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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
BURIED GOLD FOUND.
A Tenant of an Old Mansion I'm
earths Over $50,

When old John Stump died in
the early part Of the present cen
fury at his home at Stafford ten
miles north of Havre deGrace, Md,
his heirs were surprised that they
did not find piles Of glittering gold
slowed away in the little iron safe
in which it was thought that he
had been hcaping thousands fol
years. Instead they found bundles
of mortgages, deeds, promlssory
notes and other papers which GER
titled his fortune to be 100000
Satisfied with this snug inheritance
they soon forgot their disappolnt-
ment in not discovering the bags OF
gold. When, twenty-five years ago
the house came into the possession
of Mr. Stump's granddaughter, Mrs.
SmithsOn, of Cecil county, the story
OF the buried treasure existed in
the neighborhood merely as a
tradition.
A few years ago Mrs. Smlthson
handed the old homestead over to
the care of tenant named Wilson.
He was told by his neighbors of the
tradition about the buried gOld.-
He was too practical to give ere
dence to the stories, but they had
q different effect upon Mr.. Wilson's
brother, Alexander, who spent his
time pursuing the old books aud
papers which he found stored away
in the garrett. Two or three weeks
ago, while Mr.. Wilson was looking
through = pOnderous old book he
found a slip of paper which indi-
Gated the locality Of the hidden
treasure.
Two days later a big hole was
seen by a neighbor in the garden
of the old Stump farm. At the
bottom of the excavation was a
cavity from which a box about
eighteen inches square was remov-
ed. Farmer Wilson's wife, to whom
the discovery Of the gold had been
related, had become 80 Oyer.bur-
dened with the secret that she had
to get another woman to help her
keep it. And the lucky discovery
which the Wilson family intended
should be kept "A secret has now
become public property. They
feared that the heirs Of Mr.. Stump
would claim the money and that
they might be deprived Of their
suddenly acquired wealth. Mrs.
Wilson said that the amount dug
up was S150,000 in gold, but it Is
generally believed by those who
have made estimates of the con-
tents Of the box that about $50,
900 was found aud certainly not
more than S75,O0Q. At any rate
tho Wilson family is comfortably
fixed and the object OF their neigh
bors envy.
The slip of paper is also said to
explain why Dir. Stump buried his
money, IN 1872 a British feet en-
tered the Chesapeake Bay, and,
after burning the capitol building
at Washington, sailed for Baltimore.
While Gen, Ross prepared to at
tack that city he sent attachments
nOrthwaFd along the western shore
Of the Chesapeake to burr the
towns and private residences. \
portion OF this town was reduced
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
On June The Twelfth The President VIII b
Married.
IFrom tho Baltimore American

GFrom tho Baltimore American.
The President is certainly to be
married on Juno 18th. Arrange
ments are progressing rapidly to
that end. The marriage may prove
much more interesting to BaltimO.
reans than was at first thought,
because within the last few days
things have developed which show
that the President has taken The
American's advice, and is coming to
Baltimore for his wife. Though
she may not be a BaltimOrean, it is
now stated by a gentleman init.
mate at the White House, that a
suite of apartments have been en-
gagged at the Mount Vernon Hotel,
Baltimore, for part of the bridal
party. The gentleman, in convey
ing the news, stated that he was not
at liberty to state exactly what
part of the bridal party would be
at the hotel, but it would not be
hard to guess. The arrangements
for the trip to Magnolia, Md, were
quietly conducted at this hotel,
and within the last few days def
mite plans have been devised for
the quiet contamination of one Of
"Best Man" Bissell's schemes. 1t
is thought that the bridal party
will come to the Mount Vernon
Hotel, and that the President will
leave here and meet them there.
Whether the marriage ceremony
will be quietly performed there, or
whether the entire party will leave
via Northern Central Railway for
Buffalo, the friend of the President
refused to say. At any rate, the
engagement OF apartments at the
Mount Vernon IS true.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

LEEsBURG, VA, May l3.-Wil.
liam Matthew, a leading citizen of
Virginia, shot himself, while Labor.
ing under u temporary derange'
ment, at his residence in Leesburg,
this morning at five o'clock. He
had been nnwell for several days
and confined TO bis house, and was
suffering from nervous prostratlon,
but his family aud friends had no
reason to suspect the terrible oc-
currence which has startled the on.
tire community. Mr.. Matthew was
q man of high character and stand
ing, and had for several years rep
resented his county in the hOnse
of delegates, and afterwards the
LoudouR and Fauquier district in
the senate of Virginia, and has
since been engaged in tbs practice
of his profession, being the ssIlor
member Of the law firm OF Matthew
A. Pollock. lie has many friends
ia all parts of the state. He was lR
the forty.siXth year Of bis age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

DASvILLE, VA, May IA des-
perate fight occurred at Martins
vile tonight between Col. =. ID.
Spencer and the Terry brothers.
j. K. Terry was killed, and his
brother, Spencer, Tarleton Brown,
Hugh Dyer, Robt. Gregory and two
colored men were fearfully if not
fatally wounded.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Written and compiled for the HERALD.
The belated work of Congress
has come to be an established re.
proach to the party controlling the
House of Representatives. So far,
that body has passed but la pub
lie measures, although about 5000
bills, private and public, have been
presented for its consideration since
the session began. The Forty-ninth
Congress has a tendency to spend
its time on perfectly truitless, USE
less subjects, a striking exemplif-
catisn of which | will mention.
The House was discussing the
army appropriation bill, and Repre-
sentative GrosvenOr, Of Ohio,
moved to strike out the apprOpria-
ton for the Judge advocate gen.
erals department. He said the
department decided cases without
any knowledge of law. 1t was an
sxcrescence on the army, adding to
it nothing of grace, nothing of
Justice, nothing of material eff
cheney. This gave Democratic
member from Alabama, Mr.. Wheel
er, an opportunity to revive old
war memories. He admitted that
abuses had existed in the depart
ment of the Judge advocate gen
eral, and as an instance stated that
Gen. Halt had been appointed for
the purpose of striking down
Mcclellan. AS Mcclellan could
not be struck down, Porter had
been selected for destruction. But
now that the Dememocratic party
was in power, he SAID the abuses
that had grown up would be
remedied.
Representative Hepburn, a Re
publican from Iowa, said il
Ill became the gentleman from
Alabama, to assume the role of
slanderer of Abraham Lincoln
which he did by his reference to
Gen. Halt whom Lincoln had APP
pointed to office. Mr.. Wheeler
disclaimed any allegation against
Mr.. Lincoln and said his charges
had been against the archconspira-
tor, Edwin NJ. Stanton, Lincoln's
Secretary of War-who had sought
to break down officers of the army
who had not sustained the line Of
policy he had sought to inaugurate.
Here the Republican members
Missed and Mr.. Hepburn sDrang to
the defense Of Stanton.
This arch-cOnspirator, be said,
was the man vino had brought the
confederate banner to the dust and
who had destroyed the "loSt causep
He was the man who had whipped
the southern states back into allie
glance to the Government, and who
had made it possible for the gentle
man from Alabama, to be here to
be bis slanderer and maligner. "HeI
is dead now" continued Mr.. Hep
burn, "and you try to blacken his
memory, though you live today
because that man was willing,
among Others, that you might live
and not have the halter that you
had won around your neck"
The Republicans applauded Mr..
Hepburn and after this war of
words a ludicrOus lscene followed.
A division was demanded on
clause of the bill, and Represen-
tatiye Springer, who was in the
Speakers chair, named the com
Mr.. Wheeler and Mr..
for tellers. The two
gentlemen walked to the front and
shook hands as tellers always do.
The House laughed and the tellers
laughed too.
Although 10000 offices have
fallen into the hands of the Demo
Gratis under the new Administra-
lion, including all of the most |
ones IN the gift of the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
MILL PROPERTY.

By virtue Of deeds Of trust executed to
the undersigned by Hotel, Smith a Co.,
and Henry Hotel and wife, duly recorded
in the clerks Office Of the county court Of
Shenand oah county, Va, and pursuant to
a decree of the circuit court of Shenandoah
county, rendered on the 9th day Of April,
Ls-G, IN the chancery causes OF w. T. Will
liams, trustee, vs.. Henry Hotel, &c, and
Geo. w. Koontz, Gen. Receiver, &c, vs..
". T. Williams, trustees, &c, / will offer
at public auction, on the.premises, on
Wednesday, June 10th, 1886, ~
the following real estate, to-wit Four ad-
Joining tracts Of land aggrega'ing ct
acres more or less, lying on the North
Branch Of the Shenandoah river, about two
miles east Of Woodstock, on which is To-
f.I tho aLrafaf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

WASHINGTON, ID. e., May ID
When the Capitol was opened tt
visitors this morning at o o'clock d
Young man filed in among the sight
seers and, proceeding to the stair
way to the dome, disrObed and re
turned 10 a perfectly nude condition,
striking a sfafH qto attitude in the
centre of the apartment. The few
LADY, visitors fed in confusion and
the CAPITOL police hurried the man
10 the guard.hOuse and compelled
him to dress, preparatory to send
ing him to police station. The
man is believed to be insane.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

Government, still the possession
for q year of the executive depart
ment here has not enabled the
party to discover that the Republi-
cans were so corrupt as they were
described during the campaign of
1881. The failure Of Secretary
Whitney to make sensational dis
coveries in the Navy has been adj
mltted to be a modification. The
State and War departments have
revealed no skeletons, nor have
there been any wonderful discov-
cries in the Treasury.
Probably 40 Democrat has ex-
pressed such strong dissatisfaction
with the do.nothlng policy of his
party in Congress as did Repre-.
sentative Hewitt a few days since
when he appealed to his brethren
in behalf of tariff reduction. This
reminds me that Ar. Perry Bel
mont, Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, is opposed TO
the contemplated "Congress of
Republics in this city next fall,
upon the ground that the tariff
should first be revised before open
ing negotiations which will result
in developing our trade relations
with Central and South America.
1f we wait until the tariff is re-
vised," said a Pennsylvania men,
Der Of Congress "before providing
Southern markets for our manu-
features, we will have to wait
long time. "There is," said he, "no
earthly show of tariff revision by
this Congress-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
The Mirror

is no flatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter talee
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

colds, completely heals the sores-restores
the senses Of taste and smell. Not liquid
or snuA A quick relief and positive cure.
particle Is applied into each nostril
and is agreeable 10 use. Price 80 cts. by
mail OF 40 druggists. Send for circular.
ELY BROTHERS, Druggists,
Aug 25-ly. Owego, n. Y.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21

There is great rejoicing through.
out Spain and tho Spanish posses
sions. and all because of the ar
rival of a wee baby. But it is a
ROYAL infant, and q boy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
StonewaIl FIGURING Mills

large stone building, recently converted
by +. =. Allis a. Co., Of Milwaukee, Wis,
int frst-class roller mill. with capaci-
ty Of Is barrels day. The mill Is first
class IN all Of its appointments, and Is sit
uated only two miles, over q macadamlzed
road, from the Woodstock depot, on the
Valley Branch Of the i. N .. X. X. Tho
land is of excellent quality and has on IL
three good DWELLING HOUSES, BARN,
&c. The land will DO sold with the mill,
or separately, as the interest of the credi-
tors may be best subservsd.
/ will also offer on the same.dsy at the
depot, Woodstock, Va, the
LARGE WAREHOUSE,
35xsO feet situated near the depot, used
by Hotel, Smith u Co. for storing wheat,
nouf, &c.
The following personal property will
also DE sold, VIZ. A large iron safe, Fair
banks wagon and cattle scales, one four
horse wagon and harness, and one wheat
fan.
TERMS OF SALE:
On the real estate, one-fourth OF the
purchase money cash, and the balance In
three equal annual instalments, the pur-
chaser to execute bonds for the deferred
payments with interest from the day OF
sale, with good personal security on the
first bond and the title to be retained I'M
ill all of the purchase money is paid as
TO further security the mill building shall
he insured by the purchaser for the benz
ft Of the trustee, in good and solvent hre
insurance company or companies for NOT
less than 5000.
Terms Of sale Of the Personal Property
Sixty days with negotiable note well en-
dorsed. - Sale 10 commence at 10 o'clock
A. H. W.T.. WILLIAMS, Trustee.
MAY 2l-td. j. II. Burke, Auctioneer.
In the Clerks Office Of the Circuit Court
Of Shenandoah county, April 80, 1886, ".
T. Williams, Trustee &C, vs.. Henry Hot
tel, &c. and G.. W. KOontZ, Gen. Receiver,
vs.. w. T. Williams, Trustee.
/, L. 5. Walker, Deputy for Geo. w.
Miiey, clerk of said court, do hereby certi-
fy that W. T. Williams, Trustee, has exc
cuted bond with personal security, in the
penalty fixed by the court, and condition
ed a. prescribed by law. Given under my
hand this Both day Of April, A. d., 1886.
l.. $. WALKER, Deputy fer
Geo w Milev g. C. c. A. c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-05-21
ELYS
Cream Balm

when applied into
THE nostrils, will
he absorbed effect
cleansing the
bead Of catarrhal
Virus. causing
healthy kecretions.
IL allays infam-
|mation, protects
THE membrance Of
the nasal passages
from additional
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
earthquakes in Japan.
According to an official statement

According to an official statement Is
sued by the japanese Government
here occurred five hundred and fifty
three earthquakes during the nine
years and six months preceding Decem-
Der, 1884, averaging one earthquake for
every six days and six hours. This
must, however, refer to the capital and
the surrounding districts only, and earth
quakes of great violence can alone be
counted, for Prof. Milne was able to
trace an average of an earthquake per
day in Nagasaki, in the extreme south
of the japanese archipelago. The Off
cial statistics, on the other hand, may
possibly be complied from the returns
of local officials all over the country,
in which case only those shocks
which caused loss of life or damage
to property would be included. If this
hypothesis is correct, we should have an
average of more than an earthquake per
week, which was so violent that it
caused injuries to life or property
sufficiently serious to attract the atten-
ton of the local authorities, and, in
their Judgment, to require report
to the central government.-Nature.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
LOADED CIGARS.
The Latest Device Invented for the Bens-
1T Of senseless ''Jokers."

LOADED" cigars, as instruments Of
mi~th-provoking torture, are likely to
come into more general use among
practical jokers on account of a new
method of manufacture which lessons
the danger of the explosions. A small
cartridge of powder, inserted in the mid
die of a cigar, was able to furnish 8
large amount of hilarity, but it was
likely to damage the eyesight of the I'M
suspecting smoker who had been selected
rs a victim by the iokers. Serious acct
dents, followed by suits for damage,
made the old style "loaded" cigar
unpopular. When a man who had
been known to indulge in fun at
the expense of his friends offered cigar
of the finest brand to an acquaintance
he was obliged to answer such questions
as Twill it 90 OFF, or (Which way
shall point ftp" A man with repu-
tation as joker could keep a box of
His friends would be sure to ihink that
articles left exposed in such tempting
way were dangerous to fool with.
Recently some manufacturer has
adopted method of "lading" cigars
of a certain brand with chemical cart
ridge which takes fire soon after the
weed is lighted. There is no
sudden explosion which skaters the
wrapper and sends fragments of burn
ing tobacco in all directions, but from
the end of the cigar stream of fire
shoots out to distance of about three
feet in direct line. 1t makes man
look for few seconds as if he were a
gas tank and held piece of broken
gas-pipe in his mouth. The man is in
no danger so long as he keeps still and
let's the cigar srutter away. To hold
the weed firmly in the teeth at such a
moment is better test of man s
nerve than to hang on to the end of a
burning Roman candle. The chief dam
ger to be feared is that some man may
drop cigar and start conllagration if
he attempts to smoke indOors.-N. J..
Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
SPIRITS OF TURPENTlNE.
An Article Which Can Truly BE Called a
BOnn to Mankind.


Boon to Mankind.
This is one of the most valuable arti-
Giles in family, and when it has once
obtained a foothold in house, it is
really necessity, and could i'll be dis
pensed with. Its medicinal qualities are
very numerous; for burns it is a qurk
application and gives immediate relief;
for blisters on the hands it is of price
less value, soaring down the skin and
preventing soreness; for corns on the
toes it is useful, and good for rheuma-
tism and sore Threats, and it is the
quickest remedy for commissions or fits.
Then it is a sure preventive against
moths; by just dropping a triile in
the bottom of drawers, chests and
cupboards, it will render the garments
secure from injury during the summer.
1t will keep ants and bugs from closets
and store-rooms, by putting few drops
in the corners and upon the shelves; it
is sure destruction to bcd-bugS, and will
cflcctually drive them away from their
haunts if thoroughly applied to the
Joints of the bedstead in the SPRING
cleaning time. and Injuries neither furni-
turc nor clothing. Its pungent odor is
retained for long time, and no family
ought to be entirely out of supply at
any time of the year Scientific An1erl-
can.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
Home Treatment for Hog Cholera.

Hog cholera was carefully studied
last summer by several pork raisers in
Kansas where the disease ragged part of
the time. One of them resorted to
"home treatment" as he called it, and
he says it succeeded in bringing every
member of his infected herd around all
right. The mode of treatment he thus
describes: "As soon as the animals were
taken sick l turned them out of the
pens and began to drive them to warm
up their blood. The first day | drove
them three miles and the second day
two miles. They would vomit freely
while being driven. After the second
day they showed signs of improvement,
which continued, and finally all the
hogs recovered" An Abbeville County
Is. CO. farmer, whose hogs have never
been attacked by the disease, attributes
their immunity to quart of turpentine
slops which he gave them weekly
~ Y San.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
BLEEDING THE FARMER.
Alleged Improvements for the Use Of
which Royalties Are Demanded.

Alleged improvements for the Use OF
which Royalties Are Demanded.
There is no other industrial pursuit
than agriculture which is so burdened
with alleged improvements for which
patents have been secured. The Mfm-
er's soul is vexed with claims for royal
ties from an endless variety of people
who demand money for the use of de-
vices for which patents have been Sc
cured unjustly. Fences, wells, churns,
gates. harrows, clcvices and a great
variety of simple tools and devices
which are used by farmers; and
even methods of pruning, laying
down trees and vines for winter
protection, and now an old manner of
making drains, have been patented and
the use of them is denied 10 the public.
The worst of it is that the majority Of
these claimants are farmers themselves
and do their best to tax their brother
farmers without any adequate return
being made. and moreover it causes and
encourages litigation and wastes hard
earned money. This is a matter which
needs reforming, and farmers should
combine to insist upon dcllverance
from this irritating and costIy nuisance
N Y Times.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
KEEPING GEESE.
A Profitable Industry If Properly and sys-
temeticaily Managed.

A Profitable Industry If Properly and sys-
temetlcally Managed.
Geese are profitable or Improbable
according to the manner in which they
are kept. If given the use of a large
pond on which they can enjoy them
selves and dive down in search of MIR
nows and tadpoles, they can supply
themselves with all the animal food they
require. They should also have plenty
of grass. When geese are kept on
abandoned fields, and have access to
ponds, they are profitable; but if they
are to be fed altogether, they will be
kept at loss. They often do damage
to pastures, and destroy and waste
much that they should not dis
turb. The best breeds are
the Toulouse and Embden, the
latter being entirely white
in color, thus rendering their feathers
more valuable. A cross of the Toulouse
gandcr on the Emblem goose makes the
largest produce for market. A goose
will lay from twenty to forty eggs, but
seldom matches more than one brood
The goslings should not be allowed near
the water until fully feathered, as damp
ness is injurious to them, the down be-
ing no protection. They should be fed
for the first six or eight weeks on a
mixed diet, and may then be left to
their parents altogether. Old geese
make the best breeders, but only the
young ones are marketed. Eggs from
geese under two years old do not hatch
well. Farm. Field and Stockman.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

"A botanist has attempted to esti-
mate the number of seeds found upon
some of the most obnoxious weeds of
this country. For shepherds purse he
makes the number 37,5O0 per plant;
dandelion, 12,1O8; wild pepper grass,
10, 400; wheat sheaf, 1000; common
thistle, 1866; camomile, 1920; but
ter weed, 1887; rag weed, 1866; COM
mon purslane, 38S,8O0; common plan
tain, 2,2O0; burdock, ?8,06S.-Phila-
Ielphio CAL.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

Under the Oregon law, q person
who loses money at the gaming table
is entitled to recover double tn,
amount, and Portland party who de
posted one hundred and twenty-fiv,
dollars in a faro bank has recovered
Judgment for two hundred and lift,
dollars.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11
Will You Try This?

Catarrh. For 2
years / was a suGercI
from catarrh Of til,
head and throat. by 1
few applications OF
Ely's Cream Balm I re
ceiyed decided bcncA'
was cured by one bot
tlc.-CHARLoTTE PARK
Err. WavcrlY, n. Y.
] have used Ely,
Cream Balm for dry ca
tarrh TO which Eastern
persons arc subJec'
who come live here
1t has proved . cure
d. F. NJ. WEES, Ten
yer. Col.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-11

ADosr OF Red Star Cough Cure will pre-
vent you disturbing the congregation, and
put you in right frame of mind to enjoy
the services. Twenty five cents bottle.