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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
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81. LoslE, April 2S,-DlspAtches from
several poiptS Slspg the Brazos and
Nayasoli rivers, In TeEag, ssy that those
streams are on the rampage. aud thai
damage will be done in the loWlands,
Al HSarne numerous drowned cattle are
aoa(inc down stream. Huntsville re-
ports The ariyel oil the tirst mail coach
| In Eve days, and that the outlook II
Madison county is gloomy. Fhe coun
nv adjacent the NGvasoli has been de
lured by heavy rains, and the BrsS9i
and NavasoH hyerr ere nearly outside
their banks.
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Mustler ard Suicide.

CINcINNATI, O., April 28.-Georgl
Graber, a porter, who has been livini
apart from his wife for four years, sh,
having left him on account Of hil
drunkenness, this afternoon WENT To he
room in q tenement house and findini
her at work at the wash tub, shot he
dead and then killed himself with thl
same weapon. The woman was sup
porting four children.
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THE NILES KIDNAPPING.
4 Further Sensational Turn-Authoritie
n.a... "A ni.n l1r, Ahn nhIihnnn

a Further Sensational Turn-Authorities
Refaso 70 Give Up the Children.
Special Dtspatch 70 ne IRtS1t0eaba.
srRlSoEIELD, O., April q. S.-There Is q
sensational turn to the celebrated Niles
case. Detective Norris and Mira. Niles,
who have gone to Howell, Mich, are un.
able to get the children, who are under
the charge Of Sheriff Mcoabe, who says
he will not deliver them until the father
authorizes them 10 be delivered. The
children have the measles. II ie also
claimed that Mrs. Niles was periecting
plan for kidnapping the children shortly
before her husband succeeded In so do.
ing. Mr.. and Mira Cutler, who took the
children TO Michigan, will sue Norris
for false imprisonment, because they
had nothing 10 do with the children In
this county.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

LONDON, April 2s.-The House q
Lords to-day commenced an inyesiga'
tion into the romantic Berkeley case, III
which Lord Fit4.Haldipg opposes the
claim Of Fandal Berkeley % the earldom
OF Berkeley. The claim depends upon
whether the fifth Earl Of Berkeley mar
ried Mary Cole before the birth Of hel
aldAAk ann
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
ATonnessso tragedy.

PULASKI, TENN, April 2s.-Meagre
accounts Of the killing Of Abe HallecE
by Jack Chiles, at Diana last night, state
that some weeks ago they quarrelled in
debating society Of which both were
members. This was renewed last night
and Chiles stabbed Halleck to death
Both men are young and connected with
the best fsmilies in that community
Halleck Ia married.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
Street Car gtahIc. Rnrpst,

GAIyEs1OS, TRxAs, April 2s.-At an
early hour FIRE broke out in the stablea
Of the Galveston City Railway Company
and the flames spread so rapidly the
hands barely escaped With their lives.
Sixteen mules were burned to q crisp
also six street cars and all OF the belong
ings Of the men. The origin 10 q
mSsterY. Los folly inRnred. y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

1ltc7uI UEaPNlFs 70 w 4H' =,
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 23-The
Psrkersburg Bridge Company, organized
for the purpose Of constructing toll
bridges across the Little Kauawha river
al Parkersburg, with capital Of $500,
600, was chartered to-day. The stock
holders are: ]. H, Fischer, j. +. Wood,
yard, s.. ". (iof. ]. S. Camden and
William Bentley.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

PHILADELPHIA, April pa proof of
Washington's farewell address, which is
particularly valuable because of the
corrections on 1t by the first President
himself, has been presented by Mr..
George W. Qbilds TO the Mount Vernon
Association. and in few daysit willbe
placed among the other treasures at
Washington's old Virginiaho
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

C1ScrNsATr, April 2S.-About five
weeks ago, Geo. Scott, Of Chicago. lost
$l,lQO. About the same time his room
mate. Wm. Lewis, disappeared, Last
night Lewis was arrested here with q
woman who was living with him. He
ciaimed that Scott had given him the
money TO go into horse trading. He
gave mp $3.50. all he bad.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
West virGinia PenAions.

Special DtspGteA TO he EaaLi0aeer.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-West vir
ginia pensions were issued to-day as
follows:
0riginal-Asher Ramsey, John W
MCComas, William L. Gilbreath, John
w. Lanham, Leroy Henderson, William
II. Rowsey, John Kitkpatrick, Robert
Q. Beasely, William Joyce, Jease Dean
Cassel Worton.
Additional : William Smith, Brice
fncreased-E. @. jenkins, Peter Aten,
George Il. Bailey, Abraham Miller, Mar
tin Fisher, Benjamin ]. Harrison, Viii
liam Miller.
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Annnhln Amintinn.

MAYsyILIE, KY, April 2s-JGmes
Mccarthy, living near Dexter, this coun-
ty, was near his house yesterday morn.
ing, when he saw II to be on FIRE. When
he reached the building his wife had dis,
appeared. Her body was dually found
IN we'll, where che had fallen while
trying to get Wgier te e9liugafsh the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
Prnnnrlnr fnr . strlta.

CHICAGO, April 2S.-The coaloperatora
having headquarters here are laying in
large stocks Of coal in anticipation OF the
mihers' strike IN May. Operators own.
ing minea In Ohio, Indiana, Pennsyl.
vania, Illinois and Iowa expect their
men TO walk out when the word Of strike
isRiyen. The operators say thirty days
Of idlenees will exhRust their stock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

LlrrLR Rock, ARK, April 2S,-Ehe
river is rising rapidly aud fears Of aser'
iouS overflow areeptsrtained. From the ~,
vay things look now the river will
doubtlesg get out Of its banks and 90
considerable damaEe 10 growing crops IN
bottom lands.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
1ArrR-sHvERAI LIVES LOST.

II is now learned that several lives
were lost. The rumors that the explos.
ion was Of Anarchist origin are without
foundation. The official report says
that inquiries made on the spot tend to
show that the explosion was purely aCci-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

Waco, TExAs, April 2s.-The session
Of the Farmers' Alliance conference
yesterday was taken up with discussion
OF a paper from DR.. O. W. Maeune,
making . perGonal explanation Of attacks
made upon him and rhoWipg his vindi-
cation by a committee OF investigation.
The conference will continue another
day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

SptelaI LIlpaIcN g U's III .3 $3.50 ''''''
PARxERspuRG, W. VA, April 2S.-
.Apropos Of the appointments made by
the new Council, the fire boys say they
will mot turn ont on the hose reel with
the new OBtler, Andy McA boy, who sue.
eeeded John Preston, the old time
driver. There promisea to be consider-
able trouble oyer this unwise appoint
n1ank.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

CHICAGO, April 2s.-The Grand Trunk
road has decided to Join the boycott
aRainat the Alton, 50 far as business over
its line between Chicago and Buffalo is
concerned. This, however, doee not re-
ieF 10 the main line, via Montreal, which
viii continae 70 interchange traffic with
the Alton aB usual.
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nnn,l .Hn.,nr.

wAsulSeTON, April es,-Mr. Huston,
the Treasurer OF the United States
severed his connection with that Office
and left Washington tonight His sue.
eessor, Hon. E. b. Nsbeker, Of Indiana,
b expected here later n'the evening,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

PARls, April pa telegram to The
Temps from Miqueloni says: Forty New
Foundland vessels, WHICH ran the block.
ade, have arrived at st. Pierre with
hertings. The fishermen at Fortune
Bay are armed and determined toFesist
10 the bitter end. Thirty-four armed
schooners have left st. Pierre for BApks.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

NEw YoRE, April 2s.-Arrived, Wis.
eonsip, from Liverpool, and saaie, from
Bremen.
and Werkendam, from New York.
NEw YoRx, April 2s.-Arrived--Gal,
liz and Germanic, from Liverpool.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
An oIa lpnrnnii1t / p.na.

sE4FTlE, WASH, April 2a.-Majol
George W. Barker, the we'll known
newspaper man, died to-day at sterl,
accom- Insane Asylum. he served In
the civil war, and afterwards engaged in
the newspaper business in Washington,
n n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

DR. wooD's Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds quicker than any other
remedy, because It combines the lung.
healing quality Of the pine tree with
other valuable medicines. Sold by all
dealers on q guarantee Of satisfaction.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
Dozen PamIliSs Homeless,

CHICAGO, April ga Gre At noon 70,
day, which resulted from an explosion
Of gasoline in the house Of Theodore
karnbradt, destroyed that and seYera
adjoining buildipgs and their eontenII
and rendered homeless q dozen families
KaTnbradt was badly and Mrs. Mar
Rurnsen fatally burned. Loss $50, 900.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

cLEyEiASD, o., April 22.-Julia 10th
elk years old and mOtherless, died OF q
hospital yesterday from starvation. Her
father left her to seek employment and
she was dying when the attention Of the
authorities was called toher,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
lkonksIed WIN the Mails.

Ell PARo, April 2S,-Nicolai Leipper.
man, President of the Mexican Inter
national Banking Co., and an employe
named Plazz4n, were yesterday bound
over to the Federal grand Jury in the
snms OF S, 900 on the charge Of sending
lottery circulars through the United
States mails.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
Knows Nothing About Il.

PHlIApELPHIA, Pa, April 2s.-MayOr
saizberger, when questioned as TO the
truth OF the rumor that Baron Hirach
had bought q large tract Of land near
Ridgeway, Pa, 70 establish q colony oi
Russian Jews, disclaimed all knoWl.
edge Of the purchase.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

NEw Ypax, April % To-day 1887
immigrants landed at the barge Office.
Among the passengers landed from the
Wisconsin were eighty MoEmons IN
charge Of two elders enTolle for Utah.
This is the frst batch Of Mormona aItty'
ing here nnder the new law which
excludes poiygamists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
Yos,s.an,,A I,nss IsaII,

Al Washington Warrington, o. Ath-
letics, Q.
A. Plttsbureh-pitt.bursh, 2; Chi.
cago,9.
4! Columbus :. Columbus, s; St
Louis, q.
A. clneinnatl-c -cinclnnati, al Cleye-
land, ,.
At Iouisvllle-IoulsvIlls, lii clnoin.
al Philadelphia : Philadelphla, s
Brooklyn, l.
At Boston-Boston, o; Baltimore, l2
AT New York-NeW York, 9; Boston
II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The Have.
meyer Sugar Company, Of New York
will be prosecuted by the Census Bu
reau for refusal OF information. Qthe|
like proeeCHtiensa are contemplated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24

UNIoHTowS, Pa, April 23-Three
hundred tents have been ordered by the
labor leadeiP ior the pse Of the evicted
strikers and will be on hand tonight
and tomorrow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-24
Tanners strike,

CHICAGO, April 9s Two hundred tan.
pers employed by Walker. Oakley q Co.
have struck because the firm employed
0 non.union man.
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FuEsy (savagely)-"I ordered Q ham
sandwich twenty minutes ago." Waiter
-"Well, boAs, II takes some time 70
cook ham,
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II was q Massachusetts, legislator who
recently objected 70 0 certain measufo
because 'Gt would land ps IN : sea Of
doubt
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-07
Hernic Annie Dcmlcr.

Annie Bender, the eighteen-yaar-old
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Bender of
St. Clair street, did an act Wednesday
afternoon that was worthy Of strong
and courageous man, and may thereby
have saved two lives
Some time Wednesday afternoon
flames were noticed on the roof Of Claus
Steffens' house. Neighbors rushed hast
lily over to alarm box 24S, but the de
partment was hindered by the awful
roads from reaching the house prompt
ly.
In bed on the second floor of the
house, directly under the blazing roof,
lay Mrs. StefTens and her two-day-old
infant. Several women rushed up stairs
to carry Mrs. Steffens and her baby out,
but physician, who had just arrived,
forbade it. He said the fire was not
spreading rapidly, and the fire depart
ment would probably reach the house
in a moment. The minutes went rap
idly by and the engines did not come
Then Miss Bender resolved to act.
She placed u ladder against tAe caves.
SeiZeCi an AK ana CLIMBED To the root.
With a score of blows she chopped
away the shingles from around the
flames, which had then spread but a
few inches from the chimney. She
worked with all her might and main
and soon had all the inhammable ma
terial cut away.
While she was thus engaged two
other young women stood by Mrs. Stef
fens' bedside, and determined to re-
main there until it became evident that
the house would burn, when they
would carry her down stairs
Just as Miss Bender finished her
work hook and ladder company 6,
from the new fire station on Windsor
avenue, came, the wheels covered with
mud and the horses foaming and per-
spring from their hard pull through
the horrible streets. Il few minutes
work with the eXtinguishers put out the
fire with no very great loss.
Miss Bender's brave act no doubt
prevented a serious destruction Of prop
erty, if not, indeed, the loss of the two
helpless lives just beneath the roof
Cleveland World
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-07
The IiDpODOtanue

Next to the elephant the hugest beast
in point of bulk and weight is the hin
popotamus. Of this animal Sir Samuel
Baker has seen hundreds of specimens
on the White Nile. One that he meas
ured was Il feet 3 inches long from
snout to tip of tail. The crocodile
never ventures to attack the hippopota.
mus, which for its part disdains to at
tack the crocodile. Although, like the
rhinOceros, this monarch of mid-Afri-
can rivers is not carnivorous, it is very
formidable to man, being easily pro
vokeu and assailing the object of its re-
sentiment with reckless fury. 1t can
upset the largest boat, and in one in
stance perforated with its tusks the iron
bottom of Sir Samuel's steamer, caus-
ing a dangerous leak. The flesh Of the
hippopotamus is always palatable, and
when the animal is young it is deli
cious. The skin makes excellent turtle
soup. The tusl1s were formerly more
valuable than those of the elephant,
being in request by dentists because
they never turn yellow.-M. w. Hazel
ton in New York Ledger
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-07
BABY lNcUeAToRs.
Two of Them Are Kept Running Con-
stautlv In PHILADELPHIA.

Two OF Them Are Kept Running Con-
stantIy In Philadelphia.
The "couveuse" in the Womens
Medical college Is an institution much
in demand. Il Is occupied constantly
by some tiny tenant that Is not strong
enough TO live in the open air, and IL
was not long ago that duplicate 'cOu-
veuse" had to be imported from Paris.
The two are now in full operation.
turning out strong, wholesome babies.
The French word "couveusen means
"a brooder," and is applied 60 the little
incubator in which weak infants arc
put until they grow strong enough to
live like common babies, and breathe
the air of the rest OF mankind. IL Is a
very simple apparatus, easily made,
easily manipulated, and serves an ex-
cellent purpose. IL Is n plain, hard
wood box, 2sx20x15 inches in dimen-
sions Six inches from the bottom there
is a floor through which there Is an
opening made about three inches WIDE
across the foot end. On this foor the
nest for the little tenant is made of a
thick bat Of cotton, covered with the
softest flannel The top OF the box cts
tightly, and is made Of glass. At the
head end of the box there is an open
register, three inches in diameter. which
admits the air into the lower chamber
of the "couveuse.
This air passes over five bottles OF
hot water placed in the basement apart
ment, and goes up through the opening
in the floor at the foot. At this opel-
ing three good sized sponges are sus-
pended on n wire. The sponges are
kept damp, and moisten the air which
comes up from of the hot bottles.
Over the head OF the baby Is n little
chimney in the top of the lid, through
which this air passes out In this
chimney is little Indicator, which Is
moved constantly by the current Of air.
When il stops the attending nurse
knows that the circulation of the air
has been shut of.
There was a baby i'm the ''couveuse"
last night. and it looked rs happy on
its bat of cotton rs n bird would in is
nest. The temperature - Kept any
where from so TO 90 degs., according 70
the strength Of the infant, the weaker
ones having the hotter surroundings
When the head nurse lifted the little
fellow out OF it's warm, moist bed Il
kicked about in a very lively fashion.
This pioneer baby incubator was
brought from Paris over n year ago,
and it has never been without an occu-
pant The new one is also In constant
use. Not single infant that has been
brought up in either of them has died.
and there have been a great many
housed there. The treatment must be
very wholesome, for the head nurse
said that the average increase in the
weight of the infants is about thirty
grams daily. -Philadelphia Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-07
Arabs as Guides.

IL is not a little singular that the
Arabs Of the desert are far inferior to
the natives Of America In the faculty
Of finding their way through woods or
over plains. They are apt 20 be near
sighted at the best, and often have the
additional misfortune Of diseased eyes.
In her account of the "Bedouin Tribes
of the Euphrates" Lady Blunt speaks
of this incapacity OF Arab guides
We were no sooner out of the wady
and on the tableland again than we
found ourselves in n thick fog, which
would have obliged us 20 stopif we had
been without a compass BY the com
pass we determined the direction, and
then kept toit 10y the wind. which blew
from behind upon our right ears.
IL is curious how little faculty the
Arabs have of finding their way. Their
course seems 20 be directed entirely 10y
what | believe sailors call rule Of
thumb Once out Of their own dis
trict they are incapable Of pursuing a
straight line by the sun. or the wind,
or 10y any natural instinct They
travel from landmark to landmark.
and almost always in a zigzag. which
costs them many mile.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-07
Achilles and the Tortoise.

A paradox which has been inherited
from the Greeks-that of Achilles and
the tOrtOise-is familiar.
Achilles dhe swift footed) allows the
tortoise a hundred yards start, and
runs ten yards while the tortoise runs
one. Now, when Achilles has run a
hundred yards the tortoise has run ten
yards, and is therefore still that dis
lance ahead. When Achilles has run
these ten yards the tortoise has ran one
yard. When Achilles has run the one
yard the tortoise has run one-tenth of
a yard. And when Achilles has run
the one-tenth of yard the tortoise has
run one-hundredth 1t is only neces-
sary to continue the same process of
reasoning to prove that Achilles can
never overtake the tortoise
OF course it is a fact that --chilIes
does Overtake the tortoise, notwith-
stand this apparently logical reasoning
to the contrary. York Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-07
ODDS AND ENDS.

Mr.. w. w. Astor pays S25, 900 year
rent for his London house.
Dead men tell no tales, but they
leave no end of them in print.
Every father thinks there's no baby
like his baby, and all the other fathers
are glad of it.
Victor Hugo spends fifteen years in
writing lies DIiserables," and we per
ceive how largely genius is patience. "
Last year the London yoGth wore
their hat brims within half an inch of
the nose. This years fashion tits the
hat backward.
The state pipe of the shah of Persia
is the most valuable tobacco pipe in
the world, being worth $50, 900. 1t
is richly inlaid with precious stones.
In the new Anglo-French telephone
cable the four cores are wound around
each other in a spiral or strand to oh
viate the effects of induction.
Wear laced shoes that fit you, long
enough and broad enough to allow the
foot and toes their full natural expan-
sion when standing your full weight
upon them.
Ample evidence as to the early use
of tin and brass is to be found in the
Had of Homer, written, as it is be-
lieved, between the years 9G2 and 915
Is. c.
Thirteen members of the new United
States senate are natives of New York
Ohio comes next with eight of her sons
in the senate, while Pennsylvania and
Kentucky have six each.
These cool days are the harbingers of
cooler nights, and anon the silken pa
jana will commence its period of Sc
questration, the night robe being once
more assumed
From the 10th of last June to the
last day of December there were only
seven days in North Dakota when the
wind did not blow at least ten miles an
hour, and yet there is not a windmill
to n county in the state. 1t is simply
an extravagant waste of wind.-Detroit
Free Press