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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-12-18

MEADE r.. WHITE.
Nl ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA,
will practice in the Courts of Augusta, Rock
Tngham and Highland.
Refers, by permission, to the Law Faculty OF
the University of Virginia.
OFFICE on Courthouse Alley. feb ely.
DRE3TUN A BAYLOR,
& ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, is
And Solicitor in Cta7acery, STAUNToN, VA,
practices in all the Courts Of Augusta and ad-
Joining counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd, on Augusta ST.,
opposite the Courthouse. no q
VTTM. NJ. McALLESTER,
w ATTOI3NEY-AT-LAW,
i'.,.a. WARM SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va9
nd Pocahontas West Virginia.
EJrSpecial attention given to collection Of
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
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H. NJ MATHEWs, ALEX. f. MATHEWS.
MATHEWS sc MAE'HENS,
Nl' ATTOR NEYS-AT-LAW,
LEWISBURG WEST VA,
practice regularly in the Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas countless w:
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of W. Va.
&J-Particuar attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
Il
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RAILROADS,

TRAINS leaving StauntOn at 1U.I0 A. NJ. and 800
p. M, run daily except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
Trains leaving Staunton aA2.55 A. NJ and 12.4O
A. M, run daily stopping at taIl regular stations
between Huntington and Allegheny, and at
Covington, Millboro', Goshen, Waynesboro',
Alton, Greenwood, Mechum's River. Ivy, Char
> lottesville, Gordonsville. Junction and Rich
mond.
Sleeping cars run On 255 A. M and 1910 A. M.
trains between Richmond and CovingtOn. AL
so Sleeping cars will run on Nos. 8 and trains
between Washington and White Sulphur.
As-For further Information, rates, &c, apply
&c ]. H. WOODWARD, Agent, Staunton, Va.
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
w. NJ. S. DUNN, G. P. and 7. Agent.
Engineer and Supt. jel2
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-12-18

My DEAR" said Mrs. Belden, coming
into my room one morning, ''you are get
ting quite rong again the sea air has
done you a world of good-in fact you
look better. I think, than before your
accident. | am thinking we may as
like,"' sS" '"
!, was lying on couch by the window,
looking. out upon. the sea.
well" said I, absently, in a halt
ao.n "Y91 o; feel quite strong, do you not,
,aOh, yes, ma'am," said I, rousing my.
sslf; sadi ), quite strong-strohger thar
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

succeed in gaining admission into the
union during the present administra-
ton, the time is not far distant when
her claims will be heard, and then
will be the time when that political
party which has favored her laudable
ambitions will receive the maiden en-
dorsement of the new state.
There is another reason why Wash
ington Territory is justly entitled to
admission into the union, the same
was urged in favor of Oregon, and
that is our isolation from the great
body of the states, thus creating the
greater need for voice in our own
concerns and interests. The people
here now, who have conquered the
wilderness and worked up the country
from the primitiveness of pioneer
days, should have the opportunity of
shaping and moulding the new state
that is hereafter to GO out as the pro-
duct of our northwestern civilization !;
and it is unjust that because of their
isolation from the national capital and
nearness to Oregon, they should be
deprived of this privilege. The peo-
pie here will be satisfied Il they gain
admission as state during the next
three years, but they protest at being
held for an Oregon county for any
longer period. l't
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
IN THE PROBATE COURT, IN AND FOR
CnWlitZ Comfy. w. II.
n. II. Bloomfield,
Plaintiffs Attorney.

IN 1.-THE PROBATE COURT, IN AND FOR
i Cowlitz County, w. T.
In the matter OF the Estate of Commodore Moore,
deceased.
It appearing TO the Court upon reading and
fling the petition of D. h. Moore, Administra-
tor, with the will annexed, Of said Estate, that
there is not sufficient personal property in the
hands of said Administrator to pay the out
standing debts against deceased and the cx-
penses OF Administration, and that it is neccs-
sary to sell u portion and would be for the in
terest Of all concerned To sell the whole, OF de-
ceased's real estate, for the payment Of such
debts and expenses,
It Is therefore ordered that all persons inter-
ested in said Estate appear before the Probate
Judge Of said County and Territory, at his Of
flee ut Kalama, Cowlitz County, w. T., on the
7th day OF September. A. d. 1877, at the hour Of
10 o'clock A. NJ, then and there To show cause
why an order should not be granted to the Ad
ministrator to sell the said real estate or so
much thereof as shall be required to pay such
debts and expenses And 1t Is further ordered
that a copy Of this order be published In the
Vancouver INDEPENDENT for four successive
weeks prior to said 9TH day Of September, A.
ID. 1877, aforesaid.
L. II. WHITEHOCSE,
Probate Judge, Cowlitz County, w. T.
Dated August 4th, 1877.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

SIT Down AND RECKON 1T UP.-By
a careful estimate, based upon reliable
information, says the Walla Walla
Watchman, we are free to say that not
less than $4,000 tons of grain were
raised this year in the country of the
upper Columbia Say we need 10000
tons for seed and bread, it still leaves
us 10000 tons for shipment Say fur
Their, that 5000 tons have already gone
down the river, which leaves $4,000
tons on our hands. Suppose now the
O. S. n. Co. will send down daily by
their boats 225 tons for three weeks,
Sundays excluded, which would make
1850 tons, then after that, state of
weather and water permitting, the boats
are able to take away daily for six
weeks more about 100 tons per day,
which would be 1920 tons, leaving on
our hands till the opening of naviga-
ton next year about 10000 tons OF
grain, or over one-half our produce, not
including bacon, flax seed or broom
corn. Next year we may safely add
one-quarter Of the above tonnage to our
produce; but how will we get it out Of
the countryl Will some one answer
this question and remove our anxiety.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
Assessments.

The vexed question everywhere seems
to be that of assessments. The laws
of the old states have been made and
remade, modelled and remodeled, amen
ded and repealed, and still the ques-
ton of assessments end equality of
taxation to individuals remeins TO a
great extent rnsolved. Boards OF
equalization have been instituted, and
the experience of mankind has suggest
ed other expeGients, but the innate
seltishness of men still promotes injus-
tice in the matter of taxation. 1t is
expected to remedy the evil by legisla-
ton. This plan has not heretofore
proved successful. New Laws in the
nature of legislative experiments have
perhaps aided in the promotion of
thought on the subject, but as laws
they have done but little good. After
giving the subject some little considera-
ton we have come to the conclusion
that this is subject which will be
reached only as time goes on and other
institutions improve. When among
the masses of the people themselves
there shall exist more love of country,
more love of man for man, more public
spirit and in fine closer relationship
and fellowship between the individuals
of the community, then and not till
then will the questions of assessments
and taxation be so solved and regula-
ted as to promote impartial justice to
all. Ideal and visionary as this may
appear to some who seem to think the
legislature omnipitent, and new law
all potent to work wonders, the key to
the vexed question is found in the
above statement. Do not expect too
much of the law making power. Look
at home for the cause and cure of diff
culties, often they are in the power of
home control. The legislature is sup
posed to serve the people and attend to
their wants. New laws are often re-
quired, but it should' be remem bered
that laws adopted in advance of public
feeling and sentiment are generally
dead letters, and promote the evil de-
signed to he cured.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
NOTICE.
L. 8. LAND OFFICE

Z. 8. LAND OFFICE
vancouver, W. T., August Goth, 1877.
Complaint having been entered ut this Office
by Robert kirkwood. against Jacob Johanesen.
for abandoning his Homestead Entry. No 1s,g
dated November 4th, 1873, upon the North y
Of the Southeast i Of Section -, Township d
North, Range West In. Cowlitz County. Wash.
ington Territory, within view to the cancella,
ton OF said entry, the said parties are hereby
summoned to appear AT this Office on the I'd
day OF October, 1917, AT 10 o'clock A. NJ, to re-.
spond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment
w. III. SMALLWOOD, Register.
5. W. BROWN, Receiver.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

We acknowledge the receipt of the
third number of the Democratic Press,
the new paper started at Port Town
send, with II. L. Blanchard as editor.
The paper presents a very neat appear
ance in its mechanical make up. It's
local columns under the management
of Mr.. A. E. Learned are newsy and
readable.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

4 bifI JuultIal DlSlTlct, pl the IcFTlOrN OF
Wsshin .ston, holding terms Mt Nancou, er, for
the counties Of Clarke, klickitat and Skama-
MIA.
Michael O'Conneil, vs.. John Duning.
Action brought in the District Court of the
Second judicial District Of tho Territory og
Washington, holding terins AT Vancouver,
for the counties OF Clarke, klickitat and
Skamania.
Complaint ti,cd in the County OF Clarke, in th.,
office of the Clerk of said District Court The
twenty third day of August, \. ID. 1874.
To John Dunins, Defendant
In tie name of the United States Of Amer
lea, you are hereby required Ia appear in an ac-
ton brought against YOU by the above named
Plaintiff in the District Cour, of the Second
Judicial District OF the Territory of Washing.
ington, holding terms at Vancouver, in Clarke
County, for the counties of Clarke, klickitat
and Skamania, and To answer the complaint
filed therein ca copy If which accompanies
this summons, within twenty days exclusive
Of the day OF seryiee), after the service on YOU
of this sumnons--if served within this county;
or, If served out OF this county but within the
Second Judicial District, within thirty days,
or, If served out of said District then Within
sixty days-or Judgment by default will be
taken against you according to the PRAYER OF
said complaint.
The said action is brought 10 recover from
you the sum of one hundred dollars in United
States gold coin, with interest thereon from.
July 9TH, 1873, at the rate oi one and half per
cent per month. being the amount due 10
Plaintiff upon promssory note made by YOU
on the 9th day of July, 1872, and PAYABLE Ia
Plaintiff, 10 foreclosc certain mortgage made
by You TO secure the payment of the said
promissory note, and To obtain judgment for
the costs Of said action and reasonable sum
as an attorneys fec and you are hereby noti-
fled that If you fail to appear and answer said
complaint, as above required, the Plaintiff will
take judgment against you, for the sum Of
money above stated, decree Of foreclosure of
said mortgage, and Judgment for costs and at.
torney's fee ms prayed for.
Witness: ROGER 5, GREENE, Judge Of the
- said District Court and the Seal Of
LIS said Court, this twenty eighth day of
49, August, A. ID. 1871
r. q. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
per G. I. MCCONNELL, Deputy
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
NOTICE.

The undersigned would inform the mer.
chants and farmers OF Clarke county, that he
is one OF the renters Of Loves mill, and has
put the same in order to make the best grade
Of -four Parties having their grain ground
here can rely on getting the best kind of -four
aud all the wheat win make. All kinds Of
grain ground for customers on the shortest
notice. j. u. ADDISON.
Loves Mil
August c2d. 1877. n
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13
10th day of September, A, D. 1877,

at the front door of the court house of said
CowlitZ County, ut kalama, aforesaid, ut the
hour of ten o'clock In the forenoon of said day
sell at public auction to the highest bidder
therefor in cash, Ulfe same to be in United
States gold coin) the following described real
estate, in said County Of Cowlitz, to-wit:
The south ne-half Of that certain tract Of
land beginning at a point seven chains and
fifty links west and twelve chains and eighty
links north of the south east CORNER of Section
thirtv-tye, in Township eight north of Range
two West and running thence south forty
eight chains and forty-nine links, thence West
lightweight chains and fifty links. thence
north forty-three degrees and thirty minutes
west, eighteen chains and eighty links, thence
north thirty -one degrees west fourteen chains
and fifty links, and thence cast eighty chains
and fifty links, and thence north twenty-five
chains and forty-three links, thence east TWEEN
weight chains to the place of beginning in
the district of lands subject to sale at Naneou-
yer, Washington Territory, containing three
hundred and twenty two acres and forty-siN
hundredths of an acre, the same surveyed as
claim number forty five, being part OF Sections
two and three, in Township seven North of
Range two West. and claim number forty-one
being part of Section number thirty five, in
Township eight north, of Range two west, ac-
cording to the official plat of survey returned
to the General Land Office by the Surveyor
General. Together with all and singular the
tcncments, Entertainments and appurtenanees
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertain-
ing.
The above described real estate is taken and
will be sold as the property of said defendant,
TO pay the sum Of seven hundred and thirte@
and lO-lO0 dollars in United States gold coin,
and the additional sum of seventy one and 10.
100 dollars as attorneys fee adjudgcd in said
cause and for all costs Of suit taxed ut twenty
four and $500 dollars, and all other and fur
ther costs that may be accrued i'm the Sheriff s
sale herein.
Dated this 10th day Of August 1877.
j. b. STONE,
Sheriff Of Cowltz County, W. I.
n. II. Bloomfield
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

The third annual convention of the
B mixers Association, convened at New
York, on the 18th instant. The finan-
cial policy at Secretary Sherman was
warmly endorsed, and the resumption
of specie payments in 1879 declared
practicable aud for the best interests Of
the country.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

A Michigan father writes to the fac
ulty of Yale: "What are your terms
for yearl And does it cost anthing
extra if my son wants to learn to write
and read as well as TO row . boatT
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

And general assortment Of all kinds of fur.
niture that The Vancouver market demands
Furniture manufactured to order, and repair
ing donr. Glass cut for pictures, etc. Go and
sec for yourselves.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEC,
l. otra Judicial District, Of the Territory Of
Washn. ton, holding terms ut Vancouver for
the counties Of Clarke, klickitat and Skama.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

SHERIFF'S'SALE.

In the District Court of the Second judicial
District of Washington Territory, holding
terms at Kalama, for the Counties of Cow
ltz, Wahkiakum and Pacific.
John w. Sprague, Plaintiff,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-13

Mariah Huntington, Defendant. , 1r
Public notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to and by virtue of copy of the order of sale
and judgment made and rendered in the above
cause by the above court, ut the regular term
of said court begun and held at Kalama, Cow
litz County, W. Ty, In said district, ON the
fourth Monday in June, A. ID. 1877, which said
copy was duly issued and certified to me by
the Clerk of said court, under the seal thereof
on the 3Oth day of July, A. d. 1877. I, James
b. Stone, the undersigned Sheriff of the Coun-
ty of Cowlitz, in said district and Territory,
will, on the .tt
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-15
Educational Notes.

Eight students were examined and adj
mitted to the Maine state college Thursday.
Other new students are expected in few
days. IL is understood that Professor
Hill, graduate of West Point, will take the
chair vacated by Professor w. $. Chaplin,
now Of the Imperial college, Japan.
The New York assembly has cut off
the entire appropriation of $4,000, on
which the normal schools of the state de-
pend. 1t was urged that they were a use
less expense to the state. and that large
proportion of the persons who awaited
themselves of their privileges did not keep
their pledge to become teachers. The res
olution was passed by a very large vote,
but may be stopped in the senate.
The state of New York owns school pro-
perty to the amount of $31, 017904. The
number Of pupils attending the public
schools during some portion Of the past
year was !, 0G7 100. The whole number of
teachers employed was 30 100, and their
aggregate wages was $7,965, S04. The av-
erage compensation in the cities is $40,
and in the towns $237. The state school
tax fer the current fiscal year is S2,797,-
725, and the income from the common
school and United States deposit funds
brings the available amount up to $3, 1872, =
725. The total expenditures of the past
fiscal year we're 81 ,439, OBS 70, the larger
portion of which was furnished by local
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-15
IA Remarkable Speech

The debate of two hours upon the Flor
ida question proper, Monday, was divided
n arly equally between the two parties, and
was not characterized by any unusual in
cident until Carr, Speaker Kerr's successor,
rose. The fact that on Saturday he voted
with the republicans against recess until
Monday, and the further fact that he OBJ
tanned his ten minutes out Of the time al
lotted to republican, served speedily to
draw attention to him. That attention was
not Withdrawn until the last sentence of
his speech had been uttered. 1t was a
speech remarkable for its force and clear
ness, and more remarkable still for its sub
stance and the source from which it came.
Carr, as the representative of the minority
OF the democratic iparty, which from the
outset opposed the compromise plan, rose
and denounced the democratic majority as
being the author of whathe considered was
their own ruin, as having been faithless to
the party trust committed TO them. as
having been led by leaders who were either
ignorant, incompetent and corrupt, or oil
three, and arraigned his party associates
for seeking in an indisoreet manner to de-
feat the results Of the measure for which
the party as such, was, he claimed, respon-
sible. Carr rebuked his party for assault
ing the commission and declared that it had
no faults except, possibly, that of mistakes,
and declared that the democrats having
adopted the commission as party measure
i would be hypocritical and unmanly did
they refuse to ABIDE its mandate. The
speech almost paralyzed the democratic
Side OF the house. There was no allu-
sion made to 1t throughout the remainder
Oh the debate, except the sarcastic remons-
trance OF Walker of Virginia, the renegade
northern carpet-bagger, who denied the au-
Ihority OF Carr TO read his colleagues out
OF the democratic party.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-15
The Edinburgh Review.

The Edinburgh ReUie'o for January has
been republished by the Leonard Scott pub
fishing company, Al Barclay street, New
York.
I. "The authorship of the Fourth Cos
pei" The writer adduces both external
and internal evidence that the fourth gos-
pei was written in the apostolic age and by
the Apostle John. "The gospel itself pre-
sents phenomena which can be explained
only on one or other of the following sup
positions either that the author was an
eye witness of the scenes which he de-
scribes, or that he was writer in COM
parison with whom the greatest poets and
writers of fiction sink into insignflcance.
IL. "Travels in the Caucasus" points out
the importance to England of having Asia
Minor in the hands of power that Is not
opposed to her interests, and gives an &c
count of that region.
III. "Forel on the ants of Switzerland"
An interesting chapter of natural history,
| devoted to the habits of some'of the "social
ants" their method of building and living,
their slaves and their COWS. The subject is
an extensive one, for there are six hundred
and ninety species.
w. Mediterranean peltas" discusses
the physical changes caused by the wash of
rivers, particularly those that flow into the
Mediterranean, and which will, in time
convert that sea into "vast river valley,
through which the waters of the Nile,
Danube, Pc, etc., will empty into the At
lantlc Ocean.
v. "The PASTOR Letters" The CORE
spondence of Norfolk family who at
tanned wealth and position in the fifteenth
century. They give an interesting account
of some of the customs of that age.
vi. "New Arctic Lands" An account
of the Austro-H Hungarian expedition OF
1924. The author concludes by ques-
toning whether the discoveries made by
such expeditions ale sufficiently important
to counterbalance the hardshipO and priva.
tons endured by those who undertake
them.
VII. "Life of William Earl Of Shell.
burne," statesman in the reign of George
| Ill. 1t touches on all the leading events
that occurred between 1867 and 1906.
VIII. discoveries at Ephesus" This
article begins with "some account of the
earlier temples of the Ephesian Artemis'
and the city of Ephesus, and describes
some of the discoveries made by Mr.. Wood
in 1873.
TX. "Lorenzo de Medici."
says, "ft is our duty to give tho r@1. c5
count we can of the political changes Of
the times, and TO assist, as far as lies in
our power, to the intelligence of past, pres.
ent and future events"
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