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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
E,eceixer Amounted.

Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
LYNCHBURG, VA, January 24.-
Judge Wingfeld, of the Circuit Court,
has appointed MIR. Robert d. Yancey,
of this city, receiver for the Southern
Telegraph Company for the district
embracing Lynohburg and Danville and
intermediate Offices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
ror,ra., Of Confederate acn. walker.

In the Iowa Department of the New
Orleans Exposition there hangs a por-
Trait of General Walker, of the Con-
federate army, who was killed near
Atlanta. The portrait was taken from
a house at Shiloh by Union soldier,
who carried it to Iowa and presented 1t
10 Mrs. Goodrich, Of that State. From
the hands Of this lady it passed into the
hands Of the Historical Society OF Iowa,
and Was sent 70 New Orleans for exhl-
bition in the hope that il might be seen
by some relative OF the original ana
thus be restored to the proper owners.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
virginia and North Carolina Postal
Nnaps

Norton Il. Emmons has been COM
missioned postmaster at pearisburg,
Giles county. Va; and a new post
Office has been established at Saint
Jude, Watauga county, with James W.
Thomas as postmaster.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
NORTH CAROLINA.
TIE MnrriaEe-License DIll-The Weather.
ISneclnl feleCram 10 the Dispatch.l

Y TFFIHT - I0I' 0''3'' ~ w I-''-
RALEIGH, y. c.. January 24.-ln the
Senate to-day the bill reducing the cost
of marriage-liccnscS was killed after a
heated debate. 1t had previously pass
cd the House.
The bill pcnsioning soldiers was made
the special order in the House for Tues
day next.
The weather in the State is very bad.
Telegraphic and railroad communica-
ton is delayed. In the western part OF
the State deep snow is reported.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, January "a, 1888.
oFrERINGS.

OFFERINGS.
wHEAr.-whitc, 50 bushels. Nix
cd. 600 bushels. Red, 4SS bushels.
Total, LIZ bushels.
CORN. LOG bushels.
OATs.--S40 bushels.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
wHEAr.-white, "a bushels prime
at 96c. Red, 2l2 bushels prime Short
berry at 81 TO 92e.
CoRN.-white, l.46S bushels very
good to prime on private terms; AZ
bushels good to very good at "a TO 5Sc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

We quote: Fine. ~. 25as2. so super
fine. S2.25as3; extra, e3.5oa>3.s0;
family, s4.25as5; patent family.
country, s5as5.25. Market frmer
and active.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
WYTHEVILLE.
Killed.

Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
WYTHEvILLE, VA, Jan. "a, 1885.
William Dunlop, an employee of the
New-River railroad, fell from train
near Pocahontas yesterday, and was
killed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

New remedies and old ones under
new names arc being constantly intro
duccd 10 the public, but DIR. Balls
Cough Syrup still takes the lead for the
cure Of coughs, colds. etc. Price p
cents
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
SATURDAY, January "a, 1885.

SALEs.-l.000 Virginia new 3's at
52l, 1000 DO. at 52l, 1000 do. at
52g, 100 do. (registered) at 52l, 100 do.
(registered) at 52l; 5000 Georgia Pa
cifc first 6's at OF.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

A suit to recover twenty-five dollars,
the amount which Chicago man agreed
to pay another for securing him wife,
was tried in a court of that city few
days ago and decided in favor Of the
defendant. The woman was secured,
but owing principally to her wearing
false teeth, she was rejected. Another
woman. to whom he afterwards got mar
ried. was secured by himself, and the
court decided that, under these circum-
stances, the contract did not hold good.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25
xArE WEArHER REP0Rr.
femc,el tclesrnm TO ths DiaAtch.I

wAsBINeToS, January 25-l:l0 A.
M.--For the Middle Atlasfic States,
cloudy weather, ritk rain, warmer, fol-
iored By slight fan IL temperature,
followed during Sunday night by far
~eafher, southresferiy ,cinds.
For the South Atlantic States, rarn'-
or weather, nth local rains, Joitorsd
by slight fall in temperature, variable
rinds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

LIZ, IA EE-i.
d ~ - '<~0TN~0sN<~s0~~N
TREE LECTURE
At
CID MARKET HALL
MONDAY NIGHT AT 5 O'CLOCK.
ON
"TuE AIMS AND OBIEgrS OF THE
KNIGHTS OF LABOR
HOs. T. V. PONDERLy.
of Scranton, Pa. Genaral Master Workman
OF North America.
The pablo genera.ly Invited 10 attend.
IN e3-lLs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

The Weather IN Richmond Yesterday
was generally cloudy, nth rain at
night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

The Sabbath bell,
That over wood, and wild, and mountain
dell
Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy
With sounds most musical, most melan-
choly.-RO0ers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

WE HAVE NOT CALLED YOUR
attention for some time TO our
SUPERB STOCK OF BOYS SUITS.
But as we have made some
TERRIBLE CUTS IN PRICES ON THEM
We thought it not amiss to say
IF You WANT YOUR BOY CLOTHED.
and economy is your desire.
then come to
HEADQUARTERS.
A. sAKs & CO..
STRICTLY ONE-PRICE CLorHIERs.
1913 MAIN STREET,
OPPOSITE Posr-ogFIcE.
Tla 35i
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,,,,, ~ T1,ymometer Yesterday.
A CLUE CURE.

Mean temperature q.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

MILWAUKEE,, january 24.--Flour
firm. Wheat weaker; No. 2, cash and
January, 7sic. Corn nominal No. 3,
4Oa4lc. Oats firm; No. 2 white, SIC.
Provisions easier. Mess pork, tl2 cash
and February. Lard--Prime steam,
s6.s0 cash and February. Sweet-pickled
hams firm at sla9c. Hogs firm at t4.s0
a4.65.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-25

BALTIMORE, January 24.-Virginia
6's. consols. 80; past-due coupons
33E; new l0-40's, 3ll; new 3's. SGT.
North Carolina G's, old, 1884. Bid.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-05-13
THE DEAD LETTER MUSEUM.
dds aud Ends That Have Been Collected
From the Nails.

Connected with the Dead Letter Office at
Washington, is museum of curiosities re-
ceived through the mail, and they embrace
articles of oil grades, from gold encased
miniature to hand saw, honey bee, or a
horned frog. This old miniature represents
, gentleman and lady of middle age, is
painted on ivory set in gold in the style of
century ago. 1t has been for forty years
in the Office, and despite its value men and
women come, and men and women go, but
the owner of the picture has never appeared
on the scene as yet. Not far from this relic
is crucifix that came up from the South
during the war. OF rare old gold and ex-
quisite workmanship, it has history in
some heart. Its sacredness and its Southern
association always suggest Father Ryan.
Further along in this cabinet may be seen a
piece of the floor of the room in which Jesse
James was shot, and which some enterpris-
ing person had sent to friend. Above this,
and with the upper lid partly opened, so as
to bring the contents provokingly near the
observer, is box of choice raisins. Layer
after layer all perfect and undisturbed
On the other side of the museum, and evil
IDENTIFY intended as companion piece to the
raisins, is nice fruit cake. Then, in still
another cabinet is CHASTITY human skull
In this cabinet, too, can be seen box of
gold from California-gold in the rough,
and silver and cacti from Arizona. Then
above these Texas is represented by the ser.
penis she has sent, all received alive Some
of them were sent in perforated tin cans,
and intended for foreign museum. But
snakes were not nominated in the bond 4"
or were against postal regulations-an
10 they rest here.
One of the greatest curiosities of the Dead
Letter Office is not embraced in its museum
collection, but it is shown in the person of
its Oldest and most popular colored, or
parti-colored, messenger. She is rather
human curiosity. Originally very dark
brown, she has been growing white in some
spots until now she is known in Washing
ton as the "calico woman" She states ten
years before spot had made its appearance
ON hands or face she dreamed she saw one
of her relatives come in her room, and, after
she removed her bonnet, so that her feat-
ures could be seen, she exclaimed, "Oh !
Aunt Mary, you have got calico face /"
This dream she holds as prophetic of what
she was TO become.
There is still another curiosity connected
with the Office that must not be overlooked
in the museum collection, and that is the
record kept by Benjamin Franklin when he
was Continental Postmaster General. 1t en-
braces the years from 1907 to ITS, and in
the whole eleven years there were only 375
valuable letters received. This volume is
yellow with age, but the writing is still legi.
Bile. 1t is regarded as one of the most valn-
able possessions of the department.-W Wash
ingtoa Correspondence Of the Ne,o YofA
| telegram
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iNTELLIGIBLE CLICKING.
The First Telegraph Message Received by
Sound.


About forty years ago, when the o'Reilly
line was the only telegraph wire into Pitts
burgh, Arson Stager, who has just died, OK
President of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, was the operator. Andrew Car
negie, the iron prince, Robert Pitcairn of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, City
Attorney Moreland, and George McLain, ex-
superintendent of the fire alarm telegraph,
were messenger boys in roundabouts.
There was but one instrument, and when
it got out of order business had to stop until
it was repaired. There were no special de-
spatches to newspapers and no delivery OF
press messages. Each paper sent reporter
around to the telegraph Office, who copied
what he wanted for his paper. The amount
of foreign news was limited to 1900 words
a night, and other reports in proportion, the
charge to each paper being so week.
Regular telegraphic tolls at that time were
forty cents for ten words and four cents for
each additional word.
One night when we called to copy the re-
port we found everything quiet and Stager
sitting by the little table that held the in.
strument, reading. lie told us there would
he no news that night, as that part of the
instrument which printed the characters or
the paper was broken. We 80 reported, and
the editors poured fresh oil ON the gudgeor
of the scissors and made the best arrange.
ment they could to got along without any
telegraphic news.
Between 1 o'clock and midnight Stager
came into the Office of the Commercial Jour
nal with bundle of manuscript in his hand.
He said that while sitting by the instrument
and listening mechanically to tho clicking,
it seemed to him that he could make out
what it was saying by the sound. He had
writer ii out rs it sounded TO him. Here
IL was. If we would take the risks on its
accuracy we were welcome to use il. II
seemed to read all right and we published
it, and found upon comparison with Eastern
papers, which came three days later, that
there were very few mistakes in it. The
scoop" the Commercial journal thus OBJ
tained over the Dispatch, Post, Gazette, and
Union was the talk of the town for several
days Pittsburgh Times
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-05-13
PRETTY WOMEN OF THE CABINET.

Mrs. Villas, tho wife of the Postmaster.
General, is the smallest lady in the Cabinet,
and by some called the beauty of the Cabi.
net But she will be obliged to divide the
donors there with Mrs. Manning, although
they are entirely different types. Mrs. Villas
hns round, full figure in complexion she
is inclined to be dark, though by no means
what could be called brunette; her hair
is dark brown and her eyes are brown.
Her features are very small and regular
Her hair she dresses high, the front being
waved, parted and brushed loosely back from
her face. She seems quite timid in her man
ner, and is apparently not quite certain that
she likes all the ceremony to which she is
now being introduced. Mrs. Manning, the
wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, is
4uito tall and slight in figure. Her figure
is very graceful, and one which carries rich
draperies with much grace. Her small head
is thickly covered with soft, light-brown
hair, which she dresses high, with a soft,
curling fringe across the forehead. Her
eyes are dark gray, not large, but express
sive. Mrs. Manning is easy and cordial in
her manners, and always seems to have q
pleasant word for each of her callers when
receiving. -Ne0 York World.
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DIAMOND CUTTING.
Nhc Extraordinary Skill Required for tho
Delicate Art.


The art requires that the cutter shonld
have extraordinary skill for working the
stones, of which the smallest often do not
reach to the size of pin head Nothing
equals in this respect the slSillfulness of the
workers of Holland, and one is quite con-
founded when one sees stones of such small
dimensions cut into twenty-four facets, per-
fectly equal and regular. Some of the stones
operated upon ut Coster's, at Amsterdam.
are SO small that it takes hundreds of them
to weigh carat This is not, however, the
only difficulty the diamond cutter has to
surmount; it il the cleaner who has TO make
choice of the form to be given to each par
ticular stone, It is he who must decide.
after minute examination, how each par
hcular diamond ought to be cut, whether
brilliant or rose he determines the choice
oy an endeavor to lose as little matter az
possible. But this is not all. II is neces
sary that he should recognize at the first
glance in what way it is convenient to at
tack the stone, which is not an easy matter;
for if his measures have not been well taken,
it may perhaps occur that twenty-three
facets having been already cut the twenty
fourth would require to be cut ON an imper-
feet part of the stone and 80 it is found
impossible to continue. The cutters and
polishers are often thrown out by finding
unexpected flaws in the stones as they pro-
coed with their work. The color, too, often
changes, 80 that sometimes it is quite i'm.
possible to tell how diamond may turn
out and, as in the case of the Koh-i-noor,
one portion of the stone may sometimes
prove to be great deal harder than another
part and if, while cutting, the diamond
should be allowed to remain too long on the
schyf before being taken off to cool, it
might melt the lead in which it get, and so,
by changing its position do very serious in
jury to the stone. In cutting the Koh-i-noor
1T was necessary at times to increase the
revolutions of the schyff to 1900 per min
ute, in consequence of the extraordinary
hardness of some portions of that most valu-
able gem. 1t is not always easy to say how
much of stone must be sacrificed in the
cutting. The Star OF the South which was
cut by Monsieur Coster, weighed in the
rough state in which it was found 254b
cnratr; when finished, the weight was q
little under half of that weight. The Koh-
i-noor lost eighty carats in tho recutting. II
now weighs less than the Star of the South
by about twenty carats.
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-- >.aOH->
A MANITOBA POSTMASTER.

The population around us chiefly consists
Of half-breeds and Indians, with a sprink-
ling of English settlers. They are most
hospitable, but extremely rough, dirty and
uncivilized. Our post-office is four miles
away, and we can send off and also fetch
letters once week. Let me describe the
interior of this post-office one day when
had occasion to call there. The postmaster
is very rough Canadian; his wife is a
half-breed, tall, handsome woman. When
we drove up she was out OF doors in the
snow chopping fire-wood. Her lord and
master was sitting in his only downstairs
loom, with his feet on the stove and pipe
in his mouth. In the same room, which was
bare of carpet or curtain and contained the
family bed, were three little children, q boy
nged seven, swearing Justify; girl about
five, sucking her fingers, who began to howl
as soon as spoke, and baby of two years,
seated in frying pan on the floor, engaged
in carefully wrapping up his bare feet in a
dish cloth. Their mother followed us into
the house and, promptly seized the handle
of the pan with the aforementioned cloth.
Next she broke about dozen eggs into the
pan, fried them and, having made tea and
produced her solitary teaspoon, she invited
my husband and myself to partake, or as
she phrased it, to " sit in with the family.
It is needless to add that, after what | had
Just witnessed, declined the hospitality as
graciously as knew how. This is my near.
pst female neighbor.- Winnipeg Letter.
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Particular About His Dinner.

1t was very particular man that sat down
to the dinner table at the Stafford House
recently, and he exemplified it when he gave
his order. /" You may give me, Mary" he
said to one of the table fairies, you may
give me delicate piece of-ah-rare roast
beef, well favored, and-ah--free from any
extraneous matter in the way of-ah-strin-
gy substance; narrow piece of fat on the
edge and-ah-a little-a very little-gravy
just sufficient to--ah--moisten it proper.
ly. And Mary" Mary, who had been
listening attentively, here broke in: 81
understand you, sir. You simply want you,
meat cut bias, with Charlotte Russo founcin
shirred up the back with Pompadour rinh
roll on the outer edge. Do you want but
tons on it ?" The particular guest couldn't
reply. ~ Buffalo Graphic.
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of shooting a man in the back for the sake
have been absurd.
He made the best speed he might, arrived
at his destination in safety, completed the
purchase of the property, had the slight
wound he had received dressed by sur
geon, and from that time henceforth despite
al ridicule, put certain faith in fortune
;elling, especially as he married the blue.
syed girl on whom his heart had been SGT
since he knew he had heart to offer.
Once, not long after he was married, he
again met the old woman. See was more
wretehed than ever in appearance, and once
more appealed to him for charity. She did
not appeal in vain.
Believing that her warning had saved, il
aot his life, at least the money with which
he was entrusted. he provided for her com.
fortably and from that day she knew no
want, and, old as she looked, lived for many
years in the little cottage in which he placed
her, gaining a reputation for great knowl.
,dge of the future, and telling fortunes out
81 tea-cups to all who asked her. 1t was
said that Godfrey Garner himself consulted
her secretly at times.
He was wealthy and respected resident,
his children were nearly men and women
and his little blue-eyed sweetheart was o
plump matron in matronly cap, when one
day messenger came to him from the old
woman-a tow-headed schoolboy, who,
posing himself ON one bare foot and
scratching it with the other, told him that
old Maggie was dying, and prayed him to
make haste to her, for she had something to
tell him before she died.
Godfrey Garner obeyed the summons.
In few minutes he sat at her side, and
The looked up at him with her dying eyes.
" Pm glad you've come, sir,n said she.
q l think couldn't go without telling you
the truth. You've been very good to me,
and-well-I don't know how to begin it
but you remember my telling your fortune
on the road yonder 2"
:" do, said Godfrey.
&c WE'LL" said Maggie, +" it was no fortune
at all. 1 knew nothing of the stars or the
lines ON your palm. I'd just picked up the
cant. Some may know the future-I don't.
never did,
=" And how did you come to hit the truth
80 near ~ asked the gentleman. For CD
that road where you said should be, was
attacked, and, but for having prepared my.
self, should have been robbed, if not muir.
dered. You had second sight for once, poor
woman, even if you don't know it..
g I'd first sight, SIR" said the dying wo-
man. =" told you all l dared of what
knew. At that time I had little house on
the hill yonder, and desperate men hid there
when the law was after them, and talked
over their plans. My dead son had been
captain of the band of robbers, and I'd
heard them tell of your journey and the
money you'd take, and plot how to get it,
and put you out of the way ; and you were
SO kind to me, and so young and handsome.
didn't dare to tell you all and l didn't
want to bring them to trouble, but I wanted
to save YOU"
And SO vanished Godfrey Gamers faith
in second sight. 1t sleeps with old Maggie
in the little grave he had made for her In
the green churchyard.
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A SUGAR PLANTATION.
Costly Plants of the Great Cuban
Producers.

The entire plantation is laid out in lots OF
three or four acres each, with many miles OF
streets or roads between them, and or 10
miles of railroad track running from one
end of the place to the other, on which the
cane is brought to the mill in cars There
are SO many of these lots that map is kept,
on which the condition of each lot is indi-
Gated by different color. If the cane on
one lot has just been cut the fact is indi-
Gated by one color if it is ready to be cut,
by another color. The cane is brought to
the mill and stored in great heaps in con-
venient place near the rollers that crush the
juice out of it. There are three large heavy
IRON rollers and after the cane goes between
hem it is squeezed dry. 1t is carried up to
The rollers automatically on moving plat
form like that on which the horses walk in
thrashing machine, and comes out crushed
and sapless. The juice is carried off in pipes
to the boiler and is boiled down and run
through evaporators and other contrivances
till all the liquid part of it becomes molesses
and all the solid part sugar. The cane now
yields much larger percentage of juice
than 1T did few years ago, under the i'm.
proved machinery for extracting it, but this
machinery costs money. 1t comes frem New
York, most of it, and the engines, boilers,
evaporators, and all the other machines nee
essary for setting up q complete modern
sugar mill cannot be purchased for less than
$780, 600. About that amount has been
put in this mill at Hormiguero within the
last year, and still there are additions to be
made. There is locomotive to be pur-
chased, for instance, to take the place of
oxen in drawing cane TO the mill, and cleo
Uric lights are to be put in next season for
working at night, for in the grinding
season the mill runs night and day, Sundays
and holidays, without any cessation. Blu,
through the other eight months of the year
all this machinery stands idle and earns
nothing for its owners. The cane, after the
juice has been extracted from it, is spread
out in drying yard to dry, which it does
under this hot sun in very short time, and
eventually it finds its way into the furnaces,
where it makes steam for the grinding Of
fresh piles.
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The Pcrverscness Of the HnirpIn.

If Newton had not kept his head up in an
apple tree continually, no might have dis.
covered the law of gravitaton any time dur.
ing his married life by watching the hair.
pins in Mrs. Newton's back hair. History
says nothing of his spouse, but hairpins
there must have been, and anybody but Il phi
losopher would have been attracted by their
proneness to drop out no matter how firm
ly planted in the feminine chignon of that
day. 1t is really curious to observe the an
tipathy bit of lacquered wire has to stay
ing put The hair may be the brightest
gold color, it may curl in tendrils of spun
lax, it may be of massive weight, coiled
round and round, and dark as midnight, oil
it may be fluff of brown, with gold lights
dancing here and there, it may be drab
color and all points, uninteresting, unlov-
able hair, yet it makes no odds whether it
has the sheen of Venus locks or the crimp
of the negro's wool, the hairpin will fall out
II II gets chance. ---Boston Beacon.