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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-04
Dividend Notice.

The directors of the North Carolina Rail
roac Compauv have declared n dividend OF
6l4 per cent; 81 per cent payable Febrnar'
M January 10th. and y l. cent on August
10th TO stock hod' rs of record 1T II O'CLOCK
m. on July 20, h, 1896
The transfer books will be closed OF IL
O'Clock M, January 10Th until February
10th, and at IL O'Clock M, July 10th 20
August 10TH 1896.
P. B. RUFFIN, Treasurer.
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NEW ORLEANS.
new ORLEANS. La, Feh. 3-F
barely steady; sales 81 ,200 bales.
EGPt alle.

1.,7e-.1 60. FEBRUARY AIS ID.
Co5ton--Spot, quiet, pr c-s fir Il; American
mi ID Ing 4 10 cd.
sales of the lay were 10 900 bales, OF
wnicn go bales were for ejaculation and
exp.rt, ana eluued $50 bales Ameri-
can: renaipr. % bal g, ali American.
Cultures opened quiet but steady and
closed teady AT til adva ce
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oTEEH .&AR6ErS
r, hrQare 3

f bruary
Cot IN 8tddilug Quoba5iYir
= ortcik steady. / IL, 1872 bales
ddlIiMo1e no inaI, 8z, os4ep
6oston du |. sd, 439 DaleA.
wilmington eady, ~, 35s bales.
Philadelphia quiet 81 45 b@i1s
1apdnnah quieO, ca y, ", 1881 bales.
NeE Orleans quiet. 5 ~, l",4 5 bales
A .eusta quiet, ~, 10 oaloe.
-4arlSssyos4 steady, u, /, 10 ba.sea
eew ao-s Gull, n, $3.50 bales.
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It Went Up Three Cents IN as
Many Minutes.
CLOSED lI-8 CENTS HIGHER
The Bears Still Control the
Cotton Market.
RECEIPTS AHEAD OF ESTIMATES
Stock Speculation is Almost entireY
Professional and Considerable
Contraction in Volume
of Trading.
of Trading,

New York, Feb. 3.-Cotton market
opened steady at an advance OF 10 4
points. The short lived improvement
was due to cables that indicated an
advance of ! and ~ points on futures
and fairly active spot market at Inv
crpool 1t soon became apparent tha1
receipts were running ahead OF estl-
mates, even while reported as lhtef-
rupted by bad roads. Lack OF genera
business was another bearish factor.
There is a growing tendency to sell
the new crop positions. local sentl-
,nept is bearish on the continued indlf-
ference of speculation, but the strong
statistical positions in Europe checked
selling. The firmness of Liverpool was
unexpected, yet the reports about the
movement outweighed it. The market
closed featureless at net loss OF 10
points
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
THROUGHM MARSHALL
Moundsville People Arc Up and
Doing for the New Railroad.
THEY WILL SUBSCRIBE 100000
To the Capital stock of the COMPANY as
Soon as It Is Incorporated Sub
scrlptlon viii be Given Ia the Event of
the Road Being Built Through Marshall
County % Wheeling will
watch this Movement

The IntelllEenccr yesterday morning
rerered to the movement Of citizens OF
Moundsvllle to secure the construction
of the proposed Pittsburgh, Monongn-
heln & Wheeling railroad 10 a Terminus
on the Ohio river at Moundsvlllc. IN
stead of one Mt Wheeling as is con-
templatcd by the present plans OF the
company. A morning paper has It That
the Marshall county people are work
Ing for the Wheeling 6 Connellsvilie
road to terminate ut MoundsVl'le,
random guess that caused amusement
among even uniformed people. Tile
terminus OF the latter ronh could not
we'll be at any polrt but Wheeling.
The Marshall county people. however.
believe that the western terminus OF
tho Pittsburgh, MohoHgahela q Wheel
ing Could he brought to MoundsvlllG
with advantage both 10 the company
and to Marshall county. That they
seem willing to back up tflHir opinion
is proved by the action OF the citizens
committee yesterday In appearing be-
fore the Marshall county commission
ers andsecurlng pledgeof stock sub
sorlptlon OF $4,000 in the event that
the road Is built along route through
Marshall county to Moundsviiie d'i The
river, The committee was composed OF
Mesars. ]. l.. Honten, II. W. Hunter. J.
C. Simpson. G. W. Grimes aud II. y,
Melghcn. Nftcr their conference with
the county commissioners tile Inter
passed tile following order;
AFTER confederation Y ~ the opinion
OF the court that when said railroad
company shall have secured Its clEtr-.
ter OF Incorporation under tho laws OF
tho state OF West Virginia, and clttb-
lIshel the line OF rs railroad through
the county OF Marshall to point on
the Ohio river in said COMFY. this court
VIII Immediately order nn election By
the people OF the county submitting the
proposition OF authorizing the Issue and
sale by this court, OF bonds % the
county to the amount OF 100000 and
subscribing said amount to the stock
OF sn1d railroad company IN accordance
with the laws of the state"
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and has d buster; the same company's
No. r. A. Stewnrt, in the Fiat run
district, Is good for So barrels a day.
The well on the DoTence farm, To-
Gated, three and half miles northeast
Of Smithneld, Jefferson county, % N
running barrels n day from the Berea
grit.
II. II. Church Is drilling q test well
near Addison. GatIia county, O., a short
distance below Pomeroy, for Gallipolis
people.
The Pittsburgh & Ohio oil Company
will start wild cat northeast OF Pome-
roy, Melgs county, o.. early next week.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24

Froebel, the great promoter Of the kin
, dergarten system Of teaching clildicf said:
Let parents not live for their children, but
r,iA then The ucthe. Who x::Ie:StGt;it
this sentiment liveswith, even her unborn
child. She studies to be wise about herself
and the tittiS life she Is fostering She doc2
all she can D. elva "a. SSS!la Fair s'nrt II,
life, by giving II q strong well developed
body. All through babyhood, childhooS
and youth she lives tcfM her sol, or her
daughter. Especially her daughter she VIII
keep near her. she wiil allow no falSe
rnodesty to stand IN the way Of that d1uRh.
teF's Knowledge of herself, OF her possibiii'
ties, Of her perilS, She will teach her that
happy, heaithfii motherhood Is ai honor,
a blessing. That sickness IL a mistake, n
breaking Of natures law But there arc
times Of unavoidable OVERRIDING when the
system becomes rundown.
For over thirty years Or, Pierce has used
his "Favofite Prescription as strength
euer, a purifier, regulator It works
directly upon the delicate, distinctly ferit'
nine organs, in natural, soothing way. II
searches out the weak spotsy and builda
them up. It Is beneficial In any state Of ths
system. A woman who would understand
herself will find an able assistant By ssEh'
Ing IL cents TO the WohdI DlsPenSArJ
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y, for DR.,
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser,
II Is n book that has reached Its 6Soth thou'
sand. II contains In Its 1908 pages M ifli'
rlerse store of information In plain words
that any person will readily understand.
Ma. O. G. SPEAR, Of SaHd RsnL, oIaNEo 60,
Mn York, testhes "a this wise: "Onr hrt
child was born before my vile was sixteen years
old. Aflerward her health was very poor She
tried Dr. PierCe'E FNvurlte Prescription. She
vninsd desl,SAud ptrength by using two bottles
During the last few weeks Of her second preg.
nancy abe again used the Prescription" fter
confinement was a rapid aud easy one, aud Sue
got up strong md well
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24

LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan. pa spe-
cial to the Times from Atlanta, Ga,
says at Rutiedge, 4 small town near
there, VIII Benton went TO his fathers
house to take his aunt away. the aunt's
character affecting the happines OF the
household. They became involved in a
little difficulty. when the son shot his
father, though not seriously. The father
then caught his son and cut his throat
from ear to ear. The boy will likely
die.
In Lumkin. Ga, Jerry Carter killed
Frank Black, cutting his throat. Both
are young men OF excellent families,
and the event has created great ex-
element
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WILL Be TESTED.
The Territory. in the Interior of Tyie'

The Territory. ia the Interior OF Tyler
County Is TO he we'll Pnuetured.
The Kyle well on Indian creek. and
the pullman well near Wick, Tyler
county, have stirred up the witdcattcrs
and the result will be that the territory
10 or 20 miles east and southeast OF Sis
tersviIle VIII get such prodding with
in the next few months that not hid
den pool, II one exists, will be allowed
to escape, gays ID. s. w" The ter
ritory has all been under lease one or
more times, but test well coming In
dry has discouraged the holders, and
the lenses have been surrendered. with
out striking blow to drill test WE'LL
]. II. Gufrey and others are getting
ready TO start two wells on the Pitt
farm, located directly west and be-
tween the Kyle well and The big Mo-
SEES" gasser
Wilson. Harper & Company have
block OF leases on Elk Fork and Ten
Mile creek, located three miles north OF
the Kyle we'll. that will be fully tested
in the near future. Theirs well will
be drilled on the II. l.. Bowser farm.
The South Penn OIL Company is build
ing the rigs for three test wells on the
sechman farm, southwest OF the Kyle
well.
In almost every direction from the
last named we'll. new work is starting
and as It progresses interest In that To-
cnlity will increase.
In the extreme northeastern part OF
the county there will be considerable
experimental work during the winter
and spring months. Near Braden pump
station, bordering on Doddrldge coun-
~. the Paova oil Company, n PItts-
burgh company, has been having fairly
good success on the Gray and White
farms, and others nre now preparing to
look for little Of the same stun.
Shay & McAfullen nre starting two
wells on the John Gray farm and the
Paova company Is getting ready TO
start several new wells on the Gray and
White farms.
sancho creek territory will be again
subjected to n new and more thorough
testing. There has for some tlmo been
a pretty general impression that the
Carter oil Company'H well on the r. c.
FreclHnd farm made too good n show
ing when drilled into the sand 10 not be
the forcrunncr OF new pool.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24

Special pfsphtch'to the tntet'fgcneer.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. Jan. 23.-
The supreme court OF appeals met this
morning and handed down the follow
ing orders:
State VS.. Charley Scott, from Mercer
county, petition OF the state for writ
OF error refused because the Judgment
is plainly right; MarBhall's executor VS..
Hall ct nj, from jefferson county. ap-
peal and snpersedeas allowed on petit
ton OF MIIler's administrator; Foley,
ct al, VS.. Rulcy aud brother, from
Doddrldge county, motion for certlo-
rari. etc. docketed; Ray, administrator
VS.. Ohio River Railroad Company, from
Jackson county, writ OF error dismissed
and reallowed. The court then ad-
Journed until Friday morning at 10
o'clnpk
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
OoMMIssIoNERs, SAFE.

by virtue Of a decree Of tse Circuit C5a-. n,
Marshall county. West Virginia, entered UfI h.
18th day Of October. isgj In ChancyFy urI..
Book No. O. page eJI In chancery cause therein
pending ln.whlch tho Stats OF West ViWnIs Il
piRtutin nnd Neil Y rlun mud Others ntu ug.rag
ants tho undersigned. who wcrn By tuu said h.
creo appointed special commissioners lur Il.
purpose. will ODER for sale nj public auction l.,
the highest aud beet bidder, az the front Of ra,
City Building Ia the city Of BgnTOol. Slaf,4sI
county, West VIginia, on
SATURDAY. TIE 25H DAY oV DECEMBER. 80.
beginning st2 O'Clock p. m, OF that dag II.
following described real estate, situate 4. M,
city OF BenwOod Marshall county We, III
giniu. that Is to fHv: tutNu. 30 In schaih TI.t,i
Amended Addition 70 ille sad city Of B!nv51I
being the property conveyed by tho snlngI
bRrh brewing Company 10 said Neil Quinn Ly
deed dated April y, 1891. and now Of Eue.ia h
the office Of the CLERK OF the Lountr CONT Of
Manhnll county. IN Decd Book No. 81. tlgs ~
Also tho undivided IwoseToulhs 0! ban OF
trnct OF land In Union district. Ia said county
and state known aS tho CrAnglg aud Fleming
lot. md lying Immediately south Ot RpbIus,g,
addition 10 BenwOol aud north Of the iiearui
Iron Works Rolling Mil property. mud bounded
and described a. follows: Beginning alta ,,tgs
on the enstcrlv side OF a siVtv-fDpt ROADWAY and
30 feet sOuthwardly from the Intersection 4 be-
eASicrly side OF Second street with the south line
of RobHs0ns addition: thence with the ra,'orig
at right angles with the south line OF sn.i ROB-
int0n'E addition fiiGy feet t0a stake. thence Il,
right angles from said siXty'iOlt fb11wag p4.
Allel with said south line Of said RobiR,Ja's al.
dition ninety.ihrce feet 70 the westerly side oil,
Slxieen.foot roadway. and with said side Of ,sl
sixteen.fOOt roadway northwarily and parallel
with said slEty.ioot roadway fifty feet to q s'lE-
thence weStwhrdly and parallel with said s0l.a
line OF said ROblnSon's addition nlneiy.ihIge
feet TO the beginning
TERNs or SALE:-One.thirh Of the purcha,e
money, and rs much moro thereof ~ the plr
chaser shall elect 10 pay. In cash on the dAv Of
sale and the reAldne thereof payable In two t4uaI
inStniimeRN In one and tH0 years Ecsgec,iTey
from the day Of sRleATtth interest from Tat d.5
the purchaser giving bis notes for the deferred
payments. bearing interest nt Aforesaid Win
personal security thereon satisfactory % SD
special commissioners, and the title TO be retain
eli until payment In full ofSa!d purchase .aJrtG
and interest. IT,. PARSONS.
GEO. H. Caldwell,
Special Commissioner
hereby certify that George X Caldwell and
T. J. Parsons. tho above named special cOian'
SIOnen, have given bond and security as rpqu!tsI
by the court and by law, ahd the said bond a1j
security have been approved by me
LEROY l.. STInGEE
Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Marshall c,Un'y,
W. Va HDgs-5L
The above sale. Is adjourned until SATUR
DAY. FEBRUARY s. 1890. at the same A1I: ~!
piece, r. !. PARSONS.
GEU T. CALDWELL.
den lalS.iels Special C0mmL..Lnlers
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IL IL
CIRrinSton.. JEWEL, $50 p, m.
The Percy Kelsey Mt . n M, Tom
Lysle at Up. m. and w. G. Horner at 3
day.
The marks at p. m. showed 5 feet. ?
inches, n rise OF eight inches in twenty
four hours. Weather cloudy and warm,
Mean temperature, IS above zero.
Matters are now very lively down ut
the wharf every other morning. the
Liberty and Lexington leaving at the
same hour for points below. Tho COM
Petition for business Is very brisk. The
bonts are not cutting rates, however.
Yesterdays rains are great encour-
agement to the rivermen, and n general
resumption OF navigation with q run
of coal from Pittsburgh Is anticipated
shortly. Yesterdays report from Pitts
burgh shows rise OF one foot In TWEEN
ty-tour hours and rain ut several points
on both hendwater streams, insurinB
more water. The Pittsburgh packets
will probably be out again next week.
The statement published in several
papers that the house rivers and hnr-
bcrs committee OF Congress has already
accepted the invitation OF the Ohio
Valley Improvement Association to
take look ut the Ohio between Pitts
burgh and Wheeling from the steamer
Virginia. Ia not true. The invitation was
TO be accepted through Congressman
DoveneT, OF the First West Virginia
district, and he has not yet announced
the acceptance. The itinerary includes
o banquet at Pittsburgh, followed by
tho trip to Wheeling. banquet here
by the chamber Of commerce, and pos
slbly nm extension OF the trip to Park
ersburg, where third banquet Ia pro-
posed. From Pittsburgh TO Wheeling
IN seen the stretch OF river where
Colonel Sticlsney. the government en-
gInCer, believes system OF locks and
dams IL necessary In the scheme OF
river improvement.
Plttsburgh-RIver SO feet and rising
at the dam "a rise OF one foot In -
hours) Weather. rninlng and chilly.
oil Clty-River q inches and station
AIRY. Mid and raining.
Greensboro-Rivcr feet inches and
rising. Ice gone. Rainfall 80 inch.
Windy md cooler.
Morgnntown-illver closed with rot
ten ice. Thermometer a degrees, ana
raining.
Wnrren-Rlvcr 15 inches and falling.
Light rain.
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A,,lrnnent J. Han,lngton.

SpecIaI DIspatch 10 the IhIeIIIschIcr'
HUNTINGTON. ". Va. Jan. g.
Goddard and Ferguson, merchants and
timber dealers. OF East Lynn, made n
general assignment to-day; assets and
liabilities are unknown. Cincinnati
firms are the largest losers.
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II was reported that n Pittsburgh
company had mndc n 200-bnrrcl strike
near BcallsvillO on the Burgsmlth farm.
This ID not the first time sensational re-
when Investigated II proved to be utter
~ without foundation. The only we'll
known to be drilling In that locality is
the property OF the orion Gas Compa-
ny and nothing but gas was expected.
In the FIaRRy Meadow district, Ma-
rion county, the Hartman Oil Company
Inns completed l2-bntrel well on the
j, II. Furbee farm, and the South Penn
oil Company's No. 81. y. Tucker, In tho
same district, is about the same size.
In the Warrington district the South
Penn oil Company has drilled Its No.
81 10. .. Biackshire through the sand
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
THE ~GREASERS."
News OF Late Developments in the
Southwest Oil Fields.
NEW TYLER COUNTY STRIKES

Are Making Thing. Lively About sisters
viiie-Many New Rigs Going Up and Lo-
cations nIads-sketsh OF the situation TN
the New Territory uasis OF sistersyiiis.
Operations Extending Down the Ohio
Riysr-General on News.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETINGS.
rocKHoLpERs. MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
will be held Mt the main office OF the com.
pany, No. Il Fourteenth street. Wheeling
w Va. on Tuesday, the 18th day Of JAM.
airy, 1886, at o'clock .. m. for the election
OF board OF directors and the trans.
action OF any other business that may te
presented. J. j. DUBOIS.
ial4.tu Secretary
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rEsTERpAY's DEPARTuREs.

Parkersburg LIBERTY. II a, m.
Alntnmoras LEXINGTON, II u. n.
Darlington, JEWEL, 3:3O p. m.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Parlersburg. BEN HUR. IL a. m.
Darlington. JEWEL, $3.50 p, m.
BOATS LEAVING TOMORROW.
Parkersburg. LIBERTY. II q. m.
Mntamorns LEXINGTON, II a. N.
Clarington....JEWEL, $50 p. m.
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RAcaatLA.N or ~ Gas ,s, eoMrASE'

Notice is hereby slysn that there viii be
a meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Bachman on and1oas Company held a;
the Office OF Mr.. Charles HenninE. CITY
Building. in the City OF Wheeling, W. Va
on the fourteenth day OF February. lS@
at s o'clock .. M, for the purpose Of elect
ing a board Of directors, making bylaws
and transacting any other business whiG'
may lawfully be done by the said stock
holders in general meeting.
". T. HIGGINS, Secretary.
Wheeling, ". Va. Jan. q, 1896. taa-tu
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
CToCKHoLDERs' MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the stockholisr
OF the Wheeling Hing Company will Be
held at the office OF tn company TUESDAY.
january Is, 1886. ut 2 3 clock p. m, for The
purpose OF electing a board OF directors
and transactlng any other business that
may be brought before them.
Jaii-tu ]. c. BRADY. Secretary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
STocKHoLDERs' MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
of the George X. McMechen g. Son Com.
pany will be held at the office OF the com.
pnny, on Twenty-eighth street, Tuesday,
january p, 1896. between the hours Of
and 1 O'Clock D. m. for the purpose o;
electing a board Of directors and Other
general business.
jail.tu W. b. M'AtECHEN, Secretary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24
q STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Bostwick tFte Proof Steel Lath
Company Will be lhfid az No. II, Main
7:5O o, M, for the election OF directors and
the transaction Of any other business that
may be presented II. D. BAGULEl,
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The Percy Kelsey Mt . a M. Tom
Lysle at Up. m. and w. G. Horner at 3
p. m. passed up with empties yester-
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The above sale is adjourned until sATUR.
DAY. FEBRUARY s. 1890. at the same AoIg 81!
nice Y, j. PARSONS
GEO T. CALDWELL.
den lAi5 felS Special Commissioners
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-04-02
CALL FOR CONVENTION.

A Republican convention for the
state of Oregon is called to meet in
the city of Portland, on Thursday,
April9, 1896, at IL o'clock a. M, for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for the presidential electors and state
and district Offices, except congress-
men, and of electing four delegates-at
lal &c to the Republican national con-
ventiOn, and to transact such other
usiness as may properly come before
che convention. The convention will
onsist OF 237 del G gates chosen by the
everal counties as follows:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-04-02
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