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The Intelligencer, J FubUU>*d DaU/, Itaml.WMkJjr aad Weakly. o TERMS: I The Dally Intelligencer Is Delivered . by Carriers In Wheeling and adjacent towns at 15 cents por week. t liy Mall, Postage Free In tbe United 8Ute?. f Dally, One Yoar $8 OO i Dally, Six Months - 4 OO j Dally, Three Months 2 OO j Dally, One Month 65 i Semi-Weekly, One Yeaf- 2 BO < Semi-Weekly, Six Months 1 25 < Weekly, One Year. ? 1 OO i Weekly, Six Months 60 i Grunt reduction* to Club*. Head lor saropJo , uojilo* und rlrculura. Add row f FREW, CAMPBELL A HART, I HunuHimtM, I i No. 25 ?tid ?7 Fourteenth Street, j y W1IEKLIX0, W. VA. j (Entered at the 1'ontofllou ut Wheeling, W. Vu., ( iwcond^cliiM matter.] ' H)c Intellioenccr. TUESDAY, MA 111'11 13, 1SSS. The )te?rlicr Hcnndal Kxplniuitloii. | Suddenly, and without warning,' there \ has como from the press a paper written i and loid away years ago by Henry Ward 1 iSeccher, explaining liow it was he caine to take tli?> course lie did all through the , period when the great scandal with ? which his name is connected was in its first* and conceale<l stages of develop* J uionL Before Mr. Beccher's death many people llad the curiosity to' know what he would Ray?just what he would confess or deny in regard to It?when brought , face to face with eternity. Hut ho was stricken down out of health and remained unconscious during hif) illness, and m passed, away, without a sigo one way or the other. ? Now, however, comes this paper, pre- 1 pared by his own hand, in which, four years after tho publicity of the scandal, ' ho wrote down his explanation of how 1 he come to bo enmeshed in so many I a.?i.. i?;,i r?r i,;m l,? nwrs.) 1 iajuo, cwjn; .?.?? .... , ,, that before and during his trial operated ; so damagiugly against him in the estimation of a groat many peoplo. I The story is too long to be reproduced 1 in the Intkm.ioexckk, even if the mattor were new, but it may be alluded to as% furnishing soino support to the theory of Mr. BocchOr's innocence. Wo say tome support, for of course as long ns 1 Mrs. Tilton, yet living, inaiutains that ' her confession is true thl-re can be no 1 verdict of acquittal for Mr. Boceher. Any paper, however, that a man of his goneral character would write, to appear after his death, carries come weight with it, and hence his friend* will be glad to read his explanation of the origin, progress and denouement of this most unfortunate episode in his remarkable , carecr. Mr. Beecher is willing that the world shall think him grossly shortsighted? i in fact stupid?<is regards tlio plot which I at the date of his writing lie discerned pluinly enough, but which he utterly l failed to Hee at the time it was so impori,i?, ? tw.rw.tmtn tlio nature of < Tilton's first lnanifestatipns against him. f , It was/as ho at the last saw, a matter of money. This is the plain Euglish of Mr. Beecher's explanation. He was artistically blackmailed. There was ho much in all the interests involved, and so much donht in his own mind as to the justifiability of some of his own acts, particularly of his advico to JSowen in regard to Yilton, that he felt compelled to yield to the intoruiediaryship of tiiat notorious "mutual friend" (Moulton), < who, as it seems, was really nothing i more than an attorney or agent of ! Tilton, and as such, operating a conli- ( dence game on the sympathetic side of , Beecher's nature, which Tilton knew, i and oucq said, was his weak side. And so Mr. Beecher was made to < bleed?to puy hush money as it were? t and to write aud talk foolishly and self- | reproachfully becauso, for one thing, he felt that some appearances were against ? him, and, for unother, because he was < made to believe that he had done Tilton J great injustice aud pecuniary injury in dethroning liiiu ill the estimation of j Bowon, publisher of the Indcpaulent. \ "What ho Buys 011 this goint is really the ' gist of his whole paper, and is so ini- j portant to his case that we quote it, as follows: , Although I have 110 doubt that Mr. 1 Tilton would have lost his nlaco at any ( rate, I have also no doubt that my inllu- I oneo wuh decisive and precipitated his 1 linal overthrow. When I came to think it all over I felt very unhappy at the , contoinplation of Mr. Tilton's impend- , ing disaster. I had loved him much, \ and at ouo time ho hud seemed like a son j to me. j But now all ^looked dark; he was to , ho cast forth from his eminent position, and his affairs at home did not promiMo that sympathy and strength, which J makes one s house, as mine lias been, in times of adversity, a refuge from the * storm and a tower of defense. , It now appears that 011 the 20th of December, 1870, Mr. Tilton, having learned * that I had replied to his threatening let- " tor by expressing such an opinion of him as to set Mr. Bowen finally against 1 him and bring him face to face with ini- 1 mediato ruin, extorted from his wife, ' then suffering under a severe illness, a * document incriminating me, and pre- ( jMired an elaborate attack u|R>n me. ' In my then morbid condition of 1 mind I thought that this charge, although entirelv untrue, might result in \ great disaster, if not absolute ruin. The n great interval# which were entirelv do- 1 nendent on mo, the church which 1 had r built up, the book which I was writing, 1 my own immediate family, mv brother's 1 name, now engaged in the ministry, my u SISHTH, UIO IIUIUU nmuii * >iuii uv|wt i might livo after me mid ho in some slight degreo u source of strength and encour- , agemcnt to those who should succeed ] me. nnd, above all, the cause for which I j had devoted my life, seemed imperiled. . It seemed to me that my life-work was \ to end abruptly and in disaster. My c earnest desire to avoid a public accusa- j; tion, and the evils which must ncccssa- v rilv (low from it and which now have re- v suited from it, has been one of the lead- v Jng motive* that must explain my action 'j during these four years with reference to ], this matter. " ? It was in such a sore nnd distressing condition that Mr. Moulton foil Ad me. , His manner was kind and conciliator}'; ? ho seemed, however, to Ih? convinced u that I had been seeking Tilton's down- h fallj that I had leagued with Mr. Ilowon w against him, and that I had by my ad- k vice come near destroying his family. I T did not need any argument orpersun- V sion to induce me to do and say any- d thing which would remedy the injury tl of which I then believed I had certainly h been the occasion if not the active r] cause. But Mr. Moulton urged that, tl having wronged bo, the wrong meant U1 his means of support taken away, ills reputation gone, nifl family destroyed, ?' and then I had done it. He assured mo tl of his own knowledge that the stories tl) which I had heard against Mr. Tilton. ai pud which I bad believed nnd repeated K* o Mr. Bojren, were ?11 false. I ww (*ruadi-J into tb? belief of wluitbebad w aid, unvl felt convicted of blunder in its in ueaneet tonu. Ho drew the picture 01 ?ci -lr. Tillon wronged in reputation, m tosition: wronged in purse, shattered in ix lis family, wbere be would otherwise w lave found a refuge, and at the same ut ime looking upon me out of bia ueep m Hutrew, while I ? abounding in riends, most popular, unu witu auipie ueans; be drew that picture?my pro?* >eritv overflowing and and abounding JUj ind ' Tilton's utter degradation. 1 itJ km most intensely excited, in- it leed, I felt that my mind was in jj longer ol giving way. i numuu .... ind down the room, pouring forth ny heart in the most unrestrained grief ind bitterness of self-uccusation, telling ? flint my idea* M ere of the obligation of ?' riendship and of the sacred ness of the 1,1 lousehold; denying, however, on inten- u< ional wrong, saying that if 1 had been 11 lie iimne, however remotely, of that UI .vhieh I then beheld, I never could for- *1 jive myself, and heaping all the blame 0 >n my own head. The case, as it then u lppeared to my eyes, wes strongly igainst ine. My old fellow-worker had In l>een diM|K>ssessed of his eminent place t< ind influence, and I hudl counseled it. ri Uisfamily had well nigh,been broken p up, and l' had advised it; his wife had p been long sick and broken in health and p liody, and J, as f fully believed it, had e been the cause of all this wreck by con- W Uuuing that blind heedlessness and u friendship which had beguiled her heart a ind hod aroused her husband into a fury n pf jealousy, although not caused by unv t< intentional act of mine. And should 1 coldly defend myself? Should I nour indignation upon ibis lady? Should 1 hold s< her up to contempt as having thrust her n iitlectiong upon me Unsought? Should 1 ii tread upon the man and his household u in their great adversity? 1 gave vent to n my feelings without measure, I dis- 8 claimed with the greatest earnestness } all intent to harm Theodore in his home 1 or his business, and with inexplicable sorrow f both blamed and defended Mrs. Tilton in one breath. IJ Thflfe is nothing impossible or improbable in this statement of Mr. Needier, considered by itself. It is only when we oouplo all his mysterious courso of con- b [luct?IiIh self-accusations, remorseful | J words, and semi-confessions?in that [j trying period of his life with the accusa- if dons and final confession of Mrs. Tilton, ? that wo feel that charity has to bo nnduly stretched in order to make out a good awe for the unfortunate pastor, who, when he in dead, tho world would c gladly believe innocent of the transgressions laid to his charge. IJeecher bore himself so bravely in the = subsequent years of his life that, innocent or guilty, the world was ready to bo very charitable at tho close of his grea^enreer, nnd may well hope, as we do, that the one person who can give full force and effect to his protestations of innocence will yet speak out in his behalf. THE WLST VlkdLMA 110031. The Clarksburg Ncun is twelve years old. The Chesapeake <fc Ohio railroad will build a new depot at C'eredo. lloat building is quite brisk at Mason City and the other boat yards down the river. Point Pleasant is negotiating with responsible parties for the location of a 1,'liw.s factory there. _ I'OlIll J'il'UNUll M iu;? liUIIUlllft lioouviirlion is doing much toward the improvement of that town. There are no w over ten miles of bridges ? )n the Ohio river road, not counting the bridge at Point Pleasant. Huntington expects to have her now street railroad connecting with Guyanilotte completed by August. Huntington will nave one square on J 1'hird avenue from Mntli to tenth street this spring, with brick, as an experiment. ti Three-fifths of all the bromine made in & this country is produced by the United States Chemical Company, of Clifton, W. Va. " k Mr. Ensign, of the Huntington car c' ivorks, says he greatlv prefers \V est Virjiniacoke to Counellsville coke at the Mime price. It. Shore, of Huntington, has secured s? the contract for building the new C. it J. ]?iss<>nger depot at the incline just ibovo Charleston. There is an abundance of good iron A >re within ten miles of Point Pleasant, lavs the Gazrttr, lying undeveloped, that f tapped and put on the market would jc u big thing to the county. Huntington parties oiler the Norfolk & Western Kail road Company free right )f way from tagan C. II., and depot iito, to extend their road down tho LJuyandotte river to that city., ( Tln'ro in talk of tho Ohio River Railroad Company building a branch road w ;hrough Ritch 10 county to Troy in Gil- in nor county, where there are said to be ionic of tho best veins of coal in the State. It it* said that the Norfolk ?Sc Western ailmad company contemplates building m extension of'its line through to the Jliio river. The McDowell l'royrm is = lopeful that this event will be consuuiuuted shortly. * The ice factory at Parkersburg is well J inder way, and before the heated sea- im ton is fairly here the citizens of that <[' own will enjoy the luxury of artificial ?/ ee at an low a rati? as the less desirable vitiiml product has heretofore been fur- k lished. K. The snw mills were all running and cs loing a nice buRiness in the way of get- 51 ing out a tine lot of lumber until the g. mow, when they laid off a few days, ci A'irt county can say that she manufacures as much and finer lumber than any c] ounty in the State.?Elizabeth Trim- c? crijtt. gj A firm from Hamilton, Ohio, will com- si nonce lis soon as the weather permits, S1 he erection of an extensive tlouring \\ uill at Point Pleasant, fitted up with w ho latest machinery and having a eapa- {{ :ity of 100 barrels of line Hour and 50 of \y oiler meal or feed per day. All the arrangements have been completed. |){ J amen M. ilensley, of llart/ort City, l'i vas to Wheeling tin: other day in attend- E, nice on the improvement convention, r allied for a discussion of West Virginia's K: esources and future development. He ?( tud intended to go to Colorado this sum- n uer, but got so enthused over West Vir- St ;inia's j>rosi>ects, that ho has determined |y o stay.?JiaciM Tribune. CI Tho J. L. Rumbarger Lumber Com- E, rnny have sold their) mill proj?erty at m )nvm mill fh? river franchise to the st Slack Water Boom and Lumber Com any, organized for operating there, si 'he principal stockholder!* of the now objuration are R. B. Currier, of Spring- p, ipld, Mass., L. II. Hamilton, of Knox- iv ille, Tenn., and A. Thompson, of Ridge- {!' ra.v, Pa, Work by the new company ? fill be begun immediately, with Mr*, 'hompson as general manager. The J tuinburuer Company still retain their , iilis at bobbin. in. Since the formation of our State, her iu ntnensc resources have been idle and ndeveloped, and capital and population ^ ave swept past us westward and south- tw ard, bccause the outside world did not wl now what we were and what we had. his studendous ignorance in regard to p> Test Virginia it is now to to Ah ispel and to let the world know that fl u? richest State in the Union is right Pero in the heart of civilization with her Ljj ches practically untouched, and to let 2:3 lem know that thev can find cheaper i?. rad better and healthier homes and can An akea living easier here, only a few 0 ours travel from Castle Garden, than 'g toy can by going a thousand miles fur- rat icr West or South. This means, if we ftu vnot mistaken, on increase of our JJJ n?ral prosperity, such as wo have nov- o i heretofore ?oeii, and if carried out, lit out tt'wt V rt'iula umoug tbe Juidg ffi.ro County 7W rifit. , The much exploited Wellaton, Ohio ,orn has collapsed, uod several parties bo whtv interested there have sold out a sacrifice and are seeking investments West Virginia. Marshall College, nt Huntington, liw >ened its spring term wan mwui ore pupils than lust action, and nearly i many more ore expected. The school enjoying audi an era of prosperity us never saw before, and under Principal odge's eontrol is destined to prosper .ore and more. Huntington. Masons are putting the uishing touches on their new hall, one f the handsomest and most commodious i the .State, it has u banquet JmJJ Jjoining, with kitchen unci all the' ecessary adjuncts. The Oraud Comlanderv K. T. will meet there., this >ring and Huntington is prepared to steml the members of that august body knightly welcome. A syndicate has secured options on a irge tract of land just adjoining C'hurles>n on the east, lying on the Kanawha ver und Kanawha & Ohio road ut the | oint where that road and the Chesn-i cake & Ohio are to connect, and pro-' o?e (o establish a rolling mill and other stems!ye industries there. Town lots ill bo sold, no part of tho purchase loney to be paid until the rolling mill j nd certain other specified improvelents are completed. The now town is1 i bo called Kanawha City. | At shout always have Acker's Babv mother at liand,' it is tho only safe ledicine vet made that will remove all lfantile disorders. it contains no opiin or morphine, but gives tho child utural ease from pain. Price 25 cents, old by J?gan & Co., C. K. (Joetze, C. Icnkemiller, II. B. Burt and Bowie Iros. U An envelope trust has been formed, ut you still have to pay cash for your outage stamps. lliirkhm'* Arnica Halve. 'in.,. tifjt Sai.vr in thu world for cuts. ruinw, norvfi, uJrern, wilt rheum, fever orc?, totter, chupped hands, chilblains, urns, and all Hkiu eruptions, and iiosiively cures piles, or no juiy required. It (guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, r money refunded. Price, 25' cents |>or ox. For sale at Logun <& Co.V dru^ tore. MAKl(IKl). OUNTRYMA N - CItA KNOCK - On Momlny, Mun-h rj. IMS. tit Uiu n?ldun<v of Mr*. Wm. (;harniH.'k, by He v. ii. F. Kaa>l<>l)>u, Mr. IIekMAN U. Col'nti.yman, of Mun'i ttJl. Ullfo, ?(lt| MIm Misxik Ciiab.viwk. of tlilw c(ty. ? Curet Onnght,OoW*. Haanraoa, Crtnp, Aathra*,B UrooclitJ*. WOMguiff Cough, InclpUnrOouiuinp. ^i-jk tlon.and irliavca cooMimpllT* Tit' rrfti r*rx>nt in ad rnneod of M rnjr I'rlroSirt4. Om-B yfh. turn, llio Cn'Uno Dr. Unit'a m H(0^4 kBo>i'5% Vjrup U pnly In B lr?irl.ll! vmpjfr*. end licwi onrl f*jr/653l> Tra'l>Jk.rk* to wMW^jfib'. A littU'nlltctU in a CI nit,a JtfU B k> vi"r ;? OiMlion-tiUI, <un! Ih? B Logan & Co. LOGAN'S ARNICA. A popular Llnlini'nt. Fell* rapidly. Just tlic iln?r tot Hhcuiuuilu tain*, Spnuna, Sore Throat, c. itiucuu. Logan & Co.'s Cough Ilalsiun. ffcctlvo, I'loaMUt. Pocs not enn*tl|wiW. Flrat??a la *11 mtpvt'to. 'Jicvnis. Siingueiaiigcs unco rowuur. Said to rival Poxxonl'*, ami only half the prica. impiefl free. GKKIUtY LIP SALVE, ALMOND FLOUIt, L1I.LT CltllAJt, ml nil tho j?optHnr Conmutlcn, Skin Soup, Ac., ton KAt.il or LOGAN & CO., Drugglitts, Bridge Corner. ,WB WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU DurT.oilet Soaps. To (IckctUh.' tho varieties we Iuito would till a iluinii. Wo have th? goods, and ean plwua you i quality au<l price. LOGArsf& CO., Druggists, Brlilgo Corner. foin "TRAVELERS1 GUIDE. \ RRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS?On and after Feb. 'X, 18SH?Ex.ANATluN OK llEKKItENCK M auks. Daily. fSllllly excepted. 1 Monday excepted. {Saturday ccopted. ISunday only.?Enutern Standard Hi*:': !?.? O. U. It.?Bast. Depart. Arrive. xpreM .?.... *.j:40 uni 10:W pm sprvM r?:45pin lOifflam unhurland Aceom...-. H:30am A:Mpm rafton Aceom 3:4.r?pm am ouudnville Aceom 12:01pm 1 Ml) put wist. xprws (Chicago nnd Col).... *9:S0am *<1:41 pm lucago Express .... ".'frWpra *0Mam Mcflgo Limited *10:00 pm *0:10 ntn )luinbuJi Aceom 12:25 pin fl0::t5 am ticitinnti Limited gll:tfpm 1.1:00 am duinbiiM A Cincinnati Ex.. 1*2:4.1 tun am ,. Ciaimvllie Aceom am fl0:35 am :. ClalrwvUie Accoin ra:00pra tl:.11pm . Clalntvlllo Aceom f.1:41pin t0:41pin Clalrxvliio Aceom T#:20pm W., P. & II. Dlv. aahlngton and Pittsburgh. *.1:00 am 9:40 am iisbiiiKtun and PittKhtirxh. tH:10 am fl2:4f? pm 'n.?hlngton and ritUhurxh. *7:nopm t<J:.V>pm ashing ton and Pittsburgh. 11:4.1pm 211:10pm a*hlngu>n f5:'J0pm fSsOOam P., r. & St. L. Ky. Ittahurgh .. t7:.11am t" :00 pm Ittaburgh and New York. .. tl :35 pm f:i:4.r? pin ItUhuigh nnd New York.... f 4:20 pm fl I am wkht. xpn<M, cm. ami St. Lou fa.. t7:.*Hpm t" :1.1am KprcM, CIn. and St. Loiiix.. fJ:0.1j>m t7:00pin sprcM, Steubcnrillo ?fc Col. t 1 :S? pm f3:4.i pm eufwnville and Dcunlaon.. N:2Upm C. & P. It. IU ttoburgh and Cleveland 10:10 am t8:47pm eubenville Aceom ?. fu :33 am t3 :4.1>m ttH., New York ?fc Chicago. tll:l" nm ft 1:32 am ellsvlllo Accommodation- t.r>:14pm trt:23pm evel'd, (ill. A IMttub'g Ex. t'2 :02 pm jS&tam O., I.. & W. 1L It. tpn*H, Cleveland. E. & W.. fl2:3."? pm f:i:0T> pm Bullion Aceom |.">:Uopin tl 1:2-1 am . Clalrovllie Aceom tS:10am t0:.V?iun . ClalrNvllle Aceom fiori'i am pm . Clalinrlllc Accoin f&O&pm t5:86pm . Clalinvllle Aceom 0:10 pm H:00pm >fal Freight and Aceom..... 3:30 pm t":30pm Ohio Itiver ltuilroiul. iwenger *7:45 am *11: 1.1 am *4:00 pm 5:15 pm etght I it.. '/.. ?t C. Railroad. Bclhlro Jk Zancftville Through lWenper loavw .'IttJrc nt #. !? a. m., arrive* nt lu iintn-nt 4 p. ra. lYixxlnfluM Powcnjier leave* llollttlrt' at 4:20 p. , arrive* nt Hcllalro at 8:3) a. in. liuininorflvld Accommodation loaves Hcllalro l.oop. m.. arrive* at Bcllalre at 10:45 a. ?n. 17I1EELING & ELM GROVE R. R.? 'V On and nfter Monday, October SI. If kin* on the Wheeling ?!L him Orovo Ilallruau 11 run as follow*; AVKWiirkmnu ::?#. m., 7:00a. m.. 9:00 a. m.. 10:00 a.m.* 1:30 m.,?::? p. in., 5:20 p. m., 7:00 p. m., 0:00 p. in. 1CIVK AT WllKKUMO PAHK : :00iu m., 7:35 a. m.. 9:35 a. ra.. 11:35 a. m.. 2:0!} in., 1:0% p. nt., 5:35 p. m., 7:35 p. m., 9:85 p. m. avkWhkkuso Park: :10 a. m., 7:15 a. m.. 10:00 a. m., 12:30 p. tn.. 0 p. ra., 4:20 p. in., (1:10 p. in., 8:00 p. in., 10:00 m. mvi at Wiirklino: :l.Sn. in., 8:3) a. in., 10:35 a. m.. 1:05 p. m.,3;05 n., 4:45 p. ra., 6:45 p. ra.. 8:35 p. in., 10:35 p. ra. USD A VS.?Leave the city at 8:00 n. m. and 1 every hour until 9:00 p. nr. Leave Wheeling k at 9 a. ra. and run every hour until 10 p. m., ept the church train, which will loavo the New Advertisements. WA X T E 0=T-GOOD 8EBVAXT Ulrl Mt ZM Cbaplfa* ttroct. I tarl.' D?- EDWABD8. FOR RENT?FROXT ROOM?SUIT- | ABLE for office, on iwcond floor In FranzhoUn'i Clock. 112J Main itreet. Inquire of A. L. UU'Y. A CO. inrl'i WAN TED-BY MARCH IK). AN Lmtjimmied Kooui, (Will furnish) for gentleman's lodging room. Address. Mating lo* ration iiud price per inontb, HUUM. tblfl office. mrli U. ^TTE.NTIOX, STOCKHOLDERS. The anuuol meeting of the stockholder* of the Wheeling Athletic Club for the election of Dlrce- j um for the ensuing year, will be held ut the , UyinxiaMiiin 011 Tuesday evening, Murcb 13,1J ut 8 o'clock. EDO Ml IULL, mri:t , Secretary. MOVED! I'iuniM Moved, lioxed and Stored, promptly * and carefully, by F. W. BAUMER & CO., tnria 1310 Market Street. JfUU SALE OK KENT. House No. 115 Fifteenth St, Containing raven room* and lurjje flnlnhed attic, hi good order. Natural aud lilumluutlug go* uud water in liotmc. For particular cull at wria* 1141 MAIN* STREET. piOK SALE. A Dcafrablo Residence, So. 2ZK Chnpllno street: luih nine room* uud bath-room, hot uud cold water: 1* hcut?d by uaturul go*. Thin property luw u frontline on Ghapllne tireet of forty feet, uud u depth from Chapliiie street to the ullcy of one hundred und twenty feet. There la u good brick Khible ou thu rcuir of the hit, For further particulars lntiulreoti tho premise* of J. W. HARTON, or of J AMES XEILL, of Neill A- KHIihIihiii. ; feil rpilE fiOLMAN Adjustable Baby Carriage. Look before you buy. When buying Ruby Carriage* be mw you go to 0. c. Gcuthcr'a and ttoo the JloJman Adjustable Habr Carriage, the best thing lu the market. Coot you uo more than any other carriage. I'uu be made Into a house carriage. crib, cradle nud sleigh. Any child large enongli to have charge of u why can make the eliange In u few seconds. Remember, they cau only be bought of O. C. Geuther, the tolo agent fur Went Virginia. frt W o. C. G KSTllEll. 1066 Afafn St. For Wedding or Anniversary Gifts. CHINA, pouimr OF JL'LY I'ICXIC. Proposals for hoMinp a IMcnle on t!ic Stafe Fair (iromnUon the 1th clay of July*- ttbs, will berccelvod by the Secretary until March 12.1888, atlil'.K. UE01M3K HOOK, nirio Secretary. Theopenlnpof the above proposals is hereby ]M>htnoite?l until Tiii'Imday, March 1ft, 188s, at 2 v. x. QEORGE IIOOK, iari:t Secretary. Some Seasonable Books! Union's t*. s. A. In Din try Tactics, leather.. ..82 2fi The American Almanac. Sttollunl X> The DuNiutlH. Frank Stockton. l'a|Hjr 60 The lMmautlH. Frauk Stockton. Cloth 7ft Taxation urn 1 Revenue Uiscus*o<l. Ilipcr.... 25 Memories of Men who .Saved the Union. Don l'iatt. 1'ai-er. ftO The. Art of lulling and linse KuniRu? 2ft The"Art of l'ltchlnn luul FloMlnp 2ft Stops, or IIow to Puuctunte. I'a|>er 2ft Our Country. Kc v. Josiab Strong, i'uper... 2ft Mr. Fatter, of Texan. Author, "Mr. BartiM," ft) Murclj and April Uterury mm rasa ion jiaganrluoH. Orders sent, off nearly every night. No trouble to evutl your* at name time, Stanton & Davenport, No. 1.7)1 MARKET ST. N. B.?Will make largo additions to our 35 rent and Mtvnt sections. mri:t J^ALL-: OF ISLAND REAL ESTATE. In pursuance of a decree of the Municipal Court of Wheeling, entered on the 2&i day of Februar)*, 1888, In the ifuit lu chancery of Henry llaer, Man-us liaer and lk-rnard Haer, partners doing business under the llriu name and style of .Simon JJaer's Sons, vs. William Morrison, KHxa Morrison, his wife, and others, the undersigned special commissioner, will, on SATURDAY, the^l-ith DAY of APRIL. A. D. 18S8, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., sell at public auction at the front doos of the Court House of Ohio county, West Virginia, being the northern entrance of siiiil Court House, the several parcels of real estate hereinafter mentioned and described. or so much thOfcof as may l>c necessary to pay oir the Ileus mentioned in said decree, that Is to say, panels numbered 1 andsituated in Ohio county, in the Statu of West Virginia, bounded aud described as follows: 1. That parcel of gronnd situate on Wheeling Island in baulel Zanc's addition to thu city of Wheeling: lleglnuing at the southeast corner of lot So. 10; tficnce running south fifty* feet on an alley named alley; thence west HJO feot to Huron street; thence north with wild Huron street 115 feet to the southwest corner or lot So., 13; thence along the south boundary lines of ' lots 13. i t atid l.'i, 1117 feet to thu place of beginning, being the same property which was conveyed to Leandcr C. Reed, truHtee, by lender C. Heed and wife, by deed dated July Hi, 187:1, and of rocord lu the oillcc of the Clerk of the County Court of Ohio county, In Deed Hook CI, page 12. 2. Lot numbered one hundred and nine (109), situate on mo corner cam ?>? ? ?? and south of Delaware Mrect, In Daniel Znne's addition to Nild city of Wheeling, on >} heeling Ihlmid, Ohfo county, being 40 feet in front on South Huron street, nnd extending 120 feet on Kuid Delaware street, nnd being the> mme property conveyed to wild Willliini Morrison by James S. Mitchell nnd wife, by deed dated the ? day of March, A. 1>. 1882, and duly of record in Ohio county land record*. Tkkmh of Balk.?Ono?thlru of the purchase moncr Mid ?< much more Mtho purchaser may elect, cosh In hand: the remainder In two equal Installment#, j?ayublerespectively. in nix month* , and one your from day of sale, with interest from that day. ths purchaser to give bin negotiable iiroml^Mirv noted for the deferred Installments: 1 nnd the title to be retnlued to secure the |?ayraent of the tame, and ?>f the interest which may accrue thereon, until the whole of the purchaso money with intercut bus been paid. lihOlUih II.CAIiD^kLL, 1 J. C. Unnvr.v, special Commissioner. Auctioneer. i I certify thut bond nnd security has been Riven by the said special commluiouer ns required by mild tivcroo ami by Uw. c ? TII0Mra0N, Clerk of mild Court. March 12.1w. mrl.'t-ni IJIRUSTEE'S SALE. Ilr virtue oln deed of trust made by John 0. Itclnacher and I<oulsa Rvlnnclicr. hit* wife, and Simon Larnhart, Jr., and Magduleua Urn hart, his wife, to me n* trustee, elated December loth, in the war lsii, and recorded In the oiltae of the Clerk of the County Court of Ohio county. Went i Virginia. In deed ot trust book No. Ill, folio 411.1 will cell at public auction, at the north front door of the court House of mid county, in the , City of Wheeling, ou MONDAY. THE lf.th DAY OK APRIL, A. D. 1888, commencing nt 10 o'clock A.v., the following doscribed property, or so much thereof us may bo necessary to pay the debts secured by said deed of trust, ami (lie expenses niiuiiuuig um ciccuHon of tliu truMt created by suld deed.the said property InsInK situate in the City of Wheeling, in (?hli> county, In the State of West VJrviriin. ' that 1* to say, uiwl bounded and described as follows: Commencing lit a point eight hundred nnd twenty-seven (827) feet and cignt (K) inches from the northwest corner of North Huron nnd , New Jersey streets, said corner being formed by ' the oxtenilon of the wild New Jersey street to the west chininel of the Ohio river, a* lndicnte<| In the private plat of John P. Gilchrist in a contemplated addition to the city of Wheeling, not acknowledged nor recorded on August 2!, 1882, the*ald point being the northwest corner of the wild New Jersey street extended und Vine street, as indicated in the said private plat of wild John P. Gilchrist; thence parallel with wild North Huron street, and at right angle* with Mild New Jersey street, in a northerly direction aliout four hundred and three (4Ut) feet to a point on the |jne of George Cillas; thence, by the lino of the "l Mid t'lllas, to tho west channel of the Ohio river; J thence, by the wild west chsnnelof tho Ohio river, In a southerly direction to the said New Jersey street; thence, by the north side of said strict, in au easterly direction to the place of beginning. The property hereby Intended to lie convoyed Is designated ns Square fi In wild private pJ/d ot John P. Gilchrist, and J* the junto property granted and conveyed by John P. Oil* i cbrlst and wife to the said John G. lteluachcr \ and Hltnon Larnhart. Jr.. by dcod dated August 23, 1882, and recorded among the public hind record* of said county in deed book No. 73, folio 11. i Term* of Sale?Ono-third of the purchase money aud ns much more as the purchnner nisy 1 elect to pay, cash iu hand, the baluncc In two equal Installments at one and two years respectively from that day, purchaser to give his negotiable promissory note fors each of the deferred payments, liearlng Interest from the day of sale, t and the title to the property sold to bo retained as security for the payment of Mid notes and tho interest which may accrue thereon, until tho payment of tho whole of the purchase money, with interest Is paid. GEOKGE I). CALDWELL, Trustee. t .1 C. IIkiivky. Auctioneer. mrl.1 I r bJ | Mj SrpfllTrBWBWJ^^B 11 Ceo. E. Stifel & Co. Geo. G. Stifel, & co. [ We have this day placed on sale our Large and Elegant Line of SPRING WRAPS, OOSdLSTIHli or Ottoman & Velvet PelerineS BEADED WRAPS, Tailor-Made JACKETS! Of ILUTU AJU JtiHStl, In all the Latest Shados and Styles OUR SILK, Velvet, Plush and Dress Goods Departments are now more complete than ever, having added all the newest styles and latest shades in Plain and and Morie Silks, Plain and Novelty Plushes, Velvets and Dress Goods. OTJIR, New line of French Satines received, and we are now able to show the largest and. most complete assortment in both shades and styles, in the city. GEO. E. STIFEL & CO., 1114 Main Street. = mria J. S. Rhodes & Co. ^ J. S. RHODES & CO. Special Sale ?or? TableLinen < 25 PER CENT Less Than Regular Price ( M Inch Henry Cream Damiuk nt 35 rent*. AH Inch Heavy Cream Dumaak, Good grade, 44c. .VH Inch Heavy Cream Dumaak, better grade, V 50 cento. ft 00 Inch JleaTjr Cream Dainnnk, extra flat, * ami 75 cent* 68 Inch Full Moachcd Damwk, at 60 cont*. GS Inch Full lllcached Daimmk, oxtra bargain, at 7ft couta. Two Eitra Drives In Bleached Napkins. 75j)oicn Kxlra Ilcary % Napkins at tl 50. 1UQ Dozen Extni Heavy Full % Sapklai, 91 SB. . Complete Assortment of Towels, Spreads, Ac. J. S. RHODES & CO ( fei4 Architect. _ M. F. GIESEY, " P Architect and Superintendent, ^ Plana and Spwlfloatlona Furnlabtd for Churches, School Houses, rl Residences, Stores And Public Buildings. OF ALL PKCRIPTIOH8. f S?"8peclal attention glron to He Ueatimr. Ventilation And Sanitary Plumbing. Wheeling Bakery. ? rjNE THOUSAND POUNDS ^ ?orFine Fruit Cakel r Now Roadj- and for mle bj / WHEELING BAKERY CO. _ 1230 Market Street. ^ Art roar Orocer for Puicnkc Flour. dilJ ' c Pictures and Art Materials. piCTURES FRAMED a th? BEST STYLES of tha art Prie?low,?t jB HICOLL'8 ART STORK, xart 1X2 Mark?l Start. . Ceo. R. Taylor & Co.?Dress Goods. iE0.R. TAYLOR SCO. * Will open and place on sale this morning another shipment of their NEW FOREIGN I Dress Goods * And invite an early inspection of the Choice Lines now ready. THIS SHIPMENT EMBRACES MANY FrenchNovelties. ai : In Both Texture and Colorings, all of Which CAN BE RELIED UPON AS BEING THE VERY LATESTI GEO. 8. TAYLOR 4 CO., 1150 MAIN STREET. Furniture, Carpets, Etc.?C. Mendel & Co. WORTH LISTENING TO! Indeed it is. Tho story ifi being told about tlio completeness and ( linrtrtmtsa of mir Beautiful Spring Stock I Enthusiasm over it knows no bounds. It pleases everybody. Ecstatic exclamations greet the oar, and all aro eager to proclaim the fact that tho Quality, Styles and Prices Havo no equal. Wo know it and fool proud of it. To"that ond we bend all our efforts, and tho result is eminently satisfactory. Call and see us before tou buy JARPETS, RUGS, LINOLEUMS, OIL CLOTHS, 3arlor& Bed-Room Suites, fancy chairs! Or anything in our lino, wo Know mat wo can saimiy you. ? w GREET YOU CORDIALLY, Anil permit you to make a critical examination of our stock and comparison of prices before buying. Ufis^Undertaklng aid Arterial Embalming a Specialty. . i'. Dr. Mendel & Co., NO. 1124 MAIN STREET. lumblng, Gas & Steam Fitting. Contractors and Builders. 1e0. Hibberd & son, , BELTZ, FLADING & CO. 8aoc*Mon to Thompson A Illbbard, _ ... ? Contractors and Builders, PRACTICAL frtlmatM KurnUhad on Work of all Daaorlp[ambers, Gas & Steam Fitters, UANUFACTUREBS 0? BRASS FOUNDERS, DOORS, SASH AND FRAMES, flPECIALTIES.?Natural Gaa Bnpplioa, Steam laUug anfl Ventilation. dealim in 1314 Market Street, Lumber, Lath, Sliinglos, &c. WHKBLIXO, W. Vl. Wflpeclal attention flron to 8TAIII WORK. ? We havo engaged a flr?t-cla?* Dcslgnor, and WAU work promptly don? at most reason- makua?|?Tiulty of Modern mid ArtUUo Store le prices, royitt and Ofllce Furniture and Interior Doooratlons of all description*. ^ 0 ' <)FflC? AMD FJLCTORT, practical ^or. Nineteenth & EoffStr.Bt?. lumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters, Jewelry, Watches, Etc. NO. 63 TWELFTH ST. 10 TO 25 PER CENT. Ill work dono promptly at reaAonableprleo*. n i j n t\ * Reduction of Prices! CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS In ordcf to make room for New Spring Good!, knh/<&Q Dfl?? Ha*? An we will offer our entire Stock of Fine Imported 'Illy $0 UU rGr Dozen cuina nllMluc Figut*, clocks, Brontei, Fin# lirnnrv&t nmx?i?v Umps, Onyx, Table*, Pedestals, Gold and Silver lllUUl.in UAM.t^tl, Watches, Diamonds, aud all Brlc-a-Brac floods So. <2 Twelfth fltfMt. "??w??P"?nfc aucuon. . LL kinds OF " I. G. DILLON & CO., L PLAIN AND FANCY JOB WORK ,Urf&*?iKSSS<SS&I?. JEWELERS. V'c?. ? and J7 Fourteenth J93S MA11IUCT MTUKET. J?30 Stockholders' Meeting. j^otTCE. TL? annual mMtlngt of tb# Stockholder* and Mrectorvof the Wheeling & llarrtibury Hallway .'ompanv of Weft Virginia. will be held at the ouiuany'soffice. No. lit!Chapllnestreet, W liming. ?. Vn., UD Tumday, the UUi day yI March, At 10 O dock A. M. BW H. II CCH'HRAN*. It?Menf Auction Sales. A UCTION' SALE-! WILL UFi'EK LX. at public auction on Tbunduy, tbc 15th lay of lurch, lfeM, at 10 o'clock x. u.. at vi Sixeeuth struct, tho following Household Coodi, o-wlt: Four Bedroom Sets, six Urum-l* Carpets, i Flu* I'urlor Suit, Kxtcuslon Table and IMnlng ooiu Furniture, lot of Chlnuware, bookcase, silverware, ouc Film Kitchen Kunge, etc., ?tv , be above good* being all new. \\. n. HAl.LLR, mriV Auctioneer. U/onfaH VV A XT KD?STOGIE MAKERS. tt Ntaady work. AddrvM A. ?t II. Lamitox, hshland, Ky. mrli WKNTRH MEN to sell our ("roods in ohlu unniuU"~tttui mijoluliiK comities. Will pay nnxl salary r.ud ull expense*. Write for tortiu tnd ktute aalarr watitud. HI.OAN Si CO., Manufacturers. 'JW Goorgw strwt, Ciuolunatl, Ohio. ap'Jfrrrlm \17ANTED?TO EXCLIANliE-CHl T CAUO Helu'hU, addition to thu City of roiKdc*. Kuiua* U IIOW plMltcil. Will exehantju Iota In thl* addition for farm land* in ull Central, Southern and Western Statea; uUo exchniujw for Merchandise. To|>uka is tlyi most prostHiroiu mul thriving city In thu Went; and Chicago LlciuhtN Is ono of thu tluiHit addition* to thu city. For particular* addre** It. II. llUOtiK A CO., general Agents. Topeka. Kansas. fc-.T General Notices. announcement; I. the undcwlgnod, ilo horehy announce my elf a caudidnto for tho uoinination Fou SiiHim y of tho County of Ohio, Wort Virginia, subject to all Democratic rules. fo* JOHN RODRECIIT. IsTOTICE.' I haro this day admitted Mr. H. II. DUNLKVY as a purtnur In tho Union I'lanlng Mills. w. A. WILSON. SUOCOMMr to UuIlCS & Wiliutl. Mabcu I, lsss. Tho undvndgnod will oj>erato tho Union Planing Mill*, and manufacture every dencriiitlon of l'lanlug Mill Work on Hhorl notice, ut low j.rk ? ?. Wo havo a large stock of Lumber, Lath, ShliigUw, Ac., to which wo Invito tho uttentlon of the trud? and public gvncmlly. It will bu to thu interest of those who contemplate building to gut our price* Itoforo making contracts. In oonmvlion with tho above we will al*ocontinue to otiKago iti manufacturing Null Koj;? utid (Joneml Cooperugo. Wo ho|>o to merit a share of itubllc pairoiinj;# hy paying strict attention to busiuuns and ths needs uf our customers. WILSON & DUNLEVY, mr3 Oflliv. cm Main Strwt. For Rent. ? I^jwiTluTs T ? 'l'l IE ^WKLUS i : 1 lou ho. No. imi Main street, at present occu plod by Mr*. lienry Horkhelmor. lWes?lou given April 1. Apply to It. PALXKl.l,. dels For rent?dwelling house No. 1113 (Jhaplliie street, formerly omiulud by Dr. Dickey. Possession given at oncu If do?rred. WM. L. NciilAlb. dc8 UttHS Market Street. For rent?1the desirable new dwolling house, 111(1 Chapllno street, nt present occupied by John 11. McLaln; natural gas, hot and cold water throughout: all modsru convenience*. Enquire ol W. 1'. 1IAC11MAM, No. 28 Eleventh street. JuU "pqr rent. Two SIz-roomod House* on tho Inland, 812 (X). Two Largo Houses on Flftcouth street. Four Largv Rooms lu Daily's Illock. II. FQRDE6, mrlO . 1112 Chapllno Street. yor rent. Tho fitoro-room, No. M Twelfth street, In Wiudilngtou Hall lSuildlng, now occupied by Win. II. Sbclb. Possession given April 1,1888. J. V. L. RODQKR8, Secretary Washington Hall Association, Jnl . _ 1209 Main Street. j1 or rent. A Now Threo-story RusIncM Ho tine, 100 feet doop, to bo oreeted at 10C7 Main street. If leased uow tlio renter's views could bo consulted regarding plan of bulldlug to Ih) erected. Ja2 JAMK3 1.. 11 AWI.KY. For Sale. OR SALE oiritKNT?TIIH DES1KAHI.K m DwelllUK IlutlM', No, SW N. York street, Island, now owned by Lewis Jones: nntural gas, hot and cold water throughout. Inquire of JOHN U. IiKKUKK, No. 1101 Main street. mnl For sale?a two-story brick Dwelling, containing store-room and the dwelling rooms, good cellar, all Iii good condition; a good place for a lively business man. For particulars Inquire of nir7 C. A. PrHAKFKR A ro. JpOR SALE. No. I General Store And a Fovon-Roomed Dwelling. Desirable location; old established trade. A rare opportunity. Address LOCK BOX No. Kt, fcM ? . , Wheeling. W. Vn. "ffor sale low. Farm of 2*?7 Acres within two miles of firstclass station on II. & O. Italirnad, loo acres under cultivation. iuul;thu residue lu uucullud tlmlier, oak, [K/iiluruud walnut. W. V. HOOK .t 111(0., fcM i:H>? Market Strait. | gTOOKS FOR SALE. # Shares Bison Glass Company. 2!i Share* Lallello Nail Mill. 20 Shares lienwood Nail Mill. 25 shares Junction Nail Mill. lo Shares Peabody Insurance Company. Also, For Kent, u two-story llrlck Dwelling, with 8 rooms, No. 2210Chapllnestreet, ami a twostory llrlck Dwelling, with 1U room*, on .South Front street, Island. I. IltWIN. Agent, fe22 No. 24 Twelfth Str?wt. JfOIi SALE. A two-story Frame Ilotuo nnd half aero lot. one tnile wcHt of Bridgeport, Ohio, on National Ho ml. House contains seven rooms and summer kitchen, a good stable and all necessary outbuildings; plenty of cholco fruit on pseuds**; cheap and on amy tor inn. Alwi, a good two-story llrlck Dwelling IfouM on Month Huron street, Wheeling Island. Also, several tine farms for Nile. It. T. HOWELL, ' Insurance and Heal Estate Agent. feia llKIDCIKfOIIT. OHIO. FOR SALE. Wo offer for Rile al>out 45 Acres of I-nn<l Jmt cam of tho Court Houso, Moundsville, W. Va., on which la a largo dwelling house and outbuildings, fruit trees, shrubbery, ?to. This land 11m so that flvo of tho princl|>nl i street* extend through It. This laud will l>e sold as a whole or in parcoU I to suit the purchasers. Terms easy. AUo, about roitTT Building Lota adjoining same. Inquire of J. W.(.ALLAHKit. JOllS M. Tl Jt.NBIL II. W. lll'NTKK. . t, mrl Moundsville. W. Va. J FOR SALE. ) (24) Twentjr-fonr lots in Cnltell'i) Addition to tho City of Wheeling. Raid Lota uro bounded on the north by Twentyninth street, on the east by Fillmore street, < ? the south by the llandlan Homestead, aud on the went by tho B. 4 0. R. It. . Their proximity to the above named rniirnati render* thein excellent altwi for manufacturing establishment*. , If not void in thirty days will bo wld at publie auction. , For terms andjurther Information apply W. V. HOOF. A Vita, 1300 Market Street, Or William M. Hanm.an. , anlf> 8. W. Cor. ChapHno A FIxtecnthMs^ Steamship Tickets. QCEANPAS3AUE TICKETS. Ocean Passago TIckoU To or From Europe, By American, German, English, French and Dutch Steamship Linea. Flrot, MM-nnil ruiI thlnl flaw tlcioM ?<?? 1 ?n" olb?r ".vktikkns- officii. '/JI- M?rk?-l Comnuinlrat!^ Removal. j^emovalT^ The Mutual Baring Itonk Lm rcmowl rt,m No. 41 Twelfth itmt, offlwi of lnd?rwrii?? In?uranc? Co., to tho new ofllce* of *?0# Company, it No. lift) Main ?tmc, U?l JlWr tbov? tb? Exdutig# Bank.