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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-16

soS. s and 10 make eIose connection Of Columbus
for all points South and Southwest; ut Chicago fw
al points West and Northwest.
East-bound trains make connections Of Baltimore
Tor Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Al Wmh-
ington City IQr all points South.
West-bOund trains make direct connections Tor
all principal points WeAt and Northwest.
Pullman Palace carr on all night trains.
No 10 on Saturday night has no connection for
Chicago or sanduEky.
WHEELING, PTrTs. AND BALTIMORE DIV.
On and alter November s, 1871, Trains win run
daily, eIcspt Sunday, n iollowI:
Leaye Wheeling ...-...........6; a. m. LEO p. m.
Arrive At Warrington, Pa......S90a a. m. $40 ,, N.
Elm Grove Accommodation
Leave, Wheeling ...............6a q. m. 800 .. m,
Kim GroTe..............-............72 o a. m. $50 i. m!
Tickets TO all principal points on nle At Depot.
0faee open ut ali houri during the day.
W. N. CLEMENTS, An. Of T.
q. I. DEvRfEs, Genl Agent. nos
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-16

SIsgbeavtAs ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bellaire 1t
40 p. NJ; Bridgeport NJ as, Martins Ferry t:t6,
Portland goa, Rush kun $40, Lagrange $50, Min
70 Junction 6:ii; arrives At stsabendlle At eos
p. IN.
Leaves stsubenvtlls at 7:8 =, m; arires At
bridgeport Of SIS q. N.
Special accommodation trains leave BellAlre It
$50 a m. and 12:to p. nj bridgeport al 9.ts 4 m.
and l:l0 p. m. Returning leave Martins Rerryat
llio a IN. and $50 p. M; bridgeport lbs q. m.
and $40 p. M; arrive al BellRiru 1t li:50 4. N. and
S;66 p m.
Tickets TO all principal points In the East and
West can be procured At ihe Union Ticket Othco,
Mcclure House, and at the station at Bridgeport.
myas General Passenger AZ. n 4 Tie hfz 1sss..
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
Singular Accident.

On the morning of the Esd inst, at
3:45, as freight engine No. A, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was
standing near the depot at Charlotts-
vile, Va, ready to start west, it ex-
ploded with an alarming noise. The
fireman and the engineer, named r.
vine, were seated in the cab. They
were blown out and seriously, but not
mortally, wounded. Their escape
from death was miraculous, as the
locomotive was scattered in every di-
rection; not grease spot was left on
the track. One piece of iron, weigh
ing five hundred pounds, was blown
three hundred yards, and the loco
motive bell was never found. The
gauge indicated on 100 pounds of
steam. The engine was built in
1872 by the Danforth Locomotive
Company, Patterson, N. j. Nobody
to blame.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
Death of Judge Lewis.

This not unexpected event took
place in Clarksburg on Tuesday eve
ming the 22nd.
The Judge has long been suffering
with consumption, the wonder being
that he held on as long as he did.
The following bit of history given
by the Fairmont Imder we publish
for the benefit of his friends who may
not be familiar with the ups and
downs of his life,
Judge Lewis was about 81 years old.
In his youth he worked upon a tail
or's bench beside his father, Chas.
Lewis, who died in 1868. Being a
boy of fine mind and high aspirations,
he conceived the idea of acquiring a
full education to qualify himself for
the highest positions in life. With
the assistance Of Nathan Golf, ST., and
other friends, he was enabled to ac-
complish this object.
lie TOOK an actlVe part In the cons
tested election between Gov. JOS
johnson and John Duncan in about
1849, in behalf of johnson, and the
final result in Johnsons favor was
materially due to his efforts. At the
next election he became candidate
himself and was elected VIC believe,
in q canvass with some of the most
popular men in Harrison county.
In 1854 he was elected to Congress
to fill the unexpired term of Hon J. f.
Snodgrass, but was defeated the fol
lowing spring by Hon. John S. Garlic,
who ran as the Know Nothing candi-
date.
In 1872 he was elected Judge of
this Judicial Circuit. The certificate
Of election was given to Thomas w.
Harrison. the previous incumbent of
the bench, but as it was deened to
be fraudulent, Lewis contested the
election and was awarded the seat,
which he graced to the satisfaction Of
all the bar and suitors.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
Certificate of Incorporation.

Last Friday Secretary of State
Brady issued the following certificate
of incorporation for the n. G.:
We, the undersigned, agree to be
come corporation by the name of the
Pittsburgh, West Virginia and South
ern Railroad Company, for the purpose
of constructing and operating a mar
row gauge railroad from the Pennsyl-
vania line, in Cass district, Mononga-
lin county, w. Va, by the way Of Nor
gantown, through the counties ofPres-
ION and Taylor, to Grafton. The
place of the principal business shall
be in Pittsburgh, Pa. The time of the
commencement of said company shall
be-,1S7S, to continue for the term
Of ninety-nine years, and the capital
sock shall be $500, 900, divided into
shares of $50 each. For the purpose
of forming the said corporation the
undersigned have subscribed to the
capital stock the number of shares as
follows: A. c Hays. Pittsburgh Pa, 8
shares; NJ. d. Hays, Pittsburgh, Pa, 3
shares; J. Beamer, Pittsburgh Pa, 8
shares; J. H. Miller, Pittsburgh Pa, 3
shares; w. 7. Wiley, Morgantown,
W. Va, 3 shares; G. w. John, Nor
gantown, w. Va, 3 shares; j. r.
Thompson, Morgantown, 3 shares; A.
Fairchild, Morgantown, 3 shares; J.
~ Hagans, Morgantown, 8 shares;
G. c. Sturgiss, Morgantown, 3 shares
A. II. Thayer, Grafton, w. Va. 3
shares John w. Mason, Grafton 3
shares; Geo. M. Whitescarver, Graf
ton, 8 shares; E. G. Jeffreys, Grafton,
3 shares; G. w. Brown, Grafton 3
shares; John Doonan, Grafton, 8
shares; A. Armstrong, Pruntytown,
W. Va, 3 shares.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. Ca
Jan. 90, 1878.

W ioiflNGION, ~. O..t
Jan. %, 1878.
The Presidents first public levee
was not III point of numbers a sue
cess, as compared with those given
by Grant, johnson and Lincoln, and
as Mrs. Hayes is a pattern of SIMPLE
ity in dress, there was a very notice
able change in the character of the
costumes worn by the ladies. Every
nation had its representatives there
All the diplomats however were in
plain black suits and not in the gaudy
trumpery of court dress. They wear
this now only at the State dinners
The Russian and Turkish ministers
are INDUCING in no hospitality or So
ciety amusements this winter owing
to the terrible war which is being
waged by their respective countries.
The equestrian statue of General
Green, the quaker soldier, has been
placed in position in Stanton Place
and is another added attraction to
the works of art that embellish the
Capital. Mrs. Thompson, a wealthy
lady of New York, has purchased f.
B. Carpenters painting of Lincoln
and the Emancipation Proclamation"
and will present it to Congress on
Lincoln's birthday, Feb'y 18th. Hon.
Alexander Fl. Stephens will make the
speech of acceptance in reply to Mr..
Garfield's presentation address. Gen
eral George Williams, of Indiana,
who six years ago went to Japan to
introduce there the American system
OF Internal Revenue, has now return
ed to this country, having been high
ly honored by the japanese govern
ment. The proposition to reduce the
tax on whisky and tobacco is meet
ing with great opposition here, from
the distillers and tobacco manufac-
turers, as their business is at a per-
feet standstill and will be until the
matter is settled by Congress. They
say they cannot effect sales now be-
cause the buyers say, 1--WE will wait
till the tax is reduced and then pur-
chase cheaper" Congress seems to
have an uncomfortable habit of dab
bling into a thing just enough to I'M
settle the interests of every one con
nected with it and then either drop
ping the waoic matter Oh referring it
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02

what does it mean and when will re-
lief come? Why all this and thou
sand other evils?
1t is because Senators and Con
gressmen have been bought like cat
tie. 1t is because legislators have
sold their votes and influence, and if
exposed pejured themselves to shield
themselves. 1t is because the golden
bullet has battered down the walls Of
virtue, and corrupt influence have, for
the time being, blighted all that was
good in mems natures. 1t is because a
corrupt ring of shoddyites, imitators
of royalty, and worshippers of the
golden calf, backed by that great foun-
tain head of monied corruption and
iniquity, the London Syndicate have
taken hold Of our Legislation and
moulded it to suit their purposes by
corrupting our Legislators.-Clarks-
buyg Ne,rS.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
Some Terrible Figures.

Senator Davis committee, which is
making an examination of the system
Of keeping the books of the Treasury,
has secured statement of the pre-
miums paid, expenses of National
loans, and the cost of rcfunding the
debt. 1t amounts to the enormous
sum of $95,27S,96. OF this amount
500, S,167,73 were premiums paid !;
$32, 45S,4 1872 81 were for expenses of
National loans; and 1901 500, SO, for
rcfunding the public debt. Since 1850
there has been net increase of
the debt of $2,s15,34, 273,S7, and a
net decrease of $500, 04S, ISL 81; while
the total interest account from that
time to the present has been $1,008,-
$50, i49,95-exceeding by more than
one half the principal of the debt
The total debt at the close of 1877
amountedto 50, 205, 3Ol 1892, 10-show-
ing net increase during that year of
$24,9O6, 324,95.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
The Peace Negotiations.

There is nothing definitely known
respecting the conditions on which
peace may be restored between Rus
STA and Turkey. Even Sir Stafford
Northcote, Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, admitted in the British House
of Commons that he had no intima-
ton of the terms on which Russia
would insist. All the rumors, there
fore, bearing upon the matter are to
be taken as so many groundless CON
lectures. tits known that Adrianople
had been determined upon as the
place for conducting the negotiations,
andgthats preliminary to the entrance
Of the Russians the town was being
evacuated by the Turks. There can
be little doubt that the terms to be
proposed will cover the ostensible
purposes of the war, and that in so
far as the Turks are concerned, they
are completely at the mercy Of their
foe. So forcibly do they feel this
that, it is said, the Porte has author
lied his special ambassadors to agree
to terms of peace without even pre-
viously submitting them to his sane
ton. 1t cannot be doubted that the
Porte is in danger, that even Constan-
tinople may yet fall into the hands
of the enemy. The Turks have nei-
Their the power nor means of resistance.
They are exhausted; they are fleeing
in panic and terror; no help can be OK
pected from Rritain; and no hope of
safety beams upon them except in
submission. The reports which are
transmitted of the condition of the
fugitiycs from Adrianople and other
Turkish towns are horrifying. They
reveal a state of unsurpassed suffering
and misery. Hundreds are dying of
hunger, and thousands are exposed to
starvation. 1t seems a reproach to
civilization that such a state of things
should have been possible. But the
Turkish Government has been imper-
vous to the influences of civilization
and progress: and after an occupancy
of some of the finest parts of Europe
for a period of 500 years, the Turks
will leave behind them, in their forced
exodus, but few evidences of advance
ment and education The terms of
peace to be determined npon will in
volve new departure for the country
hitherto under Mussulman control:
and deplorable as many incidents of
the war have been, they may yet even
tually subscrve the cause of human
progress and Christian truth.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
Why.

Why is it that the bondholder in
his palace pays no tax and the farm
er in his humble home can scarcely
pay the heavy burden of taxation
that is laid upon his shoulders? Be
cause corrupt legislation made it So.
Why is it that factories are stop
ped, and women and children are cry
ing for bread9 Because corrupt leg
islation made it so.
Why is it that tramps roam the
country and inauguratc a reign of
terror all over the land? Corrupt
legislation again is responsible.
Why is it that communistic ele-
ment is growing up in this country,
this great country with it's millions
of uncultivated and cultivated acres.
its boundless resources, its immense
wealth? Corrupt legislation did it
all.
Why is it that solid business men
are failing every day and want visit
ing homes it never entered before? We
refer you to the same cause.
Why is it you hear every day on
the street, our heretofore most respon-
sible citizens financially, saying, II
cannot pay my debts, / cannot pay
my taxes. | can make no collections.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
THE JUDGESHIP.

There is considerable interest felt
in the appointment of successor to
Judge Lewis. The appointment will
be made by his Excellency, Governor
Mathews, not to fill the unexpired
term, but to fill the Office until the
next election, which will occur next
Fall. At the election next Fall Il
Judge viii be elected to fill the unex-
pired term, which will end January
1st, 1881. There are quite number
oflegal gentlemen spoken of and the
difficulty with Gov. Mathews, we pre-
sumo, will not be to find material sui.
ficient to make judge, but to deter
mine who among so many men emf
nently qualified is best suited for the
office. Some Of our own townsmen,
viz: p. II. Keck and John j. Brown
are spoken Of and are well qualified
to discharge the duties Of the office.
Mr.. Brown was once a candidate for
this office, but the District was then
Republican and his defeat was newt
able. 1t would be gratifying to his
friends if he should now be able to
grace, with his learning and ability,
the position which he once
competed unsuccessfully for be-
fore the people of the District.
Our neighboring county, Marion,
will also offer some excellent candi-
dates, for example, ]. w. Mccoy, A.
Brooks Fleming and James Morrow.
Unless we can have the Judge in Nor
gantown We would heartily endorse
one Of the residents of the Mountain
City. When Judge Lewis was NOM
mated in 1872 by the Democratic con.
~ention, John w. Mccoy was his
competitor and came within a few
votes Of receiving the nomination.
Had he been the nominee of course he
would have been elected. Mr..
McCoy's friends would, of course, re-
greet the lass of so excellent an official
as Judge Lewis, yet their sorrow
would no doubt be alleviated to a
great extcnt, il the unexpired term
should be bestowed upon Judge
Lewis competitor by Gov. Mathews.
Clarksburg will have number of ap-
plicants, as matter of course, Judge
Camden, j. j. Davi', John Basel and
Others In justice, this end of the
district should have the appointment.
But we think Gov. Mathews will make
the proper selection.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02

The present aspect and tendency of
the gold market in the United States
are very significant. For some days
past gold has been sold at a lower
premium than for fifteen years pre-
viously. On Saturday it came down
as lowlas even 10l4. Large shipment
of gold are being made form Europe
which will have q tendency to still
keep it down. The "Abyssinia"
which sailed from Liverpool last week
has in charge 81 100000 in gold for
New York.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02

to some committee, who lay it on the
table, and seldom take it up again.
Jay Gould, the kcen-eyed Wall street
broker, is in the city looking after the
interests of the Union Pacific X. r.
He is good lobbyist and has good
reputation here in the line Of sehem-
err The value Of a penny is being
demonstrated by Roberts," the Cos
sipy writer Of the Sunday Capital
A Penny Lunch Room" has been
opened by her and is doing splendid
business. Tickets are sold to the
public at cent cash and these are
given to the poor instead of money,
and for one Of them will be given q
plate of soup, piece Of meat, q cup
of coffee, bread and butter, or boil
ed potato. The same plan has been
acted upon by the Labor Exchange"
az institution peculiar to Washing
ton. Hon. John Hetz, Consul Gener-
al of the Swiss Government, is the
prime mover. He is the most active
man in the city in philanthropic
movements, and gives q great share
of his time and money in helping the
poor His wife, a lovely woman,
works at his side in every charitable
undertaking. If we had few more
persons like this gentleman there
would be deal less suffering by the
poor 1t is q foreigner who teaches
us charity.
Nearly two hundred millions was
lost last year by business failures,
and the future outlook should awak-
en- the immediate attention of Con-
gross. The conflicts in relation to
currency should be settled Us soon as
possible. 1t would seem that q sill
yer dollar should be coined of equal
value with gold, and be made receiy-
able in payments of all debts. Such
action would stimulate the coinage
of silver and prevent speculations in
gold. A proposition has been made
which is receiving consideration
among the hard money men. 1t is to
coin a dollar from both gold and sill
yer combined, which would form q
material called "goloid,' The dollar
piece would contain 222 grains of sill
yer, 25 grains copper, and 4 grains
gold. The representatives of the
measure claim that it is practical
and possible to unite the two metals
and form one which would be popu-
lar, honest and convenient. DR.. Lin
derman, the superintendent of the
mint, says that it will be easier to
counterfeit than gold or silver. This
may yet be the compromise between
the two factions Of hard money advo-
Gates. FAX.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02

Mathews silver bill has passed both
Houses of Congress, the Lower House
by vote of more thanltwo>thirds and
the Senate by vote lacking one of
two-thirds. If the silver men can find
one more vote the bill will become a
law, and we doubt not that it will any
way. The eagle on the "dollar of our
dads is laughingl all over at his. tri>
umph."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02

Wheat in this county is looking
we'll and the same Is true of that crop
all over the State. The late snow did
the Wheat incalculable good and sew
eral farmers have told US that it
would take hard freeze to injure it
now. From all over the county reports
reach us of fine prospects for a good
wheat crop and the farmers every
where are Notwithstanding
Mems.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, G G

.
COUNTY OF MoNoNGALIA, o. o.
At rules held in the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court of Monongala county,
Oh the first Monday in January. 1878,
on the chancery side of said court
The Morgantown Bank, plaintiff,
VS..
Anne L. Lazicr (wife of A. F. Lazier)
Eliza G. Lazier, Melville l.. Casselbcrry
and Elisha II. Coombs, doing business
under the firm name and style of Cas-
selberry & Coonbs, and Joseph More
land, defendants.
Attachment in Equity.
The object Of this suit is to recover
from snid defendant, Anna l.. Lazier,
the sum Of two hundred and seventy dol
lars due by her certain promssory note
dated lst day of August, 1877, payable
nine months after date, with interest
from date executed by her to one w. f.
Baker for piano>forte, purchased by
her from said Baker for her own Use and
as her own sole and separate property or
estate, which note was afterwards, to-
wit: On the - day Of August, 1877, as
signed by said Baker to said plaintiff
and to subject the property and estate of
said Anna l.. Lazier, levied upon by the
attachment in this cause, and in the
hands of the other defendants or any of
them to the payment thereof and for
general relief and tappearing from the
return of the sheriff, as we'll 4s from an
affidavit filed with the papers of this
cause. that the defendant Anna l.. Las
zier, is a nonresident of this State, it is
ordered that the said defendant, Anna L.
Lazier, do appear here at rules to be held
in the Clerks Office of said Court, on the
first Monday in February next, and do
what may be necessary to protect her
interest in this suit.
A copy teste: A. RAYMOND,
kECK d HoUGH, Clerk.
Counsel for Prf
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
FL MIN g. M o II G A N,
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS.

In the next Congress the Senate
will be composed of not less than AZ
Democrats to 33 Republicans and l
Independent. Ten years ago the Re-
publicans had 81 Senators to II Dem
Ocrats.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
old POOR HOUSE FOR SALE.

The committee appointed by the Over
seers of the Poor of Monongalia county,
West Virginia, win offer for sale on
FRIDAY, MARCH Is, 1878,
(bei,g the first day of the Circuit Court
of said county, the Is acres of land and
the two dwelling houses and other outs
buildings thereon, situate on the Monon,
gahela river, one mile above Morgan
town and known as the Old Poor House
property
Terms made known on day of sale.
JOHN b. LOUGH,
III. G. WEST, YCom.
A. YEAGER,
Jan. list 1873.
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UNANIMOUSLY An rHu
BEST INSTRUMENTS.

PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUsLY Ar rHu
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Their comparative excellence Ia rec.
ognized by the Judges in their Report,
from which the following 10 an extract
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This Medal and Award was granted
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New Styles and prices inst Issued.
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We are prepared to APPOINT few new
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.


ASsVs O8ontcW1s 1Oy0.
This institution Of Learning, under
the Presidency Of Rev. r.. Thompson. A.
NJ, is entering upon q new era Of pros
perity. During the Spring Term, just
closed. the attendence Of students was
increased over IS per cent. 1t has :
large and scholarly Faculty beautiful,
healthful and moral location; ample
Scientific AND Philosophical apparatus;
Library constantly growing; a curricu-
lum Of the most thorough character; .
standard ofscholarship surpassed by NO
American institution OF learning.
The EXPENSES ARE LESS than ut
any other piece known to afford equal
advantages. The Fall Term begins
Sept. 9th; the Winter Term January End;
and Spring Term March 9th. For full
information, catalogues, &C., address the
President. GEO. G. STURGTSS,
June 10, 1877. Secretary of Regent.
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MORGANTOWN BANK,
MORGANTOWN, W. ".

Discount Day-Wednesday.
Receives deposits discounts paper.
Interest paid on special deposits.
Directors:
WIN. B. LoNo, EMIoD TENANT
HENRY s. HAYES VIM. NJ. JONES.
GEO. w. JOHN JOSEPH MoRELAND,
JOHN H. COLE.
GEO. w. JOHN, Pres't
w. B. LONG, Vice Prest,
JOHN H. HOFFMAN, Cash'r.
E. SHISLER, Assistant Cashier.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-02

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