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sHFRIFF's RETURN.


Daniel ID. Tompkins 1. no Inhab1vni OF ny
bai,Iw.ck nor found therein. this u Oi October,
I.-O. JAS. Y. PATTERSON, d. r., for
GRO. K TIsGLE, 5. y. {.
The object 81 this suit IL 10 obtain for the com.
plainAnt from the defendant divorce from Tie
bonds OF IaatrimOny heretofore suhs.sunz be
tween them ami u appearing from an shfAyit
fled in the cause thst The defendant Il not resi-.
dent Of his State on motion Of The complainant
il b ordered that TIE aid defendant do appear
here at the next rule day to-wit on the hrst Nsf'
day In Nayrh, IssI. and do what IA Necessary 70
protect his interests herein.
Teste: SAMUEL b. AtOLDh,
JACOB. CtIcEAF1 FERsrssos.
solicitor, for Complainant
The above nsm4d defendant VIII take notlce
that the detoeitiOrs Of X ale findlay Ioinpkins,
c. r Delano ard Alice y. Delsno VIII De uken
81 the law Ofice 81 Jacob. CDcraft d Iefyuncn'
No. iIs5 Chapiine street, Wheeling. West VIZ
ginia, on the I'd day II March, a. y. i1ii D
tween the hour Of O'Clock A. =. ans eloss
YN 10 be read In eyidebce On behalf OF no
complsinsnt. and n from sny cause the Ak1ng
Of The aid depositlons shall NOT be omneneeo,
on being commenced ssau not b composed on
that day. the taking VI the same VAL % "a.
journsA from time 70 time until me ane y CON-
JACOB, CRACRAPT 4 FURGu9oS,
fsblooavt soii6son ~f ""
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC

The usual matinee will be given this
afternoon at this place OF amusement,
and this evening closes the engagement
with the list OF attractions that has been
80 pleasing during the past week. Miss
10 has been the big drawing card.
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OPERA HOUSE.
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 23d.
EDITH O'CORMAN,
known % the world ~ the
ESCAPED NUN
i coming u Wh'FTINK.
Crowded Houses in Baltimore and Rich

OTUWUtu HOUbtS III DHIIIIlIOTU HHU KkIVH-
mond.
She has been converted Ia Professionalism, and
was for nix year, an inmate u IT. Jo'eph's Con.
vent JERSEY city. She will deliver an eloquent,
surfing and thrilling lecture entitled. LIFE
IL 4 CONVENT" PatruuZel by the best class
Of people Edith Ottoman comes highly gu.
dorsed. Phc took both the white and black veil
aud is the Grs. and Ouly Nuuw has ever ap
world ia itSelf aud those who fail Ia hear Nlo
O'Gurman have no idea what great treat they
are missing. Her l.,turc i inisusely Interest.
ing something tSat everyone wsn'stD hear She
j. n lady Of uuqucstisned ability, an1 NJ sspcas
er her equal hn, rcvcr been heard in Wheeling.
Come early n ycu wish seat. Standing room
only everywhere
Tickets only Is cents. Including r reserved
seat Il secured Immediately. att W. Banner.
muscsLprc. Hasten "a secure your tickets now.
fphlpt
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Legal Notice.

STATE or wFsr VIRGINIA, ono oDCr.
= y Cir,ui, Court. February Ruiz. 1871
Haunetut BeckcfJ
W. la Chaucery Tor D,yofes.
Leopold Becker.
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AT THE OPERA HOUSE.

There was but medium sized audi.
ence at the Opera House last evening
to witness the performance OF Haverly's
Mas,odons. The night was bad one
to get out, and doubtless this, combined
with the fact that a minstrel perform
ance always falls little hat unless the
house be crowded, did not produce as
much enthusiasm as might have been
expected. There were some really good
points about the show, and the singing
was excellent in the first part, over
forty performers being on the stage.
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AMUSEM ENTS.
Notes Pertaining TO the Professional
Stage.

THE ESCAPED NUS rs COMING.
Miss Edith O'Gorman, known to the
world as 1.-The Escaped Nun" who has
been converted TO Professionalism and
was for six years an inmate OF st.
Joseph's Convent, Jersey City, is com
ing to Wheeling next Wednesday even
ing. February 23j, at the Opera House,
and will deliver an eloquent, startling
and thrilling lecture, entitled Life in n
Convent" which she says is world IL
sell. She has recently been lecturng TO
crowded houses in other cities, and is
the first and only Nun who has ever ap
peared before the public as a speaker.
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IT KNOW THAT."-A London paper
has heard of case where droll fellow
named Scrubs got into first class rail.
way carriage, before smoking carriages
we're invented. In the carriage was
seated a sour.looking old gentleman.
After the train hadstarted, Scrubs
took out his pipe.
"You mustn't smoke here," at once
said the old gentleman.
81 know that" replied Scrubs. He
then calmly filled his pipe.
"Did I not tell YOU" said the o. 6.
again, "that you can't smoke here 2"
II know that" gloomily replied
Scrubbs, taking out his tusee box. He lit
fusee, but now the wrath Of the o. 6.
was dreadful.
"You shant smoke here, sirI" he
shrieKed.
II know that" added Scrubs, allow
ing the fusee to exhaust itself, when he
lit another, and another; the stencil was
awful, the smoke suffocating.
The o. g., coughing and spluttering,
struggled for words. "You'd better
smoke" said he.
II know that" replied Scrubbs, ap.
playing the blazing fusee to The expec-
tant pipe.
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The Credit System in the South.

1t is about time that southern planters
and farmers abandoned the pernicious
credit system. In the cotton states par.
ticularly, where it prevails extensively,
it is the great drawback to their pros
perity. However good their crops may
be, they find themselves, as a rule, in
debt at the end OF the year. The profits
of their years work 90 into the pockets of
the country merchants who furnish them
their supplies. AS the system is prac-
ticed the planter or farmer gives the
merchant a lien on his crops to be grown
and the merchant, being secured, furn-
ishes the necessary supplies. There is
no agreement about the prices that shall
be paid for the supplies, but the mer-
chant is careful to exact interest on the
advances which he makes. When the
lien is given the planter or farmer is in
the power of the merchant. His credit
is destroyed so far as obtaining anything
elsewhere is concerned, and his merchant
can, and does, in q majority of cases,
charge him just what he likes for the
supplies which he furnishes. These
charges are generally from 80 to 100 per
cent. higher than the ruling market rates.
The planter or farmer may complain OF
the exorbitant prices which he is forced
to pay, but what can he do? He must
have supplies and he hasn't either cash or
credit. He is, therefore, forced to COM
ply with the terms of the merchant who
holds the mortgage on his growing crops.
The supreme court of Mississippi, few
days ago, rendered a decision which will
afford the farmers of that State some
relief. A merchant who held mort.
gage on the crops of a farmer foreclosed
It. The lower court allowed his bill
against the farmer, although it was shown
that the prices charged were at least
double those charged for the same arti-
cles when sold for cash. The case was
appealed and tie supreme court reversed
the decision of the lower court. The
higher court said: "The purchaser was
not in condition to decline the pur.
chase of the supplies on account of the
prices charged, and he acquiesced in the
prices from an overruling necessity.
His extorted assent to the prices fixed
was without consideration, and was
therefore void" This decision fixes the
law with respect to such contracts so far
as Mississippi is concerned, but there
are very few planters or farmers who
will risk the expense and trouble Of a
law suit to right their wrongs. The
thing to do is to get clear of the credit
system altogether. How this is to be
done is a question that is not free from
difficulties. 1t is certain, however, that
before the planters and farmers can have
any real prosperity they must be able to
secure their supplies at markets rates.
They will never be able to get ahead as
long as they are the slaves of the present
credit system.
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VOLUME XVI.---NO. SO.
Snow 100 Feet Deep.

Fihy.fve degrees below zero! This
was what traveller experienced who ar
rived in this city yesterday from Helena,
Montana, "in' search of climate" The
wind blew so terri6cably after he left
Halena on the way to Bozeman, Mon
tana, that there was no snow in the valleys.
They were absolutely as bare as though
the CONCEALED liquid had never fallen
there, and consequently the mail was
carried on wheels, which it generally is,
all the year, for the same reason. But
wherever there was a "divide" Or ridge
the snow had accumulated to wonderful
height, being in some places from twenty
to sixty feet deep. Some said the great
est depth of it was fully o hundred.
Crossing the Rocky Mountains, from
Bozeman into the Yellowstone Valley,
was both tedious and painful. The
snow was so deep and the wind blew
so strongly no one could proceed against
the latter with bare face. The horses
attached to the sleigh were several
times compelled to stop until they acted
as though they never could be urged
forward again, but when lull came,
progress was resumed, and thus, little by
little, the valley was reached at last. It
was found to be almost bare of snow.
This had gone on an excursion, before
the high winds, to the top of almost the
lottiest peaks. Notwithstanding the cold
and terrific wind, venturesome party of
tourists explorers had gone up a gulch
with the intention of Carving their way"
through the snow to the geysers and
Yellowstone Lake.
The ground in the vicinity Of the gey-
sers and about the lake is quite bare,
even in winter, owing to the warmth i'm
parted to the ground by the incessant
internal fires underneath.
The trip down the Yellowstone Valley,
to where the crossing is made to go up
to Fort Custer would have been pleasant,
Notwithstanding the extreme cold, had it
not been for the great force of the wind
which blew up the valley; this was so
great it carried great deal of gravel
with it, the result of which on the
naked face, would have been the same as
though that part Of the body had been
subjected to terrific sand.blast. The
force was grest enough to abrade the
skin and cause blood to flow quickly
and copiously.
From Fort Custer to Rock Greek, on
the Union Pacific Railroad, is terrible
route to travel in winter. The writer of
this article was lost twice, and out all
night with the mail carriers, between
stations, on places where there was moth.
ing visible but broad sheet Of snow in
some places and where the snow was
being blown at the rate of from fifty to
sixty miles or more an hour in others. The
only way the travellers kept alive and
kept the stock from freezing, was by
moving constantly.
The wild cattle that had been turned
out on the ranges preserved their exist.
ence only by running from one hill and
valley to another. The principal loss of
cattle is in the spring time, when it is
little warm in the middle of the day and
extremely cold at night.-Ne,r Orleans
Times.
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Saved From an Avalanche.

There are almost daily accounts re-
ceiyed in this city Of narrow escapes
made by prospectors in the mountains
from the terrible snowslides, more fire.
ouent this year than for many years pre-
vVious, and Messrs. A. Lafave and Walter
Sterrock, who reached this city yester-
day, give a graphic description of their
experience with one of the white mon.
sters we'll worth relating in print. These
two gentlemen are interested in claims
near the mount of the Holy Cross, and
last Tuesday, while they were on their
way, on snoWshoes, from Holy Cross
mount ain to Red Cliff, they were struck
by snowslide under the following cir
cumstances They were descending the
precipitous slope Of French mountain,
which is about 300 feet high, and when
about 300 feet from the top of the cliff,
which projects, out from the summit
of the mountain, they heard the strange,
fearful, indescribable sound which fore
tells the coming of the avalanche. They
we're q short distance apart when they
heard the sound, and without stopping to
look up or waste moment In conjecture
Lafave shouted to Sterrock to grasp a
bush protruding through the snow, at
the same moment clutching with strong
grip sapling by which he was standing.
No man has over yet described an ava
lanche of snow. No imagination has
ever conceived one. 1t is a monstrous,
ghastly, terrible thing; literally death
riding on pale horse sweeping all
before it with blind, swift rage. When
these two men, standing on five feet OF
snow and shudderiug with the awful fear
which the bravest feel in the presence Of
impending death, grasped the slender
bushes on which they relied to save them
they felt that shey were in the grasp of q
mower against which human strength and
cunning availed but little, and they
closed their eyes and bowed their heads
to await the shock. In an instant, like
bolt of lightning, the avalanche was
upon them and rolled in great white
waves over and around them. They
clung to the tough saplings with despe.
rate strength, completely submerged in
the snow, blinded and choking, but
knowing that their lives depended upon
their grip. Their bodies were swayed
down the mountain and cruelty wrench.
ed by the power of the avalanche, but
they held 10 the anchorage, and in a few
seconds the great white wave passed below
them and left them stunned and dazed
still holding to the bushes. The snow
swept on down the mountain like tidal
wave, and when it reached the bottom
piled up layer upon layer, until there
was huge mass Of it lying there fifty
feet in thickness. When the two men
were sufficiently recovered they proceeded
to Red Cliff, and yesterday MIR. Lafave
came to Leadville, where be described to
the reporter his perilous adventure and
narrow escape.-LeaduiM Democrat.
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Why WOMAN HAVE NO Beard
Nature always has q good reason for
everything she does. aud the most crit.
cal science admits that she never makes
a blunder. We have been much dis
turbed, however, by her apparent par
tiality in giving the flowing beard to
men and leaving women subject to the
sarcasm of being called barefaced. The
problem is satisfactorily solved by the
following statement of facts, which is 30
simple and truthful that every man will
admit it without hesitation:
How wisely Nature, ordering all below,
Forbade beard on woman's chin to grow !;
For how could she be shaved, whater the
skill,
Whose tongue would ne'er let the chin be
still?
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A TRUTHFUL MANA hat-footed,
fashioned Western merchant, hailing
from country store in Michigan, was
buying stock in New York, and the firm
took advantage of the occasion to make
inquiries concerning their customers
around him. When they asked about
Smith of Cashville, he replied:
"Smith Yes, he's in trade yet, but
he's Just married second wife and she's
going through his wealth like saltpeter.
He'll fail in less'n six months"
Chow about Jones, ofyour town 2"
"Jones Well Jones is pegging along
after the old style, and he's bought him a
bicycle, and everybody says he'll 90 to
the wall in year"
"And Brown & Son-are tLey all
right 2"
7'Brown and Son? Wall, they may
keep alorg till spring, but I doubt it.
Old Brown has got so nigh.sighted that
he can't tell sheep pelt from q coon
skin, and the boy is dead struck on a
widow woman who never wears anything
less than Sc stockings"
"But DsEis is doing good trade isn't
he?"
"Davis / Wall, pooty fair, but he won't
last. He rented the upper part of his
store to Chicago nilliner and she broke
up two families and caned preacher.
Everybody blames Davis, and his sales
last week only footed up a pound Of sal
eratus and washboard."
"Well, you are the only customer out
there, and, of course you are all right"
one! Wall, Pm all right just now,
but1 things may change, My wife be-.
longs to three literary societies and is the
big toad at church festivals, while I've
bought 2.40 trotter and learned to play
old sledge. You needn't be surprised
any day to hear that I'ye been busted
from garret to cellar; SO clean that cred
itors can't find enough dry goods to wipe
baby's nose on"
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The Mechanics Of Carolina.

At the eighty. seventh anniversary sup
per of the Charleston Mechanics Society,
the President, r. 9. Barkley, Esq, called
upon Judge Mackey, one of the guests, to
respond to the following toast:
"The Mechanics of South Carolina
May tho honest arm of industry never
be crushed by the iron hand of oppres-
sion."
Judge Mackey, after paying a touching
tribute to the memory of the late Archi-
bald Cameron, by whom he had been
trained as mschinist, said:
The mechanics of Charleston have not
been unknown in those pages of history
which record the most honorable achieve
ments of the people of South Carolina.
In 1854, with British garrison occupying
Charleston under the flag of old England,
that power that held in its hands the
credit of the world and whose ships were
sweeping in triumph over every known
water, a body of twenty.one mechanics
assembled in Hampstead and there first
proclaimed to the world, twelve years
before the Declaration of Independence at
Philadelphia, that South Carolina had the
right to be afree and sovereign State and
the resolution conveying this sentiment
was read by William johnson, one of the
founders of your society. And on his right
was Nathaniel Lebby, the boat builder, the
man who in after years aided in laying
the keel of the first frigate for the navy
of the United States, the John Adams.
l recall the fact thai the first locomotive
which was used in the transportation OF
passengers on the railroads was built
by Charleston mechanic in 1929; the
six wheel truck now used on all the rail-
roads in the United States was also the
invention of Charleston mechanic, and
the first rifle gun was constructed under
the supervision and direction of Archibald
Cameron. These are honorable memo
rics for the Charleston mechanics to re-
call. He has been prominent figure in
every scene that should stimulate tho
honorable pride of Carolinians. In peace
he has served to build up tie prosperity
of this people by his useful and bened:
cent industry, and in war he has marked
BY his dead body the line of the heaviest
firing, with the red wound upon bis
breast as his only decoration OF honor.
An old poet has said:
1.-THE great Almighty Architect
Who fashioned out the earth
Has stamped his seal of sanction
On labor from its birth.
And every opening flower
That blushcs from the sod
Proclaims the Master Builders
The handiwork of God.
'Tis toll that over nature
Gives man his chief control,
And purifies and strengthens
The temple of the soul;
1t drives out foul diseases
With all their ghastly train,
Puts iron in the muscle
And crystal in the brain.
Then honor to our workmen,
The hardy sons of toll
The monarchs ofthc workshop,
The heroes of the SOIL"
In conclusion the Judge offered a sen.
timent to the memory of Archibald Cam
eron, which was drunk standing and in
silence.
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DUTIES UF .WAhNEFo. -
The warner receives his appointment
from the oyerseer. He is required to
give every person liable to road duty
Twelve hours notice of the day and hour
land the place where he is required Ito
meet to,begin the work. Act December
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amount than that rendered by the Com.
missionors, then he shall pay the costs OF
the Defendant. Act March 18th, 1874,
Sections and Z, Page 7S5, Volume u,
General Statutes.
Any neglect by Commissioners to re-
pair bridges and highways, &C., is re-
earded as q misdemeanor, and upon cons,
Yiction thereof, they are liable to tine
of not less than $100 nor more than $500,
in the discretion of the Judge before
whom they are tried. Act 18th March. .
1874, Sectiou7, EWoluma l5i Page 785, OF
5Ee General Etatatess 4 s2s -
DUTIES, POWERS AND. PRIVILEGES OF
supER1NTENDENTs OF HIGHWAY DIS
TRICTs.
The Superintendents have general su.
pervision, under the direction of County
Commissioners, of roads and highways in
the district for which he was appointed.
! I, The Superintendents, by reason oftheir
Office, are exempt from road duty. He
must report every three months in writing
to County Commissioners the condition
of roads and bridges in his district.
: The Superintendent shall divide the
roads in his district into convenient. Sec
tions of not less than two nor. more than
fiYe miles. For each of said sections it
is his duty to appoint an overseer and to
each oyerseer be assigns q company Of
hands. AS far as practicable the hands
are to be assigned by SuperiDtendents to
road nearest the. residence of the hand.
Whenever the Superintendent deems it
necessary4to have roads. worked or repairs
done on bridges, which hands can do, be
may order the overseer to call out bis
hands on twelve hours: notice. requiring
each hand to bring with him a:hoe; axe
or other tool. The Superintendent de-
termines. the tool each hand shall work
with and the number Of days at each
working; Provided, That no hand can be
worked more than twelve days in one
year. 49,, -.
Roads along the line of highway dis:
tricts are to be divided into sections and
by such hands; of either district
as Observation-Disclosures of such adjoining
districts may direct.
The Superintendent must cause his
.rtnn ,~1 roNosr oil
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= Gen. B. F. Butler says: II am out
of politics entirely. I am only plain
Massachusetts lawyer"
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DUTIES OF SOLICITORS.

On information Of any two persons
that any highway has been diverted from
its original course, without authority of
law, the Solicitor shall commence suit
against such person or persons who have
altered the highway, in order to compel
the parties offending to restore at their
own expense the high road to its original
course. Section Ii, Chapter A, Revised
Statutes.