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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-02
GROGk RiES.
Wheeling.
TUESDAY, September 25.

TUESDAY, September 25.
Groceries are on regular boom, aud il
is impossible to get goods, even after they
arrive here. In come cases merchants
have been four or five days in getting
sugars after they arrived here. Sugars art
scarce and high. Coffee is much higher
East and at ali points. sseds firm and
in good demand. Lard and OIL are also
higher. Trade in all branches is good
SYRUPs-Choice Sugar Syrsup Soc; Honey
Drips 35c; Maple Drips, five gallon kegs
nc; ten gallon kegs zoe; one-half barrel
Csc; barrel 62c. Sugar dark &c;
&c additional in half barrelsl. New
Orleans Molassas, Fancy 47c; Choice 45c
Prime 43c; Fair 40c; Mixed goods New
Orleans 30a32c; Bakers goods Soc.
PRovIsI0Es-Large s. @. mans l3} c; me-
dunn s. @. hams 1870; small s. C. hsrns
lac; California hams 10c; S. G. breakfast
bacon 12c; s. G. shoulders 10c; homeless
hams 14c; city sides l03c;
ham beef 12c; ordinary beef,
&c; family mess pork, 5lb piecsa,
SIG 50; bean pork. fine clear. SIT 0c.
LARD-Tierce 10o; half barrels 10tc;
tubs 9!c; tin pals, lbs, lie; tin
pals, 8 lbs, 1lfc; tin pals, 10 lbs, 103c;
tin pals, 20 lbs. ,10tc.
CANNED GOoDs-Active; Standard Glib
table peach 81 25a2 so; No. 3 tomatoes
81 90 to 81 25 per dozen. as to quality;
strawberries oh 81 10; hlackberries
2ib CSC; raspberries h csc: Dam
sons Oh csc; lima beans BIB SOC;
cove oysters III light 6Oc; do III full
weight 95ca$l 90; string beams 90 S5a9Cc;
succotash Oh 81 00a$1 25; early June peas
81 35a1 40; French peas 15a2ec, as
to quality, each; pineapple 81 40;
gooseberries Oh 9Oca$1 90; lib Favor
tie Salmon, very fine, 81 90; I'd grade
81 75a1 90; 3fb sweet potatoes 81 rs; Bib
pumpkin 81 90.
WOODEN WABE-No. l tubs 81 80; No.
. Sc so; No. S. 80; 2 hoop pals 81 40;
3 hoop 81 60; sap 81 50; single washboards
81 80; double do. 81 so; fine crimp double
do. So IS; single 81 90.
FRUITs-New Primes 42c, as TO quail
ity; RaiEins, Valencia, 7lc; Layer Odora,
SIC; London layer raisins 81. 75a3. 90;
Loose Muscsteis, 81 90 to 2.25.
OuI-Lard, extra western strained soc,
carbon, 10, 7lc; carbon, $50, Sc; white
miners best winter 55c; white miners
40 10 SOC.
SUeAns-Cut Loaf sic; Cubes Sic; Fruit
powdered s1c, Ordinary powdered Ste,
GRADUATED standard Sc; Standard Con.
fectioner's 4 73c; Standard Grocer's A 7!c,
Pearl White a 7sc; White extca O tic;
Ohio Valley &c; New York @ &c;
fruit G &c.
Beer's Snow White 4, &c; Baer's I'm
peliil A, TIC; Cnnfscli ,ners' Standard A,
7$c; FrankIip's Gfsunlated, g.; Pulverized
for iCing, Sc; Pulverizsd, pure, SIC; Cut
SEC; Cuoes, 81; Bssr's Panhandle Extra
G, 73c; Baer'a Banner Extra c, &c; Baer's
Golden Cto IN Extra G, &c; F,uit, ste.
CoFFEE-Gresn Cotfee-Faucy Golden
Rio 163c; Fancy Green TIC; Peaberry &c.,
Choice Green 1919 Prime Green l6ic; Roast
ing grades Isle; Java 23c. Roasted IN pack.
ages-Ohio Valley l9ic; Ohio Valley roast
ed. 800 III lots, l93C.
Panhandle, 192c.
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Mia. Cougar on Anna,s Trail.

INDIANAPOLIs, September 3O.-Mrs.
II len NJ. Cougar opened her campaign in
thu city last night under the auspices OF
the Prohibition party, and her speech was
by reason of her vinegary cIiti-
CT N Of Anna Dickinson and the Republic
cans generally. She was Introduced by
c. plain Ritter, formerly q prominent Re-
Dr. olican, but now an equally conspicuous
follower OF the third party.
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Their Business Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at Logan Il Co. q
drug store as their giving away to their
customers of so many free bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Their trade is simply enormous In this
very valuable article from the fact that il
always cures and never dissppoints.
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group,
and all throat and lung diseases quickly
cured. You can test it before buying by
getting a trial bottle free, large size 81.
Every bottle warranted.
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Bucklin's Arnica salve.

The best salvs In the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all the Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed 10 give satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price Is cents per box.
For sale by Logan & Go.
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FLOUR, GRAIN AND FEED,
wGeelin<.

wheelipS.
TUESDAY, September %.
The market ia reported firm and is liable
to 20 mp at any time. For wheat IS to 80
centa is being paid and receipts are light.
The advance is due to the failure of the
crop in the Northwest. Pricss on -four are
unchanged, but the tendency is improved.
We quote
FLOUR AND GRAIN-Choice family -four
in barrels 81 IS; in sacks 81 60; middliDgs
per ton $1S 90; bran per ton Sl8 on;
per 100 pounds, 81.
FEED-Corn per bushel 60a65c; old oats
40c; new 3Oc; baled hay per ton Sl8 to $50.
Loose hay is bringing $40 to $ll per ton.
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E'STlsUI4&Uk .

fiG City.
OH Cry. October 1.-Petroleum--
Opened 81 95sc; highest 96c; lowest s5c;
closed az oslo; sales ], ID, 900 barrels; ship
ments 102, 229 barrels; clsarances ], 9SS,-
900 barrels runs s0,eO6 barrels; charters
80, 634 barrels.
Bradford.
BIADFoBD, PA, October 1.-Petroleum
Opened at este; closed at 95sc; highest
96c; lowest Csc; clsaranees 1896, coo bar
rels.
Titusville.
TITUsvILLE, October 1.-peGoleum-
Opened at CSC; highest 96c; lowest 95c;
closed at este.
Plttsourxs
PTrrsBUga, Pa, October 1.-Petro-
leum-Dull but firm; opened At 95sc;
closed st este; highest s6c; lowest s4c.
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Advice 70 Mothers.

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, is the prescription Of
one of the best female nurses and physicians
in the United States, and has been used
for forty years with never failing success
by millions Of mothers for their children.
During the process OF teething its value is
incalcusbIe. Il relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhosa, grip
ING in the bowels, and wind collie. By
giving health to the child il rests its
raoshes. Price 2Sc hottla-
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MsditiszI.


Have you awakened nom disturbed sleep
with all the horrible sensations Of an assassin
elutehingyour throat and pressing the life-breath
rom YOUR frightened chest Have you noticed
the la-guOr and debility that succeed the edort
70 clear your throat aud head OF this Catarrhal
matter Wha; depressing influence it exerts
upon the mind, elouding the memory and FIJI
ing the head with pains and strange noises! How
difficult /. Is TO rid the nasal passages throat and
lnngS Of this poisonous mucuS al can testify who
are afflicted WITH cstsrrh dow difficult to pro
tect the system against Its iurthec progress To-
warts the lungs liver snd AidngyS, all phySl-
clans will admit. Is l. a terrible disease, and
cries out 'Or relief and cure
The remarkable curative powers, when all
otner remedies utterly fail Of SanlOrd's Radical
care are attested by thousands who grateful
rsco,nmsnd Il TO felloW-Sufierers No statement
is made regarding IL that cannot be SubsIanti-
atet by the most respectable and reliable refer
enCeS.
Zach packet contains one bottle Of the Radical
Care. one box OF Catarrhal Solvent, and 81 lm-
prpyrd Inhaler, with restiSe and directions, and
* SOlt By all druggists for sl.e0
PorrEE DREG 4 CHEMICAL Co, BOSCoN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-02

BE discreet in ell things and so render
il unnecessary 70 be mysterious about any.
There Is nothing mysterious about the &C
ton of Warmers Leg Cabin Hops aud Bu-
cbu Remedy. 1t puts the stomach ia
healthy actiOa. Good digestion and
health naturally follow. Be- discreet and
use this, tie best remedy.
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Address Registered Letters . >
aKW ORxEARa dATIOHAL 1A1K
Few 0Rloo00, La

NEMEaBER tbs. tao p 'cEs5os o: tssnsfsh
Baznrepard and Early. who ars In charge OF the
dra1inrs, g. guarantees OF ntsoluta fAtrnea ace
Integrity that tho chances are al oqnl, and
tha. no one can poesibly divine Whist nu0ee
will draw Q pNSe.
Prizes u aUARASTEED III Y0uR Ia.
TIGHAL BANKS Of Few 0fiesus, and the
Tickel are ayned by ths PRECEDENT Of a Ind.
trtioa, whose chartered rfgk9 afs recognised
IN the hiebest Oo1rts; thscefors, bssne ~ any
in;t.tirrs y, .-orv--rrs sorspS" aus
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Mbeelins Rssisten
1rauslsrs' $nids.

A RRivAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS
EXPLANATION OF RzFEByScs MARKS: sDsily.
fsund2y excepted. MONDAY excepted Sun
day only. saturday excepted.-76 Meridian.
May Is, tsSs. Wheeling tue. Which n Just ons
ko.r earlier thai. Central TINE:
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' Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.

CINCINNATI, September 29.-There was
a firm tone to the market in general, and
the demand for heavy draft horses was in
excess of the supply. Otherwise business
was only moderate and rectipts OF otner
stock were ample: Driving and saddle
horses, S125a175; draft horses, S15oa2O0;
streetcar horses, S90s1l5; Southern chunks,
S5Oa9O. Mules, aged four to eight years,
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g.. Q. aC. RAILROAD,

Esilaire and Zane5viile throggh passenger train
leSyes BellGlre a. 20 =. H. arrives 81 Rellsire at
4.l3p m.
WoodsAeld passenger train leaves Hellaire ~
% D. m, arrives at Rellaise ~ S:C5 q. II.
SrIpIInerfsld Accommodation leaves Sellslr sE
1850 n, arrives st BeiiEirs 1t Hos 4. -,
III trains daily except Sunday, G9Dt-si Stand.
SrU Tine from EslstTe.
WHEELING AND ELM GROVE RAILROAD
~ On and after Monday, April 50, 1888, trains
On the Wheeling and Kim Grove Railroad Will
run as follows:
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3,l4 Prizes amounting 80
NorE-Tickets drawing Capital Prises are NOT
entitled 20 terminal Prizes.
as-For Club Rates, OF any further information
desired write legibly 70 the undermined, clearly
stating your residence, with State County, Street
and Number. More rapid return mail delivery
will be assured By your enclosing an Knvelops
bearing your full address
Send POSTAL NOTES, E1pre1 Money
Orders or New York Exchange In ordinary let
ter Currency by Express (st our expense) ID.
dressed n. A. DAUPH1H,
New Orleans, La,
Or; N. A. DAUPHIs,
Washington, ID. q.
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fifteen and half 20 sixteen hands, SI35a
$50; fifteen 70 fifteen and half hands,
$115a135; fourteen ard half to fifteen
hands, $90a115.
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Cinoipusti.

CINCINNATI, O., October 1.-HogS-
Active aud higher; common and light
81 75a6 rs; packing and butchers S. $50
6 IS; receipts $3.50 head; shipments So
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Treatise on Blood ard Skin Diseases mailed
trcc. IiIE S'-.--. Sr.IsTr. CO.. Drawer g.
Atlanta. Co.. - - Yok. - Ea1alsvs-.
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MUSTANG Eminent

is FOR MAN 4 BEAST. PENETRATEs
MUSCLE& FIBRE TO TEE VERY BONE,
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GINSENG.
wheeling.

TUESDAY, September %.
There is no change in this market, quo
tstions remaining at 81 15a2 Is per pound.
Supply and demand are both fair.
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Sy1z,>2,>,v~a].s
%Is<<
Oanuissionsrs

We tbs undsrNgned Banks and Bankers vii
nav sill Prizes drawn In The Louisiana State Lot.
isries which may be presented Al odr counters.
n. NJ. WALMsLEY, Pres. Louisiana National
HanE
EIHRRE EANAUM, Pros. State Natl Bsni.
a, RAEBwGH, PToa Esw orissns NATL Rsnki
CkSL E0RH, prsst Union National Hsnf,
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SwJFTS srECEf

Has relieved ,hpI,alIs u cases o. Nrry.;
'ial Pa-1a.ae. rheumatism and stiffness ,,
tAe joints.
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WACO, Try,s. Nayf tSSS-Gentlcuen: III,
VIE or on" u ms customers was tgrrihI.
Snhcte't with q lpal umg skin disease, that
covered her whole 9Diy. She was cOnfnsi
20 ner hg,t Tor several years b. this aniictiuu.
@ll could not hc. d herSp,f at all She Cnuld
hotSieep tzHn q v.oklt Itching and stingin.:
~ the srln. The diAeaSe bafiied the skill %
tne PHYSICIANS who treated L. Her hpShanl
IeSsn finally giving dS wife Swift's Specific.
hedtatcly, ami in q Few weeks she was an
tefsDty wHl. she Is now a hearty iNe-
IIOSAlE5 lazy, with no tT4ye Of the aiiiicticl
AeA'. yours very truly, J. r. STARS,
Wholesale Druggist, Austin Avenue.
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SVNDAYS.

SUNDAYS:
Leave at 7Ooa In. and run every hcGr, except
Church Train at 9:l5 p. N. Leave W heeling PARK
a! 500 a. m aud run every hour until 1000 p. NJ,
except Church Trains, Which will leave the
Park at 9:45 8. N. and Wheeling at l2:l5 and
9.l5 p. N. C. HIRSCH, Sup't.
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specific 80. .AfiSntr Ca GeGtiemel In IN,
y1rly lrf ~ he = us.Ut year, a bad casr It
.gpi @ .uu APPS rgrI upon me. bySsT
taxing y. s.. $. ysA ADVICE 81 another. au
today / ..i rred,y improved. / am Sr'i
20 uult aH. 30 ricft,y Well IbclleyCit WA
eject q lyr..eE c-fc. Yours truly,
Doc. L. HOwARp,
III West Sixth s..
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Has cUrnI hUn4rcds 81 cases q Epithcls
Ea oc ClGnnr II thc skin, thousands Of c,lScE
'fEczcmt. Gio5iHumors and Skin Discas. s.,
Rat LgE!5.rrS q thousands OF cases OF Scruf
MIA. Eooa P,.slak,uI Blood Talut
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CoLrNsnf,. s. c.. IJU'y :. iSSS-ThN Swift.
apecihc Co.. ArLup, Ca Gentlemen: W.,
2 sre1t SuT,rrgr rrV9l muscular rheumatisn.
IpE Two year. Clt .i set Eo permanent u.
lief from any md.r,ac yresc-i6gi bT H..
pAySiesNa. / tex f.nr n dozen bottles uf
YOUR = =. y, sut nv am a. well o., eve.
was IN my lG. ltD sure your npdirIs.,
sereG me, AMI wed rrcOmmenl Il L. am
truly ID 3 UTGTIgS
INV. lr7saHF.- a.
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VI Trade n
MARK i
SWTFT's SPECIFIC
swIETS SPEC1U

7, entirely Alycse;ablc preparation ys's
tanning no Nr-cs-y Potash. Arsenic, ry oh, I
poIs0Hou, subsyagcrs
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LIVE sTOpS.
East Liberty,

EAST LIBKBTY, October 1.-Cattle-
Receipts 2 926 head; shipmeats 2, 2O4 head
steady at last weeks prices.
Hogs-Reoeipts 1000 hesd; shipments
$500 head; market firm; Philsdelphias
Sc 6Os6 IA; mixed S625a6 so; Workers
Sc 1Oa6 20; grassers and stubblers S. GOA
6 90; pigs SIS 25a5 so.
Sheep-Recsipts 1900 head; shipments
1000 head; market steady at last weeks
prices. Lambs-Dull; 25 of.
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MILO RIVER RAILROAD.

Time Table taking sdecg Nay nh. Ia Hass
senser trains win run = fylloWs -Osntrl Tina
All trains daily exoepk shcse marked thu
which do NOT run On Sunday:
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MUSTANG Eminent

CURES SwINNEY, SADDLE AND HAIR
NESS SORES IN HORSES 4 MULES,
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ToLED6, October ADMINISTRATIVE
and higher; cash and October 81 02a1 O6;
November 81 07!; December 81 O5; May
81 10. Corn-Dall; cash 453c. Oats
Steady; cash 24c; May 293c. Glover Seed
Active; cash S. 80; November S. so;
December S. 60.
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GGpsrt kfTlys.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

sl3. 600 to the first railroad that. would
build 10 their place.
W. D. Rjppey of Topeka, Ksn., con-
nected with the Chicsgo, Rock Island and
Pacific, who was in Fort Worth Day or
SO ego, was an attentive spectator st
the railroad meeting yesterday. To-day
he ia out looking at the coal, iron and
farming lands in this county.
The delegates from Breckinridge,
Brentwood and Fredericksburg did not
leave until to-day. All the delegates
were much pleased with the meeting,
which YVES most enthusiastic one
Those thst remained over for the essl-
bound Texas and Pacific train djned
with Governor Wheeler.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21
party. Judge Ballinger had no superior
ST the bar of Texas.

party. Judge Ballinger had no superior
ST the bar OF Texas.
In 1854 Judge Ballinger formed CO.
partnership with Thomas NJ Jack. This
association continued until the death of
Colonel jack in 1850. He subsequently
formed 8 copartDership with III. F. Mott,
to which j. W. Terry was later admitted.
Many positions of honor IN the service
OF the state have at times. been offered
him, but all were declined, his law prac-
tice being more cougeniel and lucrative.
The deceased was widely known through-
GU: the south for MS pre-emInent abilities
as lawyer and scarcely great case has
come before the Texas courts in twenty
years in which he has not
appeared as one OF the lesdipg
counsel. Among his friends
he was celebrated for his unceasing
industry, and smassed large fortune
He married Miss Jsck of Brazo-
ria county, sister to Colonel Thomas
NJ. jack, for whom JacE county
was named. An iudulgent father and
public spirited citizen, he wss the IDOL OF
his tsmtly and al honor 70 the state and
city. Associate Justice Miller of the SD
preme court Of the United States is 8
brother-fn-law of the dead idrist.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21
A WONDERFUL AattySIs
a Simple Physical Trouble Ehown 70
the Beginning SS tns End"

What is asoagh7 1t Ia al Irritation o..
throat and lungs. Whsteausts It? Uonse.u,.
Stop the congestion. the h Eation cesses. s..
the cough Is cured. But hoE TO Stop the G.,
gestion! Z b, there Is, Just where physic.,..
nave always been pusslet. But It NUS.
checked. or pneumonia. 1lck corsumptl,r a..
some terrible pulmonary Sleepse viii folio,
Some doctors give cod liver oil, others c9-,.
syIups. but the most advanced prescribe Ia
iants. Nature must he esssted. Pare w1l..,
Nill DO IT See what ph5steians ssy:
P cfessor Austin Fns, Of Bellevue ,,s-
York Colless,ssys: The iudiciogs use ots
cohoLic stimulsnts is ne OF tie striking csa.
acteiistica cfprosfess In the lractice OF Ese
cine during he st.eslfcentury.
Professor HeAry A,sMo,t Of New York. ~.
The purity OF bafy's Pure Malt wh.,kv a..
simple ar aly;ical tesss fl readily couvirc, .,
physicfsa or an expert should certain Iyreecr.
mendiktctthe h!Shesspublic fayor"
DIR. wa. Z Cutters STATE Chemist o. Cc-
nectient, SAYS. INF IS Pure Mat Witt
centsirs no defeterious or ii furious cuan.s.
and its 'sbselutg purity, as wei a. scler,rr,
mode of uisn G!pctare. mast &C amend It to re-
sral use andss9er"
&ufy's Pure Malt WHISKY Is q certain cr..
ana prsssntive OF cOngcstian. and shouI. r..
KEEP. IN vagy family. It Is 80 by all drus.,,.
and eealerss Sc sure and secure the genUi1.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21
HARRY BESs0N'S CRIMES.
Tho Patti Ticket swindier Known Here
His Daring Grimes in All Fairs OF tn,
World.
Cincinnati EnauiEer.

World.
Cincinnati Enqnirer.
The arrest OF Harry Benson, the cleve,
swindler, in New York last Thursday
crested considerable talk in this city
where he was well known under the name
of Charles E B0ur.on.
He has turned number Of tricks in all
parts of the world, but bis latest esca
page in the City of Mexico in which be
realized S22 900 by representing himself
to be Marcus r Mayer, PATHS mansger
was the most daring On record. he is q
FINE LOOKING FELLOW,
about forty one years Of ag-, with dark
home, but he was born in Alsace,
where his family are living in
wealth and splendor. He received
good education, tonverses faentIY
in English, German, French, Italian az
Spanish, and has faculty of changing
his appearance in way to salt any Of
these. Benson began life as a ,urnslisr
in Paris during tine Frauco-Prussian wal.
he took to gambling and
WAS DISCARDED BY HIS FAMILY.
He was arrested in England. where ne
bore the aliases Of Martin, Coster ard
Montgomery, while collecting money
upon the pretense that it was for the
suffering French people, anu SO grest was
bis nerve that, by forged tiers of intro
duchop, he felicIted help f:om the Queen
and Prince of Wales.
These two persons were themselves col
lecting money for that purpose, ami Ben
sons fraud was discovered. He was sent
to prison, and while there attempted sui.
eide by setting his clothes ahre.
He WAS badly burned, one OF the
msrks-a lame leg-being visible to this
tima Alter mis- discharge ne wSs agaln
arrested snd sent TO prison for completely
with well-known English crock named
Kurr, in swlndling the nobility Of Europe
they giving "sufe tips" on races
AN ALLEGED SPORTING PAPER
That he AID his partner published When
arrested he CLAIMED that be was under
she protection of the Scotland Yard &C.
tectives, and three of these were con.
victed and sent to prison for their little
game. He was txlled from Geneva,
Switzerland, for swindliug, and is wanted
in Brussels for obtsining large sums of
money by fslse pretepses.
He started for the City of Mexico two
weeks before Mr. Mayer was due there,
snd in q few days sold seats for PATHS
concert, the value OF which Melted
322, 600. He starred for El PAso, and.
although the train wss stopped and
searched at every station, Benson
escaped by means of his disguise. He
csme to the United States, stopping in
Philadelphia, Washington and New York,
and
FINALLY SAILED FOR EUROPE
two months ago. Some yesrs ago
Benson sTIndled jeweler In Genev. out
OF r craft, which he sent to this country
for collection. Payment was sto pped, and
meanwhile Benson WAS arrested for
fraud. He was discharged through
some techDicslity or Other, and OBTAIN
iog copy of his discharge, he
b cought suit against the New York bank
for refusing to honor the draft. List
Taursd.y he was coming out Of the on e
Of his attorney on Broadway, New York,
when he vas arrested.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

One OF the rulees for spiral springs.
when made Of round steel, is 10 multiply
the cube OF the dioDeter OF the steel wire
in inches by the amount that is TO be se-
tiected for each coil, and this product by
75.00a, then divide by the diameter of the
spring, measuring from the center OF the
wire, and the quotient will be hs force
eXerted II paulds. 90
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

The city OF Liverpool is TO be supplied
with water from q reservoir in Wales,
which is to be four and one-half miles
long by half mile 70 mile broad, and
eighty feet deep. There will be three
lines OF pipe, each sixty-eight miles long,
with fltering beds and secondary reser-
voirs. The agueduct alone viii cost
$500 goo
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

During the past two seasons Z. B.
Poulton has made observations which
prove that the silk OF at least three spe-
cies o! R0giish moths Is greaty affected
in color bP enyirt nment at the lime of
spinning. The cocoons were dark brown
when the laly Sc had been plsced in bag
of green leaves, and white when they had
been freely exposed to light il the neigh
bcrhood Of VIII surfaces.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

Para fine should never be heated above
the temperature Of boiling water; at 5
higher temperature it becomes partially
decomposad and lis resistance is dimin-
ished. II Is we'll 20 wsIm the vesst con-
taip.ug il by means Of u water ba.h,in the
same way glue is usually heated in an
ordinary glue pot.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

One OF the most curious OF the safety
appliances for iheatsrs is the iron CURTIN
which has just been put into the Thester
Frapcsis, In Psrir. The curtain is Of
sheet iron, stifened by braces of iron
and decorated by canvass attached to it..
Il is worked automatically, the valves ar
ranged SO as to be operated by electricity.