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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT QUESTION
AGAIN.

The Secretary of the Wheeling Elec-
trical Company. through the mtclli-
gcnccr, attempts to answer the argu-
ments and facts and figures presented
by the REGISTER showing why the city
should manufacture its own electric
light. Is il now does its gas.
The Secretary says the REGISTERS
figures, showing the wide difference in
cost between municipal ownership of
the plant and getting the light by
contract with private parties, are in
correct. The Secretary calls them
Prof. RosEwATER'> figures. They are
not Prof. RoSEwATEE'S figures. They
are figures collected by the City Council
Of Scranton, Pa. from all parts of the
country. 10 aid that body in coming to
conclusion when this same subject
was before it. The figures are official,
and we can see no reason 10 suppose
that they are not aS reliable as those Of
the Secretary of the Wheeling Flee
trical Company. They are, at least,
more complete.
Does the Secretary mean to say that it
would cost the city more to manufact-
ure electricity than it does the Wheeling
Electrical Company? Would not the
city use the same machinery and en-
ploy the same labor, and would it not
pay as much and no more for both? This
is granted.
Well, then, the operating expenses
being precisely the same in each case,
here we have on the one hand the
Wheeling Electrical Company. with i
large capital stock. upon which it has
10 pay dividends, more or less handsome,
and. on the other hand, the city, which
will have no dividends to pay, and whose
sole object will be to supply the light at
the lowest possible tigure-coSt price.
II the Secretary of the Wheeling Flee
trical Company will furnish us with the
figures showing the yearly profits of
that corporation. we will show him just
exactly how much the city will save by
operating her own electric light plant.
Municipal ownership in this case
would not come under the head of pa
ternalism in the government. This is a
natural monopoly aud in every case it
has been fully shown to be wiSeSt and
best and most economical to place that
monopoly in the hands of the people.
This fact could not - more fully eX-
emplihed than it has beey ia Wheeling 5
experience in the transfer OF the gas
plant from private ownership to the
city. and the consequent drop in the
price of gas from $3.50 To IS cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
Advance in the Money Market.

NEW YORK, December l.-Ihe Post
says: Money on call at the Stock Elk
change was per cent this morning and
gradually advanced to II per cent at
1890 o'clock, after which it went down
10 > again by o'clock. There was
nothing TO indicate that there was any
thing artificial about this wide range.
The fact is that there was an unusual
demand for money to-day in connection
with the heavy settlements on the first
Of the month in all lines of business.
But the settlement of taxes in Brooklyn
alone required several millions for use
in the next few days. All of the lead
ing stock houses had forSeen the proba-
BILE demand for money about this time
and had borrowed ahead. IL is, in fact,
these balances of brokerage houses in
stead of those Of the banks which have
supplied the call loan market on the
Stock Exchange ia the last week. There
is, however, reason TO expect much
easier market for call leans before many
days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
AN OHIO EXECUTION.
Ellis Miller Hanged in the Columbus Peni-
Tertiary This Morning.

COLUMBUS. O., December Ellis
Miller, the Union county murderer, was
executed at the penitentiary this morn
ing. The crime was committed near
Marysville. January l6 last, when he
shot and killed his SiSter-n-law, Mrs.
Emma Johnston. Miller this afternoon
wrote long long letter to the Governor
begging for an extension of time ar
communication on the ground that he was
drunk at the time and did not know
what he was doing.
Miller came on the scaffold in the an
mex at 1905 this morning. accompanied
by the Warden and his two deputies.
The condemned was greeted by a crowd
of over hundred persons, about twice
as many as as could gain admission to
the execution room. Miller betrayed
little nervousness as he scanned
the large number OF faces
turned toward him. Asked il
he had anything to say, he said: Boys,
good bye all: all OF you" The officials
were rushing the preparations in ad-
justing the straps and rope, when Miller
reminded them IL was not necessary TO
10 De IN Il rush, u Hdsle Olten makes
waste. Just before the rope was .placed
over his head and the black cap drawn,
Miller again bid all good bye, saying he
hoped to meet all in heaven. He was
greeted in return with number of good
byes from the crowd and the trap was
sprung. There was not the least twinge
in the body, and it hung quiet for
twenty-seven minutes, when he was pro-
nounced dead. Death resulted from
stranguation. The body was removed,
and will be taken to Prospect, Ohio, for
burial.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

Is GEN. SPReG'~ departure from the
home Of his adoption, a good citizen and
neighbor. true friend of the people
and fearless and able advocate of the
best interests of the State is lost. But
vha, IS West Virginia'S loss is Mary
lands gain, and his talents and qualities
wi. soon assert themselves i'm his new
home
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
An EauiyocaI Answer.

ST. Louis, December Tn
ing the grievance committee
Gould Southwest system lpc''
engineers convened in the j.
hotel for their annual meetlnz
chairman, Mr.. Chas. Raymona.
Louis, said: I'VE have noth.a
routine business in view. W. D.
first-class grievance.
Twill the Union Pacific eng h''
operate with you"
There are others who would
answer to that question" was TIE
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
Sit With Closed Doors.

CHICAGO, December The N
organized American Harvester ,'.-f,
ny, the capital stock Of when j. =.
OCO. 900. is holding an important ID -.
here. The proceedings are h'.l b.
closed doors. Up to this even ~ 20
permanent officers of the org1l
had not been elected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

WHEELING now supplies herself and
her citizens with light cheaper than
any private corporation could possibly
supply the same light. Why should
she not adopt and supply the new light
Electricity? The saving would De As
great.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

SINCE when did the htcuigenccr be-
come the organ Of the Wheeling Flee
trical company We were under the
impression that that field was already
occupied.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
Escaped Murderer Recaptufs'

PJTTsHURG, December IA .-ap-
from Somerset, Pa, reports the and
ture OF David Nicely, the con- d
murderer. who escaped from - ,',,asi
with his brother on sunda!' m.spl
posses are still searching io'
Nicely.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

b indorSing everything the voters
have condemned, Mr. BENJAMIN HAIR
EIsoN tells the people Of the country
thar hey don't know their business and
are anti to govern themselves.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

Nh. HARRISON does not mention the
Indian racket i'm his message. Ever
since his own scalp was raised on No
vembcr 4 he hates 10 talk about such
things.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
Isaac watts was a Little Man.

He said loosely to six of his tall quizzing
friends who asked how he felt among so
many men, that he was sixpence among
six pennies, worth them ALL SOZODONT
is Just so; there may be many preparations
for the teeth, but it is worth them all.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

SrEAKER REED received a "horal re-
membrance" yesterday 1t was droppeu
on his political grave.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
Schooner Run Down and Captain Lost.

New YORK, December l. The
schooner Francis Z. Hallock, which left
this port on Friday for Virginia, was
run down by the four-maSted collier,
Clarence II. Werner. early Saturday
morning, in nearly the same spot where
the Spanish steamship Vizcaya was
sunk. The Hallock was capsized, and
her captain, named Randolph, was
drowned. Five other men aboard the
Hallock were rescued by the collier.
Throat Diseases commenced with Cough,
Cold. OF Sore Throat. "Broirn's Bronchial 7ro-
eAss" give immediate relief sold only in bores.
Price IS cents. g,7e0. 5saA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02

One of the easiest things to catch, and at the
same time one Of the most difficult to get rid Of
is a cough or cold. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
however, always proves equal 10 the emer-
gency.
the nearest dealer and procure bottle OF Sal
vation Oil and be cured at once of rheumatism
neuralgia, or any pain or ache.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-02
uopspoRD,s ACID PHOsPHA'

Recommended by Phy''o" sut
NJ all schools, for the braiu' ne'
stomach.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
How Policemen Walk.

A ST. Louis policeman said to Globe
Democrat reporter
~ saw man laugh the other day as
he stood on the sidewalk and watched a
heavy policeman step deliberately and
with great caution from the street to the
cuIbstone The man was laughing at
what he thought was the incidence of the
policeman. The policeman had been on
a walking beat for years, had experience
in walking and was avoiding an ankle or
toe sprain Little troubles like that
with the feet lay up almost as many
policemen as disease. They don't hurt
their feet when they are chasing a man
or running to somebody's assistance.
Then the muscles and tendons Of the feet
are frightened and as elastic as rubber
But it is in the slow walking of the beat
that the mischief is done to the feet.
Muscles and tendons are relaxed and I'M
prepared for strain. A step on rolling
stone, too heavy weight on big toe as
the man mounts from the paving to the
sidewalk, and crack goes something in
the foot Pain and swelling follow /; the
shoe canot be worn, walking is agony,
or even standing or sitting with the foot
low enough for the blood TO rush into it,
Liniment is used by the bottle, and it
may be week or two before the police
man can take his beat again. After one
experience of this kind he is generally
very careful aud secs where his feet arc
going every time he puts them down.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
The Miner and the sharpers.

4sThe confidence game is played on
1000 strings said Captain Horace
Vardie, Of Richmond, to q Washington
Post reporter, land the bunc6 man for
ever wears a new face and forever finds a
new device I've just got back from the
Pacific coast, and among the Rockies
last week | certainly saw the most novel
turn of chicane.
'sThe train boys OF candy butchers
on these Wester reads are grown men,
and, without exception, sharks and
sharpers. Passing through the town of
Gunnison, near the western foot of the
range, a miner got on-a big, rough
bearded fellow of the old style that did
one good to see The butcher marked
him for pigeon and inveigled him into
euchre game at 81 corner. The old fell
ow, however, was so apt with the cards
that he won rather than lost, so that after
sinking about $40 at the game the
butcher left off playing and began to
throw three cards upon the lapboard,
after the well known monte fashion.
4sWith each throw, he said as though
repeating an old and meaningless formula,
4 IL Utt you SlVV t1idt YOU tdh Spot int
queen Once after throwing the cards
the trainman turned to the occupant of
the next seat and asked that the window
be closed A young man in check suit,
apparently stranger to both, who sat
upon the arm rail of the miners seat
watching the play, stopped and swiftly
exposed the queen As swiftly still aud
before the throwcr could detect him he
punetured the queen with a penknife,
thus marking conspicuously that card.
All unsuspectingly, the cards were thrown
again and the. eticr of wager made.
THE miner, winking at the young man
in the check suit, took the bet, and with
seemingly great reluctance, the butcher
covered the money The young man in
the check suit was given the stakes. The
cards were thrown and the miner smiling
ly selected the punctured card, when to
the astonishment of all, it proved a jack,
with hole through his doublet exactly
like the one in the queens bodice. With
shout of discovery and an oath of rage
the miner snatched the stakes and admin
istered terrible thrashing to both the
candy butcher and the young man in the
check suit"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15

honel Do not 90 to seal Don't go tonight
where you may be tempted to go. Go homel
Your father will be glad to see you and your
mother. / need not tell you how she feels
How would like to make your parents a
present of their Maynard boy repent
ant and in his right mind. l would
like to write them letter and you to carry
the letter, saying. by the blessing OF God
on my sermon / Introduce to you one whom
you have never seen before, for he has be
come new creature in Christ jesus MY
boy, go home and put your tired head on the
bosom that nursed you so tenderly in your
childhood years. A young Scotchman
was in battle taken captive by a
band OF Indians, and he learned their
language and adopted their habits
Years passed on, but the old Indian
ehieftain never forgot that he had in bis pos
session young man who did not belong TO
him. Well, one day this tribe of Indians
came In sight of the Scotch regiments from
whom this young man had been captured,
and the old Indian chieftain said. Il lost
my son in battle and | know how father
feels at the loss of son. Do you think your
father is vet aliveg' The young man said: Il
am the only son of my father, and l
hope he is still alive Then said the
Indian chieftain: because of the loss of my
son this world is desert You go free.
Return to your countrymen. Revisit your
father, that he may rejoice when he sees the
sun rise in the morning and the trees bios
som in the spring. So say to you. young
man, captive of waywardness and sin. Your
father is waiting for you Your mother Ii
waiting for you. Your sisters are waiting
for you. God is waiting for you. Go home!
Go hOmet
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
VICTIM OF HALLUCINATION.
twenty-five Years of Life Wasted by
a Freak OF the Mind.

twenty-five Years of Life Wasted by
Freak OF the Mind.
w. H, Lilly, one OF the earliest settlers of
Livingston county, Mo, has for twenty five
years been the victim of a queer hallucina-
ton that has kept him confined to his bed. In
1865 during slight illness, he was seized with
a fear that he would die of heart disease if
he attempted to stand up or to raise his
bead above a certain level. Every possihl,
means was resorted to 10y his family to drive
the idea from bis mind, but without success
He stubbornly stuck to his couch and refused
t. be c)axed or frightened out OF it.
On one occasion his wife had lot of straw
piled near the house and then set on fire. The
wind blew the smoke towards the house and
the family began shouting fire and carrying
out q furniture. Lilly was told to run for
bis llfe but he never stirred out of bed. at
another time his favorite dau shter, Minnie,
was sent away, and Lilly was told that she
had been hurt and was dying at neighbours
house, and that she begged him to come to
her. Tears welled from the affl cted man's
eyes,,and his lips twitched with emotion, but be
did not move.
After this signal failure no further at
tempis were made to arouse him, and it was
thought be would never leave his bed except
for the grave. One day last week, however
the dormant energies OF Lilly reasserted
themselves as suddenly and mysteriously az
they had departed, and he raised bis head
above the supposed danger-line. Dumfounded
at finding no serious results, he raised it still
higher and finally sat bolt upright. He has
now apparently fully recovered and is super
intending some improvements on his farm.
During bis wife's administration of affairs
the farm has trebled in value. and Lilly is
to-day $4,000 better off than be was when he
took to his bed twenty Ave years ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
WHAT AIS you ?

Do YOU feel dun, languid, low spirited,
lifeless. and indescribably miserable, both
physically and mentally; experience a sense
Of fullness or bloating after eating, or OF
IS goneness,n or emptiness Of stomach in the
morning, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste
in mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, FIRE
quent headaches. blurred eyesight, +" floating
speckS before the eyes, nervous prostration
or exhaustion, irritability of teT per hot
flushes, alternating with chilly sensations,
sharp, biting, transient pains here and there,
cold feet. drowsiness after meals, wakeful-
ness. or disturbed and undressing sleep,
constant, Undesirable feeling Of dread, or
Of impending calamity
If vau have all. or any considerable num-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15

Ter Of these symptoms YOU are suffering
from that most common Of American mala-
dies - Bilious Dyspepsia or Torpid Liver,
associated with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion
The more complicated your discase has be
come. the greater the number and diversity
Of symptoms No matter what stage II has
reached. DIR. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery will subdue Il. II taken according 10
directions for a reasonable length OF time
One or two OF DR. Pieroe's Pellets taken
daily with the Discovery win add TO its
efficacy in case the liver Is very torpid and
the bowels constipatcd
Golden Medical Discovery Ia the only
medicine of It's class guaranteed 10 do all Il
is Represented 10 accomplish. or money paid
for il will be refunded WORLDS DisPEN
sARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Pruprietors,
hl3 Main Strlt.t Hnifnln. N y
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
FLAMES In DETROIT.
Several Manufa turing Establish
ments Are Destroyed.

Several Manufa turing Establish
ments Are Destroyed.
Fire was discovered in the rear of Gray &
Baffys six story brick furniture factory, on
Concord street. The fire was on the fifth
fioor, aud before the department got to work
had gained headway among very dry mater
ials. Although a general alarm was turned
in soon after, the flames spread rapidly to
the roof, and then downward, uatil the roof
and upper floor fell. carrying the fire to tn !.
ground. Carroll & Hunts Chair Company
establishment on the west, went next, and
the Ostler Printing Company and Carroll
Cigar Mandatory, occupying two numbers
on the east followed. At Midnight the FIRE
was under control hut still burning furiously
This is the largest fire Detroit has experienced
since the D. NJ Ferry seed store fire 10 jan
uary, 1856, when the loss ran into the mill
lions. The total loss is estimated at $3.50, 600,
partially covered by insurance. The burned
buildings were the property of Senator James
Mcmillan, and valued at $4,000
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
FLOODS AND STORMS.
The Water In the Mississippi River
Up TO the Danger Point.

The Water In the Mississippi River
Up to the Danger Point.
The water in the Mississippi still continu's
to rise. Opposite Arkansas City, in Ar
kansas, the water rose five inches in two
days. 1t is getting dangerously high. In
one place on the levee at Arkansas City it
lacks but ten inches of the top. Two weak
places have been strengthened by sand bags.
It was reported that the levee above was in
danger, owing to raius aud cattle crossing
it to the higher lands They had cut into
and weakened it. The great st anxiety pre-
walls on the Arkansas side, and a repetition
of the great overflow OF 1882 is feared. Some
of the upper Rivers enptyiDg into the Mis-.
sssippi are still rising under continuous
rains
Heavy overcast skies add to the general
apprehension. The water in the river oppo-
site Arkansas City, outside the levee, is eight
feet higher than the main street of the city.
An overflow seems inevitable, and the ex-
perienced are preparing for It, The winter,
so called, in this state has been remarkable
Flowers are in bloom aud trees in bud. The
cold weather of the last five days has in
many instances killed tn. buds on fruit trees.
running the prospects of crop.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
A DESPERATE CRIMINAL.

Train Robber HoIzhay Fingers shot
OFF While Attempting 10 Escape.
Reimund Holzhsy, The train roboer and
branch prison, Marquette, Mich, will never
pull trigger again. All four fingers Of his
right hand have been shot away.
The prison authorities suspected that Hol-
Ebay meditated an escape. When an attempt
was made to search him, be seized another
convict, named Meseroy. and, drawing q
knife. threatened to xiii him if be was mo-
Tested. After two hours vain endeavor TO
reason with him, Warden Tompkins succeed
Ell in getting a snot at the convicL's hand, in
which be grasped the knife. The heavy bull
let tore away all OF his right hand fingers
and smashed the metaearpai bones
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15

THERE is excitement in the upper por-
ton of Warren county, n. Y, over the
discovery of natural gas and oil. For
years it was known that natural gas could
be gathered on Schroon Lake when frozen
over, by cutting hole in the ice, placing
an overturned barrel over it, and then
punching hole in the bottom Of the bar
rel and applying light, a stream Of
burning gas would be the result. An
ANALYSIS was made which demonstrated
it was natural gas.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
To Neutralize a Mad Dogs Bite.

DR.. Arapad Bokai, Professor at the
University of Klausenburg, has, accord
ing to the Pesther Lloyd, compounded a
solution which neutralizes the poison in
PRODUCED into the system by the bite of a
mad dog. This solution consists of
chlorine water salt brine, sulphmous
acid, permanganate of potassium and
eucalyptus oil. Public Opinion