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~ eyes for the pas four months and nov
nearly blind. fnd thst If is important for me
to o sseps soSrd, settling up ac
in dAbfed to me to com and MAKE seit,emenf
with me In the next tiirty days, after which
tfmeI will have TO lace my accounts in the
hands OF colieeio, for / cannot attend to 1t
myself Especially.
decal-S 81 Y, NJ BICKLE
u ed is prepared .-nish rooms for boar
ers and also IL pre- Accommodates uersons
with board who have alsewbero
Apply for term. To
. MRS. A. p. rSPTF
Y Atthe stribling House, OPP anna
?. 18th. tt.
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CoMss,ssIoNER,s NoTICE.
u 1ES'A ~ . . N UElNE.
W. 3. Loyal
", VS.. In CHANcERY.

| W. d, Loyal
| VS., IN Cry.~ornx-
| w. D. Loyall's Admir-,
| NOiICE IS hereby given to the parties inter.
| ested, That Will proceed on the 29th dan, nj
| JdnuGay, 1855, at the Clerks office of Rail-
county. to take the following accounts tr fhe
above styled cause, to wit: An acoouut of the tn
deot OF the Plaintiff. and any other uusatisfied
| deofs against the estate of the said w. d. Low
al DEC "a al an account of the state of the
| title to the said lot; the cost of BUILDING The
| new house. by whom, and what su I'M is due on
account thereof, and to whom due: and under
what circumstances the building was erected.
and the fee simple and annual value thereon,
both before the house WAS Quilt and after
Given Under my hand this 22nd day of De-
cember, 1884 T. A. HYDE
Com'r Ia Ch'y for cir. CT. Bath Co.
.. ID. Leteher, D. q. dec3l-4t
VkRGENfA-IN VACATIoN,-In the Clerk s
Office of the Circuit Court of Highland
county, December Sth. 1884 =
Luther p. Campbell, Admir- of Bepj-B Ca m o.
bell, decd. ......... Piair1tiff.
David H. Campbell. ... Defends
In CHANCERY.
, Inc OBJECT OF this suit is 10 recover against
Ine uelenoant the sum of 262.25, with in terest
thereon from the Goth day of December, 1874
till paid. and the costs of this suit and to at
tach the following tracts of land belonging to
said defendant, lying in Back Creek Valley, in
the county of Highland, to wit: 81 A., l26 A.,
known as the LightEer land; 80 A., part OF
Holcomb land; 100 A, IS A., aud 155 A., Rider
iano; and make the same subject to aid debt,
interest. and COSTS
Ana it appearing from affidavit filed, that
said David Ii. Campbell is non-l esident of
the commonwealth of Virginia. 1t Is ordered
mat he do appear here within one month after
due publication hereof and do what is neces-
sary to protect his interest. =
J. {. MATHEW. Clerk.
L. II. Stephenson, p. a. decl7-4t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

A WEEK OF SPECIAL RELIGIOUS ehh' h0A'
In compliance with the recommenoatlPh OF
the Evangelical Alliance that week Oh Spe-
cial religious exercises should be held. tne T.
M. G. Association of this city. through a com
'mittee. conferred with the pastors OF Inc sew
eral churches when the following plan was
agreed upon -
AtY.M.C. A. Hall Sunday. Jan. Atn' IN Inc
afternoon.
End Presbyterian church, Monday, jan, DIN,
at TX P, NJ. subject-Praise and Thanisslv-
| ing.
ME-. Church, Tuesday. Jan. 9TH m. NJ
Subiect-Humiliatio and Confession.
| Lutheran church Wednesday, Jan. u, N Z.
M. sunject-Prayer for the Church oiChrlst.
LIST Presbyterian church. Thursday an stn'
7hP.M. Subject-Prayer for Familie ana IN
structors of Youth.
Baptist church. Friday. Jan. 9th' ava T. NJ
subject-Prayer for the Nations.
ATTY. @. A. Hall Sunday afteroon' JAN
l,th. subject-Waiting for the Lora Appear
ing.
Services in each church will be ccducteo oy
the pastOr
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

Ladies.-KAYsER, Shirley & TAYLOR have
just reduced their entire sock of DRESS GOODS,
to close out Winter Steel. Now is the time
for aE BARGAINS, ga dec3l-3t
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City Council.

| A stated session OF the City Council was held
last night. All the members present except
President Burke, who is absent from the city
| Mr.. Gooch was called to the chair
| DIR Wayt, from the auditing committee, re-
ported sundry accounts for payment and 9th
| ers for reference.
Maj Elder, from the standing committee
| reported an ordinance providing funds to de
| fray expenses Of repairing the Opera House
which was unanimously agreed to.
Mr.. Bledsoe reported statement of amour,
necessary for the poor, s7l.4s. which was ap
proved.
Mr.. Tams. from the committee on grounds
| and buildings, asked for an appropriation O
800 Tor alteration of entrance to gallery, 90
Approved.
The special committee, Messrs. Tams, Gooch
and Wayt, reported the result of the inquiries
and correspondence in relation to gas works
for the city, which being submitted by MI
Tans was further explained, and on his mo-
ton laid on the table.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
The undersigned committee to whom was 70.
ferred petition from number of our citizen
taxpayers. praying your honorable body to in
quire into the ex pediency OF the city erecting q
g. stem ofgas works for the better lighting of our
streets &c. beg leave to report. that after as
minute an investigation could be well made
oy correspondence and otherwise, we find the
most practicable methods Of gas making (for
this locality are by what is known an the
bitumInous coal process. and the water gas
process.
From data kindly furnished US by Mr.. ]. h.
Knowles, for thirty odd years past the efficient
Superintendent OF the gas works of Richmond
and from estimates furnished by the Tanner
Dulany Engine Company of the same city, we
hnd.that the cost ofapparatus which will proper
Iy produce 20 600 cubic of gas per "A hours will
beabout SO 254 90 erected in this city according to
the plans and specification submitted here
with. The cost of all the buildings. according
to the same plans, would bs about $1,000
There will be needed for street mains say
1000 feet OF inch cast iron pipe at 78c. per foot
laid and 21.O00 # OF inch c. j. pipes at 35c. per
foot laid. There would also be needed 300 8
light metres at $3.50. $3.50. so light metres at
$3.50 making $500. total s2470 N ecessary for
tools. say $40.
Exclusive Of the cost of lot on which the plant
would be made, the outlay would approximate
So, S0l.O0
The cost of material necessary to manufac-
rhn
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Call and examine our stoo4o TOBACCO AND
GIG RS. Chewing Toascco I'm so cents to
500 per pound. BENKEL.T & WALTERS
jy1
Ifyou want nice buggy and hprso, hack
spring-wagon, or anything IN the livery line
60 to Thornburg's iez2-lf
Call and see the Rem nant EOun.
ter at KAYsER, Shirley .STAYL.oIas. d3I. st
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CATARK I !.ND DEAFNESS.

A ~
I have been y ain one ear ten y fais' :.
partially deaf y the cthee for two PonsA'
have been treated by ear specially dotors an
received nc bene 1T. Having used ElyN Crea,
Balm for about } month find myse
Improved, ard can hear well andfopS2
most vaIuablei emedy. l h21
tarrh, with dropping Or NJ
and pain over my eyes,
have entirely disappear
per Isle, Broome Co., n
ACoIDENT.-On New
MN Der of young men We
I thu Courthouse for fs
Ci1g1an, one of the nuI
bi1ken and one of his eye
hi horse falling upon him
-~--d
As a remedy for cough
Gerry Pectoral has nevel
- ne is a household VIC
krld
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07
ID IA THIS.

)3Iaart.. are cacfcedfoT OF aGrertfs;no re :,
. as.t...s ~ deGkhS pig he'd crGk; ,ifofsalu
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

Error here-but it is as re ported.1
From this it will appear that coal gas can be
made at, say, 81 90 per 1890 IT, when made at the
rate Of 20, 600 Gu. IT. daily.
The city is now using 600, 900 cnbic IT. of gas
annually, and allowing $1,000 cubic feet for
leakage, there rem1lns for sale $500. 900 cubcft
and this sold % 81 Is per Thousand would bring
10 the ctly a revene sll O25 w
Deduct net cost OF manufacture 7,7oV'oo
Net profit to the city annually .-.... $ S.3250o
II other words the city can make all It's own
Gas for sts., and public buildings free OF cost
and an annual prorit OF about IS, 325. over and
above the interest on the investment and
sinking from of 81. 900 per annum.
Mr.. Witt, from the committee on water
made report in response to protest OF many
citizens, In relation to the rumored assessment
of water taxes, The committee had no r"r-
pose to recommend the proposition complain
ed OF.
VIM. B. Kayser, esq.,, for No. I, and W. ID
Bailie. esq.,. for Ward No. 2, were elected mag
istrates.
Mr.. Burns. from the committee on the fire
department, offered a resolution providing for
| the payment of the new hose purchased for thf
| Newtown Fire Company approved.
On motion of Mr.. Tams, the committee on
safety were authorized to act on the applica
ton to construct steam laundry In this CITY
The Trea~ urers report. presented for Deceni
Der to the Council, shows receipts Tor thA
month have been sS,l4S.80. disbursement e
81 O95 A; balance In Treasury, 81, O53.56.
Bonded debt, 1927 200; balance CT hoattn
debt, Ss4 43; amount due the city. sSS,Oiia0
amount held by the sinking fund commute
$40 6l3.25.
The report of the delinquent water-tax az
submitted by the Treasurer was. on motion i
Mr.. WITT, referred to the finance committee
, The delinquency. 81. 57l.S6.
After the transaction OF some routine o.
D ness, the Council adjourned
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Sweet Gum and Mullesn.


The sweet Gum, as gathered from tree OF
he same name, growing along the TALL
ltreams in the Southern States, contains a
II 90 ulating expectorant principle that loosens
be phlegm producing the early morning cough
nd stimulates the child to throw off the false
iembrane 10 Group and whooping cough
lahen combined with the healing mucfIagin-
bus principle in the null Elm plant of the Old
elds presents In TAYLORS CHEROKEE RENE
OF SWEET GUM AND MULLEN, the finest
nown remedy for Coughs. Cl CUP. Whooping
hugh, and Consumption; and SO palatable.
~ child is pleased to take 1t. ASK your drug.
ST for 1t. send two-oent stamp tor Taylor's
Rddle Book, which is not only for the amuse-
U I of the little ones who will gather around
knee to hear the puzz ing questions. but
Aug Information for the health and well
)ery home.
\kTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Ga.
ntThornburg's is til place to
horses. hacks. DC. ie22-tf
experienced sales
ware and Agricultural
glOn. Address care
CARRIER TO-
timore P. O.,
A.
draft, anQ,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

~ you want quick returns and full prices on
Hides, Flrs. Wool, Roots. Butter, ETC., etc,
efA ID for our Price Current.
Consignments Solicited
81 r. L. WILLIAMS & Co..
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office. 1859 WILLIAM ST.,
octl5 Sally New York.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

yoLUME.-With the first number i
..ittelrs Lifting Age begins its one hun
| sixty-fourth volume. The ables
the lime are more than ever fndin
sIon in foreign periodical literature, an,
It of this literature is presented by tn
tn satisfactory completeness
attempted. The value to It's read
ndard magazine Is therefore con-
Lasing.
eekly number of the new year has
Hg table Of contents:-English Songs
al Modern, Nineteenth Century; The
tement in English Literature, Ma
TO-; The Home Life of a Court Lady.
Ir; Wurzburg and Vienna, Contena-
;ew; Borroughdale of Borroughdale,
q At Any Cost, Sunday Magazine;
Miss Austen, Macmillan; The Arch
Dublin, London Times, etc., with the
bunt of choice poetry. This, the FIRST
L the new volume, is a good one with
tbegin subscription.
ifty-two numbers OF sixty-four large
oh Tor more than $500 pages year,, the
In price (SS)is low ; while for Sl0.50 the
offer to send any one of the Ameri-
hthlies or weeklies with The Living
year. both postpaid. Littell & Co.,
e the publishers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

ne Major thought all should go tosthe sfse.1-...
Exposition who could conveniently dose. They
would see and learn more of the peoples and
the resources of the world than years of trav-
ell, and vast expenditure in the ordinary way.
would confer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

YOUNG, All experience the wonderful
o,n ,,,o beneficial effects OF
M,nnr- Ayers Sarsaparilia.
tnrn Children with Sore Eyes, Sore
hotD. Farz, or any scrofulous or syph-
ilitic faint, may DO made healthy and strong
BY it uso,
Sold By al Druggists; 81, sig bottles for &c.
JAM 'S5-ly CHI W
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

At the .,,, loo. cab.
J. T. sssrider delivered discourse
- =. Needs @ le Church" claiming atten-
- IN tie scstentation fund collected
he chyt (es within the bounds Of the
~ ii Icnssi Assembly.
5sn OF cea ting the fund and the meth
80 i9strfbuo were explained at length
- sss n ' ,ss snied. The opening OF new
f7r ION lie and the increase Of immi-
| -, u She south aud in our own Sec
| 49, ID 9uatry had made the necessities of
~ nfttee OF the church at large, who
ri dfstribution of aid in hand, very ur-
as not only SO in distant parts OF
! .N' II ,frH, bus Il was the case in adjoining
as 10 our own. in which weak con-
sesst Is ext Without pastor. 1t was no
''nieoa Il 10 NJ bers of the church who could
o hosit.> In the premises, nor should
N. halt in carrying forward the
49, Sces gry in maintaining its organi-
1deI scging them in SO many local
4 I'll tito aid would accomplish the
- ard the work OF sustaining the
lD the churches are not able at
jE ali their expenses; to aid In
hprches; and to move on with
sho work among the colored peo.
squired for the year, and nifty
ecu tn on membership would raise
the
aferred to the necessity of the
be church informing themselves
Visionary and other publications
nation, which would name the
n ing aid and their necessities and
~. reader for the duty epjoined upor
! lie to the relief OF his brethren who
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

Cattle market fair; receipts 400; prime at
614@7 cents, good 1906 cenis, medium 4lI(Q5l5
fair; receipts 5000; prime 5@5L cents, good
N@4A cents medium 3l4@4 cents. common 2@3
cents per ID Lambs at 1861 cents per h.
Hogs in fair demand; receipts 4,5OO selling at
e@63z cents per H.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

oVc. ana "A Sizes a. all dealers in medicines
,,o,o Gr'at saving a buying dollar size.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

As a remedy for cough
CT cry Pectoral has nevei
- ne is a household VIC
rid
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07
The New Road Law.
GIVE IT A FAIR TRIAL.

respondence of the SPECTATOR
RS. EDIToRs,-It will be remember
a change in the county road sys
which labor would be less burden.
freely discussed by our delegates
iryassing for the House, and nc
was publicly expressed, though
re private differences as to the
I extent. The new law cannot be
a surprise, but is proposition to
in a. modified form. the system
evailed under the Township ar
it, Invested of the annoying fea-
multiplicity of small tax-bills.
Now couufv r0ad laxu n1aoaa fha
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-01-07

RtThornburg's is the place to
horses. hacks. DC. ie22-tf
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
The Story of Yesnyins.

A little more than eighteen centuries
since, the form of the mountain was
totally different; its height was proba-
bly, hundred yards less than at
present, it's outline q blunt, truncated
cone, having a wide crater at the sum-
init; no eruption in the memory of
man had disturbed the peace of the
district; scarce a tradition of such an
occurrence appears to have fingered.
The floor of the crater was overgrown
with brnshwood and trees, its walls
were festooned with ivy and the wild
vine. Once only doesit become promi-
nent in history, when the Capuan
gladiators sheltered themselves for a
while in this natural hill-fort, from
which under command of Spartacus,
they escaped to begin the servile war.
In the year 70 of the present era there
was a change; earthquakes agitated
the neighboring district, and at the
last imprisoned fires broke forth.
From the crater of Vesuvius a huge
dark cloud rose into the air, spreading
itself out like a great pine tree; pres
emily a hail of red-hot scoria came
rafting down over the TANKS of the
mountain, and as night fell the cloud
grew larger and darker, and the shower
of stone became thicker, heavier, and.
more widely spread. All night long
the darkness for many miles was rem.
dered blacker still by the thickly-fall-
ing ~scoria, though illuminated at in
teryals by a lnrid CLEAN from the
mountain, and rendered yet more
awful by the incessant earthquake,
shocks. Morning dawned at last, and
later still the air cleared; half the an
cient crater-wall had vanished, leaving
the fragment which now bears the
name of Somma, while beneath its
ruins Herculaneum, Pompeii, and
Stab@ lay buried, and the ground. even
at Misenum, was white as snow with
the fallen ashes.-PicturesQue Europe.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
Vanderbilts Plucky Daughter.

William Seward Webb, a of Gen.
James Watson Webb, the journalist,
married Leila Osgood Vanderbilt, the.
last remaining unmarried daughter OF
William III. Vanderbilt, the richest
man in America. tx was q love match,
too, and the young pair are as happy
as turtle doves in each others society.
Webb was a young sprig and Wander
bilt did not like him. Figuratively
speaking, he kicked him out of tho
house several times, but in this in
stance love laughed at kicks, and.
doubtless would have taken cuffs at
the same time with perfect composure.
The fact is, Mr.. Vanderbilt forbade
him the house, but the yong girl was
in love with young Webb, and when
a girls in love there is one of two
things-she will either get over il or
go through with il. Miss Leila, had
set her heart on the young doctor, and
if the stern father had surrounded his
domicile with a fence bristling with
spikes, scattered broken bottles at all
the approaches and populated the in
closure with hungry bulldogs the
Romeo of my story wouidhave brayed
all the dangers, with the additional
one of the Vanderbilt boot, to bask in
the light of his lady-love's eyes. The
gentleman was ~unrelenting, and / veri,
ly believe there would have been an
elopement but for the interference Of
Mrs. Vanderbilt. She was the daughter
of a clergyman, you know. She is
good hearted and sensible, and with a
woman's foresight saw how things
were going and told her husband that
no must bot try To prevent the match.
He respects his wife, who is all that a
helpmate implies to him, and bowed
to her will. They were married with
a good deal of pomp. Mr.. Vanderbilt
made the young man a Junior partner
in a firm of brokers, to Give him a
Wall street education, and then set
him up in business for himself .-Syra-
case Journal.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
The Avalanches in the Alps.

Swiss papers, writes a correspondent
of The London Times, give further de-
tails OF the havoc wrought by avail
anches in the Val d'Aosta. Most of the
villages are buried or in ruins, and
many of the inhabitants have lost their
lives. In the commune of Introd sew
eral houses were destroyed by a sim
gle avalanche, and three women bur-
led under the snow. One was got out
sorely hurt, but still alive. The bodies
of the other two have not yet been re-
covered. In the commune of Gressoney
st. Jean, an avalanche fell on a house
containing three persons, two of whom
were rescued, while the third was kill
ed. The Val Lucerna is so completely
isolated that the extent of the disasters
which have overtaken the communes
of that region can not be ascertained;
but there can be no question that ma
ny lives have been lost and much prop
erty destroyed. The districts of
Pignerol, Perrero, Masselo, and
Chiabrano have also been cruelty Wis
tied. For four days the snow fell with
out surcease, 10 that communication
was interrupted not only with the
outer world, but between village and
village and house and house. Every
homestead was placed, as it were, UNI
der a strict blockade. On Jan. 20 the
SUM-, which had been a long time OBJ
scured, made it's appearance, greatly
to the JOY of the imprisoned mountain
GERS, who hailed it as a deliverer. But
If the luminary freed them, in a
measure, from their wintry bonds, it
revealed at the same time the full ex-
tent of the ruin which had been
wrought. The snow was nearly four
feet deep. and the village of Balighlia
had disappeared. 1t was buried under a
series of avalanches, and all the inhabi-
tants were imprisoned for thirty hours
in an icy tomb. The mother of fam
lily. feeling that she was on the point
of perishing, took u hay fork and broke
through the wall, thereby setting up a
circulation of air which saved the lives
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17

the bark OF this tree. Whenever a
native wants a whip he cuts down a
small sapling of the right length,
and begins beating n end of it with
a heavy piece of wood. The fibres
oon separate. and by careful manipu-
lation the lace structure of the wood
oon shows itself. When sufficient
wood has been beaten to form the lash
he braids the strands, and, crack 7
his whip is made"
The natives use this lace cloth or
fiber for the manufacture of articles
of clothing. The wife of an English
officer, who visited Jamaica, was so
struck with the wonderful properties
OF the tree and the beauty of the lace
which was made from it that she con
structed a bonnet with admirable skill
entirely from this material, and sent
it as a present to Queen Victoria.
The queen was so pleased with the
curious gift that she sent q personal
letter to the officers wife, thanking
her for the present and expressing
great surprise that a thing of so much
beauty could be made from the bark
of a tree.
"'This," remarked the speaker,
taking up a big pod at least a foot and
a half long and an inch or two wide,
sis the famous storm-bean of the East
Indies. l sent half way around the
world to get this specimen. These
pods, which contain a number of
beans, when dry hang, in great mum
bers from the trees on which they
grow. The least breeze passing
through the branches sets the beans
a-rattling in thepods, When a tornado,
such as frequently visits the tropics,
comes tearing through the forest the
noise of the rafting storm-beans be-
comes terrific. The natives are often
frightened at the unearthly sound,
and believe themselves in great
danger from the evil spirits who are
said to inhabit the jungles, "-New
York Mail and Express.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
oueer Specimens of Wood.

"Haye o seen my cabinet of
euriosities P" said a fruit-dealer to a
reporter for The Mail and Cypress, as
he led the way into his office. On
the wall of his office was arranged q
black-walnut cabinet with well-filled
shelves. Taking from n of them
a piece of wood so pierced with holes
that il seemed a wonder that it held
itself together at all, the dealer con-
timed "sThis piece comes from
Mexico. A contractor who was build
mo a railroad across a salt-marsh
had occasion to examine some or the
niles which had been driven into the
water. twenty-slx days after the work
had been completed. What was his
astonishment to find that every one
"a the hundreds of piles, which had
been driven was pierced with holes
and made utterly worthless. de
found an immense number OF small
worms in the wood.
.sOne of the most wonderful things
in nv collection is a piece of the tree
from which this is taken" continued
the merchant, taking up what ap-
reared TO be a piece OF plain meshed
lace OF fine quality. "The lace-bark
tree from which that is taken grows
n .Jauaica. A sea captain, in whom
Ihaye an excellent friend, brought
me- this halter and whip made from