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Milford chronicle., 1895-09-13

NICELY SwINDLED. Alfred Gibbs,
young man who has lived III Dover all
his life worked a smart trick on well
known money lender and real estate
dealer of that town last Tuesday The
facts of the case as near as We can learn
are as follows lack Gibbs, as he IS COM
monty known, has been living alone in
a house on Kirkwood street, his mother
having died a short time ago and his
aged father is living with sister at Ches-
void. Young Gibbs in searching through
the house found a deed of the house
which belonged to john Hueston; a half
brother, who is an industrious fellow and
lives in Wilmington. He Conceived the
idea of impersonatiug John Hueston aud
selling the house. This he proceeded to
do bv offering the house for sale at 5000.
The first bargain of sale with aLocker-
man street merchant fell through He
then offered the property to Emory
Scotch, who consulted leading lawyer
of the town, and being satisfied that the
title, etc, was o. K, agreed to give $50
for the properly He gave Gibbs a gold
watch to bind the sale. Gibbs continued
the impersonation of John Hueston by
answering many questions aud signing
the deed Of transfer of the property TO the
new supposed owner, who paid $50, the
amount agreed upon Gibbs left town
Immediately and when last heard OF was
sporting in Wilmington logged out in a
new suit Of clothes Mr. Scotch soon
learned that be had been cheated out Of
$50, but says it is 10 use crying over split
nilk. -.SmytHa TfNpes.
Milford chronicle., 1895-09-13

REPRESENTED By SOD. STERN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

From the San Francisco Post.
A fat, middle-aged woman, with a
voice between a grunt and groan, sat
on q bench at Piedmont, with her -
year-Old boy and watched the bathers
splashing and spluttering around the
tank. The heat was sweltering and the
boy begged and pleaded to be allowed
TO go into the water He promised 10
pull all the weeds out of the garden. to
carry in wood for a week without being
told and to wipe the dishes every night
NO. I'm afraid you'll drOwnd, " declar-
ed the cautious mother, but there We're
evidences Of indeCisiOn in her voice. If
she had said. "Shut up; YOU shan't," the
boy would have known his fate was
sealed.
IN wheel the baby every morning, "
he added, by way of a further bride.
The fat woman mopped her perspir-
ing face, looked at the crowd and snap
ped:
well, 90 on; but if you drownd you
can't blame me.
The boy was soon splashiug and pad
ding around. He had assured his
ll4NNlANl lA4pi Lt NNU4l oN I'M a. ILllt, anu
she eyed him narrowly to find out if he
had been lying. The boy had got into
deep water when his head went under.
His mother thought it was merely one
of the boys tricks and kept her seat
He came up all right, looking fright
ened. laundering a moment and went
down again. He was under a little lon
ger and bubbles came up where his
head ought to be. Up he bobbed again,
splashing and trying to cry for help
He was just sinking for the third time
when his mother sprang to the edge of
the tank, and, shaking her fist at the
boy. screamed:
you Simon Peter Bates, Don't you
dare drOwnd, or III skin you alive"
The boy saw the fist and heard the
threat. and. with his face contorted
with fear, kicked out desperately and
kept aaoat till some of the bathers lift
ed him out. The terrible threat saved
his life. He didn't dare drown.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

been general agreement in the deroga-
tory resolutions upon one point-name-
ly, that worlds fairs at the capital have
always proved to be prejudicial to the
interests Of the business men in the
provinces.
However, there is small doubt that
the great Exposition viii take place.
The opposition to it is interesting from
a political point of view, as it is another
manifestation Of the restyeness Of the
French Provinces under metropoli-
tan predom;nance. Decentralization is
the watchword in provincial = France,
and it must be admitted that larger
amount Of local self-goyernment in
France would not be amiss.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

A Rochester. n y, liueman named
sherman Che other day received a
shock from a live wire he was repair
ing. and was apparently instantly
killed. lying as dead for fully six min
utes. Upon being subjected to treat
ment similar TO that employed for the
resucitauon Of the drowned, he fully
recovered. except for a bad burn on his
right hand and wrist
Sherman stated that he did not
know when DE received the shock, and
was entirely unconscious. While ap-
parenuy dead. he knew nothing until
he began to feel the pain in his burned
hand. The wire carried from 1900 TO
1900 volts. and he received the entire
voltage through his body.
Frank A. Grover another lineman,
who was apparently killed but resusci-
tated at Rochester recently, was en-
drely conscious and suffered untold
agony. during the time that he was APP
parenuy dead.
had these men been shocked in the
electric chair" remarks the Albany
Argus. "aud Immediately thereafter
subjected to- the auJopsical knife. we
should never have known that they
might be restored to life. Neither is
it known 10y any human being how
many criminals in this State are actu-
ally killed by electricity, and how
many by yivisection.'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

Although it is claimed that the Mis-
souri, River is traced in name from the
Yellowstone country TO the Gulf Of
Mexico. United States engineers, ac-
cording to the Chicago Record, are as
sorting the possibility OF that stream
becoming only a dry ravine. Govern
ment gauges at Sioux City, Iowa, show
that the registered measurements for
twenty years Indicate a gradual de-
crease. until in 1895 the volume Of wa
ter passing THAI point is 20 per cent.
less than in 1873.
Civilization has always played fast
and loose with the geography Of q new
country. 1t has leyeled the trackless
forest and torn up its roots. 1t has en-
croached upon arid lands and made
them fertile and productive. In moth
Ing. however, has it worked more
changes than in the great rivers OF
this country.
East of the Mississippi the great riy-
ers have suffered less. and yet the de-
nuding of forest lands has materially
affected the average depth Of the Ohio.
Forest lands which once were natural
reservoirs of the rainfall have been
stripped. The soft loan Of dead leaves
has become firm before the plowshare
and the unveiled sun. The rainfall
rushes down i'm the wet season. flood
ing the low lands-no longer trickling
down throughout a whole summer and
through a thousand springs, brooks
and creeks.
In the great semi-arid West there
have been the most changes. Rivers
which once doated steamboats, are now
crossed by small boys in knee breech-
es. Fed from SHOWS i'm the mountains,
the Arkansas. the Platte and the Kan
sas are almost drained before they
cross the Colorado line eastward. r.
rigadng bitches have wrought great
changes. and every year the drain is
heavier and heavier.
Engineers are at a loss to account
for the decrease in upper Missouri
currents. unless it De that the artesian
basin of South Dakota, which has been
SO successfully tapped, is draining it.
Whatever the cause, it may be safely
conjectured that careless methods Of
handling enterprises affecting rivers
are at the bottom of the apparent phe-
uOmeuOn.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
TIE Bar ASSOCIATION.
An Important Meeting Held YeSter
day Afternoon.
The Session Devoted to a Discus
sion Of the Meeting Of the State
Bar Association in This City, DC
tober 80"

The Ohio County Bar Association
met at the Court House at half-past
two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to
discuss and further arrange for the
meeting of the State Association in this
city, on the 30th of October The at
tendance was not as large as had been
hoped for. but there was a lively in
forest manifested in the meeting, and
the matters before it were extensively
discussed.
A feature of the session was the re
marks Of w. p. Hubbard, who dis
cussed the importance and value of the
meeting Of the State Association, and
pointed out the desirability of large
attendance, not only from this county,
| but from the State at large. He dwelt
upon the idea of having as guests at
the banquet some distinguished law
yers and jurists from beyond the
| limits of the State, and said that while
in Detroit, recently, he had the pleas
ure of meeting Judge Taft, OF Ohio, and
that gentleman had expressed the hope
that he might be present. Continuing,
Mr.. Hubbard said he thought there
should be special forms of invitation
prepared, for the members of the State
| judiciary and the Judges of the Fed
eral Courts for the district OF West
Virginia and upon his motion such in
vitations were ordered extended in the
name of the Ohio County Bar Asso-
citation. Mr.. Hubbard made some other
suggestions of value, and the general
subject of the coming session was dis
cussed at great length.
The powers of the Executive Com
mittee were enlarged and explained, the
banquet was discussed, and the whole
matter generally gone over
NJ. d. Post, Esq, was elected to men,
bership in the Association.
The Association then adjourned to
meet on the third Saturday of the COM
ing month. at 2:30 p. NJ, to take fur
Their action.
PURE RICH BLOOD is essential to
good health, because the blood is the
vital fluid which supplies all the Or
gans with life. Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the great blood purifier.
HOODS PILLS cure all liver Ills,
relieve constipation and assist diges-
ton. 25c.
Mrs. Harris School for Yound Ladies
and Small Boys will reopen Monday,
September 10th at o'clock a. m.
Parents are requested to be present at
tho OneOiDp
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

Maud Muller on a summer night
went out on her bike in the bright
moonlight. She pedaled around from
six to ten on a trip that would fag the
strongest men. but her heart was light
and her spirits gay. for it wasn't work,
twas nothing but play. Next morning
however, she'd a pain in her head, She
was AN played out and stayed in bed,
while her mother hustled in the kitch-
en- below-not to ride a wheel but to
make ,angs go. Though the morning
was hot and she worked by the fire she
didn't collapse with a punctured tire.
Alas for the girl and the woman, see
Things are not as they used to be.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION.

The growing sentiment III IaVor OF Sc
curing uniformity Of legislation as TO
matters within the control of the States
is d commendable move within certain
limits, ON, the danger is that II may be
pushed to extremes. For example IL
may be taken for granted thaI IL would
De a desirable reform II The laws reIaJ-
ing to- marriage and divorce should De
made to correspond in every STATE oil
the Union. But when IL snouiu come
to determine whether the Ia" OF SCUM
Carolina or tle Ia" OF Ne" iolN vi '''o
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
DIED..

RAFFERTY-On Sunday, September sth
1885, Ut 1:35 o'clock a. m, Miss Katherine
Rafferty,, aged p years, 6 months and II
days.
Funeral this morning. Interment private
at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
GOODFRIEND-On Sunday afternoon.
September /. 1896 at 1880 o'clock, Sadie,
daughter of David and Jennie Goodfriend.
BURSEE-At Benwood, W. Va, Septem-
Der LIST. 1879, at $50 p. M, Henry Bursee,
aged 81 years. 10 months and Il days.
KASLEY-On Tuesday, September Sd,
1898 at 2:1j p. m. Thomas L. kasley, in
his 10Th year.
IANDER-At Benwood, W Va, Tues
day, September 3, 1885. al 2:3O o'clock a. m,
Jacob 4. Lander, aged 90 years, months
and - days.
MILLER-Tuesday, September Sd. 1896
at 1875 a. m, Annie e, daughter of Fred
and Caroline Miller.
GARVIN-Wednesda September I. 1895,
at GA D. m, John 5. Garvin, aged Il years,
3 months and 13 days.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

That Wheeling business men are en-
ergehc and progressive is evident by
the trade done by them outside the city.
We have just learned that F. w.
Banner & Co. have furnished the Cadiz
Public Schools with a very fine Krak-
aUer Piano, taking in exchange their
Steinway Square. The Cadiz people
are very much pleased with the piano,
which was built especially to order for
z. w. Banner & Co. The tone and
action are exactly suited for the pur-
pose and the case is finished in natural
wood-a very choice light oak f. W.
Banner d Co. are recognized among
the trade as a pushing. energetic firm
and deserve the success they have made
in the music business.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT
At the State Fair Made by the Firm OF
Mnligan Wilkin s. Co.

The center of attraction IN the MAIN
building during the State Fair last
week. was the booth containing the
display of the music house OF Milligan,
Wilkin & Co. 1t was on the south side
of the east wing. The visitor had no
trouble in locating it. il beip : necessary
only to follow the crowd. An expert
pianist was engaged for the week, and
the melody which he evoked from the
different instruments lent an attract
iyeness to that department Of the Fair,
which caused many visitors to linger
longer than they otherwise would. The
quality of the music, which was a sub
ject of frequent comment, was not due
entirely to the skill of the player. The
most expert musician cannot produce
pleasing melodies without a good
instrument. There were three pianos
in the exhibit Of this firm, which
attracted general attention on ac-
and action and exquisite finish.
The instruments were Stultz & Bauer
in oak case, a Peerless Knabe upright,
and a Krell upright in ebony. The
very best evidence of the popularity
of these pianos is the gratifying num-
Der Of sales which 4were recorded at
this booth at the Fair. The firm also
had on exhibition handsome United
States and Miller organs.
The success which Milligan, Wilkin
& Co. have met with during their bEs-
mess career is due to the excellencGSof
the instruments for which they have
secured the agency in this city, as well
as they push and energy. Their store
room on Market street is one of the
handsomest in the State, and the firm
extends a cordial invitation to lovers
Of music TO call and examine its in
SfrnmpntS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
index to Now ADVERTISEMENTS.
THIRD PAGE.

THIRD PAGE.
carpets at Reduced Prices-G. Men
del & Co.
FOURTH PAGE.
BONDS for Sale--J. c. Hervey
Hanled-Farm.
Warted--Cigar Statesmen.
Nented--Young Lady.
a1tll-State Managers.
musical Instruction - Prof. II.
Ercsu,er
N2ukesha Water-Kraus Bros.
Nanted-Agents.
vented Clerks and Statesmen.
Tor Sale-Residence on Chapline
Street.
Fauted-0en and Women.
DO You Speculate? - Comstock.
Hughes & co.
anted-Ladies for Home Work.
vented Room
Nc-icu-H. c.. zane.
Fresh Vaccine Matter-GOetZe IS
Drug Store.
e,oueware-C. Y. Harding & Co.
or Dainty Observation-Disclosures stole
& Co.
Nantcd-IOung Man in Store.
'antcd-B0arders.
.--.e4 alau LOf General ~ o- n-
Real Estate-C. A.. Schaefer * Co.
Farm for Sale-W. Y. HOge.
When She Names the Day.
Wanted-Carpet Layers.
FIFTH PAGE.
True Economy-D. Gundling & co.
Don't BE C0ntent-GeO. Z. Sufel *
10.
SIXTH PAGE.
10 You Want a Carpet? stone d
Thomas.
EIGHTH PAGE.
The Household Furnishers-White,
Handloy & Foster.
TWELFTH PAGE.
Cooking EXhibit-HOuse < Herr
mann.
Dress Goods-Geo. NJ. Shook & Co.
The Trilby Craze-O'Kane & Co.
So1p-Wbeeler & NIetzner.
Don't Put It On-KraUs Bros.
Hour Sale-The Leader.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
Choice Novelties in Dress Trimmings
Swabacker's,
MANNINGTON

Warrington, w. Va, September T.
Col. Hugh Sterling, of Wheeling, was
here this week TO organize an insurance
company.
Pew. H. III. Warden and family have
returned to their home in Washington
county, Pa, after visit with relatives
here.
Burch Koen was in Wheeling last
week.
A large number of our citizens at
tended the Fair at Wheeling last week
Mrs. Harry Sdllings, Of Bradford
Pa. is the guest of relatives here.
Miss Ida Beatty will attend college
at Oberlin, Ohio, this winter.
Miss Pearl Furbee win leave next
week for BuckhannOn, where she will
attend the West Virginia Conference
Seminary this winter.
Miss Maud Warden left this week for
HOlyoke Mass, where she will attend
school this winter.
Bob Burt left this week for Wheel
ing, where he Will attend the Linsley
Institute.
Mrs. Helen Snodgrass and Miss Cora
Snodgrass left this week for a two
weeks sojourn at Mountain Lake Park
Ed Padden, of Wheeling, visited his
sisters here last week.
Capt Frank Burt, of New York City
is here on business.
Miss Blanche KOen has returned from
Mountain Lake Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. FUrbee have
,.ot,,ryod from, ox-fonIaf trim Lfacf
They were accompanied home by Mrs
Furbee's sister Miss Hattie Mahon, Of
Bridgeton, n. J.
A. S. Furbee, of Logansport, Ind,
who has been visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Furbee, returned home
Sunday morning His wife and her
sister. Miss Alice Knowlton, will re-
main several weeks.
Earl Blackstone, of Glendale, a son
of the late Ramer Blackstone, was the
guest of relatives here this week. He
was en- route home from the Boston
conclave. Mr. Blackstone is q Kansas
farmer on a large scale, having the
management of 800 acres of land
which is cultivated and stocked
The ladies OF the Presbyterian Church
gave an enjoyable entertainment at the
Opera House last night The proceeds
will be devoted to the church repairing
fund.
The Mistletoe Club will give a dance
at the Opera House some night next
week.
The work of the Fairmont and Man
nington Telephone Company is rapidly
nearing completion. c. Ed. Mayors is
manager. There are thirty-one sub
scribers now. The local Office will be
over Huey's drug store.
II. S. Furbee and mother, Mrs. J. H.
Furbee, returned Saturday from Tyler
county The trip was made overland
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
A SMALLPOX REMEDY.

A correspondent Of the Stockton,
(Cal) Herald sent the following some
years ago TO that paper:
l herewith append a receipt which
has been used to my knowledge in hun
dreds of cases. 1t Will prevent or cure
smallpox though the pittings are fill
ing. When Jenner discovered cowpox
in England the world of science hurled
an avalanche of fame upon his head.
but when the most scientific school of
medicine in the WOrld-that of Paris
published this receip, as a panicea for
smallpox, it passed unheeded. 1t is as
untailing as fate, and cOnQueTs in every
instance. II is harmless when taken
by well person. 1t will also cure
scarlet fever Here is the receipt. as
l have used and cured my children of
scarlet fever; here it is as I have used
ii to cure the smallpox; when learned
physicians said the patient must die. it
cured. Sulphate OF zinc l grain; fox
glove (digitalis) l grain; half a tea
spoonful of sugar; mix with two table
sp0Onfuls of water; when thoroughly
mixed add I ounces of water. Take a
spoonful every hour. Either disease
viii disappear in twelve hours. For a
child smaller doses according to change.
II counties would compel their ply
sicians to use this there would be no
need Of pest houses. II you value adj
vice and experience use this for that
terrible disease.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED-MEN AND WOMEN MAKE
81 TO $3.50 an hour; boys and girls SOC 10
zoe an hour: we can give immediate en-
ployment TO 500 persons; new goods; new
plan: no old-fashioned peddlng; no risk;
no license; freight paid outfit free mon
Laundry Tablets" is an article of merit;
gives satisfaction, and is wanted by every
housekeeper; it is the best selling &c ar
ticle on record; thousands OF packages
will be sold in the next few months and
hundreds of dollars made by agents; one
man took 40 orders the first day. and says:
ut is the best seller l ever tried For
earn a few dollars this is a snap; the
hest places will be taken soon, so don. Z
wait. but strike while the iron is hot ;
we have confidence in our goods, and
confidence in you, reader, so without
money or price we will let you try the
business. Address at once, TABLET
DEPOT, Cincinnati, O. seSdeq
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

the American of 1916. The English
man came over, was whipped and sent
back smarting under the patriotic
blows Of a patriotic nation. The com
parison is not all favorable, is it? Per-
haps Max Nordau was not wholly
wrong when he wrote his book on De-
generation"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

The discovery chat low basic pig iron
can be produced from southern ore has
created wonderful boom .n the South
ern iron industry. The Tennessee Coal
arl Iron Company. which is now films
an order OF 25O0o tons from the Carne-
aies has just booked another order from
ne Illinois Steel Co. for 10000 tons.
The stock of the Tennessee Company.
which uas quoted a- 1i'4 in January,
Yesterday reached within Oue-eighth of
Au tbe idle furnaces i'm Alabama
l-tI soon De &C work
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
r,,o rndin. Know a Good Thing

That's why James A. Garfield and Lucy
p. HAYES Circles, Ladies Of the G. A.
r.. selected the Panhandle as the best
route 10 Louisville. They viii leave
Wheeling at $50 a. NJ, Wheeling time,
Monday. September 9Th, on a special
train. making the trip by daylight.
Louisville Will be reached in time for
supper. Ticket Agents J. G. Tomlinson
or John Bailie, Wheeling, viii sell
round trip tickets for $7.35.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
BUSINESS CHANCES.

WANTED-STATE MANAGERS FOR
established house. Salary $1,000 a year
and commissions. Must deposit $500 10
$500, well secured. No travelling. Box
40, St. Louis, Mo. seSd u
WANTED-A GENERAL AGENT FOR
the State of West Virginia, man WIN
some executive ability. large experience III
Building and Loan matters; 10 compe-
tent man a liberal contract will be given
with a guarantee. Address Calvert bLi,lI-
ing and Loan Association, Baltimore Mu'
se1d NJ w
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
A MYSTERIOUS SHOT.

About a quarter before four o'clock
yesterday morning a shot was heard
apparently in the vicinity of the Act
naville bridge. Yesterday report
was circulated to the effect that a Pitts
burg colored man who had attended a
dance given in Seabright's grove in
Martins Ferry, and there met col
ored woman. and the TWO started for
Wheeling. AT the Aetnaville bridge,
so the story goes, the woman shot her
companion, and inflicted a wound
which will prove fatal. The police Of
Martins Ferry and Wheeling know
nothing about the alleged shooting.
We are headquarters for School
Books and School Supplies.
earle BROS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
SAL FSMEN WANTED.s

WANTED-CIGAR SALESMAN, GOOD
salary: experience unnecessary sample
outfit free. FIGARO CIGAR CO, Chi
cagO. seouq
SALESMAN WANTED TO CARRY DRY
Goods as a side line. Liberal commission.
Bryn Mawr Mills, PA Chestnut St. Phila-
deipbia. seieqdq
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08

Cholera for the first time has made
rear attack on Uncle sam and is
threatening him from the West
Alarming reports of the epidemic
come from China and Japan. and san
francisco and Portland are adopting
stringent measures TO shut out the
disease. Total deaths i'm Japan since
AUGUST r are reported at 10000, while
iu China the number is estimated at
$4,000. and these terrible figures in-
cruIe only few ports i'm each country
vhe epidemic has reached Honolulu
and the next steps eastward are Port
land and san Francisco. 1t is TO be
hoped that the Pacific coast authori-
lies win prevent those steps.