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ibidM?tmz\ K.lrrrd U U* J-tUtOa <U BMtaf, V. To., 04 m PEEW & OAMFBBLL, rmuniM and wowhtom rilllllAT MOKNIKO, JANt'AHY !T7. FliMllInK ?? * **""? We spoke on Monday ol a movement on foot among ??? ot tb? ?x"?oldl6'* here in Wheeling that looks toi tho purchase of a considerable body of land In the West with a view to settling on It such soldiers, and their families, as may be desirous ot bettering their condition by emigration, bnt who are without tho means either to buy land or remove to the cheap lands ol tbo West. The scheme contemplates tho settlement ol a number ol families on a large tract ol and tha shall belong to an association here, and also the providing of said families with tbo means to make a start, and reserves i? the midst of the tract sutllcient acreage for a village or town, which Bl'all bo tl.o trading point ol the settlement. As this Und is settled It will hecomo valuable,and tbo association will dually bo reimbursed for Its outlays on bebsll ot the settlers. We are not aware how far the scheme ||A taken practical shape, nor upon What terms the land is to be l',Dal f .weed of to those who may settle it and render it productive and valuable, bu or 8 number of years it Is to be f"1 property, and during that time he setUers are to reap the rewards ol their labor In some satisfactory shape. Farming by wholesale, Including the purchase ol large bodies of land, seems to be anew and growing spec.ea oI specula tive industry in the West. Since the panic, what are known as bonanza farms" have been opened out along t ie new railroads of the West They comprise large parcels of land, owned either hy to dlvlduals or associations, and aro moBtly devoted to wheat raising. They are found principally in Kansas, Minnesota and Dakota, along tho lines of tbe Atehinson, Santa Ke and Topoka, the 8t. Paul and Sioux City, and the Northern Pacific rail roads, particularly in the. wheat belts traversed by these roads. We notice that one of these associations has been formed here iu Wheeling, called "The Kansas I-aud and Wheat Growers Association," undor which name it has been chartered, tbe object being to buy land along tbe line of the first named rail road, somewhere iu the famous Arkansas Valley wheat belt.. The scheme is to buy . large body olland from the railroad company, in one -or more tracts, put it under the charge of a superintendent, w ho is to make contracts for breaking the ground, seeding it and harvesting the when. It seems that there are people in * the West who follow the business of tak ingsuch contracts by tbe acre; so much for plowing, so much for seeding, and so much for harvesting, and, inasmuch aa the work is largely done by machinery, the amount per acre, where a large body of land is cultivated, is quite small. A writer in the January number of the Atlantic Monthly who vivited a number of these "bonanza farms" in the West gives an interesting account ol their modus op erandi, including tho cost in detail per acre of running them. From his scbedu e, which wo have no doubt is reliable, as he evidently took pains to fully post hlmsel ,it is plain that no small farmer, working sin gle handed, can begin to compete with these bonanza speculators in the work ol raising grain at tho lowest minimum of coat. In the first place, by their large pur chases ol lands for cash, or its equivalent, they secure the maximum discount allow ed by the railroad companies that have land to sell. In the next placo, they se cure advantageous contracts with said companies for tbo transportation ot their grain to market,porhapsone-tbird less than tho small farinor is charged. In the third place, where these bonanza (armors tlo thoir own farming?that is, where they hire a superintendent, put up thoir own bouses, biro their own help, and buy their own agricultural machinery, thoy make their money tell in the way of diminished cost, and it is really astonishing how low they can produce and market a bushel of wheat. tI Tho writer in the Atlantic Monthly ascer taincd, aftor a painB taking investigation, that tbe following schedule fairly repre sented tho average oost of an aero of wheat put Into market at Chicago: ama?T! ?o? aii??? wuiut, ?ob>i?uixo nut TIUHU. ? . t cU.m. Plowlu|. 'iS ?rt? P" l*r mon,h Wti"f77?nuwr\l-y. lolercat op leam $375. taarneu S?, plow SjO- ^ ^ Wea^end'tce^^ l?er caution outfit Per 2 t?V" ? *8 cenU- ^ Mltbir?wS? Ubor iod SO tSlaulemeu, wear aud tear and intert-?t on icam and barum lor ono yaar I"^"ded.) BowlngMacraeperday.watMfiOperinonlh, 2 77 renin Kr day. Pbr acre.......... ?!'*"' Boanl, man'iOwnU, team 45 cenla per day. Ul Wear and tear on aeedcr 25 pc r cent. Par Int^TaUO^Tceutl Par; acw.......?....~?~ 2 lUrvwUng (wire or cord binder), for wire or ^ Board, SS nan"?t 29 cenu par day, 40 actca. loUreat ami wear ami tear on thraaher ami en Klo?. Par acre.-... 10 Marketing nau, 77 centa; board, 2) canta; bnard ol team, 45 canla; 4 acrja. Per wot*... ?2 Freight*, 13 centa per ? bnah. Per acr?. - 2 60 Inclleuula, Including Intwat and wmi and tcaron peruaoeDt u>TaaUBenttP?r acre 2 00 ToUlNfctp*riere ? ........... w 69 0 Commenting ou tho aboveschedulo, the writer in the Atlantic Monthly cmkr* the following remarks: "This estimate make* the cost of an acre of wheat yielding twenty bushels, placed in Chicago, with an allowance of ten per cent. Interest on tho whole Invest ment for land, Improvement!, machinery, tools and stock, and also of twenty-five per cont. forWear and te?r of tools, ma chinery and stock, to be $8.69.0, not in cluding seed. Allowing $1 for the seod will make the coat of one acre of wheat, yielding twenty bushels, laid down In Chicago, and paying an ordinary Interest, or profit of ten per cent, on the entire In vestment, 10 70, or forty-elgbt centa a bushel. With wheat at elgbty-flvo centa a bushel in Chicago, this would give an additional profit of thirty-seven centa a hnahel, or $7 40 per acre over and above the 10 por cent, of ordinary profit included in the $9 70 of coat. At~tb(s rate, the ex traordinary profit of $7 40 per acre od the 1,600 acrea of wheat on that farm, on the entire investment,'wonld be $11,840. But given the entire outfit of farm,stock, and tools, aud patting tbe cost for wage* and board for all work, except threshing, at $20 a month, with threshing at $2 per day, the coat of plowing per acre was thlr ty-one centa; of sowing, tnree cents; bar vailing. sixty-five cents; and threshing. $1 25; total t- 24 per acre. Adding need at $1 per acre would give the total cost of wheat growing at $8 24 per acre, or a little leu than twmtv-one cents per bushel on sixteen blishels to the acre,-which Is the general average for thoStale (Minnesota). Valuing the wneat at seventy centa-per bushel on the farm would give a profit of forty-nine cents per bushel, or $"84 per acre,or $12,544 forthe 1,000 acres of wheat. By either calculation it is Been that Com missioner Drake's istlroato ol fifty-fire per cent profit per annum is largely within the tlgure, as tue appreciation In the value of the land wouldmuch nioro thau repay the expenditurea for improvement upon it. With twenty bushels to the acre the prof it would be%17,210,and with twelve bush els to the acre, the amount expected this year, the profit would bo ?8,250. 1 lie to tal value of 1,000 acres of wheat, at ?ev-, enty cents per bushel and sixteen bushels to the acre, is $17,020. In the face of well attested exhibits like the above, and a number of others re corded in the pages of the Atlantic article, it will not be strange if considerable of a mania should break out for engaging In bonanza farming as u most promising speculation, llence we do not wonder that organizations are forming in Wheel ing and other communities under such a stimulus. The two great facts brought out by the article in tho Atlantic are that those who have gone into wheat growing upon a large scalo, making use of tlio most im proved machinery and cheap labor, are making colossal fortunes at seventy cents per bushel for wheat, limited only by the number of acres cultivated and the skill with which the work is done, and that wheat may be groWn at largo profit for less than forty cents per bushel; but that, oh the other hand, the Bmall larmers, de pending mainly on their own labor, with limited capital and less machinery, are not making a comfortable subsistence, but are running behindhand, and must go tinder, and that a further reduction in the market price for food products must hasten their end. _______ ItrlMlliiff In (lip I'll bile Ni'IiooIk. Six Pori'LAR Talk.. Ktlwltd rnul .rrmuinl by lKnrr Caboi I^xtge. Bo??: Loo .V POKTUV ro* ClIlLUHKS. hf ClimclEliot, Suiorloleotltut Ihriton; l'ubltc fccliooli. Bottom Leo & ShejwuJ. Tho contrast between the ways chil dren learn to read at home and in schools is both striking and instructive. In homes of intelligent and cultivated people, where books are on every hand, whero "Mother Goose" and "Mother Hubbard," "The Giant-Killers, "Cinderella," "Cock Robin" anduKedKiding-hood"are house bold gods, the stories and rhymes are read and repeated to the little ones; and their ardent curiosity never ceases until they can see what they have so often heard in these wonderful packages of pic tures and color. Thus many people never know how and when they learned to read. They only know that it was all very easy and very delightful.- Children come somehow to the feeling that there is some thing very charming locked op in the black and otherwise repulsive characters, and their industry is indefatigable to find the keys. The child's desire overcomes the difllcultios. Enchanting stories and plenty of them is the simple home method of learning to read. In school, the wretched little primer, thinner than one's little finger, with its monosyllabic and phonetic nonsense of "Wego up," "Do we go up?" and "The bag is on the nag," conned, thumbed, dog eared, is wrestled with for one, and often times for two,J whole years, and this tiny morsel of a book, that may be learned by heart in three weeks at least, is crammed into the defeuseless child for five or six hours a day for 200 days?1,200 hoars, more or less. Let a mother put her little 5 year old upon a hard bench in the corner one hour four times a day for a year, with nothing but a soulless primer to amuse it, and see how soon an arrest would be mude on the scoro of cruelty to clfildren. Yet at this moment millions of children are suffering this uumitigated cruelty in our public schools. Not long since a party of Superinten dents visited the so-called "bestschool" in one of our great cities. In one room a class bright, intelligent children, wore reading of very glibly from Third Headers. One of the party asked permission to conduct the exercise. It was politely granted. "Close your books, if you please, said ho. "Now, 1 will read two or three words and you may say the rest in concert." When the eager little pupils caught the direction, they entered into the new work with zest. One book was opened in twenty different places, at random, at the beginning, end, or middle of a selection or paragraph. The inBtant two or threo words were read, off galloped tho merry crowd, verbatim ft liter atim, into the remainder, until stopped by anew beginning, which they took up as readily. The fact was indisputable that they knew every word in the book by heart, and still must repeat the stale stuff six montbB longer. Staring at a stone wall for an hour per day would be positive pleasure by tho side of such monotonous repetitions. It may bo well for tax-pay era to remember that they aro now paying millions of dollars for such senseless, un productive drudgery as this. Auother phase of this subject may be glanced at here. The words in readers are rabidly memorized, and the thought, when, indeed, there is intelligible thought, may accidentally come into the miud. llut the words are not repeated often enough lobe known again in new sentences; a multitude of new words are taken up. aud soon the poor innocents are struggling through a desert of unknown and un meaning words. The mind in times be cornea bo hardened and enfeebled.by Mm ineffectual drudgery that all attempt at grasping the thought is given up?Greek, Latiu.or English, it ia all one to the read era. The writer tested this matter with a clasa who had been nine years in school, For nine long years they had been wander ing through a wilderness, without fountain or manna. He selected the funniest story that he could find, so amusing that child ren at home greeted every paragraph with shoots of laughter. Me Irtpt his face straight, and conducted the lesson as though It wore a prayor meeting. Not even a smile brightened the faces of that clasa of 15 during the entire reading. The solemnity was touching. Habit had closed their eyes to all that lay beyond the mere forms of words. In tho great awakening now happily begun, thoughtful teachers are struck with horror at what they are doing, and are oarneatly crying for more and better read ing. Years ago Superintendent Harring ton, of New Bedford, Mass., a pioneer in educational reform, introduced new read ing and new life into his schools. To-day the demand for something more than one boolc a year is loud and long. The first step in the "new departure" is to give school children plenty of good, whole some reading. Years ago at the dictates of Puritanical morality fairy stories and all the rich household treasures known and prised ever since children were child ren, were banished from the New England school room. They were not true; that was reason enough. The weak, flabby, nsmbv-pamby, goody-goody tales, with a staring impudent moral took the place of the delightful flights of fancy that touch children's hearta like magic wands. That greatest power in teaching children?the imagination?was ruthlessly put aaide, and the futile attempt was made to confine the fanciful and fancy froe mind of the child to stern realities. The results, aa every one knows, are an tnisa listed hunger In the school, and long, sweet, stolen Interviews with highly seas oned, poisonous dime novels. The pre vailing plan ot teaching reading ia plainly, bat indirectly immoral. 8ome child-lover ?a genius or a genie?probably a reform ed school-committee miu, baa conceived and executed the bold plan of giving back to^be little ones their vested right*. The first ventate lies before us in the six pop ular talea, "Jack the Giant Killer," '.fjack and the Bean stalk," "Little Red Riding hood," "Puw in Boota," "The Sleeping Beautv,"'ftnd "Cinderella," aud in a vol*, ume of selected poetry lately introduced in the Boston schools. The fairy tales are illustrated, printed, and bound in charming style?all for fifteen cente. I took the other day twenty-five copies into a school made up of the rough est ot rough boys, passed the*books for reading, and then watched the effect. It was simply wonderful. Forgetting them selves and their usual difficulties, they pluuged in, and became so absorbed in the story that the hard words fell before them without a struggle. A half hour passed in positive pleasure, and when the books were given up the eager question came from all. "When can we have them again?" ft was a simple experiment, the book* (25) cost only $3 75, and for years they will wander round from school to school, delighting the hearts of thousands of children. The KewarUM of Literary Labor. It is said that Eugene Schuyler will re ceive eight thousand dollars for the right of the serial publication in Seribua't Monthly of his life of Peter the Great, re serving all rights to publish in book form on its completion in the magazine. The value of the copyright of such a standard work can scarcely be estimated, as tho sale continues for many years. Moreover, it may be mentioned in this connection, that the illustrations of this Eerial will cost not less than $25,000. IllnIn ou the Core of the Eyw. 1. Rest the eyes for a few minutes when tho sight becomes in the least painful, blurred or indistinct. 2. Have sufficient light; never fait facing it; let it come from behind or from one side. IJ. Never read in horse or steam cars. 4. Never read when lying down. 5. Do not read much during convales cence from illness. 0. Tho general health should be inaifi tained by a good diet, air, exercise, amuse ment and a proper restriction of the hours of hard work. 7. Take plenty of sleep. Retire early and avoid tho painful evening lights. Ten hours sleep for delicate eyes is better than eight. A Wine Deacon. "Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family so well the past season, when all the rest of us have been sick so much, and have had the doctors runuing to us so long." "Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time and kept my family well and saved large doctor bills. Three dollars' worth of it Icept us all well and able to work all the time, and I will warrant it has cost you and most of the neighbors one to two hundred dollars apiece to keep sick the same time. I guess you'll take my medicine hereafter." See another column. For sale by Laughlin Bros. A Co., whole sale druggists, Wheeling, W. Va. U NDERTAK1KG. CASKETS AND COFFINS OF AIX KINDS AND SIZES. Shrouds, Gloves, Crape, Ac. No charge for hearse. Hacks at lowest Livery Prices. ZINK & MOREHEAD. FURNITURE AND CARPET ROOMS. j*10 1117 Mais Street. r&ANKUX COEH. C. WM. 1UYXB. GO EN & MAYER. L AND BOX FACTORY, kTH, fcHINULEd, DOOB8. 8ASii,OBiomo8I ic. Low ratee. Call and aea ui. Office and mill, Twen Ueth atreet, Eaat of CbapUat. nolo TRAVELERS' GUIDE. DBPAETUEB OF THilfB?WMREUMA TIME. Cant 0. Dir...-?.. Vf.F.&d. DIt? CUt.A Pitta. ... P. C. A 8L L A. M. 10:W r. m. 4:0011 1:40 A. M.j 11:08 r.n.1 407 4:20* 6:052 aeeival or teams. B.AO.H.B Cent. O. DIt W. P.JtB. DIt? OiT. A Pitta... P. O. A St. L. &? A. M. 11J2 B:4C A. M.I 7:50* r. v. M0 7at U:30J *Triadflphla AcruinuicdaUon.?This train only runa between WUialln* and Triadelphl*. f Dally except Sunday?Newark Accommodation. jSiffutxuTlllA AccotntnodaUon.?This train during the da/ ptiM backward and forward between Mir tln'a Ferry and Bellalre, Hopping whan required at 8berznan Houae, iK in a Tills, West wheeling and TIME TABLE. Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad. /\N AND AFTBR THURSDAY. Deorinber II, 1879. U Can wUl leare Wheeling, Ml. BelUriew and llornbrook Park ai foUowa: Leave 'Wneeliug. view forWheel log. Leave llornbrook Park. 7:40 A ?sao 0 01 1010 ?11:10 1 11:69 1*20 P *2:00 1 245 1 4:10 1 UIQ ' 6:85 ' 7:00 1 7:40 ? t!23*' 9:60 ' 7:23 a m. 8:05 ?? 8:80 ?? 10:05 ?? 10:55 " 12 29 P. M* > 1:05 " , 1.45 " 1- 0 " 3*5. ? 4:85 " 6:00 " ?:41 " 7:25 " 8:<0 ?? 10.18 " 7:00 A 7.40 9:05 , 1CMW 11:55 1:20 P 2:45 4.10 5:15 7:00 1 8:2* 1 V.50 1 ?Bunnlug ouly to Mt. Bellevlew. Ad extra car will leave the city after church ? view on Sunday morning COMMISSIONER'S SALE. QOMM1SSIONERS' SALE. Id the County Court of Ohio County, Weal Virginia: Mnjc-cio McEntee, who auea by her UMt IrtMj, Haru.j McEoue. Auule McEntreand othera. By virtue of a decree in tho above entitled cauae, euteredoa the21atday of September, A. li. 1177, the underalgned Special Gommiaaioner will on SATURDAY, THEJItT DAY OF FEBRUABY, 1880, Beginning at 10 o'eloek a. k., at the front door oI the Court Houieof Ohio county, aell at public auction, to the lilgheat and beat bidder, the following deaeribed rial eetate, belonging to the hi ir* of Bridget McEntre, deccacd, that la to aay: The eaat one-half put of lot number Two Hundred aud Two (102), lying on the ?outh aide of John alreet, between Beveoth and Ful ton atreeta, Id that part of the City of Wheeling call ed Kaat Wheeling, in the County of Ohio, and Slate of Weat Virginia, and being tho earn* property eon mad by George Crumbacker and Ellaabeth hia wife to toe Mid Bridget McKnt?e by deed dated the 6th day of December, A. D. 1872, and now on record in tbe Clerk'a Offlce of the County Court of Ohio conuty, in Deed Book No. #0. pag?a 111 and 111. Tkhmh op Bac??One-third, or aa much more aa the purchaaer may elect, caih, and tbe balaneo In two ?iual lnatalinenta of oneaod two vearr, deferred pay meota to bear intereet from day of tale and the pur chaaer to ex ecu to bla notee with good perannai aecurlty for the deferred peymeota, and the title to be rwtiuned until the furtner order ef thla Court. WU, C. HANDLAN, J. U. oooo, Attorney. Special Commissioner. J?*< MAN'S STRENGTH AND WOMAN'S 1t? BEAUTY, or the ROYAL ROAD TO LOVE AND LONGEVITY. Thla brilliant book, tarclnstlng lo ityle, pure in Untuage, endoraed by hjgheet medl cat authorlt', nnfoida the dillcala tu> aterlee of Love Marriage and Heprodnctlon Elegantly printed and St m-sw )U Cincinnati, Ohio. HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ^ 0T1CE TO CIOAH MAKERS. Tbero will be a meeting of the Cigar Makers' Union No. IS, at the Ounrda Hoso House, on Tweniy?fli?t street, this Evening at 8 o'clock By C/rder ot A. R. KALB, President. VALENTINES VALENTINES VALENTINES VALENTINES The Largest, the Finest and the Cheapest Assortment in the City are now on sale ol W. a HUTCH IN8' ja'i7 Art and Music St re. UUNERAL NOTICE.? J- Tho members of Uennanla Lodge No. 7, K. of P., we hereby notified to meet at their Hall this after oooo at 1 o'clock, to pay tbe laat tribute of respect to their deceased Brother George Meckel. Members of Sister Lodges are lnvlt*l. L. P. KALTKUHAClf, Sfi!' WITTHUHN, (i C. Jal7? VTOTICK XI The Co-partner?hln heretofore existing under the Ann narneof II. Je J. Jlubbard, having l?en die solved by tho death of Ihejuulor partner, the busi ness will hereafter be conducted by the uudersUued under the Arm name ol U. B. Hubbard it Co./who will settle the biulou* of the late firm. We aro on-pared to furuUh at abort notice all kloda of Sawed Lumber, Boaida in the rough and worked Into Flooring, biding, Lath, Shlualea, <*c., and after the lit of March, wo expect to add to our buiineee the manufacture J Boxes of all kinds, Casks, Barrel*, Kegs, Ac. A share of public patronage is solicited. , . H. U/TIUBBARD, 1?2? C. 1). HUBBARD. ??Every Lover of .Music must Lltten wlih Wonder to their ?oul>atirrlug Melodlcff."-Many Clergrmeo. CENTENNItL JlilEE SINGERS! . "BORN CHILDREN OF SONG," WILL GIVE ONKOPTHFJR HACKED CONCERTS AT JKnfflish Lttthorau Church MONDAY and TU^HDAY, February 2d ami 3d. Tickets 85 cents, Reserved Meats 60 cents. Ou sale j Thursday at C. Y. Lucas' Music Store and Woit Vs.' II works, 1781 Market Street. Ja27 ?\TOTICE. 1-1 The subscribe? tothacspitalstockoflhe Menu* Imiturors' Flro Insurance Company, of Wheeling, W. 1 Va., will please call at tho Peoples Bank during the week ami pay in ten per cent on the amount of. their' subscription and fill up their bonds preparatory to-the organlaaii n of tho Oompauy, on Saturday, the Xlst of this mouth, at'J o'clock r. m., nt Secretary of State's office. OEU. B. TINGLE, UEO.HOOK, I s J. C. ALDERSON, For tbe Incorporator*. , Ladies, Please Take Notice. TO IlEDUOE OUK STOCK OK 111 tlUS, WETSdOIIOIS BWore llemorlng lo our Now Room at F. W. Ba? sett'a old a.and, corner Muluand Twnuty-flrst sorrels, onoaoorabovaCsrnaban'iifho* Store, we will coo tlnuo to sell all goode bought previous to tbe advance at Od Prires, and many good* at and below cost to cIomj them out. WE ARE OFFERING CJItEAT U4KtiAIMIN UMCH AND C'OLOKED ?AtmnEKKK To which wo call your attention. Also our stock of f ('arpeu, which we are selling at less than tnanufac turen' prices. We have placed on our 1 CHFAP COUNTER Many desirable Goods, which weareofleriug at half I their value. Customers will do well to call, as the gooda must be sold to reduce stock before moving. i Will remove on orabout March 1st. I HENRY ROEMER, No. 200G MAIN STREET. dc2g I ^LUTING MACHINES AT VERY LOW PRICE?, at the Hardware and Hotts? Furnlahlng Store of ' NKKBITT A BRO., Jan24 1312 MARKET STREET. rpolLET SETS, VASES, I Mantel Ornaments, Ac., at and below coat, at OUR <'I.O.Nl.\CJ OUT HA I.E. CUMMINS & WOODS ?1142 Main Street. J?it HATS. New Slock Spring Styles, Cheap nt DI-UGER'S. SO. as TWELFTH AND IOAI MAIM OT. J?* tStsSSSj-/""5S5T" We have Just received direct from the publisher, a large lot of the NEW EDITION OF WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED, In Sheep and Hall Russia. All the smaller sixes In Stock. \ STANTON & DAVENPORT. Will remove to 1801 Markot atreet, April lit- Jsg| |SCT?c I WEEKLY NEWS. " [-FlTSCaHTS X >staf e Included rSttSSS; Ksta5siiH5a^^S I ruu A v., Ckleage, in rjlHE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK WINDOW CORNICES, PICTURES AND FRAMES, GLASS SHADES and WAX FLOWER MATERIALS In the city, it FLOOD'S, JaEi Fourteenth atreet, under the Opera House. 0 GROSS 8T. JACOB'S OIL, 3 GROSS HAMBURGER DROPS, 2 GROiS HAMBURG BREAST TEA. J uit received and for tale wholeeale and retail at] U. F. BEHRENH1 Centra Market Grocery, Jaifl 2317 and 2219 Market atreeL EAGLE THK FINB8T AKD BBiT IN THE MARKET. OFFICE PENCILS. WSend SO ocnta for trial doi n. K. L. NICOLE Agent, Jala MoLure Houae Art Store. jyjfOSS ROSE HAMS, 8. C. SHOULDERS, PLAIN SHOULDERS, CLEAR SIDES, BREAKFAST BACON, AC.' Now ready. JelP GEO. H. IMRKS. JOHN FRANK, Manufacturer of and Dealer in BOOTS & SHOES, Mo. 3310 Main Ntrc*t, Haa juit pnrchaeed an entire new atock of BooU and Bhoee, and la now prepared to aell them lower than idt other houae 19 the city. All kinda of Ladlee' Slde?lace and Button Shoce kept on hand. oc8 JgRICKWORK. Mantala and Gratea art In lateet Improved atylee; bad Chimney draught* regulated and Improved. Paving aad Brithhyiuj in aU IU part* promptly ?nd neatly attended to by HAMILTON & McGRANAHAN, Not. 2J Fifteenth St 7* Market Street mi9? ORANGES! ORANGES! 15 Cases Sweet Florida Oranges. 25 Cases Valencia Oranges. 5 Kegs Malaga Grapes. Juit received. IN". SCHULZ, 1S19 MARKET BTKKBT. iHO. GENERAL HQTI018. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.? J_/Kotlc.i la hereby given that the partnership heretofore exiatlng between 1.. c. Reed, C. & Bailer' and W. N. Lluch, under tilt firm urn* of L. C. Reed ? Oo-i waadlaaoltrd on theMthday of Januanr, 1180, by mutual conaent. C. E. Bailer tad W. N. Llnch re tiring. Alldebtaduetbeaald Arm muet be aetUed at onor, and those dde by them, will be aattlad by the new flrrn, who wlllcontlnua the hualnaaa under tha firm name of L. C. Heed 4 Co. L. C REED. CHAM. E. BAILEY, Ja* W. NEWT. LIWCU. gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual mewing of the stockholder ol the UughUn Nail Company for the election of Dlrectora, will he held at the offlceof the company, No. 1200 Main atrwt, on Tueaday, February &1, 1M0, at 'i o'clock P. M. W. L OLESdNEB, JelO-Tu Secretary. gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. Tho regular annual moating of the atockholdera of I the Centre Foundry Company, for the election of Directoia, will Iw held at their offlce JANUARY 27, 1680, between the houra of 10 A. M. aod 12 M. ? J'H-tu B. HOURS. Jr., BecreUry. gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual mooting of tho atockholJera of the Fire and Marine Imurance Coujpaur of Wheeling,W.Va., for the election of Director*, will be held at toe office of the company (Peoples Bank Building) on TUE8 DAY, JANUAKY, 27lb, 1880, h.t?eeu lite houra of 2 aud 4 P. M. C. II. COLLIER, I Bccretary. gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. The anuual meeting of the atockhoNera of the Wheeling Hinge ''ouijmur will be haid at office on TUESDAY, JANUARY 27tb, at 3 P. M., for election of Dlrectora. I. U. WILLIAMS, jalS-TU Secretary. gTOOKHOLDERS* MEETING. Theauntial meetlug of the Ftockholdera of the CltLena Railway Compear, for the election of Fire Dlrectora aud the transaction of auch other bualneia aa may come before the meeting, will be held at the Comnany'a office, No. 1230 Market itreet on Saturday, January 31, 1880, at 2 o'clock p. v. )al9 VAN B. HALL, Secretary. QORPORATION NOTICE. Tha Stock boJdera ol the Maonfacturern' Fire In aurance Company of Wheeling, W. Va , will meet at the Cauliol Building, In office of Secretary of State, at 2 o'clock p. U. on SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1880. lor tho purpoao of electing* Board of Directors aud tranaaciiugmch other buaiueaaaa may be brought before the wtetlug. Hknrv K. List, M. Hkiixv, TUOS. H. Lou AH, J-OL.1H C. Sl jrXL, J. R. Orkkk, Luvtua Hon*, Tuoa. O'Bimkn, Oku. B. i jkulk, UitoRUK Hook, J. C. Aldkiwo.x. Jal7 Inoorporatora. gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. TheanLual meeting of the atockboldera o! the Bel mont Nail Comi?ay, for tho election of Dlrectora, will be held at the office ol the company, at the Worki, on TUESDAY, JANUARY 27ifa, 1180, at 3 o'clock P. M. J. D. DuKOIS, J <14 Secretary. gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. 'I ha annual meeting nl the atockholdera of the Wheeling Iron and Nail Company, for the diction of , Dlrectora, 'will be held at the office of the company | on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1880, at 2 o'clock P.M. C. D. HUBBARD, ja!4 Secretary. JJOTIOE. There will l>e a meeting of the B1UCK ? LAYERS ut Hook aud Ladder Hose House, Twenty-flint street, Wednesday Evemko, January 14th, 1880, at 7 o'clock p. m. 1 JaJ3 gTOOKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual meeting of I he atockkohlcra of the Ben wood Iron Wtrka, for the election af Director*, will be held at the office of the company (No. 11 Fourteenth atreet) on TUESDAY, JANUARY27th, 1880, at ? o'clock r. x. JalS ALONZO LOR1NO, Secretary. Notice to Contractors &Builders OrricE or the Boabd op Public Works, 1 Wheeling, November 13, 1870. J Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Public Works, of the State of West Virginia, addressed to the undersigned, up to 12 o'clock uoon, of March the 1st, 1880, for the Ai.TKKATioi<a 1 if, and the Admtioks to, the Building known as the Ptate House, at Chares tou, Kanawha county, West Virginia, accord ing to the plans and spec!ficatioos furnished by O. U. Kernole and A.Peebles, joint Architect*. Bids will be received for the whole, and the several parta of the work. Plans and specifi cations may be seen at the Capitol Building, in Wheeling on and after. January 1,1880. and any information relative thereto may be obtained by applying to C. C. Kemble, the Architect, resident at Wheeling, WestV* Bonds and security, approved by the Board of Public Works, will be required of each contractor. Tho right of receiving or reject ing any or all bids is reserved. By order of the Board of Public Works. no!7 S. BRADY. Sec'y. 1S80~ THE REPRINTS OF THE FOUR Leading Quaiteilf Reviews, j THE EDINBURGH REVIEW {Whig), THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW (Liberal), THE LONDON QUARTEItLY REVIEW (Ouiuerratirc), THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW (Evwigelical), A KM Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, which hare been caiabllahod In thin country for nearly half a century, are regularly publlahed by Tub Lbonabp Bcuit ruut,:aiit.M< ?'u., 41 Blrrl.y 8treet, New York. Tlteae pobl'citloni preeent the betffttrefo* periodlciti in a omnnloot form ami at a reason a bin pri.e without abridgment or all*ration, lhe liitcit ndratirva ami dircjv.rioj in tke arta and adeneea, the recent additi'im to knowledge in erery department ol literature, ami all the new pub icatlona worthy ol notice aro fully reported and ably dlKUier d. TERMS FOR 1880 (Including Postage): Payable Nlrlclly In AiUanrc. For my one Review.*. ... ....14 00 per auauin. For any two Review*- 7 UO " " For nor three Revlowr.......... 10 0> ?? " For all four Beviewi .. ......12 00 ?' '? For Blackwood'* Magaxlne 4 M " " For Blackwood and one Beview 7 00 '? " For Blackwood and two Rerl*cj.....,IO 00 " " For B'ackwuod and three ttaview*...l3 00 11 V For Blackwood ami tbe four Kcvleya.15 00 " 41 FOSrAUK. Tliin Item of ei|ienae, now borne bj the publUbfii, It equivalent to n reductlo of 70 per cent on lbs <o?t to auUcrilwra In former year*. CLUB*. ? diaoount of twenty percent will be allowed to clube of four or more perauna. Thus: four coplea of Blackwood or of one Review will beaent, to *** nd dress, for f 1* 80. four coplea of the four Beviewa and Blackwood for 948, and eo on. PREMIUM!*. hevr ujhacrtbcra (applying early) fur Ibe year 18)0 may have, without charge, the number* for tbe lait quarter of l\TJ of auob periodical* ai Uioy may aub acrlbe for. Or. Initead, new aubacribera to any two. throe, or four of the above periodical* mar have ouij of Ibe "FourBevlewa" for 1879; aubecrlben to all five may have two fifth* "Four Reviews," or one aet of Bla?k wood'a Magazine for 1879. Neither premlama to aubacribera nor dtoount to clube can be allowed, unl?a the money la remitted dlteci to the publishers. No premium* given to Club*. To Mcure premlama it will be neceaauy to make tarlwapplladlan, aa the atork available for that pur pose ia malted. RtrKiNTXD sr the Leonard Scot! Publishing Co., )il? riir 41 Bawlay ??., HEW TURK. 10SEPH SCHMATZINETZ, Fancy Steam Dyer, Scourer & Repairer, No. 1735 lUrkw iUM, WhHllnj, W. V?., Mr Creek Bridge. All kind* of Shawls, Ineaaea, and every deecrtptlun of 811k and Woolen Gooda rtenited at abort notice and on rrtwnable term*. i.tnvn* and Feathera cleaned and dyed. AU Osbrs iVimiHted Fiut. All per*on* living at a diiUncw Iroinwy place can inform mo by portal rard thai they have aome tbing in my lioe. and 1 will call for gooda and deliver them when flnlahed. Plena* call and eiamlne my Show Window*, and roawUl aee tbe dldervnce be tween my work and that of otbera. You will find my rate* low?r than at any other Scourer In tbe State. ? DLANK BOOKS?The Daily Intklli 13 gencer Beok Bindery doee butter work of all kind* than anjoffloe la Weat Virgin!*. PHY COOPS. HAMBURGS We will open on MO.IDAV, JAN* I'AKV IBIh, our Nprlufc Import*, liuii ol HAMBURG Edgings and Insertings. Our Bemnanta ot Hamburg* are now ready mod marked at VEKY LOW FKUEN. Kciunante ot ('MhiuerM, NIIUm, Ore** tiooda, and tbewp Counter C?oo<In ueuerally, at Lower Price* than ever, to clone out. IleNt Heavy Height CaiwiiuereM. lor Mvh'h Wear, we are cloaliiK out Ht 91.00, to quit tlie C'uMNlmere trade. J. S. RHODES & CO. J?17. WE OPEN TO DAY A FULL 8T0?:K of LADIES' DRESS GOODS! CONSISTING OF BLACK AND COLORED SILKS, Cashmeres, all Colors, Cheviot Suitings, Momie Cloths, Cloaks and Dolmans, Of Richest Styles. Velvets, Fringes and Trimmings, A KIII.L LINK. ' BLANKETS, and CURTAIN GOODS. Domestics of Every Variety. Hereafter our 8tock will be second to no ther bouse in quantity, variety or price*. We Court Examination! We Mean Business! P. S.?10,000 yard! MADDER PRINTS at FIVE CENTS PER YARD. STONE & THOMAS. ocWmw PICTURES AND ART MATERIALS. JgARGAlNS IN KNORAVING8 AND HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS I li I Il l v - H , 10IU Main NlrML J^OTIOE Parents & Husbands Dftlripg to purchase ? PIANO or ORGAN for a CHRISTMAS PRESENT!! Qui hire it delivered on CURI8TMAS EVE or CIIRISTMA8 MORNING, u they may prefer. Rcepectfully, 4c., C. Y. LUCAS, . 1237 Market St. . P. Hart already told several elegant Piano*, to b? delivered a* thrlktmaa Gift*, including Steinvaj) Klachar, Knihaand Emwon'a. POUND AT LAST! 1 bat the place to buy CHRISTMAS CANDIES, FRUITS L NUTS, Cheaper than any place elac in tbe city, la at THOMAS HEYMAN'8, 10 0 Main St., Grant llouie Building. av*A full lupply of bia Choice Oyitan always on hand. d?20 pARLOR SUITS? ALL 8TYLE8, GRADE* AND PR1CE8. LARGEST STOCK: To aelect from tod beat bargains in tha market. FRIEND & SON, 1063 Main Street. FANCY DYEiNGc Hue itood*, Shawl*. (Stlka and ClUhlne d/*! ?Me color*; Cnpe Veil* l)jt4. DRY tLEJUilNG. all fkbrtai eleaard without rtppin* w xiag Hi* trtmnlaf. The mort *lat*r?U uu\j bealriea) Areeaee we ihu? ei*#w?Uj ?l*aneu. tnd |hf?Inr?i dreaaee we Iba* eiltfwUj ?l*wieil just Deceived. A new stock of 0HAKBEI.IER9, LIBRA BY LAMPJ, Ao., at JOHN FRIF.DKI.'S, jail 1130 Main itrMt. JEWELRY AWP WATOHESt JpifTY NEW STYLES SCARP MUSTS, JJID 1* M|IO?ST u\*or ROMAN AND ENAMEL Band Bracelets. Just received and oftVrad at VERY LOW PRICE8. TURNER Sc DILLON, JalQ 1223 MAP.KBT STREET. VERY FINE LINE OF Gold and Silver Watches For sale my low by JOHN BECKER, 3309 Jioob Strut. 1?" QLOSING OUT SALE! Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, TABLEWARE, CUTLERY, &C., to. The underlined la determined to clwe out hU ou* tiro Hock, to change builoon. Ho U. receiving aome 'err o login t and desirable goo<la, which iro certain lo be told before the inaln atock can bo dl?p.to l of. Oroat baigalnt are offered lo ^TbTcbamter fur Integrity and lair dealing, which the hi#uae baa e.UUUbrd, will k>? Je23 No. 51 Twelfth ?tr*et. MERCHANT TAILORS. IFXIsnE Furnishing Goods We route a apaclallj- of I hwe gooili (or MEN'S WEAR! Ami havo just O lJ E N E 1) A FULL LINE OK NECKWEAR, COLLARS, CUFFS, HANDKERCHIEFS, GLOVES, i SUSPENDERS, &c., &c., WE AIM TO KEEP NOTHING BUt S,i) ? Aud iu order to clean up our etock, we are now offering a Job lot of LINEN COLLARS AT $1 Per Dozen. Thos. Hughes & Co., 1211 MARKET STREET. jatO-Tnaa Fall & Winter Goods C. HESS & SON, Merchant Tailors Cor. Main aud Fourteenth tita.. have J tut received a New Bwok of Cloths,' Casslmeres, Verting# and Overcoatings, ?roii? Fail & Winter Wear. AND BOYS' BUIT8 MAHE TO | ORDER, in Lateet Styles and at lowest Prloa*, I unit perfect tit guaranteed. All Wool Knit Jackets. FULL LINK Of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. White Shirts Bade te Order. We Invito the public to call and examine our stock, feeling assured we can offer super* tor inducements. C. HESS 4 SON. nhll MATHEY CAYIDS' Uie?l for ??vorJ3 rear* vrlth jmsitt inecoM by thu jiliv-n liiit? olTam, New \ ork ami J?ondoo, and superior to all othora for the prompt euro of ?H canes, recent or of long ?tending. ^CAPSULES ??( dtfl ttIus WEST VIRGINIA UIIMl Nine deparfluenta of itudr; Uxt-lookiln. mt com It calendar arranged to mit u?tw penaea lor on* year (rotu ?173 to g*oo-... tarlan, Ulieral, thorough. Fall term W*1mT t*111 her 3d, 1879. %*For catalogue and other fu!ormiiica ? to tue I'reaUUnt, J. It. TliouiiHiun, ?. ?-?tVa, *' PHOTOGRAPHY. Photographs in clotI WKA'illfcH. ll It ia a mlatakon idea that good nesatltwcm,! made without aunahlno. Under our New and Improved Skylljkl Cloudy daya are often the btfu _ J?24 T. 11 HUHlol r AM PUTTING IN A CUYhI L and Corittgated Mlaaa Hkyllfht. Mr ?nrI 111 I* cloaed until MONDAY, JuiurjiS |^YLK8' ART studio. PHOTOGHAPHl IN Chemical, Lighting, and Posing e:| Not hurpsueJ. HTUPIO: Mo. '2154 Main atroat, nearTweotj* deJO Do Not Leave Honi WITHOUT A DOTTI.R OP REED'S DIARRHEA REMEDY The only safe and aure cure for Diarrbal: enlery, FJnx, Cholera Morliw, At We guarantee the Remedy in ewijc when used according to direction*. flO CURE ! NO PAY PRICK FIFTY CENTS I'Kll HOT HOUSTON & BAE1 Proprietor*, WHEELING, WJJ i y EDUCATIONAL. THE NEW ELECTRIC Gil CHRIS. WINCHES. | SOLE AGENT. CO The Most Complete Burner in! Market. Every family wanla and will puxebut thli feci for the following rean?n?: Flrat?lie almpllclty; beln< eaally thuH N full 1 ght to the ?tnall night lamp blii* S?cnnd?-I t leave? no autell or odor, the u having all the advantage of draft that ibtlivi haa. Third?It praventaall ezplotlon, giving m A for gaa to accumulate Injthe lamp. Fourth-Only one wick buroa atonce-aia** Ungnlihed aaauon aathe other la Iljhlrd, W n being operated by the aame ratchet. _ Filth?It la cheap, belt g mlly appllfd toujM CHHIS. WINCIIEK,| delO DM MAIN STREET. BTOVEB AND MlW. J^EMOVAI.. GEO. W. JOHNSol Humn?T?ihi.pUt?olbiulnn,|r. I lSlO Main StreJ Nearlj opposite lie old ,u0(| Tin fullest and matt complti. nock a . Tinware, Stovee, Stoye Trimnin,,, 6 J aso house ruBKuuiKo auon. Gu I* found >t their new place of biuliw. (ItVi m | JPRESII ^KATS KVKKY J)AV. I hare Juit bad n larye and cowuiodloui f? or Befrlaemtor erected at my rtall, No. IJ Filth ? Market Houae, for the purpose of kerplngaf & Froah and 8we,*t, un?i will furnUk to thla time on all kindiof Meal* aoJ Sail*.'*.'"* lng Pickled Tongue* and I'orc, Coruvl which ylllalwa/a (*? found Freili and No. 11"'* ty, on ul? dally from 5 until 11 o'clock lo iU#? ln|, and from 4 nutll V o'clock In the cwelc* Gall and aoe mo and I will guarantee GEO. SCHAI ?07 Buil No in. Fifth Waul v. fin JU". j?KY CITY CARRIAGE AND BUGGY TO Are oaaily Applied to W'Aguiia "t and nro r good protection ngain.-l tun v'* ?J?,eol> Snydoi'Vi !'? NO. HUft MAIW STHEtT ^LEXANDKR BONK,SR., Gantril Bmlneu and Real Eilili 'C gTKFHEN McOUUOUUU CARPENTER AND BUILDER llMfl I'iIIav* It.vaitiUla ..*..1 W- J I ! I ' J 1? I' J ltoofa,Vall*jr?, Corn leva and .Iky l.igiiUI'"'-'""4, atlrmifd to. j All aliffikUona mid** on ol t Uull-H"-* " ' " bio tarui. . > <?b?lvca, Counter* ami Df?ki litt ?l ?" ? " ,a tli*. All Job wurk pr??m> tly att*' ?M' ., ,. Mbop, Alley K, betwwu >'ourl?*i'i? ??"'' ?treat* Itmfl-nce, 05 Mlntwnth Hrrft ^C JJOLI-Y, ucifi'uuitui ,(.\ii i-iint1' Evergreen Wrcatbl?' Kolltw uJ Ufldjuu; >to, bu?l?. f""? " Sells, at WEST VA. tfl'KNCII. iNl^tAL "jkJ'j un Ho. 1731 ItamlBL, Wud?" loidL