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PRELLER'S MURDERER
TRACED THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO
AND UP TO HIS DEPARTURE.
Another Important CIue-Maxweli's Aliai
Thought TO be Brooks Revelations
of silver Watch His Broken En-
lish and Correct vernacalar.

SAN FRANCISCO, April FLA very i'm
portant clew has been unearthed here 70
specting w. II, Lennox Maxwell, the sup
posed murderer Of Arthur II. Preller in st
Louis April 9Th. 1t is now known that thi
man, who is believed to be the same J. c. ID
Anguier as registered, did not sleep at TIN,
Palace hotel during the night he was regis
tered. Under the influence of wine he DO
came very laxative at house which he Wis
tied.
The pronrietreSs Of the house SAYS hei
visitor introduced himself as Frenchman
and recounted many war-like deeds. III,
showed her diamond ring with deep claw
setting The diamond was about three
quarters of karat in size As further evi
dence of the large quantity of jewelry o
which he was possessed, he showed her /,
chain of about one inch links, the alter
nate links being gold and platinum
The woman also observed that he had
a three-cornered scar under his chin. During
the early part of the evening he spoke II
broken English, but on looking over pho
tograph album suddenly CALCULATED in mos
excellent English, ''Oh, that's Henry Irwin
and Miss Terry" on seeing the photograph
mentioned
An opcn-faced silver watch which h
Brought from St Louis was exchanged b,
INN here for another, and has been found
On the inside of the brass cap that cover
the works is written in ink, III. NJ. Brooks
The Importance of this discover,
is that the name is the same
that subscribed to the ticket purchases
from the st. Louis and San Francisco railroad
in st. Louis and collected on the train from
the man, afterward registered here as J. c
D'Angueir. A comparison of the writing o
the name on the ticket and on the watc
case shows it to have been done by the sam
person, only slight difference being obser
vable in the letter ''s' in the word Brooks
The query is raised whether Fl. NJ Brooks
not the correct name of the supposed mur
derer, and not Walter H. Lennox M xwel
Police officials believe the mans name to b
Hugh Maxwell Brooks, their theory bein,
partly based on the fact that the two sam
initials appear in both names The MAJ
was traced to every place he visited Will
in this city, and the result confirms the pre-
vious assertion that he left on the Australia
steamer
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Ely's Cream Balm is an article of uu-
doubted merit. 1t has no rival as Ca
tarrh remedy. 1t is pleasant and easy
TO use, being applied with the finger.
1t is absorbed. cleansing the passages
Of poisonous virus and healing the sore
and infiamed membrane. Beneficial le
suits are obtained from few applica-
tions and thorough treatment will
cure. Price so cents. At druggists.
By mail so cents. Ely Bros, Owego,
NJ "
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The Death Roll.

Rev. DIR. Taylor who was one hundred
years old last December IL, died at Auburn
Ny.
Hon. E. p. Kendrick, aged ninety-flve ex-
surveyor, ex-auditor and mason Of high
standing. died at Chillicothe, O., Of pneumo-
MIA.
Alden Tilton, seventy one, an oil million
hire of Caldwell, o., is dead
Little Ethel Edwards, the baby Venus,
died at Chicago. She weighed only sixty
Eve pounds.
Hon. John L. Goodrich, ex-collector Of the
port of Boston, died Sunday at his home in
5tockbridge, Mass, aged cighty-one.
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The Russian fleet of thirty cruisers aud
Two iron-clads recently sent to tho Pacific il
10 be joined shortly by another iron-clad and
several gunboats.
In defiance of the treaties of Paris and
Berlin, Russia has fortified Batoum and
concentrated huge amounts of guns ana am
munition there.
United States Minister Taft, who has been
i'll at St Petersburg three weeks, is conva-
lescent
Exhibition Of German and Austrian pro-
iucts win be held in Berlin in 1883
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Gen. Grant goes out driving now
VIM. ii. Vanderbilt is in dread of paraly-
us of the muscles of his face
Rev. Richard Phelan has been appointed
,oadjutor to the bishop of Pittsburg.
Francis f. Dickens, third son Of the novel
lst, was the commander of Fort Pitt, North
west territory, and now it is understood that
the Cree Indians have taken the fort and
massacred the garrison.
Mr.. Lawton has declined the Russian mis-
ZION.
President Cleveland has held his first pub
lie reception at the white house.
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An explosion Of gas at the Phoenix colliery.
at Pittston, Pa, resulted in serious injuries
to several men.
A heavy storm of wind and rain passed
over Sterling, Kas., doing much damage to
property in that vicinity.
The seventeen-year-old daughter of George
Clark, living at Habersham, Ga, was burned
TO death by a fire in her fathers house
The bridge over the Caliawba river, on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, near Bir-
ningham, Ala, was burned, and several
workmen, engaged In the attempt to extin-
yuish the fire, were injured when the bridge
fell
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YOUNG MEN Tread THIS.

The VoLTAIc BELT Co., Of Marshall,
Mich. offer to send their celebrated ELHC.
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APPLIANCES on trial for thirty Gays, to
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vigor and manhood guaranteed. Ne risk
is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed
Write them at ence for illust ated pamph
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Political Pointers.

Washington papers contain lads" Of Office
seekers, who offer to pay round sums to any
one who will secure them an Office
At the meeting of the Tammany society
for the election Of officers, the regular ticket
was elected including the Hon. John Kelly.
The Chicago grand jury has been told TO
attend to the reporters and ballot suffers by
Judge Moran. srhis community" said he,
"can better afford to have its banks robbed
than its ballotsn
Orlando w. Powers, of Kalamazoo, Mich,
has been appointed associate Justice Of the
supreme court of Utah.
Charges are made against O. B. Knicker-
booker, postmaster at Aurora, ILL.,, that he
was an active and offensive partisan in the
late election.
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ONE MILLION INVOLVED.


4 Nine-Year Lawsuit at Last Settled In the
Courts.
New YORK, April 2S-The complicated
litigation which, under the title of ''The
Marie-Garrison case" has commanded the
Intention of the courts and the public for
lbout nine years, has been settled by the
payment to the plaintiffs of 100000 On
duplication of counsel for Peter Marie and
lis associate plaintiffs Judge Sedgwick
granted an order of discontinuance.
Suit was brought in 1875 against Commo-
lore Garrison to "cznpel him to fulfill an
uleged contract TO give the plaintiffs stock
If the Missouri Pacific railroad in place of
itock of the Pacific railroad of Missouri The
news of the settlement of the suit reached
Wall street and sent the price of Missouri
Pacific stock up four points.
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Railroad Reading.

Dayton and Ironton narrow-gauge will be
made standard gauge as soon as funds can be
provided.
The Baltimore and Ohio running time be-
;ween Cincinnati and New York will be
shortened forty minutes
In the last two years in Pennsylvania rail-
roads have been Incorporated with capital
,ggregating al, 100000.
The Anderson, Lebanon and st. Louis rail-
road was sold by master in chancery to
Thomas G. Platt, of Missouri, who represents
company Of bond owners.
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SPRING TIME.

Welcom Spring have Come
at last am Glad the
April Stormes is Past
there is one Consolation
in the Snow Slush and Rain
Some day well have Fine Weather
and the Sun Will Shine again
When in april Birds doth Sing
Of the opening Spring it's a dangers
thing For 1t gives us cold
and we've oft Been told ana makes
US Feel Rheumatic and old
and then the Sun doth Shine Bright
on this Spring day and Sweet is
the Breeze ofthe month of NAV. =
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Ease Ball News.

CINCINNATI, April %. Following is tn
result of Tuesdays games:
At Jersey City: Jersey City IA, Acme g.
At New York: New Yorks Is, Artics 4.
At Baltimore: Baltimore T. Brooklyn4
At Washington: National 80, Nets I.
At Indianapolis: indianapolis S, Milwau
kee 2.
At Louisville: Louisville 3, Pittsburgh.
At St. Louis: St Louis /, Cincinnati Q.
At Richmond, Va: Virginias 5, Buifalos
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own SURPRISING goodness, and by the
love of the whole people for her--a
love that will survive through gener-
atoms, and give magic and music
to those simple words, Sister Dora
long after we shall have passed away"
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MANI

LONDON, April %. Troops are swarming
20 all tho barracks throughout the United
Kingdom in response to the governments call
FOR the reserves. The war office in London
S besieged by military officers asking for
employment 1t has been decided to divide
he Portsmouth fleet up into channel flying
md reserve squadrons. Fresh orders have
been received to increase the number of
workmen at Portsmouth.
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,yustice DELAYED.

New Yosg, April 81 --Buddensick ana
Franck, the contractors who built the houses
IN Sixty-second street, which collapsed were
irraigned TO plead to the Indictment Of man
slaughter in the second degree. The counsel
or both requested an Adjournment, which
was granted.
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A life OF mere money making Is
always a failure, because You never
get as much as you want.
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Lord Bacon speaking Of books
says, read not to contradict and con-
flute, but to weigh and consider.
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Has attained standard Of excellence which
admits Of no superior.
It contains overy Improvement that inventive
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-04
THE DURATION OF LIFE.

We are accustomed in this rapid age to
hear the assertion that our mode OF living
is fast bringing the civilized races OF the
world. and especially the people OF America
TO the point where deterioration and decay
must inevitably set in. We are tod that
our clothing is far from being as conducive to
the healthful development of our bodies as
was that of four ancestors of a century or so
ago; that our food is very often OF an i'm
proper nature. imperfectly prepared for the
table. and bolred when set before Us With a
rapidity that would ruin the stomach OF a
statue; that in the rush Of business and the
incessant scramble after wealth or fame we
take no thought Of our bodily mechanism,
and grow prematurely old, and bald and
too,hless. aud round shOuldered, ana
decrepid before We have turned forty and
drop of into untimely graves at an age
when cur forefa,hers were hale and hearty
and our grea;-grandmothers were IN the
prime Of life.
All this has been spread before us time
and time again, ard yet statistics show tha''
in proportion to population, this country
and this generation has more old men and
old women than any given epoch in the past
history of the world. There is not a neigh
borhood but can produce some one far on
the way toward a hundred years; hardly
= citizen but numbers among his ~acluaint'
srces some man or woman who has reached
or passed the aye Of three score n ten
lorg ago set as the reasonable limit OF hu'
man lite; while almost every newspaper
picked up contains the obituary of a CEN
teuarian or an interview with one who has
reached and passed the hundrelth mile
stone.
And these long lived people are generally
;lose who have passed active lives, either in
the business or professional world, or in the
bard-to-Eaud struggle with van as laborers
sud a~riizaus.
HE human race Il not de'criOra'lng. Inc
revolution in the mode Of life which has
come TO pass in the last fifty years through
he introduction OF machinery; the almost
universal use Of to5acco and candy; tn"
consumption Of vast quantities OF vile aud
poisonous liquors, and even the presence OF
tia, latter dag denomination, the corset-Alt
these have sigually failed to take one hour
from the averaged human existence but on
H. con,rary observation seems u ouirmt the
belief that the period OF lie is slowly but
steadily lengtheuing and that eventually.
even if we tail to attain the FEARS ascri6el
by Biblical records 10 MGruu,ELAu aud his
contemporaries, We can hope to see a large
proportion OF the race reach the centenuja.
OF their birth.
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The CvMBERLAND's ANCHOR.
How it CaIpc to be Carried at the How of
n,MHiue M"crChaatman.

va -
n,M1iue McrChaatman.
ENycoE, December 2j.--Iu the pirlur-
C,gre little 'caport town OF Camden. which
r~cstles costly between Mount Megun,icooE's
wooded foot aud the surges of Penob5co.
Hhv, there are two establishments which
share much of the attention Of to Irist5 from
tire great cities, whose cottages are ranged
along the sands of the small islegir, hlr-
bcr. These are an anchor lactOry, remark
allie because it is the principal estab.
hshment Of the kind in this country, and
is situated in such an odd little place, and "A
car manufacturing establishment, peculiar
to the location because there is no railroad
there. Down near the shore, in a long,
s%o)idly-buiit shop, big-armed smiths swing
pUnderouS sledges all day over the ringing
metal, and great trip,hammers help to
fashion slorks and ilukes of anchors tor
Names big ships, often echoing late at
night across the water, not in a harsh din,
but as measured, pleasant music, In the
CAT shop, fat cars are made, and when done
are shipped away TO some railroad town IN
vessels.
Many q famous anchor has been ham
mered by the Camden smiths-anchorstha that
hang from the catkeads of ocean monsrchS,
emblc.ns Of safety still, sni others which
have gone down in awful wrecks and lie
among the hidden things of that sea from
Greeulands icy mountains to midas coral
strand" But foremost among all that have
seen the Camden FORCES is the great mud
hook Of that gallant craft he United
States frigate Cumberland. sunk in
that memorable battle with the rnbel
ram Mcrrimac of Old Point Comfort, Va.
in the late war. Some years ago Mr..
Alden, who owns the works, was passing
Atlantic avenue, Boston, when his attention
was attracted br the sight OF q 10: Of wreck
stuff. among which was a tremendous an
chor, weighing nearly three to"s An ac-
quaintance owned the st3N which hai been
raised from the old war ships wreck and as
nobody else wanted such . big anchor. he
hantered Mr.. Alden to hnv it. Th4 Cam
den mar did huy the mammoth ma hook
for a comparatively small sum ami ship.
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FASHION NOTES.
lne bus brides wear white gloves.

None but brides wear white gloves.
Colo ornaments are no longer in vogue.
Black locr dresses are woya at balls AMI
evening parties.
Chinchilla is the correct fur to pu, on
gray satin garments.
Evening .L1es are of the color OF the dress
or golden bronze.
S~ilyerspargled tulle is a much admired
tissue for ball dresses.
TuIle forms all or . part Of nearly every
hall dress this season.
The rage tor b;sgue dogs and cats Of al
sizes Is on the increase.
rur.trained trimmed cloth suits are the
GORGE. wear for January.
All shades Of brown up TO ecru look well
with gold tiusci trimming.
Yclvc, flowers on gauze are the latest
fancy in ball dress fabrics.
There is a revival Of French taste for
mirrors in artistic interiors.
Flowers are a:ain in vogue in Paris, At
least for trimming ball toilets.
Fur trimming should match the material
on which they are used in color.
All jewels are worn, but the favorites are
pearls and diamonds, especially the last.
Cream white aud pale rose are the colors
preferred by young girls for evening dress.
Steel and silver tinsel are the correct
metal trimmings for gray stutls Of all kinds
and in all shades.
Diamond spangled chenille makes q
lovely and luStrous tablier or front breadth
toy an evening dress.
The fashionable colors of the season are
steel blue, grape red, chestnut, mushroom,
autumn meadow green, and twilight pink.
Among new woods used for furniture and
artistic interior finishing is coco5a wood,
darker than mahogany, and very effective.
Evening gloves are a. long as eyer, and
always of uugiGzed Kid or Suede, and the
preferred colorS are beige and tan in various
shades.
Feather m~ara5ol,s. aigre.teS Of gold aud
silver. aud diamonds. real or mock. are the
garnitures for coihures at balls and dancing
parties.
Black lace evening dresses are very dis
,ingue. whether trimmed with jet, steel, o.
brieh; silver. or Frightened with gold aud
diamond jewelry.
The stockings for evening wear mus!
match the color ofthe dress or lis trimmings
aud De plain. Of silk or fine Isle thread,
With embroidered clocks.
CoifureS to be fashionable must be in tho
form Of L figure $ on the top Of the heal,
with tried bangs on the forehead and in
the uape Of the neck
The wide srart saShes so tashj0Haily
worn with reception toilets ar Of wide rib
Don. EDGED whi'e lace. Of OF velyes plush,
6roche, or entirely OF lace.
Is Il tyl to white and pink evening
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FAlRMCNT.
Buried with rowder-Thc New Years
Danoe-PeIsonal News.

Buried with Powder-Tho New Year,
Damoe-PeIsonal News.
Spcc'gl 10 me SuEiGy Register.
FAHNoNT, January 3.-The New Years
ball at the Mountain City House passed of
pleasantly and quietly. The attendance
was not so large as was generally expected,
but all persons voted the affair a success.
Several OF our young people enjoyed
themselves at a leap year party in Palatlne
the night of the 3lst ult. This W a a high.
toned and enjoyable affair.
We chronicle one serious accident from
a powder explosion on New Years day.
Fay. q Young son of Mr.. j. NJ. Hartley,
was amusing himself by throwing powder
from a small box that he held into the fire,
when the powder ignited and exploded,
buring his face severely. He receiv-
de immediate attention and will
soon recover, although he may be somewhat
d~isfgured BY the accident.
The Western Union telegraph office was
moved this week into the Cochran building,
orpci tc the Mountain City House. Mr.
Frank p. Hall, a popular young man aud a
coed operator, will manage the key in this
Office hereafter.
The schools of this city will reopen or
Monday, the 9TH inst. The attendance at
the normal will be largely increased, we UNI:
dors'and.
Capt. Harry Pierpoint is building n hand
some veranda on the front of his residence
at the head of Quincy street.
Our city fathers have recently put in sew
cral substantial street crossings, much to
the comfort OF pedestrians. ,
The boys painted the tow n whisky red
on Wednesday night, but no damage was
done to person or property.
Hon. b. 5. Morgan, State Supcrlntend'
cnt Of SChOolse elect, was III town Yesterday,
en- route to Wheeling.
Howard y. Ogden and L. N. Ayers have
opened q drug store in the Chisler building.
on Main street.
Eugene Billingslay and wife, who were
visiting here for some past, left on Wedues
day for their home in Adams county, o.
Miss Beitha Toothman, Of Pennington, is
visiting her uncle, Morgan Billingsley.
Robert Il. Morrow and wife, OF Hancock
county, leit on Thursday morning last for
horc, after q pleasant visit to Mr.. Morrow
relatives here. They were accompanied By
Caplaiu George Morrow and Colonel Ohley,
Of The Index, who took a trip through the
Pan Handle and made their annual resolves
in the Nail City.
Viii and Clyde Hutchinson, of Smith
own, attended the ball.
Mrs.. Golf, S,raub and Hamilton, three
Of r%rafton's prominent young citizens, were
in .,wn one day recently.
Ms. W. S. Raymond is confined to her
room, seriously i'll.
Dr. La2zel is improving slowly, and ev-
Sheriff Coruey Peram0uIatcth the streets as
OF yorc.
Sir. John Dorsey, one Of tie men killed
in tie Grafton railroad disaster, was well
known here. lie vas 2 brother-in-law Of
v. s. Ilaymond, Esq.
Nr. Henry Downey entertained a select
rar.v Of his young friends at his fathers
resi3enct. o. Wednesday night last.
The ladies OF me N. p, Church gave a
RECEPTION in the lower room Of the church
on Thursday e~Yoning las. Quite a number
Of their friends were present, and Il most
ENJOYABLE time was had.
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WASHINGTON
stu Talking of the Gas E~Splosion-The Oil
Field.
Sy.rioi 10 The Snrdiy Ey'Scr.

Sp,cioi 10 The Sn,jIy Eey'Stcr.
WASHINGTON, PA., January 3.-Times
are dull here rs usual during the college
and seminary vacation. The latter begins
occ,atiou to morrow and the college sessions
b,.ic on next Wednesday.
Rev. james d. Motlat, d d., has returned
rurl Beaver Pa, where he gave instruction
:, re Teachers institute.
l'iot. Henry Woods, y. d., is spending
~. .]aCation at the New Orleans Exposition
..i will return carlu in the week.
\ number Of new students will appear at
lie opening of the winter term.
Tie most absorbing topic now discussed
lo,, is natural gas. Since the explosion
b. which the house Of Jacob Becd was com
~.l,.,ly demolished and Mrs. Rabe burned
e. g. crisp, the subject has been constantly
81 the front. The C1rOuer's Jury gave Il
sort Of milk and water verdict but blamed
the gas company to n considerable degree.
Vim. Rabe, who has been lying IN 4 critical
conGition at the hospital, is expected to die
soon and suit will then Ne brought against
tie company both for the destruction
Of the building and on behalf
Of the two orphan children tat
are eft. The debris Of the building has
no: been touched; it should have been re-
moved long ago.
lanes. Magill, formerly Of the firm Of
C,ay Il MagilI, was married to Miss LaUr.
ct'ra Clark. Of the vicinity OF Washington.
On New Years day, Mr.. YIN. Horn aud
nrd Miss Lou Clemens, OF Tay,orstogn,
wcrc united in marriage, among much glare
ard demonstration.
Tie strike Of oil. fine quality, st the
Gantz well on last Wednesday. has made
The people here somewhat excited The
well las been plugged, and as the stock.
holders seem TO be in high glee, the opinion
generally is, that they have al oil well at
last. The same company are leasing land
TO she south in large tracts, and before long
vii! show the people what has been accom-
pI;shcd. Capitalists from a distance are
here, also taking out leases rapidly. The
CAN'T well is ,. 200 feet deep.
Notes.
B-lla Moore in the Mountain Pink scored
n success here.
The Catholic fair and festival which was
held in Town Hall for several evenings,
Welded a handsome sum for the church.
Mr. T. r. Johnston, OF this borough, has
on exhibition at the New Orleans Eyposi-
ton a patented apparatus for making beef
tea. Mr.. VIM. Lee Archer, of this colnty,
has specimens Of wool, also on exhibition
there.
The St. Paul A. ". f. Church hal p
pleasant and profitable festival in their