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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
LOCAL BREvITiEs.
Matters of Minor Moment in and about
the City.

mhltcfA OF Mlhuf A4Ohlent III uHu ""V"t
the City.
TIE GRAND this evening-"The Fire
Patrol"
THs U. S. light house steamboat
Goldenrod arrived yesterday and is
lying ut the wharf,
THg Riverside Steel Works at Ben
wood will resume this morning after a
lay OFF since New Year,
TuE Wheeling Cyclers gave an enjoy
able and well attended hop last night at
their hall on Jacob street, South Side.
LAST evening Louis Nolte was arrested
by the police and locked up, lie was
wanted by Constable Anderson Tor an
alleged misdemeanor at Benwood.
EMPIRE Lodge No. %, Good Templars,
gave Martha Washington ice cream
social at Simpsons hall last evening,
which was an all around success.
A MARRIAGE license was issued by
Clerk Hook yesterday to Porter IL, Bar
rett, aged % years, and Lillian A. Mil
ler, aged 20, both residents OF this city.
EDWARD FREpERIcEs, OF the South
Side, employed at tho Standard Rolling
mn, Marlin perry, hau hla rlghl Ml is..
cauSnl III lno sHoa's "nu lea''u'y
mangled.
LAST evening a Martha Washington
tea party was given at the Arion hall,
in lieu Of the ordinary KggseUisite.
mere were varied alhusementS' ouI no
dancing
1 l.. l..
SEVERAL OF the w heellng o'cycle Toys
nave decided 10 80 70 the Morld falT
next summer awheeloack' SeVeral
organized tours 10 chicago VIII pass
through mere
Mn, CUNNlNGHAM. a new reporter on
tho Register, iell IN 'front.' Of the McLure
mouse ana d'ssoea'ea ms mp ne WIZ
be lad up Tor SIX weeks. Dr. Taylor Is
attending him.
HOwELY, the pugilist, has very fine
training quarters ut John &, Kllne's, on
Market street, and daily numbers oil
people visit the place to see MN go
through his exercises
1'IIE case OF the state for the use OF
the Frat National Bank, OF Santa Bar
bara, Cal, w. Alonzo ST. Myers and
others, was argued, and occupied the
attention OF the circuit court all day
yesterday
Mr.. AND Mrs. CHARLES L. VAN KEUREN
were pleasantly surprised last evening
by the arrival OF about thirty OF their
friends, who were on hand to com
memornte the eleventh anniversary oil
their marriage.
THERE was quite serious wreck out
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
THE TIME no ACT is NOW.


The Sanitary Condition of the City Needs
Immediate Attention.
To the Editor Of The Tnttliqencrr
SIR:-The coming few months are
fraught with overshadowine questions
of sickness or health, pleasure orpain,
life or death, and no prophet or seer, be
he never SO wise, can say which OF these
conditions will come to us.
The cholera, which sent such dread
forebodlngs through our country last
summer, is not dead-only sleeping till
the suns OF May or June call into vitu.
lent activity the plague which accom-
plished such direiul results in few To-
cations which were specially favorable
10 its growth and extension across the
water.
Our country has strangely remained
careless and asleep, with these impend.
ing dangers facing US.
To be sure, after tedious struggle,
power is lodged in the hands OF the
President, to place some safeguards on
immigration, and on imports OF SUE.
piCious character.
These measures should have been
passed by unanimous vote of Congress
long ago, so that all the world would
stand notified OF our determination to
exclude tho filthp men and women, as
we'll us tho plague injected rags, which
come from the crowded cities OF middle
and Southern Europe.
The world is becoming wiser. Igrant
thGE the growth ia slow. Still, all
reasonably intelligent people know full
well that stringent rules must be fol.
lowed, If VIC would escape some OF the
diseases which have brought sorrow and
death to many happy homes.
When vlrulent scarlet fever prevails;
who that has ordinary sense would
allow children TO come INTO an infected
house2 The same Is true Of diphtheria
and other contagious diseases.
Look at the recent serious outbreak Of
typhus feverin New York. Still spread.
ing, on account OF the slow and inelli.
Cient action OF the health officers.
Low lodging houses, whore beds cost
ten cents per night, wore tho fertile
Matching ground OF this terrible foyer,
which splead from q single case, three
or four weeks ago, till now, deaths have
occurred by the score, and large num-
bers In tho pest hospitals are virtually
delivered 10 tho outcast's grave, ON tho
islands OF New York bay
TopreparO in season Tor comingemor.
gency Is wise, on the part Of individuals
as well as corporations.
viii our CITY Council put aside for
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II the word of the average doctor OF
,o.day goes for anything, the old super
sbtIon that "a green Christmas makes
n iat graveyard" has nothing in it. All
tho physIcians seen agreed that a mild
winter was more conducive to health
than rough one There is, in the
opinion of tho medical fraternity, a con-
siderable amount of nonsense in the
idea that m "old-iashioned" winter is Il
GOOD thing to have, This winter has
certainly come up to anybody's ideal oil
the old time one, There has been
plonty of snow, plenty of blow and any
amount Of ice. When winters back
bone seemed broken, old Boreas would
again bot Up sereRely, and apparently
he has Just now entered on . now lease
Vi lie, ~
Tho temperature was unusually
eouable yesterday, for this climate.
lhe mercury did not get below thirty
in the thermometer, and never exceed
cd thirly.eirht. The Run shone bright
ly and where its rays fell the snow and
leo were not only thawed, but eVapo'
rated, Yet in the shade tho air was
very chilly, aud as soon MS the sun set
things fro2o up again. Last night q
little snow fell.
Itisvery evident that tho grounding
Is false prophet, He saw no shadow
ON his day, but tho winter goes on at
lbs old gait Just the same. The board
Of public works had force OF men do
inc GOOD service yesterday in cleaning
out the cutters and sCraping OIL the
crossings Tho slush was deep and
nasty, and this labor was much appre-
ciated by the public.
Several doctors wero asked by an IN
TglTIogycgR man: rs the old idea
that q green Christmas makes iat
graveyard sclentlticr
Taking the answers as whole, it
may be said that the doctors agree that
tho idea expressed by this proverb is
not based on fact, Tho idea ia, OF
course, that a mild winter is not con.
dncivc to health. Many old people still
hold that opinion, but all the physl'
cians seen declared that severe weather
was much more unhealthy than mild
weather. Exceedingly cold weather,
such as has prevailed at times this win.
ter, Is especially hard on old people, in
iants and invalids.
Said one doctor: off you will ex.
amino the death ratio for a number Of
winters past, you will find that in years
when tho winters were mild, the death
rate was com paratively light, while in
those years when We experienced very
severe weather the death rate was high.
Another special feature OF the record OF
deaths, If you examine them, will DO
found to DO the universal number OF
deaths Of very old people. Severe
weather sap3 the vitality oil the aged
particularly Infants, too, arc pecu-
liarly subject to the evil effects OF tho
weather, and almost all invalids are
rendered weaker by extremely cold
weather You may put it down rs true
that the milder tho weather, the health.
fer the people"
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Arlen.nut Affair.

A surprise party was rendered Mr..
Archie Acker at his home on CaIdwelps
run near the city. Tho party was given
in honor OF his nineteenth anniversary,
arranged and conducted by his sister,
Miss Alta Acker Refreshments we're
served at midnight. Those present
were Misses Ella and Alma Garvin,
Oma White, Mela Crimson, Sadie Simp-
son, Dolly Barnahan, Mary Riebe, Ada
and Alta Acker. Messrs. W. Z. Fish.
Calvin and Charles Garvin, Frank Nc
Bride, Ed. and Bert Canadian, Henry
Crimson, Walter snedal1er, +. W. Bonar,
Ed, Elmer and Archie Acker.
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II you are not feeling strong and
try Electric Bitters. II ia
Grippe" has left you weak and weary,
use Electric Bittors. This remedy acts
directly on liver, stomach and kidneys,
gently aiding those organs to perform
their functions, Ii you are afflicted
with sick headache, you will find speedy
and permanent relief by taking Flee.
trio Bittors, ono trial will convince
Won that this is tho remedy you need
Large bottles only soc, Vt Logan Drug
Co.'s drug store. u
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DIED.

LINDEIANN-At Rtnavile Ohio, Wednesday I,
February g, 1893, ut 800 o clock n. IN. Miss
MARY LlSDEMASE, OF Wheeling, aged %
years.
Funeral services to be held at st. James German
Lutheran church, of Wheeling on Friday
afternoon at O'Clock. Friends OF the fam.
lily respectfully invited to attend. Inter.
ment at PenlnsuRr cemetery.
FERREL-on Monday, February 20 isoa, ut II
y. III, AMELIA A., wife OF J. N. Forrel aged
II years, 8 months and 10 days.
Funeral will takc place from the residence OF
her husband, No, II Sixteenth street Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock. Intormcut Mt
Ponlnsular cemetery. Friends OF the family
invited.
LETZKus- Monduv. February 20, 1899 nj 1
o'clock p IN, SAMUEL LETzKus, in his 3Oth
yelt,
Funeral from hislatc residence, No, 1883 Market
street, Thursday afternoon at O'Clock.
Friends OF tho family respectfully invited tn
attend. Inerment Mt Mt Wood Cemetery
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23

The grand specific for the prevailing
maIady Of tho age, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, rheumatism, costivonoss,
general debility, otc., is Bacon's Celery
Cure. This great herbal tonic stmu-
lnlcs tho digestive organs, regulates the
liver and restores tho system to yipor-
ons health and energies Samples free.
Large packages 5Oc Sold only by Logan
Drug Go. 3
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
OYSTERS. OYSTERS.


High prices caused people to quit
eat'ng oysters. Low prices will bring
them back again, and to-day have de-
termined through the lenten season to
place oysters within tho reach OF ALL
And to-day the retail price OF the Great
Ellis Star Brand win 90 reduced to
TuIRrY CENTS PER QUART, and cor
responding reduction in tho Wholesale
price, the lowest price this brand Of
oysters has reached for years. Remem-
Dor Notwithstanding the price, the
high quality OF this brand will be strictly
maintained W. o. McCLusHEY,
Shipper Of Fresh oysters
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
TOO QUICK FOR HIM.
A Plucky Operator Beats a Desperate ut
His Own Game.

A Plucky Operator Beats Desperate Mt
His Own Game.
lola, KAs., Feb, 22.-At . o'clock this
morning an armed man came into the
waiting room Of the Santa Fe depot, and
marching up to the ticket window he
smashed in the glass and said to oper-
ator Tyler: "rhrow up your hands"
Tho operator. who was Mt his instru-
ment, jumped for his revolver, got the
drop on the man and shot him In the
head Just above the ear. He dropped
to the floor and Tyler went to call Sec
ton foreman Nassar. While he was
gone from his office the wounded man
had crawled out of the depot into field,
where he was found this morning NOR
tally wounded. He was taken to jail.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23

The funeral of Frank b. silliman oc.
Cured yesterday afternoon from his
homo on North Huron street, Island,
and was largely attended. He was an
employee OF p Bachman & Sons, and
was well thought OF by all who knew
him. He leaves a wife, nee Miss Nor
rison, and one child. lhe family has
the sincere sympathy OF a wide circle
Of friends. Ho was Inferred at the
peninsnlnr cometerY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23

Right enough. HIT Il you 90 to n malaria
troubled region, project Yourself against the
ptoyaOCntscouWc In bottom lands mud new clear
Ings How with lluUptt1rs stomach btotI
The nusWrt comes nlOnt aud uninimols from
thnu,audsOf now scttlol.nud pioneer cmlgunty,
whom thu Hrrnl preventive has kppt IN health
when thr'itolcd by lnntnA Va The BiuoN
loo MdncY liver bowel, rheumatic nhl stomach
difficulty.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
Beware of olntments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

ap mercury will surely destroy tho
sense OF smell and completely dorange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from neutrality-suspicious.
as tho damage they will dc is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls CNtnrrh Cure. man
uiactured by T. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury. and
Is taken internally, acting directly upon
tho blood and lnticous surfaces OF tho
system. In buying Halls CatNrrh Cure
DO sure you get the genuine. ltisiaken
internally, aud mado IN Toledo, Ohio,
by +. j, Cheney & Co. Testimonials
FREQ.
BD"sold by Druggists, price zoe per
bntlla
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
Charged with Forgery.

Special Di'pdlch 70 tNt InleI!Igencer,
HUNTINGTON, W, Va, Feb. 22.-J. W.
Foster, a young man OF this city, was
arrested last night on charge OF forg.
cry preferred by Wayne Damron, a
Catlettsburg, KY, saloonkeeper. 1t APP
pears that Foster had signed the name
OF his grandmother, Mrs. AdalineWard,
to check and Damron Cashed II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23

has tastes incidentally, in keeping with
other luxuries. A remedy must be
pleasantly acceptable in form, purely
wholesome in composition, truly ben
eGcial in effect and entirely free from
every Objectionable quality. II really
i'll he constlts q physician; il coHsti-
pated he uses the gentle family laxative
Syrup OF Figs.
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michigan Repul,lIcnns.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb 92.-The Repub-
lican state convention met here to-day,
and after getting down 10 business, the
following nominations were made and
adjournment taken:
For associate justice Of tho supreme
court. Judge Frank A. Hooker
For regents OF the state university,
Frank W. Fletcher, of Alpena, and
Herman kifer, OF Detroit.
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AZ nen,Iwntcrs.

Tho reports from headwaters last
night were as follows:
brownsville, Pa feet and falling;
cloudy.
Warren, Pas feet; cloudy and cold.
Morgantown, w. Va,-G feet and fall
ing; clear and cool.
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AnarenIsts sentcnced.

RoMr, Feb. 22.-Twenty anarchists
have been arrested on suspicion Of
having been implicated in causing
dynamite explosions hero during the
last year. A bomb ready for use was
found in the room OF one OF them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-23
4 GREEN CHRISTMAS.
The Old superstition that it Means
p Eat Graveyard Exploded,
SEVERE WEATHER Bad ON HEALTH.

Moro Deaths in a Rough Winterlille
tho Present one than in Mid and
Omen winter-old People and Chill
dren Suffer notwithstanding Fca'
,uros of the "old Fashioned" VIM
ter
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UNDERTAKING.
ALT * Err IA w,
lll7 Main Street.
MUNDRRTEkRR.%

Am prepared To conduct blrlnly In most stt
ldaotnry manner all modern undertaking az,
pllancps aud ao black and white funeral Oatdl
Competent management guaranteed
C0Nins CiskON aud a full llnc NJ burial goo1l
lain ~ be prompt considerable nnd rollaDIl
Calls by telephones
B1.ldoilgc ALEX. fREw-No ~
SlUfc-NU. Nv
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-11
Written for the FARMER.
CELESTIAL ALCHEMY.


Night dipped her bowl
Into the fount Of Everlasting Space,
And straightway 1t was trimmed and
jeweled DER
With glitterlng drops, each one Of
which we call
A shining Star.
Forth Jared the jOcund Prince
OF Day. Pausing to drink . bumper
From this spangled bowl, he dlled 1t to
the brim
With yellow sunshine, bubbliny here
and there
In foam Of heecy cloud. Quick in this
draught,
With magic mighticr far than that Of
Egyptian Queen, melted each shining
gift.
Later came Niobsan Night, grieved for
Her jeweled cup. Slowly into the
charmed
Chalice fell her silent tears Of dew,
when
Presto! Every gem was reproduced.
GRACE G. WATTS.
C0vington, La, Feb. 10, 1898.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-11

suits from the deliberations OF the
commission.
While amendments prepared by
the commission may not Ill be sub
mitted to the people by the Legisla-
ture, It Is . reasonable supposition
they viii commend themselves to
the Legislature as the thoughtful and
carefully considered work Of the
ablest men in the Legislature, REIN
forced by the gentlemen whom
Gov. Foster will select from the
laity.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-11
COTTON SEED.

The South Carolina oil mills have
hit upon an excellent plan for pro-
curing cotton seed, which is as
scarce there - it is in the country
around New Orleans. The Carolina
farmers raise the same objection to
selling their seed as those Of Mis-.
sissippi-that it would impoverish
and ruin their land; but the mills
met this proposition by offering to
pay the farmers in fertilizers, 80
there could be no complaint of the
land being injured. "All We want"
said the mill men, sis the oil, which
is tending upward because Of the
high price Of hog products.
Accordingly the mills offer 500
pounds OF standard guano, or $50
pounds of acid phosphate, for every
twenty bushels of seed By this
arrangement the farmers will Sc
cure better results in the way Of
fertilization than il they used the
seed upon their land, and the State
will be richer by the oil manufac.
tured.
The proposition seems to have
met with great success in South
Carolina, the mills OF which State
are now at work again. after hav-
ing suffered somewhat from an in
sufficient supply Of seed. Perhaps
this arrangement, which works 90
we'll in South Carolina. may do -
we'll ia other parts Of the South IL
70. -Times-Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-11

The election Of Populist Demo-
Gratis in Kansas and Nebraska re-
moves all doubt about the ability
Of the Democrats to reorganize the
There are now Of hold
over and new elected Democrats In
the next Senate forty-three members.
There are five Populists, all Of
whom will undoubtedly vote with
the Democrats on reorganization.
The Republicans will have forty
votes If the minority in Montana
prefer, rather than w. A. Clarke,
elected Is . Democrat, to allow the
Governor to appoint Col. Sanders.
With the vote Of Vice President
and the assistance Of the
Populists the Democrats will have
\ good working majority.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-11
STRANGERS OBSERVATIONS.
A SCHOOL BUILDING WANT
ED

Covington, La, Feb. 10. 1898.
EDfrVe ST. TAMMANY FAAx1s:
will you kindly lend your col
umns for the obtaining Of some in
formation which I very much de-
sire! Being Of an inquiring turn
Of mind, and withal much given to
rambling, I have, since being in
your midst, made many an explor-
ing expedition, not only u the sur
passingly charming natural attrac-
tons which give quaint fascination
to this primitive old place, but to
the more salient features OF the
town itself.
I have met, almost without ex-
ception, . cordially courteous peo-
pie I have found . right-up-to-
the-mark printing ofilce-and just
here let me say that the country
newspaper is the first and foremost
exponent Of the intellectual status
Of . community. I observe the
different churches in fair working
condition, with enough enthusiasm
among the adherents Of each to
keep them ''decently and in order"
I have seen -or at least il I were
less Of stature I might see-the
posto6ice under careful and method
ical supervision. I find the drug
stores, despite the phenominally
healthful environments, presenting
q neat and thrifty appearance. l
discover, at the different places Of
business and entertainment, IN
easy, satisfied air Of prosperity.
Truth compels the admission that
your Temple Of Justice seems laps
ing into what our Chief-apparent
would call "innoccuous desuetude,"
but even this argues well for the
peaceful proclivities Of the inhabit-
ants. and is quite counter-balanced
by . Town Hall so tasteful and
commodious Is to reflect credit on
The public spirit and enterprise Of
the citizens.
All these, and more, l find here,
but ,chere Is the school house? My
this is . grave and mo-
mentous question, and Is one whose
interests are identical with your
own, l appeal-through the cour-
tesy of our good Editor-to you
Tor answer. Your streets are filed
With bright-eyed children, to whom |
vou are responsible for advantages
withheld. Private schools we have |
and very efficiently conducted |
hey are but what we need, (the
crying want Of Covington to-day,)
Is . suitable school building, where
IN our boys and girls may lay the |
basis of future useful man and
CHILL w,o l~vo 3fS
The way to get it is for each in
lividual to resolve, like Josiah |
Williams wife, to put his ''shoul-
ler-blade to the Wheel" and by |
Of action We may soon see |
IN our midst this, another and
token Of the towns sub
advancement.
STRANGER.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-11
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

The Acta Sanctorum. or record
Of the doings Of the saints, furnish
Is no authority for connecting the
modern epistolary practice Of Feb.
IA with St Valentine. That worthy
bishop Of the early Christian church
is said to have suffered martyrdom
at Rome more than sixteen centuries
ago.
Saints and sinners alike in our
day suffer . species Of annual per-
secution through what is called
sscomic valentines "a species Of
coarse and often brutal lampoon
which affords opportunities for
nos intimes to express their opin-
ion Of rs with all the freedom that
anonymity grants. But among the
avalanche of extra mail matter
which threatens to swamp the post
Offices during the first half Of
the month Of February there is .
large admixture Of real sentiment.
"Heart" and "dart" in rhyming
juxtaposition might no doubt be
discovered beneath at least half the
envelopes, while forget-me-nots
and true love knots on the outside
Of many proclaim the soft impcach-
ment to the whole world.
We fancy that the young ladies
and gentlemen who throng ''St.
Valentines market" and scan its
quotations with eager interest con-
Germ themselves little about the
traditional basis from which the
modern custom was developed. Still
it is reassuring to remember that
Shakespeare knew all about 'choos-
ing . valentine" and for aught
We know may have spent long win
ter evenings at Stratford in weav-
ing "Anne" and Hathaway" into
his fights Of juvenile verse.
Ages ago in France and England
the day was celebrated by the draw
ing of . valentine lottery" in
which there were no blanks. An
equal number Of youthful bachelors
and maidens would inscribe their
names on little blllets of paper,
which were duly shaken up in an
urn aud drawn. Of course it befell
that every maiden drew . bachelor,
and vice versa, and 80 he or she be-
came his or her valentine.
Beyond any manner Of doubt it
is to Cupid and not 10 st. valen-
tine, that the tradition Of the day
owes its survival and perennial
freshnesss.-Ex.