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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-22
Marshall County aud Tho River Railroad

Marshall County aud the River Railroad
MOutdsvillO Reporter.
The aIl.absOrbing question now is,
"What will Marshall county do toward
the construction Of the proposed railroad
from Wheeling to Parkersburg?" Mar.
shall county needs this road, Mounds
vile needs 1t. Itwould give tho people
in the lower end of the county an accessaD
bio market at all seasons Of the year. We
have only to instance the inconvenience
experienced during the past four months,
on account Of the low water in the Ohio
river. Aloundsville should encourage this
enterprise by all possible means. Il would
bring business and business men here,
aud give us competition with the D. & 0.
road between this place and Wheeling; II
would be the means Of securing lower
rates, both freight and passenger, and bet.
ter accommodations OF travel and ship.
ping. We suageSt that a public meeting
be- called here at the county seat, or else.
where, as may be deemed proper, 10 get
the sense Of the people upon this import.
ant project, and to see what they are will.
ing TO do In aid Of Il. Now let US see who
will take the initiative step and call the
people together for the purpose Of discuss.
Ing the question Of rajlroador no railroad.
We should not DO behind our neighbors
in u matter oisuCh vital importance. The
counties Of Wood, Ohio, Wetzel, Tyler
and Peasants are organizing, and Mar.
EE|H -
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A Telegram was received ut this office
yesterday, announcing the sudden death
from heart disease, on Thursday night, aj
baltimore Of Rev, l.. -, Carpenter, for
inerly pastoroi Fourth Street NJ. E. Church
this city.
Mr.. Carpenter was man endowed with
q superior order Of talents, and, during hi
shor. ADMINISTRATION in: this city preached tc
large congregations. At Baltimore he WA
equally successful, having large and
popular following in that city. lie was
bright thinker, fresh in his sermons, elo
quent in language, positive in argument
and somewhat liberal in his theology liz
has many friends in this community who
will regret the sudden close Of hisearthly
pastOTate.
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NAM AnNrRrIsEMrMrs.

\VANTEg. -ANURSE GIRL..-MUST
w zone veil Tat9nmStded, ard speak Gsfnun.
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NJANTED.-AGERAIAE GIRL TO DO
w general hou,sEUfk. Mutt uOms we'll rvuom.
nlehded. Apply H. svALatket, No. 1901 Main ~.
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To Be Held In PRTkHFNburg Next Friday,


To Be Held IN PRIkSrSburE Next Friday.
PAREEEBURo, NovembOr20.
Ata meeting Of the Council Of the city
Of iaTksrsbuJg, held At tho Council Cham
boron Thursday, the 18th day Of NOyem.
bcr 1870, 1t was
EeolNd, That the Mayor be authorized
and directed TO call a mass meeting Of the
citizens Of Wood county, at such time and
pIaieRs he may determine, TO take such
action in relation TO the proposed Wheel.
Ing aud Parkersburg Railroad, Us seems
demanded, and further, to invite such in.
teTested persons in the proposed work, az
he can Induce to attend such meeting.
In obedience to the said resolution, l,
Jacob u. Jackson, Mayor Of the said city,
do respectfully request the citizens oil
Wood county To assemble NJ the Court
House Ia the city Of PArkersburg, on Fri
day, the 2Sth day OF November, 1879, al
: o'clock r. NJ, OF said day, to take into
consideration the propriety OF the county
OF Wood extending It's aid in building the
proposed railroad from Wheeling to Par,
kenburg, and extending the same from
Petersburg to the city Of Charleston.
And do further extend u cordial inyi
talon 10 all interested In the proposed
work TO attend said meeting, and by theil
counsel aid US in doing what Is necessary
to carry into successful operation THU
great work, 30 much needed in this por
ton Of our State.
JACOB B. JAcEsoS, Mayor.
This looks like business on the part o
the good people Of Wood county. w
trust that the respective authorities o.
Moundsville, New MartinsvilIe, Sisters
vilo and St. MarYs will take steps in the
Ssme direction at an early day, and cal
mass meetings in Marshall, Wetzel, TylOI
and Peasants counties, 90 that those who
have initiated the enterprise hero maj
konw what encouragement they can ex
bnri
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hcNI NIFEinih Agricultural Productions.
We are indebted to tho United States
Commissioner OF Agriculture for copy oil
his report for the year 1873, just issued
from the Government printing office at
Washington City. 1t is a very valuable
collection Iiacts and figures in regard to
the agricultural products of tho country,
and we should think that every intelli.
gent farmer would want to possess copy
Of this report, and spend a portion Of the
long winter evenings this season in
making himself familiar with its great
variety Of information. We notice from
the tables showing the products by States
that West Virginia is credited with the
following items:
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lp'A Nalues'''''.,''''','. vi ,biI2It
The number Of acres devoted to each
crop was as follows: Corn, 81, 700; wheat,
$4,000; rye, $500; oats, 1877, 600; barley,
$500; buckwheat, i 800; potatoes, 10. 100;
tobacco, $500; hay, 223,OOO. Total mum.
Der Of acres to oil the crops thus onumer.
ated, l,l07, 900.
Over in Ohio the avOrage,yield per acre
Of corn was $40; wheat, IS; rye, IFS;
oats, $50; barley, 90; buckwheat, II;
potatoes, 60; tobacco, Sll pounds; hay,
I.5l tons.ss
Among our Pennsylvania neighbors the
average per acre Of these various crops
was as follows: corn, 81 wheat, IS; rye,
1874; oats, 39,4; barley, 26; buckwheat,
lGi potatoes, 49, tobacco, 200; hay, l.55.
Tho values per busheI in the three States
compare ag follows.
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November returns show that the wheat
yield this year will be 2600O,OOO bushels
greater than 1t was last, while the in.
crease in the corn crop reaches 100000.
0OO greater.
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WHILE HllBHty aueAE everything e'so 10
going up in price, cable tariffs are sudden
ly dropped from IS cents to III cents per
word. This iSA result Of the establish
ment Of tolegraphiO communication be-
tween this couStry aud FrRnceby tho new
French cable. The new and low rate o.
toll will enable persons to make use oil th'
cable Us vehicle Of transatlantic CORES
poudenCe who could not think Of such I
thing at the high rates hitherto charged
And 80, as Calico said-Rnd not few
other people since his day-the wOrI,
,noves
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TlIONEE-On Friday morning, November 81,
1871, NJ halt'pNt IlE O'clock, FRANCES LORgrTo
youngest daughlOrOt John and Frances ThOner, Ved
yean, months and n days.
FanGnl FROM the FeGdeRsO Gi her parents, No. 2IIC
MARKET s1Frs'. GA sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Friends OF the family are invited. RULES Of the Gath,
ole Church viii 10 observed.
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be used. The tax imposed by the gov.
eminent on postal exchange is simply
enormous, and, among people who are
posted, list the next thing to IprohibItOTy.
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Renafaef0r

When a board Of eminent physicians
and chemists announced the discovery
that by combining some we'll known val,
liable remedies, the most wonderful med.
icine was produced, which would cure
such . wide range Of diseases that most
all other remedies could DO dispensed
with, many were skeptIcal; but proof Of
It's merits by actual trial has dlspelled ali
doubt, and to-day the discoveries oil that
great medicine, Hop Bitters, are honored
and blessed by all as beneiactoS.
For sale by Laughlin Bros. 4 Co.,
wholesale druggists, Wheeling W. Va
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OF which G.ts Vi. {; ra ~ The lev; Il

TotAi,....... Ell. nj Al
VI which there will bS PAID by the levy Of
this YEAR
seuOol bands. ....sS,Sta %
WEef works bonds ,...!.,.,,..,,., 500 SIS bg6O 81
Leaving lndebledhtss Of Only-....a".--.SJ9,sli 81
The balance Of the water works bonds
for which provision has been made, will
be paid by the levy Of 1880, and the rail,
road bonds will be liquldated in sums oil
5000 each year, commencing on the first
OF July, 1881. To pay railroad bonds,
bearing an interest oil i per cent. per an
mum, sinking fund has been provided BY
which that interest 10 promptly paid, and
the principal eau be- when due. From
which II will DO readily seen that the city
is sound financially, and In condition
to not only induce but TO convince CAPT,
talists that 1t is 10 their interest to invest
here, in preference to any other town in
the State.
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TIME TABLE.
FIN EPnVE PAN PnAn

ON AND AFTER TUESDAY, April 1t, iS7g. III,
" Can on the Wheeling and Elm Grove 4, r wi
run follows Can Will leave the city corner Ma.
Ii md EaNatIlh ltEa..l. md lIatu nj. Il
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
Foul Murder.

Joseph A Lowe, West Cumberland
(Maine) farmer, went home from
dance at fair Friday night at late
hour, and was found Saturday morning
in his barn dead, having been struck
on the head with an ak. The crime is
laid by some to a tramp, who, they
think, mistook him for the treasurer of
the fair, who carried large amount of
money. The murderer must have been
familiar with the premises. In passing
through the house he must have known
of, and pulled concealed string to lift
the hasp of the porch door at which he
entered. The ak used for the murder
was very sharp, and to have selected it
in the dark would have been difficult
for a stranger, as he must reach over a
pile of lumber first. A neighbOr who
had one of loves horses brought it
into the stable about midnight and put
it up without seeing anything suspi-
cious. A wagon with two men was seen
going in the direction of loves house
by a neighbor shortly before the muir
der. Another thing which indicates the
familiarity of the murderer with the
premises was that door in the house
which was invariably closed was found
open, and as it opened noiselessly, but
squeaked loudly in closing, it is inferred
that the murderer left it open to avoid
being detected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
Vermont's Next Governor.
ISpringfield Republican.

The state newspapers are already
talking about VermOnt's next governor,
who, according to time-hOnOIed custom,
must be taken from the least side of
the mountain" The Boston Journals
Montpelier correspondent puts forward
Frederick Billings of Woodstock as
most talked of in connection with the
republican nomination, others "men-
toned" being Col. John b. Mead of
Randolph, Mr.. Farnham of Bradford,
Secretary of State, Nichols of North
field, Lieut-Gov. Cotton and Judge Po-
land. There will be a general desire
to vote for Mr.. Billings on the ground
of fitness, and because of his memora-
BILE stand in the party convention of
1872. After bitter fight, the Wood
stock candidate was defeated, and a
clark horse" carried the day. Sinking
all differences and ignoring opposition
methods which might have legitimately
constituted political grievance" Mr..
Billings in brilliant and manly speech
accepted the situation, declaring that
he "was neither sore in the head nor
grieved in the heart" 1t was an effort
which carried the assembly by storm
and led delegates who had opposed the
speaker to say that if they could vote
again it would be for Billings. The
Vermont republican party can now do
a graceful thing and honor the state by
rendering the governorship TO a man OF
the ability and national reputation OF
Frederick Billings.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03

those localities, and third and most
disastrously against those who are
possessed with no property and pay
tax only on a poll. For instance, bur
lington, the most pOpulous city In the
state, a city which contains the largest
number of wealthy men and women mas
it's personal property valued at less
sum than the personal property as re-
turned by one family in St. Johnsbury.
Burlington with population more than
three times that of Brattlehoro or st.
Johnsbury, has less than one-halt as
much personal property, if the assessors
are to be believed, than either of the
latter towns. With population one
half greater than Rutland, its personal
estate is but little over one-fourtn as
much, and Bennington, Brandon ana
Springfield, Woodstock and Montpelier,
whose combined population is only a
trifle more than the population OF the
Queen city of the east, each has more,
or in the case of the last two trlhe
less of personal estate. Any other solu-
ton than that of fraud deliberate
premeditated fraud, is too absurd foI
one moments consideration. Still II
there is some hesitating Thomas look
at the per capita rate. In st. johns
bury if the personal property was dl-
vided between each man, woman anC
child, the amount held by each would
be $152. 43; in Burlington $23.3l, while
in Colchester with enterprising ane
wealthy Winooski within its borders, Il
is only S14.02.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
Murderous Tramps.

Chester Goodale, prominent resi-
dent of Egremont, Mass, was found in
sensible Thursday morning in his stable.
He had been beaten and robbed and
his life at last accounts was despaired
of. Later accounts represent the posi-
bility of the assaulted mans recovery.
In mentioning this outrage, the Spring
field Republican says:
The murder of so excellent and prom
inent man as Chester GoOdale in
South EgremOnt, will increase the gen.
eral horror of the tramp and the active
sentiment for stern repressive measures
against vagabondage. Mr.. GOOdale is
one of the most esteemed and useful
citizens of the county, and had reached
a rare old age with uncommon physical
vigor and an unimpaired mental force.
He is the father of Henry S. GOodale OF
Sky Farm, Mount Washington, noted
in the agricultural interests of the state,
and whose daughters are the remark
able child-poets Elaine and Dora
GOodale.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
Barton Fair.

The annual fair in Orleans County
has been held this week. The weather
has been very favorable though rather
warm. The exhibition of stock and
articles in floral and mechanics hall was
fully equal to anything this society ever
had. The main feature of Wednesday
was an address by Gen. N. P. Banks.
The burden of the address was an en-
cOuragement to young men to make the
most of agricultural and mechanical
pursuits as opposed to money getting
by any kind of speculation or as he
frequently announced it-how best to
get on in life. The address was well
delivered, illustrated by some well-told
stories, and received respectful and al
most eager attention.
To-day is the great day at the Bar
ton fair 1t is the horse race, at which
about 40 horses are entered, including
Black Johnny, Richmond Girl, jim
Fisk, several horses owned by the Ut
tons, etc. Besides this, both the
Fletcher and Island Hose companies of
this place run for $50 and $40 purses.
They went up on special train this
morning. The Newport brass band
furnish very good music through the
fair.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
Hooker and the Bell.

At the Dominion Exhibition, as the
Princess, the dignataries and the guests
from the United States were walking
through the buildings inspecting the
exhibits, they came to little clock
like apparatus designed to be connect
ed with the interior of collins when the
dead are buried, in such way that the
least movement of the body supposed
to be dead would cause the lowering of
a flag, and the prolonged ringing of a
little bell on the surface of the grave
above. Her Royal Highness examined
its mechanism, and listened to the ex-
PLANTATION of its inventor with evident
curiosity, and when she inquired what
the apparatus was called, Col. Geo. w.
Hooker of Vermont, who was standing
near, said he should call it ''the resur-
rection bell" The Princess looked at
him with a sort of puzzled expression
at first as if to say, "Why, you naugh-
ty, wicked man :" but in an instant she
had evidently read him as others have,
and her expression changed to broad
SIN ile.-St. Adams Messenger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
A New York Opinion of Walking
Matches.

Speaking of the late walking match
in New York, and its attendant bar
barity and brutality, the New York
Times very justly says:
The spectacle presented by the pedes-
trian martyrs must be of great service
so the community. Fully six thousand
persons daily attend the Performance,
and with the aid of betting, smoking,
beer drinking, and profanity, purify
their souls and enlighten and enlarge
their minds. Still, while we enthusiasts
ticly applaud the pedestrians and recog-
nize them as unspeakable benefactors
of the human race, let us not forget
that there are other spectaeles which
might be at least as beneficial as are
international walking matches. Why
should we not have an international
drunkard's match, with champion belt
to be given to the drunkard who should
drink the largest quantity of rum in a
given time-drink as you please Such
spectacle would command the en-
thusiastic approval of nine-tenths OF
the men who crowd into the Madison
Square Garden, and would exercise at
least as improving influence over the
community as is exercised by the spec
tacle now in progress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03

at the latter places, and operatives are
to be protected from violence at all
hazards.
The mushroom city of DeadwOod, D.
T., which has been built up since the
gold excitement started in the Black
Hills, was almost entirely destroyed by
a fire which started at 2.20 Thursday
morning in bakery. The buildings OF
the town being of wood, the fire APP
paratus ridiculously incomplete, and
the water supply being insufficient, the
flames were unchecked until the mate
rial upon which they fed had disap-
peared. Two thousand people are
homeless and in a pitable condition.
About us buildings were burned, and
the loss roughly estimated at from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred thou
sands of dollars.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03

would have to waste the property
placed in their charge in carrying on a
litigation of their own.-Boston Pilot.
If deemed necessary to secure the
election of radical president, Grant
will be the radical candidate, and as
such he will call out the strength OF the
party more effectually than any other
nominee. Without saying that he is
to be feared by the democratic party, 1t
NAV be pertinently suggested that he
cannot safely be despised.-Neao Orleans
Picayune. rENF
Prosperity dawns upon our country,
and it is due to the fact that our finan-
cial troubles have been arrested by the
wise measure of republican action in
the resumption of specie payments,
which has established confidence in all
business classes, though deadly opposed
by the democratic party, and now
sneered at, as appears, by their speak
ers and the greenback party. Pendle-
ton, in Ohio, says the resumption meas
ure would not continue-it has no per-
manency. Yes, their cry is yet, Repeal
Repeal Are the people ready for this
Beware! See that the democratic party
never has the power to roll back the
tide of prosperity by anarchy and ruin:
Trust them not, ga word to the wise, y
etc. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser
(Rep.)
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-03
Public Opinion.

Tilden has recently informed his
friends that in case New York should
go republican this fall he will immedi-
ately and in a formal manner forbid
any further use of his name as Il candi
date fol the Oleueland
Herald (Rep.)
The SOutherners ask Northern men
to come among them and bring their
capital, and start enterprises there
which will benefit that section, and
then before the sounds of their invita-
ton have died away the air is made to
resound with the ring of their shotguns
as they send these emigrants and 9th
ers to their long and quiet rest, for
opinions sake. = Peoria Transcript
(Rep.)
Robinson is Tilden's instrument if
we cannot smite the burglar we will
knock the jimmy out of his hand.-N.
Y. EUening Express (Dem.)
Grant was born a Democrat, but he
has just abandoned the only evidence
he has given in many years that he
ever belonged to that party. He Ie-
turns to his native land a total abstain
er.-St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrdt (Rep.)
In the presence of this grand demon
stration, this spontaneous Outpouring
of patriotism and affection, partisan
ship is hushed, and the American peo-
pie, as a unit, receive back to theiI
bosom and confidence the beloved gen.
eral who beat back the waves of rebel
lion and saved the Chicago
Tribune.
The defeat of the Tilden influence
would prepare the way for an open anC
direct choice, within the Democrat,
party, between that element which Mr.
Bayard represents-a hard money ant
free trade party-and the element o
which Gen. Ewing and Gen. Butler ar,
f leadeIs.-N. Y. Public.
The accounts from San Francisc,
, show that Gen. Grant has carried still
further the training that he adOpte,
: during the last months of his stay il
Europe. He has for some months stop
ped wine drinking. In Europe he be
came a great walker. He seems to hav
, an opinion that there are reasons VIII
he should take care of himself.-Cin
1 cinnai Commercial.
1t occurs to many people that sue
an administration as Hayes might ad
vantageously be secured for four year
longer, either by the reelection of tn
: president himself, or by the election q
! the secretary of the treasury.-N.
Public.
o New York is the pivot on which tn
. next presidential election will turn
: The man or men whose stubbornnes
:. or selfish ambition causes the state t
be lost to the democrats this year wi
be held responsible for the defeat {
G the democratic party next year, shout
) that misfortune befall. Messrs. Tide
: and Kelly had better mark this. Th
}. democratic managers in New York hav
IT no more right to imperil the presideI
|, tial chances of the party in 1880, b
: wrangling and pulling against eac
t. other, than the trustees of an estat