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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
BRIDGEPORT.

Earl Burns has returned to his work
at the C. & P. freight Office, after a
two weeks vacation, which was spent
in Pennsylvania.
N. Kuhn and wife are expected home
to-day from several weeks sojonrn
at Mackinac, Mich.
Frank Brannen is visiting friends at
Columbus.
J. F. Higgins is having his store
room in the West End repaired.
Mrs. R. M. Meredith and two chil1-
dren, of Gallipolis, are the guests OF
friends here for few days.
Wednesday evening Mr.: and Mrs.
Charles Sample very pleasantly enter
tanned large number of their friends
at their new home out the Cadiz pike.
Last evening the ladies of the Pres
byterian church gave very successful
as we'll as enjoyable chicken supper
and social in the rooms of the church.
r. T. Howell was at st. Clairsville
yesterday on business.
Last evening Miss Lottie McCon-
naughey very pleasantly entertained
a number of her friends at her home
in tirkwood. The evening was spent
at the various social amusements,
and at a seasonable hour refreshments
of tempting nature were served.
Charles Hill will move to st. Glars
vile in few days, where he will open
up a saloon October LIST.
The members of the Union Veteran
League met here last evening and per-
fected the organization. An applica-
ton will be made at once for a char
ter.
The Martins Ferry base ball club
challenge the Bridgeport club for a
game of ball to be played Saturday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24

Of boiling vii be commenced this week.
A large number Of orders have been
on hand for some time, and failure to
resume earlier was due to the warm
weather, which is a great drawback to
the manufacture Of glue.
Mack Caylor has opened a dry goods
store store in Upper Benwood. Mr..
Caylor has been resident of Benwood
for quite number of years and has
formed a large circle of friends, all of
whom join in wishing him success.
Two plain DRINKS figured in yester-
days proceedings in Police Court Geo.
Burkess, alias Hunk" was fined $40
and costs, and Eliza Stevens, of Elk
Fork, SIS and costs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
KLONDIKERS TURN BACK.
They Found the Snow Four Feet Deem
Along the Passes

Ahey Touuu the snow EOur Feet Deem
Along the Passes.
Seattle, Wash, September 23.-Win-
ter has begun in earnest with the trav-
elers on the Dyea and Skaguay trails
and all who do not intend to winter
in Alaska are fastening out The
steamship Queen arrived here with so
passengers. Among these were United
States Marshal j. NJ. Shoupe and Dis
trict Attorney B. E. Bennett. The
peaks of the mountains flanking the
passes are blanketed four feet deep
with snow and smaller streams are
incrusted with films of ice When the
Queen left Skaguay, September IA,
there were many parties struggling in
from the mountains, and it is stated
that a majority will return TO Seattle
and await the return of spring. Pre-
partitions are being made to winter in
both Juneau and Skaguay.
Lieut.. Col. George r. Randall, U. S.
A. with 25 men from the regiment.
left Portland, Ore, yesterday evening
on a special train over the Northern
Pacific en- route to st. Michaels by way
of Seattle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
THE LATE GEO. S. SPENCER.

The funeral of George S. Spencer &C.
Cured yesterday, the services being
held at the Zane Street M. E. Church,
and Baltimore Lodge, No. 6, K. of P,
Of which deceased was a member, at
tended in a body. Deceased was an
employee of the Caldwell & Peterson
Manufacturing Company. He leaves a
wife and one child to mourn his loss.
His death was peculiarly sad, as he
was taken violently sick on Saturday
and before his parents, who live at
Grafton, could be notified, was at
deaths door.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
IN The COURTS.
Many Cases Before Judge Hugus,
Yesterday.
In Most Of Them Pleas Of Guilty
Were Entered, Although There
We're a Few Continuances-The
Gases on Trial in the Circuit
Court - Business in the United
States Court.

Yesterday was a busy day in the
Criminal Court, Judge Hugus, result
of the recent action by the grand jury.
"A resume of the business transacted
will be found below:
Frank Ayers, $40 and costs; P. Bon.
enberger, two indictments, pleas OF
guilty; J. Barum, one indictment, plea
of guilty; L. Becker, one Indictment
plea of guilty; C. F. Biery, called; j..
Bartollis, two indictments, pleas OF
guilty; Boadwing & Schneider, lndlct-
ments Nos. 1 to 6, pleas of guilty; A.
Duecker, plea of guilty; Driscoll & Mil
Ter, one Indictment, plea of guilty;
Fort Henry Club, set for Saturday;
VIM. Fette, plea of guilty as to three;
Gundling & Carenbauer, guilty as to
three; E. Hofreuter, guilty as to three;
T. A. Hennegan, passed to Saturday;
F. Knutt, one indictment, plea OF gull
ty; E. Kloepner, one indictment, plea
of guilty; VIM. Knoke, one indictment,
plea of guilty; G. A. Landmesser. plea
of guilty; Thomas Mclaughlin, plea
of guilty; August Meyer, one indict-
ment, plea of guilty; Neil Quinn, plea
of guilty as to six, remainder nollied;
II. Robrecht, plea of guilty; Joseph
Stanton, two indictments, plea of gull
ty; w. H. Sherry, three indictments,
plea of guilty; Otto Tyson, plea of
guilty as to five indictments, nollied as
to five; F. Weddle, guilty as to three
indictments; O. E. Weisgerber, guilty
as to five indictments, remainder mol
lied; J. Weisgerber, guilty as to three
indictments; Winder & Parker, guilty
as to six indictments, remainder mol
lied; Louis Probe, plea of not guilty,
set for the Goth; ]. J. Sheekey, plea Of
guilty as to one indictment, fine Of
twenty dollars and costs; J. Steurnagle,
plea Of guilty as to one indictment;
d. Colt, plea Of guilty as to two in
dictments, fine of twenty dollars and
costs; Frank Agnew, plea of guilty as
to two indictments
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
GA Paper City" at the Grand-James Young
at the Opera House.


at the Opera House.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-To-night
"A Paper City,; first half Of next week,
OPERA HOUSE, Saturday. Mr.. James
Young, matinee, David Garrick"; night
Merchant of Venice"
ISLAND BRIDGE PARK-To-day, mat
1nee and evening, Barnum & Baley's
Greatest Show on Earth.
WHEELING PARK-Sunday, Grand
Army Band. of Canton, Ohio.
SEIBEl.T'S GARDEN-Sunday, after
noon and evening, Chicago Marine Band
On Monday evening next the doors of
the Grand Opera House will swing wide
open for the great scenic production of
Lincon J. Carriers EAST Mall The
railway has often been used by the dra-
matst, but never before to such an ex-
tent as in Carriers famous play, THE
Fast Mail" A freight train with fourteen
cars, lighted caboose and full-sized To-
connective, with engineer and fireman
crosses the stage in the most realistic and
noisy manner, while later in the play
great Mississippi river steamboat. with
bells and whistles and engines in full op-
Grafton, moves in and explodes with ter
refic force. great scene is also given
OF Niagara in real tumblng water The
engagement is for three nights and
Wednesday matinee.
No announcement of coming attractions
has created so much interest thus far as
the statement that Mr.. James Young is
to fill an engagement of matinee and even
ing at the Opera House tomorrow. He
will produce David Garrick" at the mat
inee, and Merchant of Venice" at night
and his choice of plays will enable the
public to judge of his versa ulity, as well
as his right to aspire to the position of
Americas representative tragedan He
Is supported by capable company, his
plays are all superbly mounted, and the
productions are promised to be first class
in every respect. Seats are now on sale
at Houses music store.
There will be big excursion from Cam
ton, Ohio, to this city next Sunday. The
famous Grand Army Band will accom-
pany the visitors, and the management of
Wheeling Park have made an arrange
ment for a concert at that resort in the
afternoon. This is a superb musical or
ganization, which has been heard in
Wheeling before. In includes several
prominent solo performers, who are down
on the programme for selections during
the concert There will be no better place
to spend an enjoyable afternoon than at
Wheeling Park.
GA Paper City" was Manager Chas.
A. Feinler's offering to patrons of the
Grand Opera House last night, and
there was large audience to enjoy
the mirth and melody with which the
production abounds. The story is sim
PIE, devoid of intricacies, and not lard
to follow. 1t serves to hold together
a succession of musical and dancing
specialties and other features, which
were very pleasing, judging by the
frequent outbursts of applause. The
company is headed by Eloise Willard.
Murphy and Moore, and is entirely
competent. ga Paper City" will hold
the boards during the remainder OF
the week.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
CIRCUIT COURT.

Before Judge PAUL, yesterday, de-
cree was entered directing w. P. Hub
bard, trustee, to make conveyance of
certain property to Virginia M. War
rem.
Before Judge Hervey, in the case of
j. W. Freeman v. Samuel Forschey,
there was verdict for defendant and
motion for a new trial.
The case of Annie H. Brady v. George
S. Simpson was put on trial.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
PENSIONS GRANTED.
ecial to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., September 23.-
The following West Virginia pensions
have been granted:
Original-George Price, Huntington.
Renewal and IncreasAJohn H.
Donnelly, Wheeling.
Original Widows, etc-Mary E.
Mike, Hebron.
A reissue of pension has been grant
ed Robert Sutor, of Steubenville. o.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
FEDERAL COURT.

In the Federal Court, yesterday, the
case of Stewards administrator VS.. the
B. 0. R. r. Co., was on trial before
jury. 1t is an action for $4,000
damages, growing out of the killing Of
Elisa Harris at crossing in Cameron,
Marshall county. The plaintiff is rep
resented by Mr.. Holt and the B. & o.
by Henry NJ Russell
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
CONJUGAL AMENITIES.

"Do not insist, my dear, l shan't
tell you what am going to give you,
for want to surprise you on our we'd
ding day
Tell me quick, then, for the great
est surprise would be to see you keep
ing your word. Journal Amusant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24

"Ha! Scoundrel." exclaimed the
stage lover. you have reached the
end of your rope,''
I know it, calmly rer1ied the stage
villain; "but there are Others"
And he threw away the remnant Of
the cheap cigar he had been smoking
and lighted another. Chicago Tribune
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
A WEALTHY SAILOR.

San Francisco, September 23.-The
United States cruiser Olympia is cred
tied with having in her crew a son of
Sir John Coventry, baronet of Eng
land. 1t lis stated that he has Just
come into the possession OF $4,000 a
year. Thu young sailor has been on
] the Tuisa Charlestoh was trans.
! fern to e Olympi, she start,
II TENT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
POSTMASTER AppoINTEn

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c.. September 2s.-
A commission has been issued to Perry
w. MOORE as postmaster ct Statler Run.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE CYCLONE OF CYCLONES!
Gigantic Failures! tremendous Sacrifices!

UiSduuC raiiureS. ifemehd0uS SacilHceSs
The recent failure Of several leading
houses has thrown upon the market the
nnest line of Shoes that was put before
the public. Jacob Goods agent writes that
the market was glutted and he had reg
uiar picnic pertaining to prices in shoes,
as ne bought them at his own prices. and
therefore We can give the public the ben.
ent or prices that were never quoted be.
lore by shoe dealers Jacob Good will
cause cyclone in prices for one week
mat will crowd his popular shoe store
We will offer shoes at prices that the
imanuiacturers would not dare to offer
rms IS saying a great deal. but we are
mere TO prove it. We are receiving
the shoes for the last week We can I'll
anybody All sizes, lasts and style toes
a Dig line of chidren's School Shoes sc
Inat every child can have a pair of shoes
Below we will quote you a few prices:
GENTLEMENS DEPARTMENT.
Mems Kangaroo, Wei Kid. Cordovan
RUSSIAN Calf Skin. all s. %. 81 90, ST 80 and
n neavy Tan. regular S. % shoes: our price,
). %. Mems Willow Calf. regular s. Of
SHOES; our price 81 30. Mems light and
heavy Green, regular s. so and 81 90 shoes;
our price, 81 % and 81 so. Mems Hyle's
Fatent Leather, regular S. GO shoes; our
price " 80. Mems Black Calf Skin reg.
uiar 81 90 shoes; our price 81 so.
Ladies Green shoes, regular IS 30 shoes;
our price 81 90 and 81 .. Ladies' Black
Wei Kid. regular So 90 shoes: our price
81 %. Child's shoes, Soc, 75c.. 81 co. Child's
ian Shoes, IL TO 2. SOC. pair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
JACOB GOOD,

IEWETT'S REFRIGERATORS.
ONLY A FEW MORE LEFT,
Which we are closing out at a bargain.
NESBITT g. BRO,
1912 Market Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
THE PEN is MlGurlER THAN THE SWORD.

De Ham Co Pen Manufacturers of Phil
adelphia, have put on sale in Wheeling,
W. Va, their celebrated Aluminium Pens
the past twenty-five years and give better
satisfaction than any common steel pens.
One will outlast five common pens. The
been using them hem for the past 20 Years also
Government Department, Washington. ID
G. Ask your stationer fo- them. Price
81 80 per gross; SIS 90 doz. gross. Sam
piles, q pens on card, sent 10 any address,
15c. Office of manufacturer. and 3 North
Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
esd rb
The new North-west., 1897-02-26
Eggs Preserved In Clay.

Lii Hung Chang's commissary carried
with it around tho world supply of
Chinese preserved eggs for the emb bassa-
doris special use.
"Those wonderful eggs,' said Mr..
Doyle, the steward Of the Waldorf, at
which Ii stopped during his sojourn in
New York, "are not so bad, after all.
Herei is one of them (showing what look
ed like a piece Of pumice stone, but
which WAS an egg incased in clay).
This was given me by one of the cooks
and may be a century old for aught I
know. This is preserved hem S egg.
The process of keeping. them is very
primitive and simple and yet very eff
fective. This is the way it is done:
First tho eggs are boiled hard; then,
while they are hot, they are wrapped in
soft clay and packed away. They will
keep forever. They We're brought here
in bags packed in rice husks, some of
which, you see, cling to the clay around
this one. When opened, the whites of
these es.gs are almost black and the
yolks are green. They chop them very
fine and decorate most of their viands
with them, and they enter largely into
all their sauces. The duck eggs are of
the finest Peking and Muscovy breeds.
They are first boiled, then preserved in
6 paste Of charcoal, which hardens
about them. The ducks eggs are open
ed, split in half and served cold i'll the
shell, and, old as these eggs are, as
sure you they are delicious. "
The new North-west., 1897-02-26
A Little Trick,

Perhaps some Of you may know the
trick, but those of you that do not will
find it hard to believe that you may
plunge your hand into bowl of water
and take from the bottom ring, or
other small object, without getting your
hand wet. Let us tell you how to do it.
There is no magic in it, nor is it real
ly a trick, as we have called it. All
you have to do is to sprinkle the surface
Of the water with some powder that has
no attraction for the water-something
that the water will not wet Nothing
better may be had than powdered lyco-
podium.
Having thrown a handful of this pow
der OIL the surface of the water, plunge
your hand in, take up the ring and show
the spectators that there is not drop of
moisture on your hand.
The reason is that the lycopodium
forms sort of glove around your hand,
to which water will not adhere any
more than it will to the back of duck.
Water birds may dive time and again
and come to the surface with their feath-
ers as dry as if they had not been un-
der the surface. The lycopodium gives
the same quality to your hand.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The new North-west., 1897-02-26
A Great Brandy Drinker.

II have seen the statement that no
man could drink half gallon of brandy
day for more than a very short time, !"
said John L. Smith of Linden, Va,
"but there is man living in the town
reside in who has never missed drink.
ing that much brandy in day for 20
years. His name is John Hudnall, and
he owns a brandy distillery near Linde.
He has used liquor as beverage since
early youth, and for the past 20 years
has consumed half q gallon Of brandy a
day. He is not an inebriate by any
means, not becoming intoxicated by the
brandy. He is hale and hearty and
stands we'll in the community where he
lives as business man. No explanation
can be given of his remarkable power
of withstanding the effects of liquor,
but no one who knows him doubts the
statement as to his having taken the
amount have said. 1t has not impaired
his digestion in the slightest degree, as
it is usually claimed it will do. -
Washington Star.
The new North-west., 1897-02-26
Old Abe, the War Eagle.

Old Abe, the famous Wisconsin war
eagle, was captured in the spring of
1861 on Flain beau river, near the line
between Ashland and Prince counties,
by Chippewa Indian chief named Sky.
The bird was then about the size of a
common chicken hawk The Indian
traded the eagle to Daniel McCann Of
Eagle Point, Wis, fora bushel of corn,
and McCann sold it to Mr. Mills Of
Eau Claire for $5. Mills presented the
bird to Captain J. q. Perkins, who was
then organizing the Eighth Wisconsin
regiment The bird then began the most
remarkable career that has ever been
known to a member of tho feathered
tribe AT Madison, before the regiment
left for the south, the eagle was given
the name Of Old Abe, in honor of Presi-
dent Lincoln. A perch was then made for
the bird, which was carried at the side
of the colors Of Company G of the Eighth
Wisconsin. At the siege of Corinth Old
Abe sat on his perch as calm as though
nothing were going on, an incident
which is said to have CAUSED the Con-
federate general to declare that he
would rather capture that oussed bird
than whole brigade of Yankees. y
Altogether Old Abe participated in
Ss battles and engagements. After the
close of the war Barnum offered $40, 900
for the eagle, and a western millionaire
went" the prince of showmen cone
better, F" offering 10 exchage $25, 600 in
gold for him. During the last years of
his life Old Ale was kept in large
cage in the historical department. q the
capitol building at Madison. He died
on March 80, 1881. His body was turned
over to a taxidermist, who fixed the bird
up until he now looks as natural as he
did in life. Over a million pictures of
Old Abe have been sold, and a book tell
ing Of his wonderful career had good
sale for several years.-St. Louis Re
Dub bile
The new North-west., 1897-02-26

The reputed fascination Of the SER
pents eye is the motive of a story in
Mr.. Am mbrose Bierce's volume Of tales
entitled ''In the Midst Of Life Mr..
Brayton was the guest Of friend, an
eminent zoologist, whose speciality, of
which he had fine collection, was
snakes. Stretched upon a sofa in his
own room, Mr.. Brayton glanced from
the book he was carelessly scanning
while awaiting the summons to dinner
and saw in the shadow under his bed
two small points of light about an inch
apart. He gave them no special thought
and resumed his reading.
In a few minutes he gave an involun-
tary start and stared into the obscurity
under the bed. His gaze disclosed the
coils of a large serpent. The points of
light were it's eyes, but they were no
longer merely luminous points; they
looked into his own with malign sig
nificance Brayton was a brave man,
but this seemed an occasion when dis
cretion was the better part of valor. He
would beat retreat, and backward, SO
as not to disturb the reptile, but instead
of the movement his will had shaped
his right foot was placed in advance of
his left.
The snake did not move, but its eyes
seemed to become larger and more lumi-
nous. There were strange noises in
Brayton's ears as, with reluctant steps,
he could not refrain from drawing near
er the bed Suddenly something struck
him hard blow upon the face. He had
fallen to the floor.
The zoologist, startled by terrific
scream from above, rushed to his
friend 'sroom. There lay Brayton, sense
less. As he bent over him he glanced
under the bed.
"How did this thing get here?" he
exclaimed, and pulling out the snake he
flung it to the center of the room, where
1t lay without motion.
1t was stuffed snake. Its eyes were
;wo shoe buttons.
The new North-west., 1897-02-26
Just Like a Circus.

Edith, the little daughter of physi-
clan i'll Trenton, was very much i'm
pressed by her first sight of q hoy choir,
each member wearing his white sur
Ilice. When she reached home, she
rushed to her father with the startling
intelligence that a lot of boys had gone
to church i'll their nighties, and they
didn't care bit, but just stood up and
sang rs loud as they could Her father
corrected her somewhat hastily. "Sur-
pliees, my dear, surplices. Those were
surplices, he explained. But Edith
was too excited to pay much attention
and caught only part of the word. CIR
cuses! Yes, | should think il was circus.
es They walked all around just like the
circus - And when it was all finally ex-
planned to her, she was much surprised
and amused and little shocked at her
mistake New York Times.
The new North-west., 1897-02-26
New York's Old Time Pumps.

There are parts of New York which
have primitive appearance. There
are tall wooden pumps III the lower
part of the city which are almost exact
reproductions of antique town pumps to
be found in very old towns farther up
in the state. Hudson, just above Cats
kill on the opposite side of the river,
has number of these relics of time
past, for the place is one of the three or
four first settled. But the New York
pumps do not date back more than / s
or 20 years. There is one on the corner
Of Greenwich and Dey streets. The
teamsters in the vicinity water their,
horses from it, and occasionally man,
can be seen holding his mouth a little
way from the spout, while some ono
pumps a voluminous stream from it for
him to drink.-New York Tribune