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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

TuE loan ordinance to be submitted to-
day is not free from objections, but after
great deal of discussion nothing better
has been offered. 1t is not wise to let the
city's floating debt continue to float. The
debt ought to be bonded and the differ
ence in interest saved. The debt has
already been contracted; the only ques-
ton now before the people is whether
they will provide for its payment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

After polite notice to vaca,e the land
lOrl may give point to his request with
the toe Of his boot or the butt end of o
bludgCon. In this particular case physi,
cal force preceded moral suasion, which
the court held to be an olense to be wiped
out with nothing less than three dollars
and costs. Chicago has at least one emf
ncnt jurist serving in an humble position.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

DELEGATG SAYnE, of Mason, has sub.
mitted measure which II adopted would
beOi great service to the great body Of
tax payers in counties where the tax.gath.
enB are nomadic tribe of tax.eaters
practically without any business head.
quarters for taI-collecting purposes. Mr..
sayrcs bill provides that the Sheriff shall
be at the Court House from the first Of
October until the first Of January to re-
eeiye taxes, and that on taxes paid within
tAat period there shall be an allowance oi
tEoPercent. Ithalfthe amount of the tax
bill ispaid within that time the discount
shall be allowed OH that half, and the re-
maindcr shall not be delinquent until al
ter July LIST.
It's complained, and with good reason,
that under the present system there is nc
'nducement to prompt payment Of taxes,
and no opportunity for taxes to be paid to
the Sheriff at tie Court House. The
ut
Sheriff maEesit pay to ride bis county fol
Tue taxes, and between himself and hil
deputies they take from the people con
siderable sum, which goes for fees and Il
noserSice to the county. In Mason, fol
example, it is estimated that the proposed
plan would save annually to tax payer
ABOUT 5000, which in these times OF
asaay time would be well worth saving
Misunderstood that the House Committe,
on Taxation and Finance will to-day re
port Mr.. Suyrcs' bill without recommon
CI,.l SsItGn. The committee is proceeding to,
auuolsly' II Taxpayers want the meas
aIe why not lot them have it7 The Hons
oashtto bew willing to put this bill through
sIl, slee 1t will relieve the people withou
sSStGing anything from the revenues Of th
sA's or OF any county,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22
Pl6uro.pneumopIa IN Tepp,,,o..

NASHVILLE, TKsN, Jan. 2l.-Plcuro.
pneumonia Is SO bad among cattle near
Jacksonville, Tenn, that the State
Commissioner Of Agriculture telegraph.
cd the National Bureau Of Agricul.
ture in Washington. Chief Lor-
ing, OF that department, telegraphcd Com.
missioner AicWhirten that DR.. De Solomon
would come to Jackson as soon as posi-.
bic. Measures are before the Legislature
70 buy up the infected cattle and kill
thenaC
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

MR LEWIS BAKER will have the sym
pathy Of this community in tho calamity
which has ovcrtaken him. The burning
Of house is aIwas serious matter; the
destruction Of home is sorrow that
strikes deep into the heart. A man Of
Mr. Bakers energy will not sit sorrowing
in the ashes. lie will have his home
III,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22
pro.ldent's Dinner to the Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 2l.-President
Arthur gave his first State dinner Of the
season tonight, at the White House, in
honor, Of the members of the Cabinet,
Among the guests invited to meet them
were Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle. General
and Mrs. Sheridan, Admiral Porter, sena-
tor and Mrs. j. D. Cam eron, and Senator
and Miss Hampton. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

Correspondence Of he intslsioeteer.
aioReASTowS, W. Va, Jan. 2l.-The
house belonging to George Jackson, q
colored man, living in the suburbs of Nor.
gantown, was entirely destroyed by fire on
Tuesday morning. Loss about $40O; nc
insurance.
W.T.. W. Barb, the local editor Of the
NeD Dominion, and an. alumnus OF the
University, leaves on Thursday for Gin
cinnati to take position on the CONNER
cidt GdEetis.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

caIc4oo, Jan. 2l.-Ferdinand Dittman,
quite wealthy farmer, was sentenced in
the United States Court here to-day to one
year in the penitentisry for making a
number of counterfeit ten dollar silver
certificates at bis home in Saylesville,
Wis, and passing them in Chicago.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22
stanford. Senator From California.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Jan. 2l.-The Legis-
lative caucus did not conclude until after
midnight. Leland Stamford was nominate
on the second ballot for United States
Senator. He received AZ, Aaron A. sar.
gent 10, NJ. NJ. Estee 10, Ex-Governor
George Perkins l. This assures the elec.
ton OF Stanford next Tuesday, when bal
loting will commence in both houses.
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a pnuNKRN .oUARREL
Results in tho Probable Fatal stabblng Of
9po Man.

Special Dipatet he latdltoAer.
PIEDMONT, W.. Va, Jan. 2l.-Joe and
Shep Paxton, two cousins, Burt Bauldin
and "Dutch" Mullen, all young men Of Is
tool years Of age, became involved in a
drunken quarrel yesterday, in which
Bauldin was shot in the shoulder by
Mullen, and shep Paxton used knife on
his cousin Joe, stabbing him in three
places, inilicting dangerous wounds which
may prove fatal.
Mullen and Shep Paxton were brought
before the Mayor to-day to answer for the
disturbance and were lined. Mullen, who
is somewhat noted character in this 10.
cality, refused 10 pay his fine and escaped
from the officers on his way to the lookup.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

GxRRAL ltosEcnAxs is as blunt as Gen
eral Butler was on another occasion. He
knows what he wants and isn't ashamed
to ask for it. McClelland wants the same
thing, and other military statesmen are
walking about with an aching void which
only the War portfolio can fill. What's
the matter with West Virginia in this
hour of her country's peril?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

WHEELING merchants are moving in the
right direction. The fipt step is organiza-
ton, the next protection. Our merchants
cover wide territory; it is not possible
for each firm acting alone to accomplish
ali that can be secured to them by united
Linn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

If the British keep this up they will
Tighten Ell Mahdi into some desperate
fighting. The rebels are learning how to
fght disciplined troops. From the begin
ming they knew how to die. For men Of
their class in their country death is s'about
tbe sweetest lot that can befall.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

thickness and that larger sizes ought To
pass under a much higher duty. The
Secretary, however, decided that all Sheet
irons coated with tin, come within the
classification OF tin.plate, dutiable at one
Cent per pound, without distinction ofsize
or thickness.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22
Destructive Ayalaneh e..

RoME, Jan. 2l.-The snow falls at Pied.
mont, Savoy and other departments in
the vicinity Of the Alps mountains were
very serious. The avalanche which buried
Frossino in Piedmont yesterday, caused
great loss OF life. Thirty bodies have
already been recovered. Forty persons
are still missing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

TIE city campaign which closes to-day
bs, in the main been fairly conducted.
Republicans have not found it necessary
"a circulate saunders against the nominees
olthe other side. The other side has not
becu so choice in its methods.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

To.pAYs voting gives the people OF
Wheeling an opportunity to say what kind
Ola city government they want. 1t hap;
mems very fortunately for the Republicans
that they have presented the better ticket
nj the two.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

Fanny RYAN should be careful how he
mani, one Of "them literary fellers" Of
Roston when the police arc not about.
Thu New York Inspectors and Captains
90, I rcaI mad when they miss the fun.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

CALDWELL, RAs, Jan. 1.-No late in
telligence has been received from the
Oklahoma country. The last courier re-
ported Col. Hatch's command in camp
thirty miles from Saltwater, awaiting the
arrival Of troops from Ft. Reno.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22
Polls open at OA. NJ. and close at Pan.
rvrs the children are crying for Grubb.
What a neat and efficient Mayor he will
....Ln IN be snre.

rnr rIost Of disorder is still striking
.b-onyb the Hooking Valley. 1t ought to
~ Dos.ible to come to an agreement where
s,oi,aI is being wasted on one side and
S,a,I imperiled on the other.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

PEsnunaH, Jan sl.-The O oonnellsgille
coke producers have decided to advance
coke to 81 25 per ton after April !. This
Is an advance Of 10 cents, the present price
being 81 l0per ton.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22
pIel From tha shock.

KASEAEEh LIS, Jan. 2l.-G, w,
Davis, Of Champaign, co. years old, an
inmate rescued from the burning ward ol
the Kenkakee hospital Sunday, died to-day
from the shock,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-22

AHAI8 UUINUNBEA Tue hHIII5H.
The battle between General Stewards
troops and the Arabs was fought at apolnt
in the Hassaniyeh desert, twenty.threc
iniIes nothwest from Metamneh, and near
the caravan station or stebacas. General
Stewards force consisted Of about 800
effective men on the approach Of the
Arabs. who. weTo estimated IN number
5000 or 10000. General Stewart formed
his troops ) into 4 hollow Sauare
with field pieces at the corners,
and the iinvalids and provisions
in the centre, The Arabs made their az
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-23
The Economic Effects of War.

The prospects of a great war in
Europe, such as that portending be-
tween England and Russia, are hailed
with satisfaction by some classes OF
people in this country under the i'm
preston that such a conflict would
have a direct tendency to enliven
trade, raise wages, and incidentally
benefit the various branches of indus
try. No doubt the immediate effects
would be somewhat of this character.
While the combatants are straining
every nerve and exhausting all their
resources in their efforts to destroy
one another, there would be large de-
mands for help from outside in the
shape of food, clothing, and other
necessaries. The prices of these arti-
cles would go up with the demand,
more men would find employment,
better wages would be paid, and all
classes ia the nations remaining at
peace would be directly or indirectly
benefited. The loss of others would,
for the time, be their gain. AS long
as the war continued, it would be the
heyday Of prosperity for the manufac-
turer, the importer, the ship-owner,
and working people generally. But
the food-tide of war is one thing, the
ebb-tide another. The former carries
its hundreds to fame and riches, the
latter leaves its tens of thousands
stranded high in moral, physical, and
financial wreckage. History has its
valuable lessons on this point. Aside
from all humane and moral oonsid-
erations, we may say that the result
ant benefits of war upon the world al
large are a doubtful if not a minus
quantity. The operation of burning
towns and cities, converting fruitful
regions into desolate wastes, the
plundering and pillaging of large pop
ulations, and all the other destructive
work of contending armies, cannot be
considered as rational method of in
creasing the sum of the worlds wealth.
Even with all the facts of history in
view, it will not be disputed that war
is abnormal. Its slaughter of human
beings, its ravagiDg and pillaging are
wholly against the economy and the
benifcence of nature. 1t runs counter
to all settled laws and usages it ar
rests commercial progress, and tends
to the sudden and violent derange-
ment of the natural order of affairs.
The effects of war upon the people and
their industries are not unlike the eff
fects of stimulants upon the human
frame. In both cases the stimulant
is unnatural, and the activity it Gre
ates unwholesome. The remote re-
suits in each case are disastrous.
While war may possibly enrich the
few, it is sure in the end to beggar the
many. Articles of trade and COM
merce take upon them a fictitious val
ne, business leaves the even tenor of
its way and becomes wild, speculative,
uncertain, and hazardous. Extrava-
CANT ideas prevail and fortunes are
reared on sandy foundations. The
revulsion may be long deferred, but it
CON es soon or late, tidal wave that
sweeps to ruin and despair. The dis
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-23
r abroad Notes.

The steamer Maquam is reported to
have been purchased by the agents of
the Boston and Lowell railroad COM
pany.
ST. Johrsbury is in doubt whether
the acquisition of the St. Johnsbury
& Lake Champlain road by the Bos-
ton & Lowell is going to be good
thing for that smart little town. One
thing, however, is settled, which is
considered adverse, and that is the re-
moval of The repair shops to Wood
ville.-Loa0eH Courier.
The Central Vermont railroad COM
pany has done a sensible thing in call
ing attention to the law relating to
loafing around depots and station
yards, and the jumping on and off
trains. Both are liable to fine, and
the managers have ordered the sta
ton agents to enter complaints and
stop the evil.
Both the Passumpsic and Central
Vermont officials express themselves
as free from apprehension on account
of the Boston & Lowell acquisition of
the st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
road. Neither regards the new ar
rangement as hostile to their road un-
less made SO. The Boston & Lowell
officials have never authorized any
statement that the purchase was an
act of hostility to these roads, but
simply one of timely self protection in
view of the changing railroad map.
In fact, last Saturday the Passumpsic
and Boston & Lowell signed a con-
tract for the interchange of their bust
ness for the next five years.-BOston
advertiser. -
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders Of the Burlington & Lamoille
the following directors were elected
Lawrence Barnes of Burlington, w.
Brigham of Hyde Park, L. B. Howe
of Jericho, G. w. Hendee of Morris
vile, D. c. Linsley of Ottawa, g. l..
Linsley, B. B. Smalley, c. NJ. Spauld-
ing, of Burlington, L. F. Terrill of
Underhill, j. Tuttle of Essex Centre,
H. Smile of Cambridge, F. W. Van
Sicklen of Burlington. The old
board of officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, d. G. Linsley;
vice president, G, NJ, Spaulding; clerk
and treasurer, Z. W. Peck; general
G. L. Linsley.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-23
THE ART INTERCHANGE

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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-23

We have been considerably at loss
to know what course we ought 10 pur-
sue with reference TO the news item
relative to very exciting incident
which we notice briefly in the Hyde
Park locals this week. We do not
fail to read the wishes of some of
our readers with reference thereto.
We know that they will look for
and expect in our issue of this
week all the mjnutia, even to the
sickening and disgusting details, the
names of the suspected parties, and
verbatim report of all the testi-
mony taken at the inquest. On the
other hand, we know that we have
among our readers large and re-
spectacle number to whom the New.
AND CITIZEN comes as household
friend and freside companion, read
and discussed around the family
hearth. We know that many Of them
so far respect the purity of their house
hold that they would regard-and
Justly, too-such an article as some
would insist that we give as unfit read
ing matter for the family circle, and at
the risk of the displeasure of those
who think otherwise, we decide to
suppress rather than give place to
,he immoral and, as we believe, I'M
healthy mental food that such an arti-
lie would of necessity contain, prefer
ing rather that the Police Gazette
serve up this kind of filthy succotash.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-23
Some Arbor Day" Facts.

Arbor day is but few years old,
but has grown steadily from the first;
and is now an important institution.
1t began in the west, where the need
of trees is very pressing, and has
spread so fast as to warrant the be-
lief. intimated by the governor, that
every state will in few years join in
the procession. The first move was
made in Nebraska, January 8, 1874,
when the state board of agriculture
adopted a resolution setting apart the
second Wednesday in April as annual
arbor day, and petitioned the legisla-
ture to make it legal holiday. The
legislature neglected to act, but the
day was yet generally observed, and
over 100000 trees were planted
the first year. The state horticultural
society joined in the work, and tree
planting has gone on there with excel
lent success ever since. The Iowa
horticultural society moved the same
year, 1874, and appointed April 70 as
arbor day. The time proved cold and
stormy, and the next year the society
offered premiums for tree planting,
and allowed competitors to select their
own day. The first state forestry as
ISOLATION was formed in Minnesota, in
January, 1876. The legislature ap-
propriated S25O0 to promote the OBJ
March, and the first Tuesday in May
was fixed upon as arbor day. A Sc
ries of premiums was offered, and
over 100000 trees were planted in
the state in the year named, about
10000, 900 in 1877, and other millions
every year since. The Michigan leg
islature, in the spring of 1881, direct
ed the governor to appoint an arbor
day annually, and the next year Ohio
began the work and at the same time
had the forestry congress in session at
Cincinnati. So the work has gone on.
In the states named and in others,
trees have been planted in highways,
fields, and byways, by farmers and all
men who own a rod of ground, by
school children and by voluntary asso-
ciations-the latter often organized
for the purpose-and arbor
day has grown, if not as fast as an
could wish, at any rate
great deal in the aggregate, and in the
way to promise great deal more. 1t
should certainly be welcomed in Yer
mont, and made a permanent and
most useful holiday.-RutIaad Her.
aid
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set and full of fun, and all were quite
jolly, with the exception of one Off
Ger, whom [ noticed sitting in cor
ner smoking and taking but little part
in the sports in which the rest were
engaged. They all went out of the
house but this solitary, silent man,
and as L was going out, he asked me
where the pump was, as he would like
to get drink. On offering to get
him some water, he said, No, sir, /
will go myself, and as I passed out
he came up behind me. When in
about the middle of the hall, my little
grand daughter came running toward
me, but the silent man, spreading out
both arms, caught her, and, taking
her up, fairly smothered her with kiss
es, saying, This reminds me Of my
little girl at home, and makes me
homesick.' To the question, where
is your homer he replied, 'Galena,
ILL.,, but I have my family at City
Point, and am anxious to get back to
them said, will you permit me to
ask your name, sir? Certainly; my
name is Grant Grant exclaimed
/, General Grant, and 1 stood there
awe-stricken and paralyzed with as
constituent, while my heart went out
after this man. / thought to myself,
here is a man whose name is now in
the mouth of man, woman and child
throughout the civilized world, and
yet withal he exhibits no emotion, and
seems unmoved until the little child
reminds him of his loved ones at
home, and he fairly broke down. AS
Gen. Grant had been pictured out to
us as bloody butcher, l had
looked for man as savage as a Com
manche INDIAN