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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-11-27

domestic and when not thus employ
ed running the river as a cook for
flat-boatmen. Wednesday night of
last week fine horse belonging to
Sam Isaacs wasstolen and IL was de.
veloped the girl in question was the
thief She fed toward Kentacky
with her stolen booty 5saaos and
o trusty companion started i'm pur-
suit, but as the ;Eirl is daring rider
and had several hoars the start Of
shem her escape 10 almost eertaia.
Most OF our renders wilsremember
Ward Lamon who was Eincoln's
Marshall for the. Districts of Gsalnm
hia. He afterwards lived at Mar
tinsburg and was a frequeno visitor
TO Parkersburg- EEe' also wrote a
biography Of President lincoln He
,is now a residenS of Denver, Col and
is attorney for she Choctaw Indians.
last week the Supreme Court decid.
ed case in favor Of this sribe giving
Judgment for swo and half million
dollars. Mr.. Lamon receives IS a
fee S25o,000. This is probably the
largest single fee even received by a
lawyer in America.
John jackson, was ausested by II.
s. Marshall Napier and special agent
4 w. Rooms on Big Creek, Lincoln
county, on November B6, 1886, and
brought to Charleston. w. Va, and
lodged in jail Thursday. He had
hearing before IT,. S. Commissioners
Dubois who held him in bond OF ST.
600 for the Grand Jury. John Jack
son it is alleged, contracted with
Robt. Thompson, pensioner, for
one-half OF the amoAnt received, and
when the pensioner received his
money Jackson demanded and OBJ
tanned by threats one half of the
same.
John Shookoy, of Barbour county,
died one day last week aged nearly
95 years. He would have reached,
that age Monday last. He was the.
last person in the country drawing
a pension as soldier Of the war of
1912. Mrs. Kelly. who died last
Monday week, was drawing q widows
pension from that war--Mrs. Edn
Shaw, the mother Of the representa-
tive elect to the House of Delegates.
III. M. Jones, young man OF
Bridgeport, Harrison county, has
been arrested on u warrant issued by
Monongalia county magistrate,
charging him with an attempt to-
poison Raymond Griggs, well
known citizen of the latter county,
by giving him strychnine in guam
tity of apple brandy. He was taken
to Morgantown and released on $500
bond. Jones is said to be engaged
to be married to daughter of Mr..
Griggs, and the affair has some PEI
culiar features.
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The Farmers are busy, gathering
corn, hauling fodder and getting in
wood, preparatory to going into win
ter quarters.
Butchering is now in order. Some
fine porkers have been killed. VIM.
May has killed the boss hog, it wei
ghed 800, ID.
The Battle at Bunker. Hill was q
short but dusty affair; the colored
troups fought bravely, but made a
better run, the pine hill guards clear
the field, but made more fuss than
the devil shearing a hog, the dead have
come back to life and the wound
ed is fast recovering. The Election is
over and the smoke cleared away.
George Glassford has had a very
severe spell of the Blues, sence Nov.
End, hope he may get better soon.
Market quotations: Butter rs /;
Eggs 20; turkeys 1913 cts Pork 7 cts
chickens corn $3.50 per Dbl; walnut
kernels 10cts per ID. ! beg to be
excused for transpassing upon the
territory of other correspondents, but
as one is on an excursion trip up
salt river and others is taking RIP
vanwinkle snoose to himself, / hope
there is no harm done for the INDIE
PEDENT must have all the County
news. LITTLE SHAVER.
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A Labor BIN In Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 23.-Mr. Soho.
field, one of the members of the leg
islature elected by the Knights OF La
Dor, has introduced a bill embodying
the demands of the order. 1t limits
factory labor to ten hours per day,
prohibits blacklisting of discharged
employees being responsible for dam
age for loss of wages of the blacklist
ed men, and requires as long notice
of discharge as the men are obliged
to give to the employers OF their de-
sire to quit Mr.. Schofeln also says
the convict lease system must 60.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-11-27
Remarkable Centipedle
Story.

A company Of immigrants camp
ed in New Mexico and one night one
Of the party who was sleeping on the
ground was awakened by peculiar
sensation on his toes, He looked
up and saw an numerous centipede
crawling across his foot. Only q few
feet from him was the camp fire and
he could see every fibre of the reptile.
Knowing its peculiarities and the
effect of it's sting he was in q fever
of excitement Afraid to move .
muscle he dared not attempt to shake
it off. After Q seconds pause he
reached under his head got his pistol
and taking deliberate aim, fred. II
was q life saved shot for the man.
The centipede divided and dropped
on each side of his foot. But here
comes themost remarkable part of the
sovry. Within an hour after the
shot was fred the men heard q terri
bic grooming yards away, at place
where the mules were hitched. They
went to them and found one OF them
WITH his left foreleg SWOLLEN to an
immense size. The swelling increas-
ed as did the agony and grosns of
the brute, until it died in about
thirty minutes thereafter. An exam
nation was made and it was discov-
ed that the bullet that had severed
the centipede had entered the mules
foot just above the hoof and inoculat-
ed it with the poison from the rep
tile.
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DR.. j. 5. Combs, Owensville, Ohio,
says: II have given Scott's Emulsion
OF Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites
to four patientsswith better results than
seemed possible with any remedy. All
were hereditary cases of Lung disease,
and advanced to that stage when coughs,
pain in the chest, frequent breathing,
All these cases have increased in weight
from Is to % lbs, and are not now need
ing any medicine. l prescribe no other
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypo-
phosphites, Lime, and Soda. but Scott's,
believing it to be the best.n
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-11-27

SOME QUEER POLITICAL HAPPENINGS AT
Ex-pRESIDENT ARTHUR'S FUNERAL.
The day was full of incidents in
keeping with this heterogeneous po-
ltical gathering. When President
Cleveland and Col. Lamont reached
the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday
morning from the Washington train
Mr.. Cleveland found already there
Mr.. Blaine who so narrowly escaped
being president in his stead, and Mr..
Hayes. whose right to be called ex-
president, Mr.. Cleveland, as a DEM
ocrat, denies. There was some de-
lay in getting away from the hotel,
because the President insisted upon
shaving himself. It had been ar
ranged that the President and Mr..
X. b. Hayes should attend the fun
eral together in the same carriage.
Mr.. Hayes was ready yesterday long
before the President, because, for
one thing, he does not shave. The
Presidents bulky figure appeared
defending the stairs. Mr. Hayes
advanced cordially extended his
hand, and exclaimed II am glad
to meet you Mr.. President. hope
you are refreshed, in spite Of your
hard nights journey" The Presi-
dents large hand closed over that OF
Mr.. Hayes, while he bent his head
and spoke few inaudable words.
The gentlemen then proceeded to
their carriages. Mr.. Hayes defer
entially motioned for the President
to enter first. The President smil-
ed good naturally. After you, sir,
he said. Mr.. Hayes obeyed, and
Mr.. Cleveland clambered in after
him. The carriage was driven to
the Presidents house. Col. McMich
ael was at the foot of the stoop OF
the Arthur residence when the We
hicle stopped. He opened the door,
and Mr.. Hayes was the first to step
out. Mr.. Cleveland placed his right
foot cautiously on the step, holding
on at the same time to the side
of the vehicle, and then swung him
self to the sidewalk. The Presi-
dent has great admiration for Col
McMichael, and the two chatted to-
gether, while Mr.. Hayes, who had
by the way, called upon Gen. Arthur
twice during his illness, walked
slowly up the stoop Mr.. Blaine was
inside. He had come around in a
handsome brougham drawn by a
well-groomed team of horses. He
was unaccompanied. In the library
was the sage of the Senate, Mr..
George F. Edmunds, with sash of
white bunting and an edging of
black drawn over his lett shoulder,
Mr. Blaine, on his way up to the
second story, front, where the body
lay, paused for moment at the IL
| brary door.
"There is hardly any use to intro
duce you two gentlemen, exclaimed
Col. McMichael. The Vermont SEN
ator advanced in his genial way,
with extended hand.
"Oh, MOI he said.
"Oh, no; not at ALL" remarked
Mr.. Blaine, turning his back and
walking rapidly away Those who
saw the incident were greatly sur
prised.
Mr.. Blaine looked for a moment
at the dead face, and left the house
as he came, unattended, and without
seeing there either the President or
Mr.. Hayes.
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HOW PAPER rs MADE.

,ssPray, how is a paper made?,
The question is easy to ask.
But to answer it fully. my dear,
Were rather difficult task
And yet in a bantering way,
As the whip-poor-will sings in the
glade,
I'll venture bit of a lay
TO tell how paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk,
And ponders the things that appear
To be claiming the thoughts of the world
Things solemn, and comic, and queer
And when he has hit on the theme
He judges it we'll to parade,
He writes. and he writes, and he writes,
And that show paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk,
And puzzleshis brains to make out
photographic; tits squabbled and mixed,
1t is hard to tell what it's obout.
Exchanges are lying around;
While waiting dispatches delayed
He clips, and he clips, and he clips,
And that's how a paper as made.
A reporter out in the town.
In search of the things that are new
The things that the people have done,
The things they're intending to do
Goes peering and prying about
For items of many grade;
He tramps, and he tramps, and he tramps,
And that's how paper 10 made.
And all that those workers prepare,
OF every conceivable stripe,
Is sent to the printer, and he
Proceedeth to stick it in type
His lines all representing his will
In slow-moving columns parade
He sticks, and he sticks, and he sticks,
And that's how paper is made.
In short, when the type is all set,
And errors cleared up more or less,
IT'S s.loeked in the FORM" as they say,
And hurried away to the press.
The pressman arranges his sheets,
His ink gives the requisite shade,
Then he prints, and he prints, and he
prints,
And that's how paper is made.
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HEZEKIAH.
On DECK, Nov. %, 1886.
WHY HE DIDN'T SMILE ON ELECSHUN
MITE.

ON INN, 4NSfs AOOVs
Mister Edatur: In my communi-
kashun ov last week, the plagy leetle
type made me say that ''Fil snyder
who wuz dun up tolerabul Brown
wuz at the He'd waters of Salt Creke;
my composishun wuz az follers: Fill
Snyder's friend who wuz done up
etc. I hev met menny folks tu-day,
and sum hev sed tn me: "Hezekiah,
yu didn't smile much on elecshun
nite.D And ov course sed no. III
be much obleeged if emmy wun will
tell me how emmy demmykrat cud
hev smiled at that time.
When | KUN frum hum that mite,
on my way to the Courthouse, |
seed Will DeGrange and Mister Hell
Ter, and they sed: "Hezekiah, hev yu
herd the news ?" and l sed, mo"
They smiled and sed: swell, we'll
tell w." but didn't like thar smile,
and / sed tn myself: "No news is
gud news" an | felt that the news
they had got wud not be cumfortin'
tn me, and when / found myself
down town, I knu that the news
wuz only gud fur 'publicans an sim
ners."
The boys round the hotels GREETED
me with sowerful Acknowledgements,
and 1 notised that red badges war
very skeerce; but l did not luse my
kurage. With smile sed "Well,
wot IL our majority?' Andy LATED
and sed: II believe Hezekiah wud
joke war he gwine tn git hit with an
earthquake" Igave them tn under
stan l wuz askin' fur informashun.
And then they sed the vote on Stats
atturney wuz about wun hundred
majority, and I sed: "that's gud.
Mister Feidt kant overcum it in the
county" Then Frank Thomas got
off hiz forty-acre smile and sed: 1--WE
are talkin' of Feidt's majority" l
seed wuz not posted and turned tn
go. Az did SOFA figger went by an
L hollered tn the Captin, 'Whither?
and / spose he aoithered for he med
me no repli.
When | lief the krowd silently,
but effectually, removed mi badge. /
knu that sumthing wuz wrong Yit
L didn't think the demmykrats were
overwhelmed, fur the day he'd bin
pleasant, and / he'd herd it often sed
that it wuz cold day when the
demmykrats get lef. SO / TUX fresh
kumfort and perceded tn the Coort-
House. Mister Walker wuz cheer
man, but he kudn't cheer wurth
sent, until the news KUN that Mister
Gettinger he'd karred Jeffursun.
Then thar wuz wild excitement.
Frank Thomas and Charley Hollis
danced a sailors hornpipe. Wellin-
ger and Boon turned summersalt,
and everybody except the 'publicans
and sinners jined in a joobilee of
song:
Excuse our strange gymnastix,
Pardon our wild contortion;
Small favors received gladly
Large wuns in proportion.
1t wuz strange site, and it re-
minded me ov the young fizzician
who wuz wunce called in to attend
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When prize fighter can make
5000 in half hour, as did McCaf-
frey, night before last, and when a
good base ball pitcher can get rich
on summers work, what encour
agement as there to the youth ofthis
country to grow up to be congress7
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-11-27

Neuralgia paroxysms are often of ex-
treme violence, and brought on by the
slightest provocation, such as q draught
of cool air. The skin is swollen and in.
famed, and even after the attack has
abated feels stiff and tender. On the
first intimation of such an attack rub
with Salvation Oil. 25 cents.
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birthday party. He wuz uniucky
and lost the pc mnther and the pc
chile, but he foun sum relefe IN the
comfortin' thot that he he'd saved
the old man.
So, when it wuz foun that we he'd
saved the State Senator'S and that our
1000 majority hadn't awl bin wiped
out, we wuz as much plesed as wuz
the preacher who received the empty
collecshun plates, aftur they he'd bin
passed around. He wuz glad that
he even got the plates back. So we
sung again:
sRahl fur Gettinger
Who made a gala fite,
AM with demmykratic banner
Put 'Publicans tn fiite.v
went hum airly, thinkin' tn find
relefe, and I sed to Missus Hezekiah
Il fele tired and I'll take off these
hevvy boots" She sed: Eyes dear,
take 'em off, fur the 'publicans sar
tinly hev whipped yeu clean out ov
yer boots" Now, Mister Editur, IL
it emmy wunder / didn't smile "much
on elecshun mite?
Yors until wanted,
HEzEKIAH BUTTS
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1t wuz a strange site, and it re-
minded me ov the young fizzician
who wuz wunce called in to attend
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-10
OLE DEAD HERil-

On Saturday morning last Gen.
Frank Ckeatham died at the home
Of his brother, in the city eff Nash
vile, after an illness Of some months
While his death was not uuexpect-
ed, when the tldings were spread
abroad over the state that he was no
more, a feeling of profound regret
pervaded every mind. Indeed a
great and a good man has fallen,
and the tributes;of respect paid his
memory by the citizens of our
capitol city attest the esteem IL
which he was held by all classes and
conditions. The ex-Federals, and
the ex-Confederates Wed with each
other in giving evidences of the
profound respect entertained by
them for the illustrious dead, both
as a citizen and as soldier. He
was no less illustrious as q tender
hearted, noble, braYe man in peace,
than as a brilliant, intrepid com
mander, and successful general
in war, Whether fighting under
the stars and stripes upon the CORY
fields Of Monterey and Chepultepec
upon Mexican soil, or as a defender
of his own Southland under the
stars and bars upon a hundred battle
fields, he WAS the same gallan:
soldier, and fearless defender of
what he believed to be right. No
commander, in either army, durin 9
the late war, possessed the conf
dence ofhIs subordinates to a great
er degree than did Gen. Cheatham,
and no Generals men loved their
commander more than his did him.
His name upon the battle field, like
that of the lamented FORESTS was
worth a legion Of bristling bayonents.
The enemy always dreaded to throw
themselves upon his lines. He was
a native Tennesseean, and loved
the land of his nativity with a devo-
ton which knew no bounds. He
was a real patriot, and proved his
devotion to his country, and to
what he conceived to be the best
interests of its people, by confronting
its enemies upon many 4 hard fought
field of battle, and Tennessee Is
proud Of the achievements of her
honOred son. When the war was
over, he was one of the first to accept
It's results, and no feeling of bitter
ness toward his late foes, was per-
mitted to find Judgement in his
manly breast. He was a great
tavorite with both the ex-Federal
and confederate soldiers. lie
was one of natures noble men, and
Tennessee has sustained q serious
loss in the death Of her famous
sen.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-10
nLrrER,nN - -.


The i-irt discussion by these gen
tlemen at tie court house OF Tues
day last, was attended by q large
number of democrats from every
portion Of the county. The court
room was well flied, some ofwhom
came to Circuit Court, and others
came out especially to hear the
speaking. That courtesy, and good
feeling which should. certainly, at
tend discussions between gentlemen
Of the same political faith, pervad>
ed the entire assembly, and the
speakers we're very respectful to
each other. Mr.. Phelan opened
the discussion in a speech of about
one and one-half hours, in which
he defined bis position upon the
tariff and Blair bill. He denied
that he favored high protective
tariff, and announced himself in
favor of collecting only an amount
of revenue necessary to defray the
of the Government econo-
mically administered. He announc-
ed that he was now and had always
been opposed to the Blair Bill, but
said that he favored the principle Of
extending Federal aid to the states
for school purposes. Go. Patterson
followed in a two hours speech, in
which he discussed the tariff and
and Blair Bill deliberately, and
learnedly. He took strong ground
against a protective tariff and showed
how the agricultural and Iaborlng
classes had been robbed to build up
the over>grown fortunes of manufac-
turers and monopolists. He showed
how the Federal Government had
been run in the interest of the few,
and against the interests of the
great masses OF the people of this
country. His arraignment of Mr..
Phelan, who is the owner of the
Memphis Avalanche, for allowing
his own paper to be run In oppOsi-
ton to his own views, and in the
interest of a protective tariff and the
Blair Bill, was good natured, but
scathing. He declared himself I'M
alterably opposed to the Blair Bill
because he regarded it as unconsti-
tutiOnal, and because it was an INV
warranted interference with the
domestic affairs of the states by the
general Government. Col. Patter-
son was frequently applauded dur
ing the course Of his argument, and
at its close, and if we mistook not
the feeling Of the audience, a large
majority of the crowd was with him.
The discussion throughout was in
terestlng, and was very much enjoy
ed by those who heard it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-10
col. JOSIAH PATTERSON.

The announcement Of this gen
tleman IS Il candidate for Congress,
subject to heaction ofthc Democra-
tic Convention which meets in
fIomphls on the 18th of this months,
will be found in this issue. Moth
ing we could say Of him would
elevate him in the estimation Of those
Of our readers who know him, as he
is known to them to be an elegant
gentleman, a tue democrat, a man
Of a high order of intellect, a deep
thinker, and a powerful debater
With him as their standaid bearer,
the banner of democracy will be in
safe hands, and with him as their
representative in Congress, the peo-
pie Of the 10th district would have a
representative who is the peer OF
any man in Tennessee. He has
been tried, and has proven himself
to be worthy of public trust. lie
has we'll defined views upon all of
the public questions, and we can
say to the democrats of Hardeman
County that Col. Patterson is their
sort of a democrat, as he's in per
feet accord with their expressed
views upon all of these questions.
when he says he will advocate
certain policy if elected, he is GER
tain to do iC, because he IS a man of
honor, and would suffer himself
quartered rather than betray any
trust committed to him. He can be
relied on to carry out the views Of
the democracy of this district, be,
cause his heart is with them in their
struggles against the expressions Of a
protective tariff. We know of 10
man who is better posted upon these
questions than is the subject Of
article, and he has the ability to
sustain himself on the stump against
the abEest in the ranks of the enemies
of democracy. His zeal and ability
would fire the democratic heart as
it has not been fred since the war.
Every democrat would Re brought
to the polls in November next, and
grand victory for the democracy
would be the result.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-10

The issues of both the Appeal
and Avalanche. OF Sept. LIST, show
the pluck and enterprise of the
business men of Memphis. Such men
always will succeed, and will build
up the city. Only such deserve
success. II the business men of
Memphis, with the reverses they
have had during the last eight
years, had have set down and ex-
pected the country round about to
come in and build up their waste
places, Memphis would have been
IS dead as Hector to-day. lBut by
their enterprise they haye made it
one Of the best business points in
the South.
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1t seems to us that several ne

1t seems to us that several news
papers are indulging in a good
deal of unnecessary talk about SEN
ator Harris. 1t comes chiefly from
newspapers that are unfriendly to the
Senator and they take all occasions
for their own in showing their enmi-
ty by irrelevant and far-fetched
criticisms and, often, by misrepresen-
tatiOns. tits small injury any of
those journals can do Senator Har-
ris. The Democrats of Tennessee
know too well his ability and worth,
and he is too popular with the
masses to be injured by such crit
clsms as we have noticed lately.
We do not suppose he will be a can
didate to succeed himself. We heard
him say during his last canvass of
the State that it was the lact time
he would ask for public Office at the
hands ofthe people, and such decla-
ratIons usually prove an insurmoun-
table barrier to re-eIectioR-and
they ought to. But we would hate
TO see Senator Harris retire. Ii will
be a loss to the State when he does.
-Obion Democrat
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-10

The following is the End, of a
number of resolutions adopted by
the Democrats Of Chester County
in convention assembled last week;
Resolved that we are in favor of
'iree education,' and if the Federal
Government would return TO us the
$63, 100000 illegally abducted from
MS. which is now lying idle in their
treasury, to be distributed in the
States Of the South, according to
their school population, there would
not be any necessity for the Blair
Bill, gotten up by that arch fend,
Jim Blaine. Let the authors Of the
BLAIR bill pay back the money wrong
fully abducted and be honest be-
FORE they are liberal