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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29
FROM MILL GREEK.
MILL CREEK, August 81

Editors independent:
We will soon be called on to elect
members of the next Legislature,
and few propositions suggest
themselves to my mind that
appear to be Of practical impor
lance to the people of this section,
as well as TO the whole State; /
therefore desire to refer to them
so that we can have free and fair
expression of the respective candi-
dates on these questions:
First, To reduce the rate of in
terest TO six per cent. per annum,
believing that ii will enhance The
value of our lands and other prop
erty, enabling those engaged In
agricultural and mechanical pur-
suits to obtain and use money
profitably in their different
branches of business.
Second. To pass q stringent law
for the protection of sheep from
the ravages of dogs. The law as
it now exists isentirely inadequate
for their protection, and believing
with others that sheep husbandry
is one of the most profitable
branches of our agriculture. if fos-
tered and protected by legislation,
the writer speaks from practica ]
experience, assured of the fact
that with judicious care, our com
mon sheep will pay a profit of
more than one hundred per cent.
Have known them to pay one hun
dred and fifty per cent when wash
ed wool was 20 cents per pound,
and lambs $3.50 per head. Is there
any other branch of farming that
will pay SO we'll? / think not.
These Legislators then should do
all in their power TO encourage
farmers and stock raisers to engage
in this most remunerative branch
of our agriculture.
Third, To make some change in
the present County Court system,
upon the ground that, las composed,
the Justices are unable to decide
points of law as should be done by
all men who sit upon the Bench as
,judges Of TAR ] make no attack
on the Gentlemen Justices who
compose our county court. They.
are, as far as / know, gentlemen
of integrity, irreproachabiein their
private and public acts, land worthy
and excellent citizens, but are not,
in many instances, sufficiently
skilled in the law to make good
judges.
Fourth, A change in the law
for the summoning of jurors, so as
to allow the sheriff to summon
them only when they are actually
needed and not until then. AS the
law now exists, farmers, mechand
les and business men are often
compelled to attend court, spen-
day after day with expense to
themselves and the county with
out sitting on a single case. This
should not be, and could be ar
ranged at far less expense to the
county by change in the law.
There are other questions that
should be brought to the notice of
and advocated by our representa-
tives in the next Legislature, and
may call attention TO them in a
future article. / think it highly
proper that gentlemen who ask
the votes of the people should let
Thorn know their views on such
measures as are desired, and the
line of policy they will advocate if
elected so that we can vote intelli-
gently. We should also have
an opportunity to form some idea
of the ability of the men who rep
resent US to advocate these meas
| ures. FARMER.
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INSANITY AND DIvORCE.-Judge
Wheeler, of San Francisco, Cab
fornia, in recent divorce decision,
said that the code declares that in
sanity occurring after marriage for
the first time Is not good ground
for divorce, but when one of the
parties has been insane previous to
marriage that is deemed sufficient
ground for divorce. Where par
ty becomes hopelessly insane after
marriage, and Is therefore dead to
the other, it ought to be a good
ground for divorce, but that was a
matter for the consideration of the
legislature, and not the court.
A prisoner, named James Free
man, made a bold escape from a
Philadelphia court on Saturday.
He was brought i'm court on charge
of diamond robbery, ard while
the officer guarding him was a lit
tie distance off getting him a glass
of water, he spraDg out Ofthe dock
and jumped from a second story
window began a desperate race for
safety. Notwithstanding that it
occurred in broad daylight and in
2 crowded ihoroughfare, he made
his escape.
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The Cbristiansburg. VA Mes

The Christiansburg, lVa.,) Mes
senger of last week says: Mrs.
Nancy Dougherty, of this ounty,
LACED seventy, has, during the past
|year, built herselfa cabin, cleared
Twelve acres of land and fenced it,
land with her hoe has been cult
waiting a crop Of corn which will
probably yield two hundred and
/ Fifty bushels"
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Pulverized meerchaum is alleg
ed to be one of the latest c0smet-
les.
Terre Haute has the horns OF q
Texas steer which stretch four
feet.
Hartford BARRIERS have organized
a combination for mutual protec-
ton.
The Rhode Island State Corps
are busy seizing jugs of home
brewed beer.
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TENNESSEE LYNCH ERs
$500 Reward Each for In
Lynchers.

NASHVILLE, August q. The
governor has issued q proclama
don offering $500 reward each for
the Trenton jail breakers and the
two murderers af Julia Hayden, a
colOred school teachea of Warren
county. Nothing later has been
received from Gibson Co.
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K CALIFORNIA.
EXECUTION IN CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO, August o.
At shasta to day John Z. Baker
aged 26, and Chas. Cranch, aged IS
were hanged, the former for the
murder of George Kline, mail ri
der, and Cranch for the murder of
Mrs. Rodgers.
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A boy was seen in the streets OF
st. Paul few days ago with his
cap full o. green apples. He was
followed half a mile by three doc
tors, before the first grippe siezed
him, and they all had plenty of
business for the next hour trying
to keep him undoubled.
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A NEW JERSEY MiLLIoNAIRE


Death OF Charles G.. Sisson--Ths
Story of an Eventfhl Life
The death of Charles G.. Sisson al
his home in Tenafiy, N. j., on Fri.
day evening, reveals number oil
incidents of great interest in the
annals of Hudson county, n. j.
Mr.. Sisson was one ofthe wealth.
est and largest capitalists in the
State. He Was born in Middletown
Conn, began life as q grocery clerk
and after having accumulated a
little money, started a grocery
store OF his own. About thirty
years ago he moved into Jersey
City and became extensively en-
gagged in contract work. BY hold
Ing on to his money tightly and
investing it shrewdly, he succeed
ed finally in accommodating an inn
mense fortune. He built the
Northern Railroad ofNew Jersey,
and owned the largest part of the
stock. He was Director Of the road
for many years, and of late years
its President. When the Erie
Railway Comnanv assumed the
task Of cutting their tunnel thro,
Bergen Heights, he was interested
in the contract. Owing to the
financial embarrassments of 1857
he.f0und some difficulty in paying
his laborers, and, after he had run
several months In arrears to them,
his inability to nay them led to
what Is known as the tunnel riot
Of 1903. The trouble began by the
men driving him by attempted vi
olence out OF the city, and for sew
eral days after q reign OF terror
prevailed In all directions Of the
county. The IabOrera tore up The
railroad tracks, erected brestW0rks,
and for two days resisted success
fully every efIoft to disl0dge them.
Man. woman, or child was not safe
nom their violence, and many
l1otses ware burned BY them The
State Militia were hnally called
out and suppressed the riots. Three
or four hundred Of the rioters were
captured, and, while most escaped
punishment, some were impTiGon-
work was, res,,ned.
~. U;~ca..,e. I, :, ,,,os Lat nxo,,,
~ oisson .iaa, ,.. mno i e; .v
:;or ,s;.s ! soho,,e - c,,st NM
Der OF small property holders on
Jersey City Heights out OF their
inheritance.
In 1910, Joseph Priestly Peters,
who owned a large tract Of land in
the vicinity of the Court House,
sold large part of the
tract to a man by the name OF
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\ The story of the German acqui-
eitiOn of Porto Rica meets with
hn indignant denial from the
Spanish government.
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Tobacco.

GlEsKE & .NIEMANs, of Baltimore,
writes in their circular, under date OF
April l8, as follows: IS
Our market durings the past four
weeks, has remained remarkably dull, q
few small sales only having taken place
occasionally. The stocks Of old to-
bacco in the hands Of dealers aud man
ufacturers in Europe being quite large
yet; they have seen no inducemcns to
lay in further, supplies--heypnd few
sample lots--of new Tobacco early in
the season.
A very large portion of the present
crop, which according to the best and
latest information. will amount to o..
600 hhds,, will undoubtedly remain on
hand unsold at the end of the season
and the production of another heavy
crop this summer wonld 'necessarily still
more reduce the price Of the article -
Under these circumstances farmers nex'
winter would not be able to dispose Of
their new crops except'a ruinously Low
prices, aud we hope that due effort;
will be made BY all in the interest o
the farmers. to restrict the production
this summer to a small quantity; IL
fact, q moderate crop will probably re
alize the grower as much money as an
excessive large one.
Very respectfully,
| .s.sfr .s~isrgo GIEsKE & NIEMANN. IN
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DiED.-On the 9th ult, of whoop
ing cough. .HARRIEr, infant daughter Of
ALLEN and LOUISA PIERsoN, aged
year and months.
On the 28th nlt, Mr.. WILLIAM C.
PoRrER, OF Seneca township, aged 81
years. DIR. RoRTER had been blind fol
five or six years previous to his death.
He was q meinber:of. the M. E. Church
for. 35r yesrs, si;o-~
On the 18th ult., MARGARET PATH,
wife of DANIEL PAfru, of Summit town.
ship, aged 40 years. 6 months and IL
days. Mrs. ~PArTH was member ot
the. Hfesbyterian church.
On the 29th ult., Mrs, CAROLINE HAND.
SCHUMACHER, wife of Mr.. FREDERICK HAND,
sCHUhAcHER Of Summit township, aged
~ years. Mrs. HANDscHUMAcHER was
memhef. of the Lutheran Church.
Oa kks1 dfinst, of lung fever, infan,
son, OF ALLEN C aud MAGGIE MILLER,
of W6odsGeld, aged 3anonths.
opthe Sd inst, of whooping cough
and lung. fever, FRANK, son, of JOHN
and GArfiARINE BukroN,S Of Woodsfeld
aged s years af9vy eslq sHT
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NEWS ITEMS.

n Il
fhe President has appointed aeon.
gresham S S. Burds..Cof Missouri, as
Commissioners OF Che Land Office, vice
FDrummond, resigned,
The New Y ork branch of the Freed
mems Savings Bank requires six days
notice before paying any deposit exceed
ing 'ivedollars.f s : sas
An injunction has been applied for re-
straining the Union Pacific Railway from
disposing of securities executed under
indentures known as the sinking fund. {,
The Mexican Pacific Railway scheme
has collapsed. Itproposed the construc
ton of railway from the Rio Grande to
the Pacific coast via the City Of Mexico.
The Grand Jury for Montgomery
County, Alabama, have found nearly 6
dozen true bills for murder during its ses
sion. A material question is, can they
find the persons indictedp
The hull of the largest lake steamboat
yet built has been completed at Marine
City, Michigan. This great vessel is in
tended for thsgrain trade between Bufa
10 and Chicago, and measures 1900 IONS
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be E Mr.. JACOB HORROR, who resides
at the Forks of Sunfsh ereeks seven
miles east of this place. was drowned
on Tuesday evening. the 2Sth ult-, while
attempting to cross the creek near
KoEHLER's mill The waters were very
high, and several parties here in Woods
field warned him not to attempt to cross
the creek. When he reached it, he got
on the near wheel horse, and drove in ;
bat the middle Of the stream the horses
and wagon we're carried down, Mr..
Horror falling of into the water; they
were all swept down about. two hundred
Yards, the wagon came uncoupled, the
hind part floating to one side Of the
ere creek and Is BE h89rses p and fore part to
Mr.. Horror was found down between
the horses, one Of them being 'dbFn,
with the check lines and "a trace .ichain
wrapped about him, he had fastened
the lines about his neck and body when
he started inaoiA boy in company with
him managed to hold onto the wagon
until the front part neafed the shore,
when, he struggled out in, an exhausted
condition Parties. present carried him
Ito q house near by. and after rubbing
him and applying restoratives, he reyi-
we'd. The creek being out of ride, Mr..
IIoProN's family, had nos knowledge OF
his deathiuntil the <next morning. He
leaves wife and fsnily mourn his
loss. fs'..' - "'a
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WThe appropriations made by the
present State Legislature for all pprpo.
ses are three hundred and ninety thou
sand dollars less than thep scere last gear
This reduction in appropriations justified
a reduction in the levy of State taxes
for 1874, which are to be paid in Deeem-
Der of this year and June of next. of
foW hundred andseventy thousand dolr
la,sS Xs Y 4 Has g. 3 = .&&s& !,
Our Democratic Legislature yemepi.
bered theltaY.payef, and reduced ItaSa;
ton nearly a half a million of dollars, il
they did fail TO provide for politicians
and ofiice.seekers, by refusing to pass. 8
rodistricting bill-Mqrietta Tiass.., r.. .l
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Colorado ExCursi0nS-.GO West
al z. z GThfOugh st. Louis. ETJbl

COLORADO EXCurSt0DS.sGO West
Al GThf6ugh st. Louis. 4TJl
During the Summer Season, the MIS-
SOUL PAcIFgc q KANSAS PACIFIC THROUGH
LINE, via St Louis and Kansas City, will
sell Excursion Tickets from St Louis to
Denyer and Teturn, good ninety days
from dateoE sale, atextremeiy lowrates,
thus affording an excellent opportunity
to visit the famous resorts OF Colorado,
among the beautiful Parks Of the Rocky
Moan.alppst es l:a, stueHq so lfaLo
To ali Who are seeking new homes in
or about to take aatrip 10 Missouri, Kan
'sas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska,
Oregon or California, We recommend q
cheap, safe, quick and direct route, ola
St. Louis, over the Missouri Pacific
Through Line sit ise equipped with Day
Coaches, Bucks reclining Chair Cars,
Pullman's Palace Sleepers, the famous
Miller Safety Platform, and the celebra-
ted Westinghouse Air Brake, and runsits
trains from St. Louis to principal points
in the West, ,oitbout change, = The Texas
connection of this road is now compile
ted, and passengers are offered a first
class, aH-rdil, Route from st. Louis to Tex
as, either over the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad, via Sedalia, or over the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, via Vinita
For full information in regard to Colo.
RADIO Excursions, or trips 10 any point in
the Great West, address or call upon eli.
ther of the following named Agents. Of
the liue: j. F. THOMPSON, Isl Exchange
street, Buffalo, n: Y; Isl II. .THoMpsoN
Union Depot, Columbus, Ohio; or E
A. FoRp, General Passenger Agent. 90
South Fourth street, St Louis, Missouri
Questions ,oill be cheerfuly and prompt
ly aas,oeredl e,4yapr2Stf,.
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DiEH AOf pneumonia, after an i'll
ness or four weeks, at her residence in
OakfeM township, Mrs.. Emma-A, wife
of John Hunter, aged 81 years.
Tpefieceased was married less thar
oneyear ageswas a very cestimable lady
with a pleasant ! home, surrounded BY
relpivesand friends, with eevery pros
pect of q prosperous and happy. future
but the dread Simmons came ana she
had to obey. She died, loved and re
spected. BY all who knew her. The be
reaved husband has the heartfelt sym
pathy efithes entire community inghi.
afhetiomT-A1dsbos Geanttile,ua. Pa
Mr.. HUNTER removed from Sunni
township, this county, TO sIe~ay iabou
Is months sineeT where he married.
He has the sympathies aofiMs friend,
here in bis BEREAVEMENT IoaM
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STATE NEWS

.,y-s.rtsst sesy ~ r; IS ss@ s,.--
4. The Lake Erie fishing season is now
fairly opened. isfs., ~es~,-a .te4 b.. -,
military company is being organized
atBarnesville. 1c a-{ - .;l 1850
! Theprospeet fora full wheat crop in
Guernsey County Is considered excel.
lent
T A fleldi in Noble County, which had
been in sod for sixty years, was plowed
up this spring, ''-'-'''''..,7 7-.'.i = .a.
: Hancock County reports that the re-
cent rains and mild weather have greatly
improved the wheat crop. y,
The Pomeroy Salt Transportation
Company lost two model .barges laden
with i-on:ote, in storm at Cairo on the
9th.
A girl ii years old, adopted daughter
of John Stockstill, died very suddenly
in Sidney from excessive Jumping Of the
rope. q
Green township. Scioto County. boasts
a girl Of Is weighing $50, and,a boy Of
10 weighing 200 and standing six feet
twoin his socks.a 8S Il
The charitable ladies of Portsmouth
are making an effort to establish a Chill
dren's Home, and nave secured subscrip.
tons to the amount of $500
The Hooking Sentinel says the frost
has not killed the fruit thus far and the
prospect for alargecrop,was. never bet
ter. AZ * -
InDelsware County all kinds Of fruit
trees have an abundance Of buds, ,and the
prospect Of alarge yield is reported very
promising! !. Z 9 , ! IA 9 Z
Adyices from all points of the Scioto
Valley that the fruit is in excellent
condition, and that the wheat never look
ed finer
The Ohio Valley News says it is be.
lieved that the pexsh buds in the neigh
borhood Of Martins Ferry have suffered
badly front recent frosts. 'sa''@
A careful summing up of the returns
from tho Ohio municipal elections sbo Y
that Sie Dem ocracy have gained not less
thin 10000 majority OYER last. year.
II The United States still owns half an
acre of land near Fndlay, bnt no squat
,1ter needappfy, as it is reserved for use II
case the government should need it.
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IllAia

,GSHfHofi ri o' SHnInaEsA f8I
IN jackson township, this County, on
the 2aH ofaApril, 1S74o MtaseRAcHE1
WITrENs yelict Of PETER WIYgEs. in the
S9th year Of Her age,
Thus, one BY one, afe passing away
the old settlers ofsour ocna1ty! aMrs
WlrrENd5was born ip Green, comfy
Pennsylvania. on the 9th day Of July,
17S5, and, if our 'information is correct
came with her father and his sfamily to
thiscounty ing 1895, and after living
some years ON Sunfis6 Gffek not. fal
from the Ohio river, moved down to
what is now Jackson somhship. In
1906 she was married toths1 later PETER
WrrrES and since that time lived on the
same farm Mrs Writes was the
mother of twelve children, all of whom
lived to be men and women grown, and
ten of whom, FIVE sons.and i've daugh
ters, survive her; eight we're present al
her funeral; the others being tempora
iiiy absent from home. She died Is
she had lived LA kind and. loving moth.
er, d benevolent aud obliging neighbor
None named her but to praise ',,' al
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The teal Feed.

This is arranged above the shuttle plate, the
goods resting upon smooth surface are held
firmly down by the presser foot until the needle
has penetrated the fabric, at which time the
pressure on the fabric is being transmitted from
the pressure foot to hevertioal feed bar, (which
comes down on the goods close behind the nee
de by means Of bearer connecting the two
and also with the needle-bar, SO that at the
time the needle has reached its lowest point the
full pressure is transmitted 10 the feed bar. and
at which time theneedle bar and feed bar are
both moved literally Tho desired length of
stitch, both moving in unison at their highest
and lowest points. A moments glance at this
novel combination fer feed will convince the
reader Of its superiority for the following rea-
soas:. ~ =.
I. 1T. The prssser foot ia always raised from
the fabric when the feed takes place, thereby
presenting no, resistance to seams or ridges
while feeding '3N3 wa s.
Cd The needle being in the fabric. moving
with the verticalfeed bar with its full pressure
ION the goods, renders the feed sure and, ,streng,
and the stitch uniform iniength.
Sd. The needle being in the goods at the
time the feed takes place, renders it impossible
to fun one piece while the other is isstretched.
4th. The vertical feed bar taing behind the
needle renders it capable Iot Sewing elastic
goods, making smooth and flexible seam With
stitch alike on both sides--thus enabling the
sewing of any number Of thicknesses without
basting, and operating with equal facility On
the heariest as we'll as The lighsest fabrics.
It is no. a machine with fewcsslling points
and otherwise tho same as the generality Of ma
chimes, but the best machine in the world, with
out any exception, aud court and defy. com
petition, and challenge, any Sewing Machine
Agent in the county to sew with Davis, and
win give S25 far any machine that.wM beat TIE
Davis and do as largea range ofswork The
Davis il the only real practical machine fol
hcnlming bias goods of any kind without bast-
ing, and is especially adapted todress making
IN all it's branches It has taken the highes,
bpreinium wherever exhibited in incompetion with
|. ether machine-. It took the first premium at
the Ohio and Vermont State FANS in lsi5-4o'
For further particulars and circulars address
:. .r,S. go WIN. MlNSTERMAN,s
| 80. III Woodsield, OHIO
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,ii1sR,o1sapd. Notice. e.

NOTICE is hereby givsn'that a petition WIN
IN be presented to the Commissioners Of Mon.
rue county. at their next session 10 be held On
the FIRST Monday Of June, "A. ID. 1874. praying
for rthsestablishlnsnt Of county road lsaiins
along tho following described route inh said
county, to wit: Beginning zoe near the house
of Wm. Morris, near the,peuth OF, Baker /
Forkofr Sanfish Creek, at point in the road
leading from Woodsicld to Jerusalem in said
county Of Monroe: thence. up said Bakers Forh
through the lands Of VIM. Norris, B, Pearson,
samnel Wright, Geo. Gates add Geo. Hess to
the mouth Of Grassy Fork of Bakers Fork
thence up SAID Grassy Fork through the lands
of Geo Gates, L. D. Carlton and Gee, Richner
to interseet a county road leading from Hope
Ridge TO Ozark near George Richner's mill
Said road to be laid ont on the outside Of all
enclosures along eaid Bakers and Grassy Fork
aprss, ,s74td. MANY PETITIONERS.