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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
LOSS ALONG C8LDVELL'S RUN.
A General Review Of the Wstsr-SOaksd
Country Round Us.

For the third time within six weeks,
this city and the surrounding country has
been set swimming by disastrous rain
storm, and the REGISTER is called upon
10 chronicle great amount of damage 10
property, public and private.
The deluge of yesterday did not come
with the suddenness of the big storm Of q
month ago, but that WAS its only miti-
eating circumstance. In volume, the flood
was at most points considerably in excess
OF the disaster which caused the loss of so
many lives, and along the valley Of the
creek, points not touched by the last
freshet, were this time completely sub
merged.
That there has been no loss of life, is
something to be thankful for; but many
people have lost about all the former flood
lefs them, and some of the inhabitants OF
the county are in very destitute circum-
stances, and will again need help before
they csn get upon their feet.
OF course, the railroads have suffered
severely, and as usual. the B x o. heads
the list of losses in this particular line.
The Pittsburg division is pretty COM
plete wreck, five bridges being gone from
this city to West Alexander, and it will
be week before trains are again running.
Both city and county lose heavily-the
former in the downfall of that venerable
relic, the Stone bridge over the creek, at
Main street, and the latter in general dam
aye TO roads and the loss of the iron bridge
across the creek at Elm Grove. The con-
tracts for repairs 10 county roads and
bridges, just let, will probably have to be
largely gone over again, and it may be
that $50, 900 will not put the thoroughfares
in passable condition again.
Yesterday evening and last night there
was great apprehension in many minds lest
there should be disastrous freshet in the
river, but our dispatches do not indicate
more than 80 feet, and it may not get thai
high. During the early evening the West
cru Union telegraph Office and the news
paper offices were besieged with people
anxious to know the extent of the los
thus far and the probabilities regarding tn
river, but little satisfaction could be giveI
until quite late honr.
The cutting of of the water supply from
the South Side, and the natural gas sup
ply from the entire city, were two In
cidents of the storm which caused grea
inconvenience, and there was mucl
anxiety on the South Side last night les
there be an outbreak of fire. Supsrin
tendent Riddle and the fire department
t Jointly got meager supply Of water t
the southern wards last night, and thi
supply will he improved upon to-day. .
The city presented rather q sombre sr
|, pearance last night, owing to the suspen
sion of the electric light plant The ga
was particularly bad, and only serving I
, shed dim religious light upon the water
soaked scene.
To-day the full measure Of the disaste
will come to hand, when it will Gkel.
be found the monetary loss is we'll mp il
the hundred thousands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
BLAINE AND REED ON TRUSTS

Both Of the Maine Statesmen, Indirectly,
at Least, Favor Them.
WASHINGTON, d. c., August 2l.-"Mr.
Blaine's recent speech ON Trusts" said .
prominent Democratic Senator to your cor
respondent to-day, sis entirely in con.
sonance with the principles, as we'll ss the
sympathies of the Republican party. In
referring 10 these combinations in his ad-
dress at Portland, Mr.. Blaine ssid:
'Tthink tn ere have since been no Democratic
papers In the country. whether they understood
the meaning Of he word or not, that have not
been warning the people as TO the horrible dan
ger Of Trusts Well, ! shall not discuss trusts
this afternoon. l shall not venture 10 say thai
they are altogether advantageous or disadvsnt.
ageous, They are largely private affairs with
which President ClevelaRd nor any private citi
zen has any particular right to interfere
'What conld be palmer than thiss But
this is not all. Mr.. Reed, the acknowl-
edged leader of the Republicans in the
House, agrees with him fully on this sub
ject, and discusses II with singular unan.
unity Of expression. Ip the speech Reed
delivered in the House last May he had
this TO say about trusts:
"And yet outside the Patent once there are
no monopOlies in this country and there never
can be. All, but what Is that see on the far
horizon 5 edge with tongue OF lambent flame and
eye OF forked fire, serpent. headed and griffin
clawed? Surely It must be the great new
chimers, Trust Quick, cries every masked
member OF the Ways and Means. Quick. let us
lower the tariff. Let us call In the British. Let
them save our devastated homes Courage. dear
brethren! Be not too much disturbed. The Lord
will reign even if the Board of Mayor and Al
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22

THE action of the Republican majority
in the Senate yesterday in defeating the
fisheries treaty cannot be too severely con-
demned by patriotic Americans OF all par
ties. No man of sense believes that this
treaty was not TOR the best interest oi
Americans and conceived in aspirit OF true
patriotism. Nor does any man of sense,
who understands tine present political sit
uation, believe that the action Of the Sen
ate WAS honest, or patriotic, or anything
but base scheme OF politics.
The treaty was rejected by strict party
vote-whst spectacle for other civilized
countries to Contemplate. May the Re
publican leaders who would sacrifice
American interests and hurl us into 8
bloody foreign war, with their outrageous
rule or ruin policy, be satisfied with the
results Of their work. We firmly believe
that the American people will give them
such Tebuke when the time comes that
the lesson will Re never forgotten one.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
Fused Ticket

CHARLESTON, W. Va, August a.
The Democratic and Union Labor County
Executive Committees met here to-day and
effected fusion by the following terms:
The Democrats get the Prosecuting Attor-
ney, Sheriff, one member Of the Legislature
and County Commissioner; Union Labor,
two members Of the Legislature. Assessor
and County Surveyor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
il not nipped by the Harrison county

Wayne will present. . candidate for State
Superintendent of Schools in the person Of
Tay lor Mcclure, Of Oeredo. The Mcclure
men are Aenager men and vice versa-
Roane viii 90 to Gcff If be will accept;
after Goff, MenaRer.
The other places have not been can
yassed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
NEWS AND COMMENT,
THE wEATHER.

For Western Pennsylvania and West Nirginina; ,nS
Clearing slightly wagner, except aong the
lakes, Slightly cooler, northwesierV "i""s'
diminishing In force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
Serious Wreck at Pied mont.

fptttA ttNVhbt |" btc hSVLtttF.
PIEDMONT, W. VA, August 2l.-This
morning, at $50, engine No. 10 on the
Cumberland and Fennsylvspis railroad.
hauling eight gondola cars loaded with
coal, came around the curve at Morrison's
graveyard at high rate Of speed. Mr..
John II. Strain, Master Mechanic, nav q
short switch open and called to the engi.
neer, Mr.. Michael Flanagan, to stop. Mr..
Flanagan reversed bis engine, but slightly
checking the train, when tho engine
plunged off the end of the switch and
turned nearly upside down 10 right. Mr..
Henry Bittle, fireman, jumped of and was
somewhat shaken up, and Mr.. Strain
crawled out through the window and fell
in Georges creek, with one leg severely
sprained and hand cut on window glass.
Mr.. Flanagan was not 20 fortunate a. his
companions. He stuck 10 his post and
went over with his engine, and WA
caught and pinionsd down by the re-
verse bar, and was held in that posi-.
tion for some time All the steam WA
blown out Of the boiler before he wa
released. He is badly bruised and scalded.
He WAS brought home 10 Westernport, and
attended by Drs. Parsons, Shney, Miller
and Shupe, and at this time he is reported
ss resting well, aud II he has not sustained
internal injuries will recover. Mr.. Elan.
agsn is above sixty-fve years Of age, and
one Of the oldest employees Of the company,
and one Of their safest engineers. Enquiry
developed the fact that John Msyberry, .
track baud, had put truck on the siding,
and forgot To change the switch. Only the
frort truck of the first car left the track
This might have been very serious acci
dent The engine is down hank about
fifteen feet high aud Ia 10 the watsr. Ths
Baltimore and Ohio sent an engine 10 th.
scene Of the accident TO assist 10 clearip,
the track. The regular passenger train ar
rived here at II 30 q. m. but could no,
get through, and the passengers wsr,
| transferred around the wreck.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
THE STONE BRIDGE
He Saw It Fall.

Mr.. Charles H. VanKeuren was stand
ing on the creek bank, near the old Hub.
bard saw mill, when the bridge fell.
There were several hundred people on
it." said he. 81 would not 60 on because
I could feel it tremble under the terrific
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22

ONE THING: we can congratulate Cap
tain DovENEE that GoFF can't step into
the First District Congressional Convention
and accept that nomination, too.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22

Ir's a very ssd crowd, that at Charles
ton. L. will he sadder, too, later on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
His Voice SIN for Cleveland.

CHANBEEsBURd, Pa, August 10
John Wilhelm, Of Greencastle, who wss
nominated by the county Democratic con-
vention, August IA, for the Legislature,
has sent in his declination Of the honor.
Mr.. Wilhelm was q worker In the Repub-
liean party all his life, until within the
last few years. He has been Q tsriG 10
form man, and was led by the work Of the
Democrats in Congres and in the St.
Louis convention 10 accept Cleveland ~
his Presidential candidate. The Demo
crats nominated him for the Legislature
because Of his influence and strength.
In declining the nomination Mr.. VIII
helm asserts that he ID still for Cleveland,
'being Thoroughly convinced that the best
interests Of the country demand his 70
election"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22

force of the water and tie heavy timbe's
and rubbish that struck sgainst the piers.
I bad pretty good idea that the structure
would give away, but you might waste all
the breath in your body talking to people
and they would turn away aud think you
were silly. Many people, however, besides
myself realized the danger and would not
20 out on the bridge. The first indication
/ saw that the old bridge was going
was some dirt falling, out and
then several stones All the people on
the bank get up yell, warning those en-
the bridge. and there was grand rush
off both ends The crowd got OF inst IN
time, when there was terrific crash ana
down went the mass of stone and dirt into
the seething torrent. The water was
thrown at least fifty feet into the air. and
then all was over and nothing could be
seen of what was once the bridge, except
the ragged sbutments.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
The Fisheries Treaty Rejected.

WASHINGTON, d. O., August 2L-In
the Senate almost immediately after resd-
ing Of the journal Of yesterday the Senate
went into open executive session On ths
fsheries treaty, and Mr.. Morgan proceeded
with his speech in favor Of rstiSestion- In
very vigorous Language hs arnigpsd ths
Republicans Of the Ssnats for their purely
partisan course in regard 70 the trsaty.
Tne vote was taken On the rssclutioa d
ratification requiring two-thirds majority.
The resolution was rejected By party
vote-yeas q, nays 30.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
ONCE MORE
The City and Vicinity is
Flood Swept.
GREAT DAMAGE THE RESULT
Bridges Gone in Every Direc-
ton,
AND TRAFFIC NEARLY SUSPENDED.
The Old Stone Bridge Over the Creek
COlapseS,
and SINKS FROM SIGHT INSTANTLY.
Narrow Escape Of Several People Who
Were on II.
THE B. & 0. AGAIN 4 WRECK.
Five Bridges Carried Away on the Plttsburg
Division.
DAMAGE ON The MAIN LINE,

The Town Of Elm Grove Gets q Terrible
Ducking Again.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
anotber Story About the Bridge.

A gentleman who says he was watching
the bridge closely when it fell, says that
the work of destruction was first notice
able at the wing wall at the northeast
corner of the bridge The current swept
in against the wall there with great force
and it was so constant that at last the
wall was undermined and gradually
gave way. This caused the middle arch
to spread somewhat, causing the dirt to
fall through, giving rise to the alarm. He
says the north arch was the first to give
way, followed by the middle and then the
south arch, all within three or four sec
onds of each other.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
AND SINKS FROM SIGHT INSTANTLY
Narrow Escape Of Several People VIII
Were on II.
THE B. & 0. AGAIN 4 WRECK.

Five Bridges Carried Away on the Pittsburg
Division.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22

james B. Menager is the candidate Of
the Fourth District. Even here, however,
the suggestion Of Goff is welcomed with
ghoulish glee. As against Mclean, Men
aeer thinks he has a chance, and his dis
trict will stand pretty solidly BY him.
Mason county will give tho Point Pleas
ant statesman % votes, and the ssed viii
take root and grow into goodly proportions
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
GREAT DAMAGE THE RESULT
Bridges Gone in Every Diree,
ton,
and TRAFFIC NEARLY SUSPENDED.

The Old Stone Bridge Over the Creek
COQapseS,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-07
ANGEL OR DEMON.

You call me angel of love and of light,
A being of goodness and heavenly fire,
Sent out from Gods kingdom to guide you Alright
In paths where your spirit may mount and aspire.
You say that glow like star on its course,
Like ray from the altar. spark from the source.
Now list to my answer; let all the world hear it;
speak unafraid what know to be true:
A pure, faithful love is the creative spirit
That makes women angels live but in you
We are bound soul to soul by life's holiest laws,
And if 1 am an angel, why you are the cause.
AS my ship skins the sea look up from her deck
Fair. firm at the wheel shines loves beautiful
form;
And shall scorn the barque that last night went
to wreck
By the pilot abandoned to darkness and storm?
My craft was no stauncher; she too had been lost
Had the wheelman deserted or slept at his post.
laid down the wealth of my soul at your feet.
(Some woman does this for some man every day.
No desperate creature who walks in the street
Has wickeder heart than 1 might have. say,
Had you wantOnly misused the treasure you won,
AS so many men with heart riches have done.
This fire from GODS altar this holy love-fame
Might now be wild confagration of shame,
Had you tortured my heart or been base or untrue
For angels and devils are cast in one mould,
Till love guides them upward or downward, hold.
] tell you, the women that make fervent wives
And sweet tender mothers, had fate been less
fair,
Are the women that might have abandoned their
lives
TO the madness that springs from and ends in
despair.
AS the fire on the hearth, which sheds brightness
around
Neglected may level the walls to the ground.
The world makes grave errors in judging these
things.
Great good and great evil are born in one breast.
Love horns and hoots us. gives our wings,
And the best could be worst, and the worst conld
be best.
You may thank your own worth for what 1 grew
be,
For the demon lurked under the angel in me.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-07

Brother Moneybags is about to die, and
his soul is filled with trembling; he fears he
will not be able to get through the needless
eye gate, for be it remembered that the
rich all have to go that way. He turns on
his pillow and with his face to the wall
weeps bitterly. What is the matter troubled
soul? Can't you hear the ''well done good
and faithful servant, enter thou into the
joys of thy Lord?" No don't; and that is
what is troubling me. Well, what have you
done with your property that you have
spent yonr whole. life in accumulating? Oh,
that is all settled. Settled, how? Why,
1 left S25, 600 to each of my four children,
and the rest to my wife. And nothing to
your Master? You left Him out of your will
did you? Well, friend, he has done by you,
very likely, as you have by him. He has
left you out of His will. and given the new
Jerusalem to those that didn't forget Him.
Yours is hard lot, but is just. notwith-
standing. Read the parable of the rich man
and Lazarus. You will find instruction it
not comfort. Free Baptist.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-07
1sPheniXs, to the Fore.

Editor Mirror:
l offer this in answer to the criticism of
Texas" although my article still stands
and l do not like newspaper controversy.
Some readers will side with ''Texas." :"
Others will side with me, and there is yet
another class who are forever vacillating
and will remain with either one as he holds
the floor; hence my objection to a heightened
controversy.
'"TeXas" says: ''When you find that the
virtues of the different members of family
are rewarded by kind words-words of en-
couragement and appreciation will find
a happy family" Granted; but he seems
to think that the words encouragement, -
appreciation" and 'praise" are synony-
NOUS: if so. he IS wrong. TO encourage is
to incite to better actions; to appreciate is
to give just value to the action, while to
praise is to eXtol, to glorify or to pan
egyrize. Is there any difference? I wish
l could take down lis article verbatim and
l would try to answer in that way, making
him speak for himself at all times. but
know that the necessary space would not be
allowed me; so l will do the best l can.
Why do men know that thay are trusted,
and why do their employers show their
trust and appreciation? (another word, by
the way, that does not mean praise; the use
Of these words is truly deplorable, but not
intentional, perhaps.) They know they
are trusted by the holding of position Of
trust that they have gained by the exercise
of their virtues, and they do not want praise;
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-07

on with a moral disease, he remains
whether he becomes cured OF not. as proven
by number OF cases under treatment here
at present. 1 wonder where he got his
ideas of the Elmira RefOrmatOry? His
knowledge seems very limited on this
point, and if he will spare me a few mo-
ments private conversation will convince
him that he possesses wrong impression on
that score. l would do so here. only l will
not be allowed (metaphorically speaking) to
tear down that structure i'll this paper. |
have never been in that institution, but [
think can convince him that know some
thing about it. 1 will say one thing: L
would sooner have seven years here than to
take my chances of getting out Of there in
one, and am lawabiding convict. Be-
sides, man cannot be sent there who has
ever been in the state prison. Now, can a
man not reform who has been in state pris-
Oh more than once? If not, then why are
they sent to prison, If not as warning to
others, and if they can reform why not give
them the benefit (?) of the Elmra reform
atory the second time? Here is an illustra-
tion: "A" is professional crook. has been
at it all his life and never been caught but
once; he goes to the Elmra refOrlnatory.
''B' is man who has only made two crook
ed moves in his life but has been caught
both times. and of course the second time he
must go to the penitentiary. Now, | think
''B'' is the most likely to reform. He will
reason like this: II have only made two
crooked moves in my life and l have been
caught both times: had better give it up"
"a" will reason like this: Il have been
crooked all my life and have been caught
once, and even now they do not send me to
the penitentiary; my life has been Il success
with the exception of this one little draw
back, and think will continue in my old
ways" ''If this prison did not contain one
inmate the law of the state would not be
different from what it is at present. !"
Granted, but if there was no such thing as
law in this state how many men would
deserve to be in prison who are now at
liberty? TO confine all who would commit
what we now consider crimes under the
law, we would have to build a prison that
would cover St. Paul and Minneapolis COM
bined. A frst-clasS crook DOES plan and
take into consideration his chances of get
ting caught. hence the small number of
first-class crooks that do get caught. But
the bull-headed do not consider these things,
and when they do get caught. they are the
ones who do all the kicking. ''Texas" ar
CUES like man who places much confidence
in the credulity or gullibility of his readers.
and imagines that while few may investi-
gate and know the truth, the larger number
will take his word for it and inquire no fur
ther. This policy shows good knowledge
of human nature. for the average man is not
overburdened with the faculty of discrimi-
nation.
am sorry to have had to offer this re-
ply, but my bump of combativeness is SO
largely developed that it would not allow me
to pass the criticism unnOticed.
PHEFIN.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-07

''How is it you have so many young men
call on you?" asked a jealous girl. BE
cause" was the reply father has the gout
in one foot and the rheumatism in the other;
besides we don't keep dog."-Prov. Sun
day Courier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-03-28
The Gold Beater's Art.

sour trade is very simple one" said
the proprietor of gold beating establish
ment to a New York World reporter.
"We take a piece of gold bullion, about
two ounces and half in weight, which
we call one beating, and melt it in one
of those little sand Crucibles in that fur
mace. When liquid we cast it into an
ingot, which we roll out into a ribbon
about one inch wide and five hundred
long; we cut this into 500 squares and
place each square between two leaves of
this book, which we call kutch. The
leaves of the book are not paper but are
made from strong animal tissue taken
from the interior of bullock. The book
is fastened together securely, and is
beaten with the hammers until each
square is about four times as large as it
was at first. The leaves are then cut in
fours and similarly arranged in second
book called shodder. The third time
we call the book finishing mold. They
are then trimmed by the girls in the cut
ting department and arranged in the tis-
sue paper books with which dentists love
to harrow up nervous women and little
children.
"We use the hammer for five minutes
and then rest for five This prevents the
books and the metal from heating, which
would injure its quality. In beating the
kutch we use an eighteen-pound ham
mer; on the shodder a nine -pounder,
while an eight-pounder does duty on the
final mold.
at takes man at least two years to
learn to be a good gold-beater. Some
men can never learn. Their hand refuses
to so strike the book as not to make
Irregularities in the gold. Women sell
dom learn. There are 200 gold-beaters
in New Y York and not one is a woman !;
but, on the other hand, women monopo-
lize the gold cutting There are 500 in
that branch of our trade and not one is a
man