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THE DEMOCRATIC MASS
MEETING.

This meeting convened on Sat
urday last, and was very well at
tended by the forty year devotees,
and was also visited by a great
number of Republicans, who chat
ted good naturally with their OPP
ponents, and watched the move
ments of the actors in the proceed
ings. It was not SO harmonious a
meeting as possible. On the con-
trary there was apparent a con-
trariety of opinions and wishes,
which seemed to clash and would
unnatural, and for a while consid-
cradle mastication was necessary
before fruition of digestion oc-
Cured. "
Hon. G. j. Faulkner, the vete-
ran OF many contests, was present,
and took special delight and per-
sonal part in lassoing some of the
younger scions, in preventing 9th
ers from slipping the halter, and
keeping all within the limits of the
routine tether. They made very
fair selection of delegates, and if
they and placed the elder f. at
the head of the same, they could
challenge comparison with any
other delegation in point of tactics
or heft of ability. sI a3s7n3' &.
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A REQUEST TO BOTH PAR
TIES

There are two matters that the
INDEPENDENT desires to present to
the people in advance of action by
the politicians, be they bosses or
henchmen. We refer to the pres
emit incumbents of offices of Clerk
of the Circuit Conrt and Clerk of
the County Court. Messrs. s. Fl.
Martin and G. w. Doll should re-
main in these positions. They are
competent, efficient and trustwor-
thy. There is no reason in or out
of politics for their removal and
the man who is set up against
either one of them will be beaten
be he republican or democrat.
This the people will maintain. OF
course, if charges can be made and
substantiated against either, it
would make a difference, but with
out that, it will be useless sacrifice
to nominate against them. Pull
your wires on other positions but
these two places may as well be
considered as filled. Public SEN
timent requests this
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INDEX THE RECORDS.

There isn't a citizen of Berkeley
county, nor a stranger who moves
into it, but has more or less inter
est in the proper equipment of the
County Clerks office. If sale is
made, a judgment or deed of trust
bill of sale, &c, &c, is to be made
or investigated, the search for title
or liens must be made at this Office.
So far as the records are concern
ed no complaint can be made.
But our people celebrated Berke-
ley's centennial years ago, and we
are rapidly adding another score
thereto; consequently the accumu-
lation OF records is large, and if
one should attempt to trace title
or a lien, from book to book, the
waste of time would be enormous.
The remedy is complete and
perfect general index, by proper
headings and sub-headings. True
there is an index, but it is of the
old stage-coach character and I'M
suited to the days of steam and
electricity. There are now sys-
TENS OF indexing by which as much
knowledge can be obtained in a
half hours examination as can be
had in six months by the method
now in use in the County Clerks
office. Nor is this all. The pres
emit books are about worn out.
New ones must be made, and now
is the time to make the advance
step. The County Court can
spend few hundred dollars here
usefully and prudently. We sub
NIT that Berkerley county must
keep up with her neighbors and it
will be niggardly, foolish and i'm
proper not to do so, Let petit
ton be presented to the Court at
its next session,
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is 1T MALICE OR STUPID
TTY9

The Wheeling Latelligencer and
its Martinsburg correspondent,
seem to be disposed to misrepre-
sent, by plain lying, the INDspEN-
DEsT. 1t may do to publish false
hoods in Wheeling and have them
believed as truth, but the people of
Berkeley county are so we'll ac-
quainted with the facts as not to
be mislead. The aforesaid CORE
spondent in Mondays issue of the
paper aforesaid, after brief &C
count, closes his statement with
the following pathetic falsehood,
as to the INDEPENDENT
"The Statesman and INDEpEN-
DENT ara out in editorials favoring
Mr.. Faulkner's nomination.
The plain truth is, the INDzpEN-
DENT has not favored the nomina-
uon OF any person. Its editor
took pleasure in testifying to the
merits OF two gentlemen, personal
friends, Messrs. Flick and Faux
ner,-one a republican and the
other a democrat. Farther than
that we did not go. This our
people well know, and every gen.
Uene0'a who read the article could
readily understand the personal
and not political sense in which it
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CTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

At Rules held in the Clerks Office OF
Circuit Court of Berkeley County, on
the Sd day of March, 1884:
William e. Roach,
VS. In ChanceYy.
Thomas O'Brien as Agent. Mary Ellen
O'Rrien, Richard O'Brien, Maggie
OBrien, John O'Brien and Annie o.
Brien.
The object of above suit ia to obtain
decree for the specific performance Of
contract made June 28th, 1880 by Thomas
O'Brien, agent of Patrick O'Brien, for
the sale OF real estate to the plaintiff and
such other and further relief as to the
Court may seem proper; and happening
on affidavit fled in this suit, that the
said defendants, Mary Ellen O'Rrien,
Richard O. Brien. Maggie O Brisn, John
O'Brien and Annie o Brien, are non-resi-
dents Of this State, they are hereby re-
quired 10 appear at the said Clerks Office
within one month from the 9Th day of
March, 1884, 1.-THE date of the first publica-
ton hereof) and do what is necessary to
protect their interests in this matter.
s. Fl. MARTIN, Clerk.
J. N. WIsNER Atty for Plff. mh8 4t
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JUDGEJ. r. HOKE's OPINION

JUDGEJ. r. HOKE'S OPINION
Our former townsman, Judge j.
T. Hoke, now of Kingwood, W.
Va, has written a very elaborate,
exhaustive and conclusive opinion
in reference to the assessment
question. 1t is in the nature of
legal opinion, and perfectly free
from partisan matter. We regret
that it's length precludes publica-
ton. We gather from the Wheel
ing Eueaing Journals collation.
the following facts as established
thereby:
1. That the Supreme Court has
not yet passed upon the exemption
act of 1881, and cannot until "a
proper case is presented before them. y
2. That the case of the G.. ~ O..
R..R. Company vcrsus Miller, Audi
tor, is not an analogous case. Not
only all other questions are uisclaim-
ed by the court, but all other issues
growing out of this question are dis
claimed.
). That under the decision of our
Court, all acts Of the Legislature
must be presumed to be Constitu-
tional until otherwise shown.
A. That the Governors order, be-
ing usurpation of power belonging
exclusively to the Legislature, is
null and void.
5. That the products of the farm
are part of the realty, and their
assessment as personally is partial
taxation that is prohibited by the
Constitution.
The last position (the 5th) is
very strong,is new and merits earn
est thought. The farmers land is
assessed and it looks very much
like doubling on him to assess and
tax the entire products thereof.
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Society for Detection Of
Thieves.

A meeting of farmers and horse own
ers called to consider and adopt some
plan for the prevention of horse steal
ing, and the detection of the thieves
was held at the Court House on last
Saturday. On motion of Mr.. l.. s.
Howard, Geo. o. Sperow, Esq, was
called to the chair and w. b. Colston
requested to act as Secretary of the
meeting. BY request, DR.. S. N. Myers
read the regulations and bylaws of the
Allen and East Penborro, Pa, society,
for securing members from loss of stock
by theft. After some discussion it was
decided not to adopt, at present, the
plan proposed by DR.. Myers. On mo-
lion Of Mr.. l.. s. Howard, the secretary
was instructed to enroll the names of
such persons as wished to join the as
sociation for the purpose indicated.
The following names were enrolled
VIM. III. Kilmer, Beverly Randolph. Il.
Dr. ). n. Myers, John NJ. Small, w. w.
Downey, William Kilmer, II. S. Eich.
elberger, Robert c.. Burkhart, II. T.
Cushwa, James w. Strong, John w.
Hollida, A. j. Ridgway, w. f. Light.
9. r. Sperow, ii. l.. Couchman, Peter
Riner, Nj. V. Small, III. V. Sperow, c.
A. Viewer, DR.. j. b. Snodgrass, David
A. Beard, John Il. Boyd, Jr., Dav id
Small, Aquilla Janney, Geo. w. Feidt,
Geo. A. Chrisman, Ohio IL. Cushwa,
VIM. Rutledge, w. T. Noll and Geo. o.
Sperow. On motion it was ordered that
the secretary keep the list open for
thirty days for the enrolment of
names
A committee of five, consisting of w
w. Downey, 5. N. Myers, j n Thatch-
er, NJ. V. Small and III. l.. Couchman
was appointed to procure charter un-
der the name of the Berkeley County
Society for the detection of horse thieves
and the recovery of stolen horses.v
Two dollars was fixed as the initiation
Zee, 10 per cent,of which was to be paid
in for the purpose of procuring chart
err. A committee of two from each dis
trict was appointed to solicit addition
al members, as follows: From Martins
burg,J. n. Thatcher andWm. Rutledge;
Arden. John f. Boyd, Jr. and Robert
Z. Burkhart; Hedgesville, l.. 5. Howard
and Ohio II. Cushwa; Falling Waters,
John NJ. Small and w n f.. Light;
Opequon, John w Hollida and r. S.
Eichelberger; Gerardstown, NJ. V.
Small and w. II. Noll; Mill Creek,
William Kilmer and Peter Foreman.
On motion it was ordered that the
charter committee should give notice
through the papers when the same had
been procured and fix the time for next
meeting. On motion Of Mr.. Howard,
the newspapers OF i've county were re-
guested TO publish the proceedings Of
this meeting. Meeting adjourned sub
)ect to the call Of the charter commit
tee. teA
LADIES SHOULD REMEMBER, a
beautiful complexion results from us
ms. Acker's Blood Elixir. Sold by
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was written. We reiterate every
word thereof and suggest to our
readers if the person who sends
out dispatches to the Latelligencer
has not permitted his cowardice to
rather work his satisfaction by
vengeful untruth than by frank
manliness.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-29

AT the municipal election in
Hagerstown last Monday Bloom,
Republican, was elected Mayor by a
majority of 76 votes, and the new
charter received a majority of 800.
Two Democratic councilmen were
elected. The full vote polled was
$40 the largest ever recorded.
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MR.. j. s. Flora, q brakesmen on
the Band O. had his foot badly hurt
in the Keyser yard Monday by hay
ing it caught in a frog. He was un-
able to extricate his foot before the
fiat part of the wheel of the caboose
passed over it.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-29

JAMES CoNLEY, an engineer on
the B. and 0. railroad, received ?.
black eye from his fireman AL. Rob
ertson, on Thursday. The difficulty
arose from Conley reporting Robert
son for neglect of duty. The set-to
occurred at the depot.
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SALE OF MILL, ETC.-The Flagg
Mill property, recently purchased by
Mr.. Robert Eichelberger, has been
resold to Mr.. Alex Parks, Jr., of
this place. We understand that Mr.
Parks will put the mill in repair as
soon as possible, for the manufacture
of flour. feed. etc.
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THE old pump on Queen street, to
accord with modern ideas, has been
removed and the we'll is to be filled
up. So ordered by the city council.
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Auctioneer's Notice.

A NYONE wishing the services of the
IA undersigned can get any informa-
ton desired in regards to dates, etc., by
addressing at Little Georgetown. or at
INDEPENDENT office. l.. M. HOWARD,
Auctioneer
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READ ordinance regulating the
erection of new building. etc., pub
lished in another column.
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The following which we clip from

The following which weclip from
the n. Y. San of the 10Th inst,
speaks for itself. We understand
that some of our farmer friends have
invested at the rate of $40 per dozen
for Russian apple trees:
g. e. Tsmberldke.-W do not
know the nursery firm you name,
but do know that any tree peddler
who asks $40 a dozen for Russian
apple" is fraud, and had better be
advised to pass on where he can find
victims. You can get good trees of
any and all kinds of the Russian ap-
pies that have been tested and known
to be valuable for twenty five cents
each at retail or less by the hundred.
These are the prices charged by first
class nurserymen, and our advice is
to trade with no other. Let all tree
peddlers severely alone, no matter
from where they come.
ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA frARI LNpS
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ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
NEVER FAIL.
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{ LADIES SHOULD REMEMBER. a
beautiful complexion results from us
ing Acker's Blood Elixir. Sold by
IL l.. w. Baker. at ri
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STONE HOUSE,

situated bet tween the lanyard and the
Baltimore h Ohio Railroad, known as
the ''Showers House." with one of the
finest Lots and Garden attached that
there is in Martinsburg.
SECOND-That fine Treble
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At the same time and place will offer
for sale, as Executor of Ezekiel Showers
decd. the following described property,
to- wit: FIRST-A tract of ahonr
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Brick Tenement House,

situated near the line of the 4 O. r.
R. This is new, substantially built
house that will need no repairing for
years to come, with fine garden attach
ed to each tenement. Everything in
complete order, and with rental value
of $500 per annum.
TJyDn
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Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
Town Property

DY VIRTUE of a deed of trust, dated
I'D Jan. I, 1876, executed by Philip
Showers and wife to the undersigned, as
trustee, to secure various creditors there
in named and which said deed is recorded
in the Clerks Office of the County Court
of Berkeley county, in Deed Book No. 70,
pages Is and Is, | will sell, on
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at public auction, on the premises in Mar.
tinsburg; W. Va, between the hours of
10 a. m and 4 p. m the following de-
scribed property, to.wit
FIRST Thof Emo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-13
YOUR FIRST VOTE.
[Robert Burdette. |

My son, you will cast your first vote
for president next November. / don't
want to influence your vote. / don't
want you to vote for certain man just
because certain other men do, | want
you to sit down and think about it be-
fore you vote, [ want you to be able to
give a reason for your vote. [ want
you to go 10 the polls in good company
AS young man of progressive ideas, /
want you abreast of the world and
shoulder to shoulder with the times when
you walk up to the polls want you, on
entering politics, to align with. the party
that has the purest. most progressive re-
cord. Idon't care cent, my boy, whether
you are a Republican or Democrat.
There are honest men, patriotic citizens,
good Christians in both parties. Only, l
don't want to see you walk up to the
polls and cast your first vote with the
party
That upheld human slavery as a divine
institution;
| That bought and sold men, women,
and babies like so many mules;
That fired on Fort Sumter and the
American flag;
That for nearly five years fought to
! destroy the Union;
That opposed the issue of greenbacks
when the government was fairly perish
ing for want of them;
That organized mobs and riots to op-
pose the draft;
That swept American commerce from
the seas with armed privateers:
That is the party of Boss Tweed and
Jefferson DAVIS;
/ That polls its heaviest majorities in
the most vicious and ignorant precincts;
That is the strongest in the states
where the percentage of illiteracy is
greatest;
That has opposed every liberal and
progressive measure in legislation dur
ing the last quarter Of a century;
That was the defender of slavery;
That is the defender of Mormonism;
That slandered Garfield; and
That assassinated Lincoln.
Now, as I said before, my son, [ don't t
care whether you are q Republican or a
Democrat. Choose for yourself. Just
keep away from the crowd whose record
have very briefly outlined. Find the
party 10 whom this record belongs, and
then forever keep away from it. You
need not be particular with which party
you unite, if you don't join that one.
Always vote against that party and you
will always vote about right. I am a
Republican, but I will shake hands with
frateral love with any Democrat who
votes against that record. That kind of
a Democrat is always good enough
Republican for me.
P. ST. have never found that kind
of Democrat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-13

Ills election, 10 constitute shlmself q
breakwater against the universal tenden-
cy, the unanimous, impatient will of his
party! Or is there, ask you candidly,
and especially those of my independent
friends, who, although animated with the
desire of genuine reform, are inclined to
aid the Democrats-is there in the Dem
ocratic party any influential element that
would urge Democratic President to
advance through measures of civil service
reform in non.partisan sense, or that
would earnestly support him if he didi
1t there exists such an influential ele-
ment, where is it? Is it in the rich mems
Manhattan club or in Tammany ball, or
anti-Iammany in New York, among the
'swallow-tails'' or the ''shorthairsp'' Or
is it among the old State Rights Demo-
Gratis, East or West? Or among the
Confederates in the South? Or among
the Irish population, or among the Roman
Catholic Democrats generally? IF there
is in any section of the Democratic party
any desire tor a genuine reform of the
civil service, anything but demand for
new deal of the spoils, show it to me.
The accession of Democrats to power will
be signalized by the most furious rush
for office ever witnessed in this republic.
For years and years hundreds and thou~
sands haye been lying in wait eagerly
watching for the opportunity. You frd
them not only in the North, East and
West, but still more in the South The
Southern people have many good quail
ties, but it is notorious fact that among
them the number of men thinking them
selves entitled to public place has always
been conspicuously numerous. Now
they have been OH short fare for many
years, and long waiting has sharpened
their appetite. They will also be quick
to remember that Democratic success
could be brought about Only by united
Southern vote, and that above al! others
they have claims to reward Our brave
Confederate friends have won renown by
many gallant charge during the war,
but all their warlike feats will be left in
the shade by the tremendous momentum
of the charge they will execute upon the
Offices of the government. It will be a
rush of such eagerDess, turbulence and
confusion that men of this generation
will in vain seek for parallel And
now in the midst of all this. urged on by
a universal cry of impation from all
sections of the Democratic party, that
every Radical must be driven from place
at once, do you think it for a moment
possible that the president and the mem.
bers of the cabinet will breast that storm
and sit down with cool deliberation &c
gather evidence about the character and
qualifications of every applicant for the
10000 or $4,000 places to be filled, so as
to keep improper men out of Office? Is
it not absolutely certain that the Offices
will be filed helter-skelter, as so often
before, and that of the applicants, those
as rule, will be the most sue, essful who
are the most intrusive and persistent in
elbowing their way to the front? Can
it in the nature of things, be otherwise?
And what will become of the cause oi
reform?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-13
COMMANDER-IN-C CHIEF KOUNTZ

At the most successful reunion ever
held by the Grand Army of the Republic,
which took place recently in the city of
Minneapolis, Mimi, John Kountz was
elected Commander in chief on the sixth
ballot He is the youngest Commander
in. chief ever elected by the organization,
and the third successive incumbent of
that Office who served in the War of the
Union as a private soldier. The an
nouncement of his election was hailed
with laundering applause. At his in,
stallation poem on the Drummer Boy
of Mission Ridge" by Mrs. Sherwood, of
Toledo, was recited by Mrs. Elizabeth M {.
Mansfeld, of that city.
The story of Commander-in-chie
Kountz's life Is soon told. lie was born
in Lucas County, Ohio, March 25, 1846.
In his 18th year be enlisted as drums
.mer boy in the Thirty.seventh Ohio
Volunteers. His part in several bloody
fights was confined to drumming until,
accompanying his regiment in the charge
upon the heights of Missionary Ridge, a
friend fellfby his side, when he threw
away his hdrum, seized. musket, and
took a. manly part inthe awful struggle.
This is the incident commemorated in
Mrs. ,Sherwood',s poem. and which gave
Kountz theStitle BY which the verses also
are known. He fell in the battle,
wounded In the leg, which was after
wardeamputated.
Upon his return home, an orphan, but
solaced by the love of sister, he recon-
menced study and prepared himself for
business life. His ability in this direction
was soon manifested, and with success
came the recognition by his fellow
citizens of his fitness for position Of
public usefulness. AS treasurer of
Lucas County he served two years, and
the next two was Commissioned of Re
cords: He then opened All Office in
Toledo as an insurance agent, and is
now the proprietor of an agency doing
business Of $50, 900 year.
When the Grand Army of the Republic
was organized in 1866, Kountz entered
it. he has been three times Adjutant
of his post, three times its Commander,
and once Assistant Quartermaster Gen
eral OF the Department of Ohio. In
1881 ne was elected Commander of his
department by unanimous vote. Dur
ing his year of Office he organized 165
posts, and increased the membership of
his department from 1850 to 1882, that
is about 400 per cent. The argument for
his election as Commander-in -chief was
backed by such figures as these, and
prevailed, notwithstanding his compara-
tive youth and claims of distinction
possessed by the gother excellent men
nominated for the position.
Commander-in-c chief Kountz is a
married man, and is the father of FIVE
children.
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WATERLOO,

Carl Haese and Peter Janiscb have
sold to Mr. Loefer, of Watertown, The
house and lot Immediately north and
adjoining G. Failinger's place on north
Monroe street, for the sum of $500.
During the past week John Helmes
sold to Carl Borchardt, of Aztalan, 20
acres of land. situated in this village, for
the sum of ST., 100. Mr. Borchardt will
soon build house on mis- newly acquired
property.
This year $1.27O has been raised by
licence levied on the saloon and drug
stores of Waterloo. It will be seen by
the village board proceedings in this
issue that $500 of this money has been
set aside for the incidental expenses OF
the village while the balance, $40, in-
Guiding 800 appropriated by the County
for the improvement of Madison street,
between Monroe and Jackson, has been
appropriated for the building of on iron
bridge, to cost 81, ,125, near VIM. Buth's
blacksmith shop. This would only leave
1925 to be raised by tax to erect said
bridge.-J0urnal.