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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
" VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
Pursuant to decree OF the Circuit Court of Au-
gusta county, rendered in the of w. H. Bells
heirs vs.. W. q Bells widow, &C., on the 22nd day of
March, 1881, will sell at puplic auction in front
of the Courthouse in Staunton, on
MONDAY, COURT DAY. THE 27TH DAY OF FEB
RUARY, 1882,
tract of land belonging to the estate of W. H. Bell
decd situated in Augusta county, about eight miles
north of Staunton adjoining the lands of A. B.
Lightner and Others containing III acres, rod and
Is poles This farm Is situated in good section of
the county, accessible to Schools churches &c Has
1t a good Dwelling House and other outbuildings,
and the sale offers fine opportunity any one de-
string to make an investment in farming lands.
TERMS:-Cash in hand sufficient to pay the costs
Of the amended Bill and expenses of sale, and the
residue on credit of one, Two and three years from
day of sale payable in equal annual Install
ments-the purchaser giving bonds for said defer
red instalments with approved personal security,
bearing interest from date, and waving the home
stead exemption, and the title to be retained as ul
Innate security. G. NJ. COCHRAN, JR.,
W. A. HUDSON,
feb2-tds Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23

Darwin's theory Of the survival of the fit
est" is simply that the weakly die while the
robust and hardy thrive and live. How true
this is OF all seed growth, and how necessary
to sew only that which is suited by nature to
live and develop. D. M. Ferry & Co., the
great Seed growers and Seed dealers of De-
troit, Mich, supply only the best and purest,
raising their own seeds by the most approved
methods and with the greatest care, and bring
ing to their business the invaluable aid of 26
years experience in culture Their latest
Seed Annual, fer 1882, is real help to the
gardener, and should be in the hands of all
who desire to purchase pure and true Seeds.
1t is sent free to all who apply for it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23

DRIFT of TRADE.-The Charlottesville cor
respondent Of the Lynchburg Adoance says :
The Virginia Midland railroad is Doing, at
this time, tremendous freight business from
the West, via Strasburg. over the Manassas
Branch, coming south. 1t is brought to this
point by extra trains, which run daily, and is
then taken south to your city and Danville
sists Of wheat, corn, flour, ship stuff, brand,
hsy and oats, bacon, lime, and a general assort-
ment Of merchandise and farm produce
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23
feb2--tds
FINE FARM FOR SALE.

A FINE FARM FOR SALE.
The home place of George snuey, decd. 22sA
of first rate Middle River land, large house
and barn, of the best springs convenient, SPLEEN
did meadows. Another tract adjoining Of 1l6H
of pretty lying, good land with good springs all
within three miles Of Swoope's Depot Also about
400 acres of mountain land. Terms accommodating.
G. W. SHUEY,
j. j. SHUEY, Exors,
feb1e-h Swoops's Depot, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23

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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23

EFFINGER, CRAIG & GRATTAN,
u ATTORNEYS AT LAW, q"
STANTON, va. =
Will practice in courts of Augusta, Rockbridge,
Rockingham, Highland, Allegheny and Bath. In
the Supreme Court of Appeal at Staunton and
United States Courts at HarrisOnburg. feb21
NJ. QUARLES,
Cs ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices in the Circuit Of Augusta and all the
OF the adjoining counties. In the Court of APP
peals at Staunton and the Federal Courts at Harrt-
sonburg. feb 17-m
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-23

DR. j. ST. P. GIBSON,
OFFIoE:-Corner of Augusta and Frederick SITS.
Office hours, to a. M, to p. M, to p m
Jun gag
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A NEW JERSEY SUGAR FARM.

A half-dozen miles above Cape May,
New Jersey, is the village of Rio Grande.
At this place the raising of sorghum is
carried on quite extensively. Quite a
large brick refinery has been constructed
at Rio Grande, which was fitted up as
completely as can be found outside of q
Cuban refinery. To insure the produc,
tion of crop by the neighboring farm
ers, bill was passed by the New Jersey
Legislature, offering premium of one
dollar per ton upon each ton of cane
produced by the farmer, and premium
of one cent per pound upon each pound
of sugar manufactured by the refner.
Eight hundred acres were planted with
sorghum seed by the neighboring hus-
bandmen, and fair crop was realized,
but the cane from only $50 acres ever
reached the refinery, the balance being
used by the farmers for cattle fodder, a
drought having ruined the corn crop
pretty thoroughly.
The venture of 1881, while not so
satisfactory as had been anticipated,
was SO eminently profitable that imme-
diate steps had been taken looking to
an extension of the enterprise before
another year, and it was concluded to
combine the work of production with
that of manufacture. Accordingly the
Rio Grande Sugar Company was incor
porated.
Immediate measures were then taken
toward securing sufficient land for plant
ing purposes. Farm after farm was
purchased outright, until fifteen hun
dred acres in all passed into the hands
of the company, of which 1000 acres
were placed under cultivation. The
plantation was divided into four
sections, each under the charge of a
foreman.
Just now the plantation is in magnifi-
cent condition, as the cane is fast ap-
preaching ripened stage. Much of it
is ten feet high, and some is even con-
riderable higher than that. At the
present time there is no cane even in
Virginia which has attained SO forward
a state. The small lot of orange cane,
especially, is in splendid condition, and
next year this cane will be almost ex-
clusively used in place of amber, as the
latter does not grow to so large size.
Within a week, probably, the cutters
will go into the fields, and the work of
harvesting will begin. The process of
cutting is double one. Not only is
the stalk cut down, but the top, contain
ing the seeds, is also cut off. About the
same number of bushels of cane-seed to
the acre is produced as OF any cereal.
Thousands of bushels will, therefore, be
tbreshed out.
Comparatively small portion of this
year will be required for replanting
next year, but a large quantity OF the
seed will be sold. 1t is used in the
manufacture of starch and glucose !;
also, when ground, as q flour, similar
to buckwheat, for baking purposes
Philadelphia Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
The Wheat Crop.

Wheat, next to corn, is the greatest
and most valuable crop raised on
American farms. Tke corn crop alone
exceeds it in value. In 1880 the total
corn crop of the country amounted to
1,7l7, 434, 543 bushels, valued at $685.
TIA, 400. To raise this enormous crop,
60, BIT, 842 acres of land were required,
while the same year only 81, ,906, TT acres
were sown to wheat. The total yield
of wheat was 498, $40, $50 bushels, valued
at $474, 201, $50. 1t will be seen that
the value of the wheat crop was greater
in proportion to The area occupied by
it than that of the corn crop. The
average value per acre of corn for the
whole country was $10.91, while the
average value per acre of wheat was
SEAS. The cotton crop formerly was
called king" but several other farm
crops now exceed it in value. The
otal value of the cotton crop in 1880
was $3.50, 266, 242, which is third less
than the hay crop, only little more than
half the value of the wheat crop, and
less than half the value of the corn
crop. The wheat crop, being the bread
crop of the nation, is really the most
important crop raised on the farm. 1t
is a crop the failure of which affects
the interest of more people than any
other crop. 1t is crop worthy of the
most careful consideration Of the
farmer, and deserving of the most
strenuous efforts for it's Improvement
and increase of production.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
The MilIinerS Alarmed,

The Austrian Empress, while on
little country excursion with her usual
retinue, stopped at an inn for refresh
ments. Being heated, she took off her
bonnet and hung it on the back of a
chair, where a playful puppy made
such mischief with it before anybody's
attention was attracted as to render it
unfit for further wear. OF course, every
lady in the party offered her own hat
in the place of the one that was dam
aged, but the Empress took the whim
to finish the excursion without any
other head covering than that supplied
by nature. Being observed in this
fashion by some ladies of the stylish
world, who are eager to initiate any
thing that royalty does, the practice of
appearing in public without hat or bon
net came into general vogue. The
morning promenades became marked
by the presence of numerous elegantly
arranged heads of hair devoid of any
covering, and on Sunday the same
fashion was followed in church. To
such extent was this becoming the rage,
says the Vienna Tdge6Iott, that milli-
ners grew alarmed and clamored at court
about it, whereupon an explanation of the
Empress's hatless excursion was issued
from official sources, and published in
the social world. This pu5 an end to
the new fashion, hatmakers were happy
once more, and fashionable circles were
again at peace.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A Cruel Practice.

1t is not generally known that the
practice OF mutilation, which has figured
ed so prominently in the records of re-
cent Egyptian battles, so far from being
mere passing outbreak of ferocity, is
traditional custom, sanctioned by
e .stern law. Both in Turkey and
Egypt it was formerly the custom to
punish any offense with the loss of the
member that committed it, theft being
punished with the loss of hand, false
witness or reasonable speech with that
of the tongue, etc.
In war the custom is still universal
among certain races. Alter the Yemen
insurrection of 1871 the present writer
returned with a Turkish detachment
which carried with it the head of one
of the insurgent Arab chiefs. This
practice was retorted upon the Turks
themselves with terrible effect by the
mountaIneers of Montenegro in 1867.
At the close of that war the military
hospital at Scutari was literally crowded
with earless and noseless Turkish
soldiers, and severed heads hung
around the tower that overlooks
Bettinje, the capital of Montenegro, as
thickly as apples on a tree.
These horrible disfgurements served
to demoralize the Turkish troops far
more than any fear of death could have
done, and the parallel atrocities COM
mitted by the Turks themselves gave
some show of justice to the retaliation.
But the Prince OF Montenegro has now
set his face against this barbarity, and
has happily succeeded in completely
putting stop to it among his own
subjects.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A Sad Picture.

A sad picture of life in Ireland is
drawn by correspondent of the Spring
field Republicans. He declares that no
one can conceive how wretchedly poor
and destit ute human beings can be and
live until he has ridden by cabin and
crib and all the nameless shifts for
shelter that offend the eye between
Glengariff and Killarney. Not one
decent home, not one comfortable, tidy
dwelling, not one cIeanly, well-fed, neat
human being did he see. Troop of sad,
wan, starved children nearly naked,
smeared to the eyes with dirt and ashes,
followed him mile after mile plaintively
wailing, ga penny if ye plaze, sur"
Men and women with the dull, dead
expression of despair in their eyes,
waded out to gaze upon him from their
cabins and holes in the ground, or be-
tween the rocks, literally ankle deep in
mud, and clad in such tattered tatters
that Lazarus was attired in princely
robes in comparison. Deer stood in
the fields and birds sat upon the trees
fearless of man, for no Irishman is per-
mitted to have q gun or to touch bird
or beast, even though his family starve
before his eyes. In the whole long
ride of fifty-four miles he never saw a
dog and he exclaims "Think of a
people too poor to keep a dog?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A Traveller Shot and Robbed.

Fred. G. Ango, of Milo, was robbed
by highwaymen of $3.50 while driving
from Levant to Bangor. He had re.
turned from the West. He stopped in
Levant on Tuesday night, and started
for Bangor Wednesday morning. When
on the new road just above Six Mile
Falls, in the town of Glenburn, riding
through bit of woods, he met tall,
dark man, with a moustache, who ac.
costed him thus: "Say, Captain. can
you give me change for a $40 bill ?"
Ango replied that he could not, where
upon another man, red faced and thick
set, came out of the wood, and, stepping
up with revolver in his hand, said:
"Give us what you have them" Ango
replied, 81 shan't do that" whereupon
the tall man seized the horse by the bit
rein and the short man fred at Ango
with his revolver. The first shot took
effect in Ango's left jaw, and another
In the small finger of the left hand, The
highwayman fired several shots and
Ango returned the fire several times,
but without apparent effect. ADgo then
jumped out of the buggy and handed
the man who fired the shots his pocket
book, containing $3.50 in money and
some papers. The highwaymen then
took to the wood and the victim drove
to Bangor as rapidly as possible. A
surgeon dressed his wounds at the City
Marshal's office
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A Speculation.


For several months past persons lv'
ing in all parts of Connecticut have been
receiving letters from certain individ-
ual living in N. Y. City limiting at large
sums of money due them from mysterl-
GUS sources, and asking for a power OF
attorney that he might collect the same.
His fee was to be half the sum collected
and nothing in case of failure. The
offer was strange one and nobody was
able to explain it.
1t now appears that the agent had
been examining the lists of deposits I'M
claimed for more than twenty years, OF
which by statute the savings banks OF
Connecticut are compelled to make re-
turns to the Comptroller. There are
now on file the names of nearly 8, 600
depositors from whom the banks have
heard nothing for twenty years, aud the
unclaimed deposits vary from So, ,345 to
50 cents. The New York Spectator
has been sending his proposals to these
depositors at random in the hope OF
chance responses.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
No COrOnerS' Juries.

The Springfield Republican says
There is no longer any Coroner's jury
in Massachusetts, but inquests are held
by medical examiners and police courts
in the following manner:
The law provides for about seventy
five medical examiners, to be appointed
by the Governor for suitable districts
over the State, for terms of seven years.
They must be able and discreet men,
learned in medicine; they receive fee
of 81 for "view," and $50 for "a view
and autopsy" except at Boston, whore
the examiner has a fixed salary.
When a dead body is found under
suspicious circumstances, the medical
examiner is sent for by the police; he
takes charge of it and thoroughly col
lects all the medical evidence of the
manner of death. If he deems it to
have been caused by violence, he is re-
quired to notify the police court or
Justice within whose district it was
found, and also the District Attorney,
and to file with the court his report.
The court thereupon holds an inquest,
bringing out all the facts so far as ac-
cessible. This system, which'is now in
its fifth year, gives general satisfaction,
and is not expensive.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
SIGHTS IN SIBERIA.
Life Among the COnyicts and Cos
sacks of the Russian Frontier.

A Moscow letter says: Nerchinsk,
on the banks of the Nertcha and Shilka
Rivers, in Eastern Siberia, was formerly
the place of banishment for political and
criminal offenders for hundreds of
years. The mines in the region were
the hopeless places of drudgery of
thousands of unhappy prisoners. The
worst criminals were sentenced to, hard
labor in the mines fos from two to
twenty years, Or for life, and their con-
dition was simply horrible.
They were compelled to live in huts
such as the meanest savages would
scarcely deign to occupy, were half
starved and half clothed, and driven
under the lash and the club to most e,e-
hausting labors, under the most tortur-
ing conditions. Under these circum-
stances it is no wonder that life became
an intolerable burden, until suicide
seemed the only escape from its suffer
ings. Hundreds of the unfortunates
were actually driven to such desperation
that they took their own lives, while
hundreds and thousands died beneath
the burden of oppressive labor.
Life was of no importance to their
task masters, for as fast as the convicts
died there were plenty to take their
places. So the work OF banishment,
hard labor and death went on for gen
erations, until within few years. Now
the punishment and the labors of the
convict are less rigorous than formerly.
Comparatively few convicts are now
sentenced to hard labor for life, and the
most of them have short sentences.
Formerly serfs were sent into exile
"by the will of the master" as the legal
term was. A master who was so in
clined could send a serf into exile with
out the intervention of the law and for
no offense whatever. It was only neces-
sary that the master should pay certain
amount to the authorities to cover the
expense of transporting the unfortunate
serf.
These individuals were really better
off in Siberia than in the former condi-
tion of servitude. Thay were given GER
tain opportunities to rise, and many of
them in time became landed proprietors.
Of course the abolition of serfdom by
the Gear Alexander put stop to this
fruitful course of population for Siberia.
On the road to Omsk, just before
arriving at that city, we met number
of detatchments of convicts, and what
attracted my attention particularly,
small company of distinguished political
exiIes, banished for their supposed
plottings against the Gar. Among
them were a number of yonng mobiles.
Special care seemed to be taken of these
and they were watched as though they
were unusually dangerous.
Half a dozen of them were conveyet
in sleighs singly, each of them having
for a personal guard seated beside him
an armed soldier to whom he was tight
ly chained. The party was also closely
guarded by company of armed Cos
sacks, and thus the slightest possibility
of any escape was quite avoided.
Political exiles that chance to be
particularly prominent and dangerous
are almost invariably forwarded to their
destination under this close surVeil-
lance, and paused through by night and
by day as fast as the swiftest horses
can take them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
An Electric Phenomenon.

A phenomenon was observed in Mas
sau street, New York, some time ago,
which could not have happened in the
Middle Ages, but if it could have and
had happened in that unfortunate period
of the worlds history, it would have
created general CONSERVATION, and per-
haps would have brought about a general
council of the Church. The pavement
seemed to have become possessed of an
evil spirit of great power, for whenever
a horse stepped on it, he received sud
den and severe shock. A crowd gath
cred around the spot, aud after time
three policemen made their appearance.
The policemen were, as usual, men of
intelligence of the worst part of the
Dark Ages, and held consultation
whether they should arrest the spot or
club it, or club the amused bystanders.
They resolved to ''walk on, after some
one else had made the discovery that "A
break in the underground wires of the
Edison Electric Light Company wal
the cause of the strange behavior of the
pavement.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
ONE OF UNCLE GABES SONGS.

II. A. Macon, in the September Century.l
Mr.. squ'el he run up de scaly-bark tree.
An he say: Mr., Rabbit, don't you wish You
was me ?'
Mr.. Rabbit he hide in de hen-nes grass,
For he see dat squ'el-dorg comm long fas'
An he say: "Mr. Squ'el, wouldn't be you,
Cause l 'fraid you'll swim in de Sunday stewy'
Mr.. Squ'el he sat on de swingin linn,
An he ak Mr.. Rabbit jes' to look at him,
An he say: "Mr. Rabbit, oh when did you
see,
In all your life, sch a feller as me?"
MIR. Rabbit he laugh an he say: Mr.. Squ'el,
De white folks like your tas'e too well! !"
Mr.. Squ'el he wait tell de plow-hands gone,
An he clam right straight up stalk O. corn;
Den he bite de shuck an he look right back,
An he say: '' Mr.. Rabbit, won't you hab some
snack 2"
Mr.. Rabbit he say 50 Oh, you better take keer,
Fo' dey mix you up wild de roas'in' ear ~
Mr.. Squ'el he say: "Come and go wild me,
An I'll show you mighty quick how to clam de
tree!"
Mr.. Rabbit he dance an he prance all round
An he holler an laugh as he tromp de groun' :,
An he say: Don't you AK me to go wild you,
Cause Use 'fraid you gwine to be bobbykew r'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A Sensation Spoiled.

A dispatchss from Bangor gives the
following version of the highway rob
berry which recently occurred at Bar
Harbor, which created so much excite
ment not only at that popular resort,
but all over the country. The Bar Har-
Dor highway robbery was q hrg> prac-
tical Joke, and the denouement has just
been reached. The story is about as
follows The Messrs. Howe, who were
robbed in Green Mountain, employed
a well known detective agency in New
York to ferret out the robber, and the
practical jokers, becoming fright
ened, have cleared up the mystery.
It is said that two young lady friends
of the Howe brothers "put up the job !"
for huge joke, and persuaded a gen.
tleman, who is q friend of all the par
ties to pcrroraate- -Glazaa Duual of
the Desert Isle, with the intention, of
course, of ultimately returning the val
uabIes. This man, the possessor of
the so aptly described steel gray
eyes," boards at the Rodick House and
rooms close to the Messrs. Howe. A
light or two ago, it is said, the two
ladies' and the gentleman robber called
a meeting of the boarders of the Rod
ick House, at which the Howes were
present. While the guests were as
sembled the modern Claude Duval en-
tered the room wearing the same mask
and costume as on the road, and with
flourish returned the stolen property
to the astonished Howe brothers.
Before the spectators could fully
comprehend the comedy he vanished.
Then two romantic young ladies very
humbly confessed that they induced
the mutual friend to perpetrate the
joke, which created such a great SEN
sation that they were ashamed sooner
to make it known. The investigations
of a detective bureau finally reached
so near the truth that the culprits be-
came alarmed, and made voluntary con-
fessions.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
With q Show.

Johnny Sullivan, the pugilist, is to be
the chief attraction of theatrical show
which soon starts out from Boston. In
many cities laws against any form OF
sparring exhibitions are rigidly en-
forced, but the manager expects to
overcome the prohibition by means OF a
brief play, in which Sullivan will ap'
pear as an actor. "Thus," he says,
"I can proudly point to my boxers as
actors in a mimic struggle. The au-
thorities can't get back of that"