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pTHE INTELLIGENCER. PublUhfd Dally, Except Sunday, fey , | Intelligencer Publishing Co.', tl and 27 Fourteenth Street. JOHN FREW, Prea.and Bua. Maoater. W: _ _ Terms: i*or xcar, oy -*iau, m auvamce, : Poatago Prepaid. i '?&-pally (0 Daya Per Week) 1 Year.?fS,QO C0> " j>ally, 81* Month* ? - 3.00 bV Dally, Throe Months ..... 1.80 gtff Dolly, Thro? JDayn I'or Week....^. a.oo E| Dolly, Two Day* Per Week #.00 Doily, One Month - 46 m Weekly* One Year, 1 a Advance...- 1.00 t>ekly?81x Montlix.............. .v. .00 E. THE DAILY INTELLIGENCER la delivE*. ered by carriers In Wheeling and ddjS" * Jacent towns at 10 cents per week. Ms, Persons wishing to subscrlbo to THE DAILY INTELLIGENCER can do so | ; . by ?on,dlng in their orders to the InR>( v telllfencer offlco on postal cards or jw,V^; otherwise. They-will be punctually served by carriers. A# D?nnn? nnrl OWtnnrv Notices iF' ? cents per inch. ^'Correspondence containing Important ; news solicited from every part of the surrounding country. ^ Rejected communications will not bo rev , turned unless accompanied by sufficient ' postage. ' ' i (The INTELLIGENCER, embracing Its ;.aeveral editions, *ls entered In the Post, office, at Wheeling, W. Va., as seconds 'v* class matter.) 1CUPK0MC NUMBERS: MhfUl Bpqsis...... 823 1 Cosptlog Rod*? 833 I THE INTELLIGENCER/ "WHEELING, DECEMBER ?8, 1808. hi The Local Christmas Trade. I'''.'The facts that the holiday trade In B^Sgh^inr has been unprecedented this R'vyear> that'it Is estimated that more H^inonfey was 'expended for Christmas Icfegoods than for years, and a better class ||rof goods sold) the rush of customers j?T %lth well filled purses, desirous of bet^' ter goods than have been asked for Kb heretofore, being greater than In recent ey years, are good'signs of the general ^;;condttion of prosperity In Wheeling. ] These assertions are made upon the tesK, timony of leading merchants who were E? ; quoted in yesterday's Intelligencer. All jjg^ lines of retail trade have been benefited. I^Vand the most sanguine merchants de 'clare that their holiday sales far ex| ceeded their expectations. Sjjk*. These facts demonstrate more strik|| vingly. than anything else could that W: there is a better feeling among the peoK jple generally, particularly the working K, classes; a year's steady work in all Jjhj lbranches of industry has insured them j ? ~?A ?i*irV Jhnv Vinvo irously mada it a good one for their imilies. The heavy expenditures for resents arc not all by th* wealthier asses, but the purchasers have been, le great masses of tnem, from the ills, the factories, and from the wageirning classes in general, while their irchases have been of the substantial laracter, which evidences the good idgment displayed. While this good holiday trade means tat a merry-Christ mas will visit the >mes of more people this, year than r some years post, it is likewise slgflcant of the greater prosperity in the iy during the year which is drawing a close. All around It is most gratitng. Let us mind, in this connection, at while this prosperity Is so clesvly , monstrated in the community as a tole, there are still those who, in these?) |r "unrisuniiR umca are uupuvcu ?#?. tn?.i ; joys of the occasion, for even In the j i'.-r lwf?t of times we are never without the 1 poor. It is to the credit of our people that these things arc not forgotten by 1 ,many, and it is safe to predict that in many homes where suffering and sick; ness, or other reverses, exist the sunShine of Christmas charity and cheer Will shed its light. Not a Parly Question. fj The Register seems to take great |V stock in continually referring to promS inent Republicans only as being op- | j posed to the annexation of the Phllip( pines, as though the policy were al- | j ready proposed to Congress, and that I; the matter had become a party ques- j tion. In the first place, there is no pol1 icy yet officially suggested. It Is a | ^ question to be settled in the future ? what shall bo done with the Philippines, j f;. J; In the second place, there are some | ^ Itadlng )emocrats strongly favoring I g; such a policy, but the Register does not ^ Inform its readers of the fact. It Is not a party question, the matter pof arranging governments for the terrljj? tory controlled by this country as a re1 suit of the war; It Is too serious a prob'(>; iem, one In which all the people are info terested, to be made a football of poll i tics. Nobody but the Register seems to g be doing so. Parties nre divided on ,r these questions, und no matter has || come before the public which Is so free jj from partisanship as tills. It calls for f the best Judgment of all parties, for the V, legislators who represent the people, ? aside from questions on which parties are divided, and will be settled outside j y, of party lines after proper deliberation and discussion. Eminent men of all parties disagree, ; but wise 'counsel and sound judgment & "Will prevail. Any effort to make a party question of these questions would | utterly fall, and only cheap demagogues .. and a few organs that cannot, take a . broad national view of any public question arc attempting such a thing. When . votes are cast in Congress on these / matters looking to the settlement of Important quentlons we are obligated by all rules of national honor to settle, the Register may discover that abuse of Republicans for having decided views Just as strongly reflects upon men high in Democratic circles. It will discover also that Its construction of honest differences between honorable and sincere men as Involving a doubt on either side of the loyal Americanism of the other side, or that the advocates '.of territorial nxnnriHlon necessarily re ji JTard the opponents of fiuch a policy ns ; "traitora" and "Hpanlfth nympftthJxer?," : ~ 1* a nort of demagogy that ha? no effect on Intelligent people. Our nclRhhor'M despicable effort to i . make It appear that nupportcni of cor! tain pollctcM regard Senator* Hale and i!" Hoar, Mr. f'nrnotrlf, and other* uif Ejffyraltorft" and "HpanlKh sympathizers," t in unworthy of any newspaper published in America, where freedom of discussion and opinion ate among th fundamental rights of citizens. Ttaea distinguished men are simply oppon* to what they regard aa a radical .de parture from precedents and policies a unwise. They were patriotic support era of the war, and no man dares t doubt their patriotism, or to accus them of "sympathy with 8paln." Whoil th* n?fliiti>r nttnnnll to hoi these loyal Americans up as victims < such attacks as It names, It Is guilty c the rankest kind of maliciousness. Tfc Intellfgencer has said that the Reglstc placed Itself on the level of Europea sympathisers with Spain when It dt nounced the terms of the peace treat as brutal, and the American demand on Spain as more cruel than the d( mands of ancient, seml-barbarlc kingi but the statesmen and leading me who honestly differ on a question c territorial policy are not engaging I this sort of rant, and It Is the height of audacity and Impudence for that 01 Ran to class them 111 the same list wit Itself. What KImc* Did. Lieutenant Hobson has fallen a vie tlm to the kissing experiences which h has had to endure from women eve ulnnn tin ?hn a/iana th BiUkV JIW ICIUUIIU UUIU ItIC DVCMC Ui ill Merrimac exploit. Personally he shoul not have lost his popularity on accour of the osculatory demonstrations, fc which he was In no wise responslbh He was utterly powerless to defen himself, but it has been naturally bus pected that he made jio especial resist ance. He would not have been Jiuma If he had done so, and nobody shoul blame him for accepting the honors bt stowed upon him from so many fa! lips. But Hobson's picture has bee the martyr called .upon to suffer for th real victim of this extraordinary er thusiasm. A New York dispatch details that c a waragraph exhibition In a music ha Hobson's picture was hissed by th audience'on account of the kissing epl sodes in which the hero of Santiag harbor has figured in his helplessnesi A howl of disapproval greeted its ap pearance on the screen and hlsse forced its withdrawal. The women who brought all thl about cannot compensate Hobson fc losing his popularity for him. The and they alone are responsible. 1 should be a lesson to them. A nave neru jvnu riSKB m? iuc iu win iuiii should not have it taken from hlr through well meant but indiscreet dem onstrations by his female admirers. T such a way the ambition of a lifetlm may be ruined. Kissing: is a good thing when kej within its legitimate sphere, but whe It is promiscuous enough to Jeopardiz the popularity of a national hero ther Is a place to draw the line. Hobson' experience should be a warning to othe military and naval heroes. Able Statesmanship. How does the United 8tates get poi iwion of tlie Philippines by whlppin Spain, or by a treaty of peace with Spal to which the Filllplnos were not a party? Parkersburg SentlnH. Well, were the Puerto Rlcans a part; to the treaty? Were the Cubans party? How does any country get pon session of a territory except by pur chase, or by whipping its owner, an demanding it as an indemnity of war But the above is not the only absur proposition in the Sentinel's paragraph It goes on to say that the Philippine didn't belong to Spain In fact; that th insurgents "had declared their Inde pendencc, and a powerful army had se up and put in operation a form of clvl government which" was recognized am obeyed by the nations" (a rank false hood). Then comes the grave assertio: that if we ever get the Philippines 1 will be by "conquest of the nations." What nations? How all this sound coming from a paper that, like som others, has been contending that th Philipplnos are "uncivilised savages, incapable of self-government. It 1 news to everybody that Spain did no possess the Philippines, and thnt ther was another government there, com posed of savages, that "the nations o th* nnrth r#?ennrnlzed nnd obeyed." Th profound ignorance of this Parkersbur, contemporary is about the most start lingly amusing thing that has yet com to light In connection with war ques tlons. The Sentinel is entitled to th biggest leather medal for backwood statesmanship that the enterprisin citizens of Parkersburg can design. Beware of the Grip. Reports from many cities in all part of the country show that a grip epl demlc prevails and that there is dan ger of It sweeping over the countrj The peculiar weather we have beei having has brought it on. In Ncm York, Philadelphia, Washington, man; Pennsylvania towns, and Massachu setts points, as well as many wester cities, the epidemic has assumed almoa as formidable proportions as It did tei years ago. Weather conditions throughout th *??? * "" thn* ! hnhnnvoR Tif?o pie where the grip ha* not yet appcarei to exercise the greatest care agalnn exposing themselves to the damp, colc! misty atmosphere which prevails <fnff> Warm, dry clothing, and dry shoes ar essential as protections. Do not trill with a cold. Let Wheeling people tak< warning. In one or two Kansas cities the bar bers, who have been compelled by lav to cloae their shops on Sunday, have re tallated by Introducing ordinances li councils prohibiting every manner o work on Sunday, including that o preachers who draw salaries. The lat ter provision of the act will doubtles make Its failure of adoption absolute]; certain, as It should. Elsewhere will be found a full anc i "intnm.ni nt the rlrruim I stances of tho legislative contest li Taylor county and the stptus 01 thi ! ease at present. It Ib written by a f?on , tleman who Is thoroughly conversan with nil tho details, and In Interestlnj I because of the peculiar and unusuu I circumstance which give the Itepubll I cans (he rltfht of contest. The Fairmont Index of this week con talnB half-tone reproductions of photo j graphed groups of Colonel Hplllmnr ' and staff, and the members of varloui I companies and battalions of tho Firs Went Virginia volunteer Infantry, nov loeated at Camp Conrud, near Colum ?' - ' T~ e bus, Oa. There are. also a number at camp aoenes. The reproduction* are excellent and (hot; aa handsome a set ' of men aa will be found In any regiment .. 1 of tie army. Camp life does not seem to bare affected them physically In an 0 unfavorable manner, bat on the con* trary has developed a healthy soldierly appearance that ojight to be most grat4 Ifylng to their friends at home. The '' familiar face of Surgeon Major H. B. lf Baguley, of Wheeling, appears In the >e group ot-staff officers, and the hand* some appearance of Lieutenant Colonel n Smith, ot Fairmont, so well known here, embellishes the center of the ptcy ture. la rn ! The bath the streets have been 9, treated to by the Are department la ren freshing and healthful. Keep It up; It it Is a good thing, n h The outlook for bright Christmas .. weather la not excellent, but let us hopo I, for the best. Can It be Jealousy '/ Philadelphia North American: With the tvoman of the period making rapid progress In almost every field In which >o man labors, the action of the Chicago r & Northwestern railroad in. discharging e all the women clerks and stenographers . in Its employ will strike like a thunderbolt Into the ranks of advanced feml >t nlnlty. Nor will there be any consola>r tlon In the explanation which -the com- ; 9 pany'8 officials give for this step, but ' rather Increased annoyance and alarm. u The road officials say the women In f- their employ have been efficient, but j It ! the custom of the road to advance , n Its employes from low positions to offlees of trust, and who. they ask, can a Imagine a woman as general eupcrln! tendent or general manager of a great [P railway system? We think we can see n many persons rise up and claim that power of Imagination, and. Indeed, In e this age. when woman has accom- \ i- pushed so much. It does not seem Impossible for her to rise even to the t presidency of a railroad company; and j we are not prepared to say that she , ? wouldn't satisfactorily, if not brilliant- < le ly. discharge the duties of the office. [. But the officials of the Chicago & , Northwestern railroad are the best judges of this, so far as their own road t ' Is concerned. Can It fc*e possible, we i- wonder, that these men are Jealous and ,B fear the very thing we have hinted at? Perish the thought! But let the ad- ' vanced woman be not dismayed. This | railroad isn't the whole thing. There J ir are others. The time ftiay come when y some of our women-flnnnclers may pun* Ish the Chicago & Northwestern for 1 tills act. as financiers are sometimes * il able to do. ? i Fully Equal to It. t Morgan Messenger: Lost Saturday ' the Ananias Wheeling Register pub- ' n llshed an alarming story of how des- i q perate the Republicans were and how < they intended to. have three companies 1 of soldiers at Charleston in order to I 11 help thehi "steal" the legislature, and I n a whole lot more of such rot. Of t e course no sensible man. Democrat or : Republican, will pay attention- to such i yellow journal" alarmists, as it Is too l 8 absurd to be reasonable. This great < r hue and cry may be raised l?v order to throw the Republicans off their guard, 1-ut it won't work. It looks very much as if these "fairy tales" published by ] the Register as coming from Charles- , g ton. Parsons, Phllippi and other places, , n were largely composed In the office of , - that paper, as they are couched in very ( much the same language. That paper ] y is fully equal to such things. , J Tlio World's Supply or Wlicnt. j " An English expert prophecies a unl" versal dearth in the wheat supply. He i tl claims that the wheat producing soil is ( 7 unequal to the strain that will bo put j upon It.. Even now when the food supply of the world is ample, thousands 1 ' die because their disordered stomachs s fail to properly assimilate the food they e take. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters ( strengthen and tone up the stomach and digestive organs, and enaoie mem I to perform their proper functions. This II grc^t remedy cures dyspepsia, torpid d liver, nervousness arid fever and ague. ( DID you soy Calendars? Well, we n can only ask you to make a comparison. ^ t We have all the pretty cheap kinds from 10c to. 60c. and then we have the " Art Calendars, by Gibson, Archie Gunn and others, In black and white, besides ^ ? the fine reproductions of French Water e Colors, so arranged that each picture t may be matted and framed after date expires. Prices range from $1 50 to < 8 $10. Discounts on Calendars same as it books. , e STANTON'S OLD CITY BOOK STORE. PELOUBET'S Notes on International f Sunday School Lessons for 1890 for ( e $1 (publishers' price, $1 25) or mailed on _ receipt of SI 12. k STANTON'S OLD CITY BOOK STORE. e BAGSTER'S Teachers' Bible with name stamped in gold on cover, at 51 25, I pa j- (I) All f,i!l clvrt minimi tviuv overlapping corners. lined to edge. .In8 ternational, Cambridge and Halman's g also In stock at ridiculously low prices. STANTON'S OLD CITY BOOK STORK. EPISCOPAL Prayers and Hmynals, In sets or separate, at prices ranging 8 from 25c to j" iiO. Names stamped in - gold when desired. . STANTON'S OLDCITY BOOK STORE. WHEN you see a book of any kind n advertised In your magazine, remember v that we will sell It to you at a lower y price than the publisher. Here Is n chance to help yourself and your home book Roller at the flame time. STANTON'S OLD.CITY BOOK STORE. u t c n MKTHOpTST Hymnals, with or without music, at prices ranging from 33c to 53 75. Names In gold on cover when dee sired. . STANTON'S OLDCITY BOOK STORE. 1 I WE make a study of Boys* and Girls' j 1 Books, and can safely recommend every I, Juvenile Book on our shelves as good I and ivhofesomc literature. Among the j non-copyright publications we aye sell- j. Ing 50c and 75c books for 25c and $1 ones ? At 50c. e STANTON'S OLD CITY BOOK STORE. ApK to sec the new game, 'Conette," . Advertised In all the magazines, nl?o " " the ne?v puzr.le, "Three Blind Mice," J, v wit^i nil the old favorites, such ns Par- ( - chcesl, Carromo Scripture Cards, "Flags *, n of All Nations," "The Union," otc.. nt .. f STANTON'S OLDCITY BOOK STOKE, j, f ALBUMS for mounting amateur pho- * - <oh in great variety of styles and prices c n at s y STANTON'S OLDCITY BOOK STORE. STANDARD Diaries In nil sizes from . vest pocket to office, in various bind- f 1 ings and styles. Nome stamped In gold " . when desired. 1 ST A NTO N'S OLD CITY^BOQK STO R E. TAKE the Ohio River R. R. for Cln* clnnatl. Fnre only IC.60. ' HfrThe Easy Food 1 /tDImnaM Rflfiu tn Rnv. fisy to Cook, asy to Eat, isy to Digest, uaker Oats At all grocers I lb. pkgs. only 5Vg?n. ![ You still Have Time ) v to buy a piano before Xmas. ; i ' Piinie in and examine the < ' ij ' Stultz < | & < * Bauer '; and if you intend to buy, it will > ! J 1 not take you long to decide tbe '<; ; matter. , > Milligan, ij Wilkin & Co., ;! 1138,1140,1142 Market St. < | PABBIVG PLEASANTRIES. Hlbbler?1"Does l"our novel end happily?" Scribbler?"N'o: lt> been reject id by every publisher."?Brooklyn irfie. "How well Mrs. Plollett holds her age!" "Yes. she doesn't look a day older, thaa she says she is."?Indianapolis Journal. Jamie?"Pa. what is 'lese-majeste?'" Pa?"That's the Latin way of calling i crowned head a chump."?Cleveland Leader. "Kitty, how did you happen to give me this pretty card-table?" "Why, Jack, I needed one more for my euchre :lub."?Chicago Record. Injustice of Fate.?"A man can't do much without money." "No, and when he has money he doesn't need to df inythlng."? Cincinnati Enquirer. Exalted Hltualism.?Asklns?"I am told tlmt your new rector Is very high church." Miss Churchly?"Indeed, he Is extremely high! He Js so high that le plays golf on Sunday afternoons!"? Puck. So Evldcnco of*Fraud. Moundsvllle Herald: The Echo and Register have been howling that the eeount of the Davis and Dun levy votes ivas fraudulently conducted by the :ounty court. Judge Hervey after a thorough' examination of the ballots says th?re was not ttie slightest evU tehee of fraud or of fraudulent intention oat the part of the commissioners, but that on the other hand there wero ?ood grounds for all their actions. Why lo these papers refuse to publish Judge Hervc-y's remarks about the work of :he commissioners? Do they still want !o deceive the people? Their criminal :ourse is thus made evident. Bailey's Indignation. Louisville Courier-Journal: Young Bailey roped In the house Monday and Jenounced a.s an "infamous liar" any nan who has said that young Bailey ivas made a catspaw by Republicans luring the last session of congress. Mr. Bailey's indignation is not unwarrant;d. He was not made a catspaw by Republicans. He made himself a catspaw. A Song that, in Hung. )nly a bird! Not soaring to the sky. In woodlands free, and meads aglow with spring: <o room was there for songster blithe to fly. , Where prison bars mude mock of Idle wing. >nly a bird! The prison bars wero rent By melody so clear and full nnd Htrong, Phe Jealous free bird chirped In discontent And fled to h|de the forest shades among. )n!y a bird! Death camo among our Kroup, And ere wo spaxo mo cmm m ?.* again % iVo trie<l to sing a hymn to give us hope And comfort In the dreary hour of pain. Twaw hut a bird that put uh all to shame, That Hang of peaco and hope; when tears mnde dim The printed words, a flood of music came From feathered throat, and God's voloe spako through him. )nly a bird! Yet childish eyes are wet, Now that tho song Is sung, the singer dead. tnd elder folks shall mourn the feathered pet That timorous from their careless hands has fed. )nly a bird! My Hps the prayer repeat, "When Death tears down my prison bars for me. Tho song I've sung may echo Just as sweet, And llnd like favpr In tho sight of Thee." $100. Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be ileased to learn that there is at least ir.e dreaded disease that science has >een able to cure in all Its stages, and hat is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure s the only positive cure known to the nedlcal fraternity. Catarrh being a onstltutional disease, requires a contltutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Jure !s taken internally, acting directly ipon the blood and mucous surfaces of ho system, thereby destroying the 'oundatlon of the disease, and giving he patient strength by building up tho nnaiuiition and assisting nature In do rv its work. The proprietor? have so nueh faith in Its curative powers that hoy offer One Hundred Dollars for my case it fails to cure. Send for list f testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, Vac. j Hall's Family Pills are the best. CHAIN Bracelets from <1.00 up; real inrgalns at SHEFF BROS.' corner dalii and Eleventh streets. j WE sell none but the purest white yinmontla and guarantee the price to , e right. M'NAMEE, 1607 Market st. PIANO MUST BE SOLD. About seventeen months ago we sold very lino ITprlght Piano to a family In his city. who. for masons which will natlsfactorlly explained. Is obliged o dispose of It at once, and in ordor r> realise quickly, the piano will be sold t a very great sacrifice. Any one neodriR a plnno would do well to come and ee tin- instrument, which Is now at our rare rooms. For further particulars all on the owner, at No. .*W2H Jacob treet. or at our mdslc store. No. 1310 farki't street. F. W. BAITMKK CO. nL.r.i Lnris uiiaa ........GiftSo If you are looking for a gift for a friend, father, brother or sister, look in our window and you can't fail to see it. I. S. DINGER CO., 38 Twelfth Stmt. f v ^ , * * Simtltr*. ~~~ ' 4HferaK9C^Svin^^HH TO MAKE A PRESENT Tou win find the most satisfactory place to purchase It Is at this Jewelry Store. So matter how much money cr how little money you want to spend, you will find a suitable present here, John Becker & Co., JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS* 3337 Jacob Str?t. i f Christmas Soods. New Christmas Goods. Diir imoort order for Ladies and Gentlemen's Plain and Embroidered Handkerchiefs just opened. Ladies' Lace and Footing Trimmed Handkerchiefs, the latest novelties, at low prices. -% j i 2,000 Ladies', Gents' and Children's UMBRELLAS* from 75c to $6.50. FUR INI Uouarettes ana ocans vuuiuig In daily. Pocketbooks, Satchels, Kid Gloves, Linen Scarfs, Kid, Silk and Wool Mitts, Fascinators, White Aprons, Skirts, Table Linen and hundreds of useful articles for presents. Call in and see our assortment. Open at night. 1 S. RHODES & CQ. Stove* and Slange*. ^PURITANS Gas Range, No. 377. The most complete, most perfect and most useful range on the market. It has a Baking Oven, Roasting Oven, Upright Broiler and Water Heater. You can Cook, Bake, Roast, Broil and Heat Water all at one time with the most perfect resulrt in each case. Open top grates furnished for summer use. Call and examine them. NESBITT & BRO.t 1312 Market St. Jitfiustmeufs. 0OPBRH HOUS1B* CHRISTMAS ATTRACTION. Matinee and Evening. Monday, Dec. 26. Seventh Consecutive Season of Jas. A. Heme's Beautiful Comedy-Drama, SHORE <? ACRES. Direction of H. C. MINER. Presented by a lino company of players, with entire new scenery and unique mechanical novelties. A superb production guaranteed. Prices, $1.00, ii>c and BOc. Salo of scats commences Friday, December 23, at C. A. House's Music Store. de20 ?OPERH HOUSE# Three Nights, Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 27, 28 and 29. Walter C. Clnrk's Superb Spectacular BEN-HUR, Under the auspices of the PARISH GUILD OP ST. MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. An entire car loud of Special Oriental Scenery, Gorgeous Costumes and Electrical Effects. 150 Peoplo in tho Cast. An entertainment as pure, chaste and as beautiful ns tho famous novel on which it is founded. Prices?BOc,. "fic and 51.00. SeatH on sale Saturday. Docember 24, ut 9 a. m., ut House's Music Store. de20 p RAND OPERA HOUSE. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights December 22. 23. 24. Matinee Saturday' Lincoln J. Carter's Great Spectacular Production, THE HEART OF CHICAGO. ir.lnfrnnt Stum 8cenerv. Womlorful Ma. chanteal Devices. Night prices?15. 2* 3G and BOc. Matinee prlceg?125 ami 35c. RAND OPERA HOUSE. Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. Pec. 2*?. 27. 2S. Special Christmas Matinee Monday and Wednesday. A record breaker. The sensational con>cdy-dramn. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Presented by a superb emnpnny of players. Night prices?1."?, 2.r?, 3.'? and Mc. I loll> day Matinee prlccs snine as night. de2;' Stationery, Slant*. Sit. Our Annual Holiday Display Books, Calendars-. Games, Fine Stationery, Leather uoods, Fountain Pens, Etc.* Etc., Hlc.f In Now Itondy Ibr Iimport Ion nml Sale. Stanton's B^k'&br.. tor subscriphons I * To nil of tlio Lcadlnrr Mngas'nM, Weekly Pa porn, Plttnl'iinrl' 1*1?nntcli. Powt, Tlmr*. ConwnprHnlUiwttc. Cincinnati Ennulror, Now Vork and other ifnillos. *'fn>np ltookv. Stationery, Uovpcl llymn*, call on c. n quwby, Xetn JUotrttumnu. antei*-xn educated akdnil fined vjoung lady. Addrti fraNCIB ZsfirER. Cambridge, Ohi? f dea? J^OTICE. to the Public: i I hove levered my mo. nertlon as a teacher with the Ohio Valley BuKlners and Enellnh Academy, and tti.fi continue the bu?lni>?? at my proem no,,; a Murlrnl unit f,.,,.. ' icr?. tuwivi ......* , , 4 yu'iwnth streets, under tho old name of Business Academy. I thank my friendi for past favors and solicit their patronar? for the future. I. R. M0I8E. HOLIDAY GOODS BflBht, Now Goods, Quality the Ueit. UvorytliinK you need?tfio best the mar. liet can produce. Nut* of every description. Cluster R?i. sins. Kilts. Dates, Citron. Currants, Call and Inspect our display. Every djY we are receiving new delicacies. ALBERT STOLZE A CO. John Henry, L. McGill & Martin Flanagan Are In the cool trade to stay. Wo are in the Hcmpfleld yard. Tho coal that w<> am handling has no equal?we don't car* what kind you get. So sehd your orders by pot. tal card, and we will All them promptly. Wholesale and retail. MARTIN FLANAGAN. de22* No. 184 Seventeenth street. City MILK and CREAM. Send your order for Milk and Cream to tho HYGEIA DAIRY, No.-1610 Market Street, and get Simpson & Snedoker's Certified Milk and Flno Whipping Cream. Milk fresh fromc their farms twice dally. 'Phone M7. de20 U/\la#lai/ finnrlc luiiuay vwuuai AH the leading Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Jewel Boxen, Atomisers and Orna. ments, Shaving Sots and Dressing Case?, Manicure Sets and Odor Cases. AU at cut prlccs. G0tTZE'? DRUG STORE. Oppo&Ito Mclore Houia. Important" A cup or good Coffee For your Christmas Dinner. The SEAL BRAND JAVA AND MOCHA his no equal. For sale at H. F. BEHRENS CO.'S. Perfumes. Popular odors?in bulk or bottles. Parsons' Cologne. Toilet Waters. LazeUe*s, Colgate's and Dabrook's, at R. H. LIST'S, MAIN'STREET. Prescriptions Filled Day and Night. (OR SAU The only vacant lots left on Fifteenth street. Will sell you-any number of feet you want-at a special price if taken it once. MONEY TO LOAN. dUKC I T DUilUO. A ft SMITH REAL ESTATE, U. U. JlTlllll, FIRE INSURANCE. Exchange Bank Building. Weather Strips. 5 different patterns of Weather Strip, very cheap. Put some of it up and save fuel bills, besides having comfort. Geo. W. Johnson's Sons, --I210 Main Street. JJECEIVEB'S SALE. Under tne authority of a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for th# District of West Virginia, entered on th? 17th day of December. In the year ISM, in a suit in equity therein pending In which B. 8. Baer and others are plaintiffs and Baer Sons Grocery Company and others are defendants, the undersigned receiver will sell the property, Roods and business of the Baer Sons Grocer Company. AUCTION SALE. Beginning on Monday. January 23, IStt, at 10 o'clock a. m.. at tho business houso of tho Baer Sons Grocer Company, on th? corner of Main and Sixteenth streets, Wheeling, West Virginia. 1 will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder tho stock of goods In my hands as receiver In aald suit at the tlmo of p&ld auction; the sale to be made In such lota and parcels as will be most convenient and as will best suit tho bidders, and I will also sell the other tangible personal rvrnrttoftv in tho Rivlri hOUSO Of USCd In COn ntctton with the business. Th? stock of Roods which will ho sold as aforesaid consists of largo quantities of syrups and molasses, coffees and teas, canned goods of every kind, wooden waro and brooms, galvanized ware and oil can?, flour and farinaceous goods, dried and evaporated fruits, salt, tobacco and cigars, spices, paper, paper hags, cordage and twines, meats canned, salted and smoked, brushes, fruit jars, sugars, pickles and vinegars and a great variety of other goods of every kind such fts are usually found In a thoroughly equipped wholesale xrocrry establishment. The other tanplbio property to be sold consists of horse?, wagons, buggies, harness, trucks, hay and feed, safes, printing presses with their appliances, a fruit cleaning plant, with engine, vats and appliances, furniture of i various kinds, including desks, typewrit- , ers, show and display cases and other i things such as are generally used in | wholesale grocery establishments. Terms of sale: Cash. SEALED BIDS. Tho said order which was entered In i tho said suit on the 17th day of December, 18PN, as aforesaid also contains the follow* | Ing provision: But at any time before the i 30th day of the month of December now current at noon of that day any person | or persons who may desire to do ho may nrosont to or tile with the said Howard llnzhtt, receiver. a sealed bid or Bonlea bids offering to buy for cash at a ptiro to bo named in tho bid olthor (1) the ."aia stork of goods and other tangible per* sonal property In said btudne?!?. or (2) the said stork of goods and other personal property and the accounts nna debts due the Haer Sons Grocer Company as well as those due receivers In this suit, (excepting the debts whether or not appearing upon the books clue by any stock holder, officer or employes present or past, of tho said Haer Sons Orocor Company) or (3) tho siid stock of goods and otl * prrson.il property and the said account* and debts, Including those duo as nfor?" said from any such stockholder, officer or i employe, or (4) all of thts<* things ivitn the nsil estate, but the latter to mid* Jert to the mortgage. Such bids shall M made as of the :vth day of December, JS*. and If any such bids bo ncceptcd t ho bid* der shall be entitled to the proceeds or j any sales made by the receiver subsequent to that day and shall l>e charged with any purchases made by tho receiver subscciuent to that day. Tho reefer shall application givo to anyon# destnnk <o any Information In his iwwcr ^pe^tin* the condlton of the property arid nusinr*. . on Paid 2i'ith day of December. The w* sealed l?U!?? will not be opened by the celver. but will be by him transmit rd o | the Clerk of the Court at ClarkrtuW ?? . be opened by the court on the 31 m ?? of December, ivis. No such bid mill . entertained by the conrt unle*' It rontnanled by a certified check p#>* to tno receiver for not lew than ' J cent of tho amount of such bid. ?r 1 court ahnll accept any of the then the said auction salo will not m 1 \n accordance with the provision* of tj? ^ raid ?b-?Mc<. I will, upon application, *j .? to anyone <iei0rlnfc to l>l'l any ln?^ft?JL 0f ' In my power r??p?vtlnu the conditio'i the property and bUBlnors on the row * > day of December, and will atrS^Vimlvr. boioro noon on the .'. !>?)? day iuk nu.?li ,. nnv . h.-Ii re:i ed bid" ",m " may !>?' pro?onto<l and trarmniit t^j" tho court 110WAltD HA3t?JT*r, dctt-tth&s Recoher. <2