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Nothing Els We have volumes ofevi is the only permar Bloc 1 Buffered for flvo years with tl worst form of blood poison, durii which tlmo I was at* tended by the bent phyv sloiuns I could And, nnd ^ rt1 tried numbers of proprio- A tary medicineswithout AC any benollclal results. I E continued to grow worse Is as near -II *Ut? limn nntll mv wholo system was do- I pU3S,mo ,WI stroked by tho vllo dis- | In the cure case, my tonguo and throat having g rent holes caused by it THE SWIFT 8 cari'i:th-s WELL """ THE McKlNL Has Scared Lots of People, ders In tho Buying; ol CAR] Owing to me ugmno withstanding tho advanc was bought at tho old prl on a great many Carpet DON'T F03CEJ-, we ca Oil Cloth, Mattings, Wine stocks cf any two hous A MISTA Some people Imaglni Store our stock of Cai wo say, COME AND SE that we are the Carpet! Stone <S The old or young whcs do not suit, can consult tested for Glasses wlthou Optician, at Lash's Jewelr streets. The only excluslv fclO-TThMW GEO. E. ST1FEL & CO. New Arrivai OF SPRING] NOVELTIES ^-DAlLY.-? Must Have Room to Displ; HENCE WILL OFFER GREAT BARGAIN IN Winter Good OF EVERT BISCBIFTIOX. Geo. E. Stife & CO. Np. 1114. Main Stroot. EGGKU, WARRICK Jfc CO. STOCKTAKING is over, And wo found our stock too lar/ and wo must have more room for c Spring Goods, which are common Ing to arrive, and the large bi will bo In In about three weeks. We havo piles of odds and en that must bo closed out at a price In tho next Thirty Days, vail yourself of tho opportun and get a slice. No reserve. SEW SPRING WASH Dress Goods New Henrietta^ ill Colors. Kew SljlUli DrewPlaMs. REV EBBROIDERIES ADD FLOUNCII New Torcbon laces. fit are Almji Ready to Show 6o< Cheerfully, anil Invite Insptetlon. egger, warrick & el 1132 Main Street. , >e Will Do It. dence to prove that S. S. S. tent cure for contagious i d Taint. 1011 then commenced taking Swift's )g I Specific (8.8.8.), and in a few months I wan entirely cured,and ? ^ great modioino JS p fr do I attribute my rooovery. This was over eks <Q two y?ar8 ?B?? and * 3*3211 have had no return or infallible as it is auy effccts of tbo dis. n iA hA ease since, and my a medicine to lie (kln is toJoy M smooUl of Blood poison, {ig anybody's.?-William Bowers, Covington, 0. I S3T Books on Blood sad Skin Disuses free. PECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ca. TOXi; & THOMAS. ! WELL! EY TARIFF BILL CASH. CASH has Worked Wonr Our Now Sprlnsr Stock of PETS! 39 of the money market (hotel our Spring Stock of Carpets ces for Spot Cash. Our prices s will bo LOWER THAN EVER, rry more Carpets, Linoleums, low Shades than the combined es In the city. KEN IDEA! 3 because we arc a Dry Goods rpets Is Incomplete. To those IE, and you will bo convinced Store of th's city. sThomas. >e eyes need attention, or Classes and have their eyes scientifically t charge by PROF. SHErF, the y Store, corner Main and Eleventh b Optical Department in the State. GISO. ?t. SNOOK & CO. sGRENADINES AND DRESS ITS I ? _1 We know 'lis early to talk abont Summer Dresses, bat tbe Strikingly Handsome Styles of Grenadines and Eels now oa display have proren too tempting to be carelcs'ly tbrnst aside, as iy, witness our many sales of tbese at tbis season of tbe year, while onr stock is set replete wilb tbe S Latest fioveities?Hovelties tbat cannot be obtained later. s SEW SPRING CLOAKS ARRIVING DAILY. GEO. M. L SNOOK SCO. -a , . M. J. McFADDEX. G Special Sale OF =SHIRTS! ilk d? Flno White Shirts, my own make, warranted pure Llnon e? Bosoms, made douole in front My and double In back, with Patent Facings in ba k.shouldors and sleeves. Is double sewed In all -teams, and every Shirt isguaranteod to Fit. Price only 50c, Cenulno Jersey Overshirt?, warrantod to not shrink, rei I duced from 75 to 50c, ) [ Extra heavy Dark Cloth Overshirts, won't shrink, roduced from SI to 50c. Extraflnecloth double breast Shirts, fast colors, and won't shrink, roducod from $l to75c. inc Boys' Coed Cloth Shirts, well made, won't shrink, reduced from 75 to 60c. 1 Underwear Below Cost. * M. J, McFADDEK! | One-Pries Hatter and Pamlsber, j ' J 1820 and 1322 Market Street, t Icie 0??. OPERA HOUSE, WUKKLJNO, ? f Ijg gnfoiliflenm. \ Oitlcic Ko?. U.liitul ?7 Fuiirtia?iitliHtr<iet. ^ New Advertlaementi. Grand Oj*ra Houft?A Crizf Lot?Fourth . German American lu&urance Co. Hnr<ly Nur?t?ry ntoci. For Rnle-Fiiltcl*M House. Special Notice-KJobo Brewing Co. 1 6tolen-T. c. Burke. \> jiu?* aud uecor?ied China?Swing Biol. 1 ForHale-NuittiU A Devtiic. < Arl?to Aitoyraplu-HlKulm' Gallery. C. Homer Wells, Architect. I Op tie i DHjiartmi'Ui-1. G. Dillon Jt Co. 4 FuruinlJi'.l Kooaifl. ' For N*lc-Engine and Boiior. Portrait Frawva? E. u Stcolt. SMXUL IUKOAI.NS Tu clone our nliitor weights and make room fur bill' Incoming spring stock. flrstn'luH work no a III uuarunti't il, AI>o Imrgalus iu I'odfrneur auil Half How. J'" ? linn !?.?#< If SllK? I UUI lliu I'CKViUll u ??vw ??- ? ponder fur comfort and durablHly. C. HISS ti SOX'S, Merchant Tailors uud (Jftits IVrnlsbPre. 1321 and 1823 Market Street. IK tou cnunot nee and need spcctacio* roa t.'iuulJ call on us and hnro jourfcjet tested without cliaree. We have the < IIiivhI ln.-tlrumenlH anu more experience than any other Optician In the Slate, and ;>uaranteu suturtctlon or monejr refunded. J A toil W. UKUlill, Joirelerond Optician, V?r. Twelfth nod Market Street*. Thermometor ltecord. The thermometer ut Schnepf's drag store, Opera House corner, yesterday, registered as follows: 7 a. in 31 I 3 p.m ? - 66 y a. -to 7 p. m 52 1*2 in. to I \\ eather?Fair. ;iu(iicntioiiN. Washington, Feb. 23.?For Western pennsylvania. Weal Virginia, anil Ohio, warmer, >outberly winds, cloudiness and rains Tueidaj evening. LOCAL BKKVITH& Matters of Minor Moment lu nnd About the City. Tji k i.a Hello pottery resumed work yesterday. I The Wliltalcur iron works has resumed lu I fart. Wood Ubos/ planing mill is again in opera* turn. Tun Gr.kso this oveniag-Beach & Bowers' minstrel*. Yenmniv u?** anothur line day for drying wot things. Woiik was started double turn lu the I'pper Riverside b*r mill yesterday. I It is about time to call attention to tbc fiat failure of the ground hog as a prophet. In order to repair u broken cruue, tbo Top mill sheet department whs idle yesterday. Woiik began yesterday on tbo foundation .for the addition lo the Notth Wheeling Hospital. It was Eureka Ixxlgc g. u. o. 0. f. which ofllciated at Capt. 11am Davis's funeral on Sunday. The I.insly Institute students' paper. Tin r.tii* v Echo, will make Its first appearance this week. Tin: Vigilant engine was engaged yesterdsy pumping out tbc cellar of tbc Island school home. F. T. Snr.AUKH yesterday qualified as a notary public, and gavo bond with J. 1\ Kogers as surety. Mybtlu I.ykwooo's house of ill fame was pulled last night, bis women and four men were arrested. The Kimmons property sold to August Brldenstela by Heal Estate Agent Ilaller Is oa Middle' Wheeling creek Instead of the Dig creek. Bomb attractive paper la displayed aunounc leg "The Oyr\v Baron" at the Opera House, uuirrtuy evening, by the Coureld Opera Co. The Terminal Company be-gan on Sunday driving tbo piles along the north side of the Creek cast of the Market street br'dge for tbo retaining wall. Mrs. Haiiky Knhu:, of Twenty-ninth street, was bitten painfully by u do* which she tried to part from another with which it was fighting Both dogs were litr own. Dr. Schwlnu dretsed her wound. The ladies of tho A. M.E. church oncned a bazaar and fair la the Second Ward Market hall laxtuveulng, which will run till Friday evening. Lust evening a Washington tea party was the liiBJait will and testament of Jane Hughes, demised, wan yesterday admitted to nrobate and ordered to be recorded. James Boycott miHllflvd w executor, giving bond la the sum ol |6W, with John Walford an surety. I'llB Kent* Hantley Co. had two large hou?e* at tbo Grand yesterday and laNt night, and the crowds were fairly well eutcrtalued, though the performance Is xnr from great. The Company leit last night for the West. "UnclkHibam" had only a fair crowd at the Opera House la#t night. The performance ia full of good thing*, but they are rather incon gruoua; nevertheless the play Is very enjoyable, ibero not being a dull minute from curtain to curtaiu. The band and orchwtra is tine. Hkltz, Fi.adi.vo a Co. are preparing to make exteiudvoadditions to their planing mill, which will increase it* capacity about one-fourth. They will put a third story ou their engluo room, nut In an elevator and erect a law new drying hoii?e. The improvemenw will cost about 14,000. Tub meeting continue with Increased intercut and profit at Kvaio eli?t.'c ball, which wan filled last night to overflowing. .Mr. C. W. Pawyer and Zad Vogcl. the commercial traveler from New York, held the fort, and the practical and com moil aente talks were received with good effect. Theso meetings coutinuu nightly except Wednesdays. AC0UT1WLE. Strangers la tlie City find Wheeling Foil, t Abroad. Mr. Kd Bocklng lr lying very 111 at his rooms on Chaplice street. Mr. John U. Hobbs is able to hcoutaftsra severe attack ot nines*. Mr. W. 8. Meek is out agalu after a painful siege with rbeurrntlsm. SUlTiU ?<liurt?.ti II. .UUICI, U1 .UfttUUBUUVg, ?u at the McLurc ) csterday. T. L.- Itobiusou mid M. Christopher. of Bcthauy, arc At the McLurc House. John IIowcll, janitor of the City Building, in laid tip with an attack ol bronchitis. Mr. J. Nelson Vance,Jr., and Miaa Mary Vance left ycjstcrday aftcrnoou for Colorado ciprlnRH, Col. L. 1). Pclllker. of rarkersburg, clerk of the Uuitcd butts Circuit Court, la at the Hotel tfludsor. I J. II. l'arkcr, of Clarksburg, and L. W. Bartlett. J of BucUbannon, leglstered at the Suinm House yeatcrday. 1 Mrs. A.J. Fweeney and Miss Faille Fweeney, of \Vbceliug, W. Va , are guests of friends in this city.?WaiHinoton, Pa., Journal. , Mr. James Clark, manager of the Toronto pot- . tery and formerly the Warwick China works, In ' down on a brkif visit to his family lu North < Wheeling, I ?- ?- | AT TtiKWATKES. ? ;Rrncli & Iluuem's Minstrel*. This evening this famous minstrel com pan v will commcncc a two nights' engagement at the Grand. This company is said to glvo a firstda'* performance, and those desiring seals 1 should secure them at Weir's without delay, na 1 the house L sure to be crowded to tho doors. , TIi? Wlfn" Coiplng. Of "The Wife," 10 be given at tho Opera Houso I t vmorrow evening, the fan Francisco J'ort says: . The Wife" mtidc a lilt last night beforo the 1 most Uablonable audience that baa be?fii *t the < ItaUlwln for months. Tho play has beencloverly constructed, splendidly mounted, and ia a produi tl- n of the highest class. The company Is the clcvercst in America; so clever, in fact, that > they could tako fho "Congressional Records" 1 audmako tliciu act splendidly. It U a liberal , education iu stage art to see Ihee), gweriUU Concert To-night. ] The Swedish Quartette Coueart Company will be greeted by a nice audience to night at the Youtiit Men's Christian Association bulldi'g. .nfi.klxil flmrlca A Mln.rin ?if-wt I tenor; Henri Push, ?econd tenor: a. Kniil koox, Iwrliouo; II. W. Weroerberg. basso; Mi>s Vlila J. Kkoog, accompanist: Mini I.ura Harder, reader. The ,oung men will appear clad lu the plcturesquo coftmoe* o; tfceir nativo country. Hh; music rendered by them la 01 unws^al ex* ifllemv. Mlw? Harden, the reader, la always a favorite, the has a line prcaonce. a clear, sweet and, at the same time, full, rich voice. f ' Thieves Again. Friday night thieves entered the resi* deuce of Joseph Emreihn, in theKigbth ward, and stole a watch. Several thieves attempted to gain an e ntrance to Christ Hoffman's house, in Fulton, recently, but were /lightened off by Inmate*, Mr. Morrison, living on Twenty.flfth utreet, had an overcoat stolen from his \ hallway by a sneak thief. g i llrok? Ilia Thigh. c While 9 fourteen-year-old son of Wil- c liam A. lirandfapo, of McColIoch street, c was working at the Central Glass Works 8 reaterday evening, a "jack" brick fell on 8 bis thigh, breaking it. Dr. Ackerman t A Os called and reduced the fracture. From a no LIc?bm Town. Washington, Pa., Reporter, 0 Roes Thompson killed a snake on the 7 17th Instant on bis (arm in West Beth - 11 ehem township. Snakes have pnt in " heir appeawnce near Washington also. , lobn Devitt, R?a?er for the S. W. P. P. ' - Company, saw ono last week, while it work in tils district. Snakes am not mially aeen Is this part of the country a February. a rheKlectrlc Light "munilulon Send* for an iCxp?rt. A fully attended meeting of the Elecric Light Commission was held last evening, at which the first action yet aken that makes real progress toward ?ecuring on electric lighting system was Aken. Chairman Farrell laid before the members a long letter from John A. Keeley, an expert electrical engineer, General Manager of the Complete Electrical Construction Company, of New York City. Mr. Seeley having learned of the intention to erect an electrical light plant here, oilers to come here, prepare plans and specifications and do the work of setting up the machinery and building and installing the system for 15 per cent of the contract coet, he to pay for all labor on the construction; or he will prepare plans and specifications, let tho Commission do the conatruction and pay for tho work of conBtruction, he overseeing the work and Kuaranteeiog that it is done right, for 5 per cent of tun cost. The cornDanv Mr. Seeley represents baa j>nt up thousands of light* in plants now in successful operation in all parts of the country. After a veiy funeral talk over the proposal, it was resolved to propose to Mr. Seelev that he come here, examine the situation, and prepare the plana and specification?, his compensation to be as proposed by him if the pystero ia built, otherwise to be as agreed upon between him and the committee before he goes to work. Mr. Farrell was instructed to write to Mr. Seeley at once, enclosing a copy of the resolution, and requesting an answer by telegraph Ht once. Mr. Farrell said he would get the letter ofl on the midnight trair. A Stw WvrMiuuvu. The Council Committee on City Prison last night estimuted on its need' ed revenues for the year. A new wooden house was talken of, to cost $2,500, the idea beiog to take the old abanty to break stone in. The other estimated ex penses aggregated $5,000. List yeai this committee ssked for $5,000 in all, and was allowed $4,500. The committee also recommended the payment of bills aggregating ?9G 03. The superintendent of the prison re ported that there was a great lack ol sleeping accommodations, and twelv< men were sleeping on the floor withou ticks or covers. Action in this mattei was deferred till the disposition oi Coun cil in regard to a new building is ascer UHUCUi To Grant a IMllttrtl Llcenar. The Committee on Claims nnil Re monstrances Just night decided to rcc ommend to Council that a license bi granted Hamilton Davis to run a billian room at his cofleo house at 1043 Marko street. Davis is dead, having died siuc< the petition was referred to tho commit tee, but his partner will run tho place Is II? Unjimlly luiprlftoued? The man W. i\ Jones, arrested on f charge preferred by David O'Brien, o stealing $11, and sent to Jail by Squirt Davis, is still in jail, although it is now believed he is innocent. Yesterday i man representing himself as O'Brier stopped at tho jail door and yelled in tc tho jailer to let Jones go, as he bar found his money all right at homo. 0 course Jones cannot be released on i statement like this. The facts iu the case will be investigated. If Jones iti innocent, it may be a little hard foj O'Brien*. The First Train. The first through passenger train or | tho C. & P. road between Bellaire ant' 1 Pittsburgh since last Wednesday was No 140 yesterday morning. It was well fillet with passengers and arrived in Pittsburgh not over a half hour late. All trains ran regularly yesterday. Tho W. & L. K. Itond. The Wheeling A Lake Erie Railroad was ranning trains regularly between Toledo aud Rush Kun yesterday, the track between Portland and the lattei place being all right. A largo force ol men are at work on tho road at different points above Kush Kun. Heavy Lobs Up the Klvor. The loss sustained by the Hash Kun Paving Brick Works is about ?3,000. Col. David Kankin informed an Intelligencer reprefientativo last evening that the works would resume to-day. The Chelsea China Works, at New Cumberland, lost SS.000, and the Thompson Pottery, at East Liverpool, $3,500. The Visitor* from Massachusetts. The members of the Massachusetts Legislature whoso arrival was chronicled in yesterday's Intklljuencek, spent the day in a tour of the city, visiting the office of the City Gas Trustees, and then inspecting tho gas works. Mayor Seabright aud other officials showed tho gentlemen around. The distinguished party left on tho 0:20 train in tho evening for the East. TU* Holiday Uuob??rved. The banks were all closed yesterday, the day being a legal holiday in lieu of Washington's birthday, which fell on Sunday. A few of the city officials also took a day off, but these were about all the observances of the day in Wheeling. ' Tourist*, whether on pleasure bent or business, jhould take on evory trip a bottle of i Syrup o! Figfl, as it acts most pleasantly ind effectually on the kidneys, liver and iowele, preventing fevers, headaches and ?f ouiq in hlln I rod $100 bottles by all ieadlng druggists. djtw An Kifgont Old fashion. The real, genuine, old-fashioned cut water crackers havo been made in Pittsburgh ever since 1815. Your grandmother knew what they are better than ?ou do. They are the daintiest, the beat prater cracker made. Aak your ijrocer for Marvin's pld-faahloned water israckcr and insU? on haying them. TiTh E. L. Horttc & Co., Ko. 51 Twelfth street, have left a few of the finest of their elegant Holiday Sewing Machines, which they will offer at prices sure to make rcom /pr new goods in other lines. Don't uiiflfl this opportunft/. Foe Ti|K Ciwi.pRJtN.-?Chamborlain'e Sough Remedy ia a great favorlto with notuers for their children, as many of them have learned from long experience in the use of it that it ia reliable, [t promptly cares their children of joc^hs and colds, prevents them from saving the croup, ur uar?D them of :roup. They have also found that there a no danger in fiivln? " fn large. Joscc, and M'Bt it is pleaannt for them o take, i'or saip by W. W. Irwin. C. R. GoeUe, J. Klnri, 0. Schnepf, M. W. Icinrlci, John Coleman, W. E. Williams, J. Menkemiller, W. C. Armbrecht and J. L, Brice. daw Cinderella'* Slipper. Cinderella and her slipper aro well tnown to the little folga of to-day, {rod mother thing that i8 becoming even nore popular Is Marvin's Cinderella :akea. Yon should see them, the laintiest prettiest little thincs on the narket You can get them from your [rocer for five cents a glasn. Don't forret them. They are t|io njceat things in be world to put in yoar achool hinch. TA'fh Prevents Pneumonia.?The prompt i?e of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy rill prevent a severe cold front result* Dff in pneumonia. Bear this fact in daw Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. 0, ti. SCOHKLD DBA1). A Prominent Hn?, Kuuvru nil over Ike 8-ft tr, Faihcji ft way. Mr. 0. U. ScofieltJ died at twenty minutes before live o'clock yeaterday afternoon in hia room in (lie McLain block, of typhoid fever. He has been confined to hia room since a week ago 1 ut Saturday, aod had been ill aome tftoe before that. On Monday, a week before hia death, friends became uneasy and telegraphed for Mra. Scofield, who was at Parkereburg, and who came up at once and was at ber husband's bedside until he breathed hia laat. The remains will be taken tu Patkeraburg, hia old home, for burial, leaving hero Wednesday morning, by train if possible, otherwise by boat. Owen Grinnell Scofield was born at Utica, New York, May 19,1830. He graduated from Wbiteatown (N. Y.) University in 1855, in the claaaicaJ course. In 1850 no removed to Minneapolis, and thence to Madison, Wisconsin, tho year following. He was Rpceiving Teller oi the State Treasury of Wisconsin for live years, and private Secretary of the State Treasurer for two and a half yearn. Impressed with the outlook in West Virginia, in June, 1*05, he removed thither; became editor and part owner of the Elizabeth Gazette, Wirt county, in JSCS, and tho mime year was elected a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from that county. A good speaker and well educated, he took an active and influential part in the legislation of that session. Having a pronounced taste for journalism, and desiring a wider field for the display of his superior abilities as an editorial writer, in 1869 he moved to Parker'burg and took editorial charge of the Daily Times, During the autumn of that year he established tho State Journal. In 1S71 the late cx-Govurnor W. E. Stevonson became associated with him in the ownership and editorial management - of the paper, which was continued up to the time of its sale to its present proprietors iu 1883 Lhut year Mr. 8cofield became editor-inchief o!t he Wheeling Evening Journal and so continued for thirteen months, until its publication c? af ad. .From J 861) to J S3,*> bo occupied continuously oue of the positions of Assistant Assessor, United States G auger, or Chief Deputy Collector under Major Singleton, W. H. toothers, General 13. F. Kelly, , General L H. Duval, S. P. McCormick, and John T. McGraw. lie was Posti master at Burning springs, Wirt county, during his residence there; lias been ; active in politics, and lias filled with ' marked ability the positions of Chair' man and Secretary of the Kenublkan t State Executive Committee, Chairman : ol County Committees, and Secretary ol the First District Congressional Com mittee. During the years 1SS8 and 1S89 he wai connected with the Ohio Valley Alanufac hirer. In Dccomber, ISt'J, he was elected Secretary of tho Union Accident and ' Benefit Association of this city, which ? position bo was acceptably iiliioK up tc | the time of bis deatb. A WllKttUNU MAVa RANCH Mr. liil I.urklu'u iCnterpriiie Cummeuded it Nebraska. Saunders CountJ iAvuhr, Ashland, Ntb, ) The Ashland Land and Live Stock [ company purchased this week of the . Harlem Cattle company five hundred i head of as pretty cows and calvcs as evei i passed through our streets. They ore e J mixture of the Hereford and Texaf [ breeds, and are in excellent condition , for range cattle. They also brought in , at the same time a number of horses, ' mules and j icka, all of which were taken r to the Larkin runch for breeding purposes. The Ashland company, which was recently organized with a capital ol $100,000 fully paid up. is just getting i itself ready for the business for which it | was organised, ami this is among the , first notable results of the organization. I The Leader recognizes in this company an institution that will hare a great in1 duenco in building up this city and aurrounding country, and extends in behalf of our city a cordial acknowledgement of its worth to us, and hopes that the founders will realize their every expectation in the way of advancement. illtbT til'A lls tUi? fiiYillMi r Of ttio Young People'* Society of CliilMlau Kndcnvor. The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor held their first State Convention at Salem, Harrison county, this State, on last Tuesday and Wednesday. The meeting was a splendid one and showed the spirit of enthusiasm which characterizes conventions of thjs Society everywhere, The Convention wnB presided over by Kev. W. It. Wright, of ClnrkBburgj who deserves much credit for his efficiency. Much profitable work was done, and the next convzntion, which meets at Fairmont on next July 28 and 2U, bids fair to be ono of unusual interest and benefit to young people. The officers for the coining term are: President, M. R. Wright, Clarksburg; First Vice President, it. B. Whitehead. Fairmont; Second Vico President, J. T., Hopkins, Wheeling; Third Vice Presi| dent, W. B. McGregor, Parkersburg; Recording Secretary and Treasurer, Mies Mary Dille, Morgantown; Corresponding Secretary, S. B. Davis. One of the most notable features of the convention was the sunrise prayer meeting at 0:30 a. m. on Wednesday, which fairly overflowed with good feeling and fervor, and was a good indication of the earnestness of these young people, who are thus enlisted "for Christ and the Church." Munlonlo at Center School. The Centre grammar eciiooi room wm well filled yeHterday afternoon by the friends and patrojs of the school, the occasion of thp Kothi'ting being a rousicale by (lie pupils. All the elites in tiie various grades throughout [be building were shown to good effect, and the melody produced by some of the older pupils was very enjoyable. Hits Koblnson, the efficient supervisor of tousle, and the teachers aro to be congratulated ou tho success of the music i n Centre tcbcol. A Iter short addmsc? by Supeijnfendent Amleraon, Eev. Dr. Cooke, Ijcv Mr. Trouecbel nud Rev. Mr. Hopkins, the audience dispersed, Unuil Snnrlcn bj Soldiers. When the flood came up Wednesday, Capt, Barrett, tho U. 8. recruiting officer here, e?ut uli tiie recruits cad soldiers hero over fit the islantftq help flooded families out of their bouses. They did noble WOt'lf, In one ? rescuing I widow from a really precarious situation. lcrjuaciug nrm .iinrin uoxei. Chief llvnly was busy yesterday replacing the Ok alarm ijojeo, sis in number, wnluh he removed before tho llood. Had the boxes been left to be covered J,y t'ue water they would havo be?R badly daipayil. Chjii fat tlm Flru Drpurtrocut, Chief Healy has purcha?od new dress Mips for the members of bis department. A malttse cross is fastened on the front of the cap, mating a handsome appearance. I tt*48 persuaded by a friend to try "Salvation Oil" for neuralgia and headache. I found It a great relief after a low oppllcations. I cheerfully recomniond it to all who likowiso suffer. G. H. McGii. To unfortunate chronic coughers we recommend the timely use of Dr. Bull's I Cough Syrup. 25 cents. Momxas should bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough Ketnedy is harmless to children. It contains nolnjnri- j ous substance. They incnr no risk i when they give it even to babies. Then > long experience has shown that It Is ' especially adapted for the cure of coughs and colds incident to childhood. It cures them promptly, and in pleasant and mfe for them to take. For aale by W. W. Irwin. 0. B. Goelre. J. Klari, 0. Knhnepf, M. W. Heinrici, John Coleman, (1. W. E. Williams, 0. Menkemiiler, W. 0. Armbrecht arul 8. L. Brice. daw n la the Circuit Court. jt Part I of the Circuit Court, Judge Paull presiding, has adjourned to court ? in course. In Part II, Judge Campbell, cases have } been set up to next Saturday, when the w court will probably adjourn. Yesterday the tiial of the caso of Daniel it Lawson vs. Samuel Laughlin's executor waa resumed, and the * [evidence and arguments were completed about 4 o'clock and the jury re* 0\ tired. After being out an hour or less \\ the jury returned a verdict in favor of Laughlin's executor. ?| , In the chancery cause of Jacob R. v Greer, guardian, vs. ArthurG. Hubbard K and others, the sale of certain roal estate 0 was confirmed; and the proceeds directed to be invested for the benefit of the ? wards in the same manner as their other I funds in the handn of the guardian. u In tbe case of George Barrie vs. 0. 0. 0 Dewey the court overruled tbe plaintiff's motion for b new trial and entered jndg- J] ment against the plaintiff for tbe coats in the case. A stay of eighty davs was ? granted tbe plaintiff in order that be b may appeal tho case to tbe Supreme Court, the court requiring him to give J bond in tbo sum of ?100. ?< In the Police Court. v In tbe Police Court yesterday tbo case ii against Alex. Wallace, charged with be- * ing a gambler and a person of bad fame, again came up. Wallace proved that ho a hail a place to sleep, and the Mayor dia- n missed the case. R Joseph Schremp, chaiged by hie wife fl with disorderly conJuct, was finod $1 v and costs. Henry Bode, the MainBtreet { grocer, charged with harboring a dog. L that bit Robert Purcoll, was fined $1 and , costs. Pat McCarthy, Thouiaa McQaaid i and James Dolan, charged with causing * a disturbance at the D. & 0. depot Sun* 1 day night, were lined $3 and coats each. , George Darbin, charged with drunken- \ nes?, was allowed to go. John Johnson, ] colored, was fined $5 and costs for being 1 drunk on Sunday. ( Jennie Lee wai fiued $20 and coats j for keeping a house of ill fame, and three > uirlo nnil fan ni?n. fntiml in th? hntino. ' $5 and costs each.' Trnuarer* Kecordetl. Clerk Hook yesterday admitted to i record one deed of trust and transfers as follows: February 20, by Alonzo Loring,Thomas O'Brien and John J. Kain, trustees under tho will of Phillip Riley, deceased, ; to the Reymann Brewing Company, for . $1,000, lots 30, 31 and 32 in Manchester. October 18, 181)0, bv Mathias Jeffers, i J. R. Acker and G. R. PI Gilchrist, . special commissioners, to B.-ittain FalI lonre, for $2,675, tho south half of lot j 22!) on Jacob street, and the weat part of i lot 228 on Sixteenth street. hot Loiitf n Widower. Yankton, Dak., Feb 23 ?Yankton is excited over the marriage of Win. Munroe, County Auditor, on Saturday night 1 to Mrs. C. 12, Bartlett, a wealthy widow. Mr. Monrou's wife died and was buried less than ten days ayo. , Fell Dead After lielug Summoned. Hamburg, Feb. 23.?The socialiet | publisher, Bornsen, fell dead to day. He hnd been summoned to appear in i court in spite of the fact that ho was ill i with inlluenza NUMB ON NAVlUATIQy. Stngo of Water nnd MpvemsnU of DouU. The Utver Iuturent*. The river was about at a fctnrid last night, with 2S feet 0 lucli.h lu the channel. At Pittsburgh Irttt night tho river was 10 feet and falling, mik! tho weather clear aud warm. Yesterday the Hon Bur, for Farkersburg, and thu Matt. F. Allen, for Pittsburgh, k-fta'.noou. Two boat* only will leave tho wharf tO'dsy. the H. K. Bedford, Pittsburgh atSa. in, and tho Courier, for I'arkerniiur^h nt 11 ;?) a. in. TOe K. K. Phillips returned her place lu the BeliHire trade yesterday. The H. 8. light house- tender Golden Itod was at tho wharf .Sunday night aud part of yesterday, aud weutou up. Chanties of CUuintu Kill moro pcoplo than la generally known. Particularly is this the ease in instances whore the constitution is delicate, aud among our immigrant population seeking new homes in tho?e poitlous of tho West, and where malarial aud typhoid fevers prevail at certain seasons of tho y< ar. The best preparative for a chaugo of climate, or of diet aud water which that cliange meoMlutes, is Hmtottcr's ttomech Hitters, which no: only fortliles the system agaiuM malaria, a varitblo temperature, damp, and the debilitating effects of tropical beat, but it also tho leading remedy for constipation, dyspepsia, liver compialut, bodily troubles specially apt to at tack emigrants aud visitors t> regions near the equator, mariner* and tourists. Whether used as a ssfrguard by sea voyagurs. travelers by laud, miners, or of agriculturalist* in newly populated districts, this flue spcclflc has elicited tho most lavorablo testimony. Live Block. Chicago, III., Feb. 21?Cattle?Receipt* 6/C0 head; shipments 3,000 bead; market dull; steers Si 00a52S: cows81S(Ja2 <5; heifers92 ?5athO; bulls 12 80a2 T5; ?tocketft$J 25a3UO. liogs-Ueceiiits <5,000 head; shipments 14,000 head; market lower; rough and common ft 4Ca3 15; packers 83 b0a3 55; prime heavy aud butchers' $J 5ba j 3 CO; llKUt *t Mfll! 60. Sheep?Kecclpls 7,000 * head: market liiKhcr: western 55 I0a& 75: natives f I OOoS 63. i*A.irr l.tivKHTY, Pa.. Fob. 21-Oattle?Rccetpta _ 1.520 bead; shipment* 780 head; market slow. ? Ho#*?Receipt*-UNO head. shipment* head; market active; extra* to buu hers II10; Yorker* f3 75a3U0: pig* f:i 40a.t ?>. sheep-Receipt* 8,?oo 1 head: kbipments v.OCO head: market active and 10c higher than last week's price*. 4u OM Stiindib/. Everybody knows what Marvin's ^ drummers' lunch is. Everybody likes it. Your grocer keeps it. Ask him for it and don't take anything elp.o. Prura- G mere' lflgcli jo ope of tbe uioat delight- ^ fal table cakes marie. T*Th Java Coffee Clitpp. Heal Java coffee costs SSceuto .1 pound, but Marvin's Java coffeo cakes, the daintiest and best cakes made, an* to be had for 10 cents a pound. Your urocer keepB them; you will be delighted with themf TATh L. S.Good sells dry goods the cheapest. uiku. FB03T?rtn MomUy evening, Febroary 23, 1831, at 9 o'clock, katir. daughter of John and Maggto Froit. aged 19 years. Funeral notice hereafter. HOUSTOtf-At Wellaburg, W. V?., on Monday * morning, Febmnry2?, 1891, Sarah J . relict nf Wlj.t im U. Hountou, in the 7'ind year of liar agM. Funeral notice hereafter. SJlBDinatjei ! Sciatica e ??URfiL6^; ] mWl the greatest display on L BIRTH1 Krvci^ow of l.COO additional Winter Bamploa -mora than all Wheeling mcrrfcanU comt>lned-for Gents' 8ult?, Ovefooata and un|. onn? Jti't mviv-fd from WnnamikerA Brown. >f Philadelphia. Thirty-three por ccnt saved iad fit guaranteed. J. W. FKRREL. Agent, nolO Cor. Twenties and Main streets BKfiUlKK. II Sort* of Local Nowi ami GoMtp from ' the Ulnaa City. Hon. A. T. McKolvey ?u lu the city jculer* iy. Tho atcel works resumed lu full yesterday , lornlng. The Hwlft Keirlgcrntor Company la filling it* 10 boUM!* litlri UgklU. The BelUIro Window Glau Company will itart rain In about two wceka. KeddyGood left 97 10 with the Mayor again astcrdny for being drunk. Barnard's brick work* will Mart in May nnd III have a capacity of 30,(M) brJck per day. George Roblnwn loaded a big lot of sixty-foot , ou for hid brick kllna at Georgetown yesterday. Wheeling peoplo who were here ou high round durlug the Hood returned homo ycatci?y. Charlca Manley and Ml?* Mar)* Kllgore, both f thla city, were married Saturday by Kev. L. *. Barr. Robert P. Blggart will re.td a piper next week t the Chautauqua Circle meeting ou iriah Buantry. Albert atid Wattle Clover were taken to the vforra School at Lancaster yesterday by Truant Ulcer Baugh. Seventeen cars of bacon pouted thrmuh here esterday from Chicago, 111., for Liverpool, ugland, via Baltimore. Coke from the mines of West Virginia will >rm begin to move via Bellalre for interior hlo towns In large lota. During tho high water tho fern-boat "Charm" paired her noslu?, that was broken by the tamer Philips lome wceka ago. Jamca Coulter and Mlu Belle Fulton were , tarried Iwt week by Kev. A. B. William* at the omo of B. M. Scattcrday, of Smith township. Three men attempted to atop A. J. McClelland a IiImivhv hnmu from thuKtoru late Saturday IkM, but with a good cane he mado them all alter. A Hellatre drayman'* horse balked wllb blm cNiurdty on the Henwood approach, and dray, river, herse, load and all went into tbe river, io damage was done. George Kembrr, alias "Guinea," Bobcrt Tool nd James Baird, three pals ol Alex. Adams, the cad burglar, were arretted yesterday by the Lartbal. The evidence U mid to be very siroug gainst them. A lot of cinder of several weeks' accumulation m the screen at the eon verier of the steel works, re'ghlog about eight ton, fell with a crash yenerday and several men near by uarrowly escaped telug crushed. Tbe tbreo days1 stoppage of the railroads held jack an enormous amount of irelgbt, which is low b? ginning to move. Diufts of seventy-live Mrs each poised over the iialtlmoro ?.V: Ohio >rldgo yesterday. John Harris wai badly burned at tbe Crystal vtudow gless work* yesterday. Ho waa lighting ;he natural gas, when it came out with a rush, [lis face, arms nud hands were hadly burned, jut uot dangerously. Among tbe many things t*ken by Smith, tbe bampion petty thiol, waaamtlo pug dog beouging to Mr. John Parks. He fold the dog to i near neighbor of Mr. Parka, who still has it Uatinry birds in cages were al?o taken, most of tvhicb have been restored. John McCormlck, as administrator of the earn to of Thomas Thornton, tho man killed at West Whecllun a year ago, received the Mo insurant money from tho railroad company yesterday. Dr. ! . A. fiauders. of the company's medical department, settled with the adinlulairator. IIAUTLVti FKKKY. Tho Now Fnciorj?Tho Gnu Explosion Victlms?Other Notes. Tho electric light wa* off last night ou account of au accident at the station. Dan Wilson boa received a petition of (CO per month and back pay from last July. The cj-sf of "lleetnoHfi" Barrett. charged with fehoo'.iug a colored tunu hero recently, in &et (or triul ntm. Clalravillu today. Itcv. II. N. Ccmpbell will fako part in tho dedication of tbo magiililceut new Kreabyterlan church ui at. Claimvilie to day. David Gaitloy and Cbarlea Honey, both plain drank*, will no taken to St. Cialravlllo thl* morning to work out their linen. Adam Chaw?, chared with robbing A. J. Me. Glumphy. at Uaueytowu, \S. Va., homo lime ago, waa released yesterday. McGiumphy dropped the comb, owing to tho troublu connected with geltiug out u requisition. It Is uudera'.ood that the natural gas will be turned on tu-dav lu the high-pressure main for the factories. The maimt are being clcancd out and put tu good shape. For tho present tuc gas fur Martin s Kerry will ?imi? from the mttlu crossing tbo river at Whisky run. Mr. Charles Myers, a nailer In tho Laugblln mill, went down Into* fly whotl pit yesterdny to i ut thii belt on the fly whorl, when It dipped ull'and Htriklug Myers knocked hlin dowu. He lay iu the bottom of the pit with tho dirt aud Krea>u flying Iu every direction, until tho BUjjlne waa stopped, or he mlgtit have been It In believed that the company organized to manufiicture the McKIm wlro nail machine, wooden biooto*. etc , will locate hero, mainly ou account of the river und neve ml rallrouds. The log* from which iho brooms are made could be ilwutcilduwii the river to >h!a point. It Ik understood that tho company I# negotiating for the putclui>o of 165 acres ol timber lu Tennsylvan fa. II Martin's Kerry lag>'ug to do anything toward aiding tbepeople who wero burned In the natural jja* cxi?!o?!ou Irk Wednesday night, it la hl;h time they ?ere doing it. Mr. KuuU lost bin wile, waa burned himself. lost his fur uuurt; iiiiu iiuiicvuuiu kihius nuu mn ii'muvuit. tho latter beltiR worth about SI,'JO). Mr. and M:s,Groves woro r.otonly terribly burned themselves, but have lost a child km a result of the explosion, and lc>Ht nil thc-ir worldly eilects. Mm. Thomas and her two children were alio fearfully burned, oue probably fntally. Some rf llicse |iconic even bad nearly all oi the clothlug burned off their bodlea. Mr. Knniz has nine motberlets children, 'e has lonrvciythlntf be had in the world except his children, aud Mr Groves ia almost hs unfortunate. If any per ons ever deserved aid they most certainly do. Fheyaro honest, ludustrUus people, and the people ol MarUu's Ferry Bhould replace their furniture and clothing, to hay the .east, rhe people did not even otter to Oah out the jlothingof the unfortunates, which wan blown nto the water end Uoated away. The Natural 3as Company will pay tho physicians' blllu an ibose of the mine*, amounting to,fart) or H'O, jut say they are uot liable tftd do not in reality ?ave to do this. If the k*n company 1h liable It ihould be compfhed to pay for all the damage lono to (he properly of the unfortunates. If lot it is the duty of the people of Martin's Kerry o do this. Martin'H Kerry people helped Johns* owu when tho sufferers were unknown to them, ,nd here Is au opportunity to help her own clti? ens. Srand Operaj House 1 O. C. GtSTHKIt, . . MaKACUB. 'HREE N1GHT3 AND SATURDAY MATINEE, COUXKycJ.NU ON rhursday Evening, February26 Ailatui A Alkcu'0 GrMl M Ultra] Comedy, \ CRAZY LOT! Great Specialties, Bongs and Dances. Pricks?Orchefttru Chairs, COc; Dress Circle and allery, 2ie; Children, 15c. Heats on sale at 'elr's. U-n % till Oj)?y otfl-fil ujjcit J grau up" It would lw? difficult to tarnish the younc iitlnnan with ft pair of Shoes which would kt him until he new old.a?a lad like that la fticularly hard on foot wear, but we can me a? near doing it with our J " Iron Cliul" Boys' Slioo anythhu thai ran he produced. They are it expensive aud we carry them In all widths. ALEXANDER & CO., , re'21 Shoe Hellom. 1049 Main Street. n ' ( Sorness After.Pra'ctices ? ?jp. KLKCTIIIO CLEANSER?< HouseiepersT Soinetliiog New! Sometbiog C IT COSTS YOD LESS THA TO CLEAN YOU Without UcmorifigTbcm F mil A UK Mlll ll AND SAVE TIME . It Cleans, Without Injury, vet, Ingrain and Rag Carp Curtains, Flannels and Wo all kinds, Plush Goods, Ma Paintings, Picture Frames, W tains no Injurious Ingredlen for sale o G. MENDE No. 1124 MAIN A LARGE INVOICE OP FANCY wm m i jyvvy WUJ DON'T NEED MDC1 To Refurnish and make fortable and attractive ; destructive waters ruine lars will work wonders only a few dollars cash ai weekly and monthly p; to make your home ag fortable, cosy aspect, needed to make your he Gome to our store want in Furniture for room, Bedroom or Kite! variety at specially red long credit to flood suffe House & H No. 1300 MAI! REFUR YOUR h That the Muddy Waters of Don't let desolation your home?brighten it 1 ful as ever. We offer y Don't Hesitate Aboi We give you unlimit not cut any figure here We are your servants : pared to help you mal what it formerly was? Sclect what you want in Bedroom or Kitchen Stoves, etc. We give y Wheeling lNsr 1136 TO 1140 MAR JOS. H. McARpLE, Manager. 3VCOTJ1T3DE lining and Man MOUNDSVILL (Latborized Capital, $2,000,000. OFFICE President, CHA8. A. WEAVER, Prolrtciit Mluhi Flrnl. Vlco President, Hon. JOHN w. MAoON.of iloner of Intern*! Revenue. Second Vice President. CHA9. C. McCOLOAN. of 1 :an Company, of New York, PhlltdelphU and lUltlmi Trwuurcr, MBSON LAMB, of Wheeling, w, V*. f Secretary, JOHN W. BUBCHINAL, nJitor of tho DI RECTO F vNVi'iyjAM 0. WORLEY, of Kln*wood, W." w&ia^ oE,.?j?M,,<!ent0'11,0 'xchabgo Bank, a] i?2u?n ?TnWL,J'r0t>r,et0r.01 lhe ?n?*l>DK Ca ru ? il ? ^10 Underwriters 1 * Pr??ldent o/ tbo chM.<"{ ti V Bwm.n,.; ?/ -' Glenn Cook A Co., H. K. B M.V.R10HARIW, I And ftnd Immigration Asunt t 2- i c*-?1]erlff of MarihaU Cottntr. J. F. LKUGE, Haltlmoro A Ohio Railroad, Bhepher iDVl'OflTORIKR^Buk Of Wheeling and llinhill unn?r ?oa" "'ww'* J. G General Mana Agents for Whetllng-Holf h iUrrej, It igent for lUrtla'a Ferrj-Joa. T. Hants. 0. MENDEL & CO. Tttflil heap! Something Good! hobecemtaiard R CARPETS rum the Floor, with Cleanser! and money. Brussels, Moquet, Vel>ets, Kid Gloves, Lace olens, Fine Fabrics of rble and Gl&ssware, Oil rood Work, etc. It conts. INLY BY :l & co. STREET. CHAIHS JUST RECB1VED. FFERERS l READY CASH : their homes as comas they were ere the d them. A few clolin this emergency? nd the balance in easy ayments is necessary ;ain assume its comWe have every thing jine vviiut it was. :! Select what you the Parlor, Dininglen. Carpets in great luced prices and on: :rers. errmann, M STREET. !NlSH 10MES the Ohio Have Sained, remain stamped on ip! M ake it as cheerou the means. it Ready Money! :ed credit. Cash does in this emergency? and as such are prece your home again Come to our Stores! Parlor, Diningroom, Furniture, Carpets, ou time to pay. rflLMENT CO., KET STREET. 3T7"TT .T .TP, ufacturing Co, e. w. VA. - Shares, $25 Each. R8. Jl Count j Bank, Monnisvflle. .. WMhlngton, I). C., Unlfcd 8t*tc< ten"1' Baltimore, President of tbc ChM. C. Md'o* are fMhlcr of thn B/ra* of Wheeling. "MoundiTilto Herald." 1R 8. V*., State Pfnalor. fool u,o Riverside- Iron V.'orkf.WI'^'5-lieo Work*. /taurnnce Company, Wheeling. Icj.'olRau company, Baltloon-. rokera, Baltimore. Baltimore A Ohio JUIImad. Baltimore, ipbrey Manufacturing Company. (UtOWQ. ('ouaty Bank. )hlo and Ohio Rlror (Pcnnnlv*t)U Ohio rlverateamer*; United SUtci BPrrv nd to bo developed. Jhfr. Furmroand Building Fand. of atock. particular!, proapectu*, Ac., applyt? LENN COOK, iger, Moundsvllls, W. Va. . E. SHlnnke r, C. A. Scliacfer i fa