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THE MARKETS.

though on Coughs" 15c,, at Druggists. Com
plete cure Coughs. H1arseness, Sore Throat
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AS CURE ron SORE THROAT AND
CoUGHs, g Br0lCa'S Bronchial Tfoches"
have been thoroughly tested, and maintain
their good reputation. Sold only in boxes.
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A BIG thing on ice-The North Pole
Detroit Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

PATIENCE comes in where there is moth
ing else to fill up.-N. o. Picayltne.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

MANY a broker is poor finance seer
Boston Courier.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

A BURNING question-How much is the
gas bill.-Boston Post.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

A SMALL soul has plenty Of eIbow-room
IN narrOw-ninded man. = Whitehall
Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

g Mother Swans Worm Syrup" for few
erishness. worms. constipation. tastsless. 25c
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12

WHEN wRITING TO ADvERTTsERs
please say you saw tiae advertisements LA
tbta paper. Advertisers like to know
,vhen and where their advertisements are
paying best,
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The abov, statements from these gentle
men need no comments. They are volun-
tary and outspoken expressions from
sources which are the highest in the land.
Were there the slight 5st question regard
ing their authenticity they would not be
made public, but as they furnish such valu
able truths for all who are suffering, we
unhesitatingly publish them for the good
of all,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-12
GEORGE F. EDMUNDs,

of Vermont.
The nomination of Mr.. Edmuuds was
seconded by Mr.. Curtis, of New York.
At the conclusion of Curtis speech, the
clerk continued to call the roll of States
until the completion thereof.
No other State responding with a NOM
inee, Foraker, of Ohio moved that the
Convention proceed to ballot for nomI-
nee for President of the United States.
This was met with strong opposition,
and after a determined display of dilatory
tactics the Convention voted, at 1880 a.
m, To adjourn till IL a. m.
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- weigh $50 pounds to-day" said Mr..
r. ckard, +" and when my physicians told
me over year ago could not hope to re-
cover 1 weighed 122 pounds. Under such
influences you can not won.ler that con-
slider this the best medicine before the
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

TENDERFOOTED.-From every court green
we have heard the statement that the peO-
pie desire that the State shall be cleaned of
Mahoneism. They say that in their counties
it only existed by virtue of few men given
or promised office-who organized the ne
groes and did the corrupt work of Malone,
and that the substantial people, who care
nothing for the offices, but who desire good
government, demand that all these political
rats shall be cleared out. If Malone by
mistake has put in a good, honest, efficient
official, let him stay-if not, get rid of him.
Bob Mays and Tom Claiborne are not sin
ners above all the Judges of Mahoneism.-
Don't listen to democratic aspirants for Of
fice-listen to the people. Don't imagine
that you are masters, but recollect that you
are seryants-agents to perform the service
for which you were elected. Don't imagine
that you can satisfy the people if you come
short of discharging the duties for which
you were elected. We can tell you now
that some of the work is not satisfying the
masses. Axe grinding is not popular with
country people, and since they have seen in
to what dark paths Malone betrayed them
by promises, they have become suspicious.
Don't be in hurry. There's heap of dirt
to be shoveled out. When Mahoneite is
to be buried, take your time, bury him
Deep put plenty Of earth on him. Look
into all the secret recesses he was in the
habit of visiting. Examine all accounts
and allowances. See where the State money
went, and let every man be made to account
for his doings. We said in the canvass that
these Mahoneite officials, State and federal,
thought that they only had to obey and
please Malone, and that he would protect
them. Now, let the Legislature elected in
defiance of the Boss, bring them to judy
ment. Let Powell, Banks, Green 6 Co.
howl. ''Hew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may" We tell you what the
people say.-Lynch6nry Adpance.
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THE LATE Gov. JOHN LETCHER. : Col.
VIM. Preston Johnston, late Professor of
Washington and Lee University, now of
Louisiana, has written for the New Orleans
Times- Democrat IN able article on the char
acter of the late Gov. John Letcher, which
concludes as follows:
ale, (Letcher), approached every ques-
ton with directness and energy, and his
most mark ed Characteristic was d sort of
common sense, which seen ed instinctively to
test everything by correct ethical stand
ard. There was not much that was esthetic
about Gov. Letcher. He was as plain as a
pike-stafi.. But he saw the truth in it's OBJ
vious, everyday aspects. and guided his
public and private conduct by it. YOU
could not sugar-coat sin, nor gild lie, so
as to deceive him Or win his approval. We
need more of these men nowadays to stand
sentry at the portals of the public fisc.
''Letcher's written style was pure, clear,
strong, and graceful AS a presiding Off
Ger he was prompt, commanding, and lucid.
As an orator, he evinced the same quail
ties, and at once won the good will Of his
audience by a presence at once manly and
cordial He was kind in his impulses, So
cial in his habits, and hospitasle in his home;
an affectionate son, husband and father, q
good neighhor, a loyal friend, a patriotic
citizen, a faithful and courageous public
servant I have said much. but not too
much, in speaking thus Of the honored
dead. He stood at his post, and did his
part, with Lee and Stonewall jackson and
the other great men who helped to make
Virginia famous in her last war as she was
in the first rebellion"
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By this plan, the population Of the tie
DISTRICTS Is &c fol1ovs.
4 Case Of Hardship.

journal of House, October 81, 1914: Mr..
Anderson, of Augusta, for the Committee
of Claims presented this report: 1t appears
to your Committee, from the petition and
evidence of James Bell, of Augusta, that
on the - of July, 1913, he was detailed
from the Thirty Second Regiment. and
served his tour of duty in the militia, that
he was impressed with the belief that each
member of the Regiment was in his turn
to serve before he was again detailed, but
was again drafted on the Goth Of August
last, 1914; that not being at home at the
time, and not aware Of the detail, he did
not answer to his name that returning
home Immediately after, he pursued the
detachment, overlook it in twelve miles, and
offered his service by substitute; that the
officer commanding the detachment refused
his service because his name was not on his
roll, and the detachment being filled by an
other man because of his absence; that
nevertheless the court-martial fined him in
the sum of ninety six dollars. The Com
mittee pronounced it reasonable and remit
ted the fine. O-L.
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4 YoHng LaGy's Horrible Fate,
BURIED ALIvE-A TERRIBLE DEATH sTRUG
GLE IN THE COFFIN.

BURIED ALIvE-A TERRIBLE DEATH sTRUG'
GLE IN THE COFFIN.
An awful sensation has been created by
the discovery that Miss Hockwait, young
lady of high social connection in Dayton,
Ohio, who was supposed to have died sud
denly on the 18th of January, was actually
buried alive. The circumstances Of her
supposed decease were SO peculiar that they
were recorded in the american. Shortly
before six O'Clock she had dressed herself
for the nuptials of her brother to Miss
Emma Schmind in St. MichaePs church.
Soon afterwards she was found sitting ON IL
chair in the kitchen, with her head leaning
against the wall and apparently lifeless.-
Medical aid was summoned, anu DR.. Jewett,
after examination, pronounced her dead =
Mass was being read at st. MichaePs church,
and it was proposed to postpone the we'd
ding. Father Hahney thought it best to
continue, and the wedding was consummat-
ed in gloom by low mass. Examination
showed that Anna was of excitable tenipera-
ment, nervous, and afflicted with SYM
pathetic consumption of the heart. DR..
Jewett thought this the cause of the sup
posed death, and on the following day she
was inferred in Woodland. Friends of Miss
Hockwait were unable to forget the terrible
impression, and several ladies observed that
as her ears bore a remarkably natural color,
and could not dispel the idea that she was not
dead, they conveyed their opinion to Anna s
parents and the thought preyed upon them,
and the body was taken from the grave. 1t
is stated that when the coffin was opened it
was discovered that the supposed inanimate
body had turned over On its right side. The
hair of the head had been torn out by the
handful, and the nails of the fingers had
been bitten from the bones. The body was
re-interred and efforts were made to deny
the case; but there are those who state that
they saw the body and know ofthe truth of
the facts narrated.-BaH. american.
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II VI etr- u I7s7 4 = 4 u
The Late Abraham Smith.

NH EDIToR:-On enquiry lately Of enc
of Mr.. Smiths children. of whom three
daughters survive, who "Col. Abraham
Smith, of Revolutionary memory" was,
she replied he was the great-grandtather OF
Abram, Joseph, and Silas Hart Smith.
She farther said that on the ''inside back
of an old account book, father had written
the date of his marriage to Juliet Lyle
October list, 1907, and the names of his
attendants, Martha Brown, afterwards Mrs.
Judge Baldwin, and Micajah Coalter. Per-
sons present were Mrs. John Coalter, Mrs
L. Edmudson, Mrs. Mary Humphreys, Mrs.
Sarah Lyle. Margaret Brown, Catherine
Mathews, Elizabeth Reid, James Edmund
son, John Coalter, Jacob ID. Williamson,
VIM. a Minzies, and Joseph Smith -
Hon. A. II. II. Stuart is the only person
the writer recalls, who can give sketch,
as the writer wishes he would, of each of
the above-named persons. Was Micajah
Coater the father of Judge John Coalter,
who became citizen of Stafford and rep
resented that county in the Convention of
1S29r-' 80? Where, relative to the Witt
MILL was the Coalter mansion? O-I..
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Stauntotl Spectator.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1884

LOSSES BY FLooDs.-In reference to the
foods of last week, the Baltimore Sun says
that eff the direct and indirect losses
caused by the floods of the susquehanna,
the Potomac, the Ohio, the Mississippi and
their afiuents were carefully estimated, the
total would doubtless reach an amount that
would astonish many persons. The dam
age inflicted at Pittsburgh alone is placed
at SO, 00O,O 900, Wheeling and many other
PAGES report large losses. II to these
sums be added the losses incurred al
these and other flooded cities and towns
from the stoppage of factories and the en-
forced idleness of many thousands of pro
ducers, the February freshets will be seer
to be very considerable calamities.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12
For the SPECTATOR.
Book Borrowers.

M.. ED1ToR:-You were kind enough to
loan me the fist volume of the Life OF
Alexander H. Stevens, Of Georgia, the
most extraordinary man of this age. You
said, at the same time, that you had lost
the second volume by loaning it to some
friend, whose carelessness, permit me to
say on my responsibility, amounts very
near dishonesty am and have been SO
unfortunate in the loss of just such books
as Howe's History Of Virginia, Davidson's
History of the Presbyterian church in
Kentucky, Caruthers's Knights of the
Golden Horse Shoe, and books out of print,
that the borrowing and neglect to return,
to put it plainly, amounts almost to theft
Is it possible that this, meeting the eye of
deliouents, will cause them at once to make
restitution? WE WILL SEE.
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For Lh0 SPEOTA
Siatt. Truss.

MIR. DIToR;-Surprised to find yon have
lived; in. Staunton a quarter of century
and did not know who "Matt. Truss" was.
Seeing a man cutting Off the limbs from
the handsome aspehs at the end of the
Points house, by the Lutheran church, |
learned the property had been sold, and an
old landmark is to be removed. Matt.
Truss, a free negro, in the beginning of
this century, owned that property, and
carried on shoemaker shop, in which he
worked twelve to fourteen hands. He ad-
vertised largely in the Republican Fa,ne,,
started by John Wise, and published for
years by Isaac Collett. He said to the
people of Greenbrier, Monroe, Rockbrdge,
Bath, Pendleton, Rockingham, &C., that
on certain court-days he would be at their
court-houses and take orders for work, So.
His energy, intelligence, and industry was
for that day, and Hon. 4. II.
Fl. Stuart, Or Messrs. George NJ. Cochran
D. Albert CARRIER, could give you interest,"
ng incidents in his history. O-L,
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Congressional Proceedings.

SENATE.-Monday, Feb. 4th.-In the
Senate, resolution was adopted authoriz-
ing the Sherman investigating committee to
work by subcommittee. Mr.. Groome.
from the committee on education and labor.
reported bill fixing the hours of labor in
government workshops at eight hours a
day.
HoUsE.-In the House Mr.. Morrison in
troduced bill to reduce import duties and
war tariff taxes. A bill was also introduced
comforting a naval appointment on Lieut..
J. Q. Rhodes, the hero Of the City of Co.
lumbus disaster.
SENATE.-Tuesday, Feb. 5th.-In the
United States Senate, to-day, resolu-
ton was passed suspending the operation
# the section Of the Revised Statute rela-
ting to guano islands. A resolution was
adopted directing the committee on print
ing to inquire into the expediency of pub
fishing an official gazette, to contain ad-
vertisement for proposals for contracts, &c.
HousE.-In the House, bill was intro
duced to prevent lotteries and the sale of
lottery tickets in the District of Columbia
The remainder Of the session was spent in
debate on the bill establishing a bureau of
animal industry, etc.
ObNAIf. - OuuCSud9, TED. Obu.--l u6
United States Senate passed bill appro-
priating SIT, $50 for the completion of the
Capitol terraces, after which the Mexican
land grant titles bill was further discussed
HoUsE.-In the House, resolution was
adopted calling on the President for the cor
respondence with the government of Great
Britain respecting the extradition of alleged
| fugitives from justice. The pleuro- pneumo-
MIA bill was further discussed without reach
ing v ote.
SENATE.-Thursday, Feb. THIN the
| United States Senate, Mr.. Merrill spoke in
favor of the bill providing for a new con-
gressional library. The Mexican land grant
titles bill was further discussed.
| HoUsE.-In the House resolution was
adopted declaring vacant the positions of
stenographers of committees, and providing
that hereafter, on the request Of a commit
tee. the Speaker shall employ reporter at
a compensation to be fixed by the commit
tee on accounts. The remainder of the SEES,
sion was spent in amendments to the House
rules. An amendment to appoint COM
mittee on woman suffrage was defeated.
SENATE Friday, Feb. Sth.-In the Uni
ted States Senate, the new shipping bill
agreed upon by the committee ON commerce
was reported The Mexican land-grant
titles bill was passed, and the Senate ad-
journed until Monday.
/ HoUsE.-In the House the report Of the
committee on rules was adopted. The naval
appropriation bill, which appropriates $14,-
1853, 900, was reported. The House also adj
journed until Monday.
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Hanged to a Horseback.
JUDGE LYNCH's QUIET PERFORMANCE AT
KING WILLIAM COURTHOUSE.
snec,aI to the Dispatch. ]

Especial to the DlspaIcH.I
KING WILLIAM COURTHOUSE, February
5.-About 9 o'clock yesterday morning
partv of armed men entered the Jail at this
place, took therefrom Peter Bland, negro
under sentence of fourteen years IN the penl-
Tertiary for beating Mr.. 5. q. Littlepage
nearly to death, shot him, and hung him to
a HORSEBACK in the rear of the clerk office.
The lynchers were we'll organized, and the
affair was conducted with the utmost Sc
crecy and deliberation.
THE STATEMENT OF THE JAIIER.
The following are the details Of the
lvnching as furnished the Dispatch by Mr..
o, M, Winston, clerk of the court and
jailer:
"About o'clock man styling himself
Goodman, and claiming to be a policeman
of West Point came to my private office, in
nv yard near the courthouse, and aroused
my assistant jailer, Mr.. L. L. Waring, and
Mr.. R. S. Littlepage, who was sleeping in
the same Office. Goodman stated that Mr..
Lacy, sergeant of West Point, was at the
Jail with prisoner, and wished to put him
in Jail. Mr.. Waring and M. Littlepage
dressed, and upon going out in the yard en-
countered three armed men. who took charge
of them and escorted them down to the
clerks Office where there were some ten OF
twelve other men armed with double-barrel
shot-guns aud pistols, and there, by threats,
obtained the keys of the Jail from Mr.. War
| ing.
| PUT UNDER GUARD.
"The lynchers then put Messrs. Waring
and Littlepage under guard, locked them
up in the clerks office, and repaired to the
| Jail, in which two female and two male pri
soners were confined. Unlocking the lowel
portion of the building they brought out 6
prisoner named Peter Bland, sentenced OF
the 2Sth of January last to fourteen years
in the penitentiary for manning Mr.. S. 2
Littlepage, and after shooting him with {
pistol hung him to a horse rack at the back
of the office. Here he was found in tht
morning. The lynchers, after hanging
Bland, fired fourteen buckshot into hi:
body. A jury of inquest was held and {
verdict rendered in accordance with thu
above facts.
QUIETLY DEPARTED.
"After the deed had been accomplished
the lynchers very politely unlocked thu
clerks Office, returned the keys, released
their prisoners, and beat a hasty retreat TO-
parts unknown. Upon taking Bland on
they were careful to lock the jail.
BLAND's CRIME.
On the night Of the Cd of November las
while Mr.. S. G. Littlspage was alone at hi
house-which was undergoing repairs
there was knock at the front door. En-
tirely unsuspicious Of harm he opened
and stepped out into the yard, when he wa
assaulted by Bland-who was accompanies
by his wife-and beaten into an insensibl
condition. lie was found the next morning
unable to speak, by neighbors, and for sew
eral days his life was despaired Of 1t wa
evident that his assailant Or assailants LET
!, him under the impression that he was dead
, Bland and his wife, who were tenants o
MIR. Littlepage's farm, were both arrested
aud the former convicted and sentenced a
stated. His wife is still in jai! awaiting
trial
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WYTHEvILLE DIsPATCH-CoL. R. e.
WITHERs.-In the last issue of the Wythe-
vile Dispatch, heretofore strong Readjus-
ter paper, the Proprietor, D. A. st. Clair,
announces that he has sold that paper to
Col. r. E. Withers. In the valedictory of
the Editor, VIM. G. st. Clair, he says: CAT
ter this issue Of the Dispatch it passes into
other hands, and will advocate other men
and measures than We have" We are
pleased that this Journal will now become
democratic, and more pleased that it will be
conducted by Col. R. E. Withers, an able
man and good writer, who has had expert
ence as an editor, having edited some years
since the Lynchburg Nercs with marked
ability
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For the SPECTATOR.
Rev. Peter II. Golladav.

Mr.. EDIToR:-some weeks ago your
neighbor, in referring to the Rev: Peter H.
Golladay, whose obituary he caught sight
OF in the Central Presbyterian, said OF him
''that he was raised in Staunton."
He never lived here day in his life; was
born as far away from Staunton as he could
get to be in the county, and at the Golladay
Mill on Naked creek. 1t was either the
one at or nearest the mouth, or what be-
came the Burke Mill. Received his educa-
ton from Rev. DR.. Hendren. and perhaps
finished his theological course at Union
Theological Seminary, and we think was
licensed by Lexington .Presbytery before
going to Ohio, where he spent useful and
honored life. STICKS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

The cotton spinners at Fall River have
struck rather than submit to a reduction in
their wages. Aud yet the owners of the
mills in which they were employed are pro
tected by heavy duties on cotton. This is
only another of the daily instances that
make it SO plain that those who run may
read, that protective tariff does not pro-
tect che workingmen of the country. -Ales
I0- re
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

HEAITRENDINe AccIDENT.-M David
Layman's little son, John Paul Layman,
aged about one year, was burned to death,
near Day ton, at the residence of it's grand
parent. Mr.. Noah c. Wenger, on Tues
day last, The child during the temporary
absence of its mother commenced playing
with the fire stove, its clothes ignited, and
before its mother could extinguish the
flames, the child had ceased to breathe.--
Ha1ssoa6ary People.
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MINISTER CALLEp.-The Second Baptist
Church of Hinton, w. Va, has extended a
unanimous call to Rev. G. Fl. Payne to be-
come its pastor. 1t is not yet known
whether or not he will accept the call; but
it is believed and hoped that he will, as he
has accepted a call to Coal Valley for part
of his time
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

AcQUITTED.-In the County Court of
Bedford county, Friday, the jury, after an
absence of twenty-four hours, returned
verdict of not guilty in the case of Henry
Tape, colored, charged with wrecking pas
senger trains on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

EREB. DOUGLASS Baltimore Sun
says that Fred. Douglass finds that his age
does not exempt him from the rude shocks
that SO cften follow close upon loves young
dream, Hiss Sprague, his housekeeper, hav-
ing since his marriage brought suit against
him 10 recover for services for twelve years.
The sum that Louisa demands is s., $50, a
pretty large figure to pay for marrying the
wrong woman.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY.-
Isaac Robertson, colored, has been found
guilty in the County Count of Charlotte
county On the charge of having abducted
the tifteen-year-old daughter of white
farmer, named Redmond, and sentenced to
the penitentisry for three years. -Four OF
the jurymen were colored.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-02-12

The British government has ordered Ba-
ker Pasha to report at once to Cairo. The
Ehedive has created the British Admiral
Hewett commander at Suakim. Gen. Cor
don is expected to reach Berber on Tuesday,
Provisions have been received at Sinkat,
and less gloomy view is taken Of the stu
alton there. The British cabinet has au-
thorized a scheme Of recruiting to increase
the effective army.
United States Minister Hunt is i'll at St.
Petersburg.