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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
ST. CLAIRsVILLE.
Editors Contemplate a Journey-The I'm
mortal -. N" Lifting the Veil-Farm-
er's Institute.
lec.al Corrtspond:nee of L.e Sunddy Reolster.


er's Institute.
Special Corre,pond. nee Of he Sunday Register
ST. CLAIRsvILLE, February .
John Kies, of this plsce. and Miss Sarah
Allen. of Bridgeport, will be married on
next Thursday evening
Messrs. |. NJ. Riley and r. G. Never,
are contemplating trip to Butte City,
Montana. They will probably leave here
the middle Of April.
Harry Finney, an old St. Clsirsyille boy,
is in from Illinois.
MARSHALL THOMPSON Announces that be
is positively not candidate for reelection
to council, at the coming spliog election
The retiring members of council sr'
Thompson, Brown and Milligan.
Hon. Milton Barnes came IN from Col
umbus on Friday, TO attend the funeral Of
his brother, Jas A. Barnes.
The Belmont County Fair Board has re
organized. as follows President, Ccarlaf
Arrick; Vice President, jas B. Patton
Treasurer, John Pollock; Secretary, r. G
Never. The date of the Fair was set fcl
Tuesday, wednesday ard Thursday, Sep
tember 3. 4 and 5. 1889.
Hon. A. T. McKelvey, rarresentive from
this county, spent last Sunday at home IL
this place.
Revival services at the NJ. E. Church
are still going on, and much interest i
being taken in them.
~. N" will lit the vail at this place
on next F,iday. The pressure" needs
''lifting" in this locality.
Pfof. Schofeld, of Martins Ferry, haI
organized a singing class here of about 81
membere.
Walter Troll has returned from Pough
keepsie, n. Y, whera he has been learn
ing bookkeeping
The Grand Jury will commence bust
ness on Tuesday. Some Of our druggist
are uneasy.
P.O. Box 27S, this place, advertises fol
lady correspondents.
The funeral Of James A. Barnes, who's
death Was announced in the REGISTER
took place this afternoon, from his late res
idence, and was attended by large mum
Der OF sympathizing friends.
Common Pleas Court will convene mex
Tuesday, with Hon. John B. briggs on th'
/ bench.
The colored folks held a concert or
Thursday evening. In the contest for
gold watch, Sam Jackson, janitOr at th'
Court House, came out victorious.
Sixteen prisoners are in the county jsil
half of whom are charged with peniten
itentiary offenses.
Farmers institute at this place on mex
Friday and Saturday.
W. L. Calm and wife, of Wheeling
spent a few days with Mrs. Calm
mother, Mrs. Mary Riley, west of town.
The social at the Presbyterian Church
on Friday night was grand success.
] Council meeting on Monday night next
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS.
The House Devotes 100000 for the Es-
tablishment of Coaling Station at
Pango Pango, and Passes the Bnl-Mc-
Adoo's Speech

The House DevOtes 800, 900 for the Es-
tablishment of Coaling Station at
Pango Pango, and Passes the Bnl-Mc-
AdOo's Speech
WASHINGTON, February 2.-Ths naval
appr, p;iation bill occupied the attention
of the Hous5 to-day. Mr.. Herbert, dur
ing his explanation of the provisions
o: the bill, was especially
eulOgistic of the dynamite cruiser
''Vesuvius" and stated that enough
had bsen shown to demonstrate that dyna-
mite guns we're to be very efficient weap-
ons, and especially on land. Mr.. McAdoo
said that the thanks of tie people of the
United States were due not o1ly to the
present head of the Navy Department,
but TO the O,mmittee on Naval Affairs
for the efforts they had made to build up
the navy. The recent troubles in Samoa
had made the country painfully aware of
the needs of the naval service of the
$500, 900 900 wasted in wooden sbips
and smooth. bore guns 1t has been hu-
miliatipgly aware OF its inferiority
as q naval power to the least of the naval
powers of Europe. The rights Of Ameri-
can citizens had been disregarded by
foreign nation, our flag had been ruth
leesly trampled upon by an invading host
upon peaceful island.
Mr.. McAdoo said that so far as the Sa-
moan question was concerned, the frat
thing which Congress should do was to as
certain ell the facts Americans had been
taunted with vaunting themselves. 1t
was unnecessary for Us to do that
if American citizens had been outraged, if
American property had been injured, If
any American rights had been infEinged,
then it was the duty of this government in
the name of our people and
strength resolutely and calmly
but stubbornly to assert that
right, resurrect the privileges taken from
us even if we do it at the elnnon's mouth.
Perhaps we could not have anything to say
to Germany under ordinary circumstances;
the Upiiei States was not a knight errant
going about the world to succor distressed
and oppressed peoples. But we had treaty
with the people of Samoa:
An amendment was adopted appropTla-
ting 500 coo for tie establishment OF
coaIing station at PAngo Pango, Samoa.
The bill was then reported to the House
and passed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
A Wealthy Invalid Shoots HerseIf.

Hot SPRINGS, ARK, February 2.-Miss
Grace Z lton, of Boston, Mass, guest at
the WGverly Hotel, has been in feeble
health for several weeks, and was very
nervous on Thursday night on retiring to
her room. Late at night the guests OF the
hotel were startled by pistol shot, fol-
lowed by criss of Help" which came
from the room occupied by Miss Eaton.
Captain Cain, proprietor of tie hotel, en-
tered the room snd found the young lady
on the floor, blood flowing from wound in
her left side, which is pronounced danger
ous. The shooting is claimed to have been
accidental. Miss Eaton is OF wealthy
Boston family, and is visiting here IN COM
pany with her mother.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
No nomnanr wan sufrer severe Loss.

NEW YORK. February 2.-"Fire Insur-
auce men are not unaceustomed to big
fires in Buffalo" pominent insurance
man in this city said to reporter this
sfternoon. ''What is strange in Buffalo. "
he continued. sis that the fremen there do
NOT seem 10 confne fire TO the block in
which II starts. Fires in Buffalo invariably
iump the street, thus to-day parts of three
blocks are burned" From inquiry among
we'll known insurance men down town
this afternoon it was learned that there
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
COLONEL CLAIBORNE DEAD.
Varied Career of Former virginian-Hls
Political Ventures In Two States.

Varied Career of a Former Virginian-Hls
Political Ventures In Two States.
Sr. LOUIS, February 2 Colonel Nat. @.
Claiborne died to night at his residence in
the West Fad at the age of sixty-sever
years, leaving widow aud two married
daughters. He was native of Virginia,
graduate of Washington College, membe7
of tie Virginia State Constitution in 1850,
defeated Jnbal A. Enly, and was beaten
for Congress five years later by Colonel Bo-
Geek, who became Speaker OF the House.
He came to Missouri in the fifties, and was
a member of the Legislature that seeded
at the beginning Of the war, and at toe
close of the war he returned TO st. Louis
and was elected TO succeed General Frank
p. Blair in the State Senate.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
CLARINGTON.
Assurances From an Ohio Town That the
Groundhog Saw His Shadow.

AsEuTAECes MI OhAo NS''N NN-N
Groundhog Saw His Shadow.
Special Correspondence to the Sunday Register.
CLARINGToN, O, February 2.-Mr.
Isaac Gordon went to POwhatan Monday
TO do the carpenter work for the fouriDg
mills at that place.
A specisl examiner from Washington,
d. c.. was here Wednesday looking up the
pensiod case OF Charles Troy, Sr.
DIR. J. G. Letter and family left Thurs
day for Marion, o.
Mr.. G. G. Thomas started for Pittsburg
on Thursday.
The ground hog most sssuredly saw his
shadow here to-day.
Mr.. James Gray, mate of the steamer
Sam Clark, spent several days Of the past
week with his family at this place.
Mr.. Henry Hsbermehl was at the county
seat Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. G. L. Tyler was at Sistersville on
Friday.
Mr.. Suel Hall, and aged and respscI ed
citizen of this place, died Friday evening.
Interment Sunday at 1870 o'clock.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
WELLSBURG.

The RAIston- Meyer Contest Stln In Pro-
Eress-A Delightful Social Event.
Speciol Co-rcpondenes q ne sunday Register.
WELLsBURG, February 2.-The County
Court adjourned yesterday until Monday
next. So far in the election contest Raj
stoa has gained nine votes, leaving Meyer
bat four Of a majority.
A very pleasant little party was given
las, night at the Lewis House 1t was q
surprise for Miss Media Lewis, and was a
complete success in every respect. Ths
number Of guests was not large, but the
capacity for fun was decidedly so. The
youthful masters snd misses Of ffteen
spent delightful evening.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03

are nearly 200 insurance companies dong
business in Buffalo, including all the for
eign companies. 1t is believed that no
company will suffer very large loss by
to-day's fire, as al risks are invariably
divided up among several companies. The
total amount which one of the largest for
eign companies has in all the burned
property is S., 900.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03

interest in the FairmOnt and Pslatine
br;5ge 70 the county of Marion, was favor
sblv reported, and the report received. AT
this mint the Senate again entered and the
Joint assembly resumed the cOnderation Of
the election returns.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
luPORTAXT BUSINESS

:, .-o-. Have U-e Tor Railroad Passes
4 Cona queuuy Refuse 60 Give Them
ss-r Rr
"A r-1oy. February The morn
4 aoa OF the S-nsts diino. dispose o.
I, s- ness brt whs; vas introduce.
! .ca.sed vas moIe than usually
d.
IA o7e BIN was reported and thl- W5s
~ 90 lictusls returned wilhon, rec
,nda.ou.
r hicAIis,er then introduced Dbl. No
|ofx the salary Of ssseSoIs Mr. Dl.
sfr !ucsd BIN so So. amending the
la of tse CITY of G-seoa in the same
m as Dr Thlyer'sbl 10 tie House
'n So ,6. introduced by Senator
~ vsinroducei br thst gentleman
ID ,sasva importance. 7. provides
establishment Of IN agricultural
beat station 10 connection with
H s Csiyersi.y, and accepts a ma
y appropriation Of $4,000 for this
- Mr Sl'iar declared that unless
ID pissed ,hs present Legislature,
nlm. g8lt would be- iost, sni
,ll. The rules be- suspended and
~ passed 90 a second reading The
was granted by unanimous con-
BID N9 ll prohibiting railroads
-r1g passes t0 members Of tie
i1rs and STATE officials, came Up on
1al and Senator Arbrck,e. its ua-
-e O as,-org sPpaal 2r favorable
toe
Scott Of Oiio. always cham.
il,oats pss.s and other trl
which acs-aie tte tender cone
o. legislators He replied t0 Mr..
and declared ,ta, be was helrt-
d 20 .te bi, Mr Scott was
a'.a n.rai Should make him
n7-r ot.t L.tore Cf-r him its
oes 90 anything e'sa. be would
'. ,ill, 'oIulsl ,ls vo1,d-be
l-d then yte as Bis cousc eac7
marx Ct ,5s e,, 1ea. Oaiaan
''Ae asFnpl,le.cciord in the
gentlemen. SAL dravo,e
'l.' decided 30, 90 giys up
,'a having arrived the
1i -sEaes of ,he senate
',i "'aeha,i OF the Horss.
--. Assembly Nothing
aeuocu es.oa br. TO
i c-i-r tlem TO a second
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
PRrkarnhurg Notea.

Special gttOTGfR 10 ue Sunday Rt0lSIer'
PARKERsBURG, February 2.-Fred.
whiteman, sged II, was killed almost in
stantly here this morning while attempting
to board passing freight train in the Bal
timore and Ohio yards.
The grand jary has adjourned till Mon
day, its work not yet beiug finished.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
whselIng Mutual Building Association.

WhselIng Mutual Building Association.
S3oeial TelecTGm 70 nc Sunday REGISTER.
CHARLESTON, February 2-Gentlemen
sre here tonight to make application early
rex. week to the Secretary Of State fer g
charter for the Wheeling Mutual Building
Association. The charter members are all
Well-known Wheeling gentlemen.
J. S. Hyer, of BraxtOn, and Prot D. B.
PGrintou, OF MOrgsntown, arrived this
evening. Prof. Purinton comes on busi-
ness connected with the University.
Capt. B. B. DOvener, Of Wheeling, will
leave for home tomorrow.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03

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Bills lfr. HeDer
5,'d i.o1.e FilNo lbs +,
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"
\ Jefferson. introduced BID
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L. '' sufficient service in
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
Tho ConnelIsvIlle Coke Strike

PrTTsBURG, February 2.-1he Connells-
Vile coke strike spread to the works Of
J. W. Moore & Co. to-day and five hun
dred men quit work The reports from
the other works are that the situation is
unchanged. Col. Schconmaker denies
that work has been suspended at the
Sterling and Jimtown works. They are
short a few diggers. bat otherwise there
has been no strike.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03

Il have been occasionally troubled with
Coughs. and in each case have used Browns
Bronchial TrOches, which Rave never
failed, and I must say they are second 70 none IN
the world. FIX 4. Nay, clshter, 81. Pau Ah'H
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03

I like my wife to use PczzOni's Com
p.elion Powder because it improves her
looks and is Is fragrant as yiolets.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03
PRICES GREAT SPEECH.

The Senator From Mineral County Replies
20 Col. Moore and Speaks With Spirit and
Enect-Campben's study of the Constitu-
tiOn.
s....,,l 7sleo-n,, m ne Si,ndGv Register.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-15
The Way 70 Send Flowers.

Who doesn't remember when it was
the received thing to send your sweet
heart every evening an enormous
breastwork of flowers, where the roses
were stabbed into position by wires
and the whole effect of which was stiff
beyond expression. Mademoiselle had
her corsage bouquet and she would
have felt that the world was not quite
right without it; that her beauty must
be fading and that her sweetheart
must be growing weary of her. But
now! The young man gets down on
his kness and gives thanks because
these belongings are no longer de-
manded from him. IF he sends any
flowers at all they must come in big
box. loose. long-stemmed and drip
ping with dew. They may be daisies
plucked from some country meadow,
they may be wild roses or they may be
the great, stiff. scentless ones that
have been cultured in greenhouses.
But few or many, they must not even
be tied with a ribbon or sent in a
bask .-LouiSUiLLe C01trier-JOur7aaL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-15
An Underground Canal.

The strangest canal in the world is
one | never saw mentioned in any
book or newspaper. 1t is a canal six
teen miles long, between Worsley and
st. Helens, in the north of England,
and is underground from end to end.
In Lancashire the coal mines are ex-
tensive, half the country being under
mined, and many years ago the Duke
of Bridgewater's managers thought
they could save money by transport
ing the coal underground instead of
on the surface. So the canal was con-
structed, the mines connected and
drained at the same time. Ordinary
canal boats are used, but the power is
furnished by men. On the roof of the
tunnel-arch are cross-pieces, and the
men who do the work of propulsion
lie on their backs on the coal and push
with their feet against the ross-bars
on the roof. Six or eight men will
draw train of four or five boats, and
as there are two divisions in the tun-
mel boats pass each other without diff
Guilty. GlObe-Dcm0crat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-15
SHHRK-FlN SOUP.
One of s.John's'' Peculiar DeIicacies-How
1t Is Prepared for Use.

Among the many things utilized bv
the Chinese for food, saws the San
Francisco Chronicle, are the fins and
tails OF sharks-or more properly. the
me, gelatinous tendons found in SUCH
Inc fishermen all along the California
coast are often annoyed when drawing
their nets by finding in them the COM
mon blue sharks, ranging from two to
eight feet IN length. These powerful
fish either tear holes through the nets
and escape or else thrash around and
tangle themselves up so that it is diff
cult to get rid of them.
The fisherman takes what revenoe
he can by cutting off the fins and chon-
ping off the tails of the sharks and
then letting them go. to be attacked
and eaten by their comrades. Some
times, if the fish is very large one.
the liver is saved for the oil there is in
it, but it is seldom that this is done.
The fins and tails are laid on the roofs
of the tishermen's huts, and when
thoroughly dry are bought by the
Cinnamon for an average price of 10
cents pound. The fms will average
eighteen inches in length and perhaps
one inch in thickness. Unlike most
fishes, they as well as the tail have no
conspicuous spines connected by a
thin membrane, but are hard and
solid, covered with a very tough skin
that resembles slate-colored emery pa
per. The skin is used, in fact, for poll
ishin9 metals, imparting to steel a
fine FURNISH, the variety from which it
is taken being called, commonly. the
''sandpaper" shark. The tails of
sharks are unevenlv lobed, the under
lobe being considerably shorter than
the upper one, the fish being a living
representation of the fossil ''ganoids.n
The surface of shark fin will be seen
to be marked with fine lines radiatinr
from the base, and these indicate the
slender tendons underneath As the
skin is very closely attached to the
flesh, especially when the fin is dried,
it is puzzle at first to know how the
Chinese cook gets at the tendons he
wishes to use. To do this large iron
pan is filled with sand which is strong
ly heated. Then the fin is buried in
this hot "sand-bathn and in a few
minutes the skin rises in blisters and
can easily be pulled off. When this is
done the tendons are exposed. They
are found to resemble in size, texture,
and thickness large violin strings, be-
ing of a silvery whiteness and very
strong.
These being stripped out are pre-
pared for soup by being boiled for
long time, when they melt into gel
RtinOus mass or resemble vermicelli
when cooked. They are highly nu-
tritious, and are said to possess Won
derful recuperative powers. The dried
tendons command a very high price in
the Chinese market, and among man
darins and 'first-chop" Celestials
''shark-in soup" ranks as high as
those made from ''edible birds nests"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-15
TEACHING PARROTS.
Different Varieties of the Bird and Where
They Come From.
AS a reporter entered a bird fanci

AS reporter entered bird fancier's
establishment few days ago he wa:
greeted with a series of yells anC
screeches, a discordant welcome from
| the parrots of all sizes and colors which
were ranged round the room and ap
peared to vie with each other in max
! ing the greatest racket.
eve have just received fresh i'm
portation of parrots" said the bird
man, appearing from the menagerie
room in the rear of the stole, ''anc
from all prospects there are gooo
many fine takers among them"
''What varieties have you?' asked
the reporter.
'.At the present we have but three
varieties-the double-yellow head, the
Cuban and the African gray"
(Which variety leads IN intelligenceP'
asked the reporter.
81 prefer the African gray parrot, u
replied the bird man, ''yet the Cuban
and yellow heads make excellent talk
ers."
Where does the gray parrot come
from?"
''He comes from the west coast OF
Africa. The colored men take the
young birds from their nests and sell
them to captains or sailors of trading
vessels. The best birds come from
vessels plying between Africa and Bos-
ton"
''How does the trip across the ocean
agree with them?"
VERY well. They seem to get ac-
climated in their voyage and general
ly know how to talk some when they
arrive"
''How do you teach parrots to talk
and how long does it take one to
learn?"
That's hard question to answer.
Different birds vary in intelligence. A
bird will get accustomed to place in
/ about two months, and if given a les
son every day can talk fairly we'll in
that time"
"How do you give lessonP"
"The morning hours are the best for
teaching. Cover the cage with a cloth,
and then in clear voice say a word
or short sentence until the bird re-
peats it. Then commence with anoth-
er, and so on. When once it begins
to talk it is only matter of time and
patience before it improves. Object
teaching is a good plan," continued
the bird man. 1.-The parrot needs
only to see and hear barking dog,
a Growing rooster or mewing cat a
few times before an exact imitation is
given"
Suppose you have bird that can
talk and won't talk, is there anv way
TO make it talk?"
"There is no method that I am. &C.
quainted with, unless it be that of
starvation, but that's cruel, and should
not be resorted to-" - Washington
Critic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-15

The locality is of interest to the geolo-
gist on account of the pipestone depos-
its. being a unique rock formation in
existence nowhere else on earth; it is of
interest to the historian, the antiQuar-
ian, and lovers of the quaint and curious
by virtue of its atmosphere of romance,
its legendary lore and historical associa-
tions; but it was Longfellow's poem,
The Song of Hiawatha," that has in
terested all classes OF readers.
Thirty or more stalwart, lazy, dirty,
''noble red men" were seated before the
doors of some half a score of tents, in
dustriously working away on quaint
forms of pipes and ornaments which
they were carving from the red pipe
stone, when the writer appeared upon
the scene. Numerous squaws were busy
about the tents; while nimble bows over
on the prairie beyond were finding live
~ entertainment in lacrosse, the old
game of their ancestors. Big-eyed,
round-faced papooses, and the ever
present curly dogs contributed to the in
teresting scene. Indians from many
tribes make annual pilgrimages to this,
the red mans NJ coca. for the purpose of
carving pipes and ornaments from the
sacred stone. This custom has existed
from time immemorial. The earliest
traditions the Chippewas, the Sioux, the
Sacs and Foxes, and other races indi-
cate that the practice was but the fulfill
ment of an imperative religious duty.
The quarry was also known and visited
by an cider race-the Mound builders
a record of whose existence is now bur-
led in the dim yistas of the forgotten
past.
An Indian village, though dirty and
disorderly, never lacks in interest; and
where will be found a more romantic
picture than this little group of tents and
dark-faced people on the ledge of rock
at pipestone quarry. Just before US is
the open quarry; an excavation of per-
haps sixty feet across and fifteen or
eighteen deep. Fragments of the pipe
stone lie strewn about on every side.
The Indians select the choicest pieces
of stone for working, discarding all that
have hardened and all that are of an un-
desirable color. 1t is their inh erited be-
lief that the stone is composed of the
blood of Indians: and when a streak of
a lighter color appears they cast the
stone aside, believing it to be a white
man S blood, which no good Indian is
allowed to use. Having selected his
several pieces of pipestone, the dusky
artist seats himself cross-legged on the
ground before his tent, and proceeds to