Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-09
MARSHALL MATTERS.
Alleged Illegal Levy Of Taxes.
A Proposition Looking to the Erection Of
Factory Damage Sultan Ora
tor Sets Himself Right.
Snsri1I 10 the Pe1iSger-

MoUNDsyILLE. w. Va, September S,-A
number of taxpayers are talking about en-
joining that part Of the taxes (about SlS,-
O0O) levied to pay the debts contracted by
the County Court for the building of the
new bridges, on the grounds that such debt
was contracted in violation Of the Constitu-
lion of the S~tste-thst is, without submit
ting the question to the voters at an cleo
ton. The matter is the subject OF much
comment, and we understand that already
some of the parties have retained Mr.. ]. B.
Mcclure as attorney in the case. From all
indications the Commissioners appear to
be getting into quite a muddle in county
affairs.
A Pittsburgh party writes one of our
prominent citizens that il the town will
furnish
The Requisite Capital.
He will furnish the brains and experience
to start a manufacturing establishment
here. There are plenty Just such parties
right at home who are willing to 90 the
same thing. What Moundsville wants is
men with both money and experience, and
a willingness to avail themselves of the
many lattering openings for enterprises OF
almost every character.
Two meeting nights have passed and the
Council have failed to have q quorum.
John Martin mourns the loss OF a valua-
BILE New Foundland dog.
Nearly all the owners OF lots on the
streets along which the o. L. r. passes have
retained J. B. Mcclure, attorney, to obtain
for them
Compensation and Damages.
Mr.. Mcclure informs Us that after an in
Yestigation of the matter he has no doubt
Of the lot owners right to recover, and
that he will maintain the sane il not con-
coded by the company.
Some few weeks ago the RsGIrTER pub
lished a few particulars concerning the
bringing OF q suit for damages for 5000 by
a man named Grsndstatf against one john
| Gondy, who, it will be recolleeted, was &C.
cused by Grandstaf OF debauching his
wife, and other matters not edifying TO q
| sensitive public. Goudy has since, as We
are reliably informed, made several
Offers of Compromise.
at one time sgreeing to pay $1,000 if the
case was dropped, but the offer was de
! c'ined. The suit is still pending.
George Porter, sentenced for three years,
and Henry Johnson, for five years, for
\ felony, together with Nm. Peyton for life,
all Of Csbell county, were received at the
p~enitentiary on Thursday; also Warren
Jones and James Fletcher from Roase
county, the former for three years and the
latter for two years, for felony, were given
| quarters. Peyton, the wife murderer, was
put to work in the whip shop. He looks
to be healthy, but complains of wakeful-
ness at night and other ailments. His
manner is nervous and he hardly looks like
a murderer at first glance, but close scruti-
nv leads one to think different.
The Earnings OF the P~snitentiaTy
for the month of August reach the snug
sum of nearly $500. This amount is quite
sufficient, if continued, to make the insti.
tuition self-sustaiuing.
The poor house committee visits the In
firnsry to-day, and We will soon know the
result OF their visit.
Capt. Hanson Criswell, of this place, was
one OF the orators at the New NJ rtinsville
soldiers and sailors reunion, last week.
Learning that his speech on that occasion
Was
Severely Censured
and criticised by q number who were pres
emit, your reporter called upon the Cap
tain and obtained a statement from him as
to the facts in the csse. The Captain re-
marked that ii had not been his intention
to have wounded the feeling OF the most
pleasantLesS'' or anything appertsining
to threats, and he further remarked: ~
would like that the public know Just what
[ did say-that they are o censuring me
for. and if you will take your pencil and
paper, young man, l will give you all of
my remarks that | conceive is the occa-
sion of their criticism" The Captain,
after STRENGTHENING MP, giving his ear a
twist and splitting, said: Somewhere in
my speech / used
The Following Language:
while we have, in the language Of
Horace Greedy, shaken hands over the
bloody chasm, and while the management
of this great nation has extende 1 clemency
70 the men who raised their arms against its
flag, 1 do not want it to be understood
that treason is not q crime. l want to i'm
press upon the minds of my hearers, and
more especially the young, that it was the
intention of our fathers that this Govern
ment should stand. We are its custodisus,
and l say to you, fathers and mothers
teach your children that treason Is q crime;
that rebellion sgsinst the Government
under which we live is treason: that
treason under the Constitution is death:
and that while the leaders and others in
the late rebellion have gone UNPUBLISHED,
il is no guarantee that others hereafter
will escape. Teach your children that q
life of devotion to the principles for which
our comrades laid down their lives is true
patriotism; that treason is odious and a
crime deserving of punishment"
The Captain was about to continue, when
We interrupted him by remarking that We
were afraid the REGIsrER would not have
room for all his speech. 20, said he, l am
through"
Thanking him for his kindness, we bid
him Good day"