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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16
FITS.

All Fits stopped free by DR.. KLlNE's
GREAT NERVE REsTonEr. No Fits after
first days use. Marvellous cures. Trent
Use and 81 90 trial bottle free to Fit cases.
Send to Dr.. Kline, 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

HuRRY up and buy a aack OF Chris
tian's Best Flour before July 81. It
may save you buying flour all winter
and costs you nothing extra.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

NJ. RElLLy's guess scheme with Chris.
tian's Best Flour expires on the 3lst
inst. Buy a sack, make a guess and try
to secure five barrels OF flour free before
it is too late.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16
ply Goods.

NEW .YGnK, July L5.-Aitdouss .hase arc a
good many buyers recently arrived In the dry
goods market. there has been ~ yet very little
change In the volume OF business transacted,
which consists chiefly OF numerous small orders
for replcutshmeut 70 Keep up xlortmenls,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 15.-For
Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia
aud Ohio, cooler, fair; northerly winds.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

Go TO Mike Hearne'e, No. 20 Six.
tenth street, for Gibson 4 Dorghe1ty's
Old Rye Whisky.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16
Thermometer Record.

The Thermometer at schreprs drug
store, Opera House corner, yesterday,
repiatereu Us follows: =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

FIVE barrels Christians Beat Flour
will keep your family in bread for a
year: GuesS the number and YOU can
win it. $3.50
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16
TcMls.... bIMIEi!gl ! Totsls... ll0llAIE

Wheeling. .............. s O s . u 0 O 2 10
Canton. .... .... ....o Q 0 q . 0 0 . 2-5
Earned rnas-Whecllng, s; Canton, .. Two
hGse. hlt-We>tlnkc, Darmh ., Spcidel, George,
Zc!Eltr. Cline, O'Nrien. Three bssc hIts-George.
Heigler, Myers. Home run-Darmh. Double
plays-Cllur to Belts to O Rrien. Iascs OIL balls
by Young 3. lIAse given for hitting nau with
all-FitzSerah l.. Struck Out-by Fitzgerald .:
BY Young, /. Wild p!tch-Fltzgeraid. siolen
bases llart. Crogan, Lyle, George, Minis. Time
OF g%aine-l:a0. umpIre-JAtn!soM.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

Philadelphia, s; Pittsburgh, l. IN. L
New York, Z; Cincinnati, 8. IN. L)
Philadelphis, 5; Chicago, 3. (P. L.
Brooklyn, 6; Chicago, -. IN. L)
Louisville, 10; Syracuse, 8. (Asso.)
Boston, II; Cleveland, .. IN. IL
Boston, 0; Buffalo, y. II. L.
New York, 6: Cleveland, 0; m. ~
Brooklyn, I; Pittsburgh, .. (P. L)
Toledo, :; Rochester, 0. (Asso.)
Columbus, 16; Brooklyn, .. (Asso.)
St. Louis, 6; Athletics. 3, (Asso.)
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

ASK for Christians Best Flour, with
five barrels free to the best guesser, and
take 30 other. Time expires i'll a few
days. Hurry up.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16

Atlantic City Excursion
via the B. & O., July II. Round trip
$40, good 10 days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-16
Atlantic CITY Excur,

via the B. 4 O., July Ii. Round trip
$40, good 10 days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20


he vi the shore was lined with
OF Doth old and young seals, IN that q
person could Kill any number OF them
with little dinicuity.-AHyn Times.
A monster panther has been for several
weeks annoying the farmers on Cherry
creek, Klamath county. After he had
killed several colts and calves, Robert
Dodson hunted him down and shot him.
he measured nine feet from tip to tip.
A special telegram received ut Tacoma
from Roy, states that n fire broke out In
the Model hotel of that town about 2
O'Clock Wednesday morning, completely
destroying the building and burning TO
death a Mr.. Adams, who was stopping at
the hotel. The fire also destroyed the
Roy saloon, owned by Holland a Ford,
and the barber shop of Murray Bros. The
estimated loss is about $4,000. Murray
Bros. had n policy for $1,000 on their build
ing In b Commercial Union company
and 5000 o. stock I'm the Continental.
The author of the sensational dispatches
about the mythical ~sealers fitting out with
and other gulf OF a similar sort,
has been discovered. Ii has been shown
on the best of authority tina the imagina-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20
The GREAT NORTHWEST
Topics Of General Interest In the -Four
New States and Elsewhere.
A Bohemian Man Who Has Cause to
Dislike the Administration
A Crave that Should
be Marked.
MONTANA.

Il is reported that the Northern Pacific
Railroad company will soon build an adj
dition I their passenger depot buildings
in Bozeman.
A man who came to Dillon from the
Centennial valley Friday, reports about
one hundred and fifty head of beef cattle
were run Oft by thieves. A party of cow
boys is in hot pursuit.
The body Of an unknown man was
found floating In the river about ten
miles above Fort Benton, Friday. The
discovery was made by a party of fisher
men and signs indicated that the unfortu-
nate had been dead q long time.
There is just 176 inches of water, actual
measurement, i'm Bear creek, with which
to irrigate the entire Fort Ellis reserva-
ton. although there are, of course many
acres which would raise GOOD crops with
u Northumberland Courier.
Arrangements have been perfected the
past week by which the National Park
bank of Livingston will increase its stock
from $4,000 TO 100000 and its surplus
fund from 5000 to $1,000. The change
will take effect September 1. Aside from
the probable selection of Mr.. Gaines as
president of the institution and an i'm
crease in the number of directors 1t is not
contemplated to make IN changes in the
officials of the bank.
Stock Inspector Heron arrived at Fort
Benton, having in charge two men, named
Grimsby and Sunby, arrested for cattle
stealing. The prisoners themselves are
i'm the cattle business near Chinook, and
their possessions increased SO rapidly as
to arouse suspicion. Watch was kept and
the grounds were considered sufficient to
warrant their arrest for branding cattle
not belonging to them. They are held to
the district court under heavy bonds.
DIR. Clark, Of Boston, dropped lead at
the Mammoth Hot Springs hotel Monday
morning. He had gone up Sunday with
a party of tourists and was apparently in
good health. Monday he went INTO the
dining ROOM, took a "a at the table and
fell back dead. Tho remains were brought
down 10 this city on the Park train and
were embalmed and sent on to the de-
ceased's home in Boston. The deceased
was - years of age and leaves a wife and
one son. During the late war he was
United States surgeon for the state of
Louisiana, and at the time of his death
was engaged i'm the manufacture of trusses
in Boston.-Liringston Post.
1t is reported that Lou Webster, the
man who recently married a young girl
from the country q few weeks after the
death of a former wife, and who since
that time has been living on the proceeds
OF the girls humiliation and shame, was
tarred and feathered by a committee OF
indignant citizens of Bozeman on the
night of the 9th inst. and sent out OF town
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A vacntiOn job.

A young man who possessed a knowl-
edge Of chemistry happened some years
ago 10 be in the northern peninsula of
Michigan. While there he observed that
the Portage river and Lake Linden were
of a copper color, and, when he asked the
cause, was told that il was copper that
had escaped from the smelling and
stamping mills of the Cumberland and
Hecla mines. The young man donned
his thinking rap and hen requested the
company to allow him to experiment with
q view of saving this copper. The COM
pany was only too glad to offer facilities.
So the young man gave up his summer
vacation and set to work, and was able
to devise a method by which about four
per cent. of the copper mined was saved.
almost pure copper, too. The young pro-
fessor no longer earns n trifiing salary,
but has acquired a comfortable income
by tins summer vacation.-Erchange.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20


on the dead run. II IL also reported the
depraved fellow has been seen since re-
ceivinR d severe treatment referred to
which, IL true, would seem TO Indicate
hat he Ii anxious TO participate In m
promptu necktie entertainment. ready TO
mead the procession and loot the entire
DILL " would not surprise US much II
some OF our citixens are IN the right moou
W accoH'nodate m'-oo<e"o" COURIER.
III there 10 q man In Montana VINO q
occasion TO cuss this administrator IL IL
Sheriff James Robertson, OF boxeman.
Two years ago Mr.. Robertson put In the
entire summer surveying Tor the govern-
ment n has neve received his pay. IL
began to look as II the appropriation
would he made yet this summer; but now
that hope has been blasted. Mr.. Robert
son has been informed that his claim had
been overlooked d is still resting In n
dusty pigeon hole OF the interior depart
ment, and that he will not he paid out OF
the appropriation made this year. In fact
the only way he can get his pay in the
next II months is by a special bill. In the
meanwhile Mr.. Robertson did his work,
hired q large corps OF assistants, paid
them, and settlers are now filing on the
land surveyed. This Is calculated to
make q man "hot in the collar" especially
in view OF the fact that the contract was
let oby competitive bids. Mr.. Robertson
avs 1t will be an exceedingly chilly day
when ho does ANY work for the govern
ment, and II is surprising that any sur
veyor will engage his services with such
a slow paying employer.-BoEeman Chron-
icie.
The visit of Mrs. +. b. Custer to Mon
ANA will recall the fact to many of our
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20
Inc

Snohomish has the biggest policeman
in the state. Seven feet in the air and
$50 pounds in stocking feet, and can do
100 yards in l1A. says the Snohomish Sun.
1lMr. George Jones, who works in a log
ging camp near the DEVILS Head, was i'm
Allyn Sunday. On his way here he
stopped at the island about six miles down
the bay where seals are known to congre-
gate in large numbers Mt this season OF
the year, and shot three of the animals.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20
IDAHO.

Idaho's apportionment for public sur
veys for the current fiscal year is $1,000.
Contracts involving the full amount of the
apportionment have already beer award
ed. These contracts embrace land in the
Teton basin and other parts of Bingham
county, some townships near Mountain
Home, portions Of Custer aud Alturas
counties, and some public lands in Koote-
mai county.
II is reported that the Western Union
Telegraph company nave determined to
push It's wires through from Missoula to
Wallace Immediately. The line has been
built westward from Missoula 70 miles,
and there remains but forty odd miles to
build. This can be lone i'm five or six
weeks, and it is expected that by Septcm-
TENDER I the Cour d'Alene country will
have direct communication by telegraph
with the outside world.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-20
BOMBS N STOCKS.


NEW YORK. July 19.-The stock market
was dull and the interest to-day centered
In callings in sugar refinery and silver
certificates. The general list presented q
firm front but failed TO move. Except
for a slight reaction the market closed
intensely dull at about closing prices.
Final changes are In no case for more
than a fraction, sugar being down u per
cent.
Government bonds heavy.
Petroleum-Spot opened at ~, August
at s954: August advanced Il per cent, then
declined and the market closed dull at 10.
Bar silver-$1.0sL.
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Money on call easy with no loans.
Prime mercantile paper. 5u6H.
Sterling Exchange-Quiet and steady
20 day bills, A.S4E; demand, Si.ssE.
Mining quotations as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

and audibiy thanked God that He had ordained
that the nations capital should not fall into the
hands of Its enemies
We may NOT be able to tell what effect these
voluntary organizations had toward the saving
of Washington and the result OF the war. bat
this much is true: At the time when the capt.
tai was supposed to be in danger of falling
into the hands OF its enemies they volunteered
their services. and during the darkest week OF
that dark period from the 18th to the 25th OF
ApriD afforded an efficient guard both day and
night and without pay or the expectation Of
reward. But the aged veteran who stood on
the piazza at Wizards struck the right note;
for il never decreed by Him who rules
over the destinies of nations that the republic
should be broken in pieces aud ''confed-
eracy" established on its ruins, having for its
foundation the right OF human slavery.
My discharge is dated May 4. 1851. in which
the Secretary of War expresses This aprrecia-
ton OF the services rendered by the volunteers
in the time of danger, q sentiment in which
the President fully concurs," and is signed A
Lincoln.
A third Of a century has nearly passed since
the occurrence of the events herein narrated
and most of the men who took part in those
scenes are gone. and in a few years more all
VIII have passed away.
A MEMBER OF THE CLAY BATTALION
october. 1880. OF VOLUNTEERS
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LEWIS NOT INVOLVED.
Who the "ColOnel'' of BirchaIl's Ac.
Quaintance in London Is.

1t appears that the colonel" described by
Mr.. Stevens of Montreal as an intimate friend
of Birchall, the murderer, is not the Col. Lewis
whose name was found registered a. MorIey's
in London. The colonel in question is Col
j. E. Lewis of II Wall street New York, who
was in London at the time of the murder. The
gentleman is well known in business circles
and WAS merely casual acquaintance of
Birchnll, who was introduced TO him through
an accidental meeting in the smoking room of
Morley's Hotel by a friend OF Col. Lewis, who
also knew Birchall. Col. Lewis Was for MANY
years a broker III New York and PHILADELPHIA
and made the financial arrangements for the
building OF many water works in the United
States
1t Morleys Hotel Col. Lewis was introduced
to Blrchall as the son-in-law of Mr. Stephenson
of the London and Northwestern railway, Col
Lewis having as a friend the gentleman vino
furnished this information and who is engaged
in the business of railway equipment and wEo
cultivated Blrchall with view to business.
He invited Birchall to dins with IA and his
family and introduced him 10 his railway
friend. Birchall called at the Iatter's Office
wish benwell and made an appointment for
three days later. The gentleman kept tho an
poIntment and then learned that BircAaii had
left suddenly for Canada The gentleman adds.
When Birchall left Morley's Hotel he left his
baggage In Col. Lewis room and the latter
turned IL over to the manager CT the hotel"
Inc attempt to connect Col. Lewis with the
case must iaII to the ground. scores of
riends who met him every day during the frss
SIX months oil the present year will testify
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
THROWING THE BONES
A Game That Is Popular With Col
cred Sports.
CRAP AND ITS MYSTERIES
The Clubs OF Washington Where the
Game Ii Played-Two Dice All the
PernphernaIia Needed - How the
Game Originated.

Il ACK was dressed in his best suit of
u .clothes the other Sunday whom he
f1E Ewended his way toward the river and
W Jumped from the causeway TO that piece
o. ncle Sans land adjoining the Long bridge
that promises TO become public park some
time. Jack is colOrcd. and his companions call
him silver Lip jack or king of the Bone
TErowers." Tie mention OF game OF crap"
or the use of the word bones never fails to
excite Jacks interest, as there is no other per-
son in the nation 3 capital who can outGo him at
his favorite game. On the Sunday mentioned
his costume was ono that distinguished him
from the balance of the club. Mono of the
others dared TO purchase even a secondhand
suit that would give him appearance that
might give outsiders the slightest excuse for
mistaking him for ''de president" Jacks coat
and vest were of English goods with very de-
cided stripe. The stripe was in his trousers
too, and they were loud ones, Jacks friends
declared. because every color Of the rainbow
was visible in them. percale shirt, red
necktie and plug hat completed his costume.
and he was the proudest man III town when he
jumped down from the coping and asked:
who am de people now
'Rainbow Jones'" the ''seckertary" OF the
crap shooters assembly. also out in fine
style, while sloppy Weather Lumpkins," tie
lately elected Treasury" wore pair of high
water trousers and a short coat. His good suit
of clothes had been lost at tho last game, but
an old overcost borrowed from another men,
Der covered the dlfferent-colored patches on
his trousers.
Denny Huskins, whose club name is Denny
the Kid" was also present, and his remarks
about the ''treasury's" clothes evoked hearty
laughter among the boys at the expense of the
one who had lost his clothes at the last game.
OPENING BUSINESS.
The party was soon made up and the roll
call showed twenty-nine members present and
voting. Notwithstanding the absence of
"Black Diamond and "Slew Foot joe the
president decided that there quorum
present and he would ''perceed to 'scuss de
questions befo de meetn.'
''Hof on dar, Mr. President" shouted 'Snow
Ball Jacobs. de missin members am on de
road. heah dem singing ON de bridge"
Sure enough they were on the bridge and in
Q few minutes they were on the grounds under
the tree and on the roll they were marked
present
who am de people now?" was the question
repeated by the president and the members
answered in chorus, I'VE is"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
A Twelye-Ounce Rabv-

A baby boy, born to Mrs. Michael McGinn. of
Newark, NJ, on August Is, now weighs bu.
three-quarters OF pound. Its existence has
been kept secret lest the too frequent visits
OF curious people should endanger its health.
The doctor who attended the case considers it
wonderful that SO small child should live. as
1t was premature birth. There is nothing
abnormal or deforIned about it, the only man
ner in which it differs from other babies being
IN size. The hands and feet are no larger than
the claws of a bird, but the child is healthy and
has every chance of living. The ia her is pow
eriuily built and works in the steel works.
Mrs McGinn Is also Lang and is doing we'll
The case is regarded one of the most won
derf1l known In the medical profession MIR.
and Mrs. McGinn have four other children of
ordinary size
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
2-NEPENTHE.

Give me Nepenthe,-I fain would forget
All the vain toll of terrestrial things:
Chase of vague phantCms with pain and with fret,
Sad disappointments, and Memory's stings,
Bafiiod endeavor. and useless regret
Vain are our struggles in Destiny's not
Vain are the songs that blithe Hope TO US sings,
Vain are Loves roses with thorns aye beset-
Give me Nepenthe,
Let me long slumber!-but vainer 'twere yet
Never 10 wa&en, and soon On The wings
Worn by the soul, with no hindrance or let.
If, the sleep DER, may rise and the debt
Pay TO the one whence the universe springs,
Give me Nepenthe!
w l.
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Written for TIE EVENING STAR.
A Frosty Morn.
From Life.

Written for TIE EVENING STAR.
A Frosty Morn.
Tho sun is up. but his face is dim;
know he is laughing behind the veil
OF pearl and silver that covers him,
And the earth and sky are vapory pale
For the rosy line where they meet IL lost
In the frosty mist and the misty frost
A wimpIe soft does the morning wear;
Her lace is tangled in every tree;
The still, white world Is jewel fair
An isle of pearl in a silver sea;
And the rose-iight over il all streams up
Like the glow Of q sun-hlled tulips cup.
We've seen the waves OF violet
(As vapor-clad September camel
When blue and gold Of the summer met
The tawny tongues of the autumns aame;
But never yet such a matches tryst-
The misty frost and the frosty mist.
HATTIE WHrrNIY.
No 0S57 Arsenal street, St Louis, No.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
Written for The EVENING STAR.
ksOndeaus.
NUH(It.tUS.

1-AUTCNN TWILIGHT.
When daylight dies sinks the sun away
Behind the clou Is ting sd with his parting flame
And Twill ght meek, ,-clad in stole OF sray,
Steps on 10 usher in the stars. and claim
Her empire brief, her mute hest obey.
To her a tribute of sad thought pay:
muse low fleets tho meteor-licht of Fame,
How soon the gIories OF our state decay,
When daylight dies.
How transitory ioy, how short the stay
OF the loud echoes of praise or blame,
How vain is all for which most mortals pray,
muse, and, all. how quickly we must say
Farewell to life and sink TO whence came,
When daylight dies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
The Yale-Princeton Match.

Interest IN the Thanksgiving game between
the Yale and Princeton foot ball eevens at
Brooklyn is increasing rapidly in athletic cir
Giles. The large scores made by the Yale and
Princeton elevens in former seasons agains.
weaker teams have been missing this year.
Now that Harvard shows up stronger than ever
black as formerly. Yale il strong in the rush
line In the center particularly their team
seems invulnerable. The Princeton men do
not seem able to break through with the ems
tornary ease of Princeton teams. Their block
ing does not appear Of the best either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
Gov. Hi! at Harffnrd

Gov Hill Of New York arrived at Hartford.
Conn.,, last evening. After lunch he was driven
to Allyn Hall, where he was greeted By 1900
people. He was introduced by ex-United
States Senator Eaton. He alluded to the effects
OF the Mckinley bill upon the interests of the
laboring men and consumers OF the country.
and argued that the effec. OF free wool wouid
be to impart stimulus to the manufacturing
and laboring interests that could not be
equalied by any other act
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No 0S57 Arsenal street, s
She Endorsed.

From the Detroit Free Press.
young woman who had q check for GA on Q
certain Detroit bank presented it at the
cashiers desk, and he politely said:
"You will please indorse it, miss"
She took it over to the desk and wrote on the
back:
81 want this money awful bad, yours truly,
please pay the bearer"