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Accused of Robbing Postotice.

The postoffice safe at Charlestown,
w. Va, was blown open between l
and 3 O'Clock last Wednesday morn
ing by burglars, who obtained four
hundred dollars in stamps. Samuel
D. Adams was held yesterday at the
central police station, Baltimore,
charged with breaking into the post
office. A dispatch to the Sun from
Annapolis last night said: capt. j..
w. III. White, member of the Legis-
lature from Wicomico county, re-
ceived telegram tonight from his
son, Harry T. White, to come to the
city Jail in Baltimore at once. 1t
was afterwards learned that young
White has been charged with rob-
bling the postoffice at Charlestown,
W. Va. Captain White said that
there must be some mistake about
the arrest. His son is % years old
and was married in October. His
father was with him in Baltimore
Monday night until II O'Clock ana
again Tuesday morning. Young
White is said to have been on visit
to Wicomico county about Christi
mas tilne.p White and Adams are
both at the city Jail. White claims
to be relative of Gov.-elect, Jack
son. The two men were arrcs ted in
the city by United States deputy
marshals on charge, made by post
office inspectors, who had been in
vestlgating the robbery.-Baltimore
Sun.
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CORRESPONDENCE
SOUTH oPEQUoN

Now write it 1888, and don't you
forget it.
Messrs. May and Wright have
started chair f,ctory at Three
Runs, and are putting up some nice
hickory chairs.
Dir. Hardy has gone into the musk
rat trade, he has about 25 traps and
is catching a great many.
Capt. John Smith has purchased
Farris farpsnsaf Three Runs.
The oyster supper for the benefit
Of the pastor at Three Runs. COM
menced on Wednesday evening
at the residence of David Seckman,
and will close on Saturday night.
Jos. II Rutherford spent Christ
mas in Shepherdstown, he reports
everything fiourishing on the river.
The ice crop bids fair to be a good
pne, especially at present as every
hing is covered with solid ice.
Old Dick, the celebrated draught
norse owned by James W, Ruther-
? ford died last week.
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Newsy Notes.

The Albany On. Y. Evening Jour
nal prints part of letter from Sena
tor Evarts to ex-State Senator Ar
kell, in which, speaking of Secretary
Lamar's nomination to the Supreme
Bench, he says: "The republican
Senators can be safely trusted with
this matter. All that has been said
in the newspapers about foolish
things laid to my charge is wholly up.
on their own responsibility, and not
upon me-"
A special dispatch to the San from
Charleston, S. c., says: "Monday
one of the largest phosphate com
panies discharged I'll of It's hauds
and suspended operations. A direc-
tor says the suspension will continue
three or four months. 1t is proba.
BILE that other large mining compa
MES will follow suit, the object being
to reduce the supply of rock till
prices improve.
The strike among the flint-glass
workers has extended from the West
ern manufactures to the Eastern fac.
tories, and the men who left work'in
the fifteen factories in Brooklyn
Philadelphia, New Bedford, Boston
and Corning, N. Y, failed to return
to work Monday or Yesterday. In
the East and West about Is, 900 men
are out.
The works of the Seymour Manu-
featuring Company, New Haven,
Conn, were burned Monday night.
Loss 100000.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.


THEnew year was greeted by the usu-
al chorus of whistles, bells &c. Rail-
road torpedoes and huge firecrackers al
so helped to make the night hideous,
The First NJ. f. Sunday school take
this opportunity to extend to Messrs.
Kogleschatz, Swartz. Smith, Evans and
Supple their hearty thanks for their
kink assistance in their entertainment,
on the evening OF Dec. Goth.
THE drawing for the gold watch Civ
en- as q prize to the customers of Mr..
IL. j. Homrich took place on Dec. 81
under the management of Mr.. J. N.
Thatcher. No. IL was the lucky tick
ed, and was held by Mrs. j. d. Leidig
Of this county.
Mr.. 'CAss" MANFoRD, a fireman on
the b. Il o. II. r., fell from his engine
near Washington Junction on last
Tuesday and was severely injured, both
arms being badly broken and his whole
body painfully bruised. He was brought
home on Wednesday and is doing as
well as can be expected.
Quite u romantic wedding occurred
at the Carter House, in Charlestown,
w. Va, Saturday. Mr.. A. Ii. Martin.
of Brooklyn, N. Y, came on to Shep-
herdstown to attend the Keller-Hum-
rchouse wedding, which occurred on
the eth ult. lie became very much
fascinated with Miss Fannie Poffen-
berger, of Shepherdstown. and accom-
panied by several persons they went to
Charlestown, where they were married.
RELIGIOUS LITERATURE. The un--
dersigned Is now engaged in the sale OF
Religious Literature, can furnish from
finest family biblesdown to the cheapest
pocket bible, We have on our hands,
Hymnals used In the M Il. Church, va
rious sizes and prices, we are selling all
these books at the publishers prices. We
have most of these books at the store OF
Il. W. Poole, King and Raleigh Sts.,
who will take pleasure in serving all
who may call. w. II, MATHEWS.
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j. @. Clarke Against Cleveland.
From the New York Tribune. ]

From the New York Tribune.
There are few Western railroad
men of greater prominence than j.
q. Clarke, of the Illinois Central
Railroad He is a Southe-ner by
birth, man of quaint and rugged
character. strong and dominating
force and clear head. He is Dem
ocrat by birth, education, association
and forty years voting. Mr.. Clarke
has also been in New York in the
last week. He has also given ex-
preston to sentiments similar to
those of Mr.. Wade. Said he: when
Mr.. Cleveland undertook to run this
country into free trade groove he
didn't realize how big the country is
compared with the dimutivc size of
his mold. 1T can't be done. The
old story about the camel and the
needles eye did not express q great
er improbability. Mr.. Cleveland can
not have my vote for Presidentagain.
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HEDGESVILLE.

Mr.. Langdon who has been in our
midst for several weeks the guest OF
his nephew, VIM. Peregoy, died sud
denly at the residence Of the latter
on Sunday last, interment in Hedg
esville cemetery, Rev. Butt officiat-
ing.
Y The oyster supper given under
he auspices of the ladies of the
protestant Episcopal Church closed
IN Saturday evening.
Regular meeting of Berkeley
Lodge A. It. A. NJ. occurred at their
lall Tuesday last.
vi ID. b. Anderson having passed the
festive season in Keyser and Cum
,erland the guest of relatives and
friends has returned to his home.
Mr.. John Hull and son returned
rom a visit to Washington. ID. c.,
on Tuesday last.
\ We learn that the fair Of the color-
ed people held in Richards store.
Dom the past week was q success.
DR.. Geo. S. Hanna who has been
On the invalid list for several days
snow able to resume his practice.
~ REPORTER
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/ TIE USUAL TREATMENT of catarrh
very unsatisfactory, as thousands
# despafring patients can testify.
YIN this point trustworthy medi-
cal writer's says: proper local
l'eatment is positively necessary to
lccess, but many, if not most of
I le remedies in general use by ply
s.cians afford but temporary bene-
AZ. a cure certainly cannot be ex-
I cited from snufis, powders, DOUGH
es and Washes" Ely's Cream Balm
i q remedy which combines the i'm
ldrtant requisites of quick action
NJ pleasant to the patient.
%HRTTIE BERNARD CHASE is an
xcellent soubrette and gave a most
Neasing performance.-N. Y. Mirror.
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BROAD LANE.

Owing to the inclement weather
The watch meetings were abandoned
There were some red-nosed, foul
outhed whisky drinkers here ex-
lifting their diabolical tempers and
rinciples during the holidays.
When the sportsman shoots at q
lrge flock of birds without taking
i'm at any particular bird, the one
that futters is the one that is hit.
We were led to believe that Mr.. Sam
Small would cause many to 'hutter.
he writer however was toe well
pleased to 6utter.
The Christmas tree at Falling
Waters on Wednesday night was a
grand success.
The Democratic hall was tastefully
md artistically decorated with ever
greens, which showed that Miss M.
Stehley spared no pains to make the
ball attractive. The exercises were
opened with "Glory to God in the
highest" The music was we'll rend-
cred with Mrs. j. u. Stehley at the
organ, which they purchased for the
Sunday School, and D. A. Leymaster,
Mr.. Clarke and others who Joined
the school in singing. The next was
prayer by the school, which reflected
much credit on their leader and
teachers. After a few appropriate
I pieces of music the presents were
jtaken from the tree ana distributed
among the happy children. almost
Forgot the star; this was composed
bfa dark nucleus or background
which was overlaid with cat glass
beads, causing it to look more like a
real star, as it FLASHED and swayed
and swung" than any we have here
tofore seen. Coming through the
Rye" a tableau, was one of the most
Interesting features of the evening.
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Their business Rooming

Probably no one thing has caused such
ageneral rivival of trade at Il. O. Will
Jams, Jr. 4 Bros, Drug Store as thei
giving away to their customers of so
many free trial bottles of Dr. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. Their trade
issImply enormous in this. very valuable
article from the.fact that it always cures
and never disapppoints. Coughs. Colds.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Group. and all throat
and lung diseases quickly cured. You
can Test il before buving BY getting trial
bottle free, large size 81. Every bottle
warranted
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NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Fresh, Crisp GIeanIngs of Recent Note
worthy Happenings and Events.


worthy Happenings and Events
Willie Mountjoy, small boy living at
Norwalk o., while playing with Flobert
rifle, shot and killed his three-year-old sister.
AT a country dance near Chattanooga Gus
Byrd shot and instantly killed Charles Heard,
Byrd was cut in the neck and is expected to
die.
John f. Fullen attempted to walk from
Chicago to his home in Lake View, Thursday
night, and was frozen so badly that he has
since died.
John Holly wife and four children, were
discovered in shantyboat near Cincinnati,
actually starving and freezing to death.
The husband was delirious with typhoid
fever.
At Clearwater, Mimi, Willie Baxter, aged
twelve, died OF diphtheria, apparently, on
Tuesday, was put in his coffin, arose the next
day, played for a while and fell dead in
earnest.
Creedie Cardwell, bookkeeper at Z. ].
Curley g. Co.'s distiiery, at Nicholasville.
KY, shot and killed James A. Hunter, the
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President of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal.

ANNAPOLIS, Mp, Jan. AT a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal held here
to day, Stephen Gambrill was elect
ed president to succeed l.. Victor
Baughman. who was recently elected
comptroller of the State. Mr.. Gam
brill is brother-in-lav of Senator
Arthur r. German. The board of
directors consists of Col. j. G. Bar
rett, Patrick Hamill, r. A. Dobbin,
John Humbird, who were reelected;
Jas. A. l.. Mcclure, elected in place
Of Colonel Clinton p. Paine, and
Buchanan Schley elected in place of
Spencer Watkins.
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Buoklens Arnioa salye.

tbs BEST SALvE In the world tor cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum. Fever,
Sores letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Congsa abrupt ems, aud positive-
ly cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t ia
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
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Fire at Carrollton, KY, destroyed property
to the value OF $4,000.
The greater portion of the business part
of Egg Harbor City, n. j., was destroyed by
fire.
Fire at Houma, La, destroyed twenty
eight business houses and 100 dwellings, Loss
over 100000
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The Death Roll.

John b. Hoglen, Of Dayton, o.. died at Los
Angeles Cal, Saturday night
b. Belding, one of the oldest locomotive
engineers in Ohio, died at Findlay o., Satur-
day evening.
James A. Daniels, one of Cincinnati's old
est citizens, died at his residence, on Mount
Auburn, Saturday night.
James Hendricks, brother Of the late Vice
President Hendricks, died at Shelbyville, Ind,
aged fifty-six years
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GREAT 20 per cent. off sale at the
Model Ore Price Clothing House.
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Personal.
Julian Hawthorne is reported TO get 81 900
piece for editing Inspector Byrnes' detec-
tive stories.
Hon. w. O. Bradley has been nominated
by the Republican caucus at Frankfort, KY,
for United States senator.
Francis Murphy, the temperance evangel-
list, is meeting with opposition from the min
listers of Pittsburg, where he is conducting
temperance revival
AT Terre Haute, Ind, Col r. w. Thomp-
son, ex-secretary of the navy, has added a
600 page book on the tariff to this seasons
sensational literature.
Governor Beaver appointed Mai. Britz
justice of the peace at Carlisle, Pa, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of James M.
Waggoner.
Col. Bennett Young, president of the Louis
vile Southern railroad, was elected honorary
member of the Louisville board of trade.
He is the youngest man upon whom the
honor was ever conferred.
Frank Fennelly has signed to play at short
for the Cincinnati base ball club next sea-
SON
Henry Hartman, now deputy assistant dis
trict attorney of New York, was born in
Louisville, KY, and was personal appointee
of Col. Fellows
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A CONDENSATION OF THE TOPICS or
THE TIMES.

Political Pointers and Personal Para
road neutrality-suspicious. Fancics aud
Fires-Casuaities and Grimes.
Fireman Van Buren, and Roberts were
killed by their train running into a landslide
near Albany, Ore.
\ Barney Grady and Harry h. Williams
were drowned in the Ohio river, Cincinnati,
by breaking through the ice.
William Williams was crushed 70 death in
an elevator shaft at Youngstown, o.
Michael Makel, ten days in the. country,
was crushed to death in the great chute OF
the Alden companys mine at Wilkesbarre,
Pa.
Another wreck has occurred on the Chi
cago e. Atlantic road at Kouts, Ind. A
brakeman and a car of cattle were burned to
a crisp.
A passenger train of the Evansville, Terre
Haute & Chicago road collided with a freight
train of the Peoria, Decatur 81 Evansville
road in the yards at Evansville Several
cars and both engines were badly wrecked,
and Engineer OFT seriously injured
At Dennison, o., an engine and ten cars
ran off an open Panhandle switch and made
bonfide of themselves. Fireman G. f..
Evans was killed.
At IA Christmas yiebauch at peterborough,
Pa, the family became intoxicated and went
to sleep. child four years old was left in
the kitchen. Its clothing caught fire, which
communicated to the house. The child and
its mother were burned to death.
Oscar Styles, while attempting to light the
gas under boiler, at Arcadia, o., was seri-
ously burned by an explosion.
Mrs. Frederick Norman, living on Cut
ter street, in Cincinnati, was burned to death
by her clothes being ignited from fire In a
stove. The body was burned to a crisp.
Freight engine locked horns with the
Chicago & st. Louis Albert Lea express at
Ely Coaches were wrecked and three pas
sengers badly hurt. The other travellers
were forced out into the snowstorm in their
night clothes and suffered severely.
George Halverson, fireman, was crushed
to death in railway accident at Wabash,
Indiana.
At holiday celebration on Thursday night
at Haymarket mission, Chicago, the stove
was overturned and the alarm Of fire caused
panic, in which several children were badly
injured, one fatally.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-27

SPRINGFTED, MASS, Jan. 26.-Trains
were delayed in every direction this eve.
ming. The Montreal express, due at 7 10
O'Clock this morning has not arrived.
A special from Brattleboro, VI, says it is
stalled at South Charleston. VT. This
mornings o'clock train from White river
Junction, due here at 1910 o'clock
this afternoon, was not started. The
Western express, due here at SOS o'clock to-
night and at Boston at 80 o'clock, was
held several hours at Albany to make con-
nections with the New York Central, and
had not reached Pittsfield at midnight.
Freights have be n held all day, and none
will be started West tonight.
BALTIMoRE'S FROZEN WATER WAYS.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 26.-The ice in the Pa
tapSco river and Chesapeake bay is 50 heavy
that few vessels venture up or down. A
large fleet of schoonerS is reported in the
bay. The Ellwood Harlow, from New York
for this port, stopped at Annapolis last
nlght. Ice boats are constantly at work to
keep track to open water in the bay.
A GALE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, Jan. ga gale prevails
throughout England. Some casualties of
minor Importance have been reported. 1t
is especially severe on the Welch coast
Several vessels are ashore on the North
coast of Wales.
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NOT FETTERED BY FACTS.
a Specimen of the Falsity of the
Sypher-T -Thoebe Claiine.

a Specimen of the Falsity of the
Sypher-Thoe Claiine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-It will be re-
membered that Mr. Thoebe. in his rambling
speech before the House last Friday, pre-
sented a memorial asking that his contest
over Mr. Carlisles seat be re-opened, which,
no said with a great flourish, was signed by
1900 laboring men in Mr.. Carlisle'S district.
Tnis was the same memorial to which both
Messrs. Sypher and Thoebe so often referred
III their arguments before the Committee
on Elections. The memorial is now in the
possession of the Clerk of the House Of
Representatives. To-day the signatures
were counted. Instead OF 5000, as Messrs
Sypher and Thoebe asserted so
vociferously and continuously, they mum
bered just ,533. Two prominent, lifelong
residents of Mr.. Carlises district, who
know by name or sight every voter in the
district examined the signatures critically
to-day. They found less than score Of
names which they recognized as those Of
citizens of the district, but they found
many scores which they had no difficulty in
recognizing as the names of citizens Of Gin
cinnati. The worst feature OF the sigma
lures was the obvious forgeries which ap-
peared all through them. A large number
were in the same handwriting, many of
them in the handwriting of a boy. There
were not more than 800 genuine autographs,
instead of the 5000 boasted of by Messrs
SYpher and Thoebe
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RUINOUS FORFEITS.
The Contractors on the Petrol in Bad
Box.

The Contractors on the Petrol in Bad
Box.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 The Secretary Of
the Navy to-day settled a troublesome ques-
ton in regard to guuboat No. 2 the PetreD
now being constructed at Baltimore by the
Columbia Iron Works. The contract price
for this vessel was S247, 900 and the time for
her completion expired Dec % last. The
work of construction has been very much
delayed aud the vessel is now scarcely more
than one-tenth completed. The contractors
are subject to a penalty Of $25 per day for
each month after the expiration Of the limit
fixed for the completion of the vessel. After
SIX months the penalty Is gradually increased
for each DAYS delay until at the end of two
years it amounts to 500 per day. In view
of these increasing forfeits, the question
arose as to the propriety Of making the 10
per cent payment usually allowed for such
cork when it is one-tenth completed. The
Secretary ascertained that there was no
risk involved in making the fret payment,
and to-day directed that it be made. 1t is
expected that the contractors will ask to
have the contract time extended IN order 10
he relieved OF the accrung penalties, but
so far they have not done 80.
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GE0RGIA'S NOBLE RIVER.
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO
MEMORIALIzE CONGRESS.

The Savannah Valley Association in
Favor of Making the Stream Above
Augusta Navigable for Pole Crafts
a ornament Organization Perfected
Another Session to be Held in
October.
AUGUSTA GA, Jan. 26.-The Savannah
Valley Convention met at noon to-day. A
larger delegation'was present than yester-
day. A lively discussion ensued over an
appropriation for clearing the upper Savan-
nah of shoals, and to make it at least navi-
gable for the old way of communication by
the Petersburg pole boats. 1t was the sense
of the meeting that such an appropriation
should be asked for, as this was the only
means of large number of planters
to bring their cotton and pro
duce to the Augusta market. The
committee appointed to memorable Con-
gress for an appropriation was reported as
follows by President Estill: From the State
Of Georgia at large, F. Edgeworth Eve;
from the city of Augusta, John S. Davidson
and James Iobn; from the city of SaVan-
nah, d. |. Maclntyre and Bierne Cor
don; from Richmond county, Patrick
Walsh; Chatham, Alexander II. Mcdonald; !;
Burke, T. NJ. Rodgers Wilkes. Y. c.
Hogue; Columbia, NJ. l. Branch; Lincoln,
l. II. Remsen; from the State of South
Carolina at large, James AldTich, of Aiken
from Anderson county, f. b. Murray;
Aiken, d. S. Henderson; Abbeville, w. G.
Benet Barnwell, L. w. Youmans Edge
field, j. T. Bacon; Hampton, NJ. B. Nc
Sweeney; Laurens, j. j. Pluss.
TO SECURE A sNAG BOAT.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
secretary TO communicate with the Georgia
and Carolina Congressmen, and secure the
government snag boat now at Savannah to
clear out all the snags in the river.
The permanent organization of the Sa-
vannah Valley Association was effected as
the closing and all-important business, and
the following officers were elected:
President-Hon. Patrick Walsh.
Secretary and Treasurer-Hon. NJ. V.
Calvin
Vice Presidents-G. T. TolIey, of Ander-
son; NJ. l.. Bonham, of Abbeville; j. j.
Pluss, Of Laurens; ". J. Ready, of Edge
field; James Aldrich, of Aiken; L. a.
Ashley, of Barnwell; VI. B. McSweeney. Of
Lstil, Of Chatham, II. Gregg Wright,
Of Efingham J. T. Wade, OF
Scriven; w. A. Wilkins of Burke; James
TObin, of Richmond; j. I. Smith, Of Column
bia; T. H. Remsen, of Lincoln T. 3. Green,
Of Wilkes; I. W. Swift, Of Ebert; John B.
Benson, of Hart; A. r. Vow, of Franklin.
Executive Committee-James Tobin, T.
W. Carwile, w. c. Benet, l.. w. Youmans,
D. S. Henderson, w. W. Gordon and E.
B. Murray.
The closing event was the banquet to-
night in the new Arlington Hotel This
was grand affair. Messrs. z. w. Car
vile, j. j. Dicks and w NJ Dunbar, of
Augusta, had the banquet
in charge and it was
an honor to their direction. Among the
gentlemen who responded to toasts were
Hon L. W. Youmans, Col A. p Butler,
Hon. d. s. Henderson, Hon. w. c. Benet
and Adjt. Gen. NJ l.. Bonham, of Carolina,
and MeSsrs. A. H. Mcdowell, j. T. Hender-
son, j. C. c. Black, Boykin Wright and w.
H. Fleming, of Georgia.