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The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13
HAND TO HAND.
By REBEOCA HARDING DAVIS.
ICopyrighted.1
PART /.

The managing editors patience was al
most exhausted. Positively, Maj. Stand
isb. don't see that we can find any room
for ANYTHING of yours in The Camera this
week. Or any week." lie added with an in
ward oath to himself, glancing impatiently
at the heap of ''revises" waiting upon his
desk. He did not take them up, however,
but stood outwardly respectful, for he was a
young fellow, and Standish, though a notori-
GUS bore, was old and white headed.
The major patted him patronizingly on
the shoulder. MY dear fellow" in his most
luscious, grandiloquent tone, ''let me give
YOU hint I've been twenty years in the
very thick and heat of American journalism,
and You are but a neophyte You want to
make The Camera weightya I call it dull,
sir, dull Too much respectability kills q
paper. 1t needs a different class of articles
something at once forcible and light.
Philosophic and VII, sparkling and-well, do
you take my meaning"
''Something like that in your hand, chr
laughed Stinger.
Precisely You've hit it," colnplacently
twitching his white whiskers.
mo. Not today, major"
Suppose We try a short thing on fish
culture. I've got myself up on fishes
thoroughly"
1.-The Times did that on Friday"
The major stood a moment anxious and
silent This new asteroid, now! When l
was on The London News, Griffin used al
ways to say: For anything taking in the
scientific line, Dan Standish is our man.
Don't want it, en-: Who's doing that hang
Ing down in Delaware for yous I'll make
you two column job of it Tor s.. and pay
my own expenses. That road always dead
heads me-"
Stinger took up his proofs. "We sent a
stenosrapher reporter this morning. We
really have no use for you, Maj. Standish."
"You never were more mistaken in your
life Where you neel Inc, my dear boy, is to
take charge of your reportorial corps. I'd
make those lazy fellows toe the mark"
Mr.. Singer 1t was the proprietor Nc
Murray's voice, which rasped through the
room like the filing OF a saw. He came to
the door OF his Office. A sandy, fiat built
Scotchman, to whose making up nature had
grudged every atom Of flesh save in the one
matter of a keen, red, tomahawk shaped
nose "Have not those proofs gone up vet!
You encourage too many idlers in the Office,
sir You here again, StandishI'
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Rivers need a spring.
Electric iSlttrr.,

Tins remedy is booming 50 we'll known
and So popular as to Need no special
n,.nticn. hl wLo have used Electric
bittcrs SIM. tn: sanie song Of praise
is guaranteed tu 10 all that is claimed.
Electric Bitters will cure all diseases Of
The Liver and Kidneys. will remove all
Pn,plcs. EOils. Salt Rheum and other
affections and prevent as we'll AZ cure all
naiarial fevers. For cure Of headache,
-,,:,sImp:ivn and indigestion try Elec-
.ric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaran-
teed. or money refunded 80 cents
and sl.U0 per bottle at Dowty 4 Becher's
drug store.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

The Commercial Travellers Protective
Association of the United States, has q
membership of over sixteen thousand
and is probably the strongest association
Of the kind in the world. Mr.. John X.
Stone, their national secretary and treas
urer, 70 Dearbone street, Chicago, in q
letter states that he has been severely
troubled at times, for the past twenty
years, with cramp and bilious colo
which would compel him to take to his
bed from three to six days-while in st.
Louis at their last annual meeting he
procured bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and has
since used it with the best results. 1t is
the only remedy he ever found that e.
fected rapid and complete cure. No
one can safely travel without it. Sold by
DOwty & Becher.
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Original Idea Of Common schoo,..

Are free schools maintained by the
public and for the public" New Eng
land idea or invention, or shall We say
that the idea was Dutch or English?
Motley holds to Dutch origin. He
says that the patriarch of the Nassau
family. as early as 1890. urged the estab
lishment of a system of common schools
in the United Netherlands His advice
was that according to the example of
the pope and the Jesuits. there should be
free schools where children Of quality as
well as of poor families. for a very small
sum, can be christianity educated The
institution thus recommended according
to Sumner and Motley was transported
~ EnSl,sn rsms IRON %n,,I Leyden to
Holland in 1908. 1T was a land where
every child went to school" Motley gives
no authorities or details.-James b. But
Ter in Magazine Of American History.
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Ayers SarsaparilIa,
Btr(lA Of 4 Feather.

The president has an amazing capacity
for finding fellows who were blatant cop
perheads during the war to sit In iudR-
ment On questions which they arc no more
6t to decide than JEFF Davis, unless they
have totally changed their opinions. We
can sse no good In any such insults to
men who struggled With Lincoln and
Grant when fellows like Fuller were abus-
ing northern men Who were loyal and
swapping 1t the backs Of the Union sol.
diefs in the 6eld-lincOln (Neb.) News.
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u On and after April 29th, the day
c4aches on the Union Pacific's No. 3,
known as the Overland Flyer" will be
taken off, to better enable it to make
time. This will add largely to the popu-
larity that has already been gained by
this fast train. After that date it will
carry only passengers holding first-class
tickets, to points where the train makes
regular stops, between Council Bluffs
and Ogden. Such passengers must pur
chase tickets for seats or berths in Pull
man sleepers, before entering the cars.
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In q Scotch Railway Station,

Scenc-Scotch railway station. Ticket
collector. in making his collection. finds
an old gentleman fumbling In his pockets
for his ticket. Ticket Collector-Tickets
please3 Old Gentleman-I'm just loOkin'
for it. Ticket Collector-Well. I'll look
in again in few minutes. See and have
it ready then. Ticket collector returns
shortly; but the old gentleman is still
hunting for it. Ticket Collector Suddenly
Why you have it in your mouth. mani
Old Gentleman giving him the ticket
Oh. SO l hazel Here you are! Another
Gentleman in the carriage. as the train
moves on, to first gentlemsn-I'm afraid
you're losing your memory. sir. Old Gen
tleman-Nae fear o. that; nae fear O that!
The ticket was fornicht auld, and wis
iist sookin' the date aft! Tableau.-The
ArronaIt
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An Amusinl Dilemma.

It is really one Of tho most amusing
and anomalous situations In politics that
has ever been known when q party Is
unanimous for q candidate whom they do
not like and whom nine-tenths of its
members would like to SEQ thrown over
board into the deep SEQ if they had any
body to take his place. This Is the atti-
tude Of the Democratic party today toward
Mr. Cleveland. It Is o case Of o party
being led about by the nose. dependent
and helpless.-National Republican.
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A Cure for Scandal.

Mrs. Dusenberry-What queer ways
they have in some countriesi This paper
says that in Morocco when the women
talk scandal their lips are rubbed with
cayenne pepper
Mr.. Dusenberry-An odd custom indeed
half an hour later.) Where are you
going. my dear?
Mrs. Dusenberry-To the sewing circle
Let me see: I've got my scissors. thread.
thimble-
Mr.. Dusenbery-And the cayenne pep
per?-DetrOit Free Press
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Read the following: &. H. Norris, New
ark, Ark, says: WAS down with Abscess
Ut lungs,and friends and physicians pro.
nOunced me an lncurable COnsumptive
Began taking Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, am now on my third
bottle, and able to oversee the work on
my farm. 1t Is the finest medicine ever
made"
Jesse Midllewart, Decatur. Ohio, says;
Had it not been for DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption would have
died Of lung troubles. Was given up
by the doctors. Am now in best Of
health" Try it. Sample bottles free at
Dowty 4 Becher's drug store.
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Ladies

In delicate health needing a gentle ye'
effective laxative will find the CalifOrnis
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup Of Figs, pleas
ing to the taste, acceptable to the stoni.
ach, and perfectly safe in all cases. 1T Is
the most easily taken and pleasantly ef-
fective remedy known to cure and pre-
vent costiveness, to impell headaches,
colds and fevers, and strengthen the
kidneys, liver and bowels and is there
fore favorite remedy with the ladies'.
F or sale only by Dowty & Bechsr.
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Stick a Pin Hero. Voter..

If the Republican party is to win thia
fall it can afford to make no mistake In
the choice OF candidate. It has to make
it's fight upon pure principle and by q
demonstration that its candidate and its
platform arc better for the interests Of
the American people than the candidate
and the platform opposed to it. It will
require the vote of every man who has q
drop of Republican blood in his veins tO
elect the candidate chosen at Chicago
Iowa St ate Register
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Bucklen'S Aruiea Sslve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands
Chilblains, COrns, and all Skin Erup.
tions, and positively cures Piles, or NO
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
DOwty & Becher. july27
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Where 1t Got Its Name.

Many persons have wondered how doing
a Lively tsalop got to be called dancing
the racquet" Mrs. Simmons, a well
known young lady Of Washington, COM
posed few years ago galop and was at
loss to give it a name. One day. being
disturbed by children in the room, she
called out: Don't make such a racket, ;"
which was caught up and repeated by the
children Gs they went out. 1t occurred
to her that it was good name for her
piece, and so. with touch Of French. she
called it the Racquet Gslop," aud over
2OO. 600 copies Of it have been sold.-Phil-
adelnhia Times
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The Passenger Department
OF thu Union Pacific, The Overland
RoutsSAbas gotten out a tiy-bill design
ed to can attention to the summer re-
sorts along the line Of this railway. 1t
is a good Nbill and tourists, pleasure
seekers, spoitsmen and fishermen should
apply at once to j. 8. Tebbets, General
Passenger agent, Omaha, Neb., for in
formation in regard to the points of in
terest along the line, before deciding
where they will spend the summer sea-
son, or vacation holidays. 3tf
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

The New England Homestead has taken
. vote Of the farmers In New England and
Eastern New York ON the Mills bill. with
this result: Out Of 2.sS2 returns from
legal voters. 2.59O were against the bill
and 242 in its favor. Maine went four to
one; New Hampshire. thirty to one; Yer
mont, twenty to one; Massachusetts,,
twelve to ono: Rhode Island. seven to
one; Connecticut. seven to one. and New
York, nine to one.
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Cheap Paint for Outbuildings.

CneHp IHIHG TOT OueUUI1UIuB6
The American Cultivator recommends q
mixture Of hydraulic cement and skim
milk for painting farm buildings and
fences. The cement is placed in bucket
and sweet skim milk stirred In until the
mixture Is Of the consistency Of cream.
The proportions are about one quart Of
cement to gallon of milk. Color may be
added if desired. This plan Is cheap and
durable.-Frank Leslies.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

Didn'e want Time Called on Him.
George. dear. shall We hang the ham,
mock out undsr that beautiful chestnut
treer asked Msuds. softly
No. no. not that tree; not that one. {"
be cried. hoarsely
"Why not. George?''
Because. Maude, there are q number
OF things that | wish to say to you to-
night. Merchant Traveller.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13
The cat sees not the mouse ever


The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds Of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds Of piles. AJAX for
the ORIGINAL ABTTINE OINTMENT
Sold by DOwty & Becher at 25 cents per
box-by mail ~ cents. marty
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13
Mouosolian Pheasants In Oregon.

Mouogoiian Pheasa"ts In Oregon.
The farmers of Willamette valley.
Ore, complain that the Monogolian
pheasants introduced few years ago and
protected by law are becoming too numer
GUS In cold weather they crowd into the
barns among domestic fowls, sometimes
whipping barnyard cocks on their own
dunghills. and making themselves as OBJ
ton Budpet
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On the hsat Salt Lake near Salt Lake
City, oni ths Union Pacific. The Over
land Route" will be formally opened t.
the public on Decoration day, NJ; Both
Ample accommodations have been pro
vided, and the Pacific hotel company
will have charge Of the hotel accommO
datiOns at this famous resort under the
supervision Of the Union Pacific railway.
No pains or expense have been spared to
make this the summer resort of the west.
1t is only eighteen miles from Salt Lake
City on the Utah & Nevada branch of the
Union Pacific. Trains will be run at
frequent intervals daily between Salt
Lake City and the Beach. Cheap trains,
good baths, and excellent meals will be
among the attractions. 3tf
Al I 4 Al
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

DIR. Z. c. WEsrs NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
MENr, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi-
ness. COnvultiOns, Fits. Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the u.s.,
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De-
preston, Softening of the Brain resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery decay and death,
in either sex. Involuntary Losses and Sperimat-
OrrhGa caused by Oyer-exertiOn of the brain. self
abuse or over Indulgence. Each box contains
one months treatment. Leo q box, or six boxes
for so, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price
IT, WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received By US
for six boxes, accompanied with $500 We will
send the purchaser our written guarantees. to RS
fund the money IL the treatment does not effect
a cure. Guarantees issued only by Dowty 4
Becher, druggists. sole agents. Columbus, Nsb.
dec7's7y
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Didn't Quite Understaud IL.

Johann Schnell. new messenger in the
navy department at Washington. Is ex
tremely nervous regarding q telephone
never having seen one until few days
ago. He was obliged to answer . call
from the instrument recently. and his In
coherent answers exasperated the speake,
ct the other end Of the line. 'You must
have been drinking" Schnell heard the
angry individual exclaim. mo.
haven't" said the messenger. gently
1T must be the strong tobacco l am
chewing that you smelL"-New York
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem-
ishes from horses; blood SPAWN, curbs,
splints, sweeney, ring-bOne, STILES.
sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, etc.
Save $50 by use Of one bottle. Warranted.
Sold by 9. B. Stillman, druggist, Co
umbus. Civ
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A NeiHhb0r Corrected.

The Bloomington Telephone makes the
thrilling announcement that ''Eph Hughes
has added a bathing department. to his
tOnsorial establishment" Bathing de-
psrtment" is very ordinary language for
. progressive newspaper; it should have
said revolutionary annex.
Press -.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

Tho denomination Of Ar. Cleveland
means that the question Of maintaining
our tariff system must b decided at tbs
polls The campaign will not. therefore.
be like that Of 1884. . conflict between
persons. but test Of the strength Of prin-
ciples This in itself will b Q great pub
lie gain--Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13
Almost Absolute Alcohol.

If gelatine be suspended IN ordinary
alcohol 1t will absorb the water; but as It
Is insoluble in alcohol, that substance will
remain behind, and thus nearly absolute
alcohol may be obtained without distills
tion.-Frank Leslie's.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

From observations on the Congo. NJ
Dupont. of the Brussels Natural History
museum, is convinced that the waters in
the interior of central Africa once col
lected In . great lake. Of which Stanley
rool Is the last remnant
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The City Of Glasgow.

Glasgow will soon be the second city of
the United Kingdom Its boundaries are
to be extended so Is to include . numbes
of populous suburban towns; and II is -
timated that it will then have . populs
ton Of nearly 800. .000.-Chicago Tribune
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

God is at the end when We think He
is furthest off it.
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The thread breaks where it is TIN
weakest.
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The Paseenxer Denartmeut

Little dogs start the hare, the great
get her.
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Garfield Branch.

A good prayer Is master Of another's
purse.
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Slow filing up appears to be favored "
numerous writer's on enGla4e.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

To have money is q fear, not to have it
q grief.
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

A good Judge conceives quickly, judg-
e. slowly.
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The fat man knoweth not what the
lean thinketh.
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The command of custom is great.
lIaAe mn isfakn

He that cOntemplates, hath a day
without night.
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Is COnsumDt inrurable

Willows are weak, yet they bind other
wood.
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@ Shop opposite the "Tattersxll,'' on
Olive St.. COLUMBUS. N-m
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British troops have done great things
in their day. and in the face of overpower.
ing numbers. too. as when Wellington.
with 25. 600 men. some of them Spaniaris
and Portuguese and of no value.
turned upon his 10000 pursuers under
Ney, at Busaco. in the Peninsular war.
and beat them: and again when. in the
Crimea. Col. Scarlet. with single brigade
Of cavalry, the Heavy" brigade. charged
successfully 10000 Russian horse. These
arc but specimens Of what the British
soldier can do History abounds with
similar incidents. But III those days, there
is reason to believe. Drawn and courage
were of more value than now, when the
direful machine gun and its cousin. tho
magazine rife. have come into general
use The soldier whose nerves cannot
stand the approach of cold steel has heart
enough for the work behind the machine
gun battery. and may provo a very de-
mon with repeating rifle on a half mile
range.-Scientific American
The Columbus journal., 1888-06-13

| lows IKE us, now.
No" The major stood moment watch
Ing Johns eager gestures. and the bright,
tluShing face bent over him. mo; he has
no more need Of me- he said quietly, and
turned away with a Bow as he passed the
carriage, though neither of them saw him
Nh McMurray, with the young clergyman
again in his Office, safely trapped, could not
let him 60 without word or two of rebuke
''Should You accept it" they were talking of
the CALI, ''you must be careful, my dear sir,
to avoid even the appearance of evil You
are young and impulsive, fond of your
| friends The dignity of your position would
render improper many associates whom you
knew as boy, unless, indeed, You approach
them officially, administering the Word as
the hope Of salvation. This Maj. Standish
now, for example,
VI am very uncertain about accepting this
church at all )" broke out Jack. There is
place in the west that suits my ways better.
But could not marry on their salary. It's
the merest pittance. / could barely live on
| it."
Mr.. McMurray paused, and answered with
deliberation: In the matter of marriage,
must you consult that point of salary at all,
MIR. Proctor! The wife you may select may
will, in ell probabiIity-be independent.
A woman ought to feel herself honored in
being called to share the spiritual work of q
Christian minister, and should rejoice if she
can bear her part in his temporal burdens"
''T1l never be supported by rich wife,"
said John, bluntly. I'm be frank with you,
Mr.. McMurray. There is . woman whom l
have loved long and faithfully. I will marry
her, if l can. II she has money, we'll and
good: but must be the proyider in NV own
household"
1T is a natural feeling, and a manly one"
said McMurray, not i'll pleased.
I'VE differ, too, in this matter Of associ-
ates," obstinately resumed Jack. Il have
never felt that my CLOTH as the vulgar
phrase has it, placed me one whit apart from
other men. When measure myself with a
prince or ruffian in the dock by his courage
or good sense or faithfulness to his friend, 1
1 touch brotherhood between US stronger
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-02
TAKEN IN GUILT.
An Injured Richie County Husband Shoots
the Destroyer Of His Home.

An Injured Richie County Husband Shoots
the Destroyer of His Home.
PARKERsBUBG, w. VA, July Id.
B. Morgan, a well.knowu stock raiser of
Ritcbie county, had occasion to suspect
the fidelity of his wife, one Of the hand.
soonest women in that locality. One
Robert Clayton, a young neighbor, was
the cause of Morgan's jealousy. A day or
two ago, upon returning home, Morgan
found his wife missing, and, having his
suspicious aroused, followed the path she
had taken until he reached the top of a
hill some distance from the house. Here
he suddenly and unexpectedly came upon
Clayton and Mrs. Morgan, who were in a
compromising position. As soon as Nor
gan saw the guilty couple he began firing
at Clayton. At the second shot Clayton
fell, but rose to his feet again and ran.
Again Morgan shot, and again Clayton
fell. Morgan continued firing until he
had emptied the six chambers of his pistol,
by which time Clayton had disappeared in
the woods. The woman also disappeared,
aud has not been seen eince. There is lit
tie doubt that Clayton has been bsdly if
not MORALLY wounded, and is now either
lying in the woods or in the house of some
friend. Morgan, after the tragedy, went
to town and began suit for divorce. TIE
affair has created social sensation
throughout the county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-02
BELLAIRK.

The Catholic church looked much i'm
proved yesterday when service was held
The edifics has been nicely papered and
painted.
A young man nan named Zeweig who
struck First wsrder, was arrested Satur'
day night.
The funeral Of Ralph Blum has been
postponed until Tuesday morning.
The Bellaire Stamping Company and
the planning mill are about the only indus
tries in operation.
Quite number of our people visited the
park yesterday.
Some wesks ag, the Boot and Shoe Re.
corder offered priz.s for the best essay on
Glow to manage a retail store" Mrs.
Ruth Bond, Of Brilliant, secured third
prize.
Rev. A. Blum, Of Galveston, Texas, and
Rev. DR.. Messius, of St Louis, will be here
to attend the funeral of Ralph Blum.
Chief Muth, of the fire department, re-
turned home yesterday. He will tell the
boys about bis Western trip at Liberty
hose house this evening.
Rev. Hoey preached an able sermon last
night on "Tbe value Of the human life."
The Baptist convention concluded its
work on Saturday aud adjourned.
Hon. John Shannsfelt has gone to Ken
lucky, where he expects to bid for the con.
tract of new railroad.
The boys are continually damaging the
small trees in the park.
A crowd from here will spend the 4th OF
July at Armstrong; Mills.
w. J. Kelly Informs us that the First
ward has formed an Independent club.
The first man who talks ia to bs thrown
into the Ohio.
A fellow who was arrested Saturday
night made big racket with his mouth
after he was locked, up.
Some of the Knights of the Golden
Eagle went to Steubsnville yesterday with
the Wheeling lodge.
An infant child of Chas. Zimmerman
will be buried this morning.
John Flynn, Of this city, Is being favor
ably spoken Of for the nomination for
Sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
Some Of the employees Of the steel works
will continue at work. 1t is not stated
that the plant will not be off more than
three weeks.