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VrESSAiFsb. 9S.-Her Ps,ne t,,tOfT.y
member otthe German oppO.llIon 10 tbe
RsiOhstaU sb'utally Hnuarlssd In bis own
house last night by two strnnron, Who az.
ekped. 1t 10 supposed the scs SaS commit.
teu IN revenge lot a speech made bT Herr
Feinefsssodet IN which he brought SsSi.
Gus charges against two personEFeS Of
hlgh neelel ppsltlon. The polioe hSys
g1lned him to carry & revolver, % iuftbsr
aLtacEI arc possible. II 10 reported thSt
In plain clothes. ''''N
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VALLEJO, CAL, Feb. 2S-It Is believed
that that a! least thirty lives were Lost by
the explosion Of the ferry steamer Julia,
yesterday. Eight Of the men killed had
wives and families, and aVe more were
single. SsRrchers are still Ut work on ths
wreck trying to hud more Of the miSAInS
men.
MrS. Ferrysr, the wife Of o gunner at
Mare lslAnd Navy Yard, aeoms 10 have
been tho only woman on board. She was
badly scalded about tho head aud arms.
Tho ll0t Of uureCoyorsd bodies Is nov
thought to number eleven. Ills supposed
thattxoluOiVe ot the crew there were atty.
two passengers on board, making sixty.
three In Rll, aud not single one eucapsd
without lDjurios moro OF leSs serious.
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A TUGtN sfoNRp
Az QulhVI bJ IhS H,tlESrh-A abpSWbH
EihlllbR EIbNtiabaN,


Az QuihUY bJ thS HlFlkSrA-A AnpSWbAl
Ei6illuI EtpSfiSnOs,
QUINCY, lLL, Feb, 2S,-ThS mall and
empress from KAnIAH City arrived here al
seven o'clock lIt night, the engine 10
charge oi johnson, a brotherhood
engineer, oil Tho Hannibal 4 III, Joe line,
AZ the train pAbsed through tho yard 4
stone WAa thrown through tic window oI
The HmOkeh When JohnBona engine "a,
detached from lhO ltAlni The saplho which
wAl 10 take lhO ht!a 10 ualeabtfg bNCksd
up " .hB train, when another llnnp VA
thrown through The window ol tho cab,
Tie engineer VA Ham Williams, 4 mar
WHO has not been In Tho CompAny's sOr'
ylpH for nOmO ybNL
BVlOtB tie train started lhfOO Oi The
BlhkOfB appealed 10 Williams not 10 take
lie train 0nl, butt hO refused 10 lVAvo hll
engine, and opened The throttle and moved
lhS Chicago mall and express slowly oul
liom the depot, When tho train teAOhCd
lie north Ond Ol The yard yOllOy OI
a,nnOa wAa thrown, only ono Of which
struck The cab, ThB train had mol pro,
peeded iAf when II WAa discovered thai
lhs engine had been hmpeted With In
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QuEEn pEFENsR IN COURT.


A Man Pleads that Money Given Illm Cor
BRts KsspiuE WAa Kat Gu " EAiS,
NRw YoRK, Feb GA new manner Of
accounting for another man'6 money was
brought out in q trial concluded to-day In
the Bupfome Court beiofe JudaO 0'BAOn,
The idty could mol wfetile 0ueceninlly
With lht ptohlofdh pledAniDd, and Anally
tiIsagfeed thi6 mognipg and were dl0ohaff.
cd, The queer part 0l tho case Wa the
claim Of the defendant that rata had eaten
up 1850 In gteenbAVka ol the money
claimed by lhs plaintiff, Mra, WlnsdT
sued her brother, Joseph II. Badlne, 10
recover $4,000 she claimed 10 have given
him ioF sale keeping,
Ia HE defense Joseph II. iodine stated
mai 10 had taken tho $40 900 10 indemnify
him a surety ioE WlnIOF who had ombVS.
Sled money from bank, 0iihRl anouhl
t6,BOO had been used 10 elepl tho aelllo.
mSnI made by The debndAdps brolhSt
When hO htSt obtained The money No
had plnOed II ou q Bheli Ii BIZ collar lof
SalsEseplng. 0u Rolnp there two weeks
later he wa yO!S much annoyed 10 Rnd
that ANJ Of The money had been dB.
youtsd by the rata. Thp6o O0mpllOAllpnb
WOie loo such ipf Tile twelve men called
npon 10 decide them, and they accordingly
hAVA II tip.
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SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. 2s.-Ths village
Of Manlius, a few miles from here, 10 ter.
For.siricksn by the sudden appearance oil
malignant dlphtherlA, which has already
brought death 10 number OF homes,
Yesterday the Union schools closed. indefl.
nitely. ID
The Sullivan aud Smith blocks, In which
q number Of families live, are quatanln.
cd, There are several desperate cases In
theae bloCkb. Sunday morning John Nor.
ris' eiRht.year old son diOd after an lllnesH
oi only twelve hours. Morris also lost q
three'Old child on Friday. Other deaths
have occurred In the village, and In add.
ion 10 the many cases four new ones were
reported yesterday. /! Ia feared the con.
tAglOn has been widely spread.
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DIR, ISAAC SCOTT DEAD.
PA,ksr,DurS Loses AN I0ndshtAl and Pu6'
lis.sPIii,'d Ci''l'"'

PAtksrSDurE Lose. An i9ndshtiAl and PuS'
= lis.sPtTitsd CiiiIsS.
sp,.,al DiJgasSA otN IhieLlietAoa.
PARkER!IUBo, W. Va, Feb. 2S.-Dr,
Isaac scott died at three o'clock this Alter
noon. The immediate cSuss Of bis death
va, acute bronchitis, bat he had been iAll.
jny I1r a year or more. DI. scott was one
oI tbe MOS. prominent and useful men in
his part q The State. His medical prtc'
,iss Ess large, He had frequently been
elected MSyor, member Of City. Council,
Olc, He was Vice Preeident and General
Manager Of the Black Diamond entsIprile,
and ono Of our most public spirited eiti'
z,nn. Hs wa 4 Surgeon General 10 th6
amy. dc WAs' GlKly yslIl ol lge, and
isSysS a oon, Df. o. J. 9cott, and adlush'
tlT, Ibs wife Of Deputy Sheriff b. f.
III, N. ]. Lceso, an aged and highly g,
gpsr,ad citizen, died this morning o.
parslygIb.
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UNION LAepR pARrY
To 'l''.ln coar'aIisa q Ts'dAy 10 yornoiai,

10 Meetin COnyOutlOn Ta.aAy 10 Bormulals
Plans.
Hon. John X, Thomp.on, Of Patlam
county was among the arrivals at the
Mcclure laat night. he iS hsfo Isl Z
double purpose, having come TO ailend
the boom convention and the cpnigsenci
Of the Union Labor Party, to DO held 10
day. Qaitoa number Of representative
msmbotu Of the party are in the ely,
They will meet In Labor Hall at 10 'eiock
Tor an informal talk aud toc,mpGte n5tas.
After dinner buSineBs session Willbs
held and plans will bs formulated lof tho
coming campaign, i. is under
stood that congressional, senRsotiAl,
and county committees will bs aErhne6d
Tor, and matters looking toward q gsnelal
campaign In bshalt oi the party Will be
OonSldeIed. A prominent member Of the
party stated yesterdAy thIslE is tho ineen.
ton Of those interested In the movement
to organizs In every county. II 10 pIobG.
bic that 90 q result Of to-dAy'a cohief.
ence State and county tickets will be
placed In the fsld this year.
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Mr, VRnSoN, LII, February gs.-Tbu
weather continues extremely cold, Tho
mtrcury having touched lOro during Lho
pnl lwenly.ioW hours, with no slFns Of
nodcrAllhg, bunpllea that hayo hNSn a..
pcCled from various places, have nol Al.
rived, although badly needed, There IA
lilue, u any, change IN the condition Of
the injured,
MOhofla bervlcoa weru 10 hAye ham
held Yesterday In the Presbyterian Chntsh
lOr thW Victims Of tho disaster, bui lbSv
wCtO roslpohed indefinitely. ThlppS ats
qnlpilug down and bublneAs "A helpe ~.
aumod 10 \ certain extent. The ronniv
Olhttft are securing rooms VhtiOver po;.
a,hlN 70 begin work Since the e1clion,Cbl
attendant upon tho recent dlbaSlot, a VreNi
deal ol counterfeit money ha6 bNOh ID slf,
culAllon In this city. II Of SaflouS do.
nominations, and ranges, 90 lat aS tllRcov,
cred from q 10
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RNoINRKRs HREEISa EMPLOYMENT,

Everything and everybody looked ex.
Csedingly dull at Burlington depot this
morning. In the passenger department
the clerks were selling their tickets d
usual, bu. they sent the buyers olT by
other roads, Very ieE OlgInsss were
around, bat the one or tWo that the re.
porter had a chlucs Of speaking to seemed
very quiet aud conhdeut. This large hall
way In the Csnits ol tho general offices Of
the company was ooNdsd with mon
seeking employment a. engineeIa
and fTBmen. The mljori.y Wero hremen,
more Of this calling applying than they
know very well what 10 do With. When
the hremen Welo Weeded out II was found
that no more than two dozen Of the 100
men In attendance were engineers. Only
two Of the old engineers are reported 10
have come back 70 the company, al.
though the ollielGlB claim that many Of
the men would like To. 0nly three
suburban trAinl each way In addition to
the fast mail and q Council BludS train,
which got oa about noon, were run to.
day.
Ihe ofhcers 0i the Chicago, Darlington
/ Qaincy Railroad slate lhPt applications
Tor positions % engineers and hremen are
coming in conitAntly from all over the
country, personally, by wire and by mail,
but As the company does not accept any.
body except lIIer rigid examination, 10
see that they are competent, the process
Of hiring men 10 slow, and consequently
they do not expect the road to b0 in run.
ming order again for OF leAst ten days.
CHICAGO, Feb,I2S.-This evening rumors
oil oompromlls bsgln TO ay about Itis
said that representatives Of the neighbor.
Ing roads, Tearing striks on their own
lines had asked Uhiet Arthur TO negotiate
further with the Burlington people. BuBi.
meas men who isGIed q spread Of the Atrlke
and the interruption oi trade, were said
10 DO anxious 10 AfbitrAte the differences
between the two contestGnts.
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WASHINGTON NEWS
.oAIH We yIRanIA MAgF4Rs.
OF asasrai IhtsEsst-ThS NumbsE, Yalus
and ossditisH q 1--we slssk IN thS slais,
Consideration Of the PsnSisa Rlll IN
the ssaAts-A Wars COllOquN

kpoaial Dtap1teA y ~ lAitltqnoR,
WABHIHGFoN, D. o., Feb, Ex-senator
Faulkner presented to-day tho petition Of
John Shepherd and HsVepiy.ippl other
citlIslS Of Taylor county, Hskipg the pas
40 Of the per diem rAtsd pension billi
also the petition Of the Womenl Chris.
tiAn Temperance Unlon Of West Virginia,
&king logiElatsn for the better protection
Of women and gIIls within the territorial,
admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction Of
the United sIalss.
James NJ, Ewing, Of Wheeling, 10 As-
dgnss Of Felix BrannlgRn, Of New York,
has bean granted patent for paving tile,
Mp, George E, Johns, Oi Wheeling,
Ia here visiting friends stopping at the II,
VlngIon.
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RARAI AAIMALa
OF west VirglpiR-Fhslr NsnbsF, Yslls
and Condition.
A,1sial' nir,ai,A "A "A. hiiHat.nt,

OF West YlFglniA-Fhslr Number, YslsS
fN : and Condition.
Ape,ial DipalsA b ~ htdloHns.
WAIHRaFoN, .. O.. Psb, 2s-Fhe Com,
mlsilopslsoi Agriculture IN his report on
the number and yGlus Of faFm animals
has the following on West Virginia,
Hopel have increased IN number and
value daring the past ysaE and have
been unusually iIss from spIdamIe dis
ease. Feeding cattle have deereaSOd n
numbeE, owing % the laF pdcs Of beat
prevailing. 10 many places COWS have
taken their place, The enforcement Of
the olsomheRrina Law and the erection Of
q number oi clelmehea Ia the stAte have
made better markets, and consequently
given encouragement 70 the farmer 70
pay more altsnhon 70 the pFoduels Of the
dairy, This has brought about the
erection Of Q number, Of Gilos, which
enables tho farmer 70 ] secure proper
food the year round instead Of buying ex.
penaiye mill feed, oil meal, ele, There
has been q decrease In the number Of
hheep IN the WelteIn portion ol the State,
while In the eastern plIt there has bean /
large increase. There arc moro hock
MASTERS now than heretofore, owing 10
the increased number pi small fockB lex,
tremely slASge ones being an exeepIion,)
which gives the sheep bblteF care and az
tenion and increases their value.
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BiRNisdnAN, ALA, Feb. 2s.-The Hen.
deison Steel Works, an experimental
plant, recently established by capitalists
here, made steel this afternoon iOfihO frht
time out Of Birmingham pig iron from
BlrmlnRhGn brown heipatiLO phQsphoriC
ore. II b nov dOmOnAhALBh without q
doubt that ttesl can bO made from North
Alabama nm
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FLCMBI IiuMOR,

Mr.. Plumb-Noi l did not say anything
Of the kind. said that SO far as tho Of.
feet Of bis opinion on me Is concerned in
The e1,r ,rci,s Of my duty as Senator, hO
la Grover ClsvelAnd-noGhing more,
nothing less. "A primrose BY the rivers
brim." Laughter
Mr.. Faulkner asked Mr. Plumb what hO
meant by saying that g senEtor on the
Democratic side would not have agreed to
report tho bill, unless hs knew the oplnin.
ion Of the Ohiei Executive.
MF. Plumb-I will yield the floor 10 all ol
tho members OF the Pension UommmilGeo
on that side collectively, Jsrtuiim and 9th
erWlst, to get up and say what they do
mean by this bill, and whether they would
vote for II II they believed tho President
would veto II,
Nj. Faulkner dlSclained any personal
knowledge oil tho views Of the Executive
In the matter.
Mr.. Plumb said hO had not supposed
that the Senator from Wes! Virginia had
talked 10 tho PfbBiden. aboat Il. But,
however II was, whether tina! by analysis,
by education, or otherwise, II was
plain to 30 seen that oil effort
was mIds 10 get bill which tho PfObi'
dent would Bign..
Tue debate was continued a. Bomo
length by SenGtOTs Blackburn, Blair, Man.
deIOn, HoAr and Teller, hut without &C.
ton Lhs bill went over and tho SenAtO pro.
esedOd " executive business aud coon ad.
iouFnsd.
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Serious R0IulIs Of n rr,sllo., .,o,,,

HlLLsnoRo, o., Feb, 2s,-slx miles
south Of this place lives VILLA m Mcanp,
Weslthy farmer. Las! Thursday .bo
yonng iolE1 Of tho rsishborhOod mot
lherO at q mory'ms6inR. While the iun
vas q lts helg..d ito mi,ohlsl.loylnr ID.
NJ! ,,.,, names Slower, thinking only ol .
hl1lo additional Vrofl, lOit ne honte ana
o.eisoj mp In ghaStly iAShlon, Thoy
Wrapped themselves In sheets, nut on
iate iArea made Of dough, and then burnt
Guddcnly upon tho guTsta. FSuF Young
ladlta iGintgd A.ths sight Of the aWiul an.
partitions Two were feelofsd without
serious trouble, and two olhSfp, MltOeS
DsrR 4 Atkins aud Lizzie Ohapcy, we're
restored only to phBl lnSo n condition Of
irl1hlml. dolliinni, screaming and crying
constantly, Ih0. physician holds but
slrnder hopsS ol the recovery Of their
fpnEOu,
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0sWEuo, n. Y, Feb. 2S.-Conduu!or
George EspbsCk, Of tho New York, On.
tArlo Il Westetn Railroad, who last night
for the first time saw tho picture Of VIM,
/. TaScOlt, the Chicago murderer Of MIL.
llonRlre Smell, Says he 10 positive that he
arrived at g:bj Yesterday morning In this
city from New York on hla train, bound
for suapenalOu BhdgU, O!heT train hAndI
VINO had their attention called 10 the man
by HE EtrGngO acLlonu, arc equally posi-.
Two. While In this city II 10 tlought thai
hD called upon ILLS mysterious HWCslhBArt,
who, according 10 report, lives Ia this
rily
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Th,,s t,blld,,o', Iln,,Ihlo yol,,

yiSNEGroms, Fob. 2S The Journal u,
Cloud, MINI, special tAybf Horrible
nowS wNd brought h6t6th,l morning iftm
Fair Haven, near here, 70 ne eject that
last night while 4 lAfin0f named Miller
and hln vile ware At church, their house
burned down, together with three chill.
drgn aged IL, 10 and I, who had been
locked In. This explosion ol a lantern
uaubBd lhe 1tR.
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ipttEsi Biipaish 10 ~ lAlfgisfHet'' ~
NoadAs1owH, W. Va, Feb. 2s-Nlck
Madsfa sud Henry Black received their
rou,oAos 70 lie lmpril3nm,nI this m'rn.
III. iJuGSo Fleming, ia banIsuclnS The
,oT,a,rslT, raid they would hayS !ufSnd
Is0s EsyssS punlIhmOut bat ioi lhe
dnieg perception Of their o1unsel a1d SUBJ
,aicTloil oi the case 70 tho jdfy, Aitef 20.
vlsvlby ihs urlma TO JnGRe said: "lou
Vii. dhfnp the remainder oi youi lile,
bays tme 10 rlsoI upon your pht coufg,s,
And pSspato lDf tho great hbTeal1eI.'
Tbs p,la6nuB will bo taken 10 Mounds
Vill1 thl1 week,
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Iythls Convention does what 1t IhsrO
to do, It will set West Virginia on the
road not only to equal bat TO outstrlp her
ueirhbor sister Pennsylvania. West Vir'
glnia's resourceu arc practically as yet un'
touched. Her future is all before her
What a splendid oponinGl
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On Saturday afternoon asd evening Ihi1
famous play Of James A. Herns't viii be
presented at the Opera House. Tho Prov.
idence journal says: II the RECEPTION oi
the play 10 any criterion, nHeArt6uf nsLi'
will ba popular. Certainly II Il whole.
some; Il is pathetic, fall Of action, abound.
teGro, and u is foil Of droll and lGuehAble
positions alAc. The actors arc 81 wall
trained and competent. One Of the beat,
or, Of any rate, one oi the nio9t applsndad
actors iS the baby, aYsritAblo infant only
. few months old, Another Is little Nsnd
Thompson, child Of about I've sutnnsfs,
that takes the part Of Lille ChFytdl in the
HiLh and sixth acts. Mr.. JameS A. Hstnc,
% 1ary DeaaiSon, proves himself % 30 an
actor Of high order.
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DEsyHR, Col, FEB. sS,-It q reported
hare that there VA sarious trouble a
Asoook, Heb., to-day, growing ont Of the
Ihiks, An engineer, non,union man,
wa working 4 locomotive IN the yard and
VAa Asked by the BEolhaFhood men to Fet
on 30 refused and ! TnSh Fls made ioI
him. He Eaa dlegged of the locomotive
BY the mob, and HAs beaten almost %
death. Hs was left inssnsihle, and TIE
atIikela then took the engine and ran
II AWay about Q mile and killed Il This
MAS not the end ui the trouble, however
The town authorities arrested q number
Of leadela IN the assault and took them
before . Justice, who bound them over,
This action inoenaed the strikers, Who be-
came % unEuly and boiateEola q 70
neceslilate active hteps being taken To-
protect the city from damage. A tsle.
gram was sent to Lincoln with q Fequsll
that the State militia be brought out,
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TuosE mlschIsf.lOviug Ohio mAdsnH
who frightened twoner gtrlsinto Hde'
lirum by personasinE ghosts, have some
thing to remember with keen regret all
their lives. There are Jokes and iokss,
bat the temperament Of the victims should
be known before prHCtIcIus on them
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TT, woRrn, 'rEI. Feb, ga meeting
Of cattle men from Northern and Western
TsEM, held here last night, denounced
The bill introduced ID Congress abolish.
Ing The lurOAu Of Animal Industry and
BnbBtllutlnR therefore n board composed
q llir9s members 10 DO appointed BY thB
pfenldhnk
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TaR State Development movement has
grown 80 fast and become SO strong that
the most energetic and enthusiRstic are
hardly able to keep track 1T. 1t began
Au zephyr; 1t loOks very much. like a
vhi,lVind,
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PoFrSVnLE, PA Feb, 2s.-Abous seven,
ly,iye Of the displaced engineers and Gre,
men Of the Reading railroad belonging te
this city and Patio Alto, were recruited
here yesterday for the Chicago, BuFling,
ton 4 Quincy road. A dtEln ol the men
loft hers via the PenngylyanlS railroad
this afternoon, but the main body are
awaiting transportation 10 Chicago, They
are In communication with Manager
Stone, Of the Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy
road, and are In momentaly expectation
Of ordals from him 10 start, Whereupon
they will all take the next for Chicago,
These men are all experienced FAllIuaasES
and Knlghts OF Labor,
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OHiCAoo, Fob, 2s,-ThV police have
bSSn notified Of tho CApIuHAt PorOBE, ILL.,,
Of Hhlisr Davis, the Young inulALln uho
assaulted and mutdaItt little MuSSiS
u9uRu .s,iAy morning, md escaped on
q wabash train,
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DrRolr, Fab. gS-EWenly .Olghl cnun.
ilea In Michigan have yO.sd lof pfohlbl.
llnn under Tho local option Law, Tho lttl
county 10 10 "WOl" Ia WaahlenAW, Mich,
which volsd Yesterday by 4 majority Of
1850 agAlnBl prohibition,
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AnrnUn's REPLY
70 PtSSldsnt PStkisT Surprise at the Sod.
dehnt,a Of. tho strike.

koEftbluuht febth buEpTAoN tnO buu'
dsnn,Is of the strike.
CHICAGO, Feb, 2s.-In reply 10 Presi'
dent PerkinO' expression Of surprise that
the strike came 90 soon, and tho intimR.
Llo1 that Mr. Arthur did not give him
time to consider tho demands Of the men,
Mr. Arthur BAySi "Prssldent Perkins was
advised weeks usO that the demands would
be made aud that their refusal would be
followed by aHlflks. He replied that Mr.,
Stone had complete authority to eel. Mr..
Sargent and | went up to sec Mr.. Stone.
We read over tho htst and second articles
Of the schedule referring 10 the discharge
or suspension ol the men, and calculation
Of their time. Mr.. Stone did not like the
language and made some alterations 10
suit himself. lBAldj We will agree TO II.
He then said he had not intended 10 ARTse
10 the propOGltlonS as changed, and 70.
marked that hO would pass them ioi
awhile.
ave then came 10 the third article, on
the pay Of the enElneers and HfOmen, Mr..
9IUuo bAlu ub ulu uub tuluk tubIb uuRut "
bo any difference between four and ok
wheel engines gAid all right, we would
make the pay lhiOe and hall cents per
milo for all passenger enginSs. Twill not
conCede 10 That pfopobltiOn,' said no.
replied. well, will consent 10 q alriks
Of our men on that proposition MF.
Sargent and then left. | understand
that President Peiklns had empowered
Mr.. Stone 10 AGI for, him, but a5 soon "a
WG left him The telegram vas Gsnt 10 Mr..
Perkins, and RO received the reply be
mentions. Hls ieply was entirely loo In.
definite and merely said that hB would be
In Chicago next week. HO did not ask ia
10 walt until hO arrived nor anything Of
!he Kind no simply SAid hg uGS coming
here.
"ogr telegram and hia AnSEer were
shown % NJ. Bloho Bnnday noon, and be
Was told th9t d a. \. Monday the tLrlkO
Would b begun II no settlement WB
made, He did not Rsk Tor time, and hal
full warning and plenty Of time 10 aCl and
Mr., Perkins certainly had oil the time any
one could AK"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-29
."Zitka."

OF "zltks," the Russian sensational
and spectacular drama to be- prasented a
the Opera House Thursday evening, tie
New Haven Palladium says: William
Carlton buildsd better than be know When
.ho wrote "2tka,n Ito popularity bSRan
At its hst production and still continues
% was evidenced at the applause which
greeted tho members Of Il. O, MinerI
company lubt evening. The play is q very
atrorg one and needs good company %
produce II. The play isat evening ran
very smoothly In every respect. jdIss
Mey Wheeler 10 nnHuOd to much pfalle
IN The part Of ztkR MursoI, which n
tmeH 10 difficult ons. Henry Talbot, as
Pierre Petrosky, oil the Imperial Guard,
did bome hne Acting, the representation ol
The lever stricken exile being excellent
The scenic effects and coStumea were
very hne,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-29
Injury.

EVERY earnest man ia tO.dAy'a oonvsn.
tioR can do something TO bring the State
to the front. This Is Why the Chamber
Of Commerce invited oil to assemble who
take an interest in the welfare Of WSst
Virainia,