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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
ISLAND SCENES.

All this day the water remained at its
height, varying not foot from daylight to
dark. During this time the suffering, dis
tress and excitement were intense. All day
vast crowds hoysred on the brink OF the
food, some working like beavers and others
gazing curiously at the awful msgni6cence
of the terrible scene. On the Island the
work Of bringing of people continued,
those being brought who were out OF reach
in the darkness of the night. A volume
might well be filed with the incidents OF
this scene: the terrors Of some of the stu.
ations, and the heroic bravery Characters.
ing many Of the acts OF rescue. From its
exposed condition, rendered subject to that
deadly current, the Island was Q heavy
sufferer. The current was not only swift
and all powerful, but on its bosom it bore
q dense mass Of ice from the Youghiosheny
and frequent large logs, which tore into
buildings and cut away fragments, or
piled into huge masses in the streets, when
obstructed. The havoc was dreadful. In
one case, q whole block OF two story houses
were swept away, while individual houses,
with stables, sheds and outhousss, were
whirled away, or, in cases, twisted from
their places. The once beautiful Island
was cut, torn and disigured in q manner
and tc an extent that months will not oblit-
crate and repair.
NKTrHER GAS NsR vArEs.
u,--oxs .erunuIstad IN This dav Tha
wafer works had gone brayely on, though
the pumps we're 35 feet under water and
the fireman fed their furnaces thoush vsd-
ing in two tset Of water. Bat in the after.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11
A Swindler Tripped.

GALVESTON Sept. "a man, vari-
ously giving his name as G. G. Grot-
house, A. A. Yeager and James Fisher,
claiming to be a cattle dealer, was ar
rested to-day, charged with attempting
to pass forged drafts, amounting to
S22,5NO. The drafts are three
in number, for $500 each, drawn
in his favor, against the
FRANKLIN Land a. Cattle company, of
New York, and purport to be signed
by b. r. d George Groom. Grothouse
fell by the wayside in a negotiation with
a prominent jeweler of this city, who
consented to a business transaction con-
~ditionaily upon the yerification of the
g%enuineness of the drafts. Grothouse
consented, STIMULATING, however, that
telegraph enquiry be sent after banking
hours. This was agreed to,and in answer
10 a dispatch came information de-
'nouncing Grothouse as q fraud, having
attempted to play the same game on the
Franklin Land and Cattle company,
through Robert Wright Il Co., of Dodge
CITY, Kansas. GrothOuse was accord
ingly arrested. He claims that he is
ali right, having received drafts in ex-
change for a large herd of cattle sold by
him to agents of the Franklin compa-
MES in the Panhandle. He is held to
await the result of a telegram to- Temple
Houston, the franklin company's attor-
ney at Fort Elliott, Texas.
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and election, nrI chat you viii uso
oyrtt motns GO nave ihom elected, 49,
mnltef iu what end yuu may ho CON
.p,IIrl .p resort mud thnt yut VIII uso
r,cfy rudu1,of IN po%rprtuniu ihr power
nj the grand ul Republican party and
that Won viii not vote fur amy man Tor
my office unless ho hD au American
born citixCn in favor ~ Amofican.horn
citizens ruling America, DO you rul-
rnniy ,woar?'
What will the foreign element, 80
strong aud respectable element every
where, with honest American patriotism
aud Impulses, say To this new arrange
mcnt nj the BLNINR people, VIII they
90 into the Ncstinulo while the priests at
the altar are dovoliug them 10 political
o,lracism?
Let II hut become generally known
once, rs these authorities we have
quoted 80 ~pointcdly charge, that the
! BL\lNE clubs are seeking to give prac'
teal form aud vigor again Ia BLA'SE''
old Kuow-Nothing proclivitics, and thu
Maine statesman will he the worsI
beaten candidate over offered Tor The
Presidency. And still the good WORK
zoe. ON!
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The Galveston News says, editorily:
"The unanimous denomination OF both
JOHN III. REAGAN and OLlN LLBoR
by the Democracy of their respective
districts was a well-deserved compli-
ment. No two members of tho House
of Representatives have a better reputa-
ton or more influence. Both are men
of eminent ability and sterling charac-
ter, both have always been faithful TO
the trusts imposed on them, both nave
been an honor to the Democratic party,
to the State of Texas, and to their con-
stituents. AS the Republican votes in
both REAG ANS and W~ELLDoRN's dis
tricts are very meager, why don't the
Republicans do the graceful thing II
permit both gentlemen to be elected
unanimously"
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la SLANDEROUS CAMPAIGN DOCU.
MENT,

The proof sheets of what is intended as
a red-hot Republican address for deliv-
ery or distribution in the North are be-
ing prepared at one of the job offices in
this city. We have got ahold of the
campaign document and present a col
umn or so of it this morning. We only
publish that portion of it referring more
particularly to Texas.
It's publication has been going on in
secret, as it we're. The fellow who in
tends using it probably thought he
would get it in shape first, memorize it,
it, and raise a terrible h%ullabaloo
sup North" We give him the
benefit of publication of a
portion Of it before it has
vet left the job Office press. Our work is
wholly gratuitous, as well as our COM
ments. We say here and now he doesn't
owe us II cen for our interest and assis-
lance in the matter.
We call attention to the portion spe-
cially relating to us. a more brazen
tissue of graceless campaign lies never
before occupied such space. A dirty
Islander upon Texas and the South, a
cowardly resort to the anonymous style
of composition, a base attack upon de-
cent people and decent political meth
DDS, the address could only have eman-
ated from an irresponsible adventurer
who hopes to gull some community
filled with bigger fools than himself.
. A.. unrI1n EunlI- II NOUN TnYQG
daily, the HERALD here and in advance
says to any people upon whom its
author shall attempt to inflict this dirty
scurrilous address, that there is not a
scintilla of truth in It's structures upon
this people, and that no man., with any
degree Of decency, would be shameless
enough to believe it or even father it.
The author is supposed to berone
WITHERs, a bird of passage, who has
tried various expedients for "raising
the wind" political and financial, from
the elegant proprietorship of a "hying
Jenny in rural districts, to stumping
JupGE REAeAN's district against him.
HE knows about as much about Texas
politics, or even National politics,
as a buzzard, and is about equally en-
Titled to respect.
vt is the assaults of such men who in
lure tho South. They are not known in
the communities where they speak, pro-
Tossing to be reputable southern citi-
zens, and their words of SANDER are sup
posed, in the absence of contradiction, to
be words of truth. In this mans case,
however, we desire to give him a send
orr I'm advance that those who may
have to listen to him may know me
character of stuff he is made of, and the
position, or rather the want of position,
he occupies here.
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EvERYTHlNGloo looks brighterfo CLEvE-
LAND and HENDRICKS and the Republic
cans are uneasy. The Irish arc having
big Democratic meetings. The Germans
say that Mr.. BLAINE has too much pro-
hibition and Know Nothingism in his
record. Ex-CoNGREssMAN POUNDS, one
of the brightest Republicans, says that
BLAINE must be defeated as he is the
mainstay of all the monopolies which
have, and are, Expressing the people,
and that his public life has been corrupt,
and in thil way he has amassed an i'm
mense fortune. Thus the ball rolls on
and November will relieve the people.
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THIS crow-eating business ought to
play out. There is no wit or sense in it,
If papers supported men or measures
before the Democratic Convention met,
which were not endorsed by that body
and afterwards acquiesced in the action
of the majority, and give a free and cor
dial support to the candidates elected,
there is no crow for them to swallow
There are some, it is true, who are Sc
bigoted and egotistical as to think that
they know more than call the world and
the rest of mankind" and are not will
ing to submit to the will Of the majority
but let them be happy in their own
ignorance and folly without charging
such with eating crow.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11

A PAPER that does not give it's readers
the current news Of the day, cannot be
classed a newspaper. The BLAINE
scandal is a matter that all feel an in
terest in, and as it has been rendered SO
prominent before the country by BLAINE
himself, there is a general desire to know
the facts in the case. A number of pa
pers assuming a high moral tone, con-
denim papers with more enterprise, for
giving the facts as they transpire. The
editor of the Austin Capitol, a gentle
man of strict propriety and Intelligence,
in speaking of what is called base at
tacks, says: "What base attacks?'
Upon what upright women?' Will the
moralist please hold up the corner OF
that pail OF moral darkness, which
grows blacker and blacker as the years
roll by" and let the light fall upon the
subject until the truth be told2' The
charges against Mr.. BLAINE are having
a terrible effect in the North against
him, and he, no doubt, will agree with
many of his friends, that the institution
OF the libel suit was a ruinous policy
and may end in his discontinue.
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u tITIVIN IHUTUN
Very gratefully yours,
WEATHERFORD.
Judge Hood on a District Canvass-Oppo-
ratiOns of Fence misunderstanding
of the County Convention.

~ uNES h1ooho ~ - >N'
%rations of Fence Burners-Keconvening
of the County Convention.
WEATHERFoRD, Sept. o. Speciall.-
District Judge Hood is absent, canvass
ing in Tarrant county. His place on
the bench is ably filled by the Hon. j.
n. Roach, who was elected by the bar
to finish the remaining business of the
court.
Some lawless wretch, without any
known excuse, set fire to the rail fence
around the farm of Il. w. Anderson, six
miles south of Weatherford, last Sunday
night. The fire was set in three differ
ent places, but was discovered in time
to prevent the loss of the larger part.
The fence enclosed no grass and not
more than forty acres of farming land,
and had been built for ten years.
On the same night, but about fifteen
miles distant, about one and one-half
mile of G. H.. Higgbee's wire pasture
fence was cut and the posts taken up
and burned.
Our Democratic County Convention
will Saturday to nominate a
candidate for the Legislature in place of
George A. Mccall, Esq, nominee, who
declined to run on the leaSe-law plat
form adopted at the same time. Capt.
G. w. McGehee will most likely be the
choice.
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Consumption of the lungs \ Case OF
Rapid Development, Accompanied 10y
severe Hemorrhngc.

Consum piion of the Lungs. \ Case OF
Rapid Development, Accompanied 10y
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Y this winter, ] took II severe cold,
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A VIGOROUS STATE CAMPAIGN

our special from Corsicana in yester-
DAVIS issue indicated that the Democ-
racy of this grand Empire State meant
to leave no stone unturned, no eilor I'M
expended during this campaign to roll
M the banner Democratic majority OF
the Union.
II is doubtful if another State in the
land can show to-day such an able body
| of nominees rs the dominant party has
here placed in the field. State officers,
congressman, electors and candidates
for the minor offices, legislative and
otherwise, are the best men, or at least
representative men of the various com
munities. Tho myriad issues of the
campaign will be discussed by them
both brilliantly and faithfully and the
signs all point to Il Democratic majority
of over 10000.
And there is reason for all this. Never
before in the history OF Democracy was
their cver such a National ticket, or q
State ticket so eminontly entitled to pop.
ular endorsement. All the elements for
the creation ofenthusiasm are patent and
convincing, and the absence of practical
opposition here will not, it seems, pro-
duce apathy among Democrats, or cut
down our grand majority.
Mr.. BARRY, the new chairman, is 9
young and rising politician. He has
gone into the canVass to distinguish
both himself and the party, and his Wig
orous methods will, as they ought, NEE
an enthusiastic response throughout al
Tay9S.
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7 THE Buffalo Express, the leading Re-
publican paper of Western New York,
says: "The people of Buffalo have
known Mr.. CLEVELAND as one of their
worthiest citizens, one OF their manifest
men-faithful to his clients, faithful to
his friends. faithful to every public
trust" The Buffalo Advertiser, another
Republican paper, says of MIR. CLEvE-
LAND: "The people of Buffalo are
proud of the record he has made
as Mayor of the city and Chief Magis-
trate of the State. While we earnestly
support the candidate of our party for
President of the United States, we would
not detract one jot or title from the
well earned fame of the distinguished
gentleman who honors the opposition
by bearing it's standard" Good en-
dorsements from opposition papers in
the city of his home.
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THE Matador cattle company which
some of the owners of the Gazette, II
that paper is only leased to the present
proprietors, or stockholders. have had
to relinquish eight sections of land III
Borden county, which have been taken by
actual settlers. The HERALD has stated
and still maintains, that there is an ire
pressible conflict now raging between
the actual settlers and the cattlemen in
the western Counties, in which the former
are certain to overcome the latter. Inc
actual settlers are occupying the lands
and will soon be there in such numbers
as to squelch out free grass without the
aid of the people in other districts OF the
State.
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answer hns h0on received up iu ilhs
timp. 1hO uptown ppnIlu Urn worried
about the Wuttpr. Ilyn rtrripfs w. a.
WORK ~ the ist aud three suun nnof, ~
more rUom " absolutely necessary.
ln II head line this mufnlug tho llru.
NLn ala Injustice a. William Nrituu
alias Cuuntln Nill, WIZ "luuudu Nills
Victim Dying II was William hrll-
nor not ilo'ruu who shot Nlro Ihnlhp-
son. IA course 10 WAS purely Uuintpn-
tiunnl aud you Will take pleasure In
making the statement,
i. 4. Weaver alias Pierce, tho man
found guilty ~ adultery, IN ~ lnil not
having paid his line. Tho dining de-
pnrtmrnt OF the Grand Central has been
discontinued probably owing 10 this
fact,
i. W. Strickland, u we'll known con
tractor here, lately working ON the
smith n Jones building, has mystcri-
! uusly disappeared. Ma clue to his
whereabouts, Ills friends ARE alarmed
at his absence,
chief Maxim aud George W, hin are
to have "a hearing ON Thursday before
the committee on Are department IN re-
gard TO differences and their last disa-
grecmont.
officer Thomson rnidod four lower
dives I'm the Third ward to-day, where
gambling was running In full blast IN
back rooms and second stories. In one
| place twenty men were gambling when
The officers came in, but eighteen Jumped
out of Il second story window aud only
two were arrested. Seven arrests werC
made In all. The uptown or heightened
establishments have all been closed lor
some time, aud some hard tales are told
about the robbery in thedens alluded TO,
For six or seven hours last night
something was wrong with the water
works, no pressure being m. This was
not known to-day, the lire department
being kept ignorant of the fact. IL l.
said 10y alderman Hughes that the en-.
gIncs nrc not level and in bad iiN, and
that il would not he surprlSiugii another
company erected works here, bringing
their water from above the bridge on
the Clear Fork.
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Meanest Sneak in Town.

Malarial gases sneaked up through the
poorly-constructed drains and made
baby very sick with malarial fever
Baby would have died but for timely use
of Browns Iron Bitters. There is
nothing in it's way of coming
nor worse in it's effects than this malaria
from the underground regions. Mrs
Mcdonald, of New Haven, Connecticut
says: "FOr six years I suffered from the
effects of malaria, but Browns Iron Bit
ters cured me entirely" Try it when
malaria steals in and undermines your
constitution. 1t will give relief.
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MAINE N BLAINE.

Notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
BrNISE congratulated those who as
semblcd in front of his residence, night
before last, upon u great Republican
victory in Maine, the returns Indicate
that the result WAS really u Democratic
victory. Maine ~ strongly, "vcrwholm-
inrlv Republican. II used 10 run mp
mnlnritics for the ticket OF id,oOO to
95,OOD. and it Is supposed 20 be the head
center ol neutrality-suspicious. ANA anu
everything else Democratic.
More than this was expected in TINS
campaign. State pride was depended
upon To give the state officers II Tar more
than ordinary endorsement. The 'maS-
uetism" of BLAINE, the anti
Catholic, anti-forcign procliritieS OF the
BLAINE canvass, personal friendships
and the hope of multitudinous war
for BLAINE followers, were confidently
looked to for such an old fashioned ma
iorily as Maine had not given Repub-
licanism Tor twenty years.
How different the result! with all
these consideration paramount II I'M
p%ortant, in the present canvass, only an
ordinary majority is obtained in Maine'
"Magnetism' and home enthusiasm
have signally failed. The vigorous
campaign has only secured ordinary re-
suits. Republicanism, even under a
Maine leader, appears to be no more
p~opular than ever. In the light of such
facts what cannot the Democracy expect
in such distant and doubtful States rs
Indiana, New Jersey, Connecticut and
New York?
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MARSHALL MATTERS.
A Casualty Insurance Adjustcrs - Pc
sOnal Mention.

q
sOnal Mention.
MARSHALL, Sept. Especial. Prof
Alex. Hogg and daughter, Of Fort
Worth, are visiting friends in this city
Capt. III. L. Berry, accompanied by a
negro boy, was crossing the track ofthe
Texas a. Pacific railroad yesterday even
ing, when the yard engine came along,
struck the wagon, demolishing it. The
Captain was considerably. bruised and
badly shaken up. The boy escaped
without injury. The horses did not
stand on the name of going, but went
in rapid style.
Tom Brown has been brandishing his
gold-headed cane in our city the past
day or two.
Several insurance adjusters are in the
city worrying over their losses by the
late fire.
The local political pot is boiling in
good style. The primary election for
county officers takes place next Satur'
day.
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IL another column of the HERALD is a
communication from Plano, oven inc
signature of MIR. FRED METER, hght'
ing into the Nolksblat. The HERALD
does not know To- what Mr.. NETzEK re-
fers, but gives place to his article, be-
cause Germans who heretofore voted the
Republican ticket, and are now support
ing Mr.. CLEvELASr, have no German
paper, through which they can correct
errors or misrepresentation that may
no madp.
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THE indianapolis Sentinel declares
itself ready to try the libel suit at once
GEN. HARRISON, Mr.. BLAINE'S attor-
ney, said to a reporter in Philadelphia
that he "could not tell when the triai
would come oil, and unless the other
side forced the trial, he did not b~elievelt
would take place this fall" There is
no reason to believe that Mr.. BLAINE
wants the matter brought 10 an Issue,
and proceedings will no doubt be pro-
longed until after the election, II
the suit will be dismissed. The Sen
tipel still insists it can prove everything
~ Sail
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11

NoRroN's Intelligencer is very bitter
ON the ridiculous farce, as it terms the
late Republican convention. IL say
certain parties made Il sale of the voters
to WASH JONES, but 'they have not the
W to deliver tno goods" The Intel
ligencer knows Republicans can't he
trusted, and what is the use making
fuss about it. 1t calls WASH JONES "tn
alien renegade, who has not one senti-
ment in common with the National Ike
publican party" Let 'em fight, they're
no kin.
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IS KNOW-NOTHiNGlSM STILL AN
ISSUE?

BLAINE's old Know-Nothing record is
well known. So positive has the a
row-minded, anti-foreign crusade of Il
quarter of a century ago been fastened
upon him, or more properly speaking,
so clearly has his enthusiastic advocacy
of that campaign been shown, that his
most shameless admirers and support
ers have ceased to defend him against
the charge. And yet he poses for the
foreign vote of this country! The Irish
and German citizens of America are no
fools. They know a thing or two and
they are going to give Mr.. BLAINE the
benefit of their knowledge of his record
In November next.
But this acknowledgment seems des-
tined to be a live, rather than a past
issue in this very campaign. The charge
comes from a Republican source that
the Plumed knights orders over the
East are a kind of double-action institu-
ton of the JUDAS IsCARIoT method of
betraying with a kiss. They have an
outer and inner circle, it is said, an ex-
oteric and esoteric political faith. In
the outer circle foreigners are enrolled
as members while those, Americans only
who are admitted into the esoteric
branch are subscribing to the following
oath:
"You, of your W free will and ac-
cord, in presence of these witnesses, do
solemnly promise and swear that you
will not make known to any person any
of the signs, mysteries, secrets or mem
bers of this order; that you will support
JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine, for Presi-
dent of the United States, and JOHN A.
LOGAN, of Illinois, for Vice-President OF
the United States, in the coming contest