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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

will be made by all to this city a
great time is anticipated.
Yesterday Calvert Darrah and Chas.
Moore, both Of Woodland, were re-
leased from the county jail, having
paid their fines. Both were charged
with assault and battery by Charles
Wells, and each fined So and costs for
the offense. Moore was also fined 50
extra for carrying a revolver. Justice
Mann heard the cases late Tuesday
evening and sent them TO jail on ac-
count Of them having no money at the
time to pay the fines.
All old soldiers who attend the lee
ture at the camp grounds tomorrow
night will be admitted to the services
during the day for % cents. Bishop
Fowler's lecture on Abraham Lincoln
should be heard by everybody, and it
is likely that the auditorium will be
packed
Council meets in regular session to-
night Matters pertaining to the
finances will be the chief discussion,
and some interesting things are likely
to take place.
The pe9itentiary board are having
some trouble with Mr.. Hallock, who
has the glove factory. Four hundred
dollars is due the State for convict
labor, and yesterday the sheriff levied
on big lot Of the firms stun by rea-
son Of a suit.
The Capital base ball club Of Bell
aire will surely play here next Satur-
day afternoon. The boys are getting
a strong nine together and expect to
defeat the visitors easily.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
The State of West Virginia,
Ohio County, IS:
lane Armstrong


NJ L. Harper in her own right and as Sc, eS 8
ecutrix of II. Nj. Harper and Salnued,
Harper Eta Harper, w. McConnel an.
Ellen his wife. Anna L. Harper IN R 1ty
own right and as eXeCutrX OF GeOlS ~
Harper. deceased, and the unknown Ci ~
dren of the said George w: Harper, Gs
cased The wheeling Building Assocla-
ton. W. J. w. Cowden. LrusteS, "
virginia Savings and Building ASsoc4d-
ton. w. H. Caldwell, trustee. .,o
The object of this suit IS 10 nave tne
cloud upon the title of the plainuh prop
go Wing on the south side Of Thirteenth
street. I'm Bellaire Addition TO the CITY OF
wheeling. being a part OF lot In sq9a4o
u of said addition, the same conyeyeo 10
her by Elizabeth Miller, removed 'heFN
from bv the decree OF said Court. 49,,
And il appearing from an affidavit nled
In said cause. at these Rules, that the &c
PENDANTS, Anna l.. Harper, william NJ
Cornell and Ellen, his WIFE, ana the IN
known children of George ". Harper ue
ceased are not residents OF the state OF
West Virginia. and they not having been
served with process in said suit, on motion
Of the complainant, by her solicitors, TINS
order of publication IS entered against
them and Il is ordered that the SAID de-
PENDANTS. above named Dc anu are e.
ouired to appear within one month aftcr
the date of the first publication OF thlS
order and do what is necessary 10 protecl
their interests. II IS further ordered thal
this order ls published and posted as re-
Witness. c. II. Henning Clerk Of our
said Court at the Court House OF said
County, this 4th day of August, 1897, to-
wit: August Rules. 1891: ,,,,-
c. IT. HENNING, Clerk.
Published the first time August 9Th, 1891.
&C c. II. HENNING. Clerk.
WHITE & ALLEN,
Solicitors for Complainant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
Sistersville. W.. Va, August 1S.-
Late this evening word was received
from the pump station Of the Eureka
Pipe Line Company, located IN the
Indian creek field, in the interior OF
this county, stating that the station
had caught IRE this afternoon ana haa
burned down. and that four Of the men
employed there had been badly burned
two Of them so badly that one has since
died. and the other is not expected 10
live more than a few hours.
The man who is said to have died Is
one of the engineers at the slaIIou .
named Duty, and his home is III Tue
vicinity of PittsbuIzs
The names OF the other men "hO
were burned are Ryan, who IS not
expected TO live, Greggs ana lonllA-
son.
The fire started this afternoon short
" after the men had taken the pumps
aDart to mack them, and it is supposed
mai a 1ight was in the vicinity and
when the oil ana gas ran out Of the
pumps it ignited.
The big pumps at the station were
DESTROYED together with the building,
and the loss Will amount to $4,000 or
$40 OOC. A large gang Of men have
been at work all the time since the
fire started. and they have about sue
ceeded in getting it under control, and
will be able to save the tanks i'm which
more than $4,000 barrels of oil is
stored.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
A POINT WELL TAKEN

Several men seated in front OF a hotel
were discussing the recent period OF in
tensely hot weather and were telling OF
sunsuokes that had come under their OBJ
sevation. In the party were a physician
and a bartender.
some one asked the physician this
question: what people are most liable
to be Frustrated by the heat?'
The physician frowned thOughtfully
and replied: "wen. I should say that the
people who are most liable TO be sun
struck are those who Weir too many
clothes and who are regular patrons of
my friend here" and he indicated the
bartender.
There was a mild laughh and then the
bartender spoke:
''Dictor don't think your theory will
hold good" he said. The people who
patrOnize me regularly never have toe
many clothes"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
LEGAL NOTICES.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
The State of West Virginia.
Obio CoiIutV IS.

The State of West Virginia,
Ohio County. IS:
In the Circuit Court or ono Soun'y
Emma Ebbert
VS..
George Snyder, Benjamin Snyder JACOB
V. Snyder. Joseph Snyder, henry n 4
White. Joseph Snyder (son OF john Sny-
DER. Henry Snyder (son OF Jonn Sn!-
der)' Dean Snyder. Laura Snyder, En-
ma Starkey. and Henry StarAeH, me-
husband. Albert Ebbert, Alee Eoo tI,I
Henry Fbbert Eva Gilbert, George Eo-
bert. Joseph Eboert, Stewart snyder anu 40
lydia Warthen. and all other persons III
a certain paper writing, bearing uate sraS
S0th day OF November, 1895, purp os Ia
TO be the last will ana tesIaI4e"N "
cob Snyder, deceased.
IN CHANCERI.
The object OF this suit IS 10 SET aSaG =,
the order admitting TO prooate ,osb Say
,paper writing, bearing date me SVL1 10y
lof November. 1896 as the last VIII anu e. =
lament of Jacob Snyder, deceased, ana "
have said paper writing declared anu c &c
creed not 10 be the last will ana testament
OF said Jacob Snyder, deceased: s,.5
And It appearing from an p,,i atAu That the
defendants, Emma Starkey, HenI! 60 So
kew. her husband. George Snyder; Stew >
art Snyder. Dean Snyder, LA ShyHsr an ~
Henry X. L. Snyder, are not resiy II.'r ~ -
the State of West Virginia, and tney mo-
having been served with process in SAID t
suit. on motion OF the complainant, py ne ne
Solicitors. this order Of publication IS en-
I'D scain+t them. and il Is ordered tha55
the the IS said defendants above named. be and d
are reGI1ired TO appear within one month
after the date of the first publication % 90
this order and do what is hecSsSaIs or
protect their interests. II Is IuLthsI %
Sered that this order be published ana
posted as required by law -. g 49,,
Witness. c. II. Henning, Clerk OF our our
said Court, at the Court House go, CO. s4 4n-
County, this 4th day o. OF AUG S''
wit: August Rules. 1891. c,,,ri,
c. II. HENNING, CLERK;
Published the first time August 9'h' 1876
Attest: .-r>-1. C,,,-,,
WHITE & ALLEN and
HUBBARD & HUBBARD, ,so,--+
Solicitors for complainant auood"'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
AN AGED CITIZEN DEAD.

Special to the Register.
New Cumberland, August 1S-
Squire George Pugh, aged about nine
ty-two years, died at the residence Of
his son, A. c. Pugh, of Grant District,
on Monday, the 10th. Death was
caused by the infirmities incident to
old age. The deceased was well known
in the county and about Wellsburg.
He was for a long number of years
an earnest and jealous member Of the
Disciples Church. Several grown-up
children and widow Second wife,
mourn his loss.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
4 TERRIFIC OIL FIRE.
One Nan Burned to Death, Another
Fatally Injured,

And Two Others Seriously Burned.
The Accident Occurred at a
Pump station OF the Eureka Pipe
Line Company in the Indian
Creek Field, in the Interior OF
Tyler County-The Pumps Had
Been Taken Apart and a Light Is
Supposed to Have Come into
Contact With Escaping Gas.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
AIS MUSTACHE UNAVENGED.
seafarlus Mans vain Appeal to United

A SeafarIng Mans Vain Appeal to a United
states Commissioner.
New York. August 1S.-Much to his
cbagrin. United States Commissioner
Shields acknowledged TO an agSrleyed
sea dog Yesterday that he could grant
him mo- redress for the Savagery or
heartless companions who with malice
aforethOught, had clipped away his
luxurious mustache. Such a mustache
it must have been. if the sea dog de-
scribed 10 truly Tt was so long and
pliabIe that it's owner was accustomed
to tie it I'M bow knots for the admiral
tiOn of English bar-maids, and when
on this side of the water even Jersey
MOSQUITOES were terrified as the Zeph-
yrs tossed it about.
The commissioner, in his chamber Of
Justice. was deciding, with the dellber-
alton incidental TO a good dinner just
consumed how much reliance could
be.-elrced on the word of q Chinaman,
&ho had sworn he could identify as
Ibis son a Monaghan 90 years old whom
no had not seen for is years. when the
E.-rJg complainant put in an ap-
IL. A pair Of blue jumpers. re-
fsHy sustained by what were once
aers. and a WOODEN shirt with
- c1-IaT- We're the chief cOmpo-
nefNof the visitors attire. He enter
4 ed With a stiN gait, suggestive OF sea
legs not vet accustomed TO land. took
! a Ian around the room and finally halt
4 ed beside the commissioner. -Four
times he rauDed on the commissioner s
desk. and having delivered this mys-
FERROUS sautatiou, ne bowed deeply
with cap aloft
ct demand justice against those who
have despoiled mel" he vOciferated in
sAertOrian tones. and. without pausing
Ee the effect Of his words, he
ter into a chair beside the
Is desk.
SSiOner abandoned his
n the midst thereof,
red what he could do
visitor.
ting coal passers robb-
mustache." cried he of
Is. while 7 slept, too, "
bOurnfullv. "YOu see. I'm
er myself. on the steamer
lis All. but I was proud Of
tache: so long, so silky. It's
mate" he confded, laying
palm on the commissioner S
eve were starting from South
\ and I went to snooZe. When 7
up it was gone; gone after al
e years Of careful training. and
here IS an that's left Of it " and he
htempestu0uSly stvoked a ragged
edge Of yellow hair on his upper lin.
Saw. Judge. can't Won give me salts
bcti0n?" he concluded.
After mature consideration Of this
tale from the sea. COMMISSIONS Shields
Informed the disconsO'ate coal passer
hhat If he believed ne had suffered DAM
age from the loss Of his mustache. his
bnly remedy was civil suit against
HE offenders
"Wbat. judee, won't You give me iUs-
4 ice9" WIS the coal passer'S astOnished
apreaI and as the commissioner SOr-
rowfu1lv assured him It was bevOnd
his mower. he Craumed his can down
on the hack Of his head and left the
room. into which floated the sound of
iuDrecatious such as only a sea-going
mortal can utter
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS;
notice That the deepositfons Of Jane Arm
strong. $. NJ. Harper and others will be
taken at the Office of White and Allen, No.
1f7 Chapine street. in the city OF Wheel.
ing. w. va, on Wednesday, the LIST day OF
September 1897. at 10 o'clock q. m. or SAID
d9y, and will be continued from time to
time at the same place. until completed
JANE ARMSTRONG.
au5oawt BY Counsel
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
GOOD RIDEANCE.

Critic-Whcre did you get the idea
for that picture?
Painter-Out Of my head.
Critie-You must be glad that it is
out-Fliegende Batter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19
ABOUT TIE STAGE.

When the chorus girl loses her job
she is out of work. When the same
thing happens to the star she Is at
liberty.-Philadelphia Record.
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ALWAYS awake.

"1here's q man who never sleeps. "
en- s f2u0Us detective
"ND. a father of triple-S.'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

"Geezer's talk is about as smooth and
as oily as I've ever heard.
eyes: nut q wick I'm his mouth and
light 81. and It would burn for hours.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

Sally-"How I'd like to be one Of
them great actresses or singers"
Her Nother-"Oh, I dunno. II
must be an unhealthy business"
Sally-"Why map
Her Mother-"Don't you allus see
their names in the paper telling how
they've been takin' patent medicines
an tonics an sech ?'-St. Louis Star.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

Lowe CUmmedy-I got off a good
Joke last night, but the audience was
too dumb TO see 1t.
Wright Wroasts (the critic)-So?
There's another good thing you might
get of if you want TO make hit with
the public.
What's that?"
"The stage. philadelphia Record.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

In the Circuit Court Of Ohio County
West Virginia. August Rules, 1Ssi.
Emma Ebbert
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19

WHITE & ALLEN,
Solicitors fop Complainant.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22

caught it 1t withstood his weight, anC
after long and painful struggle he
pulled himself by il to the top Of the
bank AS soon as he could recover
breath enough he turned TO the wound
ed Confederate, who lay quiet on the
bank. TO thank him for his kindness.
The man was dead His dying breath
was spent in saving the life of n foe
1.-Two days Peters dragged himself
about that bloody field of battle before
succor reached him He had been re-
ported dead in the list He was sent 20
the Acquia creek hospital, but II days
passed before his wounds were dressed
His case being decided TO be hopeless,
he was sent to the hospital at Washing
ton He was there month, during
which it was expected hourly that he
would die so desperate was his case
But he did not die, and heard subse-
quently, having quit the hospital serv-
ice, that he had been discharged from
the hospital so much restored in health
that he was preparing for third en-.
listment Whether he did enter the
service again | never knew New
York Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22
LANDING GOODS FROM scows AT sKAeeUAY.

We're nearing the first bridge with rush.
Plainly the steamers chimney was higher
than the arch the boat was pointed for,
and it seemed as if it must be smashed in
to everlasting flinders.
"But just before it touched the bridge
the top of the chimney swung back and
the boat passed under safely, with the
chimney trailing back at an angle OF about
45 degrees. 1t resumed its upright posi-
ton below the bridge. The entire upper
chimney turned back on spindle through
the lower part of the chimney, or upon a
hinge in the back. l don't remember
which 1t had hood or projection on the
front side which covered the lower part OF
the chimney when the upper part was
turned back, so that the flue remained con-
tinuous. 1t was operated with crank or
a lever attached To the chimney. The
operator was boy, and he was an adept.
Always just rs it seemed certain that
the chimney was about to be smashed flat,
whom it was apparently within foot of
the bridge and the boat was moving swift
ly, the chimney would swing back. 1t
would trail along under the bridge so close
to it that you expected every minute to
hear it scrape against the top, but it never
touched it, Before the boat was clear OF
the bridge the boy had the chimney in mo-
ton again. 1t seemed almost to Craze tho
edge las 1T swung up past 1t into the per-
pendicular. New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22

the service as permanently disabled he
had placed himself in charge of noted
surgeon of that day and after some
months was made almost as sound as he
ever was. At any rate he was able to
re-enlist, which he did in the One Hun
dred and Fifteenth Pennsylvania and
became orderly sergeant Of his COM
pany. At Charlottesville he was shot
in the right thigh, the bullet causing a
compound fracture, and almost at the
same moment mimic ball struck him
in the left hip and lodged there against
the bone. He fell and attempted to rise.
AS he raised his head he was hit by
flying piece of shell, which fractured
his skull and knocked him senseless.
"When Peters regained consciousness,
his regiment had taken another posi-
ton, and he lay there between two rak-
ing fires, bullets, cannon balls and shells
whining over him for hours, until at
last he managed to drag himself few
yards away to the bank of stream
where there were bushes. Grasping q
bush, he pulled himself over the bank
and let himself down into the water,
waist deep, which relieved his pain.
Our troops retreated soon after that,
and the Confederate army swept by
where Peters hung After it had passed
Peters endeavored to draw himself ont
of the stream to the bank, in hope that
he might be picked up, but he found
that the bush to which he chung, while
sufficient to support him as he crouched
i'm the water, was not stiff enough TO
bear his weight in efforts to pull HIM
self up on the bank There was bush
lust below him evidently strong enough
to enable hin to accomplish his pur-
pose, but it was out of his reach, and If
he released his hold on the bush that
was supporting him to make the at
tempt to reach the stronger one he knew
he would drop helpless in the stream
and drown.
"While he was thus facing death he
saw n movement on the bank. and the
next moment an emaciated face with a
deathlike pallor on 1t appeared over the
edge. It was the unmistakable face of a
badly wounded Confederate soldier who
was dragging himself to the water. The
sunken eyes fell on Peters, and the
owner of them must have comprehend
ed instantly Peters peril. for he dragged
his body forward and, placing both
hands ON the bush that Peters longed
for. bent it down toward his helpless
foe and gasped:
"'Huyh, Yank, grab it'
"The bush dipped so close to Peters
that he summoned all the little strength
he had left, let go the bush he was hold
ing to and grabbed at the other one. He
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A sailing skiff was upset on Lake
Deschenes, some nine miles up the OF
tawa (Ont) river, and two young men.
William Holland and Albert Venn Of
Ottawa were drowned.
After a two months shut down and
eNpending half million for the erection
OF a blast furnace, steel plant and plate
mill. the Bellaire co. Steel company
started the plant. giving employment to
500 men.
Cooley's grain elevator at Hartford.
City. Ind, burned Loss $2O.OOO insur-
ance $4,000
After ransacking the house Of A. ].
securing al South Milwaukee burglars
set fire to the building, hoping to con-
ceal the evidences Of their crime
John O'Connor, aged 100 years, was
buried in Ligonier, Ind He was the
Oldest man In the county
Lee Ranger who had just been fined
at Jeffersonville. Ind, by Police Judge
George Hall, attempted rs shoot the lat
ter Hall shot Ranger. s-hicting a seri-
Gus wound.
The ministers Of Atlantic Ia, oppose
the taking of census. fearing that sa-
looms will open if population of 5000
is found
The coroners jury sitting at Emporia,
Kan. IN the inquest on the Santa Fe
wreck, in which thirteen people were
killed. returned verdict placing the
responsibility on Dispatcher King of To-
peka
John Steele was sentenced by a jury at
Abba, Ia, TO the penitentiary for life.
Steele murdered his neighbor, Jacob
Werner
The old Shippee harvester works,
known as the Stockton car, machine.
ard agricultural works. was burned at
Stockton, Cal The less is 100000; in
surance. S45CC0.
George Davey, aged s. years. a pion-
eer Of Michigan. was killed at Bangor,
Mich. In a runaway
William stephens Of Findlay. O.. died
at Albany, Ind. Of paralysis, superin-
duced by excitement when he was
robbed at Lima, O.. while coming to
Albany
Agnes Meier, the 10-year-old dauFh-
ter Of Joseph Meier. a farmer living
south of Jonesboro. Ind, died Of hydro
phoba.
William Justice a wealthy farmer,
was found dead urder Great Western
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22
AMAZING VITALITY.
BULLETS AND SHELLS COULDN'T XII
JOHN PETERS.

Discharges From the Service as a ToEe.
less Cripple, lie Recovered and re CO.
listed - Saved by Noble Foe ca the
Field at Charlottesville.
Among the numerous instances Of
remarkable endurance and wonderful
vitality of wounded soldiers that | had
knowledge of during the late war, said
former hospital attendant, 81 recall
none so remarkable us that Of John Pc
tiers At the battle of Ball S Bluff he
was member of the Forty second New
York regiment. He was badly wounded
in the hip, and he fell on the field
While he lay there another ball frac-
tured his right knee joint Utterly help
less, he was rrampled beneath the feet
of the contcsting soldiers until tie close
Of the engagement and was then taken
prisoner t Richmond He remained
there four months, when he was ex.
changed and sent with other wounded
to the Philadelphia hospital | was an
attendant there Peters wounds had
been so carelessly ATTENDED 10 that he
was worse off, if anything, than when
he was first wounded We did the best
we could for him, but he was in such
shape when able to leave the hospital
that be was discharged from the service
as permanently disabled
Some months afterward | was trans.
ferred to "A hospital at Washington and
was there when the battle of Chancel-
lorsville was fought Two weeks after
that engagement a number of soldiers
who had been wounded there were
transferred from the hospital at Acquia
Greek 70 the Washington hospital
Among the most desperately and appar-
emily hopelessly wounded of these |
was amazed to discover John Peters,
the soldier who had left the Philadel-
phia hospital to pass officially as life
long cripple. When he was at last able
to tell his story, was still more
amazed. After being discharged from
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22
Peking.

1t is very singular thing that SO few
persons kno how to spell or pronounce
the name of Chinese city which we ali
spell and pronounce many times over, es-
pecially since all Chinese affairs have be-
come of more consequence to us. Tha5
city Is Picking. No one, except some per-
son who has lived in China, or who has
been told by some one who has lived there,
ever calls it anything but Pekin. Even
the biographies make the same mistake.
Yet 1t Is as incorrect To omit the "g' as IL
would be to leave off the * in New
York 1t should be pronounced with the
accent on the latter syllable instead OF, as
most people give it, on the frst.-New
York Times.