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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08
Proceedings Of the County
Cont.

County court met Oh MO003y.
Sept. 3rd. President B. Hughes,
presiding, assisted by Messrs. Jacob
Miller and Jacob M. Seibert, associ-
ates.
Decatur Hedges, w. l.. Cunning
ham, A. J. Thomas, Jonathan
Thatcher, and Jas. w. Campbell
were appointed commissioners to
determine the propriety OF construct.
ing bridge over the Opequon at
Riley's ford.
John T. Picking was appointed
commissioner for the purpose of
taking testimony as to lost and de.
stroyed deeds.
Joseph Thatcher was appointed
director Of the Berkeley s. Hamp-
shire Grade-vice William Smith,
decd.
A special appropriation of $25 was
made for improving the road through
David Decks farm.
B. f. Speck qualified as road SUI
pervisor in Hedgesville district.
The following persons were APP
pointed to rearrange the road dis
tricts of the county so that each Of
the sub districts will contain not
less than three nor more than five
miles:
MILL CREEK. e. L. Hoffman,
Jno. w. Lamon Martin v. Hawk,
A. J. Ridgeway, M. L. Henshaw.
GERARDsTOwN DIsTRICT.-M.
S. Grantham, John D. Barney,
Charles Ii. Miller Tillotson Evans,
J. p. Stump.
ARDEN DIsTRICT.-H. j. Seibert,
Jas. NJ. Billmyer, VIM. T. Noll, +.
M. Pitzer, Jas. M. Vanmetre.
OPEQUON DIsTRICT.- "A. j..
Thomas, Jacob Myers, Harrison
Tapler, Joseph Vanmetre, John w.
Daily.
HEDaEsNILLE DIsTRICT.-Wm.
Cunningham, Moses G. Nadenbousch
John B. A. Nadenbousch, Joseph
Kitchen, Thomas L. Harper.
FALLING WATERS DISTRICT
Decatur Hedges, Calvin Tice, w. r.
Porter6eld, Henry H. Cox, Jacob
Ropp.
The following gentlemen were
appointed a County Board of
Health; DR.. Jas. w. McShery, DR..
J. III. Hunter, of Martinsburg, and
DR.. l.. M. Sencindiyer, Of Darkes-
vile.
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Sensitive Souls.

Magruder killed himself in
Maryland because of grief for his
first wife, though he had taken q
second and entirely worthy one.
Marks drowned himself in q Kan
sas milIpond, the dam for which
he had just built. as the water
proved insufficient to turn the
wheel. Jennie Roberts of Penn
sylvania, flung herselfinto a stream
after being refused parental per-
mission to go to ball. Picketts,
a member OF the Texas bar, had no
desire to live when he had lost a
case and been berated by the client.
Mrs. Jones of Maryland, took
laudanum because she could not
take money from her husbands
cash drawer. Atkinson, of Cali
fornid, mentally staked his life on
his horse, and forfeited on the
conclusion of the race. Mr.. Wy
ckoff, wealthy farmer of Long
Island, hung himself because the
price of potatoes was low.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

THE September treasury state'
ment contains reminder of what
the Government has done for the
Pacific railways. 1t shows that
there are outstanding bonds issued to
to the companies to the amount of
1854, 1928 ,531, on which interest is pay.
able by the Government. The inter
est paid by it foots up $50, 222 90,
from which deduct payment in
transportation service and cash pay
ment. and their remains balance
of interest paid by the Government
of SAL ,557 $40.
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Grieved TO Death for q Gam
bier

A strange bird story IL related
by the friends of Robert Potee, the
gambler who committed suicide
in Kansas City . few days since.
About six years ago the wife of
the dead man was given a mock
ing bird, which became greatly
attached TO Mr.. Potee. When the
news of her husbands suicide
reached Mrs. Potee, at Atchison,
it seemed to have very much the
same effect npon the bird as it had
upon ner. The bird apparently
mourned with her. When she
prepared to leave Atchison the
little fellow screeched, as if in
pain, so loud as to be heard blocks
away. In Kansas City the bird
refused to eat, and flew from room
to room at all hours until the day
when Potee was buried then the
bird died, having apparently
grieved to death. A taxidermist
is preparing the bird to be placed
over the grave Of POtee.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Father Ryan the "Poet Priest, "
will lecture in Wheeling sometime
next month.
Assistant Secretary New has sta
ted it to be his intention to resign in
order to devote his attention to his
private business.
Reports from Wheeling say that
Hon. J. Hanson Good is dangerous
ly ill, and his recovery almost hope
less.
a number of prominent citizens of
Hagerstown are favoring the cree
ton of home for orphans and 9TH
er children in indignant circumstan'
ces, and active steps are being taken
in the matter.
The reported success of an En-
glish experimenter in imparting ar
tihcial tints to flowers 10y coloring
material injected into their stems,
opens an interesting chapter in flor
iculture. If the beauties of the hot.
house and garden can be made to
take on any tint desired, what may
not be expected Sombre, even
black flowers for those who mourn,
blue roses for the respondent, and
single flowers showing the hues OF
the rainbow, are all made possible
by this daring English invader ofna.
lures realm. But the undyed flow
er must remain the preference of the
present generation.
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MARRIED..

August 10Th by the Rev. Jno. Land
street, JAMES. w. SIGLER, to Miss
MARGARET E, daughter Of John. e.
Chestnut.
On Wednesday, Sept. 9th, 1883, at
$50 a. m. in the Presbyterian
church at Gerardstown, by the Rev.
Creighton Campbell, assisted by
Rev. e. Wilson, JAS. w. MCKowN,
ESQ.,, to Miss ANNIE CAMPBELL.
We extend our warmest eongrat-
ulations and wish for the happy
pair long life, health and prosperity.
May no shade Of sorrow ever cross
their pathway.
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Washington County, (Md

From the Hagerstown Herdid.
Morris Il. Miller, six years old son
of Mr.. jeremiah Miller, of Ringgold
district, while playing with fodder
cutter, on Monday, accidentally cut
off two of his fingers earthe second
joint,
Mr.. j. Knope Baker, well-known
cigar manufacturer of this City,
shipped last Thursday to Ohio, co.
600 cigars to fill one order.
The telephone line from Hagers-
town to Waynesboro will be put in
operation in about six weeks
From the Gerardstown Times
Mrs Ellen Sloanaker, widow of
the late Michael Sloanaker, died
near Ganotown, Aug. 10Th, 1858,
aged II years.
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Gov. HAMILTON Of Maryland,

Gov. HAMILTON Of Maryland,
and his Reform campaign seems to
have run on a snag and been some
what wrecked, The people, some
how, have an idea that this is not a
good year for reformers, and don t
take to them kindly. Some other
year the condition of things may be
more congenial to their full devel-
opment.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

The Kanawha Gazette sensibiy
remarks: "We have never see n a
"Cheap John" politician whose
weakness is 10 confound economy
with parsimoDy, that did not run
his course and finish his career
early ia The ac ion. and such Will
continue to be their fate. The
citizrbs OF a community Who con-
trots is actions are not misers.
rney are not wiling tnat every
thing SHALL be placed on a starva-
tIOu basis. Ii is only croakers,
who have outlived their useful
ness, mlsers who never had any,
and limid souls who live under
tie ig,HueHca of .nese Classes who
believe ia the doctrine of the
"Cheap Johns.''
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

JUDGE HOADLY, the Democratic
candidate for governor of Ohio, has
gone to Philadelphia to put himself
under the care of DIR. Bartholomew
the specialist, who has for long
time been treating him for nervous
troubles. Judge III. has broken down
from over work, and is suffering
from nervous prostration.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08
AUTUMN.

To-day is the eighth OF September
and the first Of the autumn months.
There is an occasional suggestion Of
fall in the air.. 1t is full of exhilar-
ating intimation. The American
autumn is the most glorious season
of the year. The colors of our woods
then, are of SURPRISING beauty; the
harvests are being gathered into the
barns, the merchants are brisk and
hopeful, the great lines Of transport
tation resound with the hum and
stir of traffic, the sportsman over
hauls his breech loader and prepares
for forage in the stubbles, and the
boys and girls divide their time be-
tween school books and the walnut,
chestnut and hickory nut trees, or
camp, like happy gypsies, where the
wild grapes grow. The early fires
will glow cheerfully in the CRATE and
the freshest books, newspapers and
magazines will be read with keen
pleasure, and not looked at languidly
as in the sweltering months of sum-
mer. Tourists who have wisely de.
ferred their vacation will now HE
away to Lake Superior, the Adiron-
dacks, the swelling prairies of the
west, or, perhaps, take trip to the
famed cities of Europe. The fall is
the true season for pleasurable travel
and it is the golden time for open air
recreation. Then croquet and tennis
can be pursued with ardor, and
driving and horseback riding offer
their most invigorating charms.
Our springs are tickle, our summers
enervating and our winters rarely
even healthful, but the period
between the middle of September
the middle of November is propi-
tious to the highest sensations of
bodily and mental pleasure. Every
thoughtful man will aim to make
this season compensate for all the
grievances of the rest of the year.
When Bryant spoke of this time as
the melancholy days" he uttered a
sentiment that will find no endorse
ment In the crowded thoroughfares
where the merchants expose their
wares, none from the orchards and
fields, none in the gay places of
amusement, and none from that
good fellow who in a fall duck suit
with capacions game pockets, goes
with gun and dogs through meadow
and wood. Talk of this crisp,
wholesome tim G as bieng "the
saddest of the year" The New
York Erening Post must have
had some heavy bills to pay when
Bryant talked such nonsense in
plaintive verse. Invalids and very
old people may find something pen
sive in the russell leaves and sober
cadence OK The autumn winds, but
the average man or woman halls the
season with elastic step and quick
ened energies for business or for
pastime. The table of the restau-
rant begins to excite the jaded and
wasting appetite and the welcome
oyster makes it appearance. The
advent of that delicious and nutri-
tous biyalve alone, would make the
autumn memorable, and the buck
wheat cake, with maple sugar looms
up in the perspective. Let us greet
our American autumn with robust
vigor of spirit, and prepare to enjoy
its gifts.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

BOLD Ben Butler is as frisky as a
young colt. Bad men of the repor-
ial profession are charging that his
agility has something to do with a
desire for a Presidential nomina-
ton. This is evidently vile SLAM
der on the modest and unambitious
BENJAMIN.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

UNCLE SAM begins the autumn
with total debt of 81 ,S76, 9S9, 1923, OF
which sum all bears interest except
$541 ,527, 408. During August the
reduction was $6,67l ,S51. The cash
in the treasury amounts to 1851 ,5O3,
086.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

One link in the living chain that
has for years bound four generations
together in the family circle at "El'
wood" near Berryville: Va, was
broken out on August 18th, 1888,
byh todeath of Mrs. Lucy Gold, wild
ow of the late Thos, L. Gold, which
occurred at that time and place, in
the 65th, year of her age.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08

Mr.. HRNRIcKs, of Indiana, has
fully recovered. his health and gone
into the Indiana campaign with the
vim and ardor Of youth. He 10
training for the Presidential nomi-
nation.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-08
OLD POINT COMFORT
AND
FORTRESS MONROE

Are but one nights sail from Baltimore
or Washington on Magnificent Steamers.
Ex,ursionists SO choosing can take the
Bag Line Steamers at Baltimore, witness
the grand electrical and pyrotechnical
display in the harbor, arrive at Old
Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe early
the morning, spend the day and be back
in Baltimore again bright and early on
the morning Of the night of the grea
Mystic Pageant.
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DIED,

81 Halt yates-fre cents per tine-for Obituary No
sees Seyond the usual announcement.
Aug. Goth, 1883, ELMA STUP,
daughter Of Mr.. Randolph j. Stup,
north College street, this city, aged
3 years, 10 months and 10 days.
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Jefferson County.

From the Shepherdstown Register:
DIR. I. s. Tanner. Of this county,
has been appointed member of the
advisory board for the Washington
County, Md, agricultural fair,
General Gilbert s. Meem, of Virginia
is also on. the board.
The Shepherdstown Manufacturing
Company is doing a brisk business
at present. The shops are being run
to their full capacity in order to
meet the steady demand for the
Hendricks and Shepherd Graiu Drill
and the Uilum Flows.
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From the Free Press:

From the free Press:
In accordance with custom OBJ.
served by him, Mr.. Jno. F. Shaull
on Friday last celebrated his Goth
birth. day by a dinner to which
numerous friends were invited
among them the "Old Family"
DR.. j. v. Simmons has been In
the State of New Yory recently in
the interest of the Mcdonald Fish
Ways. It is likely he will make
large contracts there.
Ashby Strider, aged about %
years, son of Mr.. Joseph Strider, of
this county, died in Pittsburg a few
days ago from injuries received by
the breaking of an axle of truck
laden with iron. His remains were
brought to Harper's Ferry and in,
TERED on Thursday last in Bolivar
cemetery.
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LURAY CAVERNS

The most famous of all the subtle. ra-
mean wonders of the country, are readily
within days time from Washington or
Baltimore. Special fast Excursion trains
making the round trip, with four hours
at the caverns, which a,e now lighted by
Electricity
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ON PAGEANT NIGHT

Another remarkable spectacle will be
witnessed, and effects produced never be-
fore attempted in any city in the world.
The parade will be the grandest in ex-
tent known in the history of mystic pa
geantry. The costumes all entirely new,
were made in Paris, and beyond all COM
parison the finest ever imported to this
country. The unparalleled number Of
Forty Tableau Flots will be in line, and
will be larger and more imposing in con-
struction than ever before known. Some
conception of the amazing extent of the
pageant may be CLEANED from the fact
that upwards of thirteen hundred men.
two hundred and thirty horses, six bands
and six hundred carried nights are re-
quired to place it upon the streets.
No advance will be made in the usual
rates for Hotel Accommodations either in
Baltimore or Washington, visitors being
enabled to stop in either city, the Balti-
more and Ohio running
FIFTY-MINUTE TRAINS
between the two cities. Trains run at
laacf ayaru bonn
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MOUNT VERNON

Is but few hours ride on the historic
Potomac from Washington Splendid
Steamers leaving every morning and re.
turning during the afternoon.
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WASHINGTON.

Ever place of greatest interest to all,
never looks more beautiful to the eye or
during the lovely weather always the
rule in September. The B. & O. is the
only direct line from the West to WASH
ing ton, and the only line running
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Festivities
At 6ALTlM ORE,

OA wv Nn0OtIiC NlSAty LOFu DaltlmOr0
will arrive in the Harbor of Baltimore
upon one Of the finest stea mers afoat, and
which will literally be q blaze of electri-
cal illumination. The Royal Steamer
will be escorted up the harbor by from
sixty to eighty tug boats, four abreast,
and each carrying electrical lights in var.
ious colors. From all sides of the harbor
Fire Works IN great profusion will be
discharged from special barges stationed
for such purpose and the spectacle a. a
whole will be an unprecedented one.
Arriving in the city, Lord Baltimore,
his Courtiers, Household and Officers will
be escorted to the City Hall by most
novel Military Parade--a thousand SOL
diers covered with Electric Lights in diff
ferent colors; horses with electrical
plumes, and the whole city presenting a
scene simply il describabie.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-17
NHatrl.man & NonrnaL.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER H. 1883.
Important.

Many are taking advantage OF our liberal
offer to give Good Cheer and THE WAToHMAN
for the price of the latter, and all are pleased
because we make the same offer to all sub
scribers, old or new. We are not discriminat-
ing against our old patrons, but are giving all
an equal chance. Remember that you can
have Good Cheer one year FREE, by paying for
THE wAToBMAN up to, or beyond, October l,
1884 whether you are an old or new sub
scriber. Some who have paid to some date In
1884 are inquiring whether they must send the
balance dne tn October /, 1884 in order to Sc
cnre Good Cheer. In reply we will say that we
must have some fixed time to which subscrib-
ers must pay, and as we have fixed the date
we do not wish to vary 1t. Send seventeen
cents for each month due to October ], 1884,
and receive Good Cheer one year FREE Our
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for sample copies Of THE WATCHMAN. which
will be forwarded free Of charge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-17
= Personal.

THADDEUs FAIRBANKS had a very narrow
escape from death at st. Johnsbury ON Satur-
day from a runaway team.
CAPTAIN RUsHLow, late OF the steamer Ver-
mont, it Is feared g incurably insane. He Is
in the asylum at Concord, N. II.
COLONEL HOOKER was invited by the Massa-
chusetts Republican state committee to go upon
the stump for Robinson, but declined.
Mr. GEORGE ALLEN of Philadelphia, an ac-
compished cello player, will play with the
Howard Opera House orchestra Of Burlington
the coming season.
DIR. GEORGE T. FLANDERS Of Rutland died
Saturday at forty minutes past six P. NJ, aged
thirty eight. He was born, says the Herald,
at Washington, Vt. He first commenced the
study of medicine with Dr. Jones Of Chelsea in
1867, after which he attended the homeopathic
college in Philadelphia, graduating from that
institution in 1870. He went to Rutland six
years ago and took up the practice OF medicine,
and at the time Of his death enjoyed large
and constantly growing business. He was a
genial, pleasant, generous hearted man, and
his loss will be long and severely felt by all
that knew him. The deceased leaves wife
and two children; also father and mother,
who reside in Tunbridge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-17
Current Mention.

WNDHAM county court granted twelve di-
vorces.
IT Is reported that the profits Of the state
fair were S4, 600.
THE services in the Westinghouse at
Wrightsville next Sunday afternoon are to be
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Wright.
THE Norwood lumber company is advertised
to be sold by Assignee Ashley at public auction
on November 7th, the sale to take place at
Norwood, N. Y.
CORRESPONDENTS should reach this Office not
Later than Tuesday noon, to be sure OF appear
ing the same week. Important news can be
sent Tuesday afternoon.
THE Central Vermont road has just pur-
chased ten locomotives of the mogul " pat
tern, the present number being inadequate for
the immense business now being done.
The annual meeting of the Vermont & Cam
ada railroad company will be held at Bellows
Falls next Friday, when it is hoped that some
solution Of the present difficulties will be ar
rived at.
IT Is said that Governor Butler strongly en-
dorses the inventory system Of Vermont and
New Hampshire for securing equal and just
taxation. The report seems almost incredible,
but 1t may be true.
THE trustees Of the bondholders of the South
eastern railway now In control OF the road
have called for a five per cent tax on the bond
holders generally to pay off the laborers ON the
line in arrears OF wages.
A GENERAL term of the Vermont supreme
court Is ordered to be held at Montpelier, COM
mencng the 23i There are eighty-nine cases
on the docket; twelve of them have been heard
once, but are ordered to be re-argued.
CORRESPONDENT of the Troy Times saws
that demand will be made next season for a
Sunday night train to New York to accommo-
date business men desirous of passing Sunday
In Manchester and other parts OF Bennington
county.
MRS LANGTRY has arrived in this country
in pursuance of her second engagement. New
scenery and new costumes have been prepared
for her, and Partisan art has been exhausted
to furnish forth her wardrobe Mrs. Langtry Ia
announced to appear in Burlington next week.
THE losses of the Vermont Mutual fire insur.
ance company In the recent fire at South Roy
alton have been settled as follows NJ j. Sal
gent. 81, ,25O; ]. o, Belknap, $1,2ll; j. IL
Hewitt, $40; M, s. Adams, $50; Bixby &
Jones, "a 600; G. H. Manchester, $40; Wm v
Soper, $40; A. P. Skinner, $40, making tota
of So. $685.
HORACE AND AARON DUFER we're arrested In
Canada, where they had fed, and brought to
Newport Center last week Friday, for an as
sault with intent to murder Landlord Chandler
Austin OF that place last week Wednesday
They were held in 81, 900 each for trial, in de
fault OF which they we're committed to Iras
burgh jail.
THE Unitarian society will hold a sociable a
N. @. Tabor's Thursday afternoon and evening
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-17
Local Items.

HAppER's BAZAAR patterns at Webster's.
CIRCULATING library at H. E. Slayton's.
A FEW blankets at low figures at Webster's.
HAVE you seen the glassware that is sold for
five cents at Webster's?
CRoCKERy, glassware, china, lamps OF all
kinds and prices at Webster's.
SILK vELvETs. plushes, velveteeus, In black
and c,lors, dress goods, flannels, all and more,
at Webster's.
IT is an old saying that when ignorance is
bliss tits folly to be wise, but most people want
to be wise enough to buy goods cheap. That
being the case. our advice is, go to Webster's.
RIoHARDsoN & FULLERTON, Waterbury, VT,
make modest announcement on the fifth page
OF this paper. They claim to do their most
effective advertising at their counter, hint
which the public will doubtless take and put to
the test.
MRS. D. A. SLACK has returned from Boston,
where she spent few days in getting the fall
styles, and is now prepared to execute all or
ders for dressmaking promptly and in the
latest style. Any one in need Of employment
III n6r Hu6 WOuiu az Well W Ctli Ou
G. Fl SMILE will sell you a pair OF calf boots
for 81 IS This is better boot than you u.s.
ually get for 49, Come and buy pair OF
whole stock (back and front), tap sole calf
boots for 1925, a better boot than you usually
buy for $3.50 Don't forget the place. Sigu
Of the Golden Boot.
You will find good assortment Of ash and
painted chamber sets. lounges, mirrors, spring
beds, wire mattresses, easy, willow and basket
chairs, and anything that you need to keep
house with, Sas cheap as can be bought In
Washington doup'y, at A. T. Straw & Co.'S,
Main street, Waterbury, vt.
NJ. NJ KNIGHT, the veteran dry goods mer-
chant Of Waterbury, has an advertisement or
the eighth page Of the WATcHMAN, to FIND
which one will not need to look twice. Mr.
Knight is born tradesman and long expert
ence has not detracted from his native ability
He is an expert at selecting stock of goods
Of which fact his store affords conclusive proof