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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-20
FINANCE AND TRADE
Tho Features OF the Money and Stoc
Markets.

Tho Features OF the Money and Stock
Markets.
NEW YORK, July l7.-Moncy on call
steady Mt 292iis per cent; last loan per
cent; closed at per cent. Prime mcr-
camille paper 4G5,s per cent. Sterling
exchange firm and higher with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 SS&tG4 50
for demand. and 81 SS(4 SSIl for GO days;
posted rates 81 SSi!Gfi S9Is; commercial
bills 81 81 Silver certificates G9Q69Lc.
The stock market to-day was purely
professional affair. The tone was weak
and feScriSh and inter mOmCntary
sDurtS at the opening and at the end OF
the iirst hour. prices steadily receded TO
the close. London was not a factor to
any appreciablc extent md the feeble
rallies were entirely due to covering OF
shorts. The volume of business was
moderate. with Sugar leading In poInt
OF activity. The other shares recorded
very slim totals. with the exception OF
Burlington and Tobacco. There was no
news bearing upon values aside from
reports Of further cutting OF railroad
rates at various points. The opening
was trong and fractionally higher with
the international shares responding In
hltclcIllIS ~ Improvement IN the Lon
don quotations. \ selling movement
soon developed and the active stocks
jumped or. ~ slight rally occurred be-
fore noon. which was eventually fol-
lowed by renewed bear activity and n
decline cnsued which continued To the
close. The market left Oft weak at the
lowest prices, showing net declines of
kG2 per cent. $40
The drift of the market for the week
was toward lower level and ut inter-
walls the speculative tension was ex-
IRENE
Railroad bonds during the week close
iy synpathized with the stock move
ment. The sales were $5,717, 900.
Governments were unusually active
and irregularly weak. The sales aEEre-
gated $780,, 900; chiefly OF the new 4s cou-
pom.
In silver certificates the aggregate
sales were $4,000 Mt 6Sd6S7sc.
In state bonds, $4,000 Virginia defer
red IS changed hands at4.
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
1876 shares.
Evening Posts London financial Gu
blcEram:
The stock markets were idle to-day.
but shade hrncr on a light improve
ment In Americans.
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STRONG TONIC

5sH . kH0NS fIONlC - 4A-#H
for the benefit OF their customers: Pcbler
& Wohnhas, Virginia and South Huron
streets; H., JuergenS d Son. ~ Mary
land street; Charles Lukens. 70 Zane
street; CHI. DlnSer.50 South Broadway;
John bfehlmann, Virginia and Broad
way streetssf G. II. Wilson,; 80 South
Huron street.; c. F. Paul, Penn and
Virginia: Robert Atchison, Bridgeport;
J. E. Prosser, $50 Main street; W. C.
SparGo. AS Main street; a. korn, 700
Main street: h. ISerig, IS Main street;
T. Montgomery, ZOO Ch1plIne street;
Sam B. Mckee, 2e27 Market, street; C..
Falloure. East Wheeling; T. ]. Cole,
Twenty-second md Main streets: Roth
& Wendell. Thirty-eIghth and Jacob: ].
J. o'Connor & Son, FortIeth and Jacob:
Hydlhger & Remke. 1896 Jacob; r. L,
Hlbbs, Mc3Iechen.
Martins Fcrry-Barrett & Company;
Louis Rothernund. L. L. Scheele. HI
derbrand s; Company, Ishmael Cox, ].
E. Groves and W. H. Rohrey &. Com
pany..
DR.. Mabee's Strong Tonic promotes
the appetite. aids digestion. puritIes the
blood, CURES Liver and Kidney trou-
bles and makes the weak strong. For
sale'at the above GrocerS at Is cents per
Slnt bottle re- = S5 -.1r
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Pennsylvania Stations.
pennsylvania Lines !!
Trains Run hy Central Tin,a

Trains Kun by Central Time. 4
Ticket Offices at Pennsylvania Station on
Water St, Foot OF Eleventh ST.. Wheel.
ing, al Mcclure House, Wheeling, and at
the Pennsylvania Station. bridgeport. :
Southwest system-"Pan Handle Route"
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All the time? This condition Is a sure
Indication that your blood Is not rich
and nourishing as 1t ought to be and it
may be IL you viii take II few bottles OF
the great blood purifier, Hoods Sarsa-
parllla. Thousands write thnt~1Iood's
Sarsaparilla has cured them Of that
tired feeling by giving them rich, red
hlpDl f|.- ri. D.. ms 3 -fs,Jt
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Dr.. Miles Remedies Restore, Health.
DR.. MABEE'S STRONG TONIC.

THE following dealers In1staplc and
fancy groceries, ETC.. In tho city and
suburbs, have purchased n stock OF DR..
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STEAMERS,

uso DR.. Miles Nerve Plnstcrs for Spinal
Weakness. All druggists soil ON for pc
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Wheeling Bride ( Terminal Ry.a

c. Q. nREWSTER. Receiver.
TImo Table No. 10. 10 tnko effect l.:ol
n. m, Sunday. November 49, 1895 h IL
Leave Mnceltus--lS:UV. 1y:iS. sii:iV u. H..
i2::@o. s3:l5. 1850. $500 y. IN. s.GF'
Leave Peninsula tS:Q8 1851. sl:4a a.
M, i2:?6, ,s:2l, t4:S6 1905 p. IN; M
a. M, i2:Ss. 'S:27. t.:i2. s9l2 p. in. -
Arrive Terminal sjunctson-tSI;. tlo:Oa
SIZES n. m" t2:Ss. ,'S:S2. tt:i6. s9:lS y, M
Lcnvo Terminal Junctlon-ti:.2, $500 a
Leave Martins Ferry-t1:.S 1901. u. M
'l2:45. 1905, ti:l0, 1919. tS:h2 y. III. 49,
Lenve Pontnsuln--t7:3l. s9:i4. a. m. sl2:5l.
Aa rrl ft;i' W ISixs; }S;S ~ .a.o -
,slc:sl. t4a7. t4:95 t5:3i. 1905 p. M. ~
:, DAILY; tDnily except Sunday. ;Sun.
days only. $500 80
:, All trains will run on Eastern Time. -
va J. L. TAUSSIC, Superint endcnt. Y
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NEW YORK = Petroleum steady:
Pennsylvania crude steady ut 81 o.:
Ohio crude steady at Coo; August on.
ton closed at 81 o.. =
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Petroleum,

OIL CITY-Crcdt balances 81 O3; GER
tlncatca opened 81 90; highest 81 o.:
lowest 81 90; closed ut 81 O0,s; snlcs 1000
barrels: shipments 9l.27i barrels; runs
40 40 barrels. Nn !"
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HOOPS PILLS act easily and
promptly on the liver and bowels. Cure
sick headache. - ~ y.
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On salo BY all druggists. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent FREE. DR.. Miles Medical
Co, EIkhart, Ind. i5 la
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tDnily, except Sunday. - ~.
Sunday church trains viii leave Elm
Grove ut 9:i3 n. NJ. and Wheeling at l2:lI
y. IN. II. Z. WElSGEREER,7 i'll
eFr r.aA General Manager n
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RAILROADS.
OHIO RIVER RAILROAD co.

On and after Sunday, July u, 1896, Pas.
senger Trains will run us follows: daily.
tDatly except Sunday. Eastern Time.
: South Hound = / - -
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full hustle aruslnd the great kitchen

1lrp place. *. sss VI 81
E The examination Of the books con-
|cluded, Mr.. Lanigan remarked genially,
as he pointed to an empty chair at, the
head of the table on whose snowy
\ cloth the sGanty array Of household
treasures was already. glitteling
h T sent over for Father Pat as /
was comm in because 'tis getting late
I'm the evenin' SO ye can be nlarrid
comfortably off,hand an no bother
about 1t; there's a fine room up stairs,
San' a bed that's ft for king, an
they're lightin' the fire there now so
| the smoke will be cleared out when
5ye're ready, for sweet bad luck to me
slf either O. ye go out of this house to-
snight!' *.#
Il: Of course Kitty, who had remained
Ifin the parlor, blushingly objected, a
smere matter of detail which did not
arlffect the arrangements in the least,
ssWllile Phelim, who had made up his
snind that the bargain was good ONE,
/ gbetnIne properly impatient, SO that
when Father Pat made his appearance
She found an ain of undeniable festivity
Eperyading the house, the genial suirit
of the hour breathing upon all, from
Murteen, the Oldest farm laborer, who
had got drunk with amazing celebrity,
to the. young lovers themselves as they
sat hand in hand under the fostering
smiles of Mr.. Lanigan w'h4e he pelted
the a1norous swain with appropriate
badinage.
{ The good father, who had been that
very evening anticipating a "ccId
Shrove," was no fortidding figure in
this scene of Arcadfan felicity, and
after SOME passages of decorous hilar-
|ity ,the mystic knot was tied, and
sPhelim McCanll, though he had entered
the house only an hour before bach
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all that, an 'twould take a keener man
than Thady Rafferty, to fool me, any
way-himself an his daughter, the
cross4eyed--''a5 s=s .:& q 81
| .'I don't wonder at yer feelin' hurt,'' =
| interposed Lanigan smcothly, as he
| reined up, for they had reached a spot
| where the road blanched off in differ
! ent directions, '.but never say die,
there's as good fish in the say as ever
was caught, an if ye're willin', ye can
| still be a married man this very
.Shrove!' X - :. :.
| Phelim laughed bitterly; he was in
no mood for WOoing now.
| Il have three daughters yonder,"
pursued the other, pointing in the di-
! rection of the undulating uplands roll
| ing away to the heights beyond, where
the Purple Mountain scared into the
deepening twilight, ''an' they hear tell
of you, Phelim, though I don't know
it any Of Fem met you lately, for
| they're great stay-at-homes, but they
1have all wish for you, an I don't
| think 'twould be hard for We to put the
come neither on any of 'em; so If
ye're in earnest, Phelim McCaul, come
along with me this blessid minnit, an
| I'll give you the pick of the three, an
Il'send across for Father Pat O'Hara
he's only couple of fields away-an
he'll buckle We i'll a jiffey, since the
time is so Short -,
Phelim's darkening brow cleared a
| little; natural cunning was struggling
with wounded pride, and that short
| sighted longing for swift revenge
which ilnpels mary a rejected wooer
to fling himself away upon the first
! girl he meets, in order to enjoy the
| triumph of what is usually but a
| Phynic victory-pride won.
| "Il CO." he c:ied suddenly, wheel
ing round; "me father, God rest his
I soul, often said ye were dacent man,
an sure the whole parish knows there
| isn't the dirty dlrop in any of yep
Right you are, me bouchal," re-
sponded Mr.. Lanigan promptly, that's
the talk ,s.an' before long you'll have a
| ehan lee Of judgin whether Thady
@O'lafferty I has al the nice girls in the
| country. So, just jump up here along
side O. me, an: Well be over there like
winkin'.' >.~'...'
Phelim obeyed and quick trot
along the winding road presently
| brought them to the group of white
| washed outnouses surrounding LAM
| gan's cottage, whose lighted windows
shone Hospitality through a mountain
mist.
Here the proprietor begged his pros
pective son-in-law to wait while he
went in and explained matters to the
girls.
'They're bashful, poor things, since
they lost the mother he remarked
conid entially, can maybe they'd be a
| bit put out if they saw you comm in
ON them all of suddint.''
To this arrangement Phelim made no
objection, and Mr.. Lanigan, hastily
passing through the kitchen, went to
the parlor, where, as he expected, he
found the three Miss Lanigans plac-
| idly engaged on knitting or sewing
At the entrance of the parent the
three young ladies rose to greet him,
The Cook County herald., 1896-08-29
elor, found himself pledged for life to
Catherine Pilornena IIanigan.

elor, found himself pledged for life to
Catherine PiloInena Lanigan.
This important ceremony having
been transacted, the home Of the Lani-
gan's became a perfect focus of gay
ETY., few neighbors and a blind piper.
whom very instinct had led to the
spot, keeping the improlnptu merry
making afoot.
Father Pat, quaint figure not desti-
/ tute Of a:fcertain pathos and dignity
| amid this somewhat boisterous jollity,
presided in the parlor and gave
| 'tone" to the rejoicings; now praising
Cissy's pancake, now joking with the
young. now gossipilg with the: old,
| and later on taking q hand at a quiet
game OF s'forty-tive'' with Lanigan, the
bridegroom and one Corney O'Loon,
q clerical student, a cousin of the
! family. Finally, it was he who pro-
posed the health Of the new welded
| pair, in an extempere speech, winding
up with a lleat little quotation from
Martial, which Mr.. ~O'Loon promptly
mistranslated,t to his own great con-
fusion, but to the unmitigated salts
faction of his relations, who secretly
| believed him to be a far superior
scholar to the parish priest, and soon
! after Father Pat took his depa rture.
going back to his lonely house. the
| richer by a ten-pound note and a
fresh experience in the ways Of hui,
| manity y
| When the priest had gone, dancing
commenced in the great kitchen. Mrs.
McCaul did not, however, take part in
the proceedings, but quietly retired to
her room, while Peggy footed it with
the most hopeless detrimental in the
parish to the tune of '.The Wind That
Shook the Barley"
The next morning Phelim came
down stairs in a great huff. "Jack
I.anigan."' he shouted, .'come here if
yer'r a mann' s.
.Arrah, there ye aire me bhoy,'' OBJ
served Lanigan, cheer fully, e it's light
an airy ye are; the top of the n1ornin'
to ye, % was comm up to know were
ye awake, hoW's yerself?"' a. III
See here,'' roarcd the deluded bride
| groom, why did We give me that girl
inside with wan leg longer than the
other ?''8 sg5 Ess51ss 3
Sure, didn't We see her?:''' retorted
the father-in-1aw, .san' didn't you
choose her from the three of EN- q
.I know that quite well, 3 rejoineds
Phelim, his eyes sparkling. but /
didn't know she limped ;,Jl' why didn't
You tell me %
$50 would, if you Lad only axed+
me replied the other genia lly, but /
didn't know 'tVns to run races j ouI
wanted her r .5$l s5#
Sz That was all The two men stared
IEat cEe another sile frs ction Of a sec
Sond;; hen Phelim w mt back into the
nuptlal chamber and closed the door
gently st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
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Kitty; I'll give her $500, dry money
and there's the second eldest, Cissy,
| and she has f200 to her name; an here
! is Peggy the youngest, an the man
| who takes her now will have f200. SO
there you are, me bouchal, am which
of 'em will you choose? ~.y .i5
Mr.. McCaul rapidly worked a little
sum in mental arithmetic; naturally he
| decided on the $500 damsel, then he
glanced carelessly at her face. Z .,s a. IL 4 -
--"I think, sir" he remarked deferen-
TALLY, ''I'll take the eldest young lady,
| # she'll have me. The other two are
very nice, indeed, an it's not the first
| time heard of 'em" Che was or1,y
dimly conscious of their existence until
that evening", "but l think tits only
proper to give her the refusin' Of me. "
There was brief silence; cinder
fell from the glowing mass between
the CRATE bars, Gssy Uttered furtiveiy
| Peggy leaned forward, her elbow upon
| the table, her dimpled chin crushed in
| the palm of her hand, watching the
| episode with the pitiless eyes of 1S.
! Kitty sat perfectly still, but her de:
mure mouth was lifted at the corners,
and there was light under her half
closed lids like the gleam of a knife
loosened in it's sheath.
The disinterested Pheli1n rose and
approached her. ,55..zS=
tWill you have me, miss?" he asked
gently perhaps at that exact instant
| he forgot the $500; I hope he did.
| KMty's head sank lower, there came
a spot of scarlet on her cheeks.
ooh, yes indeed, she whispered.
~ 'sBegor that settles it!' cried Lani-
gan, drawing a quick breath, she's me
own favorite child, the. first Of the
clutch, Phelim, an I say it without
any shame to the others, you've got the
pick Of the bunch. Sure, don't know
what We'll do at all, at all, without
her; but, anyway, I'm glad she's set
tied, and has a good husband and
since she was to go there isn't wan
I'd rather have her before your own
self. Take her, and God bless We, and
4 may the first boy be q bishop! Cissy,
girl, run and get up the tea help your
sister Peggy aYick, while Phelim an
mesself settle little o. business here
as our heads are cool.
| And, overrulingg a very faint protest
on Mr. McCaups part, he drew the
young man into q corner, where lit
tie old-fashioned cabinet stood, and
presently both men were deep in the
examination of a bank book, greasy
with long use, and also q mysterious
ledger which the girls knew to be open
ed only upon the most mcmentous 3oc-
icasions.
Meantime, sumptlous meal was
hastily prepared ,sr1mptuous according
to the ideas Of people whose fathers
had been obliged to hide their pros
n,
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Phelim McCaul was not in particu-
larly good humor as he strobe along
the rough moutain path whistling "a
faction tune between his teeth, and
cutting savagely at the wayside
brambles, that shivered in the sharp
east wind, which, appropriately
enough, was heralding the Lenten sea-
son down the famous Gap Of Dunloe
Judged from Mr.. McCaurs stand
point, the situation was tantalizing
one. Here he was 4 man Of thirty-four.
with tidy bit put by, snug farm
and no encunlbrance wis tever, .actu-
ally unmarried this blessed Ash
Wednesday eve, and likely to remain
50 during the coming twelve months,
ell owing to the unreasonableness of
one Thaly O'Rafferty, whose daughter
Mollie Phelin sought in marriage. the
negotiations having been broken off
that very evening for positively the
last time.
Had Phelim been a rtriffe older, or a
trifie more philosophic, he would
have probably told himself the disap-
pointment was simply blessing in
disguise, but being still young, and not
at all a philosopher, he chafed fiercely
at the broken match and heartily
cursed Mr.. O'Rafenty as he went.
Absorbed in bitter reflections, he did
not hear the approaching rattle of gig
wheels behind, and it was not until a
friendly. voice had thrice shouted his
name from lungs rendered stentorian
by moutafn air, that Phelim knew lie
r. q fnT1 f,,or1 1D1o
Thus challenged he faced around, and,
recognizing his interlocutor as an ac-
quaintanoe named Lanigan, ~ who
rented farm a mile or so from his
own place, came to halt
"1errah, Phelim, boy, where are We
goin' at that rate this hour O. night ?'
asked the newcomer. accommodat ting
his horses pace to that Of the Young
man as they moved forward together.
ure+I fIotIGht At II tis t1e wn coHoqilfag e
with A1ollIe O'Rnnerty ye'd be this
minnit instead of flynn all over the
country like thistle-doWn-''
That's all off now" replied Phelim,
sulkily, not we'll pleased at Lanigan's
observation, but too true an Irishman
to resist the temptation of schattering
about his own affairs; t'the name little
blaggard of father wouldn't give q
penny more than two hundred quid
with the girl, and he, after as good as
promisin' three hundred fortnight
ago, an / KNOWN he had eight hun
dred lodged in the bank in Killarneyv'
"1s it truth ye're tellin' me?'
"Oh, divil recave the lie, an devil
recave the ha'penny mora he'd ar
vance; an I, after swearin' to his face
I'd not marry any girl uI der five hun
dredv'
Fright y'are, L like your sperret-''
'Sure, if I did, I'd be disgraced for
ever--lavin' meeself down like. that,
am there's no fear me wife 'ud respect
ne, either.''
ooh, begob, suppose he thought
that as ye were dacent ye'd the soft
vein in We, too," commented the other,
cracking his whip. II suppose he be-
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Who is he, eroo y asked Peggy, ii

yOungeSc. 3s@
. sspake aisy, Phelim McCaul, 8 re
piled her father, with a nod, at once
threat tening and explanato tory. s'. m
goin' to give him the pick O We, an
it's a long time till -ye get as good 81
chance again. =
.Shure, he's running after MolIie.
O'Rafferty, = 4 iinterj rjected Cissy, paJusing
in her operation Of sweeping the ashes
under the grate.
h Yes, but that's all broke off now
answered Lanigan; he's tearin' mad,
an 'ud marry the divips daughter for
satisfaction. Here, don't waste any
more time 'ramashin there, but sit
down, all Of ye, about the table, Kitty
here, an Cissy at the side, an you,
Peg, at this, am don't We get UP when
he comes in, or lave on to be SURPRISED,
but be nice an pleasant to him, for i
said ye We're all gone after him, be-
jabers' III.
And silencing the litter with which
the young ladies took stheir places, he
hurried out to Phelim, who. when he
was introduced a few minutes later,
found the maidens demurely seated. in
positions Indicated by their fond par
ent. y
zE - ueIV' WsiS a. decent lUCeTVtll nlleu Dy
improving the 6 conversation, while
Bridgie, the handmade Of the establish
ment, brought in materials for punch,
and it was only when the tumblers
were half emptied that Mr.. Lanigan
broached the subject which occupied
the thoughts of all.
''Now, Phelim McCaul,' he said,
rising, and unconsclouusly initiating the
manner of a gentleman he had once
seen auctioneering cattle in Killarney,
"these are my three girls, the same
was tellin' ye about. That's the eldest,
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lieyed that since Miss Mollie was at
the convent for a year an could play
yer should 1ders.' Z
Faith. then he i ever med a bigger
mistake in his life, 4 retorted the re-
tected suitor, knitting his short,
straight brows, there's not such a
differ between Wan girl an another as
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the eldest, Kitty, a girl with dovelike
eyes. lInping slightly as she crossed
tho room. II 5s: 5s3 "a. 81 8s
"taiarls alive, don't be f1ustered, Z said
Lanlgan an i 81 breat hlessly. .Cissy, stir up
tAses fire; be quiet, Peg, there's young
snlsca outside lookin' for wife: he
ml1st get married this ShroTe. m he's
iWait1p' at the dops.. !, s.7s