davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Rnrkett Still the ChampIon.

A very large crowd assembled at the AL
hambra Palace rink last evening to wit
ness the race between Jesse Burkett and
Jim Gilhooly for the championship of the
city. Burkett took the start in the first
heat and held it throughout, winning the
heat with ease in 3:12. In the second heat
Burkett let Gilhooly take the lead, but
passed him early in the heat and won it
with ease No time taken. VIM. Frazier
officiated as umpire and gave general salts
faction,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
THE STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION.

Meeting of Stockholders Yesterday-The
Old Board of Directors Sustained.
The stockholders of the West Virginia
State Fair Association met in the room of
the Board of Commissioners ut the Court
House yesterday afternoon. The meeting
was presided over by NJ. Reilly, and Mr..
W. F. Peterson was chosed secretary.
Seven hundred and twelve shares of stock
were represented, out Of total of 3S5.
The treasurer'S report was read and ap-
proved, whereupon Mr.. H. Schmulbach
moved that the meeting adjourn. This
motion was carried, only twenty-five shares
of stock voting against the proposition.
This virtually REFLECTS the old Board Of
Directors, and sustains its actions in all
matters. The old Board of Directors will
hold a meeting at an early date.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

From all quarters of the country l hear
of old furnaces being blown in, old iron es'
Establishments increasing their capacity, and
new mills and steel plants being projected.
At Bethlehem, Pa, monster steel plant,
113x65O feet, with wing 9lx7OO feet, is
projected, to use Open-hearth steel, while
the Chicago Steel CO. new works, on the
Calumet river, is being pushed to compile
ton as rapidly as possible. BY
the way, General Terrence, Of the
latter Company, was In
Wheeling yesterday, having stopped on
his way home from Pittsburg, where he had
been looking after some machinery. The
General says his works will be ready for
business in February, and that the cheap
freight rates of Chicago will enable his
firm to compete with natural gas.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Certificate of Incorporation.

Secretary of State Walker has issued Q
certificate of incorporation to the Montana
Coal and Coke Company which has for it,
purpose the mining, transporting and sell
ing coke and acquiring coal and coal land.
and coal mines and operating the same
and disposing thereof. The corporation is
to keep its principal Office at Fairmont,
West Virginia, and is to expire on January
LIST, 1890, and for the purpose of forming
said corporation the sum Of 81, 900 has been
subscribed, ten per cent of which has been
paid in. The privilege of increasing said
capital stock to 5000 is reserved. The
capital stock subscribed is divided into
shares of 500 each and is held as follows:
A. B. Fleming, c. B. Carney, Jas. C. Wat
son and Jas. Marrow, all of Fairmont, one
share each; VIM. l.. Hearn, J. n. Vance
and j. J. Jones, Of Wheeling, one share
each, and James Boyce, Of Baltimore, one
share.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Special Notice.

All dry goods stores viii be open every
evening from Saturday, December IL, 1856,
to Saturday, December p, 1886, for the
benefit of holiday purchasers, and will
close after the last named date as usual Al
6p. m, Saturdays excepted.
Dry GOODS SALEsMEN's UTNIoS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

Speaking of railroads carries me back to
the subject of rapid transit, to which re-
ferred some two weeks ago. A new sys-
tenn of railway has been patented, by
which according to the patented it is pos,
sible to travel at a speed considerably
more than double the present rate cOmbin-
ell with perfect safety. The train travels
within an open ironwork frame. Grooved
wheels with adjustable springs are fitted
to the roof of each of the carriages, while
wheels, running on or against rails fixed
in the upper diagonal corners of the iron
work frame or passage, form top protec-
tiOn-thus preventing oscillation, and
rendering it impossible for the train at
whatever speed it may be travelling to
leave the metals. 1t is stated to be light
but strong the weight being considerably
less than oue-third that of the ordinary
train, which renders the cost OF construc-
ton incopsiderable as compared with the
enormous cost of the present system, while
a considerable saving in fuel is effected.
The engine with large driving wheels and
the first carriage are formed in one. The
carriages are made flight steel or iron
frames with wooden panels, and the win
dOws and other fittings of a suitable de.
scriptiOn. The system is adaptable alike
for over head, level or underground travel
ing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
A Sucnesefni Event.

The fair and festival which has been
going on at Germania Hall for the past
three nights, under the auspices of lions
Lutheran Church, closed last evening.
1t was a very successful affair both socially
and financially, n large amount being
realized. A number of articles were rallied
off last evening the lucky persons being
Mrs c. Lindemuth, rocking chair; Mr..
Chas. Bruner, rocker; August Warneke
fine quilt; Rev. Ziegelmier, table cover;
VIM. Frederick, rocking chair. Many small
Ter presents were also rallied off, Charles
Kettler secured the gold watch, he having
collected the sum of 1888 Herman
ROlfgot the silver one. This is the fourth
affair of the kind given by this Church and
it is the most successful.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Damages Awarded.

In the condemnation suit Of the c. L. &
W. R. R. Co., vs.. The Ohio Valley Glass
Works and August Ridenstein, before the
Probate Court of Belmont county, Ohio,
the Jury awarded damage in the first case
81. $50, and in the second, 81, 200.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

No record is kept of the yield of natural
gas in cubic feet, in this country, but
there ought to be, and with it an approx
imatiOn Of the number of tons of coal dis
placed by its use. 1 hear the coal displaced
by gas in 1884 estimated at 1, OOO, 600 tons,
worth 81 400, 900, and in 1895, at 5000
600 tons, worth $500, 600. At least 10
600, 600 tons of coal must have been dis
placed in the present year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Contest For n Chalice.

The long anticipated finish of the contest
between Rev. Father Angelus of st. AL
phonsus church, and Rev. Father McElli-
gott of the Cathedral, for gold chalice,
occurred on Friday evening in Bishop
Kain's parlors, in the presence of that gen.
tleman, both the contestants, Mgr. Sulli-
van, Rev. Father Walsh, Rev. Father
Schilp, Mr.. Frederick Nolte and Mr. Rob-
ert Pekari. When the collections were
counted it was found that Father Angelus
had secured 81, 346.05, and Father McElli-
gott $47230, the former being declared
the victor. The sum obtained by Father
Angelus will be used in the building of
the new St Alphonsus church and that
secured by Father McElligott will 90
toward liquidating the debt on the new
organ in the Cathedral.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
ABOUT THE CITY.
Circuit Court.

In Part One of this Court yesterday, the
Jury in the case of Orth VS.. the B. & o.
Railroad Company returned verdict for
the defendants.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

The New River Coke Company an
nOunces their intention oferecting $50 new
coke ovens some time in the next year. ~
As the transaction from coke back to coal
is easy and natural, am reminded that
efforts are being made to introduce min
ing machine among the coal miners of the
Pittsburg and Kanawha districts. 1t is
said to be constructed in a way that prom
ises to remove much Ofthe diggers' oppo-
sition to machinery. The miners oppose
machines principally because they throw
men out of work. The present machine,
1t is claimed, is constructed to do the pick
work of a man but the man will be need
ed to manage it 1t will be tried within q
few days.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

Cheap Excursion Tickets to the south.
Cheap excursion tickets to the South
now on saleby the Pan Handle route. Foz
tickets and further particulars, call on OF
address j. G. Tomlinson, Passenger Agent
Pan Handle Route, Wheeling, W. Va.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

The activity in the iron and steel trade
continues to be the most remarkable fea-
ture of the present industrial boom. While
we of Wheeling do not feel the full effect
of this little less than phenomenal activity.
PittSburg is catching the full force of the
demand, and her manufacturers are fairly
deluged with orders, aggregating many
thousand more tons than can possibly be
filled. Indeed, learn that some manu-
facturers have declined to accept any fur
ther orders until after the first of the
year. The inquiry for steel rails, for de-
livery in 1897, is very heavy, result of
the mapping out of so many new lines
during the past summer and autumn. As
the readers OF the REGISTER very well
know, several hundred miles of these new
lines have been projected in our
own State and the counties in
neighboring Commonwealth bordering
upon US, and the result of the construction
of these lines will be to leave our people
much better off in variety of ways, nOta-
bly, through the spending of large sums of
money in the territory traversed, and in the
opening up to the world OF large sections
of hitherto inaccessible country. The only
thing for which we of Wheeling need
mourn is our inability to furnish these
railroad builders with whatever steel rails,
splice bars, bolts and car irons they may
need, together with the bridge steel to
enable them to cross the almost innumera-
BILE mountain streams. However, suppose
we must content ourselves with casting the
steel ingots for other people to work up.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Hew advertisements.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~ OsE ~. .
IVES, yirginis' hl.o' Jane AEbsisJ ~ .
Rage jane McGrsih. NATIVES u GlDs' T.,
che was LAT heard from Ia Wet Nfra. ~ ~.
sister Catherine would b. glsd % h,H -.
whereabaIts, either living - $3.50 80 a .
Mr.. WILLIAM NULvANEY, I0CI ~ pa
Main street, Nanayunk, PhllAieiphA
ldSgedgu ---
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
DIED.

J0HNSTON-At bis late residence, No. 73s
Main street, at 80 q. m. December II, ls56,
JAMES $. JOHNSTON.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

About fifty Pittsburg glass blowers left
that city for Chicago and the West couple
of days ago. They did not leave through
any lack of work in Pittsburg, but seemed
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
Fourth Anniversary.

The German Pioneer Society celebrated
its fourth anniversary at Arion Hall, last
Wednesday evening, in very pleasant
manner. An excellent banquet was served.
At its conclusion speeches were made by
the President of the Society, C. Z. Stifel,
Secretary Chas. L. Behler, DIR. Sessler,
Rev. Ulfert and F. C. Meyer. The Opera
House orchestra rendered the Society a
serenade during the evening and were in
vited in. This was one of the most sue
cessful receptions ever given by the soci-
ETY.. Only the members and their families
were allowed to be present, and n highly
enjoyable evening was spent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

Before the United States Commissi oner.
Frances Barger was before United States
Commissioner Forbes, yesterday, for Vi
olation of the pension laws, in that he
took larger fee than was permitted.
Barger is an old offender in this line. He
was admitted to bail in $500 for hearing
on the 21st Of January.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
For Impaired Vitality.

DR.. +. Skillem, Pulaski Tenn, says:
~ think is is reliable medicine for I'M
paired vitality"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

The Birmingham, Ala, iron manufac-
urers are bOasting that they can make iron
for s. per ton, and that they are now load
ing it on the cars at profit of So per ton.
This is very good thing, If is fact.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

OyercOat Days-D. Gundling & Co.
Diamonds Specialty-I q. Dillon.
Observation-Disclosures.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

DRUNKENNESS, 7, y :SS'siis;s;yi:
CIYIC. II can be given ~ 10 nhd,S
tes without the knoviedse ~ 's sse1msDesf CO..
. shse ,Ss ps,,snt & nodtsss. dhn.s sss'
1872 we Srcf Ti.ou.snds q drunf,.sa -
Zen mat tsmpersie men vbo have s,t.ss %
Golden speciHe I'm their. oo1ss suii tnss
Inovjedse. and to-day believe tbey L0Gu
inS al their own free Will Iof -
90, DYuexfaa, Whseiinss Wv
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12

LsGOoD&Co sell dry goods the cheapest.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20
DIED..

In Richmond, Va, July 30, 1856,
LENA Y, daug liter of David and Rose
Reinhart, and granddaughter of Mrs.
Isaac Dust, of this county, aged 3
months and 8 days.
August II, 1886, in Martinsburg, ROY
AMBROSE, son of Noble Il. Fisher,
aged months and lG days.
In Martinsburg, August s, 1856,
MARY SULLIVAN, wife of John Gar
vey, Jr., aged about 81 years.
In Martinsburg, July 81, 1886, Miss
AMELIA GROVE died after short and
painful illness.
forsaking,
Perchance thy weak spirit in doubt fingered
long.
But the sunshine of Heaven seemed bright
on thy waking,
And the sound thou didst hear was the SER
aphims song.
At the residence of its parents, near
Shepherdstown, August IL, 1886,
WILLIAM EVERETT, infant son of
Taylor and Lydia E. Powell, aged year
months and 10 days.
Fold his little hands together,
Close the blue and dreamy eyes,
See how like O broken lily,
Pale and beautiful, he lies.
are-thee-well, dear Sisters and Brother.
Dear Father and Mother,
Heaven Is so bright and fair,
And beautiful angels too are there.
Kiss once more his paled forehead,
Put his playthings out of sight,
There the agony is over
Precious darling, now goodnight
BY HIS MOTHER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20
Forest Fires.

The forest fires which have been caus-
ing 80 much destruction in Wisconsin
during the past couple Of weeks are still
raging. Harry Woodruff, Of Brown
county, anticipated the hre, and for
several days worked like beaver,
hauling water to his place and then to
his neighbois, who were greater dis
lance from the source of supply. On
Monday he left his house with num-
Der of barrels of water for James Clam
sen, German neighbOr. Returning ut
a slow trot he saw the smoke approach
ing, and whipped up his horses. "At
one moment" said Mr.. Woodruff,
''there was not sign of fire. Five
minutes later il seemed as though the
woods all around me were blazing"
He started the team toward home at a
mad gallop, barely escaping with his life.
There the fight with tile fire began. lie
wet down his house, barn and the ola
mill with water, of which lie had laid
in a good supply, and as the fire brands
came around extinguished them. In
less than an hour the fire had swept on
and lett him out of danger. He went
to Clansen's place to render what aid
he could. House, barn and wheat farm
had been swept away, and all arouhu
strewn the dead bodies Of pigs, sheep
and cattle. Mr.. Woodruff began the
mournful task Of looking for the bodies
of the family, but without success,
when he heard sepulchcral cries, and
traced them to an old well, which CON-
tanned about four feet of water, aud MT.
Clansen, his wife, and three children
were found.
All through the woods, miles away
from the farms, are dead bodies OF cattle
and other domestic animals, some burn
ed to a crisp and others with no signs
OF the manner of their death.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20
State of West Virginia,
County Of Jefferson, SCI


Clerks Office OF the County Court.
The following Is a list OF all Deeos, &C. az
mitted TO record in said ONCE during 'he
week ending August ii, 1886: -.
|. Jane NJ. Vandewalker 10 Ida W. Dawson.
Deed OF bargain and sale, dated August y
1856. conveying three parcels OF land contain
ing I49 acres, roods and 10 poles, known as Us
"Clavmont." Date of record, August Y, 1897
.. John Talbot, Jr.. and wife 10 l. Z. Green
Trustee Of jefferson County Building Assoc
alton No = Deed of trust, dated August IL
ISs5, conveying lot OF land, IN CnarIes'o"H'
Date Of record, August II, 1870 -
g. Emily Farrell and her husband 70 1; y.
Green Trustee of jefferson County Building
Association No. :. Deed OF trust, dated Au-
gust ii, 1886, conveying Il OF an acre OF lahu,
near Charlestown. Date OF record, August
II, 1856. nd, ,,.,,s
tee for Vim. +. Reed. Deed OF trust, dated
Nav S. 1856, conveying one bay mare, hlle'
Date ofrecord, August u, 1856.
: Isaac Fouke and wife 10 VIM. y. AFTER.
Deed OF bargain and sale dated April y, lSSo,
conveying lots Nos. 10 and II on Camp Hill.
in the town OF Harper's Ferry. Date OF rec
ord, August Is. 1886.
g. Ida w. Dawson and Chas. J.. Dawson,
her husband, TO George Baylor, trustee Ior
Jane NJ. Vandewalker. Deed of trust, dated
August 6, 1886, conveying three parcels OF
land. containing li9 acres, roods ana 10
poles, known as "Claymont." Date OF record,
August IL, 1886.
:. Joseph Trapnell, President of Jefferson
Building Association No. 10 Mary +. wall
and c. +. Wall and wife. Release OF two deeds
OF trust. Release dated and admitted TO rec
ord, August II, 1856.
Teste. 4. \. MOORE,
August %, 1886. Clerk OF County Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20
He Defied the Deity.

A gentleman residing in Middletown'
N. j., who was visiting i'll sullivan
county last week, was attracted by eight
headstoDes in little grass grown Gem
ctery near Fallsburg, all of which stood
in a row and were exactly alike. lie
rot out of his wagon to look at them
and found that they were all children
of a well known physician, and that
the dates on the headstones showed that
the first one died Nov. 3, 1864, and the
other seven between that date and Dec.
Is following, or that the entire family
of eight children had died within eight
weeks. When speaking of the matter
to friends that day, he was told the his
tory of the case, which is regarded in
that neighborhood as visitation OF
Providence in punishment for defiance
of the Deity.
The story as told is that In 1864 there
was scourge of diphtheria In that
neighborhood, and the physician was
kept busy treating patients suffering
from that disease. He was very sue
cessful, and gained such confidence in
his skill tina. he began to boast that he
could cure any case, and went so far
that he "defied God Almighty to pro-
duce case of diphtheria he could not
cure" In less than week his young
est child was seized with the disease,
and although he exercised his skill to
the utmost, having not only professional
pride but fathers love to urge him to
do his best, his boy grew worse and
died. One aftor another his children
sickened and died, until all were gone,
and laid side by side in the little grave
yard near Fallsburg. But one child
was left, married daughter, but in
few weeks she, too, was stricken down
and became a victim to the dread dis
.-Widdleto,cn Zrgus.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20

At Nation. H.. the wooden spires OF
the churches have been pierced in hum
dreds of places by woodpeckers for food
or for places for nests. rhe holes in
the Methodist church became so un-
slightly that a man was employed to
shoot the birds. Then bees took pos
session, and their honey drips from the
holes and smears the steeple. The con-
gregational church steeple is well filed
with honey, and so are the steeples in
neie hboring towns. Six swarms OF
bees were seen to quit the spire of II
Paxton church i'm one day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20
ITEMS OF INTER Est

A young woman of Pottstown the
other day found a cent of the date of
1881 in the yolk of hens egg that she
had broken for cooking purposes. The
date of the egg was not given.
When the Texas people get ready to
build town they do it in hurry. Bal
linger, Il new town in Runnels county,
is less than one month old, but it has
1000 inhabitants and is still growing.
NJ. Estrada, French engineer. is
building forty-ton locomotive, which
is expected to attain speed of seventy
eight miles an hour. The driving
wheels are to be eight feet in diameter.
On Saturday night w. o. Brockman,
of Huntsville, Mo-, concealed himself
near his bee-hives to guard them from
thieves. His son came out for the same
purpose, and installing each other for
thieves, both fired and both were seri-
ously wounded.
Henry .Lague, Of Holyoke, Mass,
attempted to poison his family on Tues
day by quitting fly poison on their meat
and potatoes. Mrs. Lague, two sons
and daughter were made sick, but re-
covered. Jealousy Of his wife seems to
have been the motive for the deed.
A post-mortem examination into the
death of child in Vanceboro, Mo-, es-
tablshed the fact that doctor lanced
small boil that did not need lancing,
and carelessly cut an artery. The child
WAS bleeding to death, when the father
succeeded in stopping the bleeding.
Then, it was testified, the doctor put
the child i'm warm bath, which started
the flow Of blood again, and the child
bled to death.
Z. Leon, of Mansfield, Ohio, Saturday
performed near Atlanta, Ca, what is
said to be the most marvellous rope walk
ing feat on record. He crossed the Grand
Chasm at Tallulah falls OH an inch and
4. half rope, fifteen hundred feet long,
and suspended from cliff to cliff at q
height Of twelve hundred feet above the
rapids. Four thousand people witnessed
the feat, three thousand going from
Atlanta.
At Georgetown, Illinois, party were
thresling grain, when young son of
man feeding the thresher accidentally
hacked his fathers hand with the knife
no was using. This so enraged the
father that he seized the boy, and threw
him into the thresher. The boy was
literally cut to pieces. The father fled,
but was soon captured by the machine
hands and neighbors, and hanged from
the thresher into which he had thrown
his son.
Farmer Knoll, living near Hastings,
Neb., got drunk on quart Of alcohol,
and scared his family nearly to death
with his revolver. His brother in law
appeared, and, when Knoll fourished
the pistol, slapped the drunken mans
face sharply with his open hand. The
man dropped as if shot, and never stir
red again. The Coroner's jury thought
the blow "sent the blood and alcohol to
Kroll's BRAIN" and thus killed him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-20
OVER THE OCEAN.

FRANCE IS NOTED FOR HER MANU-
FACTORIES OF SILK-FINE WHITE AND
MOURNING FABRICS-GLOVE AND No
TON NOVELTlES-ENGLA FOR HER
WOODEN AND MOURNING FABRICS
KNIT FABRICS, LACES AND NOTIONS
SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FOR LINEN
FABRICS-OUR BUYER HAS GONETHERE
HE WILL SEE-WILL BUY-WE WILL
SHOW-WE'LL SELL THESE FABRICS
OBUY AT THE LOWEST PRICE-TO SELL
AT THE LOWEST PRICES-IS WHY WE
ENTURE-VENTURES MAKE MER-
CHANTS-THAT'S WHY WE VENTURE
OVER THE OCEAN TO BUY.
UPDEGRAFFS.