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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-14
THE JERSEY CITY MATRICIDE.
Summing Up for the Defcncc-The Ca
To Go to the Jury To-Day.

cumming Up Tor The Defcncc-The Case
To Go to the Jury To-Day.
The trial OF Joseph Freeman for the murder Of
his mother was continued at Jersey City yester-
day. The defence examined several witnesses,
among them being physicians, whose testimony 1t
was expected would support the Insanity plea.
The case having been closed on both sides, Mr.
Dixon spoke to evidence Tor the defence. He was
evidently impressed with the sarcastic sugges.
tDe case :-"If were defending this man would
never enter plea OF insanity. think the plea o, OF
malntaned,u Coultsel told the Jury that there
were two branches to the defence-one that the
prisoner was sane and that the shooting was acCl-
dental; the other that the prisoner was insane
and was not therefore responsible for the act. NO
wider scope in the defence OF man charged with
viii be summed up to-day and the case Will be
given 70 the Jury,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-14
NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB.

At the annual meeting OF the New York Athletic
Club, recently held at their rooms, Nos. 4 and 9
East Twenty-eignth street, the following officers
were elected ior the ensuing year:-President, d.
N. Kpowlton; Vice President, Richard G. Fellows;
Secretary, william f. sinclair: Treasurer, n.
Elliott Burris; Captain, Harry +. Buermeyer
First Lieutenant, X. William Rathborne; second
Lieutenant, Waldo Sprague; Trustees J. Ii. Miller,
George Moore Smith and w. X. Collins. Delegates
to Harlem Rowing Ass0clation-H @. Meeker, r.
A. Curtis, II. +. Buerneyer. Delegates to Ath-
letic Conventional. q. Meeker, N. Elliott Burris.
Five new members were elected
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-14
BURNED TO DEATH In BALTIMORE.

BAL1IMOKE Nd, MATCH I3, 1874.
Mrs. Bridget Ward, lorty-Hve years OF age, at
tempted this morning to Kindle her kitchen nre
with coal oil, when the can, containing half gal.
lon OF the fluid, exploded She was Immediately
enveloped In names and was SO horribly burned
as to cause death In q few hours Her daughter
was also badly burned in endeav0ring to save ner
mother.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-14
CREATION OF FEMALE DOCTORS.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March Is, 1874.
Az the Commencement of the Woman's Medical
College, to-day sixteen females graduated a
doctors OF medicine.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN sACo. ME,

SAC0, March 13. 1874
q. A. Carter, republican, was elected Mayor of
this city to-day over Rufus r. Tapley, democrat.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-29

State Of West Virginia, Retser Coaa.
", 7o.tsit:
A. Rules held In the Clerks 0iiee Of The
Circuit Court Of Webster county, on The Isl
Monday Ia June, 1874.
Margaret 4. Hamriek, by her next friend
and guardian, Vincent iiamriek, children
aud heirs al law OF Benjamin flamrlek,
deceased, plaintiGs.
VI. af- U.la
Robert Doddtill ct al, defendants. a
IN cttAkcERY. Al ..i.f
The object Of this suit Is 10 obtain a decree
for, and ascertain the interests Of the mid
Margaret 4. liAmriek Ia the real eitat. oiibe
said Benjamin Hamtiek, deceased, lying and
being IN the county Of lfebster. And Il al.
peating by affidavit filed In this eaute that
Henry O. Moore, one ofthe defendants In
this suit, L non.retident Of thii State, on
motipn ofD. II. Lilly, plaintiffs attorney, Il
Il, ordered that tic iaid defendant do appear
here within four weeks from The date of
the hrst publication hereof, and do what ii
necessary TO protect his interest 10 this suit
Tejte;
B. @. CONRAD, Clerk.
junsi54w
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-29
The public Printing case.

The case Of the State against Harry
S. Walker, in which that gentleman
was charged with fraud. &c, in
the suit instituted against him
by Mr.. jacob, came Up at the late
term Of the Circuit Court u KapaWhs
County. Aller the State had render
ed It's declaration, Mr.. Walker sub
united the certificates Of The Governor
and oiher officers, authorizing him to
Eeceise the money for all lhp work he
had ever done, thus completely cxcul-
patipg himself. And thus We have
The novel spectacle Of tho Executive Of
the State affirming 10 charges Of frasd
agains. a public officer, When ut the
same time bis csEtifcalsSap introduced
in evidence, wherein he attsstsd the
correctness apd oFiersa u, payment Of
The very bills which he now alleges
were fraudulent. Judge Smith ruled
That The certificates we're competent
testimony; and Mr.. Walkers aeauit.
tai is perSssarY consequences.
It may be we'll to observe that the
Judge ii no. in political sympathy
with Mr., Walker. Or With The Demo.
cratic party. and tepre our Republican
friends must accept his decision With
The best grace they can muster.
Aud 50 ends this famous essei-fa.
nous because II was a prosecution
backed by tho whole power VI the State
against one man famous because II
had afforded capital for The Repuhli.
cans for years ;-and it is famous in
its termination. Prosecuted TO build
mp The political fortunes Of csrtain indi
tiduals, It could not sustain itself mo
ment when It encountered tho impair
tial eye Of the law. Long ago we do.
msndrd, in behalf Of Nj. Walker, I,
trial Of this case, for We we'll knew
it would terminate just as Il has.
The Radical brethren certainly have
had luck in the Courts; Ths Court Of
Appeals was charged with Partially,
because il was composed ofpemOrrats
but Mr.. Walkers case was tried BY .
Republican Judge. Is be also parliaI
10 Dsmocratsi Fair play is a jewel
and We arc glad to see that our judicia
officers, Of both parties, arc inclined To-
administer justice, regardless Of any
outside confederation.
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tka.7oe Acres o.
BRAXToN LAND for SALE

Nm. Ross, plaintiff
stephen K. Kane, defendant
villas fSs HslnIes, plaintiff
stephen /. Kane, defendants
David p. Moore, plaintiff.
Stephen K. Kane, d.isadAnl
~ cHAxerRY.
Pursuant TO a decree pronounced by the
Circuit Court Of Bfaxion county, al the
March term thereof 1874, In these three
causes, the undefsigned, as Special Commits
Sionsrs for that purpose appointed, will pro-
coed In front OF the court house door Of said
county, on the 18th day OF August, 1874,
that bSlng the fitst day Of the August term
Of said court for said county, 10 sell at pub
lie auction, 10 tie highest bidder, the two
tracts Of land 10 the bill and proceedings Of
said causes mentioned Ono Of which tracts
contains 90, 100 acres-thc other SO, 600 acres
situate 10 ths counties Of Brakion, Nicholas
and Webster, but principally 10 BraIton
county and adjoining each other, and on
both sides Of Elk river.
Terms Of Sale.
For cash 10 hand 10 pay the costs ofthese
suits and expense Of sale. The residue on a
credit Of O. II and IS months, taking from
the purchaser, or purchasers, notes bearing
interest from date, with good personal So.
eariIyi and retaining a lien on the land as a
further Fec1fity
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tributaries, and all on the banka Of the
same, besides that lying In the woods
cptSnd ready for hauling to tho water.
Great dissatisfaction and complaint was
cpgeuderod among the timber men,
owing to tho fact that timber never was
ASSESSED With tax a, any time hereto
fore, owing to its great supply and so
little demand, Atpreseni, timber ly-
Jog on The river worth about IL cents
a foot, running measure; while stand
ing it will command about 3 cents a
foos on The stump, l am informed
that tho Assessor for Gilmsr county
this year proposed to assess the timber
belonging 10 land owners, Whish Is cut,
hauled aud ready to run TO market, at
0 cents per foot, running measure, and
timber in the hands Of speculaters or
purchasers not oEning tho land from
which tho timber was severed, at 10
cents per foot. This might do for this
year, but how would the assessed val,
pe Of tho land for ensuing years be al,
tered or changed without some legisla-
lion on the subject That to eoryeri
forest trees into lumber enhances ID,
value thereof fouF.fold, and changes
the nature Of the subject Of taxation,
does not admit ola doubt, but while
the subject is changed and the value OIL
tho property, 80 far as perlaincd 10
the timber, y is increased, the real es.
tate is decreased. Owing to the great
demand for lumber, and the high prices
Il will produce, it must necessarily be.
come a'great Eourco Of revenue TO the
State and counties, II The assessors
thereof will perform their duty and sec
that al the timber that Is being cpi
apd in the hands pftimber merchants,
spectators and traders, Is properly as.
ssaed, aud tho tag collected thereon.
Query; Has all the timber aaOst on the
West Fork river, aud that lying on It's
tributaries IN this county been assessed
with tax or poti II not, it nigh.
prove advantageous to those Who labor
daily by tilling tho soil, to see that an
equal and just taxation should DO I'm.
posed on all persons apd subjects, and
thereby relieve them Of some Of tbs
burthene Of taxation they have 10 ed,
dprc. It's the duty Of every good cit
iEen to give in Q correct list Of all BIZ
taxable property, including saw.lugs
aud it is the duty Of tho assessors
Of the COUNTIES Of this State L
repor. all persons who fail to give il
ali their taxable property, that The
penalties Of the law may DO rigidly en-
forced, and equal and exact Justice be
done lnWard all. ~
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AYNOUNCEME y'T.
For Congress-.

Psrksshurg. Jsass, 1914.
10 Tie Editor Of TRE DESo7Lry
slR.-At the solicitation OF many frisudl,
hereby appounes myIslf as eAn1ieR ate for
CONGRESS frsm The First District.
JOHN ". HoRNER.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-29
Mapping the Lands,

Last week brief mention was made
TO tho delinquent, forfeited and upap.
propriaiod lands in this State, with tue
suggestion that some mcani should DO
rssorted 10, 10 ascertain Tho true nun.
Der Of acres Of land in each county
1t is an unqusstiopable fact that most
Of tho old surveys upon which patents
issued from, Virginia. were made by
inexperienced aud illiiernte men. The
lands were wild, tho country Iparsely
settled, and the value Of The land Of 50
little importance that surveyors were
mot lcFppuloa, about quantity, and al.
ways enteirored to have more land
embraced in each survey than was call,
ed for in the patent. In view Of this
fact, and the immense increase in the
demand for West Virginia lands al
this time, We still insist that IL all the
different tracts and parcels Of land in
sach county Of this State were re.sur-
seyed, plated and mapped out, there
would DO more than an ample suficien.
cy Of land found, not at present on the
nsseaor's books or charged with any
ttx, to pay double the expense Of ma.
king said survey, plat, map, &c.
And this is not all. A map Of all
tho farms and wild lands, placed ip The
Clerks office Of every cocnty 10 the
state. would DO OF great advantage,
both to the owners and thoIe desiring
70 purchase. The direction from tue
Court House, the distance, the water.
courses, and the exac! plat Of the land ,
showing il, shape, meteS and bounds,
would DO tho means Of enabling all per-
sons, both buyers and ssllerf, 10 sec
what they are buying and selling with
out the necessity Of having to 20 on
each tract Of land, aud spend weary
days and hours IN iscertaining the cor.
nsrs. lines aud shape of the survey.
Under the statute providing for q re.
assessment Of lands throughout tue
State, the officers on whom this duty
devolSes will very soon commence
their labors, and We venture to affirm
that in the re.assessmen. they will
have to be governed solely by tie old
assessor books or the word Of the
land.holder, to know how much land
50 charge; while, II they bad a gui le,
such Us On accurate map or plat Of oil
tho lands, they could easily aud prop
erly determine The value Of every tract.
Some may object 10 this suggestion
on the ground that Il would cost too
much, and thatii would b attended
with too much trouble 10 laud holders,
but lit would increase the Number Of
acrcs ofland aS much as $4,000 acres
10 each county, IT eau be plainly seen
that tho proportiouats amount Of tax
would amply repay not only the .copn.
tiles, hut The State Of largo.
live are wrong. or mistaken iu our
iprsmises in regard TO the good results
Of this, plan, We would be glad to re-
sciye apy better or more feasible plan
on The subject from any quarter.
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coMMIssIoN ERIs SALE

f4r, JObusou, CSnnIisIppsr IN the casa NJ
Isabella spHqgstap, Be- ", Sals,hlel
Stump,
Ts.
WI. Stump and Lempel S. yannoy,
uFeS A PETITION roe A RE-sALE,
Dy virtue OF . decree rendered. Al the spring
term, 1874, in the above styled cause, Twill,
In front ofihe Court House door Of Glluer
county, on Ire first day Of the August term,
1874, OF the usanly Court Of said Comfy,
(bsilg the 10th day Of AuguItl proceed 10
sell at public auction, TO the highest bidder,
for CASH inland, the tract ofl9S acres Of
land, named IN the bill and proceedings It
being the same land on which BE said Sa-
lA,hitl Stump now resides, There Is . COM
Portable houlN, = good barn, and good apple
orchard, and from so to 10 Acrrs Of Improved
land IL q ioleFable state Of cultivation. The
Farm lie, jqit below Tanners Fork, IN De-
Kali District Asd ID a good nsighhnFhood,
With School House on the farm, The title
10 taia land 10 good.
June goat CnmnisIisntr.
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,eoAeeralhg the lI,eI,ms nt and Tax.
alton Of saw-Logs,

WESTON, June 20
NJ. Editori-A question Of some
Importance has been troubling The
minds Of real estate owners Oh t6e,Ka.
.nawha river and lie tributaties res.
pecting taIca /, Is slain,d Is the
land owners along The streams ttliat
their lands are assessed at their full
values with tho timber and trees grow.
ing thereon, and II they out lbs timber
thepfrom and 90 70 tbe labor aud eK.
penss, Of putting .he Lumber in the
streams ready, for running 70 market,
they should not BE- taxed with the val.
ius-ofthe TIMBER and b required to pay
tho full tax on the land. Tho assessor
for Gilmsr county on.lAN yfsr nsssssed
all lie lmlOr tGcal In thoriytr and ilsl
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-29
DIR, DEIIANNIO,
THE INDIAN HERB DOCTOR,
and his wife.
TIE INDIAN MEDICINE WOMAN,

formerly Of Thsslsg Island at he urgent request q number citizen.
Virginia and will b found bis residence door below the Bank
During the years the doctor and bis wife have been nei BY
thousands patients and have performed wonderful Their celebrity
be testified the respectable citizens q The States They
prepared furnish Medicines Botanical for tho
Chronic 0phama Eye. White Ss. Pi Srela Aalma,
Cancer, Lr Complaint Failing Sner Fits Rhend,r LAbog0.
MeWias Das Old Sab Rhn Eytipda Disean he Heart,
Bhae', Amea0rrhad, Gonorr1sa Syphilis. and
all Diseases the Womb Diseases peculiar Females, Maubin Si
abuse fact all the ills that human flesh heir They you
codg nature When the Great spirit created mankind he created
shrub the diseases which his should DO subject
Let these who suffering from Consumption The Lungs ca, DE Indian
Medicine Woman and cured Fever and cured days Shake
and the Indian Medicine cured She
delcous drugseu the Indian pncpe-uo how
have had the disease she will you We uch Bws
strife WITH nature The laws hands with blood
poison their pain, TO THE LADIES would be
your who perfectly understands your conjunction
the diseases which you subject and what yon u Suffer
longer but call the Indian Herb Docress and be cured Her remedies
never fail Cancer positively removed wihoa. tho knife The Indian Medi
attends the ladies' and the Indian Herb Doctor 70 The gentle
The Indian Medicine raised among the Cherokee Indians
where she obtained all her knowledge Of medicine and ha, performed
than any regular practitioner in the country
That terrible monster TAPE WORM most positively removed within
twelve hours Come the Doctors office and that hayc taken
Iby him. No charge for consultation advice
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Notice to Creditors,

10 dc Creditors qfJoRua Il. Knight,
.dseeaied.
in pursuance Of a decree Of The Circuit
Court q The county Of Gilntr, made 10 a
csupe lbersin pending, 10 subject the real e.
tate Of The sald Joshua l.. Knight 10 the pay
meat Of hh debts, you arr htrtby required 10
presept yout elaimI against the said Joshua
i, KElght iot adjudication 10 Levi johnson,
Commissioner, al bic office In tue aid coun.
", onor before the 3lIl day Of July, 1874.
iWitlou, Curponts n. Conrad, Clerk or
our said Court, this lpth day sfJnne, 1874.
o.. D. CONRAD, Clerk,
,Iuns2ets
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State Of West Virginia o.Nit:
At Raies heldin the Clerks 0fiee q the
Girruitl Court Of IfNiI county, on The lat
MondayNjn June, 1874.
Isaac s Mitchell, plaintiff,
John Flesher and others, dtlendAnts.
~ ciIkScEpy,
The object Of this suit Il 10, assert lien ON
90 acres OF land on JrsSels Hun, IN Lewis
county, sod by the .plNetlf to SuiannAh
Mitchell, now deceased, ,fas Sl52, with in
iertst thareon from tbs 2eth OF March, 1874,
tllipaidi unpaid purchase money thereon,
and to set aside sale Of said land made by
certain Richard Dobson. trustee, to GER
iaip Joseph Mitchell, and cancel and annul
aid Dobson's deed therefor to the said
Mitchell.
And II appearing by affidavit filed that
defendant Nicholas StrRley Il non-rcsideni
ofthis State, aud he not appearing, tits or
dered that he do appear al EuleS 10 be held
lnIthe Clerks Office Of said Court, on the
6rit Monday ID July next, and do what Is
Necessary to protect his laterest IN thlS. said
suit. Tastes
- p
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STATE Of West Virginia.
Az Rples held 10 The Clerks Once Of the
Circuit Court Of Bra1lon county, on The hrs,
Monday In June, 1874.
Daniel S. Squires, administrator ofAddison
Mclaughlin, deceased, plaintiff.
TAOua, u Iostata, and Others defend.
ants.
~ clLxcERY,
Thsobjeel OF this bill iS 70 naSarce Ayer,
doris lien on 3 Tract oflAnd containing Ito
acres, lying 10 RraIton county, es thshead
Of Big Run, . branch orHile KAuAwha
river, for the payment OF PLAINTIFF debt
against iae defendant Loekart for the SUN
OSLO, with interest, &c.
And Il appearing by Siidayit filed that The
defendants Charles B. Hail and Margaret o.
Hall, his vic, late Margaret @. Mclaughlin
and Duncan ReLaaghlin, are not residents
Of this State, II Is ordered that they DO ap-
pear here WiIhin one month Ai(er the FIRST
publication hereof, and do what Il nve'sswy
10 protect THAR interest In this Epii.
Testej
]. NJ. JONES, Clerk.
H. BrannOu,pq juuel5iE
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Sale Of Town Property

SA = ASfSAbJ
Robert Irvine
John !. uoor.s heirs aud Others,
~ ciiLEcERY.
Under decree Of the Circuit Court ofi.ewii
county, made 10 this case on the ID ofllarch,
1874, | will sell at public auction, 10 The
highest bidder, 10 front Of the Court House
Of LewiS.cosniy, on the Sd day ofAugusi
nsI., that being the first day Of The August
fern Of the County Court ofLewiS county,
the lot OF boundary Of land directed by said
decree 10 be sold, lying ID the town OF IVES.
ton, on the road leading up Town Run, ad.
joining lots Of Preston Dawson and Charles
Post, The same which wRi sold by Robert
Irvine 70 JohnJ. and Jeremiah 3. Moore on
the 2sth Of March, 1850, containing ene,hRlf
acre and Is? EquAfe leet.
The property has on tia dwelling house
and other improvements
The purchaser Is 10 execute notes with
good security, bearing interest from date,
payable 10 9, 70 and 10 months after date /;
aud tue title Is 10 DO reserved until The fur.
tier osdeNof the Court
HENRY BRANN0N,
junc99iU Commissioner
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09
FIELD AND FARM.
stable Manure aud Zine.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: Is not your
POwells station cores pDudent in er-
r0r in stating that so good IA farmer
as Mr.. StOltsfus puts lime on his stable
manure. or does he mean to say that he
only puts lime on the refuse green fod-
der and stalks? Most Pennsylvania
farmers know 10y practical experience
that common burnt lime put on stable
manure deprives it of much its value
the scientific reason is that common
lime contains more or less CarboniC
acid; the great active principle of
stable manure il ammonia; carbonic
acid has a greater affinity for the am
monia than for the lime, hence it
leaves the latter and takes up with the
former. then united with ammonia,
the carbonic acid forms carbonate of
ammonia this chemical is volatile
and Wilt pass Off into the air. Com
mon swelling salts is All instance of
this ana may be made by mixing lit
tie quick lime and sulphate of ammo
MIA together in a tight bottle. If mix
ed with the green matter alone the
lime would have a tendency to correct
its acidity and hence promote decom-
position. Sulphate of lime, gypsum,
ground plaster, as it is variOusly called,
is the character of lime which should
be mixed with stable manure.
~ READER.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09

We learn from Chambers Edinburgh
Journal that very interesting report
on the Cooperative nutritive properties
of food was lately presented to the
French minister of the interior, 10y
Percy and Nanquelin, two members OF
the institute. Ihe result Of their eX-
pertinent l. ~ follows: In bread, 100
pounds are found to contain 20 pounds
Of nutritious matter; butcher meat,
averaging the various sorts, contains
only 81 pounds in 100 pounds French
beans, . pounds; peas % pounds len
tails, II pounds; greens and turnips,
which are the most aqueous of all veg
etables used for domestic purposes,
furnish only pounds; carrots II
pounds, and what il very remarkable,
- being IN opposition to the acknOwl-
edged theory, loo pounds of potatoes
only yield - pounds of substance val
liable ~ nutritious. According to this
estimate | pound of good bread l.
equal tn p or rounds of best POTATOES;
and % pounds of bread and 80 pounds
of butcher meat are equal to 300 pounds
Of potatoes, Or, sgaiI, | pound OF rice
or of broad beans j. equal TO pounds
of potatoes, while pound of potatoes
is equal to pounds of cabbage. and to
pCunds Of turnips. This calculation
is considered correct, and Inay he
useful TO families where the best mode
of supporting nature should be adopted
at the least expense.