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The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-05-25

THERE are already thrccor four fist elias,
uote.- IN this City, aud any number Of
bOa..ins house,
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THg SYHNgs CREEK AND DAYTON RAILROAD.
In answer to the hundred enquiries that arc
almost daily making. concerning the certainty
of the above named road being built, ~ what
time IL will be commenced, Sc, We will briefly
inform our readers that the construction of the
road Is q fixed fact; the necessary amount o f
money has been subscribed the stockholders
held a meeting at Hillsborough some weeks
ago, elected Directors, aud organized gllO
shares were represented. Tho dnal survey o T
the road has been commenced on the opposite
side Of the river and IL is the intention 10 push
the work forward to completion n rapidly "a.
possible. Every effort will be made by all par
ties concerned to expedite tho work. 40 tina,
the road may be in running order, from Hun
unston to Dayton, by the lat Of January, 1874.
or sooner.
We believe that more than twelve months
will not elapse, Gro trains will be- running over
the track 10 llillsborough. Ohio aud pr,ba.
bly,, to Now Vienna and in less than one vesr
/ from this date, Huntington, fsoush now but "a
few months old, will be city Of ten thousand
/ inhabitants.
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ron anything you VAN, g. To- Russell &
Miller
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Fos good Flour call on Russell & Miller.

Jusr received, 20 tubs of Western Re.
serve butter HARPER ~ WEBB
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As lvrEvira.-A few days aeo. We hal
mr pleasure or bsins interviewed by Senator
Kline. of this district. and Mr.. Thornburg.
both oi Barbour.viilc. in this county. whom
w. found to boz splendid specimens of She true
gentleman, and With whom We wore pleased TO
become acquainted.
Many other olifieuis from Ohio. Kgntusky.
and elsewhere. have called upon us since our
arrival horo, from ali OF whom we b,yo re-
ceivod great encouragement iu our now l1el.
zion. Among ihr number who have called, wo
may nsno Mr. Campbell Of Aberdeen, Ohio .
SIR. willis G.. WOODROW, OF HIl.barough Mr.
Miller. Of Washington. Ohio. aud many otbors.
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J0s. PnSISG.-Porspu. wishing 90 ireve
any description Of Job Printing d1no in CO..
very best manner and Unreasonable prices. con
have IL executed 1t thi. Office ~ short notice
md at Cincinnati prices.
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Fon beautiful croqust sct.. only s. 90, call
On Russell & Miller.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-25
9itltn1ond nispatel..
WEDNESDAY,. -. DECEMBER 25, 1875
letter from, Petersburg.
ICorrc pondcucc OF the Richmond Disr,aich.l

ICarrc, pontcucc Of the Richmond Dispatch.]
PETERSBURG. December "a.
The day has been intensely cold, with a
>hqrn wind blowing a: times from the frozen
North and All occasional spit OF snow. Not
wilh,EIndinS these inclcmencies Of the day.
ihc streets have hcen filed with moving
rhrouC very unusually large, in which were
many ladies'. preparing for Christmas, and
tho railroad trains going IN every direction
were crowded 10 their utme>t capacity. In
fact, there are unnSual evidences Of anima-
nation. An old merchant SAYS there has
never hcr.n such . brisk or profitable season
in thc @itv since the cloSc OF the war. Satan
Hl>o i.nds mischief for his own hands to do.
and. along with the hustle of the streets, the
r.o;se urthe Squibs and the horn, may also be
heard The Bacchanal's halloo, and the other
loud cries wherein Christmas IN the JoYial
bones finds expression.
asst night Mr. William S. McCance. bag.
rare agent. while driving his wagon down
lu.A stree; struck against pile of stone left
Il, The stree, authorities where the hands
lad @ccn merchandising, and was overturned
AND severely bruised. Mr. James Turner.
WHO was with him. received also some ugly
Injuries about he arms and face.
There viii he the usual appropriate Christ
tra> exercises in the Catholic and Episcopal
churches tomorrow. Ecv. Il. \. Siedd will
also preach in the Markct-Strcet Methodist
Fui,coVal church In She morning. ! have
ut heard Of any other appointments for
lgjimas exercises.
Five men (ucCro1S}. sentenced 10 the PEN
Hcr!mry for various fences and for varions
jc,.4>. left The city this morning in charge OF
ii guard Of police.
some curious instances have occurred Of
re INSTRUMENTATION OF people who expected
~ >.yJ! the wLorcwitAai Of celebrating
Christmas. and who, instead. have been sent
- isl! Tor different periods Of confinement.
IN" large building on Tabb street, for
l4..sy Used a. riiices for SUndly professional
-.&,ieHs"n. Jas becn engaged and is being
;-.u.Tc3 Tor occupancy by tl!c Club some
1.@" >:Erc organized, Of wliich nr. j. Her
. .r., Claiborne is the president.
II was decided at meeting Of the official!
fody Of he TAhb-S;rcet Presbyterian church,
.eia Yesterday, 10 withdraw the cali recently
rendered Rev, DR.. Wiihcr>poon to the pas
.@>@!p OF that church. in view of the fact
t..4;ihc condition OF Or. VS. health will not
Init of hi~ acceptance till after his return
com projected voyage 10 Europe.
send the Christmas greetings of our city
g. IL" Dispatch and is MANY readers.
RODIS AnAIE.
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4 NEGLECTED SOURCE OF FooD.-Dr. Muter,
in the pages Of the Food Journal, calls atteD-
ton to what he terms Il neglected source OF
food. Some time ago, while investigating
cocoa by means Of the microscope, he dis
covered al ingredient employed by way Of
adulterltion to which he could give no name.
Subsequently he had q sample of substance
offered al the Mark Lane Exchange as IN ar
ticie of food for cattle forwarded to him for
analysis. 1t now became necessary to deal
with the matter seriously, and so further
microscopic investigation led to the dis
coyery that the mysterious ingredient was
simply the -four Of the African pea, or earth
nut. Dr.. MGtcr declares, however, that the
bean Of this peanut is an excellent sub
stance, which, iDstetd of being used only as
food for cattle, or by some adulterators more
enlightened than their neighbors, should lie
everywhere recognized us marketable artl-
Gle OF human diet.
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TIE Brooklyn TABERNACLE.-The new
and spacious structure known as the Taber-
nacle, situated on Schcrmerhorn street near
| Third avenue, Brooklyn, Of which Rev. L.
| De Witt Talmage, l.. d., was pastor, and
which Was totally destroyed by fire on sun
| dry morning, was a huge wooden frame
covered over inside and outside with thin,
corrugated sheet iron. Its exterior shape
was q,utdr atel%l, with a tower at the
| southwest corner Of the porch, fronting OH
| Schcrmcrhorn street. In this tower hung
the bell. which weighed 1000 pounds. The
| interior was semi-circular. presenting the ap.
pcarancc fan amphithcatrc. The roof was
supported by a number of slender wooden
columns. All the pewS were on the floor
there being no gallery. The building was a
novelty in church architecture, and was sup
posed to be tioroughly protected againstany
of the ordinary probabilities of danger from
| fire. 1t was capable Of seating $500 people
| with room III the aiSics for 800 more.
The organ was Il magnificent instrument
| built for and used nj tie first musical jubilee
! IN Boston. Us original cost was $4,000
| but il WAS procured Tor the Tabernacle after
| it had completed its service IT the Jubitct
for $4,000. The church building and lot
on Which it was situated cost 100000, o
which 50 geo was paid for the lot. leaving
about $4,000 Is tic cost OF the building
| The furniture and fixtures, exclusive OF The
organ, were estimated At about $4,000; al
| OF which Is total loss.
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Postal ArFAIRs-The post-ottice at Deep
Creek, Norfolk county, Va, Is discontinued,
as is also the post-o'ilce at Lebanon, White
Sulphur Springs, Augusta county, va, there
being no candidate ior the vacant office in
either ease. Charles ]. Johnson i>appoln!cd
postmaster ut l!ardwicksyilie, Nelson county,
Va, rice c. Z. RIkc$, resigned. ). {. Payne
is appointed postmaster at Grccnway, Nci-
son county, Va, rice Eliza Scruggs, resigned,
A post-otiive is rec Established at Rappahan-
mock Academy, Caroline county, Va, on the
route from Fredericksburg to Tappalau-
mock; also, at Isle Of Wight, Isle of wight
county, on the route from Sml:htield to
lions station, with Charles H. Hart as post
master also, at hcnt's Mills. Wythe county,
Va, on the roa;e from Lynchburg to Brl:-
toI, with George Ii. Faster postmaster also,
at Holy Neck, Nansenond county. Va, with
G. 4. Apple postmaster: also, at Reynolds
Store, on the route from Kanawha to Spen'
Ger, W. Va, with j. 4. Reynolds postmaster
The post-ollice at Mount Salem, Putnam
county, W. Va. is discontinued. David a.
Burgess is appointed postmaster ct Lumber
port, Harrison county, ". Va, r%cs ). VI.
Iiorncr, resigned.
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How Hfsrogrgs Ane Errrrns.--In the
course OF Mr. Fronde's reply TO Father
Burke and others who have criticised Ills
historical accuracy he gives an interesting
and INSTRUCTIVE account of how a historian
works and tue magnittideof bis labors. This
texhibit, not apoogetical but explanatory,
should make readers more charitable than
Ithey are Wont to be If they detect ever so
slight m error In the author. The wonder
is, as IN Typography, not that mistakes occur.
but that 30 few occur. Mr.. Frou(le says:
SMs history Of England has been COM
posed from perhaps 5000 documents, nine
tenths Of them In difficult Mss, aud In half
dozen languages. I have been unable to
trust printed copies, for the MSS. often tell
stories which the printed versions have con-
cealed. l have been unable to trust copy.
ists. have read everything myself. I have
made my own extracts from papers which
might never see a second time. I have had
to condense pages into single sentences, to
translate, 10 analyze, and have had after
wards to depend entirely Off MY own tran.
scripts. Under such conditions it is i'm.
possible for me to answer that no refer
ence has been misplaced and no inverted
comma fallen to the wrong words. I
have done my best to be exact, and no
writer can undertake more. In passing from
my notes to my written compositions. from
my compositions to print, from one edition
TO another, the utmost care will not prevent
mistakes. 1t often happens that half letter
is in one collection and half in another
There will be two letters from the same per-
son and the same place, on the same subject,
and on the same day. One may be among
the State, papers, another in the British
Museum. I will not say that passages from
two such letters may not at times appear in
my text as if they were one. A critic looks
Mt the reference, finds part of what I have
said and not the other, and Jumps at the
conclusion have invented if. or course l
don't complain of faults of this kind being
pointed out. am obliged to any one who
will take the trouble. l do complain that
when am doing my utmost to tell the truth
I should be charged so hastily with fraud /
referred and l refer all such accusers to a
competent tribunal of impartial persons, &C.
customed to deal with historical documents,
who understand the conditions under which
4 work like mine Can be composed, and will
know, When a passage seems to lie unsup-
ported, when to look for the evidence and
where to find it. More than this will never
condescend to say on the subject OF my his.
torical yeracity. 1t is my lust word. But /
will not allow that have been convicted, as
Father Burke calls ii, till have been pro-
perly tried"
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New C1yIL-RIGHTs BILL.-A rev civil
rights bill, with a general amnesty bill at
tached. has been introduced by Representa-
tive Morey, of Louisiana. 1t provides penal
ties for the rejection of any citizen by reason
of race or color from the full and equal en-
i,vment of the advantages ard privileges
furnished by inn-keepers, common carriers,
theatres, common schools, and other inStltu-
tons of learning supported by general taxa
ton. Private schools, colleges, and cemc-
teries established exclusively for white or
colored people, and maintained by voluntary
contributions, are not to be intcrfercd with.
Provision is made for the annuIment OF all
laws and ordinances making Determinations
against any citizen by the use of the word
"whitc.'' The amnesty section completely
removes all political disabilities, ana it would
relieve Congress from numerous applications
for special relief bills for the benefit OF per
sons whose claims may be di>a!loWed.-
Washington Chronicle.
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jv9GE DUHELL's SUPPRESSION OF TIE
NV ORLEANS TImEs.-A special telegram
1.-THE New York Herald, dated New Or
]! ;nS. December q, says:
: The uou-appearancc OF the Times thl7
lagAjng aud the announcement in the other
a,rrS Of its Suspension last evening, !y
u,i.: cf Judge nuTel, hcs caused fresh
',9>t ui indignation anon" the citizens OF
Nv Orleans not confined 10 those bcionSiaS
+, The present dominant party. This inter
lr..acc with the liberty Of the press, as We'll
g. tic rights OF The citizen, with, rs !; APP
u.Uvd. only an er pGrtc statement 10 jNStlS
II. A.ought into view the possible aniinus
~lich u-at guide such u>urpatIon. Th"
l", .'irttion Of Il fac simite OF Judge Du-
= = signature 10 the order taking passes
,.t1 " the state-tIonse, in which there
"s> clearly Intended TO be suggested
,a app"al from Philip drunk to
i,..i9 sOher.' and the severe and caU>tc
tg~ itie> continued from day 10 day IN the
jaGsS upon Judge DurcIPs course in the
present. crisis, are taken TO furnish motive
'.11gh for his action yesterday. Inc ItncS
o.,i.c to-day is closed, the entire stan having
G-s.:,cl the building aud left ii III the pos
,r,joa Of the United States officers. A notice
@;,.us on the front door TO the effect taat
u.s.. Nf'Ilqy 1iHIcS " III "" io7aSt 'o-iAi Wv
~ IS camp street. whittier, upon lhScS-
T,alion, in an almost unfinished lcff, the
NOS was found to have been temporarily
.nnrl. 4 few Idle luiterers ling"r i'll front
90. ne old quarters, pecrin5 Occasionally III
H. J,:r windows bat Is no one Is Visible tneir
.*.>iac,ion is not much. Pending the conti1u'
rrcc Of Judge Durel's order, u paper under
TINS tile, No Tines, will be published from
Iii, No by Messrs. eX-Jrdge Alexander
Walker and Edward {. Hancock, late asso-
ri'tr editors of the New Orleans Times. AS
"a" oI,ct - the feeling Of Indignation among
lie citizens which spoke OF above, there
&.c nlany who rejoice at this action Of Judge
IJU"cll, which they sti4matizc 4, utterly un-
worthy judge Of the Supreme Court in
'll- permitting personal rancor TO influence
jIfi,,I action, as they contend be has, and
r"-a:i this mai apr0p65 movement of his as
r..!i!n to stimulate hrs colleagues 1T WASH
tH-tpu t. sclI ore of their number here,
tr2 ne dignity OF the In.tcd States beuca
my te yiad!cated and rcspec; for il restored.
Sc sympathy o. the people, natural enough
under tie circumstances and in the present
Il nicuily, WAS a5uEdantiy shown al day In
the rash Of advertisers for to.inorrow's issue,
WITCH was far in excess, owing to the neces-
ssrily contracted form Of the paper"
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MARRYING UNDER UNCOMMON DIFFICULTIE

MARRYING UNDER UNCOMMON DIFFICULTIES.
From tie Savannah (Ga.) Republican, De-
ccmhcr 49, All the old romance of print
tive d,ys has not been wholly crushed be-
meath the mould by the fright.ul redoml-
nance OF mercenary matches that stand re-
corded against this commercial age. Occa-
sionally golden vein crops out, pure enough
to deserve place in the specimen cabinet OF
the antiquarian. \ specimen has recently
been found in the mountains OF West W.
giEia. The lover Of young girl, living
somewhere below Wheeling. was arrested
for DEMONSTRATING. The girl, fearing that lie
would be convicted and sent to the penite!l-
tiary, determined 10 90 with him. She set
lire 10 Il School-hoiSe and for this arson was
herself sentenced for two years. When the
trial OF the young man came oil he was &C
quilted. The girl was in the pcnientlary
Finally, Governor jacob interviewed, signed
her pardon, and set her free to so and lind
her lover, for whom she had suffered SO
much.
Another specimen has been recently dis
covered in Marshall county, Tenn. A young
couple We're engaged, but the match was bit
terly opposed by the girls family. She
clipped, and the couple, on their way to the
minister, We're ambushed by her brothers.
! The lover was fatally wounded, and the girl
brutaiIy beaten because she refused to leave
the side of the wounded man. The young
man WAS carried TO Il relatives house. and
| the girl married her dying lover. The wife
OF The wounded man has soicmniy pledged
herself to do all in her power to procure the
| conviction of the inhunan ScOundre!S, and
us she alone witnessed The tragedy her te>ti-
mony is Of vital Importance. Such instances
| are refreshing.
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"EsCArED From SING.SING."-If anything
cnut; eclipse the systematizcd daring which
marked the exodus of John REILLY and
Robert L. Hopsood alias Lyons from Sing.
Sing prison about two weeks ago, when, on
the strength Of bogus telegram, they sent
the warden and clerk to New York, and thus
made themselves masters OF the situation, ii
is the audacity erinced by Sophia Lyons,
wife OF the laSt-namcd convict, who escaped
from the female prison on Thursday eve
ming. As in the case Of her husband, the
manner Of getting away had been well
planned, and all possibilities Ct Illustration
duly considered and provided for.
jAc woman Lyons, together with another
female convict, was employed in the cult
nary department of the prison, and i'll that
capacity was not accustomed to lie locked up
so early in the evening rs the other inmates.
Shortly after nightlall OH the day named a
vehicle drove TO the prison, and the driver
! alighting, knocked loudly at the door. The
summons was answered by Mrs. Lyons, who
taking 4 basket CT frui. from the visitor.
handed it 10 her companion, saying that IT
contained dclcacicS for the hospital, and re-
qucStcd her 10 take il up stairs forthwith
The other woman, not suSpecting anything
wrong, left to deliver the package, and in IN
instant afterwards another female convict,
who happened to be near the door, saw the
stranger throw Il cloak over the shoulders OF
Mrs. Lyons and lift her bodily into the car
riag", which then drove rapidly from the
scene. IT is said that all alarm was immc-
dNictv given, but all efforts to ovcrtako the
luyitiyc> were unavailin|.
Sophia Lyons had served about one year
OF her second term in the prison for grand
larceny. She belongs to family which ap-
pears to be stepped in crime, herself and hus.
band being at this moment escaped tclons,
while her mother is still undergoing SEN
tcnte in the prison, her son eXpiatlnS his
crimes in Il similar institution in Connecticut,
and Il daughter ut present enjoying tao hosii-
t,!iliCs Of Backwel's Isiand.-Ncl1 York
Suu9GN HcrnlI
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Bound, GAGGED, AND ROBBED OF FIFTEEN
HUNDRED And Forty DoLLARs.-[ From the
Scranton (Pa.) Republican, 18th. IA most
daring robbery and cruel treatment of the
inmates Of the house was perpetrated on
Friday night near Carbondale. As near as
we could ascertain, the following are the
particulars of the affair: son Friday night
last between the hours Of II and II O'Clock
six masked men went to the house OF An
thonv Battle, merchant living on the turn
pike, in the suburb Of Carbonate, about 200
feet from 'Old Lookout Three of them
entered the house, while three remained out
side as spies, we suppose. The bedroom oc-
cupied by Mr.. Battle and his wife is on the
floor with the store. This they entered. and
found Mr.. Battle and bis wife in bed. They
told them to make no noise nor give an
alarm, or they would kill them. Mr.. Battle
showed fight, and struggled manfulIy. But It
was useless. He was struck on the head with
the butt end of arevolyer, stunned, secured,
and gagged. His wife was also bound and
gagged. They then went up stairs, where Il
servant girl and q nephew of Mrs. Battle
were sleeping, bound and gagged them.
Having all in the house completely at their
mercy and past giving alarm-and it would
amount to nothing If they had, as the house
was some distance from any othcr-they re-
turned to Battle and demanded of him to 60
tothe store and open the safe. He knew it
was useless to resist, as lie was completely in
their power and accedcd to their demand.
While he was going there and during the
time he was unlocking the safe two revolyers
were pointed at his head and one at his heart.
The safe was opened, and they took there
from $500 in currency, two $50 gold pieces,
and gold watch and chain. After getting
their booty they left, leaving Mr.. Battle in
the storeroom bound.
"Mr. and AIrs. Battle are badly injured
Mrs. Battle is confined to bed from the inju-
RIGS, received. Mr.. Battle is man about
forty-tiye years Of age. The burglars have
been traced as far as this city,
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M AVOID CONsUMPTION.-N

III AVOID CONSU MPTIO Mo
enemy to the human race IS to be dreaded and
Is more Insdous in It's approaches than the too fatal
destroyer OF health and happiness Of myrads CON
sumption In It's CHASTITY form" The duty Of ell Is
to guard against lis fret advances. This may be done
by the timely use of DR.. TUFTS EXPECTO-
RANT.
BOSTON, February 0, 1s7O.-D'. Tut: Dear Slr,--
VIII YOU please inform me Of what druggist In New
York can get your EXPECTURAAT. as can Use
some Of 1t to advantage having seen the effect OF Ii
on friend of mine. fully satisfied that IL las
but to he tried establish its merits. II works like
magic. What IS your wholesale price delivered III
New York? Let me know where It can tie had Tor
the present In New York, and will communicate
further with you ut another time Very truly yours
w. II. BARRON, &c Summer street.
DIR. TUFTS n AIR-DYE Is sold everywhere.
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