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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
THEY DID NOT GO TO CHICAGO.
Postmasters Appointed, Ohices Opened
and Matl-Routes Changed.


and Msil-Routes Changed.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatchl
WASHINGTON, February 20.-It has been
enormously printed in some OF the papers
that Representatives O'Ferrall and Wise,
OF the Virginia delegation, have gone 10
Chicago with the congressional party who
left here yesterday. Both gentlemen are
here. In fact, none of the Virginia or
North Carolina members accepted the In
vitations.
PosTMAsTgBs.
Fourth-class postmasters have been APP
pointed as follows
Hartford county. uice A. I. Moore, resign
ed: J. X. Johnson. Pullett, Pitt county,
rice +. Jackson. removed; p. G. kale.
Shawnee, Catawba county, rice J. IL. Fish
er. removed.
Virginia-L. NJ. Harwell. Caddyshore,
Sussex county, rice j. W. Wilson, resigned /;
A. l.. Babcock. Roxton, Lunenburg coun-
| ty, rice S. p. Childress. resigned.
OFFICES EsrABLIsHED.
Post-ofices have been established In
North Carolina as follows: Biddleville,
Mecklenburg county, Edward W; David
son, postmaster; Oak Hill, Granville coun-
| ty. Peterson Thorp, Jr.. postmaster.
Il has been ordered by the department
that tine post-office site at Hiawassee.
Cherokee county, n. c.. be moved one
mile south of the old location.
A new post-offce has been established in
Buckingham county. Va to be known as
Rival. with Albert Il. Baldwin as postmas-
| ter.
MAIL SERVICE.
A change in the mail route from Brevard
| to Travellers Rest, N. c., has been made.
TO take effect February 25th, 50 as to
curtail the service to end at Marietta,
emitting White Horse aud Travellers Rest.
decreasing the distance eight and quar-
| ter miles.
Pcstmasters have been commissioned as
| follows North Carolina-Robert II. SAILS.
bury at Hassall and James I. Hearn at
Woodley. vnginia--M Mary Z. Averett at
Ayerett.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
BARN BURNING IN GLOUCESTER.
Mr.. +. II. Adams Loosss Five Horses and
aQuantfty OF Fodder-Other Fires.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch.l

lSpecI6l teI6gfAm 70 INC Dlspatch.I
WEST PoNr. Va. February 20.-Your
correspondent has just received reliable
information from Dltchley, Gloucester
county, Va. which states that three barns,
Ave horses, and Q great deal Of fodder. ETC..
was burned on Thursday night. We have
not been able to ascertain the amount Of
tho loss but 1t mounts well up into the thou
sands. Captain r. H. Adams. formerly
of West Point. was the owner Of the pro-
perty destroyed. The hre Was OF iucen-
diary origin. No arrests have been made.
Barns 81 White Marsh, Va. have been
burned also. They were cheap buildings
and nothing Was lost except . considerable
amount d com ~ foddes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
EXCURSIONS. So

EUROPE
IL ready for CAFES sELEDl p, A..
TO EUROPE. A select party '-t b =
and April 18Th for Holy Lana. t..a,f .
Excursions 10 Italy, $3.50. -. ,.., 8. 2
ties. Choicest ocean berihs ~ y. IA L ~
est rates. send for iourisi G..sf. ~ =
SONS, $40 Broadway, y, \. .r'.. --.8 ~.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
the moss genial and companionabls Of
THx wrrrNEY MOVEMENT.

TIE WEI1N1H MOVEMENT
Senator Vests declaration In his letter
TO the Democrats at Denver that :" IL the
nominee u 10 come from New York, then
Roswell p, Flower IL beyond question the
strongest candidate" amused the admirers
of William q. Whitney: There Is q great
10 ace M. Whitney nominated for the pres.
idency. They know he would then see y
them. A million dollars is q moderate esti-
mate of what il is considered his canvass
would cost him. Mr.. Flowers election ex-
penses in tho gubernatorial canvass were
nut down ct nearly half million. But no
doubt to statement Of that kind he would
calculate, "Ratsl"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
FprcarIONtI.

i EARN A WELLPAilNH
IL FESSlOS.-PHlLADtLPA ''..rt
sCIESTIFIC MASSAGEAND hlI.'.
MENTS. given. "''.'
physician required. hiifess .,. ..r..t
PsoFEssoR kJkk. W. ... )
1928 Chestnut street, Pa.li
10 1917 -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
PeCuV ar

To itself In many important particulars. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is different from and superior to any
other medicine.
Peculiar in combination, proportion and prep
aration Of ingredients, Hoods Sarsaparilla pos
sesses the full curative value Of the best known
remedies OF the vegetable kingdom.
Peculiar in its medicinal merit, Hoods sarsapa-
rilla aecompllshes cures hitherto unknown.
Peculiar in strength and economy - Hoods Sar-
sapsrilla Is the only medicine OF which can truly
be said. 100 doses one dollar" Medicines in larger
and smaller bottles require larger doses. and do
not produce as good results Is Hoods Sarsaparilla
Peculiar in Its "good name at home there Is
moro OF Hoods sarsaparilla soldin Lowell. where
1t Is made. than Of all other blood purifiers.
Peculiar in its phenomenal record Of sales
abroad, no other preparation has ever attained
such popularity In so short q time. Do not be In
duced to take any other preparation he sure toget
Hoods SarsapaYil:a
soldby all druggists. 81; six for 8. Preparedoriy
bye. l. HOOD & CO.. Apo,hecares, Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses Ono Dollar
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21

STEAININo AND RAckSa your lungs and
throat with rasping cough is but poor
policy. Rather cure yourself with DIR. ID.
Jayne's Expeetorant, an excellent remedy
for asthma and bronchitis.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21

The Weekly Dispatch.
"A eiRhtpage. Gl-column newspaper and
magazine OF general information. u only
u Per annum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21

An old negro man who has for a number
of years been q servant IN West-End
family was recently informed of the death
of Spurgeon. He instantly became much
Interested in the achievements of the de-
ceased and wanted to know all about him.
Did he mean what he said when he
preached?" queried the aged son of Ham.
Yes" was the reply.
"Did,tolks like himt'
"Yes indeed was the answer.
well, well. boss.n replied the old-time
darkey. scratching his head, dat man must
have been q second John Jasper in his COM
munity.n IHE IDLE REPORTER.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21

Worked worked, worked,
As prisons work for crime"
But not one had asked in her agony: " Is
there no better way than this?" Tender
hearted Hood heard her despairipg cry
and sang the Song of the Shirt" that
stirred all England and the world. Our
countryman Howe blessed be his memo
~ y set to thinking, and soon We had the
sewing machine that turns one needle
into eight needles and makes one woman
equal 10 eight women. 1t not only multi
Plies her powers, but saves her eyes,
lungs. and digestion" as l showed IN an
essay many wears ago.
NOT GOOD INVENTOR.
BY letter from the Patent-O Office of this
date l learn that out of 46S.3l8 inventors
since the foundation Of the Office not quite
5000 patentees are women. 1t Is not for
want of education that women fail TO in
vent Some of the greatest inventors
among men had little or no education.
The daughters of the nobility and gentry
Of England have been highly educated tor
many years-a century or more. But
woman has no liking for long. laborious
thought. She writes well and has fine
Imagination. Books of fiction seem to be
to her liking. 1t is so uncommon for
woman to write books of metaphysics
or physics that her fame becomes world
wide at once If one happens to succeed
moderately. 1t is q remarkable "excep-
tion." Her special senses are more acute
than mans. with the exception. perhaps.
Of sight. She can certainly hear" more
than man. Man is the bass-viol, woman
the violin. Man the sturdy oak. woman
the graceful but flexible pine. Man the
blazing sun. woman the soft, gentle moon.
or better, perhaps. the radiant Venus.
Ii was said in tho Senate the other day
that tho reign of Elizabeth was glorious;
that sLo was fit to rule the greatest nation
on earth. But she governed by her Minis
tiers. Had they been women "the case |"
would have besu made out. The Lords
aud Commons and the Ministry govern
England. The sovereign is not even held
responsible by the Constitution. BY the
law the King Cor Queen can do no
wrong"
8 THEORETICALLY.
God eave man the world to "ttn H." 70
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21

pubicans call it, had wanted the Demo.
cratic National Convention u be held IN
this city the hotel men would probably
have persevered in their opposition. The
proprietors of the Holman House, where
The Democratic headquarters are. signed
on the Democratic subscription list such a
meagre amount towards fund TO help
get the convention for Gotham that the
raisers or would-be raisers OF the
fund "smelt a rat" at once. The
ffth-Ayenue Hotel subscription to-
wards the same object is declared to have
been five times "a large. Some day the
hotel men of New York may go into poll
tics on their own account. Something IN
teresting ought 10 happen TO them. They
have enormous Influence now. and they
are reaching out on all sides. The firm
which began here few years ago with the
bartholdi. not q house of the first-class
has already secured control of three other
hotels on and about one of the most valua.
BILE corners on Broadway--viz., the Grand
the Imperial. aud the San Carlo. The
three new hotels at Fifth avenue and
shadow Central Park. and the tallest OF
them IS the property of an active Demo.
erat, Judge p. II. Dugro.
RAEg CHARACTER.
"Charley" Bacon, young lawyer, who
came down from Elmira some years age
with the glamour of Governor Hill'l
law partner" about him, aud speedily be.
came one of the most familiar figures Of
New York life by easlight, has returned
from a bridal trip up tho Nile and settled
quietly down. Bacon Is an interesting
character and knows as much as anybody
does about the tastes and habits of the
most conspicuous of American bach.
elors. David b. Hill. Everybody ha,
heard that Mr.. Hill neither drinks
nor smokes. He doesn't frequent the noe.
turnal resorts Of young men and actually
blushes when confronted with the other
eex. He doesn't gamble or own and bel
on rAce-horses, Us Mayor Grant and other
rood old bachelors do. As O. matter Of
fact. Senator Hill finds all his enjoyment
10 politics: TO him politics, provide wife,
children. home. cards, and oil creative
Amusement. he doesn't drink because al
cohol doesp't sgFee with bis stomach, But
While an apparently cold and reserved
man. wbop yop como 70 know him well
ond y poot(dD ~ confidence he 4 ono Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21

In the old as well as the new dispersal
ton the men and women were kept apart
in all their religious services. In times Of
great calamity. when it would be supposed
as common sufferers they would be drawn
together, they are commanded " to mourn
apart" The Jews found no fault with
Christ on this account. "Woman's
rights" in the modern sense were never
heard OF. though there were some eminent
women mentioned in the Old Testament.
Are not the above quotations enough
Why "darken counsel" by Q multitude Of
words. This new doctrine born Of the
free love, miscegenation, higher law" OF
the North, authorizes women, with tad
die bags and grip-sack, to order men about
in hospitals and on, court gresns. g
With loud voice pour ont W viala Of thsiz
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
HE FELL SEVEN STORIES.
The Fatal Accident Which BefeI New
York Man.


York Man.
New YORK. April 2a.--Patrick Muir
ply, 30 years old, an enploye of the
Marvin Safe Co., fell through an ele-
vator shaft from the seventh story to
the cellar in the new Hayes building,
Nos. 81 and % Maiden lane, yesterday
afternoon. His body was fearfully
mangled by the fall. and nearly every
bone was broken. With half dozen
other worllnen. Murphy was hosting
a seven-ton safe on an elevator.
When the elevator reached the
seventh floor. Murphy, with two others,
tried to drag the safe out on to the
landing. AS the safe rolled out the
elevator, relieved of the weight. jumped
up about two feet, fitting over the safe.
The landing between the elevator and
the next shaft is only about four feet
wide. The building is yet incomplete
and this shaft was open, the elevator in
it being at the top floor. As the safe
tilted it pushed Murphy off the landing
over the edge of the open shaft The
other workmen barely got out of the
way by jumping to each side. A great
crowd gathered in front of the building
when the news of the accident spread.
An ambulance was summoned, but the
man never breathed after he struck.
Coroner Shea gave a permit to remove
the body to an undertaker's. Murphy
leaves widow and four children.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
THE EAST.

c. o. WHITMAN, professor of zoology
in Clark university, Worcester, Mass,
has accepted call TO the head profes-
sorship in the department of biology in
the university of Chicago.
Col. RICHARD B. ERWIN, of the New
York Tribune, is dead He was born in
Pittsburgh, Pa, and was great-grand-
son of Benjamin Franklin. He served
with credit during the war and was
subsequently secretary of the Pacific
Mail Steamship line.
GEORGE GRAHAM, engineer of the
double screw ferry boat Cincinnati, of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co, at Jersey
City, \. j., met a terrible death the
other day. The engineer lost control of
the machinery and the boat passed into
the slip with frightful force. Many
of the passengers were thrown violently
from their seats, but no one was serious
ly hurt. The boat was landed, how
ever, and the engine was making a hor-
rible grinding sound. An investiga-
ton showed that the engineer had been
thrown into the driving shaft and had
been ground to pieces. 1t took thirty
minutes to remove his remains from the
machinery.
THE annual banquet of the Americus
Republican club, of Pittsburgh, in COM
memoration of Gen. Grants birthday.
was held at the Monongahela house,
and was one OF the most successful ever
given by that organization. Covers
were laid for 400 and every seat was oc-
cupied. Among the prominent guests
were Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio: Gen.
Alger, of Michigan: Judge Thurston, of
Nebraska; Hon. John Dalzell and Hon.
William A Stone.
THE Central theater at Philadelphia
burned the other day and fifty-two peo-
pie were injured. The Times building
was also destroyed. Col A. K. Nc
Clure lost his valuable library. The
loss approximates one million dollars
BY the burning of the Philadelphia
Times building Col. 4. X. Mcclure lost
his valuable political library. which he
has been collecting during the past if
ty years, and which can never be re-
placed.
FERDINAND c. EVER, a clerk of the
Corbin Banking Co, of New York. is
missing with $4,000.
By naptha explosion in New York
fiat two women lost their lives. DIR.
Patrick Briggs and Mrs. Catherine
Moore. aged -. were badly burned
PRESIDENT HARRISON laid the corner
stone of the Grant monument in New
York. Chauncey NJ. Depew delivered
the Grafton.
HoN. WHITELAw REID presided over
the New York state republican eonven-
ton. which indorsed President Harri-
sons administration Senator Hiscock,
Thomas C. Plat, Chauncey ". Depew,
and Warner Miller were elected dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06

A spell Of sickness
is due when the SYSTEMS weakened,
and the blood impure. It's what
you must expect.
But it's what you must prevent,
too. And DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery prevents as well as
cures. 1t invigOrates the liver and
kidneys, purihes and enriches the
blood, sharpens the appetite, i'm
proves digestion, and restores health
and strength. For Dyspepsia,
silver Complaint" and every form
of Scrofulous, Skin, or Scalp Dis
eases, as Salt-rheum, letter, Ery-
sipelas, or any blood-taint, it's an
unequaled remedy.
It's not like the sarsaparillas,
which claim to be good for the
blood in March, April and May.
At all seasons alike, and in all cases,
the discovery" alone is guaran-
teed. Ii it doesn't benefit or cure,
you have your money back.
It's the cheapest ood-purifier, no
matter how many doses are offered
for dollar, for you pay only for
the good you get. But it's the
best, or it couldn't be sold so.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
THE LATEST.

THERE was no session of the senate
on the 30th ult. In the house the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
was considered.
AUGUSTUS KoUNTzE of the banking
firm of Kountze Bros. died recently at
the Providence hotel in Madi on avenue,
New York. aged 65 years. Mr.. Kountze
was prominent and successful in finan-
cial affairs in Western affairs in west.
ern states and in New York The bank.
ing house of Kountze Bros. is the New
York correspondent of many western
banks.
MAY day passed without any trouble
from the anarchistic element. The pa
rades in Paris and London were devoid
of interest.
Justice NJ. V. MONTGOMERY, of Mich
igan, who was appointed by President
Cleveland to the bench of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia, re-
signed his position to take effect
October l, 1892.
| The celebrated Fair Lawn stables,
the property of Smith McCann, at Lex
| ington, Ky. were entirely destroyed the
other day by fire. 1t was one of the
! finest stock stables in the United States
and cost over $4,000 to erect There
were nineteen horses in the stables and
eleven were burned to death. Among
them were two full sisters of Phil
Thompson. valued at $1,000 each. two
Red Wilkes fillies and a Robert Nc
Gregor colt There was no insurance
on the horses. The property was in
sured for oue-half value. The total loss
amounted to So, 900. The fire was the
work of inceadiarieS
WHILE picnicing on Chickamauga
creek, Chattanooga, Tenn, three men,
bers of the middle class of the high
Sanders. son of President Newell San
ders, Miss BETTE Cheney and Miss
Blanche Barr, the latter the daughter
of a prominent attorney. All the vic
tins are 16 years of age and belong to
families who are among the most prom
inent in Chattanooga
A PROCLAMATION of reciprocity with
Honduras has been made public at
Washington.
The Nashville, Tenn, Jail was sue
cessfully entered and Eph Grizzard. a
colored man. charged with committing
an assault on Miss Bruce, of Goodlets-
vile. was taken therefrom and hanged
from the Cumberland river bridge
The public debt statement on May 1,
shows cash balance of s129, ,O0O. 900, a
decrease of nearly $1,000, 900 since April
l. This decrease is due to the heavy
disbursements during the month and
the comparatively light receipts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith I'm its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, o.
e Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
SOCIETYS FADS.

JEWELLERS are showing gold and sill
yer heels and tips for dainty slippers
j set is considered very pretty gift to
proffer to fair friend.
HERE is something new for people
who keep their carriages. 4 mirror is
attached to the girdle of the driver of
fashionable turnout in St. Petersburg
This enables the lady who rides in the
phaetoa to see ell the following equip
ages without turning her head.
TIE latest fad of which the stocking
may boast is n knot of embroidered rib
bon halfway up the leg. When worn
with pink gown the stocking will have
pink bow knots on it Ecru silk stock
ings are embroidered in brown. and in
fact almost every combinatio of colors
is used.
THE writing paper most in vogue is
large, square sheet of clear white, which
folds once and fits into a large, square
envelope. A cipher or small monogram
in gold or silver is liked, though num-
Der of people have the house address on
the flap of the envelope, so that if the
letter is misdirected it can be returned.
LOVE is a fire. but you have to keer
putting fresh chips on it to keep il
going. If you don't, somebody else will
Peter Robinson.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
Getting Uneasy.

VICKsBURG. Miss. April 29.-The fact
that the Mississippi river from Memphis
to the gulf is gradually approaching ex-
treme food height is causing great M
easiness, in spite of positive knowledge
that the levees are stronger than at any
previous time in their history. and that
anything like general overflow is prac-
tically an impossibility. Levee build
ers hold that NJ levee is absolutely
safe while the water is against it, a
theory established by the collapse of
those which were supposed to be the
strongest At present the most serious
danger is from hidden currents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
HANGED AND YET ALIVE.
Remarkable Report Which Comes From
Earriston, Miss.

"A henlaTKaDle report W men comes From
Harriston, Miss.
NEW ORLEANS, April 29.-Thc Tica-
yune's Harrison, Miss. special saws:
Coleman blackburn stands to-day with
out rival for the strength of his neck.
On the 2Oth inst. he was hanged for
wife murder at Fayette and is reported
now able to walk around his room and
converse with friends.
After hanging for thirty-six minutes
and being pronounced dead by three of
the local physicians, his supposed re-
mains were turned over to relatives for
interment. who reside in Franklin coun-
ty. distance OF thirty-five miles over
land. While en- route to the family
burying ground, a scratching on the in
side of the coffin was heard.
The top of the coffin was removed
and the supposed corpse was found to
be breathing. \ local physician was at
once summoned, and after treatment,
the patient was pronounced out
OF danger. lie was hanged by the new
system and was jerked up fully six feet
with a three foot drop.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
THE SOUTH,

THE Kinney distilling company of
Nashville, Tenn, has fled an assign
ment. The trouble was precipitated by
suit brought by the executor of
Charles Nelson, holding notes for S69,-
sos. The company assigns all its stock
and fixtures, distillery in Robertson
county, three warehouses, 6G0 barrels
of whisky and accounts amounting to
s11S. 1850. The liabilities amount to
s15S. .Ss416.
THE decoration of the graves of the
Confederate soldiers and orations incl
dent thereto, for many years observed
in Mississippi, was not observed
throughout the state, this year. so far
as heard from.
SHEPHARD BUsBY was hanged at Fort
Smith, Ark, the other day, for murder
RUFUS JENKINS, a deposed pastor
aged 30, was taken from his house near
Knoxville, Tenn, by fifty Whitecaps
and cowhided so brutally that he is ex-
pected to die of his injuries. Jenkins
had deserted his wife for another
woman. When summoned to leave his
home he fired upon his assailants. who
in turn fired upon him, set fire to his
dwelling and then treated him as de-
scribed.
THE Scotch Irish society of America
met in Atlanta. Ga, the other day.
w. T. SHARMAN, the only witness in
an important murder case at Denison,
Tex, was shot to death by an unknown
assassin while in bed. The case in
which he was witness grew out of an
old feud and he is the twentieth victim.
He had received number of warnings
that his life was in danger
A MOB attempted to take from the jail
at Nashville, Tenn, four men charged
with assaulting two young ladies. the
Misses Bruce. After determined stand
the crowd was dispersed.
DISTRIBUTION of food to the Rio
Grande famine sufferers has been made