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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-21
MAMMOTH DRAWING
At the Academy Of Music New Orleans,
Tuesday, June II, 1890.
CAPITAL PRIZE. 5000. 00O.

1000 Tickets at Forty Dollars each.
Halves. $50; Quarters, $40; Elghths, So;
Twentleths, 81; Fortleths, 81.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-21
steamboats,.

CTEAMERS FOR CINCINNATI,
- LOUISVILLE, MEMPHIS, ST LOUIS.
New Orleans. and intermediate points, viii
leave Wharf Boat, foot Of Eleventh Street, daily,
Monday excepted. as follows.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
The President Invited 10 Grand
Island.

WASHINGTON, August 9.-Nfr. Dor
sey called on President Harrison, and
on behalf of the managers of the Grand
Island sugar palace exposition invited
him to attend the exposition TO be held
at Grand Island during the month of
September. The president said it gave
him great pleasure 10 note the interest
that Nebraska was saking in the beet
sugar industry AMI predicted that
within a very few years Nebraska
would supply a large portion if not all
the sugar consumed in the great north
west. He could not promise to leave
Washington while congress was in ses-
sion, and from the present outlook he
did not see how it was possible for
congress to adjourn for some weeks
yet. The president stated that he could
not go west this summer or autumn
and would have to decline number of
invitations, but he intends to make ar
extended western tour next summer.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
The New York Central Tied UP.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The rumblings
Of the expected storm among the thou
sands of employees of the New York
Central and Vanderbilt lines, owing to
the discharge of Knights of Labor and
Brotherhood men, broke like flash
from clear sky last night. All the
length of the Central was tied up.
Trains were left by the crews where
they stood when the order came. Two
passenger trains were left at Eighty
sixth street in the tunnel. The latest
report is the West Shore is tied up
throughout its length, as well as the
New York & New Haven road.
Great throngs of people crowded
into the Grand Central depot trying to
have tickets exchanged. No one
seemed to know how it was or who
had ordered the strike. Even j. j.
Holland, the labor leader, dened that
he knew who ordered it or even that
it was ordered.
A representative of the railroad COM
pany called upon Acting Superintend-
ent of police Byrnes for protection and
all the reserves on the east side above
Forty street to Yonkers and on
the west side from st. Johns park to
Yonkers were placed on duty guarding
the tracks and property. The depot
at Forty-second street was under the
protection of a full force of police, as
sisted by members of the boat patrol.
Inspector Byrnes' detectives guard the
switches and signal stations along the
road to Yonkers.
After these arrangements had been
made word reached police headquar-
ters that some of the strikers intended
to take possession of the switch house
at Seventh street and Fourth avenue.
Inspector Byrnes Immediately detailed
two detectives to watch that part. The
inspector himself decided to remain at
headquarters all night.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Butler Oh EIectroeution.

BOsTON, Mass, August 9.-General
Butler, when asked his opinion of the
Kemmler execution, said: 81 think it
was cruel and horrible punishment
and one which never ought to be re-
sorted to again with similar appliances.
If the newspaper reports are correct
the man Kemmler never received any
absolute shocks. A sponge was put on
his head and another one on his back,
and the electric current passed through
him and flowed -four minutes before he
was dead. He was literally fried to
death. The intention was to kill
Kemmler instantly, making his death
as painless as possible, and yet the ap-
piance was so constructed that his
body served as a conductor on the cur
rent instead of retaining it. If he had
been put into my hands l would have
had him insulated or / would have put
a conductor in each ear, one conductor
smaller than the other. 1t might have
stove his head to pieces the same as
lightning staving the side of a roof,
but he would have been killed in
stantly.'
General Butler believes the guillo-
tine is the best instrument of judicial
death.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Pres. Comment ON Kemmier'. Death.

Press Comment ON Kemmler's Death.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-Commenting
on the execution of Kemmler at Au-
burn, the Sun says editorially: 'The
first duty of the next legislature will
be torepeal the electrical execution law
and to restore the old method Of the
administration of the death sentence
by hanging. Scientific curiosity has
been gratified sufficiently by this one
awful experiment. The present gen.
Grafton is not likely to hear of another
such scene of horrible uncertainty and
unknown torture and heart sickening
circumstances as was witnessed yes
terday morning by the assistants at
the judicial experiment upon the body
of William Kemmler. Civilization will
find other lines on which to manifest
its progress.
The Press says: 1t will not mend
matters at all to say that there was ig-
norant bungling on the part of the ex-
ecutioners; that the first current was
not kept on long enough or the last
current too long. 1t was argued, in
behalf of this mode of execution, that
death was to be instantaneous. light
ming like, painless, and that the maud
lin hero worship attending the DRAM
attic march of the nervy murderer to
the scaffold was to be done away with
and the secret and mysterious taking
off devoid of sensational features.
The Herald says: While the exper-
iment was failure, it does not show
that this mode Of inflicting the death
penalty is not success. The failure
was due, not to the system, but to the
bungling, inefficient way in which the
execution was managed. The fault
was with the doctors and electricians.
The bungling work does not prove that
execution by electricity is a failure.
1t does not warrant a return to the
barbarity of the gallows. Had the ex-
ecution been properly and efficiently
managed it would have proved the sue
cess of the new system beyond all dis
pute. The electric light concern
should not be allow>1 to take advant-
age of the failure to further it's own
ends.
New York Times: 1t is unfortunate
for the cause of execution by electrici-
ty that its first trial was badly bungled.
No doubt advocates of this method Of
executing the death penalty are for the
moment put on the defensive. but they
have not the failure of the method to-
face. It would be absurd to talk of
abandoning the new law and going
back to barbarism of hanging, and it
would be as puerile to propose to abol-
ish capital punishment because the
new mode of execution was abolished
in its first application.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
A SICKENING SIGHT
THAT ATTENDING THE ELEcTROCU-
TI0N OF WILLIAM KEMMLER.

The Criminal Literally Roastcd, Not
shocked 10 Deash-The Current
Turned on the Second Time as Signs
OF Life Were Detected-The New
Mode of Taking Human Life Not
Considered a Great Success-A De-
mand for Repeal Of the Law.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
The Lottery Swindle shown Up I'm an
Address TO the Country.

The Lottery Swindle shown Up I'm an
Address TO the Country.
BATON ROUGE, La, August 9.-The
dnti-lottery league has issued an ad-
dress to the people of the United States
reciting at length the history of the
lottery in louisiana, its corrupt pur-
chase of legislators to do its will and
to override the wishes of the people.
Because of its enormous revenues.
greater than all the banking capital of
the state, it is in every available way
calculated to hold its monopoly by the
corruption of the moral sense of even
good people and its utter carrying away
of the ignorant. many of whom suffer
privation or steal to get money to play
the lottery. The aggregate of the
scheme of the monthly and semi
monthly drawings is the fabulous
sum of $2S, 600 per annum, and
the aggregate of their daily drawings
is over 500, 900, 900 more. They re-
ceive annually 81, 250, 900 from written
policies sold on the numbers of the
udily oTdWluSS, doAuO iAOAh eiiO osliO Va
the regular printed tickets. The
schemes of the last drawings are 80 ar
ranged that they can sell IS per cent
of their tickets, pay 10 per cent for
selling them, lose all the prizes pro-
vided for in the scheme, pay 81, 900, =
600 for expenses, and still make s3, :
600, 600 profit per annum.
This. the address says, shows the
scheme is fraudulent and unfair. 1t
pays but 53 per cent of the money re-
ceived, while the licensed lotteries of
other nations require the payment of
10 per cent. The address recommends
to congress the immediate adoption of
an amendment to the federal constitu-
ton prohibiting any state from char
tering or licensing any lottery or gift
enterprise, abolishing those already
established and giving congress power
to enforce the prohibition by appro-
pirate legislation; pending that, that
all lottery matters be excluded from
the mails and express companies.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Nebraska Out of Debt.

WASHINGTON, August 9.--The show
ing made by the census report issued
by Superintendent Porter is the subject
of congratulation on the part of every
Nebraskan who has seen it. 1t shows
that Nebraska is absolutely without a
debt. Ten years ago Nebraska had a
bonded debt of 100000. To-day her
bonded debt and floating debt are rep
resented by blank spaces in the table
of Indebtedness with a letter "a, :"
which refers to a foot note Indicating
''No debt" Only one other state in
the entire list is in this happy condi-
ton; that one state is West Virginia.
There are half dozen with no bonded
debt, but they have floating bills, and
there are several with nc floating debt
but with bonded debt. But when
you combine both these happy condi-
tions Nebraska and West Virginia
stand alone. Iowa has no bonded debt
but her floating debt is 1924, S23.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15

pounds and hopes to make 1t fifty be-
fore he is through. His walks and
rowing tire out his companions and his
staying powers under his exhaustive
exercise cause general comment.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15

Anti.Lottery Convention Adjourns.
BATON ROUGE. La. August 9.-The
anti-lottery convention adjourned sine
die to-day. Among the resolutions
adopted is one to boycott the Times
Democrat and Daily News OF New Or
leans on account of their pro-lottery
sentiments. The newspaper commit
tee reported $50, 600. guaranteed for a
newspaper to be published in New Or
leans in opposition to rechartering the
lottery.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15

The Rev. DIR. E. b. Hurlbut of Chi.
cago has declined to accept the presi-
dency of Colgate university, Utica,
N. Y.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
LOTTERY SWINDLERS
sHOwN UP IN An ADDRESS TO TIE
COUNTRY.

Enormous Revenues That Ena bles
she Managers TO Corrupt LcgisInt tors
and Override the Wishes of the Peo-
plea Strike on the New York Cen.
trail Road-Gen. Butler Gives His
Views I'm Reference to Electrocution
-Anti-Lottery Convention-Mr. ana
Mrs. Cleveland.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15

The tota, number of deaths by wind
storms and lightning since Junuary
last is estimated at l., 100. as compared
with only 163 deaths from the same
causes during the whole of 1889. This
is record which will make the year
memorable in the annals OF meteorol-
ogy.
The McCook tribune., 1890-08-15
Cleveland Training Himself Down
MARION Mass Aupust Q-Grove

MARION, Mass, August 9.-Grover
Cleveland is growing thinner. He has
since he came here eschewed all meats
and he and Mrs. Cleveland are conin-
ing themselves entirely to fruits and
vegetables. He goes out daily to fish
and insists on doing the rowing him
self. Many say he takes only one solid
meal day. He has lost over twenty
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Ready for Business.

Yesterday at four o'clock the steam
whistle at Mitchell & Sjoberg's plan
ing mill sounded for the first time and
simultaneously, as race-horse starts
at a given signal, the ponderous ma
chinery all over the building began tc
move and in a few minutes the hum
Of the fifth planning mill was heard by
the neighbors far and near. A mum.
Der Of friends of the proprietors were
invited including the COMET, to wit.
ness the formal opening, The ma.
chinery is all new and of the latest
improved patterns and everything
needed in frst-class planning mill is
there. The firm is now ready for
business and will furnish all kinds of
building material on short notice.
Their announcement will appear in the
COMET next week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
New Machinery.

The Johnson City Furniture FaotO-
ry have placed an order for a band re-
saving machine and it is being made
1t will cost about $4,000 and Mana
ger Grant calculates 1t will more than
pay Tor itself every three months
This factory is one of the largest and
most aggressive in East Tennessee
and it is constantly adding improved
machinery. The principal advantage
Of band re-saw is that it only cuts
three thirty-seconds OF an inch OF the
plank and is much faster than any
other saw. The company's business
is increasing rapidly, and it is now
shipping from three to five cars of fur
niture a week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12


Silverware, knives, forks and spoons,
at E. f. Vinegar & Co.
New goods are constantly arriving
at the queensware store.
E. F. Vinegar & Co., doall kinds
OF raised monogram work.
Leave orders with j. o Jones & Co.,
for stove wood in any lengths.
Fine watches and jewelry at f. F.
Vinegar & Co.
Car load fresh diamond black cement
at Rhea, Seehorn 4 Cos.
All kinds Of fine watches repaired
ut E. F. Vinegar & Co.
Seaver & Summers make special.
ty OF builders hardware and can't be
beat on prices.
We have the finest line of curtain
poles in the city.
Calvin, Waggoner & Co.
The Mastic mixed Paint is the best
and therefore the cheapest 1t is sold
only by Seaver & Summers.
The Webster Wagon is the best anC
is for sale only by
RHEA, SEEHoRx & Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Citizens of Johnson City

Do you need money for building
purposes or to use in your business
If so The National Building, Loan,
and Protective Union is ready to az
sist you. They have $4,000 each
month to loan and are anxious to
make all the loans You need, The
National B. & L. p U. were the origi-
motors of the National plan and have
today the best plan in existence. for
the share holders and one that meets
the approval of every one. And re-
member they can supply you with all
the money you want, as quick as your
papers can be gotten in shape. See
N. L. Murrell, State Agent who will
guarantee you a home Immediately OF
refund Jour membership fee. Call
on Will Harr, rocretary OF the Local
Board and get plan circular.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

Go to the Palace Confectionery and
get your candies
Several interesting communications
were crowded out of this issue.
Go 10 the Palace Ice Cream Parlor,
it is dandy.
A barn belonging to Ki. Little was
burned last Sunday night.
The Palace Ice Cream Parlor,
Evans Block, West Main-st.
Look before you leap. Look at our
stock and then leap for JOY.
Rhea, Wood 4 Co.
Go all over the city and price ce-
ment and then drop in at Rhea See.
horn & Cos and buy. They will save
you money.
What fit! What style Where
did you get it? At Rhea, Wood &
Co.'s, OF course.
You are especially invited to call
and see the fine display of new goods
at the johnson City Tin and Stove
Store on Main Street.
People differ about politics, religion
etc. But they all agree that we sci
cheapest.
Rhea, Wood & Co.
Marion, N. c., is TO have stree
Car line and a 50.room hotel in Mt
Ida Park. The old North State Lane
Co. is making the improvements.
Mrs. Lizzie, wife OF Allen Barnes, Jr.
died at her home three aud a-hal
miles north of the city, yesterday, a
the age of thirty.tive, OF consumption
She leaves six children.
If the Embreeville company an,
th: f. I. Va. & Ga. r. r. knew a
much about their own business as tn
Herald and Tribune knows, it woul,
be great advantage to them.
Since our last issue a gentleman
has made q canvass Of the city an
makes sworn statement that Their
are 1853 houses now in course OF cor
slruction.
The Ladies of the w. G. T. U. wi
give an entertainment next Tuesda
evening the 18th inst. Refreshment
OF the best will be served. All are il
vited to come out and have goo
time. For place see bills.
A free lecture on life assurance wi
be delivered by G. q. Chandler,
Jobe's Opera Houseon Friday Jun
IS, at 8 p. m. All who feel and int
est in the subject, especially tt
ladies, are invited TO attend.
At the regular meeting OF the Ba
list church last Thursday night Il
resignation of the pastor, Rev. D.
Chockley, was received, to take effe'
al once. The church was divide
however, in its love for the pastor, al
the result is that a second church HI
been organized with thirty-three mer
bers, and Mr.. Chockley will take ca
OF the flock.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
NOTICE.

The firm OF l.. A. Calvin & Co, have
this day dissolved partnership and re-
organized under the firm name Of Cal
vim, Waggoner & Co, Mr.. F, L, Wag-
goner, of Illinois, having bought an
interest in the firm. The new firm
will be responsible for all debts CON
tracted by L. A. Calvin & Co. We
bave greatly enlarged our stock, and
ask that you give us trial.
May 26, 1890.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Music and Elocutlon,

Miss Martha Chandler will take Il
few pupils in piana forte music and
elocution. Terms; Music, 81 per
month-eloeution in classes of three
~ per month-priyate lessons SO per
month, Reduction will be made
where two or more pupils come from
the same family. Miss Chandler is Il
graduate of Memphis Conference Fe.
male Institute, and also has certif.
Gates from the Cincinnati Conserva-
tory OF Music.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Bickley's Mills yirginian,]

Bickley's Mills Yirginian,l
The site has been selected for an
iron furnace in st. Paul. 1t will be
situated near the river, west OF where
the Three C's railroad will cross.
The Three C's is now permanently
located at Lick Greek bridge, which
virtually settles the route of the road
From the cities it will run up Lick
Creek Ridge, tunnel through it on to
the waters OF Mcclure, going thence
down that stream through the Breaks
OF the Cumberland.
Dick McCloud, Russell's brag rogue
has again gone to the penitentiary
this time from Washington county, tc
serve term of ten years for the theft
of James Phillips mule, which he
stole in Little Moccasin Gap about one
year ago. Dick is the hoy who sue
ceeded in selling the same chicken tC
q Lebanon lawyer five times in one
day, and at another time in supplying
all demands for fur skins in johnson
City with one muskrat hide.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12


The Unakean is misinformed about
the right Of way between johnson
City and Embreevile for the ]. G. &
@. road. 1t is as badly off on railroad
matters as the Herald and Tribune,
Judge Smith said in his fiat that
work could not be commenced on Mr..
Eph. Murrays farm until the land had
been condemned for railroad purposes
and he held that it could be as the
company was lega lily chartered. In
stead OF not being able to get right
of way as the Unakean declares they
have all been either given or bought
except Eph. Murray's and it will be
condemned and taken after the Au-
gust court.
]. L. Miller, the hustling coniec.
toner, has moved into the Evans
Block West Main-st. He who has fit
ted up a pretty little ice cream parlol
in the rear Of his "Palace" CONNECTION
cry and serves cream, berries, &c.
and all kinds OF ice drinks at all hours
He manufactures his candies on the
second floor. He is an enterprisinl
young man and is bound to succeed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

Bristol News
The first train OF coal from Big
Stone Gap to Bristol arrived to-day at
4 Is p. M, June 10.
w. H. Bennett, of the Jonesboro
(Tenn.) Inn, is in the city and has
just closed a contract by which he will
assume control and management Of
Woods Hotel on the first Of July,
next. Mr.. Bennett is a most pleasant
and agreeable gentleman, and we bid
him welcome. His advertisement will
appear later.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Larger and Finer than Ever.

The Johnson City Tin and Stove
Company have just received a car
load of fine and useful goods. Water
Sets, Bowls and Pitchers, fly traps
&c. In fact anything in their line
You may call for.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
REMEMBER.

We have not moved to the country,
BAT are just at the rear OF our old
stand closing out fancy and toilet ar
.icles, combs, brushes, purses, and sta
s,.GtTy 10 give room for new stock.
KIRKPATRIoK, WoFFoRD & MILLER.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12

A valuable residence for sale, sit
uated on Walnut street, between
Roam and Spring streets Parties
wishing to purchase, can call on j. G.
Hardin in my absence.
3mos T. G. GARsT.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
One by One the Live Men Leave,
Joneshoro Herald and Trihune

J0nesbor0 Herald ana tribune
Hugh II. Kirkpatrick leaves us July
LIST to take a position in the First Ma
tional Bank at Johnson City. Hugh
is one Of Jcnesboro's boys who will re
fleet credit on her wherever he goes
and who will be badly missed athome
Mr.. kirkpatrick has accepted thu
vice-presidency of the First National
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Cement.

Parties wishing first class cement,
should call on Rhea, Seehorn q Co.,
for the Louisville cement. They will
not be undersold.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
FREE GIFT !!

Look at the Bean Jar in F.. F. Win
egar & Co.'s window. Guess on the
number of beans.
First Prize: II gentleman-Finest
quality Of vest chain. II lady-Beau-
tiful solid gold ring.
Second Prize If gentleman-Hand-
some pair of cuff buttons. II lady
very pretty lace pin.
Prizes awarded and beans counted
ten days from date.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-06-12
Their Feet Turned Toward Johnson
CITY

The following items from the county
correspondents in the Herald and
Tribune show the feeling in the coun.
ty as between Johnson City and Jones.
boro as a place to locate;
"What has become OF the turpen.
tine factory and soap mills; we would
like to hear from it again. There is
some one inquiring after it every day.
Stir it up. | expect you need it. Ifyou
wait for the railroad you will wait a
good bit, for / think it has ditched
itself into a yaw, yaw, between Jones
boro and johnson City. hope that
old Jonesboro will gain the victory
and 60 to the top of the ladder at last
G. H. and L. S. Hair intend going
to Johnson City to make their future
home. We are sorry to give them uI
but wish them much success.
Gid Hahn has gone to johnson City
to get rich in two weeks.
David Keys moved to johnson City
10 spend the summer.