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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-05
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

SOiu lSo'ONEhS NOlISH'
Erasmus Rhodes I
rs. -,..,,
and others. J
In The circuit court Of Upslm county.
TElE PARTIES, AND ALL PERSONS
interested in the RbOye.namcd cause,
viii take notice that will, nj my Office in
the town Of BuckhannOn, Upshur county,
West Virginia, on the Goth day OF February
1872, proceed TO execute On order Of tue
said court, made In the said cause, Al the
October term, 1860, referring tho said cause
10 ono Of 'hc commissioners Of said court, 10
state and settle the accounts Of Aaron u.
Peterson, as administrator Of Nathaniel II.
Hannah, deceased, and rrpor, whether the
assets in his hands are sufficient TO discharge
all debts against the estate OF said dccedcnt,
and also to ascertain and report all the
debts and demands subsisting against said
deccdent, or his estate, together with their
prioritics, and also ascertain and report the
real estate which said dCcedcnt owned at
his death, liable 10 the payment of his debts
together with such other matters as the COM
missioner may deem pertinent, or the par
ties may require.
Witness my hand, this 9TH day Of Janu.
AIRY, 1872. W. g. l.. TOTTEN,
jan l5-it Commissioner.
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mn. NJ. B. CUMMINGS,

IL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office one door below Edwards store, Main
Street, Weston. ! can he found nj my Of
fee at all times when not professionally en-
gagged. Calls from the country promptly Mt
tended to. NJ. b. CUMMlSGS,A. D.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
To the Creditors OfW. G. piersOn,
jnnnosn1

IN PURSUANCE OF A DE-
cree Of the circuit court Of Lewis county,
made IN cause therein pending to subject
the real estate Of the said ". G.. PierSon to
the payment of his debts, you are required
to present your claims against the said ".
q. Picrson for adjudication TO VIM. l..
Huntington, commissioner, nj his office In
the said county, on or before the 18th day
February, 1872.
Witness, John G. Jackson, clerk Of said
co urt this 10Th day Of December, 1871.
janl-Gt
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

Salathiel u. Stalnaksr,
plaintiff,
rs.
Blackwell jackson, ad.
ministratOr Of Stephen
P. jackson, deceased,
Blackwell Jackson, Min.
ter jackson, Isaac jack
son, Nancy jackson.
Celic jackson, Elizabeth
jackson, Virginia Jack.
son, who intermarricd
with Atkinson,
James jackson, Ellen
Jackson, Edward Jack.
son and Susan jackson,
Hannah jackson, widow
Of S. P. Jackson, dc.
ceased, VIM. j. Rice,
Levi johnson, Alexan.
der johnson and Fran.
els VannOy, defend.
ants.
By DEGREES Of the Circuit Court ofGilmO
county heretofore rendered in the abov
styled cause, II was amongst other thing
provided, adjudged and decfCCd that TIL
cause be referred TO the Undersigned, Maste
Commissioner Of said Court, TO asCcrtni
the amounts Of the original judgment In fla
yOr OF the said Stephen I. Jackson agains
the complainant and others; the various pay
menS thereon, and by whom. made, and th
datCslof the same, and the application Ufsuc
payments, together with any matter dcemct
pertinent by the Commissioner, or require
10 be specially stated by any Of the parties
And by subsequent decree and order Q
said Court made In this cause rendered n
the August term, 1871 Il was ordered tina
the undersigned Commissioner publish In III
Weston DENOCRAr, public newspaper, pub
lishcd in Weston, Lewis county, for fou
weeks, the time and place Of taking an
stating the accounts between the parties, all
that snch notice shall be taken and held a
equivalent 10 personal service ofnotice TO til
parties thereto.
Notice Is therefore hereby given to all III
parties to this suit, that on the oath day {
February, 1872, at the law office Of Plemin
l. Bennett, in the town OF Glenyille, CLINE
county, | will proceed 10 execute the sal
reference Os required by said DEGREES q
which tiWC and place YOU Rre required I
attend. And II from any cause the said rel
crcuco is not fully executed on that day, th
execution lhercofwill be continued from da
to day, and time to time until the same
completed.
Given under my hand this 10th day {
January, 1917. n. NJ. BENNETT,
janl5'lt Master Commissioned
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We would not like to accuse the
authorities Of our old mother, Virginia,
for playing ruse, but it would seem
that in settling her financial troubles,
she seeks for Interior purposes to keep
open the adjustment Of the debt be-
tween herself and West Virginia. Her
creditors are importunatC for settle.
mcnt, and to ward them of, continual
allusion is made to :tho bad faith Of
Western Virginia.
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An exciting shooting affair took
place at Charleston, on Monday eve.
ming, the 22l inst, under the follow
ing circumstances: During the war the
lands Of John Clarkson, a wealthy
Virginian, were sold for taxes, and
yesterday he sued for their recovery.
During the progress Of tho trial, Clark
son called tho defendant, U. S. Mar.
shall Slack, a liar. Slack then struck
CIarksou, and a general melee cnsued,
in which seven shots were fred. The
room was small, and, over dozen per.
sons were present. Clarkson was shot
four times, one wound in the breast
being dangerous. All parties nrO
wealthy aud respectable, and the affair
causes great excitement. Mr.. Slack
has given $4,000 bail for his appear
ancc at Court.
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The Speaker announced as the spec.
ial committee on immigration MeSsrs.
White, of Marshal, McCOwn, West,
Lpgg aud Jordan.
Mr.. Rollyson, from the Committee
on Taxation and Finance, reported that
it was incxpedicrt to leglslaie on the
petition of Michael RAIDER, asking to be
released from the payment Of certain
money, Report adopted,
Mr.. Rollyson, from the Committee
on Taxation, &c, reported it inexpedi.
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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-19

servatives of this district to defeat Mr..
Sener, and yet, in spite Of all, he came
out of the canvass with victory. Not only
was his political record assailed by his
political enemies, but his private character
as well, and the most bitter invectives,
harsh denunciations, and inelegant COM
parsons were INDUCED in by the seven
Conservative newspapers in the district, as
well as by the party speakers, residents
and non-residents of the district, who can
vassed the district. And now that Mr..
Sener is elected to seat in the Forty
third Congress Of the United States, and
as he has been so ruthlessly assailed by
the opposition press and speakers, the ques-
ton will naturally arise where he is not
personally known, who is James y. Sener,
the member elect from the First district OF
Virginia? AS he will no doubt figure
conspicuously in the councils of the nation
for the next two years to come, propose
with your permission. to answer that ques-
ton.
Mr.. Sener is native of Fredericksburg,
Va, the town in which he now resides
born of humble, but highly respectable pa
rents, in 1897, and is now in his 35th year.
Upon third attempt he entered the Uni
versity Of Virginia as State student, where
he graduated with distinction. For two
years afterwards, in accordance with law
governing in such cases, he taught school,
at which profession he gained an enviable
reputation in the community where he
taught. During the two years he taught
school he was reading law and preparing
himself for the bar, and upon his retiring
from teaching was admitted to the bar,
having passed Almost satisfactory examine
ton. In the profession of the law he has
gradually risen, and is now admitted to be
one among, if not the most, successful
lawyers at the Fredericksburg bar, which
is second to none in the State, unless it be
that of Richmond.
Mr.. Sener is man of decided ability and
vigor of mind and intellect, and added to
these has indomitable will and perseverance.
He has overcome embarrassments and diff
culties under which most of men would
have sunk and given up in despair. Mostly
by his own exertions he has risen from an
humble mechanics son to the exalted posi-
ton of member of Congress, and we be-
lieve his star is Just beginning to rise. We
verify believe that the day will come when
the people will delight to honor him with q
still more responsible trust.
Two years ago Hon. r. @. L. Moncure,
presiding justice of the Supreme Court OF
Virginia, said of Mr.. Sener IL signed his
license as lawyer some ten years ago, and
remember that he stood an excellent exam
nation and made very favorable impress
sion upon all He is gentleman of talents
and ambition, capable of attaining, and no
doubt will attain, the highest honors of his
| profession.
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EvE'G, NOV. 10, 1872
rae LESSON OF the GREAT FIRE.

Everybody has say on this fruitful
topic, and much nonsense gets itself uttered,
Of course. But there are some aspects OF
the subject deeper than the reach of the
general thought which occasionally appear.
Nothing is clearer to the minds of all
practical engineers than the certain ultimate
destruction of every city in this country UNI
less radical measures of renovation are UNI
dertaken. Even ordinary minds ought to
comprehend the fact, that all the materials
used in building can be melted like ice in a
furnace.
The blow-pipe produces the highest heat
known, and burning building and high
wind gives us the blow-pipe, before which
iron and granite melt like wax. One-third
of city in wood, as was shown in Chica-
go and again in Boston, ensures the de-
struction of the rest. He who does
not take this lesson to heart is fool.
In former times the risks were vastly
less. We had smaller houses, less COM
bustble materials, no heavy ornamen-
tation Of Mansard roofs and the like.
We had no vast stores of intlamable ma
terial as now. True, we have vastly i'm
proved facilities for extinguishing fires in
their incipient stages. But their utter fee
bleness has been proved when confronted
with large fire. The remedy is radical
one, and is nothing less than complete
recasting of the plans of all great cities.
Washington approaches the true model, but
is susceptible of great improvement.
AS ship should be built with compart-
ments absolutely fire-proof, and separated
from each other by non.combustible parti.
tons, so a city should be divided into parts
separated by wide spaces. Then no struc-
lures must be built entirely of wood.
Buildings Of stone, brick and iron, with
slate or metal roofs might be safely finished
with wood, as the small amount Of COM
bustible matter in one place could never
generate large fire. OF course, all dam
gerous combustibles must be stored in de-
pots specially designed for them. With
these precautions fires could never become
extensive.
We think so much as this Is clearly
demonstrated by the great fires of the past
year. We look for decided depreciation
in real estate in all crowded cities and an
enormous increase of insurance rates, COM
pelling public attention to thorough
reform in building.
1t seems probable also that these fires
will increase the present healthful ten
dency to seek homes in rural villages
around great centres of trade. Whatever
tends in this direction, and thus scatters
these vast and dangerous accumulations Of
people over wider space, must result in ulti-
mate good.
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THE FREE SCHOOLS.

What is it that to-day promises most for
the future of the city? What is it that is
to pour wealth into its lap, bind around
its brow the most precious jewels, and
invest it with regal power among the cities
of the Sunny South? Not its railroads,
stretching their mighty arms to gather in
the wealth of the surrounding lands not
its great river laundering its complaint of
its unused power as it seeks the sea not
its manufactures, Transforming rude matter
in % thousand forms of use with cunning
brains and skillful hands.
All these are very great and noble, work.
ing wonders in their way. But there is
something richer far in promise, moro po-
tent for good thousand times, containing
in itself the fruitful germs Of vaster and
more varied industry, and prosperity
more dazzling than any that we have yet
conceived.
1t is in the free public schools of this
beautiful city, that we see the guaranty of
her splendid future. In Richmond the
poorest man can secure to his children as
good an education as the richest.
her school-houses are new and ample for
the accommodation of all the children.
They are cared for by Board of Educa-
ton, liberal, large-minded and enlightened,
and superintendent, capable. energetic
and devoted to the work, aided by corps
of excellent teachers, industrious and anx-
ious to improve. Whatever may have
been the case heretofore, no man need now
hesitate to come here for want of educa-
tional facilities for his children. We ask
our Northern exchanges to note this great
fact and place it to the credit of our city,
that provision is noro made for the thorough
education Of euery child free.
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THE HON. JAMES n. sENER

The Washington Republican contains the
following personal notice of our distin-
guished friend, recently elected to Congress
from the First Congressional district. Mr..
Sener deserves great credit for his gallant
fight. He represents the class who are to
carve out the future of Virginia, self.made
men, who come up from her farms and
workshops. The sons of her farmers and
mechanics are the hope of the State:
In the First district the contest was
warm and the excitement high, and yet it
proved itself to BIO the banner district Of
the State. The opposition in this district
was not SO much to General Grant and the
Republican party, as party, as it was to
James b. sener, ESQ.,, the candidate for
Congressional honors.
Never were there, perhaps, such efforts
putforth by any people to defeat man
for any office, az were made by the Con-
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.


1855
In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il ted States for the Eastern District of Yjr-
ginia.
In the matter of Jno. ]. Williams, bankrupt
In bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this l4th day of November,
1872.
To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Please take notice, that petition has been
presented to the Hon. John O. Underwood, Judge
of said District Court in Bankruptcy by
Emmel Crump, assignee of the estate of said
bankrupt, to sell the real estate belonging to
said bankrupt, free from all liens and incum-
brances thereon.
This is to give notice to all persons Interested
that in the terms of said petition an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all per.
sons who may be interested in said estate, to APP
pear before Register w. w. Forbes. at his Office
in the said city of Richmond, on the 9th day of
November. 1879, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and show
cause, If any they have, why such order should
not be granted.
EMMETT CRUMP,
no l4-2w Assignee
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
gnia.
In the matter of Thomas NJ. Embry, bank.
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this 10Th day of October
1872.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that a petition has been
presented to the Hon. John g. Underwood,
Judge of said District Court in Bankruptcy, by
q. l.. Pollock, assignee of the estate of said
bankrupt, to sell the real estate belonging to
said bankrupt, free from ali liens and incnm-
brauces thereon.
This Is to give notice to all persons interested
that in terms of said petition an order has been
issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all persons
who may be interested in said estate, to appear
before Register w. w. Forbes, at his office in the
city of Richmond, on the 9th day of November
1872, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and show cause if any
they have, why such order shoHld not be
granted q. L. POLLOCK,
90 25-F2w Assignee
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457S
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-That on the
l. .4th day of October, A. D., 1871. warrant
In bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of John
Powell. of Fairfax county and State of Virginia,
who has been adiudged a bankrupt on his own
petition That the payment of any debts, and
the delivery of any property belonging to said
bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the trans
fer of any property by him, are forbidden by
law That a meeting OF the creditors of said
bankrupt. to prove their debts and choose one or
more assgnees OF his estate, will be held at q
day of November, A. ID. 1872 at o'clock A NJ
DAVID b. PARKER,
oc 25-F2w U. s. Marshal
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SEWING MACHINES,
VyiE IMPROVED

vTyHE IMPROVED
SINGER SEWING MACHINE
THE BEST FOR ALL KINDS OF WORK.
Its sales indicate 1t;
Durability and Popularity prove It;
Its Work confirms it. .
1a9, SS3 sold in 1S70-44,s25 more than any other
company;
1871 ,260 sold in ls7l-52,73i more than any other
company.
OVER 700 COO MADE, SOLD, AND IN USEl
The Machine must stand upon its own merits
Call and examine it.
SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED.
MADAME DEMOREST'S CELEBRATED
PATTERNS for ladies' and childran's clothing
and gentlsfnen's under garments.
SHAFFER s. STRONG,
NH lO-d&wts 1908 Main street
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District OF Viz


TN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District Of yir-
gina
In the matter of w. G. Davidson, assignee, &C.,
vs.. Edgar McKenney, bankrupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the 3lst day of October, 1872.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that petition has
been, to witt on the Slst day of Oct'r, 1872, filed
In said District Court by Edgar Mckenzie, of
Caroline county, in said district, who has been
heretofore duly declared bankrupt, under the act
of Congress entitled "An act to establish q
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States," approved March ID, 1867, for a
discharge and certificate thereof, from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act,
and that the 10th day of Novr 1879, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, before w. w. Forbes, one OF the reg
listers of said court in bankruptcy, ut his Office In
Richmond, IN said district, is the time and place
assigned for the hearing of the same, when and
where You may attend and show cause, If any
you have, why the prayer of the said petition
should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings OF tho creditors of said bank
rupt will be held at the same time and place.
w. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy
no l-F2w for Sd Congl Dist. of Va.
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TN THE plsrRlc as' COURT OF THE Uni,

TN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE UNI,
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District OF Vir-
ginia e,.t
In the matter OF Henry w. Quarles. bank
rupt- In bankruptcy.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
The undersigned, Jacob Cohn, of Rich
mond city, Virginia, aud David X. Mum, Of
Louisa county, Virginia, hereby gives notice Of
their appointment assignees OF the estate of
Henry w. Quarles, OF vac .ounty of Louisa
In said district, WDn was, on the
2oth day of Sept'r, A. u. 1879, adjudged bank.
rupt on his own petition by the District Court
of said district. rE
Dated Richmond, Oct. 10. 1879.
JACOB COIN,
ID, r. MUM,
oe s0--Wsw Assigs,ses,
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter Of John J. williams, bankrupt
lin bankruptcy.
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
Emmett Crump, of Richmond, in the county
OF Henrico and State of Virginia, hereby gives
notice of his appointment as assignee Of
the estate of ]. j. Williams, of the county Of
Brunswick, in said district, and who was, on
on the lst day of Octr, A. D. 1872 adjudged q
District Court of the United States for said dis
trict.
Z Dated Richmond, the Sth day of Nov'ber, 1872
EMMETT CRUMP,
no 6-F3w Assignee.
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1854
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
lTED STATES for the Eastern District Of Vfr.
ginia.
In the matter Of William Brent, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
To whom 1t may coneern-The undersigned,
Ro NJ Mayo, of Westmoreland county, Va,
and VIM. Flegenheimer, Of Richmond city, Va,
hereby give notice OF their appointment, as
Lancaster county In said district who was on
the 2sth day of Sept, A. D., 1879, adjudged
Bankrupt on his OVID petition by the District
Court Of said district.
Dated Richmond, November I'd. 1874
VIM. FLEGENHEIMER,
RO. M, MAYO,
no 2-S3w Assignees
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of Wiz.
ginia.
In the matter Of William H. Macon, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
10 Whom 1t May Concern-The undersigned.
J. A. Lynham, of Richmond Virginia, hereby
gives notice of his appointment as assignee OF the
estate of VIM II. Macon, of Hanover CO.. in
said district, who was, on the 10th day of October
A. D., 1879, adjudged a bankrupt on his own
petition by. the District Court Of said district
Dated Richmond, November 7, 1879.
j. A. LYMAN,
no9-Saw Assignee.