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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-04


A convention has been called in Iowa
for remarkable purpose. The Mayors OF
Keokuk. Burlington, Davenport Council
Bluffs, Dubuque, Sioux CITY, Clinton and
Ottumwa urge al towns OF more than
1000 population to send delegates to a
convention which is to ask the Degisla-
ture to relieve them OF the evils Of FREQ
whisky under prohibitory Law.
In the towns and cities that prohibition
does not prohibit, there has been agreatin-
crease in tho number Of places selling
liquor. Under existing law the traffic is un-
comfortable and yields no public revenue.
The Supreme Court declares the prohibi.
ton law unconstitutional, and yet the
populous towns have no authority. to do
anything whatever with the liquor traffic
The towns DO not seek 10 interfere with
the rural communities which are not
similarly afflicted, but for Themselves they
ask that the Legislature shall give them
leave TO impose such license as may oper-
ate as controlling and restricting power.
1t seems indeed paradox that any
where prohibition Of the liquor traffic can
mean Tree whisky, but SO it is claimed to
be in Iowa; SO it will be wherever prohi-
bition does not in fact prohibit. II we
had prohibition in West Virginia there
would be free whisky in Wheeling, in
Parkersburg, IN Grafton, in Charleston
and at some OF the cross.road stores.
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mind an instance Of this. I was plotting
on the Mississippi when the news came
that South Carolina had gone out Of the
Union on the Goth Of December, 1850.
Ny piloG.mAte was q New Yorker. He
was strong for the Union; 50 was
l. But he would not listen to me
with any patience; my loyalty was
Smirched, to his eye. because my father
had owned slaves. said, in pallistton OF
this dark fact, that had heard my father
say, some years before he died, that sla;
very was great wrong, and that he would
free the solitary negro he then owned II
he could think it right to give away the
property OF the family when 1t was SO
siraitened in means. Ny mate retorted
that mere impulse was nothinR-any.
body could pretend to q good impulse; and
went on decrying my Unionism and libel
ing my ancestry. A month later the
seceseion atmosphere had considerably
thickened on the Lower Mississippi,
and | became q rebel; 80 did he. We
were together in New Orleans, the 2G!h Of
January, when Louisiana went out OF the
Union. He did his full share Of the rebel
shouting, but was bitterly opposed to let:
ting me do mine. He said came oil bad
stock-of q father who had been willing
to set slaves free. In the following sum
mer no was plotting Federal gun-boat
and shouting for the Union again, and |
was in the Confederate army. held his
note for some borrowed money. he was
one OF tho most upright men ever knew |;
but he repudiated that note without hest
tation, because l was rebel, and the son
OF a man who owned slaves.
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MFOREIGN MARKKTsn

nKuoching, KNOCKING, Who ia Thereof
Tariff against English aiauufActursS.
Philadelphia PrrT .--
For nearly half century England has
been knocking loudly at the doors OF these
markets with all sorts Of bait, from eco.
nomic principles" to the Bible itself, and
has failed to gain free sdmittance. A
deaf ear has been turned 10 all her en-
treaties, aud in many Of the most pros.
porous countries OF the late years the
protective barriers have been built higher
and higher. Go to China, and duty
copfronts you; to rapidly disintegrating
Turkey, and before you land your goods
s per cent ad valorem is demanded; to
the FIJI Islands aud Tasmania, and they
demand 10 per cent ad valOrem; ta New.
ioundland, Belgium or Greece. and you
must pay 70 per cent; Holland and New
Zealand, 10 per cent; Austria, 20 to % per
cent; Canada, % to 80 per cent; Victoria
and Chill, % per cent; Spain, q per cent;
Portugal, rs per cent; Brazil, 30per cent,
and the Argentine Confederation, 40 per
cent.
France, Germany and Russia are hedGed
round 60 with tariffs that the most ardent
free-trader would hardly claim markets in
those countries for American textile fab.
RIGS. And these are the markets o. the
world" which free.traders talk 30 giibiy
about, but OF which they appear to know
but little. Our home market is the reality
tho worlds market is the shadow.
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Gt1e 1ntelti4enGer>


A friend Of the late Vice'President re-
marks that Mr.. Hendricks died oil an
evening reception and dress coat. lie
was man who endcayored to pay to the
utternost every social obligation. Indeed
his purctiIious observance OF the social
amenities partly explains his hold on the
public. Men who did not prefer him as a
public man above other public men were
now to bow by the genial warmth and
manly sweetness Of his social side.
Irksome as it must have been to be
Obliged to attend where others contented
themselves sanding regrets. Mr.. Hen
bricks was eminentiy social man, fond
Of society, appreciatire Of the attentions
he received. That his last evening recep'
ton and the last wearing OF his dress
coat may have shortened his days is by
no means improbable. Men and women
Of average good sense lay aside without
thought tho heavy apparel OF winter and
appear at receptions, parties and balls OK
posed in light attire; become over-heated,
seek the air, get in Il draught-and need
physician, perhaps soon an undertaken
An observing undertaken, recently in
terviewed by an Eastern newspaper, said
that men Of his calling expect to have
most to do with the we,l.to,do in the wiz
ter, with the poor in summer. In the sum
mer the well.to-lo esc4pe the heat and
ioulness Of the city and recruit at the SEA
shore and in mountains, but their winter
diversions NOV them down.
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The Trenton potters have been giving
the Secretary Of the Treasury some points
on their industry and the tariff which re-
lates to it. Their comparison Of wages in
England and this country is instructive:
1t will be noticed that plate.makers in
tho English manufactures average 81 TO-;
Americans average $50 30. English dish.
makers, 50 60; Americans, $40 43. Eng
lish cup-makers, 50 %; Americans, $40 G7.
English saucer-makers, 81 %. General
average OF all in England was S. 60 per
week, and in Trenton SlS so, and so on
right through the list OF branches, and the
showing that we are paying u little more
than ll3 percent above the rate paid in
England for the same work. Besides, our
men are paid good from the hand, while
in England they arc paid good from the
oven'-that is, they do not get their pay
until the ware comes out OF the oven, and
not then unless 1t comes out good, and
that makes considerable additional differ.
enCe. The percentum total OF labor en-
tering into the total cosG OF pottery-ware
Is not less than 90 percent, covering the
cost OF mining coal, digging clay, prepar-
ing the same, quarryinH the quartz and
ieIdspRr, grinding and preparing the same
and preparation OF other materials for
potters' use, together with the wages paid
while the ware is going through the vari-
Gus processes in the pottery, and also
preparation for shipment, the raw mate.
rial in the natural state in the earth being
almost valueless before said labor Is be.
slowed upon 1t.
The first thought is that by the fostering
aid Of tariff we have been able in the
last twenty-five years to build up sovalua-
BILE an industry, which employs American
labor at double the wages paid in England
and enables us to control our own market
for these wares, Under competition with
foreign potteries, and the sharp Competi.
ton at home the price OF the product to
the consumer has been bought far below
the price under revenue tariff. The
Trenton potters declare that more crocEery
OF better quality can now be bought for
s. 50 than could be bought for 81 in 1850
under "a percent duty.
A return to 4 revenue tariff would re.
joice the hearts OF the English potters,
but 1t would take work out OF American
hands and bread out Of American mouths,
and it would not be long before the
American consumer would be paying to
England an additional tribute in the form
Of enhanced prices on crockery. The
Traytop manufacturers claim, that Eor Tho
last few years they have been barely able
to hold their own against "tbe most per-
severing and aggrayating foreign COMPETE
tion." We have our pottery in Wheeling
shall that live and increase It's proper.
tons, inviting others into the field, or
shall 1t be closed to help the depressed
pottery industry OF England? This is the
kernell Of the tariff question.
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For. Christmas.

For Christmas.
Christmas Gift, by Rombel. A truly delight.
full little Cantata for Children, with very pretty
story, neat muIiI pleMiGg dialogues, and ali guile
easy enough for the younger children Of schools
and Sunday Schools. Price 25Cs $40 per dozen,
Mcs5Rg6 OF GhfiStmaA. A rouSing good, stir.
ring CaniatR BY Fanny 4 Eewbery and T. Martin
ToWne, For children, with the assistance OF few
adults. simple scenery needed. Prce 70 Gu. OF
81 "a nor dOxs
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DIED.

FoRDE'-on Thursday morning, December 8.
1855 HAVEN FOEnRS
Friends and relatives arc respectfully invited to
attend the funeral iesy es st the residence OF Allen
Book No lO2 soulh Front street, Saturday morn.
Ing at 10 o'clock. Interment private.
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Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itching
Pies. One box has cured the worst cases
OF ten years standing. Noone need suffer
ten minutes after using this wonderful
Kinks German Pile Ointment. 1t alb
serbs tumors, allays the itching at once,
acts as poultice, gives instant and pain
lees relief. Kinks German Pile Ointment
is prepared only for the cure of Piles and
itching OF the private parts, and nothing
else. Every box is warranted by our
Agents, Logan & Co. and Richardson &
Goodwin.
Sold by all Druggists and sent by mail
on receipt Of price, SOC and 81 per box.
KIRK MEDICINE Co.,
MwF4w Proprietors, Lorain, Ohio.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-04
PARAGON Frame, Natural Wood Handles,
~q$2 IS EACH.b~

We have just closed out a
Manufacturers stock Of the
above named goods, all fresh
and new, at about 90 cents on
the dollar Of cost. We are not
permitted to mention the name
OF the manufacturer for obvious
reasons, as these same UNI
brellas are now being retailed
in Wheeling under a trade
name at 81 90 more than we
offer them, suffice it to say that
they are an Elegant Umbrella,
and the Greatest Bargain ever
offered in this city.
We shall be much disap-
pointed if this lot Of Umbrellas
does not create an excitement
in the trade hitherto unknown.
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THE PERFUMED BALLROOM /

The Atlanta CorsautiOn, speaking OF the Mystic
Owls display, adds:
and graceful features Of this great event As the
guests entered the Opera House they were greeted
with the most delicious odOrs, "a IRON a freshly
blooming bed OF q thousand flowers. The air was
laden with the soft, sweet perfume that seemed 70
be the very breath Of tho goddess Of pleasure and
wooing 70 the galeties Of the occasion. loun.
tain, neatly placed, was playing all tho evening,
the cologne which gave forth thiR perfume, and
tho practiced senses Of the ladies at once detected
what Il was. We need hardly Say that the fountain
and the two atomizerS were dispensing to the Rt.
moSphere the odor Of
TAYLoR's PREMIUM COLOGNE,
an article Of Southern manufacture that has
promptly won It's way into wide spread popularity.
This Cologne Is Of the finest quality, lasting and
delicious; and an esteemed article on tho toilet
!ablo Of all that have used H. The quick and del.
cd IT, merits and they had no happier conceit 70
o6er their guests than these fountain je8 Of do
l!ghttul perfume. The fair dancers who found %
grateful tetreSher last evening will please them.
selves and honor their entertainers by keeping up
the sensation throughout the twelvemonth By
means OF this delightful agent au26 MWT4E
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In his paper in the December Century,
1.-THE Private History Of q Campaign that
Failed" Mark Twain says:
"0ut West thore was a good deal OF con-
fusion in mems minds during the first
months Of the great trouble-a good deal
OF unSettlednesS, Of leaning tint this way,
then that, then the other way. 1t was
hard for Us to get our bearings, call to
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-04
Nevada public schools will hereafter
admit no pupils over IS years old.

PURGE out the lurking distember that
undermines health, and the constitutional
vigor will return. Those who suffer from
an enicebled and disordered state OF the
system, should take Ayers Sarsaparilla to
cleanse the blood, and restore vitality.
DIV
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Mt. de ChaRtaI Academy
NEAR WHEELING, ". VA.

The thirty.eighth year OF this well.knovn Aas
envy, under the charge OF the Visitation SGil
opens on the Ant Monday OF September next, a.!
continues ten months.
Pupils received at any time in the SesEion.
Those who desire to place their daughters In Il
institution aHordlng exceptional advantages d
the way OF healthiul and delightful location, e.
cellent board, thorough discipline and iRsluct6i
at the hands Of lifelong teachers, in every dept't
ment Of female education, including the uodaa
languages and music, should send for a CAAioVSs
Of this School. Address,
Directresso Of the Academy Of the Visitation
Mt. de CHANTAL,
au25DAw Near Wheeling, v u
MEDIA (PA.) ACADEMY FITS FOB
IH1 Business or College. Special Drill lOf sEl
ward Boys. slpgle or double rooms Al StE:s51
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a1r,u NORTHUMBERLAND.

CAIEsMAN CAN ADD A / LINE
500. other tEentI up 70 sl4cO This year. p o.
MI lSJi New York ue4e
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OLIVER DTTsoN CO., Boston.
@. H. DTTsoN d Co., SCI Broadway, New York.
Send TO JOHN C, HAYNES Il Co, Boston, CbrNnci
house Of o. DltSon d Coz for grand illustrated CAT
alogue OF all Musical Instruments, strings Rnt
Trimmings. no27.TuFAw
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-12
SID FERR, soar accident.
BY the Jpsetting of . Flatb0at Six Peo-
pie Lose Their Lives.

BY the Upsetting of = Flatboat six Peo-
pie Lose Their Lives.
= few minutes before g O'Clock. on
the morning Of the 2d. a party OF
1gut-he8Tted girls and BOYS. who are
employed al the Diamond Match Com
pany's works, Oshkosh, reached the
=. Paul Railroad bridges. and. accord
ING to their usual custom, prepared to
De Ierrled across the open space OF
water, the bridge being drawn. A few
minutes later the boat had caDsiZed.
and all Its passengers were struggling
N the swift current. Six of them were
drowned and five We're saved. There
were only a few people about at that
early hour, but the cries OF the drown
ing children were re-eChOed by the
passers-bv and soon a crowd had
collected, but too late to render aid.
>IZ lives had been lost and sudden
sorrow carried to as many homes,
while the shrieks and means Of the
heart-brOken parents, who had quickly
reached the scene, could not fail TO
touch themOst hardened heart. While
there was gTeaTdOubr as to the number
Of passengers on the boat. it is be
Ieyed that all are accounted for. The
names OF those lost are: Johanna
Matschie, Augusta Wiese. Emma
Bauer, Lena MaidI, Phillip Berry,
Louis Dichtl. Those rescued were:
Anna Hartwig. TilHe Utache. Louisa
Norris, Amelia Paulsen, William Wolff.
Il appears that the match company
employees had an arrangement with
the watch at the bridge to be rowed
across each morning Tor Is cents each
per week. The boat used is a large
iat-bottOmed row boat. 10 all ap-
pearances capable under ordinary cir
cumstauces Of accommodating fifteen
or sixteen persons, and into this craft
the entire party stepped with the ex-
peCtatiOn Of being quickly carried
across to the other side Of the bridge.
Statements as to the number of per
sons who embarked in the boat differ
materially. Parties IL the boat and
those who were saved are Of the
opinion that there We're eleven or
twelve people aboad, while Others
assert that there were several more.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-12
UTSC0SSIN STATE VIEWS.

NJ. PEDRCK, well-knOWn lumber
man or Fairchlld, has recovered the
sums cue him by Western Virginia in
suranCe companies, the federal court
ar Parke-sburg, ". Va, having
awarded him So, 500, with costs and
interest.
4 NAN giving his name as John
Strack and claiming to be from Mu-
ulch, committed suicide on the 2d
inst, by shooting himself at the 8.
Charles Hotel, Milwaukee. where he
had been stopping for a month past.
There was 32 cents in his pockets.
and lack OF money Is supposed 10
have been the cause. His name had
been erased from all his books and
clothing, and the name by which he
registered Is thought 70 be fictitious.
THLRTY-OSE new men We're added 10
the Milwaukee police force on the 2d
inst.
Ar the regular term OF the probate
court OF La Crosse County, the annu-
al account Of the executors OF the
Washburn estate was examined and
allowed. The estate now aggregates
nearly 50, 600, 900, and the executors
show profit on the years business
OF 1902, 276. The expenses of admin
lsterlng the estate were 81, ,555, while
the interest received on sums deposit
ed II banks was over SIS, 900. The
executors were highly COmplimented
by the court on the showing made.
THE reopening OF GalesviIle Uuiver-
slty5 destroyed by fire IN January.
vi
made the occasion OF a celebration.
attended by people from thesurround-
ing country and towns. The guests
We're entertained az dinner by the peO-
pie OF Galesville, tables being spread
under the trees on the university
grounds. The new building Is a vast
Improvement on the old one, being
modern IN construction, heating, ven
tllatiOn and furnishing. The location
Is slightly and the surroundings piCtur-
esQue. a financial statement was sub
mItted, showing the building debt 10
be about 81, 500. The old debt i Sc
cured by notes for almost s.. 500.
The property consists OF the new
building and furniture and l60 acres
OF valuable lands. The faculty has
been increased and the outlook for
the school Is encouragingin every way.
SUPT. SHEPHERD, OF the Eau Claire
County pOOr-hOuse, died suddenly on
the night Of the 29th.
CITIZENS Of Knapp. twelve miles west
Of MenOmOnie, are excited over the
discovery OF gold IN paying quantities.
FRANK T. BARNES, a telegraph oper-
atOr, skipped out from Appleton with
500 Al belonging to the Western Union
Telegraph Office, Of which he had been
temporarily IN charge, owing to sick
ness II the family Of the regular mana
ger.
THE Milwaukee police claim that
they have sufficient evidence to prove
that the gentlemanly masked burglar
who made such a sensation in that
city last spring Is one Emil Tannenburg.
alias Doc. Stanton, who has been In iail
there for some time on suspicion.
AN S-year-old son OF Alexander
Palmer, Of Eau Claire, was drownep
at that place on the Both, by the up
setting OF a boat.
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DR.. MezzerhOH, VINO gives his views
on rhesubIect IN the New York Tribune.
says that cholera Is neither infectious
nor contagious. Having stated the
germ theory. he asks: -Whv6o those
lntusOrla leave the body when they
have such a liking for human blood
Why do they not 20 on till they eat
up the entire human race Why do
they select some and reject others
Why Is It that more than One-haIf the
victims recover WHY'S it that these
animals have such a liking for human
blood and Vet cannot eat it at : 600
teeJ above the sea level For cholera
was never known to exist on mountains
5000 feet high All other animals can
eat more on mountains than in va
leys. Why are those exempt from
natures laws But other Infectious
germs can live and grow on high
mountains. Tor / practced nv prOie--
sion $1,000 feet above sea level and
found typhoid, smallpox and 5iph-
liberia in most virulenr forms to exist
there. Why could not cholera also 2
These germ theorists should answer
TINS logical question before they
a. -s--+. 9-- ---C EtC1 pic GL4 JL LLE-E senses
about cholera. DR. Nezzerh0f be-
Heves that the atrue cause Of epidemic
cholera Is a poisonous gas which en-
anates from the earth. previous to.
during and after earthquakes and vol
canIc eruptions, and during the de
composition OF large masses of animal
matter. After 4dducing many cir
cumstances to prove the correctness
OF his theory, he adds. 1T also ex-
plains how one person dies while 9th
ers recover, namely, because he may
have a weaker constitution or NAV
have inhaled more OF the poisonous
matter. Cholera is neither infectious
nor contagious, for during I25 years
not one single nurse died in the hospi-
tails Of Calcutta, and during four cpl
denies, extending over twentv-tive
years, only three persons died of
cholera among 154 nurses in the
military hospitals Of Cronstadt. The
same Is true Of Scotland, where, dur
ing severe epidemic, only one nurse
died OF cholera I could gOOn withex-
amples, but this viii suffice to show
that no one need TO be AFRAID OF
ch0lera's being infectious. Tor it i
nor fr
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H4LkCP U4s PoFsoxEU.
Arsenic in Appreciabie Quantities Pound
in His Remains

Arsenic III Apprec ciabIe Quantities Found
in His Remains.
The following j the certificate Of
analysis received bv Coroner Frost.
at Emporia, Kansas. on the 3lsr. in
regard 70 the Kansas City Medical
College analysis )frhe remains Of J R
Nalkup. William Jones. being duly
sworn on oath. states that he Is nov
and mas been for one year past pro-
lessor OF chemistry In the Kansas
City Medical College, and for three
years past he has made 4 speciality OF
examining organic substances for the
detection Of poison, that on or about
August 25, 1855. this affiant received
from one :. d. Harrison. NJ. d. Of EN-
pOrla, has-, specimens OF human re-
mains, represented 10 he those Of one
Walkup, OF EmpOria, Kas.. deceased.
consisting OF stomach, one kidney.
portion Of lntestInes. conterts
OF stomach and portion oi blood: that
TINS artlant has made q careful
analysis OF the contents Of said stom-
ach and portion of liver for the detec-
tlon OF arsenic and mercury, and has
discovered therein arsenic in apprecia-
Die quantities, but no traces OF Tnercu-
ry. that arsenic was discovered IN both
the portions O. liver and contents OF
stomach " Late on the afternoon OF
the same day the corouer's Jury re-
turned a verdict finding thai the de
ceased came 10 mis- death by arsenicaI
poisoning, and from all the evidence
the Jury believe that the arsenic was
administered him feloniously by his
vile, Minnie Wallace Walkup. A war
rant has been sworn out for Mrs.
Walkup's arrest.