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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-11-29

ave do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawings OF the Louisiana
age and control the Drawings themselves
and that the Same ARE conducted with hon.
esty, fairness, and In good faith towards all
parties, and we autsorize the Company to
use this certificate, With fac-similes of our
signatures attached, In its advertisements"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

take care of those whom the General Gov
ernment should support? And this, too,
when there are more than S200OO0,O00 lying
in the United States treasury! In the 81
districts of Ohio it would require over
S1,OO0O00 of direct tax to meet this burden
which Gen. Warner is so anxious to turn
over to the States. Even if it we're true that
State charities are better managed than Gov
ernment charities, that is no reason for
grinding the life out of the taxpayer to
take care Of a burden which Justly belongs
to the Nation. Will the taxpayers OF this
district, who already have their own desti-
tute to support, submit to such injustice?
In addition to this, who wants to subject
either the soldier, his widow or orphan TO
the humiliation of going to the pauper
house? Every worthy citizen is shocked at
the very suggestion. And yet this states
man u" g" sees no other way to meet such
casesp' CLEANER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

amendment offered by Mr.. Belford to the
river and habor appropriation bill, providing
for the improvement of Salt River in the
State of Kentucky, the sum of 100000, so
that - the improvement herein contemplated
and provided for shall be completed before
the nth of November, A. D., 1884, so that
the Democratic party may thereby have
free and easy access to one of the States of
the United States they have the capacity to
govern" Not one word of this speech of
Mr.. Cox was delivered in the House on that
day or any other day; but it is a reprint of
the great talk" delivered by Mr.. Cox be-
fore the Tammany society of New York, on
the 4th of July, 1884, with q of a page of
introduction and the injection Of one
paragraph, being next the last paragraph of
the speech as printed. The speech is a de-
nunciation of the misgovernment of the
Republican party, in which everything is
discussed, from railroad grants down to the
speculations of clerk in Norwalk, Ohio.
Mr.. Cox sought thereby to perpetuate in the
columns of the Congressional Record a
speech on general politics, which had no
reference to pending bill, but from which
ne and his friends might draw weapons to
assail the Republican candidates.
lquote this not as at all a parallel to your
case, but as an indication of the practice in
the House. You had the distinct authority
OF the House to do'what you did.
Yours truly,
E. McPHERsoN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
POOR SOLDIERS!
And THEIR WIDOWS and ORPHANS
To Be Turned Over to
the States.
ANOTHER DIRECT TAX
UPON THE PEOPLE.

81 SEE NO OTHER WAY
TO MEET SUCH CASES
THAN TO LEAVE THEM TO
THE ORGANIZED CHARI-
TIES OF THE STATES" -
Gen. Warner.
What does this mean2 Simply that the
destitute widows, helpless orphans, wounded
and aged veterans shall be turned over 10 the
States. Is this right? For whom have they
suffered if not for the General Government?
Are the States concerned in this business
They are already heavily in debt, every one
of them. Not a county that is not deeply in
debt. And yet Gen. Warner would lay q
direct tax on every State and county to sup
port these destitute ones. What would that
amount to in the 18th District? There are
at least FIVE hundred such persons in these
five counties, and it would cost at least 500
per year for each person. You can see that
this would make $4,000 per year of addi-
tional tax on this district alone. Are the
citizens OF Belmont county, now taxing them
selves 100000 for a new court house, willing
to have an additional tax of $4,000 per year
to support the Nations destitute? Is Guern-
sey, with her great debt, willing to assume
$4,000 per year for this purpose? Are
Washington, Noble and Monroe, all bur-
dened with debt, willing to support man
who would lay another $4,000 on them to
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
Letter from Hon. E. n. Morrill,.

We call the attention of all our readers,
Republicans and Democrats, and soldiers in
particular, to the following letter from Con-
gresham Morrill,, of Kansas, who is serving
in the present Congress on the Committee
on Invalid Pensions. 1t more than convicts
Warner of the worst charges Colonel Taylor
made against him in his speech, that the
General squealed so about in his letter, and
roared and snorted over so in the joint dis
cussion:
HIAwATHA, KAN, August y, 1884
Hon. :. d. Taylor:
My DEAR SIR: Yours of August 18th Is
at hand. IN reply would say that am
member Of the committee on invalid pen
sions of the present Congress, and having
served for more than four years in the Union
army during the war of the rebellion, / feel
a deep interest in everything that concerns
the soldiers. Hon. A. ]. Warner, OF your
state, was chairman OF the committee on
pensions, bounty and back pay. | watched
his course closely and would say that if he Is
a friend to the soldiers it would be tar better
for them if he would change and become
their enemy. He opposed bitterly very many
OF the private pension bills reported from
our committee, and was, | believe, more vio-
lent and unreaSOnaOlc IN MS opposllOn tnAh
any other member on the floor, excepting,
possibly, one or two Southern members. /
talked with the soldiers both in and out Of
Congress regarding his course, and it was
not only bitterly condemned, but he was
very strongly censured by them for II. / re-
garded the Mexican pension bill with Sena-
tor Cullom's amendments, as the most fair,
Just and equitable bill for the soldiers that
was before either House. He denounced it
violently, and told me he would do all he
could to defeat K; a promise that he most
sacredly kept, as the records prove. My re-
lations with General Warner were pleasant
and respect his ability and do not call In
question his motives, but he views the pen
sion question from an entirely different
standpoint from what do.
l am very truly yours, ETC.,
E. n. MORRILL,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
THE PENSION TRAGEDY.

There are few things in this world more
tragical than the history Of these pension
cases. There is not any tragedy which can be
put upon the stage which ought to move the
feelings of a right-minded man, and es-
pecially of an American legislator, like the
stories which come 10 US, day after day, and
week after week, and month after month,
and wear after year, of the hope deferred, OF
the poverty, the sorrow, the agony OF these
men and the widows and orphans of the men
who have given their life and health and
strength and the best part of their manhood
to the safety of the couatry. We have done
something TO relieve this pressure in the Pen
sion office. but il still continues and is a re-
preach and disgrace to American legisla-
ton and American administration that Il
does continue.-SenafOT HOay, Of Aassa-
ckKsefkS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
Pension Com'r DudIey's
LETTER.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
PENSION OFFICE, AGENTS DIV,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Aug. *. ISSa

Hon. :. d. Taylor, Washington, d. C.:
SIR have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 23d inst.
asking for certain information.
First-''Y ou ask my estimate of the cost
to the government of the Mexican pension
bill as amended by the Senate"
Answer-It was estimated by me that the
Senate amendment relating to the late war
would cost, in round numbers, about twelve
million dollars ($I2,oooooo), and the Mexi-
can bill proper as it left the Senate, from
three and one-half to four million dollars.
Second The number of men who were
in the Confederate army who would be PEN
stoned by this bill and the amount they
would probably receive"
Answer have no figures or data upon
which to base an estimate to answer this
question, and it will be entirely coniectural.
whatever figures might be stated. Ifmy
opinion will be of any service, | will state.
approximately, that one-sixth of those who
would be pensioned on account of service in
the Mexican war would belong to this
class
Third-"You ask if General Warner
draws a pension, and if so, what grade
how mnch per month; also, if at any time
he applied for an increase, and if so, was it
granted or rejected"
Answer-General A. ]. Warner was PEN
stoned by certificate No. $3.50, issued De-
cember I6, 1867, at the rate of sIS7s per
month, commencing January ~, 1866.
This pension is five-eighths of the total of
lieutenant-colonel,~ the rank held BY Gen.
Warner at the time he received the disability
on account of which pensioned, to-wit: gun
shot wound of the right hip. 1t further ap-
pears that in June, 1873, Gen. Warner ap-
piled for an increase of pension, but the
same was rejected May IL, 1879, and the
surgeons certificate showed that the amount
that the Pensioner was in receipt of was
proportionate to the disability.
Fourth-"To state the number of wild
ows and orphans in several counties named
in Ohio whose pension would have been in
creased by this BILL"
Answer-The passage of this bill would
have increased all widows who were then
in receipt of a total pension of eight dollars
($S) per month, to twelve dollars (sI2) per
month, and the number of this class in
the counties named may be stated as fol-
lows: Belmont county. So; Guernsey coun-
ty, So; Monroe county, IS; Noble county,
81; Washington county, I2S. Total, 42S.
l am, sir, Very respectfully,
w. w. DUDLEY.
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ents; failure for which General Warner, its
chairman, was responsible.
H. No fact is better established, or better
understood at Washington, than the fact that
the bill which General Warner introduced
in the House, and which passed the House,
contained all tile provisions that he zvoRld
aPPYove; that his committee, in part at least,
wanted to go farther, but was met with his
unqualified opposition. The other bill was
permitted to go on the calendar, but was not
permitted to be placed on its passage.
| (The calendar is simply list of bills intro
duced, which must be taken up in the order
in which they are placed on the calendar. A
hundred and twenty bills had priority to
this, on the calendar.) In proof of this, at
tention is called to his remarks, on
page 343s of the Record, in which he
states fully the object of his bill, and shows
that it was meant to take the place of the
other bills referred to his committee, and to
take the place of the recommendations of
| Com. Dudley, the recommendations OF the
| Grand Army of the Republic, and other
recommendations, to which he refers. He
says: ain the preparation of this bill
(Warner's billy the committee has kept in
view two things: First-7He just rights
| of the soldier. Secondly-The necessity
Of adheriMg TO a line Of safe and consistent
| public policy; POLICY consistent on tie one
hand with the obligations of the Goveyn-
ment TO its defenders, and on the other
a policy safe TO be followed as precedent
|. in future war. The bill may not go as ia,
as many may desire or think zve ought to
90 in our legislation, zvhile Others will
doubtless think ii goes much foo far; 6nt
IL is believed, that on a careful examination
of all its frovisions, IL zviH be found to be
a sufficient remedy for the eUiEs oomPlained
of is the 1VOyking Of the present lasvs, and
at the same time to be so guarded that only
those Justly entitled 10 tensions can Obtain
them Rnder this act. Further remarks will
be found elsewhere in this paper.
II. From this. and from all the remarks
made in the discussion of Warmers bill, it
will be seen that this bill was under
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

mot FOR SERVICE, NOT
FOR DESTITUTION. . Gen.
Warner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
From the Times.
AN OLD SOLDIER,
WHO IS SERVING ON THE INVALID
PENSIONS COMMITTEE IN
CONGRESS.
Morrill,, of Kansas, Says, IF He War
ner) is a Friend to the Soldiers
1t Would be Far Better for
Them If He Would Change
and Become Their
Enemy"

An Awful Arraignment ofthe Marietta
Statesman for His Bitter, Violent and
Unreasonable Opposition to the Most
Fair, just and Equitable Bill for the
Soldiers that was Before Either
HOuse-Warner More Violent and
Unreasonable in His Opposition than
Any Other Member from the North.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
.GeH. "

CIT IS A PRECEDENT
FRAUGHT WITH DANGER" F."
Gen. IYayner.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-25
ruFspaulns Circus

On saturday tho great ForcpIuBh with his
world Ot attractions will exhibit In this city.
novel iraturc OF the show Il the band OF Ju.
bilcc sing II. They form IA feature In the pa
rIdc, AMI present sketch OF southern life
never before seen north OF Mason ami Dixon =
line. The singers are seated upon genuine
cotton bales, aird In an Old wagon which Is
drawn by mules anl driven by an Old darkcy.
The mute : are attached tO a riCkcty OLD wagon
10y "A rope harness. The whole furnishes Il true
picture Oi ono BIpd OF litc IN tho South-tho
cotton plckrr's return from the field The
troupe sting plantation melodies In loud tones
rs the Oli wagon rolls along tho road
one OF tnu most extraordinary equestrian
events ot tine age Hra the twOnty-two famous
re tsOn gifted t.uuCI horses amt InarvCOusly
SHOW. It l-un rNcIu-ivo tlUOOoO feature con
siStiug 81 ftlo"n night black and snow white
stalIiUus ana tins sensational troupe OF pigmy
porlOrmiu- ponies, All thOrlughbrcIs.
Tw"nty.hvctrainCdC elephants, all appearing
simu ian"uusIy, are exhibited IN FOTcyaugh's
show, and. At the word Oi command, rear their
pOndcrOu- bodies into colossal pyramids.
The twenty nve trained elephants appear ia
living pyrNlnids, dances, military evolutI0ns,
engage In racing, play on Instruments, etc,
besides which they display ali the human ut
tributes Ot passion.
In connection with the great spcCilltie5 ana
monster mrnagCtic, tAu most gigantic and
| combined circus IN three rings ever seen IN
| this country Il to be found in ForCpaugh's
show. The mammoth pavilion will accommO
date nitocn Thousand spectators, and IL sup
| piled with luxurious arena Chairs. Three
| great trOupcs Different performances IN
each. one ticket admits to all.
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ntsUUrn rnvn UrArn

Tho following statement OF william J. Cough
In, at SumCrvillc, Mas, is so remarkable tnat
We beg To ask for II the attention OF our read
erS. ilo says: "ln tho fall OF 1891 was taken
with violent bleeding Ot the lung followed
by IA severe cough | soon began 10 lose my
app"tit" and flesh. was 80 weak at ono time
that could not leave my bed. In the SUM
Elor Ui lS77 WA admitted tO the City Hospital.
whit, there the doctors snid hat n hole in
nay lett iunR ~ big rs Il huIi.dOlAr. cNpend-
od Uvcr u hundred dollars In doctors and mod
lCinCs. was 50 FAR gone AT one time II report
W, ut around that was dead. ! gave up hope
but u iTiuud told mo OF DIR. WM. HALLS
IA SAM FOR TIE LUNGS. | lnugno at
nay friends, thinking my case ihCuInOlC, but
got "A bcttlo t0 satisfy them, when To my sur
pr'"CH Il gratirCutiOn, | commenced to feel
better Ny hope, once dead, begun To revive,
Hud 70 lay tocl in better spirits tnNn have
the past three years.
"l writeth hoping You viii publish II, so
tnHt every one afflicted with Diseased Lungs
viii be- induced to take Or. WM. HALLS
BALSAM FOETIllG LU Nos, and be convinced
that CONSUMPTION CAS- BE CURED.
nave taken two bottles ami can positively say
tlaat II ls,s done me more good than ull the
other mchCinns have taken since my sick.
ness. My cough mas almost entirely disap.
pcRrcd nat shall soon be able to go to work. ;,
-OIh bv ~. u IOCurun. l37 North Queen street
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MtsHArs UF a nRIpAL PAwTY.


iho groom Forgot ths Biag and the Rest
Man was Arrested tor steaiiox.
>, young couple stood before Mayor
Edison. In New York city. Tho mayor
was about to marry thom, when the
bridegroom suddenly reoollected that he
had not procured the wedding ring. The
ceremony was suspended, and tho groom
ana his brother left the city hall to buy n
ring. They went to W m. Hallisy's Jewell
rfy store. While looking over the rings
tiallisy suddenly remarked TO the proom's
brother
" Put back that ring you've Just slipped
up your sleeve"
Policeman Lew was called In, and took
both mon to the Tombs. A messenger in
formed the bride Of the arrest, aud she also
went TO the Tombs.
The prisoner said no was Edward
Kane, teacher Of dancing. The groom.
his brother, WAS Edwin Kane, his
assistant. He denied that he had taken
the ring.
81 saw him give the ring a twist" +"
said Hallisy, and up his sleeve II
went"
Policeman Levy said he searched tho
prisoner in Hallsy's store, but found no
ring.
Justice Duffy dismissed the complaint.
IL Was then too ato to find the mayor at
his office, and the cermony was postponed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-25
EaM YORK NIArAnTn

NEW foRE, April 5.-Flour-state and wcst.
sao StR Gps an! 30 iy Exra d !, s 10
Choice do, 81 GDa5 %; Fancy DO, % IL
60 50; Round Hoop Ohio. 81 3OG4 90 (;
choice, 81 5OH6 %: SupCrhne Western n,
81 sOg3 80; common TO good extra do, 90 2Od9
30; chO CO do 81 6,Eg6 so; choice White
Wheat do, 81 1906 30. southern firm and un.
changed common to fair extra, Is IjSai 80 I;
good To choice 30, ~ 55fl8 50.
Wheat advanced lGpIAc with more activity
and considerable excitement Bs ref citing the
west; No. White nominal; No. 2 Red, May,
81 O7Adl l0Hc; june, 81 t9AQl lPh; July,
81 UshNl 10; Aug, 3l O7Sgl as sept, sl OF.
Corn l60lIc higher ana moderately active {;
Mixed Western spot At 6j96ic; do future.
624S6j4C.
81 .aG574c; Juue, 8I54@JSc; state, iO947c !;
Western, 37Di7C.
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PniianoIrn,z nnnrhnt-

PHILADELPHIA, April 25 Flour held higher,
but quiet; Supernne state, 81 50ep3; Extra
do s3 OO6g3 30 Pa. family, 81 bO0pt rs Ohio n
Indiana family, o. 25nG %; Minn. extra, a 81
ab . straight. s. 25d5 SIN; winter patents.
S5 gO06 - spring do S6Gb 10.
hy0 -four ~ - 80.
Wheat excited and higher; No. 2 West.
ern Rcd. 81 Ls; No. do, 9Ic No. l Pa.
Red, 81 gOIl -.
Corn scarce and W mtcd sail yellow, Gao
63c; do mixed, G2G6Gc; No. mixed and
yellow, 8g46lc.
Oats hrm with iair demand No. 2 whito
i3Giik /; No. do i2G42Hc rejected do, iOf9
Ilc No. mixed 3Sh43gc.
Rye dull ut IO472C.
Seeds Glover dull at sN3l0c; Timothy
nominal at tl 80; FlnXseed quiet but firm at
| 81 7OTl ~.
Provisions firm but quiet lMess PORK, SIS 25sQ
| ls 80; Belt Hams, &c 81 az; lndia Mess Beef,
Bacon-smoked Shoulders, Sc; salt do, 7IS
| 17hc; smoked Hams, l3%gliI1c picked do,
| ltpl2hc.
Lard firm; city refined, 9IR9%; loose
butchers, - 4G9SAc prime steam Is 65fpS 20
Butter duh and unsettled Creamery extra,
29oSOc nrsts. 2iG92Sc B q. II N. \. do, $50
2Gc; do tiusts, 2a2i; Western extras 200 (;
| do good To choice, l01lSc.
| Rolls 7dSc.
Eggs dull Rand lower Extras, nHal5c
| Southern, l+c.
,hoose steady but quiet; New York full
| creams, l50l5%c; Western creamery extras,
| $40 &c Pa. part skins, 5og5&c do full skins,
| fresh, 3H9Inc.
II nISRY ~ 81 ~
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-25

Prevent sickno. = 10y taking occasionally one
of Emory's Littlo Cathartic Pills, wonderful
appetizer, an uDsoIute cure OF BiIiousness- =
- cents n2llwdM wSFSw
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10 leyp,Ian solll.rr

CAIRO, Egypt, April 25.--The English
soldiers dislike the idea of serving along
side of the EgyptiOns IN an expedition to
khartoun.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-25
IpEI rms

MCGEEHAE.-ln this city. ON the 25th inst g.,
Mary, ICiiCt OF the late Thomas MCGuChan,
ag9d 10 years.
Tho relatives ana trIonds OF the family a. q
respectfully invited TO attend the funeral
from her late residence, No. 40 North Null
berry street, on Monday morning al SL O'Clock.
High mass ut st. Mary's church ut 0O'clock.
Intermont AT st. .MaTy's cemetery. 2t
PENHEPACKER London, Mercer county,
Pa, on the 2Ju inst, Rev. j. J. Pennepackcr.
Funeral from the residence OF Andrew Nc.
GinniS, No. Az West Lemon street, on Sat.
urday at2 p. m. Religious services at the First
Reformed church The Grand Army OF the
Republic Posts 81 and i05 }, Clergy OF the Re
formed church, Faculty and Students OF
Franklin and Marshall College respectfully in.
vIted. lnterment ut Lancaster cemetery.
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PkIUEs IF coal.
The Rates and Reductions In the schuyikII
keEiu

The Rates and Reductions In the sohuyikn
ksgi Ions.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-The exenu
tive committee Of the Lehigh & Scbuylkil
coal exchange held their monthly confer
ence to day to establish circular rates fcI
May. The only change made was an ad.
vance of ten cents per ton on pea coal
This is a return to the ruling price Of latt
month.
The Philadelphia & Reading coal and
iron compauy's new circular gives the
price of white ash coal at Schuylkll
Haven, for the lines and city trades, as
follows: Lump, eamboat, broken and
egg, s2 25 chestnut, $2s5 stove and
small stove aud pea So, aud pea $3.50.
The Lehigh coal and navigation com.
pany's line prices atMauchChu are So Ii
for lump, stove and small stove $3, for
broken egg and chestnut, $l.5j for pea.
The same company's city prices are So for
lump stove and small stove, 81 s5 foI
chestnut, 52.75 for for byokon aud egg,
$3.50 for pea
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The LeIderkrnmy FIag.

The alag committee" Of the Lancaster
Liederkranz met in Mrs. j.. Knapp's par.
lors last evening and organized by electing
His Honor, Mayor ROsonmiler, chairman,
Walter Reed, secretary, and Mrs. Henry
Wolf, treasurer. The parties having sub
scription books 10 collect money for the
society flag, "a description of which has
been given is these columns) reported that
about allG had been collected. AS the
dag is to cost $500 the collectors were re.
queGtcd TO retain their books week
longer, aud report to n meeting of the
committee to be held at Mrs. kuapp's on
Thursday evening next, by which time it
is expected the whole amount of the fund
will be raised.
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Denth at tho PIIsIn

Henry Pryor, an inmate OF tho county
prison, died this morning. Deceased was
about - years of age and resident of
this city. For somo years past ho has
been living as a tramp, aud of late his
health has been very bad, owing to cx-
posurc, 30. He was at tho hospital at
different times, but last week left that
institution and camo to town. For several
days ho walked around town with "a
blacking box, but was 50 weak that be
could scarcely get along. He was ar
rested while lying on door step aud the
mayor sent him 10 prison for 80 days,
whero he died. The man presented a
frightful appearance, and tho prison OH.
oials think no should have been sent to the
hospital