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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
WASHINGTON, PA.
,rrespo1denoe 10 the Sunday Regiso.

Special Correspondence 10 the Sunday RegtST.
WASHINGTON, PA, October 9.-Wash-
inEton society has for the past week been
favored by two very handsome parties, one
of which took place at the elegant residence
of the Rev. W. +. Hamilton, where from
eight Iuntil two, the spacious halls and
double parlOrs were made merry by the
constant intervening ring of voices. Miss
Lide Hamilton assisted by her sister, re-
ceived the guests in n charming manner.
Promptly at half-past eleven O'Clock a
lively march having being struck upon Inc
piano the happy party proceeded 10 tne
dining room, where refreshments OF the
most delicate kind were served, below Will
be found a list of those present: MISS Mag
gle AchesOn, Miss Bell Aud, Miss Nate
Braden. Miss Emma Baird, Miss Maggie
Ewing. Miss Bessie Hays, Miss Maria
Stream, Miss Mary Reed, Miss Emma
Wilson. Ida Mclean, Miss Mary MCLEAN,
Miss Mollie Woods, Miss Sellie Lapsiey,
Miss Wright, Miss Maud johnson.
Messrs. Jack Woods, Robert Reed, Wat
son, Reed, Loves, Wilson, Orr, Tom Nc
Keenan,. Brownson, Hood, Stewart Ross,
linn, Caldwell.
On last Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
C. NJ. Reed, Jr., gave in their new house
on College street n very handsome party In
honor of Miss Nellie Baird, Of Washington,
and Miss Annie Clark. 1t was an event
long TO be remembered by the younger
society gOers of Washington. Dancing
was one of the principal pastimes OF the
evening. Promptly at half-past eleven
O'Clock q most tempting supper was served
and after two or three hours more
were spent, goodnights were said, n the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
LUCK RUNS IN FAMILIES
An Old Settler Tells of "A Family That Was
always Findin' Things"

"Talkin' about findin' things" said the
man on the nail key nearest the door, 81
never had no luck that way. .'Twan't in
my family. Them things run in families,
jes' as losin' teeth or hair early, or rheu-
matism or blue eyes does. had a family
o. cousins tibet was dretful lucky that
way. Feared zif they couldn't G won't
'thout picikn' up somethin'. Sometimes
'twOuld be with sumthin' N sometimes
observation-disclosures jess it happened, yer
know. I've known one O. them boys TO
fetch in u pi%ncushiOn in the mOrnin' and q
gold ring afore night. Picked 'em up in
the road. They lived on a road twas
travelled a good deal, you know. One on
'em found a feather-bed once. He was n
young Teller, then-'twas Amos" (the
man paused to look out of the door and
spit across the sidewalk, she Vas ies'
married n gone t kOuSekeepin'. They
hadn't but one feather-bed, m Jane told
Amos T they had any company, she m
him ID have to lay on the huSk bed up
chamber, an let the company have their
bed. cause 4 haint a-goin' to have it
known that | haint got teather-beds
enough to 90 round seS Sarah Jane. She
wOs u dreadful pround critter," said the
old man with a chuckle. He put his foot
across his knee and nurscd the upper knee
tenderly. "Well, yon see, Amos, he liked
a good bed N not to blame nuther for he
was 4 hard workin' Teller, Amos was, m
SEES he, ''Tll git another feather bed fore
I'll turn out O. mine for company
'Where'll you git it?' SeS Sarah Jane.
Pears to me there's the burnt piece n the
sparkled heifer's got to be paid for fore we
save any reathers to lay on Well, Amos,
he didn't say nothin'-taint NJ use when
Il wOman'S like Sarah Jane, but he hitched
up the mare, N off he went ter carry
some rolls ter mill. Comm home he see
IL barrel right ahead in the road. He
pitched it inter the wagon-'twas head up
but twas awful light, and drove home.
When he come into the yard Sarah Jane
she come out, n says she, What We got
there? your feather bed?' Course, says
Amos, Jest as natura zif folks was in the
the habit o. pickin' up feather beds in
barrels long the road. Well, sir, they
opened that barrel N | haint lived in this
world sixty-cight years until JanOoary, if
the want Il feather bed in ties rs nice
Il ones as ever You see, too Well, it kim
der scairt 'em both, N Amos SEES, SEES he,
Sara Jane, what do you think? She burst
out a%-cryin'. SEES she, Anne, don't let's
you'n me ever say a sharp work cr a
contrary thought of each other again
And l guess they stuck to it. There
didn't never 4 happier nor a pleasanter
spoken couple live i'll Lewiston. | don't
believe for forty year, and call the find
ing o. that feather bed the luckiest thing
Amos ever done in his life" Some
folks is born to luck" said the red whisk-
ereIman with a sigh "a he threw n cheese
crumb ut Il mouse that peered out from
his hole behind the counter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
MINES Y MINERS.

w.l,,y.y dull at the mines at Eek
ur Nl
u-u.ar> ct Elk Garden, W. Va, are
.al.-... tru..
ra as b.rl .oIld at Wniom, KS,
a.'ra .rrt below the surface.
Ta.rrp coal fields, near Beach Creek,
l-a.dd oouaty, Ia, will so0n be deyel-
opL
.a.uH.s near TImberline, Moutan L,
@.F4E .a' Williams WEEKS, will so ON
..a mprttjou.
.a Ia..y. 60! In. Executive Board of
tie" A.. K. OF t., failed in his mission to
,~H'-.ar Nou,, and the trouble still
.I>
m.l., at urrt>tcd Butte, Col, are
".lG, ono 1n ton, daily. The coke
o.-, ruHa,,~l With the works are max
a-ra. ,.ur.
Tie mines at Glen City, Columbia
.aa'N Pa, whr1h have long been idle
Fc1ng the settlement OF legal difficulties,
~ '".'' i"'''' "'P.
4rnymeutS have been perfected by
"-0a iae klnwba aud Ohio river coal
a.~ a, ,a. ",S ,"S ".s.n
u.,r,, n.,
~ lar ,,,
Ut ",.
--g. '''"' 'oai company, LE's
,,l ''' N1i11mA anJ MISsSa'pPl
".'.> and wilt h'E'n the erection OF
DN co. AMI tn operation OF
".'r t1Irt OF ,oIl un a large scale in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
MILL NOTS.

s.,s .5''~ Polling mill Is being erected at
me L"oSou, rolling mill, CHATTANOOGA.
h~,~~sr' Will put in five new pudding
x %,T1acher Forsea and Rolling Mills Co.,
IG1'' are engaged ON some very
a5-sran I Haven nail mill will be put in
In ~ an early day, and will make
n halls 10 start With.
o. .o Hubbard iron mill will be started
aas en-, ". sSaid, and thcre isa probability
oF sm' '0Oa OF an additional mill by the
R hue |, httshurs copper works, c. G.
sgpfr" 70 rolled six plates of copper
al weighing loo pounds apiece,
2tane,S- "S rs forming a circle 179 inches
Sis ,rS They arc Intended for whisky
&6m 1'e the largest ever made by
aa ~ ST"l9dell * Bros. have closed con-
Ay D., the IaSSaic Rolling Mill Com
= SE;HTTSGh y. J., for two l2xl2 feet
Edfo, 'e'I improved Siemens furnaces
Gogs ."o SKI feet bed furnaces for the
NAe s ~aS'lye and Machine Company,
@ss far roal the placing Of a number of
elite b Seel ran Is for 1881 d~eliyerythere
Sady in 'ePOrE Most Of the mills have
S's0lsr nAnd large contracts from old
Rsue rnI p' spring and summer delivery,
Aatas 70 place these orders in the
~'snt concession, the object bein Q
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
NEW MARTISSNILLE.
General Local Happenings of the Week
Personal.

General Local Happenings of the Week
Personal.
SDcriR Ticgrum t04h" SURiIy RCiScr.
NEW MARTINsvILLE, October 9.-Mis'
Edna Hogan, of Moundsyille, is spending
Il day or two with Mrs. Sep Hall.
Mrs. Robert McEldowney gave n pro
g~rcssive euchre party, Thursday evening,
in honor of her visitors, Miss Susie Cooper,
of st. Louis, and Miss Agnes Morris, OF
Wheeling.
Several cases of diphtheria are reported
among the children around town. One case
has proven fatal. The little ~four-year-old
Girl of Joseph Clark died Friday morning
and was buried to-day.
Mrs. DR.. McCOmas is lying very low
and hardly expected to live.
The Board of Education has awarded the
contract for building two new school
houses in this district.
Rev. Hammond has returned from Con-
ference.
W. II. Wheeler, who is engaged on the
0. K. r. extension, is home on 4 visit for
a few days.
Mrs. W. p. BAggs, of Wheeling, who
has been spending a couple of weeks at her
mothers, Mrs. Jeanette Hall, has re-
turned home.
Miss Mollie Springer lett for Valley
Falls, Thursday, to spend the winter with
her sister, Mrs. J. d. Bradshaw.
Fred Anshutz will load his wharf boat
with produce this fall and 90 South.
Mr.. Gabriel Leap has been confined to
his room for several days past.
James Frame, of the telegraph office,
has returned from a ten days visit to his
old home in Ohio.
Rev. Reynolds left for Conference
Thursday, which holds its SESSION this
year at Charleston.
The Council should do something with
the brick pavement in front of the Court
House lot before winter comes on.
r. Z. Hall, Esq, of Wheeling, was
down this week to be made a full pledged
attorney. which his honor Judge Staley
did by signing up the papers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
mo MANS LAND"
The Romance and the Truth About a Queer
Corner in Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Times.
This is the name popularity applied TO q
little tongue of land extending a few miles
south of Mason and Dixon's line, between
the States of Maryland and Delaware.
Every now and then some one starts the
story that this small tract is, properly
speaking, part of no State, and, literally,
out of the jurisdiction of the United States
that it is the one leftover piece of the
whole country; that nobody owns any
property in 1t; that it is the Western
Gretna Green, the resort of runaway c0u-
Piles and prize fighters who wish to evade
the laws of three States. On the maps the
ground is credited to Pennsylvania, but,
according 70 these same authorities, the
claim is n shadowy one.
This triangular bit of territory WAS
marked OFF in a curious way. The eastern
boundary of Maryland was early deter
mined, but the southern boundary of
Pennsylvania was long 4 matter of dispute
Finally MaSOnand Dixon began their work
ut the eastern boundary of Maryland and
proceeded westward. while the northern
boundary of Delaware was declared to he n
semi-circle whose center was New Castle.
In surveying the Semi-clrcle it was found
that the circumference did not touch the
eastern boundary OF Maryland precisely at
its junction with the Pennsylvania line,
but Il few miles south of it, thus giving
rise to the triangle. As Delaware and
Maryland had both rejected it, it was pre-
-, n,,I IA halnpn IN DnnVs,lN,pin Inst
here some say that Pennsylvania also
rejected it by claiming no further south
than Mason and DiXOn'S line.
But, as Il matter of fact, the stories about
the old man who did not know in what
State he was entitled to vote, or the young
woman who could not say whether she
was legally married or not, or the escaped
convict who successfully decided arrest,
do not amount to much. Every square
inch of property in No Mans Land, 50
called. is recorded in West Chester, Penn.
This ought TO settle the question rs 70
which State the tongue Of land actually
belongs. 1t is 4 part of London Britain
township, Chester county, and it contains
a small village called McchanicSyille, emu
merated regularly with the other villages
of the county. Following is the list Of all
those holding property in the section:
William Smith, James Smith, William
Oliyer, J. G. Russell, James II. Mackcy,
Mrs. Wade, Mrs. l.. Wade, Mrs. Jane
Jones, James Wade, John Steele, George
Steele, John Morrison, John Wright, Viii
liam Robinson, William Rankin, Thomas
w. Jones, Thomas steele and the estate of
lane Crow. Some of those also have land
i'm MARYLAND and Dolo~dIr, but Licy nave
no doubt rs to how far the authority of
Chester county extends. A township may
sometimes play sad havoc with local tradi-
ton; it certainly does in this case.
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The following is the standing of the va
.s,r- nl,,hr.
OHIO RIVER

On and after July IL, 1886, the Ohio
River Railroad Company will sell eIcur-
sion tickets every Sunday until further
notice at the following rates: Wheeling to
ParkerSburg and return, S2.25; Wheeling
to Sistersyille and return, $3.50. Tickets
only to be used ON day of sale. Train
leaves Wheeling at 7:1O A. NJ. city time;
returning, will leave Parkersburg at 4:O5
p. NJ. and Sistersville at 6:10 P. NJ, Wheel
ING time.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
16lrtliae Reeister
7aF FIELD OF LABOR.
rs7VrrS OF THE COUNTRY AND
rHB SSg pSSg VINO LABOR THEREIN
= ss Dgings Of the Past Week.-Mrs.
lSs y.,r NILS wOBb0ps and Mines
TRADE NOTES

..riss Of Trenton, n. j., are run
The ,ppCiily. with good prospects
aa5 r,inc begun in the shops of the
%oLS nriIIe. TampaS Key West Railroad.
!, naika, Fla, .;nr h.twsa, the
The al" mi boss bakers of Newark,
2nTn'l S G,I been amioaOly settled,
~, ~ the entire plumbing OF Milwau-
NeaTH =" .be hands Of the cooperative
- : rSi,h are most successful.
@iN w." ,.s,mbIy, with eight unions
4 ULO has been organizer in Toledo,
nPoTsai'TT Thompson is president,
D. .h;,s risarmakers of san Francisco
The WIN. %s;r struggle against the Chinese,
ksP u ind substantial encouragement
aa3 ~ si,y,,, who are at work on the new
BH,N. New York successfully struck
Aa'oI,' iar m advance from 81 toSl Oh
aG!. ,,y. of san Francisco have a
The u .,J All the members wear . shield
-lel IN o, their breasts while ped
~--- .i1s Independently for several
lie. Wv Rrirklvrrs Union OF Baltimore
a1'> aimed the Bricklayers' lnternati-
s- b,nl, in the cotton mills at
.N. in. are locked out to the num-
r~n hr.n,e they refuse to work iOr
.,,.,,t, is removed from the Baker
.E yr... r,mmuy OF DeS MoineS, Iowa,
N,' ,..n,nv having yielded to the de-
n ,hc Knights Of Labor.
~. r,,.. new departure Of the Knights
.- IN m, cooperative field is that Of
@-. m, ofLabor Of clean, y. Y, who
p med a cooperative OIL refinery.
-s,,-tel that nearly 1000 members
r., ,rr,phicll Union No. &, New York,
"- grr of work. 1t is said that this
NOR hs been the worst for several
.,,ye molders Of Pittsburgh are out
eaiuft . cut Of 10 per cent. in
-, The demand will be for the
-~-f1n OF the wages OttwO yearS ago,
~,rrrr su'.
The p.r Jesse Jones. COngregatiOnaliSt,
workman Of Il local assembly, h.
81 ~ Nogth Abingdon. Mass. Rev.
wr.,l Spulliu., Of Peabody, Mass, is
l-a Knight.
convention OF macuinistS aud black
,n.I De- held in Cincinnati on the
.,.t November next for the organization
..\l.nul Nlchinists and BlaekSmiths'
lN.Ia0u.
So away from the Pacific Coast! The
dian -.lrald tlreS have flooded every
,rr with horlcS of idle labor willing 10
sr;nre even a dollar a day. Wages are
q, -.vogS scarce.
r- Knight, of Labor are talking about
min. d new hall ut Scottdale, Pa.
-.- me- arlrly eight hundred members
.au assemblies there, and they
grl.h money can be raised to put
n--lU building.
-,..r assemblies Of the Knights Of
-u-n Chattanooga, Tenn, have nOm-
r-lrnItttrS iOr the legislature and for
us l~m.u. This Is said to be the first
,.s.r rlrt, action ever taken in the
,-. b.. rhr o',.er.
To- Ers rnlj-mlkcrs of Chicago held a
zva.l ,. saturday TO consider the diff
rr, rN5>,.ug between themselves and
..ruu The result WAS that it was lie
odd TO discharge al their men. The
1,olt IS oc,lSioael by = demand on the
e~lr0,-, that tiny compel all nOn-nniOn
l.r.utl.uI.1 or lrIve their employ.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

Next Tuesday will wind the Association
championship season up, and until then
thefight for second place will likely be undo
cided. st. Louis wins the penant with ride
ulous ease. The MetropOlitans have been
playing good ball, but they started a little
too late in the season. The AlleghenyS
will have to play for all that's in them to
retain second place, rs one game will
throw them third. Won der Abe will
likely lend a helping hand in the matter
By giving the BroOklyns Il setback out OF
the two remaining games to be played. In
the series of games between the West and
East, the Eastern clubs have all lost more
games than they have won.
The following is the standing to date:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
A Card.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretiOns of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss OF manhood, etc, /
will send you a receipt that will cure you
free of charge. This great remedy was
discovered by a missionary in South
America. Send q self-addressed envelope
to the Rev. Joseph 7. Inman, Station D.
New York City.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
The following is the standing to date:
THE LEAGUE
Inclusive of Thursdays Came.

The National League championship sea
son ended Yesterday, and the Chi
cago club will again win the pen
ant. The season in the League has
been 4 prosperous one financially,
and all or nearly all the clubs have
done well. 1t has also been n remarkable
one in many respects. More games have
been played than ever before, and more
general interest has been felt i'll the con
test. The New York club has been the
greatest disappointment OtIthe eight. 1t
has had hard work of it trying to hold
third place, and there is n shadow OF
doubt about it holding that position now.
The Philadelphia club has been
the surprise. While it was not expected
that it would be last it was not believed
that she would be up with the first three.
This, too, with comparatively experiment
tai players. The knOw-it-allS at the begin
ming of the season were placing the pen
nant between the New Yorks and the Ma
rooms, with ~Spaulding'S team. the Big
Four and Harry Wright's youngsters out
in the snow. But how sadly they missed
it, for next to the darlings of the Metro
p~olitans the Black Diamonds have been
most deplorable. ChicagO's win this
wear makes her sixth capture of
the League championship since
the organization of that body.
Boston has carried off the honor
seven times, four of which were in sue
cession. the Providence club has Won 1t
twice. while the Athletics won it the
initial year of it's existence. Thus 1t will
be seen that in the sixteen years the pen
naat has been won but by four different
clubs, and exclusive of the first season it
has rotated between but thrce-BOSton,
Chicago and Providence.
For the farewell championship sched-
ulcd games yesterday, Detroit played at
Philadelphia; Chicago at Boston;St Louis
at New York, and Kansas City ut Washing
ton.
The following is the standing of the va
riouS clubs:
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G RAILROAD.

B., C.. & RAILROAD
Leave Bellaire a. 9S5 g. N for summerheid
and GAINESVILLE.
Leave Bellaire at 26 ?. m. for WOodsield and
Summerield.
Leave Bellaire at $40 p. n. for Woodsfeld;
Arrive at Bellaire 900 a. m, III ?. m. and $40
p. m
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SPORTING.
BASE BALL.

The st. Louis club has not yet fully de-
termined to go to California this winter.
Clarke has become the favorite catcher of
the Brooklyn. Jimmy peoples stock is
away dowh.
The championship season ends on Mon
day in the American Association and yes
terday in the League.
The Allegheny management has signed
Horace Phillips as manager for the season
of 1887. A wise love.
Carruthers is playing well and hitting
hard, numerous physicians to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
COrkhill is very bashful, and never
raises his cap when ~applauded. A bald
head is the cause of it.
1t is alleged that the man who nick
named the New YOrks 'Giants," was the
author of white Wings"
Happy Jack Chapman is satisfied with
his Buffalo club, and will not so to Louis
vile to fill Jim Harris shoes.
Harry Wright has good reason to be
proud Of his team. 1t is unquestiOnably
the finest in the League.
Morris acted very unwisely last Satur-
day. 1t isn't necessary to shut the OPP
posing team out in order to win.
StOvey, the colOred pitcher of the Jersey
CityS, was considered one of the best
twirlers in the Eastern League.
The Baltimore series was not one ofthoSe
things which could be called a grand sue
cess for the Alleghenys.
In the first three games with Baltimore
the Alleghenys made a grand total Of seven
bits. Can never win that way.
Fred Carroll is stuck on tragedy. He
was a frequent visitor to both the Opera
House and Chalet BijOu during the Pitts
burg week.
Larkin enjoys the distinction of being
the only player fined for bad coaching
this season. The fine, however, was re-
mitted.
Harry johnson says he can make the
circuit of the bases in less time than any
man living. George Smith merely smiles.
When the Baltimores win a game from
st. Louis it is on its merits, as there is no
love between the two managers or their
players.
And now q crank suggests that the first
man at the bat in each inning be given his
in order to encourage base running.
Wonder if the Allegheny team think one
hit will win 4 game. They can't expect
the South Paw to win games himself
alone.
All the League and Association clubs
are after the young players in the minor
leagues who have played good ball during
the season.
ChicagOs will win the championship
again. This makes the sixth time they
have lon so since the organization Of the
League.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
AN OHIO COUNTY FARM,

10y VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST MADE
ID by George Hansen and Kunigunda, his wife,
u me a. trustee. dated on the sth day Of April
lsS3, and recorded in the Office 81 the Clerk Of the
County Cont Of Ohio County, West Virginia, In
Deed OF Trpt Book %, page II, j VIII seIi al pnb-
lie auction. on the prefnis4, on
THE Esd DAY OF OCTOBER, lsb. commencing
at 10 O'Clock a m, all th8t tract OF land satuste
on Little Wheeling Creek, IN Ohio county, Wesf
Virginia, Which 4 bospdGd as follows Begin-
ming at q pot on a naHOw point Adjoining ADDS
with Samnel Higg; thence y. 20 8 pole
10 an elm tree IN q drain; thence Me- W-G poies
10 a hickory tree; thence n. y W. s. poles 10 q
post on the bank Of Wheeling Creek; thence y.
de- W. - poles 70 a post on the bank OF Wheel
Greek: thence 8. ~ W. . poles 20 O point
i'm the center OF the National Road; thence 3 10
r 20 poles 70 a stone; thence 5. 6pE- Y poles % q
large white oak; theme 8, 2fo i 30 poles 70 q
hickory stump; thence S. 46L<e T. 50 poles % the
beginning, containing sixty eel acres, more OF
less
Terms Of s~ale-One-third Of the purchase
money, and as much more a. the purchaser may
elect to pay In cash, and the residue In Two equal
annual instaliments, with Interest thereon nom
the day OF sale, the purchaser giving his negousr
be NOTES. secured by a deed OF uisf on the prop
erty for the deferred payments
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Table of Club Averages.

The table of club averages remains
about the same rs last week. The Nets
and Baltimores have improved in their
fielding, and both show increased avera-
yes. st. Louis still remains at the top o!
the heap in batting, followed by Louis
Vile, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Allegheny,
Athletics, Nets and Baltimore. In field
ing, st. Louis also leads, with the Ale
ghenyS and Nets tie, Baltimore, Cincin-
natl, Louisville, Brooklyn and Athletics
following i'm the order named.