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CLARKSBURG, W. VA.. SEPTEMBER 21, 1894.
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|Two Days' Battle.-2,800
Chinese Killed,
|y 20,000 of ThemWound
1 or Taken Prisoners.
xdox. Sept. 19.?A Central,
dospatch from Seoul, dated
n? Sept. 18, says a great
has been fougnt at Piner
between the Chinese and
oese troops, in which the
er were utterly routed.
battle was opened on Sa
ty at day break by a Japan
:annonade of the Chinese
which was continued
jut cessation until afternoon,
Chinese responding.
e firing continued at inter
daring the night, and in the
itime two Japanese flank
ilumas had formed a cordon
md the Chinese. At 3 o'clock
ie morning .an attack was
by the Japanese columns
ltaneously and with admira
Iprecision.
e Chinese lines which were
;rong in front were found
weak in the rear, aud here
.ttack was a perfect success.
Chinese were completely
m by surprise, and . were
into a panic. Hundreds
cut down, and those who
iped
su
ana
ung Chang's European drill -
ips stood their ground to
eastward and were 'cut down
man.
|t is estimated that '20.000
iDese soldiers were engaged
lie battle. The Japanese cap
ed immense stores of provls
is, amunitions of war, and hun
?ds of colors.
'be Chinese loss is estimated
17,000 killed, wounded, and
en prisoners. Among those
ptured by the Japanese are
eral of the Chinese command
officers.
'he Japanese loss is only thir
Itilled and 270 wounded, m
iding eleven officers.
The Japanese forces are in ac
e pursuit of the fugitives, who
e thrown away their arms
readily yield themselves
isoners.
The number of Chinese were
iled in the battle is estimated
2,300.
The walls of Ping-Yang were
dly shattered by the cannon
les which were poured upon
em by the guns of the Japanese
it the city itself is only slight
damaged.
Doddridge Republican*.
West Union, \V. Va., Sept.
>.?The Republicans of Dodd
dge county held a mass con
Jntion here yesterday, the lar
est ever held in the county,
200 voters and 200 ladies being
rfisent. The following ticket
as nominated : J. R. Kemper
>r legislature; Jonathan Ram
!y for county superintendent of
?ee schools, and Maxfield Chap
ian for county commissioner,
'oe of the prominent features
f toe convention was tbat sev
ral former Democrats came into
he convention and voted for the
Sepublican nominations and de
lared their intention to vote the
lepublican ticket from now on.
S. P.Reed, candidate for.State
ienate addressed the meeting in
he morning and Hon. B. B. Dov
ler in the afternoon. It was a
'reat day and one long to be re
aembored in old Doddridge.
, Miss Gertie Morgan has gone
^ast to attend school. She was
jjjcotnpanied by her brother,
'harlie, who will resume his'
todies at Ft Plain N J.
A Tribute to Basse! Fnrne Who Died
hep. 16, 1891.
Our beloved Longfellow bos said:
"There is a reaper whose name is death
aud with his sickle keen
He reaos the bearded grain at a breath
and tbe flowers that grow between."
Again linve the truths of these boauti-1
ful lines been realized. Again has the
"reaper" oome and plucked a Tair flow
er "that grew between." The cradle
song that was heard bnt a short week
ago has been displaced by a funeral
dirge. The cradle, whose noisy rook
kept time to sweet music, is silent and
motionless forever.
Ho*k?1 Payne, the infant son of W.
H. and Ella Payne, came to gladden
their hearts and home Deo., 1898. and
by his proposing smiles and sweet dis
position oame to be loved and admired
by all who knew liim. He was the idol
of the household, the darling, the sweet,
fragrant flower of their home. The
writer oalled at his bedside at 7:80 p. m.
Saturday and soon realized that the
honr of dissolution was near at hand.
To the parents it seemed that nature
was unkind to thus afflict them, bnt
"impartial fate with equal pace knocks
at the palace as the cottage gate," and
as lie is no respector of persons and age,
at 2 p. m. Sunday darling Hassel was
taken
The soft, sighing wind but a few days
ago so sweet and musical seemed
ahanged in a moment to a wierd, mourn
ful strain. The stillness of the night
only added to the awful solemnity of
the hour. On Monday a little mound
was opened in the churchyard at Green
Valle}. Bev. Conway preached the
funeral sermon from 1st Thess. fourth
chapter, fourteenth verse, after whioh
we were again made to leel how dearly
we loved him as the "dust to dust" and
"ashes to ashes" were uttered over the
little mound.
Parents, weep not! Hassel was loved
by us all, and we mourn him as dead,
but he is only sleeping, while our hearts
are made sorrowful, yet we feel to re
joioc that oue of our nViiest and bright
Ye\hat no more will smile or weep.
Tiny windows of the soul.
Little Hassel's gone to sleep,
He will find a fairer land
Where tbe angel voioea sing,
Where the flowers shall expand
There shall love's fruition spring.
He has reached the golden shore,
Thro' river cold and deej),
Angels bore him safely o'er,
Little Hassel's gone to sleep.
Oral, Sept 18,1894 M. D. T.
The Seren Bibles of the World.
The seven Bibles of tbe world
are tbe Koran of tlie Mohamme
dans, the Tri Pitikes of the Bud
dhists, the Five Kings of the
Chinese, the Three Vedas of the
Hindus, the Zendavesta of the
Persians, the Eddas of the Scan
dinavians, and the Scripture of
the Christians.
The Korih is the most recent
of all. dating from about; the
seventh century after Christ. It
is a compound of quotations
from both the Old and the New
Testaments, and from the Tal
mud. ?
The Tri fitikes contain sub
lime morals and pure aspira
tions. Their author lived and
died in the sixth century before
Christ.
The sacred writings of the
Chinese are called the Five
Kings, the word ''kings" mean
ing web of cloth. From this it
is presumed they were originally
wcittdn on five rolls of cloth.
They contain wise sayings from
the sages on the duties of life,
but they cannot be traced fuf ther
back than the eleventh century
before our era.
The Zendavesta of the Per
sians, next to our Bible,, is reck
oned among scholars as being the
greatest and most learned of the
sacred writings. Zoroaster,
whose sayings it contains, lived
and worked in the twelfth centu-'
ry before Christ.
Moses lived and wrote the Pen
tateuch fifteen hundred years be
fore the birth of Christ; there
fore that portion of our Bible is
at least three hundred years older
than the most ancient of other
sacred writings.
The Eddas, a semi-sacred work
of the Scandinavians, was given
to the world in the fourteenth
century.?Missionary Review of
the World.
ICoart Proceedings.
Meigs Bland qualified ns atty.
State vs. Henry Wetzel, hung
jury.
State Vs Calvin Adams, nollied. ]
State vs Thomas Coffman, nol
| lied.
State vs Julius Oofl'man,nollied. j
State vs Boyd Swiger, nollied. |
State vs S. L. Baxter, nollied. j
State vsJohh M Morris, assault,
plead guilty and fined $5.
Willie Sample, Carrying revol
ver, $25 fine.
G. M. Shipley cost of rule.
INDICTMENTS FOUND.
William Snow, felony, breaking
into store.
Charlie McVaney, perjury.
6. G. Monroe, assault on W. G.
Sheets.
David Scott 2, assault and car
rying revolver. v
Mike Glancy 3, liquor.
Thomas Feeney 1, assault, on
George Keener.
Bol) Waldo 1, liquor.
Geo. Keener 1, liquor.
Elislia Smallwood 1, assault on
James Mt Plant.
Ed Danley 1, carrying revolver.
Thos. Gill, Jr., 7, liquor.
Thoa. Sullivan, Worthy Sulli
van and Albert Sullivan 1, public
nuisance.
William Burk 33, liquor.
Charles Ross 3, liquor.
Van Parsons 9, liquor.
Mary Owens 2, liquor.
Thomas Sullivan 11, liquor.
Mrs. Kate Glancy 3, liquor.
Worthy Sullivan and Albert
Sullivan 2, liquor.
Worthy Sullivan 1, liquor.
Amos Shirey 2. liquor.
Joe Slieeky 6, liquor.
Thos. Gill, Jr., and John Gill 8,
liquor.
John Mahn 2, liquor. k
Michael Milan 3, liquor.
Ira Kirby 1, liquor. ?
Samson Harbert 1, public nui
sance.
Thomas Myers 1, liquor.
Jake Townsend 1, carrying re
volver.
Horace Haymaker 1, liquor.
Homer Reed 1, assault on John
B. Moore.
William Frazier 1, carrying re
volver.
Frank Wiseman 1, carrying re
volver.
John Watson 1, carrying razor.
Moses Reeves 1, horse stealing.
Hayden Cork 1, liquor.
Margaret A. Gill 1, public nui
sance. , .> f
Francis Bromley 1, carrying
revolver.
Charles llansall, Homer Ran
sall and Chauncy Henderson 1,
card'playing.
David Bromley, Frances Brom
ley and Charles Reamer 1, burg
lary &c. ?
John N. Coffman 1, house
breaking.
Homer Ransall 1, assault on
Marv A. Gordon.
John Blair 1, carrying revolver.
The Berkley county Canning
Co's building at Martinsburg was
burned last Tuesday. A part of
the building was also used for
an armory by Co. E., of theStato
Militia. The loss of the Can
ning Co. is estimated at $10,000
and SO,000 cans of tomatoes, and
Company E. loses 25 rifles and
3,000 rounds of cartridges.
And now Robert J. has paced
a mile in two ipinutes and one
and a half seconds. One by one
the seconds drop awaV and the
closing years of the century will
doubtless see the two minute gait
an accomplished fact by more
than a score of thoroughbreds.
? i ? . f
New blank deeds just printed
at this office. Best form, finest
paper, and most convenient deed
ever printed in this State. Forms
for both townproperty and tracts
of land. 14-6L
COME TO
CL95K5BD5G
Next Monday.
Republican
Convention
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Change*.
The present seems a favorable
time for mentioning the fact, no
longer to be denied even by
Grover Cleveland's most acrid
enemies, that he has the gift of
changing votes, of affecting the
verdict of the people at the polls
in a degree not possessed by any
other politician in the country.
Figures are the best champions
of his right to this 'distinction.
In 1892 the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Mass was beaten
was elected by a plurality of 2,
334 -*'111923, after eight months
of Mr. Cleveland's administra
tion, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts
35,697 votes, a plurality nearly
10,000 largerthan Gen. Harrison
got in that State in 1892. In
New^ork the Democratic piur
ality of 45,518 in 1892 was chang
ed into a Republican plurality of
24,484 in 1898. In Pennsylvania
a Republican plurality of 63,747
in 1892 was more than doubled in
1893, and became a Republican
plurality of 135.146. In Iowa a
Republican plurality of 22,695 in
1892 developed under the genial
and inspiring administration into
a Republican pluraliiy of 32,156
in 1893. In Ohio a Republican
plurality of 1,072 in 1892 was
nursed until it became a Repub
lican plurality of 80,965 in 1893.
In Rhode island in 1892 the
Democratic candidate for Gover
nor had a plurality of 185. In
1893 the Republican candidate
for Governor had a plurality of
more than 4,500. In Vermont in
1892 the Republican candidate
for Governor had a plurality of
19,702. In Vermont in 1892 the
Republican candidate for Gover
nor had a plurality of 27,000 odd.
In 1892 the Republican candidate
for Governor of Maine had a
plurality of 12,531. In 1894 he
had a plurality of 37,000 or there
abouts. The future remains un
known.?New York Sun.
BRAND
Emancipation
Fair Grounds
SATURDAY SEPT. 22.
Prominent Speakers, Good
Music, Grand Parade, etc. Dov
ener, Mason and others will speak.
COME !
Admission ? - 25cts.
("APT. W. M. 1'OWELl.
That gallant soldier, Capt. Wil
liam Meredith Powell, of Middle
Ixmrn, is no more. He was born
January 2, 1835, in Flemington
district, near Tyrcopnell, Taylor.
County, West Vo. His father,
Elijah Powell, was a thrivine,
well to do fanner, died May 24,
1881, near Flemington, Taylor
county, W. Va.
Capt. Powell's mother, Sarah
(Cather) Powell, was the daugh
ter of John Cather, Etq., also a
pioneer settler of N. W. Va. He
was a prominent citizen of Harri
son county, and for several terms
represented his county in the
Virginiil Assembly.
Oapt. Powell was reared in
those days when school advant
ages for boys reared in the rural
districts were extremely limited.
Had he in early life received a
good, liberal education, he un
doubtedly would have been class
with the ablest men of his times.
He was married to Miss Emily
Ann Bartlett, of Barbour county,
1855. Soon after he purchased a
small farm in Tyler county,, W.
Va. Here ho has resided, not in
the same place but in the same
county, over since. His wife
died April 29,' 1894. and was
buried in the Middlebourne Ceme
tery.
In September, 1862, the Cap
tain enlisted as a volunteer in
the U. 8. army to serve three
years. On the organization of
Co. E, of the 14th Regt. \V. Va.
V. I., he was elected 1st Lieut
Soon after he was promoted cap
tain of his company, in which
position he served until the close
oi the w:ir.
In politics the Captain was a
tried and true Republican ; but
he never let bis politics break
' friends and friendships with a
neighbor.
At 6 o'clock a. m., Friday. Sep
tember the 7th, 1894, after a night
of extreme and untold suffering,
the Captain came to thq end of
his life. In his last extremity
he trustingly cast himself upon
the great Father and God of all,
and His Son Jesus Christ.
Captain Powell was laid to rest
by the I. O. O. F. lodge of this
place, of which he had been a
member.?Tyler Star.
A Substitute Witness.
/
?'One of the funniest instances
I ever knew to occur in court,"
says a veteran official of Penob
scot county, "happened years
ago when Judge Perham presid
ed in the Court of Common Pleas.
An old Irishman, a resident of
Bangor, was an important wit
ness in a case^ and both he and
the lawyers were trying to ex
amine him, were having a hard
time of it The wltDess was very
slack and frowsy in his personal
appearance, and this heightened
the effect of his blarney immense
ly under the ordeal of examina
tion and was evidently wishing it
well over, when the door at the
rear of the court room opened
and in came a little sharp-eyed
old Irish woman. The witness
saw her and a look of intense re
lief spread over his features as
he blurted out: 'There! There
is me ole woman, come in. Ax
her some of your dum foolish
questions. She kin take care o'
ye.'Lewistown Journal.
A clock with a human face has
been made by a clockmaker in
St. Petersburg. The hands are
pivoted on the nose. At midnight
the eyes close and the mouth
yawns. About 2 in the morning
the mouth emits a gentle snore.
This is done by means of a phono
graph in the interior, t
A very peculiar accident,under
very peculiar circumstances, oc
curred to a prominent young man
of Parkersburg recently. The
accident that he met with is a
very serious one and may result
In the loss of ttie sight in one of
his eyes. He bad been calling
upon a young lady friend and
had just got up to go. when,
seized with an irresistible im
pulse to have some fun, even
though it was contrary to the
established code of etiquette, ho
attempted to encircle the youug
lady's slender waist. She, seeing
her peril, stepped from out the
scope of the swooping arm. and
he received the full force of the
swing of hiB arm- where he
n^ver intended In his loft eye.
The thumb nail cut the eyeball
and almost severed it in two,
causing the iris to protrude.
The sight in the eye is totally
destroyed and there is little
hopes of the vision being recov
ered. There are a numbor of
good lessons to be taught by this
truthful narrative, although the
superficial readers would see
merely one. When one trios to
hug a girl it ofiimos proves an
eyeopener.? Slate Journal.
Noble Womanhood.
I believe the time has come
when a woman should be a wo
man. and not a mere gaudy ap
pendage to man, when her soul
should wake up from its long
lethargy and put on habiliments
of wisdom and usefulness when
she should live to a grander pur
pose than she has done and
should make her power felt. I
do not disregard the beauties of
dress, on the contrary I admire
appropriate dress, it speaks out
the man or woman. But 1 would
have everybody feel that the man
makes the dress. Almost any
thing looks well on a nable wo
man. Noble womannoSahS-^
ways beautiful. The world will
always admire true nofcttity of
character. Above almost every
thing else do I desire woman's
elevation in the moral rttad intel
lectual scale of life, for then will
they be fitted to be man's com
panion and helpmate ?Rev O. S.
Weaver.
DISTRICT OFFICERS.
In Clay district, W. H. Flem
ing was nominated for President
of Board and R. S. Michael
School Commissioner. A. H,
Clark and M. C. Jarrett are the
members of the Ex. Com. Geo..
W. Harrison and Jas. Sullivan
were named as candidates for
constables.
Sardis district named P. W.
Ash for President and LJoyd M.
Allen for Commissioner, D. W.
Kemper and E. C. Tetrick for
executive committee.
In Elk, P. L Lynch was named
for Commissioner and J. N. Cot
trill and E. D. Boyles for execu
tive committee. No President of
the Board was named.
In Simpson, A. D. Fitzhugh,
President of Boardof Education,
0. A. Lawson Commissioner of
Board of Education. Members
of county executive committee
were S. 8. Farris, J. G. Lawson.
In Ten Mile, John F. Flanagan,
John W. Williams. J. T. Coflman
executive committee. For Presi
dent of Board of Education,
Thornton Rumble Com'r of B. of
E. Samuel Ritter.
In Union, for President of IS.
of E. L N. Burnside, for mem
ber of Board W. L. Hall. Fop
member of county executive com
mittee, Jas. W. McConkey, F.M.
Davis.
In Grant district the membeis
of executive committee are W. L.
Hughes and W. I. Davisson.
In Clark, A. W. Fittro was
namod as President and Bruce
Southern commissioner.
Coal nominated Wyatt Bishop
for President and Alison Bartlett
for commissioner.
We will endeavor to get the
full executive committee next
week.
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