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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03
POETRY.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS
IN MEMoRIAM.


Past midnight now; the chill March morn il
80 nigh, f41r a2
When they that hearken catch one weary sigh
And his long martyrdom, his life-toil done,
He scared beyond the starlight and the sun
o life sublime! o victory hardly won!
Veil, Georgia; veil thy face and bow thy head
The noblest Heart in all thy realm is dead!
They dote who say the grand old man is dead.
Beyond the loftiest planets mystic sphere
He rules in more than royal purple here! "'
Dead! while his Influence. borne on all the
winds, ,-
Throbs like pulse of fire in kindling minds
Dead while the vital sweetness of his fame
Rises serene as perfumed altar flame!
Dead! while in vain the wave-like years shall
roll
To sweep his Image from his Country's soul!
Dead! while in reverent homesteads near and
far M
His sacred memory brIghtens like star,
More clearly beautiful. more purely proud,
In fadeless fresco on deaths sombre cloud!
Dead! while from stately hall and shoulder
ing camp, @ "ta-.- so iu e.fr1.
Dives and Lazarus, merchant-prince and
tramp.
One voice ascends, Of grief, devotion, praise.
And loves rich halo crowns his perfect days!
While touched to tender glory Deaths eclipse
Blooms with auroral tints of childish lips
Which made chow oft y his withered cheek to
glow, .-' i-
And flash their rosebuds near his locks Of
SHOWS "- .N
Dead! nay, his single life. SO true, SO tried,
Becomes henceforth divinely multiplied
To find, while this, his out-worn frame departs,
Its resurrection in a million hearts!
An echo answers, past the shimmering line
OF the far hill slopes and the mountain Pine,
Past the blue fountains of these vernal skies,
Misted and dim as some sad angels eyes,
An echo, tender, silvery, and remote,
The song-trill melting in a heavenly throat.
Yet quivering still with rapture so divine
1t can but seem we hear the dying note
Ofchoral welcome, on whose tide updrawn,
His happy Soul hath found the primal dawn,
And the long rest which breathes in Paradise
PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE, in Home and Farm.
for april l. --,'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

Everybody knows Henry Ward
Beecher. Henry says: MAN is the
only animal who degrades himself
There are. no drunkards, no gluttons, on
the earth except among men. Animals
seldom overstep or break the laws, while
diseases from which ANIMALS suffer do
not come from excesses. Man 1s at war
with himself everywhere and always" !"
\ Then the Washington. Free Press
says: "Henry Ward is quite right in his
celebrated divine has pulled through q
series of years before finding this out.
The 'paroxisymal kiss probably was an
eye opener" .I. .......r5 f.e,rr
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

TALMAGE ON THE NoRTH.-A COR
respondent of the Philadelphia Press
says the Rev. DR.. Talmage, in his re.
cent lecture at GreeDville, South Caro-
lima, referred to the Yankees in decided
ly uncomplimentary terms. In his lec-
ture he told of a man who was invited
by friend to take drink. but who de-
clined, saying, mo, I thank you, 1
won't drink, but you can give me q
cigar and 5 cents" don't believe"
saCb snd Mr. Tamags hat you have e any
South, but that's the kind of men we
have in the North, where come from"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

HE is ODD.

He lived just mile from the village,
Out there by the forks of the road iLuS
His farm, by the help of good tillage, 8lil
i Increased what he plant ted and sowed:
Ills dwelling was low and old fashioned,
D. Ihe roof was all covered with moss,
But still by his fixing and patching, ~
Itkept out the rain and the frost. 81 s-I
he lived very peaceful and quiet; oa Eua
We knew him as Terry Todd ;-oe-. sod.
80 plain was his dress and his diet
The neighbors all said he was odd. ,O' -
The fashion he never would follow, -
Nor try toput on any style, -'N 9Hi
But owing dime or a dollar, D ,a-tlIG7
j4 he paid when due with a smile. elTitsE
His words were few and well chosen, ,,r,
--,, twas clear he meant what he said;
His temper, not heated or frozen, s-A'A
And calm was the life that he led. 3l.E1
q He did not belong to the meeting. ri 81
, % And said very little of God; ,..---..-s.
But orphans were glad at his greeting,
And every one said he was odd. t'i
II ever he tried to sell you -- il-'
COW. an OK, or horse, 3fa.
He made it his business to tell you cliVT
Each one of the animals faults. .F ee,-
He hired Billy Peters, the cripple, lf.,
To husk out the corn by the day,
And heaped up the grain on the bushel,
To measure his wheat for his pay. eIu
His name was not on the subscription
To save the poor heathen abroad;
His neighbors he helped in afiiction-
The people all thought he was odd. A
He never made any profession"
Nor said he had "a new heart" .....f
But something he had in possession
OF which many more need part;
A something that made him so gentle,
So honest, so kindly and true, nfi
Ifnot church religion, we venture ir.-
That Jesus would say. TT will do"
He might, in the church, have been better
And rendered more service to God,
And more of the spirit" than letter.
And that was what made him so odd.
The preacher might say he was Goddess.
Because he subscribed to no creed; 3el
But still II was part Of his oddness -.+
The wretched and hungry to feed.
If Terry failed of salvation .I
Because he stayed out OF the church, or
We don't see how in creation $50 syls
Professors will shun the lee lurch, ,I9
Who wear the garb of the pious,
But love not their neighbors or God.
We choose, when our Maker shall try us,
To be like the old farmer-odd. ffr- N
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

A man ordered two small mackerel
for his dinner at cheap New York eat
ing house. When the check was brought
to him he reminded the proprietor that
he had not been charged for all he had
been served with.
"Why, you had two mackerel, had
you not?n asked the proprietor, =,
"Yes," replied the customer. "I had
two mackerel and one smelt 7"
The charge was not increased.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

A country preacher pictured the hor-
rible torments awaiting those who
yielded to the weaknesses Of the flesh
SO vividly that many persons in his con-
gregation gave way to emotions of
alarm. A pallor overspread their faces,
and their eyes filled with tears. Fright
ened himself at the effect which he had
produced, the worthy parson leaned
a little, my hearers; I exaggerate."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03
A Word to our Readers.

WHEN you read of a medicine that will
w cure all diseases, beware of it, for every
scientific physician on earth knows how falla-
cious such statementsare. But when you read
of medicine compounded by a regular physi-
to cure only certain disease, and furnishes
high proof that it does this, you can safely try
1t, and with the assurance that it will cure you.
DR.. V. r. STONE. late physician and surgeon
of the U. s. A., has placed before the public a
r1ro rot inrao Iod
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03
OUR DARLING.

Bounding like foot ball,
Kicking at the door, -
Falling from the table top,
Sprawling on the floor;
Smashing cups and saucers.
Splitting dolly's head;
Putting little pussy cat
Into baby's bed. .
Building ships and houses.
Spelling fathers hat;
hiding mothers precious keys
Underneath the mat;
Jumping on the fender,
Poking at the fire;
Dancing on those little legs
Legs that never tire,
Making mothers heart leap
Fifty times day;
Aping everything we do,
Everythin G we say.
Shouting, laughing, tumbling,
Roaring with a will;
Anywhere and everywhere,
Never, never still.
Present-bringing sunshine;
Absent-leaving night; u
That's our precious darling,
That's our hearts delight.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

An old man did not believe his wife
could talk to him through the telephone
from distance of five miles. Walking
up to the machine he shouted: "Hello,
Sarah ~ AT that instant lightning
struck the telephone wire and knocked
the man down, and, as he scrambled to
his feet, he excitedly cried: "That's
Sarah, every timeW NuEol fsE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

WHERE THEY STARTED.-Senator
Bayard started in life as clerk in q
Philadelphia store, Senator Beck began
as a farm hand, Conger as lumber
hand, Davis, of West Virginia, as
brakeman, Dawes aschool-teacher, Far
ley as coach-driver, German as Sem
ate page, Jones, of Florida, as carpen-
ter, McDill as department clerk, Nor
rill as country store-keeper, Plumb as
printers devil, Sawyer as a laborer,
Sherman as surveyor, and Vest as a
reporter. t- o'
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june S2-1y
March on, March ON to victory

March On, March on to Victory
UNDER date of Nov. q, 1882, Mr.. Albert ".
Handy, of Pratt and Whitney Company, Hart
ford, Conn, writes -
Having been great sufferer from severe
attack of Kidney disease and endured for a long
time the intense pain, many aches, and extreme
weakness that always. attend this dread dis
ease, including the terrible backache, after
trying doctors prescriptions and many other So
called cures, without gaining any benefit, was
finally persuaded to take Hunts Remedy and,
after using it a very short time, find myself
entirely relieved from the backache and other
pains; and, better than all the other improve
ments in my general health, my Kidney disease
is cured. 1t affords me great pleasure to recon-
mend Hunts Remedy to all who may be suffer-
ing as have been, as it is a safe and reliable
medicine for Kidney disease"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

"How many ends has a stick of candy
got:n asked Billy Smartboy of his pa.
"Two, of course" ,,,,o-3 ,,s,...
"That's where you are mistaken. I
have bitten three or four ends off this
stick of candy and there are two left
yet.p Gpla tti~ fsfdw .hlsf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

Indulgent parents who allow their
children to eat heartily of high-seasoned
food, rich pies, cake, &C., will have to
use Hop Bitters to prevent indigestion,
sleepless nights. sickness, pain, and,
perhaps, death. No family Is safe with
out them in the house.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03
i DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
A COmmOn-sense Remedy.
SALICYLICA

NO more Rheumat ttSms GOut
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Immediate Relief Warranted.
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THE ONLY DISSOLyER OF THE POISON
BLOOD OF RHEUMATIC AND equity PA
TIENTS.
SALTCYLICA is known as common sense
remedy, because it strikes Directly at the cause
of Rheumatism, Gout. and Neuralgia, while
SO many So called specifics and supposed pan
aceas only treat locally the effects. ~ =
1t has been conceded by eminent scientists
that outward applications, such as rubbing
with oils ointments, lin1ments, and soothing
lotions will not eradicate these diseases which
are the result of the poisoning of the blood
SALICYLICA works with marvellous effect
on this acid and SO removes the disorder. 1t
is now exclusively used by all celebrated ply
sicians of America and Europe. Highest Medi-
cal Academy of Paris reports 95 per cent cures
in three days.
REMEMBER
that SALICYLICA is a certain. cure for
Rheumati GOut, and Neuralgia. The
most intense pains are subdued almost in
stantiy.
Give it a trial. Relief guaranteed or money
refunded. ..... ...s- t
Thousands of testimonials sent on applica-
tion.
81 Box. Boxes for 50.
Sent free by mail on receipt of money.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR IT.
But do not be deluded into taking limitations
or substitutes. or something recommended as
'Just as goodr Insist on the genuine with the
name of WASHBURNE & CO., on each box.
which Is guaranteed chemically pure under
our signature. an indispensable requisite to in
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or send to us. u ~ FesF
WaShburne & Co., Proprietors,
2S7 Broadway, cor. Reade st., NEW YoRK.
TRADE SUPPLIED BY
- Purcell, Ladd Sc Co..
Wholesale Druggists. RICHMOND. VA.
AS- Sole Agents for SALICYLIcA in Virginia.
dec5 '82-1y t.-.tf.r.te- r. IL
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03
SKINNY MEN,

tsWells' Health Renewer" restores
health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, I'M
potence, Sexual Debility. 81.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

B~The most brilliant shades possi-
BILE, on all fabrics are made by the Dia-
mond Dyes. Unequalled for brilliancy
and durability. 10 cents. ,C
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"ROUGH ON RATS,

Clears out rats, mice, reaches. flies,
ants, bed-bugs, skunks. chipmunks,
gophers. 15c. Druggists. 7l
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ssBUCHUPAIBA.o -

Quick, complete cure, all annoying
Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases
81. Druggists. ~ '- 80
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

Tt is claimed that cross bred pigs are
the best fatteners. The sire should be
thoroughbred. +H.r.5, a.fs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

How was Ruth very bad to Boaz P
Why, she pulled his ears and trod on hi
corn.
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TIIT'T'S HAIR DYE,

GRAY HAIR or WHIsKERs changed to GLOSSY
BLACK by a single application Of this DYE. It
imparts natural color and acts fnstantaneously.
Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt
Of One Dollar. ....
Office, 35 Murray Street, New York.
<Dr. TUFTS MANUAL of PGsEtGdbIeN
A Information ussd Useful Receipts B
V spSiI be s,sGSled FREE on GppstcGtSon.(
maY2 '82-lY
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+, No Damaged Stock.
We will sell at this rate from this day utnil
September list next.
| TERMS STRICTLY CASH. |

+ A6- Our friends may examine every stock of
Clothing in the City, and in looking over our
stock they will be convinced we have stated
nothing but facts. Call early, for your own
benefit.
/ - HILB & RUTHERFORD, .-ls!
Hu- fT Nos. II and l6 New Street,
augl STAUNTON, VA.
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TTNHOMAS ID. RANSOM, .=F..tT
l. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN. VA.
offers his professional services in the County
and Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus-
tings Court and the Court of Appeals held in
Staunton. VIII also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents in this and
other States. may 30-ly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

d. N. MATHEWS. ALEX. r. MATHEWS.
Iva ATTOR NEYS-AT-LAW
LEwIsBURG. WEST VA,
practice regularly in ths Courts of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, W,
Va, the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District of w: Va.
AFParticular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere In their State.
may lily
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03
Honest Endorsement.

Mr.. G. T. Melvin, of Providence, R. l., says:-
"Believing, as do, that an honest indorse-
Remedy, with pleasure attest to the fact that
its action in restoring healthy condition to dis
eased Kidneys and Liver is, in my case little less
than miraculous
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

4 7 EUR6E M EANAESON,
NJ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
STAUNTON, VA,
will practice in all the Courts holden in Au-
gusta county, and in the Circuit Courts of the
adjoining counties. .ea --fs-. .,l.l
Claims,
OFFIoE-No. 10 Lawyers Bow, Courthouse
Allev. oc 3I-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

r. e .a@ I'd d. '.a..'a 1s.so.a
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-03

of the present generation. It is for the
Cure of this disease and its attendants,
sICK-HEADACHE, BILI0UsNESs, DYs-
PEPsIA, CONSTIPATION, PILES, etc, that
TUFTS PILLS have gained world-wide
reputation. No Remedy has ever been
discovered that acts 80 gently on the
digestive organs, giving them vigor to as
sirailate food. As q natural result, the
Nervous system is Braced, the Muscles
are Developed, and the Body Robust:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-11
AN INJUNCTION ASKED
AGAINST TAE an GROVE RAILWAY
prohibiting the Company FROM Laying Broad
dauss Track on Sixteenth street OF opsrAt-
lag Their Cars BY steam Nithia the
ctr LImils-Oihsr salts to Follow.

The preliminary papers were served ysster'
day In q case Of Interest which has been anti
cipatod for several weeks, and the result Of
which will be awaited anxiously not only by
the parties interested directly, but the public
at large rs well.
The plaintiff in the suit isJames McAdams,
Of this city. He prays Judge Jacob, of the
Circuit Court OF this Circuit, 10 giant him an
irjuEction prohibiting and Restraining the
Wheeling Il Elm Grove Railway Company
from altering or widening their track on Blk
tseuth street, and from employing steam to
operats their cars on that street. The case
will be heard before Judge Jacob at Mounds,
willie next Tuesday. Coupled with the official
notice waJ the information that several other
citizens contemplate bringing similar suits.
This notice Is signed by Caldwell q Caldwell,
attorneys for JAMES McAdams, and copies
were handed to MesSrs. ReymanA, Dubois,
Rutter and other officials OF Inc company.
At the time the ordinance granting the
company the privilege OF using steam was
passed BY the City Council, 1t was said that
different residents OF Sixteenth street who
were opposed TO the steam motors would In.
slitute Injunction proceedings but the same
action had been predicted on the part OF the
country residents along the road, and as moth
ing ever came OF these much talked II suits,
the predictions tn regard II suits In the city
were considered equally idle talk. 1t seems,
however, that the Sixteenth street men
mean business. It goes without saying that
the company will fight the suits, and leave
no stone uuturped TO defeat the Injunction
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-11
BgRKELEY COUnTY rAIR,
decided Success, of ,he Twelnh Annual
Exhibition.

Decided Success Of the Twelfth Annual
Exhibition.
The twelfth annual exhibition OF the
Berkeley County Agricultural Association
began Tues lay, and the indications are that
It will be the greatest success, financially and
otherwise, ever held In the county. The
stock stalls are filled with fine cattle, horses,
sheep and hogs. The poultry ceops IRE also
we'll filled. Tn the ground Is the largest ex.
hibt OF agricultural imp 'ements ever seen
there.
To attempt to give . description Of Floral
Hall world be to fail, for 1t 10 literally
make or d(1crihe. Two long tlbles are filled
with their handy work. The preserve table
Is filled with canned aud preserved peaches,
ounces, pes,s, cherries, tomatoe1, citron and
a'sup. making quite hands,m show.
Mr.. ?. O. Hunter, pilot 1graper, he's quite q
handsome display OF photographs and oil
paintings. Quite prominent In his collection
are the lite.size pictures OF Hons Charles
James Faulkner and y. Boyd Faulkner.
The people Of old Berkeley are alive and
int,nd TO make the fair tue best ever held in
the county.
Tuesday, the frat day Of the fair, opened
bright and cleSr. A walk among the cattle
pens showed many t1ne animals, especially
Lord Fairfax, the fine JelSey bull, exhibited
by Mr.. Edward Thtlmon, who residCI near
the town. Lord Fairfax Is three and onts
half yesIs old, and is reglstsre as 0ne OF the
best animals OF his kind In the country. Mr.,
Charles JAMES Faulkner hes on exhibition
three OF the fines: Attorneys on the ground
Dr.. ]. T. Tanner, OF 1sfsiSon county, shows
splendid herd, twenty Ia number, OF
Durham cattle, which ATTRACTS great deal
OF attention. It's Slfe to cay they are the
finest cattle Of the Durham breed In the
EssteIn Panhandle, II not In the stlts.
10 the Agricultural Department, Mr., John
Fitz, Of the town, has on exhibition one OF
bis foe steam portable raw mills, making IN
attractive display.
Theresre seven st:1m portable threshing
machine engines on the gronnd, two "trac.
tom" one made BY FfIch i Co., the other by
GeysIr & Co. In addition 10 the other
aFticlrl there are wheat drills thrPJhiug
machines and LAM, ,plovs, h9tfoVs; reapsiS,
corn planters and In tSct everything iar.
mer could desire,
In the AFTERNOON quite large crowd, for
thshIJt day, were on the ground ID wItnt >
entered from Berkeley: John F. Morrow,
knight Of North Mountain; T. A. Payne,
knight Of the Red Crols; Y. T. Morgan,
knight Of Gerardstown. Also the follow:
ing from Howard county, Md; D. W. Bur.
dett, knight Of Maryland; q. @. Burdett,
knight Of Green wood ]. W. LyddAn. Knight
OF He'd Rose. 7. II. Rohrba6gh, E,q., de.
liyered the addFe-s to the knights In bis
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-11

| e.. c.g.. y.. NJ. =. ~ m.
Sisen G9geePpEAnGf MO, pe[ 10 iSo ono;Ge 90,
iiStS5 prime hoi Ilci Bood no, l01Sc; ordinary,
70; S Sava, I 49, 1. o, H. ,,,<.,.o.
lsSaltc: IN bull. l2Ai21le lava, bulk, 2Sc.
Windsor a. SEe; Prd d a: SHG refined yellow
ss s@siost rs mamie so. eso,o. D,r .v,nn
S s.'s d:'i LAC. sa5SS .,.. a.,
NeW UIkh'h AolSSaes.Cnoice, ooci Strictly prime,
Soc prime, 4se; good 4Sc., -.
OK 7 "a. HSson per H. %stSc: gnnpoNdet
ISc; HQuehqng, 2aat6c.
,oS se,,SS a. ~, ~ t'I' pet
Co., hJca zine Ion M, vai v,a,A.,a sI.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-11
RiyEs nEws.
Miscellaneous Notes From the L.eyee.
Tainn..nnhIc Iannefa

Miscellaneous Notes From the Levee
Teiegraphic Reports.
The Chesapeake left for Marietta at loA NJ
The regular daily packets made their usua
trips yesterday. ,ts..rri
The II. N. Townsend and J. Il. Mcconnell
passed down with emptics. &c.
on Cr1r, October l0.-River1 foot A inche,
and Ationary; cloudy and warm.
The new towboat Eugene pfSsed down
With barges loaded with tails for the o. K. r.
Captain Jules Wehrman, Superintendent
Of the Huntington & st Louis Towboat Com
pany, Is at present 10 Pittsburgh.
The river fell three inches yesterday, lcay'
Ing depth In tina channel OF feet o inches
and stillia!ling. Busine'1 YVES lively In the
morning and up to SP. NJ, when all the
boats got away.
The Clifton arrived from New Cumberland
with small tow loaded with brick, for the
Board OF Public Works. The two barge.
brought down lest week are still feIt on the
bar al the head Of the Island.
The fox ives very heavy again Tuesday
night, and delayed the boa's that were
Obliged TO run during the night. The
Diufpal did not reach here until noon on
this account She got away for Petersburg
at3P.M. H.. s'..l.
vennors predictions for this month prom
iss well for steamboat men. Hsflys curing
toe second week there will be los OF rain;
third week, lain and considerable fro
fourth, rain and snow until you are tired out.
That sort OF weather certsiniy will Bts,t ont
all the idle packe 8.
The Treasury Department hes made an I'm.
portant ruling in favor Of sternwheel steam-
boats. which has not been promulgated by
circular rs yet. It's THE: that In remess-
uring a stsrnwheel steamboat all space that
Is not enclosed-s me IS the engine
rooms thrown Ont 1. not measured.
The engine room bsilg thrown out anyhow
In the recent act q Congress, reduced the
tonnage space to the bare hull under, the
main deck. Should an owner desire to eL.
close any part OF his boat from the engine
room forward, and ON the main } the BOIL
er deck, then he would have ID pay tonnage
dues and inspection fees on thatspsce.
LICK No. 4, October lO.-River feet and
falling, clear.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa 0ol9ber l0.-Riyer 5 feet
2 inches aud falling.
PITTSBURGH, October 1o-River feet 0
inches; lear and pleasant. .. II
GREEs!HoRa, Pa, October i0.-Riyer ID feet
and station a'y;' weather cle.r.
RIcE's LANDING, October 10 River feet
II inches and falling; weather clear.
MoRsAsrowN, October l0.-River feet and
falling; weather clear; thermometer 79'.