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THROUGH THE STATE,
Items Of Interest in West Vir-
giuta and Vicinity,
A MOST UNNATURAL FATHER
Sentenced to the Penitentiary for n
Henious crlme..canden'sN New Rail.
road schome-SIatters From Va,
rIous Sections of the State,
Special DispateA 10 the htelltgaoer.

~t'N~'Nr N~t4FsfNf " Hts A"tFNeHfWsNs
WINFIELD, W, Va, March 3,-The
jury in the casS OF the State vs., John
Martin, who was tried for incest and in
decent assault at the present term Of the
Circuit Court, failed to'agree, The de.
fendant confessed to the first charge and
was sentenced to two years in the peni'
tlary, the second charge being nollied,
The first inkling the public had Of
his being guilty OF such IN enormous
crime, was about one year ago, when he
swore out warrant foFthe arrest Of Mr.,
Joseph Marshall, OF this place, charging
him with an assault on his sixteeu,year-
old daughter Mary, Marshall was tried
and acquitted, and the evidence pointed
so directly to Martin Us the guilty one,
that he was arrested forthwith, and the
usual preliminary examination before
u magistrate was gone through, when he
was bound over to answer the aforesaid
indictments. Severe bruises aboIs the
face and on the body OF his daughter es'
tablished the truth Of her declaration in
court that by intimidation and fear Of
death, she was compelled to commit TO
memory and repeat testimony, written
in Martins own hand, for the nelarious
purpose Of accomplishing the release Of
the guilty one and conVlcting an inno-
cent man,
Ingeuiously written letters by Martin
to the relatives OF his daughter in Vir-
ginia, with whom she has been making
her home for the past few months, were
produced In court, which falsely charged
her with every conceivable vice that a
depraved mind could invent, presumably
for the double purpose Of directing pub.
lie attention from the magnitude Of his
own crime, and TO discourage her rela-
lives from further prosecuting the case
by casting a stigma upon the reputation
OF his own child.
No case in the history OF the courts
has aroused the indignation OF the citi-
zens to n degree that this one has, and
numerous are the expressions that Mar
tin can thank his stars that he was not
given the job Of stretching hemp.
William Kirk confessed to charge Of
bigamy and was sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary.
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ROBERT SIGELS CONFESSION
To be Made Public In Few Days-Invost
eating the PSuHlon FfnuIs.

To be Made Public 10 IL Few Dhys-Investi-
eating the Pension Frauds.
New York, March 3.-It now appears
that the arrest Of Robert Sigel on Friday
afternoon by Special Officers Jacobs and
Shannon, on the charge Of forgery and
feecing United States pensioners, WIS
brought about incidentally by another
secret investigation which the special
officers are making.
Officer Shannon said: II do not care
10 say whether any more arrests will
follow or not. We were investigating
another case when SiGels Irregularities
were brought to our notice. The con-
iession which Sigel made will not be
made public until the examination on
Tuesday afternoon. We ha1esubpenaed
Sidney Knight aud his attorney, Justice
Beers, from Port Henry, aud they will
probably be here on Tuesday"
Robert Sigel received s. a day as his
fathers private secretary. His father
said yesterday that his son was u TEN.
perate man, and, so far us he knows, had
no bad habits. Robert had talk with
his lawyer, j. Oliver Keane, and assert.
ed that he had done nothing wrong. He
claims that he was acting as the author.
lied agent Of Sidney Knight and Mrs.
| Heinemlnn,
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INDIAN NO LIE.

Hut tho White Man Lilo Like the Devil.
Blood, ,Curdllus Story From Florida.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March 3.-News
has reached hero from okeeChobec Of a
bloody airray among the Seminole In.
dians III the Everglades. "Jlm," young
buck, went crazy, and, with winches.
tor rife, started on tho warpath through
the camp aud settlement, lie lrst sent
n bullet through the brain Of "Waukce
NIicCo," Chiefof Miamis, killing him In;
stantiy. Ile next killed "0ld Tiger,
WYoung Tiger,"a a son OF "0ld Tiger"
and probably tho finest Sem:
inolc living physically, stepped
out Of his wlgwan Just IN
time 10 500 his father drop TO the ground
a corpse, and with a blood.Curdling war
who6p ho sprang on tho maniac and a
hand.to.band fight for possession ot the
rife followed. Tigor was superior, In
strength, but was at the wrong cnd q
tho gun, and before he could wrCSt i
from his antagonist he was shot dead,
Tho maniac then killed two papooses ol
Ills sister and attacked bucks, squawE
md children Unfortunately, He waS
finally CornOred and shot dead by
aBIlly,n another Seminole brave. In less
than half pn hour eight Indians wore
| killpd,
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WASHINGTON, D. O., March 9.-The
President to-day transmitted TO the
House supplemental correspondence
in regard TO the killing Of United States
Consul stanwood in Madagascar. It ap,
pears from the correspondence, which Il
very voluminous, that Mr.. Stauwood,
whilo acting as peaCemRker In an alter.
cation, in which Captain Duyergo was q
principal, was kicked and killed by Du.
verge, who claims 10 DO an American.
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claims amendment, Mr.. sayres yielded
the floor TO Mr., Springer, who had as,
sumed the role OF flibusterer, and that
gentleman moved a recess until 0
o'clock. Vote was then taken on mo-
tion for recess,
At $3.50 Mr., Springer withdrew his
motion for q recess, and instantly Mr'
Sayers moved that the House insist upon
It's disagreement TO the amendment.
Mr., McComas, Of Maryland, moved
that the House recede from its disagree
ment, his former to that effect having
become imperative on account OF his
not having been formally recognized by
the Speaker,
Then the House was thrown into n
tumult, Mr., Sayers claiming the floor
for an hour and Mr.. MCComas and his
friends insisting that his was the motion
OF precedence, and that the floor in right
should be accorded to him. The speaker
pro tenn (Mr. Hatch, OF Missouri rec
ognized Mr., MCComas to make his
motion, but decided that Mr., Sayers
was entitled 10 the floor, a decision
which called forth protests from the Re-
publican side, For ten minutes the
galleries were entertained by viewing
one OF the noisiest scenes which has
been presented by the House during the
present session,
The two hours debate which ensued
was participated in by Messrs. Mansur,
OF Missouri; MCComas, OF Maryland
Dibble, Of South Carolina; Kerr, OF
Iowa, and Bland, OF Missouri, and
though all these gentlemen spoke with
intense earnestness, 1t Is safe to say that
not dozen members In the House
heard one finished sentence OF their re-
marks.
Mr.. Bland moved a recess, and until
lO;SO the House relapscd into state OF
lnaction.
At that hour Mr.. MCComas said that
he was willing to withdraw his motion,
TO recede and to allow square vote to
be taken on Mr.. Sayer's motion TO insist
On the disagreement, But this was dis.
tasteful to the enemies OF the French
Spoliatlon Claims.
Mr., Crisp, OF Georgia, called up, as a
question OF highest privilege the Sulli.
gan.Felton contested election case and
Tho tllibustering was transferred to the
other side OF the chamber, Mr.. Nc
kenna, OF California, making a motion
or recess.
ThelHouse at 9;2O took a recess until
):55a. IN.
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pocket as a souvenir) caught between
the cogs and stopped the machine long
enough for u fellow workman to throw
of the belt,
Governor Wilson has vetoed the act
passed by the recent Legislature TO modi'
ly the County Court OF Tucker county,
under the Goth article OF the Constitu'
ton, for the reason that there is no
29th article Of the Constitution.
In coal mine near PruntYtown, Sam,
uel Dougherty was 'frightIully burned
while blasting. He was about three
quarters OF mile in the mine when the
explosion occurred, and by the time he
had run to the outside every particle OF
clothing was burned from him, and he
was roasted from head TO foot.
-Four cars loaded with ice were run IN.
to a switch at Oakland, last week, with
such force as 10 send one OF them through
blacksmith shop that stood at the end
OF the switch, "utterly demolishing,"
says the Republican, "the building and
crushing and destroying the contents,
About half an hour after the occurrence,
a faint cry was heard from beneath, and
after removing u part OF the debris, John
Richardson, aged about u years, was
found, but strange TO say, was not in
lured In the least"
The St. Mary's Oracle says: George
Wells, who has been engaged in teach
ing school on Sugar creek, in this conn.
ty, has been dismissed by the trustees,
The complaint, as we have been in.
formed, is that the teacher refused to |
use the spelling book in instrncting the
smaller children. In other words
adopted what is known us the "word
Mr., Wells, in return, has
brought suit for damages against the
trustees, This is rather u novel suit,
md some interesting questions will now
DO raised,
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SUSPICIOUS NOTES.
Sensation During the Insane Asylum In
VCstiEntion Rt IndlnnnDolIS,

Sensation During the Insane Asylum In
VcstiEation at indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, March 3.-During
the Insane Asylum investigation yestcr.
day, while Cashier Kopp, OF tho Meri.
dian National Bank, was oil the stand, a
decided sensation followed when three
checks were laid before him, all mum.
bercd 120 and all dated March s, 1883,
one reading, "Pay to the order OF W. G.
Wasson S2,b0O." another "Pay to the
order Of W. G. Wasson $780," and
the third "Pay to the order of W.
G. Wasson $5,0O0." The cashier
pronounced the two smaller
checks all right, but claimed that
the third and larger ono had never been
paid at his bank, nor did he think 1t had
passed through any bank. And he
showed that 1t bore no bank stamp, but
that 1t had been cut through with q
knife IN rude imitation OF the Meridian
National Bank stamp. The smaller
checks aggregated 81, 900, and the infer
enCo followed thatii the cashier was cor
rect the Asylum treasurer had filled out
the check in Wasson's name and then
had cashed 1t himself from funds never
in the bank, canceling the check in ini.
tation Of the bank stamp.
Later in the day the committee, how.
ever, settled to the conclusion that the
transaction was susceptible OF explana'
ton, and dismissed II for the time being
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A. o. U. M. Ynonncy rIllrh.

MEANWHILE, Pa, March 3.-rlio Va.
cancy in tie office Of Supreme Receiver
40. U. W. caused by tho death Of 10.
senh II. 1.enhart, las been filled BY Tho
appointment Of John j. Ack0r, Of Ain.
NY NJ \. ThesupfemO Lodge Flnance
Committee Will meet al the office Of tba
Supreme Recorder, this city, on Tues.
day the 9th Inst, 10 settle The accounts
Of Mr. lhnhart, and turn over the alTaila
Of his office 10 Mr.. ACker,
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WASHINGTON, D. G., March 3.-When
the Speaker called tho House to order
at Q o'clock to-day every seat in tho gal.
lerics was occupied and the overflow
crowd surged through the corridors,
On motion Of Mr. Mills, by unanl.
nous consent, tho Speaker was requested
10 lay the Senate bills before tho House
but TO withhold tho veto message.
Acting In conformity with this re.
quest, the Speaker laid before the house
the Senate bill increasing to 100000
the limit Of cost fOr the public building
AZ Detroit,
Mr.. Chipman, Of Michigan, asked for
liz passage, and was warmly Congratu.
lated when his request was aCCeded 10
and the bill was passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Reed, Of Maine, the
Senate bill was passed granting a pension
Of $50 a month to the widow Of General
j. II. Hunt.
Tho French spollaLion Claims amend.
mcht Of the Senate was then read.
Mr. Springer, Of Illinois, asked unanl.
nous consent TINT the House further In.
Bist upon its disagreement 10 this amend.
nunt, lnllmatlng that unless his request
was aCCeded 10 he would fllibnslCi
against tho bill In order 10 prevent I
vote being taken on a motion 10 FCcedu
Mf, MCO0maB, Of Maryland, hRylng ob
Coted toLho request, MI, Springer carried
out bis threat ly moving a recess unit
8 o'clock and Mr. Weaver, Of Iowa, sup
plemented this motion With ono for
recess until $3.50,
After some delay al 5,46 the HousI
took a recess until 3 o'clock,
There was no dlmlnutlon In tho al
tendance Of spectators In the gallerie
when tic House met At s o'clock TIL
evening As sOoL % the Speaker Callet
tho House TO order MI. SayOrS, Of T0xai
was accorded the floor With tho degclOr
| Cy bill, The pendIng question being on
motion made by Mr. MpOomRs, gi Matj
liand, that The House reCede from 4
IiiEapfeOtnent 10 the French Bpollatlo
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THE UMDERGER MURDER.
Tho Perpetrators of the Crime still at Larg,
Securing th0 Country for Them,

Securing the Country for Them.
SOMERSET, Pa, March 3.-The excite.
ment over the robbery and murder bl
farmer Umbergcr at Jennerstown is uh.
ubated. Searching parties are still out
but 30 far no trace OF tho murderots
have been found. Constable Rauch
left with posse yesterday on u hot trail
in the direction Of the Connellsville and
Mt. Pleasant coke regions and II Ia hoped
he will return with tho murderers. A
close relative Of the aged victim Is now
strongly suspected Of having had u hand
In the murder.
The robbery was the largest that hes
occurred In Somerset county since 1890
when the Tredwell bank was broken ID.
10 and $4,000 stolen. Tho burglars ct.
capped and were never heard oi again.
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STABBED TO THE HEART.
A Mysterious Midnight Tragedy on Ii
streets OF IndiAnhpOliE.

A Mysterious Midnight Tragedy On tile
streets OF indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND., March 3.-shortly
after midnight Thomas Downey, aged
10, son Of William Downey, was found
in tho streets with a knife thrust in his
heart, and he died without making a
sign. Over him stood a woman weeping
bitterly, while a young man named
Dagtish, In drunken condition, wag
trying TO raise DowRey to bis feet, IA
Downey was carried away, DavtlBh and
the woman disappeared. The murder
10 Swallowed In mystery, but II is Thought
10 have been done by two men and iour
women who were near tho spot where
Downey was found only a moment be.
fore,
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Special DtSpdIch 70 ne InIeHIpeHeer'
PARKERsBuRd, March Son Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday Of next week
a fifty hours go.as.you.please walking
match will be held at tho rink in this
city. Among the well known pedestri-
ans who will enter the race are Cox,
Blanam, McGrane, Nolan, Hendricks,
Courts, Day and NormaC. The referee
will be NJ. Hearne, OF Wheeling.
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pIGOTTS OAREER.
lie Is Accused Of Being Concerned In mn
Attamp(Rh Ahnnnnlnnlinn

he Is Accused Of being Concerned In nm
Attempted Assassination.
TOLEDO, March ga well known Ttisb
Catholic priest Of this city, made n pub.
lie statement, accusing pigott of BEING
IN assassin, Ho said: s
! met Pigott at my unCle's hopso
Bloomfield, Queens county, In isGO liz
waa with the Dublin frishman. Jn waS
0 .braggart and boaster, and never lircJ
OF telling his connection with disturb.
ances then, going OH throughout Tho
country. Ho was rather fond OF indulg.
ing In liquor, and when his tongue wSa
loose let clip plans and plots Tint CoulI
have sent him 10 the gallows, Ntdinncr
one. day conversation turned on ibc ri"Ii
life. '""V """y nu''iah
Plgott claimed that tho FepIan nrooni.
Gatlon, being tho only Representatives
government In Ireland, III Ind tbo tjyhi
TO decree death on ali vlolnioT nj iis
estaDnli,shou laws, and hO finally startled
us all ny stating that The society haI one
9r Two nights previously decrpel thO
death Of Ky. R0Y. BiBhop MorlarIty, who
had been heartily opposed 10 ia oit.
RACES instilgated by the Fonlans ilo
also stated that no tplpolil LnI hnnu
3Issigneu the duty OF seeing that tho
ueCree was executed, denounced him
Ehon anu there, and took such Blops IA
lTubuAleu the attempted murder.
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Opposed 10 whltSlAw Reid.

MiSNEAroLtS, MiSN., March O,-ThO
Minneapolis Typographical Union at a
meeting to-day unanimously adopted
resolutions against the appointment Of
Whilelaw Reid as Minister 70 the Court
oE w. James, The resolutions Will DO
forwarded 10 President Harrison, The
cause Of this act ID Tho refusal Of Mr.,
Held 10 make the New York Tribune
Office a union office.
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,ourn0,n,en tjnrpsntSrD' iDsnlnnd,

pvrrAlo, March S,--The iournoymen
carpenters and joinOrs Of this city on
Saturday presented 10 the bosses do.
mand In which they demand after April
/ that nine hours shall constitute gay
work, 10 DO paid for at tho rgte q
twsnly.hye cents ap hour, and that
ovStiimO shall be paid for al extra rates
mi arrangement to remain In force iof
nMn NnnE.
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WASHINGTON, March Seen. Clark,
the Clerk Of the House Of Representa-.
tIyeS, has received from tho Governor ol
West Virginia tho certificates Of election
Of Congressman for the Third and Fourth
District Of that State. Thcy are In the
names Of the Democratic candidates
This makes q Republican majority o.
three in tho next House Of Represents
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Special DiSpdtch 10 The Enselligencsr.
PARKERsBURo, W. VA, March 3.-The
conference Of the NJ. L. church, Colored,
including the State Of West Virginia,
the District OF Columbia, aud parts ol
Virginia, Maryland and Ohio, will con.
vene here next Wednesday and be in
session for five or six days. Bishop
Merrill, OF Chicago, will preside.
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In a minute or two he was up again,
and the sergeant.at-Arms was directed
by tho presiding officer to execute the
orders OF the Senate:
~ ask the Senate whether l have VIC.
lated It's rules" Mr.. Riddleberger plead.
cd, but he was persuaded by the Senator
near him (Mr. Dawes to desist from
further remarks. In a few minutes at-
terward the sergeant.at.Arms (Mr. Can
aday) and ono OF his assistants (Mr. May)
had Mr.. Riddleberger In charge and led
him out OF the Senate chamber into the
nearest cloak room.
After quiet being restored the bust
ness Of the Senate was allowed to run
It's regular course. Most OF the bills that
we're passed were Of a private character.
Among the public bills that was passed
vas the following! The Senate bill dl.
reCting the sale Of certain United States
property in Pittsburgh, Pa.
At l0:45 tho Senate took recess until
midnight.
ference report on the deficiency bill and
explained the action OF the Senate con-
ierees.
Alta. M, the Senate, on motion Of
Mr.. Edmunds, proceeded TO the Consid.
Grafton Of executive business.
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stabbed IND Ila,l iinn,s.

plrTsHunon, March 3.-Durlnp a
quarrel in a dlStCputablo house on
Crescent street early this morning,
Charles Godfrey was fatally stabbed h
!he abdomen by Mike Connolly, TbS
latter wlth two women who were In ibS
h9IlSO when tho alIray occurred, arc Ia
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was WnrilnIl l-.i-I- a Ynnr ii ln..

LoSDoS, March o,-ltis stated that q
ilrm In Paris Is prepared to divuIgc tho
source Of the lFSt batch Of tho Pa,ncll
letters, Mr' Mclean, a Conservative
m1gmDcr \, OF Fatliampnt, says that Mr..
Ballolir warned tho Tim9 a year npo
that Plgott was unreliable,
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GAVE rue BOY A DOSE
OF the Medicine lie Admlnl.tOrsd to Ills

owESsBoRo, Ky. March 9.-wtitc
Gaps at GraudvlOw, Ind, last night,
caught Amos Brownlington, a sixteen.
ycar.old boy, who had cruelty beaten bis
sister, a girl oi ten, and taking him 10
an old church at the outSklrts Of the
place, stripped him Of his clothing and
whipped him almost 10 death. Some Of
THO ghng arc known, lutnothlng will hU
done with them, as the hoy 10 generally
recognized as q hard character,
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SAN FRASclsco, March 3..-Tho three
mile boat race between o. Conner ana
GaudOur to-day was won by o,COnnot
In 10 minutes and 40 seconds gaud9Hr
giving up at tho end Of d quarter Of
mile on account Of rough water
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FAIRNONT AND OLANKSBURG RAILROAD


lied ut Parkcrsburg.
Special Dtspateh 10 he Iatelligeaetr.
PARKERspuRG, w, Va, March S.-The
Parkersburg Improvement and Con.
struction Company has been formed for
the purpose Of building the new railroad
from Fairmont to Clarksburg and from
Clarksburg to the county seat Of Braxton
county. The incorporators are George
W. Thompson, v. B. Archer, W. N.
Chancellor and W. NJ. Trevor, oil Of
Parkersburg, and L. W. Clark, Jr., Of
Philadelphia. The capital stock Is to be
100000. The first meeting Of ihe stock.
holders will be heldat Senator Camden's
office, this city, on April Q, at which
time Board OF Directors will be elected.
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Most of tho noise was caused by a re-
markable incursion OF ex.members,
which crowded the space back Of the
screens all the afternoon, especially on
the Republican side, wherc they would
stand aud buzz and laugh md smoke as
though they owned the place. Repeat
edly The sergeant.at.Arms, at tho com.
mand OF the Speaker, made raid on the
listurbers and drove them to the cloak.
room; but in few minutes they would
all be out again and the uproar as bad as
ever. The Congress OF ex.members
seemed TO think II was their day.
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FAILED IN CONFERENCE.

Three hundred and thirty.three bills
which passed the House tailed in the
Senate in conference. BY far the most
notable OF these is the Mills tariff bill,
and with the fight over this measure the
public Is familiar. Another very impor.
tant House bill which failed is the Okla.
homa bill.
Other important House measures
which failed are as follows: The general
land bill and general forfeiture bill; to
prevent the product OF convict labor
from being used in any Government de-
partnent or upon public building or
public works prohibiting the allowance
OF any fec in hny claim for increase Of
pension on account Of au increase Of the
disability for which the pension was