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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13
E:nuRcES.

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EE:orRcES.
Loans and discounts Sll4,@lt 90,
uvcr4raitS jSJ ~
Z 5 bonds to secure circulation 100000 90
L 5 bonds on hand 1850 90
Due Go:a approved Reserve
agents 1870, 81
Due from other National Banks 1882 CO
Real estate furniture and fixtures 1000 90
Current expenses and taxes paid go ,"
Premiums paid so 90
Cheeks nnd other Cash items OIL CT
sails Of otlrr BANKS 5,II9 0ol
Fractional currenry, including
nickIcs, l6G so
Specie tinclulius Silycr) 7A7 81
Legal tender notes 1903 90
Legal Traler Notes in trlDs,iu 900 90
Eclcmpti N fund with United
StatrsTreaSur:r,J per cent of
circulation, 1900 %
Due from S Trcl'urer, other
than ) per ccut redemption
fund 1889 50
Total $50, O6j 50
LIABILITIES.
capital stock paid in 100000 90
Surplus fund 1000 o.
UniiyiLei profits 1875 10
Natieaal Eiul; notes outs;anl.
ns $500 %
individual deposits subject to
check c2,l9l 80
Due 10 ether National Banks l,952 Is
Duclo State banks and bankers l94 %
Total s.8o,oG5 50
State Of IIca! Virginia, ( G
County Of Leris,
|, y. NJ Bailey, Cashier Of the Nbo'C
named hank, do sOlcmnly Ewrar that the
above statement Is true, to the best Of my
knowledge and belief.
DIN. BAILEY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before INC, this
10th day of October, 1911.
n. u. NEWTON, Notary Public.
Correct-Attcste:
tn. CAMDEN,
NJ. ". HARRISON,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

ESr WI sec by the proceeding of
the Episcopal Convention, held at BOs-
ton, West Virginia was formed into q
u new diocese.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

E5- GREGORY, our popular Grocer,
is happy. It's a girl, and weighs
eleven pounds.
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WESTON. Aug 2G, 1877.
This is to certify tia: S. L. Barrett
is my authorized ageut for the sale Of
my Pianos and Organs.
WV. TIEiSEKAMr.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

RE- KEv GEOEGE N. FLEMING will
preach at the Presbyterian Church to.
morning and evening.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Ezr VS. are again indebted to Sen
ator II. G. Davis for valuable public
documents.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13
Newest kind Of goods at Reay's.

Oh yes, Kahn hos removed his in.
mcusc stock Of clothing, &C., to Hin
dcnach's building. on Main Street.
Hc offers better bargains than ever.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13
MCCLELLAN t. LOGAN,
AVN STOCK BRO
MRS,

For the sale oil hogs, sliccp ana cattle, al
CalTrrtOn Drove Yards, ndjCiniug Maryland
Live Stock Scrl s, West Baltimore, ia.
Address, Gnx 35G I:ltmo =, Nd.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Brinkmau says he wants those in
debted to him to paJ up at once. or he
will "suc dem nit dc law"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Rcport ofhe Conlitio" Of Tie National
Exchange Bank Of Weston, at Vest
ion, in he STATE Of Vest Virginia,
at Tie close Of business, October LIST,
1877.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Tint superior stock Of glassware al
Grcgory's is not yet exhausted.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Go aud sec tho glassware at Greg.
ory's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

-Four Seed Stogies for five
cents at the Cigar Factory.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Kahn. at his new location. is offer
ug gre alter bargains than ever.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

". l.. Huntington is receiving thi
week bis Fall aud Winter stock.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

A large stock Of fall clothing just
received at Duuuington's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

EJ- ST. BoSIFAcE CuuRCH Gu Lead.
ing Creek will be dedicated tomorrow
Sunday at 10 o'clock a. NJ by the
Right Rev. Bishop Kahn, Of Wheeling.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

New Goods ut lteay's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-10-13

Fine Gravcly Tobacco at B rink
mans.
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New and cheap goods at lIcay's.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
A Primitive Piute Funeral.

An old Piute Indian departed for the
happy hunting ground, by way of old
age and general debility, from the camp
on the hill back of the City-hall last
night. 1t is not the custom with the
Flutes to bury their dead, and in this in
stance they merely carried the corpse
few rods from the camp and deposited
it on the ground. City Marshal Bren-
nan, learning this morning that the
corpse was lying exposed on the hill
side, commanded Captain Sam to have
it properly buried. Sam is an intelli
gent native and made no objections to
complying with the Marshal's order;
but five other Indians standing by, whom
ne asked to assist in the burial, positive
ly refused to have any thing to do with
it. Upon this the officer threatened that
unless they proceeded to bury the dead
Indian forthwith, he would arrest them
and have them fined S4,O0O,OO0 each.
This threat had the desired effect on the
Indians, and the funeral commenced.
They wrapped the corpse in robe of
rabbit skins and tied it up with ropes,
making bundle in the shape of ball.
This they dragged over the hill to an old
shaft, into which they dumped it with
out ceremony. In reply to question as
to the cause of the Indians death, a
dusky maiden who was an interested
spectator of the funeral replied: Cheap
too dam old. Austin (Neu.) ReUeile.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
Foliage, Flowers and Fruit on the Same
Tree.

A singularly beautiful sight in fruit
growing is presented in the orchard of
DR.. Harris, and attracts the attention
and admiration of almost every passer
by. A large apple tree, standing near
his dwelling, was left last autumn with
the fruit ungathered-for the birds, the
doctor said. At this writing large
number of handsome golden-colored
apples adorn the tree, while the fra
grant white and pink blossoms seem
begging for room to start new crop.
The green foliage, now well advanced,
crowns the whole-together spectacle
rarely seen away from our favored land.
1t was from this tree, in the month of
April some years since, that visiting
friend from Ohio gathered and ate
charming fruit, and wrote an account of
the circumstance to his friends. In due
time his letter was answered. containing
the assurance that though he had left
his native State a proper, truth-telling
man, he was now just like the rest of
the Californians, and that his reputa-
ton in Ohio for truth was gone forever
Grass Falley (Cal.) Union.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
An Old-Time Knight.

A correspondent of the american
Register, writing from Tubingen says:
"When the place of ones tomb has
been hidden for hundreds of years,
there would be but little chance of its
being found at last. The preparations
for the coming four hundredth ami
versary of the founding of the University
of Tubingen have, however, brought
some strange things to light. Last Mon
day the workmeu employed in restoring
the way from the castle to the beautiful
prospect-tower, Schanzle," came sud-
denly upon hollow ringing spot. On
digging and opening the same, it was
found to be the old forgotten subterran-
can passage from the castle to the
Wurmlinger Chapel, sung by INLAND.
This passage is known to have existed
at the foundation of the Schloss, but du-
ring the siege, in the time of Duke
Ulrich, it was filled up. The visitor to
the castle is shown the entrance to it on
visiting the cellars, where also the
chamber of 'Vehingericht' is shown,
and inches in the walls, where the con-
demned were immured, some of them
like the old-fashioned New England
oven. The Investigations were pursued
through the passage, the walls of which
are of strong masonry, till the work
men came upon a well preserved suit of
armor, containing a skeleton and rem
nants Of clothing. Though somewhat
injured, one can distinctly see from the
style of the work on the shield that it
dates from the tenth OF eleventh CEN
fury. The shield is divided into three
parts-green, silver and black-in the
upper divisions the imperial eagle, in
the lower golden lily; these being the
arms of the long since extinct family of
Schwarzenburg, this is without doubt
the armor of Count Schwarzenburg, who
fell in the battle of Tubingen, AID. 1864,
and whose body, according to the au-
thentic chronicles of Tubingen, was not
to be found on the battlefield. The
Count, who fought on the side of the
Palatinate (the Ghibellines), being
severely wounded, probably sought
refuge in this passage, and here died
lingering death.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
He SAT down the WRONG foot with an

He sat down the wrong foot with an
effort that very nearly cost him his life,
and balancing himself an instant he
started up with the other foot. He saw
the danger the moment it occurred, but
it was too late The strain had been so
great as to completely unnerve him.
There was an instant of vibration in the
bureau, culver along every fibre OF
his being, half-muffied cry of alarm
from the mother, a scream from the
daughter, a stumble, heave and rum
BILE, and the unhappy Miggs was plough
ing across the floor on his face, and the
colossal bureau came over after him,
hitting the alarmed and shrieking
mother rap on the jaw that not only
confused her sentiments, but completely
turned her around and threw her upon
her back. The crash of the falling fur
niture together with the screams of Ma
tilda fairly froze the blood in Mr.. Miggs's
veins. The mother was on her feet in
an instant.
care you drunk?n she unexpectedly
shouted at Mr.. Miggs, who, having got
UP on his legs, and as near to perpen-
dicular as possible, was rubbing the
small of his back with his hand, and
staring helplessly at the PROSTATE bu
reau.
"Drunk?'' he feebly calculated.
Yes, drunk" she repeated with
greater severity. 81 don't see how any
one sober could not have held up bu-
reau like that for second. You are
either drunk or diseased-and perhaps
both,' she added with great bitterness,
after second of careful thought.
This was too much. The unhappy
man took his hat and ambled off the
premises, confident that the shining
stars which he could not see, owing to
the crook in his back, were looking
down upon a broken heart and broken
spine under one and the same coat
Danbury NeUs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
A Bird. Charming Lady.

The Jacksonville Fla.) Union has
this interesting incident: A few months
since handsome mocking-bird flew in
to the residence of lady in this CITY
and alighted at her feet, exhibiting little
or no fear or suspicion of her, and per-
hitting her to catch it in her hand. She
placed it in cage and it seemed happy
and contented, and proved to be one of
the finest singers of its species, filling
the house with its varied and melodious
strains, until after some four months of
captivity it was taken sick and died,
much to the sorrow and regret of its
mistress. A short time after It's decease
the same lady was sitting in her room
when another beautiful bird of the same
family came in and took its position
near her, apparently inviting her to cap
ture it, which she did without difficulty.
She placed it in the same cage, and it
seemed as contented as the other had
been, as if it knew and coveted a life
with so gentle mistress.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
A Sad Sight.

He left her and stepped out to see a
friend between acts. "Why, Edward, :"
she said, when he returned, "there are
tears in your eyes, ''Yes, pet" re-
piled he, solemnly, 81 suppose there are
I saw such sad sight when l was
OUT tYou did-what was it?n in
quired she. "Such sad sight" con-
tinued he, keeping his face away that
she might not smell his breath. II dis
covered a young man whom | have
known for years drinking whisky"
" You did?" "Yes, standing right in
plain sight before me, drinking deeply
and carelessly of the dreadful intoxicat-
ing glass There was little pause,
when the young lady suddenly said,
Edward, was he standing right in front
of you?" Yes, pet" was the reply.
There was another pause when the
young lady asked again, "Don't most
of the fashionable saloon counters have
great nice mirrors right on the walls be-
hind them?" Edward flushed a little
and looked quizzical as he replied he
i" believed" they did. And there he
permitted the subject to drop.-Chicago
Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24

put his spoon into the plate, he fished
up large frog, just as green and per-
feet as if he had hoped from the pond
into the tureen. Not knowing at first
what it was, he seized it by one of its
hind-legs, and, holding it up in view of
the whole company, discovered that it
was full-grown frog. AS soon as he
had thoroughly inspected it, and made
himself sure of the matter, he exclaim-
ed, 'sAh! mon Dieu! une grenouille!"
Then turning to the gentleman next to
him, gave him the frog. He received it
and passed it round the table. Thus the
poor crapaud made the tour from hand
to hand until it reached the Admiral.
The company, convulsed with laughter,
examined the soup-plates as the servants
brought them, and in each was to be
found frog. The uproar was uni
versal. Meantime Tracy kept his ladle
going, wondering what his outlandish
guests meant by such extravagant mer-
riment. whats the matter?" asked
he; and raising his head, discovered the
frogs dangling by q leg in all directions.
"Why don't they eat them?" he ex-
claimed. /" If they knew the confound-
ed trouble had to catch them, in order
to treat them to dish of their own
country, they would find that with me,
at least, it was no joking matter"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
Loves Neglect.

The newspapers have been lenl y,
interesting story of an old gent,lenl.,a
Pennsvlvania who didn't know hls VI
first name. We have recently nea1
an occurrence of a similar ha.us n
Colorado, which, to the unpreIaasl
mind, is still more surprising
place while the Forester noaR ar,
playing in Georgetown. MIS- - I'll n
er's benefit had been set for tas y !.
and there was a great rush f0s /
The hour for the curtain to r1se n@|
rived. and the hallway was ~ y y
About that time d well dfesseu Il
man pushed his way anAiousil = H. n
the throng and presented two ' asa|
reserved Seats to the door senhnst
was about to rush in. /" You w
to give me so many tickets, ,, -,
official. The young man s .adi
him, as if to catch his remarks, nj nj
looked around for something VIZ 4.
evidently supposed to be uy III
"By Joye, I've forgotten my mi
exclaimed, and started out 70 ~. ~
We are pleased to be able 70 o. Ia, I'd
he returned in a few minutes VIZ
leaning lovingly upon his "a, am, ID, I
tickets were accepted, and the p 'arl
admitted in time to see the se00s
-Denuer NeaOs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
Frog Soup.

Mr.. Breck's father was a rich mer
chant in Boston, who was agent for the
French Government, and brought into
close connection thus with the French
officers attached to the squadron which
for time was anchored in Boston Har-
Dor. His house was the resort of the
foreigners, who were looked upon with
unbounded curiosity by the Boston peo-
pie, brought for the first time into ac-
qua1ntance with a nation uniformly ira
duced by the British. 1t was incredible
TO them that persons who were popular
ly supposed to subsist mainly on frogs
should be SO plump and well-favored;
but the original facts were stoutly main
tanned and supported by the rumor that
they had been discovered hunting for
their favorite food in the Frog Pond on
the Common.
With this last notion in his head, Mr..
Nathaniel Tracy, who lived in beauti-
full villa at Cambridge formerly Wash
ington's headquarters, and now Mr..
Longfellow's house,, made a great feast
for the Admiral and his officers. Every
thing was furnished that could be had in
the country to ornament and give yari
ETY. to the entertainment Myfather was
one of the guests, and told nue. often
after that two large tureens of soup were
placed at the ends of the table. The Adj
miral sat at the right of Tracy, and NJ.
DE l'Etombe on the left. L'Etombe was
Consul of France, resident at Boston.
Tracy filled a plate of soup, which went to
the Admiral, and the next was handed
to the Consul. As soon as L'Etombe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
The Journalistic Knack.s

1t has been remarked that yeVA
who get into journalism start out Il
such intention. They drift in accida
ally, and are promoted as they defd
capacity. Money, wealthy parents
influence are of no sort of service in 1
ting a young man a place on news|
per. There is no business that is %
tirely Independent of all these consids|
tons as this. A wealthy farmer
easily get his son a location to read
or medicine, or push him forward III
most any walk Of life he may select1
he is utterly powerless to do any "
for him in a journalistic way. I'll
sure he may buy newspaper, and
up his hopeful in that manner, but |
less there is something in that y
called journalistic knack, Q na3
knowledge of what to write and hCs|
write it, he will be a failure in that
and all the money and influence
wealthy and perhaps powerful relat1
will count for nothing.
Some fond parents educate their \
with especial view to making Journal
of them; but it is rare that we hear
these young men after few ye1
Meantime some scrub, born among
hills, having nothing but a conn
school education, and perhaps an
common one at that, and the knoElo]
scraped up in a country printingg-oh
will advance to the front rank u
profession. He has the journsb
knack, and forces recognition bee
he has it. He gets place, not oes
he has wealthy parents to influence
proprietors of leading newspapers
because he knows what to write
how to write it, and the editors la
because it is what they want. Hs
ticles 60 in because they supply q
mand, while perhaps the elsael]
essays from the pen of a man edau]
on two continents. with an especla Y
to journalism, are cast into thew
basket.-H. Y. Redfeld, IN otaaa]
Commercial.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
Naval Strength Of Russ,.

The Russian Jus Government has :.
service 1872 steam war yessals mas ', aos
distributed as follows: Ra,t; mhlsA
twenty-seven iron-clads Gno1 .,s he
Peter the Great, which Is thu ,s
lron-clad in the world, has an
fifteen inches thick, is Of 9 5ofs gu ~. ~
den, is fitted with immensa, 80 s.. IONS
er, and provided with twin ''aa
slxty-seven frigates and coryet tels'
ten sailing cruisers. Black cues sss
corvettes, six large paddle-whasss1 =
ers, two gunboats, eleven larce ga, ors y
sells, two 'popoffkas'' or circnYia aa
clads, and two sailing vessels a.
s s. large gun vessels, sev sss
dle-wheel steamers, two sm r1aea
boats, and twelve steam trans
Aral Sea-eight vessels. pae;sn
berian fleet.four large gun yesssa y
corvette, four paddle-wbeeI ~.
seven gunboats, two TRANSPORTS a 10y
sailing vessels. Meditteransasaa guy
now in the United States-onss4 q
ana three corvettes. Besides tbpssts
are two iron-clad frigates carrvii vine
turrets each, six iron-elad batferss
ates, four iron-clad vessels of two
rets each, three iron-clad gunbosb
two turrets each, similar to the n.
States monitor Dictator: one r..
corvette. Of the two circular iro ra
the Novgorodi is 100feet in diameta,
the Admiral Popof' 12O feet in diam
The nominal horse power of tbe;,
gines are respectively 4S0 and Ga NJ
are a novelty in ironclad war yessel,
the steam trials of the Admiral po,'
between Nicolaieff and Sebastanol Il
veloped favorable results. One.h,sII
her power is concentrated upon
screw propellers, which sween 4
considerably below the keels, the
mainder being applied to four sms
propellers limited to the vessels draA|
water, II feet six inches. With
speed of engines and all her screws
work she attained an average N.
speed over several continuous bours
nine knots, with an occasional speed
shorter periods of nine and one.h]
and in one instance 10 knots. The
tire distance between Sebastopol
Nicolaieff by sea and river includl
certain delays and stoppages for exp
mental purposes, was made at M
speed OF eight knots. In compet \
trial OF speed with the Novgorod, It
found that with only her two prind
screws, and one half of her engines
boilers at work, she was able to h
ahead.-New York Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-05-24
A Wonderful Natural Curiosity.

A natural curiosity of an extraordi-
nary character is to be seen at the Min
ing Registrars office, Sandhurst. 1t is
placed on the mantelpiece, and the
visitor on entering the room and looking
in that direction sees a small but very
pretty and cleverly executed landscape
painting some six inches square. The
foreground represents a grass plot, in
the center of which are two small ponds,
out of one of which the water flows in
small stream towards patch of rocks.
A little distance beyond the ponds is
farmhouse, at the rear and side of
which is a row of tall poplar trees.
Light stratified clouds, with dash of
blue, complete the picture. The per-
spective is almost perfect, and the lights
and shades are remarkably well brought
out. This is particularly seen in the
cluster of rocks, which appear to have
been drawn by the hand of most skillful
artist. Close inspection of this piece of
work reveals to the astonished onlooker
that it Is neither more nor less than
piece of slate rock, on which Natures
hand alone has developed pretty rural
scene which would not do discredit to
the brush of Buvelot This curiosity
was found on the Carshalton reef; and
the rock, on being broken up, split in
such way as to leave the face on which
the picture is represented convex. The
various shades, tints and figures appear
to have been formed by the trickling of
water, containing iron, between the
seams of the rock.-B endigo Adrertiser.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-13

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