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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09
Oddities OF Genius at Work

Noltairc had III his room sometime
five desks, atwh.ch he pursued different
tasks
Tie great Romanccr, Balzac, after a
frugal dinner at SIX or seven o'clock,
was called at midnight. WHEN he took a
cuplof black coffee, or green rather, and
extremely sttou-, and worked tilt noon.
- Pitt never ale but 4, his own table,
which was frugal ;.onlv when he had
some important affair To discuss he took
j little port vine with a spoonful Of
cruvlan bark.
Addison speaks of an advocate who
would ncycr plead case without having
his hand II the enu of 1 thread drawn
tightly around one of hi, thumbs al the
time III, speech lasted The wa9s SAID
it was the thread Of his discourse
DIR. Shapman relates that a celebrated
advocate, Of London, AWAY, applied q
blister 10 his arm whenever he had an
important case 70 plead
The historian. Nezeray, would work
only with a candle. even at idday and
midsummer He never failed 70 wait on
his visitors, even to the street, with
candle in his hand.
Eossuet worked in cold room, with
his head warmly cnvclopedN
1t is said tha, schiller, before compos-
inc, put his feet in cold water.
Guido Reno painted with much pomp.
He dressed himself ma9nltcently and
had his pupils attend him in silence
ranged around him
/ Sarti, the musician. composed only in
darkness
Michael Angelo, Leonardo dc Ninci.
Titan. RubcnS, passed from the chiscl
to the pen or the bush The change
rested them from the preceding work :;
md thus, during long lite, they
accomplished mars cllou> works
Some persons can think only standing,
or IN Walking the room with swift strides
Some, like Montcaquicu, compose i'll "a
poStchaise
4 Bullion wrote in lace rutiies; AleNander
DUMAS in his shirt sleeves.
Milton composed his 'IParadise lost
on large arm> hair, with his hc;l ID thrown
! back =
When Fox had eaten hea4rily he
! would retire to his study, cnvelop bis
head in a napkin soaked IN vinegar and
water. and work sometimes ten hour n
4 succession.
Jeremy Bentham ottcd his ideas on
little squares Of paper, which he piled
upon each Other, and this pile Of little
papers stitched together was the first
fosm> Of his manuscripts
Napoleon had his particular mode OF
meditation and work When he was
not in council H. stayed in his stuly,
4 talked TO himself and sung, OF like d
child, cut the arms Of his chair, then
suddenly Iousng up. would give tho
plan Of a monument 10 be erected, or oi
one Of the great military movements
which ast9ni he'd the world - fommercta
1 II
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09

Wan was never actually declared be-
vccn the United States and France,
hough various acts Of hostility were
lone. Jays treaty with Great Britain,
led various matters in way France did
lo' like. France th"rcnpon issued vari-
)uH DEGREES against American commerce.
which were hardly those Of friendly
ration In f197 the relations between
rance and the United States were so
hrcatcning that President Adams called
IN extra session Of Congress for May
p C. G. Pinckrcy, ElbridGe Gerry
,ad John Marshall were sent 10 France
adjust al ditficultie, The Govern
neat refused to receive them, but inti-
mated tha, money would smooth mat
ers # the money didn't come war
would. Then pinckney made the
amous remark w ar be it then Mill
ouS for defence. not one cent for trib
lte' Preparations for war were made
~ Congress, and had We not begun
Tgltin@ at once there might have been
Ka'. he | : trlgatc Cons tellation,
ommotorc TruNton, took the French
rgalc~ I'InS,rgeQtc and Ia Vengeance
md SD startled the French that they
uri" uvcrture- for 4 renewal Of nego-
latsons and IN 500 a treaty was made
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09

The Ncw< York MH oa1 hiprrs has
o..amo vafAed up over the fact that the
oeo"th home oppe'latiou Of our be
oNs" country : no. accepted hy nations
.sing other languages than the English,
'ut t., tr'n.ltted hl them INTO their re
trtAe N"nagplal> 1t SAYS In
<'AH'o and French Switzerland we are
Etats TINS II Austria Hungary, Bel
s'um, Ge'many and t,rman Swltler-
aHd. Ncfc,nGte Staten n Bolivia,
.r'.lr 'hlh, tolomhm,/to>ta Rica,
salvador. San Domingo, Ecuador,
,uatcmala, IIatti, Honduras. Mexico.
Menace, Niearagua. Venezuela, Uruguay.
spain ana portu.al we are sEstados
n.drs III Norway. DE Foreneae
>t4tcr in sweden. Forenre ~taterne :
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09

III of English cattle companies
,..u that no. a single ioint stock ven
,t.,c .a American Western cattle or
range. raI dividend last year, only
.ac pad a dividend in 1885, and seven
paid Jjyfdcads in 1~S5- A companys
n,re- which we're priced at $J25in 1886,
,.,fc .noted a go at the end Of 1887
sua,hcr VA, reduced from %5e1.5o to
$50. another from sf2l to slo5, an
l'hc. from <iaJ to so, etc. The aver
aoc ale, If cattle in is, were f2 to
.o.I~ lower than in. 1886, though the
number o ae were about equal
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09
FRIENDS + HIP.

Whois to me moral looking glass.
In which reflects my smallest blot
v ho kindly warns. or gentle chides.
When fulfill my duty not,
He Is my friend. deem, !
However much my foe he Seem.
But ne, who fiatters, ever praises me.
"ho ever loves, and neer enightens,
For every fault 4 pretext finds.
And me forgiveS before repentance.
He i nv foe, deem
However much my friend be seem
7. f. Stout.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09

organ little twcak. But. Papa Npklc-
pod, Judge >omerton and his daughter
Will be with YOU anon and the way YOU
viii have Ia stand round and mind tho
hcusckecper Will be cautlea
"Aa right said Mr. Nicklepoi
give me- kI>, and do/wish could
tell yon how happy you have made me-
The kiss VAS given. and il was no dis
grace to Flossie that her eyes ovcrilowed
NTH tears L'r.. [, f.,fa'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-06-09

The FIir o,e.< NoHt'y says that
..r mot extensive forest plantations in
A@ nitci states, mentioned in the
rln art' oi the Division Of Forestry,
ilc those Of the Fort scott and Gulf
lajlroad and Of Mr. Hunnewcll, near
JmIugton, Kan, Of about $40 acres
aoh, NJ Burnett lambeth p antation,
i 800 acres in Virginia those Of the
Ncs,rs. lay and others, along the sea
dast # New England, and some of con
der1blc extent in Southern California.
small groves abound in the prairie
states, and are found less frequently in
b. Eastern States, notably in Ncw Eng
ard In the aggregate these plantations
gnt amount 10 a considerable area.
J!e>r commissions or bureaus have been
a-tltuted in New York, California,
lhIo aud dorado
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
GALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE,

In PURSUANCE Of q decree OF the Circuit Court II
Ohio County, W. vs.. entered on the CWenty. eighth
day Of February, 1883. In the suit oil R. J. smylhS
administrator vs. Ann N. Smyth and Othen, the
undenigued special commissioners will, on
SATURDAY, MARCH -, 1888,
beginning at 10 O'Clock T. M, tell at public Auo.
tion at the north door OF the Court House Of Ohio
county West Virginia, two pieces OF real estate de-
scnbed Is follows viz:
Flrst-Ihe late residence Of K. J. 6mIth, de-
CeaGed, being 20 much OF lot numbered ten Q0) In
EQuare numbered twenty-five (22), IN the city Of
Wheeling In said county as lies between the kOulh
side Of Thirteenth formerly called HAmpden)
street, and a straight line parallel thereto aud
distant thOfeirom dftyseyen feet.
second-Lots numbered three t9) and four ~, In
square numbered twenty nine t2g). IN tho BuenA
Vista addition to said city Of Wheeling
Under the authority OF said decree the said com.
mINionerN have canned said lots 8 and 1, Ia BuenA
Vista addition, 10 DO divided Into two parcels, AZ
follows, 70 wit: LIST. A portion Of said lot de-
Rcribed rs follows, viz: beginning ~ the southeast
corner OF said lot & thence WITTY the north lire Of
Twelfth street SSK degrees ". sixty.tbree feet
i've inches 70 the centre OF tho stone steps In the
stone wall along tho south line Of said lots; thence
N 6h degrees ". htty leet TO stake; thence N.
S3x degteeA E sixty three felt hye inches 30 n
STAKE corner 10 said lntS thence with the cast line
OF loE4B OK degrees < fity Get 10 the beginning
I'd. The residue Of said lots Sand 1. AplRt oil said
parcels may no seen by calling upon the under
Said lots 8 and 4 In Bucna Vista addition will
Hrst be o1ercd GS a whole aud then In parcels as
above described, and viii DO sold IN whichever
way may appear the most advantageous.
TERMS OF SALE -Each purchaser to pay in hand
one third at least Of the purchase money and a.
much more thereof Is he may choose. and tho
residue, iiAny. In two equal lnStallmtnls bearing
interest from the day OF sale, and PAYABLE respect
lively In one and two ye1n thereafter, the puf.
chaser 10 give notes for the deferred payments,
and tho tide 70 be retained until payment In full
BENJAMIN T. ALLISON,
W, J. W. COWDEN,
Special Commissioners,
certify that bond has been given by said special
commissioners as n CURED by said decree.
mr2 JOHN W. MIlChELL. Clerk
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THE BOARD IS READY
TO BOOM THE STATE IN EARNEST
Tho state Commissioners OF Immigration
and Dsrslo7nsat meet Ard orEaniis
for AouOu-B. L. Butcher Chosen Sec.
rotary-PlAnS of the Commission.

The State immigration and Develop
ment Commission met at 10 o'clock yeSter-
day forenoon in one Of the pMlors at the
Mcclure house, with the President, Mr..
O. B. Hart,in the chair. The frst thing in
order was the choice Of g Secretary, as pro.
vided by the Convention, and the Board
selected Hon. B. L. Butcher, Of Randolph
county. The choice Ia endorsed by the
public, including the delegates to Wed
nesdsy's convention who remain in the
city, as one ::emiaently ct to be made.
Mr.. Butcher was the choice Of the Con-
vsntion as Secretary, and is well posted
on the resources Of different sections o.
the State and widely acquainted with hel
citizsns.
1t wss moved, and the motion adopted
that an Executive Committee DO appoint
ed, 10 consist OF the President, the Score
tary, and the Vice Presidents from the
First, Second and Third Senatorial dis
tricts. Mr.. Hart, Mr.. Butcher, Mr.. ]
B, Taney, Mr.. ]. E. Watson, oil Fairmont
and Mr.. I. Moore jackson, Of Clarkaburg
constitute this committee.
It was suggested, and the suggestion en-
dorbed by the Board, that the difFeren
Vice. Presidents proceed Of once to organ
izs auxilisrlgs in their districts, and ais
to do what they can to raise funds for thu
operations Of tho Board.
The various means Of carrying on tn
work Of the Board and attracting to Yves
Virginia the attention her advantages
warrant, wers discussed, and stepa takei
at once to begin the boom.
The Board, on motion OF Mr.. B. G
Washington, Of Jefferson county, ad
journed 10 meet at OhaTiestown May "a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
supreme Court Of AppnnIn.

This court met at Charleston on Tues
day, with all the judges present, anC
transacted the following business:
Pegram Va. ssoriz, from Mason county
opinion by Greeni judgment Of Circui
Court reversed and new trial awarded.
State vs.. Cottrill, from Doddridge county
judgment affirmed by operation OF law
the court being equally divided in OPT
MON.
Hoffman Va. Dickinaon, from Kanawhs
county; Judgment affirmed by operation
Of law, the court being equally divided In
opinion.
Barbour, stedman & Herud We. Temp.
kins ct al, from. KRnawhR county; opin
ion by Johnson; decree reversed and
cause remanded.
Kinsley & Bro, vs. McOlain, from Dodd.
ridge county; petition for writ Of error
and supersedeas refused.
Adjourned until Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02

Clerk Hook yesterday admitted to re-.
cord the following deeds, besides one deed
Of trust:
Deed made March /, by Jacob Ritz and
wife to August Karges, in consideration
Of $3.50, for lot on the eastern extension
Of TWenty-fourth street near Woods.
Deed made February 10, by James W.
Wilson and Herman Barnes and wife to
0phelis O. Pollack and Cecilia Yost, in
consideration Of $4,000, for l02 sores and
poies Of ground in R!Chiand district.
Deed made February 20, by Andrew Il.
Patterson and wife to Joseph II. Wilson.
in consideration OF S4O5, for lots and 10
on the plat Of said Patterson's land at Elm
Grove.
Deed made March l, by A. O. Harrell
and wife to Gottleib Schacht, in consider
alton OF 5000, for lot on Pike street.
Deed made March l, by A. @. Harrell
and wife to Henry Hohensee, in considers.
ton OF 5000, for 0 lot on Pike street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
ABOUT PEOPLE.


Strangers In tho City and Wheeling Folk
Abroad.
District U. s. Attorney Watts left FOL
home last evening.
William Exley, IT,, formerley Of thiE
city, Is now located OF Memphis.
Mr.. NJ. v. Smith and daughter, Of
Charleston, are Vt the Mcclure house.
MIR. Alex Beabout and Mr.. F. B. Reed,
Of Fairmont, are registered ct the Mcclure.
Deputy Sheriff W. h. Bailey, Of Nor.
gautown, Ia stopping at the newsk Charles
hotel.
Mr.. O. Gibbons, editor Of the Randolph
Enterprise, and his wife are OF the Howell
house.
Mr.. Monroe and Misses Burlingame and
Glover, OF the ,"Zitka" Company, are at
the Mcclure.
Mr.. W. s. Edwards, prominent among
the Charleston boomers, leaves this morn.
ing for Plttsburg.
Mr.. John W. Breslin, associate editor Of
the Cincinnati Merchant and Manufacturer,
was here yesterday.
Mr.. G. W. Tippett, OF the Point Pleas.
ant Register, and his daughter, Miss
Georgia, leave for home to-day.
Mr.. Thomas L. Broun, prominent at.
torney OF Charleston, was among the Ka.
nawha delegation who got in late.
Mrs. NJ. Stevens Hart, principal OF the
Washington D. O. School Of Elocution, is
visiting her son ct No. 4S Fifteenth street.
MIN. W. Pogue and wife have returned
4. i4nlA Nd tNh NJ
the home Of the BRIDES parents on North
York street.
H.A. Albright, ar, Of Baltimore, Md,
after spending four weeks very pleasantly
in this city, has gone TO Pittsburgh to visit
his two sons, George and Frank.
One OF the frat things Prof. W. P.
Wiley, OF the State University, did after
getting into the Opera House Wednesday
morning, was to call OF the press box and
renew RcquAintances with some OF the
boys who were in the business here when
Prof. Wiley was editor OF the Register.
Prof. Wiley and President E. NJ. Turner
were much sought after all day. People
are interested in the University and want
to see II get along. It's boom commenced
some time since under President Turner's
able management.
Among the last Of the delegates to get
in was Hon, John NJ. Hamilton, Of Grants
Vile, Calhoun county. He came in
Wednesday night on the Ohio River road,
having been detained nearly an entire day
by reSson Of missing a train. He spoke
enthusiastically OF the good that ought To |
be accomplished by the meeting. Mr..
Hamilton will be we'll remembered by
Wheeling people, he having made num-
Der Of warm friends here during his at
tendance on the Legislature in various
yapscltIes, He Is accompanied here by
Nj. ]. W. Pell from the same place.
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Frank o'Neil, Of Findlay, is visiting
friends in this city.
Mr.. Mason shipman and R. W. veazsy
are the opposing candidates for assessor
in the Third ward.
Mr.. William White, OF the Third ward
desires to announce that he will be can,
didate for nomination for Marshal at the
coming primary convention,
Mr.. Frank Wallace was in St. Clair5.
vile yesterday before the grand jury as
witness in the case Of the thieves who en-.
tered his taller shop last fall.
Mr.. Will A. Miller has purchased the
interest Of Mr.. Rsase Furbay In the La
layette theatre, and will make vast i'm.
provements In the stage and interior.
Tho congregation OF the First Presbyte.
rian church last night resolved 10 call
Rev. Nj. Campbell, Of Washington, Pa, 10
the pastorste Of the First Presbyterian
church here.
MI. ", NJ. Kneff, Of MtnRo, and Miss
Kate Abbott, Of this city, were married
yesterday afternoon Of O'CLOCK, by Rev,
A. E. BroWnlee Of the Bayless House on
Fourth street, and left on the 5 O'Clock
train for Mingo. where they win make
their future home,
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AT THE RIVERSIDE.
A Magnificent Spectacle witnessed by Mem
bsrS OF the Convention.

A Magnificent Spectacle witnessed by Mem.
borS Of tho Convention.
II was the unanimous aentiment last
night Of the half thousand people who
awaited themselves OF the invitation OIL
Manager Frank Hearne, Of the Riverside
steel plant, to witness the operations Of
that immense Establishment, that they
were well paid for the tlip. One gentle
man expressed the feeling Of the entire
party when he said 10 the ISTRLIIaENcER
representative: ~ travelled over three
hundred miles to attend thee Wheeling
Convention, and this episode In connec.
ton with II Is alone worth the journey"
Captain 7. A. Spies, the agent Of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Company,
placed ct the disposal Of the visitors 4
tTsln OF Ave carr, which were crowded 10
their utmost capacity. Captain Spies and
Ticket Agent Thomas Burke accompanied
the train, which was In charge Of Conduc.
tor Riley, and looked after the comfort Of
the exCursionists. II was nearly half past
seven o'clock when the loaded cars pulled
out 1.-THE depot and quarter OF an hour
later they stopped ct the Riverside sta.
ton. Il 10 safe to cay that not ten per
cent Of the party were familiar with the
beautiful process Of manufacturing steel,
and certainly few, II any, had
ever before witnessed the splendid specta.
Gle that presented itself 70 their RsIs
last night. All had read Of this great
Wheeling industry, but none fully real.
ltsd ita magnitude or grandeur until they
saw II In full operation, with its thousand
employees, Ito lurid fires, its wonderful ma.
shineFy, its extensive buildings, lie great
leethinR furnRces-aa Of which formed an
picture, scene Of activity
md beauty Of which they had before but |
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
A NEW INSANE ASYLUM
To DO Built at spsneer-rhe Board Of Pub.

To DO Built at spsneer-rhe Board Of Pub.
lie WorkS.i
There was q meeting OF the State Board
OF Public Works 'held at the Mcclure
house yesterday, all the State officers be.
ing psesOnt. The business before 1t was
the erection Of the Insane Asylum at
Spencer, Roane county, for which the last
Legislature made an appropriation Of $lO,.
900. The difficulty in the way was q
question as to whether this money, made
payable out Of the revenues OF 1883, was
available now, or not until next year.
The Board after due consideration decid.
ed that Il was available at once. Work
will therefore not be delayed longer than
ia absolutely necessary for other reasops.
A little business was transacted In refer.
ence to the Cumberland road and the
meeting adjourned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02

Mayor @. A. Junkins will DO q candi
date for reelection at the coming cleo
ton.
DR.. Bolsn LETT yesterday for Delaware
Ohio, where he will make his futurl
home.
Samuel showalter has returned from
Lorain to his duties on the O., L, 4 W, ex
tension as engineer.
Frank Fisher, the present township
treasurer, will bo candidate for thai
Office sgain this spring.
A demented woman Of rather prepos.
sessinR appearance was in town yesterday
and said she was looking for the Horn
brook fund, claiming she was entitled to
share Of Q large estate. No such fund
ever existed, and the woman, It Is thought,
took this means Of counting sympathy and
receiving aims.
Yesterday afternoon "a Ollie DuCan war
passing the O., L. & W. depot in Kirk.
wood with the express wagon and team
belonging to James Higgins, the horses
became frightened at the moving cara and
started at rapid gait down the street,
One Of the horses came in contact with q
short poat, badly decorating the flesh on
its shoulder, while the other was unhurt,
The wagon was wrecked, but the driver
escaped.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-02
BELLAIRE.
All Sorts OF Local News and Gossip From
the Glass City.

bao 0AiAlu NAAls
Morris Luchs ls home from Marietts.
Lou Emery is homo from Darlington.
George Woodbridge is home from St.
ClAlEsVllls.
Mr.. Albert Wetherald, Of FindlHy, was
here this week.
Miss MRude Nicholson is home from
New York city.
The Kahn Hotel, at summerasld, wGs
destroyed by fire.
The little son Of George Jennings is sick
with pneumonia.
Mr.. William Cunningham, Of Findlay,
10 here on business.
Mr.. Frank Ltten Ia able to be out after
several week. sickness.
The County Commissioners meet in
regular session next MondSy.
The Oldest daughter Of W. B. Bergund
thai Is very sick with pneumonia.
Miss Clara Marshall, OF Greensburg
Pa, Is visiting friends and relatives here
John McVey and John Troll have gone
to Fostoria to work in the glass work.
there.
Mr.. ANN! Workman was injured in thu
side on Sunday last and Is now suffering
in consequence.
There was talk below the creek yester
day Of Rodeier Bros. drawing their fire to
day or tomorrow.
A ZAnesville furniture firm are shipping
lots Of furniture to BellAire, BrdRepor
and Martins Ferry.
The Bottle company here talks Of build
ing another glass house adjoining the ont
they are working in.
Tho Germans gave a grand leap yea
ball at Turner hall Wednesday night snC
a good time was had.
William seabrook md Miss CATHERINE
LETTERS were married on tho evening o
the 10Th, by Rev. K. Smith.
John Danford. tho we'll known news
paper man, is suffering from facial paraly
sis, at his home in st. Clairsville.
Melancthon Moore has been elected
professor Of photography at Bethany Dol
lege. He was formerly from this county
The street railway folks are handling
ties, getting ready for good weather, snt
then Bellaire will have new Gtreet rail
way.
The Stamping company talks OF build
ing glass house hero near their work
for the manufacture Of fruit jars and glss
oil cans.
Dr.. Robert Alexander. OF Alexander'e
Station, out the Bsllaire, Zlnesville & DIN
clnnatt railroad, will locate in st. Olairs
vile after April lst.
The nail works were not In operation
yesterday, tho nsiers attending the funer
al Of brother mailer, George Keyser, WHIT
died TueadRy night.
The G. A. R. drum corps will give a TAI
and festival in City Hall tonight and to
morrow night. The Wenner Cadets viii
take part in the drill and parade.
Harry Hays has had a series Of troubles
First he fell and cut his hand badly
Next he had piecs Of glass cut out 0
his eye, and now he is confined to hi
room by sickness.
Mr.. Henry Doyle, OF Pittsburgh, ant
Miss Maggie Bsmiord were married a
the residence OF the brides parents By
Rev. J. o. Smith. They left yesterday
lust after the ceremony for their futur'
homo In Pittsburgh.