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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-11
Council Proceedings.

AT the regular session Of the city
council on last Thursday evening,
Mayor McSherry objected to rails
ing the grade on the public square at
the Court House corner and asked that
the work be done according to the
Randolph survey. A number COM
mittee reports were read and received.
d. w. Shaffer, j. H. Shaffer, and
the County of Berkeley were given Fl
days in which to lay pavements in
front of their properties, that of the
Messrs. Shaffer being on North Queen
street, and that of the county being
both sides of the bridge OH South
Queen street. The street committee
was ordered to determine on which
side of the Winchester pike walk or
pavement should be laid. The real
estate committee was empowered to
repair leaks in the roof of the market
house and to have the front of the
city hall painted. A telegram from
officials of the B. & o. X. r. Com
pany was read stating that the COM
pany would allow the fire engine to be
repaired at their shops provided the
city would authorize the expense A
communication from John Farrin was
read stating that he would put in new
tubes for $500. Referred to commit
tee on fire department. New lights
were ordered at Thompson's corner
and at the corner of Stephen street
and Virginia avenue, and the applica-
ton for an arc light on South Raleigh
street opposite the new jail referred to
the light committee. A petition to
the Mayor, signed by Councilman
Gilbert, Schill, Mcdowell, john w.
and G. w. n. Martin, asking that Po-
liceman Weddell be paid his salary
for September was tabled A COM
munication from Mrs. w. II. Showers
complaining that certain boys annoy
ed her by throwing stones, ETC., at her
fence, was read, and the Mayor in
structed the clerk to notify the police
to attend to the matter A large
number of bills were read and ordered
paid.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
MARTINSBURG, w. VA,
November 8, 1898.
Whereas an All-wise Providence has
seen fit to deprive the city of Chi
cago of its Mayor, and all the people
of that fair city OF friend and bene-
factor, in the death of Carter II. Har-
riSon; and
Whereas the Mayor and Council of
Martinsburg, desiring to express their
condemnation of the manner i'll which
the greatest executive of one of the
greatest cities of the Union met his
death; and further desiring to express
their sympathy to the city govern
ment of Chicago on the sad event; be
it, therefore,
ReSOf0ed, that the Clerk of the Cor
poration of Martinsburg be instructed
to have copy of these resolutions
sent to the city government of Chica-
go, and to Carter H. Harrison, ir.,
and cause the same to be printed in
the newspapers of Martinsburg.
BY order of the Mayor and Council
of MartinsbuIg.
j. WHANN MCSHERRY,
Mayor.
Attest:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-11

a clergyman was once annoyed by
people talking and giggling during
the service. He paused, looked at
the disturbers, and said Some years
since, as | was preaching, a young
man who sat before me was constant
ly laughing. talking, and making I'M
couth grimaces. / paused and admin
istered a severe rebuke. After the
close Of the services, a gentleman said
to me; Sir, you made a great mistake;
that young man is an IDIOT Since
then, / have always been afraid to re-
prove those that misbehaved in the
chapel, lest should repeat that mis-
take and reprove another idiot" Dur
ing the rest Of the services there was
good order -ENchange.
Mr.. NJ. S. Burdette has added a line
Of the most attractive patterns toFhis
Fashion Book Department-The Uni
versal Patterns. They are patterns ia
ken from the Season, the Bon Ton, La
Mode, the Paris Fashion Book, and
several others Of the leading French
and American Fashion Journals. Go
to Mr. Burdette's Book Store and see
these patterns and you will find them
handsome and stylish in design, and
cheap i'll price. You will not have to
pay such eXtravagant prices as when
you send away for the French pat
terms.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-11
CTRAYED OR STOLEN.

J. V. QUINN, Auclioner.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-11
Peoples National Bank.

John Gordon, auctioneer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
"BIG LIZ" DEAD
From Wounds Received at Camp kenna
He was BayOnetted While At
tempting to Escape the
Sentinel.

A report has been received mere
which if true, will be in TIE nature
of a big surprise to great many of
those in attendance at the recent en-
campment of the National Guard at
Camp Kenna.
The report states that Mike West,
better known among the Guard as
big liz died Thursday from the
bayonet wound received at the camp.
1t will be remembered that West at
tempted to pass through the lines
without pass. He was challenged
by the sentinel several times but
West broke through the lines and
started on run. He was pursued
by the sentinel some distance when
West slipped and in attempting to
balance himself fell backwards onto
the hayonet Of the sentinel, inficting
quite painful wound. At the time
it was not thought to be serious
The affair was examined into by
the officers and they cleared the sen
linel 10y stating that the wound had
been inflicted while he WAS in the
discharge OF his duty At the time
some one who saw the affair said
that it was not an accident but was
intentional on the part of the senti
mel. The wound was dressed by
Surgeon Baguley and in a few days
West was able to be on duty. When
camp broke, he had SO far recovered
that he marched with his company
and carried his baggage on his back,
Some objection was made to this as
it was thought the baggage would
aggravate the wound but as West
claimed it was all right be was al
lowed to carry it. While going
home on the train the wound was
injured and bled quite freely. The
report states that West died from
the effects of the wound as blood
poisoning set in shortly after be ar
rived home
West was private of Company
d. stationed at Hinton, with j. A.
Parker as captain. His death is
deeply deplored by the officers of the
National Guard.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way TO
cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have
a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing
and when it is entirely closed, Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
hammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
f. j. CHENEY & co. Toledo, O.
BeA,. Sold be Druggists, 75c.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
THE TITAN OF CHASMS.
A Mile Deep, 13 Miles Wide, 217 Miles
Long. and Painted Like Flower.

The Grand Canon of the Colorado
River, in Arizona, is now for the first
time easily accessible to tourists. A
regular stage line has been establish
ed from Flagstaff, Arizona, on the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, making
the trip from Flagstaff to the most
imposing part of the Canon in less
than II hours. The stage fare for the
round trip is only $4,000, and meals
and comfortable lodgings are provid-
ed throughout the trip at reasona-
BILE price. The view of the Grand
Canon afforded at the terminus of the
stage route is the most stupendous
panorama known in nature. There
is also a trail at this point leading
down the Canon wall, more than 5000
feet vertically, to the river below.
The descent of the trail is a grander
experience than climbing the Alps,
for in the bottom of this terrific and
sublime chasm are hundreds of noun
tains greater than any of the Alpine
range.
A book decribing the trip to the
Grand Canon, illustrated by many
full-page photographs, from especial
engravings and furnishing all needful
information, may be obtained free
upon application to Jno. j. Byrne,
1913 Monadnock Block, Chicago, Ill.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
Bluefeld Journal.

West Virginia has but one United
States marshal, and there is, per-
haps, not another like him through
out the South, but none holding the
same position of trust Under the
government, but none so peculiarly
adapted to the Office, owing to his
vast acquaintance and perfect famil-
iarity with the manners and customs
of the border rangers" and Virgin
ia mounta:neers.
Mr. Vinson is about sixty five
years old and is the epitome of the
good old country gentleman. A man
of remarkable physique, with an in
tellect of the masters when it comes
to the general affairs of life, good
humored and as lively as cricket.
He speaks with the common honesty
of expression that is characteristic
of the irrepressible "residenter," but
withal a pleasing and strikingly in.
teresting style.
He gave the Journals representa-
tive a pleasant hours chat Monday
night expecting his past career as a
lumberman on the Big Sandy; of
the fortunes made in a season and
lost in day of the splash dam pro
cess, etc.
Mr.. Vinson has numerous friends
in this section, made during the try
ing times of war with whom he
sheltered, on account of his home be
ing on what was known then as the
"border," it being the conyergiug
point of the northern and southern
forces. During resting spells he head
quartered among his friends in Taz-
well county, notably Captain John
Taylor and others, of Abb's Valley,
and Reuben Fudge, near the Court
House. Of these patriotic and hos
pitable acquaintance he speaks with
fervent admiration. He has with
him in Bluefeld his son, l.. Vinson,
whose fame has gone out as the
skid marshal" being deputy for
this district, and whose headquar-
tiers will be in this city.
Mr.. Vinson enjoys life in the ser
vice of the government as well as IN
his home on the Ohio river, which is
just three miles from the new town
of Kenova, young city, the child
OF the new order of things brought
about by the Norfolk and Western
railroad.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
Which is Your Choice?

A female with a cigarette tainted
breath is about as kissahle an OBJ.
ject as an aged he goat.-Chicago
Herald
II it any worse than mans
breath similarly tainted?--R Richmond
State.
The Herald wasn't talking about
men at all. 1t probably never oc-
Cured to the Herald that man
was kissable as he goat under any
cumstances-Mc DoweH Record
en-.
And who would kiss man, any
how? Phew = Fdirmont Inde1
Sure enough, who would? And
ditto he goat2 Guess it's got to be
girls, cigarettes or no cigarettes.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
America First.

Thomas f. Bayard, the American
Ambassador to London, is thorough
Democrat, thorough tariff reformer,
and thorough American. His speech
at the banquet at Liverpool, last
Monday night, had the true Ameri-
can ring, and will give small encour-
agement to our friends, the enemy,
whose hope of success lies in the out
come OF their desperate effort to make
the people believe that Democratic
tariff reform means free trade. MIR.
Bayard is tariff reformer of the
Cleveland type, and in the course of
his remarks he gave the Mckinley
ties the hottest shot they have re-
ceived since Mr.. Cleveland's famous
message of 1887 was fred into the
Republican camp.
Abiding to prospective tariff leg
islation in the United States Mr.. Bay
ard said:
Reference has been made here to-
night to coming legislation in Wash
ington. | have noticed that on this
side of the water mistaken opinion
is held as to what this legislation is
likely to he. Permit me, as an Amer
lean, to say that whatever legislation
upon the tariff may be projected, it
will not be projected in the interests
of England or France or Germany,
or any other nation. If the legisa-
tion incidentally benefited other
people, Americans will be perfectly
contented; but our first sentiment in
this matter is patriotism, national
patriotism-yes, selfish patriotism,
if on please"
The independent Washington Post
sees no snobbishness in this; nothing
that savors in the remotest fashion
of trucking to foreign ideas on this
question. 1t is thoroughly American
talk all the way through. 1t gives
the Englishman plainly to under
stand that whatever is to be done
with the tariff is to be done in the
interests of the American people, OF
our trade and commerce, our indus
tries and revenues.
And that is what tariff reform
means. 1t is what the Democratic
party was elected to do and what it
aims TO do.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
What Fools These Mortals BE.
Chicago Dispatch.

Miss Mamie Hall of Fairmont, w.
Va, a young woman aged 10, while
returning from the Worlds Fair met
a dapper young fellow on the train
and was so favorably impressed with
him that she left the train before
reaching her destination and married
him after an acquaintance extend
ing over few hours only.
All this occurred less than three
weeks ago. To-day her husband
lies in Jail here. He is charged
with being notorious bunco man
who has police record in a dozen
States. He has pawned all his wife's
jewelry, used up her money and was
ready to desert her whea one of his
victims pounced down upon him and
dragged him off to prison.
A few weeks ago Miss Lille Wick
ms, of this city, prepossessing
Young woman of % engaged in a
Irritation with man at the fair.
The latter was 81 years old, but
within week Miss Wickins had de-
cided that she couldn't live without
him and accordingly changed her
name to Mrs. H. Grandville Gray.
To day II. Grandville Gray is a
prisoner here on charge OF bigalny.
He absorbed $3.50 of his brides
money, enjoyed the fair at her ex
pense and went back to his wife and
family in Philadelphia.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
A RAvING MANIAC.
A Woman Down the RIVER Crazy Over
Religion.

A report sent out from Believer
non says; This town is now stirred
up by one of the most exciting re-
ligious revivals that has ever been
carried on here. Its being conduct
ed BY Rev. Pershing of this place
aud Rev. Giles of Charleroi and un
der the auspices of the NJ. E. church.
Fully fifty people nave already join
ed, and one woman named Mrs.
Warrenslord, wife of S. NJ. Warrens-
ford, is now raving maniac as a
result of the excitement and has to
be guarded to prevent her killing her
children and taking her own life.
The meetings began about three
weeks ago, and Mrs. Warrensford
was among the first to go forward.
She attended regularly and every
night went to the mourner's bench.
She would always grow wild with
excitement and was one of the best
workers in the audience After two
or three evenings she began to get
boisterous and was soon beyond all
control. She would run from one
part Of the church to the other wiring
ing her hands and shouting, For
several DAYS she would become calm
as soon as meeting was over and
would be rational until the next
evening, but she finally became a
raving maniac, talking constantly of
religion. She was not allowed to go
to church. but when the bell sound
ed she became wild and had TO be
held by force until the bell stopped
ringing, On last Friday night the
husband watched her until he
thought her sound asleep and then
retired. de did not awaken during
the night and in the morning found
her gone. A search was made and
at 4:30 A. NJ, she was found standing
at the door of the church in her
night clothes. Her husband tried
to get her to 90 home with him but
she refused saying she was going to
church A buggy was taken up and
the woman put in it by force and
taken home. On Saturday morning
she had a wild spell and attempted
to kill one of her children with a
butcher knife. She got the knife
and started for the child but was
caught before size could harm it.
She is now being watched day and
night and threatens to kill her chill
dren and herself. Mrs. Warrensford
was good wife and a kind and in
dulgent mother, and her many friends
express great SORROW for her trouble
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25

mons Narodal - Gndvargen the

nous Nerodal to Gudvangen, the
last few miles OF your journey will
bring you to a still greater combined
marvel of road building and magnif-
icent scenery. The head of the val
ley is walled by mountain masses
about two thousand feet high. From
this altitude mountain tops of five
and six thousand feet high are reach
ed by gentler slopes. The great cliff
or kler, called here the Staiheim, is
the head of the ehasm or valley
gorge which finally opens out upon
Gudvangen and the N@roJord, the
famous somber branch of the Sogne.
The lower level of this chasm is
reached by splendid feat of engin-
eering. The road is carried en- echelle
down the face of the cliff from a
height of 1900 feet in twenty six
zig-zag angles, of wide and easy
sweep at the angles of return. As
each corner of this road is rounded,
there is alternate view not only of
this grand defile and snow capped
mountains behind and above, but of
those famous waterfalls, the Stall
heimfos and the Sivlefos; the former
falling without break for over 1000
feet, and che latter for a tumble of
nearly the same distance When
you have reached the bottom of the
Stalheim gorge, an enormous cone
of gray felspar, the phantom-like
Jordalsnyt, lifts its cowled head
1000 feet into the cloud-mists above.
The universal mode of travel along
these Norwegian roads is by carriole.
In all my own excursions on foot in
to the interior districts, | never saw
tourist or native walking upon the
highway, as you will see them in
England or Switzerland. The only
exception was where groups of peas
ants were making their way from one
gard or farm house, or field or sac
ter. to another. Travellers never
walk; and the bonder or farmer, and
nearly all the peasant folk do most
of their necessary travelling in the
carriole or stoii. cart. Both are Nor
wegian institutions distinctively.
The carriole is something like com
bination of the American "sulky'
and the English trap-perhaps more
like lone horse shay" 1t is two
wheeled, low, and its long shafts,
terminating just back of the axel,
form springs for the seat which, is
in front of the axle. The eat is low
you are compelled to straighten out
your legs, as though you were sitting
upon the floor; and your feet thus
Just reach a stout little dash board.
EDGAR J.. WAKEMAN.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
Firm AsGraufte.

Inc Democratic party carried the
presidential election on three dis
tinct issues: First, repeal of the
Sherman law; second, repeal Of the
federal election laws, and third, tariff
reduction and reform. Repeal of
the sherman law has been completed.
The repeal of the federal election
laws has passed the house and will
90 through the senate at the ap-
preaching session. Then comes the
most important of all the pledges to
which the Democratic party stands
committed irrevocably and unalter-
ably by the result of the presiden-
tial election. That is tariff reform.
The reform bill will be ready for
congressional action at the com
mencement of the approaching SEES
sion. We believe it will pass both
houses and be in operation by the
LIST ofjuly at the latest. That is
the commencement of the fiscal year
and the most advantageous period
for a new tariff to go into effect
The elections of Thursday will
have no effect ON the Democratic de-
termination in this respect. There
will be no lowering of the flag. That
would be party suicide, and the be-
trayal of great trust reposed in the
Democratic party and administra-
ton.
The party throughout the country
the party in congress and the nation
al administration utterly reject the
notion that the result of the election
carries with it any reason why the
Democrats should in the slightest
degree relax their purpose to reform
trust and monopoly protection out
of existence. This they will do by
tariff reform and not by tariff des-
truction.
Nor will Democrats accept as
worthy the slightest consideration,
in determining their course on reye-
nue. questions, the false notion that
the hard times are caused in any de-
gree by apprehensions of tariff legis-
lation at their hands They believe,
and will act on the belief, that the
panic from which the country APP
pears to be slowly emerging is the
result of Republican legislation,
mainly the Sherman law and the Nc
Kinley law, with the accompani-
ment of the wicked and profigate
extravaganza OF the Harrison adj
ministration Not the fear of Dem
ocratic tariff reform, hut the reality
of Mckinley tariff extortion and
plumber, is the cause Of the depress
ed business conditions and the great
numbers of unemployed
Therefore the lesson of the re-
cent elections is for the Demo
Gratis to remain steadfast in the pur
pose of revenue and tariff reform to
which they are pledged. Not for an
instant must there be any abatement
of that determination.
The people are Frustrated in their
business and industries as the re
suit of Republican legislation The
Democratic party and administra,
ton must show them the way to safe
ground and renewed prosperity by an
honest and intelligent policy. That
they will do by unfaltering fidelity
to the cause of tariff reform.-Pitts-
burg Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25

Tidal waves are something new in
Republican history. In the contests
at the polls preceding the war they
had an occasional avalanche in their
favor, but not since Grants second
election in the disastrous Greeley
campaign of 1872 has the Republi-
can party had anything like tidal
wave result until the election of last
week. All their victories have been
scratches, considered nationally.
On the other hand, the Democrats
had tidal waves that swept things
generally, in 1874, in 1876 with Til
den in the lead, in 1882 with Cleve-
land and Hendricks, and then again
in 1890 and 1892. 1t will be ours next
year when the people will have sub
stituted honest tariff reform for Nc
Kinleyism.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25
NUMBER 4.
Smart Alexis to be Punished.

Z. +. Acheson, editor of the
Washington Observer, has offered =
reward of $50 for the arrest aud CON
viction of the persons who furnished
false reports for his paper Some of
the students of Washington and JEFF
ferson College perpetrated prac-
tical joke on President Mofatt by
announcing in the Observer that a
reception to be given by him had
been postponed. Detectives are at
work on the case and some of the
students are likely to be punished in
accordance with the act passed at
the last Legislature providing for
the punishment of persons who fur
nish false news for a newspaper, by
a fine of 5000 or two years imprison-
ment
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-11-25

The tariff reformers in Congress
will not fail to understand the fact
that many mills and factories, after
remaining closed to emphasize Nc
Kinley's calamity walls, are now
commencing operations with full
complement of men. We don't think
these factories will be entitled to
much consideration by the gentlemen
of the Ways and Means. They seem
to have both ways and means of their
own. You couldn't get one of those
factories to go before Mckinley was
elected. Pretty slick trick.