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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-13

EAST LIBERTY, Pa, March l2.-Cattle-ReceInt.
900 head: shipments 903 head: market weak:
prime s. 75a5 o.; fair to good 81 0oal 20; com.
mon s!5oaS IS. lIogs-Rece!pts 200 head :
selccted 81 a5a4 40: common to best YorEcrs
l5ai 20: pigs 81 00ai Is. sheep-Receipt. 10 Goo
head: shipments $40 head: market slow; extra
s0aG 0n; fair to good s. OOa5 70; common s. OOa
| 3 so; lambs 81 5Oal 90. 'TI7
CINCINNATI, o., March 1o.-Hogs FIRM; com.
50 9;ai 20; receipts 6,20o head; shipments $3.50
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-13
James c. Gray, plaintiff.

CTATEOF WEST VIRGINIA, COUN.
~ TY Of Ohio, to wit: IN the Circuit Court
Of Ohio County: VsrrIFlIrr. fl..fa &! EHfa -r5|.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-13

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above. TThsaEow
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
Periodicals..

The March number of Str alU6ridge d:
COthier'S Monthly adds IA beautiful
half-tOne reproduction of the Ridgway
Library to the list of splendid spec-
mems of Philadelphia architecture with
which it has embellished its pages dur
ing the last few months The current
issue contains a gOOdly number of H.
lustratiOns accompanying the usual
variety of interesting articles, embrac
ing fiction, fashion, needlework, house
wifery, home decoration, and music ;
together with many miscellaneous par
agraphs giving advice on a multitude
of subjects. Of no less Importance are
the pages containing monthly bulle-
tin of seasonable dry goods, that ena-
bles the stay y-at-home to buy at home
by means of the illustrated, described,
and priced catalogue therein given.
The price of the Monthly is so cents
per year; and the publishers are
Strawbridge & ClOthier, of Philadel-
phia.
The publishers of Piunder, the II.
lustrate Humorous Weekly, in order
to introduce their publication in every
household, will give every tenth yearly
subscriber sending amount of subscrip-
ton $4,000, direct to the New York
Office, present of $1,000 in cash. Ten
subscriptions can be sent in one en-
velope if desired, and the person send
ing same will receive $1,000. A sam
pie copy will be sent free Of charge b!
the publishers, Glib Bros. & Moran, 81
Rose St., New York, 10 every one o
our readers who will send for it aBt
mention name of this paper.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
News Items.


The United States scholar ship at
Saratoga is being made ready for sea
voyage.
The House committee on Territories
has decided to report faVOrably the
bills admitting Wyoming and Idaho as
States.
The Philadelphia council has decided
to borrow 81, 10000 at three per cent.
to be expended on permanent i'm
prOvements.
A bill has been reported from the
House committee regulating elections
of members of congress. 1t embodies
the main features of the Australian
ballot system.
Owing to the number of pledges for
expenditures made by the republican
leaders during the campaign, it has
been found necessary to call halt in
appropriations.
1t is said the recent cold weather in
Illinois has damaged the growing
wheat very materially. Samples from
seven counties exhibited at the meet
ing of the State board of agriculture, at
Springfield, showed that the germ had
been killed.
Five Tammany men, formerly under
Mayor Grant when he was sheriff Oi
New York city, have been indicted fol
bribery and corruption in office. Ber
nard f. Martin Il big Tammany oficia
has been arrested. The investigation
of the sherift's Office and Ludlow stree
Jail administration brings some start
ling evidence of maladministratiOn.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19

The work of White Caps, however
good may have been their object orig
nallinally to make the drunken, lazy
and improvident husbands take care
of their families and treat their wives
better, seems to have reached its end,
at least it is turning out bad for the
participators in such raids. We gave
IN our State items last week an account
of where six men were identified for
whipping a man who wouldn't either
bring or cut the wood for his wife, and
fined by the magistrate of Laurel $27.
But a worse outcome was that of last
week at Whitehall, Wisconsin. Hans
Olson was hanged last fall by a mob,
the ringleaders Of which were found
out and arrested. One turned States
evidence, another hanged himself and
a third tried unsuccessfully to enter q
plea of guilty Of manslaughter.
Trempeleau county is largely settled
by Norwegians, who are for the mos
part prosperous farmers. Olson was I
bad character, his wife was worse anC
his son worst of all, Olson put q Load
ed stick of wood in his neighbor'
wood pile. II exploded in stove ant
nearly killed two persons. Olson wen
to jail for several years and in th
meantime his wife held high carniva
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
New Advertisements.

Attention is called to the following
new advertisements in this issue:
Samuel Taylor-Hardware and Agri-
cultural Implement Store, such as
plows, castings, harrOws, mowers, bind
ers, reapers, repairing steam engines,
boiler tubes, &c. Next door to Odd
Fellows Hall.
H. D. BOyer-Agricultural Imple.
ment, Hardware and Seed store, con-
sisting of Oliver Chilled and other
plows, wagons, dearborns, rakes, corn
shelters, harness, brides, collars, blank
cts, all the farming implements, black
smith and wheelwright work, &c, in
the Taylor machine shops.
Halls Store, 20 South I'd St., Phila,
New silk and dress goods, new
shades in silk failles and armures,
fancy weave in black silks, mOhalrs,
glOriosas, new shade of henriettas, &c
This is one of the cheapest and most
pleasant stores to deal at In Philadel-
phia.
Landreth's Seed Store, 81 and %
South 9th st., Phila.-a large and com
plete stock Of garden and farm seed
garden tools, Hover seeds, &C. Ian
dreth's is one of the oldest seed houses
in the country and has a deserved
reputation for the best and most relia
BILE seed.
Strawbridge & Clothier-an elaborate
preparation for the spring business In
carpets and mattings.
Jos. G. Parker, of Middletown-Dia
naond State Harness Factory, which a
sold from first hands and made Of tn
best materials, offers the farmers espe
eial bargains.
John H. Bishop, Cheswold-Mules
cows, post and rails, and hay, at pri
Yate sale.
Administrators of John Anthony
Ten shares Of stock Of Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Joseph B. Faries-G Groceries at COS
TO close out, aud store for rent.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
The Weather and the Peach.

The weather the past week has not
been healthful for fruit and vegetables.
We had a slice of summer weather
Wednesday and Thursday. between two
Saturdays and Sundays of bleak win
ter. Sunday morning the mercury
was 24o and did not raise above 320,
the freezing point, all day. On Fri
day and Saturday a number of our
farmers, having recovered from the
cold snap of the Sunday previous,
were feeling more hopeful of the peach
crop if there is nothing further to blast
the buds. This was especially SO of
orchards in stiff lands, the orchards Oi
our Necks nearing the bay being much
less affected than in light high lands
Even in the latter there are in several
of the varieties. mainly the early and
late ones, enough backward buds yei
undeveloped to make good sprink
ling" of peaches, as they term it, SOM
even claim a third of a crop if thes
buds can develop the peach and escape
the June drop and curculiO.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19

As they quarreled continually before
he went to Jail she wanted him kept
there and spread some very remarka
BILE stories of his previous life among
the neighbors. These were passed
around among the people of the county |
with some astonishing additions, and |
it was finally concluded that Olson
was not the right kind of man to live
in the county.
About forty men gathered together
last November and agreed to play the
White Cap dodge on Olson to make
him leave the county. His wife and
son were in the scheme. The ring
leaders were prominent men, one of
them, Charles Johnson, was wealthy,
a leading politician and the contrOll-
ing spirit of the Norwegian element.
With masks on they walked into
| Olson's house, led him to a tree in the
ward, his wife and son assisting, and
made several feints of hanging him.
He was pulled up twice and then or
dered to leave the county. He pro-
tested that he had done nothing wrong,
that he would not leave, and recOg-
nizing several by their voices called
them by name and threatened them
with justice.
Up to this time there was no thought
of murder, but Johnson took the lead
and said his mouth must be hushed
He was strung up again to stay, the
mob dispersed, and the wife and son
went back to the house to stay unit
moring. The affair made a great sen
sation. An inquest was held, will
Johnson as foreman. 1t was a com
plete farce, the verdict being 'hangeC
} by persons unknown" But forty mel
cannot keep a secret. Inside of twenty
four hours the name of every man il
1 the lynching party was known.
5 The trial was concluded Friday
a The jury returned a verdict of guilt
e of murder in the first degree agains
r Mrs Olson, Oh Hansen and OIL SlettC
4 The two first named were the wife an
g son respectively of Olson. About thirt
d persons who took part in the Outrag
IS pleaded guilty to riot and were fine
e 500 each. Charles Johnson, VIII
S pleaded guilty, with the three Othel
If convicted, was sentenced to prison fC
r life
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19

THE demand for a revision of the
tariff with a larger number of articles
on the free list, is likely to be realized
the present Congress. Senator Allison,
of Iowa, who is chairman of the APP
priations Committee and also member
of the Finance Committee, and who
was placed by the Republicans as their
leader on the question of the tariff in
the last session of Congress, has given
his opinion decidedly in favor of
large reduction in the tariff. He is in
favor of a still further reduction from
the Senate bill, of the last session in
consequence of the changed condition
since then, especially in a deep cut on
sugar and reducing the duty on every
thing wherever possible without in
iuring American industry. Sugar is
one of the necessaries of life, and for
this reason as we'll as because this
country produces only 10 per cent of
what is consumed it should go on the
free list, with compensating bounty
at so much per pound to all grown in
in the United States.
Mr.. Allison thinks the protection
afforded our great industries in the
past has enabled them to be able now
to compete with those of other coun-
tries, and says:
It must not be forgotten that under
our tariff system we have grown i'm.
mensely, and not only that, but we are
enabled to sell merchandise to the Do
miniOn of Canada to the exclusion
practically of free trade Great Britain
the cost of transportation not cOnsti-
tuting an element in the case, because
the transportation from England BY
water is about as cheap as it is by raj
from our manufacturing centres. We
sell largely to them of agricultural i'm
plements and other manufacture pro
ducts. According to the statistics o
exports into Canada last year the Do
miniOn of Canada purchased 81 pc
cent. of its brass goods of the United
States and only - per cent. of Grea
Britain; Sc per cent. of its manufac
lures OF copper OF US anu IL VI I1uB
land; "a per cent of its cOrdage. So pc
cent Of its gingham, 65 per cent. of il
manufactures Of glass, gu per cent. O
its rubber goods q. t-i- country, ant
only per cent. OF Free-trade England
"a per cent. of its printing ink. 81 pc
cent of its carpets, 81 per cent. of il
manufactures Of wood, 50 per cent. q
its twines, 81 per cent. of its tinwar'
80 per cent of wall paper, y pc
of manufactures of paper, and 81 pc
cent. of oil cloth. Canada buys SO pc
cent. of her plows of US and only 2 pc
cent. of England; 81 per cent. of he
engines, 80 per cent. Of her SEWN
machines and 80 per cent of her mi
ceilaneous machinery of as. This ind
Gates that we shall ultimately be ab
to supply our home market with near
everything of general consumption 1
a lower rate to the consumer than
would be possible for foreign cOuntri
to make these goods and ship them
the United States.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19

GEORGETOWN is to have new paper,
the Seaford ReUieW announcing in its
issue of Saturday that that would be
its last issue in that town, its removal
forthv it'll to Georgetown having been
decided on. This is to give the Re
publicans of Sussex an organ at their
county town, the two papers there, the
Journal and Democrat both being Dem
ocratic. The Republicans have been
without a county paper in Sussex since
the one established by Gov. Cannon,
with w. T. CrOasdale at its head, dur
ing the war, suspended. Seaford seems
to be a good place for Georgetown to
draw from, J. B. Clark of the Journal,
having gone there from Seaford.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
PerRnnal.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hance, of
Philadelphia, spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. w. o. HOffecker.
A. w. Cummins, of the Morning
NetOs, was home Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. John Wiltbank, of Milton, Is
visiting her brother, A. l.. Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John VanGasken, DIR.
Joseph VanGasken, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank E. Postles, Mrs. Walter o. and
Mrs. J. Ed. Hoffecker, went to Phila-
delphia Thursday to attend the com
mencement exercises OF the Woman's
Medical College in compliment to Miss
Fannie G. YanGasken, one of the grad
yates,
Chas. G. Ford has been home from
Wilmington the past week on visit
to his family in SeversOn's Neck.
John B. Nelson, from near Delaware
City, spent Sunday with his father.
Dr. T. r. Wolf, of Delaware College,
was in Smyrna on Saturday.
James w. Anthony was in town
Friday, the first time for three weeks,
having been confined to his home by
sickness.
John G. Mustard, of the Westing-
house electric plant, paid his parents
visit this week en- route South.
Rev. Benz. E. Dick khOut and wife, of
Fishkill, Pa, are guests of Miss
Laura A. Bell.
Miss Alice Spruance had a pleasant
social party on Monday evening in
honor of her cousin, John G. Mustard
Mr.. Chas. Il. Wharton and wife,
(nee Clara Denneyl of Magnolia, also
Mrs. COnwell and daughter, of the
same place, we're guests of Mr.. and
Mrs, w. II. Thompson on Sunday and
Monday.
r. NJ. johnson, of Milford, was in
Smyrna yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. Ransom, of Philadelphia
is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Williams, wife of Hon. James
Williams, of Kenton, has been very
sick.
DR.. @. o. Swinney left on Monday
for Bridgeton, N. j., to attend th'
funeral of his wife's brother.
Mrs. Haddock is visiting her parents
at the District parsonage. She ha
} been quite sick, but is improving.
+. M. Fowler is on a visit to Rich
mond, Va, as a representative of tn
A, 0. u. w.
Mrs. J. e. Carter is visiting in VIII
mington.
J. Edward Beck, for some time Il
the employ Of J. r. Carter as painte
and paperhanger, has gone to Phila
delphia to take a position with MI
Chapman, who frescoed the M. +
Church.
John II. HofTecker and Mrs. Lydi
Mcdowell were elected delegates t
the Sunday School Convention ]
Dover, April 10th.
ID. J. Cnmmins who has been col
fined to bis bed the past week froi
sickness Is improving.
Miss Virginia Clark and William
Cantwell will be married at the M.
Church Clayton, this evening.
Misses Virgie Jester and Sue -Four
tain of Dover, spent Tuesday afternoo
10 town.
Miss M. M. Smith, Mrs. LouderbougI
Miss Louderbough and Mrs. Stol
came up from Dover TO attend the COZ
cert Of the Norma Club last evenins
and were en- tertained with some of os
Town 3 people afterwards, at the res
oence Of Miss Carrie BECK
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19

The power of ring rule is so great
in our large cities and sometimes the
ring bosses of the two parties combine
for a given purpo3e-that it would be
next to impossible through the proper
channels to head off corruption, and
but for the enterprise and power of
the press in bringing the hidden things
to light, there is no telling TO what a
length they would go. Through the
efforts of one New York newspaper
Sheriff Flack of that city is now on
trial for felony, the charges including
one of the judges of the courts and
several minor officials as accOmplices
with him in crime, and the enterprise
of another paper of the same city has
Just brought about the indictment of
the Sheriff's chief deputy and the war
den of Ludlow Street Jail for bribery
The latter has practically confessed his
guilt by resigning his Office, and the
evidence against both is said to be
most convincing.
These men have been notorious fol
years and the manner in which thei
offices have been conducted has beer
a common scandal; hut nothing ha
been done about it because they wer,
all prominent members of the Organi
zation that holds New York in a des
potism as absolute as that of the Gar
As in the days of Tweed, so now tn
city is indebted for so much good gov
ernment as it has solely to the Wig
lance and independence of its news
papers. The people are free and tn
people rule; but their freedom an
sovereignty both depend, to a niue
greater extent than most of them al
aware of, on the freedom, energy an
integrity of their newspapers.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
Echoes from Cheswold.

While there is life there is hope.
Upon this principle some growers here
do not yet give the peach crop up as
total failure. There are about 20
per cent. of the buds yet alive so far
as we can learn in this locality which
may yet weather the storms and ad-
here to the tree through the June
drop. Many think, however, the re-
naming live buds will drop off. The
low temperature of Sunday morning
produced a slight scare also. The
already sure destruction of the greater
portion of the peach crop is a serious
blow to our farming community. But,
while discOHraging with the general
depression throughout the country,
their only course is to remain at the
plow handle and prepare to receive
the shocks as they come.
We hear pretty general complaint
chat the young canes of blackberries
show great deal of dead wood.
Nearly all are injured and in many
cases the entire cane is dead, even
with the ground. This will materially
shorten the coming crop.
Our farmers are not disposed to ac-
cept $53 per ton for tomatoes while
the Gamer is thus enabled to keep up
or advance wages in his factory in
competition with farm labor, while 81
the same time he is running no more
risk of realizing a good profit upon his
product than the farmer in growing it,
The horse sheds at Bethel NJ. E
Church are we'll advanced toward com
pletiOn. They will shelter sixteeT
carriages and thirty-two horses. l
the projectors will exhibit the same
energy, selfsacrifce and liberality
toward making up the minister
salary the coming conference year a
they have in the shed enterprise, W.
shall claim to be under a new dispen
satiOu. 1t might be interesting t.
keep a record of events. STELLA.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19

Bisbon Paret. of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church, Baltimore delivered an
address Thursday at the business mems
prayer meeting in which he said that
the reason why the field of religion
was left to women was To his
mind "that monstrous pervefsion Of
Gods gospel known as the revival sys-
TEN. It teaches the idea that before
men can Worship they must have smo-
Gionalism or 60 thr0egh certain con-
vulsions Of feeling.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, Def.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Mar, 10, 1890.

THE "TINES" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by ROBT D. HoFFECKER Editor and
Proprietor, at Smyrna, Del.
Observation-Disclosures year, strictly in ad-
vance, sl.5O; if not paid in advance, $780, No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of Seven Cents line for the firstinsertion sub
Seouent insertions Threeand-a-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
per line.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
Tavlor VS.. Gooden and saulsburv.

An interesting case came of yester-
day at 4.30 o'clock at the Office of H.
G. Budd, which was attended by a
considerable number of our citizens as
curious spectators. The case grew out
of an article written last October by
John c. Gooden, State Librarian, and
published in the DelGWGredR in re
spOnse to a humorous squib in the ed |
itOrial columns of the Smyrna Record, |
which the editor, G. B. Taylor, felt !
was scandalOus and libel on himself |
and family. An effort was made to
get j. G. GOoden, the writer, and
John F. Salisbury, the publisher, in
dicted before the last term of court,
but States Attorney Biggs and the
grand jury failed to do anything with
it. Hence the effort at criminal libel
before Esquire Budd so as to get it
properly before the court.
The Squire announced to the de-
PENDANTS the charge for which they
were cited which Editor Taylor
swOre to and read the article, noting
the particularly offensive paragraphs.
Henry D. Boyer made oath that he
had read the article and considered it
libelOus. Mr.. salisbury asked him if
| hC hhOW WlActb a AAbCA NtAof VIZ " he'S
the law constituted a libel, and he re-
piled that he did not strictly, never
having studied law. Mr.. Salisbury
then stated his connection with it,
: that for eighteen months previous Mr..
Taylor had been making repeated at
tacks on him charging him and his
uncle, Senator Salisbury, with being
traitors, and many other things which
they had not noticed, but if this case
was carried to u higher court he
4 would take hand with Mr.. GOOdeu
J, in skinning a skunk. He followed
s this up with a number of question
which Mr. Taylor finally refused tt
answer, and Squire Budd sustained him
II Mr.. Gooden acknowledged the au
d thorship of the letter. Mr.. Taylor
g was asked to prove Mr.. Salisbury
l. the editor and publisher of the Del
is dlUdredn he had taken this for grant
d ed and acknowledged that he hac
le no proof at hand.
4 Mr.. GoOden had brought along
carpet-bag full of law books and pro
ceeded to argue his case, addressin
~ ! the magistrate as 'yOur honor" Ii
r. read extracts from one after anOthe
Vi bearing on the matter of libel claim
as ing that there was no malice intend
ed, that he was replying to an articl
or written by the plaintiff and that o
V, the principle that the "bane must g
IS with the antidote," as laid down
a one legal decision read, what b
wrote could not be established
libel. He further claimed that tn
- language complained ofwas addresse
F. to an imaginary being, a myth,
. suppOsition of the brain, and was s
affirmed four times in the article, ar
being thus an imaginary creatur
I'll could not apply to Mr.. Taylor. H
its defence was presented with some il
nd genuity, but the Squire announce
OIL his decision that he should hold hi
to bail in the sum of 5000 for his a
Il pearance at court, John F. Sau
nu enn bury Immediately volunteering to
lOi on his bond.
TO- 10. There was no cause for acti
So SeI against Mr.. Salisbury because n
lor Taylor had not proved him the pu
Usher of the DeLGlUGreun, though
NJ. coupled himself with Mr.. GOOden
or their relation to the article as coo
inc | PENDANTS.
Smyrna times., 1890-03-19
MARRIAGES

sAXTON-SAXTON.- ON.-Immediately after the ser.
vices at the Smyrna Landing Chapel, Sunday
afternoon, 10y Rev. w. W. W. Wilson, at the
residence Of Austin SaxtOn, Harry c. SaxtOn
and Miss Mary f. Saxton, both of Smyrna
Landing
WILSON-DEAN.-On March 9Th, at Smyrna
Circuit parsonage. by Rev. r. X. Stephenson
Robert j. Wilson and Miss Charlotte Dean, both
of Kent county.
SON-SHAHAN.-On the 10th inst. Al
the Circuit parsonage. by Rev r. X. Stephen
son, Benjamin F. Thompson, of New Castl,
county, and Sarah Shahan, of Kent county.