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The herald., 1894-11-18
COTTON.
Items Of Local Interest and Personal
Points.

Items OF LOCAL Interest ana FexsouoA
Points.
COTTON, Nov. us. Weatherholt. q
former merchant OF this city, moved to
Los Angeles yesterday and will enter
the grocery business in that city.
The wife Of Guy Austin has applied
for divorce from her husband ON bib
lical grounds.
1t is estimated by our county clerk
that every ballot cast in the late elec-
tion in this county cost the taxpayers 81.
A call 10 made today for . meeting OF
the stockholders Of our city water com.
pany to meet December Sd. A board Of
directors will be elected.
George E. Slaughter. Q prominent
merchant who is in bad health. haa
gone to Palm springs to try the ozene
OF the desert for few weeks.
Cotton has a peddler without arms
and feet. He came here few dsya
since from Arizona and is selling trink-
cts of all sorts for living.
Indian Agent Estudillo came up yes
terday from Perris.
Thomas Franklin WAS married to Miss
Viola A. Delong, teacher In the pub.
lie schools OF San Bernardino. They
will reside in Cotton.
Miss Daisy Wilson gave party to
number OF her young friends on the ter.
race last evening.
Spencer, brother Of Elmer Gilbert
and Mr.. Gleason, have arrived from
Iowa with their household goods, and
will locate here.
The first installment OF our state and
county tax will be delinquent Novem.
ber Goth.
Walter English Of Los Angeles has
been appointed to place in Wells &
Fargo's Office here:
Prof. Samuel 3. Fox, our local bugol.
ogist, has discovered new pest and is
trying to find q geological name to fit it.
A number of new hats may be seen
about town and it is strongly suspected
that come of our Democratic citizens can
explain who paid for them. But since
we come to think little more about it.
the boot may be on the other leg. Budd,
you know
The electric oil heater, No Odor M
The herald., 1894-11-18

Every man having beard should keep 1t an
ready, use Buckingham's Dye and appear tidy.
The herald., 1894-11-18

Largest stock OF wal paper at Eckstrom's, g, 3O9
Mair st. Right piice-good taste.
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The electric oil heater. No odor. No
smoke. Furrey company, l6l North
Spring street.
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Wall paper &c, 7sc per reil. sss q Spring.
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$50 envelopes, SOC; n ream writing paper %
Langstadter, 2l4 w. second, Hollenbech hote
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DR.. Parker, Dentist lso}s Nest First s ro..
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E. S. Babcock has gone with a num-
ber of the employees of the Hotel Cor
onedo on their annual hunting trip to
the Colorado river. The party will be
gone a month.
L. F. Newlin will, represent Hotel
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Terrible Powder Explosion.

PETERSBURG, VA April 9.-Twelve
persons were killed and several bad.
IL injured by an explosion which &C.
Cured in the powder house of I'll g
fireworks factory of Romano & Bro.
in Blankford. The explosion was
distinctly heard in the city, where
windows of stores and dwellings
were ratified by it. The building
WAS set on fire by the explosion, and
the flames spread to adjoining build
ings, in which powder and fireworks
were stored. AS each house took
fire an explosion followed, and the
flames shot across the street to the
large trunk factory of Romaine &
Bro, which was burned to the ground
as was also the old whiskey distill-
cry. The dead:
John 3. Bland, James Bryant.
John f. Harris, Quincy Livesay,
William Parker, James W. Perkins,
Charles N. Romano, James Row
land, Robert Rowland, James T.
Tosh, Edward Traylor, Thomas
Voolfolk.
A colored boy named Samuel Drew
was sitting in the front door of his
parents home, near the factory, and
was struck by flying brick or piece
of timber and terribly injured, br
may recover.
The shock from the explosions
was felt for distance Of fully a
mile, and in the neighborhood Of
where they occurred ceilings fell and
windows were shattered.
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West Virginia Coal Miners

WHEELING, W. VA, April LIE
is not probable that the national
strike of coal miners will amount to
much in West Virginia. Outside of
the Kanawha Valley and the Upper
Panhandle, the organization is not
foulishing, and in those sections it
has been badly crippled by the loss
of recent strikes. About Fairmont
there is little show of organization,
nearly all the miners having left the
union year ago during a strike. In
the Norfolk and Western the miners
are nearly all negroes and the organ,
ization exists only nominally.
Among the Davis mines on the
West Virginia Central the men seem
to be very well satisfied, the compa-
MES having made smaller cuts than
others in the State, and having Civ
en- compensatory reductions of house
rent, etc. In the Kanawha Valley,
along the Norfolk and Western and
in the eastern fields of the State, the
demand for coal is improving and
the men are getting their first work
worthy of mention for a good while.
Throughout the State the demand
for coke is very much better and
output is nearly half normal. Aside
from the agitators the men do not
care to give up this first opportunity
for making living
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HOME INTERESTS

Consider your own home and labor
indastriously and necessarily for It's
best interest,". Neighbor'y kindly
acts are TO be appreciated, hut they
rightly FIJI off and when man is too
sIothlul and too careless to d. his
own duty at and for his home.
Where there's a community OF homes
there should be joint rs wellas sew
eral interests in promoting The we'll
fare of all. One man makes a dollar
at one kind of work another and an
other at other kinds, but their articles
and their cost interchange in point
Of supplies and wants. If one falls
he hurts the other, therefor mutual
interests should be protected and the
more neighbors or people Jou have
the better for all. Help then, help,
arouse every energy for larger scope
OF usefulness and let all JON iu es-
tablishing solid and substantial en-
terprisos. Martinsburg Is known by
its success--let US make it more sue
cessful.
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PROCEEDINGS oFTHE CIRCUIT CoURT.
Judge Faulkner opened court on
Tuesday morning in his usually
prompt manner. After tue charge TO
the Grand Jury which remained in
session two days, the following bust
ness was transacted
At Law.-The following indict-
ments were returned as true bills !:
State VS.. Il. S. Butts, forgery; Fran.
ces Griffith, felony; j. w. Basore,
arson, Rena Redmurd and f. p.
Graybill, misdemeanors. Ia the
cases of State VS.. Butts, Griffith and
Redmund each were found guilty.
In Chancery.-U. S. G. ri yer
appointed trustee vice A. j Lemas-
ter. resigned; j. II. Little VS.. Mary
L. Little, decree for absolute divorce;
j. Lucas VS.. S. V. Lucas, decree for
receiver co pay fund TO j. G. Green
field Nj. E. Trussell VS.. j. j Trus
sell. decree docketing rule against
purchasers of real estate w. w.
HeEsbaw VS.. j. N. Henshaw, ct al.
commissioners of partition appoint
ed, j. w. Butts vs. S. Ii. Butts,
decree appointing SPECIAL Commits
sioner to make deed to plaintiff for
his part of land in bill mentioned
We will give the proceeding in
full next issue, ou columns being
crowded this week
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Will Sue The Promoters.


HARRIsoNBURG, VA, April 7.-On
Wednesday last the Harrisonbure
Land and Improvement Company
began a suit against Isaac Hollander
merchant of this place, for $500 If
stock TO which he had subscribed.
The verdict, which was in Mr.. Hol-
lander's favor, practically declares
that the company was not legally
organized. In order to obtain I'll e
requisite amount Of capital stock,
number of parties sub cribed to
stock, with the understanding that
it was to be bought back by the
company as soon as its charter could
b. amended so as to allow it to have
minimum capital stock. Mr.. Hol-
lander was one of the number. The
stock was bought back, but the pres
ent board of directors disapproved
of this action. and instituted suit
against Mr.. Hollander As result
of this suit, several stockholders will
bring suit against the promoters 10
make them pay into the treasury the
sum of $4,000, which was shown BY
the evidence to have been the differ
ence between the price paid BY them
for the land and that which the com
pany paid them.
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PURIFY.

II is reported that as soon as the
Po'lar6-Breekinridge case 6 s
through, Judge Bradley will have
the courthouse and some of the high
places in Washington thoroughly
famigated in order to prevent an ep-
idemic of fearful pestilcnce. 1t IS
only now and then, these social ex-
creseences comes to Il e surface and
exhibit corresponding immortality
and level with the slums. But when
they do it makes nasty, filthy cess
pool However. there are many
worthy men and women in the land
who can if they will, at least, blush,
if not hill off .hese evils.
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BEFUDDLED BIGoTRY.-Tuesday' s
World contains an article, by j. A.
Cox, which for downright ignorant
conceit and self righteous presump-
ton cannot be excelled.
When, and by what authority, did
the School Board give to him Cor for
that matter, to any other PERSON.
authority to compel pupil to read
aloud from a book not included by
the Legislature in the list OF school
books? The teacher is required to
read from the Scriptures a selection
each day, without comment, but no.
where is ii "nIolned upon the pupil.
What ac4 ~, ity, too, except from
his own bigoted brain, has he to as
sert that the public schools, the
schools for the whole people, of
whatever sect or creed, or of none at
all, are Protestant schools
And what right has he to inquire
into and demand the religious beliefs
of his pupils
The whole trouble is that this
bump,ious individual has grown in
dlctation and boorishness far beyond
the requirements of our people. His
is the same spirit that would divide
the public schools for sectaran pur-
poses, which we are emphatIcally and
uDalterably opposed to. This is no
field for bigots or for bigotry, and
the sooner such statesmen discover
that this is government Of, for, and
by the whole people, the better for
the communities upon whom they n,
flict their undesirable presence
Free Lance.
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HEDGEoVILLE.

Miss Frances Henshaw is visiting
in Martins burg.
Mr.. Conrad, OF Baltimore, was in
He'd 3esville this week
Mr.. Arthur Gilbert was The guest
of Rev. Learell s Sunday
Mr. G. A. Miller and f.mily sp mt
Sunday with j. II. Miiler.
Mr.. D. r. Nihion, of Cumberland,
visited his mother this week.
Mrs. D. II. Dodd spent Sunday
with her parents at this place.
Mr.. VIM. Cunningham of Clear
spring, yisi d at Mt. Clifton Mon
day.
Mr.. Walter Vermiiia, OF Baltimore
has returned to his home here, on
account Of bad heal!h
Misses Laura Kreglow and Sue
Poisal, who have been spending some
time in Baltimore, returned home
Saturday
BishopPeterkin preached here Sat-
urday night and Sunday morning to
large congregation. A class of
seven was confirmed.
Mrs. Waldham and family of
Woodstock, accompanied by her
mother, are visiting her sister. Mrs.
E. P. Beal Of this place.
The sixth Demorest contest was
held at the school building on Fri
day night. There we're seven con-
testans. Misses BERTHE Drenner,
Agnes Tahler, Allie Slaughter. Lau-
"a Grabill, Maggie Drenner, Bessie
Dryfuss and Ida r senbaum. The
judges were DR.. Ross, Chapman and
Fuss. The judges decision resulted
in tie between Misses BERTHE Dren-
ner and Agnes Tabler. 1t was then
agreed that the two should reciie
again, which resulted in Miss Ia
bler's favor. Each one Of these
contests have been well attended
during the winter, and every one has
been Lightly entertained both by re-
citations and music, the latter having
been furnished by Mrs. DR.. G. L..
Mitchell and Mr.. Morgan Shafer.
This being the last contest for silver
medals, the next one will be for the
gold medal. The time has not yet
been fixed. The ones holding silver
medals will be the ones who contest
for the gold one.
REpnRTEpc
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Twenty Seven Inches at WilIiamspori.

WILLIAMspoRT, Pa, April lit
has been showing here steadily since
10 O'Clock yesterday morning and
the fall continued without any show
of interruption. There are now 81
inches of snow on the ground and
the destruction of electric light and
telegraph wires is the most disas-
trous Of the season. The electric
light plants have been forced to shut
down and the electric and other rail.
roads are practically showed up.
The snow is Of the heavy, wet va
riety, and a mum er of roofs have
fallen in under the weight OF it. A
sudden thaw will probably result in
disastrous food.
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How THE Crops Look Cereals
and Grasses Wheat and oats are
beginning to show little green again.
Oats where up were destroyed, some
of the wheat was affected the same
way, few fields Of the latter look
brown and bare and some have o
Selowish appearance, altogether
more damage was caused than WAS
frst anticipated but at the same time
some improvement is noted. Wheat
on river bottoms looks fairly well.
Flowing for corn is about finished in
most localities. Grass made but lit
tie improvement and timothy is not
in any better condition.
Vegetables A gardens sill! show
effects of freeze aid frosts. Many
gardens have been replanted, tire
most damage occurring to potatoes
and onion sets, many being frozen
in the ground.
Fruits: L. is still too early yet
to draw any definite conclusion re-
garding the full amount OF damage
done TO fruit. Ali correspondents
join in the assertion that the freeze
and frosts were immensely injurious.
In some counties all the early fruit
is killed, in others the apples,a lat least
are recovering and buds are coming
out again. The greatest damage
was done to peaches, but the claim
is made that there will yet be some
that will be safe. Late apples are
probably unhurt, Some cherries
are budding again. Plums show no
signs of recovery as yet. On the
whole, the prosps ct for fruit is rath-
er discouraging, especially is this the
case in regards to early varieties.
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West Virginia Knights of Honor.

PARKERsBURG, W. VA, April IL.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Honor
Of West Virginia today elected the
following officers: Grand dictator,
John F. Chamberlin. Charleston !:
grand Y cedictator, n. Z Petit,
Huntington; grand assistant d:cta-
tor, James A. Metcalf, Wheeling !;
grand recorder, o. FL. Bruce. Pied
mont; grand treasurer, j B. Purdy,
Moundsviilc; g,and chaplain, Josiah
Martin, Moundsville grand guide,
j. K. Hiehle, Parkersburg grand
guardian, Robert Alexander, Park
ersburg; grand sentinel, VIM. Moore
head, Morganiown supreme repre-
sentative for 1894 and 1895, Godfry
Schulz, Wheeling; alternate, G.. L..
Cranmer, Wheeling supreme repre-.
sentative for 1895 and 1896, A. F..
Gibbons, Charleston alternate, F.
Jelonko, Charleston.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-04-14

WEST VIRGINIA rs PROGRESS The
people of West Virginia evidently
do not intend 10 depend alone on the
development of the magnificent min
eral resources of that State for It's
prosperity. They are progress sive,
and intend to place the little noun
tain State in the front rank by de-
veloping it all along the line. A
proof OF this purpose was given last
week, when three societies, promis
ing much good, were organized at
Morgantown. These were the State
Dairymen's Association, the West
Virginia Horticultural Society and
the West Virginia Wool Growers
and Sheep Breeders Association.
Mr.. D. G. Holman, OF Morgantowp,
who was elected president of the
Dairy Association, read a well.writ
ten paper on "Will Dairying Pay in
West Virgin a p TIE showed con-
clusively thai in G li'e apd on
soil which would produce such ex-
cellent grass, clover, corn ana other
foods as does the State of West Vir-
ginia the dali lying business might be
conducted with fair profit. Cheese
making, profitable line of dairying
which is not conducted at all in the
State exc p on very small scale ia
one place in Wetzel county, was
suggested by Mr.. Hoffman as an in
dustry which should be built up in
the State. The nearness of West
Virginia to markets was cited as an
other reason why dairying should
prove profitable. Before the newly
formed Horticultural Association a
number of papers were read by men
of experience showing that number
of small fruits can be successfully
raised in West Virginia, with the
prospect of profit in their culture.
The object of the Wool Growers and
Sheep Breeders Association, as stat
ed by those taking the leading part
in its organization, is to encourage
wool-growers to improve their wool
and sheep, as well as TO encourage a
more extensive raising of both wool
and mutton and to secure protection
against dogs and to cooperate with
other similar State and national or
CARNATIONS. An interesting paper
was read by Professor Brown dealing
with the effect of soil and geological
formation in sheep raising. The soil
in the northern part of West Virginia
is said to be peculiarly adopted 10
the raising of fine wool, is The same
as that on which the fine Saxany
wool Of Prussia is grown and is tie
largest area of this soil in the United
States east of the Mississippi
Baltimore Sun.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-04-14

TIE TARIFF REFORM MEETING.
The meeting held in the Central
Opera House, on Saturday last by the
Democratic tariff relormers was a
decided failure. There was quite a
number Of persons present, but on the
call OF the house,i would have been
proven that the Republicans present
outnumbered the Democrats, and
that among the Democrats the ma
jority we're only luke warm in their
decision. Hon. Alexander Parks
was made chairman, and w. B. Coils
ton and G. w. Boyer, secretaries. A
committee was appointed on resolu.
tions and the usual cut and dried for
mula was gone through with, and
they legislated that the Senate should
pass the Wilson bill, and Of course
the infants of the Senate will obey
the switch Of the "pap's" Jesse
Brilliant tried to get into the meet
ing, but on everything was met by
point of order which tie worthy
chairman always sustained. Every
thing was out of order, especially
when Senator Faulkner made an ap.
peal for confidence. He WASH speak
ing to the question but speaking for
himself,and no attack had been made
on him. Outside of the Senator's
remarks it was more Of "a pantomimic
meeting than anything else. On
vote by raised hands they numbered
IS. Such is the great meeting ,extol-
led By the Sun and telegrapaed every
where as whopper.
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" lao Says Rheumatism Can
Not Be Cured

Ny wife was confined TO her bed
for over two months with very se.
we're attack of rheumatism. We could
get nothing that would afford her
any reliet, and as last resort gave
Chamberlsin's Pain Balm a trial /.
To our great surprise she began to
improve after the first application,
and by using it regularly she was
soon able to get up and attend to
her house work. e. Fl. johnson, OF
c. j. Knutson & Co., Kensington,
Mimi. so cent bottles for sale by Z.
@. Williams, Jr. & Co., Martinsburg.
w. Va.
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Answers to Correspondence.

FARMER Yes. South Dakota fur
nisbes an excellent field for diyersi.
fed farming. Wheat, Corn, Barley
and Flax are produced in abundant
quantities and find a ready market
at good prices, while the cost Of pro.
duction is mdch less than in the
Eastern States. Stock raising and
wool growing have become success
ful industries in South Dakota where
thousands OF acres OF the finest land
in the United States can be secured
at reasonable figures and upon long
time for deferred payments. Further
information will be ohee;iully fur
nished free of expense by addressing
JOHN r. PorT, District Passenger
Agent. 4S6 William street, Williams.
port Pa. ct.
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TRAITOR RNSLNESS.

The Statesman compares Senator
David B. Hill, of New York, with
Benedict Araoli IS traitor" Say,
hadn't you better put your hand ov-
er your mouth or take q snooze in
innocuous.desuetude Your Secre-
taIy, Vi Gresham, j. Mt mach % 4
tro.t>r to his party is he? What do
you think q Senators Eau kaer and
Camden pultinl a tariff on coa', or
Tor The Louisiana men on sugar, or
for Alahtma on lion CT iron pro-
duet, ,b? Are Trey all traitors !?
What is Mr Wilson's Bill amount
to when it touches tie pocket ard
prosperity otthe country and renders
ins, cure all kinds Of hus ncs- ? 1t is
a sealing system and larceny Of
Republican lrotcc ion. That's it
and no;hing less or more.
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jackson Writes to Co belt.

CHICAGO, April lo.-Peter Jackson
has sent long letter to JAM j
Co, belt asking him to make some
definite arrangements for their fisht.
jackson offers to fight in June. July
or August, 1894, for the side wager
of $4,000 side, the fight to lie il
private, not over twenty men bein
present. He also offers to hrhi be-
fore the National Sporting Club of
London, or, in the event or it being
impossible to arrange e. a finish
contest, to box twenty rounds, the
man having the bess If it to be de-
clared the winner of the side wager
and purse, or. if Corbett prefers, no
knockout, no decision.
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They Blew Out the Gas.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 1.-Wil.
liam Bowen and John Dudley, tin
plate workers, who came to this
country from Wales recently, in
search of work, blew out the gas
Friday night in their room at the
Groves Hotel in this city. When
the porter went to call them yes;cr-
day morning Bowen WAS dead from
the effects of the gas and Dud 'ey was
unconscious. Physicians worked
with Dudley for four hours before
he regaiped consciousness, after
which he was removed to the hos
pital
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A Fatal Accident at Stanton.

STANTON, VA, April ia
shocking accident occur, d on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, just
east of the station this afternoon, by
which James Glenn, about so years
old, was instantly killed. He was
walking on the track when he was
struck by the west-bound local train,
hurled into the air and down an en-
bankmcnt. When picked up his
skull was found to have been crushed
and one leg broken. He did not
hear the train until it was upon him,
the engineer being unable to stop in
time by reas on of the steep grade.
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thrift BARONS.

Such is the designation, given by
tie Statesman of those in favor of
protective tariff In the same issue
and article it is claimed they have
combined to create distrust. Who are
combining on the other side,and why
are You providing tariff for robber
baroas! Every man of ordinary
common sense understands that iftar
iffis wrong under theMcKinley act it
is wrong under the Wilson bill. II it
is wrong in the first place, why follow
in the foot steps of the same wrong !?
The Republicans had prosperity for
all, your tariff barons have brought
ruin 10 all and Coxey's army is on
the march.