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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26
The State Debt.

! The Richmond Wing of a recent date has
| the following in reference to the State Debt,
| and the views recently advanced BY Hon. A.
| Fl. II. Stuart
/ For five years the State finances have
been steadily drifting from bad to worse.
The first twelve months Succeeding the pas
sage of the Funding bill demonstrated be-
yond contradiction the falsity of the esti-
mates upon which that measure was based.
Its advocates had assumed a state of affairs
which had no existence, and had buildetl
upon them future impossible of realization.
The revenues of the State have failed yearly
by froSfi six to eight hundred thousand dol
lars td tbeet the demands upon the treasury
for current expenses and interest, and the
consequence is rate OF accumulation which
will, If not checked, soon restore the debt to
the proportions of 1870.
10 say that no provision was made to COW
er the annual deficit does not correctly de-
scribe the situation-none has been, or is
contemplated That sentiment which we
have characterized as self-convicted, has
been and is content to deal in empty decla-.,
nation about the ''honor and integrity of
the State, while subscribing to policy of
non payment which amounts to practical
and can only event,late in avowed repudia-
ton. .o
In recent letter MI. A. II. H., Stuart
treats this subject with great length and
care. He was elected to the last General
Assembly with reference to his views upon
this particular subject. Upon arriving in
Richmond he was made chairman of the FL
nance Committee Of the House Of Delegates.
He brought to his task faith in his own tlleo-
ries and in the ability of the State to pay her
existing obligations. What has been the re-
suit?
The debt is larger by million and a-half
OF dollars than when Mr.. Stuart was elected
to the Legislature, and the deficiency for
this year, without including the money ia
ken from and still due the school fund, must
be in the neighborh0od OF three quarters of
q million. And still Mr.. Stuart thinks that
with proper management something can be
done to prevent a further piling up of the
public burdens. How? After placing the
expenses at a figure which experience by no
justifies, after stating the debt at an
amount smaller by five millions than it is,
after arbitrarily allowing four per centum of
interest on the peeler bonds, which are le-
gally entitled to six, Mr.. Stuart proceeds
graveIy to announce that a tax of sixty-six
and two-thirds cents upon the hundred dol
lars would enable the State to pay expenses &
and carry the interest so calculated. That
is, giving him the benefit Of a method of cal
culation which is altogether faulty, he still
is forced to confess to a deficiency, land to
the necessity of raising the rate of taxation
IS the only way 10 provide for it," Nor is
this all, for in the same document Mr.. Stuart
admits that the landed interest can bear no
increase.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

Miss Kate Kelley of Decatur, ILL.,, was
stung in the mouth by bee recently, and so
rapid did the poison take effect that she was
dead in eight minutes. ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

Dan Goettal, aged about 25 years, has re-
tired as a broker from the Oil City Exchange
with s165,O00, all Of which he made in two
years.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26
VIM. Patrick,

w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY,
STAUNTON, VA. - q,
Will practice in all the Courts of Augusta and
Circuit Courts Of the adjoining counties.
Prompt attention given to collecting claims.
Office on Augusta Street, opposite Court House
sept lilly q! $40 ,Gflt
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

WrM B. HARRISON, G.-f
STAUNTON, VA,
Practices in the courts Of Augusta and adjoln.
ing counties. Na@a .@ s9h
Particular attention paid to the collection OF
claims and prompt returns made. ..llt 81 &-s
oFFICE-opposite Circuit Clerks office and
above the Law Library. s june 8-tf
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VOL. XII.
Railroads..
FROM srAuNToN-wEsTwARD

fyhesapeakc and Ohio lsalirOsd.-On and
" after Monday, June 4th, 1877, Passenger Trans
will run as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

DrestOn A. Baylor, s.- ,as I,
i ATTORNEY AT Law,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
STAUNTON, VA. 1.
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and adjoin-
ing Counties
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd, Augusta street,
opposite the Courthouse. nov 10-ly
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

LEX. f. ROBERTSON, iE'e
N FL ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STANTON, VA.
Will practice in the Courts OF Augusta and adjcin-
ing counties.
Special attention given to the collection of claims
and prompt returns made. rl
"a OFFICE-No. Z, Burns Building, Augusta
Street. Sept. 81. 76-tf.
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miscellaneous.

| r. N Pool, President, C. H. VANDERFoRD, Treas'r
P.B. DELANY, Sec s. Supt C. E. HAAS, Attorney
BOOTH & GARRETT.
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

r M. QUARLEs,
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices In all the Courts of Augusta and adj
joining counties, and in the us. District Court
at Harrisonburg. '4.r Ell s41
Special attention paid to the collection OF claims
and prompt returns made. feb 17-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

Trains leaving Staunton at 1870 a. m. and 3SF
p. m. run daily except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
Trains leaving Staunton at 2,55 a. M, and BE
a. m run daily, stopping at all regular stations
between Huntington and Allegheny, and at Coy Coy
Greenwood Mediums River, Ivy, Charlottes-
vile, Gordonsville, Junction and Richmond
A passenger coach attached to Freight train
runs between Waynesboro' and Goshen, leaving
stanton at $50 A. NJ. and arrives at Goshen Il
M, stopping at all intervening stations This
train makes connection at Goshen for Lexington.
Sleeping cars run on 2:55 a. and 12:l5 a. III
trains between Richmond and Covington.
For further information, rates, &C., apply to
J. H. WOODWARD, Ticket Agent, Staunton, Va
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
W. M. S. DUNN, G. ?. & Ticket Agent.
Engineer and Superintendent.
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StN1dRt0n advertisements.

r A. LEONARD,
y. CUTTER AND TAILOR.
Opposite j. W. Abby & Co.'S Clothing House,
NEW STREET, STANTON, VA,
offers his services to the public and is prepared
to guarantee perfect fit in all cases.
Go All Work Warranted. ga
He formerly cutter at the Merchant Tailor
ing establishment of Nicors, 143 Bowery and III
Nassau ST., New York may 3-Sin
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

ROBERT L. PARRISH, VIM. B. MCCHEsNEY,
Covington, Va. Staunton. Va.
PARRISH & McCHESNEY,
L MISUNDERSTANDING,
STAUNToN, VA.
Will practice in all Courts holden in Augusta
county.
~ Prompt attention given to collections.
OFFICE on Augusta Street, opposite Court
house. nov IL
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wv c.. yIRG. MIDLAND & G. s. r. R.-JNo
w. s. BARBOUR, Receiver.
on and after Monday, June 9th, 1877, Passen-
ger Trains will run as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

O*ver the Alleghafaes and Across the Praires, Per-
sonal RecoLLcctio,as Of the Far West md toenty
gears ago. By John Lewis Peyton. London: Simp-
kim Marshall & Co. ~
1.-THE american CRISIS, or Pages from the Notebook
of State Agent during the sCigiL War By John
Lewis Peyton, B. L. OF the University OF Virginia.
Fellow OF the Royal Geographical Society OF Great
Britain, etc. Late nt.-Colonel 18th N G. of Chi
cago. London Saunders, Otley & Co.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21

Church Director
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
EFpOsa gReeI's Greek.
REEDS CahsK. ARK, Sept. 10th.

REEDS CakEK, ARK, Sept. 10th.
am subscriber to your paper,
and in reading it | see correspond
ence fronfTiiT9arts Of the county
but this. We are the ones to blame.
Thorc are plenty Of men here that
could get up a good note for our
county paper, and | think it our
duty to wcrS' for cur own paper,
ard t2 g g{ra,f. a h be .inlter2stts AQt oNy
own c0untT. AS for the county OF
Sharp, there has been many dark
clouds Of gloom that have hung over
her in the past, but we are thankful
that they have dispersed, and that
she now stands second to none in
North Arkansas; for she has erected
her churches, her colleges, her -four
ING mills, saw mills and carding
machines, and | am Informed that
there is very extensive woolen
mandatory going up on Straw
berry, which think will be a great
benefit to to the citizens of this part
of the State. Let us endeavor to live
at home. And it is acknowledged
by the best mlneralogists that Our
county cannot be beat for mineral,
when its mineral resources are de-
veloped.
We have been blessed with three
bountiful crops, and everybody
seems aroused from the lethargy
that they have been SO long slum-
bering in, They have just found
out that energy is the principal
thing in all undertakings.
Messrs. NJ. Y. and +. NJ. Shaver
are building fine Touring mill on
Reeds Greek, near where they have
formerly done business; and when
they say they viii build anything,
they mean just what they say, and
it will spring up like a mushroom.
With best wishes for The success
of our new paper, and hoping that
it may reach every family in this
and the surrounding counties, | am,
Respectfully, ?. a. r. X.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
Sharp County.

Representative, Sam H David
son
county and Probate Judge,
A H Num-
Sheriff and Collector, ThoS Y
EIuddleStOn
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21

A protracted meeting of the
NJ. E. Church, South, will be
held in Evening Shade, COM
mencing on Saturday before the
first Sunday in October
Nathan aardester and James
Gardner left here this week, for
Nashville, Tenn, there to pursue
the study df medicine and attend
lectures at the Vanderbilt Uni
yersity.
DR.. Nod, of this place, has
received one of Davis 81 Kidder's
improved magneto-electric ma
chimes, used in the treatment Of
nervous diseases. They are very
often used with great benefit, in
the hands of the skillfUl.
We read Of numerous cases
Of outrag perpetrated by ne.
groes upon white women in
different parts of the country,
and in almost every instance
the brutes are hanged. Hanging
is too good for them. They
should be burned to death,
Now that wheat tbroshing Is
about all done, we would like
to have a ieport from those who
have been engaged in the bust
ness, showing how much wheat
they have fhreshed in this coun-
ty; also the amount Of other
grain threshed. By this means
we can ascertain Just how much
small grajh has been raised in
the counf
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
Warming Order.

In Justices Court, Piney Fork
township, Sharp county, Arkansas.
John II. Thomas & Co., plaintiffs,
against
l.. Brock, Defendant.
The defendant, L. Brock, is warned
to appear In this court within thirty
days, and answer the complaint Of
the plaintiffs, John II. Thomas & Co..
or the same will be taken as con
fessed, and Judgment rendered ne
cordingly.
Given under my hand, this 18th
day of September. 1877.
ll-4 G. W. CATLEY, J. ?.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
VVarmfMg Order.

In the Circuit Court OF Fulton
County, Arkansas.
To all whom it may concern:
NOTICE is hereby given that | will
apply at the April term, 1878, of the
Fulton county Circuit Court, for The
confirmation Of tax title to the
northwest quarter Of section eight,
in township twenty range eight
west-160 acrcs--lying in Fulton
county, Arkansas. Said land was
purchased by me at sale OF della
quent lands in the town Of salem, IN
said county, on the 23d day Of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1871, for the taxes.
penalties and costs for the years
1868, '69 and 70, which said taxes,
penalties and costs amounted to the
sum Of $l0.2j. II. NJ. TuNsrALL
Salem, Ark, Aug. p, 1871. l.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
Evening Shade.

NJ. h. Church, South: Preach
ing 1st and 81 Sabbaths in each
month. Lecture Tuesday night
following, Prayer meeting Tues
day nights, Z. A. Garrison, ?: c.
Christian Order: Preaching
+Ch Sabbath in each month.
pr. Hollowell, Pastor.
Baptist Church: Preaching on
second Sabbath and Saturday
night before in each month.
i. Il, Hunt, pastor.
Sabbath school at the M. E.
Church, at 8 a. m. J.N. Shaver,
Sln,t. --
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
FTGaaa Canton.
CANTON, ARK, Sept. 18Th.

CANTON, ARK. Sept. 18th,
Health is improving some in this
section Of county.
The number Of persons in this
(Jackson) school district, belonging
to the school list, IS as follows;
Males, 103; females, 02-totaI, 205.
An interesting protracted meet
ing closed at the G. P. Church, near
here, few days ago, There were
three or four conversions, and the
church was much revived. The meet,
ing was conducted by Rev. r. A.
King, Of Walnut Hill, Bro. Wicker
was with us a portion of the time,
and rendered valuable service. Bro.
Hare was to h&ve been with us, also,
but failed to get here. We have
heard that his absence was cansed
by sickness. H.
Wheat, bacon and -four wanted,
Immediately, on subscription to tho
RECORD, at the highest market price.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
AQcal News,

1@CNfbiS N~NNSSNNA'- . y
The early risers report two
light frosts this week.
A quarterly meeting of the
NJ. Z. Church, South, will com
mence at La Crosse tomorrow.
Workmen have been engaged
in plastering the NJ, E. Church
in this place, during the past
few days.
Several wagon loads Of goods
have been received by R. d.
Williams and j. W. Shaver &
Co., this week.
The justices Of the peace in
this county should bear in mind
that the first Monday in October
is the time fixed by law to levy
the county taxes.
Elders Flippin and Jenkins,
of the Christian Church, will
preach in this place tonight,
tomorrow night, Sunday and
SIR ay-lli8
The first new cotton offered
for sale in this place, this sea-
son, was brought to town last
Tuesday, and sold in the seed
at two cents per pound.
Miss Malinda Hardester, who
has been here on a visit to her
sister, Mrs. c. w. Shaver, for
some time past, returned to her
home in Independence county,
this week.
Mr.. NJ. w. Wright has just
received a new supply Of goods,
which he will display in his
newly arranged and commodi-
GUS store room, for inspection
and sale.
Marriage licenses were issued
to the following named persons
this week: John A. MaSbburn
and Miss Emma Rumsower,
John G. Wolf and Miss Eliza 4.
Malone, John W. Mobley and
Miss Martha A. Beck, James P.
Curtis and Miss Elyira E. Hol-
comb. John 7. Foster and Miss
Amanda Young,
Messrs. J. r. B{etcalf and }. n.
Shaver returned this week from
st. Louis, where they purchased
large supplies Of goods for the
stores Of R. D. Williams and
j. W. Shaver 4 Co. They wit
messed the opening Of the
St. Lois Fair-EXposition, which
report as a brilliant affair.
Mr.. J. J. Hooper, Of BatesvilLe,
called on us last Saturday, while
on his way home from Deader-
icks Mil, on Spring River,
where he has a carding machine
in operation. Mr.. H. informs us
that bog cholera is doing great
damage aboutthe head Of Spring
River, having become an cpl
demic in that section Of country.
We learn that q negro named
MagLes5 committed a rape upon
two white women Gnother and
daughter) near Sulphur Rock, a
few days since. The negro
was subsequently arrested and
lodged in jail at Batesville,
and on last Tuesday night a
crowd Of over three hundred
men broke open the jail and
took him out, marched him
around through town awhile,
and then hanged him until dead.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
Court Dir@ct0ry-
Sharp County.

Circuit Court: Third Monday
after fourth Monday in March
and September.
County Court: First Monday
in January, April, July and
October,
P,ro25a,v COAT. Faiilot 3fonaay
in February, May, August and
November.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
Evening Sh@.d9
HIGH SCHOOL!
w. P. MCKEE. : Principal.
REV, 4. A. GARRISON. AsS0ciate.

The First Annual Session com
menced on the first Monday i'll.
September, 1877, and will close
June, 1873, embracing a session
Of ten scholastic months.
Tuition, payable at the close
Of each month, as follows:
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One column. one year $50 90
One-half column, one year, 10 90
One-fourth column, one year, 20 90
Professional cards, per year, 10 90
Yearly advertisements, payable
quarterly, on domand,
Transient advertising, ten cents
per line, cash in advance.
Legal notices, at Statute prices.
r.v-r,assz5-ssvs7rssr.sS
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21

Boarding can be obtained jill
good families at from eight 10
ten dollars per month.
For further particulars, adj
dress the Principal, or President
..QlsaRaaS! e& Tg7atnes, ETa'sip4
Shade, Sharp county, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21

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Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
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Evegajsa@ Shade,

Rural Chapter, No. 80, r, A.
NJ, meets at its hall on the 3d
Saturday in each month.
Evening Shade Lodge, No, 143,
A. f. & 4. NJ. meets at its hall
Saturday night before the 1st
Sabbath in each month.
Berear Lodge. No. 81, of |. 0.
D. F., meets at its hall Friday
night before the 1st Sabbath in
each month.
United Friends Of Temper
ance-Galris0n Council, No. 33,
meets every Saturday night.
EVENING Shade Mail Esi-
TcGs0Tg.
Walnut Ridge. via Smijhyiilc,
daily, except Sunday; departs at
I0a. m., arrives 2 p. IN.
La crosse. daily. except sun
day; arrives 10 a. ~, departs a5
: p, m,
Ash Flat, weekly; departs
Monday, [ p. m, arrives Tues
DAY, II a, III,
Batesyille. via DIaNviIIe, week
ly: arrives Monday, p H., de-
parts Tuesday, II a. m.
Wheat and -four wanted on
subscription to the RECORD,
Sharp County record., 1877-09-21
N0&iGe.

The copartnership heretofore cz-
isting between c. +. Goodwin and
C. J. Wilson, under the firm name
and style Of GOODWIN & Nns'E,
Druggists and Grocers, Evening
Shade, Ark, Is this day, by mutual
agreement, dissolved, C.J Wilson
assuming all liabilities Of the said
firm. and is alone authorjzed TO
settle all Outstanding accounts Us
appears from the books OF said :irnl.
CuAs. F, GoonWiN,
c. j. WILSON.
Evening Shade, Sept. -, 1917.
EyemilsG Shadc g3atcl,
Evening Shade, Ark Fable
supplied with Hle i~> ie
country affords. Ccmta,.a PIE
rooms. Good Stable uccoH-
modations for horses thar@eH
reasonable.
Mrs. F. McCAiEB, ProFr's
, 1877-07-21
Good Bottom Land.
STOCK

The undersigned will offer for sale for the
next sixty DAYS, II not sooner disposed OF, eight
ten.acre lots, creek bottoms, near snohomls,h
City, convenient to saw.mill, TO the Agricul-
turai Fair grounds, and to the school IL town
and II desired, two acres good level upland 10
each lot will be sold to accommodate those
Wishing home. For terms aud particulars
inquire Of L. MokSh' Esq'
0rJ, N. LOW, snohomish city.
snohomish City, April 3, 1877, =, ,o,y
80 ew ). NJ ~"
, 1877-07-21
DIR. Hewes,

The Great Magnetic Healer and Clear
Seer has located at Seattle, W. L. The
Doctor is unparaled in the treatment OF
chronic diseases heals speedily all that
are curable-RheumatIsm, Parlysis, Can
Ger, Catarrh, Liver, Lungs; all diseases
OF Uturus, Nervous and Mental Dgrange-
ment, diseases OF the Eye and Ear the
Doctor treats MagneticaIly and with cor
responding Iemedies. Office and Resi-
ecuCe, Union st. bet 4th and 9th.
, 1877-07-21

esF- Go to n. B- Woodard's Gallery
for the Finest photographs. Corner OF Main
and Fourth streets, olympia, W. T.
The daily gazette., 1877-01-02

never before been denied by New Jersey
but WEIGH on the centray, Is based upon
original and incontestable grants and has
been uninterruptedly asserted and main
tanned by the State Of Delaware for the
space of nigh two centuries, andI would
respectfully recommend that such leg
islation be had as will meet all exigencies
likely TO arise pending the litigation. 2
..~ MILITARY. ~
The Report of the Adiutant General,
submitted for your consideration. en-
bodies valuable information respecting
the Military Department of the State.
BY virtue of the provisions of the Act
of Congress of April o, 1908, the yearly
sum of 500, 900 is appropriated for the
annual distribution of arms and equip
ments to the several States of the Union
according to the number of their Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress re-
Ispectively, for the militia therein, upon
the requisition Of the Governors there
of. Ts f.....
The manifest design of this Act of Con-
gress was to encourage military organiza-
ton and discipline within each of the
several States to the end that a sufficient
force might always be in readiness either
to aid the General Government in time
of war, or to preserve the public peace
and order against domestic violence and
uphold the civil authority whenever its
power might be exhausted in the effort
to subdue unlawful resistance. Grave
crises in the past history of both the State
and Federal Governments have fully
shown the utility of this wise provision
of our ancestors. While the present
dangerous and reprehensible habit among
some State Executives of calling upon
the Federal authority TO suppress merely
local disorder that could and should be
corrected by vigorous action on the part
of the State itself, still more conclusively
demonstrates it to be the duty of each
State, in accordance with the purpose of
said Act of Congress, to organize and
maintain such military force as may be
necessary to quell all internal disturban-
ces and preserve the supremacy of the
civil power in every emergency.
This obligation has been generally re-
cogniZed by the States throughout the
Union, and the imposing ceremonies at
tending the Centennial Celebration gave
an impulse to this spirit in our own State,
which it is to be hoped may increase
rather than abate.
The Adjutant General announces that
an erroneous charge of SIT 900 by the
United States against this State, for arms
furnished in 1861 has been expnnged and
that the sum of SIG, 1880 is now due this
this State from the United States, as ar
rears Of quota. payable in arms and 40
coutrements. He also invites your atten-
ton to the necessity of providing sui
table arsenal for the storage and preserva-
ton of the arms Of the State, the places
of deposit in the respective couRties hav-
ing proven utterly inadequate for the
purpose.
Other subjects are also suggested by
him as proper for legislative action.
TO RE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXTl
The daily gazette., 1877-01-02

NICE oChEENs lore Every Window, at
TrinIng Cost.
!, Cheaper than any other,
2, Can be fitted to any window in a minnie
and more perfectly than any other screen :
.. Ian be removed, or raised instantly.
!, Can be used at top OF bottom of window.
D, Allow the window to be az any height.
b, Can be rolled up when not IN use. occusy
ing little space, and not liable to injury.
ton.
Neat, light and durable.
On one SIDE the cloth is fastened to a
"tongue," which 6ts loosely in a grove
This tongue" may be rolled or unrolled
ior different sized windows,
III, The middle piece has a screw cut on one
end sy which the cloth is mat1etigR ~ and
any height.
II, Cloth protects better from dustthauN re-
and equally well from insects