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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Prosperity for Farmers.

A dispatch from New York dated
August is, gives the following encour-
aging statement for the farmers of this
country.
Farm profits viii be one billion dollars more
this year IN the United State than they have
been during the recent years of depression Al
least this is the estimate put forward by the
American A griculturiSt i'll it's annual review of
the halvests to be published in the forthcoming
issue of that magazine. On the basis of present
prospects the corn crop of 1891 is estimated at
100000 Bushels. wheat 500,000;000 bushels and
oats 622,0O000O bushels against 1,500 400 and 524
000,0CO bushels respectively in 1890, and 1l00445
and 900 bushels as the average for the pre-
ceding eleven years. This makes the total pro
spectVe crop OF corn, wheat and oats s, ~ 600,
600 bushels, or 2SS per cent over the average for
the preceding eleven years,
Unless unexpected influences wholly change
the currents of events the value OF corn on the
farm VIII average i'll December fully fifty cents
bushel, wheat 81 per bushel and oats at least
40 cents. TN this basis the value of the corn
crop to the farmers will be one billion dollars
wheat five hundred million dollars and oats
two hundred and fifty million dollars, a total
of one billion seven hundred and fifty million
dollars This is four hundred and fifty million
dollars lo1 more than the value OF these crops in
1880, and six hundred and twenty-five million
dollars more than the value of the average of
these crops from 1880 to 1890, inclusive.
Cotton and rice Will command better prices
than last season. Cattle are worth one third
more than eighteen months ago with other
live stock in proportion Tobacco is advancing
heavily for cigar leaf, contracts beng made foj
the crop in the fleld at advance of Is to 30 per
cent, over last year, hops are firm at good
prices, winter fruit will command large values
and al vegetables are yielding fairly. With every
indication of remunerative market
The export outlook was never better; inmens-
~ increased sums will be sent to the United
States for our produce Ulterior influences may
of course intefere with this brilliant prospect,
but conservative agricultulsts predict better
profits for the farmers OF the United States dur
ing the next five years than ever before There
will be no return TO War prices but the money
pn firth n
enable the farmer to get more value out of his
profits than at any previous period.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
THE SAFE BLOWERS.
Indications Point to Their Arrest.

There have been@rumors afoat for a
week to the effect that the parties who
broke into Mr. j. a. Faber's jewelry
store on Sunday June It'll, blew open his
safe, and carried away several Thousand
dollars worth of jewelrv had been
caught up with. The foundation of the
report is the statement OF a detective, q
colored man named Turner, from Poca-
hontas, Virginia, who belongs to a de-
tective agency, and who came here last
week to ascertain the status of the re-
ward of $500. offered for the arrest of
the parties. He reports that lie has the
parties in limbo at Gallipolis, Ohio.
Both were former residents of Clifton
Forge and left here, one the next day
after the robbery, and the other a week
later As the story goes, one had been
employed at the machine works and was
discharged from service a few days prior
to the robbery, and the other, carpen-
ter had been at work for a building
company here, from whose shop several
chisels were missing about that time.
ct will be remembered that the doors
were forced open with chiselsof different
Sizes The detective claims TO have
fallen in company with them as tramp
on their way to Ohio and helped them
to sell watches and jewelry along the
route After getting to Galipolis they
all got on spree, and were arrested, but
were afterwards released. A second
time they. were ARRESTED as suspicious
characters, and are held now as prison
ers according to the detectives story.
He says the officers have a lot of watch
es and iewelry, together with $50 in
money which were taken from the prs>
oners. He also claims to have virtual
confession of the robbery from the men
arrested II the watches can be had
there will be no trouble about their
Identification as Mr.. Faber has the num-
her of each one stolen
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Lend Us YOUR Eyes!
FOR A SHORT WHILE.

LET US TELL YOU WHAT
we are keeping. We are at the Iron
Front Building, Opposite Jefferson
Street, and ready to sell you any
thing usually found in FIRST
CLASS DRUG. STORE. Our stock
of Hair, Tooth. Cloth, Shaving, Nail,
Flesh, w w, and Paint Brushes are
select. Just received nice line from
the Factories, as we'll as nice line Of
Lamps and Lamp Goods, on which
we can save you the Jobbers and
Wholesale profit, and we defy any to
excel us III quality or prices. We
have a select stock of Tobaccos, CT
gars and Confectioneries. We have
just gotten a nice line of Toilet Soaps
and Single and Triple Extracts and
Colognes and Toilet Articles, gem
orally found i'll a Drug Store. Our line
of Stationery, which we have just in
and careful attention to same, ere
purchasing elsewhere We say with
sincerity and due respect to our
competitors, that we defy them
to excel US in Quantity, Prices or
Quality, or to show forth more elab-
borate Stock to select from. We are
still receiving and can Just bet we
are selling the celebrated L. & M.
Paint, and have good Stock always
on hand, as we'll as all sizes of Win
dow Glass, Putty, Oils and Varnishes.-
You will find our Prescription and
Patent Medicine Department as
full and as fresh as usual, nay better
than you generally find in towns of
our size.
We thank the dear people of Cliff
ton Forge and elsewhere for their past
patronage, and ask.you for continu-
anee of same, assuring you we will
express our appreciation by our
prompt attention to all orders or calls
and close prices. Only ask you to call
and examine and see if all we have
said will not be corroborated. Open
on Sunday for Drugs and Medicines,
and Recipes carefully and accurately
compounded at all hours, DAY or
NIGHT.
Come one and all and give us call
and look at our Sundries, and Stock
generally
Respectfully and truly yours to
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Religious Notes.

The Helping Hand society of the
Presbyterian church is holding festival
in the old church building It COM
menced Tuesday night and will close to-
night. The announcement for this fes-
tival, made last week, unfortunately
read 'Apriln instead of August, an error,
however, which was too patent not to
be understood by our readers.
Rev Henry N. Woods, missionary to
China, filled the pulpit of the Presby-
terrain church here Sunday morning and
evening. He is a native of Charlottes>
vile, Va, and son of Rev. Edgar Woods,
of that place.
There will be no services at the Pres
byterian church next Sabbath, owing to
the absence of Rev. Mr.. McCorkle, the
pastor, filling a Presbyterial appoints
ment at Iron Gate
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Brooke Stafford Drowned at Low

On Tuesday morning a message was
received here by the officers to watch
the river for a drowned body. Inquiry
elected the fact that Tuesday Brooke
Stafford had started with his dinner
bucket to cross Jackson river on log
to go to his work at Low Moor where he
was painting a house. When he had
reached midstream the log turned
throwing him into the river with the
above result. AT last accounts the body
had not been found, although Capt.
Shepherd who had him employed is said
to have been unceasing in his efforts to
do So The river is considerably swollen
and owing to this fact the search is rem
dered much more hopeles. Mr.. Stafford
was son of the late John Stafford, Of
Staunton. He has one brother living in
Staunton two married sisters living at
Newport, Arkansas, one sister in Balti-
more and another married sister in Sa-
lem, we think, or in Roanoke county.
He was recently engaged painting sev>
eraI buildings at Rich Patch mines
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Fer Over Fifty Years

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays ali pain, cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrlrea 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer ilnme-
diately. Sold by druggists in every
part OF the World. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs Wins
lows Soothing Syrup and take no
other kind.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

The war cloud is gathering thick and
threatening in Europe. The triple alli-
ance of Germany, Austria and Italy, on
the one side, and the defensive under-
standing between Russia aud France, on
the other and the active movements
towards strengthening national arma~
ments, all point to a gigantic struggle in
the near future, and the reconstruction
of the map of Europe as result,
Father O'kane, late pastor of the
Catholic Church at Alexandria, Va,
died at Chapel Point, Md, on the s2nd
inst,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
School Opening.

The Clifton Forge Seminary will open
next Wednesday, Sept. end, in the new
Seminary building under much more
favorable circumstances than heretofore,
and we hope with increased attendance.
The night Express was held up at Col
Inns Station, Ga, last Thursday night by
three masked men and the safe robbed of
about $50, 900. There was no resistance,
and the robbers escaped.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.


4 thoroughly competent and expe-
rienced Double Entry Book keeper de
sires a situation
Is familiar with Joint Stock, General
and Bank Book keeping.
Highest testimonials from former EN-
ployers.
Address g care VALLEY yuseIN-
IAN aug.2. H.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27


The Augusta Baptist Association will
hold its annual meeting at Greenville
Sept LIST, lasting three days The Asso-
citation is composed of the churches in
the counties of Augusta, Allegheny.
Bath, Highland, Rockingham and Rock
bridge. Visitors expecting to attend the
association can secure cards from the
different church pastors which will en-
title them to reduced rate railroad tick
cts. DIR. J. B. Taylor of Lexington, is
moderator
Mr.. Arthur Lacy left Clifton Forge for
Richmond nearly three weeks ago to
have an operation performed in conse-
quence of bullet wound received at
khartoum, Egypt, during the attempted
rescue OF Chinese Gordon. His MANY
friends here will be gratified to learn
that the operation has been successfully
performed, and hope for his speedy re :
coVery and return. The operation was
performed by Drs. Bosher, Matthews,
Coleman and Johnson.
Mr.. VIM. FIautt, carpenter, who
came to Clifton Forge from Baltimore
some time ago to work on the Gladys
Inn, died at the Wickham House early
on Thursday morning last, after an ill
ness of several weeks. His remains were
inferred at the Catholic burial grounds,
at Low Moor, on Thursday He leaves
wife, who resides here, but no children.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Glasgow improvement Company last
week, Col. j. D. H. Ross resigned from
the presidency, and w. A. Ross the posi-
ton OF secretary and treasurer Prof.
A. L. Nelson was elected instead of Col.
Ross as president, and w. A. Glasgow,
secretary and treasurer L. A. Watkins,
OF Glasgow, was elected manager.
Capt. A. G. Berkeley, of the Newport
News division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, is visiting his brother,
Capt. R. NJ. Berkeley, OF this place.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

Phil. KNAPP. Optician, will aeaa be
in his office at Stauntion on Saturday,
Aug. 22nd, and remain until Saturday
evening, Aug. 9th. Office at DR. BURK-
HOLDERS DENTAL Rooms. over Major
Harris Bazaar Examination Free.
aOpt.-3t
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Highest Of all in ieavenng Power S Govt Reps IT.
E|2S>kAI Baking
Z y 5000 Z ~ saSs r.
A1S0za aElsg pgyEsH
3S7a Z ! El pg gEE

IRON GATE. Mr. Wm. a. Houn, and
wife Of Augusta eounty,are visiting their
son Mr.. j. f Houff and family, of Iron
tate and friends in Clifton Forge.
Mr. Y Il. Putt, contractor, has Just
finished a dwelling house for Mr.. A. P.
keagy.
hr Swinson, late depot agent at this
piaee,returned here Tuesday evening.
JOCK.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

WANTED Travelling Salesman for
Virginia and West Virginia trade
Address, HARDWARE,
aug13. P. O. Box S14 Baltimore Md.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

There may be persons i'll this comnun-
itv who are at times troubled with collie,
or subject to attacks Of bowel complaint.
Ii SO, they should try Chanberlain's
Collie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
1t will afford almost immediate relief,
and when reduced with water is pleas
ant TO take, Ii taken as soon as the
first indication of the disease Is felt it
will ward off the attack. Many people
use it in this way, and find that it new
err fails them, A 25 or SO cent bottle may
be obtained from FARKAR s. WILLIAM
son, Clifton Forge. Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
Virginia Agricultural ( Mechanical COLLEGE,
BLACKSRURG. VA

ESULL FACULTY fifteen instructors = Wei
- ~ equipped shops and laboratories. Farm Of
Degfee Cotfses in Agricultural horticultural
civil, Mechanical, and electrical Engineering,
ahd Applied chemistry Shorter courses in A gri-
culture and Mechanics.
Iat0t Cost for session Of nine 30 months inclu.
dmg Clothing, text books, &c. about one hundred
and forty dollars (si46)
Next session begins Monday, Sept. 2lst, 1891
For Information, apply to
]. NJ McBRYDE, PHI. D.. LII. d.,
auSi9.l President.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

The Iron Cross Cigar is the best on the
market. At Farrar & Wiliamson's
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
The Markets.

The tone of the grain market con
tinues strong. Vast quantities of wheat
are moving to the seaboard, and large
transactions in oats and corn are report,
ed In Baltimore, wheat is quoted at
$1.10 to $1.13. Corn So cents to 70 cents
Oats 81 cents to 40 cents. Ia New York,
spot sales Of wheat $1.13. September
S1.121 October 81 ~. November $1.14
Corn 76 cents to IS cents. Chicago,
wheat sl.o5 to $1.11. stanton, wheat
90 cents to 9s cents, Corn 81 cents to 70
cents
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

The Covington Steam Laundry
Is now prepared TO do all kinds Of Laun-
dry work in the neatest style and at
LOWER PRICES than obtain elewhere,
and solicits the custom of Clifton Forge
Patronize home enterprise by leaving
your orders with
j. r. BROWN, Agent,
Opposite Old Bank Building.
i,71x-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

FARRAn-he sells the Iron Cross Sc
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

A lady milliner. Inquire at P. Leyy's
Solid comfort, the Iron Cross Cigar.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

In few days, it is hoped, the Electric
Plant will be in complete working order,
and be prepared to furnish lights for
the city. There are some details in the
arrangement of machinery, &c, yet to
be completed, and when that is done a
flood of light will be thrown upon the
city and the surrounding country.
We are informed by Postmaster Foster
that the Postofiee Department has in
creased the allowance for rent of postof-
flee at this place nearly one-half. The
increased business done here and the
decided improvement in the present
quarters OF the Office fully warrant this
increase.
1t is stated that a valuable silver ore
vein has been discovered on Hans Creek.
Monroe county, w. Va, near Sunnyside.
The ore analyses $206.S0 in silver and
$1.o3 in gold, or total of s2O7S3, to the
| ton.
Mr.. P. II. Cook, of Huntington, Indi-
ania, formerly general foreman of the
Chesapeake and Ohio shops at this place,
| arrived here this week on a visit to his
friends by whom he is warmly greeted.
The Mount Zion Baptist Church OF
which Rev. N. A. Smith is pastor at Ga
la Water, will be dedicated by the col
ored people on the 9Th of September.
Mr.. W. S. Whitman, of Ironton, Ohio;
and his brother, E. c. Whitman. ESQ. of
Glasgow, were in the city yesterday.
Mr.. w. E. Balm, prominent hard ware
dealer of Glasgow, was in Clifton Force
Tuesday viewing the town.
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--a--sr -s--
Wanted
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27

Garnett and hatle, daughters OF Mr.. l..
I. Savin accompanied by their aunt,
Miss Mary Savin, left last week to visit
friends near Relair Hartford county,
Maryland Mr.. Savin accompanied
them as far as Washington city. and re-
turned the first of the week.
The very inclement weather thus far,
has materially interrupted the Fair at
Staunton. The promise was for a very
successful exhibition this year, but the
unusual rain ever since it opened must
necessarily limit attendance and receipts.
For several years past the weather has
been unpropituous during the Augusta
Fair.
We desire to call attention to the ads
vertisement of Sc" under the head of
Wanted We know the gentleman to
be thoroughly qualified for the duties of
such a position as he seeks, and he has
served in number of responsible posi-
tons in this section. He is also a gen
tleman whose moral standing is above
reproach.
Cards are out for the marriage of I'm
boden Hudson, formerly of Staunton,
now of Portsmouth, Ohio, to a young
lady of that place, on the 3rd of Septem,
ber Mr.. Hudson is a civil engineer by
profession, and has been engaged on
work in Portsmouth for some time past
We congratulate him in advance of the
happy event.
Rev. j. H. Shealy, pastor of the Luth-
eran Church, Staunton, has accepted q
call to the Ascension Church, Savannah
where he will go in October. He has
been useful and popular minister in
Stanton, and his determination tc
leave will be a source of regret not only
to his congregation but to citizens gem
orally.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-04-16
Agricultural Paper Free.

1t IS with pleasure that we an
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lished at Fort Wayne, ind, and
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of any of our subscribers who will
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vance from date, and to any new
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regular subscription price of
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Nevada County picayune., 1891-04-16
John II. ARNOLD,
LAWYER,
Insurance ami Real Estate Ags1t
lutiice at Court lIousel
PRESCOTT. ARK.

. TOR SAI.r--IN PRESCOTT:
Pritcharl Residence and acres on East
Main street.
\ four room residence aud two lots north
of the public school house.
II unimproved lots in Brad Scots and
Warren's additions to Prescott $1,000
down and balance in monthly instalIments.
The Clark place, newly repaired and put
in good condition; 100 by 40 feet; also
acres north of the Prescott Lumber Co.'s
planning mill, and GA terms to suit purchaser.
.IN COUNTRY:
John Martin farm, 2G0 acres with good
house and barn, and 100 acres open land for
sale very cheap.
The Ben Stanley farm, 200 acres, two good
houses and 40 acres in a high state of cult
walton.
The Rosa Campbell farm, 2io acres. \
very fine tHru-well improved.
The famous Bsg, lands: 5000 acres for
sale in quarter or half quarter sections, one
mile from Prescott; 2i0 only four-tfths Of a
mi.e from the depot at Prescott-the
Pritchard tract-and joining on the south Is
320acrcs, known as the Smith tract.
so acre, fine hill and creek bottom land,
near Emmett, part of the McDougald land.
The Noteworthy place, 2i0 acres, one mile
north Of Emmett.
The old Mcmillan farm place, 2l0 acres,
near Glepyille-yery cheap.
$50 acres near Brewers new mill.
200 acres at Bluff City, 50 acres in cultiva-
tiou--a good well ON the place.
lG0ocrc., nine mile, northwest of town
good tjllablc sandy land,
- acres two miles southeast of town, with
q good three room residence and thirty
acres in cultivation.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-04-16
The Intelligent Compositor.

There are some things that the av-
erage compostor cannot or will not
do and some that he both can do and
does do. The former are not nearly
so numermous as the latter, SO they
may be catalogued before schedule
is attempted of his virtues.
The average compositor cannot be
persuaded that there is such word
as ingenious. He is certain to
make into ''ingenlous" at least nine
times out of ten; and, then, to re-
store the average between the and
i is very likely to make "insldious"
into ''insiduous,' possibly misled by
"deciduous," which he uniformly
gets right.
His pons asinorum, however, is
consensus, which he will set up
"concensus" in spite of the united
efforts of writer, pro0f-reader and a
whole staff of editors. The word
census seems to carry him off his
feet, and he lives and dies in the be-
lief that the longer word is census"
with the ICON" pretixed.
But let us see what the compostor
can and does do every day of his life.
He takes manuscript, the chirogra-
ply of which would make the lid of
a Chinese tea chest blush with envy,
translates it into the vernacular as he
goes along, corrects the spelling and
the grammar, aad oftentimes the
rhetoric, and turns it out, not as
the author wrote it, but as he inten-
ded to write it.
He sets up better English than
most men can write he can detect
errors of fact as we'll as of style he
can give the horse editor points on
sporting matters and the religious
editor on theology; he can appreci-
ate even the merits of a discussion
on the tariff and detect the fal acies
in profound leader on economics !;
and he can do more hard and intelli-
gent work in a given time, if he has
to, than any other sort of handi-
craftsman.
Setting off, then. his cccentrici-
ties and idiosyncracies against his
fund of general information, his
knowledge of wide range of sub
jects and his ability to discriminate
between good and bad literary work,
it is surely no misnomer to call him
the "intelligent compositor. y San
Francisco Chronicle.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-04-16

We've heard of woman who said
she'd walk five miles to get bottle
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton, if she couldn't get it without.
That woman had tried it. And it's
a medicine which makes itself felt in
toning up the system and correcting
Irregularities as soon as its use is be-
gun. Go to your drug store, pay a
dollar, get a bottle and try it--try a
second, a third, if necessary Be
fore the third ones been taken you'll II
know that there's a remedy to help
You. Then you'll keep on and a
cure'll come. But if you shouldn't
feel the help, should be disappointed
in the results--you'l find guarantee
printed on the bottlc-wrapper chat Il
get your money back for you.
How many women are there Who
rather have the money than health ?
And "Favorite Prescription" produ-
ces health Wonder is that there s
a woman willing to suffer when there
is guaranteed remedy in the near
est drug store.