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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD
COMPANY

in and to its entire line of railroad ex-
tending from Roanoke, in the State OF VIZ
ginia, through the counties of Roanoke, Bote-
tourt, Rockbridge, Augusta, Rockingham,
Page, Warren, and Clarke in said State and
through the county of Jefferson in the State Oh
West Virginia, and through the county OF
Washington in the State of Maryland, TO Ha-
gerstown in the State of Maryland, distance
of two hundred and thirty-nine miles more or
less together with all branches, sdings and
other appurtenances of the said line OF rail
road, with the tolls, incomes, rents, issues, and
profits thereof and all its real estate, rights OF
way, easements, fixtures, rolling stock, ma
chinery, tools, and equipments, and all other
personal property thereto belonging, ana All
property, real, personal, and mixed, and all
CORPORATE powers and franchises belonging or
appertaining to the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road Company.
The receiver will remain in possession OF the
mortgaged premises, and continue to operate
the line of railroad after the sale and until the
convenience thereof. He will keep a correct
account of the earnings and income of the
premises accruing after the date of sale, and If
the sale shall be confirmed, the purchaser, on
the delivery of possession by the receiver, will
be entitled to receive the net income and earn
ings accruing subsequent to the date OF sale,
and the proceeds of such income and earnings
For more full and detailed description of
the mortgaged premises, bidders are referred to
an inventory, which may be examined at the
Office of the receiver, Room No. III Bullitt
Building Philadelphia. The premises to be
sold include all additions made or to be made
by the receiver, and all railroad supplies which
the receiver may have on hand at the time of
sale, or may acquire thereafter before delivery
of possession.
BY said decree the liens upon the premises
and the order of their priority are
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

Hirschman's great sale of clothing. I'm
mense reduction through our whole stock.
Special bargain in boys pants at
S. ID. HIRsCHMAN q Cos.
Straw hats, straw hats, straw hats for men,
boys and children. Prices are way down at
5. d. HIRsCHMAN q Cos.
Carpets, mating and window shades. We
have ust received another supply of mat
ting. Prices are the very lowest.
5. ID. HIRsCHMAN q Co.
We have an elegant line of serges, mohair,
alpaca and seersucker coats and vests, for
boys and men. Prices to suit the closest
buyers.
5. ID. HIRsCHMAN & Co.
Our stock of mems night shirts is very
large; they are made of extra good muslin
and very long. We can sell you same for
less money than you can make them for
S. ID. HIRSCHMAN q Co.
Underwear for men, underwear for ladies,
underwear for children. Our line of mems
neckwear is very large and all the latest
styles.
s. d. HIRsCHMAN & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

Do not fail to see the new goods NJ. Palm
baum & Bro, next to Watson House, have
received this week.
NJ. Paimbaum & Bro, next to Watson
House, are bound to please you; they keep
first-class goods and are always selling at
very low prices.
Housekeeping linens are what you want.
Table linens in white, red and unbleached,
also napkins, towels, crash for towels, at
very low prices
NJ. PALMBAUM & Bro.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

Referring to the work Of the rescuing par
ty at the Dunbar mine in Pennsylvania,
where thirty.two miners are imprisoned, it
is said some Of the men are afraid that when
they cut through there may be another ex-
plosion, and the rescuing party mag be de-
stroyed "These men are taking their lives
in their hands, remarked a miner. They
can't tell what minute we may have to turn
in TO rescue the rescuers," and yet these
brave fellows grit their teeth and 90 20 work
1000 feet under the earth with a strong de-
termination 10 reach their buried brethren.
Senator Faulkner and Representative
Wilson have secured an appropriation of
$4,000 for the improvement of the Monon-
gahela river from Morgantown to Fairm0nt
says the Inder.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

The steamer MARY Washington with
eight hundred colored excursionists from
Washington on board, on Sunday night was
driven by the storm upon Maryland Flats
in the Potomac below Mt. Vernon. The
unhappy cargo was not gotten off the strand
ed steamer until Monday morning. In the
meantime the frightened folk sang, prayed,
and did every religious thing but lift col
lection Loud cries were heard for preach
er to comfort them, but to the credit of the
ministry not one was found to be of the
party of Sunday frolickers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

/. Costs of suits in Virginia, West
Virginia. and Maryland.........
3 Sundry judgments which are
specific liens upon detached
tracts of lands in the State of
mortgage liens ..................... s25,5O7 Ii
g. Outstanding receivers certifi-
the receiyership .....',............ 10000 90
4. Amount secured by first mort
of April 1st, 1880, having
priority over claim of Central
improvement Company ........ j,065, 59j %
5. Amount due the Central Inn
provement Company ............ 79l 1888 %
6. Balance secured by first mort
gage of April 1st 1880, post
poned to claim of Central I'M
provement Company. ISL 2G5 %
:. Past-due and unpaid coupons
9Th. 1851 1,5S5, 492 so
s. Amount of bonds issued and
outstanding under mortgage
of April 9Th, 1881, known as
general mortgage. ................. 4,ll3,OOO %
9. Amount of bonds issued and
outstanding under mortgage
of February 18th. 1883, known
as the income mortgage ......... 100000 90
w. Miller T ... -. 'o. w. 81 80
- Moose 1O,4l5 20
- Judgment in favor of f. I.
Anderson, September, 1881. % 10
49, Judgment in favor of +. I.
Anderson, March, 1SS6-....... l,3i7 9S
IA. Amount due Fidelity Insur-
ance, Trust and Safe Deposit
Company under the several
Car Trusts January 1st, $780, 63J,522 d
II Amountdue Maddox e. Evans 40 OF
H. n xer ~. Yo..sO 1888 90
Il Amount due C. G.. Crawford 75G 81
The amounts mentioned in the foregoing
schedule carry interest from July 1st, 1890.
This sale will be made subject to all execute
~ contracts made by the receiver under the
authority of the court of which contracts the
receiver. by said DEGREES is directed to give to
the trustee and special commissioner full and
accurate statement to be publicly announced
bv the trustee and special commissioner at the
time of sale, and subject also to any liability
that NAV be hereafter established against the
receiver growing out of any lawful acts done
bv him in his capacity Of receiver, or out ofany
suits which may be pending against the receiy-
er at the time of sale, or that may be constituted
AGAINST him at any time thereafter; all such
liabilities. if any, will remain a lien upon the
premises until discharged.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

The Baltimore Americgn, though printed
in a Democratic State, the feeling Of three
fOurths of the white people of which Is in
accord with that of their more southern fell
low citizens, is an avOwed supporter of the
proposed national election bill, by which
elections in the South are TO be conducted
by federal officials, who will be enabled to
send to Congress whOmsOeyer they choose,
utterly irrespective Of the votes of the cleo
tors, and though the bill is so outrageous
that it meets opposition from some Of the
most pronounced northern members of the
Republican party.-AieraRdria Gazette.
Notwithstanding the politically perni-
cious teachings of the An,erioan many of
our citizens voraciously gulp its contents
down every Sunday along with the sensa-
tional stuff of a Harrisburg paper that aught
not to be handled except with tOngs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-06-25

The Pos: proposes 70 speak out in oppOsi-
ton to the display Of rebel fage in this
country on all occasions. For what did the
Union soldiers fight? r. PET dorm that tag.
And the post has not a Republican reader
who endorses the rebel flag display at Rich
mond. We want our children TO revere and
henor only one flag in this Nation-the star
spangled bauner-tte tag Of their cqnntry.
Don't wave the rebel flag and then howl
bloody shirt, Bro. FREE PREsS. -Norg1a-
t0scn Post.
The rebel flag is not displayed con all Oc-
casions." For what did the Union soldiers
fight? Why, many Of them for eight dollars
a month and their bounty And we viii say
10 the Post that if the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" had had no other supporters than the
Republicans, the so-called rebel flag would
new be flying at the top Of any placed
pleased. And if the flag which now
floats over this great country should need
men for its defence-should the time come
sOon-thousands of Confederate veterans
will be at the front promptly; or if only a
few years hence, their sons viii emulate their
fathers in deYotion to patriotic duty.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Cows in the Alps.

The cows Of the Alps are generally
very large and fine, of dark mouse
color, growing white at the muzzle,
writes correspondent of The Chicago
Journal. Each one has name and Il
bell around her neck, and as the herd
er must be with them all day, they
are SO accustomed to being with hui
man kind that they really seem to
have human intelligence. Several
mornings when staying in the homes
of the mountaineers | have got up at
daybreak to see them milk and care
for their herds, and as saw how gen
thy they handled them, and the trust
full way the cows would lay their heads
against the keepers, as if trying in
their dumb way to express their affec-
ton, it added to my regard for the
sturdy fellows, who looked as if they
might be as rough as bears.
One COW, who leads the herd, has
much larger bell than the others, and
as she starts off the rest follow along
the narrow path up the mountain side,
the different bells tinkling like chimes
i'll the early morning air and forming
very romantic pastoral scene.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
FLOOD TIDE.

The tide came up as the sun went down,
And the river was full to it's very bri1n.
And o little boat crept up to the town
On the muddy wave, in the morning dim
But that little boat with it's reed like oar
Brought news to the town that made it weep,
And the people were never so gay as before.
And they never slept SO sound-a sleep
News of a wreck that the boatmap had seen,
Off in the bay, in fierce, wild gale;
Common enough, such things, ween,
Yet the women cried and the men were pale.
Strange that little boat could bring
Tidings to plunge town in tears;
Strange how often some small thing
May shatter and SILVER the hope of years.
Oh, none but the angel with silver wings,
That broodS DER the river and guards the
town,
Heeds half of the woe each evening brings,
AS the tide comes up and the sun goes down
Arthur w. II. Eaton.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Listening to the Mccking Birds.

A writer, who has recently visited the
Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite valley,
thus speaks of the hooking birds found
in that vicinity: millions of brown
coated birds there were everywhere, I'M
til the whole of our very natures seemed
permeated with their music. Sometimes
low and sweet, again sad and plaintive,
and then full, rich and triumphant, like
a pean of joy and gladness, while we
looked at each other in wondering 81
Ience. Just as it seemed that the melody
was unexpectedly sweet, and that our
hearts could not contain more without
the relief of tears or shouts, the wind
died away and the water again struck
with an awesome roar into it's rocky hol-
low with force that made the earth
tremble, and was again dashed to furious
foam, and the song of the hooking bird
hushed Thus it goes on ever and ever
alternately, and has for ages, the song
of the birds and the thunderous rever-
beration of the cataract"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
r CONNECTIONS.

AtSanford with j., It. & K w Ry for Tavares
and points on 5 4 H. e: KY; with south n, florlda
Ry. for all points their system; with ST. Johns
River steamers.
At Monroe with J. T. & X. w. Ry. for all points
North, East and West from Jacksonville, and
Titusville and points on Indian River.
At Palm Springs with Florida Midland Ry.
At Toronto with Il. o. & A. Ry., for Orlando,
Apopka and Tavares.
At Clarcona with Florida Midland Ry.
At Oakland with steamers on Lake ApOpka.
At ClermOnt with steamers on Lake Minneola
and hacks for Monte Vista.
At Mascotte with hacks for Villa City.
At Lacoochee with F. C. & p. Ry. for all points
North, East and West via Jacksonville, Baldwin
and Callahan; and Dade City and Plant City,
south.
At Macon with South Florida Ry. for Barlow
and points on Charlotte Harbor Division Florida
Southern Ry and Brooksville and all points
north on Florida Southern Ry.
At st. Petersburg with Morgan Line steamers
for New Orleans. Key West and Havana; with
company's steamer Mary Disston for all points
on Manatee River and Tampa.
FRANK E. BOND, supt.
II. S. MING. Asst Supt.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Conversation in tho Home.

Few things are more important in a
home than is conversation, yet there
are fewer things to which less deliber-
ate thought is given. We take great
pains to have our houses well furnish
ed. We select our carpets and our pic
lures with the utmost care. We send
our children to school that they may
become intelligent. We strive to bring
into our homes the best conditions Of
happiness. But how often is the spsech
of our household left unframed and
undiscipllned? The good we might
do in our homes with our tongues, if
we would use them to the limits of
their capacity Of cheer and helpful
ness, it is simply impossible to state.
Why should so much power for bless
ing be wasted? Especially why should
we ever pervert the gift and use of our
tongues to do evil, to give pain, to
scatter seeds of bitterness2 1t is a sad
thing when a child is born dumb. but
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
The Great Spring Tonic.

w. H. Gilbert, Druggist, Albany Ga,
writes: eve are selling large quanti-
ties of Swift's Specific for a spring alter
alive and gene, al health tonic, and with
the best results. 1t is now largely used
as a preventive and cure for Malaria.
There are many remarkable evidences
Of it's merit in this section"
Rev L. b. Paine, Macon, Ga, writes:
eve have been using Swift's Specific at
the orphans home as remedy for bloc d
complaints and as general health tonic,
and have hadremarkable results from its
use on the children and employees of TIE
institution. II issuch an excellent tonic,
and keeps the blood so. pure, that Il e
system is less liable to disease. 1t has
cured some of our children of Scrofula."
Treats on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
The English Army's Red.

The question having been raised in
1851, the Duke of Wellington asked
Lord Stanhope, then war minister, as
to when the English army first wore
red, he was told that the custom dated
from the time of Charles H. The duke
thought it was earlier, and Lord Ma
caulay said that he was right, and that
the Commonwealth army wore red.
This was, however, not exactly the
case, and the statement was wrong in
more than one respect Maj. Hon.
Harold Dillon, in an article in Col
burns United Service Magazine, shows
when this color was first adopted
AS early as the campaign in Spain
in 1867 in support of Peter the Cruel,
and also in the following reign of
Richard II, the English soldier APP
pears to have been in white with red
cross of st. George on his breast and
back. At Agincourt, in 1415, the Eng
lish archers are mentioned as mostly
wearing no armor and some only
doublets, and with their hose loose,
evidently to give them greater free
dom of action. Caps of boiled leather
and wicker work crossed with bands
of iron constituted their best head
pieces. It was only after long cam
paign, or series of campaigns, that the
ordinary soldier could provide him
self with portions of defensive armor.
During the Wars of the Roses the
badges of the respective leaders would
be the chief distinctions in the ar
mics, all speaking one tongue and be-
ing of one race. However, in 1851
there is evidence of red being adopted,
for a small number of men at least,
when a contingent for the army of the
king maker, the Earl of Warwick,
was sent from Rye dressed in red
coats. In 147O, a detachment of fif-
teen men sent from Canterbury for the
Calais garrison, and others for Lon,
don were supplied with red "jakettis'
of cloth at three shillings yard, hav-
ing on them "roses Of white karsey"
as badges. Henry VII, in 1885, insti
tuted the Yeomensof the Guard as
kind of body guard, aand they may be
taken as the nucleus of the present
standing army of England. They con-
sisted of picked men, and were armed
one-half with bows, the other half
with hand guns. Their dress, as it
still continues. was red. = Once a
Week
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
Disagreeable Asreem ent.

It is dangerous to make confession
unless one really means it, and we
may add that it is sometimes danger
Gus to take confession as honestly
meant
A husband and wife, between whom
a little unpleasant passage had oc-
Cured, had made the matter up, and
the wife said, as if to clear her con-
science:
oh, we'll, l suppose have my
faults"
Yes, my dear" said the husband.
"What?''
Il simply said yes. y
That have my faults!" exclaimed
the wife, Indignantly: What are
they, should like to knoW?"
"Wcll, to begin With -
No. | don't want to hear. =
Youths Companion, =" ~
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23

it were better to be born dumb and
never have the gift of speech than,
having the gift, to employ it in speak
ing only sharp, unloving or angry
words. New York Press.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-23
LADIES

p; LADIES
Needing a tonic, or children that want building
up, should take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, !nd1ges'
ton, and Biliousness. All dealers keep 1t.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-02
Hit or Miss.

Boston scientist. have discovered
why trees do not flourish near cleo.
tric lights. They need the repose Of
darkness.
New York Journal: aYss, madam.
/ repeat tLat there Il one vocation
which no woman would voluntarily
follow" "And that is "The
trade Of professional ratcatchsr."
Boston Herald: Barber-How Il
the razor Siri Victim I wouldt
know | was being shaved. Barber.
feeling fattered. Glad to----
vIctim-ld think I wss being sand.
papered.
TerS Sitting: Ferguson Why
did Richard Ill. Offer TO give bis
kingdom Tor . horsel McCusick- II
don't know, unless he had once paid
cab hire in New York, and thought
1t would be cheaper 70 own . horse,
no matter what he psid for II.
Two trains. sns loaded, the other
light. stool still for IN hour IN the
road near Bangor. Wednesday,, while
their drivers. both prominent citizens,
argued the question whose place il
was 70 turn out.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-02
NO.. 27
HUSBAND AND WIFE PAYS
THE DEATH PENALTY.
She Turns Her Eyes Toward His
For the Last Time.


At Elko, Nevada on the 10Th
ult., Josiah Potts and his wife Eli
zabeth Potts we've hanged for the
murder Of Miles Fawcetti in January,
1888. At twenty minutes to IL
o'clock both the condemned were
taken from the Jail, where they had
been confined for eighteen months,
and proceeded to the yard between
the court-houso aud jail, ia which
the scaffold hal been erected. On
the scalfold Deputy Shefifs pro-
ceeded to bind them with leather
straps, Mrs. Potts helping to adjust
them herself and Potts sitting stoli-
dly.
When everything had been pro-
perly adjusted, thy were directed
to rise. All of tbe attendants shook
hands with the condemned. Potts
made several endeav0rs to clasp the
hand Of his wife without accom-
pllshing it. Finally touch Of her
wrist caused her to turn her eyes to-
ward his and the mute appeal Of
love caused their lips to meet for a
brief moment. As the rope was
stretched around Mrs. Potts neck
she clasped her lands together and
lifting her eyes toward the sky ex-
claimed: God help me, | am in
nocent." Her husband reiterated
in a hollow tone: God knows we
are both innocent as the black
caps We're drawn over their heads
shutting out the last light Of day.
The words of the clergyman, who
had remained with them to the last,
broke the stiffness: Put your
trust in God, and He viii! see you
righted, and then the drop fell. Mrs.
Potts was at once corpse, owing
to her heavy weight.
Potts vitality, despite his emaci-
ated condition, was very great, it
being a fraction over fourteen
minutes before life was pronounced
extinct. Whensthe body of Mrs.
Potts waf cut down, it was found
her excessive weight on the five.
foot and half drop had almost sew
cred the head from the trunk. The
bodies were deposited in the Potter's
field half an hour after the excu-
ton. The bones of their victim,
Faweett, which for long time had
been kept at the Office of the Dis
trict Attorney were soon after placed
in the same field.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-02
County Convention.

The Democrats of Durham coun-
ty will meet in convention In the
court house Of sand county, on the
9th day Of July, 1890, at 10 o'clock
m. for the purpose of electing del
egates to the state, congressional
and Judicial conventions. Town
ship meetings will be held on the
28th Of June, 1890, at 2 a'clock p.
NJ, to elect delegates TO the county
convention. Said meetings will be
held at the following places: Dur
ham township, in the court house;
Mangum township. at Mangum's
store; Lebanon tow lship, at Cox's
store: Oak Grove to snship, at Bar
bees store; Cedar Fork township,
ut Cedar Fork; Patterson township,
ut Berea Church and Pickett's Mill.
Each township will send ten dele
gates TO the county convention, the
meetings at Berea and Pickett's mill
in Patterson sending five delegates
each.
This convention has been called
only for the purpose Of sending
delegates TO the state, congressional
and judicial convention and win not
deal with county matters.
Democrats are earnestly requested
and urged TO attend these primaries.
by order of the committee.
c. b. GREEN, Chm'n.
J.B. GATES, Sec'y.