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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
An EvJOYkpLTtTFArR.

4 most ENJOYABLE entertainments
thread party-was given AZ the
beautiful residence of Mrs. NJ. A. Martin
near this place, on Saturday afternoon
from 70 o'clock, in honor Of Miss Iatte
L. Moon. Of this place. and Miss MARY
Roper. OF Petersburg. The successful
threaders were: Miss Minnie Moon. oi
Giendower, and Miss Belle Tyler, Of Rich
mond. a test between these two va.
then had, and Miss Moon won by q to -,
and was awarded the prize. an easel and
beautiful plate. which was most gracefully
presented BY Mrs. Samuel I. Martin o!
Richmond, in few well chosen remarks.
Miss Tyler also received box of candy
for rapdlty.
DIR. Blair and Miss Susie Powers got the
bloody prize" which was thim0ie
spool Of thread. and paper of needles.
After the threading refreshments were
spread out on the beautiful green lawn
and were greatly enjoyed by all present.
There were gentlemen from Richmond
and Philadelphia and ladies' from Gull
pepper, Petersburg, and Richmond.
VARIOUS TOPICS.
Mr.. John A. Parker. of your city, accom-
panied by his son, were visiting at Mr.. G..
j.. Ha-rIs's to-day, but left for Richmond
this afternoon.
prime at this place. Mr.. Ed. Moon, OF
"Snowden farm, just across the river
from this place. raised an immense crop
this year of very large size.
The Farmers Alliance will have a grand
rally and picnic here on the 10th of Sep
TENDER and expect very large crowd.
Shuat, lamb. and chicken will be album
dant.
Rev. W. I. Williams preached an able
missionary sermon at the Methodist church
here yesterday to large and appreciatiye
audience.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
Drowued.

10y tulegfaph 70 INC Dspatch.J
CLIFTON FoRog. Va. August 25.-Brook
Stafford, well-known young man from
son river on a log to-day ut Low Moor
stepped of and was drowned. His body
was not recovered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
smoke the "NickIcby."
Best Cigar on the market.

Hickok's No; !, Il. D. q, Fig. and Caro-
hne Sum- Cured are Pure, Clean. and Choice
6un.CuYed Tobaccos. Try them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
HOLLINS INSTITUTE, YlR1Nl

The forty-ninth session gnl 0ra1
l6, 1891. Eclectic course of .ts.F
glages, Literature. Science. N4f.
ton, etc., are provided under ..-A
with nne facilities under sul'Hl.
Tho equipment l. ample an o0
locality. LOO feet above gen
advantages Of mineral waters
scenery, and saluDrious c'lu.f.
professors and twenty lniis
Board 81 Instruction ana Gofegr
CHARLE r. l. COOKE. surr-
CHARLES II. COOKE, BUSH
Post-OIice Hoillns, Va. .y H.. ..ht.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26

|0LD POINT COMFORT, VA
~ sHERw0OD.-open all year; pure 500 air;
no malaria; hot and cold baths; orabs, hsh, and
oysters. Moderate ratss--S2 dsy. et0 week. end
upvsrdA GKOR0E BOOKER,
eSo-sm' Owner and Proprietor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
BUsINEss CHANCES.

- - ~, ~
EOR SALE.-HAVING DECIDED
Il 10 discontinue the baking and confectionery
business. viii offer for sale all tho FIXTURES
OF BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY Ct the
well-located stand corner Twonty sixth aud
Broad streets. Good reasons for selling. Apply
10 A. K0BB,
An Q6-ots '~'s'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
EXCURSIONS. &C.

--~-7< ~>~>N>7-~ ~g-<>.-.~--~-~-<~@<
WHE LAST MOONLIGHT OF THE
Il SEASON
BY THE RICHMOND LIGHT INFANTRY
BLUES.
STEAMER ARIEL. THURSDAY. AUGUsr 9TH.
Tickets 80 cents each. May DO had OF any
member of tho company. The steamer will
leave her wharf at 1880 p. NJ. Splendid concert,
dancing, refreshments, &C.
au 21-F,Su, Tu, W&Th5t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
ADOWNPOURAT SCOTTSVlLLe.
The James Very High-A Tbread-Needis
Party-The Contest and the Prizes.

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatchl
ScorTsvuLE, August 24.-lt he's been
several years since we have seen such a
drenching rain ~ fell here last night. 1t
poured down as If from warcr-spout for
more than an hour. James river has been
rising quite rapidly TODAY bat it is
thought it has nearly reached Is maximum.
some eight or nine feet above ordinary
tide. This water is manly from Rockf>h
and Eve rivers,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
JSo. L. LAUGHToS, JR., Salcl1an.

lesre to express to my friends my grateful
appreciation Of he confidence and support they
have given me IN past years. and now assure
them OF my determination 10 exert my best
efforts In their behalf.
a. 26-W ,F3Su3s JNO. T.. LAUGHTON, JR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26

EOR SALE, AT A LOW FIGURE.
Il CONFECTIONERY STORE
WITH FINE SODA FOUNTAIN AND STORE
MIXTURES ~ $3.50 Williamsburg avvnua
Terms cash. su 26-5ts
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RICHMOND, Va, August 4, 1891.
yJry(TED pARTNERSHIp HAS
STATE OF vIRoINIA. CRY OF RIcnNoNp-to wit

STATE OF VIRGINIA. CITY or RrcHMoND--to wit:
7. j. c. Easlcy, notary public for the city
aforesaid. do certify that s. BOyce Brady gem
eral partner, and Samuel Thomson Pllliam,
special partner whose names are signed 10 the
foregoing writing, dated August 4, 1891, have
seyelally acknowledged the same before me in
my city aforesaid, AMI further certify that
5. Boyce Brady, general partner, personally ar-
penrcd before mo In my city aforesaid and made
partner as aforesaid, had actually contributed
the sum OF five hundred dollars to the said part
nership and assumed the payment Of S3oS.22
a. above.
Given under by hand this 4th day ofAugust,
1891.
(Signedl j. c. EASLEY,
al 5-W4t Notary Public
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
HORSES. MULES, cows, &c

EOR SALE, A FINE HORSE On
Il suitable for lady or gentleman to Ia
drive. VIII sell on time with good endorser.
Also, FAMILY CARRIAGE for sale at hall price.
Inquire at W. c. SMITHS for carriage, and at
Is. WITTKAMP'S for horse. au 20-eod3t ,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
VIRGINIA FEMALE INsTlrgr
STANTON, 81.
MRs. GENERAL J. 4. B. STUART r...

Tho fall session opens SEPIrNNPt ..
Best advantages In every ..f .....
every home comfort AMI alfr-a Lab.
fun particulars a. % terms. a.. .r...
Principal yi...-..
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SUMMER RESORTS.

MOUNTAIN TOP HOTEL AND
Mountains, 1895 feet above tho level OF the sea,
Fine view, a delightful summer resort cheap
board, strong Iron springs many attractions 70
the invalid, pleasure-seekers, and families; Of
easy access. Season ends OCTOBER l5rH. Ad-
dress AessrA MAS8iR 4 CO., Alton Va.
au S-1m
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z AW sCUOOT

4 AW ..NIiOIII
IA WASHINGTON And IF.TN..
LEXINGTON. w..
c. A. GRAVES. Professor q m.n.r >.,-.
Law; j. RANDOLPH lr,AYf, '..r
and Constitutional Law, a.. a.
Der lOgu. For Ca,glog1e asa.
g.. ". a.. i.t.
ENGINEERING SCHIIi
WASHINGTON And LIE t.l4.
Civil. Mechanical, MINING. .f.
Address u. {. HUMPHREYS. l.l. r.
90 rn-aoIDOs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26

In Withdrawing from the firm OF EZEKIEL &
BRADY | would ask for my successor a con-
tinuanco of the custom heretofore extended Us
Jointly.
au 5-Wit II. T. EZEKIEL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
HIGH WATER.

Dan river is rapidly rising at this
writing and threatens the destruction Of
crops on it's fairgrounds. Banister river
is also very high, as are doubtless all the
other streams III the county, for the rain
seems to have been general.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-26
IrHE BELyIpgRE RIsnnn......
NTT3S SARAH n. ptNDo, r

lyL SCHOOL reopens sEpTVvps't.fh
and offers unusual Educational a iy',..--@ ,-s
its able corps Of teachers uDd.r Nj. ,.,'s IN
personal supervision, and g,o I'D q,
tnnitles for culture whieb Ra.nr.... W,
.rsns as ana m ,1,a.ss ee T., r.. a. : uq
Of the city. Apply for circuiars n 81. .s0
Place, Baltimore, Nd. .t
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
Earthquakes Continue.

RoNE. June s-Adyioes from Badia Cal
avena and Tresoanze, two of the towns in
Northern Italy that were visited BY the
earthquakes yesterday, show that the in
habitants are terror-Stricken and have taken
to the fields for safety.
The authorities are exercising every effort
to alleviate The distress among the people,
and have furnished large number Of tents
TO shelter those who have fed from their
homes.
The subterranean rumblings continue,
and occasionally slighter shocks than those
Of yesterday are felt The people are in
dread Of mementarily seeing the earth
opening and swallowing them.
The damage done al the two places men
toned is much greater than was indicated
in the first reports. The towns were practi-
cally destroyed by the severity ofthe shocks.
A commission appointed by the authorities
TO examine the houses which we're not
thrown down by the undulations Of the
earth have made hasty investigation, and
report that ct least three-fourths of the
houses are in such condition that public
safety demands that they be pulled down
entirely. Large bodies of troops have been
dispatched to both places TO assist the au-
thorities in clearing the streets Of debris, in
tearing down dangerous houses, and to
render such assistance a they may be called
on TO give.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
Swift RetrIbution.


Swift retribution overlook q murderer as
be was fleeing from the scene Of his crime
in West Dedham. Mass. At late hour last
Tuesday night the dead body Of Miss Mary
Emerson, spinster, seventy years Of age, was
found in a closet in her isolated farm house.
Finger marks about her throat showed that
the old waman was strangled, but there was
nothing about the premises to show motive
for the crime. A German, who had been
employed as a firm hand, had disappeared
in a most unaccountable manner, and sns-
picion naturally rested upon him. At 5
o'clock yesterday morning the drawtender
on the Charles River bridge undertook to
investigate the cause of some disarrange-
ment of the cogs upoa which the bridge
moves. and found the body of a man crush
ed out Of all semblance Of humanity.
The shapeless mass was carried to the
morgue. and later the clothing was identified
as that Of the missing farm hand, for whom
the Dedham police were searching. 1t is
believed that he walked from West Dedham,
distance Of about twelve miles, during the
night, and at the approach Of daylight
crawled under the bridge 10 escape detection,
surmising that the police would be on the
lookout for him. When the bridge is closed
there is comfortable room beneath the
bridge, but when the draw is opened this
space is entirely filed by the draw. He had
not taken that fact into consideration and
met horrible death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
The Chicago Special.

In order TO increase its present superb IA
cilities between New York and Chicago, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on June
9TH, placed an additional fast express train
between these points. The new train will
be known as the Chicago Special 1t will
be composed of two Pullman Nestibule
Sleeping Cars, one Combination Smoking
Car. two Pennsylvania Railroad Standard
Coaches, and a Dining Car. The entire
equipment win run through to Chicago ex
cept the dining car which viii be dropped af
ter supper at Altoona. Another dining car
for the service of breakfast and dinner will,
however, be attached to the train at Ali
ance.
The Chicago Special will leave New
York every day at p. m. Philadelphia at
6:25 P. m, and stopping at Harrisburg, AL
toona. Pittsburgh, and principal points on
the Fort Wayne route, arrive in Chicago at
5:15 p. 10. the next day.
The east bound counterpart of this train
viii be known as the Keystone Expres -
It will leave Chicago via the Fort Wayne
route at I045 a. m, every day, and arrive in
Philadelphia at ll.25 a m, and New York
at p. m. 1t win be equipped in every re-
speot as the west-bound train, and viii carry
a dining-car from Chicago to Alliance, and
Altoona to New York.
These trains will be equipped with the bes.
grade Of new cars, they will run on a fast
schedule, and the hours of departure and ar
rival at prominent centres commend them
at once to the favorable consideration of
travellers.
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crops of the state.

Secretary Edge, Of the State Board of Ag-
riculture. has issued bulletin from the May
returns
Tie wheat crop Of 1891 viii be consider
ably above the average for the past twenty
wears. The growth Of straw is not as heavy
as some crops which have yielded less grain,
but II viii be above the average for the past ten
wears. on undrained and wet fields the con-
dition OF the crops reduces the average con
siderably. Owing to poor crops in Europe
the probabilities are that the United States
will be called upon to furnish at least ZOO
100000 bushels for European Deficiencies.
The indications now are that the crops OF
1891 will bring more money per bushel than
that Of 1890 or 1883.
The crop Of hay has been shortened by the
unusual dry weather Of spring and early
summer. Timothy viii be fully up TO the
average Of the past twenty years.
Early planted potatoes will lose much by
the failure 10 sprout regularly, later plant
ings will give a better crop The crop OF
1890 will barely carry Us over until that Of
1891 is ready for use, and the gap has been
well hridged over by importStions Of early
potatoes from Bermuda and the Southern
States.
Owing to short pasture the live stock OF
the state is hardly up to the average condi-
ton. Cows, not fed grain on pasture, are
thinner than at this time last year. Feed
ing cattle on pastures have not done IS well
as during average years. Horses, hogs and
granted animals are up to the average con-
dition
The crop Of apples will be fully up to the
average; small fruits, except strawberries,
will prove a good crop; raspberries, black
berries and small fruits ripening at about
the same time will prove unusually large
crops. Early cherries have been injured in
/ some sections Of the state late cherries viii
prove q fair average crop and sour cherries
will yield better than last season.
During the last twenty years the breeders
and feeders ofthe state have lost from S25,
O0e TO $4,000 annually from outbreaks O
Texan Of splenic fever. Last week Secretary
Edge perfected arrangements in Pittsburgh
at the stoclyards by which the United State
inspector there will prevent Southern anC
Texan cattle from mingling with othe
stock. Each animal viii be carefully ex
amined and tagged, and if necessary it car
be traced back TO the herd in which it wa
fattened.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
stole His own Boys.

JERSEY CRY, June s.-Lester L. BRISTOL,
of Jersey City Heights, has been missing
from home since Saturday morning, with
his four young sons, Louis. William, Dexter
and Harry, aged eleven, nine, seven and
five years old respectively. BRISTOL is an
expert electrician and machinist, and has
been employed for twenty years by the Del
aware Lackawanna q Western Railway
Company. Despite the fact that several of
the best detectives in The city have been
hard al work on the case since Saturday, no
trace Of either man or boys has been found.
Superintendent Rosener, of the D. L. * W.
Co., received his resignation at noon.
II was written in such a rambling way
that it appeared to Mr.. Rosener to have been
written by an insane man. Mrs. BRISTOL
the mother Of the boys, is almost distracted
with grief She says her husband has been
studying over an electric patent for several
months, and she fears his mind is under
mined. She denies that there has been do
mestic trouble. Mr.. BRISTOL, Sr., says he
can only account for Bristoll's actions by
the theory Of insanity and he greatly fears
for the safety Of the children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10

That Harrison Pension.

WASHINGTON, June G.-The commissioner
Of pensions was to-day asked for state
ment in regard to newspapers dispatches
from Chicago concerning the pension claim
of Mrs Elizabeth T. Harrison, widow of the
Presidents brother Archibald J. Harrison,
lieutenant colonel Of the Twenty
Indiana volunteers. These statesments set
forth that the pension was granted upon the
declaration that Lieutenant Colonel Harri-
sons death resulted from consumption,
which he contracted while serving his coun-
try in the field that the claim was forward
ed to Washington and placed on file in the
pension office early in President Arthur's
administration, and though it was backed
by General Harrison and many other politi-
clans Of note the commissioner of pensions
refused to ALLOW IT,
Commissioner Raum asserts that the pen
sion was not granted until now because che
chain Of evidence was not completed and
produces letter Of Pension Commissions
Black to sustain his assertion.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
Paying M'Klnley Prices.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Contracts have just
been awarded for Indian annuity and other
goods and supplies, amounting to more than
s. 100000 for the next fiscal year. These
goods and supplies include thousand Of
wooden blankets, overcoats, suits ofolothing,
shawls and other wooden and worsted manu-
factures; tens Of thousands of yards of
denims. calico and other manufactures OF
cotton; hundreds of tons of unworked iron
and steel and hundreds Of tons of builders
hardware, stoves and kitchen and house
hold utensils; besides axes, ploughs, hoes
and other agricultural tools and implements
by the carload tons Of beef pork and -four
and tens Of thousands of bushels Of corn,
oats and other grain. Assistant Secretary
Bussey has personal supervision of the
letting Of the contracts and has personally
inspected all the samples of goods to be fur
nished by the successful bidders.
did you pay Mckinley prices for these
goods p asked a correspondent to-day.
YES, of course, replied General Busy.
'WeIl, how did they correspond with the
prices paid for like goods last year." the
correspondent asked.
"For all manufactured goods the prices
were as low OF a shade lower than last year
for beef. -four and other agricultural pro
ducts the prices were somewhat higher"
could you buy wooden goods as cheaply
as you did last year before the Tariff bill be-
came a law ?n
YES and the quality ofthe goods is bet
ter. For example, eight-pound woolen
blankets last year cost the Government and
the Indians So 36 pair this year they will
cost 50 81 a pair. The same contractors who
furnished them last year were the successful
bidders this year. and the samples were as
good or better than those of 1880. The
blankets viii slightly overrun eight pounds
a pair This year we get good, seryiceable
overcoats, well lined and made at s. 50
each, and other kinds of clothing in proper
ton. In fact, all Manufactured goods, in
cluding wooden, cottons boots and shoes.
leather iron and steel and hardware of every
description-everthing in fact-costs a little
less than last year"
Aud so it appears that Mckinley prices
in June, 1891, even for woolens, are cheaper
than the price of last June before the new
Tariff bin had passed Congress. and when
free traders and their newspaper organs
were loudly proclaiming that it never would
become law. They were false prophets
then later they were something worse.
What are they now2 Perhaps they will
have the efirontery to contradict the state
ments Of General Bussey.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
Grant. Our Citizen"

GALENA, H., June 3.-A heroic statue OF
General Grant was unveiled here to-day
with imposing ceremonies. The statue.
which is the gift of II. H. Kohlsoat. of Chi
cago, stands upon a solid base of gray and
red granite, upon the face Of which is the
simple legend in large letters, Grant, Our
Citizen" Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin,
presented the statue to the citizens Of Ca
lena.
Chauncey NJ Depew, of New York. was
the orator OF the day. In closing his ad-
dress Mr.. Depew said "Most regulations
are forgotten by the succeeding generation,
and few survive a century. In our thou
sanith year as a nation the only statesmen
or soldiers Of our first hundred years whose
names viii decorate the celebration will be
Washington and Hamilton for the begin.
ming, Webstsr for the middle period, and
Lincoln and Grant for the close
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
A countsrfeItsr Arrested.


WILKEsBaRRE, June AT sn sarly hour
this morning secret service agents arrested
Reuben Palmer, who is horse dealer, and
travels over the state, disposing Of his stock
is charged with passing counterfeit money.
For some time the country in the vicinity
OF Elmira, Hornellsvilie and Troy has been
Hooded with spurious coin, and recent de-
velopements led the detectives TO believe
that Palmer was at the bottom OF it. It was
Fl nslly traced to him, and his arrest quickly
followed.
II has transpired that be was an assistant
TO the famous James Holden, q notorious
counterieitet, who has served several terms
in the peniteutiary. and was arrested in
New York on Saturday BY the secret service
agents, who are now on their way TO Pitts
burgh with their prisoner. Palmer was
brought before Commissioner Mix, of To.
wanda, and in default of 5000 bail was
committed to the Bradford county prison.
The search Of Palmers premises brought 10
light a complete eounterfeiter's out6t.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
Sending Back Paupers.

WASHINGTON, June Assistant Secretary
Nettleton to-day directed the return oftwo
Italians and one Swedish immigrant to their
respective countries. These immigrants ar
rived in the United States in January last,
but have since become paupers, and under
the new immigration law can be returned at
the expense of the steamship company
which brought them TO the United States.
This is the first order Of the kind issued by
the Treasury Department, and indicates the
vigor with which the new law is TO be en-
forced The cases were submitted to the
President before final action was taken by
the Treasury Department.
Circulars were sent to-day to all the steam
ship companies calling their attention to the
provisions of the Immigration law and
stating that every section will be vigorously
enforced.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10
A Human PIncushlon.

YORK, Pa, June s.-Lillie Miller, daughter
OF Henry Miller, Of this city, died to-day af-
ter suffering with peculiar malady that for
a time bafiied the physicians. The young
woman was a seamstress and wore very
tight-fitting habiliments. She had habit of
sticking pins and needles in her dress. Many
of the needles and pins worked their way
into her body and came out in the upper
part of the arm and body.
She bad been frequently requested to alb
stain from the habit, but she had continued
it so long that she unconsciously stuck the
pins into her clothing.
The deceased was about . years of age and
had continued the habit for the past three
years, until il resulted in dropsy and blood
poisoning which finally ended her life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-06-10

Seymour, who is himself Demociat'
and concurred in by ell the ether judges,
has just settled the question the defeat
OF Judge Morris. In pursuance Of their
usual tactics, the Democrats had raised
the cry that the Republicans were trying
to steal the State but this decision OF
the Supreme Court fastens the attempted
crime on them. u was the Democratic
election officers who deliberately and
criminally threw out the ballots for Gov
enor on which the word ''for' appeared,
by which they claimed to have a-major-
ity for their candidate, Judge Morris.
The result of the contest is not tonly graft
fying to Republicans because Of the VIC
tory. but because of the exposure Of the
rascality Of the Democrats in their at
tempt to steal the State.