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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
ION WITH The DANCE
LET JOY Be UNGONFINEDI'

We have just put in a com.
pIete line OF Ball Programs,
ranging in price from way
up to way down. They're
all neat and tasty, and we
are going to do a big BUSH
ness in them this fall and
winter. Write lis for prices.
Mail orders reCciFe prompt
attention.
w. VA. PRINTING CO.,
l225.l227 Market Street
WHEELING, W. VA.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MONEY TO LOAN.
" Cash always on hand in sums TO suit.
from $40 upwards. ON furniture. diamonds
ETC.. without remoyaE east payments; COM
idontial WHEELING LOAN CO., Box lOT.
ocg-mOu. wedNfic
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
CONTRACT.
September g. 169

coDteWOeT D, Io'3.
The within contract between Henry
FIoersheim. of Finlayville, Pa, and
the city of Wheeling, W. Va, is here
by renewed for the term of two years.
commencing the 18th Of September,
1898. and ending September 10. 1898.
Price S134 per ton. delivered at works,
cirv weight. and subject to all its pro-
visions I'm every respect.
Witness our hand and seals this 9th
day of September 1893.
II. III. DUNLENY,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
We want 70
{ TO
Sell Diamonds.

only when we can do little biz better
in the way of prices and quality tba1
anybody else in the city. Whcnsrc- we
find chat we cannot do that. We will 90
oUt of business Experience shows that
the most profitable thiHg that we can
do is 10 look ont Tor rho Interest % car
customers Tils nr H. h. ir "a "a
.I.l.r. .-nts r.r.l ..s rrJ .ll-
l". t--t Jay DE-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
RINEY OVERPAID-

We also find The Trustees have over
paid C. w Rixey for hauling. the
amount Of S161S2 July 9TH. 1894 they
advanced the said Rixey $4,000. The
secretary had him sign a receipt for
same and laid it before the Board and
had that amount included in q check
90 pay sundry bills. He he'd also paid
C.. ". Rixey for hauling, 143765s bush
els coal ar zoe per 100 bushels. amount
ms to S10LS2. On May 3lst 1894 and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
WNr. IT. SHAEFER.
7 SCHTLTZE.
Trustees Of the Gas Works of the City
of Wheeling. w Va.
HENRY FLOERSHEIM.


We find that the Trustees have been
paving the hauling on said coal, and
therefore we have charged the said
FIoersheim for the hauling said coal
from Sept 18TH. 1898. to- Sept 18th.
1895. with interest to Jan. LIST, 1896,
according to- the contract he agreeing
% deliver said coal at the works. we
have also charged him for the differ
euce i'm the price of digging also, as
we have It from a reliable source that
the price of digging came down from
7gc 90 as low as soc i'm the time men
toned I'm said contract from Sept. 18th,
-93. to Sept 18th. 1895.
We also find an account opened in
rbe Ledger. on page $50 and 154, as
follows,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26

Cubic 4, Cubic Fl, Bush. Bush. Coal
Gas made Gas. sold. Cca' bought Used
i41 $3.50 1a0 E-t11 2sifcS 3-SS ~
Jsed nv city e 72o 80 Sold 212 Loss 201f
Loss --.e..... -l.S-o.39 or 50 tons
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26

SOut OA tI the DOOhS We nave O4A9 ANA-4N
one time when there was any mistake
against Floersheim, and that was Tor
only one ton OF coal and We have ms
letter notifying the secretary to make
that good in the next settlement
which ne did. But we have found Wnere
the secretary, W. H, Fee, has copied
from the weigher's book and made
mistake of one million lbs. OF COAL
making SEQ tons. and Mr.. Henry Floor
sheim checked that up after receiving
the daily statement. He did not n0tl-
is the city. This was in the monthly
statement rendered Oct 31st, 1894, by
the secretary. W. II. Fec No. but
he claimed it, and made the city pay
him not only for the 500 tons OF coal
he did not deliver. but made the city
pay him interest on the amount. We
have charged him back with the amount
of the coal and the interest he charged
the city. 500 tons coal at 1874 per ton,
$4,000, interest paid on same to Jan.
18th 1898. $837, making $67S37 with
interest TO Jan. Isl 1896. There are
other Overcharges prior to this OF small
amounts. which we have charged back
10 Henry Floersheim. which we expect
10 collect from him in final settlement.
We find that on Dec. 18th, 1894 the
Trustees charged up coal account,
S3949, which they knew the said floer-
sheim ought to pay, as IL was for haul
ing coke and paving freight on said
coke for said Floersheim, and here Is
another instance where the city has
nobody looking after her interest. We
have charged the amount back TO
Henry Fl0ershaim with interest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26

Jus, here we viii state that Henry
FIoersheim gets from the weigher az
the works. a statement of the ears un-
loaded and weighed every day the
weigher sending him postal with the
ears unl0aded and the amount got OuJ
of every car. which enables the said
Floersheim 90 check ND and see where
ever there is q mistake in his favor. or
not and i'm the six years that we have
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-26
DILLON, WHEAT 4 HAECHER GO.

TIL Register uses and recommends the
Williams
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
From Forcign shores.

Tt is rumored that NJ. James Tlssot,
the English painter, when he has quite
completed his plan of illustrating the
gospel by water colors, Will enter a
Trappist monastery.
A set of large drawings by Thacke-
ray. made for the album of his friend,
Mrs. Robert Bell, and described by her
in Harper's Magazine five years ago,
will be sold in London shortly.
Ladies in London and the South are
now decorating their bicycles with
flowers. The idea really comes from
italy. where the front part of the little
victorias on the Pincian or in the Cas-
cine are crammed with gay blooms.
Nine. Bernhardt, after playing a
fortnight's engagement in London, Will
go to Belle Isle for six weeks OF rest.
Then. after round of performances
at watering places, she will return to
Paris for the opening of the season.
The German empress possesses a
UNIQUE tea service. The tea tray has
been beaten out of an old Prusslan
halfpenny, the teapot is made out of a
German farthing, and the tiny cups are
made from coins of different German
principalities.
1t is computed by a statistician OF
the curious that Queen VictOria's hand,
which is said to be a handsome one,
has signed more important papers and
been kissed by more important men
than the hand of any other queen that
ever lived.
DR.. Frederick B. Power the distin-
glished American chemist, formerly Ill
charge of the department OF pharmacy
at the University of Wisconsin in Madl-
son, was given a banquet in London,
ON his appointment as director OF the
Welcome Research laboratories.
DR.. w. Walsham How, bishop of
Wakefield, Eng, announced recently
that he had burned one of Thomas
Hardy's novels, in order to mark his
disapproval of it, and now numerous
good church people in his diocese are
reading the novel in question to see
how bad it is.
J. Israel Tarte, the new minister OF
public works, whose exposure OF the
fraudulent way in which government
contracts were manipulated in Canada
led to the retirement of Sir Hector
Iangeyin from the Dominion cabinet
and the imprisonment of Thomas Nc
Greeyy, is now making a thorough in
yestigation of the evidence Sir Charles
Upper and his late ministers left be-
hind them when they vacated the
treasury benches. He believes startling
disclosures will result.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
People in Print.

Rev. d. Halsey w. Knapp, well
known Baptist, died at his home IN
Brooklyn, aged q years.
Gen. Joshua Siegfried, aged Ga. died
1T Pottsville, Pa. He was prominent
among the veterans, the capitalists,
and the philanthropists in his state.
Elk Gov. J. H. Williams died at his
home in Augusta, Me-, at the age of 81.
For nearly fifty years Mr.. Williams
had held various positions of public
trust. having been United States sena-
tor, president of the senate and gov
ernor of the State of Maine.
Prof Bernard Moses, who occupies
the chair Of political science at the Uni
Versity Of California, has been offered
a similar chair at the University OF
Chicago. Prof. Moses has been con-
nected with the University Of Califor-
MIA since 1875.
Adolphe Ebeling, the German writer,
is dead in Cologne. He was born in
1927 at Hamburg. After graduating at
Heidelberg he made a voyage TO Bra
I'll and returned to France. He taught
the German language in Paris until the
war of 1870, when he lived in Dussel-
dorf, in Cologne, and after the peace,
in Metz, where he was lntrusted with
the direction of press affairs.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
serious shooting ARRAY

Carleton, Mimi, July PA shoot
ing affray occurred at the brothel Of
William H. Patterson in this place,
last night which will likely prove fatal
to two persons. James O'Darrah, a
stranger who was occupying a room,
and said to be under the influence of
liquor, raised a disturbance. Emma
Patterson, the woman of the house,
called her husband to restore peace.
An alteration took place i'll which
O'Darrah drew a revolve: and shot
Patterson in the abdomen. The wo-
man ran out of the house and was pur-
sued and shot in the arm and side. and
it is claimed cannot recover. ODar-
rah is in the county Jail awaiting Il
hearing His claim is self defense.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
Dubois and Mantle out.

Denver, July %. - Senators Teller,
Dubois and Mantle and congressman
Harter and Shaforth last night adj
dressed 5000 people at the Broadway
theatep at the Bryan and Sewall rati-
fication meeting. This was the first
public appearance of Dubois and
Mantle since the st Louis convention.
Senator Mantle declared he was still
a Republican and that he did not be-
lieve the Republican presidential nomi-
nee was at heart an advocate of the
single gold standard, but that, having
been nominated on a platform declar-
ing for it, he would conscientiously
carry out it's provisions if elected.
Senator Dubois, he said, was a pro-
tectionist, but that he considered the
monetary question of more importance
and would, therefore, lend his voice to
the Democratic nominees. Senator
Tellers remarks We're mainly local.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
sors will search for the bullet with y

sors will search fer the bullet with \
rays.
Bob Heth, the outlaw, who, when
pursued by a posse of farmers, shot
one of them Charles Ford, whose
house he had just robbed, and sefl-
ously injured several others by bloWS
from the butt end of a gun; was cap
tured at Joplin, Mo.
James French, IN Italian Of Rock
ford, ILL.,, murdered his wife by shoot
ing her eight times and then escaping
from the crowd that had gathered to
seize him. shot himself in the head ana
sprang into the river. He was res
cued by the police and still lives.
Near Huntington, w. Va, A. j. Call
and Nettie, his daughter, living Oh
shanty boat, were murdered by Eta
Robins. The woman was in a fury
and attacked her victims with an ak,
with which weapon she also wounded
seyera; children on The boat, some OF
whom may die of their injuries.
President Cleveland has committed
to Imprisonment for life the death SEN
tence imposed upon three Texas boys
John G.. Bail Tom Davis and Taylor
Hickman. Davis and Hickman are IN
dams. Leniency is granted because of
their youth.
In the United States supreme court
of Santa Fe, n. NJ, Judge Laughlln
sentenced j. A. Peralta Keavis, con
victed of conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection with the
Peralta land grant case, to two years
Imprisonment and a fine OF $4,000.
H. D. Smith, coal operator, killed
himself at Rockville, Ind, with a re-
volver, the ball passing entirely
through his head. Death ensued III
less than an hour. Mr.. Smith was at
one time wealthy coal operator in
Clay county, and later a resident Of
Terre Haute. He was about 70 years;
old Suffering induced by an attack
of grippe is assigned as the cause or
the suicide.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
miscellaneous.

Mr. Wishard's American horse, Wish
ard, three years old, had walk-oyer
in the race for the Apethorpe Welter
plate at Huntingdon, Eng.
The celebration of the Tooth ami
yersary Of the city of Cleveland began
with chimes of bells and religious SER
vices.
The cricket team from Havreford col
lege, Pa, played the Charter House pu-
pills. eleven near London. AT the con-
clusion of the first innings of the Char
ter House players eighty-tWo runs had
been scored.
The body of John Linderman, at one
time q prosperous farmer of Decatur.
Mich, was found by the roadside in a
badly decomposed condition. His death
is supposed to have resulted from ex-
posture.
After several months, of agitation a
strike of the various organizations con-
shutting the Brotherhood of Tailors
was declared in New York. 1t will in
volve about 1900 workmen in New
York, Brooklyn and Brownsville.
The first part of the brief prepared
by James J. StorroW, of counsel Of
Venezuela, in connection with Mr..
Schruggs, the legal advisor of that gov
eminent, has just been completed and
submitted
Charles H Warren, after a continu-
Gus service of fifteen years with the
Great Northern railroad, the last two
of which was as its general manager,
has laid down the harness AM FOR a
time at least will retire from active
service with the company.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
washington Talk.

The president has committed to inn
prisonment for life the death sentences
imposed upon the three Texans, John
G. Hall, Tom Davis and Taylor Hick-
man. They were to be hanged Sept. 4
next.
Edward B. Webster, the young navy
paymaster who was recently court
martialed at Mare Island and found
guilty of charge of embezzlement,
does not intend to abide by the Judg-
ment of the court. He will appeal to
President Cleveland.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
Casualties.

Frederick McNichalaS OF MaflneScO
was run over and killed by an ore
train near Marinesco, Mich. He leaves
q Wife and family
Southern Kansas and Southern and
Western Missouri have experienced
the heaviest rains for years, and con-
siderable damage will result
Fred. C. Harnsen of Warsaw, Ind,
while assisting in a barn-raising, was
killed by falling latter. His brother
met similar death four years ago.
Joseph German, forty-nine years Of
age. of Barberton, Ohio, swallowed
several tacks They could not be dis
lodged, dysentery set in, and German
died in terrible agony.
While driving a horserake near Ed
inburg, Ind, Fenten Wright fell upon
the farm implement, when the horse
bolted and both of his eyes were
gouged out
To quell a riot in one of the corridors
Jailer Richardson of Geneva, Ill.,, fired
q shot at the ceiling, which is made of
heavy metal plates. The ball glanced
and struck Joseph Allen, a prisoner
from Elgin, killing him instantly.
The body of the man drowned at Al
Logan, Mich, while trying to escape
arrest for assaulting a girl, has been
identified rs that of NJ. NJ. Stevens OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. A verdict OF SUI
icide was rendered.
: A disastrous railroad wreck occurred
Oh the Chicago & Texas railroad, one
mile south of Murphysboro, Ill. A
trestle over Big Muddy creek gave
way, and one passenger coach was
ditched. Twelve persons were injured,
two of whom may die.
James era aston, proprietor of Gram
ston's mills at English, Ind, was
killed by a boiler explosion. He had
run his mill all night, in the absence
of the engineer, who declared that MI.
Cranston should act as engineer one
night while the engineer should enjoy
a holiday.
Two children of Ira Reese were bur
led alive near Fowler, KaS. They were
playing under a sand bank, when it
suddenly gave way. The accident was
witnessed by their father, but they
were dead when he dug the sand away
from them. The girl was twelve years
old and the boy six.
Lawrence Murphy, aged twenty-sey-
en-. a featherweight boxer Of Sagina II,
Mich, boarded moving freight car
on the Lake Shore road at Toledo.
While standing OH the car he was
struck by the Fassett street bridge and
knocked nuder the wheels and his
head completely severed from his
body.
The medical examination of the body
of William Metcalf, the farmer killed
by lightning near KokOmo, Ind, re-
yealed a curious state of facts. 1t was
found that nearly every bone in his
body was burst, all of them being
shattered and reduced to small splint-
ers without burning OF decorating the
flesh.
MAYORS opera house at Terre
Haute, Ind, built at a cost Of 100000,
about thirty years ago, was DESTROYED
by fire. The opera house was occupied
by Espenheim & Albrecht, dry goods.
The Cincinnati house, recently built at
cost of $4,000, and two buildings
adjoining were also destroyed. The
loss is 100000.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
TOwne Signed 1t.

gresham Charles A. Towne appears
among the signatures to The manifesto
issued last Monday by Senator Teller
and other Republicans who bolted at
the st. Louis convention. TOWne's
name was accidentally omitted from
the copy of the address sent out by
the Associated Press.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

A London paper states that during
the cycle BOOM which has now lasted
three months, the prospectuses OF more
than thirty cycle companies have oeen
issued, the total capital being 10000
COO pounds.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

Queen Victoria is to see herself in
bronze. A heroic statue of H. r. NJ. is
to be placed at the junction of Queen
Victoria street and the Victoria en-
baAkment, Blackfriars. one OF the bust
est. spots in the city of London. The
statue is the work of the late G. b.
Birch. an English sculptor.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

The electric light is not an unmixed
blessing, after all. Landlords ut sum
mer resorts declare that the summer
Young man has disappeared almost
wholly since the verandas have been
illuminated by electricity. The sum-
mer young man and girl don't want
too much light on the subject.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

America leads the world on the quail
ity of it's bicycles, and as conse-
quence foreigner orders for American
machines have been received during
the past few months to the amount OF
S1,000,0O0.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

1t is significant that Cornelius Van
derbilt was suddenly stricken in his
home the same as was his father, Will
lam III. Vanderbilt. This would seem
to indicate that the Vanderbilts are pre-
disnesed to suffer from this disease,
which in w. II. Vandelbilt's case was
fatal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

If, rs is announced, 4 Boston lady
has really solved the problem of 4
theater hat, she may be regarded as q
public benefactor. Her invention is 4
collapsibIe hat, which can be folded
into a small and almost invisible COM
pass while on the head, by simply pull
ing a string.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

From the frequency of reports OF
atrocities by German officers in Africa,
it might be supposed that Germany
gets rid of her most tyrannical army
officers by sending them to her African
possessions.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

The Hindoos burn their dead, and the
person who sets fire to the pile has HIM
self shaved in every portion OF the
head and face, except only his cue;
but if the person deceased, whether
male or female, be younger than he,
then he does not shave his whiskers.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

A New York teamster who Intention
ally ran down woman b1cycler mas
been let off with a $40 fine. The eX-
cuse that the man was drunk serves
only to aggravate the oifense. A
drunken driver is public menace at
all times.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

peace hath her victories no less re-
nowned than those of war" The An
cient and Honorable Artillery company
of Boston has captured London without
firing a shot
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

1t was stated the other day, at an I'M
portant fair in Lincolnshire, that the
demand for horses of the hackney
class had fallen off at least so per cent
owing to the cycle craze.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

The Chicago man who stole two over
coats the other day got one-hour sen
tence. He ought to have been made TO
wear them.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

A dealer says there is more steel
used in the manufacture Of pens than
in all the sword and gun factories III
the world.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

Some japanese magicians are So
clever that while smoking they are able
to form letters and short words with
the smoke that issues from their lips.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
EVIL noinrs.

George Grant and David Cook, farm
ers of Columbia, Mo-, Quarreled over
religion. and the latter was shot in the
abdomen. Missouri university profess
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28
PlTH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

General ltesume of the Most Inn
portant News of the Week, From
NIL Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged In Com
vcnient Form for Rapid Fer.
usnl by Busy People.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

An English writer declares that
George ". was the most entirely
odious man that ever disgraced the
British throne.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

The telegraph lines of the world ag-
gregate 1;O69,12 miles. America has
more than half-548, S32 miles.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

Overcrowding of a roW-boat has leo
. fatal accident at Cleveland. The only
wonder is that such accidents are not
more frequent.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

If the color line has appeared in the
Cuban army of independence, that
army will not win and does not deserve
to win.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-28

The BARRIERS of India are so deft and
light of touch that they can shave a
man without awakening him.