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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14

merchandise and wiping out fourth class
matter altogether. 1t was proposed to
include merchandise in third class matter
and carry it at the rate of two ounces for
one cent instead of one cent per ounce,
as at present. Under the new arrange
ment she three classes would be divided
as follows: First class, letters and postal
cards; second. newspapers and periodi-
Gals sent out to regular subscribers by
publishers third, everything else that
is mailable The matter is still under
consideration.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14
West Virginia Feuds,

A dispatch from Huntington. W. Va,
gives the following:
The Hatfield Mccoy teud has broken
out again The McCoys. who from the
last reports were disorganized and dis
heartened, have gathered together their
scattered followers and are now ready to
avenge themselves. Nothing has been
heard of the fate of Charles Lambkin,
John Cain and Pete Mccoy, who were
taken prisoners in the bloody fight at
Fudgy's on the Guyandotte river, after
the battle of November 1. They were
then hurried to the headquarters of the
Hatfield and Blumfield gangs, tried and
sentenced to be shot. Therei is no doubt
that this sentence was executed over a
week ago, and now the McCoys are ready
to retaliate. On Saturday night the Nc
Cows broke into the house of Paris Blum
field in the southern part of Lincoln
county, and took both him and his wife
prisoners. They then burned the house
and barn and started for their old
stronghold on Hart Creek with their
captives. On their way they We're joined
by party recruited by Hank Runyan,
numbering about a score. The Run
vons, like the Blumfields, are new acces-
sions to the feud. which was originally
confined to the McCoys AMI Hatfelds,
and now four families instead Of two
are involved What will be the fate of
Mr.. and Mrs Paris 'Blumfield can only
be conjectured but the man will proba-
bly, be shot Every one here predicts
another period of bloodshen and rapine.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14
Y. M c. A. at Home-1he FIRST
Services

Services.
Three hundred men and boys greeted
President McIlhany as he stepped upon
the platform to open the Song and
Praise meeting in the Hall of the new
Y. NJ. c. A. building Sunday last. 1t
was the first service held in the hail. and
at a quarter past four o'clock every one
OF the $50 opera chairs had been filled,
and folding chairs had been brought out
and placed in the aisles. The utility of
the folding doors between the audito-
rum and the Ladies' Parlor was demon
ted at this first meeting. A number of
persons were seated in the parlor and
the doors opened. Great taste has been
shown in the decorative papering on the
walls and in the raised chancel The
we have ever seen. The Hall, which we
have heretofore described has been
completed in admirable good taste and
with perfect harmony of design.
The meeting was held by President
McIlhany and Hugh McIlhany son of
the President, presided at the organ
with wonderful skill in one so very
young. Young Hugh is an active and
earnest member of the Association
President McIlhany said he had been
frequently asked what he would do when
the building was completed. and he had
always replied that Brother Simpson
and himself would sing the long metre
doxology." He now invited the entire
congregation present to unite with Bro.
Simpson and himself in singing "Pralse
God from whom all blessings fiow," &c.
The leader read some passages from
the Psalms. and asked for remarks from
those present.
Capt. T. ID Ransom, the first President
of the Association, delivered the first
address in the new Hail. He was fol
lowed by T. c. Morton, another Ex-
President. A number of addresses were
made. The singing was spirited, and
the songs of praise well selected.
Mr.. ChiIds related as an incident in
the history of the building operations,
that at one time the path of progress
seemed to be blocked. The directors
were in despair, when some one said,
"Brethren, this matter must be placed
in the hands of the Lord" and called
upon Mr.. John Murray for prayer Mr.
Childs said he now desired to call upon
the same gentleman to lead in a prayer
of thanksgiving. Mr.. Murray responded
in appropriate terms.
President McIlhany gave the broadcast
and most extended invitation to all per
sons to attend the meetings of the Asso-
Citations and to visit the building He
said it was building by the people and
for the people. That all were invited:
none would be rejected. Rich and poor.
high and low, all alike would receive an
earnest welcome in the name of the
Master.
Mr.. G. c. Berry, Chairman of the De-
votional Committee, announced that
the Association would observe the week
of Prayer set apart by the Evangelical
Alliance, beginning Sunday next and
continuing through the week. Sunday
morning. there will be conservation
meeting OF S15, lasting until 8.
Sunday afternoon, the regular Prayer
meeting at o'clock. Every night at
$50 there will be a prayer-meeting last
ing three-fourths of an hour All the
meetings will be in the new Hall and
will be led by Secretary Dadman.
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@ ntreville Items.
Reported for the vIRG1NIAN.

reported for the VIRGINIAN.
Mr.. Eli Underwood and wife. of Goods
Mills, Rockingham county, were visiting
in the Hill Country last week, and re-
turned home via Bridgewater.
The Rev. J. W. Rosebro. of Peters
burg, has been holding a series of meet
ings at Messy Creek Church.
The discussion on the Doctrine of the
Bible has commenced at the new church
at Roman, which was dedicated on last
Sabbath and called the Saints Chap
ELL Rev. VIM. G: Thurman and Revs
Messrs. Shinns and Mohler, of Ohio, Off
ciating.
On the 18th inst, Rev. H. G. Early
and Rev Mr.. Holman, of Ohio, and 9th
ers will commence their debate at Sum-
nit church, to continue three days.
At Mr.. P. H. Wheeler's, near Centre
vile, pigeon took possession of a chick
en- hens nest and Matched chicken.
Mr.. Michael Hollar and Mr.. w. J. Neff
are doing good business in the mercan-
tile line and have a full storehouse.
Walter Simmons, who has been down
with fever was paralyzed on last Satur-
day and is in critical condition
Mr.. John G. IRVINE has returned home.
p B. w.
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The Wheat Supply.

The Philadelphia Press, in its business
review for the week ending Nov 9, says;
Cheap food is now certain. We do not
suppose any one is likely to predict a
higher level for wheat with the supply
visible. as reported by B7ddstreets great
er than year ago. This country had
525 900, 600 bushels of wheat in July 1.
Consumption and export to November 1
were 1876, 100000. Consumption and seed
for the rest of the year will be 230, 000,0 900,
leaving 100, 900 600 bushels orless reserve,
800. 900, 600 for export. About 35.000.000
suppose any one considers an export of
10, 900, 900 bushels month for the next
eight months. or twice the average Ofthe
last four, to be likely. With large corn
crop, meat will be cheap next spring, and
sugar, which costs almost as much as
bread is also likely to be cheaper this
winter than last
A Scranton, Pa. dispatch. dated the
18th, details how an invalid wife was cur
ed by kiss. 1t is as follows:
good story is beiffg told about the
wife of prominent gentleman of this
city, who has long been a confirmed in
valid. A few weeks ago she took to her
bed. and bid fair to remain there the rest
of her life, and there seemed to be but
little the matter with her. Her husband,
who believed that her illness was more
imaginary than real, prepared novel
test for her He took their pretty color
ed servant into his confidence, and by a
pre- arranged plan, the two met in the in
valid's bed chamber. As they passed the
man reached out, and embracing the girl.
planted fervent kiss on her black skin.
The wife's lost powers returned to her at
once, and she jumped out of her bed and
drove the girl from the house. She now
does all the homework herself with ease
Dolph Ellison. an inmate of the West
ern Lunatic Asylum, from Richmond,
committed suicide in the Asylum on the
5th, by hanging himself with piece OF
he'd uuilt
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14

The election of IL United States Sena-
tor to succeed Senator Payne is now en-
gaging the attention of the Democratic
politicians of Ohio Gen. NJ E. Ingalls,,
President of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad is prominently and favorably
spoken of as the coming man.
Rev. T. Henderson Smith, son of Gen
Smith, of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute, died in Lexington last week. He
was at one time pastor of the Presbyte
rian church in Harrisonburg
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14

The recent conference of postotfice of
ficials held in Washington was for the
purpose of considering the subject Of re-
ducing the rate of postage on general
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14
VUANTED! WANTED!

WANTED! WANTED!
100 tons old wrought iron.
100 S " casting.
10 8 :" brass
10 Is " copper.
10 $ q zinc.
5 g s. lead.
5 6 " pewter
so bones, must be dry,
20 old rubber boots and shoes.
20 :: cotton bags,
10 soft all wool bags.
We also buy turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens,
eggs, game, and fur.
Highest cash price paid Don't sell until you
see me- w. o. THOMAS.
octl73m No. ~ N. Augusta St, Stanton
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Observation-Disclosures.

A South American war OF considera-
BILE proportions is likely to break out.
The contending parties will be Para
quay cad Brazil on the one side, and
Bolivia on the other.
Some years ago, when Brazil waged
n protracted and expensive war with
Paraguay, she almost exhausted the
resources Of the empire in men and
money in her efforts to subdue Para
quay. The scat of war was thousands
of miles from her base in Brazil, and
it required an immense strain to cap
ture Paraguay. But Brazil did succeed,
and she finally obtained "a treaty from
Paraguay, under which concessions
were made, and Brazilian rights and
interests were protected. In truth the
treaty formed a sort of defensive ALI
ance between the two countries.
Latterly Bolivia and Paraguay have
been drifting into conflict springing
from claims to "a portion of territory
heretofore supposed to belong to Para
quay. Bolivia has raised an army
which is marching into the disputed
territory. In this crisis Paraguay ap-
peals TO her ally, Brazil, for protection
and aid. Brazil feels the necessity OF
sustaining her treaty stipulations, and
has marched quite an army TO the de-
Tense OF Paraguay. Under these critic
al circumstances the Journal de Com
mercio of Rio de Janeiro declares that
war is imminent between Brazil and
Bolivia. 1t says that it will be fra
tricidal war, because it will be between
brothers of the same race. And 1t
will be very expensive, because
Bolivia is so situated, on the west
side OF South America, but not
on the coast, that it will BE- very
difficult TO reach her with the Brazil
ian army. 1t is n mountainous country,
almost destitute OF roads, and there
fore 1t will cost enormously to move an
army with its material. Brazil is so
strong that If she can get at Bolivia
the conflict will be very short; but the
transportation over deserts and through
mountain Businesses is the serious OBJ
stacle.
We trust that some means will be
found TO prevent this conflict Secre-
tary Blaine's object in converting n
congress of the South American states
at Washington in October next was to
secure an instrumentality TO meet just
such q crisis. Our government has in
sisted that war between the South
American states was TO be and could be
avoided by arbitration. The possible
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-18
TO re CONTINUED.
One Hundred Miles an Hour.

Thomas A. Edison said in an inter
view with reporter of the Pittsburg
Dispatch: you ask me about the
future of electricity. 1t is the coming
motive power. 1t will be used on all
railroads some day, but the point is to
get an economical engine. My theory
is have immense dynamos located
all along the line of the road, and
have the electricity conveyed from
these stationary engines to the loco
motives by wires through the rails.
For example, would put two big en-
gines between New York and Philadel-
phia, and enough power could be fur
nished to whisk the limited at the rate
of 100 miles per hour.
"But this is the point / have been
working on for years; to convert heat
directly into electricity without the
Intervention of boilers, steam, and all
that. What an enormous amount OF
expense could be saved if this could
be done. Think of putting something
into the heat of that natural gas fire
and making electricity out OF it. 1t
can be done. | feel it in my bones,
and just now have a suspicion that l
am on the right track. but it is a
pesky problem-one that can be work
ed out only in time.
II have been experimenting with an
electric road in New Jersey had
rails laid as they put them down on
railroads, but the machine would run
off the track in going around curves.
| then raised the curve to an angle
of 40 degrees and the motor went
around all right. 1t looked as If the
engine would topple over, but it didn't.
You know in a centrifugal machine
you can make n car go clear around a
circle in the air without leaving the
track.
eat the present time the phono-
graph is occupying my time. l have
been improving it, and il is more per-
feet to-day than ever. In speaking
into the photograph it was soon found
that the sibilants were not recorded.
tor instance, IL l were to say species
the 'sp' sound would be lost. Well, l
have about solved that problem now,
and the sound of IS is inscribed with
the other letters, | run the phopo-
graph or grapophone in three ways
with treadle, a battery, or with the
ordinary incandescent light by attach
ing the machine with wire TO the
lamp. Business people can have their
choice / shouldn't want to be bother
cd with treadle, and think the best
plan is to use the electric light, since
they are now so commonly distributed.
The battery is made to last for a
month, three months or six months
without being renewed. Let every
man take his choice. / am making
the three kinds"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-18
The Ireacherous Coal Hole Cover.

In front of every dwelling house in
New York is a large, round orifce, not
unlike the mouth of public speaker.
The coal hole is the slot into which the
driver of the cart must empty 1000
rOunds of coal before the customer
hands out the price OF a ton. 1t also
furnishes burglars with facilities for
obtaining entree into the finest houses.
The person who makes coal hole
covers a study will find much to in6er-
est him. They are very dissimilar in
style of adornment. There is q kind
that bulges out as If yeast powder had
been used In its construction. There
is another kind that is fat-breasted
like a dude, and there is still another
that is depressed, like a man who has
bet on the wrong candidate at presi-
Dental election.
Some coal hole covers are richly en-
bossed with the postoffice address OF the
foundry where they are baked, while
others are utterly destitute of literature.
Some coal hole covers grow copious
growth of abnormally developed warts.
Others. instead of warts, have either
small stars or display of symmetrical
ly arranged lozenges. Still another
kind of coal hole cover is adorned with,
an Irish sunburst, or the American
eagle with large tape-worm in his
beak, on which Epluribus VoS PopuLi
is inscribed.
But there is one style OF coal hole
cover that has been shamefully neglect
ed l refer to the one that is devoid of
any ornamentation whatever and has
been worn slick and shiny by the feet
of passing pedestrians.
While the banana peel and the
treacherous ice that freezes with slip
perry side up, no matter what admins
tration is in power, have received the
most flattering press notices, not
voice has ever been raised in favor OF
the slick coal hole cover, which is moro
treacherous than New York poll
sician.
There should be an ordinance requir-
ing that lamps should be placed over
every slick coal cover, or it should be
painted with luminous paint, so that
the belated pedestrian can steer clear
OF it.
OF course the treacherous coal
hole cover cannot compete with
the truck driver in supplying
the medical colleges with sub
jects, but it is entitled to an honora-
BILE mention or blue ribbon. As it Is
now, everybody sits down on the slick
coal hole cover, and to place it right
before the New York public these lines
are written. Elk.