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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-10-24
THE HERO OF GRANADA.
WYATT NJ. REDD1Nc-GRANADA-lS78.

Click, click
Like the beat of a death-watch, sharp and quick,
From the hearts that are stihed and lips that are
dumb.
With the lightnings speed and the lightning's
thrill,
The dark words go and come;
Click, click, and a pulse is still
There's form to shroUd, and grave to fill,
For the Yellow Death is upon the air,
And the city lies in the clutch of DESPAIR.
No less a hero than he whose plume
Goes blood-stained down the conflicts gloom.
Notices. martyr than those who Stake
A blood-thirst, bound to the burning stake.
Is he who stands as the last defense
Against the shock of the Pestilence
Click, click,
HIS heart is strong and his fingers quick,
Ills fearful work of hand and BRAIN
Each click is groan, each word is pain
But he falters not in his fight with Death,
Even under his wing as he breathes his breath.
The shrouded city before him lies,
Aud the dead drop down, meath the burning
skies,
Never a smile nor word to cheer,
Brightens his eye or falls on his ear
Allis dreary, and all is dumb,
Click, click,
It's the only hope where the dead are thick,
Where the living strewn by the plaques ho
breath,
Are sown with the ripening seeds OF Death.
Still, the hero boy at his keyboard stands,
With his stout young heart and his busy hands,
And many far-off city feels
The thrill of the wire, and its mute appeals
And hands are stretched from the East and West
Their upward palms, with blessing blest,
AS it comes to those who meet their doom
Like scorched leaves struck by the hot Simeon
Click, click,
Like the beat of the death-watch sharp and quicl
Ills the last note struck, it's the first wild touch
He gives tie key, as he feels the vague
And creeping chill of the deadly Plague
Ere it burns with the strength of its fever clutch
He falters, falls, and his work is done.
As the iend has marked his victim won
Not long he dallies with those who fall
Beneath the curse of his yellow thrall;
city beneath His merciless sway,
Mourn, mourn, for 20 ur hero dies to-day
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EOR SALE.-A Beautiful Small
IL Farm in the Shenandoah
Valley.

This farm Is about two miles east Of Winches-
ter, in the midst of Pennsylvania Settlement
contains 40 ACRES, more or less about acres of
which is wood land, is of first rate quality slate
lane, has three springs on the place. School house
and church, (Methodist) Immediately on the place.
The improvements consist of a
DWELLING OF ROOMS AND KITCHEN.
built within the past few years, and with slight
outlay could be made not only comfortable,
but beautiful dwelling. The place has within the
past Is years sold for at least third more be-
fore the dwelling was built, than is now asked
for it as it stands
TERMS:-$600 cash. This place taken all in all.
is the cheapest ever offered for sale in the Valley
OF Virgins. For further particulars inquire of
n. w. SOLENBERGER, Winchester, Va, or S.
M YOST, Editor of the VALLEY VIRGJNIAN, Staun-
ton, Augusta county, Va. aug 18th,
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commissioners Sale of
" Valuable Bull diDg Lots.

By virtue OF decree of the Hastings Court TO
the city OF Staunton, entered at it's June term
1873, in the cause OF Robert Craig, ssignee, VS.
M. A. Miller ct ais, as commits sioner appointed
so to do, will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder, in front the Court House in the city
of Staunton, on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9th, 1878,
the following valuable building lots, Wis
LIST. A LOT fronting rs feet on the North side
OF Frederick St., and about 100 feet deep.
2nd. A LOT fronting 80 feet on the west side
of Augusta ST. and about 70 feet deep.
Sd. A LOT fronting Is feet on the South side OF
an alley leading into Augusta street.
These are among the most eligible and desra-
BILE building. lots in the city, being part of the
BENZ. Crawford property"
TERMS:-Cash for enough to pay costs on pc
ttion and expenses OF SALE residue in three equal
annua! instruments, due in one, two and three
years from date of sale, with interest from said
date, for which the purchaser will be required to
execute bonds with approved personal security,
an the title will be retained ultimate security
Plat of the premises can be seen at my office,
and any information desired given by Mr.. M. A.
Miller or myself. MEADE F. WHITE,
oct 17-tdS Commissioner,
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The Attitude of the Candidates.

DHENANDOAH IRON w ORKS,
Page CO., Va, Oct. 10, 1878.
Ed. Valley Viaginian:
$50 Virginia's ancestral honor does not lay
PROSTATE before the imitation machine with
out one appealing voice. 1 for one was
heartily glad to see the platform of your
Staunton General. He believes in paying
: debts, working for living and getting paid
for work in money that is good all the world
over. Were it not that the ad captandum
vulgus ofan election cry is tempting 1 would
imagine that Paul and Harris had practised
their mental gymnastics on perpetual mo-
ton or some such useful scheme. Why if
the primitive curse could be lodged by a
printing press, and'slips of paper could be
substituted for value, Itself representing
none) the fact would have been discovered
long ago. Money is the coupon for hard
knocks and hard work, and if there
was any way OF crawfshing INTO the spondu-
ticks without said work, some "Smart AL
ick'' would have found it out. l saw an
amusing sketch the other day-Harris was
sitting at National Organ practising the
old song-ssI'll still be Vicar Of Bray, SIR
wearing a reversible coat with green
back lappels sewed over hard money pock-
cts. Paul having lifted himself over the bar
rier of commercial integrity by means OF
promises to pay" suspenders, is trying tu
support national credit on three barrels of
sugar coated fallacies by means of the Kelly
Motor. In the back ground is the national
army with the banners flying, bearing such
notices as ''B. Butler, friend to the South"
''rag money good in 1864, why not .now,"
ruin our children, they have done nothing
for u.s." whilst Echols is seated inside of
his bank saying latter ALL honesty is the
best policy, so lets act like men, pay our
debts, tell the truth, be frugal and industri-
Gus, fear God and generally shame the dev-
il.' By his side is heap of money-in-
scribed ''work made it, and it can buy work
in equal ratio to the end of time.'' Along
side is a pile OF greenbacks bearing the le-
gend, tive shine by reflected llght.'' In the
background are such authorities as Franklin,
Adam Smith, Jefferson, Andrew jackson,
and below is the oft quoted maxim, s'First
be sure you're right, then 60 ahead.'' Some
thing like this should be printed-Tweed
was killed by pictures when type could not
touch him, for his constituents could not
read, and we have few voters who are
worth serving in the same plight.
Yours, CASH,
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Land Sales.

lie. M. Cushing g. Son, Auctioneers.l
TRUSTEES SALE
OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCES
CITY OF STANTON.
AND BUILDING LOTS ADJOINING SAME.
By virtue of the provisions of trust deed, ex1,
ecuted on the 4th Of March, 1875, by Mai. Edward
Mcmahon and wife, and duly recorded in the
city of Staunton, and at the request of the grant
or and beneficiary in said deed, the undersigned
Trustee, named in said trust deed, will, on
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25th, NEXT,
in the City of Staunton, on the premises, at u
o'clock, M. sell at public auction, to the highest
bidders, that most
Valuable and Beautiful Property
ON GOSPEL HILL,
fronting on BEVERLY. COALTER and VINE
Streets. upon which are located the handsome
McMahon and DR.. R. F. Baldwin. This property
is acknowledged to be the most valuable and at
tractve in the city of staunton and such very
property fronts on BEVERLY Street about one
hundred and eighty eight feet, on COALTER St.
about three hundred and eighty-four (3e4) feet
and on VINE st., about two hundred and fifty
five (255) feet. 1t will be so divided as to leave
the residences with
Large Lots Attached Thereto,
and the balance Of the property will be subdivi-
ded into lots for building purposes, fronting
on Beverly. Coalter and Vine Streets, and will be
offered according to said sub division. and will
then be offered in two lots, each containing one
OF the residences occupied as above stated, and
the sale, according to the mode which produces
the largest aggregate amount, will be adopted
and confirmed. To all persons desiring elegant
homes, already completed and improved, with
trees and shrubbery, or wishing to purchase well
located lots in the best portion of Staunton, on
which to build, a rare chance is now afforded.
TERMS:-Ten Q0) per cent cash will be requir.
ed as down payment, and a liberal credit will
be given for the deferred payments, to be stated
on day Of sale, bonds with approved perso nal Sc
curity, or negotiable notes with good endorsers,
to be given for said deferred payments Plats of
the property and Of the subdivisions thereof will
be exhibited upon application to the undersign-
ed at his office in Staunton, or full information
will be given by letter to all correspondents.
aug 22-tds JOHN ECHOLS. Trustee
POstpOnement.
The above sale is postponed until SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 26th 1878, at y O'Clock M.
sept 26-tds JNO. ECHOLS, Trustee.
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commissioners Sale of
Valuable Real Estate

In the County of augusta.
Pursuant to a derree of the Circuit Court of Au-
gusta county rendered on the 9th day of June.
1878. in the chancery cause therein pending OF
Livicks creditors Livick &C., Will proceed in
front ofthe Court House, in the city of Staunton,
on MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1878,
court day. to sell at public auction the real es-
tate OF which M. Livick, died seized, lying in
said county, three and q half or four miles from
Staunton on.the Scottsville turnpike,
CONTAINING Is ACRES,
subject to the life estate Of Mrs Elizabeth Liyick
in five acres, assigned to her for dover by Com
missioners appointed in the above cause. This
property has blacksmith shop and good i'm
provementS on it, with fine location for any one
desiring to carry on the trade.
TERMS:-Cash in hand sufficient to pay costs
OF suit and expenses of sale and the balance on a
credit OF one, two and three years from day of
sale. payable in equal instruments, the purchaser
executing bonds for the deferred instruments,
WITH approved personal security, bearing inter-
ton, and the title retained as ultimate security
VIM. A. HUDSON,
ct3-tds Comm'r
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I OF No. sos N. Augusta Street
Il For Solo


In pursuance ola decree of the Circuit Court OF
Augusta county, entered in the cause of Collins's
creditors VS. Collins s admir-, on the 21st OF June
l678the undersigned Commissioners will proceed
to sell at public auction. to the highest bidder iii
front of the Court House in Staunton, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23d, 1873;
the above mentioned lot formerly owned by Ma
ry Collins. Said lot has on it
A TWO STORY FRAME BUILDING,
and contains about one-fourth of an acre
TERMS:-Cash in hand to pay costs of suit and
SALE and the residue upon credits of one, two and
three years in equal instalments, bearing inter-
est.the purchaser to execute bonds with approved
personal security for the deferred payments and
title will be retained as ultimate security.
POtpOnement.
The above sale is postponed until SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28th, 1878.
R. P. BELL,
A. II. FULTZ,
sept 26-tdS Comm'rS.
POstpOn ement.
The above sale is postponed until SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 10th, 1873 R.P. BELL
All. FULTZ,
oct 3d-tds Comm 'rs
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| a Commissioners Sale of
" Two Valuable Building Lots,

4 Commissioners Sale of
" Two Valuable Building Lots,
In the City of Staunton.
In pursuance of the DEGREES of the Hastings
Court for the City of Staunton, entered in the
causes of Kings Admir- VS.. Kings widow SC.
Lambert VS.. Kings admir- &C., and Garner VS..
King admir-, &c. on the 9Th Gay OF November,
signed Commissioners will proceed to sell at pub
lie auction, in front of the Court House, in the
city of Staunton. on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9Th, 1873,
the following lots situated in the Southwestern
portion of the city OF Stanton on Reservoir ST.:
LIST. The lot recently purchased by D. T. Gar
ner, OF c. T. King, decd, adjoining the lot o. T.
W. Lam bert, and fronting 80 feet, TX inche on
Reservoir Street.
Cd. The lot belonging to the estate OF F.
King, decd, lying between the lots of T. W..
Lambert and M G. Bales, and fronting 81 fe 1t, 6
inches on Reservoir Street.
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash in hand to pay costs
of suit and sale, and the residue on Gre lit Of
one, two and three years from day of sale il equal
instruments, bearing interest, the purchasers to
execute bonds with approved personal security
as ultimate security. J. N: QUARLES,
ROBT. CRAIG,
sept 10 Commissioners.
POstpOn ement.
The above sale is postponed until SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 3D., 1878.
M.QUARLES,
ROBT. CRAIG,
oct 10-tdS Commissioners.
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A NICE LITTLE HOME
"A For Sale.

One of the incest and most comfortable homes
about Staunton is offered for sale, privately. 1t
is situated just at the corporation line, in good
neighborhood, and possesses all of the advanta-
ges of town and country.
The building is new weatherboarded
Two Story House,
containing four rooms. a kitchen and good cell
lar. 1t is newly painted inside and out, neat and
tidy. The lot contains ONE-FOURTH OF AN
ACRE, and includes handsomely terraced front
yard, ornamented with flowers and shrubbery
and fertile garden, well supplied with fruit
trees There is an abundance OF water on the prem
erty can be bought very cheap.
For TERMS price &c. apply to or address Editors
of the VALLEY VIRGINIAN.
June 13-2mO.
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lie. M. Cushing s. Son. Auctioneers.]
Commissioners Sale of Very
" Valuable City PROPERTY

By virtue of decree of the Circuit Court OF
Augusta county, rendered on the 22d day of No
Bell s Catlett vs. Kunkle &C., the undersigned
Commissioners, appointed therein, will offer for
sale, in front of the Court House, in the city of
Stanton, Va. on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9th. 1878.
that very valuable and desirable house and lot
situated en- the corner of Frederick and Water
streets in said city, and now in the occupancy of
Rob't Paris. The house is large and commod i.
GUS two-stcry frame building, we'll arranged, and
supplied with all conveniences. The lot is large
and fertile, and hes on it all necessary outbuld-
ings.
TERMS:-Enough cash in hand to defray the
costs OF suit and SALE and the residue in one, two
good rerscraI security, with interest from day of
SALE arc tie title to be retained as ultimate Sc
curity. ROBERT CRAIG,
JAS. BUMGARDNER, jr.,
oct T. tee Commission ers.
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Large Lots Attached Thereto.
VALUABLE FARM FOR AL e

One OF the most valuable and highly improved
farms in the Valley OF Virginia is offered for
sale. 1t is situated 2h miles from Stanton, on
an excellent road over which two horses easily
draw forty-five hundred pounds, and
CONTAINS 2S5 ACRES,
OF splendid limestone land, productive as any
in the Valley. Seventy-fve acres are heavily
timbered. The Improvements consist of an ex-
celent log
M6 WeatherbOarded Mansion House.
E:I with seven rooms and kitchen There is a
pump in the kitchen, with never falling well OF
water.
A NEW SWISHER BARN,
60 40 feet containing all necessary apartments,
TWO YOUNG APPLE ORCHARDS,
OF the choicest fruit. There is plenty of good
water on the place for all purposes. The entire
farm is under the highest state OF cultivation
and the fences are new and in good rerair
1t is rarely that an opportunity is offered for
securing such g desirable place, and the terms
Will be such as to make its purchase desirable
investment.
For particulars, address, -
Editors VALLEY VIRGINIAN
DEC 6-u Staunton. Va.
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A UGUSTA COUNTY FARM
. For Sale.

I offer for sale my farm, lying miles from
Staunton on the Middlebrook road, containing
274 ACRES.
This farm lies well, is well watered, has on it
TWO SMALL DWELLING HOUSES,
barn and two stables, and great abundance OF
excellent fruit About 10 acres of the Ian is in
GOOD TIMBER.
There is fine spring of water near the main
dwelling.
TERMS:-A small hand payment, and the resi-
due IN one, two and three years, with interest.
Apply to THOS. WHOLLY,
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have for rent two Elegant STORE ROOMS,
in the new three story brick building have just
had completed, on the corner of Main and Lewis
Streets. These rooms are 20 feet wide and 80 feet
deep in the clear. To careful business men they
would make excellent business stands, command
nice foot pavement in front Of the building, and
all the arrangements are well adapted to business
of any description. 7tI
Those wishing to examine the rooms may as
certain terms, &C., by application to William
Wholey, at his store on New Street.
aug ~ MRS. JULIA HURLEY,
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TlOR SALE.-One of the finest residences in
Il the City of Staunton, elegant location. con-
tanning all modern improvements. Terms &C
communicating. For further particulars as to
terms &C., apply to the undersigned.
HUDSON & PATRICK,
Attorneys.
July 25-tf Staunton. va
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-27

European matters are nc sooner settled
than new complications arise which threat
en- the peace of the eastern hemisphere
Turkey in Europe has been parce,ed out to
the satisfaction Of the powers, and peace Is
proclaimed. Over 10 Asia q speck of wal
has now appeared. An officer of the
ameer of Afghanistan, at Alimusjid, re-
fused to allow the British mission to Cobul
TO go through the Khyber pass. and crown
ed the heights which command the pass
with his followers. After q three hours
interview with the officer, In which be
warned him thst his act would be regard.
ed as the act Of the smeer himself, the
commander of the advanced ESCORT of The
mission, returned to Jamrood, and the mis-
sion has Withdrawn to Peshawur. This
action upon the part Of the .Afghans 10
supposed to have been inspired BY Russia.
which seeks 10 create trouble with England
without herself taking the initiative.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-27
BENNETT As A WIRE FULLER.
Sioux Falls Paragraph.

Sioux Falls Pantngrapl.
Some of Judge Benefits opposers are
telling tales Of how.he manipulated this
antecedent of the territorial convention, and
how he thimble-rigged that arrangement in
order to secure the nomination, making him
out to be one of the most adroit wire-pullere
that politics ever bred. With those acquaint.
ed with Judge Bennett, this will pass for
the veriest nonsense. He il known by his
acquaintances to be a good stamper, and that
il. all that he Is as = political worker. He
isthe most thorough novice Imaginable in
the way Of setting mp the pins, ard he always
will be for he hasn't sufficient Of that super.
fetal suaavity necessary tesnake him any
such manipulator of people as be is por-
trayed by his enemies. Something else than
Judge Bennetts,s wirc-pulling abilities must
be trumpedZup by which TO account for his
having received the nomination. One rea
son Why be was successful already suggests
itself 10 US, which is that he 70. the most
votes.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-27
AN OBSCURE HERO.
Philadelphia Pres,

Philadelphia Press. &
An engineer named Edward Osmand wal
recently running a passenger express through
from Philadelphia to Jersey City. 1t was
one of the swiftest and heaviest trains which
are only entrusted to the most experienced
engineers. The train was making sixty
miles an hour, when a heavy connecting rod
of the driving wheel on the right Of the
engine broke, and one end of it swinging
upward with terrible force, struck the cabin
beneath him. and shattered it into a thou
sand pieces.
Osmand fell senseless on the engine. He
was both burned and scalded, and the pain
quickly restored him to consciousness. The
engine, with its open throttle, was rushing
forward with fearful violency to destruct
ion.
Inside the long train of cars men were
talking, laughing; women playing with their
babes. The fireman let himself down from
the tender and escaped. Osmand might
have done the same. Instead he crept along
the side of the engine, carefully let himself
into his place, and with his burned hands
reversed the %enjine and applied the air.
brake. The car stopped. People inside
the car went on with their reading and Cos.
sip, and the children played with their
mothers, who wondered, indiferently, per.
haps, why the train was stopping again,
They never will know how, in a brief min.
Ute they passed over the mouth of the grave,
and were snatched back by the quiet, high
courage of one poor workman.
To our minds there is something finer in
the calm integrity to duty in the face of dan.
ger and death which is SO often seen in the
obscure American mechanics who fill posts
of respon visibility, than in the dash and sud.
den courage ola daring soldier on the bat.
tle-Geld.
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The Deadwood Times figures up the vote
OF the Black Hills counties In the coming
election and reaches an aggregate of G,40o
voters. The basis of III estimate is the
votSof Lawreace county hst iii, Witch
h0raiahes . tolal Of 3,e99 10 Till II adds
the probable vots6 CdItstsand sPesninF-
ton counties, allowing them 1900. The
balance of it's estimate Is reached through
the medium Of an increase of the voting
population, and the Times firmly believes
that 6.4o0 ballots will be polled in the
Hills precincts at the next November con-
teal. From this estimate the Times pro.
ceeds to give its readers an idea of the re.
suit In the Hills Of the coming election. 1t
says:
Out of the 6.400 votes the democrats pro.
pose. aided by the Central City Herald and
the Risq,arck Hftbnne. tosgive Ttipp 1880
majotaty, to do which Trip wouldfhave to
Get 43,460 votes sana Bennett 1880 The
prectsct3 vote upon whtchswe make the
foregoing estimate. aggregated a democrat
ic majority last year of 800 in these three
counties. We predict that Bennett will
S'S " ~ WV AAoJuAlSt IL ! Cuuluks
ton and Custer counties, and in Lawrence
county he will get as many votes as Trip,
with the probabilities strong In his favor
that he will have a majority up to 500.
From the figures given it Is evident that
Bartlett Trip cannot come out Of the Hills
with any decided maj ortiz The Times is
probably we'll informed upon the subject,
and II ia not willing tn conceda even n mn.
jority to the democratic candidate. A cor.
respondent Of the Times. writing from
South Bend, Lawrence county, is still more
enthusiastic. he says:
As for delegate 10 congress. l have Just
faith enough in the honesty of the voters
Of Lawrence county to be convinced that
in November they will say by a majority
of at least 1000. that G. G.. Bennett is the
man. As for this precinct I have yet to
find q man that is not q Bennett man.
And SO the Bennett ball rolls on, gather.
ing moss at every turn.