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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-25
SAL LEM
COUNTY COURT.
a Negro Rapist Gets Ten
Years.
ROANOKE TINES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.


The county court was occupied most
OF the morning with the case of Jonah
johnson, q young mulatto, charged
with committing rape upon Nancy M.
Kessler, black girl of about sixteen
years of age, on tho Webb farm, near
Salem, about month ago. Prisoner
was defended by Mr.. William Simpson.
The case was.nasty and, relating only to
characters in the most degraded walk
of life, was embarrassing. The jury
found prisoner guilty and fixed his term
at ten years in che penitentiary, though
it is possible, IS there is some doubt as
to tho girls character, whether the
prisoner may not obtain now trial
The other business of the court was
as follows: Charles A. Manning, Thomas
Mills and &. Il. Brown were appointed
commissioners to view and report upon
road from point near Huff's Store by
way of "Punchoon Camp" to the Mont
gomery line, near tho mouth of big
Laurel creek"
G. w. Shelor, Charles A. Manning
and James r. King were appointed com
missioners to change the public road
from point near Mill creek to point
near Terry's Store on the Salem and
Jacksonville turnpike.
Mrs. Bessie G. Jamison was appointed
guardian Of Eleanor Jamison, orphan Of
w. II. Jamison, deceased: bond, l,4OO:
surety, j. III. Camper, father of Mrs.
JamiSon.
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cases these machines are provided with
steps to give better foothold. 1t is
said that the operator upon these ma
chimes becomes SO expert that the water
never ceases running in the troughs
leading from the well, and still his con-
fidence is such, Notwithstanding his APP
parently dangerous position, that he
laughs, sings, smokes, and eats in this
peculiar situation. This machine is pc
culiar to IIindostan, and is known as
the picotah.
The earlier machines for raising
water by power were known by such
names as the tympanuin, noria, chain of
pots. OF these tympanum and noria
were driven by the stream from which
the water was taken. The earlier form
of tympanum consisted simply of
series of cutters united at their open
ends to a horizontal hollow Shaft placed
a little higher than the discharge sluice,
the cutters being arranged radially, and
of sufficient length to extend from the
shaft into the water. The sides were
closed IN by planlSing and the joints
were made tight by callling. From the
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MURDER TRIALS IN ALASKA.
The Trouble Experienced In Providing
WItnnssns.

Tho Trouble Experienced In Providing
Witnesses.
1t is n serious matter to bring wit
ncsscs into court in Alaska-seriou
for the court officer who is obliged to
serve the summons, and more serious
for the witness. The court for the
western district is held in Sitka which
is matter of thirteen or fourteen hun
dred miles from Ounnlasia in that dis
trict which furnishes its part of the
business in the Sitlla court. A murder
was committed at Ounalaska last year.
and the murderer was put on a sealing
schooner and brought to Sitka The
witnesses were all in Ounalaskn or far
Their away, especially those for the de-
tense to whose presence and testimony
this prisoner was entitled under the
law, and the problem was how to find
and bring them to Sitla. There are
no roads from Sitka to Ounalaslia, no
telegraph or line of steamers. To char
ter steamer to go after these wit
ncsscs was difficult, and would have in
volvcd an outlay of seven thousand five
hundred dollars, and SO it was decided
to send the revenue cutter Bear after
them. She sailed from Sitka April 10,
bearing the governor of the territory,
the district attorney and deputy mar
shal, and finally reached the Shumagin
islands. three hundred miles south of
the Alaskan peninsula, and there picked
up the first batch of witnesses; thence
she went over to Pirate Cove TO pick up
incidentally shipwrecked crew; then to
Sand Point for another murderer; then
to some more islands after more wit
nesscs, and finally to Cape Pankoff,
two hundred miles west, for the last
witness, and then back to Sitlln The
trip took month, covering nearly four
thousand miles, and all to give muir
derer his rights under the law.-Spring-
field Republican.
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RAILROADS
81 81 : 4 :. w RaIfoIksHesiernRR.
liEDrIE il EFFECT AUGUST 20 ISL,


SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AUGUST 20, 1891.
wEsrBouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY
Gtj a. III. for Bristol and intermediate stations
so n. m. for kadford Pulaski, Bristol: also for
Bluctcd, Pocnhontns, Elkhorn. Cllnch VAL
ley Division and Louisville via Norton
Pullman slccpcrs To Memphis and New Or
leans and To Louisville via Norton
Gl5 p. III. for Radiord, Pulaski, Bristol Con-
meets Mt Radford for Blucfcld and Poca.
hontas. Pullman slccpcrs to Memphis via
Chattanooga.
NORTH AND EAsTBOUND, LEAVE RoASoKE DAILY.
$50 n. III. for Petersburg and Richmond
LOU ,. IN. Tor llagcrstown. Pullman slccpcrs to
New York via Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Il: 10 Z. m. daily for Richmond and Norfolk. Pull.
man parlor car tn Norfolk.
S35 y. III. for l.ynchburg: no connection beyond.
52j = III. for Shenandoah: no connection beyond
ll:2' p. III. for Richmond and Norfolk Pullman
sleeper 10 Norfolk and Lynchburg to Rich
mond
1l:20 .. III. for llager=town. Pullman slecpcrs to
Washington via Shenandoah junction and to
New NOrk via Harrisburg.
Clinch Valley Division-t.cnvcs Blucncld daily
100 Il. IN. for Norton and l:3J p. IN. for Nor
ton. Louisville and points ON l.. " y. II. II.
via Norton.
North Carolina Division-Lcavc Pulaski daily
eco n III. for lvanhoc and 1910 p M for Ivan
hoe and G0ssan and 500 n. IN. except sun
day. for Betty Baker.
For all additional Information apply mt ticket
Office or 10 w Il. BENlLL,
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke. Va.
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largest was that at Cahoisia, Ill.,, OPP
posite ST. Louis, 80 feet high and 2.OOo
yards in circumference, with level
summit Of several acres. The largest
in Ohio is at Miamisburg, GS feet high
and $50 feet in circumference, contain
ing $4,000 cubic feet of earth and stone.
There is one III West Virginia ~ feet
high that was explored Tor the pur-'
pose of ascertaining if it was really a
mound of sepulcher. A well was sunk
from the summit, and when it had at
tanned depth of ~ feet a skeleton
was found with bushels of relics,
showing that it was indeed the scpul-
cher of some more than ordinary man.
There is one of these mounds near
Cincinnati 50 feet high that has never
been explored because the owner of
the property will not consent to what
he regards IL dissertation of the dead.
These people also have left behind
them many monuments showing that
they were people who regarded the
lively rs we'll as the serious things of
life. Just outside the Fort Ancient is
q pavement of considerable extent that
is supposed to have been used for
dancing. There are numerous remains
Of running courses, always near some
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doughnuts that

our good mothers used to make for us.
The one of those that has attracted tho
most attention and commanded the
closest study is the Serpent mound in
Adams county, located on prcciptous
bluff along Brush creek. The serpent is
1000 feet long, five feet high in the center
tapcring toward the tail and neck. 1t
seems to he swallowing an oval object,
which has led to the conclusion that it
is representation of the oriental
genealogical idea of the serpent and
the egg. This has been quite fully de-
scribcd by Prof Putnam recently in tho
Century.
These figure mounds arc supposed to
have been associated with religious
ceremonies. There are besides mounds
of scpulchcr, which are conical in shape
md exist i'll great numbers throughout
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. The
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DRAWING OF WATER.
Machines Employed for This Purpose In
Ages Como by.


We have already described some of
the ancient methods of raising water,
but these were confined to the elevation
of water from streams or natural bodies
of water lying on tile surface. For Gle
waiting water from wells and cistcrns,
different mechanism was required.
One of the ancient machines for this
kind of work is represented III Fig /.
In this machine long beam weighted
at one end is pivotcd in forllcd post
and arranged to oscillatc on its pivot.
To the lighter end of the beam is con-
nectcd n rod which is attached ut its
lower end to bucket, and the weight
of the heavier end of the beam is moro
than sufficient to lift Il bucket full of
water. Upon the beam is placed n
plank, and at the sides of the plank are
arranged handrails. The operator
walks forward and backward upon the
beam, thus alternately adding his
weight to the lighter end of the beam
and removing it thcrcfrom, causing the
bucket to alternately dip into the water
and lift it to the surface, where it is
emptied by another person. In some
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A CIRCUS IN TOWN.
a Slim Affair With Only One Little Elc-
plant.


Large crowds of people from the
country came in to-day to attend Rentz's
circus. Shortly before noon the street
parade took place, but was disappoint-
ment to those who are used to the
gorgeous pagcants of Forepaugh, Bar
mum, John Robinson or Sells brothers,
for the horses looked jaded, the cos
tunes tawdry, the one little elephant
rnsty, and the mcnageric consisted of
about a half dozen cages. The per-
formance i'll the tont was what might be
considered good for second-rate circus,
and there were really some very pleas
ing and daring gymnastic features. One
OF these. in which man dressed as
sailor was performing on mast swing
ing from tho roof of tho tent, came near
ending in a casualty, as the roof of the
tent slipped down the main pole which
supports the canvas, and the lack tar
was thrown to the ground, but luckily
did not get hurt, and the performance
continued till tho end without further
disturbance.
During the afternoon n doe OF the
Virginia deer species gave birth to
speckeled fawn, which was busily
drawing rations when tho spectators
passed out. The one side show seemed
10 be almost given up to two workers of
~the shell game, and your reporter fear
ing for his watch did not wait to see
whether any suckers were caught. The
crowd during the day was orderly, and
Sergeant Erier reported not a single
arrest. Tho dust was terrible.
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A Journalistic Change.

The Timcs-Rcgister of to-day has the
following kind word to say about the
late Salon correspondents of TIE TINES.
"Mr. II. A. Banks, who has for the
past six months SO ably represented
TIE ROANOKE TINES in Salem, left last
Tuesday night for Chapel Hill, the State
University of North Carolina, where he
will take a course in higher English,
and also teach 4 class. Mr. Tanks was
a courteous and pleasant gentleman,
ready and just reporter, and he leaves
behind him here many friends, who
wish the greatest possible success, and
in this the TimcsRegister heartily
joins. Dir. Frank A. Lovelock takes
the place of Mr.. Banks as the Salem
representative of TIE ROANOKE TIMES.
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Merit Wins,

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, Buclllcn's
Arni:a Salve and Electric Bittcrs, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as we'll or that have given such univcr-
sal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase price,
II satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have won
their great popularity purely on their
m erits. Budwcll, Christian & Barbcc
druggists.
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sepulchcr mounds connected with
the Portsmouth works. Three of these
cover nearly an acre, one of them
twenty feet high. These contain the
remains of many dead and there are
unfinished mounds partly filled with
skeletons. There are several old wells
in this Enclosure. Some of the cmbank-
ments have been lcvclcd in building the
city of Portsmouth, but miles of them
stand still in some places six and eight
feet high.
Circlcvillc occupies the site of one of
these old works and the city has extend
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ago. They were ut last driven out by a
race that differed from them sufficiently
to be distinguished in the skeletons
that remain. The Mound Builders
were long headed people while the
others arc distinguished us Roundheatls.
All arc believed to have been Il species
OF Indian, as is testified by the fact that
the humerus bones of their skeletons
have the distinguishing little hole near
the elbow joint. Claims are made that
1T is possible to trace the mound Build
ers" or "Longheads" across Indiana
and Illinois up the Missouri river,
(where the race was nearly cxtin-
guished by smallpox cpidcmic) and to
identify them with the Mandan Indi-
ans of modern times. To state the ar
guments by which this conclusion is
supported would require many pages;
it is sufficient to say that it is the con-
clusion of such men as Prof Putnam.
GEO. S. MCDOWELL.
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Tho Jail improvements.

Capt. II. DAWN, who has the contract
for furnishing stone for tho city Jail,
has nearly completed that portion of
the work and will begin moving them
to the city IN Il few days. Capt. DAWN
Will erect tho addition TO tho Jail as per
the plans of tho city engineer, the work
to begin October and will be completed
about December 1. The main portion
OF the work, that of quarrying the stone,
has been completed, tho work of laying
thu, same being regarded as only q sec
ondary job.
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The First StcD.

Perhaps you are run down, can't cat,
can't sleep, can't think, can't do any
thing to your satisfaction, and you won
der what ais you. You should heed the
warning, you arc taking the first step
into nervous Prostitution. You need u
nerve tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will lind 1.-The exact remedy for re-
storing your nervous system to it's nor
NAL healthy condition. Surprising re-
suits follow the use of this great nerve
tonic and Alternative. Your appetite re-
turns, good digestion is restored, and
the liver and kidneys resume healthy
action. Try bottle. Price SOC. ut
Christian e Barbec's drugstore.
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Tho Most Powerful LIGHT.

There was recently exhibited in Dub
lin a new burner for lighthouse use,
possessing twice the Illuminating power
OF the largest burners now employed.
1t il calculated that this new burner, in
connection with n specially devised sys-
ten of lenses, will transmit light equal
TO about eight millions of candles,
which far exceed the most powerful
light at present used.
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THE MOUND BUILDERS.
Curious Earthworks Built by This
Mysterious Poople.
Modern Cities built on the Sito of Ancicnti
Fortiilcations-Tho Serpent Mound
III Adams County, O.-Rncc' Tracks
of Peculiar Shape.
Especial Cincinnati Correspondence.1

A preceding article described the
strong defensive works of the ancient
race known as the "Mound Builders"
i'll Ohio. Fourteen hundred other in
closures are scattered all over the state,
most numerous in the valleys of tho
Scioto, Muskingum and Licking rivers,
which seem to have been the ccnters of
of this prehistoric civilization. They
arc mainly carthworlSs in the valleys,
not fortifying hills or even commanding,
positions. 1t is not clearly understood
what they were for, but from their ex-
tent they may have been the walls of
cities, as they occupy the most desira-
bic sites for cities, and, rs in the case
of Marietta, Portsmouth, Circlevillc
and Newark, occupy the sites of modern
cities, showing that the conditions
that pertain now in determining tho
centcrs of civilization and industrial
life influenced then.
The walls of tho inclosure ut Ports
mouth IRE several miles in length and
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BIsEVITIES.

Miss Gertrude Uncommon, who has
been consulting physicians i'll Rich
mond about her eyes, returned to-day.
All Methodists in Salem over fifteen
years OF age are invited to he present at
tho Mothodisu Church 1oxt Monday
night at 1880 p. IN. to attend reception
to be given by the Epworth League
Mrs. Charles III. Bransford who has
been quite sick for several days, is bet
ter.
Many complaints are made by those
who travel to Roanoke on the dummy
OF the sickcning stencil Caused by the
rancid tallow used in the engine Mr..
Mcconnell would oblige many passen-
gers by rcmodying this matter.
w. Hannah, descrvedly popular
young barber, who has spent the sum
mer in New Brunswick, returned to
Salem Yesterday.
The types yesterday had tho amount
of money to be borrowed by the Salem
town council for laying new water mains
on High street, $1,000, whereas it should
have been $1,000. When Salem people
read their ROANOKE TINES with their
erroneous figures thoy whistled in aston
ishment.
Considerable indignation has been ex-
pressed at the continued postponement
of the Watkins trial. Conservative citi-
zens don't like to sec tho State put to so
much expense in cndeavoring to save
the neck of one who SO richly deserves
hanging.
Several College avenue lots have
changed hands in the last few day DAYS
at good prices.
John Baptist, wcll-known colored
hotel keeper on Union street, lost a
grown daughter from consumption on
Tuesday. The funeral took place yes
tcrday.
There are upwards Of fifty pupils at
the Salem Female Seminary, and Mr..
and Mrs. Guy, the principals. arc quite
eiated at tho success Of thoir venture.
AT recent meeting OF the electoral
board of tho county, j. i. Karncs was
appointed registrar for Salem precinct.
vice j. III. HenninG resigned; Benton
Wiley was appointed Judge OF election.
vice j. j. l<arncs resigned. New
copies OF the registration books of Vim
ton and Cave Spring were ordered.
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resemblance of this machine to drum.
the Romans gave it the name it bears.
The tylnpanum shown in the engraving
is an improvement on the older form
and consists of n series of tubular hol-
low arms extending from the periphery
of n current wheel into the hollow shaft
at the center. The blades of the wheel
dip in the stream and are propelled by
the current, and the mouths of the
curved tubes scoop up the volume of
water which advances toward the CEN
ter of the wheel us the wheel rcvolves
The water thus raised is discharged
through the hollow shaft into n sluicc
which conveys it away. These wheels
are especially adapted to purposes of
irrigation and mining.-Scicntifc Amer
ican
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Prof. Tolomci, an Italian chemist.
concludes that the ozone produced by
electric discharges in thunderstorm
coagulatcs milk by oxidizing it and gen
crates Tactic acid. Mr.. Trcadwcn, of
The Wesleyan university, in discussing
tins states that the action is not n mere
oxidation. but is in part produced by
the growth OF bacteria, which is very
rapid In hot, sultry weather.
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Opcru House.

"The Bottom of the Sea" is said to be
the best spectacle on tho road this sea
son. The company is u competent one,
II all the reports are true, and the stage
mechanisms are novelty TO the thcatri-
cal world. The fight between diver
and devil fish is very realistic, as arc
tho assassination in the water and the
laying of tho cable. The success in ar
ranging the production of this play has
been remarkable.
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Those of the circular Enclosure were
twenty feet high and double, with u
ditch between. a popularity of the
circular inclosurc, from which the city
takes its name, was Il mound in the CEN
ter having semi-ci rcular pavement on
the eastern side and graded foot paths
leading to the summit. This seems to
have been place of worship of some
kind as though after the idea of the
outer and inner temple, or the temple
and the Holy of Holes.
The works at Marietta have been al
most Obliterated in the building I'D of
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G n c 10 S @ 2 0 o
acres. L 70 N
t h C main in
closure parallel
w all S extend
u way t o tho
iver, making
nearly twenty
miles of walls.
Similar parallel
walls arc found
connected with
n l important
works in t h o
vi C i n i t y #
rivers. There
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Hon, Still left.

Miss Spinstcr-Such nice man
Rector Brown! Why, this morning he
said there were marriages in Heaven.
Miss Sharp-So consoling for you,
dear, too!-N. Y. Ledger.
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Double Work, Double Pay.

81 said would give you ten cents to
go to the post Office and fetch mo
letter and now You ask for twenty,
ch?"
YES, sir. There was two letters for
you."-Munscy's Weekly.
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extended two parallel walls 231 feet
apart and so graded as to make an easy
descent. There are remains of n similar
graded way not connected with any i'll
closure near Pillcton, O. 1t is 215 feet
wide and 1850 feet long. That is now
part of the pike between Portsmouth
and Chillicothc.
We pass from Enclosures to mounds of
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ed until the en-
bankmcnts are
entirely obliter-
ated. This was
n double inclos-
urc, one Il square
nearly 1000 feet
on each side, the
other n circle
nearly 1000 feet
in diameter. Tho
square had eight
gateyvays, each
defended by u
II o u n d. The
walls when first
discovered were
ten feet hirh.
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the present city.
Originally there
were two large
Enclosures n nd
q large circular
mound, the lat
ter lis feet In
d lam c t CT and
so feet h ig h.
The larger in
CT o su re con-
t n i n c d forty
acres and t The
smaller twenty.
From the larger
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Another invoice of those S2s5 so oak
bedroom suits, with bowel plate mirrors
and oNidized trimmings, just received
by Copper IL Stone, No. 10 Salem ave-
nue. S. O.
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. which there arc over $4,000 in tho


state. Some of
these are plain
conicnl leva-
tions, but others
are remarkable
for their figures.
The Il II i IN Il l.
shaped mounds
are common in
Wisconsin and
Iowa. There are
several in Ohio
of men, insects
n II d animals,
TIN a t resemble
the n n i m n l
dOurhnuts that
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crs is that they
w @ re n people
who came from
the south, posi-
bly, from Mexico
or Central Amer
/ C a, o + II e q r
enough to those
countries to have
absorbed some of
t h C civilization
of their ancient
i n Ii n b it n IL t S.
II hey lived in
o h 10 and t II @,
Ohio valley not
less than five
lundrc al vp1rS
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extensive inclosurc, that are straight
Always" to a turning mound and are
supposed to have been for foot races.
But there is one along the Ohio river q
few miles from Portsmouth that is be-
lievcd to have been used for horse
racing. it being about,a mile in circuit
and broader than would be necessary
for foot contests.
The conclusion of the mon who invcs-
tigatc the history of the Mound Build