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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-06
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES:

Chief of Police Hardwicke, of Rad.
ford, who recently assaulted Rev.
Samuel Saunders, has been tried in tho
county court, found guilty and fined S75
and costs.
special election has been ordered in
tho Blacksburg magisterial district for
october to sec If they will grant Ii
cense to sell liquor in that district.
The following changes in the fourth
class postotiices of Virginia were mado
yesterday: Gap Store, Tazewell county.
D. w. Yost, appointed postmaster; vice
j. w. Maxwell, resigned: Sayersville,
Tazewell county, ID Il. Johnson, vice
w. j. Ireson, resigned.
The twentieth annual exhibition of
the Tazewell County Agricultural and
Mechanical Society will be held on
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday,
September 90 and 80 AMI October l. In
addition to the agricultural features of
the fair there will be scrub race, five
to start, on the opening day. for purse
OF $40; sweepstake race, five or more
to start, on the second day, for purse
OF 500, and on the third day, running,
trotting and pacing races, with purses
of s1l0, $40 and SIS, respectively, foot
race OF oolored men, slow mule race, etc.
The Swift Powder and Cartridge
Company, of Cincinnati, has purchased
l9l acres of land adjoining Basic CITY.
upon whey they propase to erect an i'm
mense establishment. 1t is claimed
the works, which will manufac ture all
kinds OF powder, will give employment
to 500 operators.
DThc immense engines for the battle
ship Texas, which are being construc ted
at the Richmond Locomotive and Ma
chino Works, arc now being set up to
undergo a trial test.
George w. Steenrod, one of tho old
est and most respected citizens of
wheeling, died Tuesday, aged seventy
eight years.
The fruit drying establishment Of
VIM. L. Womeldorf, in Rocl<bridge
county, was destroyed by fire Monday
night with all it's contents.
The ladies of Lynchburg arc organic
ing a society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals.
ID. M. Holt. wcll-known Lynchburr
merchant, is dead.
w. II. Baden. prosperous merchant
OF bolivar, W. Va, died Friday last
Tie engineering corps is extending
the a. G. IL l., line from Damascus into
the extensive ore beds in Shady Valley
This is an ali important move, as the
furnaces at Bristol and johnson City
are now nearly ready to go into blast,
and tho vital question arises. e'Where
are you going to get your ores?" BY
the route from Abingdon and thence into
Shady is the quickest and easiest solu-
ton to this serious question, and those
interested in securing constant and
steady supply of those much needed and
pure ores, should look into the chances
of an early completion of this line, which
already is well advanced and a good
force hard al work.
The suit of Gen. J. S. Greever vs. the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany, for damages done by burning
several stacks Of hay, quantity Of
Straw, etc , caused from sparks from the
smoke stack of the engine, was decided
in favor OF the plaintiff, the verdict
being $40.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-06

HNRuSTEE'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF \
Il deed OF trust executed 10 me by Mosellc
Ross, dated the eth OF March lSi0 and recorded in
deed book 81, page 81. In the clerks Office OF the
trust To secure the 10 ,nokc Land and Improye
mcnt Company the payment OF the sum OF Sf75
payable in three equal instalmcn,s OF $2a5 each
with interest nj the rate OF six per ccntum Der
annnm, payable annually and default having
neen made in the payment OF the first OF said in
stalmcns and the interest payable nnuualiy IA
aforesaid, and having been required by the said
ltoanokc Land and Imp Ovcmcut Company 40 10
90, shall oi1cr for sale to the ighesi bidder M
pubic auction in front III the court house Ia the
18Th DAY OF SEPTEMBER. ISM. ATi2 Nj
the follow ing trac's or parcels OF land lying in
the City OF Roanoke, Va. described ns follows
to-wit:
beginning ut point on the south side of
Rutherford street TWO hundred and hfty feet
west with line OF W. II. Horizons lot two hundred
and twenty feet TO Harrison street; thence y,th
harrison street north cighty-cight degrees west
one hundred feet Ia n point; thence north two de-
grccs cast and with line OF W. II. Horizons other
lot two hundred and twenty feet 10 Rutherford
street: thence with Rutherford street sonth
cighty-cight degrees east one hundred feet 10 the
beginning, containing twenty-five thousand
square feet. more or less
TERMS Cash ~ To enough To Discharge all
costs and charges attending the execution OF this
trust nnd Ia pay the amount now in arrears 10
the Roanoke Land Improvement Con nan;
being the first instalment OF $aa5 with INTEREST,"
on Sd13 from the eth day or March, iS.lO until
a!Hcnt' ana also 4 trustees commission ot i've
per ccntuin; tho balance To he made pa, able In
three equal annual insialmcnts In one and Two
and three years from the date OF sale, to be 20
cured ny deed OF trust upon the proncrtv.
JOS. l. DORIAN,
auS@o tus Trustee
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$500 Reward !!

Ewill pay the above reward for any case OF Iiyoa
Complaint, Dyspepsia Sick Headache Indigestion Can.
etpatlon or Costiveness We cannot with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills when the directions are strictly
complied with. They are purely Vegetable, and neve4
fail TO give satisfaction. Sugar Coated Large boxcs
containing 30 Pills. Is cents beware OF counterfets
anu limitations. Tho genuine manu- cturod only bp
THE JOHN c. WEST COMPANY. CHICAGO. ~.
Sold by the Roanoke Drug Conn any,
Campbell street. isn23.1y
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-06
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

NEW York, Sept. 5.-ISpeciall-Ex-
change quiet and steady at 4sa@4 s8.
Commercial bills, 4sl1<@as41s. Money
easy. no loans. closing offered at 5.
Sub-treasury balances-gold, 500, s74,-
600; currency. S27,921,O 900. Government
bonds dull and steady-4s, 1l7A. State
bonds dull and steady.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-06
LOCAL STOCKS.

The following quotations of Roanoke
and Southwest Virginia stocks are fur
nished by Won Hcmert 81 Co., bond and
stock brokers. Roanoke, Va.
EANK AND TRUST COMPANIES
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-06

NJ ii EES SALE OF VAiUA BILE RESI-
l. ucncc lots In tho West End-Bv virtue of a
dccd or trust dated the cath of September Is:Hl
made by Il. b. Ferguson and j. Lyons llntter TO
inc Undersigned trustee. to secure to l.. G.. Hans
nronsn, commissioners. the payment OF the sum
OF 81 Si5l, part thereof, with interest from tho
2ntn of February, 1870 OH the 2tth OF February,
the Goth or February Isf on the 9th OF Febru
airy, lSi2. and to secure to w. A. CARPENTER the
payment OF two notes dated 2yth September, 1880
each for sd:d'i, payable with Interest in one and
Two years rfom date, respectively; to G. g.
pooker, inc payment OF two notes dated 29th
scpicmhcr, 1ShI, each for Sisj.tti, payable with
interest," IN one and two years, respectively, from
date; to l.. l.. Powell, the payment OF two notcs,
dated J., 18th day OF September, iS!N, each for
SlS'ihi payable with interest in one and two
years respectfully, from date; and TO r. II. Rorcr,
the payment OF two notes, dated aath September,
ISM each for SisitI. payable with interest from
date In one and two years, respectively from
date, and defurlt having been made In tho pay
ment OF the sum OF 800 with its interest, first
above mentioned. and at the request OF the henc-
nciary, VIII sell ut public auction to the highest
bidder, IN front OF the courthouse OF Ronnoke
civ, on THE 1tTn OF SEPTEMBER. isai, Al
To- +; NJ. those certain lots or parcels OF land
lying III the western part or said city, between
Salem avenue and Norfolk and Western railroad
Immediately west OF Fifteenth street, and desig.
Nos 4, <, ., 10 aud IL, in the northern part OF
section 1, and described rs follows:
bcsihniny at the southwest corner OF jackson
avenue ana Fifteenth street; thence with Jackson
avenue north I'll degrees ~ minutes west III feet
nlhc inc or the Magic Land Company; thence
with the line OF the said company south Is DC
Srees :" minutes west l:Sa feel to an alley;
thence with said alley south III degrees ~ min.
ntes cass 2os.1 feet 10 Fifteenth street; thence
with Fifteenth street north - degrees 10 minutes
east l23 feet 10 the beginning
TEkMS OF SAI.E:-Cash sufficient To paw the
c"st ol executing this trust and To nay the -nm OF
y with the interest due on tho 10Th OF Fcbru
AIRY, is9l, saw 1915; and rs to $50 with interest
from the 2Uth OF February. 1870, on the 10Th of
February iSr9; and az to S'i6.6i, with interest
from the 2'th of September, lSn, on the nth
CT scptcmher. lSIi; and as to SIi6.6i. with inter
OF September, 1892, and the balance, IL any, on
such terms as the granors may prescribe, and II
they fail TO prescribe the terms for such balance
then on such terms n tho trustee may think III
augl5tds l.. Z. HANSBROUGu, Trustee.
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These notes have been assumed by subsequent
purchasers. ID r. b0WVIN
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-06

This sale has been postponed til Tuesday. the
18th day of September, 1871 wv
augl4 tbs l.. L.. POWELL. Trus,eo
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-28
PosToFF1CE DIRECTORY.

." POsTOFF1CE DIRECTORY.
NAILS CLOSE.
Going North-Train No. I, daily, 7:45 p. m; No.
Going south-No. 2, daily, l;4o I'm; No. 4, daily
5:46 p. m.
Little Falls 4 Dakota. W daily except Sunday,
v:o0 2. m; north to Brainerd daily except Sunday
Buchanan stage via Gravelville and Rich
Saturday, 1:15 p ID. IL. -, s5s : =. =
Green Prairie, tuesday and Friday, 2pm.
Ledoux, Wednesday and Saturday, p n.
Postetace open every Sunday from 1880 p. II.
l:S0 p. m. -: ~ - -
4 ". N. FULLER, p. NJ
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-28
MEDICAL,
DENTISTRY.

I MARTIN, Dentist Omce In BlakeI build.
g Ing Little Falls, MINI. All work WARMED.
onr years practical experience in the Dental
f. ,sat sases n ~ mat we cap guerenteet the pub
saiiy done and equal to the best.
nR. I.EWlS ). WRIGHT. Surgeon Dentilt
~ 0fhce. Ductos Building. Fret street North
Eex1 Door TO Dr F"rtirr's
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-28
CITY OFFICERS.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

FRANK ELLENBECKER, Auditor.
HENRY GOULET, Register Of Deeds.
g. STOLL, Treasurer.
n. RICHARDSON. Judge Of Probate.
CHA9. a. LlNDBERGH. County Attorney.
G. N. A. FORTIER, Coroner.
6. p. FULLER, Court Commissioner.
LEON HOUDE, SherSY. 5-,l:.s, ... .-,
- ]. T. STAPLES, Clerk Of District Court
J. y. SEAL, superintendent Of Schools .ss,
County Commissioners BTUMPF, Chair.
nan. AARCUS KOBE PETER MEDVED, n.
GRAVEL, DENNIS SHEEDY. - :.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-28
SOCIETIES.

M MAsONIC. Little Falls Lodge, No. l4O, A. F1&
III A. NJ. Stated communications the first and
third Thursdays in each month. H. Rasicot,
". N. LYMAN S1Gnor. Secretary
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01

in 1910 by one Rupert Marlowe, of Man.
chester, Eng, and which has evidently
been hidden away In the book for a
number of years. That it was pur-
posely concealed there cannot be
doubted, for the heavy binding had
been carefully slit lengthwise, the
paper inserted and the back again
glued together, only parting with age
along the line where it had been cut.
Mrs. Blackmore, thinking it likely to
be of legal value, carried the document
to relative, a prominent lawyer, who
forwarded it 20 Manchester to a profess
sional associate in that city. After some
little delay news came that the paper
had proven Of immense value to persons
then in great poverty, enabling them TO
lay claim to considerable wealth, which
had for many years been in the hands
of another branch of the family. Com
promise had been made with the pres
ent holders by which the legatees of the
long hidden will were placed in COM
Portable circumstances. They have sent
Mrs. Blackmore several handsome gifts
in token of their appreciation OF her
efforts to place the will for their benefit.
The maker of the concealed will was
all eccentric old man of romantic turn
of mind, who took it IN his head to puZ-
Zle his relatives, and succeeded so we'll
that for nearly eighty years his children
and their descendants have been living
in poverty, while distant relatives en-
lOyed their Inheritance, for the amlable
old gentleman was in the habit OF max
ing wills every few days, leaving his
property alternately to every one he
knew and different institutions, the one
found by Mrs. Blackmore, however. be-
ing the latest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
BULLETS HAVE NO TERRoRs.
Shot Sixteen Times Without Being
Seriously Wounded.

ScFIOuSIl w OuuOcOs
A remarkable instance of fortunate
escapes has recently taken place near
BrazOria, Tex, IN which negro named
Aleck Moss shot another negro, one Job
Hunnylea, sixteen times, each shot TAX
ing effect without killing him, or even
inflicting dangerous wound. Hunny-
lea, who is literally riddled with bullet
holes, was standing within four feet of
his assailant when the firing began,
and, though he ran, was at no time
further away than seven or nine feet.
Those who saw the affair and after
wards the wounds declare his escape the
most remarkable thing they ever wit
messed.
Three of the shots buried themselves
in the fieshy part of Hunnylea's left
shoulder, without penetrating deeper
than three inches, and were easily dug
out. Two bullets graZed his skull, car
rying away the hair and skin, while one
tore away the lobe of his left ear, mar
rowly escaping severing his jugular
vein. Four balls lodged in the calf of
one leg, while one of the muscles of the
other was cut by the passage of another.
Two more plowed their way along
Hunnylea's chest, laying the breast bone
bare, but SKINNED on without stopping;
one broke the bone of the right wrist,
and two passed clean through the hollow
of the right shoulder without injury to
muscle or bone.
The weapon used was an old-fashioned
shot gun, loaded with small shot. Be
yOnd considerable loss of blood the negro
suffered very little from his peppering,
and within couple of weeks was up
and about his work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
ANOTHER INFANT PRODIGY.
This Is a Six-Months-Old Negro
With a Wonderful Singing
Voice

This Is a Six-Months-Old Negro
With a Wonderful Singing
Voice.
A negro woman, ROsanna Sterling by
name, and residing In the western sub
urbS of Atlanta, Ga, is the mother of a
slX-mOnths-old baby, which may be re-
garded as a musical prodigy remarkable
in the history of the world. 1t possesses
a voice of unusual strength and purity,
and can sing several melodies with
great expression and correctness. That
this extraordinary power is due to
merely an exaggerated gift of mimicry
is evidenced by the fact that it only re-
peats such songs as have been sung sew
eTal times In Its hearing, following
closely whatever error i'll time or tune
that may occur, rendering the melody,
however, with great sweetness and
really remarkable expression. It's
mimicry is confined to singing these
songs, all efforts to get it to pronounce
words proving Intellectual.
The infant Is boy, rather small for
its age, though perfectly healthy and
we'll formed. and very bright. without,
however, exhibiting any notable peculi-
arity beyond its musical powers. The
mOlueF says IL was only SIX Weeks Olu
when it first startled her by Joining in
the song with which she was grooming it
to sleep. Convinced that it was demOni-
acally inspired, she left it, and was only
with great difficulty induced 20 return
home. The negroes about all share this
horror of the child, and cannot be per-
suaded to approach it, but have also
ostracised the mother, alleging that she
must have been guilty of some enormous
crime to have produced what they be-
lieve to be a devil sent to plague her.
The woman has recently accepted pro-
positions from an Eastern museum to
exhibit her child in tour through the
country.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
SWIMMING IN HIS SLEEP.
Perilous Experience of a Timid
New York SomnambuIist.

Perilous Experience of a Timid
New York SomnambuIist-
a curious freak of somnambulist re-
Gently occurred near Dewitteville, n.
Y, which nearly cost the sleep-walker,
Horace Ransome, his life. Ransome is
a young man, but has always been NOR
bidly afraid of venturing into the water,
but on a recent night arose from his bed
while asleep and made his way to a
large submerged rock about fifty feet
from the shore of Lake Chautauqua.
Ransome says he is entirely ignorant of
the art OF swimming, never having been
in water over two feet deep in his life.
hut it Is said that it is an impossibility
for him to have reached the spot where
he was found without swimming, and
the only conclusion to be arrived at is
that he must have unconsciOusly struck
out on finding himself in the lake.
Another remarkable feature of the
affair is how the Somnambulist could
have remained asleep after entering the
water, which is quite cold, but the adj
venture was too peTilOuS to have been a
hoax. Ransome was found q short while
after dawn standing on the rock and
holding up his head TO keep himself
from drowning, the water reaching
nearly TO his chin. He was utterly
Frustrated with the shock and the exer-
ton, and for some days suffered in
tensely from rheumatism brought on by
his cold bath.
He says his first knowledge of what
had done was when he found himself
endeaYoring to keep his footing on the
slippery rock, and was then afraid to
try to swim to the shore. He has faint
recollection of having adream, in which
a woman was drowning before his eyes
and of plunging i'm to save her.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
STRANGE AS FICTION.
Queer Stories of Fact From
All Parts Of the United
States.
& Budget Of Odd Occurrences
and Marvels From the
Countryside.
The Old Man UP a Tree--A
Negro Baby Sings at Six
Months.
A Man Goes Swimming in His
SIeep--A Grandmother at
Thirty.

A mystery is confronting the citizens
of Thibodeaux, La, and exciting the
superstitious beyond measure. A day
or two ago Nam Rhea, an old negress of
this place and reputed witch, died
after prolonged illness and was found
after death to have one temple marked
with the image of a cloven hOOf. Nam
Rhea was believed by the negroes to
have sold herself 10 his Satanic majesty
for money, and. indeed, the old woman
was always well supplied with comforts
and small change from some revenue,
which she persistently refused to make
public.
She lived a solitary life, held little
communication with any one, and had
been i'll for some time before any one
knew OF it, but upon learning her need
of miniSuratiOn the women OF her race
Hooked about her and she died sur
rounded by crowd, whose presence she
was unable to resent. These stayed
about her, prepared the body for burial,
and are willing to swear that 1t was not
alone for single moment from the time
death enSued to the nnding OF the myS-
FERROUS mark on her temple. The image
appeared 10 nave Deell DuIutu III Win
acid or traced with a pencil dipped in
caustic, which DR.. Osborne, who was
with her when she died and declares
she bore no such mark then, says must
have Teen done after death.
The women, however, who performed
the last offices have all been examined
separately and crOss-eXamined care
fully, but are mistaken and unanimous
In their testimony that such thing
was impossible of execution without
their knowledge. The community is
greatly divided i'll opinion on the affair.
many believing that the negroes have
either forsworu themselves and are
cognizant of the hand that traced the
mark, or must have eft the body for a
time, when it was done, while the more
ignorant are convinced that Nam Rhea'S
dark master left his signature thus.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
OLDEST LIVING HORSE.

A CapriciOus Animal Known to
Have Reached the Age of Forty
Seven.
The oldest horse on record is owned
by Maj. Robert Mas, of Louisville, KY,
who possesses papers proving its age to
be something over forty-seVen years.
Ivanhoe, as he is called, IS large bay,
with white spot on his forehead, aud,
up to few years ago, of gentle, at
fectionate disposition, but has grown
peeVish and capricious with his lncreas-
ing age. This. however. is only mani
tested towards strangers, while he is
devoted to his master and his children,
who play about him with perfect fear
lessness. Ivanhoe was stolen several
times during the civil war, but invaria-
bly, made his way back i'll safety to his
pasture, having contrived in some way
to escape from his captorS.
He bears on the right flank the scar
of a gunshot wound received in the
Mexican war at the battle of Buena
Vista while ridden by Maj. Mas
grandfather. 1t is over thirty years
since IVanhOe has known bride or har-
ness, but spends his days Strolling
about his pasture. into which he will
allow no other horse to be placed, but
will resent all intrusions with vigOr-
GUS use of his teeth and heels. His
faculties ali appear unimpaired, with
the exception of a total deafness result
ing from a severe attack of disease
prevalent a few years ago.
Far from beng feeble, Ivanhoe moves
brlSkly about, and will often permit
two or three of the younger children to
mount and ride him about the pasture.
He has, however. lost nearly all of his
other soft food. He made his last APP
pearance in public at the cattle fair
held in Lexington last fall, and came
home completely denuded of his name
and tail by people securing thus relics
of the oldest horse known
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-01
A CANNIBALIsTIC COW.
Texas Has Bovine That Eats
Cats, Mice and Her Own Off
Enpin0

Texas Has a Bovine That Eats
Cats, Mice and Her Own Off
spring.
Fort Worth, Tex, possesses a cow
which is unique in being carnivOrous
and a cannibal, as we'll as an infanti-
eide. Her peculiar propensity was dis
covered while she was yet calf by the
discovery of the bones of a cat which
was in the habit of frequenting the
stall where she was confined and the
blood smeared upon the calf's mouth
revealed the startling fact that puss
had actually been eaten by her. Since
then she has been seen to catch
mice and rats venturing near her
and devOur them alive, while she has
twice killed and eaten her day-old
calves. She exhibits no popularity be-
yond her carnivorouS appetite, but APP
pears gentle enough, and has never
been known to behave ill-humoredly
except when in sight of freshly killed
meat or when shown blood.
She is of common breed, and was
calved on the ranch of William Sunder-
land in Potter county, and is now the
property of Capt. James Link. She
feeds on grass, corn, ETC., but will eat
eagerly any morsel of meat thrown her,
and for several days after tasting flesh
will refuse with disgust all other food.
She is now nearly six years old.