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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-22
Co,uNs CONGRESSIONAL CoNvEN-
TIONS.
Third Distrlct.

Al meeting Of the C'nSre'alona, ' 1921 LII
ronm,,l,s Of the Democratic party Of 'HS SS :,
CONGRESSIONAL D,tIist Of West NSn1 :, new ,a
,,.,o0 on the 4th day Of May, 1885, 1t was Hs-
80 mai The Convention to nominate eanG,on's
S'S'u Il' tn hind Congressional DiAtr Ct IN the
70 iSpls o,s Of Representatives be he'd st Mont
NA''po~' nn'r, gou,s, Coal valley,w. Va, "ednes-
go.-', ~ ~ Say Of september 1886, at II O'clock
uSy y M =, praOcratie voters Of tie lhi'd District
d ~ ,,.lo,s reouesisd to NEE; 10 their respective
'z 'a','S Iigo and place 10 them most convent,
o'a'.''' ,lplssa,es 10 represent them ~ 'Aid
en' anu sPP'''' John NJ. ROWAN,
conversion Chm Ex. Com.
HOWARD TKNPLEToN,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-22

TuE first shot of the war between Greece
and Turkey hes been fred end 1t begins 10
look little dangerous on the Greek
frontier. Il takes something more than
the election Of a new Ministry to maze
pesce among the Hellenes
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-22

and induce them to locate in Wheeling,
which is virtually the REGIsTER's sugges-
on several occasions in the recentpsss,
are both exactly to the point. Our citizens
must show themselves friendly, must !st
other people know what advantages Wheel
ing possesses and must earnestly invite
them to come and share these advantages.
There is great deal in our people CIV
ing the preference to home msnufsctur-
or or merchant" in making their purchss-
ca. As was shown in the remarks the
other evening, money is kept IN the city,
home labor is employed, and the manu-
facturer and merchant are prospered and
are enabled to sell cheaper. OF course
dealers must remember, as Mr.. JOSEPH
sPE1DEL ssiI, that they must keep Their
prices Just as reasonable as possible if they
would be patronized, IS these is general
principle in trade that urges men to buy
where they can buy cheapest. Our dealers
generally recognize this, and are in many
things offering goods at prices lower than
are offered in our large cities. Novelty
has induced many to buy goods from other
places, but when they have received them
they have learned, in many cases, that
the same quality Of goods could be
bought cheaper in Wheeling, and thus all
the expense Of purchasing and trsnsporta'
ZION saved. The example related By Mr..
W. f. HUGHEs of o retail shoe dealer buy
ing bill of goods in Boston for the same
Price he could have bought them In
Wheeling and paying freight and drnysge
besides, illustrates the experience off good
many Of our people. We have known the
same things to occur in buying carpets
furniture, clothing and several other things,
A good illustration as to prices in Wheel
ing AID Pittaburg, came to our notice the
other dsy, when prominent Pittsburg gre
GERS declared it was only throwing money
AWAY for them to advertise in Wheeling, ss
cheapuess of rent, low taxes, cbeapness o.
living and other advantages make 1t posi-
bic Tor Wheeling grocers to sell a. prices
five per cent lower than IN Plttsourg'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-22

THE Chicago Anarchists, s'the evidence
comes in. are feeling more sud more un-
easy and There is not much doubt OF con
vic,ipg them. Bomb throwing will not be
sncb q Measure to Anarchists hereafter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-22

SEVERAL of the interior counties OF the
State are low taking great interest IN
regard to voting subscriptions 10 the BLACK
Diamond railroad. The people are get
TING tired of remaining in the woods.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-22
RI. HoRNOR, Secretary.

The B. & o. railroad trains will 60 roll
inc iuto New York City, by and b. as the
House will in all probability pass the Sen
ste bill granting the privilege OF bridging
the Arthur Kill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Indian
Commissioner Atkins denied very
strenuously before the telephone com
mittee to-day that he had used his Of
fetal position to further Pan Electric
interests or that he had said anything
to Attorney General Garland since the
beginning of the proceedings at the
department except to ask that gentle
man whether he should mention his
connection with the Pan Electric to
Secretary Lamar The witness called
attention to an editorial in the New
York World OF February 10, the impli-
cation OF which was that he had bar
gained away his influence as chair
man OF the appropriation committee
Said he
II pronounce that, sir, with all re-
spect to the committee, to be an infa
nous SANDER and base lie. And ]
put that brand upon the brow Of Jos
eph Pulitzer, who said he was respon
sible for this and he shall wear it.
have been held up before this country
for using my official influence whei
the record shows that was not mem
Der of Congress and had no infuenc,
to bargain If this is decent journal
ism then | have no idea OF what decen
CIV is"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

nacity OF purpose and his indomitable
physical and moral courage. The be-
ginning oil his life was humble. His
first business undertaking was as a
merchant in the State Of South Caro-
lima. This pursuit proving uncon-
genial and affording no opportunity
for the exercise OF the extraordinary
powers OF mind of which he could not
fail to be conscious, he wisely aban-
doned it for the profession OF the law.
His adaptation to his new vocation
was speedily demonstrated in the most
gratifying manner Success waited
upon all his efforts, and a few years
raised him to a position of deserved
and enviable prominence, He seems
at this period to have entertained
political aspirations which were en-
tirely abandoned in later life, In pol
itics he was Wing, and as such was
elected more than once to the Legis-
lature Of North Carolina, in which hi
served as Speaker OF the lower branch
In 1874 he was district elector on thu
Wing ticket.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

The railroads are now all right east
of us, and the East Tennessee, Virgin
ia and Georgia is open west to Cleve-
land but west and south OF that all
trains are stopped The kilograms
tell of sad state of things in Alabama
and Georgia,
The steamboat trial between Chat
tanooga Charleston, Tennessee, has
not proved success. A steamer left
Chattanooga at O'Clock Sunday even
ing, and after getting tangled up in
the drift, running out into the woods
and experiencing various other mis-.
haps, it tied up and waited for the
light of another day. 1t finally reach
ed Charleston at II o'clock Tuesday
The passengers came up on the 8 81
train yesterday afternoon.
No train came in on the Knoxville
and Ohio road Tuesday, being AGAR
kept back by slide near Careyville
Knoxville Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April e
Floods are general through out East
and Middle Tennessee, North Georgia
and North Alabama. Rome, Ca, and
Gadsden, Ala, have suffered great
damage The flooded territory here
is largely increased. The river has
been falling all day at Loudon, Rock
wood, Dayton and Charleston. No
gas and no electric lights no water in
reservoirs and the river at 5 P. M. 81
$40 feet above low-water mark and
rising, is the situation tonight. Prob
ably 5000 people are homeless in this
city, though they all have comfortable
temporary quarters and relief COM
mite are supplying the necessities
of lie. The fifth ward is completely
under water and hundreds of crafts of
every description are passing to and
fro from Market street railroad cross
ing to Lookout Mountain and Mis-
sionary Ridge. The water now stands
foot deep in the Union Passenger
shed and has entered the lower floors
of the Read House. The express com
panies have moved to higher quarters
and the water lacks eleven inches OF
entering the Times couting room
which is about the average height Of
all the stores on Market street.
A colored man and a white child
were drowned to-day. The city is pc
Iced tonight by the military. All
the railroads on the Chattanooga side
Of the river are under water, in some
places ten feet. Heavy washouts have
been made on the Cincinnati South
ern and Western and Atlantic Roads
All roads report that their lines arr
Eopen except about Chattanooga.
i The roads report that their loss is il
damage to the roadbed, bridges, &c
No mail has reached or left Chatta
nooga since Monday and the city j
virtually cut off from the, outsid
world, except by telegraph.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

Hon. Jno. Baxter died at Hot
Springs last Friday. His remains
were brought to Knoxville and inter-
red there yesterday. Judge Baxter
was unquestionably one of the great
est lawyers this country has ever pro-
duced. The following brief history is
taken from the resolutions OF the
Knoxville bar:
John Baxter was born in Ruthor-
ford county, N. c., on the 9TH day Of
March, 1919 His father had come
from Ireland to America, seeking the
fortune which the new world prom
ised to industry and courage. But
the only heritage he was able to leave
to his children was his good name.
For success in life they could depend
only upon themselves. They were
men of strength, physically and intel,
lectually.
From his entrance upon active llle
John Baxter manifested the qualitie:
which won for him, eventually, sue
cess and distinction. We know Of hi
industry, his unequaled capacity fol
mental labor, his perspicaeity and
strength of mind, his unyielding te
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
STRIKERS and Dynamite.

NEW YORK, April 5.-The follow
ing dispatch was received this alter
noon at the office OF the Missouri Pa.
cifc Railway Co., in this city,
ST. LOUIS, April 5.-There is moth
ing in the rumor from Fort Worth as
to the strikers tearing up the railway
tracks. The following has just been
received from Fort Worth;
At this hour Il p. M everything is
quiet. Two trains have gone south
this morning well guarded no inter-
ference. Some one crippled engine
No. q, at Waco, while theltra men
were eating supper. About II 30 this
morning a box Of dynamite was found
in an out house near the Union depot
where it had been secreted. Gov. Ire
land is now in the city. All the sa-
looms and drinking places have been
closed by order of Mayor Smith, and q
large police force patrol the city al
night. More freight trains will move
south to-day.
Nothing positive has been heard
from the strikers who were shot yes
terday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
Moml. md McMiIIin.

Mr.. HOUK. Now, Mr.. Chairman,
what | want to say in conclusion is
that do not know how this comes
about, unless it be under the influence
Of man who paid himself his salary
as governor out of the children's school
fund OF the state two years after his
term had expired and when he was n
refugee in the swamps OF the South.
Mr. McMILLIN. Towhom does the
gentleman refer.
Mr.. H0UK. You know as we'll as
anybody on earth who did 1t. / have
the record and if you will come around
privaly, / will show it to you.
Mr.. McMILLIN. / only insist that
when man goes to assassinate char
acter-and this is unmitigated assas-
sination-he should have the boldness
to do it like a man.
Mr.. H0UK. / have the boldness to
tell you and show you the facts if you
will come to me privately, and the
boldness to meet it in any other way.
Mr.. RICHARDSON. AS a repre-,
sentative of the State of Tennessee
denounce the statement as false.
Mr.. McMILLIN. No man ought tC
attempt to do that indirectly which he
has not the holdness to do directly.
undertake to say that the man whom
he is attempting to reach is the equa
of any man he can point to, and viii
not under the rules of this House, sa.
how far he is the superior of that in
dividual Mr.. Houk in all that con
stitutes manhood. | Applause on tn
Democratic side.
Mr.. HOUK. Mr.. Chairman, Their
are plenty OF superiors of the gentle
men who makes that reflection march
ing up and down Pennsylvania avenu
now. Laughter and applausd on tn
Republican side.
Mr.. McMILLIN. And ii it weI
: parliamentary, might say that theI
: are thousands in the penitentiary VIII
: are the superiors of the gentlema
> Mr.. Houk.
Mr.. HOUK. There is no doubt, NJ
Chairman, that the superiors OF othe
have been imprisoned, hung and pu
ished in thousand ways.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
Receding Waters.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 6,-The
waters have been steadily receding all
day, and at 7 o'clock tonight the riv-
erstood forty and half feet, and fall
ing. Most OF the families that were
driven from their homes are now back
again. The supply of water and gas
are resumed, and manufacturers are
preparing to begin operation. BY to-
morrow at least $500 operatives now
idle, will be at work, and by Saturday
the mills will be running. Associated
charities and citizens have cared for
700 food sufferers since last Wednes-
day, and have declined any outside as
sistance, sending back several hundred
dollars yesterday which was rendered.
To-day news came that Rome, Ga.
and Selma, Alabama, needed assis
lance, and in ten minutes the citizens
raised 5000 for each city.
All railroads except East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia the Memphis
and Charleston, and the Nashville and
Chattanooga resumed running to-da,
after an eight-day blockade and train
on all roads will run on schedule timt
tomorrow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
Hon. Howell T.. jackson.

By the recent death Of Hon. John
Baxter the duty Of appointing Unit
ed States Circuit Judge to fill the va
cancy will devolve upon President
Cleveland. No purer man or ADLER
lawyer than Hon. Howell E. Jackson
can be found to fill the position. OF a
natural judicial temperament and fit
ted by great legal requirements and
large experience, he would reflect
credit upon the State of Tennessee
and the Judiciary of the country. II
Senator Jackson can be induced to
accept the position, the President
could not do better than to appoint
him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

KNOXVILLE, TENN, April 5, 1885.
EDITOR JOURNAL: My attention has
lust been called to the fact that tele-
gram was sent from this city to the
Courier-Journal, during my absence
from home, announcing that friends
of mine were making application to
President Cleveland to have him APP
point me TO the position made vacant
by the death OF Judge Baxter.
This telegram was false and was
known to be so by the person who sent
IT,
No e~s'' application has been made
by me, p.a. by any of my friends, for
me, MOI ~ill any such application be
made.
have too much respect fer the
memory of Judge Baxter to permit
such indecent haste in applying for
the place made vacant by his death, il
I wanted it, or expected it.
Very respectfully,
r. n. HooD
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
April 9TH 1886.

April 9th 1886
DEAR COMET lis it leaky down
your way? We could spare you lit
tie water from this point and yet be
happy. Owing to the aqueous state
OF the weather, business and every
thing else here is at a stand still, ex-
cept the efforts OF the churches for q
revival, For several weeks meetings
have been held in the various church
es, and still the good work goes on.
The Republican party in this coun-
ty is up and doing, A week ago to-
day they gave hog-eat-devil kind &
an entertainment in we ancient town
of Blountville, in which Messrs. Mil
burn and Butler were the principal
actors. 1t is said to have been won
derfully chaSte, amusing and instruc-
tive. But all the same the said party
is working like n set of beavers, not
only here but the indications are that
a desperate effort will be made by that
party to carry the State Of Tennessee
i'll the general elections. Let the
Democratic party beware,
Last week two sud deaths occurred
in our city, the first being that Of Mr.
"Coonle" Cooke, who had been suffer
ing for months past with consumption
and at last succumbed to the fell de
stroyer; the second that OF Mr.
Richardson, who was instantaneous,
hurled into eternity by the mail traii
from the west on the E. T. Va. & Ga
R. R., on Saturday night and tn
corpse was so badly mangled as to b
unacceptable.
The new railroad is progressin
finely. Will be completed to Estil
vile by next fall.
The case of the Commonwealth VI
, DR.. White for shooting Geo. w. Ware
i Jr., at Abingdon, Va, resulted in
, farce-a fine of three hundred an
/ fifty dollars imposed on the defendar
| White. Human life is cheap, part
' sanship availed much, and this reel
: less attempt at assassination is appa
+ emily sanctioned by Court and Wind
e Gated by the honest (?) jurors tn,
tried the case 0 temporal o mor'
q PUNCH.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
Gov. Curtin's Resolution.

ST.. LOUIS, April 6.-The following
telegram has been sent to Congress
man A. g. Curtin, at Washington:
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, April g.
Hon. A. G. Curtin;
The resolution introduced by you
in the house Of representatives, to re-
fer the present difficulties existing on
the Gould southwestern system of rail-
ways to special committee, to be ap-
pointed by the house, for immediate
investigation, meets with the hearty
approval of the general executive
board, and we ask for its passage at
once, and the committee is requested
to come to st. Louis as quickly as pos
sible, as we believe that such commit
tee would gain sufficient knowledge Of
the case to enable your body to legis
late intelligently and to settle the
trouble.
(Signedl FREDERICK TURNER, Sec.
w. H. BAILY,
J. w. HAYES,
| For General Executive Board, Knight
OF Labor.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
NEanning's successor.

WASHINGTON, April 6.--While Sec
rotary Manning is now considered as
passed the danger line, and will
recover, it is acknowledged on all sides
that complete recovery will be slow,
and only secured by absolute rest. 1t
is doubtful if he win again assume
charge Of the treasury. Speculation
as to his successor says he viii certain
~ be New Yorker. John Bigelowi
August Belmont and Ex-senator Ker.
nan are named.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
FlOurville,

April 4, 1886.
COMET Rain and quoits are the
agony here now.
The affable drummer, Mr.. Dooly
gave us call Saturday and sold our
merchants some goods. He should get
the gamboling status of place before
he gets there.
The opening of spring shows that
we will have much more abundant
fruit crop than was expected, unless
nipped by late frost, there will be an
abundance of apples, plums, grapes
and candidates.
One of our young grangers has for
warded q dollar to the Louisiana State
Lettery-he has quit work and is
looking for place to invest his for,
tune.
In your "lOcals" few weeks age
you said "there is some interesting
railroad news in this issue of THE
COMET" We turned the thing inside
out and shook it, and it wer'n't thar
knuther. Did your devil get drunk
or what went with it?-not the devil
but the railroad news2 We CAM
stand much of that. "Hope deferred
cometh home with vengence along
here.
George Range is having long spell
of sickness, from which we hope HI
may soon recover. He is a mode
farmer, who has by a judicious rota
ton, clover with cereals, more full,
than any man we know, demonstrat
ed the productive capacity OF on
soil.
John Hodges, OF Sullivan, the "Ten
nessee Hunter" heard Of some foxe
down about Yorktown, and knowing
that the boys would fool away thei
time to the detriment of their crops
he went down and got three OF them
If Reynard is bothering anyone lie
them send for Hodges.
While visiting the graves Of GU
friends recently we noticed mel
chants circular posted on the gate
post at the entrance to the cemeter!
we thought il a novel and yer
"gross" affair.
We understand that the new colleg
lately near erected Rocky Springs wa
blown down by the Equinoctial ga
and that man by name OF Il Write
was seriously injured. w No.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
A Five Years, Sentence.

MoRRIsTowS, April 6.-The case Of
Charles L. N. Reade came up in the
circuit court here this morning, in
which he was charged with embez-
ding some $500 OF the Southern Elk
press Company's money here, in the
spring OF 1886. Reade's counsel stat
ed that defendant was ready 70 submit
to the charge and asked for the leni-
oncy of the court.
The court, after mature deliberationi
decided to fix Reade's punishment at
five years in the penitentiary and adj
Judged fine against him of about
1920.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

The trial Of DR.. White at Abingdon
last week for shooting Geo. W. Ward,
Esq, was farce-a miscarriage Of
justice and a triumph for lawlessness.
The proof was clear and conclusive
that DR.. White waylaid Mr.. Ward and
fired two loads of buckshot into his
body, for no other reason than that
Ward hadwritten an offensive news
paper article about him. There was
no defense of insanity, no plea Of self
defence and yet the jury found him
guilty of an assault and battery only,
and imposed a fine Of three hundred
and seventy-fve dollars. Hasit come
to this, that the would-be murderer
and assassin is to escape the peniten-
tiary by the payment Of few paltry
dollarsG Such yerdicts beget want OF
confidence in court houses and cause
resorts to Lynch law. The trial Judge
refused to allow Mr.. Williams, the
able criminal lawyer from Lynchburg
to close the case for the prosecution
but required the Commemorative At
torney, pro tenn, a mele boy, 10 make
the last argument, a precedent never
before heard Of. The shooting grew
out Of political matters, but strange tx
say eleven Of the jury affiliated polit
ically with the defendant. Altogeth
er the trial was not one that will brin,
credit to the Old Dominion, or creat
respect for its courts Of justice.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08


Hon. ], D. G. Atkins, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, in his examination
before the Pan-Electric committee
last week, denounced an editorial in
the New York World as an infamous
SANDER and base lie, and that he put
that brand upon the brow of Joseph
Pulitzer, the editor. This was very
strong language but the facts entirely
justified it. The World, among other
false and slanderous things said in re-
gard to the Pan-Electric, charged Mr..
Atkins with having bargained away
his influence as chairman Of the ap-
preparation committee, when as mat
ter of fact at the time he joined the
Pan-Electric company he was not q
member Of Congress, his term having
expired two or three months previous
When the editor Of newspaper pub
fishes falsehood effecting the char
acter of good man, simply to be sen
sational, he ought to be told that HI
lies. A more honest, honorable gen
tleman that J. D. G, Atkins cannot b,
found anywhere.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

Houk must have been drunk again
last week when he made a mule Of
himself in the House. If he don't
learn better manners while in Wash
ington, he will get locked up in the
calaboose again. The way in which
McNilin pulverized him is shown in
another column.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08
The following from the Bristol COu-

Tier, expresses our sentiments
1t is amazing to hear men of good sense ex'
press the opinion that the Democrats ought tc
stand off this year and let the republican con
gressional aspirants have 1t all to themselves
If these aspirants should stand up and call eaef
week and every week in the year, the part!
would vote as unit on election day. Demo
cratic unity aud not republican division, is thu
object to strive for.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

If what the Republican candidates
for Congress in this district say about
each other is true, they are a sorry lot
to select from.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

A new examining board wouldn't
do Walter Brownlow any good. The
pensioners are done being deceived by
him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-04-08

While Walt Brownlow is trying to
ride into Congress on the pension hob
by, it must be very embarrassing to
have Milburn call him rebel