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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

TOM MISSIONEk's SALE OF HOUSE
~ AND LOT By virtue OF a decree of the
Circuit Court of AUGUSTA county. in the suit of
Harris's Admir- de-. VS.. Harris, &C.. rendered
at the Nov. term, 1884, will sell, ar public auc-
ton, In front or the Court house. in Staunton,
to the highest bidder, on
Wednesday. the 11th day of March, 1885,
HOUSE AND LOT,
In the northern part of Augusta county, 3.3
on the Glade road, formerly the resi-
dence OF James l.. Harris, decd. The lot en-
braces about ACR Els, and has on 1t
comfortable Dwelling House, stable, and 9TH
or out.buildings. About half of the lot in or
chard of good fruit. with a we'll of water and
cistern In the yard. This land adjoins Low
man and Bell.
TERMS OF SALE.-Enough in cash to pay
costs of suitand sale-the residue In three equal
payments, at 6, r., and IL months with interest
from day OF sale for which the purchaser will
give bonds and security. and the title retained
as ultimate security.
G. Nj. COCHRAN, JR.. Com'r.
VIRGINIA.-In the Clerks office C,rcuit
Court Of Augusta county, Feb. 10Th, 1885,
1, JOS N. Ryan, Clerk of the Court Aforesaid.
do certify that Geo. NJ. Cochran, Jr., Comm'r
OF sale In the chancery cause of Harris, &C. VS.
Harris, has executed bond required with ap-
proved security according to law.
Given under my hand this 10th day of Feb
ruary, 1885.
febll.tds Jos N RYAN Clarh
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Gen. Grants condition is very critical,
and there is but little hope of his II covery
He is considered to be sinking, from can
cerous affection of the tongue and throat.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04
-sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERT
INrERrsr1Ne 10 L1ouoR DrALrns.

INTERESTING TO LIQUOR DEALERs.--
The Internal Revenue Record contains q
decision in regard to liquor-licenses given
in the United States Court in Illinois that
will prove of interest to all engaged in that
trade. An indictment was found against
liquor-dealer of Shawneetown for selling
liquor at Fairfield, sent G.. o. D. by express
to the latter town. The Court held that
the defendant held license for Shawnee
town only, and that liquor sent G. O. D.
was not sold until the express charges were
paid at Fairfield, and that the express
agent at Fairfield was his actual agent, and
the Indictment was found against the deal
er for doing business in Fairfield without
license. The summary of the case is
stated as follows:
A party having paid special tax as retail
liquor-dealer at particular town, who fills
orders received by mail, to ship liquors in
retail quantities to another town, there to
be delivered 10 the party SO ordering upon
payment of the price of the liquor. to-
gether with the express charges, is liable
to the payment of special tax as retail
iquor-dealer at the place where such de-
livery is made.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

1t is reported that on February End the
British garrison at Kassala made a sortie
and was repulsed by the rebels with loss
Of some $50 men.
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President Cleveland has just received a
bottle of wine eighty-five years old from
Col. Skinner and will drink from it to the
perpetuation of Jefersonian principles to-
morrow.
N O. a nIrc,R I'D
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

''Rockbridge county ought to buy rock
crusher, and proceed slowly but surely to
McAdamize all the roads in its borders We
need better roads. "-Lerington Gazette.
Would it not be wise for every district in
Augusta county to have one? The people
of this county should do something to
mend their acays.
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NEW ADvERrIsEMESTs.
oryIcr OF TIE SUPERINTENDENT.

UFF1CE ~UPERINTENDENT.
OF THE WESTERN LUNArIC ASYLUM
STAUHT0N. Va. March 4th, 885.
CEALED PROPOSALS to furnish this
- Asylum with THREs HUN sRED ,3o0y Tons
Of SCREENED STEAM Coat viii pe
eceived at this Office up 10 IL O'Clock. NJ. ON
10Th March. No bid Will be received for any
but screened Coil. The delivery must begin
not later than LIST April next, and must contin.
ne at such y rate as to keep the asy iun sup
piled. during the d. ing of the contract. with
$40 Tons must be reiisered by 1t OF May. Pay
ment to be- due when the whole amount In de-
livered. A. M. FAUNrLEROY,
mar4-lt Superintendent.
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LAND SALES.
SALE OF HOUSE AND
LOT IN EI9HERSYILLE.

LOT IN FISHEKSVIELE.
By virtue of deed of trust, executed by A.
III. Fuftz. Trustee, and Jno. M. Hanger and
wife, TO me, dated March nth, 1879. of record in
the Clerks office OF ugusts Co In B. "a D.
g. and by direction of the beneficiary in said
deed, will proceed to sell. a public auction,
on the premises. on
Tuesday,, March l7th, 1885,
at II o'clock, A NJ, tina. certain House -
and Lot. In said dee1 described, occu- Hs4I
pied by said Hanger and wife, and lying -31
on the North s de of the stanton and James
River Turnpike. adjoining Grooms Zirkle, &c.
The tot containing ABOUT "a of an acre.
TERMS CASH.
feblS At H. NJ. BELL, Trustee.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

GEN. LEES STAFF.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
marshal of the Third division in the pa
rade in Washington on the occasion of the
Inauguration has appointed the following
staff: Maj. CORTLAND Fl. Smith, chief of
staff and assistant adjutant general; Lieut..
Col. 10 Lane Stern, inspector general;
Maj. ]. II. Dinneen. asst. inspector gene
raj; Maj. Chase. P. Bigger, brigade quar-
termaster; Maj. Geo. B. Johnston, surgeon,
and Capt. Henry St. G. Tucker, Capt. Al
bert Bryan, and Capt. R c. Lee, aides-de-
camp. His division will consist of all
visiting militia with the exception of
PENNSYLVANIA troops.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

James Davies, wealthy farmer of Rock
ingham county, died last week, aged "a
years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

The style of the HARTFORD and Its work
are superior It has theself setting needle and
the simplest shuttle ever made. 1t has full
sets Of attachments, including the extra for
Braiding Millinery folding. &C. It has re-
ceived many premiums and from long practice
and experience / recommend 1t.
On exhibition at ]. G. KRUEGER'S Jewelry
Store, No. Is Main Street. and at my Dress
making establishment. I25 East Main Street.
next TO SPECTATOR office.
mar4-3m MISS ANNIE e. RYAN.
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A Lie Nailed.

D. NJ. Parsons, editor of the Moore
field Examiner. who was a member Of
Capt. John H. McNeill's company of
Rangers during the war, publishes over his
signature, refutation of the sensational
story about Elijah Weese, from which we
make the following extract
'sThe story of old Man Lige Weese,
and the horrible murders he is said to have
committed, is all made out of whole cloth,
and was written by a Saving Machine
Peddler, to the Wheeling Register. The
author wrote only from imagination, and
wrote to create sensation.
just here we might remark that the
Wheeling Register pays for such stuff as
this sewing machine agent gets up, and
is therefore responsible for this Wholesale
SANDER of the people of Hardy and Grant
Counties. It is SANDER of the worst sort,
paid for by a respectable newspaper whose
interest ought to be best promoted by tell
ing the truth.
Lige Weese did kill man by the name
of Ault, in 1851, near Petersburg, and for
which he was arrested and would have
been tried but for his release from prison
by the Federal Army. He never hid in
the mountains near Moorefield, and was
never in any way connected with McNeill's
Rangers.
The remains of 10 or IL mem were
not found after the war. at the foot of a
cliff, known as the leap. This is story
manufactured out of whole cloth; base
lie. A lie that has been seized upon by the
Northern Press out of which to manufac-
ture political capital.
We are astonished that men will write
such stuff, without the slightest semblance
of truth to sustain their assertions Not q
scintilla of proof can be produced to sus-
tain the assertion that 10 or 12 men were
killed near the place spoken of by the Cor
respondent of the Wheeling Register and
the Richmond Dispatch. We know the
whole story to be a LIE"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

Virginia during the year 1884 increased
its pig-iron production nearly seven per
cent, willie the average decrease in the pro-
duction of the same article in the whole
country was about eleven per cent. The
Virginia iron can be sold, too, at much
cheaper rates, owing to the superior facili-
ties its manufacturers enjoy, than that made
in the North. The tariff alone is what
makes the production of iron in the North
so profitable to the owners of the lron-
works there. Remove that, 80 as to bring
them into competition with foreign manu-
facturers, and they would all come South,
bringing their plants with them. in order to
reap the bene fits of the advantages afforded
them in this section land they would not stand
upon the order of their coming, but would
come at once. And yet there are Southern
men in Congress who oppose reduction of
of the tariff, and, stranger still, they call
themselves democrats. Gazette.
SENATOR BAYARD's DAUGHTER.-Miss
Bayard was the sensation of the evening in
a dress of the First Empire, copied from a
portrait of one of the ladies of the Empress
Josephine's court. Miss Bayard is slen-
der, graceful girl, with great deal of
animation and spirit but always rather
theatrical and astonishing in her dress, and
the scant, clinging skirt of pink cashmere
open at one side as high as the knee, and
the narrow waist, which was mere belt
covered with pearl embroidery, was rather
the furthest that any one has gone in realis-
tic costuming. After seeing the costume
copied carefully from a painting one can
understand why more women died of con-
sumption during and jast after the First
Empire than at any other time in the his
tory Of France. She carried an immense
fan of white feathers, and until the mystery
was solved there were excited and Iersis-
tent groups about her.-Fron, a Washing-
ton Society Letter.
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1853. Established 1853.
VIM. +. ASH,

DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Cured Meats. Sausage, Sc.
Highest Prices paid for Live Stock
suitable for market supplies.
No. IA North Augusta Street,
1an14-1y sTAUNTON. VA.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

SENATOR BAYARD THREATENED.-The
Washington correspondent Of the New York
World quotes Senator Bayard as saying that
since he introduced resolutions in the Sem
ate denouncing the dynamite explosions in
London his mail has been burdened with
anonymous threatening letters. He says
that during his recent visits to New York
he was astonished at the compactness of the
dynamite organizations.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

Monuuy We Z5ru duy OF March, $3.50,
That very desirable tract of land lying about
Two and half miles south of Greeuviile, on the
Greenyiile ard Lexington road, containing
eighty five 1851 acres
This tract OF land Is OF as fine quality as is
In the county. 1t Is well set In grass and will
make an elegant home in very desirable
neigh bOrhood. Convenient to schools church,
es, &c.
third in hand and the remain-
der on q credit Of one and two years with inter-
est from date, retaining a lien for the deferred
payments.
HUDSON & PATRICK,
feb2j-4t Wind C Trustees
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

w. A. Quick, Esq, FAREWELL, Va, says
in the year 1884 he used 200 lbs. per acre Of
fertilizer made from Powe,Ps Prepared
Chemicals on land planted with corn, and
notwithstanding the drought, he made
better crop than he ever got from the same
land with $35 and $40 fertilizer. The
Che micals only cost $500 il sufficient
quantity to make one half ton Of complete
fertilizer. Brown Chemical Co., manufac-
ftrers. Baltimore, Nd,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

The BEVERLY ORE MINEs.-These
mines situated on the S. V. R. R., about
four miles north of Grove Hill, notwith-
ssaading the dullness of the iron trade and
the hard winter, are being worked with
energy, aud will be more lal gely operated
than ever as soon as the weather opens
The company has recently put in a new up
right engine and made other improvements
for the more expeditions working of the ore.
The ore is of q very fine quality, and is
shipped to Pennsylvania furnaces. The
company has "a store at the "washer, " which
not only proves convenience to the em.
ployees Blu. also to the surrounding COM
munity They should also have post
office, and we learn that the Department
will soon establish one there Mr.. J. q.
Harvey, an intelligent Scotchman and ex-
perienced miner, is the Superintendent of
the works, and E J. Armstrong, Esq, Of
Luray, is member Of the Directory Of the
Company, and also one of the leading spirits
in the enterprise. Courier, Feb. 26th.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

Among the expenses to which the people
OF the country have been subjected by the
republicans in the last three Presidential
election years, for the sole purpose of keep
ing themselves in power, is an item of two
million dollars TO- deputy marshals and
supervisors Of elections. since the founda-
ton of the Government no party ever pros
tituted the administration to promote the
selfish purposes of its own leaders, and to
perpetuate its own power, as has that whose
rule, for the best interests of the whole
country, is now rapidly drawing to close.
-AleC. Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

Daniel Robinson has been committed to
Jail in Lexington. Va, under the charge of
stealing books from the Public School build
ing on Main street in that place.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04
Lykens, Pa.

It was evident that he was foreigner.
The continued cold weather prevented the
discovery of his body sooner, as the stable
is near saw-mill, aud the railroad track.
The body was given to Undertaken John
r. Gott for burial.'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

WILL STILL DRINK.-The New Jersey
House of Delegates, by vote of 81 to 20,
has adopted an adverse report which kills
the constitutional prohibition bill.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04


AN UNpROMIsING WHEAT CROP IN VIR-
eINIA.-In reply to the letter addressed to
him by gentleman interested in the wheat
crop of Virginia, Col. Randolph Harrison,
Com. of Agriculture. on Monday last, an
swered as follows: Reports from all parts of
the State were received late last fall, and
the shortage was, as nearly as posi- BILE, 80
per cent. of an average. Now, this de-
partment has never Trad the means of OBJ
tanning statistics of this sort, SO we have to
go to the census returns. Accepting the
figures there given aud taking the crop of
1880 as a starting point (Which have done
as my basisl we have an average area in
Virginia of 919, 716 acres, 20 per cent. of
which is 945, Ola acres. I imagine that is
nearly eorrect-somewhere about $50, 900
acres.
Now as to condition. / am receiving re-
ports as of March 1st, and they with one
consent represent the prospects of wheat
as gloomy indeed, the CROP worse winter
killed than for many a long year. One
correspondent puts area at 20 per cent,
condition 20 per cent; which figures if
carried out would give just 40 per cent of
average crop. A valued Clarke county
correspondent puts condition at 25 per
cent one fourth. My belief is there has
been no crop as unpremising since 1855.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

A North Carolina paper does not speak
much too strongly when itsays that good
roads are 50 supreme necessity"
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JUbINl SAssE OF VALUABLE II "A L.
ESTsTE Ky virtue Of authority vested
IN US, and by quest of James smith, We will
sell at puhiic auction in front of the Court
house, in the City of Stauntun, on
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-03-04

The question in relation to the value of
fertilizers can only be ascertained by means
of experimental stations. Those manufac-
turers who make first class article are in
terested in this matter; for it seems to be a
law of trade that a mean, cheap article
will drive out of the market good, but
higher priced one.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-16
NO. 167

I meanest man I ever saw [laughterl and there are great many men just that way We are too often unj just to our children exacting of them things we don't do our ! selves, and berating them with our tongues 1 when they don't understand what we want And then we are too mean to say ten words to make one of them happy. Oh, how un- just we are to wives, husbands children! If you'll put little downright justice into your conduct with your children you'll have happier homes. Did you ever start anywhere with your wife and keep hurrying her up when you ought to know she has not only to dress herself, but five children besides, while you have nothing to do but get readya Hurry up, hurry up; don't want to be too latel If you don't hurry I'll go by my self" And after awhile she tells you to F'go on, husband; I'm afraid can't get ready in time for you; don't want to hinder you"
 I've done just that way. Laughter. I have walked off out the gate and fifty yards down the road, and then I'd stop and think. I'd say: ''Sam Jones, you are the meanest man living, and you shan't go to church nor anywhere else till you learn how to behave yourself" And then I walk back and go in and find worry in my wifes face and tears in her eyes, and I go up and put my arms around her and kiss her-there's nobody there but us two-[ laughter and say, Wife, Pm just as mean as dog; know I am and l want you to forgive me; and she forgives me and we get ready and go-and find ourselves the first ones there. Laugh ter.
 The Lord have mercy on us; how unjust we are to our wives, our children, our broth CTS and sisters, and our neighbors.
 There are men in this very town who meet neighbours wife on the street and take off their hats and bow and smile as sweet and tsnderly, "How are you, madam?" and then go home and wound their own wives with their tongues. Clever to all wives but their
 
 are all smiles and kind words in company and cut their husbands to the heart with their tongues. God pity the man who has such wife that.
 I don't scold; if I do I intend to scold somebody else's wife. [Laughter.] I have heard mothers say when neighbours child would break some article of value, "Oh, it doesn't matter" when if their own child were to do it they'd slap him clean across the room. [Laughter.[ Lord, give us religion that will make us good to our wives and children and friends and neighbors. Amenl amen!]
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-16

in the interest of trade with country whose
 condition has been very much misrepresent-
 ed, and which would furnish us good mar
 ket if the opportunities were properly culti-
 vated. Persia, he says, is not in desperate
 financial straits; her government is not in
 the last stages of corruption; nor are the
 people degenerate. There is no national debt, and there is no mendicancy nor much poverty. The people are bright and intelli- gent, they live fugally, and the purchasing power of money is threefold what it is in Europe or America. There are also good many rich men, who spend 8 great deal on foreign imports. They have tendency to adopt modern civilization, but the Mohamme- dan priesthood are the great obstacle to pro gress in this direction. They administer the laws, which are all founded on the Koran, and resist all change, especially the introduc- tion of European laws and customs. The Shah, in MT. Benjamin's opinion, is deter mined to govern as we'll as he can under the existing laws, and the thirty-eight years of his reign have been period of substantial improvement. He has learned much in his visits to Europe.
 Details of the recent violent volcanic erup tions in Java, of which brief telegraphic in- teligence has been published, are interest ing. The volcano of Smeru has been active for years, casting out fire and smoke, but the recent eruption was one of extraordinary yio- lence. The mountain is regarded as the highest volcano in Java. and takes the form of handsome regular cone. On the present occasion the side of the mountain for one third of the way down from the summit is described as having been burst open, tre- mendous cleft being formed, from which torrent of lava and mud was elected A whole estate called Kalibening was over whelmed, the manager and large number of Javanese laborers being carried away by the torrent. From the report it appears that the eruption of Smeru was accompanied by volcanic disturbance all over the western part of Javs. A mud spring, or rather lake, bubbled up into the Preanger, in West Java; a volcano, Slamat, lying west of Merapi Gtsef 8 quiescent volcano), has manifested signs of renewed activity as has Klnt, further to the east. Lamongan, lying still further eastward, throws out showers of ashes, and in Rotti, an island near Timor, mud has issued from the side of @ and has overhowed district de- scribed by the natives as twenty minutes journey in breadth.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-16
HARDSHIPS.
A great hardship: An iron steamer.

A great hardship: An iron steamer.
 Higgins is still trying to make up his mind whether he will remove Manning or only suspend him.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
 A Somerville (Mass.) young lady is said to possess mania for starting fires. She will get over that when she gets married.-Phila. Call
 The Mayor of Helena, Mon, is barber. As general thing it is thought necessary to have a man who can talk for mayor.-Bos- ton Post.
 Fond mother-ftYou are very sick, my child; will send for Dr. Jones'" Daughter (quickly)-''Not Dr. Jones, mother dear; he is engaged already. Chicago Rambler.
 At recent ball in Forrestville new fig ure was introduced which caused quite 8 sensation. It was figure of an irate parent who took his son by the ear and waltzed him out of the ball room in 8 quickstep ovement.-Norristown Herald.
 A Nantucket woman, to combine business with the outdoor exercise ordered by the doctor, is driving public carriage for the accommodation of summer visitors, and is doubly benefited. There is great deal of sand in Nantucket.-Hartford Times.
 1T would like to leave the country" said 8 man, s'but nearly everybody owes me, and I to leave, ]" replied an acquaintance, "but l owe nearly everybody, and 1 can't leave on that ccount'-Arkansaw Traveller.
 A first class giraffe now costs $25, 900. This may account to some extent for the dull times man who buys a giraffe of this sort puts $25, 900 in circulation, but few men want to pay that price, and so their money lies idle What this country needs is cheap CT giraffes. Exchange.
 Darkey (to miuister( r(-How much do you cha'ge fo' komittin' de marriage ceremony, Mistah Goodmana Minister-Two dollars