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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18

S-Messrs. w. w. Earthman and d.
A. Mcknight, of Murfreesboro, were
here two or three days of this week
measuring, inspecting, and loading a
lot of cedar lumber which they had
purchased from Messrs. Byrd 4 Rey-
nolds. The lot loaded six cars, which
were shipped to Murfreesboro. The
cedar was cut on Collins river, near
Irving College, and the mill men say
there is good supply of it there.
This is the first cedar lumber of any
consequence ever shipped from here.
Mr.. Jesse Farley, of Fancher's
Mills, Tenn, in renewing his sub
scription to the STANDARD, writes us
very encouraging letter, which con-
cludes as follows: "We cannot do
without your valuable paper. The
print is large and plain, and any one
who can read at all, can read the
STANDARD. lam pleased withitand
every child on the place loves to read
it. The only objection 1 have to it is
would like to receive it Saturday
instead of Monday, but will not fall
out with the good old STANDARD if it
will just keep coming regularly on
Monday"
AT a meeting of McMinnville
Chapter No. 80, Royal Arch Masons,
held Tuesday, Dec. 18th, the follow
ing officers were elected:
r. Kennedy, Excellent High Priest.
M. d. Smallman, Excellent King.
A. Fl. Gross, Excellent Scribe.
II. C. Lind, Captain Of the Host.
]. W. Howard, Principle Sojourner.
j. f. Jones, Royal Arch Captain.
w. w. Fairbanks, Master Sd Vail.
IL. Thurman, Master I'd Vail.
A. J. Curl, Master LIST Vail.
T.. f. Burroughs, Treasurer.
w. L. Swami, Secretary.
M. A. Doty, Sentinel.
The January number of Arthur's
Home Magazine is at hand, with an
unusually attractive table of contents
and charming illustrations. The
short stories are capital, and the
serial by NJ. G. McClelland begins
well, and promises to be one of the
best by this rising young writer. In
addition to the stories, the women
folk will find many things useful in
its well-filled departments, and the
illustrated bits of fancy work suitable
for little, inexpensive presents are
quite the right thing to keep fair
fingers at work in the holiday season
now at hand. The enlarged form of
the Magazine is great Improvement
upon its old style, and places the
Home prominently before the public
as one of the best of the lower-cost
monthly magazines. The price is
but two dollars year, with reduc-
tons and premiums for clubs.
Samples copies, ten cents each. Il.
S. Arthur g. Son, Philadelphia, are
the publishers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18
Real Estate Transfers.

Dec. 9Th 18S6.-Mrs. B. l.. Belle and
others to David Logue, tract of land
in LIST civil district.
Dec. eth, 1866. P. Pontius to
Jonas Vataw, 200 acres land on Cum
berland Mountain.
Dec. 18th, 1856. Turner to J. B.
Turner, tract ofland in 6th'civil dis
trict. w. .
Dec. 10Th, 1886, My IowleS and
to Theodore 0abry, town lot on
Main Street, below railroad bridge.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18

Readour Christmas advertisements
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18

"What beautiful child! What
a pretty fellow" says the gush-
ing visitor to the lady of the house.
eyes, he is a handsome boy l think. "
"Oh, indeed he is. He is the perfect
image of his father-the perfect inn
age. Don't you think 500" "Well,
| don't know. / neversaw his father.
We adopted him.N
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18
Tarlton Items.

20 the Standard.
Thos. Barnes, of Irving College,
spent day and night of last week
with his brother, n. B. Barnes,in our
neighborhood.
w. NJ. Coppinger's boys caught
twelve rabbits one day during the
big snow.
An infant child of Marion Tate died
at u o'clock noon last Sunday.
Rev. r. T. Dykes moved his family
TO the old saw mill place short dis
lance above Prof. j. S. L. Walkers,
last Monday, there to remain while
he represents us in the Legislature.
d. w. Barnes brought up large
drove of his cattle last Monday, and
put them in n. +. Barnes stock field.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18

We store our cabbage for family
use in a barrel set uprightly in shell
tered spot, and banked to its top with
earth. All the cover given is two
thicknesses of boardsl nailed together
and laid on the top. The Cabbage is
always accessible and there is little
loss of any kind.
ASCBSCRIBER.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
Warned In Time.

Adolph Layman, a young farmer
of Port Clinton, Pa, is Il recent
convert to Mormonism, having fall
en- IN with several Mormon mission
aries who have been seeking con
verts in Berks and neighborlne
counties. lie is twenty-elgbt years
of age. and a man of considerable
property. % Saturday he arrived
in Reading with Magdalin Eysert
the daughter of neighborlng farm
er. She is twenty.one years DID,
They procured a marriage license
and then went to the office Of Alder
man Bernhard. At the office of the
alderman Layman related this
story: "My intention is to locate
i'm Utah next month. Pm going to
be a Mormon because | have a
splendid chance. The Bishop offer
ed me a 90.acre farm free as soon
| reached Salt Lake. Now, | want
YOU to draw up an agreement, to
be signed by myself and wife, that
is to be, in which she fully consents
that ! be allowed to marry as many
wives as ] want when we get out
among the MOrmOns."
The alderman advised the woman
to stay from the Mormons, and she
refused to marry Layman, although
he beseeched and begged plteous-
". She tore up the marriage IL
cense, aud went home alone, while
Layman departed on separate
train.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.


COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Woodstock, Va, July 3, lsSG
To VIM. II. Triplett, Defendant
AND
Geo. C. Wedderburn, Virginia NJ. Wed
derburn, Dewitt c. Lawrence, trustee
for Virginia NJ. Wedderburn and Martin
II. n. kendlg,. ..------- Complalnants
You are hereby notified that ! have
fixed upon the 9Th day Of August next
to take and settle, at my office,
|. An account of the amounts paid by
said VIM. II. Triplett to said George c.
Wedderburn and to SAID Martin II. n
Kendig while they were acting as the
agents of the said Wm. II. Triplett for
the purchase and sale of the real estate in
the bill and proceedings mentioned
II. An account Of the rents and profits
of the real estate granted by said VIM. H.
Triplett to said Martin II. \. Kendig as
aforesaid in the hands Of said Kendig or
his grantees from the time he acquired
possession of the same, subject to any just
and proper credits for taxes, permanent
improvements &c. ;
Ill. An account of the rents and profits
Of the real estate granted by Eliza Barry
and others to said VIM. IL. Tnplett, as
aforesaid, from the time the said VIM. II.
Triplett acquired possession Of the same,
subject to any just and proper credits to
which he may be entitled by reason Of
taxes or other proper charges on the prop
erty, or permanent Improvements made
by him thereon required to be taken by
the decree of Shenandoah Circuit Court
rendered on the oath day Of January, lssl,
in suit in chancery depending In said
court between the above named parties,
and if from any causo the taking Of sand ac-
counts shall not be commenced, or having
been commenced should not be completed
on that day, the taking of tho same will
be adjourned from day to day, or from
place to place, until the same are taken
and completed.
Given under my hand rs Commissioner
in chancery of the said court, no my Office
in said county the day and year first
aforesaid.
VI. b. WuNDER, Comr in Chy
W. & w. p. a., J. IL K. p. Il. iy It,.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
REDUCED POSTAL RATES.
The Volume of Business Shown to In
crease as Postage Becomes Cheaper.

The effect of the reduction of the
rates of postage and the unit of
weight, as shown by the figures re-
Gently prepared at the Post Office
department, has been what the adj
yocates of cheap postage always
claimed, an increase in the volume
of mail matter, which has balauc-
ed the reduction in the receipts.
This is shown in a very interesting
way. The reduction of postage
from three cents to two cents went
into effect in 1888, and up TO that
time the sales of postal cards had
annually increased by an amount
that was double the increase In the
sales of postage stamps and stamp.
ed envelopes. Postal cards were
first introduced under the act of
jane Sth, 1872, the Issue begin.
ming on the LIST of May, 1873, and
amounting for the months of May
and June of that year to 81 ,O94, 900
cards. The number of cards issued
during the year ended June 80,
1871, was Of, $4,000, and for the
succeeding year l07 GIG, 900, an in
crease of 1915 per cent. The in
crease for the year ended June 30tb,
1876, over the preceding year was
at the rate Of 40 per cent, for 1917
1913 per cent. for 1873 Is per cent,
for 1879, 1855 per cent; for 1880,
$3.50 per cent for 1881, 1920 per
cent; for 1882, 1890 per cent, and
for 1888, 7.07 per cent. During
1884 the sales amounted to 36] mil
lion orcards. in 1885, the number
fell off to $40 million and last year
the sales reached 3jG million. Dnr-
ing the past year, as shown by the
special count for the month of June
recently made, there was only an
increase in the number of pOstals
sold of five per cent, which shows
that the use Of the postal card has
received check. There is still
another fact pointing in the same
direction, which is that the increase
in the number of circulars mailed
was only three per cent. AS bust
ness has been good throughout the
country, the figures would usually
show that there was a large in-
crease in the number of circulars
issued, but the increase of twenty
one per cent in letters and ffty.nine
per cent in sealed packages points
to the conclusion that the reduc.
ton in the rate of postage and the
increase in the unit of weight has
diverted business to the letter aud
sealed packages instead of pOstals
and unseaIod packages. The rate
for lettor postage Is two cents an
ounce and for unsealed packages
one cent an ounce, so that the adj.
vantagcs of these rates, especially
in connection with the fact that
circulars and pOstals do not re-
ceive the samo attention, amply
accounts for the increase in their
popular use. These facts seem to
confirm the arguments of the advo.
oates OF cheaper rates of postage,
who claimed that there would be
an increase in the number of letters
mailed, and that sealed matter
would he substituted for pos tai
cards and upsealed circulars. The
reduction in the rate of postage
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

"Charles b. Burks, who for sew.
eral years has worked as COM
positOr on several Of the Lynch
burg papers, is in a pitiable state"
says the Lynchburg Neics. lie
talks in a disconnected manner and
imagines all sorts OF unreasonable
things. Among others, he i'm
AGNES that the friends Of Cluyerius
in Richmond have conspired to get
him in the Richmond jail in place
of Lillian Madlson's murderer and
release the latter. He believes that
he bears a close resemblance to
Cluverius, although there Is no
likeness whatever. The young
man was taken in charge by his
friends last night and will no doubt
receive proper attention.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
Manganese In Virginia.

4 dispatch from plttSburg, Pa.
SAYS: "James Il. White x Co., Of
this city, have Just completed the
purchase of 5,00O.acre tract Of
manganese ore land in Virginia.
This purchase will enable these
gentlemen to supply the home mar
ket with sufficient manganese ore
to shut out the greater part OF the
spicgal and fine manganese import
ed from England. They will com
mencc the development of the tract
at once. and inside OF a few months
will have u new town built and
about 600 men at work, who will
be getting ont an output Of 800 tC
500 tons of ore per day. The new
purchase lies - miles from WayneS
boro', Augusta county, and is with
i'm three miles of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad. MeSsrs. White Il
Go. will at once commence the con
strnction Of a branch road, and it
will be pushed to completion as
RAPIDLY as possible. Men are at
work now developing the tract, and
they find that the ore Is reached at
depth Of about 80 feet. 1t lies IN
large bodies or pockets, and does
net run IN veins, like coal.
"As soon as the exact lay of the
ore is determined on the work OF
mining will be commenced. The
tract lies up in the mountain, where
there are no dwellings, and con-
tracts for the building Ola town
will be let. Two hundred houses
will be erected at once, and in the
meantime the shafts will be sunk
and all made ready for the begin
ming of work in the mines. The
company expects within eight
months to be able to ship at least
800 tons of the orc per day. The
deposit is so much larger and the
ore so easily mined that they eX'
pect to have no trouble in doing
this. The present demand for
manganese and speigel, which con
talns 10 per cent. Of manganese, IS
about 10000 tons a month. With
the exception of the Cambria Iron
Works and the mills of the Carne.
ges, all these metals are brought
from England, aud the manuiao'
turerS have always labored under a
disadvantage, The Whites will be
able to place in the market at least
10000 tons per month of manga
nese ore from their new purchase.
This Will shut out half the English
imports, and with q little more time
they may be able to double their
capacity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
REMEDY FOR SMUT IN WHEAT

REMEDY FOR SMUT IN WHEAT
Judge Thomas Jones of Warsaw,
Richmond county, Va, an exten.
sive and practical farmer Of over
half a century's experience in wheat
raising, says that Glauber salts and
quick lime are the simplest, cheap
est, and surest preventives against
smut in wheat. 'The Glauber salts
costs about two (2) cents per h.
Lime is cheap. The whole cost per
bushel Of wheat will not exceed 3
cents. Take large wash tab, fill
it with water and keep more Of the
salts in it than it will dissolve. Put
a few bushels OF wheat on a plank
floor, saturate the wheat thorough
ly with the solution, slit the lime
on it and rub it up till every grain
of wheat is thoroughly coated with
lime. Prepare as much seed as
you will SOW each day every morn
ing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

A special from Greensburg, KY,
says that Glenn Bishop, aged 20,
was married on Monday to Retta
Boston, his ward, aged not ever
nine. Bishop is backwOOds doc
tor and preacher. His wife died
two weeks ago, and the neighbors
threatened to take from him this
girl, whom he had adopted. To
thwart them he procured license
and was married by David Judi.
He presented certificate from the
girl to obtain the license that she
was twenty.seven years Ofage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

Eleven months ago Mrs. ThOs.
HarraIsOn, of Harris county, Ga,
gave birth to triplets, two boys and
one girl, whom she named Cleve'
land, Hendricks and Victoria, with
regard to sex. These little ones
we're healthy and vigorous, and
grew rapidly. A few days ago all
were attacked with cholera infan-
tum, and on last Thursday night
Hendricks died, Friday morning
Cleveland, and early Friday night
Victoria, only thirty-five hours
elapsing between the death of the
FIRST and the last.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
More PartilanIsm.

We understand that Mr.. Chas.
O'Donnel, engineer at the Western
Lunatlc Asylum, has been dis
placed and Mr.. Nj. Dinneen, late
superintendent of the Stanton
Water Works, has been selected
to fill the vacancy. Mr.. O'DOn-
nel's only offence, so far as we have
been able to learn, is that he voted
the independent ticket in the late
city election. There was no charge
of neglect of duty, no complaint of
inefficiency, no cause for removal,
except that he chose to exercise his
right as a cisizen and vote as he
thought proper. He was a
thoroughly competent and efficient
engineer, and conducted his de
partment throughout in the very
best manner. There may be justi-
fication for an exercise of the spOils
system, when a political contest is
made for that avowed purpose.
But when officials who are SrOrn
to discard politics IN toto in the
discharge of their duty, prostitute
the trust committed to them to par
tizan ends, or personal spite, it is
| time a clean sweep were made, and
| that those who have thus proven
themselves unworthy of the conf
dence repOsed in them, and untrue
to the solemn obligations they as
sumed, were deprived Of the power
to make the State institutions pc
litical machines. Such partizan-
ism is a disgrace to any state. The
volume of wrath that is being piled
up against the day Of wrath is in
creasing with each revolving sun,
| VALLEY VirgiRida.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

ATLANTA, GA, July 2j.-E.
Leon, of Mansfield, Ohio, Saturday
performed what is said to be the
most marvellous rope.walk;ng feat
on record. He crossed the Grand
Charm at Tallulah falls on an inch
and a-half rope, fifteen hundred
feet long, and suspended from cliff
to cliff at a height of twelve hun.
bred feet above the rapids. -Four
thousand people witnessed tho feat,
three thousand going from Atlanta
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

has been in operation for the past
three years and the increase in the
weight went into effect last year.
1t seems probable that there viii
be a still further reduction in pos
tai rates, the experience Of the
past demonstrating that the reve-
nues are not acknowledgements
w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

not to increase and give addition to
the internal-revenue system by tax
ing these articles; and next, that
if the manufacture of Oleomargarine
OF butterIne be a fraud we ought
to deal with it heroically, and say
that it shall not be manufactured
or sold in this country, and that
we ought not to be putting tax
on it.
1t has been said that Leglsla-
lures have made laws that you could
drive a fOur-horse coach through.
Did you ever read a statute where
it was said that a man who know
ingly commits murder shall be pun.
ished so-and-sO Did you ever read
a statute in which the word "knOw-
inglyn was affixed to the crime it.
self never did. The intent must
be provided. That belongs to the
books without being written, it is
part of the common law that we
accept and never think of inserting
here; but in the interest of the
oleOmargarine manufacture we
must insert the word knowingly ~
You might as well try the devil be-
lore a court in his own dominiOns
and expect conviction Ofhim as to
expect a conviction of a manufact-
urer or seller ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the law which is made 0Stensibly to
protect the dairymen, the farmer,
the consumer of the product, if you
insert the word "knOwinglyh-
What lawyer here would undertake
to 90 before q court on a contingent
fee to prove that a man knowingly
sold Oleomargarine?
You have had it under discussion
here. Is there Senator on this
floor who can tell me whether he
knows the distinction between OleO-
margarine, butterine, and butter ?
Is there one? Then take the Sena-
tors themselves who undertake to
make this law, go into court, and
YOU could not convict one of them
even for eating it, much less selling
lit.
took some little pains to try to
find out and | was told that there
was such a thing as cutting the one
with knife and the other with a
fork, or one with a sharp instru-
ment and the other with a dull in
strument; but II you cut them both
alike with the same instrument, the
little water that we know belongs
to butter would appear on the but
ter and it would not on the other.
| have been told that if you take a
lump of butter as it comes wrapped
around with linen rag and lay it
on the table, and then by the side
of it take a lump Of butterine and
lay it down in the same way, the
butter would melt in One-third of the
time that the butrerine wOuld.-
Does that help You to a conviction
of the man who would sell outside
of the law when You say that he
shall do il knowingly? lie does
not wait for the sun to shine on it
to determine whether it is butter
inc or anything else; he sells it be-
fore the sun gets at 1t.
l say that this bill is one that will
do no earthly good its only effect
is to give the sanction of the Amer
lean Congress to fraud. There
fore | shall vote against it. That
is my only reason, as ! stated.
Now, Mr.. President, ifIhave been
little anxious to make this state
ment know it will be excused by
Senators on the ground that first
mentioned that l have a constituent
cy of butter makers and that |
think I owe some explanation to
them when l cast my vote against
the bill.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

To the average bachelor mind,
Cincinnati is not such a bad place
as it is painted. There are sixteen
widows there worth on an average
of 5000, 900 each.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

internal revenue laws, free trade,
and last, bat not least, the Andcr-
son-McCormick bill. We think this
fairly states the position of the
Register as it is disclosed by the
above extract from its columns
Spirit Of the valley.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

MI JACKSON. Va, June Il. 1856
TO HagcrsiOwR Steam Engine and Machine
lOrks:
Gentlemen, We the undersigned take
pleasure in stating that the " horse pow
er Traction Engine lately purchased by
Anthony b. Miller of your agent, MIR. s.
+. Mooney drew into our town to-day .
train of 3 wagons loaded with bark, il
came from Dellinger's Gap over an ex-
tremely rough mountainous road, in fact
as rough mountainous road as there is one
in Shenandoah county.
We hereby certify said wagons and
bark weighed twenty thousand eight
hundred aud ninety lbs.
r. @. ALEXANDER,
Weigh Master.
J. T. LONAS,
G.. II. II. KO0NTZ,
J. A. HELLER.
June %, 's6.-lyr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
VIRGINIA, -To-Witl

VIRGINIA, -To-Wit
In the clerks Office Of the circuit
court Of Shenandoah July 18th, l--6 IL
VACATION,
Sarah A. Stultz, by her next friend, A
Haas, Complainant,
Against In Chancery,
William +. Stultz, .-.-..-.--.D Defendant
The object of this suit is to obtain di-
yOrce riRculO mdtrimOnu.
1t appearing by satisfactory evidence
that the defendant is not an inhabtant OF
this State,-IT Is ORDERED, That he do
appear here within one month after due
publication thereof, and do what is nee
essary to protect his interest; that copy
of this order be published in some news
paper printed in Woodstock, once a week
for four successive weeks, and a copy
posted at the front door Of the court house
of said county, on the first day of the next
county court. GEO. w. MlLEY, g. C. C. sc.
A COPY-TEsrE.
GEO. W. MILEY, C. C. C. 3. C.
Walker 4 Keller, =. &. lJuly 2}-4w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
Lots of. Stoves

Left from our Spring stock, cheap for Cash
~ Remember 100 pieces given with each
cook stove.
A general stock Of Iron-band, rod, &c.
Also, Buggy and Spring Wagon Wheels
WheelbarrOws and Window sash.
.v Roofing and Spouting done at very
lowest rates, and all work guaranteed.
1t is only once in a lifetime that
you can get such bargains as we are now
offering. Cash bargains-and don't you
forget it,. Respectfully,
ESTATE OF JNO. A. SAUM.
Edinburg, Va. April 80, 'c6-ly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

A pa applied INTO each nOstril
and IL agreeable Price 50 cts. druggists
by mail. registered, 60 cts Circular free
Ely BROTHERS, Druggists,
Aug. 25-ly. Owego, y. Y,