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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-05-08

! Cincinnati enjoyed an exciting
bull hunt few days ago. An an
imal of the Texan breed being Of
an independent turn Of mind, left
a drove at the corner Of Sixth and
Carr streets some time after nine
O'Clock ,aId In a brief space oftime
had made hurried inspection OF
| all the blocks between that point
and the corner of Fifth and Wal
mt streets. He was big, red
fellow, with long horns and wick
ed eyes. His mad antics as he pa
raded the stress attracted deal of
attention, so that by the time he
stopped at the corner OF Fifth and
Walnut streets, an immense crowd
of persons, who were watching and
enjoying his mad FRANKS, lined
the streets. At this corner one of
the squad Of drovers who was try
ing to capture the animal, succeeded
in lassoing him, getting the moose
over his horns and fastening the
other end of the rope to the back
axle of wagon. But the rope,
which appeared to be common
clothes line, did not withstand the
first tug Of his bullship,and he was
free in a jiffy. Then he started up
Walnut street with a whoopIng,
yelling crowd at his heels, and
turned into the alley beside the
Walnut Steeet House, stopping
about mid distance between Wal
nut and Main streets, 10 face his
pursuers and set them scampering
to all possible directions. A new
rope was now procured, one thick
er and stronger than the first, and
the bull was again successfully las
seed and fastened to q wagon, the
horses having been removed
The new rope would not break de-
spite his jerks, so after reflection,
the bull placed his hornsunder the
wagon bed and tossed it into the
air, thereby freeing himself. The
next stoppage he made was at the
corner of Seventh and Sycamore
streets, where he was again caught
fast. During this time the crowd
had always been swelling, and as
it swelled it yelled until now the
bull was wild with rage His first
feat, after being fastened, was TO
rush around to the side of the wa
gon and impale one of the horses
upon his sharp horns. The poor
animal was thrown down in a pit
iful plight, the entrails protruding
from the abdomen. In a few mo-
ments the bull made another
charge upon the PROSTATE horse,
tramping it under his feet in his
terrible rage. He was then fasten-
ed to lahp-post. the glass of
which he shattered into "a thous-
and fragments in his efforts to free
himself.
At this stage of the affair it was
resolved to change the mode of
attack on the part of the beast alive.
One of the butchers stealthily APP
preached and cut the tendons of
his hind legs, thus rendering him
helpless. He was then struck on
the head with an AK and stabbed
until dead. The horse was raised,
his hurts bound up with piece
of carpet, and he was led away TO
a neighboring stable.
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Catching a Cannon Ban.

/ A very singular exhibition was
given yesterday at the Jardin Ma
bile. There has been performing
here at the Folies Bergeres, a man
named Holtum AN American, who
has a cannon fired at him and
catches the ball in his hands. This
prodigious feat was witnessed
nightly, and although the actors
present avowed there was no trick,
Pierre Vernon, of the Monde Illus
/ ire, would not believe it. He said
the cannon ball must be thrown to
Holtum from the stage. The latter
made q bet of 5000 francs that he
would perform the feat under con-
ditions which left no room to doubt
and when the bet was taken, Yer
non designated Mabile as the place
for the trial All the journalists Of
Paris were invited and they found
Holtum there before his cannon, 1t
was examined with minute care,
and the heavy ball was passed from
hand to hand. II am no longer in
my own house, said Holtum I;
"you are master here, and you
must watch over all the arrange
ments." Having carefully aimed
and dashed his cannon, it was
charged, and Holtum took his place
against a plank target some ten
yards away. This was to show
that the ball was solid, and the
force of the powder great enough
to send it through the plank. Hol-
tum got the aim Of his gun, and
then placed his head in certain
position against the plank, giving
the command To fire. The ball Just
grazed the hair and broke through
the plank, rolling some twenty
yards further on.
The same ball was picked up by
the journalist, who again charged
the cannon and sent home the BALL.
and this time Holtum caught the
ball in his hands as neatly as he
does upon the stage. lie won his
bet, and no one seemed disposed to
accept his offer of three thousand
francs to any one who would per-
form the same astounding feat
The physical force required must
be enormous. but Holtum showed
his strength by tossing up cannon
balls as if they were so many oran-
ges. The only precautions taken
are very simple; he wears very
thick leather gloves, and covers his
breast with many thicknesses of
thin paper to form {. sort of cuirass.
This looks to me like very dang
erous feat.and particularly the first
part of it. where Holtum places his
head against the target haitian inch
below where the bali will strike
If the powder should chance to be
defective, some day there might be
an accident. 1t is like the foolhar-
dy trick of putting ones lead into
a lions mouth. One day / fancy
that ball will snap his head very
nearly off.-PariS Letter.
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At Brucetown, Frederick County, Va,
! mile from Vaudeville, station on
W. p, s. Strasburg branch Of the B. &
0. K. r., purposes prosecuting tho bus
mess in all its Details, with vigor, and
will endeavor to sustain the enviable
reputation of the Factory. Improved
Machinery, Good Stock, Experienced
Workmen, and q careful. supervision
the whole by the proprietor, justify tb
promise on his behalf and the expecta
ton on the part of the public-of first
class goods
p. o. Address, Vaudeville, Clarke
County, Va.
10000 POUNDS WOOL WANTED,
For which the highest cash price will
bepaid
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Life would be perpetual flea
hunt il a man wee obliged to run
down all the inunendoes inverac-
tiles, insinuations and suspicious
which are uttered against him.
Beecher
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COULD YOU LEND ME TEN
DOLLARS

W. kA0 49, kh<ANb VIE
DOLLARS?
IT'S beautiful thing to have plenty o
friends
Who have never an eye to their own sci
fish ends,
Butin shadow or sunshine, in sickness OF
health,
viii extend you the aid of their strength
or their wealth.
There are not many of thein-if one
As tested the matter--for fun
Making calls on a number, one day,
"Could sou lend me ten dollars?" I'd
say;
Would reply: 81 am sorry, but--have
bills to pay p
Or soy something that way
On lucky old broker rich one--T
called,
He was happy and fat, with round face,
had done him favor in days that
were gone,
He had thanked me, with tears, and de-
cared that upon
Both his honor and soul he d not rest
Till he'd paid me. now thought to
test
His fidelity; so, with a sigh,
''Could you lend me ten dollars?' said /
Reply:
~ am sorry can't, my dear friene--it's
no lie
am short that is why
Then | called on a merchants warm
friend of yore--
Who had piled up his wealth like the
bales III his store.
81 am delighted to see you, old fellow ~
said he;
And he gave me poke in the ribs, in his
glee.
So sat down and spoke of the weather,
We conyersed fifteen minutes together !;
Then said II am busted and blue
Could you lend me ten dollars? Oh, dol"
And whew
His reply was, ~ wouldn' fop worlds re-
fuse you,
Bat my notes are just due
Next / called on lawyer; man of
ability,
His friendship is surely thing of utility,
remarked to myself, as ! entered his
door
why, come in" said the lawyer, his
face beaming DER.
81 am happy to see you-sit down,
Isuppose you are staying in town p
~ am hard up, and hungry, and dry
Could you lend me ten dollars?" said |.
''Oh, my
have got to establish strong alibi,
And must go, was his reply.
To the house of banker | next took my
way,
I'd enjoyed his warm friendship for many
day;
He had bonds, notes, and due-bills in
heaps that were thick,
Yea and bundles of greenbacks the size
of brick.
"Ah, good morning-good morning."
said he,
While thought in his eye | could Sc
The true friendship | sought--the sin
cere,
i'Could you lend me ten dollars ?" Oh,
dear, fear,
He replied, s'that can't for the end O.
the year,
Withits payments, is near"
Next went to doctor whose practice
was great,
He'd an income immense and wealthy
estate.
He styled me his lend, for in days long
ago,
When his practice was small, his re-
sources quite low,
Ihad aided him some, and he sworo
He'd be grateful to me evermore;
Hence the doctor | thought | would
try.
''Could you lend me ten dollars? ?" said l.
ooh, fiei''
Pm forgetting my patients; away must
fiyl"
Was the DOCTORS reply.
To man of much money and leisure
went;
His investments were large, yielding
twenty per cent.
had known him for years, and his beau
tiful wife
Had some reason to thank me for saving
her life.
When che went through the ice that had
broke,
Aud she couldn't, of course swim a
stroke
Unto him did go with my plea;
''Could you lend me ten dollars ~
"Ah, me-"
Said he,
81 was going 10 ask yoW this moment, you
see,
For the loan of a Vin
SATURDAY NIGHT.
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Putting children to bed in the
dark is no way to tougher their
nerves.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-30
For the Gallipolis Journal.

Mr.. EDIroR:-In your last issue
we notice few questions asked by
"DeSoto" which, by your permission,
we propose to offer the following an
swers, believing that s'by exposing
our ignorance we may learn wis
DOM
1st. "What is meant by the word
civilized, or in other words, why is a
nation said to be civilized?
The term civilization means en-
lightened. A nation is said to be
civilized because its inhabitants un-
derstand the arts and sciences, and
the principles of free government;
and education is more general than
among those of other nations. They
are intelligent, enterprising and in
dustrious, and are under the inhu-
ence of the Christian Religion.
I'd. "Why does China stand still
in her civilization?'
If we leave out the influence of
the Christian Religion, the only
thing that marks the difference be
tween the inhabitants of the United
States and China is that the former is
Il nation of thinkers, while the latter,
is nation of thoughtless imitators.
Being too indolent to think, they go
ON mechanically copying the habits
and customs Of their ancestors.
Other nations have through the aid
of thought, pushed their way up
ward and are today, blessing the
world and honoring God, while the
Chinese Empire having, in many re-
spects, superior advantages, stands a
petrified nation, exhibiting to the
world the odd customs and stupid
manners that belonged to an age that
existed centuries ago.
There are two things essential to
the success and perpetuation of
every civilized nation, viz: The
Christian Religion and Education.
Sd. "Why is England so particu-
larly prospered. Why not some
other island?"
The Prince who asked Queen Vic
toria, "What is it makes England
great?" received an honest and philo-
sophical answer from that noble
Christian woman, when she took
Bible and gave him, saying, "This
book makes England great"
4th. "What has the history of the
American nation demonstrated"
1t presents the most striking in
stance of national growth found in
the history of mankiud.
PERCY WERE.
PLEASANT HOME, O., Dec. 90, rs.
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Notice.

JONATHAN FILLINGER. Emerella
q WilcOXen, and her husband Rich
ard Wilcoxen, Of Gallia county, and
State of Ohio, and tine unknown heirs of
Jane Saunders, deceased, of Lawrence
count Ohio, and her husband Benja-
min Saunders, of The same place, will
take notice that IL petition WAS filed
against them on the 9th day of Decem-
ber, A. ID. 1879, i'll the Court of Com
mon Pleas, within and for the county
of Gailia, by Isaac Fillinger, and is
now pen-ling, wherein said Isaac Fill
linger demands partition of the follow
ing real estate, to-wit: Situate in said
county of Gallia, and State of Ohio, and
in section twenty-five, township four,
and range fifteen, in the Ohio Com
pany's purchase, beginning on the
north and south line between section
twenty-five and thirty-one, and one hun
dred poles from the southwest corner
of said section twenty-five; thence north
with the section line sixty poles to a
stake; thence east one hundred and
sixty poles TO a stake; thence south six
ty poles to Il stake, thence west one
hundred and sixty poles to the Begin
ming, containing sixty acres, more or
less.
And that at the next term of said court
the said Isaac Fiilinger will apply for
an order that partition may be made of
said premises.
ISAAC FILLINGER,
BY T. W.. HAMPTON, his Atty.
Dec. 30, IS75.-6W
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For the Gallipolis Journal.
Our Tax Laws.

Mr.. EDITOR The following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted by Star
Grange No. S24, at regular meeting
held at their hall in Green Township,
ON the 18th day of December, 1875:
WHEREAS, In our candid opinion the
existing tax laws of our State are de-
feetive and unjust, in that, they do not
allow in case of debts against real estate
any deductions for said Indebtedness,
nor allow persons in listing their prop
erty for taxation to make deduction Of
the amount of their Indebtedness from
moneys or chattels; and
WHEREAS, Many persons who are
burdened by debt, have not credits from
which to deduct their indebtedness and
are thereby compelled to pay tax on
more than they own. Therefore,
ResOlced. That we petition the Legis-
lature of our State to so modify said tax
laws, as in case of debts against real es-
tate, to allow a deduction of the full
amount of said Indebtedness from the
valuation OF said real estate for tax pur-
poses. Also, that each person, when
listing his property for taxation, be al
lowed to deduct the full amount of his
indebtedness, other than on real estate,
from moneys or chattels subject to taxa
tion, actually owned by him.
Resolred, That we earnestly work for
such modification, and that we cor
daily invite the cooperation of all Pat
rons and of all others who are inter-
ested with us in this measure.
ResOlced, That copy of these resoln
tions be presented to each of our county
papers. and that they be respectfully re-
quested to publish the same in their col
umns.
w. B. ALLISON, Master.
c. C. CHERINGTON, Sec'y. -f
Northup, o., Dec. p, 1873. -,
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MARRIED..

BETZ-CANADA-At the residence
of the bri,le's father, in Gallipolis town.
ship, Dec. 23d, 1875, by Alexander
Logue, j. P, Mr.. ABRAHAM B. BETz
and Miss JULIA ELIZABETH CANADA, all
of SAID township.
MOORE-DAVIDSON-In Hunting
ton township, Dec. 22d, 1875, by Will
liam B. Turner, J. p, Mr.. JAMES M.
MOORE and Miss MARY NJ: DAVIDSON.
GUY-LAVY-In Gallipolis, Dec.
23d, 1875, at the residence of Capt. J. J.
Blagg, by Rev. j. w. Mccormick, Mr..
WM. 5. Guy and Miss VIOLA lazy.
SCATTERDAY - McCLELLAND-
On Thursday evening, December 23d,
1873, by Rev Hamilton, at the residence
of the brides parents, in New Rich
m0nd, O.. Mr.. d. r.. ScArrERDAY, of the
steamer Ohio No. 4, and Miss EMMA Nc.
CLELLAND.
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DIED.


BOGGESS-Departed this life October
25th, 1875, at Indianapolis, Ind, Mrs.
CATHARINE G. BoGGEss, wife of Henry
H. Boggess, aged 81 years.
ANDERSON-In Waynesville, War
rem county, Ohio, Thursday, December
23d, 1875, after lingering illness, Mr..
Ell S. ANDERSON, aged about 36 years.
Mr.. A. formerly resided in Gallipolis,
was engaged in the Queensware busi.
ness with Mr.. Geppert, and was SON
in-law Of Thos. McCafferty, Esq, of this
city.
WHTTE-At the residence of his son,
G.. i, White, at Zaleski, Ohio, on SUM-
day morning, at 4;15, of paralysis of
the kidneys, SAMUEL l.. WHITE, aged u
years, TO months, and l6 days.
The deceased was born in Shenandoah
county, Virginia, in 1903. In 1874 he
removed from Barboursyille, Va, to
Gallia county, Ohio, and since that
year he has resided in Gallia and vim
ton counties, but during the past five
years he had resided with his daughter,
Mrs. q. II, Sherrod, proprietress of the
Hamden House, Hamden, Ohio. He
was very quiet and peaceable citizen.
I His illness was quite brief, although
he had been In bad health for some
years. On Monday, November goth, he
went from Hamden to Zaleski to visit
his son, c. l.. White, and was taken
sick on that night, and was not able to
leave the house during his sickness.
His remains were brought to Halpden
on Tuesday for interment. The fane-
raj took place from the Hamden House
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CaSt0rila.

Cross. sickly babies and children may
enjoy health and mothers have REst, If
they will use CastOria. Worms, fever
ishness, teething, wind collie. sour stom-
ach and undigested food make children
cross, and produces sickness.
CastOria will assimilate the food, ex-
pei worms, and correct all these things.
For twenty years DR.. Pitcher exneri-
mented In his private practice to produce
an effective Cathartic and stomach reg
ulator which would be as effective as
Castor Oil, without its unpleasant taste
or recoil.
The reputation of his experiment ex-
tended. Physicians and nurses rapid-
ly adopted his remedy, to which he
gave the name Of Castoria.
Castoria is as pleasant to take as hon.
ey, regulates the stomach and bowels.
and does not grippe. 1t is adapted to ali
ages, contains no alcohol, and is abso-
lutely harmless to the most tender in
fant.
Try Castoria once and you will never
be without it.
Prepared at the Laboratory of j. B.
ROSE q Co., 46 Dey Street, New York.
Dec. 30, l875.-3m
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1t costs the people of the United States
about SIC, 900 day to support the House
of Representatives. A session of the
House consumes from three to four
hours. Every hours work is done at an
expense of s., 800. Every minute of the
session costs $40.-E1chdnJe.
The Democrats talk of economizing.
Here is the opportunity. The ex-
penses of the House might be reduced
to $40 minnie, and no harm to the
public service accrue. And yet we
will bet Stove pipe hat that not one
hungry, unnecessary hanger-on will
be discharged. The pruning-knife
of economy may be applied to other
departments Of the government, but
it will never be applied to the Dem
ocratic House of Representatives.
Mark that.
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A Proper Suggestion.

As the democratic National House
of Representatives. appears to have
reached serious dilemma in the ap-
pointment of man to raise the flag
upon the assembling of the House,
and to haul it down upon each ad
journment-whether that man shall
be Union soldier or a Confederate
soldier = the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette recommends di-
vision of the duty; War Democrat
to raise the flag, and Confederate to
haul it down! This is an appropriate
way out of the difficulty.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-12-30

The Centennial buildings at Phila-
delphia, exclusive of the space oc-
cupied by the buildings erected by
foreign Nations and the several States
of the Union, furnish an actual floor
ing for exhibition purposes of about
sixty acres. The main building cov-
ers 2l.47 acres, machinery hall IA
acres, and agricultural building 1918
acres. The number of buildings will
not be less than one hundred and fif-
ty. 230 acres have been inclosed
for the use of the Exhibition.
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For the Gallipolis journal.
Kygerville KINKS

hykefVlile hlnkS.
The roads very bad, with prospects
of more rain.
We see a great many correspond
ences in the JOURNAL. clad to see
them.
Mr.. J. c. Tate has gone to the
city with lot OF hogs.
Turkey men are numerous. There
was one fock of turkeys passed
through here on last Saturday, which
had Is turkeys therein.
We have not heard of great
many festivals to be given in the
holidays. Come, boys, stir up and
have a jolly time; prepare your slip
pers to trip the light fantastic-and
all will go as merry as a marriage
belle.
The streets here in our little village
are in very bad condition for pc
destrians. Come, boys, a little time
(and work will enable US to mend
our sidewalks, ION Front street, any
how.
We would like to see general in
terest taken in the answering of "De
Soto's" questions, so that we may
know what it is to be civilized. The
questions seem to be very fair and
appropriate. and let the instructors
of the youth respond and tell what
they know about civilization.
THREE KINKS.
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For the Gallipolis journal.
Christmas in Addison

Was a bio dav. more neonle I'm to,vn
than. ever before at anv gsfher;ng The
Chrisfmas dinner was n snecess there
was nlentv far ali and scuss 10 snare.
The committes on table did noblv' How
eould IL have been ofherw;sa wI,an sueh
aceomplished honsekeeners nc M Mrs 8.
n. Gafes ana Mrs n 3 Sho ffar and
others had cbsroa a. - - ''''A''0' $50
The dd;so-, Str;, pa e,;sbsd
m,,s;c dnrin1 tbs daT - % sla uai,
After dinner the fables were cleared
and Mr. Sbaffar,s h;g ,vararoor, NOS f,,lI
70 oVerfiowinc to T;tnass as tha % dsnc;no m
Tweive eonn5e craess,,I1S IS ,mo ns,,1;na at
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ava,,;,,r ""s ason.,s'.oo .so .thar
;,,o .. 7,,a o,...,.eh 49, he on 'ae sn. The
arerc;sas thara T,,e Snl- ~ .suess oeaa'I s
soon soon f after [ IsrI and every us .ws;,shIe w seat
ond md snsca ~ occrn;ad M ; "a % yhara a,a ,no 90 gar
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For the Gallipolis Journal.
A (4OOd Time.

Mr.. EDIToR:-The Union Grange,
P. of H., in Harrison township, en-
joyed a happy Christmas. Such pick
ing of chicken bones! 1t twould have
done your soul good to have been
there and helped in that picking, and
enjoyed the many good cakes and
pies, and seen the friendship existing
among the brothers and sisters of the
Order. Several visitors from neigh
boring Oranges were present, and
some outsiders, to whom, and to all,
it proved a "Happy Christmas"
1t being the day for the election of
officers, we had the honor to elect as
Worthy Master, Major JOHN LEPER.
May the Order prosper hereafter for
the good of the people.
A MEMBER.
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The coal men of Pittsburg are op-
posed to the improvement of the
Ohio River by locks and dams. They
believe such a system would quadru.
pie the present running expenses,
and thus prove ruinous to the coal
trade. In their view, the best meth
od of improving navigation would be
to keep the river nearly to its unob-
structed normal condition; to re-
move wrecks, snags and other imped-
iments; to place wing dams where
the water spreads too much, and at
the head of some of the islands, to
turn the water and increase the depth
in the channel side.