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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-04

On motion OF Mr.. PAUL 1t was ordered
that the House be informed that the Senate
Is organized and ready for business.
The CHAIR appointed MessTs. PAUL,
HENRY. and WooD to discharge this duty.
subsequently Mr.. HANGER Informed tne
Senate that the House was duly organized.
TO WAIT OH THE aoyERsoas
Mr.. SMITH Of Nelson moved that com.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-04

mittee OF three on the part Of the Senate and
five on the part Of the House be appointed
to wait upon his Excellency the Governor
Of Virginia and inform him that the Gene
raj Assembly Is now organized and ready
to receive any communication he may have
to make. Agreed to.
The CHAIR appointed Messrs. SMITH OF
Nelson, LOWELL, and PICKETT.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-04

for this trade. We want the railroad which
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
MISSING.

Missing, no more; ? dumb, dead wall
OF silence and darkness stands
9etween us and they who left US here,
a 9egolden morning of the year,
WIN nope and promise and parting cheer,
Wet eyes and waving hands.
Never an omen told our hearts
how tate lurked, grim and dark;
treso and sweet smiled the April day,
kissing the sands of the sheltered bay.
And laughing around the bark.
Like molten silver shone her sails,
As she Rltded from our gaze;
And We turned US back to our homes again,
To lot custom grow DER the yearning pain,
And to count BY the h~esrth-ah, labor vain!-
The lonely lingering days.
Never q letter from loving hands,
Never q message came;
We knew long since should the port be won;
We knew what the fierce north gales had lone
AEd sloWly crept over every one
A terror We would Eot name.
An me-! those weary mornings,
When out on the great pier-head
we strained our sight Ger the tossing seas,
4 AnS : studied - Zach change in the fttu1 breeze.
Light question coldly said.
All me! those weary midnights,
nearing the breakers roar;
Startling from dreams of storm and death,
With beating pulses and catching breath,
To hear the white surf "call' beneath,
Along the hollsw shore.
Never . fash down tho wires,
Never q word from the east,
From the port she sailed for-how long ago!
Why, even q spar one would weep to know,
Tossed on the wild waves ebb and flow,
We're something real at least.
Missing, missing, and silence.
The great tides rise and fall:
The sea lies dimpling out in the light,
Oh dances. all living, cleaning white;
Day follows day, night rolls on night;
Missing, and that IL all.
The bark crossed out in the log-book,
The names dropped out Of the prayers;
In many q household a vacant place;
In many life a vanished grace.
We know our cast In the long lie race,
But only God knows theirs.
-1insky's Magasine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06

The alvantsges Of these Lines 40:
/. II the passenger is going to or from any poinA
IN the entire West and Northwest, he can buy HI.
ackets via some one Of this Companys lines and
be- sure Of reaching his destination RI IT on RI
c0NNEc1loNs.
:. The creator part Of IL line. are laid with stea
Rails; the road-bed IL perfect. No road has . better
OF smoother track.
!. It is tho short line between al important pointA
4. lts trains are al equipped with the West1ng'
house Ar-Brake, Miller's Platform and Couplers.
and the latest improvements far comfort, safety
s. II i. tho only Road In the West running the
celebrated Pullman Hotel Cars between Chicago aaa
Council Bluffs.
6. Il IL the only Road running the Pullman Pasa
sleepingCars other way between
CHICAGO AND 81. PAUL."
"cHlcAe0 AND GREEN Bay"
"cnicAGo AND FREEPoRr."
"cn,cAG0 N Ia CROSSE"
"cnIcAeo AND WlNOhA."
"cHicAc0 AND DUBUQUE"
"cHlcAao ANU M~ecREcoR."
"cnicAco MI MILWAUKEE,
I. Il 10 ~ only Road psssing along the shores
Lake Michigan betweo1 CHICAGO and A1LwAUK2
8. The only Road running Four Express: Trains
day via it, lines between Chicago and points IN HI
.. No road offers equal facilities in number .
through trains, equipped With Pullman Palass
10. It runs Two Express Trains Daily each way .
al It's lines, and four trains sasA way between Oh
eago and Milwaukee,.
| II. 1t makes onnseAonssWa0 ~ lines efoses29
q Intermediate points.
The popularity Of these lines 10 steadily increes.
| inx, and passengerss should consult their interest b
purchasing tickets via this line.
For Information, Folders, Maps, &C., not obtaia'
able At Home Ticket Once, address any agent OF ~
Company or
MARVIN nveH,rr. Gent Manager, chleass. n
~ II HYRNNETY 0nn' pnaa AL chica0o. III
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06

Grabbing through, followed by shrek
and curses Of pain and rage.
"Now, then, out with you! I viii
hold the place." I said, rushing back t,
the window. "Come, Bose, hurry, o.
all will be lost"
The brave fellow now wished to insis'
on my going first; but he saw that time
was wasting and glided down the rope
gradually disappearing in the heavy
shadows.
The fall of n of their number had
caused only a momentary lull, and q
heard them renew the assault with ten
fold fury.
I dare not fire again, for I felt that
every bullet would be needed when
affairs were more pressing.
1t seemed an age before l felt the signal
from below that the rope was ready for
me; but it came, and 1 let myself down,
pausing an instant, Al my eyes gain q
level with the sill, to take a last look
into the r00m.
As did 80 the door gave way, and the
bloodthirsty demons poured i've the
Threshold.
knew that l had no time for deliber-
ate movement. They would instantly
discover the mode of escape, and either
cut the rope or else fire down upon me.
had taken the precaution to drawon
my heavy riding gloves, and my hands,
thus protected, did not suffer as much as
might have been expected.
With my eyes fixed upon the window,
I slid rapidly down, and struck the earth
with a jar that wrenched every bone in
my bod ,.
Quick as lightning I was seized by
Bose, and dragged some PAGES On one
side. and close against the face of the
clif:
Not a second too soon, for down came
a volley, tearing up the earth about the
foot of the rope, where q moment before
I had stood.
"Ihunder, they will escape! After
them, down the rope!" yelled a voice,
almost inarticulate with rage.
And l saw a dark form swing out and
begin the descent.
"Now, Mars Ralph" whispered Bose,
significantly, and with q quick aim /
fred at the swaying figure.
Without q sound the man released his
hold, and came down like alump of lead,
shot through the brain.
Another had started in hot haste, and
was more than half out of the window,
when suddenly the scene above was bril-
liantly lit up by the glare of a torch. .
Again the warning voice of the watch
full black called my attention to the fig
ure o struggling desperately to regain
the room, and, as before, l threw up my
pistol, and, covering the exposed side,
drew the trigger.
With a c%onvulsive effort the wretch,
springing far out into the empty void,
turned once over, and came down with q
rushing sound upon the jagged rocks
that lay at the foot Of the precipice.
A single look to see that the window
was clear-we knew there could be no
path leading down for q long distance
either way, or they would never have
attempted the rope, and We plunged
headlong into the dense forest that
clothed the mountain side.
W. got clear, it is true, but with the
loss of our animals and baggage; for the
next day, when we returned with a party
of regulators, we found the place a heap
of smouldering ashes, and no living soul
to tell whittier the robbers had fed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
Patriarch Of Luck-Bearing Horse
shoes.

During the gale in August last large
button-ball or sycamore tree was blown
down near the residence of Gov. Doug
las. It was given to a man who cut it
up for frewood. In doing so he found
imbedded in the trunk, ffty-nine inches
in diameter, an old horseshoe with nails
in one side. It was twenty-five inches
from the bark or outer edge Of the tree,
the wood of which is perfectly sound.
The tree il: known to he more than $50
years old, and it is estimated that the
shoe has been Embedded in it 10 years.
In ye olden times it was q customary
thing to nail old h%orseshoes to trees for
hitching horses to, and it is supposed
that this one was nailed there for this
purpose, and that as the tee grew it
encased the shoe in it. Mr.. Douglas
house formerly belonged to the Mather
fsmily.-Hoyt1ord G6nn.) Ereniing t'ost.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
POTATO ROSES

Pare carefully with a thin penknife
some peeled potatoes round and round,
until all of each potato is peeled to the
center. Do not try to cut the slices too
thin or they will break. Place in a wire
basket and dip in boiling lard. They
are g handsome parnis,.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
HAIR DYE.

BATOHELOR's CELEBRATED HAIR DYE
best in the world. The inventor has used this
splendid hair dye tor forty years with benent to
il. the only true and perfect dye, harmless, relia-
bic, instantaneous. No disappointnents, no n
diculous tints ; remedies the effects, Of bad dyes;
leaves the hair soft and beautiful, black or brown,
Sold and properly applied ct BAT0HELOR,9 Wig
setoEy, No,le Bond etzesk, New Xork.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
sAUCE

Cupfu] of mo]asses, spoonful of saler.
atus, and one of ginger, tablespoonful of
butter or lard, using a pinch of salt
with lard; stir and add a cup of boiling
water and q pint of -four, making a thin
batter. Bake one inch deep in a
sheet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06
USEFUL N
CHICKEN

~ i OO0AN~s
Cut up as for fricassee, and parboil;
season well with salt, pepper and a piece
of butter the size Of an egg to each
chicken. The fowls should be young
and tender, and divided at every joint.
Stew slowly for half an hour; take them
out and lay them on a dish to cool. Set
aside the water in which they were
cooked for your gravy. Make a batter
of one quart of milk, three cups of -four,
three tablespoons of melted butter, two
scant teaspoonfuis of baking powder and
four eggs we'll beaten, and a little salt.
Put q layer of chicken in the bottom of
the dish, and pour about half a cup of
batter over it, then more chicken and
more batter until the dish is filled, Gov
ering the top with the batter. Bake
about half an hour or longer, depending
upon the heat of the oven. Beat an egg
and stir into the gravy which is set aside;
thicken with two teaspoonfuls Of rice or
wheat -four, add a little chopped parsley
or celery; boil up aud serve with the
dish of pudding.
CAULlFLOWER SAUCE.
One small %cauliAower, three table
~spoonfuls of butter, one onion, one small
head of celery, a pinch of mace, salt and
pepper, one teacup of water, n teacup
Of cream OF milk. Boil the c%aulidower
in two waters, changing when about half
done, and throwing away the first, reserve
one cupful of the last. Take ont the
cauliAower, drain, and mince. Cook in
another saucepan the onion and celery,
mincing them when tender. Heat the
reserved cupful of water again in 3
saucepan, and the milk; when warm put
in the caulidower and onion, the butter
and seasoning-coating the butter thick
~ with -four; boil slightly until it
thickens. This is a delicious sauce for
any boiled meats.
CRANBERRY GAUGE.
Pick and wash a quart of ripe cram
berries and put into q saucepan with one
teacupful OF water. Stew slowly, stir
ring often, until they are 81 thick Us
marmalade; cook them at least an hour.
When you take them from the fire
sweeten them abundsntly with white
sugar. If sweetened while cooking the
color will be bad. Put into a mold and
set to cool.
SOFT MoLAssEs GINGERBREAD.
Cupfu] of molasses, spoonful of saler.
atus, and one of ginger, tablespoonful of
butter or lard, using a pinch of salt
with lard; stir and add a cup of boiling
water and q pint of -four, making a thin
batter. Bake one inch deep in q
sheet.
POTATO ROSES.
Pare carefully with a thin penknife
some peeled potatoes round and round,
until all of each potato is peeled to the
center. Do not try to cut the slices too
thin or they will break. Place in a wire
basket and dip in boiling lard. They
are a handsome garnisl.
GOLDFISH BALLS.
Two pounds of homeless fish, soaked
and boiled over night, and we'll beaten
before breakfast; boil twelve or fifteen
good sized potatoes; mash them very
smooth, with milk and a large table.
spoonful butter; beat in the Goldfish; add
one egg; it not soft enough, add a little
more milk; make into a cake and fry.
The secret of good fish cakes is to have
the potatoes fresh boiled, and beaten
very light.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06

WILL the coming mar walk7 If he
will, he is likely to be murdered in cold
blood on the first lap, amid the cheers Of
the entire country.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-11-06

that the window overlooked a chasm, the
soundings of which Icould only guess at.
In other words, the house, OF that POT.
ton of it, was built upon the very verge
of the clif, the solid rock forming a
foundation more lasting than any that
could be made by the hands of men.
leaned far out, and saw that there
was not an inch Of space left between
the heavy log on which the structure
rested and the edge of the ~precipice;
and then I turned away with the full
conviction that if necessary escape must
be made in that direction. There was
nothing especially strange in this; there
were many houses SO constructed-I had
seen one or two myself-and yet when I
dr8w back into the room and saw the
look in Bosses dusky face, l felt that
danger, quick and deadly, wa lowering
in the air.
Without speaking l went to my saddle
pair of long and double rifles, that /
knew to be accurate anywhere under
half a hundred yards.
"Dar! denis what I like to see!" OK.
claimed Bose, as he dived down into his
bag and fshed an old horse pistol that
had belonged to my grandfather, and
which I knew was loaded to the muzzle
with No. l buck-shot. It was q terrible
weapon at close quarters.
The stables in which our horses were
feeding could be watched, and by events
transpiring in that locality we would
shape our actions. I found the door
could be locked from the inside, and in
addition to this, I improvised a bar by
means of a chair leg wrenched off and
thrust through q heavy iron staple that
had been driven into the wall. Its fel.
low on the opposite side was missing.
Wethen lifted the clothes press before
the window, leaving just room enough
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11

hear it positively asserted Gen.
Bradley T Johnson isgoing to returnto
"My Maryland. y
Mr.. Jonas Kelley has made repu.
tation on the committee on Retrench.
ment and economy. He is quoted as
authority on county matters, and is
one of our best workers. In fact the
Southwest has splendid working
delegation.
Our Glade Spring neighbors are
pressing with wonderful vigor their
request for local option law.
The Blacksburg College bill is up
before the House, what will be done
with it | cannot say. All agree that
something is badly needed, but divi-
sion of opinion seems to blight every
thing touching that institution.
| am about worn out and must
clase. SEE.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
CONsUMpTioN CURED.

An old physician. retired from prac.
tice, having had placed IN his hands
by al IGaet India missionary the for
muln of simple vegetable remedy
for speedy and permanent cue for
consumption, bronchitis. cntnirh. nslh.
MA and all throat and lung affections,
Hlso n positive and raIical cure for
nervous debility aud oil nervous com
plalniu, after having tested its won
derfil curative powers ~ thousands "
casep, has felt u hlH duty to make II
known 10 lila suffering fellOws. Ac.
tunied by this motive, aud n desire to
relieve human suffering, will Hend,
free " charge, 10 nll Win desire H.
this recipe, with full directions for
preparing and using. IN German,
French, or English Sent by natl ny
Addressing with stamp, l'niplng this
npper, W. w. Rhrfnr. iiD Powers
Block Rochester New York,
dec 3, 1873 Nv
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
Liver Is Eirg.

The Liver IL the imperial organ I
the whole human sys.enl. NJ II 60 d
tto!s the liIe, health aud happiness
man. When IL ~ disturbed Nv its
proper action, oil kinds OF ailments
ARE the natural result, The digrs ion
NJ food, tho movements at the heart
aud bl0Od, the action of the brain AMI
nervous Systrm are all Immediately
connected with the workings III thr
Liver, II ha1 been successfully prov.
al that Green's August Flower ~ I'm.
equHlled In curing all persons afflicted
with Dyspepsia ~ Liver Complaint
nnd all the humorous symptoms tlat
result from an unhealthy condition Of
the Liver aud stomach. Sumpl, hot
ties t. try, lO,rnt+ Positively sold IN
all towns Uu III" Western Continent.
TIRE doses viii prove lhnt 1t II just
whit YOU want
For snle hy J. a Dickey & Co.
DJr, ii III
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
The Tobacco Tax,
Washington Special to tho Louisville Courier
IourIAl

Washington specal to tho Louisville Courier.
Journal
By vote Of five to four the Senate
Committee decided to report, in the
internal revenue bill, the tax on to-
bacco at I6 cents, on snuff at "a cents;
and not to reduce the tax on cigars or
matches. The House bill, which is
the one under consideration, reduced
the tax on manufactured tubacco from
81 to I6 cents, on snuff from SO to r6
cents, took the tax off matches ard
reduced it on cigars. The friends OF
reduction claim to have d. votes
which is agood working majority in
the Senate.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
Fortune aud Misfortune.

Col. ID. g. Dunn, late of Abing-
don, was married in Richmond last
Friday to lady on Church Hill,
but had the i'll luck to loose his
trunk, containing u lot CT diamonds,
on his way from Texas. The new,
ly welded pair started South at
once OH tlciI bridal tour.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
TIE Senate Committee at Was

THE Senate Committee at Wash
ington has reported u bill changing
the mode OF appointing the Conn
missioncrs TO take tho census of
1880. 1t allows the Governors of
tue States to appoint the county
agents, inftcad Of vcsting that
power in the U. S. Marshalls rs is
now the law. We hope the bill
will pass and become a law. 1t
will require $4,000 to dcfray the
expense Of taking the census.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
Our Senator and Delegates will

Our Senator and Delegates will
introduce u bill to allow our friends
vt Mendoza to contract for mum =
Ter of convicts with which to make
= road across Clinch Mountain to
Russell, and they will also provide
for an additional number if our
Supervisors should they wish to use
them on any other roads Of the
county.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11

THF Readjnsters in the Legisla-
ture have secured the use of Va.
Hall on 9th ST., in Richmond, for
the Convention Of the 25th inst.
Col. Fulkerson has been very ac-
tive in making arrangements for
tn, ir comfort.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-11
An Act to br Commended.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 8.-Jos. l..
Heath; prominent citizen of Bent
City, Michigan, and married, eloped
with Miss Taylor. Her father fol-
lowed, overtaking them at Kalamazoo.
Heath drew revolver to shoot him
but changing his mind shot himself
through the heart.
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