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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22
a-fRoN RICHMOND.

RlcHMoNp, Va. Jan. 1.-THE Legis
nature met at 1880 a. m. to day.
In the Senate, MIR. Thomas presid
Ell.
A resolution authorizing the print
ing and distributing of 1000 copies of
joint resolution relating to the extern
sion of time for collecting taxes for
1873, was passed under suspension of
the rules
A bill incorporating the Marion
| Female College, was passed; also a bill
extending the time of qualifying p.
Whalin, elected Superintendent of
Poor, for Rappahannock county.
Several bills of no public Importance.
were presented, and others order to be
engressed,
A joint resolution continuing the
Special Court OF Appeals, was refer
red
The Senate resolved to meet here
after'at IL O'Clock and then adjourned
The House of Delegates met at IL:
80, when the Committee on Enrolled
Bills reported that the joint resolution.
in reference to the rule of forfeited
and delinquent lands had been approx
ed.
Mr.. Round introduced a bill to a
mend section 4S, chapter 50 Of the code,
which was referred
The joint resolution with reference
! to submitting proposed amendments to
the constitution, to vote Of the peo
pie, was referred.
A resolution with reference to the
increased pay TO jurors in certain cases,
was referred; as were also bills in ref
erence to hiring out convicts; and in
reference to the debt of Virginia and
West Virginia.
Mr. Stuart submitted resolution in
curing into the expediency of restor
ing the jurisdiction Of County Courts.
&c. e.a#
A number Of other bills of no speci-
al interest were presented and referred,
or ordered to be engrossed
The citizens of Wythe county desire
that the constitution should be amend
ed.
LEGISLATIVE.
RICHMOND, Jan. l5.-In the Senate
to-day the bill defining the intent and
meaning of the act to regulate and de-
fine the jurisdiction of the County
and Circuit Courts, to prescribe the
number of terms of the Circuit Court,
and fixing the pay of county judges,
was reported from the Committee on
Courts of Justice, without amend >
ment.
A bill reported from the Committee
on Roads incorporating the Thorntons
Gap Turnpike Company.
The resolutions of the Virginia Agri
cultural Society, asking legislation for
the protection of farmers against the
sale Of spurious commercial fertilizers,
was presented and referred.
The order OF the Council of Winch
ester, asking that they be cl,thed with
authority to tax dogs, was presented
and referred.
After some unimportant business the
Senate adjourned.
In the House OF Delegates the Com
mittee on Public Property asked au
thority to employ an architect to exam
inc into the condition OF the capitol and
report as to its safety, which was agre
agreed to.
A number of bills were reported and
referred, among them bill amending
the charter of the female humatie
association. ~
The bill Incorporating the Masonic
relief Association of Virginia, was pass
ed; also number of local bills, after
which the House adjourned.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22

Christmas was not celebrated until
SO years after the birth Of Christ.
The boys high school in San Fran
cisco, Cal, has been closed on account
Of the small pox.
The power of the Press was demon
strated il the case Of Attorney General
Williams. 1t killed him as dead as q
door nail, or nail ina coffin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUA SIZE
personal PROPERTY!

The undersigned wii oaer at publ G
ai!ciipn on Il s PIE n. ,ei a3ouS miles N.
alVest of Woodstoek. W.. on
SArURDAY,:JAN. 3lst; 1874,
,he idllowine property, viz:-iwo Head
OF Isung Drau III. Horses ) Head OF
Yong OTIS, 3 Head OF Mlich COWS, 5
Head OF Young Cattle. Is Shoats. rom
wo 10 six months old, Four Ho. Sc
Wagon,
l TWO HORSE WAGON,
one horse spring wagoa, = wheat drills,
Willoughby ana Keller. | OHIO Reaper
and Mower, ploushs, harr,ws, cross cut
saws. bureau. | desk. l clock. | book
case, | bed and bedding. | cooking sioye,
zen. plate stove, l cupboard. atpats
and other areicles too numerous 10 mol
ton. *,ea
TERMS OF SALE:
On all sum .of.-Elve Dosiarssor under
the cash will be required, over that
amount Il credit of six months will be
GWEN ,he pasellasers. 10. execute theft
lnjtes with. good. eaAo&ers.s FurtheS.
terms if:snr made. KID Of, day Of safe.
4 y safe tO.gvsrniaeintesatj 10 orlock, A. Nj
Jau. jS--s "a. ~-s-o sJkHf'H NAPHNs.
4 sstsIs kfski n -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22

About 100000 pounds of adulter-
Grated green tea was recently con.
demned in London. as poison, and
large quantities have been shipped to
this country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22
APPLETON'S
AMERICAN CYCLOPElIl

NC" NeVIsed Edi1iOn,
Entirely rewritten by the abiest writer's ON
every subject. Printed from new type. and
illustrated with Several Thousand Enyra
vlngsand- Maps.s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22

1t cost 1892 to repair one of the
government wheelbarrows in the treas
ury department last year
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22
.EJL TZ W EAT.
= | have on hand com.

/, BEAU-IlIEUL .FULTz WHEAT.
perfectly clean, which wi :, at ss.5o
per bushe, Thisfs beautiful and very pro-
elective variety Of wheat. Persons wish
.mgtt9 purchase wi please send their Or
derg in as soon AZ practicable.
!, -! 4 & - os1s:asss. Il ~ ~. DkEFn1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-01-22

Austin, TEXAS, January l4.-Gov-
ernor Davis concludes a letter to the
Legislature thus:
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-08-21
The Scandal.

The big scandal is getting to be a
no less big muddle; whether by de-
liberate intent of all concerned, or
not, is less apparent than it might
be. Itlooks now as though all par
ties concerned sorely regretted hav-
ing ever made any movement to-
wards uncovering the ugly thing at
all. They seem to realize the fact
now that they are all in the precise
situation of the magician who rails
ed a demon whom he could not con-
troll. The result was that the devil
flew away with the silly necroman-
Ger in his claws, in spite of all his
arts and conjurations.
So with Beecher, Tilton and the
balance of the precious crew. They
found the business they took in hand
80 confidently: that of chalking
Beecher to immaculate whitness,
and driving Tilton to conviction, or
abject confession; to be very devil
of a business which once started,
would not be stopped, and relent-
lessly carried all into the light, in
spite of their frantic efforts to switch
il off into the dark.
The truth seems to be that Tilton
aisi not the weakling they took him
for, nor Beecher the radiant demi-
god, by long odds. That Beecher
is guilty in a very grave sense, and
that Tilton and others know his
guilt, cannot be questioned, on the
evidence already in, by any person
able to reason. And it is equally
clear that the ofense committed BY
Beecher is no mere misdemeaner;
no mere blunder, or silly escapade
which a warm hearted. soft headed
noodle could fall into with infinite
innocence. Nothing of the kind.
Beecher's misdeed was a crime of
the rrossest character, of the deep
est tint of darkness, in moral sense;
or it was nothing at all. and the
whole story, as told by Tilton, and
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.iIns: Not worth d-i.; Park :
death mott" ''Petticoai's advance
fake i. and BE- id" Il viii and
will not" Tine Drunkard's folly" The
devil take it;'' Margaret pleasure; e.
valiant Hazard" and "Marsaret's ad
ven:ure,"-the three last named are
tracts of land that / have been seeking
to locate, as, upon one of them was GER
tain SO years lease, which the heirs of
the "Chilcote claim" will we'll remember.
| find BY subsequent coHveyances of 9th
er tracts by this same Chilcote, that his
wife's name. Margaret. appears in the
acknowleds sment; and so the reason is
obvious for calling this one Margaret
Pleasure"
The abstracts Of the titles or convey
ances which I am procuring will enable
me to condense my history of the matter
better after my work is completed; and
l shall endeavor, after my return. 40 to
compile and arrange the results of the
investigation, that il may be in more
concise and readable shape; that all who
! feel interested in the results, can obtain
/ it then BY referring 10 the columns oi
/ the Pass. Doubtless very many Of the
titles now am Obliged TO follow, in or
/ der 10 locate with certainty the ones
sought after, are unimportant to any ex
cept myself, as they are now merely aid
/ to the investigation which we ere seek
/ ing to establish.
will likely be able TO write you
again ere start homeward, and de
sign taking in Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh on my return trip. More anon
{, 4
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TiltOn Preparing n COunter-State-
ment Proceedings Against Beech
era New Move.
Especial to Chicago Times;l

Especial to Chicago Tfmes;l
New YoRK, August II.
Tilton has been as busy as bee to-day
preparing another statement in reply to
the Plymouth pastors last miserable at
tempt to explain his immoral and cow
ardly conduct, bnt positively declines
to give even the slightest hint as to its
support, beyond the fact that he will
make public additional letters and doc
uments which he had determined 70
produce only in Court. The statement
will a4so discuas at length the question
of the blackmail.
Your correspondent, in conversation
to day with City Judge Reynold, Of
Brooklyn, who was Tilton's lawyer in
the suit brought against Mr.. Bowen, of
the Union, for 81 900. and which Beech.
er. in his statement, claims TO have been
settlol so'elv through his intervention
learned that Beecher, instead of assisting
Tilton 10 recover that sum, used tooth
and nail against him.
The papers IN the civil proceedings
against the Chriptan pastor will be fin
ished tonight, and in all probability
served tomorrow. Judge Morris posi-.
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LETTER from ChiIicOthe.

CHILIcoIHE, OHIO, Ang. 10Th, 1874.
EDIToR PREss:-This beautiful Sab
bath finds as in good health, after hard
weeks work. Since we left our dear old
home last. We have Travelled over Pick
away, Fayette, Ross. Pike, Vinton and
Scioto counties. We find in nearly all
of the above named counties, the most
f1attering prospect for an abundant corn
crop. and pastures in this country, look
a. green and fresh as in the month of
MAY. We have had one C. more rains
every week in this locality, ever since ]
have been here. This country also
abounds in the most luxuriant crop of
fruit. We can buy as many peaches as
we want for a dime, and if We were to
want dollars worth, | gness we could
get them for nothing. Cholera ball,
(melons) in the same proportion. We
are quartered here, at the Emmitt
House, a most excellent hotel, and when
we compare the comforts and pleasures
Of this trip. with those Of Kentucky and
West Virginia, we are constrained to
say, that it is good for us to be here.
We will remain here until after the
Ross County Fair, which will commence
on the second day Of September.
We took flying trip to Portsmouth
via Halnden, last week, a distance Of
eighty-fiye miles, and saw on the road,
more iron ore and pig iron than we have
ever seen before in our life tie. Pig
iron is not counted in that locality by
the ton, bat by the thousands of cords.
We met at Portsmouth, our friend r.
W. Manly, who is in fine spirits, but a
ed interview with him during which he
had many questions 10 ask about old
Somerset, and about his numerous
friends. The Rev. is particularly en-
thusiastic about the question of License
and no License, especially no License, and
and not strange to say, Bob was duly
sober. He intends to call on his host OF
friends in Somerset, on his way to Con-
ference, between the 25th and 30th, OF
! September, and we have no doubt but
that he will be heartily welcomed.
We also ran across Brother Kelso, a
few days ago, at I4indon, a small town OF
+ Ross county. He is rusticatins, and
spending his vacation among his friends
in that locality. While at Macarthur,
we found scores of old friends with whom
we have been acquainted for many years
and to make long story short, We have
| thus far had the most pleasant trip, that
we have had during the last year. We
/ lack only few DAYS of being on the
road a year, during which time We have
not lost n single day, and the Company
! have not get told us, that they did not
need us longer. We expect at least, ID
travel until the first Of April next. We
have collected during the year nearly
ninety thousand dollars, and still pick
mp a few "scads," as we pass around
among the natives. 5. NJ.
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Another Letter from Mrs. TiIton.

From the Chicago Trihune.l
The love-ietters Of Theodore and Eli
zabeth TiIton have amply refuted the
charge that the husband maltreated the
wife. The following letter from Mrs
Tiiton 10 one of our citizens would he
hailed as corrohorative evidence, we're
any such necessary:
"BRooKLYN, November 81, 1872.
MY DEAR FRIEND-I turn TO you in
this trial hour of suffering, when my
good name $50 precious 10 woman) has
been made foul, to assure you that this
hlow, though severe, is naught to the
added one which some of your newspa-
pers cruelty infict in the imputation
that nay husband has Joined with my ac-
cueers, as implied by his unfortunate
championship of woman he tried to be-
friend. This feeli in this community
against Theodore I can not hear. All
the nobility of his nature is roused in
Indignation and love to defend me
against my enemies. viii you not use
your influence that this fearful injustice
toward him may be righted? 4 word
from you, who know hin, 30 we'll, to the
editors, will be all that's necessary.
This word of mine of course / desire 10
be strictly private. / felt your Rympa-
thy and interest last winter, which em-
boldens me to come to you now. With
greateful remembrances 20 your dear
wife, am yours in sorrow,
ELIZABETH r. TILToN."
Could a wife whose husband had ex-
torted from her, twenty-three months
before, false confession of adultery, and
had since pretended to believe that she
had yielded TO her pastors criminal So
licitations, write such letter? We ap-
peal to Elizabeth Tilton sane, the writer
of this defense of her husband, from
Elizabeth Tilton insane, the writer of an
attack upon that husband for deeds com
mitted before this voluntary testimony
to his nobility of soul was penned. Out
of her own mouth is the crazed woman
of to day condemned.
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J. c. CURRAS.
AUGUST IS.

AUoCSl iJ.
The second week of my soiourn in we
old Monumental City, is drawing near
its close and although more arduous
task than the one in which am enga ed
is seldom found, yet find 1t even affords
fruitful source for both interest and
| mirth fulness, "streaks of lean and streaks
of fat" as heard fellow remark at the
table the other day, while the walters
were seating some guests. among whom
were two finely dressed ladies, one rep
representing Pharaoh's fat and the other
fifty pounder; the other, mere shadow.
So it is with the undersigned in His
delving into the old-time records CT the
Mary landers. ! find much of my time
is spent over estates which, to na, are
really unimportant, except in gathering
points, or calls, for netes and bounds,
and aids us in locating others in which
we are more directly concerned. Very
little meat on this bone, we think; then
again we strike lead which promises
more fruitful 'panning out" And then,
again, our risibilities are affected by fre-
quently stumbling over some Of the
most outlandish souhriquet with which
many of those early estates were dubbed,
and although many of them smack pret-
~ strongly of spirit of abandon and
dare deviIisul which, by the way. am
informed, we're among some of the pecu
liar characteristics of our early settlers;
vet they We're, no doubt, in most instan-
ces, suggestive of some peculiar incident
or feature surrounding the circumstance.
] will here mention, or give few, that
our readers mas draw their own conclu-
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A Black Hills correspondent, after de
scribing the newly named "Floral Val
ley" as best he could in words, says:
"Colonel Ludlow could measure the hills
and the valley and reduce them to figures
and angles in his note book. Prof. Win
chell with his hammer could catechise
the rocks and transcribe their evidence.
DIR. Williams could catalogue the exn-
berant fora if you gave him the privil
ege of naming a few of he flowers which
have bloomed mayhap for centuries in
this quiet quietude unquestioned by the
botanist.
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Ii drawing be made upon ordinary
ground glass with mixture of boracic
acid, gum and water, and when dry the
glass be heated to temperature sufEi-
ciently high TO melt the boracic acid,
the latter Will render the glass transpar.
ent, and thus the drawings are fixed
Metallic oxides may he mixed with no
racic acid, and thua any desired color
can be impaired to the drawing.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-08-21

MOULTON seems to he like a fear
ful, willing women; he wants to tell
and he don't want to. He says he
will, and when they call him he
saws he won't. Ii is 10 be regretted
that he is not a politician, for in that
case, he would ''define his position. "
But what sense does he suppose he
exhibits in this wiring in and wiz
ing out" His course has already
convinced the pull that his testi-
mony, if given, would overwhelm
Beecher; and if that be so it Is all
the same whether he gives it or not.
The result Is equally disastrous to
Beecher. Bat if he knows nothing
to the prejudice Of Beecher, then is
he but tool of Tilton. Now one
Of these conclusions must coincide
with the fact, and hence his position
is certainly enc that no high
souled man would willingly hold
long. Is he a fraud?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-08-21
Clusters Expedition Attacked by 9
large Force Of indians.

Sioux CRY, August ia report
comes from Fort Sully this evening, that
Indiana to the number Of four thousand
attacked Clusters expedition on the 18th.
and were repulsed with heavy loss. Gus
ter's loss is reported at fifty killed and
wounded. This report was brought into
Fort Sully by mail rider, who states
that he met one of Custer's scouts above
Grand River, and got the news from him.
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lively denies that 1ilton enteriains any
idea Of abandoning the erinial case, but
on the contrary, is indefatigsble, and
works day and night in arranging mat
ters.
Mouiton was 10 have returned to-
night, but, in consequence of some new
move, laid over at an intermediate point,
where, It is stated, he and Judge Morris
lTiIton's oounsel will 60 through the
letters and statement prior to its public
alton.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-08-21

If the Druggist offers any kind of herb-
favored alcohol for dyspepsia, bilious
mesa, or any other ailment, tell him that
you want medicine, not bar-room drink.
Ask him for Dr.. Walkers California
Bitters, the best regulating preparation
known, and which you know is free from
'Satan's elixir" Reject all the fiery
"Tonics" and "Appetizers," and cling to
that remedy. There as no medicine that
compares with il. 4w19
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-08-21

A company has just been organized
in England to repay 10 people all their
bread and butter and furnishing expen-
diture. 1t is simple enough. The COM
pany sells its tickets for all amounts to
respectable tradesmen, their cost being
five per cent. of the amount with Which
they are inscribed (Which amount is US
ually allowed to the purchaser for ready
money. This discount, however, he gets
frdm the company, not from the trades
man, since in return for every twenty
five dollars worth of expenditure tickets
collected from tradesmen in return for
his equal expenditure, he receives a
twenty-five dollar assurance bond.
Trustees take charge of the percentage
paid by the tradesmen, which percentage
accommodating at compound interest
enables the company, according to its
own statement, to pay off the bonds in
ballots, thus returning the whole expen-
diture of the customer to himself or his
heirs. So cheerful plan ought to sue
ceed.
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corroborated by Beecher himself. Is
pure fiction. But does any body
believe it Is all fiction? l. there q
man of sense Oh this continent who
believes the hypothesis Of fiction;
who believes there is not a terrible
crime against society underlying
this terrible arraignment? Now
what is that crme? That seems to
be the sole question. There can be
but one answer: the crime charged
bv Tilton. Ii Beecher Is not gull
tv Of the deliberate seduction Of his
friends wife, then he is not guilty
of anything. But to assume act
ual innocence Of anything criminal,
is 10 cast aside the evidence and-de-
eide upon prepossession, and that is
absurd and irrational. The case
goes now to the Courts of Law.
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Sealed Proposals.

TIME Finance Committee of the Somerse
Il Fair Board, will receive sealed proposals foI
privileges on the Fair Ground during four days
oclocE P n senfemSeT e, IS 5tb' ia GU UNI
For one Boarding House, to sell no drinks ex-
cept tea, coffee and milk.
One Grocery-TO sell beer, ale and native
wine, cigars and tobacco; no eatables of any
kind, except cheese, crackers cakes and bologna
One Oyster-stand and Trimmings.
One Ice-cream, Lemonade, cake and Coffee
stand.
The committee will consider applications foi
any other privileges until same date.
The Committee reserve the right to reject any
or all bids and to settle all disputes. Addres,
Committee of Finance of somerset Fair, Box 92
Somerset, Ohio. MARTIN BERKEY.
ISAAC WEAVER,
JSO. GALLIN,
July "a, 1874. Is Committee
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RUSSELL HOUSE,
Opposite Viewers store, Main street,
SOMERSET, OHIO.

TNHIS HOTEL having boon recently repaired
Al and lifted up for the hotel business, the pro-
pTietor tenders his h nks 10 hts patrons Cor pnmt
favorH, and earnestly solicits a continuance %
the same; aud With pleasure informs the travel
ing public that he is prepared 70, and will, fur
uish good accommodations for mAn and beast
As any hotel ia cen, raj Ohio.
W: RUSSELL, Prop'r
AuFil II 1874 Vlul
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FrNH1s farm contains ls7 acres ia high state
Il VI cultivation, and upon which are n couimO-
lIous brick residence, spring house, and never
failing spring, good barns with wagon shedR,
800 bearing fruit trees, uf all kinds In e1celAent
condition. There are 40 acres Of apls ndid bOt-
tom land In the farm, and the whole is ndmirn-
bly, watered. II can be bought for $50 per acre.
For fur her particulars call on or address the
subscriber, JOHN GALL.
July Is, 1878. IS Somerset. Ohio.
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I AND AN REAL ESTATE AGENCY, aud
IL e. ID Guiainger for the Hume and Farmers
a are Insurance. and New York Life Insurance
Companies. Oficr In same roufn
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nOrsHn q are Us useless " the community as
WI Ao misunderstanding old maids, corn
ct large Cities dishonest politicians,
NO more Of luxury than epson salts or castor
oil, and no more desirable for comfort than y
hedge-hog is for a parIor ornament Briggs
Corn anu BuniOn Remedies, AlleviatOT and Cu-
rasive, eradicates eOrns, banishes buniOns, and
cures ingrowing nails, sore insteps, and other
obnoxious tOrments of the feet. sold by skim
ner d Bro, Somerset, Ohio. J. Briggs a Co.,
Newark, n. 25yI
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Everything usually kept in first
class Drug Store will be found at Skin
ner's. If you don't believe it go and see
for yourselves.