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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
A First Glass Paner.

The Baltimore Sam is growing in pop
ularity throughout the South. 1t is one
of the most ably edited papers in the
country; has one of the most industri-
Gus and untiring Washington cor
respondents, and gives the news of
the world SO perspicuously and fully,
that it meets every expectation. While
we differ politically with the Sun, we
cannot but appreciate it's completeness
as newspaper, and the clearness with
which it discusses public questions. The
weekly is a superb paper, and for one
dollar gives as much to interest and in
struct as any journal we exchange with.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF A VALUABLE
VENDORS LIEN BOND

FOR $1,g40.M,
with interest from the goth day of January 1883.
PURSUANT to an order Of the Circuit Court of
i Augusta county at the November term
thereof 1880, in the attachment cases therein
pending Of L. H. OFT VS.. ]. S. Curry, &C.. and
Allison & Addison VS.. ]. S. Curry, &c, shall
offer for sale in front Of the Court house in
StauntOn, Va,
ON Saturday, nth day Of January, 1891,
a certain bond executed to said J. s. Curry b1
Hannah Curry for the sum of 81, 94S 80 with In
terest thereon from the Goth day of January, 1888
and payable on the death of Hannah A. Curry
and Robert A. Curry, which bond is a vendors
lien on a certain tract of land containing l50
acres, situated on the waters of Naked Creek,
Augusta county, Va, and known as the old
Curry Homestead adjoining the lands of Charles
Curry and others, and is the same tract OF land
that was conveyed to Hannah A. Curry from the
said j. s. Curry by deed dated January the 10Th,
1889, and of record in the County Clerks office of
Augusta county,
TERMS :-One half cash, and the balance in
six months, the purchaser executing his negOtia-
BILE note satisfactorily endorsed.
T. r. N. SPECK, Sheriff,
dec18tds And as such Commissioner
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HankerchiefS. MnffAn,.e 30

Could there together complete these goods
selected? We think We offer dozen Ladies Hem Stitched
which colored border
especially
Ladies Plain numbers
lively duplicated and what
half andechie nothing,
such small cost For all Linen Hem Stitched
they would and make him Beautiful
Plain White Silks from each Mue White Color
Cheap of
chiefs ALL
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
Parnell Defeated.

In the election for u member of Par
lament in kilkinny district, Ireland, the
anti Parnell candidate was elected by
500 majority. The contest was very ex-
citing, and full vote polled. This is the
beginning of the fight. The priests
working against Parnell and controlled
the result. But for their interference
the result would have Been the reverse Of
what it was.
The difference between protection and
free trade is illustrated thus: In 1860, a
keg of nails sold at $500, and in 1890 at
$3.50.
The Virginians in the House voted as
follows on the reapportionment bill
which passed the House on the nth:
Ayes, Messrs. Bowden, Browne, Buch-
anan, Edmunds, Langston, Lee and
O'Ferrall: noes, Messrs. Tucker and
Waddill; absent, Mr.. Lester, who was
home Oh leave of absence.
Virginia has before her a great future.
The developments now going ON will
discover sources of wealth and power,
which will eventually place her in the
front rank of States, both in population
and wealth. We are moving on the
right lines-the energy of our own peo-
pie is being aroused, and when this is
the case it viii not be long before others
will come to our assistance TO share in
the fruitions and the results of well
directed efforts.
An illustrated edition of Lambs
Tales from Shakespeare's Comedies"
with copious notes by DR.. William J.
Rolfe, is announced as nearly ready for
publication by Harper & Brothers. 1t
forms the fourth volume of DIR. Rolfe's
series of English Classics for School
Reading, and is designed to be of service
not only as a supplementary reading
book, but as an introduction to the study
of Shakespeare for those who are old
enough to begin that study in earnest.
A beautiful and artistic calendar for
1891 was received by the VIRGINIAN last
week from James L. Taylor, general
passenger agent of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad system. The equip
ment and service Of this line place it
among the foremost in reputation, as it
is also in the amount Of its mileage and
the extent and variety of the country
through which it extends. Three
through trains run daily from Washing
ton and Richmond, respectively, the
initial points of this the greatest of the
Southern systems, to the centers OF the
mineral, manufacturing, agricultural,
and commercial development OF the
South.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
Pittsburg-V1rginia Railroad.

An important meeting of gentlemen
Interested in the Pittsburg- Virginia rail-
road, an extension of the Davis system
of West Virginia to connection with
the Chesapeake and Ohio g! Goshen
and ON to Glasgow, was held IN Balti-
more on the 22d. Ex-senator Davis,
Gov. Fleming, of W. Va, Holmes
Conrad, r. P. Chew. J. F. Effinger, c. P.
the whole scheme was discussed, and the
methods to carry it into effect consid-
cred. The plan contemplates a railroad
from Pittsburg by way of Goshen, to
Lynchburg. and the result of the deliber-
atiOns was encouraging.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
In Memory

OF Miss Hattie E. Moore who died suddenly Of
heart disease at her fathers residence in Rich
mond. Va, Dec goth, 1890 This young lady win
be remembered for her lovely, modest and lady
shooting gallery in this city, making many
friends, who tender him every sympathy in his
sad bereavement.
Tho taken thus in early bloom
From palms and Ills Of earth,
She'll walk the new Celestial home
And plead for friends on earth
EprU
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
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Has won the. foremost place among Pennsyl-
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and fairness with which it conducts its business.
reports great events, and the completeness with
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State and country.
Its field is worldwide and Its staff its special
correspondents, SO many and well organized, its
source Of news SO numerous that it appeals to a
wider N any other
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The printing of news is always It's first bnS1-
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25

We have no quotation of farm products for
this week. The impossible roads and severe
weather have arrested all communication be-
tween city and country by vehicles. Neither
grain nor flour have been offered on the market
for two weeks. Fowls and wild meat have been
plentiful There is perfect blockade of turkeys,
rabbits, birds. etc, and fair prices are COM
manded. We cannot report any change in this
correction until the holidays are over.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
Married.

On the 24th in Staunton, by Rev. J. F. Williams
Mr. Charles N. PatteSon and Miss Halle B. Witt
both of Nelson county, Va.
At the Virginia Hotel In this city, on Dec. II
by Rev. H. F. Shealy. MIR. Thomas Dunlap and
Miss Blanche Sheets, both of the Spring Hill
ne1ghbOrhOod
On the BIRD Of December in Staunton by Rev.
j. Z. Williams, Mr.. Robert L. Hanback,, formerly
of Fauuuir county, now of Waynesboro, and
Miss Leila S. Kennedy, of Augusta county.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
Midway Items.

Especial Correspondence of the vIRGIN1AN.]
The snow at Midway is on an average
of 81 feet The biggest snow that was
ever showed in this section.
Mr. Joe Pelter paid off his hands at
Black Rock Mines on December Goth,
and has quit work until after Christmas.
Seventeen negroes that left the mines
broke the road to Massie's Mills. The
snow took them up to the waist
Miss Morrison, teaching at Rev. A. II.
Hamilton's, did not get home to the
Baths. on Saturday, SO they will have
to wait for the sweet by and by.
Rev. A. H. Hamilton. Pastor Mt. Car
mel Church, at Steele's Tavern, Va, will
arrive from off his travels in the Holy
Land and all Europe about the 9th of
January. 1891. He will be welcomed by
many friends.
Elegant water sets and coal vases at
Drury & Thornton's.
Mr.. Emanuel Armentrout died recently
near McGaheysville, Va, aged 80 years.
Capt F. A Dangerfeld, who has re-
moved to Culpeper county, sold his resi-
dence in Harrisopburg to Messrs. J. A.
and c. G. Switzer for $4,000.
Harper's Basar published December
goth will contain story by Mrs. Harriet
Prescott Spofford ent tiled AT the Sym
phony." The pictorial attractions of
the number, it is said, will be unusually
| fine.
Sophie SWEET will contribute to Har-
per's Young People for December 23d a
story entitled 1.-THE Boy from North
Jericho" The same number will con-
tain practical article on snow-shoes,
and a fairy tale with characteristic illus
trations by Howard Pyle.
Philadelphia Press: The financial bill
as reported to the Senate on the 18th
provides for an immediate addition to
the volume of currency to the amount of
| 100000 in paper, based on the subsid-
larry coinage in the Treasury, in addition
to the $120G0,OO0 increased silver pur-
chase. This, it is hoped, will satisfy the
| demands of those who think that the
present trouble in the financial world IL
attributable to insufficient currency.
The quantity of money provided for is
in this way not so large as to cause a
very serious imitation of the currency
when confidence is restored again and
the large sums now boarded by the rru>
dent and the tiInid are returned the
channels of trade. It is DANGEROUS ,;sd-
icine that the caucus prescrihes, and
only the knowledge that this much con-
cession to the craze for imitation will
present the passage Of a far worse meas
ure can justify sound-money Republic
cans in supporting It,.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25

Fire crackers and cannon cracke rs
and the whistling boom at Wheat "
Summerson's.
A decree has been entered ordering
the sale of the Virginia AgriculturalSo
ciety's real estate at Richmond. for
judgment of $4,000 in favor of Robert
Beverly and Others if the money is not
paid in ninety days.
Henry b. Brown, OF Michigan, has
been appointed by the President Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States to fill the vacancy oc>
casioned by the death of Judge Miller.
The State debt is in a fair way to be
settled. The basis of it, as published,
is such that the State will be safe in
agreeing to it, if all the details are sat
isfactory. 1t will be great thing for
the State should a contamination be
reached.
The Senate Finance Committee on the
23d, through Senator Sherman, reported
the finance bill. with an amendment
striking out the provision for the replace
ment of the deficiency In National bank
circulation by. the issue of Treasury
notes, and inserting a provision for the
issue of $200,000,000 of two per cent.
bonds, to be redeemable after ten years.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25

deceased, are requested to
pay me at January, February or March court.
after that time the bonds will be in the hands of
an officer.
dec25-2t g. w. SHUEY, Ex'Or.
NOTICE.-Bids will be received at the Vest
~ ern Lunatic ASYLUM for Calves dropped
and ending December 3lst, 1891. Bids close the
9Th of January, 1891. c. MILLER. a
dec18-2t Steward
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25

Oh DuSlu0SS, DeceIuDeT lSGi 1oSU.
Loans and discounts, ................ $39467 OS
Oyerdrafts secured and unsecured -. 1882 70
u S. bonds to secure circulation, 49,. 100000 90
Due from approved reserve AGENTS. l39763 So
Due from other National Banks,...... 1858 90
Due from State Banks and bankers,... 26,4S9 "a
Banking house, furniture, and fixtures 3,436 %
Current expenses and taxes paid, $500. 4,934 W
Premiums on U. S. Bonds, .............. 5000 90
Checks and other cash items, I5S2 %
Bills of other banks. 1915 90
Fractional paper currency, nfckels,
Specie 2,70O 90
Legal tender notes.. 10000 90
rer & per cent Of Circulation $50 90
Total, ........................... $775.5s3 40
Capital stock paid in,............ 100000 OF
Surplus fund.- ........................ 27,O00 90
Undivided profits. 2l,873 u
National Bank Notes outstanding. $4,000 90
Individual deposits subject to check. 5N, ia IA
Due to other National Banks, .......... 1880 %
Due to State Banks and bankers, ..... 1,635 ~
Total. $775,5o3 ~
State of Virqinid, CITY of Staqnton, So : -
|, w. P. TAMS, Cashier of the ABOVE named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. w. p. TAMS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Mth
day Of Dec, 1890 w. W. McGUFFIN, N. P.
Commentaries
c. 5. BAKER,
G. G. GOOCH, Directors
ARISTA HOGE.
<fonO
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
Sale of Furnace Supplies.

HNLESS sooner sold privately, will offer at
~ auction. at Victoria Furnace near Goshen
Virginia, on
Wednesday,, January TN, 1891,
a lot of furnace material and supplies of every
description, conveyed to me iii trust March 10Th,
1885, and consisting in part of stoves and CRATES
wrought and bar iron, TOOLS barrows. nails.
steel, copper and brass wire and other rope,
carts and harness, window frames and sashes
and building material of various Sorts paints, a
quantity OF fire brick and of red brick, 25 sets of
new car Wheels &C.
TERMS-Cash as to sums under 800, and over
that 80 day notes well endorsed.
N, Il. HASKINS, Trustee,
decl1-tdS Goshen Bridge, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
MiddlebrOok Items.

Died at the residence of her husband about
miles Southwest of this place, Mrs. Mccormick,
wife of VIM. Mccormick. Her remains were in
tered at Old Providence Church; the funeral
was conducted by the Rev. Mr.. Hadden. assisted
by the Rev. j. M. Shreckise. The deceased leaves
a husband, who has been for many years de-
prived of one of his lower limbs, and large
family of children, some of whom are small. The
bereaved family have the sympathy Of, the en-
tire community.
Mr. Robert F. Dull, near this place, hassbeen
ying very ill for the past ten days. Some signs
for the better are now apparent and hopes for
his recovery are now entertained.
The corn crop is nearly all gathered and far
mers are busy hauling their bailed hay to market
Our merchants doing a lively business in
fowls. Every body is busy except few dead
beats and loafers W, H.. w.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
Mineral Sectional Great
)rtunity for Capitalists.

go. Chrisman, of Chrisman,
am county, Va, furnished the
article for the Baltimore San
ks ago. We have had it on file
appearance for the purpose of
on, but want of space has here
ecluded it
gion to which Maj. Chrisman
one Of the richest in the South
ais. The districts described are
in state, similar to that of Penn
half century ago. There is
sealth awaiting the application
me agencies which have given
sylvania her wonderful progress
;perity. Fabulous fortunes await
rage and sagacity Of capitalists,
will seize the opportunity to util-
minerals and timber of the coun-
FRED to. 1t will not remain I'M
long. Already intelligent pros
have been busily engaged in
CATION. Specimens of the ores
Is have been taken north for anal
"a =, +h,t Moi Chr;c,, a n g a VIC :, n @
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
List of Letters

Remaining in StauntOn Postoffice Dec. l7th /; sc
which If not called for in Is days, will be II r.
warded to the Dead Letter ONCE, Washingtt
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
w. L. OLIVIER.
Bookseller and Stationer.

West Main Street, next to Y. NJ. C. A.
25sep11 Building.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
D EPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF

III
THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL BANK
at Staunton in the State of Virginia. at the close
Of business, December 10th, 1880:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
The Markets.

EDWARD MCMAHON. P. M.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-25
DRESS GOODS.

And Is prepared to make them up in the best and
latest style, warranted to fit and to please.
In VARIETY OF STYLES and ELEGANT
GOODS have never been able to make q Gnef
display than now.
SUTTS Or PIECE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING
made up In the most approved styles, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. Goods also sold to
to be made elsewhere il desired.
+ All ask is a call, knowing that any taste can
be pleased
declS ]. A. HUTCHINSON
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-02

ate imposing a discriminating duty OF
10 per cent on tea, the product Of
countries east of the Cape of Good Hope,
were struck out
The administrative section relative
to imported articles being forbidden
entry where the business mark Of do
mestic manufacture is simulated, reads
as follows IS adopted in conferences:
''On and after March 1, 1891. NO article
of imported merchandise which shall
copy or simulate the name or trade
mark OF any domestic manufacture or
manufacturer shall be admitted to entry
at any custom house in the United
States"
The conferees in their report speak
ing of the effect of the bill on the rev.
enues. say they do not believe that
there is any material difference between
House and Senate bills in the matter of
estimated reduction in the dutiable
schedules - namely $50 600. 600 = and
their action has not materially affected
that estimate except in the restoration
of the internal revenue provisions of
the House and on that point they say:
s'For the year ended June 80, 1890. the
receipt from special taxes on the class
of persons to be relieved by the bill
were S1,515. 4S1, from taxes on
tobacco SIS, 235, 4S2 and from
snuff S7S7, 731. By the passage Of the
bill the reduction in revenue from to-
bacco will be 81. 5s1, $40. and from snuff
S1S4. 433, making from these two sources
an aggregate of 81, 765. 803. Adding
these figures to the reduction which
would follow in the abolition of special
taxes would make the total reduction in
the internal revenue receips So, 2S1, 2S4
The probable reduction by the customs
schedule will be about $50. OOO 900,
which would give an'aggregate reduction
| by the bill of about 500, 600, 900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-02
EARTHQUAKE PARTIES.


a Striking Illustration Of the Credulity q
tine Homan Mind
The credulity Of the human mind was
prettily illustrated by the world of
fashion In 1850 A smart shock of earth
quake had startled all England in Feb
ruary. and was succeeded by more vio-
lent one in the following March. The
CONSERVATION was general. and Bishops
and G ergymen made the event the sub
'ect Of numerous sermons, homNies and
exhortations, while it is ON record that
q country quack reaped = golden harvest
by selling earthquake piila Then arose
q crazy-minded life guardsman solemn
~ predicting that . third and specially
fatal shock would occur on April s
The polite world, as 1t is called, took
fright. and on the evening preceding the
fatal day the roads out Of London, which
the earthquake was 70 tumbl into ruins,
were thronged with vehicles, though
the newspapers threatened to publish
IAN exact list of all the nobility and
gentry who have left or shall leave this
place through fear of another earth
quake" The ladies wrapped themselves
in earthquake gowns'-warm gowns
intended to be worn while sitting out OF
doors all night Not few persons
spent the night in Hyde Park. sitting
in their coaches, and playing cards by
the light of wax candles what will
you think" writes Horace Walpole. ''oi
Lady Catherine Pelham. Lady Francis
Arundel, and Lord and Lady Galway,
who go this evening to an inn ten
miles out of town, where they are to
play brag till four o'clock in the morn
ing. and then come back, 1 suppose, to
look for the bones of their husbands and
families under the rubbish? '-All the
Year Around
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-02
The PeriIs Of Youth.
How few have any material sympathy TO
youth at that period when

How few have any material sympathy for
youth at that period when
ssStanding with reluctant feet
Where the brook and river meet"
They are urged forward by Natures stern
decree to assume the powers and duties of
manhood and womanhood. And yet this is
the most critical point in the voyage of hu-
man life. Then it is that the danger of a
shattered nervous system reaches its crisis
and ignorance SEXES its opportunity to plant
the seed of future ill-health and misery.
Then it is the quack secures his victim and
his purse. This is the occasion when the
hand of experience should take the hand of
inexperience and guide its feet to the solid
rock upon the farther shore: At the ap-
proach of puberty and during the first years
of this new order of being, there are weak,
ening tendencies that should be guarded
against. A medicine that has the power to
strengthen the various parts of the body
and to regulate and give control to its vari-
Gus functions is essential at frequent inter
vals Such medicine has the eminent DR..
John Bull, of Louisville, KY, given to the
world 1t is known DR.. Bulls Sarsapa-
rilla. Don't fall into the hands of quacks,
but demand this remedy of your druggist
Take no other. It is exactly what is needed
and will carry you safely through to
strength and robust health.