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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
THE STANDARD SILVER DOLLAR

WASHINGTON, d. G., Feb. 1S-The
report Of the secretary Of the treasury,
which will probably be published next
week, will contain some new and de-
cidedly valuable features. One of
these will be double page tables show
ing all the forms of circulation out
standing at the present time. as COM
pared with various months for some
years past. This report will show a
continuous growth in the circulation
of the standard silver dollar. 1t is be-
lieved by the treasury officials that sill
yer is growing in favor with the people,
especially for small transactions. They
say that the silver is so much cleaner
than paper that the people like it better.
The amount of silver in circulation last
June, when the order was issued that
all the one and two dollar greenbacks
that came into the treasury should be
retained, was 8 SAL ,269. The amount
now in circulation is SOL ,694 900, thus
showing an increase of owe a million
and a halt a menth. The treasury
officials believe this increase will con-
tinue.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
THE TERRIBLE COLD.

Hon. John Harmon, of Leavenworth,
has received Il letter from a clergyman
at Dodge City, who states that during
the recent sever cold weather
there was great destruction of life i'm
that section. Within q radius of 100
miles Of Dodge City JOG, 900 head of
cattle were frozen tc death, and 100
human beings are known to have
persisted.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
THE OOLORED PEOPLE FOR OLEvE-
LAND.

At a recent meeting of the Sumner
Independent National League at Bos-
ton ver $50 colored people from var-
ious states were present. 1t was voted
that an address should be presented to
President Cleveland expressing con-
graduation and appreciation of his
resolute, just and patriotic policy; also
expressing the belief that his admins
tration would advance still more in
properly acknowledging colored peo-
pie as a respected part of the body
polite. The meeting resolved to ask
the administration at Washington to
appoint three worthy and capable COL
ored persons to prominent positions of
honor and trust in the north.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
BY LYSADAS.

List not to fiattery or oily tongues,
That hourly load thee with their constant
praise;
Naught is there real but most false indeed,
Is all that this cold world of ours displays.
The friends we have are friends while fortune
lasts,
Are butterflies that round the candle play,
But when adversely bears way our gains,
These once called friends their visits cease
to pay.
Thus does it prove their friendship was not
true,
Their actions but pretense in better days;
They pass US by unnoticed and forgot;
All is not real that the world displays.
Thu pretty girls we see upon the street.
Are powdered. painted, specimens of art
So bright and winsome, lovable and sweet,
Are imitation even to the heart.
The poet writes as though his life were spent,
Where naught exists that's commonplace
or PLAIN,
But alb, his bright elysian Is but dreams,
His life a struggle, sorrow, full of pain.
The sun whose brillIancy defes the eye,
Dispensing light and warmth to all the
spheres,
Compels the earth around it to ~revolve,
And not itself to move as it appears.
The moon, majestic in her silver robe,
In quiet dignity sits in blue space,
Appearing to move on with rapid gait,
To catch the sun aud run with it a race,
The stars which twinkle shyly in the sky,
Look fxt and steadfast where they stud the
blue;
Seem like the sun and moon around the earth,
For endless ages the same course to purs ue
How fair and lovely does this world of ours,
With all its pleasure, dissipation seem,
A world of beauty, not of guilt and sin,
A mimic play, a mockery, a dream,
Lexington, Feb. IL, 1886.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
A

Harper's Weekly:-"Since the scan.
dals of the credit mobilier, the post
traderships, and the Mulligan letters,
there has been nothing more painful
than the connection of the attorney-gen-
eral with the Pan electric Telephone.
But the p%artyorgans which try to turn it
to a mere party advantage will do we'll
to remember that the democratic party
has not yet proposed to nominate Mr.,
Garland for the presidency"
All is not Real.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
AN ANTI-RAILROAD MAN.
from the Boonv,lle Advertiser

IFTOm the B00hVl1Ie AdVertlser.
We do not know who the candidates
for representative will be and hence we
a not be said to be urging any one
for the position. But we know the
people want an anti-railroad man and
the Advertiser voices their wishes. W.
appeal to no "popular prejudice" but
merely ask the sober judgment of the
democrats of Cooper county as to
whether they desire to have an ennis
sary of Jay Gould to represent them or
some honest democrat, untainted by
corporation influences. This is why
we are plain-spoken and why we in
tend to continue so, unmoved by falls e
i%nsinuatiOns or anonymous ISLANDERS.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
SELL Us A FEW.

New York Herald:-"The silver
Bland dollar is worth 1890 cents"
Suppose you sell us a few millions at
IS or SO cents? We will take all You
will sell.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
Prairie Farmer

subscribers to the Intelllgencer can obtain oul
Clubbing Rates ON foreign papers and perioai-
Gals at any time during the year. In addition
to the above we extend to our subscribers INT
bsne 1t OF lowest club rates to all other leading
magazines and periodicals.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
WHAT $5 WILL DO.

From the Montgomery ~Standard.1
A little money sometimes goes a
great way. AS an Illustration OF this
read the following, founded upon an
incident which is said to have really
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
Lexington Market.

In thts report the wholesale prices are given In
lett hand column, and retail plrces in right hand
column. In country produce the figures On the
left denote what the merchants are paying. and
on the right the prices at which they sell
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27

AS andlOrd of the Commercial Hotel, Mr..
Lewis Neale is u great success. His house is
always full, and everybody is well If
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
OVERCOATS
FOR RENT,

A GOOD FARM 81 miles from Lex -
~ ingtOn, 20 Acres. $50 or 100 acres nd
to be cultivated, balance in Glover, Sml
Gruss, Orchard, etc. Water abundant; AHA
will be rented in one or two lots; house; most of
the land TO be put in wheat in the ia!l. RcsDOn-
sible man can have 1t Tor , years with refusal
afterward. Inquire of
JAS. j. FLEMING.
teb20tf Lexington, Mo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
AT A CHURCH PICNIC.
wuEELINa ANp FARKERsnuRa
Gentlemen of Color get Into a big Row and
some ugly shooting and Cutting are done,
several Narrow Escapes from Homl.
cI,Ial Resplts-TWo Wounded.

The three colored churches OF Parkers-
burg united in big picnic at Maplewood,
on the Ohio River railroad, in Peasants
county, yesterday, About 500 people
from Parkersburg, Marietta and nearby
towns were in attendance, most Of them
coming up on special train, Eight col.
ored gentlemen Of this city, all former
residents Of ParkenbuEg, went down to
meet their old friends, Apparently they
we're not warmly welcomed, and some In
yldious remarks were passed by the PEG.
pie from the other end OF the road con-
corning the "Wheellng piggers," This
made bad blood, and when along in the
afternoon wrestling match was proposed,
somebody in the crowd took advantage Of
the confusion to slash Charles Sargent, OF
Parkersburg, aCross the leg, cutting his
pantaloons and drawing the blood q little.
Sargent accused several parties oil the
act, Finally somebody resented the
charge, and Sargent drew big knife and
attacked WIN Lee, Of this city, James
Baldwin, also OF this city, interlered to
preserve the peace, when Sargent turned
on him aud slsshed him several bad
Vashea on the left arm with his knife.
Baldwin nearly bled to death, This did
not stop Sargent, who again attacked Lee,
and had him down and his knife raised,
when Lees brother came to the rescue
and threw Sargent of. The latter again
renewed the attack, when Lee drew a re-
yolyer and fired, the ball taking effect in
sargsnt's leg. lie attemptedto FIRE again,
but the pistol missed fire, Sargent jumped
behind a tree Just as Lee fired second
shot, the ball grazing sargent's neck,
making a flesh wound, An end was then
put to the fighting, although 1t again
broke out later, and was stopped with
difficulty before there was further blood
shed.
Baldwin was brought home on the
night train. His left arm Is disabled, and
the leader Is cut on the lett hand, Sar'
gent had to be carried to the train for
home. NoRrrests:: we're made, The general
version told by the Wheeling witnesses
was that Parkersburg men were TO blame
for the whole difficulty.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

CHICAGO, ILL, August o. Extensive
preparations are being made in quiet
way for the National Aptl.saloon Rspub-
lican Convention which has been called
10 assemble in Chicago next month. A lit,
eEaTy bureau has been established in this
city, and letters seeking cooperation are
being addressed to prominent Republicans
throughout the United States by the
thousand. A considerable quantity Of
literature, dealing with the effects Of the
liquor traffic and the desirability OF the
Republican party identifying itself with
the Rntl,liQuor movement, Ia being sent
out in all directions, A gentleman who
Is Cognizant with the inner working Of the
machine, and who was an active spirit
in the Abolition movement, said
emphatically to-day that the present
movement was the greatest one with which
the Republican party has been asked 10
deal since emancipation times, and that
II would be conducted on precisely the
same lines. "The anti-sSloon banner"
he said, twill bs uaiurlsd here next
month precisely as the anti.slavery banner
was thrown to the breeze In the sixties,
and i will be made the one vital ques-
ton"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
llOllalro,

AuliNtEut
Miss Ida Hammond Is visiting friends
in the East.
The Belmont glass company Is making
glass again.
Celestin Fabre and Margaret LaBay
were married Wednesday evening by
Andrew Roeder, ]. P.
DR.. R. w. Muhlsman Is taking a West.
ern trip, and Dr.. Dixon, oil Steubenville,
Is attending to his patients,
The Bellaire, Zlnesvllle 4 Cincinnati
railroad will run special trains on Sunday
to the Bethel camp ground.
An additional number OF people will
now be oil for Burr's Mills, as the camp
meeting will begin next week.
Bellaire has a candidate for Congress
anyhow. Rev. ]. M. Monroe, pastor Of
the Christian church, has been nominated
on tho Prohibition ticket.
A convention is 10 be held here to-day
Of the coal miners Of this district, John
Mcbride, President OF the State Associa.
ton, will be here in the evening.
The bank Of ground beside the German
church where an eating room Ia TO be put
up, Is being dug away by the Street
Commissioner and the dirt put on the
Square,
There Is considerable curbing being put
In on Gravel Hill street, but some oppose
the laying OF side walks and the Issue
may be brought into the election OF q
Councilman Saturday.
Sewers will be laid at once on Seven.
teenth and Eighteenth streets. Between
water mains, natural gas pipes, sewers
and the work oil grading several streets,
oil parts oil town are badly torn up.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

A transfer was admitted to record yes.
terday by Clerk Hook by which Mr.. G..
il, Stull transfers TO NJ. A, Chew his half
interest in the Sunday Newsletter. The
consideration named is SOFA rs. Mr..
Stull is induced to sell by his falling
be beneficial, Mr., Chew Is tho late Sec.
rotary OF the United Naierp, Rollers and
Heaters Association Of America, and Ia a
well known and popular man. He will at
once enter actively upon his career as a
newspaper man. The local press will re-
Vret exceedingly II Mr.. stull leaves the
City, but they welcome Mr.. Chew to the
ranks cordially. Tho MwS.Letter has
grown, under the able management OF
Messrs. Robertson & Stull, TO be q consid-
cradle property and an influential journal.
Mr.. Chew can be relied on to do his part
toward keeping it up with the progressive
aUa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
A RAILROAD RACKET
pErwEEN TnE G. AP, ANDc,1.sw.
The Pennsylvania People start to 10y Track
to Keep out the other road, alleging that
the u, s o, Is behind the G, L.&W.
Psopls-TwO Lengths OF Track Laid.

Reference has repeatedly been made in
the public prints to the extension Of the
O., La w, railroad up the river to Mar
tins Ferry and down to BsllaiTe, Until
within few days the O, & P, folks have
offered no objection to this plan. Recent
ly, however, there have been plain signs
Of opposition on their part, superinteu-
dent Thomas appeared before the Council
Of Martins Ferry Tuesday night and asked
for the right Of way for a @, & p, switch
up First street, Judge Cochran and g,
W. Mitchell jumped on this, and opposed
It as simply scheme to shut out other
roads, and succeeded in having the matter
referred, II this does not kill it, the step
taken by the O, & P, company at Bredge.
port yesterday will,
It has been rpmored that the Baltimore
\ Ohio company il interested In the
Cleveland, I.orRin 4 Wheeling extension,
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh has doubtless
concluded that this Is true; hence the hos
tility to the movement.
Yesterday morning the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh company put force OF men to
work to lay a side track along Its other
track In front OF Charley Miller's property,
on the bridge.corneF, This would effect
ually sbloCk out the other road, or crowd
It's track over the river bank, which would
prevent its construction about as COM
pletsly, To this Charley Miller objected,
and the town authorities ordered them to
desist, which they did after getting two
lengths olrails laid.
II ia more than likely that had the com.
pany persisted there would have been
serious trouble, as the citizens were very
Indignant at the company's action and
would have taken the matter In hand at
once, In fact, 1t was understood that had
the matter gone any further the track laid
would have gone over into the river at the
hands Of the excited people,
A special meeting Of Council was called
for yesterday afternoon to consider the
matter, but was postponed. The end Ia
not yet, as 1t Ia expected 1t will 80 to court
for settlement.
There was great deal Of opposition in
West Wheeling 10 the O., L. 4 W., Rail
road Company laying its tracks along
First street, and In order to get around
this, they laid their track while the citizens
were wrapped in peaceful slumbep. The
company has entered into an agreement
with the County Commissioners to put
their track out on the river bank, as soon
as the necessary fills can be made,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
fInE Ar MAnr1N,s rEnnY.


The c, 4 l., Shed aud Its Contents burned.
Other Items.
Yesterday morning about hali.past
o'clock the Cleveland & Pittsburgh depot
was fred by an inCendiary, and with a
part Of It's contents entirely consumed,
entaillng loss Of probably $1,000. There
are Conjectures as to how the fire origi-
mated, some thinking 1t was from the
bulls eye on the depot. Business was not
suspended. A, ]. Van Pelt, tho operator,
rugged up an instrument on a stone pile
The company laid siding and run In q
Caboose for an office and q freight car for
q waiting room. The new depot Is almost
ready for occupancy.
MARTINS FERRY BRlEPs.
Rev, Mr.. Tate, Of steubenyille, breaches
at the Grove tonight,
The lE:na mill Is putting in pipes and
Fittings for natural gas.
The Union festival promises TO be biz
affair from the number OF tickets sold.
WANTED-Good girl at Sherman House,
Martins Ferry. Must bs recommended.
Apply at once.
I'd. CroSsley, OF Mlngo, formerly Of this
place, buried an infant in Riyeryiew
Cemetery yesterday.
Mrs. William Montgomery died yester.
day morning. at an early hour. She has
been sick for some time,
Mrs. @. O. sedgwick, accompanied by
her son Harry, left for Coal Run, Ohio,
yesterday, called there by the dangerous
illness Of her mother, Mrs. Lucy Mckee,
Mrs. Mckee Is 50 years Of age.
John Thompson, OF Miugo, passed
through the city yesterday evening, hay.
lngbeen over trying to arrange the heaters
trouble at Benwood. He reported affairs
in good shape over the river.
Mr., Elmer Apologize and Miss Ida
Melsm were married at the NJ. E. Parson.
4ee v Wednesday, in the presence Of few
ifiends and went into their own house
and partook Of q bountiful supper after.
wards.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

Are you disturbed at night and broken
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST
In Colonel Taylor's Dl.trIct-Lyipg Begun,
Political Notes,

Political Notes,
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of yesterday
commences the campaign sgainst Colonel
Taylor with this lio:
"There were three Republican Postmss.
ters at the Steubenyille Congressional Con.
Vsntlon yesterday Lashley, Of Key; Todd,
OF Bridgeport, and Longley, Of st, ClRirs-
Ville-Rll Of Belmont county, They id
the President and his order to office
holders, and dehsd him to remove them,
on with their headsW
Postmaster Lashley, Of Key, was dele
gate to the convention. MIR. Longley and
Mr. Todd were not In SteubenVille,
Neither OF them was there, and the En-
qDirer correspondent knew It as well as
anybody. He could not help knowing
that DR., Todd was not there, for attention
was publicly called to this fact by the
necessity Of choosing another Temporary
Chairman in DR., TOdd's place,
The Democratic Congressional Oonven'
ton will be held at Steubenyille next
Thursday, August y. The candidates 50
far mentioned, arc David 0, Kenpon, OIL
aud Newell O. Kepaon, Of St, Ciairsville'
The primary elections will be held next
Saturday from 3to 8 O'Clock,
The Democratic Convention to nominate
a candidate for Common Pleas Judge In
the Belmont-Monroe district will be held
at. Bellalrs on Thursday, September ~
and the primaries for the election Of dele
gates will be held on Saturday, September
4, between 8 and 6 o'clock, Belmont
county will have 50 delegates and Mon
Tna 10
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

o0naVIl pYaOOds Lhs phOApsgh
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

NV YoRK, August 5.-Ths July FIRE
record Of the United States and Canada,
as estimated by the New York daily Com
merciaI Bulletin, involved the loss OF $l0,-
100000 worth Of properly, fifty percent
greater than the average fire loss in July
for nearly twenty years. The average Gre
loss in July for the past ten or twelve
years has been about 81, 900, 900. The Bul-
letin gives a list Of l75 July fires compiled
from its own files, where the loss was $l0,.
900 aud upward, There wore sixteen fires
during the month whose destruCtiveness
aggregated more than $4,0O0000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
ABOUT rEopLE.

strangurs,in the City and: Wheeling Folk
Abroad.
]. D. Irwin, Of steubenyllle, Is stopping
at the Mcclure house.
Miss Mamie Hill has returned from
steubenville after a pleasant visit Of two
weeks.
Mis- Kate 1pgler, Of Steubenville, is tht
guest Of the Mlsses Nunge, on upper Mar
ket street.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Porter and Mrs. ]. A. Smith
Of New Cumberland, arc visiting relatives
In this city,
Miss Matte Donaldson, OF Wheeling, |,
visiting at W. O. Wileys.- Washington
Pa, Reporter
Gen, Robert White and Mr.. johnson
Of Wheeling, werc in the city to-day
Stsubsnrile Herald.
Mr.. William Ohristman, editor Of The
Daily Reporter, OF Washington, Pa, was In
the city yesterday.
August Knoke is In St. Augustine,
Florida, visiting his brother, who Is In the
regular army there.
Misses Aun and Lille Cummins left
yesterday for squan Beach, where they
Will remain several weeks.
Mr.. Homer D. Reynolds, the chief clerl.
Of the StAnm House, ID OF on q two weeks'
pleasure trip through the interior Of the
State,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Isett leave this after.
noon for Long Branch, Cana NAV, Nav
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

The Manufacturers Gas Company has
laid its plpe on Main street below Twenty
third and the ditch has been filled below
Twenty.first. The ditch Ia open hall Q
square below the end Of the pipe, Will
liam Freeman ia the efficient boss Of the
gang doing the work. ,..
Tho West Virginia Company Is pushing
its pipe laying on both Main and Market
streets a. fast as the large gang Of men en-
ployed can do the work.
The general kicking about the pool
lighting OF the natural gas bitches cannol
fairly apply to the Manufacturers Com,
pany's lines. This company has its red
signal lanterns at brief intervals. Thirty
seven lanterns are used from the creek e
the south end oil It's line-about one iol
every % feet,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06

Tho adjourned meeting OF old soldiers
to be held at the Court House this even
Ing, promises to be highly important
one. The finance committee will report
lust how much money can be had to carry
on the reunion it is proposed To hold next
month"; tho committee Of arranRements
will have several suggestions to make aud
there will be matters brought up that will
be full OF interest, A large attendance, is
desired OF not only soldiers but citizens.
II the reunion 10 DO held next month can
be made anything like success, there is
q good prospect for having the Society Of
the Army Of West Virginia hold its an
nual meeting here next year., The hold
ing OF both reunions means the bringing
into the city OF a number Of strangers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-06
DECLINE IN SILVER,
Eject It has Upon the Interests Of the West.
eFn Mining Country,


BUTTS, NJ, T., August 5-Gnve alarm
exists throughout the mining districts Of
Montana over the rapid decline Of silver,
The InLer.Aomlaia estimates that Atty
thousand people in the Territory are de.
pendent upon the mining industry and
cognate enterprises, including merchants,
farmers and mechanics. The recent de-
probation OF 10 cents per ounce in silver
represents the profit Of the mining COM
psniss, which have to close down unless
q reaction occurs,
The lead and copper mines, In which
silver Is an important bl,production, are
also seriously affected. The Glendale
works, employing 1000 men, will shut
down on the 10Th. The Alice, Moulton,
Lexington and WiCke's works, and many
other great enterprises which for years
have paid heavy dividends and employ
thousands OF men, cannot run II the pres
emit depression in tho silver market con-
tinues, A general paralysis Of business
will result unless changes speedily occur,