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oNE THOUSAND MILLIONS.

As the tendency has been 10 under
estimate, the chances sIe that the
sum Will be found ODE srger rather
than sma ier when The cost is Gualy
sscertained. The old roll, estima-
ting at a low figure, would require
an average expenditure OF about
| S200OOOO0 a year Tor IS years.
That is half billion more, so that
the total suu which In the Iext %
years will be expended IN the pay
ment Of pensions is not flr from the
colossal figure Of one billion and a
half, or more than oue-thId OF the
cos, of the late war. The adoption
last week, OF that clause in the Leg
isIa,iye Appropriation bill pIoy.d-
ing Tor Increasing the clerical force
Of he Pension Office by 200 clerks
indicates that the House Is ready to
60 WITH those who have laid out the
Republican programme. That pro-.
Cramme is 10 rush tie payment Of
the arrears through as fact aa poos.-
bic. The men who are managing
th.s thIug estimate that the add
uoua. lorce Ol c,siGs wil. make ID,
possible 90 araut applications for az.
rcaIslu the next fiscal year amoua
ing 90 SI0O,Oo00O aud this sum e
already fixed lu be Pension Appro-
rraton bill. Next they think that
tLis large force GiilAaye cleaned The
decks ln The fiscal year 1884 for the
payment OF $l50OOOOOO. a Tie cue
ceeding year $lOO,OOOOoO. ana the
next year $75OOOOoO. This pro-
gramms involves the payment,
therefore. ON account Of arrears OF
1925 0O00GO Do The toxt four years.
IL Is estimated tnat in the next teu
gears ;he sum required will be
S74O,OOOOOO. and that not until
1898 viii the annual payments ial
below $5OOOOOoO. and not until
1904 will they mli below s27 OO1.
600 ,hs sum which was r.,d 10 he
year uior TO the rass .e of The
Arrears act.
This enormous business Is some
hlngue like Of which was never
known by any nation before. civil
I'D or unayi.izei. We have by
this Lill practically added TO our
debt almost Tie sum by which we
have reduced il eincefbe war The
Government So far as indebtedness
IS concerned owes about as much
money as !, did when tie war clo.sd
and ,Lis dslt was deliberately cres-
cd bv bi.l whose effects nobody
seemed to realz. when it pa.sed
o9aelesa III is oroh.be that vsry
few mem, @ Of Copcress TO a,y
r.al.zs villa, ,hIs brrears J.I is 20
rg TO cost. The d4n.f.s and
sre,ohes ,Igs far do not show ttat
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-23
HOTELS.
HOUSE.

TUNEELrON, w. VA,
Luther z. Swearongon, Prop r.
First class accommodations for porma-
mont and transient guests, at very Ie5~
sOUahlg rates.
Livery stable attached foo25
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-06-23
THE WEST VIRGINIA ARGUS
Published eveiy FridGy by
GEORGE PURCELL,
AT KIEGwooD, PRESTON ooUGTY, W. VA
Observation-Disclosures:

To residents Of this co,mty-One Year
$3.50: six months, 20; four months, 90
cents.
10 lO1-residoHtS Uf the c0JDtf51-One year,
81, 1,65-the 10 cents extra beng charged
To pr spay postaEe;- six months, 50 cents.
ehrI @ months, GO cents.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Boiled Down from Last Nights Dispatched

The steamer Gallia took out s2,35O, 900 in
gold from New York yesterday.
The Mayor of Vienna has been acquitted
of neglect of duty in the Ring Theater fire.
Forts Fetterman and Sanders, Wyoming,
have been abandoned. The garrisons go to
Fort Russell, Cheyenne.
The bark Pervenche, from Mobile for st.
Louis, Senegal, has been wrecked off that
port. The cargo was lost.
The English House of Commons will ad.
iourn to allow its members to attend the
funeral of Lord Cavendish.
A vessel will leave San Francisco next
month, in charge of Lieutenant Joseph S.
Powell, for the relief of the Point Barrow
expedition.
Mrs Scoville has arrived at Chicago from
New Y ork, and is the guest OF friends on the
South Side. She is arranging lecture tour
throughout the West.
At Charleston, S. c., all the election cases
on the docket will be continued to the No
vember term. Judge Bond granted new
trial to the managers of the election in the
Acton precinct.
Chalmers of Mississippi, recently ousted
from Congress, publishes an address to his
constituents, bolting the Lamar Democracy
of Mississippi aud declaring himself an inde.
pendent candidate for Congress.
At New York yesterday number of Rus
sian refugees cruelty beat Adolf Beinbum,
Superintendent Of the Hebrew immigration
Aid Society, for refusing them large sums Of
money with which to begin business.
The iron. n.workers at the Cleveland (O.)
rolling works struck Tuesday night for an sd.
vance of IA to % per cent. The company
rof,, ho
mills shut down. The company are in good
condition to stop.
earthed an illicit still at Union City, Pa, on
the farm of Ezra and Richard Steward. OF.
fcers had searched the place thoroughly with.
out success, when the owners confessed and
disclosed the machinery,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
SANITARY PLUMBING.

1t has been well ascertained that great
deal of sickness is caused by the introduc-
ton of sewer gas into houses through de-
fective plumbing. All forms of malarious
diseases are thus disseminated, and as the
poisonous gas possesses no odor, the major
ity of householders fall into the mistake
of supposing that where there is no per-
ceptible bad smell there can be no danger.
No doubt sewer gas is liable to be present
where a strong smell of drains is percep-
tible, but it is also liable to be present
when there is no smell of any kind. As
to what constitutes sanitary plumbing, it
takes an expert to determine, and there.
fore it has been decided by several munich
palities that the safety Of the community
requires this subject to be placed in charge
of special organization, having power to
supervise the plumbing in all private build
ings. DR.. Tyrrel, of this city, in his an
nual address before the Medical Society OF
California, strongly recommended the adop-
tion of this plan here, suggesting that the
work of inspection should be done under
the direction of the State Board of Health.
In Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia, such a law as DR.. Tyr
rel proposes has been enacted, and with
practical good results. OF course in towns
L - .1aka atx,
destitute of sewerage system, but little
can be done to prevent the dissemination
of sewer gas by the pipes connecting the
houses with cesspools. In those cities ex.
perience, in the form of high death rates
and a low average of health, will appa-
rently be needed to convince the too con-
servative public that there is really some
thing in sanitary science.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
NOT A MURDER.

When the sudden death of Maggie Nor.
gan, near Salinas, was first announced, and
it was stated that she was believed to have
been murdered by some unknown person
or persons, we expressed the opinion that
her death was natural, that it was case
of cerebral apoplexy, and that crime had
nothing to do with it. Probably the Gu
rious circumstance that two local hysicians
favored the murder hypothesis, prevented
the public from dismissiDg that idea, and
as two Cinnamon had been within five
hundred yards of where the girl died, at
the time of her death some people jumped
to the conclusion that they were the mur.
derers. They were consequently arrested,
and now one of them has been examined,
and as result discharged from custody.
No evidence was advanced iustifying the
belief that any crime had been committed,
and all the testimony went to strengthen
the view that death had been caused by a
lesion in the brain. We have no doubt
that this is the correct view Of the case.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
THE NEW IRISH SECRETARY.

Mr.. Otto Trevelyan, the new Chief
Secretary for Ireland, is an industrious
member of Parliament, a man of liberal
principles, and an author of considerable
merit. He is a nephew of Macaulay, and
in his "Life and Letters of Lord Ma
caulay" he showed that he possessed not
little of his great uncle's literary talent,
for he succeeded in producing one of the
most charming biographies in the English
language. In the House of Commons he
has always acted with the advanced Lib.
erals. This is not the first time he has
held office under the Gladstone Govern.
ment and he has proved himself man of
clear Judgment and practical good sense.
1t is said that his appointment is com.
pletely satisfactory to the Parnellites, and
that they hope much from it, though it is
now understood that Gladstone, in appoint
ing Earl Spencer Lord Lieutenant, in.
tended to take much more personal in
terest in Irish affairs than Premiers have
ever done before, Lord Spencer being an
intimate friend of his own, and being
prepared to let himself be guided in all
things by his political chief. Under this
arrangement the office of Chief Secretary
promises to be much less important than
heretofore, though man of Trevelyan's
ability is certain not to be content with a
negative position, and will no doubt make
himself felt, even though he has not a seat
in the Cabinet,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

present surplus of $50. .0oO. 900, and they
naturally demand relief from taxation.
They are rapidly coming to a perception
of the inequities of the tariff, and there
fore they desire that the relief shall be
given in that direction. Congress, how
ever, in response to popular demands, has
Topped off some $40, 900, 600 from the inter
nal revenue taxes, and instead of revising
the tariff, has now appointed Commits
sion, the main purpose of which every one
understands to be the postponement of
tariff reform. 1t devolved upon the Re-
publican party to take the initiative IN
reducing the burdens of taxation. 1t
should have given the country an earnest
of its purpose during the present session
of Congress. This it has failed to do, and
instead, has adopted plan which Is noto-
riously favored by the Proteetionists, and
bv all the interests which are bleeding the
people through the tariff. We do not
believe that the Western communities,
which are at present the most alive to the
Importance of this question, will accept
the Tariff Commission as sufficient COM
pliance with their requirements. We be.
lieve that they will strongly resent the
action of Congress, and particularly of the
Republicans in Congress, and that the
November elections will clearly indicate
their want of confidence in the dominant
party.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
GENERAL NOTES.

1t has been decided by the Executive
Committee of the Grand Lodge /. o. G. T.
of Washington Territory and British &c.
lumbia to hold the next annual session OF
the Grand Lodge at Goldendale on June
9th.
1t is related that one Of the jury which
recently found man guilty of murder in
Illinois has since asserted that he was
forced into signing the verdict by having a
sick child at home and wishing to return
to it quickly. He has quickened con-
science now and is very penitent, as he
claims that he was in favor of sending the
accused man to the State Prison.
Louis Bosch, aged l3, rose in Taunton,
Mass, Court, while George Whitwell was
ON trial for assault on woman, and, with
tears streaming down his cheeks, declared
himself the real criminal. He had been
hired to knock to knock the woman down
in the dark, and did it brutally but his
conscience would not let him see an inno.
cent man convicted.
A Door laborer, near Wabash, Ind. +,
whose wife and children had been two days
without food, went to mill in the neigh.
borhood and asked credit for small sack
of corn.meal. This was refused. He
grabbed the bag and ran. On arriving at
home, he hastily mixed some of the raw
meal with water, and the family ate it un-
cooked, knowing that no time was to be
lost. They had barely satisfied their
hunger before constable came in and
arrested the thief.
The rapid and enormous growth of the
American railway system is factor in the
development of our social and political
organism, and in all that goes to make up
our national character and life, of greater
Importance than all other factors com.
bined. 1t has done more to effect the
political soliditary of the American people
than all the political agitation and domes.
tic and foreign wars, and struggles be.
tween Unionists and secessionists, and con.
troversies among politicians and parties,
that have appeared on this continent since
the first European landed on it's shore
[Chicago Times.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
SACRAMENTO "RECoRD-UNIoN. !

tSan Francisco Spirit Of the TimeJ
This splendid daily newspaper comes to us greatly
enlarged, but only improved in appearance, for so
lar as its editorial conduct concerned there was
no room for improvement. It is in our Judgment
the most aby-edited paper in the State, and is an
honor to the city in which it is published. The die
on OF its articles is Of the purest character, and
would grace the pages of the most carefully com.
piled volume. There is polish in its phraseolopy
seldom met with in the columns Of newspaper civ.
ing evidence Of deep reading, retentive memory
and capsbility to indite, that merits lust the suc
cess which has marked the progress Of the paper in
question. We have always cortended, and do still.
that a newspaper is neither better nor worse than
the community in which it is published. and /,
argues well for the intelligence, culture and sound
discrimination Of the people Of Sacramento that
they have contributed in SO marked degree to the
well.deserved prominence in journalism reached by
the RBCoRD-USIos 1t is what it purports TO he
thorough newspaper in every department we
think we are at liberty to say in that connection tina,
William II. Mills, General Manager, and George F.
Parsons, Editor-in- Chief, have combined to make
the REooRD-UYIos the leading news journal Of the
Pacific coast, the impress OF both being evident
in its entire conduct We feel that a paper
which is edited and managed as is the RECORD.
UNION is an honor to journalism everywhere. We
congratulate those interested in it. and particuarv
the people of Sacramento on its progress and pros
perity.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
HARDLY TIE THING.

A Washington special gravely observes :
Naval officers are almost unanimous in
4" the opinion that 1t is time now for the
Government to stop requiring naval Off
g. GERS to go to the North Pole on these
expeditions. If that is the case, Amer
lean naval officers must have degenerated
very greatly, and must be very different
from naval officers in other parts OF the
world. Elsewhere, whenever volunteers
are called for for such expeditions, the
only difficulty is to make selection from
the number who come forward with the
most eager emulation, and those who are
left never fail to envy their more fortunate
comrades. Perhaps the naval officers who
have become accustomed to shore life at
Washington would feel themselves equally
"put upon" if the Government should
find it necessary to request their services
in repelling a foreign enemy. Certainly if
the spirit Tor want Of spirit indicated by
the dispatch we have quoted has really
taken possession of them, they have no
reason to feel proud of the unanimity "
of their desire to escape service of equal
danger and honor.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
SECOND EDITION.

A second edition OF the REooED-UsioS is issued
each day at 9 P " bringing the Eastern and coast
news up to thA. hour. By this arrangement the
RECORD UNION will present the latest news obtain
shle at all points east and north Of Sacramento.
The regular morning edition Of the RECORD Usros
is carried by morning trains, and is ahead Of all
competitors as far north Chico, on the California
and Oregon Railroad west to Benieis, and south to
Stockton, and east to ColiAx, Folsom and Placer
yle ard all intermediate places. The second edition
matter viii be found each day upon the third page.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
ONE CONVICTED.

Curtis, second mate of the Gatherer, has
been found guilty on six separate charges
of beating and wounding members of the
crew. The Court may infict thirty years
imprisonment upon the ruffian under this
verdict, and we hope that it will give him
the full penalty allowed by the law. For
unless something is done to protect sea-
men from his class of sea.bullies, in a
short time the American flag will be driven
from the ocean altogether by the imposai-
bility of procuring crews Of any kind for
vessels carving those colors,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
MARR RIEn

Sacramento, May 9-By Rev. Carroll NJ Davis, John
Perret 10 Mary Kneis, both of Sacramento
Bowling Green, Pike county, Missouri, April 20-J.
NJ Becher. OF Costumes, Sacramento county 10
Lena Cash, Of Bowling Green.
San Francisco-willism H. Courtney to Elizabeth
Magee.
Simmons
San Francisco, April 25 Patrick J. Keegan to Mary
Z. Kelly.
San Francisco, May 8-Rudolph sainsot to yictorine
Thezard.
San Francisco, May s. Theodore stauck to Mary E.
White.
San Francisco May Aaron Wash to Henriette
Silberstein.
San Francisco May s-Rudolph W. Lemme to Alice
N. McPike.
San Francisco, May 1--Guiseppe Prave to Conchita
Contreras.
Newman.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

AN IMPORTANT SUBJEcT.-It seems i'm.
possible to arouse people to the Importance
Of ventilation and cleanliness. Houses are
building on every hand with no shadow of
provision for supplying the air, which is
almost as needful as food. Churches are gen.
orally just as bad, only larger. Public halls
become sitting when occupied by large au.
diences for an hour or two. The galleries
of theaters are positively offensive to the
smell, and suffocating to the lungs. As the
result of this carelessness people have head
ache, dulled powers of though and general
drowsiness they often take cold, and
many victim can trace a serious illness to
an evening spent in one of these places.
TDr. Bird,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

ONE Of the latest advertising dodges is that Of
merchants who announce that fac simile OF the
bullet Mason shot at Gniteau be had at their
stores by purchasers of their goods. They publish
a certificate by Warden Croker that when the bull
let hit the wall 1t fattened out into correct +
profile likeness Of Guteau, and from that the cast
ings advertised were made. 1t is an even thing as
to who is most foolish, Croeker and the merchants
or the purchasers Of the wonderful formation"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
THE TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.

The Tariff Commission bill has passed
the Senate, and no doubt will receive the
signature Of the President. The vote bv
which it passed in the Senate shows how
far that body is from understanding the
bent of public opinion upon national
finances. The people see that there is a
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
SIMPLY A PACT.
San Diego Union.l

ISan Diego UnloD.J
The SACRAMENTO RECORD UNION has been enlarged
to nine-column paper. The enlargement is due to
an increased advertising patronage, and Is made
necessary to keep up the due proportion Of reading
matter. 1t is simply stating fact to say that the
RECORD UNION is by long odds the ablest journal on
the Pacific coast. And it has very few superiors in
any part of the country. While we frequently differ
with it in opinion, it gives US sincere pleasure to
note the it has earned by genuine merit as
newspaper.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

IT begins to look as il no movement can be made
towzrt. aiding justscs TO reap reward for con-
victing tie assassin OF the President without some
Of the Scoville family posing for attention. The
latest pose is OF Scovile, who tragically points to
his wife and cries, She's crazy, and is sister 10
Cuiteau"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

THE London Lancet makes these questionable as
sertions: q There appearances Of the eyes
worthy Of moments serious notice in the diagnosis
Of insanity. The wildness unnatural brightness,
restlessness dullness,' vacancy etc., SO fire.
quently mentioned in .certihcates OF insanity are
utterly groundess as evidences Of mental unsound-
ness" 1t is added that there is incomparably more
restlessness vacuity and the like in the eyes Of the
SINE than in those OF the insane"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
F. r | z E s
To be awarded for Games, ETC.,

10 De aWarueu IOr GaiAes, etc.,
At sarsfield Guard Picnic, Sunday, May Ii.
Oldest Married Couple-Handsome Castor, by the
Company.
Largest Family present-Set Of Decorated China "a
pieces) by the Company.
Prettiest Young Lady from the city-Beautiful Per-
fume Case, by the Company
Homeliest Man prcsent-Box (5o) Cigars, by Ser
geant P. Flaherty.
Fat Mems Race-Handsome Clock, by the Company
Young Ladies' Race Q5 to 2o)-Elegant Ladys Hat,
by Mrs. p. A. Callihan.
Girls Race under 15-Frst prize. costly set Of Coral
Jewelry, by William B. Miller second prize, box
Candy; third prize, box Candy, by H. Fisher.
Youngest Married Couple present - Fine Silver
Pickle Dish.
Boys Race (running)-Two boxes Candy, by W. F.
Peterson.
Married Ladies' Race-Engraved Silver Card Re.
Ceiver, by the Company.
Oldest Married Lady Present-Half dozen Plants, in
pots, by F. Kuuz.
ag Persons to obtain prizes must produce tickets
Of admission. mll-2tThS
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

W. J. LoFTIE, an English art author, is out with .
plea for good pictures in the nursery and the school,
room. he says, and most truly, that children study
such things more than some people suppose. 1t
certainly can do no harm to place before children II,
the school-room examples Of good art Either thst
or none at ALL When a child is taught music, says
Lofte, one does not let the piano get out OF tune
and 1t is just necessary in educating the taste for
color and design to keep the objects in tune with
tha haat
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

Dr.. BIRD of Oregon, in recent paper before
ssate medical society, made the startling an
nounccment that nearly quite one-half of the
million annual deaths in the United States are
caused by yitated air, and are therefore prevents.
BILE. Open the windows wide, and reduce the doc.
knr,s hill
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

THE Journal Of Commerce rubs its eyes and says
it may be true in part that San Franciscos progress
is too slow, and that it has been having partial
sleep OF late. The surprise is that the Journal
didn't make this discovery long ago. and cry out for
the new blood, new business systems, ETC., it now
inyokes
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

What in the world is the matter with our war
ships Every now and then there comes report OF
some accident occurring to them"- Vallejo Chron.
icle. How did you hear Of the accidents? Didn't
know we had any war ships for anything 10 happen
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

The Tuscarora TimeS-Reuiete remarks "since
the recent strikes confidence has been restored in
our camp. Some Of our business men have gone so
far as to wash their windows and remove their old
hats and renew the broken panes of glass" Well
Well That town Is booming, truly.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11
TELEGRaPHIC.

Further Terrible Cyclones-Army Of Ten.
nessee ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by Fire
Lord Cayendish and the Army Of the
POtomac-Ex-GoyernOr Washburne by.
ing-The Pennsylvania Republicans -
Special Session of the Nebraska Legisla.
Iure-Etc.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-11

BEFORE February lst the charters Of 592 national
banks will expire The DOUBT as to their renewal,
say financial journals creates uneasness, as the
sudden withdrawal Of securities representing $780,.
900 600 Of currency might preeipitate a crisis.