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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26
County Official Paper
The Treasury Trouble.

The whole situation is q most hu-
initiating one, for the government ~
for the moment in the plight Of a poor
power which has just been defeated in
a bloody war. That the secretary Of
the treasury should be receiving sug-
gestions from all parts Of the country
as to the best mode Of meeting the
ordinary and foreseen expenses of the
government, 80 order TO avoid q con-
fession Of national bankruptcy, is, in
fact, one Of the most curious Incl
dents Of recent history. But it is also
u most impressive and imposing spec
tacle. 1t brings home to the public,
as nothing else could, the danger of
business Congresses, which do not
deliberate. There is no doubt now
that Reeds house of representatives
WAS "business" body, for no parlia-
mentary body has ever done as much
business in the same length nj time.
In one Winter il emptied the richest
treasury in the world, and compelled
the finance minister of the richest
country in the world to borrow for
his daily needs, for borrowing is ap-
parently what he will have to come
to. What he is considering now is at
what rate and in what way he can
best borrow. Mr.. Reed ought not to
be in Europe at this iuncture. He
ought to be here giving more advice
to the country and explaining the Nc
Kinley bill.-TN. Y. Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26
A PLEA FOR THE UGLY GIRLS
They Do Not Have . Fair Chance In the
Struggle OF Life.

They Do Not Have . Fair Chance In tho
Struggle OF Life. .
Il does not matter much to boy
whether he is good looking or the re.
verse, remarks a writer in Lippincott'S.
He Is not obliged to wait for somebody
to ask him to dance and his matrimonial
prospects don't appear to suffer any
serious discount from personal shortages
that would send a girls stock away
down below par or even put her out Of
the market altogether One never secs
a man so hideous or repulsive but that
some woman is ready to marry him, if
he will only ask her; but men are less
Philanthropic and so the ugly girls are
generally left to run to waste as unap-
propriated blessings. The ''handsomH-
observation-disclosures" theory won't hold
at nll after we get out of the nursery,
and little experience soon convinces
us that it is fraud and a delusion, like
that other domestic fiction about the
drumstick being the choicest part of the
fowl, with which our elders used to inn
pose upon the unsuspccting simplicity
of our childhood.
We ugly girls never get any drives in
the park or free seats at the theater,
and as for ice cream and French candy,
no matter how handsomely we deport
ourselves, we shouldn't know the taste
of either if we waited to have it be-
slowed upon us as a reward of merit.
Indeed the expensiveness of being an
ugly girl is one of the worst things
about it-there are no perquisites. We
get none of the plums out of life's pud-
ding, for under present conditions men
do all the carving, and, as one of them
says: ".An the fine things we think and
say about women apply to those only
who are tolerably good looking grace
full
Now, suppose the same rule applied
to men, and that only the good looking
ones could hope to attain to wealth and
distinction; suppose, in fact, that bald
hedd was sufficient to blast any mans
life as cffectually as it would any wom-
an's-I think most of the middle-aged
men, at least, into whose hands this
paper may fail will admit that that
would be little hard. And, in fact,
isn't it just a little hard that anybody's
destiny in life should be made to depend
irretrievably upon an accident over
which they have no control, such as
having been born with n red head or a
pug nose? But this is the law under
which women have lived since the be-
ginning of time and it doesn't give the
ugly girls fair chance.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26
Coins OF Israsa md Tin.

Wien England was being made into
minccmcat and blocks Of real estate by
the Saxons and Danes, silver md brass
were in use as currency, but the Nor
mans subsequently installed the eristo
cratic metal and left the democratic
brass to take care of itself. Gold was
first coined by Henry Ill, and copper
made into British coin in 1879. Tin was
used for coinage in 1850, and the ma
tional farthing was made of this
Cambrian product with u stud Of copper
let in the center. In 1000 and 1901 tin
half-pnncc were issued in considerable
quantities. The only pure gold coins
issued in English history wore those OF
Horny III. ,....----.--.--..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26
Advertised Letters.

Following is list OF letters remain
ing IN the Postotfice at Elko, Mon
i day, May 20, 1881;
Berer' Chas Hewitt, 9 Fl
Owenp, WIN ID Patterson. Holm
smith das Weston. y l.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters viii ploare SAY "alvortised."
EDWARD Il. BlLKlY, =. M,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26
Looks Better for Cherry Creek.

u A. G. Cleveland, of Spring Valley,
aud A. II. Nelson, Of Ogden, Utah,
we're in Ely several days this week on
business connected with the Star mine
aud dump at Cherry Creek. Mr.. Cleve-
laud took the Sheritf's deed to the
mine on the lienholders' Judgment
sale, and the Star and Grey Eagle now
are in the hands Of Mr.. Cleveland and
Mr.. Hayward, one of the best known
mining men of California. Arrange
ments have been entered into by
which the Ellsworth Nelson company
get the use OF the tunnel water for
their mill to work tho dump. This
looks as if there were fair show of
Star and Grey Eagle being handled
by agood company at no distant day.
-IWhite Pine News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26
More Tariff Raising.

It is hard to get tariff law applied
as the tariff makers themselves in tend
ed. Under the old tariff law wooden
stockings and knitted wool underwear
were dutiable as "knit goods" In the
Mckinley bill this language was
changed to "knit fabrics" It was
suspected at the time that this change
was made ia order that domestic
manufacturers might raise the point
that stockings and underclothing are
not "knit fabrics" but wearing ap-
parel," which bears o much higher
duty.
1t is said that Mckinley himself
aud Congressman Dingley, who
helped him to make the tariff bill,
both deny that they intended these
articles to bear the heavier duty as
"wearing apparel" At any rate, the
change of language vas made, and it
seems almost certain that it was made
by interested parties who meant to
spring their trap later.
Well, ,he trap has been sprung, and
the United States circuit court in
New York has decided in favor of the
wearing apparel" Interpretation.
This makes the duty on stockings and
knit underwear 1919 cents per pound
and GO per cent. adj valorem.- Elk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26

Whdt do yoas suppose Is
the matter aUiM this aoomdm?
She looks pretty mad, doesn't
she? Guess She just used that
broom ON her husband. See
her Shaking her fist! But Lor'
a. mercy, SHE Amt half as
mad as the a0oman acho sent
off for her goods, or bought
them some other place. before
seeing oa'rs. Why should
she be-? She nerer last s,tch
bargains!
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-05-26

M. Reinhart hi
lust received H
Fall and Whit
samples for custQ
made clothing.
you want yO1
clothes made to 4
der, give him a q
and see as fine
line of samples
has ever been 4
hibited in. BlH
You can get a s.
of clothes made
order from SCI
up. Fit GualS
teed.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
a Novel Entertainment.

The members of the Y. M. G. A. Ladies
Auxiliary are preparing a very novel enter
tainment to be given at the Opera House
in May. 1t is called the Business Mems
Jubilee OIL Trades Carnival" and has been
very successful in the Western cities. Be
sides the amusement it affords, it is a good
mode by which merchants and others can
young ladies' appear ON the stage dressed to
represent certain lines of business OIL trades
and carrying banners saying which firms
they represent. After a pretty march on
the stage with various evolutlons, each
young lady repeats two OIL three verses, for
the most part humorous, describing the adj
vantages of the firm she represents. AS a
sample of the costuming ''in character we
give two OIL three. The lady who represents
stove and tin-Ware house wears small tin
cups set few inches apart Oh the bottom
of the skirt, a necklace Of tin cups, epau-
lettes of the same, and carries a big coffee
boiler. A shoe store is represented by a
panel on the dress of button hooks, baby
SllOe trimming OH Glle ShllG dilei lleChidGc VI
shoe buttons. The grocer's representative
has crackers for buttons, cranbcrries for
necklace and bracelets, q girdle Of lemons,
cabbage head scooped out for hat with
all asparagus plume, and q skirt trimmed
with curled lettuce. These will give an
idea of the costuming. The ladies Of the
Auxiliary will in few days wait on the
merchants to ascertain who among them
desire to be represented on the stage at the
carnival.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
The new Grand Master of Odd Fellows.

Mr.. Charles C. Wheat, the new Grand
Master of Odd Fellows, is one OF our best
known merchants and the senior member
of the firm of Wheat & SummersOn. He
is native of HagerstOWn, Md, but was
raised In Staunton, where his father, Rev.
J. G.. Wheat, one of the oldest Protestant
Episcopal clergymen of the State, was for
many years Assistant Principal at the Viz
ginia Female Institute. Rev. MI. Wheat
is also prominent Odd Fellow. The new
Grand Master is forty-nine years of age
and the head of a family. He has been an
Odd Fellow for twenty-one years, passed
all the chairs, been a District Deputy
Grand Master, and been member of the
Grand Lodge for eight years. He is great
favorite with his fellow citizens, and that
he will become SO with the members of the
order all over the State during his term of
Office is expected by those who know him
best.
Staunton now has the following heads of
secret orders among her citizens-J.
Howard Wayt, Grand Master of Masons
G. G.. Wheat, Grand Master of Odd Eel
lows; w. L. Olivier, Grand Chancellor OF
Knights of Pythias, and Jno. G. Fretwell
Grand Worthy Patriarch OF Sons OF TEN,
perance.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
Making Their Home at salem.

On Tuesday last, Mr.. and Mrs. J. EN-
NETT Guy, with their family, left Staunton
for Salem, which will be taeir future home.
A school building now being erected there
will be opened by them in the fall as young
ladies boarding school. 1t would be hard
to find couple SO admirably suited to the
work they have undertaken. Mr.. Guy is a
graduate of Washington & Lee and the
University Of Virginia ard was for several
years the efficient Superintendent schools
for Augusta county. Mrs. Guy has had
many years of successful experience as a
teacher, and as the head Of the educational
household in Salem, will hold posi-
ton for which she is admirably fitted, by a
strong character, Christian life and soci-
al graces Of no ordinary degree. The peo-
pie of Salem and the Southwest may con-
graduate themselves ON the establishment
of a school under such rarely favorable au-
spices.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
The Concert monday Night.

The operatic C oncert Monday night by
Messrs. Michelena and BrOderick and
Mrs. Broderick and Miss Eva Cummings,
the four principal people of the late Emma
Abbott Opera Troupe, was well worth at
tending. BrOderick, who is the chief at
traction of the troupe, has a wonderful
bass voice which seems almost perennial in
it's freshness. His singing of ''The Palms
and his part in the trio from Atilla, were
superb. Sgnor Michelena has fine tenor
voice which might be stronger but could
hardly be sweeter. Both of the ladies OF
the quartette have good but not remarkable
voices. The programme was faithfully car
ried out, except the omission OF I'll Balen, y
which everybody wanted to hear Brode-
rick sing, and the troupe were very gracl-
Gus toward the encores. The troupe as a
whole, is much superior to the Kellogg Oh
any other operatic concert troupe which
has appeared here for many years, and i'll
the matter of Broderick S voice it contains
an attraction the equal Of which is not
likely to be heard in Staunton for many
years to come.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
Clerical Notes.

Rev. M. B. Lamdin Of the Mission
Chapel of the Associate Reform Church on
Columbia Avenue, Baltimore, has been dis
missed to Lexington Presbytery, having
accepted call to Goshen City.
Rev. J. W. Howe, formerly pastor of the
U. B. church here, and now of Dayton, has
been elected President of the newly organ
iced Day ton Cemetery Company.
Rev. T. II. Senft OF Pennsylvania, will
preach at the Greenville Baptist church on
next Sunday, April 26, and every night
during the week following.
Rev. J. d. Donovan of the q. B. Church
on Lewis street, on Sunday night last, gave
notice that the church would be dedicated
on May 18th, and that Bishop j. W. Holt
of California would preach the dedicatory
sermon. The U. B. Church Sunday night
was crowded, the seats were all filled and
there were some fifty people standing
The Jewish Passover commenced last
Wednesday at sunset, and will continue for
seven days.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
hint Spring Items.
WEATHER - AGRICULTURAL - SEW ERE
sTORM-DEATH-sICK less, &C, sc.

WEATHER - AGRICULTURAL SEVERE
sTORM-DEATH- SICKNESS, &C., sc.
reported for the Staunton VIND1cAToR.l
MINT SPRING, April 2l.-After a long
wet and disagreeable winter the snow
clouds have passed by and the sunshine and
blooming trees are welcome sights.
The heavy snow and rain fall during the
winter has delayed the farmers to Il very
considerable extent in blowing and sowing
oats, and some have not yet finished sowing.
Wheat and grass have made a beautiful
start in the last few days, and there is a
prospect for u good fruit crop, for Il larger
bloom l don't think have ever seen.
On last Friday evening we were visited
by a very severe storm, OF rather q cloud
burst. The first cloud seemed to have
passed when the wind changed and drove it
back only to meet another that WAS rising.
When the two met, the water seemed to al
most pour down accompanied by hail and
heavy thunder and lightning. The cloud
was u peculiar yellow. Plowed fields and
gardens are badly washed and torn up.
Miss Nellie Robinson is quite i'll with
a fever, we are sorry to learn.
Little Harry Speck, son of MI. VIM.
Speck, is also very sick.
MI. Lee Christian has moved to tie
Greenville neighborhood.
MI. G. L. Swink S now in Waynesboro
having new house erected, where he will
make his future home. UNo.
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Railroad Notes.

The Charleston, w. Va, Star learns that
the G. & o. Railway Company, ~
stead of double tracking their road through
West Virginia, as at first proposed, nave
now decided to build a new road, COM
mencing at Covlngton, Va, and running
up Jackson's river at some point neal the
Hot Springs, which extension they are
working on now and is to be completed by
the 18th of June, thence across by way OF
Mt Grove to Huntersville through Poca-
hontas county, the edge of Webster and
through Nicholas, and connect with their
main line near Gauley Bridge IN Fayette
county. Thus, instead of double tracking,
to build new road with the same eXpendl-
ture that it would take to double track
and answer every purpose double track
would, and pass through heretofore I'M
developed region of country, rich III iron
ore, timber and coal, increasing thelr
freight twofold. Engineers are at WORK
now surveying the best route across the
Allegheny mountain eight miles from Char
lesion near MI. A. w. Riders.
An annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the West Virginia Railway Company,
which is incorporated to run from Ceredo
by the way Of Charleston, Gauley River,
ties, Harrisonburg, Va, and on to the Poto-
mac at the mouth Of Aqua Creek, was
held in Philadelphia last week. Alexander
Bondron was reelected President and
Treasurer, and H. G.. McWhorter OF
Charleston, Attorney. F. L. Clarke is the
new Vice President and Secretary. MI.
Bondron writes that it is arranged to COM
mence the work and finish the road.
Mai. Jed. Hotchlziss has returned from
Baltimore where he laid before the B. & 0.
officials the map of a line surveyed from
Shendun, running five miles along the North
bank of North River to a point on the al
lev branch of the B. & O. Ry. The B. Il
o. people were impressed with the plan, and
said they would send an engineer over the
proposed route and make an estimate OF the
cost of building road over it.
The freight receipts at LowMoor station
on the G. & o. average SIG, 900 month and
are one-tenth of the whole freight receipts of
the road On Monday of last week there
were SO cars on the switches there waiting
to be unloaded. MI. @. L. Williams, the
C. & O. agent there, has resigned.
The B. Il o. Ry. has recently put on its
fast trains between Washington and New
York, three new engines with driving
wheels feet inches high, and cylinders
2Ox24 inches. The company has also just
received eight powerful tenwheel passell-
ger engines.
The Chesapeake Il Ohio Ry. continues to
make good showing It's net earnings for
February exceeded the same month OF 1886
by SAT 1923. Its earnings fol- the first week
in April exceeded those Of the same week
Of last year by 1885,.
B. M. Cutten has been appointed General
Superintendent of the Chesapeake " Ono
Southwestern Ry., vice J. L. Frazier re-
signed.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
The Y. M. C. A. Summer Encampment at
Hampton.

The committee, of which Capt. L. G..
Morton of Staunton, is chairman, appoin-
ted by the last Y. NJ. G. A. State Conven-
ton, to arrange for the summer encamp-
ment, was at Hampton, the prettiest loca-
ton in Virginia, last week and fixed OH
that as the place and July next as the
month. A Normal Institute OF teachers
will be in session there at the same time
which will make the event Still more
agreeable. The committee made an az
rangement with the famous "Barnes' y
Hotel-the equal of the Hygeia at Old Point
as far as fish, oysters and crabs are con-
cerned-for board, secured sloop for sail
ing excursions and a steamer to make ;ln
excursion to the capes In, and III short
made every preparation for making this Y
NJ. c. A. State encampment attractive.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
A Move for a New Diocese.

The Protestant Episcopal Convocation of
Southwestern Virginia, in which this par
ish was represented, met in st. Paul 8 church
Lynchburg, on Tuesday last. There were
twelve clerical and five lay delegates pres
ent. Among the clerical delegates were
Rev. w. @. Huliihen OF Trinity church,
and Rev. Messrs. Meade of Roanoke, Ran
dolph of Botetourt. Benedict of Buena
Vista, Lloyd of Abingdon, and others, and
among the lay delegates were r. G. I'll.
Kean and R. T. Craighill of Lynchburg.
The convocation adopted the following:
lst That in the opinion of the conference
that portion of Virginia composed OF the FOL
lowing counties: Highland, Augusta, Nelson,
Amherst, Campbell, Pittsylvania,. Henry,
FrankliH. Bedford, Rockbridge, Bath, Allie
ghany, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, Pulaski,
Wythe. Grayson. Smyth, Tazewell, Wise,
Scott, Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Wash
jnoton and Lee, should be set apart and cree
ted into separate and independent Diocese.
I'd That the vestry of each congregation i'll
said territory be requested to inform, by reso-
luton, the clerk Of the conference, whether
they desire the division substantially as here
in before set forth and if so, what amount
they will need annually for Diocesan support
Sd That the said vestries be severally re
quested to authorize their lay delegates to the
next Council to sign petition for the erection
of such separate Diocese.
4th. That in the event of the erection OF
such separate Diocese, it is assumed that suit
able provision will be made for equitable az
rangements in respect to common property
and representation in Diocesan Institutions.
9TH That the response of vestries to this
reso, ution be reported to conference to be
compos ed of the clerical and lay delegates to
the next Council from the territory above des-
ignated at a meeting to be held at st. Paul's
Church, Petersburg, at $50 p. NJ. on the day
before the meeting of the Council
(Signed) W. ii. MEADE, Charm.
The Council meets on May Goth. In the
debate on the report adopted above, it was
stated that in the territory there set of
for a new diocese, there were at the last
report 90 clergy, 3 400 COMMITMENTS, and
there was collected for all purposes $41 ,00(
and for the contingent fund 81 $50. Il
was also stated in debate that tht
committee had taken ag little territory
from the old diocese as possible III % del
that the old one might be divided into tive
dioceses as was contemplated.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
A Lady IN the Pulpit.

At the Methodist Church last Tuesday
night, Mrs. Bessie Starr Keiffer, of Onta-
rio, Canada, wife Of a Methodist minister
there, and an officer of the Right Worthy
Grand Lodge of the World, of Good Tenn
plars, delivered an address in behalf of that
order. She is about thirty years Of age.
has a tall, graceful figure and handsome
face, and is an admirable speaker. She
interested her audience from $50 to 1920
P. M. Her language in regard to church
members who stand on neutral ground rs
between the saloons and Temperance or
ders was very candid and pointed. On
Wednesday night she lectured on the rela-
tions of liquor to the health of the human
hOdy
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
It Costs from SIS to 500 a Shot.

There is good deal of air gun and other
gun shooting at birds going on within the
corporate limits OF the city. 1t is likely to
cost the shooters from IS to $40 a shot, as
will be seen from the following copy Of The
ordinance on the subject:
/. If any person shall shoot either gun OF
pistol OF lire-arm within the corporate limits
of this city, or shall shoot at or kill any bird
within the limits aforesaid, he shall be fined
by the mayor or police justice not less than
FIVE, nor more than twenty dollars for eacl
offence; and the shooting shall be one offence
and the killing Of any bird shall constitute
another offence.
9. The chief of police and each police Off
Ger shall see to the enforcement of this ord
nance, and arrest any person OF persons who
shall violate the preceding section, and take
him or them before the mayor or police justice
But nothing in this ordinance Shall be con
strued to prohibit volunteer military compan
les from firing in the streets of the city Will,
Gu parade.
). All ordinances OF parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance, are hereby
repealed
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-04-24
A New York Snap Shot Photograph of a
Virginia Congressman.
The N, Y. World of Sunday, Apr

The N. Y. VOrtG OIL SUNDAY, April lUtI,
contains the following:
Perhaps the most picturesque figure at the
funeral of Gen. Spinola was Congressman
Harry st. George Tucker of Virginia, tall
black haired, black-eyed man, whose father
sat in the same seat before him and whose
grandfathers for four generations have been
among the most eminent constitutional law
yers Of the South and of the country. Harry
tucker was only thirty when elected to rep
resent his fathers old district in the lower
house, and has been Woodworking and most
labor1ous member His speech against the
Force bill, which it is sad Speaker Reed gave
him a good opportunity to deliver on account
of the Speakers friendship for Mr.. fuckers
father, eXCongressman John Randolph Tuck
er, was one Of the most forcible made in the
Reed Congress and has been printed and wide
" circulated in the Old Dominion.
The above isa very creditable piece OF
''enterprise'' on the part of the World, see
ing that MI Tucker did not attend the
funeral of General Spino.a at all, and so far
from being there, was at Goshen in Rock
bridge county that day, looking into a
Virginia development enterprise.