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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-01

G. NJ. Harrison, trustee, advertises for
sale several valuable and very desirable city
residences. 1t is good time to invest in
city property, as the indications are favora-
BILE to its advance in saleable value.
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coMMoNWEALTH,s ATTORNEY

To the Voters of Augusta County.
respectfully announce myself a candidate for
reelection to the Office of CoMMoNwEALTH's AT
ToRNEY for Augusta county, and solicit your votes
at the polls. JAS. BUMGARDNER, Jr.
apr 17-tde.
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The .sANNEx''-You can get any drink
you want, plain, or mixed in first class style
at the Annex.
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To the Voters OF Augusta County.
l respectfully announce myself candidate FOL
election to the office OF COMMONwEALTHS ATTOR-
NEY for Augusta county, and solicit your votes at
the polls. MEADE F. WHITE.
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To the Voters of Augusta County.
Responding to the call OF "many voters" pub
lished In the 'sVindicator OF March 7th, I hereby
announce myself candidate for the Office OF
HIGH SHERIFF Of Augusta county. Election to be
held 4th Thursday in May.
Respectfully,
mar 20 ids J.J. LAREW.
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AYRE'S
SARSAP ARILLA

For Scrofula. and all scrofulous dieases, cry
sipelas, Rose, or st. Anthony's Fire. Eruptions
and 5ruptive diseases OF the skin, Ulcerations of
the Liver, Stomach. Kidneye, Lungs, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Blotches, Tuners, letter Salt
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in the Bones, Side
and Head Female Weakness, Sterility, Leucor.
rhoa, arising from internal liberation and Utter
inc diseases, Sypnilitic and Mercurial DISEASES,
Dropsy, Dyspepsia. Emaciation, General Debility,
and for Purifying the Blood.
This Sarsaparilla Is q combination OF vegetable
Observation-Disclosures. Mandrake, Yellow Dock
with the Iodides OF Potassium and Iron. and is
the most ef1cacious medicine yet known for the
diseases it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are SO skillfully combined, that
the full Alternative effect of each is assured and
while it Is so mild to be harmless even to chill
dren, it is still SO ehectual 10 purge out from
the system all Impurities and corruptions which
develop into loathsome disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived from its
cures. and the confidence which prominent ply
sicians all over the country repose in it, prove
| their experience of itse usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues have accumu-
lated, and are constantly being received, and as
many OF these cases are publicly known, they fur
nish convincing evidence Of the superiority OF
this Sarsaparlla.over every other Alternative medi-
cine, So general is its superiority to any other
medicine known, that we need do no more than to
assure the public that the best qualities it has
ever possessed are strictly maintained.
PREpAREDB BY
DIR. j. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD BYDRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
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announcement.
CITY TREASURER
COUNTY TREAsuRRR

hereby announce myself candidate for re
election to the offlc OF CITY TREASURER Of Staun
ton, Va. Respectfully,
apr 24-tds JNO. M. CARROLL,
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To the Voters of Augusta County.
respectfully announce myself candidate fol
the office of COMMISSIONERS OF THE REVENUE To-
Beverly Manor District. Election fourth Thurs
day in May. SAM'L G. WILSON.
mar Glide
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To the voters of Augusta County:
respectfully announce myselfa candidate for
election to the office OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE REV
ENUE in Pastures District.
mar l8-tde WM.J. EURITT
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HEADQUARTERS FOR BEER-Bottled
fresh every day-75 cents per dozen 40 cts.
per half dozen; % cts. per fourth dozen +;
10 cts. per bottle.
W. L. BUMGARDNER 6 Co.
No, New ST.
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T.AD1FS.

List OF Letters Rem aiming In the Post OF
flee at StauntOn, Augusta County, va
MAY l. 1879,
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Cox, who recently murdered Col. Aston,
at Atlanta, is on trial liz that city. He has
fifteen lawyers to defend him, and the State
has eight to prosecute-him.
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HEAVY RAINING learn that the fall of
rain in the northwestern portion of this
county and upper part OF Rockingham, on
Sunday night and Monday morning, was
very heavy. The farm of r. II, Dudley,
Esq, was very much washed and his corn
fields damaged to such an extent that re-
planting will be necessary.
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Lexington Presbytery.

MEETING AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
UNEMPLOYMENT OF COMMITTEES,
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Markets..

The market does not show any marked change
since last week. Flour is somewhat stronger.
quotations yesterday being at Is to "a 80 for
ira, with active demand and limited supply.
Wheat 90 to 81 OF. Corn As to 49,. Oats 80. Ba-
con Sc Is, hog round. Wool 10 to 20 for unwashed,
and 20 to 80 for washed, and dull.
In Baltimore, flour was firm and unchanged
from last week, wheat 10 to 81 10. In Richmond
the quotations were about the same.
STANTON MARKET, APRIL "a. 1879.
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MARRIED.-At Hawks Nest, West Va.
on Thursday last, Mr.. Thos. A. Bledsoe, the
popular Cashier Of the National Valley
Bank, of this city, was married to Miss Ed
monia r. Page, youngest daughter of the
late E. R. Page. Esq, Of Campbell Court
House. The happy couple will reach Staun.
ton this week, after an extended tour.
KILLED BY A FALLING TREE.-We learr
from the Greenbrier Independent, of the oath
that Marshall Showalter, aged 16 years, sor
of Jacob Showalter, formerly of this county
and living OH the Pocahontis county farm o.
Mr.. Richard Fl. Dudley. of Mossey Creek
was instantly killed, on the 18th OF April. BY
tree that he had felled and was trying tt
unlodge.
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INDIAN MoUND.-A contributor to the
Richmond Standard says that on the farm
of Jacob Coiner, near Waynesboro', Va,
there is small Indian mound which it is
evident has been considerable depository
of the dead. By constant tillage oithe sur
face for a number of years past the mound
has been lowered and reduced in size. HUI
man bones and aboriginal implements have
frequently been turned up by the plow-
share. The great freshet of 1877 carried off
the soil to the depth of ten or twelve inches.
and since then the remains exposed by the
pillow have been quite numerous, including
the various larger bones of the human
frame-leg, thigh, and arm bones, skulls,
and teeth. From the fact that these relics
are turned up from larger area than for
merly, it is inferred that the mound was
originally much greater in size and that it is
of great age, for the progress of reduction
in size BY mere tillage of the soil must ne
cessarily have been slow.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-01

Issued Every Thursday Morning.
$500 A Year, Invariably i'm Advance.
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NHILDREN's COPPER and RAwHIDE TIP.
~ PED SHOES and Shoes for everybody
large aud small at reduced prices at G. L. W I'll
LER'S Boot and Shoe Store.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-01

THE CHILDREN s OLD FOLKS CONCERT
was repeated last Friday night in the Town
Hall, for the benefit of West End Chapel
The performance was pretty much the same
as on the previous occasion, an account of
which was published last week. 1t was pre-
eminently a children's entertainment, and
every action bespoke the enjoyment of the
entertainers as we'll as The entertained.
Each and every little actor entered freely
into the part he or she was called on to per-
form, and though the mistakes were nu-
merous, yet they were so natural that
scarcely any one could have wished them
otherwise. Throughout it was enjoyable,
and we dare say that none who attended
went AWAY dissatisfied.
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COMMISSIONERS OF THE RRYENuR.

COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE.
We are authorized announce CAPT. E. BATE.
MAN as a candidate for COMMISSIONER OF THE REV
ENuE for South River District
To the Voters Of Augusta County.
I hereby announce myself candidate for re-
election to the office of COMMISSIONER OF THE REV
ENuE for Pastures District, Augusta county, Va.
apr Side d. F. HOOVER.
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See Newton's advertisement.
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NELSON. TRUSTEE VS.. BAGBY, &o.-In pur-
~ suance OF decree Of the Hastings Court OF
stanton. entered April IA, 1879. in this cause,
will proceed at my office, in said city, on
MONDAY, MAY 18th. 1879,
to take. state and settle an account, showing the
liens on the fnnd in this cause and their pfiori-
ties.
ap24-4t WIN. B. HARRISON, Comm'r.
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To the Voters of Augusta county.
I respectfully announce myself candidate for
COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE in North River
District. II elected, will endeavor to discharge
he duties Of the office faithfully and efficiently.
Respectfully,
mar 20-tdS. ROBT. COYNER, Jr.
In response to- the call OF MANY Voters. !" in the
"Staunton Spectator" Of the 18th inst, hereby
announce myself a candidate for COMMISSIONERS
OF THE REVENUE for the South River District.
feb Glide WI. MoWRY.
To the Voters Of Augusta county:
respectfully announce myself a candidate for
reelection to the office OF Commissioner of the
Revenue for Middle River District. If it is your
pleasure to elect me, will endeavor, az in the
past to serve you faithfully and to the best Of my
ability. Respectfully,
mar l3-tde J.ALEX. KERR.
To the Voters of Augusta County,
Mr.. John M. Kinney having declined being q
candidate for reelection. announce myself a
candidate for the office of COMMISSIONER OF THE
REVENUE for Beverly Manor District and If elect
ed Will give the business strict personal attention
Respectfully,
mar 6th-tde j. N MCFARLAND.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-01

We are pleased to notice that Maj. r. Fl.
Glass, editor of the Petersburg Post, is re
covering from his recent severe illness. Maj
Glass is one of the most sagacious editors in
the State, conducting his paper upon truly
conservative and independent principles.
Tom Burke is now selling fresh, cold,
sparkling bottled Philadelphia Beer at 70
cents per dozen. 1t is drawn through his
splendid fountain into bottles supplied with
the new patent stopper, SO that it is kept
perfectly fresh and delicious. This beer is
highly recommended for persons in bad
health.
Daily globe., 1879-06-22
Two Seals Try to Save Their
Keeper.

A singular and deplorable' event has
just taken place, which shows once more
what one may expect from the intelli-
gence of certain animals.
Everybody knows the pond in the Gar
den of Acclimation, in Paris, where the
seals frolic, and the little rock, from the
top Of which the keeper Alexander comes
at meal-time to give the animals their
food.
The seals which the sight of Alexander
made happy, climb sometimes the rock,
and were in the habit Of coming to get
their food out of the hands of the keep
er himself. While Alexander was feed
ing these amphibians, wedding party
arrived. Alexander wished to be gal
liant toward the bride, and made the two
seals climb the rock. There he took a
live fish and held it in such a way that
the seals in order to catch it were obliged
to stand up and make jump for it
This sight made all the visitors burst in
to hearty laugh, and the whole wed
Daily globe., 1879-06-22
Jokes Upon Names.

A great many good jokes and bright
puns have been made on queer names.
Sometimes they have been really cruel,
though senerallyIa are made good-natured
ly. Perhaps witty little epigram
on DIR. Leetsom, famous physician Of
the last century, was written without
design to wound him, but it could hardly
be read without doing him some injury.
He used to sign his prescriptions I. Leet-
som, and the following was written:
When any patient calls in haste,
physics, bleeds and sweats 'em;
If after that they choose to die,
Why, what care l: !. Leets'em!
It is related that Sir Thomas Moore said
to Mr.. Silver, who was brought before
him for some misdemeanor, .Silver, you
must be tried by fire. tsYes,'' replied the
prisoner; ''but you know quicksilver can
not abide the fire" The promptness of the
retort so pleased Sir Thomas that he let
the man go.
Liverpool, who left immense property to
public charities, opened his first shop op-
posite the building where he had been a
servant and put up sign, which read: 81.
Came, from over the way" Somewhat like
this was the sign of a tavern-keeper,
named Danger near Cambridge, England,
who, having been driven out of his house,
built another opposite, and inscribed it:
ssDanger from over the way" His success
sor then retorted by putting up new in
scripton: "There is no Danger here now.
Daily globe., 1879-06-22
A Portuguese Heroine.

"A correspondent at Lisbon vOuches for
the truth Of the following narrative, which
he translates from the Diaria de Noticias:
At the distance of one kilometre from the
village of Fratel, near Mia G.e. on the
frontier of Spain and Portugal, near the
town Of Portalegre), Theresa Maria, who
was carrying her husbands dinner to him
in the fields, was told by little shepherd
boy that wolf was prowling about the
place. Wishing to see one for the first
time in her life, she put down hel basket
and climbed up to a high place to which
the boy directed her. There she saw the
animal in the act of devouring a lamb.
The shepherd boy began shouting and
throwing stones, to see whether it would
, let 60 its prey; and the wolf in it's fury
then attacked the poor little fellow, jump
ing up at his face, tearing the flesh from
his jaws, and throwing him upon the
ground. The woman seeing the boys
imminent danger, in an impulse of heroic
self devotion, ran on the wolf wholly un-
armed, seized tight hold of him, and then,
after a struggle, contrived to blind him
with stone, and eventually killed him.
Meanwhile the boy whom she had rescued
ran, wounded as he was, to seek help in
the village. While several villagers were
coming up, armed with guns, stones and
sticks, to Kill the beast and save the wo-
man from its fangs, she was returning
to the village covered with blood, and
with her arms, hands and face terribly
wounded. She said that at times she
was on the point Of being overcome, but
contrived to keep the animals throat in
the close hold of her left arm, while hit,
ting him hard on the head with stone
which she was able to pick up. She was
taken to the Mia hospital. It is with re-
gret that all will read what have now un
fortunately to add, that exactly month
afterwards the poor creature died there o1
her wounds. She has left eight children
six of whom are very young, and dis
tracted husband ITO mourn her loss; bu
she found comfort in her last sufferings
and under the pain of such a parting from
the recollections that she had given hel
life for another. The English and Portu
guese have sent some e22 as small con
ISOLATION to poor and industrious family
who have to mourn noble heart takel
from them.
| In a postscript written two days late
the correspondent says: II am sorry in
deed to have to add the narrative tina
the little shepherd hoy, for whom tn
brave woman sacrificed her life, is deat
also She was allowed to console her dy
ing hours with the belief that she ha,
perished in saving life. But it was no
to be so. The poor child died in the ter
riple sufferings of hydrophobia. Beside
the subscription raised on behalf of tn
bereaved husband and the orphans, anoth
er has been very properly started to erec
a monument at Mia, SO that such dee
may not be forgotten"
Daily globe., 1879-06-22
A Strange Story.

That truth is stranger than fiction the
Dubuque Qa.) Times demonstrates in its
local columns. A wealthy couple had
lived together in perfect peace for forty
one years. While sitting in the parlor
one evening not long ago, the husband
surprised his wife by saying, 81 am going
to tell you a secret you have never heard
before" There was brief pause as the
lady and near relative who chanced to
be present awaited the disclosure, and
the husband continued: eyes, you will
be surprised to hear that had another
before I married you" Startled and
aghast the wife clasped her hands in sus-
pense, and asked. cam not theu your
lawful wife?" "You are my loved and
lawful wife, was the prompt reply; "my
first wife died four years before I came
to Dubuque and met you" Then he re-
lated how he had married his first wife
and been summoned to his home to find
her dead in childbirth. Then he went
West and settled in Dubuque, where the
second romance of his life came about.
Six years ago he received a letter from
the woman who had nursed his first
wife. She wrote that she was upon her
deathbed, and could not rest until she
had confessed her share in base crime.
The wife had died but the son had sur
vived, and through large bribe offered
by the dead woman's father, the nurses
lips had been sealed and the husband
told that the child had died with its
mother. This man, the father-in-law, was
wealthy, but his daughters death left
him without an heir, and he took this
means Of supplying what fate had denied.
With her last breath the nurse informed
her employer that she had divulged the
truth to the gentleman in Dubuque, and
Immediately upon her death the father
m-law went West and offered a large
bribe. This was refused, but the secret
was kept. The son was millionaire in
the city of p, and his father was anxious
to see him. The second wife was thus
told the secret for the first time, and
asked to 60 East to pay the first wife's
son avisit. When the story was told tie
wife announced in low tones: "S1nce you
kept it from me SO long would rather
you had never repeated it." The excite
ment caused by the recital proved fatal
In two days the lady was dead.
Daily globe., 1879-06-22

ding party were delighted. All ofa sud-
den, one of the animals, tired, no doubt,
stood up and then fell heavily on the
keeper. The latter tripped, lost his bal
ance and fell SO unluckily that he split
his skull on the edge Of the pond and
disappeared Immediately under water.
Then nothing was more curious to see
the bewilderment and maneuvers of the
seals. These animals began to dive sew
al times, and then together they put the
body of Alexander on their backs,
brought him to the surface and pushed
him on the shore, making plaintive cries,
as if calling for help. Unfortunately
help was not needed. The poor keeper
of seals was killed on the spot.
Daily globe., 1879-06-22

Blind people have their eccentricities.
The other day lady friend of ours, who
is very proper and discourages the ballet,
had call from woman whose husband
was blind. Our friend was about to
give her something, when an idea occurred
to her. She asked: elbow did your hus-
band meet with this misfortune, my poor
woman?"
so, don't speak Of it, beg Of you; but
we were at play, and suddenly the bal
let-dancers came on. My husband, who
is very modest man, at once threw his
eyes up to the ceiling and ruined them 2
Our friend emptied her purse into the
Woman's hand.
Daily globe., 1879-06-22

. ID . t. i Is = i q II
them except when he was without fire.
arms. He spent many months in the
woods without any weapon except long
knife. The terrific explosions heard in
the solitude of the great forests each year
just before the rainy season sets in were
spoken Of, but he was as yet unable to
account for them. It was believed by
the natives that these explosions were
caused by 'gold-bursting." On going
through the forest after these explosions
had been heard, immense trees would be
found shivered from roots, and burrows
would be seen in the ground as if there
had been an earthquake. He believed
that the explosions was caused by the
force of capillary attraction, as the sap
suddenly ascended and filled all the pores
of the trunks Of the trees.
Daily globe., 1879-06-22
An Engineers Need of Nerve.

Unquestionably the bravest men in
America, says the Indianapolis Journal,
are those who can stand upon the foot
boards of the locomotives which draw
the fast express trains. But few persons
are aware of it, but on the leading rail
ways, where connections must be made if
possible, only engineers known to be
brave and daring are given engines on ex-
press trains, and as soon as an engineer
shows the least timidity about running
fast, he is taken from his engine and
given one on freight train to run. Two
such cases have occurred recently on In
dianapOlis roads. Railroad officers state
that the first sign that an engineer is be.
coming timid is, that he will be five tc
ten minutes late, possibly half-hour, fo1
some days or nights in succession. He is
then called to an account, and unless his
reasons are convincing, another engineer
is given his engine to run for a few times
and should he bring tho train in promptly
on time, the frst-named engineer gets {
freight train engine to run until he braces
up. 1t is stated, however, that after an
engineer allows his timidity to get a fail
hold, he seldom so far overcomes it as t
have the bravery to step onto an express
train engine and run it at the speed neces
sary to make the time. Quite recently
an engineer of one of the roads running
west from here got an impression tina
some accident was to happen to him, and
one night, when running fast express
he constantly lost time. At the first sta
L.
tor berated hlm for running slow
The engineer actually shed tear
and owned that fears had overcome
him, and that he dare not run fast
and, at his own request, an engineer Of
freig ght train which stood at this meeting
point was given the train to run through
that night. the conductor telegraphing tn
train-master, asking that the request b
granted. The timid engineer has sine
run a freight >on the road.