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Bessie and Elizabeth.

["Burleigh's' Nep York letter.
Bessie Turner ia living in our
neighborhood. Her financial con-
dition is not atfluent. Her $40,
which she Is said to have received
at the trial, Ord not go far, The
books that were published in her
name were written for her by a
friend and she received $1,000 on
the two. She has not been sue
cessful in her efforts to get employ
ment, and claims to be in ~necessi-
tous circumstances. Size has talent
enough for a teacher or .r~overness;
but her services are not In demand.
She borrowed q few dollars, the
other day of a personal friend,
stating that she was actually in
need. She has had M Oh Two
places, but remained only a short
time. Mrs. Tilton resides in Il quiet
way in Brooklyn with her mother.
She is almost completely isolated.
She supports herself by giving
music lessons in a few families
within the circle in which she
moves; and in this manner she
will spend her winter.
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signs Of Better Times.

Fears that the coming winter will be
an exceptionally severe one on our
working people are being dispelled by
many stable signs Of brisk trade this
autumn. Even in New England, where
the business depression has been most
disastriously felt, quite a number of
large mills, silent for many months past,
are starting into action, and on "fulI
time" for the fall and winter. In our
own state some of the furnaces, mills
and factories, shut up for over a year,
have been reopened. and work has been
or will be resumed very shortly. The
reason of this is that prices have touch
ed their lowest point, and show signs Of
improvement. Stocks of goods have
been reduced to the bare boards, or very
near them; the products Of the country
have been unprecedented, and there is
at last some encouragement to resume
traffic with a prospect Of profit, for that
Is the great business magnet. If our
merchant and manufacturers a now
resurrect the old-time commercial con-
fdence, we may look for the dawn Of
better times very soon.--[Philadelphia
inquirer.
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OUN

President of the County Court, Sheriff,
Prosecuting Attorney, txo Justices for
each District, County Surveyor. two
Assessors, and Constables for each Dis
trict.
And on the 7th day of November,
1876, TUESDAY after the first Monday
polls will be opened at the different
places of voting in this county, to re-
ceive votes for the election of Electors
of President and Vice President of the
United States; and a Representative
in the next Congress of the United
States, of the Congressional District
composed of the Couneies of Taylor,
Morgan, Monongalia. Preston, Tucker,
Barbour, Upshur,. Webster, Marion,
Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton,
Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, Jeffer-
son, Grant and Mineral.
Given under my hand this Goth day
of August, 1876.
w DOLL,
Clerk of Berkeley County Court.
September 2, 1876,3t
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From the Baltimore Erening Neps.
A ceroner's jury in the cases of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
accident has investigated the death
of the engineer; Shiploy, and re-
port, that the death, and of course
the collision which produced it,
were purely accidental and &C n
sures no one. The similarity be-
tween this and many of the fea-
lures of the accident which occur
red at Stemmer's Run recently,
has caused those who did not ex-
anime the testimony and analyze
the fac's thoroughly to suspect
that theis we gross relessness or
worse on the part of those entrust-
ed with the trains. re happen
ing of an accident, apparently the
duplicate o.! one on another road
SO soon after that excitement, was
calculated to leave just su h an im-
preston.
Men naturally ask why, when
one train was stopping for water,
the conductor did not send a signal
man back dSwn the road to warn
a following train? When the
freight train had plunged into the
one in front of it and thus obs.ruc-
ted the down track, why WAS not
a signal sent out to prevent a COM
ing passenger train from striking
the wreck and being hurled with
its precious contents into a canal?
These are natural quest IS, which
are fully answered when the pub
lie is informed that the two coils
ions were almost Simultaneous.
There was no inter val 9. Time be-
tween them to give W. lug. A
freight train behind IT,. e a Few
minutes, stopped at a Wa station
and before a signal coulu be given
was struck by a folio !, ilg train
which rounded the short curve i'm
mediately behind it. The wreck
of the freight cars was thrown up
on the down track, along which a
passenger train at that moment
Numbered. The only possible
manner in which such accidents
can be avoided in the future is to
| widen the distance between freight
t~rains, since one isas liable To break
or halt at a sharp curve as any
where else and to be ron upon be-
fore the following train could be
signaled. A similar accident may
not occur again in a Lifetime.
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Talmage's Fighting Mem.
hers and the Devil.

Elder Joseph Cobb and a Mr.
Squires, who were occupying the
Rev Dr. Talmage's house in Ok
ford street; had a fight last Satur-
day ev ling about who should
leave the house first. MI Cobb's
ey was blaekened and his teeth
were loosened. On Friday night
DR. Talmagr in his lecture explain
ed the inss, saying: Two of our
members recently had difference
All unhappy difference f; but it was
settled by shaking hands In my
own pre- eence and kneeliag before
God-she difficulty settled as only
Christians can settle Unsettled for
time and settled for eternity and
SO the devil has been disappointed
again daughter. He used to be
u smart devil; but in these days
| think he has lost his slrategy,and
is as big a fool as | know of.''-[N.
Y. Sun, 4th.
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Household HELPS.

Corn OYsTERs.-Grate six ears
sweet corn; add half pint Of rich
milk, a scant teaspoonful of pep
per, half as much Of salt, and half
a teacup of -four. Mix we'll to-
gether and fry In hot butter.
FRIED BREAD.-Here Is a yery
nice side dish, and an economical
way of using dry slices of Bakers
bread: Dip each slice quickly in
water il very dry !; then make a
batter from one egg, two or three
tablespoonful Of -four, and milk
enough to make a thin batter; fry
on a griddle or frying pan; have
good sweet lard and heated very
hot, before laying in the bread 1t
Is delightful.
ENGLISH SrEw.-Cu cold meat
of any kind into thin slices. Sprin-
kle salt, pepper and -four over
them; also spread over the meat
any kind Of pickle, chopped or
sliced. Pour over all half a tea
cup of water, and II little of the
vinegar from the pickles, with a
spoonful .or two OF catsup,a and some
OF the gravy left from the meat.--
Stir all together, and bake for one
hour.
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A Life for CareIessness.

Coroner Croker yesterday held al in
quest in the case Of Frederick Schweit-
ger of 448 west 53d street, who was &C.
cidcntally shot by Peter Weinmer,
while playing. The testimony Of
Schweitzer's brothers and sisters showed
that be and Weinmer were "playing
soldier the former with a sword, and
the latter with a shot gun, which he
took down from its resting place.
While they were fencing with the weap-
ons, the gun was discharged, both lead
and wadding entering Schweitzer's
breast The wounded youth declared
to his sister and brothers that the
shooting was accidental. and in some
degree attributal to his own careless
ness. DR.. Van Wyck swore that he re-
ported the shooting to the sergeant al
the desk in the 47th street police sta
lion, who said, "What have your got Ia
do with it?' DIR Van Wyck quit the
station, saying that he had no time
to instruct the police in their duty
The jury returned a verdict Of acciden-
tai shooting, and censured the sergeant
IN. Y. Sun, I'd.
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STATE NEWS.

Berkeley Springs has a spiritual
rapping show, together with a con-
cert.
A Huntington florist has a Gala
dunn with leaves q and 2S inches.
There are 3S candidates for the as
sessorship of Harrison county.
A black bear walked openly over a
Monroe county field last week. Cheek.
Jefferson county has forty-twopub-
lie schools. Ten colored.
Mercer county boasts of milling
the first new corn some being ground
on the 18th of August.
An owl has been shot near Point
Pleasant measuring five feet from
tip to tip.
The work of putting up the new
Piedmont town hall will soon be be-
gun.
-Four boys, each eleven years of
age are on the Charleston chain gang
working out fines.
The re-assessment in Preston coun-
ty real estate makes an increase of
$214,901.
Deputy Sheriff Greenwade was
robbed of about $500, while asleep at
the Perry House at Keyser, on Fri
day last.
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Tender COurtshiD.

In account Of the marriage cere-
monies Of the Esquimaux given by
DIR. Hayes, he says: The match
is made by the parents of the cou-
pie. The bridegroom must go out
and capture a polar bear as an evil
dence Of manly courage and
strength. Then he is told he can
marry If so inclined. He sneaks
behind the door of his inamorata,
and when she come out he pounces
upon her and undertakes to bear
her away to his dog sledge. She
screams, bites, kicks and breaks
away from him. He chases her,
and the old women of the settle
mens come out with frozen strips
of seal-skin and give her a thwack
with IL. After running the gaunt-
let of these old women, she falls
down exhausted and surrenders.-
The bridegroom then lashes her to
his sledge, and whipping up his
dogs they fly over the frozen snow
and tho wedding is contaminated.
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Death before Mendicancy

James Mansfield, a man of in
telligence, but clothed in rags, was
brought TO the 9th street court
yesterday and sent by Judge Kas-
mire to the care OF the commits
sioners of charities and correction.
The charge was that he had at
tempted to take his OWN life by
swallowing an overdose of lauda-
mum, and that his life was saved
only by ne timely use Of a stom-
az. Jump. He admitted the cor
rectness of the charge, but said he
could not see what else he could
have done than die when on every
hand he was refused employment.
He was even refused a recruit
against the Sioux and would rath-
er die than BEGIN; Y. Herald,
LIST.
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Failure of the Harrisburg
City Bank.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. TITS
morning. considerable excitement
was created in this city by the an
nouncement that the City Bank had
made an assignment. The follow no
card was posted on the door 1.-THE
City Bank has this day made d vol
untary assignment to Hon. Francis
Jordafi and Dr. George w Porter, for
the benefit Of its creditors, in the
hope OF paying in full.n The imme-
date cause Of the suspension it isrn-
derstood, was the extensive purchaso
of lumber and a depreciation of ia
value. The bank, it appears has been
struggling for some time against adj
verse circumstances, End the 1 .ica-
ment is made with the hope that all
the creditors should be protec. |.
The vice president states that as nes~
as he can tell the liabilities are $780,
600, and thinks the a will enti.
ly cover that amount. The major
ty Of the depositors are laboring men
and women.
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What Mrs. Galpin Knows
AbOnt Sitting Bull. :

From information received from
Mr.. Galpin, the squaw trader at
Standing Rock, the stories of Sit
ting Bulls superior education are
all bosh. He is simply a savage,
and the extent of his intercourse
with the whites has been limited
toa few traders. He has peculiar
marks for an Indian, having light
hair and gay eyes. He is a native
Of the country in which he is fight
ing. The Catholics have recently
sent missionaries among the
Sioux. The Indian war promises
to be long and tedious, as the.troops
will have to hunt down the bands
into which Sitting Bulls army
has separated.
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Love Sways a Juryman.

The Raleigh News says: The
jury In the case of commissioner OF
Granville county, N. c., for fraud
and peculation in Office, was dis
charged last Saturday evening.
Norwood, a nice young swain, who
Is engaged to be married this
week to a daughter of one Of the
'.indicted gentlemen" held out to
the last and made a mistrial. II
he proves as faithful to jones'
daughter as he did to old man
Jones, he will make a better fami-
ly man than he did a juryman.
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To Spite John.

A physician was recently called
to attend an aged woman. He
found her living In the most squat
lid poverty and dirt. 1t appears
that her only resource was an an
nuity of about seventy-hve dol
lars, which her son John was le-
gally bound to pay her. She was
very Ill, and her doctor had no
hope Of recovery. But after a few
days attendance, he one morning
found a marked improvement in
her condition.
"Well, granny" s, ia he, "you
are a great deal better his morn
ing"
"Oh, be I?" said she, with great
animation, and wull l get well,
docther ?n
"Yes, / am quite sure Of it."
ooh, docther, said she, starting
up and thrusting her hands under
the bundle OF rags which consti-
tuted her pillow, and drawing it
out with energy, IF / had a bag
of gold here under me pilly, I'd
give yees the hull Of 1t for that
same"
Then laying herself back Ok
hausted she added:
II don't care anything about
living, but ] should like to disap-
point JOhn.n
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Political Riot In Charlcston

CHARLESTON, ) & Sept IA seri-
GUS riot occurred late last night,
growing out of a street attack by
colored republicans upon some color
cd men who have been taking d con-
spicuous part in the democratic can
vass. A small body of whites endeav-
ored to defend the democratic ne
groes, but were everpowered by the
numbers Of the rioters. After a Sc
we're fight, i'm which pistols were Fl
y used on both sides, the rioters held
King street, the main thoroughfare,
from midnight until sunrise, breaSs-
ing windows, robbing stores, and 4
lacking and beating ~indiscrimin
ly every white man who showed h3
face. A large number of persos
were injured, mostly whites. Sew
eral OF those shot are in q criti
condition. Intense excitement pre-
walls, the general feeling being that
the trouble is not yet over.
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Length OfDays.

At London, England, and at
Bremen, Prussia, the longest day
has 163 hours.
AT Stockholm, in Sweden, the
longest day has 18a hours.
At Hamburg, Germany, and at
Dantzig, Prussia, the longest day
has II hours and the shortest but 6
hours.
AT 81 Petersburg, in Russia, and
at Tobolsk, Siberia. the longest
day has 10 hours and the shortest
5 hours:
AT Tornea, in Finland, the long
est day has 81 hours and the short
est 24 hours.
At Wardneys. in Norway, the
day lasts from May q to July 2
without interruption.
At New York the longest day,
June 20, has IA hours and Sc min
utes; at Montreal, I53 hours.
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What Is Turkey Going to do
About 1t

The statement that the Servian
retreat after last Fridays battle
was disorderly is contradicted. AL
exinatz is now held by Gen Har-
vatovich with ten battalions, and
Tcaernayeff, whose headquarters
are at De',grad, has ordered all
civilians to quit the belesgeied ci-
ty. The Servian war minis err has
ordered an immediate attack on
the Turks, in order, If possible, to
prevent the capture of Alexinatz,
as In the latter event the Servians
would be compelled to fight the
Turks in the open valley, where
the hitter would have the advan-
tage. The Turks are reported to
be preparing to ford the Morava.
The ambassadors of the foreign
powers yesterday formally present
ed to the Porte the demand Of the
Princes of Se-via and Montenegro
for an armistice. 1t is further
stated that England has rotiied
the Porte that in case of q refusal
to comply with the wishes of the
powers OF Turkey need not rely
on the support Of England in case
of armed Intervention. Alta meet
ing in Rochdale, England, yester-
day to pro- t against the Turkish
atrocities in Bulgaria. a letter was
re I'D from John Bright, in which
he says that England stands in the
attitude of being the only one of
the European powers who sup
ports Turkey, and that were it not
for this fact the outrages would
probably not have been perpetra-
ted.
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HeIIisIl Practices.

The coroner'sjury in the case OF
Humphreys, murdered some days
since by a sec: of fanatics in White
county, Arkansas, have returned
a verdict charging the parties cap
tured with the murder. 1t is said
that the sect; among other hellish
practices, have offered infants as
sacrifices, and that Cobb, from
whom they take their name,
claimed to be Christ in person and
taught his deluded folio wers that
he uttered the DEGREES Of God, and
consequently there could be no sin
in anything he commanded them
to do.
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The Vermont Election \.

BOsToN, Sept. Traditional re-
turns from Vermont are as follows /:
lst congressional district, SO towns,
Joyce, rep, 10.406 Childs, dem.,
4,799. I'd congressional district, As
towns, Dennison, republican, 9,O4S
Mackey, democratic, 1904. Sd con-
g%ressi0nal DISTRICTS towns, Hendce,
republican, 6,454 Edwards, demo-
crat, 200.
Ons hundred and thirty towns give
Fairbanks, republican, for governor,
31,IS4 Bingham, democrat, 14,JS4.
The same towns'gave Peck, republi-
can, 22,495, and Bingham, democrat,
8,4l6 in 1874. AT this rate the guber-
material vote for the republicans
will show about 20 900 majority.
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TOOTrue!
Burlington Hdlrkeye.

A philosopher says :Planet5
govern not the soul nor guide the
destinies of men but trihes light
err than straws are levers in the
building up of our character"
How true this is. A meteor 49,
600 times ss big as the earth may
sweep across the heavens without
d .Lrbing the mc..l s. lnding ola
man carrying a foo. bath full of hot
weter down stairs, w en- a piece
of soap no bigger than a pigeons
e.. may lift his Iee's as high as
the ha'l-'"mp. drag him all the
way down stairs a la wheelba. .ow,
empty the football jE his lap,
spoil his clothes 2 ID ruin his STAN
ding in the community until the
frightlul stories of his unbridled
profanity are hushed up.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
GEORGE SNYDER, Executor o
Henry Siler, deceased,
pS
WIN. TEDRICK and Others.
In Chdneery.

The Circuit Court of Berkeley coun-
ty, West Virginia, at the May term,
1876, having referred the above cause to
me to ascertain the real estate of the
defendants or either Of them, and the
annual rental and fee simple value of
the same, and the liens on the same, if
any, with their amodnts and priorities.
Parties interest | in the foregoing
order will take notice that l will at
tend at my ofice in the town sl.Nar-
tinsburg, on Thursday, the 28th day of
September, 1876, to execute the above
order. J. T. PICKING,
Commissioner.
W, H: Fl. Flick, Atty.
Sept. sid, 3w.]
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The use ofstrong tea-a common
habit with some w0men-is a great
injury to health. 1t stimulates the
nervous system without providing
nourishment. Any portion of the
human body continuously excited
will speedily wear out. "Im so
nervous" is an expression often
heard. and the starts and screams
which trihing incidents occasion
in a company Of ladies, proves the
assertion TO be true. The "ner-
vous would do we'll to study the
cure OF their nerves more and talk
about them less.
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Political Row at Kingston,
New York.

KINGsToN, NY, Sept. THE
republican campaign club Of this
city went to Stony Hollow yesterday
to raise a pole. After the pole was
raised the opposition pulled It down,
which was the signal for a general
melee. Stones were thrown and pis-
tolls fired and it is reported that sever
al men were shot, one Of whom died.
Several members of the republican
club of this city received severe
wounds from stones, and one q pistol
shot on the side Of his head.
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The Social Science COnvem-
ton.

SARATOGA, Sept 6-The Social
Science Association met here to-day
Mr. L b Sanborn presented the an
nual report. w w Mcfarland read
a paper on the progress and present
state Of federal democracy in the
United States.
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Matrimonial Oddly.

1t certainly looks a little odd
when q married couple are visit
ing at q friends house to see the
wife accidentally lay her hands up
ona coal shovel and the husband as
If by instinct, dodge behind the
nearest object that can afford him
protection.
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STATE OFFICERS.

Governor, Attorney General, Auditor,
Treasurer, one Senator to represent the
District composed of the counties OF
Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson, in
tho State Senate, two Delegates to rep
resent this County in the next House
ofDelegates of this State. and State
Sun erintendent of Free Schools.
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Squire McClung's son, of Lewis
burg, while returning from a tour
nament at which he had been a sue
cessful knight, dropped dead from
his horse from undue excitement.
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Election Notice
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF BERKELEY,
August Doth. 1876.
all wh0na 1t mag coacern:

To all Ubom 1t mag concern:
Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of October, 1876 (the End
Tuesday OF the month"; Polls will be
opened at the different places OF Vot-
ing in this county, to receive votes for
the election of the following named Of
Gcors viz.
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Every moment OF u lives every
part of our body Is wearing out and Is
being built anew This work is accom-
plished by the blood. But il the blood
does not perform the work satisfactori-
ly, the system is poisoned .-Cleanse
the blood by the use Of DR.. Bulls Vege-
table Pills, Harmless but efficient.
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MILFORD, PA, Sept 6-There was
a heavy frost throughout this section
of the state last night, and the buck
wheat crop was considerably injur-
OIL
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I.UDICIAL

Three Judges or the Supreme Court 9
Appeals; two for the full term and on
to fill the vacancy caused by the deaf
of Hon. James PAUL. =
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NEW VERTISEMEN
CTATE OF VIRGINIA,

At rules held in the Clerks Office OF
Berkeley County, on the 4th day OF
September, 1876
A. HUGHES,
L. B. w. SHYROCK, MICHAEL Nc
CABE, and E. STOUFFRR,
In Chaneery.
The object of this suit is to obtain q
decree of sale of TIE realty in the bill
named to satisfy certain judgments in
the bill mentioned against said defend
ar Shyrock, and it appearing on ati-
davit filed in this suit, that the sold de-
fordants i B w Shyrock and u Stout
fer are not esidents of this State. they
are hereby required to appear within
one month after due publication OF this
Order, and de what is necessary to pro-
tect their interests in this matter.
E. S. TROXELL, Clerk.
w. s. NJ. Att'ys.
Sept 9,4tw