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money from other quarters, our
growth would be rapid beyond calcu-
lation. But as we have not these adj
yantages, let us husband and keep at
home the resources we have. If the
merchant and business man is ena-
bled by close attention to business
and strict economy to make and save
money, he will in all probability in
vest it in building up and improving
the town. Therefore when you spend
your money at home in support of
home merchants and home enterprise
of all kinds, you help build up your
town and add to your own prosperi-
ty. Let all those who are interested
in the general prosperity Of the place
work to this end.
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Leaving Home.

In glancing over a copy OF = Hia
watha " the other day, we were for
eibly struck with the following line;
Calculating the tendency of young
women to run away from home with
the "fellers."
''Thus it is our daughters leave us,
Those we love and those who love usl
Just when they have learned to help MS
Comes youth with Haunting feathers,
With his flute reeds, stranger,
Wanders piping through the village,
Beckons to the fairest maiden,
And she follows where he leads her,
Leaving all things for the strangerP'
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The Berkeley House.

This hotel so successfully conduct
cd by Messrs. Shut & Son, will, in a
very short time be enlarged and i'm
proved, SO as to make both commo-
dations and handsome house. The
railroad authorities have decided to
expend ten or twelve thousand dol
lars in the improvements, and Mes
srs. Shut & Son, to satisfy all, that
they mean business, have rented the
place in advance of the improve
ments,to take effect when completed,
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Musical Entertainment.

The Gerardstown Musical Associa-
ton encouraged by their first con-
cert recently held in that place, will
give another musical and histrionic
entertainment, for the benefit of the
Methodist Church in that place, on
Friday evening, October LIST. The
concert will be under the personal
supervision of Mr.. b. G. Bushnell.
As the entertainment is given for
the exclusive benefit of the church,
it ought to receive liberal patron
age.
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Burglary.

The clothing store of Mr.. Henry
kratz IL Son on Queen street, was
entered by burglars Wednesday night
The entrance was effected through
a back door, and was accomplish
ed by means of crow bar or heavy
pry of some kind. The door was
securely fastened on the inside by an
iron bar in addition to being locked.
The lock was forced back and the
bar lifted out of it's fastenings. The
work looks very much as if experts
had hand in it. The burglars were
evidently frightened away about the
time they had effected an entrance,
as Mr.. Thomas Kratz informs us
that he has not missed any articles
out of the store, and that nothing
seemed to be displaced. They were
likely frightened off by Mrs. Kratz,
who got up at two o'clock to make
some arrangements for the departure
of her husband who went East on
the four O'Clock train. The burglars
doubtless seeing the light in the
dwelling, supposed they were detect
ed, and made tracks. Their opera
tions were quite bold, and would
probably have been entirely success
full but for the fact of Mrs. Kratz
getting up at the hour she did.
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NO CARDS STOLEN.

| have been told that some person
OF persons are representing that / /,
whilst in charge of the American
Base Burning and Base Heating
Stoves on the Fair Grounds, remov-
ed the premium card from some 9TH
er persons stove, and attached it to
the stove in my charge. The judges
books and certificates, and the Secre-
tary's report all show this to be false.
The premium was awarded to the
American Base Burner and Base
Heater through merit, and those who
win take the trouble to call and ex-
anime will find the stoves superior
to any in the market.
JNo. III. BLoNDEL, JR.
Sept 2l;2td.
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The Mystic Chain.

The next session of the Select Cas-
tie of West Va, Al. o. X. of M. c.,
viii be held at Keyser City on the
first Tuesday of February next. The
Order now has seven prosperous cas-
ties in this STATE. r.. s. Richardson,
Esq, formerly of this town, but now
of Keyser, is one of the delegates to
the Supreme Castle of the World.
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The Fall Trade.

Our merchants are laying in heavy
stocks of Fall and Winter goods, and
it will not be necessary for our peo-
pie to go to Hagerstown or elsewhere
to buy good and cheap goods of every
description. If you give your entire
patronage to your home merchants,
you will enable them to keep larger
stocks and sell cheaper, and at the
same time aid in building up your
town.
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Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, September


FLoUR-Howard st. and Western
Super $4.50a5.00, Extra $5a5.75, Fa-
mily $6.00a7.50, City Mills Super 81
75a5.50, Extra SO. 25a6. so; Rio brands
7.00a7 .25, family $500; market ac-
tive and strong.
WHEAT--No. 2 Western amber 81
81, No. 2 do. 1.35; mixed, $1.35; No.
2 western red $1.35; No. 2 do $1.41--
No 2 spring red ST. .37a1 .38; Penn red
$1.25a1 80, Nd. red .10a1. 40; do am
Der 1.40a1.4 AS; do. white 81 .20a1 .40;--
market active and strong.
CORN-southern white, 70 cts; yell
low 73 cts. western mixed 67 cents,
steamer GA cents, Market active and
higher for Western, but quiet for
Southern.
OATs-southern new 46a48; wes-
tern white 4Sa50; mixed 40a44. Mar
ket firmer.
RYE. Good prime new 70
(075; market dull.
HAY Maryland and Pennsylva-
MIA new $23(d25; market dull.
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Death on the Rail.

A boy aged 8 years, son of Jacob
Kearns, of Harper's Ferry, was run
over and killed Tuesday by the pas
senger train west, due here at
o'clock. The boy was gathering coal
ON the Maryland side of the bridge,
when the train came around the curve
and caught him before he could get
out of the way. He was badly man.
gled,
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Leg Cut Off

A brakeman ON the first division
b. 81 o. r. r., named John Woods.
was jerked off his train at Van
clevesville Tuesday, and falling un-
der a car it passed over his leg ,mang-
ling it so that it had to be amputated,
and has died of his injuries.
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A Comical Picture.

A poetic genius thus handsomely
pictures the mishap of a girl with a
pin-back dress:
Bowling and smiling she crossed the street,
With love of tied-back on,
A melon rind glided from under her feet
And then her tied-back was gone;
She rose from her seat with mar.yed air,
And gathered the things that she
wore;
She looked like one that was willing tc
swear,
But then she neuer swore.
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Drummers Beware.

We read in the police items of the
Cumberland papers accounts of the
arrest of several Baltimore drum.
mers for selling goods withoutli license.
If drummers would stick to their le-
Ultimate calling and sell only to deal
erS there would be no trouble.
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Eclipse of the sun.

There will be an eclipse of the sun
on Wednesday next, Goth inst, visi-
BILE east of the Mississippi. To the
inhabitants of the Atlantic and Mid
die States it will be partially visible
provided they get up before break
fast. The sun will rise eclipsed, and
will be observable shortly after seven
O'clock A. NJ.
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A season cometh on when real en-
joyment consists in sitting by a bright
fire, after the business cares of the
day have closed, with good book in
your hand, watching the curling
smoke of a fine cigar, and linking
fancy unto fancy" The good books
and fine cigars can be had at the IN
DEPENDENT Book Store,
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Our journalistic friend and former
citizen of Berkeley county, DIR. j.
E. Snodgrass, left town for
Washington Wednesday. For the
last fortnight he has been drinking
in the pure air of his native county,
and returns to his labor greatly in
YiCorated.
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Badly Smashed.

James Hood, a brakeman on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was
caught under a falling car at a wreck
near Evansville Tuesday, and badly
smashed. His injuries are not con-
sidered fatal.
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The New Postal Care.

None of the new issue of postal
cards have yet been put in circula-
tod, and will not be until the old
edition, of which there is yet about
one million on hand, are disposed of,
which will probably be a couple of
weeks vet
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A sad ConAgration.

NEw York, Sept 20. The residence
OF James Mutan, at West Tottcnville,
Staten Island, was destroyed by fire
yesterday, and his aged mother perish
ed in the flames.
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We are receiving our fall stock Of
of mems, boy's,youth Is and childrens
boots, which we are prepared to sell
at lowest price, buying direct from
manufacturers for cash. Call in and
examine our prices. No. IL Queen
Street. DEATRICK.
sept1S,w.tf
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NEWS.
Retired.

DIR. M. A. Berry has retired from
the Hagerstown Trice-d- Week. The
firm is now Norris, Gruber Il Co.
The Tpice-o- Week is a bright and en-
terprising sheet.
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NEW .-Emmert 81 Fiery
will receive their Fall stock Of Dry
Goods, Notions, &C., the first of next
week. Do not fail to call and see
them when you want to buy.
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LOOK Our for new goods at En-
inert 81 Fiery's next week. They are
getting the largest stock they have
ever had, and are determined not to
be undersold by any house in town.
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A splendid lot of prime Timothy
Seed, at Frazer IL Bishops.
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Bartlett, at his Gallery on Burke
street, next to the Reformed church,
is turning out the finest photographs
ever made in this county. Call and
see and judge for yourselves. 1w.
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For fine photographs, go to Bart
let's, on Burke street. 1w-d&w.
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Ladies, misses and children S shoes
and CATERS, manufactured expressly
for our trade, and will be sold for
cash at lowest living profit by
III. N. DEATRICK.
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SHUTS Coal Yard, East Martin st
GTuly28,tf1
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New YORK, Oct, 30.-- Events Of the
week in financial circles show further
improvement, and notwithstanding the
frequent reactions incidental to rising
market fr securities, the week closes
with values pretty vel sustained
Money was easy generally at 3 or 4
per cent. in discounts, prime names
sold at Cal per cent; foreign exchanges
were irregular, the rates declined from
4803a485 to 476a4Sl, with recovery
to 477a483; gold advanced from ll4b
llos, closing at 1l9s; cash gold, after
loaning up to ! per diem, fell off to1-64
per diem and fiat. At the close hold
ers paid la2 per cent. to have balances
Carried governments were strong and
higher. but at the close there was o
slight reaction.
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Receiver for tho &. a. q. IL.
R.-DccisiOn Of Judge
Bond.

RICHMOND, Oct. 30-Judge Bond
In the United States Circuit Court,
in delivering his decision to-day
upon the application for the APP
pOintment of Gen. Wickham as
receiver of thr G. & o. II. r., said
that Gen. Wickham being an off,
Ger in said road, the appointment
of him as receiver would evidently
be placing the road into the same
hands as it was prior to the injunc-
ton. AS chancellor he could not
do so, and, consequently, was con-
strained to refuse the application,
ard would allow Mr.. Tyson to re-
tain the position of receiver Of the
G. & o. II. r.
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The Fries Newest Eater
prise.

NEW YoIk. Oct 80. The Erie
passenger trains between New u ork
and Chicago, with Pullman i palace
and hotel cars, are to begin running
on Monday next. The trains are to
be run over the Erie 81 Salamanca,
thence over the ATTAIN and ssreat
Western TO Cleveland thence To
Shelby Junction over tie C., e. aud
|. O., and thence over the Baltimore
and Ohio ta Chicago. AIr. John N.
Abbott, the General passenger agent
OF Erie, has benin Chicago FOR some
time arranging for these trains. aud
Mr.. ID. w. Hitchcock has made the
General Agent of the enterprise. -
Hereafter passengers for Chicago
through without getting out of the
cars, even for meals.
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NO INFL4JTOy..

Governor CASTOR, Of Massachu
sets, doesn't take a bit Of stock liz
the rag baby. He said in his speech
at Lowell the other night: have
not any excuse to offer for Ohio. I
do not believe in that plank of the
platform. / will not follow, and the
Massachusetts, Democrats will not
follow, any banner that has the wore
imitation inscribed upon its folds.
Hard money is one Of the ancient
doctrines Of the Democratic faith.
1t is one of its cardinal principles
and when the Democratic party
abandons that doctrine it must anC
ought to he dissolved. Nothing but
its lifeless corpse would remain
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AFFRIGHTEEB AT THE
GALLONS.
Delaney. the Murderer OF
Capt. Lawrence. Bec0nn-
ing Dcrnngcdl.

Nhw YoRK, Oct. &c. - Vim Delaney.
now lodged 10 the Qneens county fail /.
awaiting execution Tor tie murder Of
Captain Lawrence, ct Cow Bay, Il. l /,
August last, Il becoming Of acting in-
sane. When sentenced GA FRIDAY last
he bore through the ordeal with M
Ilinchipg eourages but when taken to
his cell and left to his reflections. be
gave way totears aud gloomy forebod-
ings.
He has not eaten since Saturday but
three ounces of food, aud sleeps but
3 hours out of the twenty four. Unless
a mental and physical change soon
takes place Delaney win relieve The
hangman on December 10 Of his un-
pleasant duty. Although Catholic
by birth, be has within the past few
days embraced the Py,ha-orean doc
thine of TRANSPORTATION of souls.
He states that he sincerely believes
that his souls journey to the other
world will be rs checkered as his life
has been in this. He is likewise OF the
belief that bis spirit will be bnrdened
with as much work and suffering in the
other world as his body has been in this,
and is confident he will be sailor in
heaven. He is at present scarcely rec
equitable and would never be taken as
the man convicted one week ago for
the murder of Captain Lawrence
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SNOW and storms.

TORONTO, N. j.. Nov. / -Consid-
cradle damage was done 20 property
in this city by the severe storm sat
urday night and yesterday. During
Saturday night the wind blew per-
feet gale, unroohng the Stockton
street market house, smashing signs
and prostrating fences in every lirec-
tion. Snow fell yesterday, being the
first of the season.
CONCORD, N. LII. October Ia
considerable quantity Of snow fell
here last night. The weather is un-
usually severe for this season Of the
year. Snow is still falling rapidly
his morning. The water pipes in
different parts of the city are frozen.
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RETRIBUTI0N.
A West Virgiginia girl shoots
Her DecefVer.

Mccoy STATION, Ohio, Nov. L.
About noon yesterday the quiet but
little town of Fairview was startled at
the sound of gun. instantly followed
by screams. A crowd soon collected
when it was found that George II
Hatch, harness maker in the employ
Of Mr.. Wilson, had been struck with a
load of buckshot from double bar
relied gun.
The wounded man was carried to the
house of his employer and Doctors An
ders and Alison were called. An ex-
animation was made, when it was found
that some of the shot had entered his
side, three had entered the neck near
The jugtar vein, and one had entered the
ear. The doctors have but little hope
OF his recovery.
Mr.. Hatch had been member Of a
literary society some time ago, and
while enjoying the advantages Of the as
sociations connected Herewith, made
the acquaintance, and it Is alleged
abused the confidence of Miss Belle
Harper. She says that by fair promi-
ses be had succeeded 10 effecting hor
ruin under promise of marriage, and
when asked to make his promise good,
he had refused to do so.
Miss Harper therefore procured a
shotgun, loaded it heavily, watched for
Hatch, and as he passed by her fathers
house, on his way to dinner, she fred at
him with the result as stated. No ar
rests had been made up to yesterday
evening The sympathy of the people
all seemed to be with the girl, who is
only sixteen years of age.
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Restitution ON the Rope

SYDNEY, Neb Oct, 30.--Charies Pat
terson, who shot 4 w. Porter last We'd
nesday, abeut thirty miles north Of here
on the North Platte river, was brought
on here by the sheriff last evening. An
attempt was made to hang Patterson to
telegraph pole when be was being
brought in, but it was prevented BY the
sheriff who cut the rope after he was
swung up. The sheriff then lodged him
in Jail but it did not prove strong
enough to hold him. A party Of men
broke into the Jail about four O'Clock
this morning, took Patterson out and
hung him to telegraph pole where he
hung for two hours until cut down,
Patterson killed Porter during dispute
over some cattle.
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4 HORRIBLE STORY.
Three Ships Plumdered and
Settled-Their rews Kill
ed and DeyOurcd by Can
uniunnuS

BosToN, October 29--Information
has been received i'm this city to the
effect that the barks Della M. Long
and Jewess, belonginging here, and
a British bark, which sailed sOme-
time ago from New South Wales to
the Auckland Islands, were becalm-
ed in the vicinity of these Islands and
boarded by cannibals in large num-
bers, who overpowered the crews,
plundered the shipsand settled them.
The entire three crews, except enc
man, was killed aud eaten at acan-
nibal feast.
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OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 1.--Governor
CARRIER has issued a proclamation di-
recting that the new constitution
submitted October 18th, has been
adopted. The instrument declares
that the capital Of Nebraska is fixed
at Lincoln for the period of 10 years,
and provides that electors may ex-
press their preference for Unitod
States Senators. The constitution
was carried by a majority Of $40. 900.
and takes effect to-day.
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New York October 1.-The great
cooking main for 800 each battle.
and $1,000 the odd fight, between
New York and Connecticut, which
commenced last night, ended to-day.
The New York fowls We're the favor
ties. Thirteen battles were fought.
Connecticut winning by a score of
seven to New York six. The main
was fought at the West Chester pit,
and a large amount of money will
change hands.
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Ten Thousand Men to be
DISCHARGED.

LONDON, Oct. 30.-The Leeds
Mercury of to-day says that the
large iron producers, Blockow,
Vaughn e. Co., employing In their
collieries, mines and works nearly
ten thousand men, have notified
their employeesat marlborough !,
Milton Park and the Eston Works
in Yorkshire, that owing to the
depression of trade. their engage
ment must terminate on the 18th
of November.
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Excluding the Bible from
Public Schools.

JERSEY CthY, October 80. The
Board Of Education of Unicn Hill, after
an exciting protracted meeting last
night, adopted resolution BY q vote Of
8 to excluding the Bible from the
public schools, in that town. Some Of
the citizens declared the Bible will
never be allowed to be taken from the
school, even at the rick Of bloodshed.
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Snow storms I'm the West

OMAHA, Oct. 20.-Reports from
Cheyenne and points west state that
a severe snow storm prevailed In
that section. At Evansville and
Green River the storm has been
raging violently since last night -
Telegraphic communication is par
TALLY suspended.
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New Subjects fOs the Hang.
HI AN

NEw ORLEANS, Oct. %. Cover
nor Kellogg has signed the death
warrants of the Nicholson brothers,
murderers of Marcus Young, and
Tony Melbourne, murderer of Hen
ry Young. They will be hanged on
Friday, November 10th.
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There is much excitement at Union
Hill, n. j., in regard to the vote Or
the Roard Of Education on Friday
night last by which the reading OF
the Bible in the public schools is to-
be prohibited. and trouble is-appre
hended.
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NOVEMBER ELE['IlD,Ns .

Elections viii be held to-day III
Massachusetts, New York, New Jer :
sey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia, Kansas, Mississippi, Minneso
ia and Wisconsin. County officers
viii be elected in Illinois, and proba
bly, in some Of the other States not
mentioned in the above list
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There are los convicts in the West
Virginia penitentiary, only three Of
whom are women
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Buckingham's Dye
FOR THE WHISPERS.

As our Renewcr III many cases
requires too long "a time, and too
mach care. to restore gray or faded
Whiskers, we have prepared this
dye. in one i,rep0rofion, which Will
quickly and cllccinally accomplish
this result. II is easily applied,
aud produces . color which vii
neither rub nor wash off. Sold by
all Druggists. Price Fifty Cents.
Manufactured by r. p. HALL & co.,
NASHUA, N. H
Feb o. 1875 lyw