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MARTIN8BURG, WEST VA., SATURDAY. APRIL lO, 1880.
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Beaconsfield must go.
The Tories of England will be in
vited to step down and out.
Secretary Sherman’s recent
visit to Ohio was not to look after
fences, but gates—delegates.
The city election in Keokuk,
Iowa, on Monday, resulted in a
Democratic victory. This is the first
time the city has been carried
against the Republicans for years.
Neolectino the public business
to inspect iron-clads is a great stroke
of policy with those who scarcely
know whether the iron-clads are
propelltd by steam or horse-power.
Anything to delay business.
i The National bank circulation in
creased $20,636,103 since resumption
day, January 1,1879, and legal ten
. ders on deposit with the Treasurer,
for the purpose of retiring circula
tion, have increased $8,028,982 for
the same period.
The four Pennsylvania bribers
who thoughtfully appeared for sen
tence after the adjournment of the
court have been rewarded for their
good conduct by being again ad
mitted to bail. How often the farce
will be repeated probably depends
upon the amount of trickery that
Pennsylvania can quietly endure.
■ The Maryland Legislature passed
B a profanity law, which imposes a
B hue on any person convicted of
B swearing in any public place, or on
fl the streets of a town. If the law is
I™ stpiHly enforced, Governor Hamil
ton. will have to be constantly on his
guard, or he will be called upon to
contribute largely to the profanity
fund.X
When the campaign opened in
England the Conservatives were sure
of a majority. But the unexpected
frequently happens in politics. It is
now conceded that the Liberals will
have a good working majority in the
next Parliament without the aid of (
the Home Rule votes. The present
ministry will dissolve as soon as the
Queen returns to England.
The elections in Great Britain
show fsesli gains for the liberals, the
most significant being the return of
Mr. Gladstone from Mid-Lothian.
Queen Victoria has been asked to
return from Baden-Baden, a sign
that Beacousfleld will resign before
the meeting of Parliament. It is
^lalso announced that Lord Lytton,
|H Viceroy of India, will probably re
Hturn home, as lie is not in sympathy
§Bv,-ith the liberal party.
M The last winter on the Pacific
S-oast has been o*e of unusual se
JBverity. While on the Atlantic we
■ iave had a Pacific coast winter and
SB'hey of the Pacific have been re
SBminded of New England during the
KKvinter months. It is now aeknowl
HBnlged by old residents in San Fran
, B'isco, its environs and other locali
§§B >cs of California, that the days “1**
1^™ ween rains” are not so much like
unny Italy as they once were.
The election^ in Indiana on Mon
IpBlay for township officers and a con
§|Htitutional amendment brought out
H® bout two-thirds of the votes in the
jB'hato. The indications are that the
|Vlopuhlicans make large gains in the
U'Ownship elections and carry the
HB’onst itutional amendment by a very
. Rlecided majority. .So far as reports
. Biave been received they indicate
■ hat from ten to twenty per cent, of
HHhe Democratic vote was cast in
.■ ivor of ratification. The Germans
HHoted solid for the amendment.
Bfltatiiication of the amendment will
|Htis{>ense with the October election
H^Bnd fix the date of the State elec-;
H»ion on the dav of the Presidential
^Hlection.
NEWS JOTTINGS.
The Southern press in general does
not hold that the negro in the South
can readily be replaced by white la
bor.
The city of Paris is afflicted with
typhoid fever and small-pox. Last
week's death record in that city
reached 1,206.
Evetybody will perceive the ap
positeness of the circumstance that
a candidate for governor of Rhode
Island should be named Littlefield.
Senator Bruce shows how 70,000 of
his race were robbed of nearly $2,
000,000 by the rascally men who
managed the Freedman’s Bank in
! Washington.
Alonzo Garcelon is a tall, thin
man, with white hair and no whis
kers, and is Congressman Frye’s
brother-in-law. Perhaps there’s
where the wickedness comes in.
The snow on Friday in Piedmont
Va., was very heavy. It reached
the depth of from eight to twelve in
ches in the regions ranging from
Louisa Courthouse to Gordonsville.
During the past year the average
daily receipt of dead letters at the
Postoffice Department at Washing
ton was 13,000. The principal rea
sons assiged are misdirection and
badly written undecipherable ad
dresses.
The number of persons stated to
be leaving the Valley of Virginia
for the West appears to l>e almost
incredible. Staunton papers say that
at least one hundred each week take
passage on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
The Philadelphia North American
thinks the great increase in the iron
industries of the country and the de
mand for iron will be permanent,
and is the natural result of a genu
ine increase in the use of the metal
all over the country.
Mr. George Brown, of Springfield,
X. J., was instantly killed last Fri
day afternoon by the accidental dis
charge of his gun while he was tak
ing it from his wagon. The ball en
tered his heart. He was soon to
have married a young lady in Mil
burn.
Dogs continue their raids on sheep
in different parts of Virginia, On
Wednesday of last week Mr. Mallo
ry, Lonisa county, had nine sheep,
costing him $10 each, and four lambs
killed; and on Friday night Mr.
Yeakly, whose farm is a few miles
from Winchester, had 18 of his flock
killed or wounded.
Get out your stockings and look
over their contents. The 1804 dol
lar, in fine condition, is said to be
valued at $1,000 by collectors. There
are 13 of this date known—2 in the
United States Mint, 2 in New York
City, 3 in Boston, 1 in Salem, Mass.,
2 in Philadelpia, 1 in Cincinnati and
1 in Liverpool, England.
At Sewell station, on the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad ,in this State,
on Monday a boarder at the house of
Mr. Rosser, while cleaning a revol
ver, accidentally discharged it, the
ball passing through Mrs. Rosser’s
hand and entereing her baby’s head,
which she held in her lap, instantly
killing it. He did not know the re
volver was loaded.
The top of an isolated haystack in
a held near St. Louis was blown off
recently aud caused a curious dis
covery of hidden plunder. The in
terior of the stack bad been hollow
ed out to a huge receptacle for stolen
goods by a gang of city robbers. A
large quantity of fine clothing was
in the stack, which has been identih
by the hrm whose store had been
robbed.
On Saturday night the town of
Lawrenceville, in Brunswick county*
Va., was struck by a cyclone. The
stables of J. K. Thomas and D. M.
Bernard were completely demolished,,
and every building on James Puck
lek’s place was damaged. The court
house lost its tin roofing, and the j
four chimneys were blown down, j
The streets were blockaded by up- ;
rooted trees.
Another tire broke out in Parkers- j
burg, this State, on Monday consum-;
ing three small frame dwellings and j
almost totally destroying two others.
The property all belonged to Mad
ame Jelly, whose loss on the build
ings will amount to two thousand
dollars, household furniture six hun
dred, which is insured for six hun
dred in the Niagara of New York.
For a short time the entire lower
portion of the city seemed doomed,
but the fire companies finally got the
fire under control before it could
communicate to a long block of
wooden houses.
The plan advised by secretary
Schurz for removing the Indians
from Colorado, is being hacked to
pieces by the committee on Indian
affairs. Certain bands of Indians
had agreed to go on conditions credi
table to both parties, but if the bill
fails, they will remain. This failure
will not displease the Colorado peo
ple, as under the Schurz negotiations
a part of the Indians would remain,
against which the Colorado miners
raised a great outcry. But the In
dians have rights as well as miners,
and the Government should be pre
pared to resist the threats of inva
sion openly indulged in by the
miners.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Iron ore lias been discoverd at
lloliver near Harper’s Ferry.
The Anteitam Fire Company of
Hagerstown, are going to get new
uniforms.
Eighty persons were admitted to
membership in the Presbyterian
church in Hagerstown last Sunday.
Twenty-one marriage lioensea w«w
issued by the clerk of the coart at
Hagerstown during the month of
March.
The valuable library of Judge
Weisel, of Hagerstown, will shortly
be sold at auction.
Mr. Dedrick Lear, for thirty-five
years a resident of Cumberland, died
there of apoplexy on Tuesday night,
aged 62.
James Findlay, Esq., has been
elected president of the Washington
county bank, at Williamsport, vice
Mr. S. S. Cunningham, who filled
the position for many yeras.
Mr. James Bell, of White Hall,
Frederick county Va., died on
Thursday, and bis wife on Friday of
the same week, and the double fun
eral took place in Wincherter.
Capt Joseph T. Hess, of Duffleld’s,
Jefferson county, has started a Cra
dre Rifle and Axe Handle Manufac
tory at that place, run by water pow
er, and turns out 1000 per day.
The Cumberland city water works
suspended operations on Thursday
in consequence of the supply of coal
being nearly exhausted owing to the
I strike.
The barn of Dr. Mir, about 2|
miles north of Charlestown, was con
sumed by fire on Tuesday of last
week with a large amount of bay,
lot of oats and clover seed, together
with a number of farming imple
ments. Loss $3,000-- insurance $1,000.
The Quarterly Conference of
Berkeley Springs Circuit ef the
United Bret hem Church convened
at Mount Tabor last week, and de
i cided to hold a camp meeting on the
grounds adjacent thereto, beginning
on Saturday, 14th August, to con
tinue till the 23d.
I During the month of March 2,800,
! (KM) pounds of finished iron were
shipped from the Cumberland Boll
ing Mill. The bar and plate depart
ments are running up to the foil ca
pacity. All the fumacea in the pud
dling mill, fifteen in number, are
running on day turn, and nine of
them on both day and night turn.
*COUNTY NEWS
South Opeqnon.
The business boom in this end
of Berkeley is on the increase.
Business of ail kinds is improving
rapidly. The time Is not far dis
tant when the railroad will be
eommonced from Martiosburg to
Winchester. Everybody seems to
be ready for that movement.
“Pluto” seems to be a very lib
eral politician. He recommends
both Democrats and Republicans
for county office. He reminds us
of the Dutchmau who prayed
“Goot Giwd, good debhil ” We
don’t know whose hands we may
fail in.
Easter Sunday was a hard day
on eggs. Notwithstanding George
North shipped six hundred dozen
and two hundred pounds of butter
that week.
Rev. W. A. Crouse, father of
Rev. T. O. Crouse, will take
charge of the Middleway circuit
this year.
The sheriff boom is prevailing
all over Berkeley county. We
have heard a great many names
mentioned In connection with the
sheriffalty, and as yet Mtllereek
has not presented any preference
for that office, and now we would
respect fu'ly offer the name of
Robert L-unon as being it; every
way a suitable person to All that
position. We do not hold that he
is the only man to All the pluce,
but we do hold that he is in every
way qualiAed, besides being a hu
mane, intelligent gentleman ; de
servedly popular, and we believe
can carry a heavy vote among his
fellow citizens in Berkeley county.
We think too that he deserves
much credit at the hands of the
Conservative purty of Berkeley
county, on account of his help and
power during the dark days of
proscription and disfranchisement;
his course then being well known
here. Being a man, where he is
known most, is liked the best; be
sides being fully qualiAed to Ail
the position, haying had some ex-^
yeareudnce, and taking all in all,
a batter man cannot be presented
to the people to fill the office of
High Sheriff of Berkeley county.
Little shaver.
Broad LAte.
What! Ia the concert at Scrab
ble reposing, or ia it defunct ?
The Rev. E. Washington will,
we understand, preach regularly
at Harmony Church this year.
Will "G” or Sitting Bull please
tell us in your next issue, who in
troduced the eating of eggs on
Easter?
All those who have friends or rel
atives buried at Harmony Church,
should go there and see the condi
tion their graves are in.
J. E. Smith, who was some time
ago ^n a precarious condition, ia
now able to be out, and is looking
remarkably well.
We are' sorry to record the ill
ness of Mise Mary Smith, daugh
ter of John Smith, who Is having
a severe attach of pneumonia.
The epidemic that wpe raging
in this neighborhood some time
ago, has abeoonded, without tak
ing a jewel with It, but il has left
visible impreeelons to the appear
ance of Ktauy.
We were much shocked to learn
that Mr. Goo. Buck has departed
this life, and gone, as we believe,
to a land of rest. Though we
should not lament (be death of a
good man, for we are taught that
those who die in the Lord are
blessed. We tender our sympathy
to the bereaved.
ARCTURUa.
Taaclevetivllle.
The hrmiH Mem to be busily
engaged, since the March ice and
winds have ceased.
We have no new neighbors this
spring, but regret the tom of one
of our most prominent citinens.
Mr. D. A. Hin, our old merchant,
has moved to Shepherdstown,
where he expects W> returns his ofcd
occupation. Success to bias.
Our new merchants, Messrs.
Licklider A McKee, have made
considerable improvement at the
store-house. Mr. Licclider has
just returned from the east with a
full stock of dry goods, notions,
groceries, boots, shoes and bard
ware—boots and shoes a specialty.
They also deal in farming imple
ments of all kinds. They sell at
the lowftst prices possible. Oppo
sition is the life of trade, and the
boys mean business.
Capt. P. T. Boyer has embarked
on the raging canal. Mr. Dennis
Kellogg’s nerve failed him when
the Captain embarked, and at pre
sent Mr. K. is tion e*t.
The Sunday School at the U. B.
Church was reorganised last Sun
day.
The Sunday School at Van
elevesville will be opened nett
Sunday.
The golden west robs us of but
one of our young men this spring,
Mr. Isaac Holi er.
Baltimore robs us of one of our
old friends, Mr. Fountain Jenkins.
May be have a happy home, and
when he returns may he be well
loaded with the filthy lucre of the
Baltimorians. Homo
Falling Waters.
The weather for a few days past,
i»p to Wednesday,was quite spring
like, and the grass and growing
wheat sprung forth to the warm
touches of sunshine with wonder
ful rapidity; the peach and othpr
early fruit put forth bloom and
leaf, and everything Indicated a
boom in vegetation. But a cold
wave struck us Tuesday evening,
and checked the bursting buds ami
undeveloped leaves. We hope the
fruit will sustalu no serious dam
age.
The ground is now in good con
dition, and the farmers are busy
plowing. If the weather contin
ues favorable, they will soon have
their work well up with the season.
The new iron furnace recently
erected at Chambcrsburg, has a
force of hands at work near here
mining Iron ore 'or shipment to
Chainberaburg They have alrea
dy taken out large quantities of
splendid ore. Why is it that there
is not energy, enterprise and busi
ness tact enough among our peo
ple to eraQ* furnaces in the county
and utilise the iron ore which is
being shipped away? If It pays
to mine toe ore and ship It to
Obamberaburg, It would certainly
pay better to make It into iron
here, and ship the iron. If the
people of Berkeley county desire
to become as prosperous as their
neighbors, they will have to get
rid of tbeir old fogy notions and
pat themselves abreast of the
times. There is no doubt tbal
iron can be manufactured right
here as well and cheaply, if not
cheaper, than In most parts of
Pennsylvania, and that vast for
tunes could be made out of its
manufacture, if our people had the
energy and pluck to embark in it.
It would pay those engaged in its
manufacture, directly, and the en
tire people of the county, indirect
ly. Wake up.
Somebody has been investigat
ing the food of the £nglish spar
rows and has discovered that it
ooMlsts principally of vegetables
and very little indeed of insects.
As the sparrows were introduced
for the purpose of eating worms,
it may be averred that they are
humbugs and do not fulfill their
mission. The Importation of spar
row hawks has been suggested to
thin out the ranks of these little
feathered nuisances. Pat.
Skinner's flap.
March went out like a lion and
April came in like a lamb.
Miaa Annie Hill is vlsltlog
friends In the Gap.
Homer S. Robinson, of Win
chester, and W. D. Bishop, of
Painesvllle, Va., were down to
aee friends on last Sunday.
The exhibition under the aus
pices of the M. £ Church South
was an entire success considering
the Inclement weather. Net pro
ceeds $17.48.
What has become of “Reporter"
as we saw nothing from him In the
Independent last week? We
suppose be has taken our advice
and hung his harp on the willow
and repaired to his cabin to vest
We are sorry to lose another of
our citizens, Mr. A. A. Fortbman,
the boas tinner of the Gap. He
expects to make Piedmont, this
State, his future home*
A young man escorted a lady
from the exhibition on last Satur
day night aud enquired of the
lady if she had any spring chick
ens for sale, as theirs died of
whooping cough.
One of the Moral Reformers
who resides at Tomahak Springs,
came over on the regular meet
ing night to meet with them But
when he arrived here he heard
there was a love feast in town, so
concluded to attend it and let the
M. R. A. go where the wood bine
twineth. But when he went to
leave he expected the door to bo
tied, as it sometimes is, and he
asked hi9 “daisy” if she would let
him out the back window as he
was afraid to go the front way.
She complied with his request,
and put a rope around his neck
and lowered him to the ground,
and upon gaiuing his freedom he
struck off in a full run for home.
Joe Trot.
Morgan County.
The Caster property, In this
place, was soli! last week by E.
Boyd Faulkner, trustee, aud pur
chased by M^jor Charles Green
and W. G. Catlett, Esq., for
$1920. This price indicates are
turn of prosperity ia this county.
The County Court was In ses
sion this week, and transacted a
good deal of business. The first
business of the court was the elec
tion of a Presiding Justice In place
of John Dawson, Esq., deceased.
AII the Justices were present. Geo.
li. Hovorrnalo was elected to fill
Hie vacancy on the second ballot,
and thereupon appeared and was
qualified.
The Grove has been Improved
aand much work done preparatory
to the opening of the summer sea
son.
Major Green, of the Finrence
House, has made many improve
ments in his property, and is get
ting ready for the accommodation
of summer visitors.
Appropriate resolutions were
adopted by the Court and Bar,
and spread upon the minutes of
the Court, in referenoe to the
death of Judge Jobu Dawson and
George Buck, Esq., and ordered
to be published in the Mercury.
Mr. James S. Bechtoi has been
selected to fill tqe vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. Geo. Buck,
County Superintendent of schools.
Mr. J. J. Hetrsll, of Paw Paw,
gave a lectuiu on Temperance
Thursday night in the M. E.
Church at this place.
Among the visitors here during
court were Iloo. E. B Faulkner
and]J. McC Duck wall, of Martins
burg.
The stone masons are at work
on M r. T. H. Dawson’s new cot
tage.
The colored M. E. Church will
be ready for occupation in a month
or so.
Messrs. Deford & Co. are put
ting in a new engine for the pur
pose of grinding bark, the old one
being too light to do the work.
Squatter.
Cordially Invited.
Morgantown,W. Va., Mch. 29.
To the editors of W. Virginia*:
The Editorial Association will
me^t here on Wednesday, Jane
9th. The local members have
made arrangements by which vis
iting editors will be conveyed from
Fairmont to Morgantown on the
8th, and back to Fairmont on the
11th, for two dollars for the round
trip.
It is desired that yoa notify us,
at once, whether you will be pres
ent, so that we can make necessa
ry arrangements for free entertain
ment.
Brethren, we cordially invite all
to come—promising you that "the
latchstring will be oat,’’ and that •
we will endeavor to make yonr
visit not only ‘ never to be forgot
ten," bat to be always remember
ed with pleasant recollections."
Mr. Thomas Hough, of the
"Hough House," in Fairmont,
will furnish means of conveyance.
Let us bear from you.
Fraternallyyours.
Morgan & Huffman,
Editors "Post”
J. E. Fleming,
Editor "New Dominion”
H. N, DBATRICK has received a
large stock of BOOTS AND SHOES
direct from the manufactory for cash,
aud is able to sell them very cheap for
cash.
Try the Prize Medal Paints—best in the market. Frazer & Bishop, Sole Agents.