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Pure Politics, and the Decelopment of West Virginia's Resources
YA.. FEliRUABY 17, 1893 |B| f WHOLE NO. 1568
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Central West Virginia || tiun I rAbto.
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Selcgrom.
THE MORMONS.
jw They Were Exiled From
Illinois in 1845.
Tba? historical sketchy are written
ftheTBi.MBA>? by ft Mormon minister
K) many yews lived in OlftrksbnT^
tulioisiiowa residentof Utah.?Ed.)
[Xo. 3,?Continual from but trrek. ]
St. George, Utah, |
February 12. 1893. )
At this place we remained in
mp for several days. On the
th of February Brigham Young
lied the camp together and
mmenced to organize companies
hundreds, of fifties and of
Over each company was a
ptain. My father was captain
ten and the following I might
p composed his outfit. 5 wag
s. 9 horses, 2 yoke of oxen,
CO pounds flour, 12 bushels of
u meal, 2 bushels parch corn
al, 350 pounds crackers, 150
rods meat, 2 bushels seed
2 bushels buckwheat, 2
ibels fall wheat and variety of
den seeds. 2 spades, 2 shovels,
oes, 2 iron wedges. 5 augurs,
pounds soap. 100 papers smok
: tobacco for Indians, 3 rifles,
inskets, 2 kegs powder and
I pounds lead; one man ap
nted commissary; ray self
rk.
)nthe 19th it began snowing,
king everything look gloomy,
light wind raised, blew down
ts and had to change our
i and the front of our wnt to
ventfrom being annoyed with
smoke. The weather turned
IsncUhe snow on the ground
lot deep. On the 23rd Jacob,
brother), shot a fine lot of
il and brought to camp. On
24th of February?last night
Mississippi river froze over,
mng a complete bridge.
tmday, March 1st, at 2 p. m.
ip broke and made a general
Fe 'or the great West. The
prnoon was warm, the snow
p melting and the road soon
une muddy, and mirey and
dfully cut up with the wag
J, we made about five miles and
Ipec, thenight being severely
. Monday 2d we moved a few
sand on Tuesday 3rd?this
^ing, the people were called
lather by the sound of the
|'e' when President Young
"essed them. He cautioned
a to be careful and not crowd
i each other with their wag
Iwhile driving and gave in
lotions to the pioneers in re
flto their duty, likewise to
? guard that they bring up
|rear ai)d see nothing was lost
Fheilin<i. On the 8th March
Cached a point where we lay
I several days owing to bad
rr a?d poor roads. While
M number of our men, my
|??e them, made rails for
r?er living near camp and
FPro\ isions for our pay which
s was better than money.
bmy father was taken sick
I several days was not
around. At this place
:Cox presented a bill of ten
'rs 'or damage caused by
pmon' horses gnawing the
I0" the young oak and ^
JJJffs growing on his land. To
I' , truth. our animals were
T Perishing and it took a
I amount of grain daily to
T wem going. On the 9th of
?on after camp broke, it
10 rain and continued all
, ' tlmes it came down in
? i a short time the
'-'came so soft that wagons
down and could not be
? Men, women and child
??nt to tighten up and were
Ith- y drencbed With rain
I 's white on a prairie far
Trml>er. It was a time of
teof' ^,'10se who werf for
ibm?U?h,u>reach the timber
Ssrwac botter for the
| s m?stly green elm and
required a great deal of coaxing
tosretittoburn. Next day teams
were sent back to brinjj in the
wagons and familes aud I remem
ber how sorrowful I felt for the
little children that were out all
night without a spark of fire to
make them comfortable. It soon
cleared up and in a few days the
ground settled and the roads
dried. About this time 1 went
with some of our men to buy
corn of the Missourians. We
stayed over night with a man by
the name of John RatlifT. He
fed our teams some thrashed
oats and a few bundles in the
sheaf. We slept on the floor,
furnishing our own bedding and
our own provisions. The next
morning when asked what his
charge was, he said, -two dol
lars." He was asked if that was
not rather high. He replied, "1
have been pestered enough with
the Mormons once before in this
State and I am not going to be
pestered any more tor nothing.''
He also stated that he had helped
to take "Joe Smith once." About
the middle of April the young
grass began to appear and the
days were warm and pleasant.
Snakes were plentiful and some
of our animals were bitten by
them. Game was in abundance,
especially wild turkeys. They
could be heard gobbling every
morning and evening in the
neighboring woods.
fpsjjsSP8. H. W. Biglkii,
St. George, Utah.
\ Continued.]
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THE LEtilhLlTDRB.
,But seven actual working days
remain of the present session at
Charleston. Pew bills have been
passed, a hundred important
measures will yet have to be vot
ed upon, and there is talk of an
extra session. This cannot be
done without the consent of the
Republican members, and it is
thought there are enough Demo
crats willing to join forces with
the members on the opposite side
of the political fence to defeat
any effort to extend the session.
Every attempt to hold evening
sessions has been voted down,
and a resolution to limit speeches
to five minutes met a similar fate.
Both branches will have to do
some hard work to finish the busi
ness before the respective bodies
within the prescribed forty-five
days.
Senator Watt's "Foace bill"
was defeated in the caucus.
The House bill to "prevent un
just discrimination and extortion
in the rates charged for passen
gers and freight by railroad com I
panies" was laid on the table.
Tbej Don't I,Ike It.
A number of the swell young
men about town who indulge in
the festive bowl at night and
straighten up m the morning on
a gin fizz or a soda cock tail, but
are sensitive about having it
known, have received regularly
of late circulars and documents
and terms for treatment, from
Keeley cure institutes for inebri
ates.
These circulars have been com
ing with such persistent regulari
ty that some of the boys aro
awful hot and are anxious to
learn who took it upon them
selves to send their names into
these institues. We can insure
him an interesting time if he will
divulge his name.
It is whispered around, how
ever, that the names were furn
ished by young ladies who are
interested in the welfare of the
young men of this city.?Par
kersburg Sentinel.
The young men of Martins
burg have organized a military
company. H. H. Emmert has
been elected captain. W.N. Linch
first lieutenant, and N. W. Jones,
Jr., second lieutenant. There are
about fifty members enrolled and
are daily adding more.
GRESHAM NAMKI)
President - Elejl Cleveland
Publicly Announces
MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET.
Urmliain l? Secretary of state.
Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 14 ?
Mr.Cleveland officially announced
the names of four member of his
Cabinet through the Associated
Press this evening. Thev are:
Walter Q.Gresham. of Illinois,
Secretary of State.
John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky.
Secretary of Finance.
Daniel S. Lamont. of New
York, Secretary of War.
Wilson S. Bissell. of Buffalo,
Postmaster Genoral.
On making the announcement
Mr. Cleveland said:
"There is no need of any mys
tery in regard to thocabinet, and
it is useless to speculate and in
dulge in guess work. I shall
make no secret of the matter but
announce the names of gentle
men selected to the position as
fast as I receive their acceptances
and permission to make the mat
ter public."
AKKA OF WEST VIRGINIA.
One Comity Almost an Large n* the
Stale of Rhode Inland.
The census bulletin, showing
the area of the United States by
counties. Rives the area of West
Virginia at 24,780 square miles,
of which the water surface is 135
and the land 24,645 square miles.
The following table shows the
?elfcountyi ? ?
Mineral 370
Mongalia 325
Monroe 300
Morgan 230
Nicholas 720
Ohio 120
Pendleton 650
Clay 325 Pleasants 150
Barbour 395
Berkely 320
Boone 515
Braxton 565
Brooke 84
Cabell 300
Calhoun 260
Doddridge 470
Fayette 750
Gilmer 330
Grant 490
Greenbrier 1,050
Hampshire 550
Hancock 90
Hardy 400
Harrison 464
Jackson 470
Jefferson 280
Kanawha 825
Lewis 400
Lincoln 460
Logan 675
McDowell 680
Marion 314
Marshall 248
Mason 440
Pocahontas 765
Preston 709
Putnam 350
Raleigh 570
Randolph 1,175
Ritchie 512
Roane 470
Summers 400
Taylor 177
Tucker 500
Tyler 330
Upshur 350
Wayne 345
Webster 415
Wetzel 550
Wirt 260
Wood 375
Wyoming 660
Mercer 420 Total 24,645
Randolph is the largest county
in the State; it is almost as large
as the State of Rhode Island,
lacking about 15 square miles.
The six counties-.Fayette.Green
brier, Kanawha. Nicholas. Poca
hontas and Randolph?compose
about one-fourth the area of the
State. !
Don't Be Arrald.
Too little advertising is like
sowing too little seed. A farmer
in planting corn puts a number
of grains in to each hill, and is
satisfied if one good healthy
stalk comes from each planting.
It's the constant advertiser that
is bound to attract attention. It's
the succession of bright, catchy
advertisements that refuse to be
ignored. That the proper time
must be allowed for the fruit to
grow, ripen and be gathered is
as true a3 that wheat cannot be
reaped tho day after it is sown.
?Ex.
It is stated that the promised
chair factory of Buckhannon was
manipulated by an expert
swindler, and that he got $6,000
from Levi Leonard, $5,000 from
the bank and a considerable
amount from tho Buckhannon
Boom te-aye Co , and left them
in the lurch. Buckhannon would
better follow the example of
Weston and go slow but sure in
her developments.?Ex.
Advertise in the World's Fair
Telegram.
cost; I! ESS.
Only elevej working days re
main of the Fifty-second Con
gress. Only one of the annual
appropriation bills?the army
bill-?ha^ become a law. and from
this lime on until the fourth of
Mardh both Houses of Congress
will bend every energy to the
(jcmpletien of the remainder of
those important measures.
The Nicaragua Canal bill is
the unhnished business, but as it
protnisi-s to prcvoke a long de
bale, it must from timo to time
! give: way to the appropriation
i bills and conference reports.
It is proposed to lieep tho
[louse pounding away on the ap
i propriatk.n bills with but. little
} intermission until the last one of
; them is sent over to the Senate.
Thoie still remaining before the
House are t'ie pension, (which
is under consideration) the post
office, the Indian, the agriculture
and the naval bills.
IIAI'I'Y'ENDING.
- m
1 J. C. Ward Meets his Former i
Wife at Grafton
WEDDING RESULTS.
jy persons who.a few weeks
ago. perused with interest the
romantic account of the J
-ion of J. C. Ward from
) over six yeaiCago, in
erested
be equally interested
tej^Phe affair termiu
Wodnesday just as
-Ward
went to Grafton and there met
his bride of other days looking,
if anything, more beautiful than
when they separated. She was
accompanied by her interesting
little boy of six summers who,
for the first time in his life, gazed
upon the features of his father.
Tbe wedding was a quiet one, at
tend only by Mr. M. J. Francis
and sister. May their future
life be as bright and happy as
the past six years of separation
have been gloomy is the wish of
the Telegram.
Mormooi la Tartar Coontj.
For the past week a couple of
men claiming to be the Latter
Day Saints, haye been preaching
in various school houses in Fet
terman district. We did not learn
their object in holding these
meetings, but from the accounts
of the drift of their argument
they were for the purpose to cor
rect some erroneous statements
they claim have been circulated
about their doctrine. How long
they intend to remain in the |
neighborhood no one seems to
know, but presumably as long as |
they can find shelter and some |
place to preach. They now only I
express a desire to preach and i
explain their doctrine in every
school house in the land. We j
seriously doubt the propriety of
any board of trustees allowing
strangers who pretend to be
preachers, the privilege of
preaching in school buildings.
Were they ? not impostors they I
certainly need not be traveling I
through the country in that man- I
ner. There is plenty of work
for ministers, and there is no
need fir any of them, unless they
be impostors, traveling from
place to place begging for a
house in which to speak. ?Graf
ton Leader.
There was about 830,000 went
up in a tiame at Montana mines j
last Thursday night. The dump j
house, machinery and buildings !
were all consumed. The fire j
originated in the engine room
about seven o'clock in the even
ing, and when discovered was
too far under way to be checked.
There was an insurance of $10,000
on the building and machinery,
making the loss $20,000 to the ,
company,?Er.
The Weil orr Halls Run Comes
In Beautifully.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN THE
Ylclnftjr of "hrrrr ( hhi|.
filarial IHtpaM, U Vir Ttttgrnn.
Tlio woll that Has boon in pro
cess of drilling since Inst Novom
,bor. situated on Judge Goffs
land a short distance above Day
! t?n s mills is now supposed to bo
? producing well. Gas in small
^quantities was struck in several
places as the drill wont down but.
on last Saturday the rich fluid
was certainly found. Tbo com
pany will not permit any loafers
| about the derrick and no informa
tion can bo had from any of tho
men. The flow for somo time
must have been enormous as the
ground is soaked and the oil
standing in pools from IL'to 18
inches deep. The neighbors
have been dipping it up and car
rying it away in jugs. Tho crook
was covered with oil for a dis
, tance of probably five miles and
Jerry Dayton is of tho opinion
that he ran his mill for near
ly a wholo day with almo it pure
oil.
The well is constantly g arded
and the oil has probably been
cased off or the well plugged.
The derrick is situated on what
was known as the Lynch proper
ty adjoining the proporty of Dr
Conaway.
It is rumored that Dr. Cona
weeks.
A Big: Ileal.
gB&sgsfl|
that are now there will be replac
s y?S',ar?? modern bank build
ing. This will improve tho ap.
pearance of that part of the city.
i'rfxldent HarrUon'i Future.
A movement is on foot to con
fer on President Harrison one of
the greatest honors an American
citizen can receive. '
It is proposed to elect him com
mander of the Loyal Legion of
the United States. a position
made vacant by the death of ox
President Hayes.
The office, a life position, has
been held by Gen. Hayes. Gen.
Phil. Sheridan. Admiral Alray
and Gen. George H. Thomas.
WILL PROBABLY ACCEPT A PRO
FESSORSHir.
President Harrison will in all
probability accept tho chair
which Senator Stanford has ten
dered him in the Leland Stanford
University of California soon I
after March 4. I
The President has of lato been
reading much about the universi
ty and the Pacific coast. He is
favorably impressed with both.
The occupancy of a chair in that'
university would in no wise-affect
his residence at Indianapolis nor
take him out of the practice of
law.
He would reside at the capital
or Indiana and practice law, but
go to tho university several times
a year to deliver lectures.
The lack of training in the
principles of honesty and integ
rity is the weakness of oof times
So long as the deft strokes by
which one man defrauds another
are described in such terms as
"Sharp practice." -Oh! he's a
shrewd fellow. ' -He can hoe his
own row." -He'll get there." and
similar expressions, which con
vey no condemnation, but rather
approval of his conduct, the
scenes which are now being en
acted in some of the leading
cities of the nation, to the ever
lasting disgrace of the country,
will become every day occur
rences.
IN MKMOKUM.
For almost four weeks it 1
been known that Winnie St
was lingering between lifo n
death, and every one was hopi
against hope that she mil
bo spared. Vol when tho wh
winged messenger appeared
Saturday night, he was not i
expected, but the blow was nc
tho less heavy. For weeks s
battled with death, believi
that her days would soou be ov
and when the end came she u
ready. She is gone from t
sight, gone from her home, t
her memory will always renin
A life of usefulness, love a
beauty seemed just begun a
she had every reason to look fi
ward to a bright and hap
future. Possessing romarkal
intelligence and a well stor
mind, she was an accomplish
and entertaining conversati*
alist, and being of an investig
itig spirit she had gained c<
siderable insight and knowled
of the most of the world's litem
characters; added to this, the fi
that she was an agreeable co
panion and a sincere friond it
not to bo wondered that her i
sociates and friends were legic
Hor presonce will bo sac
missed from her happy homo a
from the lives of hor family a
friends. Why it is that one
young, so happy, and so g
should be called from her lat
[ on earth is one of the myster
of Providence, and we can 01
bow our heads in humble si
wen.
The funeral sorvices were a
ducted at Goff Chapel on Mond
morning at 10 o'clocit by t
pastor. Rev. Evans. The 9C
Psalm was road and Mrs. He
maker sang "One sweetly solei
thought." after which a sh<
sermon was preached from Ji
15:9, "Her sun is gone do1
while it is yet day." At the gra
*as sung "It is well with i
soul." her favorite song, aad t
one sung when she was conve
ed.
The Epworth League order
handsome flowers from Wat
ington for the occasion and lia
the grave with evergreens. N<
withstanding the weather w
very disagreeable a great ma
friends followed to tho grave
pay their last tribute of resp<
and love.
H. A. I'AY.NK.
H. A. Payne died Sunday mot
ing, Feb. 12, 1893, having bei
sick 24 days. He was born
Pruntytown in 1862. and the
ho spent the years of his chil
hood, youth and early manhoc
About six years ago ho went
Crafton as clerk for J.N. Ti
gellas and began life's struggl
alone. In September, 1890, i
became a clerk in the store
I Uoughner & Sons, in this cit
[ In business he was kindly, coui
I nous, attentive, faith'ul. He w
universally popular and ma
new friends and never lost o
ones. In 1885 he gave liimst
to Jesus Christ and has ever be<
a quiet earnest christian. Tl
is the one consolation to h
stricken brother and sisters, th
he died in the triumphs of t)
Christian faith.
A most important sale of We
Virginia coal land was made r
cently, when 100,000 acres lyii
in Fayette and Raleigh countii
were sold. It is part of the Nc
River field and the quality of tl
coal to be secured therefrom
said to equal that from which tl
famous Oonnellsville coke
made. The price paid for tl
land was *800,000, and the pu
chase was made for Droxol, Mo
gan & Co., who are supposed
represent the Vanderbilts.
Braxton Democrat.