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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-24
IiyerDoOl FeIt.Factory Burpcd.

by cable 20 The DlspatchI
LIVERPOOL, May 23.-Another fire oc-
Cured to-day in Warehouse district. Mac
tear q HOrrock's Refractory was burned.
The origin OF the tire is unknown.
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Conxfefesi Of Murder.


IBy telegraph 10 the Dis9aien.l
U.zIyuuRsr, MISS, May "a In the case
~ DR.. r. q. Penn on trial for The murder
~ r. n. Rials, committed April 9Th last,
The Jury to-day returned verdict Of guilty.
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Wife.Mnrdcrer Hanged.

fBv telegraph to the Dispaich.J.
LITTLE VALLEY. \. Y, May % Charles
B. Clarke was hung here to-day for the
murder OF bis wife last December.
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Baltimore Races.
TBy telegraph TO the Dispatch.l

10y W
BALTIMORE. Nd, May 23.-FirSt race
one mile, all ages. purse S40O-Ella War
field won; Flower OF Meath sec nd. Heel
and-Toe third. Time. 1:42.
Second race-Preakness stakes, for three
year-old colts and FLIES, $50 subscription,
Club added $1,000 mile and a hali-Knight
OF Ellerslie won; Welcher second. Time,
1884. Only two started.
Third race-Baltimore cup, two and a
quarter miles, all ages, $50 subscription,
Club added ,000-Blue-Grass Belle won
Hilarity second, Referee third, Compensa-
ton last. Time, 4:02t.
Fourth race-threc- quarter-mile heats
for non-winners at this meeting. purse
800. First heat-Nimrod won, Pearl
Thorne second. Emma third. Time, 1:164.
Second heat-Nimrod won, Pearle Thorne
second, Emma third. Time, LII.
Fifth race grand handicap steepIe-chase,
regular course, purse 5000 divided-Bea.
verwick won; Abraham second, Secret
third. Shamrock fell at the last Jump be-
fore going TO the track, but his jockey re-
mounted and followed. FL Captain and
lmelda did not finish. Time, 1928.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-24
MILLBoRo' SPRINGS.
SULPHUR, ALUM, AND CHALYBEATE
WATERS.
OPEN JUNE 1sT.

For circular and information, write o
CARROLL GABNETT, Proprietor.
MILFORD Springs Post-Officc.
my lS-fm Bath conn =, Va.
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ap2g-lur
BRIDGE, VIRGINIA.

The new hotels viii be open APRIL 1sT, and In
perfect ORDER Capacity, 400 guests. There vii
be three seasons--iRe spring season. April, May
ana June; the summer season. July and August;
the fall season, September, october, aud Novem-
Der. Monthly rate for summer season. SEQ;
monthly rate for the spring and fall season, ESQ.
Ten dollars per month will be deducted when 40
or more persons occupy one room.
The guests have free access 10 the bridge and 10
all the grounds. Seven miles Of carriage drives In
the forest; an excellent livery: music. billiards,
bowling alleys baths. electric bells riding clubs.
THE NAVAL. ACADEMY BAND, Of Annapo-
lis. Nd. engaged for the season.
For particulars address
r. G. PEYTON, Manager,
Natural Bridge,
Rockbridge county, Va.
NH 03-Sii. TIL & SafGm
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FINANCIAL.
sTOCK EXCHANGE.

FRIDAY. May %, 1884.
sALEs-FrRsr BoARD-45 shares Norfolk and
Western Railroad preferred stock at 81; 1000
Virginia new 3's at 53k, 100 DO. as 53{; 400
Richmond city 6's at 1l5, 500 do. at lis. 400
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DOARDFOR THE SUMMER AT ivy

DHOME." HAMPTON, yA.-We are prepared
10 entertain about twenty guests In 4 comfortable
manner and at n reasonable rate. The house Is
situated on Hampton river. directly opposite the
Normal school and soldiers Home. and is one or
the finest situations IN this section Of tn Stale for
pleasant summer home for families. Facilities
for Boating and Fishing unexcelled Large shady
lawn and broad plazZas. For terms, &C. address
DANIEL y. COCK, Hampton Va. my 17-fw
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COMMERCIAL.
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE
RrCuNo,;D Nav % 1884

OFFERINGS.
WHFAT.-Red, 40 bushels.
CoRN.-White, 1925 bushels. Mixed, LOO
bushels.
OATs.-l 900 bushels.
PEAs.-3I bushels.
MILL-OFFAL.-l0 tons.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
BLACK PEAs.-22 bushels oa private terms.
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VERD | c T.

- The disposition Of business man TO ex-
-empt himself from jury service is natural,
for II Is a serious matter with him TO be taken
- away from his business at the best hours, tor
three or six months service. and there may
DE a critical moment In bis affairs, requiring
lis undivided attention 10 avert disaster.
Tie capacity OF businessmen as jurors has
been largely overestlmated. The quality re-
quired In Juror Is the judicial faculty; the
ability to separate the relevant from the
-irreIeyant aud 10 reject surplusage. EFecu-
- fire ability marks the busine5s-man's sue
- cessful career; aud that is quality entirely
dissimllar 10 the judicial. He must be de-
-cislye, even al the risk Of making an Occa-
sioual mistake, which the judge cannot afford
TO make. Besides, his ability 10 conclude
-iudieially, as d Juror, Is married IN continuous
-cases by the intersection OF his own Dust
.ness-a matter necessarily more Important
- 10 him Than public business TN tDe other
hand. some unsuccessful businessmen MAKE
the best Jurors. pro hdc rice. We have pro-
-fessional Judges, professional advocates, men
trained TO those pursuits; and why not pro-
-fessional jurors, also tTainedF
You never get the best results from horse
Used alternately 10 saddle and harness. The
- trotling gait Is no. conducive 10 perfection
the Canterbury gallop the pilgrims gait
ON the principle of construction usually
in selecting jury, no one can
foretell the verdict Puohc verdiets
are seldom wrong, ana thaf VIII
for the popular verdict IN fsvor OF
garments sold BY
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THE GREENBRIER
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA,

DISTINGUISHED for
the last century account OF the great virtue Of
their ALTERNATIVE WATERS AND BATHs,'a
the leading fashionable resort for pleasure
from eyerv portion Of the Union, and for the UN'
EQUALLED COOL AND BRACING SUMNER
CLIMATE. having a direct elevation of 1000
feet above tide water, and imnedi ately surround.
ing mountains OF $500, with capacity for 1900
guests, and accommodations frst-clsss, will open
JUNE lsT. Send for pamphlet.
II. y. EAKLF,
An 0g-lm SUPERINTENDENT.
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personal explanation.
ur KelIogg offered resolution recitlng
,b.t in the investigation OF the star-route
cases before the Committee on Expendi-
t,res in the Department OF Justice evil
dence had been taken rejecting on his
character. and instructing that committee
20 INVESTIGATE his connection with the
star.route service. He entered into long
,,ersonal exclamation, which gave rise 10 a
iong debate. some disposition being shown
on the Democratic side 10 Ceny ni' h'
Iogg the investigation he requested.
The Uouse referred the Kellogg investi-
eating resolution to the Commlttee On snv
Judiciary in order that that committee ma!
decide whether the House has authoI.y ~
inoIlire into the acts OF member coilhi'
ted before his term OF service began:
The House then went into Comhli1'oe VI
the Whole on the private calendar. NJ,
The bill providing for the retirehen. vi
Colonel Henry j. Hunt as improvement
cave rise TO a good deal OF discussion. Al
onnosition to the measure MI. springer
took occasion to speak in strong conocln.
nation OF the bill TO retire oeneiai "Ian.
and give him a pension OF Slo:izo w.,
simply because he bad been uniortun G y,
wall street. Ii is said that Genera uranl
"a not been aware OF the dealings OF us
rarfners. but the fact remained that ne nao
psssocIated himself with spectators WIG
we're involved I'm the most disrepulspio
,ractjces which had ever been heaid Q, AZ
this country, and were only paraieiea ~
~ hey countries by the Soutb-sea ou n, e
"a Jobu Laws Mississippi scheme. LUIS
au "s moi the time, nor were the circuu-
s wa0 e such as called upon Congress 10 30
TO Grants relief. 80. ..,ao with a
favorable recommendation. m....e
'As On motion Of Mr. Miller, OF Tennessee
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
A FlRST-CLASS FAMILY MAGAZINE
LIPPINCOTI'S MAGAZINE !
A POPULAR MONTHLY OF GENERAL LITERATURE!
PROSPECTUS FOR 1884.

Among the chief periodicals of the cOun, ',
Ii2pincott's Magazine has acquired the dstsnc-
tive reputation of being ''eminently ,eadd1le.
The special aim of its conductors is 30 secw e
such treatment of the great variety o. topics
embraced within its scope as shall ehGer ii at
ractive 10 the general mass of intelligent .edd-
ers, favorite in the family circle ana a means
of cultH e as well as Of eDte. ia .nheut.
While fiction, in the iorm Of Sc als and OF
short stories. holds prominent olfce in its
pages, ii has gained pali.cra. pO,ice bv It's
sketches OF travel and aGvehlu.e, studies OF
life and Cha ac,er, and All ces on natural his
tory anu simiIat topics, en- wi,h ije 4cesil-
ness that cones / om pc :sOIal observation and
experience. in a lively style, and with abundant
anecdot;cal illGsi ation.
The arrangements for the coming year in
clude al pnusrai nJmber of cont .i6ptors de-
voted 10 on dOO l-.e. places and pc sons OF
noie, ana Other su3iec-s OF genera. in,e es,, by
both new anG oid cOI iourOrs TO u1e Magazine.
Several SIC SCI ais Will 10. IL a feature OF
t5e M,.a.ne Gu ns .Je yea , lcpdins story
OF A t;sG L, u New Yo,b, by Lie W.
Champneg, cod a 5 " dep,c l9 fle exner-
ences o. al A nerican fam1, eslG;;o3 N Eng
land, by F. c. Baylor. Gurder q al3ements
are now in progress, and viii be he. CATER an
nounced.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
Made a Maniac by RemOrse.

The death is reported here of Martin
c. Battles, who had lived life of con.
slant terror in an insane asylum fol
nearly fifteen years. He was the son OF
a well-to-do farmer who lived in Char.
lotte, and twenty years ago lived witt
mis- father. Sarah Lyon, young wO
man, was member oi the family, and
young Battles was in love with her
Cornelius Lynch, the hired man, was al
so in love with her. and he and Battles
frequently quarreied about her After
one of these quarrels Battles lay in wait
for his rival and murdered him.
He was cow cted, and, under law
which Rad then just been passed, and
was still Hntried, he was sentenced to
be imprisoned in Auburn prison for The
term of one year, and then to be return
ed to Chautauqua county and hanged
This law his counsel believed was un.
constitutional, and to test and settle the
question they carried the case TO the
Court of Appeals, which body decided
that the law was unconstitutional, and
the sentence of Battles was illegal. He
was released
He enlisted in the Union army and
served until the close of the war, when
he returned home. His life was wretch.
ed. He was haunted constantly by the
memory of his crime, and was very bit.
ter against the Court of Appeals for in
terfering with the execution of his SEN
tence, and said that in enlisting in the
army he was prompted solely bv the
hope that he might be killed. He had
not the courage to commit suicide, and
endeavOred to have his case reopened in
order that he might be tried again and
hanged. Al last he became a maniac
and was taken to the Western Asylum,
where for fifteen years he constantly
raved over his crime, declaring that his
victim was ever present with him.
mocking and torturing him in many
ways. He said he was doomed to live
forever, and to be eternally punished by
his victim. Before he was twenty-five
his hair had turned white as snow, and
his appearance was that of man OF
seventy.-Charlotte IN. " Cor. n. Y
SuD
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
SprOuting Potatoes for Planting.

First class potato growers say that
the cutting the potato intended for
planting, allowing two eyes to each
piece, some two or three weeks before
planting, and spreading them out upon
a dark barn floor or any similar floor,
where they will have chance to sprout
from one to TWO inches, will add to their
earliness in maturing some two weeks.
They should be moistened two or three
times week moderately, with rather
warm water. In planting out they
should be covered with not over Two
incnes of soil. If a moderate quality of
early potatoes is desired, the potatoes
can be cut as suggested and planted in
hotbeds with a very slight covering of
soil, and planted out as recommended
Germantown Telegraph.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
4 Washington Romance.

Twenty years ago in this city lady
WAS married TO an army officer, and a
year aiterward plump girl baby bless
ed the union. Major w. and his wife
subsequently quarreled and parted. Mis-.
W taxing the child with her to San
Francisco, where after a few years she
secured a divorce and atIerward married
a NJ. B. in the Golden City" Her sec
ord husband died in the course of time,
and about a wear o. two since she made
her way back to this city, her daugh-
ter, who had grown to beautiful woman
hood and secured pOsit.on in one OF
The departments.
Major W. left Washington shortly
after his separation from his wife. He
was mustered out of the service. settled
down in a western city and married
again.
Tie whirligig of time brought him tC
the National Capital, where he became
a Government clerk This was some
time before the arrival of his first wife
Time mad dealt gently with both of tuem
the ca marks of the destroyer telling
more plainly on the Major by slight
stoop in the shoulders and plentiful
sprinkLng of gray hairs.
OGe day not long since the Major
passed his first wife on Pennsylvania
Avenue N company with a pre- " young
lady. He had not heard from her for
fifteen years and knew nothing of hei
whereabouts during that time She knew
him, but did not care to recognize him,
for she had not known of his life since
they parted. The Major looked lons and
ho Of ic
bosom, who, though slightly aged, bore
pleasing traces of her former beauty, and
the thought struck him as he looked al
her beautiful companion, This is my
daughter"
After search of some weeks he dis
covered that his former wife and daugh
ter resided on Capitol Hill. He address.
ed them letter; the wife did net re
spoDd, but allowed the daughter to dc
so. The latter met her father by ap
pOintment away from her mothers
home. The meeting is said to have
been an affecting one. Since that timt
the Major has shOwered upon his lOng
lost daughter not only his parental love
but rare and interesting gifts, and the
twain can be seen together on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue on any fair day, mixing
with the pronenaders. The daughter
still lives with her mother, who doe,
not speak to, and has made no sign 10
one whom she once loved and who did
not treat her kindly, she alleges, in "AulC
Lang Syne."
The reality of the above story sui pass
es the romances we see from week tt
week upon the dramatic stage, and onl,
reminds us of the old, old truism, tha
Truth is stranger than ictiun." Wash
ington Letter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
How to Make the Best of Things.

Keep glue, shellac, varnish, little
white paint and brown or oak stain ready
to touch up furniture and woodwork. 1t
looks shiftless to keep dozen broken
things about till it is worth while to
send for repairer, when every boy and
girl of twelve can USE glue and varnish
as well, if they only learn. If the mir
TOR frame is shabby, regild it with the
materials which come ready for use, at
fifty cents box. If it is too far gone,
paint the whole frame over, black, brown
deep red or white. Ii the CRATE frame
and hearth are rusty, japan them with
the black varnish any dealer will fur
nish for twenty five cents, and give the
coal scuttle coat while you are about
it. Is there grease on the marble OF
bureau, table top or manuel, try sapOlie
on it first, and then paste of Stacked
lime AMI potash, which will draw the
worst grease out of stone OF floors. Is
the wall paper torn, paste the loose end
at once; if soiled OF torn off, cut square
piece to match the figure exactly, and
paste over the blemsh. Fill holes in
the pastering with plaster of paris mixed
thick with water, smoothing with a
knife. If the carpet shows grease spots
rub hard soap on them, and wash of
with crash, rinsing with lather, and rub,
bing hard with dry crash. This will
seldom hurt the cOlOrs, If quickly done
using but little water. Rub rust off the
stove with sand paper or the kitchen
burnisher, i. e., the steel pot cloth, before
blacking it.
You would like to know how to make
your sitting room look cesey and livable,
and want some hints for the arrange
ment of furniture. A family room needs
certain things to be inviting, one of
which is a long lounge, not the wretched
little parlor lounge that is neither good
to sit or lie on, but generous home
made one, with pillows, for tired people
Doctors say one can rest more lying
down ten minutes than sitting down an
hour. Next you want easy chairs, Sha-
ker, cane seat, rattan, wood or uphol.
stored, it matters not, so there is CON-
Portable seat for each of the family. A
wide round table where all can find
room for wolk or books is desirable, for
it gives all an equal chance, and is more
inviting than other shapes. A cloth is
in the way for an evening table. A
bookshelf, not book case which takes
room, wide, plain brackets and broad
window seats for flowers, a clock, and
clear glasses for boquets, will be the fur
nishing strictly needed.
Scrupulous neatness is to be the first
charm OF your rooms, which in snowy
upholstery or bare plainnesS, is distinct
and attactive as the scent of lavender
Beside this, the secret of pleasant
room lies in what Aunt Jane would call
"having things correspond" or what an
artist would call the unity of things
what old Caleb who "chOres round
would say, unhesitatingly, was the Ike, p
ing of things. You want room mostly
in ole color or shades of color. Per
haps you can't do much more in this way
than TO avoid green and led tides, and
lamp mats. or purple mats and pale blue
tides and deep blue vases. with boquets
on tue front, to go with scarlet ard
wood color carpet.-The Next Neighbor,
in February Wide Awake.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
Poetry.
A TtNKLE OF THE BELLS.

The light of the moon ON the white OF the
snow,
And the answering twinkles along the
street,
And our sleigh flashing by, in the glamour
and glow
of the glorious nights of the long ago.
When the laugh OF her lips rang dear
and sweet
AS the tinkles our horses shook out OF tne
bells,
And flung and tossed back
On our glittering track
In a shower of tremulous, murmurlng
swells-
of the echoing. airy, melodious bells.
O the mirth of the bells!
And the worth of the bellsl
Come tinkle again, in this dearth OF the
bells,
This laughter and love that lack, yearn-
ing back,
For the far away sound of the bells!
Ali the bells, they were in that long ago.
And the tinkles they had. they have
thrilled me SO
I have said: lit is they and her songs and
face
Make summer for me in the wintriest
place!'
And now-but sobbings and sad fare
wells,
As peer in the night, through Ihe
sheeted pane,
Hearing clangor and wrangle of bells,
And never tinkle again!
The snow is aswoon, and the moon dead
white,
And the frost is wild in the ar to-nlghI!
Yet still will linger and listen ana
pray
Till the sound of her voice shall come
this way,
With tinkle of bells,
And the lisp like tread
OF the hooveS of the sleigh,
And the murmuring and sWells
Of the VOWS she said,
And o. shall listen as madmen may,
But the tinkling bells ring down this way.
Till again the grasp of my hand entwines
The tensioned loops of the quivering lines,
And again we ride in the wake of the
pride
And strength of the coursers, side by side;
With our faces smitten again by thespray
Of the froth of our steeds as We gallop
away
In alright of the bells,
And the might of the bells,
And the infinite glee and delight OF the
bells,
As they tinkle and tinkle and tinkle TIL
they
Are heard through dawn where the
mists are drawn,
And we canter and gallop and dash away
Sheer in the Judgment Day!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
Vick'S Floral Guide.

For 1883, is an elegant book of $50 pages, 3
coloreG plates of Flowers and Vegetables, and
moe than 100 illustrations of the choicest
Flowers, Plants and Vegetables, and directions
for growing. 1t is handsome enough for the
cenrer ia3le or a holiday present Send on your
name and postOifice address. with 10 cents, ana
will send YOU a copy, postage paid; this is moi
quarter of its cost. II is printed in both
English and German. If you afterwards orde-
seeds deduct the 10 cts. VIoK's SEEDS ARE
THE BEST IN THE WoRLD The Floral Guide
will tell now 10 gel and grow them.
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, I75
pages, cololed plates, 500 engravings; for 50
cents in paper covers; 81 in elegant cloth; in
German and English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, % DID,.
a colored plate in every number aud many fine
engravings; price $l.25 year; five copies fo,
So. Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents; 3
trial copies for 25 cents.
JAMES WICK. Rochester. W
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-14
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Prudery is the caricature of modesty
site pole.
A woman who wants a charitable
heart Wants pure mind.
Pol;teness is a wreath of flowers that
adorns tue world.
We consider the man undone who is
insensible to shame.
Honor demanded is as worthless as
insult undeserved IS hurtless.
The great rule of moral conduct is,
next to God, to respect time.
Our true acquisitions lie only in our
charities; We gain as we give.
To count but few things necessary is
the foundation of many virtues.
The generous heart should scorn a
pleasure which gives another pain.
He who has tasted sour apple will
have the mos e relish for sweet one.
There is no beggat so destitute as he
VINO can afford nothing 10 his neighbor.
Sin and misery are not lovers, but
they walk hand In hand just as If they
were.
Let every man do the best be knows,
and if he is not fool, he will do about
right.
AS to trouble, who expects to find
cherries without stones, or roses without
thorns?
To despise our own species is the price
we must LOO often pay for knowledge
of It.
II there be crime of. deeper dye than
all the gu lCy train of human vices, us
ingratilude.
Repentance without amendment is
like continual pumping without mend
ing the leak.
Try to be happy in this very present
moment; and put not off being SO to a
| time to come.
Take care to be an economist in pros
perity; there is no fear of your being
one in adversely.
AL the whetting in the world can
never set .aZOr's edge on that which
has no steel in 1t.
To preserve ones mental constitution
and nOur.sh ones nature is the proper
way to serve Heaven.
When truth offends no one, it ought
to pass out of the mouth as naturally as
the air we breathe.
A man who IS able to employ himself
innocently is never miserable. 1t is the
idle who are wretched.
Boast not of your health and strength
too much; but. whilst you enjoy them
praise God and use them.
The bright side of life is that which
catches the reflected light of Heaven, and
echoes back its harmones.
Attrition IS to the stone what good
influences are to the man; both polish
while they reveal hidden beauties.
The more self is INDUCED the more ii
demands, and, therefore, of all men, the
selfish are the most discOntented.
As for tbe place you were cast. don't
find fault with that; you need not be a
horse because you we're born Ia stable
Fur tn.ngs belong TO a judge to
hear cautiously, to answer wise V, to
consider so0erly, and to decide impair
italy.
Do not philosophize over the contra
dicLiOno which beset you: do not dwell
upon them, but strive to see God IN al
things.
Truths are first clouds, then rain.
tnen harvests and food. The philosophy
of one century is the common sense of
the next.
Inexhaustible good nature is the most
precious gift os Heaven, spreading it
self like oil. over the troubled sea of
thought.
Nothing so establishes the mind amid
tine rollings and turOulency of present
things as both look above them and a
look beyond them.