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Bs1~ MEALS Al ALL HOURS.
T URE KA HO U Sc,
JOS. r. HOLTZMAN, P'Oprieio,
EDINBURG, VA.

This new and commodious hotel is now
open for the reception of guests. Every
thing is new from basement 10 attic, and
was built with view to making il one Of
the most comfortable and attractive hotels
in the Valley. The rooms are fitted up
with all modern improvements in furni-
ture. The office and dining room are
handsome, large and comfortable.
No pains or expense will be spared to
furnish the table with all that can tempt
the appetite aud give perfect satisfaction.
Charges will be very moderate, and
guests can rest assured that all will be
done to make their stay comfortable and
enjoyable.
A first-class livery is attached to the
hotel. tDec. l6, '67-tf
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DISAPPEARANCE OF A CORPSE


of August, 1872, Charles j. Reid, a
young man of twenty-five years,
living at Xenia, o., fell dead while
walking across the dinningrOOm
i'm his farther's house. The family
consisted Of his father, mother,
two sisters aud cousin, a boy OF
fifteen. All we're present at the
breakfast table when Charles en-
tered the room, but instead OF tax
ing his accustomed seat near the
door by which he had entered,
passed it, and obliquely towards
one of the wlndows-with what
purpose no one knows. lie had
passed the table but a few steps
when he fell heavily TO the floor
and never again hreathed. The
body was carried into a bedroom,
and, after vain efforts at resusclta-
ton by the stricken family, left
lying on the bed with composed
limbs and covered face. In the
meantime the boy had been hast
lily despatched for a physician,
who had arrived some twenty
minutes after the death. lie after
wards remembered as an uncOm-
mon circumstance, that when he
arrived, the weeping relations
father, mother and two sisters
were all In the room out OF which
the bedroom door opened, and
that the door was closed. There
was no other to the bedroom
This door was at once opened by
the father of the deceased, and AZ
the physician passed through it he
observed the rigid outlines of the
body under the sheet that had
been thrown over it, and the profile
was plainly discernible under the
face cloth, clear-cut and sharp, as
profiles of the dead seem always
to be. He approached and lifted
the cloth. There wasnOthing there,
lie pulled away the sheet Nothing,
The family followed him into the
room. AT this astonishing discOv-
ery-if so it may be called-they
looked at one another, at the ply
siclan, at the bed, in speechles'
amazement, forgetting to weep
A moment later the three ladies
required the physicIan's care. AL
had tainted and fallen to the floor
The farther's condition was but
little better. He stood in a stupOr
muttering iuarticulately, staring
like an idiot. Having restored Tho
ladies to consciousness, the physl
clan went to the wlndOw-the oDly
one the room had, opening upon a
garden. 1t was locked on the IN
side, with the usual fastening at
tached to the bottom bar of the up
per sash and engaging with the
lower, No inquest was held there
was nothing to hold it on but thu
physician and many Others whit
were curious as to this remarkable
occurrence made the most search
ing Investigation into all th'
circumstances, but without re
suit. Charles j. Reid was deaC
and "gone," and that is all that i.
known to this day.
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PATENTS

obtained for new inventions. or foi }"
proyements in old ones, Cayests II fringe
ments, Trade Marks and ali paten' bs1
ness promptly attended TO.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
REJECTED'may still. in most cas-, be
patented by US. Being opposite the U. y.
Patent Office and, engaged In Patss'
business exclusively, We can secure pat
ents in less time than those who are 70
mote from Washington.
When inventors send model or skstes
we make search in the Patent Obise, ana
advise as to its patentability, free OF
charge. Correspondence consdentlai
fees reasonable, and no charge anisss
patent is obtained.
We refer by permission TO the City
Postmaster, and to the Superintendent o.
the Post Office Meney Order Division II
washington. For special references
circular, advice, terms, &c, address
C. A. SNOW X CO.,
Opposite Paent Oface Washington. d 70
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R0Br. .. WALKER. mo. L. KELLKH
UIALKER e KELLER,
w ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
WocDsTocK, VIRGINIA.
~ Office on Court Street.
One member Of tine firm will be in Mt
jackson from 3 o'clock Thursday after
noon, until Saturday night of each week
Office over lrwin's Drug Store.
Nay 7 'si-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-13

Fifty thousand babies are born
every year in New York city,
Nearly half the number die before
they are a year old.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-13
The New First Reader.

SIS the boy in the 6eld?'
"Yes, he is in the field"
"What is the boy doing IN the
field W
"Stealing cucumbers."
"Does the man see himp
"He does"
"But why does he chuckle and
grin instead of driving the boy
out ~
"Hist lie is the man who keeps
the drugstore on the corner =
Detroit Free Press.
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nR A. MARTIN,
SURGEON & DENTIST.

Respectfully informs the public that
ne has resumed the practice of his pro-
sssion orders left at the store OF z. ]:
Fravel, in Woodstock, wlllIeeeive pro-
mpt attention
Nav Is. 'S4-tf.
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Oyster SaIooul

where ladies and gentlemen can taste some
of the very finest of these delicacies.
THOMAS BANKS,
Jan. %, 'e5-tfl Opposite Welsh's Hote
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A G.. wYNKOOP,
LTTO NEY AT LAW,
AND RR1T ECT4TE 4CEVT

HNU HEIL EOIIIL dWLNI,
WOODSTOCK VA,
viii practice in the Courts of Shenan-
dOah and adjacent counties.
Special attention given to the collection
Of claims and all legal business entrusted
to his care.
Will be in Mt. Jackson on Friday and
Saturday, before the 2nd Tuesday of each
month, at DIR. L. II. JOrdan's Office.
May Il. '54-tf.
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When you strike a man for a
lone be sure that he is alone.
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sHENAkpoAH HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES.

One column, Ole year. 10000
palf 4" 80 0o0
Ouart. = $50
Eighth" l. 80
One sauars Que zeal l. =,
Local Notices per Uncover 5cts
+" " less 4" l0ctk
Legal ads. 2 2squares(4w.) 40
Additional squares, Ga" 100
Sales not exceeding 3 So. (4w.) $50
Additional 90 l.oo
sqnaresin galnoticesands sales1 in. each
All other squares inch.
Professional cards, So. on year, 10 %
Number Of insertions must be marked on
manuscript or they will be charged until
forbid.
No local notices inserted for less than 26c
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MILL Rewarded are those who read
UlnhIV this and then act ; they will
lUul find find, hG@osasls hon a, .,s employment .EI G"o
their homes and families. The profits are
large and sure for every industrious per-
sou, many have made and are now making
several hundred a month. 1t is easy for
anyone to make s. and upwards per day,
who is willing to work Either sex, young
or old capital not needed (; we start you.
Everything new. No special ability re-
quired; you, reader, can do it as well as
any one. Write TO us at once for full par
ticulars, which we mail free. Address
Stinson e. Co.. Portland. Maine.
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This quiet hotel has been reftted and
refurnshed throughout, aud now offers to
all the comforts OF a coy home.
The table will be supplied with every
thing 20 please the inner man.
l.V- The bar is supplied with the best
qualities of fine wines, liquors, beer cigars
&c. &c.
sy-A iirst-class Livery and Feed Stable
attached May Is 's7-sL
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WoODsTocK LAND AGENCY

rV- The only Real Estate Agency 10
ShenandOah county. may io-on''
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6Jl Penn. Ave. through to COS B st..
Opposite Bait. and Potomac X. X. Depot
WASHIN TON, ID C
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
NORTHERN PACIFIC LANDS.
Bill Passes the House for the Forfeiture Of
Lands Granted by the Act of 1864.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2i.-The committee
passed without debate the hill to forfeit
certain lands granted the Northern Pacific
railroad. 1t provides that all the lands
granted the Northern Pacific railroad by
the act Of July 2, 1864, except such as are
adjacent to and coterminous with the road
constructed prior to July 1. 1879, except
the right of way through the remainder of
the route, including necessary grounds for
station buildings, etc., excepting, also, the
land included within the limits Of any vii
lage, town or city, he declared forfeited and
restored to the public domain, because Of
the failure Of the company to perform the
conditions on which the grant was made.
The forfeiture is not to extend to lands ad-
jacent to and coterminous with the com
pleted road and sold by the company prior
to January 1. 1SsO. to bona fide purchas-
ers for value received. All persons elai Inning
the benefit of this section shall, within one
year after the passage of this act. file he
fore the register and receiver of the proper
land Office, subject to s,n appeal to the
commissioner os the genera! land oa;re,
proof Of good faith, consideration Of date
and extent of purchase. All settlers upon
forfeited lands are authorized to acquire
title to not exceeding 100 acres under the
homestead law.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
fSf. Paul Globe.1

The probabilities are that Edwin
Booth has been seen in st. Paul for he
last time. Age and grief are making
serious inrOads on the once vigorous
constitution of the most finished actor
the American stage has ever produced
Mr.. Booth is not so old but that he
would be good for at least ten years
more OF active life If it were not for the
deep melancholy which has taken hold
upon him. Notwithstanding the fame
he has achieved, life has been u sue
cession Of dark pictures for Edwin
Booth, and it is no wonder that his
sensitive spirit is being crushed be-
meath the fierce ordeals through which
he has passed. The first great blow
fell when his brother. John Wilkes, as
sassinated President Lincoln, and Mr..
Booth never fully recovered from 1t.
Then came his financial losses, fol
lowed by the death of wife to whom
he was ardently devoted. Then more
financial troubles followed: and last
but not least OF all his SORROWS, was
the marriage against his will of n
daughter in whom his life was wrapped
up. No great man has ever been more
thoroughly subjected to the stern dis
cipline of suffering. and life for him has
only been IA human landscape, dark
ened 10y "a dark-fiowing stream OF sor-
row. f!
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
VALUABLE ELOQUENCE.


\ reminisccnce of Daniel Webster
never told before in print, was related
here the ot her day by u contemporary
of the Massachusetts senator. Ii illus
trates more forcibly than any htherto %
recorded the extraordinary influence
oi his oratory. Webster had given II
friend his note for $1,000. \ miserly
old Whg-thr richest man in Aexan-
dria-bought the paper mt n sharp
shave. lie admired Webster and
trusted him. The note matured. The
senator could not pay. The miser
dunned Webster persistently. but with
out effect Mr. Webster made u posi-
tive appointment to meet him one
morning. but was not a be found cit her
at his home or in the senate.
The nOte-holder was walkin. away
from the capitol in despair when he
saw Webster approaching with head
high in air, eyes sunken with "a far
away look, lips parted and teet h show
ing i'm II broad smile. The old Wing
lost courage and passed without rec
ognltiOn. Next morning, in pertising
the newspaper. ne read Webster's re-
ply to Hayne. At once he took the
orators note and tore 1t to pieces so
prodiaious was the effect of the splen-
did philippe. Another friend once
found Webster reading law with 50
and so bills rs book-marks in the
volume before him.-America.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

The marriage of the Emperor of
China will cost 6,OOO.OOO taelS. or
over So, ,OOO,W 900.
The editor OF Die Bevolkeruny
(German) est imates the populat ion OF
he world to he ,43l 200, 900. NJ.
l.evasseur (French) puts it at l,iS3,-
900. 900, "a difference OF i9,WO,OOO.
its appetite for apples by fastening it,
horns in the limb of treek and shak-
ing the fruit to the ground. When an
insufficient quantity falls. the sagac-
ious animal repeats the operation.
There are in North America about
100000 persons keeping bees. The
amount of honey product is about
lW,WDO,WO pounds. and its value
nearly S15,OWO,OOO. The annual wax
product is about 500, 900 pounds and
its value more than $lOO,OOO.
The age Mt which most suicides take
place in this country is 81. 1t would
seem that in early middle life the dis
appointed hopes are most keen and
the effects OF an ill-spent youth most
disastrous. At 35 many Americans
feel the wearisomeness of old age.
Fishermen seeking sea bass of the
coast OF Monterey. Cal, came upon "A
gigantic suniish and succeeded in cap
turing IT after envelOping it i'm about
100 fathoms Of net. Ii weighed loo
pounds, and efforts were made to pre-
serve and send it to san Francisco,
but they failed.
II is suggested that American women
who ride should no longer follow the
English fashion of sitting on the lett
side OF the horse. There the c,Isto om
of turning to the left on the road
places the lady away from the wheel,
of any vehicle she may meet. But her
common sense dictates that the wO-
men sit on the right. They have good
precedent. The Princess of Wales.
for special reasons. always does. and
the Empress of Austria sits cit her
way.
According To statistics furnished he
war department at Washington, the
following is the latest horse census:
Russia. ~ ,11O,O 900 horses: America,
9,5OO.WOO; the Argentine Republic,
1000, 900; Austria, $500. 900; Ger
many, $3.50, 900; France, 2, 500. 900
and 3OO,dWO mules; England. 2,79O.-
900 horses: Canada. 2.62I 900;
Spain. $50. 900 and 2,3OO,O 900 mules:
Italy, 1000. 900 horses: Belgium, 3s3.-
OOO Denmark. $4,000; Australia.
3ol 900; Holland, I25.OOO, and So
mn mules
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
MONTANA NEWS.

Work is now actively in progress ON the
cable street ear line betwern Butte and
WaIkervlle.
The September Northwest Magazine.
ievotes a large part III its space to
an illustrated article On Missonla and the
Bitter Root valley.
A recent shipment of ore from the Judge
mine yielded GG.22 ounces al silver and "a
per cent lead. Another shipment yielded
Gs.l ounces in silver. and the lowest yet
received from orr, from this mine net tel I he
owners $40 per ton IIusbandman.
Col. Wheeler says the Historical Societ Y
is in possession of IA copy of "Scotts Tac-
ties which was once owned by the late
Gen. Sheridan. and bears his autograph.
when he was brevet and second lieutenant.
The book will probably he forwarded to
Mrs. Sheridan with the compliments oi the
Montana Historical society. Herald.
The output of the A. NJ. Hotter mine at
Elkhorn for the month of August was :i3.
Sl7.S3 ounces of silver and -. .,iS ounces
of gold. The Ekhorn Mining company.
which owns the property, is certainly to I've
congratulate at the steady output from
the mine. which shows slight increase in
amount.-Boulder Age.
The war department has in view he re-
moval of the remains Of the soldiers mas
sacred by the Sioux near old Fort Phil
kearney. fifteen miles north Of Buffalo.
from their present resting place tn the spot
81. a -.
attention to the bones of brave soldiers
who were cruelty cut down by savages while
in the governments employ is tariy, in
deed; but " tits better late than ncvcr.'-
Buffalo Echo.
The new bridge across the Missouri at
Fort Benton now under construction. will
lie S7J feet in length and 1 feet in width.
1t will he constructed OF iron and will rest
ON seven piers. each ; feet above w-water
mark. Six of the piers will he 81 feet in
length ON the bottom. ~ feet ON the top,
with a width of feet ON the bottom and >
feet on the top. The foundation of each
pier is composed Of heavy solid sawed tim
bers, firmly fastened upon the piles driven
in the bottom Of the river bed, the top of
the timbers being four inches below the
lowest water mark.
Hugh Mctluade and Ferd Chadbourne
were out at Empire and were invited by
Frank Reynolds to take trip through the
levels between that property and the Whip
poor-Will, but declined, to accept an invita-
tion to dinner with Supt. Wallace. While
dining IL carrier came in from the mine with
the news that Mr. Reynolds had fallen down
the shaft and was probably killed, A. the
workings ut that point are nearly 900 feet
deep. The party hurried to The scene Of the
accident and were delighted to learn that
the gentleman was only bruised, having
eaught ON board ninety feet below whence
he fell. 1t was n very close call. l.-lnde-
pendent.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
The Fourteen Mistakes Of Life.

Somebody has condensed the mis-
takes of life. and arrived AT the con
clusion that there are fouri cen oi
them. Most people would say, ii they
told the truth, that there was no limit
to the mistakes OF life; that they were
like the drops in the ocean or the
sands on the shore in number: but il
is well to be accurate. Here. then, are
fourteen great mistakes: 1t is II great
mistake to set up your own standard
OF right and wrong. and Judge people
accordingly; to measure the en- njoyment
OF Others by our own; to expect uni
fOrmity OF opinion in this world; to
look for judgment and experience i'm
youth; to endeavOr to mold all dispo-
sitions alike; not to yield to inmate
rial trifles; to look for perfection i'm
our actions; to worry Ouselves and
Others with what cannot he remetliesl
not to alleviate all that needs allevia-
tion as far as lies in our power; nor
to make allowances for the iniirmities
OF Others; to consider everything inn
possible that we cannot perform; to
believe only what our finite minds
can grasp; to expect to he able to
understand everything. The greatest
of mistakes is to live for time alone.
which any moment may launch us
into eternity.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
Notice Of Final Proof.
Land Office at Helena, Mont,

Land Office at Helena, Mont,
September IL, lsss.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inten-
tidA to make final proof i'm support of his
claim. and that said proof will he made he
fore the Clerk Of the District Court in and
for Fergus county. at I.ewistown, Mont.
on November 3, 1858, viz:
Chtles W. Carr,
who made cash entry No. asi9. for the SWi
NEf, NWt SEi., ny SW4. Sec. 3, Tp. I3 n,
range IL east.
The claimant will furnish proof of him.
self in obedience to Commissioners letter
&c" of August l3, lsss.
S. W. LASSHoRNE, Register.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

A monster toad, weighing sixty-six
pounds and measuring nearly three
feet around the body, is said to have
been found at .Iuillac, France. and
sold for $3.50 to "a manufacturer at
st. EtIenne. Its croakine bears n close
resemblance to the barking Of Il dog.
The inhabitants Of all the country
round have been pouring into Juillac
to see the phenomenal animal.-Phila-
delphia Ledger
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

Dick Eddy and Henry Hammond.
OF Missoula, two Of Montana's 8 sport -
men of much local renOwn--scOred a
record up the BlackfOOt last week that
has not parallel i'm modern times.
These two famous nimrods started
out in the morning and made a killing
Of one cinnamon bear, one deer, one
elk. one mountain lion. two cayOtes
and caught one hundred pounds Of fine
trout i'm less than ten hours. by the
town clock New Idea.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04
A CUNNING CAT.
4 Lot Of Dogs Endeavor to Kill Puss, But
Are Fooled by the Willy Feline.
Helena Indepen,lent.1 !


A disreputable looking yellow cat
with a stump OF "a tail and one ear
hanging i'm shreds to bullet head
crawled out of an ash barrel near the
opera house yesterday afternoon. A
frisky Scotch terrier, which had been
playing around IA lumber pile across
the street caught sight OF the eat and
started for it. The eat was in the act
OF arching it's spine, but left the arch
unfinished and struck for liberty or
death. The shortest way to liberty
was up pole which had been used to
fasten guy rope to, and up this the
cat clambered, the terrier just missing
the snap he made at the animals
curtailed rudder. Mounted safely on
the top OF the pole the eat spit several
times, glared savayely at the vicious
little terrier beneath him which was
keeping up a pandemonum OF barks
and hOwls. Soon other dogs began to
assemble, and ithin ten minutes from
the time the terrier treed the eat there
were at least a dozen dogs of various
sizes, breeds and shapes, all jumping
for pussy, which calmy surveyed them
with his head cooked to One side.
Whether the eat got badly fright
ened or whether it chose the way it did
to escape from it's predicament none
OF the watchers of the fun could tell.
II deliberately backed down the post
until just beyond the reach of the big
gest dog and letting "all hOlts' fell.
lighting upon the back of an over
grown setter pup, and sinking it,
claws into his side held ON. The
frightened dog dashed up street bear
ing its rider, the rest of the pack in
full chorus behind. In passing II pile
Of boards the eat jumped and escaped
under them. The dogs coming upwlth
the pup, pitched onto him and gave
him severe whipping.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

There is something i'm timber-culture
after all. At the fair in Kansas City
last week there was exhibited "a wagon
made of twenty different woods, all
grown upon one farm and planted
since the year 1888. Nhc varieties
were: White oak, ash. hard maple.
Towering maple, white-wood, honey
locust, black locust, chestnut. black
walnut. butternut, beech, ironwOod.
larh, soft maple, apple. willow, osage,
Orange. red mulberry, and red cedar.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

Foreman (great daily Here's an
order from downstairs to print cut
of Blifkins. the Peoples candidate for
mayor. We havn't any cuts Of him.
Able e'litor-fiow much did he pay
for it.?
Five dollars"
"Onlv 81? Scratch u beard on
Lydia Pinkham. and run that in
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

Land Office at Helena. Mont, 1
July 10, 1sss
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed netice Of his inten.
ton to make final proof i'm support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Probate Judge of Fergus county.
at Lewistown. Montana, on November i,
1sSS, viz:
Walter =. COrvvia.
who made homestead application No. 177I,
for the NJ NWl, NJ NEi, Sec. 3, IT,. n ",
II. llE j..
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation OF, said land, viz: John r.
barnes, Clarence N. GoOdell. Howard
Baird and Thomas J. Wasl,lell, all of Phil
brook, Fergus county, Mont.
y. W. LANGHoRNE, Register.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-04

LAND OFFICE At HELENA. MT.,l
September Il, 1sss.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inter-
tion 10 make final proof in support Of his
claim. and that said proof will be made be-
fore the Judge. or, in his absence. the Clerk
of the District Court Of Fergus County. at
Lewistown. Mont. on October -, Isss, viz:
Hsl1Wss~1l .. SI~sss~ms.
who made homestead application No 293s,
for Lot 4, SCI SWl4 and ~ SEt. See. Is, Tp.
I'm, r. n; T..
He names the following witnesses Ia
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation Of, said land. viz: Fred u. Law
renee Henry Ester, William s. Perkins and
Charles v. Peck. all of Flat Willow. Mont.
=. W. LANGmoRNE. Register.