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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
IuST LIKE BILL NYE.
How the Laramie Humorist Intro
duced q Judge.

How the Laramie Humorist Intro
duced Judge.
Bill Nys, formerly OF the La annie Boom
erang, sends the following unique letter OF
introduction to Old Judge Blair, OF West
Virginia, who now holds a territorial ap'
pointment in Wyoming, but is at present
sojourning in Washington:
CLEAR LAKE, Wis, January l6. 'Si.
Hon Frank Hattop, FIRST Assistant P. NJ. G.
This will introduce Hon. Jacob b. Blair,
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF
Wyoming He has r,igned over his do
cese for eight years ard peace, prosperity
and evenhanded justice have held high
carnival there during that time. In fact
the air has been thick with SO lare-toed
Justice. Why only a few weeks ago he
had the temerity TO sentence q murderer
to Se banged. 1t will be the first legal
hat gipg of white man in Wyoming,
though there have been several tmpromptu
executions IN that territory. He is there
fore something Of a curiosity.
ANY kind word you may bestow upon
Judge Blair will be well bestowed. | am
al. o rarticularly anxious that the Judge
shsII rot be thrown in contact with the
vice ard wickedness at the capital. He IS
Just in the morning Of life, young. trust
Ing aud happy. Let no evil befall him.
n srything were to. happen to him II
YOU'D be a severe blow to his psrents and
regret therefore that | shall not be able
to 60 with him.
Very sincerely yours,
Bull NYE"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
FEMALE STEAMBOAT CAPTAINS.
Remarks That Will Invoke the Awfui
Anger of Moman's RI z hts People.

Remarks That Will Invoke the Awful
Anger of woman's Fights People.
Solicitor Of the Treasury Rsynor, in de-
Gliding against the claim OF Mrs. Mary Mil
Ter for certificate of license as master OF
her own steamboat, indulges in some re-
marks on women's rights aud duties which
will likely draw down on his venerable
bead the indignation of the next women's
rights convention. Here is sample OF his
remarks. at seems to me the object de-
sired in obtaining masters license for
Mrs. Miller can be easily attained without
her having such license.
If the purpose is to let her have and exer-
else the entire control and management
OF the boat, why not allow the clerk, or any
one else on board, to be the master nomi-
nally, she retaining sll power to herself
and ordering and controlling everything to
suit herself? Instead OF being the master
merely in name, while some Que else will
and ust perform the duties of master,
why may she not let some one
else be master in name, aud
she ordering, directing and controlling
what is to be done? That will virtually be
lne csse IL she were licensed as master. II
20 licensed, she would not stand her rsgu
lsr watch st night, in storm and snow and
cold. She would not go trudgiDg through
mud and mire, hunting for hands to re-
cruit her crew. She would not in person
enforce that rigid and almost despotic dis
cipline necessary on Mississippi steamers
She would not, as soon rs the boat lands
20 trsmCing TO the contingencies OF
shippers and consignees. She would not
superintsnd the general police OF the boat,
going into every part Of IL to see that the
machinery is a.. in order, space economized,
and convenience consulted for delivering
the proper freight at every landing. In
case of disaster from fire, collision, or eI-
plosion, she would not give orders and
directions for saving life, enforcing COM
posure and being the last to leave q
burning or sinking wreck. l could
euumerate hundred other duties that ap-
pertain to q tough, enduring and weather.
beateA sailor. 1t is great mistake TO sup
pose that the master OF q steamboat has
nothing TO do but sit in his office, give gen.
eTal directions, sign his name and occss
sionally promenade the hurricane deck.
He must be instant in season and out OF
season-in summers heat and winters
cold. He must be the first on hand at the
cry of danger. and the last to think of his
own personal discomfort or danger. As to
those parts OF 8 master s-duties, which
woman can perform, she can discharge
them Just as well by the moral power Of
her presence, il she prefers being on board,
while smother may be master nominally.
All the fiddle fsddle of the day that We
hear of 'women's rights is calculated to
degrsde instead of eleyating female char
scter."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27

One Of the shocks ensued from the mar
riags, one day this week, of Lydia Rebeoca
Payne, OF Frederick county. Virginia, to
Mary Hinton, of Berkeley county, West
Virginia
For Thti ty.Six Years
the bridegroom has worn female garments
and has been looked upon.as being to all
intent and purposes a woman with al the
frailities of Ewes nature; and 10! prestol
chsngsi disciples OF Esculapius, q week or
so ago, gave Lydia Rebecca Payne a certifi-
cate 10 that effect that the person in 9ues-
tion had developed into a male biped.
Tempas MItantw. Born q female and
to die male. In the whole
realm OF nature is there a counter
part 10 equal this incident, which
in its importance and strangeness is des-
tined to excite and perplex many minds
besides those which "live and move and
have their being" in Berkeley county. The
brides age was forty. County Clerk Doll
issued the license after affidavits as to the
groom's sex had been duly filed, and Rev.
Jno. Landstreet
Made the Twain One.
Judge Armstrong has been presiding at
our Circuit Court during the present week
during the absence of Judge Faulkner.
Judge A il q great fayorite at this place,
not onlywith the members Of the bar, but
with all who have had the pleasure OF
meeting him. A complimentary dinner
was rendered him on Thursday night by
Hon. @. J. Faulkner at historic Boydville.
The event was an enjoyable one and one
long to be remembered.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
THE NATIONAL BOARD or TRADE.
some OF the Iaterestipx sahjects Dis
eussed by iG

some OF the IaterestfpE sabjects Dis
eussed BY fG
Some interesting papers were read before
the National Board of Trade which has
been in session here most Of the week.
One, descriptive of the Columbia and
Willamette river valleys, which have
drawn so largely on emigration to the
Northwest, described the Columbia river
from its source in the Rocky Mountains to
its outlet in the Pacific. Its watershed Is
greater than the combined area Of Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts,,
New York, New Jersey, Psnnsylvsnis, Del
aware, Maryland and West Virginia, equal
In extent to 800, 900 square mileA It Is nav.
igabls to ship, drawing twenty-five feet Of
water, from Its mouth to Portland, Greg,
during five months OF the year and at In
teryals of ten months, md during the
twelve months for vessels drawing eighteen
feet of water. The commerce Of 1888 will
show that there entered into the Columbia
river, IS ships, 70 coasting barks, and sll
steamers, with Q total tonnage of AS, ,925
toDs,.- and the vast amounts of
materials was for the, people Of Ore.
gen spd Washington, and its value was
$a5 o0Oo o00. The outward shipments for the
same year was 50 ships, rs oossting barks,
and 2i5 steamers, with total toansse Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
A WHITE ELEPHANT.
AIaska's Po, ition in Our National
Museum.
The Ways and Means Committee
and the Tariff.
Bin kys's Manner Of introducing a
Western Judge.
West Wrginians and West Virginia
Matters at the Capital.
Specia 20 the REGISTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 20.-ln the
Martipsburg postoffice fight Wisner says
he will oppose Evans Conf rmation on
three distinct grounds. They are suppos.
ed to be first the alleged participSncy Oh
Evans in the mob hanging OF the negro
ToliYer in Berkley county in 1875. Second
that the nomination was sent in during
the absence Of the President and without
his knowledge. Third that the appoint
ment by the postoffice authorities was Sc
cured by misrepresentation and by
Malone. Evans, who was here to-day says
he will disprovs these or any other charges
detrimental to him when the time comes.
Gen. Colts mother and sisters are with
him at the Ebbit House, and Mrs. Dora
Patterson, of Wheeling, is visiting her
brother at the Metropolitan. c. K. Deer,
Of Webster, is registered at the National.
The only feature Of interest at the Capitol
ia day was the discussion Of the Fitz John
Porter bill, which occupied The entire ses-
sion of the House.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
Aud u Wonderful Liyener la the Pro
ceedings of Congress.


WAsHIEGroN. January 26.-rhere has
been considerable variety in the proceed
ings at the capital city during the past
week, and the prospect Of q good news ses-
sion begins to brighten. Alaska discussions
in the Senate bad the effect OF delaying to
some extent the discussion of Senator
Sherman's bloody shirt resolutions con-
cerning the political disorders in Virginia
and Mississippi, on which Senator Malone
and others have lo,ded themselves to the
muzzle with amuuition for the fall cam.
psigu. The Alaska talk developed the fact
pretty clearly that Mr.. Stewards acquisi-
ion is good deal more in the nature Of
Barnum's white elephsnt-an requirement
better adapted to advertise the manage
ment than to be used for any practical
purposes-although it is claimed that 8
fuller exploration OF it will develop min
eral resources of considerable value. The
only thing that seems to be definitely
known concerning it at present is the low
state OF the thermometer which prevails
throughout the territory, and TO this the
inhabitsnts are likely to be indebted tor an
OBJ Ortunity to get q drink occasionally, the
Senate agIeeing with Mr.. Vests proposl.
t!or that il would be weakness TO exclude
a stomach warmer from country where
the Farenheit instrument frequently ran
fifty degrees below zero.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
MORE MINING TR0UslE.
A II savy Reduction Of wages Agrees
ou By Ohio Operators.

CoLrsBrs, O., January 26.-A very I'm
portant Convention OF the coal opsrst,rs
and owners Of mines, embracing the Hook.
ing Valley. st:aitsvilIs, Shawnee, Sunday
Creek and johnson districts, was held here
to-day for the purpose Of considering
large reduction in the rates Of mining.
There were present owners or representa-
tiyes of i25 eoilieries, besides railway ON
cials of the coal roads interested. A reso-
luton TO reduce the rate OF mining from
80 TO co cents, 10 taxa effect AsYSh
spd 10 continue during the
srring and summer, vss unanimous.
" agreed TO, With single exception OF Mr..
VI. r. Rend, of Chicago, who opefstes saw
ersI mines. Mr. Eend made strong speech
spsir,t such sction and eontsnded thst
such Q step was both unviss and upjnst,
en- d predicted that any effort 10 forcs soy
such reduction wsuid signsliy fail. He
also stated that any reduction In Oaio
would ne followed In Pennsy lysnia, In1 IL
ana and Illinois and the result would b.
open rebellion. Mr. Rsnd suggested IN In-
ter Ssste Convention Of the operators sad
miners In the near future 70 detsrmine
upon the rsie Of wsees.
The esor's Of Mr.. kend were futils, bow
ever. ard the indications are thss minefs
viii Stmspd 10 cents after March ]. ln
fact tbst xss sgreed spou sfts, The niosfs.
Conyeatios held here during The week IL
the oppvataYs refuse 20 concede this thsro
will GBdeaSted,y be Q big strike.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
NEWS OF THE MORNING.
. in the Senate.

The Alaska di,cusson in the Senate.
Colonel Pew and ths Earl OF Hunting
ton.
oDsr;rs n, new cos mines near Mounds
Sille.
The doing, of ws;; virginians in Wash
ington.
Rilroad.
CIsvslspd newspaper men join the Sal
walton army.
A Cleveland wonsn who Is accused ot
too much mstrimory.
How Wisner was deposed from the Mar
tipsburg postmastsShiP'
A new regulation in the granting of
licenses to steamboai pilots.
Pit,-burg river men alarmed at the great
ice gorge in the Mlnongaheia.
Bill Nye's manner OF introducing Wy
oming Judge to FEsnk Hstton.
How the Wsys and Mesns Committee
will probably desl with the tariff.
The vhiskey sxansion bill liable to re-
eeiye further atter:ion from Congress.
Tbs Baltimore & Ohio lines to give the
Western Union ; strong tussls for su-
premacy.
Some Of the s1Oiscts discussed by the
National Board o, Trade at its session in
Washington.
Fred Douglas marriage to a strong
minded white woman regarded by Ian"
as simply 8 matter OF taste.
Some spicy remarks from Solicitor OF the
Treasury Rayuo; that will bring down upon
his head the s-ger OF all female sulfra-
gists.
The coming s.nter carnival at Montreal.
A full description Of the ice palace and OF
the exercises witch will take place. How
the paIsce VII be stormed at night by
two thousand uen with flaming torches.
Norefacts wiz references to the remark
able hermaphroli:e marriage at Martins
burg 4 is State. Four correspondents, one
Of ,hrrn lesiipg lawyer and another 4
prou;rent Decor, corro6orate the already
pulIssh,d staa ment in every detail.
Judge Blair formerly a member Of Con-
eress from VT Virginia, tells the REGIS
rEa's Washin,.on correspondent of the all
important pa,: President Lincoln bore n
tbe separatioa Of this State from old Yir'
sinia. Some Of Lircoln's personal pecu
iarities.
"Charles Selby's" regular Washington
letter. Some remarks on Frederick Doug
lass and his recent marrisge to 8 white
woman. Hw Abe Hewitt has ruined hi:
presidential prospects by his action in the
O'Donnell matter. The two Shermsns anc
their sources Of strength. Blaine, his per
sonal appearance and department on the
.'reet. Ran dali and the southern press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
WEST VIaGiNIANs.
Colonel Pew and the Earl of HaniinE.
ton n Chums.

Colonel Pew and the Earl of Hantiag.
ton ~ Chums.
Ny friend Colonel Pew, OF the county of
Gilmer, who presides over the Senators
Gallery st the Capitol, entertained the Earl
of Huntington and his suite at his gallery
recently, in . gallant and courteous man
ner, which evidently made q good impres.
sion on the distinguished visitors. / un-
derstand the Colonel informed ths Earl st
parting that in the event Of his visiting
Giilmer he could take him to . piece OF
woods which was good for three coons any
night between the hrst Of January and the
thirty first Of December.
Senator Tom Faronsworth, Of Buckhsn-
non, who has been here for several days,
left for home last night.
There are some additional Developments
promised in ths matter Of the syndicate
10 collect the Virginia deferred
certificates from West Virginia, which are
likely to furnish .interestin' readin' dur
ing the next few days Ian.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
TALL TIMES AHEAD.



Union . Tussie.
PurLApELrHIA, January - a move.
ment is on foot TO set up The most formid.
able pool to the Western Union Telegraph
Company that has ever been established.
It's real inwsrdness is 'he Baltimore 4 Ohio
movement. Accordirg z 10 information in
this City the corp .raIion has already &C..
cured a charter ~ Maryland and Is now
about In a position > begin making I'M
proysments and sAtsi Sions and the trans
action OF general business. The President
OF the new company is d. II. Bates, former
" connected With the Western nion 10 q
high exec tive capacity. The. General
Superintendent is J. L. Ienblin,
formerly Superintendent Of the
Western Union line a. this
point. When Mr.. I,nbin resigned his late
position, VIM. Is Jones, then man ager,
was promoted TO the vacant lace. MI
Jones, ss announced in the Day. has now
in turn resigned 10 take the general mal
aeemtnt Of the Philadelphia branch Of the
Baltimore 4 ohio lie expects 10 assume
the Olii e as soon AS q successor relieysa
him OF his present duties. The plans ot
Il z new col0psny have been formed on an
extensive scale, but have not yet been put
il to operation. The intention is 70 make
u e Baltimore d ohio permanent compc
Il or OF the Western Union. The fsrmers
line now extends to all the princi pal cities
OF the Union, except some In tho South.
As soon ss construction is begun, new
lines Of wire will be extended to all impor'
unt untouched points In thst
section. Starting upon sound
ard firmly established foouns
there seems every possibility Of building
up q telegrapbic service at least equal to
u at offered by the Western Union. TIE
v Cstern Union people have nothing 70 say
about the new scheme, but its progress will
doubtless be carefully watched. In addi'
ton to provIdipy a thorough and reliable
tr!tgrs phiC system, an attempt VIII also be
u ade In another very important direction.
recognizing that the Associated Press cor.
oorstion Is the only great gatherer of neN
in this country, an effort viii shortly b.
made by the Baltimore and Ohio COMPANY
TO organize Q correspondence bureau and
news gathering service that will be as Ell ;s'
tive and useful as the Associated Press
With o wide extension Of telegraphic line'
eyery facility will be at hand for acco d
plishing this object. II will not, however
be undertaken until the telegraphic CON
pany 10 In complete working order.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
HER PROCESSION OF HUSBANDS.
An Ohio woman who II Accused or
Too Auch Hatrimsny.
SinecinI In ia Rcnisfer

An Ohio woman who h Accused Or
Too Much Matrimsay.
Special 10 tie Register.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. s6.-Jennie Mitchell
was bound over 10 the Probate Court
under 500 bail to day for bigamy.
Thomas Tuttle, the complainant says hs
married the woman. then Jennie DAILY, at
Elyria, In March, 1871. They lived togeth-
er and had several children. On the 18th OF
July, 1881, Tuttle states while she was still
his wife she mari d James Mitchell. The wo-
man thereupon oomes forward and states
when she married Tuttle In 1871 be already
had Q wife living and thst therefore her
msrrisge to him was not legal. Tuttle also
eots back and says that when he married
Jennie she had husband living. To make
the matter more interesting Jennie and
her "husbsnd"-do not live together, and
a divorce 10 pending to sunder the bonds Of
matrimony which have been the cause OF
this case. Mrs. Mitchell, ss she is called,
is poor woman. She leaves at Chagrin
Falls and hss to support herself and child,
twenty months old, by going out washing
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
SIMPLY A MATTER OF TASTE.
FIed Douglass Marriage 10 n Strong
Minded woman.

Fred Douglass marriage to & young
white woman here, this week, occasioned
considerable talk, but as the performance
was simply matter OF taste and in no
wise illegal under the present laws OF the
District, it is probably nobodys business
except that Of the psrties TO the contract.
Frederick has groSn to be leoRine look
ing old African, sixty.five years of age,
with a tremendous shock OF white wool on
his head, aud in general presents the ap-
peararce of jack in The box suddenly let
loose to make cold chills run down the
backs OF timid infants. What in the world
every made Miss Pitts, who is fat, fair and
thirty five, and member of the Woman's
Suffrage party to boot, ever marry him, is
one OF those things no fellow can lind out
Perhaps, like Desdenons, she loved him
for the dangers he had passed. Anyhow,
il is q step forward in the social problem.
met young fellow here who told me
be got, by accident recently, into the same
berth on 8 steam boat with a colored gentle
man, and be said when he woke up in the
morning he never had been as much i'm
pressed before with the equality OF the
races and with the proposition that all
men are born free and equal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
PRESTO, CRANGE!
obsyiua the Mysterious Mandate
Rebecca Payne
Is Transformed from a Gentle
Maiden to the Sternsr Sex.
What a Physician Says of this Most
Remarkable Case.
Keiahbors Baffisd, Puzzled, but Not
Incredulous.

No case In the annals Of medicine has at
tracted such wide attention and such deep
interest as the hermaphrodite marriage OF
Miss, or rather Mr.. Rebecca Payne to
Miss Hinton, at Martinsburg, on THURSDAY,
the particulars of which, through superior
enterprise in the gathering of news, were
first given to the public through the col
umns Of the REGISTER on Friday morning.
To-day we publish telegraphic dispatches
from various persons, notably from lead
irg lawyer and a we'll known physician,
which, while confirming the story in all
its details and placing its truthfulness be-
yond the shadow OF a doubt add more in.
explicable features to the affair. They
will be read with deep interest by all
whose attention has been called to this un.
parslleled case.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
A NEWSPAPER MANS ACCOUNT.
TIE Greatest Sensation Ever Known
in Berkeley.
SDscial 10 the Ps1isLcT

h OFebteSt SSukAtIOu hVtE hNo"h
in Berkeley.
Special TO the Register.
MABTINsBURG, January 26 The Indepen-
dent says: Quite a sensational wedding
was consDmnated at Paynes' Chapel, near
Bunker Hill, on Thursday, when Mr.. L r.
Payne was welded to Miss Hinton. The
groom is approaching forty years of age
and up to the time Of the announcements OF
his intended marriage, about two
weeks ago, has been known as
woman. In the neighborhood where
he was reared, and at Rest near
the line dividing Berkeley and Fred.
erick counties, where for number OF
years he has msnaged a merch andizing
business, he has been known as Miss Becky
Payne, and his sudden mergin into man,
clothes and all, caused sensation greater
than has occurred here for years, and ex-
ten DIS for miles around. The bride, we be-
lieye, is a native of this county. The rites
were solemnized by Rev. John 1.andstreet,
of the NJ. E. Church South, OF this place.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
THE Mollls MAGUiRES.
They Appear I'm . Pennsylvania Coun-
~ Under n New Name.

They Appear I'm q Pennsylvania COun-
~ Under n New Name.
( PARLIAMENTARY, January 26.-rhere is no
doubt ths, a band of outlaws recently un-
esrthed in the coal regions Schuylkin
1ounty is no more than the Mollie Ma-
aires under the nams Of "Lynxes." Their
in is to inaugurate 4 reign Of terrorism
nat will drive from the limits Of the coun-
u those towards whom they have no good
(ssling. Citizens have been forced to pro-
fsct themselves, and the trial ended there
> Wednesday, acquitting q man named
Ichn Steinhibert Of killing one OF thsir
I'm Der. shows that they are regarded as
|apgerOuS to human life. They attacked
|ohn Steinhibert one dark night on the
I'D, and he having heard Of the gang and
..eir outrages, armed himself, and when
Lay csme toward him be sto. one through
"a heart
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-27
RIVER MEN ALARMED.

Prospects sf . Great lee Gorge IN the
Monongaheis IN and YosGhfexbsay.
PrrsBrssK, January 2s.-Tbe river usn
men are alarmed over the prospect OF an
immense ice gorge in the Youghioghsny
and MeDongshela rivers The former 10
frozen almost solid Gorgss exist at Port
ROYAL, Shaner. Layton and Snithton- In
many places the Ice is piled twenty feet
high. The river men made no prepsrstioss
TO protect property. There ID but little
coal en- the river, and il 10 thought all will
be saved in case Of sudden rise.
MAxY who long suffered from indescrib-
able feelings Of distress, lame back. schins
Joints, sores, swsllings weakness q thl
urinary and digestive orHsns, unnatural
feelings Of vearineo, headache, nervous
nss, dependency, slseplessne0, disturb
ing dresms, partial insanity, eta, after doe
toring liver, kidneys nerves and brain
with the various qusck nostyuma Of ths
day, and being nearly frightened TO deatt
BY their alarming advertisements, quietly
bsgsn using Or. Guysotfs yellow Doc,
and Sarsapsrilla, and were agreeably suf
yriEed to quickly find themselves rsstoFe'
perfect health. 30 other rsusdl
sqaalsu