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through which considerable por-
ton of the supply of England now
comes from India. The breadstuff
crops of the world is this year un-
doubtedly large, and when it is
learned that the United States will
alone have over three hundred mil
lion bushels of wheat for exporta-
ton, the largeness of the supply is
quite evident. From present appear
ances it is believed that the surplus
in this country this year will be
nearly double that of any preceding
wear.
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Query? Dog Tax.
NEAR VANobEvEsvILLE

N IlAk v ANCLEN k5NI LIE.
Eds. Independent
! you'd like sufficient space in
your valuable paper TO ask Mr..
Evans if, when By his vote, ne
forced the Infamous Dog-tax' on
the people 81 this county, il he
knew hat this MEASURE had been
defeated at the ballot-box by the
voice 81 the people, by nearly 400
majority? l. the verdict Of the
voters Of Berkeley county to be
throttled by its representative ?
Mr.. Evans has been asked this
question before. but has never
given any satisfactory expIana-
ton.
'Tis too late nov for him to get
the Republican vote OF
LOWER ARDEN.
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TAXES! TAXES!

DAY YOUR TAXES! The taxes for the
IL year 1882 are now due and a ny
hands for collection, and this notice -
given according to law, notifying all tax.
payers that q discount of 2 10 per cent.
will be allowed on State, County and
Road taxes paid before the lsT Day OF
NOVEMBER, 1882. /, or one of my Depu-
ties will meet the x-payers at the follow.
ing times and places, in the several dis
tricts for the purpose Of collecting seid
taxes:
OPEQU0N, SCRABBLE, on Tuesday, o..
tober Sd.
GREENsBURG, on Wednesday, 0cto-
Der 4th.
HEDGEsvlLLE, on Thursday, octo-
Der 9TH.
TOMAHAWK, AT JACKS STORE, Friday
October 9th.
MARTINSBURG, Friday and Saturday,
October 9Th and l4th
FALLING WATERS, AT THE MILL, on
Tuesday, October 18th.
BEDIEGTON, AT The STATION, on
Wednesday, October 18th.
ARDEN, DARKEsyILLE, on Thursday;
October 10Th:
VANCLEYESYILLE, on Friday, Octo-
Der GOTH
Der Oath
SHANGHAI, on Wednesday, October
25th.
MILL CREEK, Thursday and Friday,
October 26th and 9th
GEO A. CHRISMAN
Sept. 4th, 1921 Sheriff of B. @.
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ADyICEs from Virginia state that
Mr.. Blaine's advice to the Republi-
cans to support the straightout tick
ct, is having a wonderful influence
already on the campaign.
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THE Rev. DIR. Hornblower, of the
Presbyterian church, strongly ad-
yocated lay and women preaching in
his opening address to the students
of the Western Theological Semi
nary, Allegheny City, Pa.
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THE blind Postmaster General of
Great Britain, without the aid of
eyesight, is able to manage the pos
tai affairs Of the kingdom so that,
with its postal telegraph and postal
savings bank system it nets a reyc-
nue. of nearly $4,000, 900 over all ex-
penses.
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AN unhealthy Fall for circuses.
One sold by the Sheriff of an Ohio
town and another telescoped on a
Kentucky railroad. But whether
circus men do we'll or do i'll they en-
Joy themselves intent y.
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THE storm which has caused 50
much trouble during the past few
DAYS isn't circumstance to the
storm which will be due about the
10th of October.
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A FOREIGN firm, wishing to do
the proper thing recently, asked a
party to smoke. 1t required twelve
tons of tobacco and five thousand
papers to 60 around. The Roth
schilds were the generous firm and
the British army in Egypt the
smokers.
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If England were republic they
would be nominating Gen. Wolsley
for president over there. AS it is,
he can only get to the peerage, which
is rather dull business.
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THE invitations piled upon Blaine's
card-basket are becoming almost as
numerous as those of President Ar
thur. The plumed knight is having
a boom, and no mistake.
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EX-S cieury Evarts tells a de-
liEuUu' tory af his own expense
aaau "a small donkey which he
-.uf zap l0 Dis country seat Tor the
use Df his children. One Of his
huH- daughters going out with
DOG 20 admire the animal in
il- MddoCk Nas -aIcly distressed
whom lhe donkey lifted up it's
voice and brayed doIa.ully "P0or
thingi Poor thing ,n exclaimed
the mpa he,lc cH'1; bnt sud-
denly Frightening pap size urued
tp heruufse aud said con! am
r.f papa wan be ..u ou
stulI4y, ana taeu .t .u'i f+u
4 lonesome -
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EX-SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY's di-
vorce suit cost him about $4,000.

ALEXANDER IL. STEPHENS says
he swells with pride when he remem-
bers that after forty years of public
life he is as poor as when he enter
ed it.
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GTATEOF WEST VIRGINIA.

AT Rules neId in the Clerks Office Of
Circuit Court Of Berkeley county, on the
4th day Of September, 1882:
Jacob Mclntire and Elnora McIptire. his
wife,
Lydia Murphy, Michael Murphy. George
Henry NcIntjIe and Charles NE NcIn.
tire
The object of the above suits to have par
tition OF certain real estate situate on tbe
North side of Martin Street between
Church aud Raleigh Streets in Martins
burg, Wesr Virginia, which was devised
by Michael Murphy deceased to tba
plaintiff, Eltora NcIutre, and The de-
PENDANTS.
And iC appearing on adidavit fled in
this suit that the said defendants, Lydia
Murphy, Michael Murphy, George Henry
Mclntire and Charles Lee McIntire are
non-residents ofthis State, they are hereby
required to appear at the said Clerks
office, within one month from the 9th dav Of
September, 1892 (the date of the first pub
LEGATION hereof) and do what is necessary
to protect their interests in this matter.
s. H. MARTIN, Clerk.
Faulkner lngles, Attys for Pitts.
(Septem6er0-4)
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I54AcTes, ROOds,32 Poles

of excellent Limestone Land, about 5
Acres Of good Timber, situated miles
east Of Martinsburg and miles west of
Shepherdstown, W. Va; on the Swan
Pond road, adjoining the lands Of Jacob
Williamson's heirs, Daniel Staley and
others, and improved BY
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IN the Republican convention of
the seventh district of South Carroll
ma, after a bitter struggle which has
lasted just one week, e. w. Maekey
(white) was nominated for Congress
on the 25lst ballot, receiving 81 out
of SO votes. A stormy scene ensued,
Mackey's colored competitors, Lee
and Smalls, charging him with hay
ing secured the nomination by bIibe-
ry. Lee displayed as evidence a
promissory note for $3.50 given by
Mackey TO a delegate for his vote.
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Special Inducements.

A PARTY HAVING 40.hors- powe'
IA machinery, with steam and plunge
pumps, washers, cars and oreh3ak APP
pliances to mine 60 tons Of ore per day
will negotiate with owners @. miooral
lands to form copartaersaip ur Wil uy
or lease lands. Machinery ctl,u''Ip0 10
run any manu- securing esaal saucut.
and viii receive Inducements Address
80. b. - this office s23tf
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SIR GARNET WOLsELEY, in 1854
was eating out his heart in a sur
veyor's office in Dublin-a youth Of
good lineage condemned to an unin-
teresting career, and waiting almost
hopelessly for the commission which
arrived at length and gave him an
opening he has since turned to so
good an account.
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ACCORDING to dispatch from
Washington Judge Jere Black has
been up to his eyes in the law books
there preparing himself as attorney
for the Polygamists to bring suit to
test the constitutionality Of the act
creating the Utah Commission. The
very tender way in which the Com
mission has handled the problem of
polygamy seems to have encouraged
the Polygamists to try to make them
keep their hands off it entirely.
THE State Department at Wash
ington has information from abroad
indicating that the very excellent
wheat crop, not only in this country,
but in Europe, has reduced prices
there already. and that the produ-
GERS Of this country may as well
make up their minds to accept low
rates for their wheat this year The
sudden termination Of the Anglo
Egyptian war also has a depressing
effect on prospective values Of bread.
stuffs, for it not only lessons the de-
mand, but reopens the Suez Canal,
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NEW ADVER TISE1fEETS.
THE 18TH ANNUAL FAIR
or THE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY
agricultural SOCIETY,"

Win be held at Winchester, Va,
OCTOBER 10th, IlIh, 18th and 18th,
1882. Many special lures Of pa ticular
interest to the people Of the Valley will
be presented. Large premiums in every
department.
Attractive Trials Of Speed.
Competitive Military Drill By Companies
Of the I'd Virginia Regiment
INDIANS from Carlisle Barracks
Specially large display of Saddle Horses
in competition for valuable 500 Silver
Cup and money premium.
Every arrangement has been made for
the comfort and entertainment Of visitor e.
ZzS~For premium lists, etc, address
the Secretary at Winchester.
II. L. D. LEWIS, President.
r. G.. Hollis, Secretary. (agl9.
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CORN.
Receipts. Is ,5u. Shipments......
Stock in Eleyators.............. 35, 484
Receipts and shipments Of corn and
wheat for week ending and including
Sept 9th. are rs follows: Wheat
799,006 Shipments 844 060 Corn
81 8G5, Shipments, $500
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Baltimore Market.

Corrected weekly By BLANDFoBD
fowler s. Co, l06 s. Charles st
BALTIMORE, Sept. 18th, 1882.
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CTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

At Rules held in The Clerks Office Of
the Circuit Court Of Berkeley County, on
the 4th day September, 1892,
The Berkeley Savings Bank and Charles
p Matthaei, and Joseph II. Shafer its
surviving trustees,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-06-29
Stopped His Paper.

Nowadays, when a subscriber gets
so mad because an editor differs with
him on some trivial question that he
discontinues his subscription and
"stops his paper" we remind him of a
good anecdote of the late Horace Gree
ley, the well-known editor of the New
York Tribune. Passing down News.
paper Row, in New York City, one
morning, he met one of his readers.
who exclaimed:
"Mr. Greeley, after the article you
published this morning, intend 20 stop
your paperr
"Oh, no." said Mr.. Greeley, "don't do
that"
eyes, sir; my mind is made up. 1
shall stop the paper.
But the angry subscriber was not
to be apoeased. and they separated.
Late in the afternoon the two met
again. when Mr.. Greeley remarked;
''Mr. Thompson, am very glad you
did not carry out your threat this morn
ing"
What do you mean?"
"Why, you said you were going tc
stop my paper"
"And so did; 1 went to the office
and bad my paper stopped"
"You are surely mistaken; 1 have
just come from there, and the press
was running and business was boom
ing"
''Sir," said Mr.. Thompson, very
pompously, Il meant intended to stop
my subscription to your paper"
"Oh, thunderl' rejoined Mr.. Greeley.
Il thought you were going to stop the
running of my paper and knock me
out of living. My friend, let me tell
you something: One man is just one
drop in the ocean. You didn't set the
machinery of this world in motion,
and you can't stop it; and when you
are underneath the ground things upon
the surface will wag on the same as
ever"
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French Flats,

Sanitary Engineer
We have In New York large num-
Der Of tenement-houses, great and
small, OF all grades of comfort and
convenience, some for the poor and
some for the rich. Those of the latter
class are usually known as French
flats, although they do not correspond
to the Partisan fats, which are usually
built around courtyard. In the
New York fat this courtyard is re-
duced to light shaft or well, which
very insuffciently fulflls its purpose,
either to furnish light or fresh air.
From a sanitary point of view, resi-
dence IN one of these flats, as ordinar-
lily constructed, cannot be recommend
ed. The bedrooms are as a rule in.
sufficiently lighted and badly ventilated,
and the system of house drainage is by
no means above suspicion. A person
who can afford to rent comfortable
set OF apartments in one of these fats
can often afford to have a very com
Portable house of his own. They meet
demand, however, and a demand
which is steadily increasing-namely.
for temporary accommodation for per
sons who would otherwise 90 to hotels
or large boarding houses. They are the
first step toward that millennium of
cooperative housekeeping of which we
hear occasionally, when housekeepers
will have no trouble, and will. in fact,
cease 70 be housekeepers. Meantime,
we should like to see one Fat SO
constructed that its inhabitants could
be sure OF plenty Of light and fresh air,
and that one set of rooms should not
contaminate another. No doubt lode-
ings in such building would cost more
than in the ordinary kind. but we feel
sure that there are enough people in
New York who could, and would, pay
the price necessary to secure such &C.
commodations
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A Murder on the Battlefield OF
Waterloo.
London News.

London News.
At the assizes of the department of
the Seine inferieure, held at Rouen, a
Frenchman named Edmond Baraquin
has been tried for, and found guilty of,
having murdered his paramount, Amelie
Russaw, at Waterloo. Baraqain was
arrested two or three months after the
murder at Dieppe, and from the evil:
dence given at the trial it appeared
nat the prisoner. who had been trans
ported to New Caledonia for his par
ticipation in the communist rebellion,
was amnestied in 1879, and upon his
return to Paris obtained employment
in an insurance office. Having embez-
zled sun of $500, he fed to Brussels,
where he made the acquaintance of
the deceased and led a life of idleness
until the money which he had embez-
zled was all spent. A short time after
this Baraquin and Amelie Russaw dis
appeared from their accustomed haunts
in Brussels, and nothing more was
heard from them until a peasant dis
covered ON the borders of the forest
the decomposed body of a woman,
partially devoured by rats, and the
head nearly separated from the trunk.
This was found to be Amelie Russaw,
and, in accordance with the horrible
custom prevalent in the French courts
of justice, the ''scene or the murder
was reconstructed, the clothes of the
murdered woman having been fitted
on to a dummy, with the head of the
victim modelled in wax. While the
trial was being heard the guaze veil
which covered the model was removed
in order that the jury might be duly
impressed by it. The prisoner did not
deny having killed the deceased. but
he declared that he did so in a fit of
jealousy, and not. as the prosecution
alleged. in order to get rid of her and
live with some other woman. 1t was
further charged against him that when
arrested at Dieppe papers were found
upon him which showed that he was
maturing q plan to murder and rob
two rich cattle dealers who were in
the habit Of attending the market
there; but the jury took a merciful
view of the case, and brought In
verdict of murder in the second degree
for which he was sentenced to penal
servitude for life.
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House. Built for All rIm.-

London Builder
The houses that are being built now
In Paris are not such as the con;rn
generation will find "stuffyn s.too
small" ''old-fashioned," and so ON
criticisms which with us are commonlv
passed on the creations of the last
twenty five years. They are houses
intended to last practically for all time
Built of solid stone and iron throuoh.
out, with foundations that resemble
Roman work, on the traditions of
which, by the way, they are built by
the sturdy southern wOrkmeD. Com
mercially. also, these investments prove
successful, and household property. so
far from being a drug in che market.
is at a premium. By the judicious
division into HAts. not only is every
inch of space utilized amount of
rent for unoccupied room in England
it would be curious to calculate.-but
all pockets are accommodated, from the
prince who occupies the first floor
above the thrifty concierge on the req
de chausse whose charge it is to open
the door at night and keep, not only
his or her own loge bright and clean.
tut the porte cochere and the yard.
with its pretty green plants and bright
brass water-cock-throuy h the inter
mediate etages to the fifth, or cinquieme,
with its healthy balcony. where the
large family of the modest lodger can
enjoy the air and view, as compensa-
ton for the sensible distance from
earth. But all own in common, from
the prince to the fifth-1oor ,employe.
bank clerk, or civil servant, the porte
cochere, through which rolls, from the
compact stables and coach house in the
yard at the back, the carriage of the
"6rst floor" and for all alike the en-
frances are kept clean, the lamps
bright, and the oak staircase well
waxed, each in his respective and we'll
proportional degree making up the
very comfortable rental which zao1,-
sieur le proprietaire, through his agent,
the concierge. receives quarterly from
his tenants.
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Incident of the War.
Charlottesville Chronicle


A gentleman of our acquaintance re-
lated to Us recently an incident of the
war that was new to us, and is worthy
of record. The farm of a gentleman
named Mclean constituted apart of the
field upon which the first battle of
Manassas was fought on the memora-
BILE 21st of July. 1861. Believing that
the section of Virginia in which he
resided would be the theatel of future
conflicts, he concluded to seek more
peaceful location, where he would not
be disturbed by the tramp Of armies
and the havoc of battles, and, after
mature consideration and careful
search, decided to locate in Appomattox
county. He sold his farm, purchased
a residence at App0mattox Court
House, and removed his family and
household effects to that point, suppos-
ing himself to be secure from the in
vasion of the contendiRg hosts. Four
years thereafter the remainder OF Gen.
Lees army made their last stand at
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a oREAT MAN.

The u q a Is great, and he alone,
who serves q greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf;
Content to know and be unknown,
Whole In himself.
Strong Is that man, he only strong,
To whose weltOrdered will belong,
For service and delight,
All powers tina. I'm face OF Wrong
Establish Right.
Aud free he Is, and only he,
Who, from bis tyrant passions free,
By fortune undismayed,
Hath power upon himself, to be
BY himself obeyed.
III such a man there be, where'er
Beneath the sun and moon he fare,
He cannot fare amiss;
Great Nature hath him In her care,
Her cause Is his.
-Olgen NTere<J{fJ
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Several large. islands rise above the
surface Of Salt lake. the largest over
thirty miles long, and in the widest
place about twelve miles across, ana it
Is mountainous In its character. On
his island ranchmen have raised herdst
of horses, cattle and sheep.
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Appomattox Court House, and, strange
to say. the articles OF surrender were
drawn up and signed in McLean's
house. He had seen the beginning and
the end Of the great conflict.
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Budge, very angry "Da-aS" and great
cloud of dust.
But after some five minutes victory
declared itself upon the side of the
quadruped, and, bruised and bleeding.
with clothes in rags, minus hat and
shoe, the vanquished man suddenly
turned away and ran limping down the
road, leaving his antagonist in full
possession OF the field and the stolen
silver.
Old Dan remained motionless, gazing
after his enemy until he disappeared
around q distant turn in the road. then
shaking the dust from his coarse wool
he gave utteIance to low grumble OF
satisfaction. and, wagging his tail, re
turned to his dinner in front of the
house.
Half an hour later, as Carrie washed
the coveted spoons and the bright lit.
tie pitcher and laid them away once
more, she told her brother the story,
and how the robber was foiled: and
Ned, full of enthusiasm, cried:
1--WE will not kill old Dan after all
for / do not believe that father would
shoot him now for a hundred dollars. .
And the boy was right. The old
ram won more than he knew when he
fought the tramp and conquered him,
He won his masters regard, and a
free. happy life for the remainder OF
his days.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.



A nosrsbsa DsnesNse AAav N Ns. Loaie That
10 Likely 10 EDa - 1uFasE1Ths New
Orleans staamboat Bxploss0D.
A little frame house in the rear of No.
1909 Monroe street, st. Louis. was the
scene Thursday evening of bloody fight
that will probably culminate before day
light in murder. James Sullivan, an Irish
quarryman, owned the premises and re-
sided with his wife and two children on
the ground floor, while his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Sh0rtele, resided upstairs with her
three sons, Tom, James and Nicholas.
In seems Sullivan has been in the habit
of ill-treating his wife, and on several Co.
casions her brother, Tom Shortele, has
interfered. Thursday evening while the
Sullivan family were at supper quarrel
arose between the husband and wife and
the woman screamed. Her brother Tom,
who was up stairs, ran down and inter-
fered. The two men fought like tigers,
breaking up the furniture and making a
wreck of tho place. Suddenly Sullivan
yelled, I'm cut ~ and, staggering into
the next room. fell on the bed. Physi-
clans were called, and ascertained that
thero was horrible wound, eleven inches
long, clear across the abdomen, letting the
intestines out and fairly flooding the place
with blood. The man was taken to the
hospital, where he now lies, and Tom
Shortelle was arrested. He says he had
no knife, but does not know whether ne
cut Sullivan or not Indications are that
he seized knife from the supper table,
and in his frenzy really does not remember
using it.
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GEN. BEAVER was to have gone to
Chadd's Ford yesterday, to meet face to
face the farmers of that section who b.
fore his nomination arraigned him so
tiercely for criminal negligence and abuse
of opportunity in allowing the interest of
the half million dollar endowment of the
state agricultural college to be spent
yearly without any any practical benefit
to the farmers of the state. But Beaver
did not 60 to Chadd's Ford. Cooper
failed to deliver him according to con-
tract The farmers were there and
some of them were cooked and primed
with queries which Beaver would have
found hard to answer. Probably Beaver
was sensible to stay away. It WAS q