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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-10

THINGS LEARNED BY EXPERIENCE.-If your
coal fire is low, throw on tablespoonful OF
salt, and it will help very much. A little gin
ger put into sausage improves the flavor In
icing cakes, dip the knife frequently into cold
water. In boiling meat for soup, use cold wa
ter to extract the juices; if the meat alone is
wanted for itself alone, plunge in boiling water
at once Broil steak without sailing Salt
draws the juices in cooking; it is desirable to
keep these in if possible Cook over hot fire,
turning frequently, soaring on both sides
Place on platter; salt and pepper to taste
Beef having tendency to be tough can be
made very palatable by stewing very gently
for two hours, pepper and salt, taking out
about pint of liquid when done, and LETTING
therest boil in the meat Brown the meat in
the bot. After taking up make gravy of the
pint Of the liquid saved. A small piece of
charcoal in the pot with boiling cabbage re-
moves the smell. Clean oilcloth with milk and
water a brush and soap will ruin them Tum-
hlers that haye had milk in them should never
no mt in hof,water. A spoonful of stewed to-
matoes in eSgrayy of either roasted or fried
meats is an improvement. The skin of raw
ero il the most eficacious remedy that can be
,,1,l;ed to boiI;peel it carefully, wet and APP
~ It to the part affected. 1t will draw off the
'astser and relieve g { soreness in few hours.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-10
lie. M. Cushing Son, Auctioneers.]

E. M. Cushing & Son, Auctioneers]
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF A VALUABLE FARM
~ on Middle River, in Augusta Co., Va.
The undersigned Commissioners of sale in pursu-
ance Of decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta CO..
rendered at the November term, 1880, in the chance
ry suit of Hulvey Patterson ct ais, will sell at
public auction in front of the Court House, in Staun-
ton, Virginia, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 18th, 1881
being the first day of the March of the Circuit
Court that very desirable farm lying on the north
side OF Middle River in the county of Augusta upon
which John A. Patterson formerly resided and which
was heretofore sold to R. G. Bickle and B. T. Bagby
The farm contains about
500 ACRES,
productive and also well adapted to grazing 1t has
on II large two story BRICK MANSION in good con-
ut1on together with all necessary outbuildings in
Guiding 1ce-house and spring house. These build
1ngs except the barn first class.
TERMS:-Cash in hand to pay costs of rule and
sale, balance In SIX, TWELVE, EIGHTEEN AND TWEEN
TY-FoUR MONTHS in equal 1nstalments, bearing in
terest from date of sale, for which bonds with ap-
proved personal security will be required and the
title will be retained ultimate security
ROBT. CRAIG,
ALEX. H. FULTZ,
LED lids Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
CrAUNToN LIGHTNING ROD WORKS,
MUNsoN's TUBULAR
COPPER LIGHTNING ROD.
WITH SPIRAL FLANGEs,

WITH SPIRAL FLANGES.
This Celebrated Lightning Conductor, owing to the
material of which it is made and the manner of tts
construcon,i the complete protection against
disaster by lightning invented. This is con-
clusively shown by practical test Of over twenty
four years. during which time it has been n con-
slant use, being erected upon many thousands of
private and public buildings, in all sections Of the
country and although there have fallen upon it. IL
numerous instances, most terrific discharges of
electricity yet in instance has failed to conduct
them harmlessly to the earth, thus saving many
lives, and property of almost incalculable value,
70 1t Has Never Been Overchargedl 1t has
Never Failed
The experience of one hundred years has shown
thatwhere all the necessary rules are observed pro
lection is perfect
AT the present day no one will deny the necessity
and duty resting upon to vaccinate our children
and thus protect them from the fearful ravages Of
small pox, in fact, there be found in any COM
munity an intelligent man who will not acknowledge
an imperative duty resting upon every one to not
only use MEANS but the very best means of protec-
ton to them and theirs against all dangers arising
from any source whatever. few dollars judicious-
ly expended III lightning rods will securely protect
all the buildings that almost any possesses,and
If life or property Is sacrificed In consequence of
such protection, can we hold ourselves
will not the dead cry out of the ground
against US? VIII not the living US for op-
neglected. The feeling alone that
has done all In his power to make his family and
property safe from the destructive effects of light
Mig is worth far than the cost Of all the
lightning rods necessary to secure such protection
PERSONS wishing their property and lives protect
ed from this destructive element receive nromnt
attention by calling at our Store No. Augusta St.,
or addressing us, Box no. stanton, Va
SB Old Lightning Conductors that have become
broken or rusted replaced. Rods of all kinds re-
paired.
MAY & SAGENDORPH,
No. Augusta Street,
may l5-u StSunton, Va.
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1T
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-10
FoR RENT

DOR RENT.
THE STORE ROOM opposite the Court House, now
occupied by Messrs. Hamrick & Co. Possession Civ
en- April Isl. Also five and small lot In rear
family. ROBT. q. BIGKLE.
feb list
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is known the SMITHERS-GAULY TRACT, and is
situated on the north side of the Great Kanawha
River, on the waters of Smithers and Twenty-mile
Creeks Fayette county, W. Va. 1t is part OF sur
vey of acres granted by the State Of Virginia
to John Steele, which subsequently subdivfded
by order of the Circuit Court OF Kanawha county, in
to lots "a. b. c. 3D.. Sc s. Lot 'E. divided
into lots e. and II, and the tract offered for
sale Is said lot 81.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-10

GALE OF
VALUABLE COAL LANDS!
coated in the Coal Regions Of the Great Kanawha
Valley.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR CAPITALISTS.
6256 ACRES,

We, the undersigned, attorneys In fact for the
owners, will sell privately of the most valuable
tracts of coal land in the great Kanawha Valley
This tract contains
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12
END OF A LONG FAST.
Dr. Tanner Surpassed, but Death
InterVenes.

Iowa CRY, April 11.-At half past
twelve o'clock to-day Miss Hattie De-
mel, whose remarkable fast has al
ready made her famous, died. Last
night her friends and relatives were at
her bedside and momentarily expected
her death. Her pulse this morning
was imperceptible and her respiration
thirty-fve to the minute. She has not
drank any water for the last twenty
four hours, it seeming to make her
sick, and when she drank she COM
planned Of nausea. Even this morn
ing she evinced considerable strength,
and was able to communicate to her
friends by means of her fingers and a
stick. She even reached out and
opened a small drawer on bureau
which stood near the bed. She was
asked if she was hungry and did not
want something to eat, but answered
in the negative to both questions. She
had lain in a semi -comatose condition
all night, but this morning her mental
powers were clear and unaffected, and
she seemed to fully comprehend all
that was going on about her. Her
last moments were very peaceful, and
surrounded by her friends and rela-
tives who had done SO much for her,
she sank gradually into everlasting
sleep.
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AParIIanlentary Boy.


Detroit Free Press.l
Mr.. Rogers, of Third street, has
son Thomas who was sent off to Ian
sing on visit some weeks since, anC
it seems that the boy put in much O
his time around the statehouse anC
took a deep interest in the proceeding,
of the legislative bodR He came
home chuck full of parliamentary
tactics. At the dinner table he moved
to reconsider the vote by which boiled
ham was placed on the bill of fare
and demanded the ayes and nays on
the question of a new pair of rubber
boots and a spring velocipede. He
hadn't been home two days before be
observed to bis mother:
i move the previous question on
that hunk of maple sugar in the pan
try"
You can't have it,"
"But must. Ny motion cuts of
all debate, and | shall announce the
question as carried in the afirma-
tive"
His father suggested the idea of an
hours exercise with the ak, but the
boy called for a general expression OF
opinion and succeeded in passing a
vote to recommit the question to the
committee on rules for amendment.
Things went on in this way for a week,
and the old man finally had enough OF
it and felt called upon to administer a
caution.
"Don't you know that an amend
ment takes precedence Of the question
itself?' replied the boy. Il amend it
as follows:
Resolved, That this family recog-
nizes 'Cushing's Manual as standard
authority on questions of debate. Are
you ready for the question:"
No sirI" replied the old man.
DO you wish for a call Of. the
house?'
Il wish you to understand that your
talk displeases me"
"Well, while ! must respect the
rights Of the minority, | still feel that
it would be safer plan to table your
motion. 1t can come up again under
the head of Unfinished Business.
In about ten minutes the old man
was ready for him in the woodshed,
aud he remarked:
There is a quorum present and we
will proceed to business"
$ move we take a recess" replied
the boy as his back began to ache.
" Can't do it, said the father, as he
hung up his hat. Il am now going
into committee Of tho whole on the
whaling business, and if | can't tan
your jacket in ten minutes l shall ask
leave to sit again. Stand out herel"
Please call mother to the chair"
pleaded the youth, but it was no 60.
The old man had a two,thirds vote on
him, aud the question was so we'll set
tied that the boy was able to buy two
bars Of soap at a grocery that after.
noon without asiDgle allusion to Cush-
ing.
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SITTING BULL
Sends an Embassy 10 Arrange for
His Surrender.

ST, PAUL, April 12.-The follow.
ing has been received at the head.
quarters of the department of Da-
kotah:
FoRT BUFoRD, April II, 1881.
To the Assistant Adjutant General Of the
Department of Dakotah, st. Paul:
A courier, just arrived from Poplar
river, reports that Captain Mcdonald,
Of the northwestern mounted police,
with a party of three Indians, one Of
whom is a nephew of Sitting Bull, has
just arrived at that point to arrange
for the surrender Of Sitting Bull.
Captain Mcdonald says that should
those coming with him report favor
ably of their treatment, and Of those
of the other captiyes at Buford, on
their return to Sitting Bulls camp,
that chief will surrender Immediately
the whole camp, probably starting Tor
Buford on his (McDonald's) return.
l expect Captain McDorald at Bu-
ford tomorrow, and will send full
particulars when he arrives.
[Signed] D. H. BRoTHERToN,
Major 9TH Infantry Comd'g.
Captain 0. B. Reid, commanding at
Poplar river, telegraphs under date of
the 9th that Captain Mcdonald has
just arrived with a delegation of In.
dians. He is en- route to Fort Buford,
and there expects to arrange for the
surrender of Sitting Bull and his
camp. Sitting Bull says he will no
longer delay coming in if favorable
report is brought him from Buford of
the hostiles there encamped.
Major Crozier, Chief Of Mounted Police at
Woody Mountainan Fort Walsh
am delighted to inform you that
Sitting Bull has told me he is going to
surrender.
REID, Commanding.
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I. w. Brown, JR., a young gentle
man reared in this city who has just
attained his majority, has accepted the
position Of editor Of the Pine Bluff
Press, and makes his bow in a very
neat, concise and vigorous editorial,
which speaks we'll for his judgment
and good taste. He has determined
to make journalism his profession and
goes at it in the right way to learn and
succeed, as we hope he will to his
hearts content. Mr. Brown is son
of Judge 7, w. Brown, and has many
friends whose good wishes will follow
him. This makes two Of our young
men who have gone to Arkansaw late
ly to make their first venture in jour
nalism. The other, who is likewise
popular and talented, is Mr.. Lau-
renee Lamb, of the Fort Smith Her
aid
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ECETTNA
DINNER SETS,
1875 pieces, for $40.
6PEOIALTIES:
Bar Fixtures. Mirrors, etc.
ouadruple-plated Knives. oAstOrB stc.
Hotel and Steamboat Ware;
O. N. ERICH,
S2I MAIN STREET, Memphis, Tenn.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT

The cotton movement in this coun.
try for the present season, including
seven months, ending with March
shows that 5,4S1 ,345 bales had come
into sight, an excess Of 522, ,151 bales
over last year and 9S4,053 bales over
the year before at the same time. The
movement after this date last year,
including southern consumption Of
2l5,981 bales, was 8l7,9S5 bales. The
same amount this year will swell the
total crop to 6,297,675 bales, and
536, ,423 bales more than the CROP
of last year. The overland
movement direct to the mills this sea-
son has reached 4O2,63O bales, a de-
crease Of over 1000 bales as compared
with last year, but nearly 81, 900 bales
more than the year before. The total
supply Of cotton for the seven months,
which includes stocks at the beginning
of the commercial year, has been s.
626,2O9 bales, against 5,O24,264 bales
last year and 4,540,579 bales the year
before. The movement, subject to
March last year, gave total supply of
1897, ,l79 bales, against 97S,O7S bales
the year before. The takings of
the northern mills so far this
year have been / 1,376,6S1 bales against
1911 ga bales last year and 1895, ,775
bales the year before. The total
takings Of the mills after this date
last season was over 100000, and the
same will swell their iakings this year
to l 1889, 900 bales for the present sea-
son, an excess this year Of over 10000
bales. Add the probable consump-
ton ofsouthern mills for the present
year at say 225,0OO bales, and the total
mill consumption for this country
will be 1,864,OOO bales. The excess of
receipts this year as compared with
last are for Galveston and 1ndianola,
10000 bales; Mobile, 27,-
600 bales; Savannah, 1O1 900
g bales; Charleston, $4,000 bales;
Norfolk and adjacent ports, over 2OO,-
900 bales. The receipts at New Or
leans this and last year exhibit very
little difference while New York, Bos-
ton and Providence show a falling off
of92,OO0 bales. The stocks at the end
of March were 6O9,37 bales against
78O,383 bales same date last year.
The National Exchange Report,
through its secretary at New Orleans,
Mr.. Henry G. Hester, a copy of which
is furnished by Mr.. Henry Hotter, of
the Memphis cotton exchange. sup
plies the figures from which the above
has been compiled.
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The Texas Pacific.

PHILADELPHIA, April 12.-The di.
rectors of the Texas Pacific railroad
held meeting to-day. The resigna-
ton Of Colonel Thomas A. Scott,
vice-president Of the road, was accept
ed, and Jay Gould was elected to sue
ceed Scott. The latter also retired
from the board of directors as we'll as
H. II. Houston, whose place was filed
by General Thomas 7. Eckert. H. NJ.
Hoxie, formerly Of the international
and Great Northern railroad company
was elected superintendent, to sue
ceed George Noble.
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BY CABLE.

LONDON, April 12.-The Russian
consul at Tunis informs the Russian
ambassador at Constantinople that the
bey of Tunis has requested him tC
communicate his protest against the
French violation of the Tunisiau ter.
ritory, and to ask the co. operation o.
Russia in protecting the right o.
the hey and the sublime porte.
Finnigan, IN. P.) liberal and ad
vanced nationalist, in a speech al
Ennis, gave great credit to Gladstone
for the land bill.
Dillon, while speaking at Nenagh
Tipperary county, condemned the land
bill as incomplete and complicated
and warned the tenant farmers against
being led to accept it.
Suter, the Englishman captured by
brigands, was for some time during the
Russo Turkish war, correspondent Of
the Daily Telegraph, in Dabrudscha.
Since the conclusion of the war he has
visited Texas.
Beacons6eld is slightly better this
morning.
Edwin Booth will piobably cancel
his engagements and return to Amer
lea with his wife.
A dispatch from Fort Amtel says
that the Boer leaders admitted to
General Wood that Cranze, who com
manded at the siege Of Patchefstroom,
obtained its surrender by suppressing
the news Of the armistics which they
promised should be communicated to
the garrisOns. The leaders expressed
their regret, and proposed that the ca
pitulation be considered as cancelled
and acquiesced in the reoccu.
patton of Patchefstroom. Wood &C.
cepted the apology.
BERLIN, April 12.-The police have
forbidden, under the socialist law, the
holding ofa meeting at which Herr
Bebel was to address at Munich.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 12.-Nich-
olas Sudzelafsky, an important nihilist,
was recently arrested at Jassay by the
Roumania authorities. He was i'm
plicated in peasant disorder at Ichi-
grin, by declmping FIRST to England
and then 90 America. He afterward
returned to Roumania. He was for
merly in Kieff university, and com
pauion OF the notorious nihilists
Deutsch and Stcpanovitch. The Rus,
sian government has taken steps for
bis eEtradition.
vienna, April 12,-The foods in
Hungary are increasing. The waters
have soaked and undermined the
dykes, which are giving way. The
latest news from Szegeden is that the
outer dyke is in danger, and that 1000
men are atwork strengthening it. If
the outer dykefails the whole eoun-
try which Immediately surrounds the
town will be flooded, and high wind
would probably drive the waves over
the dykes and cause a great catastrO-
phe.
ATHENS, April 12.-The departure
Of troops for the frontier continues.
Information from Constantinople,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 12.-On mo-
tion of Senator Burnside, resolution
was adopted requesting the president
to communicate to the senate ally in
formation in possession Of the govern.
ment touching the alleged arrest and
imprisonment of Michael Boyton,
who claims to be a citizen Of the
United States, by the government Of
Great Britain.
The vice-president laid before the
senate the unfinished business-the
resolution for election Of senate officers.
The motion to go into executive
session was withdrawn at the request
of Senator Dawes, who stated that it
had not been expected.
The motion was withdrawn because,
if persisted in, it would have necessi-
tated call of the senate, there being
at the time no quorum present.
Senator Beck then took the floor,
stating he would not detain the
senate as long as he had originally
intended, but would confne
his remarks to the subject
directly under consideration. "The
republicans had said, he continued,
that the senate should net go into ex-
ecutive session because they had held
caucus and determined to turn out
officers now holding places and install
others, and that the democrats were
guilty of treason aud revolution un
less they acquiesced in everything"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12

AN important bill passed by the
legislature seems to have been almost
overlooked in the excitement over the
state debt question. 1t provides sub
mitting the question of holding a con-
/ stitutional convention to the people at
the August election in 1882. If this
carries the delegates will be elected at
the November election following, and
the convention will meet in April,
1853, or two years hence. There has
been growing sentiment among law
yers and thinking men generally that
a constitutional convention should be
held, and the proposition is very likely
to carry. The people will have ample
time to consider the question and to
make up their minds. There are
many admitted defects in the present
constitution. 1t was framed at time
when the wounds Of the war were
fresh and its hot passions had not sub
sided. The people had just been en-
frapchised and still felt the effects Of
burdeusome and intolerant misrule.
Those feelings have passed away, and
only a faded memory of them and
their causes remain. New questions
Of law, of commerce and economy in
he conduct of public efairs have
arisen, and We find issues demanding
attention that then we're scarcely
thought Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12

which is entitled to full credit, states
that Germany secretly encouraged the
sultan to withstand the pressure of the
powers. The Greek (oficialJ World
is firmly convinced that Germany de-
sires war, and if Greece accepts peace
war will come too late for her to profit
by it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12
How 10 securs Health.

It seems strange that any one will
suffer from arrangements brought on
by impure blood, when Scovills' Sar-
saparilla and Stillingia, or Blood and
Liver Syrup, will restore health. 1t
is the best blood purifier ever discov-
cred, effectually curing scrolula, syph-
little disorders, weakness of the kid
neys, erysipelas, malaria; all nervous
disorders and debility, bilious com
plants, diseases Of the blood, liver,
kidneys, stomach, skin, etc 1t cor
rects indigestion. A single bottle will
prove to you its merits as a health
renewer, for it acts like charm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12
Liverpool Market

LIVERPOOL, April 12.-Bacon: Cum
berland clear steady at As 1Od; short
ribs steady at 43s; long clear steady at
43s6d. Turpentine spirits dull at 32s
Wheat; spring No. 2, dull at 9s I'd;
No. / white steady at 9s I'd; winter
steady at 81 Cd.
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Clerks Building and saylnu Assn.

VlHE regular monthly meeting of this
i association will be held WEDNESDAY,
April 18th. 1881, at the office Of the secretary,
No. 26i Second. corner OF Court street. at 1880
o'clock, , IN. Fines will be rigidly enforced if
dues and interest are not punctually paid.
Books are now open for subscriptions TO the
Seventh series.
By order Of the Board.
1898 P.B. JONES, soc'y.
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Sales to-day. 24,OOO bales.

NEW ORLEANS, April IL, 11:3O p. m.
Cotton quiet. Middling, 1Osc. Sales
to-day, 800 bales; receipts, 2989 bales;
stock, 26l,502 bales.
LIVERPOOL, April 12, 2 pm
Cotton dsll and easier. Uplands, 6
1-16d; Orleans, Gid. Sales to. day,
1000 bales. Receipts, $4,000 bales.
American, $4,000 bales. Futures
opened fat, now as follows: Deliv-
cries for April and April and May, Cd;
May and June 6 3-32@6 l-l6d; June
and July, Gid; July and August,
67-32@6 3.16d; August and Septem-
Der, 6 9-32@6id; October, and No
vember, 3D.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12

SITTING Bull is getting hungry, and
has sent in two messengers to review
the situation at Fort Buford. Ifthey
are satisfied that he and his followers
will be well treated he will probably
surrender in few days.
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JACKSON.
Tennessee supreme Court Pro-
ceediDgs.


Special to the LEDGBR.I
NASHVILLE, April 12.-The court
has commenced the call of the chan
Gerry docket. Numbers 1852 and 5l3
were heard to-day. G, L. X.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12

New YORK, April 12, 1926 pm.
Cotton firm and asking higher
prices. Ordinary, Z Lice; good
ordinary, SIC; low middling, l01.16c;
middling, 10 l3-16c; good middling,
1l4c; middling fair, 12Bc; fair, 1910.
Futures opened steady, now ditto, at
3 to 6 points above last evenings
closing prices, as follows: Deliveries
fnr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-12

LORD Beaconsfeld holds out re-
markably. He is a little better to-
day, and there are hopes yet of his
ultimate recovery.
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AnApriI Snow Storm.

PoUGHKEEPsIE N. Y, April 12.-
A heavy snow storm prevails all along
the Hudson. Several inches Of snow
have already fallen.