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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-25

VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT airn
COMPANY'S AAl---A&As
JANE<RiFER LINZ
FOR Old POlSi MORE OH, PORTSMOUTH,
NEWPORT NEWS, CLAkEMONI, AND
JAMES ktVEt LANDINGS
AND ONLY DIRECT ROUTE WITHOUT
TRANSFER OR CGANGE OF
Any KIND.
CONNECTIONS
At OLD 20 y closely with ali nne. for Bal
timore. Philadelphia. and New York same az.
ternoOn also. a. Nlr!olk for Eastern Norm
Carolina aud tho south.
ANEW PORT NEWS for Old Point, Hampton,
"A And a. CLAREaoNT with the Atlantic aud
Dauyile railroai Tor Wayerly. Hicksford e.
ONLY ALL-WAIEk ROUTE
JAMES RIVER 81 DAYLIGHT
GREAT TOURIST LINZ.
JAMESTOWN, DUTCH GAP, AND WAR
SCENERY.
CHEAPEST ROUTE.
RATKS LESS THAN HALF CHARGED By
FIkSl-CiASS MEALS
The elegant and fas! steamer
ARIEL.
carrying Unitod states Nall
CAPTAIN DElO,
leaves Richmond every
MONDAY WEDNESDAY. ASD FRIDAY a. :
A NJ. isfREkr-CAkS INJECT ~ FULL
TIdh) tor aooye-n7mei pla ,os. arriving a. NOr-
iolK ABOUT $50 T. n. ketu rning. the steamer
lesyes Norfolk. OH foiuL aud Newport NeNs
on alternate days, arriving az Richmond aOou.
SOP. N.
Through tlcS0,s 20 above named points 90 sale
on steamer and az CARRIERS Agency, 100 Main
street. Baggage checked thrOugn.
STAT l. ROOMS ENGAGED FOR OAK
OK NluhE
FREIGHT
Frejgh, received GAlly Tor Norfolk. Portsmouth,
Smithteld, Hampton. Old Point, Wavsgly, aud
hicssford, Va; Washington, ~. G.; NowDerne,
Washington. and rgrbOrO', y. C.; ala stations On
Atlantic and DanYiile railroad. sea0Oagd and
Roanoke railroad. Norfolk S0Gthoga railroad.
and Easiern North Carolina geaoraily. also, Tor
Eastern shore Of virginia ana all regular land
ings On the James river, az LOWEST RATES.
and through bills issued.
LuCIEN Is. TATUM. Vice President
No ill7 Maia street and RockettA
lRyu WKIsIGgE. Freight and Passenger Ageas
fny p
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE business failuees for the week end
ing on the 18th number 227, as compared
with total of 211 last week and 220 the
week previous. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 202.
ADvICEs as to the cotton crop are less
satisfactory, and in Louisiana, Mississippi
and the Eastern Gulf States the yield will
fall below last years, but the market drags
because the previous price was fictitious.
PAULINE Mccoy, negro girl aged 10,
was hanged at Union Springs, Ala, on the
18th for the murder of Annie Jordan, a IA
year white child, last February.
AT joint meeting of all the cracker
bakers between Pittsburg and the Rocky
Mountains, at Chicago, on the 18th, it was
unanimously agreed TO advance the price
of crackers.
ABOUT fifty pickpockets "worked" the
crowd at the Blaine demonstration in
Goshen, Ohio, on the 18th, and secured
about $4,000.
THE freight depot of the Vandalia rail-
road, at East st. Louis, together with 10
freight cars and 800 bales of cotton, was
destroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss S50, 900.
A SENSATION was created at Little Rock,
Ark, ON the 18th, by the announcement
that Maj. c. C. Dean, the trusted confiden-
tial clerk of Maj. John d. Adams, was
defaulter, and had skipped for parts un-
known.
Gov. GORDON and ex-Gov. Bullock chose
sides in a spelling match held at Atlanta,
Ca, on the llth, for the benefit of yellow
THE fresh fruit crop Of California this
season has an estimated value of 10000
900.
The Postoflice Department has estab-
lished 49l new money order postoiIlces, and
$50 other offices have been authorized to
issue postal notes.
PATENTS have been issued 60 the follow
ing citizens Of Tennesseei Henry l.. Booth,
Pulaski, for gate latch; Paul T. Forsyth,
Memphis, garment; Moses Tuchfeldt, Jack
son, window frame and sash.
AN ordinance has been passed bv the city
council Of Little Rock declaring the Iron
Mountain road franchise TO the river front
forfeited.
The total number Of voters registered on
Brooklyn's second day Of registration was
4507, total in two days Of 1ls,23s. In
1887 the first two days. registration was
s2,597; in 1856 75,5l8; in 1885 1882, aud in
1854 oe, ,042.
A BILL establishing a new land district
in Mississippi passed the House on the sth.
LAST weeks wheat transactions on tho
New York produce exchange were unpre-
cedented ia rs history, over 2l,000,000
bushels changing hands. 1'ifs rs four
times the quantity of the visible supply Of
the United States.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
SYMPATHETIC PEOPLE.
A Curious Habit OF Mind which Arisei
from Various Causes.


Nothing is harder to hit than the
happy medium. Some people have
such an intense and sleepless sense OF
their own rights that they are always
in hot water, always eager in redress
ing some real or fancied wrong.
Others. again, are morbidly sym
pathetic and weakly generous. They
have an ,intuitive perception of the
feelings of other people, and an in
stinctive desire to crafty those feel
ings. They are continually making
victims of themselves. They can not
say No. II their own rights and the
rights of another come in conflict, they
yield their own rights at once. No
matter who treads on their toes, and no
matter how hard the heel, they are
always ready to say with Mr.. Toots:
'It's of no consequence" This Curl
GUS habit Of mind arises, sometimes,
from the will having been crushed by
unskillful severity in childhood; some
times from defective organization;
sometimes from an extreme adherence
of selfishness; sometimes from incor-
rect conceptions of religious duty.
These soft and sympathetic souls
probably do more harm in the world
than any other class of virtuous peo-
pie. The most pugnacious stick-to-
rights, though he certainly does give
the public great deal of trouble, is,
upon the whole, useful person.
He makes other people very
careful to observe the rights OF
their fellows. In fact, our soft friends
themselves could not get on at all but
for the aid of those who will not
be imposed upon. Yet it is Stick-to
Rights who is called hard man, an
unfeeling brute, an incarnation of sell
fishness; while his soft neighbor is
supposed to be the most ''amiable' OF
men.
'If you make sheep of yourself,
said old DIR. Franklin, "the wolves will
devour you" No man has a right to
give such encouragement to wolves.
Wolves are the common enemy. To
overcome such wolves mann must
''show his teeth" and, If need be, use
his teeth. Then the wolves will not be
apt to molest him, and the opinion
will spread among beasts of prey that
it is better to let alone class of Great
ures who can be lambs to one another,
but bulldogs to those who attack
them.
Old Hickory's rule is safe one to
follow: Ask nothing but what is right;
submit to nothing that is wrong.-M
Y. Ledqer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
AN EYEWITNESS.
What Passenger on One of the Lehigh
valley Excursion Trains Saw at Mud

What a Passenger on One of the Lehigh
valley Excursion Trains Saw at Mud
Run.
SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 12--Walter Me-
Nichols, of the Scranton post office, gives
the following thrilling account of his ex-
perience in the Lehigh Valley disaster on
Wednesday night: ~ was on the train
following the one that was run into, sit
ting in car about the middle of the
train. The first l knew of the accident
was the sudden and tremendous Earring
of the train. 1t was then about 7:45
O'Clock. Two engines were pulling the
train on which was on. AS soon as the
crash occurred the people who
filled the hind train at once rushed
for the doors. The jam was fear
full. The people went out OF the
windows pell-mell, and the first l saw
was the forward engine OF our train
jammed into the hind coach of the for
ward train. The cars had taken fire from
the broken lamps, but the flames were
quickly extinguished by the use of buck :
cts. The scenes were fearful. Bodies
were wedged in between tho seats and
among broken timbers. One man was
held down by the dome of the engine on
our train which had crushed upon him.
Another had tried to escape by the win
dows of the car, but was in the crash
and had the life squeezed out
of him. He was pinned be"
tween the timbers. Others were moan
ing and crying most pitifully. Steam
from the engines scalded severely all
those who were held down by the broken
seats and car tImbers. l do not think
there was one in the last car of the front
train who escaped alive. On every hand
willing persons were at work rescuing the
injured, cutting away the cars, and taxi
ing the people away to be cared for. The
scene was too terrible TO witness, and a
thrill of horror passes through me as /
sndeayor 10 detail lt.u
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
DOlNGS OF WOMEN.
Notes of Particular Interest to Represent
atives of the Fair Sex.

Notes of Particular Interest to Represent
atives of the Fair Sex.
Mrs. Austin Dobson, the wife OF the
well-known poet, has taken up the pro-
fession of letters. She has published a
volume of stories of an evangelical
character, entitled "Cherryburn. She
is also authoress OF q number of relig-
ious tracts.
While there has been no falling off
in the increase of feminine medical
practitioners, the growth for the last
three months would probably have
been larger had not goodly number
of the medical neophytes been diverted
to the study of the sister art, dentistry,
which has recently gained many re-
cruits from the sex. In New York,
particularly, the number of women
matriculating at dental colleges is rap
idly growing.
The statistical crank has let himself
loose again, and now turns up with the
information that the seaside resorts
last summer have had an average at
tendance Of twenty-eight women to
every man. There has, indeed, been
deplorable scarcity Of men at all the
resorts. At many of the balls the lu-
dicrous spectacle OF a set composed of
one man and seven girls is common.
and the entire set is not infrequently
danced by girls.
The Empress Victoria Is not a high
church woman. In fact, her religious
views are so exceedingly liberal that,
as Labouchere savs, 'it has been q
matter of speculation as to whether
she really held on religious subjects
any special doctrines whatever The
other members of the royal family are
in very much the same condition, al
though the late Princess Alice, who
was for several years decided free
thinker, entirely altered her views and
became very devout in the few years
preceding her death.
The A,nertcau Analyst warns all
women to abstain from the use OF hair
dyes to produce ''the delicate golden
shade so much admired by the court
circles of Europe and the high society
of the United States These dyes are
composed of peroxide of hydrogen
aqua regia, and bronzers' acid. The
first is the least harmful of the in
gradients, but it produces scalp sores
and skin complaints. The acids attack
and burn the hair as we'll as the skin,
and produce-if their use be persisted
in--infiammation of the hair cells, dis
charges of the scalp, and, eventually,
badness. Altogether, 1t would be bet
ter II the ladies decided to get on with
out the delicate gold shade" OF hair.
- Chicago Nelos.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
Would Throw That In.

"My friend, " said tight-fsted bank
er to a young man who had pulled him
out of the water. II appreciate the fact
that you have saved my life, and | am
prepared to reward you-to reward
you literally for your services. What
can do for your
well, sir, there was suit of clothes
spoilt.n said the rescuer, who was good
natured, though not educated, ''that
would be about seventeen dollars; then
lost my hat, that would be fifty cents;
then took considerable liquor TO keep
of a cold, which cost me a quarter. L
don't think of any thing else, sir"
But you do not mention the fact
that you have saved my life. What can
do for you on that scorer"
"Oh, we'll, call the whole thing
eighteen dollars an I'll throw the life
saving in free Merchant IraUeter.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
COMING TO TERMS.

Through the Intervention of the Citizens
Association the Striking Strect-Car Men
in Chicago and President Yerkes Come
to an Understanding aud the Strike Is
About Settled.
CHICAGO, Oct. fa Not head was
cracked nor a car thrown from the track
Yesterday Cars were run over three of
the North Side lines and ON Madison
street on the West Side. The police
preparations were even more elaborate
than tho 81 Y ednesday, and the enthu-
s,es,In of the crowds was evidently damp
ened by the drizzling rain which COM
menced falling in the morning and con-
tinued until after dark Owing to these
causes, and perhaps also to gradually
waning interest in the strike, the
running of cars was attended with
scarcal;y any difficulty. Some school
children caused mementary stop
page of the cars on Garfield
avenue by piling stones on the track but
the youngsters were quickly chased away
by the police, and beyond an occasional
yell OF 'sscab" from the sidewalk, the cars
proceeded in peace. Passengers, how
ever, were almost as scarce as yesterday,
and for the most part the police rode up
and down the line in solitary state. In
response to call made upon both sides
by the Citizens Association, there
was conference held at the
mayors Office last evening be-
tween committees of the strikers and
President Yerkes. Mayor Roche also
was present. 1t was announced at the
conclusion of the conference that the
strikers had agreed to withdraw their de-
mand for the dis charge of the imported
men. On behalf Of the company, Mr..
Yerkes agreed that If the West Side men
would return to work this morning he
would execute bond not to reduce their
present rate of wages for five years, and
that he would tomorrow morning make
satisfactory proposition to the North
Side men.
The West Side committee retired to
submit this proposition to the meeting OF
the West Side men last night. AS the
nominal cause of the strike on the West
Side was an apprehension on the Fart OF
the men that their wages would be re-
duced to the North Side standard, Mr..
Yerkes' proposition puts them in an awk-
ward situation, as it practically comedies
what they claim, and if they reject it.
they will be put in the position OF re-
naming out without cause.
At midnight the meeting of the West
Side employees decided to accept Presi-
dent Yerkes' proposition, and return to
work in the mnrning, with the UNDER
standing shat they will aEain-str1ke If
satisfactory terms are not made Detween
tho company and the North Side men.
The latter will not 1esume work until
they haYe heard the proposition which
President Yerkes is to make to them at
eleven O'Clock this forenoon.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
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IN BAD BUSINESS.
One Boston's Finest Arrested for Partici-
patton in Deal in stolen Railroad Tick

One Boston's Finest Arrested for Partici-
patton in Deal in Stolen Railroad Tick
cts.
Boston, Oct 12-Inspector OF Police
Dennis A. Mountain was last night ar
rested by Chief Eldridge of the in
spectors' force on the charge Of having
received stolen property, knowing the
same to be stolen. His arrest was made
in connection with two others. Thomas
O'Brien, clerk in the Old Colony rail-
worth of railroad tickets. IL is
charged that the tickets were sold
to Inspector Mountain and Ed
ward A. Noble, peddler of jewelry,
who was also arrested. Mountain has
been on the force for years, and has al
ways had an excellent record. 1t is said
that Noble was implicated in a similar
case six years ago, and was arrested but
never tried. When confronted with the
evidence of his guilt he made full con-
fession, duplicating the other men. He
said that while counting tickets returned
by the Fall River line conductors he oc-
casionally found uncanceled New York
tickets and abstracted them. He bar
gained to pay Mountain one dollar for
each ticket the latter could sell. Mount
ain selected Noble as the best man TO dis
pose of the tickets. Noble took the tick
cts to New York and sold them to scalp
ers, keeping good share of the proceeds
for his trouble. Mountain protests his
innocence but declines to talk. The
prisoners were arraigned this morning
and the cases were continued week
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
The Emperor at the vatican.

ROME, Oct. 12.-Emperor William visit
ed the Vatican at one O'Clock this after
noon and was received by the Pope in the
Throne Hall. The ceremonies attending
the reception Of the Emperor by the Pope
were on colossal scale and very i'm
pressive. National circles are very much
dissatisfied with Emperor Williams visit
TO the Pope.
Premier Crispi wired Prince Bismarck
acquainting him with the hearty recep
ton accorded the Emperor. Prince Bis
marck in replying thanked Premier
Crispi and reafirmed his personal friend
ship for the Italian Premier.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18

PHILADELPHIA, Oct l2.---The cele brated
suit Of John Wanamaker against the
Government FOR the recovery Of duties
claimed to have been illegally assessed
upon silk ribbons imported by him, was
decided yesterday in the United States
Circuit Court in favor Of the plaintiff.
The effect OF this decision is that i'm
only twenty per cent, instead OF fifty
per cent, as WAS lowed upon them
ia this case by tho customs officers. Ii Is
said that the precedent established by
this verdict will involve the Government
in claims for the return OF m ore than
$4,000 300 Of excess duties charged differ
ent importers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18

ON the 1tth James G. Flood, the .Bo-
nanza King" of San Francisco, died al
Heidelberg, Germany. of Brights disease.
l.. L. AYREs telegraph editor Of the
Des Moines (Ia. Leader, died on the 18th
from stroke OF paralysis received two
| weeks before. He was a veteran u ews
paper man.
4 DR. MACKENZIE, In an interview on the
| 18th, admitted that the synopsis Of his
new book, published in the London Ned
icdl Journal, sis an accurate forecast of
the work. The doctor is angry at its pre-
mature publication.
THE announcement is made by Sheriff
| Hugh J. Grant that he is ready to with
| draw as the Tammany Hall candidate for
mayor of New York in case Mayor Hew-
| lit, the County Democracy nominee, will
do the same, in favor of union candi-
| date
| MISS VIRGINIA ScHLEY, daughter of
| Captain W. S. Schley, Chief of the Bureau
of Equipment and Recruiting, christened
| the gun-boat Petrol, which was launched
| at Baltimore, Nd, on the 18th.
| THRouGHoUT the journey to Rome,
Emperor William met with cordial well
come. Crowds gathered at all the sta
| tions and greeted the royal visitor with
shouts of Long live Germany and
| Italy"
on the 18th monument to Bishop Du-
| panloup was unvailed in the cathedral at
Orleans, France.
ON the 18th Emperor William visited
the Vatican and was received by the Pope
ia the Throne Hall. The ceremonies at
tending the reception were on q colossal
scale and very impressive.
| ON the 18th the Gar and Czarina Of
Russia reviewed the troops at Tiflis and
| afterwards laid the fountain stone of the
Girls Institute building at ST. Peters,
burg.
| THE Ohio Prohibitionists had speci al
day at the Columbus Centennial, on the
11th. The attendance was immense and
addresses were made by General Clinton
B. Fiske, DIR. John A. Brooks and Rev.
Sam Small
| THE performance Of the Coquelin- Had
ing Company at Palmer's Theater, New
York, on the 18th, was attended by Mrs.
Cleveland and her mother.
IT is said that decision against the
| Government in favor of John Wanamaker,
Of Philadelphia, for the recovery of duties
| Illegally assessed upon silk ribbons i'm
ported by him, will establish a precedent
| that will involve the Government in like
claims for more than s., 900, 900 in favor OF
other importers.
On the 18th Lyman Stuart, one of the
best known engineers on the Upper Mis-
sissippi. died at his home at Bellevue, Ia,
after lingering illness. He was fifty
| years of age.
On the 11th John H. Oberly, recently
nominated and confirmed as United
| States Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
took the prescribed oath, and formally
| entered upon the duties of the office.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18


Many Of the new basques and bod
ices are heightened to cover the hips
more deeply The vest buttoned on
each side to the corsage, the plastron,
the separate waistcoat, the plated
shoulder-pieces, the Semure nuns COR
sage, with soft folds tapping each
other over the chest the surpiioe front
crossing from right TO left. the round
waist, with its charming belt adorn-
ings. the pointed corsage, with revers
Of all shapes and kinds, each and all.
are among the new or repeated fancies
OF tho season. 1t is almost impossible
TO go far astray in the design Of the
bodice, as the variety OF models is now
50 limitless that any graceful style be-
coming TO the wsarer is good form.
The broad and showy Directoire revers
give the effect OF breadth. and are seen
alike ON the simplest and richest
gowns. The high military collars and
the deep-turn-over models are equally
popular. IN, Y. Post
-
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

ON the l0th the test case on the Ala
bama Color Blind law was taken up IN
the United States Supreme Court
II is said that every player IN the
worlds baseball championship series
will get $780, win or lose.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18

The age at which most suicides
take place In this country is thirty
five. II would seem that in early
middle life the disappointed hopes are
most keen, and the effect of an ILL
spent youth most disastrous At
thirty-five many Americans feel the
weariness of old age.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18

"A Blue Rapids (Kan.) girl, who
was greatly impressed with some
contortion feats which she Witnessed
al circus, attempted 10 perform them
herself and broke her thigh.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-10-18

II you would not have sffiiction
visit you twice, listen at once 10 what
it teaches. "A. l.. kfa0z.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-04-11
WATERLOO.
BILL.

Hon. Benjamin Yancoy and wife, now
OF Georgia, but formerly of this county,
arc visiting their old homo, Rosemont,
where they will spond some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. #. N. Parks visited their
brother Mt Laniord Sunday.
Mrs. Sue Paisley, Of Laurons visited
friends at Cross Hill, some time since.
Mrs. a. T.. Nance, who has been visit
ing relatives at Hodges, $. c.. for some
time has returned home.
Mr.. Poarco, who Is working the Quar-
ry Mt Rocks church, In Abboville county,
has sent ono OF his workmon to inspect
the rock on DIR. +. D.. Coieman's place,
with the view OF working IL up, provided
that ho can make suitable arrangements.
DIR Coleman sent some OF this rock to
~Spartanburg last year, and 1t was pro-
nounced at the farmers encampmeDt, az
being as fine rock m any in thu state.
We understand thGt tho supply Of rock