LIVELY TIMES IN WHEELING i AT MIDNIGHT To-night, When the Two Pythlaa Twelve-Pounders and Little : Tip, Assisted by CHURCH m SCHOOL BELLS And Whistles Galore "Will Usher in the New Century?Arrangements Completed. 1 Practically compile are tlie arrangements for the ushering In of the New Year and Century to-night In Wheeling. I During the hour between midnight and I 1 o'clock pandemonium will be let! loose, figuratively speaking?the two j Pythian battery twelve pounders will. try to outdo each other j: stationed on the brows of Wheel-1 . ing and Chapllne hills, respectively, i .while the. Intelligencer cannon, "Little) Tip," will Join in the chorus from the I wharf, under the direction of that bat- | tie-scarred veteran, Capt. Caleb Sylvis. : Then nearly every church and school bell In Wheeling and the surrounding towns will add to the volume of the i racket, w'hlle factory whistles, locomo- ] tive whistles and steamboat whistles Will join in with their dhrillest blast. , i 'Again, there will be the shooting cane,1 the cannon cracker and every other old I ! noise making device that has survived . . the Glorious Fourth and the late cam- j palgn. All these combined will punctu- f j ate the midnight air from 12 to 1 with little Or ho lnt#>rmlRRlnr\ nftor tvhln.V? ' I the New Tear and Century may be said , to have had its official christening. I The Battery Boys. TOe boys of Battery A, Uniform! . Hank, Knights of Pythias?the only so- j cret society battery In the United States?are taking a great interest in the demonstration. Yesterday Capt. John W. Reed selected the details for the two guns, as follows: Gun No. X. ; . In Command?Lieut. Edward Birch. Post?Wheeling hill. Gunners?Hugh Cuslck, William GUI, , Edward Molter, sr., Gtis Franzhelm, ' W. C. Williamson, Charles Levy, .. Eugene Stamm, Charles Funk. Gun No. 2, In Command?Lieut. Edward Elliott. Post?Chapllne hill. Gunners?Harry Bodies', Herman Frledrlch, J, W. P. Crawford. Samuel Stringer, L G. Nixon, William Wiede-I busch, J. L. Scott, Ambrose Brown. j The two guns will be taken to their I respective posts this evening at 7} o'clock, No. 1 by four horses furnished': by the Reymann Brewing Company, i anu ino. ? oy animais trom tne wnita- ; ker Iron works. Accompanying the guns will be wagons carrying kegs of water to be used In swabbing, and a miscellaneous assortment of boxes to be used for a camp fire. The details will as- j ..-sellable at the city building promptly at , 10 o'clock to-night, to- march to their r posts. The first shot will be fired by . No. 1 gun promptly at 12 o'clock, and j one and one-lialf minutes later No. 2 f.-Will respond; thereafter the guns to al- j " ternate at Intervals of ninety seconds, until each has fired twenty rounds at 1 ' a. m. The Speaking. On Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the presentation of the commemorative tablet which the committee Is to have placed In the south wall of the city building, will occur. The speech of presentation will be made by Secretary S. A. Thompson, of the boabrd of trade, and that of acceptance by Mayor Sweeney. The committee expects to he J able to have a band on hand for this 1 function. j | The finance committee will make its : trip through the business district ' this afternoon, to raise the $125- needed . to defray the expense of the gun salutes, tablet, etc. J GOV. R00SEVELT'S~ADDRESS i j A.t New York Bead Simultaneously 1 Before All the Y. 3C. C. A.'s of the . l United States and Canada ? Read J Here by Hon. Henry H. Russell, j ' More than usual Interest was taken i 1 In the young men's meeting yesterday ! 1 afternoon, at the Young Men's Christian ! 1 Association. The singing, led by C. S.! j Morrison and accompanied by an or- i s p's blessing is pronounced. The full Opera House orchestra will j iccompany the choir, augmented for ( :he occasion. C. J. La Roche will have charge of the choir, which will be com- j posed of the following: ( Sopranos?Misses Connelly, Reynolds, Howley, Hess, Donoahuc. Loecher, Tucker, Owens. Cameron, Kellar, Tuaney and ] Mrs. Lo?cher. , Altos?Misses Relster. Galther, Flad- 1 Ing. Williamson, Carroll, Howard and , Mrs. Stelnmetz. . Tenors?Messrs. LoechcT. Carney, Miller, 1 Westmeyer. Goohrlng and Altmeyer. ? BaBsos?Messrs. O'Brien. Owens, Flad* . Ing, Brady, Keats and Handy. 1 At St Matthew's. , To-night at 11 o'clock, at St Mat- 1 hew's P. E. church, elaborate services I ,vlll be held, ushering in the new year. 1 The following music programme will be i endered by the boy choir: Hymn No. 450?1"All HaJl the Power of Jesus' Name. \nthom, "As Pants the Heart"'....Gounod I Magnificat Mann a \nthem. "As Pants the Heart" Spohr J Address, "The Years of Our Llfo" 5 The Rev. Dr. D. W. Howard i \nthem, "Be Not Afraid" Elijah Te Deura i Jordan > "My Country, 'Tls of Thee," will be t ?ung at the stroke of 12. 1 ? ? i A FINE ENTERTAINMENT i t Enjoyed by the Baptist Island Mis- ( sion School. : Yesterday afternoon, the Island Mis- * slon Sunday school enjoyed its Christ- r nas treat, the following programme be- 1 ng rendered: * Jongs?Songs of the Kingdom, No. 91.. c School v 5crlpture Lesson. Prayer. _ 1 School Recitation Aleyn Louis r Recitation Ruth Bowman t Inthein First Baptist Church Choir Recitation?The Night After Christmas c Edna McCoy c RecltaMon Dietrich Ernest t Recitation Helen Bowman 1 Duet?Ring Ye Merry Bells I ..Mary Schenerleln and Ruth Bowman Recitation Charlie Crow v Recitation Agnes Keeler o Recitation?Merry Christmas..Esau Lewis Song?Songs of the Kingdom. No. 190. c School C Recitation?Greedy Jhn Win. Lopcr t Recitation?Hang up the Baby's Stock- 1 ing Grace King c Recitation?Christmas Eve . Clarence Everett r Recitation Edwin Ford ' Solo Ethel Casper Recitation?Christmas Morning Goldle King Recitation Guy Simpson Recitation?Christmas .. Harrison Everett 1 Recitation?I Wish You a Mctry Christ- , mas Stella Sells 1 5ong?Songs of the Kingdom, No. Ill t School } Recitation?Christmas Presents for Je- 1 rub Elizabeth Buck e Recitation?Tommy's Prayer Delia "Welshnns 11 Duct?Glory to God t Gertrude Bowman and Marnto Bartels h Recitation?Christmas on the Farm .... " Flora Duke v 5ong?Songs of the Kingdom, No. 191. f School v Rocltatlon?Christmas Bolls 1 Mabel Trehcrne h Recitation?Our Christmas..Eva Charnock " Vnthem First Baptist Church Choir b Recitation Ethel Dupree , joio ^iuna Miner * temarkn t ....Mr. C. W. Amlck, of "Freeport. Me. r lemarks Pastor Buck L Jong?Songa of the Kingdom, No. 100. E SchOOl rr Distribution of "Christmas Treat." 1 A Still Alarm. li Yesterday morning, nt 8 o'clock, n v itlll alarm was sent Into the Nlngnra 1 limine house, summoning them to the v :ornor of Water street and Alley ll>, , vhero Ore originated In the hou.se occupied by Sam Johnson. The blaze was " a lined by n defective Hue, but quick o .vork on the port of the firemen pro- j /entod any damage being done. y Last Night's Flro. ^ An alarm from Box 321, at7:G.r? o'clock s ast evening called the fire department ^ ;o the house occupied by "Walter Miller, . mi Elm street, near the stock yards, where a blase was caused by hot cln- l' lers falling on the hearth lied, under n he grate. The blaze was evtlngulHhed ? In short order by the Uromen. The Ions tvas nominal. 11 , t i 1FAMILY WASHING. r Rough Dry Washed. Starchod and v Dried 5 conts per nound. Flat Work, Washed find Ironed, 5 cents per pound. 3 All hand work finished 10 centa * per pound. At LUTZ BROS'. I 1 Homo Stoam Laundry. 1 o CHRISTIAN DUTY AT OPENING OF NEW CENTURY. .Now Century Will be Noted For its Great Spiritual Advancement. | DISCOURSE BY REV. SC.1WARM _ j At the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church Last Evening. At the First English Evangelical Lutheran church on Sixteenth street, last evening, the pastor, ftev._Samuel Schwann, delivered an interesting ariil timely discourse, taking for his theme, ! "The Christian's Duty on the Thresh- j hold of a New Year and Century." Mr. Schvarm eald In part: "The night 1b far spent, the day is at I hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as In the day; not In rioting and drunkenness, not In chambering and wantonness, not In strife and envying. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof, Romans 13:12-14. The Christian's Duty. "The Christian should take note ol the demands of the times in which he lives. He should'try and understand his age, and know what Is appropriate and what is not appropriate under existing conditions. The Apostle Paul \\?i3 a gospel preacher. He was a bearer of the light of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to a heathen world, a world sunk.In gross moral and spiritual darkness, a world, groping about after Cod If happily they might find him. This was true of the cultured Athenians and also of the world conquering Romans. They were morally and spiritually engulfed in grosB ignorance and superstition. Ileveling and drunkenness, chambering and wantonness were prev alent even In their religious life. "Paul gives a picture of that heathen world In the first chapter of his letter to the church at Rome. He says. When they knew Cod, they glorifled lilm not as God. They changed the ?lory of the incorruptible God Into an . Image made like to corruptible man, ! md to birds and four footed beasts, ind creeping things. Wherefore God : jave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own between themselves,' , itc., etc. "It was into this gross darkness of icathen idolatry and sensuality that . Paul carried the light of the Gospel of Tnoiif r-V, , 11-1 Hi ..,,1,1 .1, leard and believed, 'The night is far ;pent, the day ir. at hand; let us there- ' !ore cast off the works of darkness,* itc. The r.lghl of that heathen dark- 1 less was far spent. The day soon ' jurst upon those heathen nations and dolatry and sensuality were largely Danished and Christ Jesus was put on ind became King. Christian. Confidence. "This should give us Christians conId ence. We should believe and reoice in the fact that the night is far ipcnl, that the day of gospel light is at land, that the forces of evil will not nlvays have the ascendency. That the rend of the human race Is upward. L'hat the human race is growing better tnd nobler. There Is still much darkless, after nineteen centuries of Chrisian teaching, in some places even in Jhrlstlan lands, and there are still nany heathen lands, but the day is >: caking everywhere'. There is no just eason for gloom and despondency as to he triumph of the Gospel of Jesus "hrist Many bewail the persecutions ? Christians in Armenia and China, >ut those very persecutions have shown hat the light ha3 shone into those nost benighted heathen lands and nade many ready to die rather than ;lve up the light. It will prove there is in the past history of the gospel ov- g irywhere, that 'The blood of the mnryrs Js the ceed of the church.' ?ru 1 that nstead of suppressing the gospel, it vlll be the means of making hundreds ^ i-iicl thousands of Christiana for every Q >ne whose blood was shed. And then 0 3od will use the zeal and enthusiasm of hose modem martyrs to stir up the hurch in the Christian lands. The v >iood of these martyrs cries to us, that e Now It is high time to awake.' Tho Day is at Hand. r "These things show us that the day a s at hand even for the most benighted d anda. Tills should encourage Chris- a ian8 ia Christian lands. They should ii hrow aside their lethargy, rub their o yea, and behold the sun of righteous- b ioSh shining In the far east. This is no 7 ime for Christians to sleep. The day is t lere; they should arise and take the rl forhl for'Christ The gospel of Jesus a Ihrlst has been steadily marching on. a 'here have been times when the light a as burned obscurely, but it hns ever o ic-en trimmed and burned more brightly II han before. It was so In the rcforma- t! Ion, In. the revivals under Spenor In n i'ermany, the Wrsleys In England, nn-1 'J Edwards, Finney, etc., In America, b 'here are sinners of another trimming ? o\v, The night of sin's power Is pass- tl rig. It Is far spent. God will not nl- \\ i-aye tolerate the works of the devil, a Ie Is calling to his people to put off the li forks of darkness, revellngs and d runkcnnoRS, etc., and to live In the P ght.. The many attempts to purify a ur cities of these gross evils show that tl lis people arc responding. They will tl ct succeed. p "The century drawing to a close has T icon a wonderful one because of the f< clentlfic and material advancement, 'he Gospel of Christ han advanced too, >ut not so conspicuously an the materil. But the century coming will be oted for Its great spiritual advance- jj lent. Not the temporal, but the eter- h ial will be most highly prized. The day tl 3 at hand. Awake! church of ("Jod and (1 iut on the armor of light. Tnlco th(j J rorld for Christ!" c, ? - i,| EXTHA SERVICE to-night?W. & 3. 0. railroad. Lato cars will leavo ho city to-night for Elm Orovo at 1 , aid 1:30 a. ml. ^ Hi,.xW-&?SlBH BRIEF MENTIONS OS. Events in nntl Ab. lithe City Given | in n Nutshell. j Grand to-night ? "Knizenjammer j Kids." There will lie no midnight perforin- I once, ut the Grand to-night. Midnight moss at the Cathedral tonight, an event of a century. The board of county commissioners holds its last meeting this morning. Next Monday the new board meets for organization. ' Charles F. Fenllardt. formerly with John Welty, has; resigned his position and will open a barber shfln 'n the Musee building, 1122 Market street. The new theatre committee will lie out again to-day, and it Is hoped to close up the deal. xTwo-thirds of the amount wanted Is already subscribed: Here's hoping the new theatre will not be dubhed au "opera house," a term that Is as greatly abused almost as professor, judge and a few other titles. The annual meeting of the stock- ; holders of the People's Bank will be held on Tuesday, January 8, for the election of directors for the ensuing year. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Wheeling & Belmont Brldgo Company will be held on Monday, January 14, at 2 p. m., fur the election of manngers for the ensuing year. The man found dead in a house of prostitution In East Wheeling, as re- i corded in Saturday's Intelllcencer. was I not William Lockwood, of Columbus, I but VVJlliam Brown, of Dayton. I PERSONAL NOTES. \ Going and Coming of "Wheeling People and Visitors J. P. Love, of Grafton, is a visitor In , tho city. M. D. x3oyers, of Morgantown, 1b In the city. c C. W. Stewart Is a Slstcrsvllle callcr In the city. W. M. Blake, of Grafton, lo at the Park Hotel. W. II. liable, of Mable, Is calling on friends In town. 13. Shalvey, of Littleton, Is a business caller In the city. James K. Thompson is a Parkers- ^ burger In the city. Har\'#y Pollack, of the Register staff, ?C Is ill of pneumonia. 0 A. C. Jackson, of Slstcrsvllle, Is reg- 0 Istered at the McLure. C Samuel R. Hlte, of Fairmont, Is auto- p graphed at the Windsor. ?] F. B. Lyons, of Mannlngton, Is the tl guest of friends in the city. A. L. Smith, of Friendly, accompanied by his son, Is visiting friends In the pi city. ei F. B. Blue and John A. McCabe, of h; Grafton, are business callers In the ai city. p! Frank I-Iervey, hook-keeper at Flaccus Brothers, Is ill at liis home, on North Main street. " Matt Collbas, of Benwood, an em- in ploye of the Riverside tube works, Is si slightly indisposed. qi William Allen, of Muncle; Ind, for- ol merly of Wheeling, is spending the holidays with friends in the city. Max Mathers, of Morgantown, who *1: has been the guest of friends in the P city, returned home yesterday. gj SAID BY "SOLON." Ho Criticises the Attitude of tho In- si telligencer. cl !To the Editor of tho Intelligencer. tfc SIR:?I read your editorial on "An Pi Impractical Move," with interest. It Is ca not my Intention to discuss the wisdom aj? the move made by tlie committee of b: 'One Hundred." That move was made nt ivith an honest purpose, even if not ni wisely. I. do not understand the pres- d( jnt position of the Intelligencer, when compared with its former. Is the Intel- si ligencer consistent now, when it advo- Pi :ates standing by the Republican nom- *vi nees, without exception, with Its for- la ner position, when it denounced Sun- o<] lay base ball and "fake hotels," and ar )ther evils? Does not the Intelligen- eti :er know, of course it does, that among 1 ;he nominees of the Republican party at ire five or six of the very men who w! /oted in the present city council against su ivory resolution to do away with the i ilot machine and with the "fake hotel?" gr Vnd does it not know, of course It does,- F1 hat among those nominees Is the presint chief of police, under whose term >f olllce all of the above mentioned ivlls have nourished unmolested? The ormer position of the Intelligencer rave many of the best members of the Republican party hope and courage in heir attempt to purify the party and he city. Why docs not the Intelligen- J er try now to save its party from such nen, instead of trying to save It with ucli men? The Intelligencer has advoated a gTeater and better Wheeling, I'hlch Is commendable, but can it not ^ iow, 'for the sake of that greater and sjc letter Wheeling, advocate the election *ac >f the purest and best men, Irrespective va f party, In order to get that greater jjn nd bstter Wheeling:? Woujd not the .p ntelligenecr render its own party tlie s-j*0 cry l>est service by opposing the re- n0 lcctlon of those nominees who have, ^ n triul, shown themselves wholly unfit nr the positions to which they again t0 spire? The committee of "One Hun- wa red" is not seeking anything unreason- ^ bio. They will be satisfied with the cp< mpartial enforcement of the laws and pjfl tun'"*!wa'W HIV vnyi ?wiu li HGTlSlDiC q.j uslness management of city affairs. ftn 'hey have manifested this In waving thi heir platform of principles and cn- wc orsing such candidates an they conIdered, after investigation, as honest j nd capable, and, after investigation, ed 3 honest and capable, without asking CQ} f them any special pledge. They beeve their object would be obtained if h() lie persons whom they have designated c s worthy of support would be elected. 'hey do not bellev? their object could na o obtained if tlie control of the council 0V( liould again fall Into the hands of ^ liose who have been tried and found ? anting, and their sympathizers. There f j re many in the committee of "One [undred" who believe they have more * ? eslre for the real success of the lie- ^ ubllcan party than some of those who re seeking otlice at its hands for what ley can get out of It for themselves or loir friends. The opinions of those J?' ersons deserve some, consideration. ^ hey are laboring, at personal sacrifice, l?, >r the good of the city. SOLON." Wheeling, Dec. 30. Ulc , He Kheumatism Cured in a Day. R(l1 "Mystic Cure" for Rhoumatlmn ond al)C 'ourulgla radically cures tu 1 to 3 daya. up< is action upon the system Is reniarka. f0~ l?^ and mystcrlouu. It removes at onco ic cause and the disease Immediately Isftppcars. The first dose greatly b?nIlls. 7.". cents. Sold by It. II. Lint, -A )10 Main street, Chns. Menkcmoller, XVi jrner Market nnd Twenty-second nio roots, druggists. rmv&f die * ? (or TWO million Americans suffer the bo: irturlng pangs of dyspepsia. No need sui t. Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At Sal uy drug move.?] by M | $2^5?^ Pants, (or SI McFADDEN'S SH 1318, 1320, 1322 LAU' Sold, by all druggi: TOBACCO MEN Interested in Besult of Experim< In Production of Sumatra Xeaf C fined to Two States. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.?The pu ition of the successful results of xperiments conducted by the divl f soils of the United States departn f agriculture in co-opcration with unnectleut experiment station in roductlon of Sumatra tobacco i lartford, and the subsequent salt le crop to a Kansas City firm, lused widespread interest in the criments among: tobacco men. N ous communications on the sub &.ve been received by the cfcparttr nd two suggestions made as to tanner in which the tobacco sin ive been disposed of. Tho first v lat tobacco leaf grown Dy the govt ent should not have been sold, lould have been distributed In si aantities to dealera In leaf tobacco .her Interested psrsons. 'The ol as, that If it had to be sold It she ive been auctioned off at New Y< hlladelphki and other points so as ve all leaf dealers an equal chai Property of Experiment Statioi Tn reply to these communications : ingestions Professor Milton Whit: ilef of the division of soils, states t le tobacco was grown by and was roperty of the Connecticut toba [periment company, which is virtu: state experiment station, and was i 1 the company, the department hav ) rights in the matter. The crop i erely grown under the direction of .'partment Professor Whitney thinks the pro tion to sell at auction at a numbei aces is a good one and says If ark is to be continued next year an rger crop is to be handled, this me I of disposing of It should be adop id doubtless will be by the Connei it people. Growers are again warned agal tempting to crow this tobacco cxc hen there is a reasonable chance ccess. So far as known the success owth of Sumatra will be confined orida and Connecticut. PLAYED POKER. Dwnfall of a Receiver of Tax $20,000 Short in His Accoun Pugitivo on Account of Hi3 Wen ncss. \LTOONA, Pa., Doc. 30.?James :Cullough, receiver cf state and coi taxes for Altoona, is a fugitive a ort over $20,000 in his acounts. IV illough has been receiver since IS Ing appointed by the county comra mors. He gave a bond in the sum 1,000, his bondsmen being John P I n, president of the Second Natioi ink; D. G. MeCullough, hi3 broth* J. Armstrong and County Comm ner J. C. Hughes. Because he li t squared his duplicates for the p; reral years he was not re-appoint it spring and this subsequently ] the discovery of the shortage, s said that he was a htavy loser rds, but when one of his bondbm >ke to him about it, he said that lyed only occasionally and ahva it ahead of the game. Dlssatlsfl ancial backers had him spotted \vi ; result that the reports or big loss re confirmed. Ordored Secret Examination, text the county commissioners ord< a secret examination of their a ?uus wiui uic iux receiver. a siio: c of 510,000 was unearthed In a fi or s. bounty Commissioner I-Iughes haste to McCullough's otncc for an expl tlon McCultough confessed he w ?r $20,000 short. He said that he I n buying stocks In New York thi irs ago. And when his first ventu led he doubled to retrieve hlmsc 1 lost every time. 1 could not even win at poker," ml tied, "and the more chances I to t deeper I Rank to ruin." IcCullough liad nothing left but 1 ue, which 1? mortgaged, but he dee It to his bondsmen. Thursday nig left the city. IcCullough was flrst short In IS! shortage amounting to some $20,01 used his collections of '98 and *99 rare this account. McCullough >ut fifty years old, and was look )n as a solid business man. No c t to aroBt him has beon made as yt Ho Fooled tho Surgoons, ill doctors told Kenick Hamilton, Jefferson, O., aftor suffering nths from Rectal Fistula, he wou unless a costly operation was jie ined; but ho cured himself with fl' tea of Ducklon's Arnica Salve, tl est Pile cure on Earth, and tho lie vo in the World. 2f? cents a box. 80 Logan Drug Co., drugBist. - 4 eFADDKN'S. ' Pants for $K98. BEST CORDUROY PANTS, : from the real linen back corduroy nnd Tiadc-to-ordcr pants, with 2 front pockckct, 2 hip pockcts, best buttons, seams ved, and ever)- pair warranted not to n 32 to 42, the best $2.50 Corduroy .98. IRIS, HATS, SHOES, Market Street, Wheeling, IHLIN'S WORM SYRUP ; Perfect vermifuge. )le in its" Composition ; pleasant to ste, and effectual in its purpose. 5 Cents. Every Bntllfi Warranted. most Dealers. Manufactured only by ). G. McLAIN & SON, WHEELING, W. VA. 3ts and. dealers generally; THIRSTY PARKERSBURG. mts "Booze Histers" Not Permitted to Jon- Enter Saloons on Sunday?Mayor Turner* Gets a Reform Streak. ibll- PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Dec. 20.the Parkersburg experienced a "dry" Sunslon i day to-day. Last night, promptly at lent 1 midnight, every saloon in the city was the : closed by order of Mayor Turner. wh> the | has been acting chief of police alnce the lear supcnsion cf Chief Cook. This latest ? of J attempt to enforce the Sunday closing has | law has Ix-cn more rigid, more extensive ex- I and perhaps more successful than any um- I previous effort made during the present jcct administration, but the saloon men are lent confident that it will not be kept upi the Chief Cool:, who personally conducted )uld the last short lived crusade of this vas, character, now ascribes, It Is said, all ;rn- his recent misfortunes to an opal ring, but which ho received as a Christmas presnall ent. Within twenty-four hours after ana receiving it he had a scrimmage with .her one of his officers and a councilman, ?uld and within thirty-six hours he was susDrk, pended from his office. "Unele Josle" i to , is game; however, and declares that ha ace. will wear the ring until after the lnvcsi. tigation of the charges against him, knd which will take place to-morroiv mornley, inS before the police committee. hat 1 the Glorious News cco Comes from Dr. D. B. Carglle, of ' . Washita, L T. He writes: "Fourhoty ties of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. sold Brewer of scrofula, which had cp.used ing her great suffering for years. Terrible tvas f?res woulil break out on her head and face, and the best-doctors could give no the help; but her cure is complete anu her health Is excellent." This shows what po- thousands have proved?that lSlcctric , . Bitters Is the best blood purifier known. " It's the supreme remedy for ec2cma, tettcr, salt rheum, ulcers, bolls and runda r,!ng sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys tb_ nnd bowels, expels poisons, helps diges, lion, builds up the strength. Only 50 centn. Sold by Logan Drug Co., drug2ti qIsl Guaranteed. nst HOLIDAY RATES. Baltimore & Uiilo E. H. ? On account of the CHRISTMAS and tCEW YEAR Holidays, the Baltimore & iful Ohio railroad will sell excursion tickets to at Greatly Reduced Rates to and from points on Its line between Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Strasburg Junction nnd Intermediate points, good going December '22, 23, 24, 25, 31 and January 1, 1901, valid for return until January 2, 1901, inclusive. Splendid Royal Blue Train service, ts. Pullman Palace Cars and Baltimore & ^ Ohio dining cars on through trains. H. FINANCIAL. ? THE ? NATIONAL 5 EXCHANGE BARS OF WHEELING. ^ Capital 5200,000 c(1 Surolua 65,000 jj| DIRECTORS. ? J?N? Vance, John Frew, Waterhouoc, John L. Okkey? pn Yf-E. Stone, Geo. B. fitlfe!, W. II. Frank, J. M. brown, be Win. ElUnghara. ys cd OFFICERS, th N- VANCE. . . . PrealdenS. !.? JOHN FREWi . Vice President. LAWRENCE 4. SANDS, Co.lilcr, WM. B. IRVINE, Cmbtcr. Qualneas entrusted to o?r cere will re ?r" eelve prompt ao4 corofu! attention. % PITTSBURG SECURITIES MAKE GOOD INVESTMENTS. n~ Information concerning same gladly fura~ nlslicd. 2 ROBERT C. HALL, oo Member Pittsburg Stock Exebnnjfe, Phono iro W13, 331 Fourth Ave.. Pittsburg, Pa. " BANK OF THE OHIO VALLEY. CAVITAL-S1IO.OUO. ho ok IVIUHM A. ISISTT. Prcjtilral MORTIMER I'OI.I.OCK....Vice PioUlpnt ,i, J. A. MILLER CjisMI* J. II- MpnOMALrt.. -Asft L Cashier d- Drafts on England, Ireland, Franco and ht Germany. DIHKCTOIIS. 37, William A. Isett. Mortimer Pollock. J. A. Mllicr. Kobert Simpson, ' E. M. AtklnBon, C. M. Frlsflell, to Jnllua Pollock. . ls HANNI11AL FOUUES pIfJl?onl I'd J. A. JKFKIiRBON C??M? ? bank of wheeling. CAPITAL, $200,000, PAID I>* WHEELING, w. VA. of ? IS DIHECT0H8. Id Allen Brock. JovcpU F. Paull. r? CI'hu. Schmidt, Henry Blcborson, Uorvtrd SlmpHon, Hannibal Forbwt, 1G A. J. Clarke. . Interest pnld on Bpneial dcpotlts. . . iMUfH drafts on England, Ireland.ana