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IMPROVED PRESrtSG PREssEs.-The
CLEVELAND Leader announces that il
has set up in its Office ~ novel and
improved printing machine, tho first
Of tho kind ever constructed. 1t is
q machine that will print both sides Of
q paper at once, with tho top of the
package cut SO as to open like the
leaves Of 4 book, the inside sheet past.
ed in its place and delivered from tho
press folded, all automatically, in ono
operation, at tho rate Of ten thousand
an hour, equal TO twenty thousand an
hour under tue old system of printing
one side at q time. This wonderful
press is tho invention Of Dir. Andrew
Cumpbcllc, the head Of the Campbell
Printing Press and Manufacturing
Company If New York City.
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Letter from Iowa.
NEoxrRosE, Iowa, juno 90, 1877.

MoSTRosE, IOWA, June 70, 1906
Editor Democrat.
1 soc by your paper that tho clt''
zeus of West Virginia will vote on tho
location Of tho Capital on August 7th'
1871 and at the same timc tho cIti'
zops Of Lewis county will vote on tho
question whether $4,000 moro shall
b. appropriated by tho county to tho
capital stock Of tho Weston and West
Fork Railroad. As q former citizen Of
your town and county, shall ask the
liberty Of using your paper to express
my vicws on the Capital question, and
tho propriety Of tho citizens Of Lewis
voting au extra S50,000 to aid said
Railroad. Tho relative position OF
Clarksburg to Weston, with its manu-
featuring and commercial interest, and
tho character Of its leading citizens IN
both political parties, should at once
convince every thinking man in Lewis
that Clurksburg is the most suitable
point in tho State for tho Capital.
There should bc no political difference
on this question. but the whole vote OF
Lewis should be cast for Clarksburg'
| Tho interests Of Lewis and Harrison
counties arc intimately connected
Clarksburg has been tho door for tho
merchants of Weston to receive their
goods through ever since tho Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad was built. Aud
now, when tho vital question is pre-
scnted, and that this Capital question Is
one vital to the interest OF every citizen
Of Lewis county, none eau dispute
for with tho Capital at ClarksbuTg
Weston will become a town OF strength
not only as manufacturing anu con, y,
luercial point, but politically; and vii
WELD great lu1acncc in Tue h's's'A
turc Of the State.
With tho Capital at Cnaf'Ss'Uu
| liz
whose interests arc IN diTcct c0nn'e
: with your portion oi tlo ota'e' 'n''
: will be no chance Tor " es'on 10 "a
paad, or ha'o any consiaerao'e Me's'
! III the politics oil your e'atc' lnsIS y
q fore, rs ono who has g00a ics''nSS ~
! tho interest OF weston anu oil 'a' PS0
pie OF Lewis l "0ula urge 'uEu :
Gust aside oil a'hcFenees'" any eA's' '
7 this question, aud cast tho vote
S Lewis solidly for Clarksburg, thcrcu
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H9EInY.tHS.

s9EIGYI&".
A,F,SA. M.-Stated communlt itit rs
.! Weston Lodge No 10, A. +. and A; NJ
Mil hc held on tic First aud Third Nom
days Ofevery month. ,,,,ru. r =,
J.J. PETERSON, Sec
JANE LEW.-Statcd communication: OF
JarRson Lodge No, 3j, A: F;"ud a. VI ,
will le held in their Hail, in jane Lew on
the second Saturday In each mouth. =,
ISAAC JACKSON, ". w.
v. y. CARRIER, Sec ~.
St, Jo;cph's q. T. A. d. SOclCtr.-StNtcd
meetings Hre held on the first Snbha m eN-
p-v monih. h.---.EtTIIE"- yGtGE.j rccur-
.rnnc0 0f it.'.nrNasie-4,....; lrrst.
L. J. SINrOS, Secretary.
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- Archbishop Bailey, of DplimOrs,
who has been succeeded by Bishop
Gibbons, for some months has been in
exceedingly bad health and threatened
with sof!cuing Of the brain, which is
now said to havO subcrvcned and
hopclessly incapacitatcd him for further
active service in the Church In Feb.
ruury Bishop B4ylcy went to Europe
for tho recovery of his health, but his
malady developed so rapidly that on
his arrival there it was found neces.
sary to convey him to Trappist mon,
astry in tho north Of France, wherO hO
now remains.
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Final Celebration OF the Norwood
High School and College.

Editor Democrat: The closing ex.
ercises Of ibis celebrated school which
has long stood in tho front rank OF the
Educational institutions Of Virginia,
and which numbers among its students
tho sons Of many Of tho first men in
West Virginia, camc off on Wcdncs'
day and Thursday the Goth and @lst
Of June, and wero unusually brilliant
and interesting.
Our young toWnsmcn, Messfs. Bran.
non, Camden and Edmiston we're
among tho distinguished students Of
this school during the session just
closed.
On Wednesday evening tho "Ugly
Club" held its final celebration. and
o number Of most amusing speeches
wero delivered by the prosecutors and
recipients Of the "honors" Of the even
ing. ca medal to the ugIicss man
au immense stick Of candy to the pFct'
test man, II cravat to tho ladies man,
fau to the bushful man &c, &c. W.
arc glad to learn that West ViFgIula
held her own in this rs well as il
other fields.
On Thursday morning tho Distinctions
and Diplomas were awarded to th'
successful students Of the ycar-to!lOw
ed by ,hC oratioa before tho Litcrar'
Society, which Was delivered by tn
llon. james Barbor Of Virginia, upoI
The duties Of educated young mcn.
The address was worthy Of tho spcakc
and Of the occasion, uud was listepe
to with great interest by the lursc an'
cultivated audience present..
In tue evening tho Norwood Litcra
ry Society held its fnul celebration
Tho rsprcscn tativcs Of tho Society
Mr. I. D. Bouldiu, Of Virginia, Pres
dcut; Mr. j. D. Moody, dcbateI
medaIist; Mr.. G. S. Porter. Of Louis
aua, dcclaimcrs mcdalist and Mr.. "
G. Bruce, OF Virginia, orator. acqui
ted themselves in u manner which eli
tied the applause Of all who heal
them aud might challenge a comparist
. with nny thing that could be produc'
by any school or college in the Unit
States,
Dancing was kept up to late no
gu both nights culivcued by tho stran
Of au excellent band, and was great
y enjoyed by the young people.
The Norwood School has attain
great reputation throughout I
I couatty as an Educational lns'i'uti?o
It numbers among its students you
IS men from almost every southern Stat
j., and being patrouizcd and endorsed
such men as Judges Grcen. Brann
and Edmiston, DR.. 7. B. Camden a
Of Col. Hanson, Of West Virginia. is
evidence that its merit is cOmmen
rate with its reputation A
NorroO,l. "a, June &c, 1877.
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VIZ SSAAPsuS'
distant day Weston will haytman's.
and appearance ofu live Western town.
Hcr idle citizens will have employ.
mont; and from tho dead old fOssilido
appearance which has mantlcd her for
years will appear little city Of active
lifo and beauty.
To tho friends of tho road I would
say, woodwork. Leave nothing un-
dOno TINT will contribute to aid in its
completion. It will make til Q people
Of Lewis rich, and you will WELD q
power after the completion of your
Road that will mako Weston q place Of
note. Respectfully,
". Il. WILKINSON:
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The Moilic D1nguireS Again.-Morc
Murders In Pennsylvania.

MAUCn CnuSK, Pa, June 25.-Thc
Molly Alaguircs havO murdered vii.
liam 0'COnuor. near White Haven, and
also assassiuatcd John Graly,a miner,
employed in one Of tho Lehigh collier.
les. James McDermott and Michael
O'Bricn, who were witnesses against
several Of tue executed NIollics, have
mystcriously disappeared, aud fears arc
entertained that they have been foully
dealt with.
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TOWN OFFICERS.

lMyOr-JOhn Il Todd
Rercr,lcr-Joscph B. Neff
.lLhrmen-P N Hale, L G Dawson
II \ Baukhcad, " ] Daugherty
aud y II ? WaShburn
Sryra"t--J S Wilkinson -
Torsn attorney james " Woftudiu
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ance. Our yoafs y2Jf;5 4, il; g a abroad to
spend the hard earnings of the old
folks, and when they arr dcad-brokc
return homo to be buried at tho expense
Of their impoverished parents.
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The long sighted merchant who has
wasted no money in advertising, now
has plenty of tino 10 wander in tho
COW pastures looking for greens,
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Local Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Judge Circuit Court BRANN0N
Clerk W H BYRNE
Prcs't County Court PETERSON
Clerk " j W00FTER.
Prosecuting A,ty-A EDM[ST0N
Sheriff JIG VANDERV0RT
County Surveyor D T PETERSON
Assessor 1st District JOHN KEE
." ID =" GEO FISHER
Gpa9Gd9oe3e
Court House District.
G " Turner and p Dargan
Frce7na,'s Creek District.
G " S,ricklcr and Wm ' Wood
fuckers Crcek District.
NJ NIcWhortcr. and D X SSisher
C%jFs Settlement District.
SB Smith and W X Wilson
Skin Creei: District.
" Y Chidcstcr and " G McWhortcr
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ltcOsts England $500 a year to
support soldier. while Austria sup.
ports one for S235.
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Politics In n New and Interesting
Mineral: lion. Daniel l.. Lucas,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-07-07

II you want to hurt the feelings Of o
regular tramp offer hiul work to Do.
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'ne dusy Oh 1i- : at Briukman,s." the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-07-19

works have reached our times, depicts
the humanitarian doctrines which go
hand in hand with the material objects
of the fraternity, and which, enveloped
in allegories and Illustrated by symbols,
formed the basis of the teachings of these
ancient Colleges of Builders. These doc
trines were all for the benefit of single
class of men.
But to return to the modern and more
catholic building associations of our own
day. They are not for large cities alone.
Any number of persons not less than
twenty-five, can, by complying with the
conditions mentioned in the statute, OBJ
tain charter from the Secretary of State
on the payment of S.. Bylaws deter
mine the number, title and compensation
of the officers, but no member is entitled
to more than one vote. The mode of
keeping the books, is particularly detail
ed in the statute. The shareholders con-
sst of non borrowers and borrowers.
Non borrowers are those who take shares
with no immediate expectation of avail
ing themselves of loans. They take them
simply as an investment 1t is stated on
good authority that in Philadelphia !,
where the responsibility of these corpora
tons is we'll established, very large sums
in the aggregate are thus invested. The
borrowers are persons of moderate means
who obtain loan upon the estimated
value of their shares. The money is
loaned on what is estimated low value
to persons who wish to become owners Of
their houses by periodical payments in
lien of rent, relying at first on the inter
est that the house holder shall have to
continue his payments in order to secure
his home. In the space of one neWspa-
per article we cannot elucidatc the whole
matter, but perhaps the meaning may be
made more plain by stating that man
pays for his money by a bonus and inter
est at 6 per cent, and that he borrows it
of his fellow shareholders, and receives
back his proportion of the profits in the
final adjustment
There is no reason why system that
has been So successful in Pennsylvania
should not be equally so in Maine, or in
any other state where it may be intro
duced. When it is, perhaps we may see
brought to pass, in a measure at least,
that happy condition which Kate Stanton
used to lecture about Abolition Of
Poverty
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A Mining Horror.

CLEVELAND, O., July IL. This after
noon Il large number Of men were sut1oca
ted by gas in the mines of the Brooktield
Coal Company, near Wheattield, Pa, on
the Erie and Pittsburg Railroad between
Sharon and Newcastle. The number re-
ported dead is seven. Twenty seven more
men were sut1ocated.
The coal from Brooktield mine is hauled
out by Il locomotive engine. This morn
ing the managers of the mine ordered that
anthracite coal be burned in the engine
furnace instead of soft coal heretofore
used. About II o'clock the engineer
passed into the slope. After being in Il
short time, the men in charge of the en-
CINE became suddenly affected bv the Gas
from the hard coal, causing them to fall
to the ground in Il senseless condition.
The engineer managed to make his way
back to the mouth OF the bank and gave
the alarm, at which 4 large number of
men rushed into the bank to rescue their
comrades. One after another they passed
in, but were almost Immediately overcome
by gas, and they too fell insensible. After
several had thus fallen gang was organ
lied to rescue those who went in last, and
squads OF four or five passed in until they
came to fallen cOmrade, when they would
take him in their arms and carry him out
to the open air. In this way thirty-siX
men were brought out, six OF whom were
either dead before reaching the mouth of
the bank or died Immediately after.
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Camden is very proud of its new post
office, fitted up with patent boxes.
From the Richmond WAY Dispatch


Hon. Ben Hill, one of the United States
Senators from Georgia, reached this city
Saturday afternoon on his way to the
White Sulphur Springs. He was asked,
"What do you think of the speeches of
Chamberlain and Blaine, made at Wood
stock, Conn, on the 4th of july"
Mr.. Hill. The speeches Of Chamber
lain and Blaine simply indicate what l
did not doubt-that the politicians who
desire to keep alive sectional passions
and antagonisms for their own personal
advantages will make war on the admin
istration. AS against such assailants it is
the plain duty of all patriots to sustain
the administration. By the way, let me
suggest: | think the papers ought to
cease speaking Of the Presidents "South-
ern policy" He has no such policy. He
has only a constitutional policy, as thus
far applied to the South. The South only
wants a constitutional policy.
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Subscribers are requested to take notice Of the
date on the colored slips attached to the paper 1t
is the only form of receipt used For instance,
ID May 70, means that the subscription is paid to
thar date. When new payment is made, the date
will be changed to correspond, and SUBSCRIBE
Frs ARE REQUESTED TO SEE THAT THEIR
DATES ARE CORRECT. Subscribers in arrears
are requested TO forward the sums due.
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Water Again.

The citizens of Belfast are in most re
spects as forecasting and provident as
any others-as ready to seize upon OPP
portunities to improve their condition,
and as prompt to guard against dangers
as the citizens Of other places. And it
passes comprehension that they can be
so indifferent to the greatest danger to
which they are eXposed-that of contla
grafton.
We are now in the midst of q severe
drouth. The roofs of wooden buildings
are as dry as tinder-and this class of
structures are mingled with more sub
stantial ones in just the right proportion
to allow fire to make a sweep in the d.
rection of the wind. The city has two
good hand fire engines. But the public
reservoirs are nearly dry of water. In
this condition of our so called provision
against that most destructive Of all ele-
ments, fire, there has only to occur an
accidental or designed fire anywhere in
the north western portion Of the city dur
ing strong wind-and good bye to the
larger part of Belfast. There would he
no salvation for us.
This Indifference to our great danger
would not be 50 strange if we did not
know by sad experience the infections of
such a calamity. Twice has Belfast been
devastated by fire, in consequence of this
very lack of water. In October, 1868,
fire began at half past ten in the evening
and ragged until seven o'clock the next
morning, consuming one hundred and
twenty five buildings, and intiicting a
loss of two hundred thousand dollars.
Says Willamson's History, 'the tide was
low, and THE RESERVOIRS WERE
DRY"
After the great fire of 1865 there was
some talk about better fire extinguishing
facilities, and the introduction of water
and then we concluded to trust in luck,
and went to sleep again, From that slum-
Der lnefe was a warm awakening on sun
day afternoon in August, 1873, when a
fire, originating within a stones throw Of
that of 1865, burned over an area of
twenty acres, intiicting loss of three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 1t
was the old story Of previous contagra-
tions-a dry time, and lack of water
And here we are, after all these lessons,
again in the midst of a drouth, as defence
less and helpless as ever--no heed given
to the terrible warning-not an efficient
step taken towards securing an adequate
supply of water.
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Miss Jenny Davis has disappeared
from Ellsworth, and the Citizen thinks
she may have gone with kidder Moore, a
man who recently separated from his wife.
The parents Of Miss Davis are in great
trouble about the matter.
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Spanish cruisers have on two occa-
sions outrageously intertered with United
States whaling ships near the Cuban
coast. The Dons must stop that, or there
will be trouble.
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The Boston Post says that Mrs. Celia
G. Sliney of Newburyport, is about to
commence libel suit against The Word
Of Truth, a temperance paper, for having
called her hotel, zone Of the worst dens
Of iniquity and breathing holes Of hell"
Damages are laid at $4,000. Mrs Sliney
is native of Belfast
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Funny thing, that Secretary Sherman
should be cruising in Penobscot bay along
with the chief of the lighthouse board and
the chief of the life saving stations, and
be wrecked on White Head.
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ADMINISTRATORS EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
desiring their advertisements published in the Jour
nal will please state to the Court.
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Sambo puts Oh airs when he gets Il
chance. In the negro republic of Liberia
no white man is allowed to become Il citi-
zen OF to own land
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The New York Sun charges that the I'M
mediate cause of the insanity and death
of Horace Greeley was his treatment at
the Tribune office Immediately after the
disastrous result of the Presidential cleo
ton. Itappears that an article appeared
in the Tribune of November7, 1872, which
purported to come from his pen, but which
was never written by him. This article
was so gross and so utterly misrepresented
Mr.. Greeley's sentiments and feeling that
he was shocked by it, and it caused him
the most poignant distress. He immedi-
ately wrote card repudiating the article,
but the Tribune refused to publish it.
At last Mr.. Greeley realized that the doors
Of the Tribune office were closed against
him. This, the Sun charges, made him
insane. His almost last coherent words
We're 1.-THE country is gone, the Tribune
is gone, and | am gone.
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'Is there great undiscovered mineral
wealth in Maine y asks the Portland
Argus. Can't say how it may be in Cum
berland, but the men who not long since
opened a mine of pyrites in Searsmont,
have retired either on their profits or
their experience.
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We noticed tame cherries at Aers Saloon the
other day. Dexter Gazette.
Hope you don't get the collie from them,
and exclaim, like the solitary Selkirk,
"their tameness is shocking to me-"
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The London circus disturbed Pennington by
irving on the Sabbath. One clergyman requested
any of the members of his church who intended to
go to the show the next day to call on him and get
dismissal first
1t would surprise our readers to learn
that the clergyman himself went-on Il
free ticket
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The kennebec Journal warns the public against
son, alias Smith, protesting to hail from Belfast.
He wears soldiers clothes, but may be depended
upon as being hummer, who is trying to make
money in that meanest of all ungodly ways-a
profession of piety. 1t is reported that he is a
much married man. having several wives.
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have the address of papers changed must state the
Post Office to which the paper has been sent, as
well the office to which it is to go
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In digging for a reservoir at Oldtown,
last week, a small quantity Of gold was
found, and everybody speedily went wild
about it.
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The following are authorized agents for the
Journal
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REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.
BELFAST, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1877
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY
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SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In advance, 81 year !;
within the year. $3.50; at the expiration of the
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They have arrested in New York man
who has been engaged in counterfeiting
the bank notes of Brazil
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A private letter from Washington says:
Gin all my experience | never saw such
hard times here. A dollar bill looks as
big as a horse blanket. | see no pros
pect Of a change for the better at least
not until Congress meets, and | don't
know that that will improve matters.
Caldwell, Of Alabama, (eX-member) APP
pears to be gaining ground for the clerk
ship Of the next House, and | hope he
may get it," Mr.. Caldwell was Il mem
Der Of the 43d and 44th Congress- and is
a man OF ability and sterling integrity
His principal competitor is George NJ
Adams, of Kentucky, the present incum-
bent, upon whom devolves the duty of
calling the next House to order and Of
presiding until its organization is COM
pleted. There are other candidates in
the field, but none of them have thus far
developed much strength. There is still
talk OF an attempt to organize the House
in the interest of Hayes, concerning which
we are liable to hear more when the pol
iticians gather at the White Sulphur
Springs of Virginia, a week or two hence.
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Annie Louise Cary summers at her home in Dur
ham, Me-, with her sister, Mrs. Merrill Her dia
monds and other valuables are placed in the Safe
Deposit Vault in Portland for the summer vaca-
ton.
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A misplaced buoy got the cutter Grant
ashore at White Head Glad 'twasn't u
Girl.