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GerardsfOwn.

Gerardstown has caught the
building fever at last. A new
dwelling is being erected by Mr..
G t. Grim, and stone house by
Messrs. Miller and Griffith will
soon be under contract.
Rev. w. G. Griffith, assisted by
the Presiding Elder, Rev. Wider
man, will hold a quarterly meet
ing in the Methodist church in
tliis place on July 81 and 4th.
-Four days during the heated
term we enjoyed ourselves in the
wheat of Col. Frank Silver, bind
ing up the sheaves. and under the
leadership of Daniel Emory and
Smith Peterson we cut over six
miles of wheat per day, half
mile to the through from one end
TO the other, making six rounds a
day.
The Good Templar picnic will
be held in the woods of Mr.. Sam
uel McKoyn about a half mile
from town on July 81. The fol-
lowing Lodges are invited and ex-
pected: Darkesville, White Hall,
Middleway, Leetown, and He'd
gesville. The speakers are James
West, Rev. Rice, Smith j. K.
Louthan, of BerryvilIe. DIR. Best,
Brucetown, Va, j. j. Kettsell, of
Paw Paw. Refreshments will be
found on the grounds. The
Shanghai Cornet Band will be in
attendance. The procession will
form at O'Clock A. NJ. ALI are
cordially invited. No ardent spir-
its will oe allow on the grounds.
8asas PLUTO.
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CHARACTERISTIC.

A gentleman in our presence few
days ago expressed his surprise that
Mr.. Faulkner was not at the Cincin
natl convention, and inquired of
him why he was not there:
Mr.. FAULKNER.-For the simple
reason that / have no business there,
whilst have much to do upon my
farm at home. Haymaking and har-
vest have come upon us this year
with rush. I am no sight-seer. l
never go any where unless specially
invited, or where have some public
or private business. I should never
have gone to Eupope if / had not
been officially sent there by the Gov
eminent, and l doubt if 1 would
have seen our grand Centennial Ex-
hibition if l had not gone there as
one of the invited representatives of
the people.
GENTLEMAN. - Well, / suppose
you think everything is safe at Gin
cinnati?
Mr.. FAULKNER.-I think it is
out of the power of that convention
to make so poor a nomination that
we cannot win in November.
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MORAL GuNNERY.

The Rev. S. Z. Henson, Baptist
minister of Philadelphia, delivered
a very brilliant address to the liter
airy societies Of the West Virginia
University, at its late commence
ment, subject, "Gunnery," in which,
with great artistic skill, and strik-
ing oratory, he likened youth in
the process of education to a gun,
subdiving his discourse, with admir-
able effect, into the material of
which gun is made, the ammunition
necessary to give effect to it's power,
and the aim which alone crown its
results. 1t was of a character with
the "Sermon of a Plough" by the
celebrated Bishop Latimer, more
than three centuries ago, where he
adopted the similitude of the pillow,
treating the preaching of the Cos
pei as one of Gods pillow works and
the preacher as one of Gods plow-
men,
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HedgesvilIe.

Your correspondent failed to get
his report in last week. / will
give you all the news as far az /
know up to this time.
Miss Laura B. Harley's COM
mencement took place here on
Tuesday night, June 9Th, at the
Masonic Hall and was a success.
Everybody was well pleased.
Mrs. Smiths commencement
took place at the Masonic Hall on
last Tuesday night. There was
quite a crowd present and every
thing passed off to the entire salts
faction of all The Hedgesville
brass band was present.
Mrs. Allen Robbins died with
consumption near North Noun
tain on Last Wednesday, June
23d, and was buried at Hedges
vile on Thursday last.
Politics are beginning to boom
up n little here: l suppose the
ball will commence moving as
soon as it is known who has been
nominated at Cincinnati.
There has been but few arrivals
and departures from our town.
Mr.. p. J. Mussetter, Proprietor
of the Mansion House has every
thing in order for the reception of
summer visitors. p' .ia"
The most of the farmers are
through harvesting. The wheat
crop from all reports is good.
Mr.. G. J. Porterfield has been
heard from. He is now residing
at Leadville, Colorado. .'
Miss Kate Ellis is visiting
friends at Smithfield, w. Va.
Two young ladies from Cum
berland, Md, are visiting friends
in this place. ~
Mr.. Cyrus III. Wayble, the GEN.
sus taker of Falling Waters Dist,
is very nearly through with his
work. 9'' REPORTERS.
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GerardstOWn.

We take the following items
from the Gerardstown Times, OF
the 10Th: 8
Mrs. Caroline Sibole fell down
the steps one day last week and
was considerably bruised about
the face but was not seriously
hurt.
Our lively friend, Miss Anna
II. Coe, left the village last Mon
day morning on visit to friends
and relatives in Old Virginia.
Our suburban neighbor G.. N.
Heterogeneous, had valuable
horse. which he rode three years
in the army, to die short time
ago. One by one the veterans
fall.
The young folks held their an
nual Fishing Party at Grantham's
ford on Saturday last. An unusu-
ally large number of persons were
present and the day was a most
enjoyable one TO all.
Preparations are being made to
render the picnic to be held at this
place on July Sd, by Cham
pion Lodge of Good Templars, a
grand affair. Eminent speakers
are expected. several neighboring
Lodges will be present, arrange
ments have beenl made for vocal
and instrumental music, refresh
ments. &C., DC. The public is
cordially invited.
After an absence of eight years
Mrs. Ellen M. Silver, daughter of
Samuel Mckown, Esq, reached
her old home, near this place, on
Wednesday last. She left Win
field, Kan, on Monday morning,
and accompanied by her two
children, made the long trip safely
and quickly, arriving at the time
above mentioned. A thousand
welcomes home!
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RANDALL CLUB.

The arrival in Cincinnati of the
Randall Club of two hundred young
men from Philadelphia in their blue
dresses and white hats is one of
those indications of political demon
aliZati0n which should meet with
public rebuke. They went there as
claquers to parade the sheets and to
magnify and hurrah for their patron.
We remember a similar set of boo
bies, the "Pendleton Club" which
marched all the way from Cincin-
natl to New York city in 1868, laud-
ing their patron-of course they
marched back again. with their
tails between their legs. If this ex-
cressence upon our conventional as
semblies is tolerated, in a few years
more we will see it wax in strength
and whole armies of roughs and bull
lies will be found assembling to
overawe the deliberations of the con-
vention. Such accessories are neither
ornamental or useful.
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besides gets twenty copies for public
uses. Mr.. Kearfoot expects some
remuneration for the labor which
this task has cost him and his father,
by the sale of the map at five dollars
per copy. We have no doubt there
will be prompt demand for it.
This is now the fourth map which
will have been made of Berkeley
county. The first eighty years ogo
by the French engineer Varley--
the second, fifty years ago by the
State of Virginia, preliminary to the
great map of the State, and the
third, some thirty years ago, by John
z. Kearfoot, and the fourth, their
last and most perfect of them all,
the result of almost century of
labor.
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HANCOCK.

The Cincinnati Convention put
General Hancock at the head of the
Democratic Presidential ticket, and
the issues of the campaign are now
fairly joined. The nomination of
Hancock, in some respects, is strong
one. 1t will take the bloody shirt"
out of the campaign, and force a
square fight on live issues. He is
strong in the fact of having no civil
record to be defended, and his mill
tary record cannot be assailed. His
weakness, if any, consists in the fact
of his being soldier, although he
has shown some of the elements of
craftsmanship. There is a large and
growing desire among the people of
this country to have once more in the
presidential chair a statesman-a
born statesman-without military I'll
tie or service. We have had "too
much military" so to speak, in our
civil affairs for a number of years
past, and the people would like to
see real ability and craftsmanship to
the fore once more. The three Pres
idential candidates now before the
people are generals, and the present
incumbent of the White House, who
is general, will be succeeded by an
other general. 1t begins to look as
if the road to promotion in civil af-
fairs was only through the army.
Garfield is not the strongest nomi-
nee the Republicans could have made'
as Hancock is not the strongest that
could have been put forth by the
Democrats. Each is the child of
circumstances which forced their re-
spective conventions to seek availa-
bility rather than real ability and
craftsmanship.
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MAP OF BERKELEY COUNTY.

John Baker Kearfoot is now pre-
pairing and has nearly ready a map
of this county, of which we may all
be proud. 1t will embrace every
county road, every farm, and the site
of every dwelling. 1t is the result
of more than forty years. labor of
himself and his venerable and CON-
petent father, aided by previous sur
veys found in the surveyors office.
1t will be complete and perfect in all
of it's details, and present beautiful
specimen of photographic engraving.
Our last county court did no more
than its duty in making a contribu-
tion to this desirable enterprise. The
law makes it imperative upon the
court to have county map with all
the county roads and districts dis
played upon it. For one-half of
what it would have cost the court to
have any ordinary map made, it Sc
cures the completion of one which
will be an honor to the county, and
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through its columns, breaches pru-
dence, forbearance, unpartizanship
to all the other Democratic papers
OF the State, and yet, claiming ex-
emption from its own precepts, it
seeks by loud buster, lusty growing,
and whooping and holloing, to give
"boom" for its own favorite. This
may be good strategy in the Third
District, although we doubt it. 1t
would not benefit any man in this
section of West Virginia.
The Gazette not only violates the
doctrines preached through its col
umns by its extreme and violent
partizanship, but it violates the or
binary rules of justice and courtesy
by emitting to publish REPUTATION
of SANDER everywhere in circula-
ton in the Third District) against a
distinguished Democrat of this
county. Mr.. Faulkner may not
covet the office of Governor, but he
is man of that temper that he will
not permit the voice of the people, if
in his power, to be frustrated by ma
chine politicians.
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CONFEDERATES.

The Fayetteville Enterprise thinks
the union element has not been suf-
fficiently rewarded in the State ap-
pointments of West Virginia. Can
anything be more unfounded and
absurd ? Has not every Senator
since the origin of the State been
uuion man, except Caperton Are
not our present two Senators union
men ? Is a confederate to be exclud-
ed from the office of Governor be-
cause such, as he was in 1877 from
seat in the United States Senate, ex-
clusively and admittedly upon the
ground of his confederate antece-
dents ? Is this war against confed-
crates to continue in West Virginia?
Are we never to have peace
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SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1880.
Conventions i'm this State.

Democratic State Convention,
Martinsburg, July rs.
Republican State Convention,
Grafton, June 80.
To nominate Democratic candi-
dates for Congress First District,
Wheeling August IL; Second Dis
trict, Fairmont, July 26; Third Dis
trict, Hinton, August 4.
The Democratic National Conven-
ton will meet in Cincinnati June %.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONvEN-
TION.
The Republicans of Berkeley
county are requested to meet in Con-
vention at Martinsburg in the Court
house on SATURDAY, JUNE &c, 1880,
at 2 O'Clock p. NJ, to select delegates
to the State and Congressional Con-
ventions.
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WILL HIS NAME BE BEFORE
THE CONVENTION?

We perceive from some of our
Western exchanges that an uncer-
tainty exists in some of the counties
on the Ohio river, whether Mr..
Faulkner's name will be before the
State convention as a candidate for
the nomination for Governor. We
say to all such, that Mr.. Faulkner's
name will be presented before that
convention for the nomination, and
that it will be earnestly pressed by
his numerous friends in this State.
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HAS THE EASTERN PAN-HAN-
DIE ANY CLAIM TO P0PU-
Lar CONSIDERATION?

We think it has. We are an i'm
portant part of the State. We have
twenty millions in value of rich lands
and personal property. We pay our
taxes into the treasury of the State
promptly, and we contribute largely
to the education of less favored
counties. We have stood by the
State in all of her troubles, firmly,
bravely, CALAMITY. Honor after hon.
or has been showered on other por-
tions of the State-in some places
richly and profusely, not "simply
raining but pouring" Still we have
never complained, but have added
our voice to the general result. May
we not claim some reciprocity in the
general distribution of the honors ?
AS we said on a former occasion,
this important county of Berkeley
has never had a State officer since
the settlement of Virginia in 1907,
and so it might have continued with
out complaint on our part if we had
it not in our power now to present
to the people of West Virginia
man for the office of Governor whose
qualifications for the place will be
disputed by no one. He has record
without fear and without re-
proach," one that challenges the
scrutiny of the world. AS promi-
nent Democrat of thirty years. SER
vice in the party, as friend of the
laboring man, as supporter of the
free school system, as the promoter
of public improvements, as the i'm
placable champion of West Virgin
las interests, we may champion his
record with any in the State. But
for his decided position and indefati-
gable labors, it is more than ques-
tionable whether those two splendid
counties of Berkeley and Jefferson
would now be part of West Vir-
ginia. Can such record as this be
passed by in silence and contempt
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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

In the event of the adoption of the
proposed constitutional amendment,
although the magisterial districts as
they are now arranged will remain
the same, yet the jurisdiction of
Justices of the Peace and the duties
which they are to perform will be
somewhat changed. AS the selec-
tion of proper men to fill these posi-
tions is beginning to excite some in
terest, at the request of some of our
subscribers and as matter of gen.
eral interest, we will briefly state
what changes will be effected by the
adoption of the amendment. JUS
tices of the Peace will no longer be
members of the county court or have
any control or management of the
internal police and fiscal affairs of
the county. Their jurisdiction will
extend throughout the county to
actions of assumpsit, debt, detinue
and liens, if the amount claimed, ex-
elusive of interest, does not exceed
three hundred dollars. In all other
respects they will have the same
jurisdiction and authority that they
have now, except if the second
amendment to article three should
be also adopted, where the value in
controversy exceeds twenty dollars,
exclusive of interest and costs, either
party can require jury, which jury
may consist of six persons. The
trial of causes before them will be
similar to what it was under the
constitution of 1868.
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UNPROFESsIONAL.

If the papers in this State, which
comment upon articles appearing in
the INDEPENDENT would give the
article itself and then follow it with
their comments, they could not de-
ceive their readers by their frequent
gross Misrepresentation of our
views. But this they care not to do.
They prefer to mislead their readers
by comments not justified by the
text.
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COUNTY COURT.

Under the proposed constitutional
amendment to be voted upon at the
October election, each county will
be required to elect three commits
sioners, who, If the amendment shall
be adopted, will constitute the coun-
ty court. This becomes a very i'm
portant body. The jurisdiction of
this tribunal is greater and more en-
larged than that formerly exercised
by the Board of Supervisors, as in
addition to the superintendent and
administration of the internal police
and fiscal affairs of their counties.
including the establishment and reg
ulation of roads, etc., with author
ity to lay and disburse the county
levies, they will have control of all
matters of probate, the appointment
and qualification of personal repre-
sentatives, etc. We hope that for
this county energetic, active, live
business men will he selected, and
then if the duties are devolved upon
them the interests of the county will
be taken care of and protected, and
we will have no reason to complain
of the mismanagement of our fiscal
affairs, etc., and if such should not
be. the case the people must alone
blame themselves and no one else.
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PRACTICE VS.. PREOEPT.

The Kanawha Gazette, paper, we
presume, of some circulation in the
Kanawha valley, contains a very
striking communication from can
sold Democrat" which is worthy
of some notice. We give the follow
ing closing extract from it:
Furthermore certain Democratic
newspapers in this Congressional
district are not preserving the time
honOred Democratic plan that old
father Richie used to pursue in the
Richmond Enquirer, which was
where there were several Democratic
candidates for the same office, never
to advocate in the editorial columns
the claims of any one candidate over
the others before the nominating
convention met and decided who
should be the standard bearer of the
party. All candidates were treated
alike until the nomination was
made. .-
"Only by strict and faithful ad-
herence to those time-honOred
usages of the Democracy can we ex-
pect to maintain the supremacy of
the Democratic party in the State
of West Virginia, for it is here that
the strength of the party lies. If the
party machinery in this portion of
the State is allowed to run much
longer as it has lately been run, and
in some localities is still being run,
the time is not distant when defeat
must follow.
'True Democracy requires that
Democratic newspapers should not
advocate, before the nominating
convention meets, the qualifications
of any particular candidate to the
exclusion of rival candidates for the
same office.
LET every Democrat consider we'll
his future action and endeavor to
restore the old-time usages of the
party, and thereby retain and con-
tinue in power the Democratic party
in West Virginia.; otherwise the
seeds of discord and dissatisfaction
already sown will bring defeat.
Gan OLD DEMOCRAT"
No paper has more signally violat-
ed the sage advice embraced in its
own columns than the Gazette.
Scarce a sheet issues from its press
that does not contain high-wrought
partizan eulogium upon it's favorite
j. B. jackson, and more than that
the Gazette is seeking, with cheek
and boldness, to stuff him down the
Threats of the people of the Third
District by the repeated and extrav-
agant declaration that nine-tenths
of the people of that district are for
him. This is a rash declaration to
be made of any district; it is a reck-
less and unfounded one as it regards
that district, or the people have not
spoken their sentiments in the meet
ings which have been held there.
Has one single public meeting in
the Third District declared him its
choice? But here is paper, which,
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Lyman Trumbull, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of IL
linois, is 81 years old, changes but
little in appearance from year to
year. His youngest child is not
yet two years old.
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AGAINST KEMBLEs PARDON.

A Petition that Everybody Can Sign.
The following petition has been pre-
pared and copies of it sent over the state
for signatures. It can be seen and signed
at the INTELL1GENCER Office where it will
remain open for signatures until March 25,
1880. Step up gentlemen and file youl
protest.
To the Honorable Board Of Pardons::
WHEREAS, A number of persons, to
wit: Jesse r. Crawford, VIM. H. Kem-
BILE. Emil J. Petroff, VIM. F. Rumberger
and Charles B. Salter, have been arraigned
before the Criminal Court of Dauphin
County, for the commission of high crimes
against the Constitution and laws of the
Commonwealth, four of whom plead
guilty, and one, after a fair and impartial
trial was convicted,
AND WHEREAS, The aforesaid persons
have advertised and gwen notice of their
intention to apply to your Honorable
Board for a recommendation to His Ex-
cellency, the Governor, for a pardon of
the crimes of which they stand convicted,
AND WHEREAS, The vindication of the
Constitution, the laws, and integrity of the
Commonwealth demand tho punishment
of the aforesaid convicts,
THEREFORE,, We the undersigned citi-
zens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia, do hereby most solemnly protest and
demonstrate to your Honorable Board
against recommending to His Excellency
a pardon of the crimes and the remis-
sion of fines against the aforesaid persons,
and demand that the full sentence of the
law as pronounced by the Court shall be
executed.