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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

~ EsIRABLE PROPERTY FOR THE
~ following property belonging to =. Nc
Mahon is offered for rent on accommodating
terms:
Two Dwelling Houses on N. New Street. each
containing five rooms and provision room
and each having separate yard fenced in; alley
in rear for transporting fuel; gate entering
from alley to wood and coal house in the yard !;
i'm proved water closet with water and hydrant
in yard. -
Two Dwellings on Points Street. with four
rooms each and provision room; and same ac-
commodations to each as above
Three rooms on Augusta Street, with water
closet and hydrant in rear.
All of the above property has just been re,
fitted throughout, with new plastering, PAINT
ing, whitewash, improved water Gloss IS, thor-
ough draining. &c.
For terms, &C., apply TO ,,,,oN
ilyl Corner Augusta and Points SITS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

NOR RENT.-Four or FIVE excellent I.0DG.
Il ING ROOMS, centrally located and cup
piled with water and gas The rent is ,lnusil.
ally low, the rooms being among the mostdesilsl
BILE in Staunton. For terms, sc !, apply to
lan1-u VALLEY VIRGINIANs
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

of elegant limestone land, smooth. easy of cul-
tivatiop and very fertile. About 40 acres are
in meadow of the finest quality and some 20
acres are heavy timbered. This is one of the
most productive farms in the Valley, is ele-
gantly fenced throughout and in high state of
cultivation.
THE IMPROVEMENTS consist of q seven
room frame and brick mansion house, delight
fully situated on an elevation commanding q
beautifu.view, and all necessary outbuldings,
including large barn and stable ice house.
spring house smoke house. There is an legant
spring at the, house and abundance of running
water on the place. There is also q large or
chard of choice varieties OF fruit.
The location is desirable, being in sight of
Lipscomb Station, where there are stores, post
Office with daily mails. and churches, schools
and mills are convenient, and the neighhor.
hood is one of the best in the county.
The purchaser can get o bargain IN this place
and on very reasonable terms, Call on Or adj
dress ]. p. CLINE,
mayer Lipseamh Station, Augusta Co, va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11
A UGUsTA AGRICULTURAL
MACHINE WORKS. :

1 MhOIllN IL w ohhC. -
IRON FOUNDERS. MACHINIsTs. SfANUFAC-
| TUREKs oF e.; STE TEA ENGINES, PhoWs,
r a1G al hinds Of F Mi5 a saM IaT
/ GASrfNGS and IN MAcaiNERY,
| PIPE-FITTlNG, Etc.
| The Augusta Agricultural and Machine
Works Company have purchased Of Beall Il
Paul all the machinery. stock fixtures, and
goodwill of the Stannton Iron Works property,
and Will conduct general business as indi-
Gated above. which viii include all kinds of
Farming Implements and Machinery and
Repairs. 4
They solicit orders from individuals and the
trade, with the assurance of prompt attention,
guaranteeing satisfaction.
|. WITT, PRESIDENT.
l.. c. WHITE, superintendent. novl-t:A
| CouroNs.
TO THE TAx-PAYERs OF THE STATE OF vIR-
GINA:
have large number of tax-receivable eou-
pons to dispose of to taxpayers at aheavy
discount TO each taxpayer purchasing co1-
pons from me and rendering them for taxes
Will give written guarantee, authorized by
the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders of Lon
don England. that we will extend to such tax
payer the fullest legal protection, free Of any
expense on ms part.
Any property tax, license tax, line Or other
dues to the Commonwealth of Virginia can be
successfully paid with coupons at large saw
ing to such tax payers.
Full particulars by mail. Apply, StatMs
amount of your tax, TO
JAMES T. COOPER. (
(of London, England, =
Care VIM. l.. RoYALE4,
81 Main ST., Richmond. Va.
Or to- MEssRs. CRAIG & PAUL,
Il Lawyers Row,
Staun ton, Va.
Agents wanted. now
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF AUGUSTA Co
Notice is hereby given that the taxes for
1886 will be ready for collection by October 10Th.
will meet the Taxpayers of the county at the
places, on the days mentioned, pre-
pared to receive all
Capitat5on, Land and Property Tares,
For State, County, District and School purposes.
All taxes due from Beverly Manor Districk
will be received in my office New Couft-
House street, next door to the County Jail, fon
ana after that date will be at
ChHrehville, October 18TH.
Deerfield, October 10Th.
Craigsvile. October 2lst.
Newport, october 22nd.
Middlebrook, October 23rd.
Midway October 2Sth
Greenyille, October 18th.
Mt. Sidney. November 3ri.
New Hope, November 18th and 5th.
Spring HILL November 9Th.
Mt. Scion, November 9Th
Parnassus, November l0th.
SherandO, November 18th.
Flshersville, November lS.A
Waynesboro, November 18th and 10th.
All persons falling to pay by Dec. Isl wifi be
charged
FSUe Per Cent. additional.
My office viii ae open every dag for The easiec-
ton of taxes from all the districts ofthe County
the books of only one district being absent at
q time, and those only on the days mentioned
above. j. N. McFA RIIAND,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

1t is stated that Speaker Carlisle and
Mrs. Carlisle feel so chagrined by the re-
suit of the election in Mr.. Carlisle's dis
trict, that they propose to leave Kentucky
and locate at Wachita, Kansas, where
their sons are in business. Both the
Speaker and his wife have reproached
prominent Democrats for their indiffer-
ence to his interests, and complained bit
terly against persons who had received
political fayors from Mr.. Carlisle for their
failure to do their duty,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

Gen. w. II. Effinger, of Portland, Ore
gon, formerly Of Harrisonburg, has beer
appointed by the President one Of three
commissioners to examine a completed
portion of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Gen. Efinger is one of the leading law
yers of the Pacific States. prominent
Democrat, whose name has been men
toned in connection with the United
States Senate from his adopted State,
should the party ever have the power to
elect one.
The Spectator cannot satisfy itself exactly
as to the cause of the defeat of the Demo
cratic party in Virginia on the I'd, and we
are sure that it fails to Salty its readers
If it desires to gain information as to the
stay-at- home vote, it might be accomo-
dated by inquiring at the headquarters OF
its party in this county, or to the chair
man of the county organization.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11
It is amusing to witness the earnest ex-


preston of desire on the part of the
vanquished and demoralized Democratic
party of Virginia. for Hon. John S. Bar
bour to again take charge of the organi-
cation, and prepare the party for the con-
test of 1887. To Mr.. Barbour such APP
peals must excite a feeling of grim dis
gust. After he haG won two. successive
battles and rescued the party from the
slough of despond, the victory thus
achieved through his management, was
turned against him, and another crowned
with the reward which was fairly his. Jno.
w. Daniel had no claim, from a party
standpoint, for the U. S. Senatorship. It
was legitimately the reward which Bar
bour expected and to which he was fairly
entitled. But jealous of his prominence
and reckless of the equities Of the case,
he was made the victim of combination
within his own party, by which he was de-
priyed of the honor the sentiment of his
party had conceded to him, and even the
prospective vacancy in the Senatorship
was pre-empted for the use and benefit of
another. We have no authority to speak
for Mr.. Barbour, but if we do not mistake
the man, he will scorn such duplicity and
treachery, and turn with contempt upon
this death-bed repentance. Were he to
take upon himself the drudgery of anoth
er political contest in Virginia, and sue
coed in winning a victory, the same ele-
ments which conspired against him
year ago, would do SO again, to carry out
the conditions Of the bargain by which he
was Inundated last winter 1t is sig
nifcant commentary upon a party, when
it acknowledges that there is but one man
within its organization capable of leading
its forces, and especially coming from a
source that has rent the air with clamors
against bossism and the one man power
in politics. 1t is a confession that there
is not brain and principle enough in the
whole party to make respectable canvass,
and there is not moral courage sufficient
in it to recognize implied obligations for
important services rendered. Mr.. Barbour
could neither save himself nor his party
by subjecting himself to such influences,
for there could be no more damaging per-
Torrance than for him to attempt to lead
party that had stabbed him to death in
the house of his friends, and demonstrated
that ingratitude was the ruling passion
among it's leaders. Not even Mr.. Barbour
as boss, notwithstanding his success here
tofore, could inspire confidence in the
rank and file, and the result would be an
even deeper humiliation than that which
was inflicted upon him by the Judases who
conspired for his defeat.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

Theodore Roosevelt, recently defeated
for the mayoralty of New York, is to
marry Miss Estelle Carroll, great grand
daughter Of Charles Carroll. of Carrolton.
The oerena ony is to take place in Europe,
where Miss Carroll is, with her married
sistnr
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

The Labor candidate who came within
few hundred votes of defeating Speaker
Carlisle for Congress, has announced his
purpose to contest the election. He
claims that the distant counties were held
back and the returns ''doctered'' to elect
Mr.. Carlisle-that frauds have already
been discovered reducing the majority to
100, and that others will be unearthed suf-
ficient to elect the Labor candidate,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11
NJ Office TO rAx-rAxERs OF AUGUSTA Co

FSue Per Gent Additional.
My office VIII ae open every day for the easiec-
ton of taxes from all the districts ofthe County
the books OF only one district being absent at
q time, and those only on the days mentioned
above j. N. MCFARLAND,
oc14-5t County Treasurer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

Pursuant to decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, entered at the June term,
Sta1ser ss. Beeks Widoao f ais, and Beck'S WidoW
as. Beck's Infants q ais, we will, as commits
siOners therein appointed, proceed to sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, on
Saturday, the Esd day of October, 1886,
in front of the Court House of Augusta county,
that valuable property situated In the city of
Staunton, on the corner of Court House Alley
estate of John Beck, decd. now occupied by
Benjamin Plant. This property contains
3LARGE STORE ROOMS,
fronting on New Street diagonally opposite the
Virginia Hotel. 1t Oh of the most desirable
locations for busine IS property in the city. A
plat will be made by lie day of sale, and the
property will be SOLD as p whole or in parcels
as may be deemed best,
( TERMS.-Enough cash in hand to pay The
costs of these suits and of sale, and the residue
upon credits of l, 2, and years, in equal in.
stalments, for which the purchaser will exc
cute bonds with approved personal security,
bearing interest from date. and title retained
as ultimate security. G. M. HARRISON,
W. E. CRAIG,
sept2S Commissioners.
The above sale is postponed until
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER goth, 1886.
G. NJ. HARRISON,
W. E. CRAIG,
Oct2S Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11
! N ELEGANT FARM FOR SALE,
1850 ACRES

"A
Desiring to change my business, offer for
sale privately my farm on South River, at
Lipscomb Station, s. V. r. r., known as the
Vim. Hunter farm. The tract
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11
VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY.

COMMISSIONERS SALE
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

The Augusta Agricultural and Machine
Works Company have purchased Of Beai Il
Paul all the machinery. stock-fxtures, and
goodwill of the Stanton Iron Works property,
and Will conduct Il general business as indi-
Gated above, which will include all kinds of
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-11

They solicit orders from individuals and the
trade, with the assurance of prompt attention,
guaranteeing satisfaction
l. WIZ, PRESIDENT }
l.. G. WHITE, superintendent. novl-t.A
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
EXCESSIVE

The fact that congressman are now
paid about twenty cents n mile for
travelling to and from Washington does
not seem to be generally understood.
This mileage abuse is, in fact, even
worse than it was thirty years ago
when Horace Greeley turned his heavy
batteries on il. 1t is an abuse that is
intrenched in the law now, however.
whereas in his time it was the result of
personal dishonesty. Then congress
men would charge what was known us
~..circuitous mileage that is mileage
by the most roundabout routes instead
of by the direct route to Washington.
The retention of the old rate
now gives to congressman pay, in the
same manner, for SIX or seven times
what il actually costs them to travel,
and if they do not 60 home between
sessions as much more is added to the
net profit side of their personal ac-
counts. A Washington correspondent
thus calls attention to this phase of the
abuse: "A California congressman on
his four trips to and from his home
gets abont $4,000 mileage, of which
$4,000 is practically extra salary. The
increase in salary might be put up
with; but viewed in that light its in
equitable character is shown by the
fact that for a Maryland or Virginia
rongressn an the extra pay may dwin-
die to a beggarly $15 or 500"
There can be no rational objection
70 the payne mt of congressmen's act
ual travelling expenses. But this mat
Ger should be placed on a common
sense basis. The present system nur-
lures an abuse that ought to be re-
moved. Compensation for mileage
should be fixed by the amount of
money il is actually necessary to ex-
pend in travelling by the most direct
routes to and from Washington and
Shc present allowance, which 4 be
regarded only as a l~egalized swindle.
ranging from small, to very large pro-
portions, abolished.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
Banker MattheWson'S Return.

NORFOLK, Neb., July CHARLES p. Mat
thewson returned last night via the Union
Pacific train from Colorado, where he has been
for the pas: several months, A full growth
of beard and eyeglasses SO altered his appear
ancc th$t old acquaintances on the train did
not recognize him. He IS i'll and confined to
his home. 1t has been known for some time
that he desired TO coine back, but many felt
confident ne would never return. The dispo-
sition of the people here is kindly toward him
and his family has been accorded the warm
est sympathy from all citizens. What Mr..
M~atthewson proposes for the future is not
known, though he expresses a wish to pay all
claims in full. Some OF these claims have
already been settled and the others will prob
ably be satisfactorily adjusted.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
Defeated but not DiSheartened.

LONDON, july 1O.-The Tories will not have
a majority. One hundred and f|orty-six more
members are to be chosen, OF which last wear
they carried thirty-two. They are likely to
gain ten which will leave them about twenty
nine short Of a majority. Thus Mr.. Chamber
lain viii occupy in the next house a similar
position TO that which was occupied by Mr..
Parnell in the last house-a situation which
doubtless will suit him perfectly. 1t is be
lieyed that Gladstone win bring about another
appeal 10 the people, believing the defeat now
due TO non-registration Of multitudes OF no.
madic voters. The Parnellite leaders don't
appear to be disappointed over the result Of
the election. They say they are not disheart-
ened and can afford to wait. 1t is not a de-
feat-only a check, and home rule will CONE.
Another six months will complete the work
necessary TO be done and they will try again.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Statistical expert calculates that il
1000, 900 babies were started together
in the race of life, 100000 would drop
out the first year, SO, 900 in the second
and %, 900 in the third. At the end of
f~orty-tive years about half OF them
would be still in the race. Sixty years
would see $4,000 gray heads still ut it.
At the end of eighty years $1,000
would be remaining on the track; fif-
teen years later the number would be
reduced to 223, and the winner would
quit the track forever at the age of 1OS
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

1t must be very gratifying to our
Irish and Scandinavian fellow citizens
to learn that the Chicago anarchists do
not desire any of them on q jury in the
trial o beginning. A criminals OBJ
lection to a Juryman is not a reflection
on the latter's fairness and honesty; it
is simply an expression Of the Grimm
ais opinion that The p, opposed juryman
is an enemy of crime
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
$500 Reward.

The former proprietor OF DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, for years made a standing, public
offer in all American newspapers OF $500 re-
ward for a case Of catarrh that he could not
cure. The present proprietors have renewed
this offer. All the druggists sell this Remedy,
together with the "Douche," and all other
appliances advised 10 be used In connection
with II. No catarrh patient is longer able to
say 81 cannot be cured.n You get $500 in
case of failure.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
A C~onsideratc Bow.

Little Johnny-Pa, did you read in
the paper how a parent was fined $25
because his little boy hung on a street
car?
well what of it?" asked Col. Fiz-
zletop.
"Oh, nuthin', except / thought may
be you wanted to give me some nickles
to buy car tickets. When / have a
tickets l don't swing on the street
cars"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

An Anarchist s~aloonkeeper in Chica-
go AYERS that he has been $50 pcrsecu-
ted" by the police that he has decided
to return TO his nptlve Bavaria. If all
his esteemed contemporaries in the
anarchy business would follow his ex-
ample and boycott this country. the
American people would try and get
along without them.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Gladstone has been elected to parli-
amcnt by two constituencies. How the
American politician, who has a hard
road to travel before getting into the
house for one district, will envy the
grand old man his good fortune.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
Veteran Fatally Injured.

DUBUQUE, July 9.-George Wiley, an in
mate Of the Soldiers home at Milwaukee, has
been visiting in this city, and to-day entered
the stables Of the Bennett house and was
kicked by a vicious horse, fracturing his skull,
breaking ribs and inficting serious injuries.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

The seventeen year locusts have
reached Iowa. They are called "sev-
enteen year" because they disappear
only once in seventeen years.-N. \.
World.
The world utters a falsehood, either
through transformation oil Ignorance.
The seventeen year l~ocusts, nor any
other locusts trouble Iowa.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Newberry gave Chicago nearly 3d.
600, 900 for library purposes; Enoch
Pratt gave Baltimore upward Of 81
90, 900; Mrs. Fiske gave Cornell 81
500, 900; Judge Packer gave Lehigh
University 100000 Prof. Horsford
gives Wellesley nearly $250,000.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

The jury system is far from perfect,
as the trial of the Chicago anarchists
goes to show, but the lawyers who
work by the day will probably never
be heasd making any very powerful
demands for its abolition.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Senator Edmunds seems to have
stepped partly on to Governor Hills
platform, which favors taking the con-
firming power away from all ~senates.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Mr.. &. +. Reardon, Baltimore Nd,
commissioner of deeds for all the
states, suffered for a long time with
rheumatism, which yielded promptly
to st. Jacobs Oil.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Various countries of South America
are to unite in an exhibition of their
products at Berlin in September.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-24

The old story of the poor soul who was
caught between The devil and the deep
sea-" gets new illustration from the deal
ing of doctors and drugs with malaria. The
story is soon told: My daughter, Said a
lady, had been struggling with malaria for
four years. She was all the time out of
health-poOr appetite, disOrdered digestion,
pale earthly color, pain in the head, limbs
and back, and every now and then right
hard chill, followed by fever. Then we
would send for our doctor and he would
prescribe quinine, just as he did from the
tirst-and so kept doing all along-until the
name of quinine sounds like the tolling OF
the bell. Clearly between tine two, her
health was being ruined and her very life in
peril. She was really between The devil
and the deep sea- Sometimes the name is
varied, and it is called some other 'ine' in
place of Quinine, but it is all the same-the
old firm with new sign. In this dilema a
lady friend said: why not try Humph-
rey's Homeopathic Specifics, Nos. Ten and
Sixteen | tried them. They were sue
cess from the first, and not only cured the
malaria, bit restored her to perfect health,
and left no trace Of disease or drug pois
Oning."
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-24
PAYMENT SUSPENDED.


"Why, Willie, what does this meangr in,
quirsd the father
directors overdrew their accounts, so the
cashier skipped out with the rest" was the
laconic response.
You don't mean that you have taken the
money that was in there, do your in tone
of painful surprise.
Yes"
"But don't you know that that is not
honestT
Huh exclaimed the bow scornfulIy: did
you ever hear Of cashier letting the direC-
tors get ahead of him. Wen. | guess not
You bet know little b'rsineSs When the
directors begin fooling wi h the finances, the
cashier 'guts' the bank ev.ry time.
MY boy" said the father admiringly,
some day you will I've a great financier; but
first you have few things to learn. Never
wait for the dePoSitors to prosecute Nov
come with ME to the wood shed"
Father" replied the youth, persuasivel;.
cant we compromise this matter in son o
wayi If you won't prosecute I'll see that tle
bank resumes payment, and won't say any.
thing about the directors drawing out money
on the sly"
1t was compromised on that basis.-Robeit
Ainsley in The Rambler.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-24

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per
manent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung
affections, also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands of cases, has
felt it his duty to make it known 10 his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering,
will send free of charge, to all who desire
it, this recipe, in German, French or En-
lish, with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Noyes,
l49 Powers Block. Rochester, y. Y.