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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Percheron Horses, Brood Mares
and Colts, Grade Jersey Cows
and Berkshire HOqS.
ON THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1884.

The undersigned having imported a
mum Der of Perch eron Horses, and be.
ing oyerstocked, will sell at public sale
on Thursday, March 18th, 1884, at 10
O clock, q. M, at heir farm, mile east
of Williamsport, the following prep.
erty, to-wit:
20 Head of T0IobLe Horses,
Brood Mares and Colts,
insisting of one Percheron Stallion,
Prince, Jr., No 1882, (Percheron Stud
Book grey, foaled in 1874 got by
Prince /. LA, son of Prince Imperial
1894, and Jane Belle 100, bred by w. T..
Walters of Baltimore This horse is
sure foal getter and is the sire of a
large mum Der of colts, and all are grey,
god size. and fine action some year
lings of his get weighing from /, 100 to
l,130 pounds; seven head of IL ana
2 4 bred Percheron
BROOD MARES,
part of them the get of Prince, Jr.; 2
colts, four years old 4 three years old
this spring, and two years old this
spring; 2 bay driving mares, one sup
posed to be with foal to the trotting
horse "Clyburn;" head Of high bred
JERSEY COWS AND HEIFERS,
all with calf to the registered Guern-
sey Bu,l, Sir Philip also several bull
calves, 5 Berkshire brood sows also
some shoats; / Buckeye reaper and
mower combined, in use about 3 years;
! Hagerstown grain drill, horse rake,
and other articles not necessary to
mention.
TERMS.-All sums under $40 cash;
on all sums of and over $40 credit of
six months will be given, the purcha
sers to give notes with approved secu
rity if notes are not paid within ten
days after maturity, interest will be
charged from day of sale. No goods
to be removed until settled for.
LEWIS RIPPLE " SON.
G.. M. FUTTERER. Auc'r.
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so ACRES OF LAND,

to- wit: FIRST-A tract of about
80 ACRES OF LAND,
including that valuable piece of Meadow
lying below the Gas house. (The wheat
on this tract is reserved).
SECOND-The Meadow lying north of
the Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad, just be-
low the "Bull. eye Bridge" containing
six acres.
THIRD-A Meadow lying between the
avenue leading to the Fair Ground and
the Lime Kiln, containing about | 4 acres
FOURTH-A Barn with ! acres of
land attached, lying on the south side OF
the Tascarora Greek, and near the Tan
Yard.
TRIMS OF SALE-One hal Cash on day
OF sale. and the balance in 2 months
The deferred payment to be secured by
bond of purchaser and lien upon the
property reserved in deed
PHILIP SHOWERS, EXT.
Al the same time and place will offer
in my own right the following described
personal property, to-wit EH
One fine young BAY HORSE years
Olu TWO Rrdue JErDnl w -, Will
be fresh by middle of April thorough
bred Jersey Cow and Two thoroughbred
Jersey HELPERS; extra fine Buggy
with pole and shafts; double SCI of
Buggy Harness, 3 sets Of SINCE Harness
of which two are new, set of Cart Gears
nearly new, Spring Wagons 4-horse
Road Wagon in good order, Sleigh
and Belle, / Eagle Cutting Box in good
order, Meal Chests. 5 tons OF Hay, lot
OF Army Brides, &c. b
TERks OF SALs.-A credit of months
will be given on all sums OF IS and over,
By the purchaser giving bond with APP
proved security under that sun tie C, sh
will be required. No property to be re-
moved until the terms of the sale are
complied with.
Any person wishing to view any of the
above named property before the day of
sale, can do so by calling on the under
signed.
Sale to commence n. 10 o clock.
mar Its PHILIP SHOWERS.
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At the same time and place will offer
for sale, as Executor OF Ezekiel showers
decd, the following described proper ty,
O-wit: FIRST-A tract of about
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SALE.

Having decided to discontinue farming,
| will sell at public sale, at my residence,
4 males south of Martinsburg, mile west
Of Waglesville, adjoining the lands of
Mrs. Boley, Mrs. Williamson and others,
commencing at 8 o'clock, a. m On
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Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
Town Property
Saturday, March 29, 1884,

at public auction, on the premises in Mar
tinsburg; W. Va, between the hours of
10 a. m. and A p. m the following de-
scribed property, to.wit:
FIRST-That f,ne
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Town Property
DY VIRTUE of "a deed OF trust, dated
I'D Jan. 7, 1876. executed by Philip
Showers and wife to the undersigned, as
trustee to secure various creditors there
in named and which said deed is recorded
in the Clerks Office of the County Court
of Berkeley county, in Deed Book No. 10,
pages Is and IL, will sell, on
Saturday, March %, 1884,
at public auction, on the premises in Mar
tinsburg; W. Va, between the hours of
10 a. m. and a p. m the following de-
scribed property, to. wit:
FIRST-That fine
STONE HOUSE,
situated between the lanyard and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, known as
the s'Showers House, with one of the
finest Lots and Garden attached that
there is in Martinsburg.
SECOND-That fine Treble
Brick Tenement House,
situated near the line of the B h O. R.
R This is new, substanti TALLY built
house that will need no repairing fol
years to come, with fine garden attach
ed to each tenement. Everything in
complete order, and with rental value
of $500 per annum
THlRD--A
LARGE FRAME HOUSE,
near the Water Works, with fine Gar
den attached.
FOURTH--A
SMALL FRAME HOUSE.
adjoining the above mentioned property.
FIFTH-A
House aIld Lot
on West John street, near Queen, sdjoin-
ing the Austin property.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-haf cash on day
Of sale, and the balance in IL months.
the deferred payment to be secured by
bond Of purchaser and lien upon the
property, reserved in the deed.
GEORGE r SHOWEES,
Trustee
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GTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

J. v. QUINN, Auc'r
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STONE HOUSE,

situated between the lanyard and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, known as
the "Showers House." with one of the
finest Lots and Garden attached that
there is in Martinsburg.
SECOND-That fine Treble
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


BOILED FRosTING. Take one cupful
Of granulated sugar, puS into a clean
tin with just enough watev to dissolve
it, boil briskly until : I; reres" from the
end of the spoon, turn while hot upon
the beaten whites of two eggs and stir
until cold.
STEwED CAKRoTs.-ScTape and boil
until almost tender. Cut into small
-tlice and return to the saucepan with
two small onions minced, a Little chop
ped parsley, a cup of milk, pepper, salt,
and a big spoonful of butter. Simmer
for 80 minutes, and serve hot.
CREAM CAKE, so dear to the heart Of
the children, can be made by splitting
patty-pan cakes, taking out a portion
of the center and filling the space with
thick custard. There need be no waste,
as the pieces cut out may be used in
the foundation for a nice pudding.
TO CAN ToMAToEs.-Fil an OK muz-
zle or a wire sieve with tomatoes and
;mmerse them for two or three minutes,
in a kettle of scalding water. This will
cause the skins to. come off eaisly. Re-
move the skins and all inedible parts,
cut them in slices and put in a colander
20 drain. When enough are thus pre-
pared to fill the preserving kettle, put
them over the fire and cook as for the
table. Then can Immediately. If
cooked too long they will be bitter
from the, seeds. The liquor drained
from them may be boiled down to cat
sup.
Com CAKEs.-Cub tender, sweet
corn, that has been boiled, from the
cob; to each cupful allow an egg and
q tablespoonful of milk or cream. Beat
the eggs until light, add the corn and
milk, and thicken with just enough
-four to hold the Ingredients together;
season, and cook upon a griddle the
same as batter cakes. Test a little first,
and see if it is of the proper consisten-
cy. An excellent luncheon dish.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

The potato bug has been very busy
this season throughout the counties Of
Orange and Sullivan. Especially Is
this the case in Sullivan county, where
whole fields of potatoes have been de-
stroyed. The Rev. Father Delyeaux, Of
Fremont, Sullivan county, who has suf-
fered from these pests, owns a fine pair
of peacocks. and lone day saw the birds
in his choice potato patch going from
plant to plant and seemingly devouring
something. What was his surprise to
find out that they were picking eff and
eating the potato bugr as fast as they
could catch them. Every morning since
then Father Delveaux has turned the
birds into his potato patch, and they
have devoured quantities of the bugs,
which seem to agree with them.-Port
Jeryis N. N. Dispatch.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

pie who attend fairs do so chiefly for.
the purpose of obtaining useful infor@
nation about rural matters; and they
should be willing to impart the like by
contributing what they may to one OF
more departments, and explaining their
modes Of culture and management
The true way to benefit one another on
such OCCASIONS is TO compare products
and experiences. and to give the results.
of experiments, both successes and,
failures. But those who propose join
ing in the good work the ensuing ave
tumn by becoming exhibitors and nv
structors, have no time to spare.-N. "
Independent.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12
son For pot Plants.

This advice about soil for Pot Plants
is given from successful experience Ia
The American Garden: Some plants,
like the fuchsiss, prefer leaf-mold. and
will do. better IN it than in anything
else I have aver tried; but I grow fine
plants In exactly the same soil that ]
give my geraniuEas and other plants Of
that character. 1t is my practice to
mix turfy loan, which / procure from
under old sods inpasture, gardeI-mold,
and manure which I get in corners Of
the barnyard, we'll, together, and add
sand as / pot my plants, putting in
more or less as / consider advisable,
usually in the proportion of one-third
loan, one-third soil and the other third
made up of the manure and sand For
strong-rooted plants / add less sand
than for those having many small roots.
In all cases 7 add sand enough to keep
the soil from becoming heavy. Most
amateurs do not seem to consider it nec-
essary to pay much attention to the
item of sand. But it is. Iwould soon
or omit the manure, if / had TO choose
between the two"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

We take the following items from
the Iowa Agricultural Report: Farm
ers are awakeningto the fact that a small
farm we'll TILED is better than a large.
farm half titled. Stock and grass, dairy
products, etc, have taken the place Of
wheat growing, much TO the benefit OF
farming interest. Improvements in the
methods of farming consist in a more
general rotation of crops blowing deeper,
carefully saving all the manure and iu-
dieiously applying it, extending the
area of grasses and giving more atten-
ton TO the care Of stock and the making
of butter and cheese.-Farmers have
commenced tilling Understanding
their lands, and to a good advantage,
farming less acres and doing il in q bet
ter manner. The dairy interest is se-
curing marked attention; creameries
are increasing and doing q prosperous
business. Improved breeds of stock
are increasing"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

tleman says: II have had the care Of
cows on a small scale for fifty years. /
always fed Turks Island salt, and with
two exceptions i never had a COW abort.
Some eight years ago / had some SYRIA
cuse salt left after sailing pork, and fed
it to my COWS, The result was that two
Of my five COWS aborted. / became SO
fearful of western salt that / used no
o Of it till the winter of 1883, when
L tried SOME more syracuse salt anu u
only n COW abort. / made up my mind
to use none but Turks Island salt. The
first 1 ever heard of abortion as an cpl
demic was IN the vicinity of Syracuse,
and as the salt made there came east,
abortion followed. I think there is some
mineral in it that causes the trouble"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

Some folks must think so from the.
way they mix ii largely in almost every
kind Of bread; some use it in the place
Of shortening as well as yeast. We
cannot e'any element Of shortening
in in. Think + have seen a recipe for
cake that calls for three tablespoons Of
baking powder, and wondered how any
''poor perishin' BODY could stand such
an excess of it. ! have seen hot batter
cakes for breakfast so loaded with ii
that they were green, ring streaked
and speckled.D and the oder from them
absolutely sickening, and sooner than
eat such stuff / would hunt upsany dry
crust of good, sweet, light bread and
soak s In my coffee, or, falling in that
1 would send out for crackers.
Make up your batter cakes the
night before and let them rise with
old fashioned hop yeast. If toe, Light
in the morning and 4 little on the turn.
stir In o very little soda dissolved IN q
little water or milk-half of a little
child's thimble evenfull will generally
be enough, and perhaps less viii do.
You will be surprised how little Will an
YEA il Jou attend TO IL yourself but II
you leave it to your house help she
would be likely to think a heaping tea
spoonful quite a moderate quantity,
and your cakes would then be unfit ia.
enter any respectable stomach. We
would like to know if . great desl Of
dyspepsia is not produced by the AL
most constant use Of baking powder
and sods And may they not also
produce blood poisoning, and do not
the teeth decay sooner2 We want
light on the subject and would be glad
to hear from Observation-Disclosures Tel
egraph.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

A coop ten feet square will accommo-
date twenty-five fowls if the roosts are
well arranged and kept scr~upulously
clean. If the floor is of boards, it should
be arranged so that the rats cannot get
it. If the floor be sprinkled with dry
earth or'sand after it is swept out with
a broom, which should be done every
day, the'fowls will keep healthy and be
free from disease. A good coop may
be made ten feet square, s feet high at
the back and three or four feet at the
front, the, rear of the coop, which
should face. the south having a green
house sash three feet by six on the
top, Such o coop viii cost as follows:
Sash, ready glazed, $3; 300 feet OF lum-
Der for floor and sides, S.; roof about
81 (shinglesA; total $13. This does not
include labor and may cost less In some
places for material. The nests should
be of boxes, separate, so as to be easily
taken out for. cleaning. A good white
washing should be given the coop at
least once q month. IF confined In
yards, the fowls should be given exer-
else by throwing the hard food into
leaves, in order to make them scratch.
Spade the yards up occasionally, which
turns under the filth and p~urifies them.
Cleanliness, is,the best medicine that
can be given for warding off disease
Poultry Keeper.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

The NV York Mail and Express says:
"a Broadway dealer says that the house
decoration mania runs chiefly TO plaster
nov Busts, statuettes, plaques, ~reliefs,
antiques, urns, vases are q few Of the
things sold every day by the dozen.
They are all made in the Italian quarter
by newly-arrived ~emigrants, and cost
almost nothing in quantity. Ladies buy
them exclusively. They take them home
paint, gid, silver OF bronze them. They
then look almost as handsome as genu-
inc antiquities, and at one-twentieth the
price. OF course it's shoddy, but il
brightens up a sitting-room amazingly.
and Tor people of limited means it's d
good thing. Besides, it gives q decent
livelihood TO scores Of young girls who
would otherwise be starving on needle
work. Theu buy q dozen or two casts
for ~, color or fix them up for q dollar
more, and then if they have good taste,
and are careful In their work, they can
sell them all the way from : half up to
~ apiece.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

Professor j. w. Sanborn's exper-
iments at the Missouri Agricultural Col
lege are quoted by The New England
Farmer as appearing to contradict the
old theory that Cultivation of the soil
deeply in dry weather keeps itdamp by
attracting and absorbing the humidity
of the atmosphere:
ct would seem therefore, that when
the housekeeper's clothes hung upon a
line to dry during the night are found
II the morning to have given up their
moisture. or a portion of it,, to
the surrounding atmosphere, the
earth TOO has, been giving up its
its moisture tosthe air. and that under
snch conditions the deeper and more
frequently q soil is stirred in q dry
time, the dryer that soil will become.
The. preventive measure, as previously
recommended by Professor Stockbridge,
is to cultivate only the surface in q dry
time and say one or two inches deep, in
order to keePthe ground covered by a
thin coat of soil, so thoroughly dried
that it cannot readily conduct off the
moisture from below. Stirring the sur
face lightly disturbs capillary attrac-
tion, and prevents the moisture from
rising to the surface to be absorbed by
the night air. Deep cultivation in dry
weather it is claimed exposes the earth
to the absorbing action of the air.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

Lord Coleridge, in reply % the ouea.
ton, how long q sermon should %,
said: TWENTY-FIVE minutes. with i
leaning to the side of mere.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

-
Mrs. Michael Joyce Of Washington,
while temporarily deranged, took .
dose Of Paris green from which she
came e q dying.
Bismarck Tribune: DR.. Weschler Of
st. Paul is in the city looking after his
people, the Jews Of the Painted Woods
district. They have good crops this
year and will need but little more as
sistance. These people, it will be re-
membered, are exiles from Russia.
The Seventh Day Adventists have To-
GATED q depository at Villas, Miner
county. Buildings will be put up at
once.
Charles r. White, an elderly man Of
respectable appearances and progresses
ing manners, has been arrested at
Mitchell for larceny. He would gather
in anything he could find, whether It
had any particular value DR. not, and the
court was puzzled to know whether the
man was a kleptomanic or an accom-.
plished professional theft. He was
held to answer.
John Murphy Of Waterbury, aged
twenty-five, was suffocated by Damp
while digging a we'll. His vas the
first death that ever occurred In Water.
bury.
Mrs. Frank Ennings Of Sioux Falls,
poured kerosene on her Kitchen FIRE re.
Gently. The can exploded, the bottom
Of the can flying and the burning oil
saturated her clothing. She rushed
out Of the house, and when the neigh.
bors tried to tear her clothes off she
rushed back into the house and caught
up her baby and carrying it out at
armslength. handed it to q neighbor
saying Take my baby" Having done
this she fell down, overcome by the
flames The fire was put out by throw
ing pals Of water upon her. Her flesh
was literally baked and she lived but Q
few hours.
Lightning struck the house ct J.. G,
Eldridge, about six miles northwest Of
Grand Forks. Mr.. aud Mrs. Eldridge
were thrown down q fight Of stairs and
their clothes torn from their bodies,
An old lady lying on q bed in the lower
story was slightly injured and her
clothing and the bed.clothes badly de-
moralized. Two children sleeping III
the upper story were not injured.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.
corner Stone Of Dakota Uanivsrsity.

The ceremony of laying the corner stone Of
the main building Of the Dakota University at
Mitchell, Oak, was Witnessed "Wednesday af-
ternoon by a large concourse of people from
Mitchell and all the surrounding towns and
country. A procession was formed on Main
street and marched out to the university
grounds, where the basement walls of the
building stand. The address was made by
Bishop Andrews, who presides over the Dako-
Ia mission conference, and addresses were also
made by Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, DIR. Brush, DR..
Pardee and Rev. Wilmot Whitfield. A sub
scription to the university building fund was
opened and six one-thousand-dollar subscrip-
tions were made by business men OF Mitchell,
beside a number of smaller sums. A tin box
was embedded in the corner stone containing
among other things, each OF all the leading
daily and some of the weekly papers OF the
territory, beside a number Of religious papers
and several documents relating to the M. +.
church.
The idea of founding a great university un-
der the auspices of the M. Il. church in South
Dakota has enlisted since that church began
its first missionary labors in the territory.
The plan took definite shape, in the spring of
1888, when a university board was appointed
by the church, with DIR. j. N. Pardee, then Of
Sioux City, at the head This board drew out
a plan for a full university, and filed
articles OF incorporation, and proceeded TO lay
their plans before some of the leading towns
in the south half of the territory. From the
first fortune favored Mitchell IN the contest,
and the meeting of conference held at Huron
in the fall of 1883, the inducements offered by
Mitchell were so much snperiorto those offered
by any other place that Mitchell was selected
as the most available site for the proposed uni
versity. The foundation and superstructure
will be built OF Sioux Falls granite, g variety OF
which is found in that locality. The main
ment, will be trimmed with cut stone, the whole
design being very handsome and symmetrical
in all its details. The laying of the corner
stone initiates the erection Of the superstruc-
ture, and work will be pushed SO as to have
part of the building enclosed, ready for use
this winter, if possible.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-17
STATE PRESS.

One train of twenty-seven cars of lum-
Der left Live Oak, few days since, for
Jacksonville.
The Sydney postoffice has been moved
to Cork station, on the railroad, and the
name will soon be changed to Cork.
S. Boteler Thompson, of Lake City,
with his accustomed enterprise, is shap-
ing a grand excursion, on the 9th inst,
to St Augustine, the proceeds Of which
are to be devoted to the fund of the
Methodist Episcopal Church building of
that city.
On several other occasions at Tampa
recently the fishermen have taken more
fish than they could sell, and have
thrown the surplus. to the number of
several hundreds. into the river, leaving
them to drift ashore and poison the at
mosphere by their stencil.
Among the captives recently brought
to jacksonville is a saw-fsh, which meas
ured from head to tail II feet, 4 feet 4
inches wide, and his saw alone was 3
feet 3 inches long and about inches
wide. 1t was caught Friday night at
1Lelcove, opposite New Berlin by Messrs.
Harris & Jones, while fishing with d
small cast net for mullet and other fish.
1t was thrown on its back accidentally,
and in trying to get away its saw became
tengled in the net. 1t was in shallow
water, and they managed to tire him out
and drag him to shore, where they dis
patched him.
One of the smallest men in the United
States lives at Cedar Key. His name is
Abecham Livingston Sawyer. He is %
years old, forty and one-half inches high,
weighs thirty-nine pounds, and the Cap
tain he came over with from Key West
says he can eat more than any two men
in the State. The midget was born and
reared in Key West. He is built in per-
feet proportion, is very bright, and can
make an eloquent speech, and has a clear
high voice, which sounds like a chiIds.
He was at one time reporter on the
Key West Democrat. AT present he is
Clerking in a grocery store. He has a
sister who is just quarter of an inch
taller than he is, and just seventeen
years old They have four grown sisters
and one brother, all of whom are above
the medium size.