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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

From Mr.. G. w. Doll clerk of
the County Court. We learn that
from January lst 1878, to
January LIST, 1874, 126 mar
riage licenses were issued. The
average age of the males at time
of marriage is % years and of fe-
males 233 years.
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BALTIMORE MARKETS.

BALTIMORE March 16. - Flour
Howard Street Super 5 25(s9 5 rs
Howard Street Extra O0(06 %
Howard Street Choice 6 1000 80
Howard Street Family z 25(00 90
Wheat. White | S0(1l SO cents
iied l65 al rs.
Corn. White 751sl cents
yellow 77(079 cents.
Oats. Southern 57(06f cents.
Western $4,000 cents.
Rye. 90(a92 cents.
Provisions. Shoulders 5I(a0O
Clear rib sides $1,000 Hams ID
OLD cents. Lard 00l09l.
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MARTINSBURG INDEPENDENT.

The men who are too stingy to
subscribe and pay for the INDE-
DEPENDENT, and thus aid in
maintaining a live daily journal,
should be- too honorable TO sponge
off their more enterprising neigh
bors by borrowing.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

At an election held in Grafton
on Monday last, for municipal Of
ficers, the issue was between tenn
perance and license candidates,
and resulted i'm the election of
Chas. F. Kunst, the temperance
candidate for Mayor.
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The question that most bothers
the street committee is how to
fix the streets SO as to overcome
the mud. We do not believe
scraping does any good and if not
then thin layer of stones broken
very small should be put on.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21
PLACE AUX DAM ES.
Muddy Streets-A Lady on the
War Path-SOme body in Danger
Look Out street Committee
Mayor and Council Catching it

mayor ana SOuncI Catching NJ.
The following communication
comes to us without being vouched
for as our regulations require. Yet
the evil, against which our fair
c. respondent protests, is so fla
grant that we suspend the rules
and give to our readers one expe-
rience of the upturned streets and
muddy crossings which make
Martinsburg place to be avoided.
just now. A sense of duty has
not stirred the purpose of our city
fathers. 1t remains to be seen
whether sense of gallantry will
not arouse their slumbering ener-
gies. EDS. IND.
Messrs. Editors:
fear, in so progressive and self
complacent a place as Martins
burg, that a woman has no rights,
and her scolding will pass UNI
needed. Nevertheless, as / look
upon my draggled skirts and
muddy boots-who'll have to clean
them want to know-my whole
spirit rises up against the Mayor
and Common Council. am a
tax payer, or rather my husband,
or my father, or my brother is,
You don't catch me in any unin-
territorial confession of my iden-
tity) and / would like to know by
what right am to trail in the
mud, when street taxes, and curb
taxes and pavement taxes have all
been paid so far as i ain concerned.
1t is awful, Mr.. Wisner! it is per-
.fectly outrageous, Mr.. Logan !!
Do you know that walking oppo-
site to the market house, yester-
day, an uneven brick went down
into its foundation of mud and dir
ty water as | stepped on it, and
splashed me away up above my
ankles? 1t is fearful, now amt it?
A pair of white stockings don't
last girl more than one walk
down Queen street, and if she
crosses the square, don't her wash
erWoman raise q row? You are
improving the town? Oh, yes,
certainly. Why don't you run
ferry boats at the crossings, or
write,to Old Probabilities and get
another week of March VIVID to
dry the old streets up?
You counciImen eat oysters and
drink lager, something stronger
for all | know and hear speeches
and talk about and make gas, and
all that-and havn't sense to know
that long dresses haueat gone out.
Suppose Charlie should get q
glimpse ofmy boots and skirts to-
morrow night, what will he think
ofnly neatness. Its all the fault
Of the Mayor and council.
Think oft, drink ofit
Dlssolute mem
Talk about Martinsburg being Il
city. DO you spell it with big G.?
Nonsense! The walking in
Buckiestown is much better, |
hear.
Now don't be afraid and throw
this in the waste basket. / know
what you will think, but / don't
care, so you only let me have my
say. DOROTHY.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

Life has few charms for the dys-
peptic, which is not to be wonder
ed at when taken into account the
amount Of bodily ond mental suf-
fering that this distressing mala-
dy generates. The Peruvian syrup
Ia proioxide of from has cured
thousands who were suffering from
this disease. ltw
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SPECIAL LOCALS

Spring and Summer styles Nine
Deinorests fashions. Also portfo-
lies of fashions for dress-makers
just in. Call an,! get Il circular at
ID. W. Timberlake & Co Is.
M20-2td<w.
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CARPETS. CARPETS,
Greas Bargains In Carpets.

Emmert & Fiery have just re-
ceived u job lot Of carpets, nil
prices and styles, which will be
sold far below the standard price.
Be sure to call and see them before
buying. No trouble to show them.
Itdaw.
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CEMENT! CEMENT I!

| have on hand and for sale IA
large lot of Cumberland Hytlrau-
lie cement and upon the authority
of experienced workmen we rec
ommend it as being the best and
cheapest cement in the market.
G. Nj SHAFTER.
DI,}pD,t,
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

our means then locate in he sub
urbs where the cost may not
exceed two thousand dollars. hat
for the present it seems to Us in-
advisable TO build. $.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21
MARTINSBURG RETAIL MAR
KET

The following prices ruled in
the Martinsburg Market during
the week: Wheat | 55(0l.60; Corn
new, $4,000 cents per bushel,
oats 45(a50; butter So; eggs 90;
lard IL; beef S(09; hams Is |;
shoulders Ia sides ID ; turkies GA
10 per pound; chickens So per
dozen; apples 5000; potatoes,
90 cts per bushel.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

Ladies' who do their own house
work will find Cosmoline the best
article ever used to keep their
hands soft and p,;ahle. BY using
it after washing it will effeetually
prevent their cracking in cold
weather. 1t is truly the house,
wife's friend. 1tw
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

Rev. l.. c. Miller, the new
pastor of the M. e. church South,
in this place will have service in
his church next Sunday morning
and evening.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21
HACK! HACK! COUGH COUGH !

Cough is a system by which va
riOus diseased conditions Of the
throat, bronchial tubes and lungs
manifest themselves. But whether
it arises from the irritation pro.
duced in the throat and larynx by
taking cold from an attack Of
Bronchitis, from incipient cCnsninp
ton, or from various other causes,
nothing will allay il more speedi-
IL nor cure 1t more permanently
than DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t does not matter
whether it be recent attack or a
lingering cough, the Discovery is
~ either case equally we'll adapted
for lis relief aud permanent cure.
In fact, il wiifturea cough in one
half the time neces Ary 10 cure it
with any other medicine, aud it
does it, not not by drying il up,
but by removing the cause, sub
DUNG the irritation, and healing
the affected parts. No time should
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

The man who said that "a wo-
mans glory is in her hair" prob
ably had no idea what a large
bunch of glory" could be pur-
chased for ten dollars.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21
MARRIED.

On the 10th inst, al the resi-
dence of the brides parents, by
Rev. John l.. Clark, Mr.. Charles
M. Roush and Miss Jennie Seibert
all of this place.
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Budding.-the trees and plenty
of girls
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The American House is re-
ceiving new dress of paint.

ou 4. Faulkners farm.
Eggs are plenty at - cents per
,luze..-. 4per than butter, de-
cidedly.
'ihe CO. aty roads are again re-
ported il, AN almost impossible
condition.
Leeks, and some few other new
vegetables have made their APP
pearance.
The erection OF nice town hal
now depends on the action of the
MasOns.
Correspondents can have free
fight over the question of scho o
location.
A number of persons are taking
time by the forelock and moving
before the 1st of April.
Some travelling genius has
treated the show windows of sew
eral business rooms with consid-
cradle sapons ornamentation.
The temperance movement is
gaining strength in Wheeling.
About two hundred ladies have
signed the pledge and become
members of the organization.
The people of Wood county,
this State, are getting up a mann
moth petition praying the county
court to refuse all licenses for the
sale of liquor the coming year.
The Washington papers COM
pliment Rev. Father Kane, Of
Harpers Ferry, very highly, for
the panegyric delivered at ST.
Patrick's church in that city on
st. Patrick's day.
Water takers are increasing, as
nearly every one erecting d new
building tap the mains, so as to
have water and save the expense
of hauling. 1t comes much cheaper
than the old process.
Andrew x. Stoke. Esq, of Han
cock, a member of the Maryland
legislature, was convicted at Ha-
gerstown on Monday, of giving
away liquor on election day, and
was fined $50 and costs.
Our market is now we'll sup
piled With fresh fish of various
kinds, and prices have come down
considerably during the past ten
days.
The city fathers should either
stick a talloW dip in the lamp
posts or put in burners that can be
regulated to suit the darkness of
the night.
S. S. Nikirk of Winchester has
purchased a lot from ID G Byers on
the Williamsport pike anu viii
erect a two story frame house
thereon.
Two car loads of lead ore from
the ore bank near Blooomery
Mills, Jefferson County have been
shipped to lead manufacturing
establishment in Philadelphia.
Stock to the amount Of $4,000
have been subscribed, and the
Peoples Deposit Bank will soon
be changed to the second Nation
al Bank of Martinsburg.
Michael Grady having pur-
chased some property fronting on
john street from the McSherry
heirs, isremodeling and improving
a stone building on the premises.
Gentlemen meeting on the cor
ner and stopping to talk a few mo-
.ments is radically different from
the loafers who loiter and talk
for hours. Clear the corners of
loafers.
Frank Patterson has gone into
butchering as If he was an Old
hand in the business. He looks rs
uuch like a butcher as any other
1870 al nlnnnrh fo,... GnnA Al.
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Fish are in good demand and
sell rapidly.
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n O g Il

All persons indebted to the Shenan-
tloah House are hereby notified to call
and settle Immediately, as intend to
discontinue the business.
CATHARINE FELLER.
nchi93td4tw
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Come and see Frazer & Bishops
before you sell your corn. They
want 100, 600 bushels Tor New York
Market. 1tw
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

The railroad men are justl
complaining Of the outrageous
conduct of some bad boys. They
sneak around the engine and
workshops aud rob the night
workmen of their food. and some-
times steal a coat. We trust some
of these urchins may be caught
and receive proper punishment.
Parents who have any idea that
their children are engaged in
such nefarious practice, had bet
ter try and stop it, or they may
find their boys behind the bars at
the Jail.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

Fine lot Mackerel and Herring
fol sale.
2td&w G. M. SHAFFER.
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Hagerstown is being visited by
gypsies.
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The Board of Education having
received another proposition from
the agent of Mrs. Hughes, prop
erty, met last night and made a
contract purchasing the property
for 1000 dollars;one thousand cash
and remainder in seven years.
Whether or not this willquiet the
opposition. we are not prepared to
say, but it is settled now beyond
any recall.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-21

The Buckhannon Delta learns
that DIR. d. S. Pinnell, formerly
consul at Melbourne, and now a
resident of this place, intends re-
turning to Buckhannon and perm
anently locating there. The old
adage over again--"go from home
to hear the news" We have not
heard that DIR. Pinnell had any
notion of leaving Martinsburg.
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On the Goth of March, 1927, Sir
Isaac Newton died.
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Fittings are no longer a rarity.
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MORE HARDWARE.


Another large lot Of Hardware
just received. | take pleasure in
calling the attention ofthe citizens
of Berkeley county to the large
lot Of goods have just received,
including locks, hinges and every
thing in the building hardware
line; also shovels, spades, rakes,
and everything in the gardantool
line, Calland see for yourself.
1wd1mw. IT. a. RIDDLE.
AT CosT. From this dato we
will sell our entire stock of dress
goods at cost, to make room for
Spring goods, at
jan23w DEATRICK's.
CAssIMEREs at reduced prices
for cash, to close out our Winter
stock. Call and see them at
jan23w DEArRIcR 5.
FOR SALE.
A good water cart, iron axle
cheap.
Al. r. SHUT q Son,
Berkeley Hotel.
Mar. 10 d3twl.
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Justice John p. Kearfott yeSs

Justice John p. Kearfott yess
terday committed to the county
Jail as lupatic, a person calling
himself "John." That is all the
information that could be obtained
He was without hat or shoes, and
was found wandering around the
neighborhood. The keeper of the
the jail certainly has had His share
in caring for lunatics. After
reaching the Jail he gave
his name as John Adams.
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VALUABLE
TIMBER LAND
FOR SALE.

Byvirtue of power and authority yes
ted in me as administrators of Seaman
Garard. decd, who was trustee in a
certain deed of trust made by George
Doll to said Garard, dated the 18th day
Of September, 1866, and recorded in
Decd Book No. "a, page 80, for certain
purposes therein mentioned, / will offer
at public sale in front of the Court
house door in Martingburg, on
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Whitewash brushes ought to
soon be saelable.at the stores.
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Get your hanging baskets ready.
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MONEY WANTED.
DIRECT FROM THE MAN
UFACTURERS.

Persons desiring to loan one al two
thousand dollars on good real estate
security, viii. be informed of an oppor-
tunity to make such an Investment by
applying at this office
mch20 1t2tw.
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Tuesday, April 18th. 1874,

all the interest of which said Doll died
seized in certain Tract of Land lying
in Berkeley County, on Third Hill
Mountain & waters Of Meadow Branch.
Said interest being oneundivided eighth
part Of said tract, which contains
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2ti&2w.
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INTENDING TO DISCONTINUE
1 business, | will sell at private sale
the following very valuable property,
described as follows. First,
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NORTH QUEEN STREET.
And Including Private Dwelling.
Store Rooms. sspuhlic Hail.. and
Building Lots.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-28
NEW BOOKS.

The Liues of the Chief Justices of En-
gland, by Lord Campbell. The third vol
ume Of this admirable work has been furn-
ished US by the Publishers, Estes & Lauriat,
Boston. OF the first two volumes we have
heretofore spoken in terms of siEcere COM
mendatiOn. The noble author has en-
deavcred to give in a convenient. size-the
entire work comprising four volumes-all
in the Lives of the Chief Justices of En-
gland, material to the general history of
English jurisprudence as formed by their
decisions, and all that would interest the
present generation in their personal biogra-
ply.
For sale by W. T. Berry & Co.
Bdddeck, and that Sort Of Thing, by
Charles Dudley Warner-a sparkling ac-
count of short trip along our Northeast
ern coast. The brevity of the book is in
keeping with the shortness of the tour-a
decided merit. Published by James r..
OsgOOd & Co., Boston. For sale by A.
Setliff.
Poems, by ii. r. Hudson. A small col
lection of small illusions, published by
James X. OsgOod & Co., Boston, and for
sale by A. Setliff.
GerdG; or, the Children Of Work, by
Marie Sophie Schwartz Swedish author
coming to be prolific and popular both in
her own land, and by translations in others.
She has, within few years past, produced
a number of novels, which have impressed
the people of her own country, and been
deemed worthy of translations into the
English and other languages. ''Gerda" is
equal to the Others. Published by Porter
& Coates, Philadelphia, and for sale by A.
Setliff.
The SpOrtSndn's Club AfOGt, by Harry
Castleman, published by Porter q Coates,
Philadelphia, aud for sale by A. Setliff.
This is one of series, the other num-
bers of which are not before US.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-28
liver and Blood Diseases.-B,

liver and Blood DiSeases.-By r. V.
Pierce, NJ. D.-A healthy liver secretes
each day about two and half pounds OF
bile, which contains agreat amount of waste
material taken from the blood. When the
liver becomes torpid or congested, it fails to
eliminate this vast amount of noxious sub
stance which. therefore, remains to poison
the blood, and be conveyed to every part of
the system. What must be the condition
of the blood when it is receiving and retain
ing each day two and half pounds of poi
son? Nature tries to work Off this poison
through other channels and Organs-the
kidneys, lungs, skin, etc.-but these organs
become oveTtaxed in performing this labor
in addition to their natural functions, and
cannot long withstand the pressure, but be-
come variOusly diseased.
The brain, which is the great electrical
center of all vitality, is unduly stimulated
by the unhealthy blood which passes to 1t
from the heart, and it fails to perform its
office BEAUTIFULLY. Hence the symptoms of
bile poisoning, which are dizziness, head
ache, incapacity TO keep the mind on any
subject, impairment of memory, dizzy,
sleepy or nervous feelings, gloomy forebOd-
ings, and irritability of temper. The blood
itself being diseased, as it forms the sweat
upon the surface of the skin, it is so irri-
tating and poisonous that it produces dis
colored brown spots, pimples, blOtches and
other eruptions, sores, boils carbuneles and
scrofulous tumOrs. The stomach. bowels
and other organs cannot escape becoming
affected, sooner or later, and We have, as
the result, costiveness, piles, dropsy, dys-
pepsia, diarrOea. Other symptoms are con-
mon, as bitter or bad taste in mouth, inter-
nal heat, palpitatiOn, teasing cough, I'M
steady appetite, choking sensation in throat,
blOating of stomach, pain in side or about
shoulders or back, coldness of extremities,
etc, etc. Only few of the above symp-
toms are likely to be present in any case at
one time. The liver being the great depu-
rating or blood cleansing organ of the sys-
TEN, set this great '.housekeeper Of our
health" at work, and the foul corruptions,
which gender in the blood and rot out, as
it were, the machinery of life, are gradual
ly expelled from the system For this pur-
pose my Golden Medical Discovery, with
very small doses daily of my Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets, are prominently the arti-
cles needed. They cure every kind of hui
NOR, from the worst scrOfula to the COM
mon pimple, blOtch cr eruption. Great eat
ing ulcers Eindly heal under their mighty |
curative influence. ViTulent blood poisOns |
that lurk in the system, are by them rob |
bed of their terrOrs, and by their persever- |
ing and somewhat prOtracted use the most |
tainted s. stems may be completely reno |
vated and built up anew. Enlarged glands, |
tumors and sWellings dwindle away and |
under the influence Of these great |
resolyents. my23 deod1w&w1t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-28
DARING ESCAPE.
A Colored Convict wresfs a Gum from
His Guard and Bids the Lessees
Farewell


A CoIored Convict wrests n Gun from
His Guard and Bids the Lessees
Farewell.
AT halE.past four yesterday afternoon, as
a party Of convicts were engaged IN lDadiiiR
boat al tho sp.5ef wfiarf, one Of them, q
negro by the name OF Martin, but who was
better known as Tom Henderson, was sent
to the spring, near by, for buekel. of water.
The negro carried the bucket, with tin
cup, to one of he guards, an old man by
the name of Gerthreie, aid while the lat
ter was drinking, suddenly wrested his gun
from him, cooked both barrels, and then, as
he backed of, up the river told the guard be
would shoot him if he attempted to call
for help.
After getting away some seventy-ive
yards, Henderson dropped to the. ground
and rolled down the bark, where lie secre-
ted himself in the brush and removed all
his clothing evidently for the purpose of
joining party Of negroes who were in the
river bathing, but before he reached the
water, some of his pursuers came so close
on him that he jumped up and ran rapidly
up the river, leaving his clothing, but
taking the gun with him.
At McCann's mill, party Of white men
attempted to head him of, but Henderson
covered one or two of those nearest him
with his gun, and his wohld-be eaptors fell
back in passably good order, without any
hesitation whatever. At Goldberg's mill;
another attempt was iitade to intercept
Henderson, with like result, and when
last seen, the negro was about mile above
the Water-works, moving up the river at
a swinging gait and holding in his right
hand the gun TO which he owed his safety
thus far.
A large party mounted on horses were
out in pursuit Of Henderson last night, but
his capture seems doubtful.