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The Press., 1897-12-16
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years agol
Dec. 20, 1867.

Roswell Needham and VIM. Bugbee
killed an otter below this village, last
week, that measured feet and 7 inches
in length.
Amos Harvey, a well known citizen of
this town, residing at the Hollow, died of
typhoid fever on Monday of this week,
after short illness.
The dedicatory dance at Fosters new
hall last Friday evening was a success,
notwithstanding the heavy snow which
occurred on Thursday, rendering the
roads next thing to impossible. A goodly
company assem- bled, enjoying themselves
we'll, and the hall was found to answer,
admirably for dancing purposes. The
next ASSEMBLY occurs next Thursday
evening.
BIRTHS. Westfo1d, December 7th,
1867 a daughter to Sheriff q "A. Bosworth.
MARR1ED.-At New Haven, December
10th, 1867 Luman E. Emo of Somers and
Fidelia H.Knowlton of South Wilbraham.
At Talcottville, December, 18th, by
Rev. George A. Oviatt, Everett P. Russell
Of Somers, and Amelia A. Moore of ELL
ington.
At Mansfield, December 9Th, by Rev.
A. A. Robinson, Daniel Fl. Clark of
Mansfield and Mrs. Sarah Jane Taylor OF
Wilmington.
The Press., 1897-12-16
w. c. T. U.
Signs Of Progress.

At the Worlds w. G. T. U. convention
in Toronto, the city council gave an ap-
propriation for the women and gave the
women a drive through the city-we
never had one before anywhere. But in
Toronto they have rules and regulations
about the liquor traffic one of which is
that no saloon keeper can be member
of the city council.
In Great Britain the local magistrates
have almost universally refused to in
crease the number of licenses at the re-
cent sessions OF the court, before which
the keepers of public houses must appear
asking for renewal of their legal per-
mission to sell.
In Canada plebiscit has been prom
ised by the government and will un-
doubtedly be taken within few months
for the entire Dominion. It will be re-
membered that before this engagement
was entered upon by the ruling party, all
of the provinces except New Brunswick
and the North West provinces had voted
izing the liquor traffic.
The recent International Anti-Alcohol
congress which assembled in Brussels,
held its biennial banquet on teetotal prin-
ciples for the first time since the organ
ization of this congress eight years ago.
This action has it's significance chiefly
from the character OF the makeup of the
body, which was composed of many of
the leading scientists of Europe.
A strong prohibition sentiment is being
developed in Germany. During the past
two years the recognized organ of the
beer trade in Germany, paper called
the Gambrinus, has complained in an
angry manner concerning this growing
evil" The agitation so far has been
chiefly the result of the public utterance
of prominent men and professors in the
German universities.
Prof. Moritz, of the University of
Munich, has come to the conclusion that
beer should only be drunk with meals.
Prof. Keesebitter places beer in the same
category with whiskey, and denies that
itpossesses any nutritive qualities what
ever. Prof. F. c. Muller, savant of
Munich, declares that it Is false to assume
that beer is less bad than whiskey. He
says: ''It is not only alcohol in concen-
trated, but also in diluted form, which acts
destructively on the brain and body. In
countries where its consumption has been
restricted, as in Norway, the number OF
suicides has exceedingly dlminished"
In New Zealand at the last general
election more than 10000 votes, were
cast for straight prohibition. In the
The Press., 1897-12-16

United States changes of q legislative
character, mainly for the better, have
been noted. In New York amendments
were made at the last legislature to the
Raines Law, which have resulted In large
ly abating the club nuisances.
The W. G. T. U. of Trenton, N. J., with
less than two hundred members, carries
on great work. The only public library
in Trenton is owned and maaaged by the
w. C. T. U. Mrs. Barber is librarian.
The whole building, Library Hall, is
leased to the Union. Public meetings
are held also the regular meetings and
Saturday night gospel temperance meet
ing.
The women of Wisconsin have secured
a state law providing that BIRD Day" be
observed in connection with Arbor Day,
April 3d..
The flags Of three cities have been at
half-mast for three women, a thing which
probably never occurred before in the
worlds history. These are Mrs. Polk,
wife of President Cooper, the founder OF
free kindergartens in San Francisco, and
Mrs. Youmans, the pioneer of the W. G.
t. U. work in Canada.
Statistics show that there are, besides
/ 500 evangelists, more than 200 regularly
ordained women ministers in the country.
OF these 40 are in the Universalist church,
46 in the church of the Disciples, 80 are
Free Will Baptists, "a Unitarians, %
Congregationalists,2 81 belong to the United
Brethren of Christ, aud 8 to the Protest
ant Methodist church.
One of the leading opponents Of the ad-
mission of women to the general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church,
distinctly stated that, If lay delegation
led to the admission of women, then by
that fact lay delegation would be proved
to be a mistake. But to our certain
knowledge, missionaries as a class are
exceedingly "heretical' on the woman
question. Among missionaries, women
do whatever work they can, very general
ly without such regard to whether the
/
missionary of the M. E. church who had
been for many years in India and had re-
turned for vacation said, In public ad-
dress, "Our women preach. We haven't
time to quarrel over words over there. y
And it is well-known fact that the
missionaries of that church have a sort oi
feminine annex to their conferences, which
is as near as they can come, in view oi
the attitude of the home church, to ad.
mitting women as laymen to the confer
ences. 1t looks as though the missionary
work were a strong ally of the women
movement in the church. If 1t should
prove to be determining factor in ad.
mitting women to the high councils Of
the various denominations and even tc
making preachers of them, who can rise
up to say that the missionary movement
is not an unmitigated evil and fata
error We have yet to learn that brains
is a matter of sex.
The Press., 1897-12-16
LoNDoN's PAST PLEASURES.
How It's Inhabitants Amused Themselve
q Century or Two Ago.

How Its Inhabitants Amused Themselves
q Century or Two Ago.
The Londoner in the long past might
retire to Bagnigge Wells, near the pres
ent Kings Gross, or Florida gardens,
Brompton (Brompton was noted 100
years ago for its "salubrious air'), or
the Marylebone gardens and Bowling
Green, mentioned by Pepys as "a pretty
place" SO long ago as 1868, or the
Bayswater Tea gardens, which -four
ished till after the middle of the pres
ent century, there to sit in a summer
house overgrown with honeysuckle and
sweetbrier, drinking tea, then held in
much esteem as fashionable beverage,
and eating cheese cakes, heart
cakes" Chelsea buns, Syllabus, jellies,
creams, hot loaves, rolls and butter,
while band performed a concerto by
Corelli or the last new composition by
Mr.. Handel, 1.-THE Master of Musiok, I"
or singer gave the last new song by
DR.. Arne. Afterward his visitors might
enjoy the privilege of drinking new
milk from the COW and picking flowers
and fruit, fresh every hour in the
day." great attraction, doubtless, for
Londoners at period when fruit and
flowers were neither SO cheap nor so
abundant in the metropolis as they are
at present Nor were more artificial
amusements lacking. In addition to
illuminations, fireworks and masquer-
AIDES, attended by the world of fashion
from princes downward, there were
miscellaneous entertainments of every
sort
A high scaffolding was erected in
Marylebone gardens in 1885 for pred
ecessor of Blondin called 1.-THE flying
man." who was advertised to fly down
on rope pushing wheelbarrow before
him. In May, 1885, Lunardi, the first
aeronaut who went up in balloon in
England and was quantity called 1.-THE
first aerial traveller in English atmos-
phere" by contemporary prints, de-
scended unexpectedly one afternoon in
the Adam and Eve Tea gardens in the
neighborhood of Tottenham Court road,
then resort of fashion, and was up.
roariously welcomed by the populace
in acknowledgment of his flight. Later
on aeronautic flights became a special
feature of all these pleasure gardens.
Ponds containing goldfish-a novelty
in the middle of the eighteenth century
were reckoned as another of their
special attractions and were advertised
as "gold and silver fish, which afford
pleasing ideas to every spectator. -
Temple Bar
The Press., 1897-12-16
Taking Toll.

There is a little girl named Nellie
living in Allegheny. says the Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph, who has aston
ished the neIghborhood by cute little
trick which was SO bright that even her
parents had to laugh, and she escaped
even scolding grocer i'll the neigh
borhood had sent out message to his
customers that he was in need of money
The little girl s mother thought her bill
was about So and gave Nellie a $5 bill
to give the grocer and told her to bring
back some sugar
.'Can have penny?' asked Nellie
"Oh, yes Ii there is one left you can
have 1t, her mother replied
Nellie went to the store and brought
back the sugar A few days later the
grocer sent his bill. and it contained an
acknowledgment of leash received,
%. 50 The lady had paid no such sum
and asked fer an explanation The gro
Ger said, THAT'S what Nellie brought. "
The little girl was called in to ex-
plain She said "You said could have
penny and / went TO the drug store
and had the 30 bill changed and gave
him the rest .
The Press., 1897-12-16
Clean shirts tn Germany.

The Berlin Boetsen- Courier tells
about German s invention of a paper
shirt front which is intended to ap
peal to the large number of continental
Germans who wear diekies The shirt
front has paper collar polish and is in
seven layers. AS each layer is torn on
it reveals another white, glistening
front. Thus from one paper dicky the
wearer may evolve clean paper shirt
front for every day in the week. The
dicky is made to button to any kind Of
shirt 1t costs but SO}pfennig, or about
2 cents; consequently the expense Of .
clean front is but cent day In view
of the prevalence Of the dicky habit in
Germany the inventor has taken steps
to manufacture his compound shit
fronts in large quantities.
The Press., 1897-12-16

WHAT IT MEANs.-When we advertise
that we will guarantee Dr. Kings New
Discovery, Electric Bitters, Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, or DIR. Kings New Life
Pills, it means that we are authorized by
the proprietors to sell these remedies on
a positive guarantee, that II purchaser Is
not satisfied with results. we will refund
the purchase price. These medicines
have been sold on this guarantee for many
years, and there could be no more con-
elusive evidence of their great merit. Ask
about them and give them trial Sold
at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. 6
The Press., 1897-12-16
Inonnortuns Smelling.

The troops were storming temple or
a palace, and O'Shaughnessy stopped
before a mirror and stood twirling his
mustache and admiring himself, though
the bullets were whistling round him.
"Bedad, Shaugh," he said to him
self, with a grin. "ye're fine figure of
a man."
Crash came a bit of lead, which
starred the said mirror into a thousand
cracks, quite obliterating Shaugh's 8
features.
"Bedad," said he ooolly, "ye've
spilled foine view that had of me-
self. London Mail.
The Press., 1897-12-16

In rural parish in the Mearns an
Aberdeen divine, who had driven over
in hired vehicle, occupied the pulpit
Only one person attended service, and
the ministsr apologized for the length
of his discourse. His audience signified
his approval of his preaching, and the
minister continued. Guess his conster-
nation when he discovered his audience
consisted of his driver, who had been
engaged by the hour Edinburgh Dis
match
The Press., 1897-12-16

There Is no medicine In the world equal
to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the
cure of throat and lung diseases. This is
fact that has been proven In numberlese
cases. Here is sample Of thousands OF
letters received: II have tried Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy while suffering from
a severe throat trouble, and found imme-
diate and effective relief. can unhesi-
tatingly recommendit. t."-EDGARW. WHIT.
TEMoRE, Editor Grand Rivers (Ky.) Her.
aid. For sale at the drug stores of r. K.
Taft, Stafford Springs, and G.. T.. Phillips,
South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-12-16
HANDS oFF LIE BIRDS.

Time was when man made ready war
And in his caverned lair
Beaded his fellows teeth and wore
The trophies in his hair.
Time is when ruthless savage, swart,
And slaves of fashion, fair,
Flay Gods sweet choristers to sport
The trophies in their hair.
Where lies the onus of the doomf
Who fiaunt symbolic pain2
The principals are those for whom
The innocents are slain.
How long, Lord God, shall blood price gain
Buy inhumanity2
How long shall sanguined stigma stain
The brow of vanityP .....
Hands off the birds, whose worship pOurs
From every tempted grovei
Let live earths fittest metaphors
OF beauty, JOY and Lowell
Benjamin Lander in New York Timea
The Press., 1897-12-16
Tbo cnod s.ut of V4

Landlady-I believe in letting coffee
boil for 80 minutes; that's the only
way to get the goodness out of it,
New Boarder ttasting his and leaving
it)-You succeeded admirably. ma am.
London Fun
A Tennessee lady, Mrs. j. w. Towle,
of Philadelphia, Tenn. has been using
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her
baby, who is subject to Group, and says
Of it 81 find 1t Just as good as you claim
it to be. Since I've had your Cough Rem
edy, baby has been threatened with Group
ever so many times, but would give him
dose of the Remedy, and 1t prevented
his having 1t every time" Hundreds OF
mothers say the same. Sold by e. X.
Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips,
South Coventry.
The Press., 1897-12-16

Coop HEALTH is largely due to the se-
lection of food and drink, which best
supply the various principles needed.
That is why you should use layers Hy-
gienic Cereal Coffee" as it contains all
the elements needed to nourish the body.
The Press., 1897-12-16

Nature u an arrant democrat and be-
slows haG gifts impGEt2aAly. s.
The Press., 1897-12-16
A Difficult Problem.

"What kapes ye shtill SO long. Do
lana" inquired Mr.. Rafferty,.
"Oi'm thryin to convince mesef that
it's no harder to push wheelbarrow on
the level tl,an to push me bicickle mp
hill an Oh can't do it. ~ Washington
Star
The Press., 1897-12-16

Haskell-What's Bobby crying for?
Mrs Haskell - Oh, the poor boy
caught his finger in the pantry door.
Haskell-H'ml He evidently didn't
get the jam he was looking for that
time. Pick Me On.
The Press., 1897-12-16

POtentates who Disposed of Annual In
comes Reaching Into the MilliOns-Im-
naenss Works of Art and skill Carried
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
AMONG THE HOTELS.
The Strangers Who Reached the City
Yesterday.

The Strangers Who Reached the City
Yesterday.
McLure-J. S. Ryland. Golfers; Gen. APP
pleton, Charleston.
Windsor-T. H. Marks, Wellsburg; J.
W. Kelly, S. B. Stiles. L. C. Stiles, Par
kersburg; II. S. Smith, Smithfeld
Howell. J. Williams, New Martins
vile; +. F. Rumble, Moundsville; Thomas
Smith Emil Miller. II. a. Hackenbuhy,
L. j. Murphy, Slstersville.
St. Charles-A. T. Hoffman. Salem: T.
c. Bennett, Brannon; d. 2. Fleeger. Sis
tersville; d. II. McMiller Anthem; 4. NJ.
Lagiver. Morgantown; a. Heffer. Clarks-
burg Geo. Wise, New Martinsville.
Stamm-F. \. Clay. Huntington; Lou
Phillips and wife, Parkersburs; Alex.
Leeds, s. b. jenkins. H. O. Love Grafton;
Basil T. Bowers. New Martinsvi!le; j.
W. Dunlevy, Miss Eta Dunlevy, Cameron.
George Supper. Cameron; w w. Johnson,
Warrington; r. A. Shanor. Sistersville;
Alex. Sweeney. J. L. Reed, Steubenville.
Bruuswlck-H. Aver Parkersburg. W.
Va: s. Mohr y. Levine. Point Pleasant,
". Va: 3. Hollis. Sistcrsville. W. Va;
W. Rau. \. L. Shilling, Harper's Ferry,
W. Va: H. II. Tate. Fairmont; Mrs. NJ.
l. Hupp. Miss \. J.. Hupp, West AleXan-
der, Pa: w. c. Kunkel. ST. C!airsville;
W. D. Hastings, Sistersville; L. Y. Hob
son. Pittsburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
JACOB sNYDER's BROTHER.

Anthony Snyder, of Steubenville, a
brother of the late Jacob Snyder, OF this
CITY. died Yesterday morning at four
o'clock. He was IS years OF age and
leaves a wife and eight children. lie
was horn in Alsace. Germany, and came
to Pittsburg with his parents when .
wears of age. He learned the trade OF d
glass blower in the Fort Pitt WORKS;
Later he and other workmen started
the Excelsior chimney works in Pitts
burg. They sold out, and he went TO
Steubenviue. and with other stockhoId-
ers started the Acme chimney house.
and selling out here went to RaVenna'
where. with other stockholders, ne
started another glass house. lie sofa
ont his interest and moved back TO
SteubenVille.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
TO SELL THE CHURCH.
Threat Made BY Local Pastor Who las
Back Salary Coming to Him.

The trouble in the colored Baptist
church received a hearing in Squire Fitz-
patricks court last week is not over yet.
and there is a strong probability that
the church congregation will be wiped out
OF existence soon. The present pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Johnson. still holds the fort and
all efforts made by the former pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Elliott, and his opponents in the con-
gregation to GUST him have so far proved
unsuccessful. 1t seems that over six
months ago Rev. Mr.. Elliott received a
call to 4 vacant pulpit in Pittsburg. He
accordingly gave up HIS pastorate here
and sent the present pastor, Rev. Mr..
johnson. TO take his place. Since that
time Elliott's predecessor returned to Pitts
burg and left him out of a job. Elliott
then began an effort to get his former
place at the head of the congregation here.
Johnson refused to so out. and the result
was the eventful caucus which was held
TO call Elliott and GUST Johnson. AS
mentioned the caucus broke up in Il row.
Now the Rev. Mr.. Elliott threatens to
foreclose a mortgage of $500 which he
holds on the church property for back
salary. If he carries out his threat, the
congregation will be out Of a place in
which to worship.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
TO NEW QUARTERS.

The Store-Ro the Corner of Thirty
sixth and Jacob Streets to BE Occupied
By =. =. AItmeyer, Being E1tensivel Inn
proved.
The store room at the corner of Thirty
sixth and Jacob streets, TO be occupied ny
p. J. Altmyer, the undertaken ana frrni-
ture dealer, is being improvd by a new
floor and u new coat OF paint on the walls
of the room. When the improvements are
finished it will make an attractive store
room. Mr.. Altmyer will occupy the whole
building. including the hall on the second
floor. which was the headquarters OF the
Dovener Club last year. lie has already
taken possession OF the upper story and
stored the room with furniture, but viii
not be able to move into the lower part
until the new floor and other improve
ments being made are finished.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
RIVER NEWS.
Daily Chronicle OF tho Movements o. tn e
Goats and Bontmen.


YESTERDAYS BOATS-Cincinnati,
Hudson. s a. M; Pittsburg, Bedford, 6
a. m: Parkersburg, Argand, II a. m;
New Matamoras, Lexington, II a. m;
Sistersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. M; Clar-
ington. Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
TO-DAY'S BOATS-Pittsburg. Vir-
ginia. 3 a m: Parkersburg, Ben Hur
II a m: Sistersvtile. Ruth. $3.50 p. m;
Darlington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
Capt. Robert r. Agnew, who was yes
terday appointed commander Of the
new steamer Queen City, which the
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line
is building, and Will have in commission
in 80 days. is one Of the youngest men
on the river, but old enough in the SER
vice Of the line. It was concluded by
every one spoken to that it was most
merited elevation. Capt. Agnew is a
great favorite among the people who
travel on the river and he will no
doubt add new laurels to his already
large collection. Capt. Agnew says the
crew Of the new steamer Will not be Sc
lected for several weeks
A Gazette man learned last evening
that there has only been 50 wharfage
received at the Steubenville wharfboat
since August 18th, 1896. In order to
induce the Cincinnati packets to stop
here. which is a benefit to our manu-
facturers because Of the low rates they
give down the river. Council agreed not
to charge them wharfage. The pack
cts pay Mr.. fisher as agent and if they
had to pay wharfage in addition II
would make the cost Of getting freight
here too eXpensive-Steubenville Ga
Zette.
The river marks at the wharf last
nicht were Il feet > inches and falling.
The Virginia has band for the sum-
mer excursion season.
The Pittsburg and Cincinnati pack
cts are issuing round trip excursion
tickets-all river-to the Nashville eX-
position.
negie Company, containing 500 tons OF
steel rails. destined to New Orleans
sunk at West Louisville. The barge
was towed there by the Moren and was
to have been taken south by one OF the
boats of the Barrett line.
The United States steamer Bee, IN
tended for snagging, dredging and keep
ing the Great Kanawha river in navi-
cable condition. has been rebuilt at
Point Pleasant docks. and will now 90
10 Charleston and take up her old place
at the bank.
Pittsburg-River 9 feet and one
tenth and stationary at the dam; clear
and warm.
Morgantown-River 9 feet Z inches;
weather clear and pleasant:
Oil City-River 3 feet lnches ana
stationary; weather clear and warm,
Warren-Rivor , feet inches; CLOUDY
and warm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
after SIXTY-SIX YEARS
The Fire and Marine Insurance Comp
any Passes Out Of Existence,

It Was Organized Wednesday,
March %, 1881 - The Original
incorporates and the First
Board Of Directors Morgan Mel
son Was the First Secretary and
Daniel Lamb the Second The
Company's Prosperous Career
The Business Will be Continued
by the Old Caledonian Company,
of Scotland, With Theodore Roll
err as Local Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-07
A SUCCESSFUL RECITAL.

The organ recital given at the St
Matthew's Church last night was "a at
tended by a fair sized audience. Inc
vocal and instrumental work was eX-
ceedingly we'll rendered. A neat sum
was realized from the admissions whlch
will be applied to the outing fund for
the Boys Choral Club, who will take a
sumner trip. Last nights event was
the first of a series of recitals which
vii he given every two weeks for the
obiect mentioned