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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-27
BEL1ArRE's NEWS.
The Days Doings at the Glass City Briefly
Paragraphed.

Paragraphed.
The school buildings are being put in
order for occupancy.
DR.. G. L. Anderson is i'll Perry county
attending soldiers reunion.
A crowd from here attended the ball
game on the Island yesterday.
The road to the cemetery will again re
ceive the attention of workmen.
All the brass bands in the city will 90
to Wheeling to attend the h. of L. picnic.
Mrs. Amanda Darrah has gone TO Stock
ton, Cal, TO attend the marriage of her son
Alvin.
The natural gas will be turned on and
we will have an illumination next Monday
evening
Council held a special meeting last night
to consider bids in regard to sewers and
pavements.
4 child Of Jacob Fralinger that died from
the effects of blood poisoning. will be bur-
ried this morning.
MrS VIM. Myers, who moved from this
city to GAINESVILLE few months since, died
at that place last week.
The miners at Schick's coal works are
still out, and there is no change in the sit
uation regarding the strike.
w. c. Warnock has been made Secretary
pro tenn. of the Belmont Building Associa-
ti9n during the absence of j. B. Darah,
Secretary.
Scalding hot tomatoes severely burned
the face of Mrs. Able johnson. She was
canning them and when about to seal, the
tomatoes burst out.
Dan Gordon, son of NJ. Gordon, c. 4 F.
ticket agent here, had finger cut of and
his hand mashed while working in the B.
x o. yard at Chicago.
A. W. King and bride, John Wiley and
bride. and Mr.. Ramsey and bride, all
of whom We're married on Wednesday,
have gone west 10 live.
We learn that the glass works at Chicago,
of which I. X. Sheldon, formerly of this
city, is manager, has shut down already
owing to defective furnace.
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An unpleasant Prophecy.

BELFAST, August 26.-Thc Onngcn,cn
of Bci;is, have called meeting Of their
friends for tonight To consider and adopt
the best means of helping To restore order.
church. this city, has published letter in
reference Ia the riOting yesterday evening
on Shank Hill road Dr. Hanna advises
all respectable residents Of Belfast Ia remain
at their homes ~ closcl Y ~ possible for
some days 10 come He says he iears that
the Belfast disorders are to be revived in
worse form than ever, and that the iiturr
loss of life in riots throughout the city will
he much more dreadful than IL has been
hitherto. The soldiers will be Obliged Ia
fire 10 kill.
All Quiet at Belfast.
BELFAST, August ~. Every thing was
quiet here to-day. Huge paving stones
and broken glass mark the scene Of last
nights riot.
Machine shops burned.
LONDON, August ~. The engine shop,
Of the Great Northern Railway Company,
at Boston, Lincolnshire, were destroyed by
fire to-day. Several hundred pcrsOns have
been thrown out Of employment IN consc-
quence.
Forty y-eight Deaths.
ROME, August 2G.-Cholera rvturns
throughout Italy for the twenty -four hours
are as follows: Bisccgellia, cases and 9
deaths; Ravcnna, : c1vars and 2 deaths;
Bologna, = cases and II deaths; Ruaopug-
lia, u cases and deaths: elsewhere, e,
cascs and 10 deaths.
Afrench Lawyers Zig scheme.
ST. PErERsBURG, August 26.-PauI
Deroulede, the French advocate whose
presence here sgitating union Of Russia
and France in war against their common,
enemy, Germany, has created snch sen
sation, has been given another banquet,
this time by Russian authors, artist, and
journalists. The banquet was private. IL
Is learned, however, that the tendency Of
all the toasts and speeches, was 90 empha-
size what the French lawyer de>cribed NJ
the inborn sympathy between France aud
Russia, and the benifcent influence which,
French and Russian literature and art en :
ercise upon each other.
Ordered To Leave Russia.
ST. PEJERsBrRG, August 28. -Conra.idi,
who was recently arrested at Simferhol for
spreading herssies, has been reIcas~d a. the
result Of the intsrpo~ition Of Mr. Lothrop,
the United States Minister, and has bern
ordered tO leave Russia. His otIense was
tnptising persons Of the Lutheran faith.
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OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION
Tho First Indy to Swim Niagara,

BUFFALO, August 2G.-MiSs Jeanette
Iarkc, 4 handsome young lady of YoungS-
town, swan the Niagara river below the
rapids, near her home, this afternoon. She
was accompanied by William Wilkinson,
and the distance was about mile and a
half Miss I.arkc reached the Canada
shore with very little exhaustion, and
seemed perfectly fresh, although her COM
panion Twas very tired. This is the first
time lady has accomplished the feat of
swimming the river at this point.
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A Practical Test.

LEXINGTON, X, August 25.-Evange-
list Barnes had another big crowd to-day
and tonight to hear his sermons. [. {:
Moore, a newspaper man who was skeptieal
over the power claimed by Barnes TO re-
store sight to the blind by amounting the
ewes, this evening tackled him with blind
negro, and demanded that Brother Barnes
apoint. He demurred at first, but finally
creased Sambo's eyes and prayed over him.
His sight has not yet returned.
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Victims of the CnIlisinn.

COLUMBUs, O., August 26.-A Dispatch
special reports theOnly victims ofthe wreck
at Milford Centre are Chas. Phillips, night
policeman at that place, and Sam LoudOn,'
of Marysville, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Ohio House. The coroner finds that
the passenger train air brakes failed to
work, and the train was going at the rate
of 50 miles per hour while the freight was
going eight miles per hour. The fireman
of the passenger train jumped from the
window of the cab and was badly injured
about the head.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.
Leg Torn off by a Threshing Machine
Death Results.


Special telegram 10 the Register.
SHEPHERDsTowN, W. VA. August 90
Prot. D. D. PendletOn, for several years
connected with Shepherd College, OF
this place, but at present well known
and highly respected farmer, who resides
about one and half miles south of here,
met with an accident yesterday afternoon
that cost him his life. While Mr.. Pen
dleton was engaged in threshing wheat on
his farm with steam thresher he climbed
on top OF the thresher to see if the machine
was working properly; and although re-
monstrated with and urged not to get
upon the machine, he did so,
and stepped heavily upon the casing COW
ering the cylinder. The casing gave way
and his left leg was thrust into the cylln-
der with great force and before he could
extricate himself his leg was lacerated into
threads and torn off nearly to the knee by
the spikes in the cylinder A leather band
new OH anu tue llldCulllt was SlopPSu' VI
he would doubtless have been killed before
assistance could have been rendered, as the
machine was running at a high speed and
his leg was torn off in moment.
As soon as possible he was
removed from his perilous position. He
was removed to his house close by. and re-
mained conscious only few minutes after
the terrible shock. Medical aid was
speedily summoned, and DrS. /. ). Tam
er, John Reynolds, A. S. Reynolds and Z.
T. Butler, of this place, who were called
in. decided, after consultation, that ampu-
tation of the mangled stub remaining was
necessary, and at once began operation,
taking the limb off Just below the knee.
During the operation Mr.. Pendleton was
unconscious and never regaincd conscious
ness afterward. His death occurred at III
O'Clock tonight He is native OF Nir-
ginia and widely known. He Is about
forty-tiyc years of age and leaves 4 wife
and seven small children to mourn his
less, the oldest of which is not twenty
years of age, and the youngest about one
year. The whole community sympathizc
most heartily with his family i'll their sad
bereavment.
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4 Long Bicycle Tour.

PHILADELPHIA, August 26.-Assistant
United States Treasurer Page Yesterday re-
ceived letter from his son, William 4.
Page, who is on an l,S00 mile bicycle tour
in the North. The letter was dated Mon
treal and was written on Sunday last. On
the return Mr.. Page will stop at Toronto,
Niagara and Watkins Glen, and will be
home on September l. Mr.. Page is 4
member of the University Athletic Club,
and is known for his wonderful jumping
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1D.sn.n Heat in the Northwest.

ST. PAUL, MINI, August 26.-lntenSe
heat has prevailed over the entire North
west for the last three days. At DeVlls
Lake, the thermometer recorded iOoo yes
terday. At Winnipeg and st. vincent IL
was lO5O., and at Grand Forks II was
1O380. At Halleek, Mimi, the mercury
touched 1O40. The grass is very dry and
prairie fires have been raging in that VI
cinity. 1t is reported that large number
of farmers have been burned out.
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Two Negroes Lynched.

New ORLEANS, August ga special
to the Pieawme from Magnolia says: Tues
day night an armed mob come to this town,
broke open the Jail, took therefrOm John
and Leander Nelson, colored, charged with
the recent murder of negro named Collins
and hung them from bridge near town.
There is much excitement over the affair.
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An End to Bone Screaming.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, III,
says: Having received SO much benefit
from Electric Bitters, l feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it Have
had running sore on my leg for eight
wears; my doctors told me would have to
have the bone scraped or leg amputated. l
used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bit
ters and seven boxes Bucklen,s Arnica
Salve, snd my leg is now sound and we'll. -
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a
bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c.
per box, by Logan & Co.
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Mr.. D. LWilco1son, Of Horse Cave, KY,
says he was, for many years, badly afiict-
ed with Phthisie, also Diabetes; the pains
were almost uncomfortable and would some
times almost throw him into eonyulsions.
He tried Electric Bitters and got relieffrom
first bottle and after taking six bottles, was
entirely cured and had gained in flesh
eighteen pounds. Says he positively be-
lieyes he would have died, had il not been
for the relief afforded by Electric Bitters.
Sold at fifty cents bottle by Logan * Co.
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A RroOklyn CrRsus Dead.

BROOKLYN, y. Y, August 2S.-Jerc-
miah =. Robinson, whose wealth is esti-
mated between $l2, ,OOO, 600 and S15, 600, =
900, died suddenly at $3.50 this morning at
home in this city. lie had been suffering
from carbuncle in the back of the neck
for the past two weeks A slight action OF
his while under treatment affected his
heart. and death followed instantly.
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The Fight will be OF.

JERSEY CITY, y. j., August 26.-Chief
of Police Murphy has received letter
from Governor Abbott, requesting him to
cooperate with Sheriff Heintz to suppress
the prize fight between Frank Hearld and
John L. Sullivan, which was announced
TO take place At Schutzen Park, Union
Hill next Saturday night. This will un-
dOubtedly put an end the plans for fight.
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4 Terrible Fall.

GREENsBURG, PA, August 2G.-Thomas
Patterson, Pittsburg bricklayer, while
working on the new school building this
morning, lost his balance and fell to the
ground. a distance OF forty or fifty feet
Both jaw bones were broken and he is Sc
verely injured internally. He is about 30
wears old.
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Executed for Wife Murder.

RICHMOND, IND, August 26.-Nathan
Rates, who murdered his wife at Hagers-
town, Ind, on the Esd of last March, was
executed here to-day in the Jail yard. The
execution was witnessed by five hundred
persons,
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Gnes I'm For Life.

ST. LOUIS, August 26.-A special from
Usage Mission, Kansas, says Willie Sells,
the murderer of his family, was yesterday
sentenced to be hanged, which under the
laws of Kansas, means imprisonment for
life. The boy took his sentence with the
same indifference he has manifested ever
since the murder.
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Among the happy ones at the drawing of
the Louisiana State Lottery on the 18th
inst. was Mr.. Vito Dilorenzo, who held
one-6fth Of y, ,2Z7, which dtew the second
prize Of s25, 900. He is only % years Of
age, and is native Of Italy and has been
here six years, and is the proprietor Of .
fruit stand at the corner Of Washington
avenue and Laurel street, and will continue
TO make New Orleans his home He n un-
married, but he might now prose moro
susceptible to the smiles Of some softeyed
daughter of sunny Itsly.--Eas OsIAsss
(La. Rcayxse, Jsiy Is.
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HELM, Central.

ST. LOUIS August 26-The National
Bell Telephone Association will hold its
annual meeting here commencing Septem-
Der 9TH. One hundred and twenty-five regu-
Lar delegates will be present and good
deal OfimpOrtant business will come before
the convention.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 28.-The
residence Of A. l.. Kane, Oh Prospect
avenue, n fashionable th0rouahflre Of this
city, was entered at an early hour this
morning and robbed Of $50 worth of
jewelry and silyerware. No clue TO
burglars.
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Iliuni, Democrats.
IlIE glUkEr NnlIINATED.

..AlE GykET NOMINATED.
,aNauurp. ILLS. August 26.-The
.a-.'.. state Convention was called
....-. los Hon. Allen Orrndortf, chair
.. @ ,hr State Central Committee.
imo~ ". duncan was named as
....uy chairman. Mr.. duncan, in his
.~ra -lHr unqualified praise to the ad-
station of President Cleveland. The
",on hill WIS literally supplied
..0 ..rllm- signed by the executive
.a.,'o' d. the state Labor ASSOcia-
.". Na.ng for resolution abOlishing
.>- no'g1,t labor After appointing =
.'-..,,r on Credentials. the convention
au. uu'I two o'clock.
'. aruuyru.2- the Committee on Per
..~a. ur-miAl,on presented report
4~utuu- that the temporary organ
. 'r madc permanent, which WAS
.-.... 'u.
E"u~,'"u> ncluI next in order, George
t...-n. 90 Quincy, WAS placed in
.-..a..."u .nr state Treasurer, by HI. j..
A.. There halug no further names
.'>r. ,hr nomination was made by ac-
.r.'uu.
"r@l Jesse Phillips, of Montgomery
presented the name OF Prof F. l..
-... t-taI. N. .iOr~ Superintendent Of Public
",'a. and hr WAS nominated unani-
..,E
.... .ar nominations had been made
.. "a..r awaiting the report of the Com
.....- oa RESOLUTIONS, McSsrs. Raeder and
"'.r introduced TO the convention.
...' '..r.,N expressed their thanks for the
...."a> conferred upon them and
...~' Z" exert themselves to the utmost
.r 20, election OF the ticket. The
... --. alter rrathrming the platform
.'N "' the National Democratic Con-
...'. r"n-rJtulatc> the country upon
..7,1u oi Cleveland and Hendricks,
.....N ,hr Administration, pledges the
" iRr protection Of all American
.> rommrndS the prompt and sue
. WI. demand Oi President Cleveland
.~. ir.r2>r of an American citizen
.0N' confinement in a Mexican
,-... ... .''"7S a reduction of the present
" .rNrnue basis, approves the for
.... ', '' t'rWNuO0O acreS of land hereto
-.." oN corporations, fayOrs q finan.
.. s".N 10 which gold and silver coin
.t'tr, convertible into coin shall make
'.rul'ng medium, favOrS the ap-
........l" -..'. ", the Treasury surplus to the
-...... ID, "' 'Ar National debt, opposes for
y, .'-,.y, labor, demands the abrOga,
... ... laws which do not hear equally
....I' r',A capital and labor, opposes con,
-. -''. on the liquorquestion the plat
.- r -'> The following:
...-.. .'~' while We have no purpose to in.
t..... ~ "'A Just laws for the regulation Ol
- ,.' on on intoxicating liquors and fOl
-. 'su''onu or corrections of the evils tC
a-4. sowing out Of abuses in their sale
......,. ..''g 'a't Is not the legitimate pro
.,.r. ~''rEumcnt 10 control the habits
r.r.. 'IpriiieS andlibertieS of the people
.-. 5,,N ,.' 'H'y are orderly and Peaeeabl'
o,a.,, .,, ,..., u 'nrroach upon the rights o
d. I' n-.E., Wy D. society. We therefore declart
..--..rI r'I,'''''on by the constitution OF by
ea.,~, M. ,,'"S -, OF the manufacture or sale o.
o- -r,.I. 'I.t OF SpirituOus liquors would
aga,> .'1'oN ,rI OF individual and persona
,rsrs,l,' ,'''U contrary to the Fundamental
VI 'gec government
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FIped for selling Bogus Butter.

CHICAGO, August 26.-Before Justice
Kistler, yesterday, LindskoOg x Freloerg,
who keep grocery at Townsend anu YAK
streets. were fined S25 for selling COM
rounded and aC Culterated butter.
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Thrsatsn TO Strike.

NEW YORK, August 26.-The Long
sboremen threaten to strike If the striking
boatmen's demands are not met on OF De-
fore Tuesday next.
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Michigan Republicans.

'"ANGLE OVER A TEMPERANCE
c. PLANK.
Mn -Nl'oN HALL, GRAND RAPIDS,
Con-. august 26.-The Republican State
III, 'Ou net again soon after 9 O'Clock
aa,.,, u'''S and is now effecting a per-
e,s,t5'. 5 ''sanizatiOn. There promises to
hm 'D' over the adoption of the plat
''''eFday evening the Committee
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OTHER GAMES.

At Detroit, Detroit TO- Philadelphia II.
At Chicago, Chicago 10, Boston 4. At
Cincinnati, Cincinnati 9, st. Louis ). At
st. Louis, st. Louis 6, Washington 3. At
Kansas City, Kansas City :, New York II.
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..y. go ~ ANONYMOUS WRITER
-.... '.., E.g.sts~
, uaRNuIE August 26.-An
..., correspondent in to-days In
aa, two paragraphs in his weak
..,ad.,.rvi,t the political telegrams
.,.,lm yesterdays REGISTER, He
Ma,r,E Republican, and 1t Is
..r, ,armi>rd that he is one Of the
a-:.. variety one Of those whc
.u. Rooalr ra,lor to have thirty-hy,
v m ,a., prccinct-one Of those
.., $50, suck, blood money out OF
..,h. ornrtnrs, Of the REGIsTER'S
.. ,h.r is this To bc said: More
... Republican ". \. Hunt, Of the
. mr H,rurr-wlH deny the state
..Gr ,hl, 4. II. Mitchell, Esl., the
,r.uutrhr County Central Committee,
.,.urHa-,y anxious To resign, but has
..oa account Of the importantly OF
."uru ,rrrudS. The other statement
~ about the withdrawal Of Smith
.-al .rom The ticket admits of absolute
a denial Thi, with the imperative
.u.> of the Erllairr Tribune and
..ar EpoI'rou for a fair diStribu-
a,ar spoil, B., calculated to make the
..m pga>prrl> in this county un-
..... u,, u a horn.
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NOTE.

Capt. II. T. Anshutz. Of Moundsyille,
was down with his drum corps. The artil-
lery boys Of Marietta are gentlemanly and
conteous and Won golden opinions during
their stay from every one,
The whole affair was an unqualified sue
cess.
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DIR. PIERCEs Pleasant PurgatlVe fei-
lets cleanse and purify the blood and re-
lieye the digestive organs.
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HoRsFORD's ACID PHosPHAT,
As a Tonic.

DR.. John Gerdine, Athens, Ga, says:
I'm dyspepsia, accompanied with prostra-
ton from mental overwOrk, / think it Is
fine tonic"
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POLITICAL POINTS
I'M the P- Pleasant Congressional
%" Convention.
.,rr FROM OLD BELMONT.
,,,,., Democrats Nominate a State
Ticket
..,,pcp,yrg MEN NAME WOLFE,
g.,.,sp Republicans on the Liquor
~ Question.
. From IT. Pleasant.

yvryENTIY SATISFACTORY.
81. ~u .a. Register.
,~,.,>r ". VA, August 20
3" ,..,nis a thing Of the past, but
lr,.r,rrS still linger in the city.
.~....,i,n of Charles Z. hogg gives
....r,iou. AMI the Democracy OF
..., 5I>,rr, will rally round him
-~rrird before. His home is in
.r,rr HIS spent all the years OF
..,.,nl. lite. Since the hour OF his
- ..,o he hls met with 4 complete
r-nIrht the MiddlepOrt, o.,
,. nrrr to screnadc him. He will
headquarters in the saddle dur
-,ga..n. and his competitor,
be may he, will have to
IN every hamlet the man
III o-ulou, rc>pIcudcnt with rhet-
-.u.>h and literary excellence, VIII
.-da.,riuc Of Jefferson, Monroe
...-,o. The early fathers Of the Re
,r., bru the third day Of the Mason
. a.r 1t =, one ot the most success
.m,,., which the company haS
.M Fom i've to six thousand
anr been ON the grounds to-day.
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They Adjourned In Despair.
A CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION Up ALL
NIGHT.

NIGHT.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 26.-Thc
Democratic Congressional Convention, after
an all day and all night session, adjourned
Mt o'clock this morning, after taking no
ballots without result All efforts to make
J. o. Barbour the candidate failed, rs also
did all efforts to effect a compromise. The
candidates held conferences, but could
come to no agreement, and in despair an
adjournment sine die carried by close
vote. after the adoption of resolutions en-
dOrsing the Administration.