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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
Wholesale Descrllon.

In the United States Army there are
about %, 900 enlisted men but since 1875
there have been over 10000 desertions.
In point OF numbers the entire army de.
serts in about eight years. This startling
fact makes IL self-ovident that there is
something radically wrong with the ser.
vice. AS TO what 1t is there is not much
room for doubt.
To illustrate, Captain Of cavalry re.
Gently wrote TO a Western paper advo.
eating the branding of all army men with
a hot-iron so as TO make less difficult TO ar.
rest the delinquents. The man advocat.
ing this barbarous practice commands O
post. What kind of treatment would the
soldiers get who are at the mercy Of this
brutel And he is a fair specimen OF a
good many of the commanding officers.
Let any person 60 TO West Point and
take observations on the graduating class
there and tell how many of them are III
to be entrusted with the control of en-
listed men. But these young Lieutenants
are put in positions which enable them 10
tyrannize over the privates.
Drunkenness among army officers on
frontier posts is common thing, as the
records Of the service show. Privates arc
apt 10 have hard time under such men,
aud 1t is at these posts that desertions arc
so common. Privates are obliged To
polish shoes, do chores about officers
houses, wait on their families and do all
kinds OF disagreeabIe work. That Is
where the trouble arises. An army board
recognized this fact some years ago and
recommended that privates be paid extra
for work done outside of their regular
duties. To some extent this recon-
mendation was carried out, and just to
that extent was desertion lessencd.
There is need of further reform in that
direction and also greater need of reform.
ing the officers. They should be taught
to understand that they are mortals and
not privileged class with whom privates
are not worthy to speak.--Nc'o Y0k
Ncins.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
A Remarkable Crclone Relic.

r. s. Wilson, blacksmith of Ozark,
Mo, has a relic Of the Marshfeld cyclone,
which occurred on Sunday, April 1s.
1880, that is a very remarkable curiosity.
The witness Of one Of the freaks Of the
great storm Is a black quart bottle, bent
by some mysterious force into an ellipse
without a crdck OF break in the glass
that the closest scrutiny can discover.
The neck Of the bottle actually touches
the edge of the bottom and the fact that
the glass was NOT broken in any way by
the strange force OF the storm Is shown
BY the test Of It's holding water or any
other fluid. BY gTaduhly turning the
bottle as the water is poured in, it can be
nearly flied 60 les full capacity, 90 rs TO
shpsV the perfect soundDess Of the mate
.Tlal. This bottle was found by SIR. vii.
son the day after the Marshfcld disaster
and examined BY Prof Ticc. who soon
came to the scene of destruction to study
the phenomena Of the cyclone from n
scientific standpoint The famous mete-
,orologist attributed the bending Of the
bottle 20 the force Of electricity. The
bottle was found in the wreck Of one Of the
MarshGold drug-stores. Mr.. Wilson has
been offered cxtuvagant prices for the
curiosity, but declines to part with the
relic st. Loi,is Gio5s Daa0craf.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
Foreign.

THE Bundesrath CsSwitxerlantD has post
ponod the timo for holding tho International
labor Congress at Bcrne until next spring.
GENERAL GRESrrLr, OF the English ermy,
has assumed command OF the Egyptian
troops now lighting the Dervishes.
THE wheat crop IN Hungary Is below tho
average and is in poor condition owing 20
the shrinking OF tho grain In the ear. Tho
ryo crop IL poor and tho barley crop In worry
bad. Corn is I'm good condition. Tho vine-
yards make an excellent showing.
TRE Manitoba and Canadian northwest
wheat crop is a failure. Tho total yield will
be little loss than half last years crop, and
the disaster Is 50 widespread and serious that
there are thousands OF acres that will not DO
cut at ALL The damage Is the direct result
Of tho drought.
EMrERoR DoM PEDRO, of Brazil, was fred
at as he was leaving the theater In Rio do
Janeiro. The shot was fired by Portu-
gucse. The Emperor was not hit by tho
bullet. Tho wouldibe assassin was immedi-
ately seixed by guards and attendants.
Two HUNDRED houses wero destroyed by
nrc at Constantinople Turkey.
A REIGN OF terror prevails In tho little
town OF Leoben, In Styria, where the whole
population n on strike. All the small trades
tnen aud even the civic fire brigade have
made common cause with the striking
miners, and oil commerce and industry arc
suspended
Six lumbermen were drowned wtilo at
tempting TO shoot Roches Rapids near OF
lawa, Canada, with raft.
THE Manitoba and Northwest wheat crop
Is q failure beyond doubt. The damage 10
the direct result OF drouth.
THE British Government has accepted tho
proposal that an increased allowance to the
Prince OF Wales, enabling him 20 provide
marriage portions for his children, be substi-
ntcd for the proposed special grants.
THE Earl OF Fife, who is TO marry tho
Prince OF Wales's daughter has been created
Duke 10y the Queen, and taken tho title OF
Duke of Fife. -
scsto announcing that he will stand az
candidate for the Chamber OF Deputies In
,ighty cantons I'm France at the coming olec-
lions.
Four HUNDRED houses and public buildings
werc destroyed by fire In tho town of Paks.
Hungary. Mnny children were reported 70
be missing Hundreds OF people were rem
iered homeless 10y the fire. and the greatest
distress prevails.
THE freedom of the city OF Edinburgh,
Scotland, was conferred upon Mr.. Parnell.
In reply 10 the address accompanying the
presentation Mr.. Parneil said that tho Irish
people would accept the tribute as another
proof OF the near triumph OF their iog.simate
aspirations for freedom.
THE Vaudel paper mills, near Pontarlier,
France were burned. The loss is enormous,
THE jury In the case OF Mr.. William
D'Brien against Lord Salisbury for damages
for slander, has returned verdict In favor
Of Lord Salisbury.
SEVERAL cotton warehouses In Liverpool,
England, have been destroyed by fire. The
loss is s300,000
MRs.MARy BRADEN has been found guilty
Of being n common scold, by Jury at Jersey
City. N. j. The law Is almost obsolete, and
she Is tho first prisoner who has ever been
arraigned in the State under IL.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

RoBERT p PORTER, Superintendent Of o.
Census, hos appointed Dr. David T. Day eN
port aud special agent 70 take charge Of The
subject of mines and mining FOR tho Elcv.
cnth Census.
PRESIDENT AND Mas. HARRrsov returned
70 Washington from Deer Park No
SfR JULIAN PAUNCFVOTE, British Minister
20 the United States visited the State Dc
partment at Washington and babe adieu e
tho officials for n season He has sailed fOi
England He win return - Washington ir
October, bringing his family with him.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has sent through tn
State Department a despatch - Dom Pedro
Emperor Of Brazil. congratulating him upOr
his escape from tho assossin's bullet.
COLONEL WRToHT. the Commissioner o
labor. has received notice Of his appointment
on the permanent commission having Tor Ia
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

GoodaH's Sun asserts that "Northerp
:ironworken dare not place prices up for
iron without consulting the iron men of the
South. The Michigan and Wisconsin
lumbermen cannot advance prices Of
lumber without taking into account the
movements and opinions of the lumber
operators in Arkansas, Mississippi and
Georgia There is a centralizing process
on one hard and decentralizing process
ON the, other. No one centre exercises
the same controlling influence that it did
few years ago."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
n SONG OF THE ROAD.

Come. comrades, since the way Is lon-
Let s 'liven II by tune and song.
And greeting give 10 all we pass:
10 white-of-head, to lightof-head
40 matrcn grave and laughing lass.
Hurrah for lane and by-way,
For distant path and nigh way,
For friends we greet, for foes we niece.
Along the worlds broad highway
'Tis morning-break; 1.-the limbs are strong.
Who dreams OF crime and guilt and wronrP
Yon youngling and his violet eyesl
Nay, light-of-mind and love-so-blind
Are wisdom-proof and folly wise.
Hurrah for lane and by-way.
For distant path and nigh way,
For friends we greet, for foes we meet
Along the worlds broad highwayi
'Tis noontide; let US spend an hour
Dream drinking ere we lose the power
And all our pleasure disappears,
Since slight-of heart aud blight-of-heart
Have sworn the goblet Snaclxs OF tears.
Hurrah for lane and by-way,
For distant path and nigh way,
For friends we greet, for foes we meet,
Along the worlds broad highwayl
'ris night and low; foul thieves have mobbed
The weak ones here and left them robbed
of hope, and faith, and love, and rest;
But sure-of-soul and pure-of-soul
Still fold their treasures 70 their breas'
~ Hurrah for lane and by-way,
For distant path and nigh way,
For every one whose journeys done.
Who's gained the distant sky-wayl
Julie NJ. Lippmony, IN the Centuru.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

Chicago can now take the place OF
Washington as the city of magnificent
distances" BY the election held recently
a large number of the suburbs of Chica
go voted tc be taken into the limits o,
that city, The result gives Chicago
1,1O0,0 900 population and an area o.
ia Id square miles. The suburban
towns to be incorporated with Chicago are
Hyde Park, Lake View, Cicero and JEFF.
ferson. These towns have population
of nearly 200, 900. The envious St.
Louis Post Dispatch comments on the
matter in this manner: "By annexiDp 0
large section OF northern Illinois Chicago
has increased her area to t70 square miles.
The territory now included within hei
corporations limits is twenty-four miles
iongao on the lake shore and from four to
right and one-half miles vide, and the
agricultural Department will hereafter
have to credit Chicago with more farm
products and a larger farmer population
than any other city in the Union"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

From the Louisville C0urier-Journal il
is learned that Colonel Jesse f. Peyton, o.
Haddonfield, N. j., is the veteran pro
Doter and founder of all the patriot,
efforts TO commemorate the noted event.
OF the first century of Constitutional Gov.
crnment in the United States. Colone
Peyton conceived the great Centennia
celebration at Philadelphia in 1876, tn,
the Bunker Hill Centennial of 1875, tn,
Yorktown Centennial at Yorktown, Va.
in 1881, and the recent Washington In
auguration Centennial in New York. II,
also fathered the idea of erecting il
Philadelphia n memorial of the frs
century of American independence, anc
is nowiiaboring hard to see that effor
crowned with the success all his othe:
patPotic moves have attained.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
How Cotton is PIcked In the South

A prominent Georgia cotton planter,
was seen the other evening airing him
self in the corridor Of one of the up
town hotels.
"When does cotton picking begin2'
"Not till the latter part of July, but
it is just the time that the crop is ma
turing that we need the best weather.
After the cotton begins to ripen the
picking goes forward without intermis-
sion till the Christmas holidays, and
sometimes Inter"
Chow is the picking donc7"
'Each hand is supplied with n big
basket and n bag. The basket is left az
the end Of the cotton row, and the bag
is suspended from the neck Of the picker
by strap, and is used to hold the cot
ton as it is taken from the boil. When
the bag is full it is emptied into the
basket, and the operation is repeated ell
day long"
"How much cotton can a single hand
pick in a day9"
"The average picker can make from
25O to 300 pounds of seed cotton a day,
but there are some colored people who
have become so expert that they can 20
away beyond this amount AS they are
only paid for what they pick there is
some incentive to work as quickly as pos
sible
'But it's not in the nature Of cOlored
man 20 exert himself, even with a pros
pect of making higher wages, and the
majority Of them are fond Of 'sojering.
II is no use trying to drive them, so the
overseers let them do about as they
please. So long as we get the crop
gathered IN time IL doesn't make much
difference. ."-Nc,o York World.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

Mr.. William Walter Phelps, one of the
recent American commissioners to the
Samoan conference in Berlin, has con.
firmed the report that the proceedings OF
that conference were conducted in the
English tongue, although heretofore ali
important matters of the sort have been
arranged through the medium Of the
French speech, which is the accepted
language of diplomacy. Mr.. Phelp,
further says that the treaty itself is writ.
ten in English. He believes that hence
forth English, instead of French, will b,
the language of diplomacy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics Of
Illinois we learn that the mortgage in
'debtedness of Illinois farmers for Dor.
rowed money has increased twenty three
per cent. since 1880, and that this is
more than twice tie ratio Of increase in
'ne value OF fgrm lands upon which the
mortgageSyest. In 1870 the total of
mortgaggs on farm lands was s95, 721 900;
IN 1872 ii was SlO3, 565, ,237, and in
1883 il was s123, ,7sa, ,Oes.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

Says the Kansas City zymeS ssMinis-
ser Child sends us from Siam copy of
sne Bangkok Times, in which graceful
compliment is paid "a Postmaster General
oomdesch Phn Cow Nong va Thoe
Chow ia Rk-anurangsi swangwongsc
nrome Phre Observation-Disclosures vara-
uel We renew assurances of esteem to
com ard hope he may live as long as his
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
H0ADLEY'S TRIPLE MURDER
TIC Kills His Wife ana Her Father
ana Then Commits Suicide.

Hiram Hoadley, Jr., murdered his wife
her father, at Byron, Ohio, and then killed
himself. Ho had been married three years, but
year ago his wife left him and returned
TO her father. Recently she applied for a
divorce. This oct made Hoadlcy insanaly re-
vengeful During tho morning he secreted
himself near the house whero his wife was
living, and as she came out 30 milk cows he
shot her three times. Mr. Newman her
father, ran out and was also shot three
times.
HOadley thon pursued the mother and
younger sister of bis wife, but they escaped
He then returned 10 whero the two dead
bodies Of his victims lay, and, lifting up his
wifes body, fired two more shots into II and
then shot himself dcad
HoadleY had three revOlvcrs on hfs person.
nnd it IS thought that nc intended 10 lill the
entire Newmen family. He was once n
prominent politician of Williams County
and prosperous ard respected citizen.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

While two nations, France and Ameri.
ca, were striving with each other in bid.
ding for the "Angelus" Of Millet, re.
Gently sold az auction in Paris, and Of.
fered almost fabulous prices for the paint.
ing, the artists widow was living in ex.
tremc poverty at Barbizon. The Pari,
Louvre pays S110,6 800 for the canvas.
more than poor MiIlet received for all hi,
works, perhaps, and his widow starve,
while nation trembles with patriotic ex.
ultation over one painting or the can.
gelus" the Boston Transcript relates th,
following story: GA wealthy Bostonian.
hearing that such men as Mr.. Brimmei
and Mr.. Shaw were likely TO buy many Of
millet's pictures, betook himself to the
studio at Brabizon, France, and gave the
painter an order. 'The Little Potate
Digeery was the result, but when tho
patron came to see the picture he was
disappointed. TIe had expected some.
thing wholly different. The composition
was uoveland did not altogctherpl please hin
"A Fat horizon with two figures standing
upright in the centre Of rather large can.
vas. Millet saw the look Of disappoint
ment and quietly turned the canvas &c
the wall, adding wen say no more
about It, The American went his way.
Within few years this picture, after
ward called The An0elus, changed
hands for tho second or third time at
price Of ESQ, 600 ROW s125, 900 have
been offered for It.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01
SIX MEN LYNoHBD.
Horscthiovcs ana Murdcrors Hung By
Indignant Citizens

Several days ago Samuel Dodricl,. Of AIbu.
querque, New Mexico, had number Of
nofSes stolen. a posse started IN pursuit and
when they mot the thieves battle took
place The leader Of tho band yyos killed
l1ufco others were captured and taken To-
heiiy, Soc0Tro County, and confined I'M n
Dming tho night n gang Of masked men
.gIfoonded the place and took the men from
nc 8uafd hanging thom 70 n tree and rid
uiing t1e bodies with bullets. Tho men IvnoboB
were Me1icans, aud desperate.
biii Snow, n cOlOred man Of Uinto, o.
Va, who iad killed n conetahle fbe a. -
torc was taken from iail and lynched
Joseph and Gobe Webster. who oeesiefed Ia
the ne hlur9er oi ID Pitts on the Pantheon plan
aton, MIS- have been lynchod
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

THE granite for tho now Congressional d A
brary Building 90 Washington will be- ou.
~ Concord, N. III Tt IA estimated that n
wih require 800 70 1000 men -four years b
largest granite contract oyor lot hy the Coz.
crumcut
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

IREAsURER w. n. THOMPSON. Of the Penn
yivania state Relief Commission. ia dirfri.
outing 800 600 among tho needy ofifhe Cone
1laugh Valley food sufferers fs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-08-01

object the carrying out OF tho purposes Of
the International Congress for cheap habitar
tions Tor the poor.
RoswHLL q. Horn, ex-CongresSman from
Michigan. has written letter 10 Presidens
Harrison declining Co accept tho Consulshir
TO Valparaiso. Chill, 10 which he was re-
Gently appointed.
TINE President accompanied by Mrs. Har.
rison and Private Secretary Halford, left
Washington for Deer Park, Nd, TO spend
short vacation. -
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-16
SiLEM 70 THE FRONT.
Prosner.,y on Hand en- Every Side
r-provements Going on in Vast
aEa; ,ei s.. .rpet Car li.aes.

Ga Ell is surely the coming "em-
p:.'e city of the West. The future that
lies 6e.ore lier is one that l. 70 De
appreciated. She has II reputation
EstOre :he United States that is un-
t.rnisl.ed and is uusurp;.ssabie bv
any place west ofthe great divide" T"
The year 1889, when il shall have
closed, VII show wonderful inn
provement n and throughout the city
c"er just one year before. And, az
the change has ouly fairly begun, we
can look with pride to the situation
that will be presentable at the close
oi another yea, but let Us look Only
III the present and the iuture viii
map out its course to the wen ,cr
and amazement of all.
salem now possesses four miles OF
excellent street car line in full oper-
alton. And this same ente prlsing
company will sooI commence ,ne
extension OF Their lne NJ Ceh.er
street. This is IN the iinheu,iat
Lear future sis) The JoJRNAL
would no. be slrp ised IL see
WORK commenced on the ex-
tension durir:; tbe present month.
The Salem Stree Railwcy conlpa a y
have done d wonderful amount &,
good for Salem aad before they COM
vie,e their "A, Svstem of liCes hi
cad be more emphatically sOrnG d.
lie Cap al G..r Electric ) rec :: !.
liut company ere jlst completing
heir arirey :.nt.. MT m.ny days
". pass III t.Iis company VII
commerce. tie construction of their
lie as already toned in these
column.
he Motor ..ne, which proposes to
lake a complete belt around the
", is all ass"rei fact. snd when
,le New Year reac les US 1t wi find
1ui.e hus,hDg aprearar 'e in Sd
lem.
Real estate is gradually coming
up. Persons who invested in real
estate six months ego, can to day
dispose of the same at a profit OF
from fif'v to one hundred per cent
And tloSe Who invest now can real.
we the same profi' inside # three &c
SIX mon his.
There will und, ubted,v De an ad.
d:tion of 3G90 Souls to the present
| population .. Salem by Msrch, 1890
TIE wo.k of constructing all these
railroads md stree car lines is nc
small Undertaking. Ta.kSebJ Jut the
"'in bucket brigade viii lou, il
! three months there will be such Q
stream OF this company as was
never seen inside tn city limits oe.
| fore.
So em has no boom. 1t is simply
healthy growth.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-16

Smith & Robertson: Block No.
80, $3.50, -. S295; rs, S405; SO, S30S;
II, $50; Z, 200; 81, S3l0; 26 and %,
$3.50: and ., $50; %, 20, erd 90,
Sl2G5: end 4, S75j; IS, Gg, enc -,
S9HJ; 53 and Marion sd, $3.50; %,
SGSJJ; 81; S3i0; -, $i03.
o. T. III .nneii; BiOc' No. 90,
$"44; %, $3ES; 70, s434 30; 33, SOL;
Il, Sz-i; Z, $227 80; 81. $r3l: 2: and
%, S793; 1 and 2, $500: 2S. 90, aud
80, S1i6l.0i; 8 and 4, S722.35; 6S, 60,
and 30, 500. 20; SO and Marion So,
1887; 80. S347; 81, $50; "a, $3.50.
TIE D1avor and city recorder We e."
insi'vc.ed to make q contract v
inc lowest responsible bidde:. 60
recommended by the committee !
streets ana pub. property anG .Je
ordinance committee ordered .
drc It ordinances 'eCv,at'ng tne con-
struc,ion OF the several sewers.
An adjournment was t"i;en until
to-nislt, at 7:30, when the council
will meet for the specia! purpose OF
looking after this important sewer.
age mater.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-16
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY.

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
The great Crime Sensation that has
moved the whole Of the civilized
world and mystified the most skill.
ful, as at last explained and is told
complete for the first time, in q vol
ume that has been lately wri,sen 10y
the noted jour- alist, Henry NJ.
Hunt, of Chicago. This gentleman,
knowing that very small part ol
the res. aces have reached the eais
of the people, has succeeded in gath.
ering everything of Importance. ard
placing it in his work. book o.
thrilling interest and one that holds
the attention enwrapped from the
first 10 the la3t p@ge. l. is brim I'll
of hitherto u1Duo ished facts and a
great many Of whicr are made
known for the fist line; as it con-
tains profuse i!iustri Ions it can oe
safely called valua0 pictorial his
tory of the greatest ofmoderh crimes.
The description of The bet:a. .'al OF
Ireland's interests by her supposed
friends coveres many pa es. 1t Is
the only complete and flSbe &c
work on the subject that WI or C n
be issued. The History Comp y
of San Francisco has just publ 5ned
this book, and is selling the s:,me
through theIc agen, q only. We call
especial attention to their advertise
ment in another column.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-16

PROSPECTING FoR COAL.-The Al
bany Herald says tlat Mr.. &. j.
Stuart, of this city, travelling agent
Of the Oregon Pac.Eic railroad, and
Mr.. r. H. Norton, coal mining es-
pert and mining en-. ,;neer, who aGs
been for several year, i'm the employ
of the Northern Pacific -a.ilfC ad
company, and who has recen .ly
been in Alaska, returned yesterday
from a tour of investigation up the
north fork of the Santian in search
for coal. Near Mehama they found
a seam of Ignite formation OF vary
ing thickness, which they traced for
half q mile. 1t resembles camel
coal and burns freely. They brought
about a bushel of 1t down with
them. Mr.. Norton says while hav-
ing no commercial value of its own,
it Is Il certain indication of depos-
it of genuine coal in the vicinity. In
some places it is found EMBEDDED in
a deposit of fire clay. Several pieces
OF good coal were found, and Mr..
Norton thinks that by going down
a moderate depth rich deposit of
good gold will be found. Along
severa, other forks of the San
tam coal has been found in such
quantities as to leave no doubt chat
coal fields exist in this portion Of
Oregon, which are only waiting 10
be developed to form an important
factor in the industrial forces of
this great and growing country.