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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
Overheard on ths BrIdre.

The Brooklyn Bridge has strange
fascination for cranks. You meet them
there OF all hours, men who claim an
intimate relationship with the planets,
men who want to jump of and don't do
it, men with theories about electricity
and music and other things. They
gather about and stare, and the police
men prod them with their clubs.
1 overheard such man, old, stopped,
long-bearded, the very image of q crack
brain, muttering to himself as he gazed
up at the mighty towers, eyes, it's a
big bridge, grand one, bet there's one
thing that's wrong about it. You can't
raise strawberries on it. They ought to
have built it so that you could raise
strawberries on it,"
OWEN LANGDoN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
A Bare Fist Fight Near Akron.

AKRON. July IA bloody prize fight
took place between two rolling mill
hands Tuesday night in an eighteen-foot
ring Just south of the city limits. There
were about forty sports present who
witnessed the fight, which was with bare
knuckles to finish, but so quietly had
all arrangements been made that no INK
ling of the affair reached police head
quarters. The participants were John
Davis and Patrick Quinn, between whom
bad blood has existed for some time.
After nine rounds Davis was completely
knocked out. and his second threw up
the sponge.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
r-onhls of o Magazine.

II has been matter of curiosity &c.
some time why Nicolay aud Hays Life
of Lincoln" with all its Invaluable ma
terial should have been so nearly worth
less as literary work. The most Gym
teal theory of it is one advanced ~ 8
nrettv well-known writer who has hlm-
self done something in history "Ihe
writer's of the Life" said he, went
sbont their task like newspaper report
~ ON n fat assignment. They were
rrocticsllv unlimited as to space, and
t 1, o. more more they wrote the more money
tbev made. both on the magazine arti-
oIo: and on the book reprint. Accord
SnrIv instead of writing good BOOK as
conciseIv as their material would let
tSem for the instruction OF busy age,
t t, nadded it at every point and filled
~ Nth offensive adulation OF their SUP
ieet, who doesn't need-is. Inc result IS IS
a lingo multiplication OF words winch 40
Ut The Centu17, has been rather uniorsu-
nats in its special features. Inc LA
coin biography was q dIsappoln.@e !, :,
the rsnnineness Of the ETalleyrand me
r mo has been doubted, fhe best article
ever published in the gar series was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
too careful in examining the piece Of

TOO Careful In examining the piece OF
paper produced.
The coup de Ia tdbaticrc, or snuffbox
trick, is still occasionally resorted TO.
but that ingenious race Of traders, the
French female shopkeepers, are exceed
ingly suspicious of gentlemen who are
addicted to the practice OF taking a
pinch" in their presence. One of them
has recently been victimized IN an art
istic style by swindler of this sort.
He was accoutered In garments suitable
TO the age and character OF person de-
voted to snuffing, and had all the APP
pearance of having attained at least his
sixtieth year. He called for watches
and chains, and spoke incidentally of his
granddaughter, for whom he purposed
on q future occasion to buy wedding
present at the same shop. He then Sc
lected one Of the watches and one OF the
chains-not very costly one-put them
on and inspected himself In the looking
glass at the other end OF the shop.
THREW SNUFF IN HER EYES.
Returning to the counter he express
his satisfaction to the merchdndc, aud
taking out his snuff-box further terti-
fed to his feelings OF qualification by
INDUCING in good pinch. While the
tox was In his hands It seemed polite to
offer 1t to the lady, who did not, how
ever, happen, to be- an admirer Of the
brown dust. She had hardly declined
the offer when the whole contents OF
the box were thrown in her eyes, and
before she could recover from the shock
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
Good and bad Impairrant..


Good and Bad Immigrants.
III IS difficult at distance from Nav
York to comprehend how MANY of tho
immigrants who land there are moro
oeaStly than the beasts. It is dificnlt
Tor some people to realize how many of
them are splendid specimens NJ manond
womanhood. There is much to be- said
on both sides.
once saw an old woman land AT Cas-
tie Garden who was visibly detested and
aohorred by the other women about her
There was a story behind il. an incred.
loie story OF filthineSs which cannot be
told in print. AS near as one NAV
come to telling it, she had refused. for
days together, to leave the cabin where
she was penned in with other women
and children. Then the stewards with
averted faces, bundled her on deck.
threw her rags out OF the portfolio. and
sprinkled diSinfectants where she had
lain.
But from the same steamer came O
fresh, roSy-faced throng of sturdy Eng
lish and Irish boys and girls. men and
women upon whom it was pleasure 10
look; whole families of them. Thav
knew where they were going, Connecti-
cut, Ohio, Montana; friends, husbands,
brothers, sweethearts awaited them.
They had household goods and little
money.
1 have seen some very unsavory
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that's all there is to it, and shan't say
one word about it when we get home"
''Do you want to go, Richard?"
Eyes, / want to go, Richard, and I'm
going, too! If You want to stay and
gawp around you can, but I'm going
back to the hotel and get some taller
on this sore heel I'm not going TO come
to New York and pay IS day hotel
bill and brag up her old parks and
bridges and rivers for anybody! She
amt bit bigger'n Utica, and I'll stick
to it if it kills me!'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 3.-Advices
have been received at army headquart-
ers here to the effect that the threatened
outbreak among the MOqui Indians at
Orabel village has been suppressed. The
ringleaders were arrested and will be
sent to Fort Wingate, n. NJ, as prison
ers. The Indians were worked up over
the acts of school teachers, who were
sent out short time ago to take charge
Of the reservation schools. The indians
objected &c having their children sen:
twenty or thirty miles to school. The
agitators became vuiet on the arrival OF
the military and promised to behave
themselves.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
TaIe of Wonders.

Some years ago l went one day 70 look
b a iaan whom l only knew as a petit
bvging LAWYER in a Brooklyn police
burt aud a small politician. After one
! two false starts l traced him to a car
enters loft where. with his coat of and
Dirt sleeves rolled up, he was working
Nay az the clean, fresh wood, very
tpch better employed, | remember
Milking, than IN helping rcgues to es-
Ne the consequences of their miSdeedS.
AneSS Of a legal nat re wasn't very
with him, he explained.
ne hext / heard OF the pettitOSger
Is Vpat he had turned builder in earn
~, spu ne was putting up Brooklyn
tIulhss by the block. Who're he ever
"a 'ne capital I don't know; probably
~ r'eo IN Very small way aud worked
W Oy degrees TO the possession OF many
.ouSanoS ana better clothes than used
z, cover MS thin figure, now thin no
NIGER.
know apother lawyer of a more pros
frous kind so far as the law is con-
frned, who Invests his spare capital in
pos and buildings. He told me tho
per day OF selling couple of very
pdeSt frame fenements AT a net proft
Sc, 500; gained in about three months.
81 fact, the city Of churches has been
some years an Ell Dorado 10 the
ders and real estate men, who are
ting fortunes out Of the old farms
cabbage gardens. All the wonders
pid growth that are told Of Mime
Is, ST. Paul, Kansas City and Chi
have been repeated in BROOKLYN
n the last Eve years. or since the
letion Of tse elevated railroads.
certainty Of annexetiSn with New
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

the would-be sexagenarian was career
| ing along the street at a pace which
would have done honor TO Paris gdmtn
or street boy.
The c0lip dG compOsiteiir dc musfQie,
or musical composer trick is simple
enough, and the method OF procedure
requires no great expense In the getting
up OF an elaborate toilet or disguise.
One of the latest arrests effected was
that OF young knight OF industry who
pursued his calling among the houses in
the most fashionable part OF Paris. He
called at house or apartment which he
had reason TO believe was occupied by a
lady Theoretically but not practically
devoted TO music. and. being admitted,
produced a roll OF manuscript written
for the pianoforte. This he described
as valse OF his own composition, while
be told at the same time toucning tale
Of his own Ill-luck as q professor OF the
art. He offered TO dedicate this new
and striking piece TO tho lady OF the
house, and proposed to leave II there
and then. limiting dellcately that small
remuneration In hard cash would be
eminently acceptable
TRULY A FRIEND IN NEED.
The following Is q true story which
happened to me and an artist friend Of
mine in July OF last year. at eleven
o'clock p. IN. we were about leaving O
small house in one OF the avenues radi-
ating from the Arc-ie-TrIompbe where
we had spent the evening. Unfortunate
~, however. the concierge Gordon was
broken and he could not find the key.
IL was impossible for US TO get out by
the door or for those Of the tenants OF
the house who were abroad to get in.
The concierge begged tenant
on the ground floor 10 let
US get out by one OF HIS
windows and we promised 70 90 after
a locksmith. All the shops were shut.
however. and none OF the locksmiths
in the quarter would take the trouble
to answer when we rang the bell.
Under the circumstances the proper
thing 10 do was 70 hail a policeman,
but never a sergeant de riflc could we
find, though we went long war down
each OF the avenues In turn. Failing
TO find an officer we asked where was
the nearest police station. The one ia
the Ternes quarter had been. shut up
for couple OF hours. the one at Bait
gnolles the same, and at q third we
we were simply sent about our business.
It was now one o'clock in the morn
ing, and long line OF benlghted tea
ants was drawn up before the fast
closed door. We-their would-be de-
liyerers. were beginning to lose COURAGE
when very suspicious looking indI-
yidual-there were q good many OF
that sort about. stumbled against "a.
Ny friend the artist. who had all his
wits about him. stopped the MAJ
quietly and, taking of bis hat. said;
81 beg your pardon, SIR, but you don't
happen 70 have jimmy and set Of
skeleton keys IN your pocket?n The
man looked at rs both suspiciously for
. moment and then whispered: ssTs Il
20 crack crib?" The painfor briefly
explained the difficulty snd TIE s5rvice
IAN rl1k&r ~ - mysterions On.
.'oo< 81 q 60 I'D. ! dom want
Vs]il1 8 8 She.l., sspepss.d
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
IN MIDSUMMER,
nv,vrlGE OF NEW YORK As A SUMNER
RESORT" NOT OBVIOUS.
n. Storv Of Tws New Orleans Glrls-And This is
Co,sy Blsnd!-6ood and Bad Immigrants
OsssbiAEca in q Law
0fics.
-, coyrespondence of he Rects,er.

,e,,ssal Correspondence or ne Register.
NEW YORK, July 2.-OppoSite June
.5o-90 the average New York correspon-
emit notes in his almanac: About
+his-timc-write -'New-York-
a-summer-reSOrt.'
would not willingly violate any ira
.fition OF my craft. New York is q sum-
',ner resort, big one; the biggest Of all.
.Yhen 100000 New Workers to the city
|born and bred flee from the city 10 pass
.the summer elsewhere, their places are
rake on the streets by nearly as macy
|strangerS from other parts Of the coun-
.trv. Saratoga, Long Branch and New
hort together haven't 50 many visitors,
|aDd for much Of the summer tho city is
|cool and delightful. Our uearneSs 10
rbe ocean gives Us weeks OF days as cool
rs are necessary FOR comfort. and Au-
gust seldom passes without q decided
hold spell Besides, ii IL gets hot there
are Coney Island ana Rockaway and
But an, humidity! Thy name is death.
There are other weeks of q different
character, when for days at a time the
'pitileSs sun blazeS down, ScOrching.
|wtheriug, torturing, killing those who
|cann0r get away. Haggard mothers
swarm in the streets after nightfall
easping for breath, their little ones in
'their arms, peeyiSh and restless. The
roofs of the tall tenamentS are thronged
|all night by those who cannot endure
|rhe sitting air of their rooms.
PThey curse, they pray for rain,
'they babble and 60 mad. Suicides
multiply, and up goes the death
rate with leap as if the grip were
come again. The bridge is thrOnged
hin late az night. Each hot spell
hundreds are sacrificed in the most
crowded city in the world, and those
|whO survive the horrible ordeal emerge
IVAN and hollow-eyed from days of suf-
iering. Hundreds Of heat prOStrations
occur every day. The prosperous man
who has not quite dollars enough, and
Is staying 10 earn more, drops by the
hide OF the poor one who has not dol
lars enough 20 take MIN away. And yet
HE thermometer does not run above "a
Dr %. Its the humidity, the dampneSS In
the air that tortureS all and kills many.
Two young ladies from New Orleans,
accustomed, one would suppose, to heat,
|caIne north 20 take passage for Europe,
hrriving some time in advance Of steamer
hay 10 see the city, One day in town
between the baking hot brick walls
Pooled their ardOr, or rather over heated
b. They could not 30 Induced to re-
peat the experiment., but waited the rest
the fiue 80 friends country home.
IT, had reached the city at bad
time.
Yes, New YORK is a pleasant summer
peso, 20 those who can take il al It's
b.. or who are free 10 flee it at it's
worst. NathiBS could be more agree
fble than a summer visit here sight see
lng on cool days aud freQuenting the
Beaches on hot ones. But 10 live aud
Fofs in the city throughout the summer
Ia quite another matter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
CLEVER TRICKS
BY TRREuH CROOKS WITH SKILL AND
TACT.
Methods Adopted BY Partisan Thieves in Order to
Secure Rich Booty in Cash and Jswslry
From Thsir Victims
Nslp York Herald

Theft has always been accounted ono
OF the worst OF crimes, and yet in the
great cities of civilization, such as
Paris, London and New York, 1t is
practiced more frequently than In
country places. Unless some means
can be found found for counteracting
the ingenuity of the Paris swindlers il
seems clear that the French capital will
quite Guido London and New York as
the favorite home of the chcvGlier d In
dltstrie.
That the Paris thieves have earned
their reputation may be inferred from
the fact that their drgo or slang is
among the most rich in words and
phraseologY. Most of this, of course,
has been invented as means of self
protection.
LIE bonjourier, for instance, is the man
who knocks at your door early In the
morning, and if he hears no reply will
come in and take the toq,Idnte, or
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
NatnraI nna ArtlflcIal Heat.

MILTON. GALA, July 3.-During the
past ten days over ten Thousand acres
grain, feed and timber land have been
burned'within ten miles Of this place:
A large fire has been raging east OF
here. since Tuesday, burning every
thing from Elkhorn station south. to-
wards Copperopolis. So far 1t has been
impossible to check the flames No
oninion can be formed yet as to the
damage likely TO be caused by the con-
flacration. The heat for few days past
has exceeded that OF any former years.
The mercury registered 1l2 yesterday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

'1ately landed" specimens OF Russian
Jews, whom at first thought one would
wish sent back for the cOuntry's good.
But their countrymen here take them
in hand, they learn the language rapidly
and in six months are fnll-fedged mem
bers of labor unions or forming unions
OF their own and striking for higher
wages. They learn American ways
pretty quickly, and those who were
paupers in the old country are not
always paupers here.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

afterward acknowledged to be a pure
fake and the Siberian articles remain
unfinished because Mr.. George KEENAN,,
who owes his reputation to the Century,
now holds his obligations to it second to
his more remunerative lecture engage
mentS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

SAN FRANCISCO. July 3.-The steam
or City of New York arrived TINS morn
ing. bringing advices that the south
American Steamship Company, after the
Itata episode, resolved to change It's
f,sr. and adopted the English ensign In
stead of the Gillian standard, which
was used.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
OWEN LANGDoN,

EVERYBODY knows that at this sea.
son the blood is filed with impurities,
the accumulation of months. All these
impurities and every trace OF scrofula,
salt rheum, or other diseases may be ex-
PEELED by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Be sure to get Hoods.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

At the Knights Of labor IS
Work on Their Part
WASHINGTON, d. G III. 5.
Secretarv ~ r.
,e,tsr ,hs. -s'Is re-
,ss 'n's morning ron Grand
"oiAmsn fo"oeriy, Knights OF 81
reviewing the case Of che ~.
plate printers :, 49,. y,
as his Statement - -" IN me-
addition intlmasIns ' - pao.
the knights ~ TsS,s - -, = ss'
President. nv
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ing 10 their te,,'~s "a ~ 'esaLo %
| shoy IA na~,s Ss' nc says
ter thev dss,s. su ana VAvanaen ~
ed The let,er - ','' ~ -. o's ana : ~
the reisc,es y w Sne So' y, t.p ''>
situation fn,,h" W. o' ..
find a solutIon go ~1t s .'' ,.' E
OF the delega,,en ~ .e,<.t>- &.
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to the new eoms,. -, ,r,s
facts that ala -, 80 ~ ~ . - !,
instance. ths~ ~ ~ .s'e' Z.
how about fissen ar,'-<. ~ - a.. &
bureau wnltln, Co.
the rules are an 49,. - ,''s, = .p. y Z.
OF the scha,ee, $500 - f.>,'<' ~
This would 81 49,, -a,.,.. a. AZ.
new work that N. 49,. ers~ ~
the "chances rcl, 1900 %
presses IN tho ne ''... ~
put on tho sayan ,,'.' .'r
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
49,. uunared Miners strike.

proR1A. LIS, July a.-Stxteen hum
arsd miners in the Peoria district joiaed
in the strike to-day. Inere are - lal l.
road mines in this district ana the rest
are owned by private corporations.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05


Yard to be sworn. aud the fab
entering OF a suit by the C|tf
To compel him 10 submit 70 bot
raised a very delicate qucl,ie
stltutlonal law. Yard has
dicted by the grand jury lof
conspiracy with ex-clfg
BardsIey TO unlawfully u<c -
funds. The contention Of t,||.'
sci ia their arguments belolE ''
OF Common Pleas was that a
had no authority 10 appoln, lif1|'s|
vested with power TO comps ~ +
appear before them 11<
nnder oath, and that -
under the constitution Of I t
States every man 4, gu.f<*
the right TO snswcr ny Qne.>|.| /
a tribunal Of justice thai w 3
crim.nate himself. The op|n'1n
court, IN the rights OF The ><..[
appoint the COMMITTEES Wa t'.|
must appear before thas tn4'.
submit himself 10 belpf <<|
under the bill Of rights, BE-
TO answer snyquestIors thai ~
wonld lncrlmlnsto himself.
The remedy OF The couu1'
IS to appeal 70 the cD1fia g
them the questions af'(l4
the court will decide N''1i''f
OF a nSfGre,OlDeriis''s'e1
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
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mikM ratAa ni2zu RIezEsuzA

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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

10TH ana the rapid growth of beth cities
promises mere city larger than Lon
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
PHILADELPHIA oourous

In Their Right 60 Appolai m ,<
ting Committee aud Summon |nrt
PHILADELPHIA. PA, july ~ Ffe
dent Judge Allison. Of lho 11|<i
Common Pleas this morning aHt
down decision OF the Coprt a1to'9l
the authority o. City Council. ~
point committee vested with POI
TO $1,000, witnesses md NJ. AZ
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-29
A NEW OPERA HOUSE.

/. We are informed On good authority
that one of the leading theatrical man.
ayers Of the east would pay a handsome
rental for a term of years for an opera
house in Helena, with seating capacity
for 1000 persons. His proposition is
under serious advisement, we under
stand, by one of our Helena capitalists,
who owns a suitable site for such a
building and we hope to be able to an
nounce soon that a favorable conclusion
has been reached. Next to a good hotel,
which we already have, nothing SO much
helps a town as a first-class place of ell
Iertainment. st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Great Falls, Spokane Falls, Seattle, Ia
coma and Portland are a long way ahead
Of us in this respect. 1t is not credita-
BILE to the public spirit and enterprise of
our people that this should Le so.
The citizen of Helena who builds an
opera house here will erect a beautiful
monument to himself and confer a last
ing benefit on the community. The new
club house is an assured fact and is one
Of the institutions of which we may all
feel proud. Our business blocks would
be a credit to any city IN the country.
Now for a theater to match them!
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-29
THE WEATHER.
THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.

The opening chapters Of Mark Twain's
new novel, the publication Of which will
begin in Sundays INDEPENDENT, are at
hand aud give ample promise Of a most
delightful literary treat for our readers.
Tho book opens with a breeziness and
freshness that at once rivet the atten-
ton Of the reader, and every paragraph
sparkles with droll humor. AS a special
Offer tx persons living out of the city
who are not now subscribers to The In
DEPENDENT, we will send the SUNDAY
INDEPENDENT by mail during the con-
tinuance Of this story for seventy-fvo
cents in advance. Persons living in the
city who wish to get the opening chap
tiers should send in their orders for pa
pers to be delivered by carrier at once.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-29

POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER is
kind enough to remind us that the tele-
phone monopoly expires next year and
that it would then be a good time for
the government to control this means of
communication. His head is also full of
government telegraph enterprises. Not
50 fast, deacon One thing at a time.
Remember that your party in it's plat
form in 1888 declared that letter postage
should be reduced to one cent. Had it
not been for the wicked e~xtravaeances
OF the billion dollar congress this prom
ise might have been fulfilled and SOL
100000 a year saved to the people of the
country. Let us have cheap postage
first and then talk about the other
scheme.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-29

VIENNA has beaten Chicago at her own
game. The old boundaries OF the Aus
trian capital were abolished at one swoop
the other night and II grab was made
for all outdoors. The suburban popula-
ton added to the city exceeds a half a
million and puts tho total number Of in
habitants in the metropolis up to l,315,-
926, q greater number than Chicago or
Philadelphia can boast, and close up to
New York. The latter city should lose
no time in reaching out for Brooklyn, il
she does not wish to drop back a peg.