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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-01

and New York the Judges weight will
be only 1890 pounds, instead OF 2O2,
which is his weight at the present time.
--Nc,p York Recorder. Floyd should
look after the stakes. A Pittsburger
bet with McCallom last year.
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Dixon WIN Meet Him.

PHILADELPHIA, March 3o.-Tom
O'Rourke. George Dixon's manager,
says ne is is willing to accept the Rose
buds" challenge for a 6ghtto the finish
with Dixon. 0'Rourks says all the
Rosebud" has to DO is to cover the
81, 600 which Dixon already has up.
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The Metal bIsrxss

New YoRK. March 30. Pix iron, duiis
Americas Sc GOALS 80. Copper, quieti
lake, g1fc. Lead. easy; domestic - 20.
Tin, nominal; plates dull. c=ssz
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PEIRoLEUA

New YoHK. March 30. - Petroleum,
easier; Pennsylvania oil, sales, monet
April option sales, 1900 barrels; closed
offered at Sic.
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FINANCE. AND TRADE.
Money, Par Cent-Governmenss Firm
Stocks Higher-Fiour Quiet and Firm.
Wheat Lower

Money, I Par Cent-Governmcnss Firm
Stocks Higher-FIour Quiet and Firm.
Wheat Lower.
NEw YORK, March Sl.-Money on call
easy ~ per cent; last loan, per cent |;
closed az per cent Prime mercantile
paper 3a5lS per cent. Sterling Exchange
dull at 4S5a4sSJs. Silver certificates COS
bid
GovERNMESTs-Firm.
West Shore. lc4sl
L. ). fives Registered lt24
L. ). Elves Coupon. .................ll lbs
U. ). IS Registered. .................ll Sba
Y. ,. IS Coupons. ....................l lisa
U. ). AS Registered. ................ 70
PACING Skies OF 20. ..................IV =S
STATEs-Firm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
SToCKS.-The share speculation was IN
usually active for Saturday and, with me
exception of q brief period around II o'clock
when realizing sales caused afractional re-
action, the tendency of the market was Ia
the direction OF higher prices. the market
closing at an advance on the final figures OF
yesterday, ranging from a 10 Is IN the
active list and extending 20 per
cent in the specisltiss. There was
the customary covering Of shorts over
Sunday and the purchases were supple
mented by very good buying for the Lon
| don account in ST. Paul, Atchison and
Louisville and Nashville. This foreign
buying was q large factor in tho strength
of the market, not so much by the great
ness OF its volume ss that 1t echoed the bull
movement in American securities on the
London Stock Exchange. The market
closed strong AZ near the best prices OF the
day. Sales, l01,S23 shares. Quotations
closed bid:
Atchisou, l51S adams Express. Isl Amer
lean Express ll4}S; Baltimore and ono
~ Canada Pacific, 7O Central Pacific,
l7A; Chesapeake and Ohio, w. Chicago
and Alton, 40; Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, So; Chicago Gas, 64as Delaware
and Hudson, 1888 Delaware. Lackawsn-
ma and Western. 1861: Denver and RIO
Grande preferred, S39s; Distillers aud
Cattle Feeders Co., p; Erie. lSis; do.
preferred, Ssh: Fort Wayne. 1872: General
Electric, 42sl Illinois Central. 94i4: Lake
Shore, 1870; Michigan Central, ~;
Missouri Pacific, @SS{; National Cordage,
22SS Norfolk aud Western preferred, y < ;
Northern Pacific, "a; do. preferred. % s.:
Northwestern, 1925 DO. preferred, III :;
New York Central, 1919; New YORK and
New England. 1881: Pacific Mail. 1915 ,
Peoria. Decatur and Evansville, 81; Pitts
burg, Isl: Pullman Palace, III; Reading.
2l5s Rock Island, '0es 81. Louis and San
Francisco first preferred,.-; StPaul 64js ;
do. preferred, l2O: Tennessee Coal and
Iron, 19i{; Texas Pacific. 81; Union Pa
CHIC, 225s; United States Express, .;
Western Union, S5k: Wheeling and Lake
Erie l5: do. preferred, 49l4.
Mining StocKs-Band b., -: Cholor, =;
Crown Point, - Consolidated California
and Virginia, 100; Deadwood, 30; Gould
ana Curry. As; Hale and Norcross, IS;
HomeStake, 100; Independence, -; Mex
lean, 100; North Star, -; Ontario, 700;
| Ophir, 200: Plymouth, 20; Sierra Nevada,
so; Standard, l25; Union Con-, 80. Yet
low Jacket, 80; Iron Silver, 10; Quick
Silver. 200; do preferred, 1850; Bulwer, %.
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800, 900 BOOKS GIVEN AVAY=5O Cent Book Free.

of
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will Address,
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NEw YORK, March Sl.-Money on call
easy ~ per ceut.; last loan, per cent. !;
closed at per cent Prime mercantile
paper 3a5lS per cent. Sterling Exchange
dull at AS5a4ssJs. Silver certificates COS
bid
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
LATER.

THE chief cashier of the Commercial
Bank of Trieste, recently absconded
with 4G, 900 fiorins of the bank money.
AT Independence, Kan, on the night
of the Goth policeman saw two men
attempting to break into the post
Office. One of the burglars pointed
pistol at him and ordered him to throw
up his hands, but the officer fired, kill
ing the man. The other escaped.
The old jefferson Davis mansion at
Richmond, Va, which has for a num-
ber of years been used for school pur-
poses, will, on May 1. be turned over
to the ladies of the Confederate Me-
mortal and Museum association, to be
used as museum for Confederate
relics.
r. G. WILTzE, settling clerk for the
United States Express Company, to-
gether with three bags of money said
to contain 81, 600 each, was mysterious
ly missing from his home at Chicago on
the 27th. The officials of the company
admitted that they had been robbed
and Pinkerton detectives were put on
the case.
THE plant of the Century Bicycle
Manufacturing Company was complete
ly destroyed by fire at indianapolis,
Ind, on the 27th. The fire is sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin.
The factory was big frame structure
and burned rapidly. A large amount
of valuable stock was ruined The total
loss is nearly 100000
CARPENTER JOSEPH Cox, US. NJ, re-
tired, the oldest officer in the navy in
the point of age, died at his home in
Kittery, Me-, on the 27th, aged 96 years.
He entered the service in 1884, and was
retired December 26, 1861.
ON the 2Tth Commander Verney Low
ett Cameron, the distinguished African
traveller, after hunting with Baron
Rothschilds' hounds at Leighton-Buz-
zard, Bedfordshire, England, was
thrown from his horse and died four
hours later
| THE funeral ceremonies Of the late Senator
| Colquitt, of Georgia, took place in the senate
| chamber on the 2Ith, occupying only three
| quarters OF an hour, after which the senate ad'
| journed They were of the simplest and most
| impressive character, consisting only OF a
prayer by the chaplain OF the house, short ad.
dress by the chaplain OF the senate and the
| benedction -. In the house the entire day was
spent in futile efforts TO secure a quorum OF
democratic votes TO consider the O'Neill-Joy
contested election case The house committee
on judiciory considered and tabled the resolu'
tion of Mr.. Morse of Massachusetts, propos-
ing an amendment to the constitution so as to
acknowledge the supreme authority and just
gift OF the Almighty God in the affairs of men
| and nations A joint resolution was passed up
propriating 100000 for printing 500 900 copies OF
the report OF the agricultural department fol
1893
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
The News Condensed
important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL
ReOuIar Eeaaion.

TREATY which provides for restricted Chi
nese immigration has been negotiated and was
under consideration in the senate on the
2lst =. The house was not in session
IN the senate on the 22d q number OF bills OF
minor importance were acted upon. Mr. Sher-
man In troduced resolution directing the COM
mittee on Judiciary to investigate the charges
OF stimulation" OF United States coins or OF
the coming OF standard silver dollars After a
brief executive session the senate adjourned
until the Goth. -. The house spent almost the
entire day In alibustering over the oNeill-
Joy contested election case from the st. Louis
district The bill for the construction OF q
bridge across the Monongahela at Pittsburgh
was passed
THE senate was not in session the 3d.. In
tho house joint resolution appropriating $40
900 for the salaries and expenses OF additional
deputy collectors OF internal revenue to carry
out the provisions OF the Chinese exclusion act
was passed The struggle over the O'Neill'
Joy contested election case was resumed and
occupied the remainder of the session.
THERE was no session Of the senate on the
gath. .. In the house the post ONCE appropria-
tion bill was considered 1t carries ts7, 40 500,
which is So, 1851 less than the estimates and
49, Acc, 2s5 more than the appropriation for the
current fiscal year An amendment TO set aside
10000 for the purpose of free delivery expert
ments in rural districts other than towns and
villages was adopted.
IN the senate on the Goth the death of Sena-
tor Colquitt, Of Georgia, was announced, the
customary resolution of regret was adopted
and committee of ten senators was appointed
to accompany the remains to Macon, Ga, after
which the senate adjourned. ... The house ad.
journed after brief session on account Of the
death of Senator Colquitt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
FOREIGN.


QUEEN VICTORIA and the prince of
Wales have consented to the marriage
of Princess Maud to Premier Rosebery.
MEMBERS of the family of Louis Kos
suth, the dead Hungarian patriot, de-
cided to inter his remains in his native
land.
BECAUSE the theaters in Buda-Pesth
did not close out of respect for Kossuth
they were stormed by angry students.
BY the explosion of bomb in the
church of Gallien at Grenoble, France,
twenty persons were injured, three of
whom may die.
PRESIDENT PEIxoTo, of Brazil, has re-
vived the imperial decree of 1855 and
will execute without trial all persons
who took up arms against the govern
ment
IT was said that Hawaii was about
to establish republic, Minister Thurs
ton having been called home from the
United States to assist in the under
taking.
FIRE in a school conducted by sisters
of charity at Laon, France, destroyed
the building and cremated six of the
pupils,
DISPATCHES from ST. Johns, n F.,
were to the effect that three arctic par
ties were in course of formation there.
SOLDIERS and foreign warships have
left Rio de Janiero and all traces of the
recent warfare were disappearing.
AERoNAUr WILTON fell from his bal
loon, distance of 1900 feet, at Cannes,
France, alighting in the sea, and was
instantly killed.
FORTY men were driven to sea on
floating ice at st. Johns, n. F., and it
was feared they had perished
Irwas said Mexico was endeavoring to
secure an international monetary con-
ference to settle the fate of silver.
BY the explosion of para6ne lamp
in London dwelling house five per-
sons were burned TO death.
IT was said the several foreign powers
had been communicating with view
to united efforts against anarchists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JuDeE WILLIAM MCKENZIE, father of
the minister to Peru, died at his home
near Bennettstown, KY, aged 9l.
OHIO populists and prohibitionists
have combined to defeat candidates of
both democratic and republican par
ties.
The supreme court broke the sem
atorial deadlock in New Jersey which
has existed for eleven weeks by uphold
ing the republican senate and all its
acts and ruling that the democratic or
ganization vas unconstitutional.
GEORGE G. BAKER, the inventor of the
submarine torpedo boat, died in Wash
ington, aged 55 years.
DR.. j. III. RAUCH, ex-secretary of the
Illinois board of health, was found dead
in bed at Lebanon, Pa.
EDWARD +. BoLAND died at his home
in De Dalb, III. He was ,07 years old
and came from County Mayo, Ireland,
fifty years ago.
ALFRED II. CoLoUITT, United States
senator from Georgia, died in Washing
ton of paralysis, aged 70 years, In 1859
he was representative in congress, in
1875 was governor of his state, and in
1880 was chosen senator and was serv-
ing his second term. He leaves q
widow, one son and four daughters.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

SOME idea of the number of New
York men who get their clothes from
London may be gathered from the fact
that there are twenty-three agents of
English tailoring houses now in that
town. Most of the goods are brought
into this country free of duty, and cost
the wearer little less than the same
clothes made here. All the big London
houses have places in New York city
where necessary alterations are made
free
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

REPORTS from many places in the
west and south tell of damage to the
fruit trees and early vegetation by the
recent cold wave
GEORGE AsHwoRTH, youthful farm
hand, shot and fatally wounded Mrs.
Wilbur Mason near Summerset, La.
BURGLARS at Great Bend, w. Va,
burned one hand and one ear of Basil
d. Hall, n wealthy farmer, to a crisp
before he would give them IS, 900 from
his safe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

THERE was singular boom in the
matrimonial market in England last
year, whether because of or despite
the hard times is an interesting point
for speculation. There were more peo-
pie married there in the third quarter
of last year than in any similar quar-
ter of the last ten years, with the ex-
ception of 1891. The marriage rate
was highest in London where hard
times were generally reported to be
most felt
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

THE state of New York has brand
new statute designed to restrain the
pernicious activity of cats. Owners of
cats are now required to take out
license to permit the animals to live,
and cat which is not worth the license
fee is adjudged unworthy of life by
the New York legislature.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

THERE was a pathetic scene in the
Cleveland criminal court, the other
day, when Mrs. John Theu, German,
came from Ashtabula to receive the
sentence intended for her husband,
who had pleaded guilty to petit lar
ceny. The wife said John was hard at
work now at good pay and she could
best be spared to serve out the time.
She was much disappointed that the
ment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

PRIDE in all things American may be
stimulated in some circles to know that
baseball, the leading outdoor sport Of
this country, is securing decided foot
hold in England. A strong association
was formed in London recently with
elegant grounds in the outskirts, and
the progress of the game during the
season TO come is expected to over
shadow all previous seasons in this par
ticular. In late issue the Pail Mall
Budget devotes page to the game,
and treats it as growing fixture
among the sports of people who lead
in the number and diversified character
of their forms of athletics
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

YACHTING rather than racing bids
fair to become the sport of kings"
now that Emperor William, the prince
of Wales, the czar and a number of
German princelings have taken seri-
ously to it The three English royal
yachts cost taxpayers in repairs alone
ROO 600 last year
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

ORANGES are absurdly cheap in Flor
ida now and part of the crop was not
picked for the market because of the
small demand. The mechanics of
northern cities are, in good times, large
consumers of oranges, but this season
hard times have made the fruit lux
ury, and the rigid economy of work
ingmen has been disastrously felt all
over the orange-growing regions of this
country,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

THE smallest screw in the world is
that used in the movement of watch;
these are so minute that box of them
appears to be filled with fine black
sand. With strong glass, however,
they are seen to be perfect in every
part, though only $1,000 of an inch in
diameter. A thimble will hold over
100, 600 of them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

THOSE who took the trouble to kiss
the alleged "Blarney stone" in the
walls of the reproduction of Blarney
castle, in the Midway plaisance, will
be delighted to learn from an official
report of Deputy Customs Collector j.
f. Ralph that the object of their oscu-
lations was a limestone paving block,
dug out of the streets of Chicago
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

EXHAUSTIVE experiments in the culti-
vation of tea are soon to be made in
Russia. The czar is personally inter-
ested in the plan, and experts are ar
ranging for the cultivation of the plant
in the western limits of the Caucasus,
where the temperature is much the
same as that in which the plant grows
In China
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

THE Massachusetts Legislature has
abolished the venerable institution of
fast day, and instead has made the an
niversary of the battle of Lexington a
public holiday
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

A RECENT book on South America de-
Bcribes great storms of dragon flies,
which may be seen on the pampas and
in Patagonia during the summer and
the autumn. The dragon flies are of a
large, light blue variety, and fly at
these times in enormous hoclks, moving
with a speed of from seventy to eighty
miles an hour
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

OBsERvANT doctors have been taking
measurements of the height of women
in France, England and America, and
announce that the English woman is
the tallest and the American next. The
average height of the French women is
feet inch. The American woman is
nearly two inches taller, and the wom-
en- of Great Britain half an inch taller
than they. But American women
weigh slightly more than either of the
others, and it is said that their average
weight is about III pounds,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
Death of Two Railroad Men.

CoNNEAUT, March 27.-Henry Shaffer,
train master on the Nickel Plate, died
of pneumonia at his home in this place
Sunday afternoon. He was prominent
in Masonic and railroad circles, and
leaves a wife and two children. George
Nece, a brakeman on the Nickel Plate,
and a resident of this place, was killed
at Angola, N. Y, Sunday, while coup
linz
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31

DONALD MURRY, a newspaper man.of
Sydney, New South Wales, has invent
ed and patented a device by means of
which an operator in New York, with
keyboard before him like that of an
ordinary typewriter can not only pro-
duce typewriter copy in New Orleans,
but it is claimed can operate 9 :" 'e-
setting machine here and deli h s
matter thus in lead, ready TO 4e
forms Not only that, but the same
operator, by using a number of tele-
graph lines can set up the same copy
simultaneously in dozen places.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-31
shielded at His Mothers Bedside.

BELPRE, March 24.-Yesterday morn
ing Louis Buschler, prominent busi-
ness man. shot and instantly killed
himself while standing by the bedside
of his mother, who is in dying con-
dition.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-07
ON BEACON HILL
euyinq The Wines Druggists Liquor Licenses
Prize Fighters May Exhibit Themselves.

tIiEe FlsIttIo NcI LA"tbh ihsWseFe~
Boston, Apri.5 After some discussion
the house passed the billrequirlng .otices
OF application for liquor licenses 20 state
the owners oi the premises on which the
license ar- 90 be exercised 10 a third
reading.
i'm ia house, ou the bin 30 prevent the
exhibition Of priz. fighters introduced by
Mr.. Spa du-, that gentleman spo,e
against rrjpetiou ls recommended by the
committee ou Judiciary. lie made a long
and strong argument, but the bill was re-
ieetel.
The committee on mercantile affairs has
decided 10 report bill relating 10 under
grounl wires iu cities Of less than 10000
inhf btants and I'm towns The bill pro-
vide. for the construction Of conduits and
mauhol-s ny cities rld towns after the
&C eptauce 0f The act which must be- ac-
cept.d before Feb J. 1876 The bin ex-
gmrts from iI- operation trolley wires
and long distance telephone wires. II
town ur .I.y accepts rls a.t, at lra.t one
mi e. OF conduit must Ie constructed
wi hin year.
The hou7. passed 20 a thirl reading a
bill relating 90 the granting of liquor
licenses O. druggists AMI ap0theCaries,
which provides that licenses shall be
grautrd 60 only registered pharm acists
hav ng certificate from the board Of
pharmacy that he is proper person to
receive such license, the bin being
amended 50 that any registered pharma-
cist may be- considered proper person to
receive such certificate, when no COM
plants have been mad. against the APP
plicaut for such certificate, and when
complaint. ARE made they shall be In
writing, specifying the reason, II any,
why a certificate should be withheld.
The house debated 40 some length bill
10 enlarge the powers Of school commit
tees of cities and giving to those bodies
full power TO name and change the names
Of schools order repairs and alterations,
hire iani.urs, ttr. The hll was ordered
to a third reading 10y a vote of 80 10 50.
In the senate reference 20 the next gem
eral court was reported on the petition OF
the town OF Uxbridge for authority to in
crease its water supply. Similar action
was taken by the committee on the bill
authorizing cities and towns to protect
| their sources OF water supply from pollu-
| ton.
No legislation necessary on the order
! instructiug Il TO investigate the lease of
! the Connecticut River railroad by the
| Boston and Maine railroad, explaining
| that the railroad commissioners had in
! formed the committee that while there
was nothing Illegal in the transaction, IL
was railroad practice which they could
not approve.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-07

Tor some protected iutesls, or else "a SUI
.eraunuaJcd old man who does not
know what Is wanted.
10 is Time for the Democratic press Of
the country to speak plainly. The Demo-
crptic party et Washington must Keep he
pledges Of the Democratic party assem-
bled IN Caicsgo. II II does not, then the
Democracy will choose new leaders. This
idea OF promising and not performing is
angeung the people. That is what is do
ing harm to the Democratic party. There
may be few vsnal aud cheap men pur-
chased against the Democrats, bat there
are thousands oi solid, unpurchasable
men who cannot understand why the
Democrats al Washington 90 not DO
something.
The people are impatient. They de-
mand immediate action.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-07

Now that an A1archi7, post has been
singcd by one of the bombs ot which ne
is 90 fond Of chanting the praises, per-
haps the .y0luuonB,y brds OF Paris
will bo J.aa more prudent. 10 there
are rejecting men among these apostles
Of violence, they must now and then be
struck by the fact that the wuuld-bc
vengeance upon society Of tue Anar hist
has very often OF late rocoiled upon him
self, How much further this may 60 no
one can tell until he tries; and dread Of
finding out something very unpleasant
may cbDcs bomb-throvors slJoret her.
Up 10 d0t', taking convictions and oeci-
dents into consideration the revolution
lists boyo bad very poor success.