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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27
IOOD PRESTON COUNTY, VIVA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 27 1877
Death OF Mambrino Gift.

This grand stallion died ON the ist of
September at Flint, Mich, at the stables
of his owners, Mcssrs. Nyc Il Foster
He will always bc celebrated ms the first
stallion that trotted mile i'm 800
Smugglor cqualcd the performance
shortly after, and from that time, Sep
tember, 1874, until July, 1876, these two
Jointly held the honor of having the
fastest stallion record. Mambrino " Gift
was bred 10y the late t. L. Kinkcad, of
Woodford County, Ky, and wa. foaled
I'm 1866. He was got by Rclrs Mambrino
Pilot, out of Watcrwitch, by Alexandcr's
Pilot jun. 20 which horse, il will be
seen, Mambrino Gift was closely inbred
When two years old he was trained hy
Dr. Herr and was purchased in 1873 by
Nyc " Foster. lie had truttcd one race
IN his three-ycar-old form. In 1875 he
was trained for track purposes, and won
seven OF the eight races in which he
started, winding up with record of
2;269, at Buffalo. At jackson, Mich,
he Tapped out Red Cloud i'm :25, and at
Saginaw he Tapped out the same horse
IN 2:22.l At Buffalo that season, he took
part in the great $1,000 stallion race.
Smuggler won the first heat 2:22l, and
the second in 2:20f, Gift at his wheel i'm
both heats. Gift won the third heat i'm
2:22, but was then obliged to yield to
Thomas Jefferson, who had been laid up
IN the earlier heats, though he fought the
race gamely To the end. The great race
OF his life was ut Rochester the following
week, when he won in three heats i'm
2:2l, 2:20, 2:23, which are 10 this day
the fastest three consecutive heats trot-
ted 10y any stallion except Smuggler.
The same year he took part i'm the great
championship race ut Boston, but only
got the fifth place, and IL was claimed
that lie was druggcd. Since then he had
been used exclusively in the stud. lie
was dark chestnut, ma white, sixteen
hands, and perfectly beautiful horse.
Ills death at the age of eleven years, is n
great blow, not only TO his owners, but TO
the trotting stock of this country. He
has left numerous descendants to pcrpet-
uate his name, but should in the ordi-
nary course of things have had many
more years of usefulness He died of
spasmodic collie. Nyc & Foster write us
that they have thirty-ivc of his colts,
from five years old TO weanlings.
On the last day Of August the stallion
Hannis, by Mambrino Pilot, trottcd in
2:l0l at Hartford. Onthe first day of
September the stallion Mambrino Gift,
by Mambrino Pilot record 2:20, gave
up the ghost at Flint Michigan. Is there
any connection between the two events?
Does il take twcnty-four hours for news
to travel from Connecticut to Michigan
through horse channels? Did Mambrino
Gift die of broken heart because lac had
been beaten in his own family, or did he
think there was no use in living longer
since speedier than he was left on earth
TO fight for the glory of their honored
sireY Horse-psychology is needed
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27
The Fall OF a Mountain In Savoy.

An interesting account of the recent
failing OF mountain in Tarentaise,
Savoy, causing disaster to two flourish
ing villages, has been communicated 10
the Courier dcs Aipcs by NJ Berard. The
phenomenon has been incorrectly re-
ported IA instanteous and the destructive
effect complete, whereas the case is that
of n mountain which for twenty days,
without cessation, has been dismember-
ing itself and literally falling, night and
day. into the valley below, filling il with
piled up blocks Of stone, extinguishng
all sounds by its incessant thunder, and
covering the distant horizon with thick
cloud of ycllowish dust. The entire
mass comprised in the slope forms mu-
tilatcd cone two hundred metres broad
at the top and six hundred at the base
(the slope being about fifty degrces) !;
this is composed Of hard schist lying
close together, but no longer united I;
and il is united 10 the body Of the noun
tain only by n vertical mass Of forty or
fifty metres thick, which already is
fissured and shaken. Periods Of rcpose
occur lasting only few seconds, or n
minute at most then the movement re-
commences, and continues about five
hundred hours Blocks of forty cubic
metres become displaced with no APP
parent cause, traverse the eighteen hum
dred metres Of descent in thirty seconds,
leaping four hundred or five hundred me-
tres at time, and finally get dashed TO
pieces in the bed Of the torrent, or
launch their shattered fragments into
the opposite forest, moving down gigan-
tic pines 'as If theywerc so many thistles.
One such block was seen tO strike fine
fir-tree before reaching the bridge be-
tween the villages; the tree was not
simply broken or OverthrOwn, but was
crushed 10 dust (UOiatHisc) trunk and
branches disappeared in the air like a
burning match. Rocks are hurled to-
gether and broken into fragments that
are thrown across the valley like swal-
lows in whirlwind then follow showers
Of smaller fragments, and ono hears the
whistling sound Of thousands Of pebbles
as they pass. NJ Berad reached the
edge Of the rock (2,4G0 metres high), on
one Of the sides Of the falling cone, and
yentured along IL, obtaining a good view
.Of the terrifying" spectacle He re-
affrms his conviction that the phenome-
non h incxplicablc by any Of the usua
reasons that account for Alpine disturb
ances, such a. penetration Of water, or
melting Of SHOWS or inferior strata i'm
motion nor does the declivitv Of the
slope explain IL. His hypothesis is that
some geological force is at work, Of which
the complex resultant acts obliqucly To
the axis Of the mountain and almost
parallel 20 its sides.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27
THE LITTLE MAN.


Boast as you will, colossal frames.
Ana shoulders broadly grand
oi stalwart limbs and brawny arms,
And wiry. gripping hand:
eilll turn l ~ the 1.-THE. slight form,
Fairost OF natures plan :
The shapcly foot and agile step
That grace the httle man.
II you Will study morals well
As iifc you travel through
a man of mit.- you'll seldom end
man of muscle too.
for wnen Dame Nature Bonaparte
OF Newton brains would plan,
WIN tactics true, she straiehtway seeks
For use little man.
The lordly giant wins his way
Win maidens not DER nice
who love the tramp Of pond rous feet
And clasp ~ like vice,
But what gains most, where most's nj stake
Rsprove the fact who can
Are hird-lise ways and tender tones
Ihat mark the little man.
Toliit a load or bear a hand
AT plow, or OK, or maui,
ioud choose, of course, a brawny arm,
Aud this you manhood call:
but an, 20 do a gen'r 'rous deed
Orgeuuc morals scan
with sweet uuswerving charity,
Go, see the little man.
And II some day hand need
To wipe away a tear,
NO stalwart arm with Steel-lined soul
MY woful plaint shall hear,
ror mark, the heart ordained TO lead
In loves Swcct-fray the van,
is that which throbs with pulses light.
Within the little man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27
NUMBER 8.


When the grass shall cover me,
Head To- foot, where I AM lying;
when not any wind that blows.
summer hlooms nor winter SHOWS,
shall awake me 90 your Sighiug;
tlosc above me ~ YOU pass,
You viii say, " How kind she was,n
You viii say, "licw true she was"
When the grass grows over me.
When the grass shall cover me,
Holden close To- carth's warm bosom,
While laugh. or weep, OF sing
Ncvcrmorc. for any thing;
You viii find In blade and blossom,
Sweet, SMALL voices. odorous,
Icndcr plcadcrs In my cause,
That shall speak mo as I WAS
When the grass shall cover mel
when the grass shall cover mel
All, beloved, In my sorrow
Very patient, I can walt
Knowing that, or Soon or late,
There will dawn a clearer morrow;
When your heart will moan Alasl
Now know how true she was;
Now know how dear she wM,"
When thcgrass grows over me.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27

a WARSAW correspondent says the
Polish ladies have turn-up noses, never
fliTt in public, but do a lot of Il in pri-
vate are beautiful and not yoluptuous,
but cold and keen, and enjoy the pro
prieties of life easily and dignihedly,
and msch more 80 than She men, who
are nervous, scheming snd self-con
sci0us.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27

NEw YORK Hcroid. Miss Long. OF
Oregon, has married Mr.. Little. She, OF
course, says: Love me Little" and
he, Of course, says: Love me Long
love me little love me Long
LITTLE hy little their love Wil grow strong.
And each Ntle lille malcs ii moro long.
~ Little, hy hfflr become great fhr0ug
Through loving iAtilc. aut loving a Long
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27

SOME papers are rcsuming the crusade
against feminine manners. declaring
that few ladies express their thanks for
"a scat signed by n gentleman in a
crowded ar This judgment T. incor.
rect. II les always thank a gentleman
who give lp his seat, especially II he
be hand me, graceful, stately, and
dresses 1t ishly. Our eye is on such a
person q this moment. John, here
hang sh 70 over this mirrOr--it inter
fcres with he business Of the establish
ment
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27
STORY THE THIRD. - PIERRE NoIR's STORY.
fTrnnslnfnd lN Lis rIcrrrn,nn

STORY THE THIRD. - PIERRE NoIRs STORY.
Translated by his Clergymanl
They tell me / saved young lady's
life. do not know. ! am frightened
Will you tell me, sir, if you believe an
honest man could be possessed of the
devil?
On the night of the storm went down
70 the shore. ! was excited, interested.
Suddenly something hit me on the head.
II may have been the old boy who boxed
my ears. / don't know. / was alone
Tor human company; and then-then,
sir, j was some one else, not ], and ] was
in the water, and a woman that loved
clung to me, sir. ! was on the shore
coming 10 myself, and they said ] had
saved lady's life. Pardon, sir. Thank
her, and cannot take any money from
her. j believe something borrowed my
body. Surely it was not ]. ! did not
care TO risk my life TO save n strange
lady. feel that there was something
wrong, but thank heaven " / was only
mad for while. One breads Satan 80,
and you tell us, sir, that he is abroad in
the world constantly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27

VIZ referred last week 10 the sad fate
Of Mr.. Bates, of Vermont, who dropped
dead while carrying in fire wood. The
paragraph did not have ~ ali the cx-
pccted effect, and over twenty Romans
complain that they arc obliged to carry
In wood by the cord now. One man on
Liberty Street detected his wife taking
wood back TO the wO0d-shcd, 80 she
could make bin BRING 10 hack arain.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27

PHmADELpHA Pres: Miss Sarah
Bernhardt, the distinguished Paris act
rcss and sculptor, has n fearful temper,
and when she "gets mad" which she
does easily and often, she smashes to
pieces whatever she is at work upon.
They say the position of a small boy is
always vacant in her studio.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27
STORY THE FOURTH. - WHICH IS MRS.
CHATTER's.

My dear, what do you think has hap
pened? That dreadful firt, my little
Cousin Hilda, has returned 10 America.
You know she was left a widow year
ago, and she Is now to be married to her
old flame, Herbert Gray She was in a
shipwreck on her way over to England,
and was near losing her life. I really
think she has settled down, and viii
make Herbert a very good wife, after all.
I'm sure he seems 70 need some one 10
take care Of him. Some people say he
is little out Of his mind but ! don't
think that-only eccentric, as old
bachelors often are, you know.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-27

a BosTC Gas Company is importing
coal from 1gland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
REGISTRATION lOTICB.
LA ST SITTING.
To the Voters of Garrett County.

The undersigned, Officers of Regis
tratiom for Garrett county, in compli-
ance with the requirements of the
Act of S76, chapter 246, which makes
it the duty of Officers of Registration
to sit at some place convenient to the
voters of their respective districts,
for two successive days., commencing
ON the first Monday of October, in
each year, for the purpose of dis
charging their duties hereby give no
tice that they will attend as followss
The Officer of Registration for the
First Election District will sit at
Swanton
The Officer of Registration for the
Second Election District will sit at
his residence, near Selbysport !;
The Officer of Registration for the
Third Election District will sit at
Grantsville;
The Officer of Registration for the
Fourth Election District will sit at
Bloomington;
The Officer of Registration for the
Fifth Election District will sit at his
residence, near Accident
The Officer of Registration for the
Sixth Election District will sit at
VIM. Browning, Sr's, Office on Mon
day and at his residence during the
balance of the time;
The Officer of Registration for the
Seventh Election District will sit at
+. G. Halls Office, in the town of
Oakland;
The Officer of Registration for the
Eighth Election District will sit at
his residence;
The Officer of Registration for the
Ninth Election District will sit at
his residence, near Johnson's.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
IN undersigned will make application to
the County Commissioners of Garrett county
at their next session after thirty days from
appointment Of Examiners to reopen the
public road from the Hooppole road at John
l.. Brownng's. and leading by Davis old
saw mill, and through the lands of John L.
Browning, II. @. Davis. p. II. d l.. Echard, to
intersect the said Hooppole road at or near
GraVely Run. -
PETER KEEFER,
JONAS GLOTFELTY,
sljt2 FENES KEEFER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29
ORDER NISI.

VIM II. Fike, use c. b. Shirer,
VIM. Savage, Isaac Myers. Thomas Savage.
No. 6 Constablc's Sale. In the Circuit Court
for Garrett county.
ORDERED, That notice be given to the de-
" PENDANTS in this cause, by advertisement
published in a newspaper published in the
town of Oakland, once a week for four sue
cesSive weeks prior to the Sd Monday of
March next, thai at March term of said Court
motion will be made for the ratification of the
Constablc'S Sale made in this case.
September Eth, 1877.
GEO. a. PEARRE
True Copy
Test: w. II. TOWER, Clerk s22t4
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29
ORDER NLSI.

In the matter of the Deed of Trust from
JOHN A. DELAWDER and Wife to GIL
NOR $. HAMILL.
No. 95 Equity. In the Circuit Court for Gar
rett County.
TT IS ORDERED, That the sale made and
i reported by Gimor $. Hamil Trustee for
the sale of the real estate in the above cause
mentioned, be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 10Th day of October next; provided
II copy of this orderbe inserted in some news
paper printed at Oakland, Maryland, once in
each of three successive weeks before the said
18th day of October next.
The report states the amount of sales to be
S7OUO0.
w. H. TOWER,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett Co.
True copy
Test-W. II. TOWER. Clerk s22t3
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29
ROAD NOTICE.

oakland, Nd, Sept. 4. 1877.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29
Dissolution Of Partnership.

THE PARTNERSHIP hereto fore existing
l. Between Theodore Bush and Lloyd II.
Bell in the saddle and harness business in
the town of Oakland, Garrett county, Mary
land, is this day dissolved, by mutual con-
sent, and that the said Lloyd II. Bell has this
day assigned, Tor value received all his in
terest in all the debts due the said partner
ship, to the said Theodore Bush, who is alone
authorized to collect and rece ipt for the same.
and the said Theodore Bush agrees to pay all
outstanding claims against the said firm OF
Bell d Bush.
THEO. BUSH.
l.. II. BELL.
Oakland Nd, Sept. 4. 1877. 81
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-08
OR W ELL

Decoration Day was observed yesterday
in Orwell in a very impressive manner. At
81 O'Clock the citizens, with many from
the surrounding towns, convened in and
around the town hall; the bands from Cole
brook and New Lyme were present. An
impressive scripture lesson was read by
Rev. Mr.. King, prayer was offered by Rev.
G. G. Waters, portrait of Washington
was duly decorated, and the people to the
number of several hundred moved in process
sion under the general direction of C. W.
BabcOck and Capt. Styles to the burying
ground S. Z. of the village, where the
graves of soldiers, including one of the
war of 1912, we're duly decorated.
The procession, reformed, returned to
the church yard in the north part Of the
village where the remainder, % in all, of
those who fell in the rebellion, two soldiers
of 1872. and one of the revolution, we're
duly remembered.
These services ended, the people assem-
bled in pleasant grove in one part Of the
yard and were very appropriately address
ed by Capt. Robt. Crane. Il. Q. johnson
then read the attached Poem, the bsnedie-
ton was pronounced by Rev B. o. Plimp-
ton, and the people retired to their homes,
feeling that the day had been appropriate
ly and proftably spent.
ruE pOFM
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-08
BIRD CANTON.


The following statement is from
the Chicago Journal of Friday:
ssRather remarkable manifestation
of caution IN birds was recently de-
veloped on a farm near Sterling,
Whitesides County, III. Around the
place are cottonwood trees, in the
branches of which, in former years.
the pigeons have built their nests.
This year, however, the pigeons
have not built single nest on these
trees, but have established their
Summer houses on the plowed ground
within the circle of trees, The
friend who relates this singular de-
Parture from the ordinary laws that
govern the pigeon family, deems it
an indication of coming high winds,
tornadOes, or other atmospheric dis
which would render their
former high life unpleasant and
On no other principle
can this problem be solved, so far as
Is now known of the habits and GUS
toms of these feathered favorites.
Whatever the reason, the subject is
worthy of a thought as an unusual
phenomenon
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-08
Torpedoe. for ths Rn.sIan.-


The San Francisco Chronicle of
May "a says: "The Russian cor
vette Japonetz and the gun-boats
Gornosti and Ermack, which still
remain in this harbor, are understood
to be under sailing orders for Homo
lulu. It is also asserted that W. T.
Garratt & Co. are furnishing boat
howitzers and torpedo shells for the
Japonetz. All the firm furnishes is
the shell, the missile being loaded
on the corvette. These shells are
constructed of wood, and are long
and narrow being pointed at both
ends. Two tubes are constructed so
as to run into the interior of the
case, and through the tubes are run
copper wires, possibly for the pur-
pose of firing the torpedoes by
electricity. The cases are heavily
bound with brass and iron bands
and to make them buovant each case
is provided with a large cork.
Whether these are intended merely
as part of the ordinary armament Of
the vessel or are for some special ser,
vice, is a matter for conjecture"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-08
From the Detroit Free Press.
She Killed a Mani

Soon after daylight Tuesday morn
ing widow woman occupying a
cottage on Fort street east ran out
upon the street and excitedlv called
to policeman:
"Come over here-hurry-uuick
= I've killed a man stone dead %
'sWhere is he?n asked the officer as
be came up.
"Right around in the back yard,
sir! Oh sir, l heard a noise at the
window, and / got up, and there
was burglar trying to get in, sir !
| took the shotgun from behind the
door and fired, and you'll find the
corpse under the window Oh /
can't hardly catch my breath and
I'm afraid they'll put me in Jail 70
The officer walked around to the
rear OF the house, looked over every
foot of ground, and failed TO find a
corpse. One of the windows was
raised, but there was no blood. no
marks of shot, and no evidence that
a man had been hit.
"You are sure you saw q man, and
sure you hit him, are your" he asked
of the widow.
"Oh, / know | did-rm certain of
it."
"But where is the body?n
"Perhaps his partner carried it
of" /" she suggested.
The officer looked all over the
window-casing for shot marks, but
there were none, and he asked for
the gun. 1t was lying across the
bed, and he was only minute dis
covering that it was not loaded and
had not been for months. The lock,
too, was out of order, the hammer
broken, and no one could have fired
the gun.
81 guess you didn't kill a man
with this" he remarked as he put
the weapon down.
"Why didn't II" she innocently
inquired.
When he had explained matters
she burst into tears and walled ont:
"It's awful to be a widow, and
shoot at burglar, and to miss him,
and to find out that you never shot
at all I! Seems as if everybody was
down on me !''
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-08
CHINESE WOmEN.
Rural Scene. in the oele..Ian Empire.

Rural Scenes in the Celestial Empire.
From Powers Travels.
The wife and daughters of the
Chinese farmer walk about the
world with such feet as it has pleas
ed God to give them: and very pret-
ty feet and ankles they generally
are. In fact, whatever want of
beauty of feature there nav be
among the Chinese women, no one can
deny them the merit of remarkably
beautiful feet, ankles, hands and
arms Of the rest of the figure one
can judge but indiferentIy from
their peculiar though not ungraceful
costumes. In the country villages
the young girls and matrons may be
seen at their doors, or grouped to-
gether beneath the trees, or in the
yard attached to the house, engaged
IN household or farm occupation.
laughing the while in merry chorus
to their work l have often, from
the back of my horse, looked over
the low walls at such a group-but
the result was rarely complimentary;
for on some coy damsel catching
sight of my Saxon face she would
scream an alarm to the rest, who re-
treated to the house with a general
screech. On reaching the thresh-
hold, however, they would general
ly stop to giggle at the object of
their fears, on finding him not pur-
suing with savage intent, or some
times the respectably-bearded patri-
arch would take them by the shoul-
ders, and.in spite of their affected
resistance push them all out again
into the yard, calling jokingly to
me at the same time, in some incom-
prehensible gibberish, probably, to
''eat them up" l fatter myself,
however, that l was not sufficiently
frightful to alarm them very much,
with stout wall between, and the
whole village within call.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-08
shm-buIIdInE nt Cha,hau.

At the present there is only a sin
gle iron-clad ship under construction
at Chatham Doekyard, circum-
stance which has not occurred for
several years past. The vessel which
is now in course of construction is
the AgamemnOn, which is intended
to be powerful ship, of the Inflexi-
bic type, it being intended that she
shall be built in all respects on the
same principle as that vessel. Al
though number of additional hands
have been placed on the Agmemnon,
and her massive keel is steadily ris-
ing, it will be fully two years before
she can be completed. But though
only one armor-clsd ship is actually
on the stocks, the designs and plans
for another have been prepared at
the Admiralty, and a sum for its
construction will appear in the esti-
mates. Pal Mall Gazette.