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BETHANY COLLEGE.

TIME THIRTIETH SESSION OF THIS
i Institution will commence on f
Monday, 25th September I97L
and terminate on the 18th OF June, 1872. II
is romantically situated I'm the midst OF the
beautiful and healthy hill-couniry OF the
Panhandle" OF West Virginia, easily ac-
cessible by railroad or river, and surrounded
with the most favorable influences for Stn-
dent life. 1t has a property in endowment,
Buildings, Apparatus, Library, &C., of over
$780, co., and Is thus enabled 10 sustain fac
ulty and furnish facilities for thorough
education OF the very first order.
AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS
are provided for both public and private
boarding, and unfurnished rooms will be let
to students who wish TO board themselves.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION..
/. Preparatory course OF one year. 2. Reg
ular Literary Course, including the Ancient
Languages, for the Degree Of Bachelor OF
Arts. 3. Literary and scientific Course, for
the Degree of Bachelor OF Sciences. 4. The
course for Master of Arts .. The course
for Master of Sciences 8. Special Courses
in Practical Chemistry, Civil Engineering,
&c. Detailed information az TO these
Courses will be found in our Catalogue.
APPARATUS AND MUSEUM.
The institution has a complete set OF Phi
losophical Apparatus, and students VINO
wish II are trained In the use OF Field In
struments-also thoroughly fitted up La
boratory for pr actical instruction and work
in Chemical Analysis, and an ample MI
scum for the study OF Natural History.
TERMS.
Tuition has been reduced from SO 10 "a
per session. Boarding from = 10 s. per
week. Unfinished rooms from s. 10 SO
per session, and free Tuition TO sons OF Mn
tSfara NJ the (soSDel of ALL denominations.
For further particulars apply for catalogue
TO Prof. e.. l.. Loos. Secretary, or TO
w. K PENDLETON, President,
jy6 Bethany, Wet Virginia.
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SOME lodges in California are hard up
for material, and having initiated can
didate unable to read, the lodge was
sharply rebuked by the Grand Master
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-12

AT recent meeting Of Union Lodge
No 60, of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, Baltimore, there was presented
to the Lodge, to be laid up in its
archives, portion of one Of the stones
of Solomon's Temple.
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The University Of Virginia
COMPRISES r.
THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS:

COMPRISES -.-.
THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS:
!. School Of Latin. ?. School Of Greek.
3. school of Modern Languages. T. School
OF Moral Philosophy. D. School OF History
and English Literature. o. School OF Chem
istry. I. School ofNatural Philosophy. d.
school of Mathematics. y. SchUOl OF Com
mon and Statute Law. 10. school of Con-
stitutional and Civil Law ana Equity. H..
School Of Physiology and Surgery. -. school
OF Anatomy and Materia MedIca. Is. School
OF Medicine and Obstetrics. a. School OF
Applied Mathematics. II. School OF Analy-
teal, Industrial and Agricultural Chemis-
try. l6 School OF Natural History and Ag-
rculture-(PrOfessor TO be elected) GO Pro
vision made for classes in NincrdiDgy and
Ge0Io0ly, Hebrcp, PIaicm EcOnDD'U. Prdcficdt
Physics, Medical Jurisprudence aud SdnSkrH.
Diplomas and Certificates Of IroH""hcy are
given in the separate schools.
The following Degrees are conferred: ].
Bachelor OF Letters. =. Bachelor of Sciences.
8. Master OF Arts. 4. Doctor OF Medicine.
5. Bachelor OF Law u. Civil Engineer. 4.
Mining Engineer.
TIE expenses Of the student exclusive OF
teri books, clothing and pocket money! amount
to from $3.50 to $500 per session OF nine
months, OF which sums $40 TO 81 o are pay
able on admission. Session opens Oct. LIST.
For Catalogue address
CHARLES 8. NESABLE,
Chairman OF Faculty.
Pc, University OF Va. aug3
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THE Board of Relief, San Francisco,
distributed during the year $4,000 to
l4f cases, of which thirty two hailing
from New York received $l096.
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DAILY REGISTER
PERIOD. lSa. I 3S
MASONIC COLUMN.

GERRIr SMITH has suspended his at,
tacks on Masonry for the present, in
order to give more attention to what he
terms "The West Point Moi"
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DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost universally,

almost universally.
Nearly every other person you meet is a
victim, an apparently willing one; for were
this not the case, why 30 many sufferers,
when q certain, speedy and safe remedy Is
within the easy reach Of all who desire to
avail themselves oft. But the majority will
not. Blinded by prejudice, or deferred by
some other unexplained influence, they re-
fuse to accept the relief proffered them.
they turn a deaf ear to the testimony OF
thousands whose sufferings have been allie
Waited, and with strange infatuation, ap-
pear to cling with desperate determination
TO their ruthless tormentor. But says a dys
peptic: What Is this remedy to which we
reply: This great alleviator Of human suf-
feIing Is almost as widely known as the
English language. 1t has allayed the agonies
OF thousands, and Is to-day carrying COM
fort and encouragement to thousands ofoth-
ers. This acknowledged pannacea Is none
other than
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T,ustee's Sale of Real Estate.

t,JHEREAs, by VIRTUE OF TWO
Nv Deeds Of Trust, made and exc.
Md by Thomas Pendergrast and
GAIA SsTsa r., his wife, the first dated
the 2s,R asS d oee 81 V Ohio county, IN
~ nl. s Of Trust Book No. 2;page SIS, and CIV
IN secure the Workingmens Build
en- Association Of Wheeling the pay
Ing L,sni OF promissory note fer the SUN Of
ma bearing date on the 2lst day of Feb
sEW $50 and payable six years and eley-
rumonths after the date thereof, with in
Gu -, quarterly in advance; the second
n,ai the 18th day Of May, 1870, and record
o o. IN the Recorders office OF Ohio county,
srUn.sd OF Trust Book No. 8, page 81, and
~ wen 10 secure the said Association the pay
mi of a promissory note for $500, bearing
h.,a ON the 18th day OF May, 1870, and pay
us Siy wears and eight months after the
To- io,s thereof, with Interest pay able quarter
90 ga" in advance, the following described pro-
SE.rty was, on the nth day OF June, duly
Va according To law, at public auction,
so.I is 10 say: The following property, ly-
ssnssnd being on seventh street, between
Nm street and Zane street, in the city Of
ywSnsling, county OF Ohio and state of
Wsst Virginia, and known as the south one
balf OF lot No. 1886, OF the addition TO the
n,,y OF wheeling, laid out by Noah Zane,
HH'IIieI Steenrod and Others and, whereas,
tS;jnre Keller became the purchaser of the
"a :, nth one-half Of the above described
nroperty, for the sum OF $50 in cash, and
iEbs said Isidore Keller having failed and
ns6,sed TO comply with the terms OF said
sale, l will, on
saturday, the 10th day of August,
1871,
al, At rublic auction, at the front door of
Inc court House, in the city of Wheeling,
,Ss following described property, that is TO
say: The south one-half OF the south half
aflot No. 1876, heTeinbefere described; SAID
sonth half OF lot No. 1876, being divided by
A line parallel with the southern boundary
line. II, ,.
,nls as has come to me under the above
mentioned deeds Of trust.
TERMS OF SALE-CAsH.
J.F. UPDEGRAFF,
Trustee.
rvrrr.S MCSwoRps, Solicitors. jyl5
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ELECTION NOTICE.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
l appointed by the Governor, under au-
thOrity of the " Act to take the sense OF the
people upon the call OF a Convention and
organizing the same, passed February -,
ST." Commissioners TO superintend the
taking OF polls in Ohio county. hereby give
notice that polls will be opened at the usual
places Of voting in said county on tn 2ith
day Of August, 1871, for the purpose OF taking
the sense OF the voters of said county on
The question OF calling a Convention TO
alter the Constitution OF this State.
A. ]. PANNELL,
JOHN b. WILSON,
JOHN BISHOP,
iva Commissioners.
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Dr. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BIT
TIERS.

Would you know more of the merits OF
this wonderful medicine than can be learned
from the experience Of others? Try II your
sell, and when 1t has failed to fulfil the as
surance of its efficacy given by the pro-
prietor, then abandon faith In II.
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ScOurs in Colts.

A correspondent says one quart o.
wheat fed at two feeds, will cure scours
in colts if fed to the mare; or two eggs
fed in cut oats wi II effect a cure.
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DIR. JOHNSTON,

London, graduate from one OF the most EN-.
inent Colleges in the United States, aud the
greater part OF whose life has been spent In
the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, has effected some OF the most
astonishing cures that were ever known
Many troubled with ringing In the head
and ears when asleep, great nervousness
being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashful-
ness, withfrcquent biushing, attended some;
times with deragement OF mind, were cured
Immediately.
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BENEFICIAL ONLY

In all cases Of the hillary system. Hoofiand's
German Bitters stand without an equal,
acting promptly and vigorously upon the
Liver; they remove its torpidity and cause
healthful secretion OF bile-thereby supply
ing the stomach with the most indispensa-
BILE elements OF sound digestion in proper
proportions. They give tone to the stomach
stimulating its functions, and enabling IT
TO perform its duties as nature designed II
should do. They impart vigor and strength
to the entire system, causing the patient to
feel like another being-in fact, giving him
a new lease OF life.
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II z Il - - 81 4 g. --EE
tfTUS1 RECEIVED So aggS
10 Gross Frey's vermifoee. >
100 Boxes New Home" Soap.
+ cll0D - CASTLE SOAP
/ Is Gross Toilet Soap, assorted.
IS Mats Cinnamon NJ
.S15 Bags Grain Pepper. .r....
s @-Allspice.
- SMITHS, SINCLAIR q CO..
sprS < Wholesale Druggists.
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HOOFLAND'S TONIC

acts with almost marvellous effect. 1t not
only stimulates the tagging and wasting
energies, but invigorates and permanently
Strengthens Its action upon the Liver and
and Stomach thorough, perhaps less prompi
than the Bitters, when the same quantity
is taken is none the less certain. lndlges-
ton, Biliousness, Physical or Nervous Pros
tration, yield readily to its potent influence:
II gives the invalid new and stronger hold
upOn life, removes depression OF spirits, and
inspires cheerfulness. 1t supplants the pain
of disease with the ease and comfort OF per-
feet health. 1t gives strength to weakness,
throws dependency to the winds, and
starts the restored invalid upon new and
Gladstone career. But DR.. Hoofland's BEN
efactions to the human race are not con-
fined to his celebrated
GERMAN BITTERS,
or his invaluable Tonic. He has prepared
another medicine. which is rapidly win.
ming its way to popular favor because OF its
intrinsic merits. This Is
HOOFLANDS PODOPHYLLIN
PILLS,
A perfect substitute for mercury, without
any of mercury's evil qualities.
These wonderful Pills, which are INTENDED
IN act upon the Liver, are mainly composed
OF Podophyllin, or the
VITAL PRINCIPLE OF THE MAN.
DRAKE ROOT.
No household should be without them.
They are perfectly safe, require but two ior
an ordinary dose, are prompt and efnclent
in action, and when used In connection
with DIR. Hoofiand's German Bitters, or
Tonic, may be regarded as certain sPeci iio
in ali cases of Liver Complaint, dyspepsia,
or any OF the disorders TO which the system
is ordinarily subject. The
PODOPHYLLIN PILLS
art mon the stomach and bowels, carrying
Off inn roper distractions, while the Bitters
or Tonic purify the blood, strenthen and In
yigorate the frame, give tone and appetite
to the stomach, and thus build up the In
DR.. Hoofiand having provided interna
remedies fol diseases, has given the woIld
one mainly for external application, In the
wonderful pre- paration known as
DR.. HOOFLAND'S GREEK OIL.
This Oil is a sovereign remedy for pains
and aches of all kinds.
Rbeumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Chill
blains, Sprains, Burns, Pain In the BACK
and Loins Hi apgHi,eafjsn &C. The number O.
cures effected by it In astonishing, and they
are increasing every day.
Taken internally, 1t is cure for Heart.
burns, Kidney Diseases, sick Headaches
Collie, Dysentery, Cholera horb.s, Cramps
Pans In the stomach, Colds Asthma, &C.
the Greek Oil Il composed entirely Of
healing gums and essential oils The prin-
cipai Ingredient is an oily substance pro.
cured in the southern part OF Greece. lts
effects as destroyer OF pain are uuiy mag,
| ical. Thousands have been benentted by
| tn use. and trial by those who are skep.
| teal will thoroughly convince them OF III
THESE remedies win be sent by ex.
press TO any locality, upon application q
| the PRINCIPAL OFFICE, at the GERMAN
MEDICINE STORE, No. 81 ARCH 81.
| PHILADELPHIA.
CHAS. M,.EvANS, Proprietor.
Formerly c. M.JACKsoN 4 co.
7nese RsmsEa ore fov sole sy DruoFtk
S0skepws md AedSoHs Dsote's essyp"sT'
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FOR GAZE. 2.
FOR SALE

NJ LIGHT sPRINa WAGON AND
n ss, OF Harness, good as new, will bel
,SSId cheap, Apggy ..tiIvrRy srAR,E
Market street |
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DR.. HOOFLANDS GERMAN TONIC

has been specially prepared, 1t is intended
for use where slight alcoholic stimulant Is
required in connection with the we'll
known Tonic properties Of the pure Ger
man Bltters. This Tonic contains all the
ingredients OF the Bitters, but so favored as
to remove the extreme bitterness. This
PREPARATION is not only palatable, but com.
hines. in modified form, all the virtues OF
the German Bitters. The solid extracts OF
some Of Natures choicest restoratives are
held in solution by spirituous agent of the
purest quality. In cases OF languor or ex-
cessive debility, where the system appears
10 have become exhausted oft energies,
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M arietta College
MARIETTA. OHIO.

0IJE NEXT TERN, BOTH IN THE COLI
lege and Academy, will begin THURS
DAY MORNING, AUGUST 81.
In the Academy, students are thoroughly
prepared for College, and instruction is CIV
ca In all the branches of good English ed
ucation to those not desiring College
course.
For further information apply to !. w.
ANDREWS, President, or GEO. Il. GEAR,
Principal OF the Academy. ... jyG
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IRON CITY COLLEGE
Morgantewn Female Seminary.
Pittsburgh Female College.
Rev, I, G. Pershing, DID,, Pres't,

One of the leading schools for young la
dies HI the United States, Excellent build
ings, l4S feet in length Every private room
and hall and school-room carpeted. We'll
selected course of study. Twenty-Five
Teachers. Special Departments and Teach
ers for all the Ornamental Branches. -Four
Music Teachers. Native Teachers OF French
and German. Charges less than any ISckott
aDording equal advantages and dccoDnnodd-
tions FALL Term commences September D.
Send TO President Pershing, Pittsburgh, Pa /,
for a Catalogue. augs-u&w
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or BOXES PEARL STARCH,
10 20 Boxes Corn Starch,
. Sea Moss Farine,
~ Bakers Coco and Chocolate,
At LAUGHLIN BROTHERS & CO.,
apr6 Wholesale Druggists.
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THEY STAND UNRIVALED.

Now, there are certain classes OF persons
to whom extreme Bitters are not only un.
palatable, but who find II impossible To
such.
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For Sale Low.

S1yMBER OF BUILDING LOTS IN
A the sub-divisionssof the Joseph Oald-
q, estate. For terms apply to
yen Il, q. HUGHES, Real Estate Agent.
os,cs on Chapline street, between First
" second streets. SEsgg ss4.- N mara
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THEY PURIFY THE BLOOD,

cleansing the vital fluid OF all hurtful I'M
purities and supplanting them with the ele-
ments OF genuine healthfulness. In word
there is scarcely disease in which they
cannot be safely and beneficially employed
but In that most general prevalent, dis.
tressing and dreaded disease, Dyspepsia,
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TAKE EARTHQUAKE NOTICE.

Who have injured themselves by L certain
practice INDUCED IN when alone, q habit
or at school, the effects OF which are nightly
felt, even when asleep, and II not cured rem.
ders marriage impossible, and destroys 10th
mind and body, should apply Immediately.
What pity that a young man, the hope
Of his country, the darling OF his parents
enJoyments OF life by the consequences az
deviating from the path OF nature and In.
dulging In certain secret habit. such PER
sons must, before contemplating
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YOUNG MEN

Especially, who have become the victims o,
Solitary Vice, that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually sweep TO an nnttmely
grave thousands Of Young Men OF the most
might otherwise have entranced listening
Senates with the thunder OF e,oquence, or
walked 10 ecstacy the the thrilling Tyre, may
call with full confidenoa
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.Es3G RAL1TWORR, ND.
FICE-7sOUTH FREDERICK6 STREET
DIR. JOHNSTON

Has discovered the moss Certain, Speed
Weakness OF the Back or Limbs, 6trictureA
Affections OF the Kidneys and Bladder, In:
voluntary Discharges, lmpotency, Gene raj
Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, languor
Low Spirits, Confusion Of Ideas, Palpitstiop
Of sishf, Giddines., diseases Of he Head
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections OF the
Liver, Lungs, Stomach or Bowels-th0st
Terrible Disorders arising nom Selii,r,
Habits Of Youth-sDCREr and solitary prac.
ticee more fntal % their victims than the
sones OF Hyrena 20 the Mariners OF Ulysses
blighting their moat brilliant hopes or an,
ticipations, rendering marriage, DC, impos
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-29
Crawford County System.


The system Of making nominations
by direct vote of the people, is the
fairest and most honorable which could
be adopted, because it represents the
true idea of Republlcanism and self
government, and because, also the del
egate system IS corrupt, debased by
bad men, and without single feature
to commend it to the public confidence.
But whenever dishonest politicians hold
counties in their control, by the force
of the delegate system, they have been
loud in declaring the Crawford county
system of making nominations by a
direct vote of the people, a failure, and
that the Republicans of Crawford
county, where the system originated,
are disgusted with its operations. This
plea has been tried hundred times in
this county when an effort has been
made to introduce the same system here.
OF course there is no truth in the ale
cation, as is shown in recent election
for the purpose of testing in Crawford
county whether the mass of the Repub-
lican party are willing to confess they
are not fit to judge who shall be their
candidates for official position. At the
election referred to, the vote was, fol
repeal 81; against repeal in favor OF
the system, 1927. This may be con.
sidered an overwhelming majority IL
favor of the system in the county which
has used it the longest, having origi
mated it. The advocates of the propo
sition to introduce this system in Dau
phin county have now an argunen
which its opponents cannot answer. lie
these facts be well known to the mex
Republican county convention Stat
Journal.
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THE Fulton Republican sBys: "The
editor of the Valley Spirit, who raved
so feariully in the court house in Nc
Connellsburg last fall, and who declared
that, when the Democrats got into
power, they would abolish the Four
teenth and fifteenth Amendments, last
week took it all back, and swallowed
the negro wool, smell, social equality,
political equality, big heels, fiat noses,
and all at one gulp, and declared that
he felt better than he ever did in his
life before. But he beseechingly asks
his Democratic friends not to refer to it
again, as it creates nauseous feeling on
his stomach. Heavens! what a bitter
pill those editors had to swallow, who
were SO much afraid of social equality
They make wry faces, but come nobly
mp to the work."
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Ir is stated in New York paper that
the Ingcrsalls, famous builders Of row
boats, intend to present President Grant
with a neat little affair as specimen OF
their handiwork. 1t is to bear the name
of the Swan; is ten feet long BY three
feet eleven inches in width. There ale
nickle-plated row-lOcks, and oars worked
upon a new patent. In this charming
little arrangement the President will
take lessons at Long Branch in rowing
So says the paper from which we quote;
but we cannot help suspecting that the
suggestion of the present originated
with Greeley, and is intended as polite
hint that Salt River is still navigable
- Erie Republican.
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IT is announced, says the Chicago
Post, that small black worm has made
its appearance at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
which makes special diet on the larvae
of the potato bug. 1t is regarded as a
sign Of promise, if the worms will only
multiply in proportion to the bug, and
if they do, and effect thorough ezter,
mination, the next question will be
what is to eat up the worm? Nature
sometimes makes curious provisions
and perhaps that is one of them. The
farming community are ready to give
up the bug and take any reasonable
chance on a new pest, especially one
that will not regard the potato vine as
the most toothsome Of vegetation. Pas
along the worms!
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In Chicago the Sunday liquor law
excitement continues. The Germans
contend stoutly for the Sabbatical lager.
A Detroit man is trying to invent a
self-adjusting door-bell with six-shooter
attachment, for the benefit of peddlers.
Mrs. Anna Place, of Portland, Me-,
has lived to the age of 102 years. She
is the widow of revolutionary soldier
who enlisted in Lee, New Hampshire,
and served throughout the war, and she
row receives a pension from the govern
ment. She still retains her mental aud
physical faculties to remarkable de-
gree
Louisville can boast of confidence
operators only eight years old. A young
gentleman Of six who had invested in a
package of prize candy and drawn a
pair of Attleboro sleeve buttons was
swindled out of his jewelry by an
urchin two years older, who offered him
fabulous price for his prize, and per-
suaded him to hold a bundle of waste
paper for security while he went around
the corner to get the money.
FOREIGN.
A mulatto woman called Madam
Angelo has just walked 1000 miles in
England, in as many consecutive hours,
being the third person known who has
achieved this feat.
London, June 20.-A dispatch to the
daily Ne,os states that the report of the
attempted assassination of the Pope has
rot been confirmed. And that it is
probable that the report was spread fOT
some political purpose.