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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
DIR. SchOcppe and Miss Stei-
nccke'S Will.

1t is announced that DR.. Paul
Scheppc intends to file a caveat in
the proper court at Baltimore to that
will executed by the late Miss Stei
necke, Of Carlisle, which bequeathed
the principal portion of her large
property to her relations, DIR.
Seheppe. Immediately after the
death of Miss Steineke, in 1868, filed
a evil and testament" of a later
date which devised the whole of her
property to himself That latest will
was witnessed by DR.. Scheppe and
his father. According to law he can
not inherit one cent under it. As
every lawyer knows. or ought to
know, though legatee may attest
the will-that is, sigr it as witness
that it was duly executed-such le-
gatee forfeits any legacy left to him
or her by said will, He or she may
be executor though also witness to
a will cannot inherit a cent under it.
Consequently DIR. Paul ScAeppe can
not inherit any Of Miss Steincck' S
property by virtue of a will attested
By himself. even if the authenticity
of the document were above all sus-
picion. 4 witness cannot be lega-
tee. That is the law, which does
not seem to be clearly understood in
Baltimore or Carlisle. philadelphia
Press.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
The bankrupt Law and Home
sled Exemption.

The Danville Register makes the
following report of Judge Rive's re
cent decision in the Homestead
case:
In Re. Allan L. Wylie Bankrupt, !
In Bankruptcy.
In Re. Allan L. Wylie, Bankrupt. !
In Bankruptcy. I
In the allowed styled cases. which
were heard upon the detitions of the
Bankrupts for the allowance of 81, 900
exemption under the amendment to
the Bankrupt act, passed by Con-
gress on the Sth day of June, 1872.
giving Bankrupts the exemptions al
lowed by the laws of the States, of
their hOmicil. on the lst January
1871, his Honor, Judge Alexander
RIves, after patiently hearing long
and exhausting argument of council,
decided. on Saturday last, that such
exemptions could not be claimed by
Bankrupts against creditors holding
liens by judgment or otherwise or
SiNOiNOASs
who were such prior to the adoption
of the present State Constitution, on
the 9th of July, 1872. The Judge
declined to express any positive opin>
ion as to the time. when the home
stead clause of our Constitution be
car efectual, but in the course of
his opinion threw out some pregnant
suggestions on this subject for the
consideration of the State courts and
bar. We shall probably lag Judge
Rives' opinion in full before our rea :
derS in our next issue. In the mean
time, it gratifies us much to be able
to say. that from the bar generally,
and from all persons capable of judg-
ing, We hear encomiums of the most
flattering character to the manly tone
and mastery legal ability, which
distinguished his Honor's opinion,
and the high sense ofmoral ObIiga.
ton which pervaded it throughout
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
Growth Of Huntington West
Val and It's suburbs.

1.-The grasping corporations of men
and money from other States" sOwed
the seed of prosperity here. where the
fertility of the soil badc it grow, and
amid the shouts of a mixed multitude
from a hundred localities, one year
from the date of our incipiency, we
count nearly three hundred lots sold
at prices ranging from $3.50 to
$4,000. About one-half Of these lots
have. been built upon by their new
occupants. Old rail fences have been
removed and in their stead we find
panel and lattice enclosures sur
rounding large business houses and
fine mansions which woulu be a cred.
it to many of our river cities of an
cient date. Where two years ago
stood straw stacks and cow-pens of a
supposed to-be-fnished country, now
stands in their stead first class hotels
filed with guests aud capitalists from
every nation. The prosperity of
Huntington, commenced one year
ago, has not been surpassed by any
town on the Ohio river.
Around the passenger depot we
find another town rapidly growing to
supply the demand of the hundred
passengers who will soon be landed
there each day from Richmond and
the Lexington aGd Big Sandy rail-
road. Still further below, in the vi
cinity of the lower eud of the incor,.
porated limits, we see arrangements
for an immense bridge crossing the
Ohio river to give passage to. the
Southern Ohio railroad. Here is an
other town of several hundred inhabi-
tants, adding to all the aforesaid a
sufficient population to claim now
for Huntington at least two thousand
five hundred people, fifty stores, a
score of lawyers and doctors. tin
shops. planning mills. wagon shops,
and everything calculated to make a
self--sustaining place.-HmtinstOn
Independent.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
A Horrible Murder i'm Charles.
tnUi

A dibolical murder was commits
ted on Meeting street. Charleston,
South Carolina, 'ast Monday evening.
Trial Justice L. |. Woolf shot and
instantly killed Mr.. Henry NJ. Per-
rim, a quiet and inoffensive person,
originally a citizen of New York. -
The parties being engaged in
friendly dispute, Woolf called Perrin
id blagaard Perrin got up.
and it is said. in sort of familiar
way. struck Woolf on the nose. :
Captain Hendrics of the police force.
then got between the two in order to
prevent a difficulty. Hendricks talked
to Woolf and Gained him down.
Woolf went into a restaurant, ane
Hendricks stepped in to light his ci-
gar. While he was standing there.
Wolf passed out. Some one told
Hendricks that Woolf intended to
shoot Perrin, wheieupon he went to
the door. AS he got there he heard
a pistol shot. Perrin Immediately
came to him and said Hendricks,
let me have your cane" which was
refused him.
h Perrin then went back to where
Woolf and Robt. a. Messy. a colored
man. were standing. in front of Cor
bin & Stones office, about twenty
yards distant from the restaurant
door. No sooner had he got here,
when another pistol shot was heard
Hendricks went to the place whence
the sound proceeded, just in time to
prevent Woolf from firing a third
shot, by wrenching the pistol from
him. Wolf then drew sword cane.
but in the meantime. in fact. as soon
as the second shot was fired, Perrin
had sunk down to the sidewalk, say
i.lg, with a choked utterance, "O5
nv God. am shot," and died at
once. w Golf was arrested and taken
to the guara-house. .a ,lBI13
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

A queer country is China; coun-
try where roses have no fragrance
and women no petticOats; where the
laborer has no sabbath and the magis-
trate no sense of honor; where the
roads bear no vehiles and the ships
no keels; where old men fly kites and
the needle points to the South /;
where the place of honor is on the
left hand and the seat of intellect is
in the stomach; where to take off
your hat is an insoleut gesture and
to wear white garments is mourning ;
which has a literature without an al
phabet and a language without a
grammar. ....-.- e...
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
Adventures Of a Dane in Res
cuing his Sister from the
Clutches Of an Unframed
Brighamist.
(From the Carson Register, Sept. ~


Andrew Smith, Dane. about TWEEN
ty-two years of age, resident of Car
son Valley, hearing that his sister was
held In durance viien in Sanpete,
Utah Territory, by Mormon, to whom
she was sealed" man having two
other wives, left Mottsville some three
months since with the intention of
rescuing his sister from the clutches of
the " Lords Amounted" Arriving in
Utah, he stopped at Sanpete some
time, making believe his presence
there was merely for the sake of pay
ing his sister visit, in order to allay
any suspicion that might be raised in
regard to his real intentions. At the
time the Mormon Conference was be-
ing held in Salt Lake City he prevail
ed upon the man by whom his sister
was held to let his three wives $50 he
called them) accompany him (Smith)
TO Salt Lake City to attend the Confe-
renee. The pOlygamist consented,
and the parties repaired to the "City
of Saints " in a carriage.
On reaching that place young Smith
succeeded IN getting the two wives of
the man TO stop at the hotel, while he
and his sister took a ride around the
country, proposing to return in ashort
time. Leaving the unsuspecting fe-
males, and when beyond the city linn
its, Smith drove at rapid rate until
he reached Ogden, where he and his
sister took the cars going West, leav-
ing buggy and horse at Ogden for the
owners to recover as best they could.
The happy couple arrived here on
Thursday last ond proceeded to Car
son Valley, where their parents re-
side. The young lady was glad to es-
cape from the thralldom in which she
was held, and the brothers. Joy at eff
fecting her freedom knew no bounds.
Smith says if this should meet the eye
of his sisters former mate he hopes he
will come out here to reclaim her, or
send Brigham Young. Miss Smith,
when married to the man, had just
come to the country and could not
speak word of English, and being
ignorant of the customs of the people,
was held an easy captive.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

in all four of the aforesaid professions.
And all Eye Doctors, Cancer Doctors,
Corn Doctors, and all practitioners on
the human body are included in this
classification. whether they practice
by selling receipts and prescriptions
or otherwise.
Tanners. $1,000.
Snack Vendors, $500.
one day, $100.
Daguerrean Artists, $1,000.
Lumber Yards, $500.
Livery Stables, $500.
Fiscal year from 18th day of May to
18th May of each year.
Any violation of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be punished in
the manner prescribed by the laws of
the State of Virginia for like offenses
except the penalty in each such case
shall be one half of the penalty desig
mated in the Revenue laws of the
State
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
WlIETTIER's NEW POEM.
A QUAKER MEETING IN THE oLDEN
TINE.

The following is an extract from
John G. Winters new poem, ''The
Pennsylvania Pilgrim" to be pub
lished in Boston this month. The
scene is laid two hundred years ago.
before the followers of William Penn
had built meeting-houses:
There, through the gathered stiffness null
tiplied
And made intense by sympathy, outside
The sparroWs sang, and the gold robin cried i,
Aswing upon his elm. A faint perfume
From locust trees, heavy with clustered
bloom.
Thither, perchance, sore-tried professors
came,
Whose fervor Jail nor pillory could tame,
Proud of the cropped ears meant to be their
shame.
Men who had eaten slavery's bitter bread
In Indian isles I; pale women who had bied
Under the hangmen's lash, and bravely said.
Gods message through theiriro prison hairs;
And gray old soldier converts scanned with
scars
From every stricken field Of England's wars.
Lowly before the Unseen Presence knelt
Each waiting heart, till happy some one felt
On his moved lips the seal of science melt.
Or, without spoken words, low breathing stole
OF diviner life from soul to SOUL
Baptizing in one tender thought the whole.
Unvexed the sweet air seemed. Without o
wound
The ear of silence heard. and every sound
Its place in Natures fine accordance found.
And solemn meeting, Summer sky and wood,
Old kindly faces, youth and maidenhOod,
Seemed, like Gods new creation. very good!
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
TUESDAY, September 20, 1872.
RESISTANCE TO GREELEY
IS OBEDIENCE TO GRANT.
THE MARCH OF BRISTOL.

We are pleased to, state that
Bristol is steadily and continuously
progressing. We believe that its
population has been increased fully
one thousand since the census of
1870, and when the next national
enumeration shall have been taken
in 1880 it will probably accord to
it a population of between six and
ten thousand. If the A. NJ. &
Ohio Railroad extension shonld be
made as speedily as we think it will,
the census of 1880 will accord to
rs AT LEAST ten thousand inhabi-
tants. .-.s .
Besides King College for young
gentleman and its Primary depart
ment for Boys, we have three
Female schools. Our country
roads are beginning to receive due
attention and those enterprises
which border on manufactures are
already beginning to tell handsome
IL on our trade and to foreshadow
something larger. The scgrega-
ton of trade into special depart
ments is already taking shape and
the quantity of cash trade which
we are doing is in excess of that of
any three towns between Lynch
burg and Knoxville. AS to the
work Of erecting new houses and
improving old ones there is simply
no cessation TO it during the entire
year. Fully 100 building have
gone up within a twelve month
What we are doing it would be
difficult to summarize, but no one
starves in orr town. Bristol march
ca steadily towards the practical
definition of the word city.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

NARROw-GAUGE railroads, accor-
ding to a paper recently read before
the New York Society of Engineers.
have an advantage over broad-eauge
roads of % IS per cent, in road bed
and road construction. 1t was also
asserted that there is a saving of )
per cent. in the cost of car shops. and
of II. OF per cent, in the cost of roll
ing stock. The average saving on
all items, it is stated, would be 24.0S
per cent.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
Our Town Finances.
OUR NEW TAX BILL FOR THE
TOWN OF GOODSON.

BE it ordained by the Council
Of the TowN OF GooDsoN that the
Property, Privilege and License
Taxes of the Town shall be levied
and collected for the year 1872,
and for each year thereafter, accor-
ding to the schedule to wit:
On all real estate, the value of
which shall he determined by as
seSsment and on all annual improve
mcnts thereon as provided for in
the 40, fl, ~, and 43 Sections of
Act of Assembly approved April
5th, 1872. The Tax shall be 25
cents on the one hundred dollars
value thereof.
Poll Tax on all persons liable TO
the same, one dollar.
On all personal property enume-
rated in sections SO and so sched-
ules b and G of the act above re-
terred to, the Tax shall be % cents
on the one hundred dollars. Per-
sons engaged in business for a por-
ton of the year shall be assessed
and pay as for the whole year j. e.,
shall pay 25 cents on his capital.
LICENSE.
Liquor Merchants, Wholesale and
Retail 5000
Liquor Merchants, Retail only $500
Commission Merchants, specific
License, 1000
and one per cent on the amount
of his commissions.
Pedlars of anything whatever offer
ed for sale except as allowed by the
State 81 to $500.
Professional Fortune Tellers, $500.
Book Agents (ercept Bi6te and
Hymn Books $500.
Agents for Manufactured articles
or machines of other States, (Churns
Cider Mills, &C. S. TO $1,000.
Running or > Horse Hack OF
Dray $500.
General Auctioneers, $500.
Real Estate Auctioneers. $500
Tobacco Auctioneers, $500.
Common Criers, $500.
No AuctiOneer shall be allowed Ia
sell Goods, Wares, &C., unless the
owner thereof has obtained a license
and has paid a tax as merchant
and.as much asa merchant would be re-
quired to pay for one year.
Bankers, including parties in regu-
lar practice of paper shaving $1,000
PawnbrokersT 2O.W
Manufacturers of malt liquor 1900
Ordinaries, $4,000, with an addition
al tax off per cent on the annual rent
of the property in excess of $4,000.
Private entertainment, $500, with
an additional tax Of one per cent on
the annual rent in excess of 500. 90
Eating houses without bar, $500.
+" d" with bar, 5000,
Boiling Saloons, $500, and for
each alley exceeding one, $1,000 addi'
tional.
Billiard Saloon, s250O, and for each
additional table, $1,000.
Bagatelle Saloon. each table, 5000
Theatres; Paaoramas or any public
exhibition or performance of any KIND
except for benevolent, charitable, OF
educational purposes, dollars fol
each performance or dollars for each
week of such performance.
Shows, Circuses and Menageries q
dollars per day, and p dollars for each
sale stand.
Theatres or other rooms rented fol
public exhibitions TO be used for com
pensation, $1,000. But this SPECIFIC
tax does not exempt tho sad room
. from taxation as property.
Lawyers, $1,000.
Dentists, 500.
Physicians, 500.
Surgeons, 500.
\ license to practice either profes
sion eonfers the privilege Of practising
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24
HORACE GREELEY.
He is COMING Ihrsugh BrIsloI


Hon Horace Greeley has accepted
an invitation to attend the Industrial
Exposition at Cincinnati. the latter
part of this month. He will visit va
rious points. and correspondent, af'
ter detailing where he will go, winds
up as follows: " ft
"After a lunch at Indianapolis. he
will proceed oy way Of Louisville to
the interesting capital of Tennessee,
to see aud shake hands with his old
farmer friends. Perhaps, when that
pleasant task is concluded. he may
take a more direct route TO New
York, and return to this metropolis
by way of Knoxville, Lynchburg.
and Richmond"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

"a Some ecu curious statistics about small
birds have recently been laid before
the English Parliament. The thrush
is said to work from 80 in the
morning until 9 80 in the evening. or
nineteen hours. During this time he
feeds his young 266 times. Black
birds work seventeen hours The
male feeds the young A times and
the female So times day. The in
dtstrious titmouse manages to spread
Az meals a day before its varacious
offsprings. According to one natura-
list. their food consists largely ofcat-
erpiIlars. These statements. and
one hundred more quite as q curious.
we're made in an eloquent plea for a
law to protect small birds from being
SHARED ard shot.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

Judge Dent informed the Wash
ington court" we are told. ''that his
character is, his only fortune We
are sorry,Athcn. for the heirs who are
to inherit his wealth. Courier
Journal
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

A Rochester paper has All article
on the age of Niagara Falls. We
shall probably never know, exactly
how old the Falls are. as the antique
Col Susan B. Anthony is the only
person now living who was present
when they we're built. and she. it
seems. has forgotten the date.-COu-
rier Journal lasI.ris lFs..7s ra Tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

Senator Chandler said in recent
speech in New Jersey that he had
looked all over Detroit and found on
ly three Greeley men. Considering
how internally drunk he was Nat the
time, it is strange that he was able
to find even that many.-Courie1'
J0trndi. H-sA H"at't
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-09-24

WM. NJ. DUNAwAY. most worship
full Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
Of Tennessee. died at his residence
in jackson, Tenn, on the 22d ul-
fifnn.
, 1872-11-14
IL 1872 - GO
TRADE
CRAWFORD 4 HARRINGTON,
Brick Store, Commercial Street,
SEATTLE, w. 7.

"E HAVE NOW IN STORE AND WARE
w HOUSE,
, 1872-11-14

from Chicago for the relief of Boston
already nearly a quarter of million
dollars. This includes 100000 from
the Chicago Relief Society and $50, 900
from Cook county.
The horse disease is rapidly abating,
the streets assuming something of their
ususal appearance.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12-At meeting
of citizens to-day a committee of thirty
was appointed to collect funds for suffer-
ing families in Boston.
BALTIMORE, Nov. PA meeting of
citizens to-day, called by the Mayor,
passed resolutions of sympathy with
the Boston sufferers. Appointed a
committee to ascertain in what manner
aid can be most efectually ren iered.
Los ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 12.-An ex-
cursion party composed of large num-
Der OF citizens, invited by the President
of the Los Angeles and San Pedro Rail.
road, visited the breakwater to- day; an
excursion train took to Wilmington, re.
cruited from way stations; steamer Los
Angeles in waiting conveyed excursion
lists to the site of our future harbor.
Breakwater now completed, 400 ineal
feet, strong and durable; two thousand
feet unnnished.
YREKA, Nov. 12-Commenced snow
ing yesterday at II clock and continued
till dark. snow on the mountains from
5 to 10 inches deep.
, 1872-11-14
Financial and Commercial.

SEATTLE, Nov. 10, 1877.
The Puget Sound Banking Company
report gold in New York 112, currency,
buying, $50; Sight Exchange on Portland
and San Francisco, "a per cent. pre-
MUM, on New York l per cent. pre-
MUM for Currency, ~ per cent. pre-
nium for Gold. Sterling Sight Drafts
on Jay Cooke, Mccullough & Co., Lon
don, England, S5 10 per 6. These
drafts are cashed by special agreement
all over Ireland, Scotland and the Con-
tinent free of charge.
There is good demand for money at
~ to per cent. per month.
Trade has been moderate during the
week. We understand that there is a
firm about starting to ship oysters and
clans from Bellingham Bay via. Olym-
pia and Railroad to Portland. They
state that there is q good demand in
Oregon and Eastern Washington, and
that large trade can be done. In the
East the CLAM and oyster trade is large
and paying, snd there is no reason why
1t sheuld not pay here. We also hear
of firm that is going into the fish busi-
ss,intending to put up large quanti
ties of smoked herring and salmon, both
dried and canned, for the San Francisco
market. This Territory is rich in re-
sources, but in need Of enterprise to
carry it out, and in hope that these
parties will succeed, we clip the follow
ing from the S. +. Bulletin of Nov. l:
There continues to oe an active de-
tMand for Salmon especially in tins. The
export trade in this article has assumed
IN important character. In the first
nine months of the year. there were 27,-
800 pkgs. shipped hence by steamers
and sailing vessels. valued at $195,000
against $4,000 pkgs., valued at S168, 900
for the same time in 1871. The ship
ments to Eastern markets by railroad
amounted to 2,249, 900 lbs. in the first
nine months this year, against 545, 900
lbs for the same time last year. The
markets supplied were never so numer-
'ous as now. There is regular demand
for this fish in Australia, England and
several of the Atlantic States cities. A
consignment of 100 bbls was sent to
Peru day or two ago. Yesterday car
load was shipped st. Louis. To-day the
Panama steamer took l, $50 cs. en- route
to New York; also 50 cs. for Kingston,
Jamaica, Il new market. The future of
this trade is quite tiattering.
We note from s. T. Bulletin the fol-
lowing in relation to the Savings Banks
of New England, New York and Cali
fornia, which must be of interest to
our readers:
The October number of the Bankers
Magazine contains official reports of the
New England Savings Banks for 1S71-72,
with the exception of Vermont, whose
returns are for 1870. According to the
census, the population of these six States
IN 1870 was 3,4SS, 900. There were 3S1
Savings Banks, when last reported, $780,.
G61 depositors and S212. 233, 479 to their
credit. The statistics for each State are
annexed, together with the total for New
York, to which we append the total for
California;
, 1872-11-14
Marine Intelligence.

San FRANCIsco. Nov. 9.-Arrived, bk.
Rival from Port Madison. Sailed, barks
Mary Belle Roberts and Powhattan.
Nov.S.-Arrived, Ship Shirley, Tacoma
SAN Francisco, Nov. 1.--Arrived,
yesterday, bark Onward, whaling bark
Live Oak, bark Cambridge, from Port
Gamble, bark Oakland, from Port Mad
ison. Sailed, bark Forest Queen. Port
Madison, brig Perpetua, Astoria.
, 1872-11-14

The population of New York is 4, $685.
900, and of California, 10000. The
New England States are noted for their
manufacturing industries. Vermont has
Savings Bank for every 80, 900 popula-
tion; Maine for every II, 500; Massachu-
sets, for every 5000; Connecticut, for
every 1900; Rhode Island. for every
G,4o0: and New Hampshire, for every
$500. Taking the six States together
there is Savings Bank for every 5000
population. New York has one of these
institutions for every so. 900 population,
and California one for every 2S, 900 pop
sllatien.
The building of the Puget Sound Tele-
graph We understand is progressing
rapidly uuder the Superintendent of
j. W. Sweeny; that ere long it will be
completed to Seattle. Mr.. Sweeney as
cures us that the line will pay as soon
Us completed, and that good dividends
may be expected on the stock.