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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

Senator Patterson of South Carolina
is in bad fix. He has been waiting
to visit Simon Cameron who lives in
Pennsylvania, but is afraid to cross the
line of the District of Columbia for fear
of arrest. He says he has information
that the Governors of Maryland, Della
ware, West Virginia and Ohio have
acquisitions to surrender him to South
Carolina detectives if should be found
in their States. These detectives he
declares are on his track all the while
and everywhere. Truly "the way Of
the transgressori is hard"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

The Tacoma Heralds charges
against Mr.. Hoover fell pretty fiat
when brought into court last week,
and the court entry on the docket
was made, exhonorating Mr.. Hoover
completely, as follows:
The hour having arrived set by
court, comes now Jacob Hoover, who
appears in his own proper person to
answer the charges contained herein.
No person appearing in behalf of the
Territory to prosecute said cause, nor
any evidence whatever being intro
duced to sustain said charge, the de-
fendent requests that the complaint
and this cause be submitted to the
grand jury at the next regular term
of the District Court.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

UNFORTUNATE OMISSION. Seat
tie people are disguised because San
Francisco firm have got out map with
out Seattle having "local habitation
or name" upon it. Any other sin Of
omission might have been pardoned,
but this is too much for mortal spirit to
bear 1t is as possible to play Hamlet
without a ghost, or run velocipede
without hub, as to ignore the ''metrop-
oils" in airing our Territorial expanse
and dignity.-Olynepia Standard.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07


The historian very sensibly appeals
to farmers to look out for the future
and possible hard times. 1t says:
This we say to the farmers of Ore
gon and Washington Territory. 1t
may not come, but be prepared for
the worst. You have had good prices
for your wheat. You have had large
crops. Prepare now for the rainy
day. Last year California's wheat
crop was a failure. This year Cal
ifornia and the Columbia river section
will have one million tons of wheat
for export. Last year Russia and
Turkey were at war, and their ports
were closed against the exporting of
wheat. This year they are making
peace, and it is estimated that another
million tons of wheat is ready to be
poured into the lap of Great Britain
as soon as the Danube is free of ice.
There may be another war, greater
war between England Russia, but we
do not think it probable. England
will not fight without an ally.
1t is better, therefore, to prepare
for peace and low prices of wheat.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07
NEWS ITEMS.

Two rich quicksilver mines have been dis
covered in the State of Guerro, Mexico.
A lock out of four thousand Oldham, Eng,
weavers began on the I'D, on account of a re-
duction Of wages.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
instructions TO the San Francisco minis TO
coin no more trade dollars.
Townsend Harris, who negotiated the first
treaty with Japan and was the first minister
to that country, died Feb. %, aged 15.
\ tidal wave occurred at Callao, South
America, on Jan. p, carrying everything be-
fore it and wrecking part of the shipping.
A Chinese war vessel will soon visit San
Francisco on tour Of observation. She will
bring a. passengers the Chinese Consul and
a large number Of Chinese military.
rUnless all signs at this season of the year
fail, the present year will prove the most pro-
life in grain crops that California has ever
known. II seems that all parts of the State
have been more plentifully supplied with
rain than ever before.
Gen. Anderson, whom the Democracy of
Louisiana are sending TO the penitentiary, is
OF southern nativity and served in the Confed-
crate army. He Is hated all the more in
tensely on this account, because il is held
that he has no right to be a Republican.
A second time the house committee mas re-
ported the Northern Pacific bill; and its
action on the case must now be considered
final. A single amendment only is reported
and this merely authorizes the company 10
mortgage the road at a certain rate per mile
The territorial Delegates in Congress at a
recent meeting, unanimously adopted a reso-
luton requesting the committee on public
lands in the house Representatives to report
favorably upon the bill introduced by Dele
gate Maginnis, Of Montana, to regulate the
cutting of timber on public lands in the ter.
ritories.
Gen. Crook has returned from the Indian
country, and denies the statement that lar
ger expedition would be organized in the
spring against Sitting Bull. No immediate
trouble need be feared from Sitting Bull, un.
less the buffalo range south. which is hardly
probable, as they have not done so in late
years. No expedition against the hostile
Sioux is now contemplated.
The steamship John L. Stevens has been
sold to Sisson, Wallace * Co. ian off-shoot OF
the Central Pacific railroad Coz and will be
sent up to klurok, Alaska, where she will be
used as floating cannery during the fishing
season. All the tin and tools will be sent ur
on board of her, aud next fall she will steam
back to San Francisco with her cargo.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07

Paul Koerner, who attempted sui
eide in Seattle the other day, is in a
fair way to recover from the wound he
inflicted upon himself, but he VOWS his
intention of killing himself. He says
he was not crazy when he attempted
self-destruction, but is tired of life and
wants to die.-Erchange.
A warning to people of weak minds
who contemplate noting to Seattle.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07
NOTICE.

A Ii PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
n and cautioned not to purchase certain
given by me to L. s. Lyons, on the first day of
January, A. d. 1878, and payable six months
after date, which note is secured by mort
gage of my farm, as l shall refuse to pay any
more than two hundred dollars on the said
note, as l have an offset to the balance of said
note, to-wit: one hundred dollars.
ROBERT LOGAN.
Vancouver, February 10, 1878.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-07
On Saturday the Ninth day of March,
Sheriff's Sale Of Real Estate.

WHEREAS, AT A REGULAR TERM OF
w the District Court of the second Judicial
District of the Territory of Washington hold
ing terms at Vancouver, began and held at
Vancouver on the third Monday of November,
A. d. 1871 in certain cause then and there
pending before the said court wherein Mi
chael O'Connell was the plaintiff and John
Duning was the defendant, the said plaintiff
Michael O'Connel did on the oath day of No
vember, A. ID. 1877, obtain judgment against
the said defendant John Duning for the sum
of two hundred and seven dollars in L. s. gold
coin, a further sum of thirty dollars as an at
torney's fee, and all of the costs of the said ac-
ton, taxed at twenty-seven dollars and ten
cents and decree of foreclosure of certain
mortgage, and an order of sale of the premises
therein described, to-wit: the north west quar-
ter of section nine in township four north, OF
range one east, of the Willamette meridian,
containing one hundred and sixty acres, or so
much thereof as should be necessary to satisfy
the said judgment, attorneys fee and costs.
And whereas, a copy of the said judgment,
decree and order of sale was, on the fifth day of
February, A. ID. 1878, issued by the clerk oil the
said above entitled court, certified by him I'M
der the seal of the said court and to me de-
livered, now therefore,
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to
and by virtue of the said judgment, decree and
order of SALE | did. on the 9th day of February,
A. ID. 1878 levy upon the premises described
in the said decree and order of sale, namely:
the north west quarter of section nine in town
ship four north, of range one east, OF the VII,
lamette meridian, containing one hundred and
sixty acres, TIE said premises being in the
county of Clarke, Washington Territory, and
that will
On Saturday the Ninth day Of March.
A. ID. 1873 at the hour of one o'clock p. IN. Of
the said day, at the Court house door in the city
of Vancouver, Clarke county, Washington Terri.
tory, offer the said above described tract Of
land or SO much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy the said judgment, attorneys fee,
costs and all accrung costs, for sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash in
| United States gold coin, to satisfy the said
| Judgment attorneys fee, costs and accruing
| costs. JOHN ii. FLETCHER,
Sheriff of Clarke county, Washington
Territory.
| Dated Vancouver, W. T., Feb. o, 1873.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27
In Abundant and Sound Currency

The venerable Peter Cooper, of New
York, now in the Ssth year, still takes
a lively interest in all that pertains TO
the industrial classes. lie has lately
written ALI Appeal in behaf OF these
classes, urging the adoption OF measures
calculated to promote their welfare.
An abundant and sound currency is
what he deems most important 10 the
restoration Of a general and stable
prosperity. His Appeal concludes
with the following reference to the
South:
There is fast forming in tins country
IN arstocracy OF wealth-the worst
form OF aristoeracy that can curse the
prosperity any country. For such an
arlstocracy las no ..country-'ab
teeism, living abroad, winnie they draw
their income from the country, is one
ofits common characteristics. Such an
aristocracy is without soul aud without
patriotism. Let us save our country
from this, its most potent, and, as 1
hope, its last enemy. There is no section
Of our common country that needs so
much the reviying influence OF an
abundant aud sound currency as the
South. The Southern people have the
finest natural resources that our country
affords; every facility for manufacture,
the material, labor, and water-power
indefinite. they need only money,
wisely distributed among its working
and enterprising population and Il was
well said, lately, by one OF the Southern
statesmen, that the Government had
impoverished, discomiitted, aud crushed
the South moro by its financial policy
since peace was declared, than by lis
arms during the whole warof the re-
belliep"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27
OH Woful Day!

What a black page in the history OF
our State and country will the record of
the last week make! Just think of it,
The congress repudiatad portion ofthe
federal debt by passing the silver bill
and the Virginia General Assembly
sent the Barbour bill to the governor
for his approval. o, base counterfeits
of your race = degenerate sons Of
Revolutionary fathers and Virginia
patriots! But the mischief is done
why cavil with the authors OF our
shame. Virginians can no more "feel
like the Roman in sight CT the Eternal
City," and the blush of lasting, inera-
dicable disgrace will mantle the cheek
of Americans abroad. Aye, even at
home they will be tainted with bad
fs it'll and dishonesty. Belmont will say
o, We hypocrites, how l have loaned
you my good paper money and taken
your bonds at 80 cents, and now you
give me back wretched metal at dis
count offs per cent in Wall Street, Lon
don and Berlin +! And the widow
Branch will parade his orphans through
the capital square as a scourage to the
consciences o. those reckless repudla-
tors who wrung from his agonized soul
a sad farewell to coupon jobbing-the
declining widow without an occupation
and the orphans-O. Mother ofMoses,
how our heart futters conyulsed and
ewes become sufused in rejecting upon
possible consequences to such dear
orphan friends as the Maury boys and
Sprigg Campbell, And then there is
poor Harry Tinsley's widow and Or
phans, Especially the orphans); but
Harry, good boy, remember that he who
feedeth the ravens sc. And Harry tell
Brother Wadde!l that Elisha will soon
be around filing the empty vessels OF
the poor widows with oil and to set out
big Jug at neighbor Stuarts. And
then there is Mauzy, Vanderford'
Hunter and Pritchard. Brethren re-
member hat the Pot Of Mamma was
LAID up in the Ark Of the Covenant as
testimony to the miraculous manner OF
supplying the needs of the faithful
when their coupons are scaled. For
Brothers Cowardn aud Chamberlayne
we ask the prayers Of the Bond-Fund-
ing-Assoeiation- Limited-of-London. But
where, oh! where, is the hope OF our
lost, ruined, shamed, disgraced, fallen
gone State and Country Can't
Brother Curry find us, somewhere
amid all the mutations and changings
and wrecGings and establishments OF
governments from Saul to Zedekiah,
some shadow Of consolation? Can 1t
be possible? must we accept the inevl-
table conclusion. draw around us the
sack and empty the ash bucket
over our devoted heads ? Shades Of the
converted Kemper forbid our "Ameri-
canism" and Virginia traditions" to
leave us IN the despair, anguish, slough
and despond Of silver bill and read
iustment!
clark from the tombs, doleful sound
Brother Coghill, please raise the tune
Bocock, organist; Hanger tenor I;
Daniel, soprano; Hurt, alto; KoIner.
base ; Echols swelling the grand
chorus. Scattering and untrane
voices in the congregation follow Brooke
Of FauQuier.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27

Heinrich Wahlen, who has been con-
fined in ial at Norristown. Pa, on con-
yiction Of murder in the first degree.
his victim being Max Hugo Hoehne.
whom he afterwards personated, was
found dead in his cell on Saturday
last, having committed suicide. He
hung himself by a rope made OF his bed
clothes. but before he died he broke in
his skull by blow with the liz oi The
heating apparatus in his cell. 1t is
supposed thathe first attempted to kill
himself by blows inflicted with this in
strument, and failing in this tried the
more effective method Of strangulation,
which IN fact caused his death. The
discovery of his suicide was made at SIX
o'clock Saturday evening by one of the
prison officials, who came to give last
look at him for the night. HIS head
was fearfully mashed, the face llvld from
strangulatlon and the whole body more
or less bloody. In the cell tn. &c state
ments were found--one in English, ont
in French and one in German-in eacf
OF which he emphatically and so!emnll
declared his innocence Of the crime o
which he had been co1victed, and pro
nounced a curse upon every one whit
had anything to do with his arrest ant
end trial.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27
nmn1ss.nSERs OFFICE

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, ,s.h 1874
WoodstOck, Va heb. letn' 1870
r. Moses Walton admir-. Of u. H. DO S.toA uo~''
to.,,.and ] ~ OFT aud Ehz4beth MS VIE, =.
- nell and Annie his WIFE, Eiieh "s'','
=; 80 Z r. Naltou and the eredlt0rs o. ~ H.
~s1,o, decd and the judgment ertdito,s q ~.
=, n and j. l.. Campbell aud al otheIs WYNN J. my
Won arc hereby notified that have nAed upon y,
II, l ys.h - az Iarcn next, between the nouns Va
o'eIock. A. N. aud oclVck, 7. NJ. Il l"'l, Il
ON the uext far day tnereaitei lSuhda! eAe'P',
20 ,ate and settle, at my Othoe, me seevuHN' -
,bs value of the life estate VI . ". ~ go -.
ss,,,,,hsu in the reai estate descehueu ~ 80 .
- 80 ,rom their brother which may DC huoy.Ns ;
Ia lens. inc uding that transferred a. nc - "
- s,,tad thar he state, settle ana augsS 'Hs a.
,,,,s ~ nose, y. alton admir-. OF said " a. va
~. Sa.d &c an account OF debts aud thelr Ie'a-
.on ,ort1es AID assets aud report III Ieiauoh
,,,, 70 inc next term aud ANY Vtner nytrr ~
me to.n, Iertueut o. that any party ltei es'eu
s! ssonr 10 be l. ken By the peeree u snehth-
do.h ircuit ,ougt rendered GA INC l''H uaS -
Jsnuary 1878 ia suit ia chancery eepeDNlns -
.a,d court between ID. Al. 2, alton 80 y. ~,
and " OF and vile &. Bcf's' auu II 80 ~, ~
cause tue taking of said aceonh's ,,,
commenced, U, having been coniheleeu
b.. G, npleted on that day, the tAAins Va w. 80. .
will be adiourued from day 10 o19i Vi 49, - !,
Ia Mace until tue same are taAen a." Se-i -, -
AT winch time and place you arr is'lui'e' ~ 49,,
Given under my maud as Com,nlsaiouet ~ Ina
cary Of the aid cOurI, al my once IN SAN ''e'''
the aav aud year fist aioresaid. 800, v-Drp
Fep' NTH 4w.nfr ID p. ". MA'"VpAN'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27

Some of the recent elopments are
interesting. Mr.. Bean took his wife to
a concert in Manchester, y. II. slipped
away from her, went home, packed his
clothes in a trunk, stole $4,000 OF her
money. and ran away with peighbor's
spouse. The Rev. Jas. Deverlgny
abandoned his Michigan parish, leaving
a large number OF debts, and taking
along Deacon SMELLS daughter A
Young couple in Danfroth. KY. on whose
union parents irowned, fled together on
a single horse; but the overloaded beast
was unable to outrun the one on which
the girls father pursued, and the elope'
ment was q failure. Two lovers who
eloped from Milwaukee by railroad were
so closely followed that, for fear OF be-
ing over taken, they did not stop long
enough at any station to get married.
At length, after three days OF incessant
travel, they found clergyman on the
train who performed the ceremony.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27
Wild Men

Tn the Island of Rio there are Wild
men who live 10 ire, ?, and have no
language bur cries; aud in Sumatrn,th
residents Of PalembaBg said there are
MN who lived in The forests, with
whom not only the Europeans but the
Malays could have noi"tercourse. H."
himself had never seen one. Yet,
slr.rgr to say, they have a petty tr"t
fic with the outer world, yet Do'
through the mrdinm Of speech. They
/ We IN the woods ami live By the chase.
They hunt tigers, not with the gun but
With arrows, which they blow out OF a
Tube wilh.such force, aud which are
tc keen IF point and touched with
such deadly pols'n. that wound Is
almost lmmedia ely fatal. These II
ger skins or elephant Iusks they bring
for barter not Tor sale for they nev
er sell anything, for money is about
the most useless thing they can have
Tn cannot eat it or dring 1t or drink
it wear il. But as 'heyhaye wants
they exchange; yet they themselves
are neyerer 8. en-. rhry bling what
ever they have 10 the Dig OF tn, tor
ct and leave it there, and the AalayS
c.me and place what they have to dis
pose of aud retire. If the Offer is sat
factory, when they return again the!
find whit they brought gone, AMI take
what is left ana depart Il u"t, they
add trlhe more 10 attempt the eyes
OF these wild man If the woods,a"d -
at last the cxch ,uge is cffecreI, ami
yet all the while the sellers keep them
selves invisible.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27

The credit of the country was to be
ruined by the passage Of the silver bill.
So SAID all the daily Journals north ofus,
chat are run on financial questions by
stock-jobbing gold-gambling share-hOld-
ers. The bill pacsed, gold actually de-
clined and bonds Of the government adj
vanced. The average American should
learn from this how much to believe OF
the illusions of the daily press on mon
etary affairs. Those journals represent
an interest in direct antagonism with
every interest of honest industry. They
are purely speculative, consulting moth
ing bat stock exchanges aud clus-houses.
There is no honesty in anything they
write touching pecuniary matters, and
vet, when on such subjects, they pirate
nothing but commercial integrity. The
devil in the livery Of heaven covers the
case.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27

The extraordinary statement is made
that Fedor Vassilef, a peasant OF Nos
cuw, had in 1872, at the age offs. eighty
seven children by two wives. His first
wife bore him quadrupl' is four times
trlplets three times, and twins sixteen
times. His second wife, on eight oc-
casions, presented him with eighteen
children. Figty-three of Vassilef's iaml'
ly were alive in 1872. These facts 1t
is said, can be easily verified by records
in Moscow, where the Yassilefs are
we'll known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27

Ata county court held for the Coun-
~ ~ of Shenandoah on Monday FEB.
llIh, 1878.
On motion of d. + w. Myers. Kate
Schumacher. Martha T.. Richard. Joseph
Frayel. David Fravel, James u Hoover
lose oh b. Brumback, John Pitman' D.
a. N Dttel. Samuel wisman. Z. h. Hottie
Harrison Copp. Samuel Hotel. John ".
Reeser. Daniel Keller, Isaac Bowman,
Hotel & banner, Joseph Conner. Lem
mel Painter. ID. o. Bowman, Samuel
Hollar. Isaac Burner, llepry Hotel, >.
II. W. Bowman, Jacob z. Fravel ami
l. II. Funkhouser, proprietors and oc-
cupants of lands Oh either side OF Shen-
andoah river, In the said county OF Shell
audoah, Virginia who have filed ineil
pe,itIon. maying the court to declare
and establish ~ - portion OF Shellan-
doah river irou point known rs lhe
mouth OF Pugh Kun at Hotter q THih,
ter's Mill below mp said stream 10 ahu
nj point known rs the Red BANKS al
the Ripley place, a lawful fence as {
horses. cattle. hogs. sheep and goats. U
ia hereby ordered that notice OF sait
application be given by posting th'
same AT the front door OF the Vour
House of said county and two or more
public places slOng and near said river
and by publication In the Shenandoat
Herald for four successive weeks rs re-
ouired by section %. ch % Code OF 1873
GEO ". MILEY, c. &C
L. f. s:iekley. for pit. feo. l9'-4"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-02-27
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