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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08
At OAKLAND.

We rode out Thorn Drive, took pretty
wooded bride path that rsn side by side
with the main road and were In Oakland
Just as it began to wake up and throw of
dro9sr sleep. We cantsred "oyer the bill
to the Court house" an there we halted and
gszed down on the goodly little mountain
town, laid out ia all the possible triangles
and especially the ecaline. In the back
ground were the hotels still in the early
morning shadow, nearer, the Garrett mem
orial church, built Of stone. 1t is a very
pretty structure and was presented to the
town by John W. Garrett, President of
the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad. Then there
were the stores with their great signs, evi.
IDENTIFY that the country people might see
them sfar CT, pretty summer cottages, ev.
ery bit Of ground built UP; little to the
east the 'lake," with its beautitullawn and
fine old trees; back Of this hill, beyond
which flowed the Big Yough.
We proceeded on our way until we
rescued the brow oil hill Just beyond Oak.
land and again We halted. Jues blow Us
lay one Of the prettlest msuntain farms I
have ever seen, in the broad meadows
mowers were reapiug the waving krase; to
the left the railroad, the beautiful iron
bridge oyer which it paced at one point,
an old mill, mill dam, a red house and
beyond all the dense forest.
Coin 10 see the stone COW, mister ~
Oar interrogater was small boy under an
enormous straw hat, asid small boy was
barefoot and driving two very refractory
cowa. ,r.. :
(which Of your two cows is it?' asked
Jack. -
"Tain't none Of mine" aaid s.raw,hat
laughing, tits down in them woods; beer
there lopg before I was bosaed." IA
1t was little out Of our way, but 80 grea,
a curiosity was not to be passed by. @
"Never In all my travels" said Miss Z.
shave come aerees anything SO remark
able as stone COW. Miss. not this occa
sion by the forelock, take that COW ii pos
sible." 4r
provided she has iorelock," sjaculatet
another one Of our party. aI.&
J " take my COW by the TAIL" said tn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08
Qhe Q,stelhqpsrrea:.
nis Distant COUsIy.

On,.e. nus. ~ nua ~ TonT1erpt h stree.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08
ELEVEN DAYS
" M.
FROM SWITZERLAND.

FROM SWITZERLAND.
TN now prepared n fell prepaid tickets from
points In swItzeils nd via. Hsvre 10 Southampton
and Ec1 orr. by the fast steamer Of the North
German Lloyd Limo, HE. HEaRRN5,
III .I-3Tt1l III Market Street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08

DE-. TRAz1xR's XAsIc OINTMENT
This greatest blessing that has bsen discoy.
ersd IN thisgensratioc. A a1ra cure tor Rolls
Surns. Ceres, Cuts, Flesh Wounds, Sore Mn.
pies, Hkrd and Soft Corns, Caspped Lipa and
Hands, Pinplss and Blotcles. Ptica 800
Sod by Druggists. WV
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08
IT LEADS ALL,

No other bioo,l-prrifylns medicine Is made.
or has ever been prepared, which so com.
pl0tcly meets the wants OF physicians mud
the general pubf:c-:lJ
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08

horses and proceeded to ratrace our steps to
Mountain Lake Park. Passing the audi.
torlum we caught 3. glimpse Of the pretty
decorations that have been mads Tor the
Grand Temperance Alliance that will meet
on the e4sb, when We will have the pleas.
ure OF listening to what the fair sex has 10
say on this subject, now the most promi.
nens one on the social and political, "a we'll
as the religious platform. =
My next letts. will contain an account
OF these meetings. DAyyr
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10
An Old dams tirlst.

He stopped before Louisa Braden-
burgh, a little girl with light golden
hair, and recognized her as his grand
daughter; he wept bitterly, and bending
down kissed her forehead. "She was
all | had in the world he said, with
tears streaming down his face. Poor
Lou, poor, poor little girl" Then I'M
mindful of the presence of every one,
he knelt down by the child's side, and
pressing one hand to his forehead, with
the other he smoothed back the golden
hair of the little girl, which the wind
had tossed in masses across her face.
When the policeman approached to
raise the body to carry it to the wagon
which was to convey it to his home, he
turned towards them with an appealing
look in his face, and besought them not
to touch the child, lyon would not
carry her away from me, would you?'
he asked Don't take her away; you
don't know how she loved me and how
| loved her" $50 away" said Com
missioner Brennan to the officers, "and
get a private coach. Then turning to
the old man he asked him if he would
help MN 10 carry out inc Cnllu. larry
her, " he said; ''why, kind man, l have
carried her in my arms hundred times
while she was alive. and why should l
not do it now when she is dead? Come,
come Lou he continued, ''let us go
home" And he lifted the child in his
arms. A little ribbon fell from her
dress as he was lifting her and a police
man placed it on her breast. ooh,
don't let me leave anything; give me
al she has. They win be all | will
have to love-" he exclaimed, looking
down at the floor where the child had
been. He then started towards the
door still crying, and, with his long
white beard pressed down on the child's
face, kissed her lips.-An Incident Of
the NeW York Fire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10
A Limekiln Club Sick Excuse.

The Committee to the Sick reported
that Cbin-Chin Green, a local member,
had applied for relief on the grounds
that he had fallen against q hot stove in
a grocery and severely burnt his leg,
while defending the Limekiln Club from
aspersion of awhile man. The COM
mittee had decided against the applica-
ton, holding that Brother Green should
have either taken his Goldfish and gone
home, or else moved out on the side
walk before beginning his argument.
They also reported that Elder Stand
by Taylor was sick in bed with blood
poisoning, and had filed his claim for 50
per Week.
docs any OBJ de committee know
how he pizened his blood?" asked the
President
None of them did.
"De Elder am u purity far man an a
member who allus pays his docs" con-
tinued the President, "but he has a little
failin'. + he finds bottle on de street
he doan' kecr what de liable reads so
long MS de contents tickle his palate.
He foun' n bottle one day las week an
swallered half its contens befo' he dis
kiyered dat he didn't zactly relish it.
He's old an tough an viii probably
pull frew, but he can't have any money
from dis club jist de same. A man o
his age who can't tell boss medicine
from Mrs. Winslow's soothin' sirup mus
suffer de consekenses. ''-Detroit Free
Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10
The Modern Campaigning.

The camp-meeting of to-day is very
different affair. 1t is not an extempor-
| aneous festival in which the member
ship of one or more churches take the
lead, select a place of meeting, and in
vite neighboring churches to participate
IN common service, each bearing its
share of the burden, and then scatter TO
their homes, to disband and be as if
they had not been. No, it is avery diff
ferent thing. 1t is the fruit of char
tered association, with corporate rights
and franchises, of the same nature as
those which belong to banking and
railroad associations. OF course, the
corporators are religious men, and the
controlling influence is secured TO the
ministry. A copy of such charter is
now before me. 1t gives the institution
its corporate name, and states its object
to be ''the establishment and mainten-
ance of q seaside resort, founded upon
Christian principles, and affording re-
ligious privileges as well as healthful
recreation
Provision is made for the transfer and
redemption of stock, for voting by
shares and by proxy, rs is usual in
other money making companies. 1t de-
fines the number of directors, one third
of whom shall be ministers, and one
other third shall be ministers and mem
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
dts president "ShdH be regularly or
dained minister of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, having control of the
conventions, assemblies, and other
meetings that may, from time to time,
be held ON the premises; and the secre-
tary and treasurer must give bonds for
the faithful performance of their duty
in one instance, as high as thirty thous-
and dollars. Is not this an anomaly
The camp meeting feature, if indeed it
is prominent enough to be u feature, is
merely incidental to the II ain object,
viz, the establishment of seaside re-
sort. Todo this, land must be purchas-
ased, stock must be sold to pay for it,
and the pastor-president is to be the ex-
ecutiye officer through whom these con-
veyances are to be made, and by whom
all the real estate transactions are TO be
ratified The entire time, out Of the
three hundred working days of the year,
that is to be set aside for camp meeting
services, is ten days or fortnight, and
the remainder is occupied with the sec
ular business OF the concern. Joseph
Parrish, N. d., IN Popular Science
MOHthiU.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10
Indra 1Thnrnan.

A townsman of Judge Thoman, the
Ohio member of the civil-service COM
mission, says Of him personally: "The
Judge is liked here There is no dis
guising this. He is liked by everybody.
Ho has way that tn, So. He always
had. He can hold lis own in any
crowd. In the drawing-room he is rs
prim and graceful as President Arthur.
lie IS q hail-fellow, well-met when out
with the boys; no one can tell a story
better than he; a ready conversational
ist, he is perfectly at home in whatever
company he may be thrown. He is but
50 years old, and Is cminently q self
made man. Ills education was limited,
but ho has made excellent use Of what
Ae bnoygs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-10
Hietnru Ranaata Itself.

Down at the Kimball House last Sun
day, one OF a party remarked.
Il see that Gath has discovered the
curious fact that at the end of the revo-
lutionary war there were but very few
mules in this country
is that SOP" asked an old Exon
fedcrate.
so it says here in the paper"
"Well, now. do YOU know / discover
ed the same sort of thing at Vicksburg
about the time the siege was oyer?'
Il believe you had to cat mules out
there?"
"Yes, aud that was one of the WORSE
blows ever dealt to Southern progress. "
"Why SOP"
"'Cause them mule steaks started a
breed of kickers that we win never Get
rid q inside Of three generations And
1t hurt the cause of music too
Chow was that?'
"The mule shank soup ruined every
tenor voice il the army
After that the mule question was
dropped from the conversation.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06
The Bar,hoIdi statue OF Iiborty.

Reckoning from tho coronet to what might
be called tho fOotstool, tho ngure measures
1O4 feet 11Ii inches, aud TO the extromity OF
The torch 1888 feet. Tho pedestal OF granite
on which 1t will etand is TO be 50 foct high,
giving total OF 900 feet as the height OF the
work. The head is II feet high, and forty
persons can stand within It. The clrcumter'
ence Of the thumb measures IL feet. The fore
finger is feet long and 4 feet In circumter.
enco tthe second Joint. Tho balcony around
An electric light will bc placed In the torch,
and points OF electric light will onclrcle the
coronot The foundation Will bo % foot high,
and the top OF the torch will be elevated 800
feet above mean tide level.
Thus 1t will be seen that tho Statue OF Lib.
erty is the talleet In the world. The monu-
mont at London, tho next loftlost isolated
column, is but 202 feet high. The Porcelain
Tower at Nankln was 200 feet high. The
"Germania" statue, unveiled last autumn on
the Neiderwald, is only ITO feet high. That
Of "Bavaria," at Munich, is 01l2 feet, with
pedestal OF 2Sih feet. The Yondome Column
in Paris is Id feet high, and the Arc dc Tri-
omphe 160 feet. Trinity Church Bteople 10
2S1 feet high. The torch Will rise % feot
above the Brooklyn Bridge towors.
quiiy,was only 65 feet In height, and Trajan's
Pillar 130 feet Pompey's pillar, at Aloxan-
dria, Is lid feet high. The moet celebrated
colossus OF ancient and modern times previous
TO the statue OF Liberty was the Colossus OF
Rhodes. The Btatie was 105 feet high and
hollow, with winding staircase that as
cendcd to the head. After standing ffty.slx
yeare 1t was overthrown by an earthquake In
22i u. O., and lay nine centuries on the
ground, and then was sold to Jow by the
Saracens, who had captured Rhodes, after tho
middle Of the seventh century. 1t is said TO
have required 900 camels TO remove the
metal, and from hisstatemont 1t has been CIR.
culated that lis weight was 100000 pounds.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06
REAL ESTATE.


The following transfers OF real estate were
lled for record August with the Recorder OF
Deeds, as reported exclusively TO THE CRITIC
by ]. +. olmstead, 1d16 New York avenue:
Tenth street, west side, between East Capt..
tol and streets southeast, square 0i2, sublot
~, 161hxS2 s75,1, 900, DiIler D. Gror to
Tenth street, west side, between East Capi-
tol and streets southeast square oi2, sublot
20, 19hx75, Diller d. droff TO Albert d. Bakers
Tenth street, east side, between II and
streets northwest, square 1858, lots 10 and IL,
i6x110, Charles d. Pearson 10 the District OF
Columbia; $2,d26.
N etreet, south side, between New Hamp.
shire avenue and Twenty.nrst street west,
part OF square eS, 1880, Simon d. Newcomb
s street, north side, between Fifteenth and
sixteenth streets northwest, square 101, cub.
lot 4, is 20.100x117 33.1O0 Francis J. Helber-
ger 10 Maria L., Ann L. and Caroline @. Nor.
cell; $500.
Maryland avenue, south side, botwoen sixth
and Seventh streets northeast, square S6i,
part or lot 10, all except the cast 100 IT,, Amos
j. Chipman TO George W. Wheeler; nominal.
County.
Uniontown-Lot dO7, John Madigan TO Emma
It. McIntire; 800.
Georgetown = on north side of Prospect
street, near Frederick, VIM. r: Woodward,
trustee, TO ID. Peyt0n Brown; S1,0o0.
Howard University ty-subdivision OF farm OF
John A. Smith, lot l., block %, Almos p. Bogue
TO the United States; 81 300.
Meridian Hill-Hall and Elyans' subdivision,
George i. Graham; s1,S75.
Meridian Hill-Hall and Elvans' subdivision,
lot O, block 10, James L. Fitch to Bralnard Ii.
Warner and Charles d. Pearson; S7S7.50.
Meridian Hill-Hall and Elvans subdivision,
eest 20 feet OF lot Id, block 8, Wm. W. Metcali,
trustee, to Edward W. Scott; s505.
Meridian Hill-Hall and Elvans' subdlvis lon,
north half of lot II, block IL, Joseph t. ste.
yens to Edward +. Morris; $500.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06

AMONG men connected with the press it
has long been understood that the Harpers
were mean, grasping, stingy and intensely
selfish, without regard for the rights OF
others where those rights came in conflict
with their grasping avarice, but who could
have believed that they would make play
thing of the welfare OF their country
merely because Presidential candidate
and author saw ft to contract with another
firm for the publication of his works?
Another thing The Republican party
has made tho Harpers financially. There
has never been day in tho last thirty
years that large majority of their patrons
were enot Republicans and we predict that
the firm will never regret but once the
course their weekly has taken In regard to
Mr.. Blaine, and that will be forever. Graft
tude II nothing else-but there-what is
the use of speaking of gratitude in connoc
tion with such men
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06
AMuSEM ENTS.


Tho Theatre Comique presents splendid
programme this week. Two-and-a.haif hours
Of unbroken enjoyment Is given by an admir-
able cast. The female minstrels and the host
ESPECIALLY artists are simply immense, and
tho urlssque.extravaganza, "oymbeline,"
abounds In local hits and is superbly humor-
Gus. Tho management is to be congratulated
On Its enterprise In Offering the public 30 ex-
ccllent show.
MONTE CHRISTIE.
The elegant steamer Jane Moseley leaves
daily for Monte Christie at o n. M, returning
at 0:30p. m.
LOWER CEDAR POINT.
The New Armenia leaves Its wharf at a. m.
for washington's Concy Island, Lowor Codar
Point, returning atop. m.
MOUNT VERNON.
The ever popular steamer Corcoran loives
daily for Mount Yernon-excopt Sunday-at 10
q. m, returning at $3.50 p. m.
THE FANCHoN CLUB.
Tho Fanchon Club give their ninth moon.
light excursion this evening TO Marshall Hall
on the steamer Corcoran. The boat leaves at
0:20 p. IN.
CHAPEL POINT.
A select family excursion will be given tc
Chapel Point on Friday next. The steamer
Thompson leaves Its wharf ut o a. M, return
ing at 10 y. m. For oil Information apply tc
the National Hotel.
PosTpoNEMEST.
Tho excursion OF the Young Mems Bible
Glass OF the Christian Church has been post
poned TO the first week In September.
oCcoQUAN.
The Mary Washington makes excurson trip:
to Occoquan every Wednesday and Saturday
morning. The Sunday excursions TO Marsh all
Hall and Glymont leave at 80 q. m.
GREAT FALLS.
hrhe packet Excelsior leaves Georgetown foI
Cabin John Bridge and the Great Falls Tues
Gaps, Fridays and SUNDAYS.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06

THE Republicans of the Ninth LA Fay
otte) Indiana Congressional District have
done themselves proud by nominating
Major Charles T. Doxey, Of Anderson, for
Congress. Major Doxey went into the Army
when he should have been at school, and is
one of the veritable heroes-and wounded
heroes, at that-of the war for the preser-
vation of the Union. He carries on his
person the marks ofthree rebel bullets. He
cannot do much stumping, for ono Of the
rebel bullets carried away his palate, aud he
has to use gutta-percha one. But he is
"rustler" among tho people, genial,
whole.souled, hearty, level-headed man,
and wherever ho goes he will make plenty
of friends. In council he is one of the
strong pillars of Rcpublicanism in Indiana,
and he will make record in Congress, il
elected, that his friends, his party aud his
State can be proud Of. He is also a sue
cessful business man, having built up n
very large business as a manufacturer. The
Ninth District is very close one, but If
any Republican can carry 1t, Major Doxey
is the Republican to do it.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06

An old veteran is coming to the front.
Hon. Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana,
who is over so years old, expects to make
some speeches for Blaine and Logan, not.
withstanding his extreme age. Uncle
Dick is one of the fathers, yes, one of tao
-grandfathers of Republicanism in the
West, and although his head is frosted by
over four score winterI his love for the
good old cause impels him to strike few
more telling blows for the party he loves
so we'll and has served SO long. May moth
ing but good fall on his good old gray
lead!
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06

JAMES GORDON BENNETT has torn him
self loose from his noble pards Of England,
and has desecrated his corns by placing his
hoofs once moro on the pebeian soil of his
native land, where every man is as good as
every other man, and, as in Jeemes case
sometimes good deal better. Jeemes has
como over, We suppose, to help tho Herald
hold his country up by the tail, and swing
it around for the man with the 20-inch
collar, and for the Tail. we very much fear
that the swing will not be in direction ia
suit Jim, and that he will not recover his
equanimity, in consequence, until he find;
himself back in Old England, pursuing hii
usual avocation of tuft-hunting and fore
head-bumping again.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06

WHILE the Democrats are so sorry for
the Government clerk, and are trying to
persuade him that he ought not to contrib
ute anything to the campaign funds of his
party the clerk himself ought to do some
thinking about it, He ought to commune
with himself about how things are now and
how they may be, We do not suppose that
there is any Republican in Government
employ who does not believe that his occu-
patton would soon be gone should tho Dom
ocrats come into power
We can, therefore, see no reason why any
clerk should not bo more than willing 10
contribute to his party's bank account. He
is merely making an investment of few
dollars that he may continue to draw a
comfortable salary. He should not be sur.
prised II he Is asked to contribute. He
ought to contribute without the asking.
Suppose he thought about it 10 this way
Here am drawing a good salary. Saall
! proclaim myself Government pauper (?
Shall refuse to help my frlends2 Am
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06
snngnine nrr. ColIins.

really ought 10 mako pilgrimage from all
parts OF tho country TO Boston, and, following
the example OF the Boston Herald, inhalo tue
Collins stands ready 10 difruse at moments
notice. Mr.. Collins reIoices that the solid
South will remain unbroken; he Is suro OF
New York and Indiana, believes that Ohio Will
go for Cleveland, cherishes fond hopes of New
Jersey, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Michigan,
and sees with rapture tho tremendous inroadi
which the Democracy is making In Iowa and
and fve or six other Northern States. But
Mr.. Collins is determined not to be led away
by his own enthusiasm; he doesn't believe the
party has much OF show In Illinois.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-08-06
THE CoLoRED BRETHREN
OF Untontown Have Row About
Partition Pence.

Partition Fence.
Uniontown was we'll represented in tho
Police Court to-day in consequence Of q
warrant served on Frederick Douglass, jr.,
and his bfothor-in-law. Il. Molyneaux Hew-
lett, a colored member ofthe Bar, charging
them with destroying private property.
The warrants were sworn out by John A.
Moss, another colorod lawyer. He alleges
that Douglass and Hewlett yesterday, dur
ing his absence from his place in Union
town, cut down about fifty feet Of his new
palipg fence. Tho Douglasses claim that
the fence was on their property.
The case was called for trial to-day.
Messrs. Hewlett and Shea appeared for tho
defense.
A large number of witnesses
were present on both sides,
and IL promised to bo hot fight. The
defense claimed that there was no law TO
cover this oifense in tho county, and also
asked the Court to dismiss tho case because
IT was matter for the civil courts. Tho
Court declined to take this action.
Mr.. O. Il. Carpenter, tho surveyor, was
called by Mr.. Moss to prove the boundary
lines. The case went over till Saturday
for plat Of the country.
Hewlett says he will cut the fence down
every time IL is put up, and Moss says he
will mako IL warm for him every time