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Merchandise, L o c k h a rt s
Jackson county.
Alexander Zeiek, Grafton.
J. N. Ferrel, news dealer,
12th st.. Wheeling.
John Brown, news dealer,
Julian st., Parkersburg.
Fayette county has contracted for
a $24,500 Court-House.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
will meet in Charlestown September
7th.
The United Brethren of Martins
burg will picnic at Island Park Au
gust 31st.
The Greenbrier Valley Industrial
Exposition will be held at Alderson
on Sept. 27. 28, 29 and 30th.
There is a reunion of confederate
soldiers at Romney on the 30th, and
one at Frandlin Sept. 3rd.
Mrs. M. L. Pendleton, wife ot I)r.
E. Boyd Peudleton of Berkeley
Springs, died at her resilience in
that place last Sunday night.
TheGreuebrior Imlrpeutlent says:
The Governors of 22 of the States
are Democrats and the other 10 are
Republicans. The Legislatures
stand 19 Republicans and 19 Dem
ocratic.
There are now 242 male and 3 fe
male convicts iu the West Virginia
Penitentiary, and the directors re
port to the health of the inmates
better than for a long time past.
The iron bridge of the Shenan
doah Valley Railroad over the Poto- ;
mac river at Shepherdstown, N\ . ^ a.,
has been completed. Its cost was
$48,000.
There is a willow tree on the farm
of Thus. Boram, of 1’pshur county,
whose branches cover an area of 03
feet diameter. It is only 27 years
old.— Braxton Democrat.
Mr. Whitescarver has formed a
syndicate to complete and equip the
road from Kingwood to Tunnelton
bv October 13. His syndicate is to
receive $50,000 first mortgage bonds
and $30,000 of stoek.
Miss A. V Wilson, of this plaee.
sister of Bishop Wilson of theM. K.
Church South, has been elected to
the faculty of‘ Harrell. Internation
al Institute," at Muskogee. Indian
Territory. She leaves fbr her new*
field of labor in about ten days.
A fire at Hintonou Monday night,
burned the post-office and several
stores. Loss about $25,000, insur
ance about 12,000. Among the suf
ferers are. Dr. l’eck, King A Co., J.
S. Follensbee, Andrew Williams,
Wrav Bros, and W. C. Rideway.
Gov. Wilson has appointed M. L.
Davis, of Coal Valley and .las. Mor
row Jr., of Fairmont, members ot the
industrial comission, to collect the
industries of this State for the in
dustrial display at the centennial
celebration of the promulgation of
the constitution at Philadelphia in
September.
Work on the Monoxgaiiela.—
The work of the new lock on the j
Monongahela river at Dunkard
creek, which is five miles below the
Virginia State iine, is going steadily
forward. The stone work is about j
half completed, and if the appropri
ation lasts the look will he pushed
forward to completion. The lock
was started several years ago, but
on account of insufficient appropri
ations was abandoned for the time
being. When it is completed it will
make the river navigable as far as
Morgantown, West Virginia, a dis
tance of 100 miles from Pittsburg.
| In ion toiro (tenia* of Liberty.
A Gift for All.
In order to give all a chance to
test it, and thus be convinced of its
wonderful curative powers. Doctor ,
King's New Discovery forConsump-,
tion, Coughs ami (.'olds, will be, for
a limited time, given awav. This
offer is not only liberal, but shows
unbounded faith in the merits of
this great remedy. All who sutler
from Coughs, Colds, Consumption,
Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affection
of Throat, Chest or Lungs are espe j
cially requested to call at Geo. T. j
Light's drug store and get a Trial
Bottle Free; Large Bottles $1.
A Suit to Recover a Farm, Which Was
Paid for in Confederate Money.
I Courier Journal.
Vakkkusbi ku, W. Va., Aug. 9.—
. An important question involving the
validity and legality of the payment
of < oufederate money on notes given
| in settlement for a large and valua
I ble tract of land is being “heard be
fore United States Judge John J.
j Jackson. In 1800 Hiram L. Opie,
father of the plaintiff, lived in Jef
i ferson county. He sold a farm to a
1 gentleman named Castlcman for
$40,000, of which $10,000 was paid
1 in cash, the balance to be paid in
equal annual installments, the last
falling due in 1804. Shortly after
the sale Opie moved to Stauuton, Va.,
i and there died. His wife and son,
Dr. Thomas Opie, were made execu
tors under the provisionsof the will,
j After the war broke out it was al
j legedthat Castlcman secured a large
amount of Confederate money, and,
gt ing through the lines, paid otfthe
notes of $.>.000 each during 1801
ami 1SG2 with this money, which
had greatly depreciated in value.
Before the remaining notes fell due
! it is alleged that Mrs. Opie notified
l Castlcman that she would not ac
! eept Confederate money, but that
she would take notes on any of the
Virginia banks. Castlcman then, it
is said, secured enough Virginia
! money, which was also greatly de
preciated, and paid the remainder
j of the notes.
Hiram L. Opie Jr., now claims an
interest in the land for the amount
i of the debt paid in Virginia and
Confederate money, claiming that
this money was illegal and worth
less. and that the executrix and ex
ecutor committed a waste, when by
[ the terms of the contract the debt
was to be paid in good and lawful
money of the United States. The
Defendants insists that the payment
was legal under the circumstances.
Judge Jackson has taken the matter
under advisement.
The attorneys ofthe States of Vir
ginia and West Virginia look upon
the settlement of the case as of great
importance, involving, as it may,
the ownership of vast and valuable
tracts of land and other property in
di fie rent sections of the South.
The principles of law applicable
to payments in Confederate money
have been fully settled and any law
yer can ascertain them by examin
ing the decisions. This case is of
no public interest as involving new
questions of law. An unusual com
plication of facts may be presented,
and there may be a conflict of evi
dence. but if the facts be ascertain
ed, it will not be troublesome to de
cide the law points:—they have been
too often before the courts.
WEST VIRGINIA COAL FIELDS.
—
•H'oM Short” in St. Louis Age of Steel.
Nearly the whole ot West Virginia
is underlaid with coal. “The Unit
ed States Government Report of
Mining Industries, 1885," remarks:
“ No State surpasses West Virginia
in the variety of eoals it contains,
nor does any contain an equal
amount in proportion to its area.— j
Of the flftv-four counties in the State 1
but six are destitute of this impor- i
taut fuel.” The same authority in j
another section: “Fortunately for
the counties of West Virginia form
ing the so-called Pan Handle, the j
northern termination of the upper
coal measure of the Appalachian ba
sin occurs at no great distance, so
that the Ohio river, in its western
course along the margin of the Pan
Handle, intersects the southern dip
ping coal beds in a direction highly i
favoracle for the development of
their rich mineral contents.” The
report of the United States Geolog
ical Survey, 1883, makes this ob
servation: “The Appalachian attain
their greatest thickness, contain the
most valuable beds, and aggregate
the greatest thickness in the basin
drained by the Great Kanawha river,
in West Virginia.” The Great Ka |
nawha is a tributary of the Ohio,
and all the productive resources and J
riches of the basin drained by it j
naturally seek a market in that di
rection, and contribute to the su
premacy of the Ohio Valley. Nat
ural gas may fail. If it does, where
on earth is there a region so thor
oughly equipped for industrial pro
gress and prosperity as this. Other
sections have natural gas; if it fails
with them, what recourse have they?
This section is rich in both natural
gas and that king of gas producing
elements, bituminous coal; either
would make it pre-eminent, but the
latter makes it supreme.— Intelli
<jen cti\
Give Them a Chance.
That is to say, your lungs. Also
all your breathing machinery. Very
wonderful machine.iv it is. Not only
the larger air passages, but the
thousands of httle tubes and cavi
ties leading from them.
When these are clogged and chok
ed with matter which ought not to
be there, your lungs cannot do their
work. And what they do, they can
not do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneu
monia. catarrh, consumption or any
of the family of throat and nose and
head and lung obstructions, all are
bad. All ought to be got rid of.
There is just one sure way to get rid
of them. That is to take Boschees
German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell you at 25 cents a bottle.
Even if every thing else has failed
you, you may depond upon this for
certain. july22-oow.
HARPER S FERRY LETTER.
Harper’s Ferry, August 15.
Mr. Editor.—Last week we thank
fully acknowledged our indebtedness
for inspiration to the weather, and
not wishing to impose on good na
ture we would fain appeal for aid,this
time, directly to the Muses, whose
devoted friend we have ever been,
but we could hardly expect the^ in
this torrid time to leave the cool
breezes of Parnassus and the crys
tal waters of Castalia to swelter in
our bake-oven atmosphere and drink
from our town-pump just because a
penny-a-liner is hard up for some
thing to say. Besides, the weather
is right here on the spot and has
not to travel all the way from Phocis
to help us out and, moreover, there
is no use in having friends it you do
not use them, as the fellow said
■ when he borrowed from all his ac
; quaintances without the least inten
tion of repayment. We are there
i fore emboldened to call again on our
kind deliverer of last week the more
so because we claim that our present
! deplorable state of inanition is di
i rectly attributable to our friend’s
own unreasonable behavior this
j summer. We have seen it stated
somewhere that water constituted
two-thirds of the human system and,
| if this be so, there is but onelhird
of us left, for we have perspired un
til we are as dry as a Patent-olHce
Report or a temperance tract, and
! there is not moisture enough in our
! brain to nourish a thought worthy
! of the Democrat or its legion of in
telligent readers. We feel assured
that your patrons fully sympathize
with a lassitude which we doubt not
they experience in their own persons
and, trusting to their indulgence.we
will proceed with our perfunctory
task, confessing that we are not
much “in the vein.”
On Tuesday, the 9th inst., Adam
Brown, one of the oldest citizens of
this place, died at the ripe age
of seventy-nine years. It often hap
pens that it is no compliment to a
man to say of him that he passed
through fife without an enemy, for
an exemption from hostility is fre
quently but the compensation mer
cifully vouchsafed to a want of in
dividuality and force of character
for the loss of warm love and firm
friendship. It was Mr. Brown’s
happy lot to enjov without the least
dissent or qualification the highest
respect of the community in which
lie spent nearly all of his life, for he
was as unbending in principle as he
was suave in manners, and of him
it can be truly said that he was not
only a man without a foe, but one
who was loved and respected by ali
his acquaintances. Ilis life was a
long, sunshiny summer’s day with
out cloud or storm, and his death
was a fitting termination of such a
life—a calm, gentle fading away
from earth to the infflfablc peace of
which his whole existence was a
foretaste. Mr. Brown was a native
ot Charlestown, but in his early j
manhood he moved to this place,and
for over thirty' years he held respon
sible ollices in the United States ar
mory here. At the breaking out of
the late war he followed the fortunes
of the South, and under the Confed
erate government he held an impor
tant trust in the Fayetteville arse
nal. At the close of the war he re
turned to this place and was en
gaged in business here until a short
time before his death. In 1872 he
entered into communion with the !
Presbyterian Church, and on the!
very day of his reception into mem
bership he was made an elder, which
we believe is an unusual honor, and
one that marked the high estimation j
in which he was held.
We regret to record two accidents
to excursionists at Island Park last
week. On Wednesday on the occa
sion ot a Sunday-school picnic of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of
Charlestown a young boy, whose
name we believe is Wood,was caught
in some machinery connected with a
gymnastic apparatus at the place.
We are glad to learn that he escaped
with trifling injuries. On Friday,
:it a picnic of the combined Metho
dists and Presbyterian Sunday
sehools, also of Charlestown, Mr.
John Burns, one of the most promi
nent men of this county, was very
seriously injured at the railroad
crossing near the Island. He and
his lady were approaching the cross
ing in a buggy, wlieu Mr. Burns no
ticed an approaching freight train
and halted to let it pass. He un
fortunately came too near the track,
and the horse becoming unmanage
able the buggy was caught and up
set by the train and Mr. Burn's re
ceived such injuries as excited the
gravest fears for his life. Dr. B. B.
Hanson, of this place, was instantly
summoned, and rendered such as
sistance as enabled Mr. Burns'
friends to remove him to his home
near Charlestown. We are happy
to hear that the lady escaped with
out injury. A1J the horse's hoofs
were cut off, and the poor brute was
a pitiable sight, standing on the mu
tilated stumps until it was merci
fully killed. We have never had the
pleasure of meeting Mr. Burns, but
wc have long known him very favor
ably by reputation, and we but echo
the general sentiment here when we
otfer our deepest sympathy to him
and his family.
The supposed likeness of Wash
ington sculptured by Nature, in
rock, on the side of the Maryland
Heights, has long been a matter of
great interest to tourists, and it
used to be a common thing to find
the railroad platform here occupied
by parties scanning the mountain in
search of it or pointing it out to
those whose sight or faith happened
to be weak. This curiosity is now
superceded by that of a colon}' of
semi-wild goats that roam on the
precipitous side of the mountain with
the tenacity of footing peculiar to
these animals. Frequently an old
buck—the patriarch of the flock—
will take his stand on a high pinua
cle and survey his realm with the
placid dignity of a ruler conscious
of undisputed sway, and it may be
that he regards with contempt the
pygraied figures below whose silly
curiosity he has excited. Although
the goat never slips, it sometimes
happens that a boulder will become
detached by his tread, and we once
saw a perfect game of leap'-frog be
tween an old Billy and a treacherous
rock which had given way under
him. Down the mountain they
rolled, goat and boulder alternately
on'top, while the piteous bleating of
the one could not be drowned in the
thunders of the other. The rock
alone suffered damage, for it was
broken into fragments at the bottom,
while the goat scooted back up the
mountain perhaps a little faster than
he 1 ad descended. The flock is the
offspring of a few tame goats that,
some years ago, were neglected by
their owner and permitted to wander
unrestrained on the mountain. This
species of animal is very destructive
to young trees and ruinous to the
grape-vine, and, in consequence, the
ancients used to sacrifice a goat to
Bacchus, the God of Wine. We
mention this fact as a hint to the
Prohibitionists, who may some day
be the ruling power and may want
a device for their great seal, and we
suggest for this purpose the Goat—
the great enemy of Bacchus and,
consequently, a friend to temper
ance. Besides, as this animal is
particularly sure footed, it would be
an excellent allegory to represent
the steady, assured step of the sober
man..
A few days ago we had the honor
of an introduction to and a shake
hands with royalty in the person of
Louis Clinton, a student at Storer
College, who claims, and is believed
to be, King of an extensive and in
definitely bounded territory, border
ing on the great Sahara. We give
the name by which he is known here
—an assumed one of course—and
we are sorry that we neglected to
ask him for his original appellation,
although it is all the same, no doubt,
for it is probable that we could not
spell it and that, if we could, your
readers could never pronounce it.
He is about twenty-four years of
age, and has been in this country
about two years. According to his
own account, he now wears the first
and only suit of clothes he ever don
ned, for he was old enough to vote
before he heard a tradition even of
as scanty apparel us that of our lirst
parents. The old King, his father,
was yet alive when the young prince
was converted to Christianity by
traders who had penetrated to his
country, and we are glad to hear so
much good of a class of men not
generally regarded as being much
exercised about the spread of relig
ion. The old King is now dead,and
our lately-made acquaintance inher
its the throne with immense herds
of cattle, a goodly pen of fattening
missionaries for winter use—for his
people are cannibals—and, if our
memory serves us, thirty wives. By
our friend’s account the number of
wives need not scare even a poor
man in ms country, for in that hap
py land spring-bonnets are unknown
and a lady’s wardrobe is considered
complete when she owns a neck-tie
for Stab; occasions. Like Peter the
Great of Kussia, the young King is
seeking an education with the laud
able purpose of returning to his na
tive land to teach his people and
convert them to civilization. May
God bless him and speed Lis work.
Y. lv.
Doctors’ Bills.
Nearly all diseases originate from
inaction of the liver, anil this espec
ially the case of chills and fever, in
termittent fevers, and malaria dis
erscs. To save doctors bills and
ward off disease take Simmons Liver
Regulator, a medicine that increases
in popularity each year, and lias be
come the most popular and best en
dorsed medicine in the market for
the cure of liver or bowcll diseases.
—Tki.koai‘11 Dubuque, Iowa. -It
Consumption, Wasting Diseases
And General Debility. Doctors
disagree as to the relative value of
Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites
—the one supplying strength and
flesh; the other giving nerve power,
and acting as a tonic to the digest
ive and entire system. Hut in Scott’s
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with
Hypophosphites, the two are com
bined. and the effect is wonderful.
Thousands who have derived no per
manent benefit from other prepara
tions have been cured by its use.
This is not an assumption, but facts
that are substantiated by the expe
rience of the past 10 years, and the
endorsements of thousands of the
best physicians throughout the
country.
july4-4w.
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Another Wreck.—The St. Louis
express, of the B. & O. was com
pletely wrecked on the north branch
of- the* UY” about a mile distant from
the Washington City depot, yester
day morning. The engineer was
killed and 22 persons were injured:
-four of them seriously. W. A.
Wool ford of this State was slightly
hurt about the face. The air-break
failed to work.
For Sale.—Twenty BREEDING
EWES, 1 Hampshire Ram, one year
old. Enquire at this office.
augl 2-3t.
We call attention to the card of
Taylor House of Winchester Va.
which appears in another column.
Mr. J. L. Robins, proprietor, is
a courteous gentleman, and well un
•derstands the art of entertaining his
guests, according to the old Virginia
stye. The hotel is first class in
every respect.
Good Results in Fvery Case.
I). A. Bradfordt wholesale paper
dealer of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes
that he was seriously afflicted with
a severe cold that settled on his
lungs; had tried many remedies
without benefit. Being induced to
try Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, did so and was en
tirely cured by use of a few bottles.
Since which time he has used it in
his family for all Coughs and colds
with best results. This is the expe
rience of thousands whose lives have
saved by this Wonperful Discovery.
Srial bottles free at Geo. T. Light‘s
drug store,
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
i Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucus surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu
table physicians, as the damage they
will do are ten-fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury and is taken
internally and acts directly upon
the blood and mucus surfaces of the
system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh
Cure be sure that you get the genu
ine, it is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &
Co.
ggSold by Druggists, price
75c. per bottle.
FREE READING.
We have for gratuitous distribu
tion among our subscribers the pub
lications named below. Our object
is, to give as much reading matter
as -we can afford and it is cheaper
for us to offer these publications
than to enlarge the paper at this
time. Any one of these publica
tions will be sent to a subscriber
who applies for it:
“Retribution,” by Margaret
Blount.
“Captain Aliek’s Legacy,” by M.
T. Cal dor.
“Blue Eyes and Golden Hair,” by
Annie Thomas.
‘•Amos Barton.” by George Eliot.
“Henry Arkell.” by Mrs. Henry
Wood.
“The Laurel Bush,” by Miss Mu
KICK.
“My Lady’s Money,” by Wilkie
Collins. Illustrated.
“Second Thoughts,” by Rhoda
Broughton.
“Darrell Markham,” by Miss M.
E. Braddon.
“Christian’s Mistake,” by Miss
Mu lock.
“Cousin Henry,” by Anthony
Trolldpe.
“The Home Cook Book and Fain
1 ily Physician.”
“The Budget of Wit, Humor and
Fun.”
‘•Useful Knowledge for the Mil
lion,” a handy book of useful inform
ation for all, upon many and various
subjects. Illustrated.
“School Dialogues, Recitations
and Readings,” a large and choice
collection for school exhibitions and
rivate entertainments.
The Taylor House,
MAIN STBEET.
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.
1?irst class in all its appointments.—
1 Rates reasonable. Omnibus to and
from depot, free of charge.
Special rates to Commercial Travelers
for whom large sample rooms have lieen
' provided.
j 1 JOH N L. ROBINS.
Aug. It*, ’S7. lyr. Proprietor.
The Charlestown
MALE ACADEMY
will commence its next session
SEPTEMBER 7, 1887
EDMUND R. TAYLOR, Principal.
JEFFERSON R. TAYLOR. Asst.
jnlyl-2m.
STEPHENSON
FEMALE - SEMINARY.
Charlestown, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
DESIGNED to meet all the require
ments of a thorough education. The
next Session will liegin
SEPTEMBER 12TII, 1**7.
For Catalogues, containing terms,
course of stud v, Ac., applv to Principal, '
Rev. C. N. CAMPBELL.
augl2,’87. j
' STAUNTON MAL3 ACADEMY
Best equipped school in the South. Corps
of exi>erienced teachers. Full cabinets
of minerals, Philosophical and Chemical
apparatus. Loeation unsurpassed for
beauty and healthfulness.
Catalogue on application.
Wm. LI. KABLE, A.M. Prinripal,
Stauntor., Va.
2m.
WANTED.
Tolrav wild lands in West Virginia.
Give full description and price.
Address, I/)CK BOX 70, fi
Pittsburg, Pa.
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1 Manvel Wind Engines
A.3STD PUMPS,
Main Street, Charlestown, West Va.
-DEALERS IN
All Kinds of Hardware.
Also a Large Stock of
GUM AND LEATHER BELTING.
Agricultural Implements of all Kinds.
JulyB/87-v.
1 Paw's
*
-WILL KX HI BIT AT—
CharlestowN
ONK DAY ONLY.
Friday, Aug. 26, '87.
——o—
Don't Fail to Brin" the Children.
We don’t forgot our warmest, gen
ii ine, evor-faithfill friend*, the Itova
and girls, and for the delight of tin*
“Kising Beueration” we have organ
ized, and present at each perform
ance, in connection with multitudi
nous marvels, a Series of Wonder
Moving, Mirthful and
Intensely Interesting Train
ed Animal Exhibitions.
MIMK'K INC MONKKYS,
TKAINK1* IIOKSKS.
Kill t’ATKK HONKKYS,
I PK KKoltM I N<1 POM KM,
| HANCIN’O l’.K A KM,
ANIi i.l’AKNKK BOATS,
All arranged in the most unobicc
tionaiile manner, and for tin* espe
cial gratification of “Young Ameri
ca.” We would, therefore, respect
fully suggest to parents and guardi
ans that they bring the little ones to
our afternoon performances, thereto
avoiding the crowd inevitable at tin*
•» Veil in •;’•«* exhibition.
I 77/e Must F.seiUmj itml I'liI'tllnnf
Scene* Siiire the IhiijH of’
('teHiir.
I Spcrts That Live in Histcry.
All the Haring Heeds <>l Ancient
Koine without their lii* • >«I Curd
ling Horror and Barbarity.
The expenses of the ! Paws and Sam*
weil’s New Show lor a single day
would run an ordinary eon
pern one whole wci k. and
then leave it a profit.
tJt’A LIT Y H AS Xt»T ItKLX SAC
| KIKICKH I'lllt wiCAXTITY.
t?f' Kxcnrslons ».ver all Itailroadn
I at reduced rates.
Come and see the Kig Show.
Hoor* open a' I amt 7 p. m. Per
formances one hour later.
I Look out for the Brand I r> .*Sln t
! Pageant at bi a. III.
( OXK TICKLJ AHMtTSTfi A LL.
^ A I'CL'I'S, St t 'TS, < 'll I Mill KX. b. t "I s.
Capon Springs,
AND BAr S.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, W. VA.
Tht? favorite Summer Resort, ho near
Charleston n, Shepherdstowii ami Mar
tinshurg, and lioautifullv located in the
Mountains and not in the Valley, oilers
a home of rest for the weary, tin- ailing
public, and pleasure-seeking people.see
ond to none.
RATES REASONABLE.
The best sewerage system just finished
in the world.
W. II. SALK,
julyl-2m. Proprietor.
TO OLD SLODIERS.
rpD enable vou and others who may de
A siro to purchase LeeCamp Kmokinu
Tobacco and thereby assist in the sup
port of the NEi.pr.Kss Oi.n Coxkedkb
atk Soedibb*, I will mail to you, js,st
age paid, a package of the first quality
of this excellent tobacco, manufactured
for the Soldier’s Nome. Richmond, Va.,
on receipt of the l'<UL>wing prices, \ iz: 2
oz. 10e.; -I oz. 2rte.; W>7. 4Ae.; 1 7 s-. Re
duction made to dubs.
C. F. RUSSELL, MannCr.
lino ami 1102 Cary SI., Richmond, Va.
iulv2n-lm.
NOTICE
; To Tar-Poyert of Chnrlentrorn and Mid
d lev ay District*.
IF Taxes are not paid promptly I will
lie compelled to sell property as the
law directs. No other help for it.
EUGENE BAKER,
july29-5t. Deputy Sheriff.
Watson House
RESTAURANT,
On the European Plan,
NOW OPEN TO THE Pf'ISMC.
rpUK ItAKKMKNT ROOMS have l*ecu
1 fitted up specially for this purpose,
and the services of nu experienced cook
procured.
Ham, Chicken, Devil Crabs,
Meats of all Kind,
Eggs, Sardines,
and In fact everything to lie found in a
first-class rcstaiirant will Is* kept on
hand.
jul/9-iC.
FAYETTE SOUDERS,
—DEALER IN—
WINES and I^JD^S,
Cor. Main and Charles St*..
CHARLESTOWN, - - - WEST VA.
Keeps constantly on hand the ls**t < i’
Imported and Domestic Wines and I,i«
quors.
0*My Saloon is first-class in all r»—
speets, and Mixed Drink* « XjireinUtf.
ina3-KT.
r HEFLEBOWER.
Ajuctioneer
RIPON. W. VA.
Alwaysholds hiinseif in readiness t**
cry Sales any place, and on the short
est notice at Satisfaction guaranteed,
jan 19*-Kf>—vr