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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-05-03
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The LOUISVILLE, 4 NASHVILLE RkIIR0AD
will sell fodnd-trip tickets 10 Nashville. as
foiIows: April 2fth,i tstill and 29th.d from
Bowling Green HopkIusyilie. Memphis. be-
.eattir, and all iHfermediatc stations, TO Nash
Vile, st one fin unlimited fare for the rotbti
trip. On Monday ard Wednesday. of eneh
week, during the Exposition, single roundr
trip itickots viiibe sid from all stations 10
Tennessee. and North A. far a. 'HopkinsyilIe,
and South far as Montgomery. At six. cepfs
per mile one az Parties u i've anil un,ier
Isien, and paIticl Of tenan over. awIll,be soIi
tickets any day during the Exposition, ~
greatly reduced rates, which may DO ascer-
faiDedon appIieationt To any station agent ~
the Company All retprn-tickets arc good
ten DAYS ftonlilate Of sale, and must be stamp
ed % the Ekposition. Bhiiding. The oEsposi-
t,on contnrpces ,Aptll 7lth1 and eh,is Mhy
18th. The Grand II Hillary, ,DieYlay and Com
pcttitc Drill. May I'm. 18Th aud 26th,
observation-disclosures made for lAihDols, mill
tary companies, &c, by addressing u. Il.
Atuiore, q; A., Louisville, Ky ~.
lBApril 18th, 2w. .sifglnfi1r lt W.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-05-03
BIDS FOR COAL,

Scaled bids will be received up TO May :.
1881, for the tlyltv..rr 81 oae year'e supply Of
lump coal at Che Kentucky Lunatio As1ium
Said coal II to he delivered at such tiiles ansl
IN such quantities rs Imzy require. II bling
understood that not more Than ten thousand
bushrls shall he delivered during any oue
month unless otherwise ngreed. aud that sHH
coal shall nc weighed at ssid.Asylnn and set
tied for nv said weights, anil that each
mrnth's delivery of coal s,iaii be paid for lwc
days after the nrst IaeetIaE Of thu boaid 81
Commissioners Thcc1ntrart will be awarl
Ell TO the lowest bidder. Ia or they giving mp
OF the contrlc.- .s...,
1fll ~ FL WALLER. steward.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-05-03

y Rev. Geo. O. D4rpes ire mcusfain
evangelist has announced thai he has
been commissioned BY God 10 heal
the sick as well as preach the gospel
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-05-03

u Gibson Wells a lunatic lescapeC
from his room in, JoLnsonrille, ant
was mistaken tor burglar and
MORALLY wounded while trying to gel
into the depot window. Art
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

A TERRIBLE DEATH.-At Upperville Va,
on the night of of the Oath ult., Mr.. F. F. Con-
rad, well-known merchant, of that place,
having returned from his store, he and his
wife, Mrs Lizzie Conrad, who was carrying a
lamp, were ascending the stairway preparing
to retire Mr.. Conrad had just reached the
landing when he heard q scream, and on look
ing around he was Mortified to see his wife lying
at the foot of the stairs in q blaze, the lamp
having exploded, and the ignited oil flying all
over her, having wrapped her in flames in an
instant Mr.. Conrad and his niece, Miss Fan
ME Byrne, ran to her assistance at once, but
he being a cripple and Miss Byrne being
palsied with, fright were scarcely able to do
anything Mrs. Conrad's screams soon brought
two young men from a store near by, who
broke open the door and attempted to catch
her but she sprang by them into the yard and
endeavored to bury herself in the snow, her
shrieks and cries being most pitiable. The
young men soon extinguished the flames, but
not until nearly every particle of her clothing
was burned OF AMI she was almost roasted
alive A blanket was Immediately wrapped
around her. and, strange as it may appear, she
walked upstairs, 10 her room without as is
lance, begging them not to touch her she
suffered extreme pain until Taur day, when
she died.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
A National Party.

Messrs. Editors Valeg Vayiaaian
Tread with care and interest the communi.
cations which from time to time find place
in your columns; and wish that | could be-
come personally acquainted with the authors
In these articles, however, / sometimes find
expressions ofopinion or policy with which !
cannot agree; as for instance, one writer few
weeks since spoke of his ardent desire for the
formation of "great Virginia party which
should resusctate and rebuild the cid State
| Now Mr.. Editor, l strongly deprecate the
| formation of q Virginia party, and beg leave
| to call The attention Of your numerous readers
| to the celebrated debate OF MI Hayne of S. c.
| and Daniel Webster in the u s. Senate Just
| fifty years ago. The patriotism of Hayne was
| limited by state lines or at least sectional
ones, while that of Webster WIS wide as the
Union, an embraced al it, paris.
The doctrines Of II tyne. Calhoun anil their
followers clrriel t'tiair lngie,i ciaalusion,
brought on the shareholders reI Ilinn those of
Webster rallied the loyal North to the defense
of the Union, and carried that war triumph
antly through; freeing four millions of bond
men, and passing the civil rig lis amendments
for their protection.
The pestilential dogmas Of Estate Rights"
and that supreme civil allegiance is due to the
State instead of the Mutton are still rampant
among the people of the South, and it is great
ly to be regretted. Let no Republican then, by
so much as an incautious or ill-chosen word,
even seem to sanction those aoorse than the
plaques that issued from Pandoras box
Our true policy is to build up the great Na-
tlon01 Republican party in the State of Virgin
ia. In SO doing we will best promote the
prosperity and honor of Virginia. To this end,
all who call themselves Republicans should
labor earnestly, dismissing from their minds
all hopes ofpersonal advantage. Let not our
leaders waste their strength and injure the
cause by ambitious rivalries; and let those o.
us who follow refuse to be divided to crafty
the ambitions or piques of others.
Let us ALL in the spirit of self-sacrifice, bend
our energies to the work of wheeling the State
into line with her northern sisters, and so
introduce an era of lasting prosperity hereto
fore unknown within her borders.
Yours for the right. SIGMA.
MONTGOMERY Co. VA
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
NO. 46
Manifest Destiny.

The following expressive statements are ta-
ken from the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun of the 18th. We have MAIN
tanned for over twenty years that the jjurisdicr
ton OF the United States would eventually be
asserted over Mexico, and very recently point
ed to the railroad invasion of that country as
Indicative OF the near approach of the day for
the practical realization of the prediction. The
| paragraph below shows how it will be brought
| about:
| Mr. Owens, the engineer who became IA
nous as the survivor of the wreck of the City
OF Vera Cruz, last summer, is in the city He
has been for years employed as civil engineer
IN Mexico, and was on his way to that ceun-
try in the prosecution of his business when
overtaken by the terrible hurricane off the
| coast of Florida, from which he had such mi
| raculous escape. Hereturns again. in a few
days to Mexico. He said to yoar correspond
ent to-day that Mexico had changed her policy
within few months and was now and would
| remain absolutely under the control of Ameri-
can monopolies Grants had been given right
| and left to various railroad enterprises, inter
oceanic and international, until for the future
| 1t was plain to see whit was to be the destiny
OF the country. 1t has surrendered to jay
Gould, Russell Sage Nickerson, Huntington
ard all the great heads of American corpora
tons, who had joined hands to control the
country They would run their roads all over
the country and hold it until it was American
lied by the great rush of emigration to its rich
mines and tropical lands, and then the first
thing the Mexicans knew the flag of the Uni
ted States would float from the Rio Grande to
Tehuantepec 1t was easy to see that this
was the inevitable result. Mexico had within
the last few months, granted subsidies to the
amount OF 500 100000 and they had not dol
lar surplus revenues to pay such sum. 1t
was mortgage of the country to the monop-
ollsts, and this course would cost the sister
republic her autonomy in the near future.
Thomas Dejarnette, who shot his sister,
Mollie Dejarnette, in a house of bad repute, in
DanVllle, laat summer, was tried for murder,
found guilty and condemned to be hung, has
had new trial granted by the Supreme Court
of the State. The plea put in by his counsel
was insanity.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
Last Years Business.

Last years business was greater in its extent
than that of any previous year Let us look at
some of the figures:
In the first place the production of wheat
was about 4S1 100000 bushels in 1880, against
449, 100000 in 1879. Our exports of merchan-
disc for the year ending November 30, 1880.
were 1871 ,666346, against $751; 761 ,204 for the
year ending November 0,1679 Our imports
during the same period amounted to $780,
02S, 1902 in 1880, against 1886, 1851 in 1879
The crop of cotton for the year 1s79-s0 was
5,761,25 bales, against ,074,O00 for the year
just previous. Our produ ct1on of iron was
100000 tons in $780, against 2 IA 1858 in 1879
We constructed 1907 miles ofnew railroads
against a, 721 in 1879. The earnings of forty
four companies operating about one-third of
fine railway mileage of the United States were
greater than those for 1879 by $4O,9S0,119, an
increase of twenty-six percent. fall the roads
Jared as well the aggregate gain was more than.
100 millions
These Figures indicate the extraordinary mag
nitude of last years business operations The
statistics of the trade, commerce. and manufac-
wi % VI eiio past SHOW no aggregate WHICH ap-
proach them in size.
The remarkable prosperity of the year is
also shown in the comparatively small number
of failures and in the decrease of the liabilities
of the shipwrecked firms. There were in 1880
only 4, 1876 failures against 6,659 in 1879, and
1O,479 in 1878. The total liabilities were only
$6s, 1852 ,00O against S99 ,O53 in 1879, and
1884 49,, 1872 in 1873.
This decrease in failures is the more signif-
icant because of the large addition which was
made last year to the number of firms engaged
in business. There were Al, 900 more firms in
1890 than in 1879
All these facts and figures arc Indicative of a
prosperity which is sound, and ought to be
enduring. But even the low aggregate offail-
ure and liabilities for last year would have oeen
! much less if speculation had notundertaken 10
interfere with the natural progress of trade.
Almost without exception, the heavy failures
were due to wild attempts to control the mar
ket when the supply was too great for such
manipulation.
This tendency to adopt speculative meth
DDS in business has had severe rebukes but it
has not been checked There is the promise
of evil in it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
A Remarkable Wedding in Lincoln
shire,

The Rev. J. R. Jackson, vicar of Moulton,
Lincolnshire sends to the Liverpool Courier
the following instance of, a remarkable we'd
ding which took place in his parish church the
other day: Forty years ago a young man
named Thomas Griggs was engaged to Eliza
beth Goodyear, but, alas facilitating illness
overlook the bride-elect, which so completely
Frustrated her that she took TO her bed and
kept it for eight-and- thirty years. During this
long period of time, assisted by the guardians,
and by small fund at her disposal she main
tanned herself by needle and fancy work. Dur
ing thirteen years and upwards, l myself knew
her in this condition, and never saw her off her
bed In the meanwhile, Mr.. Griggs waited
patiently for the recovery of Elizabeth, but in
1865, despairing of this, he led another young
woman to Elizabeths bedside, and received
from her permission to marry this fresh ac-
qllaintance. Thomas forthwith married, but
after five years ofwedded life lie became and
remained widower until this very day, when
Elizabeth Goodyear, restored to health, walked
into the parish church of Moulton and was duly
married by me to her old sweetheart. | cannot
explain the nature of her prostration, nor her
wonderful recovery; but do know this, that a
few months back she became conscious of a
slight return of strength, that from feeble eff
forts to leave her bed and struggle across the
room, she gained power to pass her door, that
the old subject OF matrimony was revived by
Thomas Griggs that Elizabeth was willing,
that banns were published, and that she is now
the wife of her early and only love- The de-
tails of this story are Sc unusual that l send
them with permission ofbJile and bridegroom
to your paper. That the reminder of thei:
lives on earth III y be prosperous and happy
will, am sure, be the hearty desire ofal who
read this true and, think. Interesting story.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
TRUE FRIENDSHIP.

Seek not its charms in giddy rounds
Ofpleasure's vain display,
Soon as the knell of sorrow sounds
Such friendships fade away.
1t Is not found where many meet,
The volatile and gay;
Though such may for time prove true,
They last but for day.
Earth's brightest hope soon disappears,
Its joys oft stamped with gloom,
And what Is life some smiles, some tears,
Then-slumber in the tomb.
An old Greek tale speaks of a worm
Whose life rose with the sun,
But when days king had run its term
Its feeble life was done.
So like the frail ephemeron,
Earth's treasures, too, oft fade,
And all we prize tsbeneath the sun"
May into dust be laid.
Then 'slay not tickle "treasures up
Which time Will false reveal,
But prize what ssrust cannot corrupt,
Nor thieves break through and STEAL
The true, pure gold which ne'er decays,
Which time nor change destroys,
Whose sympathy and grief allays,
Unmixed with earth's alloys.
Oh, seek such ties Of priceless worth,
And then, though death may sever,
Above the final wreck of earth,
These shall endure forever.
Then In that climb beyond the tomb
Where partings ne'er may come,
True friendship shall perennial bloom
Mid loved ones all at home.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

How TO KEEP " ARN In very cod wealth
er most people have sense enough to build
good fires and wear their tAicaest clothing +;
few, however, seem to know that physical
warmth is in the body its,l., and all that fires
or clothing can do is to prevent the warmth be-
ing seized too rapidly by the surrounding air.
The best preparation for comfortable day il
very cold weather is to eat generous break
fast, in which there shall be plenty of meat.
There is far more warmth in a ounce of cold
meat than in pint of hot coffee, although the
latter is to thousands of people the principle
feature of the morning meal. A good appetite
is necessary to full breakfast, and it gener-
ally can be had by FIVE minute walk out of
doors or few minutes Of light exercise in a
freshly aired room-execise such as the most
delicate woman or child can indulge in with
out injury. Physical cleanliness, making free
perspiration possible is absolutely necessary
to comfort in cold weather, and it can be
attained, IN spite of freezing cold bathrooms
by people who care enough for it to take ex-
ira trouble with a small quantity of water III
warm room. A class Of ardent liquor is a
wretched preventive of cold. 1t will quicken
the circulation for a few moments and dimin-
ish it for an hour after. The bulk in bread OF
glass of beer is more warming than the liquor
and only costs quarter as much; the same
comparison may be made between spirits and
meat. 1t is almost impossible for person
who sits indoors all day to remain warm, but
few minutes out of doors, just long enough
to have the system affected enough by the cold
to rouse its powers of resistance, will insure a
comfortable day thereafter if the house is fair
ly tight. 1t will be noticed that the lady who
does her own marketing and the man who
walks from his place of blsuness are the last
to complain of the cold. If the above sugges-
tons are acted upon and supplemented by an
ample midday meal, no matter how plain, the
weathers terrors will soon be forgotten.-N.
r Herald
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

| No. 63S will Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays only No. 642 will run Sundays, Tuesdays,
| Thursdays and Saturdays only; No $40 will run
| Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, all other
| trains daily except Sunday. No. 6l0 connects at
| StraSburg with trains to and from Alexandria $40
dimes at Mt. jackson.
| AgTR
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

A RCHIBALD G.. STUART,
n ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices In the Courts of Augusta, and adjoining
counties All matters 1ntrusted to his care Will re-
ceive prompt attention. may6
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
INSURANCE.

F1nE INSURANCE.
As General Receiver of the Circuit Court, very
ten directed to loan money real estate security
In making loans, as well for my own protection as
hat of the borrower, require that the property be
insured against fire.
is, of course, of the utmost importance that the
insurance company issuing policies should be per
perfectly solvent, that the assets are not simply
words and figures, but that such securities as are
known to the policy to be, first SOLVENT and
second, easily converted into money when necessity
demands it.
After q careful examination of the Liabilities and
resources of the
GEORGIA
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.
OF Columbus, Georgia,
have determined to give them all my business, or
at least as much as they will accept.
For nv own convenience, 1 have accepted the
agency Of this company, and while my other duties
will not permit me to solicit business for them In
general way yet will be glad to explain the merits
of the company and take the application of any one
desiring to ensure.
j. FRED. EFFINGER.
ROBERT CRAIG,
OF the firm of
EFFINGER, CRAIG s. GRATTAN,
has succeeded J.Fred. Eninger agent ofthe above
company. Applications for new risks or renewals
OF cid policies must be made to
ROBERT CRAIG, Agent,
may 2O-1y Staunton, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

1t is stated that a committee in behalf of the
Peabody fund is to be appointed TO memo
rlalize the Governor and Legislature of Mis-
sissippi tor the payment Of 100000 State,
bonds held by Geo. Peabody in his life TINT,
and transferred to the Peabody Educational
Fund for the benefit of the public schools of
the South, which bonds were repudiated by
Mississippi forty years ago. That State has
never been able to etface the stigma which
attached to her reputation action at the time
mentioned, and it would be public policy, as
well as an aid to educational purposes in the
South, were the Legislature to restore the
credit and character of that Commonwealth
by an act resembling the pernicious legisla-
ton and assuming the responsibility of pay
ment of that which was repudiated
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

A LEX. F. ROBERTSON,
IL ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
VIII practice In the Courts of Augusta and adjoin
ing counties
Special attention given to the collection of claims
and prompt returns made.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

He RODE Our His DoLLAR-A Jolly old
fellow came down from the mountains Just be-
fore Christmas to spend the holidays at Sacra-
mento. Being tired of footing it about the city
he got into street car, and when shown by
the driver the box in which he should deposit
his fare he dropped therein a trade dollar
Then he demanded his change, but the driver
informed him that he could not give him any
unless he paid the coin to him. For time the
old fellow was in dilemma His dollar was
in the box, and he had no show to get it out
Finally he solved the problem of getting even
with the railroad company by notifying the
driver that he would use up the money he put
in the box in rides. This he did by remaining
on the car for twenty trips, and, armed with a
flash of whiskey and lunch of crackers and
cheese, the old fellow had picnic all to him
self
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
DEMOvAL-REMOvAL.

DEMOVAL-REMOVAL.
PLATT'S LIVERY AT NEW STAND.
My lease of the stables on New street having eX-
| pired on the LIST of September, have removed my
entire stock to the commodtous quarters Court
house street. adjoining the wagon-yard of John NJ
Henkle. In my quarters, have increased facil
tiles for supplying the public and citizens of Saun
ton with irstcass livery Of every description. My
rolling-stock is new and handsome, and my horses
Stylish gentle and swift All ask is trial. and
feel confident that give perfect satisfaction
GEO. H. PLATT.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

DURKE's LIVERY STABLES,
ID STAUNTON, VA.
For the summer of 1880, the subscriber has
purchased NEW AND ELEGANT LIVERY OUTFITS
consisting Of Buggtes, Carriages, Hacks, Phaetons
&C., which In neatness and ease of moving are un-
equaled in the Valley. His horses hne-look1ng,
gentle and fast and for both driving and riding
pass any livery In the State.
Horses fed and boarded on liberal terms.
ONCE near the bridge new building).
july3 ED. BURKE.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

T AMBLER SMITH
e. (Ex-member Of Congress.)
ATTORNEY L. COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Corner Of 5th and d. SITS. Northwest,
WASHINGTON, d. G.
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 u s. Treasury for the sailors in the Navy during
the
$5OO,OO0 is due colored soldiers for bounty.
Excess of tax paid by diStillerS recovered.
ALI enlistments for three years, prior to July az,
1861, entitled to 500 bounty regardless of the time
served.
All enlistments for three years, prior to July 18,
1864 where but 500 has been paid, entities to addi
tional bounty under Act Of July 49, 1866, not al
ready paid.
All enlistments for three years between January
/, 1868, and April l., 1864, where the soldier had
served previous term of nine months or more, en-
titles to 500 veteran bounty.
j. AMBLER SMITH,
feb 12-H Washington, D. c.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY "a, 1881.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

CAMUEL S. sMELTZER,
y ATTORNEY AT LAW.
no2s1y STANTON, VA
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-02-24

II F. WAYMAN, M. D., D. D. s.,
Ls Formerly Demonstration In Baltimore College
oil Dental Surgery.
DENTAL OFFICE,
Over HUMPHREYS Store, next door to Levy's,
STANTON, VA.
SPECIALTY correcting Irregularities Of the natu-
raj teeth restoring decayed parts Of the teeth with
porcelain and gold mak1ng artificial teeth upon gold
alloy cast plates. Gas administered. no 25-3m