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The Dome of the Capital Endangered.

In the Clark investigation few
days ago Mr.. Jackson, attorney for
the Stonecuttcrs' Union, presented
IL list of additional specifications,
pointing to alleged failures on the
part of Tic contractors to comply
with the terms of the contracts.-
One of them reads as follows,
'.That because of gross neglect, the
character of the labor and the IN
ferior material used; such as prlm-
ings, paints, &c, the iron i'll the
dome of the Capitol is i'll many
places corruding, disintcgratlnS
ard falling from its position, there
by not only marring tile beauty,
but endangering the stability OF
the structure, all of which can be
proved by personal inspection and
by considerable masses OF the dc
cayed and disintegrated MATERIAL
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-30

STEAM SAW & GRIST MILL
is again in good running order, and
that satisfaction isguaranteed all
who favor us with their patronage.
All persons shipping to us by rail
road will send to HallSton Station,
and their shipments from and to
that point will be taken and re-
turned free Of charge.
All grinding done the last four
days of the week.
Meal, Brand, Flour and Mill Seed
kept constantly OH hand, and ship
ped to any point OH railroad on short
notice, and at market rates.
With thanks for former patronage,
Respectfully,
D. II. Dennis
J. Fl. Jones.
Temperanceville, Va.
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New YORK, philadelphia Norfolk KHliroad Ex-
uress Lowe Ph.nLepiiin $3.50 H. M, week days
and II 10 y. M. daily. Leave Baltimore o'oh. IN;
7a5 -. m. y llmihetDn 9.30a. ~, wers days, ana
IL Sc u, M, daily, stopping "t Dover and Deinar
rcguinriy;nrd mt Middlctowr Clayton. Harrington
md sien.urd 10 leave passengers from Wilmington
and points North Or take OH passengers ior DEL
mar. 40 -
North bountl-TraIns leave Delmar l2.4 u IN.
and ! 90 D. m weekdays. Dover l.56 Is. M, and
SIS d. m. arriving wilmington 3.lO am. isIlI O'29
H. M baltimore GAS q. IN. and 9O5 p. M, ana
philadelphia 800 IL. IN. and TAO y. IN. 900.
New Castle accommodation Tralns-Leavr VIII
mington NJ 6 II u. M. and 50 y. IN. Leave NOW
Castle ALL rs IL. 10. and IS y. IN.
Thelll0 y. IN. train from Philadelphin ago
s;ops mt New Castle 10 leave passengers from VII
mingion or points north, or to take passengers
for south OF Dclmar.
Conncctlon-At Porter. With Newark Deiii-
ware City Railroad. AL Townsend. with Qhcoh
Auns's & Kent Railroad. Al Clayton, with Dela-
ware 4 Chesapeake knlr0ad and baltimore ana
Delaware Bay Railroad. At Harrlngton' Win
Delaware. Maryland K ilrglnls Railt ofd; AZ
se,fOrd. with Cambridge Il scaford Ra.lroad al
Deln,nr, With Ncw;Yurk. philadelphia X NorfolS'
Wicomlco pocomoke, and peninsula Railroads.
CHAS' Z. PUGb. Gencrhl Haniiger'
J.R. Wool. General Passenger Agent.
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Contractors e. Builders

Have a large corps of competent work
men constantly employed, and will make
contracts for building houses on any
part of the Eastern Shore. Plans, speci-
fications. estimates of Churches, Houses,
Barns and Bridges furnished on short
notice. All shop work finished with care
and dispatch. With an experience Of
several years as practical mechanics, We
believe we can give perfect satisfaction.
Thanking our former patrons, We re-
spectfully ask q continuance of their pa,
tronage. j. II. BIRD & BRO.
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RICHMOND, Va, May 25. Judge
Bond, of the United States Circuit
Conrt, today rendered a decision
concerning the public debt OF this
State which gives practical effect
to the recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court. He decreed
that when d taxpayer tenders cou-
pOnS for his taxes he has thereby
paid his coupons in court, and the
clerk thereof shall give him a re-
ceipt certifying that by order Of
curt his tax is paid; that the col
lector of taxes is forever enjoined
from levyihg upon the Taxpayers
properly, and from returning said
property as delinquent for taxes,
and that the collector shall pay the
costs OF each suit that he forces the
taxpayer TO bring. The cost of each
suit are about $40. The case Of
Chaffin VS.. Taylor, treasurer of Hen
rico county, in which Taylor levied
upon Chaffin's property after the
latter had declined to pay his tax
in anything other than coupons, has
been appealed to the United States
Supreme Court. The suit was
brought against Taylor by Chafiin
for trespass, his council claiming
that under the recent decision Of
the United States Supreme Court
it was mandatory upon State courts
to order jury to assess damages
III these cases of taxpayers. Judge
Wexford, Of the Hcnrico Circuit
Court, refused to grant a jury and
dismissed the case.
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~ .trorts ofMr q. G. RAMSEY & Co,

the efforts of Mr.. G. G.. Ramsey& Co,
coffee merchants of Wall street,
who for the past two years has To-
sided on his large farm i'll Princess
Anne county, not lar from this city;
This gentleman has been engaged
in business enterprises i'll the South
for many years, having resided IN
Mobile at one time. lie subScrip.
ed literally to the stock of the new
bank, and it is probable that he e
will be made it's President. AN Ell
fort will be made to secure the EX.
change Bank building as u place Oh
business for tho new bank, ana II
successful, it is thought that the
bank will be in operation inside OF
thirty days.-Nortolk Ledger.
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A New Bank.

We have been reliably informed
by one of our prominent merchants
that a new National. Bank will be
organized in our city this week,
with capital stock of between
$500, 900 and $500, 1000, Norfolk CAPT
talsts investing 100000 in it, and
the balance being invested By par
ties in New York, Baltimore and
London. The New York subscrip
tion Of 500, 600 was raised through
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lz9sE -;
PhiIa., Wilmington 3 Bal
timroe Railroad.
LII, l-AN f-EjfA
E~9QSStps-ss5z
DELAWARE DIVISION,
NORTHWADD.

On and after May 2sth, 1855 Sundays OK
cepted) trains WILL loIyo rs follows:
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Jameson, Faussctt & Browns Com
mentary.

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The removal OF Malone officials
in Virginia was begun last Monday
Lightweight postmasters inVirgin-
ia on that day were invited to "step
down and out" land the further aSSur-
ance given by the Assistant Post
master General, that a clean sweep
would be soon made Of every enc.
who had received his appointment
as the political agent and tool Of
Malone and been continued in of.
flee because of services rendered to
him. The ''oftcnsive partisanship"
which under the Cleveland admins
tration, acts as disqualification
for office We are happily informed,
applies to every one who is an adj
herent Of Malone. An officeholder
under the Boss, according to the
opinion of the Postmaster General
we are told, means except in
rare instances, to have been his 20.
litical Slaveand the retention ofsuch
men does not compsot well with
the policy Of an administration,
which processes to appoint men to
office who will consider their duties
to the public as the first require
ments upon them. Everybody who
is not tainted with Mahoneism in
Virginia, of course, believes the
Postmaster General prompted by
the best motives and receives his
declarations with the highest sat
iStaction. Every decapitation ola
Mahone official to us we think
looSens the tyrants hold upon us
and our confidence in the admins
Iration and the pleasure thereby I
felt, Of course, is correspondingly
increased. Speed the good work
sag all yirginians, WHO really have
at heart the true interests of their
State.
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NEW YORK.
Consignments receive our best
attention, highest market price,
with prompt returns at time OF sale,
the financial standing Of the house
atfording absolute security.
Stencils and postals furnished
free OH application.
MISUNDERSTANDING Bank, Nor
folk, Va; Irving National Bank, N.
Y; Judge L. r. Watts, Z. A. Hat
ton, Cashier Bank, Portsmouth, Va.
j. L. Daily, j. 7. Nottingham,
northampton Co. Va; DR.. John e.
Mapp, B. w. Mears, Accomac Co.
Va.
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FOR. SALE.

The lot and tenement, consisting of
dwelling house, bar-rooln, Office with
Two rooms, blacksmith shop, two corn
stacks. andbclonging to Mr.. AN Dow
ing, situated i'll Dridgctown, NoTtnalh-
ton county, Va, can be bought on
reasonable terms, payments made TO
suit the purchaser.
For hent.-Thc Office and blacksmith
shop. and corn stack, for this year.
Arf'' A, W. DOWNING.
Bridgetown. Va
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NEWS In BRIEF.

New Orleans is satisfied with the
results Of the Exposition. The re-
tail stores have done a more active
business than in what is known as
splendid years; the hotelsand board
ing houses have been crowded: the
railroad lines have had every car
employed; the rents have been high
er, and many families have paid
their rents through casual board
erS.
OF the twenty coolest masons''
in the world, so far as anybody
knows, the three who take prece-
dence live in Great Britain, and
Sir Moses Montetier, centenarian
though he is, does not come among
them. So far as the Masonic Token
can tell, the really oldest Mason is
John Tressider, of Falmouth, Eng
land, who was inflated in 1906, on
the 9th day of August. The oldest
in America still appears to be Capt.
Sylvanus Hatch, of Port Lavacca,
Texas initiated in 1909.
Gov. Warren. of Wyoming, says
that woman suffrage has not low.
cred rhe character ofpublic officials
in that Territory. On the contrary
the women consider much more
carefully than men the character Of
the candidates, and both political
parties have found themselves
obliged to nominate their best men
in order to obtain the support OF
the women. "AS a business man
as a city, county, and Territorial
officer, and now as Governor OF Wy
oming Territory" lie adds, 81 have
seen much of the workings OF wo
man suffrage, but have yet to heal
of the first case Of domestic discord
growing out of it. Our womer
nearly all vote, and since in Wy
oming, as elsewhere. the majority
OF women are good and not bad, the
result is good and not evil"
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The evidence Of the Common
wealth in the Cluverus case has
been heard and though circumstan-
tial, points to CluveriuSaS the muir
dcrer of Miss Madison. 1t is in
proof. that he was with Miss Madl-
son on the 18th Of March, the day
that she was murdered, notwltll'
standing the fact that he denied
having seen her since September
last: that u key was found at the
place where she was murdered,
which belonged probably to Culver
iuS. that certain scars were seen
ON his hand the day after the MUIR
der Which CluveriuS could not ac-
cu.int for and are believed to have
been received by him in the death
struggle made by his victim, that
note was received by INN from her
ON the day of her murder, showing
that he had made an appointment
with her on that day. These and
MANY facts connect Cluverius with
the crime, entirely circumStantlal,
1t is true, but so conclusive, that
while not weighty enough, perhaps,
to justify a verdict OF guilty ofmur-
der in the first degree forces the
conviction upon the minds OF every
one who has read or heard the teS-
timony, that Cluverius is the man
vino committed the crimc-and
brands him as completely as Cain
ever was, as Il murderer. We are
strengthened in our convictions al
so. that he is guilty Of the crime
with which he is charged By the
testimony brought out at the trial
showing his relations for months
before the murder was committed
with his victim. 4 man who like it
was proved he had done, could Sc
duce one so near to him as Miss
MADISON was by ties of kindred,
we can readily believe had heart
black enough to commit any crime.
That he had seduced her, furnishes
ii reason for the crime, which ia
ken in connection with all the facts
brought out at the trial, assist to
make up Il very strong case against
him. But his defense is yet to be
heard and it is to be hoped that
the theory advanced by some that
she committed suicide may be
proven. 1t is bad enough If Seduc-
ton, caused her to commit suicide
the crime is awful beyond compute,
ton if murder WAS reSorted to as
seems. to have been in this case, to
conceal the seduction. The evil
dence will have to be very clear
and explicit to convince us, that
~>.--s--o vt"oI. we uo Hot oe-
lieve evidence will be presented
which can change our convictions.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-20

cent on the pound. A few years age
hops brought one dollar . pound and
Pickers were paid thirty-fve cents q
pox. Many growers have become
Alarmed at the low prices, and are going
out OF the business, much to the graft
nealion Of those who propose to remain
IN II. The crop this year is excellen.
and free from vermin.
Hops are propagated by cuttings, and
the average productive life Of hop
root is seven years. Hops are what
the farmers call a strong" crop, and
exhaust the soil. From early spring
the crop requires . great deal Of stten-
ton, and ploughing, cultivating, grub
bling, the planting Of the poles, the
training Of the vines, ETC., keep the
farmer from ennui till the grand climax
OF picking. when he and his wife and
bis sons and daughters, and his men,
servants and his women-servants hardly
stop to sleep.
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A dispatch from Monmouth Ill.,
says: The spectacle of an enormous
balloon swaying above the city q few
hundred feet drew people from their
stores and houses this afternoon till the
streets were crowded. The excitement
became intense when shortly the air
ship swooped down and impaled itself
on the spire Of the Catholic church,
near the public square. The balloon at
once collapsed, and hundred citizens
helped to drag the concern to the ground.
The basket contained only 4 torn shirt
sleeve, q cuff, and some branches of
oak, indicating . collision with tree
tops somewhere and the possible death
Of an aeronaut. All efforts to discover
whence the balloon came and the name
and fate of its occupants have IS yet
been unayailing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-20

peans settled in New Zealand there
were no mammals on the islands excep,
bats. The owls subsisted upon the
vegetation. After the whites settled
on the island and introduced sheep,
one severe winter the owls could not
| get enough to eat from the sparse yege-
tation, and one Of them made meal Of
the fat clipging to an old sheepskin.
From that moment the owls were
changed into csrnivorous birds. They
soon learned that the hides came from
the sheep, and they became the most
destructive enemy Of the sheep. The
owls light upon the backs Of sheep and
kill them with their strong beaks. They
then tear the hides away and get at
the kidney fat, which they like the
most. Thousands Of sheep are killed
in this way, and the New Zealand
authorities have taken every measure
possible to exterminate the voracious
owls. Though New Zealand had no
mammals to speak Of, it boasts, or
could boast Of a few years ago, Of the
biggest bird in the world. This was
the moa, a huge creature, several times
as large as an ostrich. Natives there
to-day claim to remember when the
last moa was killed. The remains Of
the moa are still found there with the
feathers attached, indicating that the
bird has not been extinct very long.
When moa came near settlement Of
natives the whole tribe turned out with
spears to kill it, as it was too powerful
and formidable for one man to assail
alone with the rude weapons which the
natives possessed.
Speaking of large birds, it may give
thrill Of patriotic satisfaction to good
citizens to know that America is still
ahead in the matter of the size of birds
Of fight. The distinction Of being the
largest was claimed for q long time by
the condor of the Andes. The Califor-
MIA vulture, however, has proved its
superior size. A specimen at the
museum has spread of over nine feet.
The various specimens examined weigh,
as a rule, several pounds more than the
average South American condor. In
the taxidermist's room is huge live
owl of the ordinary kind, known as
the barn-owl. These owls rarely eY-
coed in weight or size that of an ordi-
nary rooster, yet they will steal hen
or rooster and fly away with it. This
the owl accomplisbes by piece Of STRAIT
egy which Mr.. Ridgway described to
the reporter. When the owl finds q
number Of chickens roosting upon a
fence-rail or the limb Of tree, it will
settle down to roost at the end of the
row Of sleeping fowls. Soon it will be-
gin to crowd little, and it will keep
on crowding till the chickens get con-
siderably disturbed and one Of them
loses its balance and flies off. Before
the unfortunate chicken reaches the
ground the owl pounces upon it and gets
a firm hold Of its back with his claws.
The frightened chicken continues the
motion Of flying. The owl, with its
stronger wings, merely guides the
chicken in the direction he wants to go.
but makes the chicken work its own
passage. In this way a small owl will
fly away with very big rooster.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-20

,..-SS<lrcr1c~S<SSvS <-o~~-S>~|<N~
vTRUSTEEsS SALE or VALUABLE
i FARM IN THE HeAHT OF THE "a.
NOUS TRUCKING BE0fON or HANO-
WEIR COUNTY.--The undersigned. acting
under and In pursuance q trust. deed
nom John w. McsSregor and wife dated
July I, 1e62, srd OF record IN the clerk Of
nee 81 Hanover Coanty Court. viii on
THURSDAY. sErrExBEa ~. lseS.
at 3 o'clock p. NJ. 40 fair: n not. the next
fair day thrrrafterl. beng required 30 20 30
by The beneficiary named In the sAid desd.
offer for sale at public auction. on the
premises. all tina, VAiifABl n rHACrcF
LAND wherein the SAID Mcarcgos now re-
sides. containing 80 ACRES lbe the same
more or less, with all the buiidingsand Inn
pfovements thereon.
his property IL part OF the Derhearse-
min uact OF land, iies on the main county
road leading from Rich mond to Old Church,
and N within one mile u Nechanicsville,
ard adJoips the lands of II L. AGREE. Z. W.
sisrke. aud Others. II n 70 the very neart
Of the trucking section Of Hanover, II sx-
celent soil. specially adapted TO raising
Negets bles Of every kind and is Ia high
state ~ cultivation.
Has upon " good buildings, consisting OF
aTMO-sT0RY DWELLING and usual out
buildings.
Trims: Cash as 10 amount OF debt now
due and costs OF snle-say $500: and o. to
iesidne OF debt secured $500 and Interest
one Iourth hereof TO be paid on the lst OF
January, 1850. one fourth on the LIST OF
January. 1887; one fourth on the LIST OF
January. 1888: and the residue on the LIST
OF IN pusry. 1850; aud as TO any balance,
upon such terms as the said McGregor may
indicate. EDMUND wADDfLL. JK.,
So Trustee.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-20
BY X Il. Chaflin Il Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
No. north Tenth street.

4 UCTION SALE OF DESIRABLE
"a BRICK-AND-FRAME DWELLING
No. 734 NORTH FOURTH STREET. CON
TANNING SIX ROOMS, BESIDES KlTCH-
In AND BATH OOM-CITY WATER
AND PIPES IN HOUSE FOR GAS-LOr
80 FEET FRONT BY l22 FEET DEEP To
A PAVED ALLEY 10 FEET WIDE-THE
WHOLE PREMISES IN NICE ORDER,
RECENTLY PAINTED AND PAPERED.
MAKING A NICE HOME, WITH ALL
AT the request OF the
owner, we will sell by public auction, on
the premises, ON
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER o. 1855,
at 81 o'clock =. NJ. the aboye-iescnbed
DWELLING. This property Is all In nice
order good lot. attractive front. and roOmy
back yard, and Is q very attractive home.
TERMS: Accommodating, and announced
at sale. X. h. CHAFFIN & co,
Auctioneers.
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CUTICU RIA,
A POSITIVE CURE FOR EVERY FORM OF
BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. FROM
PIMPLES To SCROFULA.

Disnguring Humors. Humiliating Erup-
lions Itching and Burning skin Tortures
Loathsome 20. es. and every species Glitch
ing. Scaly, Pimpiy. Inherited. ScrOfulous
and Contagious Diseases OF the Blood Skin,
and Scalp, with Loss OF Hair, from Infancy
10 old age. are positively cured by CCTG-
CURA REsOLyENT. the New Blood Purifier
internally, and CuTICURA, the Great skim
cure, and CUTICURA SOAR an exquisite
Skin. keautifier. externally.
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RAILROAD LINES.
40 NJ 60 80 -

~ NJ gf;-.:Sss -sssSf -&171
DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
Al AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
ule commencing MARCH l, l5s5-easteru
standard time:
900 A. NJ, leaves Byrd-Street station
daily; stops only at Ashland
junction, Milford. and rrede-
ricksburg. sleeper from
Charleston to Wash ingtOn.
l1:07 A. NJ, leaves Byrd Street stat ion dal.
Is except sunday.
7:l5 L. NJ, leaves Byrd Street sta Ion dat.
ly. Sleeper from JAG ksonyillf
To New York.
1929 A. NJ, arrives At Byrd-street station
daily. Sleeper from New York
TO Jacksonville.
2:99 L. H., arrives At yri-Street station
daily; stops at Fredericks-
burg, Milford. and Junction.
sleeper from Washington 10
Charleston.
e:43 Z. NJ. arrives at Byrd-Strset station
daily except sunday.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS:
400 L. NJ, accommodation, leaves Broad
street station; arrives at ASH
land at 8 4. NJ.
6:04 i. NJ. leaves kiba: arrives At Ash
land Lat 6:44 T.. NJ.
$50 A. NJ, arrives at Elba; leaves Ash
land at 6:i3 A. N.
e:55 A. VI accommodation. arrives at
BrOad-Street station leaves
Ashland at ; A. NJ.
$3.50 I. NJ, arrives at ElOa leaves Ashland
at 6:l2P. NJ.
&. A. TAYLOR. General Ticket Agent.
+. i. ID. MYERS. General Superintendent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-20
ECZEMA CURED.

was afflicted with Eczema on the Scalp
Face. Ears. and Neck. which the druggist,
where got your remedies, pronounced one
OF the worst cases that had come under his
notice. He ri vsed me to try your CUTE
CURA REMEDIES. and after I'VE days use
my scalp and part Of my face were entirely
cured and hope in another week to have
my ears neck and u e other part OF my face
cured. HERMAN SLADE.
l2O east Fourth street, New York,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-20

VIII he offered for sale, on the prem ses on
TUESDAY. october 18Th next that very
desirable summer resort known as the
ROCkBRIDGE BATHS. situated eight
miles from Goshen depot. on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway. and twelve miles from
Lexington. the county seat of Rockbrldge
and only three miles from Timber Ridge
depot. on the Valley railroad.
II not sold on that day the property will
be rented. For further Information adj
dress JOHN Il. JORDAN, Executor,
SnOwden Post Office. Amherst county, Va.
Sc l2-Sa6Sutd