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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
The Tennessee Debt.

The legislature of Tennessee passed an
cent interest," the coupons to be receivable for
taxes and all debts due the State. A case un-
der the act, was taken up to the Supreme
Court of Appeals and on Saturday week a
majority of the court decided that the act was
unconstitutional and consequently void. 1t
was as to the receivabilty of the coupons for
taxes that the point of unconstitutionalty
arose, the court holding that one legislature
did not possess the power to pledge the re-
sources OF the State in any manner that could
not be repealed by a succeeding legislature.
This is precisely the ground of Judge Staples
opinion dissenting from a majority of the
court in the case OF Antoni VS.. Wight, grow
ing out of the Funding Bill passed by the Vir-
gina legislature in 1871.
There is some idea that the Legislature Of
Tennessee will be convened in order to take
necessary measures and provide for the pro
per funding of the debt. The Governor is
said to have stated that he is not prepared tC
say what he would do in regard to calling AT
extra session. As the opposition of the low
tax party was to the taxpayng feature of the
bill, it may be assumed that they would accept
an act with that Objectionable clause stricken
out, and the creditors would have an obliga
ton that the State would be fully able to meet
The debt amounted to about S27000,000 at thu
time provided for refundng, the annual inter
est upon which, at per cent, would b.
| $4,000. 1t is said the treasury has in its pos
session about 81 $50, GOO The first half year.
interest on the compromise bonds was due OF
1st January last, and could have been pait
without difficulty, leaving a large balance il
the treasury.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02

| to move by the companies using each other
roads for short distances. The track of the
| Louisville and Nashville is still impossible at
Silver Creek, about thirty miles from here.
The Missouri Pacific sent out train this
morning over the st. LOUIS and San Francis
co track to Springfield, Mo-, thence to Kansas
City, and will probably have its road in order
by tomorrow The Wabash east will use the
Chicago and Alton Road to point beyond
the obstruction on its own track. and the
Vandalia will continue to use the Ohio and
Mississippi until its own repairs are compile
ted. The river came TO stand this morning
and is now falling slowly. 1t is expected to
relieve the pressure ON the Mississippi below
Cairo The weather has moderated a great
deal and thawing has commenced.
Neither the Wabash nor the Missouri Pa
cifc Railways sent trains out for the West to-
night, but both roads expect to be IN running
order tomorrow. The obstruction on the
iron Mountain Road at Cave Cliff has been
cleared away and a train left here for Texas
tonight Two or three hundred passengers
on trains from the South, which were detained
by this obstruction, were to-day taken on
board the steamer John B. Maude and brought
to this city. The mails from Texas were also
brought up in the same manner. The steamer
Arkansas, from Keokuk, took on board a great
number Of delayed railway passengers at var
ious points along the river and conveyed them
10 this place. There has been, of course, great
detention of the mails on all the roads, and
much matter has accumulated here, but it is
now arriving on every train. and everything
here Is being sent to its destination as rapidly
as possible. The prospect now is that to-mor-
row night everything will be working again
in the regular way. The telegraph wires,
however, are still greatly deranged, and the
act ual condition of some of the roads is not
yet fully known. The western wires of the
Missouri Pacific and Wabash Railroads are
not yet in working order. Over 200 miles of
wine on these two roads have been torn down,
and there has been no direct Geographic COM
munication with Kansas City and other points
west of here since Sunday.
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NO.. AZ


Last Wednesday week was Ash Wednesday
and services were held in the Catholic and
Episcopal churches.
Arch Bishop Gibbons has issued his annual
circular containing instructions for fasting
during Lent for the faithful. AS the Rules
apply to this Catholic diocese we give them
below
81. All the faithful who have completed
their tWenty-first year, are, unless legtimately
| dispensed, are bound to observe the fast for
Lent,
20 They are to make only one meal day
excepting Sundays.
81 The meal allowed on fast days is not be
| taken til! about noon,
II Flesh meat and fish are not tc be used at
the same meal during Lent.
"5 A small refreshment, commonly called
collation., is allowed in the evening, not to ex-
coed the fourth part ofan ordinary meal
IS. At the collation. it is permitted to use
bread, all kinds of fruits, salads, and yegeta-
bles. The use of butter, cheese, milk and eggs
is also tolerated by virtue of long established
custom.
~ General usage has made it lawful to take
in the morning some warm liquid, as tea, cof-
fee or thin chocolate made with water, and
mouthful of bread.
~. Necessity ana custom nave authorized
the use of hogs lard instead of butter in pre-
pairing permitted food.
80. The following persons are exempted
from the obligations of fasting Persons under
twenty-one years of age, the SICK nursing
women, those who are obliged to do hard la
Dor, all who, through weakness, cannot fast
without great prejudice to their health.
10. By dispensation the use of fresh meats
will be allowed at all meals on Sundays, and
once a day ON Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, with the exception of Holy
Thursday and the second and last Saturdays
of Lent.
III. The faithful are reminded that, besides
the obligations of fasting in posed by the
Church, this holy season of Lent should be, in
an especial manner, a time of earnest prayer,
of sorrow for sin, of seclusion from the world
and its amusements, and of generous aims
giving.
zig. The Paschal time extends from the first
Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sunday, during
which time all Catholics who have attained
the use of reason are bound 10 prepare them
selves to receive worthily the Holy Commun-
ion. The holy season OF Lent is a very proper
time, ALSO for children to go to their first con-
LESSONS, which they ought to do generally
when about seven years of age. Parents should
see to this"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02

SMALL FARMS AND Big CRoPs.-Twenty
years ago the State of Mississippi, always ia
nous for its cotton yield, contained about
forty thousand plantations. averging three
hundred and seven acres each; now she has
nearly twice as many, but the average size is
only half that of 1860. The number of acres
under cultivation is less than in 1860, fol
scarcely any rough land has been cleared. ana
some plantations have been injured by broker
levees, and yet the cotton crop is twice as
large as it was in the good, old times. Nc
better proof could be wanted to establish the
desirability of decreasing the size of farms ant
increasing the number of owners; but the les
son should be learned elsewhere as in thu
South. Whole counties in the United States
are wretchedly poor, because every farmer il
trying to handle a "quarter section'-on'
hundred and sixty acres-with only enough
capital and working force to properly till {
quarter as much soil.
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Railroad Notes.

The Kanawha & Chesapeake railroad was
organized at Charleston, W. Va January Goth,
by the election of the following officers: II. G.
Parsons, president; H D. Whitcomb, vice.
president; S. Nee. Fisher, secretary and
treasurer; and the following Board of Diree-
tors Hon j S Miller, and Hon s A Miller, of
West Virginia; III ID Whitcomb and H G Par
sons, OF Virginia; Thomas Peter, of Kansas !;
General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio; and Hon.
James G. Blaine, Of Maine. Fs
This line will connect with the Ohio Central
at the mouth of Gauley river, West Virginia,
and crossing to the Greenbrier will connect
with the Pittsburg and West Virginia railroad,
and possibly with the Washington and Ohio
railroad when extended. 1t will be an impor-
tant link in the direct line between Baltimore
and Cincinnati. An engineering party will
soon be put in the field and surveys will be
pressed to completion.
The company has established an office in
Richmond.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA, MARCH 2, 1882.
LABOR.

There's never-dying chorus
Breaking on the human ear,
In the busy town before us
Voices loud and deep and clear.
This is labor's endless ditty,
This is tolls prophetic voice,
Sounding through the town and city,
Bidding human hearts rejoice.
Sweeter than the poets singing
Is that anthem of the free;
Blither is the anvil's ringing
Than the song of bird or bee.
There's glory In the rattle
OF the wheels mid factory gloom;
Richer than eer snatched from battle
Are the trophies Of the loom.
See the skillful mason raising
Gracefully yon towering pile;
Round the forge and furnace blazing,
Stand the noble men Of toll.
They are heroes of the people
Who the wealth Of nations raise:
Every dome and spire and steeple
Raise their heads In labor's praise.
Glorious men Of truth and labor,
Shepherds es the human fold,
That shall lay the brand and sabre
With the parberous things, of old 4
Priests and Prophets of creation,
BlOodless heroes In the fight,
Toilers for the worlds salvation,
Messengers of peace and light.
Speed the plough and speed the harrow;
Peace and plenty send abroad;
Better far the spade and barrow
Than the cannon or the sword.
Each invention, each improvement,
Renders weak oppression's rod;
Every sign and every movement
Brings US nearer truth and God.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02

A DRUNKARD's BRAIN.-Hyrti, by far the
greatest anatomist of the age, ust to say that
he could distinguish in the darkest room, by
one stroke of the scalpel, the brain of the inc
briate from that of a personwho lived soberly.
Now and then he could congratulate his class
upon the possession of drunkard's brain, adj
mrably fitted, from It's hardness and more
complete preservation for the purpose OF de-
monstration. When the anatomist wishes 10
preserve a human brain for any length of time,
he effects that object by keeping that organ in
q vessel of alcohol. From soft, pulpy sub
stance, it then becomes comparatively hard /;
but in the inebriate anticipating the anatomist,
the brain begins the ndurating process before
death-begins in while the brain remains the
consecrated temple of the soui-while its deli
cate and gossamer like tissues still throb with
the pulse of heaven born life Strange in
fatuation that thus desecrates the God-like
Terrible enchantment that dries up all the
fountains of generous feelings, petrifes all the
tender humanities and sweet charities of life
leaving only a brain of lead and a heart Of
stone !-Sclentifc american
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
SHEEP ON WHEAT FIELD

SHEEP ON WHEAT FIELDs.-If sheep are al
lowed to Craze wheat during the winter and
early spring they will destroy great numbers
of the eggs and larvae of chinch bugs, army
worms and of the Persian fly. These insects
lay eggs in spring and tall and they are hatch
ed by the first warm SPELL There are many
instances where wheat has been saved from
destruction by the grazing OF sheep. Says the
Springfield Republican: In pasturing sheep
and lambs the benefit is not only to the ami
mails, but to the pastures, which are greatly
improved. Sheep are very lndiserimlnate
feeders and will bite not only grass, but also
shrubs, weeds and every green thing that
starts in early spring. Thus they destroy ane
keep down most of the foul stuff that usurps
the place of grass, and they tend to leave the
pastures clean for fine grass to to grow
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
The Valley Railroad

Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, who has been in
Southwestern Virginia for several weeks,
writes to the Baltimore San, from Russell c.
H., as follows:
"The Norfolk and Western Railroad system
in short time will have its Shenandoah Val
ley connection perfected. 1t is preparing ia
cilities to handle the cattle trade and take it
away from Baltimore 1t has under contract,
to be completed by July 1, 1882, branch of
80 miles down the New river into the richest
Coal fields of Tazewel This will bring the
finest coal and best ores together. Great
furnaces are now being prepared to be con-
strucied along New river. And when this
railroad system is perfected as it will be in six
months, Baltimore will be as completely Gu
of from the trade and products OF this whole
country as Richmond is. They will go along
The valley OF New river by the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, by the Shenandoah Valley
tailroad, through Hagerstown to Harrisburg
and Philadelphia The Western Maryland
railroad will not get enough OF it to grease
Car wheels The remedy Tor this is an extern
sion of the Valley Railroad from Lexington to
the Southwest. The topography is favorable.
The valleys lie between mountain ranges,
which tend northeast and southeast. The
mountains are cut by creeks and rivers, allow
ing easy grades, so that a railway can be con-
structed from Lexington to Cumberland Gap,
following the water courses. Railway fran
chises already exist which afford every facility.
the Valley Railroad has the right to go to New
river.
The Richmond and Louisville Railroad
Company, the consolidation of which has just
been confirmed by the Virginia Legislature,
has the right to go through this country from
New river to the Kentucky and Tennessee
line, and has charters in Kentucky to go to
t,trt,N 10
to call the attention of our merchants, and
particularly OF the Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association, to this matter of such con-
sequence to the future of Baltimore"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
After Twenty Years.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 10, 1881.
III. H. WARNER & Co.: Sars-Your Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, in my case, cured {
confirmed sickness of twenty years. believe
it to be the remedy for all female disorders
and can cheerfully recommend it.
Mrs. B. n BOLTON
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02

SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILRoA ADA
meeting of the directors of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad took place in Philadelphia
on the 10Th inst. when the following officers
were elected for the year 1882:
f J Kimball, Philadelphia president; U L
Boyce. Boycevile, Va, vice-president; W G
AtacDowel, Philadelphia, treasurer G w
Armes, Philadelphia, secretary; w Travis,
Charlestown, general counsel; W w Coe,
Lexington, Va, chief engineer: Fl Sands,
Hagerstown, superintendent; G P Hatch,
general freight and passenger agent: W
Cox, Hagerstown, auditor and general ticket
agent. The presidents report shows the road
10 be in excellent condition, and on sound
financial basis. On the preferred stock a
quarterly dividend will be declared at the rate
OF 81 per share.
Three railroads to be built in the interest OF
the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk and West
ern railroads are soon to he consolidated with
Il directory composed of Philadelphia capital.
lists. The roads are the New River Railroad
Of Virginia, the New River Railroad Company
of West Virginia and Blue River Railroad.
These roads penetrate the mining districts OF
West Virginia, and when consolidated will
take the name of the New River Railway and
Mining Company, With F. j. Kimball, as
President.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02

FARMING BEEs-In California bees are
owned largely by capitalists and are Harmed
out"-that is, apiaries of one hundred swarms
or more are placed in the grounds OF farmers,
generally from three to four miles apart The
farmers receive a fixed rent, or share of the
honey for their compensation, as may be
agreed upon. On an average, one acre of
ground is estimated to support twenty-five
swarms of bees and the yield of swarm ia
generally about fifty pounds year.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02
MISCELLANY OUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
REMOVAL
Having moved my stock to the more commodious
NO 25 SOUTH AUGUSTA STREET,
formerly occupied by J. A. Hamrick Co., am
now prepared to fill all orders In the
HARDWARE
line. We make specially of
HARVEST GOODS,
such as
GRAIN CRADLES,
MOVING sCYTHEs &C.
My stock is large, and from the best known man
ufacturers, both foreign and domestic.
ALI ask is a call and examination.
Respectfully,
1un9u A. E. MILLER.
.C L. WELLER
No4wEsT MAIN STREET,
STANTON, VA.
BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS
SANDALS, P6MPs,-
HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, ETC.
full line of Broad Bottom, Flat Heel Shoes, for
Old Ladies' and Gents.
BOYS, MISSES AND cHILDREN's
SCHOOL SHOES.
A SPECIALITY OF REAL FIRsT-cLAss SHOES
ORDERS SOLICITED BY MAIL,
WAll Goods warranted as represented IA
apr21-n
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Our motto Is
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Send for circular.
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IL II E. MAIN STREET, staunton, Va.
Large stock of
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and TRUNKS.
We have reftted and enlarged our store room
greatly increasing our facilities for the accommo
dalton of patrons; and have just opened large
and most attractive st ,ck of goods in our line.
We call attention to the following, of which we
make a SPECIALITY and WARRANT.
Ladies' Fine Kid Button Boots.
Sc Pebble Goat Button Boots
d" &C Cloth Top +"
&c Calf Shoes
Misses and children's Button and Laced Shoes, and
gentlemens fine
sHOP.MADE BOOTS AND SHOES.
full line Of mems and boys Heavy Boots Of al
grades, also soft and stiff Hats Of all the --latest
Styles sep29
Jno. B. OOonnell. E. a. Fulcher.
John B. O'CONNELL & 90,
Dealers In
FINE WHISKEYS, WINES, &C.,
Cor Augusta and Courthouse Streets,
STANTON, VA.
w-Keep always on hand the best and cheapes
Liquors. Cigars and Tobacco In the market. All the!
ask is q call. feb
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them leIi axinaur handaa
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-03-02

Keep constantly on hand everything In the Grocery
sine and sell cheap for cash Orders solicited and
highest market price paid for country produce
aug sly
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JURI DE POLICE.
Lundi, 2 octobre 1882.

Lundi, 2 octobre 1882.
LIE juri de police dams ct ponr
rEtat de la Louisiana ct paroisse
Vermillon, s'est assemblee ce jour
en- session reguliere a Ia maison
de cour.
Etaient presents - Howard
Hoffpauir. president, ct MN. Jos.
Trahan, Alonzo Vanslyke ct J. L.
Broussard.
Absents MN. Nunez, Thi.
beaux Ell Primeanx.
Les commissaires des anjmaux
non marques. ci-apres NOMINEES, ont
fait des rapports par ecrlt ct Zen
registrement aux archives en- fut
ordonne, savoir
2me District Austin Lee, a
vendu (nette) ponr $18.75.
3me District: Demosthene
TrahaD, pas de vente.
SINE District John Morgan.
a vendn (nette) pour s23.l5, pour
lesquelles sommes respectives lie
ont produits des recos do Treso'
rier de paroisBss
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JNOUTELLES DE P.ARTOUT.

Des transactions de bons COME.
deres sc font. chaque jour, a la
bourse aux actions de San Fran.
cisco. Vendredi dernier, il a ete
vendu $4,000 a 3 50 pour mile, ct
$4,000 a 2 so a 80 a credit de
80 jour 3.
Une femme de Ia California
Went de decouvrir. .qu'on peut faire
du champagne egal a celui de la
France en- eayeur ct en- bouquet,
avec des abricots, qui wont jouer
IN role important en- concurant
4 Ia fortune de la California.
Depuis que le departement des
Enances des Etats-Unis a rerris
l'echange des bons portant int6.
ret q 81 pour cent en- bons a 3
pour cent, $l6,50o.o00 ont etc re
Gus a Washington. II reate $97
100000 a echanger. 81 Pempres'
sement continue, dams sopt mois
l'operation fnanciere sera ache
vee.
Jay Gould a achete denx ter
rains au coin de la Dix huitieme
rue ct de Ia rue de Poplar a St
Louis, pour y placer ''e'abiisse
ment de "PUnion Depot" de Ia
vile. L'achat de NJ. Gould com
prend six ilets. La compagnie d.
Nord a achete dams ces euvirons
une grande etendue do terre pour
ses cares.
Les seuls Eta,s qui sont restet
fdeles au parti republican, le
novoubre. sont l'Illihois., lIowa
| Minnesota, le Nebraska, l'Oregon
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C'est lie moment Oh ceux qui cher
chent un endroit convenable sous
bieu des rapports, a s'etablir doiv.
ent prendre les mesures necesaires.
II y a encore des terres vacantes
dams la paroisse Vermillon, ct il
= aussi beaucoup de terres deja
entrees a vendre 4 tres bon mar
che. Nous conseillons cenx qui
desirent Sc 6xer dams up endroit
salubre, offrant toutes les ressour-
ces varies de la vie rurale, de visi-
ter notre paroisse avant de Sc fxer
ailleur, cette aimee. Tandis que
dams les regions desolees par les
grandes eaux du printemps der
nier il nest question que de fevres
miasmatiques, intermitaates ct au.
tres maladies !; ici, rien. La re,
colte a etc plantee, travaillee, ct
on est a l'exploiter depuis quel-
ques temps dams les meilleurs dis,
positions. Tous. depuis 10 chef de
Ia famille jusqu'au petit qui ma w
que sept printemps, tous de6leut
apres les menues besognes indis.
pensables, vers ces bellies pieces de
cotton ct de fevres. respiraut a
plein poumon Pair sain du matin,
ct avec impression de la sim
plicite ct la santee peints sur leura
physiono,nics ouvertes.
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ECHOS D'EUROPE EFT NIL
LEURS.

A Vieune, Autriche, il : q eut le
9 courant un soulevement anti
juifs. Une femme fut tue ct plu'
sieurs maisons bralees.
EcYPrE-On croft quill = aura
IN compromis offert a Ia -Grande
b. etagne, par lequel Arab Pacha
aura la permission de s'expatrier
ct de yivre dams l'exil.
CHrNE-La legation americai
nes q etc formellement requise det
autorites Coreannes de :aire ga
voir au gouvernement 4 Washing
ton qu'ils desirent un envoye ame
ricain a Seoul.
CHIL1-Une deputation din
diens Arancana est arrivee a San
tiago pour conferer avec le prtsi
dent Santa Maria. Ils desiren'
la paix.
PARIs-On a decouyert up.
manufacture de dynamite secret'
a Charolles +; des manifestes revo
lotionnaires ont etc placardes
Paris ct b Marseilles.
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Encore qaelque temps peits ct
= oesu jour de Noel frappera a
wy p0rtes. Kvez vous ete soumis
8 d0'iles envers 7os parents ? ma.
6. '0us pas eu quelque euvie de
.eSse ayez vous neg'ige vos de.
:. .u.s envers votre bon pere ct vo.
y oonne mere, eux qui ne viveu,
sspoor 'otre bonheur I? 81 yous
.ses ete rechiguis la christine ne
s'mera pas, ct ellie ne mettra
ls' dams vos chausettes des NJ.
:. a', : des oranges, des gateaux
!" dss pe.i.s chevaux. ST au
a.fa're vons vous stes eaorces
p'.'rea papAes uauau, Ia bon,
| ,s'a sal'st'ne ne vous oublira pas,
-; l ayez con6auce en- ellie, ale
- safaats obeissap.s.
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A Y I S.-Le registre A con.
tenant les minutes on procedures.
du juri de police de la paroisse.
Vermillon depuis son organise.
ton en- 1874 jusqu'a 1856, man.
que ct ne peut.etre trouye aprea
des recherches diligents. La per-
some qui laurait en- sa possession
on gui aurait quelques connaissan.
ces on il est, confereree un grand
servics en- ecrivant au soussigne.
Ce registre content des procedu-
res d'importance ct indispensable
au juri de police.
Bureau du Grefier, Abbeville,
Lne., l8 Novempre 1882.
AMBROSE LAcouR, Gre6ier.
Box 80.