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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-09-25
SALES OF REAL AND PERSON
AL PROPERTY.

IGOR SALE.-lS5 acres of land, on s9sss-a
Middle River, Is miles mort. ssS.ss! o. ga
OF Ssaunfon In high state Of Gull s3ssslA ssEss,
ovation, well fenced; about 40 acres W.
pest river bottoms two leg houses, SsgsssssssssEy%
stable and granarF 40 acres in wheat, one half of
which may go with land. Price and terms. liberal.
Call on S. M FINLEY or DIR j E ARRUCKLt,
New Hope Va, or address j. W. ARBUCKLE, at
LeWsburg. W. Va. seplS GIN
pUBLIC RENTING OF A VALUABLE FARM :.
By virtue of decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta in the cause of John Glover VS.. w II,
McCutchan and others. entered June Sth, 1885. |,
as Special Commissioner therein named shall, on
Monday, the 26th of October, 1855,
in front of the Court House in Staun s~s.sszsssa
ton offer at public rental that vaiu- s.as SsA
able farm, now in the possession of z5ss sSaasSSss
ii. McCutchan, lying in the c0un ~ sggsSsYsSS
ty OF Augusta ar the Elizabeth GsS4sGS4asx1sr
Iron Furnace, and containing ICY acres also OK
acres. known as the Zembro Land
TERMS:-COSt of The suit and renting in cash.
the residue in six, twelve, eighteen, and twenty
four mcnhs the deferred payments TO be secured
by bonds with good personal security.
The bidder who will take the property for the
shortest time for the debt interest and COSTS t. be
the rento,.
Sale at O'clock M.
A. B. LIGHTNER, Sheriff.
sep18-tdS Special CCmm'r-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-09-25
An OLD Time Fire,
THE TIME LEXINGTON PREsB9TERY
LOST THEIR HORSES.

LOST THEIR HORSES.
The following IS letter describing a
fire which was a great confagratlon'
here fifty years ago, and which was TOT tnat
generation used as dating point. Ii was
with them ''before the fre'' as it IS now
with US ''before the war;" The locality
was. we believe, where Loeb Bros. splen-
did store now stands:
STAUNToN, VA, Sept. 14th' 1888.
Fl. G. ISnsley, Esq, Stanton. Va.
Dear Slr:-The following letter VIII be
interesting to good many of your read
ers, think. The writer of it, my father
was civil engineer, and at thai Time
lS5S) was engaged in some professional
work in The Valley and was the guest 0!
his brother-in-law, the late DR.. Edmund
Berkeley. The letter has no postmark
but has upon it WAY 124," showing The
rate of postage at that time.
Sincerely yours,
BERKELEY MINOR.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-09-25
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at Staunton, Au
gusta county, Va, Sept 24th 1885.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
Bill Nye and the Bronze Goddess,

I am in favor of a Statue of Liberty
Enlightening the World, because it
will show that we keep it on tap win
ter and summer. We want the whole
broad world to remember that when
1t gets tired of oppression it can come
here and Cypress us. We are used to
it and we rather like it. If we don't
like it we can get on the steamer and
60 abroad, where we may visit the
effete monarchles and have a high
old time.
The sight of the Goddess of Liberty
standing there night and day, bathing
her feet in the ripping sea, will be a
good thing. It may be productive of
good in a direction that many have
not thought of. AS she stands there
day after day bathing her feet in the
broad Atlantic, perhaps some moss
grown Mormon moving toward the
far west, a confirmed victim of his
matrimonial habit, may fix the bright
picture on his so-called mind, and re-
Numbering how, on his arrival in New
York, he saw Liberty bathing her feet
with impunity may be led in after
years to try it on himself Boston
Globe.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
LIES DAY.
Into the field Of life we pass

Into the field of life we pass
AT early morn. The jeweled grass
With sunbeams kissed spreads at our feet;
And youth, like morn, all pure and sweet
And bright is filled with rosy dreams;
While in the purple heavens CLEANS
The star of fortune and Of fame,
And in its ! ght we read a name
0 dream, most sweet, 1t is u owns:
More glorious still, it shines alonel
The sun speeds on; the star no mors
Is seen. Illus;ve dreams are DER.
Fortune and lame so coy and feet
But mock our weary, way-worn feet
Ambitious fairest prize has flown;
A name appears, but not our own.
What have we then for all our painsa-
For all our prayers? Are there no graina
OF good to SHOVE Has all been lost
In hat our cherished plans are crossed,
And d~isslpated each fond dream
As snow flakes melt within the stream2
All, mol See how our souls are filed
With wealth of harvests we have TILED;
With meekness, patience, love and truth;
Blest springs Of everlasting youth;
Bright jewels of the crown within;
Ripe fruit Of life's sharp discipline;
Of which there dawns the twilight gray
OF day that dies not with the day.
George w. CToftS, IN The Current.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
An EIO0uent TramD.

A stupid looking-tramp knocked at
the door of one of the finest residence
in Austin, and was received by the
LADY of the house, who expressed some
curiosity to know what he wanted.
please, mum, give me a dime to
get q glass of bread-'scuse me, l
mean a loaf of beer"
Il hain't got no money" the lady
replied.
.'Ain't got no money? Then,
madame, you should move into a
cheaper house. so you will not deceive
the humble tramp by the gorgeous
ness of you residence. You are living
beyond your means. Economy is
wealth.
.'Now you clear out of here or I'll
call my husband"
''Cut down your expenses, madame
cut down your expenses, or sooner
or later your husband will be in my
fix. had just such a wife as you,
and that is what has brought me to
the condition | am now in. Reduce
YOUR expenses, madame, and some of
these days you may have a dime-a
whole dime-which may be the mean
of preventing some hungry, thirsty
fellow mortal from committing suicide;
or it may be a quarter, a coin of the
.vatle of twenty five cents, that will
upholster the dark clouds of his des-
pairing soul with a s~ilver-plated lining
and his stomach with book beer Fair
lady, good bye."-Tezns Stttinqs.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09
Where the Scorpion Gets His Poison.

When he strikes you with the end of
his tail, life a wasp. he exudes a VEN
&ous liquid, and a man might better
hold a red-hot iron in his hand than to
get a tenth part of a drop of this
liquid into his blood. 1t is not neces-
sarily fatal, particularly in the BAHIA
mas; but it condenses the heat of forty
furnaces. In some parts of South
America scorpion bites are frequently
fatal, but / have not heard of any n
having been killed by them in Nassau.
This is easily accounted for. The
scorpion likes to feed on decayed
wood. In South America, where dye
woods and other poisonous woods
abound, the scorpion feeds upon them,
and thus work into themselves a good
supply of outside poison, which, taken
together with his naturally poisonous
liquid, does its work for whoever is
unfortunate enough to be sturg. But,
in Nassau, such poisonous woods are
few, and the scorpions have to fatten
themselves respectfully on pine. cedar
and mahogany.-From a Nassau Let
ter.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09

Thirty shaves for twelve cents is the ordinary
bai ber's rate in India. Time is not money in
that country, evidently. But then, the bar
bers there don't have to converse in three or
four different languages and are apt to wear
little else than exceedingly brief Oscar Wilde
trousers and bugs. Their rates are about as
much too low as ours here are too high
Perks Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09

The first monkey ever born in this country
first saw the light of day in New York Satur-
day. The only event of a similar nature was
the birth a year or so ago of some M%anoziques
in the Cincinnati geological gardens. The
mother of the new arrival was brought from
Calcutta By q sailor last fall.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09

They rocked the boat and were drowned 10
South Park Lake, Chicago. This is certainly
dying a. the fool dieth.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-09

Base ball is a game in which diamonds ar.
always trumps.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
Two Farms for Sale,

One containing 3S9h acres, situated Al
miles from SiStersville and one mile from
the Sistersvile and Salem Turnpike. Has
anew, large frame barn and TWO log houses;
also Il new frame house in course of con-
Struction: Several never-failing springs of
Water, plenty of Fruit, &C., well calculated
for a Stock farm.
The other, containing 1853 acres, joins the
former tract. Has n Cabin House and Sta
bic, and Il Small Orchard. Both farms prin-
cipally down to grass. Either or both will
be sold low, as | wish to retire from farm
life. For particulars, call on or address
j. T. HICKMAN,
Pursley, Tyler Co.. w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
On Thursday the Fifteenth day of
October, One Thousand Eight
Hundred and EightY.fYe.

at IL o'clock noon, at the front door of the
Court House Of said Court to.wlt: The Post
Office Building in the City OF Parkersbufg,
Wood County, West Virginia, the property
described in said decree, to-wit: All and
singular, the estate and property, real per
sonal and mixed, and all interests, rights,
privileges, franchises, easements, rights under
leases, terms and parts of terms, agreements,
covenants and contracts, OF all ana every
kind held, owned or occupied by, or belong
ing to said Point Pleasant and Ohio River
Railroad Company, inc udlng all ana slnSu-
lar It's lines of railroad from their junction
with The Ohio Central Railroad Com pany at
Pomeroy in the County of MetgS, and state
of Ohio, and thence through Melgs ana Gal
liza Counties in the State of Ohio, and into
and through the County of Mason, IN the
State of West Virginia, to the terminus there
of, including particularly the bridge across
the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, together
with all second or additional track and fran
chses, and also all and singular, the land,
roadway, tracks, structure, rails LAID or to be
laid, siding, turnouts, bridges, piers, WharV-
es, viaducts, culverts, walls, fences, ways and
rights OF ways, depots, Statlon houses, en-
CINE houses, car houses, freight houses, ware
houses, building and repair shops, machine
shops, built or to be built, depot grounds and
lands, &C. and also all locomotives, tenders,
passenger cars, freight cars, ana Otner cars,
and all o her rolling stock or equipments, all
machinery tools and mplementS, rallS, chalfS
and spikes. and other materials whatever
owned or possessed by the Railratd Company.
for the uses or purposes of. or deSlgne for
use, in connection with the operation. NAM
tenance or reparation of said line of railroad
or any part thereof. or the equipmento or APP
purtenances thereof and also all and singu-
lar the rights, privileges and franchises
which the said Railroad Company is possess
ed of, or entitled to, for the uses or purposes
of said line OF railroad or to the operation
or maintenance of the same, or any part
thereof, and also all the tolls and income of
the said line of Railroad, together with all
and singular the tenements. Entertainments
and appurtenances thereof.
The said property, rights and franchises,
will be sold together as an entirety. NO bid
will be accepted and reported by The under
signed, from any bidder, who shall not first
place in their hands, or deposit with them
as pledge tina he will make good his bid,
the sum of Twenty t. ousand dollars in mon
ey, aud no bid of less than one hundred and
eightytive thousand dollars will be accept
ed an reported at such sale.
Dated August 10th, 1885,
VIM. a. QUARTER.
JNO. A. HUTCHINSON.
GEORGE S. COUCH.
Special Master Commissioners.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
WESTVIRGINIAF FREEMAN.
ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE!
The Work Begun in Kanawha
County.
The Pioneer Prohibition Club.

Ed. FREEMAN:
We send brief report of Prohibi-
ton meeting held at West End
Chapel, August 10, 1885.
Rev. VIM. Jackson was elected
president; Jonathan Edens, vice
president; w. H. Bonham, treasur-
er and J. P. Todd, secretary. The
following constitution was adopted:
LIST. This club shall be known as
the Pioneer club of Kanawha coun-
ty, w. Va. I'd. Its officers shall
be president, vice.president, Sec
rotary and treasurer, who shall be
elected quarterly and serve until
their successors shall be elected.
.3rd Any voter may become
member by giving his name to the
secretary and subscribing to the
constitution. 4th. Meetings shall
be held in the West End Chapel,
on Wednesday night of each week.
9Th. The object Of this club is to
aid in securing the enactment of
Prohibition amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of West Vir-
ginia, and to that end the build
ing up Of the Prohibition party, as
organized at Grafton, June oath,
1885, 9th. Every member of this
club is pledged to vote for Prohibi-
ton, FIRST, last and all time, until
its object is accomplished.
On motion Of Rev. w. L. Bur-
dit, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resol0ed, That the proceedings
of the Club be for publication in
the West Virginia FREEMAN and
Kanawha county papers:
]. P. Todd, also offered the fol-
lowing as a motto for the club:
Moral suasion for those who drink,
Mental Suasion for those who think,
Legal Suasion for the drunkard maker,
And Prison snasion for the statute
breaker.
J. P. TODD, Secretary.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
Fathers Advice to his Son.

"My son, I have heretofore pre-
sented you with copy of the Holy
Bible. If you study only one book
let it be the Book, as the truths it
contains are able to make you wise
unto salvation
I herewith present you with
copy of the recent edition of Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary. If
you study only two books, let this
be the other, as it is not only die
tionary, unsurpassed in the SPELL
ing, pronunciation and definition
of words. but is also an encyclope-
dia of information in its Vocabula-
ries Of persons and places noted in
Fiction, Scripture, Greek, Latin
and Geographical Names, Bio
graphical Dictionary, Quotations,
Pictorial Illustrations, &C., making
it book to which you will have
occasion frequently to refer during
life" -PresGdeeet Marion Female
College,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
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W. VA FREEMAN: "a perfect cyclone of
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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19

Don't Eli the system with qui-
nine in the effort to prevent or
cure Fever and Ague. Ayers Ague
Cure is far more potent proven
tive and remedy, with the advan-
tage of leaving in the body no poi
sons to produce dizziness. deafness,
headache and other disorders. The
proprietOrs warrant it.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
West Virginia Annual u. b. Con-
ference.
Freemamsburg, Lepois County, W. Va.
Beginning September %, 1885.

The Pastors of the Parkersburg
Conference, U.B.Church will please
send the names of lay delegates
and local ministers expecting to
attend the next session at Free
msnsbulg, stating whether they
will come by public or private cor
veyance.
Visiting members will also send
their names, that conveyance may
be provided from the railroad to the
place Of meeting,
Those coming by B. & 0, R. r.
must be in Clarksburg by 8 a. NJ,
Wednesday, Sept. Odd.
J. w. BoGG Ess,
Freemansburg, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
cases, and he has never yet heard of its fail
ure to effect a radical cure.
. Some years ago one of Mr.. LELAND's farm
laborers bruised his leg. Owing to the bad
state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
Or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor-
rible itching of the skin, with burning and
darting pains through the lump, made life
almost intolerable. The leg became enor-
nlously enlarged, and running ulcers formed,
discharging great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. No treatment was of any
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELAND's direc-
ton, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, which allayed the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
Largest Hotel Enterprises

of America, says that while passenger from
New York on board ship going around Cape
Horn in the early days of emigration to Cal
ifornia, he learned that one of the officers of
the vessel had cured himself, during the voy-
age, of an obstinate disease by the use of
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19
Institute in Mercer County.

A Ministers, Deacons', and Sun
day School Institute will be held
with the Mountain View Baptist
Church, in Mercer county, Satur-
day, August 20.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19

By virtue, and in pursuance, of decree
entered in the above entitled causes on the
3Oth day of July, 1885, in the Circuit Court of
the United States, for the District OF West
Virginia, the undersigned, Special Master
Commissioners, villa sell at public auction,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-19

Send 25 cents for FREEMAN till
October 1ot.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11
September 1I, 1885.
Ecane1ers' Ouifle.
NEW HAVEN STEAMBOAT co.

Daily for New York-Farc $1, fnclud-
 ing Sberth-ExcursIon Tickets $1.50.
 Steamer c. H. NORTHAM M, Capt, F. J. Peck leaves NewHaven 12 o'clock pm. Sunday excepted. State rooms sold at Peck Bishops, and at klock's Drug leaves New Haven at 1915 a Sundays excepted.
 From New York-The c. H. NORTHAM leaves p: m Sundays excepte Saturday 12 o'clock mid night. Sundays, ELM CITY leaves N Y. at Il p. m.
 Sunday Boat for New YoTk-EIM CITY leaves New Haven at 9 a. m. Steamer NEW, HAVEN Capt. Post, leaves at 10:30 Siaterooms sold at the Elliott House Free stage from Ins Building at 9 D. m. Tckefs sold and baggage checked thro' to Philadelphia (via both roUtes) Baltimore and Washinefnri. LANES II. WARD Agent
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11
Friday, September III, 1885.
Very Likely.

Apropos to the recent unfortunate mistake of the Jersey druggist who put up morphine for quinine, and by which two young ladies lost their lives, it is stated that a young man called at one of our Birmingham drug stores few days since and asked for quantity of morphine "Are you sure that you want morphinea' asked the clerk. "Yes, sir, !" was the reply; 'I want morphine; that's what l vas told to get' The quantity asked for was so unusual that the proprietor came to the front with the question renewed and re- ceived similar positive answer. "ls 1t not quinine that you wanta" inquired the drug gist. 'tOh, yes," was the crestfallsn reply
 'sthat is it. want quinine. It is my mis- take" But if the order had been filled as given and death had ensued in consequence the customer would probably have sworn that he called for quinine and there would have been another druggists fatal mistake to record Valley Sentinel.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11
99Iedica1.
Advertising Cheats :.

It has become so common to begin an arti- cle in an elegant, interesting style,
 Then run it into some advertisement, that we avoid all such, And simply call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as pos sible,
 To induce people
 To give them one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use anything else.
 The remedy is so favorably noticed in all the pa pers.
 Religious and secular, is
 Having large gale, and is supplanting all othel medicines.
 There is no use denying the virtues of the HoI plant and the proprietors of Hop Bitters have shown great shrewdcess and ability In compromising medicine whose virtues are SC palpable to every ones observation.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11

J
 Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co, Drawers. Atlanta s1 V SaiaOdaWnr
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11
Eif1at1ciaI.
Stocks Dull And DroOpIng-The Course
 of The Market Downward Through
 out The Day-The Latest Rumors
 And Happenings En Railroad Circles.

And HapDenfngs En Railroad Circles.
 New York, Sept 10 1885.
 Stocks were dull and dropping all day. There WAS an hour however, of comparative frmness, from 1115 until 1915 in the forenoon in which a number of the active stocks were from 1s to ss above last night but from that time until the last hour there was gradual decline, leaving all shares lower than last night The weak stocks were Lake Shore New York Central, Jersey Central, Erie, Reading and Louisville & Nashville. Union Pacif- ic lost nearly the whole advance of the last two days There is information that the Union Pacific financial transactions in Boston embraced an abso lute sale of securities from the companys treasury to Kidder Peabody 6 Co. and Lee, Higginson & Co. which will yield the Union Pacific about B, ,000 900 in cash before the end of the year. The company has also probably borrowed from other parties for three years similar amounts. There is also a speck of trouble growing in the Northwest if as is reported, the Manitoba and Canada Pacific have made a pool by which freights which have hereto fore gone to Manitoba through the United States are now to be diverted from their former routes. The only encouraging item in railroad affairs to- day was the increase of per cent in the earnings of St. Paul for the first week of September over the corresponding week of last year. The sales to-day aggregated 26S, ,986 shares.
 Money closed at 11s91 per cent
 Exchange closed higher. Posted rates 4S1aG484
 Governments closed adv