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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
ROUSING AT LAST.
The Soldier Element of Preston County
Demand Its Rights.
Social N fhs Ps1iStSr.

TERRA ALTA, W. Va, May 1.-THE sol
diers OF Preston county held a meeting here
last Saturday and resolutions were passed
which will be found below. 1t will he seen
that the soldier element have determined to
demand recognition at the hands of the po-
Gtieal party of this county and have started
movement in that direction. They have
long been ignored by the dominant party
here and have now determined 10 make
their power felt The soldiers osthis county
number over thousand voters and un-
doubtedly hold the balance of power. The
Significance of the following will be we'll
understood by the people Of this county.
The resolutions are:
WHEREAS. The ex-soldiers Of Preston
county comprise very large and import
ant element among the citizens Of Preston
county; and,
WHEREAS, The ex-SOldiers by reason Of
their numerical strength and property rights;
are called upon to bear very large pro-
portion of the burden of taxation; and
WHEREAS, The ex-soldierS, numbering in
their ranks men of sufficient ability and bus
mess qualifications and sterling integrity;
therefore, be II
Resolved, That in our estimation it is due
the ex-soldiers that they be represented in
the administration of the comfy offices, we,
the ex-soldiers of Portland district in meet.
ing assembled in Freeland Hall, May 10,
1854, recommend that a mass meeting be
held at KingwOQd, on the 2lst day Of June,
1854, for the purpose of nominating full
county ticket, to be voted for at the coming
81, elton this fall, and that We cordially invite
all citizens of every political party to meet
with us on that day to select good, Compe,
tent candidates for all the offices
Resolved, That the ex-SoldierS embrace
parsons of all political affiliations; therefore
his call has no political object in view and
dat our efforts with regard to county or
district offices shall be free from political
influences or bias.
Resolved That the cN-SoldierS Of other
districts be requested to unite with Us and
see that the purports Of these resolutions are
faithfully carried out.
The meeting adjourned to meet June II
lisa. at which time the second company
will be organized and officers elected. \
Flull attendance at this meeting is requested
Captain c. G. LEE, Chairman.
Sergeant J. W. Hill, Secretary.
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oeiee Elxoods Livery. Feed sad Bossd-
ing Stable, 81, Clair Street. Cleveland, o..
Dec. 20, 1853. Lawrence, Williams ! Co.
Dear Sin;-I hare been using Com
banlts Caustic Bslsam Tor orer three yesss,
and I chesrfully state that have never
used or beard Of q remedy that vas % -.
liable and thorough in iis action. Isosh
sooner part With sll other veterinary rene-
dies than Caustic Balssm. II can Be T.
luted and used fs many kinds fsilnests
not mentioned in your circular, and vish
complete sAtidaction- ] have used i ~
payins splibit curts. sweeney. costsess1
boof, sores, strained tendons. end nssy
kinds of simple hneness. j esn char
fully recommend the Balkan for any a he
above from actual experience. ! an ccs-
iident that Il il the best seserinssy noe1y
ever discovered THor. ELvooD : Sos.
Mezsrs. Elsocd 4 Son have fos nssy
years conducted the largest and bsst hwsy
and feed stable in Cleveland. ssd the sbess
certificate ras given without any so6eissiase
whatever
For the information Of sIl ve voah ~
that evrry genuine bottle Of the 0onsealss
csrssie Baissm ha. fbe fgnssse q 1er-
rerre. Williams 4 Co. Of Cleselss1, =. =
the label. - they are the so'e inpofeeu 9
| Il 10 this country.
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SHOOTING ScRAPE.
A sensation at Petersburg, Grant County
W, Va.
Special 10 the RegiSieT.


/. Special 10 the RegiSier.
PETERSBURG, May ll.-Our town was
thrown into state of excitement yesterday,
Lawrence Spiller, colored man, shot and
brutaIly beat over the head with his pistol
another colored man named Edward Iay-
lor. Spiller is said to have been too inti-
mate with his step-daughter whom Taylor
wished to marry. Spiller said repeatedly
that if Taylor married the girl he would Kill
him. Yesterday the girl came to town and
TAYLOR married her. As soon as SPlller
learned this he Immediately went to the
house where Taylor was asleep, and, turn
ing him over in bed, said: "IOu are dead
man" and Immediately fired The ball
took effect below the left breast and glanced
around to the left side, where it was found
by the doctor. He then tried to shoot lay
lor again, but his pistol missed fire he
then beat Taylor over the head, until ne had
broken his pistol in pieces. Taylor re-
turned the FIRE, but missed his assallant.
Taylor will recover, it is thought. SPllIer
is in Jail
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Domestic.
At DAYTON Yesterday during q game OF
base ball witnessed BY 5000 spectators, tn
constab.es arrested the managers AMI
stopped the game. Great excitement Base
bail company will fight the matter.
Mrs. BlOdgett, toll gate keeper near Mil
waukee, assaulted and brutally beaten by a
II an against whom she had testified.
Sautermat i Stewart, grain dealers OF
Evansville, ILL.,, failed; $4,000.
Pere Hyacinth, famous French ex-Catho
lie priest, preached in the Episcopal church,
Chicago, yesterday.
Fire at Moberly, No, destroyed the Hay
Rake Factory. Loss $50 900.
A Catholic priest was robbed Of SlS, 900
on the Texas Pacific Railroad Saturday
night.
Pittsburg telegraphers say they are not
aware of an impending strike.
John DevetO, private policeman at the
Atlantic Garden, Cincinnati, shot and killed.
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county have done. They are already or
ganizing for the fall campaign in way that
would do credit TO the officers of any army
in drilling their forces for the battle held.
The Democracy of Preston cannot be too
highly praised for their work in the past nor
too much honored in the future.
Preston will send large delegation to
the Wheeling convention to support the best
men presented for State offices. Pub
lie sentiment has not vet crystal,
lied enough on the gabernatorial
question 10 indicate who Preston
choice for the first ofiieein the State will be.
All the candidates are favorably spoken oil
and everywhere the Democrats evinee de-
termination to support the nominee, who
ever he may be, and vote the straight
ticket.
Notes and Gossip.
The West Virginia Argus, published at
Kingwood by Lee Kussart, is gaining rap
idly in business and circulation under the
present editor. He is active and alive to
the wants of the people in the way of local
news.
DR.. James II. Manown for thirty years a
public-spirited citizen Of KingwOod expects
10 emigrate next fall to Clarksburg or the
future capitol of the State. His loss here
will be great acquisition to one or the
other Of the latter towns.
Horace Tucker, progressive colored cit
izen of Kingwood, reads the REGISTER anC
learns the good old Jeffersonian doctrines
1t will be with great regret that ih,
friends of Judge Cresap, the father OF {
p. Cresap, delegate from Randolph, hear o
his serious illness from which he will doubt
less not recover.
j.. Ralphsnyder of kingwood, has an
nounced himselfa as candidate for Supi. Il
l.. Butchers shoes. Two notable charaC
ters in this section of country are John ID
Murdock. who has been Squire in Ming
wood for forty wears, and DR.. Julius Casa
Kemble known as the "0ld Roman o
| Preston
wv. Guscman. of Rccdsvillc who rar
Senator Dawson lively race, still takes Al
active part in Democratic matters. Squir
q. !. ShafFer. of Tunnelton, is spoken of a
the Democratic candidate for sheriff a
Preston. Ne man could poll a heavie
vote. Rev. \. }. LYDIA, formerly of Whec
ing. but nov pastor Of the Methodist Chur
| in Kingwood, is delighted with this count!
and his congregation are equally please
! with him.
in a future letter hope to take up othc
political points and people in Preston.
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AN IMMENSE BRIDGE.
4 Big Contract Let by the Baltimore
Ohio Road.

A Big Contract Let by the Baltimore S
Ohio Road.
The contracts for the superStructure OF
the new bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. over the Susquehanna
River, at Port Deposit, Maryland, has been
let 70 the keystone Bridge Company OF
Pttsburg. This bridge is on the new line
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad be-
tween Baltimore and Philadelphia, and
when completed will be the largest railroad
bridge in the world. The length will be
$3.50 feet. of which 2.430 feet will be iron
trestle work, which will he built in the shops
of the Baltimsre and Ohio Company. The
spans to be built by the Keystone Bridge
Company are: One $50 feet through span; +;
one $50 foot deck span; FIVE deck spans
each $50 feet long; one $50 foot deck
span; one $50 foot through span,
one two hundred foot peck span,
making a total of four thousand four hun
dred hneal feet of bridge spans, which will
require over FIVE thousand tons of steel land
iron in their construction. The work will
require until next year to complete it. A
beginning on it viii be made shortly. The
company is also building for the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company, to be
located on the Ohio river 81 Hemlors, nv.
The total length Of it viii be three thousand
six hundred and seyenty-six feet consisting
of fourteen spans. for which it viii require
three thousand eight hundred tons of steel
and iron. The combined length Of both
bridges is l0.5O6 feet, OF ffty-four feet les
than two miles long. with a total weight of
over 9 900 tons
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AnEnd 20 Bons ser.plng.

Edward Shepherd, Of Harrisburg. III
snys: Having received 80 much benefit
from Electric Bitters. I feel it my duty to
Ie, suffering humanity know it. Have had
running sore on my leg for eight years:
nv doctors told me voald have 70 have
tie bone seraped or leg amputated / used
instead. three bottles of Electric Etsers and
seven toxes Bueklen's Arniea SalSe. and
nv leg Is nov sound and well
Electric Bigters are sod At ffty cents q
Loitle. and BEeklen's Arniea Sa!Te st 2js
Itr bo.ile. By Logan & Co.
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Chicago Tragedy.

CHICAGO. Nav ll.-About 9 o'clock tn:
boruing Napoleon nougherty, 2l wears O
ge. was Instantly killed by being run ovel
N engine No. 20 on the Grand Trunk r. K
h tie crossing ofStewart and Archer ave
hes. Deceased was employed by his
hothcrs. who are engaged in the milk bust
Ipss at 29OO Portland avenue, and was wait
b. al the time Of the acciden, al the depOt
br the milk train. His head Was entirely
ushed to pieces August Nelson, engin'
kr. and Thomas Kinny, fireman on on The
hgine, were arrested, and held to await the
kiion of the eoroners jury.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

JrDGE RAMSEY made very good point
in delivering his opinion in the De Nell di-
yorce case. He decides that woman is
not entitled to judicial separation on the
around of cruelty because she finds that
she does not have a good time. The law
can undertake. to secure the felicity Of in
|diyidual men or women.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
nnthn sabbath.

Base ball games were played as follows
Yesterday:
LouisyilIe-IndianapOlis l, Louisvilles s.
Fl. Wayne-St. Louis Reserves 4, Fl.
Waynes 5.
CnicagO-Keystones (Phil) 3, Chicago
Unions 2.
st. Louis-COlumbus ;, St. Louis s; Ma
tionals s, st. Louis Unions ii.
Daytou-Grand Rapids 3, Dayton ,; thur
teen innings
Cincinnati-ToledoS 3, Cineinuatis ,;
Cincinnati Unions !, Baltimore Unions o,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
A NEW TARIFF BILL.

The Propn>ed Hewitt Measure to be Intro>
duced To-day.
WASHINGTON. d. e., MAY ll.-Last night
MesSr<. Morrison, Blouut Blackburn, Her
bert and Hewitt. of the WAYS and Means
Committee met at the atter's house, and
informally discussed the bill Mr.. Hewitt will
offer to-day. Mr. Hewitt claims that it will
reduce the revenue 500, ,0OO, 900 per year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
The Fatal Picnic.

SAN FRANcISCo, MAY ll.-At a picnic
last Sunday Harry Casey, respectable
Young man, was accused BY julia Sweeny
of having eriminally assaulted her. The
case came up for a preliminary hearing in
Justices Court at Redwood, yesterday.
During the proceedings SWeeny father OF
the GIRL drew revolver aad fred three shots
At the accused, each ball taking effect
ras.,- 1;s1 az u,i,lniyhf
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Twenty minutes for p.uuderr the NeNi-
can railway coucuctor cries ont at each in-
tcrmedia,e station The train slows up the
robbers enter on schedule time, and 90
,brouVh the posseucp-S
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
SUNDAY IN EUROPE.
lie Dotng> of the Past Twenty -four
nnnrS.

Tie Doing> "f the Past Twent! -four
Hours.
PAaIS, MAY ll.-The decision of the
Foreign Affairs DiScipIinIr: Committee in
! case Of Porteyin, Summoned before them
to answer the charges of unpatriotic Ian
= age is unfavorabln to Portcyin. who will
be recalled from his Office of Secretary of
tie French Consulate in New York.
The committee reported to Ferry minis
ter Of foreign affairs recommending tenn
porary suspension of Portevin. He will
not hereafter be permitted to return to New
York, but when allowed to resume his Office
in the consular department will be sent to
Dantzie. The Radical papers seize upon
this incident to make an attack upon the
system of official appointments as a legacy
of the empire.
Bad for Russia.
ST. PETERSBUEG. MAY ll.-Schahzwan' $
band Of Persian Nomads have plundered
several villages on the right bank of the
kurd Wandering Arabs also attacked the
government surveyors at Manin Steppe and
forced them TO stop work. The Nomads
have also been bold enough to attack the
CoSSaCEs at the Russian cOmmISSary de
partment which seems Powerless to prevent
these occasional raids
We Too Italy.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Italian govern
ment will support the demands of France
in the Egyptian conference to the effect
that the Conference shall have the power to
discuss fully the question Of international
control
ADeal of Trouble for so Little Fruit.
CAIRO, May ll.-Attempts are now be-
ing made to send messengers to General
Gordon bIi all routes including Neassowah,
with Earl Granvilles message of April 2ith
asking Gordon how many troops he will re-
quire but not positively promising any as
siStanCe.
Too Much CaTbuncle.
CoNSTANTNoPLE, Nav ll-Midhat Pasha
died to-day from the effects of a carbuncle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12
Am Ahnui n WON an,

PIrrsBrRGH. May lin a drunken af-
FRAY at Nimiek's station, on the Pan Handle
railroad, last night James Moore shot and
fatally wounded Michael Hart The 6gh.
originated from a supposed insult offered a
woman named Benhardt Hart died at
noon to-day. Moore was lodged in jail
Both men were single.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

II is ,ariy honor 10 Chief Justice MAR
SHALL memory. We hope the ceremony
served To cast one rav Of purity across the
corrupt almost here of Washington life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

FAlI>D to get their work in successfully
~ Nar-ir-'urg the Marshal and his dePu-
t,, ... ,r,ing their hand at packing the
b. a.. .,rrun Cnureutiun.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Z,>>>yllLE made a narrow escape. The
Destroying Angel mjslook it for Steubeu-
Vile and got in good sized earthquake
Yesterday before the error was discovered.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Is the sad contingency Of Editor DAw-
,.> political friends dropping him from
ra.. senate roll. who would be left to advo-
,a-,. a forty cent tax?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Il Congress undertakes to enlarge the
sewerage Of the District Of Columbia, might
no; there be danger Of Bill CHANDLER :
navy getting away?
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Brief But Full of Woe.

CInCtGo, May 1.-The Daily News, Do
buque, Iowa, says: By the running away of
team last night Mr., and Mrs. Matthias
Fatz were thrown out. The woman was
killed and the man fatally hurt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

THy Rucbhaunon dog, which lived nine
teen and half days iu a chimney hue,
without ever a bone 10 gnaw, helps to vindi-
,..r TIMER theory
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

II Preston county cuts loose from the
Republican column where will they find an
outer wall to hang their banners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Tus Greenback party is not very large
but it is a little too big to 60 in JOIN
sTuovpSnSs trousers pockets.
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rhr Rold. Rnd rinTbusier.

KEr WEST. Fla, Nav ll.-CastrO has
oEably left here for Russia, where he viii
} joined by the balance of the hllibusters
bw here. This party viii include all that
e at present ready to leave
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

THE merits of the man, not the accident
ofhis ancestry, is the way Democrats size
R,p Presidential candidate
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

ASolHER Turkish harem mourns lost
bn.Iaud. Pasha MDHNT is dead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Boa LINCOLN is q clear case ofmediocrity.
That will make him very strong before the
.Repvhican Convention.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

GRANT L WARD 5 banking business seems
to nave been a kite-Hying speculation. 1t
failed because they couldn't raise the wind.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

IL reports be true JAY GOrLp is getting
rcndvto accompany JIM KEESE back to Cali
tornia in freight car.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

Iris not tariff reform so much as admin
i.,ra,ivc reform that the country longs for.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-12

CARTOONS make BLAINE dyspephe.
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BEFORE BREAKFAST.

IT is Fizzle, not Fusion,
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4 Busy Life.

Well, busy life opens for that young man
Disappointments chase him. Graves open
all around him. He makes mistakes and
falls but never surrenderS his faith and his
life is one of blessing to himself and bless
ing TO others. God forgiyes his errors and
makes everlasting account Of his holy en-.
deavors and greets him at last with We'll
done good and faithful servant" YOu can
chisel on that mans tomb the words His
was q life worth living"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-27
Proclamation.

In conformity with the wise anu
mons custom of our fathers. now rec-
ognized upon our statute book mere
bv appoint Friday, the eleventh uay
of April, next, as a day CT Ias'lns
and prayer. indi
1t being our highest duty as inol-
yiduals and as State, reyeiently W u,
remember and obey the revealed VIII
of our Creator, Whose mercles are
.snew every morning" let us on tna'
day turn aside from our secular cares
and, in our places of worship, ana IN
our homes, unitedly humble ourselves
before the face of Almighty God, and
with penitence for past offences be-
seech of Him a continuance OF His
goodness and loving kindness to US
and to all men.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the State, at Shelburn, this 22d
day of March, A. d. 1884.
BY the Governor,
JOHN L. BARsTow.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-27

Whether the United States are to re-
gain their former 'pre-emiuent rank as a
commercial and ma val power on the seas.
is a question that no American can con-
template with indifference. The subject
is discussed with marked ability in the
North american ReU5eso for April, by the
Hon. Nelson Dingley, NJ. c.. who oppos-
es the project of admitting foreign built
ships to American register, and by Capt.
John Goldman, who is well known as a
Jealous advocate of that measure. Judge
j. A. Jameson, in the same number. dis
cusses the question. Shall our civiliza-
ton be preserved" pointing out the
means that are at hand for outstanding
the various agencies, physical. moral and
intellectual, which threaten to overturn
our existing civil and social institutions.
The Rev. DR.. Philip Schaff gives sketch
of the development of religious free
DOM DR.. Felix l.. Oswold writes Of
Changes in the climate of North Amor
ica,'' with special reference to the increas-
ing frequency of disastrous floods. Prof.
G.. A. Eggert offers "A Plea for Modern
Languages" in the higher education; and
Julian Hawthorne discourses of Liter
ature for Children" Finally there is
discussion of Recent Criticisms of the
Bible" by the Rev. DR.. r. Heber New
ton and the Rev. A. G. Mortimer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-27
STATE ITEM S.

Lewis Pine, arrested at st. Adams
on suspicion of being connected with
the murder of Thomas Goddard at
Sutton, p. O., has been released, the
Canadian authorities having failed to
take action in the case, and friends of
Pine testifying to his good character.
S. NJ. Potter, of St. Adams Bay,
was found dead in barn one day
last week from the effects of spree.
Ex-Postmaster Tiffany's defalcation
as treasurer of the Bennington school
district is about $1,000, making his
total deficiency over $4,000.
Adolphus Happo, the only prisoner
in the Addison county Jail, is confined
for refusing to pay tax of 80 cents.
The new savings bank at st Adams,
organized under the old charter of
1873, with Victor Atwood as president
and some of the best business men
il town on the board of trustees, will
not open before autumn, but it is
believed that it is so backed up finan-
cially that it will restore confidence
in business circles.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-27

slim Blaine is a slick one," said an
Iowa man who was holding up one of
the pillars in the Willard rotunda.
''He can give 'em all points in the
game of politics. Just see Low he is
working his book for all il is worth in
gathering in shekels and making votes
at the same time. Why, thousands
of agents are now pushing the sale of
his book in all the States. And / can
tell you that every man engaged in
the work has been selected with es-
pecial reference to his being an enthu-
siastic Blaine man and a smooth,
plausible talker. This whole book
business was timed so that this sort
of bedrock campaign could be worked
on the other candidates. When ten
or twelve thousand keen, bright fell
lows are travelling all over the coun-
try finding out who are likely to be
delegates, and working up neighbor-
hood sentiment to influence them,
their work is bound to tell at Chicago"