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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

bearer OF an unholy (pOli'icaD alliance
10 hi: Congressional District.
Whilst Mr.. Fleming is $ gentle
ran cmiDen,ly worthy Of tho encoui'
ums passed upon him by " Democrat"
yet, be it understood. that sooner
would the sun change its course, than
the Democracy Of Calhoun would prove
Eecrcaus to that parole Of houar which
binds them in their allegiance to their
political faith.
Ua more occasions than one have the
Democrat, of Calhoun county thrown
themselves Into the breach and
stood Us q tgcak. water to tue tide Of .
political opposition. whose motto vas
/" rule or ruin. :" And now When spc.
cess has crowned their efforts when
,Leis count; is largely Democratic
the s,artI'us cry is heard, as emiua.
ting itnm our borders, (Which fact
the writer believes to be bogus
Territorial alliance meaning there.
bS "pO!itisal anaIgatrstIOu,
The DeLoc,atic party of Calhoun
cocu'y vii! ignore any effort. come
frum what source it msy, 20 rupture it,
pOiiIics! organization and wsru such
true uud ,tird meu Us Ben Wilson. and
others Of ike ability eau Le bad tt
represent them III Congress or elsewhere
the Democratic patty Of this Congress
iOaal District has nothing to far.
A. IF. S.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Anderson case when court adjourned
last night One bundled ADDITIONAL
statesmen have been ordered to be
drawn, ro,arnablo at one o'clock to.
day. Cassnnye.has furnished the re.
quired $500 b.il. KcuDcr is still in
jail awaiting bond. Governor Wells is
still at large aud believed to be en- route
for Washington. Hi, wife. accompa'
MED BY Governor 5. b. Packard, len
last evening for Washington.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

= majority is assured. the vote on the
resolution yesterday being ISL for aud
70 against.
Sincere pleasure vii! be felt By nearly
every one because ofIhe fact that the
members Of the Loulsisaa Returning
Board are on trial for some Of the
crimea by which the vote Of Louisiana
was stolen year ago. There should
be no hesitation in trying and paui-h.
Jog these ucu. To be sure the people
Of Louisiana have secured justice 70
far as her own State GUvernmen. il
concarncd-M Hayes having gra.
ciOusly given such pIrHdc' as he die
not need-bu; that does not excuse the
villains who perpettuted The robbery,
There should lie DO relsutiag. The
prosecution SHOULD uoI he dropped. as
has been iuIima;rd would be the cast,
but - Necessary witness" ban lsrt
the State, The witness eau be found.
aud il he is not found the country vii!
be confirmed in belief that the bar.
gsiu, Of which We bear SO much were
no. the patriotic aud uuseIf:L IN asures
taken By honest men for tue good ui
the country.
10 the House yesterd.y.a resolution
was adopted to the effect that this Con-
grcss will vote no money for objects
not Of national necessity, This vas
intended as u blow 10 the Texas Pa.
cifc. but many advocate. Of Govern.
ment aiG TO that road voted for the
resolution. Their idea is .ha, the road
is q uatioaal necessity. and taa. tho
resolution is sort Of negative en.
dnrsement Of the project Of giving it
Government aid. The same sort Of
resolution was passed a. several previ.
Gus sessions. but has never, 80 far as |
know, saved the Government any
money.
Yesterday the Supreme Court ren-
dcred a decision Of considerable inter.
est. During the war the Confederate
Government con6scated the stock Of u
chartered company & Charleston, South
Carolina, and sold it. The party own.
10y the stock at tue time Of its eouGs.
cation. claims it, on the ground that all
acts done 10 hid Of the rebellion were
illegal md of no validity, The Su.
prene Court sustains that view Of ,ac
case
Fred D, Grant. who died last week
in this city. was, III s,ine respects, d
remarkable man, and be will be widely
aud kindly remembered. lie he'd Il
responsible position in tho Wilkes EI-
plOrius Expedition 10 the Atlantic
Ocean. was IN Officer in tue Navy
duriug the late war. and va, probably
tue man bcs, known Of la,e years
among tue Odd Fellows Of the country,
lie leaves numberlts. friends aud TO
enemies.
Francis Murphy is speaking here
nightly to all =ho can crowd into eur
larges, Hall, uud says that bis recep-
ton is warmer than he expected. Ths
temperance revival here OF late has
been wonderful. and Murphy will find
it bard to do better than our own
workers huye Goue. llILTOS,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02
Reply 20 "DeliOcrat.'
GAINESVILLE, Jau, both, 1878.

EVANSVILLE. Jau. 30th. 1878.
Editor DcmOcrat:--Iu your issue Of
the 18th inst, appeared communities.
tou over the signature Of "DencIta','
wherein the writer. under the guiso Of
"a territorial alliance" proposes to
establish and carry into effect really a
poli,ical umalguriOn. and to make tho
ilun. Rober. /. Fleming the stand or
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02
Dissolution Notice.
.Nos ie. to All Whom il .Moy C0neer

Notice i. her,by given that The partner
ship herrtofor. existing under the firm maine
and style Of John R. Ryan i Co., was dis
.olred by mutual consent, as Of January LIST,
1873. Tie outstanding business Of the late
6rn will he settled and closed By Thomas
A. Edwards All notes aad accounts due
tn. arm has breu placed IN the hands Of NF.
Louis Bennett for pssmp, collection.
JOHN R. RYAN,
TH0S. A. EDWARDS.
P. TIERNEY.
feb24w
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02
JUDICIAL SALE.

In pursuance Of a decree Of the Circuit
Court of wood csua,y, pronounced In a
case Of William Woodward against Elijah
tleslr's heirs, &C., |, a, commissioner an-
pointed by said court, will, on the
9Th day Of March. 1878.
at the csart houtc door Of Lewis county, be-
ing court day, proceed TO sell at public
auction 10 the highest bidder, all the land Of
which The said fIeshes did seized, consist
Ing oil lot Of about
5 ACRES OF LAND,
on Polk Creek, in Lewis county, GA which
there Ia u frame dwelling house and other
out.housss, aud Is situated on the turnpike
road about one nils west Of Weston. And
also 4 lot Of land claimed 10 contain
% ACRES.
on Buck Hill, adjoining the Gee Lick Run
road.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02
The Gaze In Court.

NEw oaLx.ss, Januar, 2s.-only
four jurymsn have been drawn in the
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02
TERMS or SALE.

A cr.al, OF 6, IL, IS and "a months will
be given, toe purchaser giving bends and
good security for the purchase money, bear
lag intpres: from the day Of sale, and as
further security the title will be retained.
9. D. CAMDEN, Con- missioner
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02
WHOLESALE
DIV Goods & MotloNs,
vyuEELsNG w. VA

We have now open for pring Trade a
stock superior In Extent and variety 10 any
hitherto offered.
Full assortment will be maintained
throughout the season, aud prices invariat'
ly At The lowest pint.
l.: l.. DELApLAIN & son.
Wheeling. May 8.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

WANTED 10 cure case OF Catarrh in
= ach neighborhOod, with Dr.. KarHscr'
Remsdy, 10 introduce It. Sample tree.
c. ril,on. Pittsburgh, Pa. eeel43n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
and a stamped dollarto the government

and stamped dollarto the government
instead Of the mining spectators.
This defeat Of the spectators is a good
thing, but it may be doubted whether
the change is very gratifying in any
other view. In one case the mine
owners would make ten cents on dol
lar by securing better price for their
merchandise. In the other case the
government will make ten cents on a
dollar by the very proceeding by which
il repudiates that amount of IFS debts.
The spectators may feel no little
chagrin, but can the government feel q
great deal of pride in the adoption of
the amendment? 1t is not clear why a
supporter Of the silver scheme should
insist upon the change; and it is not
surprising that Mr.. Thurman voted
against it, and, in his own reported
words, event the whole hog"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
Joe Cook as an Anti.BOre.
Danbury News.

In former days when man entered
Boston newspaper Office and mani
tested a disposition to wait unit the ed
itor came in, it was customary to give
him a volume Of Emerson wherewlth
to amuse himself, but Joseph Cooks
Monday lectures have been substitute
and the effect is excellent. The visitor
comes in, happy and smiling; he knows
all about the Bogardus kicker, and Max
Adeler's chair that shuts a man up IKE
jack-knife, and Burdette's movable
floor that slides man out of the ear
torial room, and he is not to be imposed
upon by any of these things. He picks
up chair, sets it down near that OF al
assistant scribbler, cutter and paste
and shouts, editor isn't in, is he
NO." says the victim, smiling with th'
sweetness that comes of long practice
He won't be in for three hour
Wouldn't you like something to rea1
until he comes % and handing out To-
advertiser, the assistant goes to woll
again. The visitor begins on the Mq
day lecture Immediately, begulled
the biggest letters that the Adtst$
conscience allows it to use. AT the Gu
Of five minutes he gasps, "Great nla
this Cook a" In ten, he whispers,
mense man. In fifteen, he look,
and inquiries, "Say, do you talk ~ ,1
this all the time in Boston,
can" says the assistant, briefly. We
well, murmurs the visitor, and sD
away, forgetting his errand, and los d
use and name and fame in what
Cook would call the tortuous ensN'I
ment and engirdling enyironme,n
the efflorescent possibilities of poE
tables.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
Restoring the Models.

The result of the attempt TO restore
the models damaged in the late fire
bids fair to more than realize eXpecta-
ton. About 5000 models have already
been restored, and from present midi
cations the whole number capable of
being put in good cond ition will reach
atleast 5000 IN ore than the Commits
sioners estimate, or about 1900. 1t
is doubtful, however. if the present APP
preparation will be sufficient for the
purpose. as it Is believed that it will be
exhausted by the time that the restor-
inc of the 10000 models originally eSti-
mated for has been completed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
The Bottom Of the Ocean.

Mr.. Green, the famous diver. tells
singular stories of his adventures when
making search in the deep waters of the
ocean. He gives some sketches of
what he saw on the Silver Banks, near
Hayti:
The banks of the coral on which my
divings were made are about forty miles
in length, and from ten to twenty in
breadth. On this bank of coral is pre-
scented to the diver one of the most
beautiful and sublime scenes the eye
ever beheld. The water varies from
ten to one hundred feet in depth, and is
so clear that the diver can see from two
to three hundred feet while submerged,
with little obstruction to the sight.
The bottom of the ocean in many
places on these banks is as smooth as a
marble floor in others it is studded
with coral columns, from ten to one
hundred feet in height, and from one
to eight feet in diameter. The tops of
the more lofty support myriad of
pyramidical pendants, each forming a
myriad more, giving the reality to the
imaginary abode of some water nymph.
In other places the pendants form arch
after arch, and as the diver stands on
the bottom of the ocean and gazes
through those into the deep, winding
avenue, he feels that they fill him with
as deep an awe as if he were in some
old cathedral which had long been
buried beneath "old oceans wave"
Here and there the coral extends even
to the surface Of the water, as if those
loftier columns were towers belonging
to those stately temples now in ruins.
There were countless varieties Of d.
minutive trees, shrubs, and plants in
every crevice of the coral, where the
water had deposited the least earth
They were all of faint hue. owing to
the pale light they received, although
of every shade, and entirely different
from plants l am familiar with that
vegetate on dry land. One in particu-
lar attracted my attention it resem-
bled a sea-fan of immense size, of
variegated colors, and of the most bril-
liant hue.
The fish which inhabit those banks l
found as different in kind as the scenery
was varied. They were of all forms,
colcrs, and sizes, from the symmetrical
goby to the globe-like sun-fish from
those of the dullest hue to the change
able dolphin from the spots of the
leopard to the hues of the sunbeam
from the harmless minnow to the vora-
cious shark. Seine had heads like
squirrels, others like cats and dogs one
of the small size resembled bull-ter-
rier. Some darted through the water
like meteors, while others could scarcely
be seen to move.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27

According to recent official statistics
the total power of all the steam engines
existing in France is 100000 horse
power, representing the actual labor of
1850, 900 horses or 81 100000 men. This
last aggregate is equal to ten times the
present industrial population, which
amounts to 100000 souls, but from
which must be subtracted old people,
women, and children. leaving n remain
der of 5000, 900 working men.
1t is interesting, says La Nature, to
compare the above data with the con-
dition of affairs in 1888, before steam
engines were introduced in France as
we are thus led to appreciate the enor-
nous revolution which steam and i'm
proved machinery have produced. Just
ninety years ago in every 100000, 600
worth of French products, sixty per
cent. of the value represented labor and
forty per cent. raw material. To-day
this ratio is exactly reversed, although
labor has increased forty per cent. At
the present time the total industrial
products of France aggregate value of
about 81, 400,O00,000. OF this Sl,400,-
uON,'VO ItpIestLte Ia" HlalcIlai, ana
the remainder labor. If the same pro-
portion as existed in l7SS applied now,
taking into account the increase in Ia
Dor noted above, no less than eleven
twelfths of the above amount or $, 200
100000, would be the cost of handi-
work. Roughly, then, steam engines
and improved tools have produced an
economy of 81 ,200,000,000; but more
than this, if they were suddenly swept
out of existence and forgotten there
are not enough men and animals in the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
WOman's Economy.

The dried apple of to-day has D
dred yards the start Of the dried u
of ten years ago, but yet all peeps,
not willing to admit it. A DetroH
Ger was trying to induce a woniaIt
buy a three-pound package, lns' yea
half a brshel of green apples, w.
her that she would save money F"
operation. -
Yes, Knight save money, anu >
| might Mt" she unused.
Il know you would" he urseu;
But, if took home drie q app, !
stead of green, there would De Nv /
ings for the children, and no cor.
my husband to chew on durll- =.
long evening. And there's Ihe
holes-they're awful nice for n'
naries."
She took green apples.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
country to supply an equivalent amount
of power, and even if there were, there
would be no way of procuring the neces.
sary food for their support.
Hum or.

Our latest news from Sitting Buu
is that-(we keep this in type all the
time.
Give Johnny his skates, and tell him
10 drop in at the undertaker's "a he
goes up to the park, and say whether
he wants silver handles or not.-P,.ok
You can get very good idea of
natural selection" in its practical
workings, by viewing a celery glass
after it has been once around the table
-HaWkeye.
Here is the tallest baby story vet. A
Xenia, (Ohio) widow (of how long stand.
ing is not stately is credited with having
given birth to twins, one of which was
white and the other black.
The Hawkeye insinuates that Josh
Billings can't walk crack more than
once or twice month at an average
We are glad to perceive that the bril-.
liant Hamkeye man is opposed to Bill
lings' gait.-Stamtord Advocate.
A sweet, blue-eyed Nevada bride
clad in gossamer tulle, remarked, as
the clergyman joined her hand with
that Of her lover: I'll be COL darned if
| don't believe that plaster's striking
through the back of my dress"
The recent thaw has made the roads
so bad that eggs in this city have gone
up to 45 cents dozen again, although
we never could see why a country hen
should quit laying because the roads
get muddy.-Burtingt0 HdWkeW.
Phoebe Colman, negress living at
Chicago six months ago, was 119 years
old and beginning to fail, but she fell
down stairs twice and had paralyic
stroke, and now she has gone to meet
Methuselah and the Countess of Or.
mond.
An English paper gives the origin Of
the word damn" 1t says the oath is
a corruption of the French exclama.
ton dame" This may be SO, but We
always thought the word damn" orig.
mated by a man going out into the yard
an hour after shutdown and being alb
ruptly caught under the chin by
clothes line.-No,ristoun Herald.
-Tinkle, tinkle, trade do.-iar,
How wonder what you are.
When within our palms you lie
We can't tell how much you'll buy.
Trenton Gazette
Yet. though Uncle Sam discard. you
And the Comment disregards you,
You buy ten yer cent, or so,
Moren you would four years ago.
We don't want Moore Township
girl for lung tester. At a singing
school up there the other night young
man was Dragging about the strength d
his lungs, and invited girl in the com
pany to hit him in the breast. She
said she was left-handed; had beer
washing that day and was tired and
didn't feel very active, but at his urgHi
request she let go at him, Whe&
friends went to pick him up he saaf
thought he would die easier lying dCr
He had lost all recollection of hayg
any lungs, but the young woman Gu
soled him by admitting that she didi
hit him as hard rs she might haN
done, because she rather liked him.
EoSon Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27
The French Marriage Law.

The Boston Post of Thursday says !:
" A few days since lady called at the
Mayors office and requested that the
marriage intentions of two parties re.
siding in Paris should be posted in the
office. Not understanding exactly the
exigencies of the case, the Mayor sent
to the French Consul for information
on the subject. The latter drew up
two odd-looking documents in the
French language and sent them to the
Mayor, with a full explanation of the
case. Itappears that Pierre Reintet, a
Frenchman, residing in Boston, has
minor son, Henri, who resides in
Paris. The latter desires to marry
Hortense, a minor daughter of Laurent
Carrot, who lives with her parents in
Paris. AS both parties are minors, the
civil marriage laws of France require
that the marriage intention shall be
published for two weeks at the resi-
dences Of the parents Of both, and
therefore the intention of Henri must
be published in Boston. This is prob
ably the first case where the permission
of the Mayor of Boston has been held
necessary for the marriage of a French
man to French woman, both of whom
reside in Paris. The two documents
referred to were a notice of the inten-
ton, which is now posted in conspic-
uous place in the Mayors office, and a
certificate, to be signed by the Mayor
and sealed with the city seal, stating
that the intention has been published
for two weeks, and that no objection
has been made"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-27

clause from the Bland bill is discrimi-
mating, as between gold and silver
against silver, but this is not fatal de-
feet. The limitation upon the amount
of silver that shall be coined is not far
from the limitation practically imposed
by the capacity of the minis, but this
does not kill the efficacy of the bill.
But the overlapping value Of the bill
appears in the fact that it calls halt
upon the money power in this country.
The people have triumphed. It was not
merely the victory of a party, for the
peoples cause gathered two-thirds of a
republican senate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-10
A TRIUMPH IN HORSE SURGERY.

The success Of Griffith G.. Williams, n mer-
chant Of Utica in treating and saving n valued
horse that had n broken leg. is proved to be
complete. and II naturally attracts much atten-
ton. and provokes no little discussion among
men who have to do with horses. The practice
from all time has been to regard a broken
limbed horse as ruined. and to kill It. In view
Of Mr.. Wliams's experience II may not be un-
interesting to call the circumstances and the
treatment
Tho animal was n black marc that easily
made her mile In three minutes a model Of
grace and beauty and Of such excellent dlspo-
sition that women and children drove her with
safety. Mr.. Williams valued her at 81. 900. not
so much for her speed as for her rare combina-
ton OF good qualities. A twist In a rut broke
her right hind leg between the fetlock and the
gambrcl Joint. The break could not have been
made in n worse place. The advice OF veteri-
nary surgeons that she be killed was disregard
ed. The mare was sung up in blanket and
precisely the same treatment was given as Is
employed in broken limbs in men. The bones
were placed carefully in position. the limb was
bandaged and then set in plaster. In six
weeks the animal could bear her weight. and In
seven weeks she was taken from the sling. At
the broken part there was considerable enlarge
ment. and there were not wanting evidences OF
the limbs weakness. The case was widely
commented on at the time. and the prediction Of
those who saw the mare and Of writer's who
joined in the discussion wns unfavorable to the
getting Of any practical service from her. The
New York sporting journals in particular ex-
pressed the opinion that the cost and bother
must come to more than the animals worth.
even though the operation were successful
This was in March 1876 The representative
OF the Utica Morning Herald. who has visited the
mare within a week. pronounccs her absolutely
cured and seemingly rs sound in the injured
limb as che was on the day before II was broken.
The enlargement has entirely passed away. and
the mare spins around the Driving Park track
or over the smooth Oneida County roads at her
od-tme three minute gait ms readily as before
While moving at her fastest she shows no sign
of having been injured. She is the mother Of a
promising Hambletonian colt two months old
Experienced horsemen pronounce her abso-
lutely rs good rs previous to the accident. The
total cost OF the treatment was less than 800.
Mr.. Williams, who ia something Of horse
iancier. is strongly Of opinion that nine out Of
ten similarly broken legs may be reset and the
horse saved 10y the simple process he used.
whether this be 50 or not, 1t is plain that veteri-
nary surgeons cannot longer ridicule his ex-
pertinent; and it is altogether quite possible
that lie has opened 10 them a new door for study
and uraetica