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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-03-20
Land Sales.
Dublic Sale of q very Valuable
i Distjllery Property

l. OAStbAcTy IrOVcFty
In augusta County.
AS trustees in deed OF trust. executed by ]. D.
Hanger, Joseph Pelter, and U. V. Abnev, late
partners in business under the firm and style of
Hangers Co.. bearing date October Goth, 1879. and
OF record in the Clerks Office Of Augusta County
Court. Deed Book SO, page 352, and in pursuance
of written directions from Hanger & Co., the un-
dersigned will sell at public cutlery, upon the
premises on
TUESDAY, APRIL 18th, 1879,
A Tract of Land Containing about 81 Acres,
with the buildings thereon, and also
Avery Excellent Steam Dtstillery,
located on said land. This property is in Angus
ia county, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
between Waynesboro.' and the Blue Ridge Tun-
mel, about two miles from gthe former place, and
about Of mile from the latter.
The buildings consist of large distllery house.
two story rectifying house and small dwelling.
bracing Engine first class Copper Kettles Cop
per Worms and Pipes, good Mash Tubs porta-
Bile Grain Mill and the other appliances necessary
to such establishment. Its capacity is about 90
supply Of pure. cold, mountain water. Altogeth-
er, the land, buildings and distilery apparatus
constitute one Of the very best distilling estab
lishments in this part Of the State.
The distillery proper may, perhaps be sold sep
arate from the land and buildings, but this will
be determined on the day of sale.
TERMS:-Cash in hand to pay costs of sale, a
sum equivalent to the amount OF debts secured by
the trust.deed, say about $1,000, in equal install
ments at six and twelve months from the
the day OF sale. and the residue in two equal in
stalments at two and three years from the day Of
sale. All deferred instalments are TO bear inter
est from day of sale, and are to be evidenced by
bonds with approved personal security, and the
title OF the property will be retained as ultimate
security. THOS. C. ELDER,
VIM. j. NELSON,
feb 27-tds Vim copy Trustees.
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Dublic Sale of Valuable
Store House and Lot.

In the City of StGunton.
In pursuance Of decree of the Hastings Court
Tor the city OF Staunton. rendered on the 9th day
OF July. 1873, in the causes of William j. Nelson
Trustee, VS.. B. T. Baeby and others, and j. D
Craig vs.. B. T. Bagby and others. the undersign-
ed Commissioner will Sell at pnblic auction, in
front OF the Court House. in Staunton, on
FRIDAY, APRIL 18th, 1879,
That very desirable business stand, situated on
the east side of Augusta street, Immediately
north OF and adjoining the Brooks building, and
consisting of lot fronting 24h feet on said ST.,
running back IS feet, and
THREE-STORY BRICK BUILDING
thereon. On the north side of this property there
is an alley.
TERMS:-Enough cash to pay costs OF suit and
sale, and the balance in three equal nstalments
at SIX, eighteen and thirty months. from day OF
purchaser will be required to give bonds with ap-
proved personal security and the title will be
ultimate security.
THOS G. ELDER,
mar 13-tds Commissioner.
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RUSH OF WESTERN INTERCHANGEABLE

RUSH OF WESTERN IMMIGRATION.-Im :
migration into Kansas, which was remarka-
bly, heavy last year, promises this spring to
exceed that of any previous season. On
Thursday last two thousand five hundred
passengers arrived at Kansas City, Mo-, from
the East, which is the largest number on re-
cord for any one day, and the railroad COM
panies centering at that point have been no.
titled to make preparations for carrying ten
thousand more immigrants during the pres
ent week. The immigrants are principally
from the Middle States.
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VALUABLE FARM AND MILL,
In the Shenandoah Valley,

III CHe DNenanuOaU valley,
FOR SALE.
offer for sale my farm and mill. My farm
Contains 800 Acres
of the most productive and highly improved land
in the Valley OF Virginia. The mill is one of the
best in the county. grinds from 10000 to 10000
bushels OF wheat per annum on toll.
The land can be divided into two or three beau
tiful farms, with Improvements on two Of them.
For raising blooded stock, it has no equal in the
Valley, and as evidence that it is the most pro-
ductive and valuable farm, will guarantee the
purchaser to net 8.per cent interest per annum
property. The property is three miles from Wey-
er's Cave Depot. R r.. in sight Of two Church
es and p. O., with daily mails.
For full particulars. address me at Viewer g
Cave Station Valley R. R., or Mount Meridian
Augusta county, Virginia
jan 23-tf ROBT s. HARNSBERGER.
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Medical.
|LIV Err !

This important organ weighs but about lbs.
: and all the blood in living person about
gallons) passes through it at least every half
hout, to have the bile and other impurities
altered from it. Bile is the natural purgative
lof the bowels. and if the Liver becomes tor
pid it is not separated from the blood. but
| carried through the veins to all parts Of the
system, and in trying to escape through the
. pores OF the skin, causes it to turn yellow or
| dirty brown color. The stomach becomes dis
| eased. and Dyspepsia, Constipation, Headache,
Biliousness Jaundice, Chills, Malarial Fevers,
,, Piles, Sick and Sour Stomach, and general de-
! bility follow Merrells Hepatine, the great
vegetable discovery for torpidity. causes the
/ liver to throw off from one to two ounces OF
| bile each time the blood passes through it, as
| long as there is an excess Of bile; and the eff
feet Of even few doses upon yellow complex
ion or brown dirty looking skin, will aston
ish all who try it-they being the first symp-
d toms to disappear. The cure of all bilious dis
eases and liver complaint is made certain by
taking Hepatine i'll accordance with direc-
tons. Headache is generally cured in twenty
minutes. and no disease that arises from the
liver can exist If a fair trial is given.
So Sold as a substitute for pills by all
Druggists.
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Land Sales.
EE. M. Cushing Son., Auctioneers.]
4 commissioners Sale of
~ Valuable Real Estate.


EE. NJ. Cushing Son.. Auctioneers.l
4 Commissioners Sale of
~ Valuable Real Estate.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court OF
Augusta county, rendered on the 10th day of No.
vember. 1877, in the chancery cause therein pend.
ing of Baldwin's Exx for &C. VS.. the Baldwin
to sell at pablo auction. in front of the Court
House in the city of Staunton. on
SATURDAY, MARCH LIST, 1879,
all the real estate belonging to said Fair Comma
ny, consisting of tract OF
S5H ACRES,
lying adjacent to the corporate limits of the city
OF Staunton, and used as fair ground by the
Baldwin Augusta Fair for IT'S annual exhibitions
This tract is well located and improved for the
purposes for which 1t has been used, and the To-
cation and quality of the land. with the water
right belonging to it, would make it very valua-
Bile investment to any one desiring to buyfo pri-
vate uSe
TERMS:-Cash in hand sufficient to pay costs
of suit and expenses of sale and the balance on a
credit of one, two, three and four years from day
of sale, payable in equal instruments, the pur
chasers executing bonds for said deferred install
meats with approved personal security, bearing
interest from date and waving the Homestead
Exemption and the title be retained as ultimate
security. THOMAS d. RANSOM,
JAMES BUMGARDNER, Jr,.
WILLIAM PATRICK,
Jan 30-tds Commissioners
POstpOnement.
The above sale is postponed until SATURDAY,
MARCH the goth. 1879.
THOMAS D. RANSOM.
JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR
WILLIAM PATRICK,
mar s-tds Commissioners.
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A ssignee's Sale of
IA. Chooses In Action.
In pursuance of an order Of the United States
District Court for the Western District of Virgin
la, in the matter of VIM. H. Peyton, B'kr'pt,I Will
Cd MONDAY, MARCH "a, 1879,
at the front door of the Courthouse, in Staunton
Va, sell the following
CHOOSES IN ACTION
belonging to the estate of said Bankrupt to wit !:
Open account on George L. Peyton, for $22 1863 So
Bond OF Eug. G. Peyton, subject to certain Credits
leaving balance due August 21st 1873. sl3,O37 co.
Judgment against Thornton Coleman and John
Spencer, $500.
TERMS CASH
GEO. E. SIPE, Assignee
mar 6-tds OF WIN. H. Peyton, bankrupt.
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A ssIgnee's Sale of
"A Real Estate.

In augusta County.
In pursuance OF decree of the United States
District Court for the Western District of
Virginia. in the matter of Augustus Blauth
Bankrupt, will, as Assignee OF said bankrupt, or
MONDAY, MARCH Gath, 1879,
at the front door of the Court House. in Staunton
va, sell at public auction to the highest bidder q
Lot of Land,
CONTAINING ABOUT u OF AN ACRE,
with dwelling and other Improvements thereon
known as lot No. 5, situated on Main Street, in
Greenville, Augusta county, Va.
TERMS:-One-fourth cash. the balance On a
credit OF six, twelve and eighteen months, the
purchaser giving bond. with ample personal Sc
curity for the deferred ayments, with interest
from the day Of sale, the title to be retained as
ultimate security. GEO. E. SIPE, Assignee,
mar 6-tds of Augustus Blauth, b'k'r'pt.
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= in the most desirable portion OF the city
and supplied with all modern conveniences. This
is one Of the handsomest residences in the civ
For terms, &C.. apply to the Editors VALLEY
VIRGINIAN. nov 20.
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BEES, BUREAUS,
&c, DC.

and having experienced mechanics and all kinds
of improved machinery, will allow no article to
leave their mandatory which will not stand the
severest tests. Believing that work of this char
acter can be manufactured here in our midst,
where the material is so plentiful and superioras
cheap if not cheaper than the larger cities, they
have inaugurated this
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DOR RENT.

| ENOkS Rem He
| I have for rent two Elegant STORE ROOMS
| in the new three story brick building have lust
| 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
ing large country and city trade. There is q
nice foot pavement in front of the building and
all the arrangements are well adapted to business
| Of any description.
| 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
EOR SALE that desirable and pleasant.
l. ly located property on Church Street
lately occupied by George c. Jackson For terms
&C., apply to JNO. w. STOUT.
oct 3d-tf
TuOR SALE.-A snug BUSINESS STAND on
n the best portion of Main Street. One of
the best investments in the city. For terms &C.
apply to HUDSON & PATRICK,
Attorneys,
now Stanton, Va
T,OR SALE.-One of the finest residences in
4 the City of Staunton. elegant location con-
tanning all modern improvements. Terms ac-
commodating. For further particulars as TO
terms &C., apply to the undersigned.
HUDSON s. PATRICK
sN Attorneys
july 25-u Staunton, Va
-nDSAUE A uaouSiru1 Cnt<,,, o,.,.-. :,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-04
TEX AS.

Paying ore has been struck in Lano county.
narrow gauge road from Dallas to Gle
burne may be considered fixed fact.
There was shower of rock salt at Goliad
last week.
Movers continue to pass through Mason
with cattle, horses and sheep, Some stop in
Mason county, others go on further west.
The wheat and oat crops in Fannin county
are complete failure.
Five hundred men are at work on the mar
row gauge between Texarkana and Tyler.
Willie BuDzel, an Austin county lad, was
the other day thrown FROM 6 asssrse and killed.
His father had seated hiIa 1H the animal
South Elm has been chosen as the county
seat OF Throckmorton county. The location
is a beautiful one, only one mile from the
centre Of the county.
It Is said that John Wesley Hardin has ac-
knowledged to killing Holderman, for which
deed Brown was hung at Gonzales about q
year ago.
In Arkansas county, the drouth has injured
the corn crop so badly that the farmers are
Quitting down their corn as the only means OF
deriving any benefit from it,
little four-year.old child of Capt. Rode
rick, who lives in Fannin county, fell into a
well last week, and was drowned before as
slstance could be given.
Saturday a difficulty occurred at Bald
ridges store, four miles below Washington,
between John Monroe and Ben Farquhar
There had been an old feud. Farquhar was
shot and instantly killed.
| It is rumored that John Silman and about
| forty other men made raid last week on the
| ranches OF Slaughter, Hullum and Secers, out
near Blanco Canyon, and cleaned the three
| ranches out Of horses.
| A Hill county lad, Waller Varnell, while
gathering wheat the Other day, was bitten by
large rattlesnake. A physician administered
whisky. but at last accounts the patient was
| in critical state.
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Offering t. eiGs and he officer or ra
Mard any ney conrae dBeaon
security. with the, intent Or for the purpose or
and On bens sp e by
any court Of com petent jurisdiction or by either
house of the General Assembly IT which he may
flied f, ON holding any office, State, parochial
or municipal. and shall be forever fneltg ible to
g, seat In the General Assembly; proutded. that q
this shall not be SO construed as to deprive the
General Assembly from enactfng additional
penalties
Delegate Robertson urged the adoption of
the article. He explained that similar pro-
vision was found In the constitutions OF other
States, and it was almost a copy OF the pres
ent statute law.
Delegate Caffrey opposed the article on the
ground that it was species OF special leg1s-
lation.
Delegates Blanchard, Heron, Mcconnell
and Todd favored it.
The article was then adopted.
Article 80 was adopted as read:
ART. 50, ANY person may be compelled to tes-
tify In any lawful proceeding against any one
who may be charged with having c2mmiited
the offense OF tribery. and shall not be per-
mitted to withhold his testimony upon the
ground that 1t may criminate himself or sub
jeet him to public infamy; but such testimony
shall not afterWard be used against him in any
judicial proceeding. except for perjury In
giving such testimony.
Article SO was read:
ART SO. The General Assembly shall. at IFS
first session, pass laws to protect laborers tn
public buildings. streets. roads, railroads,
canals, and ether similar public works against
the failure of contractors and sub contractors
to pay their current wages when due, and 70
make the CORPORATION, com pany or individuals
for whose benefit the work is done responsible
for their ultimate payment.
Delegate Lyons moved to amend by strik-
ing out the word public wherever 1t oc-
Cured.
Delegate Allan moved to amend by provd-
ing that plantation and farm hands shall be
likewise protected.
Pending further consideration OF the ques-
tion Delegate Robertson moved that the Con-
vention do now adjourn until tomorrow
morning at o'clock. Lost.
Delegate Caffrey moved to adjourn until
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
On this motion the yeas and nays were de-
manded, resulting yeas ~, nays 81.
The Convention then adjourned until to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
NoTE.-In the report OF the debate on the
lottery question on Wednesday the remarks
of Delegate Davidson, OF Claiborne. were Inn
properly credited to the Delegate OF the same
name from Ibervile.
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New Orleans, La, July !. 1879. iy23t
Office of the New orleans Gas Light
Company. New Orleans, July /. 1s7g-A dividend
Of THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS
PER SHARE will be paid to the sock holders on
and after July Is, out of the earnings Of the
past six months.
All transfers of stock made between July and
IL will be "ex dividend"
iy1 lot " VALLOIS, Secretary.
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disappointment In q love affair Is supposed to
have caused the rash act

DISAPPOINTMENT IN q lOV6 AHalT u SuppO6ou w
have caused the rash act.
Justice Bradley orders the sale OF the AT
lantic and Gulf Railroad in Savannah. The
road Will be sold subject to IN ortgages
i amounting to S2,7135O0, and fair estimate
OF the value OF the property j. s3,9oo0oo.
The Florida papers are still full Of wonder
how it was possible for the assassination of
been reported In the Jacksonville Sun and
Press fully one week before the assassination
took place.
Mr.. Conrad Linck, Of Columbus, Ga, was
shot by George Laytield and killed. The
killing was accidental, or rather the wrong
vent Layfield from shooting Lawrence. 1t oc-
cured on an excursion boat near Columbus.
J.J. Moore, who is supposed to have raped
and murdered Mrs. Francis Heaton, OF Pick
ems county, s. o., was forcibly taken from
a at d@a ga.hag By as party Of dab H
asserted his innocence to the last.
Jack Boggs. a worthy colored man living
In the upper part OF Liberty county, Ga, was
killed by lightning last Tuesday. tree In
the yard was first struck, and from the tree
the electric fluid passed to the man, who was
sitting In chair In the piazza He was killed
instantly.
The grand jury of Spartanburg county have
refused to take action In reference to the
lynching Of Moore, alleging that the evidence
and the enormity Of the crime justified the
punishment melted out, and was only an anti
cipation of the fate the wretch would have
met at the hands OF a jury.
A horse belonging to Rev. w. A. Florence,
OF Walton county, Georgia, was literally
scared out of his senses few days ago. He
was driven to the depot on Sunday morning
last by a couple of boys, just before the arri-
val OF the Eastern bound train, and was left
in charge of negro man. The Vidette says
that when the train came up the horse be-
came very much frightened, reared up sew
eral times, and then sat down on his launches
perfectly paralyzed with fear, since which
time he has been unable to rise
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FOR RENT.

E,OR RENT OR Saloon EXCEEDINGLY
IL reasonable terms, well improved Farm on
the line of the Jackson Railroad, situated about
two miles west OF Union Landing t83 miles
from New Orleans.) consisting Of about $50
acres Of land-20o cleared and balance woodland.
Good roads, wafer. etc.; spring branch passing
large, we'll built cottage. Kitchen and chicken
house, stable, barn. etc. fruit trees and oil the
requisites for summer re- idence Or country
etc, apply to w. ALEX. GORDON
jy43C 80 Carondelet street.
E1OR RENT THE VERY DESIRABLE TWO
~ story frame residence, No. .21s Tnalia. be-
tafns half saloon Darlors. diningroom. kitchen
and fine bedrooms. all In good order. Rent SIS
per month till October l. Apply to
j. Ct. MOREY,
Jackson Railroad Ticket Office corner Camp
and Common streets. le2g
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THE SOUTH.

The cattle trade of Arkansas is increasing
greatly.
Nickel has been discovered In Towns county,
Ga.
The military fever is raging very violently
In Memphis.
There are seven gold mines In full blast In
Lincoln county, Ga.
The silver excitement is still raging around
Hot Springs, Ark
Atlanta and Rome are agitating the ques
ton Of opening the Coosa.
The wheat crop OF Virginia Is in all essen
tials remarkably promising.
A plan to secure public baths has been pro-
posed to Memphis authorities.
The wheat crop throughout Alabama is
better than 1t has been for years.
Large lots of home-raised hay are being
brought to the Montgomery market.
The apple crop of Western North Carolina
was almost wholly destroyed by the severe
frosts.
The hemp factories OF Lexington, KY, have
closed because OF the high price OF the raw
material.
A drouth Of six or seven weeks is beginning
to tell disastrousIy upon the crops in the
neighborhood OF Augusta, Ga
A negro murderer, who committed a MUIR
der near Pine Apple last winter, was hung on
Friday at Camden, Ala.
A negro girl IN AnalT county, n.y., laSb week
poisoned the family OF w. G. Turk because
she wanted to see them all sick at once"
A Gainesville. Tenn, exchange says about
fifty fine hogs have recently died in that
county from eating the common cookie burr.
The Union Springs Paragraph says: Ned
Devane, colored, died on Monday last from
eating thirteen hard boiled eggs while intoxl-
Gated.
Dock Pinson, working at Jones's mills,
Quitman county, GA, in passing through an
old field was bit by rattlesnake, and died In
spite of all remedies tried,
A Wilcox county, Ga, girl, a Miss Owens,
sheared thirty sheep IN thirty-nfne minutes
and tifty-fiye seconds, by the watch, the other
day.
Thursday evening John Cooley aged about
fifteen, in Rome, Ga, fell from the scaffolding
of a large brick building and was almost in
stantly killed.
The Walton County (Ga.) Vidette is informed
by farmers OF that section that the recent
lice on the cotton plant there.
| Emil Hoffmpister, young German in Saw
annah, on Monday, jocularly threatened
suicide and accidentally shot himself, In
| fiicting mortal wound.
Mr.. E. A.. DuBose's little son, who was &C
| cidentaliy shot by another boy at Blakely,
Ga, while playing with loaded revolver.
about week ago, has since died.
Andrew j. Potter, of Spring Hill. Tenn.
committed suicide on the twenty second
! Thus far no explanation has been found, but
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SO TO S5OOAaLLlL1 TizWR eth i to ab makg
deal with the undersigned. Write for explana-
tory Circulars, sent free BY HICKLING d Co..
Bankers and Brokers, AZ Exchange Piace, New
York ap27 cod 3m
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
--~-----------
FOURTH OF JULY.
FOR M A N d E v ILL E,
~=. STEAMER HEROINE
STEAMER HEROINE

DIDhWUH hHIsOINN
MAKES THREE EXCURsIONs-Lea on
arrival of a. M. 8 D. m. and 8 D. n. trains.
Canal street Brass band on board. jy3 2t
NOtice-The undersigned having been
recommended by the depositors Of the Louisf-
ana Savings Bank and Safe Deposit Company
as commissioners to liquidate the affairs of
said corporation. and having. been elected as
such com tssioners at q meeting OF the stock
holders called for that purpose. and having
also been appointed az such commissioners by
the honorable the Fifth District, Court for the
parish OF Orleans. and having duly qualified.
poration ami entered upon their duties.
The liquidation will proceed as rapidly as
possible
Renters Of vaults will have all facilities here
tofore accorded them continued without inter-
rupticn. THEOBALD FORSTALL,
VIM. g RAYMOND,
EDW. @. PALMER,
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GTEAMBOAT FOR SALE THE STEAM
y ferryboat LOUISE length 122 feet, breadth
Of beam So feet, s. feet guards. depth s-1o feet.
tonnage 1874, cylindrical and return fue boiler.
is offered for sale at a bargain. For particu~
lars apply to THOS. PICKLES,
mv13 &c Canal Street Ferry
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WANTS.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

yXTANTED-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
city Is In this column, at ten cents per line for
the first and five cents for each subsequent in
sertion, mh27
q E0 FOR PIANO TUNINa-BEsT WORK
p1eON Coo 4aGszinss d. LENON, BOiree
Pianist iyBfy