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WHAT TO DO.

There is comfort in the knowl-
edge SO often expressed that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great
kidney remedy, ful1lls every wish in
relieving pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part of the
urinary passages. II corrects ina
bility TO hold urine and scalding
pain in passing it, or bad effects fol-
lowing use of liquors, wine or beer,
and overcomes that unpleasant nee
essity of being compelled 10 get up
many times during the night to uri-
nate. The mild and the extraordi-
nary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for
its wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases. II you need medi-
cine you should have the best. Sold
by druggists price fifty cents and
one dollar. For sample bottle and
pamphlet, both sent free by mail,
mention INDEPENDENT and send your
full post-ofiice address to Or. Kill
mer l. Co., Binghamtvn, N. Y.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
Your Friends Coming and Going.

Mr.. James Dyche spent Sunday in
Cumberland.
MIR. NJ. A. Spodgrsss was in Bal
tImo.e this week.
Miss Corea Potts spent Sunday at
her home, soak View"
Prof. Tinsley ana family were in
Hagerstown on Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. g. B. Hedges are
visiting in Philadelphia.
Miss Mollie Potts returned today
from visit to Frederick.
Mrs. John W. Martin Las gone TO
Baltimore to visit friends.
Mr.. q. Graft Potts is Masking a
visit to his parents near this city.
Mrs. S. G. Kramer is in Charles
Town visiting Mrs. Nathan Kahn.
Mr.. James F. Thompson and sen
were in Winchester on Wednesday.
Mrs. Harry Smith is the guest of
friends and relatives in Baltimore.
Mrs. Tiffany, of Chicago, is the
guest of the family of Mr.. P. C.Cur-
tbs.
Mr.. William H. Travers, Of
Charles-Town, was here On Tues
day.
Mrs. J. D. Chamberlain and chill
dren, of KeedysVille, are visiting in
this city.
Mrs. j. A. Hoff helms has return
ed from visit to friends in Allie
gheny, Pa.
Mr.. Joseph Goheen, OF Washing
ton, is visiting his parents near
Martinsburg.
Mrs. G.. W. Santman returned on
Tuesday from a visit to her son in
Germantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. m. Zimmerman,
OF Brunswick, are visiting relatives
in this city.
Miss Annie Kearfott is visiting
her friend, Mrs. Charles Leasure,
near Greensburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Caldwell, of
North Martinsburg, ARE visiting
friends in the Eastern cities.
Mrs. E. Boyd Faulkner, Miss
May and Miss Jane Faulkner re-
turned from Washington Saturday
night.
Misses May and Florence Hoff
man, of Shepherdstown, were pleas.
ant visitors to Martinsburg on Sat
urday.
Mrs. Emily Dooley and Miss
oCIbi uQc Lhu u hive lGluGu6Q IlOlu
Mt. Savage, where they have been
visiting friends.
Mr.. Steve Snodgrass has gone to
Savannah, Ga. He has not been
we'll for some time, and the trip is
to improve his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Mcdowell have
returned from Pittsburg, where they
went to visit Mrs. McDowell's faith
er, who is seriously i'll.
Mr.. Harry Wood and sister, Mrs.
Arthur Wild, have gone to Char
lottesville, Va, where they will
make their future home.
Miss Josephine Wisner, who has
been visiting the family of DR.. APP
pleby, in Washington, for week,
has returned TO her home at swim
dewald."
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Acute Catarrh Cured with Two
Bottles.

Mr.. John Davis, Broadway, Frost
burg, Allegany county, Nd, writes !:
/ have tried Parker l. Shea's Catarrh
Cure for nasal catarrh and can truth
fully say that it is the best remedy
that I have ever used for catarrh.
Two bottles cured me when / was
scarcely able to breathe. / heartily
recommend it to all who have ten
dency to catarrh. For sale by L
G.. Matthaei, Queen street.
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tered the court room accompanied by
her lawyer and a deputy sheriff. The
woman passed close to Thorn on her
way to the district attorneys table,
which was only three feet away from
where Thorn was sitting. But while
he carefully kept track of her every
movement she avoided looking at him.
The jurors at this time did not know
who the woman was, and were ignorant
of the fact that Mrs Mack had made
a confession and was so close to them
A minute later the court clerk called
her name, saying Mrs. Augusta Mack,
take the stand" Every man of the u
in the jury box heard the name called,
and each one of them was startled
when he saw the woman turn away
her head from the prisoner whose eyes
followed her as she walked around the
back Of the jury box and took a seat
in the witness chair For two hours
and 40 minutes she remained there, the
cynosure of all eyes, while she told the
terrible story of how she lured Gulden-
.Suppe to his death, and in telling the
tale she knew full well that she was
bringing her paramour to the electric
chair. Frequently their eyes met, but
the woman was not equal to that occa-
sion, and she always had to turn away
from Thorns steadfast gaze.
When she was asked why she had
confessed she replied that she wished
to clear her conscience, and then burst
into tears. But when Lawyer Howe
began his cross examination he han
died her unsparingly, and made her own
up to such acts of generalization that
the majority of those who heard her
admissions said that she was the great
est culprit, and many of those who had
previously evinced decided antipathy
to Thorn swerved around and pitied
him.
Mr.. Howe, counsel for Thorn, in the
course of an interview after the adj
journment of court declared that Mrs.
Mack killed and cut up Guldensuppe
wait" said Howe, land l will put
Thorn on the witness stand, and he
will tell the jury the truth--that it was
Mrs. Mack who killed Guldensuppe and
who cut him up in the bathtub. Mrs.
Nack's confession will prove a boom
erang. She has confessed that she
bought the oilcloth while he was yet
alive, and bought it to wrap up his
body. She has confessed that she lured
him to that house. so he could be killed
She has confessed to murder, and the
jury will consider a long time before
they will convict my client on what she
has said"
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County Levy.

The report of county levies for
1891 are all in. The average is 81
cents on the 500 valuation. Fol
lowing is the list on 500 valuation !:
Mcdowell, s1.25 Braxton, Lincoln,
Mingo, 95 cents; Boone, Kanawha,
Logan, Wavne, Webster, 80 cents !;
Barbour, Nicholas, Peasants. Is
cents; Calhoun, Fayette, Raleigh,
Tyler, Roane, Tucker, 10 cents !;
Randolph, IS; Monongalia, Ga Ca
bell, Clay, Brooke, Marion, Mason,
Preston, so; Berkeley, Ohio, Sum.
mers. Weizel, Writ, Wood, go; Mar
shal, Mercer, Taylor, As; Jackson,
Lewis. Monroe, Richie, Wyoming,
40; Hampshire, So /; Jefferson, Min
eral, Morgan, Pendleton, 35; Dod-
bridge, Hancock. Hardy, Harrison,
Upshur, 333; Greenbrier. 20.
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Notice to Creditors.

To the creditors of t. a. Becker, deceas-
ed:
In pursuance OF decree of the Cir
cult Court of the county of Berkeley in
the state of West Virginia, made in the
cause therein pending, to subject the
real estate of the said J. A. Becker to
the payment of his debts, you are re-
CURED to present your claims against
adjudication to Adrian G. MAIDEN
bousch, Commissioner, at his Office in
the said county. on or before the It'll
day of December, 1897.
Witness l.. Dew Gerhardt, Clerk of
the said court, this 26th day of Oeto-
Der, 1897.
L.DEW. GERHARDT,
1O-30-6t. Clerk.
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Judge Blizzard, of the jackson
comfy Circuit Court, has made a
record on time. John F. Moran
murdered three persons tor very lit
tie money. When caught, mob
surrounded the court house at Rip
ley to lynch him, the judge made a
speech promising to prevent claws
delays" at trial. The accused was
therefore indicted, tried, convicted,
and sentenced to be banged, all
within sixty hours after the muir
der.
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e,bareed his wife with Mnrder

Camden, n. J., Nov. I'M McCusker,
of 206 Benson street, who was admitted
to the Cooper hospital Tuesday night
suffering from bullet wound in the
abdomen, which, he said, had been in
fiicted by his wife, died yesterday. Nc
Cusker's ante-mortem statement diff
fers from the story told by his wife.
He said that he accused his wife with
improper actions, and during the quar-
rel that followed she pulled a revolver
out of the bosom of her dress and shot
him. He said she always carried
revolver Mrs. McCusker declares her
husband threatened her with a re-
volver, and during struggle for the
weapon it was exploded.
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HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common water
glass with urine and let it stand
twenty -four hours a sediment or
settling indie ties diseased condition
of the kidneys. When urine stains
linen it is positive evidence OF kid
ney trouble. Too frequent desire to
urinate or pain in the back, is also
convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
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Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as Administrator Of
the estate of L. g. Matthaei, deceased,
all persons holding claims against his
estate are hereby notified to present the
same. duly authenticated, to the under
signed for settlement and all persons
indebted to said estate are hereby noti-
fed to please come forward and make
settlement of the amount owing by
them.
c. P. MATTHAEI,
Admir- estate of l.. G Matthaei, decd.
10-23-4t.
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Judge Jackson's Decision.

On Monday last Judge Jackson
held special term Of the United
States Court to deliver his decision
in the now famous case of Berry,
Butler and Ruckman vs.. Col. A. B.
White, Collector OF Internal Reeve.
nue.. We are unable to publish his
opinion in full, which is quite
lengthy. and is considered by those
of the State Bar, who heard it, one
of his most able opinions. He per-
petuated the Injunction and also
suspended the order granted to the
Collector for the appointment of
temporary officers to conduct the Of
fairs of the disiillery, pending the
decision of the court. The case will
be taken to higher court.
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President Mckinley has one very
great satisfaction, viz: He made
more Democrats, Civil Service re-
formers, by one sweep of his pen,
than all political campaigns have
made since the enactment of the
statute. The only question is, how
long will they stiek2 Forever, or
only until there are no more apples
in the garden TO pluck
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Death Of Mr.. Joseph Emmert.

Mr.. Joseph Emmert, prominent in
business circles in Hagerstown, and
well known in this community, died
suddenly at his residence in that
place on Wednesday of last week.
he become unexpectedly i'll, grew
worse, and his home physician con-
Guiding that there was obstruction
in the bowels, telegraphed for DR..
Halstead, OF Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, who, on his arrival, promptly
operated, assisted by accompanying
and local physicians. All seemed
successful, and the patient was com
Portable, with all symptoms favor
able, but, alas! he died next day. He
was one of thirteen children and
thought TO be the stoutest. He was
8 brother of Mr.. F. S. Emmert, Mrs.
DR.. j. B. Snodgrass, Mrs. VIM. T.
Stewart and Mrs. B. F. Fiery, OF
this city.
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Notice..

The Drug Store and business hereto
fore conducted by L. q. Matthaei, late
~ deceased. at No. 40 North Queen
street, will in the future be carried on
at the same place under the manage
ment of Mr.. Edward G. Shepherd, a
Certified Pharmacist of the West Vir-
GINA State Board of Pharmacy, who
will be assisted by Mr.. Charles A..
Becker, both of whom were formerly
associated with Mr.. Matthaei, and
whose efficiency and polite aceommoda-
tions are well known.
The Administrator thanks the pub
lie who patronized his late decedent,
and respectfully solicits a continue
tion of their patronage.
l0-23-4t.
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Obi Messrs. Smith and Boyer,
please be quiet. The Republicans
did the voting, elected the ticket,
aud the Democrats get tue pap.
Same old family rule, you know
the workers set the table and the
other boys do the eating, only leay-
ing the husks and the bones.
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trustees Charged with Theft.

New York, Nov. 10-Former State Sen
ator William caldwell was arrested
yesterday and released on $4,000 bail
on the charge of appropriatlng funds
of an estate. The complaint is made
by Mrs. Mary j. Westerfield and her
sister Flora e. Rogers, daughters of
the late Jason Rogers, the millionaire
locomotive builder of Paterson, N. j.,
who accuse Mr.. caldwell and their
brother, Thomas Rogers, trustees of
the will, of appropriating to their own
use funds of the estate. Jason Rogers
died in 1868, leaving an estate supposed
to be worth over $1,000, 600.
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Notice to Creditors.

TO the creditors of John Aikens, deceas-
ed:
In pursuance of a decree of the Cir
cult Court of the county of Berkeley,
made III a cause therein pending, to
subject the real estate of the said John
Aikens to the payment of his debts you
are required to present your claims
against the estate of the said John All
kens for adjudication to w. B. Col
ston Commissioner, at his Office in said
county on or before the 22d day of No
vember, 1897.
Witness, l.. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk
of the said court this 18th day of Octo-
Der, 1897.
L. DEW. GERHARDT,
10-16-6t. Clerk.
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TWO Killed by a Train,

Chester, Pa, Nov. 11.-Charles Rob-
erts. president of the South Chester
Manufacturing company, was instantly
killed and Charles A. Weed, president
of the Tidewater Steel works, fatally
injured by being struck by an express
train on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railroad at the Pennell
street crossing. near Lamokin, last
night. Mr.. Weed d.ed soon after the
accident. Mr.. Roberts was 60 years old
and Mr.. Weed g.
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For Allowinga weyler Demonstration

For Allowing Weyler Demonstration
Havana, Nov. 11.-Marshal Blanco
has removed from his command the
local military commander at Gibara,
province of Santiago de Cuba, for al
lowing demonstration in honor Of
Lieutenant General Weyler when he
went on shore there few days ago
from the steamer Montserrat which
had put into Gibara owing to mishap
to her machinery
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SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 1897.

People laugh when they hear that
Pullman cut off two of his sons, be-
cause they would not do anything"
They say, just wait and it will be a
caution to see how nicely they "do'
their mother.
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Salisbury VIII Resign One ONCE.
London, Nov. 1.-THE Financial Post
processes to know that the Marquis Of
Salisbury, premier and secretary of
foreign affairs, Is about to resign the
foreign secretaryship in favor of the
Marquis of Lansdowne, secretary of
state for war, retaining, however, the
Premiership.
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AUCTIONEER.
Old Veteran.

Old friends request me to again take
ssrvice IS auctioneer in the counties Of
Berkeley and Jefferson. Call on or adj
dress me at Little Georgetown.
L. s. HOWARD.
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Choice Entertainments.

''The Crarv Illustrated Travel
Talks will given in the Central
Opera 7 =, beginning Monday
night, \ 18th, and continue for
the week. They are the best enter
tsinments ever given to our people
to anioV
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LPIsooPaI DIsHUP OF TeuHsyIVan1a.
Bethlehem, Pa, Nov. 11.-Rev. Ethel
bert Talbot, D. D., LII. D., was last
evening elected bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Pennsylvania. Four ballots
were necessary to a choice. Dr. Tai
bot is at present missionary bishop of
Wyoming and Idaho.
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Commissioners Notice.

Commissioners Notice.
CoMMIssIoNER's OFFICE,
Martinsburg. w. Va, Oct. 20, 1897. !
Tn re.
Catharine a Becker, Adm x of J, A.
Becker, decd.
VS..
Catharine A. Becker, widow of J. A
Becker, decd, G. FL. Becker, Mary e
Walter and j. w. Walter, her bus
band, Annie G.. DALEY and J. II. g
Daley. Jr.. her husband, James Hen
ry Becker, George W. Becker and
Abelia Becker, his wife, Ella NJ /.
Becker and Charles Becker (infants.)
IN CHANCERY.
To all persons interested in the above en-
titled caatse
You and ca ch of you are hereby noti-
fed that pursuant to decree of the
Circuit Court of Berkeley county, West
Virginia, made In the above entitled
cause on the 18th day of May, 1897 and
another decree made therein on the Is
day of September, 1898, directing the
undersigned Commissioner First, to
state and settle the accounts OF Cath
arine A. Becker. Administrative of j,
A. Becker, decd /; Secondly, to ascer-
tain and report of what real estate the
said J. A. Becker died, seized, together
with its fee simple and annual rental
value; Third. to convene the creditors
of said J. A. Becker, and to ascertain
and report the debts against the estate
of said Becker in the order of their re-
spective priorities, and Lastly to report
any other matters deemed pertinent by
him or which he may be required spec
tally to state by any party interested. /
have fixed upon the 23d day of Novem-
Der, 1897, at my said office, to take the
account directed by said decree, at
which time and place you and each of
you are required to attend and do
whatsoever may be necessary for the
protection of your several interests.
Given under my hand the day and
year first above written.
ADRIAN @. NADENBoUsCH,
Commissioner in Cbancery,
10 30-46
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Mr.. Edward Bell, OF this city, and
his sister, Mrs. Ida Wright. we're
overcome by escaped illuminating
gas on Monday night. They we're
both found unconscious, and had a
narrow escape from death.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-13

Some girls seem to have great
deal of music in them and tie
neighbors are always sorry when
any of II escapes.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-11-13

Mr.. VIM. Lupton, who is employ
ed in MIR. F. G. Miles grocery store,
slipped and fell on the stone steps
in front of the Post Office, on Satur.
day evening. His head struck the
corner of the door, making an ugly
wound above the eve.
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Was Very Nervous


81 had pains in my head, neck and
shoulders and al through my body but
they were most severe in my left side.
The doctor called 1t neuralgia and in
digestion. was confined to my bed for
eight months. was very nervous, had
smothering spells and could not sleep. /
read Of cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla and
of case similar to mine. My husband
procured bottle, and began taking It.
After taking one bottle felt better, was
able to rest and my appetite improved.
continued until my nervousness was
cured and was much better in every
way. Ny husband has also been bene-
flied by Hoods Sarsaparilla." NARY s.
STONE. SpafnyiiIe. Virginia,
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Accidental Happenings.

In crossing the B. l. o. r. r.
on North Queen street. on Mon
day, Mr.. Feldman Crawford STUN
bled and fell, cutting deep cash in
his right leg.
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A slight accident occurred on
Tuesday morning, on Queen street.
A horse attached TO dray wagon be-
came frightened and ran into bug
gy belonging to Mrs. Duvall. Sew
eral ladies were in the buggy at the
time, but all escaped injury. A
broken wheel was the only damage.
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Genuine BARGAINS in every
thing in the line ] keep. When Isay
bargains I mean it. Come and see.
w. L. JONES, Jeweler.
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Children Cry for
Pitchers CaetoPlas

{ Subscribe for the IEDHPErDxsr ,
[ only $3.50 q year
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Police News.

The city was more than lively on
Saturday night, numerous arrests
being made.
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Governor Atkinson has appointed
l.. G. Gaines, of Fayetteville, Judge
OF the Fayette Criminal Coart, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
OF Judge II. W. Brazie.