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People Starving in NeWfOumd-
land.

ST.. JOINS, N. f., July 20,-Extreme
penury and suffering exists among
the people along the Northern coast
of Newfoundland and in Labrador.
The ice is firm for 800 miles off from
the coast, keeping the temperature
down to winter cold. No fishing has
been possible and fisherman are starv
ing. The fish oil works are idle and
oil which had been stored is being
used as fuel. A number of starving
men from Indian Harbor and Sand
witch Bay have arrived here to implore
food for their families. They came
all the way on the floating ice. Two
died soon after landing All suffered
greatly. There will be no summer,
and OF course no crops People are
killing and eating dogs and horses.
Labrador will be depopulated unless
help comes.
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THE Shenandoah Normal College, at
Middletown, Va, is one of the best and
cheapest schools in the State. $4,000 in
advance will pay for Tuition, Board,
Room Rent. including Light and Fuel,
for the Fall Term of ten weeks, begin
ming August 31st. Teachers can make
arrangements to attend, and pay part
of the expenses the coming winter.
$125.00 in advance will pay for Tuition,
Board, Room Rent, including Light and
Fuel, for the school term of fortyfive
weeks. For particulars, write the Prin-
cipal, G. w. HoENsHEL. jy17 At
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No longer does Death go about Gas a
roaring lion seeking whom he may de-
YOUR" The bold and aggressive policy
which the destroyer of life pursued dur
ing the winter months has been aban-
doned and a stealthy, treacherous, In
dian method of warfare is now adopt
ed. Death overheats his victims on
the teunis-court and on the diamond"
field and doses them with ice water af-
forwards. He turks in unripe fruit.
In Massachusetts, village recently he
made an uncessfal attack on seventy
five people under cover of ice-cream and
cake. lie darts his deadly shafts from
the rays of the monday sun. He poi
sons the streets with noXious gases and
disperscs widecast the bacilli of feyers
and cholera. Look out for him. He
gives no warning, and turks in ambush
like an Apache warrior. Unceasing
vigilance is tho price of health at this
dangerous season.-Er.
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Curious Souvenirs of Dead
People.

CHICAGO, June 24.-"It is q mis-
taken saying that | have gone into
human skin shoe business, said VIM.
II. Pennington, foreman for a firm OF
hide dealers at the stock yards, shut
here is q piece Of the skin spoken Of
in a morning paper Mr.. p. reach
ed up to apigeon-hole in his desk
and drew forth q piece of buf-color-
ed coarse leather about six inches
square. II can vouch for the fact
he said, chat it is from the body Of
the noted Emma Jacobs, of Phila-
delphia It was sent me by one Of
the physicians who dissected the
body. / had it tanned in Milwau-
kee. 1t was not properly cured you
will observe, but that was the fault
ofthose who put it up at the college.
| presume it is way those young
medical fellows have of giving SONY
enirs to their friends to send them
specimens Of the anatomy of not
ed persons whose body comes under
the dissecting knife. Emma Jacobs
was one of the most noted women in
Philadelphia history. She died
three years ago at the age of IS.
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Strange Fanaticisnl.

CINCINNATI, o., July lS.--A relig.
ious fanaticism, rs mysterious as it
is sacrilegious, has seized upon thir-
| ty Of the most prominent people Of
this city. The facts Of the case will
startle the religious and secular
| world, as it seems almost incredible
that such rank superstition could
exist in such an intelligent commun-
ity. About two years ago, at the
Loveland camp grounds, strange re
ligious services were held in the tent
of Mrs. John b. Martin. the wife Of
the restaurant man who used to run
an establishment at Fifth and Wal
nut streets. The peculiar actions Of
the halfdozen people who frequent
ed the tent caused considerable com
ment, on account of the secrecy
with which they were held, and the
fact that none but the favored few
were admitted. 1t soon became
ncised about that Mrs. Martin was
worshippcd as Christ manifest in the
flesh, and her followers tookno trou-
BILE to deny the charge. The good
people of the camp who ia not
sympathize with the movement were
scandalized, because the Martinites
had nothing to do with the general
services, but chung to the tent Of
their oracle with remarkable zeal.
At the Loyeland camp grounds last
year the same scene was repeated,
with an increase in the number Of
disciples. During the past year
numerous meetings of a mysterious
character have been held at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Martin and Mrs. j. r.
Brooke, sister of Mrs. Martin, on
Walnut Hills. All sorts of queer
stories were circulated by the Cos
sips, who insisted that the services
were of a decidedly sacriligio char
acter. The number Of attendants
on the meetings reached thirty,
among the group being many here
tofore prominent in church work.
Through the efforts Of a reporter,
aided by others, the truth has been
brought to light, and the ugly ru-
mors sent broadcast have been con-
firmed.
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DEAD LETTERs.-Fo Following is list
of letters remaining in the Post.oflice at
Martinsburg, w. ", July 18th, 1886,
and will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office, July 31st, if not delivered.
When calling say advertised.
Chas. Areison, Mrs. Daniel Ambrose,
Sam'l L. Allen, j. L. Brown, j. S. Ba-
troff, Chas, Clement, j. II. Country
man, James G. Cordoy, Mrs. Lizzie For
ney, Mrs. ]. Finnukin, Miss Rosa Fer
rel, Mrs. Sallie Grover, Miss Lee Cor
rel, Mrs. Indie M. Kline, David Mar
tin, Jonathan Olmstead, Mrs. Annie
Roush, Miss Julia A. Simpson, Miss
Margaret Swaney, Miss Maggie E.
Shade, 2, T, Slime, Thos. Tebo, Mrs.
Lydia M. Vulgar, Mrs b. Young.
Held for postage, b. Suber, box H.
H., Philadelphia, Pa.
w. b. CoLsToN, P. NJ.
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A Strike at MiddIetown, Pa,

HARRISBURG, July ga majority
of the employees of the American
Tube and Iron Company, at Middle
town, numbering over five hundred
went out on strike last night. The
trouble is said TO be the refusal of
the company to restore the wages of
1888, and to reinstate two discharg-
ed employees. They also demand the
discharge Of a timekeeper All is
quiet to-day, and the mills are par
TALLY in operation.
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LOCALS.

A NEW PATENT.--Mr. Alexander
Parks, Jr., of this city, has just procur-
ed patent for an improved method of
utilizing the slop and waste of brewer
les for fuel, fertilizing and cattle feed.
The patent is numbered 345.9 S7 and
was procured through Mr.. G. III. Alex
ander, of Washington, whose advertise
ment appears in this paper. The inven-
ton has great merit and is one which
will prove Of value to the distillers and
brewers of the entire country.
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lElNsTITUrE. The Teachers Institute
will be IN session at Martinsbnrg in Au-
gust, from the 9th to the 18th inclusive,
Mr.. 7. Il. Hodges instructor. All who ex-
pect to be teachers the comming term are
expected to attend tire whole time, and all
who are interested in the education of the
young, school officers especially, are cor
daily invited to attend. The examina-
ton Of teachers win take place on the 18th
of August, in the Third Ward school build
ing. i. 5. BUTTs, County Sup't.
Martinsburg, w. Va.
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A man giving his name as Louis
Diehl was arrested at Chicago Sun
day night. He did not know where
he was from, where he was or where
he was going. When taken to the
station, $5S0,70 in money and a
check on the First National Bank Of
Loginsport, Ind, for $4,000 were
found upon his person. His cloth
ing and appearance showed him to
be gentleman, but his hesitating
speech and irrelevant answers soon
displayed the fact that he was in
sane.
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On the 18th inst. Roy ELLSWORTH
STEVENS, child of James Stephens,
aged l year, month and IA days.
On the17th inst, MARY ELIZABETH,
infant daughter of Robert and Ella
Thatcher, aged months and IA days.
Saturday, July nth, of Cholera Infant
UNI, MARY ELIZABETH, infant daughter of
Robert and Ella Thatcher, aged months
and days.
Dear little Mary, she has gone home to
rest;
Where never sin she'll stain her breast
No tronble disturb her, no fear annoy:
No cloud DER shadow her innocent joy
She has gone home to heaven, that land
of love
OF light and gladness and blessing
above
Her head is pillowed on Jesus breast;
Dear little Mary; she is sweetly at rest.
Il.
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youthful Desperadoes.

CHICAGO, July ga special dis
patch from Jackson, Miss, says
"a deplorablc state Of affairs exist
near Union, Newton county, about
seventy miles east Of here Al band
Of young white men, styling them
selves the Regulators, have issued a
decree that no colored person shall
work on the farms in that vicinity.
The band contains about fifteen
members, and they have killed three
colored persons and wounded sever
al others. A perfect state of terror
prevails, and the entire county is
greatly excited over the matter.
Every one condemns their atrocious
and bloody actions, and it is deter
mined that every member of the
band shall be made to answer for
his crimes. Mr. j. NJ. Kelly was
there yesterday to see the Governor,
and was told to arrest every one of
the young outlaws at all hazards.
About twenty citizens, headed by
officers armed with proper warrants,
are now after the young desperadoes,
and their speedy capture is looked
for. 1t seems when the attempt was
first started to regulate the color
ed PEOPLE that it was more in fun
than anything else, but the Regula-
tors have now undertaken in earnest
to execute their designs. Their ac-
tions can hardly be accounted for,
and are surprise to every one"
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OUR ma QRATN lSY4PLE.

The most recent estimates of the
wheat crop, outside of those fixed up
for speculation, put the wheat crop
of 1886 at 40O,OOO,000 bushels. There
is always a good deal of allowance to
be made either for shrinkage or ex-
pansion in estimates made at this
season of the year, but those which
place the yield at these figures are
the most conservative and reliable to
be had at present. On this basis it
may be regarded as tolerably certain
that there will be considerable gain
over last years harvest, which yield
ed 100000 bushels; a decided
falling off from that of 1884, which
was over 500,090,000 bushels, and
about the same as in 1881-2-3, when
the annual yield ranged from 400,-
100000 to 420,0OO,000 bushels -
While the crop of this year will not
be one of the greatest, it is evident
that it will be sufficient to furnish the
working people of the United States
plenty of cheap bread and to leave a
considerable surplus for sale to Euro
pean consumers at the best rates OBJ
tainable.
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Two Children Perish I'm the
Flames.

READING, Pa, July 22,-Late last
night the dwelling of Rudolph Roth,
at Conewago, Lebanon county, caught
fire and was entirely consumed.
Roth's wife was engaged in ironing
at the time, and went for assistance,
leaving her two children, aged six
and eight years, in the house. When
she returned the entire structure
was q mass of flames, and all efforts
to save the children proved fruitless,
and they persisted.
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How TO KILL CATERPILLARs. As
there is considerable complaint of the
ravages of caterpillars on shade trees, it
may be interesting tn know that they
may be destroyed by boring holes in the
trees, putting in "a small quantity of
calomel, and stopping the holes with
corks. The caterpillars will fall off and
die, and the trees soon have new leaves.
Winchester Times.
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FROM A GRAND ARMY MAN.
ELLICorT Cry. Mn. June s. 1884

ELLICorT Cry, MD, June s, 1884.
Dear iSir:-I have been a sufferer for a
long time with dyspepsia, and have tried
most everything in the way of medidine,
but nothing gave me any relief. procur-
ed one bottle Of your "ABoMANNA,' and
had only been taking it about six days
when | began to feel it was doing me good
| told number Of my neighbors what it
had done for me and they commenced US
ing it, and all agree with me that it is the
only medicine that will do all that it is re-
commended to do. One thing about CARO-
MAMMA while it is acting and cleansing
the system does not weaken, but builds
up, adds new strength and imparts new
yigor. / do net think can say too much
in favor oft. You are free to use my
name in any way you see best, to proclaim
the merits Of "ARoMANNA., 1t win pay
any sufferer to try it.
J. G. MOONEY, Il djutdnt.
A. ID. Reynolds, Post No. %, G.. A. r.
Price % and 70 cents. Sold by A. NJ. Gill
bert, Martinsburg, and country dealers
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Religious.

There will be quarterly meeting in the
u. B. Church next Sabbath. The Pre-
siding Elder, Rev. A. NJ. Evers, will
preach in the morning at II O'Clock and
in the evening at O'Clock.
Rev. j. r. Ridenour, pastor of the U.
b. Church in this place, will preach at
Salem next Sabbath, at $50 p, m.
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Killed on the Shenandoah
Valley.

HAaERsrowN, July ia man by
the name of Taylor was run over near
Crimora, Va, on last Sunday evening
by the north-bound train on the She
nandoah Valley Railroad, and instant
ly killed.
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THE dynamiters feel uncomforta-
bic. Mnrderers generally always
do when they feel the clutches of
the law at their throat.
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E. F. Perry, of Boston, Tuesday
started to break the twenty and TWEEN
ty-five miles bicycles record, which
stood respectively at hour 10 min
utes and l hour 81 minutes. He
accomplished the task, finishing the
twenty miles in l hour IL minutes 35
seconds and the twenty-five miles 16
minutes and % seconds later.
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PERNIelous actiyityv is

''PERNIoloUs activity is Cleye-
lands latest original phrase. He
intended to apply it to Congress, but
has changed his mind. Divide, Mr..
President. Apply the first word to
Morrison's attempts to down our
industries, and the second, to the
opposition Of Mr. Randall.
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RELIGIOUS LITERATURE.-Th I'M
dersigned is prepared to furnish family
and other Bibles on very reasonable and
az accommodating terms, and is prepared to
furnish any of the books of the great book
concern of The NJ. Il. Church. | have a
few hymn books on hand and will be pleas
ed to have call from the members and
friends of the church, at my residence on
Maple Avenue, near Burke street, this
city. VIM. Ill. MATHEWS.
July 3rd.
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A STRANGE thing oc surred the 9th
Ell day in Texas. Two men fought
duel, and one ofthem was killed. This
is the exception, but should be the
rule, if people are bound to fight.
That is what duels are for.
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Postmaster General Villas, in a
public statement of charges in the rail
way mail service says he has appoint.
ed twenty-seven from Maryland, nine
from Delaware, forty whine from Virgin
ia, and eighty from West Virginia
Since March the total number of
appointments have been 2'030.
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The Cleveland administration re-
Gently appointed an Arab to the
consulate in Jeruselum. He asso-
ciated only with Arabs. The Turk
ish COY ernment refused to recognize
him in an official capacity. Is the
democratic party unable to find re
spectacle Americans to represent
the country abroad Shame
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1T is an establis he'd fact that the Mar
tinsburg Pottery: turning out the very
best ware Persons in need of crockery
will consult their interest by dealing di-
recty with the manufacturer. All orders
addressed to +, A. BOYER, will receive
prompt attention. Special inducements
to dealers.
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The drouth in some parts OF the
state Of New York is unusually Sc
we're. The Mohawk River is so low
that they have to haul water to run
the ferries.
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SATURDAY, JULY "a, 1896.

The Wheeling Register has dis
covered another Nasty" in "Alex.
Anti-Boodle.p Quite laughable.
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Go slow. You may think you own
the earth, but you must corner it by
degrees,
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The "IIint to Oaice-Holders .

The Clint to Oflice-Holders" CIV
en- 10y Grover Cleveland, will prove
to be unworthy the paper on which
it was written. Civil service, the
first "hint" given, is already disre-
garded, and the command to keep
out Of the halls Of party conventions
will he disregarded also. No man
knows this better than Cleveland.
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CHURCH RE-UNION-.The United
Brethren Reunion of the Cumberland
Valley, to be held at Mt. Alto Park,
on Thursday September 9th, promises
to be very large and representative
gathering of the members of that de-
nomination. The first reunion of the
kind was held at the same place last
September, and was great success,
there being about three thousand per-
sons present on that occasion. The
attendance this season, from all indica-
tions, will far exceed that number, as
the interest in the project extends be-
yond the Cumberland Valley Arrange
ments are being made with the Cumber-
land Valley, Mt. Alto, Harrisburg and
Potomac, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
and Reading, Northern Central, Balti.
more and Ohio and Western Maryland
Railroads for excursion favors on the
day Of re union, due announcement
of which will be made hereafter. For
special information apply to any Unit
ed Brethren pastor, or write to Rev. j
p. Miller, pastor of the First U. B
church, Chambersburg, Pa, who is at
the head of the movement.
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HERE'S to you, Johnny McGraw,
We irrepressible limb Of the law -
Statesman,
Aw-ya1o, bahf
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HATS TS!! HATS!!!
TAYLOR'S SILK and DERBYS
FOR SPRING, 1856.

GETTINGER & HOKE will run a line of
these CELEBRATED Goods. They are the
top of Styles, and really cheaper than any
in the market, for those wanting good arr
ticle,
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Six men have eendarrested atWyan-
dotte Ks, charged with having wreck
ed a Missouri Pacific freight train on
April 20 last, by which two trainmen
were killed. They are all Knights of
Labor. Tits stated that one of their
numbers, @. T. Lloyd, has made a
full confession, in which he says three
of the six were compelled to draw the
spikes from the rails while the other,
who stood over them with drawn re-
volvers, OTHER arrests are expected.
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DIED..

nSs- Hat fates-fre cents per Hne--for Obituary No
tice. beyond the ssWal announcement
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Notice.

ANY one suffering with erysipelas,
should call on Mr.. Anthony Turner, on
medicine. No cure, no pay. References,
b. Thornburg, Geo. Wild, s. Tunnel, w.
Nicely, ID. Grow. Sure cure. jne12-tf
BARGAINS in Calf, Kip and Coarse
Boots. A large lot of them bought at
Bankrupt sale at great sacrifice. Will
be closed out at Soc to 81 pair less than
regular prices, at
GETTINGER s. HOKE'S.
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school En,or.ainmen emit.

The closing exercises Of Davis wharf
school were held OIL Friday evening,
June 25tl, at the residence of Capt.
Peter laws. Ine grounds were bril-
liantly Illuminated Ivy lanterns, which
with Tie line appearance of the children,
presented quite u festive scene. The
programme consisted Of dialogues, reci-
tatlOns, songs &C., which, were very
aud were admirably We'll rem
dered, rejecting much credit OIL teacher
and pupils. HE school has been in IL
conditions, for the past SEES
sion, under the Instruction of Mrs.
Mamie Rue Premiums Will 6e award
I'd tu Miss Ella Kellam for best scholar
ship and also tor penmanship: and to
Miss Annie Lou Davis for Dunctual at
teudance.
SPECTATOR.
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VIRGINIA:-In the Circuit
Court for the county Of Accomack,
in vacation. July End 1886.
Thomas II Budd and Annie L.,
his wife the said Annie l.. being
an infant under 81 years of age, who
sues by the said Thomas H., her
husband and next friend. Pitts.
against
James A. Bott and George r.,
his wife, Elijah w. Sturgls, Irwin
Sturgis, Mary G. Sturgis, Karsner
N. Sturgis, (the last named four Of
##!hc.n are infants under 2[ years of
age), Joseph G. Wescott, commit
tee of the estate. real and personal,
of John r. Sturgis, a convict in the
penitentiary of the State Of Virgin
ia, and Arinthia j. Sturgis, wife of
the said John r. Sturgis, john,
Richard, Harry, Minnie Cora.
George, Annie, Walter, Willie and
Edwin Mapp, orphans of Richard
A. Mapp, deceased, and the last
named eight of whom are infants
under the age of21 years, Virginia
Mapp, widow of said Richard A.
Mapp, deceased, Leonard Tank.
ard Ames and William T. AmeS,
.......................... Defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
Tie objec5 OF this suit is to sell,
for purposes of PARTITION, two Ger.
tain tracts of land-one situated
near the Goal Kiln" in the county
of Accomack, adjoining the lands
of John r. Stnrgis and others, con
tanning 32.lS acres of cleared land
and is acres Of Woodland, and it's
appurtenanceS; and the other, in
Occohannock Neck in the county
of Northampton, containing, By es
timation 70 acres, more or less, al
joining the lands Of Benz. Ashby,
VIM. Thos. Ashby and others.
Affidavit having been made be-
fore the clerk of the said court that
Karsner NJ. Sturgis, one of the
above named defendants is nom
resident of the State of Virginia,
on the motion OF. the plaintiffs, by
their attorney, it is ordered that
the said Karsner n. Sturgis do ap
pear here within one month after
due publication Of this order and
do what is necessary to protect his
INTERESTS, and that this order he
published once a week for four sue
cessive weeks in the "Peninsula
Enterprise" newspaper published
at Accomack Courthouse, Acco
mac county, Virginia, aud also
posted at the front door Of the
court house Of the said county on
the first day OF the next term OF
the County Court Of the said coun
Test. NJ. OLDHAM, JR., c. c
Test. NJ. OLDHAM, JR., c. c.
L. Floyd Mock, p. q.