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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-08-14

Mail. Southwark, connects at GordOnsville, with
Ches s. Ohio r. R., East and West. At Lynch
burg, connects with Atlantic, Miss. & Ohio 4. R.,
through Southwest Virginia, to Nashville, New
Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock and TeXas,-and
at Danville with Richmond Danville r. r., to
South and opthwest.
Express southwark connects at Gordonsv;lle to
all points East and West on CheS. Ohio r. R..
and Northward, at Charlottesville, to all the Sum
mer Resorts the C. s. o. line.
Mixed Trains for Main Line leave Alexandra
daily except Sunday 8 90 a. m. and O5 p. m, and
returning arrive at Alexandria 90 p. m. and 10
p. m.
For Manassas Line leave Washington at 90 a.
m. and Alexandria. rs a. M, DAILY, except Sun
day. arrive at T R A r G, at IL rs P. M,
connecting with the Valley Road. east and west.
Leave Strasburg 3l5 p. NJ, arriving at Alexandria
at So
Mixed Train for Manassas Division leaves AL
exandria Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, ats 55
a. M, and returns Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, at 81 p. M
For Middeburg daily connections at Plains
station.
For Upperville regular connection at Delaplane
For Warrenton leave Washington 90 am. daily
All trains make good connections, at Washing
ton, to and from North and West.
New Orleans sleeper leaves Washington at 90
a m running through without change.
On Express elegant reclining chairs between
Washington and Danville.
Excursion tickets on sale at low rates to the
celebrated Resorts of Virginia and West Virginia
Through tickets very low to the South and
Southwest.
]. M. BROADUS,
june 10 General Ticket Agent:
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r livery and Feed Stables.

The undersigned begs to inform >N-
the public that he has opened ON F3RzSA
his oloa account and in his rightG[sz{1.=sss9
erclststrely, Livery and Feed Stables at the old
stand of Thornburg s. Shafer. where, for the pres
ent, he will be found and will be pleased to have
his old friends and the public generally to call on
him. His HORSES, which cannot be surpassed
in the Valley. handsome, stylish, free and per-
fectly SAFE and his rolling stock is and OF the
best and handsomest make.
FINE TURNOCTS AND SADDLE HORSES, A
SPECIALITY.
He hopes by close attention to business. and by
schedule of prices to suit the stringent times
and low prices, to merit and receive liberal
share of the patronage of the community.
Due notice will be given of change in the lo-
cation of his business,
Respectfully,
may 29-tf GEORGE 81. PLATT.
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jan 80
JAMES Nj. HICKERSON,
TRASBURG VA,
MANUFACTURER OF
GENUINE STONE-WARE

II gallon Pitchers, 225lWater Coolers. all sizes
RS-All orders promptly filled; goods warranted;
unsound ware may be returned; a liberal dis
count from the above rates to the trade.
For the benefit of the public good as well as
health,a and to keep our manufacturing industries
within the limits of the State, beware of the
cheap productions from Ohio called Stoneware.
The Ohio ware is glazed with lead, and all physi-
clans will tell you that lead is easily acted on by
acids and is poisonous. insert this notice for the
benefit of the public, and OF course secondary for
my own benefit, being manufacturer OF 20 years.
standing of stoneware, at Strasburg. Va, that will
stand anytest that chemistry may apply to it.
JAS. NJ. HICKERSON,
Strasburg, Shenandoah county. Va.
The above statements are chemically correct.
THOS. J. MILLER, M. D.
J. N. GORDON, M. D.
july "a
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Insurance.
EIRE INSURANCE.

AS General Receiver OF the Circuit Court, am
very often directed to loan money on real estate
security:
In making the loans, as we'll for my own protec-
ton as that OF the borrower, require that the
property be insured against fire.
It is OF course OF the utmost Importance that
the Insurance Company issuing policies should
be perfectly solvent, l. e. that the assets are not
simply words and figures, but such securities as
are known to the policy holder to oe LIST, solvent
and 2nd easily converted into money when ne
cessity demands it.
After careful examination of the liabilities
ami resources of the
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GEORGIA
HOME INSURANCE co,
of Columbus, Ga.


have determined to give them all of my BUSH
ness, or as least as much as they will accept.
For my own Convenience, have accepted the
Agency OF this Company, and while my other du-
ties will not permit to solicit business for
s them ina general way, yet will be glad to ex-
plain the merits of thu Company and take the
applications OF rny one desiring to insure.
J. FRED. EFFINGER.
In my absence, parties desiring insurance or
Information can apply to RORT. CRAIG, at the
office of Eflnger, Craig s. Grattan.
may G.
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Great Britain is our best customer, as well
as our great commercial rival, and to what
an extent her immense manufacturing and
trading population are dependent upon the
vast surplus which the enlargement Of our
cultivated area and the improvement of our
agricultural methods and transportation facil-
tiles enable US to place on the markets OF the
world. Mr.. Nimmo, the present able chief
of our Bureau of Statistics. estimates that
we export seventy per cent. Of our cotton
twenty five per cent. of our wheat, six and
half per cent. of our corn, two and three
tenths per cent. OF our butter, and forty per
cent. of our cheese. Cotton and its manu-.
features, breadstuffs, provisions, and to5ac-
co,constitute over three.fourths of all our do
nestle exports, and about sixty-five per
cent. 60 to Great Britain"
Scan yoa give me the figures of our beef
and cattle shipments" asked.
''Since you are Interested in the subject,
am glad that jotted them down from Mr..
Nimmo's valuable report. They are alone
indicative of remarkable progress in our
national prosperity. OF fresh beef there
was exported in 1875 '76, the first year that
it assumed such Importance as to give it a
separate line in the enumerated list, $780,
900 pounds, worth s349, 100; in 1s76-77,
49,2l0,990 pounds worth 81, $50, 523 and in
1s77-'7s, 54,O4G,770 pounds, worth s5,0O9,-
$3.50. The value of our exports Of live animals
has risen from less than three quarters of a
million in 1s67-6s, to s., s44, 653 in ls77-7s,
of which the great bulk were beef cattle,
numbering 80, o40 head, and valued at near
ly four million of dollars. So safe and prof.
liable has become the expectation of live
stock, the loss during the ocean voyage prov
ing less than that OF fresh beef, that the for
mer continues to increase with great rapid.
ty, while the increase in the latter is but
slight. This is strikingly exhibited by the
following comparative table of expectations
for the eight months ending February %,
1873 and 1879, to which have added the
percentage of increase in each item
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MOUNTAIN LAKE HOUSE,
GILES COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

GILES OUUNTY, VIKGINIA.
Elevation 1000 Feet Above Tide.
THE COOLEST PLACE IN VIRGINIA.
The house is situated within three-quarters OF
a mile of BALD KNOB, $500 feet high. from which
can look into fpe States, and on the border OF
g beautiful sheet of pure, transparent spring wa
ter, covering an of fifty The most sub
Inc scenery, the purest air, and all the modern
means of diversion such Billiards, Tenpins,
Boating, Fishing and Riding, among the at
fractions of the place.
TERMS 81 90 to So 30 day $40 to $50 month.
Stage leaves Christiansburg Depot every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, after
July 1st. Distance 20 miles.
N. B.-A liberal deduction from above rate will
be made for parties of eight to ten-
No BAR. For further particulars, address
G, EDGAR HAUPT,
June 26-2m Manager.
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NO. IS.

this planet. The moon is near Venus on the
Goth, and if the clouds are kind our lovely
celestial neighbors will present an additional
attraction, for it is positively their last ap-
pearance together for many months. The
moon and Jupiter are in conjunction on the
Both, one day before the full.
Thus the skies Of the soft summer nights
will be full of interest for human observa-
ton. Two full moons will shed their round
ed radiance over the sleeping earth and flood
the landscape and seascape with silvery
light. Jupiter will reign supreme in the ear
ly eastern sky. and Venus, in the height of
her renown, will hang in pensive beauty
amid the glowing west. Later in the night
Mars and Saturn will divide the starry hon.
ors with Jupiter, the celestial trio gaining in
size and brightness as they approach their
opposition. The earth will plough her way
through the August meteor. zone, and myriad
meteors dlssolving in fiery tears will give
evidence of the annual passage. Besides all
this, there will be coniunctions and oppose
tions visible and invisible of the great celes-
tial forces, as well as rarely beautiful
phenomenon in the occultation OF the red
star Antareus, the leading brilliant in Scor-
pic, by the moon on the evening OF the Oath
not far from half-past 10. Observers will
have busy work in tracing out the move
ments here indicated on the glowing map
which every star-lit night lies open above
our heads. If the pleasure seekers among
the mountains, in rural retreats, and on the
sea-shore, would cultivate taste for astron-
omy, how grand and uninterrupted would
be their field for nightly observation, and
how ennobling and exalting the study Of the
star-spangled armament that nightly reviews
its miracles of beauty to earnest and appre-
ciative eyes.
PETROLEUM FOR RUSTIC WORK--Here
is room for great Improvement. We see on
every hand handsome rustic work falling to
decay and becoming distorted by age. 1t is
commonly made of kind of wood which
does not last long. Soak it thoroughly with
crude petroleum when new and it will re-
main unchanged indefinitely. A rustic sum-
mer-house ON shaded part of our grounds
would have been unusually exposed to damp
ness and decay had not this been prevented
a dozen years ago by petroleum. The pecu.
liar brown color impaired by mixture of
the heavy oil remains unchanged, and lat
tice work OF pine lath fourth ofaninch thick,
fully exposed to dampness and weather, is
as sound and unworn as ever. The oil is
now so cheap that there is no excuse for
emitting its application, and it may be rap
idly and easily brushed over the surface and
sunk into the pores with whitewash brush.
Apply it heavily.
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w (Successor to Trout f. Craig,)
Attorney at Law,
STANTON, VA.
Will practice in the Courts Of Augusta, and adj
Joining Counties.
~ Special attention given to Collections. -A
OFFICE in the building formerly occupie BY
Trout & Craig. sep z5-u
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TEO. M. HARRISON,
VI ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNTON, Va.
OFFICE-No. 10 Lawyers Row, Court House
Alley. june ST
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B. B. poNAGHE,

A, NJ FAuNTLEROY. B. B. DONAGHE'
DRS. FAUNTLEROY & DONAGHE having
~ formed partnership dating May ], 1879
tender to the community their united services III
the practice Of
Medicine and Surgery,
dence. may l5-f
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uOMMERCIAL HOTEL,
~ Stanton, va.
N. NJ. CARTMELL, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Commercial Men.
q N

HEuU4Uu7tETS ] OF COMMENCEMENT HeH'
TERMS So PER DAY.
The undersigned would respectfully announce
That he has opened the above named hotel, situa-
ted on Cor. Augusta and Frederick SITS. near the
most business part of the city, being one square
from Main street and three squares from the C. 4
0. Railway Depot. The hotel is delightfully."- 10
Gated. having beautiful view of the city and
surrounding country, and near all of the churches
and schools of the city.
xsHaving been in the hotel business for Is years,
and very recently the proprietor of the American
Hotel, Staunton, he feels confident that he will be
able to give entire satisfaction to his old friends
and customers and the travelling public generally.
N1- Omnihuses and baggage wagons will ibe in
Tendance at all che trains to convey guests and
aggage to and from the hotel free of charge.
Respec tfully,
-uly 3-tf N. NJ. CARTMELL.
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CHEsAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY.

Connecting with the early trains leaving Cir
cinnati.
No 29 leaves Staunton daily, Sundays excepted
ats As q H. connecting at Charlottesville for
Lynchburg, arriving in Lynchburg 23s p. m.
connecting with A. M. & o. r. r.
South 10 25 m. and II 40 am. Via. Atlantic Coast
Line, leave Richmond at 10 80 m, and IL IS a. IN.
First Class and Emigrant Tickets to the West
lower and time quicker by it than any other route.
For tickets and information apply to or address
Rg-Now running Sleepers from White Sulphur
to Washington, on night train.
Ticket Office at Stanton open from O'Clock a..
m. to pm.
jill. WOODWARD,
Ticket Agent, Staunton, Va.
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
W. M. S. DUNN G. 2. & Ticket Agent.
Engineer and Superintendent.
NAV 2a-tf
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DrestOn A. Baylor, .-
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
SrAUNToN, VA.
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and ad5oin-
Ing Counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor decd, on Augusta street,
opposite the Courthouse. nov IDLY
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AMBLER SMITH,
ATTORN AT LA W,
OFFICE-Corner of 9Th and D. Streets.
ACHIMGTlM u n

~ Special attention given to claims of every
description against the Government.
Refers to Hon. q. W. McCrary, Secretary of
War; J. B. Hawley, Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury; Gen. ]. A. Williamson, Commissioner
Of Land Office: Hon. D. W. Mahon, 1st Auditor,
dec27-tf.
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Professional Cards.

NMARLES w. ECHARD.
u AttOrncy-at.Law,
STAUNTON, VA.
IA Special attention given to the collection Oh
claims, and prompt returns made.
Refers by permission to the Law Faculty o.
Washington and Lee University. Lexington, va.
July ST
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nh: MAURICE SMITH.
" Attorney at Law,
1913 Fourth-and-a-half St., between G. and D. SITS.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
Will practice in the Courts of the District of Co.
lum bia, and the q. s. Courts in Virginia.
~ Special attention given to cases In Bank
ruptcy and private collections. dec 18Th
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DEVERE HOUSE.
IL Harris0nburG. Va.
MRS. M. G.. LUPTON, CHAS. E. LUPTON
Proprietress. Manager.
JAS. R. LUPTON and G. B. STROTHER, Clerks.
This well known Hotel has been entirely reno
waited and re-furnished.
ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST CLASS.
Every effort made to render satisfaction ana o
make all our guests comfortable.
Omnibus to and from all trains. ma 11-tf
National Hotel,
IN Corner of Sixth Street and Pa. Ave
WASHINGTON, DC.
r. TENNEY & CO., Proprietors.
nov 21-tf
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and everything found in irregular Tobacco Store.
Genuine Louisiana Creole PeriQue for smoking
and chewing, pure
Havana GalcgO Cigarettes.
(no paper,) and that fine Prairie Queen Smoking
Tobacco, and q good plug Of chewing t0Dacco Ior
isfaction in prices and quality. cents for GOOD
cigar. GEO. d. flFEh 20
aug
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VIZ c., VIRG. MIDLAND s. g. S. r. R-JNO
w, S. BARBOUR, Receiver.
On and after Sunday, 90 p. M, June 9Th, 1879,
Passenger Trains will run as follows:
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TAS " RROOKE IT.

las. v. BROOKE, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
STAUNTON, VA,
Will practice in Courts of Augusta and adjoining
counties. Particular attention given to collec-
tions. Ofice-With Hon. A. II. H. Stuart.
apr. 10 1877-tf.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-04

Tho Paymstf % ths Arrears ofPensions.
A Washing ton dispatch giySs thisintor.
NATION % persons Interested In arrears Of
pensions: IN answer 70 an inquiry Mon
day, Commissioned Bentley aid hehoped
tobegin paying the claims under the IL.
fears BIZ about the 10th Of April, and con.
tinue to pay them from that date on as fast
as they were examined and approved.
These claimsSill DO paid by a check on
the treasurer Of the United States payable
70 the order Of the pensioner himself, and
viii be sent 10 the postofi flee address Of the
pensioner by mail. No attorney OF claim
agent will DO recognized In the natter no
application underline Bill will be received
through q claim agent, and the pensioner
receiving the money ID prohibited by the
express provisions Of the law from paying
any portion Oft TO an attorney or claim
agent Pensioners in oil parts Of the
country are being imposed upon by claim
agents, who represent that the services Of
IN experienced attorney are necessary 70
obtain this money, All that Is necessary
Is TO send 10 the pension office, or nearest
pension agent for blanks, and after filling
them out 10 return them TO the commits:
sioner OF pensions at Washington. f
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A Rlow al Inc 4PuIIrinn Chr.

A bill has been introduced in tho Ohio
Legislature to reduce prices on palace cars
which, II passed, the Pullman COMPANY.
threaten to take their cars or the Ohio
railroads. The measure provides 'that
it shall be unlawful for any palace, sleep.
ing or dining car company running cars
over any railroad within this State 10
charge or receive for use and occupancy Of
palace or sleeping cars for any distance OF
three hundred miles or less greater
amount than the following rates, to-wit:
A single berth, chair or sofa, 95 cents; q
section, so cents;a statoroom, ST.; and for
each berth made up for tho purpose OF
sleeping therein, said company shall be
entitled to charge an additional IS cents.
It's further provided that "in the event
Of the number OF passengers holding first
class tickets upon any train OF cars to
which any palace or sleeping car or cars
are attached, beinggrcater than the seating
capacity OF said first. class coaches, said ex.
cess Of passengers shall DO allowed 10 use
said palace or sleeping cans should thew
be wholly or partially unoccupied) free
OF charge, That any person in employ Of
said company refusing admission to any
palace or sleeping car as Aforesaid, shall,
Tor each odense, forfeit and pay the sum
provided In section 9 Of this act" The
penalty Is not more than $500 nor less
than 500. The officers OF the Pullman
Company say that their cars will be
taken of the railroads in Ohio should the
bill pass,
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BLUE ANp GRAY.
The Next National Reunion OF rcdcraIs
t'H and C0nfetierates,

The Next National Reunion OF FcdcraIs
''"i and Confederates.
The Executive COMMITTEE OF the Sixth
National Reunion Of the Blue and GRAY,
to be held ut Cambridge, Ohio, August %,
~, % and 90, have issued the following
address;
To al Soldiers and Sailors. or Mc late liar
Sorth and South:
The national reunion executive commit.
tee, recognizing the fact that nothing will
SO ettectually soften the sectional feelings
engendered by our late terrible struggle,
as an occasional gathering together from
all parts oil our common country the sur.
yivors OF those scenes and events TINT are
most memorable in the history Of the
land, and remembering the great pleasure
experienced by the thousands OF old VET
Grams who have Clasped the social hand at
former cncampments OF this national or
rganization, have determined that tho sixth
meeting shall BIO the grandest Of its kind
ever held upon the continent. Our fscili.
ties for making 1t such are Unlimited
Congress has recognized 1t as being OF mn.
honal Importance by authorizing tho
Secretary Of War to issue free Of
cost, arms, ammunition, and artillery for
salutes, sham battles, camp e1ulppace and
tents to shelter the multitndes, and many
OF tho most prominent generals OF both
armies and leading statesmen OF the dav
have signifed determination 10 be pres.
ent and participate in the grand Jubilee.
All branches Of the service will be repre.
sented, delegations are expected from
every Statein the Union, and all railroaCls
will grant excursion rates. Regular Gamma
with comfortable quarters will be estab.
lishel to accommodate companies or mar.
ties, besides ample hotel and BOARDING
house accommodations can be had at
reasonable rates.
No more favorable place could have
been selected for great gathering OF his
kind than Cambridge. In close conneC.
ton by rail with all parts Of the country.
no yexatious delays need be feared Il,
coming. Her beautiful groves and never.
failing springs afford special ADVANTAGES IL
all who may desire to renew their TecoI.
lections Of "tenting on the old camn.
Ground," while from the grand elevations
that surround the city may be Witnessed
the marshaling Of veterans 'fin battle ar.
ray" which will DO prominent feStnro ~
the occasion. Nothing will be spared 10
make this reunion one to be remembered
BY the last survivor OF the "blue and
gray"
BY order Of The Executive Committee.
JOSHUA X. BRowS, Pyt1'dSHi
w, II. u. MclLYAR, tStcrdury.