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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-02-22
Sherif's Sale.

BY virtue Of writ of ven de terris to direc-
ted issued out of the Court OF Common Pleas of Mon
county, will expose to sale at Public Vendue,
Saturday, the 24h day Of February, 1877,
at o'clock in the afternoon, the Court House. in
the Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe county the
following described real estate, to wit:
certain lot or piece of land in Chestnuthill town
ship, in said County, containing
20 Acres,
or less, adjoining lands of James Smith, Nathan
Laufer Charles Hufsmith and Samuel Seger about Is
acres cleared, balance good Timber Land. The public
road leading from MechancsYille to Philpsburg,
passes along the same.
Seized and taken in execution the property of
Alfred Heiney, and to be sold by for cash.
JACOB K. SHAFER Sheriff.
Sherif's Office. Strouds5ayg, /
FeDTusry g. 1877.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
BARBARIAN

A good story is told OF well-known Broad
street broker, who, on his way home from
the club the other evening, managed to &C.
cupy considerably more than twe-thirds OF
the Madison avenue sidewalk. In this pre-
dcament he was met by two seedy indvid-
uals, who first relieved him OF his watch,
and then tumbled him over into the snow.
As he lay there shouting for help, two other
individuals came along and inqnired: what's
the NATTER" Why" said the broker, ''here
Pve-hic-been robbed of my-hic-watch. y
"Didn't take your money?.' asked the stran-
gers. ''Don't know said the broker, feel
ing in his breast pocket for his wallet. mo,
here 'tis-hc-money is all right "Well,
We'll take that, then, ''said the strangers, as
they seized the wallet and disappeared
around the first corner Commercial Adper-
tiSer
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
The Constitutionalitv the of Bill.

The constitutio itity OF tie electoral bill
is gravely questioned by some OF the ablest
judicial minds of The country. Judge West,
of Bellefonte, Ohio, has written an opinion.
to Attorney General Taft, which is summa-
rized by the Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette, as follows:
Judge West holds that the pending propo-
sition of the Joint Commission, ignores the
presidents and opinions OF the past century,
and thinks that the hot haste of its advocates
to secure its adoption renders it impossible
to give it the consideration its novelty and
startling gravity demand 1t can never have
more than the dignity and authority of
statute, and as such may not be free from
constitutional lnfirmity. The propriety of
members OF judicial court considering and
passing upon the consttutionality OF stat
ute, under which they havesaccepted and ex-
ercised Offices and the functions of a politi-
cal court, says Judge West, does not forcibly
impress the understanding. lie thinks the
sixth section Of the bill, which comedies the
rights of the defeated claimant 20 the Presi-
dency to appeal from the decision of the
Commissioners is a deluson and a mockery,
because majority OF the court before whom
such a question may come for final adjudica-
ton will, as members of the Commission,
have already prejudged the case This Com
mission is q tribunal unknown to the Con-
stitution, its jurisdiction is limited. the quail
ificato2s of its members are that they must
hold other official positions, and that they
are to be elected by Congress. While the
second article of the Constitution provides
that ''all officers OF the United States, whose
appointments are not herein otherwise pro-
vided for and which shall be established by
law, shall be nominated by the President.''
The President, courts, and heads Of Depart
| ments are given the constitutional capacity
| to become repositories of the appointing
| powers. The method Of appointing this
| Commission ignores all constitutional repos.
itories, and vests it in Congress. hitherto ex-
cluded. By bringing in the Supreme Court,
| we have either the anomalous spectacle Of
| members of the Senate and House eScrcis-
| ing the jurisdiction OF the judiciary, or the
equally anomalous spectacle OF the Supreme
Court exercising the functions of legisla-
/ tor. Either assumption is absurd. The Con.
stitution prohibits any Senator or Represen-
tative from acting in any Office which shall
be created during the time for which he is
elected, and no person holding an office iln-
der the United States, shall be u member OF
either House of Congress. If this Commits
sion is not civil office, what is it? Judge
West argues these points atlength, and pre-
sents many other new ideas and objections
TO this measure. n
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

At the Wilson Memorial meeting at Nat
lick, Mass, Oh Wednesday evening, the Rev.
Samuel Hunt said OF the late Vice President.
''In speaking OF public men, or more espec-
tally OF eaders, he used to say that the ma
tiol did not depend upon any one man. or
tenmen, or fifty, or ahundred. The strength
OF the Government and the safety Of the
natlon' he would say in substance, lie not
with Its public men, but with the people.
Sometimes, in a more desponding mood. he
would pnt similar thought in, another form
and speak OF the comparative Importance OF
pub ic men, We arelike soldiers, he would
say, on the field of battle; when one falls the
fanks close up and the rest push on, leaving
their dead comrades abandoned and forgot.
ten. The cause, and not it's defenders. i
what tile nation regards
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

A servant girl who was admonished by her
mistress to be very careful in ''washin up
the best tea-things, was overheard shortly
afterwards INDUCING in the following solilo-
guy while in the act of wiping the sugar ba-
sin. ''If was to drop this ere basin, and
catch it, l supposed shouldn't catch it; bnt
IL was to drop it, and wasn't to catch it,
reckon | should just catch it,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

B. 0. Holloway, Trial Justice appointed
by Gov. Chamberlain of South Carolina, was
assassinated in his own door on the 29th, by
unknown parties. Considerable excitement
followed the announcement md collision
between The whites and blacks threatened.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
gnRtrp.
OUR RIGHTS.

BY JENNIE BECKER.
wonder what our rights may be.
The mystery grows more deep;
For everywhere some can't agree
What each may plainly keep;
For arguments are risky things
Which turns on pivots small.
And every time the last one brings
A weight that turns them all.
/ wonder why the wrong sometimes
Can counterfeit the right
With such success that error twines
Its tendrils round itquite.
Until the two as closely grown
Inseparably seem.
And neither are quite fully known
Till Jesus comes between
I wonder why delusive lights
Along the broad highway
Such consistences invite -
And hold such mighty sway;
II self stands in, the open door
None others enter there
Long. long must Justice loud implore,
Ere she will hear her prayer
l wonder. if we really knew
Wherein our rights consists.
II we would Justice always strew
In such world as this;
For virtue meets such poor returns
The weak faint by the way,
And great the faithful heart that burns
Its incense all the day
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

Leave Washington at 2:10 a. m, Alexandria 2:45
q. M and make connection at Danville daily with
South and Southwest.
Leave Washington 8:l0 a M, Alexandria 8:45
m, and connect at Lynchburg to Memphis, Little
Rock and Texas, and to Atlanta and all points in
the South, and via New Orleans to Galveston and
Southern Texas: Also connect with Chesapeake
Ohio East and West.
Leave Washington at $50 p. m, Alexandria at
1880 p. M, get to 6ofdonsvie at 2:30 a. m, and
connect with Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad west
ward to Huntington, Cincinnati and all the North
west, eastward to Richmond and beyond.
For MANASSAS DIVISION leave Washington
at $40 daily, except Sunday, and get to Stras-
arrive at Alexandria at p. m.
For WARRENTON leave Washington daily at
$40 q. H.sas ,
Trains from South striving at Washington at
1856 n.1ns,S p. m and 1158 p, M make good con-
nections with Bait. & Ohio and Bait. s. Potomac
trains to Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York,
and to all points North and northwest.
Accommodation leaves Alexandria for Gordons-
willie Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. at $50 m
and leaves Gordonsville for Alexandria Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, at a
~ PULLMAN SLEEPER daily without change,
between washington and New Orleans, leaving
Washington at 2:l0 a. m.
Through tickets to the South and West at low.
est rates.
G. j. FoREAcRE. Genl Manager.
J. III. BROADUS.
General Ticket Agent. dec I.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
HOteLS.
A MERICA HOTEL.
~ STA UNION, "a.
Change of Management.
N. NJ. CARTMELL.
PROPRIETOR

The management OF this Hotel has changed
hands and is now being put in thorough repair
being remodeled and refurnished.
Situated near the Chesapeake Ohio Railroad
Depot and accessible to the business part of the
city, will make it desirable for transient visitors
and especially for the Travelling Commercial men
1t is well ventilated and delightfully."- cool in
Summer, which will make it pleasant resort fol
those seeking comfort and health.
1S> Terms Will be moderate and special rates
Will be made fol- Commercial men.
Omnibus to a nd from the Hotel free of charge
~ Livery Stables attached to the Hotel Ga
jan 251y
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

Trains leaving Staunton at $40 a. m, and 1925
Q. m: run daily Except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations
The 645 q. m, Train connects at Cincinnati with
all the trunk lines West, Northwest and South
west.
Trains leaving Staunton at 5,45 a. m, and 1905
a. m run daily, stopping at all regular stations
between Huntington and Allegheny, and at Gov
fngton, Millboro', Goshen, Waynesboro Alton,
Greenwood. Mechqm's River. Ivy, Charlottes-
The $40 a. m Train connects at Gordonsville,
at Lilo p. m, with Va. Midland Train, arriving at
Washington 500 p. M. Baltimore 800 p. m. Phil
adelphia 3:20 q. m, and New York 625 a. m.
The 1905 a. m. Train connects at Gordonsvile at
$50 a. M with the Va. Midland Train, arriving at
Washington $50 a. M, Baltimore $3.50 M, Phila-
delphia lis p. M, and New York 4:05 p. m,
rives at Richmond at $50 H. connecting with
Richmond and Petersburg 1925 a. M, and Rich
mond and Danville $50 a. m-Trains for all points
in the South.
Pullman sleeping cars 545 m and
1905 a. M. trains between Richmond and Coving-
ton.
A4For rates. Tickets and information. apply to
J. 81. WOODWARD Agent Stanton, Va.
CONWAY R. HOWARD,
w. N. s. DUNN, G. p. s. Ticket Agent.
Engineer and Superintendent. dec21
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

1AENLES e. WHEAT,
GROCER AND PRODUCE DEALER,
at John B. Hoges old stand. on Augusta Street.
Having resumed my old business, I would re-
spectfully announce to my friends and the public,
that will keep everything usually found in
CITY FAMILY GROCERY.
My Stock will be select and complete, embra-
cling in part, the following:
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS, MOLASsES,
LARD, BACON, SALT, LEATHER,.&C
Thanking my friends for their liberal patron
age when in business before, will endeavor with
good goods at low prices, to give satisfaction,
and by strict attention to business, to merit a
renewal OF our old business relations.
TO- All Goods delivered Free OF Charge, -E#
Cash paid for Country Produce or taken in
exchange for goods. july l3-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

FURNITURE FURNITURE!!
MANUFACTURED BY
J.. A. Il Y. Nj. BICKLE,
No. 1s1, MAIN STREET, sTAUNToN, VA,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
such as
Cottage Bedstea DIS, Chairs, and
Staple Furniture,
| of every description.
| they use the best Dry Lumber and employ the
| All work warranted and sell at prices to suit
| the times,
AIlkinds of Metallic Cases and Caskets kept
constantly on hand, and Wood Collins, Cases and
Caskets, manufactured to order at the shortest
notice.
They have three elegant Hearses, and will at
tend funerals in the country without extra
charge. feb4-tf
READ THIS.
For sale at the old Tobacco stand, corner of
Main and Augusta streets. formerly occupied by
Armentrout. large and carefully selected Stock OF
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCos.
AT OLD PRICES.
Notwithstanding the increase of the prices Of
Revenue Tax, yet at this old stand you can buy
at the same low figures as heretofore.
Nineteen different kinds and styles open at Retail
Tobacco at 60c. per pound.
Tobacco at ice. per pound.
Tobacco at soc. per pound.
Tobacco at 90c. per pound.
Tobacco at $loo per pound.
Tobacco at 1.20 per pound.
Tobacco at l.30 per pound.
Tobacco at lao per pound.
Tobacco at 15c. per plug, old ana soand
Tobacco at zoe. per plug.
Tobacco at 25c per plug.
In addition to the above, keep a large stock of
all pgrades of Smoking Tohaeccs. rom scots per
pound to $500 per pound, and 10000 Cigars of
my own manufacture, fro@ $16 to $50 per thons.
and.
Don't forget the place. When you come to
town give me a call, and you will see thst. can
supply you with anything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices.
Respectfully,
mar25 CHAS. E. HAINES.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
Virginia IGoter,
STANTON. VA.
DEvERE HOUSE,
Il 4,

DEVERE HOUSE,
LII HarrfsOnburg. Va.
MRS. NJ. c. LUPTON, CHAs. E. LUPTON,
ProprietreSS. Manager
JAS. R. LUPTON and G. B. STROTHER. Clerks.
This well known Hotel has been entirely reno
waited and re-furnished.
ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST CLASS.
Every effort made to render satisfaction and to
make all our guests comfortable.
Omnibus to and from all trains. may lift
National Hotel,
IN Corner Of Sixth Street and Pa Ave.
WASHINGTON. d. C.
F. TENNEY s. CO., Projectors.
nov 2l-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
VIRGINIA LANDS FOR SALE

VIRGINIA LANDS FOR SALE
OR FOR RENT.
The undersigned has for sale hundreds of vaua-
BILE FARMS, COUNTRY-SEATS, MILLS, TIMBER
ED and MINERAL LANDS, MINERAL SPRINGS.
&C., &C., on the most reasonable terms To those
wishing to buy, come and see for yourselves and
TO those having properties to SELL if you can give
telear titles and do not hold your lands too high,
ness ten years, and never sold bad tit e. send
stamp for the Land Advertiser" Piedmont Land
Agency. DAVID d. NJ. DIGGES
june 6-6 Gordonsyille Va
p. S.-W..H. H. LYNN, will give all information
either in person or by letter, to parties desiring
to SELL Or BUY VALLEY LANDS, through my Agen.
cy. .ea DAVID ID. NJ DIGGES
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

NEW GOODS!
+. NJ. YOUNG has Just returned from Philadel-
PIMA aud Baltimore cities with the largest and
best selected stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS. CARPETS, r
LADIES AND MISSES SHOESf
UMBRELLAS, &C.,
ever brought to this market, and at prices to suit
the times. Give us a call, opposite the Masonic
Building.
Carpet Rooms up stairs move
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08

u. ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY.
STANTON VA.
Practices in all the Courts of Augusta. and ad-
Joining countless and in the U. S. District Court
at Harrisonburg.
Special attention paid to the collection Of claims
and prompt returns made. feb l7-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-02-08
On, Democracy

"Oh wad some powerf the giftie give US
To see oursels rs others see us,
1t wad frae monte blunder free us
And foolish notion
A Ut a
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
THE CONFLICT IN THE OLD WORLD

On the 9th, Sulieman Pasha made an
assault on the Russian position in schipka
pass at nine o'clock in the morning. The
battle which was sanguinary lasted until six
p. M; the enemy who were assailed on both
TANKS were unable to resist the attack and
the Turks gained possession Of all earthworks
at the opening of the dcfle. A telegram to
the London Times from Schumla says Sulie
man Pasha has captured nearly all the Rus
siad positions. The Russians lost 5000 killed
and wounded. The Standards dispatch from
Schumla says it is reported the Russians have
abandoned their works and that Sulieman
Pasha is pursuing them. The Russians still
hold Fort Nicholas, schipka pass. The Turks
are attacking the highest Russian positions
in the pass. A large number of Turkish
wounded are arriving at Adrianople.
Sulieman Pasha telegraphs on the 2Sth :
Our entrenched line of investment is only $50
PAGES from the cnemy's Notifications. We
still hold the commanding Alikridjibel heights.
The Russians are blockadcd on three sides.
Every effort is being made to complete the
blockade by cutting them off from the road
to Galcrova. The Russian forces have been
cruelty dccimatcd, and they have retired to
their fortified positions. Cannonadng and
outpost engagements are carried on inter
mittent'y. A telegram from the seat of war
states that Sulieman Pasha considers the tax
ing of Schipka pass from the front as hope
less, and will construct fortified camps in thu
village of schipka and Henker, and cross thu
Balkans through other passes, The Porte ha!
ordered the concentration of twenty Thousand
troops on the Timok frontier Of Servia, and il
! resolved to dcposc Prince Milan if Seryia be
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
English Society:
BLUEiEARTH.,?;5-. rs.

An American gentleman, whose frank
and delightful manners have for years
made him favorite in all countries, and
who has gone from house to-: house in
England as most popular guest, once
said to me, in his hearty way: "The rea-
son that Americans like the higher class
es in England is because they are the
only class among whom we find the man
ners to which we are accustomed. ! am
willing to acknowledge that 1 don't like
to associate with my own class in Eng
land, the mercantile class at home; its
members have no sclf:respect; they are
snobs; they boast of their money atthcir
dinner tables, and if they get a person OF
rank to dine with them it is like scene
Of Thackcray.<. No, no; an American is
used to associating with his equals, and
that is why, in England, he prefers the
aristocracy.'' ;.<-.lE
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
Latest Markets.
MILWAUKEE


GEAIN-Wheat, Mol, hard, s119; Mol 81. Il;
No. 2, $1.04; seller September $100%; seller
October, 9S1c; No. 5, 81 .05. Corn No. 2, 1870.
Oats, No: O. 27c. Rye, No. |, SIC. Barley, No
2, seller September, 6915@70c.
FLoUR-Low to fancy, $5@6.75; Minnesota,
$1:.75@800; common to fair do, $6.5O@7 80;
Minnesota patent, $S.00@9.00; winter extras,
$5.50@7.0O.
GRA1N-Whcat, No. 1, Chicago $11o: No. 2
Chicago, $110 cash; $1.09H @10915 seller
August; 99@991ac seller September; 9j94 @Ec
seller October; No. 3 Chicago 81 .0319 rejected,
SIC. Corn, 4s9Gc cash; 4299SS 299SSD4211ac seller Sep
tcmber; 4259c seller October; rejected, 4012c.
Oats, :911Gc cash; and seller September 2sX@
24c seller October; rejected, 19c. Rye, 62155c.
Barley, Csc.
Provisions 12.2715@12.3O cash and
seller September; s12.42119@l245 seller Octo-
Der; $11:95@12.00 seller the year: Lard,
$S.3O@s.3215c cash, and seller September
$S.40@S421 seller October. Bulk meats
shoulders 5396c; short rib, exc; clear rib z
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
"A strike Amlc0bly Hettled.

The strike, which was imminent among
The employees Of the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton Railroads, on account of the roads
lcngthening days run to ninety miles instead
of sxtysas before, without extra compensation
for the labor, has been quashed by the roads
acccding to the demands of the men who
waited in a body upon President Shoemaker
and explaining the situation to him. The
order for increased distance was thercupon
promptly revoked.
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
Reiurorcements ror Howard.

General Wesley Merritt has been Or
dercd to take command Of column Of cavalry
ofabout ten companies to rendezvous at camp
Brown, in the Wind river valley, whence they
will proceed northward to Nez Pcrces' trail.
He will have with him the wcll-known Fifth
cavalry, regiment that has proved uniformly
successful in fighting Indians. Five out of
seven companies of the ninth infantry, that
have been stationed at Omaha barracks left
on the 29th to relieve the cavalry companies
stationed at the various posts, in order that
they may join General Mcrritt's command.
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
Cooley's Boy and His Dog.

Cooley's boy had dog, which he had,
Upon seve-al occasions, made the subjf =;
OF ve.y interesting and instructive exper-
iment3. Originally the dogs tell lcurled
over his back; but Cooleys boy was pref
ud;ced in favor OF tsils that hung down
behind, so, after amputating the dogs
Til with ahatchet, he spent a whole morn
ing in trying to graft skate strap on the
stump. It was not courageous dog. It
would bark all night when nobody was
about, but if tramp came near the house
in the daytime, the dog would put the
skate strap between his legs, and go in
and lie down behind the stove. Cooley's
view was that he would prefer fighting
dog, and one day he read in paper that
a timid dog could be made brave by fill
ing his meat with gun powde:, and red
pepper. Accordingly he put about
quarter of pound Of pepper and little
powder into some meat, rolled it up in
kind of ball, and then tossed it to the
flash.
For few moments the animal seemed
contentcd. But presently he gave little
start, and then paused and looked around
TO see if any nything had happened. Then
he gave another Jump and began to as
su1ae ve-J solemn appearance. All Of
sudden he uttered sharp howl, and
began to circulate around the garden.
He went faster and faster, and Cooley is
willing to swear to at least four hunsred
revolutions minu><e.' Over the gooseber-
ry bushes, through the asparagus bed,
across the fences, among the bean poles
he flew Ti;9 fury, Swapping at Cooley as
setting them to cackling, and smashing
the vegetation into ruin. The louder
Cooley called to him to stop, the faster
he went, and at last Cooley got his gun
and tried to shoot him. He shot fifteen
times, ,and blew holes into his smoke-house
door, killed four chickens, and put half a
pound of quail shot into his Durham COW
but the dog still revolved, and went SO
fast that he looked like single streak Of
dog reaching all the way around the gar
den.
At last the animal ran against the
pump, and, being switched off his course
he dashed through the kitchen door
knocked down the stovepipe, whirled
into the dining room, across the table
smashing two dollars worth of crockery
burst through the open door to the parlo
and brought up against the mirror, which
he shivered to atoms. Then he fell o,
the Brussels carpet, had spssms arount
over the floor Tor an hour or two, and final
. ly expired with bis hind legs in tn
CRATE, and his head on forty dollar rug
which was covered with beef and red pep
per. They buried him at the roots of tn
/ Isabella grape vine, and Cooley's boy
, after recovering from the thrashing tia
, his father gave him with fence paline
finally came to the conclusion that as
: matter Of practical fact, red pepper an
/ gunpowder will not make dog anxiou
for war.
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06

It is related of Dunning, an English
Judge, that frequently, in the examina-
ton Of witnesses, he ''displayed great
coarseness, and drew upon himself the
animadversion of his brethren" On one
occasion, wishing to establish the iden-
tity of a person through the instrument
tality Of an unsophisticated old woman
Occupying the witness stand), the follow
The Worthington advance., 1877-09-06
A Texas Town Almost Entirely Ees-
trOyed.

On the afternoon of the 31st inst. a fire
supposed to have been started by an lnccndiary
broke out in Paris, Texas, and burned ten
solid blocks of buildings in the thickest settled
and most valuable portion of the city. The
loss is estimated at from one million to one
and nalf million of dollars, and many families
arc without shelter and destitute. Several
lives arc reported lost, but as yet only one
body has been recovered. The supposed in
ccndiary has been arrested aud lodged in Jail.