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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-30
United States was put up and sold it

United States was put up and sold it
would not scarcely bring sufficient
amount of money to pay this indebted
ness to the Banks, and in addition there
is about the same amount of bonded
indebtedness due by the Government,
for which the property of the people is
responsible, and we have the appalling
figures Of three billions of Indebtedness
staring the people in their faces.
In this amount no account is taken
of the immense amount due to other
corporations
The question of demonetizing silver
is urged almost exclusively by the Ma
tional Banks and had it not been for
the incessant warfare they have carried
on against it, the whole question would
long since have been settled, and no
injury to any one done
Not satisfied with the great advan-
tages the Government has already be.
slowed on them, they still ask for more,
and if Congress should grant their re-
quest it will give them the control of
nearly all the finances of the country.
The power the old United States
bank enjoyed would be insignificant to
the power which the present National
Banks would be enabled to WELD if
their wishes are carried out.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-30
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

so far, show the Liberals have elected
al candidates, the Conservatives 1876,
and the Nationalist IS. Leavy, Ma
tionalist, was elected in County Cork;
Chaplin, Councillor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, under the Conservatives
Administration, was elected for the
Stafford division of Lincolnshire, by
100 majority, over his Liberal oppo.
nent; Hon. T. G. Kenyon, Conserva.
tive, has been elected in the Denbigh
district of Wales, over Sir Robert Gun.
lift, Liberal, who sat for the district in
the last Parliament. This is the first
return from Wales. The Liberals have
gained six old seats and the Conserva-
tives "a. The Liberals have won 80
new seats and the Conservatives So.
The Conservatives have gained a seat
for Montgomeryshire, Walkin w.
Wynn, Conservative, having been elect.
ed over Stuart Randall, Liberal, who
sat for the district 10 the last Parlia.
ment. Rival crowds of people assem-
bled in front of the different newspaper
offices, cheering the results as they were
posted, and the excitement was very
great. Charles Stewart parnell and
Timothy Michael Healy, Nationalist,
have been elected for two divisions of
Cork City. The vote was as follows:
Parnell, 6,7l6: Healy, 6,536; Pike,
l,646; Barnridge, l,4Ol.
In connection with the announced
intention of the President to attend the
Hendricks obsequies on Tuesday next,
the Indianapolis Journal says that he
should not leave the White House to
attend the funeral on account of the
dangers incident to the necessarily
rapid movements OF a special railway
train. The Journal says it feels free to
make this statement as Republican
paper, published at the home of Mr..
Hendricks, and as one against whom
the charge cannot be made that it
would do or say anything against the
largest possible measure of honor to the
deceased ; bnt Mr.. Cleveland is not his
own; he is not his party's; he cannot
follow freely the dictates of his personal
or political friendship. He is the
nations head, and the only life between
the Government and an interregnum.
The funeral of Vice President Hen.
bricks will take place at noon to.mor.
row. The body will lie in state in the
Courthouse at Indianapolis to day. All
the rooms at the principal hotels have
been engaged by prominent guests from
abroad. The Senatorial party and other
representatives of the Government will
arrive from Washington to night. The
were elected by a Com.
mittee with Mrs. Hendricks approval
They are Governor Isaac p. Gray, ex-
Governor A. G. Porter, Hon. w. A.
Woods, Judge of the United States
Court; John L. McMaster, Mayor of
indianapolis; Aquilla Jones, David
Macy and Judge Frederick Rand, all
Of Indianapolis
The World says; Immediately upon
the receipt of the news of the death of
the Vice President special staff CORE.
spondent Of the World was dispatched
to interview james G. Blaine in An.
gusta, as to his estimate of the deceased
stateman's life. work and his views
touching the succession. The compli.
ment paid to the Maine statesman was
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-30
The SILVER QUESTION.
Some Reasons why the National
Banks Want Silver DemOnetized.

Some Reasons why the National
Banks Want silver DemOnetized.
A circular addressed to the SILVER
STATE, from w. H. Oliver, Newbern, N.
c., reads as follows:
The following figures are taken from
the official reports of the Nations al
banks, and from the report of the Dr.
rector of the U. s. MINIS on the LIST day
of October, 1885:
The amounts are so enormous as to
make them beyond our comprehension,
yet they are official and consequently
correct:
.eE 4It GOLD. &f& %gg8
The amount of gold in the United
States on the above date was $542, Co.,.
600, of which amount the National
banks held IS follows: Fnsw
In gold coin. .$65, l9l, 1872
In gold certificates. 49,. Y, 1856, $40
In legal tenders which are n a.
redeemed in gold. ...... SO, 1888, 759
In gold clearing house Ger. ~
titicates. .......... 23,6l4, 900
In U. 5. certificates equiva.
lent to gold. ........... Is, 800, 600
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-30
$50. I3O.47l

$3.50. I3O,4 All
Within fraction, one. half of all the
gold in the United States is the prop
erty of the National banks.
No one has right to object to this,
but when Congress is called upon to
appreciate the value of this immense
amount of gold, by demonetizing silver
then the people have right to complain
If silver is demonetized the effect of it
will be to depreciate the value of every
species OF property, to greatly reduce
the value of labor, to depress business,
and greatly to enhance the value of
gold.
Why should it be done?
The amount of silver in the United
States on the first of October, 1885,
was $27S,OOO, 600; of this amount the
National banks only held $ll, 400, O23,
leaving in the hands of the people and
the Government $266, 5l9, 5777.
Why demonetize this vast amount of
money which belongs to the people?
If it is done you injure the great
masses of the people, for the benefit of
a few.
You decrease the value of the silver
which is to large extent in the hands
of the impoverished people of the coun-
try. simply to enhance the value of
gold, almost all of which is held by the
banks.
You unjustly injure one class for the
benefit Of another.
Far be it from me to array one class
against another, but when such gross
injustice is about being perpetrated,
then the people should be appraised of
the danger which threatens them.
The banks own only small fraction
OF the silver, and nearly one.half of the
gold, and where is the propriety of their
asking Congress to depreciate one, and
appreciate the other?
INDEBTEDNESS.
The amount of Indebtedness due by
individuals to the National Banks ON
the lst day Of October, 1885, was ST..
30l, l55, LIB. A sum totally beyond
our conception.
The banks also held over $3.50. OOO.-
600 of other bonds.
The effect of demonetizing silver will
be greatly to enhance the value of this
Indebtedness. Every dollar of it was
contracted when gold, silver and paper
was the currency of the country. Cut
eft silver. which represents one fifth of
the currency and put this immense
amount OF Indebtedness on a gold basis,
ruin will be brought upon the people.
1t every acre of farming land in the
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-30
DIED.

HOBBS-In Winnemucca, November 20, 1873!
Peter Hobbs, aged about go years.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16
ONO conNrY ITEMS.

Current News and Gossip from the "Rural
Regions"
The Jubilee Singers will be at the Point
Mills campmeeting next Sunday.
DR.. II. E. Hersey, Of Martins Ferry
visited friends in the country short time
since.
A wedding in high social circles is the
current event Of the week at Valley
Grove.
Miss Mary Bell has gone for an extend
ed sojourn with relatives northeast o.
Chicago. .
The Cornet Band Of Valley Grove will
play for the Sunday School picnic on next
Saturday.
Miss NJ. Deniston, OF Valley Grove, re.
ceived severe fracture Of the arm by q
fall on last Sunday.
The Baptist congregation (colored) o.
Washington, Pa. is having campmeeting
at Gaston's Orchard.
The Potomac Fair will take place next
week. AS local institution much inter.
est Is taken in its success.
Forty-fve passengers took the B. & o.
train for the Wheeling fair on Thursday
morning last at Point Mills station.
L. W. Blaney is suffering from an al
tack Of typhoid fever. Medical aid Is
given by DR.. ]. 7. Carter, Of Triadelphia.
Col. T. Y. Heney, Of Roney's Point,
sold his wool clip to Messrs. Campsey &
Doughty, OF Claysville, few days since,
He had'about {. 600 pounds.
! 1t is hardly presumable that over one.
fourth OF the area Of acreage will be sown
in wheat this fall in comparison TO the
last, by the farmers Of this section.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

testain told Of aeytgal very funny epiScdes.
Afterwards the strangers were GhnWn the
city by gas light and ~ usual, Wheeling
exerted heIaeli 70 the utmost TO make
things pleasant, and q usual, succeeded.
This morning every bIcycllst n the city,
whether he lives here or not, Il earnestly
requested to rendezvous at City Hall
square at 10 o'clock sharp, In uniform, and
with his machine. Myles d to take a large
photograph, and II is especially desired
that every wheel be represented. The
hour il set at 10 In the hope that every
one will be on time, sharp. After the pic.
ture hasbeen takenthe line will be formed
and parade take place. The route will
probably be down Sixteenth to Market, to
twentieth, TO Chapline, and down the
brick pavement to Twenty.fourth and re-
turn; from the iron bridge up Market TO
Tenth, over the suspension bridge and
out the Virginia street brick pavement
and bsck.
In the afternoon an impromptu picnic
at Wheeling Park will probably be the
programme. As q result OF yesterday
hard ride tired and sore set OF men may
be looked for to-day, hut still they are in
for fun and fun they will have at any cost
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16
Bic Family Reunion.

The steubenyiile Gazette says: The de-
cendents OF Jacob Nessley, who settled on
the river bottom in West Virginia, oppo-
site the mouth Of Yellow Creek, in 1875,
will celebrate the centennial OF the settle
ment on the site next Thursday, the 18th.
Jacob Nessley came to that point from
Lancaster county, Pa, the country OF bis
nationality being Switzerland. The cele-
bration will be participated in by only the
true defendants, OF whom there are hum
dreds in all parts Of the country, but r.
". Mahan Il the only one in this city.
An elaborate programme has been pre-
pared, and extensive preparations are be-
ing made by the local committees for q
pleasant time. There will be speeches,
historical and sentimental, music and re-
treatments,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

At Brownsville, Gean Michner and John
Wright, OF that place, wheeled into line
and kept along with Royal Johns Rollick.
ing lads until the finish was reached. Al
Little Washington A. A. Poole and w. II.
Wilson, OF that place, Frank Hayes, Of
Canonsburg, and the Keystone Touring
Club, composed OF ]. b. kaercher, J. h.
Harris, Robert Tate, Seward Murray, ].
w. Lecky and R. O. Swartzwelder, oil
Pittsburgh, rolled in after the racers and
by their presence lent encouragement.
At West Alexander the first contingent Of
Wheeling Wheelmen was encountered and
from that point to the finish representa-
tives OF the Nail City in their picturesque
suits and with wheels in the best OF con.
dition were found waiting to assist in the
grand entree.
The progress Of the racers was noted at
all telegraph and telephone stations and II
was known early in the afternoon thatthe
hour OF 5 would probably see the tirst
man in. Before that hour Mr.. l. G. Dill
Ion, timer, and Mr.. @. r. Tracy, checker,
were at the Stamm House, and in ad-
dition, quite crowd Of spectators. At G
o'clock the hotel office was full Of bicycle
riders dressed in Norfolk coats, flannel
shirts and corduroy knee pants and vel
vet hats, recounting experiences or re-
newinR acquaintances.
The Wheeling Wheelmen were out in
force and the hearty welcome they ex-
tended to the strangers made them feel
perfectly at home and dispelled the worn
out feeling that all had felt at the conclu.
sion Of the trip. After washing OF the
dust and mud and getting into the clean
clothes sent on ahead, and outsideAn APP
petizing supper, the strangers felt as gay
as larEs, and leaving the machines 70
await cleaning in the morning lone ad-
vantage bicycle has over horSe) pro-
ceeded to fraterniZe again.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

Strangers in tho City and Wheeling Folks
Abroad.
Harry O. orem, Of the orem Rink Com.
bination, is in the city.
Miss Belle McCabe leaves this morning
on visit to friends in the Northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Close, of St.
Clairsville, were in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Edgington, Of West
Liberty, are visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. ]. G. 0'Brien and daughter, Of
New Mexico, were at the Mcclure house
yesterday.
Mrs. R. @. Meyer, OF st. Clairsville, mex
Miss May Simpson, was calling on her nu'
merous Wheeling friends yesterday.
MIR. John Thornton, Of Louisville, who
has been visiting his uncle, Mr.. Martin
Thornton, in this city, left for his home
yesterday.
Mr.. Sam Dean, postmaster at Martins
Ferry, was in the city last night on his
way 10 Portsmouth to attend the reunion
OF the Army Of West Virginia.
Abe Spite, Lester ( Aliens advance
man, is in the city making arrangements
for the appearance Of Lester 6 Aliens
minstrels and John L. Sullivan, the cham
pion slugger.
Messrs. Robert and Ewing Campbell,
sons OF Col. Alex. Campbell, came down
down from Bethany yesterday 10 say good
bye to friends before leaving for Virginia,
where they will attend school.
Mr.. and Mrs. PlatolT Zane celebrated
their crystal wedding last evening at their
hospitable country home in Pleasant Val.
ley. A large number Of their friends from
the city were present, and the event was
one Of the pleasantest Of the closing social
season in this vicinity.
Mr.. Ed. s. Norton, formerly proprietor
OF the Mcclure House, Is again In the city.
| He haS; leased the st. Cloud House at
Canton, o. It's owners have consented to
expeud several thousand dollars in i'm.
proving It, putting in tiled floor office, Gle.
yator. etc, and Mr.. Norton will furnish II
newly throughout. Itisreported that Mr..
IA. Messer, who has been ct the Mcclure
House for 90 long time, will accompany
Mr.. Norton to Canton.
Mr., George Iaughlin left last evening
for New Orleans, where he Is to be mar.
ried in q few days TO very estimable
lady. He was accompanied by Major
Harry Sherrard, Of Steubenyille, and OF
Chicago they will be Joined by Mr.. John
T. Baker, Of the st. Paul Globe, formerly
OF the Rsgisler Of this city. These gentle
men will be 1ir. Laughlin's gToomsmen.
The many friends Of Mr.. Laughlin in this
city will follow him with their best wishes
for his future happiness and success.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16
rur Pass ASErrrNe.

The Editors Of the state to Convene 81
ChAEiastga next Week,
The coming meeting q tie West Wiz.
einla Pfes5 Association st Charleston on
Tuesday, the % inst, promises 70 be one
Of the most enjoyable ever held By that
illustrious body. The Association viii be
called to order Tuesday evening in the
Opera House. Addresses OF welcome will
be delivered by Governor Wilson and
Mayor Huiing, which will be responded
10 BY Editor A. B. White, Of the Parkers-
burg STATE Journal, president OF the Asso-
citation. Wednesday, the annual Grafton
by Hon. P. w. Morris, Of the Richie Ga.
sstts, poem by Hu Maxwell, Of the Tucker
county Pioneer, election Of officers and
business Of the Association will take mp
the memb6rs' time and attention. Amy
snare time will be devoted 10 an inspec-
ton OF new public buildings and other in.
teresting sights TO be seen In and about
Charleston.
The excursion will start from Charles
ton ON ThursdRy, September oath, at 6:43
A. NJ, take breakfast at kanawha Falls
and arriYeat White Sulphur at 1910 p. n.
This will give the editors daylight ride
through the fine New River and Ale
gheny scenery. The excursion will re-
main at White Sulphur from 1910 70
1851 p. NJ, on the Oath, and arrive at Cliff
ton Forge at 9:2O p. N, where the night
will be spent. On Friday morning, the
excursion will take q Richmond 4 ALE.
gheny train at 9:45 and arrive Of Natural
Bridge ut 1l:46 A. NJ, where the hacks
from Natural Bridge hotel will meet the
party. A day Will be spent at Natural
Bridge, which is under the superintendr
ence OF Col j. B. Peyton, Clerk oil the
House of Delegates Of this State. The ex-
cursion will disperso from Natural Bridge
or Clifton Forge, or will go to Old Point
Comfort, more probably. The excursion
will be free on the railroads, and the hack
fare at Natural Bridge viii also be free.
The Natural Bridge Hotel has reduced its
rates 20 So 90 per day, and the Kanawha
Falls White Sulphur and Clifton Forge
Hotels have also greatly reduced rates.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

James Ryder, hard character, who has
often figured in police court, and who has
served bis time on the hill at that popular
health resort aud muscle restorer preided
over by Col. Jim Maloney, was arrested
by Officer West about II o'clock yesterday
morning, Just after he had heayed good
sized boulder through window
OF the sporting house on Sixteenth
street, between Main and Market,
run BY Madame Pearl jackson. He was
preparing to send another atone after the
first. In addition TO breaking window,
the first stone hit one Of the inmates, in.
juring her considerably on the arm.
Ryder was full, and imagined himself to
be ring-tailed snorter that spit dynamite
or something Of that sort. His cognomen
was the only one that adorned the slate
at police headquarters at midnight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

Assl. Clatrsyille yesterday Mrs, Hannah
Abbott, Of Durham, England, by her attor.
ney, George Duncan, Esq, entered suit
for alamony against George Abbott, o.
Bridgeport. The question Of identity will
figure In this case. Abbott, the defendant
married Miss Irene Yost about q year ago
at Bridgeport. Several weeks ago he was
arrested charged with bigamy. The
plaintiff in the case preferred the charge.
SheelGimed that he had deserted her in
1878 and had come TO this country. His
letters at first had been affectionate, but
grew cold, and then stopped altogether.
Abbott was held in the sum OF $500 to ap'
pear before the Common Pleas Court al
thenextterm. Abbott strenuously denies
thSs he is the man, but the English
Hannah says that she willstart for America
IN fine 10 prove the charge.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16
DRIDGEPoRr.
Local News Notes from the Other End of the
Bridge.

Local News Notes from the other End of the
Bridge.
A stock Of corn is on exhibition at
Gifin's store, corner Bank and Pike
streets, that measures fourteen feet in
height. 1t was grown on John Young's
farm, one mile west Of Bridgeport.
Charles Kessingham, OF Wheeling Is
land, was taken suddenly and severely i'll
at the Bridgeport Cleveland & Pittsburgh
railroad depot yesterday while enroute to
Pittsburgh. He was sent home in buggy.
The round trip fare from Bridgeport to
st. Clairsville and return on September
22d, good to return as late as September
23d, Is 60 cents. This is the occasion OF
thelayingofthe Court House corner stone.
An excellent crowd attended the open.
ing Of tn. Heinlein skating rink last even
ing. The music was good. The new floor
is smooth as polished marble. The man
agera are polite and attentive, and this
rink is bound to prove pleasant place for
evening entertainment during the coming
winter.
Mrs. Windmill, living at Etnaville,
gave birth to child on Sunday morning,
which fact has occasioned considerable Of
a breeze among her neighbors, simply be.
cause no such gentleman as O Mr.. Wind
mill is known in these diggings, and be-
cause the tint OF the young Windmill is
such as to entirely exonorate two white
men OF Esnaville, whose names were con-
nected with Mrs. Windmill's in an un-
envisble way previous to Sunday morn
ing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-16

CIscINNATr, Sept. 15.-As passenger
train on the Kentucky Central railroad
was leaving Lexington, KY, about noon
to-day, at high rate OF speed, the engine
left the rails and plunged down 80 foot
enbankment, carrying with 1t the baggage
and smoking cars. Engineer Frank Watts
and fireman H. q. Bipgsr were instantly
killed. Thomas Mclaughlin, conductor,
had his arm sprained, Dan o'Con.
ner, brakeman, had his arm injured
and body bruised, and Robert Taylor.
baggagemaster, his arm broken. /. ].
Nichols, the well known hoseman, OF
Paris, KY, suffered a broken hip besides
internal injuries, which will probably 70.
suit atally. George Pugb, Thomas An.
derson and VIM. Dawson, Of Paris, and
Charles H. Kohn, Of Cincinnati, were
slightly injured. Several other passen-
gers, including scme colored women were
badly scalded.