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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
Got The Drop on his BAD Brother.in.Law

Go, the Drop on HIS Dad Brother.in'Iaw.
NASHVILLE, Jan. Last night Diaz
Chapman was shot by his brother.in-law,
VIM. Lowell. The latter and a sister Of
Chap,nan's wife called at the police stu
ton to procure the arrest OF Chapman,
who was breaking up the household fur.
niture and had beaten his wife. Lowell
and his sister returned home. Chapman
called the latter out OF the house, and
when the door was opened walked in
with drawn pistol. Lowell, however,
got the drop on him aud fired three balls
into his body. cnusing instant death.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
A Hospital for HORSES, Dogs and Cats.

PRILApElpan, Jan. 7.-Tbe trustees Of
tho University Of Pennsylvania yesterday
determined TO build slarge stable and hos
pital for tho treatment OF diseaseg Of do
tnestin animals, not only horses but dogs
A wellknoWn Philadelphia lady proposes
to endow department for cats. The
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals and the Anti.yiyisection Society
both oppose these projects,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
Accidentally Shot.

KANSAS Cry, Mo, Jan. 7.-Judge J.w.
Dunlap, who was accidentally shot last
night, is reported resting easy today.
ais physician is yet unable to determine
the effect Of the wound, which is Fery
EeElogs, w, \.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08

SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. IAN interview
with Edward orton is published. He re-
turned here by the last steamer from Aus
tralia, where he went at the instigation Of
Miss Georeiana Barring, daughter Of one Of
the celebrated London bankers, to identify
Arthur orton, confined in the Paramatta
Lunatic Asylum, in Sidney, N. 8: w, as
his brother. He states that he did iden.
tify him as such and is therefore thor.
oughly convinced that the claimant re-
Gently discharged from prison in London
is really Roger Tichborne, heir 70 the
Tichborne estates. The real Arthur Orton,
now in Australia, will he taken to London
to further establish his identity.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08

VIII. Woodruff / Co, dealers in hats,
caps and flrs, No. 100, West FourthstTeet,
Cincinnati, assigned yesterday afternoon
to George W, Forbes. No statement OF
assets and liabilities n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
TuE oyster is said to be disappearing.
This @mysterious disappearance" was long
since noted in the charity stew.

IT is remarked that Governor Cleye-
land is without experience in National
affairs. Well, tits quarter Of q century
since his party had any.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
uNTlL rIIE SHOE is uNLAcEp.

In accordance with the law Of Moses,
the widowed bride must remain single un.
til the youngest brother Of her husband
attains the age Of thirteen years, unless
there shall be child born to her which
shall live six months. In this case the
Youngest brother is but six years old.
Whtn he arrives at the age Of thirteen
yeats, the rabbi where he lives will place
a laced shoe in the synagogue. Thewidow
shall remain widow until the thirteen.
yearotd boy shall choose to unlace the
shoe. II he does not, than the widow shall
remain a widow oil her lifetime. Ere
quently a money consideration induces
the lad to unlace the shoe. This young
wife will have to remain single for seven
years, unless slle becomes the mother Of a
child which shall live six months.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08

: At the Custer Niue, in Idaho, the
owners have enough sts0 ore in sight TO
run their mill two years,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
srEUBENvILLE.
CITY Notes-seott Law sait-salYatlon Army
Troubles.

City Notes-scolt Law suit-Salyatlon Army
Troubles.
Special Correspondence Ofthe la.euiqner.
SrEupENvlLLE, Jan. 7.-Beatty's glass
works will rcsumein in all departments next
Monday.
Rev. W. F. Blackman, late pastor OF the
First Congregational Church, has accepted
the call to Naueatuck, Connecticut, begin
ing January 18th, with asalary OF $30 900
year, with parsonage.
DR.. VIM. B. Croskey has sold his fine
trotting horse, Forward" to John Hoell,
Of Mnscatine, Iowa. The price paid was
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08

RIcnMoxp, Va, Jan. 1.-THE detSlca-
ton in the office Of Auditor OF State Ac-
counts, now reaches over sl0Q, 900. w.
r. Smith, the guilty frs. clerk, is still in
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
scoTr l.Aw pIrr1crLrY.

A complication has arisen in the Scott
liquor law suits in this county. A num-
Der Of cases to recover back the tax have
been brought against S. B. Campbell, ex-
county treasurer, One OF the statutes says
that suitstorecoycri illegally collected taxes
shall be entered against the person so col
lecting, aud 1t is on this principle that the
cases have been entered against Campbell
instead OF his successor.
The law also says that the treasurer
should know whether taxes collected are
illegal, and II they are, he is responsible,
and must defend himself in all suits.
This morning cx-Treasurer Campbell
asked the Commissioners to authorize the
Prosecuting Attorney to defend him in the
Scott law decision cases. Finding they
had no such power the Commissioners
referred the matter to the Prosecuting
Attorney,who will look into the law in the
case.
SALVATION ARatY TROUBLES.
This vast the third day Of the replevin
suit Of the English branch Of the Salvation
Army against The American branch. The
first two days were confined principally to
The history Of the two branches. When
the vaine OF the goods sued for is taken
into account, appraised at ten dollars, the
trial looks like farce. The pay OF the
jury is fifty cents each, Squire May one
dollar and the constable one dollar, the
amount allowed by law on each case be-
fore justice. Tho case was given TO the
jury this afternoon, which alter four hours
.deliberation, returned a verdict for the
English army, with nominal damages.
Council last night passed the work house
ordinance, providing for sending jail
prisoners to the work house at Cleveland.
The President Of the Council announced
three suits pending againstthe city, ex-
Mayor Marion, fSrSl ,9OS; james Vandine,
for 5000, and William Slack iorslS0.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
rnE YOUNG pRlDEGRooM.

At No. So Hester street, the home Of
young satenstein, a great crowd gathered
early. The rooms OF the lloor where the
lay were iammed until it was painful even
TO breathe. AS isthe custom with Russian
Polish Jews, there being an eye witness to
the death OF the young man, his body was
stripped, washed iu oil and then swathed
in linen, while Rabbi A. Smith chanted
mourning prayers, and the friends and
relatives wept, throwing themselves upon
the floor. Then it, too, was placed in a
coffin, from which the nails were drawn
anl the clothes in which he died placed
beside him. Had he died without wit
ness, then, under the Jewish law, he
would have had to been buried the way
he was found, without washing and with
out change of raiment. AT / o'clock the
body was taken to Baysids Cemetery, q
little south Of Cypress Hills, and were
buried, while the rabbi prayed and read
from the scroll OF the synagogue.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08

Thesixteen year old bride OF the dead
man, to whom she had been married just
two weeks ago, sat at the foot OF his
coffin in her stocking feet, surrounded by
his relatives, before the body, was taken
away, also in their stocking feet. The
young widow was almost heart-broken,
and her shrieks and mournful wailing
could be heard on the street, where hun.
dreds OF the Hebrew residents Of the
neighborhood had gathered!
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08

srcnrrARY FREL1sanUYsEN is said to be
on the road to the Supreme Bench. Is
Frelinghuysen q great lawyer?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-08
CURIOUS CEREMONIES
ArrnEFUNERA1s oFPoIIsHJEws
IN, victim. Of an leo Pond Accident hurled
in unelo.ed cotlns According to the
Ancient Rites of the Law of Motes.
Seven Day. Period of Mourning.

I New YORK, Jan. lin close, stuffy
room OF the four-storied tenement, No. q
Ludlow street, lay this morning the body
OF 'AIollie' Crystal, the seventeen-year-oid
girl ,who, with Jacob satenstein, was
drowned Sunday in pond on the Loril-
lard farm near Jerome Junction. The face
Of the dead girl might have been taken for
that OF nun, for its youthful beauty was
enhanced and made even more strikingly
sweet by the heavy swaths Of fine linen
which, as is wound about the Hebrew
dead, lay across her forehead in heavy
folds. Round the corners OF her mouth,a
smile seemed to play, and as the lines
grew broader met the dimples in her
dreaming. i She was laid in stained pine.
wood coffin, from which the nails had
been drawn, and which stood in ricketty
form about her. I
HEARrFRLT soBs AND LAMENTATIONS.
In the outer room were her weeping
relatives. Atthe door stood money takers
with larger beer glasses. Into the glasses
each Hebrew as he or she passed in
dropped a coin for the benefit ofthe syna-
gogue, while the collectors intoned q
Jewish request for money at the house Of
the dead. :
There were many Christians who came
to look at the dead girl. AS they saw those
them drop money in the glasses
they, too, did the same. In each instance
the coin SO dropped was carefully taken
out and either returned to the giver or
thrown out OF nearby window. Under
the rulings OF the faith Christian money
at such time could not be accepted.
The. father OF the dead girl lay
on the floor and tore his hair, while tho
congregated Hebrews with tears and sobs
loudly proclaimed their sympathy. At
half-past eleven o'clock Rabbi George
Seigel, Of the Congregation Sons OF Ben.
jamin, recited some Hebrew verses, and
then the body ofthe dead girl in the rick
city coffin, which was filled with the
clothes and ornaments she-wore when she
died, were conveyedto waiting hearse
in the street, and thence to Washington
cemetery, on the Coney Island road,
where It was inferred amid the lamenta-
tions OF her relative and friends.
, 1885-10-07

at the Colonial Councils meeting on
Monday a Draft of Ordinance concerning
Country labourerS in st. Croiy WAS intro
duced. The following are the chief points
III the speech OF His EXcellency the Cover.
nor in introducing the Draft.
He need not mention the reasons for in
Producing the Draft, which were well
known. He would state that in preparing
the Draft Government had received great
assistance from the Commission which had
been appointed to consider the matter and
which had given in its report in September
last year together with IL Draft Of Orli-
nance. 1t is on that Draft that the one
now introduced is based in all essential
points. With regard to the various details
he would refer 10 the CommisSiOn's report,
laid on the Councils table,, and for a state
ment of the Governments position in refe-
renee to the Draft he would refer to the
Remarks appended thereto.
If the present Draft be compared with
The Ordinance Of 1879 it will be seen that
the ruling principle is the same, but the
details are more definite i'll the present
Draft. There is entire freedom as to max
ing agreements for labour, which may be
made for any time, from one day up to a
year. and afterwards can be renewed liable
to termination at a months notice DIS now.
Contracts may be made by word Of m0uth
as now; but, if for over one month must
be entered in the contract book of the
estate, aud notice of the contract must be
sent to the Police master within 4S hours.
That is necessary to enforce fulfllment. 1t
is well known that contracts are sometimes
broken and, i'll order to punish for that,
care.has been taken to state in great detail.
, 1885-10-07
TELEGRAMS.
ST. GROIN STATION.

New York, Oct. 3rd.-Copenhagen des-
patches state that in consequence of the
imprisonment Of President Berg, a popular
demonstration has taken place, at which
the people INDUCED i'll Socialist songs.
The Bulgarian deputatiOn was received
by NJ. de Giers, the Gar having retired to
ElSinore.
1t is believed that Servia will probably
seize Macedonia and that Russia will then
intervene.
In the course of a recent speech, Sir
Michael Hicks Beach criticized the INSULT
cheney of the explanation of the Liberal
programme.
Lord Randolph Churchill has gone to
Dublin for the purpose of investigating the
needs Of Ireland.
Plymouth, Oct. 3rd.-The RMS. "Nile"
arrived here at eleven o'clock this morning
from the West Indies.
New York October 5th.-Trade reports
state that the few failures in Wall Street
during the past week must not be accepted
, 1885-10-07

The Council passed on Monday a short
draft Of ordinance permitting planters to
keep stocks Of common provisions and other
necessaries on their estates for selling to
their own labOurerS. The Draft had been
proposed by the Committee appointed to
consider the Governments Draft for open
ing a limited number of shops in the
Country, and will be found in the AUiS for
23rd September, 3rd column of 2nd page.
, 1885-10-07

tn, Draft of Ordinance concerning the
trade in and sale Of Rum passed the 2nd
reading, ~afteralong and very full discussion.
Among the points settled on Monday were,
that the tax on rum shops shall be raised
from Sl60, which is now paid, to some
amount between $500 and 5000, to be fixed
more nearly by the Colonial Council and
the Government every 3 years that no
rumShOps are to be established in the
country and that rumshops are to be
closed on Sundays and Holy Days.
, 1885-10-07

We publish with pleasure a letter crit
ciSing some short remarks Of ours concern
ing Turkish administration, and hope to
give a translation in our next issue.
, 1885-10-07

@G9HE Subscribers to the st.
50 Croix Horse Races arc hereby
invited to attend a meeting to be
held ut Mr.. T. M. MOORE'S Store
on SATURDAY the 10th inst. at 2 o'clock p M,
for the purpose Of discussing matters
apportaining to the coming Races.
Frederiksted, St. Croix 9Th October 1885.
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
Wooden Wedding.

Five years ago DR.. +. NJ. Cloak mar
ried Miss Lillian II. Speakman and
like two birds, who have under tho
genial rays of Spring taken unon
themselves the cares of housekeening
without dropping one note of natures
gilt OF song, so they have kept their
youthful spirit and love Of association
the same as those who boast of their
personal freedom in the very pres-
ence of Cupid and his darts. It was
very natural that their Young friends
should wish to commemorate the rec
Ognlzed mile stones in the Journey
OF life which came to them i'm the first
opportunity as a wooden wedding -
their fifth anniversary. Hence. thev
met last evening at given point and
proceeded in body to the residence of
the doctor shortly after eight O'Clock.
some fifteen couples. taking them com
pletely by surprise-just being in the
act OF going out to spend the evening
with some friends. The welded connie
yielded as gracefully as the surprise
would admit of, and in little while
lsocially speaking) they were all Mt
home" Ice cream and cake had been
plentifully provided, among the latter
being a large one from Mrs. c. E.
Peterson, Ornamented on the icing
with two doves Some of the partv in
the sparkle of champagne drank in
commemoration of his "wooden we'd
ding " that is, and of his golden we'd
ding" that is to be. In addition to the
festive preparations and enioyments of
the evening, the visitors left as soure-
mrs beautiful wicker chair, marble
top table, and number of other very
nice presents
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18

The storm Of Monday morning that
detected from the Gulf Stream strik-
ing the Atlantic coast from Norfolk to
Newport did a great deal of damage
by the violence of the wind and the
heavy rain on the snow that had fallen
but twenty hours before. At Cane
May the railroad to the Point was
washed away by a heavy sea as were
also the board walks and other prop
erty, and brig was driven ashore and
wrecked At Atlantic City pavilions,
lighthouses and much of the board
walk was destroyed. The same condi-
tlon OF affairs exists along Long Island
Sound and many acres of land are sub.
merged. In our own State the Chris
tlana Creek overhowed its banks from
the floods Of water that came down.
and IN the lOwlands along both it and
the Brandywine the people had to be
taken from their houses. The tide
was higher at both PHILADELPHIA and
and Trenton than since the great
storm of 1876.
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
The Ball.

The ball at the Town Hall on Thurs
day night last is spoken of by the par
Elephants as one of the most successful
social events of the kind that has been
held in the town for years. The young
men under whose management it was
inaugurated laid themselves out for
big thing and met their fullest expec-
tations. The Hall was tastefully
adorned with evergreen and small
flags and the floor was almost like
field Of ice. Between fifty and sixty
couples participated in the dancing
which began at 8 O'clock and did no.
end until about daylight next morning.
The music consisted of six pieces led
by Joseph Robinson. Guests were
present from a number of the towns Of
the State as well as our sister States of
Pennsylvania and Maryland. Being a
full dress ball some of the ladies were
beautifully and elaborately attired.
About midnight the ladies and gentle
men were conveyed in hacks to the
dining rooms of the Delaware House,
where the proprietor, w. Frank JelIer-
son, had a tempting bill of fare of all
the delicacies of the season, after enjoy
ing which, they returned to the hall to
complete the programme that had been
laid down for them.
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
a Pleasant Occasion.

One of the most pleasant incidents of
the winter 20 the participants was the
the surprise party so successfnIIv
PIanned and executed by the relatives
OF Mrs. Robert D. HOffecker at her
residence on Saturday evening last
l4th inst, in cOmmemoration of her
Doth anniversary. She was skillfuIlv
decOyed from home during the after
noon when they took charge of the
house and on returning in the evening
what was her surprise to be usbernd
INTO a room filled with friends each ex-
tending the warm hand of affection
with congratulations on the semi.cen-
tennlal event and best wishes for many
returns of the revolving years. After
an hOur or so of the most pleasant in
tercourse in which humor and nleo.
santrles supplemented the sentiment
belonging to the incidents of surprise.
the company was invited to an elegant
TTepast in an adjoining room, Mr.. and
MRS. H., by direction of the invaders
ieadlng the procession. On taking
thelr positions around the room. from
q richly ladened table they were boun-
tlfully served with chicken salad bis.
cult, coffee, ice cream and cakes of
various kinds. The remainder of the
evening until late hour was spent in
social enjoyment, including music on
tne piano, harmonica and some LAUGH
able vocal hexametars.
Inc hosts Ofthe evening had planned
further surprise and memento Of re.
gard for the especial guest of the
evening, a valentine " presented ~
the shape of a combined dinner and
tea set Of French china, comprising I3O
PleeGes-elegant in quality and unioue
IN design. Such an unexpected mani
iestatlon OF regard was Of course very
grateful to the feelings of the recipeni
and will be lifelong pleasure Often
70 be lived over again, as the wears &c
the future may be added one nv ono =
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
Beneiit on Nnnlt-

Three funerals occurred at our ceme-
tcries on Monday. A funeral is always
a gloomy occasion, but the gloom of
that morning, with the rain coming
down in sheets like a Summer thunder
shower before a gale of wind. the sur-
tace OF the earth covered with several
inches of slush and the impeding snow
banks blockading the cutters and fiji
ing the streets with water from curb To
curb was enough to give the
bereaved families the horrors to
contemplate the laying away of their
friends in their last resting ploces
III the midst of such scenes. Fortu-
nately by noon the storm had sDent
itself, but the weather Is sometime
that cannot be insured. and it mi0bf
have just as well, continued thus all
day. 1t is such circumstances as these
that call for a receiving vault where
encoiiened friends can be placed and
Kept securely for convenient or decent
lnterment. The Odd FeIlOwsin the plan.
ing OF their new cemetery contemplated
a vault among the other new features
1t was to contain, and a site for its con
struction selected, but in the costs for
the more apparent necessities in fitting
1t up, this part of their original pro-
gramme has thus far not been put in n
course OF construction. PERHAPS il will
ere long.
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
Wedding.

The marriage of Miss Emma Bell
Startling and Charles Hutchison, at the
residence of the brides father, James
Starting, near town, on Thursday even
ing last, was a pleasant event enjoyed
by a number of the friends of the con
tracting parties. As the bride and
groom entered the room where the
Rev. J. B. Merritt, the officiating min
lister and friends were awaiting them.
accompanied by Miss Mollie Weldon
of this town and Daniel Short of the
country who acted as bridesmaid and
grOOmsman, Miss Nora Cotton played
a spirited wedding march. The cere-
mony over, the young couple received
the warm congratulations of their
friends shortly after which the com
pany partoOk of a bountiful repast
which Mrs. Startling had prepared for
the occasion.
A reception was given them the next
evening at the residence of the groOm's
father, Matthew Hutchison, who by the
way will relinquish farming after next
week, and move away, giving place to
his son.
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
Letter from IIenton.

The Rev. w. J. d. Lucas and wife
were visited on Wednesday evening by
a surprise party from Clayton charge.
who spent the evening in social delight
and feasting on the choice viands
brought with them, leaving full lar
der, handsome dress pattern for Mrs.
l.. and box of choice cigars for Mr.. l..
On Thursday evening the circuit
held their last quarterly meeting for
the year and unanimously requested
the return of the Rev. Mr.. Lucas for
the fifth year but as others, of the
charges he has served are asking for
him he may not return.
The Lyceum met as usual on Friday
evening but did not have full house
on account of the stormy weather.
The debate was conducted by the
young men and lads and all seemed
pleased with their many good points
well sustained. They decided that
there Is more pleasure in possession
than in pursuit. The next question is ::
" Resoiced, That a man is justified in
obeying a law Of his country which he
feels to be morally wrong"
More encouraging news comes from
Dover every day in regard to our
school bill, and we are glad to know
that our Legislature is alive to the i'm
portance Of improvements in our
schools.
Smyrna times., 1885-02-18
Cost OF Growing Conn.

The Kent Comfy, Maryland Agri-
cultural Society have been discussing
the cost of raising a bushel of corn on
field of 40 acres, 40 bushels to the
acre. One farmer in long list of
itemized expenses winds up with the
cost per bushel at 24 cents. or if YOU
make the fodder worth 500, then the
cost of production will be II. cents
per bushel. Another farmer calculated
1t at p cents and still another at 214
cents per bushel or a cost of 422 cents
per bushel after paying the landlords
rent. Another one, as reported by the
ChestertOwn Transcript, said There
are so many contingencies attending
the growing of a crop of corn that it is
almost impossible to estimate the cost
OF production. He thought for the
most part farmers are compelled to 90
1t blind and trust to providence.
Figures are utterly unreliable in esti-
mating cost of producing corn crops
There are at least H. 900 contingencies
upon which the growing of a corn crop
depends"