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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
WINCHESTER DRY.
Tho LocaI-Option Election Results I'm
a Prohibition Victory.
IBy telegraph to the Dispstch.l

IBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
WINCHESTER, VA, September IL.
A large vote was polled to-day in the
local-option election. Much zeal was
manifested on beth sides. The negro
holders of the dry tickets were active,
and their vote for the first time was
much divided. All political distinction
was obliterated, and Democrats and
Republicans voted together on each
side Of the question. The election
progressed quietly throughout the day.
The count tonight shows that the
"drys" carried every ward in the
city and their ticket by 100 majority.
The law goes into effect on the lst of
next May and continues for two years.
Variety of opinions are expressed as to
the probable effect upon the business
interest Of the city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
An Viactrfc Yacht

by Anglo-American cable to the Dispatch
DOVER, September l3.-rhe yacht
Volta, propelled by electricity. started
hence across the channel to Calais on a
trial trip to-day. She reached Calais
in three hours aud flfty-One minutes
from the time of her starting from Do
Yer
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
Telegraph. Operator Assa.sinated.
IBy Telegraph TO the pispatch.l

MARSHALL, ILL.,, September b.
George Powers, telegraph.operator
and agent Of the yandalis road, sta
toned at q lonely spot about q mile
from Marshall, was assassinated early
Sunday morning by some one who fired
at him through q window as he was
writing. The murderer robbed his
victim Of watch and about els in
money. Bloodhounds will track the
assassin.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
steamer Lost ON Lake Michigan,

CHICAGO, September l3.-Marine
circles are somewhat excited over the
reported loss of the steamer Grace
Barker, small passenger-steamer be-
tween Charleyoix and Petosky. Two
bottles are reported found on the lake
shore eighteen miles south Of st. Joseph,
Mich, containing messages purporting
to be from tho sinking steamer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14

[By Anslo-Amsrics cable TO the Dispatcn.l
BERLIN, September l3.-Baron Won
Schlosse, the Prussian envoy to the
Vatican, 10 about to return to Rome 70
conduct negotiations looking to the fina'
sbolishmsnt Of The Nay laws.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
nrcnuo>p roB.cco nAaKgr.

SKPrENysR III, 1880
There are no transactions Ia the tobacco
market worthy Of comment or report. bsd
curiDgs and the most discoursglDs letters
about the growing crops fail 10 make any
impression on tue market up to this time.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
EInux.
COTTON REPORT.

We quote: Fine. s2.soas2.ss: mpsrdnes
ssass.2b; extra, s3.50as3.75; family. -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE, MD, September 13.-Vlrginia
6's, consolidated, with coupons, 81; past
due coupons. 67h: 30. new SIS. So; do.
l0-40s, with coupon, AZ. Bid to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
Caye.In at . Mine SHAFT.
fpp ta,.uranh 10 The DispAtcn.

SCRANTON, PA, September IA
serious cave-in occurred 81 Marvine
shaft this morning. One mar was taken
out dead and six others arc entombsd
alive. Rsscuipg parties hsvs been sst
70 uoSk.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14

lby telegraph W VIC ~,
BATH, ME-. September l3.-The
workman employed in the Nsw-Engiand
ship-B Building CompaDy's yard are On :
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
PORT or RICHMOND. SEPT. ~. asse

ARRIvED.
gtsamship Ola Dominion. Smith. NSy
York. merchandise aud passenger. Y. We
stssmsr Asnland. Tunnlil. Philadels
phia. merchandise and psssnger~ j. w
sesonnsr Rita r. wiliinss -, New
York. salt. Davenport ao!fia
schoouer Il III. Mitchell. mitchell HWY
dc 0raes coal ChesspeAke ana ONO Haus
WY Com pany.
Allison = Addison.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14

Market nominal.
QUOTATIONS.
Coon NIDpLTSs.-e o.i6c.
NIDpLISo.--e i-i6c.
Low AIDDLING. Is g-tec.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
nru Xnpk srnCk nIARKEr.

NEW YORK, september l3.-The stock
market today was stronger ana shoWcn
more life than on any previous day I9r
some weeks The bears seemed democrat.
iZeG and the bulls FOR the time being had
complete control. The course OF prices TO-
day, with the exception ofa slight reaction
I'm early trading and another in the last
hour. was most steadily upward, while
sales I'm each stock were Increased. Deal
iugs were extended TO q much larger
number OF stocks than or late. wnlle
there was no particular news 10 lnnu.
cuce values, This morning general
advance was made upon the Improved feel
ing IN the street. The most Important
changes In prices were I'm western special
ties the active stocks generally nuctuatlng
within a narrow range. The first prices
showed advances ranging from = 70 - the
latter Louisville and Nashville while Lack
awanna and jersey Central were each up y.
There was considerable excitement at the
opening, and for the first half hour there
was an unusually active business. but
after few further slight advances
the prices yielding at noon were
slightly under the opening figures.
Later, however, q general advance through:
out the list took place, which eliminated
abeut 2 L. NJ, when the highest prices gen
orally were recorded. Another slight Yield
ing in values followed, but the market re-
covered before the close, which WAS about
steady at the best prices OF the day. Active
stocks are almost invariably higher to-
night, Canada Southern being up 2, oregon
Transcontinentsl and st. Baul and Duluth
each IA LacllRwanna and Louisville ana
Nashville each 2. and the others smaller
fractions Sales 25s. 900 shares.
NOon.- StocRs quiet aud steady. Money,
4ab per cent. Exchange-Long, 4slta4e2;
short, 4s4Iza4s44. Goyernmentsdull.
ErsnnO.-E Exchange, ASH. Money, %
per cent. Sub-Tfeasury Dalances-Oold
sI27.sg 600: currency, s2s,l95.OOO. Gov
ernmepiG dull; per cents, l26A; per
cents 1907 bid. state bonds dali.
Alaha Il. II --ass 2 10
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKx7.

NORFOLK, September ls.-Market quiet.
sales Of 100 bags Of prime ~ quotations.
Prime. sa3Sc. fancy, 4c.: common. le2c.
shelled, 2a21,c.: factory hand-picked. <aec.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
PhnsdcIphia's Way or 10 be T,npeachod

PHILADELPHIA, September l3.-
The committee of the Common Council to
inquire into charges against the mayor
reported this afternoon in favor Of i'm
peachment. The vote stood 7 to |.
I charges against him were for fail
ing to pay into the treasury at the
tine required by law large amounts re-
ceiyed for Themselves.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
RICHMOND sroCK EXCHANGE.

MONDAY, September I3, 1850.
SALKs-FIRsT BoARD.-10 Petersburg rail-
road ut GAY, 10 do. at 6ik. 10 DO. at 6iss, 10
DO. at Gan.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
CIgar.Makers' strike I'm philadelphia.
Try feIeOra nh TO the Dispatch.I


PHILADELPHIA, PA, September IL.
A general strike Of the Knights Of Labor
cigar.makers was inaugurated to-day in
pursuance of resolution adopted by
the Executive Board of District Assem-
bly, No. SO at a meeting held Sunday
morning, in effect that no knight of
Labor cigar-maker would be permitted
to work in a shop where any members
of the Cuban Federation were employed.
The Knights went to the factories where
they were employed this morning, and
the firms were informed Of the action Of
the Executive Committee. A majority,
however, refused to discharge their Gu
ban workmen, and strikes consequently
occurred in a number Of factories.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
MARKETS ~ TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK. September l3.-Cotton quiet:
sales, 3l4 bales: uplsnds. esc.; Orleans.
o 7.isc.; net receipts. 12.los bales ex-
ports-to Great Britain, i2i bales; 70
france, 2.lO5 bales: 10 the Continent, 600
bales; stock. lei. $50 bales. southern hour
steady. wheat shade higher, c!oslny
nrm; No. 2 red s6Xc. H. elevator. sep
tsmher. e6a.as7lsc.: October, 81 ll.i6a
IS s-Iee. Corn ssHc. higher. closing firm;
No. q, soc. in elevator: september, tYsa
5Stc.: October. bOha50Ac. Oats sac. bet
fer. No. q. 3IksI3,c coffee fair. BIO nrm
M sli5O. sugar firm; fair 10 good re-
flung. 45lai,c.: refined quiet aud steady.
Molasses quiet and steady. Rice hrm, COT
ton. seed oil, 24a28c. for crude: 40atlc. tor
refined. Rosin quiet at slssl.o5. Turpen.
tine steady at 35Hc. Hides fairly active and
frm: New orleans, elsloc. Texas selected,
lOGc' Wool nrm. Pork active and firmer:
mess. sil for old. si2 for new. Aiddiee
frm: long clear, s7.S7x. Lard unsettled
and i5c lower: western steam, " 80 sep
iember 81 ssas7 as; october, s6.ssaso.ss.
Ereiv ht IA steady.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14

81. LOUIS, September I5.-rIuui "
changed Wheat active aud about steadys
closed i%ai.c. higher than on saturday: No.
2 red, cash, 7oitc.: October, 71l-a71ac.
November, 797sa7sAc. closed 1878. Corn
active: closed has.c higher: No: 2, Mixed
cash, s6kc.; september, 36sc bid: october,
3s5Ic. Oats dull and Lalsc. higher; No.
mixed, cash, 2blls25tc.s september. 2tsc.
bid: October, 25.c. bid: November. 26)kc.
bid. Whisky nrm at sl.10. PROVISIONS
fairly active. Pork firm at sll.75. Lard
steady al ss.76. Bulk meats steady and un-
changed Bacon strong: long clear - xSa
So so; short-ribs. ss.S7f: clear, 3s.62fs
SGD. Hams firm at sl2 50asl3.50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14

LONDON, September l3.-The Lord
Mayor of London has received a letter
from Mr.. Phelps, the United States
Minister, forwarding a cable message
from Secretary Bayard expressing Pre-
sident Clevelsnd's acknowledgment
of the generous action Of the Lord
Mayor and the city of London in be-
half of the Charleston sufferers. N.
w. Rothschilds & Sons have contri-
buted $500 and Messrs. Barring Bro
theirs & Co. the same amount to the
relief fund. 1t is probable large
sum will be realized.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14

ola Main street. Richmond W..
Ise lA-1tl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-14
MARINE INrELLlGEScE.

M iIlsIlis z ALMANAC. SER. IL. les
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18

Prof. Graun, of the Berlin Geograph.
,ical Society, estimates that, outside oil
the polar regions, an area of at least
800, 900 square miles is still geographic
cally terra incognita. Europe has been
thoroughly surveyed, all but the icy
summit regions of the northernmost
fields, but in old Asia vast territories are
known only from hcarsay, as the soil,
tudes of the Bactrian desert and the
mountain regions of western China. The
best maps of central Africa still show
blanks and conjectural dots; the secret
of the Niles lakes has yet by no means
been satisfactorily solved; tho sources of
the Congo and the upper tributaries Of
the Zambezi still rise in cloud and OF
tradition. Brazil and its border states
still contain certain large stretches of
untrodden virgin woods, the swamp
labyrinth of the Gran Chaco, for in
stance, and the all but impenetrable jun
giles of the delta formed by the junction
of the Rio MADEIRA and Machato, where
even the native Indians can travel only
by the waterways of an occasional inun-
dation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18

Ex-King Theebaw's famous hairy
family, which he long kept jealously at
Manda!ay, are to visit Europe for exhi'
bition. The family have been renowned
in Burmese history for many years, and
the present members, mother and son,
form the fourth generation known. The
mother, Maphon, is sixty-three, quite
blind, and usually sits motionless on a
platform, occasionally tanning herself,
and speaking in low, sweet voice, She
was seen and described by Colonel Yule
when on mission to the Court of Ava in
1856. Save her hands and feet, she is
covered with long, soft hair, like her son,
Mo-po-sin, who is covered even to the
drums of his ears, the hair in some places
being five inches long. Mo-po-sin is Of
medium height, with pale brown skin,
and is fairly friendly, having been partly
educated, and married to maid-of'
honor. Neither he nor his mother ha'
either canine teeth or grinders.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
Novel Ophthalmic Operation.

A successful and delicate operation on
the eye was performed at the County
Hospital recently that will command the
attention of men of science, as we'll as
the medical fraternity of the world. Not
long ago fireman was brought to the
institution to receive treatment for an
eye which had been wounded by a
splinter. The little piece of wood had
entered the corner of the right eye and
tore out the inner canthus, so that the
patient always bore the appearance of
looking at his nose with the injured eve.
The disease was called internal strabis-
mus. DR.. Smith, of the hospital staff,
cut the contraction and dissected it out,
leaving the space of the mucus membrane
of the eye, about the size of nickle,
bare. He then took piece of the mu-
Gus membrane from the eye of a rabbit
and placed it where the dissection had
occurred. The wound healed, and the
membrane from the eye of the rabbit
grew to muscle where it was placed. The
man now has full control of his ave and
perfect sight. - Chicago Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
Colonel EllsWOrth'S Death.

Colonel Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth,
Commandant OF the regiment of New
York Fire Zouaves, was the first officer
in the Northern Army to shed his lifes
blood in the civil war. The dramatic de-
tails of this young officers death are
part of history and are we'll known to the
midd!e-aged and elder citizens, but to the
rising generations the facts will be new
and interesting. On the morning of May
"a, 1861, Colonel Ellsworth took his regi-
ment to Alexandria, Va, to prevent an
insurIection which seemed imminent, the
regiment entering the city under flag OF
truce. Then Colonel Ellsworth, accom-
panied by squad of five men, the chap
lain of his regiment and two newspaper
reporters started uptown to visit the tele'
graph office. AS they turned from King
street into Royal street Colonel Ellsworth
observed a Confederate flag floating from
the top of the Marshall House, a hotel
kept bv man named jackson. Feeling
that the sight of the flag would affect his
regiment to such degree that the effi-
cheney and subordination would be ruined,
Colonel Ellsworth and his escort entered
the hotel, and the Colonel asked for the
landlord. He was grutAy informed that
he was not in, at which Colonel Els
worth went upstairs, took down the flag
and started to return to the bar-room. As
they were coming down the stairs, Ser
geant Frank f. Brownell, who was at
the head of the squad, saw man at the
bottom of the stairs with a gun in his
hand. Sergeant Brownell sprang at the
fellow, and with his own gun knocked
down the gun held by the other man,
Before he could recover his heavy old
Harper's Ferry musket to continue the
defense, the other man, VINO had light
double barrel shotgun, raised it and
fired, sending the charge into Colone
Ellsworth's body directly above the
heart. Ellsworth exclaimed: 'My Godr
and fell dead to the floor. The assassin
who was jackson, the hotel proprietor
raised his gun second time, but as hi
did so Sergeant Brownell shot him deac
where he stood. Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18

The statistician Of the department of
Agriculture writes: "We certainly eat
more pork than England consumes of
beef, after duplicating the allowance of
that prime article in the British nation;
and we far exceed the French quota of
all meats in pork products alone, and
Surpass by still larger measure every
other continental country. Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Kansas have larger numbers of
swine than all Russia with 10000, 600
people to feed. Indiana and Illinois
have as many as Austria and Hungary,
and, with Kentucky and Ohio, more
than all the swine of the German Empire !;
and Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas
more than the numbers in France. The
wonderful elasticity of this industry is
worthy of notice. AS with corn, there is
never famine or a glut; small crop
will suffice; a large one only makes greater
abundance and lower prices. In both
cases the main consumption is at home.
No good patriot can wish to export corn
from the Missouri to Liverpool at cost
of twenty-five cents for transportation
of bushel, that may, perhaps, be bought
for twenty cents, when pork or lard can
be sent from the farm to the same market
for tenth of its home value"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
Japanese Lac.

The mysteries of the Japan lac have
never been mastered by European artists.
These men were craftsmen of untiring
patience, and placed by the conditions of
feudal life above the needs of mere money
making. They were often ennobled and
always esteemed They were the com
panions of Princes. They did not hesi-
tate to lavish on sword guard, or an
ivory toggle, screen, or minute deco
ration of sword hilt, all their artistic
genius in design and pictorial effect.
The modern lac is au ephemeral produc-
tion-thin in texture, with overlaid gild-
ing of effective but not solid character.
Its panels and cabinets, rich with incrus-
tations, are gaudy and ill-drawn, There
is nothing in which the collector SO often
goes astray. The old japanese lac resists
heat and cold alike. Submersion beneath
the sea for months does not spoil it. It
is built up slowly, and defies centuries OF
wear. This quality of lac is little known
in England, and no representative, au-
thenticatcd and signed collection such as
this has ever before been brought to-
gether here. --L0nd0a academy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18

Few persons, perhaps, are aware that
they possess a pair of harps. They are
called the organs of Corti, after their
discoverer, and are located in the ear.
They are estimated to have s, 700 strings,
being, of course, microscopic and varying
in length from 1900 to 1900 of an inch.
If you hold properly tuned violin neal
a piano when the E string is struck the
E violin string will vibrate and sound
too; so with all the rest. Now, the
$500 strings of the human ear harp have
such wide compass that any appreciable
sound in the universe has the CORES.
ponding tone string, and the sound is
conveyed through the connecting fila,
ment to the auditory nerve, thence to the
sensorium, and thus knowledge of the
sound is received by the mind.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18

Aluminium, which only o short time
lince was so rare metal as to be found
mainly in cabinets, is now produced in
such quantities as to have given rise to
extensive manufacturing works. It's alb
solute freedom from liability to oxidiza-
ton renders it peculiarly valuable for the
purposes of articles exposed to the action
of water acids or damp atmosphere; and
for that reason prominence is given in
the list of manufactures to which it is
now hab;tually applied to articles for
outdoor use in which an ornamental SUR
face is desired. Among the articles for
which the metal has been found specially
Serviceable, apart from white metal
tableware, may be mentioned ships pro-
pellers, yacht-sheathing, ships fittings,
horse-bits and harness-fttings, railway
carriage handles, locks, keys, chains,
wire and wire ropes, tubes, chandeliers,
wood screws, Tenders, ire-irons, fisher
mems trawling ropes, carriage lamps,
pens, silver grids, rivets, etc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
The Baby's Palace Car.

I should like to suggest plan I have
tried for protecting babies from draughts
while on the floor, consisting of box
two feet by three feet, and just high
enough to allow baby to look over the
top as he sits on the bottom of the box.
Fasten strong cleats to each end, and into
these put good casters. Pad the side and
cover with pretty calico. Put several
layers of newspapers on the bottom, and
cover with carpet. In such a warm box
my little girl spent most of the winter.
Her playthings were within reach In it
she learned to creep and to stand, the
sides being so soft a bump did not hurt
her. Her little brothers amused her by
rolling it about the floor. 1t did not
take up as much room as baby and her
scattered playthings. 1t deserves the
name the children bestowed upon it
"The Palace Car. Babyh0od.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
A Rnilding With a History.

Among all the buildings in New York
city to. day there is not another that has
so ancient and eventful a history as tho
Hall of Reco DIS, or Registers Office, in
the City Hall Park. 1t was erected
about the middle of the last century,
when Broadway was country road,
when the only theatre stood on the site
OF the present World establishment, when
Centre street was a lake, William street
swamp, Canal street river, and the
Bowery lonely lane, running up through
huckleberry bushes.
During the Revolutionary war this
building was the chief British prison for
distinguished patriots. Here Captain
Nathan Hale, the intrepid Yankee, was
confined after his capture with plan OF
the British defenses of Long Island in
his shoes, and in the public common
adjoining, exactly where the City Hall
now stands, he was hanged as q spy.
Here that tough old rebel, Ethan Allen,
of Ticonderoga fame, was imprisoned
after his capture while trying to take
Montreal with thirty men, and his treat
ment and that of othe.s caused the
building, which now stands near the
CITY Hall station of the elevated road,
to be regarded by the patriots with
| adherence.
When the British evacuated New York,
in November, 1888, the jailer, Cunning
ham, having won an infamous reputa-
tion, was asked by his patriot prisoners
"What is to become of us2'
''You can 60 to the deuce!" shouted
Cunningham, as he flung the keys into
the middle of tie floor and made off.
1t was forty or fifty years after that be-
fore the bastie of the Revolution was
lemodeed and the bell transferred to
the bridewell 1t now rings prisoners
to rations and prayers over ON Black.
wells Island.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18

Prizes for essays on various subjects
connected with agriculture are offered by
the Society of French Agriculturists, to
be awarded during the session of 1887.
Among the topics are the rotation of
crops and systems of culture, better
method of incubation with attenuated
virus than that now in vogue, the fatten-
ing of animals on pastures, the organiza'
tion and working of mutual agricultural
credit associations, treatise of commerce,
and various diseases of the vine and some
other fruit trees. In 1890 prizes are to
be given for the creation of fruit farms,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
WINGED SEEDS.

Oh, gold green wings, and bronze green
wings,
And rose.tintcd wings, that down the
breeze
Come sailing from the maple trees!
You showering things, you shimmering
things,
That June-time always bringsl
Oh, are you seeds that seek the earth,
The shade of lovely leaves to spread!
Or shining angels, that had birth
When kindly words were saidl
Oh, downy dandelion-wiugs,
Wild-aoa!iny wings, Ike silver SPIN,
That dance and glisten in the sum-
You airy things, you elfn things,
That June time always brings!
Oh, are you seeds that seek the earth,
The light of laughing floweLSt 70 spreadi
Or fitting fairies, that had birth
Whom merry words were saidi
Helen Gray Cone, in st. Nicholas