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VOL. XXXIL-NO. 26.
and tbe Development of West Virginia's Reeouroee
CLARKSBURG, W. VA., MAY 12. 1893.
WHOLE NO. 1580
STATE GOSSIP.
Items of Interest About Our
Mountain State.
U. S. G, Pitzer, of Marti nsburg,
will deliver the memorial address
at Winchester. Va.. on Decora
tion Day.
At an election held in Tucker
county it was. decided to move
the county seat to Parsons. The
vote stood : for removal 1,110 ;
against 512.
A shower ot brown bugs is said
to have fallen along the line of
the West Virginia Central rail
road last Monday. They fell the
thickest about Dobbin.
A professional man in Parkers
burg put in his time last winter
building a yacht in his garret
Now he can't get the boat out
unless he tattes the roof off.
On the night of the 27th of
April the express office at White
Sulphur Springs was broken into
and goods to the amount of about
$200 stolen. No trace of the
culprit. . V
Gov. W. A. McCorkle has re
ceived and accepted the resigna
tion of Gen. Jases B. Taney, of
Wheeling, as a member of the
Governor's staff.
Governor McCorkle has issued
an order to the effect that all re
wards for fugitives from justice
now standing on the executive
journal as offered by the State of
West Virginia, be withdrawn and
that the orders offering such re
wards be recalled.
? The expenses of the West Vir
ginia deaf and blind asylum, at
Romney. for the past two years
amounted to 160,735. The at
tendance embraced forty-eight
deaf males and fifty-six females ;
twenty-one blind males and twen
, ty-nine females.,
We learn from the Pocahontas
Times that Mrs. Joseph Gay, of
Elk, that county, caught in a
steel trap an eagle that measures
7 feet 6 inches from tip to tip. A
heavy cloth was thrown over it,
and it was saved alive. It is con
tentedly eating everything pre
sented to it.
Paris Lester, a young school
teacher, of Echo, says the Wayne
?iVeics, has beaten all records in
the way of putting in time in his
profession. Since the first Mon
day in August, 1891, he has only
missed one week out of the school
room, and that was the week that
he attended the teachers' insti
tute last year.
Miss Patty Wilson, youngest
daughter of the late J. E. Wilson
and niece of Hon. Ub?. L. Wilson
who lives with her mother at
Summit Point, Jefferson county,
went to sleep Sunday, the 16th
ult.. and all efforts to awaken her
proved utter futile, until Sunday
the 23rd, when she awakened
naturally, and seemingly well,
except possibly, a little weak.
Physicians were constantly in
attendance, electric batteries
were applied with the current at
its maximum, but the profound
sleep or stupor continued, as
above stated.
Some twenty-two gentleman
from Pittston, Pa., who represent
quite a large amount of capital,
went up the G. & B. Bellington
on Tuesday morning. They went
up there with a view to organiz
ing a company for the purpose
of operating and developing the
coal fields in the neighborhood
?f Bellington, and belonging to a
Mr. Sturmer, of Pittston. If the
outlook is favorable some very
extensive operations may be
looked for in the way of coal min
ing. in which case the Roaring
Creek coal region will be con
nected with the G. & B. at Bell
ington by a line of road to be
built between the two points.
On last Tuesday, Julius, young
est child of Mr. J. S. Harm at,, of
Wetzel county, was accidentally
scalded by pulling out a plug
from a washing machine. The
hot water fell on its head and
neck and ran down its body.
Everything possible was done for
the little sufferer, but in vain,
and on Wednesday about noon
died.
Mr. Prank Repair, an aged
citizen of Tucker county, was
drowned in Cheat river at 8t
George Tuesday morning. He
and his son were fording the
river at that place when the horse
Mr. Repair was riding stumbled
and threw him in the water, fell
on and injured him to such an ex
tent that he was unable to rise.
His son was powerless to aid him,
being a cripple, and was compell
ed to look on and see his father
swept away by the turbulent
stream.
A large number of the parties
who have been engaged in selling
whiskfy illegally were arrested
week and taken before some
of the justices. In most cases
the accused parties gave bond
but a few were locked up. The
crusade against them has been
certainly well organized and very
few have escaped. Two parties
evaded the officers, walked over
the prostrate form of a corpulent
constable of this city and took
flight to Wolf Summit to await
the evening train. When the
evening train came along it car
ried the un terrified and ubiquitous
Samuel Gordon. Esq. The ?fliers"
jumped from the train at Cherry
Camp and were captured after a i
short race by Mr. Gordon and
brought back to the city.
OUT OP POLITICS.
Ex-('oncrpssmun Ben. Wilson Talk*
Abonta New Kallwajr Enterprise.
Ex-Congressman Ben. Wilson,
of Clarksburg, W. Va., arrived in
in the city on the western express
this morning, and is registered at
the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Itis
eight years since he served in
Congress, and he says he is now
about through with politics. He
thinks that the old Democratic
States like West Virginia should
not expect so much in the way of
presidential appointments. The
country is now growing, new
States are being admitted to the
Union and all of them must have
some recognition, therefore, many
federal ofliccs were distributed
among the leaders in the old
Democratic States are being
served out to all sections of the
r country. All must be accommo-.
dated.
The people of our section, said
Mr. Wilson, are now interested in
a new railway line which is be
ing surveyed through the town.
I understand it is an extension of
the Pittsburg, Virginia add Char
leston road, or the Monongahela
division of the Pennsylvania. It
will connect Clarksburg with
Brownsville and will give us di
rect communication with this
city. The distance between these
two points is 100 miles and the
new line will open up one of the
finest timber tracks in the coun
try. Rich coal fields Junderly
this track awaiting develope
ment. If the truth were
known I believe the coal fields of
West Virginia are fully as rich as
those of Pennsylvonia. There is
.a great deal of undeveloped teri
tory in our State, and we are just
begining to realize how richly
nature has endowed the soil on
which we live. Work has already
been commenced on the Browns
ville section of the proposed rail
way line.?Pittsburg Press.
We have received many com
plimentary letters from Tele
gram friends, expressing their
appreciation of our last issue
which contained Talmage's ser
mon and other special features.
Court News.
Circuit courtconvened prompt
ly at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, with
Judge J. M. Hagans on the bench.
A grand jury was promptly im
paneled, composed of the fol
lowing gentlemen: J. M. Lyon,
I. P. R. Ash, Jesse Martin. Jas.
Drummond. John D. Martin, F.
M. Gilford, D. W. Boggess. John
M. Holmes, Geo. A. Ouster,
Wesley M. Bird, Benjamin 8.
Reynolds, Herman Lad wig. La
fayette Allen. John Lowe, Lloyd
Smith.
Judge Hagans' charged to the
grand jnry was probably never
excelled in this county. It was a
clear explanation of the main
points of the law with special
emphasis on that part relating to
revenue violations. He charged
the jury to maintain a rigid ad
herence to what the law says
about keeping their deliberations
from the public and told them to
expect a very large number of
witnesses to be sent before them.
On the motion of the attorney
fortheState capiases were award
ed against the following persons,
viz : James Myers, Caroline
Holt, George Gum, William Cot
trill, Thomas Jett, Harvey Ran
dolph, William Taylor. William
Barnes, Lee Floyd; Rules on A.
J. Evans. L. D. Waldrow and
Clark Morrison.
State vs. William Barnes, jury
and veridict of guilty for carry
ing revolver, $25 fine, in two
cases.
State vs. George Gun. jury
and $5 fine.
State vs. Will Hoff, plea of not
guilty, and $25 fi no for carrying
concealed weapons.
State vs. George N. Holden,
plea of not guilty and $5 fine.
State vs. James Cunningham,
for unlawful cutting. $50 fine.
State vs. Sumner Miner, jury
and verdict of not guilty.
State vs. James Myers, jury
and verdict of guilty, $25 fine.
State vs. Caroline Hall, jury
and verdict of guilty, judgment
suspended and order for the ar
rest of defendant.
State vs. Sampson Harbert,
plea of guilty and $5 fine.
0. P. HcCABTT.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
now has entire conti-ol of the O.
& M. R. R? thus giving them a
direct route through to Cincin
nati. Last week the B. & O. S.
W. and the O. & M. were consoli
dated under the care of that
popular railroad prince. Mr. 0.
P. McCarty, who is general
passenger agent for the whole
system. The appointment of
Mr. McCarty gives general satis
faction. He is a man of pleasant
address, fine business qualifica
tions, and as the general passen
ger agent of the B. & O. S. W.
for several years, he has made a
record of which he may justly
feel proud.
The editor has been absent the
most of the week attending the
State Editorial Association at
Martinsburg. We have just re
ceived information that Mr. Reed
was elected president by acclama
tion for the coming year, and W.
S. Wiley, of the Wetzel Democrat,
vice-president Wheeling was
selected for next meeting.
Mrs. M. A. Nusbaum is in
Baltimore where she will spend
several weeks.
Mr. J. Y. Moore is having his
residence on Pike street neatly
repainted.
J. C: Bartlett, of West Milford,
was in town visiting his brother
Granville Bartlett on Monday.
The State editorial association
is in session at Martinsburg this
week.
Wool wiwtrd?The Clarksburg
woolen mills wants your wool
this season.
For Young Men.
The young men of Clarksburg
and adjoining communities will
have an opportunity on Monday,
May 15th. of conferring with
Capt. C. C. Hewitt, of the U. S.
Array, 19th Inft., in regard to
enlisting in the standing army of
the United States. Capt. Hewitt
will make, the Walker House his
headquarters while here
"In recent years much has been
doae to popularize the army with
the young mon of the country.
By the new regulations a sol
dier may be discharged under
certain conditions after three
years service upon his own ap
plication. or he may purchase
his discharge under regulations
made in the interest of those
who have good reasons for en
gaging in other pursuits. In
addition to these advantages in
the case of legitimately severing \
his connection with the army,
everything possible has lately
been done to improve the daily
life of the soldier. He is furn
isbed with good clothing, ex
cellent food, means of amusement,
school advantages which, in ad
dition to liberal pay acd pros
pects of promotion equal to those
of any professionl open to young
men of the country a most de
sirable occupation.
A term of service, judiciously
spent in the army, is an advant
age to a young man, second only
to a university course. It im
proves him physically, broadens
his mental view, and fits him to
complete in life with the educated
and enterprising.
Sf>inu of the most successful
men in the western country are
among those who have served a
term of enlistment in the army.
They are proud of their service
and greatful for the advantages
it has brought them. No young
man not having superior advant
age need now hesitate to adopt
the army as an experience which
will increase* his opportunities
for success in any profession."
[Gen. Merritt in "The Armies of
to-day. ]
Last Saturday Mr. Cleveland
appointed Mr. James B. Taney,
of the Wheeling Register, to the
Consulship at Belfast As re
gards the salary paid, this is
easily the biggest plumyetgiven
to any applicant from the State,
and there is a general good feel
ing aunng West Virginians at
Editor Taney's success. This
Consulship is now held by S. G.
Reiby, who last year collected
fees from the office amounting to
$12,902, in addition to the stated
salary of $3,000. Col. Taney was
supported for the place by the
United States delegation, but he
had the especially cordial sup
port of Congressman Pendleton,
to which his success is largely
due.
The story in the Constitution's
news columns of the heroic con
duct of Judge Chrisman, of Mis
sissippi, beats anything that has
been seen in print in many a day.
A court house in a quiet country
town was suddenly surrounded
by armed white caps, demanding
the release of their arrested com
rades on bail, and when the
jadge, single-handed and alone,
confronted them, a hundred shot
gun's and pistols were aimed at
him. Defying the mob, this one
man broke through the line of
outlaws, raised a posse and drove
the assassins to the woods.
A Florida hunter lost his boots
in a novel manner recently. He
fell asleep on a river bank, laying
h is boots within convenient reach.
He was awakened by a strange
noise, and to his horror be be
held his lost boot disappearing
down an alligator's jaws. The
monster swallowed both of them.
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THE REIT KMC AS LEACH?K.
The Report of tkf ltmolntlon Com
mitter ?t the P?rker*bnr|t Meeting.
HE State League
o f Republican
Clubs, in con
vontion assom
blod. believing
that tbe govern
ment watt made
for the peoulo
and not the peo
ple for the gov
ernment. hereby reaffirm thoir
allegiance to the principles of
the Republican party, including
the doctrine of protection to the
American laborer, the Amorican
farmer, the American manu
facturer. and Amorican interests
trenerallv. as well as reciprocity,
fair and free elections and a
sound currency. These princi
ples being right, are in no wiso
affected by the temporary defeat.
We arraign the Democratic
party for its hostility and treach
ery to the cause of honest money,
and endorse the Republican po
sition in favor of the repeal of
the so-called Sherman law; but
we are In favor of the use of both
silver and gold as money motals.
We heartily approve of the im
migration laws now in force and
demand such further legislation
shall most effectively exclude
paupers,criminals, contract labor
and other.elements hostile to the
welfare of the American people
and the genius of American in
I stitutions.
We denounce the Democratic
party of this State for the op
pressive rate of taxation on real
estate, produced by constantly
increasing values placed thereon
at each succeeding appraisement,
with no reduction of the rate of
levy.
For the useless expense of a
needless extra session of the last
legislature, and the passage of
an appropriation bill so large
that Democratic leaders pre
dicted a deficit in the treasury in
consequence.
For failure to reduce the State
taxes, although so urged to do
by the Democratic governor.
And also fcr Its general repu
diation of promise and pretenses
made to the people, and for its
incompetency and extravagance
in the conduct of the State gov
ornment.
The Republican party believes
in free schools and universal
education. The father of the
system of schools of this State,
it favors increasing the efficiency
thereof as the growth and devel
opment of the State will permit,
without making taxation burden
some. And. inasmuch as the
most of the wealthier portions of
the State have been set off as In
dependent school district, there
by leaving the poorer sections to
their resources, we believe that
the time has come when the
amount of State aid to the
schools should be increased,
?which is practicable without in
creasing tbe State taxes, by
transferring a portion of* the
levy for general State purposes
to the distributable school fund.
And inasmuch as the last legisla
ture, after full discussion and
years of consideration by pre
ceding Legislatures, passed a
bill to this effect, we, therefore,
condemn the Governor's veto of
that measure, as an unwarranted
interference of the executive
authority' with the Legislature,
thereby defeating the expressed
will of the people.
The salaries of public officers
should be reasonable; but the
prenicious fee system in vogue
in this State is the reverse of all
tnese, and we condemn the Dem
ocratic party for its Mtlure to
keep Its promise to reform this
obnoxious system. The last
Legislature, after having laid
before it official evidence of the
magnitude of this evil, refused
to consider any measure for the
correction thereof. We believe
that those fees, a'ter deducting a
proper amount thereof. Wo be
lieve that these foes, after do
ducting a proper amount thereof
to insuro the collection of them,
should bo paid into the treasury
of tho Stato and of the respective
counties.
Wo condemn the outrageous
proceeding of the Democratic
legislature In unseating 8. G.
Smith, of Ohio county, when he
was upheld by tho Supremo Court
and had a certificate of election
from tho Ohio county Commis
sioners.
Wo arraign the Domocracy as
a party for having allowod to
pass without a slnelo word of
censure or disavowal tho brutal
and inhuman outrages committed
by its members and its name
upon peaceable and uuolTondiux
citizens of other political faith
upon the streets in broad day.
light in other cities of this Slate
already under Democratic control
where such deed did pass with
out a single word or act of its
officials to the country.
The following Committe on
Resolutions were appointed ; Al.
Duteed, D. C. Dingor. of Ohio ;
T. O. Parsons, Marshall; W. P.
Jones. Doddridgo; 0. W. Boss,
Pleasant; J. W. Beckwlth, Jack
son; P. J. Liesage. Cabell: E D.
Ruckor, Mercer; E. O. llenuian,
Payette; J. S. McDonald. Katia
wha;W. G. Wilson, Randolph;
Wm. M. 0. Dawson, Preston; P..
C. Reynolds, Minoral; U. S. G.
Pitzer. Berkeley.
S. B. Elkins was unanimously
re-elected memborof tho National
Committee of the League; dele
gates-at-large. R. S. Northcott;
W. M. O. Dawson. John K.
Thompson, C. D. Elliott, S. W.
Matthews, J. W. Stuck. Tho
following officers were elected :
President, E, P. Rucker. of Mer
cer; Vice-President, first, J. E.
Horton. of Marshall; second. J.
H. Holt, Taylor; third, Pres S,
McDonald, Kanawha ; fourth.
George Poflenbarger, Mason;
Secretary, J. K. Hall, Ohio ;
Treasurer. P. B. Dobbins, Ohio.
An executive committee from
each of the thirteen Senatorial
districts was also elected.
The Kickapoo Indian Medicine
Company will give a series of
entertainments at Duncan's lot,
corner Main street and Weston
road, Clarksburg, for two weeks,
commencing May 15th. The
Company consists of the follow
ing well known artsts : Mr.
Harry DePorrest the noted jug
Kler and equilibrist, Mr. Wm.
Gait character artist. Mr. Chas.
Allen musical expert. Mr. Geo.
Hanes. tho eminent comedian and
a band of genuine western Indi
ans. The exhibition will be free
to adults; children, 10 cents.
The artist trio at Music Hall
one night only, May 15th.
A STRONG TESTIMONIAL.
Kickapoo Jiulian Medicine Co:
Gentlemen: ?I have been trou
bled for same 8 or 9 months with
indijestion, which gave me a
great deal of trouble; the worst
being severe cramping, pains, &c.
in the stomach. I have used one
bottle of Kickapoo Indian Sagwa,
and would not take fifty dollars
for what it has already done tor
me. The misery has has entirely
disappeared, and find my diges
tion rapidly improving. I do not
hesitate in recomending the modi
cine to be first-class in every par
ticular. W. R. Jasper. B. & O.
R R Conductor, Grafton, W. Va.
THE LA TEST MA HKETS.
New York, May 8, 1893.
QUOTATIONS OT HKEVR8.
I Good to prime $3 40? t5 75
Fair to good. 5 88(ii 5 10
Common to medium -I H5<$ 5 -0
Oxen and stag* 3 78{|& 5 10
Bulla and dry cows . 1 50? 4 00
Average to-day, estimated 5 30? ...
Extreme range of prices... I 85? # 00
Good to prime steers sold one year
ago at *4 45@t4 85: tho average price
was estimated at *4 25.