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Another Prexent.takcr.

1t appears probable that the Hon.
w. &. Stokes will be able to present
a plausible defense for his action in
connection with the Tennessee bounty
frauds.
1t is said that Stokes stoutly denies
having been paid for his services in
getting the fraudulent claims allowed !;
but admits that he received a present
OF $4,000 for the assistance he render
ell to the swindlers who concocted the
scheme-a proceeding which he thinks
quite legitimate and regular under the
present Administration.
Stokes has show OF reason on his
side. Certainly it is no worse for q
member Of Congress to take presents for
aiding in the collection of fraudulent
claims against the Treasury than it is
for President Grant to appoint frauds
to important offices in consideration Of
presents made to bim.-N. Y. Sun,
Rep. } Nov. 4.
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THR Cbicapo Post has lost none gifts

The Chicago Post has iost none o' ns
vivacity by the fire, and is fully as good
looking as before. 1t is now engaged
in poking fun at the delirious cores
nondepts who sent blood-and.thunder
DISPATCHES to their respective papers
and the artists who illustrated them. 1t
saws the former have oatdone Nun
chausen, Ananias, and all other liars oil
history, and displayed an artistic and
circumstantial mendacity commemorate
in the highest degree, and which shines
the more brightly by contrast with the
crudities of the rural press" 1t par
ticularizes thus:
1t is 10 a New York journal that we
owe the picture Of little girl, with
long golden hair all ablaze, curvettlng
along Clark street 1t was New YORK
paper that tenanted the lamp-posts so
thickly with burglars and incendlarles
that in the smoke and confusion the In
advertent traveller bumped up against a
corpse at every step. A New Yorker
propped Mr.. Barney Aaron aud Dutch
Heinrich against wall, and ruthlessly
moved them down with musketry. And
to a New York journal we are indebted
for the rarely accomplished feat Of
shriveling up man during his passage
through the burning air from the roo
of a building to the sidewalk, which he
reached in a rarified state.
OF the brethren of the pencil it says:
Frank Leslie's draughtsman, like
another Samson, tore down the two
wings of the court house ere he per
mitted it burnt. Harpers was not TO bt
outdope, and transported bodily a fioul
mill and a block of wholesale stores
from Lake street bridge to Randolph
street. Stimulated by success, this mar
SCARED from the achievements OF Or
lando Furioso or Hercules maddenec
by an ily-ftting shirt, 10 those o
Joshua, and changed the wind on tb'
night of the fire so as to watt hot de
struction into the West Division, al
error TOR which be subsequently atone,
by uprooting Union Park and planting
it on the North Side.
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MURDER AND ROBBERY.
Farmer OF Butler County, Pa.-1he
Murderers are Threatened with
Lynchlng.

Two AGSaSsins Rob and Murder n
Farmer OF Butler County, Pa.-Ihe
Murderers are Threatened with
Lynchlng.
Another terrible murder to assist in
swelling the catalogue Of that dark
crime has been perpetrated in Butler
county, farmer named Hamilton Gil
lespie being the unhappy victim. On
Friday last Mr.. Gillespie, who had been
in Newcastle with load Of grain, was
returning home at an early hour in the
evening. Shortly after sunset he
reached place called Slippery Rock
hill, where he was murder ously at
tackled by two fiends in human form.
The ruffians dubbed him severely on
the head, knocking him down in a
seuseless condition, then rifled his peck
cts, abstracting 500 in cash, and some
checks and documents, and left their
poor victim lying in the ditch. He
was picked up in an insensible condi.
ton by some laborers who we're passing
that way. 1t was found that his skull
was badly fractured He was removed
10 a neighboring house, where restora-
tives were administered, and he rallied
sufficiently to be able 10 tell what had
happened him. He also described
the appearance Of the two men who
committed the savage outrage upon
bin. 1t seems they are known in the
peighborhood and can be easily i1enti-
fed from the description given by the
dying man. The police are on their
track. The man fell into q stupor and
fingered until three o'clock yesterday
mocning, when be died. Several other
outrages Of similar character, though
not terminating fatally, have been per-
petrated at the same place during the
past few montbs.-Pttsburgh Dispatch,
Tuesday.
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East and the West, is finally settled and
not even its ghost can arise to vex our
representatives at Charleston next win
ter. The whole people of the State are
substantially agreed upon the various
amendments to be made to the Constl-
tuition, and it remains only for the Con-
vention to give exact expression and
legal effect to the popular wish. Prob
ably the most important as we'll as the
most difficult task to he accomplished
is the reorganization OF the judiciary
system of the State. A system attended
with less cost to suitors and the State
and more expeditions than that now IN
use, is generally desired. The invention
and perfection of a plan for the accom-
plishment of these ends may be safely
left to some of the many eminent law.
yers who have been chosen members OF
the Convention and who are more "a
miliar with the defects OF the present
system and the means of remedying
them than any non professional citizen
is likely to be. Next to this IN
i'm portance and difficulty is such
a change in our system OF coun'
ty organization and government as
will suit the circumstances Of the va
rious counties in the State. The pres
ent mode does pretty we'll in populous
counties, but not so well in those that
are sparsely settled. and in all it is per-
haps more expensive than necessary. 1t
may, however, be difficult to devise a
substitute for it that will he free from
serious objection; though the Conven-
ton will afford an excellent opportu.
nifty for comparison OF views in
relation to the subject and the adoption OF
such improvements as, in view of all
the requirements Of the case. may be
deemed most wise.
The judiciary system and the subject
Of county organization being disposed
of, the remaining amendments to the
present Constitution will he merely
verbal, and, except in relation 10 the
mode of voting, are not likely to create
much discussion, or be the subject o.
much difference of opinion. They car
nearly all be made without debate, and
without consuming much of the time
of the Convention. And even the mode
of voting need not occupy much time IL
| its consideration. 1.-THE sentiment Of the
members O! the Convention is such
as to preclude the possibility of an har
monious conclusion, the decision be
tween the ballot aud the viva voc.
methods may be lett 10 a vote
of the people and the wish o.
the majority ascertaiued in that way
U pom the whole, We can see no reason
why the Convention should remain a
long time in session in order 10 com
plete its work, and certainly the pay
allotted its members cannot afford to
any OF them any rrur'~.-,ant for deIay
If they will commence at once the w.,
Of preparation; mature as carefully a;
possible their ideas in relation to the
changes to be made; put in presentable
share the various amendments they de
sire; and, when the Convention meets
resolve TO discourage speech-makiag
they may make good Constitution,
finish their work in thirty days, and
earn the plaudits of the people of the
State. Whatever is done, let it be done
quickly and we'll.
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THE wORK OF THE CONVENTION

The Constitutional Convention next
winter will be composed mainly of the
, ablest and most conservative men in
the State. Many Of them have served
in similar deliberative bodies heretofore
and all have given some study TO the
workings of our present organic law and
have formed some idea of the changes
that should be effected. 1t may be ex-
pected also that between the present
time and the meeting OF the Convention
still further thought will be given to the
various topics to come under discussion,
and a good portion of the work to be
done may be carefully prepared. This
being the case, the actual business of
the Convention will be greatly simpli-
fed and there will be no necessity for a
protracted session. In fact, with proper
preparation on the part OF the members
before coming together, they ought to
be able to complete their work in from
thirty to forty-fve days. The shorter
the session the better, provided an &C
ceptable Constitution is framed, and it
is altogether probable that better law
will result from thirty days consulta-
ton and interchange of opinions than
from six months or a year spent in
wraDgling or debate.
Fortunately there are no local ques-
tons that are likely to distract the
Convention or array one section of the
State against another. The subject of
"basis Of representation" that agitated
the Virginia Convention twenty years
ago, consumed months in debate and
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Severe Loss.

A very valuable horse belonging 10
Mr.. james A. Adams, of this place, was
killed on Monday OF last week while
returning from KerneysvilIe, driven in
the express wagon. The horse tread
upon large stick, causing The other
cod 10 fly up with such power as to pen
citrate bis abdomen several inches, from
which he died q few moments after
neutrality-suspicious. Register.
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Tag Greeubrier Independent denies
that The negroes voted the Democratic
ticket in the recent election there, as
has been asserted in some quarters. 1t
saws, however, that only about half OF
the negroes in Lewisburg voted at all,
and it is not likely that even they would
nave gone to the polls had they not
been drummed up by negro preacher
Of the Methodist Church.
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A Home Medicine.
A Home Medicine.
Tried for 40 Years.
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Tried for 40 Years.
DR.. AS. Todd's Liver Pills.
DR.. A. 8. Todd's Liver Pills.

DR.. A. 8. Todd's Liver Pills.
DR.. A. 8. Todd's Liver Pills.
DR.. A. y. Todd's Liver Pills
FOR DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, LIV-
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ACHE, BILIOUSNFSS, &C.
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since, feeling exceedingly bad, got from
9. Boram, Druggist, q box OF your Pills, and,
using them according 10 the directions, l
now feel perfectly restored. So valuable
are they would not be without them for
any money, and deem them the most won-
derful remedy Of the day.
Yours, with respect,
p. III. NAGLE,
Sold by Druggists and Dealers every.
LAuGHLIN BROTHERS & co.
OCT Proprietors.
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Is view of attempts made by officials
of the Freedman's Bureau to white,
wash General BALLocH's late financial
transactions, the Louisville Ledger
remarks: 1T may be well to state that
the Secretary Of War is OF the opinion
that under the existing laws General
BALLocH is guilty OF felony. The Sec
rotary says If his department hadc charge
of the case General BALLocH would long
ago have been turned over to the Bureau
of Justice. BALLocH's case is now in
the hands of the Treasury officials, and
there is no prospect that the delinquent
will ever be dealt with, except to have
report palliating his offense.'
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FalnI Accident.

Mr.. Alexander McCleary, respecta-
HE citizen of this county, lost his life on
the eveuI"s II .ha dav of the election,
by reason of being tbrowo from NJ.
horse, whose hind foot became tangled
in The wheel Of a buggy that WAS met
in narrow road. The old gentleman
was thrown on his head. He lived but
a few minutes.-CabeH County Press.
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Eadical majority in Upshur....."
Democratic majority in District.

any District in West Virginia has
done better than this-especially hav.
ing young Massachusetts in tive
want the figures. The illustrious math.
ematician OF the Parkersburg Journal
will probably be able to furnish them.
Weston Democrat
The Sixth, it will be remembered, is
the district formerly monopolized by the
redoubtable D. D. Il. FARNswoRTH,
whose fondness for pork was the subject
of some discussion a few years ago. We
observe, however, that, as sort Of dis
NAL compensation, DAN is elected a
member OF the Convention from Upshur
county, though the revolution in his
district will probably move him to bring
forth and relurbsh the Grape that was
so generously given him when the city
Of Wheeling went Democratic in 1865.
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Bachelors Hair Dye.

This superb Hair Dye Is the best in the
World-Perfectly Harmless, Reliable and In
Simultaneous. No disappointment. No Ri
diculous Tints or Unpleasant Odor. The
genuine w. A. Bachelors Hair Dye pro-
duces IMMEDIATELY splendid Black or
Natural Brown. Does not Stain the Skin,
but leaves the Hair Clean, Soft and Beau
tiful. The only Safe and Perfect Dye. Sold
by all Druggists. Factory Is Bond Street,
New York. ian23-d&W
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THE SIXTH DISTRICT.

The Sixth Senatorial District, com,
posed Of the counties of Lewis, Barbour,
Upshur, Randolph, Tucker and Brax'
ton, has, we think, given larger ma
jority for the Democracy Tin proportion
to the vote casO than any Of her com
peers in the State. The majorities in
the various counties stand about as fol.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
On Marriage.

Happy Relief for Young Men from the
effects OF Errors and Abuses in early life
Manhood re Suored. Nervous debility cured
Impediments to marriage removed. New
BILE remedies. Books and Circulars sent
flee, in sealed envelopes. Address HOW.
ARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth
slreet, Philadelphia, Pa.
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ONE of the best furnished Democratic
nevspaper officers in the State, in an
interior county, is offered for sale. IL Is
a rare chance for an editor and practical
PRINTER. See notice on fourth page OF
this paper.
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Ar a special election, held in the
town Of Weston, Lewis county, on the
2sth of October, the town council was
authorized to subscribe one thousand
dollars TO the capital stock OF the
Northern and Southern West Virginia
Railroad Company. The vote was
nearly unanimous, los for it and only
one AGAINST.
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DIED.

BROWSE.-At Grape Island, November
ID, lEDITH MARY, daughter:of ROBERT IL.
and SARAHA. BROWSE, aged two years and
six months.
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MARRIED..

MASON -MONTEITH.-Nove ono
by Rev. J. A. Browne, MI. JOHN C.. MASON
OF Lowell, Ohio, to Miss MALzESIl Mon
TEITH, of Ohio county.
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The Negative powers of lia.,
In q few years how often The IN Macl
lack-lustre eye and emaciatedp AZ. ID:
impossibility OF application :" a u
fort, show their baneful intps%U. nsslJ
becomes evident to the obSsrra L
depressing influence is chectinu, iei; I
opment Of 1.-THE body. Consumn1'sh e y
OF, and perhaps the youth IL rsn Va "a
school and sent into the conn,.S
one Of the worst movement y
from ordinary diversions of the ~, Nci
ing scenes Of the city, the no,,atl
body, too much enieebled 10 On q
healthful and rural exercise nv" I've Z
turned inwardly upon themstI,S,
II the patient be a female The a..
the menSes is looked for with p sps
the first symptom In which nal
show her saving power in disrIt
circulation and visiting the 60
the bloom of health. Alas, ipcra'..
petite has grown by what # "a -
energies OF the system are pron,r.,4t
the whole economy is deraneed rS'
tlful and wonderful period In vt,.t |
and mind undergo so fascinaIin, !,
from child to woman, Is looked \, ~
The parents heart bleeds In am.
fancies the grave but waiting 70, h. y,
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NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 80.


The Republican says: 1.-THE President Of
the Board of Health informs us that there
is but one case of yellow fever under
treatment in the city. There have been
no new casesreported for three days, and
no deaths from yellow fever for six"
A private dispatch from Pensacola
says that vessels from New Orleans and
Mobile will be quarantined there, Wealth
er cool; Mercury 10 degrees.
Alta special meeting oil the Chamber OF
Commerce the following resolution was
adopted: 5.r .l.!s
RtS0lUed, That We feel warranted in Civ.
ing our solemn assurance, based Upon the
reports Of the Board Of Health and one Of
our most distinguished physicians, that
the health Of the city was never better,
and that no epidemic exists at all.
Col. G. G.. Forsley has been appointed
chief engineer Of the Louisiana Lefee
Company Hopes are entertained that
they will now 60 to work repairing the
levees.
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PHILADELPHIA.
pnl1.AprLrn1A. septembcr BO.

PHILADELPHIA, september ~.
The extensive Morocco factory of Jos.
Shoenwing, on Randolph street, above
jefferson, was destroyed by fire this morn.
ing. The loss on the building and stock
will reach 100000. 4
The Reading Railroad Company gives
notice that II will advance the prices IF.
teen cents per ton on October 1st twas
expected by the miners that twenty cents
would be paid, and there is, in conse.
quence, considerable excitement among
the laborers. The following are the rates
adopted by the Ticket Agents Conven.
lion between New York and some OF the
principal Southern and Western points
To Chicago, $22; st. Louis, $27; Louis.
vile, 1924; Cairo, $50 7j; Memphis,
$3S 25; New Orleans, $50; Cincinnati,
$20 Cleveland, Sl4 75; San Francisco,
$40.
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FRANCE.
PARIS, september 20.

~. PARIS, September 3d.
Drouyn De L'Huys has been appointed
Ambassador Of France at Vienna,
The German Generals refuse to evaCu.
ate the Department of the Disc until IL has
been officially informed that tho half mil.
lard indemnity has been paid. The
Minister OF Foreign Affairs has referred
the matter to Bismarck.
=, ... VERSAILLES, September 80.
The representations made by the Gov.
ernment to the German authorities with
reference 10 the continued occupation of
the Department of the Disc have not, as
YET, been answered. The German troops
are still at Compaigne, and detaChments
have returned to and occupied the towns
Of Creil, Creepy and Clermont.
The disarmament Of the National
Guards at Bordeaux has been completed.
M. Felix COntagne, who was recently
imprisoned for the offence committed
against the law regulating the press, has
been set at liberty TO enable him to par.
ticipate In the labors of tho Municipal
Council.
PARIS, October /.
Gen. Manteufel has replied to Thiers'
note complaining at the delay In the move.
ments for the evacuation of the Depart.
ment Of Disc by the Germans. The Gen.
eral says that the halt was ocCasioned by
a mlsconCeption Of orders. The evacua.
ton will be resumed to-day.
Bismarck refuses to accept Article Of
the Customs Treaty. Thiers has Aban.
doned the article and telegraphed fresh
proposals.
The Journal at Brussels contrSdicts the
rumor that Belgium had refused to make
any notifications in tho treaty of com.
merce with France.
The supporters of tho Empire are be.
coming bOlder In their intrigues and agi.
tating openly for It's restoration.
Clement Du Vernois, the editor Of the
new Bonapartst paper, declares that
Thers Is failing, and the country will
naturally returnto the government which
gave II twenty years Of order.
Assurances are given at Versailles that
the difficulties In the way of the ratitica.
tion of the customs treaty with Germany
have been overcome.
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CINCINNATI.
Another Failure by Weston.
CINCINNATI, September

CINCINNATI, September 30.
Weston stopped walking on the last
circuit Of the tifty.siSth mile at O o'clock
this morning, unable TO walk any further.
lie was carried to his bed, but his limbs
were In an apparently good condition.
The atmosphere Is said by one Of his ply
sicians TO have been unfavorable.
A man named Isaac Smith, who re-
sides ut No. 80 Longworth street, re.
turned five days ago from visit to
NatchOz, Miss, died this morning Of vel.
low fever and was buried this afternoon
by order OF tho Health Officer. The
sanitary police guarded the room to pre-.
vent persons from entering. The cloth.
ing and bedding were burned by the
health police and the room disinfected
The deceased visited Natchez and went
into q vault and saw the body Of his
brother.in.law who had just died oil
yellow fever. There Is not the least fear
or danger of tho disease spreading here
RoBDERY-TnE TYLER.DAvtDsoN FouN.
TAIN.
A jewGler named Labatteaux, Of Co
lumbus, coming from Springfield to Gin,
cinnati, was robbed Friday Of diamond
pin valued at $1,000. A man was arrest
ed at Dayton on suspicion of the robbery,
Mr.. ProbascO's gift TO Cincinnati, the
Tyler. Davidson fountain, will be unveiled
next Friday. The ceremonies will be
limited to the hours between II A. NJ. and
I'm. The speakers will be Archbishop
PcrcCll, Fred Hassaureck, Rabbi Lilien'
thai, Hon. W. s. Groesbeck, Henry Pro.
hnscO in presenting the fountain TO the
city, and Mayor s. Davis, who will receive
the fountain on behalf OF the city. Ar
ode by Louis Cest will be sung. The ad.
dresses will be very brief. The fountain
will be set in action at one o'clock, and al
night drummond lights will light II up.
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SALT LAKE, October
CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, October /.

SAN Francisco, October /.
September has been much the hottest
month Of the season, and the heat contin-
ueS unabated Sacramento river Is foot
lower than ever before known.
FoRr MAJAvE, ARIZONA, Sept. 10.
The surveyors of the Atlantic Pacific
Railroad, 05th parallel from 81. Louis,
arc within fifty miles Of the Colorado
river on the east, and party are within
seventy miles of the same point on the
west.
The course Of Collyer and the peace
commission, in thwarting the campaign
Of Gen. Crook against the ApaChes, are
denounced by the whole press and public
OF California. ~.
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KANSAS.
ATCursoN, Sept, 80,

ATCmsoN, Sept 80.
William Hagan, Of Floyd, Floyd coun.
ty, Indiana, committed suicide at Water
vile Friday night, by taking morphine
and laudanum. He left two letters, ad.
dressed to his wife, Ellen Hagan, of Floyd,
Indiana, and a note TO the landlord Of the
hotel, requesting that they, together with
bis trunk, should be- forwarded 10 her.
Bids for the building Of bridge across
the Missouri river. at this point, were
opened here today. The successful bid.
der was b. Coomer, Of Chicago, his bid
being S950000, for the bridge complete,
including the approaches 10 the bridge to
be finished within twelve months. Gen
w. Wright will be chief engineer.