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Mower County transcript., 1898-09-21
& CHAPTER XII.

November had given way to still
more wintry month, and December,
cold, clear, snow white and sparkling,
chained the streams in 10y fetters and
spread abroad; it's feecy blanket The
holidays were drawing nigh, and garri.
son children were reveling in hope and
Whispered rumors Of the great times to
come. There was to be a Christmas
tree in the post hall, with presents for
all the little ones. Miss Leroy was
managing everything, and what Miss
Leroy undertook went with dash. The
afternoons now were given up to all
manner of sewing and stitching and
"nntrivinR. dressing dolls and filling
oornucopias and parceliny out gifts go
that no child should be overlooked or
forgotten, but never once did Miss Le-
roy neglect her morning Bible class, for
such it had become, and into the fold
were gladly drawn not only GONZALES
cent patients in hospital, but volunteers
from barracks and quarters who had no
bodily ills, but who rejoiced in souls in
need Of saving. Ransom had no chap
lain in those days, or sectarian piety
might have taken alarm at the rapid
increase il Miss Leroy weekday Sum
day school. Two of the most devout and
regular attendants Of late were Sergeant
and Mrs. Merriweather. Drills were
suspended, it being now too cold and
snowy, and Miss Leroy's hospital serv-
ices began regularly ct 10. She would
enter, bright, smiling, happy faced, SO
at once to her little desk and open the
ball. Now, the Scriptures came first =.
there was no longer doubt as 70 the
Mower County transcript., 1898-09-21
THE BLIND TOM OF TO-DAY.
Loves to Repeat Words and Phrases-He
10 Of Very Religious Turn Of Mind.

Loves to Repeat werds and Phrases-He
10 Of . Very RelAgious Turn Of Mind.
"When Blind Tom talks to himself, :"
says John ]. a. Becket in LADIES' Home
Journal for September, ''he will repeat q
phasize it or through pleasure in the sound
or else because he is filing In time until
some other idea shall come to his mind.
For instance, he weat on in this way for
some time as he strolled up and down with
his rolling gait on the veranda: Wagner.
Yes. Wagner. Mr.. Wagner. Richard
Wagner Wagner. Mr.. Wagner Is dead.
Yes. He Is dead. Dead. His last opera
Yes. His opera. His last opera was Par
sifal." "Parsifal. His last opera
"Tom's. head and face are not wholly
unattractive. He has often been described
as q repulsive imbeoile except during his
moments at the piano. This is not so. His
head Is small, but we'll shaped. His fea-
lures are of strong African type with
low forehead, large eyes, nose and mouth
and general heaviness rather than weak
ness. His skin Is not perfectly black. In
his appearance and in his manner of speak.
ing when addressed he shows intelligence
and dignity, with quite pride of his own
at times. There Is responsibilities in his
air and pose which recalls the fact that he
was slave for nearly 20 years. =
"Tom is of Q religious turn Of mind. He
win play only sacred music on Sunday.
He says the Lords Prayer in his room
aloud and IL fond of reoiting passages from
the Holy Scripture, being especially fond
Of st. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians
''He has made fortunes, first for Colonel
Bethune. who bought his mother, Charity
Wiggins, when the blind baby WAS thrown
sin;' then for John S. Bethune and lastly
for the widow Of John Bethune, who 10
now the wife Of the lawyer, Albert J.,
Lerohe. at whose residence he lives"
How 20 Arrange Bric-a-brac With Taste.
! ''Authorities upon decoration declare
that there should be aoulminating spot In
/ the ornamentation Of room, says Helen
Jay in Ladies' Home journal for Septem'
ber. In the ordinary room this culmi-
mating center Is the fireplace and its man
tel. Naturally, therefore, this Is the place
/ for the display Of the choicest bits Of brio.
} a-brao, and, generally speaking, Of the
smallest. In arranging these ornaments
/ 1t ID helpful to bear In mind the general
rule that bronze requires strong light,
and that marble and delioately tinted
/, china demand half shadow. Whatever the
| brio-a a-brao, and wherever placed, II should
! always be kept exquisitely olean, =
Mower County transcript., 1898-09-21
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main object Of her charitable enterprfse
but when the lessons Of the day were
disposed of and brief sermon read
from the collection of some famous di.
Mower County transcript., 1898-09-21

All wool Scotch Homespuns, fancy
mixtures. fancy checks and bright
barred plaidS, choice of all this
week. IL
Real value so cts. %. - ClS
Mower County transcript., 1898-09-21
THE ABUSED DISPATCH BOAT

(TO BE CONTIN UED.
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this she chose such items as she thought
might prove Of interest, and to- these
Hunter listened in spite Of himself.
First She read Of the political news !;
then the doings5 Of great dignitariea,
foreign and domestic, and then came
accidents by food and field and another
railway hold np,on small scale. Io.all
these he lent but languid ear. Heswas
watching with eager eyes the move
ments Of those soft, sensi tive, curved
red lips. He hardly paid even faint at.i
tention to what she was saying until
something in the names struck him as
familiar. All the foremost part Of the
paragraph had passed unheard, unheed-
cd, but now-now only by strong effort
could he restrain himself from sitting
bolt upright in bed and reaching ont
and ssizing the paper and reading Tor
himself, for what she read, when once
again he became conscious OF her words,
was this: /ss .5 *s !. Y ".S Is .#. f.
The overturned yacht now lies In 40
feet Of water, her taper masts and upper
rigging all that remain visible. Mr..
Hunter is doing we'll, carefully attended
by DR.. Lambert at the Hotel des AMI
bassadeurs. The bodies Of Mrs. Hunter
and her unfortunate friends will doubt:
less be reoov cred this morning. The la
dies were caught in the cabin when the
Amorita was struck, and escape war
impossible.. She went to the bottom like
shot. English and American resid dents
are IN! deep grief. The ballroom at the
Casino last night was almost deserted.
Many New York and Ph Philadalnhi.f f=.:.
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this time one summer car was still
running, which made it very incon-
veient for the travelling public.
The Baltimore and Ohio company
have decided to keep their yard en-
CINE at this point. Some time ago an
order was received ordering it only
used three days each week, but the
shippers made a big kick and the rail-
road company decided to let it stay
here six days in the week.
Roy Potts, member of the I'M
munes stationed at Jacksonville, Fla,
is home on visit to his parents, who
live near this city.
Quite large amount of gas pipe Is
being unloaded here for the use of the
Tri-State Gas Company, whose line
will run very close to this city.
Everything will be in fine shape for
the opening of the Opera House to-
morrow evening
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KINLEY'S TOUR
May Be Extended to Take in New
York and New Jersey - Hanna
Thinks the President Star At
traction.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Washington, ID. c., October 1S.-Sen-
ator Hanna and his associates in the
management of the affairs of the Re-
publican party are so we'll pleased with
the apparent success of Mr. McKinley's
western tour that they have decided to
star him through New York and New
Jersey with the hope of arousing the
Republicans in that section.
If the scheme is carried out, the
President will SO to Indianapolis after
leaving Chicago. and then go north into
New York, arranging the itinerary so
as to join Col. Roosevelt on the latter's
stumping tour. He will make a num-
Der of speeches and then on his way to
Washington will arrange to stop in New
Jersey, where other addresses will be
made. This change of programme has
been made necessary by the serious
state of the Republican situation in
New York and New Jersey.
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BRIDGEPORT.

Rev. J. A. Donahey is visiting his son
Joseph, at Allegheny.
w. B. Hall arrived home yesterday
from Westfeld, n. Y, where he has
been visiting his brother the past two
weeks.
H. Spillman Riggs was here yester-
day On business.
Miss Sadie Conley, of Steubenville,
was in town yesterday.
Mayor Neininger, Marshal Thomp-
son, Officer Douds, ]. c. Heinlein and
Frank Martin were attending Com
mon Pleas Court at st. Clairsville yes
terday.
The Monday Night Club held a very
interesting meeting Monday evening
at the home of Miss Carrie Branum.
The Republican Central Committee
will hold another meeting at the City
Hall this evening.
]. T., Hodgens, of Portland Station,
was in town yesterday on business.
A dance will be given at the Opera
House Thursday evening by the Orien-
tails.
The Maine Club will give a dance at
the Opera House on the evening of Oc-
tober 2Sth.
The c., L. & w. will run a special
funeral train this morning from Mar
tins Ferry to Linwood cemetery for
the accommodation of those wishing
to attend the burial of Rev. Father
Mattingly of that place.
The officers have clue which may
lead to the arrest of the parties guilty
of stealingf smelter from the Aetna
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STANDARD nTI1I. : " y s1e I IT,
been Soin& ~ for solne time
Nh. ana Mn. w. ~ Hunter are
home from Steubenville, where they
have been visiting the past few days.
Miss Nellie Marshall, OF Mt. Pleas
ant, was the guest OF Miss Helen Dun
levy yesterday.
Quite crowd attended the mas
querade ball at the Opera House last
night.
The deputy supervisors of the board
of elections met at ST. Claiisville yes
terday and appointed the following
judges and clerks of the November cleo
ton: First ward-Judges, F. c. Rob
inson. R.; James Clark, e.; John w.
Sauers, d.; clerks. Jacob Heinlein, r.:
VIM H. Holland, D. Second ward
Judges, B. McConnaughey, R.; James
Davis, r.; William Smith, D.: Samuel
Wilson, D.; clerks, John W. Giffen,
r.: Grover Stevens, d. Third ward
Judges, Robert F. Smith. R.; John
Johns, R.; Isaac Conoway, D.; Daniel
Haley, D.; clerks, w. E. Morgan, r.;
George Walker, D. Bridgeport pre-
cinct-Judges, j. c. Curtis, R.: VIM.
w dIIiCh, H., w III. idAlOA, L., u. 4
Jordan, D.; clerks, Fred Amrine, R.;
haywood Forsythe, d.
Miss Anna Lafferty, of New Athens,
o., is the guest Of Mrs. Margaret Fraz-
fer, of Brookside.
Mr. George Chandler, formerly of
this place, now of Chicago, is in town
visiting friends.
Mrs. Ebert, former clerk in the
Martins Ferry postoffice. is, on duty
In the postoffice here as assistant clerk
Conductor Charles G. Craig, on the
Massillon run, c., L. & W., is on duty
again, after short vacation spent with
Pittsburg friends.
Roadmaster Moran, Of the c., L. &
W., was in town yesterday making ar
rangements for the special train for
the funeral of Father Mattingly at Lin
wood cemetery to-day.
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st.,..e... y y oItissss - - Arrival
and Dspnxtures 81 strnnesrn
Squire g. s. Greer, Of the South Side,
Is confined to hts room.
Jack Wright and John Gordon. of the
South Side, are hunting in the vicinity
of Ntusville.
City Engineer A. L. White will be
on duty to-day, after an indisposition
Of several days.
Mrs. Dr. S. M Richardson and daugh-
ter, of New Matamoras, Ohio, were in
3 the city yesterday shopping.
Mr.. George Glessner. Of GAINESVILLE,
: Ohio, is here to attend the Wilson
Wright nuptials this evening.
Alexander Garden, conductor on the
Wheeling street railway, has departed
on hunting expedition through east
ern Ohio.
Lawrence Steinmetz and sister, Miss
Sophia, of South Chapline street, have
returned home from weeks stay with
friends at Pittsburg.
Prof. John M. Birch is in Washing
ton City making arrangements to have
Lieut. Gregossen, U. s. N, detailed here
as commandant for the coming school
year.
Capt. PANEL Garden, of Washing
ton, d. c., accompanied by his mother,
who has been spending several weeks
in New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington, arrived home yesterday.
Rev. ]. S. Sutherland, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at New Cumber-
land, registered yesterday at the
Stamm. He was on his way home from
Porto Rico, where he was stationed for
a time as an army chaplain.
DR.. S, S. Reamer, of Powhatan Point,
O., spent while in the city yesterday
as guest of friends. He was on his way
to Columbus, O., where he will attend
the annual convention of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Ohio, which opens to-
day.
Miss Marie Wagner, of Cincinnati, is
the guest of relatives in the North End.
John Anderson, formerly of this city,
who has been working in Scio, O., for
the past six months, has returned and
has accepted a position with the firm
of Bremen & Mabis.
Most Rev. J. ]. Kahn, Archbishop of
St. Louis, who has been the guest for
several days of the Rev. Joseph Mullen,
rector of the Church Of the Immaculate
Conception, while visiting his sister,
member OF the community of st. JOS
eph, departed yesterday morning for st.
Louis. He stopped in Wheeling on his
way home from a meeting of eccleslas-
tical dignitaries in washington, d. c.
Michael Owens, of Toledo, O., an old
Eighth ward boy, is shaking hands
with his numerous friends here. Mr..
Owens is manager of the Libby glass
factory at Toledo, and occupies a high
position among glass manufacturers.
His patents on contrivances for slmpll-
fyig and cheapening production, are
some twelve in number, including an
invention for blowing glass, which has
been described in these columns. and
in all the trade publications.
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NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of the Small Events of Each
Passing Day.

"A Collection OF the Small Events or Each
Passing Day.
james McWelsh was arrested yes
terday by Officer Walker for exposure
of person.
The La Belle tin mills, which were
off on account of a shortage of iron,
resumed work yesterday.
Local hotel men will attend meet
ing of hotel proprietors of the State, to
be held tomorrow in Parkersburg.
-Chas. F. Bachman yesterday quail
fled as administrator of the estate of
Louis F. HUH. Bond, $4,000; Peter
Bachman surety.
The Beethoven Singing Society gave
it's opening concert and ball in their
hall in the Egerter building Moday
night. 1t was successful in every re-
spect.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful, and
were never before offered at such a
low price in the local markets. Whole
sale quotations yesterday were $1.10 a
barrel.
An evening paper yesterday con-
tanned lengthy account of a case in
which a South Side woman was fined
by justice of the peace for contempt.
The event was chronicled as taking
place the day before, when in reality
it occurred about two weeks ago. This
is a sample of the Give news fur
nished by this enterprising journal.
Genial Conductor Charley Adams,
of the B. e o., did not have much
spare time during the Knights Tenn
plar conclave at Pittsburg. Excursion
tickets for that event went on sale
October Sth, and the return limit ex-
pired October 18th. In that time Con-
ductor Adams, on the S:24 a. M east
and 500 p. m. west, hauled by actual
count 5,06l passengers. His run is
from Wheeling to Pittsburg and re-
turn.-Washington (Pa.) Reporter.
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sceptfodns, oda6 81 thoGe olnf1 ~
weather Waa cloudy Yesterday afteK
Moons report read: "Piftsburg, I feet,
rising below the dam, raining; Green's
horo, Z feet inches, raining; Oil City,
foot 8 inches, rising: Parkers, foot
inches, rising" The water here Is
rising slightly, but it is caused by the
rain above several days ago, as the
current in the river takes a long tiTce
to flow the intervening distance be-
tween this point and Pittsburg. The
rivermen are of the opinion that the
usual fall rains have at last starred in.
If the rain above is sufficient to war
rant it, all the larger boat owners will
have their boats out on this rise.
The Leroy got aground a. Nc
Mechen on her down trip yesterday
evening. Ali attempts to get her off
were futile, and she was compelled to
stick there until nine o'clock yesterday
morning, when the c., L. & w. trans
fer, Lizzie Townsend, went to her as
sistance The Leroy went on through
to Darlington, and returning last
night left at Z o'clock for home. She
will be up on time to-day.
Capt Crockard received a communi-
cation from Capt. Gordon Green, OF
the new steamer Greenwood, asking
for information about the stage OF
water to expect from recent rains. The
new boat takes the place of the Argand
in the Charleston-Pittsburg trade, and
will be ready for the water as soon as
there is a stage that will float her.
Capt Asa Booth, ore of rhe pilots of
the steamer Avalon, left the boat at
this point to look after some business
interests.
The steamer Argand has teen en-
gagged by the government to do some
towing.
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examiners will be here early this

examiners will be here early this
morning.
Mrs. Willie Catlett is visiting rela-
tives at New Cumberland.
Mrs. c. E. Woodburn entertained
many Of the members of the Womens'
Christian Temperance Union last even
ing at her home on Third street. Mus
ic and social conversation was the or
der of the evening and at the usual
hour refreshments were served.
7. ]. Clark and wife are home from
visit to friends in Wetzel county.
P. Stewart has opened a grocery
store at the corner of Fifth street and
Jefferson avenue. Charles White is to
manage it for the present.
The funeral of j. w. McCarriher
will take place this morning at ten
o'clock. Services will be held at his
late home and the interment will be at
Mt. Rose cemetery.
The County Court was in session
yesterday, but nothing was done out
side of settling with the overseers of
the poor.
The members of the Epworth Leag-
ue will go to Wheeling this evening
where they will be entertained by the
chapter of the Fourth Street NJ. E.
church.
John Shields, business manager Of
Hillyers Gift show, is in the city, ar
ranging for the appearance of his show
at the Opera House Thursday and Fri
day nights. This compay is headed by
Miss Allie Hillyer, who will produce
Af fr;t
power in full view of everybody. This
is something that many of our people
are interested in and will no doubt
draw a big crowd. The other mem
bers of the company are very capable
actors and the show will be well
worth seeing
J. w. Wellman, of Franklin district,
was in the city yesterday.
The M. E. Sewing Society meets this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. c. G.
Matthews
In Circuit Court yesterday in the
case of J. +. Ryan of Franklin district
against the county, Judge PAUL de-
cided in favor of the last named. Ry-
an some time ago attended a religious
meeting in the above district. In re-
turing to his home his team became
frightened at the government light To-
Gated near the river and backed his
buggy over the bank. Ryan sued for
damages and was awarded something
like SIS by a Justice of the Peace. The
county appealed it and yesterday about
thirty-six witnesses were here to have
been heard in Circuit Curt. The attor-
neys on each side concluded to let the
Judge settle it after the facts were
submitted and in less than five min
utes the county won.
The Thimble Bee Society have their
meeting tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Mrs. ]. l.. Davis.
AS near as can be learned the John
ston well on the Wasmuth farm in
the Rogerson field is now doing about
thirty barrels a day. A new rig No.
is being erected on the Conner farm
and drilling will be commenced in a
few days. The other wells on this
lease are only fair ones and the out
put is not very big. Mr.. Johnston
will very likely drill another well on
so On the Wasmuth some time this
month.
Francis Yoho, of Franklin district,
was in the city yesterday.
The street car company have all
box cars in service now. Last year at
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FOR MEDICINALUSE
NO FuSEL OIL

timore, where the heavy movement
of coal will justify an increase in the
capacity of the cars. The present cars
now in use have so per cent. greater
capacity than those used three years
ago, but with the changes in the line
and the relaying of the track with So
pound steel and the erection of modern
steel bridges, the receivers believes it
possible to increase the car capacity to
$4,000 pounds.
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MARKS FROM BELOW

PARKERSBURG-R 9 feet 10 in
ches and rising. Heavy rain for twenty
hours. Cloudy: mercury 60. A good
boating stage is anticipated
CAIRO-RiVer 10 feet and falling.
Cloudy and cold.
CINCINNATI-Riv 6 feet inches
and rising. Fair
POINT PLEASANT-River feet in
ches and falling. Rain.
EVANSVILLE-River feet inches
and falling. Cloudy and cool
LOUISVILLE River falling: feet 6
inches below the locks. Cloudy and cool
MEMPHIS-River feet inches and
falling. Clear and cool.
The marks on the wharf at midnight
showed feet 3 inches Rising.
There is quite Albright outlook for
rivermen, Judging Ifrom the reports re-
ceived yesterday from above, and there
is every prospect that navigation has
set in for good. Yesterday morni3 g's
report showed that was raising at
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THE MYSTIC MIDGETS.

The Mystic Midgets have their bar
racks at Mozart Hall, corner Thirty
eighth and Jacob streets, and can be
seen there next Friday and Saturday
evenings This cantata will be given
by our own children, trained, staged
and costumed by Fred III. Decker, of
New York City. The proceeds go for
the building fund of the Third Presby-
terrain church All who miss this beau
tiful entertainment will have much to
regret
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That joyful Feeling

With the exhiliarating sense of renew
ed health and strength and internal
cleanliness, which follows the use of
Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few
who have not progressed beyond the
old-time medicines and the cheap
substitutes sometimes offered but new
er accepted by the well-informed. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
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MOTHERS FRIEND

will overcome all ills peculiar to the
period preceding childbirth, and will pre-
pare the delicate organism directly in
volved for the final ordeal. Mothers
Friend is not an internal cure-all, but a
scientific liniment approved by medical
authority and established by years of
successful use.
Sold by druggists for 81. Valuable
book, Bsfose Baby is Born" sent free
en- application
THE 5aADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. G..
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STAFFORD LOCATED.

The father of J. F. Stafford, of Par
kersburg, whose disappearance was no.
ted in this paper yesterday, has been
located. 1t appears that the aged gen
tleman went to Wellsburg, instead OF
stopping in this city. His son found
him there yesterday.
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MOUNDSVILLE.

Mrs. G. A. Jones was at Wheeling,
calling on friends yesterday.
DR.. G. a. Stedger, of Cameron, was
il the city on business yesterday.
Mrs. L. B. Purdy, who has been I'll
with typhoid fever, is much better at
this writing.
Today will be pension day and the
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A REWARD OF $4,000.
A Dowager Duchess Trying to Recov-
er Her Jewels.

Paris, October 1S.-The Dowager
Duchess of Sutherland has offered a
reward of $4,000 for the recovery Of
the jewels. said to be valued at $780,
600, which she lost on board a train
bound for Calais while on her way to
London. The jewelry included a neck
lact valued at $22, 900.
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MARKS FROM ABOVE.

PITTSBURG-River feet l inch and
rising at the dam. Raining and cool.
OIL CITI-River 1 foot 4 inches and
stationary. Cool and raining. Light
rain all day.
GREENSBORO-River feet inches
and rising. RAINY.
STEUBENVILLE-Riv feet 10 in
ches and rising. Cool and raining.
MORGANTOWN-Riv fest inches
and rising. Raining.