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Revolutionary Boy.

From tho Burlington HaNtuyel rssf..
any son, my son.. mildly exclaimed a
reproying Yves. Hill mother yesterday
morning, "untie that cat from the gate
latch, take In that rope you've stretched
across the sidewalk, lot your little sister
out OF the woodshed, uniaaten the cellar
door and let the hired girl come up and &c
to her work, take that sign Of "boraders
wanted" of Mr.. Posonby o front door, lei
Mr.. Jasper's dog out Of the barrel, throw
that paper Of gun powder in your poke,
out into the street; and then come here
and tell mo where you were Friday and
Saturday that You weren't at school"
The boy said he wasn't prepared to an;
swer Just then, but be. would insist on
throwing out the report Of the teacher on
the ground that he (the boy) had been
und1ly intimidated from attending school
by the terror Of long, hard lessons, and
further by tho practice Of bull.dozing in
the parish, as he could establish by re,
liable witnesses. Pending the deciaior
OF the Board no filed 4 number OF pro;
tests, but his mother pronounced his atti-
tude revolutionary, and sent 70 his IA:
TIERS Office for troops, which arrived
about tea time, and the local government
was ut once supported and. order en-.
forced, and as the boy went up 10, bed
without any supper aud In the custody
Of the troops, the thtoes Of . free PEG
pie, struggling in the iron grasp Of Z
domestic deFpotism, could be- heard
away down on the nextstreet, where the
other boys were lifting gates Of their
hinges and carrying themdown TO the
ereek. T-1g-lI IN y
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NEW YoRK, December l9.-Mr. Nor.
rissey's clerks were.keptbusy during the
day, and until 8 o'clock last night, in
paying those who applied for their
money. The applicants were nearly all
among the heaviest investors In pools,
and held tickets calling for sums Of $500
and upward. The largest amount drawn
out by one person was 81 500, which had
been wagered on Tilden. Tho Hayes and
Tilden men were abont equal In number,
and were equally positive that their
fayorite had fairly won. Some Of them
insisted that the bets should have been
paid to them, and accepted their money,
less the stakeholder's commission, under
protest. In general, however, the do.
cision was thought 10 DO Just TO all. The
amount refunded yesterday reached
nearly. 100000. Annmber Of the larger
bets were withdrawn'by mutual consent,
under the arrangement previously made
by Mr.. Morrissey, but Il 10 probable that
more than $4,000 sill remain In his
handa -
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Pastern BanIss DIspOsed TO wind

FFOR -en
New York Special 70 us PhIlIdtlnh nseaFd.l
There Is q growing disposition on the
part Of the toekholders In several Of our
banksto wind those inStitutionsup. The
banks are making no money, and conf
dence Is being lost in them, as>ls evil
dsnced by the decline In Tho shares
Hence thel stockholders say, "Better
.ake what We can get now for our stock
and wind up, rather thansface tho on.
known and dark future" The trouble
IA NOT that tho banks are badly managed,
though this remark will apply 70 some
OF them, but that there - no business 90.
ipv, and without business = bank nor
anvbody else can make. money. The
Stock Of q prominent bank on Broadway
no declined from 1876 10 ITO since the
death Of It's president, only y couple oil
months since, while the shares OF others
not long ago above par are now % per
cent below It. With the present condi'
tion Of business, two.thirds Of our banks
could be wiped out and their loss would
not be felt, and that some Of them Will Dc
before long appears certain, >.
Some Of The savings banks are also IN
an uncomfortable condition, and unlesi
they can induce their depoSitors to ac'
cept lower rates Of interest, . wind up
will be almost matter Of necessity. va
the question Of lower rates Of intereesl
there does not appear 10 DO much unani'
mitv among the savings banks-the strong
banks being still able to go on and pay tht
same rates 10 In years gone BY. while tht
smaller and weaker banks ind difficulty
In doing 40. n w. - ...-..
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nenih 81 FIre Moi PaIniuI.

N. Y. Harald.l q "a
Il Is some eonsolatlon to believe that
The suiIerings,o Of eyho are burned 70
death within the wallGof building are
very brief and that the end Ia painless.
The combustion generates large volumes
Of carbonic acid gas, which, being heav-
ier than the atmospheric air, sinks to tho
lover part Of the building and envelops
the people on the floor before the tlaInea
reach them. ''As soon as they are sur
rUundedwiththis deadlyEas they becone
inSensible and are spared the eKerneia.ttips
torture suffered BY persons burned where
The air can freely circulate. The relative.
and friends Of the victims may sP PS5t
thoee whom they lost gave Up thsir W.
Ia extreme physical Or mental agony
Their capacity for suffering was pfoSa'
bly, ex.ingaished before the saaeS reach
ed them. -. V |i...t.
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Hen fIiI! TaIking Sensibly nj
Washington.

Especial to then. Y. Thbuue.l
WASHINGTON, December 1O.-1n con-
versatiup to-day, Mr. Hill said that II the
peopleofthis country werc not capable
Of settling the disputed Presidential
question without violence they were not
Ct to have President, and ought to be
governed by a hereditary monarch. He
said DO had confidence in the wisdom Of
tho people, and felt sure that they would
not Susiein any movement likely to jeop.
ardise The public tranquility. II the
representatives, Of the people here In
Washington could not settle amicably the
present difficulty, they ought 10 60 home
and give their constituents chance to put
wiser men in their places. For party
rpurposts, ho said, he had been put In 8
fal.e attitude before tho North in the
late canvas, but those who know his
record and disposition will bear him out
In saying that no man deprecates ultra
measures more than he, or:is moro earn.
estly determined 10 maintain the inter.
ests Of the whole Union; he could see no
contingency growing out OF the present
situation that would justify either party
In precipitating an armed conflict. Mr..
Hill believes that public opinion will de.
.mand of'Gongress arspeedy and peaceable
solution Of the whole question. He thinks
we'll Of Mr.. McCraryS proposition intro:
duced yesterday for joint committee Of
both Houses to report some legal or con.
stituhonal measure to meet the present
emergency.
Mr.. Hills views seem to be entertained
by nearly every influential Democrat
from the Southern States, and 1t is re.
markable circumstance that the Repre-
.sentltyes Of dhe section which precipi.
ttated The cnhntry into acivil war.in 1851
should now by their moderation and fair.
ness do 40 mnCh toward averting like
calamity.
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: APRosPEFITy OF LouIStAsA The
Caops-The Now Orleans Times concurs
In the estimate Of prominent banker Of
that city that the Louisiana crops Of 1876
haye boon raised at an expense Of 40 por
cent Of their. gross value, and further
says:
Inquiry among commission merchants
develops the fact that In 1876 there wert
raised In Louisiana pa, 900 bales Of cot
tod, and that the combined crops Of Louis
lana cotton, sugar and rice are valued a
S4O,0OO,OO0. Were even 40 per cent o.
this amount clear profit it would show
that our planters are comparatively ou
A., Of debt and will have on hand at thu
CLOSE 81 the season asurplus Of SIC, 600,
600 With which to commence the businesi
OF another year. It is not probable ,ha
any other agricultural section OF the
Union outside Of the cotton and sugar
raining districts car. present such an ex'
hibit - -, ~ +.
RThe 81. james Sentinel hears from al
parts Of the parish the most cheering &C
counts from the sugar.planters, showing
an Unexpectedly large yield Of sugar
from asnall stand Of cane, but rice ha'
been disappointing. Several large sugar
places .ia. this parish have been turned
Into 'rics farms, but from present appear
ancsS will DO abandoned or restored Il
sugar. In St. Marys parish the produc
OF sugar will be larger than in any yea
since the war.
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From the Journal Of CheuhpyI 49, -,r1.,
The habltual daily use Of this vegetable
is much more beneficial to man than
most people are aware Of. Awriter who
is familiar with It's virtues says: "Ihave
known many men and women who, from
various causes, had become somuch
affected by nervousness that when they
stretched out their hands they shook like
aspen leaves ON q windy day, and BY .
moderate daily use Of the blAnched foot
stalks Of celery a. salad they become Al
strong and steady In limb rs other people
1 have known others so nervous that the
least annoyance put them in a state Of
agitation and they were in constant per
plexity and fear, who we're also effect
nally cured BY q moderate daily use o
blanchod celery rs i salad a meal time
have known others to be cured Of palpi
tation OF the heart. Everybody engaged
in labor weakening 70 the nerves shou!t
use celery daily In the season and onion
in its stead when not In season:
To this we may add that prominen
New York druggist draws in winter from
his soda fountain q hot extract Of celery
mixed with Liebigs meat extract, pn
der the name Of ox-oelery. 1t L.
nouriahing drink al lunch time, ia
better than coffee or tea, and Is doing
great deal In the neighborhood to pro
mote temperance . We give. celery a.
most daily to our canary birds, and 4
cnraa them nj fla. thew ara little animate
with very delicate nerves, easily fright
ened, and thefore they need such RENE
dy very much, and the relish with Whicl
they take 1t Is . proof that their inetinc
guides them 10 eat what Ia good 10
them. Amanufaoturer Of prefumery 0
our acquaintance, some years ago com
menced to prepare an extract Of eeler..
seed put up in bottles, and intended t
give strength to old and exhausted per
sons, who, by over-indulgences, hay
reached such state as to require restora
| tivaa .H- y
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John NlorrIsscJ Declares on All
Bets on The Presidency Held
hv HI.,.

John MOrFlHSey Declares On All
Bets on The Presidency Held
by Him.
Ssw York Sun Of Friday.
yHI1haye to-day declared of all bets or
% Prsshlenty held BY me.F said Mr.
John MOrrissey yesterday.
"What arc your reasons for doing soT'
Sasked the reporter VI -
an view OF the present Unforeseen
complications, said Mr.. Morrissey, "bo.h
parties elaiming tho election; and the
ittong probability, In my judgment, that
tho decision will not be arrived at for
some time yet, and when II Is, that It will
DO far less satisfactory than TO return
every man his money, I am satisfied that
II 10 the best thing to do"
alas this action been generally antici.
pated by the ticket holdOrs7" asked the
Ssfthink Il has with the great major
'lsy," replied Mr.. MorriSscy. an fact 1
should hAvs done no before this had It
not been that l am myself heavy better
on. Tilden, and II Ihad declared the bets
Of when It looked As though Hayes was
certain 81 1856 votes, people might have
ssaid that / did it to save myself; but the
news from Oregon to-day, which gives
Nj, Tilden the needed vote 10 elect him,
and in my judgement makes his chances at
least al good, IL not better, than those Of
Mr.. Hayes, relieves mo from that predica.
nsnt,- Idont believe there Is man in
the United States tonight who can name
the next President, and II l should meet
ono who thought he could would like to
bet him one thousand dollars that he
could not. But, however this question Is
decided, the men who lose their money
will not DO satisfied. They bet on tho re.
suit Of the vote Of the people, and not on
+Rhon Congress might say would be Presi.
dent. and III lhould pa. OYER thiamoncy
on any, such decision, would soon have
thousands Of l6WSaits on my hands to 70.
cover back Already several gentlemen
;Sho bot money at my rooms, some on
TldSn and 9thsfs on Hayes, have mott.
fad ma. cot TO give Il up IN esss their
man Z declared NOT, elected, and one
hsaxy bsttsr on Hayes assures mo that II
1do HiySup hh money, he win bring q
rult against me for IL recovery"
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|, SSIGNEEs NOTICE.

Notice Ia hereby given that tho arm Of HussInCt
4 Ncndel has been dissolved, and that the under
aened has been appointed Assignee o. The said
Arm, md 10 alone authorized 10 wind up tn hhlirs
An parties having claims asainst the said nIH
arc hereby notified 70 present 70 him their blls
duly authenticated, without delay.
All pafties owing thesald lirm arc notified L
mako prompt pay ment to tho A,hspoe ~ ell blu
unpaid At tho ifa,lon Of Ten tIo days from ihil
date will DO sued upon. ~
Tho buSlntas Of the dIm viii not DO discontinue
at once, but will DO conducted under The name o.
| tho Assignee until tho livery stock Il sold,
F,t'HH II, CALDWELL, Asslgnee.
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IlIEO.

sILvHY.-oa satarlay merninS, peesnSst Stl /,
sIIyey, aged yISr month and y days .ult"
Funenl irou So Market street, this afternoon al
two o'clock. Friends Of The fRnnily invited. ai
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NOTICE.
q INKS oYl1cH BOARD o., COMMISSIONERS,
WHEELING! 'Deet 1ibef 8, 1915

Notice I, hereby given TO all perSons having bills
.raiust Ohio County 70 ale tho same In this otaee
% or before December 9Th, that the name may be
audited and paid before the close Of this year.
Also, all persons holding County orders, Issued
on or before May 2qh, 1876 % against the Levy o.
1875, will please present them for payment q re
Oh q Of r. s. Brown. deceased, late thctn OF Ohio
County, % interest viii ceaso from that date.
BY order Of the Board. l'.t y q, .,cigl
as CHARLES II. DE1TERs, Clerk,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GHRIsTMTAsS.

Nothing more appropriate as {, az e s s1ss
Cd FoIkS % Home thin p,Ls 2. rh,ins ISkei.
tacIiL Gold speftAele, MssGea aia PaDss fsnels
r, Breast Pins. Ear gns4 S tiSa MaIs .tse"I
Cane. silver Ware as :: SSi, ~ ave 't '''
H 5 JoHelry nn'' g oS% SsTi d DUFF1ELD.
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Z MONDAY. DEC II. 1879.
ANEal9As MANgFAoFVURna AND BnI1

AMERIoAs MANUFACTURE AND BRIT
mn FtSAscEs.4There has been deeper
meaning than lay on the surface in the
frequent items that have appeared in the
Ensllsh pesnonhg thesuceeniul ap-
pSaranee IL British markets q one com.
pstiug American product after another.
Massachusetts cottons have been selling
ia Manchester. Connecticut edge tools In
Sheffield and New York ieBelFy in Biz
miughSm. The exports Of tho United
States have boon increasing; those Of
England decreasing. President Grant Ia
able to show in his message that the So
called "balance OF trade" has been, chang
.siffom $50 100000 iSainSt tho country
aSls61; si3O,OOO.OOo for II In 1875, IL
England the state Of trade is the reverse
As tue returns Of October just issuet
show. For tho ten months Of the yea
tho imports wero sl,65O, 100000, but th'
srporn only ssiaoOo0OO. The sEpOstl
have been decreasing steadily for foul
years; In 1873 they were sl,OSO.ooo,o0o
aud the uniavorable "balanes" was S465.
100000; while this year it, is s7l5,o0o,
900 50 fsr. apd will reach s76,0oO,ooo b!
A.he end Of December. The gold that ha
h,ar aSwing into Nav York for 80 man
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IT AIDES FAvoRITEa O. Jrr. 90 q !!
la, The American Plating Mlehlpe, BY Which
inexperienced persons, after short TING, mako TIT
naost elegant fllting. It Sayes s cost In a short
time and Va taIt lVttlHls. This useiul article
can 10 had Of Madame breyoneha, d Mn. PhlL
lips, GEeenbAck street, Khkwo0d, and who VIII
fancy work Ia wofsed, cotton hair work and stamp,
inF, on reasonable terms: She efrlfor ale Ladies
WoIsted Ties and "Hug-me-tIshu ~ ,
address MADAME PREVoNCuA, !
ldes lJ,4,i4r1 q. E51t0BhdSeport, Ohio. !
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NALE or VALUABLE LIVERY sToCg

The Livery stock Of the late htm Of Uhsemeu
MendCl will DO offered by the undersigned nj pri
ylie sale al very low prices. .--... a.. t'-.-a
The aid stock compEises Horses, Carriages, Bug
Htes, Hacks, sleIghs and all the other equipment
Of adnt.elau Livery Stable; The bcst In the State
Jt6 -. =, II. CALDWELL, Assignee.
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strength Of the Negro. yoie. 81,
The negro vote Of the United States
numbers bout $40, 900, and Is distributed
among the several States as follows:
Tho Greenbaclt Vote.

THO GFeenbnok VOC.
The returns Of tho vote for the Cooper
and Cary electoral ticket In the late cleo.
ten are incomplete. Our record i thu
far as follows: ~
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1905. % ."' l-l-s als" 'si-> 80 u 2
ur. 't, s--s2 'aG El ,se't.G
t-. 0l7.I ...rin'E r'i11 ~ s'liIH
....g sHs. III -i.aai .
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-01-15
The Weather.

The ubiquitous indiviual, the
oldest inhabitant," is being extern
sively interviewed in regard to the
extraordinary mild weather of the
last two or three weeks, and unani-
mously declares that he never saw the
like. Perhaps he is right, but let him
not be too confident, or some accu-
rate "clerk of the weather. may
prove how forgetful we all are. by
showing from his own records, that
we have experienced just such wea-
ther in years gone by.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-01-15
Ancient PrObs.

The almanac makers and weather
prophets are somewhat non-plused by
the remarkable weather which has
thus far characterized January
Modern signs and probabilities
fail to meet the case, and an old res
ident Of the lower end of the county
falls back on ancient "probs." In
the olden time, the breast bone of a
young goose was used to foretell the
character of the weather. The old
gentleman above referred to, says he
got bone last fall and predicted the
very weather that is now upon U.S.
The modus operandi, as Unexplained
it, is as follows:
you will observe that the middle
portion of the bone is white, indicat-
ing mild weather, which we are hav-
ing now. We will shortly have cold
CT weather, as these dark portions
show, and we will have some snow,
but not near as much as last winter.
The end of the bone is quite dark,
and the month of March will be
about as cold and rough as any,"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-01-15
Dastardly Attempt to InJure Charles
Davies. ESQ.

We learn that on last Tuesday
evening some demon attempted to
either kill or seriously injure Mr..
Charles Davies, a well known attor-
ney at Harper's Ferry, by throwing
stone through his Office window
whilst he was seated at his Office ta-
bic reading. The missile passed very
close to his head. 1t is rumored that
this dastardly attempt to injure or
kill Mr.. Davies was prompted by re-
venge on account of a speech recent
ly made by that gentleman, in which
he emphatically denounced the spirit
Of turbulence and drunkenness on
the part of the rowdy element OF
Harper's Ferry. Ofcourse the large
majority Of the citizens of that place
are law abiding and peaceable and
the criticism made by Mr.. Davies is
concurred in by them.
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Try This.

An apprentice in the b. & o. r.
Il. machine shops sends the follow
ing, which he desires some of our
sharp mathematicians to work out
He sends the answer with it. The
following is the problem:
"A fisherman has three sons, which
he sends fishing. The Oldest catches
so fish, the next 80 fish, and the next
10 fish. He sends them to the city to
sell their fish, with the instruction
that they must all sell at the same
price, so much apiece, and they must
all bring home the same amount of
money. How did they sell them, and
how much did they get for them ?
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COMMUNICATED.
HufOrnnafiOn Wanted.

. II The Editors Of the Independent
notice that the stockholders of
two very important corporations are
soon to hold their annual meetings,
viz: the Agricultural Association
and the Martinsburg & Potomac
Railroad. In the former every indi-
yidual stakeholder is interested, and
should attend and in the latter every
taxpayer is interested, but all cannot
attend. Both meetings, however,
should give a full and fair exhibit of
its receipts and disbursements, show
ing from what source it has been de-
rived, and for what purpose the pay
ments have been made. Really, the
taxpayers are SO interested in the
Road that the County Court should
make, or cause to be made, such an
exhibit annually. But nothing
of the kind has ever been done. Let
stockholders and all interested have
the fullest possible information.
STOCKHOLDERS AND TAXPAYER.
January 10, 1876.
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One OF the Demands Of the New Year.

With the beginning Of the New
Year there come almost invariably
a batch of wholesome resolves. We
one and all, hastily or carefully retro
spect theJust ended year, and de-
tecting here and there errors Of COM
mission or omission honestly deter
mine to so amend our ways during
the coming year, that its close will
leave us with fewer causes for regret.
There is positive sincerity in most
of these resolves, for the reason that
they are generally mentally made
But how few of them, comparatively
are maintained, scarce one in a thou
sand.
1t is well to agree with yourself
that intoxicating drinks shall in flu
ture be avoided; that profanity shall
never more be heard from your lips;
that fair and square honesty shall
characterize all your dealings with
your fellow men. That this demon
alizing practice or that shall not be
repeated; but, after all, is it not bet
ter not to resolve too much? One
thing at time is most likely to Sc
cure success. What shall that one
thing be?
We know of nothing in which re-
form is more imperatively needed
than in the matter of daily eXpendi-
ture. With few exceptional cases,
retrenchment is demanded all
around. The times are undeniably
hard, money is scarce and business
has been in a comparatively stag
nant condition for more than two
years, and we enter the new year with
fair prospect of a continuance of
this discouraging state of affairs.
A single glance at the condition of
business obviously marks out the
course which every one, whose means
do not place him or her absolutely
beyond the reach of want, shold pur-
sue. That pathway is the pathway
of retrenchment and economy. We
are aware that it is difficult to con-
vince most people that they are not
living as economically as is possible
for them to do, and that difficulty
arises mainly from the fact that they
have come to regard luXuries as alb
solutely necessities.
There is but one remedy, for all
this-pay as you go. Then the close
of the old and the opening of the new
year will bring no feeling of dread.
You can look forward to them with
that feeling of comfort which is now
stranger to those who live beyond
their means.