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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
MARTINS FERRY.

Yesterday morning at one o clock two
year-oid child Of John Hallett died al his
home in the Standard addition.
On next Saturday nigh, the Red Men
have the Eureka rink for q carnival There
will be races and numerous other attrac-
tions. This order is deserving Of public
sympathy, they having lost all their lodge
fixtures in the late FIRE in the Commercial
block.
James TAnnehill has bad hiS house nicely
painted, a new fence built aud his home
generally improved.
On Saturday night Marshal Hanson drew
the Smith i Wesson revolver rallied of by
David yennor. Thirry.four vas the lucky
number.
1t is rumored that the forge ofthe Laugh
lin mill will be utilized by the Lima CON.
pany to make muck bar for them while they
are having their engine repaired.
F.H. Hnisel has Just finished nice JOB
painting on one Of Benjamin Fishers new
houses in the orchard.
!. X. McCue vas ia town yesterday
among friends.
Platt Beck and Tim Devault are moving
into A. J. Bowers house on Walnut street.
Yinglipg and ReiihmiIler yesterday par.
chased q fine FIVE year old mare from man
named Fowler. Of Pinch Ridge.
John Kyne and John Gri55le will play
match game Of billiards on Thursday,
Fritay and Saturday nights.
Itis rumorsd that Benjamin Pastors and
Miss Clara Wilson were married some time
ago. 49,,
TIE Dandy Dudge fishing club, with Billy
McIutosh as captain, leaves for Short Creek
TO day.
Yesterday Mayor Mitchell fined Pat
Duff g and costs, for abusing his wife.
He also tried case Of forcible detsiner,
in which Mrs. Indiana McSvords was plain
tiff and Mrs Caroline Strauss was defend
ant. His honor decided The case in favor
of the plaintiff.
Oh, for little light at the railroad cross
ings.
James Linder has moved his tonsorial
pariors into the basement OF c. Hess build
ing. diaeonally opposite the postofice He
| has had II nicely lifted up. and as usual he
| can furnish q 6rst-class shave any day IN
the week, including Sunday.
The City Council meets tonight and, g
one of our citizens requested We would
propose ths. Council repeal the oct Of fths'
i4.h century Council, which requires thss
shade trees be planted outside the carbst,us
This method Of planting trees makes q in
/ poseible to ever dig ditch, or isy yaser o
gss pipe. without destroying the trees
sko I.syes the trees liable 10 b. destroys
by ytbicles, ard IL one reasoD Why al th
,our 2 shade trees planted o. Fourth stree
are already dead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05

qualification. The pressure tnat has always
been brought to bear on the Secretaries for
the appointment of women is something
enormous Even Secretary Folger always
had large list of women applicants whom
he called his distressed lis" and he never
could reduce it. 1t resulted in women
working their way into the department
where they we're not wanted or needed.
Supreme Court Notes.
WASHINGTON, May Judge William NJ.
MerrYek, appointed to ell the vacancy in
the Supreme Court of the District of Col
umbis, occssioned BY the resignation Of
Judge Wyhe, appeared at the Court House
this morning before 10 o'clock and met
Chief Justice Carter and Justice James in
the consultation room, where the Chief JUS
tiee formally administered tho oath to Judge
Meryck. The Supreme Court Of the Dis
triet in general term, to day, refused the
application Of the City Of San Francisco
and Thomas Knight for q mandamus
against NJ. Mcfarland, Commissioner of the
General Land Office, to compel the issue of
a patent for the Pueblo lands Of San Fran
cisco. The Court also refused the applica'
ton Of the same parties for an injunction
against the commissioner to estop the issue
Of patent Of Topeka lands to the persons
whom the Secretary Of the Interior and the
commissioner had decided to be entitled to
a patent
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
OSGOOD & co. FAIL.
The Syen.Known Boston Publishers Fail
for Nearly 5000, 900.

the W cll.hnOwn Boston fdDil5hSES Il III
for Nearly 100000.
BosToN, May flames R. Osgood 4
Co., the well known publishers house, failed.
They have made an assignment to Mr..
Robert II. Morse, Jr., and have called
meeting Of their creditors for the 18th inst,
The Heliotype Printing Company has also
made an assignment TO Mr.. Morse, and
meeting of the creditors has been called for
The Eth inst. also The liabilities Of Os-
good & Co. are nominally between 100000
and 100000, and their assets hominally
large. The liabilities and assets of the
Heliotype Printing Company are unknown
The firm of Osgood is the successor to
Ticknor & Co., and Ticknor, Fields & Co,
,ud we're considered among the leading
publishers Of the country, Issuing many
,taud-Id works OF history, biography and
iction, in addition to the Atlantic Monthly,
founded by the house which they succeeded.
they have enjoyed high credit financially,
and we're considered as liberal in their treat
ment of authcrs both native and foreign, as
well as enterprising in their business. The
announcement of their failure will be re-
ceived with surprise strongly tinctured by
regret among the book trade throughout the
country, with whom their relations have
always been pleasant. Osgood and Co.
were the founders and promoters of the
Heliotype Printing Company, and are large
holders OF lis stock
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
A strange State Of AnaIrs.

RED KEY, ISB, May 4-Great excite
mept exists here on account OF the revokal
OF insurance policies by Milwaukee com
pany, which holds most Of the risks in the
village. This action is the result OF threat
ening letters coupled with one or two at
temp,s to burn property and one to blo# up
a saloon. There has been bitter contest
between prohibitionists and saloon keepers
Tor some time, and it is thought this hss
given rise TO the present condition OF al
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
Two Lives Crushed Out.

CHICAGO, May TN the fire on South
Water street, last night, Martin MulVey,
single man, and working with truck No. l,
was caught BY volume Of crates, cases and
barrels. which buried him six feet deep,
Charles Bird, married, was standing beside
Mulyey when the crash came, and ne fell
iust beside his companion. When all the
less injured men had been extricsted, it was
suddenly discovered that these two men we're
missing. Fifty men lost 10 time in clam.
bering up the ladders and with packs and
hooks they dragged away the debris until
their two comrades we're found. Both were
desd. The weight that he& uddenly borne
them down had crushed ,4vir lives out
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05

a woman was wounded accidentally. She
advanced toward soldier with rock and
seized his musket and he tripped her up.
In falling she fell against the bayonet The
following is full list OF the casualties:
Jacob Krigawa, Pole, killed; shot in the
Jaw. Henry Steller, Pole, killed; shot in
the head. Mrs. Lemash, bayonet wound.
John Politsch, bayonet wound. Adolp Nil.
Ter. bayonet wound in the arm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
Fau Mill Burned.

SCRANTON, Pa. May FIRE broke out
at one O'Clock this morning IN the rail mill
of the IsekawaDns Iron and Coal Co. 8
steel works, end in two hours that mill was
totally destroyed. The FIRE caught the
Blooming mill adjoining, but on the part Of
The frtmen the ere was extrguished about
5 o'clock. The Blooming mid was partial
" destroyed The loss is S250,000; in
sursDce. $4,000. The origin Of the FIRE
q unknown.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
The W.P 9 d. New Oncers.

PIrrsBrRG. May AT the annual meet
ing of the Wheeling, Pittsburg and Balt-
more Railroad Company here to-day j.
Washington, of Pittsburg. vas elected pres
;dent The directors chosen were: 5.
Spepces, of Baltimore; John 4cClea 'e,
R S. Burgesser, Of Pittsbarg; VIM: Work
ran. W. W. Smith, W. c. King, OF Wash
,n,ton
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05

The best sAlve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. letter, Cbspped Hands, Ghilblsins-
CorDs and sll Skin Eruptions. and positively
cures Piles, or ne pay required 1t is gear
anteed TO give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price Is cents per box. For
sale at Logan & Co.'S.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
wanted. Wsstsdfi
An to 70 TO the North End Rink to-nigt.
An Esd to Bsas ssssvssg.

EdvHri Shepherd, Of HAsisbwE
sa,s: having received q. mach bssse>
from Electric Bitten, feel 4 ny tsty =
LEI ssHenDg humanity kaow 4 Hass -
: running soss on my lsg fos 49, y:sv;
nv doctors tod me ] vosh have 10 hase
.bs bone sczspsd OF lsG anputssed lsss
ins,sAd, three bottles d Electric Bsttos 81
tevsn boxes Bucklss's Anics 6a,sa -
nv les l. nov soosi aa1 vsE
Electric Binsss ass ssN st ~ esee .
bottle, and Bucklen's AysieA 6alvs 49,
pes boa, By Lesas : Ca
what 20 Dsys % 1s hsarAis BstsAss.
Ouuos;ts Ii ~ nn1 TMA depa -
found n. d. u De9Mi1k He vas bec.
and rsised IN tbis eiay = 2 b:ieAs; -
The lart drawing u fhs Lesidasa el.e
Io4rry be inveesd e5is dekse, rssels.ne
6Te ofeEfh tickets. 81 q 49,
drsv prizes- osc. No. 49, dzsst.e
ooc. -Menpeia Tsas. 49, nss'a
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
Base Ball.

At Observation-Disclosures 3, Pitts
burgh O.
At Baltimore-Baltimores 10, MetroPoli-
tans7.
At New York-Brooklyns 5, Athletics g..
AtSt Louis-St- Louis 2. Chicagos I.
st New York-New Yorks 8, Provi-
dence, 5.
At Philadelphis-Bostons 2, Philsdsl-
phias 0.
At Detroit Detroits 10, Buffalo 4.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
nrs. Commodore vanderbilt Dead.

NEw YoRk May Airs, Frank A. Van
derbilt .be widow of Commodore Wander.
bilt. died st 9 o'clock this morning at her
residence. No 10 Washington Place. Shs
had beer i'll fer the last few days With plsu,
monia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
III. President and Party at Gettysburg.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, May 4,-The visit of
the veterans Of the Army of the Potomac
TO the battlefield Of Gettysburg takes place
10 day and tomorrow. The skies are over
cast. but the temperature is refreshing, and
the occasion is highly enjoyable. The
President and bis party arrived upon
snecial train at noon. Among those who
ACCOMPANIED him were Vice President Hen
dricks, Secretary of War Bndicott, wife and
daughter, Secretary Whitney, Postmaster
General Villas, General Frye, Swiss Minister
and Commissioner Black and wife. A
salute of artillery greeted the party on their
arrival
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LEFT HIS REGARDS.
A Philadelphian Curses His Father-in-
Law and Family and Suicides,

A Philadelphian Curses His Father-in-
Law and Family and Suicides,
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-George Miller
was found hanging in the room of his board
ing house, to-day. He had opened an
artery in his arm, and while blood streamed
from the wound he adjusted rope to
hook and choked himself to death. Miller
had been a confirmed opium.eater. He
leaves q widow and two children. In his
room the following letter was found, in
which Miller invokes curse on his father
in-law and family, as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, May l.
To whom it may concern:
God be with us. /, George Miller, do here
by testify that Mr.. Murphy and his wife have
been very kind to me, and don't want to
let itpass that he and she have been very
extremely kind to me during the time
have been in their employ. Mr.. Murphy
was very kind; he has done all that Chris
tian and brother could do for another to
reclaim, but it was impossible, as ! was the
offspring of an insane mother, and the fault
followed the son. / have two children, a
daughter and son. | will have to leave
them, against my will, TO their only living
relative, their parsimonious grandfather,
Joseph Whitecar. In order to make long
story. short, would respectfully inform the
the public that | am determined TO pass
from this life to the next, but this
much | wish to say: The Murphys
have been very kind to me. God
bless them Why shonld | linger here?
And as for my father in.law. ask nothing
more than that God may aifljct him little
more than have been. That would be
sufficient. He will gethis just deserts there.
May Coos curse rest on the Whitecar
family, one and all. Shylock would hide
his head with shame to see their meanness
and parsimony. G. d them all, and may
gnaw on Joseph Whitecars vitals like a
cankerworm. May Gods curse attlict him
tor the improperly applied wealth with
which he has been blessed May Gods
curse rest on the miserable Shylock that
fails to help the poor and needy. II there
is any he'll hope the whole of Whitecar
will fnd the entrance and he everlastingly
consumed. GEO. MILLER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05

MossIss GLosY Baking Pcsdx stiIl con,
,irues ,le fsyori.e in The cookery. Sold By
al leading grccn. G, s. f.eny. praFie-
tor. l;Io Esin e.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-05
Character,
A Plain, Sober Man.

there is nothing dramatic or sensational
about bim He has not, ike so many poll
ticisrs, long conscience and short mem
ory. His hates and his loves are few, posi-
i've snd sincere. He has shown himself
abundantly able to say mo, and yet no man
has a ivelier wish to crafty the wishes OF
Others.
Very great forbearauce and patient tenn
per should be extended by the public to such
a public servant he selected his political
advisers by rule of fitness, and he
has inspired them with his own
businesshbe spirit. The departments are in
hands most uniform and methodical. In
every one of them there circulstes the at.
mosphete Of the workshop. To say moth.
nothing about practical benefits and uIli-
tartan performance and promise, all this has
a moral value incslcuable. II is in itselfa
sort Of democracy, and much needed sort
The Attack of Mr.. Eustis
upon the administration seem to me equally
unjust and unwise AS long as Sena
tors and Representatives insist
upon sharing the patronage OF the
government they should be willing to share
its responsibilities. To-day the President is
Just two months in Office. There has been
no attempt to shape policy. The thank
less duty ofhesring the appeals and con-
sidering the claims of sSpirants AMI the
friends Of aspirsnts has consumed all the
time. Appointments cause many diSsp-
pointments, because for every place there
are dozen OF more applicants. No one
understands this better than Mr.. Eustis,
Who is deliberate snd thoughtful man
and hence It is matter Of surprise
to those who know him that
he should break With the administration
upon q question of patronage There Is
little reason to doubt that when Congress
assemblies he viii find himself in close
sgree ment and in sympathy with it upon all
the leading issues of the time so that he will
be placed in the
Awkward Situation
of having his approval and support forced
from him in spite of his personal hostility,
q circumstance which whips the advantage
Of the controversy over to the side
of the President The Louisiana Sen.
stor, indeed, may get temporary profit
out of this at home-al6eit it is by no
means certain-but in the long run it can.
rot pay a man Of his character and ability.
he can of course embarrass the sdministra
tion in the Senate, but something better il
worthy Senator so eminent and so smbi
tious After tUenty-sour years of sbssncc
from power, the Democratic party has BY
Etrle less than a miracle come into custody
of the Eaticral Government Whether il
retains that custody viii depend upon the
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-20
Taking Care of themselves.

Boston Letter in Kansas City Times.
Feminine Boston is attending this winter
emergency lectures" These are, no doubt,
of great value. If girl slip down and sprain
her ankle, instead of being obliged to wait
till some man picks her up and sends her
home in cab, she quietly takes off her shoe
and stocking, tucks her skirts one side,
and performs the necessary surgical operation
on the spot If she feel faint at ball in
stead of looking around for man to whom
she has been introduced and into whose arms
she can without immodesty fall she quietly
sits down on the nearest chair, sends her es-
cort for few simple remedies, and applies
them herself. Suppose during these beauti-
full snowy days she is run away with-run
away with by horse, I mean. While the
horse is tearing along looking for convent
ent lamp-post to use in breaking the sleigh,
this Boston girl, with the GOODNESS of Galen
and the quiet dignity of Hippocrates, selects
from her bag some liniment, one or two
splints and number of strips of linen, and
when at last she is thrown across the horses
back against the side of q house, instead of
screaming or fainting, she applies the lini-
mont ready in her hand, bandages up the
fractures and walks quietly home % send one
of the grooms for her horse. I believe later
in the season some of the lectures are to be
purely practical, and we shall be told how to
smile upon a mosquito SO that he will refuse
to Iuolest us, or how to frown upon a wasp
so that the wasp will drop dead with fright,
or how to convince oneself at a moments no
tice that q mouse is more timid than 160-
pound girl, and quite unable to scale dress
by a ladder. You see there is no nonsense
about these lectures; the girls are honestly
benefited by them, and they are becoming
more and more popular.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-20
ENGLISH BALLET CIR LIS.
They Are Rude and Coarse. Fsut Mo-
Worse Than other Girls.

They Are Rude and Coarse, But Not
Worse Than other Girls.
Henry Labouchere in London TRUTH
Mr. Hollingshead, I see, has contributed
his views of the ballet to a contemporary.
According to him, ballet-girl ought to ls
pretty, and it is all the better for the mana
ger if mashers come to look at her, while, if
they wait for her outside the stage-door, it is
to be fairly good looking is unquestionable,
for her mission is to exhibit the poetry of
motion and to posture in tab1eaux. Mothers
are not admitted behind the scenes, for there
is no room for them, and clearly the manager
cannot see all his ballet girls home. It there
fore depends very much on the girl herself
what she does out of the theatre. But the
same may be said of the girls in telegraph Of
fees and in shops I do not know how bal
let-girl is exposed to more temptation when
dancing on a stage with the foetlights be-
tween her and the spectators than shop
girl behind counter. There are, no doubt,
girls who go into the ballet as means to an
end. But this is the exception. Ballet girls,
generally speaking, are relations of persons
connected with the theatrical profession. The
theatre is their world, and they are aceustom
ed to its ways. At rehearsals they hang to-
gether, and in their everyday garments they
chief pleasure consists in eating sweet-stuff
and cakes, on which food they like to lunch.
Their language to each other, and when in
the room where they all dress, is not refined,
but rather the reverse, and it probably would ),
surprise girl not to the manner born and
suddenly thrust among them this, however,
is the worst that can be said against them,
and when they leave the theatre they do not
loiter, because they have but one thought
To tho 'bus
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-20
Vanderbilt's Plucky Daughter.


William Seward Webb, son of Gen. Jas.
Watson Webb, the journalist, married Leila
Osgood Vanderbilt, the last remaining un
married daughter of William Fl. Vanderbilt
the richest man in America. It was love
match, too, and the young pair are as happy
as turtle doves in each others society. Webb
was a young sprig and Vanderbilt did rot
like him. Figuratively speaking, he kicked
him out of ths house several times but in
this instance love laughed at kicks, and
doubtless would have taken cuffs at the same
time with perfect composure. The fact is,
Mr.. Vanderbilt forbade him the house, but
the young girl was in love with young Webb,
and when young girl is in love there is one
of two things-she will either get over it or
90 through with it. Miss Leila had set her
heart on the Young doctor, and if the ern
father had surrounded his domicile with a
fence bristling with spikes, scattered broken
bottles at all the approaches and populated
the inclosure with hungry bulldogs, the Ro-
meo of my story would have braved all the
dangers, with the additional one of the Van
derbilt boot, to bask in the light of his lady
loves eyes. Tho old gentleman was unre-
lenting, and verify believe there would have
been an elopenaent but for the interference of
Mrs. Vanderbilt. She was the daughter of a
clergyman, you know. She is good hearted,
and sensible, and with wonan's foresight
saw how things were going and told ber hus-
band that he must not try to prevent the
match He respects his wife, who is all that
helpmeet implies to him, and bowed to her
will They were married with good deal of
pomp. Mr.. Vanderbilt made the young man
Junior partner in firm of brokers, to give
him Wall street education, and then set him
up in business for himself,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-20
Friday, February 30, 1855.
HOW Ir WoRKs IN IOWA.


Several years ago the leaders of the 'ttem-
peranee" movement in Iowa began to active
ly work for prohibitory law, which, with
the usual good judgment of the prohibition
lists, they believed would be very effective
Finally their efforts were successful and they
got prohibitory law passed, which took
effect on the 4th Of July last. A careful in
vestigation of the working of the law has
been made, and the results of it are interest
ing and significant. The city clerks of ths
chief cities of the State furnished some &C
curate and valuable information They were
asked to state the number of licensed saloons
which were in existence before last July, and
the number of places where Intoxicating
liquors are sold by the drink at the preseut
time. Des Moines is the capital and the
largest city in the State. Under ths old
system it had So saloons; under the prohibi
tory law the number of drinking places is
reported as 225. Davenport formerly had
132 saloons; now $50 drinking places are
known. Burlington had 6s saloons under
the old regime, and has 1877 under the new;
Keokuk, 20 before prohibition and 65 since;
Ottumwa, % formerly and 60 now. In one
case the number is reported unchanged, and
in three instances there has been a falling
off, but the aggregate for the ten cities heard
from is 1858 drinking places now, as against
only 593 before prohibition.
But the effects of prohibition are seen not
only in an increase in the number of rum
shops. Under the old law heavy license fee
was demanded of the saloon keeper, and he was
thus made to pay good round sum for the
privilege of selling liquor. Dubuque charged
$100; Davenport, 5000; Keokuk, $500, and
Des Moines 1000. Under this system the
local treasury at the State capital received
the sum of $5S, 300 last year from the fifty
eight licensed saloons; Davenport, see, 400;
Keokuk, $14 500, and so on Altogether the
ten cities received no less than $211, ,392
enue has required largo increase in the tax
rate in many cases, the liquor seller thus
pro6ting at the expense of the average tax
payer. The injustice of this is so obvious
that in Keokuk and one or two other places,
where the failure of prohibition is confessed,
the authorities are now licensing saloon keep
ers. A pretense is made of allowing the sale
in such cases only of ''liquids as beverages
not prohibited by the statutes of the State"
such restriction will be enforced.
So the results of prohibition in Iowa thus
far are an increase in the number of saloons
and decrease in tbs revenue of the public
treasury from them. It would take very
hardened prohibitionist to extract any COM
fort from these facts.