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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-18

The Most Fashionable and the best Of
Baltimore Clothing is now selling at prices
lower than are ssked for ordinary ready made
Stock. ACNE BALL, 200 ". Baltimore st.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-18
fall. & WINTER
SEASON
OF
1--S--S-5.

WOOD WARD 4 LOTHROP, OF TIE
BOSTON, DRY GOODS no USE Of Wash
ington, d. G.. beg 10 caH your attention to their
mommoh stock Of Fail and Winter Dry Goods
Fancy articles &c, which is now ready TO: IN.
spection. Our Thoroughly Organized and areH
established
MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT
has nude US acquainted with many people
throug bout Virginia, West Virginia, and Mary
land and in fact through the south and of
them we ask a continuance of their favors for
which we are profoundly grateful. OF those
with whom we have not had dealing, we ask
that they send US trial order, which will be
all that is necessary to enable US to convince
them of our excellent facilities and straitfnr
wardness in all business transactions. In send
ing for samples or goods, state color, qualities,
size and about the price you desire to pay.
Gss- All goods returnable for cash and salts.
faction guaranteed.
COLORED DRESS GOODS
We shall display this season upqaestionai!y
the largest stock, and the most comprehensive
and varied assortment of colorings in standard
makes and high novelties, of Foreign and DO
nestle Dress Goods ever heretofore placed urcn
our shelves; comprising new plain coors, PIails
NV Nc -, O'iiPSi ~ ''' NV 'ii"'I
harmonious combinations of coIorings and eff
fects possible to imagine, presenting broader
scope for the display of your severa! tastes than
ever heretofore exhibited.
We quote two specials as follows: Sc i'm h
Fine aIl-wool Tricots, in large variety of tie
standard and new shades only SOC per yard.
40 inch Fine all wool Pin-head Checked Suit
ings in dark mixed effects, very choice, only SO
cts per yard. y9s- Send for Samples.
VELVETEEN and V ELVETS.
The lovers of these rich and most beautf'.,
Of fine dress fabrics are assured of decided
'Velyet'' season this Fail and Winter, beside;
the prevailing colors and shades, many new
colorings have been produced, almost defying
description, ex animation being necessary TO get
even a faint idea Of the exquisite results and
combinations Eg- Send fer Samples.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-09-18

stand unde' the .nr-r.d 81. cbief Marsha! r
T. Boa ratr., 10 receive their iu-Ir1otF"ns -
Owing 10 the .atert>s tie hour it ass decd
ed thrt the orator Of til lay, NJ. ". II.
Moaoeur. OF Washing'on city. w'o WAS pre-
scn', would not delivered his address una. f.
ter tie rdi. was over. The ri!'i,g wss Thea
tegun aud We append fellow he IL; OF Kai-h's
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

AND while we are mentioning Mexicans,
one marrels sometimes at the prejudices of
the world at large, and one very striking
prejudice that the majority of Americans
have, with delusive fondness, cherished, is
that Mexico now exists a complete ruin,
mentally and physically, that Mexicans
are an indolent race, and that altogether
Mexico is country to be stunned. But
since the New Orleans Exposition the ia
bleS Of public opinion have turned.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

| dear little lady who has so modest
.'a0IP''d fame by her very gifted
II. IL ia" a, Oeen guest at Harvard and
N u Ine commencement exercises.
,r7 We. let + the LADIES JOURNAL en-
why Ut, Louisans, who so admire
I'M al' '0,Il'y, have been 50 quiescent
~ % their shining light, Miss Muir
|, \, %,''se B ebert craddock ? Is it
I'M a1' a, prophet is not without honor
IN MS AS own kindred and in his own
\ ,,n; Aa, surely this cannot be said
''''''''ed tastes of St. Louis.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

AND to-day? Oh, to-day is the State
not established? Is she not prospecting as
state should prosper? She has been
placed at an advantage and forward she
will go. Yet, still in the grave is the
brain that planned the rescue s; folded for
ever are the hands that wrought indefati-
gably for the GREAT GOOD Still the work
is not lost, thousands reap its benefit.
To have lived to benefit our kind is not
this noble living? All, State, beloved for
thy trial, and thy rescue, move to the
front amid states, for in the future thy
place is surely there.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

Now as regards Mexico, it is curious
study, to note the accounts that Jour
nails from different portions of the coun-
try give of the Mexican exhibit at New
Orleans; To say that the country at large
is surprised, is to very family portray the
establishment that Mexico has excited in
the public mind by her complete mastery
and finished workmanship in goods and
products as shown at that great Worlds
Fair. With quiet dignity all her own
and very like the better class of her peo-
pie, Mexico has excelled in workmanship,
she has carried off honors, and has now
convinced an unwilling world that she is
not only abreast of the majority in execu-
ton, but that in correct work she ezcells
those who have so Olsen deriled her peo-
pie.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

'APf'nt to-day upon our Young Peo-
'P'ge, the response of H. A. MiIIen,
\ =" camden, to a toast at a recent
'll't' The toast "The Ladies' " surely
Y an eloquent and appreciative answer
Y words we print to-day.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

tremlty. Your cause was sustained and
reasoned out in the National Assembly.
Martial rule was averted. Your resour-
ces were fnanciered successfully, and this
was labor of love of sons for the South
ern mother.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

HE pretty poem given below is Sum
er Idyl from the city's heart:
How throbs the city's iron heart!
What noise its beating tells,
AS through the surging thoroughfares
The roar Of commerce swells.
How longs the heart for quiet's balm,
How weary grows the ear,
At all this tumult-war for gain
That fills the atmosphere
How sick the soul will sometimes grow
At all this endless strife,
Where mammon is the worshipped God,
And gold is more than life
Dear mellow sounds of rural life,
How soft your memory floats
In on me here, and sOothes my soul
Like weird Holan notes
In hours like this how freshly rise
Fair scenes of peaceful days,
And thoughts Of men-the truly great
Who walked in simple ways.
0 solitude, divine retreat,
What bliss you round us cast,
Where we can choose for company
The great ones of the past
o spirit guide, I'll take your hand
And wander where you lead,
BY singing stream, DER plain and hill,
And vale and flowery mead.
And in the groves-God's temples they
Til cast me at thy feet
And soothe my wearled soul with thine
And natures converse sweet!
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

" thank our correspondent in Cross
by for the beautiful poem received too
70 appear this week, but in file for
Y This poem, entitled {" Natma Duce
: D@mt' will certainly give pleasure
1large number Of readers.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04


lor % rS, Of the St. Louis
abo," rrit under the nom de plume
iaooopn a,''s q Such bright and inter
,la .s' b'., Of many things she wit
rM n p,ia ia taking her Share of the
M r vbi'o rendered by the Mexican
~ qpIn, giving " .g Titles iay Gin dude
., 59 plays his part r ~bet tbss
with a modest and
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04
NARY W. LOUGHBOROUGH,
Associate Writers.

ae in business enterprises, can find with this journal
laALRATEs Of advertising,
Establishments or subscriptions and matter intended for the
IhnsOiom paper, we desire addressed
"ARKAES4S LADIES' JOURNAL"
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

gentle gravity, more as if he were young
earate reading the collect for the seventy
first Sunday after Trinity than booted
and spurred soldier giving us Yankee
Doodle with variations
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

IT is certainly affirmed that an extensive
slate quarry near Hot Springs is to be i'm
mediately developed, abundant capital
and proper management is to be devoted
to this purpose. A large sum of money
has lately bean placed as capital for new
local railway already incorporated. Step
forth, and go forward, 0, State of Arkan-
sa8? Your days of trial were dark, but
now are you emerging from the shadow.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-04

ARKANSAS, how great are your natural
gifts, though eocompassed in the past by
financial paralysis, by threats Of subjuga-
ton; strong hearts and cool brains were
ready, and aid was at hand for the ex-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19

Mr.. N. ID. Sellers, a passenger on
board the steamboat Theodore
Weems, while landing freight at
Governors Run wharf, Calvert
county, Nd, recently. made a fine
display of his Workmanship by kill
ing a wild goose with a rifle ball at
a distance of three hundred yards.
Some years ago Mr.. Sellers figured
in an incident proving his skill in
the use of a rifle. A party of his
friends had been out partridge shoot
ing, and returned with a fine string
OF birds. In the midst of a good
deal OF jolification which followed,
one OF the party began to banter
MI. Sellers upon his skill as "A marks
man. The latter, somewhat stung
by the remarks of his friend, laid a
wager that he would suspend the
bunch of birds fifty yards distant,
and with his rife sever the string
that secured them, which he did sue
cessfully at the first attempt, and
secured all the cartridges as a result
of the wager.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19

MARTINsBURG, w. VA, Deem
Der 14.-The dedication ofthe Stokes
M. p. Church at New Haven, this
county, advertised to take place yes
terday, was postponed on account of
stormy weather. The Rev. DR.. Kill
gour, Of Baltimore, was present, and
preached in the morning and even
ing. He also preached at Middle
way, in Jefferson county, on Satur-
day night, where a union meeting is
being held by the pastors Of the
Presbyterian, Reformed and Luth-
eran Churches. After the services
he was serenaded at the M. p. par
sonage b. the Middleway Cornet
and String Band. The Doctor re-
sponded with an appropriate speech.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19
A Fairmont paper tells Of /

A Fairmont paper tells OF the
narrow escape of the Chicago limit.
ed express passenger train from de-
%strnction, at Johnstown, a few nights
since. Some of the rods and cross
beams of the iron bridge at that
point gave way as the train was
passing over, permitting the bridge
to drop down about six inches. The
train was heavily laden with pass.
engers. Had 1t not been running
at a high rate of speed it would
probably have been precipated into
the Monongahela, a distance of forty
feet. When the train arrived at
Falrmont information was telegraph.
ed to Grafton, an extra engine with
mel and material was immediately
sent down to repair the bridge.
This bridge has been regarded by
many as unsafe for a year or more
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19

We reprint the following extract
from a cable despatch from Eng
land:
The question of the free trades
versus fair trade is being brought
prominently to the front by the
champions of both systems. The
Golden Club has awakened to the
alarming strength of the anti-free-
traders, and declares that if their
strength continues to increase for a
few years more at the same rate
they will probably be able to effect
vast fiscal changes. Alarmed at
this prospect, the club is now beg.
ging its wealthy members to sub
scribe for a propaganda fund with
which to combat the wicked Pro-
tectionists.
This is the third begging" in
1885. In the early Spring large
sums we're raised; then again in
July a special meeting was called
and a special fund raised. Over
100000 leaflets were distributed in
England during the first six months
of the year. And, in spite of all
this, the Protectionists are gaining
ground in manufacturing districts
of England. In view of this, can we
view with anything short Of contempt
the "hand-me-l own-shop" men, who
are trying to palm off these mildewy
and worn ont doctrines as original
thoughts to guide the fiscal policy of
the United States Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19
The great Democratic party in its

The great Democratic party in its
platform Of 1884, declared for civil
service reform, and many Republi-
cans under the rather euphonious
name of Mugwumps, supported that
party on the strength Of its declara-
ton of principles. The people who
were permitted to vote freely and
the colored vote of the South through
gentle persuasion, allowed the Dem
ocratlc party to take charge of the
affairs Of government. Mr.. Cleve.
lands letter of. acceptance and his
first message to Congress, take high
grounds for civil service. With one
or two exceptions, the appointments
made by the President and the mem
bers of his cabinet, have been men
Of strong partisan procliyities. Ev.
cry appointment of any Importance
in this State has been either by the
removal of good business men, good
Republicans of course, or by their
forced resignation, and they have
been replaced by the most active
Democrats in the community. John
L. McGraw was an acknowledged
active machine man, who received
his appointment because he could
help certain Senators. w. B. Coils
ton, to whom our Democratic friends
propose to distribute" the Post
Office spoils, has as his recommended
ton that he a the party organ
through perilous times and still con-
tains his good work. Now, we think
the Senate of the United States has
a duty, high and important, to per-
form, and that is to see that the
Democratic party is held to the ut
terances Of its platform and its Presi-
dent, and while they should confirm
all appointments properly made, but
now and ever refuse to permit any
officer to be removed simply because
he be a Republican, and where such
removals are made refuse the con-
firmation of those appointed and re-
place those so removed. No party
should be permitted to stultify the
professions made to the people.
The same men who so faithfully
fought for victory under the plat
form Of 1884, say civil service
a catch,-we want the offices.
But if we can judge the future we
would say from the present outlook,
that the Senate will be equal to the
emergency, and will not permit one
partisan to be snapped for another
crossing this stream.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19

At a concert given at Charles.
town, w. Va, Thanksgiving even.
ing, a violin was used which at one
time belonged to General George
Washington. This venerable relic
is now the property of Mr.. Thos. B.
Washington, who received 1T from
Judge Bushrod Washington at Mt.
vernon. A card on the inside of
the instrument shows that It was
manufactured by Jacob Steiner. a
celebrated German workman. in the
year 1919. 1t is therefore over two
hundred years old. The violin, in
It's original case, a quaint old box.
was presented to the audience bv
Hon. w. L. Wilson in a selicitous
address.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Prince Ferdinand, farther OF the
King of Portugal, is dead.
An entire family vas burned to
cinders in a house at Detroit, Mich.
The President appointed John
Bigelow assistant treasurer OF New
York, and General Frantz Sigel PEN
sion agent of New York.
"A nest of conspirators has been
unearthed in San Franciso. The
assassins proposed to remove TWEEN
ty of the most prominent men in the
state.
The Virginia Legislature Tuesday
elected John w. Daniel to the Unit
ed States Senate to succeed VIM.
Malone, the vote standing Daniel
SO, Malone 36.
CUMBERLAND, December 15-The
weather has been cold all day, and
the sleighlng is fine. The streets
are lively to night by the jingllng OF
the bells. The snow is six inches
deep.
During the burning of a tene-
ment hoase in Plymouth, England,
fourteen persons were consumed in
the flames, and a number of others
were badly mangled in jumping from
the building.
A man appeared on the streets OF
Denver recently driving a spanking
team of fully developed elks, worth
$1,000, and capable of travelling
one hundred miles a day. The
children thought Santa Claus had
come to town.
A banquet was given Wednesday
night at New Brighton, Staten Is
land, by Erastus Wiman TO MI. Robt.
Garrett, president of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, in honor of the
proposed extension Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Road to New York.
A passenger train of the East
Tennessee Railroad dashed into a
Georgia Pacific passenger train
shortly after midnight Tuesday on
a piece of track near Atlanta, Ga,
used in common by both roads, and
twelve lives we're lost and many
passengers injured.
There was a long debate in the
United States Tuesday on the pro
hibition Of the sal6of liquor in the
Senate restaurant. Bills were in
troduced granting a pension Of So,
600 and the franking privilege to the
widow of General Grant. Also bills
for the the admission of Dakota as
a state, to pension soldiers of the
Mexican war, and to incorporate the
Eads ship railway.
ROME, December 15.-The Col
lege OF the Propaganda announces
that up to November LIST, in the
Vicariate of Cochin China nine mis-
sionarles, seven native priests, sixty
catechists, two hundred and seventy
members Of religious orders ant
t%wenty-four thousand Christians
we're massacred; two hundred par
ishes, seventeen orphan asylums anl
ten converts we're destroyed, ant
two hundred and twenty fivt
churches were burned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19
oAKToN NEWS.

1t has been some time since we
have seen any letters from this place;
it is a pleasure for us to see a letter
from our village in the county paper,
and as we are to have mail twice a
week we will be able to let you hear
from us oftener in the good time
coming.
The school at this place is well at
tended and progress satisfactory.
The meeting at the U. B. Church
have closed, there being three con
versions.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Norrington are
both seriously i'll.
Mr.. Geo. Bennett, who has been
suffering with pneumonia for some
time, is now c%Onvalescent.
Mr.. S. Ell. Butts, merchant, has just
received a choice lot of winter goods
at prices to suit all.
Preaching at the Chapel Sunday,
tomorrow. Likely the meeting will
be p~rotracted.
Mr.. James Murphy, near Toma-
hawk, has killed the big porker,
weighing 522 lbs. So far we have
heard of no one TO beat If.
Henry Candy raised a field ofcorn
second to none, yielding upwards of
so bus. per acre.
Mr.. Loots, of Hagerstown,spent sew
eral days hunting OH the mountains
near here and so far as we have
learned returned gameless.
Murders and elopements are scarce,
and news matters generally at a
stand still.
Is your correspondent who signs
his name Tomahawk a mellican man
or a Chinee. Tomahawk seems to
be in the zenith of his glory and his
items are as Heterogeneous as those
of the witches caldron in Mac
beth. 1t is here the number of
times some one sho: at a beef and
there the time it took somebody to
buy a goose, With his own gossip
poured in like babooa blood to make
the thing slab and good, while he
spurs his cask of coal oil like Rosy
Bacchus bestriding Il beer barrel, or
The little gentleman who bestraddles
5he world ia the front of Hutching's
almanac; with the same unceremo-
Nous confidence he used to display
n the lyceum at JohnsontOwu.
OAKS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19

A rivulet OF crystal water runs
down the sunny slope of Cheyenne
Mountain, and at one place in its
course this stream passes a spring,
round about which is a soft carpet
OF pine needles and trailing Kill
lickinnicks. At that spot has been
made the grave of the writer and
reformer, Helen Hunt jackson.
Rocks in zigzag outlines stand
against the blue above, and at sun
set the silyery frs catch the light
from the West.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19
Tennyson's Inflated Dram..

'O' 'fPh'8 Atccol
| was present in the pit of the Globe
theatre on the first night of the poet
laureate's Inflated drama, The Prom
Use of May" and | can vouch for the
fact that nothing could exceed the re-
spect paid at first to a production com
ing from a source so distinguished.
livery point, however slight, was rap
turously a%prlauded; the leading a~rtistes,
popular favorites, each received an ova-
ton. But as the play wore on, and the
hopelessness of the whole affair
became apparent, the temper of
the spectators began to change.
The greatness of the author was
forgotten in the eueerness of some
of the dialogue and the ~absurdity of
several of the situations. About the
middle of the second act the "guying"
began; from that moment forward
every occasion for ridicule was eagerly
seized, and the result at last was com
plete and scathing condemnation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19
PUBLIC SALE /!

By virtue of a Deed of Trust made by w. i.
Riggs to me ON the 10th day of December, 1885,
and recorded in Berkeley County, Deed Book
No. 50, Page 2S6, I will, on the
22d DAY OF DECEMBER, 1855,
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, proceed to sell ut his late
residence, on East King St., Martinsburg, w.
Va. all the household and kitchen furniture,
&C., of w. II. Riggs, consisting of
piano, / parlor set, 3 chamber sets, l extern
sion table, l large mirror, / cook stove 2 heat
Ing stoves. = secretary and book case, lot OF
books, among which are a number Of Masonic
reports; lot of carpet, lot of dishes, lot of pic
ture frames and pictures, lot of chairs, sofa,
several wash stands, 2 bedsteads, IL matt esses,
lot of flowers. A lamps, Q bat racks, l clock, ]
sewing machine, several slop sets, ward robe
2 marble top tables, writing desk. side saddle,
and many other articles too numerous omen
ton. All the furniture is first class. Come
and see for yourself.
TERMS OF SALE.-All sums of $40 or under
cash over $40, 4 months time, with note and
good personal security. negotiable and payable
in bank. p. A. ROHRBAUGH, Trustee.
HOUSE FOR RENT.-The house lately occu'
pied by Mr.. Riggs will be offered for rent. from
Jan. list, to April LIST, 1886.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-12-19

Maggie Brehong, only ten years
old, saved d coal train on the Le-
high Valley Railroad from destruc-
ton by warning the engineer that a
cave-in had occurred on the track
near Gainesville, Pa, ON Tuesday
morning. She frantically waved
her cap across the track, and the
train was stopped on the edge OF
the caye-in, the bottom of which
cannot be seen. The train hands
made her a handsome present.