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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24
Notice.
Bank of Charlestown.

THIS Bank will be closed on Thursday, No
vember 10Th, Thanksgiving Day. All
persons having business with the Bank for that
day are requested attend to it the day previous
GEORGE A. P0RTERFIELD,
Nov. 10, 1871. Cashier.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

Houses and Lots For Sale.

TINE undersigned will sell privately the Dwell
LING HOUSE AND LOT, in Charlestown,
lately occupied BY Capt John Reed, and also the
two. adjoining Houses and Lots. small cash
payment will be expected, aud credit of three to
FIVE years on the residue. Apply to the under
signed BY letter addressed TO Summit Point.
Nov. "a, 1871 EMMA REED.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

The grand Jury in Judge Jacksons court at
Charleston, found 24O indictments, at its re-
cent sitting, against persons for infringing tho
revenue laws, SO q correspondent at that place
informs The Wheeling Rcqister.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

Rev. W, w. Bennett, D. D., editor OF the
Richmond Christian Advocate, has been elected
president Of Randolph Mscon College, to sue
coed the late Rev Dr. James \. Duncan.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

JOS r. Brown, Jr., editor Of the Times,
democratic paper at Ellico;t's City, Nd, died
on Tuesday, unmarried and aged 81 years
lie served CALAMITY 10 The Confederate Caval-
" as a private in Capt. Gathers COMPANY.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

DO not look, as you eight, to the c7nse-
q5ences oftLe battle. Assure yourself before
hand tIat yoa are right aud then 20 iu-leay-
ing al surmisius as 60 tie result severely a.
lone. 10 is ia frecls'i1e-, while erg7s,j i4
c.lL g. t-. $50 81 ti- victory.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24
Grange Gleanings.

The State Grange will meet at F4irmont on
the llth OF December
The County Council will meet at Leetown
on Saturday December lSt
Ek Branch Grange will meet at o'clock
to-day, Saturday 24Jh
Delegates to the State Grange which meets
in December. must be certified to under the
seal Of their respective oranges.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24
GsAND CRATER.

Tho following is a list Of the officers of the
Grand Chapter Of West Virginia elected on
18th Of Nov. 1877: K D. Walker NJ f. G.
H. F.; J. W. Grantham, f. G.. K; Arthur
Sinsil, E.G. S; 5 P Hidratb, g. T.; o. s
Long, c. S; f. W $ Moore, G. c. H.; w.
Fl. II. Flick, F. S. VIM Burkhart. r. A. c.;
W. II. Freeman, G.. VI of Sd v; j. F. Smith
G. NJ. Of 81 V; c. NJ Timberlake, G. NJ. Of
LIST v; W. f. Trull, G.. l.; J. II. Flanagan,
G.. c.: T. Bliss. G.. T.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24
First National Bank OF Jefferson
at CbarlestOwn.

THIS Bank will be closed on November 18th.
/ Thanksgiving day. All persons having
paper maturing on that day will please attend to
the same on the day previous.
SAM'L HOWELL,
Nov. s, 1877. Cashier.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

The Washington CAPITAL states that Col.
Ward II. Lamon has lately succeeded in re-
covering large claim against the government.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

The Army appropriation bill was disposed
Of Monday. the Senate tecding from some
minor amendments in which the House had
refused to concur. The bill now goes to the
President, and will doubtless receive his early
approval The amount appropriated by the
bill is little over So, 900 600, aud the maxi
mun numerical forcc Of the army is pf, at
-. 600 men.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

A pretty picture is healthy looking and
well cared for Baby. BY the use of Dr. Bulls
Baby Syrup you can keep the health of your
Baby in splendid condition. % cents bottle
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

Corruption 10 our National affairs mas the
same effect on the Government that a severe
cough or cold has upon the human system
Political reform ia the former and DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup in the latter case viii remedy the
evils. At the dru gist's - cents.
A correspondent Of the Wheeling Register,
nor aware that Speaker Gibson still lives, in
the course Of a graceful eulogy mentions that
he was a soldier in General Lees army in
front Of Richmond, and received a wound
which was regarded as onoof the most remark
able FROM which a man ever recovered. He
was struck by thirty-two pound cannon ball,
tearing away the abdominal muscles aud let
ting bis bowels fall ou'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

And now they tell US that camphor is good
for mice-as if we did not always know
what this soidifed sap cam phor.
Any one DESTROYS OF keeping seeds from the
depredaions of mice can do so by mixing
pieces Of camphor gum in with the seeds
CAmphor placed iu- drawers or trunks will pre-
vent mice from doing tirem injury. The little
animal objects 20 the odor, aud keeps good
distance from il. He will seek food elsewhere
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

The Army bin as amended by the Senate
passed tie House saturday The army will
Contain 21 600 wcc.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24

WOUNDS QUICKLY DREssED.-I have just
cot my foot with an axe for the fourth time in
my life, and yet have never lost Oh hour 5
work ne secret is in doing up the wound
| close up the wound in the blood as soon As
possible by winding lax OF tow around the
part cnt; / I'll that with copal vanish, and in
eight days undo the bandage and snd the flesh
as sound as evc,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-11-24
Notice.
Notice to Trespassers.

DERS0NS in any manner, BY hunting or other
wise, trespassing upon the land Of the under
signed, will be prosecuted according aud to the
extent Of the Jaw. JOSHUA MYERS.
Nor. Ii. ls71-3t
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
A Singular Case.

A Pennsylvania paper tells the fol-
lowing:
"A short time since, q gentleman re-
siding in this vicinity went to Philadel-
phia, and put up at hotel, and while
resting after tea in the reception room,
overheard two gentlemen conversiEg in
regard to trial then in progress before
one of the ou,ts of that city. Our
neighbor learned from this conversation
that man had obtained money upon his
wife's property, the wife giving mort
gage. The money was spent in dissipa-
rion, the wife became a maniac, and was
confined to an asy lum; the husband died,
and the children of the unfortunate
couple were furnished with guardian
by the court who was maintaining the
suit then being tried, against the holder
of the mortgage, on the ground that the
wife was not of legal age when the in
strument was executed. The gentlemen
knew that niece of his who had left
the vicinity when a child, had married
a man of the same name as the one men,
toned, and he concluded to investigate.
He made his way to the court house the
following morning, and to his intense
surprise and qualification was the very
person needed to establish TO a certainty
the age of the unfortunate woman, and
to save her worse than orphaned chill
dren's property, valued at twenty five
hundred dollars
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
Persons afflicted with badness will be

Persons afflicted with badness will be
glad to hear that luxuriant growth of
hair may be produced by very simple
process, described by British Consul
at Russian port, in his commercial re-
port. In the summer of 1875 his atten-
tion was drawn to several cases of bald
ness among bullocks, cows, and oxen,
and the loss of names and tails among
horses. A former servant of the Con-
surs, prematurely bald, whose duty it
was to trim lamps, had habit of wiping
his petroleum besmeared hands in his
scanty locks, and after three months OF
lamp-trimming experience, his habit
procured for him a much finer head ot
glossy black hair than he ever possessed
before. Struck by this remarkable oc.
currence, the Consul tried the remedy
on two retriever spaniels that had be-
come suddenly bald, with wonderful
success. His experience, therefore, in
duced him to suggest it to the owner o
several black cattle and horses affected
as above stated, and, while it stayed tn
spread of the disease among animals, il
the same sheds and stables, it effected
quick and radical cure on the animal
attacked. The petroleum should be Q
the most refined American quality, rub
bed in vigorously and quickly with tn
palm of the hand, and applied at inte,
walls OF three days, six or seven times i
all, except in the case of Fhorse's tail
and names, when more applications ma
, be requisite.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
Pay Your Bills.

Times are excessively dull, and the
collection of money is a task of the
most difficult character. 1t is during
stringent times like the present that it
specially behooves all who have the
ability to pay their small bills, and es
pecially when they are due to people of
moderate means. Not to do this is q
natural breach of honesty and is certain
ly piece of positive cruelty.
Pay your small debts the moment you
have the money, and thereby not only
get the approval of your own conscience,
but the good will and blessing of those
whom you thus favor. There are persons
who will never pay debt as long as it
is possible to avoid it, although posses
sed of means in abundance to discharge
the obligation. Their balance in bank
may be large, and they could spare il
without the slightest inconvenience, but
there is magnetism about money that
binds their very soul to it, and which
frequently nothing but the mandates of
the law can sever. Legally such people
may be honest, morally they have nc
claim to the title.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
Funny Names.

Twelve years ago family moved from
an Illinois town to a town in Colorado.
Soon after arriving there a daughter was
born. Being favorably impressed with
tie country and hopeful for the lookout,
they named the youngster Great Pros
poets. Not long ago another daughter
was born, and name was found in a
singular manner. The names of Illi-
nois and Colorado we're reversed, and
the little one is doomed to go through
the world as Sionilli Odaroloc. In the
meantime Great Prospects has grown tc
be of considerable ssize, and in this re.
gard the family are probably realizing
the faith implied by the naming. A,
yet, at least, there has appeared no Cause
for the reversal of the name, and sht
has only suffered by the diminution o
her cognomen to the common, wore
| Specks.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
Hot Water for Injuries and Bruises.

The New York Medical Journal re-
ports this case: I he patient was engaged
in a machine shop, and while his hand
was upon the anvil of trip hammer,
the hammer-weighing2 700 pounds
fell. 1t so happened tnat a file was on
the anvil, and in this way the force of
the hammer was arrested about half an
inch before il reached its bed. When
the hand was examined it was found
that the whole palm was mass of pulp.
The metacarpel bones were comminuted
extensively, and there was apparently
but small chance of saving the hand.
1t was, however, placed in warm water,
and kept there for three or four weeks,
and then taken out and dressed.
In three months the patient was suffi-
ciently we'll to leave the hospital, and
now-nine months after the accident
he is able to move the fingers, and has
| quite useful hand" Bruises and in
| ilries do much better when treated with
hot than with cold water. The temper
ature should be about 103 degrees F
Another case is reported of compound
fracture and dislocation of the ankle
joint, in which the proximal end of the
first metartarsal bone protruded from
the foot. The dislocation was reduced
and the foot placed in hot water. A
the end of week it was taken out and
dressed in the ordinary manner. The
foot is doing we'll and promises good
| result
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
A Good Place to Go to.

A Sunday or two ago, in the ancient
town of Newbury, Mass, "a town which
is no town at all, but piece of fertile
country where onions are raised and ap-
pies abound), the time had come round
for the first church to take up the an
nual Election for the poor. The times
were hard, the winter was very severe,
and the papers IA great numeer of pa
pers are taken in this town teemed with
accounts of mechanics out of employ
ment and continued stagnation in busi-
mesa. If eeer there was good time for
taking up collection for the poor, sure
ly it was during the zero days of the
latter half of December, 1875.
But difficulty arose; objection was
made. The committees having in charge
the relief of the poor reported thai
there were no poor in their part of the
the town. All the widows had thefl
winters wood laid in, chopped and pi ed
up; their pork barrels were full; theil
-four barrels also; and there was abso
lutely no human creature, in this parish
of farms and orchards, with a popula
tion of several hundreds, who was no
sufficiently provided with the necessarie
of life.
In these distressing circumstances
what was charitably disposed parisl
to do? The church was not to be rob
bed of its annual privilege; and happ
t pretext was found for going on with tn
: collection. A member suggested tha
perhaps before this winter was owe
, there might be some poor people in tn
town, and that, therefore, the regula
\ collection should be taken up, and th
b, proceeds left in the hands of the con
| mittee as fund for the relief of futu,
Y poor This was done and the fund r,
: Mains illustrated Weekly.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
New Gold Discoveries-Mi Aver
aging Ten Dollars a Day with
GROckers."

GREEN RIVER, Wy, January 10
Eleven miners came into Camp Brown
on the 9th, for supplies, from the head
of Wood River, and all bring coarse
gold with them. They report about thirty
men now in the diggings, working with
rockers, making ten dollars per day and
upwards. One man by the name of
Watson found a nugget weighing thirty
dollars. The party report no snow on
the route, and very little in the camp
They return Immediately with about
forty men, who join them from Lander
City, in the Wind River Valley, who
feel jubilant over the new discovery, as
they have been waiting for the purpose
of going into that country early in the
spring, but now leave with the Wood
River party. The distance is about
eighty miles from Camp Brown.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
The Age of Rocks.

At the first session of the Liverpool
Geological Society, the retiriDg.president
delivered the annual address. The sub
ject was an interesting one, being cal
culation of the amount of solid matter
removed annually from the surface of
England and Wales in solution in rain
or river water. The result of the calcu-
Iations, which were of an elaborate na-
ture, showed that it would take thirteen
thousand years to move in this manner
one foot in depths of solid matter over
the entire surface of England and Wales.
This calculation was compared with
others. AS throwing light upon the age
of sedimentary deposits, the calculations
taken, together with the amount of mat
ter annually brought down in river wa
ter in the form of mud, are extremely
interesting, and the president deduced
from them tnat the minimum amount of
time which must have elapsed since the
first sedimentary rocks we know of were
laid down, is, in round numbers. FIVE
hundred million years. thus supporting
the views of Lyell, Hutton, and Other
biologists as to the immense age of the
| world
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19

Antonia Won Appenig came to this
country from Germany accompanied by
her brother, to whom she was greatly at
tached. The brother fell overheard
from the steamer, and was rescued by
Christopher Josephson. During the
res. of the voyage, and on their way
across the continent to California,
Josephson became suitor of Antonia's.
She did not desire to marry him, but she
was very grateful, end her brother urged
her to consent. She sand that she would
be miserable as his wife, because she
did not love him, but that she would
marry him, if he insisted on it, as rec
ompense for saving her brothers hie
He took her on those terms, and they
were married in San Francisco. Her
show of repugnance was noticed by the
clergyman, and he asked her if the cere-
mony was against her will. She said
that she had of her own accord consent
ed. On the following morning Joseph
son was found dead in his bed. having
been shot, and Antonia's body was Ia
ken out of dock where she had drown
ed herself. The supposiiion is that
frenzied by the hateful union, she killed
him, and then hurried to the water te
kill herself.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
A Town of Dwarfs.

A writer in the London Times de-
scr1bes the effect of excessive intermar-
riage on the inhabitants of Portes, lit
tie town in the province of Santander,
Spain. Until eighteen or nineteen years
ago, the village was quite shut off from
the rest of the world. Its inhabitants.
from their ever recurring intermarriag-
es, had become quite race of dwarfs.
On market days the priests might be
seen, with long black coats and high
black hats, riding in to buy the simple
provision for the weeks consumption
men of little intelligence and no learn
ing, sprung from the lowest ranks. A
bout eighteen years ago, the Galieian
laborers, or Gallegos, from the mines of
GaIicia, swarmed into the town for
lodgings, and since thei- colonization
the population has increased in strength,
stature, education, intellect and morali-
ty. Their intellects, also, have improv-
ed-intellects which had been stunted,
dwarfed, and ruined by their frequent
| intermarriages.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19

A young minister had gone to pros
porous church in a certain town to
preach his first sermon. Before leaving
the house the gentleman who was enter
tanning him suggested to him not to
preach against the Universalists. "There
are" said he, Several Universalist fam
lilies who have pews in our church, and
We don't want them offended" The
young minister promised. AT the church
yestibule one of the deacons drew him
aside, and said, "Do you see those gen.
tlemen just passing in? They are spirit
ualists, but come here TO church occa-
sionally. / wish you would be little
careful not to say any thing that might
hurt their feelings" The minister
promised. AS he was ascending the
pulpit steps, one of the elders button
holed him for moment to whisper an
additional caution-"Thel leading liquor
dealer has just come into church, and
he gives us lit sometimes. wish
you would be particular not to alluds tc
the whiskySbusiness or the temperance
question" The young minister, getting
fairly frightened to see the moral grount
thus narrowing before him, inquired
"Pray who or what shall / prsacl
against, then" The elders reply cam
with an air of triumph-"Preach agains
the Jews; they haven't got friend il
town"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
NUMBER Al.

the water disappearing in a hole which
absor bed it enti ely. On digging to ex-
anime the hole, he found a gold orna-
ment representing the figure of COW.
News of this reached the ears of the
Governor of khoian, who ordered exca-
vations to lie made, and god ornaments
and coins were found. n the month of
April, 1874, about the time when Ram
Chund was there, a gold ornament,
weighing about sixteen pounds, was
foand. It was in the shape OF small
vase, and had chain attached to it.
Rumor decla: ed 1t to be a neck orna-
ment of the gceat Afrasiab, and the
finder WAS declared to have hit upon the
spot where Afras.ab's s treasure was bur
ied -
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
A New ExplOsiye-More Powerful
than Giant Powder.
GAlta Californian.l

Another powerful explosive now
claims the attention of those residing on
this coast who are interested in the sub
ject. "Vigorite" is the name of the re-
cent arrival. Some years since, a Swede.
by the name of Bjornsen or Bjorksen, af-
ter many years spent in fruitless exper-
imenting, discovered that compound
formed of cellulose, nitrate and chlorate
of potash (or their equivalent), pea
meal, saw dust, and nitroline (which is
formed of oleic acid acting upon nitric
acid would produce an explosion when
acted upon by heat and conclusion COM
bined, greater in effect than ;that occa-
stoned by the use of giant powder or any
other explosive which has for its main
component part nitro-glycerlne. 1t was
tested in several parts of Europe and
| found to be a success. Manufacturing
works were erected in Russia, Austria,
Germany, and Sweden; the manufactur-
ers paying high tribute to the inventor
for the use of his patent. Recently
patent covering the territory comprised
within the boundaries of thes United
States was issued, and stock company
formed in this city.
The company claim for the new ex
plosive the following important advan
tages:
FIRST. 1t is useful under any temper
ature. Giant powder freezes at forty
four degrees Fahrenheit and Hercules a
forty two degrees, and are useless in tha
condition. Vigo-ite will explode a
thirty degrees. Water freezes at thirty
two degrees.
Second. tits not dangerous to handl
or transport. The same cannot be sal
of giant powder,
Third. 1t is more powerful in its e.
feet than other explosives. As compare
to other blasting powders, its advantag
in this respect is considered as eight
o fourteen.
7 Fourth. It emits no sickly or deathl
o fumes after exploding.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-19
Boy Coachmen in Russia.

The Russians are the best coachmen
in the world. n order to acquire the
great skill in driving to which they at
tain they begin their training early
in fact, when quite children. 1t is won
de. full to see the boy coachman driving
carriage-and- four over rough and
dangerous roads, at full gallop, for ten
or twelve miles at stretch. Russia,
as all know, is a country of vast extent,
being II 600 miles at its greatest length,
with an average width of ], 800 miles,
and containing, as some estimate, ,00O,-
600 square miles. the ordinary car
riage roads are nearly the only means of
communication; but these are of very
inferior construct on. Huge hollows
and large stones continually intercept
the travellers progress; frail bridges of
wood, without any battlements or out
side protection whatever, stretch across
wide and rapid rivers; and.over the dan
gerous roads. and the still more danger
GUS bridges the Russian coaehman dash
es at the fastest gallop. 1t seems mir.
acle that travellers do not, as rule, lose
their lives and break their: limbs and
coaches every journey. The latter otter
takes place; the coach being stopped fol
repairs sometsmes half dozen times or
1 the road.