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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-22

q
D. Ia q harmless fellow but awiully
cranky on somesubjec;s, and the main one
is local politics. He imaginea himself an
oracle in this line and bores the public
about once in 90 often with columns OF
slush tina. his vivid,imagination leads him
to believe are actual facts. He calls his
articles ian unfeeling public, lam sorry 10
say, call my friends writings ':rot") TX.
poses OF the inside secrets OF the Republic
can party. D. was once q Republican
himself, bat beca1ns Democrat by reason
OF certain revenue inducements that were
held out. In trying to explain his change
OF heart to party Of friends one evening
several years ago, D. said, swell, I'll tell
you, it was the Silver Bill that made mo q
Democrat" Asked a friend, "What was
the Objectionable feature OF the Silver Bill
that changed your D., In that cool, of
hand way OF his, YEARLY replied, Damned
if l know" But 10 return to the Colouel's
articles or exposes, When sable night has
settled down on this mundane sphere and
D. finds that the LEGAL columns Of the Reg.
lister are going 10 be thinner than usual, lie
forthwith proceeds to draw on his vivid
Imagination and barren ideas and inter-
views himself, calling himself Republican
Tor the time being. The result OF his ei-
forts is amusing, TO say the least. I fad
that | have neglected to state that Col. D.
is at present at the head Of the Registers
city department.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

Seven miles from Indianapolis. on
the indianapolis and ChicasoAir-L Line railroad,
the middle portion of II passenger train fcli
through ,ottcn bridge over the White
river, repeating the scenes ut Ashtabula,
but with less horror. 4 portion OF the wreck
was submerged, and the exposed remnant
blazed briskly for an hour or more Six
people were burned to Il crisp. Two persons
were mortally injured ami seven were hurt
less seriously.
After an entertainment at Pana, ILL.,,
for the benefit of Emma Bond unknown per-
sons hung Judge Phillips, who presided ut
the trial OF Montgomery G, stl. in cagy on
tho common.
A barrel Of gasoline in a hardware
Store 1T Alliance, Ohio, exploded with truly
erightful results. The building wa three
stories In height. Five families lived In the
upper portions Of the structure The build
ing was totally demolished. Eighteen people
were in the doomed place at TIA. time, aud
half OF them persisted. Tn ruins tlok fire,
and were partly consumed. A woman IN he
street was fatally wounded.
The boiler in the Iwitchcll Single
mill, near blanchard, Mich, exploded. KILN
two men and injnring several oihers
Marquis de Mores reports new dis
ease among sheep on the Montana ranges,
which has carried of b,0t1 heal of merinos
sent from Iowa and Wisconsin.
There is an enormous falling off in
the "hog crop" Nearly .uuulI fewer hogs
have arrived In Chicago Iii, winter 20 far
than came In last winter darn tie same Pc
Rod OF time
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
An army Of occupation Of 5000 men
or Egypt will be provided for III the British

An army Of occupation Of 5000 men
for Egypt will be provided for III the British
budget.
boAt traffic on the Nile has been asked by the
British government to have every steamer and
sailing vessel ready to take troops and stores
TO upper Egypt and bring away refugees
from Khartoum.
John Bright, in speech at Birming-
ham, England, declared that Henry George
should have tried his foolish land schemc II,
America, where n could be chcaply tested,
before attempting to foIst II upon countries
with institutions ten times rs old.
Agrarian irritation is so bitter in the
Russian provinces Of Pskow and yitebsk
that collision between the peasants AMI
the troops Is imminent
The Russian authorities have refused
to permit monument to Luther TO be erected
nj Riga.
The inhabitants Of the beleaguered
city Of sinkat have eaten all the dogs in
town. and nothing remains but the horses
and one bag of barley.
G. w. Thomas, Sons & Co., London
stock brokers, have defaultcd, and one MEM
Der of the firm has abscondcd. While their
assets arc large. their liabilities are about
s4,l-0,OG0.
The Egyptian government sent the
wrong man with Gen. Gordon who was To be
tho new Sultan OF Darfour, and the youth
has been drunk ever since he left Cairo.
The hired men who cheered when
the Comte dc Paris went into the Paris depot
on his way to Spain have been sentenced to
eight days in Jail.
The Chief of Police of Budah- pesth,
Hungary, has sent TO the Police Department
at New York full details Of tho robbery of
chest containing a4o,0 900 fiorins from the post
Office In that place Jan. . last. Rewards are
offered for the recovery OF the money and
arrest of the thieves, who, II Is believed, fed
to America.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

1T is the letter that killeth," said
st. Paul, land the spirit that giveth
life." The truth of the saying was
never illustrated more strikingly than
by the shooting of Charles McLaugh-
lin, the San Francisco millionaire
monopolist, by Jerome B. Cox, q con-
tractor, who had exhausted all means
for twenty years to collect large debt
the former owed him.
This homicide is the same sort Of
argument for law reform which the
lynchings throughout the country offer
from day to day. When men find it
impossible to secure justice in the
courts, the tendency is to take the law
into their own hands. When people
are kept out Of their rights by mere
technicalities. they long for revenge.
When murderers cannot he punished
by process of law, the community is
disposed to do the hanging. Injustice
is never so irritating aud bitter as
when it is dealt out by q tribunal which
Processes to deal in justice. When the
law is twisted and courts are prosti-
tuted for the purpose of eondoning
crime and cheating men of their dues,
personal violence and greater wrong are
sure to follow.
Cox was u sub contractor under Nc
Laughlin, and expended his entire cap
ital in carrying forward the work. Nc
Laughlin refused to pay the money due
on the contract, and Cox was forced To
suspend. Suit was begun for what
was due, and five times, it appears, Cox
was awarded the sum due him by the
lower courts and iuries; but McLaugh,
lin was rich, and therefore able to pro-
long the litigation. lie carried the
case to the Supreme court every time
judgment was given, and each time he
secured reversal upon technical de.
feet3 in the trial. Cox was maddened
by fhese disappointments and outrages,
which had extended over many years.
First he attempted to shoot one of the
Judges on the Supreme bench, and
then he killed his prosecutor. lie had
abandoned all hope OF securing justice,
and his mind turned To revenge. His
was the act of man crazed by the laws
delay.
1t is not surprising that public SYM
pathy should go out to Cox. Public
sentiment is conservative, and is not
easily aroused against the law and au'
thority; but it cannot refuse to recog
nize the CALLING and goading influence
Of five reyersals OF honest yerdicts
which were designed TO compel rich
man to pay a poor man his valid claim
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
THE DEATHS OF A WEEK.

Hon. John Letcher, who served as
Governor of Virginia during the war perion;
Hon. Joseph Bond, of waukesha, one OF the
pioneers of Wisconsin; John b. Wood, promi
nent in New York journalism; Judge +. Has
senmuilcr, a leading German citizen of Cleye-
land, Ohio; William Myers, q pioneer settler
OF Dubuque, Iowa; George 4. Jenkins, OF
Baltimore, nearest surviving relative of
President Madison; Giles D. Slocum, one OF
the oldest citizens of Detroit; o. 4. Bump, .
prominent baltimore lawyer and litterateur;
Commodore Francis Bleecker Ellison, one Of
the oldest officers of the United States navy;
f. W. NJ. Mackey, Congressman from South
Carolina, Prof. kiinkcrfus tby suicide), an
eminent German astronomer; Judge John ].
Campbell, an eminent lawyer of Nashville, Ill;
Jonathan Lundy, pioneer settler In the
Maumec valley OF Ohio; Henry d. Barnard,
a prominent citizen Of Detroit.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
POLITICAL.

A resolution asking Malone to resign
his seat In tho United States Senate, has
passed both branches OF the Virginia Legis!a-
turc.
The Ohio State Prohibition couven-
ton to nominate State ticket and delegates
TO the national convention has been called to
meet at Columbus March 6.
Beatrice, Neb., dispatch: about
1000 citizens met at the opera house in this
city for the organization Of John A. Logan
Republican club. Over 500 signed the roll OF
membership. and unbounded enthusiasm pre-
vailed. Logan clubs are being formed oil
over this State.
A petition to President Arthur, ask.
ting the rcappontmcnt OF Eli II. Murray as
Governor OF Utah. has been largely signed at
Louisville, KY, by citizens of all shades Of
political belief.
President Arthur has sent to the
Senate the names OF Richard s. Tuthi, to be
United States District Attorney for the
Northern District Of Illinois, vice Gen. Ieake
term expired, and James A. Connolly, of
Charleston, ILL.,, to be United States District
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,
II denomination.
The Republicans of the Second
district of Kansas have nominated Edward p.
Funston to succeed the late ID. c. Haskell.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
EASTERN.

Mrs. Catharine Mosier, residing near
Erie, Pa, was scratched by a cat which she
attempted to drive from her houss few days
AFRO, and is now suffering from lockjaw.
At Greensburg. Pa, body of men
have formed an oath bound society, pledeinr
themselves not to buy French products. and
70 boycott persons who sell them, until France
relieves the embargo on American pork
Suspended about the neck OF Mrs.
Louisa Helms, who was killed by train ut
Paterson, n. j., were found a guarter-dollar.
the wish-bon Of chicken, and a card giving
her name and address.
The proposed public exhibition of the
keely motor at Philadelphia las been post
poncd for a time
Thomas Salmon, liquor seller at
VOburn, Mass, was last summer sentenced
10 Jail for violation Of the temperance law.
While an appeal was being heard he was
elected to the Legislature. The Supreme
Court has just decided that he must serve out
bic term in prison.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

II will surprise the people of America
to learn from their servants. the Gov
eminent Directors of the Union Pacific
railroad, that high tariff ON freigLts
and passengers is good for the public.
just so it be kept up stitiiy and no
breathing spell offered PATRONS through
wars and pool understanding. TN
this same principle the horse with the
green goggles ate shavings ard died of
contemporaneous illness jus, ON the
eve of successful demonstration re-
garding his diet. The ANNUAL report,
in which this economical idea shines as
particular gem, was submitted To the
Secretary Of the Interior the other
day. The tripartite agreement il d.
Tended. Complaint is made against
the incursions of the Central Pacific.
The Immigrant was big. thing for the
railroads, which no one will deny, and
the Directors devote several p, ges Of
print to an attempt to make the public
understand how hig thing it was for
the giyers as we'll. The road In repre-,
scented ~ having made great deal oi
money, but nothing very hopeful is of.
ferel concerning the likelihood Of the
Government to get its due. In fact, il
is declared that unless ii refunaine
scheme shall he devised before 1895 tile
road will be wrecked.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
Is II Right.

The most important question that
farmers can now ask themselves Is,
Shall we enjoy the fruits Of our labor?
or shall we continue rs we have ig-
norantly done in the past, to allow mo-
nopolies to absorb the greater portion
of our earnings?
Is it right that the class who works
the most hours III the year should live
the hardest and the poorest? Is it
necessary that the class of men who
are the root and foundation Of society,
and this the farmers are, If any class is,
should pay most Of the taxes, stay
most ont OF society, have least OF its
enjoyment, wear the poorest of clothes,
drive the poorest vehicles, and yet do'i
the hat to him who has ac luired his
wealth by high salaries in office, and
steals good nj besides ont Of the
treasury, to him who hides his wealth
to escape taxation, and Yet steals his
way into the Legislatures and makes
laws to tax visible property, such rs our
farms?
Did the Lord ever intend the most
useful class to be wronged, oppressed,
and kept in poverty? No: it is not
fair, just or necessary. How shall we
help ourselves? We can easily help
ourselves by supporting none but labor
papers: voting for none but labor par
ties: electing none to office but labor
men; by attending the conventions and
exercising our rights there; by using
as much brains as other classes use, for
we have plenty of brain power; we
have the muscle to handle the sword if
need be, and all we lack is thorough
organization. Now the greatest ques-
ton Of all is. How shall we arouse the
farmers to complete organization? He
who can invent some method to induce
farmers to attend oil their meetings,
and thus complete an organization for
selfdefense, will be benefactor to his
fellow-men, and shall ever be held in
greatful remembrance by those who are
benefited. Cannot some inventive god
come to the rescue? II some vile spirit
should rise out OF the Internal regions
and give us bugle blast that would
induce farmers to shake off their leth-
argy and attend their meetings, would
be tempted to call him god.--H. q.
Smith, 81. Mary, Iigo county, Ind.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
Nominate PAYNE.

BY all means let Standard Oil Payne
be nominated for the Presidency. Let
us see If the country has finally reached
the point where it is ready to worship
the golden calf. Political debauchery
has gone n long way. The clmk Of
coin has turned the heads of Congress-
men and Legislatures. 1t has grown to
be god Of idolatry to many, and the
old man who, standing tiptoe ON the
mountail of wealth, has c,utched his
bony fingers about the rounds OF the
Senatorial ladder, may essay to mount
still higher by making his pile Of dol
lars loftier. Let him! Now is rs good
a time rs any to try if the American
nation is ready to barter its soul for
gold and crown the Goddess of Liberty
with cap of greenbaeks. -Chieago
DdiiY NeTs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

Dor -"Whnt are the bankers stirring
tip broez6 alollt nov"
Farmer "Thcy are frightened md il,
trouble again.
Boy--"Nhat scarcs emp"
Far. They are afraid there is to b
4, tfcmsndons contraction panic thai
shall turu tht business at tho country
inside out"
Boy--"Are they afraid Geve,ninent
will lock mp the gold and silver and
burn up the grccnbacks:
Far.--"uh, bless you, no! That's
just what they want iou couldn't
brighten them that way. They'd give II
thousand fortunes u Government would
contract that way"
Boy-"Then they don't fear edntrac-
ton and panics md ruin il it only coincs
in way to suit them?'
Far.--"No! no!!"
Doy-"But what sort Of contraction
arc they afraid Off"
Far. -"Why q contraction Of tho war
bends, that's what gives 'em fits, that's
what knocks the spots out of 'em.
They're afraid il the people don't stop
paying off those bonds Old Columbia
will go to the dcmnition bowwowa
right off,"
Boy.--"But how can contraction Of
tho public debt hurt tho business of the
country? That's what don't under
stand"
Far.-"Wcll,it doesn't hurt business,
but you see the banks live on usury.
They don't raise potatoes like us, nor
wheat nor cattle. These bonds draw
interest ont of us farmers to support
the bankers, and when paid, that will
stop; but this Government has treated
the banks like spoilt child, and paid
them back nearly all the purchase
money that the bonds cost In guaran.
teed bank notes, that pass for money,
besides letting em own the bonds, and
when the bonds are paid they cant
have money and bonds, and milk both
ends Of the COW, you see, so unless
Government issues its own money to
take the place of bank money, it will
reduce the currency and may make n
panic"
Boy Whose fault will it DO If il
does?"
Far.--"The fault of Congress. They
can supply us MI the money We need
without any bonds or usury in the busi-
ness: and by all that's sacred boy!
they've got to do it, and let the bankers
take care of themselves, or else therell
be Il row."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
SOUTHERN.

A man named Webh, in a difficulty
with the three Wilhurn brothers, in jackson
county, Ala, killed Two III iisem and morIay
wounded the third,
The first discovery ii tin in thus
ountry has been made III King mountain,
Cleveland county, ~.
The lower house al tue Texas Legis-
ture has passed a bill to punish fehec cutting
by imprisonment from one to five years.
Col. John q. kasey Las absconded
from Bedford county, Va, Of which he is ex-
treasurer, leaving sgo,0yu lar his ondsnen
70 pay.
The extreme cold We. her in South
Carolina seriously damaged lAe ats crop,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
FITZ.JOHN PORTER.
The Vote by Which the Bill for His
Relief Passed the House.

Yeas-Adams IN ". Alexander, Arnot, Bag
ley, Ballentine. Barbour, Bayne. Beach, Bel
mont, Bennett. blanchard. Bland. Blouni, Boyle.
Rurleieh. Cabell. Caldwell. Gambler. Carlton.
Cassidy, Clardy, Clay, Clements, Cobb, Col
", Cox IN. c., Crisp, Culbe,son ,'rex.,.
Deuster, Dibrell, Dockery. Dorsheimer, Dowd,
Duncan. Eldredge. Evans Is. c., Farrell,
Fielder. Findlsy. finerty, Foll.tt, Foran, For
Greenleaf. Halsell, Harmer.. Hatch Mo-,
Haynes, Hemphil, Henley. Herbert, Hewitt
IN. ", Hewitt tAla.l, Hill. Holman, Hopkins,
Houseman, Hunt, Hurd, Hutchins. James, JET
Jordan, kean, King. kleiner. Laird. Lamb, Lam
ham, lie Fevre. Lewis. Long. Lore. Lowering.
Lowry. Lyman, McAdoo, MeMillin, Ma,.on,
rison, Morse, Moul,on, Muldrow. Murphy, MUIR
ray. Mutchler, Niece. Nichols. Oates, O'Iiara,
o'Neill MOI. Patton, Pierce, Peel Ark, Phelps,
k fsan G Esy fGef h assx
Rockwell, Rogers 'Ark.I, Rogers O..
shaw S Skinner SKIM, sneS ssssm
smith. Snyder. ,sprinrs, Springer, Stevens,
Stewart tTex.,, Stewart VT, Stockslager,
storm. sumner Call. Sumner wis.,. Taylor
Townshend. Tucker. Tuley. Turner Ky, Iur-
ner GA, vanalstine. Vance, Van Eaton, Ward.
Warner Tennl. Wellborn. Weller. Wemple.
wilkins, Williams lWls.l, wilson Nv. Va, WI
mans Mich. u. u. Wise VA, olford. Wood,
Woodward, Warrington Yaple, York, and
Young -lS4
Nays-Adams I'M. Anderson, Atkinson, Barr,
Bingham, Boutelle, Irainerd Breitung. Brewer.
IN. ". Brewer IN. j.. browne nndl, Brumm,
Calkins, Campbell pa, Cannon, Converse, Gull
bertson tKy.I. Cullen, cntcheon. Davis tlli,,
Davis tMassl, Dingley. Durham. Ellwood,
Evans Pa, Con. Guenther. Hanback,. Hart.
Hatch Mich, Henderson I'M. Hepburn, His
cock, Holmes, Hooper. Horr. Houk; John
Mccormick, Mckinley, MiIliken, Morey, Nor
rill, Nelson, Nutting, Parker, Payne, Payson,
Peelle Of Indiana, Perkins. Peters, Pettibone,
Price. Reed. Robinson TO-, Rowell, Russell,
Ryan, Skinner IN. W, Spooner. Steele. Stephen
son, Stone, Strait, Struble, J. ID. Taylor of Ohio,
l.. b. Taylor of Ohio, Thomas, Wadsworth,
Wakefield, Washburn. Weaver, White OF Mime
sofa. and Whiting-7s.
Paired Blackburn and White of Kentucky.
Brown OF Pennsylvania. Ermentront, Howey,
Hit. Eaton. Wait, Budd. George, kasson. Tai
bott, Kelley, Randall. Miller of Pennsylvania,
ketcham, Warner Of Ohio, Wilson Of Iowa.
Rice, Coyington. Holton, Valentine, Hardy, and
Ellis.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

The very fact that si!dl, tsse shaul
DO tried five times and M often sc.hhii
IL sufficient evidence, without my IL
formation rs to the details. that tho Inv
or the courts are Mt fault. 1t IL lawyer
made law which is responsible for /
large proportion Of the crime md III,
Justice bf otr time. and until IL shal
DC refoi med MI, ,ncreaes Of violence mn
revenge may be expected Cannot h.
Inverted. Ii icnnO TLihllie.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
ALL SORTS.

TIN has been discovered in North Carolina.
GoyERsAEsT telegraphy does not pay In
Canada.
A WASHINGTON boy was arrested for laugh
ing AT policeman.
FREp DOUGLASS gave Sl5 to the poor the
day after his marriage.
DANCES for married people only are u
IL ature of Oshkosh social life.
Tue clerks in the Pension Office at Washing
ton have contributed over $500 To the poor
THREE girls, all under nine years Of age,
have been arrested nj Schenectady, n. Y, for
shoplifting.
HARRISON, the boy pi oacher, makes the
women OF st. Louis. who flock 10 hear him
nightly, cry right out In meeting.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

CHArscEY DErEw, "A railroad attor-
ney, who two years ago narrowly
missed election to the United States
Senate, and other agents of monopoly
were before the House Commerce Com
mittee the other day talking with might
and main against the right Of the peo-
pie to have anything to say touching the
conduct of railroad company, There
are always plenty OF orators for the mo-
nopolies in the eomnittee-rooms, but
very few arguments are ever heard Oh
the side of the people, Chicago lttt-
ulle.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
HEAVY DAMAGES.
Verdict Al ainst the BOston and Albany
Road for Nearly S3O,OOO.
IRostnn Disnatch

lBoston DISPATCH
jury in the Superior Court to-day re-
turned the large verdict Of 81, 500 for James
Is. David, Of somcrville, in his snit against
the Boston and Albany railroad. David
sought TO recover $4,000 for personal
injuries while travelling from Boston To
Westfield in lss2. On the arrival
OF the train at Springfield from
Boston 1t is divided 10 make up trains for Al
bany aud New York City, and the accident
was caused by the beilrope not being de-
tached from the uneoupied cars, which, when
the Albany part Ct the train started, rang
the bell in the engine room, bringing the car
I'm which the plaintiff was seated To II sudden
stop, aud threw him with great violence
against the seat in front Of him, and
caused, as was claimed, permanent paralysis.
The cause will go up 10 the Supreme Court
on exceptions, and Il motion will probably be
made for "A new trial.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07
FOREIGN.

In sculling-match on the Thames,
Lunear beat Elliott By -four lengths.
An English firm which controls steam
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

destroyed early vegetables, and killed doves,
hooking birds and poultry.
A jury at New Orleans acquitted
Troisville Sykes OF the murder OF Kate Town.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-02-07

CocKRoAcHEs, it is said, have 5000
teeth. As much as we hate the Great
ures, we should feel bad for cock
roach with the toothache. boston
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