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The Delta independent., 1901-03-08
Money 90 lesn ~ eight per cent
Sa real eseate.
DolAwin 4 EoiPlaaab.
LOCAL NEWS.

This il spring Weather with rush.
winton i Neighbors sell everything.
1t is almost spring tune. gentle Annie.
James Watson. is in town from Lake
Cit! this week.
Gail on F. P. Hnnt Il company for
your harness goods
Whale oil soap for spraying fruit trees
al Clark-'s drug store.
just nicely over the grip and now
spring fever is at hand.
The first day Of March was ss mild
and balmy as q may day.
John Travis is suffering from = sew
we're attack Of the quinsy.
+. +. Dodge and wife were passsn-
gers for Denver. yesterday.
Martin Ewing. came down from Tell
uIide. Tuesday. on business.
Paris green aud arsenic for spraying
fruit trees at Clsrke's drug store.
Harry Mathsrs is having some i'm
proyements made on his store room.
Mrs. Joseph Rollins. returned Satur-
day, from q visit to her home in Mont.
real.
The rster works mains having been
causing q great deal Of trouble the past
few days.
A. Read aud wife. came down from
Ouray. Tuesday, for short visit with
relatives.
Miss Maud Hamilton. arrived from
Montreal. Tuesday, and is visiting Mrs.
J. c. Gale.
Mrs II. X. Ferguson. wife OF our
county clerk and recorder. is reported
as being very sick.
Athletic goods. lawn tennis. base ball,
foot ball and sll kinds Of sporting goods
at Clsrkes drug store.
Bargains in everything in the line OF
household goods at Winton d Neigh
bors' second hand store.
Take your watches, clocks. je welry
and engraving TO the Delta Pharmacy.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Next SunIas tue ffcsos tefidu PSetot
expects to preach on "Pilate." and The
Pit Whence We We're Dug.
James and George Hunter, left for
Lewistown. and other points in Idaho.
Tuesday. on a business trip.
Tom Smith ard - Eggleston. were
among the passengers. that left for the
Dominguez copper mines. Tuesday.
Fred Sanders. came d down from Ouray
| Tuesday, to be in attendance at the
funeral Of Mr.. aud NJ re. J. f. Sanders
| daughter.
Mrs. W. G. Harris. came down fro m
| Telluride, Tuesday. TO attend tho funeral
Of Mr. nd Mrs. J. Frank Sanders little
daughter.
Some Of the base ball enthusiasts from
Ho,ch kise tell US that they are going to
have the best nine on the western slope
this season-
County Judge Milt on r WEIGH. ". II
Burnett and Frederick n. Dickerson,
were in attendance at the district court
being held in Grand JUNCTION. this week
W. II. Bohlscheii and Ell. II. Van De
venter. left for Dominguez canon. We'd
ncsday. to do their assessment work on
very promising copper claim which
they have located.
The Delta independent., 1901-03-08
Death sr Mary sasaers-

Mary. the bright and pretty little girl
OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Sanders. aged four
years. Eve months and seventeen days.
died at the home Of her parents on
Dodge street last Monday at 200 p. m.
after most severe illness OF two weeks
with typhoid fever. All than was in
human power to do was don to save the
life of the little one who was the Idol of
her parents. But efforts wore unavail-
ing The parents OF the child are almost
distracted and certainly have the deep
est sympathy from their many friends.
The funeral service was held a: the
home. Wednesday afternoon at 300 p. M.
the intermert following in the Delta
cemetery. A large crowd OF friends
assembled TO pay their inal tribute OF
sympathy to the parents.
In their bereavement the family have
the moet sincere sympathy OF their
many friendsL
The Delta independent., 1901-03-08
Luce'S Grocery

Very buckwhea and pure maple two Of leading
articles .
Missouri sorghum only 6O per gallon it hne
the best that have been the
ma ket year. the price is the lowest -.
Chase 4 Sanborns coffee. and the BEST IN THE
them, prices, and when want the
BEST at the proper price. give them trial
Headquarters for Butter and Eggs.
The Delta independent., 1901-03-08
TAKE NOTICE.

I have placed all my hook
accounts In the hands OF The
Farmer l. Merchants hank for
collection. all accounts not
paid In thirty days will be
placed In the hands Of IN at
t0rney for collection.
J. ". SamderS.
The Delta independent., 1901-03-08

Missionary Union OF Delta will hold
'ts regular meeting in the NJ. f. church.
March IL. 1901. at 3 o'clock p. N. with
the following program:
Devotional exercisee. =. Mrs. l. Conklin
Singing Congregation
Minutes Secretary
Poem. Mrs. Boldeu
Solo Mrs. DE- Bois
Paper .... Mrs. Clark
N,s.iopnry talk Mrs. Klinfelter
Duet, Mre. Dickerson. Mrs- Tillotson
Round table. Mrs. Layton
Solo. Miss JACKSON
Annual election.
Closing prayer.. Mrs stevens
Mxs. Ella HAsrIScs. secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
Two Applications Received.

Yesterday two applications were re-
ceived at the local recruiting Office for
enlistment in the army. but one OF them
rejected owing to the applicant be-
ing unable to pass the physical exam
nation. The successful applicant was
Harry o. Vance.
This afternoon the sergeant leaves for
Parkersburg to open a temporary re-
cruiting office, and Captain Reichmann
will leave tomorrow to enlist n an
plicants that may be secured. The
prospects for this trip are very good,
as they have not visited this portion of
the State yet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
other Benwood Items.

Miss Mary Dixon is visiting in New AL
bany.
Hank got ten days for drunkenness
yesterday.
John Leach was bitten by a dog yes
terday evening.
Phil speidel was visiting friends in Ben
wood yesterday.
The regular meeting of the K. of P.
lodge was held last night.
Mrs. Keziale Estep is slightly indis-
posed at her home on Main street.
VIM. Rude has returned from a visit
with relatives in New Martinsville.
Marshal Furbee had to defer his trip to
Cameron until to-day owing to business
here.
John Loupp, George Burkett. Will Doyle
and Mont. Bonner will go to Steubenville
to-day.
The Epworth Epworth League literary
department will have Cargo of the SER
vices Tuesday evening.
The dance given at the Blue Ribbon hall
last night by the Westchester Club. of
wheeling. was a great success.
Officer Yhost brought back the one re-
naming prisoner who did not escape from
Bridgeport.
The Manhattan Club will give a dance
at the Blue Ribbon hall Wednesday even
ing. 1t promise sto be largely attended
and most enjoyable.
The funeral of Sophia Swartz will oc-
cur to-day. English services will be held
at the Lutheran church. They will be
conducted by the Rev. Paul Metzenthin.
Harry and John Swartz. of Pittsburg,
brothers of the deceased, are in town to
attend the funeral.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16

PITTSBURG, April 15.-The River
Consolidated Coal & Coke Co. expects
to let the contract in a day or two for
the erection of a mammoth towboat
about which so much has been said.
Capt. Peter Sprague, who will look
after the boats construction, has re-
turned from a trip to Dubuque, Ia,
where he looked over the plant OF the
Iowa Iron Works, and it is thought thai
that concern will be awarded the con-
tract to build the hull, which will be
built of steel. The boat will be 55 feet
wide and 275 feet long, the largest tow
ing steamer afioat. Her power Will be
immense as she will be equipped with
compound ~condensing engines and will
be capable of handling so coalboats
with ease, on the Mississippi river.
There will be absolutely nothing like
the vessel on the Ohio or Mississippi
rivers. She will be 55 feet longer than
any other towboat that comes to Pitts
burg, and rlvermen say that she will be
the wonder of the age, from a towboat
point of view. Nothing definite is
known about her cost, but it is said
that it will be in the neighborhood OF
100000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16

News Notes ~ Interost ConcernanR
the Ohio and tta Tributnrdes.
The Mariner passed up yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock for Rttsburg
with emptieA
The marks on the wharf at midnight
recorded a stage Of II feet 10 inches
and falling.
The Tornado at / p. M, and the Pa
cifc No. 2 at 2 p. m, were yesterdays
steamers down with coal.
The Ruth, Leroy and Jewel all
brought in fair trips yesterday. Among
the cargoes were a large number of
head of stock.
The Queen City is due up this morn
ing for Pittsburg.
The keystone State is to-day's Gin
cinnati packet.
The Hornet No. 2 and the Enterprise
will be started south to-day from.Pitts-
burg with lows Of coal.
Rivermen expect a stage of about Is
or 20 feet here the last of the week as
a result of the heavy rains in the re-
gion of headwaters.
Henry Best and wife, of Marietta,
were passengers up Sunday on the Vir-
ginia for Pittsburg, and they will re-
turn home on the Kanawha tomorrow.
MI. West was formerly chief clerk on
the keystone State and is now pro-
-prietor of the wharf boat at Marietta.
A report, which comes from Pitts
burg, says that Bay Brothers are after
the City of Wheeling, and il they can
purchase her they will enter the packet
in the Cincinnati-Ironton trade.
Commodore F. A. Laidley has pur-
chased the steamers Tacoma and M. P.
Wells from the White Collar line. No
information as to the price paid for the
boats can be obtained.
1t is said that Capt. John Klein's ex-
cursion steamer, the Mayflower, will be
sold to the Herman packet company, OF
st. Louis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
BlacI and White.

Black and White is the title OF a
handsomely illustrated brochure is
sued by Mr.. Frank Holme, director OF
the School of Illustration, Of Chicago,
and contains much valuable informa-
ton to young artists Mr.. Holme is a
former Register employee. and hin many
friends in this city win Be panied 10
learn that his health s1uch that he hae
been ordered to Aschvflle. n. g, " Ill
physician- = spesdy rseoysry = hoped
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
RENWOCD.
Neva Notes of Interest From the
City of Mills.
Justice Court Items.

Two foreigners fused yesterday morn
dies court. The ARRAY occurred at the
Navy Yard. Steve Dado, the defendant,
was fined $40 and costs. The complainant
was Alex. Logan.
James Kane was before the justice on
the charge of loud n abusive language
towards his landlady, Mrs. McGrail. He
was sentenced to pay a fine of $40 and
costs, or serve thirty days at Moundsville.
He took the sentence.
Robert Kern was up on the charge of
drunkenness. He got 81 and costs with the
alternative of ten days. He accepted the
alternative.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
Marks From Below.


Parkersburg-River Il feet 6 inches and
rising.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16

Made from old carpet Do not throw
your old carpets away. Send them to
me and have beautiful rugs and drug
gets made, any size and style. Out Of
town orders given prompt attention.
write for particulars to H. T. King
baum, 765 and 767 Zane street, lanes
vile, Ohio.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
A Large

The funeral of Louis Cooke, who died
last Saturday at the family home on
Main street, occurred yesterday morning.
Requiem high mass was celebrated at st.
Johns church by the Rev. Father Wer-
ninger. A large number of citizens at
tended. The interment was made at Mt.
Calvary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
Marks From Above.

Steubenville-River il feet 10 inches and
rising. Clear and cool.
Brownsvilie-River 13 fecE 3 inches and
rising. Cloudy
Greensboro-Riser IA feet 2 inches and
falling. Cloudy. Rainfall 20.
Warren-River 4 feet 3 inches. Fair and
warm.
Oil City-River 5 feet 3 inches and sta
tionary.
Morgantown-River IS feet and station
airy. Cloudy and cool
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
To-Morrow,. Packets

Charleston, Kanawha. 6 a. m.
Pittsburg, Ben Hur, 2 p. m.
S~teubenville, T. NJ. Bayne, 2:30 p. m.
Sistersville, Ruth, S:30 p. m.
C~larington. Leroy, 1880 D.. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
Boats.

Pittsburg, Queen City, 6 a. r..
Cincinnati, keystone State, 8 a. m.
Newport, Jewel, II a. m.
Parkersburg, H. X. Bedford, II a. m.
Steubenville, T. NJ. Bayne. 2:S p. m.
Sistersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. m.
CIarington.. LEROY. $50 D. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
Yesterdays Departures.

Parkersburg, Ben Hur.
Steubenville, t. NJ. Bayne.
Sistersville, Ruth.
Darlington, Leroy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16
.btelin9 Resister
ARTISTIC TAILORING.
PRICES

novelties in foreign and
domestic wOOlens. Elegance in Mt,
finish and wOrkmanship.
c. HESS & SONS,
Fashionable TaiIors and Fine Fur
nishers, 1921 and 1928 Market St.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-16

bishop sleeves and tucked 1and-un-
lined, hence very desirable for warm
er weather and evening wear. At this
time we have complete line of eolors
and sizes.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-09-03
HISTORIC SPOT IN DANGER.

There are sundry sinister rumors adoat
as to the intentions of the officials who,
having a final voice in the matter of
street improvements, hold the destinIes
of Paris in their hands. The worst OF
these rumors is to the effect that it is
proposed to pull down a corner of the Inc
stitute of the Faiais Mazarin, in order to-
allow Of the prolongatiOn to the quayS
CT that most monotonous of modern thor
oughfar- S. tie r lie de RenieS. It would
seem to be impossible that this appalling
act of vandalism should be seriously con-
temp.ated. The PalaiS Mazarin which
dates from the middle Of the seventeenth
century, which occupies the site of the
famous Tour de NeSe and which is the
home of the five branches of the French
MS >ltUte, may not be positive marvel
OF architectural beauty, but it IS a state
ly and venerable pile and an essential
feature of the aspect of the Seine at one
OF the most Characteristic and admirable
points on the liver on Its passage
through the capital. To deprive the Pa
laIS Mazarin of one of its wings would
be to rain iTTetrievab.y the pfIysiognomy
this for the benefit of people in hurry
type Of nuisance which was almost un-s
known in our city comparatively few
years ago. The Parisian too from seG-
entary has become nomadic, nnercuriai,
preposterously mob le People used to Z
remain in the qEar> er in which they IiV-t
ed. and regarded an excursion to some
distant district as a journey to a far
country, only under: aken for motives Of
proper weight. mania for gadding
now possesses the Parsian. The ex-
traordinary success of the Metropol tan
railway is evidence of the change The
common opinion of the boulevard was s
that the tube" would do no business,
and it is certain that the authorities
who shared this lew, would never have
had the courage to build it but tpr the
prospect of the expos ton. As lit is, the
railway can barely cope with the traf-
fc The consequence is that for the mo-
ment the one cry is for improved means.
OF locomotion, and there is no foretell.ng :
what crimes vii be committed in the
name of this latest fad.
Other bad news is that the monStrousIy
ugly Galerie des Machines, which. by
masking the Ecole de Guerre, spoiIs what
ought to be one of the finest views in the
capital is not to be demolished. as we
had been promised it should be. and that
the Champ de Mars is to be cut up into :
building plots-which means the annihi--
lat.on of another ''iung."-PaH Mall Ca
zette.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-09-03
BURIED GLACIERS.

The interesting discovery by Baron
Toll of buried glaciers from the glacial
period, covered with more recent post
glacial deposits containing branches and
roots of alnus fruticosa. under the sew
enty-fourth degree of latitude on the
Great Lyakhoff island of New Siberia,
has already been mentioned several times
in these columns. We have now received
the thirty second volume of the Me
moirs'' (zapiskD of the Russian Geo
graphical society. the first fascieule of
which contains Baron Tolls memoir in
fu1l. with several interesting photogra raphs,
Three of these represent cliffs of glaciers
('fosSil glaciers" as Baron Toll de-
scrtbeS them), which are masses of ice,
not of river ice. or of ice formed in clefts,
but undoubtedly of a glacial ice, dating
from the glacial period and covered with
more recent layers of soil; while two
other photographs represent layers of
and species of salix deposited above
the ice. The branches and the roots of
the former are we'll seen on the photo
graph while the catkins which were
found by Baron Toll show that these
trees, which now do not spread beyond
20 degrees north latitude, grew on the
New Siberian islands during the post
glacial period. AS to the mammoth the
it seems impossible, since the researches
of Father Schmidt Tcherskiy Bunge
and Toll. not to accept the last authors
conclusion. namely: THE mammoths
and the other contemporary mammals
lived on the spots where we now find
their relics; they died out owing to a
change in the physico-geographica condi-
tions of the rs ZION. The bodies of these
mammals, which have not died in conse-
Quence of some sudden catastrophe were
deposited in a cold region, partly on riv-
er terraces and partly on the shores OF
lakes and on the surfaces of the glaciers,
and there they We're gradually buried
in loan. They have been preserved in
the same way as have been preserved the
masses OF ice underneath. owing to
permanent and perhaps increasing cold"
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-09-03

of Red Wing. estimates the number. of
"ciammers" at work along the whole
river at 800. An average of three tons
per week of shells for each man at s.
per ton would represent $12 600 per week.
and during the season of twenty-four
weeks total of $2S8, eco
This is exclusive of the pearls and
slugs found A low estimate for the riv-
er from Prairie " Chen to st. Paul
would be 100000 a year. The total value
of the industry is therefore in round
numbers not far from 900 per annum.
The inhabitants of Red Wing facetious-
ly refer to the cianmerS navy as the
Spanish fleet" 1t is because they are
for the most part rank outsiders and not
natives of the city. Early in the season
they are more numerous than they are.
at present. The pearl hunters assert that
the beds hereabouts are worked out. Old
residents say this Is boSh; that the clans
are growing wiser and are sleeping now
with their mouths shut
These clam beds are renewed in from
five to seven years. A plausible explana-
tfon for the seeming failure of the beds
was given by a resident Of Red Wing
who has watched the development of this
industry from its incipiency. He asserts
that when clam shell is touched by
anything it instantly closes it's shell and
keeps it closed for at least three weeks.
Dredging over the same spots and fail
ing to make any catches for this season
lead the ignorant clammer to believe
that the supply has been exhausted.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

FORBIGNoFINANCI Sept
2-Money was plentiful and rates were
steady Business sofI the stock exchange
was inactive. the transactions in many
instances being insufficient to test prices
ConSolS improved and gilt-edged securi-
ties were firm. In view of the holiday
in New York there was little disposition
were largely nominal. Prices opened
quiet and inpFovedi St. Paul and DEN
yer rose smartly. The poor associated
bank statement had no appreciable effect
The stock news was regarded as more
favorable. In the afternoon there were
some fluctuations. Prices closed firm
The feature of mines was the firmnesS
of West Australians.
Berlin. Sept. 2.-EXchange on London
@ marks 43 pigs for checks. Discount
rates: Short bills. 24s per cent; three
months bills. "a per cent.
Paris; Sept ;2!-AThree~ per cent rentes.
142f 721ac for the account. Exchange on
London 26f s2115c for checks.
Spanish is, 72.1712.
CHICAGO PRODUCE-Chicag Sept
2.-Butter quiet; creamery, 14G1912c;
dairies, 1SG17c. Cheese steady; twins,
sac; Americas, 10@101se; dairies, 1O1zc.
Eggs unchanged Iced poultry quiet;
turkeys. 6@Sc; chickens Indifferent;
sprin ngs,i SQ511c.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN-Iiverpool, Sept.
steady; No. red West
ern winter, 5s 6d1z; No. / northern spring,
steady; September, 5s 6Ssd; December 5s
SID. Corn-Spot steady; American mix
ed nominal; As; futures steady; Septem-
Der, As 10d; October, As sgd; November,
As 10lsd. r,sr...,.
JONDON STOCLxG
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-09-03
FEW FIND FORTUNES
SIPPI NOT OVERBURDENED
WITH GEMS
CAN ONLY MAKE FAIR WAGES
Larger Pnrt of stories Told About
Rich FiEds Are Merely Fig
ments of the Ima&-
1nati0n.

When Marion H. Kish, of Diamond
Bluff, the veteran pearl hunter. an
rounced last Thursday that he had To-
Gated the largest and richest clam bed
ever discovered in the Mississippi. he
invofuutarily inaugurated a I<londike
rush among the pearl hunters of the
great river.
The bed is said to be over a mile IN
length, seven or eight rods wide. and is
estimated to be from three to i've feet
In thickness. says a Red Wing corre-
spondent of the Philadelphia Press. 1t is
a few miles north of Langdon, Mimi,
and about fifteen miles from st. Paul.
Marion Kish is a noted pearl hunter.
He discovered most of the principal
clam beds on the lower Mississippi, and
so when he said that he had taken some
fine pearls from the new deposit his word
went as gospel among the nomadic IA
ternity.
Coming through Langdon this morning
on the Pioneer Limited, of the st. Paul
railroad, | could see the broad expanse
of the Father of Waters dotted with
boats, while the shores on both sides
were spriEkled with dingy gray tents
the camps of the fortune seekers Here
at Red Wing the information was fur
nished that 'clammers" from as far
down as Prairie du Chen are coming up
To prospect the discovery
1t is a curious but interesting fact that
the Mckinley tariff is responsible for the
revival of this pearl hunting Industry
When triumphant Democracy Matched the
Wilson tariff bill it froze out scores of
little button factories all over the East
and opened the doors to the French. Ger
man and Swiss product The Mckinley
tariff reversed this, and as q result has
put hundreds of thousands of dollars into
the pockets of Eastern workers and
Western pearl hunters, because there is
no profit in hunting pearls unless the
shells car be disposed of. These Mis-
sissippI CLAIMS, the home of the fresh wa
ter pearl, are utilized in the manufacture
of the so called pearl buttons of COM
merce, The finding of pearls is the vel
vet of the business.
Muscatine and Prairie du CHEN ara
the centers of the shell trade There the
blanks from which the buttons are made
are punched or sawed out and shipped
Oy millions every year to New York
Philadelphia and New England points
where the finished button is turned out
The chips. or refuse. remaining after the
blanks are cut from shell are pulver-
lied and sold to be used in poultry food
preparations
Romance has clothed the pearl with
something more than It's own beautiful
luster. 1T is suggestive of tropic seas,
CoFa4-7-atefs, waving palms, Spice-laden
brsezes. 1.-THE, dusky figures in loincloth
ana copper anhlet, with marked predilec-
ton for water and subaqueous prowlings
among oyster beds.-AIl these are the
dreamy ssuggestiveness Of a string OF
pearls around the throat of a beauty.
Reality out here along the mud banks
of the Mississippi despoils romance of it's
charm- The light canoe or catamaran
mas no counterpart in the awkward
nlank Of he
hunter The crystalline waters of the