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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-16

IS he opinion OF the Western Glass
syndicate the opportunity
,-s;aining prices has not been so good
ssarS The Eastern and Northern
~ -lnuflcturers will meet next week
aualike organization to control pro
-a1a and prices all over the country.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-16

N De debate on some appropriations,
9'-'.ly NR. SYNrES, of Colorado, critcis-
Wa RANDALL as chairman of the apprO-
a. lscOmmittee. MR. RANDALL called
L >INS a demagogue. Mr. SYMEs
:. Va RANDALLa a cheese-paring states
= nd pitied the Democratic party.
-ASOALL said his party would get
: AZ night whateyer opinion Mr..
= ad Of its leaders. If this is nine
'.- century craftsmanship what will
.'sltieth be?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Miss Dunlap, of Clarksburg, is
one of the brightest pupils of Broad
dus College, and there is bit of TO-
nance connected with her history.
About seventeen years ago young
woman of Clarksburg ''loved not
wisely but too we'll" Her lovers
name was Dunlap, and the result of
their folly was a bright little girl,
the present student at Broaddus.
Dunlap went away about the time
the child was born and the child was
adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo
Smith. Soon as the unfortunate
mother could get away she went to
Ohio, where she married, and is sup
posed to be still living. About one
year ago the father of the girl came
back to Clarksburg, made himself
known to the child now grown to be
a young lady, furnished her literally
with clothes and money, and sent
her to Broaddus College, and in
other ways has cndeavored to make
amends for his conduct during past
years. He, since his sudden depart
ure, has married and become quite
wealthy, and having no children, Sc
cured the consent of his wife to in
troduce to their home as their
daughter the child of his early love.
Next spring Miss Dunlap will leave
school and go to her home.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
C1arl<sburg Train Wreckers
Caught and forced 20
Confess.

The last issue of the New DoMIS-
ION gave an account of a fiendish at
tempt to wreck passenger train on
the b. d O. near Clarksburg. De
tectives Lloyd and Wirts, of the b. d
0. company, began careful inyesti-
CATION the next morning after the deed
was perpetrated, and have succeed
ed in running the guilty parties
down and making them confess.
They are three boys, John and Char
ley Tibbs and John Murphy. What
motives could have prompted them
is not known. At the preliminary
hearing before Squire Rapp the pris
oners were confronted with over
whelming evidence, driving them to
confession, and they were held to
answer an Indictment at the May
term of the circuit court They are
now in jail. Public sentiment in
Harrison county demands that they
be given the severest punishment.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

The period of a general contest be-
tween capital and labor seems to be
upon us. In many of the places
where numbers of men are employed
there is disposition to strike. The
past week has seen the following in
stances: In New York city the street
car men all struck; in the coal mines
at Youngstown, Ohio, and Wilkins
burg, Pa, the miners quit work; at
the Mccormick Reaper works in
Chicago, a contest has been going
on for several days; in Springfield,
Ohio, thousand men were discharg-
ed for belonging to the Knights of
Labor; an order was issued by the
Executive Board of the Knights of
Labor in session at Marshall, Texas,
to the effect that all machine shop
men of the Gould system of railroads
should quit work. The order was
obeyed and in st. Louis, Sedalia, De
Soto and many other places work
men went out; at Reading, Pa, the
blacksmiths and their helpers, Of
the Philadelphia and Reading rail
road, stopped work; at Shenandoah,
Pa, five hundred men and boys stop
ped work because of disagreement
in the price to be paid for mining
coal; at South Bend, Indiana, one
thousand men employed at the car
riage factories, owing to demand
for more wages, left the shops; a
strike on the street car lines in Phil
adelphia was prevented only by the
immediate concession ON the part of
the owners of the roads to their en-
ployes, and a number of other con
tests are in progress of minor impor-
lance. So far where the differences
have been settled it has been by cap
ital giving way to labor. The. end
of the troubles is by no means near,
and though all is quiet now, the
results may be very serious r-
change.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
An Attempt to Poison a Whole
Family i'm Taylor County.

One of the most daring and ma
licious attempts to murder an entire
family ever known in the State was
made in the interior of Taylor
county one day last week.
F. II. Ross had opened up his SUI
gar camp, and left the buckets of
sap at the trees over night. During
the night some person, supplied
with half ounce bottle of strych-
nine, put a portion in each bucket
and then threw the bottle away.
The next morning when Mr.. Ross
was preparing to boil his sap ser
want found the empty bottle, and
seeing the poison label, informed
Mr.. Ross. AS precautionary meas
ure he took some of the sap to a
physician, who administered a small
quantity to cat. The animal died
almost Immediately. Had it not
been for the fortunate discovery OF
the bottle, many innocent persons
would undoubtedly have been killed
There is no clue to the would be
murderer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
MORGANTOwN, WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1885,


Miss Jane Leonard, of South Graf
ton. aged about twenty-five, has been
subject to epileptic fits for several
years. One morning last week after
arising from her bed she went into a
room where there was an open fire
place. None of the family were in
the room at the time, and the first
intimation her family had of her
presence in the room was loud cry.
On repairing to the room they found
the lady lying with her whole right
side and arm in the CRATE. She was
lifted from the fire, and the bone of
her arm was found to have been
burned bare, the flesh having been
literally roasted from the arm and
hand. Her side and back were burn
ed to a crisp.
The supposition of her family as
to the cause of the accident is that
when she came down from her room
she went near the fire to complete
her toilet, was attacked with an cpl
leptic fit and fell into the fire, and
before she regained consciousness
was burned as above stated.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
They Thought it was ssBlack
Jack" but 1t wasn't.

A telegram from Parkersburg says
that eighteen children, of Louckport,
a small town in Wood county, have
had very narrow escape from death
by poisoning, several being on the
verge of the grave. Monday Mr..
Warren an employee of the oil-works
of United States Senator Camden,
purchased a quantity of paraffine and
placed it in cupboard at home
Two of his children found it and
thinking it it be chewing gum, took
a quantity out and divided it among
about twenty other children. The
paratfine must have contained some
poisonous substances, as in a few
moments after chewing the stuff all
were taken sick, vomiting copiously.
The children were removed to their
homes and physicians summoned,
who, after hard work, succeeded in
saving all the youngsters. Half a
dozen Of the boys had very narrow
escapes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
"CIawhammer" Witcher.

The following good story is told
of Col. V. A. Witcher whose report
ed lynching has brought him into
prominence:
In one of the Kanawha counties
during the war. there lived a man
named Bill button and his wife
Nancy. BY some means best known
to himself, button had kept cat of
both armies and led a precaripus
life of danger from the guerrillas of
both sides. One day, after rumor
of Witcher being in the neighbor-
hood, button was observed by his
wife to be engaged in saving a hole
through one of the logs in the rear
of the house, which contained but
one egress or entrance. Nancy's
curiosity was aroused, but Bill
vouchsafed no explanation until he
had cut the log ard made hole
about foot square, then he turned
to his wife and said: Nance, I'm
goin' to sot right here in the middle
OF the room an read my bible, an
as soon as you see I'm engaged in
perusin' the seriptur, You come to
the door and holler, 'Witcher's a
comm an you'll see how quick Eli
get out of this house" Nance re
tired, and pretty soon she saw that
Bill had actually become interested
in reading, and she stepped to the
door and yelled, "Here comes Witch
er, an he's got twenty men," Bill
sprang for the hole, missed it, and
fell to the floor with sprained
shoulder. Here, Nance. come here
quick take sheet an spread it on
the floor an write in big letters on
it with fire coal, i surrender an
hang it on the outer wall, for all
hell couldn't git away if Clawham-
mer Witcher was after him -
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Last Wednesday evening a meet
ing of all the miners employed in
the Marion county mines was held
in the Court house at Fairmont
Hon. J. II. Burtt, of Wheeling, adj
dressed the audience. The meeting
was for the purpose of organization
and securing uniformity. of rates for
digging. The present rates range
from twenty-five cents to thirty five
cents per ton, car measure.
1t was decided, after considerable
discussion, to join the Federation
of Miners and Laborers. One hun
dred and fifty names were enrolled
The question of uniform rates was
freely discussed and committees
were appointed to secure organiza-
ton in the Clarksburg and Newbure
regions. After this organization is
perfected general convention will
be called to meet at an early day in
Grafton, when all the interests in
volved will be equalized and a gen
eral move made to introduce uni
formity of rates.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
Trouble Among West Virginia
Miners.

PIEDMONT, w. VA, March TO-
The situation in the Georges Greek
region remains unchanged with the
exception of the Davis Ekins mines,
the men not working there to day.
Notices were posted last night by
the strikers of such threatening
character that the men upon seeing
the same this morning, were so in
Inundated that they concluded not to
go in, although anxious to work.
The Elk Garden and Upper Potomac
mines are working full. Atlantic
is working part and win increase it's
force each day. Nothing is doing
at Big Vein mine. A body of the
strikers, principally from the Big
Vein mine. and some from the Allan
tie. marched to both the Atlantic
and Elk Garden mines this evening
with view of getting the men out
but accomplished nothing. The
men at work in the mines will con
time and can not be inundated.
CHARLESTON, w. VA. March 10
The report sent out from here that
the miners at Campbell's Creek and
Raymond City had gone to work
at the 2 cent scale is denied at Tues
days meeting. A strike for two
and a half cents was agreed upon.
j. j. Johnston, Of the Monongahcla
region, is here organizing Knights
Of Labor Assemblies. His object is
to bring about unity of action, both
among the employees aud operators
Of the Pittsburg and Kanawha dis.
tricts.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
wheeling 10 have Natural Gas.

A meeting of the Natural Gas
Company of West Virginia was held
in Wheeling on the 9th inst. Captain
c. w. Bachelor presiding. All the
capital stock, 100000, was taken,
and $4,000 paid in, the State law
requiring 10 per cent. Contracts
for 30 miles of 10 and l2-inch pipe
were let, Is miles to the Pennsylva-
MIA Tnbe Works, Of Pittsburgh, and
Is to the National Works, McKees
port. The work of laying the pipes
to bring gas into Wheeling from the
McGugin district will be commenced
at this end by the middle of April.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Transportation of natural gas is
now problem of engineering. Our
guess is, and we have no patent on
the idea, that it is as natural for gas
to run up hill as it is for water to
run down hill. If water will find its
way from Chautauqua Lake to the
Gulf of Mexico, natural gas would
find its way from the Gulf of Mexico
tc Chautauqua Lake through q
tight tube without any machinery
whatever. When it comes to forcing
water upward or gas downward 9TH
er questions arise, but the same
principles may easily apply that the
amount of normal pressure is pro-
portionate to the relative heighth or
depth from the fountain head
Pittsburq Commercial Gazette.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

West Virginia miners are joining
the strike and getting ready to lose
their wages for month or two.
Striking must be very fascinating
business.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

William Reese, a brakeman ON the
Parkershurg branch of the b. & o..
fell from his train near Central Sta
ton, few nights ago, and was scri-
ously injured.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

A few days ago Mr.. George Wiley,
of Dunkard township, lost SIS and
some valuable papers in rather a
novel manner. Mr.. Wiley was en-
gagged in burning brush, and had
laid his vest, containing the money
and papers, on the ground near one
of the burning heaps and while he
was working a short distance away,
spark of fire fell on the vest and ii
was entirely burned before Mr.. w.
was aware of it, Wdynesbarg Re
publican.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
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Ex- President Arthur's Condition,

EX-President Arthur's health has
been in a precarious condition for
some weeks. Ever since he left the
White House, the x-President has
refrained from participating in any
social gatherings, and of late he has
scarcely been seen outside of his
Lexington avenue residence. 1t was
said when Mr.. Arther returned to
New York last fall that he wonld re-
sumo connection with his old law
firm of Enevals & Ransome in the
Mutual life Insurance bnilding on
Nassau street. The firm was, of
course, anxious to have an ex-Prcsi
dent connected with them, and the
possibility of again taking up an ac-
tive position in New York, was at
first hailed with great delight by
Mr.. Arthur himself. BY some
means, however, he never got as far
as the office, and of late he has done
nothing whatever.
The acute dyspepsia with which
he has been troubled for long
time, seemed to increase rather than
otherwise, and he soon found it i'm
possible to eat anything except a
little pepsinized milk. Intimate
friends who called were often denied
admission, and most of his ordinary
acquaintance dropped entirely out
of his life. About two weeks ago he
AZ 1, NJ II -
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
The fight between the President

The fight between the President
and the Senate is on. Senator. Ed
munds made the first tilt, and his
thrust was parted by Senator Pugh.
Much other fencing has been done,
and the field is full of the dead and
wounded, but the great question is
no nearer settlement than it was a
month ago. The President says he
is going to keep them there papers"
and when he will he will and you
may depend on it, The Senate
says he wont, and that's very likely
to be san end on it, as far as that
body is concerned. The President
rattles the keys in his pocket and
calmly asks the big Senators what
they are going to do about it.
When the newspapers exhaust
every other subject they turn nat
urally to discussing Ben. Butler. A
western exchange is Of the opinion
that the newspapers are doing a
good deal of unkind and unnecessary
sneering at Ben. Butler because he
was recently discovered reading the
Bible in his room in a New York
hotel. If the devil can quote Script
ure there is no reason why Ben. But
Ter should not enjoy the same privi-
lege. Besides, Butler is getting
along toward the sunset of life, the
time when men usually recall their
thoughts from secular things and
commence to lay up their treasure in
world where there is more security
than in this. The government is
making vigorous effort just at this
time to extract from Gen. Buffers
pockets large sum of money which
is supposed to belong to the Soldiers
Home. Butler is not n man to relax
his grip on anything that has n val
ne attached TO it, and from the pres
ent aspect Of Affairs it looks rs il
Gen. Buffers only chance TO cvadc
payment of the claim that the gov
eminent makes upon him is to trans
fer his hEnk account to another
world Butler is also Il very can
tious man and it was probably with
a view Of ascertaining something
about the security Of the celestial
bank before making 4 transfer that
he was looking over the Scriptnral
records. Whatever Ben. Butler does
he has deep hidden motive for SO do
ing.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Roscoe Conkling isn't keeping
silent all the time for nothing. His
historic curl turns toward the
United States Senate as bean vine
turns toward the sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Mr.. Osborn, the only coeoanut
planter in the United States, has
just received by ship from Africa
one hundred and fifty thousand CO.
coanuts. These are to be planted
this year along strip of seacoast
many miles in length, down to-
ward the southernmost part OF
Florida,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

There may be some opposition to
the building of Town Hall in Nor
gantown, but the general sentiment
of the people is heartily in favor
of it.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
The United States Senate is on {
strike for more papers.

1t is reported that Gibson and
Thompson have lain down together,
but it is not stated who occupies
Jonah's position.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Up to date Ben. Butler has neither
asked for a Cabinet position nor
started new National party. Queer,
is it not?--Suaday Traceier
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

AT recent warm spell the grass
hoppers made their appearance in
Harrison county almost as thick as
last SUMNER Bee.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

March, having come in Ike a lion,
will doubtless go out like Republi-
can United States Senate.-Courieg-
Journal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
What Our Exchanges Have 20
Say ON Various Subjects.

Mr. Eyarts' silence ON the silver
question is clearly the greatest effort
of his life.-Pittsbarg Dispatch.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

VIM. Jaco, foreman in the b. d. o.
shops at Grafton, died last week, and
was buried with the honors of the l.
o. O. +. He was a great favorite
with all the men in the shops.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Mr.. Thomas Hughes, head of the
tailoring house of Hughes & Co, at
Wheeling, died suddenly at his
home in that city, last Wednesday
morning.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Gen Hazcn, known as 'Old Prob
Abilities" has sued the New York
Times for $4,000 for alleged libelous
statements concerning him as Signal
Service officer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

The Blair Education bill passed
the Senate Friday by vote of 36 to
to IL. Fortunately, it has to pass a
Democratic House and Democratic
President before it becomes law.
There are many good reasons for the
belief that it will meet an insur-
mountable obstruction in one or the
other Of these intances.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
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Proverbs Of the Arabs


Men are four:
He who knows not, and knows not
he knows not. He is fool; shun
him.
He who knows not, and knows be
knows not. He is simple; teach
him.
He who knows, and knows not he
knows. He Is asleep; wake him.
He who knows, and knows he
knows. He is wise; follow him.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20
PERSONALITIES.
Some Remarks About Prominent
West VirginianS,
Living and Dead. In nnd Out Of
the state

Rev. Father Hickey, of Parkers-
burg, has gone to Europe to spend
several months.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Richard Terrell, of Moundsville,
has been appointed Postal Clerk on
the Ohio River railroad, running be-
tween Wheeling and Parkersburg.
Several candidates in Parkersburg
thought they had sure thing of it,
but they hadn't.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Before any more hayward states
men fall into temptation they should
remember that the market value of
vindications is frightfully high this
yearly. Y. Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

We take great pleasure in calling
attention to the Rural NeW Yorker:
the more so, because it is owned and
edited by successful, every day, prac-
tical farmers. Such men being of
the farm, are always for the farmer,
and are entitled to the farmers con-
fidence and support. 1t is also doing
good work in scattering broadcast,
by it's Free Seed distribution, many
new and very valuable seeds and
plants. If you are not already q
subscriber You should lose no time
in becoming one, and thus be enti-
tied to share in its next Distribu-
ton.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

In 1885 on | of an acre of land in
Calhoun county, near Minora p o.,
H. +. Riblect, raised 80 gallons Of
cane molasses, bushels of sweet
potatoes, IL bushels of Irish pota-
toes, 100 water MELONS, 20 bushels
Of beans. $50 pumpkins, 10 bushels
of tomatoes, 2 barrels of pickles, 30
musk melons, and IS bushels shelled
corn
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Mr.. j. II. Clifton, Of Lewis county,
is very ingenious gentleman, his
talents running in the line of inven-
tions His latest effort is fire es-
cape, which is said to promise great
things. 1t consists of a plate, pro-
vided with swinging arm, on the
principle of hinge. The plate is
secured to the cheek of window
frame inside the room, and when in
use the arm is thrown outside the
window and extends far enough over
the ledge to allow one to swing clear
of the building. On this arm
double pulley is hung and rope ar
ranged in it in such 4 manner that
comfortable seat is formed, and a
man may let himself to the ground
at any speed desired, the descent be-
ing regulated by grasping the as
cending portions of the rope in his
hand and it is so arranged that a
man can go down and then send it
back for another The continuance
is so simple and easy to operate that
child of ten years of age can escape
on it from burning building as
easily as grown person. A woman
can also manage it with equal ease.
This is one of the simplest, and at
the same time, most practical de-
vices ever invented, and its cheap
ness and entire security render it an
almost invaluable article, especially
in hotels, tenements and other large
buildings. The device is small and
is entirely hidden from view from
the outside, when not in use, and no
wise Injuries the appearance Of the
room
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

Cleveland completed yesterday the
first year of his term. There are
some disappointed ofiice-seekers who
are noisy, but the country is salts
fied.-W. va. Democrat.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

The House of Representatives the
the other day declared by 249 yeas
to s nays that prisoners incarcerated
for violating the laws of the United
States shall not hereafter be hired
out to perform labor in competition
with honest working men. Here is
a sign of the times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

1t may be regarded as reasona-
BILE estimate that when Grover
Cleveland sits down on Republican
Senate he weighs about four TONS
Chdrleetown Free Press.