Wine of Tai
Syrup you sent me, and must confess I derived
more benefit to my lungs from it than from
my remedy | have over tried, and chcerfully
recommend it to every one having any kind
of lung trouble.
Truly yours,
REV. A. NJ HUMPHREY,
Minister of Baptist Church.
Trilla, Coles Co., Ills.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

The honey production of Los Angeles for
1884 is estimated at 10000 tons, and valued at
s1,O0V,000.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

If you are %costive, or dyspeptic or suffer-
ing from any other of the numerous dis
eases of the stomach or bowels, it is Your
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Ifyou have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad
breath, Hop Bitters will give you fair skin, rich
blood, the sweetest breath and health. $500 will
be paid for case they will not cure or help.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

Cor if you are in the workshop, on the
farm, at the desk, anywhere, and feel
that your system needs cleansing, tom
ing, or stimulating, without intoxicat-
sing, if you are old,
blood thin and impure, pulse
feeble, nerves unsteady, faculties
waning, Hop Bitters ID what you need to
give you new life, health, and vigor."
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

ALady's Wish.
cob, how 1 do wish my skin was as clear and
soft as yours" said a lady to her friend. "You
can easily make it So" answered the friend
How" inquired the first lady.
by using Hop Bittcrs that m, kes pure, rich
blood and blooming health. 1t die it for me as
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

IS None genuine without q bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poi
sonous stuff with"Hop" or 'Hops" in their name
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-03
THE COMING FUEL.
NATURAL. GAS ACCESSIBLE HERE
by9olns Few Niles Into the Csuntry-The OpIn.
lon Of ProG ]. G. While, o! The State Uni,er.
,aity. on the SuhJtct-Ths Result OF
Ills Ob,sr1atloas In This Vicinity,

Prot. l Q. White, Of the Morgantown Uni.
Venityt was In The ely last evening on bis
return to Morgantown. He has been spend.
inS part OF his holiday vacation In Pitts.
burgh and vicinity, where lie was engaged In
locating gas wells. A reporter OF the INTEL.
LIoEscrn mectius Prot. White asked him
what be thought Of Wheelins'B chances for a
NATURAL gas supply. -n TIT
u hlnS thofe Is no doubt that Wheeling
can get Eas within short distance OF Tho
city. 81 course have not made such an ex.
animation ~ would be necessary for def.
bite answer, but from what | know OF the
general geological form s,ion OF 0aio county.
and o. the sts region OF Pennsylvania, | am
confident that there Is natural gas III paying
quantities within ten miles OF Wheollng--
perhaps at less distance
I'm. these days Of piping paI long dis.
tances, ten miles would be no obssscle?'
mot at all. The ,ipe Ia laid for about
5000 mile and tho interest on the plan, ~
very little as compared with tho saving In
tael aud the superiority Of the pioduo.. You
see mat Pittsburgh IL leaving nothing ua.
,ohe To command d sufficient gas supply.
IA tae ashste matter Of gta:s, The quality Of
Wnlch 10 W much improved by natural gsJ,
Wheeling has d9ep interest In this mttser--
now deep. your glass manufacturers IRE best
able TO judge"
Il understand, Professor, that you have
made special study Of natural gas and hays
recently. paid considerable attention to IFS
Practical phsss7"
"las," replied the Professor, modestly, at Is
IN Tho line OF my professional pursuit, and
during tho Simmer WINS Invited to Pitts.
bu'gh to locate wells"
Then you think 1t possible to cay lust
where gas Is and where 1t ID no.?
IT Is, provided the gsoligiss understands
ms busines', and in the light OF well known
laos prospects In Il given Territory; what |
mean 10 cay Is, that without opportunity for
Careful observation no MN VINO values his
reputation will risk M ot-hand opinion. |
Know about where gus IL to be found In Ohio
county, but NJ this moment, without speciai
invesllHatlol, cannot give professional
opinion that would DO u safe gusrd nor can
! teii IN what Quantities the gus would be
found. All thisyo will readily unle,atnnd Is
mailer Tor very close investigation,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-03
Wanted, II tlCctectIye.

While reporter IVES making some in
qniries about the Secoud ward safe robbery
yesterday, q gentleman who stood near
asked: why do not the papers show up the
necessity for secret service department. of
the city police?" AGA.
Detectives, you mean?n
Yes; II ever a place needed uuch thing
Wheeling does. am not reilecting on the
regular force; knoT pretty we'll what thty
have dons In dfiferedt cases, ind 1t Is more
than they could justly DO expected to do.
What chance has Il policeman whom every
body knows to wo!k up case? Now, we
have had numerous bu.glaries recently, aad
several cafe robbelies. There can be no
doubt the men who do the work live right
here. can show man who wants to tind
them and is capable Of working the case Just
where 10 begin his work. There is certain
saloon where the crooks congresaie every
night. The police know this; but inst the
second blue coat shows up they are mighty
scarce. A stranger could haul up half u
dozen thieves in Il few weeks-burglars, high.
way robbers and Hck.pockets. As it is, the
condition OF affairs makes these fellows safe
unless they are caught by accident. We
ought to have at least one good detective
here for awhilc,"S -ats.s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-03
CHEEKY THIEVES 2,
SLOW UP a SAFE ON MARKET SQUARE
And Garry on ysry food Wakes for Their sIsht'.
norl-L'ts Of ilsn $rount, and Ono Hears
the Noise, bat Gives 50 AlArm-Trlal OF
CaArlts steele for Highway Robbery.

One Of the boldest operations Of the gang
Of safe burglars who have been operating In
the city and vicinity for soma time past was
blowing opsn and robbing The safe Ia tho
feed ssose and grocery OF GsoSge Robinson,
on the East side Of Make! Square, In the
Second ward, yesterday morning before day.
light A policeman aud q nlpht.watchnan
patrol tLis beat during tho night, and yes.
te,day morning there were numerous men
on tho opposite side Of tho street attending
market. Among the people In the vicinity
ut the time was d young colored man who
happened 10 be posing, and heard the nois.
OF the explosion. He went over and In.
spected thu front OF the building, but the
blinds were down, and az he saw or heard
nothing further Of suspicious nature BIZ
went on and did not give tho matter any
further thought until BIO heard oil the rob.
berry yesterday.
There were In the safe number Of yalua.
BILE papers Of no uss to the thieves, which
were not disturbed. Ten dollars Ia papef
and about thirty In silver were secured by
tho thieves, who got away without leaving
any clue 10 their identity.
Tho thieves iltst tried 10 secure MI entrarco
to the store through the rear door, but ss 1t
did not yield easily to their tools, they climb.
ed upon II shed and forced open window OF
the second story from the back yard. They
closed The blinds Of ,hs front wiudowa them.
selves 10 conceal their pteserce,