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Death Of General s. d. Sturgiss.

General Samuel Davis Sturgiss,
of the United States Army, an uncle
of Hon. Geo. G. Sturgiss, of this
place, died at his home in St. Paul,
Mimi, September %, 1889, aged CT
years.
About the middle OF the last CEN
tury John, Amos and Nathan Stur-
giss came from England and settled
in Eastern Pennsylvania. They
figured in the Revolutionary war
and John was with Gen. Washing
ton at Valley Forge. He was the
founder of the Fayette county branch
Of the family, the Oldest living rep
resentatives of which are his grand
sons, Enos, William and Phineas.
Gen. S. D. Sturgiss was grandson
of Amos. The family resemblance
is illustrated by an incident related
by Enos. When he was introduced
to Gen. Rosecrans at Clarksburg in
1861, the General remarked: IF
you are not Gen. S. d. Sturgiss you
must be his brother
Deceased was born at Shippens-
burg, Cumberland county, Pa, in
1922. He entered West Point in
1912 and graduated in 1916, being a
classmate of Mcclellan, Pickett
Stoneman and Stonewall jackson
He served in the Mexican war as a
Second Lieutenant of the End ORA
goons and was taken a prisoner at
Buena Vista. In 1853 he was made
First Lieutenant and became Captain
in the 1st cavalry in 1855 and Major
in 1861. In 1868 he was made Lieu
tenant Colonel of the 9th calvary
and in 1869 Colonel of the 7th cav
airy, being placed on the retired list
in 1886. He was for several years
IN charge of the soldiers home at
Washington.
The outbreak of the civil war
found him in command of Fort Smith,
Ark. In 1861 he was made brevet
Lieutenant Colonel in the regular
army and Brigadier General of vol
unteers for gallant service at Will
sons Creek, Mo. A year later he
was made Brevet Colonel for SER
vices at the second Bull Run fight
In 1865 he was made a Brevet Ma
jor General in the regular army for
his services in Maryland and Vir-
ginia. He fought Indians in the
northwest for 40 years and was in
command of the 7th regiment at the
time of the disastrous battle with
Sitting Bull, in 1876. He happened
at the time TO be on other orders and
Gen. Custer commanded the regi-
ment during that massacre--in which
every officer and man perished- in
Guiding John Sturgiss, sol. Of the
General. The long and bitter con-
troversy between the father and Col.
Reno in which that offlcer was
charged by Gen. Stuigiss with
cowsrdice in not coming to the res
cue Of the beleagured seventh, will
be we'll remembered. Col Reno him
SELF died but few weeks ago.
Gen. Sturgiss leaves wife, one
ron Lieut.. S. ID. Sturgiss, jr., an
artillery officer now stationed in
California, and three daughters,
two Of whom married army officers
The Farmers store has special
I. - IN 10.
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Every week we are treated to some

Every week we are treated to some
very complimentary remarks by
Pennsylvania exchanges. They fire.
quently start off about thus: ''The
usual number Of murders and out
RACES occurred in West Virginia
this week" In an adjoining column
we frequently see head lines describ-
ing occurrences at their own points
that read something like this; "a
farmer held up and robbed" "a
twelve year old girl outraged-The
fiends escape" "The man who shot
and killed his step-father found
guilty" We might add list that
would fill column. The truth is
West Virginia is guilty of less crime
than many of her northern neigh
bors, who hold up their hands in ho-
ly horror and scream about outlaw
ry in West Virginia when lot of cut
throats from other states come here
and commit crimes, for which our
people would be warranted in dealing
out to them summary justice.
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Halleck.

HALLEcK Oct. THE quarterly meet
ing at Browns school house yes
terday was largely attended.
Mr.. Warren g. Watson and sister Ell
tie, and Mr.. Guy Mitchell, and Miss Kate
Arnett, Of Smithtown, were the guests of
Miss lisa Cartright Sunday.
Miss Leah Loar, who has been visiting
at Grafton, returned Saturday.
Miss Hattie Reed, of Reedsville, is
teaching music at A. ]. Kincaid's.
Mr.. Moses Kincaid has purchased
a new buggy. Look out girls
Little Jude, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Nelson, died Oct, 2, Of Group.
Mr.. Milton Brown was visiting at
Reedsyille Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Jabez Brown is repairing his
house. Johnnie Gaskin is doing the
work.
Mr.. Luther Brown will teach our
school this winter; Perry McBee, at
Browns; Milton Brown, at Kincaid's.
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Mormons and the Law.

1t seems from the report of the Utah
Commissioners that under the strin-
gent laws now in force for the sup
preston Of polygamy the practice Of
that crime has almost entirely ceas-
ed, but that, as the Commissioners
believe, the Mormon Church still
secretly teaches the doctrine that
polygamy is Saving grace" where
fore they recommend some addition
al legislation.
We have no particle Of sympathy
with Mormon ideas, and only loath-
ing for polygamy, as practice or a"
institution. and we have steadfastly
urged not only the enactment but
the relentless enforcement of strin.
gent laws for the punishment and
suppression of the system But we
may be permitted to suggest to the
that it is none of
their business what doctrine of
Saving grace" the Mormon or any
other Church teaches. With that
the law in this free country has
whatever to do, it's function
being to deal with the punishment
of criminal conduct and not with
the suppression of unsound specula-
tive doctrines.
Poiygamy as practice is now in
effect suppressed. The laws against
it are vigorously enforced, and in aid
of the laws changed circumstances
have rendered the system practically
Mr.. Hepworth Dixon,
when he saw Harpcr's Bazaar for
sale on Salt Lake City stands,
declared that polygamy was doomed.
Whatever might have beer possible
in an isolated community where
woman dressed in calico and sun
bonnets, plural marriage could not
exist in company with fashion jour
nails which setwives dressing against
each other.
If there is any point in which the
laws for the punishment Of bigamy
in Utah can be strengthened, by ali
means let them be amended and e.
forced till the stain shall be utterly
wiped out; but there could be no
more serious mistake than for the
Government to assume an attitude
Of surveillance and dictation in the
matter Of doctrinal teaching, That
way danger lies. Y. World.
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A Horse Fair.
And that is what we will have.

And that is what we will have.
A horse fair will draw our peo-
pie. A horse fair will pay. We are
fast growing something that will
make horse fair interesting. And
there is no reason why we should
not have good horse fair every
year.
West Virginia is just as well
adapted to raising good horses as
Kentucky. All we need to rival
Kentucky are good strains of breed
ing animals, and good judgment in
breeding and developing stock.
1t takes not only good blood but
good care and skill to raise a good
horse. A colt that is skilfully hand
led will make better showing if it
is only scrub, than a blooded colt
allowed to grow up without any
handling. And the same strain of
horses in different hands will often
look like different families by rea-
son of different handling.
The great difference between Ken
lucky and West Virginia is in this
matter of handling. 1t is not all in
the blood by any means, though
good blood IL essential. II some Of
our horse men would go down to
the Kentucky farmers and learn .
trick or two about the development
Of colts, il would be worth millions
to them.
We ought to have as good repu-
tuition for stock as Kentucky has
and the way to get it, is for car
young men hereabouts to learn the
business and then stick to it. We
are glad to see that few are show
Ing taste and ambition in this di-
nction.
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On the Both of the present month
Rev. DR. Talmage the world renown.
ed divine who has for years held
the lofty position of the most gifted
Of pulpit orators, will sail for the
Holy Land. His object is for his
own information of the life and death
of our Savior, and to make copious
notes for the work, "The Life of
Christ" which he is writing.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-10-12

The Virginia Free Press, publish
cd at Charlestown by w. w. B.
Gallaher, is 70 years old. 1t has a
lady subscriber who has paid her
subscription annually for 81 years
past. Last summer this good old
lady presented the editor with a
beautiful boquet plucked from the
flower garden that she tends with
her own hands. She is one of the
excellent of the earth.
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General Insurance Agency.
I.G.
Morgantown, w. Va,

MOrgantOwn, w. Va,
Writes Policies Of Insurance in the
following companies:
FIRE INSURANCE.
UNION, of San Francisco. Cal. Cash
assets, $l,3l9,063.28.
NIAGARA, of New York. Cash as
sets, 1880, 1887.
INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH
AMERICA, Philadelphia, Pa. Organ
lied A. D. 1894. Cash assets, $780,
956.56.
All reliable and First Glass Com
panies.
LIFE INSURANCE.
THE ETNA. of Hartford. Conn.
Cash assets, S33, 8l9, 034.97.
All kinds of policies issued at lowest
rates. The financial standing of this
company has never been questioned.
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Good County Roads.

Right in the line of some remarks
made by this paper lately on the
subject of better roads in West Vir-
ginia, the Wheeling Register says:
"West Virginia in common with
most other States has always been
sufferer from bad roads. The rea-
son of this is that she has not had
sufficient money to build good ones,
although good roads are worth con.
siderable sacrifice. But we need not
dispair, for, as time goes on, the cost
for road building, through the aid of
science, grows less.
"Mr. j. F. Pope, of texas, has given
the subject considerable study, and
some of his facts will attract atten
ton. According to MIR. Pope good,
road, eighteen feet wide, with four
feet margin on each side, can be con
structed for $2, 100 a mile, and kept
in repair at an annual expense of
$3.50 mile. Such road should be
well drained and be covered with
fine broken stone nine inches deep
in the center and four and half
inches deep on the sides.
at is estimated that these roads
would save their cost every ten years
and their interest every six months.
"This is as interesting to West
Virginians as it is to Texans. We
waste enough money and labor on
bad roads to make fair start toward
building good ones, especially when
we take into consideration the fact
that the highways described by Mr..
Pope probably could be constructed
in West Virginia for much less
money"
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II the B. 4 0. will hurry up and
build its line from here to Uniontown,
We will be happy again.

Mr.. J. w. Barnes editor Of the
Tyler County Star died at his home
in Middlebourne on Monday, Sep
TENDER 30. In his death the fratern-
ity loses an able and popular mem
Der and the community an excellent
citizen. His bereaved family have
great sympathy in their affection.
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AUCTIONEERING.

Solomon Frum, of Ellington, the only
licensed Auctioneer in the county, offers
his services to the people of this and ad.
joining counties. Being experienced in
his profession he is prepared to give
satisfaction to all, on the most reason
able terms. Call upon or address him
at Ellington, Viva.
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FERTILIZERS

Messrs. J. F. Weaver and Thomas R..
Evans have ON hand large amount of
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS,
that they are ready to supply on the
shortest notice.
Both gentlemen have had much ex-
perience both in the use and sale Of fer
tilixers and only handle the very best
brands.
The prices are the lowest that reliable
dealers offer.
ANY brands wanted not in stock will
be ordered promptly.
WEAVER 4 EVANS,
Morgantown and Easton
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IOl8I. ........ ...s'.....'.V-II V7O OF
State of West Virginia, }ss
l. John H. Hoffman, Cashier OF the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best Of my knowledge and belief
JOHN H. HOFFMAN, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of October, 1885,
JOHN M. GREEG, Deputy Clerk Of Cir
cult Court ofsaid county
Correct--Attest:
Il. SHIsLEK,
K. G. BBRKELEy.
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The Farmers Store at Nor
Rantown and Laurel Point wants
all the oats in the county at IS
cents per bushel.
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PITTSBURG FEMALE COLLEGE
Conservatory Of Music.

Also Schools of Elocuton and Fine Arts. Full
courses Of study leading to graduation in each.
Also special courses of study Central. Healthful.
% Teachers. Superior home comforts and care for
young ladies. Winter Term opens November 18th.
Rates moderate. Send for catalogue and full in
formation to the President,
REV A. H. NORcRoss. Pittsburg, Pa.
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ABOUT READY.

The Gubernatorial Commission Re-
port About Ready.
The stenographer of the Guberna-
torial Commission will have his
notes Of the evidence transcribed by
the 18th when he will transmit them
to Chairman Kee who will notify
Governor Wilson. The Governor
will then call the extra session Of
the Legislature apd lhe matter will
be settled.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-10-12

The Administration was shocked.
1t appointed special attorney to
prosecute the men to whom the APP
preparation was paid; then it stopped
and thought while Finally Attor-
ney General Miller emitted an opin-
ion that the affair was none of the
United States business; that the
United States was not wronged by
the theft of 10 per cent. of this ap-
preparation after it had passed out
of the hands of United States Off
Gals, although the only pretext for
the grabbing of money was that
Congressman had been bribed.. The
special attorney was dismissed, and
the proceedings dropped like most
other proceedings under this admin
istration against thieves. This may
be good Indiana law; but if William
F. Villas were Secretary of the In
terror he would find some authority
for pursuing these men who stole
money between the United States
and the persons to whom the United
States voted it. So would Lewis E.
Payson If he were portion of this
Administration,
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w NJ. KINcAID, State agent for Russell 4
W.. Co, Masslon. o.. will be pleased TO con.
fer with persons desiIious Of purchasing Tires
ing Machine, Saw Mill, Farm, Portable. Semi
Horse Power. The only Tracsion sns;ne Win
friction band-wheel and that can be throvs Il rssr
v s, n molten also am headquarsers for Siors
m1aaehinery Of al kinda. Write me YOUR vsnsS.
y, NJ kiRsaid. Cameron. MasskslI county.
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TnE Farmers store has a special
bargain IN lea.
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Then the Secretary and the Con-
gresham gave Porter notice that
the bill should never be allowed to
pass while there was any such insult
to the American Congress attached
to it. Crawford was sent for, and
under the threat of having the bill
stopped right where it was, he re-
luctantly surrendered his contracts
and gave the Secretary a written
AGREEMENT not to receive any money
under the pending appropriation,
and the Creeks promised not to pay
any money under the contracts.
Then the bill passed, Congress Civ
ing the Creeks $2,2S0,000 for GER
tain tracts of their lands. The
money was paid to the representa-
tives Of the Creeks here, and when
the money was paid over to the
Creek nation it was short $685. 900.
The Creeks who received the money
had paid out the 10 per cent. or
pocketed it, in spite of the destruc-
ton of the contracts and the mutual
agreement not to pay or receive this
money. Crawford admits taking
one-fourth of the ten per cent as his
share; no one knows who got the rest.
The rest was withheld from the
Creeks, to whom it belonged, on the
allegation that it had been necessary
to use it in bribing Congressman.
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REAL ESTATE.
FIRE, LIFE
AND
accident Insurance.
I. w. Anderson
has for sale a great variety of
FARMS.
ALSO
BUILDING LOTS & RESIDENCES.
for sale in Morgantown, and
HOUSES TO- RENT.

Also writes Fire Insurance Policies
on application in the following COM
panies:
The American Insurance COMPANY.
of Wheeling, W Va.
Peabody Insurance Company Of
Wheeling, W. Va.
Fire and Marine Insurance Company
of Wheeling, W. Va.
Franklin Insurance Company, OF
Wheeling, W. Va.
German Insurance Co., of Wheeling,
Jefferson Insurance Co., of Wheeling,
Phoenix, of Hartford, Conn.
Agricultural, of WATERFOWL, N. Y.
Reading Insurance Company, Of
Reading, Pa.
Providence Washington Insurance
Company, of Providence, Rhode Island.
established 1899.
All the above Companies are as good
as the best-some of them having been
satisfactorily worked in this county for
Is or 20 years.
If you want to insure your property
write him and he will come at once and
inspect and insure it.
If you want to buy Farm, or Build
ing Lot or Residence in Morgantown,
write for descriptive list, to Morgan
town, W. Va.
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National Uemoclak
Malone says that the colored PEG
pie are naturally protectionists.
Possibly that is 90. Senator Blair
says that the ignorance Of the color
ed people is . menace ST the country.
-.
1t was the witty Republican SEN
atof John P. Jones, of Nevads, who,
after six years acquaintance with
another Republican Senator, who
was elected to a higher Office, said Of
him: "If you take him at his own
estimate of himself God Almighty's
cloak would not make vest pattern
for him." We understand that this
remark was made about election
time last November.
-
Last winter Congressman Payson,
Republican, was informed that a
lobbyist named Crawford had con-
tracted with the Creek Indians for
10 per cent. of whatever amount
Congress should appropriate for the
Creeks by a bill then pending. He
told Secretary Villas of the fact and
procured for him copies of the con-
tracts. The Secretary sent for Pleas
ant Porter, Creek chief, and asked
him if there were such contracts,
and Porter denied their existence.
Then the Secretary produced them
and Porter had to confess that he
knew of them all along, but they
were as Mr.. Blaine said of trusts,
largely private matter" There
were two contracts one for 81 and
one for 81 per cent. of the appropri-
alton. They were drawn several
years ago and had received the ap-
prevail of Secretary Teller. One of
them had received the approval Of
the Creek council at the time it was
drawn and the other one had been
approved very recently. Porter was
asked what the money was to be paid
for and he replied as usual, illegal
services" The terms provided in
the pending bill had been arranged
directly between the Secretary and
the representatives of the Creeks;
there was no opportunity for any
lawyers to intervene Finally Por-
ter admitted that Crawford had said
that there was no use in trying to
get the bill through Congress Unless
money was paid for votes.
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lace / had not asked any questions
about the price of farms for good
many years, and when / asked him
what the old farm was worth his
answer struck me as clap of thun-
der. He said mot more than about
sixty dollars an acre." This was a
revelation for which l was not pre-
pared, for never in my memory had
it been placed at less agure than
eighty dollars. 1t had always been
considered one of the very best farms
in the township. From other sources
/ learned that this estimate Of what
it would now bring was quite CORE t.
/ am interested in this farm bringing
the highest cent possible, but my
personal belief is it will not bring
sixty dollars.
The M'Adams farm lies abaut two
and half miles from the Wallace
farm, and about the same distance
from Imperial station, on the Mon
tour Railroad. 1t is one of the farms
In that region of good farms. To
divide the estate among the heirs
this farm was offered at public sale
and while / do not recall what / was
told was the highest bid per acre |
feel safe in saying it was less than
forty dollars. This took place some
time before l concluded to buy a
farm, or I certainly would have put
| . bid ON it. There 10 farm near
Hanlin station, on the Pan Handle
road, called the McGough farm,
think, but 40 I have not the cores
pondence before me cannot be GER
tain. .This farm is in the hands Of
Mr.. Kuntz, Of Washington. l think
that is the name) as assignee, snsi
was extensively advertised to be
sold to the highest bidder. Before
the day OF sale had report ON It
stating that Il was . good farm. hut
without q pleasant outlook and ssr.
roundingA The day of sale came,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-08
Mr.. h. B. stone, Second vicepresident:
A PRESUMPTUOUS ATTORNEY.


CHICAGO, Jan. IA sensation attended
this afternoons arguments before Judge
Tuley on the motion of the Arbeiter Bund
for an Injunction against the police, the
case being resumed from last Saturday.
The cause of the sensation was the unus-
ual language indulged in by Assistant Cor
poratiOn Counsel Knight at the
close of his argument. Jadge Tuley had
been asking some questions that seemed to
indicate that he rather favored giving the
Anarchists chance, in which he made one
OF two uncomplimentary references to the
police. Finally Mr.. Knight got nettled and
made speech that was powerful, but ex-
tremely bold and incorporate, in which he
cautioned Judge Tuley that if he did not
take care he would usurp powers not con-
ferred by law, and would put himself in tile
position of establishing mischievous pre-
cedent for future CardOzas.
Judge Tuley replied with stinging re-
buke of the young lawyer, and said he
would take care not to usurp any function
not conferred on him by the law, and, in
conclusion, said: 'It may be that it is
much more important that free speech and
the right of peaceful assembly shall not be
trampled in the dust than that the police
force should be perpetuated in power which
appears to be extreme and autocratic."
The court then adjourned until to-mor-
row morning, when the arguments in the
case will be renewed.