davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-08
Commissioners Sale.

Pursuant to the requirements of a decree
of the Circuit Court of Wood county, render
cause tss Of David Ward, Jr, Agent, &c, against
G. A. Powers and others, (said decree boing
in favor of Jacob Stephenson against said G..
A Powers and wife) the undersigned Special
Commissioner will, on the
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-08
VNANTED Agents.-Now ready for sub
w scribers. The leading book of the CEN
fury.
Ewes Daughters

or, "COJIMO " SENSE FOR MAID, WEE
IND MOTHERS" by Marion Harland, Au-
thor of "COmmon Sense in the Household"
etc A book which the best judges predict
will outsell, do more good, and create q
since 'Uncle Toms Cabin" This volume
will be eagerly sought for by hundreds of
thousands who are familiar with her popular
works.
"a standard and indispensable book for all
women who seek health and happines."-N.
England Journal of Education.
1--WE commend this earnest book to her
wide circle of American sisters, to whom it
is dedicated Express and Mail.
1--WE trust mothers and teachers Will give
it the thoughtful reading it deServeS."-
Christian Intelligencer.
~ can heartily endorse every word uttered
by others in commentator of it."-Behson
j. LOSING.
mo home should lack a copy where daugh-
tiers ale being reared. Mrs. Mary a. Liver
more.
bright, varied and attractive in style, true
and solid in matter."-Rev. John Hall, DID,
A book no mother or daughter can afford to
be without.
Success Assured from the start.
No experimenting.
40. 900 copies ordered by agents in advance
of publication.
Royal II mo. Beautifully bound in new
BY subscription only. For liberal terms and
choice territory, apply ut once to
j. r. ANDERSON a. H. S. ALLEN,
Chambers street. N. Y,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-16

We saw last week fine illustration OF
the beautiful influence of an utterly utter
lack of all responsibility for neglect of lu.
ty, the sort of premium on unfaithfulness
which the Judevine law allows the town
officers who have the roads in charge.
We were driving along the rivers bank.
and saw within twelve inches of the mid
die OF the wheel track place where the
river Washing in had taken ont the dirt
and left hole several feet deep with per
pendiculur sides, aud not a ghost OF a pro-
lection 10 prevent wheels dropping down
II by any chance by day or night the wheel
should vary foot one side Of the middle
ofthe track. Aud more, two weeks before
we passed over the same road and saw the
same place in the same condition, death.
trap set for unsuspecting travellers whom
a kind Providence only had kept from its
clutch. And no knowing how long it may
remain so. What's the odds, the town is
not liable for the damage. Though life
is endangered, the pocket is safe. and the
unfortunate first party in the contract who
has paid his money to secure safe and
comfortable road for his use is left with
out recourse on the party on the second
part who has taken the money and thus
contracted to keep q safe high
way.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-16

The Nee Eaglnad Farmer says: 1.-THE
New England Agricultural society, instead
Of growing in usefulness from year TO year
and becoming more the representative OF
the agriculture Of these six states, has OF
late been constantly losing ground in the
hearts Of the farmers and the people gen.
orally, until they are about as ready 10 at.
tend its funeral as its anniversary. Indeed
there is no disputing it, the society is bad
ly fossilized. Blood that ran warm TWEEN
ty years ago has grown cold, and men who
had ambition then have attained the OBJ
iect OF their ambition. or have no longe r
the incentive to work. and young men. co.
pecially young farmers are not taking hold
with any degree OF interest in the work
which others seem 10 be neglecting.
Hints have been thrown ont that the old
association ought to lie rsorganized, or 9
new Que instituted in its place. We have
no faith in any attempt TO remould the
old. or much hope for new, unless estab.
lished upon an entirely different basis.
There is really DO call for any such organ.
ization as the New England agricultural
society has been Of late or is q. the present
time.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-16
6bisilfs.

ME csa veal fsncy Aefaen.
sua thr niats ets ss~n.
tnGFifls ihd All Der "eslehs1' nes go.
elshata.
iSri ug istend. tsisi gou ap9 ne.
hseni8 eAsli fass % sev
Hos sls stitched a patch O. her ga insu's
pants
T.s ysaige
- aiiy yopih slrAns lha, llsass s-s
better eriasea after darl. because ihey
are Letter than tbey loob
Isag What can not usaerssaud
- l.os you coaid Kill man With single
lloy CulpFi' shall show yon
h0pg
"A Vermont man sho has been there
fpariesa times rsrs the meannei ihing
tleutA mlsionpne With p,.lecAi = lbe
diascsiig 10 loeFins Il secret
A nan oui 10 ossogo Copaty \. Y.
ious.& diawond pan iratedded in ping Of
tobacco And pow everybody all have
a. excuse 20 ehew piug tobacco.
Dye molnd the blAg gard a,in' the
lsttsy il Gle vsy Milesian woman at
New York boiel called her husbands at
ie9sion 10 gentleman pariaking Of celery.
1t Is ramored that a. soon As
Ne lilsne moves iuio that ncw house. Mr..
eauklIug will send young man into the
nnghboghool 10 learn TO play on the cor.
nti
Somebody has discovered that the cor.
rect pronunciation u The word kbekise !.
''thedesa fiey might as we'll tell Us
ibai The proper nAy to pronounce beehive
j. beho~a
Huxley says There wss time when
men walked on All.fours The Lowell
c.dsea knocks The novelty out Of the idea
by telling him be did the same thing when
30 was young
Another iconoclast has arisen to in.
form the world that there we're no apples
10 Switzerland at the time Tell shot the
irnit 81 his sons head. Perhaps Williams
alleged apple was pumpkin.
Young Achilles" wants to know il
"wo think cigarette smoking is injurious
to the brainf" Oh, no, not bit Of il, |
Young Achilles" No man with brains
enough 10 hurt will be guilty Of smoking |
paper,
= Mrs Smithkins visited an auction
the other day add bought a job lot OF
kitchen furnishing goods. Smithkins says
every article in the list has hole in il er.
cepling the pepporbor cover, and every.
ching leaks but the cullender and milk.
strainer
Together they were looking over the
paper. "What is NJ" he asked. why |
there's al advertisement that says, mo
reasonable offers refused. F" What's so
odd about that2' Nothing, nothing,
abe replied, trying TO blush, ''only those
are exactly my sentiments.
Two boarding house keepers are com.
pariug notes 1t pears to me Mrs Mig
glcs. that your chicken salad is never
fonad ont lcssiuays | never heard any Of
the boardeis complain. "Yon see eI
rlpibcd Mrs Miggles. II allus chop mp
fsW feathers with the veal.
Corn husking continues in the rural
Districts, but Wheaiyille, Genesee county,
rcu,ains the only placu heard from, up to
the hour Of going topless, where bahsiul
young man was found with nine red ears
30 his pocket and who was ducked in a
mill pond 10y bety Of indignant girls
Sec here, said fault finding Inns
l.. d 4 ...s. |
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-16


SEQ here, said fault finding Inns.
baud 10 his vile. ''wemust have things ar.
ranged ia tins house so that We shall know
where everything IL kept. with all my
heart she ssretly answered, and LET US
bcgiu siih your late hours, my love, !
should dearly like to know where they
we keply" lie let things go on as usual
In her story DIR. Zay," Elizabeth
stuart pnelps tells about an old woman in
Maine, whose description OF the misfor.
times Of her son reminds one OF Ohio. She
said, 'He had the measles. n the chick.
en PORK, n the mumps, u fell in love with
the schoolna' am, n got religion, n lost
the pre- for elecootin. all in one darned
winter"
THAT, said Bigglin TO his wife, when
she told him that n new silk dress Was
necessary for her health and happiness,
us too diaphanous. snow, Bigglin, I"
she answered taf,ly. Il want you 10 un.
dcrs,aud that | am not the woman TO be
put down by musical terms. You may
call il iortissimo or trombolo; bnt IN
gong 10 have that dress
Did you ever interview a sheelbarrow
10 dark passagewayg It's great Mr..
Ragbag LEFT wbeelbarrow in his front
entry the other night, aud the burglar
Who stole ia the front door got tangled
With the barrow. and Ragbag had time TO
slide out the back way and call an officer
20 aIres, the villain before lac could get
awsy from the octopisn push-chariot
r. lie sat at her feet in quiet peace. lie
looked into her face aud said softly "Ah,
dear, could sit here forever" Gould
you, loveY' answered she. "Ycs. Sweet !"
You are right sure you could, darliney'
II know it, my own. Very well, then,
You sil there. for have an engagement to
SO GU, viih young Mr., Fi'zpooncr, and
uoa'i be back this evening. Turn down
the gas aud iasten the night latch when
you 90 away"
a Southern view Of the comet, 1T
Is, indeed. q beautiful sight. extending
from horizon TO zenith. with i,s coat tails
spread out snd its head battered up aud
bloody, like il Vas making from the scene
u ilrs,class political row with all the
odds IN favor q the opposition. as il
siresks the pale dawn with dabs Of gore
II Is one more instance 81 the ine,haust.
Tide resources Of Georgia. aided by intelh.
sen, farming and the proper use Of com
merrial fertilizers.
"A ncw poet Of the oscoi Wilde brand
has Arpeared in England. and he has pub
lishel little 81 biz verse. His nsme-or
perhaps his aoa IL piusrs-is Eebnell
gola. and IN one q his songs he sings;
"Ah, via swan. singing southwark, ]
~ould hs with you 10 aighl Soalhssri.
ever swiftly southwark. through The 40,
tuAu gray twilight We aarise him not
to Az II woaldn't be safe. II the pair
we're seca wiaging soaihsAri by qua.
Der. the goose would be shot. aud The swsn
lei, aying alone
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-16
HENRY'8
SALVE,

THE MOST POWERFUL HEALING OINTMENT
AND DIsIsFEsTASr EVER DISCOVERED.
Henry's Carbolic Salve heals burns.
Henry's Carbolic Salve cures. sores.
Henry's Carbolic Salve allays pain.
Heury's Carbolic Salve cures eruptions
Henry's Carbolic Salve heals pimples.
Henry's Carbolic Salve heals bruises.
ASK FOR HEsRYs AMI USE NO OTHER.
30ly A-Beware of Counterfeits. -S1a
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-16
assumption CAN BECuRED
DIR. VIM. HALLS
LUNG s;~,s,:;s.BALSAM.

Cure Consumption, Colds. Pneumonia,
Influenza, Bronchial Difficulties, Bron-
chitis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Group,
Whooping Cough, and all Diseases OF
the Breathing Organs. 1t soothes and
heals the Membrane of the Lungs, in.
famed and poisoned by the disease,
and prevents the night sweats and the
tightness across the chest which &C
company il. CONSUMPTION is not
an incurable malady. 1t 10 only neces-
sary to have the right remedy, and
HALLS BALSAM is that remedy.
DON'T DESPAIR Of RELIEF, for this
benign specific will cure you, even
though professional aid fails.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
SrsOnaI

General Grant mas transferred his
Long Branch property, worth $780,"
QUO TO his wife
Jefferson Davis daughter Varina
has come to be quite beIls III New
Orleans society.
Senator Bayard will go to Dart
mouth shortly to deliver an address
upon Daniel Webster.
The Gear has authorized the
appointment of a professor OF Polish
literature atWarsaw University.
James Keene is said TO have given
instructions for 1.-The building ofa
$500, 900 Cottage at Newport.
Ole Bulls residence at Madison
is offered to the Wisconsin Leglsla-
ture tor an Executive mansion. The
price asked is SIS 900.
Of Daniel Webstel's family only
two are now living children of his
daughter Julia-Samuel Appleton
and Mrs, Jerome Bonaparte.
The President will give another
state dinner on Wednesday, aud has
decided to have public receptions
every week after March 10.
General Buffers purchase of land
in Bath county Virginla. and the
neighboring sections of West Vir-.
ginia, is displeasing to many settlers
there, who threaten to use the shots
gun.
Lord Houghton Monckton Milnes),
who is mortally i'll at Athens, is
about seventy-three years of age.
Mr.. Tennysou is about the same age
while Mr.. Longfellow is two years
his senior.
Lieutenent Schwatka is coming
East from Walla Walla to marry ,
A local paper dryly comments:
Marriage may increase his desire to
90 TO the North Pole, it affects some
in that way"
Harriet Beecher Stowe's son
Charles has been ordained and in
stalled pastor of the Saco (Me,)
Congregational Church, though four
of the FIVE deacons and thirty three
members protested that he lacked
piety and was theolOgically loose.
General Howard has sent to the
Marquis de Rochambeau a collection
of Photographic views of the West
Point Academy and grounds. The
latter is writing book about bisYisir
to America, aud it is understood that
the space devoted to the Academy
will be considerable.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
To Celebrate ssOId HtakOrx,n0
B1rthday

CHICAGO, March 6.--Andrew Jack.
sons birthday, March 10, will be Oele.
Drated by grand banquet to be given
~ the Iroquois Club at the Palmer
House. Many distinguished Demo-
crats have been invited to bo present.
Senator Lamar, Col. w. f, Villas, Of
wisconsin; W. @. P. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, Ex-Governor Palmer, Fhos.
A. Hendricks, General Black, Frank
Hurd, of Ohio; Senator Pendleton, ex.
Senator Thurman, and Judge Jere
Black have accepted invitations. Mr..
Frank Hurd will speak on "Froe
Trade" Letters to be read have
been received from ex Governor Eey
mour, Samuel j. TildOn and Senator
Bayard. The occasion will be of con-
siderable political Significance.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
STATE AND PENINSULA.
Itema Called fronA Our Rural Il
ehAmKea. r

Htenla Called from Our Rural Ex-
changes.
OF the fourteen prisoners in the iail
at Georgetown only one Of them is
white.
George w. Ingram, real estate
agent, has sold to 8. Downs, of Della
ware City, the farm of Edward Silcox.
at Noxentown, 145 acres, for 90, 500
cash.
The Middletown Transcript says -
The notorious Neal Vsrdiot is bearing
its fruits early.
The various towns do IN the State
hold their town elections to-day.
1t is stated that Professor Jsffsrfs,
OF Delaware College, will accept the
professorship of St. Johns College,
China. He will be missed.
The Ledger, published at Newark,
has been enlarged and presents a very
hne appearance.
A telpehonic connec ion has been
made between Newark aud Landen-
burg, Pa.
During the past two weeks Doctors
Henry and Kollock, Of Newark, have
Vacoinated 70 persons; the former 30
and the latter 40.
Under the present charter OF the p.
W. q b. X. r. all trains running on
the line are obliged to stop before
crossing the SusquehaDna bridge. The
company is also obliged to carry pas
sengers across the bridge free. The
company are now asking the Legisla-
ture of Maryland to SO amend the
Charter that express trans will not
need to stop at Havre de Grace. To
this the people of that town stren-
uously object, but they do not object
to paying TO ride over the bridge, pro-
viding that the company will construct
= fooLway across the blidge to be kept
open at all times.
The residents of Port Deposit have
presented a petition against permit
ting the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company to build bridge over the
Susquehana below Port Deposit. They
desire to have the bridge constructed
above the town, and also desire the
same privilege as those of Perryville
and HaVre de Grace enjoy, that is
riding across for hCshinG.
Col. Robert s. Rodgers has been re- :
appointed Collector of the POrl, Havre
do Grace.
A stock company is being formed
by the citizens Of Port Deposit aud
vicinity for the purpose of buying the
large iron fouudly, from tho Messrs.
Bibb h Son, Of Baltimore. This foun-
dry was originally known as the ARA
strong foundry. The price to be paid
Is $4,000, which includes buildings,
patterns, tools, &c. Shares are placed
at F25 and are selling rapidly.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
Asking for Aid I'm ILLINOIS.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March s.
A. S. Roberts, of Pingstaff, Laws
renee County arrived In Spring.
field last night TO consult with the
Governor on measures of relief
for the people in the South
ern counties of the State suffering
from the effects of The drought of last
year. He reports that many people
of property are in want and unable
to procure means of subsistence un.
til the new crop comes In. He says
that aid from the State is not ex-
peeted, but that If the Legislature
will authorize the county boards,
where actual want exists, TO issue
bonds, buy grain with the proceeds,
and sell the grain to the needy taking
their obligation for 1t, all the help
needed will be obtained.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
SUFFERERS By THE FLOOD.
10000 PERSONS DESTITUTE IN THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES.

4O. 900 PERSONS DESTITUTE IN THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES.
MEMPHIS, March 5.-The river at this
poiut is ab, ut stationary, but will doubt
less commence rising again Tonight, as
heavy rains have fallen all of To-day
throughout this region, which makes
the sltu alton below gloomy. In an inter-
view tonight, Commissioner l.. a.
Mangum of Arkansas said that In the
counties of Mississippi, Crtteuden, Lee,
Polnsat, Cross, Craghead, st. Francis,
Philips, Desha, Chicot, and Monroe, In
Aarkausas, he had information of about
twenty thousand destitute people, who
would have TO be fed by the Govern
ment for at least forty days. These coun-
ties do not include those bordering on
the Red River, where great suffering 10
said to exist. Commissioner W. L..
Hemingway of Mississippi SAID that the
Inhsbitauis OF Tunics, Coahona, De
Soto, Quitman, Bolivar, Washington
Issaquena, Yazoo, Tailahstchie, and Sun
Flower eonnies in his State, tn the
number OF 5000, were IN q like suffering
condition. Thu 50 counties in Mlssiesippi
are all above Vicksburg, and there are
other counties below that city that have
suffered by the tioods.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
DEATHS LAST WEEK.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE REeIsTRAp
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH
ATu

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE RReTsTRA 10
FOR THE WEEK ENDING HARcH
4TH.
The following p the Registrars
omclai report for the week ending At
noon ON Saturday, March 4th, 1882:
Total deaths reported, 2e; classified as
follows: Borne in the United States, 23;
Ireland, 3: male, 10; female, 10; white,
20; black, 0; under year of age, g; from
TOO years, 3; 5 to 10, l; 10 to 20, 3; 40
to %, /; 90 to W, 2; 90 to 10, /; 10 to 80,
9; ~ To W, l; adults, II; miuors, Is.
Died In the almshouse, 3; corners cases,
y; stlli-borD, i; brought here for inter.
ment, /.
Causes Of death--WhopplnE cough, 8;
typhoid fever, 2; natural causes, q; gem
eradeblllty, 2; convulsions, 2; consump-
ton, y enlargement OF heart, poison
aecldently administered, ovarian tumor,
apopie1y, dlarIhoes, smallpox, pneu-
monla, nephritis, catarrh, congestion Of
lungs, drop'y, accident, and uterine
tumoIs, each.
Deaths by wards-Flrst ward, 2;
Second, 3; Third, 3; Fourth, /; Fifth, 8;
Sixth ); Sixth, 2; SEVENTH /; Eighth, g;
Ninth, 2; Tenth, 8; Eleventh, /; total 2o;
total for the corresponding week of last
year, Is.
Dunng the week 80 births were repor-
teo, as follows: Males, IL; females "a;
white, "; blacks, o.
Three marriages were also presented
for record.
E. b. FRAZER, Registrar,
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
sNELBAKER's CONSOLIDATION.
LOCAL LINES.

The Jolly Pathfinders in the Opera
House this evening.
The N. E. Conferences commences In
Middletown on Wednesday next.
A regular meeting OF the Water
Witch Fire Company will be held this
evening.
The front Of McCloskay's hat store,
Ala Market street is. undergoing 3 new
coat Of paint.
The &. A. r. fair in the City Hall
will close tomorrow evenlag. 1t has
besn successful from the GtaIt.
The Missionary Anniversary uf Grace
NJ. e. church Sunday schools, takes
place this evening.
Rev. John Wilson, ex-President of
the Wesleyan Female College, of this
city, will remove from Ridley Park
and resume the control of tho Wes-
leyan. t
Bishop Hurst, who will preside during
the coming ~. e. Conference In Middle
town preached a very able sermon In
St. Psul's church this city, yesterday
morning.
Accol ding TO the contract Harry Laps
is to huish his part Of the contract on
the new station IN this city by the 12th
irst. The Reliance Fire Company Was
eighty years old on Saturday.
On Saturday evening Coroner WeldiI
investigated the death Of Mrs. Matild,
Lofey, aged 40 years, who resided IL
Brandywine hundred, opposite River
view Uemstery. He gave a certifcatl
of death from heart disease.
The Asbary Mutual improvement
Society connected with Asbury NJ. e
Church held an interesting meeting las
Saturday evening. At the next meeting
the society will discuss.the question
"Resolved, That Capital Punishment il
JustitiAble."
Mr.. II. b. Askew, late Assistant Post
master at Baltimore, aid some t me Rg'
"Having had occasion TO try DR.. BulPI
Cough Syrup, 1 unhesltatins lv pronon no,
IL the bekt remedy Ihave ever uGed. A
J small bottle relieved me ofa severe cold
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
Tho New C..hol,. .. na,,.

In response 10 circular signed by
b. ii. Kelley, publ shed In full In the
GAZETTE about weeks ago, . commit
tee from each Of the Catholic orgADiza-
tion ID this city wss present a. . meet
ing in ~. Peters church yeaferdAy after
noon. The meeting wrs called for the
purpose Of adopting some means. where
by q Catholic Hall might be col strnc ed
In this city.
The meeting was organized by calling
Father Kelley TO the chair, who stated
the object Of the meeting and urged
upon bis hearers the great need Of such
. hall as contemplated. After tree ex-
preston Of views upon the subject In
which the speakers heartily agreed IN
the views of The chairman, John P.
Donahoe, John Splaip and Bernard Dona-
hoe were appointed as q committee to
view eligible site for the new building,
aud report at the next meeting which
will be held ln the same place on Sun
day Afternoon next.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
A Journal for Mechanics.

The publishers of the "MECHANIcAL
NEWS, ,"an illustrated, practical mechani-
cal journal, for eleven years published
at Springfield, Ohio, have decided to re-
move their Paper to their Eastern ONCE,
No. ITO Liberty street. New York, on or
about the LIST of March The "MECHANI.
CAL Ews" is one of the best Journals OF
its class published, and 1t is the intention
of the Pr0prietors to still further i'm
prove IL. In order TO do this economi-
cally, and in the best possible manner,
they mud that it is essential to re move
the same TO the Metropolis of the UHited
States, where they can make the paper
first-class In every respect. The .NEWs'
is handsome sixteen page Journal
printed on fine par er, with engravings Of
the lat est mechanical devices, and SUBJ
jeoL that cannot fall to intert st every
ieader. They propose not only to make
II popular with the artisan, but well
rome visitor to every mechanics house
b Id. the Publishers send q specimen
coy and Premium List nee on appltca-
tion. The subscription price Is very
low, only ONE DOl,LA r per year, and q
useful premium included.
The daily gazette., 1882-03-06
The Birth of Robert Emmet.

BOSTON, March 5.-The Clansnas
Gael associations of Boston and
vicinity celebrated the one hundred
and second anniversary of the birth
Robert Emmett at Music Hall to
night. Congressman Robinson of
New York, delivered a lecture upon
1.-THE Irish Question in General and
English Tyranny in Particular"
General Patrick A. Collins, who
presided, introduced Mr.. Robinson
as "a man who has justly earned
from the, enemies of the Irish people
the title of "The Congressional
Crank.u