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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-06-23

The object of this suit is to recover $40 90 with
interest thereon from the 18th dav of Januarv
1850 evidenced by the negotiable note of Kate
a. Ullrick and Mamie ]. Baber for $1,000 dated
Valley Bank of Staunton and for this purpose
to attach their interest in a tract of land near
the village or Bethlehem in Augusta county.
of Aude. Ne5berorul Grove and others, being
the same land conveyed TO ]. s. Ellis by Will
liam blackwell and wife by deed dated the End
day ofSeptember. 1880, of record in the Clerks
ONCE OF the County Court of Augusta County,
D. B. No. 81. page 500.
1t appearing by affidavit filed that Justin A.
Ullrick and Kate A. Uilrick. his wife. Mamie
]. Baber, wife of G.. W. Baber, are non-resl-
dents of this State, it is ordered that they do
lication of this notice and do what is necessary
to protect their interest.
Teste,
in. RYAN, Clerk.
Hudson & Patrick, p. q. iune2s At
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-06-23

" IRGIN1A-ln the Clerks Office CircuIt
v Court of Augusta County, June 10Th.
1885, D'
Joseph W. Thurman, who sues for the benefit
VS..
Justin A. Ullrick and Kate A. Ullrick his
wife and z. W Baber and Mamie ]. Baber, his
wife, and j. s. Ellis. Trustee Defendants
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-06-23
DAILY,
NORTHWARD.|

standard Time, Express Express
10th Meridian. No, 4. No. 2.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
Eli Nxe on HxdrophobIa.

/ take occasion at this time to ask the
American people, as one man, what are we
to do to prevent the spread of the most in
sidous and disagreeab'e disease known as
hydrophobial When fellow-being has TO
be smothered, as was the case the other day
right here in our fair land land where
tyrant foot hath never trod nor bigot forged
a chain, we look anxiously into each others
faces and inquire. what shall we d,
Shall we go to France at great expense
and fill our system full of dog virus and
then return to our glorious land where we
may fork over that virus to posterity and
thus mix up French hydrophobia with the
navy-blue blood of free born American citi-
zens! l wot not If l knew that would be
my last wot would not change it. That is
just wot it would be.
Did it ever occur TO the average thinking
mind that we might squeeze along for weeks
without dogs Whole families have existed
for years after being deprived dogs. 1t
is olemn thing 10 think of, fellow citizens,
and | appeal 10 those " no may read this, as
a man who may not live TO sec a satisfactory
political reform appeal to you to refrain
from the dog. He is purely ornamental.
We may love good dog, but we ought to
love our children more, 1t would be a very,
agree to feed with my only son. 1 know
that we gradually become attached to a
good dog, but some day he may become at
tached to Us, and what can be. sadder than
the sight Of a leading citizen drawing a
reluctant mad dog down the street by main
strength and the seat Of his pantaloons2 4
mean his own, not the dogs pants)
/ have said a good deal about the dog, pro
and con, and am not rabid dog abolition
st, for no one loves to have his clear cut
features licked by the warm, wet tongue Of
a noble dog any more than do but rather
than see Ii drophoba become a national
characteristic or leading industry here
would forego the dog. If the dog would be
kind enough to refrain from introducing
his justly celebrated virus into the person Of
those only who kiss him on the cold, moist
nose, it would be all right but when dog
goes mad he is very impulsive, and he may
bestow himself on an obscure man. So
feel little nervous myself. Bill Nye, in
1 Boston Globe
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
TnNGING.

Two men go out in a small boat. They
stop over an oyster bed where the water is
10 to 20 feet deep. Their tongs consist of a
pair of iron rakes. with wooden handles 10
to 20 feet long. The teeth of the rakes open
inward and the handles are crossed and
Joined together, working upon a pivot like a
pair of scissors The fisherman puts his
long handled implement down into the
water and grabs up as many oyster shells as
he can hold between the rakes not more
than half peck at most. A tongman can
gather no more than half a dozen bushels u
day.
The dredger, on the other hand, hauls
them up almost without limit. There are
renlly three ways of oyster fishing, If it can
be called that-dredging, longing and with
nippers BY the last method the bivalves
are picked up one by one with long-handled
pincers from the clear water Those thus
caught are the choicest of all oysters from
beds that have been planted, and are supe-
rior to the rest. 1t i encouraging to know
this.
The dredging vessels are ordinary two
masted fishing saitboats. The drelge is an
iron arrangement " hich rakes along after the
boat and SCOOPS in its load of rough Shells 1t
is saSainst the law OF Mary yland for any steam
vessel or steam machinery of any kind to
engage in oyster catching. This is because
steam machinery would disturb the waters
and destroy the hels,
Along the Maryland shores so O0) persons
are occupied i'll this industry, and
the crop amounts to SlOOOO,OJo year
The consumption of oysters increase
every year, and there i no limit to what it
will be if the oyster beds hold out There
is apprehension that they will mo-, although
new ones are being planted constantly 10
protect them a law was passed by the Mary
laud legislature that no dredge should ue
worked inside of certain imaginary line
drawn between specified points. This
throws the dredges into deep waters. That
is to say, it is supposed 10 do so. As a
matter OF fact the bold oyster pirates mind
the law no more th IN western settlers do
the act against cutting timber on public
domains. They take oysters whenever and
wherever they can. There are as many
ways Of evading the police sloops that
patrol Chesapeake bay as there are inven-
tive ideas in an oystermals head.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
o his men. They catch Nm the dredgcs and

to his men. They catch up the dredges and
throw them overheard. When the ca tain
thinks the bag is flied he calls, 'wind up
This is done, and the mass of oysters and
debris dumped upon deck, while the dredge
is heaved overheard again.
An oyster has not much sense. In truth,
it is an unt onscionable idiot, and begins to
grow in small lmey secretion, about the
size and shape of fish scale This little de-
posit fastens itself to any solid subs ance
within reach upon the ocean bel-another
oyster, old hats old boots, bottles, pieces of
iron the timbers Of piers and any sort of
unutterable rub .ish. As funny sight as
| ever saw was a bunch OF oysters grown
firmly to a huge old boot.
The boat sails on with the wind until the
captain with his pole finds he is getting out
of range of the oyster bed. Then he little
ship is put back again, to commence work-
ing up anew.
Nearly l,5OO schooners are engaged in the
oyster business Off the coast OF MARYLAND
alone. The largest part of the bivalves
m ant for cooking 90 to the unfortun to
western people, but hundreds Of barrels of
shell oysters are also shi ped weekly to Chi
cago, st. Louis and Cincinnati. There are
hou es in those cities that order seventy to
eighty barrels week each
The boats dredge in company, like fishing
boats, along the coasts Sometimes there
arc hundreds Of them in one fleet. If
they are in forbidden waters they
always keep lookout for the approach
Of the police sloop. When 1t comes to them
it finds every boat lying idly at anchor, not
windlass working. OF course, unless the
men are caught at work they cannot be
arrested. The boats are owned by business
men on shore and in the towns usually.
The captain takes for his pay share of the
proceeds when the cargo is sold. The
owners Of the vessels are often boarding
house keepers, aud the crews lodge with
them on shore. So they make a good thing
of it all arounl.
The oysterman seldom eats oysters
suppose he has to work so hard for and stay
up nights with them till he gets disgusted
with the whole subject. And small blame
to him, A. j. boutwell,.
RAITTNoRF Feb 81
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13

The drcdge holds about two bushels Of
oysters. 1t is a bag made of a sort of net
work of iron rings. On its lower edge is an
iron rake with long, firm teeth. Ths
dredges are let down and lifted by wind
lasses, Of which there are two to each vessel
They also are made of iron. The rail of an
oyster boat is cut away amtdships, and it is
here that the windlasses are fixed Each Is
worked by four men, two at each end. The
dredge is allowed to descend of its own
weight. To wind it up again, ''this is the
labor, this the task Sometimes it hap
mems that the windlass handles are not un-
shipned before the rapid descent of the
dredge takes place, then they strike the hap
less oysterman a sounding blow, and knock
him forty ways for Sunday.
The work is very hard 1t il said
the tramps that used to overrun
Baltimore were given their choice
of whether they would go to Jail OF go down
the BAY to work on oyster vessels, After
few Of them had tried oystering for white
the fellows said to jliln every time. III
freezing wafer and in violent winds they
must work day and night he dredge
hauls up about 200 pounds at a time. This
boats hold from 800 10 $500 bushels each.
The men must not oaly haul these up but
also separate the masses Of oysters Iha
blValyes cOine IN great chluRS, or Jumps
stuck fast together by MASSES Of the shell
material They must be broken apart, one
by one The fisherman squaiS upon deck
and does tn by hnnl. 1t is II ncb break
ing process, and often freeZin, IN n and
snow fall upon the worker hour after hour.
a boats crew consists of a captain and
eight men The men are pitt SD 10 so a
month anil their grub Ike ell man rn-
gagged in severe labor thas is ATTENDED WI
unusual hardship, and exm me, ot "ra b'g,
they are very mprovid5nt Thc " rs
during a trip IN order 70 get 10 n't
to spent during an lille ; el fury
spend what they e4rn-eyery cent Iir'
captains of the crews somrtim's sayt
money. and Lecome part owners of sta ]
boats on their own acc1un-. Eat THE
commol mems money gots-ias whore "
seafaring men'I does-to rum shops and
boarding houses, so callel Paey lie over
and rest every other trip. The hard,Iips
and harl work which they mus endure in
order to provide US with our choicest OF
delicacy are almost enough to make one feel
uncomfortable. Eighteen h0nrs work with
the sleat falling upon their fling RS aud the
freezing salt spray dNShjng oNar them and
into their faces is not job that the most
indus rious man out OF work would be apt
TO regard with longing
The vessel goes with the wind in oyster
dredging md Tu i the dredge along after
it As il salts on tn, captain poke long,
slim rod ioWn into the water from time to
time to ascertain whether they are over an
oyster bed II they are he shouts 'heaye
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
4 Very RemnrI,nble stony.

A gentleman who lives in the eastern part
of the county tells one Of those stories that
few people will believe without seeing it, ,"
He says that he was out fox hunting, and
when the chase was at the height of its ex-
element his horse rsn into an old well
thirty feet deep. The horse was instantly
killed by the full but the rider was unhurt.
The walls Of the well had cavel in at the
bottom a distance OF three or four feet, and
the gentleman says this prevented getting
out by digging footholds. Realizing his sit
uaton he began 10 cali for help at the top
OF his voice. hut no assistance came He
was compelled TO remain in the well all night,
and the next morning the stencil arising from
the dead carcass of the horse was anything
but pleas INT, and he noticed that buzzlrtls
were soaring over the spot Finally the buz
zard, began to alight in the we'll, and it was
hen that bright dea struck him. He de-
cided to catch the bu2zaIds by the leg as
they came down until he got a sufficient
number to carry him out. That he did, and
when he caught as many as his hands would
hold he 'shewed at them and they flew up
carrying him out OF the well.
But stii the fox hunter was in a dilemma
The buzzards flew up SO rapidly that he
could not turn loose when he reached the
top without falling back in the we'll Up
ward the bu2zards flew with their human
freight, and the fox hunter began TO despair
of his life after all When about 100
yards above the ground the fox hunter was
lust about to let go and fall, when he was
struci by another bright idea. lie decided
to loose one bu2zlrl at a time until his
weight would pull hem downward. Acting
upon this plan, he was soon landed safely
upon the ground.-Columbus Sun.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
shnming IIis Ignornncc.
Isrcyitics.

Selected isucllany-mi1ce pie, -Danvlls
Breeza ..1
The coal lin is the poor mans ther-
moIne,er --Fa River Advance
1t is said that Hawthorne never used an
italicized word Perhaps lie never tried to
put up stove Chicago Ledger.
Buttons-Missu5 told me 10 come down
and tell you She was not az home Hufcut-
go back anil toll your mis- ra55 say l
haven't called lid Bits,
Flipkins wa, passing along he street and
saw a trunk ous,ids the door Of dealer,
bearing lie ctend; This iz,ior $40" Sc
do |, said F.pkiu+ * Kaleidoscope
Oh tho French! A Paris sau ,aaemaksr
displays in his window placard an.
nsuncinE: Every li7k carefully inocu
lated by DR., Pasteur SAN Francisco WASH
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13


At the end Of the canal near the ice houss
rises an endless chain ST buckets operated
by steam power, on which the ice is lloated,
each bucket catching a cake and drawing it
up Thus the ice ascends this incline in a
continuous stream from whence il is run on
galleries, and then is slid into the various
rooms by its own gravity on descending
''runs,n where the blocks are slowed by men
versed in the work, it being necessary to
leave spaces between for circulation of air
and escape of water These endless chain
elevators We're great invention, and they
entirely revolutionized the process of hous-
inr ice. Before their advent each block OF
ice had to be hoisted separately by horse
power and it took most OF the winter to
fill the house. whereas now, twelve or four
teen working days will fill the largest
house. When the house is full salt hay is
spread thickly over the ice and all is tightly
c!o ed until wanted for use
The houses are truly immense ice boxes,
capable of holding usually 100000 tons o.
ice. The totll stor &c capacity of these
houses on tine Hudso river alone is nearly
8,OOO,COO tons. The cost of gathering and
hording ice il estimated at twenty cents pei
ton.
showing His Ignorance.
cit Is easy to see th3t this preacher is not
. college gra luate, remarked the sporting
editor
What preacher
a man in New York. He preached q
sermon from Where are the 'ncFn
How does tha SHOW he is lot college
graiultaE
why q college Era luate would have the
position Of every In ehlll player in the
country al his ilngrr ends. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph, ...
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
NJ. ~ i. Pot.

There is little private poker club in
Chicago whose members meet at each
Others homes and play modest game,
winding up with d jlck pot, which is lii
orally sweetenei' until it is Of good proper
tions. On a recent Saturday evening the
final jack pot grew until it contained $l2S,
and before the betting it was decided that
the winner sh uld put it on the contribu.
ton plate at church next morning Ii was
won by regular churchgoer and ra' her
liberal giver who fearing uch contribu.
tion would provoke comment, asked leave
of the party to make it up in packa e and
hand il to the sexton 4his was agreed to
on condition that it was to be labeled
From j. pot This was done. The sex.
ton took it Immediately to the pastor, who
was so highly plea-el that lie announced
from the pulpit that "a munificent friend Of
the church-a Mr. A, j, Iot--whom it was
not his pleasure TO know personally, he was
sorry to say, had thlt morning sent in a
most generous douatiou OF sizes to Ills
church fund -ChcI4o Mail
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
Commercial Item.

as, got complaint ter mskn, said Jim
Webster to his emploser m Austin mer.
chant
"WhaJ i,ir -.a.
''lhe uooskeepsr Aicied ms, b don't
8 ant NJ boolilleeper to kick me,
Ut ,Our @ lie kicked you. You don't ex.
me to attend to everything, do you2
eau. !ook alter oil tile little details OF thu
business myself Texas Sifiugs.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13

ters of Chesapeake bay. 1t is a familiar
sight, the oyster and fishing boats, toall VINO
have stopped at that pleasant vanity fair
Old Point Comfort. Chesapeake bay Is 2oO
miles long and 40 miles wide in some places,
but the oysters caughtall along its shores are
simply called Baltimore oysters. The
bivalves are shipped to every part Of the
world from this city. In cans and tins they
go to the interior, as far west as Dakota,
Arizona and Utah. 1t is one Of the sensa-
tions of persons who have been born and
reared in those regions that they taste their
first fresh oysters when they visit the ATTAIN
tic coast One pities them. They have some
advan ages in the way OF cheap living and
getting rich rapidly out there, but when one
remembers that they never TASTE an oyster
on the half she |, they are welcome to all the
rsst Give us our poverty and our half
shells.
Oysters eaten here in Baltimore are the
largest. most delicious in America if not in
the world That is because the home mar
ket is supplied by that process of fishing
which is cal ID 'tonging" Oystermen are
divided into dredgers and tongmen.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13

baltimore PHILADELPHIA RAN.
ID ROAD JUNE :, 1850
Leave Wilmington, 7.o5 10 81 a, m; LSO, $40 y, m.
Arrive at Iandenberg,s 30 a m, 1900 m; $50, So
m.
Leave IAndenberg. G55 a. IN; l.Ol, 55Op. m,
Arrive at Wilmington, 500 q. m; 2.l0, 100, p. III
-,nday trans leave Wilmington luis a. m. 900
p. M Leave Iandenberg 500 a N, 4sOp. m.
p. CoNNEIL, Superintendent
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13

i.N 'Ni'Nt e o''o o'tt ll-' ..'. "l9 gee. oa'
Additional trans-On saturday additional
train will leave Dupont station at 100 p " Green.
vile l.tS. Ncwhridge Ill Silverbrook liz and
arrive in Wilmington l.36 y, m
For connections at Wilmington, Chadds Ford
Junction, Lenape, Coatesvtlle, Waynesburg June
ton Birdsborn and Reading, timetable at al
stations
A. g. MCCATSLANn, L. A. BOWER,
Superintendent GsL, Pas, Agent,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
His First and Second.

'Ah, the hrsr Mrs, Byrne was charming
woman " sui, Byrne to his second wife a
few days ago Then, seeing an ugly look on
her face, he has ened to say: You must
excuse me, my dear, but then it's only
natural should mourn for her at times"
oh, don't Apologies" said Mrs. Byrna
No . iu her most pointed way Il assure
you no one can regret her death more than
/ do. Chicago Rambler
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
MARKING AND pLow1Na THE ICE FIELD.

The present method of ice harvesting is
the same the country over, but as it takes
place in the most severe Of weather and in
regions necessarily remote from populated
localities, a brief description will be found
interesting In the first place, practical ice
men elect the ice field, and with straight
edge and square mark Off two lines at per-
feet right ANGLES 10 each other, on two sides
of the field. Then marker drawn by a
horse, as shown in the illustration is run
straight across the pond, one side having
sharp cutting irons the other simple guide
bars that run in the grooves made by
the cutters at the previous cut. These
grooves are then intersected at right angles
in the same way, 22x36 inches and about an
inch deep. Then follows an ice plow, hav-
ing deeper blade with series of chisel
points. This sinks the groove to a depth of
from three to five inches, depending upon
the depth of ice Then gang Of men with
heavy chisel bars bar Off RATS Of these
blocks in such shape as to admit their
passage through a canal which has been
previously cut from the hou to the pond,
and through which tie ice is either towed
by horses or pushed along by men with long
pike poles 10 the hois ing aprons at the
dock During their progress the cakes are
again separated by men stationed at different
bridges over the canal.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13

Ell us sily nine bill
lion oysters are
caught and eaten
every year and of
these more t ha n
five and a half bill
lions are flshed up
in North America.
Such is the fact.
The next thing to
be said is that by
far the largest pro-
, portion of those
Pare obtained up
and down the wa
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
ON THE HALF SHELL.
AN ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF
OYSTER FISHING.

Dredging, longing and Nipping, Till
Nine Billions Year are Dragged Up.
Workers that No Man Need Envy.
..- TSpecial Corresnondenre1
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13
Anxious to be Neighborly.
H1g !. y, s q, I ~
7 Y T ''1'T.T.. II. T....i....7.........7I'.- 7

We had very fine Maltese cat presented
to us last eek and the above illustration
gives faint idea ot our back fence Of
Iata Tiff
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-13

The Eclectic mprises each year two
large volumes of over 100 pages. Each of
these volumes contains fine steel engraving,
which adds much to the attraction Of the
magazine.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-23
Marshal's Sale.

Dated February 10. 1856. E. A. o. e 5. Marshal.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-23

DURSUANr TO AN EXECUTION TO NE
i directed by the Third Judicial District
Court OF the Territory of Utah. shall expose 81
public sale, at the front door of the County
Court House, in the city OF Salt Lake, county
of Salt Lake, and Territory of Utah, on the i2th
day Of March. 1886, at y o'clock M, the follow.
ing described property, situate in Salt LAKE
County, Utah Territory to-wit: ~.
Commencing at the southwest corner of
Lot One ~, Block One hundred and ,thirly-two
tl32l: running thence north els ven AZ rods and
twelve (l2) feet; thence ea,t i0In (4l rods;
thence south eleven (lll rods aud twelve (l2)
feet. thence west four az rods to place OF be
ginning, containing fOrty-six (46) square rods
in Plat A, Salt Lake City survey.
Also, that certain piece or parcel OF land
known and described as follows, to-wit: Com
mencing at point thirty three and seventy
one-hundredths (S370) rods south of the north
west corner OF Section twenty-five (22), Town.
ship One ~, north of Range One ~, west OF
Salt Lake meridian; thence east fifteen and
bank of the Jordan river; thence up the west
bank of said river, south S7A degrees east
twenty and eight one -hundredthsI(200S) rods
thence south thirty-four and forty one-hun,
dredths (3i.40l rods; thence west one hundred
and seven (l07) rods thence north four and
half ga rods; thence east twenty'six and forty
one. hundredths &c. 40) rods; thence north fifty
and eighty One-hundredths l50.s0) rods thence
east fifty three aud sixty one-hundredths lbS60)
rods to the place of beginning, being in Section
Twenty.one (2l) OF said township and range
Together with all and singular the tenements,
Entertainments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging or In anywise appertaining.
To be sold as the property of Louis Oviatt, at
the suit of Henry owen,
Terms OF sale, cash.
Dated February is, 1886.