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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-02-14

SPECIAL LOCALS
Grand Concert.

Our home musical talent wiIr
give grand concert on next Mon
day and Tuesday evenings, 10th
and nth insts., at King st. HALL
for the purpose Of aiding the Epis-
copal and Presbyterian congrega-
tions to insert gas pipes into theiy
churches. Remember the pleas
ure of last winters home concert,
and tn goodly throng OF
our citizens who attended, and
you viii be sure to attend
these entertainments. Several
musical celebrities from abroad
will assist. fcb111tdaw.
AT CosT. - From this date we
will sell our entire stock Of dress
goods at cost, to make room for
Spring goods, at
jan23w DEATRTCK's.
CAssIMEREs at reduced prices
for cash, to close out our Winter
stock. Call aud see them at
jan23w DEATRICK's.
DON'T FORGET to call and get
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Proceedings Of the County Court

Moses $. Grantham, Esq, Presi-
dent, and A. w. McCleary and
John S. Gardner, Esqs., associate
Justices.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-09

CHAP. CCX1V.-An Act to amend an Act entitled
An Act to promote the Development Of the
Mining Resources United States.'
Be it enacted byt and House of Rep.
resentatives Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That the provisions Of the
fifth section Of the Act entitled "An Act to pro-
mote the development of the mining resources
OF the United Stated" passed May tenth, eigh-
teen hundred and seventytwo, which requires
expenditures of labor and improvements on
claims located prior 10 the passage Of said Act,
are hereby So amended that the time for the first
annual expenditure on claims located prior to
the passage Of said Act shall be extended to the
tenth of June eighteen inbred and seventy
four. Approved March l, 1873.
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And in accordance with law, and an order of
the Board Of Directors, made on the
4th day of May, 1874, so many shares of
each parcel of such stock as may be necessary,
will be sold at public auction, at the Office Of
the company, Room %. Haywards Building,
No. 4l9 California street, San Francisco. Cali.
fornia, on Thursday. tho ed day of July,
1874 at the hour of o clock p. m of such day to
pay delinquent assessments thereon, together
with costs of advertising and expenses Of the
sale.
CHAS e. NEAL, Secretary.
Office-Room %, Hsyward's Building, No. 4l9
California street, San Francisco, California.
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DELINQUENT SALES.

Ingomar Silver Mining Company
Location Of principal place of business. San
Francisco California-Location OF works, Ely
Mining District Lincoln county Nevada. Mo-
tice.-There are delinquent upon the following
described stock. on account of assessment No. Z,
levied on the 4th day of May. 1874. the sev-
eral amounts set opposite the names OF the re-
spectiye shareholders, as follows:
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N o TICE.

ITO l. soLoMoN, OWNER IN THE VII Urn,
i Mine, Lincoln Co. Nevada: Yon sre h... ~
notified that there is due from Won the .,,,
SGT % on your interest in the above nsmss su o.
for labor performed on the same paid for ~ nile
which YOU are hereby notified to pay in N ~,
aiateiy, together with costs Of this advertise.
your interest, in conformity with The a., ~ :,
Congress tsection o., approved MAY n az ,s- ~
All persons are cautioned against nnrCb . -
said interest from L. solomon. as he c aasl
under existing circumstances. male : laos;
transfer. regal
r. ". SIMPSON
GRANT BLAKP'
Phoebe. New, March "a, 1874.
mr24-9 SOD
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-09

And in accordance with law and an order of
the Board Of Trustees, made on the Twentieth
day of April, 1874, SO many shares of each
parcel OF such stock rs may be necessary will be
sold at public suction, at the eaesrooms Of
John Middleton L Son, No. $40 Montgomery
street. San francisco. CAL, on Friday,
the nineteenth day OF June, 1874, at
the hour Of ~ O'Clock m. Of said day, to
pay delinquent assessments thereon, together
with costs Of advertising and expenses Of
sale.
DAVID T. BAaLEY, Secretary.
Omce-Room No. I, No. 401 California street,
San Francisco. California.
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y rn THE s, DISTRICT COURT OF ry,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT ar =
United States for the District Of ", iHE
In the matter of William s,ansfe,S ppevsda-
ID sinkruptcy.-United States Of Amepi nf T
has been issued bs said e Car,snt IN B.lfSr.r
OF William stansftld Of the counts 80 estate
and state OF Nevada. in said Distfie, tthhe9ln.
been duly adjudged bankrupt unor rs wno has
his creditors. and the payment of any ds stn Of
the delivery Of any property belonging 10 ana
OF any property by him, are forbiads,, Transfer
A meeting, of the creditors Of said H. " law.
to prove their debts and choose one az rrArupt,
assignees OF his estate, will be held a. ~ more
OF bankruptcy. to be holden at Fure.a !, court
District on the 18Th day Of June, A. D. Isl saia
port, one Of the Registers in Br,nt a. ayen.
ssid District. up'cy Ct
49,, GEORGE 1. LAMNos
IBID U. s. Marshal for said Di,,,,,,
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NeWafk SfIVer Mining Company. -
Location Of works, Ely Mining District, Lincoln
county Nevada. -Notice.-There are delinquent
upon the following de cribed stock, on account
OF assessment mo. y levied on the Goth day Of
April. 1874, the several amounts set opposite
the names Of the respective shareholders, as
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LEGAL.


Inc Annual Meeting Of ,h
f noia ,s Q, the Phoebe Silver Mininn Stock
business as msr oI Trustees and such e.s!
ing, VIII be held on MONDAY W.. ils meet.
O'clock ?. m, at the ofice Of ia -; cieli. s,2
n1om ~ hAyward's Building, sle oaislany.
street street San Francisco, California OSIliiornil
I .DS on the lsi day Of May at oc,o,
ing. BY order of the Trustees. ''er The meet.
'pS'-'u chAs. Y. ELLIOT, secre,,rr
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NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT M,
~ lave ,nis DAY sold TO 7. c. FMFHsoy NJ
of Hosmer / Setter. e h'e hrn
JOSIAH HosMER.
l.. SETTER,
his
FRANK ,; MELoyIcp
mark
myl0-tf ANGELO BILsN,ov
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-04

Ancient Trees in NeYada.

In the bottom of the main shaft of the
Virginia City Coal Company, FL Dorado
Canon, Lyon county, has been encoun-
tered the trunk of a tree four feet in di-
ameteT, a lone relic of an ancient and
extinct forest. Where cut through by
the shaft this old tree is found to be per-
fectly carbOnized turned into coal.
Outside, the log is completely crusted
over with iron pyrites, many of which
are so bright that the crystals shine like
diamonds. These pyrites also extend
into the body of the log, filling what
were apparently once cracks or wind
shakes, and even forming clusters about
what was once the heart of the tree.
This relic of an old-tinfe forest lies far
below the two veins of coal the company
are about to open. The finding of this
old trunk is evidence that the country
was at one time, ages and ages ago, COW
cred by forest of large trees; though
I the native timber growth, when the
country was first visited by the whites,
and as far back as the traditions of the
J Indians extend, was but scrubby species
of nut-pine. A few miles from the shaft
| in which this carbOnized tree was found
are to be seen on the surface the petri-
! fed remains of many large trees. In
the early days of Washoe, before the
I prospectors had broken them up for
I specimens, pieces of tree-trunks two or
three feet in diameter and twenty or
thirty feet in length were to be seen ly-
ing upon the surface of the ground.
However, these trees, and even the one
found in the bottom of the shaft of the
coal-runs, may have come from the foot
hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
may have drifted out when seas of water
every where covered our present valleys.
The water lines visible on the hills show
that the whole country was filled with
lakes, and the petrified trees lying here
and there on the surface of the ground
probably fiOated out on the waters of
extinct lakes, and finally sunk to the
bottom in the places where they are
now found Virginia City (1VeU.) Enter
prise.
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Railway Mortality.

Railway servants lead a life full of
risk. The numbers of this class of per-
sons wounded and killed each year is
appalling-so appalling that the rail-
way companies manifest the utmost
anxiety to keep the statistics bearing
on the subject from the public In
England the railway companies are re-
quired by statute to furnish annually a
return of the railway accidents attended
with loss of life or personal injury
The companies, ii would seem from q
report sent to the London Times by Mr..
NJ. I. Bass, have made returns as re-
quiTed, but most inaccurate ones. The
companies are subjected TO fine foran
error in their statistics, and so numer-
Gus have these errors been that the ag-
gregate of fines has reached the i'm
mense figure of S2,000,000. Thus the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Company re-
ported that thirty-nine of their servants
were killed and seventy-three injured in
1872. The fact is, that fifty-four were
killed and 1867 injured. So oat least Mr..
Bass report says. On all the railways
in England there were returned killed
during the same year 632, and injured
1895. Mr.. Phillips, agent of Mr.. Bass,
argues that the number killed was ! ,0S0,
and of injured 27,340. This last year the
accidents on English railways have been
even more numerous than in 1872. 1t is
estimated that during the last year ], 300
railway servants were killed on English
railways, and 27,0OO injured. The num-
Der injured, according TO the returns,
was only l,27l, an error of %, S29! Eight
railway companies have made errone-
Gus returns last year. The number OF
killed returned by the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company, for in
stance, was only thirty-nine. The real
number, it seems, was 1917. Some ot
these non-official statistics are only in
ferential. There is, however, every rea-
son to believe that they are much more
reliable than those furnished by the
railway companies themselves.
1T seems probable that legal proceed
ings against the defaulting companies
will be instituted by the British Board
OF Trade. 1t is to be hoped that, in the
interest Of the security of life and limb,
such proceedings will be begun. The
prosecution of the companies which
have failed to send in accurate return:
of the number of their servants killed
and wounded will have n tendency tC
make them more respectful of humar
life. Hence its Chicago
| Tribune.
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ITO be continued

JEREMY TAYLOR on MARRIAGE
The following extract from that sound
old divine, Jeremy Taylor, is always
read with interest, because of its simple
truthfulness
Marriage has in it less of beauty, but
more OF safety, than the single life; it
hath no more ease, but less danger; It is
more merry and more sad; it is fuller of
sorrows and fuller of joys; it lies under
more burdens, but is supported by all the
strengths of love and charity, and those
burdens are delightful. Marriage is the
mother of the world, and preserves
kingdoms and fills cities, and churches,
and heaven ITSELF Celibacy, like the fly
in the heart of an apple, dwells in per-
petual sweetness, but sits: alone, and is
confined and dies in singularity but
marriage, like the useful bee, builds n
house, and gathers honey from every
flower, and unites into societies and re-
publics, and sends out colonies, and
feeds the world with delicacies, and
obeys their king, and keeps order, and
exercises many virtues, and promotes
the interest of mankind, and is that
state of good to which God hath de-
signed the present constitution of the
world.
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MRS. SwISSHELM on THE OBLIGA-
TIONS OF TIE MARITAL Vow. Mrs.
Jane G. Swisshelm concludes q letter to
the Chicago Tribune as follows: at is
strange, in this advanced age, that ad-
vanced thinkers should have forgotten,
or never learned, the alphabet of moral
obligation; but this seems to be true /;
and, for their benefit, it is well to say
that when a couple marry they pledge
themselves to forsake all others, and
cling unto one another; that this pledge
has all the solemnity of an oath that
he or she who violates that pledge is
perjured; that the law of society is truth;
that people who do not preserve the
sacredness of oaths will soon cease to be
a people; that the welfare of the body
polite is of more Importance than the
happiness of few individuals; that
there can be no general security without
a general enforcement of contracts; and
those who would take marriage out OF
the sphere of legal, moral contract, and
place il on that of n transient sexual at
traction, are simply iaboring to reduce
mankind 10 a level with herd of cattle.
May the good Lord defend humanity,
and the Woman Suffrage cause, from
leaders who see a grand womanhoodi in
breaking n marriage VOW to follow the
fortunes of another woman's husband. "
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MOTHERS HOUsE.-How many happy
thoughts are called up by those two
beautiful words. Is there-ean there be
any place so full of pleasant faces, be-
meath the waving palms of sunny isles,
or in the chilling shadows of icy monn-
tains? Our heart turns with unchauge-
able love and longing to the dear old
house which sheltered us in childhood.
Kind friends may beckon us to newer
scenes, and loving hearts may bind us
fast to pleasant homes, but we are not
satisfied with them alone, for there is
one place more fair and lovely than them
all, and that is the beloved Mothers
House."
1t may be old and rickety to the eyes
of the stranger. The windows may have
been broken and patched, long ago, and
the floor worn through and mended with
pieces of tin, but it is still mothers
house, from which we looked out at life
with hearts full of hope, building WON
derful castles i'm clOudland which faded
long ago; but thanks to the good Father,
mothers house is left us still, and, weary
with the busy turmoil of life, weary Of
ourselves, we turn our steps toward the
dear house of rest, and at its threshold
lay our burdens down.
Here we have watched life come and
go. Here we have folded still, cold
hands, over hearts as still, that once
beat full of love for us. Here we have
welcomed brothers and sisters into life,
watched for the first lisping words from
baby lips, guided the tottering baby feet
| from helplessness to manhood, and here
we have watched, with aching hearts,
to see the dear ones turn from the home
nest out into a world which has proved
but a snare and temptation to many
wandering feet. And here we gather
strength to take up our lives again, and
90 on patiently unto the end. But
though the world call Us, and we may
find friends good and true, we turn to
the dear old home, when troubles come,
for help and comfort God grant that
for US all there may long remain a
"mOther's housew
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'NIiss Armstrong, can see you alone
for few moments ?"
The question was asked suddenly.
Matte looked up, opening her great blue
eyes to their fullest extent, only to drop
them bashfully and color TO the roots of
her hair.
"Why? ?" she queried simply.
81 want few words with you in pri-
vate about your mothers health. Can /
have them ?'
Excuse me-" said Matte, turning to
the doctors mother as she spoke, and
leading the way to great, square, un-
finished room where there was no seat
but the broad window-sill and no win
dows except some openings intended for
such, over which rough boards had been
nailed, leaving wide interstiees through
which the autumn wind howled dis
mally.
"AIiss Armstrong, ] am about to pro-
pose something to you as professional
man which may not meet with your ap-
proval. Nevertheless, without your CO.
operation l cannot save your mothers
life."
"What would you have me to do ?'
and the young girl shivered in the
draught.
"Get out of that draught, for one
thing" gently motioning her to another
seat, and quietly occupying a place be-
side her. "Your mother must return to
the home of her youth" he continued.
"She is not able to take care of herself,
to say nothing of the little ones. 1 pro-
pose that you volunteer to keep the
home and the children, and spare Mar
garet to accompany your mother. 1 de-
pend upon you to make your father
realize the necessity of this. Will you
aid me ?"
"And settle down like an old woman,
with the care of my fathers young ones
on my hands Not if l know myself"
''Not if I wish it ?" and the dark gray
eyes fell sorrowfully upon her blushing
face.
" AeAN oAN > ~ NIell y Ou SAiDuAh
ask me that ?" she cried. "You know ]
don't possess the virtues you admire in
women. Pm impetuous and ambitious,
and hate housekeeping and the care oi
children. Why should l try to please
you for your own sake ?''
"Well, then, if I am nothing to you
and do so earnestly desire to be some
thing to you-will you not take this
duty upon yourself for the sake of right
and humanity ?D
Cant see it, sir. My step-motheI
has always been as cross as stack OF
black cats. However, I'll think about
it and talk to father"
Amos Harding couldn't endure slang,
Doubtless he would have gone fai
enough beside himself TO attempt repe-
tition of love-making only for that.
Good Aunt Huldah found ample OPP
portunity for the use Of all her powers
in vain endeavor to bring some kind
of order out of the chaos of confusion
that ran riot in the Armstrong home
Finally, when other professional visits,
becoming due, it was necessary to re-
turn to town, she took her seat in the
buggy beside her son, and began to ex-
postulate with him upon the prospect oI
a possible attachment between himself
and Matte.
Unwise mother Like many another
she but added oil to the flame which heI
son was vainly trying to smother.
TO be continued
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For the New Northwest.T
A DIRGE.

Where the trees are proudly bending
To the free air;
Where the flowers their sweets are blending
Fragrant and rare,
Flower and tree their watch are keeping
By night and day,
Ger the dead, all lowly sleeping,
Far, far away
Hill and vale, in beauty shaded
By cliff and rock,
Twice have budded, bloOm'd and faded,
LIES dream TO mock;
still mourn with bitter anguish
Hopes early crossed;
Still my heart in grief will langulsh
For the long lost;
still in hour Of wsyward dreaming
Mem'ry will bring
one fair form in graceful seeming
On seraph's wing,
Hours and days Of youth recalling
Pleasure and pain,
Till the burning tears are falling,
Falling in vain.
Gently nll, ye summer showers,
Ger that lone tomb,
Teaching buds and Op'ning flowers
sweetly to bloom.
Winter winds, as wild ye're sweeping,
Hush'd be your moan;
Know ye not the sad are weeping,
Weeping alone.
Never more that lOy'd ones blessing
Falls on my ear;
Never more her cares unceasing
Watch DER me here;
Never more in JOY or sadness
Meet we below,
But in yon bright realms of gladness
Tears cease to flow.
JOHN 4. WoMACK.
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Misunderstanding is an institu-
ton calculated for q constant scene of as
much delight as our being is capable of.
Two persons who have chosen each
other out of all the species, with design
to be each others mutual comfort and
entertainment, have in that action bound
themselves to be good-humored, afable,
discreet, forgiving, patient and joyful.
with respect to each others frailties and
imperfections, to the end of their lives.
The wiser of the two land it always
happens one of them is such) will, for
her or his own sake, keep things from
outrage with the utmost sanctity.
When this union is thus preserved las l
have often said, the most Indifferent
circumstances administer delight. Their
condition is an endless source of new
qualification. The married man can
say, "If l am unacceptable to all the
world besides, there is one whom | en-
tirely love, that will receive me with
joy and transport, and think herself
obliged to double her kindness and ca
resses of me from the gloom with which
she sees me overcast. | need not dis
semble the sorrow of my heart to be
agreeable there; that very sorrow quick
ems her affection.-SpectatOr.
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The Seekers for the Pole.

Another Arctic expedition has suffered
the usual fate of shipwreck and suffering
without achieving any substantial re-
suit. 1t is true that the gallant Aus
trian explorers, Payer and Weyprecht,
who have Just been rescued from the ice
fields of SpitZbergen, succeeded in reach
ing north latitude S3', having thus PEN
etrated some 10 miles nearer the North
Pole than did Captain Parry. But this
gain of 10 miles added really nothing to
our geographical knowledge, while the
real object of the explorers, that of sail
ing through the so-called North Pas
sage, was defeated. They saw nothing
that differed in any way from the ice,
snow and water seen by former Arctic
voyagers, and it would be difficult to
point out a single particular in which
science has been benefited from their
bravery and sufferings.
Nevertheless, Arctic explorations will
go on. Baffied and turned back a score
of times, the seekers of the Pole will
still go on. 1t has already been shown
that no discoveries can be made in that
direction which will benefit commerce,
for the dream of utilizing the Arctic Sea
for navigation has vanished since the
Northwest Passage has been found prac-
no human being has reached the Pole is
a sufficient incentive to adventurous
men to strive to succeed where Parry,
Kane, Hays, Hall and so many others
have failed.
Whenever an Arctic expedition re-
turns, and the survivors tell the story OF
their hardships, a certain class of hu-
manitarians protest against any further
attempt at exploration i'm the frozen
seas. With equal justice it might be
claimed that the climbing of the Alps
and the hazardous voyages of aeronauts
should be forbidden in the interests of
humanity. 1t is true that no man will
be richer for the discovery of the Pole,
but mankind would be poorer in bravery
and enterprise were polar explorations
to cease. 1t is something to know that
there are men bold enough to face the
horrors of an Arctic winter on a cruise
which can yield them no money. The
world is not so full of unselfish bravery
that we can afford to underrate the dar-
ing of the seekers of the Pole.
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A WORD ABOUT MARRIAGE. A
physician writes the following sensible
advice: "My profession has thrown me
among women Of all classes, and my ex-
perience teaches me that God never
gave man greater proof of his love
than to place woman here with him.
My advise is: Go-propose to the most
sensible girl you know. II she says yes,
tell her how much your income is-from
what source derived-and tell her you
will divide the last shilling with her
and love her with all your heart in the
bargain. And then keep your promise.
Ny word for il, she will live within
your income, and TO your last hour you
will regret that you didn't marry sooner.
Gentlemen, don't worry about feminine
extravaganza and feminine untruth.
Just you be true to her, love her sin
cerely, and tell her of it frequently, and
a more fond, faithful, foolish slave you
will never meet anywhere. You won't
deserve her, l know, but she would
never see it. Now throw aside pride
and selfishness, and see what will be-
come of it.n