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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24

The Augusta county, Va.,grange
has determined on erecting a bank
ing house with a meeting hall ov-
er in Staunton. About five thous-
and dollars have been subscribed.
The bank Is to do business at six
per cent, and the hall is to be for
county MISUNDERSTANDING.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24

Never bet on horse race, my son.
1t is wrong to bet, and, besides, the
horse that ought to win is likely, 10
nine out OF ten cases, to be jockeyed to
the rear. DO not bet at all, my son but
il you bet on horses, get acquainted
with the riders in advance Of the con-
test, and see how the thing is coming
out.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24

A woman who says she is the
homeliest woman in Newport,
Kentucky ,adverties for husband
and says he must be middle-aged,
good natured, AMI not beautiful,
sas / want to love him all myself
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24

An Irishman found Government
blanket recently, and rolling it up put
it under his arm and walked off saying
Yis, that's moin--U for Patrick, and
s for McCarty; be me sowl, but thi
learnin's foine thing, as me faythe
would say; for if ! hadn't any edica
tion wouldn't have been after hndln
me blanket. ~ Danbury News.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24

An Illinois man has snapped his wife
and five children for the hired girl, and
gone to Minnesota for change Of air
and scenery.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24
NEW FURNITURE WARE.
ROOMS.
\. KOGELSoHATZ,
ARM f TN A X T. r..
FURNITURE wARERooMs, onoueen St.

Would respectfully Inform the citizens Of Martins
rrr. and Berkeley county, that he has just opened
az, new
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24

Susan Jane must have been scantlily
dressed when she was looking for her
lover and sang
"He,ll come tonight the winds at rest,
The moon is full and fair;
I'll wear the dress that pleased him best
A ribbon in my hair.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-24
L. - al..2 Ea2S L. 1000
MAKES THE WEAK STRONG,

TIC PoT1ric1s Syrup, a Protect
cd Solution Of the Pg'of0Cislc ~
iron, as SO combined as to hare
tao character Of d1s diiRe3lt. as
cgGIy digestcd and sgsSil1iLttteG
9Th the blood as he simplest
I22I. II increases tAc g}s1.tity
u Natures Cstss TjtGIi@ing
.yoat, IRON ia3 the blood, and
c,Pc5 ''G thousand ills" simply
5y T'oaii,g ssp, TIeyigOrdtiRg and
IifdliziRg TIE System. TIE en-
s.;cacd dssd sitaii-ed Jsood pep
2lacdfes crc,y part of the boetys
repairing damages ard ardstc,
ecUPchisag ont morbid secre-
tons, end teacilsg a2o5Isi'9g for
disease 10 feed ssleis.
his IS the secret Of TEE ar0sa-
f7CHtt1 success Of tlti5 s'es.scsfy ias
caring Dyspepsia, Liver Conn
plaint, Dropsy, Chronic Diar-
rhcoa, Isoiis, Nervous Affections,
Cllills aai Feye-s, Hulaors,
Toss Of Constitutional Vigor,
.2i5easc3 OF the Kidneys and
Bladder, Female Complaints,
r,s9 ~ diseases originating iae
q 5>if5 stotc Of tie blood, or &C.
compU3ejcd bg dcbi5jtg or "a too
ctdfe Of the sys'elsa. Beiag free
frca2 dkcoh0k, iga arg form, ats
enargisi,tg effects are 7sot fol.
foeeti by corresponding reGc-
tor, b'st are permanent, iaJst@
Gag s;.'clag{h, UigoP, Gss6 nctU
{iTc into az parts ofti,o syssens,
c.?ld btiIdi2y 'tp a. f3'o1s Con-
a'it..tioR.
Zi.'.3.:ct..sf1.. bc,,a been c?5Gleged
- tAc use Of IL; remedy, f.'one
,gc(ss, cickty, suffering crc0-
ftrc3. 20 strong, healthy, gae6
hdppY 9l5en tt.3d aO0nsele Gseos
ilerdiiti5 cannot reasonably hes
itGtc TO giUc 1t {, t.'iCtJ.
See that each bottle ht;3 PERU
WAN SYRUP 51owsa iaa tie gloss.
Pamphlets L'-.cc.
SETH W. FoWLE & SONS, Proprieiors,
40. l. Milton zsiacc, Boston.
SOLD ~ DRCcGIsrs CESERALL1
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07

A GOOD roof for school-hOuse-A
"slate" roof .
ALWAYS certain to have "the drop
on you"-The rain.
THE Elm street stone work is quite
overcome with the mud. That cracking up
of stone is not what it was cracked up TO be.
For the years 1871 and 1873 Sheriff
BarkIey finds State, county and school tax
to be collected, amounting to over fifty
thousand dollars.
THAT vegetable which has estranged
lovers when everything else has failed, and
which has brought whole neighborhoods
into trouble, the onion, is already apparent
in some of our gardens.
REV. G. l.. TUCKER, worthy and
highly respected minister of the Methodist
church, died at his residence in Rockwall,
Texas, of pneumonia, on the 2ith of January,
1874, aged about 81 years.
WE saw a lady yesterday throw
Geed for five Thousand dollars worth of prop
erty, which she has just received, in apuddle
of water she was crossing, to catch twenty
dollar bonnet that was falling from her
| head.
THE amount paid by the Dallas
| Real Estate and Building association for the
lot adjoining Messrs. Adams & Ieonards'
bank was S2,2j0.OO. instead of s2,50O.0O, as
made to appear in our notice of the purchase
In yesterday mornings issue.
SEE advertisement of information
wanted of Charles o'Donoghue, who will
hear something directly to his advantage.
ANY information as TO his whereabouts will
be thankfully received by his brother Pat
rick o'Donghue, Pittsburg, Upshur county,
Texas.
A WILD goose weighing fifty-four
pounds was carried through this city yester-
day, tied to a saddle, by young man, who
was offered eight dollars for it. "No, sir /! y
answered the loyal young gentleman, "eight
times eight won't buy it. 1t goes 10 my gal
bless her little sugar candy soul!"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
ELECTION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

Section l2. There shall be q district attor-
ney elected by the qualified voters OF each
judicial district, who shall hold his once lor
four years; and the duties, salaries ana per-
auisltes of district attorney shall be pfescrlo-
ed by law. Constitution, article V, sec
ton u.
Section 3. In all eases of vacancy III any
civil office of the county, district, or state,
by dcnth, resignation, or otherwise, which
by law is filled by election of the people, the
officer or officers authorized by this act to
order elections, shall Immediately make
such order for an election, liking the day,
not exceeding thirty days off, to Ill the un-
expired term made vacant, and cause INK
notice to be given, and issue writs rs prescriD-
ed, for regular elections. Election law oi
March 81, 1873, section D.
Section three of the same law re-
quires the governor to order, All clec-
tions for State and district officers.
The death of District Attorney Ault,
of this, the fourteenth judicial district,
composed of the counties of Dallas,
Tarrant and Ellis, creates II vacancy in
that Office which should beiilled Mt the
earliest day practicable, because the
next term of the Criminal court Will
commence in Dallas on the fist Mon
day, being the second day, of March.
BY allowing two weeks notice to each
county, there is yet sufficient time for
the governor to 50 order the election ns
to have the Office filled very early in
that term of the Criminal court.
Section twenty of the election law
also provides that ain all elections for
district attorneys the vote shall be
counted, and returns made to the re-
turning officer of the district, as is
provided for members of the legislature,
whose districts are composed Of more
counties than one, and like certificates
of election given"
Presiding Justice Kerfoot, of Dallas
county, is the returning officer of this
district, and on his certificate of elec-
ton to the successful candidate, that
officer can at once be sworn in.
We have given the facts of the case
for public information, at the request
of several attorneys and other citizens,
that the people oftho district may have
due and timely notice that such an
election will soon occur for q very I'M
portant officer.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
LOCAL NEWS
From Saturdays Daily IIerald.l

| DALLAS has built more houses I'm six
I months than any ton towns in the state Tex
cepting Galveston) have built in two years
A DRAYMAN in this city raised his
, whip yesterday TO strike the horse he was
driving, when his arm fell parallzed to his
side.
FoRTy-oNE years old, was the age
claimed for horse which gentleman from
Hood county was showing to several parties
on Main street yesterday.
The increased shipping facilities Of
fered by this city has brought us ten thousand
bales Of cotton, which, per contra, would
have been carried to other depots.
A LADY "drew full house" in front
of dry goods establishment in this city yes
terday, by giving = certain merchant about
ten acres of her mind, and a very brary and
thorny kind ofmind 1t was!
A WAGON train, consisting of ten
wagons, and containing a colony Of darSies
numbering one hundred, passed through this
city yesterday, for the northwestern part of
the State, where the dar;ies intend TO locate
a SERVANT GIRL, living at q house
In the southern part of the city, fell down
stairs and broke her le-, walking shaft we
mean. twas mended by n physician with
veil over his face, and he will hardly be able
to attend church tomorrow.
The FUNERAL of the late district at
torncy was very largely attended yesterday
by the friends of the deceased, the members
of the Masonic order forming II part of the
funeral cortegc The services were conduct
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Thompson of the Meth
odist church.
On Elm street, opposite Poydras, the
foundation for n splendid brick storehouse,
two stories in height, is being laid. This su-
perb addition to the many commercial pal
aces on that noble business thoroughfare, is
due to the enterprise of the firm Of MessrS. q.
ii. Schcllkopf& Il Co.
A Mr.. BEEMAN, living five miles
east of this city had his horse stolen the other
day, and on coming into town yesterday and
describing the cut of the animals jib to the
sheriff. an eye or two was kept open for the
horse, and he was found n few hours after
wards tied 10 tree near the Christian
church. A watch was placed on the spot for
the return OF the thief, but up to dusk no
such party had made his appearance. If
would have been gloomy for him if he had.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
From Tuesdays Daily Herald
DISTRICT COURT.

This body assembled yesterday and
adjourned to Thursday next. Judge
Hart previously informed us that as his
resignation would take effect on
Wednesday, the 18th of February, he
had determined to transact no business
during the term commencing on yes
terday, up to that time. He had con-
cluded only to meet and adjourn, so as
to hold the court in legal session until
his successor could be appointed and
qualified. ...
So we understand the case. All jul
rors, witnesses and others summoned
to be present yesterday can remain at
home till Thursday, the 10Th of Febru-
airy, when, we take it for granted, the
Judge yet to be appointed understood
to be Hickerson Barksdale, ESD will
take the seat, empannel the grand and
petit iuries and proceed to business.
That all may understand the facts,
we are informed that Judge Hart re-
signed so that his resignation should
take effect on his sixtieth birthday.
The prompting feeling is worthy of re-
spect, but we think the judge ought to
have held court in the regular way
until that time,
Letevery witness and juror be present
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, Thursday, February
10. On the 18th Hart will go out and
on the 18th Barksdale will come in ai
! Judge.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
TERRELL SHORT ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The Operations Of Telegraph Operator.

A two hours ride OH the Pacific road will
bring you to the saucy little village of Ter
rell. Besides other conveniences, Terrell
has an express agent, and did have tele-
graph operator. This operator, 1t will ap-
pear hereafter, was q little faster than Is
really necessary for u telegraph operator to
be. 1t sometimes occurs that people express
morey in amounts varying from five dollars
up to amounts that would enable us to bet
high on weak hand without reducing our
pile perceptibly. Now, this happened the
other day. A parsonage residing in Shreve-
port, or perhaps beyond there, expressed one
thousand dollars to parsonage of Terrell.
Let us lmugine for moment the celerity
with which parsonage No. l starts to the
Initial express office and blandly goes
through the necessary formula of sending off
the thousand dollars. Then let us reflect
how parsonage number two goes to the objec-
tive Office and waits for that one thousand
dollars, the departure of which is, in Il busi-
ness like way, notified by parsonage num-
Der one to parsonage number two. Along
comes the train and up steps the telegraph
operator with an order bearing the signature
of the express agent at that point and direct.
ing the train messenger to turn over all eN-
press matter for Terrell to the elightnng-rusl-
er. Train messenger and Neutrality-suspicious.
exchange sulutations as well as receipts AMI
the train soon moves Off by steam and the
lightning-rushcr moves of to the Office with
rejOicin (, as well as u one thousand dollar
package of greenbacks. He looks at the
package, turns ii over in his hand few
times, looks out on the great world ana
thinks shell try it anyway" II is hardly
more than daybrcal;. The morning star has
not set paled. A slight struggle with his
conscience and the syrn triumphs. He
moves about the village with counterfeited
innocence to keep down suspicion, all the
while plotting his sure flight. AT length
when every eye seems preoccupied, he
spirits himself away, away into outlawry,
iDf % li.lOnor. into shame.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
THE MESSAGE.

After the Inauguration of new things
at Austin, and the subsidence of the
old tenants of power, Governor Coke
sent in message to the Legislature,
but not in the regular order, because
he had not the data from the treasurer,
comptroller, land commissioner, attor-
ney general, adjutant general, or su-
perintendents of the asylums or PEN
itentiary, upon which to base regular
message. as contemplated by the con-
stitution. The heads of those depart
ments and institutions having had
their eyes sealed to the incoming facts,
thought il would be smart and cute To
regard Davis as governor for an in-
definite time to come. Being them
selves Excepting big A. smart in
their own estimation, they imagined
it would please all Radiealdom and
President Grant, for them TO withhold
from Governor Coke a report from
their respective departments. Under
such difficulties, Governor Coke, in
obedience TO constitutional require
ment, has sent in a message, but Grip
pied as he was, 1t is a State paper in
the dark.
II is too long to reproduce In on
column, but we will give brief syn
opsis Of it tomorrow. AT present w
will only say that while pleased Will
} most Of it, we do not think Governo
Coke has met the question Of a consti
tutional convention in that broad an'
manly light which people expected 0
him. A more careful reading maj
modify this view. But the people o
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
John u. Hale.

The death of prominent and inflll-
cntial man, who has passed through
Congress in all its stages of corruption
and debauchcry with q political es-
cutcheon unstained by bribery and
theft demands something more than
II mere announcement from his p0liti-
cal enemies.
John p. Hale, as long as slavery eX-
isted, was the persistent and uncom-
promising enemy Of the South. Com
bined with no ordinary talents, he pos
ses@ed an imperturbable good humor,
which disarmed his most bitter oppo-
nents. Socially, no public man was
more genial andagreeable, and at no re-
unions in Washington We're Southern
members more Hospitality entertained.
Even the irrascible Henry S. Foote,
who once proposed that Hale should
come to Mississippi, that he could have
the pleasure of hanging him TO the first
tree they met with, recalled his bitter
words and rendered just tribut to the
character of the man. With all the
opportunities afforded him by high
position, with his acknowledged 'ntiu-
ence in Congress and out of it, Jno. Z.
Hale died worth 50 600. AS he was not
a dlunkard or u spendthrift, though q
generous man, this simple fact is
enough to show that we cannot class
him with the wretches who now dis
grace the capitol and dishonor their
country.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07

On noticing Governor Coke's new
appointments, day or two since, and
heartily endorsing his wise selections
for the fivesupremejudges and attorney
general, we were compelled to say we
did not know Mr.. o. p. Campbell, the
appointee for inspector of the peniten-
tiary. But it turns out that the tel
egraph gave the wrong name. 1t is
James Knox Polk Campbell who is
appointed. We have no such person.
al knowledge as would justify an opin-
ion ofhis fitness; but if certain things
said of him by at least two respectable
citizens of Dallas are true, then we say
Governor Coke has been deceived, and
Mr.. Campbell is not a proper man fol
the place. Reform against dishonesty,
corruption and official tyranny Is In
the hearts of the people, and we feel
its value too deeply TO remain silent
when our own governor or party COM
mits an error. We make no charges
vet, but throw out timely hint by
way of caution.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07

1T is, even to our own citizens, as
tonishlng to witness, Notwithstanding
the general stringency of money mat
ters in the country, now Dallas contin-
ues to grow. Many, three months ago,
predicted that in one, two or three
months improvements would come TO
a halt. On the contrary, there are now
at least fifty houses, Of all sorts, under
contract, and among them about a
dozen fine brick buildings. We have
conversed freely with various inter
ested parties on the subject and find the
main spring of their action to rest in
their confidence that Dallas is going to
be a manufacturing as well as a COM
mercial city. The certainty of first
class Touring mill-the unanimity in
favor of cotton conpress-the strong
hope of an early cotton factory-the
enlargement of existing foundries and
shops-the great facilities for manu-
featuring every implement made OF
wood and iron-and finally, the gener-
al go-ahead spirit of thepeople, coupled
with the determination to make Dallas
a ground educational center-these arr
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
CHIPS.
Dear civility-A hug.

Dear civility-A hug.
Y Cheap transportation--Free passes.
Journalistic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
choler.
A tender suggestion---To "mind your
eye"
A bad habit to get into--A coat that's
not paid for.
A boarding establishment--A car
penter's shop.
Perpetual Evangelical Alliances
~Happy marriages.
A man cannot see the point OF JOKE
when he is the butt.
Something likely to end in smoke
The report of gun.
What wine does Jack love best?
Why, port of course.
ctnam is a servant that sometimes
blows up its master.
- circuit court---The longest way
home from singing school.
The most curious thing in the world
is n woman who is not curious.
WHY is a chicken like farmer? Be
cause both delight in full crop.
Ifyou are courting girl, stick to it,
ma matter how large her fathers feet
are.
. The best thing to do, should the
? drum of your ear be destroyed--Get
trumpet
Parties going over the ocean should
bs warmly clothed. The steamers are
always coaled.
when is a hotel bell-boy like brok
on merchant? When he refuses Il
take up note.
Spicers SOB, who works in cand!
Y sb.p. says be prefers handmald kisse
= to machine made ones.
A chiropodist announces ON his card
,hat he has "removed cOrns from sev
raj of the crowned heads of Europe
NC. A. are the initials of
Young lady in New Hampshire. Sev
eral young men are anxious to Joil
o her.
Jones dosen't believein hard pillows
ue-savs in rather violent language 70
- mild-mannered a man-" Dow
with themw
have lost fiesh,p said topper {
his companion. Nc great loss" rt
niiedthe other, "since you have mad
. i up in spirits"
A DOuisiapa negro, elected 10 10
legislature, explained his official dutle
- - votini for de bill which has
most money under it."
Stebbins SAYS: Elderly people ougf
to retire early at this season OF Tn
year. 1t Is better for their health 81
sides, 1t gives the young folks bette
chahce."
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
CURRY MOORE cURRIED DOWN.


Mr.. Moore has been the freeSt man alive
for some time. SO free, indeed, that reward
of one thousand dollars has been offered for
some one to catch and hold him. But he
didn't appear 10 mind that, so he kept on
with his freedom until yesterday, when he
robbed a Mr.. Keith of this city. This affect
ed his prospects for II further extension Of
his freedom rather suddenly; for Mr.. Keith
dropped down before Il justice Of the peace
Hon. Judge Kerioot-ond made an aflida-
Wit which imported that Moore had taken
more of his share of this worlds goods than
was equitable, and that these goods belonged
to the affiaut. That Mr.. Keith would think
of swearing out II warrant against so
untarnishcd n creature as Moore, was
more than Moore happened to think
of when Mr.. Keith started down
street. Then what could surprise Moore
more than for II policeman to drop in the
Scott house, where Moore "hashed," ana
take him in custody. Moore has quite rec
ord rs n wlzzer and si2zcr. He Is very
earnest man, Moore is. One of the most
practical fellows you ever met with. lie
started in life to make his mark, and has
made several of them. He never wrote n
line of poetry in his life. Brains of such sub
stantial quality as his, never do. lie is made
of sterner stuff. And to think now that the
world is to he, for the present Mt least, de-
prived of the exercise of such utilitarian
views is, to say the least, a little graveyard
ish. Let us all take at once to sables and
crona
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-07
QUIET FROM GOD.

Quiet rom God, 1t cometh not to still
The vast and high aspirings of the soul,
The deep emotions that the spirit fill
And need It's purpose onward to the goal,
II dims not youths bright eye,
Bend hot joys lofty brow;
No guileloSs ecstacy
Need in its presence bow.
1T comes not in sullcn form to place
Lies LreateSt good in an inglorlouS rest,
Through dull beaten track IT'S way 10 trace
And 10 lethargic full the breast.
Action may be its sphere,
Mountain paths, boundless fields,
DER billowS its career;
This Is the strength 1t yields.
To soiourn in the world and yet apart
To dYcll with God and yet with man to feel,
TO bear about forever in the heart
The gladness that his spirit doth reveal.
Not to deem evil gone
A. From every earthly scene;
10 see the storm come one
But feel his shield between.
1t givath not power to human kind
70 Ny MI suffering powerless at ms feet,
But Keeps within the temple OF the lnlhd
a golden altar and Il mercy seat,
A spiritual Ark
Boring the peace OF God
Above the waters dark
And DER the desert sod.
How beautiful within our souls TO keep
rnlS treasure the All Merciiul hath "lNen,
~ 70 fSal when we awake ana when we steep
L. incense round us like IL breath from heaven
Quiet mt heart ana home,
Where the hearts joys begin,
Qu ct WheTe'tr We roam,
0uet around, within.