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Sand Hill.

SAND HILL, May Our old friend
Sol. Frnm is suffering with severe
attack of infammatory rheumatism.
DIR. nj. l.. Casselbery has charge OF
the case.
While Jack Jollifre was assisting
Miss Ida Frum across Booth creek,
near Frank Johnson's, they both fell
in and received the benefit of cold
bath. Benjamin Griffith rode in and
assisted them to shore.
The Booths creek road was sold
out last Saturday to Mr.. j. Haigh,
for 81, 037.
Isaac Powell returned from the
back counties on the Goth ult., with
a large yoke of oxen.
Mrs. Lucian Selby has been ill
for some time with pneumonia. DR..
Fl. N. Mackey is in attendance.
Mrs. James Dorsey has recently
been chased by Hare.
w. F. Holt left yesterday for Penn
sylvania. We wish him success.
The weather was very warm here
yesterday, and several cases Of spring
fever are reported, some of which are
serious.
"Labaw" has commenced to serve
q term of seven years for the daugh-
ter Of prominent "Sand Hillite.'
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Flickersvilie.

SALE OF REAL EsTATE-PERsoNALs Is
GLEAMINGs IN AND ABOUT FLIcKERs-
VILE.
FLIcKERsyILLE, May 7.-On Mon
day April 30, Administrators l. G.
Rich, sold the farm belonging to
Nathan Henry, decd, to Oakley Hen
ry for $500.
George Bonnifield was over about
Easton on special business.
DR.. j. M. Price and daughter of
Rich Hill, Mo, are visiting friends
in this community.
Scott Hopkins, one of Monongalia' S
ambitious sons, who emmigrated to
California several years ago, is now
visiting his old home again.
Jud McElroy talks of going West
TO grow up with the country this
time.
Nathan Shafer is going South or
going to get married, he don't know
just which.
Miss Carrie Cole, of Cassville, has
lately been visiting at Mrs. Mary A.
Bonnifield's. PICKwICK.
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SOUTH WEST EXTENSION.
Surveying and Locating the
Cats Rum Route.

Railroad movements south Of us are
gradually crystalizing into definite
shape and the matter of extension
from Fayette county into West Vir-
ginia may now be regarded as thing
of the near future. The surveys
which the Southwest road have been
working on so long, between Union
town and the state line, are at last
completed and the line may be con-
sidered as fixed. The portion of the
route last decided on was the one
through the west end of town. Here
the original survey has been discard
ed and the road, branching off from
the Southwest near the bridge over
Redstone creek, in the northern edge
Of town, will follow up Beeson's run,
crossing the old pike at a grade near
the residence Of Mr.. Minor, thence on
up the run and out to Browns sum
nit, thence by the Cats run route to
the Monongahela river, whence it fol-
Six miles of this route-from the
mouth Of Jacobs creek to the mouth
of Cheat river, or thereabouts-have
been let to Bennett u Talbot, who are
now working so men on their contract.
1t is thought the whole line will be
put under contract in short time.
The length Of this route is about "a
miles, five or six miles longer than the
distance to the state line from the
Fairchance terminus, via Morris x
Roads. The coal is the chief induce
ment in favor of the longer line. 1t
is probable that the idea, is to tap the
Cats run region temporarily, both
for the coal and to keep other lines
out, and that in time the main through
line will be constructed from Fair
chance.
Meantime the West Va. people are
moving. The Iron Vail Y & Morgan
town road, which is to extend from
the state line via Morgantown and
Fairmont to Clarksburg, is being
pushed and will undoubtedly connect
with the Southwest at the state linc
George G. Sturgiss, ESQ.,, who passed
through here yesterday for Philadel-
phia ON business connected with that
road, stated to representative of this
paper that negotiations are now pen
ding between the l. V. Il M. and the
Pennsylvania company, which he
thought would result in connection
of the former with the Southwest.
A branch of the Iron Valley is to
be constructed from Morgantewn
through Preston county to point on
the B. & O. probably between New
burg and Grafton. About 100000
have been voted and subscribed to-
ward its construction.
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HalIeck.

HALLEcK, May Some Of the
wheat in this section of the country
is very good, while some was com
pletely frozen out. Grass is making
a fine start, and the prospect SO far
for all kinds of fruit is very good.
We have heard of but one we'd
ding in our district lately and that
was reported in last weeks New Do
MINIoN.
The people. of upper Clinton, we
think, gave the railroad their best
wishes even if it does not benefit them
directly. We wish the county to
step forward in the march of civil
cation and progress, even if it be not
to our personal advantage.
People are somewhat interested in
the coming school election, but no
candidates are yet selected or have
announced themselves for our Board.
The people Of course are unani-
nous in favor of Prof Morgan for
County Superintendent.
A convention has been announced
to be held at the Price school house,
Oh the Sth, for the purpose Of bring
ing out men for the Board.
Besides at the several churches in
our section, Sunday schools are be-
ing held at the following school
houses: Laurel Run, G. T. Loar
Sup't; Browns, Granville Brown
Sup't; Clinton, J. Barnes, Sup't A
select summer school has been pro-
posed at Gainesville.
Mr.. S. B. Brown stopped day at
home when on his way to join the
class that have gone on their geolog
ical tour.
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Snatched from the Grave.

My wife was at the brink of the
grave. She had been given up to die
by three of Allegheny City's best
physicians. They all pronounced her
disease Consumption. Her finger
nails and lips were blue; was pulse
less at the wrist; we were all. called
to witness her death. At this NOM
ent neighbor brought in DR.. Hart
man, who prescribed teaspoonful of
Peruna every hour. She improved
from the first dose, and in a week she
was up, and now (less than six
months she is we'll. See page 80 in
the oils Of Life" book you can get
gratis from your Druggist. If not, adj
dress DR. Hartman, Osborn Ohio.
L. S. EBERLEIN, South Chicago, III.
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side for some time past and her death
was net unexpected. During her
long and painful illness she exhibited
her many christian virtues and died
as she had lived in hope of better
world beyond. She had been a con-
sistent member of the M. f. Church
for number of years, and was, we
suppose As years old. Her funeral
services took place on Saturday and
her husband and family will have
the sympathy Of the people in their
affection.
No other cases of serious sickness
are now reported in this section, in
fact the locality is pretty healthy at
the present time.
We have but little further to add
at present Mr.. Hill who has been
sick some time is better, and our
town has been improved to the ex-
tent of a new shoe shop put up for
Mr.. Thos. Wells by Capt. /. E. Ar
nett.
Corn planting is being industri-
ously pushed at present and every
thing is in motion.
The incubator man "scored" on
his tormentors last time and no mis-
take, and be is still able to come to
the scratch. Better still he is not
like the Arnettsville man, when his
chickens Matched they were chickens,
and did not have broad bills.
Madame runner hath it, that one
gentleman from Laurel Point, took
one lady from the Bend to the Rev.
+. Golden's, Saturday night, and the
twain were made one flesh.
Fruit is not yet killed in this sec
ton, but the prospect for a good
wheat crop is net at all hatterng.
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AGAzN..TEHE IsOYs IN BLUE.
Will. Have their Annual Hnter~
mi mg ling, see their Old Corn.
e manGlers, and talk ON Old
Iimes.-NV ASH q ION the Place
and Next Week the Date.


The preparations in progress for
the reunion of the Army of the Po-
tonic in Washington next week are
such as to insure most interesting
programme and a thoroughly enjoya-
BILE time. The President and Cabi-
net, and Generals Grant, Sherman,
Hancock, Sheridan, Mcclellan and
Sickles are taking personal interest
in the event, and will not only lend
the honor Of their distinguished pres
ence, but in every way are doing all
they can to make the reunion Of 1888
memorable.
The Baltimore and Ohio is as usu-
al to be found in the front when 80
noble cause is to be advanced by
free and liberal reduction in regular
rates of fare. Round trip tickets
will be on sale at all stations west of
the Ohio River on May 14th and 18th
and east of the Ohio River on May
18th. These tickets will be good to
return up to and including May 10Th
west of the river, and May 18th east
Of the river. The rate will be one
and one-third the regular fare one
way for the round trip and the tickets
good on all trains making the stops.
The reunion observances com
mence on Wednesday, the 10th, with
a grand parade of the veterans of the
celebrated corps of the Army of the
Potomac, the First Second, Third,
Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth
and Nineteenth, together with the U.
S. regular troops, District Militia,
Communicates Of the Loyal Legion
and Posts of the Grand Army of the
Potomac. 1t will be very imposing
array, and the review before the
President and the most famous mill
tary chieftains of the country nota-
BILE feature. Subsequent to the
parade the different corps will meet
at designated centres for the trans
action Of association business, and
later in the afternoon all corps will
meet together in the National Thea
tire. All will meet again in the even
ing at the same place to listen to the
ovation and poem, the latter by the
noted newspaper correspondent,
George Alfred Townsend. Addresses
will follow by distinguished officers.
On Thursday the Public Buildings
will be visited, and in the afternoon
a delightful trip made to the resting
place of George Washington at
Mount Vernon. In the evening there
will be grand banquet and inter
change Of "reminiscences. Upon the
whole, the two days will be replete
with enjoyable events, and the soldier
boys with their friends will have
about the finest time imaginable.
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Laurel Point.

DELAYED LETTER FROM LAUREL POINT.
LAUREL POINT, April 3O.--Your
correspondent has been lately enjoy
ing visit in the vicinity of White
day.
Wheat in this vicinity looks quite
well. Our prospect now for a good
crop is tiattering
Some of our farmers have already
planted their corn.
Mr.. r. Lee Stevens, of Palatine,
was visiting his father, j. w. Stevens,
last week
DIR. Jesse A. Jamison is visiting
friends at Laurel Point
There are still some cases Of whoop-
ing cough in our midst.
Miss Mary Rice will teach a sub
scription school at Laurel Point this
Summer. beginning May 1st.
District conference will he held at
this place in August next.
VERNE.
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II .
The Wilmington IN. c. )Star lays
down set of principles as the basis
of the the platform of the Democratic
party, to which every true Democrat
can honestly subscribe and faithfully
support in the contest against the
corrupt Republican which is utterly
opposed to every principal enunciated
by the Star. The cry of the people
is for reform, and this they can only
have through the Democratic party,
for the Republicans showed in the
last Congress that all their promises
of reform made last fall, when they
were scared by the great up rising of
the people, were mouthings and
empty words never intended to be
fulfilled.
The Democrats need but to be
true to themselves and to the princi-
pies Of their party, and they will soon
throw off this "Old Man of the Sea-"
who has in the shape Of the Republ-
can party, through corrupt and ex-
travagant practices been expressing
and plum dering the people for years.
The Star says:
The Democrats-the men in the
party who held to great principals
should not rest content with anything
in their platform short of this:
l. To uphold the Constitution of
the Union, both as to the reserved
rights of States and as to tariff re-
venue. To see to it that the Govern.
ment is brought back to the plan
adopted by the illustrious founders,
and to guard against the Hamilton;an
doctrine of a strong Governments
monarchy in fact.
2. To demand the strictest reform
in the administration Of the Govern
ment and to prevent all excessive and
needless expenditures. Let the. cry
be strict management strict expendi-
lures, strict economy.
3. To work constantly and I'M
wearyingly until the tariff is recon
structed, readJusted thoroughly and
equitably. Let there be a tariff for
revenue only, and let the protection
extend to the industries be equally
distributed throughout the section.
With a strict construction of the
Constitution, strict economy, strict
administration of the laws the Demo
Gratis would then be able to sit down
in peace and contentment, consoled
with the grateful reflection that they
had done their duty to their country.
Equal laws, equal rights, equal justice
is what the country has right to ask
for and to expect. Reform the des-
potic powers, reform the burdensome
and unequal tariff, reform the expen-
ditures-these are the cardinal doc
trines for which we are prepared to
deliver battle.
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The Pennsylvania stalwarts are Of
fering the independents every induce
ment to return to the party fold, and
as both factions are thoroughly con-
WINGED that party strife means con-
tinuance of democratic rule, it is pro-
bable that robust efforts will be made
to bring about a reunion of the party.
The call for the regular convention
invites the independents to partici-
pate in the primary elections upon
the understood terms that the boilers
shall be fully forgiven. The stalwart
leaders profess their willingness to
surrender entire control of the con
yentien to the Independents and per-
nit the latter to name the ticket This
is liberal enough, independents admit,
but there is a lurking suspicion of the
bosses which tends to hold some back.
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Haunted House in Taylortown.
Strange Noises That Cannot be
Accounted for.

Accounted for.
waynesburg Republican.
One day last week reporter of
this paper met an acquaintance from
Taylortown, and as usual inquired of
him what was new over on Dunkard.
well said our Taylortown friend,
''do you take any stock in haunted
housesy" mot much" we replied,
with a smile, and as our curiosity
was somewhat aroused we asked him
to explain. He continued: 1--WE have
genuine haunted house in Taylor
town and the strange noises heard
there have been the subject of much
comment. For several evenings past
Joseph Conner who lives in build
ing known as the Black property, in
the lower end of the village, has been
troubled and alarmed by hearing
musical sounds and other noises, the
origin and cause of which are en-
shrouded in mystery. At times the
noise resembles that produced by
some one striking on the head of
barrel with hammer, in an instant
this humping will cease and one is
charmed with series of the most
soul thrilling music, harmonious to
the ear, played with the greatest pre-
cision on the guitar, flute, jcwsharp,
violin and accordion in rapid success
sion. At other times the noise
sounds like the chirping of millions
of crickets which may be kept up
for ten minutes. After this ceases
you are startled by the,dolefnl croak-
ing of frogs and believing of cattle,
intermingcd with the hidcous bow
wowing of number Of hungry ca
Mines"
Scan you hear these strange nois-
es of which you speak while on the
outside of the buildingY interrupted
our reporter.
ssNo SIR" he continued "and this
is the strangest and most remarkable
feature of the case. The moment
you 90 out of the house you can hear
nothing, while those within are al
most terrorized by the strange con-
cert that is almost continually going
on"
"From what portion of the build
ing does the noise seem to emanate2'
"At times it seems to have it's
source in the loft, and at other times
it appears to come from the cellar"
At this stage Of the interview the
writer became more interested, and
asked his friend if they ever made
an investigation.
eyes" said he, "the other evening
number visited the house. A por-
ton of whom went into the loft, while
a number went into the cellar at the
same time"
"What were the developments"
interrupted our reporter again with
unusual interest.
''No light whatever.wa thrown up
on it. Those in the cellar heard the
noise in the room above; those in the
loft thought the noise emanated from
the cellar, while the persons in the
room, seemed to think it came from
the cellar and loft alternately. The
whole thing is mystery that will
probably remain unsolved for ever"
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LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Easfon.

EAsToS, May THE commence
Tnent exercises of Woodland College
were held on Friday last. DIR. Van
deryort preached the Baccalaureate
sermon and appropriate exercises
were rendered in all departments.
The school closed after a very sue
cessfal term Of month and 4 days.
The next term will begin in October
next A new faculty will be chosen
and no hogging allowed. 2.
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Abraham Suydam, a former citizen
of Cabell county, this State was ar
rested in New York last week,
charged with swindling man named
Flagg, an Englishman, out of 500
by sale to him of large tract of land
in Virginia, for which he had no
title. The sum above named was
the first payment on a much larger
amount which was to be the price of
the land if the titles proved, ON ex-
animation to be satisfactory. He
was bailed in the sum Of $500 to
answer the charge.
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Georgetown.
DEATH OF MRS. MARGARET sNIDER-TH

DEATH OF MRS. MARGARET SNIDER-THE
FRUIT sAFE-GENERAL NOTES.
GEORGETOWN, May Again the
Great Reaper has been gathering his
harvest among US and has taken
away the sick lady heretofore men
toned in our correspondence. Mrs.
Margaret Snider, wife of Edgar W.
Snider, died on Thursday night, May
Sd, at IL P. NJ. Mrs. Sniders maiden
name was Wells, and was related to
the Evans of this county. She had
been suffering with something Of the
nature of cancer in her breast and
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ELECTION NOTICE.

The annual Election for Borough
Officers for the Town of Morgantown,
w. Va, and for five School Commits
sioners for the Morgantown Independ-
ent School District, will be held at the
Mayors office, Morgantown, W. Va, on
Monday, Nay t4th, 1883.
Polls open at | o'clock, Pm.
By order of Council.
w. MooRHEAD,
Recorder.
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There is disposition in Massachus-
etts to make the Tewkesbury aims
house investigation a political ques-
tion, and to put up the character of
the Marsh family to be voted at.
Gov. Butler has committed the grave
offense of refusing to accept eminent
responsibility at it's face value, but
as he has demonstrated thathis esti-
mate of it was the correct one, the
class he has offended will scarcely
succeed in making the masses believe
that he is engaged in persecution be-
cause of political opinion.
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Mr. P. w. Morris, the versatile
editor of the Richie Gazette who is
also an excellent lawyer recently won
very important case before the Su
preme court of this State.
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The republicans of this county are
entitled to much credit for their ac-
tion in reference to Prof. Morgan's
Candidacy for county Superinten-
dent.
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One of the most extensive business
men Of New York, who is neither a
politician nor speculator, says: Il
never knew the country in more
prosperous condition, or business
with more promising outlook"
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The Point Pleasant Register re-
Gently entered it 22nd year and has
enlarged to an eight column paper.
1t is one of our best exchanges and
has our best wishes for its future
prosperity.
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Hon. Samuel J. Randall was visit
ing Senator Kenna in Charleston
last week. 1t is said that Randall
will get at least two of the three Dem
ecratic votes of this State for speaker
of the House of Representatives.
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Eliza Pinkston died in Jail in Mis-
sissippi few days ago. She will be
remembered as the notorious witness
of the Hayes Tilden election contest.
1t is said Hayes, Chandler & Co.
wouldn't even attend the funeral.
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The most absurd of all political
platitudes is the claim that "the
country owes its present prosperity to
the Republican party" Yet this old
absurdity, which has done service in
many campaigns of the past brought
out and paraded again in the hope
that it may check the progress of
disintegration by which the Republi-
can party is being reduced to hope
less but desperate minority. The
prosperity of the United States, as
compared with other and Older coun-
tries, is due to causes as far above
and beyond the control of any party
as the progress of the seasons, the
movements of tides or the revolution
of our planet. Most of the causes of
our prosperity are natural-the ex-
haustless resources of young coun-
try incomparably rich in all that
contributes to material growth. Our
empires of the most fruitful land on
the globe, our vast deposits Of coal,
iron and the money metals, our grand
waterways, our variety of soil and
climate-these were not made by any
party, nor could any party prevent a
free people from making use of them.
Their utilization was we'll under way
before the Republican party was born.
Next to our indebtedness to nature is
our obligation to the men who shook
off British rule and established free
government in this country. And
next to these must be placed the vic
tories won under Democratic adj
ministration by which the area of the
Union was extended over those re-
gions which have given us gold and
silver in almost fabulous amounts.
Whether the Mexican war was right
or wrong in the abstract, its influence
on our national prosperity has been
grandly great. Such people as
ours in such country as this owes
prosperity to no party, nor has there
ever been time when they would
have permitted any party to block
the path of progress. As we have
shown, the political events which sup
plementing natural causes, have
made US what we are, occurred long
before the Republican party came on
the stage. How, then, can the adyo-
Gates of Republican supremacy pre-
tend that we owe our prosperity to
their political Organization Wash-
ingtoa Post.
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Col. Robert w. Baylor, a promi-
nent citizen of Jefferson county, died
on the End inst.
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New Bed Tickings, Cottonades
and the largest stock of Skirting in
town at Chadwick's.
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- eport OF the Condition of the SECOND
BANK, at Morgantown in the
State of West Virginia, at the close of business.
May. Ist, 1884,
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SALE OF REAL EsTATE-PERSoNALS
GLEAMINGs IN AND ABOUT FLICKERs-