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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-15
Ballot reform.

1t Is gratifying TO note the progress
that has been made in the direction Of
ballot reform in the past year. The agi-
tation Of the question has not Jagged
and has been productive Of excellent re-
suits, and although the effort TO pass
wholesome laws has failed in several
States, the outlook for an early adoption
OF reform measures by nearly all the
States is exceedingly bright. Tho Amer
lean people have begun to realize that
some means to insure purity in elections
and to prevent bribery and corruption Is
necessary, and legislators cannot long
Withstand the public clamor for these
reforms.
Particularly is this true in West
Virginia, where recent experiences have
created a public sentiment demanding
legislation on tho subject.
The action OF several States proves
that what Is known as the Australian
system Of voting, which has been do
scribed at length in these columns Is
the most popular and Is conceived to be
the best system Of voting yet devised.
The cities Of Milwaukee and Louisville
and the State Of Massachusetts were the
only localities In the country at the
opening Of tho year that had adopted
the method. Great progress has been
made since that time, however. The
New York TribunI in a lengthy article
upon the subject, speaks Of these gains
as iollows:,
In Indiana, where the Democrats have
for years successfully resisted the passage
OF q registration law, although the con.
stitution required II, they were forced by
public sentiment 10 pass ballot act
which Is believed to DO one Of the best
vet framed. This goes into effect In.
June, 1890. In Rhode Island The law
has also been adopted which goes into
effect next year. Montana has q law.
In Connecticut the Republicans have
lust made a party measure OF d bill based
upon tho Massachusetts, law, and also In.
tend 10 pass q personal restriction bill 10
purge the registry lists Of large numbers
OF names which have no right 10 DO there.
II Il believed that there d no doubt Of
the passage Of both Of these nils. In
Minnesota also the Republicans have
passed q stringent law, and In Wisconsin
the law relating 70 the city Of Milwaukee
has been made general, and tho great do.
feet Of the former law In not providing
for tho exclusive. use Of official ballots
has been removed, the new law forbid.
ding The Use Of ballots furnished BY the
political parties. In Missouri the Dem.
ocfals have passed o law, and In Tenhe5.
seo they have brought Nashville, Mem.
phlS, Chattanooga and Knoxville under
tbe now system, which will doubtless be
exlondOd II II should work satisfactorily,
and have passed d registration law be-
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sides. With Connecticut there will be
nina States having general ballot reform
This showing, surprising and grahiy,'
ing IS Il 10, does not represent all that
has been accomplished, In many otheI.
Legislatures bills have been proposed
and considered, and though they may
all fail, the discussion must bear iruit
In the future. The agitation has begun,
Some Of the failures are much % DO re-
GREETED. Among the more conspicuous
are those in Maine, New Jersey, Penn
sylyania, Ohio and Illinois, Public SEN
timent does not seem to have been autti'
GENTLY aroused in any Of the these States
to compel the adoption Of the system
In Pennsylvania, for example, Y seems
10 have been generally agreed that the
need OF such system, which no aopp'
existed in other States, was not ielE,
The failure in New York, 1t Is hardly
necessary to repeat, will lie at the dool
Of the Democratic Governor, The Re-
publicans have supported the bill to .
man,
The fact that the Democrats Of In
diana, Missouri and Tennessee nave
carried through general balIotreioTtn
laws demonstrates the absurdlty o. lh'
charge that this system is Republican
device TO disiranChise Democrats, I'M
is the flmsy:pretext upon which Coy
ernor Hill and his followers In thy
State are opposing the progress Of thu
reform, They are making . blunder 0
the same sort as that which ranged tn
Democratic party on the side OF slavery
against the war OF the Union, on thl
side of the saloon, and against teg ~
tration laws, The principle that IN
State shall not only count the ballot, bu
shall furnish 1t, and shall guarantee tina
the elector may cast 1t In secret, g Gel
tain to prevail. Governor Hill IS blind
lighting the inevitable, and the man VIII
does that usually emerges from the cor
test badly battered.
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Tho History of tho Past Teaches the Future.


Here are the returns Of the 227th
Grand Monthly Drawing Of The Lonisi-
ana State Lottery which occurred at
New Orleans, La, on April ~, 1850.
Ticket No. 1904 drew the First Capital
Prize OF 100000. 1t was sold In TWEEN
tieths ct 500 each sent to NJ. A. Dau-
phin, New Orleans, Ia.I one to W, j.
Bracket, Calhoon, KY, one TO Manu-
faCturers Nat. Bank Of Brooklyn City,
N. Y; one TO Frank Kneeland, Boston,
Mass. one To ]. D. Biser, cor. Main and
Olive Sts., Mansfield, Ohio; one to VIM.
Rawlinson, Lexington, s. O.; one 10
+. N. Hyndman, Gen. Pass. Office, Q. B.
4 @. R. b. Chicago, Ills. (; one to Patrick
McUann, 1854 Elk st., Buffalo, n. y;
one to Peter Weber, 1l6 Liberty ST.,
Cleveland, Ohio; one to W. A. Tanner,
Minneapolis, Mimi; one to Chris
tan Schmidt, Redbud, ILL.,; one
to Bank Of Commerce, San Diego,
California;; one TO 0smun 4 Brother,
9th and Union Sts., Allentown, Pa; one
To Ralph Z. Staples, South Bend, Ind;
one 10 Merchants Nat. Bank Of Water.
Nlllet 1les uu1 w AtEV w uVoSnDOL6t
Hallettsville, Tex. one to VIM. Africa,
Altoona, Pa, etc., etc. Ticket No. $500
drew tho Second Capital Prize Of $780,
900, also sold in twentieths ct 81 90 each:
one paid to Anglo.C California Bank, San
Fradoisco, GAL; one TO John Ross, 400
Cambria st., phila., Pa; one to German
Bank OF Memphis, Tenn. one TO jas.
Leary, New York city; ono To Harry
Lee, Washington, D. G.; one 10 NJ. L.
Pay, Worcester, Mass; ono TO E. E: ].
Boos, Jackson, Miss, one 70 p. D. Will
kens, Duck Hill, Miss; ono 10 n. A. Sa-
ger, Columbus, Ohio one TO Marcos To-
pez, st. Bernard Parish, La.i one 10 =.
A. Rippey, FL Paso, Tex; one TO s. p.
Harris, Mariana, Ark, etc., etc. Ticket
No. 0, le5 drew tho Third Capital Prize
Of $4,000, also sold In twentieths at 81
each. The next Grand Extraordinary
Drawing takes place Tuesday, June Is,
1889. All information can be had on an
application made to n. a. pauphin, New
Orleans, La. paw
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A REMARKABLY conscientious man
has been discovered in Sioux City, Iowa.
About year ago Captain ], R, Barr was
indicted for selling liquor without q gov
eminent license, About the same time
he was arrested for violating a State
law. Tho District Court found him
guilty on the latter charge, and SEN
fenced him to pay heavy fine. He
failed to pay and was confined in Jail.
His sentence expired just in time to give
him an opportunity to change hil
clothes and catch train for Sioux City,
where he was to serve on jury to try
his own case under the United States
revenue laws. Neither judge, attorneys,
court officials, nor jury for one moment
suspected that defendant Barr had any
connection with juror Barr, The jury
retired, voted according to instructions,
and Juror Barr silently voted for his
own conviction.
There is probably not similar case
ON record.
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YESTERDAY the two Dakotas elected
seventy,ilve delegates to frame constltu-
tons for the two new States, and they
will be adopted by the people on October
/, On that day they will also elect a
full set Of State officers, ItisreSsouably
certain that the two new States will be
Republican, though 1t is known that the
Democrats propose to make q desperate
effort to capture them.
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mand, and there will be but little mar
gin for booms. The country will DO At
once a vast producer and a vast con-
sumner Of iron and steel at low prices,
This state Of things is not incompatible
with prosperity, It will simply require
much more time TO make the same
money that was made rapidly in former
unnra
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-15

JUDaINo from the preparations that
are being made in all parts oithe country
Decoration Day will be more generally
observed this year than ever before, and
on more elaborate scale than usual.
This goes to show that the interest in
the day is not falling OF as the years go
by, and that there is a determination on
the part Of the people to keep green the
sacred memories Of tho nations dead
hnroea
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-" - : =
That Tired Feeling

Atlllcts nearly every one in the spring.
The system having become accustomed
to the bracing air Of winter, is weakened
by the warm days OF the changing season,
and readily yields to attacks Of disease.
Hoods sarsdparilla is Just the medicine
needed, It tones and builds up every
part Of the body, and also expels all i'm
puritIes from the blood. Try 1t this
season. .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-15
CentenneriKid Gloves.

We have just opened complete assortment Of the cee-
brated Centemer Kid Cloves Of which the sole agents
in the city OF Wheeling Our price for the Best Five-Buon
Coored is the that charged by Messrs Cenemer
Co, in New York. viz 81 IS per pair Each pair Of the gen
une bears the OF P Centemer & Co. the inside AS
the demand, we would advise an early selection
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WHEELING, MAY Is, 1850. !,

A CITIZEN OF Chicago writes to the
editor Of the TimI, ofthat city, to settle
a wager for him by informing him the
name Of the Capital Of West Virginia,
Now, II he had asked who Is Governor
OF West Virginia and how many Of him
there are, that mans request would
have been more excusable.
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Geo. E. Stlfel & Co.
STIFEL&CO.
lll4 Main St.
CLOSING OUT
Silk and Beaded Wraps
TaAQr,Made Cloth Jackets.
To CLOSE OUT OUR ENTIRE LINES oR
THESE BEAUTIFUL SPRINo WRAPS BEFORE
THE EXTREME WARN WEATHER SETS IN We
ARE NOW OFFERING THEN AT SPECIAL Re.
DucED PRICES,
TaiIQr,Made Cloth Jackets.
OUTFITS.

CREAM MoHAIR, HESRIETTAs AND
SATIN STRIPED BERBERs,
CREAM AND WHITE FAILLR FRANcAlsE.
PEAV DE- soTE, CHINA Silks, BIO
oApEs, MORE AND sURAus,
l.ARGR AND ELEGANT ASSORTMENT or
WHITE BRAIDS, WITH PARIsIAN AND TIN
Sci EFFECTS,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FINE WHITE
FEATHER AND SATIN FASsi ALSO THE
BEST MAKES oF WHITE KID AND SILK
GLOVES,
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RIBBoNS.

With this late arrival Of New Goods we received large
and complete stock Of the best Satin Edge Gro Grain and
More Ribbons, manufactured in all widths and colos in
Guiding the widest Morie Sash Ribbons
In this advertisement we would call attention to
stock Of Fans Satches Purses Razor
sors Parabod Needles, Persian Trimmings Laces Embroid
cries. Hosiery Corsets Silk Mtts LaTosca Parasos, &c..
&c. together with complete stock of HOUSEKEEPING
GOODS Of the better grades
DRsSpecial attention is invited to our unusually large
and varied stock Of BLACK GOODS embracing Pesteys
4onch wide Silk and Wool Henreas Railroad Cords, Satin
Stripes and Nuns Veings to match the Henrettas Also
65nch wide Chanty Dress Laces Fish Nets and Brussels
!, IsDaiIy Arrivals. Always Adding some-
thing New.
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AGENTS WANTED.

For Club Rates, or any further information
desired, write ltgl6ly % the HndeEsignOd CLEARLY
Street and Number, MCfe rapid return mall do
Livery will be assured BY your enclosing an en-
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FOR SALE,

ts4) TWenty.iour Lots In Caldwell'sAdts
ton 10 The City Of Wheeling.
Said LoA are bounded on tho north By Tveaiy
ninth Itieet, on the east BY Fillmore street %
Tho south BY the HRndlAn Homestead, and on
The west by the D. d o. K, X,
Their proximity 10 The above IGmGi railroad
renders Them excellent sites for manufacturing
establishments.
q not IoId IN thirty day, will be sold Al pub
10 auction.
For tSFml aud further information AppIyO
", Y, HOaE d BRO.
1900 Market 9iHEL
Or WILLIAM n, HANpLAN,
auI6 q. ". Cor. ChApllle 4 Sixteenth "
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BeIlaipe City Flour MIN.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

Building Lots on the OLD Fair Grounds, zaatI
Orchard, North and South Front Streets ard
South Penn streets, Rt very low figures.
A good roomed House at 23l2 Jacob street n
I bargain.
Double Brick House, n and 70 VirSlEJG street
will soil separate or both together, They con
9ln all modern improvements.
BeYen Roomed House, 1877 South BroAdWayil
food property at much less than cost
Four Roomed Cottage for S926.
Eight Roomed HOUSE, North Front street.
tiyer lott all In good condition; &3SO.
Five Roomed House, q North Broadway will
make pleasant home,
six Roomed Brick House, southwest corner
Thifty-elghth and Wood streets, al 4 bargain
will pay for investment.
Dwelling Houses, large and small, always or
NG oSis W ''H" GO. SMITH, I2ao Main Street.
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MAMMOTH DRAWING
At the Academy Of Music, Nov Orleans,
Tuasday, June 10, 1889,

TUDbuhyL JuIV IU' IoU1I
PRIZE. 100000.
10000 Tickets Of ei0; Halves 20; Quarters SO;
Elghihs S6i Twontieths 81 FoftiothS 81.
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LouisianaState Lottery Company.

Incorporated by the Legislature, for Educa.
tlonRl aud Charitable purposes, and lis fran.
chlSO made part Of the present State ConStitu'
It's GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAWINGS take
place emiSnnuHllY, June and Decembefl and
tts GRAND SINdtG NuMBER DRAWINGS lake place
In each Of the other ton months Of the year, and
are all drawn In public, Of the Academy Of Mt
sic, New ORLEANS, La.
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EOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,
My Country Place

At Kim Grove, Largo house, barn, ac.; nstunl
Eaa and running water i've Fnts; well i'm.
proved. II. FORBES,
mE27 No, lll9 Uhapllne Street.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-06-15
TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

Secretaries Blaine, Proctor and Tracy
have issued the following order for the re-
ception Of visitors:
Reception Of Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress from 10 to 12 o'clock.
Reception of all persons not connected
with the Departments, at l2 o'clock, except
Tuesdays and Fridays, which are Cabinet
days; and Thursdays In the Department Of
state, when the members Of the Diplo-
matte Corps are exclusively received.
Persons will not be admitted to the build
ing after o'clock each day, unless by card,
which will be sent by the captain of the
watch to the chief clerk or to the head OF
the bureau for which the visit is intended.
This rule will not apply to Senators, Rep
resentatives or heads Of Executive Depart
ments.
The Secretary of the Treasury receives
Senators and Representatives from 10 to
1880 a. IN , and other persons from ll;30
until p. m, except Tuesdays and Fridays,
Cabinet days.
The Postmastel-General receives persons
having business with him from 10 a. m.
until ] p. m, except on Tuesdays aud
Fridays, Cabinet days
Personal calls upon the Secretary of the
Interior must be made between 10 a. m.
and ~ o'clock noon.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-06-15
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.


The most practical people are dis
posed to regard the number thirteen
with certain supcrstitlous respect
The experience of the officers of the
Ninth Precinct give color TO the tradi-
tions of ill-luck supposed to accompany
that number. VIM. II. Cutler Is the
officer who now has the number. His
predecessor was Officer Marion, who
died In the service some nine
months ago. OF the three pre-
vious, one was shot by negro
on New Jersey avenue. Another was
discharged because of disability and
another was dismissed The number
has record of death aud dismissal
under disagroeable circumstances. ut
has record of disaster" is the way one
officer puts II. The beat Is In what Is
known as "Swampoodlc." Notwith-
standing the forbidding history of the
number, Officer Cutler Is entirely salts.
fed with It. II have been knocked
down on an average of about once n
month";" he remarked, but outside of
that am getting along flrstrate. am
saving money and making cases. l
have held The number longer than any
inul WIN tNcI Huu ~
80
Postmaster General Wanamaker Is
not given TO prating about what he does
in the way of benevolence. A case in
point is the following Some months
ago little church out in Maryland was
wrecked by tornado. The congrega-
tion Is not wealthy one, and consid.
cradle difficulty was experienced in Sc
curing enough contributions TO rebuild
IT, One Of the ladies interested in the
matter, having heard of Mr.. Wana.
makers great Sunday school, concluded
10 test his interest in the great cause of
religion. She stated the case to him,
saying that the lumber had been pur-
chased and that money was needed
only for putting II together. Without
another word he opened his check bool,
and wrote a check for $50. The Incl.
dent has never before been printed.
~
Some time ago great hue and cry
was raised because Wanamakei &
Brown of Philadelphia had sent out
circulars TO number of postmasters.
The Postmaster General has nothing ia
do with the firm, but many people
claimed that it was grossly improper
for him to allow ANYTHING of the kind
TO be done by firm bearing his name.
Mr.. Wanamalker is really very scrupu.
lous about such matters. Connected
with his establishment is contract de
partment which engages TO furnish
hotels, theatres and public buildings.
Upon Mr.. Wanamaker's appointment
he issued strict orders that no efforts
should be made to secure Government
contracts. Although the contracts
would have been awarded on strict
business principles to the lowest and
most satisfactory bidder, he was un-
willing to have business dealings with
the Government while member OF
the Administration.
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Under THE vIoLETS

Her hands are cold, her face is white;
No more her pulses come and go;
Her eyes are shut to life and light;
Fold the light vesture, snow on snow,
And lay her where the violets blow.
But not beneath craven stone,
To plead for tears with alien eyes;
A slender cross OF wood alone
Shall say that here maiden lies
In peace beneath the peaceful skies.
And gray old trees Of hugest limb
Shall wheel their circling shadows round,
To make the seorching sunlight dim
That drinks the greenness from the
ground,
And drop their dead leaves on the mound.
For her the morning choir will sing
Its mathis from the branches high,
And every minstrel voice Of spring
That thrills beneath the April sky,
Shall greet her with It's earliest cry.
At last the rootlets Of the trees
Shall find the prison where she lies,
And bear the buried dust they seize
In leaves and blossoms to the skies;
So may the soul that warns 1t rise.
II any, born of kindlier blood,
Should ask; "What maiden lies below Y'
Say only this: "a tender bud
That tried to blossom in the snow
Lies withered where the violets blow.n
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
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BABY M'KEE is BOSS.

CAFE MAY POINT, N. j., June, A.
The army Of mosquitoes that have been
sharpening their bills in anticipation of
feasting on Baby Mckee suffered sore
defeat last night. Their united strength
would not enable them to burst
through the tightly woven wire netting
that screens every window of the
Wanamaker cottage, and the invading
hosts could do naught but sing a dole
full ditty in the moonlight, cold and
hungry and forlorn. The first bapy in
the land in consequence woke up bright
as button, his merry face as fair as a
speckless peach. Mrs. Wanamaker,
Miss Lillian, Mrs. Lowry and Mr..
Brown left for Philadelphia on the first
morning train, leaving the Harrison
party in entire possession, with DR..
Scott as the specially appointed Lord
of the Manor.'' But Baby Mckee early
assumed control of things, and at pres
ent writing still holds undisputed sway.
First of all he visited the beach and
heard what the wild waves had to say.
He and his sister, Mary Lodge Mckee,
were armed with bucket and shovel and
all other paraphernalia for the building
of sand forts. While young Miss Nc.
Kee appeared somewhat apathetic, Baby
Mckee fairly reveled in the work before
him, and would fain have tarried longer
on the beach, but the burning sun soon
frightened the prudent nurses back
10 the cottage, where the youngsters
spent the rest of the morning romping
on the broad verandas. Mrs. Harrison
appeared on the piazza several times
during the morning, and about noon she
and the babies turned in for nap.
1--WE may be here for two weeks or
longer" said Mrs. Harrison, 'but at
any rate we will stay until our Deer
Park cottage is ready. / think Mrs
Wanamaker will return next week, and
perhaps her husband with her."
And the President p
Il can't feel sure about papa. OF
course, he will come as soon rs he can,
but not earlier than next week.
II don't think any of us will try
bathing, though, when 1t grows warmer,
baby may try his luck at wading. The
children are perfectly delighted with
the big porches and the hammocks, and
] believe that this visit may do US all
world of good. Especial to the Phila-
delphia Record