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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

About halEpsst eight o'clock last night
a man was discovered lying unconscious
in the freight depot Of the B L Q. road.
He was carried to the lookup, where be
was found to be bleeding protusely from O
cut on The left side Of his head, commenc-
ing at the forehead aud running back two
inches, and also from q cut one inch long
on the back Of his head. 10 his pockets
we're two bottles Of whisky, and judging
from his breath, he had no small quantity
in his stomach. A letter was alec found,
from which it was sscertained that his
name was Dudley Snodgrass, an employe
at Schenck's slaughter house. DR.. Reed
Baird was called aud the mans wounds
dressed. He wss unconscious for quite a
while, but finally recovered. He was put
to bed in cell but DO charge is sgsins'
him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
Aged One Hundred and Seventeen.

LOUISVILLE, KY. December Char
lotts Wickhffs, colored, died here to day
aged III. She hss fifteen living children,
the Oldest nearly hundred years old, and
sixty grand children. She claims to have
handed Washington 9 cup Of water at the
battle of Yorktown. Her tecond husband
was III years old. She was hale and
hearty until recently.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
POLICE PICKUPS.

In Police Court yesterday morning, the
following cases were disposed Of Henry
Kleivis, disorderly, IS and costs; thirty
days. Toney Mallory, disorderly, IS and
costs; thirty days. John Kentz, lettering
in house Of i'll fame, s. and costs; paid;
Stella Moore, lettering in house Of i'll
fame, S5 and costs; paid. Maggie Conroy,
keeping house of i'll fame $40 and costs; {;
paid. Clara Armstrong, lettering in a
house of i'll fame, S. and costs; paid.
Joseph Sweeney. drunk, 81.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

Can any one bring % . csss &Kidnsy
or Liver CompIsist that Ekctic Ettsss
viii not speedily cure1 We Ay ths3 caa-
not, q thousands Of casss already pssnA
nently cured and Who a.s daily rseo1nss@
ing Electric Bitssss, win peovs. BdgAes
Disease, DiAbstss Weak Back, q ssy
urinary complaint quickly cured. TSsl
purity the blood, regulate ths bossl9 -
oct directly on he diseased parh kssy
bottle guaranteed. Ros ne at % cssn .
bott3s by Logan 3 Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
AFIsrcs Battletn New MexIc o.

DEHSo, \. NJ, December 2.-Rene:
cades visited the reservation and attempted
TO get the rest Of the Indians to join them,
but the interview resulted in fight, in
which 81 reservation Indians and one
hostile were killed. Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan
and staff left for the East yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
oUR BROTHER JONATHAN.

The Moore Vivian Comedy Company
is drawing good houses at every perform
suce at Charley shays Academy OF Music,
and well do they deserve it, for Q more
Iaughable performance has rarely been
seen in this city. than Our Jonathan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

BYRox never uttered truer words than
when he said, Physicians mend or end
us." But while doctors disagree, all the
world has agreed that there is no remedy
equal to Dr.. Bulls Cough SSrap.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
sBURR oAKs.'

This romantic and picturesque drama
will be produced at the Opera House Fn-
day and Saturday evenings and Saturday
matinee, BY 9 well selected company OF
artists. The play in itsef is Q most asfrae.
tive one, and h moaaied in Q splendid
manner.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
SEQ ms EMULSION OF PURE

Cod Liver Oh, with HJpophOsphitAS, TOR
Washing Children.
DR.. s. W. Cohen, Of Waco. Texas, says:
u have used your Ennlsioa in Iufsntils
WAshipg, with COED results. Il not only
restores wasted tisAus. but gives strength,
and I heartily recommend Il for diseases
attended by aEOpby..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

Flashing in their pearly stsen,
From the glorious eorsllire,
See those teeth untarnishedl
White alike the back and front
Yes, by The irsgrsnt SoEoDozT,
Nay beautys mouth be gsznisAsdl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
A KIND LETTER

Rrem the President to Marshal
McMehasl Appointing His Successor.
WAsHrSGToS, December 2.-On the day
following the Inauguration Of President
Cleveland, Mr.. Clayton McNichael, Mar
shall Of the District Of Columbia, presented
bis written resignation ofthat Office. Since
that time Mr.. McMichAel has made re-
peated requests to be relieved at the
earliest convenience Of the Executive.
To-day the President addressed the Mar
shall the following autographed letter, with
permission 10 make it public:
: EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
December 2, 1885.
Col. Clayton McMichsel:
Ny DEAR SRI have this day deter
mined to appoint as your successor in the
Office Of Marshal of the District of Colum-
bia Mr.. Albert A. Wilson, of this city. /
have every assurance that he will cor tinue
in the legitimate and official functions of
the Office the same clean methods and sd-
mivable system which you have main
tanned. I bespeak for him the
consideration and kindness which
you have expressed yourself as willing and
anxious to extend to your successor. 1t is
satisfaction to you that your discharge
of official duty has been ali that could be
desired, and that your thoughlfulness in
suggesting and ability in executing meas
ures for my personal comfort and pleasure
are fully appreciated and will be pleasant
ly remembered. / thank you too for your
willingness to continue in the discharge
Of your duties beyond the time when
you desired to retire, at my solicitation
aud for my ease and convenience. In
permitting you, at your own request. now
to be relieved of the duties Of your official
place, desire to express the hope that
success and prosperity may attend all your
undertakings and that comfort may await
upon all your future way Of life.
Yours, very sincerely,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Mr.. Wilson is President OF the Firemen's
Company, Vice President Of the
Metropolitan Railway Co, Of Washington,
and director Of the National Bank OF the
Republic.
COINAGg.
The coinage executed at the mints dur
ing November was 81, ,653. $50, of which
of uhich S2,500,00O was standard silver
dollars.
FOURTH CLASS ?, US.
The following fourth class postmssters
we're appointed to-day in Ohio
At Bloomingsburgh, Lucius O'Brien;
Miss L. Minsrd; Homer, J. W.
Hay; Mount Perry, ThAd Griffith; Phila,
delphis, J. D. Gibson; Somerset Edward
Kempt
THE DEBT.
The debt statement issued this after
noon, shows an increase of 81, 48T ,009.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

MAlY ini.s6ou,, but no squJ. ~, Dr.
asgss Gatars Remedy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

Thsbess eaIys 10 tbs VOID y
Buisss, Sorss, UIesFa 6sls ,
Sores. Tsttx. CssgpsS
CoenS asa al y
iysiy cuss y
= guan~
|0Y
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
sx.ysYoR EeERTEs APPOINTED

surveyOr OF Customs for this Port Vice
A. Il. Beach.
S7ee,rl 10 ths RsgiSisr.
WARRINGTON. December ? 2-Altred T..
E,srtsr one CT Wheeling 5 exNsyors, was
todsy sppoin,ej TO be Surveyor Of Gus,
TON, 70, the port OF WheeHng,W. Va, vice
Al Beach. removed. The contest for
ri, Office has been in progress for some
n,,,bs and Nr. Egerter was chosen from
, number Of applicants The appoint
uspt il considered s good one.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03

Alfred Boamsn was err sted by Ohcer
Junkius, yesterday, fer giving the wrong
weight his laywsgop.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-03
KICKING PosTMASTeRs,

The debt statement, issued this after
noon, shows an increase of 81, ,48T ,009.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
Opiates.

National Review.l
The first Indulgence is in some sense lee IT,
mate; is almost enforcsd, either by acute
pain or chronic insomnia. The latter Is per-
haps the most dangerous The pain, il 1t last
Tor weeks, forces recourse TO the doctor be-
fore The habit has become incurable. Sleep.
lessness Is more persistent and 10 most
people much les alarming thing; and ii is
moreover one with which the doctors can
seldom deal save through the very agents o !;
mischief Neuralg a, relieved for a time by
ca oroform or mOrphia. may be cured by
quinine; sleeplessness admits of hardly any
cure but such complete chargs of life as Is
rarely possible, at least 10 its working vic
I ms And the Darcotist habit once formed
neither pain nor sleeplessness is all that its
PRONUNCIATION would involve. The drunk
ard il must BE- remembered, gets ak, as
a rule, but occasionally. Save In the last
stages of dipsomania he can do, IL not with
out drink, yet without intoxicating quaint
ties of drink, FOR days together. The narcot-
list who attempts 10 s. for whole day with
out his ACCUSTOMED dose slffss in twenty
four hours far more cruelty than the
drunkaro deprived OF acohol in as many
drys. The effect upon the stomach aud
OIL ef OF caus, upon the nerves as wei; as on
the brain, is one OF indies cribable. unspeaka-
HE discomfort amounting to torture; a
disorder OF the q gsstive system more
trying than sea sickness. disorgalizs-
ton CT the nerves which after soms
hours of unspeakable misery. culminates IN
tonvulsive twitchiDgs, in mental aud phys
ical distress simply indescribab!e to those
who have not felt IL. Where attempts have
been made forcibly and suddenly 10 with
hold the accustomed sedative they have not
inirequently ended in a few days in mad
ness or death. In other cases the victim has
sought and obtained relief by efforts and
through bardships which in his or her best
days would have seemed impossible or IN.
endurable. One woman thus restrained es-
capped in deshabille from her bed room on a
winter night OF arctic severity; ran four
miles through the snow, and was fortunate
enough to find q chemist who knew some
thing OF the fearful effect OF such privation,
and had the sense and courage to give in ad.
equate quantity the poison that had now
bebome the first necessary of life. In
word, narcotics, one and all, are to those
who have once fallen under their power ty.
rants whose hold can hardly be shaken off
which punish rebellion with the rack and
with all those devices of torture which me-
oval and ecclesiastical cruelty found even
more terrible than the rack itself while the
most absolute submission is rewarded with
sufferipgs only less uncomfortable than the
punishment OF revolt. DsQuincey's dreams
under the influence OF opium were to the
fortunes OF resistance what the highest circle
Of puIgatory may be TO the lowest pit Of the
inferno.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
DUB vouao FOLKS.
simplicity of Logic.


Max Is four years old and boncy.
sharp IS blessings sweet money,
Full OF little qaips and wies.
Baby HOWns aad baby smiles;
DOTS his hat 10 any stranger.
squeezes Pussy, kisses Ranger;
To be brief: has Gil the arts
That run away with peoples hearts.
And my little lad chops logic
Like a gTown.up pedsgo nc,
onIy simpler thus he reasons:
What is good BELTS all seasons;
IL thing IL true. It's true.
Whether said to me or you.
Ali might grown folks solve their puzzles
Without putting thought in nnzEles.
Well. his mamma gave instructions,
But ne made his own deductions
when you've something nice 10 eat"
She said, and company TO treat,
Serve the first your little playmate.
Put the largest piece on her plate.
And keep the smallest; don forget,
A gentleman must be my pet"
Max went TO Marian 3 next day.
PiOgr6mm anne: the cake; Lneu after, play
A nome once more, this mamma tender
Said: well, dear, did you remember
And give the largest piece OF cake
To MarianR' Pausa; then oufpreak:
why, mamma, you fink know nuiiin2
Oh, geth | members sumhn-
"'Give company the largeth piethe. you
tbaid.
An had CAKE an she had bread;
An wath company; OF c0urtn
/ had the largest piethe of both.'
His mamma smiled, for logic Won,
She failed to scold her little son.
But ever after this. she tried
To keep logic on her side.
Eleanor Lewis, in February Wide Awake.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
A Punctured r1asher.

As they were all coming out OF the theater
together young Sypher accidentally trod on
the dress OF the pretty girl just ahead.
"Oh, shoo" in voluntarily exclaimed the
pretty girl, as suddenly brought mp.
Young Sypher thought be saw chance 10
n axe mash.
smartly. Pm no cow"
NO." the pretty girl returned, with q
glance that pinned him 10 the side OF the
lobby; perhaps not now. bat you will be
when you gov up"
Then she swept on. while young Sypher
was so sstounded that he actually forgot 10
light bis oakum-stufed cigarette when he
got outside.-Troy Tines
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08

II is nc. doubted tnst men hayea hoxre In that
place where each one has established his he irtn
ana the sum OF his possession and fortunes,
whence he will not depart II nothing calls him
away: whence II ne has departed be seems to be a
wanderer, and ~ he returns he ceases 10 wander.
Condition from civil Law.
Then stay athome my heart, and rest,
The bird IA safest Ia nest;
Ger all tnst nutter tneir piugs and dy,
hawk IL hcvering Ia the sEy."
-Longiellow.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08

In few days more the country will have
q clearer idea Of what the Inauguration has
iIaugurated.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE.

Inflammation OF the Kidneya Inflammation O.
the Bladder, Inflammation OF the Bowels, Conges.
ton of the Lungs, Palpitstion OF The Heart, HTs
serjcs. Group Diphtheria. CataTrh, lnduen.s,
Nervousness. Sleeplessness, Rheumatism. sctatios
Pairs IN the Chest, Back or Limbo Bruises
Sprains Cold Chills and Ague Cbills.
The application o. the READY RELIEF 70
the part or part vf--e the difficulty or pain ex
lists Will afford ease and comfort.
Thirty 70 sixty crops In hafa tumhler Of ~sisa
viii in a few minutes cure Cramps, rpasnt, socs
stomach, Heartburn, sick Headache, Dfarrhea
Dysentery, Cole, Wind IN tie Bowels, and all IN
ternal pains.
Travellers should 6lwevs carry bottle OF kso-
Wpv's Ready Relief with them. lew drops IL
wster will prevent sickness or pains fron chsnes
Of water. II e better thaa French Brsncy or BIT
tere o stimuiant
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
Earning Her Way.

Mrs. Harriet A. Cheevor, in Golden Rule
Young Laura Wood had been cared for
comfortably during several years Of help
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-29

conture of Khartoum and the murder OF Cen
eral Gordon marked the elimination of career
appealing powerfully to the nagnations of the
children of the desert. The Mahdrs death VIII
shatter their illusion that lie is the Imam or
oll-conouering Mahdi. The true Prophet is ex-
pected to continue his conquf SITS unto the end
of the world. A mortal Mahdi. falling victim
TO disease or treacncry, confcsscs himself to be
pretendcr-a Dongola Berberee and not de-
scendant of Mnhammed bearing the Prophets
name and the marks of prophetic character I'M
minted upon his Doly-an infatuated Nile CAL
penter and not divine conqueror heraiding the
Mohammcdan Day of Judgment
Mohammed Ahmed seems to have been man
of intelligence and fOtce OF character, WIN
ability to avail himself of the services OF power
full chiefs At one time he was generally De-
hev. d to be only a tool i'll the hands OF slave
merchants in KardOfan. General Gordon
himself held this view when he was last IN Eng
land. but subsequently acknowledged his mis-
take. The Mahdi after the capture of Obeld
obtained complete mastery of the situation III
tina, district and his influence over the horde OF
fanatics gathered about him was un!isputed.
4 prophet of the save-hunters would have ac-
ccpted the robes sent by General Gordon ana
contentcd himself with the conqnests he had
maze. He apparently believed in the reality OF
HIS pretensons. He encouraged Osman ana
other chiefs to revolt against Egyptian rule ana
To defy the English armies, aud finally himself
advanced against KhartOdm because he had
faith in himself as the predicted Imam. AT the
same time he had sufficient worldly sense not to
confound his religious calling with the re-
sponsibilitics of administration of the details oil
battle HIS four caliphs and Council OF State
had entire freedom of action and his leutenants
were expected 20 do the fighting while he was
prayinv at a safe distance. Initiating all the
methods of the founder of the Mohammcdan
religion, he acquired IN ascendancy over races
sunk in ignorance. DYING without giving final
evidence of a divine mission OF universal CON
quest, he convinces his followers that they have
been imposed upon. Still they will not regret
an imposture that has enabled them to rise
against oppressi ye rulers and to expel the gar
risons that were plundcring them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-29
PERSONAL.

large number Of pictures painted by Teners Tor
the Archdnke Leopold william, copies OF works by
famous Italian aud Flemish msserare now on exh0ition
In London They belong to the Duke OF Marlborough.
Dwight l.. Moody has been seriously Ill at Newport
and Is by no means well yet.
The viscount Tredern. one OF the great lights OF
French society, mas been condemned to fifteen days
imprisonment for wifebeatng. His wife Is cousin OF
Leon say.
Mr. James Russell Lowell will OCCUPY the residence OF
his sister, Mrs Putnam, in Besconst, Boston, during
her absence In Europe
Senator John Sherman is arranging to hold reunion OF
the sherman family Mansfield Ohio, toe first week IN
September.
".Unce Alfred" who "a slave OF President Jackson
aud is now custodian OF The Hermitage relates that Ola
Hickory was kind master I" Some peoples DO says
thinks kase he had hot tempah dat he was q mana
mastan But OATS all mistake His slaves was Wen
treate an II dey behaved we'll dey was almost mace
like membahs OF de family Massa Jackson was poscd
to slavery Mon I've hecrd i'm say as ne was RUN
ND an down de els on hossbark: Boys you SO
ali xwine free day. IL wont he IN my tnie
it won't be in my time But some day youse S"ine 10
be free, suah.' "
Mr. John Gilmer Speed, Commissioner General OF the
American Exhibition to he he'll in London next year.
sailed this morning on The city OF Rome
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-29
THE MdHDrS FATE

The rumOrs respecting the MahdIs death are
apparently confirmed. Osman Digna's followers
are represented as mOuIn ming the loss of their
religious leader and the British Government
have received many proofs that the Arab spies
are telling the truth. One of the latest rumors
from the SOudan mentions Khalifa Abd0ola as
the Mahdi's military successor. While it is
possible that these reports fictitious and are
adrOitly timed to promote the diplomatic ends
of the special envoy sent from KhartOum to
Cairo, it is more reasonable to accept them as
substantially trae.
The Mahdi is generally believed to have been
born at Dongola and to have lived in his youth
at Berber and Khartoum AT first a carpenter
by trade, he Subsequently became dervish and
went into retirement in a cave Oh an island of
the White Nile, $50 miles south of Khartoum
There he remained for many years and won
great reputation in the district for picty. In
August, 1881, Mohammed Ahmed proclaimed
himself to be the long-expected Prophet The
opening Of new century in the Mohammedan
calendar rendered his appearance Opportune,
and his success in rallying about him a devoted
band of followers and in destroying Yussif
Pachas army at Gadir gave great impulse t0
Mohanmedan feeling. The conquest of Obcid
and the massacre of Hicks's army kindled great
fire of fanaticism in the desert. His fame
spread up and down the Nile and across the
sands to the Red Sea until there was revolt of
the natives against every Egyptian garrison, and
the Arab races near and far were dreaming of
q rcconquest of the world by the faithful The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-29
MYSTERIES or JUSTIFICATION

The Charles River murder, which is just now
exciting Boston as an apparently dreadful
crime. has already resulted in some curious
illustrations of the uncertainty of general inn
pressiOns The remains of the deceased woman
have been positively identified as those of some
half dozen people, all of whom proved subse-
auently to be living. In every one of these
cases the persons who examined the body were
quite certain that it was so-and-so. In every
case some popularity of feature or figure wa,
pointed ont as demonstrating tho identity as-
serted. Now it is a perfectly reasonable as
sumption that the score or two of people who
thus deceived themselves were possessed Of
average powers of observation, and the facts
suggest the extreme aud in cases dangerous
uncertainty of all efforts at personal Identified
ton. In several of the instances cited the
claimants believed they had found the body of
n relative. OF whose appearance it might be
thought they would retain accurate memory,
though they were really quite IN staken
The question arises. do we know one another
even externally, rs a general rule Y The law
books swarm with cases of mistaken identity,
and not a few judicial tragedies have proceeded
from such errors. In the notorious Tichborne
case numbers of witnesses of undoubted intelli
gcnce swore To their recognition OF the Claim
ant IA Roger Tlchbornc. though it was con-
clusvely shown that the two men had not one
feature of resemblance. Nor does constant in
tImacy appear to render recognition more GER
tain. for wives and husbands have often failed to
identify one another. or have made mistakes
similar to those in the Charles River case No
doubt the peculiar surroundings may some
times miscad excited inquircrs. and death may
make such changes ~ to deceive even affection;
but it il none the less a fact that identification,
even of the living. is most uncertain
process, and that scarcely any Judgment
seems Trustworthy when put to this test
In the Boston case there were special diff
cnlties. Of course, tho remains being much
changed by natural processes; but while this
would have explained for all failures to identify
il cannot account for the positiveness with
which so many people believed that they had
recognized the body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-29
|-7-|7
A RAILROAD 81 ILLOWED.

The West Shore negotiation appears To be
substantially completed. In fact, when Mr.
Vanderbilt spoke 10 strongly of the course OF
the West Shore people as he did in the inter-
view recently published in The TRIBUNE, il
was naturally presumed that the arrangement
at that end must have been carried beyond the
point of uncertainty. But it must be admitted
that his remarks on that occasion compare
somewhat strangely with the agreement which
now appears to have been made. In his inter
view, Mr.. Vanderbilt represented that the West
Shore was being operated mt a loss of
$l,O00,000 yearly and was practically worth
less, and yet it appears that he has agreed to
give for it bonds of the New York Central to
the amount of 100000 lie urged that the
road had secured no business whatever except
what it had stolen" rs he expressed it, from
the New York Central. Yet he now consents
to burden the New-York Central with pernla-
nent debt of SOC, 900, 900, involving an increas"
of $2,C00,000 yearly in the first charges which
must be met by that road before anything caL