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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23
Commissioners Notice,

Office of Com r Jas. Withro,s, },
Le,oisburg, Jan. 18th, 1896.
j. III. Stratton s Administrations
VS..
j. III. STATIONS Heirs ct al.
NOTICE is hereby given to all per.
~ sons interested in the above named
cause that have fixed upon the list
DAY or February, 1896, and my office, in
heWIs0nrg; as the time and place, at
which l will proceed to report upon the
matters referred to me by a decree of
The lrcuit Court Of Greenbrier county.
pronounced IN the above named cause
Oh the l4th day of November, 1895.
AT which time and place you can at.
tend II you elect so to do.
flee. JAS. WITURSW VI
jan l6-4w. Com r CIR. Or. Ct.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23

BERNARD GILLIAN, the well. known
cartoonist, died Sunday in Canal oha-
rie, n. Y, of typhoid fever.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23
FACTS ABOUT LAST YEAR.-Last

FACTS ABOUT LAST YEAR.-Last
year in this country various persons
gave ST., 379, $50 to colleges; S5,745,-
go TO charities; S2,OS9,150 to
churches; to museums and art gal
leries, S1,724, 800; to libraries, $780,
1870, and to other institutions, Sc, AL
976; total of SOS, 943, 549, which is
nearly S1O,O0O,O 900 more than was
given the year before.
Against this bright record we must
contrast very different chapter of
statistics. Last year this country
lost 1850 lives by shipwreck, about
1900 fewer than were lost in 1894.
Our railways killed $500 persons,
about $50 more han were killed in
1894. We lost by fire last year
Sl31 ,57S, 206, about SIS, 1000, 900 more
than the previous year.
In the world at large 10, 46l per-
sons lost their lives in epidemics, a
falling off Of so per cent. from the
year before. In war 1877, 1916 lives
were lost last year.
Suicides and murders have largely
increased. Last year there were
$3.50 suicides, and for the past ten
years they have increased at fear
full rate. In 1895 we had 10, 800 muir
! 1prS an increaSp IF 700
Lynchings show decrease. In
1895 there were III persons lynched
as compared with 1914 the year pre-
ViOus.
Embellishments are also on the de-
crease, the defalcations for the last
year amounting to less than half of
the total for 1894.
Upon the whole, it is record of
! light and shade. Some of il is very
black, but the bright spots will en-
courage those who maintain that the
world is growing better.-AHamtd
! Constitution.
INCREASED ENPoRTs.-Th New
| York Herald says: "The labor and
capital employed in all American
manufacturing industries should pom
der very deeply just now the cheer
ing fact, which the latest returns of
the bureau of statistics bring TO light,
that the exports of our manufactured
goods in 1895 have beaten all previ-
Gus regards. These official statistics
show that for eleven months ended
with November last the exports of
domestic manufactures amounted to
SlS1 ,90l ,S44. This sum is at least
So, 900, 900 in excess of the exports
for the first eleven months of 1894,
or of any other like period in the his
tory of the United States. The to-
tai exports of wooden goods during
the first eleven months in which the
Wsleon tariff was in full operation
were 40 per cent. larger than in any
equal period during the entire time
when the Mckinley tariff was in full
force. Our wooden mills have never
had as prosperous trade as they
now have under the vast benefits
they derive from free wool giver
them by the Wilson tariff in Au
gust, 1894. These statistics also show
beyond cavil or question that no sucl
era of trade-prosperity was ever Ell
joyed by American manufacturins
industries generally as that created
by the Wilson law. Ten thousanc
Republican calamity-howlers canno
: gainsay this fact.
Democratic newspapers SHOULD
make the country ring with the an
nouncement of these statistics, which
bury under an avalanche of confu
tation the plea Of protectionists
for revival of the barbarous Nc
kinley tariff. Is it not wise to Civ
the Wilson tariff time for fai
) trial ?''
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23

CAPTAIN-GENERAL CAMPos has
retired as Governor of Cuba and
commander of the military forces on
the island. The change was de-
manded by the political parties i'm
Havana, they having become dissat-
isfied with the management of the
campaign. Business in Havana is
almost at a standstill.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23

In his charge to the grand jury at
Parkersburg, Judge Jackson, of the
Federal Court, told some plain truths
in very plain words. He referred to
the increase Of high crime, and spoke
OF gambling, prostitution, robbery
and the collection by officers of more
fees than the law allows them. He
said that perjury was becoming COM
mon, and placed the perjurers who
appear before the grand jury at %
per cent. He reminded them that IL
behooved every good citizen who
loved peace, law and his family to
join in with his neighbor and the
officers to help bring the guilty per-
sons to Justice.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23
Editor.

EPwoRTH NJ. +. Church, South,
in Norfolk, Va, which cost SlO0, 900,
was dedicated Sunday.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23

THE Denver Ne,rs says the total
metallic product for the year 1895 of
Colorado is $50, 473,O9S divided
thus: Gold, SIS, 605, 900; silver, &c.
100000; lead, S3,6lS, O92; copper,
S970,006. The actual product of sill
Yer is about the same as in 1892, but
it has less commercial value. Even
at the same rate, however, its value
would be still below that of the gold,
in which is claimed that Colorado
leads California by S3,00O,O0O. The
yield Of the Cripple Creek mines adj
vances month by month from $780,
600 in January to 100000 in De-
cember, and the Ne,rS believes that
they will yield this year $4,000, 900
iii gold, the ore having richness
undreamed of even in South Africa.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-23
Sale OF House and Lot I'm Al
dersOn, w. Va.

DURSUANT to a decree of the
Il Circuit Court of Greenbrier
county, West Virginia, rendered on
the 18th day of November, 1895, in the
suit of James Mann VS.. h. w. Saunders
ct ais, the undersigned Commissioner
will, on
Friday, February 21St, 1886,
in front Of the T.ewisburg Hotel, in the
town of Lewisburg, West Va, resell,
at public auction, to the highest bidder.
for cash, one certain lot of land, lying
in the town of Anderson, Monroe county,
West Virginia, described in the pro-
ceedings in said cause, as follows, viz
. One house and lot, adjoining the prop
erty in which the said Mann now lives,
the same being occupied by Charley
Mann and is used for grocery store
JOHN w. HARRIS,
Commissioner.
Bond with approved security, in
manner and form according to law has
been filed by said Commissioner.
ION ATIIAN MAYS
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19
STILL HAS HOPES.

K H. ~ . 4 4 =
John e. Redmond, the leader Of the
.Parnell faction in Ireland, at q banquet
rendered him in Boston, said, among
other things, in responding to the toast,
ireland a Nation
. t'The history of Ireland has been a sad
one. 1t has refused to surrender liberty.
1t means thatsthe Irish nation will soon
er OR later become free nation. At this
moment there are heavy clouds hanging
over the Irish cause. I have never lost
my absolute faith, however. in its near
triumph.
.tThere are difficulties surrounding us,
but they will soon pass away. The men
in Ireland who are divided will soon be
gone, but the Irish cause will survive.
For my part, look forward to the time
when 1rishmer will be united for inde-
pendence.. Union is nearer than you inn
agine. There is more unity among the
Irish people than you, perhaps, suppose.
There is division among the leaders,
but the masses of the Irish people will
stand firm and appeal to the American
people upon Irish Nationalist lines. To
those who are inclined to apathy I speak
encouraging words"
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19
THE EAGLE SCREAMS.

Senator Call, of Florida, wants the as
sassins of Gen. Maceo punished to the
fullest extent. The resolution offered in
the senate says:
"That the killing of Gen. Antonio Ma
Geo, renowned general in the service of
the republic of Cuba, If true, while under
a. flag of truce and with an assurance OF
safety from the Spanish captain general,
was violation of the rules Of civilized
war, an outrage Of base treachery, a MUIR
der cowardly and disgraceful, which de-
mands the execration of every govern
ment and of all the world whether civ
ilized or savage; that the. government
which authorizes, permits or fails to pun
ish the assassi1s who are connected in
any way with the guilt Of this crime,
with the extreme penalty Of the law is
an outcast from the family Of nations,
and from the pale Of civilization and
public law"
Now let Spain howl for a war with
Uncle Sam! The eagle has begun to
scream. *.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19
REDMOND ON UNITY.

Mr.. John 3. Redmond, NJ. p. has come
and gone. He delivered a very interest
ing lecture Id this city on Sunday even
ing. He was tlonored BY the city in its
corporate capacity, and he was the recip-
lent of courtesies at the hands of indi-
vidual Boston citizens and OF patriotic
societies, says the Boston Republic.
Mr.. Redmond 81 adv Vance agents took
pains to inform the public that the yexed
questions dividing some Irish factions
on the other side of the Atlantic would
be ignored BY him s. his public utter
ances here. This pledge vas religiously
observed Is his formal address at Music
Hall. Hut at Mondsy evening . banquet
81 the Parker HOUSE the brilliant young
Iorat ora ventnred beg ontl the limit at 81
managers, sub ects M
on " IS Irsland ~
AMI b d Il Il 3,
h NM
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

There is a hitch in the confirmation BIZ
the senate of Joseph Smith for register
of the Crookston land Office. Smith hads
been chief clerk in the Office and was
a free silver man until a week before the;
election. when he seems to have seen
a great light and become gold bus
Then Mike Doran took him under his
patronizing wing and had him appointed.
to- the place by Grover. But the senate:
Of late seems to have seen great light.
also and is in no hurry to confirm the
stuffed prophets appointments Mac
donald, the present register, should be-
permitted to remain.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19
AN IMPUDENT scIOl.lsT.

We have received a mum Der Of the
Peoria Journal containing 4 copy Of an
address delivered by Or. ]. r Stewart.
president OF the Peoria Scientific Asso-
sGiation, before that body, in which some
very. impudent and absurd charges are
made against the Church, and she Is in
Is general way held up as the abettor 81
superstition and the enemy of scier ltiflc
truth says the Western NVatc Imam
she thWarted the efforts Of ph ysicians,
#.sfroWnlng upon every brsnleh IS science
and every scientific netheds 81 medical
\ tiue, banishing the sicians exc
them. If She conslt sall lseas--
Ses as the result oft sin ana thes punish,
Srr,.ent of the devil md theories of
'l11 aiisine slero q divine knoyt-
teliies and
sf III y.
1la1' s|.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19


All those who are anxious to have the
people pay the piper will have an oppor-
tunity Of airing their views before the
ways and means committee, beginning
on the 2sth Of this month. Separate days
have been allotted for each class Of
products and the discussion will continue
two weeks. All the representatives, of
trusts and combines will be on hand and
will do their utmost to extract all the
dollars they possibly can out of the peck
cts of the people. And this in face Of
the fact that there is no present need
for an increase of tariff rates. The treas
ury now contains s130,o0o,0oo over and
above the gold reserve. But the greed Of
the high takers must be appeased.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

J!
M IS q III
~ H,pnlY dissant 1sysnt ~ G lllEy
miles, ma 5on IS indin attitiiallel
bscause THO people who are distressed
.Ars further removed? s;s 81.
We would have fought England over s,'
the yenssuelAn affair had We been coll.-
PEELED to. but after all we were y y . .l1
hurry to do %. Pious people were offe =
ing up prayers to- avert such calamity
and those who Claimed a. love for human IA
ity were horror-stricke at the idea Of
''kith and kim splitting each others
blood. The mother country England
must be held sacred, whereas it Is
Spain that is actually the mother counl-
try Of America It was the intrepid and
Intelligent navigator, Columbus, who
first found for other nations a new
world to live III. and when this country
needed aid in revolutionary days when
trying to free itself from the grasp OF
the oppressive step-mother, England,
Spain did not hesitate to come to our
rescue.
Ii this nation rapidly becoming IKE
the English, where the conscience and
the pocket book are synonymous terms?
Our trade with Spain is very small as
compared with England. Is this the
reason why we would hesitate warning
with the English? Or do we think that tt.
the results OF war III such contest
would be uncertain, whereas we think
we could act the part Of the big bully
with small boy if we engaged In a
war with Spain?
Let lis act with more sense and com
sistency and not stimulate ourselves into
such a frenzy Of jingoism. ~
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

Bah! 1t makes one sick to read cer-.
tain Democratic newspapers when thtey,
warn the people against trusts and com
binations. These same papers upheld
Mckinley and Mckinleyism during the.
recent campaign, and McKinleyism
means the fostering Of trusts and ALL
other allied interests. The snarling pap
ers alluded to should take their medicine
and give up making any faces at q cons
dition of affairs which they helped Ito
perpetuate themselves.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

si,Dn
Iins III tiions 81 ireland would met
with y arm er reception - Ibis COM
llnunity Il the people could le induced to
believe that they we're sincere, and II
This personal efforts III that direction had
fully harmonized with his profession.
There'ls a well founded conviction ii
the minds OF large and respectable Sec
ton Of Ireland $ friends in New Eng
land that II Mr.. Redmond was really
kdesirous Of bringing about unity and sllar--
1nony Of action and effort among the, var
ring factions, he would fnd little diff
Guilty in accomplishing his purpose
Those who hold this view do, not for
Eget that he declined to take part in the
Dublin convention, tho sole purpose Of
which. was to lay the spirit Of faction
and to reunite all the people upon a CONF
mon platform so that the voice of Ire
|: land might again be heard with: effect
and force at Westminster.
| While we freely and heartily second
and sympathixe with Mr.. Redmond s as
pirations for, harmony and union. we
must confess our inability to compre-
bend the points of difference existing.
The leaders Of the different factions pro-
TESS to have a common purpose and to
aim. for common goal. They claim
to be animated by a common desire to
secure the freedom of theirscountry from
the CALLING and hateful yoke Of British
domination. Even the methods and ar
guments which they employ show no ma
terial variance. Why, then, can they not
sink the minor and petty differences up
on which they foolishly and fatuously d.
vide, and set an example to the people of
seR-denial and patriotic purpose?
This question we candfdly put to Mr..
Redmond and the other leaders OF polit-
ical groups in Irish politics. We know
that we voice the sentiment of a large
number Of the most earnest and sincere
friends of Ireland when we respectfully
ask for satisfactory or at last a reason
able response. ,l
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

In answer to ST. Paul correspondent.
would say that the candidates for COVER
nor in 1856 were DR.. Ames, Democratic.
and A. r. McGill, Republican,; in 1883
the candidates for the same Office were
Eugene M. Wilson, Democratic, and w.
r. Merriam, Republican; in 1890, Thorn
as Wilson, Democratic, and w. R. Mer-
rian, Republican. The interview with
Dr. Ames regarding Ireland was after
his return from Europe and after his run
for governor in 1886.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

! ' II sII e. 81 :
Ell
i'IlS Ii Y q &
II dIscovspsd st,y thiins tlie N 4
me Is D believa that Y HI 81
satisfied With ths A m t la4g1
Catholic people. doubt yegy i % Y: Cd
whether they will not resent the ! 81
stand taken by the rchbishop A p as.
Boniface and those who supp n ~ y
his contention 4 have felt oil alon "a that
the latty were DESTROYS 81 9 good school q !
system, and now, as they have been be- \
granted 4 reasonable time for religious
teachings, / am sure they will gladly ac-
cept it. All the foreign settlements y IN
the province are in line with the advo-
Gates Of a national school system, and
from all indications the future OF our "
schools, from an educational standpoint,
is very bright . .@
The time for Cancellation and peace
has come: Quebec itself is stirring In
the matter Of educational reform. s
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

Gladstone was not always as popular
as he is today. At one time in the Eng
ish Musee halls one Of the most accept
able songs was this:
when the G. o. M goes down to his
! doom,
He will ride in fiery chariot
And sit in state on a red-hot plate
Between Satan and Judas Iscariot.
Says the; devil, We're rather full, you
see, ~ -;
But II. do the best can: 4' s.
/ will let Ananias and Judas CO.
And take in the Grand Old Man"
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

The New York sun says: III The yeat'
were divided into thirteen instead ofI
twelve months. with twenty-eight days
iii each nf them except the thirteenth
which should have twenty-nine days ,irlss..
ordinary years and thirty days Il lear
years, then calendars would be practicals
II unnecessary, and many calculationlEs
asso f interest. the maturing Of notes, atcsasgg
would be matters o., great Simplicity
For, with such division OF the year.
each day OF the week would come at .th u 4
same dates ii each month. II JAM
say, were Monday, the LIST, Sth, 18th and,
22d Of every month that year would bsss'
Monday; the 3D. 9th, 18th and Esd Tuesrr3at
day, and SO on. The advantages of this is 8
system are obvious, and scientific per-;
sons are seriously discussing what
chance there is of persuading the world
to adopt it in 1900" .li5 II
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

And now 1t turns out that Shakes
peare was an Irishman, or at least be-
longed to the Celtic race. Byron, Scott,
Burns, Goldsmith, Ben Jonson and near
" all the prominent men in English lit:
erature belonged to the same race. And
DIS all the leading generals and diplomats
In the English service were and are OF
the Celtic race it would be hard to tell
what England has to boast Of, except u
be such saints as Henry the Eighth and
such model sovereigns as the good Queen
Bess. OF course the Prince of Wales
must not be forgotten. #
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

q Father Ducey, Of the ST. Leo's Church.
New York, asked his congregation on a
recent Sunday morning to pray for the
recovery of Dr. Houghton, the pastor Of
"The Little Church Around the Cor
ner,,', who was illwith pneumonia. The
good priest did not. permit q difference
of faith to interfere with his good will
towards q fellow mortal. .s@
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

Congressman McCleary is indignant
because some irresponsible newspaper
correspondent telegraphed to his paper
that McCleary was slated for the cabinet
as secretary Of the treasury. It would
appear, however, that the only stating
done was done by McCleary himself, and
he is evidently mad because there 81 no
truth in his own rumor. ssyass
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19
RAMPANT JINdOISn.

From almost every section of the Unit
ed States the cry goes up that we must
have war with Spain. Even obscure vii
lagos are fitting out militia companies
declaring that unaided and alone they
are capable of crushing that country into
nothingness Our lingo statesmen in
congress seem anxious that hostilities
shall begin at as early day as possible.
A feverish thirst for blood seems to have
taken possession of the country.
Why this display of warlike spirit?
First, because fighting is going on in
Cuba and people there are getting badly
hurt; and secondly, and for greater
reason, the insurgent general Maceo, is
said to have been treacherously MUIR
dered by the Spanish Captain-General
Weyler. Another reason offered is that
the fighting is taking place at our very
doors.
We, in the United States, are not will
ing, az a rule, to admit that the i11sur-
gents have established themselves as
belligerents-that they have actually set
up government for themselves and are
fighting to maintain it-and yet when
the Southern confederacy had estab-
lished itself as a government, with duly
elected or appointed officers, with GUS
tom houses, an army and navy, and all
the other adjuncts OF nation, We
thought we were badly treated because
Of the seeming hurry Of other countries
to recognize the belligerency Of the
South. And now here we are not only
talking Of recognizing the belligerency
Of the Cuban insurgents, but are urging
and actually equipping armed forces to
land upon the island and oppose Spanish,
rule. Let US try and be consistent and
not so hot-headed.
II it is true, although it has been
strenuous1y denied by Weyler himself,
the authorities at Madrid and the Span
ish officials at Washington, that Weyler
in a most cowardly and inhuman way.
led Maceo into trap and murdered him,
then similar treatment would be only
too good for the. Spanish captain general.
And while there has been considerable
jubilation in Spain over the death of
Maceo, the Spanish government does not
recognize the propriety Of such proceed
ings. If Spain would court-n1artial Wey-
! ~, - -, l.S5
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

Mrs. John Murray. Of Prescott, IL
and son George, of West Superior, Wis.,
were In the city Tuesday. They went
to West Superior that aftern con, where
Mrs. Murray will remain till the holi l-
days. $ 81. sssY I 5#*sA
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

Senator Wolcott, Of Colorado, saysi
may be. truthfully said that ninety nfneS.
per cent Of the people Of this country are are
bimeta1lists, # the statement u t q Y
they must have given their conscienceasl
a fearful wrench, Judging from the way az
they voted. ;8.;Es55 "a
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

The Sultan of Turkey is mad at Pres
ident Cleveland. Before Grover leaves
office will he have political friend any
where in the known world, except his
Wall street friends? ~ So -
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

f. is stated that more than 500 An
Rllcan ministers have come over to
Rome since Cardinal Newman,s CONVEX
sion, and yet we are told that the Church
.of England is increasing in growth, 1t
must be a growth that is backward in
coming forward. s ~
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

4, A. i. Blethen, formerly editor of the
Penny Press, of this city, and now editor
Of the Seattle Times, is beingtalked OF as
United States senator from that; state
Washington.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

1t is remarkable to notice the number
.,of. men there are who deny that they
are working for place in the cabinet,
and yet it may be safely said that every
one of them would accept were the posi-
lions rendered ) =,
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

=. No matter how many generals live or
die. the Cubans are determined to fight
it .outson the old line i It takes several
E summers If Maceo has been killed by
Weyler's bullet, the latter may have
cause: to. regret i, tor a greater than
Maceo may arise to defend the liberties
Of the people. ',sa
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

ID BY the. time this country gets ready for
a war, with Spain, or rather by the time
Spain gets ready for a war with US, we
viii: be deprived Of the great fighting
qualities of one Grover, who will then be
delegated to the peaceful occupation OF
fishermen over in. "Jarsey.''' l.;
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

Bishop O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls, is
about to establish hospital at Yankton,
S. D., which will be conducted by the
Benedictine nuns.
The Irish standard., 1896-12-19

It is just possible that Maceo, the
Cuba insurgent leader, may. be dead,
but reports issued from Spanish authori-.
ties in the island should be taken With
several large pinches of salt.