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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
FOR CHURCH WORK.

A Wesleyan league, whose object is
church-work, was organized yesterday at
the Wasbington-S Street Methodist Episco-
copal church, with the following officers:
President, William Bruner; Vice-Presi-
dent, Edward Wilkinson; Secretary, w.
ID. Strailman. The league is an organiza-
ton of young men and the membership as
subscribed Yesterday was forty. Meetings
will be held every Sunday afternoon.
The County Court of Surry holds its
monthly term. tomorrow. There is no.
thing of importance on the docket, how
ever. beyond the usual routine business.
George county met to-day at the court
house, when the first report of the opera
ton of the new road-law was submitted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
HEAVY FINE.

Joseph Watkins, a colored shop-keeper
on Bank street, this morning paid S3l.25
in the Mayors Court as the penalty for sell
ing five cents worth of sawed wood to
customer on Sunday in violation of Sun
day ordinance. Watkins was rather dumb
founded at having to pay so heavily, and
looked as though his profits on the trans
action could hardly be discovered with the
aid of the most powerful telescope.
William Thomas (colored) was sentenced
to four months imprisonment in Jail to-day
for the theft Of fifty cents. He gave his
pursuers a long chase before his capture,
and after his arrest swore out warrants
charging them with assaulting and beating
him, all of which were dismissed.
Rev. Father Murphy, of Philadelphia,
representing the League of the Sacred
Heart. preached at st. Joseph Catholic
church yesterday.
A large number ofour Hebrew fellow
citizens went over to Richmond to-day 10
attend the funeral of DR.. A. Harris.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
,vANY BARGAINS THIS WEEK.

Eight MoDJEsKAs, were s., price now just
one half-f250. ,,,o,,
pIIsH JACKRTS-only one Of each leiI
No 72q-size g6-was S25, now us:
No. 79O-size 42-was 1920. now ";
No 4i7-size 4O-was $25, now tloJO'
No g20-size 3I-Was Sl2, now -
No, G6-si1o 3S-was 1880, now $3.50;
M 72q-size 34-Was $50, now ~
''O' ~ long PLUSH COATS
No 400 4 each "a and 36-wore go, now tl6
NJ sIi-1 each 81, So, and 3S-wore 80, no"SIA
Seven NEWMARKETs-Were 70 apiece no"
$3.50. ,, u.,,op 1,,ng WALKING
rtTK eTS that sold at 81, $3.50, and So-your
choice Of this lot Of plums ct g. 90 apiece.
Tbese goods are offered much below our GUS
tomary reductions, which means more tnan !ou
can comprehend until you see the EoouS 'nein-
'e one PLUSH CAPE left-it is slze 81, 1t was
siO-nOw S625 will buy IL
oo1v sIx AsTRACHAN CAPES left-3 that
sold AZ s75O-sizes 81, 80, and o5Ito close mem
The price is only So: 3 that sold al t-slso
sIzes "a. 30, end 33-and the price TO close tnem
is s250 ..,,.o,,ons ara offered
IN me above lots and II your exact size Is not
among lhem maybe we can alter one 70 Ut
THE SALE OF SOILED MUSLIN
UNDERWEAR WILL BE CON-
TINUED THIS WEEK.
IADIEg GOWNS. trimmed with Torchon lace
and ruffied, at34c $780, r,.A1-. ,,,oA0d
'TTAsniESi SKIRTS, with rui1ies, only 29c.
LADIES SKIRTS, tucked, with Torchon lace
LADIES' SKIRTS. tucked and deep cambria
iuTRDiES; CHEMIsE. With tucked yoke, at SOC. (;
| LADIES' CHEMISE. tucked and Hamburg
LADIES CHEMISE, tucked yoke with lace and
h4 nR[WiRS at SO, 80, 40. 80, and Coo. that sold
| CORSET COVERS at lie. and from this 70
6qc.-all much under real value.
| wv HELD Il THALHIMER,
| q. "a TukTh 600 east Broad street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
DICHMOND THEATRE.
III BRANCH & LEkrH, Manageya

Three Nights, commencing MONDAY, Janu-
AIRY 10th. GRAND WEDNESDAY MATiNER
ONE OF The BRAVEST.
CHARLES MCCARTHY a. Larry Howard, the
Fireman. supported by frstclass company OF
Comedians. including the great william Cronin.
steam hrs-engiLe. hose-carriage. and three
magnificent horses. The most realistic fire
scene ever produced. Under the management
Of J. A. Reed Seats now on sale.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
ApDREss OF EDITOR SEIZE.
nprcnFn AND ROBBED.

The police have in hand a case which Is
involved in much mystery. Several eve
nings ago young man from the vicinity
of Marion, who gives his name as George
Snavely, wastaken up and placed in the
custody of the Sergeant. Hls.clothes were
wet and his mental condition so dazed
that he was unable to give any rational ac-
count Of himself. He IS still under medl-
ed TO state that he was drugged and
robbed. and that in his wanderings after
being drugged he walked into the river.
A vonpg man has been arrested on the
charge of robbing him. but the case viii
not come before the Mayor for examina-
tion until Wednesday,.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
OLD DoMINIos)

A GENERAL MEETING OF THE
N STOCKHOLDERS OF TBR CHESAPEAKE
LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY win be
held at the office OF Curtis & Parker, No. 10
Eighteenth street, Richmond. Va, al l2 NJ. on
MONDAY, February2 2, 1871.
10 aim Q. T. WELLtOkD Secretary.
4 MEETING OF THE LIFE-MEM-
IN BERs AND STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL AND ME-
CHANICAL SOCIETY will be held at the rooms
OF the Bar Association WEDNESDAY, January
2Sth, at II: 30 A. NJ. Every member Is especially
requested TO be present, a. business OF great i'm
portance must be attended 70.
js 2i,2S,s5.g7.2s p. W. holland, Secretary.
NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA,
IN UNITED STATES, STATE, AND CITY DE
P0SIT0RY, RICHMOND, Va, January 13 1s9l.-
The regular annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF this bank was adjourned 10 meet at rs bank
ing-house on TUESDAY, the ID day OF February.
1891, al i2 O'clock NJ, 70 consider the question OF
increasing the capital stock OF the bank and for
the TRANSACTION OF any other budinees that mar
DO brought before the meeting.
jal4-eodtFe3 J. W. LOCKWOOD. Cashier.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-27
a CHARTER GRANTED
MEMORIAL SERVICES IN HONOR OF
BENJAMIN r. PElxoTTo.
Mr.. serke,s Eloquent Tribute ana h"'of'-
Mysterious case--sundav-schooi
Gifts and Presents
,cor,..oo.aeoeo Of tho Richmond Dispatch.l

,co.,..,o,asoee Of tho Richmond Dispstch-l
pxrvasuuRc. VA, January 26.-Judse
Rernard to-day granted charter OF moor,
,,orotion 70 1.-The Eigenbrun Company
for the purposes OF manufacturing mems
o1o,bine and furnishing goods, aud the
buvine and selling by wholesale ana retail
The capital stock is 70 be $4,000 IN snares
Of s25 each. The stockholders may IN,
c,eose the capital stock TO SlOO'OOO, ana
the company proposes TO hold not more
,bon one acre of real estate. The Officers
Go sn tbs 6rst wear are: President, Charles
Cohen Vice.President, /. Eigenbrun; sec
rotarv f.. Eigenbrun. Directors CnaT,es
Cohen. Isaac Cohen, j.. Eigenorun, "
Levy. and Nc ]. Oppenhimer, or pau pau
more Among the corporetors Is 'acoo
Elchenbroner, of Albany. n. l.
THE pEIxorTo SERVICES.
large CONGREGATION filed the synagogue
Sunday afternoon TO participate IN tne
memorial services i'll honor OF the Iatc
BENJAMIN Franklin Peixotto. who, was ior
a number of years Consul General oil tho
United States TO ROumanla. Inc serve?
we're held under the auspices OF the ID MAJ
R'ritb. of which order the deceased was q
very prominent member After the. read
inc OF appropriate Psalms and the singing
of beautiful anthems and memorial hymns,
the rabbi. Rev. DIR. Kaiser, delivered an
address on the lite and services OF the &c
ceased. which was characterized alternate
ly by great eloquence and pathos'
ADDRESS OF EDITOR sELKE.
He was followed by Mr.. d. l.. Selke, as
sociate editor of the 1-Appedl, III an , al
dress on the life and character OF Mr.
Peixotto, which elected the closest atten-
tom and interest. Mr.. Selke was an &C;
ouaintance of the deceased and possessed
an intimate knowledge Of his life and ms
self.sacrifces in behalf of his race; his
nndyinp devotion TO the cause of humanity
his Genuine love of home and country MS
humility of life and his great patriotism;
his great love for his suffering and perse;;
cuted brethren in Roumania, TO whose ara
he went in the direst hour of their need as
a representative of this Government, with
out paw and without reward other tha1
that Of satisfaction of having performed
his duty; and upon this noble life the
sneaker based an eloquent tribute and
eulogy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23

must learn life in her own way. l shall
try and make no difference between her
and the others-and may the Lord have
mercy on you both" he added, half IN
der his breath.
For month the two sta.:d under the
home roof. Helea's mother put down
intuition and instinct With strong
hand. magnifed the superficial charms
OF the man, and was able at last to say:
1T was irregula--i mproper-wrone,
but we cant help liking him"
Helen's sisters-tvo of thcm-really
did like him. The careless, easy. un-
conscious dash OF his manner, his IN
failing, elaborate, if somewhat florid
courtesy, the air of vague romance that
seemed to make the atmosphere in
which he breathed, all appealed to their
ideal of the chivalric and poetic He
did not talk much of himself, but his
half impersonal stories of wild ad-
ventures and reckless daring opened
vistas into limitless wonderland Mr..
Tryon treated him politely always,
and never said word for or against
him.
Then Helen took the few thousands
of dollars, for which by right she
should have waited till she had reached
her majority, and went with her hus-
land into the then half-savage depths
of the Colorado cattle ranges.
For four years her letters came regu-
larly From the very first there had
been little of personal record in them.
What she hoped or feared, en-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
Favoring Tax On Real Estate Only.

| Last year, while mayor of Boston,
Mr.. Hart appointed commission to de-
| wise an improved method of raising
revenues for municipal support. The
commission submitted its report to the
Boston city council last week in which
the recommendation is made. in brief,
| that Boston's revenues shall be derived
by tax on real estate only, and that
all forms of personal property be re-
lieved from taxation. The report is
summed up as follows:
''In short, we believe that if the total
tax levy should be laid upon real estate,
and personal property wholly exempted
from taxation, the state as whole,
| would be more prosperous; labor would
be better employed and better paid, and
real estate, in spite of the greater bur-
den laid upon it, would increase in val
ne more rapidly than in the past, and
would be a better investment than it
is"
The Boston Globe enthusiastically
endorses the recommendation of the
commission, and says that the new idea,
ii adopted, would prove so popular
that other cities, and eventually the
whole state of Massachusetts, would
adopt it." 1t then goes on to say:
There is a great deal to be said in IA
vor of the plan. Boston would then be-
come the most attractive city 10 the
country for wealthy people to live in
and for business men to start new en-
terprises in. Here alone could they be
assured that they would not be taxed
on anything but their land buildings.
Perhaps eventually it might be found
advantageous to exempt the buildings
also. Such a course would certainly do
a great deal to boom Boston"
A reporter of the world visited Tax
Commissioner Coleman. of New York,
few days ago. and solicited his opin-
ion on the recommendation of the Bos-
ton commission. The commissioner
said it expressed the views he had en-
tertained for the past twenty years.
Personal taxation, he held, drives away
capital, as we proved by this statement
before the Fassett committee, which
showed that this city lost several hun
dren millions annually through this
cause. AS to where the line between
the improvements of real estate and
personal property should be drawn, the
commissioner said that which was NOV
able and not essentially part of the
real estate he would consider personal
nronertv
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
A STREET CAR INCIDENT.
The Emotions stirred Up by a Child's Sweet

kindly-faced policenan-there are
such was on the grip end of limits
car He was off duty and had his
seven year-old boy with him. The boy
was one of the sort you notice, not be-
cause he was full of mischief, for such
BOYS are so common that they do not
attract as they used to; but this boy
was noticeable because he had an cx-
preston on his face which must have
come from his lrothe:. In a word, he
was not vet contamira ed. After a lit
tie while another lGan boarded the
same end of the ca. He was one of
those brusque. brief. busy souls so COM
mon in Chicago. lie looked as if he
thought there ought to be some better
and brisl>er transportation to get man
to his business than cable cars. He
looked at the policeman, at the boy, and
then asked:
rs that your boy?
The policeman never looked any more
cheerful. not even when he got his ap-
pointment, than he did when he replied
that he was the father of the boy. The
brusoue. brief and busy man took the
boy on his lap and patted his cheeks.
He told him some stories, the sort which
boys like to hear. He was SO fond of
the boy that the father looked at him
with some suspicion. probably because
he is a policeman just before the
policeman got off the car, having told
the boy the next corner was the one,
the brusque. brief. busy man took a
two-dollar-bill from his pocket and
slipped it into the jacket pocket of
the boy. The boy and his father left
the car. The brusque, brief and busy
man looked after the boy. drew the
back of his hand across his own eyes,
then threw back his head and tried to
whistle. But somehow the moisture of
his throat had risen to his eyes and
then he used the handkerchief
You seemed to be very much inter
ested in that policemans boy" said the
writer whose curiosity had come to the
front.
Yes" was the answer.
You see,'' he went on to say, the
circus is in town this week and-well, l
have been a boy myself.
But after we had gone a few blocks
further the real secret cave out. The
busy mans voice would get husky in
spite of him, and pretty soon he gave
way to tears Then he had to explain.
of course. He said that he had recently
buried his only boy, and that the police
mans bov was so much like his own
dead child that he could not help his
actions.
Il did not notice the denomination of
the bill which gave him. You say II
was a two-dollar one. If it had been
ten it would have been all the sams."
Chicago Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
THE GOLDEN AGE OF WOMAN.


Chivalry of the Present as Compared to
That of the Past.
It is generally supposed that the age
when steel-clad gentlemen tilted with
long spears in honor of their Dulcineas
was the golden age of ''frst-class" la
dies; but on looking closely into the
household annals of the days of chival-
ry, we discover that the 'queen of love
and beauty" for whom so many midriffs
were transported and caputs cloven
worked rather harder than modern do
mestics Now and then they sat in state
in galleries hung with 'broidered tapes
try, and saw cavaliers wearing their
scarfs and mittens let daylight into
other cavaliers who disputed the poten-
cy of their charms; but those gratifying
spectacles We're luxuries too expensive
and dangerous to DE common. and the
ordinary routine of 'ladye's" life in
the chivalric era was at once monot-
onous and laborious.
The stately countess of the olden time
spun and carded and wove as indus
triously as any of her handmaidens;
served out bread to the poor on loaf
days" at the castle gate; shaped and
helped to make her husbands and chill
dren's clothing and her own flor in
those days tailors and dressmakers were
few and far between); supervised the
larder and the dairy; carried the pom
derous keys of the adjustment, and,
in Short played to perfection the care
full housewife in the stronghold of her
lord, while he rode about the country
with curtal AK at his saddle-bow and a
long ashen skewer at his stirrup-leather,
in a chronic state of wolfishness, and
ready to do battle for any cause or no
cause at all with whomsoever it might
or might not concern.
In this delightful modern era of fine
ladyism, fashionable lady does not
perform half the amount of useful la
Dor in a year that a high born dame of
medieval times accomplished every
month of her life. Instead of hanks Of
fax she spins street yarns; her carding
is done with bits of painted paste board,
and if she weaves at all, it is meshes
for eligible young men-on her own ac-
count if single, for the benefit of her
daughters if a matron. She has no OBJ
lection to the poor being fed from her
kitchen, perhaps, but as to serving out
bread to them from her own delicate
hands, after the manner of the fair
"bread dividers" of the olden time, she
couldn't think of it. If her husband
should wait for even the lightest of his
garments until she found leisure to
make them, the chances are that he
would go shirtless to his dying day.
She seldom sews. Sewing spoils the
tips of the fngens.
In point of fact, the aristocratic
danes and demoiselles of old were
mere drudges and dowdies as compared
with the female patricians of this our
day and generation. Nay, even our
housemaids and cooks have more leisure
and take the world more easily than did
the duchesses and countesses of the
iron age. Modern chivalry accords to
ladies all the privileges they ought to
desire, and such liberties as the "tyrant
sex" does not concede they generally
take the liberty to take. Never at any
former period in the history of man
was he SO entirely under the thumb Of
woman as he is now.-N. Y. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23

next city Payne Morse awaited her.
They were married within the hour, and
before sunset they told the story in the
Tryon sitting-room.
Helen was not defiant. She was quiet,
rather sad. but no more repentant or
regretful than block of marble. Mr..
Tryon recognized the trait by sympathy,
perhaps. He looked at the two rs they
stood IN the middle q the room Mother
aud sister had withdrawn a little;
Hslen's will was thing that most of
lii. household did withdraw from. She
stood by her husbands side, slight,
erect, her hand on his arm, but net
leaning on him at all.
You are aware, sir" Mr.. Tryon said,
ssthat this child is minority the law
I could take her from you"
.'But you will not?" The question
was half assertion.
"No> shall not She has chosen; she
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
TO BE CONTINUED.
Lady of the Lamb.

At Kidlington, England, there is or
was a curious custom annually OBJ
served, on the next Monday after Whit
sun week (May 25 this year,, wherein a
fat, live lamb is provided, and the
maidens of the town, having their
thumbs tied behind them, chase it
through the streets, and she that with
her teeth catches and holds the lamb is
declared the Lady of the Lamb until
the same day of the following year,
when another test is made. After the
lamb has been caught by the fair one it
is dressed by the village butcher, and
with the skin hanging on Is carried on
long pole before the lady and her
escorts to the village green, where much
music and merrymaking follows the
event
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
knives We're Needed.

Everyone remembers the proverblal
audaclty of the westerner who when
dining at a swell Boston gathering
could not see through the custom of cut
ting tough pie-crust with a fork, but
who solved the difficulty by taking
from his capacious pocket a huge jack
knife, whetting it lcisurely upon his
boot and calmly proceeding to dissect
the refractory pastsy. Not SO fortunate
were the guests at recent wedding
breakfast in Philadelphia, who, accord
ing to the Star of that city, were served
with rcpast of snipe. flet and other
things that required 4 knife. The fail
ure of the hostess to furnish the needed
cutlery sent all present to an adjoining
restaurant for luncheon, Immediately
aftervard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
From Overhead Monthly, BIZ Permission

.FORE she was
eighteen Helen
Tryon married
for love. At
twenty-five she
found her self
b a n krupt OF
every thing.
She lived, and
with the stub
born tenacity of
her nature she
braced herself
to endure cX-
istence. but she
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23

Don't you think smoking SO many
cigarettes hurts your "Oh, have no
doubt of it. But there is one consola-
ton. 1t doesn't hurt me half as much
as it does the cigarettes. Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
The Fact Plainly Shown.

The fact is that tn, land in a hum
dred-acre farm is generally worth less,
and hence would be taxed less, than the
land in a well-situated building lot In
town.-Boston Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23

THERE have existed men who had the
power to hold or to give exclusive pos
session of portions of the earth's surface,
but when and where did there exist the
human being who had the right?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23

Costumes of fancy woolens with very
light grounds, cream. ecru, dove-gray,
mastic, etc, interviewer with rough
lines or figurings, the unified mixtures
of color and white, in checks, stripes,
and blurred, detached patterns, are
made up in most fanciful styles. Some
have bodices cut on the cross and shaped
to the figure without darts, some with
corselets, the high under-bodice covered
with cream-colored guipure lace, some
with passementerie jacket fronts, the
long square basques reaching further
back than the side seams of the bodice,
and losing themselves among the folds
of the skirt behind; some, also, with
sleeveless overjackets to match the
color of the bright design, and some
with full plastrons of surah in rose,
yellow, maize, or violet. When the
bodice is trimmed with lace, there is
often a broad band of the same on the
bottom of the front breadth of the
skirt the lace used being in ali bases a
good imitation of old mellow Venetian
point-N. Y. Post.