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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

Over seventy vessels and it is
feared three hundred lives were lost
in the great Labrador storm.
Office seekers are over the
Presidents order excluding them
flom the White House.
There ere 100000 Turkish troops
mustered on the frontier for active
service in the Balkan peninsula. if
needed.
General George B. Mcclellan died
of neuralgia of the heart Thurs.
day morning at his home in New
Jersey.
One nightlast week some inhuman
wretch cut an ear off a horse belong
ing to Mr. Yancy Johnson, of Circle.
vile, Pendleton county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

1t is a common expression by
many that Mr.. Cleveland is better
than his party. In any acts of his
which tend to break up his party and
destroy it he undoubtedly is, for by
these acts he recognizes the un-
worthiness of his party, and that he
is doing his country a service in dis.
appointing his party friends. Mr..
Cleveland has, of late, frequently re-
buked his Democratic friends in I'm.
mistakable terms. For these services
to morality and in the interest of good
government, Mr.. Cleveland has
been justly applauded. May he not
be the instrument selected to destroy
the Democratic party If SO a
splendid fame awaits him.-Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

CUMBERLAND, October 23.-ln
Mann township, in Bedford county,
Pa, last night, a boy about thirteen
years Of age was devoured by a pan.
Their while on his way to 6 distant
pasture to bring home his fathers
COWS. The cows returned, but the
boy did not accompany them. When
it became dark his father became al
armed and went in search of him.
AS he entered the pasture field he
found lying upon the ground the
body of his son horribly mutilated.
The clothing was almost entirely
stripped from the boy, the entrails
were protruding, and much flesh had
been torn from the bones and de.
voured by the beast. The panther
had evidently satisfied its hunger
and returned to its place Of hiding
in the mountains. A panther has
been seen in the vicinity several
times during the last few months.
1t has been seen since the killing OF
the lad. Smith and a party Of men
are now hunting on its trail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
STATE NEWS.

License to sell liquor has not been
granted in RitchIe county since 1852.
1t is reported that all of the creeks
emptyiDg into the Guyandotfe river
are filled with logs waiting for water
enough to float them to Huntington.
Deer are said to be very plentiful
in the mountains of the State this
year, and the woods and underbrush
are simply alive with small game.
1t is going to be a great season for
sportsmen.
In Braxton county chestnuts are
quoted at one cent per pound, or 56
cents per bushel. This is lower than
they were ever known to be before.
The usual price is from 81 so tos2 OO
per bushels.
From every portion of the State
comes the news that farmers are
hard at work putting in an increased
acreage of wheat. They are nowise
disheartened by the failure of crops
this year, and will put their best
foot forward and try again.
Members of the family of Elijah
Musgrave, deceased, of Marion coun-
ty, recently discovered about $4,000
in silver coin which had been buried
by the deceased in his life time on
bis premises. Some ofthe coin bore
the stamp of 1926, and it had doubt
less been buried for several years.
Two hundred indictments against
the liquor sellers of a little place like
Morgantown is a pretty large affair,
but that is the number of indictments
returned by the grand jury of Mon
ongalla county at a recent session.
The evidence is said to have been
worked up by detectives, who seem
to have ventilated things pretty tho.
roughly. The temperance people of
the town are iubilant over the result.
Gov. E. w. Wilson arrived in the
city early yesterday morning from
Charleston. 1t is understood that
the errand Of Auditor Duffy and
State Superintendent of Free Schools
Morgan here is to borrow money for
the State Administration, and that
they did not meet with success. nc
IS for this reason, rumor hath It, that
they have peen reinforced BY the
Governors presence, and it is the ex.
pectation that another onslaught
will be made on the banks and
capitalists.
Another rumor is that the officials
have withdrawn the bonds of the
School Fund from the Wheeling
banks where they have been kent
for years. These bonds are the
various securities in which the so.
Called Irreducible School Fund. or
what remains of it, is invested.
Whether the purpose in with.
drawing them from the banks here
Is simply to remove them to Charles.
ton for safe keeping in the banks
there, or to hypothecate the securities
In New York and thus raise fhe
funds the officials failed to borrow
mere, Is not stated.-Inteligencer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
my GOOD T T GIRL.

| was called one day in October to
thefamily ola German who lived on a
small place three miles from town.
He was a poor man with many chill
dren, one of whom, a boy often years,
had diphtheria. attended my pat.
lent faithfully, and he recovered.
He had a sister two years older,
called Sadie, who seemed inexpres-
sibly grateful to me "for saving
brother Jimmy's life." Always she
spoke of me as "the good doctor who
saved brother Jimmy's life;" and /
in turn won her affectionate words
and ways, fell into the habit of
thinking and speaking other as "my
good little girl" Thus we became
excellent friends.
Not long afterward Sadie herself
had dlphtheria for which she was
very sorry, because it prevented her
from gathering a bushel ofhickory-
nuts to pay me for saving brother
Jimmy's life.n In all her sickness she
never expressed one regret for her.
self. Her disease ran ominously,
but at last she seemed convalescent,
and one day her father called to say
that Sadie was very much better,
and that Ineed not trouble myself to
call again. But early the next NOR.
ming he reused me,and said he feared
Sadie was dying. l FASTENED to her
bedside, and found that it was even
so. She knew me. Beside her in
bed, under the ragged quilt, she had
a small bag OF hickory nuts, gather
ed by her the day before. at the ex-
pense of her life. "For saving
brother jimmy" she gasped, and
in a few moments my good little
girl was dead.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

The Grand Jury and the Court
have been endeavoring to Go theil
duty in a prompt and faithful man
ner, and no offenders OF violations
of the laws escaped except for want
OF sufficient evidence. Fear and re.
spect for the law depends to a great
extent upon the actions of the Grand
Jury. The citizens look to them, to
the courts and to the officers for the
strict enforcement of the laws and
the punishment of criminals. Nc
Grand Jury should hesitate to bring
about an Investigation of any mat.
ter in which their suspicious are
aroused. The rottenness Of public
matters in Wheeling could not have
gone so long had the Grand Juries
acted more promptly and searching
ly. In Wood County, n Court Of
ficer is charged with pocketing ONE
TENTH of the taxes of the county
for fees. This could not have been
done, had the Courts demanded
strict accounts and publication of
statements. Investigations never
do any harm, but frequently much
good.
Judges and Juries r the safe
guards of the people,-the support
ers, defenders and executioners of
the laws; with them, If anywhere,
may we expect all outside influence
to be powerless; we look upon them
to recognize no man or set of men,
no party, no cause, except Justice
and Right. We believe Judge
Faulkner carries out these princi-
pies to the letter. Let HIM guard
the %juries, and see that all who serve
are fearless, free,-honest and con-
sclentious. By this we mean, to
guard against the professionals"
who everywhere are always ready
for what's in it, and who not only
justice, but bring unneces-
airy expense and delay upon the
county. What would Berkeley be
without pure judges and fearless jur-
les?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

his act places him in the ranks OF
" offensive partisans.r Let all the
clerks and employees of the govern
ment make their contributions for
partisan campaign purposes, upon
the excuse that it has been "their
custom" to do so, as the Democratic
President has set the example. Mr..
Cleveland should haul down his re-
form flag, and hang his head in shame
when offensive partIsanship is men
toned. He is the leader of often.
sive partisans, aud should be held
responsible for his Inconsistency. A
man who will lend himself to Willy
the character of his people, does not
merit. the confidence of an honest
nnhlic.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
GENERAL NEWS.

Mr.. TIlden has given $1,000 to the
New York Democratic campaign
fund.-.
There were eighty-nine deaths
from smallpox in Montreal Saturday
and Sunday.
President Cleveland proposes to
shut down on all Office seekers after
this month.
There was a great anti-C Chinese
labor demonstration at Seattle,
w. T., Saturday night.
BY a recent terrible storm off the
Labrador coast many fishing vessels
were wrecked and lives lost.
Secretary Manning asked for As
sistant Secretary Coon's resignation,
and the latter has promptlycomplied.
Sixty-five cows OH a dairy farm in
Winchester county, N. ", have been
ordered killed, as they have pleuro-
pneumonia.
A French village in the depart
ment of ID ordogne has been destroy
ed, and a large number of persons
killed by the caving of the earth.
G. X. Lord, ESQ.,, general pas
senger agent of the B. & o. II. r.
has been appointed general passen-
| ger agent of the Cincinnati, Wash
ington 81 Baltimore r. r. vice
Thomas P. Barrett, resigned.
One week ago last Friday the
young and beautiful wife of James
Quayle, of Cleveland, mysteriously
disappeared. Mrs. Quayle had been
in poor health for some time. Sat-
urday her body was found on the
lake shore, wedged in between two
great rocks.
Hubbard Bros, OF Philadelphia,
agents for General Grants "Mem-
oirs" in the Middle States, have just
sent to the publishers an order for
$4,000 copies of volume l., at a cost of
$4,000. The books are to be de-
livered before the holidays. This is
probably the largest single order
ever given in this country for books.
John Sherman will now be one of
the three men Of the country elected
to five full terms to the United States
Senate. Thomas FL. Benton, of
Missouri, was the only man who
served thirty consecutive years in
the Senate. Henry B. Anthony was
elected to five full consecutive terms
to the Senate by Rhode Island, but
he died soo after entering his fifth
term.
The Baltimore municipal election
passed off quietly Wednesday. The
Democratic election judges returned
a majority for Hodges, regular Dem
ocrat, over Brown, Independent, of
1924. The total vote cast was 59,552,
of which Hodges received 30,SSS and
Brown 2S,664. The regulars elected
their candidates for the First Branch
of the City Council in the First, Sec
ond, Third, Fourth, Fifth Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh,
Thirteenth, Seventeenth, and Eigh-
teenth, wards and for the Second
Branch in the First and Second,
Third and Fourth, Fifth and Sixth,
Seventhand Eighth, NinthandTenth,
Thirteenth and Fourteenth, and
Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards.
Charges of glaring frauds are made
10y ti1o independents, and there is a
strong probability that the election
will be contested in the courts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
NORTH MOUNTAIN.

Mr.. Ed. E~versole, of Little George
town, had the misfortunate to lose
one of his children by Group, lately.
It was buried in the graveyard Of the
above named place, the 18th OF this
month.
Little Georgetown school has been
closed for the past two weeks on ac-
count of disease. The chicken-pox
and sore-throat have been very busy
in this district, as many as a dozen
children affected at one time.
Mr.. George Rhinaman threshed a
fine crop of buck-wheat from a piece
of ground containing about 8 acres
The yield was ga bushels.
Mrs. Mary Wright, wife of Mr.. VIM
Wright, died last Friday at her home.
near this village, of dropsy. She had
suffered for a long time. Her body
was inferred at Spring Mills Church
on Sunday following. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Lea
veil. Her death is regretted by many
of her friends.
While the funeral services of Mrs
Wright were being performed the
spirit of Charles w. Rhoe passed te
"that unknown land" He died
of typhoid pneumonia after a sick
ness of ten days. He was buried Mon
day evening at Hedgesvilie Episco'
pal cemetery. Rev. Leavell conduct.
ed the funeral services. The deceased
was 81 yrs. of age. Death is peculiar
ly sad when it seizes the strong maj
in the flower Of youth and hurls hin
relentlessly to the grave. He was
beloved by all and his death has cast
a gloom overt the community.
Mr.. Sam. Slaughter raised the bes'
potatoes we have heard of in the
neighborhood. He planted 4 bushels
and dug 80. Many weighed a pound
and upward.
Sportsmen have been banging away
at the quail during the last few weeks
AS far as we have heard, they wasted
more powder than they killed birds.
Late potatoes in this section are
generally yielding well.
Farmers are busy husking corn,
Some are breaking fallow ground Sc
as to be that far ahead in the spring,
Mrs. Stevens of your city is visiting
relatives here. NELLIE.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

Our Western neighbors do things
on a large scale. AT Gilmore, ten
miles west of Omaha, a company
have started "a cattle I" fattery," aud
have expended $4,000 in the erect
ing of big stables. There are now
$3.50 stalls in readiness, and by
Winter the number will he increased
to $500 stalls. In each stall they
will place a " critter,'' and the cattle
will be fed with food placed before
them through q system Of pipes and
cooked in enormous steam watts,
having q capacity of 1000 barrels OF
feed an hour. The company proposes
to gather in cattle frem the great
Western ranches, fatten them IN
these stalls and then ship to theEas-
tern markets in whatever form pays
the best. Individual feeders in the
East have not much chance against
combination of this kind.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

The residence of Bishop John }.
Keane, in Richmond, Va, was en-
tered Friday night and robbed OF
number Of small articles, including
cross and gold crucifx, and several
gold crosses, lockets and a purse CON
tanning a small amount of money
The thief entered the room where a
visiting priest was sleeping. Inc
priest awoke and seeing a mans
figure in the dim light asked, "Who
is that ~ The man walked towardtne
bed, and seeing the priest about 70
arise, shot at him, the ball passing
just over his head and going through
the partition wall, knocked down .
lot of p~lastering. As soon as D
thief fred he dashed out ofthe room
and escaped through a back door
which leads into the back yard.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

The Commercial Gazette says an
affecting incident occurred as the
casket containing the remains of the
Hon. Malcolm Hay was conveyed to
the hearse. An old man who was
standing a few rods away burst into
tears. Hastily brushing his hand
over his eyes be exclaimed to those
wac had observed the action: 81 can't
help it. Mr.. Hay once saved my
family from starving to death. He
heard how poor we were and he
gave me money and sent us pro.
visions and helped me to get EN-.
ployment. And now he's dead.v
and he started away, endeavoring to
suppress deep sobs. His clothes
were threadbare and his hands were
hardened with toll. but his heart was
as soft as a child's.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
CAREER OF GEN. ALBERT RIKe.
A Prominent Mason, Careful Lawyer, Poet,
Bon Vivant and Soldier.

Bon vivant and Soldier.
ben; Perley Poore.l
Albert Pike, a native of Boston, but
reared in Newbury, Mass, had been prom
inent at Washington before the war. His
"Hymns to the Gods" originally published
in Blackwood, were regarded as the finest
specimens of American poetry, and he was
well known at the national capital as q
prominent Freemason, as a careful lawyer,
and as a bon vivant. He was proverbially
careless in money matters, but he made
vast sums. one fee in a case for the Indians
being over 500, 600. His house was fitted
up elegantly, n his library was of rare
and standard works, many Of them i'm
ported. 1t excelled in the STANDARD English
authors, and there were several thousand
volumes in French. Besides this he had
some rare pictures, and the finest engrav-
lngs ever published. Nor was this all. One
room was devoted to philosophical appa-
ratus, and the natural sciences were ia
miliar to him.
Many did not understand hin and dis
liked, or, rather, sneered at him. "He has
no common sense,' says one. Why? He
spends all his money for books, pictures,
wines and sport. Another said there was
something wrong or Pike would nave been
a great man in the political world. The
truth is, he cared nothing for wealth except
to spend it; nothing for fame, and nothing
for political p~referment.
On the breaking out Of the rebellion, Pike
went into it more than as if driven in than
going willingly. He made a speech at Lit
tie Rock in the winter of 1869, before the
legislature, which portrayed the dangers of
secession in vivid colors. When secession
was resolved upon he went with his adopted
state. He was appointed by the convention
a commissions to the Indians. JEFF Davis,
also, gave him a like commission. This led
to his raising an Indian regiment, and a
brigade for the rebel service. He
got along very we'll until Hindman came
to Arkansas to take control. Hindman,
who was ambitious, reckless, and the in.
carnation of selfshness, took supplies and
money sent to Pike n on their way tc
him. This led to a quarrel. Hindman sent
a guard to arrest him, but Pike got to Mont
gomery and saw Davis. Holmes was sent
to supersede Hindman and heal the breach,
but Hindman inoculated Holmes with hi
views and Pike had to fight them both. Al
last he resigned his military commission il
disgust. He was then one of the judges oil
the supreme court in Arkansas.
After the cessation of hostilitiesG Gen. Pike
was invited by his Masonic brethren at the
north to visit them, and he was received
with open arms. He devoted himself to tn,
propagation of the Scottish rite of Masonry
having been chosen before the war sovereign
grand commander OF the southern jurisdic
ton, and made Washington his head
uuartarS
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
OFFENSIVE PARTISANS.
MANSION.

WASHINGTON, D.. c., Oct. %.
Alton B. Parker, Chairman State
Executive Committee:
Dear Sir: | send with this a con-
tribution toward ~defraying the ex-
penses of the democratic campaign
in the state of New York. n
Yours truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
This is an extract from a letter de-
livered at the democratic state head
quarters yesterday by Col. Dan. S.
Lamont, President Cleveland's pri-
vate secretary. President Cleveland,
it is said, has been seriously annoyed
by thefirlngs ofthe mugwump organs
against his democracy and their
charges that his support of Gov.
Hill is cool, and that he would not
grieve over democratic defeat in
New York. To prevent possibility
of any further Misrepresentation, he
sent Col. Lamont to Nav York. to
assure the state democratic leaders
and to carry his contribution to the
cause. The contribution is $1,000.
Besides the contribution from the
President, Secretaries Manning and
Whitney have contributed $1,000
each, and Assistant Secretary Fair
child and Col. Lamont $500 each,
1t has been the custom of President
Cleveland, while he was governor
and during past years, to contribute
to the campaign fund of his party
In sending his remittance to the com
mittee this year he only follows out
his custom. The President has taken
this most effectual way of silencine
the mugwump doubts about his de,
mocracy. He will be home at Buff
falo on election day, and he will vote
for the straight democratic ticket
from Hill to Elnathan Sweet inclu.
sive.
We clip the foregoing from thu
Washington Egeniag Star of The
Oath inst, and publish 1t as an EVIL
dence of Democratic inconsistency
Had Ex-Presidents Hayes or Ar
thur contributed $1,000 for partisan
purposes, it would have raised +;
Democratic howl all over the coun
try. If a poor department clerl
had given a few dollars to the Re
publican campaign fund because i
had been his custom, he would hav,
been removed for offensive part
sanship but the President and hi
cabinet and his clerk Lamont, cal
give their money to corrupt th'
State of New York without a wor,
of censure from the Democratic pa
pers of the country. Such conduc
is worthy of a president who con
ceived the idea of traducing TIN
character of Republicans by mean
of his I" offensive PARTISAN doctrine
W. believe Mr.. Cleveland to be hon
est in his so-called reform movement
according to his own definition, Blu
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

The vile charges brought by the
Chief of Police Of Wheeling against
Mayor Grub, have been fully inves-
tigated by a joint committee and
found not true. If the Chief of Pc.
lice has a spark of manhood within
his breast he will promptly resign,
move West and grow up with the
country. A man who will unjustly
assail the character of a citizen, is
unfit to live in the same community
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
A Captains Fortune Discovery.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, plying
between Atlantic City and N. Y, had beer
troubled with a cough SO that he was
unable to sleep, and was induced to
try DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption. It not only gave him instant
relief, but allayed the extreme soreness
in his breast. His children were SINH
larly affected and a single dose had the
same happy effect. DR.. Kings New
Discovery is now the standard remedy
IN the Coleman household on board the
schooner.
Free Trial Bottles of this Standard
Remedy at E. C. Williams & Co.'s
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
Health, Wealth and Happiness

Are more intimately connected with a
sound stomach and good condition of
the blood than most people suppose.
Thin blood means weakness, languor
and misery. Adyspeptic stomach means
all the horrors you car think of. Browns
Iron Bitters means enriched blood, good
digestion, healthy appetite, sweet sleep
and vigorous strength. MI. Henry Hal
lam, South 18th street, St. Louis, says,
Browns Iron Bitters relieved me of
dyspepsia, purified my blood, and gave
me an appetite" Thousands of others
testify in the same way.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31
A GREAT DISCOVERY!
HOLDSTEIN'S AROMMANAl

The only sure cure for Dyspepsia, and
all Kidney, Liver, Blood. and Skin Dis
eases. Is warranted not only to relieve
but to cure the wost cases of Dyspepsia,
and is a panacea for all diseases arising
from a disordered condition of the Liver
or Stomach, such as Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Distress after eat
ing, weakness of Kidney or Bladders.
call at A. NJ. GILBERT'S
Drug store and get a bottle. Price %
and rs. Also, all kinds of Drugs, Pat.
emit Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
%ticles, and everything kept in a first
class drug store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-10-31

Things to Do and to Know.

Americans are poor cheese makers.
Eighty to 100 cotton bolls make a pound.
This is the best season Of the year to put
down drain tile.
The crop of buckwheat this year Is very
large and a little late.
Many excellent authorities declare that
Mrs. Lizzie Cotton and her bee hive are a
fraud.
Mr.. Henry Bergh is trying to make
blacksmiths stop putting red-hot shoes on
horses.
Holstein -Friesian cows are reckoned the
finest, by experienced cheese makers, for
this branch of the dairy interest.
Kill the English sparrow end eat him
upon toast. it is al he is fit for. Do IL in
the fall, ~hils he Is plumn