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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-12-25

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, .$4l5 $50
OveFdrafts, ....... 1,44l.t0
U. s. Bonds to secure circulation,..... 100000
U. s. Bonds to secure deposits. 100000
Other stocks, bonds and mortgages,... 10000
Due from approved reserve agents,.... 46,543.25
Due from other National Banks, 25.986 80
Due from State Banks and bankers,.... 1489.35
Real estate furniture and fixtures,... 155ll.25
Current expenses and taxes paId........ 6393 II
Checks and other cash items, ........... 1,707.74
Bills of other Banks,.... 5,422.OO
Fractional currency (including nickels) 63O.96
Specie Cnclud'g gold Treas'y certificates 40O4.9i
Legal tender notes..... ............... 62.736.0O
Is per cent. of circulation,) ........... $4,000
TOTAL, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s727.s75.56
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in,.. ........... $500, 10000
SnrpluS fund Observation-Disclosures. 40 900. 90
Undivided profits, Observation-Disclosures. 27.i84,37
National Bank notes outstanding, 7S,OOO.0O
individual deposits subject to check,. 223, 95
Demand certificates OF deposit. ....... 3,4e3. 81
united States deposits ................ 28.35l.l7
Deposits OF U. s. disbursng officers. . 1860 90
Due to other National Banks. 1000 90
Due TO State Banks and bankers, $500. 13,313.T
TOTAL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $727, 1855
STATE OF VIRGINIA. COUNTY OF AUGUSTA, SIS:
l, IHos. A. BLEDsoE, Cashier of the aboye-named
bank, do Solemnly swear that the above state
lief.
THos. A. BLEDsoE, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this oath day
OF December, 1879.
JOHN C. SCOTT, Mp.
CoRRECT-Attest:
i +, y g S %I$S. Directors.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-12-25

r,RIMBLE,S EX'OR VS.. WILSON &c.-In
i pursuance of decree of the ircuit Court
OF Augusta county. entered November 18th, 1879,
in this cause, l shall proceed at my office, in
Staunton on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1880,
to take, state and settle an account showing LIST.
How much of the uncollected fund in this cause
belongs to the creditors of Joseph Wilson. End.
To which of said creditors of Joseph Wilson
should the fund be paid that is ascertained to be
long to said creditors, and 3rd. How much of said
fund belongs to ia Wi son. the former purchas-
er of said house and lot in Churchyille.
GEO. NJ. HARRISON,
dec 25- 4w Comm'r
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THE sEM1.NEEKLY TRIBUNE

is by far the most successful Semi Weekly in the
country, having four times the circulation OF any
other IN New York. 1t is specially ADAPTED to the
readers too far from New York to depend on our
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-12-25

DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF AU-
GUSTAV From the Greenbrier Independent,
we learn that DIR. Alexis Martin, died last
week at Blue Sulphur Springs, aged about
one hundred years. DR.. Martin was t
French descent, and was a Surgeon in the
French army in 1914. He went to Green
brier many years ago from Augusta county,
where he had been a res ident for many
years. But little is known of his history,
but from all accounts his career has not
been without interest.
Mr.. David NJ. Beard, former resident Of
this county, died at his home in Roanoke
county, on the 18th, in che 18th year OF his
age
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-12-25

GsAF WMLrxa.-A telegram from
zslsi sson to the Phiasdelphia Press Of the
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CARD.
VIRGINIA INSTITUTION.
FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB AND THE BIN

VIRGINIA INSTITUTION.
FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB AND THE BLIND, (
Staunton. Va, Dec. 10Th. 1879,
Messrs. Editors:-Will you be kind c.ough to
allow me access to your columns.ss the earliest
opportunity at nsy command-so correct an erro-
ne 3ue impressi q made pron the public mind by
ths review, IN this mornings Viniicator. of our
Nal Report lsssss
-ue that, on page IL OF said Report. the
Of receipts and disbursem nisfcr the
sal year seams, at one point 81 hat the
Of oceived 1nfh4 AGITATION
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The distinctive features of The Tribune are
known to everybody. It gives all the news. It
from year to year. 1t is the only paper that main-
tains special Geographic wire OF its own between
It's ofllce and Washington Its scientific, literary,
Its book reviews the best. It's commercial
and financial news are the most exact. It's type
matte P
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-12-25
What the Brokers Saw.

The following circular letter from Thomas
Branch & Sons, brokers and bankers. OF
Richmond, speaks for itself. We publish
1t as showing the view that is taken of the
situation in Virginia by gentlemen who hold
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03

sought the counting house, the lawyers Office
or the doctors study; they have settled down
as teachers and eked out an existence in that
way: they have invaded the preserves of the
Bohemians, profession which no public
school can fit men out for; and the useful
walks of life, where learning and brains and
manly industry would count for much, are
left to be monopolized by whatever we can
get from abroad, while the "scowthered" les
sons of the High school are being wasted in
marking store boxes or the thousand ways in
which worthless men, who boast of education,
exc out a living, and add nothing to the com
mon capital of the country.
But we have more to say on this subject,
which must be deferred. There is a growing
taste in our country for art, and talent be-
ing developed which should be nourished; but
we have the one great drawb back; we are too
proud to place our acquired knowledge and
cultivated taste to the proper uses. Our
young men must all be artists; hence their
talent is not devoted to art in manufactures
Our young women must all show in public or
establish schools, and their accomplishments
are lost to home. If we could get over this
We should freely advocate the teaching of all
branches with all our heart in every public
school in the land.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03

THE bold, gallant, chivalrous, irrepressible
black horse Knight of the ''Carsonian' rest
aurant, surnamed Pant" received from a
sick boarder note asking for little dejeuner
c'somethlng delicate, you know'). The fol
lowing bill of fare, the lightness of
which will be understood, Chicken soup, fish,
chicken fricassee, boiled ham, roast beef,
English plum pudding. Wines-Chateaux la
Rose, Chateaux Margeaux. In consideration
of the mans sickness, pant, sent numerous
other side dishes, which the rnodesty of the
eater prevented craving or asking for -Bodie
Union
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03

THE widow Oliver of Cameron Oliver no
toriety, did not meet with the success in her
lecturing tour which she had fondly hoped her
connection with the ancient Simon would
bring her, A Washington dispatch says she
returned fron the North on Thursday, and
upon her own application was taken to the
public alns-house, where she will remain in
the charity ward until the appeal in her suit
;gaiust ex Senator Cameron is heard
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03
STATE AND COAST ITEMS.

| The charcoal war is ended in Eureka dis
valley, and the shot gun and revois er are again
heard in the land.
The dairymen of Austin, Eureka and other
points i'll Eastern Nevada, have advanced the
price of milk to 81 per gallon in some places,
owing to the enormous price of hay.
The Reno Gazette entered upon its eighth
volume yesterday. The Gaze5ts is a good live
journal, and deserves the success it has at
tanned, and on which we congratulate its pro-
prletor.
.Sitcer State: Officer Ruse made raid on an
opium den in Chinatown, below the Court
house, last night and arrested SIX white men
and two Cinnamon whom he caught smoking.
He captured the pipes and lamps of the smo-
kers, and took the eight men to al.
The Salt Lake Herald of Sunday morning
says: "There is a report that number of Sill
yer Reef miners and others have been massa-
cred by Indians. between the Grand and Blue
rivers, at the southeastern boundary of this
Territory. 1t is said the number killed is %,
among them gentleman named Burgess
The Sentinel Of Wednesday says Mr.. SEES
sions visited and examined the public school
on Ruby Hill yesterday afternoon. He reports
all the departments in good running order,
the discipline of the best and the general out
look of the school most favorable. Mr.. SEES
sions leaves for Typo this morning, and from
there will proceed to Austin and other points.
The raised assessment on the v & T. Rail
road in Lyon county has been sustained by
the Commissioners; superintendent Iering-
ton S sworn statement before the Legislature
last winter deciding the case against the road.
1t was an unfortunate hitch for Mr. Yerineton.
but he furnished the data on which the Com
missioners acted
Gazette: fire broke out in the snow sheds |
at Strongs Canyon, on Tuesday night. A few |
Of the sheds were burned. Train No. l, the |
hours and forty minutes The lightning train |
going west was compelled to stop three hours |
1t Truckee. The lightning train which ar
lived here this morning also detained,
eaving Truckee forty minutes late, but arriv-
ng in Reno on time
Sentinel; "a committee consisting of Hon.
Thomas Wren, R. Sader and Mark Johnson,
tarted yesterday to sell tickets for Thursday
nights ball. Mr. johnson held the sack
Ir. Sadler acted as chief bulldozer and held
he tickets, while Mr. Wren acted as reseave
orce. When last seen by reporter the sack
resented a bulky condition, which was the
est proof that the Committee was meeting
nth desired success"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03

THE children Of Edgar Holman who were
cared for by public woman, are disposed Of
as follows:
The lawyers, at the suggestion of the Grand
Jury, inquired into the matter, and yesterday
the woman vino Is providing for the children
appeared in Court and promised to send them
to the Sisters of Charity Orphan Asylum In
Virginia City 1t appears that the mother of
the children has abandoned them; yet, rs they
are not orphaus, they cannot be sent to the
State Orphans Home at Carson. The little
waits, which aged respectively seven and
four years are worse than orphans.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03

THE New York Trjdtor says the volume Of
business now being done IS enormous. The
exchanges at the city for the four weeks end
ing September 9th, have amounted to s.
082, 1856, 542 against 81 49,, G19, 577 for CORE
spending weeks last year
jim BENEFITS income from the New York
Herald is estimated at 81 800 per day This
almost reaches the Nevada standard of profits
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03

CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS There Is a
| curious prescription in England for the cure
of drunkenness, by (which thousands are
said to have been assisted in recovering them
selves. The recipe came into notoriety
through the efforts of the father of the Rev.
Newman Hall and Captain Vine Hall, COM
mander of the Great Eastern. He had fallen
into such habitual drunkenness that his ut
most effort to regain himself proved unavall-
ing. At length he sought the advice of an
eminent ply sician, who gave him aprescrip-
ton which he followed faithfully for several
months, and at the end of that time he had
lost all desire for liquors, although he had
for many years been led captive by most de-
basing appetite. The recipe, which he after
wards published, and by which SO many have
been assisted to reform, is as follows: Sui
phate of iron, FIVE grains; magnesla, ten
grains; peppermint water, eleven grains;
spirit of nutmeg, one drachm; to be taken
twice day. This preparation acts as
tonic and stimulent and so partly supplies
the place of the accustomed liquor, and pre-
vents that absolute physical and moral pros
tration that follows sudden breaking off
from the use of stimulating drinks We
have known several persons who have tested
this remedy, and their universal testimony Is
in favor of its efficacy. 1t is cheaper than
clnchona rubra, and easily obtained from
any compromising druggist We believe the
recipe, or something analogous, is used at the
inebriates asylum, at Binghampton, New
York
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-10-03
ARLINGTON HOUSE.
NUi&TH CARSON STREET,
CARSON CITY, NEVADA

Having leased this well known brick building | motif
friends ard the public III general that it will lie kept
II trst-cass hotel in every particular.
TIE TABLE will he second 10 none in the State.
THE AR will be supplied with the best brands
Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
kS-Good cooks and ssutlsnsnly waters have been
cured
As an old resident Of Carson City, ask and o. peet
share Of public patronage. My utention is attend
Iorson to the wants 81 nay patrons 2. F. SMALL,
!el2-u Proprietor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-20
DIED.

In Rails county, Mo-, Feb. Is, 1879,
George Schofield, aged l6 years, IL
months and 81 days.
The funeral ermon was preached
at half-psst 9 O'Clock Saturday morn
ing by Rev. Banks. The remains were
inferred in the Vandalia cemetery.
We feel that a cherished one is gone.
But a short time ago he was enjoying
life, but Death, with it's pitiless hand,
has snapped asunder the cords of a
brave young heart and sifenced its
music forever, and borne his angel
spirit away. Sadly the bereaved ones
followed him to his last resting place
the fearful eyes of friends speak most
sadly OF the desolation which has
spread a sombre pail over the whole
community. Beloved friend. endear-
ed companion, farewell. Hallowed
are thy memories and sacred thy dust.
Thou art gone to bask in the golden
light of that beautiful cline, where
parting il known no more, forever
and forever. Heart-stricken friends,
look upward! White-robed angels
have borne thy precious friend to the
arms of Jesus. And now he is an
angel, in the glittering throng of
bright and peerless spirits who, in
endless symphony, chant praises
around that beautiful throne. Dear
friends, trust in God, and keep His
commandments ; then. when your
pilgrimage here on earth is DER, you
may quietly pass over the river of
death, and meet yonr loved n in
heaven. m.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-20
FROM

LADDoNIA, Mo, Feb 10th, 70.
EDITOR LEDGER: Now, we've
been expected the debators in the
Literary Society" would become
famous, and sure enough they have.
The last good deed they did was to
decide that Education should be
Compulsory" and some of the little
Fellows, and big ones too arc playing
"hide-and-seek'' since hat decision.
Inst after this, they were challenged
by the "Literati" of Johns Branch
debators to hold a discussion with
them, which they accepted. We
will inform the readers of the sub
ject, and when the important event
occurs. Judge Wilder is ruled out
of the debate. as he is n member of
both societies, and each being afraid
to have him speak for the other. On
next Friday night there will be Sc
lect reading by j.. G.. Bruton; decla-
nation, by Maud GilliIand. Sub
ject for discussion, Resolved, ."That
civilization is a failure /" Doctors
Mitchell and Barks are the leading
d%isputants. If this question should
be decided in the affirmative. won't
our educators have hard times 10 en-
force compulsory education? We
see the sleds and s'eighs are brought
out this moTning-they were put
away last week, as people thought,
TO stay there at least till next win
ter. but how little do we know about
such things. We begin to think our
knowledge is very limited on the fu-
ture weather, Notwithstanding Prof.
ricc's and the ground hogs predic-
tions. We find both are liable to
fail. Elder sharer delivered two in
tercsting sermons in town yesterday.
Mr.. Billings, who has been ON a visit
to Illinois, returned last week, with
the news that he was married, but
no Mrs. Billings came with him.
He talks of returning to-day to Illi-
nois. The Good Templars hold a
convention here on the 9Th of March.
Messrs. Gordon and Rodman, each
delivered a temperance lecture here
last Wednesday night.
ANNIE LAuRA.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-20
COw-HIDE.
An Infatuated Actress ION her
Ear"

Last Tuesday, as near as we can
CLEAN the facts in the case, George
Arthur of Fulton, secretary of the
Low-Salary party of Galloway county,
wrote a note to Mrs. White, actress
then playing in Fulton, and told her,
calling her "Kittie, the blonde" or
something to that effect, to meet him
at the post Office at l p. m. At the
appointed time the lady made her APP
pearance at the trysting place and
George accosted her with: Swell,
Kittie, you got nay note and Gamer"
>he said, "Didyou write that note p
He said Eyes" at which she drew q
new red cow-hide with a blue ribbon
tied to it, from under her cloak and
proceeded to welt him across the face
and shoulders. The affair is creating
quite a sensation. The above are the
facts as far as We can CLEAN then
from what we can hear. We do moi
vouch for their being correct.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-20
w. r. KEMP.
MEXICO Mo. Eeb. ~. 1879.
TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP!
The Boys are Marching Home
to Mexico.
From the Fulton CalIawegian.

From the Fulton Callawegian.
1t will be remembered that on the
9TH inst, the Clipper Combination
visited our city and gave a perform
ance at Tuttle's Hall. The company
was made up of ten young gentlemen
of Mexico. They left this place on
the 9Th, with the intention, as we un-
derstood, of following their advance
agent, who was at that time engaged
in billing the towns along the Pacific.
1t appears that the young minstrels,
an accommodating lot of young men,
when the train arrived ut New
Bloomfield they were prevailed upon
to stop over and give the boys a show
that night. We don't know whether
the boys had the show or not, but I'M
derstand that the MINISTRIES found
themselves the next morning without
any SnoW-eXccpC tut sIoW Ur hyotine
it back to their homes Mr.. Wade,
the business manager, doubtless
managed to get his company all safely
back to Mexico.
Thus ends the life of n of the
most promising yang minstrel COM
binations that has eve appeared up
on the boards" after a tour Of
thirty five miles and a brief season ol
one consecutive right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-20
Conn
More Light.

Mr.. EDITOR: What we most need
in our present condition, is more light.
It's true our city and, indeed, our
whole county a justly boast of
moral, intellectual and scientific light
to a greater degree than can many of
the counties and cities of our State
who are proud of their wealth and
natural advantages, but what zoe need
is mechanical light. Light is the
greatest enemy to disorder and con-
fusion, and for the general good Of
our whole community, we would call
the attention of the people in general,
and the honorable county court in
particular, to the fact that the main
audience room of our splendid court
house has no means of being lit up
no chandeliers, no lamps. Now, sir,
if, for the benefit and encouragement
of no other object or association, our
court oom should be lighted up for
the benefit of our county teachers
association, which holds its regular
night sessions, according to law, once
q month in Mexico. 1t is q county
Institution, for the benefit of the whole
county, and n from which flows
more practical good, both to parent
and pupil, than any other. 1t is to
the teacher what the officers drill is
to the army, enabling the teacher to
familiarize him or herself with the
best scholastic tactics for imparting
knowledge to the youth of the coun.
trv. These meetings cannot conye-
niently be held in any other than the
court room, nor should they be, fol
it is county property, and the objec
of these Institutes is to benefit the
people of the whole county. Nor il
it for the benefit or these meeting:
alone-important as they are-tha
our court room should be provided
with chandeliers. Often we have nigh
meetings for the consideration ant
~perfecting of plans and projects TO
the good of the county, and it look
hardly in keeping with the progress
and commendable pride of Audrail
county to have her court room, Oh
public occasions, illuminated by can
dies stuffed in ink-bottles or hand
lamps setting in the windows, render
ing it a dreary, dark place, less fl
for a place of entertainment to on
people than a habitation for owls an'
bats. We are not interested / IL thi
matter, a v the general interest W
feel in the county's good, and wishing
for the greatest good to the creates
number, we suggest the appropriate
from our county court of an amour
sufficient to meet this necessary eS
pense. CITIZEN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-02-20

evils be corrected in order to avoid
great calamities. This spirit of res
ignation and despair as referred to
hitherto must be ousted and a stimu-
lating enthusiasm established in its
stead.
Strict organization and unison
must be created and maintained, then
bring forward the popular and world
renowned orator, Statesman and
Democrat, Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, who is tried and tested,
whose character is clear and unpol-
luted, who never accepted a bride
and never was bull-dozed by Repub-
lican demagogues and returning
board commissions, who, with the
pertinacity of old Hickory jackson
defied the fraud of partisan OPPOSE
ton in South Carolina and unfurled
the flag of Democracy over W rep
res~entative assemblies, discharged the
one, maintained the other and de
clared himself the peoples governor
by virtue of election, and the exact
emblem of the present demands o.
Democracy. The scales in one hand
thu sword in the other, and the maj
who dares ~saydespite the ring
and tricks and frauds and artifice o
Republicanism ''by the people 1 scd
elected and by the eternal IwtN SERGE
This is the man who car establish
Democratic ascendency and who vii
maintain it.
This is the man who can defeat IT,
: boomerangs of Halstead and annihl
late the detestable monster.
Grant and third termism. Ant
this is the man who seconded by tn
noble Allen G. Thurman of indians
can defeat the best or worse materia
of Republicanism, reinstate Democ
raey in the executive chamber ant
perpetuate its liberal principles ant
glorious morality in its true politics
purity and genuine colors as it exist
ed in the Jeffersonian period.