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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
Labor Movements.

The Pittsburg Association for the
Reliefof the Poor have declined to
extend ASST. lance to the families of
the striking puddlers OF that city,
on the ground that large proper
ton of the restitution which the
association is called to relieve is
the result ofidleness enforced upon
willing laborers whose occupation
is suspended by the so-called strike
of the puddlers.
The printers III the -etiice OF the
Petersburg Wal Index-Appeal,
are on q strike on account of diff
ference between them and the pro-
prietors on the apprentice system.
The operatives in the Stafford,
Chase and Sycamore mills in Fall
River, Mass. have notified the pro-
prietors that they will strike on
March | unless the q Per cent. be
conceded this week
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
Drunkb ufOnce

But FIVE minutes to live, said
the Sheriff IF you have any
thing 70 say, speak now
The young man burst into tears,
and said:
II have to die--I had little
brother, He had beautiful black
eyes aud fiaxen hair; / loved him
--hnt ohe day | got drunk for the
first time ia my life, and coming
home / found my little brother
getting berries tn the garden, and
| became angry without q cause,
and killed him with one blow of a
rake ! did not know anything
about it until next day, when |
awoke and 'ound myself bound
and guarded, aud was told that my
little brother was found, his hair
was clotted with blood and brains,
and he was dead. Whiskey had
done il. 1t had ruined ME. | was
never drunk but once. / have on
ly one more word to say, and then
| am going TO my Judge. | say to
young persons, never! never
touch anything that can intoxi-
cate
Inaqother moment the young
man was ushered into eternity.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
A Singular Suit.

A singular suit is now on trial
at New York, brought by wo-
man who married for money and
didn't get it. Jennie Young aged
twenty-three, married Daniel S.
Young, a widower Of fifty eight
years, with the understanding that
he was possessed of $150,000 in real
estate. She had ascertained that
to be the actual fact three days
prior to the wedding, but after
wards learned that Young, just be-
fore marrying her, had conveyed
all his property to his two daugh-
tiers by hisIfirst wife. Mrs. Young
sues to set aside that conveyance
as a fraud on her. depriving her of
her inchoate right of dover.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
Am Indian ON Raising
HSpaeEses.

On the reservation iii Western
New York, is a Tuscarora Indian,
whom a correspondent Of the Cha
tauqua Farmer states reasons thus
in relation to having healthy peach
trees, and proves it by his fruit.
At all events is an original idea, if
not altogether sound. He says:
John Mount Pleasant, who has
4, farm Of 200 acres in the south
west corner Of the reservation,
about FIVE miles from Suspension
bridge, told me that he cleared 81,
600 last year from the proceeds Of
his fruit orchard and mentioned,
incidentally, that the chief reason
why his peach trees were loaded
with fruit while others apparently
Of the same kind of soil bore moth
ing, was that in setting his trees
he always made o deep hole with n
cavity into which he inserted the
tap-root as deep as possible. He
said the nurserymen in pulling
the trees for market, very often
cut off this tap-root. He would
never set out a tree thus mutilated
unless compelled to do SO; and III
that case he would take the longest
lateral root he could find and thrust
it down into the hole as a substi-
tute for the original tap root. BY
pursuing this course he almost
uniformerly has n liberal crop of
peaches. His peach trees are set
in alternate rows with his apple
trees.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
A Dlsappointcd Lawyer.

One Of our Martinsburg lawyers
who is much given to the develop
ment of his muscles, came home
from his office III d great hurry
few evenings ago, for the purpose
of indulging in his favorite occu
pation---swinging q pair Of eight
pound dumb bells. He did not
wait to caress his wife or tell her
how his case went, but ran past
her into the back yard where he
usually kept his dumb bells. After
an hours search our lawyer came to
the disagreeable conclusion that it
was impossible to exercise with the
bells, because one of the boys
around his house had sold them for
old iron, But the man of law, lies
and muscle must have substitute,
so he grabbed up two bricks ID or
der to go through his manual prac-
tice. One of them slipped from his
kid gloved hand, went through a
window and landed on the dining
room table much to the injury of
valuable set Of china. Our law
yer declared that he must have his
fun though all on the premises
we're to suffer thereby. A thought
struck him. Why not use the
smoothing irons Of the servant
girl. Proud Of this happy thought
he marched around to the kitchen;
there he saw the smoothing irons
sitting on the hearth where the
cook had left them to cool off.
Our lawyer thought that every
thing during this weather is cool,
stopped aud suddenly grasped the
hot irons. In two seconds a
yer might have been seen dancing
a Highland fling around the yard,
blowing and swinging his hands as
if in the greatest agony. Several
pieces of kid gloves were found
sticking to those smoothing irons
where the flesh was the thinest.
Now one Of our lawyers may be
seen wearing linen bandages
around his hand instead of kid
gloves. If you meet him, don't
say dumb bells, that is if you are
easily frightened
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
IsutEEed pfusnage.

Not only is it slippery outside,
but indoors too, says a Washing
ton correspondent, aud at one of
the swell germans few nights
ago three couple fell on the floor,
polished not wisely but too well. =
One Of the six was the belle of the
ball-tall and stately and naughty.
What fall was there! She was
leading; she was the best dressed
woman there she was the focus Of
admiration she caught her foot
in another giifs fiounce. While
the women were envying her and
the men adoring her, she tumbled,
in confused heap Of lace and rib
bons, and flounces, and fixings,
and partner, in the middle Of The
room! She was up in a moment,
shaking out her rufiled plumage,
and swallowing the modification
with beautiful smiles. l5ut she
turned and looked at the girl who
tripped her, and, heavens, what q
look
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
lnsl rance that Is Sure
- III M "A -
.N.U3ANCE CO, OF HARTFORD
CONNECTICUT.

This old and reliable company has
opened an Office in this city.
This Company appears to beremovca
beyond the contingency OF real dlsas-
ter. 1t may suffer lcssess, it may en-
counter misfortune against which no
human foresight could provide; sus-
picions may be engendered by rival
companies, butshe goes calmly on in a
lire Of duty laid down by itself, and
will never abandon it if it takes the
lastdollar.
Its losses by the Chicago fire were
about $4,000, coo, every dollar Of which
was paid before maturity. Hard upon
this, was the great Boston fire, bring
ing a loss of$l ,600s900; no man had to
wait an hour for his money. Every
one who wants insurance is concerned
to know where to look for that whic his
sAFE--which after all is the cheapest
insurance. We feel perfectly safe in
saving that for insurance that. IS safe,
there is no company ahead of the Act
ma, of Hartford.
VIM. III. MATHEWS. Agent.
Sept. d 6m
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
- HUNDRED DoLLARs
NV GOLD,
FOR THE NAN WHO WILL nUPLI
CATE OUR PRICES.

Determined to keep up with the times,
and wishing TO save the people Of Martins
burg and vicinity the trouble and expense
Of running or sending to Baltimore and
elsewhere for their goods, we have pur-
chased one Of he largest and best assorted
stocks that we have ever offered in Mar
tinsburg. and we confidently assert that
we will sell at less than city retail prices
1t is hardly necessary 10 call attention 70
our Domestic Department, as the enor-
NOUS business we do in that line attests
the fact that we must SELL CHEAPER
than any osher house in town; and when
we come to FINE GOODS, the difference
is far greater. We will therefore call at
tentiou to our LARGE ASSORTMENT of
CARPETS and 0fL-CL0THS, which we
are selling at RUIN0US PRICES. Beau
tiful lngrains ut so, 90, 10, 80, 80 and
100 per yard Rag Carpets as low as SO
cents per yard; Floor and Table Oil
Cloths in almost every width. quality and
price. A splendid line of DRESS GOODS,
all the latest styles. Silks from 81 up q
heavy Gros Grain fer 50, as good as you
can get for 50 so; in Black Alpacas we
defy competition we have them from 20
cents up to 4 beautiful Silk Warp for 81.
We have added fine and complete line
of MOURNING GOODS TO our stock ;
Australian Grapes, yard Wide, so cts all
wool Delaines, single width, 373 cents !;
dc. yards wide, 81, worth 81 so; Blk
Cashmeres 81 to 81 30 Honey Comb Bed
Spreads al 81 and up. In Cotton and
Liner . he Damasks, Napkins, Towels,
Ha -nerchiefs, Hosiery, Ribbons, Em-
.,deries. Laees. Edgings, Rulings,
.scarfs and Pins, WE CLAIM THE FIELD.
Our stock ofCassimers, Jeans, Cottonades
and Linen Drills, is large and under the
market Notwithstanding the hard times
we propose to PUT DOWN PRICES to
suit the times, and sustain our reputtion
for selling cheaper than any other house
in Martinsburg. No trouble to show
goods. D. w. TlMBERLAkE.
April ll--w
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
A Modest Man Conrus ell.

A correspondent tells a capital
story upon the poet Whittier, who
is as modest as he is gifted. lie
was in Chicago, and went to hear
the Rev. II. H. Chaplin speak q
lecture somewhere up town. The
Clergyman was eloquent as usual,
his discourse interlarded with high
" wrought passages Of rhetoric,
closing with q stirring poetical
quotation, so well delivered that
the Quaker bard applauded with
the rest. Some one sitting next
to him inquired,-
"Do you know, Mr. Whittier,
who is the author Of this extract
"No, j do not. 1t sounds famil.
lar, and ] like the sentiment"
"Why, the lines are yours, Mr.,
Whittier You must remember them
They are from the famous anti
slavery ode
$50 they are, said Whittier,
after little reflection, and blush
ing like a school girl caught read
ing her first love-letter " ] really
did not recall them. Indeed, the,
sound so much better than they
yer sounded before, that it is moi
strange / failed to recognize them
The poet though thoroughly
sincere, did not recover for some
time from the embarrassment Of
outwardly acclaimidg his own com
position, but has now come to re
gard it as SO good a joke that he
tells it himself.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
A FOrger Saved by His Bad
Writing.

Last fall fellow named Thomas
j. Scott wanted to get out of Man
chester, N. H. Having no money
he went to the depot, found s. G.
Gould, and delivered to him q pen
ciled note, which was supposed at
the time to read something like
this; "Please give the bearer q
ticket and I will pay you to-mor-
row. The note was signed "S. G.
Clatur," a name which belongs to q
responsible citizen, SO Mr.. Gould
furnished the ticket, and Scott
went on his way. Soon after it
was discovered that Clatur had
never written any such note, and
Scott was found and brought back,
charged with forgery.
The note in question was badly
written and badly spelled, the
word pay, if it was pay, being spell
ed 'spa, and when the case came to
trial SCOTS counsel took the
ground that it was not s'pa" at all,
but use" and that being "se' the
note was not promise to pay,and
therefore not a forgery that sign
ing q mans name to a mere re
quest to Mr.. Gould to furnish a
ticket, with a promise to 'se" him
about it, was not forgery, and
that therefore the respondent could
not be held. The jury, when they
got the note, saw Use" instead of
spa" and Scott went scot free
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
A Heroine By Mistake.

One night not long ago, says the
Lexington, Kentucky, Gazette. q
burglar entered a private residence
on Broadway, On ascending one
flight Of stairs, he observed light
in chamber. aud while deliberat-
ing what TO do, q large woman
suddenly descended upon him,
sliced him by the throat, pushed
him down through the hall and
forced him into the street before
he had time to think. Heroic
Repulse Of a Burglar by a Wo-
man." was the way the story was
told next day. But when her
friends called and congratulated
her upon her courage she exclai:n-
ed, "Good gracious / didn't know
it was a burglar. If had / should
have been frightened to death. /
thought ii was my husband come
home drunk, and / was deter
mined he shouldn't stay in the
house in that condition.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
The Ingenuity of Surgery.

An artificial nose was manufac-
tured recently for a man in Illinois
whose nose had been bitten off, in
the following manner: After he
had been placed under the infiu-
ence of chlor0form, the pattern,
two and half by three ahd three
quarter inches at its widest parts,
was laid upon the forehead and
outlined with iodine. The skin
inside this area was taken out, left
fast at the lower end. between the
eyebrows. This was then pulled
down, turned upon itself, shaped
into the form of a nose, nostrils
being cut, and a piece was brought
down to make the division be-
tween them, and grated, as it
were, in the upper lip. In the
meantime the sides where the new
nose was to grow had been fresh
ened by cutting. The stitching was
done, the place in the forehead
where the skin was removed at
tended to, and the operation was
complete. At last accounts the
operation gave every promise OF
success.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

The American Newspaper Adj
vertising Agency of Geo z Rowell
& Co., New York, is the only es-
Enlistment of the kind in the
United States which keeps itself
persistently before the public by
advertising in netcspdpers. They
evidently receive their reward, for
we have it from a reliable source
that advertising orders issued by
them for their customers have ex-
ceeded three thousand day since
the commencement of the year,
and this is not q good gear for adj
rertisi,1g, either.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
II i reported from london thai

1t is reported from London that
John Mitchell will refuse to take
the oath of allegiance. 1t is also
said that the other Home-rule
Members of Parliament will refuse
to support Mr.. Mitchell because
the policy he proposes to pursue
is different from theirs. AT a
meeting of the electors of county
Tipperary, Ireland, a resolution
was adopted declaring that in the
event of Mr.. Mitchel's election to
Parliament being annuiied they
would again return him.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

Jim Benedict was something 0
a prodigal SON. He took all the
money that his father, Philadel-
phia merchant, would give him,
and went to Chicago, where he
spent the funds in riotous living.
With the last fifty dollars he went
on a spree, ending in police sta
ton in Joliet. Miserable in body
and mind, he decided to kill him.
self. He had left Of Iii money two
five-dollar bills, and five gold dol
lars that he had kept as pocket
pieces. He gave q. boy one Of the
bills to buy pistol, some powder
and percussion caps. Left by him.
self with these things, he loaded
the weapon, using the remaining
bill for wad and the coins for bull
lets, and shot himself III the head.
He died instantly of the wound,
and postmortem examination re-
vealed the golden missiles and
bits of the costly Wad inhis brain.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

Chicago has young lawyer who
clips from the newspapers all the
accounts Of persons injured on
the railroads, in the streets, or in
any way that may render some
body amenabIe for the damage,
and writes, offering his legal SER
vices for one third of the prospec-
tive verdict.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

A Troy editor took his wife to
New York Friday. The conduc-
tor, when he came along, recog-
Dized our Troy brother as entitled
to free passage. but not knowing
the lady, whispered to him.: lis
this lady friend OF yours?" mo,
no, !" said the Troy editor in great
haste. ''She is my wife"
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

FOR the best and cheapest and most
complete stock Of solid Silver, and sill
yer plated ware, Clocks sc, to be found
in the city go to $. HUTCHINSON.
Oct 10th, INV
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

N. B. The cheapest cattle feel Grains
always to be had at the Brewery.
Nov. 2lst, INV.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27
HIDES AND LEATHER.
r HUBER
TANNER AND CURRIER
MARTINSBURG.

Having leased the Tuscaror Tame
~ for nuube of years, ] wish to in
form the public that | will pay the
highest market price in cash for HIDES
and SKINS, delivered at my Currying
Shop and Leather Store. on
QUEEN STREET,
near the B. & 0. Roilroad, where I will
constantly keep on hand, for wholesale
Or retail, Oak and Hemlock
SOL u LEATHER, BRIDLE, NETT
HARNESS, COLLAR AND
BETTING LEATHER,
Buff Upper, Wax Upper, Kipp, Calf
Skin, Morocco, and Topping Of all de-
piete''o stock Of Shoe FINDi i
SHOE LASTS, BOOT TREES Of la
test styles, Nails, Pegs, Thread, Web
ing, Eyelets, Sand Paper, Avis, HATS,
Hammers, Pincers, Knives, Rasps, &c
/ can supply boot and shoemakers with
every article in their line on terms that
will defy competition.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-02-27

Twisted hemp cures felons.
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Prompt attention paid to filling orders,
especially those for expectation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-11
THE IuTBR-OC EAD.
THREE EDITIONS: a
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Established less thar three years ago as Rep.
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OF me National Republican Party. the INTER
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journalism and achieved a success unprecedented
IN tne history OF such enterprises BY universal
assent It has been assigned position as
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Order to hear Petition for Administration

V1Uo1 % HO11 OU1UIUH 1U1 AuH1IuInIIdIIUH
IN PROBATE - KENOSHA COUNTY COURT.
In the Matter Of the Estate of THOMAS PACEY,
Deceased,
On reading and filing the petition OF Maria
Pacey of said County, representing among other
things that Thomas Pacey, late of Randall, de-
&c ased, on the I'd day OF October A ID 1875 al
and estate within this State and that the said Pc
titiOner Is the widow of sald deceased, and pray
ing that administration of said estate be TO her
before the Judge of this Cont, on Monday, the
22d da? of November A. D., 1875, at 10 O'Clock
A M /. at his Office in said county
Ordered furt her, that notice thereof be given 10
the heirs of sail deceased and to all persons iG-
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three successive weeks prior to said day of hear
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per published In the City Of KenOsha, in said
county. VOLNEY FRENCH, County Judge
Dated Kenosha the 21st day of October A, D.,
1875. 23w3
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OLD NEW YORK.

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BRILLIANTLY ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES OF
AMERICAN COLLEGES.

Written respectively by their friends, will appear
during the year. The revived interest in college
life makes these papers especially timely, and
will secure for them unusual attention.
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A Second farmers Vaca-
ton"
Rv GoI. GEO. =. WARINC3. cJr.

Col. WARING is now in Europe, visiting. in a
row boat tide of two hundred and fifty miles,
ore of the most fertile and interesting the vine
growing valleys of Europe. This second series
of papers promises to be even more interesting
than that with which our readers are already
familiar.