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IcTersnn Cnnntr- tn-ni. .

Jefferson County, to-wit:
4 I RULES beld in the CleIks Office Of the
N Circuit Court Of Jefferson County, Februa-
~ I, 1876.
Z C BURKH RI, Admir- de Jopis non Of
Elizabeth !. Moore. deed, assignee Of Ra-
chel Moore and Edward Tearncy. Sheriff OF
Jefferson County, Administrator de Jonis non
OF Samuel Moore, deceased, az assignee Of
Mary Jenny, Jacob Epgle nud Virginia his
wife, Daniel Coekrell and Eliza bis wife,
Thomas Osbourn and Abby bis wife. a. J..
Blackford, and Edward Teafney. Sheriff Of
Jefferson County. Administrator dc bonis non
OF John Blaekiord, Plaintiff,
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Commissioners Sale
OF
TOWN PROPERTY.

rTNHE undersigned. appointed Special Commits
sioners at the November 1875 Term Of the
Circuit Court of Jefferson County. West Virgin
ia. are authorized to sell at Public Auction that
portion Of the Real Estate Of the late William F..
Lock. situated on Washington Main and West
streets and at present occupied bv Rev. John W
Tongue, Jonathan Haines, and James Woody.
This property consists of
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The State of West Virginia,

Jefferson Comfy, to-wit:
ATRULES held in the Clerks Office Of tho
n Circuit Court Of Jefferson County, Febru-
ary, 9th. 1876.
JOSEPH F. HARTGR0yE and Caiharine his
wife, formerly Catharine AeCabe,
PLAINTIFF.
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j T.. NadenbouSch
ATLAw

ATTORNEY At LAW,
MartinSburg. West Virgo
WILL practice in the Courts Of Berkeley and
w adjoining counties.
Special attention given TO collections.
OpFIcE, First Floor Of King Street Hall.
February II, lS7G-3m.
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that will eXecuie iore
going Decree at ny o1bce 10 CharlestoWn' WEI
Virginia. on the Ord day OF March. 1870.
CLEoN MOORE.
romnissieucf,
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EIGHTY ACRES

OF the tract Of land on which said Thomas Uilc
now resides, adjoining the land. Of Miss Hannah
Hursts heirs and the tract latey sold % John H.
Hal, said eighty acres lying North OF tiis
lane leading 10 the residence OF said IIite-and
the same haying been laid by 3. Howell Brown
EFq., County Suryrror.
plat OF the Land can be shown to any one De-.
string TO purchase, by calling upon the under
signed on or before tn day ofsale.
TERMS OF SALE-Oue-tsird Cash. and tie
residue IN Nine aud Eighteen Months, with inter
d.t on deferred payment. from day ~ sale the
pur chascr executing bonds tor deferred pa ytnert1
secured by Deed of Tru.t upon the prcmisef.
- Sale 10 BE- at II O'Clock, A. ~.
CLEON MOORE.
February ,, lS1s-it. Trustee.
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WILLIAM 0. MAC0UGHTRY, Admipi.tra-
tor with the viii annexed Of Minor Hurst
declared. John STROLLER Moore, Execntor ri
Gerard d. Moore, deceased. and James Y.
Moore, the unknown heirs and distributes nj
Susan Wilson, deceased. the unknown heirs
and distributes Of John Moore, deceased, BY
bis second vile. the unknown heirs and ds-
tributes OF William Moore, deceased, the
unknown heir: and distributes Of Nancy Wat
lIns, deceased,
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Jefferson County. to-wit:
ATRULEs held in the Clerks Office Of tho
n Circuit Court Of jefferson County, Februs-
~ 'th, 1876,
TIE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
COMPANY, Plaintiff,
Againa ~ DEBT
HENRY BITNER, DefcHddn
The object Of this suit is 10 obtain Judgment
against the Defendant for the of Four Hun
drcd and Filty-nin Dollars and thrty-iye Gents,
with interest en- Sii5.G3. part thereof, from the
lst day OF February, 1876. and to attach the os-
tate of the Defendant within said COunty suii-
cient to satisfy said Judgment and costs.
!, appearing, on affidavit filed in this suit, that
the Defendant is not resident OF the State oil
West Virginia, he is hereby required to appear
on the first Monday in NARCH next, and do
what is necessary to protect bis interests in this
matter.
And il is further ordered that copy Of this or
der shall be published once week. tor fonr sue
ccssive weeks, in the "VRGtEn FREg Pass -
a newspaper published in this Cuuntv-ans also
posted at the front door OF the Court House OF the
said County. at least twenty days before Judg-
incnt is rendered.
ROBERT T. BROWN,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
BAYLOR Wilson ?. Q.
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TRACT OF LAND
TRUSTEES SALE.

DY virtue Of Deed of Trust executed by
ID Thomas ilito 10 the undersigned. Trustee. on
the 4th day OF October. 1875. Tor the benefit Of
Jefferson County Building Association 70. :, ald
81 record in the Clerks Office 81 jefferson County,
West Virginia, Decd BOOK G, Page $50 &C., thr
undersigned, Trustee, viii oIer al public sale un
Friday, March 8. 1876,
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Three Houses and Lots,

One Brick Dwelling and Lot; one Frame
Weatherboarded Dwelling On corner, and Lot -;
and Two-story Log Dwelling House, wea,h En-
boarded and Lot.
They viii be sold separately. Persons desiring
to purchase, can examine 4 division and plat OF
the property BY calling on the undersi gned.
The sale will take place upon the premises on
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Commissioners Notice.

EN the Circti, Court Of Jefferson County
West Virginia.
4. w. MoCLEABY and others,
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Tuesday, March l4ih, 1876,

TERMS.-One third in Cash. and the balance
in two equal instalments. payable in one and two
years with interest from the day Of sale. the de-
ferred payments 10 be secured by the Bonds OF the
purchasers and Deed Of Trust on the premises
sold and a transfer of Insurance Policy.
JOHN ! LOCK,
THOMAS LOCK,
Special Commissioners.
Feb7uary u, lsie-Ss
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The State Of West Virginia.

Baylor Z Wilson ?. Q.
February u, lS76-4t.
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The State of West Virginia,

Baylor a Wilson p. Q.
Feb uary IL, lST6-4t.
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February 5, 1915
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-09-13
The True Spirit.

Some of our Republican brethren
do not approve of the remark Of
Governor Tilden, that when elected
he will enter upon the duties of his
position, "not as holiday recrea-
ton, but very much in that spirit
of conservation in which the soldier
enters battle" To our mind this
feeling of the Importance of the
work before him, of the enormity
of the task which it is for him to
accomplish, is one of the surest
auguries of the success with which
we feel confident that his efforts
are destined to be crowned. 1t
displays just appreciation of the
obstacles that will be thrown in his
way, Of the dangers with which
his path will be beset, of the
amount of persistent energy that
it will be necessary to expend in
the prosecution of his work. The
great mass of corruption which is
now rolling over the country has,
in its movement, acquired such
momentum that to stay its progress
will require the expense of greater
force than most men possess. In
addition to this impetus, depend
ing upon its own inertia, every man
whom the new President will find
in Office will have an interest in
impeding his endeavors and push
ing on the hideous heap Tilden
has, however, shown his eminent
ability to do just such work as
will be necessary for its destruc-
ton, and we have no doubt about
his success in whatever of the kind
he undertakes. 1t cannot be done,
however, by junketing about the
country, and engaging in a series
OF varied pleasures and immoral
revelries, like Grant, who views his
position as personal gift for past
services, and thing intended only
to yield him as much sensuous
qualification as possible. 1t will
be hard work to uproot Grantism.
Hayes could never accomplish it.
He has neither the necessary
strength of will nor the capacity
for the work. Tilden has; but he
knows that to the strongest man it
will be a most arduous undertake
ing, and he will enter upon it in
proper and becoming spirit.
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thief in the night with our
reason fast in its embrace. Here
the speaker poured and took a
drink Of water. There is hand
in the wine-cup which, at any mo-
ment, may put its felon grip upon
your threats and strangle you as a
strong man might a babe. Here
several of the jury pulled down
their collars. Gentlemen of the
jury, / have not long to stay. Two
mighty miners are delving this
lode-Time and Death. They are
daily at their posts, working to-
gether side by side as one eternal
shift, clearing away the rubbish of
waste rock and pushing along the
lodge. Before long l shall be gath
cred into the vast laboratory of
Death, a piece of useless porphyry,
to be cast into the waste dumps of
He'll"
Here the old fellow pulled from
his pocket red handkerchief and
began to sob. The effect was i'm
mediate and striking. The old
miners and the jury, moved by his
forcible simile, broke forth in a
simultaneous sob, in which the
court, spectators, and the prosecut-
ing attorney joined. The Chroni-
Gle reporter was so moved that be
was obliged to go out and brace up
with a stiff cocktail. The Jury
were obliged to find him guilty,
but recommended him to the mercy
of the court. He was accordingly
fined So, which the jury paid on
the spot, aud the old man slid out
of the door with the remark, II
knew I'd ketch 'em. Blast my
button didn't l work up the briny,
though, didn't II" a subsequent
investigation led to the discovery
that the bum was an ex-actor from
Frisco, who was just giving the
jury a touch of his profession.
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States, will not be a surprise to
anybody, except perhaps TO a few
persons in Washington, and il GER
tsinly will not surprise any Of our
readers, who have been kept toier-
ably well informed as to the causes
which inevitably tended to produce
] the present overthrow Of the Re-
publican party. All that could be
done honerably 10 evert this defeat
has been done by US, but since the
Presidential election many Of the
party leaders have been deaf alike
70 advice or remonstrance. They
have apparently believed that the
people would quietly submit to
anything and everything, and that
the party which they represented
was indestructible. Nothing short
of the events which we record this
morning could have opened their
eyes to the truth. II a newspaper
warned them in a friendly and firm
spirit against the policy of blunder-
ing which they were pursuing, it
was treated with a mixture of the
insolence and arrogance which they
exhibited toward all opposition.
The immediate friends of the ad-
ministration possessed themselves
of an "organ" at Washington, and
filed IL with disgusting SANDERS
and with besotted arguments in
favor of Gen. Grant for a third
term" 1t will be the lot of the
President TO discover, in common
with many great men who have
gone before him, that foolish fat
terers and venal newspapers can
not turn aside the current Of pub
lie opinion. The truths which he
and his immediate supporters re-
fused 10 hear from the lips OF
friends, they must now listen to
to-day from the people at the polls.
The great and signal defeats of
Yesterday virtually began last year.
The panic did much to injure the
Republican party, but the effects
of that disaster might have been
greatly lessened bad a wise course
been adopted by Congress in rela-
ton to the finances.
Encouragement at the Treasury,
the Sanborn frauds, and the gener-
al series of blunders in nearly all
the public departments, were in
the mean time causing incalcuable |
mischief. The first two nomina-
tions for Chief Justice were shock
ing blunders, and Disguised the
whole people.
For the sake of the country, it
is to be hoped that the Democrats
will use their victory in a spirit of
moderation and prudent statesman
ship. We doubtless see, to-day,
the Democratic Presidential can
didate for 1876, and if the Repub-
lean party is not conducted with
yreater 'cisdon and good fortune
turing tie merit t,co gears thu, IL
has during tie last teoO, Mr.. TilKen
s the most probable successor oil,
rem. Grant.
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& HER1FFS sALE.-Nosioe is hereby given.
- that BY virtue Of a writ Of execution issued
out OF the Circuit Court for the county OF Prcsque
Isle, In favor Of Hermann Hoeft and against
Charles Platz. i wlll sell nj public auction the
following described property, 20 tho highest bid
der, at the front door Of the Court House in
Rogers City, In said county, on the 30th day of
September next, at i0o'clock In the forenoon Said
property y described rs follows: hituated in the
village of Rogers tity, IN the county OF Pressure
lsle, commencing nj point 50 feet In a direction
north " degrees east from the northeast corner
u lot 2 OF block Of the recorded plat OF Rogers
CITY, thence north 80 derce~ west ~ feet. thence
north 81 degrees east hos feet thence south
Is degrees, east on feet thence south 50 degrees.
east 100 feet TO the place Of beginning; steam
engine and boiler and the necessary apperfenanoes
now attached as fixture 20 the building known
~ a shingie mill, and Single saws, etc, now In
use ON the place, all SHIFTING and betting in said
mill two harnesses together with the mill and said
land, 2 WAGONS sleigh. together with lot 9 of
block four ~, an IN the village Of Rogers CITY.
Prefque Isle oounty, Michigan, 200 cords 81
s,,ineie rofs, being oil The bolts in Roger. City;
also pne hundred fhoufapd eodsr shinglsn
tiEned PRAsK sONhfER, saerlF
<"iW Prrsric lsic 1oLnly.
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" SUPPLIES Etc. Cheap Bosey

MORTGAGE sALE.--Defanlt having been
Nj made in the terms and conditions OF a certain
indenture Of Inorigage, hearing Gale ApIii -on'
A. ID. 1874 made and executed ~ Alpeft D. S,cSA-
ine, Of the city OF Alpena, Michigan, 20 John
Newton. Of tie township Of Alpena, Michigan,
and recorded on the 29.h day Of April, A ID; 1874
in Libor one Of mortgages :, ON page ~, IN tls o.
nee OF the Register Of Deeds OF AiPehA e9 on ~
Michigan, which said mortgage was by sand John
NeNton, on the sOth day OF March, A. ID. 1879, by
instrument in writing duly assigned 90 Preston
{. purdy, which said assignment OF said mortgage
was, on the lst day OF April, A. ID. 1879, dniy re,
oorded in sid oiEcs Of said Register " Deeds, and
recorded in Libef 81 assigumentsof mortgages, on
pase A. and which said mortgage was again on the
10th day Of October, A. ID. 1915, duly assigned by
sid Preston c. Purdy 20 Charles beSlek, AnsrsS
W. Coms.ock, and William B COmstock, OF Al
pena, Michigan, which said last mentioned assign
inent was recorded in said Office of said Register
Of Deeds, ON the 7th day of April, A. ID. 1876, in
Lber Of MORTGAGES, on page ~ oy when de,
fault the power OF sale in said mortgage contained
has become operative; ON which said mortgage
there Is now claimed 70 be due for principal and
interest, and the attorney fee therein named and
provided for, the sum OF nve hundred ana ninety,
five dollars aud sixty-seyen cents, ls595.6Il, and
no suit or proceeding having been had or institute
ID TO recover the amount now remaining secured
By said mortgage, or any part thereof, -
Notice Is therefore given, that SAID mortgage VIII
be iOrecOsed by sale at public yendue, 20 the
highest bidder, OF the premises therein described,
or - much thereof may be necessary TO satisfy
the amount due and unpaid upon said mortgage,
with the interest. costs and charges allowed by
law including said attorney fee OF thirty dollars,
IN said mortgage provided, on Thursday, the 2ath
day Of september. A. d. 1870, at two o'clock in
the afternoon OF said day, at the front hall door of
Potters brick block, second street, in the city
of Alpena, Michigan, that being the place OF
holding the Circuit Court for the county in which
said mortgaged premises are situated; said mort
gagei premises being situated in Alpena county,
Michigan. and described in said mortgage AS fol-
loxs, 20 wit: Thirty feet from the northwest
aide OF lot number ten. in block number three, in
Sarah l.. Carriers addition 70 the village, now
city Of Alpena, Michigan.
CHARLES BEWICK,
ANDREW w. COMSTOCK,
WILLIAM B. COMSTOCK
OF NJ
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A DEMONSTRATIONS SALE OF REAL Es-
IA TATE.-In the matter Of the estate OF Charles
Walters, deceased.
Notice il hereby given, that by virtue If Ii
cense and authority granted 20 me by Obed Smith,
Esq, Judge of Probate OF Alpena County, Michi-
gan, will sell az public auction, TO the highest
bidder, az the front hall door Of Potter Broth
ers' Brick Block, ON Second street, in the city of
Alpenn, ON the I'd day of November A. ID. 1876, az
two O'Clock 4. NJ. OF said day, all the interest OF
said deceased In and Co the following described
lands, 20 wit The southeast quarter Of the
noIth west quarter OF section twenty l2O, and the
northwest quarter OF the northwest quarter OF
section sixteen l6, all in township thirty-two ls2.
north Of range four az east, Alpena county, Mich
igan.
ANDREW w. CoMsToCK.
Administrator.
]. ID. T,IRrBULr- Attorney.
Dated Sept 4, 1876. 265ws-2
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EiOquence i'm Court.

An OLD fellow, says the Virgins
City Chronicle, who gavehis name
as Charles II. Slosson, was called
up in Judge Wrights court on the
charge of drunkenness. Je was q
remarkably seedy-looking speci-
men, arrayed in a dirty check shirt
and a pair Of loose, baggy trousers,
which were prevented fron falling
off by leather strap knotted about
his waist. He was shivering and
trembling from the effects of
a well-sustained debauch, and hard
ly had the physical strength to
stand upright. When the Judge
asked him if he had anything to
say, he rose up in a sort of dis
jointed, and when his turn came he
advanced with shutting tread and
bending his eye on his '.peers" be-
gan:
Gentlemen Of the jury, stand
here to-day less defender Of my
own personal debasement than an
example of human depravity, which,
like a beacon light, should warn
you from the ragged rocks of in
temperance. A man in my condi-
ton is like a rude sign-post I once
saw in Tennessee, which pointed up
a road over which the green grass
was beginning to wave. On the
sign was the inscription, Small
pox, and the index finger of hand
pointing westward. If any of you
in travelling along a highway saw
such a sign rs that you would pause
upon the brink of a deadly danger
and turn backward. (Sensation.,
In me you behold such sign, and
if by looking upon me any of you
can be turned back from destruc-
ton / shall think that God in his
infinite mercy has allowed me to
fill sphere of usefulness which
shall enable me to bear with forti-
tude the imputation constantly
hurled upon me by my own con-
science, that / have lived in vain.
gentlemen Of the jury, as you
peruse the pages Of the old poets
you will see how they have defied
the wine cup. They have wreath
ed it with the flowers Of fancy, sur
rounded it with the halo Of song,
and peopled its bloody depths with
the creatures of their own bright
imaginations, until one might al
most believe it to be the well-spring
OF human happiness, when bitter
experience tells us in very differ
ent language that il is the fountain
head OF misery, the abode Of. the
demon that destroys our very lives.
Here one OF the Jurors wiped away
q tear with his coat-sleeve.) There
is something which comes mp in the
fumes Of the cup that fools call in
SEPARATION, but II is q cunning reptile
which crawling up from the dregs
Of the grapp, enters the window Of
the brain ,nd steals away like
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CHARLES BEWlCk,
ANDREW w. COMSTOCK,
WILLIAM B. COMSTOCK,


j. n. TuRSBUI1- Attorney for Assignees.
Dated June s7tb, 1876. 255WlS-6- 1900
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MORTGAGE sALE.-Default having been
vi made in the conditions Of payment OF a cer-
tain mortgage containing power OF sale, bearing
date, the eighth day of August, A. ID. 1874, made
and executed by Catherine McDadc, OF the city
Of Alpena, Michigan. 20 William Taken, OF the
same place, and recorded in the office of the Reg
isier Of Deeds for the County Of Alpena, State OF
Michigan, on the eighth day of August, A. ID.
1874. in Liber 80" OF mortgages, on page 357
which said mortgage was duly assigned on the
fourteenth day Of August 1874, by said William
Taken 20 Henry J. III. Schutzes, of the city Of
Detroit, and said assignment was duly recorded
in said keryisters ce, the 2lst day of Deem
Der, 1874, IN Liber &C OF mortgages. on page sos,
on which said mortgage there j. ~ this date claim
ed TO Be the sum Of THREE hundred and ninety dol
lars and eighty-one cents, S590Sll for principal
and interest thereon, together with an attorney
fee OF fifty dollars provided for in said mortgage
and no proceedings or suit having been instituted
20 recover the debt secured by said mortgage.
Notice Is therefore given, that there win be sold
az public auction, on Thursday. the Second day of
November A. j. 1876, at two o'clock in the after
noon. AZ the front door being the hail door OF
Potter Brothers Brick Block on Second street In
the City Of Alpena, Comfy Of Alpena, state OF
Michigan, THAT being the place for holding the
Circuit Court for said county, the premises de-
scI1bed lin and covered by said mortgage or 80
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the
amount due on said mortgage, for principal and
interest and costs OF foreclosure, together with
said attorney fee, which said promises are descrb-
one III in block No. thirteen 49, Hitcheock's first
addition 70 the city Of Aipena, Alpena County,
Michigan.
HENRY J. II. SCHUTZEs,
Assignee of Mortgage.