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Middletown transcript., 1882-02-10
Town Lots for Sale

NOW OFFER AT PRIVATE -
/ Sale number of desirable and fnS3
nicely situated Town Lots on West ilIl "A
Green Street, Middletown, DEL, lllaI
also a very few choice lots on -
south Broad Street These lots are nearer
the business centre of the town of Middletown
than any other good lots in the market, and
will be sold on the most reasonable terms
ADply to f, r. COCHRAN,
jan1-tf Mtddletown
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-10

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs.-Two Dollars Year;
One Dollar for six Months payable in ad-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

Sine hIs r~,irsm,at from ,as
state Department, Mr.. BLAIHE has
been made ia, special object OF At.
tack by the Stalwar. newspapers Of
the country. They have charged
him with bad faith in his official &C
ton, and imputed to him the secret
design Of precipiteiiug the country
into a var with Chilli. These charges
have received a sort Of official stamp
Of Endorsement by the action Of the
President aud his new Secretary.
The death Of President GARFIELD
was not only the signal for the dis
trlbution among "the Old guard" OF
the prizes in "the lottery Of assas-
sinstion,' but it was also the begin
ming Of e studied and persistent
purpose to behttLe him and his ad-
ministration. JAMES G.. BLAINE,
from the sheer force OF circumstan-
ces, became in some svnss the rep
resentatiTe OF the murdered Preai-
dent; and tina, is Why be is being
houoded to death, that ID why the
batteries Of 1.-THE old guard" are
massed and concentrated upon him .
But, in getting his inst ructions to
Mr.. TREscoTT and his open letter to
the President before the
American people, Mr.. BLAINE may
be said to have carried the war into
Africa. AS the facte are brought
ou., it will be seen that his policy
and course throughout has been man
ly, able, dignifed, and thorouhLy
American in the beet meaning OF
the term. His ringing annuncia-
tion Of the doctrine that the United
States will not permit any European
power TO acquire a dangerous ad-
vantage On this continent, wiz st like
a responsive cord in every true Amer.
lean heart.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

IN speaking of the bill lust defeat
ed in the Legislature 10 prohibit
logging in the public schools, the
Vest Virgiaja Schoo! Journal saws:
States in which the w~hipping-post 10 a
legalized institution are regarded as less
civilized than those wherein logging, as a
method Cf punishment for o@fenges. is not
permitted. They are so regarded because
tue mora! sense Of any refined people is
shocked at the use of the lash, even when
employed upon criminals. If the moral
sense OF a community is shocked at the
uogging OF a hardened criminal who has,
perhaps, seriously wronged every member
OF society, how surprising It is that the
came community regards with Indifference
the whipping Of a tender child who has
violated the senseless regulation Of a ty-
rannical school master. If, for example.
a man who has robbed telling men and
women of their scanty savings vas "a be
publicly whipped the act would create q
sensation; yet, at the same time, a child in
tho school may be undergoing punishment
equally severe "for looking on the
book" for whispering" for "not keep.
ing in line" for "misspelling a word or,
for mot folding his armsl"
A teacher should remember that il ia D
serious matter 10 strike his fellow man.
He should also remember that it is d o
serious matter to strike a helpless child.
Corporal punishment ia our schools seens
to bo sanctioned by common law, and
many incompetent teachers, lacking the
okhl to govern their schools by better
means, resort to the rod in very trivial
cases. Take from teachers theright-ifit
be a right-te belabor children with a rod
q LEI them learn better methods or re
Sign; let them know that they shall not
restrain by force the innocent activities
OF childhood; let them be required to at
tend more TO tho work OF the teacher and
to shat OF tho executionef. Beware
OF him who hates the laugh of a Child; OF
him who ezamplIdes-
Blind Authority beating with his staff
The child that might hayo lC3 him
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

AN exhibition of swift punishment
was given in Nashville, Tenn, last
week. A farmer was robbed Of sew
eral hundred dollars in the morning;
the thief was apprehended at noon,
indicted by the grand jury, and at 3
o'clock in the afternoon had been
tried and convicted In the Criminal
Court and sentenced to five years In
the penitentiary. Such summary
punishment more frequently inflicted
would exercise a beneficial effect on
the criminally inclined.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10
nm WIN Nor MR. ~.

Mr.. HENRY WATTERsoN, who ia an
intimate Fersonsl aud political friend
o. Honorable SAMUEL J. TILrEv,
states through the LcLisvlle Co,tr
ia Jonrnal that Mr.. T1lDEN has no
idea Of being the neat President Of
the United State itha, His counselg
ana his furso are open TO his party ,
but that his person ho has reserved
to HE declining years, which he pro
poses to enjoy with his friends, his
books aad biz pictures, Of which he
is foud.' Then W. y not Ie, the OLD
mai enjoy his friends, bis books and
HE pictures in peace, aud at the
same time give the country a much
needed rest on this Presidential bu-
siness.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

JUDGE Cox has overrule1 the mo-
ton tor a new trial in the GUITEAU
case, aud sentenced the assassin TO
be hanged the Goth Of next June
The case will be reviewed by the
Court in banc, when the exceptions
aote1 in the trial and the question
Of jurisdiction will be passed. upon.
The rulings Of Judge Cox 10 the case
will doubtless be sustained by a full
bench Of the Court, 30 that the only
serious question likely to be brought
before the Court in banc in connec-
tion witt the GvIrEAU case, will be
ths question OF j1risdiotion The
faeta bearing upon this point were
ooncisely stated 10 the lest issue Of
TIE ARGUS.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

TEEEE is now at the Public Land.
ing in this city, aa7s the Cincinnati
GQzette, a steamboat Of large size.
built for The purpose Of developing a
new enterprise which, if s-uccesslul,
will add to the long list Of American
szporta5.e produce. The boat is
supplied With machinery ror TIE pur
pose Of grinding and oompressing
sanbark. She viii be run up The
Tennessee River, where bark is obtain.
sbls, There The bark Will be taken
on beard, ground, compressed and
packed in kegs or half barrels. and
in that shape skipped TO Europe
Bark jig nov brought 20 market ia
51'k and handled ST great crpsnse
sal c4nno, be shipped 10 Europe at
all. It 10 needed DO that country 90
sntbIs tsnuers TO compete with
American nanu s]ct1rers in tho pro-
Duct on ofleatber The comrressipg
Or c,ttca Lss greatly reduced The cost
of lrauspoI.ation and tito tlis pria-
pIs that is 10 be applied 90 thetso.
srr business.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

Two well-dressed boys, named
KAUFMAN and HUsCE, aged ii and
l3, armed with a revolver and two
knives, applied to a railroad en-
ploye at Jersey City, and desired to
know how far $8,49-all the money
they possessed-would carry them on
their way to the plains, where they
intended to exterminate the red
skins. They were taken in custody.
and their fathers in New York mott
fed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

one OF the "suspects h1p sent to
an Icish paper a description ollile in
KiImainhaim jail. The cells are 8
by Ia feet, and each contains a
small iron bedstead, a table, and a
clair, which are chained to the wall.
The political prisoners are reused at
1870, and are allowed TO walk about
IN a small graveled yard until break.
last time, between 8 and 8. During
the meal they are confined in their
cells. At 9. 80 they are again per
mitted 10 walk in the yard until l
o'clock, when they are again locked
up to eat their dinners. Then they
are let out again until 5 o'clock,
when they are locked in for the night
BY day a small window feebly mod
crates the gloom Of the cell and lights
are allowed from 5 to 9 in the even
ing. The Government supplies pria.
on fare only, but the suspects are not
forgotten by their friends. The
farmers, although they refuse any
longer TO allow the fox-hunting
gentry to ride at will over their
fields, do some hunting themselves.
The coverts of Col. BERNARD, Lord
Lieutenant Of Kings County and
Eatherogan plsins, were recently
both thoroughly hunted by such
large gatherings OF people that the
gsmekeepers were afraid to interfere.
The lord Of Mantua manor in the
latter region left his gates open to
the crowd, and this generosity caus-
ed them to refrain from going into
his coverts at all. The game taken
was sent to the suspects and their
families, Tue Christmas dinner Of
Miss REYNOLDS in Cork Jail is re-
ported to have been a piece Of beef
and four potatoes on a tin platter,
but the tedium OF her Imprisonment
has been beguled by serenades from
the city bands. The neighbors Of
imprisoned suspects are active in see
ing that their farm work is kept ar.
Hundreds OF men with carts and
horses recently ploughed the felds,
garnered the potatoes, and threshed
out the corn of Messsrs. O'REILLY,
Power, GLEINANE, TooLE, Con-
NAUdHToN, and NoU1LLY, some Of
whom are in Jail at Mas and others
at Galway. The Irish papers report
that, notwithstanding the patron
age Of So many noble lords, the Lord
Mayors fund in aid of the Property
Defence Association amounted, alter
five weeks effort, only to about GIO,-
OCJ. Meanwhile, Ireland, out other
poverty, has raised more than that
as a s~uatcntation fund for the us
pects.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

AFTER a struggle extending
through several weeks, q vote was
reached in the United States Senate
last Friday on the SHERMAN fundinp
bill, and 1t vas passed by the decig-
i've vote Of SO to Is. The aggregate
OF bonds to be issued under the act
is limited to 5000, 100000, bearing
interest at the rate of 3 per cent.
per annum, payable either quarterly
or semi-annually, and the subsorip-
tions to the bonds to be applied
solely in retiring bonds bearing 81
per cent. interest. 1t is provided
that none Of the bonds issued under
the SHERMAN act shall be called in
and paid 80 long as any bonds of the
Uuited States heretofore issued
bearing a higher rate O%finterest than
3 per cent, and which shall be re-
deemab!e at the pleasure Of the Uni
ted States, "shail be OUTSTANDING
and uncalLed."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10
oUGHrTO M NO

The New York Ti,June thinks
there ought to be no troubla in per-
suading Congress to repeal the Ar
a Of Pensions bill, whao the to.
tai 1t will require during the mex
twenty-five years is nearly d billion
and half. 1t ought TO be political
death for auy map TO vote to perpet-
uate a swindie Of such l3ammoth d..
m~ensions."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

JAMES H. WILSON The newly cleo
ted Senator from Iowa, 10 doscribsd
as above the medium size, with q
compact, square 6gsre solid neck
and square head, covered with hair.
nov quite gray. lie looks some
thing Ike a common soldier .n the
regular army, with an u|nspiritual
obedience 10 his lace, and a look or
q who had received hard knocks
and walked his pace with a musksl
many rainy night. He is a POM
Jar man on account Of bic democratic
manners rather than from any effort
10 please
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

1T was not till the middle OF the
afternoon Of Sunday that any explo-
ration was made of the Grove shaft,
in Chesterfield County, Virginia,
where the explosion occurred Last
Friday. 1t is of course certain that
all the imprisoned men are dead.
Twenty-seven Of them were married,
and n hundred aud eight children
ara orphans.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10
Boston philanthropists are trying

Boston philanthropists are trying
anew the plan Ct keeping men out Of
barrooms By enticing ihem into oof-
fee houses. They have opened what
they call a coffee palace, and Cover
nor Lone tremendously drank the
fret cup Of coffee. As an offset to
the rumgellegs seductive free lunches,
ell sorts Of temperance comforts for
the stomach are provided at extreme
~ low P%rices. A smoking room, a
billiard room, and rooms for reading
snd games considered innocent are
free to all wellbehaved men and
boys.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

II is said that many Of tho immor-
tai 3OG are a good deal disturbed BY
the brass med ais. They were anz-
ious for the people to forget their
support Of the third term blundsr.
and we're hoping that the offence
was slipping from the public mind.
The distribution Of the medals will
revive the whole businesg. they
will have to accept The Medals. and
pay for Jhom, and then the problem
will arise, What to do with lhem7
They are too heavy to be worn With
comfort, even it their owners we've
not ashamed to wear thea. They
might be- turned over to Mr.. PLArr
with permission for him to chuck
them at the heads Of a crazy press
and people when bis onetisns become
too deep Tor ~uttorance.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

I'd lrriua 80. ch r- .r seem. it
tas baisrc, in our ..yor ;n Euro
pean trade sbo1'1 De- cverthrowr.
our ormercia' ex ,h,ncs+ with Span
lsb America won 3 drain ~ OF our
reserve OF zoid coin ai arate exceed
ing Sio0OOO.OO0 Ter anrum, aud
might preclpila,e a suspens On OF
specie payments. This result, re-
MARKS Mr.. BLAINE, might he worse
than a little jealousy aud AI-gl!I
abroad.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

SHALL we have the whipping
post AGAIN. was the subject Of a ser
MOI preached in the Church OF the
Redeem9r, at Newark, last Sunday
evening, by the Rev. J.. G. Snow.
lie referred to the bill now before
the Legislature Of New Jersey to re-
establish the whipping-poqt ior the
punishment Of wife-beaters, and
earnestly opposed it. "a wile-beat.
err ne said, zig already brutal
enough, and whipping would still
further brutalize him. 1t would
also wrong mis- children by putting a
stain on them, and by making them
the object Of taunts in the street.
II wives do not now press complaints
against their husbands, much less
will they do it if they thereby send
them to tho whipping post. The
effect ofthe whipping Of a husband
would be to make it imr ossible for
him to live peaceably with bis wife
a%iterward. lie would 10 some wav
make her lie wretched. All brutal
exhibitions degrade public senti-
ment. and the whipping Of men
would not be an exception
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

GENERAL SIMON CAMERON not
long ago took up a large Indian
blanket that hung oyer q chair near
Bin, and said TO a correspondent of
the Boston Herald, who was convep.
lent y near "Thi5 has a queer his
tory. When I was a Senator and
General GRANT was President a Con.
fsderats friend Of mine hal a con
whom be wanted appointed a second
Lieutenant in tbe army. This gen
tlsmau and I had been friends before
var parted us. GRANT did not like
10 make The appointment, but con-
tinualiy urged it because 7 had ny
heart Get on serving nay friend.
a most ia tks last hours Of The ses
zion, however, I induced bin to send
in the name. 7 think he expected IL
Eas too late 30 GET it confirmed, out 7
BUSTED about, got my Democratic
iriendl tc help ne, and, at The very
last moment, secured bis confrms
ton. Tie % nov on the plains. and
some time ago sent nae the Indian
blanket, prize it very highly. and
7 told GnlEg it's hiato5y not .ong
ago. 10 amused him greatly. The
..-I I
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

We observe that tho bill for the
relief of JAMES ALLENDER of this
county is again before the House OF
Representatives. Truly, Jericho is a
hard road to travel, and a private
claimant mas a tough job before him
when he seeks redress for his griey.
ances before Congress. We are in
formed that no more Just and honest
claim was Eve presented before that
body. 1t is to pay ALLENDER $3.50
for injury to his mill property by
reason OF the improvement erected
by the Government Of the United
States on the Monongahela River,
which amount Of damages was fixed
and determined by an award mutu-
ally agreed upon by the Government
and ALLENDER. 1t was first brought
to the attention of Congress by Mr.
FAULKNER in 1876. It was by him
referred to the Committee of Com
mercep reported favorably, and pass
ed the House Of Representatives by
a unanimous vote. 1t was sent to
the Senate and there allowed to sleep
the sleep OF death until the close Of
that Congress, We sincerely hope
that justice will be done in this case
before tho close of the present Con-
prpea-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

The Knoxville (Tenn) Tlilual
says a quarry Of remarkable marble
has been discovered three niIesf from
that city. The Tribune dsolsres
that ITO speak Of the color Of The
marble is to mention the rainbow
10 shows every color in the Iist. with
The most beautiiu! tiuts that can be-
conceived Of The PREVAILING color
i7 salmon or pink. The maIkingsi,.
this ground arc pieces Of coral as
brilliant a scarlet as tLo rcd coral Of
ladia, running into sll shades Of rod
and pink. a small bit of the mos,
brilliant orange also appears which
seems TO be q small moIlusk Of s,me
description. Then add To- this spofs
Of blue running into shades of oreen
With white and tbousand namelssa
compound %coior9, and try to con
ceivo Of The splendor the eonpo,i
ton gives. Tho stone polf.b es Ill.,.
and is u iha sou6I..l
structure
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

The most significant passage in
tho Queen's speech at tho aasembJing
Of the English Parliament last rpes2
day, ia to be found in her reference
TO the sepressiYo meaaures resorted
to BY the English Government in
Ireland. "In addition to tbe yiqor
QUE execution Of The provision Of orJi.
nary Law, I have not hesitatsd. ppasr
tho painful necessity Of the case ~
employ exceptional powofs." rav,
the Queen. Again in recommend
ing The adoption Of m|ogsures for tb.
estabiishment Of local self govsr,
men5 in the counties thropgbo,,
the Kingdom, she adds: at viii he
necessary to reserve tho Gaze Of Ire
land for separate consideration
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

ONE of the difficulties, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer, Republican
which the enterprising third term
firm Of CAMERON, CoNKL1NG g. Com
pany will have to encounter will be
the disposition of many members of
the "Old Guard Of Chicago to refuse
TO receive a token of commemoration
81 an act which they no longer con-
cider m%eritoriOus. They have seen
the FOLLY Of their ways, and .bev
have also seen, which is more impor
tant, that the country did not an
prove Of their devotion to an idea
which was in violent antagoniem to
the spirit Of its free Institutions.
The organized effort to thrust GRANT
upon the country a8 perpetual Pres
ident ia n that for the coed fame
and popularity OF its authors were
best forgotten. Another difficulty
to be experienced IN distributing the
medals, that of finding the present
abiding places OF the "3O6,' will not
be met with in the case of one of
them, Mr.. DAVID MoUATT, one of
Mr.. CAMERoN's long-term honchmen.
MIR. CAMERON will probably deliver
Mr.. MoUArr'a medal in person at
Moyamensing Prison, where that
delegate to Chicago is serving the
State in a much more useful and
honest manner than he did in he
National Convention.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

IN the Midlothian coal miae3 Of
Chesterfield County, Va, last Fri
day, a terrible explosion produced
by Ere damp occurred, by which
thirty-tv two men lost their lives.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

SPEAKER Wilson's bill to prohibit
railroads from charging more for a
shorter than for a longer distance
was adopted in the House Of Dele
oates on Monday.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

REPORTS show that the wind ard
snow storm Of Saturday uas very Sc
we're throughout the middle and New
England States, resulting iu much
damage to shipping and a general
blockade of railroads, The snowfall
was two to four feet and drilted
badly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

THE brains of the Legislature were
IN favor OF the bill to prohibit fog
ging in the public schools, but they
were badly showed under.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

AZ an O., ile4t speech IA the West
|rsln'a Legislature last Monday, on
the oil to prohibit corporal punish
ment in the schools, Mr.. MorrETT
said: II have been a srhool boy. l
have been a schocl teacher, and now
l have children large enough to 20
to school, and with all these sxpe-
riences l am prepared TO say that the
man or woman who cannot teach
school without innicting corporal
punishment upon the pupilo are not
ut to be a school teacher. The
member from Kanawha CJudge FER
GUsoN) has stigmatized it as a relic OF
baIbarism, and so it is. Civilization
has progressed to that stage in hu-
man governments that corporal pun.
ishment is regarded as debasing in
its effect, more prolific OF evil than
good, and is being abolished.
The true law for the government
OF the school room is the law of love.
The teacher who has banished the
rod and the rule and substituted the
law OF kindness has mastered the
problem OF child government, and,
may add, the problem Of human gov
eminent, Oh, the child heort is SC
sensiti7e to the touch Of kindneao
like the rose to the morning sur, il
unfolds and sAeds abroad the fra.
GRANGE OF purity and innocence; ia
the touch of cruelty like the lount-
ain to the breath of winter, it obilla
and freezes. Which policy sball we
encourage in our schools, love or
oruelty?"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-02-10

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prematnro appearance is annoying. Par
kera Hair BaIsam prevents The ANNOYANCE
BY promptly restoring the youthful oolo,