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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

Since june 1862, when the inter
nal revenue laws went into fleet
the state Of Virginia has paid into
the treasury of the United States
or that account the enormous sum
OF Slp5,1Il,o50, and in tic same
time North Carolina has contribut
cd Lcill one hundred million more
Tie Government income from Inc
iu;cinal revenue tax HOW averages
i5,CGO,OG0 per annum, and the
total reaches the stupcEdcus sum
OF S3,43G,290, 455.39--Ncrtolk Viz.
gilman.
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Valuable Houses and Lais for Sale
at DaYiS' Mhnrf.

The undersigned offers for sale.
at private contract, several valpa.
Die houses aud loss at Davis Wharf,
containing 3 acres each, improved
by dwellings, and all necessary OUT
houses, good enclosure, &c, OH rca.
enable. terms.
Several other unimprovcd lots
also will he sold on terms accommO.
dating to purchasers.
Ali the lots offered extend to the
water
Purchasers who wish home IN a
healthy section, convenient to the
churches and schools, sc. either DIS
al Investment. as place Of rrcre
alton, or Who would avail Them
selves Of superior facilities To earn
Il livelihood, are invited 10 confer
with The Undersigned either in per-
sou or by letter.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18
CluycriUS.

RICHMOND, VA, December Sth.
&C. II. +. Deuriug, an ex police
man, was arrested to night on a
warrant. charging him with attend
ing to unlawfully obstrnct, aud nm
pede the administration of Justice
by cormptly conspiring to bride
Herman Joel so as to induce him
to make q false statement to the
Governor touching the application
for the pardon or conmltatlon OF
the sentence of CluvelIuS. joel is
the jeweler upon whose evidence
the watch key found ut the reser-
voir on the day of Lillian Madlson's
death was Identified as the prop
ertv of CluvcriuS. Dnering had
been employed as a detective by
friends of CluverluS to hunt for teS
timnny in his behalf. He approach
Joel. and paid him s35 up"rcondi-
ton that in the event of his being
called before the Governor lc
would giSr ialUrahlc culorinS tU
what he might say about he key
joel took the money and inmcsi
ateIy attcrwalal went to the Gov
ernor and told him all about The
matter. This occurred two weeks
ago, but WAS kept quiet until after
the Governor had given his deciS-
ION OH the question "lrespltlns
Gluverius, which he did this after
noon.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

The Democratic candidate for
ma. or WAS elected in Boston last
Tuesday. Tie Vote on the license
question Was close, with a majority
torlicense Of 3,437, against $780,,
last Year.
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NEW FURNITURE ROOMS

three doors below Brick store are wei
stocked with all Kinds III Furniture i'll
GLIDING ParlDr and Bed room suits,
Reed and Rattan Chairs, Bed Springs
Mattresses, sc.
If you will give us call Or send yonr
orders, we promise to do our best t.
give satisfaction. In ordering samples
please state rs nearly as possible the
kind Of 90 ,ds and the price wanted, az
it will aid us III selection.
VS.. Dickinson. s. Son,
Pocolnoke City, Md.
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ACADEMY
FRANK P. BRENT, Principal.
VIC. MARSHALL, Associate Print.

The Tenth Session begins Sep
tember 14th and continues forty
weeks. Full corps of sliiltu! and ex-
perenccd Instructors.
Preparatory and Academic De
Notwithstanding all thebranchcs
CT a liberal education, together
with thorough course OF book
keeping.
Tie Music Departmcnt,under the
direction OF Mrs. T. Nj. Lawrence,
an accomplished and experienced
teacher, oilers special Inducements
and attractions.
Terms lower than in any other
school Of similar grade in Virginia.
For catalogue containing full par
ticulars, apply to
FRANK P. BRENT,
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Public Auction
Valuable Property!
Tile undersigned wilIsell on
WEDN ESDAY d THURSDAl
I'M Christmas

WEDN ESDAI " IL Il Thu RSOA L :.
III Christmas,
DECEMBER Doth and 3Oth.
Valuable personal property such as
Household alIlls Kitchen Furniture.
EARNING implements. Carts, Snlky.
Horses. Colts, Cbrn. Fodder, and agen-
pral assortment of gelcralmerch tndise.
In the inst days sale will lie included
one fine Mnricl Stallion 4years old OF
fine action autT'i,f exceptional promise
us IL trutter: and Il very fine Morrell
Mare years oil
Aftprtlle property on The farm is dis
posed on first d;ly "a few articles of which
a,c gwen above, the sale of mrrclian-
disc. consl~tingof IL general assortment.
such MS Dry Clouds. Notions. Crorkery.
Hardware. HITS. Caps, B"o.s. Shoes.
&C.. will cnnmGilce and continue on
Thursday ultlls1ll.
Sale begins OH each day promptly at
III Il. III.
Terms made known on day IF sale.
SHIELD & BRO.
Nov. 80. 1886. Shields wharf. Va.
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a bill was reported f;lvorably
from the finance committee, in the
United States Senate, last Tuesday,
ioi. the retirement and iecoirage
OF the trade dollar.
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PETER II. DAVIS,
Davis Wharf, Acconac county,;
Fer Sale or Rent.

offer for sale or rc:it on reason.
able terms. a very desirable farm,
containing about 100 acres, SITUATED
OH HE road from TcmperLllcevillr
to Oak Hall, about IL miles from
Tcmpcrancevillr.
Said tract OF land is in good con
dltioll, we'll adapted to he growth
of all kind OF trucks, ami has upon
it abundant resources for manuring
purposes.
The dwelling and nuthouses OH
said premises are amp'eand Ill good
repair.
Said property will be sold on fol
lowing lcrnhs:-Unr fourth for cash,
the balance payable in l, 9 and 3
Years, the purchaser giving bonds
satisfactory to the undersigned.
For further particulars, address
WIN. IL. COPIES,
w
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Pier is South ST. ct Wharf.
saSSicncils Cal. be hid at ENrEErRlsE
Office.
EayT No Drun,ners Employed.
LAND AT PRIVATE CONTRACT.

offer for sale at private contract, II
portion of my farm, adjoining Belt. Hal
ven. situated on road opposite my dwell
ling. Said tract contains 100 acres by
actual survey nearly equally divided
into arabic and woodland. 1t is high
land, OF good quality. susceptible of Il
high state Of Improvement and with
abundant resources thereon. Its loca-
tion makes il Very desirable property.
It Will br snlt nn reasonable terms, and
possession given Immediately tD plir-
chaser. HUGH &. MEARS.
Belle Haven.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

Gov. johnson WAS tho fist Gov
elnor to recommend dav of
Thanksgiving in Virginia 1888 J
Int Gov. Wise refused 10 do so on
the ground that he hal no right 10
interfere in religious matters. and
therA was no departure from tliIs
precedence until 1882 when Gov.
Cameron issred a Thanksgiving
proclamation.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

RICHMOND, Dee. &C. Fl. f..
Deuring, the ex policeman who was
arrested last night on the charge
Of hrib;ng Herman Joel, the watch
key witness in the CluveriuS case,
was before the Police Court to day.
but the OK tmlllaiion was roStpon
ed until the lSlh inst. When coll
siltring The petitions Tor EXccll.
tive clcmcncy in the case of Cluve
rilS, tile Gov. sent for Joel and
questioned him in regard 10 the
watch key. AT the request of the
Governor. joel described the lntcri-
or of HE key llich he had repair
cd for CluverluS. and aLtcrward
opened it i'll The presence of the
Governor. His description tailed
exactly with he interior OF the
key. At the trial the Common
wealth asked that the key be- olirn
ell by joel, Int counsel for he de-
fence objected. Tins was perhaps
the strongest In,intm the evidence
against the prisoner. anduow, Slice
it has come to light that lie lnlen
or Of the waTch key WAS locld To
be as described by joel, the evil
deuce of the prisoners guilt scven
more conclusive.
Chief of Police Poe, today re
ccive,l !. letter from Supcrlntcnd
ent Murray of New York contall-
my the following:
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

Rev. James M. Rawlings. pastor
Of the Second Presbyterian Church
of Lvnchhurg, has been elected
chaplain Of the University Of Vir-
ginia.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Fx-Gov. Holiday. Of WincE,os.
fer, was in Bombay. India, at last
accounts in excellent health.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

Tt is sail that S. Brown Allen
boasts Of having paid his taxes IN
coupons. and yet Mr.. Alien is n
Republican in the State anil it was
he and his party that first adopted
tile Riddleherger bull and insisted
upon that settlement. This wonld
Indicate that Allen and his Repuh-
lican friends intend to repndiase
or defeat, if they can, their own
mode OF MISUNDERSTANDING
Advance.
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CARPET DEPARTMENT

on second floor contains all kinds of Car.
pets ut Is cents to 81 Is per yard; also
Oil Cloths, tugs Mats, Window Shades.
Lace Curtains, Window Poles and Fix
lures, Wall Papers, Sc. Our
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elf is learned here to night C. l)
from good authority that the Bag
liSIl holders of Virginia consol
bonds, which have been partially
repndiated hy laws enacted ny the
Legislature, have determined to
boycott, as far as possible Virginia
tohaccoS in the English markets,
and that IL plan to carry out this
purpose is now arranging. A par
tial Success of such Il retalatoly
move will immediately injnre one
of Virginia'S Industries, and this
novel feature in the way of borcot
ting has it's tertnrS for man ltac-
turcrs, Strippel>. dealers, cigarette
makers AMI packers. Un 70 this
Time fIle nuve has been kept Sc
et."-WaSliugton Star,
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DECEMBER 5, 1856.

DECEMBER 5. 1856.
Superintendent Murray:
DEAR SIR: ! "ni Su!ry that the
authorities of Richmond are MAX
Ing ii great mistake about the Gu
leriuS case. lie is tie wrong nan.
Sorry he could not prove an alibi.
| had honcd he could: and now
there is nothing LIFT for HE but to
Surrcnuer myself as the murderer
OF Lillian Madison. | will Surrti :
der on The morning of CluvcriuS :
execution al your headquarters. 1t
Is unnecessary to give you further
particulars, a> my CASE will show
clearly about the murder at my tri
al. | cauuot wait amy longer OF
conIeSsing my cline. AS my con-
science has troubled me enough. |
will prove all when | surrender,
and there is nothing left for re but
tu surrender, get trial, and probably
hang.
LILLIAN MADISoN's MURDERER.
The police lcle regard tue letter
as Tie eifuSion Of !, crank.
RICHMOND, VA, Dec. 13.-Pend
in. the trial OF 1hoMaS j Culver
ills, IL colored walter at The hotel
testified that he Slw an old man
with Lillian Madison and Culver
,uS in the hotel palior on the alter.
iIOou Ut lie night size was murdered.
! lie old man could not be found,
although detectives vigorously
searched for him. Since CiuverluS
was iespiicd by the Governor to
the 14th OF Jalllialy Eexb man
Las Uten fouutl by Napt.ChaS. EpiS.
OF the RichnIond police. lie All.
lnlts that he ulct Miss Madison on
The street hear The American Hotel
Oh the day III question; That she
asked him u show her to. lie ladies'
parior OF the hotel; that he did So,
and knew nothing more about the
case.
Despite the reticcuce of Capt.
Epps, it has been ;isccrtaincd from
another source that he ma,I y
name Is William Childs, and that
he Is !, carpenter employed at the
Chesapeake and OHIO Railroad
shops. us Is not un,ier arrest. He
only knew Miss Madison l:om II dc
SciIption he had read in the news
papers, which fully agreed with
that ol The lady he had escorted To
the American Uotcl0u the cveiin.
ct March Is. He did not see The
dead girl. lie did not appear us IL
witness ut the trial because he was
afraid it would have given him
much trouble. He is not an old
man, b6Ing onl9 thirty seven. He
has made no statement TO any one
but Capt Epps and the Commons
wealth's attorney, and they arc en-.
tirely rcticcnt.
Tie most important thing con
ntcttd with Tie discovery of tho
wltncss IN the Cuvclius case, SO Of
len referred to ;ls "Ille old man."
is that IL dlepcIs one of lie many
mysteries connected with His IL
nark;lble Tragedy. The old mln
turns out to bc u comparatively
young one. HIS fellow worknen
SAY that he bears All excellent CHAR
actcr. ClIlds says he did not sec
Cluvclllls OF any one else IN lie
phrior of the American Hotel when
he escorted Miss Madison there.
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Gov. Lee will he an Important
witness before the Police Court In
the tria! Of G. II. r. Ducring, the
ex-policeman, who is charged with
attempting 10 hrihe the watchmaK-
or. Joel. whose testimony about the
watch key the Governor considers
the pivota paint in the ClnveriIls
ease. This will be the first instance
in many Years in which the Exec.
ndive will have figured as a wit
Hess.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12

The dog days are upon us and Will con
time until the Both of August. The
rising and setting Of Sirius" or the dog
star with the sun, has been universally
regarded as the cause of the excessive
heat that prevails generally al this par
ticular season The anCients put great
faith in this legend, regarding the period
of greatest heat in summer SO naued, be-
cause in the latitude of the Mediterranean
this period nearly corresponds with that
in which the dog star rises at the same
time with the sun. To this junction all
antiquity, and all the followers of judicial
astrolegy, ascribed malignant influence.
During this interval il is difficult matter
to keep meat, vegetables and prepared
food from spelling, as many louise wives
have, no doubt, experienced to their sor>
row. The poor dogs, that are made to
bear the infamy of the source of our dis
comfort. and perhaps allied in some man
ner to the extreme heat of the interval,
but they, as well as human beings, share
alike the Affections which are at this sea-
son common. Dogs are today supposed
to be be more susceptible to rabies than
at any other time, although there is no
perceptibe difference between the pres
ent condition of the sun and what it was
before the season commenced.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12

ANYONE who mas ever dealt in lauds,
knows that no investment of money will
so surely aud quickly yield return, as
such venture If carefully made. To
the absolute safety o. government
bond. is added profit far in excess of
rate of interest which can be obtained
on any safe loan. In Kansas and Neb-
raska especially lands are raising in value
very rapidly aud with a steady growth
which gives assurance of stability. The
good season and the great tide Of immis
grafton into these states has made invest
ment there doubly safe and desirable.
The climate of Southern Nebraska and
of Kansas, free as it is from the long
RIGOROUS cold winter, added to soil
unsurpassed for richness and productive
capacity, has made possible the wonderful
development of these states. To the far
mer they hold out special inducements
Cheap land easy term of purchase, good
markets and varied products enable him to
own his farm at Il smaller cost and with less
labor than is required 10 pay rent for the
land he occupies here, or the interest OF
the money be has invested in it
If you are looking for safe place tt
invest money, where it will pay you ,
large and sure profit, or if you are a farm
er and want farm of your own, call OF
me and see what | have to offer. | vii
make the visit profitable to you. Ofiic'
over American Express office, Rock Is
land, Ill. SAvILLE JOHNSTON.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12

The handsome Pittsburg will be up
Saturday morning
The elegant Mary Morton will clear for
St. Louis Saturday morning.
The St. Paul was obliged to turn back
at Hastings and will be down tomorrow.
Several of the heavier lumber corpora
tons in the Chippewa district have al
ready awarded large contracts for putting
in logs for next season on the same terms
and speculations that were paid contrac-
tors last year Owing to the millions of
feet of logs that are considered hopeless
ly hung up until started by the spring
freshets of 1887. the cut for the coming
winter will be largely curtailed from the
amount put in last season. The estI-
mate cut on the Chippewa river and prin
cipal feeders is placed at ESQ, 600, 900
feet. which will be Il shortage of about
200, 100000 feet of the log crop of las
winter. OF this amount 1875, 900, 900 fee
will be put in by the Chippewa Logging
company, or log pool, and the remainder
by outside logging companies and in
dividual loggers Exclusive of this co.
600 900 feet will be cut on the Eau Claire
by Northwestern companies, and over
100000, 600 feet on the Red Cedar river
by Knapp, Stout & Co., who have the ex
elusive control of logging operations o.
that river and tributaries.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
Mr. Olsen Denies the Charge.

Editor Of the Argus.
Rock ISLAND, Aug FL see Mr.. Ed
Wilcox, through the columns of your
paper, has taken the public into his conf
dence, and informs it of the direful fact
Of his removal from Office, and charges
me with being Instrumental inthis calam~
itous destruction of the postal service.
While | do not suppose that the public
cares one rap whether Ed. Wilcox con-
tinues to feed at The public crib or not,
or whether | had aught to do with the
cutting off Of the aforesaid feed, still in
the interest of truth, permit me TO say
that his statement as to my connection
Herewith is simply foolish surmise
without any foundation, in fact, in short,
is simon pure and truly characteristic
Wilcoxianism. OLIVER OLSEN.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
THE CUTTING CASE.
What a Former Resident of Ell Paso


The case of Cutting, the Ell Paso, Tex
as editor, who has just been sentenced at
Paso Del Nortc, Mexico, to one years
confinement at hard labor and $500 fine,
is familiar to all the readers Of the ARGUS.
But reporter has met gentleman who
has recently been in FL Paso. and upon
mentioning the Cutting case to him. he
said:
The fellow didn't get half the punish
ment he deserved, and this government
will make sad mistake If any further
interference is made with the execution
of the sentence. The fact is, Cutting is an
unreliable, INSCRIPTIONS scamp, eternal
~ seeking notoriety for himself in order
to feather his nest. He is printer by
trade. and has worked along the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers for several years
past He was always denounced by the
International Typographical union as
a man devoid of principle, and one
who would sell out his best
triend-if he ever had any-to bene>
fit himself. Since he went to Tex
as he has made several unsuccessful at
tempts.to draw the publics gaze upon
himself, but this last movement of his in
publishing vile SANDER about a high
MexiC an officer-seems to have turned
out more disastrous than glorious even
for Cutting. His paper WAS an obscure
little Sunday sheet, published in Ell Paso.
and when the article in question was
published he circulated hundreds of cop
les of the paper in Paso Del Norte, Just
across the Rio Grande, in Mexico, where
the official resided The cry for war with
Mexico comes from a class of Texans who
never did nor never will like Il Mexica Il
unless he is dead They are mostly
the descendants of the pioneers who
fought for the independence of Texas,
and before whom, if one should mention
the battle of San Jacinto, fought April
a1, 1886, it would create more enthus-
iasm than the reading of the declaration
of indie pendence of the United States of
America. OF course the United States
should step in and protect any citizen
unjustly arrested aud confined by for
eign government but the case of Cutting
has been greatly exaggerated, and Consul
| Brigham made a grave mistake in inter
| fering with the matter IN the first place
In fact, Cutting has had altogether too
much notoriety already-he is not worth
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
Where the shaking Will Come.

A democrat farmer of Black Hawk was
at the watch tower on Saturday evening
and encountering friend, the two be-
gan to talk politics. Don't you think, .
said the farmer, that Sharp Silvis is put
ting it on too thick? | was IN Rock ISL
ard awhile this afternoon. and he shook
hands with me five different times~-
Union.
That is just where Sharp is ahead Of
the parson. He thinks it more congenial
to shake his party five times day than
have it shake him once, as is likely to be
the case on the other side. The instance
is known. however, where the parson
grasped the same hand seven times with>
in an hour and then bowed to a COW
when he turned the corner. and still
didn't make vote.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
County Building.


Aug. 9-John Deere to Ellen s. Webs
Der, pit lot 3, block 81, old town, Moline,
$1,000.
John Deere TO Jeanette D. Chapman,
pit lot s, block 90, old town, Moline,
$1,000.
Jane Murrin to IgRa,z Huber, lot Is,
block 3, Bailey Davenport's frs. addition,
Rock Island, 81, 200.
Geo. II. Huntoon, ct al, to Carl F.
Anderson. lot 10 and pit lot IA, Bells adj
dition, Moline, 1919.
John Zeltergren TO Jno. E. Lindqulst
pit lot 6. block 2, John Deere's addition,
Moline, 81 800
John Cramer TO David J Sears, lot ),
block 8. Rodman subdivision of lots in
Hale's addition, Rock Island $3.50.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
UNNAMED. UNKNOWN.
Dead and AIOne-A stranger in n
Strange Land.

The New Orleans PtcdyHas has this 10
say of trapeze performer who has often
visited this city and the publication of
these facts may lead to information as to
her relatives, if she had any in this
country:
Two days ago there arrived in this city
Victoria, a female trapeZe performer,
who was at one time considered to be at
the head of her profession She was i'll,
delirious. and was sent to the Charity
Hospital as she was not known to have
auy friends here. Yesterday morning she
died, and when the fact became known
Slgnor Faranta at once called at the
Charity hospital aud informed those in
authority there that he would take charge
of the body and defray the funeral ex-
penses, which he did
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
funeral took place, and Victoria, the only
name she was known by, was inferred in
Greenwood cemetery. Signor Faranta
and a few of his friends followed the re-
mains TO the grave. But little could be
CLEANED of the history of the deceased
She was native of Philadelphia, Pa. =,
and several years AFRO passed through the
city on her way to Mexico, Signor Far
anita saw her there about two years ago
and she was then in good circumstances
financially. She wore diamonds in pro-
fusion and was believed to be worth $40,
900 in money Beverses. however, came
and her money took wings and she start
ed on her way home. On reaching tbs
city she became i'll and died, II stranger
and alone, and but for the generous
charity of Mr.. Faranta would have filled
a pauper's grave in POtter's Field
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12

There is a class of country folk, who,
when coming into the city on show day p,
think they have a right to make the hotels
their headquarters, notwithstanding they
do not become the guests Of the house by
registering. They seem to think hotel
q public resort and they make themselves
perfectly at home in partaking Of its con>
veniences. The Harper and Rock Island
houses have both had experiences with
this class of people, and they have now
come to a stage when it becomes necessa-
~ to take steps to prevent intrusion up
on regular guests. These people should
take a hint.