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miles, and 1t is said another will probably be
built at Union Hall. between Fairfield and
Timber Ridge. which will shorten the average.
The longest stretch, and the only one of that
distance-six miles-is between Mint Spring
and Greenville. The station-house at Timber
Ridge will soon be completed. 1t is Of the d.
mansions and style of the others on the line.
The new station opened recently a short dis
lance north of Raphine will soon have POST
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SO arrange as to allow their young men to at.
tend.
THE ABUSE OF THE TAXING PowER."-This
is the title of an able article from an old and
In telligent citizen which was put in type for
publication in this issue, but owing to the
pressure of other matter we were reluctantly
constrained to postpone its publication to
next week.
WORK AND WAGES Overproduction un-
der policy unfavorab,e to the sale Of our
products in foreign markets il not tho only
cause Of the long existing low rate OF
wages in the United States. 1t Is q COM
plsx result due to the operation of number
Of cases. Prominent among these is severe
competition for employment, induced by
the enormous immigration Of the last four
years. The number of immigrants in 1880
was 457, 2b7; in 1881, $50, 431; in 1882, 1885,
992; in 1883, 603, 1922; in 1884, SIS, 582.
The total addition to our population in the
last 1--WE years of immigrants was 9, 0S7, 594,
of whom 50 per cent. were males, and a
large proportion skilled mechanics, who,
congregating in our cities and manufactur-
ing centres, compete with long-resident
workmen for employment, and by reason
both of their skill and ability to get along
at first on small wages, displace them in
industries Of many kinds. Another cause
of the low price of labor at PREF emit is to
be found in the exclusion, by reason of our
tariff and navigation laws, Of American
capital and labor from employment in the
building and sailing of ships, and multi
tnde of enterprises abroad in which the
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els Of u heat and f, ON 3
II nay PET sdr. ne ImpfUVemenls
, fHn ctnru uo,,Sn With

basement, barn. all other necessary out EHsEj
houses. all new and in tirst-rate order ,Eaaia
There is fine young Orchard, fine garden con.
tanning all varieties of small fruits. There is
never falling stream of water running
through the place. and g good cistern at the
House. The land is situated convenient to
schools, churches, Railroad Depot and mer-
chant mills, and seven miles from Staunton
The neighborhood is as good as any in the
county.
At the same time and place, I will sell my
Personal Property. consisting of good
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LIST. That in the death of Bro. Prufer our
Lodge has lost q valued member-the commun-
ity useful ciizen, his widow an afectionate
husband and his children an indulgent parent.
I'd. That our Lodge room be draped in mourn
ing for 80 days and that the Members wear the
usual badge OF mourning for the same period.
Bird. That a copy OF these resolutions be for
warded by our Secretary to the family or our
deceased brother. A copy from the record.
Teste,
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satisfactory record of stocks, bonds, manu-
featuring and farming industries. and,
above ali, the state of our currency legisla-
ton and the hitherto diacouraging political
situation, it has been considered safer to
prefer the bird in the hand to the bird in
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White Sugar-1O. l213, and ID lbs. for sl.00
Rio Coffee-6, 7, and TBS. for SI.0O.
jan2l-It c. G. WHEAT.
CHANGE OF WEATHER.-Whilst 1t was COM
Portable here on Thursday night and Friday
last without fires. with the Thermometer at o.
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will occupy an advanc ed. place in public esti
nation, as well as increasing the facilities of
the Pr ople in the important consideration o.
marketing their products and having inter
course with the country generally.
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county
VAUGHAN-RoLEY.-On the Sth inxfan(
err, by Rev W. N. Wagner. Mr.. c. F. Vaughan
and Miss L0uella Boley, all of Allegheny.
LARKE-THoN psoN.-In Hamilton, Loudoun
county, on the l4th inst, Mr.. Charles L.
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name.
Augusta county is moving in the matter of
improving her road-ways, and furnishing her
people communication corresponding with the
advantages the new lines of railway have &C.
cured to them, and Rockbridge is doing the
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the q ue1tiOn az to b

tiers may properly 60 in poltics.-which he
does in the North american Repte,1 for Fsbru-
ary,-the great preacher shows himself to adj
vantage perhaps all the more because 1t is
matter that touches him personally as well as
professionally. In the same number of the Re
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by consulting the records of the City
Clerks office.
The whole amount paid by the city to
the Gas Company for the year 1884 was
81, 2S2.87, on the following accounts:
For street lights, 80 in number, II
of which were all-night lights,
the cost to the city was ............. 1896. 81
For lighting Opera House. 1855. %
Police On1ce. ............. IA. 81
Engine House,. $50. 28.SO
&c /" Treasurer's Office....... 1905
" Council Chamber...... 1880
s1,s3s.s7
1t will be agreed, think, that the cost
of lighting the public offices for the year,.
amounting in the aggregate to. $7l.45, ap-
pears trivial. The cost of lighting the
Opera House for all the public meetings ana
entertainments of the year, was $165.05,
and this was reimbursed to the city in the
rents it received for the use of the House.
The cost of all the street-lights, including
those at the Opera House, was, for the year,
$99637. In other words, the cost of light
ing the streets averaged only two dollars
and seventy-three cents per night the year
round, or at the rate of 4s cts per lamp per
night. This does not seem much for light
lily d ClUy OuO ouO ktouuuOA Odo OOui~
pany stands in another relation to the city;
it is large taxpayer. 1t paid to the city
in 1884 taxes amounting to $493.74. One of
the city papers justly admits that the Gas
Company should have credit for this. De-
duct then from $996.37, which was the cost
of the street lights for last year, the sum of
$493.4, and there remains $502.6S, as the
net cost to the city of lighting its streets for
a year. In other words, the net cost to the
city, last year, of lighting its streets was
one dollar and thirty eight cents per night,
or 81 cts per lamp per night. Does anyone
suppose that the city could use fifty. nine
coal-oil lamps-to say nothing of the light
they would give-and have them cleaned
daily and furnished with oil at less than
s1.3s per night, Tor q cts per lamp per
night, the year round! We scarcely think
then that the "tax-payers'' of Staunton can
be said to be suffering at the hands of the
Gas Co. any injustice which calls for the
intervention of the City Council.
But it is thought by some that the City
authorities ought to furnish it's people who
use gas, with a cheaper article than they
aro now rattirr IF 0axmakiuC is moro
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On M
Poor, va
plies Tor
An estii
Thomson HE IBOston
was presented anu ordered ie on Tne table.
1t includes streets and interior lights and the
plant. SIS. 5000 and for running the plant an
nuxlly sS,G67o0
Estimated receipts for one year.......s Il, $500
From wftich Cd uct run ming exutu,es S067 90
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the First PresbyterianV
O'Clock, and every
which the young men ofV4Vl(
Merchants who have young men in their en-
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Hogs. l Reaper. Mower. one Grain Drill, one
Buggy Rake, one Wheat Fan, 2 Wagons sets
Harness, Plows and Harness, also 600 bushels
Wheat, 20 tons OF Hay % bushels of Clover
seed. 100 bushels tatoes, 5000 feet Lumber,

household and kitchen furniture.
The farming implements have been but little
used, and all OF the best quality that could be
bought. I will sell. also 100 cords of Wood on
the Z, Y o. r. W, near CraigSviile at Laffons
Switch Nj. a. s.. Young who resides near the
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|eress Of Our city, we, the undersigned. invite
bur brother merchants to meet next Thursday,
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agement of that important route OF commune
cation. Between Stsunton and Lexington, the
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DdEK ldIIufeB CUdG HdV6 ITUIH GIIHe 20 tInIe
shaken Wall street, unsettling confidence
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WhOfOr Is yeArs, mas Oeen q member OF our Or
der. The sad intelligence has been cOnveyei
to Us that our Brother, FRANK PRUFER, is no
more-that the warm heart when throbbed
for others woes" has ceased to beat, and his
body has been Joined to its kindred dust. In
making this announcement VIC are conscious
OF the loss of one whose heart fosiered not evil
and who has never given us cause to regret
having secepted him rs brother: of one who
was not only esteemed in the lodge room of our
Order, but by the world at large" and of-One
who we bslieYe endeAVOred faithfully to per-
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English, for example, and other nations,
largely employ their energies and means.
Still another is to be sought in the compare
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legrees, III 4oWa, WISCONSIN,, ana 1Alnois, tney
yer experiencing the worst snow-storm of the
winter. The cold wave did not reach here till
Saturday evening and night when tnere was q
sudden change OF the temperature from "a to IA
degrees change in 40 short a time of 20 de-
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Is the gain ofStaunton. We think, az we have
heretofore stated. that Mr.. Gordon il peculiar
ly adapted by tastes and qualifications to I'LL
the Chair of a professorship in such an.institu-
ton Of learning.
Tribute of Respect.
AT o meeting of Staunton Lodge No. As. /. o.
o. F. held in its Hall on January 18th, 1885, the
following tribate of respect was unanimously
adopted:
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takings. Outlets for capital are, in fact,
IL -,GAl
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UVCT D, fUO.
terprise is not due, however, to want of
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CGBSaL[OH OF DUIIUI1Y.
were 8, 7S9 miles ofroad built in 1881 and H.
500 In 1882, but only 6,753, in 1883, and in
1884 the number of miles built was hardly
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prudent
themselveEN
small amount.N
comes from first h. bon
large payments at she re the
building association comes in and furnishes
the means TO pay off the liability. and the
beneficiary undertaking to replace the amount
In many limited instruments running through
a series of years.
The Encyclopedia Britannica has an inter-
ssting sketch of building societies, and notes
the progress which has been made in enlarg-
ing and diffusing their benefits. The number
now in existence in England and Wales 10
about six thousand. Thousands OF instances
exist in which homes have been secured upon
the plant mentioned, which CO uid never have
been the case If such means had not aided
their owners
The working Of the Company in this city as
1t concerns borrowers may be briefly stated as
follows: Five per cent. OF the amount obtained
ia deducted. Then to make good the princi-
pal, which includes the i've per cent. and six
per cent. interest added, the borrower IL
obliged to pay In monthly instal men is running
through Eerles of years. If he makes good
his obligation, there is no other expense or re-
sponsibility Of any kind, nor can there be
If he undertakes to redeem his stock, as 1t is
termed in the charter and laws governing the
institution, say in five years, the amount
monthly would be one-sixtieth part Of the
principal and interest. He, therefore. knows
exactly to a cent how much he has to pay
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to the timidity of capitalists, which, in its
turn is due in part to the panics and great
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the world over largely to the rapid enhance
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gold relatively to silver and other comm
ditias An innreaSa in the uallaa Of II
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LINDSAY-IOOK-Ja
Shreck hisa Mr. CHI
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I1cupc tHo PesiaI His u


capital, and indirectly wages. English
IL NAV ha added attrihnte the
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i The Company guarantee to furnish gas at lo0
per 1000 cubic feet.
The following resolution was offered and laid
upon the table,
"Resolved. That the Special Com mittse on
gas lighting be instructed to ad vertise for the
necessary apparatus to properly generate 20 OU0
cubic feet OF gas daily, aud the mains needed TO
conduct said gas through the city. Tho COM
mfttee Is authorised tn reject any and all bids.
The Council then adjourned"
Appointment mt of Professor.
The Board of Visitors of this University OF
Virginia tits recent meeting elected Jas. b.
Gilmore, Esq OF Marion. SlnJ III county, to NIL
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PRAYER-MHErIN
Fprayer-meeting for
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155 81, and the loans made during that time
amount to $62s25, Of which S5S, 400 was ON real
estate, 81, 425 on collaterals. The resources at
the same date were as follows:
Loans on real estate, $50 22o.25 on eollaterals
o. AS; real estate, 81 safe and Office furni-
ture, sl09.50; fines and interest due, s2lS.30:
cash in Bank. 81 l6l,O6.
Attention is invited to the snnual statement
in the advertising department.
At the annual meeting of stockholders on
the Sth instant, the following officers were re-
elected, except A. J. Butts. who takes the
place in the Directory previously occupied by
J. B. Evans, resigned: I. Witt, President;
Arista Hoge, Secretary and Treasurer; VIM.
Patrick, Solicitor; Directors, M. N. Bradley,
On L
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mOnInIy ana II 1re6 TON any loss Inc Conn
pany may sustain. He can also, If he prefers,
pay OF the debt before ultimate maturity.
The receipts Of the Company from Its organ
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10TH HIs UuIIeB 10 NE OUu, HIs CUuHIIy SHU 20
his fellow man. And thereupon, The following
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it is with the w.
that the Council is
will premise by saying
street-lights is fixed by b.
that others miOht he added
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foticeS Of deGthsD 3bIishe q 0rGtqsitousl

GAYER.-In staunton. on Jan. 18th. OF pneu-
monia, John c. Gayer. aged 65 years.
LYoNs.-In Stanton, of SCARLET fever, Charles
w. Lyons, aged years, months, and 9days
son Of Enos Lyons.
MICH ELBoRo.-In Staunton, on the m orning
of the I4th, at the residence Of Mr.. W. o. Thorn
as, Der son in law, Mrs. Mary g. Michelboro,
in the 10th year of her age.
SHEETs.-Near Mt Pisgah in this county, the
7th inst, of consumption, Mrs. VIM. P. Sheets,
aged 48 years, months, and 25 days.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
The failure of large banking. house in New
York and one of the largest iron concerns in
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MISS OSLO Tnomps> I, OF the IOrmer place.
EFFERY-MILKS Al st. PauPs EpiscOp

X lQb I3LfI ny
Rev. T. NJ. Dsrson Mr.. R. w. Jeffrey, of Rich
n,ond. and Miss Agnes Miles, daughter of err.
Geo. Miles, we'll. known tohacconist of
Lynchhutg. The bride WAS an ack noWledsed
belle and beauty OF that city.
DEATHS.
Obituaries are charged for al advertising rate
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:, IOtu vi
H-~~-

NJ Shreckhise, Mr.. VIM.
nd
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4 the cit
"a productio

lhch Information,
chat the matter is again
Pof some of our business
ID thought and should have
in organization.
q above was in type the following
Nngs have taken place in relation to the
of organization for the advancement of
Numerical interests of the city.
we been requested to state that as all
xsted in the movement may not have had
opportunity of uniuing in the call for the
eetins Thursday night at the Council cham
r, they sre hereby requested to be present.
STAUNToN, January 18th, 1885.
Desiring tc have full and free interchange
Il views mo the best means of maintaining
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.n.

'n receipt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-02-19

J. Walker Of Woodbury., was struck
with club by William L. Lowell At Cav
endish last Tuesday and died frem his in.
jsries Tuesday. The two men were farm
ers, between whom fsud had existed for
somstime, Walker having threatened Low
ellis life. Lowell was cutting WOOD in his
yard when Walker who had been drink.
ing. approached in threatening man.
ner when Lowell seized : stick Of wood
and struck him on the head. Low
ell is held TO await the result Of the In.
quest.
A fire broke out about 10 o'clock Mou-
day evening IN u dryhou>c IN the large
lumber yard Of Shepherd & Morse, near
the depot in Burlington, and the house
and contents were burned. The flames
rose to great height and cast . bright
light over the town. Had it not been for
the heavy covering OF snow over the mil
lions Of feet Of lumber and the many com.
bustible buildings in the vicinity the fire
would have been very serious. The dry
house was only partly hllsd with lumber.
The loss will not probably exceed 1880 to
$1,000.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-02-19
COssUMPrios CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an
Fact India missionary the formula Of .
simplc vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure OF Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrl, Asthma and all throat
and lung affection, also . positive and
radical cure for Nervous debility and oil
nervous complaints, after having tested
its wonderful curative powersia Thousands
OF cases, has felt il his duty to make il
known TO his suffering fellows. Aetuated
by this motive and desire to relieve
human suffering. win send free Of charge
to NIL who desire il. this recipe. in German,
French or English. with full directions
preparing and using. Sent by mail by
addressing with stamp. naming this paper,
W. A. MOVES, 149 Po,cer's Block, Rochester,
M " 2429leow.
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We sAessks he stern Of last vssl
h.sas Asythise ~ svsr ssv ia this country.
bat a Was 10 csnpssisos 70 ths enc thai
~ u McsAsy nsrnins Of This vssk- The
vind blsv hArasr thss " ever kssu u 10.
Ne ssov sans dsvs II great quantities
asd ths roAls dnssl badly. A good deal
Of damage mast hare bees doss bat ~
are suabls 70 ~ hss mach u this writ
lag Chims~ys vers blown dovs, fences
and laubsr piles swept away. cupsIos
blows -. doom blown In and in ths edge
a SAshsbury ~ lsass thai several barns
we're bisvn down. Seas of the shops
had 70 ahst dovs on aeoouns Of the fierce.
ness 81 the Wind.
Miles Mattises. fsrnsr Of this town.
sas killed Saturday by isupias from the
freight train which leaves Rutland 1t AIS
O'Clock 10 the Aitcrsoon. He got aboard
u this station 10 20 up two or three miles.
reds on The engine TIL near highway
crossing. then vent back on ths train say
ing that be would ,usp sh . ear and Vas
nsvsr seen again alive Somehow hs ws
sos missed, And his body vas found "a
hosrs isisr BY accident The track, which
eonld sill BE- sssn, isdioatsd that be had
jumped Of - be Intended. stumbled down
the smbaukmsst still keeping bis feet.
and struck his head against the fence 81
the bottom 70 - 70 BE- instantly killed
whether By brssking his seek or isjuring
his brain 10 not determined. Mr. Matti.
500 vas aboat 20 years old. unmarried,
and very we'll to do.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-02-19

Are you disturbed ct nights and broken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? II SO,
send At once aud get q bottle Of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teetbing. 1t cares dysentery, diarrhoea.
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces ia
Hamation, and gives tone and energy to
the whole system Mrs Winslows Sonth
ing Syrup for Children Teething is pleas
ant to the taste aud IL the prescription 81
one OF the oldest and best female physic-
iAus and nurses in the United States. and
is for sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price 70 cents d bottle.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-02-19

THE Use 81 Iodoiorn or mereurisls in
the treatment OF cstarrh- whether ia the
form Of suppositsries or oistmsnts should
be avoided. as they are both injurious and
dangerous. Iodoforn Is easily detected
by its offensive odor. The only reliable
catarrh remedy on the market today il
Ely's Cream Balm. being free from al
poisonous drugs. II has cured Thousands
Of acute and chrosic cases, where al other
remedies have failed A particle is sp-
piled into each nostfiI; no pals; agreeable
10 use. Price Hfty cents Of druggists.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-02-19
SAMUEL, DANFORTH's EsrArg

MANUEL II. DANFOhTho ESTATE
- STATE or vxxxoxT, District Of Manchester, -
In Probate Court held At Manchester within
end for said District, on the Sd day 81
February, a. d.. 1885.
An Instrument purporting 10 be the last will
and testament OF Elkanah Danforth, taftsrvards
known BY the name OF Samuel u. DAnfoFtb).
late OF rupert In said distfiet, deceased was
presented for Probate.
whsrsupon session 81 said Court, V be held
1t the Probate Office In Manchester, In ssid DIS.
trict, o. the CHI day Of March, 4. .. ir5.
was appointed for the Probate Of said 1nstfn.
ment. and TOR all perssns concerned 10 appear
ADD contest the same, II cause there be for 80
doing; and public notice Thereof vaa ordered 10
be given BY the publication hereof In the Man
chester JorasAi. = newspaper printed Al said
Manchester, three weeks suceessiveiy previous
sosv I0yELAYD MUXsog. Judgs.