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a man that has tried II says that two
OF three ,land.liOn leaves chewed be-
fore going Ia bed will induce slceep, no
matter how nervous or worried one
may be. Aud they cnusc no WEAKNESS
or headache such NJ follow the use Of
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recommends this 10 the six bogus Salt
Lake Councilman who are no doubt
passing -lerpl,ss nights Mt pussnt
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17

Tnr remarks recently made In III
Third District Count by Judge Amber
son, wien the ca.c ot F0llnnd ~
wolsienholme came before him, hhv,
occasloncd n good deal 81 inquiry fe'
garilng thc contested seats III the city
Council. Mr.. Folland was one Of ilit
candidates Of the Peoples Parly elect
ed from the Third Precinct. Mr
wols,cnholme was the cnndldateof th'
"Libernl" party. iewes no, elected.
but nevertheless occupies the seat 70
which he has no legal title.
Judge Anderson fcmlfscd, sub
stantially, that the question Involved
had already been decilc'i by The
Supreme Cour, N the Territory. BE.
cause Of this statement n number Of
persons obtained the erroneous In.
prcsslon that the tisurpiug Councilman
we're about 10 abdicate In favor q the
legitimate claimants. We have teen
asked numbcr Of times why this lat.
ter incident did not occur. 10 answer
this u,c.tlon requires "A great deal Of
explanation.
Previous 10 the city election OF FeL.
ruary, 1850, the point was mlsrl ~
n which Of IN, laws the election
would be- conducted under, the old OF
tho new. sppeal wns made ON the
aibleo. for Information. I, tho Utah
rommls.Ion. which body I'm. Iurluiic.
tIon ln nlI elections In the Territory.
Tn. t,ommissIon hell TINT the new law
enacted by tn, last legislature, should
prcyall. A similar applic,tlon wa,
mad. IA ia, supremo Cont OF the
Territory, which decided IN, matter In
the sam, w.y.
On IN, other hand. the manIpila,ors
OF the "i,lberalp Marty couten,i.d Tint
IN, old election inv ought In operat..
The r,a.on why I'M, po.itlon was
taken bv Tho latter wa. evident. In
ems, their candidates might rcc.iye
n majority Of the votes at large,
they f,nccd lu this way M TINT they
mIvh, bay, n shadow nj .xcus, lor
stealing tho offices. Had their ,andl.
dates. however. been elected he
nieIorities I'm raeh and nil of The
several pre,Incts they wouId bnv.
Inslst.d ihn,. after nil. IA, suntrme
Court and IN, IItab CommI..Ion wo,,
correct I'm their opinlops
uisanoto,lous fact tina, IN, p.onls,.
,andItiatcain IN, Third and Fourth nr,.
eipo,s r.c.lv.i n majority nj yo,.. mi.
1. no, denied bnvin, been shown lac
the far. nj IN. returns. No,wIth.
standing tbi. WINS IN. cas.. sect,ta,v
sails issued m. c,r,idc,,e. M ,l.c,inn
Ia the al .iberal,, candidate. I'm ouno.I.
tlon IN IN, d,c,s,on of m, sun,.n,,
Court. and 10 IN, opInIon. mr. rnlIny
az IN, Utah Commission TN, ,l,In.
eralp candidates were sea,,d ON mi.
pr,u,a Cac,s b,.I. that aet hahn, m,
terminal polnt of n eorrun, copsnIr,cy
Mr.. n. w. Young. one nj Nm. PEG.
niles candidate. elected from m.
Fourth Precinct. carried his c.sc
into tho District Court, before Judo,
Zan.. IL was tak.n Than, on
mn npnlleatIon FIR N mnudamus 10
compel the Secretary Of the Territory
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17

what YOU have said about me. IL you
have stated that stole the communion
service from Gmcc Church, 40 much
the better. say anything you like,
only for heavens sakesay something"
she decided that trying 10 Dlackmail
me was not auorcss. No man need
10 expect to succeed without advertis.
fnY
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17

lFLLNtN RODS FRONTAGE ny TIN
- tods deep, facing on rad Ia rear Of nev.
,itNN House, close to u, T.. Depot Uau lie
leased Ia whole or IN part, Tor i've or an
ytan. fUIi.EH A YoiiNa."
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NOTICE..

'rhE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Ntqekhnldrrs Of the Rcxburg Milling ~
wv 9e hrli In no Presiding lIshop's ono,
O'Clock am, for The pun 80 ~ elerilng ilirs,
tlls hhh nlher officers 10 seNo Tor the eusulng
war. 20 hear the secrotary's Report aud tfans
hWorc the meeting '"h'
dm2 JANIS oIIIyspIp s.,,.,..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17

TnE following table shows the value
OF foreign manufactured articles Inn
ported into the United States from 1851
to 1904, inclusive.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17

Flor, T. a question FOR political iiii.
losophtEs' Docs IL irjur' or huurtl %
uguhtry 70 sei'i out over r. n01,0lluU0
" B9lu Ia ten Year, Tor manufactured
goods,
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ALE OR EXCL

HOUSES AND LOTS IN HAZEL Coiipr
on ran south, Leiween Flfth An1 siSii,
I, a III, ~ ees,.oh easy terms. Apply to Carl b.
l1lm
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17

= ACRES GRASS LAND ANn Ftvr ,rppa
- lluM Land attached, situated M Fnre.t
.elu AppIy 10 Dr, j. T.. Wesley. as h. sixth
"Hf" Nh'Nts
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LOST.

A BAY HORSE. 1--WE YEARS OLD, THREE
n white feet star IN face, on irft
shoulder. Return 70 Gro. q, Lambert, Dis,
l''f NTws nfee Hrf 30 reWeT''sH % q
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WANTED.

A y ENERGETIC PARTNER wIrH 5000
~ capital, 10 start good paying mercantile
~ ness W TINS niiY. a good opening for the.
t,..sn' ,a.n' hea' references required. AddroSs
'''' wv ifAh uit
MAN 40 sELL LlNE or CIGARS, 500
AZ per mnnth ana expenses paid. Address.
MN w. ,n''snp'NA'l"hAi Vign Company, ~ Louss
~ dil
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RAILROADS
81 81 s s : W koIfo|ksWesternR
SCHEDULE il EFFECT AUGUST 20. 1891.
EEYRaNY1a1

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AUGUST 20. 1891.
wEsTEoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY
f:k1 n. III. for Bristol and Intermediate stations
S:oo a. m for tadford, Pulaski, Bristol; also Tor
DIucncld, Pocnhontas. Elkhorn, Clinch Val.
Icy. Division ari Louisville Via Norton.
Pullman slccpciS 10 Memphis and New or.
leans AMI To Louisville via Norton
6:lo y. IN. Tor Radford Pulaski. Bristol Con
meets 1T kadford for Buciicld and poca.
hontas. Pullman slccpcrs to Memphis via
Chattanooga.
NORTH AND EASTnOTSD. LEAVE ROANOKE NAVY
$50 n III. for Petersburg and Richmond
l-;on T. m Tor lln.cr-tOwn. Pullman slccrcrs to
New York via Harrisburg and Philidclphia
l2i5 y. III. daily for Richmond and Norfolk Pul.
man parlor car In Norfolk
80 =. IN. for Lynchburg: no connection beyond.
SD j. M Tor ShcllandoGh: 10 connection beyond.
ll:!" y. IN. for Richmond and Norfolk Pullman
sleeper 10 Norfolk and Lynchhurs to Rich.
lnOnd.
ll:!Q y. IN for llagcr-town. Pullman slccpcrs to
Washington via Shenandoah Junction and 10
New York via Harrisburg.
CHnch alley DiyisiOn-I.cavcs Bucicld daily
800 Il. IN. for Norton. and l::l5 D. IN. for Nor
ton. Louisville and points ON l.. " y. X. r.
via Norton.
North Carolina Divison-Lcavc Pulaski daily
900 n. IN. Tor Ivanhoc and l::0 y. m for Ivan
hoe and GOssln and $50 a. m (cxccpt sun.
day. for Betty Baker.
For all additional information apply at ticket
Office or Ia " T. BENiII
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke Va
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UuntfnItOn's Zig lot Sale.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va. Sept. IG.-The
great sale Of lots, which was to have
taken place on the 18th and 10th in
slant by the Huntington and Kcnova
Land Company, of Huntington, w. Va,
took place to-day. The sale was we'll
attended by prominent people from
Ohio. Pennsylvania, Kentucky. West
Virginia and other States. Tho Hum
tington and Big Sandy railroad was
kept running from 0:30 q. IN. till the
close Of the sale at p. M, conveying
guests to the company's grounds. Col
onel w. o. Brcckcnbangh, of Baltimore,
conducted the sale. The bidding was
spirited, and the first days sale footed
up SIS, 600.
There arc Is, 900 visitors in town and
a large number looked for to morrow
Among the most prominent bidders were
Senator j. n Camden, of Parkersburg;
Senator John e. Kcnna. Of Charles,on;
Senator Bob Carr, of Charleston: Gen
cral Robert NJ. l'ritchard. of Catlctts-
burg, Ky; Hon. w. l.. Gciger, Senator
a. ID. Glenn, of Wheeling; George T..
miller, Jr., of huntingdon Senator NJ.
Morelcin, OF Cincinnati.
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THE ACTOR MURDERER.
Additional Proof That .Sa,n'l Of poscn'
Killed O!iiCCr Grnnt.

Additional Proof That SAINT Of roscn"
Killed Officer Grant.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. lG.-Actor Cur
It's still claims he remembers nothing
about Friday mornings tragedy, and
will not talk OF anything but his thea
trical record. Yesterday Officer j. j.
Allen sworc to the complaint in Judge
Rex's court, charging Strclinger with
the murder OF Officer Grant. The police
are fast completing the chain OF evil
dencc against him and are leaving no
stone unturned TO lay bare all the facts.
The street where tho murder took
place has been critically examined, and
the planks with the bullet holes in tho
fence opposite have been sawn out and
put away as evidence.
The police have found man who
saw Curtis in the custody of Grant, on
Sixth street near Folsom. lie speaks
English impelfcctly, and has not teen
taken before an interpreter yet, but he
made the authorities understand that he
knew Grant, and also identified Curtis
as the man Grant had in custody. The
police expect to find the man who saw
Grant arrest Curtis.
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School supplies. Thompson 4 Co.
TRAIN ROBBERS AT WORK AGAIN
A Safe Rolled Out :of an Express Car
and Opened.

-
and Opened.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. Is Speciall-
A dispatch from Muskcgoo, Indian Ter
ritory, says that the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas south bound passenger train
was hold up and the express car robbed
at o;5o o'clock last night, four miles
north OF Wagner. The robbers covered
the train officials with their pistols and
two of their number entered the ex-
press car.
They ordered the cXprcssman to open
large steel safe, which he was unable
TO do, and it took considerable arguing
before he could convince the robbers Of
his utter inability to comply.
They thereupon dumped the small
iron chest, which contained 81, 500, out
OF The express car door. and, breaking it
open, took the entire amount They
mado no attempt 10 rob the passengers,
and there was but one shot fired. Tho
robbers wore masks Of red flannel, and
after completing the job took to the
woods with their booty. Officers have
left Muskegon in pursuit of the robbers
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17

ROANOKE COLLEGE.
An Encouraging Opening Yes
terday.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.

Roanoke College opened yesterday
with q large number of students. There
was an increase over the number on the
first day OF last year, and the pro3a bill
ties are that there will be moro in at
tendance this year than the number
catalogued last year, which is 1870.
A large proportion of the old students
are back and an unusually large proper
tion of the new students are entering
the regular course for graduation.
The local patronage will be better this
year than ever before. Judge James w.
Marshall, of Craig, entered his son yes
terday. A son of Rev. William iIaire
Lcavell, of Mississippi, and grandson
of Senator George, was entered also.
There are eight students from Indian
Territory in tho college this session.
The senior class is very large one.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c.
a. will tender a reception to the College
" M. c. A. Friday evening, which will
be in honor Of the new students.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17

An important decision has just been
made in the county court at Fincastlc.
The style of the case was Cosby & Min
afeo VS. 5. J.. lick. The plaintiff held
note of Hick for the profits on lot
sold lick on the Riverside Land Com
pany. OF Buchanan. IIick claimed that
the land company had not complied with
their contract, as per their recorded
map, viz. To build a bridge across the
river and to run railroad on the bank
The case was ably argued on both sides
and decided in favor Of the defendant.
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EDUCATIONAL.
M r S. M. G. Nj A S SIZE

Will open school for young ladies
and gir's the 2lst of September. Thor
ough instruction in all branches from
primary to higher English, Mathemat-
les, Latin and Modern Languages.
Efficient teachers in Music, Art and
Embroidery are secured. AS she is not
canvassing information regarding terms,
etc, will be furnished by addressing. or
calling on her at her residence on Sew
enth avenue, head of Commerce street,
for any information regarding term :,
etc. Scptl-1m
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row JOSEPH MURPHY uopRytns son.

row JOSEPH MURPHY uoRR~IEs SOME
GOOD CITIZENS OF TOPEKA.
My funniest stage experience did not
happen Oh u stare at al. It happened
when l was billed for Topeka. Kan
When NY train arrived in Topeka half
dozen gentlemen came into the ear
and said to ne: rs this Mr.. AIurphy?"
to which l replied it was, whcrcupon
with few pleasant remarks they led
me out to Il carriage near the depot 1t
was frightfully rainy day and re-
member thinking it extremely queer
hatsanyone should meet me with Il car
riaGe; but having played to big houses
around there concluded it was little
act of courtesy on the part of Topeka
citizens.
We drove to the hotel and the rest
OF my company went to theirs. Ilnme-
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DIxEY DANCING on HIS MANAGERS BACK.

DIXEY DANCING on HIS MANAGERS BACK.
low me. No one came. WALKED merry
ously to the left wing and pccrcd into
the first entrance, but not soul was to
be seen. walked to the right and
glanced mp and down, but not even n
stage hand was in sight. I knew very
little of the farce and what to do
didn't know, so | marched back and
forth on the stage with tragic gestures
muttcrinG few words now and then as
II to give the appearance OF reality to
my performance, but the gallery gods
were on to me" and cnlivencd the
scene by calling cut various things,
such as ITS about time You went Off"
''oh, you'll be sorry for this when you
get SOBER" etc
Finally, after what seemed hours, but
which was in reality only few mo
men's' the players appeared, the scene
went on and made my escape.
1t seems that the trap door behind the
= scenes had been left open by mistake
and one of the young women had fallen
through.
She fell on some soft s,uP and was
not injured, but everybody, including
the stage hands. had run downstairs TO
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17
see her. forgetting all about mo and
that was holding the stage.
NEIL K1-iGrsS

NAT GooDwiN's FIRST STAGE EXPERIENCE.
Before l ever went on the stare 1
used To take part i'll amateur affairs il
my mothers parlors at Boston, and l
bothered Charlie Thorne to death to
get me place in some company.
My friends also said they were con-
WINGED had talents. So finally Thornc
secured me Il position III n company
then playing piece called "a Bottle. :"
Providence was to he the place where
l made my debut, and the part assigned
me was the oldtimc gcntlcmanly vii
lain who comes to the village and cap
lures the heart of the rustic beauty.
had rchcarscd several times and was
sure knew it all.
The heroine was to rush Oh with n
scream and l run after her; but she
hadn't rchcarscd the scream with me,
SO when she dashed on and gave an un-
earthly yell it nearly frightened me to
death.
stubbcd my toe, fell sprawling and
lost one of my side whisllcrs. couldn't
utter word, and didn't do 50 during
the whole performance. They thought
would gain courage us the piece pro-
crossed, but during the third act the
orchestra came in with few thrilling
bars of music and completely lost my
head, and | dashed out of the thcatcr
to find the depot and take the next train
for Boston.
AS ] entered the ears with makeup
on, black streak on my check from
b'.ckcncd eyebrows and my wi: 1T ono
side, passengers thought | was staring
mad. On rcachinr hOl.,, r-1Shoi II, 70
my mother, who thought was going to
be second Booth, begging her not TO
send me on the stage again, bat 70 get
me Il position in some store
NAT c. GooDwIN, Jr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17
r AW SCHOOL RICHMOND, VA

a thorough, practical course in law
at Richmond College open Sept. 81,
1891. School endowed and rates low.
Junior class $40. Junior and senior SO.
No better splace than Richmond to
study law. Nine courts, large libraries,
the State Offices, the legislature and
opportunity for wide acquaintance.
Write to PROF. ROGER GREGORY,
Lester Manor, Va, or for catalogue,
chairman of faculty, Richmond College,
Richmond, Va. ug2S-wisu3wliS.
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MOI ON THE BILLS.
Noted Actors Toll Some Good
StOr;o5 About Themselves.
Actor willard Is l,ctnin,icd That ..'r:,l's
Fuil"-Nnt Goodwin Has Stage Fright
-Diyry, burgess and O'Nriil In
embarrassing Positions.
COPYRIGHT. 1911
E. 5. WILLARD AND THE FAT SUPER.

T.. s. WILLARD AND THE FAT SUPER.
coc.<ncy gallery god furnished the
material for this amusing "reminiscences
of mine. 1t was during my early days
on the stage and was playing part in
Il holiday pantomimc called the Seven
Devils" At one point in the piece the
devils one by one sink through trap
on their way, presumably, to the Meth
CT regions. On this night, however, one
of the demons failed 10 matcrializc ut
the theatcr, and ut the last moment one
of the supcrs was pressed into service.
III the hurry and excitement his bulk
had not been considered, and when the
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17
The Ottawa strike

OTTAWA, Sept. l6.-,Spccial Tho
strike Of mill hands hero still continues.
The military has been called out to. day.
a reputation representing the strikers
waited on the minister of militia last
night and said there was no necessity
ior volunteers to put in appearances, a.
ene men DO not propose to resort to
violence,
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other six had safely descended it was
found that the fat super was many sizes
too large for the opening in the trap.
There he stack in spite of the combined
efforts of all the devils to pull him
through b. the legs. This OF itself was
intensely funny, but when one of the
gallery boys in Il tone of intense relief,
sang out at the top of his voice: THANK
the Lord. 'Ell's full" there was II uni
versal shout of laughter in which every
body in the building joined, with the
single exception of the fat super.
EDWARD $. WILLARD.
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NJ ATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE,
~ Roanoke. Va.

Complete preparation for business
Young men and women admitted to any
department OF the college. The com
pleto course embraces bookkeeping,
penmanship, business calculations.
forms, correspond nee, mercantile law,
shorthand, typewriting, etc.
preliminary department has been
added to the college, and will admit
boys and misses between the ages Of IL
and Is years, according to qualifications.
The course of study will embrace the
primary branches and first principles of
a business cducation. For particulars
call at the college oraddrcss NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE, Roanoke, Va
aur2l- If
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17
MIR. Devon Retircs.

James Devon, the popular leader Of
Devon's Orchestra and one Of the finest
musicians in this part of the country,
has retired from the music business, his
other business requiring all his attcn-
ton
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-17
A GALLERY GOD GETS IT IN on JAMES
O'NEILI.

% NflL1~
was playing Monte Cristo" at the
California thcatcr, San Francisco, sew
eral years ago when an incident oc-
Cured that furnished more amusement
to the audience than any of which J.
have ever known.
The house was packed and every
thing went along swimmingly until the
middle Of the last act.
At this point, having already disposed
OF one of my; hrcc mortal enemies,
engage the second in n fight with
swords and as nc falls to the ground
pierced through the heart step quickly
beside the body and raising the index
and middle fingers of my right hand to-
ward Heaven I cxclaim: "Two"
IIoyt's farce comedy, "a Bunch Of
Keys" was playing across at the Bush
Street thcatcr, and as | aftcrward
learned n catch line of the piece was
just then in cvcrybody's mouth. / had
scarcely uttered the exclamation when
Il gallery god ficnd with all the force of
his lungs, aided by high pitched voice,
shouted: "Wcll you don't get it,"
That was COMPOUNDED the audience
could plainly see from my expression,
and this of course added to the cXquis-
tie humor of the situation.
AS the laughter increased instead of
diminishing nodded to the stage man
ager WHO rang down the curtain until
quiet was again restored.
JAMES O'NEILL.