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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
Re-Adjuster Nominee for Attorney
General.

The Wytheville Dispatch gives the fol-
lowing sketch Of the more prominent events
in the life of Col. Frank P. Blair, the Re.
adjuster nominee for Attorney General. 1t
will be read with interest by many of our
readers, and we therefore transfer it to our
columns for their benefit: ss
He is son of the late Hon. John Blair. a
staunch Democrat, who. for fourteen years,
represented the upper Tennessee District
in Congress, and brother-in-law of DR.. D.
Sullins, now President of Emory and Hen
ry College. Born about 1910, educated at
Washington College, and Emory and Hen
ry and was graduated at the Unive rsty of
Tennessee. Entered the army June, 1861,
and saw first service in Kentucky, where
Zollikoffer fell. Was subsequently, under
Breckenridge until reorganization, having
followed him through Shiloh, evacuation OF
Corinth, Vicksburg, and his campaign in
Louisiana in 1862. Was made Captain of
company, Goth Tennessee Regiment in the
fall OF 1862, and again was through the
western campaign, wounded at Chickasaw
Bayou and was captured at Vicksburg before
the surrender, and taken to prison at John
son Island, where he was kept until March.
1860. = On his exchange he was made Lieu
tenant Colonel of his regiment, and was en-
route to join Gen. 10. Johnston in North
Carolina, when he heard of the surrender of
The army. He located in Wythe in 1865,
married Miss Sallie X. Pierce, daughter OF
jhe late Alexander PIERCE, near the Lead
Mines. and has now family He has de-
voted his entire time to the law and has
very large and profitable business. He is a
arge farmer and is public-spirited as cit
zen. He has been an active adjustersinee
-S7l, and only missed the Re-adjuster nom |
nation for Congress last year, by one-and-
l-half votes at Abingdon, where he added |
many cubits to his political stature by har-
nonizing that Convention and making Col. !
nomination unanimous. Capt,
Blair has twice canvassed nearly all of .Vir-
'inia, meeting the ablest orators of the
ther side in debate, and always held his
wn. He was temporary Chairman of the
lozart Hall Convention, the cradle of Re,
djustment, and his unanimous and enthu-
iastic nomination at Richmond, on the 3rd
i June, was but merited compliment
lie is an an able lawyer and splendid advo-
ate and immensely popular.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
Modern FIGURING Mills.

The modern Touring mill is huge structure,
employing many men, and the wheat is turned
into flour by the freight-train load daily. One
OF the monster mills in Minneapolis, Mimi,
covers an area of $50 by so feet, and is seven
stories in height. Its capacity is 1900 barrels
daily, which requires about 10000 bushels OF
wheat, or 30 carloads, to keep the mill in ope-
ration. 1t does not depend upon the old-fash.
Toned burr milestone to convert the wheat into
Hour, but the process of manufacture is to first
run the wheat through brushing machine,
the old-fashioned smut machines having been
discarded. After the wheat has been cleansed
by running through the brush machine it is
run through corrugated iron rollers, which
split the crease of the berry open, thus liberia
ting the dust which lies in the crease, SO that il
can be removed by boiling. A very small per-
centage pillow grade flour is made during this
first reduction. The grain then passes through
a process, technically known as a scalping
reel, to remove the dirt and flour, after which
it passes through second set of corrugated
rollers, by which it is further broken; then il
Is passed through second reel, which removes
the Hour and middlings. This operation is re-
peated successfully until the flour portion OF
the berry is entirely removed from the bran,
the necessary separations being made after
each reduction, sometimes requiring five OF
six. The middlings from the several operations
are reduced to flour, after being run through
the purifiers by successive reductions, on
smooth iron or porcelain rollers Ore of the
principal objects sought by this system OF
grinding is TO avoid all bruising of the grain !;
another, to extract all the dirt from the crease
of the berry, and third to thoroughly free the
bran from the flour in order to obtain as large
yield as possible.
There are in Minneapolis twenty EIGHT of
these huge merchant mills, making the largest
flour manufacturing place in the world, and its
products are sent to all parts of the earth The
grower of wheat no longer patronizes the grist
mill but buys his flour of the retail dealer The
grist mills of the Eastern and Middle States
are small and unpretentious concerns, only
useful in grinding provender for the farmers OF
the neighborhood for the purpose of feeding
their horses stock and swine. And even now
they are forced to compete with large mills in
the West and Northwest, which make a spe-
cialty of grinding feed by the carload and
sending it to an Eastern market. The miller
Of ancient times, who used to be regarded as
an important factor Of society, is nearly obso-
lete, and the time is not far distant when he
and his toll-dish will be relegated to the domain
OF the flax spinning wheel, the hand-loom and
the reaping sickle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
Binders for Horses.

These useless appendages to the harness are
properly named, inasmuch as they are believed
to aid in making horses blind. The Indiana
Farmer says: nf 7G
"We know not who invented this instrument
Of horse torture, but we know he did not un-
derstand the anatomy and physiology Of the
eye of horse. Human vision is bionOcular-
that is, we see the same object with both our
eyes, and so adjust the axis of vision that the
object appears single though seen with two
eyes. But the eyes of the horse are placed on
the sides of the head, and the axis of each eye
is nearly at right angles with the longitudinal
line of the body, SO that it is impossible
that the same object can be distinctly seen
by both eyes, Now, by binding the eye in
the direction in which it was intended, in its
construction, that it should see, it is forced to
use an oblique vision, as if we should cover
the front of our optics and be compelled to see
only by the corners of our eyes. This unnatu-
raj and constrained use of the eye must, to
greater or less extent, impair vision, if not en-
tirely destroy it. The object for which the
blind bride is used is not accomplished by it.
A horse is more readily frightened when he
cannot see the object of his dread, than If he
can have fair view oft. But it is surprising to
observe with what tenacity men hold on to an
absurd and cruel practice when a moments re-
Election should teach them better. Nineteen
out ofe every twenty horses you see in harness
have blind brides on, and if yorask the owner
to explain its benefits or why he uses it, he
will be utterly unable to give q rational
answer. Es Haig eit s
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
HOTELS.


i STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
This beautiful place, as the name indicates, is
centrally located and the business part OF the
city, and convenient the different railroad depots,
which makes 1t desirable not only for permanent
boarders, but also for transient guests.
The house and cottages attached thereto make 1t
the pleasant and attractive place in the city,
having large and beautiful grounds, and the rooms
large and convenient y l... .fis :
Having leased the property for term Of years, I
am determined to make 1t the most inviting and
desirable in the city. tal
The property is undergoing thorough repair, In
painting, papering, &c.
We make specially for the accommodation Of
commercial men, and have provided large sample
rooms on Main street, in the business part Of the
city, for their convenience and use.
In opening the house with Its "beaut1ful views
and furnished with new and well selected lfurni
ture, 1 feel confident with an experience OF %
years in the hotel busness, of giving entire salts
faction to my guests.
Our omnibus and baggage wagons attend all the
trains. fag,E
TERMS-For permanent boarders $25 to $50 per
month. Transient guests 50 per day; $40 per
week. N. NJ CARTMELL,
apr14-tf fae.fI Proprietor.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
Fishing on a Large Scale.

About two years ago the South Fork Fishing
Association, which was made up of forty or
fifty Plttsburg gentlemen came into life. The
| association purchased from the Pennsylvania
Railroad the old reservoir of the canal, nine
miles above Johnstown on the South Fork of
the COnemaugh. This reservoir was built
some fifty or sixty years ago and cost between
100000 and 100000. With the reservoir the
association bought about fifteen hundred acres
OF land. The reservoir was then converted in
to lake. The reservoir originally supplied
all the water for the portion of the canal be-
tween it and Pittsburg, and of course it was of
large dimensions. The lake is four miles
long and three quarters of mile wide, which
is no incOnslderable sheet of water. The lake
is formed by the South Fork of the Conemaugh
and four other streams which are smaller. The
dam is a magnificent piece of work and is 300
feet thick at the base. After the reservoir had
been bought from the State by the railroad
company it was abandoned and persons in the
neighborhood destroyed about two hundred
feet of the dam in order to get the stone for
building purposes. This breach was repaired
by the association at a cost OF $4,000. The
dam has been finished for some time, and the
water is sixty feet at the breast oft. The OBJ
ject OF the association was to have the lake as
fishing resort and in connection with q club
house. Last week the association did some
fishing on grand scale. An arrangement
was entered into some time ago with parties
at Sandusky by which they were to supply the
association with live black bass. Accordingly
about one thousand bass were caught in the
lake pond fisheries and were kept alive in
special reservoirs The fish in weight were
from pound and half to three pounds. On
Tuesday last car was sent to bring the fish to
the lake. This car was arranged by Mr.. w.
A. Mcintosh, who is Vice President of the as
ISOLATION. The car was fitted out with tanks
to hold the fish, and the water was @reated by
very ingenious air pump, invented for the
purpose by Mr.. Mcintosh Messrs Mcintosh
and w. G. Taylor accompanied the car and
superintendent the transfer. On Wednesday
night seven hundred fish were placed in the
car. The water in the lake from which they
were taken was at 70 degrees, and by plenti-
full use Office the temperature was reduced to
45 degrees and kept at that point. The car
was hurried through to South Fork station on
the P. r. R. and reached there on Thursday
morning. The station is two miles from the
lake and the fish had to be placed in casks
which were covered with an ingenious head
planned by Mr.. Mcintosh and which prevent
ed the water from splashing out and at the
same time admitted air. The casks were car
ried on wagons to the lake and the fish were
liberated. Only thirty-five fish died in transit
which is remarkably small per centage
This is the largest transfer Of grown live fish
ever made in this country. 1t is probable that
the ride on the wagons killed the greater part
OF the fish which were lost.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
Richmond and Alleghaney Railroad
Evf $ 10

The proposed extension of the connections
Of the Richmond and Alleghaney Railroad to
Toledo and Chicago, continues to attract at
tenton, forming, as it will, ifcompleted, another
great trunk line to the Atlantic seaboard. IA
correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
says that the connection of the Ohio Central
with the Virginia road viii be made at or near
Buchanan, thirty-five miles south of Clifton
Forge. From Buchanan, which is on the
James liver, or point in that vicinity, two or
| three eligible routes have been suggested. The
| probable cost OF the road from Buchanan to
POmeroy (Which is on the northernmost point
of the Great Bend of the Ohio river, opposite
Mason county, West Virginia) exclusive of
bridge over the Ohio at the latter place, is not
more than 100000 But, it is stated with
confidence, that whatever sum is needed to
connect the two roads, and the distance is un-
der rather than over 800 miles, it will be furn-
ished by Governor Foster, General Thomas
and their associates when wanted. Aa tH
The total distance from Richmond to Toledo
by the proposed new route will not vary much
from 667 miles, while it is said that the distance
between the two cities by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Road via Huntington, Portsmouth and
Columbus is 695 miles, or by way of Gallipolis
and Columbus, 674 miles. With the exception
of few miles between the headwaters Of the
streams which flow east into the James river
and those flowing west into New river, the
road will follow the water courses of the
country-thus ensuring easy grades and mod
crate cost of construction. It will probably
pass through portions of the counties, in West
Virginia, of Greenbrier, Nicholas, Clay, Roape,
Kanawha, jackson, Putnam and Mason, de-
veloping the resources of a country-now al
most a terra incognita-which are spoken of
| asbeing simply magnificent. III 30
!,
ANT STRATEGY.-A traveller in South Afri-
ca witnessed not long since singular combat.
He was musing one morning with his eyes on
the ground, when he noticed caterpillar
crawling along at a rapid pace. Pursuing him
was host of small black ants Being Quicker
in their movements, the ants would catch up
with the caterpillar, and one would mount his
back and bite him. Pausing the caterpillar
would turn his head and bite and XIII his
tormentor. After saughtering dozen or
more ofhis prosecutors the caterpillar showed
signs of fatigue. The ants made a combined
attack. Betak1ng himself to stalk Of grass,
the caterpillar climbed up tail first, followed by
the ants. AS one approached he seized itiin
his jaws and threw it off the stalk The ants.
seeing that the caterpillar had too strong a
position for them to overcome, resorted to
strategy. They begun saving through the
the grass stalk Ina few minutes the stalk
fell and a hundred of ants pounced upon the
fallen caterpillar. He was killed at once and
the victors marched off in triumph, leaving
the foes body on the field. 1861 j ta9qqA II
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
WHY THE ROSES ARE RED.

Far away In the mystical ages,
When earth and its beauty were young,
When the angel host listened in rapture
To the song that the morning stars sung,
In the beautiful garden Of Eden,
Abloom with its thousands Of flowers,
And sweet with the incense like fragrance
That rose from its vine-woven bowers, ie
Eve wandered-the loneliness filling
Her spirit anew with delight,
AS she gathered bright fame colored blossoms,
And lily cups brimming with light.
The shy purple pansies were hidiug
Meath the green leaves away from her sight.
Oh, the gay blossoms rivaled the rainbow.
But the roses were all Of them white
Eve fingered moment before them.
Her sweet face aglow with surprise,
The gold Of her hair growing brighter,
In the light Of the fair morning skies
Then lightly she pressed on the blossoms
The red Of her beautiful lips;
The roses heart thrilled meath her kisses,
The snow Of the white petal tips
Blushed red, and still red as she fingered,
Till the white rose grew crimson instead.
And this is the reason they tell us,
That some Of our roses are red.
-TKate M Galpin.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
springfield (Mass.) Daily Union.l
His Answer.

10 They tell it on one of our citizens who was
rambling toward his place,of business, that, he
was approached by a lady acquaintance Of the
family, who said "Mr. 80, I.hear YOU are
suffering from rheumatism, is it so ~ NRu-
NOR It's NM" said our citizen of few words.
as he proceeded on his way. Over in Chico.
pee our friends and neighbors have been hay
ing quite a time with rheumatism, but ac-
cording to reports received by our represen-
tative the furry is over, as the sure antidote
has been used and thus commented upon
Mr.. G. NJ Mancherter, Cutler street, says rel
alive to his experience: have used St. "a
lcobs Oil, and esteem it. the best remedy. for
rheumatism | have ever tried It acts like
magic, and cannot overestimate it's value.
when pronounce it the greatest rheumatic
remedy of the age. a --...--- - -
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
RAILROADS.
JUNE 18th, 1881.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
Passenger Trains run as follows:

No. MAIL.-Runs daily except Sunday from
Richmond to Huntington; daily, Williamson's to
Huntington; connects at Lynchburg Junction for
Lynchburg, Danville and Bristol; and at Ashland,
KY. with all rail for Cincinnati and the West.
No. EXPRESS.-Runs daily from Richmond to
Huntington; connects at Lynchburg Junction for
Lynchburg and Washington; at Huntington with
steamers for Cincinnati and the West.
No. 5ACCOM.-Leaves Richmond daily except
Sunday at 80 and arrives Charlottesvlle7 As
p. m.
No. 7 PASSENGER.-Leaves Cannelton at As a.
m. daily except Sunday, and arrives at Huntington
10 90 a. m.
No.9WHITE SULPHUR EXPRESS Leaves Lynch
Waynesboro on p. m, and arrives White Sulphur
at 8 p.
LEXINGTON DIVISION TRAINS run daily.
@. B s. & P. P. STEAMER leaves Huntington daily
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
No. 2 NO. 4 Ex-
MAIL. ; PRESS.
EASTWARD

G., B. s. & P. P. STEAMER leaves Cincinnati daily
LEXINGTON DIVISION TRAINS run daily.
No. 2 MAIL.-Runs daily except Saturday from
Huntington to Richmond; daily, Huntington to VIII
iamson's; M Il. c. and SciOta Valley R. r. from
Cincinnati and the West connect at Ashland with
Mail Train No. 2; connects at Waynesboro for the
North; at Lynchburg Junction for Washington and
New York.
No. 4 EXPRESS.-Runs daily from Huntington to
| Richmond: connects at Waynesboro for the North
and at Lynchburg Junction for Washington and the
North, and Lynchburg and Danvllle.
No. 6ACCOM.-Leayes Charlottesville daily except
Sunday at As a. m. and arrives Richmond 90 am.
No. leaves Huntington at 90 p. H., daily ex-
cept Sunday and arrives at Canneton at 10 p. m.
No. 10 WHITE SULPHUR EXPRESS-Leave 8
White Sulphur at 600 a. arrives at Waynesboro
l0.45 a. M; and at Lynchburg Junction l1.55 a. M
for the North.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks, &C., apply to
any office of Q. o. Ry, Depot or Ticket Onice Of
any connecting line.
JNO. H. WOODWARD,
Ticket Agent, Stanton, Va.
H. W. FULLER,
W. M. S. DUNN, G.. T & P. Agent
General Superintendent
jun LIFT
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

A CONFEDERATE SPY.-Miss Belle Boyd
the celebrated Confederate spy, now Mrs. Muir
ply, is in this city, engaged in writing her life
and an account of the many interesting events
and thrilling incidents through which she
passed during the late civil war She is ma
tive of Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West
Virginia, was captured several times during
the war, and still has many war relics and let
tiers from distinguished Southerners, bearing
testimony to her personal identity. = Wdra-
| hac1se (1Sr.) Enterprise
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

Steps have been taken to build a brano,, 80
narrow ma gauge railroad from Culpeper q n n
"a: "a, 70 some point on the line of the Freder,'
cksbuIg :; and Orange narrow gauge road e The
aoao WI h oe ABOUT twenty-five miles long a,
can o oen pull ready for the cars for less than
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

Jay Gould writes checks for. So 100000 on
Old scraps of letter paper, and the banks nav
them, but if we should write check for SSa
on a sheet of vellum, and plaster it ali oyar
with revenue stamps and gilt seals. the n mo-,
who presented it would be handed over to tho
police. There is something wrong in onr
CIVILIZATION Sl,l1l Where are our booms Y-Boston
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

DEvERE HOUSE,
III HARRIsoNBURG, VA.
Mrs. M. G. LUPTON, Proprietress.
CHAS. E. LUPTON, Manager
JAS. R. LUPTON and G. B. STROTHER, Clerks
This we'll known hotel has been entirely renovated
and refurnished. Accommodations f1rstclass. Every
effort made to render satisfaction and to make all
our guests comfortable. Omnibus to and from all
trains.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
IN Cor. of Sixth street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
WASHINGTON, D. G. -
nov21 F. TENNY Il CO., Proprs.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
rMilvaukee evening wisconsin.

The spirit of mortal may not be very proud,
but we notice it wakes overly profane in
some cases where rheumatism is the moving
cause. We use st. Jacobs Oil for ours and are
happy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

Should the reduction of the public debt for
June reach the figures OF May, the total reduc.
ton for the fiscal year will foot up round
$1OO,OOO,0O0. Abiding to this prospect, the
New York Tribune says:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23
CCHEDULE OF TRAINS ON VALLEY
- AND B. & o. RAIL ROADS
To take effect. Monday, May 23rd, 1881.
lu-4si Daily except Sunday.
-l EAST BOUND

Man train through to Washington and Baltimore
without change of cars, and make close connection
at Harper's Ferry with Express trains for the West
The accommodation leaving Staunton at Is p.
M connects at Harrsonburg with train for Harper's
Ferry.
JAMES BARTOL,
r. W. Mantz Agent Valley Railroad.
s. OF T. B. o. R.R. may26-H
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

DEMOVAL-REMOvAL.
PLATT'S LIVERY AT NEW STAND.
My lease of the stables on New street having ex-
ptred on the LIST of September, have removed my
entire stock to the commodtOus quarters on Court
house street, adjoining the wagon-yard of John III.
Henkle. In my quarters, have increased facil-
tiles for supplying the public and citizens of Staun
ton with drst-cass livery of every description. My
rolltngstock is new and handsome, and my horses
Stylish gentle and swift. All ask is a trial. and
feel confident that can give perfect satisfaction
GEO. H. PLATT.
The noted hostler, Bob urrell, is still W, sell
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

The Richmond city council, has orantad
permission for a connection betwesn 9Th" the
Richmond and Petersburg and the Rich.
mond and Allegheny Railroads in that e it,,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-23

AMBLER SMITH
e. (Ex-member OF Congress)
ATTORNEY Il COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Corner Of 9Th and D. SITS. Northwest
WASHINGTON, D. O.
Patents, Pension and Bounties, also all claims
against the United States collected.
Compromise before Customs, Internal Revenue
and other bureaus attended to.
Two million dollars prize money is now held by
the Treasury for the sailors In the Navy during
the war. .il4-
SbOO,OO Is due colored soldiers for bounty.
Excess OF tax paid by dtstillerS recovered.
All enlistments for three years, prior to July a.
served
All enlistments for three years, prior to July IS
1864, where but 800 has been paid entities add
tional bounty under Act OF July %, 1885, If not al
ready paid.
Ali enlistments for three years between January
1, 1863, and April ], 1864, where the soldier had
served a previous term of nine months or more, en-
titles to 800 veteran bounty.
J. AMBLER SMITH,
Z feb 12-tf Washington, D. @.