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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

DONG0LA Shoes for gentlemen at L.
v. BlOnd's. Something new. Call and
see them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Cir your Cabinet Photographs at Plum.
mer's; only s. so per dozen, Finest made
in the city. tiSs Main street, Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10
DONGoLA Shoes; the sOflest and
easiest shoes made, az j. v. BLOND,S.
rbeir,,,,aoInstsr RECORD.

The following shows the range Of the
thermometer as observed at Schnepfs
drug store, 1918 Market street, April s:
Z Z. ANA SO, lsSs ss'i Sc. NJ se';7P.a,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10
6eo. NJ. st,ooh s 90,
.SNO0K & co.

Our late purchases Of Spring
and Summer Dry Goods and
Motions have all arrived, and
we now show complete lines in
every department. Wequote a
few special bargains:
IoDozen fine all wool Jersey
Jacketsin sizes ranging from 80
10 al inches, inclusive, at 81 rs
each. The best bargain ever
offered in Jerseys!
1ooWhite Bed Spreads, extra
quality and size, at 81 90, worth
40 Dozen Damask Towels,
22Hx42 inches; reduced price,
rs Pieces double-width CASH
mere, all colors, 21lcper yard.
A fine selection Of Kid Gloves
in all the new Spring Shades.
The public will find this Sea
sons Stock to far surpass that
Of any previous season, both as
regards TO variety and extent.
An early inspection is respect
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

To THOSE who have not tried Electric
Light Flour, We say, buy q bag and your
success as bread baker Il assured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

The stockholders Of the new Bellaire
Savings and Loan Company met at City
Hall Wednesday evening aud elected the
following directors: James. F. Anderson,
j. w. Coulson, Patrick Whplan, R. 2.
Neal, James B. ,Darrah, George Kern and
DEH. Darrnh. S
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

ELEcFRlc LieHT -Four has no equal,
buyia bag from your grocery. {
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

DowS theyco. Best So 90 Cabinet Pho
tographs reduced to only s. 50 per dozen
at Plnmmer's, 1888 Main street, Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

An alarm oftire yesterday noon iron
the Fourth ward was caused bya FIRE in
Crozter's stable near the corner OF the
square.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10
neliaire,

D..
s.R. Wells, Of 4IassilOn, has been in
town several days.
The Scotia put off large lot Of pig
iron here yesterday for the Ohio Valley
foundry.
Some loaded cars made l,indling out Of
part Of the B., q. so. depot, the brakes
refusing TO hold them,
The knights Of Pythias will be illus.
trated at Turner Hall by the play Ct
Damon and Pythias.p
A son Of Jacob Altmcyer, manager Of the
BeRwoed Nail Works, entered the Bellaire
public schools yesterday, I,
The Crystal window glass house shut
down yesterday. All the window glass
factories here are now idle,
John Miller, charged with insulting q
lady, was taken TO ST. Clsirsville. yester-
day towork outa fine ot thirty dollars and
costs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10
Mar,in,s Ferry.

Mr.. James Jordan Is home on yaca-
ton from the Cincinnati Medical College.
Amotion was made and carried before
the Council Tuesday evening that the
skating Kinks be taxed by ordinance.
Postmaster Dean is able To be out again
after q weeks illness. His little daughter
Lille, who has had scarlet fever, is I'M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Mr.. Geo. Duncan will be found in his
oftiOe, Harrison's building, corner Han
over and Fifth.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Stage OF the water and Movements Of the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Other gentlemen in the iron and other
business talked in a similar strain. all
agreed that Wheeling industries were con-
siderably embarrassed by not having a
supply Of natural gas to use as fuel in COM
peting with others away from here that
aye supplied with It. II was also generally
agreed that the price at which the Natural
Gas Company propose to sell it's gas was
a fair one.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Your grocer has Electric Light Flour,
buyit and the quality Of your bread Is in!
sifed. Z
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

For sAtE.-4 small chestnut sorrcl
brood mare, years old, sound In every
part. For terms, call on or address
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10
rio O. 3 o. Lack Taxes.

The reporter has commenced 10 wal
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

The seotis passed up at 2'sop. Nsswlth
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Tnr Board Of County Commissioners
will hold an adjourned session to-day, to
consider the petition Of the Topmill COM
many for reduction Of taxes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

RHNRMlRR the Saturday atternoonIand
evening sales at + NJ
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

The remains Of Mrs. Or. McAIanpia, who
died last Tuesday, were inferred at Scotch
Ridge cemetery yesterday. The services
were conducted by Rev. MI. Walker, of this
city, and Rev. Mr.. White, Of Scotch Ridge.
Lover Of My Sopl," and Waiting and
Watching For NE" were sung. The fun
eral was attended by a large concoprse Of
.,ax,.e "a, f,,1 'fr;anda
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

THERE will be a match game Of polo at
the Chapline street rink Monday night
between the Island Club and the Elysian
Rink Climb lnf Rallaira. l.f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

i
soNR POINTS ABOUT THE NEW COMPANY.
The Natural Gas Company, in case tits
granted h6privileges asked for, propoaes
to pipe Its gas from Washington county.
A gentleman connected with the enter
prise said thatit was useless to talk about
bringing gas from Wellsburg; that there
was not enough to be, had there and that
thepreSsure was bynomeanss strong enough
to force the gas to this city /, that the wash
ington county wells were stronger and
better. a ten.inch. pipe line will Be used.
The average cost for laying this, including
rights Of way and everything, Is about
SIS, per mile.
Recently q natural gas commission has
been sittingin Pittsburgh, and the tenor
OF all the evidence and discussion before
It relative TO the volatility OF natural gas
was that It was very hard 10 retain. One
ofthe leading officials Of the Pittsburgh
Gas Works was on the stand, and said
that in laying mains for natural gus he
would use nlywrought iron pipe for high
pressure mains, but that even then he
would not put on more than forty Of. filly
pounds pressure. At the Joints tapered
sockets and three inches OF thread should
be used. Heidi not know of an expan.
sion Join in the market that would give
perfect satisfaction, and would not use one
unless 1t was OF copper. Extra sleeves
would TO great extent prevent leakage.
He had seen both the Westinghouse aud
terra Gotta sSstems to prevent leakage, but
in his opinion neither was o. good one. III
the pipes were properly screwed together
with sufficiently long threads contraction
andexpansicn would not pull them apart.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-10

Mr.. Osborne; formerly otthe 9It.B elleyiew
hotel, has assumed control Of the Mound
City, while Mr.. McFadden, the former
landlord, has retired, for the present at
least, to private life, occupying of his
dwellings on G street. Second ward.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06
ABOUT sTEEPLEs.
Some True stories About Climbing the
Spires of Public Buildings.

Some True Stories About Climbing the
Spires of Public Buildings.
A great many years ago hurricane
occurred in Utica, N. Y. just as it be-
gan it was noticed that q heavy swing
sign in front of store was held out in
horizontal position for some time.
Before long the force Of the wind in
creased to such a degree that several
houses on Genessee Street Hill were
unroofed and the spire of the Second
Presbyterian Church was thrown to
the ground.
After the storm was over it was dis
covered that the rod holding the
weather-vane on the top of the tall
steeple of the First Presbyterian Church
was bent so that it became nearly hori-
zontal. 1t was unsightly; but how to
repair the injury was the question. 1t
would be no easy task, as there was n
large ball, or globe, on the rod below
the vane. After awhile sailor offered
his service. He assembled the steeple,
and climbed the rod until he came just
beneath the globe. Then he threw u
rope out good many times, until,
after awhile, the end looped around
over the rod above the globe, long
enough to reach to him. Twisting the
rope together, he let go of the iron
rod, and, trusting himself to the rope,
swung out free. By climbing it he now
managed to get on the top of the globe.
Standing there, he succeeded in
Strengthening the rod that held the
weather-vane.
Now, how was he to get down.
Again trusting to the rope that was
fastened to the rod above the globe, he
swung free at great height from the
earth; then lowering himself, and
swinging back and forth, he managed to
grasp the rod beneath the globe, and,
soon reaching the spire, descended.
The steeple of Salisbury Cathedral is
the highest in England, and next tc
that of Strasburg Cathedral, the high
est in Europe. Every year a mar
climbs to the top to grease the weather
vane. This is done by ascending tn,
inside as far as possible and then goinI
out of manhole and climbing tn
rest of the way by means of the bras
staples fastened on the outer wall.
Once on a festal occasion, when th
King was present, a reward was OF
fered, as usual, to any person VIII
would ascend and attend to tn
weather-vane. A sailor agreed to d
it, and assembled in the way have toll
you, until he came to the copestont
when, to show what he could do, h
stood on his head. Then performin
the task he was sent to do, that {
! greasing the vane, he descended an
claimed his reward. But the King wa
so exasperated at the sailor for neeC
lessly frightening the people by stant
3 ing on his head at such great heigl
that he would not allow him to be pail
--PbiladeLOhiG Press
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Shortly after receiving the news of
Khartoum's fall, General Lord Wolse-
ley heard a soldier singing "Go Tell
Aunt Mary" The General stopped
him, and, with that kindly dignity for
which he is noted, said quietly mo,
my brave man-Tel-el-Kebir. "-EJ-
change.
"A New York visitor to Boston was
interested and puzzled by the con-
stantly recurring "H' on houses at
our street corners. ''What are those
HIS forPn the stranger asked. "They
were dropped by the British when they
left Boston," was the solemn reply
N. Y. Independent.
1t is said that the word most fire.
quently misspelled by compositors on
Boston newspapers is "beau.n After
the printer has the first three letters in
line he instinctively reaches for the n
box, and the proof-reader has to be
very diligent in order to save his repu-
tation.-Bufdlo Express.
"A New Hampshire editor was at
tackled by tramp the other day, and
in crying out for help was delighted to
see man running to the spot. The
tramp, however continued to maltreat
the editor, while the stranger lowered
near. but failed to close in. "Why
don't you help me" exclaimed the dis.
comfited editor. because can't tel
which of you is the tramp and which
amt" was the candid reply.-Burling
ton Free Press.
-Wife-"John, what is this 'faitl
cure / read of so much?" Husband
Marriage, my dear Marriage.
Wife-'1 don't understand how mar
rage can have anything to do with it
Please explain yourself" Husband
''Well, before l married you my faitl
led me to believe that you were a per
feet angel; since / married you | hav
been entirely cured of that faith. Tha
is what is called faith cure. "--Phil
Gdelphi0 CGH
Mistress Ito applicant for service
How many nights out a weekg'
Applicant-''None, mum. Oh nivi
sthir out" Mistress-''W you hav
many friends to see youP" Appliean
Mot wan mum. Oihave nofriends.
Mistress-''What wages will you eX
pect?" Oil lave that to We, mum.
Mistress-"What kind of housewor
are you willing for?" Applicant
"Oi' m. willin' to wash, an airun, ar
cook, an schrub, an clane windys; ar
wait on table, an take care av childel
an carry in coal, an build fairies.
(Here loud ringing was heard at tn
door, and the keeper of an asylum
rushed in and secured the lunatie. J..
~ Y, Sun,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06
BRIGHT AND CHERRY.

Though the world outside be dreary,
If the house be bright and CHEEKY,
With sunshine streaming into every corner
of the room,
The heart will revel in it,
And be happy every minute,
Nor give thought to any sort of wretched-
ness or gloom,
When misery purSueS us,
Determined not to lose us,
And tribulations gather in an overwhelming
tide,
What joy for any mortal
To enter homes fair portal,
nd find sweet peace, and blest release from
storms that beat outside!
Oh, is it any wonder
That so many souls go under
In the conflict that is raging-with the bur-
denS they must bear
When the home is uninviting,
And there is no sweet requting
For labors done, or victories won, or any sun
shine there?
When the world outside is dreary,
If the house be bright and CHEEKY
All evil thoughts are soon dispelled, tor
menting worries cease;
And the soul that may have drifted
Into gloomy ways if lifted
To SUMMER height and takes delight in fire.
side joy and peace.
Josephine Pollard, in N. Y. Ledger.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERSoNAL
Mark Twain smokes twenty ciga

Mark Twain smokes twenty cigars
a day.-N Y. Herald.
Daniel Stewart, of Allegheny City,
Pa, says he is the oldest brother of
General Stewart, the hero of Abu Klea
and Shebacas Wells.
Mrs. Daniel Eply, of Logan County,
KY, is said to sleep two and three days
and nights without waking, after which
she remains awake for like period.
She is eighty years of age and bed
ridden.
1t is well that the millionaire's
daughter, who married the coachman,
and who sought position upon the
concert-stage by virtue of the fact,
should have failed. Such adventures
bring art into disrepute.-Cuyrent
Since the birth of the first Prince
of Wales in 1884, more than six CEN
turtles ago, the title has been borne by
seventeen persons, but the present
possessor is the only one who has lived
to see son attain his majority.
Mrs. Hannah Swasbey, who died at
Alameda, Cal, recently, was ninety-six
years old, and claimed to have been
kissed by General Washington, who
drilled his troops on her fathers farm
near Dover, N. H., at the time of the
Revolution.
OF Colonel Burnaby, London Truth
says: "Many years ago he passed as
the strongest man in England, and
used to twist poker round his neck
and carry ponies up stairs. Then he
had an illness, and subsequent to this
he never renewed these feats."
-"Miss Mary Anderson has an idea
of becoming a London manageress, "
says a contemporary. We hoped that
when May had made her little pile as
an actress, she would make some good
man nice little wifess and settle down
as a charming housekeeperess. -1rog
Times.
As I told the workingmen of Lon.
don, and have told men everywhere
that l have spoken to on the subject
force can accomplish nothing for the
masses of the people until they form
some intelligent idea of what they
want. And when they do this force
will be needless.-Henry George, IN ~
Y. Herald.
| "A commercial drummer observes
that in stopping street cars Boston
woman shakes her book, New Yorl
woman throws her parasol at thu
drivers head, a Brooklyn woman
whistles, Chicago woman puts he
foot on the track, St. Louis CIR
winks at the conductor, q Cincinnati
woman says "Huba! huba!' and {
Pittsburgh woman paralyzes the horses
with smile.
The Greeley (Col.) Times says
Lady Maud Ogilvy, who lives in
grand castle covering five acres o
ground in Scotland, is so well pleased
with her experiences in Colorado las
season that she will return and take VI
her residence on her brothers rancl
during next month. 1t may interes
Colorado girls to know that she dresse
very plainly, is an accomplished cook
and can put up stovepipe or break
| bronohn ~
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06
THE PAMPAs.

Peculiar characteristics of the Great
Plains Extending From the Andes to the
Amazon Basin.
The peculiar characteristics OF these
vast level plains which descend FROM
the Andes to the great river basin in
unbroken monotony are the absence of
rivers or water storage, and the peri
odical occurrence of droughts, or
''siccos," in the summer months,
These conditions determine the singu-
lar character both of its fora and
fauna. The soil is naturally fertile and
favorable for the growth of trees, and
they grow luXuriantly wherever they
are protected. The Eucalyptus is
covering large tracts wherever it is in
closed, and willows, poplars and the
fig surround every estancia when
fenced in. The open plains are covered
with droves of horses and cattle, and
overrun by numberless wild rodents,
the original tenants of the Pampas.
During the long periods of drought
which are so great a scourge to the
country, these animals are starved by
thousands, destroying in their efforts
to live every vestige of vegetation. In
one of these siccos, at the time of my
visit, no less than fifty thousand head
of oxen and sheep and horses persisted
from starvation and thirst, after
tearing deep out of the soil
every trace of vegetation, includ-
ing the wiry root of the Pampas
grass. Under such circumstances the
| % 10 inn
possible. The only plants that hold
their own, in addition to the indestruct-
ible thistles, grasses and clover, are a
little herbaceous oXalis, producing vivi-
parous buds of extraordinary vitality,
few poisonous species, such as the
hemlook, and few tough, thorny,
dwarf acacias, and wiry rushes, which
even a starving rat refuses. Although
the cattle are modern introduction,
the numberless Indigenous rodents
must always have efiectually prevented
the introduction of any other species
of plants, large tracts are still honey
combed by the ubiquitous biscacho, q
gigantic rabbit; and numerous other
rodents still exist, including rats and
mice, Pampas hares, and the great
nutria and carpincho on the river
banks. That the dearth Of plants is
not due to the unsuitability of the sub
tropical species of the neigh5oFing zones
can not hold good with respect to the
fertile valleys of the Andes beyonc
Mendoza, where magnificent hardy
flora is found. Moreover, the extern
sive introduction of European plant
which has taken place throughout TIN
country has added nothing to the bot
any of the Pampas beyond a few species
unassailable by cattle, such as the tive
species of thistle which are invading
large districts in spite of their constan
destruction by the fires which Away
accompany the iccos.--Ndtare.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06

To reach Khartoum you travel
through desert by camel or drome-
Diary after leaving the second cataract
FROM Khartoum for many weary miles
between these two forks of the Nile
it is nothing but dense morass, where
all creeping and singing things abide
and where malaria is truly king. 1t Is
so deadly to white men that at Condo
kora, which is some hundred miles or
more up the river, it is considered that
no white man can exist ten days.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-06-06
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
When It Originated and an Ac-
count Of It's Adoption.

Tho Changes Made in the Manner OF
Choosing Electors for President and
Observation-Disclosures Incl
dents of Past Elections.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13
GRAIN, SEEDS, ETC.

We are in receipt Of letter from
A. ". III. Carpenter, Of the @. Ma
st. +. H. r., requesting us to make
public their desire to have publish
ed in the columns Of our paper at
an early date, letters or statements
from farmers, mechanics and bust
ness men living in this vicinity,
stating the results of their labors or
investments since they have been in
Dakota. The company wants the
letters to classify and publish them
in pamphlet form, for distribution
throughout the eastern states and
Canada during the fall and winter
months, and thereby indnce the far
mers, mechanics and business men
OF the over-crowded east to come
west and fill up "Fair Dakota. !"
The letters are wanted as soon as
possible, as it is desired to distribute
the pamphlets at the state and
county fairs held in August, Sept
embor and October. The letters
should specify the fun name and
present address of the writer, also
the town, county and State from
which he moved to Dakota, and
such other reliable information as to
his own personal experience that
will be of interest to those seeking
new homes or opportunities for in
vestment. The letters should be
brief aud to the point. The actual
or probable results of this years
crop will DO a valuable item to in
clude in the letters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13

The memorial services in the
United States were general. Not a
village, city, town, hamlet or
country cross roads where the peo-
pie failed to assemble and do honor
to the memory Of him who saved
and preserved the Nation" What
magnificent spectacle! Not only
a whole Nation, but world does
honor to the greatest Captain of
modern times. The north and the
south clasped hands over Grants
open grave, and the memory of his
noble, self-sacrificing magnaninity,
has gone far to cement the tic be-
tween tho living. 1t Is an added
laurel to tie "0ld Mans crown,
that even those who waged battle
against him and lost, love and
revere his memory for his unselfish
kindness in the hour Of their humi-
lation--a kindness thai converted
the sting OF defeat into loving
admiration. The burden Of his
greatest hope was for peace. May
We not believe that his hope win
End its fruition, and that from the
beautiful hill at Riverside shall RAJ
date the influence that shall pro-
ducc it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13
The CHQcEERY DEPARTMENT.,

Consists Of plain and decorated
stone and glassware, with elegant
sets 81 dishes Of enrique and beau
tlful patterns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-13


lT is unfortunate that representa-
tive newspaper men from all parts
OF the Territory were not brought
together, at the late meeting Of the
editorial association OF Central Da-
kota The time is near when the
best interests Of all Dakota, and
either section of the whole, may be
greatly helped by newspaper discus
sions OF public questions, and by
unity in advocating measures and
projects Uf common Importance.
With better acquaintance, less of
personal aud sectional jealUasiies,
aud abandonment Of useless quar-
rels OF the past. the three hundred
newspapers Of Dakota would be a
vastly greater power for good. -Ex.