lie
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TURNER & COX.
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YOL. G.
rELETON, TOrATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, aiAHCII 5, 1881,
, - - :aa . I . ajp
Koricu la tacti Calnu, Menu pr Esaferftm
latnjja. lOacupwttaacaca trocxt Urr-c.
4ranM btba praio uitnljr.
NO. 21.
THE EAST OREGON. AN
OFFICE.
Pendleton Oregon.
BOOK AKD JOB PRINTING
ttfttrrtadlMMt!7sdmpf ritcctnl at
mmcabW rate.
Kenea. -Sitapif taixwaetiaroU of hirtfiv. aim
ac- asd 4tnbi will be irrrtfi aritSoat cb rte. Obk
airr BoUcei will be cirel far according to tblr
Scafta.
SrttV copial eTkhl fUrr Oa it, ta arrapprr
far mitltac caa ba oid at tht office.
Wf uaa ao reapuaaibibtr fur tIw expirsd
eomspoadrBU
ATTORNEYS.
JOHN A. GCYEIt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
rxspLnrox, ... oHecox.
EVERTS & WALKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
rxsDLrrox. - op.ccon'.
Orncx la Uc Ooert Eocm.
j. . Tcssza.
TUSXER 4: COX.
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
iirrai-Oa Xa!a atmt, opos'tetb Caa5-
r. raea rrrm.'
ATTORWCY3 AT LAW
ATTORNEY 7 LAW,
" ... 0BBMN'
Orncx Otct Cut Orrfraetaa OSse. ! A.-vt.
PHYSrciANS.
w. c McKay, m. d
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
PEn; nvx. ordmv.
W. W, WHITCOMB. M, p.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
. i
PEXPLEHIX. ORtCOX.
JLtl arji rrnQptlj- anrao t, !J ec crtM.
W. F KKEMER. M D
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
PTXDIXIOK. OBO.CV.
cy&n hi -1 i to tae peoptf r.
Hoa 4 Mrmaiiae oucstrx.
DR. GEO. a HARRIS.
Cnizilt fjar-rvxi nltcJ Coliec. rkOiiHpiU fa
rEMXTUX, OUEdlX.
Catranlewo Olmrn f Wmti
aa CiiMres a Spratltj-.
-1 EAGAK.H. D.
- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DRJ. W. HA! L.
PHYSICI.AN AND SURGECN
.Uma-il tiif rmrt Hocm. jui cxUi praxpclj-t-'tcsecd
to, j r Bltbt.
I7.mn AGENCY!
- r - . :
DWIGUT & BAILEY,
General Iiod AjtnU; Notrriet Public and
SEAL ESTATE- BhOKERS, '
rrxnLCTojc,- - - - , - oeeuox.
- "0JIVC lorokip nU all (xomred badr ia
II r. Cta-itilU omtar. ai4 noonl ( alt cll a frjro
r,t loeauas Uoim to tb pt-ol time and cutcoed J,
aaaW-Hrr froia th LmsI OSee at La .raB4e 1
Wia p-en- cU mtt-r pmn -trUr may nr ts Ub4
lawa.af be uU4 uti; oraluct cnatee4 me
brton thi luteal lvu4 i3lo and aa appul td lb I
parlm-ai at Wanaxton
43111 fcrcUb naMier Ad'tttisail llomrmi nlm
aaa T kia4 or La -4 cnp on vm oxte. ao4 at
InMnutitnin. WW baf ul lt Lu CUIiat
.CUr ProfwrtJ. a rwnilitmin bmq.
'Tba Han aati Eajr4'ar r.-rr la ra tlx eelf
neuf IM ki1 in Ua oiH fiair. a1 -r ca
aaTr.tiaeaa4'a trta tlCn id by camuic M o
YT e r tpe(al rci1iU frlMtiax or coi-TIraI
GlLXOKK &C0.,
Lawlud Coileclian Office.
T-HyiS6t-
e r.;aCET.
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WASHINGTON. D. I
Majcweewiro. jkiw a-aag a'io u
aU loacosaic4AibnB.-1L.art(arri.(.8l
OiT Addirtaa .Iilolead Klfbla'aad Lud rtar
ru boorbl asM.
HkHBERr E.PAINE,
(Lata, CoaafhMlttirT ot PitecU,t
Brw. T. ftow&lji ErotT B. Lxr
PAINE. GRAFTON & LADD,
Attonieys-at-Ltirr & Solicitors
. of American and Foreign Pati-nt,
412 Fifth Street Waabingtnn. D C.
Practice pltl lv In atl lu Ijraocbra ia tbe ttnt
09ee:asd tlx eapmMaodiicalt Cuintof the V
ti. PauijbtattatXrr, id.
WiLSONHOlJEL
tftv 0 i a
UMATILLA. OREGON.
MR. HV A.' Vt"X. tjrroerlr of Orl,.0
t ba lcaed an rrout (treat, Cmuil. vbrr
I b bu opseil a Cm-din Hiiut "If bMi
Lbu bea rrj ud. Uw lira' rr atorilaut. aod
UMTabewjtlbatapJttd Htb lo bt tt market
afore . Itarekn will not rr;rot nt-l-plcf bar
N W. Stage Oo.'b coaches stop kt thla place-
J. E. Bun.
ROTIICIIILD & BUN.
(Scecr to & RoieKM)
Would respectfully call tbe attention of thei
public to tlieir largely increased stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Wfcxi lb ler- r beittW r-frt! br tLtr no
Ua aiiea caiUf iLcai to cCtr
AT THE VERY LOWEST RATES,
Their Stock will eeasitt as beret4&e ef
DRY GOODS,
GROGCBW
i9
at.
Boots and Shoes,
II.AT3 and GABS,"
TXTO"tl023.S, EtC.
TVf ilnri til r par
la faact cj r-r 4t an(k
Ibr ar b ratftmi M lifbot
litraWrtj.
gfnyKa'i Ai u niu r..vg)
And other PrInr tnkrn 1b exchange a
the Ilijheat .Market rate.
CASH PAID FOR WOOL.
uorurcKxucr
I
3. w. r.i.m.
LIVBK3I )RE & KLLI..
VILLARD HOUSE.
.oa;ca uu xx rurxT Tm. ..
PENDLETON, .... OREGON.
THIS ELXfiAKT XEW BOXSC 13 JOT
ar t-jf;ar jk: k
- For ce-nT0d!laa .' tbe PaUi&
Xew House, New Furniture
ituated in the Heart of the Town!
LAaJnhilae IkaVot H.cat faar. It TaKaliM
asa w rircaiumi ar l iD'aiirti
srro'fidic; boH ir( Id h arrU
. IctarsI Carjtrartimi.eTSar
. and all eiadera rwanvirava
tt cbatlrat competitlua frosi tbe errjr b-t Boea
THE BEDS
Ar tl Xrar, wrR mt raeted,
Clcu&bd CetaturtaUe
WII. T AI4. TIKE BE
ujiphnl vub tb far
THE TABLE
BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.
N palai or tmoh a HI be rpar-d by b proprietor
or Ibe etspion to toalc tbe
Tt. jr
THE MOST POPC
JBAR RESORT EAST
Of lb Mousuiaa,
-ila ''IB : .4 i
V ut orty a btr and Imp lial Irnt of oar cttab-
lu-tzeul ta (Bppart of in rlalm.
LIV:RM0KE ELUA, Proprietor.
VALLA WALLA
STEAM. . BAKERY!
....EfTltWftD tSllW
. ,t xxsvrxcivnxxi or
BREAD, CAKES PIES AND
all kind ot Cnekrrr. Tire proof Dslldtsf.
I am to prtpuad to il
Of arerj ortaod deanlptloa. at Bedrnrk ttrnrra.
KarliiX H-srrd lb wnrio ! aw iirirnl
urtii inaai ea trawiuw, 1 Lata ta
oOiT at Iba WalU ITaJla ilrrr rerrjr
2j tori of (Oj4ici He of budutaa.
Girc isc your On) era and be I'oorinccd.
O. DRECHTEL. Walla W-Ht.
S. Rotucuild.
fgsn a n r v.- a
OuVVET.VEY 1'EIUIIELIA.
dfav, WutHactas 0 C. IVt J
.rk ten theditipibi dlviae.
Ftttlea of BtonVltp. 4e4v-rrd a re-
tnarkaWe roa ra the apftmarhinr rn-'
hell of tie tsperior plaoeta awl th extra !
ffntioarr cttaacea a the atmrwiere. cos-!
Tnl-loj wf natrr ad rartaaaf a4her rA-. j
nfaeaa Ikat are Hke4j in rrvH. Jnpi'rr j
It ia perikrlinn. am Xrpe ake '
W pvi.rr la ls3l. Uraaot in ISSJ aad S. '
ra in l$i The prwe of my tt'
thevlare lk4ie B-ar the earth at ih-
metiaeMt Mf4earetbea.tr (cUn-ic j
altractinritaarrra-.hnltLii nrwu '
w h 4tvt4sr tk that rreat ieks. ,
( .
r .
ti B-.rj.lMr matt ea.
Dr.-FVo irre tia? e are already '
b-rl.B- to rxprriraee wne C ik
la the trrrWr difl.-herU tch i r-H
amnr h- naiWm It ha Ra4a k . C
Aria and h i bc - avs h. - . 1
.afe rhyiaa are a h-IHe. aa cfctl
rrn.- Ther eem,. end.l,tMr. teat.
ia tl.e UHUf li,.l tW. UtM b., '
it. ori,. in.aWr.nred ca.il.J-o ef .a-j
atm.Vre; .h, rd .h,lh
aier.
- f
n mwv nwiini faa4 Lat wi;if !
.
o si.i. m w
.,. .
7 ' "
ia lc- Iwrr arr IM 1
,r appear
lr rv. .1 .w
. 1 ' .J.u .. J ' "
f'T'J vwmu iro .pH ta
4tra(er . i
rr are the Ul of
are the U.t of arrameni.'rn i
Bt la; 7'tftd whether are Cxa ex4rn ' '' " "a1 t "hall hare erWeno
ih'ia or ft; aod Inquiry ka)a- i4l hs. writ tf. a tt- acrrd Tocn y. Ibe
rr-T tl.-re aamttaHimf p4trtey w l Ur r--fir and foreiaMt. and for
Ilaew thai K the eM.Jnetkf r fl.,--3 "nJ fr t. Kctuiix.
inn m loor are afvrlr pUn. f4- 1
dies lalier c4acdl or InMr4iaM.r W '
I.in4: tlif nulmrn f tiif CMnciaW
iih the-e ronjnsctle. and opp-wltUaa f j
errat ptnet at or wnr thWr prik4ta. a '
m ttw nia4tte of ihe nvrteenih ccslsrr. !
D r. Ojapd. in ln Dirlnuarj ,J
rine." trm.rti that "the pe-tllmre clei f
Brack IWth. whieh -tltl reaHr a lh I
U-b "kti.n wri lu I3J7. 13tS, 1W0 as4 ,
1350. waa indrrndmt .if irrrClariiy or ,
rlefielrsey of f.-xL I firt appeared in th-
Sooth if EoUmI almt Cbriitmu. IM$ ',
amwUt tfae grratrat ahnrtdnrerprfiT4lera i
Tbanns andRrre'rd. wbm notieins Ike
ep'draie lhat LmLe oot in 15S0, rrtnarlr.1 j
ihat year lhat the cn'pfl were pleatifal and
uiekyrrn: a.tht it a thBeht tb.i tulf, wohU bate" leoi;ercd nal raer
the rlie-aw wa prudocrd by the ihQarnre rmet At a mOntry reMrnre beloar
of ihesiararather than by Ibe rualipitty f
a corrupt air. Weltrr admit that the
tumnier cf 1CC3 in England, athen Ihr
plazue CRtntHi-OOd in 1mdon. rrrx i
umprrate. tlus weather floe and ibe fruit,
gnoJ. AM the writer of Ihe day aree thai
no cu or pc'tdence could be okterred in
theUteif hMraon.- j
Ia 13(4 Saturn and Jupiter were conjoin ,
ed in A,rfuaric, and the nf-xt year the Black
Irath appeami. In 134". Jointer J.nnrd I
Urann in Arie. In 1352 Saturn joined
Urasoa to Aries Thus 1urinR the period j
of the aetcn jeara' plilence. Ihe crrat
plmet. Jupiter, Saturn. Uranut and Nep-1
tnoe. forwrd natural coojunctlnnt.
Dr Fulton in lusaenuoo rTnted outthat
in 1552 nd IGGSohrceil th plane Mara,
Jupiter and Stura. were in perihelion, and
these were the worM plasup eras of which
hiitonr has any record. Io 1720 Mars and
Jupiter were in jnlirliun, and in Ihe in
L'l- city ol Marseilles ."52.000 out of the 7,
000 of the pnpglntion died.
De IV. imaginative diary, and Home
other citcumtunce. have glrm rprclal In.
West lo the Umofli pl.gn, f 1C5, rfurinc
which there died In Lundon alona IGO.OuO
perrODS. DrJuad w, u eye.ulinea or
thi tn rt)mlou calamity. It did not r
rle unheralded, for in 'he works or the a
Irol igtr. tt'illlaft Lill'. rn.y be aetn the
famoaa prophery,puhlIbed In 1C31. of a
great ti1ence,d'iring which, there hould
be sri rnMch rnorUlily that the llriog w()uld
not be numernut enougli to bury tn dead.
Dr. Goad saya io Ihe diary: "January 5.
hard frrnt. fn-riflnir pot by Ihe fire; comet
aeen and ire upon the Tharres." Till r..l
lowed a comet en in 1C01, December 9,
or which he writes: "Almost a hfg,a tha
moon, ancry and terrible. Nor could till
my epicurean princlpW applied to my fan.
cypiruade tne toUieoanlrary." Thlicom
ctpwae st ite nearest apjiroach in April. In
Jtiae there w a conjunction of Jupiter i&d
I rnus. Then tLc dttease broke nut vlo.
Icntly ; anil la August 7.000 per week were
carried te tbdr crate. when Mara came
nearly to tbe ppitioo of Jupiter; ant! ia i
SI eflilx-r when the opposition was perfrc. i
tr. ike deaih rH t. 10.000 per rek A "ere whero the acouts of each army of
thti npjynitioo Kraduallr ceaicJ tLc death j un surprised each other, and a CAvalry
dimlobbrd. f charge h as familiar to the citixrns as
Amooc Ulierm in aitrtl b2uenee It U j tIie ordinary scenes of a country court
Mtumarr to Jadce of caminf tvenu from jr' Charlestotrn has even a deeper
the onmtliutlon or the heaven at the aolar i tret to the student of the philoso
tsre.ea. In Ltllr'a almanai f.u- 16CS at I,ljJ of cutcs and effects than the in-
he IlrltUh Mmmm v ! .
tlal 6ear fiw thesom-ner ailce Storn
locate-! in the eighth !ioae (that of
jOth) of tbe brarena. retrorradior in Cap.
ricirn and in ppition to llie tun and
f if! TliA mrm . n ,1.. .:.!. 1 ....
r .tw i iv..
... , trace its beginning to the niriit that
rttr U bitarn. Jletcnrr aad eon. LiHv'.i -. r . r l
tt..rM t t. .t . . . fanaUc occupied one of the gov-
tberrfAre frrtfH, arrenliar to tbe rulrt of . , . tt . - " ,
. - . . , .- s , , ' ernmcnt houses at Harpers Ferrv, and
""7? Miroe','m", opened the next mcrninVan indiserimi
at rnnVInd wonld be .flitted -tb nlte fire urxm iu citixeL Here w
-antes. cMic. peafRenee and pl.e.-.. In. f fim j. j, ,cd
3. happen Lliij -a. not ar.of th, , of jatcnuil made the
fljuneh-n of Japiter and Cranca. whleh , scene of hU cxplwts. the Mecca of the
prided wi.h tM. plar-e. j xonhfra Tae 'u Adrew
Jlany aolHrli,V, fd ,lfe in cdlc,Inr Hunt.r u l,0 KiU fc at Chariestown
rrrat cl.anrea In th chemical pmpeniea of I prosecuted Brown, and the force of nub-
" -,""'",rl - " i poa me air
-rw waur. rrom the approeb,nr reribeha.
Dr. Faltc i one of ibee. and ij that If
Iboe altercatUni t.ke ple AU will be
depopalaiad. naia imperiled, tad unl
correct atinlranr raearr art ttken the
larc rinea of our American Atlantic coait
Ml ufT-r ioc.k-utW? hana.
The Doct.r proMMy know Jlrtle of aw
rKeiea acb-oer. aad raakn bliprciicfiuci
"I00 central principle la stral tewnce
"f. bowerrr. eertaln rsls handed
rr"'T1 'rrT3 anrient writers and rJivrTrrs
9" "hkh dnlanjo! of nvirr il-5nltr char-
r1fT ""T draws. Tbe mnjacctja of
Sx,ura ! Jap"r. bfca u ireaTrd nroo
in ,nrmrT Itr. M vtxinmUplly lai tU
mr tn rorUHr enliIthr and con
,,T prW.l ia tMndane affair The
'""Jctlon oecar ia Tora. a availed
hy aad he.tl.1 ,. nrtleulrlr nrJ
bip at. - - : . i .1 . .1
,or "n wjih eanaquakc aad
. - .
W extr.rll3ary dUtorhaocea. It ha. "7 PTrty, beiag personal property,
rewl,ftK ,n oorfliUoed rUrrr.trt. ' icj " &ca..Trd aboct the Sutes of
ktnJ cf "ct affinity wn A.U Ml Virginia and Maryland, shall be care-
nor' I'el'od. Persia. Poland Ax. and the-1 aI!J. Rathwvd ap by my executor,
",H cooaaeotly re ifwcUJIy aff-ti, hereinafter appoiated, and disposed of
HBrfor next year there ill br five l5 a3tage,SBd tie proceeds
a thU i-3 at oae time, and Mars,"!!"1'., P QTtr t?r"-T Woved
!i'B k.re a catoacttea there 00
f MtJCt J!"-
J.iknrnjleo tort"
Cof Ike rxtrin.ry dcri-na ( 1 ""
, - wwcuiiini mi'Hniia uriMKKi.
. I . ... . u . .
... . .... .. m . .
-tMt ix rtan from the nmbrHiui ri
vr. .-.i ....
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I'mte rnrtAr JAe ic" rtiBl.i.r,! a'llrv
i car. and ea-tk iH h".- irh lermr ia her
1 -eU (SeUnr, tidal r.Tt tnd rfcr frizht
irar. .ml e-u. iH ,.-., .Hh , i- v..
'"- tti prarxti la nti-rrot parts
CHRIKTX1N DAY 161.
rttmtnlaaanr r h. WarUlF; (a a
1175 11 1 kt-.
CbrtnT! ny. 1SCI. was the OiWfr
Clirilrrt par eScHlenfei Oat.t-lr rap
pie of mH kind had dtaappearH. and i
hateter nuKferta mere prrrt.lrd ere ut
hmr iBasafeQre. Tll Confederate dL
ir w n..v. amrili Jat 2 ceclcla cii.
and fl -ar a tCCO a Urr-1: nrr waa fX)
a rwHiml ; U !'. (1 ; hutirr.CtO: nd Uf.
$35 lo 0 a pnond. Vanl .ld at $IM a
tTii and coal a nolio be had, tare In a
few ad" the citlra. olne to crrltr of trans.
portatiwo. Theday m Sooday. which In
Rtchmood, and not far from the lines of
the cnattndtBe armirs. a ,iarty of seren
ladte. ami tntlrrtien all in the trlclrt
Smtlirrn vnv lA iKalrrm rrr-iAnllrd
fat dinner. Tli ninflon hiullen proTrr-1
Mai fur Hi liofMtlity liefore Ihe war; now
ihr welrtiine w. aa a filial a errr. hut the
oard waa prrd In accord ncr with the
ne-cIlir or the time At Ihe he or the
table wa placrd r ham. worth f:
at the Toot wa Ihe latt tarkey the farm
oou'd Uit, worth $175 The rrjtetahlrt
conittrd .f cMasv pttor and hnrni
ny. worth, at a reaoolile calculation.
tXO. Curn-hread wa erwl. flunr bavin
U-rn unknown in thi hrraae (or months.
The meal of which it wa rasdr wa worth
fSO a hu.hr! and tbe k that reasoned it J0 of lftc and revenge is thought
?l,Pound.'I..lbrewa.none.batin:V to be the primary cause of
tfc n am th Iinatrka nrorHlrd a ntara
black tnnlav. worth f CO a eallnn. The i
mmc kind Inly, at a rare treat for h-r
turl. lironsht i ml, with a glow of pride,
a steaming urn of real tea not sffa
worth $100 a pound, at the nine time wars.
ing tilt company that they niot expect
but one enp -piece a Ihl. wa. , be last of
her tture. Afirr thi Ihtre wa "cnffee,!
made fmm et p"iti cut Into Utile
a., . a. . a6 - 1. f
u,. to.c.i ro.n an., Kn.uuu ,o powaer.
OUliU WffV aa V'ilirilV I WIV. VMIi'iMIM' VIUUU
In the lat year of the war. Fnun this iu.
crh repast the rcalc (leacendrd lo army ra
tion.-a hit of wit pork, corn bread and
aweet potato coffee without Mitfar The
company consisted of three lailics and four
company consisieu oi uirce lames ami nur
gentlemen. Tha ladi' toilets Ihe writer
cannot venture to describe., bnt they were
Urcely made op of -licBe.Bide'' article
in the fathion prerailinir at tlm oimmesca-
mrnt of the war. Tha trae or ona were
fastened with TnaWerate hair pln,.
made of long black thorn, with the heads
tippad with sealing-wax. and the dres was
of simple Lcsac pvu.- Liin?on, 'u. (7af.'e.
JOM.V BEOtV.VM WXXX.
Chwlestown, J cSerson Co., "West Vir-
t iiriia. is & nlace hLstoHc in incident
auid ailRl of adventure in the lata
war as leaves in Valambroaa. It was
cidcnts of the war. It was here where
1.1 . t T1
the celebrated John Brown, whose soul
is nor popularlr believed "to be march
ing on," was tried and hanged for the
invasion oi t irginia, at a point near
hcre. Harper's Ferry, and those who
l beyond the ostensible causes of war
, hC senument was so strocglv inauenced
bv revenge that his own couin (Gen.
Hunter) burned his palatial residcSte
'near this place.
I The sheriff who hanged John Brown
Jas. Campbell and the jailer who kept
t him under lock and key, were ccmpell-
j ed, for their own safety, to keep within
. the lines of the Confederate annv; al-
though it seems from Brown's will
that he regarded all these gentlemen
with kind feelings,
John Brown's will has never been
pubUAhed and even at this late- day it
may be of interest as a curiosity to the
' public. The following is aa attested
PV o the wjU .
L John Brewa. a prisoner now in
' prison of Charlestown. Jefferson
j county, Virgiaia, do hereby make and
ordain this as ray true last will and
. . . ... ...
tstaiact. 1 wi awl direct taat all
! " .
Ulk IlULA &U1U 1 J IT- I l llll 111 ' T I .
I . - , . .
If.rcilv na. niill
. - . . o . . . .
i . .
II hereby appoint bhenff James
iPti..1H . nf l,,i M . J
I! t-... .w-.. .. M
wlJ1- rerolong all others.
Witacss mv hand and seal
this
sec-
tod dav of December, 1559.
Sons BROwy.
Signed, sealed and declared to be the
(rue and last will cf John Brown, in
our presence, who attested the same
at his request in his presence and in
the presence of each other.
Jony Avis;
Andrew Hcxtes.
Codicil. I wish my friends, James
W. Campbell, sheriff, and John Avis,
jailer, as a return for their kindness,
each to have a Sharp s nne of those
belonging to me; or if no riSe can bo
had, then a ptstoL
Witness tnr hand and seal this Sd
dav of December, 1S59.
jonx BROWS'.
Signed, .caled and dcliveml to be a
codicil to the last will and testament
of John Brown in our presence; who
attested, the same at his request, in
f his presence and in the presence of
each other. Andrew Hc.vter,
Jonx Avis.
Virginia, Jefferson countT, Set. t In the
county court, December term, 16fi9.
At a court held for the said county
on the 19th dav of December. 1859.
forvgotng will and last testament.
and codicil thereto, of John Brown,
deceased, were proved in open court,
by John Avis and Andrew Hunter,
subscribing witnesses thereto, and or
dered to be recorded.
Test : T. A. Moore Clerk.
A true copy from the record.
TnoiA. Moore,
Clerk of Jefferson Countr
Court, W. Va., September 30, 18S0.
John Brown left but little in person
al or real propcrtr, but his unwritten
the war.
l'uhcd incidents
. i
of that invasion are
told
by old citizens; among them the .
is" particularly noted that although;
fact
a, r tr
Brown camo to Virginia to free the
negroes, the first man killed by his un
organized followers was a negro.
. . , .
ns negro was a watchman at one of.
.. Rm,
.. .!(ifili ,
was ordered
away, but, faithful to Ins charge, he re-
fnsl tn Ivtvi and ncivI & lot 11 fmm
g., rillc t, h haLtt
A VETERAK COURT CLERK.
The climate here is so healthful that
'one noticeable feature of the county is
the number of xrr old men still in ac-,
tiTC life. ITio sarno court clert tn.it rv-1
corded Brown's will attests it as pub-
five life. The sarno court clerk that n-
Ushol abovo as a true copy. In fact
Mr. Thomas Moore has been clerk of
tho county court of Jefferson for mora
than fifty years, and is, thorefons the
oldest clerk iu West or old Virginia.
At a recent term of tha County Court
(tho first day of September tens) CoL
llobt. W. Baylor, president and Vm,
Righstine and "Win. Burnett, justices
comprising the court, the following ap
propriate order was made of record :
"Fifty years this day having elapsed
since Thomas 3Ioon. clerk of this1
court, became rofSesdlj connected tlMire- siong Valley dflhroaeckea - from ra
w,th,dunng all of which pcri(yL(eicept durinf ououV. Ilka the Haziae cf bells
the seven years of popular disfranchise- j hrh be aad eUiea claim to bare heard
ment after the lafc war) he has as dtp- mtay t!me4 opna ,ultiBf tbA:ieclija.
tity clerk and clerk faithfully, efficient- ptloa I, that lie slnzgt sounds are
iy and acceptably performed the duties nrrvfn v it,. -1,1.1. f. ..r.i
of his oiHce, and tha court being of the
opnion that ao long a period ot pabhc,
. '1 v. - . m -
recogniuon, doth direct this order to
entered on record as its testuaomal
MWMV., UUt ' aJ Willi 1- mi-1 Lj U4 1U
venerable clerk."1
OLD-TIME ATUXjrTEH.
A Ust af Jfea Xeteat far Jtfaseslar
Ntreatftk.
Among the Greeks tie sscceafai
athlete was crowned with laurels acd j
4AA ilnm villi -wc 11. Jt 1- !
loaded down with wealth and hnncL
Milo six times won the rain at boti'of Lke Taaojra, Africa, was recestly
the Olympic and Pythias gases. He?eub,b1"d M"- GriOiIi and Host
is said to have run a mile with a four-' lcT' Atrowa. near the mouta cf the La
vear old ox upon his .'ioulderx. and ai-l kn nTer These jctntlec;est-i cotoau-
terward kilieQ the animal with one;
blow of ha fist, and ate the entire car-
cast in oae day. So great was his'
muscular power that he would bind a '
cord a round his head and break it br i
the swelling presrarecf tie veins. Ani
ordinary meal for MHo was twenty 'he ieathea Gods are seidoa sees, lie ia
pounds cf meat, as much bread, aidi kixti'J bIr T a mors drihrpj nature.
fifteen pints of wine.
Phlvdasus of Thesalia was of colot
; sal height and prodigious strenzth, and
it is saia, aione ana wjtnout weapons, aat rret Lae eja of tee Africaa trarrler at
killed an encrmotis enraged lion. One, 'te ectrasc of all rillaje, wtila otbea
day, it is recorifd, he seired a ball bv ' are to be seen lasida.
it hind feet, and the animal capj An Antarctic exg exprfit wa, r--
Jm?" U 'rurfbythelullaneraphi-
of the athlete. i cal Srrfetr. and has already started upea
The reman Emperor Manumtnius , ,u hfwdoct jjs. jfg
1 ItZrtZ?11 l?A c'n:'ad- W:J but Ifnie known
like Milo, of Crotona, could squeeze to i -,.t. . , A .
powder the hardest stone wi2 his fin- ZL.Sl.t r S'
Eers and break the leg cf a horse br a T ? T Tc"hU,al
j. - It-. and the oltltaate retell cf their
Wbfle a prisoner in Cermanr Rich-. uT'l1
ard L acceded an invitation to a box- j ll l f
ing match witi the son of his jailer, I "d T?S cc
He received tie first blow, which made fcl -t-hTe been their few prKJeerwcrs.
him rtarrf; bat, recovering, with a I l9 to tbe worid am dt3a,t w
blow of las fist killed his antagonist oa cinats: rf atr in tie Bscti
thespoc poJtre.dcaa.
Tie fxnoai Scarnlerbeg. King of Al- X. Deltaeca propctes as the fees? tsd
h&nia, who was born in 1414, wxi a. ( qickeit raetisod cf briarfas; aboct dtUl
man of great stature, and his feat, of ration In Africa, the estsbllsbraeet of ca.
sword exercise have never been eqnal- aerwxf telfrraph atatscai at cnint beiweex
ed. On one occasion, with hiscimeter'theertsaad the interior. Tbt enteruln-
he stmck his antagomsr such a blow 1 mm: and siectiS: pcrpr.-, Tfc- pixat
that iu force dcarul him to the waist, i tax or th-e sutioas. be m&fstalsa, wfJI k
Topham, aa EnglLdiman, born in speedily followed by the balMing cf rail
1710, was powesvd of tveonishing wtra, aed that the two combized will be
strengti. His arm pits, holfcw in the'euse tz Africa, as tber were scrcas cr
case of ordinary men, were with him H'erfern plefe, and are "for Autralls asd
full of muscles and tendons. He would for tbe Rsietsi 13 Ceatral Asia, real ca.
take a bar of iron, with iu two ends , doctor of dtflisatiea.
lrlf S'b 55. Throat Wy aow pE- betw
the bar behind hia neck, and bend the Cbr and s oier o
extremiues by main force until tier -ni , . . .
, .. , , , , . .- .aruiud eatioss. it Is hoped to pare tie
met together, and bend back the iron . , . . , ,
rtrauht arain. 7J lt FF&4 researches
Maaricl Count of Soxonr was cx-f,a W-"T fcUbw, 1100,1 C3-
;.tl- J.rj t v- - known to the ettillxrd world. Already ex.
pecialJy noted for his surprising mus- , . ... . , , - .
rl.r ri,. f V;. ua. A ' P'C expedrtiocs bar Leea fawsed td
- -a, - vs Maa.VS. VU VUC VN.
mnr i
casion, needing a corkscrew, he twined! . a ,t?T" w T-"
a large iron nail rxcd into tie requir- t,i'c lh" B
cd shape with his fingers, and 1. to that country,
half a dozi bottles of wine with it. Lw who b beaof theZJrlnrrt&i.
Another time he picked np a nnmberl ,a Statfcra, Leke Nyassa, is actlrely es
of horse-shoes, and with his Lands ' 55 'n tnntUtinc rarirra prrrtjoo of li
snapped them in two as readily as if Nw Testtrseat iota thinyanja, Chuara.
made of glass. I YahiioBga asd other lsngoagei spoles si
If history is to be believed, Fhatyl-. Baadowi. tad by ether trite la that secy
his, of Crotona, could jump a distance , tiuu. which he will pzb'hh, with the hope'
of fifty-six feet. i
A Pcxtlc with Words. Students i
of the Institute of Tedinolarr at Bas-I
ton designed a puuzxle, which excites
connderable interest. Civan. two' a1 onr readefs are aware, oae is
words of an equal number of letters,! Acv-ric. Rotce haa elaven, four of whkH
the problem is to change one to thei ,ro hirher than the on In New York city,
other by altering one letter at a time ' The higbet one of thoe in Rosae. stands
of Uie first so as to make a legitimate , ,fcre the Chcrth of St. John Lateru. aad
English wonLcontinuing the alterations inclu ling the pedestal, it 150 feet high,
until the desired result is attained. jThe cue in the plant or St. Peter's is 8Sf
Ine conditions are that only one ' f 9 inches ta hetrht. and is tBoaated oa a
letter shall be altered at a time to-form i pedrltai aotue 50 feet high,
each new word, and that hone but" A coat.miee a number cf
words which can i be found in English c-uns bearing the' eBgie, cf Tetrios I ani
dictionaries shall be used. Here rvre TciriCB. Ir thM tary and a of
some examples of the changes: rontka, iB4tnim u... eriov iim
Easl to West-East. vast. vest. West-
Boot to Shoe-Boot, soot, shot Shoe.
Dog to Cat -Dog, dig, fer, fag, fat,
Cat.
Milk to Hasli-'Milk, mile, male, mate,
hate, hath. Hash.
The game is quite popular in railroad
officers, aa well as in family drclex and
at firesides, and seems to furnish in-
stuction with amusement.
, AVm. Yanderbilt but Saturday drew
ilia wtca mi tv iiauuwi ui uiu J.
Rmlrian from l)aaks thtf
his check for the transfer of the Alex
jJJilo to the banks of the Hudaon. It i
is stated that it cost oven $100,000.
Gold has been discowrvd on Laurel
Ridge, Floyd county, Vx A hog
rooted up tntne of the prveioas mineral
at a spring; which led (o aa exauiiu
nation with the result naBaedL
nt 35th ballot for U. S. Senator, nt JaT "ml sm,r. reccauy tnrowat
Harrisbure oa the 22d. 'tvsaltod inthe',lo,, hr iont earthquake, ad i said:
election of John L. MttchelL The vte
jiitrhell 150, Wallace 92, Mac-
Veagh, Brewster 1.
a.
Clarence H. Joses, at Rkhaoad,
on Feb. 10th, bought the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio Railroad for8t5-
000.
Herrll. BeuLtax. detcriLes a siagular
, phepoaenon exhitn? io the Taller In tbe
Rhine Pmrlnm Tr. miui TV-
mlirir ,tfoc- Ja that direction, throws
r Md srae peculiarity of the char.
T r of tha rocky Wes and the ronnstioa
be. upon one cca.ioa.tfae imprt-lon of
to' ,t, ... . ... , , , , . .
am! breathless; iten s new ware would
iweep ep, debasing like the soft brraihlag
of u orsptpe, rlxioz to tbe swell cf a
htm aac chain; with tbe aTertoae of the
j oetaTe tLc rreat sounds swelling en. and
i -" ttT
ceatlnr.
! &nt misiloa station on Use west side'
BictIn4 &cx roa the cocntry, speak
01 tbrTe bea; a rssrkea dlSersrice la Use
t4u snd belief of the tribes en the rt
Bd the wtit Hes cf thr like. Thoa cc
the wett are reported as great worshippers
Imtre aod iilol, whlU oa th ea.
The tastes cf the tribe ia the former c
tlos. whleh th-7 call JfHui. meanlsg
apirit, are la Imitation of tbe hnmaa Srare.
. . , . ...
that be msy th rebydonisch towards cirO--
' ixint the nttlres of that eosstrT;
There are at the present time.
thirty
E'ua OhelUks, at rariou polcu fa Eai
been dicnrered is the Miuffrtard qearter
by a Paritiaa ArchieaIogUt.who hsa refaaed
the Offer of a large sum of moeey for then.
There ti a coal mhre near Coal CaJtie.
Schuylkill County, New York, that has
beea burning forty Ave veaia, and aaotiW
in Mauch Chunk, in same Sufc, fur weaty.
Ave rears, notwithstanding that rut fesas
Ot" mooef have been expended ia fraiUest
efforts to extinguish tbe flamea ia each.
A learned professor II U el berg, re
seat numernos tttc, thowbg tht
railway, engineers are sot oaly readered
colorblind by rcasoa of their occapatiec..
bat are peculiarly sahject to affectioBS of
the ear which sight OasprotniM tka aafetx
of travelers.
The mammoth stone light-hoese oa FSbt
Point (Taajoair Xoeloac) Java, at thai ee.
trance to the Strait of Sends, septraUsg;
Jara and Samatra, waa reccatly throwat
to be the first iBStaace of the kiaa oa rets.
ord.
The opening of the Saea Caaal. it k said,
has lrcreied Ihe ralafaM- fa tha Mrrewaj.
in? co an try to a reas ark able axteeL la that
ectioa, prerioas to 1376. rata seMons fell
mora than oeca ur twice a year, watts aew
at least tro gic ralna fait each mouth.