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DOWN rf1t RIVER.
Democratic Prinarles at New Martins.
N''- viile-fasnls . ccIdent. 4 2z3,

democratic Primaries at New Martins.
M'f viile-Fasal5 AccIdeut. H'Eg,
Correspondence af ne lnseatgeactr.
NEW nARrlNsvlLLE, August 3.-The re.
cant rains will ia great degree cave our
corn crop. It will give us good fall pasture
and make the farmer. heart dance with
Joy generally. Good crops aad pre.perors
times usually incres.e Republican ma.
jorities. Let Us all hope and work for 81, b
. harve1t Of our desire, next fall.
Tho Democrats Of this county held a
primary election ye,te,day for the nomi.
nation Of county officers n1ulling, a, ie-
|es heard from, in the choice Of the follow.
ing candidate: John Stender for Sheriff.
Aaron Morgan ior the House Of Dslea.,y7
J. W. Navmsn for. CLERK Circuit CART
John g. McEldowney for Clark Of County
Court. John Slender wp3 sheriff OF th;s
county from 1876 to 1850 and made yey,
good officer. Aaron Morgan hn, been q
Standing candidate for the Legislature lor
twenty years aud always met with defeat
until now. Heisa q fair pample OF the d..
mocracy Of We7t Virginia, and II he il
cht7en in the fual race in October he will
repre- cent the Democracy OF Wetz d covn.
ty, but the Republicans oi the county .uro.
test against him representing them. j. "
Newman and John G. McE!downsy ara
the present incumben's Of the ro1pectiva
Offices tor which they are nomins,ed. "
s. Wiley was also In tho race for Prcracnt.
Ing Attorney single handed and alone. Hs
bad no opposition and ran some fur hun.
dred behind the ticket. Ills grip on the
Democracy seems to be weakening. -, :
The nominations made lat week at Par.
kersburg give uniys'sal satisfaction To tae
Republicans here. aud an unusual re ,ult In
the raturns from Wetzsl may be expected
this fall.
"a ia.al and distre' hing occui .ence bar,
pened near Fj'n creek, in the lower end Of
Mai ahall county, " :terday ai.ernoon.t MI. 4
Theodore Cat, had been hauling in'ibay
and putting it iu bis be-n.a He had como
down from the NOW, and left q ti,cb.ork
with which be had been working nad sent
bis s3n, a small boy, up siser l.. The Inv
J. 7tead Of bringing 1t down or handi.,y :,
down, threw It down. The tines n ths
fork struck Mr.. Cat, Just aboye thu esr >.
nd penetrated ne brain, curing !ns.ent
d. ath. Hewas brother OF C4p.siu Cat
Of tie s.samsr Telegram. There are ,hr1
other brothe!s, who live below here sour.
wnere mr. PArkelsburg, who went M m
iois morniog'a train. Tne decea lad wa1 a
widower, having let his wife some two
yeaEs ago. He leaves q family, He w,, s
universally r. pec!sd and leaveJ a lafva
circle Of friends. ., d. ,zS !, -
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They have lively eiopements in Ken
trcky, and il one is not attended by the
musical crack ia pistol irstead Of the
orthodox wedding march, it is thought to
be Of no consequence. The latest elope-
men! was Sensational enough TO please
the most fpstidiouo."" The best man got
drunk and shot an inoilenBive colored man,
sad the groom we5 fued for carrying con.
cealed weapons and Jailed for ten days.
Meantime the interesting bride will have
10 spend her time in weeping until her
husband has satisfied the law. The case Of
tho best man. however, is more serious, as
he WAS arrested and failed without bail.
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A DlAAHLED srEAREB
In nfd.Ocean-The l., dian nonaEch
w' Great Dtsrrepu. Is ...IE...

In nfd.Ocean-1he l., dian nonaEch In
Great Dtxtrsss. M|,,'t5
QUEENSTOWN, August 3-The steamer
Austral wnich arrived here to-day from
New Ydrs, reports that she spoke the
Monarch line steamer Lydiaa Monarch,
Captain Huggett, which left London July
l2 for New Yo,k, on Thursday last lat. 49,
North, lor. $50 West, heading Southwest
in q disabled condition. She refused
resistance. :44S- a-,s,A a
Nh. seacord, Of Galesburg, Ills, a tpss.
ssnger on the Lydian Monarch, and who
boarded the sseamship Austral, says alter
leaving London the Lydisn Monarch e4.
perienced some rather severe weather.
Everything went along very well, how.
ever. until 8 o'clock on the evening 9f July
.g5. At that time. when, several
Of the passengers EeEe g: dinner
. sharp, quick explosion was heard
terrifying many passengers and shakiDg
the steamer es violently az though she had
struck q rock. The chief engineer rushed
10 the engine room, the pas,sngeya hastily
following. There ives considerable e4citei
ment until 1t was discovered that the dam.
10 of a cynlinder Ali Affair.", to rana;r RAM = a ,hs
ff1 damaua failed. az we'll AZ The a,temnts tn tn
% ToTt Iow M Srs nraesnre anpinrs. Observation-Disclosures
ali I Available csnyses vas set ,he steym. : :
mada M verv lIttla head wsy owinu 10 q noSih'
~ wcs, v;na and ior slr d.va fiha Lyd;an
Monsrch uriited helples,lv in the trough Of
tbs gsa, Thnrsdsy, the Sl.t Of July, tbs
osd ~ H. r'Te Rdater ,ox ih siahod d Sionais y
az ais res. ~ f,S wsSa djsn|svad q sna I, tha
Toaa M c,ms ,,,him Mailing ,l;etancs
1he 1 csn,s;n, % Eth ~ tha d;rahIed atssmar
hosrded ,ha Iowa to arrange for huyiro
81, ",..,.,sr ,nw ,ha Mons1ch ia thss
oTast @ diaann,iI;,".ni ~ @ =; rha Lsd;an M,n.
Arch psrsepuers The Csptttn jnior,osd
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WHAT AE TuouHrIN 1855.
The Chnngo Wrought ia the Heart Of
IL 0no Of tho Harper Brothers. R,

The Change Wrought in the Heart Of
II: 0no Of tho Harper Brothers. d.
WAsulSares, August 2.-On the 18Th Of
March, 1888, only little mofs th.u year
ago, Mr. J.W. Harper, ", the bead Of the
htm OF Harper Brothers, WROTE to 6 ,ntler
man in this city requesting him 10 sss M.
Blaine on the subj ,ot Of publishing the
book, assuring him that Harper L Bfo.he,s
"woold be sls4 to be considered in the
matter" tT9s.F 5a. 'a Js
Mr.. Harper added the following word.,
which about this time constitute whit
Horaoa Grseley used 10 call mighty In
terea,in' rcadloe." ,.5,i * - 80 s
with thu instins! ot : psblIsier,, sccus.
toned 10 deal with the people railiof, than
privileged clatsss. recoRuils the iact that
there ls no man living ms 70 closely in sym.
psshy with the people than Nj, Blaine I
keep q not unframed firgar on The popular
pulse. which, tn our vigorous American
life Is generally healthy, md am surs that
i. beats strongly In admiration and sffeo.
ton Of man who has been absolutelv
fearless in his patriotism. Nj. Wssds
"reminiscences viii be interesting Is The
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REPuRLl0.'. .vfERENoE
VI "eat slfSlnis .aa.s... At Nesr PARK
The Persons Present.

The Persvns Present. u
DEER PARK, Md, Angus, about thir.
ty prominent Republicans and Grsenback.
era Of West Virginia gathered at D ssr Park
Hotel here to-day. it Is said at the ins,ar CO
Of Stephen B. E kins, Of the Republican
National Committee, and held conieren CO
With doors closed aud curtains down, which
lasted three houra Among the7s present
we're Elkins, who pe1ided, Congre ,pan
GoG, Meesrs. Maxwell, the Bosion caudi.
date for Governor Of West Vireinis: Fiick.
one Of the candidate for Judge Of tns su.
preme Court; Gibbons, Of Cnarle ,ton:
Smith, Of Bslksley Springs; Sons, Of Fair.
mont; Haymoad, Of Clarksbur,: Bssll. of
Wellsbura; Hart, Of the Wn.sL,Na fNrELLI.
aRNcER; Dunning or, of the Grafton .Ssntine'::
Peterson, Of the Huntington Repu5itccn:
Powell, Of the Fairmont Iirgini1n; Dove.
ner, Scoield and others tf Wheeling. r.
we'll al gentlemen from Point Ple7,a.t.
Weston aud West Union. A plan Of orer.
ations and the general condnct Of the cam.
paigo wes decided upop, E!kins, it beiyg
unde erstood, repre- .entlng Air. Blaine. This
'so"o Va tAo NaVCuDhthSIb were lEeblV
given, and in some instance, COM
ssted BY the Republicans, several Of
whom were among tut7s who, in
the State Convention, opposed iusion, Ha,-
mony prevailed, however, throughout, and
much good feeling WEI manitslte over
the prospect Of liberal contributions from
the National Committee to aid in the cam.
paign as 1t progrs ,sed. The belief prevails
among gentlemen in attendance a. tho con-
tsrence that GoT will Withdraw his obi.c.
tion to becoming candidate 10 succsed
himself in Congress. and that he will run,
circumstance which they think will
strengthen the Republican National and
the fusion and State ticketa ~.
Succeeding the noon adj ,urnmeat, Elk.
ins entertained the Whole party at Dssr
Park Hotel, where an elegant dinner wfs
served, after which came another session.
and subsequently a division into smaller
bodies and general serie, Of caucusf,
There WET u decided tendency to secrecy
e1 to everything except enthusiasm at the
prospect OF carrying the Sta.,, which is
open and confident. NJ. IiEs5, ~
Mr.. Blaine is expected at Elkins' cot.
tsg', at Dser Park, during the month,
where he will probably meet several Of
those who participated In to.dsy's confer.
eQc4. sl.E.. -lHr.-. -
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Notorious haracter murdert d i.

ColuADus. o., Angus. 3.-Mary Jane VII.
!'ams, deprsved character, known here
as "lrish Moll," with several aliases, was
ioand murdered in the eastern part Of the
SSisy thlp morning, with her skull caved in
ny blunt instrument. She came here
lr'm Cleveland, aud has relations in New
YORK. City. 4, II. S lmsrs, known rs Gabe
> mars, who came here from Toledo, and
", II thomas from ,Akran, both colored,
a:e uader ares. charged with the crime,
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San FAASclsco, CAL., August 3.-The
Chr0"ice publishes this morning a four
column communication from w. NJ. NeilL
a'n, The original attorney Of Miss Hill
10 her tuis Tor divorce agaiEst
* s'ua,or Sharon. After stating biz
iea.nn for Withdrawal, from the case, he
re- ms the word "wiie"' in "My dear
Vile letters ia a forge.y.S
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NEWS IN RRlEF.

Peter Fi's1immons;.a Springfield; Ohio
grocer, we1 robbed Of bag Of currency
Friday. = 's... Eq-' 70. - 100:
Thedwelling Of Irving shaHer, near Cum
bsrland, Ohio, WAS robbed Of abou. $eoOt
Friday night. - s>' %
Sherman, Noble q O., msnnfacturers o
morning e oda, New York, assigned. Liza
bili,iea $4,000. ~
The lacrosse match at Montreal for th,
championship Of the world, was won by th,
Shamrock Club. "a,
Two hundred and fifty st. Louis coorer
are on strike for aa advance of eight I,
ten ceAts per barrel. :
Several thousand dollars' worth Of lew
elsy goods, imported from tho United Slate
TO Montreal, under value, were seized. = I
The steamer E.gle, from Newburg, N.
Y, for Albany, burned to the waters edge
The pe:senRers and crew were eaved. Los
$50 900. 3lzGg. =. 5.2Fll5,1 IN
John Bush, under sentence Of death 10,
the murder Of Annie Vanmster, made n
unsuccessful. attempt 10 escape from the
jail at Lexington, Ky. 4 " ~.
i Az Cumberland, Ohio, Friday, while
David Stout WAS in a clearing rolling los.
daughter, aged thirteen, IVES insiantlv
killed by one rolling over her. nav
S. B. Elkins, Of the Republican National
Committee, has resigned the Presidency Of
the Frat N Ational Bank Of Santa Fe, N. NJ,
which he has held for thirteen years.
Smallpox is raging in Ballard county,
Kentucky, On Ffidsy night Mrs. Anthony
Hall died sl the dread disease, and. her
husband and several children are very low.
!. The ee.keepers Of Hancock county, O !.
have decided to form an c:sociation, tc
protect and advance their. in,eres,7, and
'encoursg4 thisgreat industry in the county,
while James Adams was leading horse
to water at F,ndlsy, Ohio, the animal
kicked him in the iscs knocking out a
number OF teeth and breaking bis upper
jaw. , 8'i5gg.l, n
4 negro named billiard Herndon, 0!
Ysllmansown, q suburb ot Lexington, Ky,
was arrested Saturday, charged with a.
attempt to rape his twelve.year.old step.
daughter. :!2S NJ a ,IS., E.s7! !, :.
While Thomas Drudy aad Theo. 4. Nc
Q ,eid were riding on a load OF straw, a
Calltgs Corner, Oaio, 1t overturned, break
ing three Of Dfudy's ribs and spraininI
MIC loid's aukle. n-.s .l- -
CHARLES N. Steele, late business manage
Of the Cincinnati Attcs journal, bas tue
John R. NJ, Lean iu1 $8,775. on an slls1s
agreement BY Mclean 10 parchaae ali {
Sseele's interest in the, concern for what h
j had invested therein, lTII't !'s
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BUFFALO, N. y, August 3.>SThe follow.
my notice appears on the doors u Wilmer
s'0s bang, at .Saspenaion Bridge: "Wil.
aler Bros, have made general assignment
.or the benz f.. OF Z their creditcrs
sof' ,spalding, Niagara Falls. A. NJ. vii.
mer y! is seriously sick at his yesidcuee." 1t
,Mt1pected y, the 6epositors will be paid in
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1ios at = Caiorea PIC ,fc

ST. LOUIS. August s.-Da1ing a negro pic.
mic near Glaig'w, Mo-. yesterday, Two
men trom Mobsrly 90 into quarrel, and
when two ofiuars interfered to prs,e,uo
the peace ons Of them, Tom s.phrsy. wss
shot and killed BY Harrison Mickey Cno S
| ol the Moberly men later was ara ,;ad and I
the mob attempted 10 lynch him. bu. wsro @
prevented by the hrmntss OF thoae havins
tue prls,ner In charge, All parties con.
eesrped R1e colored. 90 3>NA' sou'
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THE sr0LEn sUnUONEn
Tho Carsnin Of Which was n urtie cred and
knrf AZ the Cargo Bold.

Tho Coptni Of " hitch was n nrti red and
N!!:s, rnrt AZ 'hs Cargo Sold! T., j. (,
,PnllApElPHlA, Augus; 2:-Warner 4
Merritt, owners Of The fruit schooner Julia
Baker, are more convinced than ever that
CAytain John Lewis hiss been murdered BY
the crew. and that the man in command of
her at Key West, who alleges he ia Captain
Lewis, is an impostor. List evening the
Arm iarwarded to Key West by Telegraph
aiull description of Captain Lewis, and a
series Of interrogations to be answered by
the pernon in 5,commaud Of the yee,el,
which brought sueh ans srs, through RI.
mon Alvarez. Deputy Collector, that At
midnight the firm sent that officer the fol.
lowing dispatch: ;95 aF:5
The man claiming to be Lewis is an i'm.
postor and unquestlonably q murderer. He
and all the crew should la prevented from
leaving hey West. The United Stats At
torney should devise means to hold them,
The impostor does not answer single
q1astion correctly. -; gra,
In speaking OF the matter, Mr.. Merritt
sayp: 81 haven't the least doubt but the
man iH 90 impoator, and hsye already sent
4 man 10 Key Vest to take charge OF the
ve.sal. II Oap'sin Lewis were alive and 10
charge Of the schooner ha could very read.
lily answer all the questions Ipropounded,
and the TACT Of the man not making: cor.
rect replies convincss me that Lewis has
been foully dealt with by the crew."
Warner A.Mexritt this afternoon received
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Tho Cotton Urop.

j New OR4EASa. August II, L B. Beers
cotton. crop reports, Just published show
that the crops in various States is progress
Ing !svorably, but about two weeks late as
compared with last year. The indications
ne that there will be q good crop. In por.
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Ii the e1r,Iemen. atleaulng the Demo.
cratic and Republican State Conventions
the lSrkLL!oEScER, unintsntionally, neg.
!ecled IL notice lheanniversary Of the birth
o. the PArkersburg STATE Journal. From
the evidences Of prosperity that surround
the paper it is evident that the Journal has
pa.s.d the critical stage. aud that the in.
ian, has grown into n robust child; and the
ab Q manner in which it handled the con.
yrntion proceedings sssures us that it &C.
ceptaby fills the long f.lt want.
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Go,SESoR [ tLsvKLASD ,s suffering from
a stroke Of New York Sun. That paper
Saturday calls him oil the ticket, and with
on. waiting to hear from him holds new
convention in its editorial rooms and unan.
;nously dominates s. ]. Tllden Tor the va.
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TIE reproduction OF Harper's Weekly
carbon, p-ssiling the late Pte,ident Lin.
coin Is countcrac.ing what little influence
tba! "holisr than thou ionrnal" has in the
p,s,sn. contest. We believe that paper
would actually be in favor Of painting the
lily and gliding gold.
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4 b1H& ae. H{n{H6.

bAs HARnoR.Mx., August 8 Mr.. Blaine
leaves Tomorrow for Augusta. He has not
yet definitely decided about attending the
convention at Like Maranacock or the
stun'on at Old Orchard. L, -
PORTLAND. Me-, August 3-Arrauge.
ash's ate making for a reception by the
merchants and manufacturers Of Portland
20 James Il. Blaine on Wednesday even
1g. gEi,tn.Y,s l'i,S
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BEATING thu ,rJtling tecords carries with
I, s,me peculiar features. Ole horse no
sooner lowers the time until the perform.
sucs Is eclipssd by rival horse. There
Ia faint suspicion in the mind Of the
nnhlic that the time ia doctored.
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4 PENSION clerk III Washington City
1.-Two, in a tree from choice and for pani!ary
nn,ooses. Mr.. Cleveland Is up a tree, but
n, other ressons-and he will never come
Jnup
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the OIL" SOLDIERS
VIII Rcmsmber sl~vefAnd'a Rebuna
ard ~ Ill Net Vote for Him.

SS'.No "NAo hasSA AoA e1AolA paIo kebplGk Y
and return. - ,',-,-'.az''.,.
"A one.armed veteran, James Young,
employed in the Capitol at ALBANY, was
made an almost helple. :, cripple by An &C.
cident, and tho Grand Army posts pe,i-
toned the Legisla,ure to provide relief for
the cripple. A bill was passed, and the
Governor vetoed it. Every Grand Army
post in the State petitioned for q bill
making 1t a misdemeanor f,r any person
to wear Grand Army badE, unless an
honorably discharged soldier vi sailor.
The bill was psased, aud the Governor
vetoed It Massachusetts, has q law on il
statute books which provide. that every
soldier and ssilor shall be furnished by the
State With an engraved certificate Of dis
charge. In compliance with petition from
the. soldiers OF This Stale the Legislature
pesaed similar bill, aud the Governor ve-
toed it. A bill was passed by the Lexs q.
ture to provide headHtones for the soldiers
Of the late war who have died In the State,
and the G ,vsrnor wanted the bill amend.
ed so as To permit him to designate what
what kind Of hpads:ones should be used,
bnt he did not succeed. Such repeated
r but1s az be has administered to tho sel.
diers, taken in connection with the fact
that he wei drafted and still did not 60 to
the front, while bis a'sociats on the ticket
wa an aVowed opponent Of the war ior the
Union, are not likely to bring him many
soldier votes !" - 5+*T$ 3+g Ea-1
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A LEtFY ~BuDE.
The Peculiar dwelling Place of q
& ~ PenhiUn Clsrh./ a,Ye..

- = z
& Penhion Cisrh./ "A, fs',
WARRINGTON, D. O., August 2-Waah.
ingtoa Is the only city in tho country tha,
can boast ot o citiz,n who lives up tree,
Last October = Critic reporter discovered
this high minded individual, and published
the Atst account Of his leaIy abode. Since
then he has moved up another tree, . .
larger one, and nearer the top. This ,dsni.
ztn Of. the tree tops Is = pension office
clerk, named A. B. Hayward. = He ID 4
rather good,lookiug man Of middle age ca and
intelligent appearance, and wears full
beard; and drets "a with good taste. Ho ia
pleasant, and treafs his numerous visitora
courteously, and take1 pleasure In ent.r.
tanning them, which is rather aurprisi, 2 to
many who expect to find him a cross, cab.
bed and exclusive person.
He does not 60 to extremes, however.
aud shews no signs Ct crankinees, except
in his siDguar choice Of place to dwell.
The tree is q very large walnut and stands
near the top of the hill. The dwelling con.
B'Bts Of q etaunch platform, eighteen feet
wide and thirty.dve feet long, built around
the trunk oI the tree and supported BY four
heavy ,imbers. The platform is thirty. one
!eet i,o q terra firma and in the centre OF
this the little house is built, -, -Tif15 y
The upper portion is covered with canva,
with wooden rollers in tho bottom,
which can be hoisted by means Of ropes 10
any distance desired, and lowered so far as
TO preserve the occupant from rain or ruu.
shine. 1t is reached by closed staircase
fitted up with hand rails, which reache9
nearly to the ground. The ascent Of tbs
firot six feet is made by step.ladder,
which can be drawn up and placed on the
first landing or platform, and the door
clospd and locked. z 4 Ia. -
eRives several Teasona for living in such
a place. He Gays it Ia desirable for uanitary
purposes, and be erj,ys the quiet and tho
beautiful scenery. HIS health is improved,
and it is cheap. :,
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+, certain town in France women
.,,, I..s mustaches as q sanitary measure
s,.lust Cholera.
u.rn 4. has beaten the record Tor the
,;mp bn, Blaine will throw all previous
n,.,, I, ,hs shade npx' November.

1r appssrs Ina! the political career oi e1'
y,s,tsr Keifer ended on Saturday lest,
,sbsn bs yss beaten at Springfield, Ohio,
"a, denomination ior Congress.
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Nep"bticAn Rtaas .Auv.tive Committee.
Special Dtpatch 10 he lalell,geaeez. -
DEER PARK, hD.. Arg ,st 3.-Tho Rspr T.
lican State Central Committee met he.e 9.
yesterdsy-and appointed an Executive
Committee consisting Of Mea,rs. Cowdep,
Stone, sinssl, Raymond, Cole and ScoHels
WI: W. Cowdsn was elec!ed chairman
and 0. g.. scoasld secretary Tho head.
quarters Of the committee will be located
Ut Wheeling. Judge Maxwell and several
other prominent p."nt. we're pre,ent.
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Tn, novel ".lnuss.nent" Of fighting tur.
,,,s At Couey Island, has been eclipsed by
,bs wildcat and dog Hsh. 10 the Ksnawha
v.llev which ,ook place Saturday.
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"iacas anu .s". .,sht . Fix4le.
Specidl Dlspoioh 10 IL LnttJt,,.r... - .rsf,'T'l

CHARLESTON, W. Va, August s.-Ti .
dog and wildcat dght yesterday was a
failure. Three dogs vera put in the pi',
but all were afraid. One slap from the {, /
settled them. A fight will take place a.
tho same place next Saturday week be.
tween 4 bull dog and cat! An imueuee
crowd ives present and much money
changed bands The next fight will be fsr
two hundred and Rf'v "o'lsra a side. -.