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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21
MARTINsBURG. w. Va,
March IS, 1873.
Eds. independents:

Eds. independent:
am glad to see in this morn
ing's issue of your valuable paper,
your article in opposition 10 the
purchase by the school board, ola
lot and dilapidated old house in
the extreme southern end of The
town, forthe purpose Of erecting q
graded school building
The reasons you give for your
opposition to such purchase are
unanswerable; besides such pur-
chase would be in direct opposi-
ton to the spirit manifested by
our citizens at the meeting at the
court House. If comprehended
the wishes of our citizens as ex-
pressed al that meeting, it was
that the school board should erect
such primary or ward school rooms
in such localities us the lumber Of
the children demanded, and to
make arrangements for the cree
ton ola graded school building.
Now, If we pay $4,000 for lot
upon which to erect building,
where are we TO get funds to pur-
chase ground and erect suitable
buildings for primary schools?
And all of our people who
have given the wants of
public schools any consideration
know that they demand additional
primary school honses. Thcr let
our school board rlake arrange
ments and have built several
primary school rooms In such To-
calities as they are most needed,
thus making provision for the ed
ucation of the hundreds of chill
dren, now running our streets, be-
ing denied admission to our pres
ent schools on account of want of
room. Let our school board use
the money drawn from our peo-
pie for school purposes in such a
manner as the tCa,ats of our public
school demand and not fritter 1t
away by being persuaded into the
purchase of property, not fav-
orably located, at double its val
ue. The education OF cur chill
dren is of much more importance
than the erection of large and
imposing school house at place
that would not DE accessible 10
the large majority of our children.
Then let our school board select
some central location for our gra-
ded school. ond erect such a
building as will meet present de-
mands and so constructed that it
may be enlarged as the wants of
our school system may demand
and not imbitter,ourpeople against
public schools by taxation to build
a large school house in such an
unfavorable location. I'll.
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SCHOOL LOCATION.

Messrs- Editors Independent.
Your late editorial in relation to
the purchase ofthe widow Hughes
property has ELECTED the
commentator of a large proper
ton of our population. 1t is not
surprising that anything emenat-
ing from the Independent concern
ing Improvements should receive a
good deal of public attention, be-
cause it has been the persistent
and indomitable advocate of all
kinds of public Improvement, at
the same time ii has insisted that
the public funds should be admin
istered rs economically MS circum-
stances would admit.
Your correspondent has made it
his busine ) to learn public senti-
ment in relation to the contem-
plated purchase, and he feels safe
in affirming that nine out ofevery
ten interested and influential per-
SONS within the corporate limits,
condemns in measured terms the
proposed purchase. Thereare va
rious reasons assigned why the
proposed purchase should not be
contaminated, of which the follow
ing are the principle:
lst Because ii is an extravagant
expenditure Of the peoples money
to pay eight thousand dollars for a
simple sitev fora graded school.
THE old rattle trap Of Il house on
it is esteemed Of too inconsidera-
BILE a value to be at all regarded ]
End. Because 1t is proposed to
make the graded school building
an ornament to the town and 10
place it in the extreme southern
limits would render such pur-
pose impossible.
Bird. Because in certain periods
of the school year. it will be inac-
cessible to the children in the ex-
IRENE northern portion of the
town, as though it. were situated
on the Round Top"
4th. Because il is believed a
more central and eligible location
could be obtained for half the
money.
Very truly,
WATERMAN.
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The A nsn cr ic an Diseas
Reaches Havana.
AN OVER ISSUE OF CURRENCY AND
THE DEVIL. TO PAY.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Pri-
vate Cuban advices received here
say that the Spanish Commission
engaged in examining the affairs of
the Spanish bank have discovered
that the bank issued $104, 900, 900
in paper currency instead of $50, :
000, 900, 900 acknowledged in its
published statement, the basis for
the over issue being the loan of
$50 ,000,0 600 in currency to Captain
Gerrrell. The bank being Il pri-
vate enterprise cnly, neither the
Cuban nor Spanish Home Govern
ments are responsible. The dis
covery created great excitement,
everybody holding currency try
ing to dispose of it for specie or
real estate, etc. Specie is rapidly
rising and currency depreciating
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NEW JERSEY.
a SABBATH CRUSADE NOW.
respects,

a SABBATH CRUSADE NOW
ELIZABETH, N j. March TO-
At u meeting last night to express
indignation at the German demon
stratiou last Sunday against the
Sunday law, resolutions were
adopted declaring that open and
organized resistance to the Sab
bath law by habi.ual vio!ators,
supported by the large and for
midable element of infidelity, in-
spires alarm for the permanency
of the Christian Sabbath, and
calling on all good citizens to for
sake pnrty affiliations and put it
down.
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THE DISPUTED POINT.


RICHMOND, VA. March lS.--The
Maryland and Virginia Boundary
Line Commission, Messrs. Isaac
ID. Jones, James w. Dennis, and
John w. Davis, appointed by the
Maryland authorities to confer
with the authorities of Virginia
arrived yesterday and visited the
Capitol. The joint committee of
both houses was appointed to ex-
tend by courtesy seats on the floors
of the houses and other courtesies
to the commission. The two
houses will meet in joint session
to-day, when the Maryland Com
nilsson will present the subject Of
their visit. They visited many
points OF interest in the city yes
terday afternoon. The exchange
Hotel was crowded last night with
distinguished citizens paying their
respects.
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Mr.. s. s. Smith, Of Waumatosa
Wis, was the principal Of an ac-
ademy, and a man Of good educa-
ton and supposed good sense,
Until forty years old he remained
a bachelor. Then he fell in love
with Il school girl, who was ro-
mantle enough to encourage him
until her parents talked her out or
the idea. At this Smith cut his
throat. The cash was deep and
dangerous, bui not fatal. IL left
long scar, and seemed to cure
Smith Of his passion. A year la
ter he had relapse. This time il
was yonng widow, who hu-
mored, leased, and finally Tilted
him. He promptly got out his
razor again, and sIashed at his
jugular. The result was second
scar, crossing the old one like the
ends Of a sawbuck. Another year
passed, and a month ago Smith
fell In love for the third and last
time. 1t was a teacher in his acad-
envy and she really intended to
marry him. The wedding day
was appointed, and nearly reached
when she suddenly changed her
mind because somebody told her
of Smiths two previous love af-
fairs. She could not marry a man
VINO had loved two women before
her, and so eloped with a fellow
who was too young to have ever
seriously loved anybody. Smiths
heart was broken beyond men,
ding. He still owned the razor of
bloody memory. His grief was
deeper than on the previous occa-
sions, and so was the cash. Smith
is dead.
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TANoTHER DISPATCH. I

WORCESTER, Mass, March 10
The crusade against the liquor
dealers has assumed a very .unex-
pected phase. and suddenly burst
forth with all the features and
enthusiasm of the Western cam
paign Three bands Of women, of
twelve in each band, commenced
their crusade this morning. They
visited number Of saloons to-day
holding prayer meetings, singing
&c. A large crowd followed them.
A few names were obtained for
the personal pledge, but no con-
cessions from the dealers. The
movement will be continued till
all the bar-rooms are visited.
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Communicated
CHICAGO, March 10, 1877


INessrs Editors:
We left the iron city on the 18th
inst, amid driving snow storm.
We came from that city here over
the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and
Chicago railroad, travelling through
the richest regions of the country
The farms through northern Ohio
will not average larger than sixty
acres, and yet these farmers are
thrifty and save money, and the
farms are -o highly improved that
the country looks much more
prosperous than in our own Sec
ton, " here the farms are SO large.
AS we passed through Salem, Cam
ton and Massilon. Ohio, anti saw
the evidences of wealth on every
hand, we could but remember that
the money with which the peo-
pie of these inland cities had built
their l,alatial residences, magnifi-
cent school houses and churches,
was paid to these manufacturers by
the farmers of the Shenandoah.
Valley, and elSewher in the south
where manufacturing is almost
wholly neglected. If the farmers
who read your excellent paper
will examine, they will find that
their reapers and mowers, their
wheat drills, threshing machines,
&c &C., were made in these north
ern inland towns, And if they
will ask how the citizens of these
places are able to live IN such fine
houses build such costly school
houses and churches, they will
readily find he answer to be.
Why, they send agricultural inn
PIGMENTS to the Shenandoah Val
ley and get in return the money
for which the farmers there sell
their farm products. Martinsburg
has far greater natural resources
than any of the places we have
named, and if the citizens who
are abundantly able to do So would
dispose of some of their land and
invest in manufactures, they
could not only stop their money
from coming to northern cities and
towns, but could gather wealth
from other places.
1t il ct alone in theiowns and
cities III this northern country that
we find large and cornmodious
school houses. They are to be
found on every square mile of the
three northern states, and the
democratic and republican parties
each claim to have o,Ilrun the 9th
er i'm giving to the free school sys--
tenn a liberal patronage. And the
character of these school houses end
grounds about them, show with
what care the free school system is
fostered and how well all classes
of the community understand that
- rich reward is the return for
money spent in support Of free
schools We reached Chicago this
morning, and will write You again
hefpre leaving this Great Gran
ary Of the Vest i.
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MR.. SUMMERS MARRIAGE AND
DIVORCE.

In the year 1867, Mr.. Sumner,
then So years old, was married to
Mrs. Alice Mason Hooper, widow
ofSturgis Hooper, Esq, by whom
she had one child. She was a lady
OF fine intellect and many ac-
compIishments. But she soon
found it impossible to live with
Mr.. Sumner, and she left him
q few months after her marriage,
going abroad with her child and
residing chiefly in Italy The
cause Of the separation was never
made public. After a lapse of Ave
years, Mr.. Sumner obtained a de-
cree Of divorce from a Massachu-
sets court on the 10th of May,
1878, on the ground of desertion.
Mr.. Sumner was represented by
counsel, but no opposition Wa s
made to the decree. Under it Mr..
Sumner had the legal right to
marry again, but the lady had not
BY a very recent proceeding, how
ever, this right was also granted
her.
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From all parts of the county we
have the most gratifying accounts
of the wheat, which never looked
better at this season of the year,
and farmers predict splendid
yield next harvest. - Warren Sen
tinel. 1.-The wheat crop lis look
ing unusually promising in this
county. The s'oldest" farmer
has never known more sat.sfac-
tory outlook at this season of the
year --Loud0un Mirror. 1.-The
wheat in this (Pulaski) county
presents "A better appearance than
il has for many years. - Virginia
People.
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ALABAMA.
FI.eoDs IN ALABAMA.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, March rs. -
The rain Ia middle Alabama has
ceased, The Alabama river H.
very high and out N Its banks i'm
many places, as The creeks and
streams are greatly swollen. Ira
vel 10 Mobile II stopped BY reason
Of washes On the railroad track
and damage 10 some bridges. No
trains have gone out to day on the
trick 10 Atlanta, part oftl,e track
being under water Trains to
Eufaha will not run for Il day or
two. All trains on the Montgom--
cry and Louisville railroad have
been on time, and no damage is
reported. The freshet Is too
early to injHre the planters. rs
very little of the crop has been
planted.
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WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 81 1874.
WOMAN's WAR ON Rim;



The Crusaders.
CINCINNATI March IS.-The
Germans had an immense meet
ing last nightover the Rhine, at
Turner Hall, to take measures to
resist the temperance movement.
The hall was crowded and hum
dreds Of persons he'd to 70 away.
Speeches were made by Rev. Mr..
Kroeli, Rev. Herman EckeI,
severely denouncing the woman's
movement, and sonie of the speak
ers counseled resistance To ii.
The following resolutions were
presented aud referred to the
committee, to report at the next
meeting: "That 1t Is the duty 81
all citizens to see that their fellow
citizens aro protected In their vo-
cations. and also the duty or the
state to protect its citizens against
interference with their business;
that it is contrary to the spirit III
liberty and justice for women, in
the name of religion, to interfere
with the rights and liberties OF
citizens; that the motive Of this
movement is to reopen the hatred
between natives and foreigners,
and that men are using women as
instruments for this purpose"
The proceedings were In German
and the meeting continued until Il
late hour.
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In an address at Trenton before
the fruit growers Of New Jersey,
Mr.. Quinn gives the strawberry
of that State at two millions Of
quarts, which at fifteen cents per
quart. would be worth $500, 600.
OF blackberries. raspberries, and
grapes there are about as much
more, and he estimates the cram
berry crop, $4,000 bushels, to be
worth about the same. Thus the
cultivation OF this delicious fruit,
which has brought into use thou
sands Of acres OF otherwise unem-
ployed swanpy lands, gives New
Jersey the credit Of raising half
the entire cranberry crop of the
United States.
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Individual dealers have always
fastencd upon the sensibility OF
customers; but If there was i, com
plete reformation in the business
all this would be lost sight Of.
Fancy prices would be done away
with, and those buying collins
would have MS great a variety to
select from ~ il found In other ar
ticles.
When this custom obtains, much
Of the extravagant display and
expense in funerals will be at an
end and, when the people can
20 laiu u great store and select
from reaaiy-inade csffins the kind
they are at'le to pay cash for, cOm-
mon sense will be the rule rather
than the exception in such mat
terS.
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THE FEMALE STORM.
THE BETT sR CLASSOF SA-
LO' VISITED.
The Prayers Gaining The Great
Victory

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 49,
Yesterday the ladies of the tenn
perance army to the number of
twenty-five moved on the bar
rooms of the larger hotels and
some ofthe better class of saloons
praying and singing with them.
At all the places they visited
they were invited in, received
courteousIy, and treated respe.t-
fully and politely. No surrenders
were made.
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The Cleveland city council has
adopted resolutions approving the
women's liquor crusade.
Marshal Serrano, president of
the Spanish Republic, Is receiving
salary Of 100000 per annum.
Madnme Camilla Urso's first ex-
clamntFon when she was burned
hi Boston, / eother day, was, 20,
shall never play again 20
A number Of leading publishers
of the country are in Richmond,
Va, for the purpose of consulting
with the State board Of education
In relation To textbooks used In
the ptiblic schOvls.
A golden eagle was recently
captured near Chetopa, Kansas
The lucky captOr was Immediate
~ offered ten dollars in hank notes
fori Ut, which be naturally refused.
us be- fe}t entitled 10 a premium
ON IL
The CsyngregatiOnalist regrets
that mir. Whittier's head Ii Civ
f1g him trouble,v and says ut
has never troubled any one else,
which Is more tiiasi you can say Of
some other p)t.is-- Browning for
In stance y
There WAS jumping match be-
tweea, seven Your & ladies in Wau-
pom, Wis, for d silver medal The
contestants wore loose trousers
aud no skirts, and are described as
So lrwitehing that the spectators
checred themselves hoarse. Sarah
Jane Sinith Aon.
The OltWnaws la.l CbTier has
abolished lie l,vlIigersta, ruDster as
Indicative tf triumph, tan cleo
ton, anil substituted All ear OF
corn, saisetuiehed in the sentence,
Pretty near u clean shocking
The grangers consider it an inn
pr0v.rnenl.
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Latest News from the Front,

NEW York. March IS The
latest Advis,ps from Havana says
volunteers who were drafted have
been sent into the fell against the
insurgents The Spanish garrisons
at Bayomo. Manscillo, and Puerto
Principe, have been reinforced.
The draft has taken one man out
Of every ten from the volunteers.
This SO diminishes the military
force In Havana that business men
are obliged to neglect their affairs
to 90 ON patrol duty. The Cnbans
have great hopes OF success The
patriots have defeated the detach
nent5 IF Gen. PorlculliS' army
near Puerto Principe.
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
HAIL or TUsCARoRA LODGE. |
No a, /. O. O. i. !

L
No "A, /. O. O. F.
WHEREAS. 1t has pleased God
in His good Providence to remove
from amongst us our esteemed and
worthy Brother, John G. Fisher
therefore
Rescued, That-whiic we mourn
the departure from amongst us and
from our Lodge room, Brother
John G. Fisher, we bow in hum
BILE submission 10 the will OF a
kind Providence.
Resolued, That we deeply SYM
pathize with the family in this
their bereavement in the death OF
a kind husband, father and citi-
zen.
Resolved, That our Hall be
draped in mourning for the space
of 80 days, and the members wear
the usual badge of mourning for
the same length of time.
Resolved, That copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family
of our decd Brother, and pub
lished in our city papers.
WIN. WHEN
CHRIS. HILL.
FRED HODGE, Com.
GEO. BEARD,
ID. A. CLINE,
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NEW YORK.
THE NEW CHURCH !.

BROOKLYN, March I9.--The
Committee of Fifteen who have
undertaken to organize and found
a Protestant Episcopal church
here for DIR. Porters, have secured
a temporary location for the
church. The name of the church
is to be All Saints Protestant
Episcopal Church, and will be in
augurated next Sunday.
WALL STREET
NEW YORK. March 10 --All
sales of gold have been at 112a1115
a1114, mostly ut 1l14a111s. On
gold loans the rates have been 81
for carrying to ''flat." Govern
ment bonds are q shade easier.
There is little or no change in the
money market, so far as call loans
are concerned, 3a4 being the ruling
quotation. Mercantile paper is,
however, little firmer, selling at
53a79 against 2a6 per cent. re-
Gently.
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WALL STREET.
MISSOURI.
THE MURDERED DETECTIVES

THE MURDERED DETECTIVES.
ST. LOUIS, March 19.-It is now
stated that the detectives killed by
the Young brothers in st. Clair
county, Tuesday, belonged to a
party who went from this city pri-
vately, in the hope of capturing
the Gad's Hill railroad robbers.
No further particulars of the affair
have been received.
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NEW YORK.
THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP or
THE WORLD.

NEW YoRK, March 8.--A.
CORNER, in answer to the challenge
of Rudolph, says he will play ~
New. York u game of three-ball,
French caro,n, 500 points up, for
1000 side with q balls, on Il
five by len table, the game to take
place three weeks after his match
with Maurice DAILY. for the cham
pionshipufl the world.
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Some doubt is thrown by a London
magazine on the question whether Joan
of Arc or some person in her stead was
actually burned at the stake, the theory
being advanced that she escaped, settled
at Metz, and became the wife Of one,
Robert Hermoiscau, to whom she bore a
family.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
FIRE.

HARRISBURG, March ia re-
port received here states that the
Radical Office at Beaver, Pa, was
burned last night, with two dry
goods stores, the Masonic temple,
and Odd Fellows hall. Loss $780,
600; half covered by insurance.
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ILLINOIS.
TERRIFIC HURRICANE AT CAIRO.

TERKIFII HTNEIJANE ut NAIN9.
CAIRO, March Is A terrific
accompanied by thun-
der, lightning and rain, passed
over this city at three O'Clock this
morning causing considerable des.
truction 10 property. The centre
of the storm seems 10 have passed
souti, Of Cairo. The wires work
as usual north, and no damages
are reported from that direction.
No loss Of life is reported.
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A poor scamp left his wife in great
rage, declaring that she should never
see his face again till he was rich enough
to come in a carriage. Hs kept his
word, for in two hours afterwards he
was brought homo drunk in q wheel
barrow.
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A Connecticut sehoolmaster fog
ged eleven boys in half a day
Over a Hundred week, that is.
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CONNECTICUT.

SHOCKING MURDER OF A GIRL BY
HER MOTHER.
HARTFORD, March ia white
woman, the wife of a colored man
named James Freeman, living at
Pennington, Drained her daughter
aged IS, with an axe this morn
ing. Jealousy was the cause.
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An Illinois clergyman turned off
the gas at a ball recently, hoping
thereby 10 put a stop to the sinful
amusement. The dancers of course
enjoyed themselves all the more
in the darkness.
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PHILADELPHIA AFFAIRS.
A TRIGAMIST.

PHILADELPHIA, March 19.-W.
II. Chew has been arrested here,
charged with marrying three
living.
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FIRE.

The spring factory of Ingall q
Dewey was burned this morning.
Loss, $50, 900 Insurance, $4,000.
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A duck killed a rooster in a fight
for $50 in Chester, Pa.