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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
IN A BURNING CAR.
Bad Wreck on the Wisconsin Central
F4vo Passengers IU3ured.

FIvo Passengers IU3ured.
ASHLAND, Wis, February 15.-The
Bessemer and Ashland passenger train, on
the Wisconsin Central road, was side
tracked at Marengo, last night, to allow a
freight train to pass.
While the train was waiting fat cor,
loaded with logs, came flying down the
grade and plunged into the rear coach OF
the passenger train, wrecking it. The
wrecp at once took fire from the mps.
For time it was feared that the five
passengers who were wedgsd in the wreck
would be burned to death. After half an
hours hard work the imprisoned ones
were rescued. A Mr.. Y MINER, of Min
eral Point, who travel. tot Milwaukee
firm, had leg badly bruised and received
other injuries; J. @. Mullen, OF Morse, o +,
was severely bruised; O. N. LatimeI, q
travelling man, was injured internally;
Miss Vsudrsu and Miss Mercer escaped
with scratches. The cause of the runaway
of the fat car is a mystery. The injured
were brought here.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
THE RUSH FOR ICE.
The Rush for Claims on the Penobscot
River.


BANGOR, ME-, February 15.-Scarcely
an inch of the nine miles of ice in the Pc
nobscot remains unclaimed, and is care
fully guarded By the men of the ice COM
panies.
1t makes no difference to whom the
ice property belongs. In the absence of
any laws directly bearing upon the matter
it is held that the first man TO stake out a
field with the evident purpose of cutting
the ice has a legal claim. Thus sev-
ersl persons with scarcely any
capital, have been able this winter to place
themselves in the way of making large
sum in the ice business.
The city is full OF New York and Phil
adelphia men who are trying to negotiate
for ice privileges, but the Bangor dealers
are refusing to name prices and to-day
refused to consider $3.50 tom for
early shipment, which would be a clear
profit of 81 per ton. H. W. Smith, of
Brooklyn, and party of New Workers. rep
resenting several millions have bought
farm on the river front below the city.
They will erect permsnent houses, each
with capacity of 90 600 tons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
POWER OF A POSTAL.
The Sudden Discovery of Millions by tho
Moffatt Heirs.

The Sudden Discovery of Millions by the
Moffatt Heirs.
SPRINGFIELD, O., February 15.-One OF
the principal heirs to the vast Moffatt estate
in Eogland has been discovered in the per-
son of James MoffAtt, farm hand, living
near this city.
The estate was left by Moffatt's great
grandfather, and is principally money.
amounting to 9l0, 900, 600. which has been
sccumulsting at PER cent. compound in
terest in L1Ddon banks The fortune orig
inally was made in shipping and manufac-
turing twenty years ago. 1t was adver-
tised in the papers tn oughout the United
States that an immense estate had been left
by Moffstt in Eogland, and some heirs
were supposed to live in this country.
The MOffatts, who have now been traced
down as legal heirs, failed to see the ad-
vertisement and 10 years passed, when
similar advertisements were published
Finally postal card was seen in Teunes-
see, Ill. by a cousin of James Moffatt, di-
Iected to the postmaster of that place. The
card contained the information that an at
torney was bunting for the Moffstt heirs
James Moffatt took the cue from this snd
Immediately set to work on evidence to es-
tabliah his claim.
The original heirs were brothers and sis
ters Of Adam Moffatt, but only two of
them survive-Wm. Moffatt and Anna
Baldwin, of Union county. The millions
are 10 be shared by the two Surviving
original heirs and the following offspring
Mrs. Emma Powell. Of Illinois; Mrs. Flo
rills Wright of Illinois; John Moffatt, OF
Champaign county. O.; Jas. Moffatt, Of
Trenton City, o.; VIM. Moffstt, of Urbsns,
o.; Nate Moffatt, of Union county, o.;
W. Nate and Good Baldwin, of Kansas,
and Ann Middleton, of Illinois. An attor-
ney leaves soon for London to look after
James Moffat's claims.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
COLLIDED WITH THE FREIGHT
A Railroad Accident on the Baltimore and
Ohio Road.

ONO kOAO.
CLEVELAND, o., February 15-The
particulors Of bad wreck, which occurred
at BsirdstoEn, O., last night, on the B. q
o. road we're received here tonight. The
engineer Of the east-bound fast stock train
had orders to pass the west-bound local
freight at BaiIdstoWn and the west-bound
limited express at Bloondale, five miles
east. He misread the order and started TO
run to BlOOmdale without stopping at
Bairdstown.
At the latter place his train collidtd with
the way freight, which was standing on
the main track. The shock WAS terrific.
Both engineers aud their fremen escaped
by Jumping. George Ellison, brakeman
of tine stock train and boy of sixteen
who was riding on the engine, and Charles
REYNOLDS, brakeman on the way freight,
we're buried under the wreck and died soon
after being taken out. The first two lived
at Garrett, lad, aud Reynolds at Chicago
Junction, Ohio. Considerable stock was
killed, and the loss TO the company will
he heavy. The track was blockaded sil
night.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
Death Of Miss Susanna wArheld.

BALTIMORE. February 15.-Miss Su-
sanna Warfeld, the oldest resident OF
Carroll county, has Just died at her home,
Groveland, in her 95th year. Miss War
field never rallied from a stroke OF
parslysis which she sustained about two
wears ago. The "Grand Inaugural Marcel" "
rendered at the inauguration OF President
William Henry Harrison, As years ago.
was composed by Miss Wsrfeld.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
Clsxslana Pe,petrstss a Joke.

NEW YORK, February 15-At a medi-
cal college dinner here tonight. Elk -Presi-
dent Cleveland, after referring to tine many
jokes at the expense of the legal and med
ical professions, said he had observed
that when the jokers were sick or meshed
by the law they greet our ser
vices. The patient insists that his strong
constitution carried him through, and the
client declares that he always knew there
was nothing in the case of his adversary.
The defeated client, however, is left IN a
vigorous and active condition, not only in
the complete er Joy ment of his ancient
privilege Of swearing at the court,
but almost with full capacity to swear at
his lawyer. Toe defeated patient on the
contrary, Is very quiet indeed, but could
swear at his doctor if he mad left his pro-
family in a photograph to be ground out
by his executor. laughter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
4 slurcer sklps ont.

Boston, February 15.-The Globe says;
Joe King, the 133-pouDd English pu2ilist
matched to spar Jack Falvey, Of Provi-
dence, at the Parcel Club, February 21,
has skipped from the city. taking with
HIM, it is alleged, q gold watch, 5000 in
money, and several gold medals set with
diamonds, the property of John Joyce, ex'
champion featber-weight Of England, who
has been backing him, and who also loses
$50 forfeit money. The police have been
notified.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
Harvard Graduate Arrested.

Boston, MASS, February 15.-George
Dinner, about As years old, naturalist by
profession, and a graduate at Harvard, is
uuder arrest at Cambridge, charged with
criminally ssssulting CLARA j. Hoffman,
aged IA. his wiie's hslf-sister. Accord
ing to the girls story the assaults have
been occasionally committed ever since
she was 10 years old. The prisoner has a
wife and several children.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
Formation of q Land Company.

ATLANTA, GA, February 15.-It has
leaked out that the one object of the visit
here of Gov. Campbell and his party and
John H. Inman and party, was the forma-
tion of powerful land company. Gov.
Campbell is President with such men as
John II. Inmsn, John o. Calhoun and
others as directors. The capital stock of
the company will Se one million dollars
It's purpose is the purchase Of Southern
lands and their settlement with people
from the north and west.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
The Michigan Miners strike.

IRoNwooD, MICH, February 15.-The
400 striking miners at the Aurora mine
refuse TO 20 back unless their demands are
complied with. This the company refuses
to do. Everything is quiet, and will be,
unless an attempt is made to put new men
in the strikers' places. The strike may
extend TO the Norris mine, next the Au'
rora.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
TEN CENT LEGISLATION.
A Number OF UnimportAnt Matters At
tended TO 10 the House.

A Number Of UnimportAnt Matters AZ
tended TO 10 the House.
es-al rtacram 20 NJ sunday R,gse-
CHARLESTON, ". Va, February 10
The inter decentralization which mas come
over the Legislature il ths lack Of any in
portant business TO attend to was shown IN
the House this morning. The entire ses-
sion WAS given up to farcial exhibition
worthy OF a lot Of school boys.
Motions to adjourn and to take up bills
were piled on each other in confusion.
Members amused themselves by making
ridiculous speeches and pages and clerk.
oined Fndiscriminstely in the voting
Az ore member expressed it, such leGisia
uon wasn't worth ten cents a month TO
ihs State.
After thu i1urnal had bsea read, Young,
Of Uoshur, introduced House bill 81,
making il misdsmeaner to use money TO
secure votes IN any political convention or
i primary election. Ol his motion refer
sacs 90 a committee wss dispensed with,
iad the bll put on It's first reading.
Senate bill IA, relating to the assess
|usnt Of tsxss was read a1d ordered 20 its
second reading.
Senate bin l3, requiIns commissioners
school lsbds o. make proper settlements,
vss referred the Judiciary committee.
Amo,ic- 1 reconsider the vote bv
sh,cd Oh -s. adopted the resolution to
Enur l7. was entered but 10,
SCI
Ha1 t0.io, p-esented a resolution,
V-- Fss al authorizing the Gov
gl- o s1. senty five stands Of arms
hll L's lstitute, Of Wheeling. Hav-
-l iorr shed this valuable work, the
si1.a lu-ued themselves loose for fun.
30 va. made 10 adjourn until Mon
a. aye and 60 vote stood 2l to 20 IN
as a'Nu7e There was . great deal Of
la1soa daring the vote Before /. could
a'ac11osi several members changed
ar To'ss TO the negative, declaring that
-s s';asd 10 have the game law" con-
-a.G Each one made a semi-humorOus
ts,1 % the game law" The motion
=. est Then the House refused to con-
''s as game law"
1,''asr motion to adjourn was made
Sos HAIR, of Marion, and Oorcorsn,
1-o uled hard TO have their mine
s- o'il considered, but after three un-
-'asia Efforts gave it up in disgust.
'-'''si notion 70 call up the same lsw
-ssa'ed. Young was sat on when he
-l'sd TO secure consideration OF bis
stla BIN.
--''sal. this time laughter, conversation
general disorder prevailed over tbe
- >ysal members appealed to the
~ alasr TO adjourn or 70 on with the
ai but nothing came Of their sp-
- slaaliy, a few minutes before noon,
- @ hampshire, who was in the
l',smotion for q recsss until 2:Sl
= iat declared it carried, without
- 70; c4ll for a division. The SEES
~ eame 10 a close.
,sE AFTERNOON SESSION.
- ternoou session was not quite sc
- o1t vas little more fruitful Of re-
-'1 The morning session. The
-iaS came up on It's third reading
"a sl'-t, were made 10 secure an sd
'li wnile the bin was being read
.lsd. The interesting work wa
oup e.sd snd vote tsken on th'
"Aled Of passage by 80 noes TO /,
-'a Spugg. from the Committee OF
say tasn reported back Senate bil
\, .iar'ng commissioners of schOO
make proper settlements, with tn
'---ndstiOn that IL do mass. The bil
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
Appointment of POsImasters,

WASHINGTON, February 15.--The Presi-
dent to-day appointed Edward B. LyOu,
70 h Postmaster at Dayton, Ohio, VicG
Lewis JudsoD, removed.
representative Anderson, Of Kausas
;rtrodueed a bill sppropriating $3.50, ,O0C
for tbe nurcbass of residence il or neal
washington for the President of the
United States.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
R,shop o,Oonnor Dying.

PIrrsBURG. February 15-Right Rev.
Bishop O'COnnor, of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Omaha, was brought to this city
from ST. Augustine; Fla, this morning, in
a dying condition, and was taken at once
to Mercy Hospital. He has been seriously
i'll for ssyersl months, and there are little
or n . homes of his recovery.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16

THERE is more experience, time, and
brain work represented in the preparation
of Hoods Sarsaparills than in any Other
medicine. 1t is this which makes Hoods
Ssrsaparilla peculiar in its curative power
and in the remarkable cures it effects.
Give it trial.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16

was then taken up and passed, and the
House adjourned.
Speaker Woods came down from his
chair, and on motion of Gen. Sprigg, the
Third House was formed. Hon. Aaron
Morgan, of the good county of Wetzel, as
sisted by Senator Campbell and Jim"
Henderson,, of the NOnpdreil, presided, and
for over an hour the statesmen were hila-
rious. They rested from their severe task
about o'clock and sought their homes
with their days labors done.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
WIZ Have No Other.
WASHINGTON, PA,
Messrs s Baer's Sons:

Messrs S Baer's Sons:
DEAR SIRs: You will fad enclosed ?;
Pan. Handle Coffee tickets, for which yo1
will please send ia return one OF your oi
paintings. I would prefer scenery if you
will let me nave it; If not, send No. p
We have been using your coffee for two
years and will have no other. Send pic
ture in care of John A. Best, grocer. Ad
dress ETA BELL, Washington, Pa.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16

TEE worldwide reputation of Ayers
Ssrssparils is the natural result Of its sur
passing value as blood medicine. Moth
ing, in the whole phsrmacoIe'a effects
more astonishing results, in scrofuls,
rheumatism, general debility, aud all
forms of blood disease, than this remedy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16

PozzONI's Complexion Powder Is uni,
versslly known and everywhere estesmS q
As the only powder that will improve 'he
complexion, eradicate tan, freckies ana
All skin diseases.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-02-16
Tha Tithna Bill.

LONDON, February 15.-The new Tithes
bill will be a comprehensive measure, in
cluding q wide scheme Of optional redemp-
ton.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-20
GREENsBURG HAPPENINGS.

GREENsBURG, Pa, June 15.--Mr. Peter
Householder, of Bunker Hill, was fatally
injured yesterday morning by fall OF
coal IN the Greensburg mines, south OF
town. His skull was fractured in two
places, both ears were torn off, and he
was badly injured internally. He is sin.
gle and about twenty-five years old.
Morris Hasson, of Ludwiok, made IN
formation against S. B. S. Miller, conduc.
tor of the first section of the Western Elk.
press, charging him with throwing him
from the train near Penn, on May 23d,
while running at the rate of forty miles an
hour. The conductor was arrested and
entered bail for hearing on Tuesday
next.
Friday evening girl named Mary
Loge in the employ of the family of
Dick Prehetel, was fatally scalded by
upsetting a kettle of boiling water over
her person. The flesh on her body from
the breast down was literally cooked.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-20
GREENsBUEG EXCITED
over the Shooting of DR. w. j. Hammer bv
His Wife.

GRRENsBuRG, June 10. = Last night
about 10 o'clock our quiet little city was
startled by the news of the shooting of
DR.. VIII j. Hammer, one of our promi-
nent young dentists, by his wife, to whom
he has only been married about fifteen
months. The cause of the shooting was
family troubles, which had been brewing
for some time, and which eliminated in a
quarrel yesterday, when Mrs. Hammer
went to her fathers, Eli Sell, at Paradise,
our southern suburb, and complained to
him about the manner in which they have
been living.
MIR. Sell told her that he would 90
back home with her and try to have an
amicable settlement of the matter be-
tween them, This he did, and last night
about $50, when the doctor got home
from his office, he found the old gentle
man and hfs wife there. In short time
tl.ey got into fight, which eliminated
in the doctor striking the old gentleman
with cane, knocking him down and Sc
riously injuring him. Mrs. Hammer
thinking he was going to kill her father.
went to a cupboard and got revolver
and fired twice at her husband missing
both times.
She then ran out into the street calling
for help, which brought Mr.. Daily,
neighbor, out, who ran over and finding
the door locked broke it open and rushed
in, followed by Mrs. Hammer, who as
soon as she got in fired again, this time
the ball taking effect in the back of her
husband, and passing through the
right lung, came out at the breast. She
then ran out and into neighbor's house
and physician was sent for. The wound
is very serious one and may prove fatal,
although the doctor thinks he may posi-.
bly, pull through. Mrs Hammer is at
her fathers, ard at this hour has not been
arrested. The excitement is great, owing
to the prominence of the parties, who are
all wealthy.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-20
Partners with a Eakir.

One day, after the editor OF the Weekly
Banner and Home Journal had returned
to the office from trip around the vii.
lage, he announced to me that the paper
would suspend with that issue. was an
apprentice at 50 per week and found" ="
and he was in debt to me and everybody
else, and could raise no more subscrip-
tons or advertising. We were discuss
ing the gloomy outlook when young
man with a hawk eye and thin nose
came bustling in. That he was down on
his luck could easily be told at glance,
but that he was discouraged was not so
clear.
g want two or three days credit for a
little printing" he promptly announced.
= You can't have it," growled the
editor.
The young man was turning away,
seeming not at all discouraged, when the
editor asked
Who are you?"
"a fakir."
What's that ?"
"a man who travels and lives by his
wits"
Well you've hit the wrong town. You
couldn't raise quarter here in weeks
talking. I've worked like jackass for a
year to establish this paper, and she busts
this week"
My friend, " said the stranger as he sat
down, let's go pards."
How"
You print me some labels and dodgers
and I'll do the selling and we'llwhack up"
What have you got?
A liver tonic"
" No good"
Best thing in the world. How many
people you got here?"
Twelve hundred
"Then I'll sell twelve hundred bottles
of my South American Liver Invigorator
at dollar bottle"
After some further talk the editor
agreed to the partnership. went TO the
drug stores and found one hundred bot.
ties of a certain size. One thousand
more were telegraphed for at Pittsburgh
to come C. o. d. We got up label, got
out five hundred dodgers. and the "Invig
orator was made at the editors house.
1t was o mixture of water, molasses,
ginger, and whiskeY, and cost about
| four cents bottle. When all was
ready the fakir went out on the
street, l circulated the dodgers and
the editor gave him page adver-
tisement in what we thought would be the
last issue, Can you guess what that chap
| did in seventeen days He made, bot
tied and sold 1900 bottles of that In
vigorator," working two other villages be-
sides our own. In the making and bot
tling he had three or four to help, but he
did all the selling alone. Children cried
for it, and old chaps who had forgotten
that they ever had liver bought two bot
ties and then came back for third one.
| saw 81 ,450 counted down on the impos-
ing stone for our editor, and he very kind
ly handed me my back salary and pres
ent of $50. 1t was a godsend to him, for
he squared up, the paper went on. and to-
day it is one of the liveliest small dailies
in the State of Ohio.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-20
Remarkably Rapid Growth of Telzl
Child,

DoUGLAsvnLE, Texas, June 13.-Pine
Level, hamlet lying six or seven miles
east OF this place, and just across the line
dividing this State from Louisiana, boasts
of phenomenon in the shape of girl
not yet quite ten years old who has
already attained the height of five
feet ten inches. She is the daughter
OF Mr.. James Rutherford, engineer at
the lumber mill of Carter Robinson
" Co., iwho Is himself a giant in size,
while his wife is six feet and quarter
in height. The girl, who was, the par
ents say, an unusually small, sickly baby,
began to grow when she was about six
years old, and in four years has gained
two feet and half, an almost unprece-
dented growth She is stout and devel-
oped in proportion and has the strength
OF a man, but her mind is feeble, or else
has been so outstripped by her body as to
give 1t no chance to develop. The young
giantess presents most remarkable spec,
tacle with her childish face and dress,
seated playing in the sand or amusing
herself with a doll