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force with no old goodness lost.
Better if possible. On this
hundred feet or so of counter
five grades-S7 &c, soc, CSC,
75c, 81. No, those are not the
soc Mohairs, they are 37Hc.
OF course it's surprising. All
our doingsin dress goods bristlc
with such surprises. For IN
instance:
ChoHs. Regular so and
6oc styles, French printed, and
$40! No, not a thing "oH'
about them except the price.
Small, medium, and large dis
igns.
Glo11osn. Likea dress goods
dream turned to substance.
A trihe of weight and a world
ofwear. Stripes, plaids, plains.
4S inches, ST.. so and Sis.
G1nshamS. A congress OF
them. You will never have
done wondering how cottons
can take on SO much prettiness.
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II HEAD OF CATTLE
consisting OF 3 Mich Cows, Steers, years old
5 UeiterS. Is tlne Shouts Brood Slows
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.

FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
l Osborne Binder, nearly new, l Mower, l Hay
Tedder. Horse Rake / Roller. Wheel Cutiva-
tor, Planet Iron Cultivator Iron Age Gutiva-
tors, Oliver Chilled Plows No. 40, ! No. 70 Oil
YER Chilled PlOw, No. 10 Oliver Chilled Plows, =
Hinge Harrows, l A Harrow. Empire Drill. IL
tooth, Corn Marker, ! Four-hOrse Wagon, two
horse Wagon. set Double Harness, set OF cad
Harness, l set OF Stage Harness, l set of Single
Harness, Collars, Brides, Halters, exc. l pair
heavy Cart Wheels, l pair light Cart Wheels,
Corn Shelter, Grain Fan, 3 Ok YokeS, lot OF
Peach Baskets, Cross cut Saws, DiSston make,
Grindstones broadcast Seed Sowei, Double
Trees, Single Trees. Chains. Forks, NIattDcks,
Shovels etc, Double barrel Gun No. y, l Double
bar. ell Gun No. g.
TERMS OF SALE.-All sums OF $40 aud I'M
der cash; on all sums over that amount a credit OF
ten months will be given by the purchaser giving
his note with approved security payable at the
National Bank OF Elkt0n.
ara discount OF per cent Tor cash.
MARY L. LAMAR,
SRoCKLEY SMITH, Auct. Guardian.
FebS-tS
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TRUSTEES SALE
Real state
SITUATE IN THE FIFTH ELECTION
DISTRICT OF CECIL co., MD.
% ACRES.

more or less. lying the north side of the public
road leading from BAY View 10 Port Deposit and
adjoining lands oi John A. Williams and otheIS,
is that same tract ui Ia I'd which was conveyed to
said deceased by Caleb EdmundSsn and wife by
deed dated Aug 9Th, 1871, accorded in Lber j, $.
No. 40, tCi.O sol. etc, one of The Land Record
Books OF Cecil County aforesaid, excepting and
deserving one hall au acre OF the same conveyed
by said deceased and vile TO Samuel L. HaTkneSs
by their Iced January 18th 1883 aud recnrced
among the Land RCco lis toreSaiu in Ii Der J. A.
D., No 10, Folio lOi, etc.
The second tract or paice consists of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-02-15

Trite to say never before SO
many or SO good. True, just
the same.
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20 HEAD OF CATTLE

Consisting of 9 Mich Cows, most OF them grade
Jerseys o. my own raising, extra good lot. Bal
ance grade Jersey He'!erS, and Two yea 5
old, l Ball Cali, Jersey Ball. coming two years
Old, his sire a thorough ed Jersey, Bull
coming four years old, Holsten and De, IAN
HelierS coming two years old, some OF these cows
have calves by side the res. coming into profit
No postponement On accou 1t of weather.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums of $40 and I'M
der, cash. on all SENS above that amount a credit
OF months will he given b.. purchaser giving Il
hankabie note with interest, payable at the Sec
Ond National Bank OF ElktOn.
FRANK f. PENNINGTON
SHoCKLEY X SMITH, Aucts. Agent.
E W. Janney, Clerk. Feb15-ts
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The new Persian Lawns are
as gay as the gayest Challis
but they're at a "White Goods
counter. Roses and posies
leaves and sprays in possible
and impossible tints, scattered
on sheer silky cotton. Stripes
too. II, IS, IS, IS! You
think OF India Silks even while
you finger them.
Half a dozen more of the
same flmv family:
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IOHN WANAMAKER.
Hew Advertisements.

Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets,
and City-haii square.
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Zephyr Lawns, a little heavier than the
Persian, lac in plan colors, Is and 19c in
stripes.
Organdie Lawns in Stripes, plaids, and fig
ures -, IS. IS, 55c.
Dimities with colored figures white
grounds. re.
Black Plaid Lawns, ls 20, and &c; with lace
plaids las.
Back-and-white Lawns, paids and stripes,
pc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
B 4 0. AT BENWOOD.
A Big Land Deaf Ensurestho New Machine

A Big Land Deaf Ensurest tho New Machine
shops.
Ii can be suthoritatively announced
this morning, that the negotiations by
which the B. & o. RailICa1 secuTea the
necessary lard st Benwood Junction, on
which to build all it's contemplated i'm
proyemepts, have been completed. Ma.
A.C. McMecheu has sold the complny
the large tract lyirg west Of the present
B. & o. tracks, and eouth Of the property
purchased by the company some time ago.
There is about fifty scres in the piece, and
the consideration is believed " have been
in the ntiehborhood Of $50 an acre.
This purchase ineures the construction
of the mammoth yaIdg snd roundhouse,
which have been planned at that point.
A force Of men was put TO work yesterday
erecting the necessary machinery 10 beg n
grading and levelipg the land designed for
the new Yards the first work will be 10
move the Ohio River tracks west to the
Ohio river bank and in order 10 do so. q
heavy fill will have 10 be made. This
work will be done at the expense OF
the B. go. The contractors have already
on hands large amount OF
machinery. FOur car loads were standing
on the tracks yesterday. The steam shovel
will be put to work in few days. IL ~
understood that the round house, when
completed. will be one Of the largest on
the road. 1t will furnish room for hfty or
sixty engipes, aud most Of the repairing
for the three sections which converge at
tie junction will be done at the machine
shops. The enterprise will give tremen-
dnus impetus to trade 10 Benwood and
Wheeling, and will be Of great benefit to
trade generally
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
rus usIlLcoNsrRUcrED DAM.
Further Detail. In gard to the Arizona
Fatality.

Farther Details In Regard to the Arizona
Fatality.
PRESCOTT, ARIZ, February 27-Two
prospectors, Moses and Robert Moore,
who have arrived from the Uppsr Walnut
Grove dam, give the following particulars
Of the late disaster;
wecame up to the Hassaysmpa Pros
psc.iug aud passed a number Of parties on
the way, who must inevitably have been
lost. Thursday We arrived at the dam.
Friday morning the water in the dam was
risiog at the rate of eighteen inches an
hour with al sluices open. Superin-
tendent Thomas Brown had 10 men EN-
ployed all day in blasting out the
waste water wsy TO allow the escape OF the
water. Despite the immense volume
which went through this pass, the water
continued to rise until 9 O'Clock at night,
when il began to pour over the top OF the
dam. In the afternoon, Superintendent
Brown seeing the dam must inevitably 90,
sent a messenger TO the lower dam 10
notify them Of the danger, hut he stopped
~ a osloon on the road and becoming in
toxicated. failed to deliver the message.
Next morning auoihef messenger was sent,
but was overtakan and drowned by the
hlod lust as he nsared the lower camp.
About midnight we were wakened by
Brown calling 20 his foreman: Get mp
Phil; think the dam has broken"
Soon after there was q tremendous roar,
which was indescribable, and We arose and
looking cut, saw the water rushing out OF
the dam. Inside OF two hours 1t had dis
appeared entirely from where 1t was, from
90 TO 20 feet deep.
Francis NJ. Parker WAS one Of the men
rescued from petilous position about day
break. Parker end his partners had gone
to bed. When he was awakened he heard
one o. his partners exclaim My God
what was thaiy' He parker never saw
them again. He was caught up by th,
water snd WAS lifted TO the roof of thu
cabin. where be clupg to the rafters unit
the cabin afierSsrd Was driven against tn,
bluff, where be seized some bushes anC
drew himself upon the cliff.
Oae man WAS sseu to start for place o
safety, sad seeing escape WAS impossible
bravely turned his face to the Hood anC
was swept away. Another man was seel
roirg up steep hill and had reached
ooiut about fifty feet above the level OF tn
riysr bank when the mighty volume o
water struck snd killed him. Outsld
towns are supplying all needed necessarits
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
CHURCH DISSENSI0NS.
S0NB ERRORS OF A PENNSYLVANIA
BISHOP BROUGHT To LIGHT.
TIE Text Of the Thrse-FoA Chrgs-Hs Exam
irslion Before the Church Courcil.
Charged With Rsviving Old
Church Psuds.

sHAMoKIE, February ~ The Eastern
Pennsylvania Evangelical Conference wss
opened this morning by Bishop J. J.
Esher, of Chicago. The roll call showed
l65 ministers present. Bishop Esher
opened tie conference by reading a portion
Of the Scripture and followed with prayer.
Rev. W. A. Leopold was appointed Sec
retsry.
Charges were then preferred against
Bishop Esher, by four Elders. The charges
we're of such q nature that the committee
considered q trial absolutely necessary,
and March l9 was fixed as the time for
trial, 10 be held in Salem church, Read
ing. Bishop Esher was then requested to
vacate the chair, but he declined 10 do 50,
stating that be had been obligated TO occu-
py the chair, and bis duty would not per-
nit him 10 vacate it,
The charges against Bishop Eiher are:
First, slsnder and evil speaking; second,
fslsehood; third, creating dissensions by
perpetuating and inlensifyipg the agita.
tion in our church and disturbing her
peace by q revival OF old and previously
ad usted difficulties.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
pocul,ar Case OF Begging.

CHICAGO. February 27-There was a
peculiar incident in the County Court yes
terday when Alvira Vecchi was brought in
by an officer of the Humane Society on
pstition 10 have her sent to Oh industrial
school es dependent child. Alvira is Is
years old. She and her little brother
Michael and sister Annie, were picked up
on the street some time ago by Humane
Society officers as they were beg
ping from passengers on the street
cara. Ii was learned that
their mother had been arrested ut the in
stance of her husband on a charge Of being
intimate with an Italian banker named
Bergman and STEPS were taken to have the
children sent 10 an Industrial school. The
mother opposed the application and to
nroye that the children we're not depend
ent produced roll of $500 in greenbacks
Bergman swore that she had 81 900 on de-
posi, in the bank. Judge Plendergast al
lowed the children 10 90 with warning
that he would commit them If they were
81 ain found begging.
Ssvaral days later an tffi,er iouud
Alyira following au OrgaDgrinder and beg
ping money while he played. She was
spain arrested ard yesterday taken before
Judge Pfenderersst. The officer stated
the case against the dimirutive defendant,
and the Court was about to take sum
msey measures to prevent repetition OF
the offense, when Bergmanr, who is a
vel. dressed Italian of about thirty yesrs,
stepped d forward and handed the Judge q
slip OF papsr, Informing him that Alvifa
was not o dependent girl, but his wife. To
the amszemeut of the Court he said he
and the little girl had gone to Milwaukee
few days sgo, and had been married, al d
the paper presented was their marriage
certificate. Bergman promised that bis
child-wife would not beg any more, and
also agreed to care for her brother and
sister. The case was accordingly dismissed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
a MONUMENT FOR "cHRIs. -
The senate Votes $4,000 for ChicagO's
Diseoverer.

The Ssnate Votes $4,000 for Chicago
Dlseoverer.
Spccial T.lqran 10 ne Reglstsr.
WASHINGTON, D. O., February 81
After some routine business the Senate
took u ? and pissed the bill for ths erec-
tion ard location Of = bronze statue Of
Christopher Columbus and the removal Of
the naval monument to q new lite. The
latter bill appropriates S75, 600 and fixes
As the site for the statue the circle on
the western entrance to the Capitol on
Pennsylvania avenue where the naval
monument now stands The latter is to
be removed to the triangle bounded by
Connecticut avenue, Twentieth and 2
streets.
The Senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration OF the bill TO declare unlawful
trusts and combinations in restraint OF
trade and production. Mr.. Sherman,
who reported the bill from the Committee
on finance, said that he had been in
strucied by the committee to move 10
strike ont the third section, which likes
penalties for the offsnce OF entering into
trusts or combinations.
Mr.. George opposed the bill. both on the
ground OF lis in1ficieney az the bill was
constituiiooa) and on the ground thai,
Congress had not the constitutional power
10 enact it. NJ. Georges argument was
mainly Of a legal and technical character,
desigaed to prove that it would be impos-
sibls ever to gs. a conviction under the
hill. aud as 10 the civil snils provided for
in it, be said that 10 such events would
ever be instituted and not one would bs
successful. The bill went over without
sction. After IA executive session the
senate sdjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
BOLD HORACE B0IES.
IowA's Democratic Governor Against Pro-
hibitlon.

IowA's Democratic Governor Against Pro
hibiton.
DEs MONIES. IA, February 27.-Tbe
inauguration of Governor Boies took place
in the hall of House Of Representatives
to-day, and for the first time in thirty
four years Democrat presides at the State
House. In his inaugural address Governor
BOies proceeded to take up one by one the
most important public questions now agi-
tating the people of the State of Iowa, dis
cussing them at length. Coming TO the
question OF Prohibition, the Gov
ernor stated that the prohibtory law
had been despised, disregarded and
ignored in most of the large cities Of the
State from the day of it's birth down to
the present time. The use Of intOxicat-
ing liquors as beverage had not dimin-
ished. Millions and millions Of the cap
itsl of citizens had been invested in the
business and then it had been coldly
wiped out without one effort to compen-
safe those who were ruined thereby.
Wherever the law had been enforced own
ers had been impoverished. He advocat-
ed high license law.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
RICHEST MAN IN AMERICA.
Some of the Items Of The Astor vii
What The Family LAWYER SAYS

Some of the Items Of The Astor Will
What The Family Lawyer Says.
NEW YORK. February 27.-The admis-
sion to probate of the will of the late John
Jacob Astor yesterday, makes William
Waldorf Astor the richest man in Ameri-
ca, if not in the world.
The estates OF John Jacob Astor and
William Waldorf Astor consolidated by
yesterdays proceedings, are believed to
be equivalent to very nearly 5000, 900, 600.
William Waldorf Astor is the only living
person who can tell the precise value OF
the estate or what he was actually worth
Mr.. Soulhmayd, who was an executor
of the last will of John
Jacob Astor's father said yes
terdsy that he did not know how much
John Jacob Astor was worth. 81 don't
believe" be said, there ia q person living
exec 2t the son who can guess the value Of
the estate within million or two. | do
not think the estate of William Waldorf
Astor will be quite 5000, 000, 900, but as q
matter of fact don't know as much about
the facts as l shall.
The lawyer said that John Jacob Astor
did not transfer any of his property before
6 is death, except a small parcel desired by
the son. At the time OF the transfer a re-
port was printed that he had given away
the bulk OF the estate, so as to guard
against will contest after his death. The
date OF the will shows that it was executed
ust after the death of Mrs. John Jacob
AstOr.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
OVER THE BANKS.
THR OHIO RIVER AT CERTAIN POINTS
REACHES FLOOD STAGE.
The Condition Of Affairs at Cincinnati and Louis
ylle-Ths Rain Of Last Nigh! likely 10
Raise Havoc With the 0hiO-How
Railroads Have Been Effected.

CINCINNATI, o. February 27.-At six
o'clock this morning the Ohio river had
reached 80 feet and 3 inches, and was still
rising. Moreover, the cold wave promised
for two days, had not come, and instead
the sky was overcast and there we're indi-
cations of more rain. With a river at this
stage, and with forecast of possible re-
petition Of the last storm, the hope OF es-
cape from = troublesome h9od is not
strong. At 53 feet the water is over the
rails in some portions of the old canal bed
leading 10 the Central Union passenger
station, and rise Of one and half or
two feet more, which does not NOW seem
unlikely, will shut off travel on these
tracks, and compell passengers to embsrk
and alight at points farther out. 1t also
cut of large portion of freight traffic
At IL a. m the river had reached "a feet
aud one-half inch and still rising. While
there will be much discomfort and consid
erable loss, there is no apprehension OF a
devastating flood like those OF 1888 and
1884, when the water reached the height
of7l feet unless there should be phenom-
enslly rainy weather within the next few
days. The present stage drives out many
families in the low grounds Of Cincinnati,
CovingtOn, Newport and other points
along the river.
At noon to-day the river had reached 54
feet and , inches and was rising at the rate
of one and one-hslf inches an hour. Bs-
sides the thermometer stood at 81 degrees,
the sky was overcast and q southeast wind
was blowing. Reports from points above
show that the river is rising at all points
from Pittsburg down. At Portsmouth,
$50 mules above Cincinnati, the rise was al
inch an hour. To add to the difficulty Of
estimating the extent of the flood is the
news OF nearly an inch Of rain at louisa,
KY. This would check the fall if it did
not cause another rise in tie Big Sandy
Nobody ventures to say what may be ex-
pected because 10 one can predict the
course of the storm now central in Arkan-
sas. II it passes enthusiastically, the
natural result would be rain fall all
through the Ohio Valley and still greater
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
AN OIL SUIT.
Interesting Contest From the Eureka oil
Field.


Field.
Tuesday Judge jackson, of the L. s.
Court, at Parkersburg, sitting in chambers,
heardsrgument and made an important or
der in a suit about the Eureka oil terri
tory.
Some time ago Messrs. Roberts and
Barnsdal, partners, leased quantity OF
land in the Eureka territory, and put down
a well on the Russ Hammet farm. 1t
went down long ways, and was then
given up by its owners to be dry hole.
Roberts seemed then to think that the
territory was not as good ss it was expec-
to be, and after the abandonment OF the
dry hole he told his interest in tie leases
which be and his partner owed TO one
Moore for $4,000 cash. Birnsdal and
Moore thereupon proceeded to put the
Hammet we'll deeper and soon struck a
small yield of oil, and the territory became
valuable.
Roberts then began suit osSinst Barns
dal and Moore in the U. s. Circuit Conrf,
alleging that his former partner and
Moore had formed conspiracy to get him
out, and on his application the Court
granted an Injunction against his former
partners, on February 5. Roberts also
asked that's special receiver be appointed
to take charge Of all the property in the
Eureka territory covered by the original
Roberts and BarDsdal leases. which will
be held by the court on March 81.
10 the decree entered yesterday the
order of February was modified so as TO
release from it's operation the one.half OF
the oil which belonged TO Bsrnsdal, and
the plaintiff was required TO execute an
Injunction bond conditioned according to
law within tea days in the sum of S5, 600.
J. B JAckson represented the plaintiff
and Mesrs. Lse and Elliott, Of Penn
sylvanis, and J. NJ. Jackson, OF Parkers-
burg, represented the defendants.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
SHORT NKws NOTES.

The Chicago Committee on site for the
Worlds Fair, has decided to use Lake
Front Park.
Mrs. Israel EMly died suddenly in the
Columbus, Ohio, Opera House, last night
The Rhode leland ProhibitiOnis's have
nominated full State ticket.
Seven miners were killed by an explo'
sion in q colliery 81 Dortmund, WestPha'
pbslia, yesterday.
The Msripo.s stsge was robbed BY high
usymen near Mercer, Californls, last
night. All the mail and the Wells Fargo
Express were taken
The "Mutusl Relief Association" OF San
Francisco has gone to pieces and the en-
Gers have fed with the assets.
John II. Bush end Michael Welhan have
bAsn ACQUITTED st K4lsmfzoo "f the charge
Of murder, by negligence causing street
car accident in which SIX persons we're
killed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
THE VIRGINIA DEBT
COMMISSION TO BIZ ELECTED TO SBB ABOUT
FUNDING SAMB
Conditions Under Which tie Proposals are to be
Mads-A Deposit IN Cash Of Not Less
Than Si,OOOOOO- Resolutions
Adopted by Senate.

BALTIMORE, february ga dispatch
to the American from Richmond, says: In
the Senate to-day Mr.. Wickam introduced
a Joint resolution, which was adopted,
setting forth that the Governor ofthe COM
monwealth, the chairman Of the Com.
mittee on Finances and Banks OF
the Senate, the chairman Of the
committee on fnauCe Of the House Of Dele
gates and one member Of the Senate and
one of the House of Delegates ito be cleo
ted by their respective Houses"
be constituted commission to re-
ceive proposals for fundibg the whole
debt of Virginia upon the principles set
out in the act of the 14,h of February,
1882; provided, however, that no proposals
shall be entertained which is not support
ed by @ deposit in cash OF not less
than $1,000 900 in such depository
as said commission may designate them
to insure the faithful performance OF the
proposals, if accepted and ratified. The
resolution was adopted by the Senate. 1t
will probably pass the House.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-28
THE CARPENTERS OUT.
No More Work on BuildIDgs Until the
stonemssons' strike Is adjusted.

No More Work on Buildings Until the
stonemssons' Strike Is adjusted.
There were no Few developments in the
threatened carpenters strike yesterday,
aad last evening sll the planning mills in
the city closed down and all the carpsn-
ters working or any house building or
other work struck their last blow until the
strike of the stonemssons il smicsbly cd.
iusted. A member of the Trades Council
said yesterday that unless the strike WAS
soon settled all the trades would 90 out on
a strike. II the strike is general about
/ 900 men will bs thrown out Of employ
ment. The Builders Exchange will meet
this evening and no doubt some action
will be taken in reference to the matter.
There are about seven stone contractors
who are not members OF the Builders Ex-
change and who have acceeded to the de-
mands OF tho stone mssons. OF course
they can build the foundations, bat with
out materials the houses cannot be erect
ed, and there promises to be a general
stoppsge OF all building operations until a
settlement is arrived at 1t is understood
that if the carpenters had not sprung this
pronunciamento at this time the members
Of the Exchange would have closed do wn
all operations in the building line some
time during the coming week.