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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

KNIGHTS THNrLAa.--The grand annual as-.
sembly of the Grand Commaaaery of Knights
TempIar for Virginia will be held in the Me,
sons Hall, on Franklin street, to-day at ~
O'clock NJ, .s5 s.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

Santa Claus's headquarters at 4NToNI's.
Santa Claus's headquarters at ANToNIS.
santa Claus's headquarters ut ANToNTs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

NEVER GIVE UP THE SHIP. DR.. BULLS CoUGH-
SYRUP may cure you, as It has done others. lf
costs little, and can never harm. Price, 26 cents!
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

Look Out for Santa Claus at ANToNrs.
Look out for Santa Claus at ANToNI's.
Look out for Santa Claus ut ANToNfS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

ANToNI's, Main street; ANroafs, Main street.
ANToNI's, Main. street; ANTONI's, Main street.
AEToNI'S, Main street; ANT0NI's, Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

3 PRRsoNAL.-Hon. John x. Penn, state
Senator from Patrick county, arrived In the
city last evening. 81
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

Ho, for ANToNr, the prince confectieuer.
Ho, FOR AEToNI. the prince confecti oner.
Ho, for ANroSI, the prince confectioner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

ANNUAL PASSES for railroad and steamboa:
companies printed In first cless style at Dtspatch
printing-house
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

WEATHER STRIPS FOR doors and windows.
j. FL CAAFToS, Ninth street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17
MANCHESTER NEWS.

CHESTERFIELD County CoURr.--W Without
the transaction of any business this court
adjourned yesterday for the term.
STREET IMPRovEAENr.-The city bands:
and carts have been busy for the past few
days grading Decatur street from Twelfth to
FiftPanth ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

CALL EARLY and have your NEw-YEAR's CARDS
printed at the Dispatch printlng-house.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

NEw-YKAR's CARDs-beautiful desiSus--on 6ne
Bristol bolrd, printed ut Dispatcb printinghouse.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

A GooD SHowINe.-There has not been q
criminal before the Mayors Court for the.
past two days.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

NOTARY APPOINTED Kemper
yesterday appointed George II. Giles no
tary public for the city Of Richmond.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

Trr vs.7HER ToDAr.-f'o@' oar f's
.,,-,. - mo,.n,no he probabilities are TIC"
=, ...,scr today wiH be ciesssy, 'o'ta rd'"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

r,v,vr,7uEa YESTERDAY was partly cloudy
ai,.r with m.lder temperature and rain
3, hIEht. ,.,,, oa.
n i"!' y rnce,uJ.y- l6. 1874.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17
CHRISTMAS GOODS.

The weather continues fair, and the publi
spirit grows brighter as the festivities ap
proach. From sll appearances, the day o
days will be joyfully hailed. Familiar will
sorrow and trouble, Injured to trial, anG
ehastened by amiction, the people are all the
better prepared to celebrate the advent of the
revelation which installed charity as chieI
among the virtues and enshrines the
sentiments which make men more mild
and tractable to men and subdue the harsher
and more unkindly feelings Of human na.
ture. Yes, 1t is true; the South can at least
bail Christmas with unalloyed satisfaction.
The gentle virtues nourished by genius OF
the season have not shope With proper ibe-
rality towards Us from abroad, but that can
not diminish the delight of displaying them
In our community towards one another.
These things but add zest to our pleasures,
and We will probably feel them with more
than ordinary enthusiasm. "After sorrow
JOY"
We continue our notices Of seasonable
goods and where they may be had.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17
q1ithmond nlspatth,

1--WE CIRCULATION or TIE DIS
r,rca IS LARGER THAN THE ooAsRNhn
,,, ,rp,S or ALL THE OTHER DAn9
,.susrArERs OF THE CITY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-17

.,7,.pSn:y .DEGEMBER II, 1874.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

SWIMMING. Did you ever notice how
long it takes boys hair to dry when he
has run away and gone in swimming? It
is painful TO be boy, with mother Who
is constantly in fear lest you be brought
home from the river on board The
boy is commanded net to 60 la swim.
ming, and he swears he won't, but he lies
ike a little cuss. He thinks he will 20
in and not get his hair wet. and no one
viii know it, but just as he gets ready to
come out Of the water big boy ducks
him, and then he swcars, and when he
crawls in the back window at 10 o'clock
at night, his mother, with pressboard
hid in the folds Of her dress. Is the first
obatacle he encounters. Does she be-
lieve him when he tells her he has Just
been over to Jimmy Lvnde's practcing
with the first nine" Of a sunday school
class? No She feels Of his hair, finds
it wet, smells Of it aud finds it musty, and
finds his shirt wrong side out. Then she
spits on her hands, and with the press
board so works upon tender sensibilites
that he goes to bed with his hand on his
aching neart, wishing he was half or
phan, and be dreams he is u stern. wheel
boat, running backwards and that be has
colIided with barge loaded with bcnzine
and set it on fire The best way for a
boy to get along, at this season OF tho
year, is to have his hair shingled.
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MISCELLANY.
An Old Lawyers story,

A great many years ago, while was
comparatively young man, aud still un-
married, resided in certain city OF
Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the reputation
of being the ccverest lawyer ever known
there. 1t is not for me to say the praise
was merited, but / certainly found my
self able to discover loop-holes Of escape
for those whom | defended, which sur
prlsed even my fellow lawyers. pos
sesscd by nature those qualities which
would have made an excellent detective,
and | was a thorough student Of the law
There was no mystery about it, but
among the more ignorant classes had
gained reputation for more than human
| knowledge Perhaps it was not polite
for them to say that the devil helped, but
! they did.
| However, l began to tell you about
Madame Matteau.
She WAS an old lady, who owned lit
tie house in the suburbs Of the city She
herself was OF American birth, but her
husband had been Frenchman, and SO
the title Madame had been bestowed up.
on her She was now widow, and her
daughter Gabrielle and son Henri were
her only living relatives. Her income
was but slender, and she eked it ont by
taking few boarders, generally steady
old people who had known her for many
wears. These respected and liked her
but the city generally had a prejudice
against her. There had been two sud
den deaths in her house Each time the
victim was a stranger who came at night,
and was found dead in his bed in the
morning Each time the jury was divi-
dea--some believing that strangulation
was the cause of death, some that the
man had died in fit.
1T was terrible thing that two such
deaths should have occurred beneath her
roof Madames friends piticd her. The
rest OF the little world limited that these
were strangers. and their trunks, with no
one knew what amount Of money and
other valuable property, remained in
Madames possession, NO one said she
wasa murderess. but every one said it
was every strange, in an odd tone, and
no one since that second death had visit.
ed Madame Matteau
myself-perhaps because | had ad
mrcd her great deal, and her daughter
much more-had always insisted that it
was merely coincidence, and that in a
world in which apoplexy and heart dis
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28
POETRY.
For the
WHY =?
BY EDW ARD.

While we travel along mid ae scenes us sur
! rounding
And watch the weird crowdas it surges us
by,
What a strange, what curious feeling i,
bounding
Our hearts swiftly through as we query " Oh
why 2"
We would know why it is In our life's lone
meand'rings,
There's nought save Of woe that e'er comes
to our heart,
Why it is that the friends by our side, thro
their pan'drings,
Can win from the world ofitsrys full thei'
part?
How we toll and we sweat, in our labor un
ceasing.
To win from the world the support it us
owes.
While we feel. and we know that each hour
is Increasing,
The weight of our troubles, the growth o.
our woes.
BY my side as | write, man young is now
standing,
Who knows not trouble, who's ne'er felt 9
woe,
And 1t seems as if all that he touch'd at his
'manding.
Was changd cen to gold, that brings bliss
here below
He's as reckless and wild in his business trans
actings,
As one can well be, who will risk on the
die
All he has in this world and yet all his enact
ings,
Seem fraught with success, will somebody
tell why?'
I'm as zealous,I know, as was man in my call
ing,
Aid yet never comes to my side the mad
dame"
To release from the grasp of the woes e'er
enthralling.
And yet by the side OF my friend is the
same.
What strange, oh, my heart, what an envi-
Gus feeling,1i
Finds way to my soul as | inward rep!ne,
As murmur at Him whose blest will He's
revealing,
And bids me remember the flats Divine.
Tell me why the grim monster just now has
been taking.
A pure, sainted gir' from my side adored {?
viii you please tell me why, my poor heart
was so quaking,
With woe as 4 gave her 9~rc ecal to the
Lord?
Tell me why, as laid in her last long repo-
sing
The girl who had been the sole charm of my
life,
| could lock with a calm on the clods inter-
posing,
Between my lone footsteps, and earths wca-
ry strife ?
Far away 'yond the skies, where our dear
ones are joying
And PRAYING fore'r for the lov'd ones below.
There's place where the cares of the earth
cease annoying.
Where joy, oh, how blest. is untainted with
woe.
In the mansions of rest, that bliss ecr is re-
vealng,
That tears do forever estrange from the eye.
Theirs Joy that for'er will DER us be steal
ing.
And tell to us each what we'll there learn
"wnY?"
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

the black Goals. and flung forked tongues
tipped with yellow tints, into the roem.
There was nothing cheerful about the
stove though it was Of that open style
now called Franklin Yet l drew chair
to ward it from habit, and sat with my
feet upon the hearth. do not know
how long sat there. Suddenly ! became
aware that was not myself. / was los
ing my senses. If unseen hands had
been casped about my neck, and an un-
seen knee had beer pressed against my
chest, my sensations could not have been
different.
A thought Of the evil spirit, which my
friend had suggested, family struggled
into my mind As staggered to my
feet noise like the roaring of the sea
was in my ear The flames Of the candle
turned TO great yellow blue. barely
retained strength enongh to stagger to
the window and fling it open. The fresh,
cold winter air rushed in at il. 1t gave
me intense pain, but il relieved me. Ina
moment more was able to Chamber out
Of It upon the shed below.
There remained until the day-dawn.
w ith my returning senses the truth came
TO me. That which had murdered the
three men who slept before in the blue
chamber was nothing more or less than
the coal stove.
1t was provided with what 10 called &
danger, and this in being caught IN a
manner which closed it sent the poison
Gus gas into the room. 1t had been
kinded as wood fire would have been
at the hour of retiring, by one ignorant
of the danger possible from coal gas.and
they had sept never to awaken. Had |
thrown myself upon the bed,I also should
have been found dead at daylight, in all
human probability.
As for the tact that neither doctor nor
coroner discovered the truth, have but
to say that they were not deeply scientif
ic men-tha, coal stoves were scarcely
used in the place, and that 1t had not been
mentioned that the blue chamber was
thus heated
OF course rejoiced the household BY
my discovery next morsing, and equally,
Of course Madame Mattcau, who was
not only freed from suspicion, but be
came the object of universal sympathy.
She was always grateful to me. and she
proved her gratitude by giving what !
soon asked for, the hand Of her daughter
Gabrielle in marriage.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

GREEN TOMATO PICKLES. TO every
gallon of sliced tomatoes add 2 table.
spoonsful of salt, and let it stand over
night Do not pour off the liquor. but
add / pound Of sugar, pint grated
horseradish, 2tablespoonsful Of mustard.
Put weight on top and set near the 6re
or in warm place until they become
sour, when they should he kept cool.
The Juice Of the tomato forms the vine
gar, and if some are partly ripe It is all
the better. No scum rises on the top,
and they will keep long time.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28
Manhood ; How Lost, How Re-
stored

Yrsr published, a new edition of DR.. CuLvEhwttLL :
d CELeBRArgD Essay ON the radieqt cur, lwi.ho"
irinr1 Of Spermatorrhea or Seminal weakness,
inyoIuntnry seminal losses. lmpotency, mentai anu
nbvsicaI Inca pacty impedimen,s to marriage, gtf.
also. Consumption, Epilepsy ana u.s. '"'"''' "
n.y- price in sealed envelope only 9 cents. .,
The celebrated author, in thls admlr9oe ssG essS
ioarly demonstrates from thirty years successful
that the alarming consequences OF sen
nav be radically cured without the dangerous uss o
,srool medicine or the application OF the sniie
naintina ont mode of cure at once simple certan,
nd etfectual By means Of which every suuerer, ne
m ptter what his condition may pe' may ou'o "'H''''
nheapiey, privately. radically:
This iscure should be in the hands OF every
yVSu.u mnder seaI In a plain envelope. to any ad
Dress, post.paid on receipt of cents or two post
stamps. ,r,
h""''s' CHARLES j. c. KLINE & Co
.,27,u l27 Bowery, MY, p, O. Boz +ose
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

TOMATO WIxE. Take any quantity Of
fully ripe tomatoes, wash and press from
them the juice, strain, and to every gal
lon add pounds crushed sugar; let
stand until it is done fermenting. keeping
the cask filed with fresh Juice and sugar
as above. When done fermenting, draw
off without ,agitation, and bottle. Will
be prime in six TO twelve months. The
yellow tomato makes white vine with
a yellow tinge; the red a darker colored
wine, of course
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

WORMS IN DRIED FRUIT r-Housekeep
ers and others are much troubled to keep
their dried fruit free from worms A
contemporary says that handful Of sas-
safras bark sprinkled through bushel Of
fruit is q preventive from this pest
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28
rv A gentle Quaker had two hors

EE- A gentle Quaker had two horses,
very good and very poor one. When
seen riding the latter. it turned out that
his better half had taken the good one,
Whatp said a sneering bachelor, how
comes it that you let your wife ride the
better horsei' The only reply was:
Friend, when thee be married thecll
know"
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

EI- Prof. Muggins having carefully
examined the comet" by the assistance
OF several powerful glassss--at least two.
thirds full--is fully satisfied that It is =
+" straggler" from somo drove--conse.
duently "nameless.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

GC Japanese civilization has progress.
ed so far that they now allow . oriminal
his choice between being sawed up, be.
headed or hung.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

ffr The fool seeketh to pick . ~
from mules hind leg. The wise man
letteth OFT the job to the lowest bidder
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

Fer An old cynic says: with many
women, going to church is little better
than looking into a bonnet shop.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28

Special notices double the above rates. Edi-
,oria notices 20 cents per line tor the first and
N cents for each additional insertion. All
transient advertisements cash in advance
Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed
5lines free, over five 20 cents per line.
Cards or communications of personal
.baracter. if admissible atall. double the usual
stes and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates. for Congress OF
tate Offices. $500. County officers. $1,000
Editorial notices, % cents per line.
Iearly advertisements. paid quarterly in
1yance. Legal and transient advertisements
he paid for when left at the Office.
All Job Work, to be paid for on delivery.
Adj lress all letters and communications to
is. DuNHAM. Editor and Proprietor.
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FRAT { R NAL.
MASONIC.
Eastern Star Degree

u,IrE regular meeting of Van Buren, Constellation
l Va, Eastern Star Degree of Adopted M W. son son
! o Ho beid nj Masonic Hall, Van Buren, the Thurs
!, in or next proceeding each full moon at F3o
icp "hg n m Members of the Order in good standlh!
are respectfully invited TO attendn,o u,4-o,
Miss Matte ilINKLE, See.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28
10. O. f.

CRAWFORD LODGE, No, G, Of ODD EELLoMa,
meets every Friday, at o'clock, L. NJ al ther
Uali over GEORGE AUsrGN's store.
wM DOWLIN, n. q.
j. W. CARY. Sec.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-28
Van Buren, Encampment.

kNvAN BUREN ENCAMPMENT, No. ii i,31, i,3c,vs w. p;
essa month, at Oll Fellows Nall Van Bu1ee; Hxxvnv
y ha hoesHWSp9' Z W r. Il. MsKraars "T Tras
|CHARLEs RIBLING, J. w. - cy Oh
march 9,l6i j. W. tAhl' Sefioe'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-17
Marx Wineland's

OLD ESTABLISHED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HOUSE,
On Main Street Frostug opposite Mcha Pastoral Residence
Having closed cargo Goods Of all kinds
and elaborate qualities and quantities goods
the State this side Of Baltimore such as Black
Silks French Menos Cmeres Cloths Popn Bradford Red
ngoe Goods and prices way down.
Ottoman Reversible Striped Shaw Silver Ticket Plaid and plain long
extremely low prices The well known Paisley rohy Shaw
ranging 5 5 $40 $50 and $50 only be found at my Store
of Holiday Goods comprised of Ladies and Gents Silk and
and Ties Silk and Linen Iandkerchef put excellent
beautiful oxitd and shell boxes admirably for Christmas
imported directed from Europe also large collection of Jewey
Finger Rings Watches and Albums to ALL which would
call special attention
READY MADE CLOTHING for Men, Boys Youths Chlrenal
tode goods carefully selected selling small profit
Judges will bear testimony that they buying cheaper from me
houses which profess to be selling them at cost
Hats Caps Children sScsal can be supplied
n Hosiery 1000 dozen in stock to select from.
Oil Cloths DID, the largest and cheapest stock town.
25 peces received this week at panic prices
Vaena Rans 90 boxes Ctron and Lemon Peel 5000
and best qualities Sugars Teas aud Cofees arrived
No back down in Soap; 90 bars still for one dollar
All best highly ground and fancy Flour should at call
and buy a barrel
canned and dried Fruit ees and Preserveeny in stock
Quenswae Cdarware Clocks Feathers &C., in endless varieties
nado the above have established the of Storeroon
TABLE where all kinds goods moving freely as deslr-
will be reduced to specially low
and
and visiting the invited to call and
They will find all represented and best accom-
mediation all. ..,,,--,r
Dec - hAl'[A "lNHl4AI>D'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-17
Executive ConAmittee-Spe-


ciaI Session. special meeting OF
the Executive Committee of the Miners
Union was held in Frostburg Wednesday,
14th inst.
In the abs ence of the President Mr.
THOMAS ROONEY, presided, assisted by
Mr.. JOHN MEAGER, Vice President.
The object of the meeting was to con-
slider the grievances at Phoenix and Frank
lin mines, the agents at these mines hay
ing notified the men employed there that
on and after January 9TH they would have
only two tons per car. Hitherto they had
two tons two hundred weight
The President thought it proper to call
the attention of the Executive Committee
to this matter.
The first propo sition was to obtain the
opinion of each delegate upon the subject.
This was done in accordance with instruc-
tons from those they represented. The
result shows that q majority favored con
tinuancc of work for the present by the
Phoenix and Franklin miners at two tons
per car.
After lengthy discussion, Mr.. E. NJ
DAVIS proposed that the Phoenix and
Franklin miners be sustained at two tons
two hundred weight. Seconded by JOHN
B. REESE.
Mr.. THOMAS BROWN moved as an amend
ment that the miners of said mines work
on at two tons, and not put more than
this amount on car-under rather than
overland if they thought they had not
justice done them, then put check weigh
boss in the weigh Office. Seconded by Mr.
JOHN MCCATHoN. Carried.
Three newspaper representatives were
before the Committee, and submitted prop
ositiors with reference to representing
the miners interests of this section. These
were referred to the branches and a sclec-
ton will be ratified at the next Convention.
A vote of thanks was rendered MIR. DO.
SEPT WEIR, of Hampshire mines for his
services to the Union.
No other business appearing, convention
adjourned to meet in Frostburg, February
It'll next THOMAS ROONEY, President.
JOHN A. THOMAS, Secretary.
Cumberland Duty Times and Piedmont
independent please copy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-17

Look Out for the Sign of the Golden
Boot The undersigned having procured
one of the finest Stitchmcn in the county is
now prepared to manufacture the finest
and neatest Boxtocd Boots and Caters ever
made in Frostburg at the lowest Cash
price. Opposite the Post Office Frost
burg WIN COOPER
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-17

Progrcss.-Messrs. Gnoss, NICKEL
& Bro, having completed their large Fur
niturc Factory Building, are now eNpec-
ting the arrival of the machinery. The en-
ginc is already in position prepared fol at
tachment to the machinery.