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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-12
Very truly yours,
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

Judge Mclaughlin made ruling in the Circuit
Court last Saturday which has an important
bearing on the vexatlous litigation that has
sprung up in many parts OF the State between
land and improvement companies and their
stockholders. The Harrisonburg and and I'M
provement Company brought suit against sew
eral subsc ibers to it's capital stock to enforce
payment of past due miscellaneous. The defense
plead fraud in the procurement of the subscrip-
lions. That many of the Inducements held cut
in the prospectus had no foundation in facban
that the subscriptions had been obtained on
false pretencfs Judge McLaughlin's instfuc-
tions to the jury were in effect that the induce
ments referred to were presented il the pros
pectus as matters of expectation and not as
matters of fact that to sustain the charge of
fraud it must be shown that there were specific
misrepresentation of facts and conditions, and
those complained of against the Harrisonhurg
Company by the defendant could net be brought
within that restriction. Judgment waS there
fore entered for the company. This decision
must have a healthful effect both upon the
land companies and all bona fde investors. 1t
will act as deterrent alike upon the indiscrim
mate issue of prospectuses that deal III romance
rather than fact, as well as upon O certain class
of men who subscribe for stock of this sort with
out seeming to realize that they thereby assume
a liability that is regarded as legitimate and col
iectable by the courts of the land,
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Reciprocity.

When Reciprocity is COMPOUNDED
with Free Trade, it signifies very i'm
perfect understanding of what Reeiproc
ity means as provided for in the McKin-
ley tariff bill. Free Trade would open
our ports to all the industrial products
of Europe, and thus force competition
with European wages for labor. Reel
procity provides for the exchange of the
surplus products of this country for pro-
duets of foreign countries which we do
not produce. 1t is SO enforced as not to
interfere with the labor or the industries
of the United States, and at the same
time secures admittance of American
productions into foreign ports at a re-
duced tariff rate, or no tariff at all, and
the importation of productions we do
not produce, without a foreign export
duty. In the case of sugar, which is to
certain extent made in this country,
bounty is allowed to compensate for
the removal of the protective tariff on
that production-which is tantamount
to protection, but at the same time does
not implicate the sugar producing
countries. By the operation of this pro-
vision of the tariff law sugar has been
reduced several cents on the pound and
the great mass of the people benefited
to that extent, yet it does not interfere
with the sugar industry of this country,
which is encouraged by q government
bounty.
There is no reciprocal trade in articles
of production which are produced in
this country to meet our wants-there
is no reciprocal allowance in the tariff
bill which in the least interferes or con-
flicts with American labor and manufac-
lures. It is only where We gain by reel
procity that it is extended, and where it
does not operate to the injury of any
american interest.
Free Trade is an entirely different
thing. 1t would place the whole INDUS
trial interest of this country at the mer-
cy of Europe and would, indeed, if
adopted, transfer our workshops across
the waters, arrest all in d Il trial
progress, and destroy the manufacturing
interests of the United States.
It is very stupid for any American
journal to attempt to delude and deceive
the people 10y assuming that Reciprocity
and Free Trade are one and the same
thing The former would be destructive
to American labor and industries, and
minimize the American market and
coast trade and interstate commerce,
for the benefit of foreign countries.-
They are antipodal in their purpose,
operation and effect. Reciprocity is an
invaluable adjunct to the protective
policy, while Free Trade would displace !
protection and make the United States
an industrial dependency OF Europe.
This Els intended for the Richmond
Dispatch.
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Louisville. Kentncky.

New England capitalists have pur
chased 800 acres OF land near Peters
burg, whore q manufacturing town will
be built
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-12

In the election of a member of the
House Of Delegates on the 3rd to repre-
sent Botetourt county a good deal Of
feeling existed because q prominent is
sue was the removal Of the county seat
from Fincastle to Buchanan. Mr. Brown
was the Fincastle candidate and Mr.
Penn the Buchanan representative. The
vote stood, at the close of the polls,
Brown 1874 and Penn 1,194-maj ority
for Brown S26. So the county seat will
remain at Fincastle.
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Judge McLaughlin's Decision

HARRIsoNBuRG, VA, Nov. 9th, 1891.
Maj. s. H. Yost, Chiffon Forge, Va.
DEAR SIR Your statement of the
case of the Harrisonburg Land and I'm
provement Co. VS.. various parties, in
last weeks VIRGINIAN, was incorrect.
We were attorneys in the case and send
you clipping from the Register which
rlIlts ii CORRECTLY. -.----s-
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Deaths.

Mrs. Hogshead. wife of Col. r. B. Hogs
head. Stanton, Va, died in that place
on the 9th inst, She was paralyzed some
months ago, and since that time her
health has been very precarious, Her
funernal took place on Tuesday.
Wade H. Heiskell. died suddenly at the
Augusta Female Seminary on Monday
last, in the sath year Of his age. He was
the uncle of Miss NJ. J. Baldwin, princi-
pal of that well known institution, land
father OF the wife of DR.. N. Wayt, of
Stanton. He was Of the old school Of
Virginia gentlemen and never forgot
that he was q gentleman.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-12
Chesapaake & Ohio Traffic.

A constantly increasing business is re-
corded on the books of the Chesapeake
s. Ohio Company. This applies not to
any one branch of the system, but is
general in all departments. The bust
ness done in material hauled from the
mining districts which the road traver-
ses is shown in the following manifest
for the month of August
Statement in tons Of different commo-
dities moyed oyer the line during the
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-12
The Official Count.

Following is the official count of Ale
ghany county, giving the vote of the
different precincts, the totals and the
majority for the Democratic candidate
for the House of Delegates:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-12

Manuela Fimbres has been liberated
from the Arizona Territorial prison on
pardon by the Governor. She was the
only woman convict in the place and
has been sent back to Mexico
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w = = J. = :

Because we have just received several car
loads OF Dry Goods Clothing and Shoes,
which were bought at recent Sheriff sales in
the North at from 40 to ooc. on the dollar and
are offering them to our customers at the
same rate.
Now, while other merchants complain Of
Hard Times, Our Store is crowded with Gus
toners from the morning till night
Come and see the Great Bargains ia Cloth
ing, Dress Goods, F1annels, Pant Goods, Cling
ham, Etc. Heavy brown Cotton yard wide,
at Sc; Ladies Shoes, good quality, o8c pair;
Mems Suits from 1898 to the Finest Dress
Suits; Carpets, Hats, Trunks and thousands
OF articles too numerous to mention, that we
are offering at SLAUGHTER PRICES. Don't
pay big prices when you can come to our
Store and buy the same goods and save 40
cents on every dollar you buy.
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OFFICIAL VOTE.

Withrow's majority in the county, 388.
J. Joseph received two votes in Cow
ington. z-Ss7stfney.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28
WHITE CAPS IN KANSAS.
The Governor oRsrs Rewards for the CAP
ture of Masked Murderers.

The Governor Offers Rewards for the Cap
ture of Masked MurdererS.
Topeka, KAs., March 27.-Governor
Humphreys has offered a reward Of S2OC
for the arrest and conviction Of each Of
the murderers Of Thomas Duncan, set
tier living in a Cheyenne county dug
out. The murder was committed March
l6, but the letter Of the Prosecuting AT.
torney to the Governor gave the first
details aud confirmed many stories OF
White Gap outrages which have recent
" come from the extreme Northwestern
part Of the State.
For some weeks past there have been
rumors in Topeka Of White Cap pun.
ishments In the sparsely settled outlying
counties OF the State, but they have
lacked official confirmation, and no fur
Their attention was paid them.
According to the Prosecuting Attor:
ney's letter, Duncan was accused oil
piifering grain in small quantities from
his neighbors in order to get sufficient
amount OF seed to plant his spring crops.
Two days before the killing occurred
one OF the neighbors positively idenH.
fed Duncan as he was making his way
from a grain bin. The neighbors were
informed and about 8 o'clock on the
evening OF March 10, about twenty men
with White Cap masks on, rode up 10
;Duncan's house and we're met at the
door by his vile. The victim had
heard them coming, and had crawled
into q storage room leading FROM his
seed house. The White Caps started to
raze the house and Duncan announced
that he would come out. He started to
20 into his yard when fire was opened
on him. One bullet pierced his heart
and another his right side. The men
rode off, leaving their victim lying
across the threshold Of bis own house.
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KRN0Yi MAYS.
Come Of the Interesting Developments In
Progress and Contemplation There.

Come Of the Interesting Developments In
Progress and Contemplation There.
Social DispGteh 10 he IRtGiItdeEeer.
KESovA, W. Va, March H.-Work
was begun this morning on the monster
hotel to be built here by the Kenova
Association, which will be the most
picturesque hotel building in the Ohio
Valley. Its 10 be Of brick and stone,
the grounds occupying an entire square,
and It's architecture Is alter that Of the
Rnplish inns, Work Is progressing &C.
lively on numerous other buildings, and
fifty teams are employed grading the
streets and alleys. A large sawmill Is
in active operation, and next week
ground will be broken for a monster
brick works. United States MTshal
White Is here, shipping machinery to
Logan county, where he has immense
contracts to furnish ties and timber 70
the Norfolk & Western Railroad Com
pany. He says he cannot supply the
local demand for lumber and will put
M at least two additional mills. People
come from points as far as thirty milet
from his mills to Gee his sawmills work
| It is an innovation there, many people
never having seen q sawed board. Mr.
]. @. Miller, Of Louisa, Kyp is also here
figuring on contract to supply logs to
lumber mill and furniture factory which
ia 20 be built at coat Of $500, 600. Pres
ident Dipgee, Of the company, with I
friend from Amsterdam, Holland, II
RpendinR a few DAYS here.
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by local applications, as they can moi
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way TO cure deafness,
and that Ia by constitutional remedies.
Deafness 10 caused by an inaamsd con.
dition Of the mucous lining OF the Gus
tRchiAn tube. When this tube gets in.
famed you have a Eambling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is en-,
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for.
ever; nine cases out Of ten are caused by
catarrh, which Is nothing but an in.
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case Of deafness (caused by catarrhl
that we can not cure by taking Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
p. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
n0-Sold by druggists, 75c. paw
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TUESDAY, APRIL glgt, ls0l,

Al the front door OF tho Court Houfe Of ohto
county offer At publlcSAle 10 the hiRheS bIddSS
Hll the estate, right, title and Interest 81 SSJi
Benjamin Exley In, 10 and Of the WcSt raj ~
lot numbered ~ on the north Gide Of SixIeenih
street 10 the Rd9ition to the tonu OF WbeeljSS
laid out by Noah ZtnG, IAniGl Steenrod Sna
Others (which half LOT Is thirty feet In ISidthI
except ibe ea . twenty etgh! feet aud tea l1cheI
OF said west half lot aud Alho lot numbered IA
on the north side Of Sixteenth street In the anne
additio", exc pit y part thereof bounded and d.
sCrIbCd - follows: Beginning nj point on ne
north side Of Sixteenth street Ut the kuQth end
OF line running from the north side Of EiT.
teenth street 70 ALLEY IL, which line IS two M,
nine inches west Of the west brick wall Of houIc
number IS on kiXteenth Street aud runs uorIh.
Waedly from the north side Of Six tenlh street
and parallel with The west brick sail Of tGid
house 10 Alley IL; thence WIEtWArdIy with tho
south line Of Alley ~ 10 the cast lite Of lot
number "a; thence geLthwurdly and along tho
csAt line Of lot number 2A to Sixteenth street;
thence Cabtwaldly along the north side Of siI.
tenth street 10 The place Of beginning.
TERMS OF SALE:-,'ne third Of The pURlmSs
money aud such farther sum AZ the purchaser
may elect In hand, tho balance IN equal install.
mentS At ono aud two years from the day Of
sale, the purchaser giving bond for the deferred
instRlIments. with security approved BY tho
special commissioner, EAld bones 10 bear Inter,
eft lfOm dale and the title 10 be retained until
pSyinCnt Of tho putChLsc money IN full
W. HuGBAnD,
Special Commissioner.
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absolutely or relatively, the white race,
because, after all that can be said OF bis
wrongs in the South, the only hope Of
the colored man Is in the numerical
supremacy Of the white race. Hhe Is
tin ally lifted up sDd made even approx.
mately the equal Of the white man in
Intelligence, capacity and thrift, it will
be largely because OF his environments
under the auspices and example Of the
latter. Therefore it is all important
that the whites Of the South, and Of
this whole country, should increase
faster than the colored race.
It Is to be stated, however, that the
psr cen. Of gain by natural increase on
the part Of the whites Is very small. The
difference results mainly from immigra'
ton. The natural increase Of the whites
for the whole country for the decade was
La 40 per cent, and that OF the negroes
1872 per cent. The relative per cent
of births among the negroes was greater
/ but the death rate was also greater, and
thus they fell behind. Their death ratt
lis everywhere decidedly greater thar
that Of the whites, and the probabilities
are that this will be 80 in the indefinite
future.
West Virginia was strangely enough
one OF the two Southern states in which
there was relatively greater increase o
co,ored than whites. The ratio wa
2o.4l for the former. and % OF for thu
latter. This is easily explained, how
ever, on account Of the influx of negroes
from Virginia to work on the Norfoll
& Western and other railroads, and ii
the coal mines and timber regions otth'
State. The increaEe in Arkansas 9TH
other Southern state showing a dispar
ity OF per cent Of increase) is from th'
sams cause.
As a matter Of sfact there are not 10
day as many colored people in Yves
Virginia as in 1860. We bad in tina
year 661 negroes for every 10000 whites
whereas by the last census We have only
IS9. The whole increase Of negroes il
the so.called Southern States (tncludini
the District Of Colnmbia) for the decade
was G8O.262 as against 9,7s7,4l6 whites
making a relative per cant Of 1858 Il
1881. The immigration of whites from
the North to the South during thu
decade accounts, Of course, for thei
relative gain, while on the other hant
the considerable Immigration Of black
to portions Of. the North accounts ii
part for their smaller ratio. There YVES
for instance, a large negro immigration
to California, nearly doubling the rae,
in that State.
The grounds for encouragement in re
gard to the two races in this country are
frst, that the whites gain little by ma
tural increase, and, second, that the!
gain great deal by immigration. Ever
these eacouragements, we admit, do no
put great deal Of silver lining arounc
the cloud that hovers over the race diff
Guilty in the United States. It is still ,
great shadow upon ourtuture.
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49, D : rs : . :; .:; 81. 1.: y y .s; e 80
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EREE FOR 4 WEEK.
Doctors Copeland s. Bell Mako q
Notable oRer tor tho Public.

Doctors Copeland & Bell have Of late
received many inquiries from people
who have said that they would like to
take treatment, but have felt restrained
from doing 60 on account Of their I'M
preston that the treatment would re:
ouire the expenditure Of great deal Of
time and money.
As the most simple and effective way
of answering all such inquiries and Of
permanently doing away with any such
erroneous impression Doctors Copeland
& Bell have decided 10 offer MEDICINES
AND TREATMENT FREE TO ALL ron oNE
WEEK.
All who apply for treatment on or b9'
fore April LIST will be supplied win
medicine and treated one week free oil
This offer also extends to old patients,
whether now being treated or having
been treated at any former time. They
az we'll az the new patients all TO have
the benefit OF q weeks treatment and
medicines free.
This proposition Is made for reasons
above given, and it Ia intended to be q
plain and unequivocal as possible. Ad
yertising propositions Of q similar char
acter, but more ambiguously Worded
Ihaye sometimes been made, and patienti
responding have found that the adver
tiser had left for himself q loop.hole By
which he could charge for medicine
while his treatment was free, or TO-
treatment while medicine was free, O
for both while advice was free. It y
stated positively by Ds. Copeland 4
Bell, that no money will be accepted TO-
any cause whatever, at their offices dur
ing the time above mentioned, and the!
will be glad to treat any who are suffer
ing from catarrhal troubles, or AM
kindred disease.
This offer holds good until April
or as long thereafter as Drs. Copeland
Bell refrain from publishing specific AM
uniform prices for their medicines ant
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-The
Chronicle says: An attempt is being
made by a syndicate Of local jobbers to
control the brandy market. Agents Of
the syndicate have been journeyinR
throughout the wine districts and buy.
ing up all the brandy in eight. In the
bonded warehouses in the State there
are now stored fully one million gallons
OF brandy made since 1880. Nearly one
half Of this amount is held by the syn.
dictate. Brandy older than that is not to
be purchased.
brandy trust, and 1t is stated will con-
vert large quantities OF wine now on
hand into brandy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

This Btereotyped expression Is heard
on every hand, but the difficulty seems
to bs-to get something to sing. This
difficulty Is now removed by The Charles
A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore, Md, to whom
our thanks are due for generous sup,
in full. regular, sheet music size, finely
embelllshed. II is novel and effective
means Of reminding the public, that 50
long as the great remedy for pain, st.
Jacobs Oil exists, there is something
else that ''soothes" the pains and aches
Of suffering humanity. Our readers can
now otter no excuse when asked to "sing
something" as you can obtain list Of
these ane selections from the above
firm, who will also furnish any one OF
more Of them at the rate Of q two cent
stamp for each copy deeired upon appli.
cation to them or your druggist. Let US
Aino
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

TIOR sALE-FIyE DRAUGHT
u Horses and one Wagon. Inquire at 70. 10
fourteenth street. mtS1-
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The census returns Of 1880 are not sc
Encouraging IS were those Of 1880 as re
bpects the relative increase Of the White
and African races in this country. The
great encouragement OF the former tg
ures reeuited from the inaccuracy Of the
previous census OF 1870. It looked from
those figures as II the manifest destiny
OF the Southern states was to become in
time completely AtricaniEed. This was
certainly a distressing prospect for both
races.
Every intelligent colored man must
rejoice that the late figures Of 1890 ahOw
that his race does not OutSrow, either
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

JANEsvILLE, Wis, March 27.-Loca
trainmen report that while Engineer
Burke, who was injured in the railroad
wreck near Racine few days ago, 10y
dying in a Milwaukee hospital, he re-
peated constantly In delihum, my God
somebody has cut the air brakes" They
also say that q larger sum OF money was
lost by the Express Company than was
admitted and intimate that the wreck
was planned by robbers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

TnE President Is expected to be very
gentle with the fellow who, in drunken
spree, broke through a White Houie
window. Tho because OF this expecta-
ton is the.4sllow's connection with one
Of "!hs Senatorial families" We are
getting up in the world, We once plain
Amtricana.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

SINCE G neral Malone and Mr.. Lapgs-
ton havs made up. perhaps there ia
somebody in Virginia who can suggest
a way to get together the whole Repub'
lican party Of that State. Where Repub'
licsns vote the Democratic ticket there
must be a big surplus Of Republicans FOL
the Republican party to have show.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

AMERICAN Gil men are not panic
stricken over tho. new strike in the
Baker field, for It merely emphasizes old
territory. Mr.. John Eaton, whose ar.
ttcle in the Pittsburgh Dispatch We re-
produce, gives the interesting facts in
the case, and Mr.. Eaton is the sort Of
man who knows before he speaks.
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NOTICE 70 sUBsORIBERs.

Subscribers will please leave word Mt tho
INrELLIGENoER Counting Room of
changes made In their residence during
tho moving season. The old and new nd
dresses should be given In order to insure
nrnmnk ilnIiRnrH.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

With tho opening Of the wheel season
Edw. T.. Rose & CO., who carry full Ire
Of the latest Columbia, Victor and
medium grade Bicycles, are prepared to
furnish few rare bargains in second
hand safeties OF the best makes. Those
interested should call at once.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

FI7zslMMoNs, the desperate who
killed one Pittsburgh detective and put
several holes in another, is the recipient
OF flowers from the fair sex. Some
t,ings are not:easily accounted for.
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soxE Of the President's friends fear
that he has done too much to make Nc
Kluley a big man. This is important,
II true, and rad corespondingly.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

A GOOD way to treat the grip is to
make light OF 1t while you go right
along following the advice Of a good
physicisn.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-28

wuEELIso Is not free from grip, but
here the malady is notso fatal as 10 come
other places.