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^'irgiuia fxtt i’trss. *1 H. It lit I HER. I•ablUkent. IT. II’. & G ALLAH Ell. Editor. t’haHeotmu-m,JeJfrr»on County. IIcut !<*• V| i ri'h U. 1-S.S4. Alter all, maybe it fc» the ground hog that so disgruntled Bismark A y< ar benee Chet Arth.tr will l»e out in the :vld unless he renew* an important lease. Kentucky h:e* a pi;: w;:h eigh: legs. A* a \;m \ to Bi'iuark it might l>e appreciated. Alas! how are the mighty fallen! John Bull h.is bought the Great Eastern for a coal bulk at Gibraltar. -♦ ♦> Presidential eandiilatw are Iwvtnnlrg *•> li ■ rm■ P ! ■ '• ■ v *k if the latest from the democratic hot-lied. The -mart Alecks of the press «ro just now 1 ifcsilv predicting that toe man who is ftmuina t*al at l hieago will be elected IV'iilrftt. Mrs rumeil, tin Irish IwdifV Mother. pre dict* that the pres, ist will be the last *vssj.»u «»t Parliament in which Ireland "It be represented. The Virginia Senate lias passed the bill ap propriating <*» two a year f.»r two years to es tablish and so far maintain a Soldier’s Home. Congress has wiped out an ration* piece of war legislation in repealing the test oath -ex ., p: w here it applies to government claimants. The republican candidates are lx mg almor i iallv low just now. but the scramble at Chica go along about June J is going to be just the funniest thing out. *♦ •> The embryo Western towns p j«•:« ing in the name of itisiaark are in disgrace and will, they say, be re-christcncd " La-kcr." Anything to vindicate the American hog! ♦ ♦ A Long bland matron has added to the next census female triplets s > very much alike as to iucl riblHiiis of dill'crmt colors to distinguish Vn. A secession convention eKm iini yesterday in Winnipeg. Manitoba Territory. Hu- farm ers in that deles table region ;.r clamorous for Yankee protection. the surviving element of rcadjusterisni with its republican ally will meet April tftld at Rich mond to name delegates to the Chicago conven tion— June J. Where iUitcruo. north >f M.i-*ou's ,t Dixon's, 1"m s its grip on the balance of power a thorn' s\ -tun of "great bribes "—and tirtTe—promptly takes it up. The projMisi l Marx land and Delaware ship •-anal, intended to cheapen grain freights to the vtlantlc and thence to f »r* ign markets hosffcic prospects of a one million i '•*: from , tigress. The omntry will emerge from tls- pending freeze with an abiding res|>ot tor the ground hog's far-seeing wbshun. Better, far, a Is-lated Mizzardthan that mr homely oracle should lie. After its w holesale manufacture of cumisiign lies the t'opiah county Miv-i—ippiI outrage in fesflgution rniuniittee adi •urtn .l A'li Wednes day. and •piite coin id -ntally New • >rK-ans ar uival fun ended Xmwby night! < oiiid Jtlo - \\ isi i* lexti-d President tlc-rc is no <piestion :d> >-it his having a * Kitchen t’ahinet "—composed ■ f Fred D< mghis and, ih r iiaps, a colored < \-meni!»er or two of the Yir ginia legislature. D is not every ;x».r fellow who can get meals and lodging free and "add to his little pile" at the same time. And yet Chicago's new chari ly a " 1’Mvide-it w-sslyard' -makes precisely this off. r. Mr. Springer's ptojx'scd constitutional a mendnient giving the Fxecutive a -ix-ycar-one x«-rni tenure ami Representatives a three-years term meets with scant favor. He vxld |iie x itle also a direct vote for President. Senator Kennaof th;< State ha> introduced a bill providing an ex<s-ufive Department of In •Vi-tr-tv.- i> bi.-f to be styled Secretary of In -tastries. Commerce and Agri* ulture are the interests thus • • ipd for. Tennyson's " rajs-of the l*s-k " finds a tner • -Itary parallel in the ease of a Dayton Ohio) voung woman xvh«*ni a big man <iwl in her mot lie*'* wood*h«<$aml rohbed of her luxuri ant tresses—bungs* and all. The an e:i 1c 1 Senate toll to-oppress lotteries •itu-* new'paper publish. r» lottery manager* uml - ir outside parties so doing aud upward* in e»el» a'<-for giving publicity t ■ lottery -I h mi Imp t- >nm- tit i' an alter native. The <luecn 'hair i' whitening, saysaeurre.it item We etjweie.l nothing lew. Th<w who try to eulogize a John Brown doso.it theirnwii rt'k Fr*sl IV.nglas ap >; in .-i/ i a John Brown, ’tiarricd a white wife, and h may reasonably expect hi' he;> to be white— in the future. Miss t\ li. Cleveland, a lawyer and temper an,, worker of Ihikobi, say* that there i' in ore •x, rt-*y in tti. howling r r west for women *lt:.tv in the effete east, and vl\i*c* progressive women to dance I>ak tuwanfc. tan not the stn’iigminde.l take a hint * Sh rn in and it sir might Jind reiuu iterative _ri'f f >r their«> Jt a i mill iivtheinur >1( r of three iVntisylvania n -gro.-s whose ho 1 i 'wer. ~.<l-1 t * a mt li al i dl.-ge. Murdered in order t<> make m mev by eommeree in cn daver*’ Whtrv, gentlemen, is your virtuous indignation ' At a Wa'h’.i gt >n d;:m. r party lately Senator 'icet Blaekburn -aid tiiat. by threatening to puh ’« . !y d-’SioTe th •* heme, tiariicld had pre viibii th* marshaling of • «»! blm ..-.at' in the eai ’.d :t. Eihruarv'70 to arre* p-v'il-le d-: ..x rati.- -v liL .*> r* on the ch\ torn commission bill » *■ — l ie I.. .mi -n T!‘» • inter* *lni-igr*-xlag-jin* this - > .untry ! «r js-rmittuig the illegitimate >*' and rtjHirtati-.n of dynamite. • iu».-.t sum patriotic congressman rise in his real to de nouno-this governnieV. apathy it* *•» grave matter * I- wiii br.-. l trouble with England j the tiling i' n.«t checked. A l it* published bond ii pamph!-1 rwtitlr ' rhe Cotifi letate lh*bt and Private Southeri iK-hts" hy J. Ikirr Uohinsoii, is circulating ii • 'oigr-s' and ter ids to show that the Confedrr aey had only belligerent an I not internal ion: rights and, h* ing an illegal corporation, coat not i*>ucIsolds of any validity; therefore j-ri •ate Southern debts now represented hi-rv am ai—o.i'l by dollar l>onds should be paid by Ui tiuvernnient. We im iginc we s»x- tin- govern i .* d jii'f • r\itig to jxiv -m* Our friend .1 M >11'-.-i o ;gl • t lr.>4> i! West VirginiaCVrtili 1 j1 a her- m l ’ /•: t *.Y Bishop s:mpton (bvliire* a discussion with | r *1. 11 *h Ingcrwll l.-ratnc he thinks such con- j Mu niis imitruAwiivc of good, and says lie would refti-e t«* mm! any other uian for the same reason. In the 11 vi«e of Representatives on Monday, on in >ti.»n »f Mr. Towns;»d the rules were su - |K*nded, an 1 a hill passed by a vote of £17 to »t\ jicnsioning the -urvivors of the Mexican war.— . Tardy justice. Ret. IIr M Donald, who prcachtd an able and inter-sting serin >n Saturday evening at Auburn. Illinois, was arrested the re Sunday on a telegram charging him with the theft of a horse an-l -nit of clothes. And now they do say it is likely the sermon bclongisl to some body i Iso. _ The Philadelphia jx^t of the Grand Army of the Republic tendered a reception last week to Mrs R M liotisal MUs Rebecca M. Wright) ' •he *• loyal girl of Winchester " whose secret in formation enablesl l'hil Shcriilan to win tin ; historic kittle. T le distinction—'“ the loyal j girl of Win heater"—conveys a compliment to ; .ill the rest, the hundreds who did not betray their brothers and neighbors anil friends. * - President Norviu Green of the W. 1*. Tele graph testified liefore the Senate post-mad committee last week that no negotiations for a combination bad ken entered into between his i eotii|«tiy and the If and O [Vlograph. 1 here w.k," he said, “a < .ntnut signed two years ago j hut the arrival of the elder Mr Garrett knock i ,..l it into a e-ickcvl hat." Trust the Old Relia- j hlc's president for steering clear of entangling alliances. At Toledo, Ohio, Robert Bailey,, colored ! charged with violating the law of 1>W prohibit • ing the marriage of white and olornd jicrsons, was convict.-J and sentenced to there mor-ths j I imprisonment and to a tine of a few days • ago. Thu- another Ohio man is provided for j At t lie public expense. See what Fred l'nig-: las mi—c l by not taking a wife in the S»ate of ! Garfield, Hayes and Sherman. An inopportune collapse of the S.-nate c-ui 1 tingent fund brought to an abrupt cl. last I W'vk the interesting farce yclept the Panvilh investigation. So -•mn as a democratic House' provides the money the outrage mill w-h >|*jH'r will l>e re-aggifated. Johnnie \\ ise will poor in more of his abuse of the white people oi the f old eotunioi. wealth whom he hates tlic more | U .tiH1 h<* ha* wroimi**! them. Me will never I i'-ryirethr . /'<■' tJ>- injury hr A>w done than. It is rot'orted in Washington that after John S. Wise discovered the dust he ha 1 kicked up ' by his te-timoiiy it* to his kitchen interview* j with colored members of the Legislature, that, ! by the ousent of Senator .Sherman, lie substi tuted another and entirely different statement j for that given bv him under oatli. By a little finesse Senator Vauee got at the fait of this ( • fraud and the attention of the Senate may be i 1 rail' d to the remarkable proecisling. When Johnnie Win? opened his mouth he- ‘ fore Sherman's investigating eoinmittce last week to say that Virginia's 'able 'dons invari ably eousulteil with him in his kitchen be put his foot into it. The dusky honorable* have i risen :;t Kiehmoad to deny the inhospitable al- \ legation, thereby calling tbischcrtshc i readjust - er chief a fabricator .»f a no-sueh-a thing. And it is just possible that Johnnie's brother lead- ' ers arc calling him a fool. Hence an original • urad* \ Political wisdom is not always Wise 1 Gen. Sherman has met with a rival in the West. G > <Titteinh ii. of Missouri, was so j 1 carried away by Mine Patti s singing ot 'Home, Sweei Home,"'that lie called upon her. threw his arms around her neck and kissed her. ext u- | dug hiniH If by saying, “ 1 can't help it.”—Ail* . timurr The foregoing ‘ play that was not in the bills' may have ***rk»a' results. Sonic newspaper ^ loan overcome by his * can't hclp-it feelings. : may regard the ' liberty of the press' co c<pial 1 of Executive prer.igative and forhisileaionstra tiveuessget j«at<i-oi »n tie* The infer i etut* i- that wuite islitors have the cheek of a Governor and the oscillatory propensities of t!u lute eouimander-iH-ehief of the army. We re- . ived * uu • lines on Lent from an aiiouvt«”ii* source with a mplest to publish.— We give two reasons for declining to do so.— i First, and least: Our rules prohibit the publi cation of matter receive! from persons who fail to a* otnpany it w th their name-: Second. | We cannot let Tir.. Fam: Pi::" become the ve- , hit le of unfriendly hit' at the forms and cere- . iiionW* and practices ot religious denomina tions—i*|>cvially of those with which we have no coimc- tion. We would sooner print a j"'.*c at the expense of some good ohl PrviJ.yts.fian pra tii o than give place to commcii!, however witty, upon other church p<ople concerning their prayers and fast?—even "1 the professors who ob'-fve them as mere form or fashion. The pleuro p i im > vi i 1*111 p.iv*e 1 hv tli • House la*: Hiur-liy might b-'tt.tr be called a 1 citUc census measure. It pnvi lrs “ a bureau : a.'aniia il in la-try," tt:i!:: th ugri ilturul dc d -*>;rt:n it. f c ri a •r.itiugtu? uj'uYt, v.ilu.' ml condition of th ■ r ».i itrv -» d >:m • tic iih'i waU and dc' isi i•? th.' b *t in It * 1 * for their ran- and tr.iiisii. rlatio:i and the sni>t*rc.vi >u of contagious plciro picim mil. State au'h >ri ti«s» sh ill pay half the «• ><t of I* it -'i -ring dis eased sto.k and the care and di'iufethm of herds l’lie l*iil ap|*r>-pruitt*1 Jg.im'O. onr formers may now (saving ati improbable veto) give their entire attention tocr-p;. And after awhile a me Idling g*v. ernment will take charge of them, to >. Mi in while, the hi 1* twin dis graces. polygamy uad th.* ill gitim.ite sale of dynamite, bravely continue. When John S Wise spoke under oath before i the Ibnville Investigating foiniuittee lie in n*ctcd into his testimony u |>olitical harangue calculated t > m ike hiiu-elf *>di >us to the decent people of the State; and like most men who lat'g too much, he said some tilings lie w mid like t > rveant. an 1 which re pit re more genius tit .11 he inherited to explain. Among other things he lociarvd that the colored people <lid n >t f' oijor to claim » vial relations with him : that w: a r >h red memhers of the Virginia legislature failed t*» see him on business they came to hi* kit hen. X-*w. having »iwf 1 the [ wind, lie i- reaping th whirlwind—a storm of indignation he endeavors to allay by sjyiug that i in mVr of the legislature, a son of his cook, lame to his kitchen to see her and con sult him. Why didn't he say s > at first, when his utterances ha l the sanctity of an oath—the •anetity of the oath of a man Ivnt upon the tauatc/ii of the white jvople of old Virginia.’ V dujuiUh from I)e!ap!:ino, Fauquier county, Viifiaia »ay - Jno. t Hue ick on Stua , liny morning, while in :i lit of pas-ion, sup >.«v d to have been rallied by jealousy, mur i tiered his wife and three «mall children, and - after setting tire to his hott-c, proceeded to a w »i» about half a mile distant an ! shot • himself through the heart. The lire is tlve lu'j-e was discovered and extinguish' d be fore the bodies werec laaunif ior uiuchd.iei a»e k id rosy Vd. J dm <lI.is.-o.-k was the second au i yon ig *t s m of fa mi is A (ihis cock, on -v' tae wrtliltiwi laaJ oxj?r in I ;tt ’hi- M—ti in w 1J M NOTESi The Prince of Wales w:u yesterday re-e lected Grand Master of the English tree Masons. Mrs. Mary Broun, the widow of “ Osa wattouiic” Brown, died in San krancisco, California, on Friday last. Edmund Dunne, head of the San Antonio colony in Florida (and an Arizona ex-chief justice) has been made a Count by the lope. The uth Virginia Regiment (Confed.) has asked the 2*th New York (their last sum mer's hosts to visit Staunton this spring. Rjb’t Garrett, Esq. of Baltimore is one of the directors of the new casino building at Washington. Mrs. Fred Paramore (Miss llazeltine) of >t. Louis, whose maiden charms captivated it w is said Mr.Sam’l Tilden, died last week. Powers and Weightiwan’s Chemical works and the Echo carpet mills, Philadelphia, arc totally destroyed by fire. Oh Monday the V. S. Supreme Court de clared the Legal Tender Act of 1878 Con stitutional. Mi-s Lizzie Nutt, the fair ratior hrUe in the Dukes-Nutt tragedy is au applicant for th ■ l uiontown, Pa.! postinavter.'hip. JuuJge Hilton has bought the Stewart property at Broadway and Chambcrs-st. for $2,100,000. Rev. Robt. M. Baker (P. E.> of George town, an inmate of a private asylum near the Relay, has suicided. Mr. W. Peyton Cinway, a banker of Fredericksburg, Virginia, died in that city suddenly on Siturday in irning last, in the 70th year of uge. In the Danville election riot investigation ] at Washington last week Senator Vance and Jjlin S. Wise passed some rare compli ments. The McPherson banking hill, permitting j banks to issue currency up to the full face | value of the lionds they hold (instead of t,(> per et. as at present, i has passed the Senate. Carnegie, the Pittsburg iron king, is building a granite mansion on Cumberland • Island, near i i rnandma, r lortda—tne j burial place of Light Horse Harry Lee. The Virginia legislature has passed a bill ; authorizing Winchester and Frederick County to subscribe in money or bonds to j the Washington, Ohio and Western It. It. Rev. Juo. J. Simian! Lut hi ran) of George town, D. C., isdiad. lie was a native of Frederic k, anariov chaplain and well known in Muryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Senate appropriation's committee has 1 reported against .Mr. Ransom’s joint resolu tion to aid the storin sufferers in the (dis 1 ,\ al i South. We thc»ught as much. Miss Sprague’s suit against Fred Doug las- for compensation as housekeeper is a- , hand.>ned— they having themselves settled the ease. The Senate has confirmed the nomina tions of (ten. F. Evans as P. M. at Martins burg and A. C. ^ an (iilder I*. M. at Point Pleasant. Ex-Naval Secretary Wm. II. Hunt. lT. P. minister at S Petersburg, i> dea 1, aged 6>. lie was <>f Carolina birth, a New Orleans 1 iivur, attorney general of Lousiana in 7e> ju Ige of the Claims Court. A viry nominal sentence was that given the Dismal Swamp Lottery agent last week at Petersburg—f> minutes imprisonment and $•'» tine. Singularly enough the agent’s name is Justice. The democratic joint congressional caucus has organized a campaign committee w here in S nator Henna represents West Virginia, Judge Harbour Virginia and Senator Gor liani Maryland. An Erie DUp'itrh canvass of Pennsylva nia, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois shows Blaine to be lir-t choice. Lsgaa, Ed munds, Gen. Sherman. Arthur, John Sher u h i and 1’. M. General Gresham follow in the order mimed. War Secretary Lincoln i- tir-t choice for viee-piv.-idi nt. (i.'i. L *:ig»tr.*ct, lT. S. Marshal in Geor gia, asserts that solar from being a defaulter ti» Fnele Sam that mythical gentleman owes him tl.oo—as his accounts with the De part™* tit ci Justice will prove. There is, hi -tatis, a c< m-piracy to asperse his chnr ac!» r and thus l ave him dismissed to make a vacancy f: r certain Georgians. Wm. Smith, a Washington pawnbroker, and S un Huntress, his brother-in-law were shot last week on the former’s farm near Guilford, Ya. by its tenant John Fairfax and bis nan w.'iib' inspecting the place. Fairfax’ lease expired dan. 1 but lie refused t > leave, claiming want of notice from Smith and this claim the tV-irt upheld. The ten ant alleys that Smith intended ejecting him. The latter V wounds are very serious. In deploring the defenseless condition of ■ o ir - a-b urd, Sen ttor- forget that the Keely m dor i' almost ready. With that completed we could "knock” out the united fleets of Kuropc w ithout turning over in I* i. A thimble-full of this mixture of double-dis tilled forked lightning, properly applied, would blow the h<->lil«.' ironclads higher than the belt of Orion. But Mr. Keelv should hurry up, for -ome timid people ire getting very acrvu*j*.— \\\ir!uwjt tn Star. Gen. Graham, with 4.033 soldiers atfack e l the rebeU uti ior 0*mau Gigu.i, ncarTeb, in the S iu lan on Friday. The rebels num bered 12,0 i: Arabs who fought desperately. They lost 1u• men killed bc.-idcr guns and other inanitions. The British trovps, by a four hour*' march, entered Tokar at noon on S itur.l tv, recapturing the city aud put ting the 4.070 rebels holding the town, to flight. This tends to ih' breaking of the spell of the False lVophcL At Wheeling Jus. lhuhaer ofClearidand i* suing ex-Gov. Farnsworth of Fa. (and a syml.t ate to recover purchase money and •■?!*.2' >0 damages for the sale to him last Muv at $1 an acre, and on a fraudulent deed, of $20,xrtO coal and timber aens in Upshur, Randolph and Webster counties. The syn dicate bought the land a commonwealth grant t.< Thus. Wilson, I7i»-’>| at tax sale in ’77. Several hundred s.piattcr* had after 10 rear-' undisturbed residence tlureoa ob t rfn.'d ti'Jcs t * par* of the met Inherited Metaphor* Tj the E.lit»r of the W-uhiitjtou Put: More than tcri years ago I heard llcnry A. Wise say in a that “West Virginia was the bastard offspring of a political ru|«c. I also heard the epigram “ a pillar of brass by day and a pillar of gas by night, made use of by a student of the University of \ lrgmia, in a debating society while Joint S. Vt isc was a »ui dent there. Mr. Wise seems to have a good memory. Old Dominion. ]\'uhiiiyton, February 27. “ lulu-rite 1" is a new pterin for “stolen.” A Michigan boy ate a bar of soap, drank a lot of soda water and went to bed to cure his cold. The doctor had a hard time to pull him through, but the boy now says the next time h.1 catchc* a cold he will use Hr. Bull's Cough tsyrap. A letter received in Washington hy a promi nent Virginia republican from Col. Jo.in t?. Mo.-iby, under date January 2d, says: “ \s Mahone’s light has been snuffed out, 1 do hope that the Virginia.republicans will c*m sien him now to everlasting oblivion, in no th.it two things are necessary : (t .) Have a straight*nit convention and send delegates to Chicago—ignore Mahone and his gang alto gether. (2.J Put out a straight electoral ticket and don't combine any way with Mahone. If he wants to come into the republican party, let him conic as a high private in the rear rank, and then let him serve in that capacity until he is purged of all his sins. Heroic treatment, truly, but there is no “sav ing grace" in it. The complicated diseases brought on hy in tense study, thought, cure, anxiety, etc., are often of the most serious nature, lleed such svinptons as loss of memory, universal lassitude, heart disease, kidney complaints, liver troubles und a pentral breaking down of health and strength. \\ lien thus aiilicted when the least exertion causes great fatigue, when life seems a lmrd* n, use the reliable strenthening tonic, Brown s Iron Bittgrs. It will afford you sure relict. It is 32 year* si:r-c both nominating con ventions were held in the same city—the d moerats and whig* having nominated Pierce and Scott in Baltimore in 'og and eight years previous, Polk and (“ay. Buch ii nnn u- infh.. fir.0 tn a western nomination (at Cincinnati), t!ic republicans following suit with Lincoln at Chicago. O: the 17 conventions since ’oil Chicago will have had •i counting this year's .<’in inaati and Bal timore .1 each, Philadelphia 2 and St. L >uis. New York and Charleston one each—the democratic regular! in 180*1) supporting I> uglass in the latter city and the Balters endorsing Breckenbridgc at Baltim >rc. Generals A. B. Pleas intan, W. II. Averill, an 1 Tb am is L. K user, three ot the ni »-t ' distinguished cavalry ntlhcT* of the late war, 1 dinel t igoilier at a .'“t. Louis hotel a lew d ivs ago All gradu it at W est Fmot, ai d Plia-antm and Averill became major-gen-j crals in the Union armies, whilst K »sscr rose i to the rank oflicutenaut-gcncral in the Con federate service. Pleasanton and Averill are now poor, and ctforts arc !>eing made to place them on the pension rolls, vrhil t Rosser, who came out of war without a cent, is said to be worth a half million dollars, ma le in railroa li:t j in the Northwest in 1 ickv investments. JEFFERSON LITERARY 0LU3 runs; r.r.c r: Tuesday ICrenin y, Mirc.'i 1 If A, 1381, At Wusihiiigton Hull. 11E V. JO 11 X E. ST RID E11 On “Tli*' Miracle in Stone ; Or The ILvrlielor.” S»nt< Free. I/vturc b >nr, 8 o'clock. The pulilic cordially invited. Maivli issl. •YOTH'E* OK. T. II SCHEFFER, formerly of Fred erick City, Mil., successor to l>r S. II William', will open his otli e here »>n Monday. Mandi to, l"». March (>, issl. Farm Stand Wanted. V <;(!()(>, reliable Farm I land wanted by the nt of April. A married man preferred Liocral Wage-. Apjdv at FREE PRESS OFFICE. . iUr<-hi;.ns4~3t' ii \i.vTEm V YOU VC, MAN Oil YOUTH in my store. Industry and integrity of diameter are ■ two essentials.’ GEO. \V. T. KEAItSLEY. Mai I 9 18 I I A 1>IKS and Gentlemen's medium weight j Merino Vest s, can he found at. BURNS,V SlIUGEltrS. HUTtXS v Shuaert are exhibiting a full line 1) of Spring Carpets, Matting', 0,1 Cloths, Rug', Mats. Ac. March (1,1884 J" ANPRETH'S Garden Seed. AVc have rc i reived a large supply u! tliese celebrated jhkhI. Aistjumi 4 CO. SHIR rs riiRY the l'rido of tin- World Shirt, (lie best 1 in tin* market. 2100 Linen and the ever hurting stay attachment. For sab* bv^ ION'PAM* Cambrie. bin stock of Bleached i and Brown Cottons, Pillow Case Cotton, ft»r sale by 1 D. t»B\. N*i;\V Patterns of Table Oil Cloth, for sale by C J> L'BY PS n rga i;»v. Ha rga f n -v. Havin’ determined to mOvemy place of bus iness i aaut to reduce my sf«H*k. 1 rill ot}< r sjKreiitl inducements from now until April 1st, 1S{U Respeetfnllv. C. D. EBY. Staff of BBVff County of Jefferson: Clerk's office uf the County Omrt The following is a List of all Beftfa* arid other Writings, admitted to lb cord in *'i*d Ofure, during the week ending March 1, I'M : 1. Joseph Helm and wife t« Pato-fc Brady Deed of Bur-rain and Sale, dated October >tb, 1S7-,. eoateyiRg .» Acres «»t Lstt i, near Summit Point. Hate of Record. FArwrj' 25th. M'4. 2 A P Thompson and wife and R. C. Step tncto Patrick Bradv. Deed oMIargainandS.de. dated April lHh. l«-«0. conveying 2-' Acres «*l I.md. near Snmmit Point. Pate <». Record February 2itb. 1"4 3 S. Howell Bmwn. Trustee, to Loe II Dil low. Deed of Release, dated an 1 recorded I-eb ruary 2atli, 1SH4. 4. J. Goldsmith, assignee of Gideon Lcisen ring’s Executor, to P. E Dorsey. Oced of Re lease. dated and recorded February 2bth, 1"4 5. V S. White and Earnest W. Hrt*wn. Special Coinini'sioTiers. to E. H. R"l»erts. Peed ••! Re icas -, dated ««»d recorded February 29th. 1**4 r, (*brirlcs H G tens to Georer Baylor. Tni' tee f.r W It Conrad. D-ed ofTr.i.-t. dated and admitted to record. Marrti 1st. i*M conveying Crops of Growing Wheat, and la head of 2-yc-ar old Cattle. TC5tC' T A MOORE March ■». l.ASR Clcr* •* t-"'int_. (. ej.t. (Successors to \N . C. Carrell A Co.) Our Stork has been Handsomely Replenish’d Sn Every Department• Prices have been Greatly Reduced to Suit the Most Economical Buyer. CAREFUL COMPAtllSON Cannot Fail t) Convince you of (his Fact. UespeetfuUy, January 24, 1884;__lU'UXS A stkXUJtT. Established in 1 So I. MILTOan KOHLER, The Jeweler. RARE AND BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY GOODS: Artistic Jewelry. Silverware. Opera and Field Glasses, Brons/e, Novelties and Bfk-a-Brac, Gold and Silver Wulches, find Bronze ami Marble Clocks. striking * hour on Cathedral ponp* : rich jewelry in sets, lace pm*. ear-r.n?s. sleeve-buttons, set rinps-set with <li®ri»ot».l. Rhino tiper cv,*. cameos tv|.az. ..nu tt.jst. .1,1 n,-arl Ac cold and nlatcd bracelets, neckiac*-*. lmhr> niul pcntlenicn spold and p!l'l m-m. l«'mil», ,..,U,-|.i. t,. gM ami -rrl I™ ami Wiw&Tt^?i2xr&*Tliti.An*T ,'Ti7./x KSST«r.uirax ASSOJITMEXT AM> LOWEST ME ES. Engraving finely cXcrtlU'l. . 1IIL TO.V K OliL L /»’, I9radical Watchmaker and Jcivelef^ 11 AGERSTt)W N, M A RYI. A XI). s :. 20, 1883 -y. .1 Marvelous (*learuuj-oul Sale oj ^•20.000 WORTH OK ' ? For Men, Youths, Hoys ami Children, to Commence To-Day ! j and continue until March 1. 1884. Describing the Hoods ami .riving the quotations would he utter y impossible. Sutiice it to; say that tin* goods mi st nr. soi.u and sold they will he tor what ever they will bring. We have still a tremendous lot oi ()\ LI - COAT'S from the medium to the finest quality. I hey must all go. You will save money on every purchase made of us. AVAL KAHN & CO., j4ncary t. , Tl»c LeadingClothiera, Sadler Building,Clmrtotoyn. W. Va , The Great Soil Enriehcr. UY ANALYSIS EQVAL TO DONE. The Standard Fertilizer for Corn. best and cheapest of all chops. ; PRICE :~8*25 PI'. 1 l TON, CASH. j **4 f.„ „„ «c If. * of rwcnt To,.UK jw. |.uUi.h«J;-«r .Til. to «■* wc.l- | | known Farmers as — 1 Charlestown. ' Oscar M l.v .. Charlestown. . JiisKPlH'll ..’..j ] Aaron .. Itijioii. ; Isaac Fi.ktcukr. .Yancleavcsvill •. ' A II. Met leabi. . Van lean i < 1 Wsi. T Mc<icii.KiN.................Charlestown ' Itn. U. i' li>.'zil•••""’•. .,(ieriir«btown i Frank IMLteis...... " I 11. A. WOOLDRIDGE $ CO., j IMPORTERS, 64 BUCHANANS WIIAKF, BALTIMORE. Philadelphia Offipo. 629 Walnut Street. Foil SALE 15Y ... (linrlc^ovn. THOMAS U* KF. * SON-*.ZlZ-Van.-Wr-Yai*. • f M lUl.LMN Ml...—..... . .Martinvburg. i M. SilAFFKR * SON. February |hh*—»m* AUCTION OF HARDWARE, &C. Coiumsneinjr, tomorrow, FRIDAY, FEttRVAR VI i/i, at 10o'clock A. M *e will "aucti w* off" the stock of HARD W A RE. \V« M »D KN • W AUK T IN - WAKE. AC., of tL»»‘ late linn of ltukc »fc<,ulla |,er. and we will continue the public sale of -aid stock of piods, the following Tuc-dav at - the same hour; and thence. if neo-aary, on | cat'll Friday and Tuesday until the whole stu k i shall have ficen disiMMed oL B-twecn the public sale*. Mr <’ Horace Gsl | laher is outhoriz''<lto sell any of thcsloi kat re tail.at cost pines. Ami aU person* indebted to Duke A Gallaher, uti open account, can set - 1 tie with him. , GALLAIIKU Si KHNM'.DT, J. N. Gallaher. aart. Trustees. 1 bru try 14,1UN - tf. BUILDING COHThACTS. rpiFE undersigned. a BUILDER and < ON L TRACTOR, desire* to inform the Citizens ot Jefferson Ciinnty and the Community jtem r ally that he is prepared to undertake all ki. d. of Buildit£ Contracts, viz: HOUSE BUILDING, BARNS. BRIDGES, AC. Also furnish draft or sketches at slctft notii e, with estimates. An experience of ten years warr*m* me in savins that lean please a BeikAioxCommunity ; : and refer the jioople of Jeftefnou to my patron in this and my nafr*eOmivty of t !ark<-. ^ Con templatinp a permanent Itume in Jefferrun Countv, at Summit I’oint. I ho|*~ thus to idcu tifv with, and make myself known to. her |ic«> plc aiaJ ask a -hare of’ their p itruiup-, R«*sn-et fully. . Efch 7. lx* I If ‘I- K rU’/.LVV IV »V. If ERRING. Ill VYEJurt received new potonir* R<**‘ II<r ringund will sell lliem bytln-fcM. half bbl. or Vk. T. KhAhM.JA . r.'.nurv 21 I - > _ KEYSTONE MANUFACTURING CO., Manufacturers of AORICTLTUKAL IMPLEMENTS, STERLING, ILLINOIS. R. KIOTO LUCAS & CO-, GENERAL AGENTS FOR JEFFERSON AND BERKELEY, WEST YA-. FREDERICK COrVTY, VIRGINIA. Local fgcnfc* wanted. Catalogue and Cir u lar- '. iJt uu application. Weea.ll special attention to our CUKM PLAXTEH8, Address R R ION Ll'CAS A CO Duflb.dde, Jclfrrson Co., W. Ya. February 2l, l-tj—.'!in * lloiixc litr If cut. \COMEORTABLE ILmsc for rent. |x«j»e siotigircn April I«t. Apply to MISS JANE H. blTTXiJON. Corner Liberty and West Street.. Feb. 21. 1V*4. X’ ELSoVS Gelatine 1 >\• halm< v' |>cr|«rk . ’ i/e l fc- . T.e.: j to its. Al^VlTH ii CO. Cleanse* the cyitem «f *11 I'* impurities tones the stomach, regulates the heart, unlocks the accretions of tho liver, ttiengthfiu thj nerves and iu\hjoratej the brain. [ , — PERUNA— WIHjMjaltltrH^Ciir* roiaaiiaiiisliaMa^B^oneliHI*^ j C*wrrhjua4^IM>Uoia*e*®fih* ttrwaaatttdjfiSjForCoujha, j AsthBtjIlghtSwMitojSJijrt hw of B talk, wd Ore rrslDrbljllstaka — PERUNA— We can produce cn*'* cured with Pi»» rnui, the like of which never before hiwt teen cured with nny mediciue. or hv any phvaieian. We allude to Mr*. Kberline. Mr< Inmm Mrs. Henry nti«, Mr Curts, Mr. Frainptot). and other* whose cast'* nro given in detail in our® taMkrnUtled the ” Ills of Life," uhi.t,! ou can get <'f J0,Jr d.ru^;‘;-, « » m HaktmaK A Co., Columbua, Ohio, ko. 5.® NEW STORE. ' PPIIE iiiulor>iinusl have opened a Si r, ..uh* J oltl Stand of D. S. Hughes, OriUSITE BANK OF CIl A KI.ESTOWN. where may In? found a full stock ut MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING, iiGOf.-v SHOES, HATS. LAI’S, THINKS. V A USES. I ndkkwHau, notions. AC.. AH of whieli wc are prepare 1 to offer at very AO IF /'MURES. v&„\V> an- al*> Agent" of the ll.igerd •» . Furiiltifre Manufacturing an<l hat. . in *>,1.1 Furniture in suit.", for Parlor orClum her, or will till orders to any extent. Terms I 'u.sh or Pr**dtu.c, tiivo us a eull Itefur,* vuu Ihiv. «.n. m’0HF.<AO) Novetolwr 22. IS-.t MY Extensive Sale Fur 1884, of SSI OP* WO Bt.V a O O D si y\M)«»I)l) LOTS, Iln*Cmnnioncod -t<» Continue OM.Y A HKW w r.r.lvS. T!i* I jut fmlifck* * vurkljr iff Shoes, Clothing, Over-Coats, Criminally verxr <1 -Ir.ihf •. l»->: only .1 1* * of * kind that lit M l*e mid twyH* fdweto NEW GOODS at an early d.iv. The extreme 1 «r price* they are marked will make them «|U;'.c ml;.eVin,f to buyer*. Our regular rtfn k at VERY COW PRICES. — f) — (iKO. II. 1IAGLKY. ' North wot for of Washington un 1 eiur!*** , Street*, t harhrtow n. January Jt l. To the Public, IJI.tVK in stork some «up.-rior brand* »f Whiskex*. a moil/ them a Sour Mudi K> tiii kv Whiskey highly rcrommendvd -* una dulterated and" purr. N„v.«. JOHNS KASTKKOAA I e.V (1 IS*H T.KIKS Sugars, foiTer*. Av f r . • j I,y IIKXItY IU MM pl’UKl IDKUVINWiAltf.irndehy^ ^ I writ be r '~cncc to rtnuomi-rs or U«t rntt jrvwnl Bt..r.!rr.«n i-. It r<xiuir.i illuoratiotx*. pd-r*. Mail durctHf* f-.r pUn..r? *!1 Vrfrtrfjle ... I t «r s<rd*. Plant*. «uc. Iiixaluanie to all. 0. M. FERRY & CO. VM. Sulmmfii ll'anteit T<. canvas* for the mile of otir Nursery M<>. * ' fall delivery, 1**4. K^abJ;*'. • 1 1 ~A1 hit -« W A T UMITII, Geneva Nur-> rv. February 7, 1844—4t. lirarvi, X. Y . COTIOISX. \Ni;\V supply «f Cotton* for Sprint; trad* at lowest price*. IVli. 21. IM4. GWl.W. T KKABSLFA SPIIESS .TMtfi.Vtf. r|,HK undenMjrned re«|»ert fully axinoutei- > 1 the Lidiesoft'liarlestown aiH rhi«il> r 'lie It is opened a Ilr<" Making K* ’ *' on M lin Street, on< door Ki»t *f l*r Neil * r* • idenre, and will be prepared to ht and mak: / , Costume* (nr l.iidleM mid CIilldv<,,i i in the lat«-*t styles, with nrattiw*. and pn>n; ly. A:i experience in this line for year* ink* • eontidencc of abilits* to plea** IIIW. I’.C. WOOIA February 2*. 1884— 3m. DB.YTiSTn I*. DR. M.CORMIi K will r -nine hi»yr.fr» at ritit* to t 'harlestow n. On the hr't day of M mb. April. M «v an I Jan-, »•- - an ' found at the Carter Hou.-«. ready and pi to tee hi* «M |Mitn»ii*. . . , 11c expect* to remain a week or moredurin caeli vi'jt. -S (88|—3m. __ WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. SPRING TERM begins Man h 12tli. For* d alo_’U< s and other information add re** i: r REKKEl.EY. M A . Chairman of the Fa< ultv. I .d.ru-«r\ i*. pd. Motpawn * K have in store a large axsortment • 11 tiful Easter Car Is. AI8QI ITII A <‘> A \ 'KITING Desk*. from SO rents to four < W i.ir*. I’ieture Frain -s, from JW et one dollar I' ANDRKTIFf* Mixed Lawn Grass r 1 J Jlid » p*t1 I -e;- «t , - . , ,■ Mw1r 'hP* 1«*4 .V< * ie •'