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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

The highest natural bridge is in Vir-
ginia, over Cedar Creek-200 feet above
the water
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

Little Ruth can read very nicely.
and her mother is anxious that at an
early age she shall become familiar
with the bible, so that when she was
obliged to leave home to be gone live
months she told Ruth she would bring
her home muff il she would say
bible verse every night before She
went to bed. Ruth promised that she
would. Mamma came home at the
end Of the live months. Before pre-
sontIng the muff she said: @How about
the verses, Ruthp" Il said one every
night mamma" THAT'S mammals
nicc girl. You must have learned :
good many. in live months, dearfs
sWhy, always said the worry same
one. ~The same one all this timer
What was thatps @'Jesus wspt." said
Ruth. It wasnt just what mother cx-
pectsd. but Ruth got the mum. -Bossos
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

Mr.. Dolley, won't you let me look
at your watch little while?' Ger
tainly, Miss Flypp. Do you want TO
consult the time?" NO." replied the
girl as she opened it and examined its
case and works. IL was curious TO see
II water tarnished gold or had any cf-
tcct on the watch's delicate mechan-
ISM" .water? What 10 YOU ,ncans.
We'll. Mr.. Hunker told me you were
IN the habit OF soaking yoar watch.
What Is the object Of such treatment,
MIR. Dolley?"--Broosiyn Life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10
A FULL STOMACH

The Chinese have a flower which is
white at night or in the shade and red in
the sunlight
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

The oldest monument in the world is
the mound covering the Tower of Babel
erected Is. c. 2247
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10
OF MANY MOODS.
BY BONA.
CHAPTER 7.

"A lady wiser, fnirer, truer--
That ever Greek did compass In his arms."
Troilus and CressIda.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

The highest mountain Is Mount Ev-
crest, In Thibet, 2e,002 feet, or five and
three-quarters miles
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10
To Cleanse the System

Efectually yet gently, when costive OF
bilious or when the blood is impure OF
sluggish, 10 permanently cure habitua
constipation. 10 awaken the kidneys and
liver TO a healthy activity. without irri-
tating or weakening them, TO dispel head
aches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of Figs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

The thickest artillery shells are
bursted by the expansive force OF freez-
ing water
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

Syrup"

JUDGE B. HILL, of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough Of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men Of rank
and education thus use and recon-
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
1t is above suspicion. II have used
your German Syrup" he says, "for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. | can recommend it for
them as a frSt-class medicine. -
Take no substitute. Q
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

The largest library is the National. in
Paris, 10000 volumes, besides manu-
scripts and pamphlets
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10

Mssd's Pills cure Co stipstion by restoring the
peflstalttc action of the al.mcntery canal
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
ODD FG1Lows ANNIVERSARY
At Fairmont-Parate In the Afternoon mt
BnnHuet Mt Night.

At Fairmont- Parase In the Afternoon md
banquet ut Night.
Special Dispatch 10 the InteRigsnesr
FAIRMoNr, W. Va, April 2G,-The
sixteenth anniversary OF the 1ndepend-
ent Order OF Odd Fellows was celebrated
here to-day under the auspices Of Pala-
tine Lodge No. "a and Marion Lodge No.
II, Of this place, Lodges from Man
nington, Monongah, Pennington and
Fairview were here, beside great many
visitors from other lodgea
The procession was formed at 2 p. m. f,
with Col. Clarence L. Smith as chief
marshall, headed by the Palatine band
with the band from Pennington in the
center and the Lyons City band bring
ng up the rear.
The principal address was made this
afternoon by Past Grand Master John
A. Book. The exercises tonight were
an exemplihcation OF the unwritten
work by Grand Representative Godfrey
Schulz, OF Wheeling, The banquet
served in the opera house, under the
charge OF tho ladies OF the Methodist
church, was grand success as there
were about 400 seated at the tables.
After the banquet q collection was TAX
en- up for q destitute widow and the
sum Of $50 was collected.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

New YoRK, April ga tribute Of
honor to the son OF another country,
whose genius beiriended US in time OF
sorest need, constituted the first formal
ity in the Columbian fetes to-day,
While the Columbian fleet was slowly
waking into life in the barber this
morning the air WAS rent with music
and preparations were being made to
unveil the statute OF Ericsson. AS early
as 1880 o'clock the members OF the New
York and BROOKLYN Swedish singing go.
cieties assembled in Union Square and
marched down Broadway to the battery
to assist in the unwilling Of the monu-
ment The procession moved at s
o'clock,
The double turreted monitor Mianto-
nomah came up from the lower bay
early this morning, anchored oil the
battery and fred twenty.one guns, when
the statue was unveiled by Miss Friel-
india Anderson. The statue was then
delivered to the civic authorities by
Secretary Ashley W. Cole, and accepted
on behalf OF the city by President Paul
Dana, OF tho park board. Col. William
9. Church made the Grafton.
This statue of Ericsson was modelled
by Julian Scott Hartley, and was cast in
bronze by the German Manufacturing
Company at Providence. The figure Of
Ericsson is eight feet, three inches
high. The polished Quincy granite
pedestal on which 1t stands ia eight feet
nine inches high, making the total ele-
walton Of the monument seventeen feet.
There are four low relief panels set in
the pedestal. The subjects represented
are:
"Tho battle between the Merrimac
and the Monitor"
"Steam Fire Engine in Action"
'Steam sloop OF war Princeton, the first
application OF screw propeller to war
ships" and 'group OF various inven-
ventions, such as solar and caloric en-
gines." The head OF the statue was
modelled from bust taken from life.
The figure stands in an easy position,
holding in the left hand a scroll to
which the inventor points with his
right hand, in which he holds pair OF
compasses. Ericsson is represented as
wearing an old fashioned double.
breasted black coat, costume which
the inventor affected.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
BENWOOD.
Industrial Items, Personal Gossip and
General News Notes.


Industrial Items, Personal Gossip and
General News Notes.
Two very pretty weddings were sol.
emnized yesterday by Rev. P. McMcni.
nian, OF St. Johns church. The first
was at 0 o'clock, and P. +. Doued and
Florence Barrett wero joined in matri.
mony They had no attendants save
the fathers OF the bride and groom.
After tho wedding an elegant wedding
breakfast was served ct the residence OF
the bride, after which the bridal couple
started for Washington and other east.
ern cities. Upon their return they will
reside in McAlechen, The other was
the wedding OF John Lotus and Miss
Annie Bursee, which occurred in the
minister's parlor, at o'clock. The at
PENDANTS were Mr.. Charles Fox, OF
Wheeling, and Rhoda Bursee, sister OF
the bride. A reception was held at her
home last evening.
At the fair and festival given by the
Hope Society, OF tho NJ. L. church, a
number OF contests were closed. II had
been the intention to close Monday
evening, but owing to the large dona-
tions all the goods could not be sold and
it will be concluded Saturday evening.
The net proceeds SO far are estimated at
$1,000.
A Hungarian woman residing in that
part OF the Italian quarter known as the
"White Row." died yesterday. Her
death was caused by the bursting OF a
main artery nearly a week ago. She
had had medicinal aid, but no other at
tention, and tho bleeding has broken
out several times, until 1t could not be
checked and death resnlted.
Tho Lincoln Lodge |. o. O. F. No. 40,
will celebrate the twenty-tifth annivor-
sary OF its organization next Saturday
evening. Among those who have been
invited to participate is Hon. G. W. At
kinson, OF Wheeling
A large delegation OF members Of the
Epworth League were in Wheeling
Tuesday evening attending tho union
meeting at the Fourth Street NJ. L,
church.
A branch office OF the Baltimore
Building & Loan Association has been
organized, with the following officers:
President, @. Kronkardt; secretary, W.
Brown,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
nIoNsrEh LOCOMOTIVES
PASSED Through wheeling EnroutO to the
Worlds Fair.

Worlds Fnir.
On Tuesday night about 0 o'clock
three immense locomotives passed
through here, over the Baltimore &
Ohio, bound for Chicago where they
will form an exhibit at the Worlds
Fair. They are from the Baldwin loco
motive works, Philadelphia, probably
the most extensive locomotive works in
the world. Their product can be
found in nearly every country on the
globe. The engines were OF q larger
type than has ever been seen here, and
to pass through the tunnels on the
Baltimore & Ohio's Pittsburgh division
their stacks were taken down. The
driver wheels were seven feet In diane
ter, two on each side. An ordinary
locomotive looked like pigmy along
side the Baldwin monsters. They are
OF the same type as used on the Trans
Andes railroad in South America, The
exhibit attracted much attention along
the route,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

New YoRK, April 26.-The monument
which has been built to perpetuate the
memory Of John James Audubon, the
American naturalist, was unveiled this
afternoon in Trinity cemetery, Boule-
ward and Ono Hundred and Fifty.third
street, in the presence Of many men,
bers Of scientific societies from differ
emit parts OF the country. Tho monu-
ment, which is Of blue stone, was con-
structed from contributions received
from scientists from all over the United
States and cost $4,000. Addresses by
leading scientists formed the principal
feature Of the unwilling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

manding physique aud I rceiul in
speech. He is one Of the great leaders
in his church, and us tho head Of the
great book concern il is confidently eX-
pected by many that his rare executive
ability coupled with his other command
ing qualities will lead him into tho
bishoprio,
Jacob SChramm has been appointed
by the city, under the electric railway
ordinance, to see that the provisions OF
that ordinance are properly carried out
in the construction OF the new road.
Tho compensation is 50 per day, to be
paid by the Electric Railway Company.
There was q big crowd out to hear
Col, Jake Kemple's lecture on political
Offices last night. 1t was for the benefit
OF the knights OF Pythias and there was
much interest manifested in the affair,
The audience was amused as well as en-
tertained.
Patrick scahill has brought suit
against Jacob Heatheringlon for alleged
damages in mining coal on plaintiffs
premises for Sl0440, through his attor-
noys, r g, McGaughy and j. b. Smith.
Councilman Joseph Clements, who
has been acting city clerk for two or
three weeks, yesterday turned over the
order book to the regular clerk, who is
again at his Office,
]. d. Darrah is at Columbus, having
taken advantage OF the free ride to
stockholders in the Central Ohio rail-
road.
A little daughter OF Mr.. Martin. prin-
cipal OF the Second ward school, is quite
sick with scarlet fever
John A. Gallaher, is at ST, Marys, W.
Va, called there by tho dangerous ILL
ness OF his mother,
This city will attempt to stop
whistling by railroad engines Within
the city limits
Prot. Frank Nelson's band class viii
give concert at the rink tonight
W, J, Morrison is administrator OF
tho estate OF the late W, J, Mills.
Herman Reese, an old resident OF the
city, is very low with Iropsy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
MoUNDsvILLE.
A Miscellaneous Meinmge Of Minor Matters
from Marshalps Metropolis,

from Marshalrs Metropolis.
There will DO no vote on the present
road law at the school election. A good,
solid petition was presented TO the
county cour: praying it to order IN
election, but two points prevented this
being done. The law provides that u
petition OF this kind shall not be acted
upon at the same term at which 1t is
presented, and also provides that this
question shall be voted upon only at an
election at which members OF the house
Of delegates are voted for.
The Marshall county jail has long
been noted as a badly constructed,
badly arranged building, and it is q
matter OF public qualification that the
county court has taken hold OF tho mat
tor and employed plumbers to give it q
complete overhauling,
Bids for the building OF the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank building will DO
opened Saturday. The plans, now on
exhibition at the bank, indicate that
the new building will be a very hand
some structure. 1t will be three stories
with corner lower.
Rumors are floating about that we'll
known country Democrat will shorty
enter tho race for the Moundsville post
office aud that le will make II exceed.
ingly warm for Mr.. Simpson.
The shoe factory 10 about ready for
operation and the Crystal Plate glass
factory Is waiting for steam to be start
cd in tho ahoo factory, where 1t is to got
its power
Rev. and Mrs. ]. r. Taylor arc pro.
pairing to 90 to Oakland, Maryland,
where Mr., Taylor has accepted call.
Miss Lena Henderson is teaching a
primary summer school in tho public
school building.
County court has decided to bridge
Big Grove creek at RRsby's Rock.
A. D. PiorCo has been quite Ill, but Is
nblD to be Otit nnnin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
BET.hAIRE.
All sOrtO Of Local News and Gossip from
tho Glnss City.

-
All sOrtS of Local News mud Gossip from
tho Giass City.
r, G. McGaughy, against whom q
committee Of tho attorneys Of this coun.
~ have tlIod charges 10 disbar him, has
filed his answer, in which no claims tho
court'has no jurisdiction; that he has
not been convicted Of n crime involving
"mornl turpitude," nor Of any crime
known TO tho statute laws OF Ohio, and
that on the 18th day OF March, A. d.
1903, HE exColloncy tho governor OF
Ohio, tho Hon. William Mckinley, IT.,
granted unto tho said X. u. McGaughy
d full and unconditional pardon, there.
by restoring him to all his civil rights
and privileges, II any wero lost. For
those rcaSonS no asks TO DO permitted to
continue to appear and practice US nn
attorney In tho courts OF Ohio.
Az a meeting Of tho city council tho
other night the policemen united In q
request for an increase Of pny to So per
night each, and the marshal asked To DO
allowed TO appoint a deputy marshal,
with the consent oil council. These re.
quests wero referred 10 the dnGnce coin.
initteO. The council approved tho
bonds Of George s. Jenning, and W. s.
Carroll, as water works trustees, and
OF John X Gov rs city clerk. aud also
the bond Of tho Electric Street Railway
Company for $1,000.
Rev. Earl Cranston, y. d., tho hea d
oil tho Western Methodist book CONGO IN
In Cincinnati, will all tho pulpit At tho
FIrBt Nj, II, church npxL Sunday. DIR.
CranStoh 10 man Of large aud com
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
MARTINS FERRY.
Nows Notes and Personals from Our Near
Neighbor.

Nows Notes and Personals from Our Near
Neighbour.
Misc Mary sommers, daughter Of Mrs.
Conrad Sommers, OF Glenn's Run, was
married last night to Mr. William Mar
quardt, an employee in tho Etna mill.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
?. G. Doepken, pastor Of the German
Lutheran church, and only members OF
the family and a few relatives were
present.
Mr.. D. q Mcswords, who is in the
drug business at Valparaiso, Ind,
writes homo that everything Is taken
there by parties who expect to attend
tho Worlds Fair. Valparaiso is thirty
miles from Chicago. The attendance
AZ the school in summer is about 1000.
Samuel Heeker and Miss Mary Ap-
pleCarth, both Of Glenn's Run, were
married last evening ut the Baptist par
sonage by Rev. L. D. Morse.
"Uncle" Daniel Johnson, colored, Is
quite sick at his home III Martins
addition and it is feared that he will
not recover.
The Martins Ferry representative OF
tho IXTELLIGENcER is authorized to no.
ceive orders for job printing and book
binding.
The funeral OF Mrs. Mary Dehey from
St. Mary's church yesterday morning
was very largely attended.
Last night there was q very enjoyable
dance at the residence OF John Holm at
Burlington.
P. D. Yost, an employe OF the STAN
dard mill, had two fingers mashed yes
terday.
Miss Nellie smylc is quite sick at
her home on West Walnut street.
Several G., L. & W. and Q. & 2. Of
fclals were in town yesterday.
Miss Love McGlenn, OF North Fourth
street, is dangerously III.
Mayor A. W. Harris was able TO DO at
his office yesterday.
Xavier zroggon Leaves to-day for
Marion, Ind.
All OF tho railroads will change time
May IA.
]. Y. Patterson was at Pittsburgh yes
to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

The Topeka Times speaks as follows OF
the Moss Company, which appears at
the Grand Friday and Saturday, April
20 and 20, with u matinee Saturday:
Seldom has the amusement loving
people OF our city been so completely
captivated as they were last Wednesday
night at the opera house over the ap.
pearance OF the Moss Company. Tho
attendance was decidedly the largest Of
the season, and has seldom been
equalled by any entertainment Of the
past Tho performance in many OF its
finer attainmentS was an astounding
revelation to the audience, whose ap-
probation found vent in rounds Of ap.
plause,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
Now we.t vIrglnIn po.tmn.ters.

Special Dispatch to he intclltOtnccr.
WASHINGTON, D, O., April 26.-Tho
following West Virginia postmOstors
have been appointed; Amos, Marion
county, I. J. Collins, vico w. L. Parker,
resigned Blackvilc, MononVahcla coun.
ty, r. l. Lantz, Alice A. s. Strosnidcr, re-
signed Orleans, Randolph county, j. N.
Pharos vice N. T. Stalnocker, resigned I;
Evansville, Preston county, Mary O.
West, vice !. N. wattor, resigned; GroAt
CaCapon, Morgan county, Annie Muhon.
borg, vico L. NJ. Munson, resigned;
Monaco, Morgan county, o. |. pontonly,
Yiee ". II. MeC4llouEh, resiRnod
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
MR. sculL1nAsNs SUCCESSION
As Assistant Postmaster is Mr.. Howard
AtlIinson

As Assistant Postmaster is MIR. Howard
Atkinson.
Yesterday Postmaster Cowden a2-
pointed Mr., Howard Atkinson, son OF
Hon, G, W, Atkinson, as chief clerk, or
assistant postmaster, vice John W.
sCheilhase, who resigned to accept the
secretaryship OF the city water board.
Mr.. Atkinson began work yesterday, so
as to iamilarize himself with tho duties
OF his new position before Mr.. Schell-
base leaves for his new position, The
water board officials whose bonds were
approved by the city council Tuesday
night viii assume the duties OF their
new positions on May l, next Monday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
ERICSSON IS HON0RED.
A Statue Of the Famous Inventor
Unveiled in New York,
PRESENTED BY SWEDISH SOCIETIES.

Tho Monument Stands in the Battery
rs salutcd by tho Monitor MIan-
tonomah-A Man Who BeiFIended
This Country in sorest Time Of Need,
Ills Work COMMUNICATED on the
Bronze Panels of the structurc-A
Monument to Audubon, the Amerl.
can Naturalist,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
Prominent olarksburg Citizen Dead

Special DtIpdtch 10 he MteHtgeHcsr.
CLARXsBURG, w. Va, April 26.-J. w.
Thorn, one OF Clarksburg's most promi-
nent and successful business men, died
to-day after less than four days illness.
For more than two years he has been
engaged in the wholesale produce bust
ness, and last year was president OF the
Harrison County Agricultural Society,
and was widely known aud respected.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

Special Dispatch to The LHtellIgeneer
sTEuBENvrLLE, O., April 2G.-Laat sum-
mer William Walker, colored, OF this
city, was arrested at Howard University
in Washington. D. G., and taken to
Niagara Falls, N. Y, charged with kill.
ing William Weaver, tho proprietor OF
a merry.go.round at that place, on, June
10, 1892. He has been held in the jail
ut Lockport, N. Y, until to-day, whom
tho indictment was quashed and Walker
released.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27
pnrInnell llo Wrong NInn.
/ pL.pnlcA o u. InltIlIatneer.

FpttldI DIsplIch 70 me InlfII1tnetr,
CoLuauus, o., April 2G.-pr0sldsnt
Grover Cleveland, It has Just been dis.
covered, recently pardoncd tho wrong
man from tho Ohio penltontary. Two
brothers, jack and VIM skinner, came
up from Alabama for moonshinlng
Tho pardon was intended for Jack, who
10 almost blind, aud has family do
pendent upon him tor support a oter.
Ical error gave VIII his liberty and Ito
skipped for tho south Monday. llo Is q
perfectly able bodied specimen Of man.
hood
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

Tng ROv. WIN. Stout. Wharton, Ont,
statosi After being Intellectually treated
bv seventeen different doctors for scro.
iula aud blood disease, | was curod by
Durdock Blood BlttOTs, Write him for
proof,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-27

TNTELLIGENCER's JOB OFFICE
i. NEW TYPE SKILLED woRKMEE. HONEST
COUNT aud TASTY WORK. Send for prices
INTELLlGENCER
% and q Fourteenth Street
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-03-14
WIVES OF GREAT ban.

The late Emperor Alexander of Russia
was morganatically married to the Prin-
cess Dolgorouki, and the union was ex-
ceedingly happy.
Luther at first opposed the marriage of
the clergy, but changed his mind and
married CaIharine Won Bora, an ex-nun,
and lived happily.
Sontag, the" best tempered woman who
ever trod the boards" contracted secret
marriage with Count Rossi, and lived
happily with HIM till her death.
The wife of Samuel Clark, the book
compiler, had SO high an opinion of his
abilities that she never rose in his pres
ence without making courtesy.
Shelley's first wife was the daughter of
an innkeeper. She was uncongenial, and
he deserted her for Mary Goodwin. The
forsaken wife committed suicide.
Count Rumford married a widow who
gratihed her vexation by throwing his
books and manuscripts out of the win
dow and pouring boiling water on his
flowers.
RohauIt, the philosopher, had wife
whose opinion of him was SO high that
she sat at the door of his Iecture-room
and refused toadmit any but we'll dressed
persons.
CorneilIe was happy in the domestic
relation, though, as his biographer
quantity expresses it, "He could get
along with anybody, and SO had no
trouble with his wife"