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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
case relieved In elk hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure.
Il Is a great surprise on account Of It's
exceeding promptness In relieving pain
in bladder kldneys and back, In male
or female. Relieves retention almost
Immediately. II you want quick relief
and cure. this is the remedy. Sold by
u. II. List. Druggist. Wheeling. W Va.
thEEs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12

The 10 cent trial sire OF Eiy's Cream
Rain which can BE- had Of the druSEist
IL sufficient to demonstrate its great
merit. Send 10 cents. we will mall II
Full size apc. ELY BROS
IS WarTCnt street, y. y. city.
Catarrh caused difficulty In speaking
and to a great extent loss OF hearing.
BY the use OF Ely's Cream Balm drop.
ming OF mucous has erased. voice and
hearing have greatly improved--I, W.
Davidson, Attorney -Rt-Lhw, Monmouth,
LII.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12

GROUP and whocping cough are
childhood's torrurs: but like pneumonia.
bronchitis, and other throat and iunG
troubles. can b. quickly cured by using
One Minute Cough Cure. Charles II.
Goetze, corner Market and Twelfth
streets; Bowie & Co, Bridgeport; Pea
body 4 Soa. Benwood.
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Simply apply swATSE's OINTMENT.
No internal medicine required Cures tet-
ter. oczcTnA.. Itch. all erupticns on tho
face. hands. nose. etc. leaving thu skin
clear, white and healthy. tts Er-at heal
ing and curative powers arr pnEsszsel by
6wAISE.S OINTMENT. tths&W
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TRUSTEES SALE.
YTyRUsTEE'B SALE OF OHIO CCT,g.r;v;
REAL ESTATE.

REAL ESTATE.
BY virtue OF u deed Of trust r6aGs b.,
James w. Dlnch and Nancy H. Dinrb X
wife, and John pinch. 70 me. ~ trustee
and now Of record IN the clerks ONE Z,
the county court OF Ohio county NJ.
Virgins, n Dad ~ Trust BOX ~
page Sg9. Will On -
SATURDAY. THE FIFTEENTH DAY
OF MAY. 1857.
sell at public auction at the north ,.,.,
door Of the court house Of Ohio co'.r,g'
West Virginia, commencing az ton o'r'gJ,
n. M, the following described prom. .--.
to-Wit: All that certain tract Of land si,11'
ntsd on the waters Of CasilUmau'H ~
IN the district Of IAbsrty. Ohio roIinig
West Virginia, and adjoining land" =,
Joseph o. Curtis. Joseph MCCuualB. J,h,
g. I.Odgers and Others, and bDunIaI va
followa: Beginning at white oaE A.
Joseph MoChuslin's line anu rrlrrlt.
thence north q. east q poles 70 a FtaKiSs
near the barn on said land; thence ro SSt5
So east 20 poles 20 II black walnut. ~g t-s!
TO lands Of Johnson l.. Garrison and az.
ers thence south 81 east 1871, p1I.I ts,
beech. corner 10 lands Of IoBsuh . Cyr'r,.
sugar tree. corner 10 lands Of Jassph NJ
CHnEinnd; thence north y west II bgIs.
and u links 10 tho place Of beginning ana
containing fOrty-siH 80 acres and two r.
roods, more or less. THIS being Tho "a NJ
property that was conveyed 10 james ~
Dlnch and John Dinch by julia A prgii
and Robert l. Prall. her husband. b. tasg
bearing date March ., 1850, and now AZ
record In tho clerks office OF the c9uBTS
court OF Ohio county. West yiranla
TERMS OF SAI.E-One-thlr1 Of Tie rr--
chase money and rs much more ae rbs
purchaser may elect TO pay In cash On DIV
OF sale: the balance IN TWO equal pay.
ments az one nnc two years, the purchaser
executing his notes with approved sycIrt'y
FOR the deferred inStallmsnts. with irtsrs,,
from day OF sale. the interest on the second
deferred installment payable annually. tbs
title to said property 10 b retained until
said notes are lifted
JOHN /. DUNLAP
apS Trustee
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FEATHER RENovAToR.
Wives and
HOuSekeeperS.


To An Whom It May Concern:
The undersigned have purchased IRmIl.
tons Improved Feather RcnovGtor, and
also An Improved Carpet Beaten, which
Is guaranteed 10 neither rip nor saVel
and are now prepared to DO work promptly
ard At reasonable prices. Work called for
and delivered free OF charge Leave or
ders nj r Luke'G Livery, No, it9o Market
street. or address
FORD & HANNEN,
Corner Eighteenth and Chaplino stresiS
Wheeling. w Va
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Be sur and use that old and Well-tried
remedy, Mira wInslow'S Soothing Syrup.
for children teething. II ROotheS tho
child, sofiens the gums, allays AL palm.
cures wind collie md Is the best remedy
for dlarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle uWfhW,
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PROPOSALS.
Notice to Contractors.


May 10. 1897.
sealed pruposais viii bs TgcE.yot e ihls
office until the 18th inst. ut ~ a.. H. Tor
~" following county work to be done
during tho present year upon the ROADS
MncadamlzinR as foIlowH;
TRIADELPHiA DISTRICT.
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LONDON. May 10 william T Best.
the oTFanist and composer. Il dad. He
was born Al Carlisle. In 1896
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12

before entering tho cans and thus prevent
swimming OF the head and nausea, to which
Ihave been subject for several years.
Dr. Miles Remedies arc sold BY all drug"
gists under = positive guarantee, drSt bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent tres 70 all applicants.
DIR, MILES MEDICAL 90, ElkhSEt, Ind.
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without them. The!
have fully restored
mo frum u complica"
tIou osdlsorders chief
~ Affecting the heart
nervous system and
kidneys. When I trHV.
Of IalwAys take one OF
your Auti-Pain Pills
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REAL ESTATE.
JACOB SNYDER HOMESTEAD
FOR SALE.

We oIcr for sale at a bargain the HE
residence OF Jacob snyder. deceased. STU
ate and known as No. si5, on the west sI!s
OF North Main street. The house is an els.
giant. large dwelling Of three stories, well
lighted and ventilated, with oil modem
improvements. and in frst-class order
The grounds are spacious and well kept;
extending 10 the river. and the view along
the Ohio river is one OF the finest In he
city. WIN sell the property citaer tgT.
nished or unfarnished. AraTe chance 0aI
quick sale. For particulars apply TO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12

OVNHE NAME Of Mrs. J. z. HarWell. tneo
julia Emma Ficmmlng) Is familiar
- ono in tho state Of Georgia. she
writes; ut with pleasure that express
nv gratitude for tho wonderful benefits
have received from Dr.. Niles Restorative
Remedies, especially tho NOryino, tho Nerve
and Liver Pills. New Heart Cure aud Anti
Pain PnlA Actual experience has taught
mo their great worth. No family should TO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-12

Upper ltAtI ssFss ssr-ss... - go -
BIDS will also be received Tor tire con-
structlon OF retaining wall on the Ma
tonal Road, near Mrs., ThompsOn,s. This
wall viii contain about 100 cubic yards
and will be built as tirst-class rubblc ma
sonry. The county will furnish the, ce-
shall be found suitable for the new work.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28
.NThc Old Hen Mns On

But when l got down there to the
Sweet Water meetin Saturday mornin
who else do you reckon l found-both
right in on the ground floor and havin
some "felonious flush times" to hear
them tell it? Nobody but Blew Scrog-
gins and Andy Lucas. With me it want
in the least ways surprisin to catch
Andy Lucas down there, since the news
had went out broadcast that there
would be three sermonts a day and
dinner on the grounds. Wheresomever
you find a few good people gathered
together to hear The Word, with din
ner on the grounds, you are more than
apt to find Andy Lucas as one in their
midst, if not the lead dog of the pack.
But as to Blev Scroggins, that would
be the last place in the created world
for him if it want for the fact that
the human race was borned and bred
unto sin and sufferin and deyilment
from before the foundations. And so
when first driv at old Sweet Water
church that day and found both Blev
ana AnQY lltIe l hlONth tAOihNhN HN'
well that the old hen was on. Next
TO that l naturally wanted to find out
If | could what she was settin ON, and
when she would hatch and come off.
81 have writ three letters, Rufe-
three of the gonebyest most fervent and
magnolious love letters you ever heard
tel! Of" says Blew to me when we had
ambled off down to the spring to find
out if that water would bear a little
mixin.
oTf YOU reeollect, Rufe, when / was
a candidate for high sheriff the secont
and last time the delegates from down
here in fuckers Mill Beat-which lieth
over aein Sweet Water church, you un-
derstand-went back on me, even after
the old cat had punched her feet to
lump my way. Well, the three mainest
men in that fight. which cooked my
goose TO n brown crisp, as IL were, was
Buck Collins, Babe Peterson and old
Squire Leatherwood.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28

"NHw, some time last year, as you
will remember, Rod Mayfield-which
in the main time he had married Dolly
Halloway-took sick and died all of
student like. And right now the all
everest most handsomest young wom-
an in all This strip of country is the
Widder Dolly Mayfeld. faint no use
in talkin, Rufe-when she puts on her
Sunday higgins and fancy fixments she
is jest simply pluperfectly and supipely
beautiful to behold.
"In these long, hot summer days it
has likewise also come to pass that
Buck Collins, Babe Peterson and old
Squire Leatherwood have all three fell
heels over appetite in love with Dolly,
the widder, and-well-my time has
come. You needn't to feel any earth
ly doubts about that, Rufe This is
my time of year to win out even, and,
by gatlins, what am savin up for the
three gentlemen from fuckers Mill
will be a most hellatious plenty. Old
Squire Leatherwcod has buried two
wives and raised nine children, but
from what they tell me he is worse gone
on Dolly Mayfield than Buck Collins
or Babe Peterson, and they have got it
mighty bad. The way a town hog loves
slops is nothin, Rufe, to the way them
three natiye-born idiots love the ground
which Dolly Mayfeld walks upon-and
well, dad'blame 'em, my time has
come"
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28

schooihouse on top of the hill, but the
sores got well and no bones were brok-
en-. If the calf was in front the bruise
would be as bad, and it would make
mans pants bag at the calf instead OF
the knee, and a woman's calf when rid
ing a bike would look awful. About
that third eye in the back of the head.
it would very much interfere with our
sleeping position, and give no room for
woman's back Eair, and utterly para
I've her devotfons in church. If we are
to have d third eye, the optical nerves
and muscles should be so arranged that
wien the two in front are open the one
in the rear should be shut, and vice
versa. But this third eye would, OF
course neeessitate a larger cerebellum
to hold the machinery, and that would
give man the big head. AS to the
double iointed elbow for scratching
purposes, I've no particular objections,
though on a pinch man can do like
Sidney Smiths pigs: He can rub up
against post or the edge of door
and get relief. AS to that Manchausen
business of summing and swimming and
flying, it is folly to discuss. Man has no
need of such powers, and if he had four
legs like a horse and fins like fish and
wings like bird he wouldn't be man,
but sort of quadruplex amphibous
aerolie. too smart for this world and not
good enough for the next.
Good gracious! what a world of new
| theories about man and the creation
| these modern thinkers have got up.
! They can't fool the old folks, but fear
| they do demoralize some of the young.
Young man, stop and think before you
desert the faith of the fathers. 1t is
safe to say that such great and good
men as Calvin and Luther and Knox
and Wesley and Whitfield and Sir
Isaac Newton and Addison and Pope
and hundreds of others who lived and
died in the faith were not mistaken.
Wait until these agnostics and skepties
all agree on religion that will give
comfort in adversely and peace in the
hour and article of death No, don't
wait, for they have had time enough
and offered nothing.-Bill Arp, in At
lanta Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28
ssWhen the Widder Heaves in Sight"

"The mail to fuckers Mill goes by
here this evenin, Rufe," Blew went on,
"and all three of the letters will go
through te their proper places to-
night, or in time for the old squire and
Buck and Babe to put on their Sunday
best and meet the widder at the spring
branch crossin tomorrow evenin at
first dusk sharp.
"How do | know that Dolly will be
there? BY the 12 epistles she has prom
ised to meet me there and let me have
the superb felocity of her company to
church and back home. You will please
keep in mind that have set up the pegs
and fixed the triggers, Rufe, and if
| don't win out even with the three gen
tlemen from fuckers Mill, then the
world don't move and fits must run in
the Scroggins family. | will be there,
but not at first dusk sharp. will pur-
posely hang fire somewheres around in
that neighborhood till the wilder
heaves in sight. And then, when the
old squire and Buck and Babe meet
and mix and tangle up together in the
open field of combat, me and the wild
der we will cross below the crossin
and let the best man whip the fight.
"You can bet your chin whiskers and
your Sunday pants on one thing, Rufe.
When old Squire Leatherwood and
Buck Collins and Babe Peterson all
three go down there to the spring
branch crossin to meet the widder-
and when the widder heaves in sight
the next thing in order will be free
for-all fight. Somethin is bound TO
happen, and somebody must consequen-
TALLY suffer. They can't blame me If
| happen to come along in the pinch
of time, and they can't say nothin to
Dolly if she runs away from free
fight and tends night meetin with the
fourth man. All you have got TO do in
the main time is to sing the song soft
and low. After tomorrow evenin at
first dusk sharp it mought be that you
can bear the wounded from off the
field, or go and fetch the doctor"
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28
NEW ARMY TARGETS.
Old Dull's-Eyes to Give Way to fig
ures of Men.

uTcS meh.
When the trained marksmen of the
Transvaal routed the regular troops Of
Great Britain at Majuba Hill by shoot
ing with such marvellous skill as to
pick off the redcoats like so many deer
on hill, says the New York
Herald, a great outcry was heard IN
British army circles against the folly
of teaching soldier to shoot by plac-
ing himself opposite target and telling
him to place a bullet as near to the
bull's-eye as possible.
The United States army officers have
lust come to the same conclusion as
did the British after the disaster OF
Majuba Hill. AS consequence OF this
awakening, there will shortly be is
sued a set of targets to be used at the
various rifle ranges, that will revolu-
tioniZe the old system of training SOL
diers to become marksmen. Instead of
the buips-eye in the center of square
target the object to be aimed at will
be black mark representing, as near
ly as possible, the figure of man as it
appears when he lies prone on the
ground, rifle presented, in the act of
taking aim.
A second target will show the figure
of man taking aim while in a kneeling
position. The figure is mounted on n
square background of white, and is
carefully drawn to measurements SO
as to present a mark as nearly as pos
sible like that at which the soldier
would have to shoot were he fighting
for his life in actual conflict. This fig
ure will be used as a target at medium
distances, from 500 to 600 yards.
Still another target represents the
full figure of man standing and firing
This is for long-distance practice, and
will enable a marksman to see exactly
the effect produced by his skill in firing.
Every shot that hits the figure would
kill or MAIN were the target a living
mark.
The largest target of all, and the one,
therefore, that will be used at extreme
range, is intended to represent the fig
ure of a mounted man. This is more
particularly designed for carbine prac-
tice by cavalrymen. The troopers will
be taught TO shoot at the target from
horseback as well as dismounted, and,
as in the case of the standing man tar
get, will be instructed to aim at the
center of the mass, the idea being that
killing the horse of a cavalryman does
no less damage TO the fighting effective
ness of an enemy's force than shooting
the rider.
A project for introducing moving tar
gets based on the same system as that
described above is being considered b.
the pilitary authorities.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28
INTERNATIONAL COURTESY.
An American Naval Captain Takes the
Lend in SnInting the Queen.

Lead in salutinG the Queen.
sNot often does q United States man.
of-war pass the Fourth of July in o
British harbor," said one of the older
naval officers on reading about the
Brooklyn's stay in Southampton water.
at is our practice to save the Britishers
the necessity of firing three 21-gun
salutes on that day, as necessarily they
remember what happened on 1.-THE glo-
rious Fourth and naturally they don't
feel like celebrating the anniversary.
So before the Fourth of July our men
of-war almost never fail to leave port
where the British have jurisdiction.
But, speaking of national holidays
and salutes, | recall an amusing incl
dent that happened in 1870. The United
States flagship Franklin was at anchor
in the harbor of Malaga, Spain, in com
pany with a large British ironclad.
Capt Carp Rodgers commanded the
Franklin, and / will call the ironclad's
commander Capt Dun. When one man.
of-war in a harbor celebrates a national
holiday it is customary for all other
war ships in the same harbor to cele-
brate it also. Consequently, early in
the morning of May "a the Franklin
was prepared to dress ship in honor OF
Queen Victoria's birthday, and at day
break our quartermasters were watch
ing the British ship, ready to follow
her notions as we say in the navy.
"Presently a puff of smoke belched
- y, = t.lAr rH how
and, supposing it to be the first gun OF
the national salute, the executive Of
fieer of the Franklin cracked off 21 guns
from her nine-inch maindeck battery,
and broke all his flags in yardarm and
rainbow dress, but when the salute was
over and the smoke was lazily drifting
away it was seen that the British ship
was not dressed and had not fired
salute.
"A few minutes later a gig came
alongside the Franklin, and an English
lieutenant came on board with this
message:
"'Capt. Dun presents his compli-
ments to Capt. Rodgers, and begs leave
TO inform him that if he had known
that this was an American anniversary
he would have been ready to salute and
dress ship. As it is, he will do so at
eight o'clock.
capt. Rodgers, on receiving this mes
sage, saw that Capt. Dun had forgotten
that May "a was the queens birthday
and he so worded his reply as TO save
Capt. Dun's feelings as much as possi-
| BILE.
present my compliments to Capt.
Dun he said, and tell him that if had
known that he did not intend to dress
ship and salute for her majesty's birth
day until eight o'clock would have de-
layed my own salute until that hour.
Your morning gun was taken for the
first gun of your salute and the Frank
lin went ahead without you
"By eight o'clock the British ship
banged away 81 times and the Franklin
did likewise. But didn't the other Eng
lish captains in the Mediterranean
roast poor Dun when they learned that
he had to be reminded of the queens
birthday by an American! l believe he
had to give up his ship and go home. y
N. Y. Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28

and magnolius" love letter, tellin me Il
meet her there and we would go te
church together. And in regards to the
little messment between Blew Scrog
gins and the three gentlemen from
fuckers Mill didn't have blame
thing to do with that From what |
have saw with my own naked eyesight
| couldn't say for certain that anybody
went down to the spring branch cross.
in Sunday evenin. But if you take and
add up two and two together, you are
more than probable to git four for ths
answer. And from all the signs and
outside appearments l have no earthly
doubts but what the widder, Dolly
Mayfeld, and Blew Scroggins, and also
Squire Leatherwood, and Buck Collins,
and Babe Peterson all went down to
the erossin, and got there about first
dusk sharp.
They had sung one old familous
hym, and the preacher had took his
text when Blew and Dolly Maytield
come swashin through the side door
arm in arm, and took their seats right
up next TO the amen corner. Dolly was
all over in a flutter, and lookin as pale
as a whitewashed horse rack on a NOON
light night. Blev wore his best Sun
day clothes, a white neck tie, and a
smile as big as a crib door. When he
looked around and saw me his left eye
went shet slow and cautious like, and
he puckered his mouth to give low,
soft whistle-come to his senses
caught his breath, and then looked at
the preacher as meek and lowly and
contrite and humble as white kitten
with the sore eyes.
Fifteen or 20 minutes had wore
off when one of Squire Leatherwood' s
boys come in, said something to old
DR.. Travis, and they went out together.
Blew looked at me, closed his left eye
and helt up one finger as much as to
say:
That's one"
Presently somebody come to win
dow and sent word to old Misses Peter
son-which you will recollect Babe is
her onlyest boy. The old lady caught
her breath rale quick and scrambled
out the door.
Blev Scroggins shet his left eye oncst
more and helt up two fingers-which
said to me as plain as United States
language could speak it:
"That's two"
The next minute two of the Collins
boys, both full brothers to Buck, lit out
through a window, and went off in a
lope towards the spring branch erossin.
Blev shet the same eye and helt up
three fngers-which seem to say to
me:
"That's three, dadblame 'em, and
Rocky creek sends her doublebreasted
compliments to fuckers Mill"
Blev Scroggins maintains till yet that
the world amt square, and that three
of kind will beat two pair.
The gay and gorgeous wilder, Dolly
Mayfield, is still healthy and happy, still
single and still "supinely beautiful to
| behold"
Buck Collins has got one missin eye
whilst Babe Peterson has shielded seven
of his front teeth, and old Squire
Leatherwood has got one arm in sling
which all put together is goodness
gracious plenty to make them remem
Der the time when they all three wen'
to meet Dolly Maytield down at the
spring branch crossin on Sunday even
in at first dusk sharp in durin the three
days meetin at old Sweet Water church
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28
Mnndx stands hv Jonah.

Moody is no halfway believer in the
Bible and he stands by Jonah. In his
address at Northfeld the other day he
said: 81 want every college man here
to know that l believe in the story of
Jonah and the whale Reporters, put it
down that will never let a man come on
this platform TO speak if he doesn't be-
lieve that the whale swallowed Jonah.
The devil is never so happy as when he
gets a man not to believe in any part OF
the Bible If you arc going to over
throw the story of Jonah you have got
TO overthrow the story of Christ's res
direction"
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28
arvo md Two Make Four"

In the general settlement of the
country Sweet Water church was de-
signed and built about mile from the
Mayfield place, and the spring branch
erossiu is about half way between.
Now, as to my own individually self
! didn't go down TO the spring branch
crossin Sunday evenin. Dolly Mayiield,
the ufdder, didn't write me no "feTent
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-28

my size and shape to take few days
off and do nothin at all for certain. So
consequentially lit out by times Sat
urday mornin and went down there to
mix and mingle with them good people
and hear the Gospel dispensed with"
as old Misses Standenmire use to put it.