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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-27

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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-27

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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-27

On Thursday last, the Directors of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
elected Robt. Garrett, President of that
company, to succeed his father, deceased.
Mr.. Garrett has been practically the Pres
ident OF the Road for several years, the
health of his father preventing him from
the active discharge Of the onerous duties,
He is IS years of age. and the youngest of
the Presidents of the great railroad enter.
prise5 OF the country. His training has
admirably equipped him for the work he
has undertaken. and it is believed that his
administration Of the affairs Of the great
corporation will be eminently successful.
Mr.. s. Spencer was elected 1st Vice. Pres
ident: Mr. Thos. NJ. King. second Vice
| President Mr.. Il. Durham, General Man
ager Mr.. w. N. Clements, Generals Super
inteadent. The company is thus ably
manned, and with an intelligent directory
VIII continue on a successful career.
On Tuesday last, tile Senate over-ruled
the Governor veto of the Mccormick
electoral bill. The vote stood % to 8,
Messrs Callahan and Wickham voting
with the Democratic majority. AS here
tofore explained this is purely partizan
measure designed to practically nailify a
large proportion of the Republican vote in
the State. The bill provides for the cleo
ton by the Legislature OF county and city
boards, to be invested with the power of
appointing al. registrars and jndges Of elec-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-27

The above letters, II not called for within
thirty days, will be sent to the Dead Letter az
nee. Parties calling for them will plea2e say
they were advertised, g. NJ YOST p n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
POINT THURSDAY, srcmna

means of Democratic ascendency,
returned home on the Swearing
train" in time to devour pudding
and cake.
Abe Potter took in Platteville,
New Years day.
The Miss Sproule, If ST. Louis,
and Miss Rose Porter, of Gslena, re-
ceived calls at John J Ross.
Miss Clara Elgar and Miss May
Evans received calls with Miss Lou
Wilson, and preseHted q neat badge
to each of their numerous callers, as
a leap year souvenir.
The compliments of the season
were extended Miss Georgia Craw
ford, of Galena, at Mr. Will Ross,
on New Years.
The Misses Lottie and 10 Tay-
lor, Of Princeton, are daily ted
by Mrs. J NJ. Smith.
Pearl Lord and Chas. Evans, of
Platteyille, J. G. Maynard, of Apple
River, and VIM. Parker, of George
town, attended the New Year party
given by the "lIave 4 Good Time"
club.
- Souvenirs were presented to
callers by the Misses Phillips aud
the Misses Hutchinson That Of
the former was boquet, and of the
latter card with water-color paint.
ing.
Mrs. IIoratio Wright, of Platte.
vile, and Miss Tregaskis, of Arena,
partook of New Years greetings ut
S. J Wrights.
Rev. T. NJ. Harris, of Braid
wood, was in the city and attended
the p. NJ. Tea Meeting on New
Years.
-Sam'l Sims, liveryman and
neighbor, had to stay home for a
day or two the past week--a hard
cold.
Geo f.. eatherby has been
confirmed rs postmaster at Shulls-
burg by the Senate.
Mrs. Neal McVicker and family
departed This morning for Monroe,
where Mr. McNicker is engaged in
the h. K. machine shops.
John Dunbar is home from
Atchison, Kansas, where he has been
for two or more years, It's not
likely that he'll stay long,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
Scissors Sauce.

Mir. samuel lIerson, the Jewel
er, had an unfortunate fall down
the stairs Of the Barton house last
Saturday evening, breaking the
thumb Of his right hand, so that the
bone protruded through the flesh.
lie viii have to lay off for several
weeks Warren Sentinel
The St. Paul Railway company
has had a man in its employ for
many years, who possesses genuine
ingenuity and practical skill in rail
way mechanism. He is at home in
shaping iron, or making, repairing,
and operating machinery. Ii a tool
is needed to do any delicate or diff.
cult work, this man goes direct as
though by instinct, and invariably
produces the desired object. He is
very exact and tasty, as well as
being prompt and effective, lie
don't seem to care for wages, SO the
modest wants Of his family are sup
piled lie seldom goes into society.
But he is the owner of several rare
inventions that would make some
other men wealthy. lie is a natural
mechanic, and can temper steel,
oyer haul a locomotive and RON it
skllfully; or clean mp a Chad wreck"
as nicely as amy man ON this line Of
work. Quiet, unobtrusiyc, he does
his daily task, and evening finds
him home, whore he has study
room, a regular museum and private
patent Office. lie has an invention
now perfected, that practical railroad
men say viii come into General t4ea,
and then some people will be pleased
to know the hard-handed mechanic
we have learned to esteem and a2-
mire.- Pfairie du C,tea Courier
"A serious and almost fatal acci
dent occurred on the extra train
which came into 'the city last sun
day. An employe Of the road, from
Monroe, whose name we cannot
learn, was riding in the engine cab.
One of the windows near him was
partly broken ont, and he had his
hand through the opening, when
the train gave a Jerk, throwing his
arm down ON the ragged edge OF
the glass, cutting the artery near
the wrist. 4 handkerchief was
wrapped around it, instead of knot
ting ID abo5 the cut, and although
tho train ouiy ran from tie lower
bridge 70 he city, the man tainted
while being taken into the doctors
ofice.-Dafzngt1a Repu5licaH.
"A man and bis daughter living
iu the town of Rockbridge got into
a regular fight over the possession Of
a rabbit skin few days ago, and
the old man pounded the girl till i'll
was necessary to call a physician,
who when he arrived at the scene
OF the fight found the girl rigid and
stiff from nervous excitement, with
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
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thecoveted rabbit skin clutched tight
" in her cliuched hand, like the
banner of Excelsior The old gentle
man was badly frightened and was
afraid he had killed her, but the ply
sician succeeded in soon bringing
her to her senses.- RicbldRd Re
publjcon
Much has been said Of late re-
specting the "fiery sunsets but the
fiery Sunri>es are wholly neglected.
Nevertheless some of them are of
such refulgent character that they
are overlooked because they are apt
to occur ut an early hour in the
morning. For Milwaukeeans who
live in view of the lake, they are
even more worthy Of attention than
the sunsets There was a particu-
larly fine one yesterday. For an
hour before sun-up the sky was Grim
son nearly to the zenith, and, as the
morning advanced, the higher re-
gious were of brilliant orange,
while an intense red glowed for
some degrees above the horizon.
The reflection dyed the lake with
hues of purple, and the whole pro-
Sented a magnificent spectacle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
The Local Field.

DD you turn over new leaf?
DIP you realize "IIappy New
Year?"
TURKEYS commanded a grand
high price all through Christmas
THE New Year apparently came
from the north pole.
PLENTY Of snow now, good sleigh
ing-when the roads are fairly
opened.
A FELLOW named Powers, of Mazo
Mamie, has challenged Lewis for a
wrestle.
REVIVAL meetings are still in
progress at both the p. NJ. and M. +,
churches.
HAVE you lost a two-year-old heif-
cr? One is advertised as taken up
in to-day's paper.
THE long-looked-for holiday sea
son is now thing of the past, and
the business armor is again buckle2
on.
DID you note the sobriety which
prevailed throughout the entire hol,
ijay season? 1t was a credit to our
city.
TIM tea-meeting at the p. NJ.
church was a grand success as usual
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather.
WM. RICHARDS says, tell the TR1B
UNE family that 81 have a dog over
ifteen years DID," and he thinks it
-Jhe Oldest in the city.
WE are now in readiness to pub.
lish a list Of old bachelors for the
convenience of old maids who are
disposed to take advantage of leap
year
LOOK out and pay your taxes be
fore the 10th inst, after which date
the treasurer viii have the right to
charge a larger percentage for col
Letting.
Az eclipse Of the DodgeyilR Sun
3ok place on Saturday. 1t was not
visible from this part Of the hem
sphere, but we are informed that
Die SIN IS still there.
No. 81, tic ticket which captured
.be music box at Hanscom's book
,ore, was held by Miss Sproule, of
Louis, who is visiting with rela-
YES, the Ross family, in this city.
YoU may talk about the elegance
aud beauty Of the New Year SOU
Fcnirs received, but that batch Of
fresh oysters presented the TRIBUNE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

"CAN you tell me what kind Of
weather we may expect next
month";" wrote a farmer TO the ed
itor of his country paper, and the
editor replied as follows: "It is my
belief that the weather next month
will be very like your subscription
bill" The farmer wondered for an
hour what the editor was driving at,
when he happened to think Of the
word "unsettled."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
AN ANS WEIR.


.H- Editor In your issue of the
27th ultimo, you ask, "Why do we
celebrate the birth of Christ on the
25th of December, for the nativity
of Christ was not in the winter"
The date of the birth of the Savior,
or rather the establishment Of the
Christmas Festival in the church,
was fact of general observance be-
fore A. d. 500, and is one Of the
oldest observances IN the Christian
calendar Christmas was first set
apart as day of special interest,
and devotion, by Pope Telesphorus,
who died a. ID. l3s. From this we
see that its institution is dated from
early in the second century, aud
from that period occupying the most
noted Of the solemn seasons of the
Christian church. The immemorial
observation of it is an argument of
its ecclesiastical primitive Christian
character in the church Of God.
The eastern churches in the dawn of
Christianity were much in the habit
of confounding the date of its oc-
currerce with the Epiphany, or the
manifestation TO the Magi, aud rs
there vas no certain evidence of the
cxact time when Christ was born, ia
the calendar, an oricrwas issued by
Pope Yelesphorus for au inquiry by
the theologians most learned and
versed in such matters, aud the in
vestigaton decided in favor of the
25th day of December, which is the
day, since then, observed by Chris
tian nations all over the world to
celebrate the nativity of Jesus
Christ Hence there can be little
doubt that the day we observe is the
correct one, since it was established
on the highest ecclesiastical author
ity, and TO which no protest has
been made ever since, owing probab-
ly 70 the testimony of st, Chrysos-
tum being so clear for the tradition
Of the date and origin Of its ob.
seryance.
1t is owing TO the pious obsery-
ance Of the fasts and feasts, that the
Christian church is kept together
This is owing to the fact that in our
nature there is great teudancy to
debase and corrupt religion and
morals, and that religion when sew
cred from its external obsorranccs
rapidly evaporates into sysCehs of
feelings and words, SO tbat The pow
er Of faiths dispersed into feeble
literary opinion, as is lle case here,
by joining in the belief that the
winter was not the season Of the
nativity of our Lord. IL is well
known that the early teachers of the
faith considering when the common
people ceased to understand tho
TaTin Ritual, il would become nee
essarv 60 teach them the symbols 0f
church-worship as the books consti-
tuting their instruction when young
and their edifcalion when coming
to mature years.
The Christmas Tree, which IS Of
German origin dates as far back as
the seventh century. Its Pagan pro-
totypc WIS the Ygdr-sii, great tree
whose roots were hidden doep in the
ground, bat whose top reached 20
Wathalla, tie old German paradise,
where its leaves nourished Che goat
upon whose milk fallen heroes re-
stored themselves. When Christi
aDity was introduced in Germany,
Christianity usurpej the Ygdrasil
and TIE Pagan became 8 Christian
tree-a ChdsanlsTroe of great im-
poGauce in the eyes Of our children
whose ppyeyor is fri,s hrin2le
Respectfully, JOINS CoMNnNs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
PersonaIPoints.

Editor Thompson and family Of
Platteville, spent New Years among
friends and relatives in this city.
Our ioyial friend Thos. Ken
nedy, who went to Washington with
the hope Of securing position 10y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

Ar meeting Of George II Leg
ate Post, No. l25, G. A. r., on
Thursday evening, Dec. 27th, 1888,
the following resolution was intro
duced by eomrade G G. Cox:
Resolced, That the unanimous
thanks of Geo. II. Legate Post, No
125, G. A. r., be and are hereby ten
dered to comrade w. II. Bennett, l.
NJ. 0 , fer the beautiful flag which
he presented this Post at its orgaui
zation, and the very abe aud eflic;-
ent manner in which he organized
the Post.
Resolced, That this resolution be
entered on the minutes Of the journ-
al Of this meeting, and copy be
sent to comrade w. II, Bennett un
der the official signatures of this
Post
THOMAS PRIEsrLEY, Commander
Jos II. TYAcK, Adjutant.
Ar first it was the general desire
that the ladies should do the calling,
it being leap year, but some how the
idea was forSaken The inclemency
of the weather, however, proved it
a lucky conclusion. Did the ladies
have TO face the storm to carry out
the programme, we imagine it would
have lacked completeness As il
was, the gentlemen, were busy and
brave till long after darkness set in.
I he preparations for receiving were
more extensive than usual. The
gentlemen were the recipients OF
beautiful souvenirs from the hands
of some of the young ladies. Miss
Wilson assisted by Misses EIger and
Evans, of Platteville, presented a
leap-year badge with their names
taslefully written thereon. Misses
Hutchison gave hand-painted cards
the work of Miss Ena, and Misses
Phillips, assisted by Miss Eta Teas
dale, pinned OH a beautiful button
hole boquet Of sweet scented geran
iums. 1t made the boys happy, you
bet, and had a better effect thar
would wine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

TIM minstrel entertainment by
the Dodgeville Tornado Band on
Saturday failed to charm or receive
applause, as a whole. The instru-
mental parts were well rendered
and appreciated; while the farces
or funny parts failed to paralyze or
draw out admiration. Geo. Schofeld
is entitled TO the distinction of star;
he's a good darkey comic. Perhaps
they would have done better were
the crowd larger.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

St. Paud's Urish) Catholic Congre
CATION win give a grand ball and
festival dt the
Cfy Hall, Mineral Point,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY l6
1854, fol the benefit Of the church.
Every arrangement necessary will
be mad to secure comfort, pleasure
and sa. sfaction TO all attending
Special care will be taken to con
duct it So that tie most sensitive
will h.,e no cause % complain.
Prof. Smiths string band will fur
nish music for the occasion, and the
culinary andrefreshment department
will be competent hands. Tick
cts including supper, 81 per couple.
A gene 4 invitation IS extended cor
daily to ae public, and an evening
Of rare ioymeut may b. confident
ly expected. Do not forget the
night-Jlnuary l6, 1854.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

ONE of the happicst men in the
city during the past few days has
been ~ esteemed follow citizen
John e. Amberg, and the cause Of
his JOY Va the visit here Of all his
sons from Chicago and New York,
together with the wives OF those
who have the good fortune to be
married The visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. William A., Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore j., and Edward j., Of Chi
cago, aud Mr.. and Mrs. John H..
Amberg Of New York. Though
frequer. visitors, this is the first
time in sixteen years that the family
have been together, and we congrat-
ulate Il parents on the showing"
and tt success which the "boys'
have achieved, rejecting as they do
no small credit on their native city.
The re nllon was most pleasant
one, and the visit to our city, as
well as the fine sleighing were fully
enjoyed. On Monday evening they
were screnaded by the city band and
favored with some excellent music.
They departed for their respective
homes Wednesday morning, and
ail holl to soon be able to meet
again ia a family reunion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

membrance for long time to come.
| WILL sell my millinery goods at
cost for the next 90 days.
SUSIE f. MILLER.
NONE other than regular passen-
ger trains arrived or departed here
on Christmas and New Year days.
THE ever popular ball and festival
by St. Paul's (Irish) Catholic Church
is set for the evening of the 10th
inst. Going, of course.
ONLY one train reached here yes
terday and that the late passenger,
which was fully three hours behind
time. Two engines were employed.
The storm of Tuesday afternoon
and night didn't delay the stage
scarcely any the following day.
"Pomp" drives with some determin-
alton.
THE trifling sum of $l.25 will pay
for the TRIBUNE a year in advance,
and what for the money would give
more satisfaction TO some distant
friend?
Mr.. RoBT. MARTIN entertained on
Monday evening at his residence,
his Sunday School class, composed
of young ladies. a splendid time
is reported.
THERE'S an apparent lull in the
retail cigar trade, owing to the num-
Der who have "sworn of" till-they
smoke again. Ask Mac to take a
cigar and be surprised.
TIE farmers are finding a good
deal of fault about cattle running at
large in the city, and eating every
thing out of their wagons and
I slelghs. It's anulsance, and should
be abated.
AS the bells tolled the old year
out and the new year in might have
been heard distinctly upon the night
air the sweet and melodious strains
of our city band. Everyone who
heard praised.
NEITHER of the city papers issued
carriers address. Not stylish, you
know. The amount which the boys
have been in the habit of receiving
from its sale the publishers now
hand them in hard cash.
SMOKE "Hello Bub" cigar, for sale
at J. A. Spratler's.
The evangelist, Mrs. Watson, and
Revs. Dawson, Clough, Harris and
Elliott were the speakers at the tea
meeting New Years evening. The
speeches were excellent and the au-
dience felt well repaid for facing
the storm.
\ LITTLE fellow in Prairie du
Chen lately found a SO gold piece,
anI soon after found the owner, who
gave the finder four dollars of it for
his honorable trait of character.
Honesty in youth should always be
| Iliberally rewarded.
II. L. DoUsMAN, of Prairie du
Chen, has purchased twenty-three
head of trotting stock from Ken
lucky breeding farmers, consisting
of ten yearlings, ten weanlings, one
two years old and two aged mares.
Eighteen Of them are Hambletonian
sires and three from dams.
THE officers Of Mineral Point
lodge, MOL, and Iowa Chapter, No.G,
f. A. NJ, will be installed Tuesday
evening next, Jan. 3, viii banquet.
Members and VI. Masons generally,
together with their families sojourn.
ING under their respective roofs only
are requested to be present None
other will be admitted without
tickets Of invitation from committee.
PER ORDER Con-
WHATEVER the Chicago, Nil. q
St. Paul Co. has done for Mineral
Point, has been fully Offset by the
removal from here Of the machine
shops and workmen therein engaged
to Monroe. Some Of these hands
have families and property in this
city, and we believe that all of them
are regarded as desirable neighbors
and citizens. such a move is Ger
80 14-s...-....T .- 4I0 49,. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

PAcI NOBLE was In the city last
Monday, loud in his lamentations
over the failure Of his hound crop.
lie mournfully told rs that "Old
Dick was all that was left him now.
He could stand the corn crop com
fortably, but the hound loss vas the
straw that broke his back. Dar-
ltagton Republican.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

Ir was told us the other day that
two youngsters, who can claim Min
eral Point as their place of birth
some fifteen or sixteen years ago,
lately took possession of, or in other
words stole, an old tea kettle for the
copper in the bottom. A consider
able time was required to free the
copper, which enriched them three
cents. Couldn't time be better en-
ployed?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

The following is the calendar for
the balance of the lecture course:
Presiding Elder Eaton, Of Madi-
son, will give his lecture, "The Com
ing Man and his Wife, Jan. 23d
Presiding Elder Balch will lecture
on Strange Contradictions Feb
ruary 9th.
Rev. E. e. Clough will lecture on
"Army Life" Feb'y Goth.
Concert March 18th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

WE have several times directed
the attention of our readers to the
Milwaukee Sentinel, and now ask
you to read its prospectus for '84
given place in another column.
This paper is now by far the best
daily paper in Wisconsin and is con
stantly being improved. 1t com
pares favorably with any Of the big
daiies of the country in point of
ability, accuracy, freshness, neatness
and cheapness. Subscribe for this
one 10y all means if You want a city
paper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

SOCIETY at EauClaue is said to be
by the ears, over voting a mirror to
the prettiest girl at church fair.
There were three contestants and
the mirror brought $40 atteu cents
a ticket, Lizzie Clark getting 800
more votes than either of the others.
OF course the friends Of the other
girls are mad enough to burn the
church. At any rate the struggle
did not conduce to that seraphic
state Of mind that leads brethren
and sisters in the Lord to love ore
another and dwell togetherin unity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

THE following were elected Off
GERS OF Hope Council American lie.
gion of Honor, Thursday, Dec. -,
for the ensuing year:
COMMUNICATED Keeler.
Vice Commander Jas. Brewer Jr.
Orator-Joseph Bennett
Secretary-C. Hornung
Treasurer-W. A Jones.
Chaplain-Joseph Jones.
Guide-A. +. Bishop.
Warden--S. Waters.
Sentenary-Peter Toay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

by Mr.. j. A Spratler was by far the
most substantial yet etannounced. The
doner's kindness will be held in re-
membrance for long time to come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
Ban and Fes tivaI.

St. Paul's Irish) Catholic Congre.
CATION win give a grand ball aud
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03
CIIy Officers
County Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METH. EPISCOPAL. e. f. CLoUGH, Pastor.
sunday services at 1890, A. NJ. and 1900 p. NJ.
Sunday School at 200, M. Prayer meetings
on Mondays and Thursdays NJ 1900, p. Il.
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