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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
BENW0oD.

The Wheeling company s'eel pant
will be about completed next m onth.
The Riverside steel pan is waking
good time.
The ice cream vender on the street yes
terdsy was another herald Of spring.
Times are nearing the ebb tide in u
preciucs. So there may be 6 bright n Re
up of affairs.
There is a prospect Of our having q de-
pot erected shortly by the B. Il o.
Prot. Cline, the worthy principal OF The
Moundsville school, was IN town yesterday.
Mrs W. Morrow is the guest of friends
in MoundSvills.
A gentleman aud his son while crossing
the river in q skif one evening last week,
hsd a very narrow escape from drowning.
Prot F. Cesgo, one of the leading elo-
~cutionists Of Wheeling, assisted BY o hers,
will give an entertainment for the benefit
of the n Z. Church Saturday evening
next.
Mr. J. Smith, 9 -four merchant, Of Bridge
port, was in town yesterday.
Mr.. Daniel Dow. a highly respected eiti-
IN of the Upper Ward, died at his home,
.fter q few days' illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Clems, of Bridgeport, o.,
are guests at the residence of NJ. Morgan,
E.1
Miss Kate Arthur. of the Southern sub
urbs, is the guest Of Miss Mamie Hender,
shot, of M~oundsville
A pleasant surprise party was arranged
by a coterie Of Miss Lydia Patterson:
friends, in her honor last Wednesday even
ing. A most enjoyable evening was spen,
and ample Justice done the SUMPTION:
supper, which was served. The folloEin
is . list of those present: Misses Corf
Vancursu, Mile Bryant, Mary Thompson
Lizzie Varcuren, Title BurSee, Ami,
Cosssr, Ne srs. lie Siuclsirs, c. briggs. J
and James Thomp'on, G. Bursee, ". Haw
kips. W. King, and ]. Loug.
The excellent choir OF the N. E. Cburcl
have hen invited to participate IN an en-
tsrtainment to be given ia Wheeling in tn
near future.
The B. L o have accepted Q propose
TO nonvey one hundred thousand enigrsnt
this spriDg to their dsyins!ion ig the oc
Sident.
Ono or two marriages are booked to tax
place after Lent.
Mr.. Alex Dorsey. Deputy Sheriff, va
up from tie county seat yesterday.
The new temperance organic alton yhie
has made such q favorable beginning, vi
/ hereafter holds It's meetings on Sasurda
} sysping instead Of Tuesday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
DIED..

BoRISG-On Friday, April l6, 1886. ELIZA A.
daughter Of John W. and josephine Boring, aged
2 years, 2 months and is days.
Funeral from residence Of parents, No. ISL Six
teenth street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Friends Of the family are respectfully invited to
attend. Inttrment at Penin,ula cemetery.
MCLAlN-nn Friday, April lG, 1856 at Ann
Arbor, Mich, Mrs. LIZZIE PETERS, wife Of Chas
McLain, OF Bel'aire, Ohio.
Funeral will take place from the residence Of he
husband, on Noble street, thi, (~sundayl afternoon
l O'Clock, Friends OF the family are respect
fully invited to attend,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
40 tons OF IS pound rails in twsnty-tour

10 tons OF IS pound rails in tWsnty-tour
hours."
The iron rolling mill at Evansville, lnd.,
is beirgTemoved 10 Hammond, Ind, where
the establishment Will be- operated as q
nail factory. This mill was built in 1870
al a cost OF S3S5,O00, and was shut down
after having been 10 operation only about
four month, since which time it has been
idle. The present owners of the works
have made q contract by which the whole
concern-buildings and mschinery-areto
be removed from Evansville to Hammond,
and be ready for operation with $50 nail
machine within ninty dayS-HardWsre
Reporter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
Respectable DrupRists

never deceive the public, but beware Ct the Cheap
John druggists who offer you a plaster called "Cap.
,icum, /" "Capsicin," "Cspu,in" or "Cspsicine. ~
and tell you IL is substantially the ssme as the
Benstn's tapc!nc Plaster, or even bette.
They ask less for the imitation, for II costs less
but as a remedial agent II Is abtolu.ely worthless
The reputation OF Bsrson's rs the only plaster pos
,esSinR actual and high curative qualities 10 the re-
of manv years experiment and honorable
on the part OF the prophe'ors; and 5000
physicians, pbarw acists and druggists endorse T.
Is the best ever made. Protect yourself AGAINST
deception by buying Of reputable cealers only, and
avoid mistakes by personal examination. The
genuine has the "rhree Seal,'' Trademark, and in
he centre Is cut the word "Capcius.p
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
state OF the Iron Trade.

Mr.. Calvin Wells, of the Pttsburg Forge
Iron Works said in regard &c the condition
of the Iron trade: IL neVe; sew the con
di,ion of the trade any worse than 1t Is
now. The price Of merchant iron has not
advanced, but the price OF metal has gone
40 a coupls of dollars on the ton Wnlcs
makes it impossible to sell st present hS'
IRE. Just now there is a ssifening IN tae
ron business, brought on by the Pacific
r,;lrosd companies REDUCING the freight
,ores, which caused buyers to layin q stock
and &C long rs that continues we Will run our
Vorksia most o: the departments on dopoie
turn; out how long ii Sll! hold out am
Cpsble 10 say.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
A Smile that Will Do Almost Anything.
Snmerrius INN nal

A woman can't sharpen a pencil herself
worth a cent, but she can get IMAM to cut
his finger and get his hands all black
whiting her pencil down for her, and then
beguile him into the belief that she has
really done him a favor by a ravishing
smile and a tender Thank you"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18

Delicate diseases Of either sex. howev-
OF induced, radically cured. Address, with
10 GEMS ic stspCS Tor book, Worlds Dis
peusary Medical Association, Buffalo, EeT
York
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
waste of material although there is plenty
of everything. Next the bakery is

waste of material although there is plenty
of everything. Next the bakery is
Il LAUNDRY,
which ID manned By convicts also. The
clothing of all the prisoners is here thor.
oughly cleansed and dried. So clean is
everything that not the slightest speck of
dit Can be found upon any garment
The soap is alec made in the laundry by a
convict from materials left from the prison
bill Of fare. When l vent through the
prison, Joe Paul, the unfortunate prisoner
spoken oil in my last letter, was foreman, l
think, but his health has so badly failed,
l learn that he has been removed to other
and lighter work.
a PRISON PET.
In tine corridor at the door leading into
the dining room covered with q leather
case, stands the prison pet. 1t is q beauti.
ful, nicke[mounted Calling gun. It's roll
OF rife muzzles point toward the door, and
it q mutiny occur while the prisoners are ell
IN the dining room q single guard could
with n hand guide the muzzle, while
with the other by turning O crank he could
fill each emptied barrel with a fresh cart
ridge from the hopper at the top. A hail.
storm Of bullets would sweep across the
dining room so fast and 80 true that not a
living human being would be left standing,
and this all could be done in less time
than it takes to tell it. There will be no
mutiny while the pet" holds the fort"
With this paragraph l will close the
description of the West Virginia Peniter.
tiary. If the reader wishes to learn some
thing of other institutions of the State he
can be grati6ed at an early day by con-
rinuipg the perussl Of the SUNDAY REGIS.
TER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
Growth Of the Miners Federation.

The growing prouinencs Of the Nation
al Federation of Miners and Niue Labor
srs in the various States is yeSy cheering
70 the aIdsnt workers who have devoted SO
much time aud energy in order to bring
rhe orgsnizAtiu 20 Its present acceptable
position. The movements Of orr orgsniZa'
lion are growing in favor, aud are os!cuia'
}s,cd 10 do much toward solving the
problem which has caused so much dIstress
Ind poyesty among our miners aud their
families io tbs past We recognize the
nany inUositioEs that ere still Standing
in the wa7, bat would urge GBoH our
miners to be patient. Bear yous burdens
With as much esse as possible aud wait
7eur time. With thorough organization
among tLs piners Of this country yoar
many wants can be- largely reduced with
ont resorriag to such bsrsh ~nseGsSres as
SSvs heretofore been iadulged in. We ash
vou 10 dos! with al questions Of contFoVersy
hat NAV sHsa baIwesn yourselves aaa
your employers IN s~eccr4aree with the
objects Of the national oonsa!GtGF. ne
move "a far as,possiOle the cause OF strikes
ard adopt whenever and wherever Practlc
Abs the principles of arbitration. Let
this ba yoar motto. Then the public can
not do otherwiss thsu sosnowlsdge yolt
actions as Just sud reasonaEs-iao'r
Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
The BAKERY

is presided over and managed BY coiviets.
who make and bake all the provisions OF
the convicts. Everything in and about
the bakery Is clean and neat. There il no
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
MARSHAL

AS o Marshal there is no doubt that
Douglas made his nsrk On laore than one
occasion, principally inscribed, no doubt,
with 10 cslliber bullets. He always brought
in his man, but as often feet.foremost as
With perpendicular, but one day he went
out TO arrest some one on q warrant, he
followed probably his last trail but one)
of death. He returned to the little town Of
Lampasas. with his prisoner stTapDad .: -.
he hack Of . Lt5fse. but the prisoner was
IS dead as cold lead could make him.
One otory COOS thst the dead man had
many friends who believed that he
had been deliberately murdered and
swore to aveDge him. Another, but
somewhat less plausible one was that the
score keepers OF the coroner's jury dis.
agreed as to the number Of bullet holes 10
the dead man, aud the GOODNESS tina!
arose on that occasion gradually conferred
upon Douglas. Be that as it may, Doug.
las directly after the above occurrence left
Texas for the mountains Of West Virginia.
He. like n~iuety-nine men out OF the hun
bred in prison, declares Eis entire INTO
n Of the crime attributed 10 him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
THE HOSPITAL.

a hospital is attached to the prison, 20
which all invalid prisoners are sent after
examination by the prison physician. The
hospital steward is. l believe, q certain
doctor, q convict, who is a regularly edu-
Gated phys clan. This disciple Of Escula-
Plus ia an eccentric genius. One OF his
idiosyncrssieF is, | believe, a fondness for
appropristiDg other folks horses bia
weakness for horse flesh snd disregard for
the doctrine Of meun and tuum brought
suspicion upon him, and the last time the
doctor got q corner on the horse market
he loss his diploms and liberty both ct one
and the same time. He is considered one
Of the stubborn cases Of the prison.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18
0 NJ THE CuERcEEE,

is another life prisoner. He, with three
others, anon them a Chief"Gray Eagle
was sentenced by the Government for
murder. The murders committed by these
men vera the killing CT whites, for which
crimes they wero tried BY the Y nited
States Courts. had the murdered man
been one Of their own color and tribe they
would have been tried in their own ter-
tory under Cherokee laws, These
Indians were brought here sew
eral years ago., but the Government
n n,ison life, broke the heart OF his chief
and two of his companions, aud they died.
Thew are buried within the prison walls, in
one corner Of the yard, aud their spirits re-
leased from human bondage, started for
the happy hunting grounds where the rat
tIe of chains, the changing Of iron doors,
and the constant toll OF daily existence is
m longer known. The only n lett,
Charley Thomas, is q halt breed, tai, mus
cular aud powerful. He is one OF the best
blscksmiths in the shops; always prompt,
obedient and attentive. Doubtless the
memory of broad plains, tie wild free
life of the pstiol, often ru:hes upon
his memory, bot if SO, he never men
lions it, but goes on with. his work, quietly
and ~assiduously, day after day, and r%etires
to his cell at night Ike the hundreds ot
others, apparently glad that the hoHrE OF
toll are over and the shades ef night and
rest and sleep are bringing him one more
day nearer the goal OF hope-treedom-
death.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-18

OF the prison is one Of its peculiar features.
All classes Of society and many professions
are represented. The ex-minister and pick
pocket work side By side, while the ex-leg-
islstor marks tins with the snesk thief,
and the eI-tressurer Of some large institu.
ton sIts elbow to elbow with the ct
the lowest p%urleus. There are no class
distinctions and no preferences.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23
Daring Stage Robbery.

A dispatch was received at Omaha by Gen.
Howard, commanding the department of the
Platte, from Fort Robinson. stating that a
daring stage robbery mad been committed
about eighteen miles from tie fort. About
II o'clock i'm the morning the stage-coach
running between ChadrOn, the present ter
minus of the Fremont, Eikhorn and Missouri
Valley railroad, and Fort Robinson, was
stopped by party of masked highwaymen
who ordered the driver and passengers on
whom they got the drop to throw up their
hands, which order was Obeyed. The high
waymen then took possession of the express
cOmpany's treaSure-bOX containing about
SIS. 900 in gold intended for the payment of
troops at Fort Robinson, the stage being
under cover of the hghwaymen's guns until
it got out of range.
The robbery occurred near Dawes City.
Upon reaching Fort Robinson the driver in
formed Maj. Deweese, the cOmmandant,
who Immediately ordered out his cavalry
and they are now securing the country
Cavalry detachments have also been sent out
from Fort NiObrara. kilograms have been
sent out to Sidney, Cheyenne, Laramie
Deadwood and Mckinney and tine whole
country will be secured. Every effort will
be made to trace the robbers and Gen. How
ard teels confident that they will be cap
tured. The robbers had evidently beer
posted as to this shipment of gold for FOrt
Robinson. The express company Will bt
held responsible for its loss.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23

party. They predict tremendous split and
that eventually Randall will loom up as the
one man only able to put Humpty Dumpty
on the wall again.
Il don't know whether you know it." said
a Democratic senator speaking to the CORE
spondent of the ST. Louis Republican, but
two justices of the supreme court have al
ready given it as their opinion that where a
Republican otfice-holder was suspended by
the president during the late recess of the
senate, and no successor is confirmed during
the present session of the senate, the Re
publican who was suspended is restored to
the office the moment the senate adjOurns.
With the supreme court'likely to take that
view Of the law, as this privaIe opinion by
two of the justices indicates, it is useless for
Democrats TO hold any other opinion ~
Since the matter was first referred to several
Democratic senators have made the point
the subject of close anu careful study, and
there is an increasing belief in the legal
correctness of the position taken by the Re
publicans.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23
Work on the Panama Canal.

The New York Times prints the follow
ing: The attorney-general of the United
States of Colombia has begun suit for
foreclosure of the charter of the Panama
Railroad company, basing his action upon
the claim that the railroad company had
violated its contract with the government in
having disposed Of its property 70 the De
Lesseps Canal company. Officers OF the
railroad company say that it was not true
that the canal company had bought the
railroad. 1t had simply bought, as any 9TH
er investor might have done, the control of
the stock. Should the canal be finished the
business of the railroad would be destroyed,
and in that case the railroad would have an
eouitable claim against the government for
permitting the grant of Charter by COM
pany whose success would render the rail-
road valueless. 1t is considered likely that
a counter-suit will be instituted, as the diff
ficulties of the canal cOmpaDy's adminlstra-
ton are such that it may be called upon TO
realize its assets by one sale OF the railway
stock and this would then be taken up by
its old owners, whose interest it would be to
prosecute the government. As to the actual
Werk upon the canal the reports are very
discOuraging. A canal some eight or ten
miles in length and of varying depths has
been extavated at the Aspinwall end OF the
line by the American Dredging company,
and some little cutting has been done at the
summit, but as the cut at that point will have
| to be 400 feet deep, should the present plan
| he carried to completion there is but little
| to show for the enormous expenditures
made,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23
pRENCHED WITH ICE WATER.
Narrow Escape Of Hundreds Of Peo-
Pile From Drowning In Regents


What might have proved most serious
accident, rivalling the disaster Of 1857, oc-
Cured in Regents park, London. The
weather was delightful, though a thaw had
set I'm and the lakes in the parks were
crowded with skaters, who had "royal
time" of it, during the recent severe wealth
er throughout Great Britain. As there was
a prospect that the thaw would soon put an
end to the sport, an unusual number Of per-
sons were enjoying themselves on the ice;
When suddenly there was a series OF loud
cracking reports, and the ice on one OF the
pond gave way, and at least 100 men, women
and children were submerged in the chilling
water beneath. A cry of horror arose from
the vast throng of people on the ice and In
the neigborhood OF the lakes, while those
who were lucky enough TO escape made a
hasty scramble for the shore. The life.
sayersn and police, sted by hundreds OF
volunteers, soon pull the drenched pleas
ure-seekers from amid the slabs OF floating
| ice. Women and children naturally suffered
the most from the involuntary cold bath,
but ND to the present, thanks to the fact thai
the water was not very deep, no serious re
| suits have been reported.
Intense excitement prevailed Throughout
London when the news Of the accident Was
spread throughout the city, many recalnnf
| the fatal 18th Of January, 1851, when, IN tn'
same park, at least 200 people were suddenl!
submerged through the breaking OF the Ice
forty-One of whom were drowned.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23
HE WoRSHIPPED HIS WIFR.

And Refused to Live Without Her
Tragic Suicide Of Richard Bailey.
Richard Bailey died at the county hospi-
tai i'm Chicago. Mr.. Bailey was the original
producer of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic
opera Patience" in America. He obtained
The manuscript and score and put it on in
little town outside of Boston, his wife, Amy
Goodrich, appearing in the title role. He
has been in Chicago about year and half.
He worshipped his wife. but they became
estranged in some way. He told his friends
she came to Chicago and, although there
was nothing in common between them, lie
came here TO breathe the same atmosphere
with her. While here he never sought her,
nor saw her, but kept knowledge OF her
whereabouts Dependency obtained the
mastery of an otherwise energetic, but too
sensitive nature, and he lost all ambition.
About two weeks ago he went 10 the Mad
ison house, on Madison street near Lasalle.
and the chambermaid knocked on his door
next morning, but no answer coming, and
thinking he had been out late, paid no at
tentiOn after knocking vigorously. Late in
the afternoon the smell of gas was family
discerned in the hall. Finally the key of
the room Bailey occupied being absent from
the rack in the office, they broke open the
door and the occupant was found uncon-
scious, while the room was full of gas. He
was alive and that was all. Medical at
tendance was obtained and after days
care it was concluded to send him to the
county hO3pital,. There he has lain In a
was partially reduced when brain fever set
in and he has been lying on bed and pill
lows of ice for the past week. The hospital
authorities state that he died of pneumonia.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23
Shot His Servant Girl.

Henry Brown, storekeeper at New Beth
el. Ind. few miles east of Indianapolis, has
been visited by burglars two or three times
recently, which has made him suspiclously
watcbful, and he usually sleeps with two
large revolvors under his pillow.
Sunday evening the domestic in the employ
of the family, had call from her beau, and
his departure at late hour set the dogs to
barking. and aroused Mr., Brown. as the
girl. with a dimly lighted lamp. attempted
to mass through the family sleeping room to
reach her own quarters, Half awake and and
that of a burglar. Mr.. Brown fired two
shots one of which extiDguished the lamI
carried by the girl while the other bullet
struck her squarely in the chest narrowly
missing the heart and passing clear through
her body. .L; I;
some hone that she will recover. Since tina
time Mr. Brown has been nearly insane witt
grief and his condition is giving nearly a
much concern as that OF the injured domes
tic,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-23
Dingley on Silver.

Gov. Dingley of Maine, the leading Re-
publican on the banking and currency COM
mittee. says that he has no idea that this
congress will take any action for the relief
of the national banks beyond the possible
enactment of a law similar to the Mcpherson
bill, which passed the senate last congress.
This bill gives banks the power to issue cir
culating notes up to the full par value of the
bonds deposited to secure circulation.
"Do you anticipate any other financial
legisation?'.
mo, do not think there is any prospect
for the passage of any bill affecting the
banks, the currency or coinage"
Then i'm your opinion there lsno prosper
that the coinage of silver will be suspend
ed?"
II think from what know Of the temper
of the house that nothing less than an actual
financial calamity will induce congress tc
suspend silver coinage"
"Do you fear this disaster in the near fu
turer'
at is within the power of the secretary OF
the treasury to bring 1t about WITHIN week
All he has to do is to issue call for thirty Ol
forty millions of bonds. and give notice tina
they will be paid i'm silver. This would a
once prove whether silver and gold woult
come together or part company"
"Do you think the resolution offered b,
MFR. Eustis in the senate, directing the secre
tary of the treasury to make the next pay
ment of bonds in silver, will pass?"
81 do. There are great many men II
congress who. while opposed to the idea
will vote for the resolution just to test th'
result"
"What will the effect be upon the financia
wOrld?'
81 believe the result will be to force golt
| to a premium of per cent, or more immedi
ately upon the passage of the resolution"