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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

"OID FAENEE" writes the REGISTER from
Preston county, requesting some Of our
able. representatives 10 amend section forty
nine of the taN Dill, printed in the REGISTER
Of Thursday, so as TO read as follows;
Every peESon required by law to lis; per
sCbal property shall list for taxation in the
assessment district In which he resides, the
money credits, and investments belonging
10 himself wife, single daughter or danga-
tiers under his charge or control And the
ASSESSOR shall ask the question whether his
wife. daughte- or daughters, hold any
meneys CT notes payable tOthem, or whether
bis wife holds any moneys bonds or per
soBAl property, including stock as her
maiden property
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

A couvSICAST signing himself IS,
writes the RECls-ra from Spencer, Roane
county. on the subject Of taxation. The
writer fasors equal and Uniform taxation,
and thinks it hard TIA; IVES; Virginia farm
ers and manufacturers should have to COM
pete With the agricultural and mAnufactur-
ing interests Of such States as Pennsylvania
and Ohio uGder such disadvantages. The
Es,IaT,a SOu!d 6e glad to Pu6lish the com
mun.ca,:on bat lacks the space.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

Isa letter to Speaker HANLIS, OF the
Maine Assembly. General GRANT expresses
uureseryedly his desire to be restored 10 the
retired list Of the army. The matter rests
solely with the House, and it is to hoped
that Mr.. RANDALL influence with the Dem,
ocrstc side viii add a sufficient number Of
votes to the Republican minority to secure
the passage o: the EDNFxDs bill Mr..
RAsDALL deserves high commentator for
his earnest efforts in behalf Of General
GRANl.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

SFc-ioS ior:ysix Of Article siN OF the
Constitution says: Laws may De passed
regulating or prohibiting the sale Of insOzi-
eating liquors within the limits Ofthis State.
Nov If the alleged friends OF prohibition
are sincere in their prOelamadOns and dec
larAtiors from The housetOps that the sale OF
insoGicants shall cease, let them stop their
clsno- and enac. a law to that effect.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16
Commissioners Sale.

John W. Reltr and John FlzdiDg, T., ~. Ci,.,it
partners in trade as BeiZ 4 Conf al nhio
Flading, CAN'T Ia
John Cray and Others.
10y TIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE CIR
Id cult Court Of Ohio county, in the state Of
Wett Virginia, made and entered in the above en-
titled cause on the 2Vlh day OF December, lisa,
viii, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1885,
ut 10 O'Clock A. m. at the front door Of the Court
House OF Ohio county, proceed 10 sell at public aue
tba the following named real estate, that is 70 n.y.
TWENTY-FIVE feet tront OF lot numbered tSo hundred
ing part OIthe corner lot and commencing at point
thtrtythree feet from tae corner Of EO1 and Ffrst
FHOW TEenfy-feuTthl streets, and thence running
usrth f0r quantity and continuing the same With
10 the EIeF In The rear OF said lot and 10 in the I'D
dition 70 The city Of Wheeling laid cut by William
Chapline and John Eos, together with the tSo tsne
naents erected thereon
TEEIfs OF SALE-One-thiId Of the purchase money
or a much more a the purchaser may elect TO pay,
in cash the day Of ale, and the residue OF same
in two eQual annual iBstslments from the day Of
ale The haser 10 give his notes for the deferred
iustalrDent With In ereEt thereon from the day Of
sale With personal security Tor thepaymeut Of same
10 the satisfaction OF the undersigned special con-
missioner and The title 70 the property 70 BE re-
taiped until the purchase money l. paid in full
JAMES 2. ROGERS,
Special Commissioner.
VII HAILKE. Aucfi0neer.
IbeFeiy certify that boaa has been given as re-
ouirsd BY Law aud the decree entered In the shove
is Csrx-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

GENERAL WoLsELEY is rapidly losing caste
in this country. We have authentic in:or-
nation TO the effect that an editor in Den
yer. Colorado Is not at all satisfied with the
Generals method Of Sighting in Egypt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

A CARD.-TO al who are suffering trom the or
ros and indiScTst;Ons Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, los Of manhood, &C, viii send re
recipe that viii cure you, FREE OF CHARGE
This great remedy was discOTered By missionary
south America Send seli-sddresSed envelope
EEy. joseph T. IMAM, Sla:ioa D. HslE Yo,k.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16
DIED.

HEBURN-Ua FTidzy, February y, -, Al II IS
l. ~. a b., rtsidsnor st GrGysi Hiu. BeuAre. o.
JAMS HErv RN. in The fstE year Of his Ge.
Furezal Nor ~, February Il, at 70 ociosE Il m
Ipttrlnsnt At Greenwood cemetery.
PiJSSu,g P1fers pIssss eVP!
EIDYE At he residence o. her son, samuel
DIR 2lS kfgh' eenta street At u e!Ock last nigat
gEANELDEE sged ~ ysaTs and months
Funeral from her late HSiisace. No. 2lS Eish-
iesnlA street, this Monday afternoon al O'eioS<
Friends ars invited 10 attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

THEEE are as yet no signs that the Presi-
deaf elect feels disposed to take the Mug
Euups under ms wing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

l. IS apparently very clear that no ded-
mite and vigorous policy with reference to
10 Egypt vii be adopted til after PsriiA-
meat ASSEMBLIES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

ASoTHEE European row IS threatened,
Frsucs having seized African lands which
belong 10 Spain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

A LaRGE falling Of in the number Of fail
ures last week, a. compared with the P7s-
yiogs week, is a cheering indication Of a
general revival o! trade.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

Il is with feeling Of perfect resignation
that the country eOutemplAses the coming
collapse Of Congress.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

Sow Yale medical students dry their
human skeletons on the roofs Of their board
ing hoases, much to the disgust Of the good
people Of New Haven.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

Ma. CLEiEISxD keeps his Cabinet slate
in sa inside pocket, aud his coat Ike that
Of Old Grimes, famous in song, IS all
Juttoasi down before.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

DY yIETUE OF A DEED OF TRUST MADE
Id 10y tlunla J. Jordan and l. :. Jordan, her bus :
hand 10 the undersigned trustee, dated on the Ism
dag Of June 1885 and recorded in the once o. The
clerk o. the ca; MY Court Ci Ohio county, West
Virginia In tTust-dced book 70, page lis, lEll, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY FL, 1855,
commeRCl.g 1T 10 O'Clock =. m, sell at Fubic aue-
tion et TIRE 'front.' door Of the Court House oil ONO
county, the iOiioEiug des ribel property, that 70
say: Ali that lot or parcel o. ground situate IN
TTiadelphA district, in the county OF Ohto, ana
Stale OF RCst Virginia, bounded and described a
follows BlgiDniDg Al stake on the touth-ezst side
Of the EdgingiOn ane being the northwest corner o.
WhelHn In his life time 10y the German Catholic
Cemetery Association BY deed dated on the 18th day
Of Atrii 1874 and running with the northern line
Of said tTsct south IS so east % N-lO1 poles 10
stake: thence south Ml4 wet with the cat boun-
darJ line Of said tract 10 T1-l0J poles 20 stake
theace north - west n ss-lhO poles 10 a stake on
the SOL theaSt side OF said Edgington Lane; thence
with said lane north 50 IT, east I2-lOO poles 10
the place Of beginning, containing two acres Of
ground by turyey, together with al and singular
the Improvements thereon and the Embellishments
and SppurtenADces thereto belonging. This Is the
zane property which vas conveyed 10 the aid Emma
J. jordan by A. Z. Leydl and vile By deed dated
February s, lSS0.
TERNS or SALR-0ne-third oil the purchase
money cash In hand one third thereof, with inter-
est in one year and the residue thereof With inter-
est in tEO years from the day OF SALE the purchaser
giving his notes with good security Tor the deferred
PaTmenfs and the legal title being retained Is fur
tbeT security. HENRY n. RUS5ELL,
is2fi Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

THE Baltimore Day lost 100000 for its
owners ard il WASH mueh13oF pApsr either.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16
Thanks TO the Ladies.

T WISH TO RETURN Ny THANKS
to the ladies of his city for Their generous
patronage and the compliments they paid
me last week. Nearly one thousand Of the
best ladies in the land visited the Academy
Of Music in eight performances. have
travelled al over the country and no city OF
double the population can boast Ofas many
handsome and stylish ladies as can our little
city of Wheeling, and nothing gives me
more pleasure than to see your smiling faces
at nv theatre; and give you my-Word and
honor that you shall always see a strictly
6rs, class entertainment. Nothing shall
ever be done or said to offend the mos! iss
tidious.
Tie public obedient servant.
.,,so CHARLEY SHAY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

TEE Clarksbgrg News speaks IN high
praise Of Delegates Posi- and RNNp0LPH for
opposing the unconstitutional BLuE bill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

The WEEKLY REGISTER
WI - sabbea vita tAs iOsiSsiaz publications. iOr
Sss Jsas e. Tie iGllOsins tsTsas:
Nsw YO-k word -. As
HHEpsE's EGzNE---------- SO
HEsPers Wsskly------ 500
HE=p~<'s SsEszias-.---. 40
CsatH1y N1Z1zias----- SO
- NieholSs ESSaEiaS LS2
Waterbury WE,es-----. 1So
IAs RxslsTEz Esy hs Ssnt . one sdaress and
whatever 0,Asr vupcr is s,ssTiSsl foE, % ssOtAsE,
the s,nsy TO Aeo0npsuy The OEJsr iarasisbly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

Rats and Bonnets Made to Order
TN ANY DESIRED sTYLE-EEw YORK HAD
Bleachery, No. "a sIIteenlh s., Wheeling, W
vs.. Ladies' and Misses Strv, Chip, Yeti and
Beayer Hats etc altered, beached, colored and In
ish al In the latest styles promptly. AitneS worn
done at usual discount. Patronage respectfully 30
ps2boe
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

Ty0R sAIE--A FIRST-GAss oOrTKELL 4
"a SOCK drzn eylin1er printing prs. else
Al bad isxSa VII take On an eight PaSs 800 800
E0ok lorna In Sod oondinsn- Apply AAeAA "'-''@'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

SIOSDAY. FEBRUARY IL. 1855.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-16

any BELLE. EGYPTIAN oqKEn, "a
4 49,. ragf- uresent Gna fui1ne Gir3 s4Siee
q naneT. 60Ilscs Gla zmfy se1trz Hesn tre7
Issn q. 30. - KlEhth street. nssbdA
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29

micro-photographic reduction, about eight pages (octavo) of writing, which, by the hydro-oxygengas microscope, are reproduced in natural size
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29
Monday, June 29, 1885.
COLLECTOR HIDDEN.


 Again has the President surprised the pol iticians, and almost everybody else too, by appointing Edward L. Hedden to be collec- tor of customs at New York. Mir Hedden is not an active politician, and has been known as an anti-Tammany man. He has had business experience of thirty-6ve years with shipping firm, and had charge of the custom house business of the firm. He is therefore supposed to know something about the duties of the office which has been given him. He is ice-president of the North River bank and director in the Niagara fire and other insurance companies. His appoint ment was recommended by many New York business men, and it is asserted that Hubert O. Thompson was "for him."
 The new collector has of course been in terviewed, and it is interesting to notice what he says. He declares that he is in perfect sympathy with the civil service sys- tenn, and that he means to see that system thoroughly enforced. He also says: There is corruption in the custom house, always has been and always will be so long as this ad valorem system exists. We want, first, honest importers; next, specific duties. These two elements are essential to just and equi table management. Whatever I can do to correct these abuses shall be done heartily. I want to see our merchants protected and have every benefit that the government can afford them I shall be the foe of every species of fraud, in behalf of our importers and the gov ernInent.
 This is good programme, but Collector Hedden will have to show much strength and ability in order to carry it out. For there is undoubtedly much need of reform in the business of the New York custom house. And in his efforts he will not have the sup port of some who ought to support him. Since Secretary Manning issued new regulas tions which are designed to secure something like fair appraisal of goods brought into New York, representatives of the import ing interest in New York have been to him to complain. There has been no similar complaint by importers at any other port. The complaint of importers elsewhere has been that they cannot bring goods into the country through other ports on such favora- ble terms can be done by class of i'm porters in New York who are largely the agents of foreign houses. Several years ago testimony was taken at Boston and other ports, and the tenor of it was that it was for the advantage of those who imported goods or sold them to bring them into the country through New York or buy them of the agents of foreign houses. If Secretary Man ming has devised rules which will put an end to this favoritism and fraud he has done honorable importers at every port valuable service and broken up specimen of fraud by which the treasury has been robbed and le- gitimate business, both importing and man ufacturing, has suffered. And Collector Hedden will do we'll if he strictly enforces these rules
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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
 DIR. R. c. FLOWERS R E MI E D T E S 2

Bridgeport, Conn, March, 1885. "Dr Flowers Liver and Stomach Sanative can not be too highly recommended to those suffering from dyspepsia and kindred troubles, have used it myself, and know whereof speak
 REV. SYLVESTER CLARK
 Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. 1s Prospect St, Bridgeport, Conn. Feb, 1885.
 MRS. CHAS. P. WILMOT.
 Clinton Ave, Stamford, Conn., April, 1885. -Four bottles of Dr. Flowers Liver Sanative have done for my wife than all the doctors. Before commencing it's she suffered intensely from liver troubles. She is to-day in better condition than she has been for years is able to attend to her household duties, can enjoy her meals and sleep her power.'' HERMAN HEISER.
 Norwalk, Conn., March, 1885. ''Dr Flowers Liver Sanative is the best medicine for stomach troubles ever saw. It has cured me of case of long standing and gladly testify to it's merits" MRS. A. G BEIIS.
 Danbury, Conn, April, 1885. 'I can thoroughly recommend Dr. Flowers Nerve Pills. They are just what every woman who has to have a sedative and queting effect the. behind.' MRS. JANE HOYT..
 1o9 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn, April, 1885, q recommend all sufferers from dyspepsia or liver complaint to use Dr. Flowers Sanative speak from personal knowledge of its value. It has helped me wonderfully MISS MARY MEEK.
 Brewsters N Y., April, 1885. 'I have been troubled with torpid liver for i commenced using Dr. Flowers Liver Sanative. am happy to be able to add my testimony to it's worth.' MRS. F. c. BAILEY
 12 Van Reipen Ave,
 Jersey City, N. J., April, 1885. "Your Sanative is doing me great good; my ap- petite has improved and am growing stronger every day. MISS IDA BUCKINGHAM. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Sold by C. S. Leete<S Co.,, 2s7 to aos State street.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Facts furnish practical evidence of the az ricultural diversity in England. Land in Norfolk which eight years ago let for fifty eight shillings acre is now to be had at sixteen shillings, the average gross rental at lettings by auction being no more than one third what it was eight years ago. Word to the same effect comes from Somerset and Hampshire, and it would appear that the value of land in the last four or five years has fallen in England even in a greater de- gree than in Ireland
 In the United States some 150, 900 miles of railroad track are now laid, and this rests upon 396, ,000, 900 ties, the product of 3, 960, 900 acres an area larger than that of the State of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Thirty years are required to grow trees of suitable size, and the average life of tie is seven syears; therefore 16,971 ,420 acres of growing forest are needed to supply the an- nual demands of the roads that now exist. This forest area is larger than New Hamp- shire, Vermont and Massachusetts. And, inasmuch as the miles of railroad are grow ing every year, this calculation shows in an impressive way the demands which our for ests will be called upon to meet for this one item alone.
 The reappearance of locusts has caused a good deal of talk about insect-eating, and ample directions have been given concerning the preparation for food of these little ami mals But if our readers want something really ''nice" they should try beetle paste, 1o o,14o oE fIa nrdi This is the way to prepare it: Catch your beetles in a soup plate filled with vinegar and keep them soaking tor six hours Then turn the beetles out and dry them in the sun fer at least two hours, when the outer shell can be easily removed, the flesh then rese m- bling that of 8 shrimp, to be put into galli- pot and mixed up with four, butter, pepper and salt to @ thick paste; stew in the oven for two heure and when cold serve with bread and butter.
 It has lately been decided to increase the already large number of German military pigeons, of which there are at present in different fortresses about four thousand. These pigeons are taught not to alight on the dovecote, but, on their arrival at their desti- nation, to knock against the closed wire wicket, which motion causes Naden ball to drop, thereby opening the wicket and setting a mechanism in motion that connects with 8 bell in the room of the keeper. The officer then detaches the message from the tail feathers of the pigeon, the message being rolled up in the hollow quill of pigeons tail feather, which feathers are carefully col lected for despatch purposes, as being most easily hidden among the natural feathers of l the carrier bird. These quills contain, in
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29

cells. In the morning stream of water is turned on in this pipe in order to flush it and stream of water carried the box to the limit of the string, which brought it directly under the trap in the convict's cell for whom it was designed. The message was read and thrown back into the pipe, through which it travelled to the sewer and thence into the Delaware. The communication contained 8 well formed scheme of escape, which WAS at tempted, hut frustrated. The secret of "send- ing the mail" leaked out, however, and after that and up to the present day many such mail-bags have travelled down the sewerage pipes of the eastern and other penitentiaries and plans of some successful and many unsuc- eessful schemes to escape have been commu- nicated from cell to cell in this way
 The credit of the invention of the most perfect system of communication between prisoners confined in one institution belongs te Jack Canter, at one time the most expert counterfeiter in the United States if not in the world. He came from South Carolina and was educated in Paris as physician. He afterwards learned the art of engraving and then turned out professional coun- terfeiter. He has since reformed, and is now earning an honest living under different name in New York city
 While undergoing sentence in the eastern penitentiary he invented system of tele- graphy with an alphabet similar to that in vented by Morse. He found means of teach ing his alphabet to some of his fellow con- vlcts, and in the course of a few months it was known to almost every convict under going long sentence. Those who were re- leased taught the system to criminals then on the outside of the walls, and in course of time the upper strata of the criminal frater- nity became expert telegraphers. The wires of this novel telegraph line consisted of the gas and water pipes which pass through every cell in the vast institution. They are ex- cellent conductors of sound. and by means of sharp raps on the pipes with piece of metal or even of the knuckles, an expert Operator could easily and quickly send message to a fellow prisoner whose sell was not far dis tant. If he wished to communicate with a man in another corridor his message passed along from one cell or 'trelay stationn to another, until it reached it's destination. Every convict of any note had (apd has) his call !" the same as operators along any tele- graph line.
 The system was divu1ged by it's inventor to prison inspector and the convicts now snd it difficult to send any important mes sage, as the prison officials now understand the alphabet well as the operators them selves. They are still able, however, to keep ssch other posted on the move ments of noted criminals and the general criminal topics of the day. When prisoner is discharged or a new convict brought in the fact is immediate ly te1egraphed around. A new arrival, if he is into the secret, ''wires'' the news of the outside world to the prisoners the inside,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29
CONNECTS, SIGNALS.
New Prisoners in Solitary Cenflne.
 ment Comm uMfeate.

New Prisoners in Solitary CeAfne-
 ment Communicate.
 From the Philadelphia Times.l
 During the past twenty years various means haYe been devised by which the COR victs could communicate with each other and keep posted as to the movements of the criminal classes and their enemies. The first and best known was that of sending the mail" The convict who first introduced the scheme was net in solitary confinement, and was employed in the shoe factory He had occasion to send 8 communication to "sol1- tary" prisoner, confined in cell in the same corridor. While at work he contrived to manufacture, a square waterproof, leather box, in which he enclosed mes sage scratched on thin strip of leather. :. He then secured a ouantity of shoe thread and concealed the box and thread on his person. That night he carefully measured the width of his cell, :, and with this information was able to ealcu- late to an inch the distance to his fellow-con- vict's cell. He then attached his thread to the box and measuring off the exact distance to his companion's cell, fastened the other end to 8 knob and deposited the box in the sewerage pipe running through all of the
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Dr1J Goods.
TOURIST RUCHI NC.S,
ParaSOlS and Sun Umbrellas.

As we closed out our Par asOls late in the season last year we are not cumbered with am old stock, but are offering new ones at very Low Prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29
'"Reduced
 Prices.

You may read every day in the papers now of reduced prices" on Summer Silks, Nuns Veilings, Plaids, Tricots, Pin Checks, Jersey Jackets, and so on. Allow us to say that we are constantly on the watch to see that no one undersells us, (none of them have done it, so far, and you may depend on finding here all these things sreduced" where necessary, and certainly in every instance aS cAeab as equal quality is offered at anywhere.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-29

On Monday, June 29, we shall offer a special lot of 50 all-W00l Indigo Blue, Diagonal Serge Suits, in sizes from 36 to A, cut in latest style and trimmed and made in durable man. ner. Cheap at our regular price of twelve dollars. Have marked them now
 $8.OO.
 These are fresh, new goods, just received from our shop. Intending pur- chasers should call early, as the lot is sure to go quickly.
 MEIGS X CO.,,
 1O9 Church Street.