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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29
Local Option.

/ The local option election in Fredericks-
burg Thursday resulted in favor of the
'wet ticket, or for granting license for
selling liquor 10y 30 majority
AT Liberty district, Bedford county. the
result was a victory in favor of local
$50.
The majority against local option in
Botetourt county, was 355.
TIE Local Optionists carried Smythe
county by majority of 279.
Five precincts in Rockbridge county,
including Lexington, gave q majority of
4O7 for license. The county went anti
prohibition by a large majority.
In Washington county, Abingdon dis
trict gave the wet ticket net majority of
ITS, and Undertook district gives the
same ticket a majority of S. The dry
/ ticket has majorities in the four remaining
districts as follows: Glade-Spring district,
1852 North-fork district, Al Holston
district 10. Saltville precinct went dry
by vote of 1875 to l. The net dry major
ity in Washington county was 1876.
The vote on Chincoteague Island last
Saturday resulted: For prohibition, 264 );
against. So majority for prohibition, 226.
The result of the election held in the
districts of Courthouse and Temperance,
in Amherst county, on Saturday, was a
victory for the vets. The Courthouse
precincts official vote was vets, 81 !;
dry. 105.
On Monday the ''wets" carried Rich
mond by a majority of 5.6sl; Lynchburg
by ,1SS, and Manchester by 626. In other
words it was deluge.
A local option election occurred in Char
lottesville yesterday, and it is reported to
have gone wet by heavy majority.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29

The undersigned beg leave to announce that
having purchased the entire stocks and good
viii OF the late firms of Geo. S. Walker Il Co.
and b. f, Hughes and consolidated the two
concerns; they. will continue the DRUG BUSI-
NESS. in all its branches, at the old stand of
Walker Co. No. 6, S. Augusta Street. under
the firm name of Hughes & Robinson. Thank
ing the friends of the old firms for their past
patronage, we respectfully solicit continq-
ance of the same for the new firm.
3. f. HUGHES,
A. G. ROBINSON, of late firm
ap1ZS-H of DR.. Geo. S.Walker & Co.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29
GITY CONSTABLE

q
thereby announce myself a candidate for re-
election to the office of City Constable. If
elected, shall endeavor i'll the future, as l
have in the past, TO faithfully discharge the
duties OF the office. Respectfully
apf22-tde GEO. A. HUTCHINSON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29
A Card to the Public.

a Card TO The P1tbzlc.
In retiring from the Drug Business, l take
this opportunity to express my sincere thanks
to my friends for their past patronage, and
hope 1t may be their pleasure to continue with
my successors. MesSrS. Hughes & Robinson
whom cordially recommend as in every way
worthy of their confidence.
Very respectfully,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29
A Message from the President.

On Thursday last the President sent to both
houses of Congress the following message:
To the Senate and House of Representatives
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29

The report was read by sections and
elected many speeches, and some differ
ences of opinion as to the phraseology,
though great enthusiasm and unanimity
as to the general objects and plan of organ
ization. Only few verbal amendments
were passed, and then tie report as whole
was adopted with great nnanimity and
enthusiasm
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29
rNHE BRENTWOOD CHURN.

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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-04-29

clared that his conduct was totally mex
cusable, as during the canvass Daniel had
told him that he (DanieD favored the
measure and would advocate its adoption.
Another class of patriots who were par
ticularly unsparing in their criticism of
the Senator-elect, were the friends of the
Blair bill, who recognized in Daniels SUBJ
stitute an insidious attempt to kill the bill.
Virginia Democracy is just beginning to
gather in the fruits of it's political ingrat-
itude and stupidity.
John w. Daniel has got his work in to
kill the Blair educational bill. The House
Committee on Labor, of which he is a
member, and to which the Willis bill.
by Senator Blair, was referred, on Monday
evening. after protracted and animated
discussion, decided by a vote of to 8, one
member not voting. to report to the House
as substitute for the Blair education bill
measure which, in substance, provides
that the receipts from the sale of public
lands and the other revenues from the gen.
eral land Office, shall be divided among
the several States and Territories in the
proportion Of their school population and
not upon the basis of illiteracy, as pre-
Vided in the Blair Bill. Under the Blair
bill the South would have received four
fifths of the appropriation. Under this
bill the South would get about one-fourth.
For ten years rs per cent. of the sum
is to be used for industrial and technical
instruction, ndithe remainder for the sup
port of the common schools. The COM
mittee agreed that the individual members
should not be bound by their vote either
10 support of or against the measure when
1T comes up for consideration in the
House.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
Tilnlan BludSOe.


''Wot, stranger havn't ye heard the yarn?
Not know how came TO lose my leg,
An took to stumpin on this consarn?
ItISN'T purity. this hfCkry peg,
Amt lived in these dig%in'S long guess.
Wall. listen then. an the yarn I'll tell
OF that hcllish day in the Wilderness
When we wrastled with Rebel shot an shell.
''Our men was bein' moved down like grass:
Our solid columns they broke an reeld,
When a child o. two, tiny lass
| seen whar the dead men strewed the field.
Between the ranks o. the blue an gray
She stood right with frightened cry
AM waved her hands in a scared-like way.
How did she come thar? God knows; not |.
well; Cap. I'm a rough an ready lot.
But I'm father my self, yc see.
l swore twiXt my teeth that hahy'd not
BE mustered out with no help from NE,
l paused where the soldiers fed like sheep,
The gray-coatS saw me an raised their yell:
An back rushed through the dead knee deep,
Through whizzin' showers o grape an shell.
81 reached the baby an Crasped her quick
She put her soft little face to mine:
An back rushed whar the shot fell thick;
Back through the voleys from line TO line.
The child never murmured or cried out,
AS safely we flew and never stopped
Till jest eZ We got to our own redOubt
felt bullet an down dropped.
''But the babe was saved. What a dcafcnin' shout
What a cheer they gave from our shattered line.
An. after month, wuE mustered out
With a cruch an this timber leg ominc.
Wall that's my story. don't complain.
But didn't that little gal show pluck?
l tell ye I'd do the same again:
Another drink? Wall, thanks! Here's luck
~ valiant man. remarked to one
Who stood apart with q smiling phiZ;
Not every soldier wOud thus have done
deed as noble and brave as his
Now don't You credit that chap at all,
Said my companion. and tipped a wink;
"A buZZ-saw cut off his leg last fail
That yarns his scheme for gettin' a drink
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

Do men ever reach that state of enlight-
ment or dignity when the jingling tunes
of fiddle will not work upon their feet
with the effect of an electric battery? 1t
is study, sometimes, to stand and look
on at one of the ordinary stag-dances so
common in the country, on festive occa-
siOns, such as the Fourth of July. For
some unaccountable reason, the music is
all alike, or sounds all alike, produced
with the same jiggering motion of the
arm, and resulting in the same droning
jig. 'Fill up the floor!" calls the floor
manager" with all the authoritative dig
nifty of a military commander, and at
once the young men in the crowd begin
twisting their mustaches, adjusting their
button-hole bouquets, and trying to look
pretty. Then with staggering, sway
ing motion, as though the whole being
were filled with music and the poetry of
motion" they pass from one to another
of the girls in white until one agrees to
dance. These stand around the rough
platform, looking as though it would be
suicide by the splinter route to go upon
such place to dance. and as you look on
you inwardly hope they will not attempt
it. Yet, there they come! The full num-
ber of couples at last range themselves
about the rough platform. The fiddler
begins humping his fiddle-strings, and
squeaking the keys; the viol gives
growl; the second-fddler looks wise and
saws couple of strokes, and the old ma
chine is ready to be set in motion.
We look again-surely those girls, with
their delicate slippers, will not dare make
the attempt! The fiddlers strike up with
a crash, and an gnearthly yell from the
caller. The effect is wonderful. The Slip
pers, the rough floor, the white dresses,
all are forgotten. There is skip, shuf-
fle, cloud of dust, and the old machine
is in full blast. After the first crash, the
fiddles settle down to low fast jig
seemingly the faster the better, and the
mournful monotony of the tOiling, sweat
ing, shuffiing picture is only broken by
the indistinct, mumbling yells of the call
er. Now lock around at the circle of peo-
pie looking on, and you will find nine
pairs Of feet out of every ten involuntari-
ly tapping the ground, in fruitIess effort
at keeping time with the fiddling. There
is a fascination about the wild, dusty,
noisy scene, that must be alluring to
even such poor music is wonderful. But
you look, and study, and try to under
stand where the fun comes in.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

A mine explosion occurred at John
son & Patterson's mine, near Nelson
vile, on last Sunday afternoon.
Thomas Williams and Charles John
son were repairing al air-compresse1',
when it exploded, killing Williams
and badly iniuring johnson.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
Saturday. August 14th, 1856, at
One O'Clock p. NJ.

the following described real estate, situated in
the County of Jackson, and State OF Ohio, to-
wit:
Bcng n part of the north west Quarter of the
north east quarter of section number 2, town
ship number s, range number 10, commencing g
at Telegraph pole six rods north east of the
south east corner of said lot: thence north SO
degrees east to the rocks near the top of the hill
and one rod south of a pine about fifteen inches
through north 4012 degrees west chains; thence
north 81 degrees west s 75 chains; thence north
degrees west 1925 chains to county line and
the north line of said lot; thence east 80 chai nS
to the north east corner of said lot; thence
south TO the south eat corner of said lot; thence
west to the railroad thence north west about
five rods more or less TO the place of beginning,
containing about twenty four acres, excepting
from the above described tract about four acres
heretofore decided to Adam Winfough. The
above described tract being the premises here
Parker and wife and recorded in deed book
number II, page number 293, of the records of
Jackson County, Ohio
Also the following described premises, to-Wit
Lot number 10 in the village of Raysville, as
shown on the recorded plat of said village.
Appraised as follows;
First described tract at SS:}.6b.
Second described tract at SS6.66.
Terms of sale, cash on day of sale.
To be sold as the properly of Isaac Clark, to
satisfy a judgment in favor of William Brown
Given under my hand this 18th day OF July
1886. J. NJ. LIVELY,
Sheriff jackson County, Ohio
r U. Wilson, Atty for Pl'ff.
ByI. C. Long, Deputy.
July 10, lSS6-5w.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

The English elections have gone against
Gladstone, and his plan for the establish
ment of a home-rule government in Ire
land. The great old man has stood for
the interests of the Irish people with a
firmness and bravery that commanded
the admiration of the world, and could
his ideas be carried into successful eXecu-
ton, the condition of unhappy Erin"
would be greatly improved. But it seems
that the time is not yet, though the work
of Gladstone has not been in vain.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

Some of our Democratic exchanges are
trying to bring out David Armstrong, of
this place, for Secretary Of State. We
object! Daye is too good fellow to be
beaten anywhere from twenty-five to fif-
ty thousand. This is going to be pow
erful bad year for Democrats
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

Gen. Grosvenor paid his respects to
the President, in the matter of vetoing
Soldiers Pension Bills, in a vigorous
speech. Altogether, we do not believe
the President is gaining great popu-
larity by his course in this matter.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
Tuesday, August 18th, 1885,

At 10 O'Clock 4 m, to nominate candidates Tor the
ollowing county Offices;
Auditor.
Sheriff,
Commissioner,
Infrmary Director.
Also to appoint delegates to the State Convention
and transact such other business may properly
come before the Convention. The basis of repre-
sentation will be delegate for every thirty votes
cast for Joseph B. Foraker at the last State election
and delegate for each fraction of sixteen ana
orer Herewith is given the vote cast for Joseph b.
Foraker by each township and voting precinct, and
the number of delegates each is entitled to:
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
Notice to Teachers.

Notice is hereby given, that until otherwise order
the Board of School Examiners of jackson Coun-
ty Ohio, will hold regular meetings for the examina-
tion of teachers. at Jones Hail. in the town CT jack
son, on the First Friday in ersry month.
By order of Board of Examiners.
2I9ug79tf w. IhNH Rf'N f'5Tk-
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
Republican Convention.

The Republican voters of Jackson county will meet
their places of holding elections in the sew
eral townships and precints, on
Saturday, August 18th, 1856,
From O'Clock p. m. until 4 O'Clock p. M, and pro-
ceed to choose delegates to the County Convention
which will meet at Jackson
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

It is now mysteriously claimed that
the late District Attorney Corkhill
had evidence in his possession to prove
that the assassination of Garfield was
political plot, in which certain prom
inent men were implicated. The as
sassination was the working Of dis
eased brain. There can scarcely be a
possibility Of a doubt in the mind of
a calm, thinking person, that Guiteau
was lunatic. But he was of the
kind Of lunatics that it pays to put
out Of the way.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
To All That Are Economically Inclined
We Have Something To Say

That will interest you. At this season of
the year merchants want to reduce their
stock. Some of them want to do it at the
same prices they have had all season,
while live merchants will make big in
ducements. We are of the latter kind,
and in order to reduce our stock we will
offer for short time the largest and best
stock of Mems, Youths Boys and Chill
dren's Tailor Made Clothing, Hats, Shoes
Trunks, Valises and Gents Furnishing
Goods, at prices that will insure their
rapid sale. 1t will be to your interest to
come earl to
q = STERN3ERGER g co.
rheI CLOTH Dealer
Cspp It's tand.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

1t is said that M. Pasteur, the
French specialist, has been compelled
to secure more commodious quarters,
as his patients are arriving in crowds.
A number Of small animals are con-
stantly kept on hands, suffering from
hydrophobia, for the purpose Of fur
nishing virus. 1t seems to us that in
stead of all this suffering and cruelty,
and all these expensive journeys to
Paris, it might be better to wage a
war of determination on the dogs.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
CHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL
~ ESTATE
The State Of Ohio, Jdch'S0n County, IS:
Couyt Of Common Pleas.

On Execution,

Notice is hereby gwen, that in pursuance o.
an Execution issued from the Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County of Jackson
and State of Ohio, in 4 certain cause wherein
William Brown is plaintiff and Isaac Clark il
defendant, and to me directed Sheriff of ssiC
County, will offer for sale, at the door of th'
Court House, in Jackson, in said County, on
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

There are about one hundred and
forty Republican editors in Ohio. At
the Columbus Convention there were
less than sixty. So that those who
did not embrace the opportunity
offered to go to Columbus and define,
publicly, the duties Of United States
Senators, need not feel that they have
been altogether left outside the party
enclosure
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

A report comes from Mt Union
College, Alliance, Ohio, which shows
that the college student is still keep
ing up his reputation. While a great
many good and useful men graduate
from the colleges Of this country, yet
there are a great many young men
enter college who really belong to the
Penitentiary, and the Asylum for
Idiots. Upon the pretense of initi-
ating young man named f. M.
Marshall, of Stark County, into one
of the secret societies connected with
the college, they blindfolded him,
stripped off his clothes, sat him upon
a cake Of ice, branded his flesh with
some sort Of brand, and did other acts
of cruelty and inhumanity. These
brutal ruffians are generally regarded
as excessively smart young men about
college, and they will perhaps gradu-
ate in a few years, and go out into the
world to shape public opinion, kill off
the old fogies, and teach people how
to live. We are glad to be able to
note that the authorities Of Mt. Union
College threaten to expel the scoun-
drels, if found out. What is needed
in many of the American colleges is
less rowdyism and III ore common sense.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

Junius Henri Browne has a paper
in the last number Of the Forum,
which is filled with sound sense. The
subject is "The Manuscript Market" !"
Mr.. Browne cites the fact that, con-
sidering the amount and character of
labor performed, the literary man is
the poorest paid Of all workmen. Few
people'not acquainted with the duties
Of newspaper and magazine work,
have an adequate idea Of the drudgery
connected with the life Of the profess
sional writer; and there is no other
profession, perhaps, that so many
men feel confident that they are pecu-
liarly fitted to adorn. The young
writer is seized withw hat he regards
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

Mr.. Cleveland has been amusing
himself by vetoing Soldiers Pension
Bills, and the Democratic press try to
justify this conduct by the assertion
that the President is only trying to
shut out raids upon the Treasury by
unworthy claimants. This claim will
not do. There is abundant evidence
that great part Of this work Of the
Democratic President is done for the
pure love Of the thing There is an
evident attempt in some Of the veto
messages to cast slur upon the appli-
can't or his family, and the genuine,
unadulterated cussedness of the Cop
perhead Democrat shines out through
the official acts of the President.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15

Republican Executive Committee
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
The Comte and Comtesse de Paris.

In their domestic relations the Conlte and
Comtesse de Paris were always as good as
they could be- Both of them had and have
strong family instincts lie took after his
mother in his love of study, and she after the
Bourbons Of Spain and Naples in her love of
hunting and shooting. Sho showed herself
equal to breaking sldttish colts, to driving
fourth hand or to firing out three Or four
horses at chase. She dressed in neat.
masculine style, wore stand-up collars, soft
felt hats without feathers, and preferred
vaterproofs to luxurious mantleS when driv-
ing her team of ponies in bad weather Al
though strong minded, she is not an esprit
fort Her son, the Due d'Orleans, inherits
her sylvan tastes. He is one of the best shots
in France His last day 1T Eu was spent III
shooting blackbirds, crows and thrtshes, Inc
enormous bag he made of these birds was con-
yerted into a pie big enough TO have been
served at a bssronial banquet in days OF
vore-Lonion Truth.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
Where "Ou;da" Gets Her Points.

Ouida goes TO Venice periodically for me
reason, as she says, that she finds 1t the nos0
interesting place III the world. But L IS 70
he feared that her true motive is that 1t Is a
social center for tie tourist world. and that
her visits are for the purpose Of securing
scand.louS material for her novels. 1t may
assist her il this respect, but the great mines
of material which she is il search Of exist
really in Nice, Mentone, Monte Carlo, Trou-
vile. Arcachon ard other watering places,
most of which a,'c in FRANCISCAN Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
VIII Ia Of Practical Benefit.

A Philadephian thinks that Grahams OK
pertinent with his barrel in the Niagara
whirlpool may be of of practical benefit. His
idea is that seagoinG vessels might be equipped
with one or more such casks, which in case
OF wreck on a surf beaten coast might be the
means OF establishing communication between
the vessel and the shore.-New York Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28

Louise Michel says she hopes TO come to
America after death when her soul mi
CRATES