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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-11-28
Service II be a,oarded io lie loicest bidder.
BIDS Of failing contractors may
not be considered

$50. 249. That all contracts for carry
ing the mail shall be in the name of the
United States, and,shall be awarded to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran-
tees for faithful performance, without 9TH
err reference to the mode Of transportation
than may be necessary to provide for the
due celebrity, certainty, and security there
of; but the Postmaster General shall no-
be bound to consider the bid Of any per
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Postmasters, clerks, de-, cannot be cos-
tractors

~NN~''"NN~f~'~5
tractors
SEC. 70. That no postmaster, assistant
postmaster, or clerk employed in any post
Office, shall be contractor or concerned in
contract for carrying the mail.
Persons in The employ Of The Post office
Department liacluding postmastersD
cannot become interested IN mail con-
tract, nor act as agent Of contractors or
bidders.
SIC. IL. That no person employed in
the Post Office Department shall become
interested in any contract for carrying !.
mail, or act as agent, with or wi As'
compensation, for any contractor - ass
son offering to become contrac 81
business before the Departmer "a a. :
person 20 offending shall b ;,,.ass ~ ~
dismissed from Office, an shsIl ~ l;ab,'
to pay 80 much MOI ~ a. wcula hav,
been realized from So ID cantract. to be re-
covered in an acti' a Of cebt' for the us,
Of the Post Office. Departures. -
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BY reg 4iation of the Department, no
carrier should be employed who is under
sixteen years Of age; and no bidder will
De accepted who is under twenty-one years
OF age, or who is married woman
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Sac. a27. Thai any person concerned IN
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21

ence, covering a period of years, and
embracing the treatment of many thous-
ands Of cases of those ailments peculiar
to Women, DR.. Pierce, Of the Worlds
Dispensary, Buffalo, N Y, has perfected,
BY the combination of certain vegetable
extracts, natural specific, which he does
not extol as q cure-all, but one which ad-
mirably fulfills singleness of purpose,
being most positive and reliable remedy
for those weaknesses and complaints that
afflict the women of the present day.
This natural specific compound is called
DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The
following arc among those diseases in
WHICH this wonderful medicine has
worked cures rs if by magic and with
certainty never before attained by any
medicines: Weak back, nervous and gen.
eral debility, falling and other displace-
ments Of internal organs, resulting from
debility and lack Of strength in natural
supports, internal fever, congestion, in
hammation and liberation and very many
other chronic diseases incident to women,
not proper TO mention here, in which, as
we'll as in the cases that have been emu
merated, the Favorite Prescription effects
cures. the marvel of the world. Ii will
not do harm TO any state or condition of
the system, and by adopting its use the
invalid lady may avoid that severest of
ordcals-the consulting Of family ply
sician. Favorite Prescription is sold by
dealers in medicines generally.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
New York Market.

New YORK. December 19.-Cotton-
Quiet at l4sGl4tc. Flour-Limited; re-
quest; receipts 5000 barrels; supertine
western and state 81 OOtd4 so; common to
good 81 75@6 10; good to choice $5 O0G
5 GO; white wheat extra $5 60G6 l5;
extra Ohio S4 75(G6 40; ST. Louis IS 0O
as 90. Corn Neal-Quet. Rye Flour
Quiet. Whcat-In better demand I;
receipts 5000 bushels; No. L spring
81 l0@l %; Mo- do 81 05C6l 0S; No.
. Milwaukee 81 l2C9l IA; amber 81 26@
81. Rye-Steady at 92G95c. Barley
and Malt Quiet. Corn-Quiet; old
mixed western 92@02 in store; 94@9ilc
afoat. Oats-A shade frmer; receipts
$4,000 bushels; mixed western 6Itta6c;
white do 6S(970c. Hay, Hops and Gro
cerles-Quiet. Pctrolcum-Dull; refined
at 1l36llsc; crude 5!@5sc. Rosin-
Steady. Turpentinc-Firmer at 36c
Eggs-Firm at 2Si@30c. Pork-Un-
settled; old mess Offered at $l9 80. Beef
Quiet and unchanged. Cut Meats
Quiet and unchanged; middles firm at
l0Ic. Lard-Firm; prime western
steam l31c. Butter-lleavy; western
2OG36c. Cheese-Firm at l2!@l5ic
Whisky-Steady. Leathcr-Stcady ut
26t633c. WoOl-Firm; domestic fleece
43G63c; pulled 33G50c; unwashed l7@
SIC. Clover Secd-Firm At lO!c for
western
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
A True Fish Story.

Not a thousand miles from Columbus
there lives a young farmer named Brad.
Smith, who cultivates a considerable
tract of land, but Notwithstanding his
arduous duties on the farm, Brad. seems
to find leisure sufficient to make himself
the life of the neighborhood in which he
lives, and is considered by all who know
him as quite character in his way. The
other day Brad. came to Columbus on
business, and it occurred to the minds of
three Young men of the neighborhood
that it would be a rather good joke to
waylay him, play highwaymen, and
all that. Brad. never goes armed. which
fact the boys were cognizant of, and an
easy victory and good laugh were
things to be counted on as certaintieS.
He had purchased large Goldfish while
in the CITY (being a great fellow for 60
ing to bails), and Just as he was entering
a dark piece of road in the woods, his
bride was seized, and man appeared at
each side of tho buggy, demanding his
money or his life. Brad, recognized the
voices at once, and "went for them with
the Goldfish. He not only drove the
amateur robbers away, but completely
demoralized the Goldfish.
Brad. arrived safely at home few
minutes later, with the reins in one
hand, and the tail of the Goldfish (all that
was left, in the othcr, and now boldly
asserts his rights as II member OF the
Goldfish aristocracy. The highwaymen
are still at large, and their friends do
not look for them before Sunday.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

The argument on the appeal from the
decision of Judge McCue, on the bill of
particulars, in tho Tilton- Beecher suit is
again postponed.
The new PoStoffice at Omaha is COM
pleted and has been taken possession of.
A dispatch from Newark says that
Weston on Saturday accomplished the
task of walking five hundred miles in
six days.
The iron works OF the Great Western
Railway Company at Reading, England,
were burned Saturday. Four hundred
persons were thrown out OF employ
ment.
Stephen b. House, for many years head
of the, cloak department in Shillito 4
Co store, Cincinnati, was arrested on
Friday fer emtezz, sment.
DR.. Hays Arctic explorers had a recep-
ton in the New York Chamber of Com
merce on Friday. ".
Carlos Garcia q noted Cuban bandit,
and all his followers, have laid down their
arms and thrown themselves upon the
clemency the Government.
II. y. Morgan, butter merchant, and
Treasurer of the New York Butter and
Cheese Exchange, has failed. His liabil-
tiles, it is stated, will exceed 100000.
Capt. Isaac 5. Bourne, of the second
police precinct, Brooklyn, was accident
ally shot and killed yesterday by John
Crawford Tollock, reporter eff the Brook
lyn Argus.
The Italian Chamber Of Deputies has
passed bill granting an annuity to Gar
ibaldi by Il vote of POI t" 20.
4 detachment Of men will embark
from Madrid, for Cuba, on the 10Th
proximo.
The salvage on the French steamship
Amerique has been reduced on appeal to
$4,000.
The prosecution against the Bonapart-
ist Committee of Appeal to the people
has been abandoned by the French Gov
crnmcnt
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Odd Superstition.

A soiourner at Frankfort-on-the-Main
IN Germany, had occasion to order SIN
ria badstead. "When it was brought
home" he says, IL was surprised to ma
hat the ornamentation Of one side OF
tbe beadstead was not repeated
on the opposite side, it being IN
@ Sact quite plain. l expressed my
surprise . and dissatisfaction to the
msker saving that when the head OF
the beads,ead was placed against the
msl, I of the room the sides then showing
would appear quite unlike-one orna, ma
mented and the other plain. AT tins the
maker expressed his surprise ina. 1
should be ignorant of German custom
and preiudice, for said he, in Germany
s;nci, bedsteads are only placed side-
waS. arsinst wall or partition, and only
rsmoyed from this position, and placed
with the head against the wall, 10
rsceive dead body And the worthy
r,sIsr % assured me that nowhere in Ger
many could native be induced to sleep
On . single bedstesd which had NOT It's
side placed against wall or a partition. ?:
The same objection does not hold sgails'
nlscire two single bedsteads side 6y s,ae'
With their heads against wall. An
o,ber instance Of the inherent supersli'
tion Of humanity.
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An Afternoon with the Pope.

In the summer the Pope sleeps for
about quarter of on hour after dinner
The rosary and breviary, which he says
rs strictly as any country pastor, then
occupy the Pope. About four o'clock he
takes his second walk-in winter in
Rsphaels loggis, and in summer in the
gardens of tho palace. The alley of the
garden which the Holy Father prefers
is one covered with convolvulus and
bordered with fine orange trees. He
likes to sit at its furthest end upon
wooden bench placed in the shadow of a
weeping willow, and near fountain
popularity known as that of Zitelli.
Sometimes he stops to feed his pigeons,
which are contained in an aviary, and
have feathers as white as his own robe.
When the weather is very warm, Plus
TX chooses another alley equally well
shaded with orange trees, but of older
and thicker growth. At the end of this
grove is miniature reproduction Of the
Grotto of Lourdes with statue Of the
Virgin and of the miraculous fountain.
Sometimes he pursues his walk further
into the garden amongst its trees and
statutes; but he never descends to the
lawn, although his gardner has zealously
designed with box plant the papal
arms and tho words Pho Mono
Pontefee maSsino in gigantic letters
upon its centre. Although he uses
cane, Plus TX. walks very firmly, al
though he is. somewhat: bent. He some
times sits down, not to rest himself, but
to rest, as he himself says, the legs Of
some of the old cardinals who can scarce
ly keep pace with him. The Holy
Father re-enters the palace with his fa-
rings, which he recites aloud, and after
wards say the De prof,oadis. Then the
special audiences recommence until sup
per time.
The ,Pontifcal supper is served at 9
o'clock, Immediately before the Pope
goes to he'd, and is if possible more frugal
than the dinner. 1t consists of broth and
two boiled potatoes seasoned with salt
and some fruit. Every one knows that
Plus TX has charming voice, rich and
sonorous. His bed resembles collegian's
being made of iron, without curtains,
and has only small strip of carpet two
feet long in front of it. HIS health is eN-
traordinary for his age. Once week his
doctor and surgeon come to visit him, in
order to discharge thei duty. He lets
thom feel his pulse, and when they de-
clare him to be free from fever, he gives
them their congo with a few kind words
and pleasant jokes, such as are natural to
his gentle and amiaole character.
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, December l9.-Flour-Dull
but unchanged Wheat-Demand fair
and market firm; No. l spring 9lc; No.
= S8sc cash; S9sc seller January; 9Osc
seller February; No. 3 S3c; rejected 7sc.
Corn-Dull and nominal for old at &c
cash; dull and declined for new at toe
cash; 65sc seller January. Oats-Stcady
and in moderate demand; No. 2 52sc
cash; 52sc seller january; rejected 46c.
Rye-Demand active and prices advanc-
cd ut 9G(G,91tc. Barley-Domand active
and prices advanced; No. 81 % cash;
81 "a seller January; No. 3 81 0S@l IL.
Pork-Dull Mt SIS 80 spot; $40 l7t seller
February; $40 % seller March. Lard
Dull and nominal at $l2S7t cash; $l3 70
seller February. Bulk Meats-Salcs of
shoulders packed 6!@6ic; short ribs
91c, loose. Whisky-Steady and in mod
crate demand at 97c. On the call Of the
board in the afternoon Wheat was
steady and unchanged. Corn-rnchang-
ed. Pork-Sold ut $40 l5 seller Febru-
ary. Lard-Unchanged.
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loss of the steamer Japan and the acci-
dent to the Colon. These disasters were
followed by general pressure to sell,
under which the rest of the list declined
Has per cent. After this Wabash rallied
to 2li and Pacific Mail to 81; and the
balance of the list was firmer again. The
market closed heavy and unsettled at a
decline of !@Sj per cent from the highest
point of the day; Wabash at 22b. Large
amounts OF long stocks were thrown over
board. Wright's failure is calculated to
unsettle confidence The Post says, "lt
he failed on his own account it shows
degree of desperation which is alarming,
while if he failed on account of some
large speculator who withholds his name,
it implies rascality on the par. ofthc in
fuental dealer. The transactions includ-
ed $1,000 shares of Toledo Il Wabash,
$4,000 Northwestern common, $1,000
Pacific Mail, $4,000 Western Union,
23,6OO Lake Shore, $4,000 Union Pacific,
II, 400 Ohios, 1920 Erie and 1900 st.
Paul,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
Interpretation Of Dreams.

10 dream Of a small stone around your
"''A Is sign of what you may expect II
you get an e1travagant wife.
10 Sc" apples in dream betoEens a
""ld'ng, because where you find apples
you may expect to find pears.
=. 10 dream that YOU are lame, is token
'"II You will get into hobble.
g. ,"htn young lady dreams Of coffin,
Il '"toSens that she should instantly dis
,'h'inue the use of tight stays and always
~ warmly and thickly shod in wet
10 dream Of fire, is sign that-lt
s'u are wise You will see that the lights
- Your house are out before you 60 to
lodream that Your uose is read at the
~ S an lntimation that YOU had better
'Sre on brandy and water.
iodream of walking barefooted, de-
i' Io'e' Journey that you will make boot
,,;n 10 dream of eggs is a sign that you
vi, @ discover mares nest.
an nen fashionable lady dreams OF
,t, ,"ert, Is a 81 On that her thoughts are
'uIIiHlng upon the Colonel.
irn II You dream of cloths, it is a warn
cass. s NOT TO go to law, for by the rule o.
n aries you will be sure of non-suit.
c.., 40 dream that you are eating, it Ii
IAN VA to come true at breakfast.
b.i. i" dream Of barber, denotes losses
IT. IT, may be expected to be cut of.
sa,r ~ dream of having q great number o
fshts, is madness. ....
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Ys Mr. Home an Impostor?

Mr.. Home never permits more thah
seven to assist at sitting. They were
held during the evening. but that merely
for convenience, the power being the
same during the day. The room Is al
WAYS well lighted; he is no friend oi
manifestations in the dark. The writer
does not propose to give detailed ac-
count of any one seanee-for the n'od"S
operandi is familiar IN these days
to all-but to relate what seemed
most striking in the course ol
several sittings. First the reader
should accept the conviction UNI
yersally held by those who for any length
of time come in social contact with Mr.
Home-that is, of the sincerity and SIM
nle-beartedness with which he believes
In the spiritual origin of the manifesto
,ions. He is no philosopher, no reasoner;
he cannot argue; he does not even draw
differences. Impressionable as women,
with the undoubting faith Of child, he
receives the manifestations as q natural
mart Of his existence. His mother had
the Gift of second sight, as had heI
family before her, and he has exercised
this mysterious power since his earliest
childhood.-7Ne Galdry for January
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
Finance Bill Agreed Upon by the
Senate,


WASHINGTON, December 20.-The
Finance bill agreed to yesterday BY the
Senate Republican caucus will be re-
ported to the Senate tomorrow. Its
leading features are substantially as fol-
lows;
l. Free banking to be open to all indi-
viduals and associations, withou limitation
of capital.
2. Retiring of an amount of greenbacks
equal to 80 per cent. of the new National
notes issued, till the greenback circula-
ton shall be reduced to 100000, 600;
after which no further reduction of
greenbacks is to take place. 1t is claim
cd that by this provision there will be
neither expansion nor contraction of the
currency, as about 20 per cent is now re-
quired as bank reserves.
8. The withdrawal and destruction of
fractional currency, and substitution of the
silver coin arrangement to go into effect
soon as practicable, under the direction
Of the Secretary of the Treasury, who is
authorized to use the surplus money for
supplying silver coin, and if this is not
sufficient to sell the requisite amount of
bonds of the new series, to obtain funds
for that purpose.
4. Removings the cost of the coin
age of gold at the several mints.
5. The resumption ofspecie payments
to commence on the lst of January, 1879.
The Secretary is authorized to use the
surplus specie in the Treasury, but if
that is not sufficient sell bonds in order
to obtain gold to pay Treasury notes, but
this last provision does not like the
others, 90 into immediate effect. The
legal tender act remains undisturbed.
The bill having been agreed to almost
unanimously y by the caucus, there being
only four dissenting, insures the passage
of tho bill by the Senate, and it will, it is
thought by Senators, pass the House of
Representatives by a respectable major
ity. In this case no doubt is enter
tained that it will receive the ap-
proval of the President, rs it is
in accordance with his recent
recommendation of Congress. 1t is said
that so much of the fractional currency
is mutlated and lost, as much as four
per cent annually, that silver can take us
place with no Inconvenience to the pub
lie. The government is able to purchase
coin silver ut profit, and can, at an ear
ly period, effect substitution. The
Secretary of the Treasury says that the
estimate m, d by the director of the mint
shows a gain in specie and bullion in the
Ia 1t two fiscal years Of about $3S, S,OOO,OOO,
and the stock of specie in the country to
be about Sl66, 100000. This, in cOnncc-
tion with the annual production of about
S70,000,00O of precious metals, affords
encouragement that the stock of coin
may, within reasonable time, and with
favorable legislation, be accumulated to
an extent sufficient to enable the re-
sumption of specie payments to be un-
dertakcn and maintained.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Money and Stock
Market

NEW YORK. December l9.-MoNEY-
Closed at @m3t per cent; prime mer-
chantiIc paper quoted at Gtag7t per cent.
Foreign cychnng" quiet at 4SiI@ 4S5
for prime banker. sixty days sterling,
and 489i@ 400 for demand.
GoLD-Opcned and closed at III,
with sales in the interim at lll.. Rates
paid for borrowing l-64 per day, and 10
, per cent per annum TO fiat, and tor
carrying per cent. Clearings SIS, ,S2i,-
900. The Assistant Treasurer disbursed
s27.O0O for interest and call bonds.
Specie engagements for to-day 100000.
Imports for the week: Dry goods,
$l.ij7, ,29l; merchandise. $5,25I4S3.
RAILROAD BOSDs-Thc Mount Claire,
Y. j., railroad, sold under a foreclosure
Of the second mortgage bonds Of $3.50, 90
was bought tor the account Of the bond
holders for 10000.
Ay4i,-a gpI 81
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Ocean steamers.

New YORK, December l9.-Arrivcd-
Steamship Victoria, from Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL, December l9.-The steam
ships Algeria, Europa, klapStack and
Canada have arrived out.
QUEENsTowN, December 2O.-Thc
steamship City OF London, which sailed
from here December IL, returned to-day,
disabled, having broke her cylinder head
on the 10Th, when four days out, and put
back for Liverpool, working one engine.
Her mails will be transferred to the
Cuba, for New York.
LONDON, December 20.-The steam
ships Holsatia, from New York, and
Ncdcrland, from Philadelphia, arrived
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21

OrE readers are presented with dis
r.,cb this morning, regarding a very i'm
-,,p, financial bill, which was agreed
,.,r Saturday in caucus, by tho Re-
..,,;..D member of tho United States
senate. After making various pro-
visions for free banking and a gradual
,.ypc,ion OF the currency, it fixes the
int day of January, 1879, as date for a
,.,nmption ofspecie payment.
The legal tender act is undisturbed, and
g, An early period silver coin is to be put
into circulation in place of fractional cur
,.,cy which is lost by wearing out and
,,,,is,ion, ut the estimated rate Of
fr- ner cent of the issue annually.
I". further stated that this can be done
yj,hou, inconvenience, and that the gain
IN bullion in the last two years is S3S, =
o1lOuO, making an amount now in the
country OF $lG6,O0O,000. Full particu-
lar, Of the bill arc published in the tele-
.-aphic columns.
Only four Senators disagreed to tho
Gl' thus insuring its speedy passage in
.hr senate. 1t is expected it will COM
mand u respectable majority in the
House. and that it will meet with the ap-
proval Of the President.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-21
STATE ITEMS.

SERIOUS INJyRY.-We regret very
much TO learn that w. G. Miller, Esq
father of joseph :. Miller, clerk of the
County Court, was thrown from mule
IN Monday last, and sustained very severe
INJURIES. His shoulder was broken, and
hi, collar bone broken in two places.
We hope his injuries may not prove OF a
dangerous character.-Huntington Id
r,rtlTr.
TnR sale Of horses, on Tuesday, of the
virginia Coal and Iron Company, sold
hy Sheriff UnStott, brought prices rang
ins from !l5 to S90-some good work
a,r.r> at and below the latter figure
,a" total, Is, sold, averaging 1882, and
bringing the sum Of $179.75. One mule,
opposed To- have been used by Braddock
il hi, march, brought $l7,-Eeyser TI'i-
.D,s.
IT i, stated that the new water works
.,r the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at
Eomncv have been completed, and are
complete success. The building is also
'shtrd by gas. and is otherwise progress
int favorahly.
Mr. DANIEL RODGERS, of the Irish
Corner. slaughtered eight Berkshire hogs
hi, week. which nettcd 3, l32 pounds, an
ayrra." of 266A pounds. These were
pix, Of thirteen months. Also, three
C.r,t"r>, eighteen months old, which
n~',od Lilo pounds, an average of 3I3
pounds. Also. a Berkshire, two years
3D. which weighed 5Sl pounds. There
a-" no monsters in this report, but we
think tine average right hard to beat.
Gr'm5ricr Independent.
On Friday night a young man who
~a'under the influence of liquor, while
'n front of Edelrs store, whipped out a
revolver and tried to scare some paSsers
by. The weapon was discharged, the
ball going in the direction Of the Court
House. This thing of sending bullets
Around in such II promiscuous manner Is
."rldrtly unpleasant, to say nothing OF
'a" danger to innocent Citizens
'ar@s5'"g telegram.
SUDDEN DEATu.-On Thursday morn
inc last, while Mr.. Benz. Woodtord was
coming 10 town in the wagon of Mt
Joshua Miller, and when but short dis
lane" beyond the house of Mr.. William
Myers. on the WestcheSter Grade, he
''mplalncd Of his head feeling badly,
AMI almost immediately expired. Mr..
WAS a good citizen, kind husband,
ana an alcctionate father, and his bereav-
~ family have our earnest sympathies
i'll Tins hour Of poignant sorrow.-Mor-
;"ivlcH Mtrcuru