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PERsoNAL.-We bad call from Hon. W.
II Travers. of ChaTestown, last Saturday -
Mr.. T. is one Of the leading members Of the
bar Of our State. aud would grace any position
that the people may bestow upon hm-Nar-
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against
JOSEPH CRANE &c. DIi
~ CH4NCERF
TITS therefore sdjudged. ordered and d.cfest
i that this cause b. rrcOmmIttd gcnlrniig g.
Commissioner GepIge W. r Ararslcv la.l GU.
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tore said Commis-ioner.l and said C,uInis1inn-'
ia proceeding under this refer.no, !. assh 'riief
aud required u proceed il tn SAM manner -
10 No,icr a.. a. directed ia tn Deere OF lat
Term, of date April y, 1876.
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TIE SITUATION
Commissioners Notice.

IN the Circuit Court Of Jylf,rsoh ialy.
West Virginia,
Term November n. 1870.
ROBERT fOWLERS Almr Sc
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January 9, ls7T-1L Trustees,
State of West Virginia,
Jefferson County, Set.
IN THE COUNTY COURT, JANUARY
RULES. 1877
Al Rules held in the CLERKS Office Of ssid cogr,
the hrs, Monday in January, 1917,
GEORGE ". THOMAS, Plaintiff,
W..
GEORGE II. BARDWELL, Defendant.
Action Of Deb, osi Arashnsrt
'INHE ohj-c ~ this ~ il j. To- recover q Judg-
l ment against the Defendant for the ,um "i
&I2S, With Intr-t from April lst. 1874. I'LL paid.
aud costs OF suit, and g. attach the estate or Ell
i,cts Il the Defendant ior the payment OF ihe
same. IL appearing by affidavit filed ard the rr.
iuf n of the Sheriff that the Defendant in this suit
is not resident OF this state. he is hereby re
quircd to sppesr within four weeks after The dat
the fret publication of this order 81 the neIt
Rule Day. Wit. the 1rst Monday in February,
1871, and d. What is necessary - protect HE In
tercst herein.
And il is ordered that this order be published
a seek tor fur successive weeks in the I''-
girid Free Pres. aud posted at the Frunt Door OF
the Court Hou,e Of this County ~ the Law pro
vid.s. Teste-
ia. MOORE, CLERK.
A. +. Kennedy. p. q.
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The Lot contain. acre ~ Land. situated on the
North side OF High Street in said town, fronting
said street 206 feet, and running back 2OG feet
being perfectly square. and bounded on the Eat
ern end by King street. Being a corner Lot. the
siiuation is a very healthy one. and the Lot very
fertile, and can be- divided into tro Lots, each
having from l03 To 20e feet front on High Or King
Street. The Improvements consist nf a two story
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GRAvELY b. ghr ana DARK NAVY rohaocns
Cigars Grumue Havana Filler At Scat Gill
brrt's Dug Store. Harper'> Ferry
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Stone Building.

recently used for $ Jail. divided into a number o,
small KVoms, or Cells, each fastened by strong
Iron Doors, aud covered with a sub,tan tial Slate
Roof, and enclosed by high Stone Wall. Ia the
prison yard there Ia large Cstern the -poutip Q
around the Jail feed she Cistern. There are
other necessary Out-Buildings on the Lot; he
entire Lot being surrounded by a strong stone
Wall The Stone laid in mortar, and altogether 4,
very desirable property, having been bu, re.
Gently built aud will be cold together or separste
BY, a. may BE- deemed most advisable A further
d'scriPtion IL deemed unuecesssry. a. person, de-
,irous OF chasing are invited 70 view the PREM
iscs before the day Of sale.
TEhAS-UDe-iourth Cash. the balance in three
equal annual payments. With interest on the de-
ierfef payments from CAV Of sale all the iut.re.t
to be paid annually, the deferred pa, nent, % be
secured by the bonds Of the purchaser, or purcha.
ers. and further secured BY deed of trust ON the
premises Possession 10 Be given on tho first dly
OF April, 1871.
hOBERT w. BAYLOR,
President Of the County Court.
Jefferson County, ". Va.
u not cold on the day Of sale. il viii then be
offered FOR rsnt u she highest bidder. for one Yea,
from the brat day OF April, 1877. 4. W. Is.
Jsrucr, s, lsTf-ts.
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1:T ACRES.
The Improvements are
A Two-Story Weather. Boarded
Dwelling. with Kitchen

in the basement and Summer Kitchen detached.
Smoke House, Corn House, Ice House. Barn and
other necessary Out Buildings. all in good condi-
ton. There 10, also an ORCHARD OF choice
frsit in full bearing. The farm is well timbered,
and all the fields into which il Il divided are 80
arranged as ~ be most conveniently watered By
the Bpll.kin Run
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Notice to Creditors.

THE ereditrs Of John j. Lock. the grsntor In
the foregoing Deed, Except lieu credit0rsl
who. according the terms OF the said deed. are
wiIiin To- accept rntabe distribution of the prI-
eerds Of the property conveyed by him a. US ior
the benefit of his creditors. and Who are willing
to release the sad Lock within tour months from
the 7l.t day of December 1916. from all iui Their
dcnsnds IN account ~ his IN drbtrdness aud liza
biity b. them. are hereby notified u file their
claims with the undersigned. II rstces. on or be-
fore The 2ltd,y OF April ISL, properly auth ehi
Gated for reitlemeut
W. c. GABRIEL,
ESR0A SILVER.
lerI-ll Irn.ineh
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'Tiunothy Seed.

WE have lot Of home. raised Timothy Seed
W vcry nice. Price low.
sept. 80, I6 DUKE A 0ALLAHER.
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Brick DWELLING HoCsE.

with wing alta, he'd, containing 10 all sir or
eight rooms. With a slate root, and would make a
very deshable private residence Adjoining the
Dwelling House is massive
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Jan. { 1911.
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A. +. Kennedy. p 9.
Janusry 6, leI7-E.
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PUBLIC SALE
-OF-
VALUABLE PROPERTY
SIIEPHERDSTOW WIN.
JAILPROPERTY,

II IL O'Clock NJ, that YAbU ABLl
N Shcphei b.tOwn, Known as the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-05

Four brothers, hand-cuffed two and
two, left Ney Canaan for the Connecticut
penitentiary a few days ago. They had
been convicted Of burglary.
Thomas W. Thompson, of Westfeld,
Virginia, was held for trial before the United
States court, on the charge OF using means
TO fraudulently obtain money from the rela.
tives of deceased parties of the late Ashta'
bula disaster. His modnS operandi being to
write to the relatives OF the deceased, stating
that he had in his possession certain articles
of the deceased, and upon the receipt OF
stipulated sums would forward the articles
named, signing his name Victor Bennett.
The prisoner offers no defense, pleading
guilty to the charge.
Peter B. Sweeney, whose name was
associated with Boss Tweed in the great ring
swindle and who has been in exile for the
past five years, has returned. He has not
been taken into custody because it was ar
ranged with the attorney general that ii he
would return and be present at the trial
against him, all proceedings, civil and crimi
nal, so far as arsest;ng him should be sus
pended during the trial and for thirty days
afterward. The trial is set down for the Sd
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

In the Senate, on the 10th, the vice
president laid before the senate Mr..
MitchelPs resolution 70 investigate the
charges against Grover when Mr. Salisbury
submitted a substitute, that the committee
on privileges and elections be instructed to
appoint the Judge of the fourth judicial
district of Oregon as commissioner to take
testimony relating to the charges against
Grover, with power to subpoena witnesses !;
said testimony to be forwarded to committee
on privileges and elections, which shall re-
port the same with their conclusions thereon
at the next regular session Of the senate.
Some discussion took place on the rcsolu.
ton, pending which the senate went into
executive session. After the doors closed a
message was received from the president
transmitting various nominations, and also
notifying the senate that he had no further
communication to make. At $50 the doors
we're reopened and the senate adjourned
until Il o'clock tomorrow, when the nOmi-
nations now pending will be disposed Of,
and the senate will adjourn sine die.
In the executive session in the senate
on the 18th, there was debate, lasting an
hour and half, concerning the nomination
of Frederick Douglass. Senator Conkling
made the principal speech in favor OF its
confirmation, and senator Whyte was the
most prominent of the few speakers against
it. The arguments advanced by the opposi.
ton were addressed solely to the question
of the business qualifications OF Mr.. Doug
lass for this particular appointment, and es'
pecial stress was laid on the fact that the
bar association opposed his confirmation on
the ground that in their opinion he could
not successfully administer the affairs of the
Office. The nomination was, however, con-
grmed on a yea and nay vote by or ma.
jority. No republican voted against i, and
Gordon, HILL and Beck and Garland, with
one or two other democrats, voted for its
confirmation. 1t is understood Lamar, who
was absent on account Of illness, would have
voted aye if present. The following is the
vote:Ayes-Messrs. Allison, Anthony, ,Bayard,
Bruce, Blaine, Bogy, Booth, Chaiie, Chris.
tiancy, Cook, Conkling Davis, (Ill.) Dorsey,
Eaton, Garland, JIamlIn, IIoar, Howe, John
son, Sones (Nevada), Mcmillan, Mcpherson,
Maxey, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill,, Morton,
Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Randolph,
Sargent, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Wad-
leigh, Window, and Withers, Total, 30.
Nay's-Messrs Cockrell, Davis West Nir.
ginia), Harris, Hereford, McCrary, Merr-
mon, Wallace, and Whyte. Total, 8. The
senate then went into extra session. When
the doors were re0pened the thanks of the
senate were voted the vice president who
replied as follows: Senators-I thank you
sincerely for the complimentary manner in
which you have alluded to my duties as dis
charged during my brief occupancy of the
chair. came to you almost wholly a stran.
ger, and Il stranger to your rules. trust in
the future to be better acquainted with
both. Renewing my thanks, I declare the
senate adjourned without day.
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HOT SPRINGS.
Their Precise Status, as Regulated at the
Last Session Ofi'Ongress.

A reporter of the Commercial had a
conversation with Mr.. Walsh, of Hot
Springs, who was on his way back from
Washington, where he went to assist in
getting through the law TO redeem the
springs. Mr.. Walsh, who has been a
prominent citizen of "the springs" for
many years, was formerly Of this city.
During the administration of Mayor
Hatch he was on the police force. He
is now practing law, and is also in the
real estate business. In the course of his
talk about the springs yesterday he said: {:
The original adventures three who, in
1892, settled there and laid squatter-
claim to the lands were Hale, Gaines
and Rector. These men took in the
lands Immediately adjoining the springs,
and held possession. Anybody coming
after them, and proposing to settle there,
had to pay them tribute at the muzzle
of the shotgun. You've heard a great
deal about the troubles and complica-
tions, and legislature and attempts at
legislation in congress and out of con-
eress, and in the supreme court of the
United States, about this Hot Spring
reservation, that have kept back progress
there.
The act Of 1871 seemed to arrive at
something definite in the way of the col.
lection OF rents by the United States
But this new act, which became a law
by President Grants signature, in his
last day in Office, settles everything on a
definite and enduring basis. There are
2,G4O acres in the Hot Spring reserva-
ton. This includes the village, which
has a population now of four thousand
persons. There is to be an appraisement
of this property embraced in this 700
acres, and every occupant must pay his
price, as appraised, to the general gov
ernment, and thus become absolute a. s
owners. But the springs are to be re-
served for the use of all, subjected to the
management of a government officer,
forever.
A commission of three persons is to be
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DO Snakes Catch Fish !!

A. w. Chase, of the United States
coast survey, describes, in note to the
editor of the Popular Science Monthly,
a contest which he and a brother officer
witnessed in 1861 on the Purissima, a
small trout stream about twenty-iour
miles south of San Francisco:
We had been fishing on the stream,
and came to high bank which overlook
ed transparent pool of water about ten
feet in diameter and four feet in depth.
This pool was iringed with willows, and
had on one side small gravel bank. The
trout at first sight was lying in mid
water, heading up stream. 1t was. as
afterward ascertained, fully nine inches
in length-a very desirable prize for an
angler. While studying how to cast
our flies to secure him, new novel fish
erman appeared, and 50 quick was his ac.
tions that we suspended our own to wit
ness them. This emmy of the trout
was large water snake of the common
variety, striped black and yellew. He
swan up the pool on the surface until
over the trout, when he made dive,
and by dexterous movement seized the
trout in such manner that the jaws OF
the snake closed its mouth. The fight
then commenced. The trsut had the
use of its tail and fins, and could drag
the snake from the surface; when near
the bottom, however, the snake made
use of its tail by winding it around every
stone or root that it could reach. After
securing this tail hold it could drag the
trout toward the bank, but, on letting go,
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SOMNAMBULISTlC CAPERS.
Remarkable AcrObatic II crfOrDi:,ucc of II
Young Indy in Her Sleep.

Young Indy in Her Sleep.
One of the most remarkable exhibi-
tions Of somnambulism ever given in this
city took place about one o'clock Satur.
! day near the corner of High and Sixth
streets. The principal actor IN the serio,
comic drama was an eighteen year.old
miss, named Annie Barton, and she was
first discovered by G. w. Hodges. He
was on his way home when his attention
was attracted by queer-looking object
seated upon the top of grapevine arbor
Just over the fence. Stopping, Mr..
Hodges looked at the figure until he
saw it move, when he spoke to it, but
received no answer. At this juncture,
Capt. G. G. Starkweather, of the Trum.
bull avenue police station, came along
Sixth street on his way home. lie was
stopped by Mr.. Hodges, who pointed out
the queer figure, and they were not long
III doubt as to the nature of the APP
partition. OTIS a woman" said Capt
Starkweather, and "shc must be aslcepm
continued Mr.. Hodges. Arriving at that
conclusion, the men opened the gate,
and, walking to the arbor, called to the
sleeping girl, but received no reply.
Captain Starkweather then began climb
ing up the arbor, at which the girl
started on a lively run, and going the
whole length of the arbor roof, made a
jump, clearing space of about eight
feet, alghting on the roof of a woodshed.
This vancouver astonished the men,
WHO awakened Mr.. Thompson and his
family and told them that there was a
slecp-walker upon their woodshed. Soon
Mr.. Thompson and his wife and son
joined Mr.. Hodges and the captain in the
chase. What was their surprise to find
Miss Barton had clambered from the
shed to the wing, and thence in the apex
of the roof of the main building, where
she stood quietly leaning against the
chimney. Finally a ladder was procured
and young Thompson climbed to the
side of the roof, but, getting there,
found it so covered with snow and ice
that it was impossible for him to reach
the girl. So down he came, and the
ladder was carried to the front of the
house, where it was put in position with
one end against the roof peak. This
time captain Starkweather took off his
boots and climbed up. The girl stood
quietly until he was within few feet of
her, when she ran down toward the wing,
and sliding went from one roof to the
other; thence she jumped back to the
grape arbor, and before any of the men
could get to her she jumped to the
ground, and, dashing through back
gate, ran up High street The chase
was continued to the Crawford street
park, where she was captured. Then it
was found that she was completely
dressed, with the exception of hat and
shawl and that during all of her haz-
ardous midnight ramble had not received
the slightest injury. She was taken to
the Trumbull avenue police station
until her relatives, being notified, put in
appearance and took her in charge. This
is the second escapadc, her friends as
sert, of the kind in which Miss Barton
has taken part.-DctrOH Fire Press.
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Tweed's Mansion.

While William NJ. Tweed occupies his
stone quarters in Ludlow Street Jail, his
family dwell in an elegant mansion at
Greenwich. The place is superb IN Its
appointments and location. The estate
lies on the Sound, on slope OF land,
with about three acres OF land closely
shaved and walled in with handsome
stone fence. The entrance is through
massive iron gates on which are en-
bossed the monogram T. The house is
castelated, and the tall tower is con-
spicuous on the land and and on the sea.
The house is occupied by Mrs. Tweed, q
married daughter, and her husband, and
two unmarried girls. The family
maintain no special retirement. They
live like any wellto do household. The
girls are very popular in the neighbor
hood, and are spoken of as being talented
and very noble young women. They
generally attend the Episcopal service
although they are often seen intthe Con
gregational church. The famed Amer
Gus club house is now hotel.--N,'
York Letter.
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Printing Postage Stamps.

The postmaster general has awarded
the contract for supplying the postage
stamps for the ensuing term Of four
wears 10 the Continental bank note COM
pany of New York city, the present con-
tractors. The contract embraces all the
various kinds of postage stamps that are
used either by the public or the govern
ment, and will require about 100000, 900
stamps TO be furnished each year. The
prices to be paid are 8 9S-10O cents per
1000 for ordinary stamps. II cents for
official stamps, and about Is cents per
1000 for newspaper and periodical
stamps. The difference between bids of
the successful company and the Stand
ard company of Syracuse, is so slight
that it would be more than over.balanced
by the cost of the removal of materials,
tc., from New York.
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the trout would have a new advantage.
The battle was continued for full twenty
minutes, when the snake managed to get
its tail out of the water and clasped
around the root of one OF the willows
mentioned as overhanging the pool. The
battle was then up, for the snake gradually
put coil after coil around the root, with
each one dragging the fish toward the
land. When half its body was coiled it
unloosened its first hold and stretched
the end of its tail out in every direction,
and finding another root, made fast, and
now, using both, dragged tie trout out
on the gravel bank. Itnow had it under
control, and, uncoiling, the snake drag
ged the fish fully ten feet up on the
bank, and | suppose would have gorged
him. We killed the snake and replaced
the trout in the water, as we thought
that he deserved liberty. He was ap-
parently unhurt, and in few moments
darted off, That the water snake of
California brooks will prey upon the
young of the trout, and also smaller and
less active fishes, | have noticed, but
never have seen an attack on fish so
large or one more hotly contested.