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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-28
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OURSTORE

Is divided into SEVEN separate rooms for the
one room is devoted to. ARTISTIC FIRE.
PbaSES PbhSES; one e Al grades q TILES; one TO
TRAYS and ANCIENT ARMoR; one to Lows
MUEAL nsbS n oDES@DRA%TIoNs @ % one 70 BRASS
and BRIC:A-BRAC BRASsES; one 10 SLATE
Mfd,AsNTELS; COOKING RANGES, HoT-AIR
FURNACES, LAUNDRY STOVES and BANI-
TAHY PLUMBING FIXTURES, and the princi.
pal store TO GAS COOKING and OIL COOKING
EsAss E ANp h1a sgSEiS aoobs osEATs ana
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
Falling Waters

Maxwell's saw-mill' is at work
at Harlan's Spring, getting out
lumber for large bank barn to be
erected by Mr.. Harlan.
Mr.. VIM. Emmerson has erect
ed a large barn on his premises,
near Falling Waters.
Mr.. Isaiah Davis is building a
residence at Broad Lane.
Boats are now plying on the
The rain, during the last few
days, has put the river up almost
to overflow.
Great quantities of fish are be-
ing caught.
There is considerable sickness
in our district at present, and the
doctors are on the go day and
night.
Harry Stone has traded his
farm at Terrapin Neck to Major
Hagans, of Shepherdstown, for a
farm lying on the Potomac, above
Williamsport. Mr.. Stone will
take possession April 1st.
S. H. Lights sale, last week,
was one of the largest ever held
in the lower end Of the county.
Stock sold high, and everything
brought good prices.
The roads in this district are al
most impossible. Ono.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
A King for America.

PROFESSOR FORSYTH HAS A SCHEME
OF IMPORTING A LAFAYETTE TO
BE LIMITED MONARCH.
PORTLAND, Me. March 17.-pro-
fessor Frederick Gregory Forsyth.
formerly Of this city, has published i
pamphlet called "The Kingdom. =
in which be proposes that u liberal
descendant OF Lafayette, Ii such in.
dividual can be found, shall be in
dnced to proclaim himself limited
monarch Of America, or lie invited
to assume that title. The nlan Il
further that the Senate and Home
OF representatives shall remain "a
&c present. but that the king shall
nave the appointment Of all impor-
liant ofiicers,t the understanding being
that he shall select members Of the
nrst families Of America, as now
represented IN membership, origin
and order. He believes that nnnn
The. arrival OF this member OF the
Lafayette family, the people attract
ca Dy the magic OF his name. Would
rush to his standard, and that 4
Change In the form Of the govern
ment would be made at once. He
contends that his plan has many al.
over that proposed By the
late Count Johannes, that the Duke
or Edinburgh should become king of
the United States and Canada
Professor Forsyth is at present.
herald marshal general OF the Aryan
Order, and is connected with q
school In Virginia. He announces
long series OF other publications ia
support of his plan, and also 4
course of lectures.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22

as it has not left a hair between his
corpulency and Heaven. John T.
was distributing cards for the recep
tion of an English nobleman, the
Duke of Clydesdale," who comes tc
us in the shape of a horse in the or
iginal style. We expect to see some.
thing grand and will try to be pres.
ent at the reception which will take
place about the 25th inst, at the farm
of Mr.. j. w. Strong, one mile north
of here. The "Norfolk Hero" will
also be visiting in the neighborhood
at the same time. No doubt the un-
PARALLEL symmetry of the one and
the powerful muscle of the other will
produce a rare sensation in our
streets.
A sale of personal property, in
GLIDING fine lot Of excellent horses
and improved stock, will take place
at Rest, at the residence of M. Law
renee Register Payne & Sister, on
the 25th inst. Any one desiring any
thing in their line will be amply re-
paid by going to that sale.
Mrs, James III. Clendening, who
has been confined to her room for
some time, 1 am glad to say is inn
proving.
We hope soon to hear of favor
able change in our friend L0gan's
condition We all feel deep in
terest in him, and sympathize with
him and family.
Your last issue seems to Jingle
little like election times, from the
meeting of the several executive
committees. They are picking their
flints and preparing for the contest.
That is right-it is an adage worthy
of repetition stPrepare for war in
time of peace"
We have a man who will be utterly
useless for anything like work for
good while yet, in the person of Capt.
j. 7. Hess. from an unlucky acct
dent of breaking his leg, so / think
ibwill be an excellent idea to send
him to the legislature. He would
make a good representative and fun
for the crowd. Be expeditions in
making up your slate and submit it
to us fellows for inspection.
c.. Ell.
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Hedgesville.

Quite number of your citi-
zens visited the Odd Fellows
Lodge in this village, on Saturday
evening last, prominent among
whom we observed Messrs Dodd
and brother, A. S. Ronk and broth
er, Hensel, Cage, Swansun and
Mason.
Mr.. Calvin Heberlig, after many
trials and tribulations in erecting
a barn within corporation limits,
owing to the inclement weather,
took his departure for short
visit to Pa.
DR.. Perkey, after quite a pro-
tracted absence pursuing his pro-
fession, is again in our midst re-
lieving the many victims to tooth
ache.
Mr.. G. H. Wayble, Orderly Ser
geant of the Camden Artillery
company of Martinsburg, was at
his post at this point on Saturday
last, discharging duties as secre-
tary to the Board of Education.
Mr.. George Harrison, formerly
of this village, having made his
friends and relatives flying visit.
returned to Keyser on Sunday
last.
It is rumored that Mr.. Alwein
who has so ably conducted q pr.
vate school at this point. will at
an early day discontinue the same.
The sale of real estate of the
late Mrs. Mary Cornelius occurred
on Saturday last and we learn
that a fair valuation of the prop
erty was realized.
Ellsworth Naylor has gone to
McKeesport, Pa, to pursue his
trade, and we trust many more OF
our young men may follow his
good example.
The services in the M. e. church
by Rev's. Hilton and Hedges, also
Rev. w. T. Leavell in the Episco-
pal church, were well attended on
Sunday last.
We regret to hear of the con
tinued illness of w. T. Logan
and can only hope that He toe
whom alone belongs the issues o.
life and death, may his own good
time restore him to health.
REPORTERS
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ec the work Of rescue. The women
were compelled to retire. ana tha
newcomers gathered up the frar.
ments OF those blown up the SHAFT
line people seem to have lost all rea.
son. Many OF the killed left fami-
lies, and but few in the town escan-
ed without the loss OF relatives. The
greater part Of the victims are Ital.
IAN lans and Germans and a few negroes.
Ine mine Is known rs the Flat Ton
NINE, and at the base OF Flat Ton
Mountain. : ~
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of all, whether they own horses or

OF all, whether they own horses o,
not.
We understand the boatmer
will soon resume business, as the
water was let into the canal a few
days ago.
Miss Valley Malette, who has
been in the west for sometime, has
returned to her old home at Ben
Sperow's.
The literary society at this place
bids fair to soon become defunct
organization.
Rev. J. F. Rush will preach at
Harmony next Sunday, (to-mor-
row, at 10 a. m; at which time d
reorganization of the Sunday
school is contemplated.
ARcTURus.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
Oak Grove.

A tribe Of Gypsies, encamped
IN the Grove few days last week
they had with them Is or 20 fine
horses. l suppose the young
people availed themselves of the
opportunity of getting view into
the future by having their for
tunes told.
We were somewhat alarmed on
last Wednesday morning, by see
ing a species of bear and monkey
In the Grove, but when we found
that they were securely chained
to an oak and guarded by their
vigilant keepers, our fears vanish
ed as mist before the rising sun.
Mr.. Joseph Stevens has been
quite i'll during the past week.
Mr.. Hunter Small is feeding a
nice lot of cattle, which he pro-
poses putting into market this
spring.
There will be service held at the
Bedington church on Sunday Ito
morrow at IL a. m. by Rev. F.
a. Mercer.
Nothing definite has been heard
of the horse which was stolen
from Mr.. VIM. H. Small. The
stealing of said horse has livened
business in the line of hardware,
as / hear that our neighbors have
purchased locks for their stable
doors. This is a wise plan for SIT is
of no use to lock the stable after
the horse had been stolen.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22

Pennsylvania Railroad il determin-
ed that the Baltimore and Ohio shall
not catch them mapping again, and
run in big blocks Of Cumberland
coal. The only way Of transporting
the Cumberland coal here was
through the Chesapeake and De-
laware canal. The Pennsylvania in
order to block this has struck q bar
gain with the Canal Company,
agreeing to raise the rate OF tolls on
coal on their Baltimore division IL
the canal would make q raise. This
prevents low contracts on Cumber-
land coal, as the producers cannot
make them In the face of the In
creased tolls on the canal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
Enyders Mill.
NEAR Riley's Ford. J

A><~~~' A~afNs A1t0.
There has been great many
fish caught in the Opequon dur.
ing the high waters Of the past
few weeks.
While saving a log the other
day, Mr.. Snyder sawed through
two large wrought iron spikes
deeply imbedded in the tree.
MIR. Henry Campbell, from whose
woods the log was hauled, states
that the mormons had preaching
there many years ago, and it is
supposed the spikes were driven
in the tree by them.
Mr.. c. H. Cookus, of the Fair
view school proposes having a
spelling bee as soon as the roads
get better.
The Friendship U. B. Sunday
school will reorganize in a few
weeks.
The debating society at Van
clevesvil!e is a thing of the past,
having postponed several meet
ings to attend dances in the neigh
borhood. They were not able to
raise quorum afterwards.
having Ms ls soia his lana; i 81 NJ shi1l sy
ing near Smithfeld, Jefferson
county.
The county bridge is the princi-
pal topic Of conversation in this
neighborhood. The petition which
has been started to raise the $500,
asked for by the county court does
not meet with much favor as the
people think tits in the county's
place to build the bridge and tax
according. Some one proposed
building the bridge a short dis
lance below the ford, which is
anything but a suitable and con-
venient place. At thatpoint great
difficulty would be encountered in
finding q solid bottom on which
to build the bridge, and it would
cost several hundred dollars more
to put the bridge below the ford
than it would to build it on the
old foundation at the ford.
Mr.. j. Walper Snyder's skiff
disappeared Tuesday night with q
lot of fowls. He would be much
obliged to whoever finds the boat
to return the same. He does not
care for the fowls.
OCCASIONAL.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
The ThOmpsOn-Sullivan
Fight.

CLEVELAND, March 1S.--In sport. !.
ing circles to-day the one topic Of
conversation was the Thompson
Sullivan match, arranged in Chicago.
Thompson's time will be devoted to
until the day of the match Suln-
vans strong points are his skill and
strong hitting. Thompson has little
skill, but be has improved . great
deal, and can improve more IN the
ninety days before him. He can
stand more punishment than Sulli-
van. Few doubt that he can hit q
hard, and under London rules, In
which wrestling u allowed, Sullivan
can gain little while Thompson can
gain great deal. The chances are
In favor Of Sullivan, but there Il
nothing Of the odds between tho
men that thero was In tho 0ght b.
tween Sullivan and Ryan.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
Broad Lane.

We are having a variety OF
weather.
We noticed while on our way to
your city on last Saturday that the
wheat is not looking quite as well
as it did just after the snow left,
though the prospect for a good
crop is quite flattering.
We hear o good deal of COM
plant about the muddy roads. It
is true; they are very muddy,andit
is very disagreeable to travel over
them-but will growing make
them any better?
Mr.. Isaiah Davis has leased q
lot at this place,of Mrs. E. Smith,
of your city, and is now prepar-
ing materials with which to build
a house. Mr.. George Brindle il
also preparing agranary and corn
crib.
The stave factory and saw mill
at this place, have suspended
business for the present. The saw
mill owned by McGill & Co., il
still in operation.
We think the organization that
has been formed to protect horses
and their owners to be q step IL
the right direction and q society
that should meet the appreciation
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
A Dinner to Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine.

Ex- United States Senator Henry
G. Davis and wife, of West Viz
ginia. gave q reception and dinner
to Hon. and Mrs. James G.. Blaine,
Thursday evening of last week, In
the Mount Vernon hotel, Baltimore.
Covers were laid for sixteen persons.
Mr.. Davis and ex-Secretary OF State
are interested, with Gen. Grant and
others. in West Virginia railroads
and coal mines. Senator b. Harri-
son, of Indianna, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Thomson, Of Philadelphia,
had been invited, but sent regrets.
Among those present were Mr.. Sam
ud Spencer, vice-president OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
wife; Mr.. and Mrs. Elkins, Mrs.
Senator HARRISON, of Indiana; Gen.
Felix Agnes. Of the Baltimore
American; Mr.. and Mrs. James A,
Gray and Mr.. and Mrs. Hambleton.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22

1t is now thought that the Demo
cratic caucus called for Thursday
evening will be postponed until Sat
urday evening, in order to give time
to harmonic the protection and
free trace wings Of the party.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22
Finest Cow fn the WorIa

Iowa Cry, IA, March H.
Mercedes, /" the celebrated Holstein
COW, owned by, "A. B. Walls. 6ecre-
tary of.the National Holstein Breed
ers' Association, died this morning
Of milk fever. The COW and her
calf, which also died, were valued
ct $4,000. sMercedes'' had the
greatest milk and butter record In
the world.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22

1.-THE Martinsburg Independent
inadvertently gave credit to the items
clipped from eur paper last week Ia
reference to the 4th Of July celebra-
ton and the Mr.. Payne local to thu
.Nesss. Be more particular NEXT
time, friends Wisner q Logan. p
Winchester Times.
We will, neighbor. The blame
this time falls on the i. 9.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-03-22

Wilkesbarre (Pa., } citizens, at a
mass meeting asked the judges
Of the courts to reduce the
number of liquor licenses and to en-
force the laws.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-08
PITH AMI POINT. !.

The. most .efficacious and mex
/ pensfye method in which to rid d house
Of rats is to rent it for q few months to
Chinese boarding. house keeper.
A man in Texas raises goats for
their flesh, but when the festive crea-
lures grow up they raise him just for
the fun Of the thing.--Neao Yoys Jour
aa<zi.af .a5ss ..te - 80. ..sy str sd
Wing Fun fell victim last week
to San Francisco ear-driyer's careless
ness. II was piece of mistaken kind,
ness. however, for a local editor to al
l9de to the event as ..Folly on the
1"How in the word did they come IL
name you Susannah2's asked Mrs In
terrogation point. REALLY, I don't
know how precisely" replied the young
lady, very 'demurely - but l suspect it
was beeaNse,I happenedrtos be a girl =
Isle is grounding day again.
see, - remarked the red headed boarder,
casting his eye over the ,breakfast-table
why. no it isn't" contradictedi fly
telegraph operator. Then what is
that sausage doing there?' rejoined the
red-headed boarder.-Boston Post.
The lovers lamp. an English nov
city, IS capable of burning eighteen
hours without replenishing. What this
country wants is lamp that will stop
burning few hours and then Hare up
bright and clear when the step of the
old gentleman is heard on the top
stair. -PhtlaaeIpfssu CdH. ~ s;ssals sea
Never be inflicted with cold, white
walls in the parlor or nursery. 1t
should be the effort of the housewife to
give color and brightness to e. cry room.
thirteen cents worth of colored chalk,
in the hands Of the children, will trans
form, the bleakest panel into a maze of
bewildering designs, in one morning. =
| Ch%cago Herald. gag - s..'s
= There, Frances = you 1u'y We caught
another cold, and T'lf' warrant You
caught it when you were out walking
with Joe last night '"Oh, no mother!
1 couldn't have caught it then, 'cause
we didn' t. go fast enough to catch any
thing, in fact; we just sat down on the
stile and studied astronomy s:And did
you have. anything around you, my
dear?'', 'fQh, yes, indeed did! Joe S
always particular about that; he won't
allow me, to sit down anywhere in the
evening air without putting something
around me- Yonkers Gdzette.
IThey. were il the, grocery store.
Said Bromn seeing q blind man about
to enterr, Were you aware how deli
cate the touch Of a blind person is?
When Nature deprives us of one sense,
she makes amends by bringing the
other senses to extraordinary acuteness.
] ct me illustrate by this gentleman.
I'll take q scoop of sugar and let him
feel of it, and you see how quickly he'll
| tell you what it is The blind man
having entered, he was put to the test.
He put bis thumb and finger into the
SCOOP, and without hesitation said.
THAT is sand Everybody laughed
but the grocer. He made three several
attempts at blushing, and then went
into the back shop and kicked his dog,
Boston Transcript. 7'-f = II II:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-08
. z = 8 . y. - J
e Poultry Raising.

The suggestion cannot be TOO re
iguently offered to farmers as TO the ex-
-pediency and profita blenesss of raising
more poultry-at least. twice rs much
as they are newJdeingsf The business, it
properly conflucted,T would become one
p, of the most lucrative branches upon the
farm, especially when ,with:n,eas reach
ing distance of the Ihiladelphia or,
other good markets, It ought to be
known. to. all American farmers the ex-
tent to Which the business is prosecuted
In Frafce, where, from a CAREFUL esti-
mate, it is found that the annual sales
of poultry and eggs last year amounted
TO between eighty and ninety millions
of dollars, which would, if equally di-
ayided among the entire population. give
to each between two and three dollars.
y hen it is considered that this j. a.
branch of farming industry that can be
managed entirely b.. women and chill
dreh. and requires very little capital. the
wonder is that it is, not prosecuted to
twice the extent it is. The chicken
house should be inexpensive, bat roomy,
web ventilated and Clearly. Every part
,ofthe food ear be supplied by the oifats
of the farm, garden and house, and, the
time required need not be taken from
the necessary working, of the farm, and
wopldrealiy not be felt asia part of the
farm labor. Besides, there would be
an absolute pleasure in raising fowls of
ave y, kind. even pigeons, the squads OF
fwhi lob, sell AT the Merry high pr.ce OF fro N
fortv'to fifty cents per brace. Asto the
disposal of poultry In the markets. who
has ever known Of "a gu, plus or Of it's
being SACRIFICED for cWanf OF customers?
1T is true that Upon very large farms
poultry raising is, locked upon as being
but as rule Il IS oily 81 pom such iarr11s.
and but small portion Of thefif, where.
this feafy PLEASANT pastiri,e is not en-
loved and tse products oft quietly and
.cheerftlly putyin the-apockets of the
mother and children, where it viii be
ever ready to meet the many necessary
and indisaenssbie-pe rsonni- OUTLAWS
Gerniantes Ieaedraph. : si'~ ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

q. -.-Arffcan apples are in high favor
eforfdeQ Y at London dinners. sss
kA4th of the train of a dress
W&n1 occasion of pre-eitation
at fhs ISL Court is from three and
q hek97our yards, and there are
usshRk shree widths of material.
"A recent census of the city of st.
Petersburg, the capital of Russia, in
GLIDING its immediate suburbs, shows a
POPULATION of 928, only about a
quarter oswhem were born in the city.
Scarcely a quarter of a century ago
there were,plenty of productive oyster
beds in the waters of Norway. At the
present. day the oyster is very scarce, as
the anks have been overfished and
neglected.
M. Gounod having ascertained that
Mrs. Black, the original "Maid of Ath-
ems" was living in poverty in a London
suburb, took Byron's poem and COM
posed q song. the proceeds of which are
to be sent to Mrs. Black.
Sir F. Abel, chemical professor,
SAYS that smokeless powder can be
made for rifles as we'll as for other pur-
poses. Half the Englishmen who foue hit
10 the late battle in the Soudan were
blinded by the smoke under which the
enemy crept.
During the recent fighting in
Egypt Eaker Pasha's cheek-bone was
splintered by a four ounce iron bullet,
which was SO firmly liked in the bone
that it had to be sawed out-a long and
painful operation-which was endured
without any anasthetic.
In London the policemen are not
allowed to carry revolvers, lest they
might be TEMPTED to use them too care
lie sly. A recent and somewhat pro-
tracted discussion of the question of
arming the police has ended in provid-
ing for them no more formidable weap-
on han a new and improved whistle.
William Higgins, the animal
painter who died lecently'i in England,
when only sixteen began the study of
wild animals from life, and was 10 the
last noted for his crayon drawings of
lions and tigers. He is said to have been
more successful than almost any artist
jim his delineations of donkeys, for
which he had a great fancy.
bismarck one evening attended a
gather ng of prominent men at the
house of Russian nobleman. During
all the conversation he was particularly
sarcastic, cutting friends and opponents
:unsparingly. When he rose to take
his leave and walked down stairs, the
host called pet dog that was frisking
about and led him to one side. care
you afraid the dog will b te me?' asked
bismarck. ''Oh. no." replied the host;
I'm afraid you'll bite the dog" And
the CHANCELLOR was in sueha or m mood
that he took this as a compliment and
went away smiling.