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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20

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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-20
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WATER RENT NOTICE.

To Water Consumers Owing Water
Rent:
Notice is hereby given that on Octo-
Der LIST, 1897, the water will be shut off
from all consumers owing two or more
bills.
We are now having the entire city
inspected, and have found several hun
dred hydrants out Of repair and all
must be Immediately repaired on re-
ceipt Of a notice delivered by the in
spectors or the water will be shut off.
THE CITY WATER BOARD.
JOHN E. .SCEELLHASE, Secretary.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

Marshall p. TIndall has gone to Phil
adelphia to visit his aunt, Mrs. James
Buist Jr., on Jefferson street
Mrs. e. Kapral, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. f. E. Smith, No
1909 Washington street. has returned
home TO Bridgeport, Conn.
Miss Agnes Baylies and ]. Powers,
with the GOrmans were entertained
yesterday by DR.. and Mrs. f. e. Smith,
at No. 1909 Washington street.
Miss Maggie Torrens, Of Morton, Pa,
is the guest Of Miss Lizzie Schulz, of
this city.
Miss Edna V. McCready has return
cd home after spending a splendid time
at Ocean City, Cape Charles and Del
mar.
Harry r.. Fisher is spending a weeks
vacation at Delaware City. He will
spend the time fishing, boating and
cunning.
Mrs. J. p. Horsey and daughter have
returned home from Ridgely, Md.
n. A. Shannon was the guest of A.
II. Taylor, at Marshallton, on Sunday.
Colonel Benjamin Nields sailed from
Southampton for home to-day on the
New York.
Physical Director c. r. II. Jackson, of
the Y. NJ. c. A., will cave for Wilkes
barre, Pa, his future home, tomorrow
morning.
Miss Frances Nye has returned from
visit to Atlantic City.
Miss Marion Darlington has return
ed to West Chester after a stay in This
ciyt.
John w. Kopp is at Denton, Md.
Miss Carrie Byron has been visiting
friends in Salisbury.
Miss Gertrude Hughes has returned
home from pleasant visit to West
Chester.
Miss Maggie Dougherty, of East
Sixth street, is visiting her cousin,
Miss Tobie Hunter at Montchanin.
| They propose to enjoy the scenery of
the country a-wheel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. It. Mearns and
daughter have returned from Rehcboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Grier have re-
turned from visit to Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Stoeckle, ait Akron, Ohio
Miss Nellie LeCarpentier, of Rock
land, is the guest Of Miss Margaret
| Hopes, in West Chester.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
A LOCAL ISSUE.

Winfield Scott Hancock held what
was regarded as peculiar views re-
garding the tariff, and when he enun-
ciated them he was laughed at unmer-
cifully. The following editorial extract
from the New York World shows how
thoroughly he has been vindicated by
the lapse Of time:
When the gallant General Hancock,
the Democratic candidate for president
in 1880, said that the tariff was largely
"a local issue" he was much laughed
at. But the votes of senators OF all
parties during the recent session have
gone far towards justifying his remark.
We have seen Southern senators call
ing themselves Democrats voting for
duty On cotton and supporting the de-
mands of both the sugar growers and
the Sugar Trust on the plea that they
benefited their section. More recently
a number OF Republican and Populist
protectionists, voting with the South
ern Democrats. succeeded in getting
cotton bagging, cotton ties and burlap
sacks put back on the free list Again
il was the local issue" that controlled.
Again principle was spelled with an
"a"
The inconsistency of voting a tax on
iron ore, on coal, on cotton, on flax
and hemp, and even on lumber, as some
of the Southern senators did, and then
putting upon the free list manufactured
articles into the making Of which these
taxed raw materials enter, is a striking
illustration OF the dominance of selfish
ness IN legislation. II has become not
merely local, but largely a personal
question.
Protective tariff mas ever been used
to serve the classes and to oppress the
masses, and ever will be. Under it our
government can never distribute its
benefits equally among its creators.
When a republican form of government
falls into the hands of men who would
use 1t for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
the interests OF the common people are
in danger
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
TO BE A LITTLE HOLLAND.
Proposition 10 Dixie New Jerseys
Aiarshy Waste Land.


Mnrshy Waste Land.
New Jersey is beginning to interest
.tself in the sub loct OF reclainling the
extensive tract of marsh land lying be-
tween Newark and Jersey City and
stretching up the Hackensack for dis
tance of IS miles. The tract, which is
crossed by a dozen lines of railway,
contains 27,000 acres which produce
nothing at present but swarms of mos
quitoes and a rank growth of bull
rushes and salt marsh hay. The mos
quitoes are a nuisance to the residents
of the neighboring towns and the bull
rushes and salt hay have very little
commercial value And yet the land
on which they grow is doubtless the
most fertile tract in the state.
The state geologist has just issued an
interesting report upon the subject
from his consulting engineer, who dis
cusses the methods and cost OF reclaim
ing these lands. yhis, he says, is just
as feasible as the drainage of the fen
lands of England or the vast tracts
which have been rescued from the sea
in Holland. He proposes that the work
shall be done by throwing up dykes
along the main watercourses and draw
ing the water off by system of tide
sluices and pumps operated by wind
mills, as in Holland. He estimates the
total necessary outlay at $1,26s, 400, eX-
elusive of the cost of the land. This
would be trife less than $50 an acre
for the 27,O00-acre tract.
As every foot of shis land, If re-
claimed, would be suitable for market
gardening, with the most extensive
market in America within a stones
throw Of the state of New Jersey would
find the undertaking profitable invest
vestment If the figures Of the engineer
are correct. A work Of this kind must
be done under the supervision of the
state, in order that there may be some
responsible control of dykes. pumps and
sluices, but il is probable that the pres
ent owners would be willing to be as
sessed for the cost of the improvement,
or sell at n reasonable rate to those
who are willing to put money in the
undertaking, so that the state would in
the end be able TO secure a return Of
every dollar of necessary outlay and be
the instrument of bringing under culti-
vation the finest tract of agricultural
land in the state.
The reclamation of this land, lying,
as 1t does, at the very doors of the
Greater New York, would serve another
important purpose besides restricting
the mosquito crop and turning worth
less marsh into a garden.und that is
that its cultivation would furnish en-
ployment and livelihood to thousands
of the idle population of the city. The
experience of England and Holland
having shown that the reclamation of
this extensive tract is perfectly feasible,
the work should be undertaken There
is n great deal more of this sort of land
worth roclaiming in the United States.
but the IIackensack tract is best worth
reclaiming first TO serve ns an example
TO be followed Observation-Disclosures
phia Times.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
INSANITY FROM SHOCK.
Nervous Tempcraments Become Over


Nervous Tempcraments Become Over
strained.
The pathetic recital Of the experience
of the engineer whose reason was shat
tered by his train running over and kill
ing two men. leads thoughtful persons
to the contemplation of the exceeding
frailty of humanity and the awful
consequences TO the sensitive mind of
such an accident as that which was
the real cause of the collision of two
trains.
Of highly nervous temperament, the
engineer, while he felt himself guiltless
of murder, was yet so overcome with
the knowledge that he had taken two
lives that he was wholly unbalanced,
and probably in the most mechanical
way, with his hand on the lever, sent
his train along the tracks, completely
oblivious of the danger that threatened
him. The piteous appeal to his fellows,
asking them if he really was to blame,
is one of the most pitiful incidents in
the affair. Experts say that an en-
gineer can only pass through a given
amount of strain, and that once having
passed this point he is scarcely ac-
countable for what he may do. says the
New York Ledger.
There is a great difference in people,
however, as to the effect which such
calamities have upon them. People OF
stolid and unimpressible temperaments
may pass through such experiences
and be but slightly overcome by them,
but it is a dangerous thing for the
sensitive, highly organized mind to be
placed in such an awful position.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
KELLEHER TOLD HIM.
JOSEPH CAMAdOMILE ARRAIGNED
FOR KEEPING A SPEAK-EASY.
OTHER MUNICIPAL COURT

Emma Miller, colored, the woman
who made an assault with intent TO
commit murder on George Jefferson,
was sentenced to S25 and costs and
three months imprisonment by Judge
Ball in Municipal Court this morning.
George Hagan, colOred, got $40 and
costs for an assault on Jennie Johnson.
Officer James Shields this morning
arrested Michael Newell for the larceny
of three shoes belonging to William
Hunter, a shoe salesman.
Hunter reported his loss to Officer
Shields, and in ten minutes he captured
Newell trying to pawn them.
The case against Clara Dale and
Jacob Biscoe, charged with selling liq-
uor without a licenese, was dismissed.
James Wiley colored, arrested on
the charge of larceny, was recommitted.
James Cammomile, colored, charged
with selling liquor without license
on Sunday, at 109 East Water street
was fined 500 and costs for so doing.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
SALOON sTRAws ARE COSTLY.
Particular Care Required in Picking
and Shipment.

ana onApAnents
'The straws through which we inn
bibe mint juleps and other supposedly
cooling decoctions in summer cost the
saloon men about as much as do their
free lunches" said red-faced man who
sat at a table in the St. Nicholas cafe
slowly slipping q julep through couple
of straws, says the st. Louis Republic.
Il just found this out the other day and
have felt sorry for the saloon men
ever since, because every fellow who
uses a straw feels that it is his duty
10 destroy it with his drink. The sa-
loon men get their supply of straws
from the big glass houses, and the most
of these establishments keep a regular
force of hands employed all through
Ihe summer season cutting and prepar-
ing the straws for use. Usually some
body has 20 be sent to the country to
telect the straw from the farmer. and
then it has to be handled with great
care in getting it to the city. This. of
course. is an item of expense which
must be made out of the saloon men,"
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
DoUGHERTY WILL SET ASIDE.

Register of Wills Crossan this morn
ing set aside the will of Arabella f.
Dougherty and will grant letters Of ad-
ministration to the Equitable Guaran-
tee and Trust Company. Louisa Smith
and Mary Moreland, the two witnesses
TO the signing of the will by the tes-
tatrix. swore that she did nOt know
what she was doing when she signed
it. and chat she was not able to even
hold the pen to make her mark This
action on the registers part will give
the bulk of the estate to Gertrude
Hughes, instead of to Christian Sester-
henn. Mrs. Margaret Plunkert anC
Judge Ball have been working indefati.
gably in the girls behalf.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
A GIRLS sHREwp PLAN.
How she Finds Out a Mans True
Nature.

How She Finds Out a Mans True
Nature.
A captivating girl who carried lor-
gnette was talking recently to q party
of her friends and her words must have
borne weight, for the other girls were
listening. When girls are not all talk
ing at once it's a pretty good indica-
ton that the one who is thus permit
ted to monopolize the conversation is
saying something worth while. "When
feel that q man is becoming interest
ed in me to the exclusion of other girls"
said she of the lorgnette, 81 at once put
him to a test which is calculated TO
bring his true nature to the surface.
Of course, you all know what posers
men are, and how they are on dress pa
rade when the girls are about. Well,
my test is this: make an engagement
with him to go of somewhere at eight
in the morning. Nine men out of ten
VIII be late. At that hour of the morn
ing a man is usually disagreeable and
hateful. He will be unshaven. His
breath will be reminiscent of stale to-
bacco smoke, and possibly of last
nights libations. His conversational
powers, usually SO scintillating at
night, you win find to be shorn of their
attractions. If you want to look be-
hind the screen of mans conventional
ity, put him to this test. If he comes
through it under favorable conditions,
he viii make a good husband. But
I've never seen one that could stand the
test to my satisfaction, and I've tried it
often -
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
HORSE TRAMPLES MAN.
GEORGE BROWN MEETS WITH A
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT, AND MAY

George Brown, a blacksmith living at
No. 906 Shallcross avenue, was the
victim of a vicious horse this morning,
and the injuries received may cost him
his life
Brown was at work at the blacksmith
shop at No. S24 Orange street. Charles
w. Herdman, who presides over the
club stables near Orange street, asked
Brown to go to the stables and help
halter a horse. Brown went over and
while in the act of haltering the horse
1t became unmanageable and kicked
Brown in the side, knocking him down
The animal trampled on Brown
breaking three ribs. When DR.. Mil
Ter examined him he found that the
ribs had penetrated into the liver. lie
may die.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
BAD EoRM IN MEXICO.
Light ON Mexican Manners Comes I,
Polite American.


Light on Mexican Manners Comes TO
Polite American.
The man who had been down in Mex
leo trying TO buy up carload Of silver
dollars made for the American market
and guaranteed worth their weight in
sterling silver was in town the other
day looking for customers. Incidental
" he ran across Star reporter and
offered to sell him ton or two of dol
lars. Then the man asked for light,
and the reporter, Hopping the ashes
from his cigar, handed it over TO the
returned traveller.
"There is such a difference in Gus
TOMS" said the man, taking his light
from the borrowed cigar. "Now you
notice how politely and thoughtfully
for thoughtfulness is the true polite
ness-you knocked the ashes off your
cigar when you handed it TO me to light
mine"
Reporters are always polite" sug-
gested the reporter.
"As was saying" continued the man,
unheeding, there is such a difference
in customs. Now, when I went to Mex
leo the first time I didn't know the
Mexican code of manners, and about the
first thing did when landed was to
ask a man for a light. He handed me q
cigar with the ashes on. l thought it
was bad manners. but Tipped them of
and lSindled my weed. did that four
or five times, and / always got it the
same way. Then began to hope some
Of them would ask me for light so l
could show Mexico what real manners
were. got a chance one day, and when
n man asked me for a light 1 flipped Off
the ashes, and, with salaam at least
two yards across in its widest sweep,
extended him the blazing stump. He
took IL, of course, because he was too
polite TO treat a stranger otherwise, but
he did it in a way that showed me some
thing was wrong, and began asking a
| question or two.
"The result was that l discovered
what the true form was and what an ass
l had been making of myself trying TO
teach those CASTLE soaparoons what the
code eigarro was. My instructor told
me that the thing to do was to leave the
ashes on at their full and to daintily
touch the unlighted cigar or cigarette
! just about the fire line between the ash
and the tobacco. After that, being nc
longer in ignorance, 10 avoid bloodshed
or international complications, ! never
ngain was flip with the ashes of my
cigar. r."-Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
"A a nEF ~ 4 O'CIOCK.

The big steamer Juniata, built by
the Harlan and HollingswOrth Com
pany for the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company, will be
launched on Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock and the event viii be an inn
portant one in Wilmington shipbuild-
ing. The Juniata is a sisler ship OF the
Fairfax, launched in 1891.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
RAILROAD CHIEFS ON A JAUNT

General superintendent ii. f. Ken
ney, Of the P, w. & B. railroad; Super
intendent w. n. Barnard, of the Mary
land division; Civil Engineer Simon {.
Long and Trainmaster Frank Carlisle
left Wilmington on a SPECIAL train run
ming as the second section of train No.
q this morning at $40 O'Clock on an
important trip South. They are in Dri-
vate car No 2S01.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
R1rSY TIME At MOORE'S

The Eonch Moore and Sons Gem
pany's shipyard was one of the busiest
sections of town to-day. Wilmington
and Northern car float No. was haul
ed out for a general caulhng. The
oyster beat Mary Bird is also up for a
rerainting. Atlantic Refining tom
pany's barge No. SO, which the COM
pany has latoily built. was lowed ua to
the Stardard Oil Compsny's wharves al
Philadelphia by the Standard Oil tlg
White Rose.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
THE SAME OLD SONG
City Council Fails Again to
Elect the City Officers.
NUMEROUS BALLOTS FOR CLERK

MR.. CANNON PULLING THE SAME
WAY WITH MR.. O'NEILL-HE.
TOO, WANTS, TO NAME THE
CLERK OF THE MARKET AND
WOULD NOT CAUCUS.
strolled into Council chambers last
night, whence no one knew. The
pups presence created a little excite
ment, for he was looked upon as a
mascot, and everybody said that surely
Mr.. ONeill would get in line. But the
squire didn't, and the members of
Council are still at loggerheads over
the disposition of the city Offices
The Democrats, excepting Messrs.
Cannon and O'Neill, were in caucus,
but nothing came of the confab. Mr.
Cannon refused to go into caucus while
Mr.. O'Neill has never, as yet, attended
caucus meeting.
There was a big crowd present at the
meeting. Republicans arrayed them
selves on one side and the Democrats
on the other. The II. T. Senate, con-
sisting of Dan" and Jim" O'Neill,
Andy TraynOr, MajCt Hewes, "Shan"
Dougnerty and Fergus Hanrahan, all of
the members of the famous senate, Oc-
cupied seats back of the squire. Sew
eral times the member from the First
ward arose and went over to converse
with the senate members.
RYAN WILL APPEAL.
Baillff of Council Ryan, who is pri-
vate secretary to Acting Mayor Leitch,
has been instructed to write to Speaker
Tom Reed at Washington, as to the
advislbility of adopting the speaker s
tactics in counting the votes of mem
bers, whether it be right or wrong.
Should a favorable reply be received,
the next meeting may see the big fight
settled. Bailiff Ryan and his little
box afforded much amusement to the
members of Council and the visitors
who had come to witness the love feast.
The number of times that the bailiif
walked last night in gathering in the
votes would, when figured up, run into
miles. Messrs. Cannon and Robertson
the tellers, also kept tally on the num-
Der Of feet they walked last night
when ii came for them to announce the
vote. Mr.. Cannon said that he had
walked two miles and a half. Mr.
Robertson said the same.
After the twenty-eighth ballot Mr.
Morris. member from the Eighth ward
moved to adjourn. Mr.. O'Neill object
ed. but his objections were voted down
by a vote of s yeas to 5 nays. Mr.
O'Neln, however, voted to adjourn.
rv1Iuv pATT OTIS
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

Those persons who are rushing to
the gold fields of Alaska and the Klon-
dyke at this season of the year cannot
blame anyone but themselves if they
are overcome by the hardships and
privations of the journey. Warning
after warning has been issued both by
government officials and by other per-
sons who are acquainted with the
topography of the country and the
rigors of the climate, and this should
have been sufficient to have deferred
any man Of common-sense. But it was
not, and the rush goes on, regardless
Of approaching Winter.
Already the wall of cold, exposure
and hunger is heard coming down from
the slopes of that God-forsaken and
gold-producing country. Some of The
stories told are heart-rending in tho
extreme, and will become more so as
the season advances. II is to be hoped
that these recitals of narrowing ex
perience will have a deterrent effect no
exercised by the warnings of those wh'
are well posted but not on the scene o
action.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
ALL BIRDS MOI GEESE.
Decoys DO Not Always Work Success.
fully.

DecOys Do Not Always Work Success
fully.
Despite the success with which de-
coys are sometimes used by skillful
hunters, birds, in the wild state at least,
are not easily deceived, says an ex-
change. Their sense of hearing is pc
culiarly acute, and their instinct en-
ables them instantly to detect the
slightest variation in the song of one
of their own kind-as is laughably
illustrated in the following true story:
A bird catcher, wishing to increase
his stock of bullfinches, took out his
lhned twigs-i. e., twigs covered with
strongly adhesive preparation, by
nlighting on which the poor birds were
caught like flies on sticky fy-paper-
and arranged them in what he consid-
cred n promising place. For a decoy
he took along a tame bullfnch in q
cage. Now it happened that this bird
was, for u bullfinch, highly educated
overeducated, in fact. At first the de-
coy uttered a few natural notes, and
its cry attracted several of its kindred,
who posted themselves at a little dis
tance, watching the bird in the cage
with much curiosity. Presently they
began to approach, hopping, inch by
inch, toward the fatal twigs. But just
OF this critical moment the trained bull
finch, carried away by the excitement
of so interesting an occasion, began to
pipe the old country dance known as
Nancy Dawson" and away flew all
the intended victims as fast as their
wings could carry them.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
MORE CARS FCR PORTSMOUTH.

The Jackson and Sharp Company to-
day made another shipment Of Winter
electric cars to Portsmouth to go into
service next month for the Portsmouth
Street Railway Company. This was
the second shipment of these cars
which have already been described in
the Evening Journal.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
INVITING THE SENATORS.

Clerk of the Senate Simon P. Doherty
is issuing to the officers and members
of the State Senate invitations to par
ticipate in the legislative reunion at Re
hoboth on September 9. The indications
now are that there will be big crowd
of politicians of all shades of belief
present to help the thing along.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
nIsmnrtIinr nInrencc.

1t is stated that the German military
authorities have decided 10 demolish
the fortifcations and the walls of
Mayence. the most strongly fortified
city of Germany. which has witnessed
so many fierce struggles and historical
tragedies.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
A New Use for the Catncombs.

A new and essentially nineteenth
century use has been discovered for the
catacombsbywhich the subsoil of Paris
is honeycombed. The subterranean
galleriesof this kind beneath the Jardin
des Plantes have now been converted
into a species Of laboratory and aquari-
um. A number of them have been fitted
with reservoirs and glass tanks. while
in others the inches which once con-
tanned human bodies have been con-
verted into cages. where scientists are
able to study the effect of total and
partial darkness upon animal life
Demorest.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
rHEY no NOT KNOW.

The ownership Of Carpenter street, a
small thoroughfare between Fourth
and Fifth on Monroe street, and run
ming west to jackson, is now agitating
The Board of Health. The street is full
OF weeds. and the officers OF the board
do not know whether Il comes under
the jurisdiction OF the Street and Sewer
Department or the Board OF Health.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
THE "COPS" VICTORIOUS.

About 1000 persons witnessed well
played baseball match yesterday at
Union street grounds between a team
Of Wilmington cops" and a team of
mail-carriers The game was wen by
the former