Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-09-09
GENERAL NEWS.

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cv of two thousand dollars in the
company, and having been burned
ont and sought the. money, and not
beng able to get it, obtained the as
si,tauce of counsel, who sued out an
attachment, and the Sheriff thereup'
on levied upon the office, counter
and fixtures, five cane seat chairs, l
desk, table, stove, | sofa and one
$40. 900 bond of the st. Louis and
Morgan County Mining and Smelt,
mg Company also twenty-five bonds
III 81 600 each of the Bear River
Valley Manufacturing, Mining and
Railroad. Company. The question
now. is whether with the $50, 900 OF
bonds, and the office furniture, the
amount of $4,000 Indebtedness can
be realized therefrom?
MORE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
FARcE.-Jesse C. Banks and Alberta
VI. Brooks, both colored, have each
maze complaint before United States
Commissioner A tkins against Mr.. b.
I. Crouch, conductor on the Rich
mond, York river and Chesapeake
railroad. chat he on the 18th of Au-
gust, 1873, did deny to them, the
said Jesse G.. Banks and Alberta NJ.
Brooks, for reasons not by law APP
plicable to citizens of every race and
color, a full and equal enjoyment of
accommodations, advantages, tacili-
ties and privileges on said train from
West Point to the White House, on
sud Richmond, York river and Chesa-
peakc railroad
Warrants have not yet been issued
in these cases against Mr.. Crouch,
and will not for some days, nor has
any civil action been so far instituted
against him. Rich. Wing.
Another railroad ticket fraud on
the Baltimore & Ohio road, has been
developed at ParkerSburg, at which
point Mis- Dolan purchased Il tick
ct for Baltimore, from VIM. IL.
Brown, a local ticket agent. The
ticle was Uncovered to be fraudu-
lent, and Brown was placed under
arrest 10y Deputy Sheriff Clemens,
OF Wood county. Brown made afii>
davit that he obtained the fraudu-
lent ticket from Upton n. Dorsey, to
whom was traced the recent crooked
ticket case in this city. This is no
lcss than the third time Dorsey has
heen implicated in this manner. He
will be prosecuted by the railroad
company. Thomas Il. Sharpe, Mas
ter of Transportation on the Balti-
more Il Ohio line, has the matter in
hand.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A KENTUCKY
HLAsPHEMER. A man named Louis
Burke, who lived at BurkeSville, in
this county, few days ago INDUCED
in very blasphemous language be-
cause his crops had been destroyed
by high water. He cursed God for
having his crops destroyed last year
by heat and drought, and destroying
them this year by food, and conclud-
ed his blasphen,y of the Creator with
the expression: God damn him ~
His tongue Glove to the roof of his
mouth, and he died the next night,
never uttering another word.-Hel-
deIson Reporter.
The Pomeroy Telegraph of August
25th. says the Clifton, West Virgil
MIA. Salt Furnace was sold Yesterday,
under deed OF trust, for 81 ,000.-
This furnace was built in 1873,
at cost SlO7, 900, The present
purchasers are w. z. Rathburn, II.
ii. Swallow, George w. Plantz, and
/ :. A. VI. Moore. When salt sold at
| sc. per bushel, wholesale, this fur
mace made some money, but since
the general tall in price of that
staple, when running. it has been
constantly mourning debt, and a large
Iimcumbrance of that kind, we hear,
| is wiped out by this sale, as well as
all The property rights of the origl
nal stockholders.
The editor of the Grafton Sentine
hopes to see the day when the great
natural advantages of West Virgil
MA for stock growing will be brought
fully and squarely into the market
| for immigration. Easy of access Il,
we are to the best stock markets OF
the country, there is no reason why
we should not furnish a full quota OF
cattle from each of our thousand
hills. XIII off the dogs, farmers,
and turn your attention largely tc
sheep and cattie-then carefully note
your increase. 1t will prove to be u
paving investment"
The Pittsburgh Dispatch suggests
that when Tweed becomes disengaged
from the New York Courts, that he
be given place in the National Cabi
net. He certainly has made repu
tation showing him to he eminently
/ qualified for the position.
GENERAL PEMBEEToN.--Lieute
naut General Pemberton, late of the
Southern army, is now in the employ
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
panv. to establish iron werks at Am,
/ boy. 1t was Gen. Pemberton who
50 long held ont at Eickshurg, which
was finally captured by Gen. Grant
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