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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11
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"Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th
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Win be In the Treasurer's Office at
Woodstock after the 18th November. ANY
person failing to pay any State taxes or,
County Ievies to the treasurer by the first
of December shall incur penalty thereon
OF five per ccntum, which shall be added
to the amount of the taxes and levies due
from such taxpayer, which when col
lected by the treasurer, shall be accounted
ior in his settlemeLts'
Persons having claims against the
county are required to get a warrent from
the county clerk before they can be re-
ceived by the treasurer.
GEO. w. KOOTZ, Treas.
| Sep. l6. Shenandoah County
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11
TO WIT:

VIRGINIA TO WIT:
At rules held in the Clerks Office Of the
circuit court OF Shenandoah, for the month
of November, 1875;
Jno. W. r. Moore. -Cemn1
&G4fNsf
l.emuei ALLEN and l.. Trip1ett- srs Def't.
In Attachment.
The object Of this suit Is to recover debt
or claim of S45540 with interest thereon
from the oath Of November. 1874. due from
the said LeInuel Aflea to Ire said J. w.R.
Moore, and to attach the estate of said AL
len in the counties OF Shenandoah and
Rockingham. 10 satisfy the same
1t appearing by affidavit fled that the
defendant. Lemnel Allen, is not an inhabi-
tant Of this state. 1t is ordered. that the
said defendant do appear here within one
month after due publication hereof and do
what Is necessary to protect his interest :;
that copy Of this order be published in
some newspaper printed IN Woodstock.
once week fol- four successive weeks. and
copy posted at the front door OF the
Court House of said county, on the first
day of the next Gourt. -, "
GEO w. MILEY, C.C.c.s.C.
Copy Teste.
|. Hite Bird, p.q. GEo.W. MILEI,
nov: 1.-4w. -..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11

Hon. A. H. H. Stuart in card pubs
ished in this weeks Spectator declines
to serve as delegate from Augusta
county in the House of Delegates. Mr..
Stuart was not nominated by the con-
ventlon, but the people of Augusta
cast their votes for him and elected him.
Having declined TO become candidate
in opposition to the nominee, he now
declines to accept the position to which
he has been elected.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11

Dispatches from San Francisco give
the particulars, as far as obtained, of
the laundering, on Thursday last, when
less than day out from Victoria, of
the steamship Pacific, and the loss of
over hundred passengers Only one
man was saved, having been picked up
in an exhausted condition by sailing
vessel while floating on the pilot house.
The low condition of this sole survivor
rendered him unable to give full ac-
count of the disaster.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11
You Can Make $4,000
In 90 DAYS in A l Stocks.

III % udys III "a OVU'Fho.
MY SYSTEM rs SAFE, HONORABLE and SIMPLE
Pamphlet Sen Free to All.
W. h. WEEKS, Banker, 17s Broadway, New York
stocks bought and sold at the n. Y. Stock Exchange
Oct. H-Aw.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11
NEW JERSEY.

NEW YoRK, November 3.-Com-
plete returns from New Jersey show
the election Of 81 republican members
to the Assembly and 20 democrats.
One or two close districts yet to be
heard from may change the majority
one or two. Republican majority on
joint ballot II. Last year the demo
Gratis had majority on Joint ballot of
II. Republican gain this year 81.
DETROIT ELECTION.
DETROIT, November 8 Lewis, DEM
ocrat for mayor, has 1913 majority.
The remainder of the republican State
ticket is elected. with the exception
possibly Of district attorney. The
council vii! stand nearly Tie on the
Sunday liquor traffic QUESTION.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
BosToN. November s. Three hun
dred and ,hirty-two cities (nine TO hear
from) give Rice $4,000, CASTOR 1860,
Baker 8,94l, Adams Slit The re-
publlcans have elected i72 representa-
tives and the democrats ST. Nine dis
tric:s to he heard from.
ELECTION row.
ST. LOUIS, November IA Kansas
City special says desperate fight took
place at London, Simmer county,
Kansas. during the election yesterday,
and that Sheriff Neil, in attempting to
restore order and preserve peace, shot
and instantly killed desperate named
J. H. Turner, and badly wounded two
others. Returns from Kansas indi-
cate that the republicans have elected
nearly two-thirds of the Legislature.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11

VIRGINIA TO WIT:
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court
of Shenandoah county. In vacation, Novem-
Der LIST, 1875.
Harvey Smoot VIM. La kins and Lucinda
hif W life, Abraham Stoner and Raehae ell his wife
Henry Smoot, Isaac F. Doh as administra tor
of Catharine Smooth, deceased and in hts ow \
right, and Amanda, his wife, Reuben Smoot
Complainants.
Mary Smoot. relict of john W. Smoot, decd
Benjamin Smoot, Franklin Smeot Jno Smoot
and Theodore Smoot, and Charles CONNER 4
and Clara, his wife, children and heirs of Jno
W. Smoot, decd, Josiah Smoot, VIM. G. rim and
Matte Grim, John Grim, Geo. Grim and Harry
Grim, infant children of Vim. Grim and Bar
bara, his wife, now deceased, and formerly Bar
ha Smoot, Defendant,
The object of this suit is to subject 10 sale lot
no. 2, containing 1914 acres Of land, assigned
to the heirs of Cathar S moot. decd, in the
division of the land formerly assigned to Ra-
cbael Kern, late relict OF Henry Kern, deceased
as dover, and to paw the proceeds the reof to
the parties entitled thereto.
1t appearing by satifsa etory evidence that
the defendant Josiah Smoot is not an inhs
tant of this Sta te--it is ordered, That the said
defendant do appear here within one month AZ
ter due publication hereof, and do what is ne
cessary to protect his interest, that q copy of
this order be published in some newspaper
print ted in W God stock, once eek for four
success i've weeks and copy posted at the
front door of the Court House of said county,
on the first day of the next Court.
Copy Teste. Csc. ". MILEf.c.c.c.s.c.
GEO. W AILsY, c. c. c. 8. c.
Walton W. lton pa. nov. 4-4w
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11

Mr.. NJ. Harvey Efinger, chashier of
the National Valley Bank Of Staunton
was paralyzed in the left side on last
Monday about l24 o'clock, r. NJ. :.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11
Miscellaneous.

WoOD>ToCK GRADED SCHOOL.
R. =. HAIsLIP, MA, Principal,
w. W.. LOGAN. lst AssistES
.. Il SHAEFFER, End Assist
Miss EMMA LANTZ, Ord Assist
AM The Board of Trustees of the
<EtA. Woodstock Graded School have
8 procured the servicesef Mr.. r. D.
w. HAISLIP, an. Ma. of. Washing
&1 ton and Lee University, to take
charge of the Graded School at Wo0tlst ock
for the session begianing September 10Th.
1875
Mr.. HaislIpis recommended in the high
est terms by the Faculty of Washington
and Ice University, foi his scholarly at
talnments. capacity :s . teacher and char
acter as gentleman. He will be assisted
by Mr.. w. w. LOGAN, who has been ed
ucated at Roanoke College and has had ex-
pcricnce as a teacher, and other compe-
tent instru ctors.
THE NORMAL DEPARTMENT
will be divided info three grades. and
these grades, if necessary. shbdivided.
In this department all the ordinary Eng
llsh branches. as usual i'll Graded Schools.
will be taught. embracing Spelling, Read
ing, Writing. Arithmetic, English Gram
mar. Geography. &c. In the
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT,
will be taught Latin, Greek. Algebra, Ge-
ometry. Ancient and Modern History, Ele-
mentary Natural Philosophy and AS.
tronomy.
Higher English Branches per month $500
Higher English Branches and one
classical study in addition geg month $50
Classical Course 30 O
In addition to these studies. those who
desire it, cane by payinga special fee, have
ar opportunity of studying French, Ger
man. Higher Mathematics. &C.
A CHEMICAL LABORATORY
will be attacked to the school and great
pains will be taken to make the study of
che mistry attractive,
Those who complete the cotfrse satisfac-
toryly in the High School Department Will
be capable OF entering any of the colleges
of first rank.
Special attention will be paid in bot.
departments to Elocution and Com position
Both boys and girls will be admitted.
Gentiemanly department and ladylfke.
behavior will be required. and strict dis
cipline will be maintained,
"a Board for scholars can be had in
private families upon moderate terms.
P. j. FRAvEL,)
G. W. MILEY, Board OF
I. 1IITE BIRD, Trustees
sept 2-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11

.sTRAY NOT &c E.!

lNsTRAY NOTICE!
Taken mp ny the subscribe, on or about
the first dayof August 1875. one Brown
Heifer, with horns, both ears cropped off,
white belly in front of the hind'legs, two
years old and appraised at ten dollars.
rhe owner will prove property. pay
charges. and take it away otherwise it
will be disposed of as the law directs.
Nov. 11-3t JRO. COFFEIT.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-11-11
COMMISSION ER'S SALE
~ OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
In Powell's Fort, Shenandoah Co. Va,

In Powell's Fort, Shenandoah Co. Va,
BY virtue ola decree of the Circuit Court
Of Shenandoah County, entered on the l4th
day of April 1875, in. the chancery cause of
Mary Cain and others Compliments VS..
Daniel Ridenour, Defendant, the undersigned
Special Commissioners will offer at PUBLIC
SALE to the bighes bidder, on =
Saturday, November goth, 1875.
in front of the Court House, Woodstock, Va.
the following described real estate, viz-The
real estate conveyed by Mary Cain to Daniel
Ridenourb by deed bearing date Sept. 5tb, 1865.
being an undivided half of one-thrd of the
real estate of which William Smith died seized
and possessed, lying in the lower part OF
Powells Fort.
CONTAINING ABOUT so ACRES.
The land is ofexcellent quality, well water
ed and very productive.
Terms of Sale:
One-third cash, and the balance in one and
two years with interest from the day of safe,
said deferred payments TO be evidenced By the
bonds of the purchaser, and lien to be re-
tanned in the deed.
Sale to commence at l o'clock, P. M.
W. T. WILLIAMS,
MOSES WALTON,
Oct 21-tds. Special Comr's
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BJAgKV0DDs GDIEBUleE Magazine.

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09

Under the heading of "Pyschologi-
cal Riddle" the Neue Freie PresSe re-
ports most shocking case of Juvenile
depravity or insanity as having happened
in the district of Dobersberg, near the
village of Thighs. A little boy of twelve
years old was playing in field with two
little girls, when one of the latter named
Antonio Durneder lay down and went to
sleep. The boy, whose name was Johann
Fraisl, went up to the child and con-
templated her for some time. He then
carefully collected the best material at
hand for large bonfire, arranged these
over the body of the sleeper, and set fire
to the structure. The flames immedi-
ately rose high above the unfortunate
child, and when the other little girl saw
the awful sight, she screamed to the
young murderer to put out the fire.
But Johann took pleasure in the spec
tacle, and replied: "No; let Antonia
burn ; she will go to the angels" The
wind soon scattered the ashes of the
burnt child, and her despairing parents
found nothing remaining of her but
some calcined bones. The boy is charged
with the crime before the district court
of Dobersberg.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09
A Female Burglar.

One Sunday night farmer named
James Steen, living in Jackson town
ship, Monroe county, Pa, was awakened
by a noise in his bedroom. he sprang
from bed, when he heard some one run
ming out of the room. He followed and
captured the intruder, who was about
escaping from window, where entrance
had been effected. Mr.. Steen grappled
the burglar, and found that it was a
woman, or q man i'll woman's clothing.
A short struggle ensued in the dark be-
tween the two, during which the intruder
fired a pistol, the charge fortunately
missing its mark. The farmer soon over
powered and secured the desperate
thief. Procuring light he discovered
that the burglar was woman, not over
twenty five years of age. She was dress
ed in a close-fitting black dress and wore
a mans felt hat, with brown wing III
the band. She was recognized as O
woman who had been peddling notions
about the neighborhood for a day or SO,
and was evidently a French woman. Mr..
Steen kept watch over his captive until
morning. She would not talk, merely
saying that her name was Frances Sta
rard. She had gathered up the farmer s
pataloons and coat in the bedroom and
had them i'll her possession when caught.
On Monday Mr.. Steen preferred O
charge against his prisoner, and she was
remanded to the county Jail to await
trial. She was taken to Stroudsburg OF
Monday afternoon, and, owing to the
fact that the Jail was in the course OF
reconstruction, she was confined in the
grand jury room in the court house fol
the time being. The day after she was
locked up she declared that she woulC
never be tried, if she had to burnt the
building down and perish with it. Sub
sequently, however, she seemed to ac
cept the situation and Lecame very trac
table. The sequel shows, however, tha
she was only acting part, to throw the
authorities off their guard.
Early ON the following Monday Mrs
Tuthill, who has charge of the cour
house, was awakened by strong smell
of smoke in the building. Institutine
an investigation, she discovered fame
issuing from the grand jury room, ant
the corridors were filed with smoke
She at once gave the alarm, and by grea
efforts the fire was extinguished. 1t wa
at once believed that the prisoner hat
attempted to carry her threats into exc
cution, and a search was made to see
she had perished in the flames or hat
been suffocated. 1t was soon discovere'
that she had fallen victim to neither
but had escaped from the building by
window, after firing the room. This sh
had done by removing the doors from
large bnse-burning stove in the roor
and overturning it on the floor, spillin
its burning contents thereon. She the
pied the bedding and furniture i'll tn
room upon the stove and made her es
cape, jumping from the window to tn
ground, some twelve feet. A large spac
was burned i'll the floor aud sewers
beams burned in two. In short tim
the flames would have made such prt
gress that it is doubtful if they coul
T have been controlled, and disastror
, confagration would have resulted. n
trace of the woman has yet been fount
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09
Informed His Friend.

A Radnorshire (Eng.) lady recently
paid visit to her father at Yorkshire,
who, before she was married, had kept
two or three sheep dogs, of which she
was very fond. Since then he has re-
tired from business and disposed of all
but one dog. This one met the lady
with demonstrations of great delight
upon her arrival at her fathers house,
and that night the dog went a distance
of seven miles to farmhouse where one
of the other dogs had been sent (the lat
ter was blind, being kept as an old
fayorite). In the morning, when the
lady went to the door, she saw not only
the dog which had given her such glad
reception the day previous, but also the
the old blind one, which had evidently
been brought by the other dog to wei
come her. When the second night
came, the old blind one was taken back
to its home by the same dog, which
afterwards returned, having travelled a
distance of twenty eight miles to give
pleasure to the old blind one.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09
sCuENCK,s MANDRAKE FILLS

VIII be found to possess those qualities necessary t
the total eradication of all bilious attacks, prompt t.
start the secreions of the liver and give healthy tons
to the entire system. 1t is ordinary discovery r.
medical science to have invented remedy for these
stubborn complaints which develop all the results pre-
duced by a heretofore free OF caomel mineral
justly dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged to be
destructive In the extreme to the human system. Tha;
the properties of certain vegetables comprise all the
virtues of oslome without its injurious tendencies, l.
admitted fact, rendered indisputabe by scien
tiic researches; and those who use the Mandrake Pill
will be fully satisfied that the best medicines thos,
provided by nature in the common herbs and roots o
the fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct all bilious de
rapgements without salvation any of the injuriou
effects of calonei other poisons. The secretion
bile is promoted BY these pills. will be by til
altered color of the stools, and disappearing of tn
sallow complexion and cleansing of the tongue.
Ample directions for accompany each box OF pill
| Prepared only by j. H. SCHENCK SON, at thei
principal Office. corner Sixth and Arch Streets, Philf
| delphia and for sale by all drugg SIS aud dealer
| Price % cents per box.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09

The proportion of males to females in
the population of the German empire
appears to be steadily declining. In
1856 the excess of females over males, IN
what is now the German empire, was
348, 631, which declined in the following
nine years of peace to 313,3S3 in 1864.
At the end of 1866, that is, after the
Schleswig- Holstein and Austrian wars,
the excess was All, 1886. In December,
1871, the effects of the war with France
were shown in an ascertained surplus
female population of 755,S75. Thus in
the seven years, from 1864 to 1871, the
excess of females over males in the Ger
man population had increased by no less
than fourteen per cent. Although no
inconsiderable portion of this loss to the
German male population is due to actual
slaughter on the battlefield, it is un-
doubtedly caused principally by immi-
grafton. Even if immigration could
now be checked, it would take more
than one generation to restore the pro.
portion between the two sexes in Ger.
many to what it was ten years ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09

soldiers to stop the thieviRg, they in their
turn will become thieves, and so add to the
number. -. Count Won Arnim, OF Prussia, is
to be indicted for treason ....... The bberlan
troops, in an attack on native settlement,
we're repused, with a loss OF many men and
three pieces Of artillery. The natives at once
began to lombard Latrobe with the latter. ....
DR.. Davis and wife, the abortionists, Of Ot-
tawa, have had their death sentences CON-
muted to imprisonment for life, on account Of
their aid In convicting their victims seducer.
Minister Cushing has returned an AMIGA
BILE note TO the Spanish government .....
Russian papers advocate the occupation by
Prussia Of the balance of Khokand ..... The
police of New York STOPPED the lottery Of
a church fair and announced their intention
OF preventing any more similar gambling. ....
The National Temperance Society, at q meet
ing, thanked Secretary Bristow for his prose-
cution Of the whisky ring, and demanded that
the Centennial commission rescind their de-
cision to ohave liquor sold on the grounds Of the
national exposition. =. Hereafter the govern
ment clerks in Washington are to work until
four o'clock, instead Of three o clock as hereto
fore ..... By the sudden breaking Of a chain
attached to the hoisting wagon, which was be-
ing let down in the mines OF the Buckvillt
coliiery, at Tusoarora, Pa, tho wagon camt
down with great force, instantly killing Hugf
Sharp and Patrick Mcintyre, and woundint
four other miners. "A woman In Washington
gave birth to four children, and at last &C
counts the quartet and their mother wer'
doing WE'LL. There is great improvement
in the Quebec lumber market, the reasol
assigned being that the Norwegian govern
ment has issued orders to curtail the supply il
that country
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-09
Wealth of the AstOrs.

The venerable Peter Cooper, of New
York city, lifelong friend of the late
VIM. B. Astor, was interviewed by q re-
porter. To the query as to what amount
of property Mr.. Astor had become pos
sessed of during his life Mr.. Cooper
said it was, of course, simply impossible
to estimate it with accuracy, neverthe-
less he felt sure that it exceeded by far
even the widest estimate of the public.
Giving to it the estimate of value which
would have been fair before the late
great and very general decrease in
values he was sure that 5000, ZOO, 900
would be a nearer expression of it than
other which was likely to be made by
others than those in charge of his ac-
counts. The reporter expressed surprise
at the magnitude of the sum named,
and Mr.. Cooper responded, saying
that his ownership of real estate was
enormous, and even that was larger than
was generally supposed. Then, in addi-
ton to that, his investments in stocks
We're really very great. He held stocks
not SO much as basis for speculation aF
to draw dividends, hence his transac-
! tions were not generally noted. Many
who have tried to estimate Mr.. Astor'f
wealth, said Mr.. Cooper, have forgotten,
even if they ever knew, the amount his
father left to him. And then, in addi
ton to that, they are very apt to forget
that his uncle, who was very wealthy
man, left him nearly all that he had ac
quired. With two really vast fortunes
thus left in his careful hands many years
ago, and his own untiring effort to ado
to the gross amount, one who would give
the question of his wealth at the time o.
his death its due consideration would
soon realize how natural it was that two
vast fortunes carefully handled and add
ed to during so many years should have
grown to an almost incalculable value.