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INDEPENDENT
' WISNER & LOGAN,
KUITOKS AND PliftTRIKT O R S
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1881
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Arrests under the coercion act
take place daily in Ireland.
The Criminal Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia lias concluded to
grant Guiteau twenty witnesses.
Ex-Secketaky Wisdom has
been elected to the U. S. Senate by
the legislature of Minnesota.
The trial of Guiteau, the assas
sin, has been postponed until No
vember 14th.
At the municipal election held in
Baltimore city on Wednesday, the
Democrats elected their entire
ticket. ______
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Tyner has resigned, and his re
signation was promptly accepted.
It is said that Secretary Blaine
will not remain in the office longer
than the 1st of December, unless
specially requested by the President.
President Arthur appointed
ex-Governor Morgan, of Now York,
Secretary of the Treasury, and he
was confirmed by the Senate. But
notwithstanding, the Governor has
peremptorily declined the honor.
Judge Folger, of New York,
was nominated as Secretary of the
Treasury by the President on Thurs
day, and confirmed by the Senate.
Postmaster General James was also
re-uominated and confirmed.
The Virginia campaign and the
questions involved therein, have ob
truded themselves into the Senate
and a lively contest is pending. The
Democrats, itis reported, are deter
mined to unanimously oppose the
confirmation of Stathum, nominated
for postmaster at Lynchburg to suc
ceed Wilson. Stathum has hitherto
been a Democrat in politics, and is
now what is termed a Readjuster
Democrat. lie is supported by Sen
ator Mahone, who procured his
nomination. Wilson wras a Union
soldier and bears the marks of
wounds received in battle. He is a
straighout Republican, and has con
sistently opposed the Virginia coali
tion. The Democrats will maintain
that Wilson’s service in the Union
army, and the wounds he received,
entitle him to consideration in con
nection with a federal appointment,
in preference to an ablo-bodied man
who did not render such service.
Senator Mahone is in Washington
to look after the case, which is still
before the committeo on postotlices.
OUR WHEAT PRODUCT.
The Census Bureau has issued an
extra bulletin showing the cereal
production of the United .States, by
counties. The statement is made up
for the year 1879, we presume. The
result will surprise many of our rea
ders, we are sure, and there will be
some disappointment, we fancy, in
regard to the wheat production of
West Va. We will call attention
to some of the figures in regard to
that alone, leaving the other cereals
for a future notice.
Berkeley, with an acreage of 25,
557 acres, produced 318,996 bushels ;
JefFerson, upon 81,572 acres, produ
ced 496,705 bushels. No other couu
ties in the State reach 100,000 bush
els, except the following : Hamp
shire, 102,631; Harrison, 113,218;
Jackson, 131,988; Marion, 112,506;
Marshal, 236,670; Mason, 209,845;
Morgan, 123,393; Wetzel, 112,110,
and Wood, 181,883. The lowest pro
duction is Wyoming,4,345; through
McDowell is very close to the same
figures, the number of bushels raised
in it being 4,3.53. Boone, Clay, Lo
gan, McDowell, Tucker. Webster
and Wyoming are all under 10,000.
The whole product of the State is
stated to have been, in 1879 or 1880.
the bulletin does not say which year
was taken, 4,001:711. Of this quan
tity the Eastern Panhandle—Jeffer
son, Berkeley and Morgan—must be
credited with 939,094, being nearly
one-fourth the whole crop of wheat
raised in the State.
We shall recur to this bulletin
again, as it presents some other very
j interesting information. We merely
I add now. that Berkeley is the third
county m the quantity of barley pro
duced, Ohio and Brooke only ex
ceeding it.
CONFEDERATE MONET
It was the saying of a wise old
lady of our acquaintance, “that you
should destroy nothing, no matter
how valueless it might seem to you
at the time, and that in seven years
you will find some use for it.” This
sage remark seems to he now real
ized in the case of the long repudia
ted Confederate money. Who, seven
years ago, would have given one cent
for a million of dollars in nominal
value of its notes? And yet, we
find there is a brisk demand among
the eastern bankers for the article,
and sales of it are promptly made at
low prices wherever it can be had.
We observe, a few days ago, a sale
in Richmond of a million of dollars
of that currency, by a single broker.
The explanation of this financial
phenomenon is to be found in the
following facts: When the Confed
erate Governm-nt came to a sudden
collapse and was dissipated into thin
air, it seems that it had to its credit
in the Bank of England, one hun
dred and sixty thousand English
pounds, which, in our currency, is
equivalent to about $800,000. The
existence of this fund has been for
many years known to our Govern
ment, and several efforts have been
made to have it transferred to the
credit of the United .States. This
has been resisted by the British Gov
ernment, unless our Government
will agree to appiy the money to the
payment of the debts of the late Con.
federate Government. But our
Government not recognizing the ex
istence of the Confederate Govern
ment, could not come under any
such pledge for the appropriation of
the fund. Tlius it has continued to
remain on deposit in the Bank of
England.
It is supposed that certain specu
lators are now engaged in buying up
Confederate treasury notes, in the
hope that they can prevail upon the
English courts to apportion that
fund in discharging these notes. We
predict, that this speculation will
prove a failure. Confederate treas
ury notes on their face are not now
and never can be payable, and it is
idle to suppose that the English
courts w ill recognize tli:\t as a debt
in England, which, by its terms and
on its face, is no debt in this coun
try. What will become of that
$800,000, now to the credit of the
Confederate Government in the
Bank of England, must remain for
the future to determine.
Political Nolen.
General Hancock is coming to the
front as the Democratic Presidential
candidate for 1S84. Mr. Tilden has
his off eye “sot” on the same thing.
Mr. Groesbeck, of Ohio, testifies
that the days of stump-speaking
campaigns are passing by because,
“the press is taking the place of ora
tory.”
The Cleveland Herald says the
next Republican candidate for the
Presidency will be Secretary Kirk
wood, and the Cleveland Plaindealcr
begs leave to substitute the name of
General U. S. Grant.
Ripley Ropes is the alliterative
name of the Republican who as
pires to be the next mayor of Beech
ersburg, sometimes called Bn oklyn.
Don. Jerry Husk, the Republican
candidate for Governor of Wiscon
sin, was once a stage driver; but he
never was a Niagra Falls hack man.
The Republican committee of
Huntington county, Pa., has chosen
delegates to next year’s state con
vention, and express a preference
for Mr. MacVeagh for Governor, by
resolution.
It now appears that General Fre
mont’s resignation of the Governor
ship of Arizona was made upon the
notification of President Arthur
that such resignation would be ac
ceptable. Continual complaints
were coming from Arizona that
General Fremont had not taken any
interest in the affairs of the territo
ry, and lived most of the time in
New York city.
The great (Jreenbacker, Colonel
Harper, of Illinois, Will speak at
Clarksburg, Nov. 21, and at Fair
mont, Nov. 22. *
NOTES AND COMMENT
Potatoes are selling in Harrison
burg, Va., at 75(7tSO cents and ap
ples at 25(7/ 30 cents per bushel.
Mi.cs Arthur, the daughter of the
President, is a blonde-haired young
lady, who is now at school in Alba
ny
The flood in the Mississipi almost
reaches the magnitude of that of
last spring, and the river is eight
miles wide at Burlington.
The largest cannon ever cast in
this country was turned out at the
Scott works at Heading,on Monday.
It weighs 36,000 pounds, carries a
three foot hall ten miles with a ve
locity of 3,000 feet per second, and
yet they call it a pocket cannon.
New York in nine months has had
14,000 cases of contageous or infec
tious diseases. 1,100 were small
pox, 5,000 scarlet fevrer, 4,000 dipth
eria, 2,000 measles, 600 spotted ty
phus, 600 typhoid and 500 cerebro
spinal meningitis.
Mrs. Mary Bradford, a sister of
Jefferson Davis, died at the resi
dence of her daughter, Mrs. E. 1,.
Miles, at New Hope, Ky., on the
22nd instant,of general debility,aged
81. Mrs. Bradford was well known
throughout the South.
On Tuesday, November 8, elec
tions will be held in Virginia,Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts, Colorado,
Mississippi, Nebraska, Wisconsin,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York
and Minnesota. Five of these elec
tions will be held for the purpose of
choosing a full board of State ofli
cers; and legislatures will be chosen
in four commonwealths. New York
will elect four Congressmen.
Reductions already made in the
Star Route service have resulted in
saving over $2,000,000 annually to
the government. Yet the cormor
ants that feathered their nests in the
expedition business endeavor to con
vince the country that they have
been guilty of no frauds, but bled
the Government in a legitimate and
honest way. The presumption of
these rascals is insufferable.
EXITED STATES SENATE.
Special Session.
Monday.—The President pro
tem. laid before that body a commu
nication from Secretary Wiudom
covering a report relating to alleged
irregularities in the ollice of the
Custodian of the Treasury. On mo
tion of Mr. Edmunds, Chief Clerk
Shober was made acting secretary of
the Senate until his successor is ap
pointed. A communication from
the President was received trans
mitting a communication from Se
cretary Blaine relative to the rights
of the United States in the Panama
Canal.
Tuesday.—The oath of ollice was
administered to Acting Sectetary F.
E. Shober. Mr. Sherman called up
the resolution authorizing the Libra
rian of Congress to receive and care
fully preserve the papers of the Count
de Iioehambeau, to await the action
of Congress on the proposition to
sell he same to the United States
government. Mr. Sherman offered
a resolution, which was laid over
under the rules, directing the Fi
nance Committee to investigate the
accounts for the expenditure of the
several appropriations for the con
tingent expenses of the Treasury
Department since July 1st, 1S71.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and subsequently adjourned.
Wednesday. — Mr. Sherman’s
resolution directingau investigation
into the matter of the disbursement
of the contingent fund of the treas
ury, was adopted. Mr. Ransom
(Rep., N. B ) offered a resolution
providing that the power and au
thority vested in the Committee on
Commerce by resolution adopted
May 9, 18S1, with reference to an
inquiry into the condition of the Po
tomac river at Washington, I). C.,
be continued during the ensuing re
cess, and that the committee report
in December next. Adopted.
Falling H alers.
The rain last week has helped
the wheat some
Navigation on Ihecaid is virtu
ally su'pernled.
Farmers are busy gathering
their corn.
Buy*r^ have been through here
b tying up all the surplus apples
for shipment.
There is a great deal of sickness
in this neighborhood at present.
Dr. Davis has had over one hun
dred cases of chills and fever, and
malarial fever, in the past three
weeks. Hb is kept on the move
day and night.
Pat.
PERT PRESS OPINIONS.
—
: Surrendered to (he South
ern Itrtt ailicr.
PhiladelphiaTirm-s (Ind.)
William Mahone is Him reded
brigadier to whom (he lb-publi
can party seems to have surrender
ed.
BRING ON YOUR WHITEWASH
Ch ieago T. rnes (f n d )
Johu Sherman says, as pain as
whisper in the <ui: ‘‘Bring on
your white-washing reports A
for the evidence on which they are
based, it doesn’t bee mie us to be
too curious.”
PASTE THIS IN YoUH HAT.
Baltimore American (Rep).
Wc are not a prophet, nor the
son of a prophet, but one James
(J. Blaine, from the State of Maine,
will be elected President in tIso
year of our Lord 1881 Paste this
in j our hats, gentlemen.
WHERE WAS DAWES?
N. Y. World.
With almost inexpressible pain
and regret we observe that riitone
Republican Senator yesterday lift
ed 11 p hia voice and asserted the
sacred right of the majority to
elect a chief clerk. Where was
Dawes, of Massachusetts, during
those dark and trying hours, when
Senator Edmunds moved thee lec
tion of Mr. Shober ?
THE PLAY OF THE FORTY
THIEVES.
Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep).
The political campaign in Vir
ginia Is of the most exciting and
interesting character. It is as
good as the play of the “Forty
Thieves” and the lives of the James
Brothers consolidated. One-half
the voters in the State are calling
the other half liars and scoundrels,
and a large proportion are fight
ing duels. In the North we are
sali-fied with destroying a man’s
reputation when he appears as n
candidate for office, but in Vir
ginia they try to take bis life
DRUNK IN MAINE
Chicago Times.
To be drunk in Maine is ph.ysi
enlly, morally and legally impos
sible, because Maine, the home of
Neal Dow, has a stringent pro
hibitory law which, its friends say,
is rigorously enforced. This being
the fact, ttie ten women of Maine
who, last month, filed petitions for
divorce from their husbands, char
ging habitual drunkenness, didn’t
know what they were talking
about.
State News.
Major Winfield S. Christie, of
Fairmont, while under the influ
enceof liquor, fell down a flight
of stairs at the Continental Hotel
on Tuesday, rectdving injuries
which resulted in his death. The
victim of this sad occurrence was
a painter by trade, and was much
respected a* a law-abiding citizen
and a gentleman in every particu
lar, Ills greatest fault being intem
perance. He leaves a young wife
and child in destitute circum
stances.
The Moorefield Examiner says:
Mr. Noah Walker, who resided
on Lost Liver, In Hampshire
county, was killed on Saturday
last. Ho was pi ling, and it is
supposed that whi u returning
from the field his horse became
frightened and threw him, his feet
being entangled in the gears. His
skull was broken, his arm broken
in two places, and his 'ace bruised.
James Lannori, 15 years of age.
in trying to board a ear in ttie
yard at Piedmont, fell under the
wheels and hat* a foot crushed so
badly that amputation was neces
sary. When will parents learn to
keep bays out of this danger ?
Gov. Jackson has appointed ex
Aditor E. A Bennett, of Cabell
county, and Cameron L. Thomp
son, of Summers; as Regents of
the W. Va. University, in place of
II. C. Sims, of Cabell, and A. F.
Mathews, of Greenbrier, whose
terms had expired.
The Lincoln Clipper says a Mr.
Zahm, of that couniy, killed fiffy
ttiree sqirrels one day last week.
Extra fine potatoes are selling
at $1 per bushel in Clarksburg.
Vci>nor Predict* u H arm
Winter.
Monthijal, Oct. 22.—Vennor
looks for a continuance of the
warm wave on this continent du
ring the approaching u inter,brok
en by wavesof low temperature of
brief duration. He disregards the
sun or sun spot theory, and pre
dicts an open winter.
Alluding to the rep >rt that Mr.
Cockling is in the near future to
have the Treasury portfolio, the
Springfield Republican says: “This
Is rather sad that a man without a
ticket is waiting to jump on the
train after it has got under such
headway that he cannot be put
ofi.” 1
( lrcnit €unr(.
! lion. C. J. Faulkner, .Ir., fudge;
lion. vV. il. 11. Flick.Frosecuting
Attorney; George A. Chnsrnan,
F-q , Sheriff, and S. II. Martin,
Esq , Clerk.
Thursday, October 20.
Shaffer & Bro. vs. K. J. Couch*
man,et ah, judgment, $23.91.
Lucy E. Dorsey, adm'x, vs. A. S.
Dandridge, et ah, leave for execution
fixed, S01G.02.
FRIDAY.
Robert Larnon vs. .laurns W.
Snapp, judgment, $31.50.
Robert Larnon vs. Samuel W. Fe
tors, judgment, $235.17.
SATURDAY.
C. S. Hart vs. W. T. Stewart, on
trial since Thursday, verdict fur de
fendant for $-5.
MONDAY.
Downs vs. Lamon, judgment for
costs for defendant.
TUESDAY.
State vs. Samuel Bagnet, assault.
Judge Faulkner having been em
ployed in tlieca.se prior to election it
was agreed that J. N. Wisner act
specially. Case tried by jurv; ver
dict guilty, and fine fixed at $15 and
imprisonment by court for 15 days.
James Byers vs. C. II. Whiting;
verdict for $2.74 for defendant.
Wednesday and Thursday case of
Wm. Leigh vs. Win. Ripple was on
trial.
State vs. J. C. Smith, embezzle
ment. In this case three questions
and motions were submitted to the
court by the counsel for the accused,
Messrs. Lucas A Hughes and Faulk
ner & Ingles, viz: a plea iu abate
ment, a motion to quash and a de
murer, all of which were argued by
above named counsel for the de
fendant and by Messrs. Flick and
Wisner for the State, during the
course of which Mr. Flick, as pros
ecuting attorney, with leave of the
court, entered a nolle to the fifth
count, which charged a misdemean
or. The court overruled all the pleas
and [sustained the motions of the
State.
Retail Market.—The following
prices prevailed this week in the re
tail market:
Butter, 30 cents per pound ; eggs,
25 cents per dozen ; potatoes, 35 cts.
per peck ; sweet potatoes, 35 cents
per peck ; onions, 50 cents per peck ;
cabbage, 10 to 20 cents per head ; ap
ples, 10 to 15 cents per peck ; hams,
15 cents per pound ; sides, 12 to 14
cents ; shoulders 10 to 12 cts.; lard,
12} cents per pound ; sausage, 15 cts;
pudding, 12 cts. per pound.
Baltimore Grain Market.—
The market on Friday was firm for
all kinds of grain. Wheat, Southern
Fultz, was quoted at 138 to 145 cts.;
longberry; 14G to 1.50 cents; corn,
Southern white, 75 cents ; oats, 51
to 53 cents; rye, 110 cents.
Headache, Dyspepsia, Billious
ness and Constipation, cured at
once by Dr. Mettauk’s Head
ache and Dyspepsia Pills.—
Price 25 cents.
Two of our ex-governors are in
a bad fix just now. Ex-Governor
Moses, of South Carolina, is in jail
for swindling, and ex-Governor
Scott, of the same state, is on trial
for murder.
i
Administratrix’s Sale,
rpiIK UNDERSIGNED, ndrninistra'rix
L of the estate of Elizabeth Russier,
dec’d, will sell at public auction at the
lute residence of J. L. Russier, dee d, near i
Greensbu rg,
Wednesday, November 2, 1881,
at 10 o’clock a. m., the following describ
ed property,
1GOOI> FAMILY HOUSE,
A No. 1 MILCH COW,
4 Hogs, l FULL TOP BUGGY, l set of
single harness, 1 riding bridle, 1 collar, I
l pair of saddle pockets, a lot of forks,
rakes, shovels and hoes ! mfat hogshead, t
half barrel cider vinegar, a let of barrels J
and boxes, 1 garden plow; also a lot of .
HAY, CORN and FODDER. 1 ladder. |
Household & Kitchen Furniture,
consisting in part of bedsteads and bed
ding, 1 safe, 1 large aining table, 1 corner j
cupboard, 6 Windsor chairs, 1 invalid |
chair, a lot of rag carpet, 1 large ten-plate
stove, 1 small do., 1 cook stove and uten
sils, 2 chests, 1 large copper kettle 1 iron
kettle. 1 kitchfn cupboard and table. 1 • ]
pair of steel., ards, dishes, knives, forks,
tinware, £c., a number of Bat irons, and i
many other articles not mentioned.
Terms made known on day of sole. I j
MRS EMILY C. BYERS, ! t
OC22 Adm’x of Elizabeth Russler, dec’d.
FOB
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of the Chest,
Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell
ings and Sprains, Burns and
Scalds, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Fi'osted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
No Preparation en earth equal* Sr. Jacob* Oil
a safe, sure, sittij.lt! and cheap External
Itemedy. A trial entails but the comparatively
trifling outlay of 50 Onto, and every one suffer
ing with pain can have cheap and positive proof
of its claims.
Directions in Eleven Languages.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER Sc CO.,
Baltimore, 3fd., V. S. 4'
Notice from Board of Health.
rpHK COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
JL respectfully calls the atten.ion of the
citizens of Martinsburg to the fact, that
malarial diseases are prevalent in the city
aud vicinity, and would request them to
look to the cleanliness of their premises.
And their attention is also called to the
following section of the Bill establishing a
State Board of Health:
Section 6 “It shall be the duty of the
State Board of Htalth to appoint three
persons, one of whom, at least, shall be a
legally qualified practicing physician, cit
izi ns residing in each county of this State
who shall constitute a Local Board of
Health for the respective counties in which
they les de and such persons, as members
o! the local board, sha'l hold their office
lor the term of two (2) years from the
date of their appointment; and such local
boards are empowered, and it shall be
their duty to inaugurate, and execute,
and require the heads oi families to exe
cute such sanitary regulations as the local
board may consider necessary to prevent
the outbreak and spread of cholera, small
pox, scarlet foyer, diptheria, aud other
jndemic,epidemic, infectious and contuge
dus diseases; and they are empowered to
£0 upon and inspect any premises which
they may believe are in an unclean or in
fectious condition; and the said local
board are authorized to enforce the rules
nd regulations of the State Board of
Health. And it shall be the duty of phys
icians practicing in any county in which
i local beard is organized to report
promptly all or any ot the above named
•haracter of diseases under their special
treatment to such local board; and such
ocal bovrd shall make report of the same
b the State Board of Health at least
ince in every three (3) months—first, of
the character of the infectious, contageous,
mdeni'C or epidemic disease prevailing in
he r county; second, the number of per
!ons reported as infected with such disease,
bird, the action taken by such lacal
joard .o arrest ihe progress of such prev
alent dise&Se, and the visible effects of
iuch action.”
J W. Mp$HERRY,
J. H. HUNTER,
B G HEDGES,
oc s 4t Local Board of Health.
New Goods.
MINSK. A. RAICH
HAS just received a variety of Ladies’
and Chi'dien’s COLLARS, LACES,
l,ao«tiks, handkerchiefs, and
MILLINERY.
Also a full line of Muslins, Ginghams,
J A LI CUES TABLE LINEN, TABLE
JOVERS, Counterpanes, Towels, Nap
iins and HOSIERY, at the lowest prices,
'all and examine goods.
No. 27 West Martin Street;
(sepl0-3m.)
Town Property
FOR BEAT A\l> SAUK.
A S ATTORNEY for heirs of A. P.
tJL Shutt, deceased, I am authorized
o rent the large DOUBLE BRICK
DWELLING on East Martin street
ind the st 'ie-rooms therein at reduced
•ates until April 1, 1881. The coal
rani west of said building is also offer
*d for rent, lease or sale. Any of this
jroperty is very desirable.
J. NELSON W1SNER,
aug‘27 Attorney.
D~ It. G. B. HEDGES,
1*11 YSICIAN AN® BURC5K0W.
Cffieeand Residence on the corner of
durkeand College streets, formerly occa
>ied by Dr HatiRl. (ol'80-ly.
A GENTS WANTED for the Best and
C\_ Fastest Selling Pictorial Books and
libles. Prices reduced 33 per cent. Na
ional Publishing Co„ Philadelphia, Pa.
(sep24-l0t)
50,000 Rush. Wheat and 3,000 bush. Corn Wanted by Alex. Parks, Jr., Martinsburg Flouring Mills.