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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-18
ACRoaiEGALY.
Strange Addiction of Paupor-His Head
as Big Us u Horse's.


ST. LOUIS, July IA special from
San Francisco to the Republic says;
Francisco Solferne, an Italian, is slow
" dying at the aims house OF a disease
that not one physiciyn in thousand
knows absolutely anything about. 1t is
known as acromegaly to the few N. D.
who have heard OF it. Tho malSdy
made its appearance over ten years ago,
when Solierne was about 20 years oil age.
He paid little attention to it at first, but
as time wore on Solferne's feet, hands,
ears and the joints Of his knees grew SO
alarmingly large that he sought the best
doctors in San Francisco, The physi-
clans could not do anything to relieve
him, and to-day his head is US large aa
that of a fully developed horse, and not
unsUggestive Of one.
The forehead Is high and broad, and
the frontal bone projects so far that the
eyes are completely oVershadowed,
while the absence OF all except a few
hairs where the eyebrows should DO
hcightens the ugliness OF his face. The
nasal bone has grown to the size OF an
ordinary banana, and the great size Of
the cheek bones causes the face TO APP
pear as though the flesh might bedrawn
over couple of large sticks Of wood.
His ears have been affected 80 badly
that a woman's hand would not cover
them tho length and attained by tho
jaw-bone accounts for the resemblance
the head bears to that of u horse.
The sufferers body from the waist up
to the shoulders is as large around as
the bodies OF two 200-pound men, which
is accounted for by the fact that his
ribs have grown out OF all proportion.
Both his hands have attained marvellous
growth, and either Of them could cover
the surface OF IL ham. The knee joints
have grown so large that there Is very
little difference between them and the
size OF his legs at the thigh. The enor-
nous size OF his feet command the
wonder OF all who sec them. They are
almost as large as n fve-gNllon beer key,
while the toes have grown to the size OF
a mans fist.
DR.. Bunker has told the sufferer that
his hours are numbered, and since that
time he has been for the most in a
lethargic condition which presages the
near approach of the grim monster.
Only forty cases Of aCromegaly are on
record in tho history OF the world, and
the local physicians have been at sea on
this case for years. Tho cancelous It's
sues Of the bones are hypcrtrophied.
No pain is felt by the patient, and the
disease differs from elephantiasis in
that, while acromegaly usually confines
its attacks to the extremeties, ostritis
deformans is located in the long bones
Of thn bndV.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-18

IF YOUR BACK ACHES,
Or Won mo lll worn out, really good for moth
BiRRg5J i Y Ssn fFo ISp si4fSTEHs.
twill cure you, cleanse your Liver, and SiSo
Rgood appetite
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-18
LINSLY INSTITUTE
WHEELING, W. VA.
A SCHOOL FOR THE THOROUGH TEACHING
OF BOYS AND YOUNG MEN.

Military, English aud Classical Courses Alo
Modern Languages
Military Department in charge Of IN OaAoi
Of the United States Navy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-18

For eight months of the year these
folk are shut within their mountain
homes by storm and food. From timO
immemorial almost to the exclusive d.
version has been that inOppp0rable
nursery OF superstition the cfiIdh pro
nopnced "k9iley, and Gale for gossip
ing paEty'). Here the aud wives
, 1891-07-18
TOW TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked U.
Throughout the CITY.

There is some talk in Douglas of start
ing a third paper.
The wird blowing on the wires last
night caused the fire alarm to sound sew
eral times.
The Royal Horse Association shipped a
car of fine horses East over the Burling.
ton yesterday.
The sneak thieves arrested last Thurs
day were tried yesterday and given twenty
days each in the county jail.
Frank Boies, an old timer here in
Cheyenne. returned yesterday after trav-
cling around the world for several years.
A little girl was bitten bv a rattlesnake
at Archer Thursday afternoon. She is
suffering considerable but will probably
recover.
The colored people of the city held a
picnic last night at the fair grounds.
There was music and dancing and all had
a very pleasant time.
One hundred aud eight property own
ers have been notified by the commission
ers of Converse county that they returned
fraudulent assessments. There is lots of
hot blood in consequence.
Handsomely furnished rooms at the
Whitcomb house aud Whitcomb house
annex Castle Dare). Best dining room
in the city. Corner of Ferguson and
Twentieth streets. Charges moderate.
At Ashford's palace barber shop, OPP
posite the pUstofice, there are five chairs
and that many 6rstclass workmen. Hair
cutting a specially. Best baths in the
city. Quicker work thaS usual today
, 1891-07-18
PELTED WITH HAIL.
CHEYENNE Visited by n Loud and
Lively Storm.

The hail storm to which the city was
treated Yesterday afternoon was a lively
affair for a short time. The hailstones
averaged as large as marbles and were
solid spores of ice. The storm came from
the east and so heavy was it that it
sounded like sharp %volleys of musketry.
Many windows exposed in the path OF
the storm were badly shattered, not only
in private residences, but elsewhere. The
city park was badly damaged. TIE flowers
and growing shrubs being in many in
stances cut down. One bed of blooming
pansies was entirely ruined. Many little
gardens in the residence part of town
were severely damaged. Shade trees ev.
erywhere were riddled and the sidewalks
and lawns were Uttered with leaves torn
from the overhanging branches. The
practical damage to the trees was, how
ever, only nominal.
The chief sufferers are the greer
houses. Mr.. Glafcke's Magic City green
houses stood the brunt of the storm and
scores OF panes of glass that had faced the
east we're shattered. There was damage
to the stock of flowers also. but fortunate.
ly not as much as might be expected.
Mrs. Chaffin's green house and plants
also suffered, but not being exposed SO
much in that direction were less damaged.
The skylight in Simpsons photograph
gallery was riddled. A small skylight
used to light the stairway leading to
Kitkland's gallery was also fractured.
Window glass will be in great demand
today. although taken altogether, the
damage done is not so great as could be
reasonably expected from the size and
hardness of the hail stones.
, 1891-07-18

were scattered all about. Six houses, the
closest to the scene, were wrecked totally.
Every pane of window glass in every
other house on either side of the gulch
was shattered. fences torn down, trees up
rooted and the building walls cracked and
Jared. Women and children in houses
two miles away were cut and bruised by
glass shattered from the windows of their
homes. A barn three hundred yards
awaY was burned to the ground. Six
Union Pacific cars in the vicinity were
destroyed in a similar manner.
The two Finlanders who caused all the
trouble are the only ones who we're killed
so far as can now be ascertained. Nearly
all of the people living in that neighbor-
hood are of the same nationality and can
not talk English. All the men were at
account for the small loss of life. Nearly
every woman and child in the gulch at
the time was more or less injured, either
by broken glass or fiying missiles. OF
lueSt WIS OOhusOu anu DaUy are mOSI
severely hurt. Both are badly cut and
bruised about the head and one or both
may die. About the time of the ex-
plosion a man was riding IN the neighbor-
hood on horseback. What has become Of
him isn't precisely known and it is posi-.
bic that his name may yet be added TO
the list of casualties.
The news of the explosion caused tre-
mendous excitement in the mines. Nearly
every miner believed his own family in
volved in the trouble and when the news
was noised around IN the mine chambers
the men frantieally clamored to come to
the surface and were accommodated as
rapidly as possible. When they came up
and Joined the women the excitement was
again intensified and Joy and grief were
expressed in the most remarkable jargon.
Steps were Immediately taken to relieve
the sufferinRs of the injured ones. The
doctors were promptly on hand and indie
fatigable in their attentions.
The loss to the company will be about
$4,000. Business was practically sus-
pended for the day and the scene of the
disaster has been viewed by everybody for
miles around.
, 1891-07-18
TWO NEW CORPORATIONS.
One for immigration and Irrigation,
the OtheI Tor Steam Heating.

Albert j. Boutwell,. John G. Davis
and Henry S. Bradt yesterday filed with
the secretary Of state articles OF incorpora-
ton Of the Elk Mountain Land and I'm
migration company. The company pro
poses to carry on n mammoth irrigation
scheme IN Carbon county. The capital
stock is 81, 900, 900. The company in
tends to purchase certain water rights
and canals on Brush Creek and Medicine
Bow river in Carbon county, with the
object OF supplying with water the land
living between Brush and Pass creeks
and between the Platte river and Medi-
cine Bow range of mountains. The com
pany has an office at Saratoga and one at
New York.
The Grand, Green and Colorado Navi-
CATION comany is another concern or
ganized for the purpose of navigating the
rivers of Wyoming and Utah. 1t intends
to build and run steam vessels for trans
portatlon and passengers on the Grand,
Green and Colorado rivers in Utah and
and Wyoming, and to construct and
operate ferries on the same rivers. The
company proposes to build, own and con-
troll wharves, freight houses stations, to
hire help and servants aud to do every
thing that appertains to a first class steam
ship line. The article fails to state where
the water to run the boats on in all tie
rivers named Is to be obtained, but 1t is
probably provided for. The capital stock
is S25, 900. and the following are named
as trustees: Bethuel S. Ross, Emanuel
Stuver. Sylvester Stuver, Thomas f.
Roberts, Homer Merrill, George W. Du-
rant. Charles II. Durant The head
quarters of the company will be located at
Rawlins.
, 1891-07-18

Special Dispatch toThe Leader.
OMAHA, July l7.-Passenger Agent
LOOMS. OF the Union Pacific, defiant an
wer to Chairman Finley OF the Western
Passenger Association on the question Of
the Alton boycott is regarded amongWest
ern railroad men as significant of a Gould
scheme to secure Western traffic at the
expense of the roads in the boycott. The
tickets complained Of, which allows the
use of the Others by passengers. it is as
serted by local railroad men. have been
pushed forward on every opportunity of
late and it is believed that an understand
Ing exists by which Gould's interests in
the East and West are assisting the Alton
secretly in return for a division Of the
traffic. An investigation is expected to
be ordered by the Western Traffic Asso-
citation.
, 1891-07-18

Senator A. D. Chamberlain of Douglas
is in town.
Governor Barber will go north this
morning on business.
Judge Miller returned yesterday from
a trip to New York city.
Charles Fisher and }. NJ. Chadwick
arrived from Denver yesterday.
T. j. WYche of Rock Springs, water
superintendent of the Union Pacific, is in
the city.
Joseph Frank of Chicago, at one time
a partner with Swan Bros, arrived in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patton OF Monmouth,
ILL.,, who have been visiting Wyoming
friends, returned home yesterday on the
Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Todhunter and Mrs.
Barnes, father, mother and sister of Mrs.
G. D. Kirkland, are visiting that lady at
her Sixteenth street home. They arrived
last evening from Ogden, where they had
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Richie.
, 1891-07-18
BLOWN TO ATOMS
Terrific Explosion Of Rock Springs
Powder Magazine.
Twelve Hundred and Thirteen Kegs
of Blasting Powder
And Seven Hundred Pounds of
Dynamite Involved.
The Explosion Caused by Two
Drunken FinIanders.
They Fire a Pistol Shot Into the
Magazine
And Their Remains Are Scattered
Over Twenty Acres.
They Fire a Pistol Shot Into the
Magazine
Buildings Shattered and People
Hurt by the Explosion.

special Dispatch TO The Leader.
Rock SPRINGS, July l7.-An explo-
sion of such terrific force that it shook
Rock Springs from centre to circumfer-
ence occurred at 3 O'Clock this afternoon,
and startled the people like an earthquake
shock. Window glass was shattered all
over own aud even the plate. glass in
such establishments as the Beckwith
Commercial, Tim Kinney & Co., Thorne
& Sutton's and c. H. Bussey's was
cracked and broken. A scene of intense
excitement ensued. Pale faced people
rushed from their houses into the street
as though it was the last crack of doom.
The excitement has not been duplicated
since the famous Chinese riots. Every
man, woman and child in the town poured
into the t%horoughfares. One fearful
rumor followed another in quick sue
cesslon working timid people up to a pitch
of excitementthat was positively fearful
to behold. AS the first terrific shock was
not followed by another the people gradu-
ally became somewhat reassured. A mile
and a half or 10 from town they observed
a dark and ominous cloud hanging over
the neighhorhood OF No. 6 mine, belong.
ing to the Union Pacific 1t looked like
a fierce approaching thunder storm, but
soon rumors began to float around that it
was in reality the result of a powder ex.
ploslon. These rumors soon assumed a
definite shape and the roads leading to
that neighborhood we're soon black with
excited people on foot. on horseback and
in vehicles of various descriptions frantic
ally heading for the scene of disaster.
No. 6 mine lies less than two miles
northeast of the town. Contiguous to it
in a deep and narrow gu,ch the powder
house of the mine is located. 1t is a
large corrugated iron affair, and previous
to the accident today contained I.2I2
kegs of powder usually used in blasting IN
the coal mines, 700 pounds of dynamite
and twelve boxes OF giant powder caps.
Nesting along the hillsides in this i'm
mediate vicinity, with their cellars dug
into the mountain sides, are about thirty
modest little home, occupied mainly by
miners Of foreign birth. The buildings
are mainly of stone.
Aho,, q o~,,looL - A. e
counle ~ F;nI,ndo, s,Iaoa L"aNn"
resnectiveIv .J,cob uoIl; - - -
taIa started out n mha, S~"In
known 40 q 500, IT, - ~
drinkinp heavily Thou doo;dod -
a ride and ;nmnod into : ,-mo.nLoaIaJ
cart drawn by a sinaIo tor.a -
ceeded TO wboon !, mn Coroon,na aror
Tho oo, a.,
shouting at the ton of their Innps 6r,ng
off a revolver and vboopinc and boul;nr
thew soop struck terror m the hearts IF al
the women in the surrounding country
In the pe~rambulatiops thew finally came II,
the 0ulcb in which tho nop5o- moaovino
, 1891-07-18

Assistant General Manager Dickinson
Superintendent Mcdonnell and a number
of other railroad magnates have left
Omaha for an inspection of the Kansas
division and will probably reach here next
Tuesday coming from Denver on their
way back to Omaha. The party travels
in a special train and will make a complete
inspection of the Kansas roads.
, 1891-07-18

Deeds Tor these transfers have been
filed for record at the office of the county
clerk:
The Wyoming Development COM
pany toAdolph Ladenburg of
New York, two city lots and
2,25G acres OF land...............S S.947
, 1891-07-18

Have opeEed the Park stables on Capt.
tol avenue. opposite the opera house, with
a new outfit Of phaetons and buggies and
will make a specially of saddle horses for
men and ladies'. Elegant side and Eng
lish saddles. The best care taken Of
boardera. Telephone No. l32.
, 1891-07-18

Is practiced by many people, who buy
inferior articles of food because cheaper
than standard goods. Surely infants are
entitled to the best TODD obtainable. 1t is
a fact that the Gail Borden Eagle
Brand Condensed Milk is the best infant
food. Your grocer and druggist keep 1t.
, 1891-07-18

There is a way of being abso-
lutely sure hat the shoes you buy
are worth at least as much as you
pay for them. You may not be
able to tell good leather from bad;
you may not know the difference
between a high grade shoe and
an article of rougher make, and
yet it is your own fault if you are
imposed upon. You cannot be
expected to detect those diff
ferences in material which make
such a material difference, but
you can at least take the pre-
caution of making your purchases
where misrepresentation are
never for a moment tolerated.
You will be more than pleased
with the immense assortment and
low prices on high grade goods
to be seen only at
, 1891-07-18

Any one owing the Racket store will
please call and settle as we wish to close
our books. WATSON & CowHICK.
, 1891-07-18

Only a few more days to buy goods at
cost as we have made arrangements to
dispose of the stock after August LIST.
WATSON K CowHICK.
, 1891-07-18

ANY pants in Hellman's window to-day
for s..
, 1891-07-18
SHtIs .Made for S2S.

II. Helm is bound 10
close ont has Custom De
parfnseat and offers the
regular $40 and $50 lime
at from $2S 10 SS5. N0iC
Is your chance TO Sace
money ora HrSt-cIass work
and goods. Pants from
$40 SI3. Only a short
tisie nOsU until thar de-
partnse1tt IS closed. Come
at once. -
, 1891-07-18

S. special pants sale at Hellman's to-
day only. The choice goods.
, 1891-07-18

) $50, Sc, $3.50, 81, and $3.50 pants
in Hellman's window to-day only, for 50.
, 1891-07-18

Too many fine goods is Hellman's rea-
soa for the So pants slaughter to-day.
, 1891-07-18

The very choicest pattern in pants to
day at Hellman's for IS.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-05

WASHINGTON, Feb. Sin the u. s.
Senate yesterday the bills for the in
spertion of vessels exporting cattle
and to prevent adulteration of food
and drugs We're reported and placed
on the calendar After a personal
cOlloquy between Messl's. Cockrell and
Dawes in which Mr.. Cockrells excite
ment caused a ludierOuS scene, the
Fertilization bill was taken up and
passed with amendments. The Mill.
tary Academy bill was then passed
with one amendment, and the Pension
Appropriation bill was taken up.
In the House resolution was adop-
ted discharging ]. A. Ownbey from
the custody Of the Sergeant-at-Arms
The Diplomatic Appropriation bill was
finished in Committee of the Whole,
reported back to the House and passed.
A bill to amend the Interstate Com
merce law was reported yesterday by
Senator Cullom. II provides that COM
pctiug common carriers may, with the
approval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, enter into contracts or
agreements with respect to traffic,
when. in the opinion of the Commits
sion, the general public interest and
the general welfare will be thereby
subserved. These contracts and
agreements, when duly subscribed by
such carriers aud filed with and APP
proved by tho Commission, shall be
binding between the parties thereto,
subject, however, to the authority con.
ferred upon the committee TO annul
any such contract or agreement when
the Commission is Of opinion the
public interest will require 1t.
The House Committee on Territories
yesterday agreed to report a substitute
for the Mansur bill for the opening VI
of the Cherokee outlet to settlement
It provides for payment to the Indians
for the land at the rate of Slips PEI
acre and for the opening of the lane
to settlement under the homestead
laws only. II contains strict provisions
to prevent illegal entry of the land
prior to their opening, and carries al
appropriation of 81, 489, 7l5.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-05

Cold and moisture combined have q
torporisinR effect upon the bodily or
eans. and the digestive and secretive
processes are apt 10 be more tardily
performed, In winter than in the fall.
The same b true, also, OF the excretory
functions. The bowels are often slug
glsn, and the pores of the skin throw
on but little waste matter ut this sea-
son. The system, therefore, requires
opening up little, and also purifying
and regulating, and the safest, surest
and most thorough tonic and alteIa-
tive that can he used for these pur-
poses is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Persons who wish to escape the fheu-
matte twinges, the dyspeptlc agonies,
the painful disturbances OF the bowels,
the bilious attacks, and the nervous
visitations, so common at this time oil
the year, will do well to reinforce
their systems with this renowned
vegetable stomachic and invigorant.
It improves the appetite, strengthens
the stomach, cheers the spirits, and
renovates the whole physique.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-05

The Oswi Catarrh Remedy, now for
sale by the leading druggists, 10 Q
remedy discovered by an eminent
physician, and Is acknowledged TO be
one of the best remedies in the market
for the treatment and cure Of this
dread disease. Persons who have tried
it pronounce 1t an infallible cure, and
In all cases it gives instant relief. The
prevalence of this dread disease
which, II neglected, frequently Leads
to consumption-in this city is mat
tarrh Remedy" Will be found a remedy
without peer. IL has cured hun
dreds where other remedies have
failed. One trial will convince the
most skeptical.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-05

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. A puz-
cling phenomenon has been noticed
frequently in some parts OF Valley
Bend District, Randolph county, this
winter, The crust OF the snow has
been covered two or three times with
worms, resembling the ordinary cut
worms. Where they came from, un-
less they fall with the snow, is mex
and the crust is too strong for them TO
have come out of the ground. A
square foot of snow can scarcely be
found some days without dozen OF
these worms on it.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-05

THERE SEEMS TO be very little differ
ence in the versions given of the
Hutchinson affidavit case by both Mr..
Hutchinson and Squire Bratton. The
Squire's statement alone shows that an
attempt was made to bride Mr.. Hutchi-
son, and the fact that Squire Bratton
knew all about Mr.. Hutchison's deed
OF property shows motive in his
methods and that he used that deed to
bring Mr.. Hutchison to terms. The
fact that both men tell practically
the same story is the strongest evi
dence that it is substantially true.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-05

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 4.-The cold
weather continues, at least i'll this
State. In this city, at 10 o'clock this
morning, the mercury was II below
zero, and during the night ranged
from 20 to 25 degrees below in different
parts of the city. In the Dakotas the
cold has already begun to break, the
mercury being from 10 to 30 degrees
higher than the same time yesterday
struck here last night, and the Their
mometor dropped rapidly to ten de
grees above zero. The sudden change
will undoubtedly iniure the wheat II
this section, as 1t is entirely bare o.
the snow.