The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-17
Chips and Whets,ones.-

-J ASA6eA sass "SSN ~ ssH A'SSt
: aud twonty.six miButes-a gain o
seventeen minutes Of daylight over las
} week.--A little unpleasant rail
lCry between Messrs. Northcott ant
HOdgson, of the Telegraph and Sun,
} respectively, at ClasEsburg, led to an
(allnost) alteration in tho office Of tht
Sun, tho other day.-Try a bot,
tic of Piso's Cure for Consumption
sold by +. NJ, Chalfant.--From
the Kingwood Journal we learn that
on tho 1st inst, Miss Sarah @, Miller,
aged 10 years, died ofheurt disease
while returning home from visit to
the house Of n brothOr.in.law near that
town. Also that on the 6th, Daniel
Bower, aged rs, fell from n fence at
the residence of his sen, Rev, Jacob
Bower, near Kiugwool, and was killed
by breaking his neck ---Tho IN
nual report Of tho stAtistician Of the
Department Of Agriculture shows that
prices Of farm animals arc better sus.
taincd than those Of other farm pro.
ducts. Horses command improved
prices in nearly all sections Of the
country. Sheep are somewhat higher
than last ycar, tho appreciation being
quite general, though not equal in the
several States. Prices Of cattle have
advanced in some States from local
causes, and rcceded in others.--
Stop that dry. hacking cough by using
piso's Cure for ConSump!iOn-sOld BY
2. NJ. Chalfant.--G. B. Wheeler
has been appointed postmaster at Clay
Court House, rice A. s. Stephenson,
removed for causc.-Tho Fred.
ericksburg NGpssays: "0nO merchant
informs US that he has sold $4,000
worth Of eggs during q part only Of
last year. and that tho trade in eggs,
fowls, game, &C., is more than oil the
other trade Of fredericksburg put to.
getlor." -Tlon. II, G. Davis and
others have recently purchased the
large coal field north OF bennington,
aud will soon commence to work it.
-Piso's Cure for Consumption is
q medicine Of truO merit; aud only
requires o trial to guarantee tho truth
Of It's worth. Sold by r. NJ. Chalfant.
Tile clarksburg Telegraph OPP
poses FREQ trade in money, as t0nling
Inevitably to subjOc. Industry and la.
Dor to capital. Preston
county Herald reports the discovery of
a rich quality of Galdna or lead ore, on
the farm Of John II. Lantz, near Ger
man Settlement. Tho extent Of tho
deposit has not been asCertuined.-
A Disguised deniseu Of Wheeling
speaks his mind very plainly in the
Daily RICHTER about tho apathy which
prevails in that smoky city respecting
railroads, aud advises tho the town to
be fenced in, If no iron horses are to
break the road to progress, or to rouse
the dormant enterprise Of the citizens
by thOir energetic snorts, aud pulling
and blowing. There arO now al
tho University of Virginia $50 students
against $3.50 the same time last session,
Tho falling off in tho numbers is prin,
cipally from Georgia and Kentucky.
-The postofico at Buckeye Cove,
Pocahontas county, on the route from
Lowisburg to Iluntersville, is recstab.
lished,> with N. G. Barlow MS post
mastor.--trhc costs Judge llarri-
sou was required to pay in the late
contest with Judge Lewis, were
S434 50.-Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption sure curc-is sold by F.
N. 0halfant. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. -fhO Fair.
mont Vest Tirginiaa reports eight or
ten deaths from measles in that vicini-
ty.--The great revival in the
Southern Methodist Church at Win
chester still continues. On Sunday
last 81 converts united themselves
with the church; and the number Of
pCnitGnts, as stated by tho Times,
protesting conversion up to Monday
night, was i,ro hundred and twenty-five.
-Martinsburg must DO the cold.
est place in tue State. During the
recent cold term, tho mercury oaly
went down to 90 degrees below zero
--Romeo II. FreOr, Of Kanawha
county, this State, has been appointed
to a consulship by President Grant, at
a salary Of $4,000 q year.--A
proposition has been introduced in the
Legislature looking to the purchase Of
the Salt Sulphur Springs, in Monroe
county, for tho purpose of converting
It into a Hospital for tho Insane. II
the measure should DO accompanied
with provisO that tho present Logis.
laturO should be Immediately rC.nitted
to close quarters in the institution, We
dou't know that We should feel called
on to object, though the State has now
about as much money in chat kind Of
property as 1t can. aEford.-Iat.-A
bill requiring the removal Of brush, trees
and other distractions from tho South
Branch River, and two its tributaries
in Hardy, Grant and POndletOn coun-
tics, has passed the West Virginia
Legislature. An ambitious lady
of Wheeling presented her husband
with three little Responsibilities" one
day last wcok--all alive and kicking.
Tile blue birds have made their
appearance, which is said to indicate
IN early Spring.--Wc see by the
proceedings ofthO United States Sen.
nie Sannfnr Morrill,. Of Vnrmont ra.