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DY virtue Of an order of sale to me direct.
d ed from the court of common pleas Of
Monroe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at
the front door Of the court house, in the
town of Woodsfeld, between the hours Of
10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. on &
Saturday, the 25th day Of July, 1874.
the following described real estate situate in
Monroe county, Ohio. to wit:
The undivided seventh part, being the inter-
es. Of Thomas McVsy insthe west half of the
west halt of tho southeast quarter of section
fifteen, in township six range seven. contain
ing forty acres. t...,sad .r,-, $50,
Also, the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter of section nine township six and
range seven, containing forty-one acres more
or less. ssi 'it3 HaN s31
Also, the northeast quarter of the north
west quarter and west part of northwss,
quarter Of the northeast quarter, bounded on
the north by section line, on the east by
Starkey's land, on the south by O. Shells and
Barnett, on the west by Barnett, containing
sixty five acres more or less.
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Contains Common and Fine Candies, Jellies,
Peaches, Pears, Corn, Oysters, Sardlnes.
Pickles, CELERY Sauce, Catsup, French Mus
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Paris has IA horse-meat shops.
Scarlet fever RACES in Pittsburg.
indianapolis has a Why Not
Club.
Game is plentiful aud cheap in
Cincinnati.
The greatest lights of the Bible
were Israelites.
Most butchers, it is said. have
stumpy thumbs.
There were 10, 1868 deathsin Brook
lyn last year.
A party consists principally Of
what you got to eat.
The French make false pearls
out of fish scales.
A girl rarely gets a beau from
her mothers praise.
Carlyle says discourtesy orig
mates in dizziness alone.
Vice President Wilson has aban-
doned his Florida trip.
Lord Byron, 1t Is alleged, was
friendly to tepubiicanism.
The brightest part of the ball is
the fussing to get ready for it.
4 decent Congressional burial in
Washington costs nearly $4,000.
But for mans avarice, there
would be no railroads or ships.
A Western paper calls FREQ re-
ligion the incoherent religion.
The piney woods of Georgia are
said to cure consumption,
Dismal upholstery-the worsted
Cushing at Washington.
Clothes don't make a man, but he
looks the better for them.
The making of sorgum molas-
ses is big business at Dover, Del.
VIM. K. Littleton is the com
ing man for the Philadelphia May
orally.
Science can make artificial dia-
monds that are very nearly real.
In New York churches, as in
theatres, reserved seats are the,
rule.
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CHANG AND ENG.
THE DEATH OF THE SIAMESE
TWINS
objection 10 i post Morfem.

GREENSBORO, n. O., January
y. "A late arrival here from Mt.
Airy, the home Of the deceased
Siamese Twins, states that it was
about six O'Clock in the morning
on Saturday when one of the sons
of the Twins who slept up stairs,
heard cry or call Of alarm. The
boy at once repaired to the sleep
ing room of the Twins, where he
found Eng in a very perturbed
and excited state, the cause being
the death Of his brother Chang.
After this, and rs soon rs the
death became generally known
among the members of the fam
lily, Eng grew worse until dissolu-
ton followed, his only remark be-
ing, 81 suppose / must die too.o
In exactly two hours, his fears
had proved only to correct,
and he departed this life. 1t is
otyet known whether the funeral
has yet taken place, but the sup
position is that it has not.
1T is stated that the family ply
sician and several medical mel
who were present soon after the
demise Of the brothers, desired
to sever the ligature or membrane
thar so effectually united them
while living, for the purpose Of as
pertaining if the death or Eng had
been produced by some vital ar
terry passing through it; but to this
the family strongly objected. 1t is
also reported that there is pro-
vision in the wills OF the twins
against such an operation.
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HOW TO DEPOPULATBTHE
WORLD.

w OhuDs
Alta recent meeting of the phil
adelphia Social Science Associa-
ton, paper was read by Iir. John
Stockton Hough, on the relative
influence OF city and country life
on morality, health, fecundity,
longevity and mortality, in which
he presented a great array of en-
rious statistics, gathered from Gfi-
cial reports in Europe and A. ier-
lea, to show that the crowdiy Of
people in great cities is preju eial
to health, morals, and lons ife.
Some of the statistics present, Il in
support of this view are start
ling. 1t appears to be established
incontrovertibIe facts that large
cities would become depopulated
in the course OF time were It not
for accessions to their population
from the more robust rural COM
munities. Barton says that there
were 1873 deaths to every 100 births
in Rome in the beginning of the
eighteenth century; in Amster-
dam III deaths to every 100 births;
in Berlin for the five years ending
1885, 3l deaths to every 100 births
In London for twenty.six years at
about the same period 124. % deaths
to every 100 births. In the whole
Of the United States in 1870 there
was only one death to every
9.777 inhabitants, while in
New York city in the same
year there was one death to every
39.3,and in Philadelphia from 1861
to 1871 one death TO every 39.1
Inhabitants. Gen. Walker, late
Superintendent Of the Census.
gives the mean average Of life ia
the whole United States at 29l
years, while in New York and
Philadelphia it is only % years.
or 16 years less. A very great
proportion of the mortality in
large cities is among children un-
ner FIVE years Of age. In New
York, during the 40 years ending
1858, 5049 per cent. of the deaths
were Of children under five. No
such high rate of infant mortality
exists in rural districts. Diseases
Of the lungs are twice as
fatal in great cities as in
the country, and diseases Of the
nervous system five-and-a-half
times as fatal. 1t is said that in
London the deaths exceed the
births by.10, 900 annually, and this
difference would be much greater
were it not for the great number
OF strangers who annually take up
their residence in that metropolis.
From this and other ascertained
facts, DIR. Stockton ough con-
cludes that il all the inhabitants
OF the world were living in cities
of the magnitude of London, the
whole human race would become
extinct in century or two, while
If the entire population of the
world should be concentrated in a
single city little more than CEN
fury would suffice to annihilate
the race. The greatest excess of
mortality in large cities is among
the poor, which is owing not only
to overcrowding, but to scanty and
inferior food, often improperly
prepared, and to the use of poison
GUS liquors.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

An effort was made in the House
on Monday to get the West Vir-
sinia contested election cases up,
but proved unsuccessful Being
questions Of high privilege they
may be called up atany time. Not
withstanding the report OF the ma
jority of the committee in favor of
the October election, it is by no
means certain that the Honse will
adopt the suggestions of the re-
port, The members differ widely
in opinion and judgment as to The
merits Of the claims of the contest
ants, and considerable discussion is
likely to ensue when the question
comes up, unless cut off by the
previous question.
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VIRGINIA.
TRIAL OF the RICHMOND nUEL-
ISl'.

IsT.
RICHMOND, VA, January b.
The trial of w. Page McCarty,
charged with the murder Of John
b. Mordecai, which was COM
menced yesterday, was resumed
this morning. After summoning
1876 persons, a panel of16 was COM
pleteted, from which jury Of
twelve was selected and sworn.
The case was then opened by the
prosecution, and is now progress
sing This is the famous duel
ling ease which occurred last
May, in which enc principal was
killed, and the other wound
ed. The survivor, McCarty, is
still, suffering from the wound he
received, and moves about on
crutches. Much interest prevails,
both principals being highly con-
nected. TIE court room is
crowded.
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INDEPENDENT
Published Daily and Weekly by the
INDEPENDENT PRINTING co.
BIondelps Building Corner Queen & Mnriln ST:
SENATOR wITHERs.

We care nothing for parties, ex-
cept so far as they may be instru-
mental in developing and improv-
ing the country generally. Men
struggle for position to crafty am
bition, win fame, or for the mere
pleasure Of exercising power. We
do not know which of these mo-
tives is strongest in Messrs. Hun
ter and Withers, the late COM
peting candidates for senatorial
honors from Virginia. Hunter has
the reputation of being. the ablest
man intellectually but it seems
from the action OF the legislature,
that he was dead to progress, and
was staggering under the load Of
d m ocratic old-fogyism. The
Richmond Wig regrets that the
choice did not fall upon the Hon.
r.. Nj. Il. Hunter, and sees in it
the result Of the death of the Dem
ocratie party in Virginia, since
Colonel Withers has always been
it's opponent. The Richmond In
qui1'er comedies in the latter
opinion, remarking: ellis selec-
ton Is signal triumph OF the
progressive policy Of the Conserv-
alive party, and a stunning blow
to the recaleitrant malcontents
who would, If they could, go back
to the tenets Of times that have
long ago passed into the past.
Withers is a representative man
OF the new era in Virginia pol
itics.u
We hail with delight and graft
fication this helv era in the Old
Dominion. Progress and develop
ment are the only sure and safe
corner stones upon which to place
the platform or principles of a ma
tloIl, people or party, ANA when
men, no matter what the power of
their ability, or the need of their
reputation, choose TO hover around
the grave Of dead issues and buried
questions, Others must and will be
found TO fill their places who are
willing not only to live and
act in the present, but to
keep pace with our needs and re-
quirements as day follows day.
Senator Withers now has q golden
opportunity to achieve much good
for the old Commonwealth, and
we trust he will not be found
wanting.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

A man named ED. Greer killed
young man named John Jones,
an officer in the revenue depart
ment, in Grayson county, Va,
last week, by striking him on the
head with pair ofsteel knuckles.
The affair grew out of an intimacy
between Jones and Greer's wife.
Greer made his escape, and has
not vet been arrested.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24
VERMONT.
EXPLOSION AT BENNINGTON.

EXPLOSION AT BENNINGTON.
BENNINGTON, January 2l-An
investigation was had to-day as to
the cause of the explosion last
night in the Knitting Mill, which
does not show that ii was | e re-.
suit of carelessness. All the
wounded but one will recover.
Nine dead bodies have been iden-
titled.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

If you want to get drunk in
Belfast, Me-, you must go to the
mayor and get written order on
the town agent for the necessary
stimulant, and then you must get
this countersigned by the board of
alderman, after which you can
get the liquor and proceed
,SprinQfeld Republican.
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The Ways and Means Commit
tee has resolved to cut the Gordian
knot by considering the $40 ,000,-
600 legal tender reserve as a part
OF the currency.
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CITY VS. LOCAL PAPERS. Do the
city papers say anything in regard
to your own comfy ? Moth
ing. DO they contain notices of
your schools, churches, meetings,
improvements and hundreds of
other local matters Of interest,
which your home paper publishes
without pay? Not an item. Do
they ever say word calculated to
draw attention to your county
and its numerous thriving towns,
and aid in their progress and en-
terprise? Not a line. and yet
there are men who take such con
tracted views of this matter, that
unless they are getting as many
square inches of reading matter in
their own paper as they do IN a
city paper, they think they arc not
getting the worth of their money.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

More marriages are said to take
place in Boston on New Years
day and Thanksgiving day than
any other day in the year.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The veritable horse on which
General Felix II. Zollicoffer rode
to his death at Mill Springs is
owned by a citizen Of Warren
county, Ky. Though old in years,
he Frances with the fire
of Bucephalus at the tap
of the drum or the crack offs rifle.
III compliance with a Senate res
olution, the Post Master General
has forwarded communication to
that body containing Information
relative to the expense saved to the
government on account of the alb
clifton of the ranking privilege.
The Post Master General thinks
that to arrive at anything like fair
conclusion, trial of at least a
year ought to be had under the
present arrangement.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

one of the French Deputies de-
clared the other day that the fire.
quency of marine disasters was
due to the progress of civilization,
"for. !" reasoned he triumph antly,
"if there were not so many ships
there would not be SO many ship
wrecks
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MIG most innocent women oL

The most innocent women on
record was the Illinois Sunday
School teacher who asked a stray
reporter to give her class some
theological information. He said
that he wasn't correspondent at
the front when the children of Is
real marched through the desert.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

THE COMING FIGHT.-At re-
cent meeting of pillow manufactur-
ers held in Chicago, it was re-
solved that the parties represented
would sell no plows to farmers
clubs or Changers, except at retail
prices. To this resolution the
Changers of Jefferson county,
Iowa, respond with the following:
Resolved, That we will not buy
any implements made by such
manufacturers, at retail price or
any other prices, and that we will
prevent others from doing so while
they maintain the position as
sumed toward the Changers and
farmers clubs in the above resolu
tions.v
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..aeral Towards case will go to
a military Court.

An Autobiography State Con-
vention has been called to meet in
Des Moines, Iowa, on the 9th Of
February.
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NEW YORK.
ANOTHER SPANISH INSULT TO
OUR FLAG.

ANOTHER SPANISH INSULT TO
OUR FLAG.
NEW YORK, Jan. y. A Ha-
vana dispatch says foreigners will
pay their quota Of the forced
loan of thirty millions, because
their business depends upon the
payment. The quota of some will
amount to from five thousand to
fifty thousand dollars. 1t is under
stood that ten thousand of the
amount goes to pay soldiers. As
the United States steamer Wor-
cester sailed from Havana with
the band playing, the rabble
gathered in the wharf and Kissed
as she passed, dipping her flag to
the Mory Castle and the Spanish
war vessels.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The Supreme Court of Missis-
sippi has decided the general
election of November last to be
constitutional. The new Legisla-
ture convened yesterday.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The Buffalo Commercial Alder
tise,' calls Caleb Cushing that
''youthful aged man, wise but not
grave"
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The Nashville Banner calls at
tention to the tact that a United
Senator is to be elected from Ten
nessee next year, and wants to
know why there is so much leth-
argy on the subject. Perhaps
Andy Johnson might tell.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The Pittsburg rolling mills are
all at work, and running on double
time.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

jeremiah S. Black would not
make nearly so good "A Chief JUS
tice as some Of his rabid Demo
cratic friends imagine. Black il
lacking in all the attributes of a
great jurist. "Quiek and sudden
to anger, = a bitter partisan, and
cordial hater Of everything new.
The greatest misfortune that could
befall the country after the con-
firmation Of Williams or Cushing,
would be Blacks elevation 10 the
Supreme bench.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

The Heather Chinee is about to
appear on the lecture platform.
Hong Chin Foo, a citizen of the
celestial empire, who has been
educated in this country, is an
nounced to deliver lecture on
Chinese literature, science and
customs, at Detroit.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24

Governor Davis, of Texas, has
been forced to abdicate, after all
his buster. Failing to induce the
general government to uphold him
in his ridiculous assumption that
he was the lawful Governor of the
State until April 28th next, he
concluded to abdicate without max
ing any further efforts to bring on
a virtual state of war. The situ-
alton in Texas is now peaceful.
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ANOTHER FOG.

A dense fog envelopes the city
and .harbor this morning,
seriously interfering with the
trips of the ferry boats and all
other crafts.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-24
FTNANCTAL.

Gold opened at ia and has
since declined to III, there being,
so it is said, no chance Of the bill
in reduced in the Albany Legisla-
ture, ostensibly to regulate deal
ings in gold, becoming a law The
rates on gold loans have been . to Z
for carrying, with 5la6 as the
ruling quotation. The money
market continues extremely easy
at 5a6 for call loans, and 6@a84 for
besb mercantile paper.
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A CALL FOR A COUNCIL

of congregational churches has
been authorized in an emergency
by DR.. Buddington's church to
advise on the whole subject in
volved in the correspondence
between the church of which Rev.
Messr5. Storrs, Buddington aud
Beecher are the respective pastors.