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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20

economical system Of government than
monarchy France has tried both and
ought 10 know. The cost Of keeping up
the Imperial family Of Napoleon was
5000, 600 per annum. The amount
required 10 sustain the President Of the
Republic is only $l80,000 year, which
leaves quite q handsome surplus 10 the
credit Of the latter method Of ruling. lf
the French desire 10 economic still fur
ther they will find many able men in the
United States who arc quite familiar
with the workings ola republic, and who
will undertake the office Of President
at a considerable reduction from card
rates
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20
VOLUME L.
SAD TAIL OF AgAT.
= rOAA VIM A PuRR-russ.

There lived man on Sumner Street
IL very careful citizen.
who oWn.d Maltese cat a. sweet
Ana iull OF noise aud gait as sin.
A. blue smoke his silky coat
Extended down the back Of him.
ana when hc oT.ei his yawning throat
ioud lhink the "waul" would crack OF him.
He never caught a rat or nouSe
hui PTaciiccd all the long night through,
10 ste' nom housc 10 walking house
Nhai wee his wailing song might do.
Until one night noighbor that
Had oft exclaimed. Cease trouble, please
Took up his gun aud filled the eat
li'at sang plumb full Of double BBs.
When the man found his cat was gone
n cat that never was wont to roam,
he advertised In the early dawn
reward for whoever would bring him hame
That brought 'em.
Cats as black as the shades Of sin,
ats That were hungry, gaunt aud thin,
People who had cats fetched 'em in
- Ieopie who had none sought 'em.
6riniI 6Iin9le cats that NEW for the witches,
ats from the hy-ways, hedges bitches
Cats OF every tribe aud nation,
Bold bad cats of the Tom pcrsuasion
ats that were mighty to fight and shout,
tiaunt gray eats, with one eye out;
cats rs yellow aS chinkiug gold;
'ats that were bashiul cats that were bold
cats that purrcd and cats that yelled
Fighting cats that we're " tortuous shelled"
Nl-cats, num- -Cats-gOspel facts
lhere were c1teChisms and catarncts;
And TO help il In the yawniug chasm
one man brought In a cataplasm.
- when every man found the cat he brought
Was not the cat which the mourncr sought
tie tossed his eat right over the fence,
And with wrathiul brows he got him hence.
Aud hundred and fifty cats or more
ATched their little spines aud howled and swore
nat they never would eat or drink no more
lil thcy drcnchcd the thirsty ground with gore;
And the caucus rang with ominous purr
lhou art 80 near, and yet 80 fur"
Ana an night lOug, through the falling dew,
he httul fur like wildfre flew;
lsyes went out As claws went i'm,
Ana the night stars tIpmblcd To hear the din
ana the pale, pale air pTimed and streaked
WIN iur from the frghtiu fray that leaked
While the town was haunted for many a day
win cats that escaped alive from the fray.
Cats that were images oi despair,
Cats that hadn't = sign of hair;
tats that were savage, cats that were shy
nat looked ON life with single eye;
Cats that had only three legs left
Cats that were Of their tails bereft;
tas that were blind and cats that we're lame
with backs like Russian generals name;
While the Maltese cat that sang so loud
Meath the weight Of a buckshot woe was bowed
Huntington HdCk- Eyc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20

a DOC in Sierk, France, returned
good for evil. His master, n peasant,
attached stone to his neck and threw
him into the Moselle. The poor brute
sank but the cord broke, and he rose to
the surface and made desperate efforts
to get into the boat His master pushed
him repeatedly with an oar, and, at
length stood up and endeav0red to strike
him violent blow. In the attempt the
man fell into the water. The dog swan
to him and held him up by the clothing
until aid arrived
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20

jim FIsK's father is peddling light
ming rods in New Hampshire In the
same section Of the state where the old
man is persuading the farmers to deco
rate their homes with rods, Jim Fisk used
to drive his peddler's cart for twelve
years IN early manhood.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20

PRELDENT MNCoLN's monument at
Springfield, Ill, is nearly completed.
The groups Of statuary are lifted to
their places.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20
From the Cleveland Leader.
Himself Again.

Having been a Congressman three
months, and found how empty and
1eeting are the honors of political
life, Mr.. Watterson, of the Courier
Journal, on Monday climbed to his
editorial tripod and gave notice to
the Democratic party that he was
no longer an organist. He says: 81
am once more an Independent jour
nalist, answerable directly to the
people for what / say and do, the
more responsible, and, for the matter
of that, the more Undetermined, be-
cause 1 believe 1 possess their conf
denee as well as their good will. "
There is more in this than would at
first appear on the outside. Mr..
Wattersou has had a taste of prac-
tical politics. He has pulled for
three months in the harness of the
party team; he saw the efforts of the
filibusters to defeat the Electoral
count, and he stood in the midst of
the howling menagerie that surged
and yelled about Speaker Randall
during the last fortnight of the ses-
sion. Mr.. Watterson, though not
innocent of some mistakes, is clear
sighted, clever, and patriotic man.
His three months at Washington
were enough to show him that there
Is no hope for the South in the di-
rection that the Democracy is trav-
cling. Mr.. Watterson's highest
hopes and aspirations in this life are
for the regeneration of the South.
He knows that if the old wounds can
be healed, sectional harmony restor-
ed and prosperity re-established un-
der any administration it can be
done under the policy and ministra-
tions of President Hayes. That pol
icy gives to the South the privileges
and the opportunities that it has
been praying for since 1867. Mr..
Watterson is a Democrat, but he is,
for the present, at least, honest
enough to see and admit that the
South has been treated by President
Hayes and the Republican party
which supports him with a generous
good faith that puts every honest
Southern man upon his honor to act
henceforth as a patriotic citizen,
willing to accept and do that which
is best for the general good. To do
this, as Mr.. Watterson says, is to
break connection with the Bourbon
party, and he accordingly breaks it.
He is a Democratic ofice-holder no
more, but an Independent journalist.
He ought to be a happier man.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

and that he will wait until the last
moment before he makes up his
rolls. For this reason he has OBJ
served absolute retieence on the sub
iect. SO that he might not be embar-
rassed in the performance of this i'm
portant duty. So far as the Speak
ershipis concerned, ex-Speaker Ran
dall's friends clam that he is con.
stantly gaining.
1t appears, however, that the
Southern members are holding off
and viii not pledge themselves to
any candidate until they understand
fully the purposes of the President.
If they act upon principle, judging
from the views expressed by those
of prominence now at the Capital,
there will be considerable South
ern vote in support of the Admins
tratiou candidate, whoever that may
be. In regard TO Gen. Garfield, not
withstandiug the hostility shown by
some in the Republican ranks to-
wards his election, there is no doubt
that he viii carry nearly if not quite
full Republican vote. 1t is the
opinion of the Southern members in
the CITY that he will be able to car
~ more votes of the Democratic
members who are favorable to Mr..
HAYES than he will lose Republicans
who do not fully sympathize with
the Presidents policy in the South,
and therefore antagonize the Admin
istration candidate. The ability
and fitness of Gen. Garfield for the
place is acknowledged. The con
test has evidently narrowed down to
Randall and Garfield. Should there
be a compromise candidate deter
mined upon, there is probability
that the choice will fall upon Gen.
Banks
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Beef fTrade-The VanderbIIt VIII
Tho JeWett Tragedy and Dirt
The Charifies-POIitieal-BusIness.
THE BEEF TRADE.

THE BEEF TRADE.
A new trade has sprung up be
tween this country and Europe
which promises to be of enormous
benefit to both countries. Beef in
London retails at from % to 40
cents per pound, which puts it out
of the reach of the laboring classes,
except as a rarity. The steamers
were running from New York to
Liverpool with very light cargoes,
and the passenger business had
dropped off terribly in these hard
times. Beef in the carcass had been
transported from the West to New
York, in refrigerator cars, and the
thought occurred to some one ewhy
not to Europe in refrigerator steam
ers?" And so steamers were fitted
up for the transportation of fresh
beef, and tie business began. Cat
tie were brought from the far West
to Chicago, Toledo and other prin-
cipal points, fed on cheap corn, and
slaughtered, the carcasses packed in
refrigerator cars, brought to New
York, and put into the hold of the
steamers; and in ten DAYS the meat
was exposed for sale in London. as
fresh and sweet as it was the day it
was killed. The effect was tremen-
dous. American beef was sold in
London for twelve and fourteen
cents pound, and the monopolists
were troubled. They undertook to
decry it as inferior, but trial dis
sipated that notion; and now Eng
land is very largely dependent upon
this country for its meat. The ef-
feet of this tradeupon the country
cannot be over-estimated. Already
over two and a half millions of dol
lars worth has been exported, and
the trade is increasing with wonder
full rapidity. From this time for
ward. there will be a regular de-
mand for cattle for expectation,
and America will have another.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

President Hayes is carrying out
the principles that he announced
would govern his administration re-
morselessly in this city. 1t has
been fashionable for members of
congress and city magnates to quar-
ter their friends upon the custom
house in New York, till it was over
run with holders of sinecures. There
are thousands of men on the pay
roll of that snug harbor for strikers
and broken-down politicians from
all parts of the state, who never
show themselves in the building ex-
cept ON monthly pay-days. Secre-
tary Sherman's explicit orders to
cut down the employees to the
strict requirements of the business
strikes terror to the hearts of the
sinecurists, especially as they know
it will be done. And the thousands
who expected to be placed, but who
see that under this administration
there is no change for it, are also in
dignant. Whenever you hear
gentleman, with a nose at all red,
and not addicted to labor, express
an opinion that the Presidents
southern policy will prove failure,
ascertain whether he has not recent
ly been dismissed from a custom
house, or was not an applicant for a
position. In this city party lines
are being rapidly obliterated among
good men, and for that matter
among bad ones. For the Demo-
Gratis who would have had places if
1llden had been elected, join, in
cursing Hayes, the Republicans who
nave been unceremoniously turned
out. The President can endure the
the displeasure of both classes.
BUSINESS
Is not so good as | had expected. but
the merchants still hope for a fair
spring trade. The settlement of the
southern troubles, and the prospect
of good, stable government, they
argue must bring about revival of
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

Capt. Cameron, the African ex-
plorer, gives very interesting ac-
count of some African tribes addic-
ted to feeding on human flesh, and
who preferred, for the most part,
their fellow beings when pretty far
gone in decay
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

The King of Holland intends to
exhibit at the Paris Exhibition a
collection of forty thousand tulips.
By removals of the plants at inter
walls of twenty days the space occcu-
pied by these brilliant flowers is TO
be kept one bright mass of color
while the Exhibition lasts.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

1t is now understood that there
will be no compromise with Tweed,
unless he divulges the names of leg
islators and others, alleged to have
been bribed by him. This is the on
ly hitch in his case, as the Boss does
not wish to turn informer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

Col. W. W. HOlhster might as
well, while he is about it, buy the
whole of California. He already
owns $4,000 acres of that blooming
State. On his Santa Barbara farm
he has the trifing number of 10000
fruit trees.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

source of revenue, something more
to balance our demand for foreign
goods. 1t win be big help to our
agricultural interest
THE VANDERBILT WILL
The vanderbilt will is not settled.
Il was understood that William II.
had agreed to give each of the heirs
a million. In addition to what was
given to them by their father, and
that in consideration all proceedings
were to be stopped. He settled
with all of them but Mrs. LIE Bau
and Cornelius. He offered Mrs. lie
Bau her money, but as he delayed
to settle with Cornelius she refused
to take it until he had settled with
him. This he has not done, and so
If Is Drobable that the whole matter
will be reopened. Cornelius attor-
news claim the most gross injustice
in the matter, as the way the will is
worded William is not compelled to
give his brother a cent of money
for disposal as he chooses. They
claim it makes Cornelius simply the
pensioner of his brothers bounty,
and entirely dependent upon him,
which, as the father died worth one
hundred millions of dollars, they
think is rather hard. As the mat
ter looks now there will be a big
fight and an ugly one. William ap-
pears to be determined to carry out
the provisions of the will and do
nothing more, except as be chooses,
and good lawyers believe they can
break it.
THE JEwITT TRAGEDY, AND DIRT.
The entire inefiieiency of the po-
lice of New York, is shown in the
delay in getting anything in rela-
ton to the levitt tragedy. Here
were three wealthy men found on
the floor of the private office of a
great store, two dead and one living,
with revolvers and the fragments of
hand grenade on the floor. What
little is known about it was
known before the killing. 1t is
known that the younger of the jew
etts was on bad terms with his uncle
and the other partner, and that it
had been decided to buy him out,
that the meeting that morning was
to conclude the arrangement. Who
killed the two men and so fearfully
wounded the other is not known and
at the present rate of investigation
probably never will be. The police
either cannot or will not find out
anything about it. In Paris the
mystery would have been solved IN
two hours. And speaking of the
city authorities, the street commits
sioners are the last to undergo an
overhauling. During the last week
it has been very dry and very win
dy, and the streets have been made
well-nigh impossible by clouds of
the v1lest dust that ever filled the
air. Dried mud, the offal from thou
sands of horses-in short, the accu-
of a winter, filled the
streets. Now the city pays some
thing like million a year to have
this removed, but it is never done.
A few gangs of lazy men scrape it
to the sides in piles and there it lies
till the wheels of vehicles pulverize
it into an impalpable dust, which
the wind takes up and scatters
through the air, the fine particles
penetrating eyes, ears and the cloth
ing to the skin. The drivers of
street cars are compelled to wear
wells like women, and there are sore
eyes enough in New York to make
the fortunes of a dozen mulberry
sellers.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20
; THE CHARITIES

are mostly in a bad way. The
rogues have fallen out, and terrible
facts are coming to the surface.
There are grave charges against the
managers of st. Johns Guild, half
dozen "homes" are on the gridiron,
and a dozen of charities for which
large sums of money are contributed
every year, have been found to be
merely private speculations carried
on for the benefit of boards, who
use small part of the contributions
for relief and the big balance in sal
aries, and, not to put too fine point
on it, stealings. 1t is the era of
speculation, but it is pity that the
best impulses of the people should
be so abused.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

Among the Southern Democratic
journals that are giving a cordial
support to the President are, the
Richmond Wing, Charleston Neaos,
and Courier, Nashville american,
St. Louis Republican, Memphis AU-
alanche, Vicksburg Herald, and the
New Orleans Times.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

Every batch of news from Con
stantinople sends the price of bread
stnfs up. The New York markets
were very lively Monday owing to
the almost absolute certainty of a
war between Russia and Turkey
within thirty days.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

1t now appears that the employees
of the Southern Hotel, St. Louis,
knew of the fire III the hotel half an
hour before the fire department was
notified, and almost an hour before
they gave any systematic alarm
about the house. This is what cost
so many their lives. Had the fire
department been called at once,
while the burning was still down
stairs, where they could have reach
ed it without difficulty, that terrible
holocaust might have been avoided.
Somebody should be punished.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

The Louisiana Commission have,
after the most severe labors, about
come to the conclusion that the key
which is to solve the unfortunate
duality in that State is the Supreme
Court of the State. We are glad to
learn that they have entertained so
sensible a conclusion; but affairs
have come to a pretty sad pass
when these commissions have to be
sent 1000 miles, and spend thou
sands of dollars, in order that the
plain and admitted law in a case can
be administered.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

The n. Y. San says that a young
lady who left WiIliamsport a few
years ago to settle in Kansas, writes
that she is doing as well as can be
expected under the circumstances.
She's had three husbands, two pair
of twins and the ague.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

THE SPEAKERsHIP.-Mr. Clerk of
the House-Adams, states that the
accounts which have been sent from
Washington, Of what he proposes to
do in regard to the making up of the
roll of members Of the FOrty-ffth
Congress, are purely speculative;
that there are many cases to adjust;
that the information is not all IN,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

Notwithstanding the assumed
confidence of the Democrats, 1t Is
easy to see on the surface consider
able ripping, lest the control OF
the House should slip from their
orasn
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20


Mr.. Wade Hampton does not ex-
hibit SO scrupulous a regard for his
pledges as might be desired. The
Republican State officers of South
Carolina hold their places in virtue
of the action of the Board of Can
vassers, the certificate of the Seere-
tary of State, and the authorization
of Coy. Chamberlain. The latter
chose to surrender his Office without
waiting for the decision of the Su-
preme Court; his associates propose
TO stick till the court has decided
against them. Mr.. Hampton can
not, consistently with his promises,
disturb them in the possession of
their Offices till he has a decision Of
the court to back him. But, in a
circular issued by him, he has re-
solved not to wait for the issue of
Judicial proceedings now pending,
and has given the State officers per-
emptory notice to quit; as has been
intimated, Wade Hampton's pledges
like pie crust, were probably made
to be broken.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20
C. W. GHAMBERLIN.
GREEN HOUSE,
Budding & Vegetable Plants

HAVING Enlarged and in every
- - way Improved my Green House. Hot
t beas; and Cold frames, | take pleasure in ex-
tenialng general invitation to look at my fa-
elIltles and stock; my plants will compare
tablishments. 80 %
My stock Of Geraniums is very nulI both as
70 variety ana quality and / may say the
same OF Fuehsias, SalVies, Foliage Plants and
all kinds Of Vegetable Plants. '''4''
have fine stock OF Doolittle BIacl, Can
Raspberry Roots, Asparagus Roots a few Con-
cord and Ives Seeding Grape Vines,
now have several kinds OF Vegetables and
shall have all kinds Of Vegetables and Small
Fruits early in their seasons. My prices for
all my stock will be found to be as low as can
be had elsewhere.
Residence Garden and Green House on
south Main Street, a little north ofthe Frank
lin Division OF the Lake Shore r. r. Crossing,
where shall always be happy to see any one
IN IN want ofanythlng In my line All orders
oy mail viii receive prompt attention.
10 order JAMES p fEsNSNsTSst Y},si },s5e"
Ashtabula, o., April, 1877. 3mIl2I
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

This year seems. destined to be
one long to be remembered along
the Atlantic coast as one of disaster
and death. During heavy gale off
Tybee, last week, the steamer Leo,
plying between Savannah and Mas
sau, was burned to the waters edge.
All her passengers and part of her
crew being lost.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

any person so liable. who shall fail to com
ply with the foregoing requirements will be
subject to severe penalties.
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the
special Taxes named above must apply to
Charles B. Pettingill, Collector of Internal
Revenue at Cleveland, Ohio, and pay for and
procure the Special Tax Stamp or Stamps
they need, prior to May l, 1877, and without
further Notice.
Special Tax Stamps will be transmitted by
mail only on receipt from the person or firm
ordering the same of specific directions so to
do, together with the necessary postage
stamps or the amount required to pay the
postage. The postage on one stamp is three
cents and on two stamps six cents. If it is de
sired that they be transmitted by registered
mail, ten cents additional should accompany
the application. GREEN B. RAUW
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Office of Internal Revenue,
Washington, d. c., January %, 1877. 1420
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

A bill was introduced into the Ohio
House last week, which, if made law,
will have tendency to correct one of the
abuses into which the General Assembly
has fallen. So common has become the
practice of absenteeism that the average
member seems to think his duty to the
State performed when he has been in at
tendance upon the sessions three days in a
week, and drawn pay for six. Legislative
business is thus retarded beyond all reason
and the session protracted until the people
of the State become weary and disgusted.
Quinby's bill proposes to pay the mem hers
$500 year, and, we believe, all lost time
deducted. This might not be so bad an
arrangement, and would have an influence
towards correction of the evil.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-20

business. do not mean to say that
trade is absolutely bad, only it is
not what was hoped it would be by
this time. There must be a revival
verv soon. The stocks carried by
the merchants in the interior are
very light, and they must have
goods. It is singular that South
Carolina merchants have made their
appearance here much more freely
since the settlement of the troubles
in that state. The theatres and 9th
erplaces of amusement are running
very light, and the retail trade of
the city is down to zero. But we
all expect an Improvement soon.