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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
GOOD WELL STRUCK
On the Price Farm by tho Fisher Con-
pnny-Doinc Twenty Barrels.

The intelligence was received in this
city yesterday morning that the Fisher
OIL Company had drilled in Its Dan
Price No. and|,that II Is good FOR
twenty barrels an hour. This well was
due Saturday night, but owing 10 Il
slight mIshlp did not reach the pay
until about l o'clock Sunday morning.
The No. l. on the same farm, is making
In the neighhorhood OF one hundred
and seventy-hve barrels a day and this
well coming in su2h 4 good one makes
the territory valuable. No. Is located
only a short distance from the first vel!
and it indicates that n very large pool
has been discovered. This company has
three other wells due In within the next
day or two and feels confident OF Sc
curing good quantity OF oil at each.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
FOR SALE.

House rooms and hall with modem
improvements: lot 30Ilf2 feet: EoT st7es;.
between Twcnty-third and Tweaty-touF;i
streets: cheap.
House I, rooms, Locust street, Sixth,
ward: lot, s.5xl2o feet: rents for s!Sg pes
annuTn: terms easy; SI.450.
House rooms. brick. Eighteenth stree,
T,i00. .Ga'
House 6 rooms and hall. Market stree.
Centre Wheeling. SLIGO.
Nos. Il. IS and IS Twenty-th!Td street.
easy terms.
House, IL rooms, wide center halls CI4.
crn convenience and large LOT, No. III
Chnpline street: cheap and terms easy.
House. 5 rooms, Eighteenth St; t..l5
HouSe.".S rooms. bath, hot and col!
water, both gases. md IN rear coue.s
house, 4Irooms each. Market street BE-
tween Seventh and Eighth: bargain 81
$3.50 will buy nice lot fronting on Llsi
street: onc-th!Td cash. balance on e2s!
terms. r-s
500 will buy good two-roomcd hor's
fronting on Chapline street, nea- Tenth.
sS25 win buy house OF rooms on WNsel
street. Centre Wheeling: 800 cash. es!aae'
in rent
Lots on Lind street. Cherry street sra
McColloch street at from $50 to ael each
on easy terus.
Money TO loan on city real ss.a,a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

TIE length OF life may be increased
by lcsscning It's dangers. The major
ity OF people die from lung troubles
These may be avcrtcd by promptly US
Ing One Minute Cough Cure. Charles
r. Goethe, corner Twelfth and Market
streets: Bowie & Co.. Bridgeport: Pea
body &: Son. Bcnwood. ,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

The best salvc In the world for cuts.
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rheum. fever
sores. letter chapped hands. ch!lblains.
corns. and all skin cruptions. and POSI-
lively cures piles. or no pay required.
II is guaranteed 10 give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price 25
Company.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

~ WAS run over by a, lumber wagon.
Did not expect to live. Was terribly
bloatcd. My friends bathcd me with
DR.. Thomas Eclcctrc Oil, md was
cured. We hnvc great faith In Thomas
Electric OIL" Mrs. WIN. +. Baboock,
Norvell. Mich. l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

TO cure all old sores. to heal an in
dolcnt ulcer, or TO speedily cure piles.
you need simply apply DeWit,'s Witch
Hazel Snlvc according to directions. Its
maGlc-like action will surprise you.
Charles r. Goctze. corner Twelfth and
Market streets; Bowie & Co. Bridge
nort: Penbody G Son. RenWOOd
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

IN the Autumn Booth" Tomorrow
night ut hrion hall Priscilla will serve
pumpkin pIo and milk, ginger bread,
crillcrs and sweet cider.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

CATARRH Is n constitutional disease
and requires Il constitutional remedy
Ike Hoods Sarsaparilla, which nuriflcs
the blood. .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

DO you want your swccthcarts pic
turc? Then take hcr to the Spring
Booth" You can get. II In Il few min
utcs for Dttlc money. Every picture
guaranteed true 70 nature. Arion Hall,
tomorrow night
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

PO7TED plants and flowers OF every
known variety ut the Summer Booth"
Get your sweetheart n pOsy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
Market Street
Real Estate
- 7 r FOR SALE.

The three story building Nos
1903 and, 1910 Market stree,
now occupied by B. F. CaId-
we'll. 40 feet by 1874 feet to a
l2-foot private alley. A bar
gain on a quick sale.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

] DIR. BULLS Cough Syrup has always
been kept up to tn, standard. II is the
same 1t was forty years ago, the best
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

RINEHART & TATUM,
Tel. 219. City Bnuk Building.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07
& q; n 4

This is the complaint Of El \.
thousands at this season. n a r
They have no appetitci food E10@S @
does not relish. They need thctoninE upof
tho stomach and digestive organs, which
course OF Hoods Sarsaparilla will glvo
them. It also purilcs and enricnes tho
blood, cures that distress after eating and
informal misery only dyspeptic can
know, creates an appetite, orcrcomcs that
tired feeling and builds up and sustains
the whole physical system. 1tso prompt
~ md efficiently relieves dyspcpticsymp-
toms and cures nervous headaches, that II
seems to have almost "a magic touch"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-07

Tho Repnbllcansof the Elghth EathcF-
ed In the r. 'B. Dovener club rooms,
Thirty-si1th and Jacob streets, a.nd suS-
gasted as follows:
First branch-Fr-d Williams. Henry
w. schrebe and DR.. Edward Armbrecht.
Second branch-Jamcs r. Travis,
Richard Miller, Edward Ratcllf. Albert
Drum, Fred \. Blum. d. Brown. William
p. Rose. g. W. Bell, Robert carp. Mat
Hercules. Conrad Uttermohlep. David
Hahne. William Kuokc, James Ham
mond and John Speidcl.
Executive commltttee-Frank Adlcy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
Follows Dead
FellOWs Dead
New York, Dec. John K. Eel
lows died this Afternoon.
Half Kaair. Half Enslishman.


If, as is sometimes I'D, though we
ourselves are very stror 70 of the oppo-
site opinion, the HOtte.tots and Bush
men of South Africa are not human
creatures caught in the very act of de-
veloping from lower forms, but are the
result of degeneration from some higher
type, then the creature resulting from q
cross between the two might revert to
the higher type and be OF higher social
feeling and intellectual power than
either. We have ourselves in only one
instance met an individual who was q
cross between the English and Kaffir
races, though we know that several such
exist in South Africa. This man was
certainly merely composite Of the two
races, without any tendency to rever-
sion. He was the son of an English gen
tleman; his mother was kaffir woman
who had not been draggled under the
feet of civilization.
The man was proud, determined, reso-
lutte. Self educated. he raised himself
to post of high trust under the Eng
lish government. He combined the dash
and courage of the Kaffir with the pride
and intelligence of. the Englishman.
He had the fault, which is common tc
both his parent races, of being cruel
and indomitable when opposed. but OF
| the vices supposed to be inseparablt
from half castism-servility and insin
| cerity-he had not trace. He was &
] man and gentleman. But whether j
| such crosses were common such mel
would often arise is quite another Ques
| tion. Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

Patsy had been in the country only Q
few days and had not recovered from
the effects of his ocean voyage. He
complained of headache, and his SYM
pathetic aunt finally decided to give
him a Seidlitz powder. She got two
glasses and put the contents Of the blue
package into one and emptied the white
package into the other.
"Now, you hold your mouth open. "
said his aunt, holding the glasses, one
in each hand.
Young Patsy opened q spacious cav.
ern, displaying two fine rows Of molars,
and, with o dexterous motion, his aunt
mixed the contents Of both glasses and
poured the Seidlitz powder into his face.
He spluttered and coughed and ran
about the room.
well, how did you like it?" asked
his aunt smilingly when he had recov'
cred somewhat.
II wudn't ha' minded it % much il
ye hadn't give it ter me whin it wuz
bilini" he gasped betw en- chokes.
1t cured Patsy head he. however,
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
CONGRESS IS CONVENED.
Opening Scenes In the Two houses .,
Washington.

Wsshingtou.
Washington. Dec. THE second
session Of the Fifty-iourth congress
was called to order at noon, the sem
q e by Vice President Stevenson and
the house By Speaker Reed.
Senators we're rather late in arriv-
ing. Palmer, democrat of Illinois,
was among the early arrivals and
was the center OF interes. from The
galleries. owing to his prominence in
the late campaign. Exactly a,
noon the vice-pre ident entered the
chamb-r going to the desk of the
presiding officer. All gave q tar
which brought the senate to order
The bind chaplain. Mildburo, de-
livsred an impressive invocation
The roll call showed 20 senator,
present. Sherman, aud Smith, dem
ocra. OF New Jersey. were appointed
members of the joint committee t
wait on the president, and . recess
occurred till p. m.
The house presented . very ami
mated scere. The mem bers gath
cred early. and talked over tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
CREW WAS ASLEEP
And While Il Slept Death Plotted
a Harvest.
REAPs THE LIVES OF FIVE MEN,

Who Went to Sleep and Upon waking
Made . Mistake-R Railway Collisioa IN
Texas-s Schooner In the Surf or . F1srida
Watering Place-Rescuer Loses His Life
and -Four Of the Vessels Crew WIN
Never See Home.
San Antonio. Tex. Dec. IA head
end collision between two through
freights on the Southern Pacific road
near Waelder. yesterday morning. re-
suited in the death OF two engineers.
two firemen and a brakeman. The crew
OF the east-bound freight went to sleep
while waiting on q blind siding. and on
waking. thinking that the second Sec
tion of the through west-bound freight
was the third section of the train. took
to the main line. The weather was
foggy and the east-bound freight and
the third section of the west-bound
train came togtther mt the bottom of
sag In the road a few miles from the
siding The dead are: T. z. Coady. en-
gineer: W. II. Brown, engineer: VIII
liam Holt. fireman: George Askins
fireman; Will Heard. brakeman. A re-
lief train was sent from this city with
a corps of physicians. and the dead and
injured brought to San Antonio
Through traffic was resumed late yes
terday afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
Head End Collision

Cincinnati, Dec. I'm a head end
collision between a special carrying
the general officers Of the Baltimore
& Ohio and an accommod alton train
this morning. Engineer John Price
and Fireman Homer Dickson, Of the
special, were killed. L. Zepernich.
assistant engineer, was also killed,
and General Traffic Manager G. F.
Randolph, General Passenger Agent
j. NJ. Chesbrough, Chief Clerk Fred
Moore and Superintendent of Tele-
graph R. P. johnson were all ser
iously injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
OCEAN TRAGEDY COSTS FIVE LIVES.
Schooner Loses Half Her Crew and n He-
roic Rcscuer (sssr- DuMn.


Ormond-by-t -the-Sea., Fla. Dec. T.
Early Saturday morning the lumber
schooner Nathan +. Cobb. OF Rockland
Me-, was discovered I'm the surf a mile
south of Hotel Corunra. a rescuing
party were summoned. but the tide and
surf were so high that for the time be-
ing nothing could be done. Eight men
were in the rigging. and great waves
were breaking over them. AS those
on shore watched. two Of the sailors
were swept into the sea. giving despair
ing shrieks that Were heard above the
roar of the breakers. At 10 o'clock n
line vas fastened to a life-boat and
Thomas Fogen. of Ormond. and James
Waterhouse. of Cape Elizabeth. Me-.
attempted to reach the wreck. On
reaching the high breakers on the first
bar the life-boat capsized. Fogen swan
ashore. but Waterhouse attempted to
cling to the beat. was finally struck by
the boat. and in a few minutes sank.
Waterhouse had but recently arrived
here. and was to act as cashier of Ho-
tel Ormond. a line was finally gotten
to the wreck. and all the men In the
rigging were rescued in Z Titiful state
of exhaustion. The Nathan r. Cobb.
Captain Brenner. left Brunswick. &
week ago last Saturday. lumber laden.
for New York. On Monday night. of
Frying Pan shoals. she sprunk n leak
and went on her beam ends in a gale.
The crew cut the rigging away rs
| quickly as possible and she righted.
The mate. Fred Beale. and the cook
Thomas Beale. were lest at this time.
From Monday night until midnight OF
| Friday the wreck drifted before a
northerly gale. After Tuesday the
| crew had nothing to eat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

New York, Dee. AT 10 o'clock
this morning the leading scores in
the 6-day bicycle race in Madison
Square garden we're as follows:
Schock, l69 miles; Elks, 172; Yale,
1874; Foster, 1872; Moore, 17S; Conk-
lin. 169; Reading. 189; Ashinger,
1873; Rice, 169; Pierce, 179.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
For Ppeuuouaa

DR.. j. c. Bishop, OF Agnew, Mich,
says: 81 have used Fo!ey's Honey
and Tar In three very severe cases OF
pueumopia the past month. with
good results" Sold by NJ. F. Balm
sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

Lexington, Mo-. Dec. EARLY
this morning mob of Ray county
farmers broke into the county Jail
here and secured Jesse Winner and
James Nelson, held for the murder
OF Mrs. Minnie Winner and her two
babies. and lvnched them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

The best way to cure disease 10 to
drive it from the system BY purify
/ ing the blood with Hoods sarsa-
parilla.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

For worn-out business men moth
ing equals Dr. Kay's Renovator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

To Cure . Cold In Oas Day
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the
money II it fails to cure. IS cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
vOnexusis Accepts.

Washington, Dec 7.-Secretary
Olney has just received cablegram
from the Venezuelan minister to
the United States now in Caracas.
stating that Venezuela has accepted
the agreement between the United
states and Great Britain for arbitra-
ton Of the boundary dispute; and
that an extra session OF the Veneza-
elan congress has been called to con-
slider the treaty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
COLONEL FELLOWS CLOSE TO DEATH
Calls His Family Around Him and I:idi
Goodbye to Earth.

New York. Dec. Though the gen.
eral condition of District Attorney Fell
lows is unchanged he is gradually grow
ing weaker and sinking slowly. He
still remains in the serni-comntos. con-
dition that has marked his illness since
Friday. Colonel Fellows ailment is n
fbrous tumor in the stomach. II Is
an liberated. cancerous growth. which
had been developing for some time.
Just before midnight Colonel Fellows
became conscious, and realizing that
his end was near summoned all the
members OF his family to his bedside.
Mrs. Fellows. her two daughters and
Harry Fellows. the youngest son. gath
cred around Colonel Fellows. who bade
each in turn an affectionate farewell.
John W. Fellows. Jr.. was the only
member of the family absent. He Is
expected to arrive this afternoon.
Dry Goods stock Damaged &eO. 900.
Eau Claire, Wis. Dec. THE dry
| goods store of l.. A. johnson & Co
| was damaged By fire and water to tbs
extent of $4,000 yesterday, stock hall
insured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

events OF the late campaign. As the
hands of the clock pointed to IL,
Speaker Reed qaietly entered the
ball and ascended the rostrum. A
sharp crack of the gavel called the
house to order. Rev. Cowden, oi
Michigan. the blind chaplain Of the
house. offered q simple but impres.
sive prayer. The roll call showed
the presence of 271 members. Can.
non. OF Illinois; Payne, Of New York.
and Turner. Of Georgia. were Sc
lected as the committee to wait on
the president, and q recess until 1:3C
p. N. was taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07
The Greatest of
Them AH->

Our stock so csrefully and
we'll selected represents the
finest lines Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-07

y GOODS

Ever placed on any floors in
this vicinity.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
what IL o fSuIly

"a bull" Sydney Smith tells us, els
the exact counterpart Of witticism,
FOR. rs wit discovers real relations that
are not apparent, bulls admit apparent
relations that are not real" do not
think bulls necessarily do that When
Sir Boyle Roche told the Irish house Of
commons that he wished certain bill,
then before that august assembly, ut the
bottom of the bOttomless pit, he GER
tainly produced bull, and o very fine
one, but as certainly his aspiration does
not admit apparent relations that are
not real. 1t appears to me that bull
may perhaps be- defincd-in so difficult
and subtle matter don't like to dog
matize-as "a real meaning. observe in
passing-and l hope l may not in so do.
ing seem To be lacking in Justice to
lreland-that the claim sometimes made
on behalf of that country TO sort of
monopoly Of bulls is untenable.
Excellent bulls are produced by peo.
pie Of other countries. As, for example,
by the Austrian officer mentioned BY
Schopenhaucr when he observed to q
guest staying in the same country house
"Ah, YOU are fond of solitary walks
So am 1. Let us take u walk together "
Or by the Scotchman who told friend
that \ common acquaintance had de-
clared him unworthy to black the boots
Of certain person, and who, in reply
to his remark, "Well, hope you took
my part" said, "Of course l did; /
said You were quite worthy to black
them" Or. again. by a we'll known
English judge, who. when passing sen-
tcrcc on u prisoner convicted on all the
counts Of long Indictment, observed,
do you know, sir, that it is in my
power to sentence you for these many
breaches Of the laws of your country to
a term Of penal scrvitude far exceeding
your natural life:"-Fortnightly Re.
view.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Born Criminals.

Born criminals 10 doubt there are in
plenty. Just rs there are born greengro-
cers-that Is to say, men and women
whose circumstances and associations
from birth have been such as to impel
them toward Il career of dishonesty, lust
as other mems opportunities and limita-
tiOns lead them to u livelihood by n
green grocery.
Born criminals again i'll another sense
there arc-t.at is to say, men born with
stronger passions or weaker wills than
the majority of their fellows-but these
again can scarcely be said TO constitute
u criminal type, for whether their nat
ural characteristics will lead them into
crime or not is, after all, if you examine
the matter closely, almost entirely q
question Of circumstance. Placed i'll GER
tain circumstances, the man whose tenn
per is rather worse than the average,
whose fear of the law is rather less,
whose instinct for honesty is rather
weaker, will fall into crime. In otter
circumstances, if he is free from the
temptations caused by poverty Or is re.
strained by the influence of his friends
or his family, he will remain respect
able member of society. In Il word, we
shall be inclined to believe, till evidence
to the contrary is produced, that the
difference between those of US who are
confined within Jail walls and those
who retain their freedom takes its origin
more often from difference of circum-
stances than from any very marked diff
ference of character at the outset
Contemporary Review.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

Years ago there was a quaint old par
son who ruled with a high hand (impos-
siblc now i'll his parish. Only recently
was he taken, at very advanced age.
He had kind sympathy with his sover-
rign, grown old like himself. In Scot
land the sovereign is prayed for in
church i'll words chosen at the discretion
of the officiating minister. That ancient
priest was wont to say. every Sunday
Lord have mercy on the queen. And
now that she has become an old woman,
make her u new man." l may venture
to say that the individual interested in
that very sincere petition thought it an
extremely good one. 1t was better by
far than when IL bewildcred youth, who
had wholly forgotten the terms III which
he was to utter the national prayers,
after having named the sovereign, stood
a space in awful silence, the congrega-
tion all gaping; then III desperation
burst forth. May she not be wicked
womanu'
There was IL quite different kind of
queen, for whom III certain kinks the
prayers We're once omitted. The elders
waited on the ministers, and said that
all the congregation desired that the
unhappy person i'll question might be
prayed for. And indeed it is inconceiv-
able that any one who could pray fo1
her husband should have had any diff.
Guilty i'll praying for amy human being
whatever "Oh, yes" replied the min.
lister; IN pray for the queen, if you
wish it." Accordingly, on the mex,
Sunday, the expcctant flock listened tc
if they did not quite join in the remark.
able words: Lord, have mercy on the
queen. Pawdon her numerous and high.
ly awggravated scnns. - Longman's s
MaoaZiue
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Ancient Surgery.

DR.. Robert Fletcher in his Anatomy
of Art" and DR.. Luigi Sambon having
shown conclusively that Greeks and
Romans must have had q good acquaint-
ance with surgery. it seems strange that
in the medieval European period there
was dense ignorance and no skill in am.
putation. Sword and lance wounds were
necessarily Of constant occurrence then,
and the treatment was mcrciless. It has
been shown before how there was among
primitive people q fair acquaintance
with surgery and even u knowledge of
the rctinements Of it, as in plastic opera
tions. The discovery of q manuscript Of
the eleventh century shows us con-
clusively that among the Arabs and in
Syria ut the time Of the first crusades
there was fair knowledge Of surgery
and that the Syrians held in poor esti-
nation the Frank doctor Osama tells
how n knight was suffering from an
abscess of the thigh and q woman from
consumption. The Frank physician had
the knights leg put i'll q block. and it
was hacked off with d sword. The WON.
an was treated by having her hair cut
and cross cut into her skull. The
knight died at once and so did the won.
an. Then tho chronicler says that the
Syrian doctor who had been called in
left disgusted. having learned more
about Frankish medicine than he had
ever known before