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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

Ats Circuit Cour; for Wayne county con-
tihued and held ut the Court House thereof
on Tuesday, october 2nd, $780,
Present. the same Judge as on yesterday.
The State OF West Virginia.
This day this cause came on TO be
ITS filed, and it appearing to the the Court,
been duly served upon all the defendants To-
as described and set out in plaintiffs bill, and
that the bill In this was d led at ruler
aud regularly matured and net for hearing
And IL further appearing To the Court, that
this Is proper case To be referred To "A COM
missioner In Chancery, IL Is therefore
the same In hereby referred To j. +. Graham
and Chapman Adkins, Com issioners IN
Chancery OF this Court, to take, state and re
port an account herein showing:
FIRST: To ascertain and report all the
tracts and parcels OF land above set out and
remains in the State not redeemed trans
fe. red or otherwise disposed of, aud the taxes
and and interest due on each Of said tracts
respectively To what fund and what account
SECOND: What and for what cause, an d In
who'e names the same was forfeited
THIRD: TO report the names of all the
owners, claimants or occupants To each OF
said tracts or parcels OF land.
Fourth: Any other matter deemed peril
nenL by said Comm issiOuerS or other persOus
Interested therein.
And for the purpose of executing the ne.
quirements OF this decree, the Commissioners
this County provided he will act, and II no I
some other competent surveyor. 10 90 upon
any OF said tracts of land, ana do such sur
veying may be deemed necessary by SAID
commissioners To make their report herein
But beiore proceeding To execute the require
ments OF this decree SAID commissioners
shall give notice required by law ana
shall report their proceedings to this Court
and this cause is continued.
\ copy from the record.
Teste w. $. CoPLEY, Clerk
And on another day, to wit: At "A special
term of the Circuit Court of Wayne County
began aud held at the Corrt House lhereo
on saturday, Decem Der the LIST, 1900.
Present. the Hon. f.. -. Doolrttle, Judge Sth
Judicial Circuit, of West Virginia.
TIE State OF w. Va,
vs. In Chancery.
Arnold Perry, ct ais.
1t appearing To the Court that j. Il. Graham
one OF the Court Com III issiontrs to whom
together with Chapman ADKINS this cause
was referred has resigned, IL Is therefor.
ordered that j. Ii. Meek be substituted In the
place and stead of j. Il. Graham, to act with
said Chapman Adkins, in executing the re-
quirements OF the said decree of reference In
this cause heretofore made ana entered, and
tn lis cause is continued
n Copy from the record
Teste: w. y. CoPLEY, Clerk
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
Notice to Take Dispositions.

To Mrs Bell Marcum:
You will take notice that on the 10Th dav Of
January lWl, between the hours 81 4 o'clock a.
NJ. dud o'clock y M. at the Office of j. L..
AtklnS' IN the town of DuulOw, iu WAYNE
county. West VIRGINIA, will proceed to take the
deposition Of Martin Dcaue and others 10 be
Iedn as evidence in behalf 81 myself iu certain
,au-e pcmd ng in the Circuit Court of WAYNE
'ounty, west virginia, wherein YOU are defend
ant aud am plaintiff and " from any cause the
idklng OF said deposition be not commenced
on that day, or n commenced aud not corpteted
on that day. the taking Of the same will be
dd1ourucd and continued from day to dav or
from time to time, az the same place. and be
tween the same hours, until mpictcd.
Respectfully. &c.
J. ID. Atkins. Sol ~ Coyrs.t
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09


J. X. Whitney, administrator In Chaucery
of the estate of Edward II.
Myers, deceased.
The object of this suit is to subject the real
estate of Edward III. Myers, deceased, and more
especially tract of land near the town of Ke-
nova, now occupied by Mrs. Boughuer to paw
the debts of the said estate, and to have the
Dover of Florence +. Boughner, late MYERS,
laid off and assigned and to partition he re-
mainder of said estate among the heirs of the
said Edward II. Myers.
This day came the plaintiff by her attorney
and upon his motion, and IL appearing from an
athdavt filed with the papers in this canse IN II
Maggie Lagow, John Lagow, Alexina Davis.
yeptha Davis, Jane Gi1ley, Henry w Gilley
Robert "A. Williamson, James Il. Williamson
and Randolph t. Williamson are nonresidents
% the State of West Virginia; il is therefore or
dered that they do appear here within one
month after the first publication of this order
ana do what is necessary to project their 1nte-
est III this suit. And il is further ordered that
this order be published once a week for four
successive weeks in teredo ADVANCE a weekly
newspaper published in said Wayne county
and be posted on the front door of the ourt
House of said county at least 20 days before de-
cree or Judgment is entered herein.
leste: w. -. CoPLEY, Clerk.
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The object Of This suit is tO. obtain divorce
FROM the defendant. Bell Marcum
rms day came the plaintiff bv his 1tforrc..
and upon ms motion, and 10 appearing from an
dhdayit hlcd with the papers iu This cause fItat
ben marcum o. nonresident Of the State ~
west virginia; b. Is therefore ordered tbaf Sic
do appear here within one month after the Gre,
puDilcdlion on this order and do what is ncces-
is ttr her ordered that This order boz pubiiei,ci
once week for four successive weeks i1 Co.
said wayne county and be- posted an tt - I.
Coz OF me Court House of said county at te,et
~ Gays before decree or Judgment h. e,t,.e5
hereii. Teste: w 4 Cnr.i9 entered
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The State of wast VIRGINIA.

vs..
Arnold Perry, DIV VinsoD, Henley Copiey,
Caldwell Cotton, Trustees, the unknown
heirs OF NJ. j. Ferguson. deceased, SAINT oil
Lamasters, Jacob l.. Peters, = -. Vinson
Lace Marcum, Joseph Keyiser, Joseph Is
Malcolm, the unknown heirs of Jacob Man
deceased. James NJ, McComAs, Jamisc
Brnmheid, -McComa., George Keller ar
In Chancery.
The plaintin and each aud all OF the above
named defendants, and all unknown owners
ana claimants OF any part PARCEL of ne
Ianus mentioned In plaintiffs bill in the
the
END Day of January, 1901,
at the Court House In the county of WAYNE
State of West Virginia, we will comm ence
me discharge OF our duties under the dScree
or reference In the above entitled causts "A
copy OF which decreeis publishes with THIS
notice: At which time and place, you "A nd
each OF you, can attend, protect and defend
any interest you may have liz the lands tSt
any OF them, In question In this suit
Given under our hands, this the nth daN
OF Decsm Der. 1900.
CHAPMAN ADKINS,
j. IL. MEEK, Com mIssioners
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

CONGRESSMAN CoNNELL, of the
Eleventh Pennsylvania district, is
the richest man IN the lower house
of the National Legislature. He
draws an income of $50 day from
one investment alone. MIR. Con-
nell was born in Nova Scotia, and
is one of the largest coal operators
in the United States. Fifty years
ago he was working as driving boy
In coal mine at 70 cents a day
Elk.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The mosquito fleet of four vessels
which will guard the Philippine
coast, has started on its long voyage.
1t is estimated that it will take the
fleet three weeks to get to Manila.
The little vessels will have to coal
several times on the way.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The postmaster at Scenery Hill,
Pa, set a somewhat dangerous ex-
ample when he mistook his wife for
a burglar and fatally wounded her.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
Notice to lake DennsItInns.
Cora Hicks
".
In the Circuit Court Of
Z WAYNE County, iuthc
State Of West Va.

Cora Hicks I'm the Circuit Court of
Wayuc Count, a..
Smith Hicks. STATE ~ W. " ''
To Smith Hicks:
Take notice, that the dispositions Of myself and
@tnc'S' VIII De taken at the Office Of W. W
MarCum, ia the town of Ccrcdo rounf, ~
" ayue,' and state of West Virginia on tho
18TH day Of January, 1901, to be read i'm evidcrce
on the hearing 81 the above cause in behalf Of
the said Cora Hicks. IT, from any cause. the
taking of the same shall not be commenced or
BctnR commenced, shall not be completed ON
tpFt day, the taking Of the same will be adj
Jprned from time 90 time until they are com.
p TED Hohrs, SC, CORA HICKS
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

OUR financial independence was
strikingly demonstrated by the
failure Of the recent crisis in the
London stock market to effect our
own markets. a few years ago q
furry like that in London would
have produced panic in New
York.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The Commonwealth of Australia,
comoosed of the six British colonies
therein, began it's existence with the
new century.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
Wednesday. January ., 1901.

Mr.. BRYAN is cunning in Texas,
probably for Subscribers Is we'll as
other game.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

If an extra session of the next
Congress is made necessary, it will
be the fault of the opponents of the
Republican party in the Senate.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

WILD cat schemes are more or
less troublesome nearly everywhere,
but real wildcats In the northern
parts of Maine are keeping people
In their houses after dark, although
the State pays a bounty of 81 for
each wildcat killed.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The Pacific Railroads now have
made an ironclad agreement which
provides for the dismissal of any
official who cuts or sanctions any
cut in freight rates.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

CONGRESS re- assembled with no
apparent falling off of the de-
termination to keep up the bust
ness record made before the holt
days.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The Democratic anti-Bryan move
ment is likely to increase the circula-
tion of Mr.. Bryan's paper, whatever
its effect may be upon the Demo.
cratic party.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

ACCORDING to press dispatches,
the Chinese government IS showing
a commendablc desire to meet the
wishes of the powers and end the
present unsatisfactory condition of
affairs in that unfortunate country.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

THE people of Parkersburg are
raising terrible howl about their
big natural gas bills. They claim
they are paying for air.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND didn Il
make a political killing with his
recent broadside, but, assisted by
Capt. Robbey d. Evans, he is kill
ing lots of ducks off the coast of
South Carolina.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

No one VIII haye less opposition
III Charleston for honor than Hon.
:. b. Elkins.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

.,,WANTED-ACTIVE MAN OF coon
virginia Tor old established manufartnrtno
wholesale house. 5000 year. sure pay. Hon
es,y more man experierc &C required Onr
reference any bank ~ any CITY Enctoes
sell 400 ressed STAIN ped envelope Manufact
3 Oct l8Wks ''' N'''CAEo
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

THE New River Reporter has
been changed to the West Virginia
Herald. 1t is published at Thur
mond Fayette county, and is neat
" printed and interesting.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The M. E. Times, which has
been published in Parkersburg for
the past five years, will hereafter
be published at Buckhannon. 1t
is splendid UNCONVENTIONAL
paper.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

ENGLISH editors must hav.
received a tip from headquarters
on the Hay Pauncefote treaty,
judging from the change in the
tone of their treaty editorials.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

THIS is Republican Legislature
and our Lawmakers should be
careful to make no mistakes.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
Order OF Publication.

THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA:
AT Rules held in the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Wayne county, on Monday
the 3rd day of December, 1900.
Sarah a. Keys,
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
Order of Publication,

THF STATE or WEST VIRcrVrA:
AZ Rules held iu the office Of the Clerk Of the
llt'9it Cont OF Wayne county, ON Monday the
3rd day of December. 1900.
Moses Marcuu.I
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

JOHNNIE MCGRAw will not be q
conspicuous parsonage at this SEES
sion of the Legislature.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
Order Of Publication.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA:
At Rules held in the Office of the Clerk Of the
Circuit Court of Wayne county, on Monday the
3rd day of December, 1900

In Chaurery
Smith Hicks,
The object Of this suit is to Dissolve tho
the Defendant, Smith Hicks.
This day came the plaintiff by her attorney
and upon his motion, aud IL appearing from al,
amdaVil hled with the papers IN this cause that
smith HICKS IS nonresident of the State Of
West virginia; II Is therefore ordered that he
40 appear mere within one month after the first
publication OF this order and do what - rc,,.,
Sdry To protect his Interest in this suit A nd 81,
- further ordered that this order be published
once a week for four successive weeks i'm the
, eredo ApVANcE, weekly NJ wspa per published
said W ayne County aud be posted on the front
door OF the Court House Of said County AZ
least - days before decree or Judgment is enter
ed herein.
Teste: w. s. CorLEy, Clerk
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

THE students Of the Columbia
University, Of New York, might be
engaged in better business than the
organization Of a socialist club
There may be some excuse for the
existence of socialism in the
monarchial countries Of Europe. but
there is none in this republic where
every man may get on top if be be
sufficiently thrifty and industrious
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The new head Of the Morning
News of Parkersburg, is decided
imp TOvement.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
END Day of January, 1901,
paeHaa OF Reference.

At Circuit Cour; for Wayne county con
tihued and held nj the Court House thereof
on Tuesday, october End, 1870.
Present. the same Judge as on yesterday.
The State Of West Virginia,
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

Half-price on all Fancy China
ware and Bric-a-Brac. See counter
Middle section.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09

The Legislature convenes at
Charleston, to-day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28

can get out of her. I questioned her, too,
but She only shrugged her shoulders ana
said: cit was given to me- Monsieur.
Not until long afterward did we think Of
Kenyon.
l had come to live with the Sylvesters
Starving alone is harder than starving n
company, and a joke made the food easier
to swallow. The bread was hard and
black and gritty, and the best that can
be said of the soup is, that it was very
wet and very warm. We only wished It
We're twice as much and that kenyon
were there to enjoy it.
Two months elapsed. when one day
stumbled against the miserable slouchins
figure of man going up the Rue Pas
qUier. l recognized Kenyon but so hol-
low-eyed, so haggard and bent that l
should hardly have known him.
Where on earth have you been?"
cried. You are fair weather friend
When there is roast to be had you are
always on hand. The Sylvesters have
been wasting their sympathies."
His face frightened; how thin and worn
and white it was, but it lighted up.
Have they, honestly?" he cried. Does
she-do they suffer much?"
| remembered that it had been O0ly Syl-
Vester and myself who had been ;(XioIs,
but I could not tell him SO.
Doubtless they wouldn't mind seeing a
good dinner again. We had a cat the
He laughed drearily THE colonel s
eating beefsteak and rolls and coffee" he
Sdlu. 1t all tight, suppose. Wen.
goodbye; take good care of yourself, old
fellow"
Ned will be relieved that 1 have seen
you In the f1esh-the skin, mean. But
you are coming around2'
Yes"
1 stood for a moment looking at him.
How he disliked the colonel And Sylves-
terS wife? 1t was evident tire was some
thing between them. Could 1t be? No.
that was too rid.culousI 1t was good to
have seen him again, poor fellow! though
he looked like a walking skeleton and all
his spirits had forSaken him. l told SyI-
VeSter so.
why didn't you collar him and bring
him along with you? We could have CIV
en- him a bite"
Sylvesters big heart got the better of
him and he would have gone in search of
Kenyon, had we not shown him the alb
surdity OF it.
The siege ended at last Paris surren
dered food poured into the city-barrels
of flour, bread hams-good American
sugar-cured hams-and every other thing
grateful to starving people. Col Mon
| tague came back, well fed and sleek and
curious to hear about our sufferings.
Kenyon turned up looking better, but nor
yet like his old self
Immediately the Commune broke out.
starved frozen and plague smitten Paris
now clamored for the sight of blood. 1t
rose up like Cadmus' crop of warriors
every man against his brother-the gov
eminent against the people. Sylvester
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
STATUE OF KING GEORGE III
Was Not Entirely Destroyed to Make
Yankee RuIIets

Tradition records that the gigantic
equestrian statue of George Ill, erected
on Bowling Green in the years preceding
the Revolution, was utterly demolished,
was composed was melted into bullets to
be hurled at the red coats by the CONT
nertal troops, says the New York Times
Tradition is this time amply supported
by history.
The statue was torn down, it is true,
and it's 1000 pounds weight was broken
up and scattered far and near. But not
all that leaden mass found its way into
bullet molds. Herein lies a fact regard
ing the statue, and one but little known
In the New York Historical society are
four huge leaden fragments and the
mammoth marble slab upon which the
kings charger stood. The four portions
consist of the lower half of the long tail.
a piece of the saddle, with side orna-
ments, section of the flank. and a
fourth piece that may be either from the
flank or from the saddle They all show
traces of the original rich gliding the
tail piece icing quite bright. AS these
pieces weigh about 300 ponds, it will be
seen that goodly supply of bullets was
lost by the recruits who mustered under
Washington in the defense Of this city
125 years ago.
The head of George III. and the rem
nants in the Historical society are, so
far as known, the only portions that es-
capped bullet transformation. The head
was stolen by the British from Yankee
tavern near Kings bridge and sent to
England. The other four pieces were
plowed up on the farm OF e. B. Coley at
Wilton, Conn.,, few miles north of Nor
walk, in 1872 In the correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Coley and thy Historical So
ciety the former writes
Tradition tells that they (the four
pieces found were distributed among
Tories and other loyal subjects to keep
the Wings from using them as bullets
In a house that stood on the site of the
one in which my father now lives. there
lived a Tory, David Sloan An old set
tier told my father that during the war
the Wings n ade a raid on Sloan to get
lead for bullets, but Sloan. getting wind
of it, hid the lead in his possession.
persons in England had offered to buy
the relics, but being a Yankee he pre-
ferred to give the Historical society the
first chance. A number of members,
therefore. subscribed for their purchase,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28

and the money, a little over $500, was
raised by the following members in 1873:
Frederic c. de Peyster, Benjamin H
Field, Edward r. De Lancey, John Aus
ten Stevens, Henry T. Downe, Smith e.
Lane, Edward Cooper, Henry Dolan,
George l. Forrest, William Austen,
Charles A. Peabody, r. e. Mount, b. T.
Sherman, Isaac +. Wood, r. S. Hone,
John Jay Cisco, Charlotte Anne Mount,
Goldsborough Banyer and J. Bailey My
ers.
The late librarian, William Kelby, made
efforts to trace the head, but no salts
factory results were obtained. About all
that the student of history has to rely
upon in regard to it is a statement in the
journal Of Capt John Montresor, who for
many years was chief engineer Of the
British army IN America. He came over
with Braddock in 1855. and was wounded
in that memorable battle in which the
British leader lost his life. Montresor' S
journal was published a few years ago
by the New York Historical society in its
collections, and among the incidents of
1776 there occurs the following item.
Hearing that the rebels had cut the
kings head off the equestrian statue
ure of Marcus Aurelius, and that they
had cut the nose off, clipped the lau-
rels that were wreathed around the
head, and drove musket bullet part
or the way through the head and 9TH
erwise dis1gured it, and that it was car
rled to Morris tavern, adjoining Fort
Washington, in order to be fixed on a
spike on the truck Of Flagstaff as soon
as il could be got ready, 1 Immediately
sent Corby through the rebel camp in
the beginning of September, 1776, to Cox
who kept the tavern at King bridge
to steal it and bury it, which wars eff
fected, and dug up on our arrival.
rewarded the men, and sent the head
by the Lady Gage to Lord ToWnshend
in order to convince them at home of
the infamous disposition Of the migrate
full people of this distressed country
Lord Townshend, who was thus made
custodian, was one of the strongest sup
porters of the stamp act, and his In
sistence in taxing the American colonies
marks him as one of the prime instiga-
tors in bringing on the war.
The marble slab upon which the statue
stood served for several years as the
tombstone of major in The British
army: army. "A little later it became
door of the old Van Worst mansion IN
Jersey City, when tnat building stood at
what is now the corner OF Wayne street
and Jersey avenue. When the house was
torn down in 1854 Cornelius Van Worst
took it to his home, in the vicinity and
retained 1t in his possession until 1874
when he presented 1t to the New York
Historical society. It Is an enormous
stone, 6la feet long, 81 feet wide ard
about Z inches thick. On one side are
three deep, circular holes cut half way
through the stone. 1t was IN these that
the statue had been firmly fastened. The