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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
A Noiseless, smOkeless L,

A novel locomotive eugin5
on exhibition at Palmyra, Wis.,
the noise OF its wheels moving u
rails it is noiseless and smokeless.
steam after use in the engine is
densed in new manner, aud the wa1e
at the boiling point is reused. All thu
wheels of this locomotive are div,
wheels, being so arranged as to give then
easy control of the car on curves and OF
uneven tracks.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

It's estimated that one-half of all the
drugs imported into the United States
are consumed in The manufacture of
patent medicine.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Since TIE LIST of January twenty eight
different men in this country have muir
dered girls who refused to marry them.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

People who fancy the newspaper re
porser's life is a bed Of roses observes the
New York Telsgrsm, can have their ideas
changed by reading accounts of the
Chicago car riots Reporters were the
only passengers in the cars run through
bowling mobs and showers Of brickbats.
Several OF them were lady injured.
They faced danger and duty, beside the
armed officers Of the law, Just as they
are always facing the horrors Of a seourg-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
Not Wanted.

A beggar was pursuing his calling in
le street.
6 "Areyou not ashamed, asked passer-
y, ito follow a trade like that when
are able to worl?'
8. replied the barefooted one with
apride, ii was money, not advice,
lsked you rT-Juige.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

New Jersey comes to the front with a
water trust. This is brand-new kiai..
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
. my room az seen IN this ooun- 2

snuffed the game. r--ro,ss4s. sli5N up
again. He may have bei1sved that sus-
pected him, and was determined to keep
out OF my way until he appeared to strike
the fatal blow. Next door to me, on the
downtown side, was vacant lot One
day, a week after last seeing Mcknight,
several dry-goods boxes were brought
to this lot and piled up in such a way
as to form a good hiding place next to
my door. l scented an idea as l in
vestigated, and that night when within
square of the place, met a couple Of
Young fellows aud offered thema quarter
TO go and displace the boxes, explaining
that vagrant had taken up his quarters
there. They went with a whoop, and a
man rushed out of hiding and ran off.
1t was Mcknight.
The next day 1 was sent out of the
city and was gone two weeks. Ihad not
been back two hours when 1 discovered
that boy was dogglng me about He
was no doubt in the pay of Mcknight,
who would now be ready for some other
move. I had no sooner reached my
room than l made the discovery that the
windows had been tempered with,
two having been wrenched out
and alt loosened so that little work
would remove them. That night 1
asked friend to stay with me- While
sent him to the room before dark l
made my usual rounds and did not turn
in until eleven. If Mcknight was look
ing fer me he saw me. We turned out
the gas, placed our revolvers at hand,
and sat down near the window to wait.
At one o'clock Mcknight climbed shed
from the alley, entered the insurance
office by back window, passed through
two rooms, and appeared at the window
opposite mine. When he had raised the
sash be pushed plank across the five feet
Of space, and rested the end on my window
ledge 1t was summer evening, and
nv sash was up. but so quietly did the
man work that the lightest sleeper would
have heard no sound. He waits55d ST
l.-foraJ ord fhon CANA on - l..
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

4te ~ = eftts,s.i.. q m nh 81 ~
.i5flt sfll nc .7.fs1ss3sl
n s1s..id lsezf s.,is MT dDfl DARK
'.9 Be Ssoaid ain. = either throttle ne
or strike me down with club.
How did ] reach these ccnclusionsl
Well, the average detective catches on
to q crooks chiography by instinct. 1t
was written on half sheet, and the pen
and ink were poor The paper was
creased and soiled, and l felt cetain
that the writer had passed it to pris-
oner about TO be discharged. The lat
ter had mailed it to me in an envelope
addressed by himself. The chiography
Of the letter was bold and earnest. Large
men are bold and more sympathetic than
small ones. Large men who betray this
sentiment are of sanguine temperament.
They are also vain and dress well and in
taste. Large men seldom ambush a
Sistim They depend on their strength.
This IS about the way figured it out,
and l was so firmly satisfied that l was
right that founded my programme ac-
cordingly, and permitted no change to
creep in / further believed that the
writer would not be out OF prison Tor 4
month, and l had ample time to get
ready for him. Had he been out he
would not have written. II he had sew
eral months TO serve he would not have
written. l was bachelor then, having
room on State street and taking my
meals at a restaurant. My room was
reached by private stairs, and alone had
the key to the street door. From a side
window in my room to a side window in
a real estate Office was distance of only
FIVE feet. As there were bars on the 9TH
er window I had left mine unguarded.
Inow had them put on, and there was
no way to reach me in my room ex-
cept to open the street door and come up
stairs. had the inside of the door COW
cred with sheet iron, and arranged a
spring gun for the stairs.
Was l efraidl No, ! had plenty OF
confidence in myself, and wanted to
get the drop on the stranger first. He
had pitted his wit, nerve and courage
against mine, and my professional pride
was aroused. He had big advantage
in knowing me and my habits, aud it was
only fair 70 offset th1sreby taking scrs
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

N VI sromptness at repartee is capitally il
.l.eL; rated BY the following incident;
"a - ger in a suburban theatre began
: Re song, "Fcr Goodness sake,
y Told You" few nights
promptly hit with rotten
he audience.
that?' he howled.
cried voice in the gal
goodness sake, don't say
Nat down the house, and the
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

The reports of the Photographic
Bureau At Washington declare that the
sailihg Tonnage OF the world is nearly
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Ireland's population is increasing at
the nate of 60, 600 a year.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Kerosene oil is responsible for nine
tenths of the fires that take place in
China,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

- Boy-"Here is a pocketbook,
kyou dropped"
Merchant (grasping boys
.wrInging it vigorously
E What shall do TO show
s sg under his torture, gasps)
of my hand, sir, and we'll
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Agent--'Td like to insure your life.
Respectable Old Party-'I don't wan
my life insured"
"But we offer special inducements
Every policy paid on death"
"Well, all the companies do that.
n- = s g I Y s;; gSsSsf5 Z
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

e.ass have Just been published on
.cciabrought about by avalauches
=. ttsol of Switzerland Last year
&c people were killed The
IL e or-sfse buried By savalanoHes
ostiraatfward Of $4,000, while
4, total / Of property destroyed
eeares atQ.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
.us Hungariaa Tl0lia.

Joac5, hOpeIessly injured
st i an endeavor to in
one or Il skill He is not the
Crease p done this, as sehu-
Dst a,rss composer, attempted
,9aaa ri experiment, in sever
"e sFythe chords of his right hand
shorten the time of practice.
fsrmanently disabled as a piano
new
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

go. Never Dreamt-A Battle O
Ag Wise in His Gen
htion-HardIy Peni-
eent-Etc., Etc
:: Evenly maid, was young,
- 5<.= 3pon the Tyre,
lrlY Greece she sung
III lips afire.
: cam girl would play
ght grand,
be some future day
4ur brass banda
Boston Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
The Parado1 COLLECTOR.

This person exists.
reporter of the New York S,n has
go the flesh, has shaken hands
eaten with him, drunk with
len merry with him.
5 fad, he is a very decent
DIV, but to be continually
- s 5uestions as:
tss,ey.. notice that your mother
not your mother"
: = :. occurred to you that
+ kod die young, there are
hops under siNty?'
s Served that while honesty
it is about the only
get in the policy shopsl"
s ttice that the lower you live
higher Your rentF'
PeuriOus that the more shopping
done in the stores the less stor-
inc there is in the shopsl"
And so on, forever, world without end,
is distinctly tiresomc, and for this reason
the collector of paradoxes should be
avoided.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

my door and went to bed The dullest
kind of ploughboy could have picked
up my trail.
On the evening of the second day my
would-be murderer appeared at the bill
| lard room of the hotel as | was playing
my first game of pool. was expecting
him, and so arranged it as to ask him
to play the next two games. He was
puzzled and nervous. If he was ner-
vous over the idea of handling cue
alongside of a man whose life he was
plotting to take, l was excusable for
feeling bit queer to find my would-be
assassin offering me a cigar and pralsing
my skill. I entertained him better than
he did me, because knew MS game and
he supposed me ignorant of it. When l
was ready to leave for home 1 invited
him to meet me at the hotel the next
evening. He smilingly assented, but
next instant compressed his lips. This
meant: ''This detective Is not the fell
low l supposed he was. He is pleasant
and chatty, and wants to be friendly,
and rather like him. But he sent my
friend to prison, Fand I have sworn to
take his life He shall not escape me. "
That night some one broke skeleton
key in the lock of my street door. How
foolish to suppose would trust to locks !
1t was no doubt my friend. making his
first attempt on my life. 1t is a curious
trait in criminal nature that two out of
five men will abandon an undertaking if
Meeting with disappointment on the first
attempt. Those who persevere become
mora donOaro,1s than before II WAS q
question now OF how my enemy would
act, but was satisfied as soon as set
eyes on him the next evening. AT sight
of me he compressed his lips. Inc iail-
ure had fired his zeal, and i realized
taaf from this 81 must ce5t ata 8 Pc ~
ny faard every hoilS "a The twenty;
four. ~ III
We nIatse xs.seS aanles i,lzttlles. sal
sisie br s. sl : IA smoked si.,i'.s and ID
3nfsiSes sFrulc, haqe uussisafl - the
best OF friends. Tic man perhaps
feared that | would wonder and specu-
late about him. and he handed me his
card and explained that he had come on
from the East expecting to engage in the
lumber business. His name was printed
as IS. r. MeKnipht.n Could l be mis-
taken in him. Won ask2 | had no doubt
that he was the writer of the threatening
letter. If | had doubted, something
occurred as we sat smoking that would
have reassured me. A man who was
known TO me TO be crooked entered the
billiard room for drink. He started
in surprise at seeing Mcknight. and was
about to approach him with extended
hand when a signal STONED him. Unless
Mcknight was a "Ayp man he could have
no knowledge of the other. Ipretended
to see vacancy. and parted with my
enemy in the greatest good nature. That
NIGHT an ATTEMPT was made to bore a
panel out of NV door. but the bit was
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Dudes idea of Bad Form.
Freddy say, old boy, they tell me
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

However bad mans credit may be
vet he can ALWAYS borrow trouble.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

The mother Of Napoleon was a great
beauty but void Of sweetness,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

unaer lied drill of the Ger
-,au ambitions viii in future
,earn eaSmations the double
co,uun, column -four com
,,anies ~ other in ssa1sny
e,,!amnsSoad cOluusz. I'D
The basis q So
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Courts are generally mopotonOus,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

the fury Of rs sflisf blfzzzf17s- And Il
horrors Of enormous congregations.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11

Inc zfifef lSl;slH dead tasue..s
7fe ar.sss.: sISt & iaT is1I' y
n s.e.id neaf 81, MT and DARK
ish efothzs.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
A Kentucky Terror.

do you remember Craig Tolliver,"
sand a S:2snsaS;c,, Chicago Nail re-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-01-11
= Sorry He Found 1t.

Esked you forl"- Juige.
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ened, and then c9meoiOl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
Light NAIL GAUGE.
The LaughIiu Mill Introduces Il
the First
AND THE NAILERs STRIKE.
. Committee visits the Wheeling
Factories, and alta SicOtIugo of the
Nailers 1t is Formally Re. =
solved not to Work.

A good.sized strike occurred at the
Laughlln mill yesterday, tour,ffths Of
the nailers refusing to cut common nails
under the uniform weight. Recently
the management notified the n%ailers,
who make common nails, consisting OF
t~hree.penny and upwards, that they
would have to cut them smaller in order
to enable the mill to compete with the
wire nail mills, the change to take effect
yesterday, The pailers did not take to
this very kindly, knowing that 1t was
equivalent tot reduction,
All OF them showed up, however, yes
terday morning, and the experiment
was tried on a number Of machines and
proved unsatisfactory to them, They
discovered that the nails could not be
cut any faster than the old nail, in fact
not so fast; yet many more would be
required 10 make q keg, and 1t meant q
reduction, they claimed, Of from twenty
to twenty-five per cent. Some Of the
nailers claimed 1t meant forty per cent
reduction. They refused to cut the
light nails, and a strike was the result.
The boys were told that they would
not be needed during the day and went
10 their homes. This was about 90. III,
A number Of nailers were told "a
make the old nail and worked the re-
mainder OF the day without assistance.
A committee OF nailers, consisting oil
Patrick Mullen and David Paxton, was
appointed to visit the Wheeling nail fac
ltoFies aud SEQ Ii they were making the
light nails, and report US quickly as pos
sible. The committee visited the mills
in this city, and on returning In the
afternoon stated that none OF them were
making nails below the old uniform
weight. AS the Laughlln Is alleged to
DO the only one that has yet taken the
step, the strike will doubtless become
general when the other mills make
move.
There are 100 machines In the Laugh
lin, 1t being the second largest In the
world. =,
Last evening about forty Of the nail
ers, including several Of those who ran
machines throughout the day on the
heavy gauge, met TO decide what course
to pursue. II was decided that nobody
should work to-day on tho light gauge
nail unless al an increase OF pay.
Wheeling nailers who were seen last
night said that they expected the strike
would extend TO the other mills Just aS
iast % the light gauge was introduced
and that while Eope Of the new nails
lad been experimentally cut in the fac
tories on this side Of the river, mono o.
them had regularly adopted the gauge
Some OF the nailers are disgusted will
the trade and Rro looking out for othel
employment,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
MARTINS FERRY,


Municipal MRttsrs..The TermlnRl Railroad,
Personal and Other Notes.
Miss Blanch Modill Is soIournIng at Smith
Miss Carrie Stewart Is visiting friends a
Miss Kate Carmichael has returned from her
vacation,
William Woodruff, Jr., has returned from
MunclO, Ind.
Hon. LopaI9 DpntOrd, OF st, ClalrsyIllC, was
IN town yesterday.
Miss Kate RRlstou is with St, ClalrsvillC
friends for a few days.
Mrs. Evan Jones, Of Pittsburgh, Ia at the bod
side OF her sister, Mira, u. J. Long,
VIII CTOwl came home from FEcopOrt yester
day, where he spent several weeks with friends
Miss Lulu Williams. OF Z~aResYIllc, Is the guest
Of her sister, Mrs. Thomas EdmundS, nj .Ktna'
vile.
Miss Lou Dawson has gone to ~Ludglngton,
Michigan, 10 spend the month Of August with
hUF sister.
The brick work on the new opera house II
about completed, and the building will be Gu
closed by Saturday.
Mrs. saxtOn returned to Chicago last evening
after RpleaSant visit with her sister, Mrs, ChArlei
X. ShTeYe, on the Heights.
Florence Blndley, who has at excellent pom,
pRny, Will appear at the Lafayette 0pSrt House
August q aud ~. The company goes from Mar,
tins Ferry TO Wheeling ioTlhrGo nights.
Work i9 progressing rapidly in the grading fol
the Terminal railroad, The derrick III the stone
yard on First street Is ready for work. A derrick
GaS put up at the corner OF Fourth aud FHyettC
streets yesterday. The company IL looking for u
large barn for their horses.
AZ Especial meeting OF the City Council yea
terdAy afternoon the contract for putting In th(
awarded 10 ThqmAs MRlQneY, Of DelIRlTC, hC
belpg tho lowest bidder. lids were Invited lol
putting 10 gas In the water works, The regular
t1ppthly meeting OF Council Will be held to-
night,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
TILE BETHANY PRESIDENCY.
DR.. barclay, OF Alabama, Mentioned rs {
Possibility,

DR.. barclay, OF Alabama, Mentioned rs n
Possibility.
The Board OF Trustees Of Bethany Col
lege will meet on the thirteenth to elect
asuccessorto the late President Woolery'
Among those who arc spoken Of to sue
coed him Is DR.. ], j. Barclay, Of Ala
buma, a well known and very accom-
plished gentleman. DR.. Barclay Is q
son.in.law OF Bishop Campbell, the
founder OF the college. He Is also the
son OF DR., j., T. Barclay, at ono time a
Professor in the institution and at an
earlier day a missionary to%7terusalem,
wherehe brought out awork well known
10 tho literary and religious world, called
s'The City Of the Great King"
The present DR.. Barclay was with his
father most Of the time during his resi-
denCe In the Orient, and was afterwards
for eight years consul Of the United
States and OF the Russian Government
at Cyprus. He Is known as an accom-
plished linguist, not only in the ANCIENT
but also In the modern languages, and
speaks the modern Greek tuently He
declined the Presidency OF an Alabana
college some time ago TO devote himself
to the development Of that part OF the
State in which he lives. He Is spoken
OF as q gentleman OF great energy and
zeal, and II no can be induced to accep!
the Presidency at Bethanyit Is believed
that he will PROVE q most worthy sue
eessor to the late lameRtel head Of the
institution.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
THE BEST EYER GIVEN,
That is What tic state Fair Next Month
VIII be,

That Is What tho state Fair Next Month
viii be.
The first department in the premium
list OF The West Virginia State Fair, COM
posed Of class horses, roadsters and light
horses, carriage and general purposes
Clydesdale and English draft horses,
Percheron and Norman draft horses,
gelding and mares for light harness,
matched horses and mares and Shetland
ponies, Mr.. John NJ. Nicols, superintend'
emf, promises 10 have more entries than
ever before known in the history Of the
Fair. The one hundred and twenty-five
elegant stalls set aside for this class are
now being put in hrst-class condition.
This presents m opportunity TO horse
owners to show who has the best. A
red or blue tag, as first or second
premium, given by the West Virginia
Suite Fair Association, and the hand.
some premiums offered, 10 no small 70.
putation for the animal or article re.
Ceivlng them. /.
~ ID surprising now mum tulk "
creates for IN animal to receive first or
second prize, and how often they are
pointed out long after the fair. Horses
have sold for twenty-five per cent more
on account Of having received first
premium.
Secretary Hook says that never before
in the history Of the Fair have entries
come in SO rapidly in all the classes as
this year, Tie judges in the First as
well as all other departments, will be
competent men who have never before
Judged at this Fair, and will give a fair
and impartial decision. No judge can
be in any way interested 10 any animal
pr article which Ia In The class they are
Ali Will be pleased to know that this
years Fair promises to be the best In
every particular ever given by the West
Virginia Exposition and State Fair AS
ISOLATION, and will be undoubtedly the
largest horse show ever given In the
Ohio Valley.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
Iug ST. ALpnOSsUs SOCIETY.
Celebration OF its Eighteenth AuniversArl
YaGtardnV.


Celebration OF It's Eighteenth Anniversary
Yesterday.
The st. Alphonsus Society celebrated
It's eighteenth anniversary yesterday
with a parade and a picnic at the Park,
Mr.. P. Bonenberger was Chief Marshal,
with W. schott and John Foose as aides.
The Opera House band headed the pro-
cession, and tho Knights Of 81. Geoge,
st. Alphonsus Young Peoples Society,
under command Of Charles Woeber, and
The st. AlphonsuS Society, marshaled by
John Coleman, Bernard Bach and
Adolph Bot, made up the line. The
route was az laid down in yesterdays
INrELLioRNOER. The ten O'Clock motor
was taken for the Park, aud all through
the day the people fairly Swarmed there.
It was one OF the largest and most suO'
cesSiul picnics ever given In the Park.
All devoted themselves exclusively To
having q good time, with eminent sue.
cess. The celebration reflected much
credit on the society.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
ABOUT EUPL

Strangers IN the City aud wheeling People
Abroad.
Mr.. Howard McCourtney, Of Chicago,
is in the city.
W. H. Hall, Of Warrington, was at
the Stamm last evening.
Mrs. Ellen Caldwell and daughter left
yesterday for Keota. Iowa.
Mr.. Joe Reese, Of New York, Is visit
ing his parents on Fourteenth street.
Miss Gussie Hoge, Of this city, is the
guest OF Mrs. joint. Vance, OF Romney.
Dave McComb, OF Greer & Laing's,
has gone 10 Chicago on a pleasure trip.
Miss Mollie Crogan, who has been
visiting in S~teubenville, came home yes
terday.
Mrs. David Nesbitt and her daughter,
Miss Matte, are visiting Mrs. j. q.
Farley Of Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Godfrey schul, a well known
Eighth ward citizen, is spending a few
days at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Swabaker and daughter, Mrs. D.
Gutman, returned yesterday from q
months s~ojourn at the seaside.
Messrs. George Rowles and r. II. Glib
son, gas and oil contractors Of Washing
ton, Pa, were in town yesterday.
Mrs. ". H. Moore and daughter, Ella,
Of McKeesport, Pa, are visiting Mrs. I.
II. Reed, on South Market street.
Mr.. ]. h. Acker and two daughters, Of
this city, were registered last week at the
Curry House, at Webster Springs.
Among those registered at the stamm
House yesterday was II. I. Barber, Of
Hartford City, and George II. Ogden, Of
Sardis.
The rumor aloat that DR.. Ulrich had
died in Europe is without foundation,
R. NJ. Gilleland, his son.in'law, says II
Is a canard.
Mr.. William Kreiger, late superin'
tendent OF the Park, has returned from
his travels in Europe, and reports a most
enjoyable trip.
Mr.. Z. +. Meier, OF ST. Louis, n oil
the largest and best known glass buyers
that visit this city, arrived last even
ing and registered atthe Stamm.
MIR. W. P. Adams, the veteran clerk in
the Auditors office at Charleston, Ia
spending a vacation with his relatives
and numerous friends in Wheeling.
Mrs. Oscar Seeley and daughter, Pearl
have gone to Washington, b. O., to visit
Mrs. Seeley's mother. After making a
short stay there they will 30 10 New
York State and visit relatives there.
They expect to be gone about two
months.