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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-05-20
The Jefferson County Mutual
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

OFFERS 20 the people OF Jefferson Count,
~ Insurance In safe company 80 'ErarfI,.
cost Of Insurance. which is much rF,sr,i
than the rates usually charged. and krrrsit
money at home. Good risks from rr,pua,.
BILE parties ARE invited.
Executive Committee meets every fudsv
DREC1oRs-Jos TrapuolL Henry D.. u1ver.
port, jas. Garland Hurst. John N. F.s-. "a.
h. /. Lewis. e. Preston chew. Wu.I W...
son, Bug ue Baker, =. W. Musl.rufur. o. D..
Snyder, thas. P.Wllson, JHo. n. IiIH.. Jacob
:. Melvin, J.. g. W. Herr, Isaac 3D.. -ff.Itf.
JOSEPH TRAPNELL............ President
II. 4. DAVENPORT. ........ Treasurer
Local -MlddlcWay. JOIN. 70. Shin.
ley; Harper = Ferry, Chas. II. Iu.. -Hsp.
herdsiowu, !. =. Fleming: t.sr..sfUvu,
Washington & Alexander.
RB-rhc secretary viii boz found rff.. rHm.
Panys Onicc, Gibson Building. t.Hf. fi1g,e
yard. iu CHarlcstOwu.
RIA ALEXANuIE.s esy.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad.
The following is the time Of trains stopping
al Shenandoah Junction:
wEsT-BOUSD.
No. ls.-Baltimore and Cumberland accom-
mediation. daily, 80 \. VI.
No l-Cincinnati Express. daily, DO /. NJ.
No g.-Pittsburg Express, Daily, lO.4i p. ~.
No l5.-BaltimoTe and. Grafton accolnm oda-
ton, daily except sunday, lZ.55 p
n.
EAsT-BOCSD.
No. iO.-Martinsburg and HaTper's Ferry ac-
cOmmodation, daily except sun
day, 6.35 a. IN,
so. 4-Washington Express, daily, - a. m
No S-Chicago Express, daily, S.55 q. IN.
No. 4.-Baltimore and Keyser accommoda-
ton, Daily except sunday, I4.4i a.
m.
So.o-Cincinnatti Limited Daily. l2.ls p. N.
No. 6.-Cumberland and Baltimore accom-
mediation, daily. J.Jy p. IN.
stop on signal.
For Information tickets &C., call on j. ;.
FLEMING, Shephe 'isIown, Agent iOrb. x
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?:.:s:s. .:.i.3a /. ..a fi.s:-TgT.H

Invite the especial attention OF all per-
sons iu need OF COOKING STOVES tothe
following list OF necessary Furniture which
/ give VIII each stove, and which / guaran-
tee 10 be first-class in every respect: / wash
JOIlrI. cOilce boiler, / sauce pan and lid,
/ iron tea-keitle, iron pots, pot lids,
ions SIiddIc, skillet, 3 sueet-irOn pans, / lid
IIItI u poker, stove scraper, 3 joints % pipe
anu l elbow; large tin bucket, bread pan,
! culleuder, wash basin, . pudding pans, q
patty pans, j. pie plates, milk straiuer,l
milk skinner, plain laGle, pierced ladle,
l.sOup iadIe, ! iron spoon, ! cake turner, /
egg whip, pie crimper and trimmer, fancy
teapot, sad-lTOns, 4 teapot stand, ! sad
ron stand, pepper box, ! nutmeg crater
candle stick, cake mould, Otiu cups, IG!p-
per, biscuit cutter, ! rOlllug-piu, ! potato
masher. butcher knife, o knives and 6forks
worth Sl.25 per set, albata tablespoons,
albata teaspoons, ! cOal-shovel, ] flesh
fork, Jeily-cake pans, pound oistoye poll
ish.
l sell the celebrated Excelsior Cooking
stoves AT the following prices ! Will deliver
stoves and furniture free offreightin Brdhe
port, Nd, at any station on the =. V. X. r.,
also at any station on the Is. q O. x. X. as far
west rs Cumberland or south TO stanton:
EXCELSIOR.
No. is, 5000; No. u, S22.5O; 40. 20, s22.50;
No. p, $500; 80. >, SIS. 10; No. 3D. 5000; So
81, $500; No. IS, $500; No. 80, $500.
Prices quoted on application and repairs
furnished farall patterns ofstoyes. Return
highlands fgr the liberal patronage OF the
past, hope 10 merit continuance.
II. c. MARTEN.
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Price 81 per bottle, or sio bottles for
So. All druggists haze &c or can get IL
for yot, or IL tciH be sent 30 airy od-
dress Or receipt of rice by the proprie-
tors.
Dr.. B. ], KENDALL CO.,
Enosh.fgh Falls. Vermont.
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J. S. FLEMING, Notary Public,

yyyILLtake acknowledgements OF Deeds.
w Power of Attorney, Afiidavits, Deposi-
uons, and attend TO all bust essconnected
with the office.
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$500 REWARD.

We will pay the above reward for any case
OF Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, sick Head
ache, Indigestion, Constipation or Cost e.
ness we cannot cure with Vests NegraN. g
Liver Pills, when the directions are SUI ny
complied with. They are purely Negetab..,
aud never fail TO give satisfaction. SuSa:
Coated. Large boxes, containing 30 Pills, .
cents Beware OF counterfeits and imIa-
tons. The genuine manufactured only ~
THE JOHN c. WEST COMPANY CHICAGO
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Western Ma: land Railroad.

II EP y Rat Shlppe >Nurg. Shenandoah
VALLEY and 3. & o. Railroa AT Haserstown,
Penna. K. X. at Frederic Junction ana
p. W & r.. Y. G. and 3. i =. Railroads al l Il
ION Station. Baltimore, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-05-20

LADIES
Necii:.s tonic ~ children that want bui!dirt
M should take
BROWNS IRON yITTERS.
II is pleasant 10 take, cures Malaria, !ndlSes
ton and BILOXI ness. AL dealers keePh-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-05-20

IMOND FLOUR to make the hands soft
n and white, cheap, at .,
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Cumberland Valley Railroad.

Down Trains. Ex. Acc. Nail tx. NAIL Ex
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
IRRIGATION INAUGURATRD.

One Of the most important pieces of
local news is the announcement made in
detail elsewhere, that work has already
commenced ON a system of irrigation for
the great San Joaquin ranch in Orange
county, which means that its thousands
of acres of grain fields will be trans
formed into orchards, the returns of in
come increasing from $40 to SIS an acre
to something in the hundreds.
The traveller from Los Angeles to San
Diego is charmed with varied, beauti-
full landscape of fruitful orchards and
comfortable homes on his journey be-
tween this city and Santa Ana. But
after leaving that place the train enters
the great rancho above spoken of, and
nothing ia to be seen except brown roll
ing plains, dotted with few cattle, un-
til the confines of sleepy old San Juan
are reached. The contrast forces the
moral upon the spectator. 1t is the diff
ference between large holdings unirri-
gated and small fruit orchards
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY.
Tribute to the Memory of the Late Hon.
e. It. Spence.

Tribute to the Memory of the Late Hon.
e. #. Spence
Resolutions of sympathy adopted by
the board of directors of the San Gabriel
Valley Rapid Transit railway upon the
death of its former president, Hon. Ed
ward Falls Spence:
Whereas, In the providence of AL
mighty God, it has been so ordered that
our associate and friend, MIR. +. +.
Spence, has been called home from an
active and useful career, and
Whereas, For many years he acted as
presiding officer OF this corporation, dis
charging the duties of that office in such
a manner as to endear him to his associ-
ate directors; and
Whereas, When the dark days of evil
fell on this community following the
collapse of the boom, he, more than all
others combined, sustained the business
interests of our people and averted wide
spread disaster and ruin by preaching
and practicing the saving maxim OF mu-
tual forbesrahce to each other; and
Whereas, in all the relations of his
active life, political, business and social,
he illustrated the wisdom and nobility
OF the golden rule. winning for him the
respect and admiration of his peers, the
love, gratitude and benediction of the
poor and humble; and
Whereas. his loss has created va
cancy in our midst difficult, if not inn
possible, to fill, and which has moved
the hearts OF our entire people; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the directors of this
corporation extend to the afflicted widow
and family of our deceased associate
and friend our tenderest sympathies and
heartfelt regrets at our common loss /;
and further
Resolved. that these resolutions be
spread on the minutes of our corpora.
ton, and copy of the same be sent to
the family of him we go sincerely
mourn. j. DE BARTH SHORE.
JOHN BRYsoN, sR.
F. G. HowEs,
WM. G. KERCKHoFF.
T. @. STORY,
II. A.. UNRUH.
JAMES gunner,
GEORGE Ii BoNEBRAKE.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. %, 1892.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

THE effect of the cholera scare in New
York upon the money market has been
very unsettling. The Henry Clews cir
cular of the 18th gives the following
clear exposition OF the situation:
At present, all calculations of invest
ment values are unsettled by the inter-
vention OF plague which, in it's effects
upon public confidence, is little lees
serious than an outbreak of war. In
Europe and Asia, the cholera has as
sumed dimensions equal to those Of
great historic pestilences, and we are
protecting ourselves against its invasion
only by exercising the sternest vigilance.
Measured by its Interruptions OF trade,
its disturbance of confidence, its damage
or destruction of imported goods and its
check upon EXPORTS this preventive
vigilance is but little less costly than
the actual spread of the epidemic itself
would be. The principal difference be-
tween the mere dread of the disease and
its actual prevalence is that, in the
former case, panic and paralysis are es-
capped, while in the latter case both the
evils are rampant.
This business disturbance comes at
the very inappropriate time when the
markets assume shape and drift for the
fall movement. Since the circular was
published the people have become fami-
liarized with the scourge and learned
of it's actual presence in the city OF New
York without dismsy, Familiarity with
its presence will doubtless breed con6d-
euoa in husinesa circles and restora tho
markets to their normal condition.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

Mr.. r. B. BRIDGE, of Glendora, is
credited by the Express with saying
that the attacks of the HERALD upon
County Clerk Ward are helping him in
his canvass. The HERALD has made no
attacks upon Mr.. Ward. 1t has only
stated facts that are very much to his
discredit as an officer, and to say that
these facts are helping him in his can
vass is a reflection upon the voters
which we refuse to believe. What are
the facts? The great register of the
county was ordered to be printed. The
supervisors fixed the maximum limit
which the county would pay for the
printing at 20 cents name. He could
not award the contract at greater
price, but it was his duty to have it
done cheaper, if possible. The way to
find out the lowest price at which the
work could be done was to place it cut
at competitive bid. He did not do this.
but gave it to the job Office belonging to
his organ at the maximum price, not
wlthEtanding several representatives. of
printing houses in this city offered to
compete for it. One of these represen-
tatives declares that his house would
have done the work 80 that the county
could have saved $250O had it been
placed out at competitive bid. We very
much doubt whether facts of this kind
help an official when he is a candidate
for reelection.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

"PoPE BoB," as Mr.. Ingersoll is some
times called, occasionally talks too much
with his mouth. He made speech, g
few days ago, in which he said Cleveland
was Jonah, and the people would not
swallow him. As Mr.. Ingersoll has
been for twenty-five years telling that
he had no belief in the truth OF the
Bible, his faith in the existence of such
a person az Jonah is samewhat incon.
sistent. Mr.. Ingeraoll, to use an ex-
preston common among the cultured
Bostonians who spend their winters in
Los Angeles, is soliloouizing through his
eomhrprn
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
AMUSE

The public of Los Angeles is getting
thoroughly awakened to the fact that on
next Thursday Robinson's 10 big shows
and the spectacle OF Solomon and Queen
Sheba will capture the populace. Two
performances only will be given, one in
the afternoon at 2 O'Clock, and one in
the evening at O'Clock. During the
visit of one week in San Francisco, the
press were lavish in their notices of
what they termed the best show travel
ing. The following is taken from the
San Francisco Examiner of September
18th:
Robinson's circus was crowded last
evening. Everything went with a snap
and 60 that bespoke veteran manage
ment. The show pleases the audience,
because there is not the suspicion of
wait from the blare of the first trumpet
to the time the bell clangs at the finish
of the last race.
One finds little of everything, from
an ornate ''grand biblical scenoeraphic
spectacle" to man trying to run race
with his legs tied. The ecene at King
Solomon's court is given with consider
able effect, but no one would be sur
prised to suddenly hear Solomon brag a
little of his accomplishment at back
somersaults, and hear the queen reply
that she herself was something a little
out of the ordinary on ''slack wire"
The hippodrOme was conducted with
it's usual realism, the races creating a
great deal of excitement among the
spectators. AS usual, the jockeys in
several OF the races were carried away
with the spirit of the affair and the de-
sire to settle few little wagers among
themselves.
XIV
September 11th number of Los An
geles boys who were at Coronado entered
in swimming contest. A large num-
ber of spectators were present, and a
platform projecting over the water gave
way with about fifty people, and they
fell into the bay. The Los Angeles
youngsters pulled the imperied people
out of the water and displayed real hero
ism. 1t is proposed to give these boys
benefit on Tuesday evening at the Nata-
torium, at which an interesting aquatic
performance will be given.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

THE liverymen OF Chicago have
formed q combine" and raised the
rates for hacks from $S to $22 day.
The latter is the price they have fixed
for the opening day of the Columbian
exposition. The worlds lair committee
take five hundred hacks at this figure.
The hackmen OF the windy city have a
corner ON the market and they don't
propose to be behind the highly-pro-
tected industries in making hay when
the sun shines their way.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

ONE of the great needs of the forth
coming legislature is an amendment to
the state banking law, to prohibit the
organization and operation of savings
banks under the management of the
same directors as the commercial bank
to which they are made tender-be-
hind. There is hardly city on the
coast which has not a double-headed
concern of this sort. These savings
banks are generally organized to catch
the savings of the poor, and do not in
clude in their assets much beyond their
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

office furniture. When a commercial
bank fails, it hurts chiefly the rich, but
when a savings bank fails. it is the poor
alone who suffer. In the San Diego
bank crash, the twin bank had very
clear field for its populations, as the
commercial twin was national bank,
and, therefore, exempt from state exam
ination, which made it easier for the
poor peoples money to do double duty.
1t is an evil which demands an immedi-
ate remedy
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

Mr.. STANHoPE, representative of the
New York Herald, has tried very hard
to catch the cholera. He has slept in
the same beds where cholera patients
have died and mixed with living pa
tients in Hamburg in the closest and
most familiar way; yet the disease has
not touched him. He thinks that his
present course will prove the efficacy Of
the ?asteur method of inoculating
with cholera bacilli against the scourge,
he having undergone the treatment at
Paris. But Stanhope might be natur-
ally cholera proof, and one instance Of
the efficacy of the Pasteur method
would not prove its value as a general
preventive. Ii Mr.. Stanhope could
multiply himeelf a hundred times there
might be value in the loatheome and
dangerous experiments he is making.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
rnamented with the weslth-producing

ornamented with the weaIth-producing
zanja.
The providing of methods of irrigation
for this principality of the Irvine
family, must lead to ite subdivision,
and the consequent appearance on it of
hundreds, perhaps thousands of new
homes. There is no reason why the
history of the San Gabriel and San Ber-
nardino valleys should not be repeated
on the San Joaquin rancho. Fifteen
years ago they were scarcely more de-
veloped than the latter is now. While
the affair in itself is OF the nature OF a
private enterprise, its possibilities and
its Importance to Southern California
can hardly be overes timsted.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

A Mr.. SILoN, OF New York, predicts
the Empire state will give Harrison
$50, 900 majority in November. But he
is in the uniform business, and expects
extensive army contracts in the near
future. Hence it is all in the way of
business for him to endeavor to stimu'
late Republican enthusiasm.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
Warren Weaver,

Ex bichloride of gold candidate and
wouldbe stage robber, is Gordan Broth
ers' representative in this city; but
never mind, the goods are all right, and
a perfect fit guaranteed. Come on,
boys There is no 90 in the rosy green,
and no splits. Everything is case at
Gordan Brothers., the only merchant
tsilor4 in Southern California.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
Come

and you never will regret it, if you do
select new suit from some of the mag
nifcent patterns of fall and winter
goods just received by Gordan Brothers.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

JOHN L. SULLIVAN is reported to be
writing a book. 1t must be a scrap
book.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.

FOR CONG REss, VI DISTRICT:
MARION CANNON ON.............. OF Ventura
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FOR PRESIDENT:
GROVER CLEVELAND. .......... of New York
FOR vIoE-PREsIDENT:
A. E. STEVENSON. N......,............Of OF Illinois
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-25

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER a5. 1899.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-06-03
All Aboard for MInneapoI,s,

Delegates and others expecting to at
tend the republican convention at Min
neapolis are informed that special
train over Tne Great Rock Island Route
will leave Kansas City at 500 p. m,
Saturday, June 4th. Convention Is call
ed to order Tuesday, June 9TH. This
train will be run as special, and via
Trenton. Fairfield, Columbus Junction,
Cedar Rapids and Albert Lea, viii be
an excellent one for all living in Kansas
and West Missouri TO patronize. Re-
member the time and date.
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
General Ticket and Passenger Agent
Chicago, I'll.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-06-03
Obituary,

Died on Friday, p. m, at the house Of P.
S. Darling and wife, GOodland, Kas., Ned
Darling, aged 20 years and months. He
was an only son and had arrived to the age
when he could be Of great assistance to his
parents In their declining years. His father
edly, pensiOner. 1t Is sad, indeed, that
one full of hope and promise, and at the
very threshold Of usefulness and helpful
ness should be thus stricken down. He died
Of heart failure resulting from pneumonia.
His funeral was held at the house on sun
day. p. M, Rev. Mr.. Mills officiating. He
was member Of the Sons Of Veterans, and
the camp buried him with hOnors. 1t was a
very large funeral, as all the people sympa-
thises with the afflicted parents. We ex-
tend our sympathles to the afflicted parents
and daughters.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-06-03
Decoration Day.

Decoration day was observed at Goodland
with mora than the usual enthusiasm. There
was large turn out of citizens, the bust
ness houses were many of them decorated
with flags, the &, A. R., the Womens' Relief
Corps, and the Sons of Veterans were out
in force, and an appropriate programme
was rendered at the opera house where q
very large audience assembled. More peo-
pie went to the cemetery and formed in
procession to honor the day and the soldier
dead than ever before in the county, and
more veterans Of the war were In line than
we have seen here on any former occasion.
We are glad to record this fact and think
the day is growing in favor with the Ameri-
can people. One year ago we were at
Antietam, and saw the multitudes gathered
on that historic field and saw also the great
railways carrying excursion trains to
Gettysburg.
We were enthused then az we stood on
the battle ground where we participated in
the engagement on September II, 1852. The
field that once bristled with bayOnets and
reverberated with the cannons roar and the
rattle Of musketry then waved with grain
and resOunded with music and song. How
changed! How wonderful Thank God
for peacel But 1t must not be forgotten
that peace, honorable peace was purchased
with patriotic blood. The national cemetery
at Antietam was thronged and an old soldier
delivered the address emphasizing the debt
Of gratitude which the nation owed its fallen
heroes and to its veteran soldiers. We stood
by the monument, which was capped by
gigantic figure Of soldier chiselled In
granite, at parade rest, looking out on the
former field Of conflict. The visions stored
in memory came back in troops. How won
derful the conflict Of the civil war and how
marvellous the dellverance. As years roll
on the significance of Decoration day in
creases. It's lesson is the sacrifice Of pat
rotism and the dispensations of Providence.
1t Is thus here, it Is thus over the length
and breadth Of our beloved land.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-06-03
ResoIulions OF Respect.

WHEREAS, The hand Of Divine Proyi-
dence has removed the son Of our beloved
sister, VIC desire to express our earnest and
affectionate sympathy to her and family who
have been deprived by this dispensation OF
an only son and brother.
Resolved, That we tenderly cOndole with
our sister in her hour Of trial and affection
and devoutly commend her to the keeping
Of Him who orders all things to the best
and whose chastisements are meant In
mercy.
Resolved, That the heart felt sympathy Of
William s. Robinson, w. r. c., No. 161 be
extended to our sister and family in theiI
bereavement.
Resolved, That these resolutions be re.
corded on secretary's books, and a copy
thereof be transmitted to our sister, and Il
each Of the newspapers Of Goodland.
JENNIE WALKER,
KITTY JEFFERY, Committee.
MATTE DICKEY,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-06-03
Call and get our Terms.
PERSONAL.

Rev. Mills is visiting q sister in Denver
this week.
]. B. Mourning started up his brick kiln
on Tuesday.
A. W. Hestetter has returned from trip
to Kansas City.
W. K. Foskett Of RsxfOrd, was up to the
city on Sunday.
R. W. Finley was out to Burlington on
business Monday.
W. X. Brown was over to Burlington the
first Of the week.
A. C. Bower OF Kanorado, was down Ia
Goodland on Monday.
Mrs. j. L. Peebler left Sunday night for an
extended visit to Iowa.
Harry Dickey, has quit the Commercial
and gone to work for the Palace.
E. S. Knight was at Burlington, Col, on
Monday and Tuesday on law business. .,,..
HoYt Andrews and Lee Calvert have gone
into partnership in the law business.
Hoyt Andrews and wife returned from
their visit to Ogden, Utah, Friday night.
Henry Barlow, the GoOdland banker. was
In town Monday and Observation-Disclosures
Banner.
T. G. Baldwin, representing Dolan. Drury
& Co., OF AtchinsOn, was doing business In
the city Monday.
Mark Scott Of Burlington, Col, editor Of
the Kit Carson County Tribune, was in the
city on Monday.
Mr.. Henderson, who has been here fol
some time representing the Buckeye binder
left Sunday for the east.
Simp Baker, Of the firm of Baker Bros.
returned on Saturday from business trip
to Chicago and other places.
Mr. Robinson, telegraph operator Of
GOodland, was in the city Wednesday and
made us pleasant call.-Burlington Ban.
ner.
G.. E. Manners of Ringold City, Ia, ar
rived In Goodland Saturday. He is the son
Of ]. NJ. Manners and formerly resided ID
Sherman county.
W. A. Umbarger, l. Houston, A. T,
Rummel, F. 2. Yerrick, j. F. Kimmel
G. R. Shook, H., S. Groves. f. L. BlystOne
and j. r. Goodenough are, at Colby this
week attending the conventions.