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Thomas H. Mason. Business Manage
THE PICTURE.
A hard worked farmer is thinking
as lie follows his plow. He has lol
lowed that plow for twenty years
and is a |»oor man yet. On one side
is a railroad manager,worth millions,
and every penny of it accumulated
since the war; he has his hau l in
that farmer's pocket. On the other
side is a protected manufacturer,
worth millions and he too has his
hand in the farmer's pocket. In
front stands the Democrat crying
out, “Look! those men are robbing
you; they are picking your pockets.”
The railroad manager and the pro
tected manufacturer are whispering
in the farmer's ear. “Don’t read the
Democrat; don't pay attention to
what it savs.' All around that tann
er are standing the other newspapers
and all the railroad attorneys and
every one of them are telling him,
“Don’t listen to the Democrat; dou’t
read it; plow your field and let us
manage politics. We are developing
the State.”
The school fund for this year is
larger than heretofore, and amounts
to $402,396. Thoughtless persons
regard this as a meritorious achieve
ment, but it will be remembered
that our assessment law is so shaped
that agriculture pays 89 per cent, of
the revenue. The principle is, that
each citizen should pay a tax in
projmrtion to the value of his prop
erty. A man worth $50,000 should
• pay fifty times as much as oue worth
$1,000: Whereas, if the #1,000 be in
land and the $50,000 in notes and
bonds, the small property pays 89
cents when the large property pays
11 cents. It is difficult to suggest a
greater injustice: but the masses
are so stupid they cannot compre
hend it.
We have reached in this country
an age when vast accumulations of
capital readily combine to control
legislation. It is controlled not so
much bv bribing the members after
they are elected, as by misleading
public opinion and by defeating can
didates, who, if elected,would accom
plish legislation in the interest of
the general public as distinguished
from that which is in the interest ol
purposes antagonistic to the public
at large.
It is certainly the duty of every
man who comprehends the dangers
before this country, to do whatever
he can to avert them. They can
only be averted by educating the
people to a better understanding of
the situation. But unfortunately
while many of the best intellects in
the land are employed to publish
such matter as is calculated to mis
lead the popular judgment, there
are very few who have the leisure,
means or opportunity to acquaint
themselves with the facts or to give
them publicity. Two examples will
br.ng this matter fairly home to the
understanding of all men:
/Those who have grown immensely
rich by means ol a tariff tax are very
willing, and very able, to compen
sate }H*rsons who aid in maintaining
a system which if understood ty* the
masses would not be tolerated for a
moment. "The Industrial League.'
(a combination of millionaire manu
facturers,) is at this moment raising
a fund ol $100,000 to be expended
in advocating a tariff for protection.
In th»* nature of the case there is no
citizen who has a direct pecuniary
motive to argue against the doc
trine ol a tariti for protection only.
Again: It is perfectly well known
that we have in this country a class
who practice the trade of managing
our highways. By means of unlaw
ful methods they not only accumu
late \ast private fortunes for them
selvcs.but use the power which comes
from the possession of a highway to
prevent the election of men who un
derstand this snbjeet and who would
do their duty in the Legislature or
in Congress. It is perfectly well
known to those who are watching
events that these railroad managers
now pro)wise, if they can, toso amend
the Interstate Commerce lull as will
render it nugatory. Touching this
subject the Philadelphia /iet'nnl well
says:
If this monstrous aggregation of
capital shall succeed in its purpose
it will revive all the evils of unre
strained competition and of absolute
license which have grow n up during
the last’twenty years. Competitive
points will continue to prosper at
the expense of non-competitive
joints. Secret rates and rebates
will enable favored shippers to fol
low in the wake of the Hock a fellers
and to accumulate fortunes of linn.'
dreds of millions at the expense of
the fQfcsuniing classes. Wealth and
population will be concentrated as it j
has been in the large cities. The
growth of our rural industry will be I
disturbed. The giant manufactur
ing corporations will succeed indi- .
vidual manufacturers, ami with
every new combination of capital the
workingman will become more de- i
pendent and will lose the advantages
of his skill. The commerce of entire
States will bo monopolized as it has
been by combinations of railroads, t
and the pool will continue to regu
late the currents and conditions of
trade.
Are the American people prepared
to lestbre such a state of affairs?
Under the policy of unrestrained
competition and absolute license
three fifths of the railroad mileage i
of the country passed through bank- i
ruptev, and no one could sec light
ahead. Under the operations of the
Interstate Commerce law the ra\l j
road corporations could be confined
to their legitimate sphere of trans
portation. Upon the continuance or j
rejection of the policy begun by the I
new law will depend the question
whether the railroad company shall |
be a common carrier or the arbiter i
of trade. The people will decide.
State Senator Scott, of Wheeling,
who was present only six days at
the extra session of the Legislature,
would only receive six days’ pay.
It was a difficult matter to convince
the Treasurer that he was not crazy, i
but he finally concluded in doing so.
— linntloljth Enterprise.
Mr. Scott is a wealthy mauufac- '
turer, and took an active part to
defeat the bill to protect our home
traffic against railroad discrimina
tion. and he has also invariably op
posed every attempt to equalize
taxation. Lnless it was his inten
tion to perform his duty as a mem
1 ber of the Legislature, he ought not
to have accepted the place. So far 1
from complimenting him for return
ing the pay he did not earn, he
should be condemned for accepting
the office and then neglecting its i
duties to give his time to private |
business. Mr. Scott represents a ,
class of legislators who legislate for
the few and not for the many.
PHILADELPHIA AT GETTYSBURG.
Virginia will be largely represen !
ted at Gettysburg on July 2, 3 and
4 by several hundred of the survi- j
vors of Pickett's Division, nearly all
of whom were active participants in
the bloody charge at Cemetery
Ridge. Tile old First Regiment of
Richmond will have a big represen
tation on hand. The loss of this ;
regiment in that famous charge was
22 killed, among them its gallant
Colonel, Lewis B. Williams; 109 j
were wounded and captured, making
the loss 131 of the 155 rank and file t
carried into action. Picket's Divis
ion will he the guests of the “Phila
delphia Brigade" while at Gettys
burg.
The Record prints a long list of !
prominent Philadelphia merchants
who have contributed liberally to
entertain the survivors of Picket's
Division. This action ot business
men in Philadelphia is contrasted j
with the ctfort of a politician to gain
th Presidency by reviving passions
all patriotic men wish to forget.
The contrast between the speeches
of Senator Sherman and this action
by merchants is worth more than a
passing notice. Senator Sherman j
should consider whether his speech- i
cs will win the votes of those who
are about to gather at Gettysburg.
A REVIVAL OF WAR HATRED.
Springfield Republican.
Mr. Sherman's speech as a presi
dential candidate at Springfield,was
extraordinary in its recurrence to
and dependence upon the revival of
war feeling as a basis for his cam
paign. The war arose from the issue ,
of slavery; the war wiped that issue
from the face of the country, altho' i
it could not extinguish in a day all
barbarism,ignorance and hate which
two centuries of slavery had engen- :
dued between races and between
sections. Yet to-day races and sec- j
tiofis are living in perfect accord
with each other. In the last presi
dential election three quarters of a
million voters went to the polls in
the Southern States and voted for |
Janie- (1. Maine, and their votes
were counted. Never was the South
so tranquil and prosperous as it is
to day under a Democratic Admin
i-nation; never were the rights of
the black man so generally enjoyed
by himself ami never so completely
conceded by the white race.
Yet in the face of all this unex
ampled achievement in the reconcil
i at ion ol sections ami races, Mr.
Sherman proposes to base the presi
dential campaign of 1888 on a dis
tinct and avowe<l revival of war ha
tred. the war having closed twenty- !
three years before, lie seeks in
every way to identify the Democrat- j
i • party and the National Adminis
tration with rebellion; his favorite
term tor the party in power is “Con
federate,'' and he revives the base- j
les- charge that the last Presidential
election was won by fraud and crime
—a charge for which the Republican
Senate would have established a |
foundation of fact, if it could have
found a single witness' among 60,-j
ooo.ooo j>eople to substantiate it, j
Mr. Sherman stigmatizes as “Con
federate” principles which governed
the country through a large portion
of our history, and to which patri
ots and statesmen whose shoe latch
09 he is unworthy to unloose have
given their sincere convictions.
Touching this same subject, the
N. Y. Times says:
“When he comes to study the re
sult of hi3 Nashville and Springfield
performances,we think Mr.^Sherman
will be a much disappointed man.
His speeches have confirmed thous
ands of independent voters in the
belief that save only in respect to
personal character and the absence
of dangerous pvrotechuic tendencies
Mr, Sherman, as a candidate for the
Presidency, would represent no ad
vance over Mr. Blaine and show ab
solutely no healthful and progress
ive tendency on the part of the Re
publican organization. Moreover,
Mr. Sherman’s activity and the ac
tivity of his friends have already
served to awaken the hostility of
Mr. Blaine’s supporters, and the
best that Mr. Sherman’s own organ,
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
can say for him is that the Republi
cans of Ohio ‘should stand solid for
Sherman,’ but they must not ‘say an
unkind word for Jas. G. Blaine.’ ’’ »
The Wellsburg Herald accepts
our proposition to discuss the Pro
hibition Amendment. Each paper
will print the editorials of the other
on this subject and then make such
reply as it can. Owing to the ab- '
sence of one of the gentlemen who i
write for these columns, the discus- ^
sion must be delayed until our next j
issue. Elsewhere is printed the'
Herald's acceptance of our proposi- !
tion.
THE BELL TELEPHONE LITIGA
TION.
The case of the U. S. against the
Bell Telephone Company is be
ing argued in the U. S. Circuit
Court of Boston. It will be recol
lected, the Government brought suit
to annul the patent on the ground*
that it was obtained by fraud. It
will also be recollected that a con
siderable portion of the metropolitan
press attempted to excite a hue and
cry against the olflcers of the Gov
ernment because this suit was insti
tuted, but the public soon came to un
derstand that the noise in the news
papers was simply the giugling of
Bell's money. It will be further re
collected that the lawyers for the
telephone monopoly deprecated this
litigation as a useless expense be
cause Bell’s patent would expire by
limitation in seven years and they
would be able to procrastinate the
litigation for that length of time.
The tactics of Bell's attorneys in
the Boston Court are in keeping
with all their previous efforts to
make delay and avoid a decision on
the merits. It is to be hoped the
counsel for the Government will be
found equal to the occasion. We
take for granted the newspapers will
renew their efforts to mislead public
opinion respecting this matter. If
Bell's patent was procured by fraud
it should be annulled and his mo
nopoly terminated.
MONOPOLY’S STRONGHOLD.
Courier-Journal.
“The cry is still they come,” anil
of Trust Certificates anil monopolies
to suppress competition there is no
end. The patriarch monopoly, the
Standard Oil. invented the Trust
Certificates, and this has become
monopoly's universal organ of gen
eration. The Standard oil, the Cot
ton Trust, the Cattle Trust, the
Lumber Trust, the Whisky Trust,
the India Rubber Trust—behold
their shadows are darkening the
laud. The common law brands
these organizations as oppressive
and unlawful and wholly discounte
nances them as incapable of living
in the same atmosphere with judi
cial and legislative honesty and
public intelligence and self respect.
Yet behold they come, and ilo their
will, and disregard the law and
bourgeon apace as if like Indian
corn they had at last found a soil in
the Cniteil States best suited to the
production of maximum results.
With the help of their patent double
acting cultivator, the Trust Certifi
cate, they all justly expect large
harvests.
There can be of course but one
motive for forjning monopolist com
bines—it is necessarily to disable
the rivalry of honest trade, and to
establish a sort of feudal despotism
in industry anil commerce. What
ever does this is of course a public
enemy. Between monopoly and hon
est trade there is a warfare as bitter
and inveterate and necessary as
that between autocrats and popular
liberty in politics. The contest be
tween monopoly and honest compe
tition is indeed exactly the same as
that between autocracy and liberty.
It is the very thing itself; and as its
hand is against every man, against
competing producers for cheapening
production, no more than the mass
of consumers for consumption at
high prices, its hand is against
every man, and yet all are shame
fully submitting.
In other parts of the world the
contest of tyranny against liberty
is political, but the United States ^
being free of that type is becoming 1
the chosen land of all the earth for j
that other type, which is only one
degree less devilish—the struggle of
monopoly against commercial liber
ty.
Why of all of the countries of the
world is the United States becoming
the stronghold of monopoly? Is it
because our Legislatures, State and
National, are less intelligent and
impregnable to corruption? Is it
because the courts are relatively de
ficient in sagacity and honor? Is it
because the people are less watchful
of their rights, less self-reliant and
courageous in defending their
rights, less intelligent in discerning
their rights and injuries?
Answer these conundrums as you
may, the distinction, such as it is, is
ours peculiarly, and this is suffi
cieut proof of the existence of a spe
cial fault somewhere of the very
greatest magnitude. It can only be
secondarily in legislation and judi
cature, and it could only arise pri
marily from a loose or licentious*
condition of public opinion.
How does it happen that when the
masses of the people see these devil
fish of trade thus multiplying, and
knowing that they are unlawful, and
knowing that is the only possible
(purpose of such “combines” to des
troy honest |producers, and extort
artificially high prices from the
great body of the consuming popu
lation—how happens it. we repeat,
that the American public alone are
perfectly supine and indifferent, and
as submissive as mere serfs?
We leave these questions for every
man to ponder and answer for him
self.
Railroads of the World.
Europe has 121,205 miles of rail
road and America has 155,757 miles;
Asia, 13,791; Africa, 4,285 and Aus
tralia 8,045. Thus the total of the
world is 303,083 miles. These fig
ures show that America possesses
more miles of railroad than all the
rest of the world. According to a
table published by the Arcto'v last
year, the average cost of construction
per English mile is in Europe $120,
008 and in all other countries $G3,
113. By this the railroads of Eu
rope had, at the end of 1885, a total
value of $14,545,5G9.G40, and those
of all other countries of $11,478,
SGG.214, making a grand total of
$26,024,435,854.
The Speculation in Wheat.
On last Tuesday the price of
wheat in Chicago, for July delivery,
fell 101 cents below the price on
Monday, and sales were made as
low as 73^ cents per bushel. The
lowest figure touched, for June de
livery, was 20 cents under Monday’s
price. A number of speculatsrs
came to grief.
The Coffee Speculation.
The gamblers in coffee advanced
the wholesale price from 8 to 18
cents. On last Monday the market
broke, and in a few hours 412,000
bags were sold at an average loss at
about thirty cents on the dollar.
Several well-known, and heretofore
very rich firms in Baltimore and
New York, were declared bankrupt.
A committee of railroad experts
met in New York last week to de
cide upon the merits of automatic
freight-car couplers. The object is
to find a couple that will not require
the employes to enter between the
cars, as1 they are now required to do.
It is reported that in the l nited
States there are no less than 459
brakeraen killed annually, while
4,088 are crippled for life, and lfi.
770 are painfully injured, all by the
use of the present coupler.
PROPOSITION ACCEPTED.
Wellsburg Herald of June 10.
“The West Va. Democrat, a paper
we always read with interest, altho’
we have no acquaintance with its
editor and not a great deal of sym
pathy with his views, makes us this
proposition, which we very willingly
accept:”
“The Herald advocates the Prohibi
tion Amendment and the Democrat is
opposed to it. The Herald made some
reply to one of our editorials on this
subject, but does not give to its readers
our view or our argument. We make a
proposition to the Herald: If it will
copy what wo say, we will copy its re
ply! In this way*the people of the State
will have before them a fair and intelli
gent discussion that will give them what
may bo said on both sides; they then
may vote understandingly. The dis
cussion is to be limited to articles not
exceeding 000 words (half a column or so
primer) in length, and the shorter the
better. Will the Herald accept our
proposition?”
“A free and full discussion of the
prohibition question is what the
people need, and as there is not
much politics, at least not much of
the common sort, about the question
there will be no difficulty about con
sidering it in an entirely friendly
spirit and with a view only to con
vince and convert those who may
read. With these ideas always in
view, and with the conviction that
they will have the concurrence of
our contemporary of the eastern
Panhandle, the Herald says: send
on your best GOO words against pro
hibition and we will print them in
the Herald with what can be said
in rejoinder, for like use in the
Democrat”
The grain elevator capacity of
Chicago is 28,850,000 bushels.
A SECRET FROM SIBERIA.
Iron Impervious to Rust to be Made in
Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg Dispatch in New York Trib- I
une.
The initial steps were taken to
day for constructing a Russia iron
mili at Freeport, a little town about
thirty miles north of this city.
Farley Alden, a member of the firm
of W. H. Rogers & Co., who will
build the iron works, said to day:
This will be the first Russia iron
mill ever built outside of Siberia.
An imitation of Russia iron has been
made in this country for some time,
but not impervious to rust. Imper
viousness to rust is the best test of
genuine Russia irou. Few persons
imagine what a risk was run in learn- i
ing the secret of the treatment by ,
which Russia iron is made. There
are only three people outside of i
Russia to-day who know this secret.
They are William Rogers, W. II ;
Rogers, his son, and Mr. Xichol. a j
nephew of William Rogers. About j
eighteen years ago William Rogers I
was sent out as Pennsylvania State j
Geologist to Russia. He had cre
dentials addressed to ex Governor
Curtin, the Minister at St. Peters
burg at that time. As long as he i
confined his explorations to the mines i
he attracted little or no suspicion,
but as soon as lie set his foot inside
the iron mills of Princess Demidarff
he was subjected to the most vigi
lant espionage. It must be remem
bered that the men in the mills who
know the secret of making Russia |
iron are never allowed to quit the I
mills. With the special study he <
had made of iron making before go- ;
ing to Russia, he was not long in dis
corning the much-coveted secret, |
though he had much trouble to j
evade suspicion. Had he been detec- j
ted he would have been forced to re- !
main in Siberia the rest of his life.
Cardinal Gibbons and Dr. McGlynn.
The Commercial Advertiser, N. j
Y., reports that Cardinal Gibbons’
position in the McGlynn ease is sim- j
ply this: He likes Dr. McGlynn
personally and does not condemn
him for advocating general property
in land, for that doctrine has not
yet been pronounced heretical by the
Pope, speaking ox-cathedra; but he
does blame Dr. McGlynn for rebel
ling against his ecclesiastical supe
rior and dabbling in politics to an
extent unbecoming his priestly char
acter.
Mexican Pension Claims.
Claims under the Mexican pen
sion act have been filed in the pen- j
sion ollicc to the number of 18,200, |
of which 3,500 are in behalfof persons
past seventy years of age, and most of I
them widows. Half of the claimants !
are probably over sixty. Certificates
on account of Mexican pensions are
now being issued at the rate of 200
to 250 per day. In the fiscal year
which will close on the 30th inst.,
more names will have been put on
the pension rolls than in any previ 1
ous year of our history.
The University Regents estab
lished a school of Civil Engineering,
the Professor for which will be se
lected at the next meeting of the
Board. A chair of Biology was ad
ded to the school of medicine, and
Dr. Hartigan, of N. Y., was elected
to the place occupied by Dr. Allen,
deceased. Mr. Elliott, a graduate
of the College, was appointed as
sistant teacher in the preparatory
department. There were 1GG stu
dents at the institution; a gain of
thirty over last year. A gentleman,
entirely competent to form an opin
ion, who had opportunity to talk
with some of the members of the
law class, informs 11s that the
school of law deserves the highest
praise. We hear from every side
that the University is in better con
dition and more deserving of patron- |
age than ever.
Flouring and grist mills employ
38 per cent, of all the water power
used; saw mills, 23 per cent.; cot
ton mills, 12; paper-mills, 7, and
woolen-mills, 44.
*
Out of 105G puddling furnaces in
Pittsburg 75 arc idle, and the muck
bar production is estimated at 2,
400 tons per day.
There are 108 cotton mills in the
South, of which 3G are in Georgia,
27 in Tennessee and 20 in Alabama.
During the next six months over
2,000 new enterprises, big and little,
will spring into existence.
Cigar manufactories are running
their factories in some localities to
their utmost capacity.
The boot and sho<fmanufacturers
are greatly pleased at the fall pros
pects for business.
The new silk manufacturing com
pany at Catasaqua has added #100.
0y0 to its capital.
Ten hours is now the legal limit
of a days labor in New York on the
street cars.
The Kansas city printers have
hud their wages advanced to forty
cents.
It costs about a dollar a foot to
sink a gas well.
Capt. John Pugh, of Hampshire
county, is dead. He was 84 years of
age.
Number of inmates at the Hos
pital for the Insane: Males, 384;
females, 372; total. 75G.
Miners Union in Conference.
Charleston, W. Va., Juno 13.—
There was a meeting of the Miners'
Union at Kanawha Falls to-day for
the purpose of discussing the semi
monthly pay day. It is not definite
ly known what was done, but it is
feared that the agitation will lead to
trouble, and the announcement of
the determination pi* the miners is
anxiously awaited by operators who
employ union miners.
An act was passed by the Legis
lature at its last session changing
the pay day to semi-monthly, but so
far the operators have not complied
with it, and many of them are una
able to meet the demand. Many of
the miners have signed contracts
for pay monthly, but as the majori
ty of the signers arc union men,
they will either have to abide by the
decision of the meeting to day or
withdraw from the organization.
W. K. Chandler was elected Sen
ator on hut Tuesday 1>Y the New
Hampshire Legislature. He is a
fair representative of that element
in the republican party from which
our institutions have most to fear
Gov. Wilson has appointed Henry
Cunningham, of Mineral county, and
H. .1. Tucker, of Fayette county,
mine inspectors.
Mr. J. T. Gibson, of Charlestown,
W. Va., h as purchased thirty lots
in the Lewis addition, of Mr. J. II.
Skiuker, for $5,000, as a permanent
investment.— Roanoke ( ]'a.) Lead
er.
The Insane Asylum Directors—
determined to postpone making their
appointments for the present. The
institution is in excellent condition.
The scramble for place threatens to
impair the usefulness of the asylum.
Mr. John McKnight informs us
of a large shipment of hardware
building material from his factory
last week to New York. The mate
rial consisted chiefly of mouldings
in black, white, red and chestnut
oaks, walnut, sycamore, cherry, <fee.
A few days ago considerable cx
citement was created among the res
idents of the Southern suburbs of
Charlestown by the visit, to several
houses in that locality, of a tramp,
who endeavored, by insolent lan
guage, and threats of violence, to
compel contributions to his wants.
He called only at those houses where
none were present but women and
children, and but for a timely inter
ference might have committed some
violent acts. The authorities should
look well to such visitors, and see
that they are dealt with according
to law. The truth is, the law should
protect a private residence against
the intrusion of strangers.
We have received the 21st number
of ‘-Points Adjudicated by the West
Virginia Supreme Court:”—Em
bracing the syllabusses of the decis
ions at the Jan’y. and SpringTerms,
1887. Mr. Long’s publication is in
valuable to the Bar; we cannot see
how any lawyer manages to get
along without it.
Col. R. P. Chew is again in Chi
cago where he has large real estate
interests requiring constant super
vision.
Maj. G. W. T. Kearsley left here
for Roanoke, Va., on Saturday last
to superintend the construction of
the large ice factory, which Kears
lej-, Simmons dr Co., are erecting in
that place. On the arrival of Mr.
Kearsley, Dr. Simmons, who has
been in Roanoke for several mouths,
returned home. They expect to be
gin operations about July 1st.
--
The Whitson farm on Cross Creek,
was sold at trust Sale to David and
Thomas Brown. Saturday, for $5,
325. The tract consisted of 222
acres.— Wcllxbuvq Herald.
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Lightning struck the frame tenant
house on the Cree farm, on the Wash
ington pike, Tuesday, at about noon.
Wm. Snodgrass and family were en
gaged eating dinner when the elec
tricity knocked down the chimney
and gable end of the house, break
ing|off theJmards of the floor within
a foot of Snodgrass, who was stunned
for a few minutes. The others were
unhurt.— Wellsbnry Herald, June
10th.
The Secretary of State on Tues
day, issued a certificate of incorpo
ration to the “Big Sandy, Tug Riv
er and Twelve Pole Railroad Co.,”
for the purpose of constructing and
operating a railroad from Cereilo,
Wayne county, this State to the Ken
tucky line, together with varioi^i
branch roads, with a capital stock
of $500,000. The stock is held by
parties in Ashland. Ky., and Wayne
county, this State.
Parkeesblbg, June 10.—John
Page, the adopted son of R. P. Page,
living on Tygart, about nine miles
from this city, shot himself in the
groin last evening about 4 o’clock
with a double-barreled shot gun.
The shooting was accidental. He
was standing on a log and slipped
to the ground, the hammer of the
gun striking the log and discharging
the gun. lie died in the greatest
agony. He was twenty-three years
of age and single.
The woolen factory at Evansville
was burned last week. Loss $5,000;
no insurance.
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Mrs. Morton, of Charleston, W.
Va., has instituted a suit for slander
against ex-State Treasurer Burdette,
laying damages at $10,000.
Subscriptions to the Dem
ocrat may be paid to:
Richardson Bros., station
ers and school supplies, Cap
ital street, Charleston.
O. P. Sydenstrickcr, drug
gist, Lcwisburg.
L. W. Bruce, druggist,
Hinton.
Russell & Co., Romney.
Rose & Queen, news-stand,
National Hotel, Washington,
D. C.
Dr. .Tames D. Dillon,
Braxton Court House.
M. S. Burdette
Stationery, Martinsburg.
W. S. Stephens, General
Merchandise, Lockhart’s
Jackson co nil ty.
M. S. Burdette,
Dottier in
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
Music and Fancy Goods,
Queen Street, M art i list turfr, West Va.
Wall Paper a specialty.
1L. DOLL & CO.,
-)DEALERSIN (
Hardware, Glass, ils anil Paints.
BLASTING * KIKLK POWDK1I.
AGENTS
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FOR WADSWORTH.
MARTINEZ <fe LONGMAN’S
Pure Paint.
PUBLIC? SQUARE,
MAKTIVSlll Kli. W. VA.
jan.9,’86—lv.
Arorsr Hoinii.TK, i V. L. Pkpnkaux, Jr
Painter. , Smith.
h Carriags Factory,
CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON CO.
WEST VIRGINIA.
We, the undersigned, have entered In
to a Co-Partnership tor the purpose «»t
manufacturing
Carriages, Uuggies, Pluotoiis,
Dayton and Other Pleas
ure Wagons,
1 Spring Wagons, Dog t'arts, Sulkies,
Sleighs, in as tine style as eau Ik* done
i anywhere in the Union, at moderate prl
I ees. Being practical mechanics, we will
be cnableoto do all work on »*orrcct,sys
tenia tic principles, producing work more
durable and handsome.
REPAIR WORE A SPECIALTY.
M it. Thomas A. It van, an expert work
man, has charge of the wood-working
Department.
Mu. John E. IIii.iikbt, a well known
mechanic, is in charge of tiie Black
smithing Department,
i Hoping to receive a fair share of your
patronage, wo pledge ourselves to give
yon valno received.
SCHULTE A PKDN/EUX.
I Shops on Bloomer}7 Turn
pikc, 2 Squares from Main St.
jan.XV, tf.
Eagle Avenue Gardens,
The public in respectfully informed
that I am now prepared to furnish plants
of ajl standard varieties for vegetable
gardens, aueli as
Cabbage, Tomato, Pepper,
Egg, Lettuce, Sage,
Cauliflower, &c.
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at the Eagle Avenue Hardens,(westof
| “Mt. Parvo”)and at my Town •branch
j on Liberty street, adjoining the resl
I deuce of Hon. Jas. M. Mason. A share
j of the public patronage will he thank
fully received.
XiT Fresh Vegetables in season.
apr.2,’K0. E. J. Wh LIAMS.
City Restaurant!
JAMES THOMAS, Proprietor.
Charles Street, Charlestown, West V;u
Having reopened and refilled my
I Oyster & Eating Parlor,
i I am now prepared to serve all the deli
cacies of the season in first-class style.
The services of a No. 1 Cook have Is-en
procured, and nothing will lie left un
done to please mv customers.
maygO.'87-tf.
Watson House,
JAMES WATSON, Prop’R.
Charlestown Jederson County, W. Va.
Meals at all hours to suit Travellers.
Transient Hoarding on reasonable terms
Hacks to and from all trains free ot
charge.
The liar is supplied with choice Wines
Liquors, Cigars, ete.
Telephone call No. 7, Western Union
, Telegraph Office, next door to hotel.
t3r First-class Livery Stables Attaeh
edT^ jan.U’85—ly.
1 >S 0N FtLE
j at the office of
THE H. P. HUBBARD CO., Judicious Ad
vertising Agents & Experts, New Haven, Ct.
! Our Authoriiaq Afarrta who can quota wi WT losraai
adaartiainf ratal AdvortiaamarrtB da- |
nerved, proof! ahown and astimataa of
aoat i n ANY nawtpapan, forwardad to
raaponaiblo partiaa upon application
SECOND-HAND
TWO-HORSE WAGON,
for sale cheap, by
t: P. LIPPITT,