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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-03-18

CHEYENNE, w. T., is said to
have seven churches; its saloons re-
duced from one hundred to twenty
and it's only theatre closed for want
of patronage. Westward the star of
reform takes its way.
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GALL THE ILLS THAT FLESH IS
HEIR TO, "-Arising from impurity
of the blood, torpid liver, irregular
bowels, disordered kidneys, etc, can
be safely and speedily cured by Bur-
dock Blood Bitters. Price $l.00
For sale by E, &. Williams, q Bro,
druggists.
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MASON, who shot at Guiteau, has
been found guilty, and sentenced to
dismissal from the army without
pay and to be confined to the Albany
penitentiary at hard labor for eight
years.
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Pope LEO continues to show his
capacity to cope with the King of
Italy and his most sagacious minis
tiers.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 10 1882.

THE Gar does not disagree with
Skobeloff's sentiments, but cautions
him to be more discreet in future.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-03-18

THE President on Monday nom
mated Hon. Judge Blatchford, of
New York. to be Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, and J. Russell
Young Minister to China.
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OUR Wheeling letter failed to
reach us this week. The legislature
is working hard to get through by
April, and a great many bills are
being passed. House bill 324, amend.
ing the charter of Martinsburg, was
returned from the Senate as amend
ed, and disagreed to 10y the House.
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SENATOR BBN HILL has aban-
doned all hope of recovery. lie has
had four surgical operations per-
formed, without permanent relief
There seems TO be no hope for him.
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A GREAT deal of excitement and
more quiet solicitude has been
created among married people in
Wisconsin, because ministers of
churches have not complied with
the law which eDjoins upon them to
register as soon as they are ordained.
A failure to do this depIives the
marriage contract which they draw
up in he shape OF certificate of its
legality. Such clergymen have no
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A dispa,c1 was received in
Was lins t IN, Wedne d " from Mr.
Joe. r. Richards, of Chicago, stat
ing that petition for the pardon
OF Mason, containing the gna
lures of over one hundred thou
sand persons, had been made TO
the President, and was on its way
to that city.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-03-18

A VERY lively dispute is going on
among the Eastern journals as to
why so many people do not attend
church. The majority seem to think
it is because attendance costs too
much, a few incline to the belief
that it is because the entertainment
is too monotonous, but we guess the
principal reason people don't go is
because they don't want to.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-03-18

THE anti-polygamy bill has passed
both houses of Congress, and the in
dications are that the Mormons
must go.
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Go to J. l. w. BAKER, for Mrs.
Ereemdn'S NeW National Dyes
For brightness and durability of
color, are unequdled. Color from
2 TO 5 pounds. Directions in En-
glish aud German Price ID cents.
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The necessity of great improve
ments on the Mississippi river is be-
coming daily greater. The amount
of expenditure required for this pur.
pose is evidently much greater than
any State through which it passes
can reasonably bear. Neither is there
, any good reason why State should
be called upon to bear the expenses
of such Improvements as are neces-
sary to this national water way. The
recent overflow has caused more loss
to the nation than Congress, in its
J most liberal mood, can be expected
to equal by way of appropriations
for preservation in many years to
come. The frequent breaking of
levees are attended with greater
damage than is usually appreciated
in places remote from the scene of
f. disaster, and calls loudly for preven-
tion by all reasonable means. What
ever amount may be appropriated for
the improvement of the Mississippi
is not lost if honestly applied.
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DIED..

HS- Halt rates-fUe cents per t0ae-for Obituary No
tees beyond the usual announcement.
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WE devote considerable space in
this issue to the publication of an
interview with Senators Davis and
Camden in regard to the mineral and
other resources of West Virginia
and the best means for their devel
opment. The interviews have
brought out a vast amount of in
formation and solid facts. 1t will
repay careful perusal and study.
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Situated one mile from the corporate
limits OF Martinsburg, adjoining the lards
of A. j. Thomas VIM Stewart ana J.
l.. Viewers heirs, containing about
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that tract of land known as the
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novl2.5p.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Burial of Suicides.

Novelists of the blood-and-thunder
school have lost a point through the
passage of the British House of Com
mons of a very sensible bill engineered
by Viscount Ebrington, the n,c.Aber for
Tiverton, which forbids the burial of
suicides at the crossing of four roads
with stake driven through the body,
according to an old custom. Under the
new statute the bodies of suicides are
allowed to be buried in consecrated
ground, but at night, and no service is
to be read over the remains. 1T may not
be generally known" says the New York
World. ''that the new penal code of the
state, which takes effect December l,
makes every Intellectual attempt NJ sui
eide felony. 1t remains to be seen
whether the new provision will tend to
deter persons from attempting to COIN
init suicide, or dRpy make them more
careful to select ~ E1ethods. A siIni-
lar provision in tho English Law has
certainly not diminished the number Of
such ofiensae.'
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.

State Treasurer kittleson has purchased
S2+9OOO OF Minnesota 4 l-2 per cent. bonds as
fund. ''e'' sc''oo'
1t has just become known publicly ,ha+
when Bachelors circus was at Austin Ar.
= IN aged resident Of that city was fooiesi
o"t OF $1,000 by threecard monte men con
nated with the circus He borrowa6 H.,
money ut the bank, and has since securad
INC "eot BY mortgage on his farm. The
!nan VINO luretl him claimed to be the
Judge OF probate court Of Rochester. N;,'n
anu a1ser the loss promised to emit the loser
= =, "ran Tor the amount in a few days. The
olu man has ever since bsen waiting patient
~ tor the remittance He has noi heart,
from it ye. '' "'"'"
>: r. H'ln'an, q astenograph.r, w.ll-known
III TINS state, died at Greenwood New York
rhe state game law. So fur US it relates to
shooting chickens, is wholly disregar,1ed
this year
On Monday last u Telegram, WAS Received
announcing the dangerous illness of Mr.
.nartes t. Furness. son-in-law of Hon.
Alex. Ramsey, Mt Newport, 4. l. In re.
sponse to this alarming telegram Mrs, Frm-
ness le1t Immediately tor Newport. Since
mat time no news has been received to con.
urn urn the apprehensions inspired by this in
Vnlte serious accident occurred ON the
1arm Of Hon. VIM. Fowler about two miles
from Newport, Washington county. ltap-
pears that Mr.. Culver and little bow about
seven years OF age were underneath a gran
ary elevated Oh blocks, into which grain
was being discharged at the time when the
Eranarv broke down. crushing the boy to
MIR. Culver is Il man Of family
last Saturday the Central hotel at Bird
island was burned There was an Insurance
~ S1,20O on the bnilding The contents
were removed.
burglars entered lloultons stor. ut Elk
River Friday night and blew open the safe,
securing about 500, 500 Of which belonged
to a. ID. Orwig Toledo, (Ohio) school
teacner: tic placed the money in the safe
JUST before the store was closed. The lob
was decidedly unprofessional The thieves
lett some tools, but no clue to their identity
The large stave factory and mill at
Avon, belonging to Clarke t. Waite Of y,
Cloud; Was burned Friday morning, toscth-
q with large amour: Of manufactured
material IN the building. No Insurance.
The cause ofth fire is unkn"wn.
An old gentleman living in the south par,
OF Aurdal, named John Johnson
Anne, Sr., about eight miles from This
city, met his death Monlay very suddenly
by havin" his leg cut entirely Off at the
knee :, u harvesting machine, from which
ie Died to death in less lilall fifteen minutes
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
BARBARITIES OF WAR.
The Destructiveness OF Our Arnnies
lncreastng-vfctOrs Who Spare
NOthinR

The Destructiveness OF Our Arn,ies
Increastng-vfctOrs Who Spare
Nothing.
Gentlemans Magazine
The history Of bombarding towns af-
fords an instance Of actual deterioration
in the usages of modern warfare. Reg
ular or simple bombardment, that is of a
town indiscriminately, and not merely
OF its fortresses, has now become the es-
tablisled practice. Yet what did Vat
tel say in the middle of the last century,
"At present We generally content our
selves with battering the ramparts and
defenses of a place. To destroy town
with bombs and red-hot balls Is an ex-
tremity to which we do not proceed
without coeemt reasons" .'N1 What said
must be directed simply: 1t the
defenses and batteries of a place, and
not against the houses" Then let us re-
member the, English bombardment Of
Copenhagen in 1907, when the cathedral
ed; the German bembardment Of Stras-
burg in 1870, where rifed mortars were
used for the first time, and the famous
library and picture gallery destroyed;
and the German bomtardment of Paris,
about which, strangely enough, even the
military conscience of the Germans was
struck; 90 that in the highest circles
doubts about the propriety Of such II
proceeding at one time prevailed from Il
moral no less than military
point of view. With. respect
gain to sacred or public buildings,
warfare tends to become increasingly
destructive. 1t was the rule in Greek
warfare to spare sacred buildings; and
the Romans frequently spared sacred
and other buildings, as Marcellus, for in
stance, atSyracnse. Yet when the French
ravaged the Palatinate in 1869, they not
only set fire to the cathedrals, but sacked
the tombs of the ancient emperors at
Spiers. Frederick II. destroyed the
finest buildings at Dresden and Prague.
In 1914 the English forces destroyed the
capitol at Washington, the Presidents
house and other public build
ings; and in 1915 the
Prussion general, Blucher, was with diff
ficulty restrained from blowing up the
bridge of Jena at Paris and the pillar of
Austerlitz, There is always the excuse
of reprisals or accident. Yet Vattal had
said lin language but which repeated the
language Of Polybius and Cicero:) 1--WE
ought to spare those edifices which do
honor to human society, and do not con-
tribute to the enemy's strength, such as
temples, tombs, public buildings: and all
works of remarkable beauty.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Bllr(lette's SOlO,nOniSlals,
Frem the Burlington Hawkeyc.

frem the Burlington Hawkeyc.
My sou, when you hear man growl-
ing and scolding because Moody gets
500 week for preaching Christianity,
you will perceive that he never worries
minute because Ingersol gets 5000
night for preaching atheism. You will
observe that the man who is unutterably
shocked because Francis Murphy gets
$150 week for temperance work seems
to think it is all right when the barkeep-
er takes in twice so much money in
single day. The laborer is worthy of
his hire, my boy, and he is just as wor-
thy Of it in the pulpit as he is upon the
stump. Is the man who is honestly
trying to save your immortal soul
worth less than the man who is only
trying his level best to go to congress?
gersoll? Isn't John 3. Gough as much the
friend of humanity and society as the
bartender? DO yo,l want to get all the
good in the world for nothing, so that
you may he able to pay high price for
the bad? Remember, my boy, the good
things in this world are always the cheap
est. Spring watercosts less than whiskey;
4 box Of cigars will buy two or three
Bibles; gallon Of old brandy costs more
than 4 barrel Of flour; a full hand" ut
poker often costs q man more in twenty
minutes than his church subscription
amounts to III three years; state elec-
ton cost more than Il revival Of religion;
every SUNDAY morning Tor
nothing, if you're mean enough to dead
beat your lodging in that way, but nap
in i Pullman car costs you two dollars
every time; fifty cents for the circus AMI
{. penny for the little ones to put in the
missionary box one dollar for the thea
ter and 4 pair of old trousers. frayed at
the ends, baggy rs to the knees and ut
terly bursted rs to the dome, for .thc
Michigan sufferers; the dancing lady who
tries to wear the skirt of her dress under
her arms and the waist around her
knees and kicks her slipper clear over
the orchestra chair every night gets
SD0a year; the horse race scoops 1900
the first day and the church
fair lasts Il week, works twenty
America nearly to death, and comes
ont $40 in debt-why, my boy, if you
ever find yourself sneering or soothing
because once in q while you hear of q
preacher getting living, or even lux
urfons salary, or q temperance worker
making money, go ont in the dark and
feel ashamed Of yourself, and if you
don't feel above kicking a mean man
kick yourself. Precious little does re-
ligion and charity cost of the old world,
my boy, and when the money it does
get is flung into its face, like bone 10 a
dog, the donor is not benefited by the
gift. and the receiver is not, and GER
tainly should not, be grateful. 1t is
insulted.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Personal <eM>t I,I3,)e1.sc,,ul.

A telegram was received by Con. Terry
from the secretary Of war announcing that
Private Alexander H. Dugan, of the signal
CORPS has deserted from the station at Bill
lings, NJ. r., after disabling the instruments
and doing considerable damage to the telc-
graph line, and authorizing the payment of
reward of 500 for his apprehension and
delivery at any military station.
Rev. George W. Musgrove, one Of the
most eminent divines Of the Presbyterian
church. died in Philadelphia recently.
Capt. b. +. Rittenhonst (retiret}) has heen
detailed to act as treasurer ut the Soldiers
Home, vice Capt. Stevenson, resigned.
DR.. Woodward, one of the physicians of
the late President Garfield is reported TO be
hopelessly i'll in Italy.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

in an oriental country.

the terrors of the fate of rebellious snb;ects
in an oriental country.
The Canadian Pacific railroad track is still
being laid toward the Rocky mountains at
the rate Of three miles per day. The north
ern Pacific people are also tearing up the
gravel on the upper Yellowstone, and will
reach the mountains by autumn.
NJ. Saint Paul has offered the French
Academy Of medicine sum of 5000 to
found prize for the discovery Of a cure for
diphtheria, the competition to be open to
the world, an not confined to the metlica
profession.
England still insists that Turkish troops
shall not be landed in Egypt until her terms
shall have been complied with by the porte.
A number Of white horses being trained
at Copenhagen for use at the coronation of
the car were killed by supposed nihilists.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

most Worth]ess, and tho result was /
widespread demoralixation. As late
even - the summer of 1862, confederate
currency was taken at par in the settle-
ment of antebellum debts. A dollar in
gold in the broker'e Office in July 1862.
commanded dollar and twenty cents
in currency. Soon thereafter it was rat-
ed at from fifteen to twenty for one, and
from that time it continued speedily to
decline, until the spring of 1868, when
congress put the finishing stroke to its
value by the passago OF an act authoriz-
ing tho government to issue fifty millions
Of dollars . month in paper without
pledging any tangible guarantee whatev-
er for its redemption. The next meas
ure proposed was to fund the whole
floating debt and issue new currency
on 2 eounder basis, but, ~ we all know,
to strengthen the public credit.
These were tho days in which We ap-
proximated to the truth of the statement
made by witty statesman of Richmond,
when he said: 81 60 to market now
with my hand in my basket and bring
nv dinner home in my pocket" Alas,
the words we're 60 nearly true as to bA
for US then q sorry joke, but We laughed
oil the same, laughter being about tht
only known remedy left for us for keep
ing up our flesh. Every body was bawl-
ing in those days ex-necessitate, and if
there appeared here and there linger-
ing trace of corpulency, am safe in de-
claring that to pea soup, badwlisky and
sorghum tie praise alone was due Pea
soup was to the hou sekeeper what black
alpaca was to the "young lady Of
fashion"-it did for everything. The
next act Of congress was the famous con.
scriptiOn act, which was fraught with
important and good results. marked
the period when ladies were first ap-
pointed in the departments. Employ
ment was thus given to hundreds Of Ia
dies, many Of them refugees, who no
longer had the means of support, and
hundreds of men hitherto in government
employ were thus liberated and sent to
the field. where there was sore need for
them in our depleted ranks. IL: the
treasury department alone hdnd:eds Of
ladies' were appointed, ard the
fifty millions month, when called for
by Congress, was made in jitfy. Inthc
war department examinations were heh
as preliminaries for appointment, of
which the most absurd stories were told;
but it matteHd not, but everybody got
appointments. There was plenty of
money, such az it was, to pay everybody,
and if there was any deficit why nothing
was easier than to make up more in. the
morning. -.
The prices now demanded for food
were fabulous, and the rations issued
to the army became both in quantity :,
and quality 50 reduced as to OCCASION
great suffering. As an example Of
prices charged for ordinary food, T.
append private bill rendered for a
lunch served to three persons in restau-,
rant in .Jannarv. 1872.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

The commissioner Of internal revenue il
having no difficulty this season in collecting
sioner's decision last summer vas the co1-
lection OF about $3.50, 600 in bank taxes
which the bankers have charged to the In
ternational bank Of Chicago, who oyerlid
the thing and brought on the Investigation
and the new ruling. Most Of the 100 Der
cent. penalties were abatetl, since it did not
appear in the majority Of the cases that
there was q Wiltul Justification Of returns
ont in the case Of the International the ST..
'"o Tor each false return was imposed.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
lie was Willing to compromise.

Among the northern men who
went down to General McDowell's
headquarters shortly before the bat
tie of Bull Run ''just to see the fun
was Mr.. Kennedy Marshall, of But
ler, Penn, then member of the Penn
sylvania, legislature, and one OF his
rmemlniscences re of the stampede and wild
hight to the north after the defeat relates
to the late Judge cGuffin, of Newcastle
He had been one of the 'On to Rich
mond' crowd" says Mr.. Marshall, "had
come down to stifen up the presidents
spine, and was loud in advocating Wig
orous prosecution of the war; He was
large man and wore a long linen dust
er. When the rush to the rear began
he ran with the rest. He was fat, and
as the crowd gradually swept past him
he at last began to think the rebels must
be almost within grasp Of his flying
duster-tailg. Blind with sweat and dust
he tripped on a log and fell fiat on his
stomach, or as fiat as he could fall on
such a round stomach. A xouave. who
was hard at his heels, came down with
emphasis on the top. Mr.. MoGuffin was
certain that the Philistines were upon
him, and with weak endeavor to roll
his eyes around, that he might see his
foeman's face, exclaimed: Great God,
prOmised?'"
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
IOrne and Louise
Information has been received in

Information has been received in Wash
ington Of q contemplated trip through the
United States by the Marquis of Iorne
and Princess Louise and their suite. The
distinguished party do not intend q visit to
this country but will pass through en- route
to British Columbia. They will cross the
line at Detroit, going thence to Chicago and
Omaha by the Pacific railway to San Fran
provide for the transfers. Of the baggage and
their personal travelling effects through the
Tinted States
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Lively Times at Canonchet.

F. d. Moulton, purchaser of the Canon
cllet estate, was repulsed from the property
Friday by ex-Gov. Spraguc. Saturday Trus-
tee Chafee with his lawyer went down to put
Moulton in possession and found the place
occupied by men hired and armed by
Sprague. An anomalous flag was flying on
the house, and armed men on the roof, on
the lawn, at the various entrances. After
an interview with Sprague's boy, who said
their entrance would be resisted by rifles,
gatling guns and mitrailleuses, Trustee
Chaffee decided to withdraw and give the
State of Rhode Island chance to enforce
the law.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
A clergy man in the country

A clergy man in the country had a
stranger to officiate for him one day,
and meeting his he adle afterward he
said to him, "Well, Dougall, how did
you like last SUNDAYS preaching?" "1t
was great deal 0wIe plain and simple
Tor me-" replied the Deadlc. II IKE SER
mons that tumble the judgment and con.
found the sense. Oh, sir, I never saw
one that could come up to yourself at
thakD
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
NUMBER: l.
HOW she LOVEs Hnr.

Oh, 1long 20 80 the love-leht
In your deep brown eyes % true:
And / long to bear your kotstep
Ere another evenings dew.
l long to hear that loving voice,
Sweet music to my ear,
And long TO preas those loving lip
That ere to me 20 dear.
long tosee my darling,
Twould make my heart 70 light.
And I wish that he were coming.
Coming home 70 me tonight.
Oh! love him 10 much better
Than ever did before;
I've wondered that thought twas love
In the happy days Of yore.
Woman Who 10 Laying Pipe for . New
Bonnet.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Young Lady Suicides at Lake Mime.
tOMka.

About, 3 o'clock Monday evening, the
daughter Of DR.. Walker, who is encampiny
with his family on Rock Island, near the
Hotel Harrow, entered a sl4ell row boat at
tached to the beach, with the intention, it
was thought at the time, of conveying her
self to the ordinary boat landing, only few
rods distant Not returning after a reason
able absence, some anxiety was felt, and
finally this anxiety decpcned into positive
alarm. Soon friends began to make efforts
to discover the young lady's whereabouts,
but in vain. Neither she nor the boat could
be found. The search was continued dur
ing the night. and Tuesday and
Wednesday, when her body was found, and
no doubts are entertained as to the manner
of her death. A brother Of Miss Walker
committed suicide at st. Louis about year
ago, and the fate of the brother may have
influenced the sister in her last sad dete:-
mination though there are hints Of lovers
quarrel ETC.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
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