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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-23

On Saturday last, James Bumgardner ir.,
Commissioner, sold the Kalorama property
I to R. G.. Bickle for Sc, 100.
VIM. Chew has resigned The office OF post
master at Monterey, and Mr.. Thos. II. Slayen
has been appointed to fill tile vacancy.
The poll books for all of the county pre-
cincts are now ready and the judges are re-
quested to call at the clerks office and get
them at once.
A new post Office las been ordered on the
route between Waynesboro and Weyer's
Cave, and Harrison the name. c. S. Pat
terson, postmaster.
Complaints are being made of fly in the
wheat. The early seeding, and the drought
and warm weather have been favorable to
the appearance of this pest, and it is feared
the damage will be considerable.
The dry spell we have experienced for the
past month has occasioned much inconve-
nience in some portions of the county
Water has had to be hauled for several miles
and stock driven to unusual distances.
Chas. L. Davis Comedy company gave a
presentation OF "Alvin Joslin' in the Opera
House last Monday night and the three hours
oflaughter advertised was certainly afforded.
Davis is a genius in his impersonations OF an
old man. and the play of which he makes a
specially, gives ample scope for his latent.
He is supported by good company and
gives an entertainment well worthy of the
most liberal patronage. His audience of
Monday night was small.
On Thursday night last meeting Of some
OF the colored voters of Stauntpn was held
in the Mcmahon building, ON Augusta street,
for the expressed purpose of recognizing
the Republican party in the town ard coup,
ty. Wesley Elliott was called to the chair
and F. l.. White appointed secretary. Adj
dresses were made by J. Il. Anderson and
James Carter. A committee for each ward
was appointed to obtain list of voters &c.,
and report at the next meeting, the mem
| bers OF which were as follows:
1st ward.-Taylor Jefferson, Sam'l Will
liams and James Powell. ID ward.-An-
derson Patterson, Milton Graves ard Oscar
johnson.
Tonight another meeting will be held.
| and the views Of the various members on the
| subject of the State debt discussed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-23

RUNAwAY.-On Saturday even ing last,
the horse Of Rev. W. @. Hullihen, became
frightened near the depot and started to run.
Mr.. Hullihen who was near by, grasped the
lines, and was dragged considerab BILE dis
lance and somewhat bruised before his hold
broke. The horse continued his race up Au-
gusta street, until it reached Byers & Eakle's
store, where Henry, the driver of Byers &
Eakle's wagon, grabbed the reins and held
on to them until he was dragged in front of
F. M. Young's store, where he succeeded in
stopping the horse, and at the same time
the buggy was turned upside down. Quick
as thought Henry called to those who had
gathered to put the buggy on its wheels, and
jumping into it gave the horse the whip, land
before be had driven two squares had him
completely quieted.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-23

ished, and the plainest OF them handsome
enough for minister of state. Messrs.
Bickle also show some fine specimens of cab
met work, and Mr.. Wilkes set hard to sur
pass. Mr.. A. E. Miller's display of hard
ware, especially OF fine table cutlery, glitters
between the two furniture stands, and Major
Newton is bard by with Ills display of tasteful
machine stand. The carpet exhibitor at
tracted great attention, being novelty in
the way OF advertising and showing to great
advantage Major Ms large an1 tasteful stock
OF carpeting in every style and price. The
exhibition OF fruits is both large and fine,
considering the advanced season. There are
apples in every variety, grapes, pears, even a
few peaches, the last OF the season, abun-
dance OF vegetables, noticeably the very
largestof pumpkins and longest of gourds.
Canned fruit, preserved fruits, pickles, cat
sups and sauces, revealed the skill of our &C
complished housewives, and they were tempt
ingly fianked by handsome loaves OF bread
and delicate prints Of butter. This last arti-
Si0 10 spCCiotty Will Augusta e4nIUlbOfS,
and the samples this year could compete IA
vorably with any Goshen or Philadelphia
''gilt-edged'' factory. Clemmer, May G.
Sagendorph's new patent roof was among
tie most attractive exhibitions and drew
large crowds.
Turning away from these epicurean dain-
ties the eyes are dazzled by the countless
varieties Of fancy work, crocheting, embroid-
cry upon silk and velvet and flannel and
every other tissue, patchwork OF every hue
and shape, counterpanes and quilts in end
less variety, shawls, sacques and tides too
numerous to count. In this department.
there is SO much taste, skill and patience
evinced that we can hardly give one any
special praise without detriment to the rest.
A wreath in hair work and another equally
beautiful in worsted flowers by Miss Keller
specimens Of silk embroidery by Miss Kun,
KEEL and OF crocheting by Miss Lizzie Kinney,
were distinctively beautiful and unique.
Many handsome and curions rugs were
shown among them one by little girl Of nine
years old, Miss Guigon Of Richmond, was
particularly beautiful and noticeable. Mr..
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19

other organisations. and fee 70 New Orleans 10
meet the Legislatare. 70 save his own life. He
had received infoEmasion OF the opesasions Of
that be should hide in the cane bake. Do Lacy
Also swore that the Psckard Leealatufe WAS
$4,000 were advanced 70 the M,oho!ls Govern
nDent ~ Charles Z. Howard. President Of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company: and that
interest Of 6poford to secure Q quorum in tho
Nichols Legislature and destroy the Legislature
Of Psoxsri. In the Joint Conyentacn for we
blank. because he was in favor OF Pinchhack, but
afterward changed to Kellogg. He denied that
kslGaGs Rcld him money 70 80 and aid
Co Con- and Collector Of the Put q New "
Orleans, did not. before be voted. throw an
tanned mvnsy. An affidavit was shown to him
in which it was stated thar Smith did 90 give him
money. but he denied that the signature was hls,
Murray sy had tod witness tat Il kellogg Iia
provided fsr and ret u COS. WINES. :~ose that
l With The smallpox. and that be was person-
ated in the joint Convention BY another colOred
MANI was present in the Convention. and voted
The night before the Convention and ine" ai he
three month. after. Wines: gave the nsmes Of
money for voting for Spofford. h mself being
one Ut them. The money was in the hands of
the Democratic Senator Demas. of st. Johns.
who distributed from $4,000 to $4,000. There
were twelve Republican memben who refused
10 vote for SpOffOrd.
Charles Cavnnac testified that he was interested
in procuring testimony for SpofOrd. DeLAcy.
the previous witness came to him and offered 10
make an affidavit, charging bribery on KELLOGG
and his friends. Witness had had the affidavit
prepared, aud DeLacy went before q magistrate
and swore to the truth of it and afxeo his sigma
ture. The docume mt presented to committee was
the affidavit DeIacy signed.
Thomas Murray testified that DeIAcy had told
q memorandum book what he had sworn to. He
asked how much money there was in IL. Witness
said he himself told DeLacy that he expected to
make 81. 500 out Of it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
Royal Praise Of Cabmen.

AT the annual dinner of the Cab
drivers Benevolent Association in
London the Prince of Wales presided
and spoke. He said that there was
"no class of our fellow-countrymen
that more thoroughly deserved SYM
patty and support than the cab-drivers
of this great metropolis. As q proof
that cabmen as rule were honest, he
might say that from statistics laid be-
fore him it appeared that last year there
were between sixteen thousand and
seventeen thousand articles leftin cabs,
the value of which was stated to be about
EGO, 900, all of which had been returned
to their owners. 1t was popular be-
lief that q cabman never brought to
the police Office an umbrella which had
been left in his cab. That belief was
not founded on fact; but if it we're it
might be said in extenuation of cab
by's keeping back the umbrella that q
man without an umbrella was q great
deal more likely to take cab in q
shower of rain than a man who had
one. As q proof of their honesty,
he would relate an anecdote which
had been told him that day. A
gentleman who had taken q cab
was driven to shop, and he
left the cab and entered the shop. On
coming out of the shop he did not seem
to be in the quiet frame of mind he was
in on entering it, and it was evident to
the passers-by that he was dissatisfied
with the shopman, the result being that
he walked away. The shopman threw
a case into the cab and returned into
the shop, and the gentleman having
gone away, the ca6man Immediately
drove to Scotland Yard and delivered
up the case. which was found to con-
tain jewelry of the value of f2,OOO."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
Eccentricities Of a Yankee Shopkeeper.

We have recently heard of a charac-
ter in New Hampshire town whose
personality smacks of individuality and
independence SO strongly that we won
der of what original spring he has had
a monopoly to the exclusion of his more
ordinary neighbors. This man keeps
general store" He has kept this
same store for twenty years, and one
would almost say the same stock. judg-
ing from its thoroughly mixed-up con-
dition and the literal accumulation of
dust. He hires no attendant, but does
all the work of buying and selling him.
self. Of course he cannot always be in
the store; he must sometimes eat, like
other people. When he has occasion
to go away, he goes and locks up the
store. He locks up the store when he
is ill; he locks it up when he comes to
Boston to buy goods. In spite of this
irregular proceeding he has acquired
money, and not little of it, too. But
the really queer thing about the man
and his store remains to be told. In
one corner, more dusty than anything
else in tho place, stand two demijOhns.
There they have stood since the first
year this man began business. They
were brought by an old countryman to
be filled with molasses and vinegar.
As he took one in each hand to carry
them to his cart at the door, he said he
would settle for them the next week
when he came down. But the store
keeper had q better plan, and suggest
ed mildly that the jugs better be left,
too, till the next week, when their con-
tents could be paid for. "All right"
responded the countryman, and he set
the jugs down and went away. And
there these vessels have stood ever
since, and have never been emptied.-
Boston Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
THE MARKETS.

NEW York, June 9. - Flour
White Wheat Extra, s4.550 5.a5. Wheat
No ., Chicago Spring, Si.06@1 O61<; No. 3
Milwaukee, Sl.O61<u 1.O7. Oats-Western
Mixed, 87k@4Oc. Corn-Western Mixed,
8G44c. Pork-Mess, S000@1O.0O. Lard
-S635. .50@10 % fr c 'mm N TO
Extra. Sheep (clipped)-s3.O0@5.Oo Hogs
-$s. 6O@3S0
EAST LIBERTY, Pa-Cattle - Best,
a. Sues o.; medium, $4.A0'd47a. Hos %
Workers, s345 ,3.55; Philsdelphias, f370@
3.za Sheep-s3O0a4.25.
BALTIMORE, Md.-Cattle-Best quail
ity, e5O0 H55J; medium, $3.50 q. 81
Hog-Good. $4.5O05oo sheep-tiood,
4S.N04.3S
CHICAGo-Wheat mo. 2 Spring
closed At ST. 8 n109k cash; SlO3 1.o31<
for June; e1.0Ol9l cox for July. Corn closed
at 36sxc for No. y cash; 369S. for June; 37ssc
for July. Oate-No. 2, 34Hc, Cash; seller
June, 34Hc. Rye-No. q 52X 95Sc Barley
No. Q, cash, 64966c. Mess Pork-Ss 63k
,"9.65, cash. Lard-96.07k 61O, cash.
Butt~r-Good to Fancy, Oi7c. Eggs-
9.s@lOc. Cattle-Extrs Beeves, e49p65. 10;
Choice. a 65(a4.S0; Good, .eA25 sA5,;
Medium Grades. Is 1894 Is; Butchers' Stick,
q 2s@S 8; Stock Cattle. S226@8 Is Hogi
-0Ood 70 Choice, oaS0W&W. ehsep-PooS
b CAoleo. o2760kO0
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19

my grasp. At the moment of COM.
mencing the effort I saw my mothers
face as she leaned out over the ledge,
reached down her hand and caught me-
by the hair. Stranger. my mother died
while yet a young woman, when and
my brother were small boys. but l re-
member her face. I was successful in
making the side leap of my arms, when
l drew myself up on the ledge and rest
ed for time. From here upward my
climbing way was laborious, but less
dangerous. reached the top of the
canyon just as the sun was sinking
down behind the snowy range, and
FASTENED to our camp at the mouth of
the canyon. where I found my brother
all safe. Charley said he, have you
had your head in -four SACK? 1t was
then discovered that my hair was as
white as you see it now"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
A Terrible Situation.

The Denver (Col) Tribune tells the
following story of the Grand Canyon:
Charles Nav and his brother Robert, in
the spring Of 1870, offered to pass co.
600 railroad ties down the Arkansas
from the mountain source. He says:
"Our offer was accepted, when we
started into the upper entrance of the
canyon with large skiff, provided
with six days provisions and two hun
dred feet of rope, with which, by taking
turn round some firmly. planted OBJ
ject, we could lower our boat hum
dred feet at time. In this way, at
the end of three days. having set adrift
many hundred ties, we reached the en-
trance to the Royal Gorge. Here we
discovered that an attempt to descend
the first waterfall with two in the boat
was certain destruction, and to return
was impossible. Accordingly, deter
mined to lower my brother down the fall
in q boat, q distance of two hundred feet,
give him the rope and let him take the
chance of the canyon (life seemed more
certain in that direction), while l
would risk my physical ability to climb
the canyon wall, which was about
two thousand feet high.
"About ten O'Clock in the morning I
shook hands with my brother, lowered
him in the boat safely to the foot of the
fall, gave him the rope, and saw him no
more. Then, throwing aside my coat,
hat and boots and stripping the socks
from my feet, 1 commenced my climbing
way. often reaching the height of one or
two hundred feet, only to be compelled
to return and try some other way. At
length, about four o'clock in
the afternoon, I reached q height
upon the smooth canyon wall of about
q thousand feec. Here my further
progress was arrested by shelving
ledge of rock that jutted out from the
canyon side foot or more. To ad-
vance was without hope; to return,
certain death. Reaching upward and
outward, grasped the rim of the
ledge with one hand and then with the
other, my feet slipped from the smooth
side OF the canyon, and my body hung
suspended in the air thousand feet
above the roaring waters OF the Arkan-
sas.
"At that moment I looked downward
to measure the distance ! would have
to fall when the strength of my arms
gave out. A singing sensation crept
through my hair as my eye caught the
strong root of q cedar bush that pro-
iected out over the ledge. little be-
yond my reach. My grasp upon the
rim of the ledge was fast yielding to
the weight of my person. Then l de-
tern,iped to make my best effort to
raise my body and throw It sideways to-
ward the root 20 - to bring It within
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
IS Raised"

No BARBER knOweth whom he may
shave, and the man who rushes into a
shop and drops into q barber chair,
without seeing who occupies the next
chair to the right or left, may get badly
left, as q case proved yesterday. A
solid old citizen, in the Wholesale trade,
was taking it easy, his face covered
with la,her, when in came young
man, who flung off his coat, bounced
into q chair. and called out:
Hurry up, now, for I must get back
to the store before old Blank does or
he will raise thunder! Hang him. he
won't even i've i man time to die!''
The stolid citizen turned his face to
glance at the other. and the barber no
ticed q reddening of his face.
"Going on a vacation this summer?''
asked the barber who was preparing to
shave the young man.
"Vacation! How in Tophet can I get
away from old Blankp And if could,
he pays such q stingy, contemplate
salary that couldn't afford even ride
on q ferry-boatr'
"Why don't you ask him for raise?''
queried the barber.
"Why don't l ask for the hand of his
freckle-nosed daughterP He'd dis
charge me in q minute, though he's
making money, and can afford it. II
the old hyena would have stroke Of
apoplexy the junior partner might do
something, but such chaps always live
to be a hundred years old"
Conversation ceased here, the solid
man got out of his chair, took brush
ing, and sat down, and when the clerk
arose from his chair and turned around
snow-balls would have looked black
beside his face. He tried to bow and
speak, but something wouldn't let him.
and when he started to put on his coat
he held its tails up and collar down.
He was still struggling with it when the
solid man rose up, looked around, and
walked out, saying never q word. The
BARRIERS wet the young mans head and
held cologne to his nose, but he walked
sideways when he went out, and there
was an uncel tain wobble to his knees.
In applying for the vacant position to-
day, state what shop you shave at
Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
Nihilism In Russia.
Scene: At st. Petersburg.

OV0uCs Az CUs x0O0I0UuTks
Janitor-I can't stand this any Ion
ger, sir; I don't mind doing the duties
ordinarily expected of one in my posi-
ton, but cannot be on watch all the
twenty-four hours to see that the Nj
hilists don't stick revolutionary posters
on the front wall. I've gone eleven
nights without sleep now.
Proprietor-But, my poor Ivan Ivan
ovitch, did not make the law which
all owners of houses are obliged to
obey, providing for . fine of five hum
dred roubles If q placard is posted up
on the premises, and imprisonment If
the offense is repeated. Here, drink
this cofee-it will keep you awake. To-
night l will 20 on watch and you can
get q good sleep.
Janitor- Thanks, my good master;
your nobly- considered conduct lends me
renewed strength.
An hour later the janitor comes into
breakfast.
Proprietor-Great Todleben! where
have you been? Why, man, there is
. revolutionary placard pasted on your
back!
Janitor-Is therep Isuppose must
have closed my eyes for . minute or
two. They have q keen eye for bust
ness, those Nihilists. Let's tear it up.
Proprietor-No; don't tear it up. be-
cause some of the fragments might be
found, and we might be sent to Siberia.
Burn it up, coat and all-rn give you
q new one. Now 20 back 10 your post,
7 and for the love of Heaven do not doze
. WINK.
The janitor returns. The proprietor
watches him from the window, and,
whenever he mods, shouts, CHOW. then.
Ivan Ivanovitch, keep awaken In the
course of the long, long, weary day the
police arrive.
OhaciAl-We have come to search the
promises.
Propristor-But. Count. I belong to
no association. I an merely speaoe-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-19
A Romantic Story.

The following very romantic story
is but the substance Of what happened
in our city many years ago. The char
acters that appear as principals have
passed away. but their descendants yet
live among us and occupy honorable
positions in society. Two young men
who had passed through college and
graduated with honor were studying
medicine. They we're fast friends and
were almost inseparable. They en-
tered society together, and were well
received in the best houses. They were
together one evening at q reception in
one of the wealthiest mansions of the
city, when a new star appeared in the
person of q niece of the hostess, who
had come from Massachusetts. She
was handsome, and reports agree in
saying that she was as good as she was
pretty. Both of the medical students
were smitten, and for the first time in
their lives feeling of arrangement
came between them. The natures of
the two young men were essentially
different. One was frank and open as
the day, while the other was taciturn
and reserved. Both paid court to the
lady, but she soon manifested q choice
for the more frank character, and they
became engaged. The defeated sutton
seemed to bear his disappointment re-
signedly. In time the lady went home,
and the successful sutton went abroad
to complete his studies. While absent,
letters we're received by the girl con-
corning her lover, which created the
feeling that he was false to her. and
finally one came in his own handwrit-
ing bidding her farewell and stating
that he was to be married to a lady of
rank. This proved almost a deathblow
to the girl. but she soon rallied and
sought in every way to conceal the
trace of grief. The defeated sutton
was at hand. and again proffered his
homage, and finally, in a fit of pique,
she married him. Had this been the
finale of the story there would be no
romance. It was not long after the
wedding before the lover returned. He
could not be made to believe that the
one he loved was false by nature. He
reasoned that there was cause for her
change, and, like a sensible man, he
commenced the task of unraveling the
mystery. After much trouble, he OBJ
tanned an interview with the wife in the
absence of her husband, and as an an
swer to his upbraidlngs she handed
him his letter of remuneration. She
was happier than she had been in many
days when she learned that the letter
was forgery, and that the lover had
always been trne to her. She at once
renowned her husband, and soon OPP
portunity offered and she procured q
divorce and was united to her first and
only love. The husband and wife set
tied down in this city, and here he en-
joyed long and successful career, and
when Re died, full of years and hoDors,
he was surrounded by his wife and
family. The false friend, who, by his
wicked Vaccinations, had wrought so
much sorrow, removed to Lansingburg,
where he became physician of note.
He afterward remarked, and his pos
terity to-day occupy honored positions
, in the State. In two family Bibles in
this city the marriages are recorded
among the family archives.-7roy IN.
~ Press.