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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24

London, April 28-At tho second day Of the Man
chester Easter sscplcchascs and hurdle races the
for the jubilee Handicap Hurdle Race Of 1000
soverelgns, two miles, by Sir C. Hartopp's
aveyear-old The Tyke.
This was the first day Of the EPSON Spring Meeting.
The race for the Great Metropolitan Stakes (handcap,
Of 20 pounds each with 600 pounds added, for three
year-ods and upward, about two miles and quarter,
was won by length by Noel FonwtcRs fve-year-old
brown horse T1ssaphernes-
Tho race for the Westminster Stakes, Of 10 pounds
each. with 300 pounds added, for twoyearolds,
five furlongs by Lord Gerards bay colt Over
seer. The last betting was 10 to against overseer
The Great Surrey Handicap Of 500 pounds for three
year-olds and upward. five furlongs, by J.
Hammond's four-year-oh bay colt Sc. symphorien
The race for the HOLLYWOOD Two Year-Od Stakes, Of
500 pounds, Ave furlongs straight was won by w.
Lows bay Ally Star of Erin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24
TRYING TO REcAPrURE PORT HALAIB.

Cairo, April 23-A hsttaion Of Egyptian troops.
under command Of the Governor Of suak1m, and two
gnboats have started for Port Halaib. which re-
Gently captured by forco of SOudanese The object
of tho expedition Is to make an attempt to recapture
the place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24
THE FREEDOM OF EDINBURGH FOR MIR. PAR

Edinburgh, April o3.-The municipal authoritie
have voted tho freedom of tho city to Mr.. Parnell
The vote on the proposition to confer this honor Of
Mr.. Parneu stood II In favor and ID against
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24

PRINCESS EUGENIA DEAD.
Stockholm, April o3.-Prncess Eugenlas sistor Of
the King, is dead. She was born April "a. 1880.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24
NouR COWS KILLED!

A feature OF the work of the lightning which
Gems TO have a great deal of mystery about it is
the killing Of four cows in the neighborhood.
Two Of them were in barn and two were under
tree They were all killed instantly but in the
one case the tree was not injured in the least,
while in the other the barn was not demolished,
although it subsequently caught fire. The car
cosses OF the COWS showed no signs OF mutilation,
and IL would thus seem that either q less shock
would kill an animal, or It's body was more
perfect conductor than that of o man.
Or. Olmstead said that the suffering OF the in
Iured was frightful. When he reached the scene
N the wrecked home the rain beating down in
torrents. while those who had been struck were
moaning in their agony. He had one Of the
rooms PATCHED up sufficiently to provide some
shelter from the fierce storm, and then carried
the injured people within TO wait for daylight
and cessation Of the rain, WHEN he might re-
move them to the nearest house, nearly q quarter
of a mile away The old man and the child never
knew what had happened to them. They were
delIrousn said the doctor, until they dled
Only once Nellie seemed to revive for q moment
jnst before she died, when she moaned feebly
Mamma, what hurts me so please stop II. Ine
doctor thought that Mr. Adams would recover,
although it would be weeks before he coul1 get
out Of doors. The rest OF the family are stiil "a
a somewhat daEed condition, and their bones anu
limbs pain them exceedingly. None Oh tnem % - -
likely TO sustain permanent injuries. ndwaru
Adams who probably saved the whole family rom
being burned 90 death, told the story OF ms cour
age and presence Of mind with extreme moue''s'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24

lots they might see nc to pick onsi
at any rate they were on the spot ae
moon without violating the law which IS more than
can he said of The Others. Their conduct is almost
question OF moral ethics, and whoever heard Of
such an article in transaction involving corner
lots? s~
Every officer Of the command was probably ap-
proached In turn by one or two of the ringleaders
in the loot, Que was told that a couple Of choice
lots would be reserved for him IL be would only
consent to ordering his men TO come up and pro-
tcct' row CT lots against the ri-rafp which the
trlias we're sure to bring. Another was asked to
see that no one secured certain lot which was
pointed out to him unless certain man, expected
to he the first train from the north, should have
arrived and for this service he was given the choice
OF any of half dozen lots In another part Of the
town. That such offers were made by the L.otera
is not half so surprising perhaps as the fact that
the men making them were not promptly lnocked
down by the officers. 1t is quito pos
sible, however, that the whole mntses
was regarded in the light of jake
by the officers, and that they did not for monott
suspect the offers 70 haye been made ~ eee&
faith. They had doubts anyway, ss hsk alfs&e
been pointed cut, regarding their pcwex e 5nesE<
fere in the whole business, except so ~ 1n3ys
point of preserving order on being cniea npon 3
do so by the marshals and tho latter wete ~
the most noted violatos Of the law q sSSsi
There never was a more disguised 80 e Il. a
than those who arrived on the Arze traia Lo
ncsth and saw the town in po&eslan = - ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-24

hing he has ever seen IN the American press
Tbs Misunderstanding Lord Randoiph's broad
stde~are passing OF much as usual The mill
sry nanoeuvres on the South Coast, though less
exciting than those at Birmingham, are reckoned
crsditable to the Volunteers. There are those VINO
discover in them evidences OF better ieeiins
than before between the regulars and the vol
unteers Easter Monday in London is over, wien
httic disorder In fact, the streets are seldom
,euister than they were st midnight on Monday
kesu. Stephenson a. Cellier's new come ay-
opera Doris" came near being hooted on sne
stAn Of Mr.. Lesnes pretty new Lyric Ihestfe'
The xnelish sudience has liking for story, OK
some Ineligible plot Doris has none, nor
any Dialogue that spariles, or songs OF h@fsly
merit. biz. Caller carried Mr. Stephenson on MS
back al the evening His music, though lacking
~ melody, ves well sung By Messrs. Dawes anu
Ccmn, and saved the piece from utter damnauon
4tis not original nor remarkable, but clever hohe
of ahe women concerned IN The performance Is up
y ths mark. The chorus was good, the pa''a
WetY iIoods the scenery good, the mounting anu
ynntomime business too good or too eispohA,c
a1s audience bore good -humoredly with two aeos
NJ rsvoltcd In the third and groaned the authors
end psformers with undiscriminating impertiaiity-
ðtnE eouid be more curious than the audience
feelz Bcne Of the most fashionable women in
14ton wsre IN the boxes, snd the swee PINS OF
9diliy IN tho stalls. G. w >
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The Century Co.'S MAGAZINE for Young Folks
Enlarged and Printed in New Type.

Since 1873 when, under the editorial man.
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Since the first issue Mrs Dodge has eemained
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HIRPER's FERRY HIPPENINGS

From the Sentinel:
Mrs. Mary McFadon while att nding Ia
household duties ON Tuesday evening list
slipped and tell, hurting herself in the side
Dr Spaugler was summoned and rendered
medical aid The accident nccr>-italcd th,
return from Washington of Mr., McFaden,
daughters, Misses Nol.ie and Irene
Nose, Smith, a co'ored waiter at the Pc
nmac house, fell through one of the arg,
Wind .w> of the hotel last Saturday. while
Intoxicated. and WIS badly cut los the bro
leu glass, The proprietor of the hotel told
him % hurry off 90 70 Doctor, office and hav,
thew urds dressed Smith started % DO H.
le was advised, bar stopped on the way aut
-auci oyera ru.iag uatd loss of blood ren.
dcred him unconscious A passer by dis
covered him and his condition and hastily
summon Dr. Cannon who succeeded in
,,raigh,ening ,ho injured man up and put
ting him in shape To- mend.
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B shop Peterkin. who is President Oh tue
Board of Directors of "The Sheltering
Arms" Hospital, Orphanage aud Home at
Paint Creek, Kanawha county. IN circular
letter gives an interesting statement oi the
present condition of the institution ana
hopes of 5 future. It is a benehcent en-
terprize OF the Episcopal Church IN 'hlS
State aud is supported by voluntary con'ri-
buttons of food, money, clothing etc.
Thanksgiving day contributions are hoped
for that will enable the B ard to go on ami
even enlarge the facilities for doing a good
work for the unfortunate. We have no
doubt Rev. Dallas Tucker will be pleased
to receive money donations for this Object,
o- 10 take charge of other contributions ana
forward them. The officers of the insIiIu-
ton are persons known to many in our com
munitv. or whose names are familiar and
guarantee that contributions will be prop
erly applied They are Ri. Rev. Geo. W.
Peterkin. d. D.. President, Park rSburg, w
Va; Neil Robinson, Vice President; VIM
r. johnson, Treasurer. Crescent, Fayette Co
". Va; Thos l.. Broun. S,cretary; Rev
r. d Roller Chaplin; L L. Bill, sup rim
Iendent. Paint Creek, Kanawha Co, W. va
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Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
s.F.TYLER, RECEIVER.

Schedule fp Effect NoUcmber II, 1889
LEAVE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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LEAVE Observation-Disclosures
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The new NJ. E. Church. South, OF Kerns-

The new NJ. f. Church, South, OF Kerns-
town. Winchester circuit. Rev. F A. Stroth
or. P. c. WAS dedicated 10y Bishop A. w
Wilson, of the Baltimore Conference, on
sunday morning. a large crowd was in
attendance, many having gone from Win
chester. We understand the entire debt
was liQudated. The church is a handsome
one and reflects much credit upon the cir
cult and our friend, Rev Strother Bishop
\. W. Wilson occupied the pulpit o. the
VI f. Church. South, in this city Sunday
night. This able divine preached power
ul SERMON, aud received the closest atten-
ton from the large audience present -
Winchester Ae,cs.
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oamm's Emulsion cures Consumption

The late DR.. Geo &. Wood, Prof Unirer'
lily of Pennsylvania, SAYS;
"Asaremedy il Pulmonary Consumption
Cod Liv,r Oil far rXcero> any other"
DR.. Churchill, of Paris. says;
Consumption @heu unt trraied vim the
llypophosphtrs must be- regarded n almost
,lways fatal, whereas, when used in time
every patient may be cured by use Of tie
uypopho-phite~."
Cumm'> Emulsion is composed of The Pur-
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the Hypnphosphiles of Lime aud Soda with
Iron. DR.. G. F. Mason, of Charle>iown
says, 81 am prescribing Camms Emulsion
ia my practice and it has given me great
satisfaction. With Children it is the best
preparation of Cod Liver Oil | have even
used"
For sale by all druggists. Manufactured
only hy E. A. CRAIGHILL & Co., Whole
sale Druggists, Lynchburg, Va.
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Respectfully,
Oct so, 1889.
To THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMER
oFFICE VALLEY FERTILIZER col.
CHARLEsrowY. W. Va. August /, IS,

CHARLEsrowS w. VA. August /, 1889.
DEAR SIR:-We are prepared to furnish our
regular Brands of Fertilizer, viz: "Shenan-
| duah" Virsina Potomac" Valley Bone.
"Special Wheat Mixture, Raw Bone his
solved Bone - South Carolina, our own man
| uiaclure. the Shenandoah" is the best Fer.
tilizer sold the farmers who have used it year
after year have had the best wheat and grass
and their land has improved, because it is .
strictly Bone Fertilizer We have averaged .
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of Shenandoah" in Jefferson County-tni-
speaks for itself. The Virginia has Dissolved
Bone where the Shenandoah has Raw Bone.
and is sold at the same price. Potomac -
this ~ ade is well for years II has been favor
ite with our farmers VALLEY Bone costs less
| than Potomac and is used by number ot
our farmers Both of these brands Analyz'
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Wheat MiXturen-we prepared and put this
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II and for a cheap Ammoniated Phosphate
We have been surprised ut the demand created
for IT. last year we sold lSS tons of it in Jeiler
son county II runs over l. in Ammonia and
custs only So per ton. We have on hand .
large supply of our own Manufacture of South
Carolina. also a large supply Of manuiuc
tured in Baltimore. either of winch We viii
furnish 40 the marker price We furnished last
year in this County over 40l tons of ). &. tire,
hundred of which we manufactured. We will
guarantee il to be in fine drilling condition
We run it through the Rollers before bagging
We have on hand a supply of Animal Bone
Raw and Dissolved, of our own manufacture
We would be glad To have Won inspect it. n"
better can be found on the market. We are
prepared to mix. on short notice any Special
Formula. at a small cost.
The Valley Fertilizer Company is strictly
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Jefferson county people and we are gratiiied
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of Fertilizer to three hundred farmers. We
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A great fire 40 LYNN, Massachusetts, yes
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A Mrs. Southworth, who claimed TO have
been wronged by a prominent New YORK
business man. named PettuS. fatally shot
him on Fulton street last Friday. She wiz
q richly dressed and rather pretty voman
Petlu- was a native of Tennessee and made
a fortune in New York since The war. lie
was married man, went wrong aud came
% grief