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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

Slate roofing IL very costly, all things being
considered. Slate roofing will crack by freezing
snd thawing, and from heat of adjacent fires
will crumble and slide. andwill blow of. six
seven times as heavy as iron, 1t requires q
strongand expensive structure to bear itup, and
an extreme pitch, which makes a large amount
OF surface they often cause q building to settle
out of shape, aud the rule of measurement Ii
always greater than iron roofing. Slate roofs
are condemned at many places. Many peoplesay
they want no more slate root, and many archi-
tects advise customers not to have slate roof.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
The Year Of Cyclones.

Not a week passes without the tele-
graph wires bring US news of the dis
truction Of life and property by ter
rible tornado. Until last week these
electric storms have been confined to
the Southern States, but last Friday
Racine, Wis, was visited by most
destructive tornado. Over $50 build
ings were destroyed. The number of
psople killed is placed at Fl, and
number are missing and it is feared
were blown into the lake and drowned.
The wounded are counted by the hun.
dreds. The loss to property is es-
timated at $3.50, 900. A number Of
people were also killed at Union juno
ton, seven miles from Racine, while
the path Of the storm through the
farming country is marked with de-
vastation and suffering. Watertown
was also slightly shook up, but no
lives we're reported lost.
From Illinois, in the vicinity of
Springfield, comes the same sad story
Of death and suffering. Large farm
houses were swept away with all
their contents, the occupants in some
instances escaping by taking refuge
in their cellars. Twelve towns were
more or less damaged by the storm
and the loss of life is very great.
The tornado, after destroying
everything in its path in Illinois
crossed over into Missouri and plowed
its way through the counties of Mont
gomery, Warren and St. Charles,
and besides destroying large amount
Of property killed and wounded over
twenty persons. Duluth in this State
had also little cyclonic experience,
but the storm had spent it's fury ION
the lake before it struck the ty,
and the damage to property in the
city was not very great.
At Chicago and other lake ports
several vessels were wrecked and a
number of lives lost.
At Deadwood. D. T., half Of the
city was swept away by a deluge.
Several people were drowned in the
flood, and the damage to property in
Deadwood alone is estimated at $780,.
600. The mining districts in the Hills
suffered great loss. Every mine is
flooded and mining operations must
be temporarily suspended. The disas-
ter was caused by heavy rains and
the sudden melting Of the snow in the
mountains. AS the small insignificant
creek running through Deadwood
suddenly rose, bearing in its mad
course whole trees, parts of buildings
and huge timbers, the populace be.
came almost dismayed. The farming
country below is all inundated and the
crops are destroyed. This is the most
frightrul calamity ever experienced in
the Hills.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
NEW tLMREv1EW, WEDNEsDAYMAY, SO, 1885

tic and generally in the higher lati-
tudes, as Iceland and Norway, the
electrical storms are cyclonic. The.
latter have their maximum in win
ter, and while they may occur at
any hour Of the day they are most
frequent at night. OF the twenty
three cyclonic thunder storms
which occurred in Iceland in four
teen years, only three took place at
an hour Of the day when the sun
was above the horizon. On the
contrary, the heat thunder storms
in our ATTITUDES are most frequent
between two and six p. III. The
electric storm is no doubt always
the result Of a sudden and consider
able condensation of water vapor
consequent upon the commixture Of
cold and warm moist currents, and.
may therefore be anticipated IN dis
tricts over which the weather re-
ports indicate that the scutherly
winds will be replaced by fresh to
strong notherly winds. This sim
pie rule for the provision of thunder
storms might often be the means,
if Systematically applied, Of saving
life at this season, as well as Of en-.
aiding the farmer to direct his field
operations economically. But, apart
from the theory Of the genesis of
such storms, it is important to no.
tice late inquiry made to deter
mine the nature Of silent or ''heat
lightning which is usually sup
posed to be harmless. Mr.. Symons,
the English meteorologist, has sat
isfactorily explained that this is
not always the case, and that the
beautiful heat lightning may be
due to a fearful thunder storm at
no great distance. It is often, no
doubt, due to the escape Of electri-
city from the visible clouds, so fee
bic as to make no audible sound,
and sometimes to the reflection OF
distant electric discharges. But as
the sound Of thunder is not usually
audible more than ten miles-a dis.
lance which the storm cloud may
travel in almost as many minutes
silent lightning should be consider.
ed as danger signal, or at least as
prognostic Of unsettled weather.
As these disturbances, with their
associate hail storms, are even more
destructive to life and property than
ordinary continental storms, their
mean paths should be traced by the
State weather services, and where
sufficient number of local obser
vers can be secured some effort at
predicting them for definite local.
ties might be successfully made.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
Remarkable Skulls.

North Carolina rejoices in the
unexpected discovery, in an an
cient mound, of ffty-six skeletons,
some Of them OF great size and with
''most remarkable skulls. This is
interesting. Hitherto the ancient
mounds supposed to have been
erected by a prehistoric race have
yielded nothing more remarkable
than stone hatchets, flint arrow
heads and some dishes of a quality
that would have disgraced our
American ''pottery infant in its
most infantilc days. Skulls, how.
ever, when remarkable are Of gen
eral interest. A collection Of hum
an skulls from the earliest times to
the present day, could it be had,
would enable scientists to write an
accurate history Of human develop
ment, and probably to discover
what was "the missing link In
what respect the North Carolina
skulls are remarkable the dispatches
do net say; but if their owners had
attained only to that degree Of de-.
velopment which the mound build.
srs are believed to have reached,
the skulls must be Of most remarka-
bic size.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The Grand Temple of Honor of
Minnesota and Dakota, the highest
order of temperance lodges, held
three days session in Minneapolis
last week.
Edward Coffin, aged 20, Of Hutch
inson, is held for rape on Amelia
saukens, a little girl ten years Of age.
The grand jury are now considering
his case.
The Albert Lea Creamery will not
operate this season, the building has
been rented for other purposes. In
two years time the Association lost
81, 900.
Waseca is to have park on the
eastern shore Of Clear Lake, where
the Methodists of Winona and Man
kato districts will hold a camp meet
ing the first part Of July.
The Faribault Fire department will
have a hose contest Wednesday, May
80. Invitations have been sent to
all departments Of the State, the
contest to be governed by Iowa
rules.
Contracts for additions to the State
Insane institutions at St. Peter and
Rochester have been awarded to G.
D. Smith, SIG, 200 for St. Peter, and
g. w. Woodwork SOL, no for Koch.
ester,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
American Hogs in German Politics.

A committee of Hamburg I'M.
porters Of American pork products
have written to the Chamber of
Commerce of New York that they
are convinced that American bacon
is not inferior to any other, and
therefore have tried hard to per-
suade their government to the same
effect. Searching for the source
Of the accusations upon which the
government acted they found it,
they say, in a pamphlet written by
person named Brette, in New
York. The name is unfamiliar as
an authority on American pork
and pork packing, but govern
ments, like individuals, are not
particular about the accuracy Of in
formation that will help them ac-
complish fixed purposes. The COM
mittee suggest, in view of a
movement to remove the prohibi.
ton, that our own government
conduct Investigations with view
to showing that no diseased or dead
hogs are used for export trade and
that all goods are earthly examined
before being exported. Such an in
vestlgatioh, during which all charg.
es and accusations should be listen
cd to, might do much toward
neutralizing prejudices that have
been formed on careless rumor; but
it will be hard to disabuse our gov
eminent and people Of the impress
sion that the German prohibition
was made for the sole purpose of
protecting German pork growers.
No people are more particular than
Americans about the quality Of raw
material for food purposes, and it is
we'll known fact that, except for
the objection of some persons to
pork of any kind, no matter where
grown, there are no food products
that are accepted here with less hes.
ltation or question than those OBJ.
tained from hOos.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

News from Christiana denotes
that the present position of polite
al affairs in Norway is very serious.
The resolution of the Odelsthing to
proceed with the impeachment
against all Of the eleven Ministers
of the Crown in the Supreme Court
formed for this OCCASION is consid-
cred as meaning war to the knife
against Sweden. The Supreme
Court will meet this week, and if it
declares itself competent to give
judgmenta in this matter, as it
probably will, the conflict with the
crown will become acute. Strong
retaliatory measures on the part OF
the King are expected, which will
perhaps produce civil war.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

G. NJ. Decker furnishes basis Of
fact for the biggest fish story Of the
season. He speared sturgeon IN
the Red river at Fergus Falls weigh
ing 10 pounds and measuring 6 feet
3 inches in length.
The body of woman supposed to
be that Of Mrs. Julia Unze was
found in the river at Shakopee, with
the head and right foot severed from
the body. The woman had died
and the body was stolen from the ce-l
metry.
The continued absence of rain and
the consequent inability Of driving
on the streams, threatens shortage
of the log crop for saving at the
mills this season. There are 60, 100000
feet of logs tributary to the Nemadji
boom, but as yet only 100000
have reached it..
It's lawful to kill game in Mime
sofa during the months noted in the
following table: woodcock, July
4th to Oct. 81; prairie chicken, Aug
ust 10Th to Oct. Is; quail, Oct. l to
Dec. 81; pheasant, aquatic fowl, Sep.
TENDER l to May 10Th; deer, elk, etc.,
December 1 to 18th.
East Thursday the sixteen. year-old
son Of R. H. Bother, living in the
town Of Moe, Douglas county, died
from an attack of spotted fever. The
next day while Mr.. Bother and wife
were at neighbours the house, a
new frame building, caught fire and
was totally destroyed, together with
nearly all its contents and his old log
house that stood near. His daughter,
with the assistance Of neighbor,
saved a sewing machine, some cloth
ing and the remains Of the young
man from destruction.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

The Richmond Wing sounds the
keynote of Southern liberalism for
1884 by declaring for ''Arthur,
because Arthur is for the Virgin
ians who fight for nationalism
against sectionalism," declares in
favor of the protection Of American
industry, and gives notice that the
Malone men will have no alliance
with bogus democracy. This
means that in the presidential fight
OF next year Virginia will not be a
Democratic state.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
estimated the canal will cost $780,.
100000, and be completed in three
years.
Nothing official has been heard

Nothing official has been heard
from Gen. Crook since he crossed
the boarder into Mexico, about two
weeks ago, in search Of the hostile
Apaches in the Sierre Madre noun
tains. The hostiles number about
800 warriors and they occupy an
area about as great as that of the
State Of Ohio, from which it will
be extremely difficult to dislodge
them, as they will find ample means
of subsistence in the wild game that
abounds there. But General Crook,
acting in conjunction with a mill
tary force of Mexicans, is confident
of his ability to crush them out.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

Congressman Phil Thompson, of
Kentucky, has been acquitted for
shooting. the man who made his
wife drunk and then seduced her.
When the verdict Of acquittal was
announced Thompson exclaimed,
'"Thank God! Kentucky wives
can now be protected.'' This may
be the Kentucky idea Of protecting
the virtue of wives, but it is not the
rational idea. There was no evil
dence adduced on the trial that the
man whom Thompson murdered
was guilty.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

The Minneapolis Journal has
been informed that Mayor Ames of
that city has gubernatorial aspira-
lions. The valient Mayor may sue.
coed in capturing the Democratic
nomination, but he'll not occupy
the governors chair during the next
three years unless by consent of
Governor Hubbard. IF the Mime
apolis Mayor should get very tired
on lone of his pilgrimages to
Minnesota's capitol, Gov. Hubbard
may award him the privilege Of
reviving himselfin the governors
chair, but it will be for a short time
only. Mayor Ames may be an excel
lent man, but he can never hope to
overcome the $4,000 Republican
majority.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

Ihe hepuDlcan party IN Mas
sachuseetts,' said leading poll
tlcian of that State to me, sis
stronger to-day than it ever was, and
tits still gaining in unity Purpose
and power of execution. We have
to thank Governor Butler for this,
for his efforts to bully and brow
beat that party have awakened an
opposition which IS as determined
as it is pc 1erful, and ere long the
doughty General with his never
missing button hole boquet will be
surprised to notice its strength.
Moreover the readiness with which
he is prepared to besmirch the good
name Of the State or any of her IN.
situations simply to raise himself
has filled every honest thinking man
with digust, and is bound to bring
him down.
General Grant is developing into
capital after dinner speaker,
bright, pithy and to the point. His
previous laconic manner he has
polished into an elegant concise
ness. His remarks at the 18th an.
nual dinner Of the Chamber of Com
MERGE last Tuesday, have excited
favorable remark. His advice to
foreigners in this country to try
and be good American citizens, and
not claim privileges over natives,
simply because they are foreigners
is timely and good to the point,
and if properly needed will keep
this country from many and grave
complications with foreign powers,
to which some hot-headed men are
trying to drive it.
The more conservative of the
Ohio Republicans are strongly urg-
ing the candidacy of Judge Lang
worth for Governor. He is a man
Of conscience and political purity,
and could he be induced to run
would make strong man. He is
one of the most popular men in the
State, a distinction won by his con.
duct on the bench.
The Young Mems Catholic AS.
ISOLATION, headed by their directors
Fathers Barry and Lynch, have
commenced a good work with their
crusade against the Chinese opium
dens. The keeping Of an opium
den is Of course in violation Of the
statute. AS they none the less ex-
list, and their existence is known to
the police, the presumption is Of
course that these worthless have
very substantial reasons for not do
ing away with them. The Chinese
are bad set. Living in colonies,
regarding themselves as not amena-
BILE to the laws, actuated by the >ilest
passions, the amount Of harm they
do is enormous, all the more 80 as it
is done secretly. These opium
dens have been the cause Of the
moral and physical ruination of
scores Of young girls under eighteen
years of age: It seems that these
Oriental fends find strange, fend-
lsh delight running young girls.
They attract them to their opium
dens, and then after the minds and
bodies have been weakened lead
them by the very quick descent to
the very abysses Of crime. The po-
lice aroused to activity, have at
east made some arrests, but the
society and priests are digging the
spurs right into them and keeping
them at work, so that it is to be
hoped we will soon be rid of this
horrible feature of low life in New
York
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

The town of Bartlett, the present
terminus of the St. Paul & Mantle
ba railroad, came near being entire
" destroyed by fire, few days ago;
but the enterprising villagers did
not allow the fire to interfere with
their business. One man while his
saloon was burning, let a contract
for another one. Some saloon
keepers moved their bars into the
street and kept on retailing drinks,
and bets were kept up on stud po-
ker games which were going on
during the fire.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1888.

By order Of the President the OPP
en- air concerts given by the Marine
Band in the White House grounds
on Saturday afternoon will begin
at five O'Clock. These concerts
have been a feature Of Washington
summer life for the last twenty-five
years. Theopening concert Of the
season was held Saturday. The
attendance was large and the music
fine.
Among preparations for the great
event Of this week, the reuniun cf
the Society Of the Army Of the Poto-
mac, stand has been erected on the
sidewalk Of Pennsylvania Ave. di.
rectly in front Of the White House,
from which President Arthur will
review the pageant on Wednesday
as it passes him in the following
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
Two of the Phoenix Park mnrder-

Two of the Phoenix Park mnrder-
ers have been executed. Neither
made a statement. They merely
said that they would cary their Sc
crets with them to the grave. English
workingmen have peiitioned the
queen demanding a cessation Of ex-
ecutions in Ireland, but the home Sc:
cretary declined to place the matter
before the queen, and the working.
mems party felt greatly offended.
Carey the informer, has been set free.
The blood money offered for the de-
lection of the Phoenix Park murder
ers will be distributed among the in
formers, .as a reward for their treaeh-
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
The Phenomena Of Electric Storms.

The terrible thunder storms
which recently occurred in the
Southern States lend special inter.
est to some recent foreign investi-
cations Of their phenomena. Pro.
lessor M@hn divides these disturb
ances into heat and cyclonic thun-
der storms. In summer and in the
lower ATTITUDES the former type pre-
walls, while OH the Northern Allan.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
A cranky lawyer named England

A cranky lawyer named England
enlivened the monotonous proceed
ings Of Judge Wylie's star route
court, in Washington, last week
by appearing in court with no more
covering on his body than a FIJI
prince in hard luck. He created
quite an excitement among the staid
old lawyers and the personnel Of the
court, but was removed before his
presence became generally known.
The crank has since threatened to
shoot Judge Wylie for interfering
with him.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
Ex-senator Window has accept

Ex-senator Window has accept
ed the vice-presidency and di-
rectorship Of the Florida Ship Canal
Company, which designs to con-.
struct canal from the St. Johns
river, about twenty miles north Of
Jacksonville, and then in a direct
line as nearly as possible to SUI
vance river, on the Gulf Of Mexico,
making tide water canal Of less
than 100 miles in length, and deep
enough to float the largest steamer
from the ocean to the Gulf. It is
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

Cogressman Kasson Of Iowa
thinks the following ticket would
bring victory to the Republican
party in 1884: For President, Geo.
T.. Edmunds, Of Vermont; tor Vice
President, Robt. S. Lincoln, of IL
linois. The ticket looks good,
sounds good and embodles the neces-
sary elements of success.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

An exchange says that the snow
on spur Of one Of the mountains
near Helena, M. IT,, was recently
found to be beautiful pale green
color, giving large area Of snow
clad territory the appearance of be-
ing covered with grass. It would not
transmit it's green color to white pa
Der Or cloth.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
Mothers! Mothers!! aIothers!!!!!

Are you eb and broken
excrIciating pain of cutting teeth? If SO go at
once and get q bottle of Mrs. Wnslow's Soothing
Syrup. It will revive the poor little suffere Inn
mediately upon it: there is no mis}ake
about it. There is not Il mother on Earth who has
used it who will not tell you that it will regulate
he bowels, give rest to the mother and relief and
ealth to the child, operating like magic. It is
erfectly safe to use in all cases, and ,t..st, to
taste, and is the prescription of one of the oil
st female phi ysicians and nurses in the Uuited
ates. Sold at Is cents bottle everywhere.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

The longest trestle-work bridge
in the world is being constructed
across Lake Pontchartrain, Louisi-
ana. It is to be twenty one and a
half miles in length. The trestle.
work on the north shore has been
finished some time, and the rails
are land nine miles The poles av.
erage sixty feet in length, and
are driven down about forty feet.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

By the burning of an immense
canal barn at Troy, N. Y, last
Thursday night, four men and
thirty four horses persisted the mules
in the flames.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

The Society Of the Army Of the
Potomac had a successful reunion
in Washington last week. The
old Minnesota First was represented
by several of the old vets.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23
$37.53 for One Dollar,

Music for the million. Vienna Eolian Organ
Sweetest and most delightful music known. Pop
uar in Europe Any tune can he played on it
those with no ear while away del, ghtfnl hou r
with this instrument. Any one can play its
Children play it one evening. Costs but one tenth
far sweeter and needs only common music r.
introduce our new music we will send a samps
organ, with bound book containing full words
and music Of So new and popular songs, which in
sheet form sell TO 1887. 49, prepaid to any address
for only one dollar. c. o. D. AS a guarantee
that every one will receive all they pay for, we
will send one sample book and organ by express,
c. 0. D., 81; two $l.e0; three. $3.50; or more at
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sent c. o. ID. Circulars free. Address MONAD-
MOCK MUSIC co, Lock box ESQ, Hinsdale, N. Y.
june /. SO.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

J. Proctor Knott has received the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Kentucky. The nomina-
ton is equivalent to an cleo ton.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-23

Next Wednesday is Memorial Day.
The day will be much more generally
observed this year than for many
years past.