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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-05

the ssoldest inhabitantn for q his.
tory. 1t is much mutilated, and we
can only observe that 1t is a one dol
lar bill of the Charlestown Manufac-
turing and Exporting Company, and
of date 1915. The signatures we
cannot decipher. We should like
for some OF our old folks to refresh
their memories and tell us something
about this bank.
Spirit of Jefferson.
DIR. III. M. Lewis, of Winchester,
who, a few months ago, located at
Harper's Ferry, we are informed,
died suddenly at the residence OF
Capt. Jacob Engle, in this county,
on Friday last.
Hon. Thos. M. Isbell died at his
home near Ripon, in this county, on
Friday morning last, from an attack
OF paralysis, received several days
previous. Mr.. Isbell was ripe
scholar, and possessed fine oratorical
powers, which In the earlier years
of his manhood were welded with
telling effect In behalf of the Demo-
cratic party, to which he was firmly
allied, and with whose support he
represented his county in the Vir-
ginia State Senate prior to the late
war. Since that period he has been
out of politics, devoting his time ex-
clusively to the cultivation of his
fine estate near Ripon.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-05

The bridge oyer Back Greek wss
completed some two weeks ago.
The iron work was put up by Mr..
L. M. Nelson, of Chamhersburg,
and Is regarded by those who are
competent to judge, as a superb
piece OF mechanism. We. have
been informed by one of the build
ing committee that the cost will
not exceed 81 500.
We understand the legislative
candidate, who didn't go to Wheel
ing, charges his defeat to the
Greenbackers. We have this to
say, In way of consolation to his
honor, that he need not charge his
defeat to the Greenback party, ~
many of them did not 90 to the
polls at all. If they had played a
full hand against him 143 would
not have covered Mr.. Evans ma
jority. If he does not know where
to locate the cause, we think we
can inform him-he should dot IL
down to his opponent, Mr.. Keys.
1t was the intention of the Green
hackers in the county to play tacit
in that election, but when 1t be-
came known that Keys was a cam
didate, the only conclusion to be
arrived at WAS that he was out in
the interest Of the Democratic can
didate, whereupon those of the
Greenbackers who did vote, voted
for Mr.. Evans, upon the ground
that both men should have run
upon their merits, and neither
party have played the game Of
two pluck one.
1t was thought by many that
the liquor constitutional amend
ment would pass In our legislative
bodies, but It's position on the table
is q virtual defeat, which is not
compatible with the feelings OF
many of our best citizens. 1t ap-
pears that many of our people are
like John Sherman, they have but
one eye, and that . financial one;
which is important it is true. but
there are other points to be looked
into which are quite as important.
Hon. T.. b. Faulkner thinks the
removal of this revenue received
from the sale of ardent spir. ts
would nscessitate an additional
tax Of 3 cents on the 500. We
ask would not q prohibitory law
have a tendency to reduce crime
and thereby reduce the tax instead
of increasing 1t. Not long since
one of our citizens goaded on by
ardent spirits took the life of fell
low citizen, and to bring the crIm-
inal to justice and sustain the ma
jesty of the law, cost our people a
large amount of money. This Is
but one of many cases. Look into
our almshOuses, take down the
numbers who are there from the
effects of dissipation. Pass a pro-
hibitory law and many who other
wise would be an expense to the
taxpayers, would become taxpay-
ers themselves. We should not
look at this matter from finan-
cial point alone; we should re-
member that the manufacture and
sale of ardent spirits as a beverage
is an evil, and the sooner we crush
out the evil, the sooner our moral
status will begin to advance; the
sooner will temptation be removed
from the rising generation, and
the sooner will misery and want
be driven from many households.
In short the objections urged by
the opponents are certainly small
when compared with the possible
results for good. G.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-05

Chicago physicians say that the
prevalence Of thu disease known
as winter cholera is due to
tha extensive use of "butterine. !"
The authorities are exerting every
effort 10 prevent tho sale OF the in
furious article.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.

THE LIQUOR AMENDMENT IN THE
HoUsE-THE EDUCATION BILL
CONVICT LABOR--THE RAILROAD
BILL PASSES TIE HOUSE, AND
DEFEATED IN THE SENATE.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

Speaking of Zola and his style, the
London correspondent of the Troy Times
says: He calls himself a naturalist (sic)
because his object in many of his volumes
has been to represent human nature as
he found it. have no doubt, after read
ing his works, that many of his delinea-
tions of character are perfectly true to
nature; but what kind of nature is it?
Where has he gone for his subjects?
Like Dickens, to the lower strata of so
ciety, but unlike the English novelist,
he has not, in most instances, selected
the best types he could find there, but
vilest, the most wretched, the most de-
jected There is resemblance between
him and Dickens in another respect. He
is marvellous word-spinner. He takes
twenty pages to tell thing that another
could tell better in twenty lines. The
resemblance holds good in yet another
respect. He is most popular with the
people. 'L'Assommoir" has run through
'Nana," vile book, bids fair to outstrip
even that NJ Zola is, besides, jour
nalist, and great critic on almost every
subject. And, if one can believe half that
is said, the most remarkable thing about
him is his self-conceit and assurance.
Bear witness this stanza:
Monsieur Zola nest pas un homme
Ordnaire, croyez-le bien;
81 ON vous dit quill mango comme
Tout un chacun, men croyez-rieni
ii SO mourrit de In nature
Et ne vent d'autre nourriturel
.Hr- Monsieur Zola.
Prenez-gafde, Monsieur Zoa,
C'est TN fchu NETS, celui-la!
The sarcasm in these lines is splendid,
but rntranslatable. 1 will tell your
readers more about M. Zola in my next
letter. 1I-
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
Pottery in the United States,

There are now 800 potteries in the
United States, the total products Of
which supply 80 per cent. OF the wares
annually consumed, the chief centers Of
the industry being Trenton, the capital
Of New Jersey, and East Liverpool, in
Ohio.
The former city offered peculiar at
fractions to the potter, both from its
railways and canals connecting it with
the great cities of the Union, and its
nearness to mines of the raw. material.
West and southwest lie the coal, kaolin,
spar and quartz mines of Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Maryland, and eastward
the fire and white clays of New Jersey.
The clays of Ohio, Missouri and Indi-
ana. and abundance. of fuel, have built
up East Liverpool, making it the cera-
mic center of the West. For thirty
years it has been engaged in the manu-
facture of the ordinary Rockingham and
yellow wares, furnishing the greater por-
ton of the 50, 900, 900 worth annually
produced in this country. 1t was not
until 1878 that white ware of any descrip-
ton engaged the attention of the Liver
pool potters; to-day white GRANTEES,
semi-chinas and "cream colors" are
manufactured in fourteen thriving es-
Establishments, and one or two firms are
experimenting in china.-Harpcr's
Magazine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
Giving Up Their Dead.

An interesting and important point
concerning the finding bodies Of drowned
persons in the Mississippi river is made
by Deputy Coroner Preadlow, of st.
Louis, who has been engaged in secur-
ing and caring for these bodies for near
ly twenty years. April is the great
month for the finding Of bodies in the
river. Then is the time when what they
term the five and six monthers are found.
Bodies that have been at the bottom Of
the river all winter always rise in April.
In fact, all the cases of drowning IN the
winter are surely heard of in April, If
ever. Most cases of drowning, the fig
ures prove, take place in August.
Then, the water being warm, the
body rises to the surface within
forty-eight hours after its disappear
ance. In May, the body that goes
to the bottom is seldom heard Of until
nine days have passed by. The temper
ature of the water governs the time. So
long as the water is cold the body is pre-
served. AS soon as the water commences
to change from cold to warm the tissues
expand and soften, and the body be-
comes filed like a sponge with water.
This equivalent weight makes the body
weigh less than the water and it rises to
the surface.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
HOUSE.

The North Carolina election contest, Yeates
Us: Martin, was decided. On the minority reso-
luton, declaring Martin entitled to the seat,
Messrs. FELTON, and Stephens voted with the
Republicans in the affirmative The resolution
declaring j. j. Yeates entitled to the seat was
adopted by vote of lis yeas to 1O3 nays.
Mr.. De La Matyr presented petition signed
py zz,0O persons, for steps to be taken to pre-
Indian reservations.
Bills for the prevention of adulteration in
food or drugs; to compensate persons engaged
in the railway mail service for injuries received
while in the discharge of their duties; to pro-
tect the transmission of intelligence from the
exactions of monopolies; to provide for the ap-
praisement of the telegraph lines, property,
and effects of the companies, acting under the
provisions of tho act of July "a, 1866, and to
procure information concerning the postal
telegraphs of other countries, were introduced
and referred. . ,"
The Iowa contested election cases were de-
cided by seating Messrs. Sapp and Carpenter.
In the Committee of the Whole tine District of
Columbia oa apPToPriation oo bill which recon-
amount appropriated last year, and $50, 900 less
than the estimates of the District Commission
ers, was considered.
The bill authorizing the Utah and Northern
Railroad Company to construct branches was
passed.
The agricultural appropriation, providing for
an expenditure Of $28S, 800, was ordered
printed. ~ 15s
The House, in Committee of the Whole, con-
sidered the District of Columbia appropriation
bill. Various items in the bill gave rise to sew
eral long and uninteresting discussions, but the
committee finally rose without having COM
pleted its consideration.
A joint resolution appropriating $4O, 600 for
monument commemorating the battle of Ben
nington, and resolution asking the Secretary
OF the Interior for papers relating to charges
against Indian Agents, were adopted. -.
A message from the President, transmitting
the report of the Ponca Commission and sug-
gesting that the Indian policy of the future
should include the industrial and general
education of the young, lands in severalty in
alienable for certain period, fair compensa-
ton for lands not required for individual allot-
ments, and gradual admission to citizenship.
The District of Columbia appropriation bill
was considered in the Committee of the Whole,
and subsequently passed.
The Legislative, judicial, and executive ap-
preparation bill, authorizing an expenditure of
$17, 181 900 was reported and ordered printed.
A message from the President, conveying
letter Of the Secretary of the Navy asking for
S2OO,O0 to establish navy stations on the
American Isthmus, was referred to the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Cox explained and defended his appor-
tionment bill. -F
An effort to bring up the Reagan Interstate
commerce bill was failure.
The spportionment bill was discussed at
length Mr.. Cox offered an amendment fixing
the number of Representatives at 3O7, which
was ordered printed.
Mr.. King introduced bill appropriating
S2O, 900 for the purchase and distribution Of
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

An accident occurred on the Sunbury and
Lewiston Railroad, last Saturday, caused by a
broken rail. The mail train left Lewiston at 7
p. m. 1t consisted of two passenger cara
and an engine. When the rail broke the hind
car jumped the track, dragging the front car
with 1t, when both turned over on their sides
and took fire. The passengers were taken out
with considerable difficulty, and only after the
doors and windows were broken in. Fifteen
persons were injured, Eve seriously, the latter
being Andrew wolfkell, the conductor; W. H.
Hsuss, of Lewiston, mail agent; Samuel Bow
en- of Middleburg; Mrs. M. Greener, of selin's
Grove, and John stahalnecker, of Middleburg.
Bowen was pulled out from under the stove.
Hauss was for some time believed to be dead,
but was resusitated. Only twenty-five persons
were on the train.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
A Long Riddle.

a young Bible-student was asked
How many boys are there In your
class ?'' 20 -
He replied: eff you multiply the
number of Jacobs sons by the number
Of times which the Israelites compassed
Jericho, and add to tho product the
number of measures of barley which
,Boaz gave Ruth, divide this by the num-
ber of Haman's sons, subtract the num-
Der of each kind of clean beasts that
went into the ark, multiply by thenum-
Der of men that went to seek Elijah af-
ter he was taken to heaven; subtract
from this Joseph's age ut the time he
stood before Pharaoh, add the number
of stones in David's bag when he killed
Goliath, subtract the number OF furlongs
that Bethany was distant from Jerusalem,
divide by the number Of anchors cast
out when Paul was shipwrecked, sub
tract the number of persons saved in the
ark, and the remainder will be the
answer" fr ~ s-e 4
WOLVES are rnrea0en1ng large districts
within hail of populous towns on the
northern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
Eleven children have been carried OIL by
those ferocious marauders, stealing
down from the neighboring woods to the
very thresholds of the peasants houses.
The Finnish authorities have offered
reward for the head of every wolf killed
or captured. Two kinds of dogs are in
dicated as most serviceable in wolf hunt
ing. These are sheep dogs and bull
dogs the former to drive the game and
bring it into circle, and the latter to
pull it down. sE e4 r5.
THE best application for the improve
ment of the countenance is mixture in
equal parts of serenity and cheerfulness.
Anoint the face, morning, noon, and
night.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

A Decatur, ILL.,, special says: "John A. Horn
stein, German citizen of this place, attempted
to kin his young wife, this morning, making a
desperate stab at her with knife, and then
pounding her over the head with kettle. Two
gentlemen interfered, aud he then pulled
revolver and shot himself twice in the head,
and falling to kill himself, he seized common
wood saw and hacked away with it at his throat
until he severed the jugular vein, when be bled
to death. He was. ffty-seven years of age,
and married his wife two years ago, when she
was seventeen years old. He was abusive and
Jealous, and she deserted him, which melted
him to this fearful attempt at vengeance"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
A RrufaI yTurSsor

deadly encounter occurred at a place called
Hickory Ridge, a short distance west Of somer-
set, KY, between Lumb Cass and William Nc
Kinney, both prominent members of the Meth
odist Church, the first an Elder and the second
a Superintendent. There has been q long
standing feud between them, and coming
together last week at q road working, they had
a fight, when Cass knocked Mckinney In the
head with an ak, and then chopping it into
sausage meat. The head was fairly beat into
the ground. Cass made his escape.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
finder ObIixntfOns-

A few days ago an Indiana delegation visited
General Garfield at Mentor to tell him that they
did not exactly place it on him as an obligation
to have Indiana represented in the Cabinet.
After thanking them for the honor they had
conferred upon him, the General said: II am
under obligations to my district for sending me
to the State Senate. am under obligations to
the people Of my Congressional district for
sending me to Congress SO often. am under
obligations to the State Of Ohio for electing me
to represent them in the q. s. Senate, and
am under obligations to the four million Re-
publican voters Of the United States for elect
ing me to the Presidency. I have more obli-
cations than I can pay. Gentlemen, am s
bankrupt, with more obligations than assets.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
They Passed II.

A rather stupid Dutchman was chosen
to the Pennsylvania Legislature few
years ago. He had nothing to say more
than "Aye "lor "No," when his name
WIS called, and surprise was created one
day by his introducing certain bill.
The members thought to amuse them
selves by asking him to explain the bill,
to read it by sections, etc. Amid de-
risive smiles the gentleman from Berks
arose. "Dere is no use to reat dat act, I"
he said; ga majority have promised to
vote for it and that is enough" A ma
jority voted for it. The ways of some
LeQislatIres are peculiar
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

News from Tucson says that reliable informa-
ton since the 10th of January is as follows:
On the 18th three herders and two miners were
killed in Murchloride Gulch. On the Goth two
men were killed on the Upper Churchine in a
fight with band Of Apaches. On the 22d five
Mexicans were killed twenty miles southwest of
San Marcial. On the 21st family consisting
Of man, his wife, child, and mother-in-law,
were massacred at Garlic, fsteen miles west of
San Marcial. On the twenty-third a blackboard
was taken between Silver City and San Marical,
five miles from San Jose, and the driver killed,
and the Mexican interpreter of the Turlowes
reservation was found dead. Forty Indians
have left the reservation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

The heaviest rainfall ever known on the Pa
cihc coast occurred on the 2sth and 29th ult.,
nearly all the streams on the coast OVERLOOKING
their banks. The fall, in forty-eight hours, at
San Francisco, measured six and thirty-seven
hundredths inches. The entire lower portion
Of the city was flooded. - IL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

At Piqua, Ohio, last week, DR.. ". +. Har-
baugh, q dentist, shot and instantly killed his
wife, and then immediately blew his own brains
out. The tragedy was result of long dissipa-
ton. The wife, formerly q Miss Gump, of
Dayton, Ohio, was an excellent lady, and when
she married Harbaugh, he commanded fine
practice and was respected citizen. They
leave three little children.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

News from Little Rock, Ark, says that three
men attempted rape on the person of Miss
aeorgiana Hambelt, . highly accomplished
young lady Of Augusta They wsro arrested
and thrown in Jail. At night mob took them
from the jail, took them ACROSS the river, and
hanged them, after which they threw their
dead bodies into the water
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
a Tr~.ssrsr's MisCo-tune

W. @. Wilkinson, clerk of the Exchange
Bank, Wheeling, w. Va, was returning from a
building association meeting, OF which he is
treasurer, when he was attacked by highway
men, who knocked him insensible and relieved
him Of $200 In cash and o., 900 in checks.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

Tho bill subsidizing the Eads ship railroad,
which has been lobbied through the Houie
Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals, is found,
upon comparison, TO be In direct opposition to
tho concession made some time since for tho
same purpose by the Mexican Government.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
R.rs~s Uua~r N mours.,. s,,as.

A dispatch from Santa Cruz says that eight
Cinnamon, who we're employed cutting timber
for mill company on the South Pacific Coast
Railroad, near Dougherty's mill, fourteen
miles from Santa Cruz, were buried alive by
half . mile Of mountain sliding down. There
were eighteen employed, and but ton escaped.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
The R1ooAy EssvrIssh.

Acsblegram states that the English House Of
Commons held 4 continuous session OF forty
two hours, which was marked by very disgrace
ful scenes. The fact is, Englands pots are
dangling over an unusually hot fire.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

At Jefferson Union, Dakota, Of ninety per-
sons who we're afflicted with the smallpox, only
six recovered. A strict quarantined is now
maintained. Some excitement is being created
I, New York City over the alarming spread Of
the disease there. tUNHNs
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
a Little MliInois Tow. Rarned.

The little town Of Genoa, Illinois, located IN
the c., NJ. and st. p. Railroad, some twenty
miles from Elgin, has been almost totally do
stroyed by fire. Hardly . business house in
the town escaped. One man was fatally in
jured.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
Found Agnfn.

Mr.. McCallum has found Charlie Ross in
the camp Of the Tuscarora Indians, where he
has been since 1874. At least he says he ia
satished that be Ia the lad, and has started for
Philadelphia with him.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10
nurder ana Cremation.

The residence Of Mr.. Wiley Emery, q stock
dealer, near Caneyville, Ky., was destroyed by
fire the past week, and in it Mr.. Emery and his
seven children perished, the Oldest young
lady Of seventeen years, and the youngest, an
infant Mrs. Emery died several months ago.
Mr.. Emery was known to have several thousand
dollars in the house. The fact that neighhors
were on the grounds soon after the fire broke
out, but too late to enter the burning building,
md hearing no cries from the bed chambers,
in which the fire had as yet made no progress,
tends to congrm the belief that all were murdered
and then the building burned to cover up the
crime.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

TEE recent rains In California have caused all
the streams ON the coast 20 overflow, and great
damage has been sustained. The Frankton
Reservoir, Nevada, broke and destroyed the
village.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

Tom Buford, the slayer of Judge Elliott, was
acquitted by the jury Of the charge Of murder,
ON the ground Of insanity, at Owenton, Ky.
This was Buford's third trial. He VII be sent
to the Insane Asylum.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-02-10

Why is the meat in your sandwich
like the large middle class of society !?
Because it lies between the upper crust
and the under.bred.