Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-02

should be received on the grounds.
Col. Alexander Campbell. OF Bethany,
Brooke county, % whom Is due the
credit OF the wonderful display which
New South Wales has made at the Fair,
was also caller at the West Virginia
bnllding this week.
There is case Of historical relics In
the Assembly Hall of the State build
inR which Is attracting much attention.
They are loaned by Daniel B. Lucas,
Jefferson county. There are three
manuscripts ia the collection which are
examined with
NEVER FAILING INTEREST,".
They are an autographic furlough to
Lieut.. Edward Lucas, given at head
quarters at Morristowh, n. j., on the
25th day of February, 1777, by General
George Washington; the original Orders
for the execution OF Major Andre, at 5
O'Clock precisely, October the lst, 1850,
given at headquarters at Orangetown,
n. j., aud the original order for the
execution OF John Brown, with the re-
turn OF the Sheriff endorsed thereon,
that be had hung John Brown.
Beside them, there are autographic
letters Of Gen. Robert L. Lee TO Gen.
Henry A. Wise, of Gen. Wise to Gen.
Lee, and autographs OF the Confederate
Generals: Gen. Bsauregard, Gen. Jnhn
Ii. Morgan, Gen. Henry A. Wise, and
others.
OF the John Brown relics there are
two Of his pipes and MS pistol, piece OF
the rope with which be was hung, toy
gun, miniature coffin aud wooden Bible
made from his scafOid and photo
graph OF the fy-leaves Of his Bible with
inscription and autographs.
The collection also includes treatise
on the application of steam, dated 17SS,
by JameSRumsey, Of Berkeley county,
Virginia, She original inventor OF the
steam boat, preceding Fulton by sixteen
years and Fitch. by more than twelve
months; Continental money, issuei In
Berkeley county, Virginia, now West
Virginia, June 2lst, 1777; Confederate
bonds, scorched by confagration Of
Richmond, Virginia, May 10th, 1865;
Confederate currency, genuine, also
counterfeit, so stamped by Confederate
Treasurer; photograph of the Potomac
river at SheDherdstOwn, where James
Rumsey launched the first steamboat
that was ever invented; photograph OF
Unclle Billy Pane. a former slave, and
now a farmer aud landowner In Jetfer-
son county, West Virginia; and historic
and picturesque tableau Of Jefferson
county, West Virginia, with ruins, resi-
deuceS famous and spots.
Besides Mr.. Lucas's collection, the
case contains a number Of other inter-
esting relics. Among them are an In
dian Bible; a pair of wool combs, the
product OF the seventeenth century, and
now the property of Mrs. L. W. David
son, OF Clarksburg, w. Va, descend
ant from the Schiller family OF Ger
many; an unfinished Indian pipe found
on the farm Of w A. Hanway, near
Morgantown; a knife found near an In
dian mound by Daniel w. Borden; Ply
lactery, from the Valley Of Jehosophat,
loaned by t. Z. Chadwick; boomerang
from Australia, contributed by DR.. J. K.
Moore.
AT the side of the case stands q big
block OF weather beaten wood, sec
tion OF timber from the house in which
Stonewall jackson was born.
SOME WEST VIRGINIA VISITORS.
The West Virginia callers at the
State building the past week were: Jos.
A. Pollock, Wheeling; f. Hearne Crock
ard, Wheeling; H. y. Ogden and wife,
Morgantown; A. b. Fleming, Fairmont;
Mrs. Mary K. Sipe, Fairmont; Lucy
Anderson Sipe, Farmont; George Mel
vim Martin, Grafton; Miss Emma j.
Martin, L. NJ. Stribling, Parkers6urg;
Frank c. Martin, Petersburg; A. n.
Williams, Jr,, Parkersburg; Curtis
Williams, Parkersburg; Mrs. James NJ.
Lee, Huntington; Mr.. j. d. Culberton,
Wheeling; Jack d. Culberton, Tingle
Culbertson, Della NJ. Good, Wheeling;
&C Martin, Parkersburg; Florence A,
Emma W., Sidney II. Post, ClarkSburg,
w. d! Jacob, Parkersburg; d. Wagner,
Chas. K. thinner, Wheeling; I. F. Cor
don, Newburg; John COnnors, Austin;
7. D. Smith, Cameron; AlonzO Loring,
Miss Mamie Patterson, Miss McNechen,
Wheeling; Mrs Frank Wertz, Martins
burg; H. NJ Ensign and wife, Hunting
ton; c. f. Brown, ROwlesburg; VIII A.
Srickler, Ellen boro: j. L. Berry, Fay
cite; German Naegele, Mrs. 5. n. Pra-
ther, Miss Nettie l.. Prather. Miss Am
C. Prather, Wheeling Louis Logan
Broughton and wife, Parkersburg;
Lewis Largent, Paw Paw; Theo. Nor
tang, Jr., ParkerSburg; Lille B. Sayre,
Point Pleasant; J. 7. Plattenburg and
vile. New Cumberland; A. Illboe, Rich
ardson; VIM. c. Brown, Mrs NJ. p
Brown, Mrs. I. T. Brown, kingman;
Mrs. BERTHE GravenhorSt, Theo. Gray-
enhorst, Toledo; Bennis Walter, Ef-
iinebam; Mrs. c. Hanker, Toledo;
]. 5. Lakin, Terra Alta; John A Lash
and wife, Lizzie b. Lash, WOOdworth,
Ebert and Edison Lash, Wheeling; c.
n. Williams, Jr., Clarksburg; Geo. w.
Lowther, Grafton; 4. c. Berkeley, Jr.,
Morgantown; w. L. Moon, Lewisburg;
Miss Laura A. Dickens, Mrs. e. w.
Dickens, Wheeling; Charles NJ. Martin,
Parkersburg; j. Z. Radcliff, Wheeling;
j. NJ Bingham, Huntington; Elizabeth
A. Lucas, Wheeling; Bessie X. Atkin-
son, Wheeling; w. II. Homer, Charles.
ton; Geo Z. House, Wheeling; Wm. II.
Exley, Wheeling; T. c. Hickman, Sis
tersYille: Della NJ. Goodwin, Wheeling;
Samuel w. Lambert, Misses Henrietto
Baker aud Rosa III. Lambert, Martins
bprgs w. w. Sutherland, Coalburgh;
Olte Burlage. Wheeling; Mr.. and Mrs.
FL 2. Chapman. Agnes Gilmore, Wal
ter W. RoseniieId, Wheeling; Frank G.
Martin. Parkershurg; John B. Bright
Lswisbnrg, Dan Jenkins, H. M. Jen-
klas, New Cumberland; F. K. Dearick,
A, b Deatrick, Martinsburg; Ger
man Naegeie, Wheeling; Mr.. and
Mrs r. II. Leach, Monroe comfy;