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Commissioner's Notice.

J. FL. Miller, J. VIM. Miller & G. A i.
Miller, partners trading under the
style and firm name of j. II. Miller &
Sons, plaintiffs,
VS..
Geo. E. Green, Mary E. Green, John
W. Martin, trustee and Mary A. Hollis
defendants.
In Chancery, in the Circuit Court for
the County of Berkeley, w. Va.
10 all Of the parties in the abore en-
titled cause:
By a decree of the Circuit Court for
Berkeley County, W. Va, entered at
the April term. 1892, thereof on the 4th
day Of May, 1892. the above entitled
cause was referred to the under signed
Commissioner in Chancery for the said
Court to ascertain and report what real
estate is owned by said Geo. e. Green
with the annual rental and fee simple
value of the same, the amount of plain
tiff's judgment or debt with what inter
est may be due thereon, and any other
matters deemed pertinent by himself
or which he may be required by any of
the parties to state
You ioiu take notice that ] have fixed
upon Friday, June oath, 1892 as the
time, and my office In Martinsburg
Berkeley county. W. Va, as the place
for executing said decree OF reference /;
and if not completed on that dayjthe
same will be continued from time to
time at the same place until finished.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF
May, 1892. l.. Dew, GERHARDT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
May 26th At.
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THE ELECTION La ".

The new election law prevents
stickers and duplicating of tickets,
and makes it a misdemeanor for
printers to print tickets other than
those ordered by the authorities
The candidates are now relieved of
the expense of printing tickets, and
the authorities get them at starva-
tion rates. This is the same law
that Mogul McSherry turned down.
Why not, Mr.. Nc Mogul or Mogul
Nc, permit the printers to print
tickets, stickers. duplicates, and all
other devices heretofore known to
an election? Why is it, when the
count should come you turn down
that part of the law, let Oden from
the County vote in the Second
Ward, Conner vote twice, mutilat-
ed ticket once, and removal from the
ward also vote there? Will you not
enforce the law? Dare you say to
these people that this is not law, and
that there is no authority to make
you respect and obey the law?
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FAIR GRADUATES
The Commencement Exercises of the
Martinsburg High School.

Another vessel Of human freight
has been launched upon the sea of
life, and its crew and passengers may
will be proud of the gala day that
witnessed the launching. Last Fri
day night was the commencement
exercises of the Martinsburg High
School and happy day it was for
eight graduates and two post gradu-
ates. The exercises began shortly
before eight o'clock. The line of
march was formed at the Lutheran
Church vestibule, and from thence
proceeded to the Central Opera
House led by the Martinsburg City
Band. The line consisted Of the
City Band, the principal of the High
School Board of Education, speak
ers, graduates and under graduates
of the school. The Opera House
was crowded by the friends of the
school, but Notwithstanding the
crowd good order prevailed and each
of the spakers was listened to with
rapt attention. After a short an
nouncement by the principal the
band rendered pretty overture.
The hall was SO arranged that the
band had their elevated platform
next to and on the right of the stage
so that the music could be apprecia-
ted by all, and at the same time the
musicians position would not inte-
fere with the view of the stage. At
ter the overture, Rev. VIM. III. Chap
man made the opening prayer in
voking the Divine blessing on all
participating in the evenings exer-
cises. Miss Mary Kratz delivered
the address of welcome. She adj
dressed her remarks chiefly to teach
ers, fellow students and the Board
of Education. Lifting the veil of
the future she did not claim to show
the beyond.but on behalf of the class
made the resolution to battle for the
right in the coming warfare of life.
She spoke clearly and distinctly and
was heartily applauded. She was
followed by Miss Mabel Fryatt,
whose subject was Great Takers,
Little Doers." Miss Fryatt's ora
ton was well put, expressive and
terse. II presented her thoughts in
way just so much inclined to the
humorous as to call for her the APP
plause it merited. A class song
"On the Mountain, Life is Free,n
followed. In all the vocal music
the class was assisted by Messrs.
P. HI. Sayles, A. D. Darby, Frank
Farnsworth and r. Frank Barr.
Miss Emma Staley presided at the
piano, and was assisted by Miss Liz
zie Muth. Miss Belle Rulings fol-
lowed the song in an Grafton enti-
tied, !" Avoid Extremes Her voice
is round and we'll modulated.
Throughout her talk she avoided sx.
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The census bulletin shows the as
sessed value of real and personal
property in the United States in
1890 to be s24.657 ,5S5, 465. For
West Virginia the figures are $780,
927,5S7, au increase of $4,000, S22
in the last ten years. The per cap
tia valuation in West Virginia is
S222.77. Every person should feel
rich, especially as the assessed value
is generally placed at about one-half
of the real value.
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HEDG ESYILLE.

HDcf 1o iht4Es
Mr.. VIM. LEVEL, of Louisville.
KY, is visiting his father, Rev. Thos.
LEVEL, in this village.
Rev. W. T. LEVEL will preach at
Berkeley Springs on Sunday next,
the day being his regular appoint
ment.
Dealers in bark and railroad ties
are receiving considerable quantities
of the same from the Back Creek
Valley.
The ingress of city boarders to
the Rip Van Wrinkle village has not
yet begun, owing to changeable
weather.
The strawberry and ice cream fes.
tival of the P. Episcopal church will
be held under Masons Hall on the
evenings of the 10th, 18th and 18th
insts.
Chas. Brown, colored. lost a child
on last Friday whose remains were
inferred in the cemetery at this
place, on Sunday. Rev. Tilghman
officiating.
The festival of the M. E. Church
closed on Tuesday evening last, hav-
ing realized a considerable sum which
will be appropriated to the purchas-
ing of Sunday School library.
We learn. through the Baltimore
american, of the marriage Of Rev.
j. R. Pardeu, former pastor of the
M. E. Church Of this place, to Miss
Bessie Walters of Clarksburg, Md.
They have our best wishes for pleas
ant voyage over the matrimonial
tide.
Workmen, under management of
J. T. Slaughter and M. G. MAIDEN
bousch, are actively engaged in NOV
ing the cabinet shop of G. M. Brown
from the site of the Presbyterian
church, the erection of which will
begin at an early day.
The regular meeting of Berkeley
Lodge Nc. 81, A. F. and A. M, oc
cured in their lodge room Cd Tues,
day eve last. The election of officers
resulted as follows: j. B. Clary, W.
NJ; G. L. Mitchell, S. W.; L. III.
Woolford, j. W.; NJ. g. MAIDEN
bousch, Treas. VIM. FL. Lingam
felter, Sec.; j. M. Cairo, S. D.; J.
r. Robinson, j. D.; b. w oyer,
Tyler.
REPORTER.
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SATURDAY, JUNE Il, 1892.

The resignation ofSecretary Blaine
was a great surprise to the country.
Possibly, it may have been forced
from him by reason of the greatlov
of the people, continually keeping
mm to the front as their leader and
statesman. The envy and fear ofthe
Boss of a capable hand, oftimes ends
in either a discharge or a sudden
leaving.
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Correspondence.
GREEN SBURG.

The creamery at Swan Pond is in
full blast giving general satisfaction
to its patrons.
Mr.. Clearcus Poole, of Washing
ington, paid a flying visit to his
home in this place last week.
Many persons from this vicinity
attended the floral decoration at
Shepherdstown, last Saturday.
Mr.. Shannon Hollida, of Swan
Pond, has been engaged in carpen-
ter work near Falling Waters the
past week.
Mr.. j. Baker Kearfott, the popu-
lar surveyor of Martinsburg, was in
the village last week engaged in his
professional duty.
Miss Edith Devilbiss, of Double
Pike Greek, Maryland, spent last
week with her auut, Mrs. Daniel
Poole, in this place.
Miss Emma Crist, of Idaville, Pa,
who has been in attendance at the
Key Mar Seminary. at Hagerstown,
is spending a few weeks with Miss
Sallie Hollida, near this place. NJ.
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Mckinley made grand speech for
protection and home when he be.
came Chairman of the Minneapolis
Convention. When the young man
marries and begins home making,
and the old man lives 10 the old
home, they both know ard under
stand there must be protection for
that homo.
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HEDGESVILLE.

Miss Lima Geyer is visiting
friends on Tuscarora.
Mr.. Calvin Felker and family
spent Sunday with their uncle, Mr..
Geyer.
Miss Mollie Paregog, of Harper's
Ferry, spent several days with
friends here this week.
A number of young ladies and
gentlemen of our town and vicinity
spent Whit Monday on the Poto-
mac.
Messrs. Henshaw and Hanna have
nice line of hardware, hammocks
and fancy goods. Their place of
business is at the P. o. building.
Mr.. Hanna, who is a young gentle
man genial and pleasant, is always
ready to hand out your mail or wait
On you to anything in their line,
Mr.. Will Cunningham, with VIC
lin, and Claud Butler, with banjo,
gives new life to our town occasion.
ally during the evenings, which is
much enjoyed by all. especially the
young ladies. Their renderings are
excellent for ameteurs. They play
many of our old familiar airs, such
as Satan's Night Thoughts and Sug-
AIRED Future, or otherwise expressed
the Devils Dream, and the Sweet
Bye and Bye.
The Misses Hulls, of this place,
showed US an egg, the product of
one of their hens, which was indeed
novelty. The egg before being
broken measured 81 inches in one
diameter, and 7 inches in the other.
Upon breaking the outer shell, it
was found to contain perfect yolk
and white about twice the size of
an ordinary egg. Beside these, it
also contained an ordinary sized egg,
perfectly formed, with shell COM
plete; this upon being broken was
found to have che white and yolk as
any other perfect egg.
There is considerable musical tai
ent in our town, particularly in the
vocal line. There is one thing, how
ever, essentially necessary to bring
this talent to higher degree of per-
fiction, and that is greater interest
and more study of the fundamental
principals of the science. If we
have an intricate problem in mathe-
mates to solve, we will, first of all,
begin to inquire into the principles
involved. So it is in the science of
music, vocal or instrumental, we
must know the principles before we
can make Roadway in correct per-
Torrance. There are those who i'm.
agine they are singing alto, when
the truth is, they are singing manu-
featured second that is in no way
sustained by the principles of music,
and is therefore discordant and in
furious to melody. To become q
proficient alto singer requires knowl-
edge of the principles and voice
in accord with the part, and so it is
with the other parts, you must know
the principles before you can besuc-
cessful as performer of your part.
q
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BunNA VISTA.
Pleasant evenings.

Pleasant evenings.
Mrs. Sewers is spending a few
days in this neighborhood.
Mrs. S. Thrush and daugh Ter drove
to Shepherdstown ON Saturday last.
Mr.. J. Daily, ST., and wife, of this
place spent last Sunday with friends
near Newtown.
Quite number of ladies spent
the day with Mrs s. Frankenberry
on Monday of last week.
The many friends of Miss Flora
Mcdonald. oil East Martin St.. were
sorry to hear of her death on Thurs
day of last week.
Mr.. Chas. Burns, one of our fine
young men, hasrecently purchased a
fine croquet set, which adds to the
young peoples enjoyment.
We would not only be pleased to
hear from Arcturus,' but would be
pleased by his appearance in our
township more frequently. He seems
to have forsaken US.
CLEOPATRA.
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Hon. JAMES q. BLAINE.

LIGHTNING STRIKEs.-During the
thunder storm of Sunday last, Miss
Clara Byres, who was sitting on the
porch of her residence at Smoke
town, was rendered unconscious by
a bolt of lightning, from which she
has not yet recovered. On the same
evening bolt entered the residence
Of Mr.. Philip Whelshans, at the
same place and severely burned both
of Mrs. Welshans hands, and very
much damaged the interior of the
house,
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Grapling-HOrse Hay Forks
put up in barns on short notice by
THos. III. LEDANE,
Near q. B. Church,
6-11-4t. Martinsburg, W. Va.
AT PUBLIC RENTAL.

The butcher 6 tails in the market-house,
and the wagon stands around the market
house win be rented at public rental, for
one year, from July 1st, 1892, to July 1st,
1898. Time of rental, Saturday morning,
June 18th. 1892, at 10 O'Clock. Terms made
known at time of renting.
By order of Council. II WHEN,
6-11-3t. Sergeant.
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SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALE
A VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT,
IN MARTINSBURG.

By virtue of decree of the Circuit
Court of Berkeley county, w. Va, en-
tered on the 10th day of April, 1892, in
the chancery cause of John W. Floyd
and Others vs.. VIM. Earle, the under
signed Special Commissioner appointed
TO make sale of the property in said
cause will offer at public auction at the
front door of the Court House, in Mar
tinsburg, on
SATURDAY, JUNE Is, '92.
at O'Clock p m shat valuable
HOUSE AND LOT,
of which Anestatia McNamee. died
siezed, situate on East King street and
East of the B. u o. r. r., in Martins
burg, W. Va. Said lot is in y triangu-
lar shape as reported by the commits
sioners of partition as fronting sixty
eight 1881 feet on East King street,
with depth of two hundred and TWEEN.
ty (22O) feet on the East side of said
lot and one hundred and twenty (120)
feet on the West side with the same
width of the front from which point
runs diagonal to the 220 feet corner.
There is a
GOOD HOUSE AND OUT-BU1LD-
ING
on said property and this is rare OPP
portun;ty for good home.
TERMS OF SALE AS PROVIDED IN
DECREE:-One-thir cash, the residue
in two equal payments of six and twelve
months, the purchaser to give his bond
for the deferred payments and interest
from date and the title to be retained
until all the purchase money is paid,
The tenant in occupancy to remain in
the house till the expiration of the
leased year and the purchase toleceive
the rents when the sale is confirmed by
the Court.
STUART w. WALKER,
Special Comm isssoner.
l hereby certify that Stuart W Walk
er, Special Commissioner in the, above
entitled cause has executed bond as re-
quired by law. -
w. B. COLSTON,
Clerk of Circuit Court of Berkeley Co.
June 81, At.
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CURT IET.nF Frs

On Saturday last Hon. james g..
Blaine, resigned his position of Sec,
rotary Of State Of the United States.
The correspondence between The
Secretary and the President was re-
markedly short and very curt. We
publish both letters as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHING
TON, June 4, 70 the Presi-
deat:-I + snectfully beg leave to
submit my resignation of the Office
Or the Secretary of State of the Uni
TED States to which l was appointed
b. you on tle 5th of March, 1889.
The condl ion of public business
in the department of, state justifies
me in requesting that my resigna
ton may be accepted Immediately. /
have the honor to be
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. WASHING
TON. June 4, 1892 10 The Secretary
Of State Your letter of this date,
rendering your resignation of the of
flee of Secretary of State of the Uni
ted States, has been received. The
terms in which you state your de-
sires are such as to leave me no
choice but to accede to your wishes
at once. Your resignation is there
fore accepted
Very respectfully yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Hon. JAMES q. BLAINE.
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NOtICO I'D 11cM AUruOAS'
To all persons holding liens by jttdg-
ment or otherwise, on the real estate,
or any part thereof, Of George IL.
Green.
In pursuance of decree Of the Cir
cult Court Of Berkeley county, made in
cause therein pending, to subject the
real estate of the said Geo. E. Green to
the satisfaction of the liens thereon,
you are hereby required to present all
claims held by you against the said
Geo. E. Green, which are liens on his
real estate, or any part OF it, for adjudl'
cation to me, at my Office in the town
of Martinsburg, Berkeley county. w.
Va, on or before the Oath day OF June,
1892.
Given under my hand this 25th day
of May, 1892.
l.. DEW. GERHARDT.
Nav 2Sth, 1T. Commissioner.
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Mr.. VIM. LEVEL, of Louisville,
KY, is visiting his father, Rev. Thos.
LEVEL, in this village.
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Miss Lima Geyer is visiting
friends on Tuscarora.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29
HON. LOUIS E. M'COMAS
Chosen AS Secretary of the Repub-
Iican National Committee.

The appointment of Mr.. McCom-
as as Secretary of the Republican
National Committee has caused
general satisfaction. Mr.. McCom-
as has gone to New York where he
will make the Fifth Avenue Hotel
bis headquarters until a house is Sc
cured for the committee.
Mr.. McComas reputation as a
worker and a strong Republican is
well known. He is just in the
prime of life, and his four terms as
Congressman have made him ac-
quainted with public men and
measures, and given him national
reputation. He was one of the
leaders of the Fifty-frst Congress.
and one of Speaker Reeds trusted
leutenants in that Congress as a
member of the Appropriation Com
mittee.
HOW HE BEAT CLEVELAND.
Mr.. McComas had the handling
of important measures and was al
ways successful. He has also the
reputation of having been the only
man in Congress who was able to
have pension bill passed over G.
Cleveland's veto. 1t was the cele-
brated Romeine case, and Mr.. Nc
Comas in strong speech showed
how very false and unjust were
Cleveland's arguments against the
bill; how the claim was one that
ought to pass. That the Demo-
ocratic House passed the bill over
the veto showed that Cleveland, for
the sake Of a veto reputation, had
been incorrect in his statements.
M'COMAS'S RECENT GOOD WORK.
His most recent work was the
market house meeting at Minneap-
oils. With Chairman Carter, he
was one of the fosr to engineer and
carry to a successful issue that now
famous meeting. McComas did
excellent work at Minneapolis, and
none knew the value of it better
than President Harrison ana Chair
man Carter; therefore it is needless
to say that the appointment of Mr..
McComas is eminently satisfactory
to both the President and Mr.. Car
ter.
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sually good judge of men, and is
said by those who know him best
to be the most excellent selection
which could have been made for the
position.
He was only recently chosen Sec
rotary of the National Committee.
He is now the Commissioner of the
Land Office, but this place, he said
he would at once resign.
Mr.. Carter was born at Junior
Furnace, a little iron manufactur
ing centre on the Ohio River, in
Scioto county, Ohio, in 1854. In
1865 he went to Pana, H., and in
1875 he settled at Burlington, Iowa.
He was admitted to the bar at
Louisville, KY, and from Iowa he
went to Nebraska, from which
State he emigrated to Montana.
lie was a delegate from Montana in
the first session of the Fifty-frst
Congress, and upon the admission
Of that Territory as a State in Nov.
ember, 1889, became a representa-.
tive in the same Congress. He
was defeated for reelection in 1890,
and in March, 1891, he was appoint
ed Commissioner of the Land Office.
The selection of Mr.. Carter for
the craftsmanship was regarded
by extreme satisfaction by every
member of the Committee. He is
expected to make record in his
present position second to none
who has held the chair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29

Too much cannot be said in de-
nunciation of the brutal outrages
inflicted on the colored people OF
the South, but the suggestions OF
uprisings or massacres as a remedy
is all wrong. The Southern ne
groes will not seek any such RENE
dy, and ought not to for any rea-
son. One act of lawlesSness is not
to be rectitied by another and
crimes of violence are not to be
checked in retaliation. The great
remedy is for the people to demon
strate that political success is not
to be won in this country by or
ganized crime against the ballot
and the terrorism of the voters.
When it is made certain that be-
cause of the resistance of a solified
North the political crimes of South
ern Democracy cannot result in
political success, but will insure de-
feat instead, the AK will be laid at
the root of the tree.
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CLEVELAND is the Democratic
party. 1t was at his behest that
the honest convictions of Demo
Gratis in the House on the silver
question were strangled in order to
give Cleveland a chance to grind
away on the only string he can
play-the free trade string. This
is an assertion that the Republican
party has already solved the money
question and that it is not an is
sue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-29

THE Republican party is now as
it always has been, the friend and
defender of the peoples rights.
The statement that it has been
guilty of class legislation is state
ment unsupported by facts. II
has legislated for the people Of the
whole country; it is doing so to-day.
Over the barriers of obstruction
placed across its pathway by the
Democratic party, with column
closed up and its flag aloft, it is
marching to victory for its party
and the people. 1t will achieve a
party triumph in achieving a tri-
umph Of the prosperity of thenation.
Gen. G. Ii. GrosveHar.