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Is Fait Becoming a Topic of Any. thing but Interest, and . WHEN TIIL: SIGNS'OF Till! WliEK Jul Kudtrf llari R#?n KrAdleaU* In th* Ctnra* of lh? Nut IUtiu Daya, th? Flood ?fIROft will b* bat* UltmorfrFlri Kn* Bine UaaJ Iii l>nm|?liiK Water From C#ll?r? Y??trrJay?Tlir Hirer la Xm\r Wllhln I(? lUaka. ??? t In the.course of the cniulng three or four days tho flood will have bccome a ' topic of'anything hut current Interest? will In fact, beconio nothing but n mem ory. a memory, though, that will re main oho of striking realism for many n day to come. At 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon the river at this point had declined to 25 feet 9 Inches nnd falling at the rate </f eight I or nine Inchcs nn hour. This Is just u good boating stage, and ten feet add ed to it would not damage property or | Inconvenience persons in this vicinity. A liny nf Activity. ? On the Island nnd In other parts of tJrrater Wheeling that were Hood stricken, Sunday was the Sabbath In j nothing but the name, the degree of activity that was manifested by house holders having quite a "week day" as pect. Floors xvero scrubbed, tiros kept burning and goods moved back to the lower stories. In the business district ' on the city side of tho river the prlncl* pal spot of activity was in the base- i ments nnd cellar.-!, hundreds of these | being emptied of stagnant water dur ing the day. After a consultation' be- j tween Chief Klleves, of the fire depart ment, and Chairman Harry McLure. of | the council committee on fire depart ment, tho Vigilant engine was brought down to the Main street district, nnd used In pumping water from.the cellars of wholesale houses In the hair square on the west side of Main between Four teenth'street and the ^tamm house al ley. The Vigilant began pumping at 7 o'clock in the morning and the water was not exhausted until a late hour last night. The cellars in the Lunge block, nt the southwest corner of Fourteenth and Main streets, was emptied of wa ter with a syphon pump. Other cellars . were emptied In the same'inanner. The Rnllrond Sltmllon. 'All of the railroads ore now being op . erated through with the exception of the Wheeling fc Lake Erie which has some had slips and wash-outs between Mar tin's Ferry and Warrenton Junction. Yesterday a large force of laborers were at work between these points ond It V was expected that the track would bo clear for freight and passenger traffic to-day or to-morrow. The Ohio River road has been tislng the Baltimore & Ohio tracks between this city and Moundsvllle on account of the slips and wash-outs near the Narrows. Ihejr \Tfll Proarrnfr. The firing on steamboats at Mounds vllle. as stated in Saturday's Intelligen cer. is likely to result In presentments before the United States district court at its Wheeling spring term which be gins soon. This paper stated upon what was believed to be good authoMty. nnd which Is not yet disproved, that the rifles used In firing on the Virginia nnd other steamboats were Springfield army rifles, belonging to the statf* of West Virginia and In the possession of the Company B., First regiment. West Vir ginia National Guard, of Moundsvllle. The captain of the company denies tho truth of this statement, and adds that the rifles were stored In a safe place, of which lie carried the key. "Where were the Jor.g range rifles pro cured by the shooters?** asked the In telligencer man. / % "I know, but I am not going to tell," was the answer of the guardsman. Otlirra Klrrtl Oit, . As news from down the river becomes | easier to secure, other cascsof firing on passing steamboats become known. As j stated in Saturday's Intelligencer, the j big liner Queen City passed down for Cincinnati Friday night nnd floated i past Moundsvllle In order to pacify the reckless portion of that town's river | front population. It is now learnfcd that the Queen suffered from shots fired upon her farther down the river. She nrrlved at Parkers'ourg Saturday night and was unable 10 proceed on account of the BaItlmorc & Ohio bridge, there r.ot being sufficient room to pass that structure. She had several shots -through her. but none of the passengers or' crew were hit. The Kanawha arrived here from he low yesterday, and her crew reported n > hot l'usiladc of shots fired nt the boat while passing Hockingsport. Ohio, be Sow Parkersburg. She was shot at over | twenty times there. Captain Hunting ton narrowly escaped being killed, a i shot .whizzing past his head while he | f was standing on the hurricane deck. The towboat Mariner was also fired j on at Hockingsport and it Is said two of her crew were wounded, but particulars i could not be learned la3t night. '?Ill Time oflVaM-" , . The towboat Ed. Roberts, which is j 'due to pass Wheeling this mornlng.has made preparations to give the forces of General Recklessness a hot reception if they flro on tho boot. After being fired on at Hockingsport. her captain landed his boat at Parkersburg and laid in a .supply of Winchesters and Improvised o. small cannon out of pipe. Just when leaving Parkersburg she was fired on by residents In the upper part of (own. bur the boat did not return tho fire, being on tho Ohio side of the river and out of range. The residents of the upper part of Parkersburg probably felt jus tified In shooting, as three houses there .hud been floated off their foundations by the swell from steamboats. Krenlng Jnnrnnllam. During flood week an evening paper, in the course of a flood write-up, told of the difficulties attending the getting out Of a newspaper with the rlfirig wa ters in dangerous proximity of presses and other machinery that made up the newspaper plant. Probably through his Innate modesty the general manager did not tell alt of the story of his diffi culties- during the flood. For Instance, ho failed to enlighten,his readers of his brilliancy of thought and. promptness of action- In an enterprising though fruit less attempt to bold back the Incoming 'flood; from entering the prcsr, room. Across the side street there Is a whole sale grocery house and to this* estab lishment Mr. General Manager bled himself a barrel of cement to buy. The cement was. taken In tow and mixed With the utmost care, Vstrictly accord ing to the directions on the inside of tho package." as the patent medicine cir culars say. Soon a wall of ndumant ?arose at the side door und another nt .the front. Then Mr. surveyed niK domain with a smile, satisfied that the presses would run ofT the "extra" and give the public the "only newspa per in the city," But alas and nlnck! I J w.ih not to be; he had' forgotten that water* srek their level: through the col ar they came and within an hour or I two the presses, engine, all were stand ing in a waste of water. And those ad- | ?munllne w?IUl They hiv# d!?n. Pf?*d In torn* my?teriou? my, but they live Id memory. 1 iHlRilrlilfUmi ttnuwc. Owloit to fhe flood Home of the Indiw trltl pl*nu *111 not so on until the Ut ter part of the week, ?mon* them being the Wheeling ?tee! pl?nu Pert of the Wheclln* pottery and Itlvenlde remnie thla moraine. Ten of the I* Belle'e tin mllle are aUo expected to mart tii-day. The Wheeling Htampln* Work, atarted I up last Friday. flinrchr* llliKlrrctl. There were no servlcc# at either the Third Presbyterian or -Wesley M. K. churches yesterday, on Account of both ifMca being lacking. Sunday school was held at each church yesterday afternoon, I but was not largely attgn&d. No School ?( Itllrlil" AIInrx. | There will hardly be any school thla week at the llitchlo annex. The bulld inir is in a bad condition from the effocts j of the high water, and while it is posri hie it may be cleaned and dried out by [ Wednesday evening', it ii more than | likely that It will tako all week to re I store matters properly. ; i BELLA1RE JtECOVEHIKO From the F.ffecU of the !??<? 1'lood ?.Man* nfaclorlri to Heattmr, Tho people who were homeless try j reason of the flood or who were housod ' in the attic, arc all safely loeated again, after two days nnd nights of scrubbing I and cleaning and the city that was practically cut off from the outside | world for three days has resumed Its former activity. The manufactories es ! capod so fortunately that the steel 1 works will start up to-morrow or Wed nesday, so will Rodefer Bros.* glass factory, and the Bella ire bottle works will be on by Wednesday, unless it de velops that all of their potg were chilled enough to ruin them.- The furnace nt these works was cut off more than any of the others, but up to yesterday had not shown any signs of the worst fear ed. The lower town enamel plont that was inundated to ti greater extent than any manufactory in the city will be in operation again In a day or two. There never was such a flood here to do as lit tle damage. Outside of (he Inconveni ence. discomfort, loss of tlmo and wanes there Is no loss of consequence. The manufacturers regard themselves as particularly fortunate, while the people in the flooded portions arc over their worry, hut still have papering: and plastering to do. and some of the fences nnd outbuildings are to be replaced. But this week will see every manufactory in full operation again and all tho peo ple at work. The exact helghth oX the water as compared with 'St, was obtain ed at the Windsor hotel corner here, where no changes or alterations have been mad*? since. The flood last week larked ninety and one-half inches of reaching the *S4 mark on that building. Till: HIVEH." TESTER DAY'S DEPARTURES. Charleston... 11. K. BEDFORD, 7 ?. m. Pittsburgh...KANAWHA, 10 p. m. Zanesvllle?LORKNA. r, m. BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY. Parkersburg.BEN HITR. 3 p. m. SI?tersville...RITTH. 3:-1ft p. m. CInrIn?ston....LEROV. 3:30 p. m. SteubenvIIIe..T. M. PAYNE. 2:30 p. m. BOATS LEAVING TO-MORROW. Cincinnati....VIRGINIA. S a. m. Pittsburgh...QUEEN CITY, fia. m. Parkersbure.ARGAND. 11 a. m. Matamoras...LEXINGTON, 11 a. m. Slatersvllle...RUTH, 3:30 p. m. ClJirlnrton....LEROT. 3:30 p. m. Steubenvllle..T. M. BATNE, 2:30 p. m. Alone the I-aniline The Clipper. Rescue and Jim Wood I passed up with tows of empties yester day at 3 p. m. " 1 The marks at fi p. m. showed 25 feet 9 I Inches and falling eight or nine inches an hour. Weather, clear and warm. A pointer for the board of public works?Use the the hose on the public landing; It needs it. This Is done In other cities. The wharfboat people ask that mer chants look after their freight on th? wharfboat. so there will be room to re ceive their shipments to other ports on the rivers. The Virginia will be Tuesday's Cin cinnati packet, departing at S a. m. Her regular day out of Wheeling is Sundav, hut on account of the Keystone's acci dent and the, flood stage below Wheel ing, she is held back this week. Rlrer Telrgraiiif. OIL CITY?River 5 feet 8 inches and I falling:. Weather cloudy nnd mild. WARREN?River 4 'feet S inches. \\ cather cloudy and mild. GREENSEORO?River 11 feet 6 inch es and falling. Weather cloudy and warmer. James G. Blaine dowh Mon day: Germanla and Florence Belle up. MORGANTOWN?River 10 feet 10 I inches and falling. Weather cloudy and warm. BROWNSVILLE?River 12 feet and I falling. PITTSBURGH?River 12.S feet nnd I falling nt the dam. Cloudy and cool. STEUBENVILLE?River 23 feet .1 inches and falling. Passed down: Res cue, Clipper and Jim Wood. Passed up ?Ben Hur. PARKERSBURC?River 43 feet and I falling slowly. Weather, threatening; mercury at ."4. Passed up?Kanawha, Argand. Passed down?H. K. Bedford. The boats which could not pass under the bridge arc still tied up, but expect to get away to-night. The Indications ar^ that the river will becla to fall rapid If. The tow boat Ed. Roberts, which was fired on by Ilocklnsport citi zens. stopped here at ? mldnl.oht and bought arms for the crew and secured a large quantity of gas pipe to make cannons of. The captain announces thai; the next time the boat is fired on he will return the fire, shooting to kill. Tho Little Kanawha Is falling, with no I boats reported. 1 Mr. Scltnel! I)lc. John Schnell, the porter at the Cen tral glaRs works, whose -terrible fall in an elevator at the works last Friday,ban been chronicled, died early yesterday morning. The funeral will occur from his home, on Sixteenth street, to-mor row afternoon. The family have the sincere sympathy of the community. Why is it that nearly all aged persons arc thin? And yet, when you think of it, what could you expect: Three scorc years of wear and tear are enough to make the digestion weak. Yet the body must be fed. In Scott's Emulsion, the work is all done; that is, the oil in it is digested, all ready to be taken into the blood. The body rests, while the oil feeds and nour ishes, and the hypophos phites makes the nerves steady a-nd strong. joc. and $1.00, all driiggisK I ? SCOTT U BOWNE, ChtmiiU, New York.. V;iv REFORM NEEDED. Corruption lii .Municipal Rule Can be Keuiedled ? BY GOOD CITIZENS ENTERING Politic!, <Ur? Mr. Moojr, mill that U'my Only?Tl?? nitilutii Mm mtil "It?prt? ?eutnilv* CUUtu??* Bcorttf for IWii?Iiik ii? i u u r Part In City Election? ? The Tim* llui Co in? for Action Intteail of I'mycri-ClirUtlan ClilznuOilp Leugne. "The Problems of Orcat Citlcu," was a themo that furnished Rev. Dr. Sooy, at the Fourth street M. E. church, last night, a powerful 'sermon ngnlnit the evils of corrupt municipal rule. Tho sermon made a .visible effeec on a(con gregatlon which filled every pew. A ripple of the reccnt flood was In evi dence; two pastern unable to hold ser vices In their churches occupied seats on the rostrum. (They were.Hew R. It. Big ger, of tho Third Presbyterian church, and Kcv. C. IS. Clark, of Thomson M. 13. church. -The city Is necessary In our civiliza tion, began Dr. Sooy. The church claims the light of recognition In the city, 'beginning with Jerusalem. The speaker did not wish to be termed a pessimist. The great cities of the world are the world's great strategic points. . Blot out a dozen of the ancient cities, and but little remains of man's history previous to the coming of Christ. Im perial Home, Babylon, and the cities of the Nile ure indefinably linked with man's history. Athens held swny as the intellectual .scat of the Grecian empire. Paris is France, and London rules prac tically the English nation. When, Lee threatened Philadelphia, Pennsylvania turned pale; when theMcrrlmac threat ened New York, the country shuddered. The great cities are the "hinges of the nation, the leaders of thought, are the strategic points, and the dominant forces of thought. There is a tendency to live in the cities, a gravitation toward those centres, a tendency of people to congregate. The country Is becoming hives of elites, while ten years ago the nation was a people more of ruralltes. The cities, with their peculiar atmosphere and' en vironments are furnishing the problems that call for solution. An instance of the tendency of people to herd is shown' in Greater New York, Chicago, and other populous oo muni ties. The coun try is quickly becoming a nation of cities and there is a danger to civilization in This fact. It has been long ago prophe sied,that theae cities would become evils that would result in the country's ruin. The speaker did not agree -with this opinion, and believed that there was a remedy, despite overwhelming evidence That the nation was becoming morally worse and worse. First, abject poverty Is found in the cities, in the slums, in the tenements. Tho unfortunate dwellers of these con gested districts, can't look on the rich man's carriage rolling by without groans ofdiscontentmentar.d revengeful hate. In this situation there arc signs which are alarming. In the cities and towns the {liquor element is responsible for those saddening conditions. To the liquor power is duo the presence of the gamb ling hell and the brothel. Another curse to cities is the politi cal 'bosses, who huckster votes always without regard to patriotism or virtue. The existence of the boss is hlamable much t<? the "better classes," "the rep resentative classes," those who stand pharisacally aloof from the primaries, the caucus, or a political convention. They say they haven't time to meddle in politics. They placidly and content edly let things take their course, and thus come the political boss and corrupt city rule. Dr. Sooy referred to the mu nicipal governments of New York and Chicago, and quoted to show how illegal franchises to corporations had been granted by bribery and shameful meth ods. These conditions are chargeable to the apathy of "the representative citi zens." and the bribery# and pushing through of certain ordinances were never done by poor people, but always by the reverse. Business men should wake up, and all Christians should take'an activi ty in municipal affairs, equal to that taken by the saloon keepers, the eorrup tlonlsts and the forces behind them. The city council is one of the evils to he con tended with. It will take effort to get the city councils out of the hands of the spoilers. It will take persistent effort, and possibly bloodshed, but "it can be done." said Dr. Sooy, "if we will work out our redemption." Better things would come, continued the speaker, and he was optimistic of the future. He referred to the cheerful view friends on the Island took of the flood, and said that out of the municipal flood of corruption and slime would loom the ship of s>iate clean and dry. He quoted statistics showing 'that in this country on the Christian 6lcle were the wealth and a great majority of the voters. Glancing over the figures would give the pessimistic great hope in the fu ture; the decent citizenship will assert Itself when aroused. The time would come when good citizens would feel it their duty, not to abstain from politics, but rather to represent their constitu ency. They will come to see that if they don't represent rhelr wards, saloon keepers or -brothel keepers will. It will take courage to oppose the Brewers and the brothel interests. It will take cour age to withstand the boycotts In busi ness and other thorns, but thus must the battle be won. Organization, of course, is needed. Good citizenship organizations must be formed. Such a movement is on foot in Wheeling, said the speaker, and ho urged all Christians to join this associa tion. Those who go in the fight against the saloon and brothel Interests will have Oto make sacrifices to get-the city under new rule. It may mean weeks, It may mean years. Republicans, Democrats and all citizens having the Interests of their city and their families at heart, should step into line, for the time has come to step into line. Poll tics, said Dr. Sooy, were cast to the winds when Congress unanimously voted the JfiO,000,000 appropriation for war purposes, and he hoped God would be on America's side when It and Spain's arms should clash. He hoped for tho day when Spain's" heathen hands could be torn from stricken Cuba, but his re ference to this question was induced by the spectacle presented when both houses passed the aproprlatlon ?blll., with no thought of politics, but thoughts only of a united country. So should Chris tians, without regard to politics, arise in their might and sweep out corrupt mu nicipal rulers. This could not, be dono by prayer; the time Is come for action. CHRISTIAN CITP/.EX3IIIP I,rustic to lir Organized To-nlglit l?y MI11 lilcri nml I.nymcn. To-night at the Y. M. C. A. the min isters of the city, together with laymen selected by them, meet to complete the organization of tho Christian Citizen ship League, auxiliary to tho National Christian Citizenship League. The central object of the league Is to lead the people to study the (interests of the city, and take a greater interest In pub lic affairs. It is non-partisan, non-po litical, and' It asks no church or church organizations to enter politics. The In telligencer gives the following, taken from- the constitution of the local league: 1. To reveal Jesus 'Christ as the A Prisoner Waiting to be Hacked by Time's Scythe. i Thousands Whose Situations Are Scarcely Less Terrible May Easily and Readily Find Help. - A mau lies flat on his back, bound ?o lhai ; "he cannot move an inch. Ho is in a dnn* ' geon, at first dark as a veil, but in a few min* < utes a light in tho ceiling, far up, shows a, 1 mechanical figure of Time with his scythe.' Tho figure descends slowly, the scythe swings, and tho prisoncrrealiiestbatunleM | some unexpected help should come, lie will bo slowly cut to piece?. What followed Is ? told by Edgar Allen Toe in the fantastic 'story called "The Fit and tho Pendulum/' f The man awaiting tho approach of a dreadful death is a type of a large class of tin [ fortunaies who, entangled in tho strangling ! coils of an octopus, have loitall hope of fw* dora. This monster is Morphine. Perhaps . the Tictim is yet reveling in that glorious state of exhilaration, which follows tho first ' use of the drug. If so. like the man in Toe's story, lie has not noticed tho light in theceil ing and is unaware of his danger. Maybe tho disease has progressed so far that the^ sufferer notices a weakness of the heart's ac tion, that the general health is feeble, the :body poorly nourished, the sight double. This Li soon followed by a peculiar twitch ' ing of the muscles, a numbness of the hands and feet, and the utter collapse of the nervous system. Tho victim now becomes restlejf and rnftifjr. A feeing of despond ency aeizefc him. This mental depression increases as one course of treatment after another fails Utterly. Tho future is dark and filled with cloora. Days of wretchrd* ncai follow nights of horror in endless pro cession. His utter helplessness to rid him self of the incubus adds to his mifl?T. The terrible effects of tho deadly drug become ,ruore ?nd more apparent. Deeper and deeper he sinks into the miro of despair, until all hopo of ever being anything but??lavo in bondage is abandoned. He morse and apprehension take possession of his mind, and the temptation to end Uianils erablc existence becomes almost otbj^ But there are few rftnitlonj cobsVj. hopeless.. roe f prisoner wureicuJ23 tlm swinging scythe was clow to hii hi. and the victim* of the Morphine hi? their shattered nerves arcrritor?lUith," Jovmcntof life by a system of irtiiZ which has been perfected by R. A. GtJS D., 41 East 21st street, New York qM which baa yet to record its first failnS k is not a " tapering off" oriubstiatCJ* cess. It is as harmless ns It is psbjKi'j does away with ail desire for the dnir,-5 quickly restores the shattered nervouS tem to its normal condition. It UrtL S condition as a dlsofee and notassbsHt & Is sclcntiflc and successful, For (ill suta lara address as above. ' &**??? Foclel>"- ?f the state, and of I juj of the Individual, j make Christian! principles op c?tlv? In public affairs. p "? To "ilte all the friends of civic ami con,fllrtem' harmonious ami aj,gressi\c action to achievc the following ends: 1. To prevent Iw-Ver Hoi?'o?trnrt' lhe nominntlon and elce corrupt candidates and' the aS5 i m of c?n"upl laws liv city, state S?rt m -? To accuri* fidelity on the part of officers Intrusted with the- exe cution of the laws. .1. To exterminate Chrl-t nn? i" 'hC,Brc3iest' ?"<?y of Lhrist and human ly. ? To preserve hS S" To "nd elevate the elective franchise. ;c. To nromoie UTomS" ii it soc,al jnd industrial' chS - t he "PP'Icatfon of the rem n? wh.,'- Kerwral, to seek the reign I of whatsoever things are true, honest 1 71 ??'ir0, ,ovc,,5," and of Rood report." It was reported that a certain minis ter of this city had expressed himself as opposed' to the movement on The ground that It might prevent him from reaching certain classes of people. The league s^promoters claim the carry! n? r"l,?''hl0b1^ ?f ,he orffanlzation, as giv en above, ought not to hinder anv nart iifihi l"1" K?Spel ,uklnR an a?ivc part in the- league work. TKAOKS ASSEMBLY. A Short hnt lUllier Unli.lerfallnjr li>C Held Yeaterrfay. Testerday afternoon a regular meet ing of the Ohio Valley Trades and La bor Assembly was held. It was a short session and little of interest transpired, John Schivendler was admitted and obligated as a delegate, representing <r'?, Lcdf? No- S. Amalgamated Association, vice Joseph Purcell re signed. The arbitration committee reported relative to Its conference with a stogie manufacturer In a nearbf- town-for the purpose of having the stogie makers league scale adopted. The conferenco was fruitless, the stogie makers holding out for J3 per 1.000. while the factory offered only H The arbitration com mittee recommended that the stogie makers league be asked to recognize ,?a,clllnc mfe stogie by adopting a scale for machine work. This. the t0 'I0, say3 President niiet, of the league, but union hand il.? r"'?" bc a"0'ved to work In sand Is pa^d!" ''UeS"0"' " M pcr U'ou" Delegate Fischer, of the musicians' umon. attempted to bring up the un Ir-i lf unholy Opera House orches tra claim against the assembly, but he was declared out of order and given some hard knocks by delegates who spoke. _ One moved to notify the mu sicians union to withdraw Mr. Fischer h?m dtna!C- and an?'!?f Wanted lllm_ expelled outright. , ^ if*: Thomas was placed on the ns TV.nl of ,"rRanl!!at|on committee, vice Louis Sledler. resigned. the fi.vaxcf. committee Mt?t. This Evening to m.cn.i city Ap. |)i'oprin(lona for 1S98. This evening at the office of the city clerk, the council committee on finance will meet for the purpose of taking up the very important matter of appropri ations for 1S9S in the several depart ments of the city government. Ex-City Solicitor T. S. Riley has been asked to meet with the committee, for the nur j?" of Riving the committee certain in formation regarding the Paige, Carer ,c Company claims for work on the stone f,1, ^?;,C"h!,lrman MorHhelmer desires a w i anc* ?f 'he commlttce. It .oVX^t.^re^orSSnfe^li: pNatloh'ordhiancc!'0 ^ annu<*W">-' Hecrnt Ptiulona. Special Dispatch to tho Intclllccri'cer have\SH,Ni<3T?N'' March :7-p??!ons ha e been- issued to West Virginians as roiJowc: Original?James W. Bo.irdm.ni ,i? Jercm"ah?xtoberts" J H^esW to S(?acharlah Slcphens, Wv0T,ri^Jcn,l'0 1Varner, Eiklns, Ji2; Lou,?i; r ' J>fnR,lins granted are James rh,v Washington comm ' 's; ^ Hliam II. McCIellaml Cn\-' michaelfi-. Greene county, pa' n/? I Peddicord, Barnesvilln Ohio, increase from SU in ? ' Behan-na, Martin's JFcrry, p^, Weal Vlrgtiiln I'eraou.l,. Spcclftl Dispntch to the Intelligencer JVABttlKQTOS. Mnrch 27.?Anions JIIe,Iei?'niT''l,l'e<-'llylsHonJohu; h'i. ' .orKalr cot,nty, who is on ];!? way homo from the Bermuda" i?," i-nd been to the islands InTaV^ Simpson-, of Jlnrlou c< LfV , l ror several days left to-day for his home. 1 ' Petitions to Concrri, Special Dispatch lo the Intcllluoncrr ASIIIXGTO.V, March 27.?Jtr Jfll ?n,|.clgarette lawS'l^ maKI'ng cigarettes imported subject to state regulations. and of the same church for legislation to raise the ago of protection to girls to eighteen years in;the District of Columbia and the ter ritories; of the same church legis lation1 prohibiting intoxicants in gov ernment bulkllngff, and of the same church for legislation prohibiting Inter state gambling by telegraph, telephone or otherwise. (teprricnlnllre Slmpkln* He*,!, "WASHINGTON, March 27.?Repre scntatlve John; Slmpkin'.*, of the Thir teenth district of Massachusetts; died last night at his residence In this city. 1717 K street, of heart failure, induced by gastric complications. <I*n. Iloircran^ Siu-c?i??or. WASHINGTON. March 27.?By unan imous vote.of the executive committee of the Society of the Army of the Cum ; orland, Grn. David S. Stanley has been j designated to act as president of the society,. vice Gen. Rosecrans. deceased, , until the next annual reunion. 1 DR. BULL'S Cough Syrup takes the | load of -all cough preparations on our j shelves. ; Carpenter & Palmeter, Jamestown,K. Y. I lO'cetit* a day pnyg for a telephone h* j your residence. Tnke one and get your I name in tlie new telephone book. j CHILDREN and adults tortured by I burns, scalds, injuries, eczema or skin diseases may secure Instant relief by j using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It \ is the great Pile remedy. Charles R. Goetze, Market and Twelfth streets; | Chatham Sinclair, Forty-sixth and Ja cob streets: A. E. Scheelc. No. 607 Main street; Exley Bros.? Penn and JSane I streets; Bowie & Co.. Bridgeport. 2 Beauty a Utility. j Diamonds arc something more than or naments?they are investments whose I value never changes. Buying a good Dla ! mond Is putting money aside for a rainy day. Buying Diamonds and other gems from I us moans absolute surety. You know precisely what you have bought and that it's worth every cent you paid for It. John Becker & Co., JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS. 3327 .Tncob Street. CINDERELLA RANGES. Before Deciding About Ibe New Cook Stove, See the Cinderella Ranges. Examine them, and convince yourself that when we say they aro the BEST, wo only state facts. Made In all styles and sizrs. Every new feature that Is valuable to a housekeeper. Their cleanliness lessons labor. Their economy saves money. "NONE BETTER-PEW AS GOOD." Nesbitt & Bro., 1312 Market Street, GEOXIGE BAIKXD, Soliciting Agent for Tho Mutual Llfo Insurance Co., of New York. Also sales ngent for Borrough's Registering Accountant (Adding Machine). lour business solicited. Address Room n, Kxch&ngo Bank Building, Wheeling. W. Va. Jala ?^FILTERS.?' Natural Slonc Fillers?the Best. Geo. W. Johnson's Sons, lillO Main Street. $1 Pays for (i Ycnr's Subscription to tho. . Weekly Intelligencer. Stationery, BOOKS, ETC, In : Good: Taste arc all the new fashionable tints of IllRD'S, WHITING'S and PARSONS & GREEN'S jsBOX PAPERS,i of which wc havo just re ceived the largest variety ever before offered to our patrons, jt jl j* J STANTON'S a Easter cards very CHEAP TO CLOSE OCT Pittsburgh Dispatch. Post. Time*. Co mercial-Gazette: Cincinnati Enq^ Commortlal-Trlbuno; New York and otic icadins: dallies delivered. Literary ? Fashion Journals. Stationery. Go# llymns. J C. H. QUIMBY. 1414 Market Strife educational. mount de CHANTAL, Near Wheeling* W. Va. The advantages of this Academy fa mental and physical culture are unsur passed. The day scholars dine u.1 lunch at the Mount, and are taken U and from the motor by a conveyuo provided by the Sisters free of chirp For terms and other Informatics. ?!? dress DIRECTRESS Of MOUNT DE CHWU. MRS. HART'S School For Young* Ladies and Children. 1316 AND 1318 M4RKCT SIRLLT. WNUUftftl Seventh Annual Session BeganjM On Mondayi September 13, 1597. This school offers a complete and J? ougli education in Practical Er:s~? Mathematics, English .Classics. UU Modern Languages and hlocutlon. Boys received in tho Primary and id.** mediate Departments. For Circular* interview, apply to MRS. M. STEVENS HART, Prindpi TOEELING. VA- - plumbing, etc. HI.. M'KOWX. ,_i . Plumbing. Gas and Steam Fjuw. Gasoline and Oils of all kinds. Se**?. ty. etc.. 1911 Market street. Wheeling ?? Telephone 101. Estimates 1- urnlinWija KOBERT W. KYLE. Practical Plumber, Gas and Steam Xo. 1155 Market street. Gas and Electric Chandeliers. fWJ and Taylor Gas BurnersajpeclalO ?\yiLLIAM IIARE & SOX. Practical Plumbers. Gas ond Steam nil" Xo. 55 Twitih Street. Work done promptly at rea.sonabjejglJl TRIMBLE & LUTZ COMPANY. zn /j ? SUPPLY HOUSE ? PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING. STEAM AXD HOT WATER HE*??. A full line of the celebrated SNOW STEAM PL\\irS Kent ronstantl>l?l^-> EXPERT ACCOUNTANT.^ , wTgTw Ilkin son. 1521 Market St., Wheeling, VV.u Auditor and Accountant Spcclnl attention irlvcn J? .<?S?voV?r ot accounts. Will l.o pleased to M patronage. NOTAUT PUBLIC. ^ References?Howard llaxlolt. Mutual Savings yM\K.mnis; Treasurer Mutual 'pre;!**: & llazlett, Brokers: J. prMtdt"; Riverside Iron \\ orks, CI. l?amfc c?M* Bank of Wheeling: M. Jenjjj||, Atto? Commercial Bank; I J- ^l,Cal(j'v\fll. Alton ney at Law: Caldwell *; tnw?Jt (orMy it neys at Law; John J. !lt tvMWk?[ Law; N. E. Whltakcr. BrrjddPUi hl^ iron Co.; L. E. Sands, Cashkr Bank. ?' MACHINERY. yiEDMAN & CO., A GEM5RAL JlACIllMsrS ^ AND MANUFACTURERSOF M*?" axd stationary E: ?? vn jull . jvhwllo*. '