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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-19
Death of John NJ. Dix.

The many friends Of Mr.. John NJ. Dix
will be panied TO learn OF his death
from typhoid fever, which occurred at
Fostorla, Ohio, on the 18th inst, after
a severe Illness OF twenty-one days. Mr..
Dix was the son of the Rev. D. II. X.
Dix, formerly pastor of the Wesley NJ.
F. Church. He resided in Wheeling
for many years. His father and mother
were with him during the last ten days.
His remains were taken to Charleston,
w. Va, for interment in the family
burial grounds, after which his parents
will return to their home in Iowa
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Block system on the b. & o.

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Monday put into operation the block
signal system on all its lines as far
north as Philadelphia and as far west as
Cumberland, Md. Since the Inaugural
ton OF the block system upon its lines
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-19

THE Kings Daughters of st. Luke's
Church will give an oyster supper at
the chapel on Friday evening. Supper
and admission 35 cents.
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"HI.tarY Repeats Itself"

And so does Hoods Sarsaparilla in the
remarkable cures 1t is continually &C.
complishing. II you will give this medi-
cine fair trial IL will do you good.
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HOOPS PILLS act easily, yet efic
iently.
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FoR SALE.
FOR SALE.

A good Farm OF 7lA acres, one and one half
miles from the city. with good Eve roomed
house, stables good water, orchard. &c, aud nyA
acres in grapes. VIII sell on easy terms or en-.
change for city property
Thirty i've lots In Hofmann's Addition.
These are the best lots In the Eighth ward FOR
persons wishing place 10 build house.
Fine house and several lots on TSenty-ninth
street a. small figures.
Store room and dwelling sii7 Jacob street
good house and full lot on South jacob
street below For,y-ssyenth.
JOSEPH A. AHKLE,
Pension Attorney. Real Estate Agent, Notary
aud Justice OF tue Peace. Houses Routed aud
Rents Collected. Office 35l7 Jacob street.
fsS7yAs
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GREAT bargains in fine shoes at
L. V. BLoND'S.
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FOR RENT.

No. 1873 Thirty.third street, 5 rooms.
No. Zs0s Eon street, 6 rooms.
No. 2iO2 Nam street, II ROOMS.
No. "a New Jersey street, rooms.
No. 81 South York street, rooms
No. 1901 Main street, store rOorn.
No. Z Tenth street. store room.
40. 6 Tenth street store room.
10. II Main street, rooms
No. 37l2 Jacob street two-story brick.
No. 1903 Chapline street. rooms, second floor.
No. 1914 Market street. once room.
40. l:0 Seventeenth street 5 rooms.
No. 2z15 Chapline street. 10 rooms.
No. 912 Coal street. 3 rooms.
No. il2l Alley II, 8 rooms.
No 50 Thirty seventh street, 3rooms.
No. 79S Main street. rooms.
No 215s Naia street, store-roon and dwelling.
No. Is Ohio stieet, II rooms.
FOR SALE
Houses srd lots in al parts Of the city.
Stocks Bought and ssld.
RINEHART & TATuM.
HIlNarket Street.
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FOR SALE.

Lots on South ChApline, Eof and jacob
streets, $3.50 10 $50 each.
Business house on Market street
Business house on ChApline and TwentysiIth
streets.
Building site for dwelling on Tweniy-siEth
street, $50
House OF sir rooms with foil lot, on Woods
street, Centre Wheeling. ti,9OD
Large lot at McMechen. Ground lDDISb.
Very cheap.
Seven room brick house, Forty.frst aud
Wood streets. Full lot. 5000 on easy terms.
House Of eight rooms, with modern convent.
ences. on Jacob street, between Fifteenth aud
Sixteenth streets.
House Of eight rooms, brick, on Market
street, Centre Wheeling.
House OF eight rooms, brick, No 100 Jacob
street, 800,
Two half lots on Eoa street, Sixth ward. o. 90
each.
House OF Eve rooms on jacob street, Centre
Wheeling ground 35Il0O, d, so
Seven lots 5OIl0O feet In filsn, Whyts and
Gallagher addition; price 900 70 800 eAch.
Corner ons-haf lot on hcColloch' and Bel
mont streets.
Two lots At Edgington Lane.
Choices lots in Glendale on easy terms.
One OF the bsst manufacturing sites Ia the
city, fronting on two railroads.
"a acres adjoining Elm Grove. cheap.
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MAsouE BALL at Turner Hall, tonight
Pittsburg Excursion. va Il. & o., Monday
February 22d.

Monday, February Ped, the B. & o.
Co. will sell excursion tickets from
Wheeling and Bellaire TO Pittsburg,
Pa, at one fare for the round trip, good
10 return until the twenty-third.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria
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Ruuten.

UTANTED-GIRL TO DO KITCHEN WORK
w and cooking. Apply at No. $50 Main street.
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VNANTED-A POSITION AS sTENO.
w grapher and typewriter. Can give good
reference. Address Ak" care Of this Office.
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THE MUTUAL LIFE
Insurance Company Of New York

RICHARD A. McCUROY, PRESIDENT.
Statement for the year ending December 81, 1891
Isses., s159,5o7,I3s es
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yTANTED-FOR THE UNITED STATES
w ARMY-Able-bodied unmarried men, be-
tween the ages OF 81 and 80 years. Good pay
rstions, clothing and medical attendance. APP
plicants must be prepared to furnish satisfac-
tory evideece ne to age. character and habits
apply at ll3l MAIN STREET, WheeliRg W.
Va ih22MO, WEDdTRIlunU
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sossRr A. esAsslss. ver-p.rso,.r.

wALrES K. CfLLKrTs, General ManfgrT.
FRsDEEic CROMWELL, Treasurer.
EaoRY McCItS~"cN, Acigsy.
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E1OR REST-BUILDING Association Hall.
II Room No 4, Crsngles Block, No. 1918
Market street. for rent 20 associations Or society
meetings on Monday. Tuesday or Wednesday
evenings, and for ONCE purposes during the
day. Jsnitor, fael ana gas furnished. Apply
10 c. W. CONNER. fei9r
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Nors.-The above statement shows large increase
over the business Of rscoin risk business
assumed payments pohchodeTs, receipts assets and
surplus and includes as risks assumed oay the number
and amount OF policies actually issued and paid Tor N
the accounts Of the year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
TEWFlK PASHA PASSES AWAY.
An Event that win Likely Give Joi
Rull Trouble

An Event that VIII Likely Give john
Bun Trouble.
LONDON, Jan. S.-Europe was startled
yesterday by a dispatch from Cairo an
EoUncing the death of Tewfik Pasha, the
khedive of Egypt In England the event
has produced an uncomfortable feeling,
owing to the close relation between the
dead ruler and the British government. 1t
Is universally regarded as one of the most
important political events that have taken
place for long time.
Enaiand's Hold on Egypt in Peril.
The held Of the English on Egypt was
maintained chiefly through Tewfik's good
Will, "a neither the sultan of Turkey, who
is still nOminally the suzerain of the coun-
try, nor any considerable section of the
Egyptian people regard British occupation
with friendly feelings. England has i'm
mense interests in Egypt, much greater
than France, but France also views Eng
lands rule there with envy, and will prob
ably make an effort to weaken it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

There are rumors of a revolution in
Guatemala.
Another Charley Ross has turned up,
this one at Columbus, o.
SILVER Flint, the ball catcher, is diving
at Chicago OF consumption.
Tennessee miners are preparing for war
and bloody battle Is expected
Diphtheria is epidemic at Franklin, Pa,
thirty-two families being afflicted
Evangelist Eakins," former green
back orator, has been declared insane mt
Detroit.
A cyclone passed over Fayetteville, Ga,
killing four persons and wrecking many
houses.
John Anderson is locked up at Cleve-
land, o., charged with bigamy. He has
seven wives.
The Rye Flour Millers' association, of
New York, has fixed the price of rye -four
at from 25.25 to 1876 per barrel.
The Minnesota Farmers Alliance has
adopted the subtreasury idea and in
dorsed the whole Peoples party platform
Envoys of The sultan of Morocco who
failed TO succeed in some negotiations
were promptly strangled by that poten-
tate's orders.
Governor Russell. of Massachusetts,, was
inaugurated and recommended a larger
appropriation for the states exhibit at the
Worlds fair
it is intimated that Russia has failed to
support France in the Chadouine affair,
and that the Frouch government will patch
up a compromise with Bulgaria.
At. St. Joseph, Mich, Mrs. J. c. Cent?
Ter died Monday. and forty-eight hours la
ter her husband passed away. They were
aged - and Il years respectively
Mrs. Henry Van Publ, a society leader
of Baton Rouge, La, has been arrested for
stealing diamonds and jewelry at New Or
leans. Her friends say she is insane.
Lawrence Irving, son of the celebrated
English actor, accidentally shot himself in
the body, receiving dangerous wound.
His father received the news in London
just as he WAS going on the stage in Henry
VIII. He kept the matter secret and
played his part through.
John L. Adams, prominent Denver
citizen. swears that he followed DIR. Graves
and the deputies TO Jail last Saturday.
that he heard the deputies trying to trap
the doctor. but that the doctor said abso-
lutely nothing in the nature of confess
sion, and the story that he did is lie out
of whole cloth; neither did he complain Of
Colonel Baliou. Denver popular feelii x
is rapidly changing in favor uf the doctor.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
CAPTURED A FAIR WIDOW.
An English Guardsman Weds Mrs. Vi
hill u RnhnrfS

An English Guardsman Weds Mrs. Mar
shall q. Roberts.
NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Mrs. Marshall O.
Roberts, one of New York's society lead
ers, was married yesterday afternoon in
Calvary church to Colonel Ralph Vivian
of Her Britannia Majesty's Horse guards.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev
DR.. Henry r. Satterlee, assisted by the
Rev. DR.. Endicott Peabody. The brides
costume was a mauve velvet gown, trim
med with Venetian lace but without veil.
The bonnet matched the gown. The
church was crowded with the elite of the
city. After the ceremony reception was
held at the Roberts masioD, 10I Fifth
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
Nev Base BaIILeague.

CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Steps leading to the
formation of the strongest minor base
nallleague ever organized in the west were
taken yesterday. The circuit will proba-
ehly comprise Kansas City, Omaha, St
Paul and Minneapolis in the western di-
vision, while Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Col
umbus and Toledo will make up the east
ern end. A large number of base bail men
met here yesterday to talk the matter over
They appointed a committee to consider
and report to another meeting TO be held
here
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
The Alliance as a Murder Club.
PROSPECTS OF PUNISHMENT.
Little Hope of Conviction in Murder
CasCs-An Attack Probable.

Little Hope of Conviction in Murder
CasCs-An Attack Probable.
The ArkalOn justice is expected to hold
all who are brought before him for trial il
the district court, and while it is generally
conceded thac under existing laws no con-
viction can be had of any murderer-no
matter how cold -biooded-in this county,
a justice can hold an accused man for
several months, or till it has been demon
strated at three separate terms of court.
that jury cannot he empanelIed. The
result is that all auti-Bo,kin men are con-
WINGED that an arrest or warrant issued by
the Arkaion justice OF the peace means
period.
Looking for Desperate Work.
The leaders of the conspirators are now
being brought in, and it is feared that
their followers viii make a desperate at
tempt to rescue them. Adjutant General
Roberts has become so thoroughly con-
vinced of the probability of an attack that
he wired Governor Humphrey last night,
laid the facts before him and suggested
that more troops be sent TO his aid There
are only twenty-five men in the company
remaining here, and this meager force
must not only guard the prisoners but
luIu d ptChtG llIiS stDOUI IuS low u TO guard
against a surprise.
A Bioodthir-ty Society.
The organization which succeeded in
numbering Sheriff Dunn TUESDAY has been
formed in five of the six counties in Judge
Botkin's district, and the detectives who
succeeding in gaining admittance into the
secret councils say that members were
compelled TO take an oath that they would
prevent Judge Rotkin from again holding
court, If by any human effort ne could be
disposed Of If be remains in the district
there is not the slightest doubt but he will
be murdered.
Botkins Postpones His Court.
Should the trouble in this county be
passed over without further bloodshed it
will doubtless be repeated in the next
county which the judge visits to hold
court. Judge Botkin, instead of opening
his court at Springfield, as he was expected
TO do. came to Arkalon and went to Pratt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08

New HAVEN, Jan. 6-Iiary Baldwin,
aged -, Trinity college student who was
spending his vacation in North GuilforCi,
was found dead in an old wen. He had
been threatened with pneumonia and had
been very i'll. While delirious he wan
dcred out Of the house early in the morn
ing and met his death a. described. HIS
home was in Meriden, HIS, and he was a
very high standing man in college. The
body has been taken west for burial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Sat yesterdays
session Of the colored Roman Catholic con-
gress the committee report endorsing the
founding Of a national organization of
coiored Roman Catholic societies with the
view, among other objects, of the establish
ment of fund for the building of churches
and furnishing educational facilities among
the race, was adopted, and the name Sc
lected for the organization was ST. Peter
Claver's Benevolent and Loan association.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.

Chicago. Jan. =
Following were the quotations on the board
of trade today: Wheat-January, opened
Sq3Sr, closed s7IEc; February. opened g034c
closed SS1sc May, opened S51sc, closed g33sc
Corn-January opened 39c closed 3sl4c;
February opened 3js C, closed 3S3S; May,
opened 4lssc, closed 41Sc. Oats-January
opened 29lsc, closed 2sIsc; February, opened
s5sc closed %; May, opened $3.50, closed sic
Pork-January, opened Sl1g7I$, closed
slO.So; May, opsned SIl21 closed Sii8o.
Lard-January, opened S6IO, closed ssIsL,
Live stock-priceS at the Union Stock yards
today ranged as follows: HQSs-Market
fairly active on packing and shipping ac
count; opened rather steady, but ruled easier
later in the day; prices rocedel sc on heavy
lots; sales ranged at S3l1@30 pigs. SitO
otto light. SS.sbI39O rough packing, $50
@4.10 mixed. aud S39o(94.I5 heavy packing
and shipping lots.
Catt!e-NIarkct moderately active and rath-
er weak at former figures; quotations ranged
at e3l5D5.Sl cnoicc II extra shipping steers.
S44GGs5lO gooi To choice do. SSgtals - fair TO
good. S%.Na.3J1 common 10 me lium DO, sen
@360 butchers steers S2a1-2.75 stockers.
S2.$O13.2O Texas steers ; .GtG3.45 feeders
SI.1JW&S1 cows, Sl.25lg3.0O bulls and S2.2j96.45
veal calves
SLeep-Msrlet rather active ami prices
steady; quotations ranged at SS15GG52D
westerns, S3,tp1520 natives, and S4j0956l
lanbs.
tiouNCe. bLlltT-fGnCN Scn9ratpr, sNC.
dalries fancy fresh, 2IG2}r: packing stock,
fresh, 3hl5c. EEg@-Fresh cauiied. loss of,
2ic per doa; ice house stock, i6Mloc. Dressed
poultry-Hens S.DSl&c per 10; spring chickens
sG9}2c; ducks, 9sEiic; geese, 71l0c; turkeys.
choice, l2c; common stock, iOElIr; poor, SO
&c. Potatoes ocs-Heorons, 3lR}3a per bu Bur
banks, s. dSbc; Rose 2SGSIc; Peerless 25ES1c.
Sweet potatoes Illinois. SLj91.225 par bbl:
Jerseys, 500 a3Ol Apples Common, $3.50
l.50 per Dbl: good, $40; fancy, 500 Gram
berries-Cape Cod. SG0}t.7.D per bbl: 81. .65G
Ia per box; Jerseys, S5.5gG6.Jo per bbi; $50
per box.
Sew York.
NEW YORK. Jan. :.
Wheat-No = red wrter cash. SIGJ34al0U;
January, Sl0$si: March. SI0-5s; April.
Sl.o6ls: May. SLu5'6 Corn-No. mixed
cash, 52Iac, January. 5l24e; February. 5llac
Oats-DulI; No. mixed cash S5lSc: Jan
uary, 3'15c; May, sc. Rye-Weak aud lower;
western c. 7. and J., 9ec. Barley-Quiet: No.
. Milwaukee, 1-a.ISc. Pork-Dul: new mess
S9.0JGlou0 Lard Quiet january, $3.50;
February, sass
Live Stock: Cattle-Alarkpt dull. and no trad
ing in beeyc-; dressed beef. steady; native
sides 7d9l6c per To. Sheep snd Lambs-She p,
firm; lambs. active and sc per 10 higher;
sheep, StOjG Coo per To- los; lambs, SG25lb
..t2Ls. Hogs-NOmiuaily steady; live hogs,
SS.@JGi3t per lJJ lbs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08

More Troops Ordered Under Arms.
TOPEKA, Jan. S.-Govemor Humphrey
last night wired General Murray Myers, at
Wichita, that the situation in Seward
county is assuming more serious propor-
tions, and instrlcting MIN to order the
local company under arms and to remain
so until further orders. ready To leave for
the troubled districts on short notice.
General Myers was ordered to report at
once TO Adjutant General Roberts at Arka,
Ion, and after having surveyed the situa
tion - call out the locat troops if neces
-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
Left the Express safe Unlocked.

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. S.-Tuesday night
while all the Wells Fargo people were busy
with the arrival of the Southern Pacific
train from the east, some one entered the
express Office in the Grand Central station
and robbed the safe, which had been left
unlocked, of a number of G. o. d. pack
ages. The express officials will not make
known the amount of the loss, which is
variously stated to be anywhere from 800
to $1,000
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
Young NIiller Sent to renitentiarr.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S.-Young Harry
Miller, son Of Joaquin Miller, the poet.
was sentenced yesterday to two years in
San Quentin for stage robbery. He pleaded
guilty, and the judge made his sentence as
light as possible, because of his youth and
eXtenUating circumstances After serving
his term in san Quentin young Miller will
have to spend one year in the Oregon pen
itentiary, from which he escaped just be
fore the robbery
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
BOTKIN'S ENEMIES.
Four OF Them Shot in Four
Mile Fight.
A RUNNING BATTLE ON THE PLAINS

Fifteen of the Would-Be Assassins of
the Judge Chased for Fourteen Miles
Friends of the Murdered Dunn, In
cluding His I;-Hear-OId son, Go on
the Avengers Trail-Four of the AM
bushers Arrested. and p Bloody ARRAY
Likely to Eusue-More TroSps Under
Arms.
ARKALON, Kan, Jan S-A courier ar
rived here at noon yesterday just in from
tie south line of the state. He reports
running conflict between the fleeing des-
peradoes who assassinated Sheriff Dunn
and an armed posse of pursuers. Accord
ing to his report there were two wagons
loaded with fifteen Of the men participant
ing in the canyon" battle They had been
camped IN gulch south of Springfield.
where they were discovered. They saw
their pursuers at about the same moment.
and then commenced the life and death
race. For ten miles the two parties were
not within firing distance, but just before
dusk the pursuing party came within less
than quarter Of a mile of the despera
does. and then the firing commenced.
Saw -Four of Them Tumble.
This running fight was kept mp on n
level plain for distance Of four miles
Following one fusillade four men were
seen to tumble from their seats in the
wagons, one in one and three in the other
1t could not be ascertained whether they
were killed or wounded. The pursuing
party finding that their jaded horses
would not carry them further, made
detour of some half mile TO a ranch,
where they procured fresh horses and the
race was resumed. The courier started
back from that point He says the pur-
suing party numbering fourteen men would
follow the desperadOes into No Mans Land
if necessary and bring them back dead or
alive. Another courier Is hourly expected
and with news of a battle.
Hunt to the Death Organized.
Another and new feature has been added
William V. Dunn, the 17-year-old son Of
the murdered Dunn, will return here
Saturday after his fathers burial for the
purpose of settling up matters, as he says
with quiet air, but with a dangerous look
in his eyes. The six men who escaped at
the canyon battle have openly declared
that they will hunt to the death every man
concerned in the disgraceful affair, and
young Damn has Joined them. They feel
bitterly the murder, and this feeling is in
tensified by the knowledge that the body
of the murdered sheriff was robbed Of
arms, watch, jewelry and money, provil..,
that outlaws in fact must I've dealt with
He Engineered the Raids.
A deputy sheriff brought in young Estes
AT 10 O'Clock yesterday morning. He was
one of the conspirators who planned the
numbering raid of Tuesday morning and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
FRlGHTFUL DISASTER REPORTED.

Two Hundred Men Entombed tn all In
dian Territory Mine.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan 5.-A special dis
patch just received from McAllister. l. T.,
says that about ) o'clock yesterday after,
noon an explosion occurred at mine No. Il.
" coal shaft operated by the Sage Coat
and Mining company, near Krebs Re
ports say about 200 men are entombed 1t
J. impossible Ia obtain further particulars
al this writing
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
ELECTRIC Street Car Accident.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Jan. s.-Nine passen-
gers in an electric street car were more
or less injured in a collision with freight
train on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Council Bluffs railroad while crossing the
tracks. Henry Wauner and Willis Tream,
received the most severe injuries and will
die from their wounds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08
Battle Reported with Cara.

EAGLE Pass. Tex, Jan. SIT is reported
here thar TIRE United States troops ran
upon Ga.za .egterC'e. morning between
here and Laredo and we're defeated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-08

TO attend the FUNERAL OF SherIT Dunn lie
cannot return /, .ore tomorrow, and viii
not attempt TO sit in court until Monday
morning
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-23
Social Gathering at Westport.

WEsrPoRr. Aug. Especial. lone of
the most important social events of the
season took place Saturday evening at
Hamer's pavilion. A large number of
guests of the hotel were present and
danced until midnight. Among those in
attendance were party of some sixty cx-
cursiOnists who came over from Ocosta
after the arrival of the Saturday evening
train. None of these people could be &C
commodated at the hotel and after the
dance returned to Ocosta for the
night. Among those in attendance
We're: Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Rochester,
Charles B. Wood. W. w. French,
+. +. French. d. B. Jackson, all of Seattle;
II. Tucker, c. X. Shaw, b. c. Campbell,
NJ. I, Mantor. Mr. and Mrs. S. Sears.
Mrs. Charles Towne. of Tacoma; Mr.. and
Mrs Q. A. Brown, Miss Lolita +. Parker.
NJ. L. Williamson. of Olympia; Mr.. and
Mrs. L. b. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Upton,
OF Walia Walla; n. f. Canten, Sprague:
O. NJ. Moore. Hoquiam: ii. 4. Lewis,
Philadelphia: NJ. J. Shields and NJ. Cham
bers, Moscow, Idaho II. D. Chapman,
Portland; NJ. Jones, st. Paul.
\ large number of Tacoma and Seattle
people have visited the beach here during
the last few weeks. many prominent per-
sons having registered at the Pavilion
from both cities. Manager Hamer has al
ready prepared plans for enlarglng his
motel next season to more than double Its
presaDt Siya