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HeigM of diferent Giaats.-Bryne, the Irish giant, who lately died in London, measured eight feet two inches.
 Cornelius Magrath, who died in the year l760, measured seven feet eight inches.
 Edward Malone, another Irishman, was seven feet seven inches, aud was nearly equal in stature and size to Daniel Carda- nus, the Swedish giant.
 The celebrated Dr. Cheselden, the fa- nous anatomist, speaks of skeleton, dis covered Ill a Roman camp near St. Albans, and near to the urn, inscribed Marcus An- tonius, which he judged to have been eight feet four inches.
 Goliah of Gath, the champion of the Phllistines, (who was slain by Dayid,3 measured six cubits and span, which, ac- cording to Bishop Cumberland, is eleven feet English.
 Maximinius, the emperor, was nine feet high, and in the reign of Augustus, there were said to be many others as tall.
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DDihisv DAVID svFiiD FF'tUjfh FULTON Sg Go. Little Rock, A. T., Aug. ', 1883. l8-Sw
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MARRIED,

On Thursday last, by the Rev. Mr..
Gildca, Mr.. Frederick Nichodemus, to
Mrs. Mary Ann Kessler, daughter of
Mr.. John Stonebraker, all of this city.
On Thursday last, by the Rev. Mr..
Young, Mr.. Samuel Trigg, to Miss
Eliza Hess, both of this county.
On the same day, by the Rev. Mr..
-, Mr.. William Cosley, to Miss
Hannah Kitchen, both of this county.
On Monday evening,by the Rev. Mr..
Gildea, Mr.. Patrick NcIatire, to Miss
Harriet Dicks, all Of this place.
On Tuesday morning, Doct. Mac.
grtder, to Miss Margaret r.. Kerney,
both of Shepherds town.
DIED.
Suddenly. in this town, yesterday. DAN
TEL LEE. Esq MIR Lee was one Of the
oldest members ofour society & had filed
the office of clerk of the ancient district
court from the year 1904, until the district
was abolished in 1912; he was then sp
pointed the clerk of the chancery court iot
Winchester district, and remained il tina,
office until that system was changed, and
the present judicial system established
when he was again re-appointed by judge
Parker. Mr. Lee was also. at the time OF
bis death the president of the branch OF
the farmers bank in this place, and had
held that office since the year. 1915 HI
was. also, in early life, the attorney for the
commonwealth. having been member OF
the legal profession He has been in hi.
day highly useful and excellent citizen
and has lief, large and interesting family
TO mourn his loss - Vim Yir April "a.
In Georgetown, on The 10th instant
CHARLES Hay. aged 46 years. son of tn
late judge Hay. Of Virginia. and formerly
chief clerk OF the navy department..
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More New Cheap Goods.
FFEHE subscriber announces to his
3 friends. customers, and the pubic
generally that he has just returned irou,
the eastern cities, where he has purchas
ed very general assortment of
Spring and Summer Goods.
You have all heard. and will hear OF
Cheap Goods; and many of you will think
you have seen them, but he win venture
TO assert, that when you view the present
assortment, and hear the prices, you will
agree with him ia opinion, and pronounce
them the CHEAPEST GOODS you ever
saw before in all your lives-Thereiore al
you that are DESTROYS of procuring Cheap
Goods, are respectfully invited to call al
the subscribers Store, where you can b,
supplied with almost every article you
may want
THOMAS G. SMITH
Martipsburg Aurii IS 1888
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Ground Ptaister of Paris.

yHsHE undersigned, having 'een appon
4 ted the agent Of Messrs IONA
THAN ELLICOTT s. SONS, for the
sale of Ground Plai ster Of Paris, at the
POINT OF ROCKS. will be kept sup
pied with stock of that article Of the
best quality, which he offers for sale al
this place.
The undersigned is thus enabled 10 dis
pose Of Ground Plaster at the Baltimore
price, with the addition TO that price o.
only the cost Of transportation on the
Rail Road, and the incidental expenses
that is TO say, he will sell this article at the
Point Of Rocks at an advance Of only 81
cents per barrel over the current price q
Ground Plaster in the Baltimore market
@. v ALLEN
Point Of Rocks, April 25, 1888, = st.
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TO Road Makers,&c.

'EvtiE undersigned. commissioners ap
pointed by the county court of Ber.
kelley, are authorised 10 receive proposals
for the making add grading Of piece OF
Road, commencing at or near the centre
oil Josiah Flagg's old Mill Dam, thence 10
north west direction. through a corner
OF SAID tlaggs meadow, crossing the head
race OF bis Mil, as well as a bayou, or
sluiee OF water adjoining the same. to Its
junction with the old road a, or near a
black oak. some twenty or thirty poles
west OF said bayou The Road to be nro
perry graded, aud covered with slate stone.
where necessary, 10 the width of at least
twenty feet, Of sufficient thickness to sus
tain the weight Of loaded wagons, carts,
SC Two or three Bridges. of wooden
materials, will also be necessary on said
Road; proposals for the making OF which
will also be received and attended to; the
sleepers and posts 10 be of Locust timber,
and the flooring ofthiek White oak plank.
Applicants for this work. or any part
thereof, will please forward their propo
sails to either Of the subscribers. on or be
fore the first day Of the neSt Berkeley
county court.
MATHEW RANSOM,
AARON HIBBERD,
JOHN TABB.
ADrit o. 1894
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6[C.aUTTONl

A LII persons are strictly forbidden -
IA. gainst trespassing, IN any manners
on the premises OF the subscriber. near
Mari'nshurg. Having already sustained
serious injury from infruders. have come
to the determination Of putting a stop TO
The like offences in future. win put the law
IN full force against all and every person
that aiay be found uniawiully trespassing.
JERARD MCDANIEL.
April IS, 1888
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Pubic SHE.
April 95. 1888

NtNFFfNF
EE ILL be sold by public auction, al the
w late residence OF Isaac HousE
WORTH, decd Tory town. near Thomas
Russei''s. on Friday The Sd day Of sMau
neat, all Of the personal property belong
ing TO said deceased. consisting in part OF
Household and Kitchen Furniture. such as
Fables. Chairs, Beds and Bedding; seven
head of work and riding Horses; ten head
of Mich Cows and Stock Cattle; nun
Der Of Sheep and Hogs; Farming Utcn
s,s Of every description Nine months
credit will be given the purchaser on all
SANS over five dollars. by giving bond
with approved security. under that sun
cash, ROBERT DANIEL,
ISAAC HOUSEWORTH, jr.
April 25. 1855" .4dmrs
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Failing and Cmding Mil.

w HE subscriber wishes To engage a
competent person to take charge OF
his PULLING AND RIlIN'(, MILL
near Charlestown, on the shares. The
establishment has an excellent custom,
and the machines are in perfect order
The house and other accommodations for
the family Of the occupant are large and
convenient, with privilege of pasture, &c.
The applicant must bring satisfactory
testimonials Of his thorough acquaintance
With iulling and earding, and his capacity
for carrying it on, &c.
ANDREW KENNEDY.
Charlestown, April II, 1888 st
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NrCAUTION!

A LII persons are hereby cautioned a.
IA gainst taking an assignment Of a
note drawn by me in favor Of John Har.
mison for sixty dollars. and dated the 3Oth
OF March 1888; and payable six months
after date. as ! am determined not to pay
said note unless compelled by law. !
DENTON j. MCCOY.
April 10, 1888.
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WeStcheSter Sentinel.

Some idea of the violence and cx-
tent of the influenza in Russia may be
formed, from the annexed article from
st. Petersburg, under date Of Feb.
6:-"The influenza has produced gen.
eral CONSERVATION here; three fourths
of the working population are attacked
with it; in the lower city out of 10
are down with it.-Thirty of our first
merchants were unable to appear on
change last week. The public places
are nearly empty, and all the usual
gaieties of the season are suspended.
At Moscow it is even worse-l60, 900
persons being sick. The theatres and
other public places are closed. The
first symptoms of the disease are vio-
lent sore throat and headache, with
dreadful pains in all the limbs"
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WASHINGTON (PA1 COLLEGE.


This Institution the 25th ult. terminated a
laborious session under the most encouraging and
prosperous auspices. It's most sanguine friends
and patrons could not have anticipated the strong
current of public favour which has flowed, and
continues TO flew, in upon it.
For the number and talents Of its professor
the extended and lib raj course of instruction
which it aifords-the strict, yet paternai, dis
cipline il maintains and for the health, ccono-
my, and other happy circums stances connected
with its locaton-it may claim, without assum-
ing any thing more than its deserts, an honorable
place among the most reputed similar institutions
In our country.
The board of trustees had every reason TO be
satisfied with the evidences of proficiency and
industry exhibited by the several classes during
the late examinations, which were conducted
with minuteness and perseverance. The result
very creditable both to professors and stu
dents.
The closing exercise was am interesting, public,
literary contest, between the two Socil ties con-
nccted with the College. The Rev. NJ. Allen
and T. Morgan, esq. were chosen judges by the
Union Society,". l.. Blaine and w. Baird, esqs.
by the Washington Society-and the Hon. A.
Stewart, umpire. The exercises were in the
following order, viz
Prayer, by the Rev. f. M'Curdy.
LIST. A select Grafton, by Samuel Fulton, Of
Morgan county, O.--Unioh Society.
ID do. by Alexander Murdoch, of Washington
county, Paw ashington Society.
3D. An original Composition enjoynents
Of human iVe-by John Carothers, Armstrong
! county, Pau. S.
4th do:-Natio'aal Cha,acter-by Napoleon A.
! Guile, GAINESVILLE, O-W. 5.
5th. An original Grafton fuence Of Chris
! tiGnity on the condition Of Ban-by Hugh Ii.
/ Cunningham, Wayne county, Union Society
! 9th. do.-the potce Of Genits-by John L.
| Dawson, Brownsville, Paw ashington Society
| It'll. An original Grafton, by Joel b. Mar
! land, Washington county, Pa. as the rep esen-
tative of the English Department.
| Question Debated--ShO,,ld deiSts be eligible to
| Office an the gorannlent Of the United States?
| Sth. Affirmative sustained by Isaiah Steen,
| Washington, Paw ashington Society.
! 9th. Negative by John Gordon, Washington
! county, Pa.-Union Society.
The ensuing session will commence on the first
| ddu of May neIt, when, in addition TO the branch
es now taught in the institution, Mr.. JOSEPH RIT-
NER, ir. late of the Military Academy, at Vest
Point, will commence the instruction OF pupils in
Typographical and CivilEngineering-th French
Language oology-Bot Mineralogy
Tuition in the Departments, $40 80 cts per
Session, including contingencies. Payment in
DEMONSTRATING in the College Club from 75
TO 81 ! 2 cents per week-in the town and vicini-
", from to s l so per week-Fuel, washing
and candles, about $500 per annum.
Yesterday at half past two O'Clock, the Powdel
Mill belonging to Joseph Jamison, situate abou
| seven miles from Baltimore, was blown up No
other injury resulted from the explosion but the
total destruction Of the the works. Gas .Ap't.2o
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HHAS located himself IN Martasburg.
Ill d for the practice Of medicine He
has taken the office lately occupied by DIR.
MacgiIl on Burke Street. a few doors east
of the Store Of Wilson Il Anderson He
may be found there, or at the Hotel Of
Mr. J. McCleary al all times if not pro-
REASONABLY engaged
Anril lS 1888 3m
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Thompson's Office,

ItcO doors South OF fhe Post Office
C.4PON SPRING ROAD
LOTTERY,
CLASS 4, FOR 1888,
To be drawn at Lusy Page county.
Va. on Tuesday. the 30M day Of .april,
1888.
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sociations IN England, comprehending
AZ, 900 members; $50 in Scotland, 55,.
900 members; and 10000 members in
Ireland. Gazette.
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FiresNi-On Tuesday last the aid of
our townsmen was again demanded for
the rescue of property in the country
from fire. There has been ne rain for
more than two weeks, and the woods
and fences are perfectly dry-The first
alarm given in town, was of a fire on
the farm of Harrison Waite, Esq. about
two miles South east of us. Numbers
of the citizens were quickly on the
spot, and found, in the amazing rapid
ty with which the flames spread, an
obstinate foe. A great portion of the
wood land covered by the fire consist
ed of pine timber; with many dead
trees standing, and quantity of dry
wood and leaves upon the ground.
The wind was very high, and drove
the fire before it like rushing stream
ofwater-The fire from Mr.. Waite's
land, extended over the farms of Messrs
VIM. G. Burns, Geo. Burns, William
Lroesen and others, and destroyed a
great quantity of timber and fencing.
A number ofdweliing houses and barns
were endangered, butt fire was kept
from them, by the excrtions of the
hands.
Another fire originated uponth farm
of Mr.. John Sutton and extended to one
or two of the adjoining tracts.
We have also heard of fires on the
same day, upon the farms of Mr..
Welshhans, north, and of Mr.. En-
inert southwest of town-but of the
three last, we have heard no particu.
lars.
FIRE.-On Tuesday night between
one and two o'clock, fire broke out
in the extensive Chair and Looking
Glass Mandatory of Mr.. Charles w.
James, on the corner of Fourth and
Sycamore streets, which was principal
ly destroyed, together with the new
three story house adjoining.
Cincinnati Gazette.
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From the National htelligencer.

In the case ca parte TOBIAS WAT
KINs, the opinion of the Circuit Court
ofthe District of Columbia was deliver
ed by Chief Justice CRANCH on Satur-
day last, quashing the three writs of
execution against the prisoner, over
ruling the motion of the Attorney for
the United States to commit him, and
ordering him to be discharged. We
shall endeavor to obtain and lay before
our readers copy ofthe opinion fthe
Court, which is represented as being
very learned and elaborate.
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MORTALITY IN LoNpoN.-The following state
mint presents an exhibit Of the comparative NOR
taity Of fifteen Of the most destructive disorders
in London, in the years 1888 and ls32-fron
which IT appears thai in IN interval Of 40 years,
notwithstanding the grcar Increase OF population
in that city, there were fever d. aths by Con
sumption, Commissions, Fevers and Small Pox,
during the latter than the former period, whilst
the contrary, deaths by Asthma, Inflammation
and HYdrocephahls have gre atty increased
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Unfortunate observation-disclosures
were received in this town, on Wednes-
day last, from Valparaiso, stating the
arrival there of the whale ship Cathe-
rine, Capt. Paddock, of this port, and
some particulars of a melancholy af.
fair in which the captain was engaged.
We have not been able to obtain
sight of the letters, but the circumstan-
ces, as we understand them, were as
follows. After the arrival of the Cath
crime, Capt. Paddock went on shore in
a deranged state of mind, and entering
a merchants compiling room, killed
both of his clerks. He then went into
the street and attacked two Spanards,
one OF whom he killed on the spot, and
wounded the other severely. He then
struck at six or eight more persons,
several of whom he injured. He was
afterward apprehended, tried, and sen.
fenced to be shot; but the American
Consul interfered, and new trial was
grantod.-.Salem Reg.
WeStchester Circuit. the circuit
court, in this county, held at White
plains, last week, suit came on to be
tried between VIM. Nelson, ESQ.,, late
a member of the Senate of this State,
as plaintiff, and Ward B. Howard, as
defendant. 1t was an action of SIAN
der, for uttering certain opprobrious
words, rejecting upon the plaintiff s
private, and professional, character.
The defendant pleaded the general
issue: the words were fully proved, and
his counsel upon the trial, only relied
iii mitigation Of damages, that they
were spoken under the influence of ex-
cited feelings, that the defendant had
but little property, and appealed strong
ly to the sympathies of the jury in be-
half of the wife and children of the de-
PENDANT, upon whom the consequences
of their verdict must, in a great meas
ure, fall; at the same time, bearing,
throughout the trial, and particularly
in summing up to the jury, the most
honorable testimony to the exalted
worth of the plaintiff in public and pri-
vate life. The intense interest mani
tested by the audience, and the appa-
rent Indignation and disgust excited by
the evidence, ofthc defendants reitera-
ted and groundless ISLANDERS, showed,
in the most unequivocal manner, the
estimation in which the plaintiff was
held by his fellow citizens. The jury
gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with
900 dollars damages.
Westchester Sentinel.
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Judge Holmes, who recently died al
Haddam, in Connecticut, was a men,
Der offhe Legislature of that state for
sirfy sessions. The example is so rare
in the United States that it merits par.
tcular record.
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ALL PRIZE LOTTERY.
NORTH RIVER FREE-BRIDGE

Class No. 4 TO be drawn at Harpers
Ferry, on Tuesday the S0,h Of April, 1888
SCHEME.
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HOTEL.
l!;|A

IN HE subscriber having taken The Ta-
= vern Stand. in G.rards Town, for
merIy kept by ZebuIon Bell, is prepared
to entertain Travellers and others who
may favour hin with call, and pledges
himself that nothing on bis part shall be
wanting 10 make his guests comfortable
while 10 his House. He would take this
occasion 10 say to his friends in Morgan
county, and Cape Capehon, that the hest
route from Harpers Ferry to their homes,
lies through Gerards- Town.
JAMES cox.
Gerards Town. April II. 1885,
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SCHEME;

SOC Prizes, $4,000 Tickets, $4,000
Tickets "a; Halves 50; Quarters 81
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gHyHE subscriber wishes TO employ a.
4 JOURNEYMAN HALTER. He'
must he Of regular and steady habits and
good workman. To such one. con-
slant employment and the highest wages
will be given.
| WILLIAM II. MATHEWS
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Tickets $500; Halves $500; Quarters 81
WESTERN Virginia LOTTERY,
lass No 5, for 1888. TO be drawn at
Wythe Court house, Va on Tuesday.
April 80, 1888.
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p Frederick KONG, of Eisleben, the in
ventor ofthe steam press, died at Ober
zell, in Wursburg, in January last.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS. ~"
1forgan-C Congress. Lucas 265. Smith 49,
Senate Donaldson y, Good 30, Heiskcll IL
Assembly Buck l65, O'Ferrall l25.
DintrfGdit- Congress. Gholson ga Drom
goole l7q. Good 2f.--TMr. Knox has retired.
Gholsons majority 65--his majority in Lanen
-Mecklenburg and Brunswick, the former tn,
Gnolson and Droomgoole, both heavy counties
vote next Monday. The result supposed uncsr
tain but chances an favor Of MIR. Gholson or Mr.
Goodc.
Assembly. UD-Scotts s55. Wynn IT'S. TIL,
election appears nos TO have been very full.
Hanarha. Congress: William McComas 30s
William Smith sS-Prescni majority for McCo
mas 220.-Assembly. u)-James IL. Fry 37s
no opposition.
Haytrick Z Congress. Coke 10, Wise I6.-As
sembly. Jones IA, Moore FL.
York LIST day Congress: Coke $50, Wise 50
Assemble. Rob't NJ. Garrett i07, Jno. NJ. Greg
ory 81 The polls win b. kept open three days
Norfolk. elections for this County tool
place on Monday-the weather very unfavorable
The following is the result, as far heard from
In Portsmouth. Congress: Geo. Loyal els
Miles King i13.--Assembly. VIM. Collins 1874
Samuel Watts 355,--W. y. Scott 81, John 5
Johnson :, John Harper 3, Scattering 23,-Grca
Bridge not heard from.
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SCHEME.

Tickets s4-halves so-quarters 81.
Tickets 81 For sale by
WILLIAM N THOMPSON.
MartlnsDurg, April %, 1888.
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The Circuit SUPERIOR Court Of Law

The Circuit Superior Court of Law
and Chancery for the county of Ber-
kelley, Judge Richard Z. Parker pre-
siding, adjourned on Saturday last, af-
ter short but laborious session of SIX
lays. The Commonwealth docket
was unusually large, consisting howe
yer chiefly Of proceedings against free
persons of colour, for remaining in the
State twelve months after the right to
freedom accrued. There was one case
of fel1ny-that of Samuel j. Cancer,
native of Maryland, indicted for
horse stealing AMI grand larceney. He
was acquitted.
The rarity of any proceedings in our
Courts for crime or even breaches of
the peace, together with the general
thinness of the civil docket, gives adj
ditional evidence of the improved NOR
al habits of our citizens-oftheir grow
ing comfort and prosperity. Although
the editor of this paper is himself a
member of the legal profession, he re-
ioices in this condition of things, and
however his private interests may be
affected, his prayer will ever be, that
the citizens of this county may long
and ever enjoy that happiness and pros
perity which now smile upon them.
Opequon Canal.-We are happy to
be enabled to state, that the President
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company will, in the course of a few
weeks, dispatch an Engineer to this
county to survey the route of Canal
iromthis place along the Opequon to the
Potomac river. The advantages of
such communication must be obvious
to all;-yetso soon as we can collect
a mass of details which we are engaged
III embodying, we hope to be able to
exhibit its benefits to the town and coun-
ty in such light as to satisfy the most
incredulous.