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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-12-18
The latest.

Having just returned from Phila-
delphia with Il full line of Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, { c am prepared to sell
them lower than they were ever sold
before. II, N. DEATRICK,
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-12-18
Another Slaughter.

We are still in the fead on the apple
qu estion. Prime Ohio Apples can be
had at G. NJ. SHAFFER & SONS
Decd 2t.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-12-18

The Democrats of the Sixth SEN
Atorlal district of Philadelphia
astonished the .stalwafts by in
dorslng the nomination of DR.. S.
CLARK Frisby, a colored man, as
candidate for the State Senate.
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Mourning Goods, also Black Eng
lish Grape, suitable for Wells and Trim
mings at G.. w. HOkE'S.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-12-18

For Beaverton and Corduroy, the
bes. and cheapest in town, go to
j. II. SHAFFER'S.
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Notice

T OTHE OWNERS OF DOGS.-Hav-
l. ing invested large sum of money in
the purchase OF IMPROVED sheep, which
look to as the means of supporting my
family, and having recently had my flock
invaded and some of my sheep killed and
wounded by 'sheep stealing dogs" take
this occasion to give notice to all who
value their dogs, to keep their dogs of
my farm, for shall certainly deal very
summarily with any dog that find upon
my premises. JAS. H. GRIFFITH,
nov27-4t Near Martinsburg.
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q % Joyful News for Boys and Girls I
~AEeE<khJ Young and Old III A NEW IN
vENrIoN just patented for them,
H7%ssRH * for Home use
AS3 Fret and Scroll Saving, Turning,
n Boring, Drilling, Grinding, Polishing,
- Screw Cutting. Price SIS to eco.
lss,snsXM Send 6 cents for 100 pages,
s@~3% RHRAIM BROWN, Lowell, Mass
(dee4-ly.)
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NEWADVERTYSEME
Notice to Trespassers

4 LII PERSONS are hereby notified not
N to trespass on my premises, adjoin-
ing the lands of George Nipe, decd, VIM.
Mcdonald, and others at Greensburg,
Berkeley county-by hunting, crossing
fields, cutting or carrying off timber,
throwing down fences, or in any way
whatever, as will enforce the law to its
fullest extent against all such offenders.
decl8 st. MARY BOWERS.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

TINE BERKELEY COUNTY BONDS,
j. authorized % be issued under Act OF
the Legislature of West Virginia. APPROX
ed March 8, 1879, are now in the hands
of the agent; and parties holding old bonds
are requested TO present the same to me
for payment or exchange.
A. J. THOMAS,
decl8f Agent for Berkeley County.
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A DVERTTSERS! send for our Select
"A List of Local Newspapers. GEO. P.
HOWELL Il CO., 10 Spruce ST., N. Y.
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QHHH A YEAR aud expenses to
OI ! l agents. Outfit Free. Address
P. o. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
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One Acre of Ground,


situate on the MART nsburg and Williams
port Turnpike, three quarters of mile
of land formerly owned by Jonathan
Strine, and adjoining the lands OF Jacob
Wisner j. Son.
TERMS OF SALE.-One half cash and
the residue in ninety days, the deferred
payment to be secured by lean ON the
property.
viii be sold At private sale, GOOD
COAL STOVE, with drum attached, the
same which has been used in the school
room, and which is in good order.
BY order Board of Education Opequon
Township,
THOS. S. WILLIAMS,
decl8-4t. Secretary.
, 1880-05-20
Tornadoes and Emigration.

The destruction Of more than hun
dred lives and of about $l,0o0,oC0 OF
property at Marshfeld, recently, by a
tornado which swept through the central
part of Missouri, is not cheerful event
for the contemplation of people who are
thinking Of n home in the West. The
frequent cyclones and tornadoes which
terrify the inhabitants Of several States,
are undoubtedly a serious objection in
the estimation of many, to choosing a
residence within their limits. Even if
the probability of wreck by tornado is
remote, there are comparatively few
neighborhoods in certain parts of the
West, which wholly escape injury each
year from the prevalence Of violent
wind storms. The immigrants from
Germany, Ireland, Norway and Sweden
may not be frightened from the West
by the stories OF its terrific storms, but
many inhabitants Of Eastern States un-
questionably consider the terror of the
tornado one serious objection to migra-
tion. westward. Women especially,
dread removal to region where such
visitations as that which afflicted
Missouri Sunday evening as q possible
occurrence. However, the ills which
mortals suffer are for the most part
those of imagination, and were accurate
statistics to show the exact proportion of
residents OF the West who have suffered
injury to person or property from the
fury Of the elements, the apprehensionS
of the timid would be rapidly dimin-
isbed. II is said that it would be alb
solutely safer to travel by rail than to
walk the streets Of Boston, and as the
security Of life in that staid city is
notable, the horror of an occasional
railway disaster need beget no reluctance
of the traveller to embark on the rail-
way train. A similar array of statis-
tics as to the probability of injury by
wind storms would unquestionably re.
move much Of the alarm which makes
many regard the West as AN undesir-
able place Of residence. Like fatal
stroke Of lightning, the tornado is fear
ful when it does break forth, but not
Que death in a wilIion, and perhaps in
many millions, is caused either by light
ming or tornado.
, 1880-05-20
4 Convicted Murdexex's Elo-
quence. n,rs

A colored man plsaded his own case
with marked success in Dallas, Texas, a
week ago. He was accused of crime
as grave as murder, and had been con.
victed. The judge denied the motion
for new trial, and asked the custom
ary question "Have you anything to
say why sentence should not be pro-
nouncedT The prisoner responded that
he knew nothing he could say would in
fuence the court, as all the forms Of law
had been complied with, but he
would like to say few words to his
colored friends He started off slowly
and deliberately, reviewing the tssti-
mony, showing the inconsistencies of
Witnesses statements, and then, carried
away with the idea Of the wrong done
him, he burst forth in strain of elo-
quence seldom heard. When he sat
down the judge said "Sam, / thought
you guilty /; l don't believe you so now,
and will set aside tho judgment overrul-
ing your motion for new trial and give
you another chance" The county at
torney dismissed the case and the pris-
oner walked out of the court room a
free man. He was "common field
hand" the local paper says, "and uned-
ucated. New York Tribune.
, 1880-05-20
Resuscit.tion.

People at Pesth are reported 80 be IN
state Of amazement at the recovery of
q criminal who had been hanged. 1t is
an unusual event, yet not by any means
unprecedented. While the famous Sir
William Petty, on of those rare rolling
stones who gathered moss everywhere,
was giving anatomical lectures at Ok
ford, he acquired great celebrity by
bringing to life girl who had been
hanged for a crime Of which it was
eventually proved that she was inno-
cent This feat probably largely as
sisted in gaining for him, the following
year, the appointment of Professor OF
Anatomy at the college founded by
Thomas Gresham in London. The year
1886 was especially notable for this sort
of cases in England. In Hertfordshire
riots had arisen in connection with turn
pike tolls, and several persons were sem
fenced to be executed. Among them
was one Reynolds. He was cut down,
after hanging, by the executioner, and
placed in coffin; but as it was being
thrust down, pus his head up and en-
deavored to force up the lid. The exc
cutioner, probably intent on concealing
his own bad execution, would have
thrust him in and forced down
the lid, but the mob saw what he was
about and prevented it, nearly killing
the executioner. Reynolds was taken
to his house, where he threw up great
deal Of blood. A glass Of wine was
given to him, and it was at first thought
he would recover, but he died within q
few hours. The sheriff, believing the
man dead, had left Immediately after
the hanging. In the following Septsm-
Der, Joshua Harding and John Vsrn-
ham were condemned for houre break
ing, and hanged at Bristol When cut
down, both revived, but the latter died
the same night. Harding was placed in
the city prison. He said he remember.
ed being at the gallows, but had no re-
collection Of Vernham's being with him.
He was pardoned, and placed in chari-
table institution, chiefly, it appears, out
of consideration of a weak intsllect.
The most elaborate preparations were
made for saving the Rev. DR.. Dodd, ex-
ecuted for forging the name of the Earl
of Chesterfeld-(not the Lord Chester,
field, be it observed, who wrote the ia
nous letters.) It'll recorded on excel
lent authority that the doctors life was
not extinct when he was removed from
the gallows, and that he might have
been saved had tho room to which he
had been taken been nearer to the place
| of execution. We believe that arrange
| ments made many years ago, With simi-
lar intent, failed through hlunder as to
! time, which caused the medical men to
arrive too late. 1t is a strong point,
among many in favor Of the guillotine,
that it makes no failures, but is an abso.
| lutely certain and rapid agent of death.
IN. Y. Times.
, 1880-05-20
A Bold Swindllng Operation.

A singular story of wholesale swim
ding and iuconceivable credualty comes
from Rome. About year ago young
and beautiful woman, believed to be an
American, and credited with the posses
sion Of an enormous fortune, arrived at
the Italian capital, accompanied by a
Young man belonging to one OF the old.
est and most distinguished Roman fam
lies and by donkey. Shortly after
her arrival she wpS married to the
Young aristocrat, whose name the Ital-
ian papers conceal under the title of
Signor X. The couple went upon a
wedding tour, and spent money with
lavish hands. They selected the city of
Portidi for their home, saying that they
wished to live in retirement while await
ing the completion of Madame's twenty
fifth year, when she would come into
full possession Of her fortune, and would
receive six millions Of dollars. Every
one was ready to give credit to such
a great heiress. A Roman gentleman,
in whose villa tte couple lodged, loaned
them $4,000 francs, and guaranteed
payment for 100000 francs worth of
jewelry which they had bought in Ma
pies. They made debts among the
Neapolitan merchants and bankers
to the amount of 100000 francs. In
Rome they victlmized the shopkeepers
heavily for diamonds, corals, costly furs
and other portable articles Of high price
Nothing seemed too costly, provid,
ed they could get credit for it.
They even had the handles of parasols
and umbrellas set with precious stones
They contracted to buy the Villa
Mirafori for 100000 francs, bought
seven carriages and forty horses, and or,
dered private railway. car and yacht.
Within year they managed to make
debts to the extent of over half q mil
lion Of dollars. The date fixed far pay
ment was in all cases the first of March.
In February the couple went to Paris
and then to London, movement which
seemed to excite no suspicion among
their creditors but on the first of
March news came from Rome chat they
had gone to America, taking with them
an immense quantity of baggage. A
few days later banker in Rome re-
oeived letter from the husband, soying
that the will making his wife rich
heiress had been set aside, and that
they had gone to America, hoping with
perseverance and indefatigable effort to
regain the position they had occupied in
the world. IN. Y. Tribune.
, 1880-05-20
Summer Visiting.


Suppose went with you to this la-
dy's house'--Ford touched with the
stem of his pipe letter which lay open
on the table pulled it near him-"and
visited among your friends, the nobility
and gentry, 1 should be reminded by
thousand things every day that I was a
sham and pretender. That kind Of
people always take it for granted that
you feel and think with them, and I
don't You can't help telling them so,
how ever. And suppose l tried to con-
form, should be an amateur amongpro-
fessionals. They have the habit Of
breeding and elegance, as they under
stand it. I may have a loftier ideal,
but haven't discipline; can't realize
my ideal, and they do realize theirs
poor souls! That makes me the inferior;
that makes me hate thcm.' Ford took
up his pipe.
"Oh," said Phillips, "you can put an
ironical face on, but suspect what you
say IL really your mind" o..
"Of course it is. At heart I am q
prince in disguise; but your friends
won't know it il I sit with my coat of.
That would vex me" He took up the
letter from the table, and holding it OF
arms length, admired it. "Such
hand alone is enough, the smallest let
ters half an inch high, and all of them
struggling their shoulders. I can't come
up to that If I went to this lady's
house, to be like her other friends
and acquaintance I should have
to be Just arrived from Europe,
or just going; my talk should
be of London and Paris and
Rome, of the Saturday Review and the
Revue des Deux Mondes, of English
politics and society; my own country
should exist for me on sufferance through
a compassionate curiosity, half repul-
sion; ought to have recently dined at
Newport with poor Lord aud Lady
Scamperton, who are finding the climate
80 terrible; and should be expected to
speak of persons Of the highest social
distinction by their first names, or the
first syllable Of their FIRST names. You
see, that's quite beyond me- An do
bring yoar friend, Mr.. Ford" he read
from the letter mincingly, and laughed.
81 leave it to your fertile invention to
excuse me, Philips" a.1a, y1i
He kindled his pipe, and Phillips
presently went went away. 1t was part
of his routine not to fix himself in any
Summer resort, but to keep accessible to
the invitations which did not fail him.
He found his account in this socially,
and it did not remain unsaid that he also
gratifed passion for economy in it;
but the people who said this continued
among his hosts Late in the Summer,
or almost when the leaves began to turn,
he went away to the hills for a fortnight
or three weeks, providing himself with
quarters in some small hotel, and making
a point of returning to the simplicity Of
nature. In the performance of his rite
he wore straw hat with wide brim
and flannel shirt, and he took walks
in the woods with the youngest young
ladies among the boarders. N.l !,
|
, 1880-05-20
Eugenie'5 Crown,

The ex.Emprsss Eugsnie before
starting to Hululand presented her i'm
perial crown to the Church of Notre
Dame des Victories, Paris. 1t is OF
great value on account of its artistic
composition and the number of precious
stones it contains After the Empress
flight from France the new government
ordered that all the valuables of the I'm
perial family, including the crown, the
regalia, and the sword OF state, shonld
be deposited with the Bank of France.
But a rumor soon got abroad that the
Empress crown, together with the cele.
brated Regent diamond, had been Sc
cretly forwarded to London to the care
of the Rothschilds. A litCle later the
gossips affirmed that it had been sold by
DR.. Evans, the American dentist, and
that the proceeds had been applied to
the support Of the Empress at Chisel.
hurst The true account of her fight
and of the valuables she took with her,
has recently been published. 1t ap-
pears that when Prince Motternich ap-
peared at the Tuilcries and babe the
Empress hasten her departure she went
hurriedIy into her bedroom, put on q
brown waterproof cloak, q round tray
cling hat, took q green parasol, began
to collect together in great haste all the
miniatures Of the Emperor, Of her son,
of her sister, the Duchess d'AIbe, and of
her niece, and put them into lspislazuh
box. which, however, in the haste of her
flight she was destined to leave behind
snake haste, Madame, / hear cries;
they are mounting the stairs; they are
comingl" cried NJ Nigra. Prince Met.
ternich went boldly into the bedroom
and took. the Empress by the arm
Every one had, more or less, lost their
presence of mind. Tho Empress left
without taking any money with her, al
though there were about 10000 francs
in the drawers, and Marshal Valiant,
who had had thought of this, and
bringing some rouleaux of gold with
him, had with the greatest difficulty sue
ceeded in entering the Palace by the
gate in the Rue de Rivoli, arrived too
late to give them to the Empress. She
was driven to the hotel of DR.. Evans,
who supplied her with money. She was
then put into the hands of Sir John
Burgoyne, who conveyed her across the
Channel; and when she set foot on
British shores she was almost penniless
In the subsequent arrangement of her
affairs, after the Commune, lnany Of her
Valuables, and among them the crown,
were restored to her.-New York
Herald.
, 1880-05-20

Somebody writes to the Woman's
Journal protesting against hats that are
turned up so as to look jaunty, and says
that he went to a funeral the other day
and found his attention distracted from
the services by the jaunty millinery
worn by the ladies present. There is no
occasion too solemn to divert mans
mind from staring at bonnets, is there :
Boston Transcript.
, 1880-05-20

There will be general and profound
sympathy with the poor Grand Vzi.r
at Constantinoplo. They have to CIT
his pay down from $4,000 per month
to 81, 900 There has been a public, an
nouncement that lis wives will take in
washing.
, 1880-05-20

FREE GIFT ! taT aV Win E6T Ihsa@s'Isn' y a
n-rlIyss nerlIalga nervous and sexual debility, gen
era III health, wasting decay, urinary diseases, spL al
diseases dyspepsia etc 10 whom will be sent my BOOK
on medical electricity and eitetrog anlc belts, word
iiyes by curing chroni, Diseases Send symptems and
stamp for diagnOs.s to DIR, G. W. E0kpLS, -
ia West Fourth st., Ciucinna'i o.
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1880-06-06

etlud 1106 WieiIen. 9eiltt III lie fir 1920
Uiellen. NIIo nif5t einnlaI Die 8iitdlt3ell
tonner ben YiEoteft aIs Wegtueijer oiellell.
gluBeroem lit bic T6aIFabrf bon D<k
Bergfdbrt gan3 Derlhieoen. Sf06reI1 0j<
Dampfer itromabmdrfs, 10 lpd6ISn lje ben
grDBen breiten 0auptlfronl, neil 3bnsu
Damn Die StrDmIna oes 6lulIes an @dilsI
|ligteit bilft. syahren lie ieDpd ilrOnrauf~
pdrts, 10 beniibeil ne ale Nebenarnle unD
Banous uno GbDies, bic ihreu Meg 0b-
fiirjen uno auBeroem teine ifarfs 6tr0muug
|enthalten, Die ianen I'M Wege iein sDiir0e-
Sur 3eit Der ueber5tblpemmunaen fontIlf
ju Der WlIliilippi. 9difffahrt nod, cine
begrenStem TbeiIe bis yidsburg 1T oieieibs
aller0lngs nidt Dorbanoen, aber IN 6taatt
S0utllaiIa uuroe Der uruaI0 bis auI
plele Wfeilen lanoeiulpdrts ausaehauer1.
luno on teiner Gteae befiuben It'd fieflie-
9etoe .3nferpiantageii. Ole iilt sfrii9iahr
big anf orelBig nnb gar piersig Wtsilen IN
Der Gltftoe pollitdnoig inter gBolltr liilD-
Oa5u f0mmt Der NebeI nno Der bpn ben
brennenoen RiifltdnDen Der 3nderplunto.
Gen, Der Begalle, ersen9ie 0id)te iueibe
Hand1, Der alles nit einem un0urhorinas
lld1en 5dleier iiber3isbt. Gar hdufig
tonlnlt es oann Dor, Dab Der Ingeiibie vi.
lot IN 0em nn9ebeuereI see oas ridltiae
Strombett berldBt uno irosnoips lanoeins
Ddrts fdbrt. 98obI gelingt es ibm nlitun.
ter luieoer in ben 6luB slriid5ufomnlen.
aber ebenio hdufig bleibt Der OampFer am
felten 2anoe ligen. uno flieBt oann bns
gSaller ab, 10 fann man ben ieItenen Mns
bid zines aroben WiiIiiippi Dampfers
mltten aui trodenem lan0, cine Utelle pom
Strome entfernt, 9eneBen!
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Ser 8 mon oes SpieIs.

Yon bier enrasirten Sfatipielern tuirb
elmer bonn Shlu9e seriibrt uno iit So{ort
tobt. Seine Witlpieler iinb tief erlhiittert.
gnolid Iaet Serr Rulide, Iid uorbeusenb:
,,Boaer bod NAL leben, mas Der Gelige
fir N Spiel 9ebabt hat."
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1880-06-06
Mannigfaltigrs.
9eraefdeibte 5unb.

a.: o5eben Sic nal. 6as iii bee
S6nau5erl bonn Hadbar. SD Tag Sbnen,
Der lit fliiger. als iein Serr."
y. (nahoenflid5): Sold einen 6ur6
bab' ih aud einnal eebabt!"
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1880-06-06
Geltiame Sppotbe5e.

ssu1s (4usIdnner): ,9a. 2eibbur5A.
lieh NAL Die hiibihe 4hotosrapbie - Der
&0nig uno ieine 3luei Ginoer.~
BurI9: .llniinn. Der Gonig IN fin0er@
los, mie ou tpiiien t6nnteit |"
6u4s: pgtuu, oaltn limbs feline Gntel.s
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1880-06-06
gifenbabn. q a hrid5t.

Ser 8abnauTleber @einbolb mu6 5uin
inneren OienIi perieBt tperoen, neil es iuie.
oerbolt oorfam, baB bel nebelieem Wstter
ooer in Der Abenobdmmerung bic Babns
sise Dor leiner rOtben giaie breniiten.
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1880-06-06

Nurba,nidt. Ser ueritorbsne 5iirIt
pldlsr lDuros sinIt BEL Sofs BON benz 5iir.
itsn Wittaenitein gefraat ,,Sie baben 10
Diels ldnoer seisben. ia9en Gle bod, in
tpelshsm ganbe lsbt es lid nenn am Be.
siiens"-yD. antworiste Der Jiira, Ks
Isbt lih allsr Orten gut, lisber gDiiteen.
ltsnl, nur bn nibt, no Die Musgabs bic
Ginnabms iibGltsiat.s uno no WsnlAsn
mstt ussm6osS aI6 bic Gsitbs."
Westliche blaÌˆtter. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1865-1919, 1880-06-06
paa 0a0lid)f polkstlatt

fcffet per pc (ebne sonntasSbtait) $3.50 per Sabr,
sseo bas baIbe Sabr nnb $3.50 bas giereIiatr. g,it
eonntas SIT 20 per Sabs $3.50 has babe sabr
nns s2.6O bas gisreIiabr