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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-03-21
niSGELLAHEnuS.
we WoRD GIRL IN rae BIBLE.

~ English town missionary a short t;hso
% ago related a remarkable incident:
Thess was lodging house in his District
which lie had long desired to enter, but was
deferred from so doing by his friends, who
feared that his Ifs would be endangered. He
became ct length so uneasy that he determined
to risk all consequences and try to gaia ad>
mission. So cue day he gave somewhat
tinIid knock at the door, in response to which
a couUss voice reared out, Who's there !'
aud at the same sano moment a vicious looking
woman opened the door aud ordered the man
of God away.
Let him como in, and SEQ what he is and
what he wants." growls out the same voice
The missionary walked in, and, bOwius
politely to the rough-!ookiug man whom he
had just heard speak, said!
Il have been visiting most of tho houses
iu this neishbOrhood to read with and talk to
the people about good things. l have passed
your door aud looked in, as I feel ought, for
wish to talk with you and your IOdgers."
Are you what is called wu-missionar5?''
al ara, sir" WAS the reply.
"Well, then" said the fierce looking man,
sit down and hear what am going to say.
will ask you question out of the Bible =
Ii you answer nc right you may call at this
house aud read and pray with US or our dodgers
as ottou as you like; if you do not answer
me right we will tear the clothes Of your
back and tumble you, neck apd heels, into
the street. Now, What do you say to that p
The missionary was perplexed, but at length
quietly said, 81 will take you"
"Well, thon," said the man, "here goes.
Is the word girl in any part of tho Bible p
II SO, where is it to be found, and how often?
That is my question"
"Woll, sir, the word girl is in the Bible
but once, and may be found in the words OF
L. IL l-A--I--l-- -fEii------a--=--
And sold girl FOR wine, that they mighi
dink'"
"wen," replied ths man, al am dead
beat; l durss have bet ave pounds you could
not have told"
"And could not have told yesterday, "
said the visitor For several days bave
been praying that the Lord would open me .
way into his house; and this very morning,
when reading the Scriptures in my family,
was surprised to iud the word girl, aud got
the concordance to see if it occurred again,
aud found it did not. And now. sir, bo>
lieve that God did know aud does know wha,
will come to pass aud surely his hand is in
this for my protection and your good"
The whole of the inmates wsre greatly sur
pTised aud the incident has been overrulsd
in the conversion Of the mau, his wife and
two of his lcdgers. american Wesleyan.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-03-21
JPHoLNTgCRING. Q.

TIIHE undersigned would give notice to the cit
liens of Charlestown zad surrounding coun
ties. that no will do ali kinds OF Uph sucl
Springs pat in If needed, all kinds of other
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-03-21

fAED Zinc bought by
" APRIL 20, 1873.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
From the Newark Courier.

The case of Carr, Finnegan, and
Farley, known as the Bannister
robbers, is quoted as an illustration
of mistakes made in the identitica-
ton of persons. 1t will be remem>
bered that one evening about five
years ago, three men entered Mr..
Bannister's watch and jewelry store,
on Broad street, near Bridge, and
after assauIting and stunning the
proprietor, smashed his show case
and stole a part of their contents af-
ter which they made their escape -
The three men named above were
arrested, tried for the offence, con-
victed and sentenced to the State
prison for ten years. They were
positively identified as the perpe-
traitors of the crime. MIR. BanniS-
ter, we believe, identified Carr as
the man who dealt him a stunning
blow between the eyes Brock iden.
tilted Oschwald as the burglar who
shot him. A boy testified positive
ly that the defendants were the three
men whom he saw run away from
the store. A woman who saw the
Bannister robbers in their fight
identified one or more of the prison
ers. In the case Of Carr, Finnegan
and Farley, the defense was an abb
1t was tested that on the evening o.
the robbery the three men were III
the Newark Opera House, witness
ing the performances of skilled box
els, and passed out only to visit fol
short time a saloon in the neigh
bothood. This plea was sustained
by abundant testimony, but thu
State contended that the witnesses
belonged to the lower and perhap
the lawless classes and were untrust
worthy. 1t was urged by The Prose
cutor that the defendant had time t.
leave the Opera House, committe,
the robbery and then returned auc
re entered the Opera House befor
the performance ended, just as il
the latter trial it was insisted tina
Oschwald might have killed Brool
and yet have been home early in tn
morning when his family say the,
saw him there.
Carr, Finnegan and Early wer
sent to the State prison, but ate
serving nearly two years of thei
long sentence they we're pardone
and discharged IS innocent men.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
A FEARFUL TRAGEDY
prom the Omaha Herald

CaIamus, Valley County, Neb.,
November 25th. On Friday, about
noon, Jesse Mitchell went to the res
idence of K. +. Carr, on the Hutch
ms farm, about two miles southeast
of Calamua, to do an errand. Arr
irving, he found the house closed
aud blinded, and, looking toward
the corral, he saw a man standing
as he thought, under the cattle shed,
in his night clothes. Looking to-
ward the window, he saw blood on
the curtin A; and, supposing that
something had happened, fastened
home and gave the alarm. Consta,
BILE E Shumaker went back with
him, and, arriving at the corral,
found the body of E. 7. Carr sus~
pended by the neck from the roof of
the she'd
Hastily calling together party of
citizens they went to the house, and,
finding the door unlocked, went in.
Upon the bed lay the murdered wife
and mother, her forehead crushed
in from blows by a sledge hammer,
her blood and brains hanging in
G. eat clotS upon the wall, and par
ties found that the two little boys
had fallen victims to the same brutal
ity which befel their mother, except
that Glare, the youngest child, had
not his throat cut.
In a room on the table lay strip
of brown paper spotted with blood
in it was written in the steady hand
of the murderer these words:
81 cannot live always, and an
not willing to leave my family tC
suffer. Bury US all together on the
top of some high bluff"
1t is supposed by some that jeal'
ousy was the trouble.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
Vol. x. MaI1eCUa NFt'.' L I1o81y' VAOhlAllA9' D0>
SUICIDES.

There is humor in suicides, Miss
Pixley, of South Lee, Miss, jumped
into a river to drown herself, and
then pulled herself out by the bough
of tree under which she hoated.
She writes an account for the news
papers, saying: "If there is any one
who reads this foolish enough to
want to die before Gods chosen
time, don't jump into the river
where there are trees with limbs
hanging in the water, for if you do,
no matter how determined you are
to leave this world, you will either
have to make up your mind to stay
a LITTLE longer, or else try it again,
hich latter you will not be likely to
DO" Lawyer Bancroft, of San
Francisco, before killing himself with
laudanum, wrote in a letter to a
Coroner: Il beg to inform you that
this is case of laudauum taken with
suicidal intent. Reasons, concern
no one bat myself; still if any one
should insist upon having reason,
you may say | was driven to desper-
alton by the Presidential muddle,
and seeing no prospect of ascertain
ing in this world who was to be next
President, went to the next, where
all things are supposed to be known,
for the information.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

LONDON has large weekly pa-
per called the Obituary." devoted
to the affairs of undertakers, crema-
tionists, embaImers, vault makers,
grave diggers, sculptors of humble
tombstones for the richer patrons. =
Mourning mantua makers aud mill
ners here advertise their wares, fine
grapes and bombazines are recon-
mended, and orders solicited in all
parts of the kingdom. Wills are
published lost wills are advertised,
and absent heirs are hunted up and
served by attorneys wolI drilled in
probate matters. Obituary notices
form staple item, and, if necessary
choice notices of deceased persons
are written to suit all cases, and cpl
taphs constantly on hand.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

A distinguished Georgia physician
advises plenty of sleep aud an abb
sence of excitement 40 pteventives
of insanity. The situation now is
very alarming, for the average
Georgian dou't heed this medical
advice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

The friends of Mrs. Senator Sar-
gent, of California, who are going to
present her with bust of her hus>
band, ought TO consult the lady first.
We know ladies who do not enjoy
the busts of their husbands at all-in
fluid form at least. Perhaps a real
solid bust would be more agreeable.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

A live Mormon has made bis APP
pearance, hailiug from Rome. The
Rome Iris Weekly Courier says {:
"B. f. Mayors, who lives in Floyd
Springs District, joined the Mormon
Church and was baptized week or
so ago by Rev. Mr.. Morgan, of Ari'
IONA. If we are correctly informed,
Mr. Morgan is not the only one in
that district that has joined the Nor
mons of late"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

you politicians are a queer peo>
ple,' said an old business man to an
impecunious partisan. How SO 2
asked the politician. why, because
you trouble yourself SO much more
about the payment of the debts of
the State than you do about your
own
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

Stonewall Jackson's daughter Ju-
liza is now a pretty 6irl of sixteen,
with large eyes, a good head, and
an expression full of sweetness and
character. She is said to be ex-
ceedingly gentle, modest and thought
full. She is living with her mother
in Charlotte, N. G.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

A negro named Peter Grady, of
Twiggs county, was shot and in
stantly killed by Mr.. John F. Land,
whom he assaulted in his (Land's)
store on Tuesday. Grady fired at
Land, inaicting a slight wound, when
Land put hole into Graddy's head.
A verdict of justifable homicide was
rendered.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

DARE to be honest, good and sin
cere, dare to please God, and you
never need fear. Dare to be brave
in the cause that is right, dare with
the enemy ever to fight. Dare to..be
gentle and orderly too, dare shun the
evil whatever you do. Dare to
speak kindly, and ever be true, dare
to do right and you'll fad your way
through.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

"Ir is now perfectly plain, says
an exchange, that Grant is a fraud.
Yes, and old man Grant ought to
have been indicted at the start for
perpetrating him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

The burning of the Brooklyn
theatre and over three hundred per
sons perishing in the flames, is one
of those terrible horrors that is sick>
ening to contemplate.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

Thousands of Northern men are
becoming convinced that there is
more manhood in Wade Hampton's
little finger than in Chamberlain's
whole body.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

A Nevada man died a few days
ago, from the effect of gun shot
wound received in 1852, the bullet
remaining imbedded in his lungs for
twenty-four years.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

No girl gets along we'll without a
MOTHER says a moral exchange,
This may be true; but hereabout
girls work harder to get mother>in
laws than they do to get mothers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

1t is said that ten thousand per>
sons in the United States have been
driven mad by over excitement in
spiritualism.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

'You try in vain says a wri-
ter, to sweep the mist from your
door with a broom, but when the
sun shines upon it, how soon it dis
perses I
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

We are willing to bet box of pa
per collars that in 1880 there won't
be a single postmaster on any of the
electoral tickets.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

Mr.. John S. Rowland, formerly of
Barlow county, died recently in
Texas.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

All papas and mammas have ex>
actly that sight which distinguishes
objects at distance clearly, while
they need spectacles to see those unr
der their nose.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

Rabbit, the soap man, spends a
} clean 100000 this year for adj
vertising.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

In you want fine varieties Of Wheat and
Rust Piooi Oats Seed, call on l.. c. ~ w. Z.
a. they at considerable expense
have arrangements made to supply those who
call ON them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

There are 100 religious denomina
tons scattered throughout the Uni
ted States.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

Now is the time to go around and
chase away the wolves from your
poor neighbors' doors.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

Venison is only fifteen cents a
pound in Atlanta, but is deer even
at that price.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
oEEvTCl1s

UPSTAIRS, IN FKEYEkS BRICK
Building, in the rooms formerly occupied oy
DR.. Greer, South Side OF the Public Square.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUS
TTCE OF GEORGIA. have used Simmons
Liver REGULATOR tor constipation OF my bowels.
caused hv a temporary arrangement ofthe liver.
for the last three or tour years, and always when
used according TO the directions, with decided
benefit. / think it is a good medicine for the
arrangement Of the llver-at least such has been
nv personal experienced in the use Of it.
HIRAM WARNER. Chief Justice of Ga.
SICK HEADACHE,
EDITORIAL,-W have
tested It's virtues, person
ally and know that for
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and TLrobhiug Headache,
il is the best medicine the
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none Of them gave US
more than temporary re-
lief; but the Regulator
not only relieved, but
cured us.
ED. TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER,
Macon, Ga,
Having had during the last twenty years
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
Ulle s8arjetta 9ontuaI.

Marietta, Ca, Friday, Dec. Is, 1875.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
Jle s2@arlctta aouFuaI.

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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-12-15
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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Rates OF Advertising.

For each Square Of ten lines or less, Tor me
first insertion 81, and for each subsequent IN
s.rtiou IS cents.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30

this, as befeil another SIMILAR enter
prise projected by men equally wise in
their day, only earlier in the worlds
history Dr. Oliver Wendall Holmes.
that genial humorist, records the story.
We commend it to the consideration of
political chronometer adiusters when
the eventful day arrives.
Once, on a time, notion was
started, that if all the people in the
'world would shout (not Tilden) at
once, it might be heard in the moon.
$50 the projectors agreed it should be
"done on certain day, in just ten
years. Some thousand ship loads of
chronometers were distributed to the
sELEcTMEN and other great folks of
the different nations. For a year
90 beforehand, nothing else was talked
about but the awful noise that was to
g be made on the great occasion. When
the time came, everybody had their
''ears so wide open to hear the univer-
sal ejaculation of Boo the word
agreed upon,-that nobody spoke,
"cXcepta deaf man in one of the Flee
Islands and woman in Pekn, so
"that the world was never so still since
| " tho creation"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30
BALANCING ACCOUNTS.

The business men of the country, as
the old year is coming to close, are
balancing their books and taking an
account of the years business. There
is no doubt but that, upon the whole,
they will find matter for congratulation
rather than encouragement. In nearly
every branch of business the indications
are, that an increase over last year will
be shown.
Immediately preceding the election
there were indications on every hand
that the effects of the panic Of 1878
were rapidly disappearing, that bust
ness men had reconstructed their affairs
upon a solid basis, and that confidence
was very generally restored. Manu-
featuring industries certainly were re-
viving, and there was every reason to
anticipate coming season of prosper
itv. The uncertainty of the Presden-
tial election has inflicted upon all bust
ness enterprise temporary check; but
there is every reason to believe that
this is only temporary. All the ele-
ments required for genuine business
revival exist, and it only remains for
the political questions to be legally
solved to give to these full play.
No one looks for the sudden advent
of the flush times of the initiation period
following the war; if they do, they
will look in vain, Business must and
will develop gradually, and the desire
of all who would see matters settled
once more upon firm basis, should be
to see it develop only to such an extent
as the actual demands of the country
require Upon this line, alone, can we
be prosperous.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30
IKE CLOSING YEAR.

The sand is running low. Another year,
fraught with tender recollections and with
bitter memories, crowded with events that
have shaped, perhaps, the destiny of nations
aud fashioned individual lives, that has
seen whatever steps mankind has taken,
within its limits, in the great triumphal
march of progress, is drawing to a close.
Amid the wintry wind and storm and
driving snow it takes its place in the long
list of years that have been counted since
reckoning first began.
1t is meet that we should pause at the
threshold of the new to survey the old
year, to take note of whatever Of good or
of evil it may present, and haply, if we
may to learn therefrom the lessons that
may serve to illuminate the future ways 1t
is probable that such reflections will be
needed only for time, that as the year
progresses we will sink back into the we'll
known and well-worn grooves, of action.
that "the gay will laugh. The solemn
brood of care plod on, and each one, as be-
fore, will chase his favorite phantom
But if they serve only for season to
give another and higher impulse to our
life the task will not be fruitless. Each in
dvidual life has its own experience to con-
suit, it's own mistakes to rectIfy, its own
futurty to meet. Those experiences and
the perception of those mistakes will have
been of but little moment if they have not
created the desire to profit by them, aud
ing the future. We are not advocates of
long string of stereotyped resolutions,
which, at best, are only platitudes, and
which are scarcely written before they are
broken. 1t is not the written words, the
well-turned Whereas" but the high pur-
pose, the individual oU that can be OF any
avail. And as we ,ciU so may we realize,
| for life is what we make it.
| But while considering our individual life,
let us not lose sight of our national life
II is the sum of individual lives, the aggre-
gate impressment of personal thought and
action upon events affecting all. During
the year which is now ending, we have
spread before the nations the evidences
of our progress, have exhibited the pro
ducts of our diversified industries, and
have called them to witness the results of
free government. OF little service can that
record be if we have not yet learned self
control-the first best fruit of self-govern-
ment. Let us, therefore, enter upon the
new year with a determination to be mod
crate, to preserve, by conservative action,
our institutions untaiuted and to secure
legal rights only by legal methods. So de-
termining and SO acting, the close of II
will find u.s. as people, prosperous: and
as individuals, contented.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION.

We trust that the Presidents plain
talk on the political situation will re-
lieve the anxiety of those who have
been lead to fear that he would inter-
fere arbitrarily with the settlement of
the existing controversy. A great deal
of nonsense has lately been published
which the President effectuallv pune
lures Such, for instance, as that he
will, in certain contingencies, dispense
the House by armed force: that he
means to hold over; that he is massing
soldiers at Washington for some mys-
ferrous purpose. In all probability
some Of the journals that print this
sort Of stuff, really believe what they
say, and we are certain that there are
tens of thousands of readers foolish
enough to take it all in-but it is STUFF.
Notwithstanding The President has
done all in his power to define his posi-
ton. Whoever else may believe that
he ought to exercise extra constitu-
tional powers in order to tide US over
the present crisis, he has no such con-
ception of his duties He will keep the
peace and execute the laws, and will
retire from his office as quietly as any
President who ever left it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30

A CARD TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
For many years we have made two med
icines suited to the ailments of a vast class
of sufferers. Thousands of cures have
been made by them, and, in fact, the word
failure could never be coupled with them.
But within the last two years counterfeits
of our medicines have sprung up, danger
onS in their close imitation of our Trade
Mark. To secure the people we have
placed upon each genuine box of Holloway's
Pills and Holloway's Ointment the fac
smile of the signature of our Agent, Mr..
Jos. Haydock. To counterfeit this is felony
We shall relentlessly pursue any one who
initiates this with the utmost vigor of the
law. We most earnestly beg that the
great mass of the American people will
aid US in our efforts to protect their health,
and help us in our task of bringing these
most unprincipled men to the bar of
justice Uniformly refuse to purchase
Medicines purporting to be ours unless MIR.
Jos. Haydock's signature is attached to
each Box of Pills or Pot of Ointment and
the end will soon be reached.
The public's obedlent servants,
HOLLOWAY & Co.