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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-29

=, pof nearly week tho Governor has held the
WI n,n Ening tue new Capitol Commissioners
I,Sei "s 70 u's certain money lhey mad on hand
ip~tnS men cutting stone for that build
tug ITO result Vas tbat the Capitol Las
oh lhrongcd every day with about
h"hdrod Idle st0necutters anxiOusly
"hnns the GOYernGrs action. Yeslord y
a., oe.sa'inn Of th,in waited upon SEN
Az hous'eY and requested MIN to make
h. sipeal To- the Governor 70 Sign the bill. 1his
ss, s'u, ms morning the lnbbies oi the CAPITOL
1ttSS ,lo"led as usual with stOnecutteTs, and
H. sIef f request Mr.. MOrrissey again waited upon
ana Hu1trinnr. In Few minutes he returned
Siid me shnouncemcnt was received with the
st"ues't APPLAUSE ana to day every one Of those
srboy tttets ne mond vote for MoTrlssey for Gov
NJ ! no had the opportunity.
aAms npkernOr "a day sent 70 the Senate the
NJ a VI mortimer ". SDuthwOrth OF Lock mort
tn hsNWeme CoJrI Judge, vice Lamont, aeoeased
ffan nnHpli5nalipn 49, was referred to tho Sena.Ors
sWsl,ans E;hih Judicial District, Aessrs, koRors,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
. Famous Kentucky Belle.

LOUISVILLE, KY., June 26, 1885,
A brief dispatch announced to your
readers the marriage, in our city, of Mrs.
Sallie Ward Hunt to Vene P. Armstrong
But the fact has shaken society here to
its very foundation, and will prove more
than a nine days wonder. For over a
quarter of a century Sallie Wards name
has been a familiar one all over the land.
As a girl, the eapricious, surprisingly
beautiful coquette, belleing it at the
national capital, at Saratoga, a nd every
place where the creme de la creme
most do congregate, then marrying
Bigelow Lawrence, of Boston, IN a reg
ular blaze of glory, living with him only
a few months, separating from him
again no less a belle than in her maiden
days; Their marrying DIR. Robert Hunt,
living in splendor; DR.. Hunts tragical
death some nine years ago; again reap
pearing as queen in society, Sallie Ward
has been a prominent figure, the most
discussed, the most misunderstood wo-
man in the land. Some call her a heart
less. vain woman of the world, whose
sole ~happiniss lies in her diamonds and
satins. They boldly assert that she is
too fat: that she in an intrigante; that
her complexion comes in the morning
and goes at night; that lines and hoilows
are to be seen in the once fair face. But
was ever a beautiful woman who escap-
ed calumpy! Certainly Sallie Ward
Hunt car say, "We count time by heart
throbs, not by figures on a dali"
Mrs. Hunt is in her glorious prime
a woman to captivate hearts,; a woman
to adorn a ballroom. She has the
whitest and finest of shoulders, and a
hand and arm equeal to Anne Of Aus
tria. Aud so, without one word of
warning she suddenly marries Ssne
Armstrong. Alas for Venel No matter
that he has heretofore been known as
Prince of pork-packers. No matter if
he has five thousand or n million of
peerless Magnolia hams all served up
10 gold satin. No more fame-no more
future for him-his Individuality is
gone forever. Henceforth and to the
end of time he will be known as the
husband of Sallie Ward.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
Explosive Power of Water.

Philosophers assure us that whenthey
are enabled to explode pure water with
out converting it into steam-as is be-
lieved to occur when an unusual volcanic
eruption happens destructive iastru-
mentality will have been made manifest
which will utterly dwarf all our pre-
vious experience of explosives. Prof.
Piazzi Smyth said that he had mo.nen-
tarily caught this terrific power on one
occasion, when, having pushed a sim
gle drop Of water into a large ladleful OF
melted lead, the whole of the metal was
instantly dispersed in the air. Proba-
bly,, also, the recorded destruction of a
certain copper foundry, through a work
man splitting into a cauldron of molten
copper, was due to the same awful po-
tentiality.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

The late General Custer owned
a residence in Topeka, which was
once occupied Hon. ID. w. Wilder.
Mrs. Custer is a cousin of G. f.
Kendall, and both the General
and Mrs. Custer have been fire.
quent guests of the Kendalls in
this city. Mrs. Custer has no near
er relative than Mrs Kandell ,hav-
ing neither father, mother, brother
sister nor child. and now no hus-
band. Mr.. Kendall expects to
start for Fort Lincoln, the present
residence of Mrs. Custer, in a day
or two.-[Topeka Journal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
Political.


The soldiers and sailors of the late
war, in San Francisco, have formed a
Hayes and Wheeler club.
Gen. NJ. G. Butler declines to be a
candidate for the democratic nomination
for Governor Of South Carolina and re-
commends Gen. Wade Hampton for the
position.
There is a good deal of talk among
the democrats Of New York, in favor OF
running ex- Gov. Seymore as the party's
candidate for Governor this fall.
Ex-Gov. Samuel j. Crawford, of Kan
sas, a prominent leader in the Greeley
movement Of 1872, is said by the Law
renee Journal to be now out squarely
for Hayes and Wheeler.
Gen John T. Farnsworth, for several
terms a leading republican member OF
Illinois, addressed a Tilden and Hen
bricks meeting at Aurora, in that State,
on Saturday.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Journal
which supporta the Spencer wing, APP
parently expects that all the differences
between republicans of the State win
soon be healed.
Wisconsin republicans have discover
ed that the democrats are going to make
desperate efforts to carry that State, and
taey are calling earnestly for a prompt
and vigorous organization of the party.
Hon. Dorsey B. Thomas made a
speech before the grangers in Humboldt,
Tenn, on the Sth inst, and announced
himself as an Independent candidate for
Governor. A dispatch says ''his drift
is towards repudiatian,'
The battle in Ohio is becoming unex-
pectedly exciting. With Judge Stallo,
Fred. Hassaurek aud Gen. Brinkerhoff,
coming to the front of the Ti!den ranks,
and plunging in for an aggressive cam
paign, it is noticed that even Ohio is to
be contested step by step for October. All
of these able liberal leaders supported
Hayes for Governor last fall against
Allen.
Somebody having said that Mr. Parke
Goodwin did not like the ''tail" of the
Tilden ticket, Mr.. Goodwin promptly re-
plies that Mr.. Hendricks is at least as
sound as Mr.. Perry, who the Republicans
made Vice. President; and that he is,
moreover, in very good company; so that
on the whole he prefers him to "a half
faced fellowship, with Grantism and
Grantists, which must be inevitable of
Governor Hayes and his tail.'
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

An estimate of the present sea-
sons Western wheat crop places
the probable yield at a two-thirds
average crop, and the corn at more
than full average crop. In view
of the unfavorable weather of the
past two or three weeks. this il
better than was generally antici-
pated,
Anger is a pure waste of vitality;
it is always foolish and always dis
graceful, except in some very rare
cases, when it is kindled by seeing
wrong done to another but even
then noble range seldom mends
the matter.
Some wiseacre has noticed that
suicides occur most on rainy days.
No doubt on account of the search
ty of umbrellas, and to get out of
the wet.
Mr.. William Poole, editor of the
Niagara Falls Gazette, is spoken of
as a candidate for Congress. Ifhe
should be nominated no doubt he
would go it with q whirl-and be-
come a whirl-Poole.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

The Australian dog and the shep-
herd dog of Egypt never bark.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

The massacre of clusters command
has been compared to that of Major
Dade's detachment in the Florida war.
This occurred in 1885. On December
%, of that year, ITO men under Major
Dade were surprised by the Seminole
Indians, and every one of them killed
except a few privates. The war with
the Indians in Florida lasted seven
years, at an expense to the government
of about $40. 900, 900 and a loss of L.
466 lives. Aud this, though our forces
were led by such skilful officers as Gains,
Zachary Taylor, Jessup, Clinch, Har-
row and others.
The disaster to Gen. st. Clair in 1893
was a still more memorable calamity in
ficted by indians upon American troops.
st. Clair; a regular officer, was made
major general in 1871, and became
gsneral-in-chief of the army. He was
entrusted with the command of the ex-
petition against the Miami Indians
The last words Of Washington to him
were: "Beware of a surpr ise." st.
Clair was surprised, however, ON No
vember 4, zeal the Miami villages, and
his force Of l,400 ill-disciplined men
were cut to pieces. The wonderful con-
troll which Washington had gained over
a violent temper is said to have COM
pletely given way when he received this
intelligence, and the explosion of his
wrath is said for a time to have been
fearful. st. Clair resigned his commits
sion.
Washington himself possessed great
experience of Indian warfare, and he
may have remembered bitterly at this
ent the ruinous obstinacy in the
expedition against Fort Duquesue of a
regular British officer, Braddock, who,
although unacquainted with Indian
warfare, disregarded the suggestion of
the young volunteer aid-de-camp, Wash
ington. The result was that he fell in
to an ambush, was defeated with great
loss, every one of his aids except Wash
ington disabled, and himself MORALLY
wounded. The assumption that one
regular soldier is equal to five Indians is
~contradicted by all experience, except
they be very skilfully handled, and the
necessity of the most extreme caution in
military movements against the red
men was always understood by Gen.
Washington.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
Terrible and Fatal Fall.

At 1:45 p. m. yesterday, Mr.. VIM.
F. Cornell, formerly of New York, en-
ployed as a photographer in the gallery
Of Miss McKiggin, on the third floor of
No. 20 North Charles street, fell from
the window OF the third story, sixty
feet above the pavement. While sit
ting at the window he evidently became
drowsy, and losing his balance, fell out.
In his descent his body struck the avn
ing, through the canvas of which it
forced its way to the brick pavement
below. A large number of spectators
soon gathered around the unfortunate
man who was carried into the establish
ment of Messrs Samuel Child & Co, on
the lower floor. Drs. Van Bibber, At
kinson and Sctart were soon in attend
ance, and rendered their services. His
lower jaw was dislocated, and other in.
juries. external as well as internal, sus-
tanned. He fingered in great pain for
nearly an hour, when death put an end
to his sufferings .-EBalt. Gazette. 10Th.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
CarISchurZ.

Carl Schurz took a very encour-
aging view of the outlook for this
country in his Fourth of July adj
dress in st. Louis, saying:
II say it with joy,I see the dawn
of hope and good promise on the
horizon. But yesterday las it we're
that partisan power which, under
either party name, recognized in
spoils and plumber the cohesive
bond of organization, threatened
to WELD over all of you, on either
side, a scarcely disputed sway. But
has not a patriotic spirit arisen in
the land which has already in both
organizations staggered that pow
er in its strongholds ? May we not
hope by that p~ersevering effort OF
which to-day we commentaries
glorious an example to make ours
once more that pure and high
toned Government which the fa-
theirs of the Republic made it and
designed it to remain :"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

Some struggling Indians arriv-
ing in Sioux City, ostensibly from
the Little Big Horn, assert that
Rain Face cut the heart out
of General Custer's body and that
Sitting Bulls worthless placed it on
a pole and had a high old war
dance around it. The noble red
men who bring this information
probably are misinfcrmed. All
reports of the terrible disaster agree
that beyond being stripped OF its
clothing, the body of Custe r was
untouched and that this was UNI
doubtedly a savage tribute to a
dauntless foe, and one very seldom
paid to a fallen enemy.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

The republicans of the bloody
shirt persuasion were quite safe ia
counting upon some laundering of
the Southern opposition to sustain
them in their campaign policy.
The massacre of negroes at Ham
burg, South Carolina, by a mob
from Augusta, Georgia, is worth
100, 900 votes to Hayes and Wheel
or. Will the Southern democracy
never learn anything?
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

All doubt as to the presence of
Don Carlos in this country is now
removed. He has been travelling
mcognito here and in Mexico. AT
Washington he was hunted down
by a Herald interviewer and SUBJ
misted very gracefully to the in
evitable investigation. He does
not yet despair of attaining the
dignity of sovereign in Spain, but
is of the opinion that while Alton
so cannot maintain himself long
on the throne of Spain, the coun-
try is drifting rapidly towards q
Republic. This admission from so
rigid a monarchist as Don Carlos
is very significant. 1t is a recog-
milton of the unremarkable ten
dency of European thought. We
apprehend few have given thought
to the weight and power of the
democratic feeling which must ex-
ist in Europe to bring about the
social and political changes trans
piring on that continent. The ex-
listen ceOf even a modified Repub-
lie in France at the prest time, af-
ter the disastrous experiments of
the past, proves the indestructi-
bility of the movement for the lib
Grafton of the people set in opera
ton a century ago by the Ameri-
can Colonies. The same sentiment
is beneath all the popular move
ments of the day, including that
of the Eastern municipalities now
at war with Turkey. 1t may not
fluid expression in the organization
of a formal Republic, but every
monarchy of the future will find
itself amenable to constitutional
restrictions. Don Carlos claims
the Spanish throne by divine
right, yet he does not fail to recog-
nize the drift of his country in the
direction of a Republic.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
Business Depression i'm Scot
land.

Owing to the unprecedentedly pro-
tracted depression of trade, some of the
mill proprietors in Glasgow and in 9th
er districts of Scotland have notified
their workmen of a ten per cent. re-
duction in wages. This will affect many
thousand of persons, and some of the
workmsn will probably strike.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
Shrewd.

A clown, who had a fancy for
hearing the Latin disputes of doc
tors at a university, was asked
what pleasure he could derive
from them. when he couldn't even
know what party had the best of it.
"For that matter" replied the
clown, II am not such a fool but
what l can see who's the first that
puts the other in a passion"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
The Heat i'm California.

California has just pa sed
through the hottest weather in its
history. For six consecutive days
the thermometer has ranged from
SO to 10 degrees all over the state.
1t is high harvest now, and the
yield of grain will be somewhat
lessened by the Smelling out,
which is unusual ,-[San Francisco
Letter.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22
Sentence

Governor Tilden has committed to
Imprisonment for life the sentence of
Albert Fredenburgh. who was to have
been hanged on Friday next for the
murder Of Orlo Davis in Gray, Herkim-
er county, in June, 1876.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

In Spain there are 10000, 900 fine
wooded merino sheep, rendered by
$4,000 shepherds, and guarded by
$4,000 dogs.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-07-22

The total annual production of to-
bacco is estimated at 1900, 900 tons.
Forty different species of this weed
are described botanists.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-18
Kew York produce Market.


FLouR.-Receipts ll,I4s barrels. The market
is quoted as being without decided CHI ,nge mo-
derate export, fair home trade dem and. Sales
OF $500 barrels OF No. at So 1905 60; super
mmon to goodextra western and state al
20 O5(d5 IS good to choice do. at 81 4o6o 70 !;
common TO choice white wheat western extra
at S. s0(97 co; fancy white wheat western exits
at 81 U5aI 10 common TO good extra ohio at
IS 65aJ 20 common to choice extra st. Louis
at s. SUa9 90; Patent Minnesota extra good TO
prlme NJ 80 500l7 SO choice TO double extra,
II aOa9 90 low grade extra at IS iU@5 IS me.
diuln TO cho ce western extra 1T S. 1905 10.
city mills extra S. lo@6 25 Market closing dull
WHEAT-keceIpI o., ~ bushels the market
is quoted as being heavy and one 10 two cents
lower, sales lac 90 bushels at ! u for NO.
spring 81 90 Tor No. 8 Chicago; 81 l4(si 10 for
Chicago, mainly al 81 20 81 a4Csi rs for No. 9
Milwaukee and Minnesota SO called u sosi -:
No. l Spring latter Tor choic- Sheooygan u 20
for white western u 60 for Old white Michigan
CoRS.-Receipts 9i,sls bushels. The market
nrm, active export, fair home trade bales
mixed 60h@6lc for steamer mixed 6lA@62c
for graded mixed % "a &c for unyraded
new western mixed 0sHc FOL OLD western
SIC for new white western mix d 6ac Tor new
White ana yellow southern eSh for steamer
OATS oATs.-Kecsiprs 80 $50 bushels. The market
is Ic lower and heavy. Sales $1,000 bush
s5s42c for mixed western and state s9Ssboc
tor white do, Including rejected al soc NO.
2 mixed N. Y. in 'pection az 9laS9e DO
No. / at 4ia42c No. 3 New York white sya4lc;
No. 2 Chicago 40a42,, latter for choice blow
ed and screened mix,d Milwaukee.
HAY.-The market Is quoted as being STEADY
at so cash tor shipping.
HoPs.-Market is quoted as being Arm at 10
i6c for eastern and western; l2@lS New
YORK state nominal Californians al lbalsc.
lorFEK.--'rhe market Ior RIO Is quoted az
beiug quiet at lb4@lsHc gold Tor cargoes
i5k@l94 gold for JOB lots.
sUdAa.-rhe market is quoted as being quiet
at 1ksIJsc Tor fair TO good rennlng SC lol
prime. kenned frm at exc for standard l0AC
Tor graduated lUh@loSc for crushed aid
powdered
45(a5sc for Porto Rico; S5s4oc for English
Islands $1,000 for New orleans.
RlCE.-Maiket Ia STEADY, moderate demand
Carolina at t1@7c Louisiana ut o@Sc ha'
COON at 6(dCAc.
PErRoLEUa.-The market is quoted as beinl
nrmtr. sales OF crude at SIC renned a
iaAc; cases ioH@2lc.
TALLow.-The market Is quoted as peini
| steady. Sales Of $50 900 lbs al sk@shc.
keos.-Tne market Ia quoted "a being hrm
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-18
A Mount Holly Nonegenarian.

"Aunt" Fanny Dawley is ninety-one
years old, and we challenge the state ia
produce a lady Of that age In better posses.
sion of all her faculties than Aunt Fanny.
She does all the work of the family, takes
care of sick daughter and is on her feet
good share of the time hears ordinary
conversation as well as any one, and has
excellent eyesight never has used cane
and can climb fence or walk of half
mile as well as ever; has been taken Tor a
girl of sixteen within two weeks, from the
dainty manner she tripped along tho high
way. Uncle Ethan Priest called upon her
the other day. In speaking OF it Alter
wards, she laughinsly spoke OF his CON-
plainings about old age. "And he only
seventy-hvc," said Aunt Fanny Gland
sakes when wasn't more'n seventy-fve, l
didn't know what old age was" We hope
and expect that Aunt Fanny may be at
least centenarian.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-18
The Ohio Democratic Convention.

CfScINNATI, May II.
The democratic convention was called to
order at 11:l5 o'clock a. m, by Mr.. Wal
ling, chairman of the central committee.
Gen. Shank of Cincinnati was chosen tenn
porary chairman. Geo. II. Pendleton was
chosen president.
In consequence of the report Of the CON-
mittee on rules, which was adopted, pro-
hibiting any balloting for candidates or
delegates at large until after platform is
adopted, there will probably be but little
done to-day. The majority of the COM
mittee on resolutions reported in favor of
hard money, but the report Of the minority
Of the committee in favor of soft money
was adopted by vote of 1865 to 300. This
is considered victory for Allen.
The minority report which was adopted
expresses without reserve or equivocation
against all opposition, come from what
quarter it may, measures to effect the fol-
lowing objects First-The immediate and
unconditional repeal of the republican re-
sumption law. Second-The defeat of all
schemes for resumption which involve
either contraction of currency, perpetua-
ton of bank issues or increase of interest
or burden of debt. Third-The gradual
blA early substitution of legal tenders for
national bank notes. Fourth-The issue
by the general government alone of all cir.
culating mediums, whether paper or metal.
| lie. Fifth-No forced initiation, no forced
contraction, but sound currency equal tc
the wants of trade and industry, to be reg
ulated in volume and gradually equalizet
with gold by means Of appropriate legisla
ton. Sxth-A graduated income tax tC
meet at the least premium on gold needed
to pay the interest on the public debt
Seventh-The public policy and seps'
of common justice require that thu
silver issued by the government shoult
be legal tender in payment of all debt,
public or private, and that demanding thu
unconditional repeal of the 80 called silve
act SO far as the same limits the amour
for which said oliver coinage shall be lie
gal tender.
The remaining resolutions favor tariff
for revenue only denounce speculation
aud calculated double burden of taxation t.
paralyze industries, etc., and instruct tn
delegates to ST. Louis to vote for VIM. AL
len for president. Much confusion follow
ed and several motions were made to ad
iourn, but were voted down.
The electors at large were Judge VIM
Lang, Granville Stokes delegates to s,
Louis, George II. Pendleton, Wm.L. OBI
en-, Gen. Geo. w. Morgan, Thos. Ewing.