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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-17

Elections were held in Madison and Fair
fax counties Saturday for the selection OF
delegates TO the Democratic Congressional
Convention which meets at Alexandra on
the 25tb instant, and solid Neale delegations
were elected. Mr.. Neale, II is claimed,
lacks but six votes TO be nominated.
Last Sunday night Uhe Sth) six more con.
vets on the New River railroad made their
escape through the floor OF the new bar
rack, mile below the Narrows. On Mon
day night one OF the six was rccaptured on
the river about twelve miles below the
camp.
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RICHMOND MARKETS.
MONDAY, August is, 1880
CeuuIry Produce.

country froducss
Bess,oor zoe. = n.
:" cora aeGi: see. > bushel for country; zoe. for
city mills. ,,..,...,..
cherries, 11@l2c. raspberries, lo@2Oc.
I rsgIh Prime nye-goose, 40@45c.: common.
Fl Fiarssst: sI@si O5 y bnshsl.
Hay: Virginia timothy, 95c@97H; ever, 500
0ats. Bsed csc 9cc.
Potatoes: Irish--New Rose, ~ so ptarrel.
Roots: Ginseng, 90c@sl q H.; Seneca Tree oil
tops, Acc. p 10.
Lard: Goantry, 71GSc
RYE. zoe. " busbr'
Bsisd StraD: s5@4oc.
Wool: Washed. 4O@4lc.; unwaahed soc. BURY
wool win bring IRON 10 be. y IN less laap ABOVE
Cement. Lime. Plaster. &e.
Csnsnt: Rc.e. dale, $3.50 = barrel; James
Lims Agricultural s@ios' o1Snes: hol aa.s,
innisningJ rs; Glenn's Falls. e5@o0c.
Plaster: Iump - rs; sronr', ga caIeined
plaster. 81. 60@sl.75.
Tar: Large Size, sS.25@t5'oV'
Dry Goods.
&c. ; Richmond. o.; South Bridge, 6ie. Pacidc.
lie: sprsTne. 64c.: Sprague surfing, &c.;
Dunnels, 7c.; Aliens. 6ke.: Manchester. 20
Washington. 6x..: Mallory Pink, &c. Mallory Par.
pie, 7c.; simpson Mourning, To-; simpson Grey,
Ic.; simpson Black. ose.; Harmony, oHc.; Ash
Brocn Cottons Manchester \ A, osc.: Mar :
n 6Lc.: James River \ o. o., 5xs. james kiveI
Xxx. K, size, James River "A II. H., ete. James
RN = standard A. =. D., 7sc.; Grsh,esi'ss Is
line. a.: (onesioga d., To-; Conessoss VS. DC.
Broica Shsstings; Peppereii 10 4, 27Se.; An
drosroggin l0.4, S24c.
Mills l2kc.: wsmsutta, 12Ac.: Dayoa loyc.
Androscosgin. l.. &C.; Fruit Of the Loom, lpe.
Ferrestoale, Be-; Hero 4, ehe.; Peiham, e'sc.
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Hurricane and Flood. I'm Texas.

GALVESTON, Tex, August 16.-A special
dispatch from Castroville. Texas, says:
" The Hando mills were washed away last
night by the freshet in the Medina river,
which Is exceedingly high and is still lis.
ing. The water has reached the second
story OF Couran's mill. AT Indianola on
Thursday evening the water in the gulf rose
to the depth OF three feet throughout the
town. The wind was blowing at the rate
OF forty-eight miles an hour. number OF
people have left the city by railroad for La
yaca. On the morning Of the 18th the water
rose very rapidly. and the wind reached the
rate of seventy-iye miles an hour. The
track and ties OF The Morgan railroad were
literally lifted from the bed Of the road and
carried half mile away by the wind. No
lives have been lost. The water and wind
have entirely subsidized.
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The Condition Of General Payne.

" dFFtNION ITUt IHUcA.I
We regret to learn that General William
III. Payne finds that he has been more seri-
ously hurt internally by bis late buggy
capsize than he at first supposed. and that
he is physically unable to fill appointments
to address the people that have been accept
ed by him. No one is more chagrined at
this than General Payne himself. His
heart has been from the beginning thor
ouehly enlisted in behalf Of the election
Of Hancock and English and the 19th-of-
May electoral ticket.
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SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.

OFfthlNtN htIOh / Ell w CCNhG J An
WHEAT white. zoe bushels. Red. 1894 bush
CoRN.-MiIed, 35S bushels. JVhtte, 2I6 bush
els.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT white, 40 bushels very go0d at .l.l2;
80 bushels common al 81 05; ! 0 bushels commons nj
common at Sl.03: 80 bushels fair at sl.C6-total,
24O bushels. Red. 20 bushels very po1d Lancae Ten
at Sl.l4 bushels good Lancaster at sl,l6;
bushels good Lancaster at $l;l5; 80 bushels good
Lancaster at SI.lO; 80 bushels very go0d Lancas-
Ter at 10; "a bushels damp Lane !ster a; u 0S:
prime Lancaster AT Sl.l5; Sc bushels very gOon
Lancaster at Sl.I4; 80 bushels good aucaster at
SIP: l02 bushels common Lancaster at Sl.05 {;
1870 bushels very good Lancaster at Sl.l4 80
bushels very good Lancaster at Sl.l4 So bushels
very good Lancaster at sl.14; l02 bushels good
Lane iser at Sl.l0; $50 bushels mixed on prlyae
terms 40 bushels mixed at 81 4O2 busbeh mixed
on private terms: 10 bmhels common Fuliz at
good Fuliz at 81. 03; "a bushels c0niaor Fuz at
eoc.; 20 bushels common Fuiz at tl.03; 32 bush
els very good Fulz at tlO6; 20 tu.hes damp
Fniiz al 93c.; 10 bu'hes damp Fullz at 90c; 90
bushels common Fulz az Si.03i "a bushels gooo
fgliz a. sl.O5; 32 bushels eo.d tnlfz az sl.O6
good Fu'iz at sl.Os; So bushels common Futz at
al: 20 bushels far Fultz at 81 03; 20 bushels
good Fnllz at tl.05 A. bushels. good FuI'z al
SlO5: $50 bushels fair FuZ at .04; 1863 BUSH
els good Flu u al 81 O5; l04 bashels common Sui
al S2c 1876 bushels far tuliz AT VI OF; "A bush
els very good Furz at 81 .06; 10 bushels very good
FultZ ~ Sl.07 lao bushels very good ruliz al
Sl.O9; / 10 bu,hels very good FullZ at Sl,0S. 2S
bushels good Fullz al II OF; rs bushels good FuZ
at Sl.06; 50 bushels damp Fdltz nj 81 OF "A
| bushels very good F1IlZ fl.0S; 800 bushels good
FunZ at $l.05 & bushels v.Ty good Fuliz at
Sl.09; 26 bushels fair FuiZ AT 81 % l20 bushels
fir Fux AT 81 03: rs bushels damn fullZ at soc. ;
| 80 bushels good Fulrz al sl.06; 7S bushels damp
| FuhZ al 90c.: so bushels camp FutZ al 95c.; 81
bushels damp FuliZ at 75e.: 80 bu.hels damp ful'z
on private terms; l02 bushels tar Fultz al sl.02 :;
20 bushes CONN on FuliZ at 81 90 bushels good
tuliZ at Tl.05 30 bushels good + ll'Z AZ Sl.O5; ;
100 bushels common Fitl'z at Ole; 42S bushels
% FUlfZ ~
es
CORN White, 2l6 bushels on private terms.
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A NOTED DIVINE SAYS:
DR.. Pat

Dyspepsia, Constipation. aud fsaes. Last spring
ycar fIRs were recommended; used them. i am
now wall man; have good appetite. digestion per-
feet. reSsar stools. piles gone, aud have gained
Forty pos6ds OF ne:h. They are worth their weight
La gold. Rev. X. l.. SIMPSON.
Louisville, Ky.
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mary and Annie Kelly, two sisters, who
ne,e Oh The Atlantic City excursion train,
sno reported 10 be missing after the CO.
Isnlty, have turned up all right. They
"fse not Injured, spd walked back towards
AtIsai'r City about two miles, 10 where
saieod lived. and spent tue night with Der.
Iney returned home tbs following dsy.
MsaIIy relieving their IegfG.s, who he'd
gwen lbew up as lost.
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BY Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YoRK. AUGUST l6.-NOen.-Stocks strong
and higher. Money on call. 2M24 Der eeat. En-
change--LOpg. 4Sl&; short 4S3a State bonds duli
and nominal Governments steady and unchaL geo.
Ersntng.-Money, gas per cent. txcnangt,
4Sl4. Governments qaleI; new 6's. 1929: ~ per
cents. ll4s; per cents, lO9A. states duh and
nominal.
WALL STREET YESTERDAY.
NEW YORK. August l6.--The POSTS financial ar
on strong but not active markets. The advance in
stocks range at the lime we write from A024 er
cent. above Saturdays closing quotations. The rise
Is ted by Hannibal and 80. JostUh preferred: the
common is up to Is, ohio and Mississippi
II, Michigan Central and Reading l per
ceut each, Manhattan u, sad The remain
der Of the list s@4. While the nrincipil
have been IN Erie, Wabash. Northwest Milwaukee
aud It. Paul and The coal shlres. Money cali Is
2d2H per cent on Uniled states bond, and ga 3
per ceu. on stocks. Loans for three month, on
stocks are reported al 3R per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper IS 4td5 per cent.
Tie following quotations were current 10 day:
United STATES per cents, l094d 1903: United
States AZ per cents, llba1 Ii; District OF Co
hmbia 65's. =; New Jersey Central, 75A;
Ohio and Mississippi, 344; Erie, 42s: Michigan
Central. a44; Hannibal and 81. Joseph, 374; Lake
Shore, l0S3s; Northwest, lC0s: Northwest prefer
red, 1901; Iron Mountain, 565; Rock Island.
l13L; ~ Paul, S0s; -. Pau preferred, ii, y
Wabash, -. Louis and Pacific. 40h Wabash, II.
LOUIS and Pacific preferred, T26; Kama and
Te> as. 35i; Western Union Telegraph, 1QG4; &.
c. and ]. G., 729; Pacific Mail, 4l4.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, August l6.-Vireinia G's deferred
6 c0nsols. 81; second series, "a; pdst-0ue cou-
pOns, SS} new l0-40's, Ala.
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ADELAIDE NELSON.
Her sudden Death at the Continental
Hetel. Paris.

svrrcu OF HER Iirg--APPEARANcE on THE
sT.og AT YiFTEEN-JrLIET HsR GREAT
r.Rr--xiss NELSON AND THE VIRGINIA
LEGISLATURES.
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Cold weather. Frost. lee, and Snow

Cold Weather. Frost. lee, and Snow.
LAKE GEORGE, August l6.-At O'Clock
this morning the mercury here indicated
40 degrees.
POUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, August 16.-There
was frost in the interior OF The river coun-
ties this morning. Mountsin travellers re-
port the mercury at 800 and fires not un-
comfortable.
NEW YORK, August TO- Heavy frost and
thin ice was reported this morning from
many points in New York and New Eng
land. In Stony Cove. Ulster county, there
was a slight fall OF snow. The crops have
been somewhat injured.
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DIR. TrTT'S PIL.Ls.
TUFTS PILLS.
SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER.

81 MtI OMS VI n lOhriD LIVE
Loss OF Appetite, Nausea. Bowels Costise, Pain
In the Head, with dull sensation In the back part
Pain Under the Shoulder Blade; Fullness After
Eating, with dslneiIoation to exertion of body or
mind; Irritatiiity of Temper; Low Spirits; Loss
Of Memory, With feeling Of having neglected some
duty: Weariness, Dizziness Fiutterng at The Heart,
Dots Before the Ewes, yellow Skin, Headache, Rest
essness at night highly -Colored Urine.
If THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED ST.
RIOUs DISEASES WILL SOON
BE DEVELOPED.
TUFTS PILLS Sfc especially adapted TO srch
esses. One dose effects soeh a change OF feeling as
~ Sstonish the sufferer.
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POLITICAL.
Readjuster Meeting at salem-Discus-
sion between Messrs. Paul and Grif-

fin.
Especial telegram 10 The Dispstcb.l
SALEM, VA, August 16.-The Readiust-
ers held mass-meeting here to-day and APP
pointed delegates TO their Congressional
Convention, which meets at Abingdon Sep
TENDER LIST, and instructed them for Blair.
This business through, the meeting was adj
dressed by Captain John Paul, who made a
desperate partisan appeal 10 the Readjusters
10 hang together. Major S. Griffin, Demo-
cratic elector for the Sixth district, was ac-
corded division of time, and made very
able and convincing address for Hancock
and the regular ticket.
Chcered 10 the Echo.
DISCUSSION AT CHATHAM. PITTsYLyANIA C0UN-
TY, BETWEEN MEssRs. JONES AND SIMS.
Especial telegram 10 the Disparch.I
CHATHAM, VA, August 16.-rhere was a
great victory for the Democracy here to-day.
Colonel A. w. Jones, OF Shenandoah, adyo-
Gated the Malone independent electoral
ticket, and was replied TO by Colonel w. f..
Sims, who literally tore him and his fimsy
arguments TO pieces.
There were only nine white men Of the
large crowd who applauded him, while
Colonel Sims was cheered 10 the echo.
Rely on Rockingham.
SPEECHES OF JUDGES ALLEN AND HARRIS AND
DIR. MOFFETT-OPPOSTTIoN INDEPENDENT
MEETING FAILURE.
Especial telegram 10 the Dlspatchl
HARRIsONBURG, VA, August l6.-There
was a grand and enthusiastic Democratic
demonstration here to-day. Judge Henry
&. Allen, John 7. Harris, and DR.. Samuel
II. Moflett made speeches in the open air,
which were rapturously applaudcd. Brown
Allen and Deae addressed a little third
ticket crowd in the clubhouse at the
same time. There is no doubt now about
Rockingham. The straight ticket has over
whemed all opposition. Judge Allen made
splendid impression. The county will
vote Tor him by heavy majority.
Refuses GubernatOriaI IsOnOrs.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. August l6.-Rich-
ard &. Hubbard, Of Hartford, positively re-
fuses to accept The Democratic nomination
for Governor.
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p..,o.. u.,I.saorm I'm Halifax County

DANvILLE, August 16.-A furious hail
storm swept through the neighbOrhood OF
Vernon Hill, Halifax county, yesterday,
coming from n0rtberly din ection. II EN-.
bracei a section OF country mile and q
half wide. and extended a great distance
sopiI,ward. The haiI-st0ncs were very
large. the wind blew terrific gale, and
there was heavy fall OF rain. One planter
had 100. 900 hills OF tobacco destroyed, and
other planters lad large quantities ruined.
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They increase the appetite, and csuse the body TO
take on flesh; thns the system Is nourished and by
their tonic action Oh the digestive organs regular
stools are produced.
Price 25 cents. IS MURRAY STREET,
my 29-eOdtAp20 New York.
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AT oc;a
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked
Virginia l0-46s, J. and J............. az AZ
Virginia consoi,, J. aud J............. 56t 57H
Virginia tax-receivable coupons...... SrA go
Virgiom 1910 coupons...............- y2x 93k
CITY BONDS.
Richmond city SIS. ). and 5....."... l25 ="
Richmond city Sc, }. and J........;. ivS
Petersburg city s's, specl tax, J. 4 j.. ITO =.
RAILROAD BONDS.
Va. Cen. X. Il. Sd mort. 6's, ). q d.. 10t 80.
Va. aud 7. X. X. 20 mort. SIS, ). ]. loi
Va. aud T. X. Il. Sd mort SIS, J. 4 J. lis -.
south 5. r. X. I'd mort. pre-. s.. J. q ). % 106
South :. X. X. 80 mort. pref: IS, =. ~. wy
resers Sars t. E. I'd "a MORT mort. S. e. 80
H.. r. and r. r. n. mort. s's. }: 4 J.... !l2h
4. a ID. X. II. eonso u. NJ. 4 No.. io4i
Atlanta and Charlotte rs, J. & H.. 904 20
e.. Z. ana A. II. X. 1st mort. rs, j. a }. l04 100
o., and A. X. X. % mort. rs. A.&U. 81 100
RAILROAD STOCKS. Par.
G.. and o. Railway common. ..... 100 -. 19x
A., VI. and %. X. R................. 100 o g.
Richmond aud Petersburg X. H.. 100 -. 50
H., r. and y. II. II. tommon....... 100 AS -.
X, =. and 7. x: Il. per C. guar 100 20. lIzH
:. and q. X r. common .:......... 100 l0z
5. ard Il. Il. Il. guaranieed.... 100 IO5 =.
G.. G. ard A. Railroad. leo SO 3sh
a. and Char Air. Line Halfway. leo 20 81
BANK STOCKS.
first National. ......,..,.......... leo l26
Richmond Banking anu lns. Co.. 20 80
Merchants NatiOnal..........,..... 100 100
Citizens Bank. 20 II
Union Bank OF kchIoOnd....... so 53
tity bank.....,.,,...... ..'.....,., 10 Zoj4
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Virginia State.... ..s............., 20 32x 70
Virginia Home......'...-.......''' 70 29A 2l%
Merchants and Mechanics.... 80. leo 961
MISCELLANEOUS.
Old Dominion Steamship CO...... 100 9S
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A Fishing Craft Sunk by n Richmond
Bound Schooner.

RoCKLAND, Me-, August 16.-Tbe schoon-
or -. II. lneraham, OF this port, hence for
Richmond, Va, at O'Clock Saturday morn
ing, about two mills of White island, ran
down what appeared TO be fishing craft OF
twenty tons, and sunk her, as is supposed,
with all on board. The night was overcast
and dark. but clear enough to see lights in
The vicinity, and The wind was fresh from
the southwest. The small craft had no
light, and was not seen till the collision oc-
Cured The Ingraham lay by and searched
until after sunrise, but found nothing but
some tubs from the wreck. The lngraham
returned 10 this port to report the disaster
and repair slight damage. 1t is supposed
the sunken vessel was from Booth Bay,
with a crew OF three men, which had been
noticed the previous DAY.
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Flour.
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

Zine s35O@t4; exsrs.$5 25ds5.5O super1ne,
Si9t4.50; common family Sj50Gt6.
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Murdered I'm the Presence OF His
Family.

BUFFALO, n. Y, August 16.-About IL
O'Clock last night John Karin, saloon
keeper on the Abbott road. was fatally
stabbed BY boarder named Martin FIana-
gan, who arose from his bed, went into Ka-
rims bedroom, and stabbed him near The
heart with a common iack-knife. II is be-
ieved that the Cause of the murder was the
refusal of Karin to give Flanagan, who was
already intoxicated, more liquor. Karin
died at 100 O'Clock his morning. He bad
charge Of the Erie and Lake Shore transfer
house, in the immediate vicinity, and Flan'
agan boarded with and worked for him.
The murdered mans wife and child wit
messed the tragedy. The murderer was ar
rested early this morning.
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TUFTS HAIR.DYE.-GRAY HAIR or
J. wHisKERs changed 20 . GLOSSY BLACK bya
angle sppiiesiien OF shis DYE. inparlta Natn-
ss Color. sets instsntaDeousiy. Sold by druseisxs
or sent by express gu receipt or 81. fNtI
OFFICE 90 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK.
fmy 22-eodtAp20I on
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OoOK AND JOB WORK NEATLY Ex
% EGUrED AT THE DisPArcBJr'sTiSS
HpUat.
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FINANCIAL.

RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
MONDAY. August 1G, 1850.
SALES 10 shares OF ca ~. and A. Railroad stock
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
KIcmMOND. Ansust | 8. ESQ

OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT white. zoe bushels. Red. 1894 bush.
CoRN.-MiIed, 35S bushels. Jphite, 2I6 bush
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Assassination In North Carolina.


opyrp., ppv.S GRIMES SHOT DEAD WHILE
RIDING on TUE HIGHWAY.
RALEIou, n. e., August 16.-ReIiable
Information has Just been received here OF
the assassination OF General Bryan Grimes
on The I4ib instant near bis home, In PITT
county. The report says be was riding In
buggy along the highway when be was
shot dead by some one concealed IN the
bushes. The murdereris supposed to have
been a CERTAIN negro or WINE man, against
both OF whom General Grimes was an I'M
portant witness In an arson case. The
scene Of the murder being remote from iele-
prapbic communication the particulars have
not yet been obtained. General Grimes
was very prominent citizeJ. and during
the war reached by his high soiderly quail
ties The rank OF major-general In the Con-
federate army.
Hon. i. Proctor Knott Reported Fa-
tally shot.
LOUISVILLE. KY, August 1G.-A telegram
to the Courier. Journal, from Shepherds
vile, saws: lion. J. Proctor Knott was
shot and mortaly wounded this morning at
Mount Washington, ten miles from here, by
j. w. Lewis. the Greenback candidate for
Congress. No particulars have been re-
ceived."
Great excitement prevails here. The
Courier journal does not believe the report
10 be true.
A Drunken CarOuse and its Fatal
Results.
SAN FRANCIsCO, August 16.-John
Kellcher, residing at Oakland, with his wife
and neighbor, Mrs. King. INDUCED in q
drunken carouse last night, in the course OF
which the house was set on fire. Two OF
Kelcber's children, Eugene and Annie,
aged two and five years respectively, were
burned to cinGers, and James, aged four,
was burned fatally. Mrs. Kellcher will
probably die from her injuries; Mrs. King
was badly scorcbed, and Kellcher slightly
burnt.
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Bi y. LpIsTA4oaa ff S;HS II
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-08-11
The County Convention.

Saturday was the grandest day in all the
political history of Washington county.
Five thousand people, representing the intel
ligence, the patriotism, the sober, thinking
element in our population, assembled in this
village, incidentally to select their men for
county officers, but the great animating mo-
tive was to listen to the words of warning and
of wisdom our great statesman, Edmunds,
would speak, and to receive anew the baptism
OF Republican faith and fervor at the hands
of Woodford, whose burning words have
stirred into new life the believers in Repub-
lican principles all over the state and ma
ton. Nothing like it was ever witnessed in
this state. Disappointment was felt that
circumstances compelled Senator Edmunds
to make his speech shorter than was agree
able to people to whom he is their great
political high priest, and who hung on his
every word as if it were freighted with the
destiny of the nation but the elements
of inspiration in the day, the vast, enthusiast
tic and sympathetic audience seemed 10
electrify General Woodford, and his effort
here was an unwonted display of his won
derful oratorical and forensic powers. The
cause he came to plead had in it, too, all the
elements of inspiration the true orator could
desire, and right royalty he improved them.
He carried his great audience with him to
the end, whether he argued from the facts of
history that the Democratic party was the
enemy of liberty, or punctured the Green
back wind bag with the sharp thrust of the
bright lance of his ridicule, drew tears to
the eyes of hardy veterans as he recalled the
days of trial and hardship at the front, or
held all hearts in rapt attention by his
glowing periods The occasion will mark
an epoch in county history, and events will
be dated and gagged in the future from the
great convention of 1880. General Wood.
ford pronounces the demonstration here, with
the roaring afterpiece" in the evening, one
of the finest he had ever witnessed in long
experience in political campaigns in this
and other states.
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Tanners Fast.

DIR. II. s. Tanner wound up his forty-days'
fast Saturday noon with glass of milk
and the juice Of watermelon sent him by
the Georgia horticultural society. Although
the admission fee was raised to fifty cents
for the day, full two thousand crowded in to
see how the doctor looked on his last legs
He vomited twice during the forenoon,
which made him exceedingly nervous and
irritable, though he was in high spirits
when the strain was finally over. He en-
tered the fast weighing one hundred and
fifty-seven and half pounds, and stopped
off on one hundred and twenty-five pounds
recuperate, and during the afternoon was
dosed with an ounce of Hungarian wine,
besides swallowing watermelon juice and
the Juice of beefsteak. The present fast
grew out Of Molly Fancher's experience, the
the bed-ridden young woman of Brooklyn
who lies in trance state which enables her
to live without food and do all sorts Of won
derful things. DR.. W. A. Hammond OF the
New York neurological society called Molly
fraud and offered to give her $1,000 if she
would fast month under conditions he pro-
posed. But the Fsnchers have money enough
to live without traffcking in their daugh-
ter's misfortune and the offer was declined.
Her friends, however, took up the cudgels
in her defense and DIR. Tanner sent Ham
mond word that he would earn the $1,000
and prove Molly Fancher's sincerity by fast
ing forty days. They could not agree npon
the terms and then Tanner came to New
York in sheer desperation and began his
Clarendon hall fast under the supervision Of
comparatively unknown eclectic institution,
the United States medical college, though
the regular physicians also set watch Of
their own afterward. The doctors learnedly
explain that Tanner believes that all disease
springs from uncleanliness and impurity in
the body, caused by taking more food than
the body needs, and also by the debris Of
the body's worn-out tissues. Going without
food remedies the previous stufing and en-
ables the system to free itself from the
waste of the tissues. Tanner has told a
reporter himself, however, that he hopes to
extend knowledge as to the exact purpose
of nutrition, prove that fasting will abso-
lutely cure some diseases, and keep people
from being buried alive in fasting trance,
as he believes is often done.