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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Gov. Lee has expressed the hope
that some Richmond lady would
make Confederate flag for the!nid
veterans at the home forey Confed-
crates. The Governor would like
to see a Confederate banner along.
side of the Union standard which
waves over the home, andhe thinks
that the veterans there wonld like
to gaze again with rapturous eyes
upon the old flag they fought un-
der, and which was furlel forever
at AppomattoX.
"Old Sorrcl," the horse Stone
wall Jackson rode the night he was
shot, was thought TO be dying Ties,
day. This animal is thirty-two
years old, and for some time back
he has been at the Confederate
soldiers home. The old soldiers
there think a good deal of"Old Scr
rel" ard care for him tenderly.-
Tie veteran war steed has been We
ry feeble for some days, and fire.
quently he has been placed upon
his feet by a block and tackle
which has been placed over the
stall.
A special dispatch published in
the New York Herald on Saturday
from Wheeling. w. Va, and eXtcn-
sively copied throughout the coun-
try, to the purport that Co. V. A.
Witcher had been lynched by a
mob for the murder OF his wife,
was wholly without foundation in
fact. The editor Of the Richmond
Wing met Col. Witcher, i'll Danville
Va, Sunday night, when the sub
ject was mentioned, and in the
course of his comments and eXpla-
nation, Col. Witcher, said he was
living pleasantly with his wife in
PittsyIvania county, and had not
been to West Virginia for two
years. Col. Witcler has published
a letter prononncing the dispatch
false. and it's author slanderer.-
Col. Witcher served with credit in
the Confederate army, and Oh the
retreat of Gen. Hunter through
Western Virginia in 1864 on fall
ing back from Lynchburg, hung on
his Tanks and worried him greatly.
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The dredgers have been very
active en- "Woman'S Marsh" rock,
this week, and several vessels have
been loaded with oysters there
This rock is in sight Of CriStield
and in Virginia waters. The Vir
ginin police force. under the com
mand ofone Cnrbin. tried to arrest
the arcdgerS and fired on them
The fire was returned and Corbin
retreated and left the dredgerS in
full possession of the rock, and 1t
is said that the oysters there are
now scarce, fully thirty thousand
bushels having been caught.-Crls-
field Leader, 9th.
From the above it will be seen
that Admiral Skaggs' fleet has
made a haul of not less than $50,
900 bushels of oysters from Viz,
ginia in few days-having, asthe-
Leader says, "been very active"
We are glad the Leader admits
"Woman's Marsh rock to be Gin
Virginia waterS.n The Maryland
dredgers have been especially free
in their threats to resist lawful au'
thority BY force of arms-and when
";he Virginia police force tried TO
arrest the dredserS and fired OH
them-the fire was returned," land
Captain Corbin was driven off,
He, however, returned with the
steamer Chesapeake aud captured
on Tuesday a Maryland dredger
with crew of nine men. There
are two things to be said just here.
The foreign dredserS may as we'll
understand once for all-and gov
ern themselves accordingly-tIlat
they must observe existing lines or
despite their threats they will come
to grief fit takes the posse of the
whole State to. do it. And the
steamer Chesapeake can find far
better employment in looking out
in these waters for violations Of
law than running through the
"Swash" or from Norfolk to Mat
thewS and back. Had she been on
this side when the $50, 600 bushels"
of oysters were stolen Capt. Cor
BIN would never have "retreated
and left the drcdgers in full posses
sion of tile rock" With a sloop
Only he could do nothing against
fleet. We suggest, with due con-
sideration forheryachting qualities,
she should Try service-real service
and prove she is not such a USE
less tax-swallower only as she
seems.
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We publish in another column a
letter from Hon. Thomas CroXton
in which he emrhatically declares,
that he has used all possible efforts
ohave the Republican lighthouse
keepers replaced by Democrats and
that he has failed at all points
Mr. Cleveland will do nothing
Manning can't do anything-and
Commander Evans runs the Board
in the interests of Mr.. Evans and
his brother Republicans. 1t is a
very bad state of affairs, but we
confess the day has passed for us
to be surprised that these condi-
lions should exist. Mr.. CroXton
says,he has used allpossible efforts
to secure to our Democratic breth-
rem the rights won at the polls on
the 4th day of Nov. 1884. His let
ter is open and straightforward in
its explanation of the methods in
volvcd and entirely exculpating
him by its statements it should be
accepted as satisfied DRY by his con-
stituents as to him. W. go then
TO tie head and front of affairs
President Cleveland-and find that
in his late message he uses these
words:
'Neither the discomfort of party
friends nor the allurements con-
stantly offered of combinations Of
appointees conditioned upon the
avowal that suspensions have been
madeon party grounds alone, are
sufficient to discourage or deter me
from following in the way which |
am convinced leads to better gov
eminent for the people,"
Upon its face this seems to be
determination OF "a policy" which
hc believes '.leads TO better govern
ment for the people" But it also
carries with it two propositions:
enc defying-and properly defying
the Republican Senate, and the
other declaratory of his indepen-
dence of the Democratic party
We are very much afraid that Mr..
Cleveland intends to try to play
martyr at the expense in the future
ofthe Democratic party. We sin
cerely hope not-and that he has
really "a policy" instead of being
merely obstinate In his adherence
to the mugwumpism Of civil ser
vice reform is heartily to be prayed
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The staid and solemn Senators.
in spite of the war between the
major part of the Senate and the
President occasionally have jolly
time. Mr.. Riddlebcrger who claims
to represent Virginia in the Senate
has been trying to get his name
in the Record. lie was grossly Of
fensive to certain gentlemen who
had been allowed privileges Of The
tloor-among them Stilson Hutch
ings of the Washington Post. The
nextmorning Il. ddleberger'ss speech
was published in the Post as de
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Chincote ague
8 S B M ART u g .:
WILL ITPAY?

This is what the farmer and trucker
warts to know when they are asked IT,
bly anything We are making a ma
nure that will pay farmers and truckers
to buy. 1t is IL complete manure hav-
inG all those ingredients that are necps-
saly to The growth Of crops, and III such
condition that they can feed on them.
1t is not one of those manures thai
stimulates the crops at first, and thtii
fails before the rops ;ue matllred. but
it continues to act until the crops are
made, keeping them green until ma
tured, andits effects are lasting;a us those
that have used it shy they have seen its
effects on The second and third crops. 1t
will also produce COOL crops on the very
poorest land; this proves thatit is Il com
plete manure. Send ana get the testi-
monials Of those that have usetl it OIL
corn. wheat, oats, potatoes. cabbage.
onions, watermelons. NC. 1t has no
equal; and for peach trees it is illlsur.
pissed. Try it and you wilb convinced
that it will produce better crops than
anything else for the same money
Thos" that have tried IL say that it pro-
duces better trucks than Mol Peruvian
.uano. For trstim onialS apply to
WIN. Ii. LINGO Il CO.,
Chincoteague, Va.
Richard T. Savage, Modestown, P.
O., Agent.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Senator John T. Miller, of Cali
forn;a, died at his residence on
Connecticut avenue, Washington
Monday after aprolonged sickness
While his condition has been re-
garded as precarious for many
weeks past, his death was Sud-
den and unexpected.
Ex-United States Senator Jerome
B. Chatfee, OF Colorado, died last
Monday; at the residence of mis-
daughter, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant,
in Westchester county, New York.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

The undersigned offer for sale at
private contract, a certain tract
of land known as the Andrews
Place, situated opposite w. II.
Bloxom's store on Guiford and coll
tanning rs acres, more or less
About % acres of said tract is ara
bile land, and is improved by a com
Portable dwelling and necessary
outbuildings.
The wood land furnishes ample
resources for manuring purposes.
1t is offered for sale at reasona
bic terms.
Parties wishing to purchase, can
see either Of us in person Oh confer
with US by letter.
Robert p. GUSTS,
Douglas d. Fletcher
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His death resulted from laryn-
,itis, which was developed on SAT-
urday last.
Mary Blocker, reIict Of ex,Gov.
Horatlo Seymour, died at the resi-
,lence Of Mrs. Roscoe Conkling
New York, Monday. The late
Governor removed Mrs. Seymour
from his country. home to Mrs.
Conkling's OH accounted her illness,
and while attending herwas attack:
ed with his fatal illness.
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livered- with all it's "hics" and
stammerings. He was also grossly
offensive to the President pro tenn
OF the Senate. No doubt his res
ignation would be acccpted-or if
not-as he has Il free pass he can
go home and stay there.
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3. And the proper official can
vasserS of general election returns
shall canvass these returns in like
manner as other election returns,
and when the election is held for
the whole county they shall certify
the number of votes cast for aud
against license respectively in said
county, and shall also certify the
number of votes cast at said cleo
ton IN each magisterial district OF
said county for and against license
respectively; and when said cleo
ton is held for a magisterial dis
trict only, said calvassers shall
certify the number of votes cast at
such election for and against Ii
cense respectively; and when the
election is held for a corporation
having over five thousand inhabi-
tants and Il corporation court, SAID
convassers shall certify the num-
Der OF votes cast at such election
for and against license respective
~; Il copy of such certificate i'll eth
er case to be laid before the coun-
ty OF corporation court, as the case
may be, al its next term.
4. Where the election is held in
the whole county, if it appears from
the abstracts and returns of such
election that a minority ofthe votes
cast in the election under this bill
have been cast against license,
then no license shall be granted
to any person therein for the sale
ofsuch liquors; or if itappears from
the abstracts and returns Of such
election that q majority of votes as
aforesaid have not been cast
against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in said county, but that a
majority Of votes have been cast in
any magiSterial district in said
county against license for the sale
of Intoxicating liquors therein,
then no license shall be granted to
any person in such maGisterial dis
trict for tile sale of such liquor
But if such district vote in favor OF
license, then itShall be lawful to
sell with license obtained under
existing laws; and any person who
shall sell Intoxicating liquors with
in the limits OF any magisterial
district voting against license shall
incur all the penalties and be pun
ished as prescribed by the general
law for selling wine, ardent spirits,
malt liquors, or any mixture of
them without a license therefor.
5. Where the election is held
only in u magisterial districtin any
county, or in a corporation having
over 5000 Inhabitants and corpo-
ration court, lift appears from. the
abstracts and returns Of any such
election that majority Of votes
have been cast against license for
The sale ofintoxicating liquors in
any such magisterial district or
corporation, us the case may be,
then no license shall be granted to
any person for tile sale Of such H.
luors in any such maglsterial dis
5rict OF corporation and any person't
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A HoMINY MILL
SEALED PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE En-


OFFICE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE EN-
GINEER, FIFTH DISTRICT,
BALTIMORE, Nd. March 10, 1886.
Sealed proposals Will be received at this
Office until II o'clock, M, of Saturday,
the Srd day Of April 1885, for furnishing
the material and labor of all kinds ne
cessary for building jetty and wall of
logs and stone. or of brush and stone, at
Cape Charles Light Station, Virginia.
Amount available, about $4,000. Spe
citications, forms of proposal, and other
information may be obtained OH applica-
tion to this office. where maps of the To-
cality may be seen. The right is re
served TO reject any or all bids. aid to
waive any defects.
JAMES +. GREGORY,
Captain of Engineer, U. S. A..
Lighthouse Engineer, Fifth District
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"a Duane ST., g. 7 Erie Buildings,
MEW YORK.

Consignments receive our best
attention, highest market price,
with promptreturns at time Of sale,
the financial standing Of the house
at1'ording absolute security.
Stencils and postals furnished
free on application.
References-Marine Bank: Nor
folk, Va; Irving National Bank, N.
Y; Judge L. r. Watts, L. A. Hat
ton, Cashier Bank, Portsmouth, Va.
J. L. Daily, j. Z. Nottingham,
Northampton Co. Va; DIR. John E.
Mapp, B. w. Mears, Accomac Co,
Va.
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THEIR CHARACTER.

oour fertilizers that prepared with parcI
the and not to Inc CSer e very well
chemical analysis the main thing and they get
figured out with arbitrary
nces by tie chemist they fertilizer Now happen that
will better
M on the crop than based chemical
shelter 1ap he the other.
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THEY ARE UNIFORM.

The goods uniform in composition and only varied
the
the
meus fertilizers largely composed of these and there
material that there might be
dpotha material.
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Kigh Grade Bone Fertilizers.

We take pleasure in again calling
Fertilizers years they first offered
until
increasing demand than
many. has the best fertilizers we know how
hit the
a hU aY n gy I AisHs i gDSHss WE %
ltIe;r cr
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The Local OPTION Bill.

l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of FiryiAia, That ii
shall be the duty Of the judge of
each county and corporation court
in the Commonwealth of Virginia,
whenever Snch a number Of the lu.
Ii. qualified voters of each magistc-
rial district OF county, or whenev
er such a number Of the duly quail
flied voters of any magiSterial dis
trict in any county, or whenever
such a number ot'the duly qualified
voters of Incorporation (having over
FIVE thousand inhabitants aud a
corporation coult) as constitute
one-fourth of the number of voters
voting at the preceding regular
November election in such county,
masiSterial district, or corporation,
shall petition, either in term-time
or in vacation, to order a special
election in his county so petition
ing, or in any magiSterial district
of his county so petitioning, on the
question of liQuor-licenSo or no
liQuor.license. Such county or
corporation Judge, as the case may
be, shall within ten days after the
receipt of said petition issue his
writ of election. In which shall be
fixed the day Of holding such cleo
ton, directed to the sheriff of his
county or city, or sergeant of his
corporation, us the Case may be,
whose duty it shall be to forthwith
post ut each voting precinct in said
county, if tie election Is to be held
in the whole county or at the vo-
ting precincts in any ma@iSterlal
district, when the election is order
ed TO be held only i'll such magiSte-
rial district, or at the voting pre-
cincts in said corporation, notice OF
SAID election; and shall also give
notice to the officers charged with
the duty Of conducting other cleo.
tons in said county, maglStcrial
district, or corporation, as the case
may be: Provided that no election
shall he held under this act within
less than thirty days from the post
ing Of such notices us aforesaid.
Said special election shall be held
and conducted as special elections
for other purposes arc held and
conducted: Provided that af.
ter any such election has been held
in any county, magisterial district,
or corporation, there Shall not be
another election under this act
held in said county, maglsterlal
district, or corporation Within the
space of two years.
=. The ballots to he used in
said elections shall he respectively
lis follows: .'For licensing the 81; {
of Intoxicating liquors. and
against licensing the sale of in
toxcating liquors." The manner
of receiving and canvassing the
ballots at said elections OH said
question and making returns and
abstracts thereof shall conform i'll
all respects to the requirements OF
the general election law of the
State except that the certificate OF
the judges shall be as follows.
We hereby certify that at an
election held ON the day OF
votes were cast for Ii
-cense for sale of Intoxicating
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10. This act shall DC in force
rom its passage.
, 1886-12-29
A Pension for Mrs. Logan.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The Ereutng
.St0i says: Among the members of the
house who visited the capitol yesterday
and to day, the suggestion was passed
around that Il liberal pension should
be granted to the widow of Logan,
and it met with hearty approval on every
hand. Democrats manifested As much
eagerness as Republicans to Join in pro-
viding for the widow. The hearty man
nerin which the suggestion has been taken
hold Of renders it quite certain that among
the first acts of congress upon reassemb-
ling will be to pass 4 pension bill for Mrs.
Logan. 1t is agreed that there would be
eminent propriety in granting a liberal
pension, based upon Gen. Logan's mill
tary services. Some of the members are
Of the opinion that the pension should be
5000 per year. This is the sum granted
to the widows of presidents and though
Gen. Logan did not occupy an office so
exalted as that, he was the recognized
head representative of the volunteer SOL
diery. 1t is hardly probable hat a pen
sion of less than 50, 500 will be voted, if
the expressions of congressman upon that
subject may be taken as a criterion.
, 1886-12-29
Dynamite IN San Francisco.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 2S.-A sensa-
tional development in the street ear
trouble occurred to-day on the Geary
street line. An oiler. who descended a
manhole in the course of his duties on the
road near Nanness street, found two
dynamite cartridges with fuse attached in
a tunnel through which the cable runs
under the track. Further search was
made and two more of these destructive
agents were found. 1t is believed that
the cartridges were placed in readi-
ness TO be exploded yesterday morning
when the assault was made on the en-
ployes of the road, and that the presence
of police and the determined fight they
made, prevented the consummation OF
the dastardly scheme. The amount of
dynamite secreted under the track was
sufficient not only to blow up the roadbed
and any car which might have passed
over it, but would have caused immense
damage to property in the vicinity. The
matter has been placed in the hands of
the authorities.
, 1886-12-29

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2S.-In the trial
Of Rev. Walden Messaros, charged by
Mrs. Coulston with criminal assault, the
defendant testified IN his own behalf to-
day. lie declared that it was u case OF
conspiracy; that Mrs. Coulston had forced
her attentions upon him ever since she
had been a member of his church; that
She alleged that her husband had made
her conspire against another woman, and
on different occasions had said to him that
her husband was a thief, Il forger and n
liar; that Mr.. Coulston desired a letter of
withdrawal from the church; that Mrs.
Coalston had importuned witness to grant
ii, which he, accepting her version of her
husband ; character, refused to give. that
on the day of the alleged assault he went
10 the Coulstons at Mrs. Coulstons re.
quest, TO have Il final talk about the letter.
that he again refused to grant it. where
upon Mrs. Coulston suddenly threw her
arms around him and called for her hus-
band; that simultaneously he and several
Others rushed into the room, overpowered
him and handed him over to the police,
and that they by their rough handling
broke several buttons from his vest and
otherwise d%isarranged his clothing. He
emphatically denied the allegation OF as
, 1886-12-29

l remember upon a certain journey
reaching a very high hummock and
climbing to its summit to gaze over the
ice bound sea. 1t was a beautiful day in
the month of April. From a clear blue
sky, with but q few feecy clouds, the sun
was shining brightly, and although in the
shade of the hummock the Thermometer
marked 81 degrees below zero, where l
stood in the bright sunlight the heat was
~perceptible. Far t. the north and west
stretched an expanse Of ice, thrown up
in various fantastic shapes-rocks and
picturesque old ruins, natural bridges and
strange animals. Inshore We're ridges
and masses of hummock ice, the white
landscape dotted with black patches of
rock, from which the snow had been
blown, the orange tinted lichens showing
like burning gold upon these projections,
while a solitary hawk owl poised in the
air over some Unfortunate grouse or
ground mouse, completed the scene. -
Alaska Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1886-12-29

Ter Of the remains from Calumet place to
the capitol on Thursday morning will take
place with as little ceremony as consistent
with the proprieties of an occasion of such
gravity. The procession from the capi.
tol to the cemetery on Friday, however,
will afford an opportunity for civic and
military organizations, committees and
citizens to testify their respect to the
memory of the dead.
The vault in which the remains will be
deposited is that of Mrs. Hutchinson,
whose kindly tender this afternoon was
thankfully accepted by Mrs. Logan.
Urea. n. Y. Dee. 2S.-The order
for a easket for the late Gen John A.
Logan was received by an undertaking
firm OF Oneida from Washington this at.
ternoon. 1t is to be ofSpanish red cedar.
covered with broadcloth and heavily
draned with the same, the drapery to be
trimmed with silk fringe and tassels.
This casket will inclose Il full glass air
tight copper case, which will be tufted
throughout with satin, and there will be "A
pillow of the same. The top will open
full length and will also he tuited with
cream lined satin. The whole is to he in
closed in a polished red cedar outside
box. with gold plated trimmings.
, 1886-12-29
Horrible Result of a Joke

CINCINNATI, Dee. 2s.-Aspecial to the
Commercial Gazeue from Danville, Ky.
gives particulars of Il horrible occurrence
at Junction City, Christmas day. W. II.
GARRISON, Prohibitionist, was a visitor at
the house OF Il friend, Daniel Twaddle.
Twaddle had some egg nogg which he
finally persuaded Clarkson to try. After
filling him up, the twain adjourned
to a neighboring saloon, where
Clarkson was forced to drink until
he fell on the floor in Il stupor.
\ wagon was procured and Clarkson's
~liieless form was placed in it with a ban
ner "Prohibitionist, Died Dec. % This
was intended as a Joke, but it proved too
true, for after the had driven
around the streets a short time the dis
covery was made that Clarkson was
dead
, 1886-12-29

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2s.-At a meet
ing of the Gen. U. S. Grant post, No. 8,
G. A. II. this evening, it was resolved to
send the following telegram.
To Gen. Lucius Fairchild, Madison,
Wn.-Gen. Grant post No. ;, Phila-
delphia, earnestly recommends your call
ing on the Grand Army of the Republic
to pay off the mortgage ON Comrade John
\. Logan homestead. Post No. : will
cheerfully contribute its share.
j.. HENRY GoRcKE.