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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-10
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
Anent West Hirginia's Coal
Resources.


Btdcb DiamoRd, r. paper published
at Chicago, H., in the interest Of
the coal trade:
"There is perhaps no State in
the Union whose resources are more
varied or whose future is more
bright than that Of the little Mount
ain State of West Virginia which so
proudly cmblazous upon its banner
"Montani Sempcr Libcri." Known
throughout the world for its miner
al wealth as well as for the hardi-
hood Of its sons and the comeliness
OF its daughters, it is now taking
its position in the foremost rank of
coke and coal producing centcrs.
It's typographical features arc har-
monious and blending, its rivers
affording useful means Of trans
port for the unlimited wealth that
lies locked in the bosom Of its
mountains or concealed in the en-
brace Of its dales. 1t is owing in
great measure to this happy com
bination that it possesses such
splendid advantages as a coal com
peting State. The Imagination is
inclined to run TO riot when il spec
ulates upon the extent Of the coal
deposits. Their area is one of great
regularity, quality and thickness
ard their values for every purpose
Is of the highest order. Gaseous
coal, furnace coal, coaking coal is
here in every abundance with lam
NATIVE and calorific qualities that
may find their equals but will hard
u be excelled. In camel, and i'm
splint, in bituminous, Ignite and
albertite, nature has showered upon
West Virginia both here fayors and
her wealth, With coal deposits COW
ering territory of nearly 1G, 900
square miles in extent, that need
only to be mined to find market
in the East as well as the West.
there Is n great and prosperous ca
reer before the State. The abso.
Lutte enormous quantities Of iron in
close contiguity to the coal, will
help to raise it to an cminence Of
industrial prosperity.
The coal fields Of West Virginia.
of which the Elk Garden, the Po-
cahontas and the Flat Top are al
ready widely known and their pro-
ducts highly appreciated, arc gen
orally classed in two groups, known
as the upper and the lower, and
separated by the barren measures
Their thickness IS known to be up
wards of n thousand feet, and seam
after seam of coal can be proGtab!y
and economically worked. The
Redstone, Sewickley, Waynsburc,
Washington and Pittsburg seams
are justly celebrated, but the latter
one is the prince among veins.
Known MS the "West Virginia Gas
Coal, " and possessing the merit Of
being some nine feet in, thickness,
it has attained high position ON
the market and is used extensively
in the boundaries and rolling-mills
of the country. Indeed, the State
can be reasonably regarded not as
the riches iii the Allegheny region,
but as one of the wcalthcst and
most favored sections of the great
Appalachian coal fields itself that
stretches from Pennsylvania to
Ohio on the one hand and to
Alabama on the other. That field.
covering some $4,000 squire miles,
has its distribution as follows:
Square Miles.
NeN' virginia '.'.''................... 1900
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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-10

The Circuit court OF Mercer Go.
has decided that there is no such
game as "cards," that cards are
simply "pieccs Of PASTE board with
which various games are played.
Well if the Court of Mercer will
fiji its cd jeans with little Of the
filthy lucrc, and strike little
County seat village on the placid
waters Of old Cheat, ifheis disposed
to learn the facts, will soon be CON
WINGED that there is a game, and a
bad game it is too for the looser.
-Doris Cjiy Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-10

Figuring on the report of the coal
productions o. the whole country
for 1888, it appears that the output
Of the above States amounted to
IOI,888.137 tons, being for
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-10

The "Gag Law" Applied TO Uncle
Charley" HOOten, OF ROwlesburg.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-10
A STRAIGHT PRIMARY ELECTION.

The Voice or the People Will be Heard
Hereafter.
The Bosses Knocked Out and Retired
From the Ring.
The New Committee Elected From
the Rank and File.
Dee Lanham and His Delegation Fired
From the Convention.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15

street-railroad Company; damages. Trial
by struck jury.
Frank Swain eft al. VS.. Jane +. Sewage;
note. Verdict for plaintiff for Sl33:4 AZ.
Henry Meyer ct al VS.. Niles Clifford ct
al; appeal from Feibleman. j. L. Finding
and judgment for plaintiff for So
William w. Parrott vs. john Z. Parr;
note. Verdict for plaintiff for Ss14.7o.
Room 2-Hon ID. w. Howe. Judge
William V. Rocker vs.. Lizzie X Caleb
ct al; suit supplemental to execution.
Plaintiff dismissed suit ct his costs:
Edward Haffin VS.. Dickson IL Talbot;
damages. Trial by jury.
Room s-Hon. Lewis C. Walker. Judge.
Noah N. Davidson VS.. Solomon Myers ct
al; account. Judgment for S60
Frederick G. ketcham vs. the T.. u, y.
& ST. l.. Railroad Company; damages.
Trial by jury.
Ne,c Su,ts Ftied.
Robert p. Smith ct al. VS. Daniel j. Bros
nan; account. Demand, $3.50.
Andrew G. Chichron vs. Henry Mekittrick;
mechanics lien.
Amos j. Walker VS.. James Whitcomb
Riley; damages. Demand, $1,000.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Hon. Livingston Howland. Judge.
Lydia Dunlap VS.. w. o. DeVay; account.
Jury return verdict for plaintiff for
$2.20215.
State ex. rel. Margaret Goodwin VS.. IL.
L. Siebert; bastardy. Trial by court
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Local Forecasts.


For indianapolis and Vicinity-For the
twenty -four hours ending P. NJ. May Is
Warmer. fair weather; increasing cloudi-
ness and occasional light rains; brisk winds
and cooler by Thursday evening.
GENERAL INDICATIONS.
WASHINGTON. May IA, 8 P. M.-Forecast
till P. M. Thursday:
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair, followed
by rains and local storms Thursday after
noon colder Friday morning
For Ohio-Warmer; southwesterly winds;
fair, except in northern Ohio; light rain.
For lower Michigan-Cloudy and rain;
sontherly winds, becoming variable; colder
Friday morning.
For Wisconsin n-COlder in southern por-
tiOD; stationary temperature in northern
portion; fair, preceded by rain in southern
portion: northerly winds.
For Minnesota-Fair: northerly Winds
becoming varjable; stationary temperature
III northern, cooler in southern portion.
For the Dakotas-Fair. preceded by rain
in extreme southern portion of South Da-
kota; warmer by Friday morning; variable
winds.
SPECIAL BULLETIN.
The storm that appeared last night in
Montana has moved southeastward, and is
now central in southv estern Wisconsin,
and appears to be moving eastward into
the lake regions, where 1T will control the
weather conditions during Thursday; it
is succeeded by high area CEN
trail over Montana Rain has fallen
east of the Mississippi river from the
gulf northward; also, in Minnesota and
the extreme Northw est. The temperature
has risen on the Atlantic coast from the
CHrolinas nOrthward; also from lower
Michigan westward to Colorado and south
ward to northern Texas; elsewhere 1T has
fallen slightly.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15

has been light for two months past, and
comparisons cannot be based on equitable
conditions.
The Chicago steel-rail-mills to-day begin
the delivery Of 1900 tons of steel rails to the
indianapolis * Vincennes road, which,
under the contract, should have been de-
livered three months ago. 1t is strange
that when Indianapolis has one of the best
steel-rail-mills In the country, and Indiana
roads are unable to get rails when they
want Them, that this mill should be idle.
IL, as intimated, it is for the purpose OF
freezing out certain stockholders, it is to be
hoped that the freezing-out process will be
hasteEed.
Jerome Larger, who a few weeks ago re-
signed as passenger conductor on the Chi
cago st. Louis 81 Pittsburg. left yesterday
Tor California. where he went to engage IN
business at a very handsome salary. Mr..
Larger ran on the Pennsylvania lines
twenty-four years, never had q serious ac-
cldent, never was suspended or called TO
account for any misdemeanor or short-co
ing on his part, and goes West with the
best of wishes on the part of the officers OF
the road on which he SO long held re-
sponsible position.
General Manager Bradbury and Traffic
Manager Parker, of the Lake Erie & West
ern road, returned to their headquarters
| yesterday, and both express ignorance of
what is going on in the way of connecting
the Lake Erie IL Western, owned by the
| Brice syndicate, with the Southern lines.
| which the same syndicate own, although
| they admit that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
| & Dayton would be a valuable road to the
| system now controlled by the Brice syndi-
cate and further that there is possibility
| of there being something III the rIlnors that
/ the Brice syndicate have already secured q
| controlling interest in the c.. 81. d ID.
| lines.
| The Indiana Car-service Association held
| it's regular monthly meeting yesterday.
Little was accomplished IN the forenoon
| for want of q quorum, it requiring repre-
| sentatives of fourteen roads to form a
| quorum. There were additional arrivals
| in the afternoon, when o quorum was per-
! fected. The most important business was
| that of listening to complaints where con-
| slgnees had not been given sufficient time
to unload their freight, and q demand was
made that on certain classes of freight
| more than forty eight hours time be given
| for loading or unloading. The matter wae
| referred to a committee consisting of Geo.
| Bender. of the Big Four; ID. Hill, of the l..
+. d W.; M. w. Mansfield, of the l. IL. v,
| and G. j. Grammer. of the +. d T. Fl. Re-
| ports from all points showed that the af-
fairs of the association were moving along
| much more smoothly than sixty days ago,
and the grievances at each meeting grow
| fewer in number.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
General Weather Conditions.

WEDNESDAY, May IA, 7P.M.
PREssURE.-A small low area moved rap
idly from the northwest central this morn
ing in Dakota; it is central tonight, with
20.54. in southern Wisconsin, From the
Mississippi valley eastward to the Atlantic
the pressure is low; also, from Missouri
westward over Kansas and Colorado. A
high area is approaching from the extreme
northwest; another high area extends
southwestward from western Texas.
TEMPERATURE.-L0w temperature pre-
vaiis over Lake Superior and northwest
ward; 40 and below is reported from north
eastern Wyoming northward; also. from
Manitoba. northern Minnesota, northern
Wisconsin and northern Michigan north
ward; so and below from northern Colorado.
northern Nebraska, southern Minnesota
southern Wisconsin, central Michigan and
the lower lakes northward; 90 and above
from central Colorado. central Nebraska,
Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee and eastern New
York southwark; 20 and above from SOUTH
ern Colorado and Kansas southwark along
the gulf coast and the Atlantic coast from
South Carolina southwark.
PRECIPITATION.-Snow fell this morning
in northern Minnesota 8 Rains fell during
the day in Montana, southern Minnesota,
Wisconsin, western Iowa and northern
Michigan. and from the Ohio river and
lower lakes southwark to the gulf and the
entire Atlantic coast.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
by friends with great many beautiful

by friends with q great many beautiful
gifts.
THE TOMBSTONE RECEPTION.
Mrs. Samuel Johnstone gave large and
elegant reception yesterday afternoon, for
Mrs. A. j. Thomas, previous to the depart
ure of Mrs Thomas for Evansville. where
she is to reside. DR.. Thomas is going there
as superintendent of the Southern Hospital
for the Insane. The residence on North
Pennsylvania street was beautifully deco
rated for the occasion. Upon entering the
hall the first to meet the eye was the arch
way with a aportiere of smilax. and to the
end of each strand was a bunch of ex-
quisite bon silene roses bouquets of
pink roses being tastefully placed
about the. reception-rooms. In the
swell window of the north parlor
the lemonade was served. The window
was curtained in fashion similar to the
arch in the hall. The dining-room table was
garlanded with smilax. and great bowls OF
La France roses and lilies of the valley
were placed at either end. while in the
center was crystal candelabra with pink
shaded candles. Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs.
Thomas received and were assisted in en-
tertaining the guests. who numbered some
two hundred ladies, by Mrs. Charles l.. Hol-
ence Malott. Misses Mary and Nancy Dryer.
Miss Evalyn Austin. Mrs. William r.
Johnstone and Miss Louise Knight served
the lemonade
CLIFEORD-PARSONS.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PERU, Ind, May 14.-Joseph E. Clifford,
of Grand Forks, N. D., and Miss Anna Par
sons, one of this city's society girls. were
married this evening at o'clock at the
residence of Charles Parsons, on West Sixth
street, Rev. s. c. Dickey, of the First Pres
byterian Church, officiating. Tht wedding
was quiet one, only relatives and imme-
date friends being present. Miss Anna
Constant attended the bride and Mr.. VIM.
Burr, of Grand Forks, the groom. Mr..
Clifford is prominent business man of
Grand Forks, and the wedding was happy
ending to Miss Parsons's visit to that place
last summer. They left on the 10 O'Clock
Chicago train for a brief tour.
ANDERsON-BLAIR.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLoOMINGToN, Ind, May 14.-The mar.
riage of Miss Ada Blair, of this city, and
Rev. William Anderson. of Tranquility, O.,
was solemnized at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Blair, at o'clock this morning
by DR.. T. A. Wylie. They left on the 1876
train for Mr.. Anderson's home. Miss Blail
is quite popular and well-known lady OF
the city, and Rev. Anderson is pastor OF
the United Presbyterian Church at his
home in Ohio.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
Room for Speculation.

After the 18th of this month there will be
but 1900 miles in the c., c., G. & St L. sys-
tenn big Four. After that date the por-
'tlon of the present system operated be-
tween indianapolis and ST. Louis and the
Cairo division are to be known as the
Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago lines. which
reduces the Big Four mileage from 1882 to
800 miles, the /. & ST. L. being 262 miles in
length and the Cairo division go miles. An
impression prevails that this means that the
Indianapolis 81 ST Louis Railroad Com
pany, which leases the st. Louis. Alton 81
Terre HauJe road, has secured control of
the latter by purchase, as intlmated 1T
likely would q few DAYS ago, and that
eventually the i. 6s ST. L., the e.. & V. and
the Chicago IL Eastern Illinois roads are to
constitute separate Western system, op-
Grated in harmony with the Big Four lines,
which will consist of the old c., l.. st. l.. 81
G. and the Bee-line proper. the Peoria di-
vision of the present Big -Four simply being
leased 10 get good Peoria line and keep it
from disturbing rates. This accomplished
the Western lines would establish through
lines between Indianapolis and st. Louis
between Cairo and st. Louis. between St.
Louis and Chicago and Cairo and Chicago,
via Danville. This is believed to be the
outcome of the announced change In the
Big Four system of mileage.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
The Court Record.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.


1427S. Redmond Jones VS.. Mary A. Law
man. Owen G. G. Reversed. Berkshire,
I'LL A complaint on marriage contract
Is not bad for failure to aver that the par
ties were of manageable age.3 (29 In such
case when the defendant testified as to
rumors calculated to bring the plaintiff
into disrepute before the jury, evidence of
the plaintiffs reputation for. virtue and
honesty is admissible. 81 Declarations
made by the plaintiff in such q case several
days after the estrapgement. inthe absence
of the defendant, are not admissible.
14311. John Cook ct al. VS. John Nc
Naughton. Elkhart G. G. Reversed. Cof-
fey, J.-Where q special finding in an ac-
tion on note recites that the payee fully
performed all the conditions and stipula-
tions contained therein, the defendant may
object to the verdict but failing to do SO
he waived his right to more specific find
ing. and he will not be permitted to say
that the general finding should be treated
as mere nullity.
14117. John Spray vs. Amos Burk. Jack
son c. G.. Reversed. Olds, ia note Civ
Ell for gambling debt is not valid and col
lectable in the hands OF an assignee who
purchased the same with knowledge that
the note was given for such debt; but after
was all right, and that he would pay it
when due, but without it appearing that
the purchaser relied upon or was deceived
by such statement.
JacOD u hitCutil eC al. VS.. bOdIu
of Commissioners ct al. Union c. &. Af-
tirned. Mitchell, c. 1.-THE Legislature
intrusted to the Board of Commissioners
the power to determine when the public
interests demanded that the courthouse in
any county shonld be repaired or rebuilt,
or superseded by a new one. and until it is
clearly shown that the board is acting
fraudulently or corruptly and in violation
of its duty. there is no place for judicial
interference. Averments in complaint to
enioin the board from building new
courthouse, that the old one was suf-
fcient. and that the object of building was
to promote the interests of architects who
were TO receive specified per cent. of tho
contract price, are not sufficient to charge
fraud or bad faith. A reservation in the
contract of right to make alterations in
the plan or detail of the construction and
to adjust the price in the proportion that
the alterations bear to the contract price,
is not disregarding the statute tSec. 4243.)
15257. Louis Fox ct al. VS. Western
Union Telegraph Company. Whitley c.
C.. Dismissed.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Room i-Hon. Napoleon b. Taylor Judge
Matthew f. w. Doran VS.. Citizens'
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
MINOR CITY MATTERS.
To-Day's Doings.

MAY MUSICAL FESTIVAL-First matinee
concert; third concert, Tomlinson Hall; even
ing.
INDIANA STATE ECLECTIC ASSOCIATION
Englishs Hall: day and evening.
INDIANA INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY
Plymouth Church; morning and afternoon.
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY,". NJ. c. A. Hall;
morning and afternoon.
NATIONAL TICKET BROKERS' ASSOCIATION
Bates House; day and evening. Banquet
evening.
wORKINGMEN'S PICNIC-state Fair Grounds;
day and evening.
ANNUAL ART TEXHIBIT-IndianapOl Art As
sociation; Masonic Hall; day and evening.
PARK THEATER-Wm. Z. Burton as ''Tom
Sawyer" afternoon and evening
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Interstate Law Damaging in It's Effects.

Interstate Law Damaging in Its Effects.
Said one of Indianapolis's largest ship
pers-in years past-in conversation yester-
day: THE interstate law has proven TO be
beneficial TO the railroads and damaging to
the interests of merchants and manufactur-
ers and the more think the matter over
the more do incline to the belief that the
Pennsylvania Company was the originator
cf the law. From the day it went into
operation the Pennsylvania lines have
shown. each month, increase in earnings
over the earnings of corresponding months
an years gone by. The fact is, nearly all
the roads have been benefited by the law,
unless it is weak lines. like the Indianapo-
lis, Decatur & Western, or the Ohio. lncl-
ana & Western, prior to its being absorbed
by the Big Four. What has the law done
for Indianapolis, for instances 1t has prac-
tically ruined it as leading grain center.
AT one time indianapolis grain merchants
handled twenty five to thirty million bush
els of grain annually; now they DO not
handle five million. indianapolis, prior to
this law going into effect. was the largest
shipping point of poultry and eggs; now
this class of business has fallen or 90
Der cent. at least. The millers are
Obliged to resort to milling ~ transit
schemes and other methods 10 make small
margins on flour. and the business of this
city has suffered generally through the
laws operations, directly and Indirectly.
Two years ago nearly every shipper, except
myself, was loud in his praise of the law;
now all curse it." indianapolis is not the
only point which has suffered through the
Operations of the law The Boston Adver-
tiser of May IL says: The law, 50 far as 1T
has been applied to New England, has done
exactly what the Advertiser predicted
would be the case; that is to say, it has in
5ured our manufacturers and our mer-
chants, and accomplished no good to any
person. New England has now about al
the adverse legislation which she can sue
cessfully endure. If the project to put the
Canadian railroads transporting freight
between the West and New England undel
the interstate law is successful. nothing
will be left to this section of the country
of advantage. ard the load of unjust freight
determinations now imposed upon New
England by the railroads between here and
Chicago viii remain. This load Is grievous
unjust and indefensible. The attention OF
the Interstate-commerce Commissionersha has
been called to it.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
County Commissioners Relieyed.

The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed
the decision of the Union Circuit Court in
the ,snit against the Union County Com
nissioners to enjoin them from letting the
contract for new courthouse. Two
weeks ago the complainants who had been
Supreme Court for O temporary restraining
order, which was granted. Yesterday the
court decided that they had no cause for
an injunction, and the commissioners can
now 60 ahead with the work.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
Articles Of incorporation

The East-end Natural-gas Company. OF
Muncie, was Incorporated yesterday, with
a capital stock of s25,OOO in $50 shares, and
with the following directors: Seth G.. Cos.
horn, David Cammack. Wm Walling. Mar.
tin Jerome Galliher and VIM. l.. Lacey.
The Farmers Bank, of Rock kport, was also
Incorporated with capital stock of S25. .OO(
in 500 shares. The directors are Edward
mer, L. NJ. HackIeman, Charles Lieb
George Bender. George Wendell, Henry
Crowder and b. M. Taylor.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
Workincmen,s Picnic

This morning, at the State fair grounds,
an all-day celebration of the recent eight
hour victory will begin under the auspices
of the Central Labor Union. ID. f. Ken
nedy is to deliver an address and after that
the time will be used in o variety of amuse-
ments, principally athletic sports and
bicycle races. Early in the afternoon w.
Nichols will deliver an address OH Union
ism and What 1t Has Accomplished There
will be ball in Exposition Hall in the
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15

Samuel TateIn. sent to Michigan City ten
months ago on n nine-months' sentence for
counterfeiting was ordered released yester-
day under the poor-convict law.
The bonds of Francis M. Hackleman as
president and Edward M. Payne as cashier
of the Farmers Bank, of Rockport were
filed with the Secretary of State yesterday,
ter in SIS. 900.
to Gustavus G.. Jonas and Celia Lotus,
Charles +. Mode and Flora Il. Roemler,
John ID. Brown and Louisa j. Golden,
Anton T. G.. Richman and Mary c. Rad
timer, James ID. Pitts and Lulu Hart,
nry Weber and Lena Weber.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15

The monument commission was in session
yesterday, but aside from routine work
nothing was done but to allow the third
estimate of the contractors. the Terre
Haute Stone-works Company. which
amounted to Sl4,256. The designs for the
crowning figure were given further con-
sideration. but no conclusion was ar
rived af
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
Plea in Abatement,

The suit of Margaret Goodwin against H.
E. Siebert was called in the Circuit Court
yesterday. The defendants attorneys filed
plea in abatement, holding that when the
original suit was filed Sebert was not q
resident of this county, and trial by jury
was temporarily waived to allow argument
on the question before the court Judge
Howe will decide the point at issue this
morning. If he sustains the plea, the case
will be thereby thrown ont of court.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-05-15
Wants a Change of Venue.

Edward Aszman's attorneys fled q mo-
tion in the Criminal Court yesterday for a
change of venue. The statutes provide
that in murder cases the change must be
granted, and Judge Irwin will decide to-
day where he will send it. Aszman claims
that he cannot get an impartial trial be-
sentiment here, he says, against him.