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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25
FRIDAY, MARCH rs. 1892.
Senator Hill has returned from hi

+ Senator Hill has returned from his
Southern electioneering tour, but,
notwithstanding that he INDUCED in
almost daily speechmaking, if he has
told the people of the South anything
new it has never been made public
Instead of instructing them on the
living issues of the day-tariff reform
and silver-he merely recited the old
tiinehcnored principles of the Dem
ocracy with which his hearers had
been perfectly familiar long before
they ever heard of him. These he
urged the Southern Democracy to
stick to. They propose 10 do SO and
vote for Grover Clcvland.- Richmond
Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25
10 CHILDREN IN FOURFAM-
lilies.

Southwestern Virginia may bo IL
poor mans paradise, but few will
think SO after reading the following
from the Bristol News:
Mr.. A. Ruth, of Piney Flats, the
father OF tlirty-three children, was in
Bristol again recently. His name
was mentioned in prominent Bris-
toll wholesale house this morning,
That's n good place to mention it
you know. THAT is n large number
of children" said one, "but there are
other such cases in the neighbor.
hood of Bristol.r
Mr.. Charles Addington, of Scott
county, was married tlyee times II
had fourteen children! by hia FIRST
vile, fourteen by his SECOND ana six
by his Inst.
''Ho was .na.fia,1 the tan $50
Tho aSe q pinety yeo Jl
was inst !, iilfia pnel cr ieer.
rode several niles on .na gpaef
his license. When he started o!i,
Judge Good, of this city, was then
County Court Clerk, wanted to assist
him, owing to his extreme age oh,
no, said the man, I'm young, yet;
will live long time Sure enough
he did. He died Mt the age OF 107,
leaving behind six children by his
last wife.
"Then know of another man who
was the father of quite number of
children. His name was Miles and
rs holne was uear Jonesvlle. He
Lad twenty one sons i'll tho Confed
crate army"
Another gentleman, who had lis.
tened to all this, spoke up. He told
of man by the name OF San,bs, who
Ives OH DIR. Buffers farm, six miles.
southwest of the city:
"lle has been married thrice, mar.
I'D Weaver every time Two OF
them We're sisters, one n sister.in law,
lie has twenty three children.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25
for snfants and Children.

"Castoriaisso well adapted to children that
recommend tas superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, u. D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-25
A BRISTOL SENSATION.

Bristol,a T Tenn, March 2l.-A case
of ssattempted wife spoisoning, most
diabolical, has just como to light.
Saturday night, while Mrs. Mnrguc :
ito Ferguson, popular dressmaker
of this city, was out attending to
some business, her rascally husband
for some cause or other, poured n
considerable amount of muriatic acid
i'll the coffee pot. When she return
ell she soon finished supper and snt
down with other members of the
fnmily. In n moment her tongue
was in burning blisters. On exam
ination the acid was found. The cof-
fee was full Of it, The wretch had
by accident poured some on the SOW
ing machine. Tho officers were not
notified till today. They have not
arrested him yet. The cause of the
decd Is thought to be attributed to
tue wifos having applied for d.
Norce. Another report is that the
woman hns been too intimate with
another man.
- - as-a,s.
The morning call., 1892-11-05

prospect of her total disappearance off the
seas. But, in point OF fact, there never
were such large number Of fine sailing
vessels, bath afioat and building in our
yards, as the British merchant service
boasts to-day. AS our colonies thrive and
increase-for with them our chief ocean
intercourse lies-so must the demand for
shipping necessarily become greater, and
there will always exist many branches of
commerce in which sailing ships may be far
more profitably employed than steamers.
New Zealand annually gives work to q
very large fleet of clippers, outside the regu-
lar liners, in carrying the frozen carcasses
of sheep TO the European markets; the
wheat trade Of California employs every
season many thousands of tons of our
shipping; the wool exports from Australia,
the jute traffic of India and The slowly ex-
panding industries of the South American
seaboards. are all trades which still give
more work to sail than to steam. The
sailing ship will never again carry passen-
gers; but so long as coal at An average of
81 ton remains a condition of the employ
ment of the steamer. so long is the clipper
ship likely to go on flouriShiDg in those
trades where prompt dispatch is not mat
ter OF the very first moment"
The morning call., 1892-11-05
A LICENSE FOR A Vote.
Queer Doings of Mr.. Lee Of
San Benito.
A VERY LIBERAL POLICY.
A Republican Who Gives Free Licenses
to Get Support for County
Clerk.

The street peddlers of this city are being
present License Collector, who happens to
be a candidate for County Clerk.
In order TO catch votes Lee is indulgent
enough to allow the street peddlers to pur-
sue their vocations without paying license
for that privilege.
In other words he does not press them for
the tax.
The consequence is that the police have
taken hand in the matter and are arrest
ing those who are peddling their wares
without license.
The police are not TO be put off by the ex-
PLANTATION that the delinquent individual is
a friend Of Mr.. Lee and will pay up in day
or so.
This kind Of talk is not swallowed by the
members of the police force who have no
AK to grind which will prevent them from
performing their duties.
Victimssof Lees indulgence to the num-
Der of ffty-one were arrested Oh Thursday
for peddling without licenses.
a few were arrested yesterday. and to-
day the police intend to drag in schools of
these delinquent peddlers. who have been
basklDg in the sunshine of License Col
lecior Lees favoritism.
The fact Of the matter is that License
Collector Lee displays considerable temerity
in collecting our license taxes in view Of
the near approach of election day.
He has been running his Office In very
lax manner during the past two months 10
order TO curry favor with those who are
''slow" in paying for their licenses.
During his entire administration the Po-
lice Department has had to bear more than
half the burdens which should all fall upon
the License Collectors shoulders. Yet in
spite Of this great aid Lee has had as many
deputies to assist him as any of his prede-
cessors.
This method OF running things of course
suits the bosses 10 st.
Any man who can convert public
trust" into machine is just the individual
for Martin Kelly.
Lee has shown by his management Of the
License Office just what great things can be
expected of him by the bosses when he is
County Clerk.
A police officer who has one OF the beats
south Of Market street said yesterday:
Lee has been running things with q high
hand of late. 1t is the usual custom TO
make peddlers and the small business
houses, whose solvency is in doubt, pay
up promptly.
But Lee has reversed this rule. They
just pay when they like, and they don't ap-
pear to be in a hurry about it either.
''The meat in the cocoanut is that they
are all fighting for Lee for County Clerk"
The police. however. have strong obiee-
tions to Lees methods of running his Office.
and those who think they are strong in the
favor OF the License Collector lad better
pay up.
There is one branch of the government
which will see 10 it strictly that no one goes
a-peddlng without paying for 1t.
Lees methods of discrimination surely do
not End approval among business men who
pay their licenses promptly.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
ALONG THE COAST.

The Gridiey Herald has just entered its
thirteenth volume.
Ventura County's walnut crop Is net as
good this year as last.
Twenty-four carloads of wine left Calls
tOga station last month.
Steps are being taken to establish a pub
lc library and readiDg-room at Coronado.
Thlrty-six mines have closed down In
Idaho because OF the decline In the price of
silver.
Higgins sawmill. with 81, 900 feet of Ium-
Der, situated at Odin, Modoc County. was
burned last week.
The steel bridge across the American
River near Folsom is to be in place by No
vember 20, barring accident.
Last week 354, 900 feet of lumber was
shipped from the Santa Cruz Mountains
over the narrow-gauge route.
The water from Eagle Lake reached
Amedee, In Honey Lake Valley, on Satur-
day, by canal, for the first time. being
brought distance of over forty miles.
A Fresno man has just died from swal-
lowing grape seeds. They became impacted
in his stomach and finally caused inflam-
nation.
Amos White, resident of Santa Rosa.
was stood up by highwayman the other
night la Evans and Sontag, but fortunately
had very little OF value on him when
searched.
The money subscribed last spring for a
preliminary survey of a proposed railway
between Eureka and Red Bluff has been
returned to the subscribers, the projectors
naving tailed to carry out their agreement.
Building operations are being prosecuted
with such vim at Wheatland that a car
penter is looked upon as a public bene-
factor, and the arrival of new one in
town is always the signal for procession of
would-be builders.
Two clerks Of San BerDardino Of different
political opinions have agreed that the man
belonging 10 the losing party In the coming
election will be harnessed into Shetland
pony's rig and that he will be driven by the
winning man around town.
An eight-year-old MADEIRA boy was play.
ing by himself on a high swing in his
fathers barn recently when his foot caught
in the rope and he dropped head downward
and hung In that position until help came.
He was unconscious when recovered by his
mother, who had she arrived two minutes
later would probably have found him dead.
Nevada County's oldest settlers seem to
be all agreed on the fact that the Coming
winter will be one of the hardest any Of
them have ever experienced, the un-
usually large swarms of yellow jackets seen
during the summer and the extraordinary
industry noticed among squirrels and other
rodents as the cold weather approaches be-
Ing never-failing signs.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
AN ASTR0LOGY FAD.
The Popularity of an Ancient Art at til
Present pay.

The Popularity of an Ancient Art at the
Present Day.
Edgar Lee has most curious article in
the current Arena on "Astrology Fin de
Steele"
1t will surprise a large majority of the
readers of this majority" said he, "to be
told that astrOlOgy. as science, Is not only
holding its own in England today, but
has, during the past ten years, made such
strides that 1t is felt by many that the
'rogues and vagabonds' act. which prevent
the casting OF horoscopes for gain, will by
this next Parliament, stand a chance of
being repealed.
"a large number of regular professional
astrolOgers live in London, and they one
and all agree that the science has distinctly
become more popular since 1856. Previously
to that date they carried on their horoscope
cal practice in fear pnd trembling, but there
has been no prosecution of an astrologer,
qua astroioger, in Eugland for four years
now, the last being at Bow street. when
Neptune an intuitive seer, was mulcted i'm
20 Tor casting horoscope, a barrister In
court VINO had never seen or heard of him
before sprlngIng up to defend him gratui-
tously on the sole ground that he himself
was believer and practicer of astrology.
SIX years ago there were 10 periodicals in
England devoted to astrology; there are now
three.
Another thing that has given astrology
In England great flip is the series of re-
markaole predictions which have appeared
OF late years in our astrologie calendars.
MI. PeaDe. very fine mathematician and
careful and conscientious astrologer. is to
all intents and purposes .Zadkiel.' and he
certainly predicted to the day and even the
hour the compulsory abdication of Prince
Alexander of Bulgaria. Again, a year in
advance, he described the revolution in
Brazil in the following words: The En-
peror of Brazil is warned to be very careful
OF dissensions and Vaccinations among his
subjects at this time and the day against
which this is put is the day of the out
break. Similarly, old Moore in this
years issue has, by his remarkable prophecy
as to the l4th Of January, stimulated the
curiosity of all believers in the occult.
Against that date was printed The royal
family in mourning ana this almanac is
always on sale in the streets Of London in
the October of the previous year, so that the
Duke Of Clarence's illness, which did not
begin till the 9TH of January, could not
have Influenced the prediction"
The morning call., 1892-11-05
SKANDINAVER FOR ELLERT.

s'Flertalet af svenskarne har staden
kommer att r0sta pa Ellert och non-parti-
san-partiets kandidater, med n3gra ia un-
dantag'', sade Alrik G. Spencer, verkstal-
lande direkt0r vid tidningen VEsTKUsTEN
SAINT ordforande for svenska oberoende po-
htiska klubben, till en- CaH-reporter gar
alton.
'Detta ar Diet samma som en- 0kning af
minst 2 800 roster till Ellerts majoritet,
fran en- enda nation.
Vidare komma de svensk- -talande fnnar-
ne, hvilka rakna EFT antal af omkring 700,
efter all sannoEkhet att underst0dia nom
partisan-valsedeln.
Utom med svenskarne och de svensk-ta-
lande fnnarne har jag samtalat med man
ga danskar och norman och funnit dem
nastan utan undantag pa var sida. Jag
tror mig med trygghet l1unna pasta, att at
minstone 90 procent af den r0stande skan-
dinaviska befolkningen komma att kasta
sina roster till f0rman for non partisan
psrtiet.
Iva man af var egen nationalitet aro
kandidater, naml kapten Freese for pub
lie administratorsysslan "a den demokrati-
ska valsedeln) SAINT c. 0. Swanberg for EFT
skoldirekt0rsembete "a republikanska val
sedeln). Dessa man erhalla vart forenade
understood.
Skillet, hvarf0r svenskarne beslutat sig
for ofvannamda handlingssatt, skall jag
saga er. De aro nastan utan undantag re-
publikaner. De ha stadigt rostat den re-
publikanska valsedeln, men hkval, trots
af sin konservativa trohet mot delta parti,
aldrig erhallit n8got politiskt erkannande.
vi AFRO inga embetsjagare, men vid be-
traktande af Diet ofvan sagda inser nj latt,
att vi maste tycka, att nagot af de embe-
ten, som bringa heder eller vinst, borde ha
tillfallit oss.
Dessutom aro vi motstandare till "bos-
sar" och 'tboss" -valde, och vi Sc non-par-
tisan-r0relsen en- utsigt till utrotande af
denna pestb0ld ur de bada f0rnamsta poll
tiska partierna. De fiesta af oSs ha egna
hem, och ehuru vi iro gynsamt stamda for
framatskridande inom ala kommunal-an-
gelagenheter, tycka vi dock icke ON att
bh beskattade till dods, for att uppehalla
en- hop lathundar, landstrykare och rost-
manglare.
Den svenska klubb, hvars ordforande
jag ar, raknar 1876 medlemmar och kom-
mer att som EFT helt r0sta for den af klub-
ben f6reslagna valsedeln. vi ha anbefallt
de republikanska national och kongress-
valsedlarne och komma att allvarligt och
entusiastiskt underst0dja dem.
vi tro, att det amerikanska arbetet Dor
skyddas, och hkaledes, att kommunalkas-
sorna bora tryggas mot plundring.
vi motsatta oss hamnstations-f0 f0rslaget
San Francisco, enar vi anse Diet vara en-
plan, som Southern Pacific -banbolaget hop
kokat syfte att rofa atsig 5000, 600 fran
statens befolkning.
vi gynna lagforslaget att lata F0renta
Staternas senatorer valj direkt af folket.
Bada dessa lagforslag ha grundligt skar-
skadats af svenskarne savali San Francis
co som ofriga delar af staten, och de kom-
ma att visa enhallighet sin r0stning med
hinsyn till dessa f0rslag.
Till slut kan nj mamma, att jag icke hy-
ser nagot tvifvel ON, att non -partisan-val-
sedeln kommer att, det hela taget, afga
med segern, och att Ellerts val star utom
ALT tvifveP'.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
DIE DEUTSCHE AUFREGUNG.

Gs lit cine bemerfen8nerte Gi9enthm.
li9feit Der se9enpdrtieen politiiden
aufresuns, buB bic Geuti6. 9lmerifuner
auBer9elp6bnlihen 9luteil on Der 99abl
fiir Staotbeamte nebmen.
Seit Der SrhnOuns Der unpurteiiTfen
Bartei baben iid cine grpBe Ntenae BON
3euti6en, bic fid in fruberen Sabren
niemols I'm 9uiitif fimmerten, Der
neuen 8elpe9un9 ousei6loiien unb finb
nun ernitli6 bemlbt, bic @orSIoe Der
unporteiii4en fun63umu6en un6 Die gr.
mdblun9 bes Serrn @llert 3u bsfar.
iporten.
Ser @rdnbe. Del6e bieTe frhber 10
8lei6siltioeu @dbler in biefem Sabre
anr Nrbeit onre9t. finb oiele; Der mid.
tl9ite 1T jeoo6 Der, buB bic 9eutideu in
ben leBten Sahren 81 Der lleberseuouno
setOmmen iinb, boB bur9aus fein llnters
idieb in Der etabt.Resierune eintreten
mhrbe, einerlei. ub Gepub(ifaner pber
2emofroten eriudblt mdrben.
Gs purbe ben 9eutf6en flar. bos in
ben beiben on9ebeuteten SdIlen bic ffdb.
tliben Iugeleseubeiteu unb bos 8eridts.
meIen IN ben Sdnben her pplitiideu
Serridaften mar. unb bab bieIelben in
oem Sntereiie bon 2euten nie 0udIsn
Grimmins unb SuIlioau monipuliert
ipurben.
als bic 3enti6eu fuben, bob lie allein
unb obne onbere Silfe nidt i'm staube
'uaren. bieie beffasenswerten 3uitdnb. All
bsieitisen, ba bei6loiien fie, penioitens
ben alten garteien ui6t su belfen unb
beswe9en nabmen fie bisber feinen reoeu
@nteil on Der politif.
Gas grideineu Der unparteiifdeu 9or.
tel, beren unabbdnsise @rfldruno ibrer
prinaipien, iuWie bsren @urIdlao Serrn
Gllert an Die Spite Der fiabtiiden sae.
9lerune du itellen, CAB ben 0eutIden bic
lunseriebnte 9eIessnbeit, sreibeit ppn
Der alien Sprannsi 3u erlansen beBbalb
fabten fie ben 8ei6luB, fid Der gaeini.
sunss.partei an5uidlieben unb fur beren
9lorrel9en @rfol9 au arbeiteu. Reiue
ghrser anberer Hationalitdt finb mehr
9ere6t unb anfri6tis als bic 9eutf6en
uno ibrer 9eradtuna oller 1erbprbeu.
belt in &esieiunss .anaelesenbeiten iit
es bauptiddlid auauidreiben, bar Iie
cine iOlde geseiiteruns fur bic unpartei.
iibe partei unb fir @lIert an ben 9oo
le9en.
slns ben 9leiden @rdnben baben piele
Der oeutiden @eieIlidaften unb 0ereine
bic Priu5ipien Der ueuen partei inboIIiert
unb werben beren &anbibateu erwdbleu
The morning call., 1892-11-05
he PROVIDED FOR THEM.
Blattner Promised Positions
to the Boys.
Three Hundred and More Clamorous Individ-
uals Who Have Discovered Billy's Wicked
Treachery Toward Them.

BILLY" Blattner is having his hands full
just at present pacifying several hundred
angry individuals who consider themselves
as the Injured victims Of "Billy's" "slick"
eleciioneering methods.
at the outset of the campaign "BIlly''
began to raise furor In his favor among
the boys by promising them all in a conf
Dental way positions in the Sheriff's office
in the event Of his election.
While making the rounds "Billy" Is
credited with making no less than 300
promises of appointments, and that is Just
where the rub is coming in.
Each one in his own particular way felt
elated at the prospects of having soft
billet in the Sheriff's office.
or course they began to boast Of their
prospects until the boastful ones became
so numerous that it began to lock doubtful
whether the entire tax levy of the city
would provide for them all.
Then the gullible ones who had been
toiling for ''Billy's" success stopped 10
draw breath and make sure Of their prom
ises.
They now realize that BILLY" has been
playing slick" again and that they have
been badly duped by Williams glittering
promises.
And o. what a row there is! A Roman
howl Is nothing to the halloos of murder
which these gulled individuals are uttering
in unison.
Il never tot dat OF Billy" said one OF q
score OF individuals who thought they were
all going to be chief iailerS under Blattner's
regime.
ITS shame dat de boys have ter be
takin' in by Billy's slick work.
we doan care how much he takes In der
purblIek by his flip talk, but when he comes
down TO glyin' de boys 'razZle' he'd better
climb outer de fight.
Nope, haven't got no use for Billy now.
He's gone and trowed us down, and we'll
kick, to be sure.
Billy aint smart enough TO fool der
Doys lie cant give us any more of his
work. oh, he's goner now.
The Non-Partersen's going ter get Ii,
and Billy knows down in his heart dat he
amt in it. He stepped on de grass once too
Offenv
The morning call., 1892-11-05
HE LEVIED BLACKMAIL.
NapaIes' Method of Gaining an Easv
Livelihood.

Napales' Method of Gaining an Easv
Livelihood.
Pedro Napales, one-legged Portuguese.
has gotten himself involved IN a serious
complication which will cause him no little
trouble to get out Of A few days ago he
had a warrant issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Maria J. Franco on charge of practicing
medicine without a license. Mrs. Franco
charges that Napales attempted to black
mail her, and because of her refusal to snh
NIT to his extortonate demands he had her
arrested.
II appears that Napales lives by his wits
But of late he has been unable to thrive bv
that means. and openly boasted to several
of his acQuantances that lie was getting
desperate.
To a number OF his acquaintances he
stated that he had mo bread to eat" and
that If Mrs. Franco did not give him money
he would have her arrested.
He carried out his threats by going to
Mrs. Franco at the Lisbon House and de-
manding $40. This she refused 10 give him
when he went of threatening to have her
arrested.
Dunn & McPike, who are Mrs. Francois
attorneys, say the charge against her is
ridiculous in the extreme. She does not
practice medicine and never has. She is in
well-to-do circumstances and Occasionally
acts as nurse.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
A MECHANICAL REFORMER.
The Social and Econ omieal Influence Z
the BICvcle

The Social and onomieal Influence of
the Bicycle.
Sylvester Baxter takes the ground, writ
Ing in the Arena of the SOCIAL and
Economic Influences of the Bicycle" that
it will finally supplant all other convey
ances of men.
'Far-reaching results" says he, "may
confidently be expected In future by no
means remote. The biey Gle, with its light
and graceful metallic construction, its re-
markable strength in proportion to its
weight, Its noiseless rubber tires, both its
friction and the wear and tear to the high-
way reduced to a minimum, contains the
elements OF new type of vehicle that will
come into universal use with the supplant-
ing of animal traction by mechanical
traction. which must come with the deyelop-
ment OF electricity. Horses and other
draught animals will eventually disappear
entirely from the highways. just as they
are now rapidly vanishing from the street
railways.
''Muititudes of light vehicles, OF yarjous
sizes. impeIled by electricity. will speed
nolselessiY In every direction. and BICYCLES
Will be numbered by the thousand their
utility for transportation, as we'll rs their
value for pleasure and exercise, immensely
enhanced.
1.-The effect upon the development of
cities Will be nothing less than revolutiou-
ary. Not only will the advance of public
convenience be invaluable. but the comfort
and the health of the people will be pro-
NOTED to corresponding degree All but
an insignificant percentage of the exas-
perating noise and confusion of city life
proceeds from the harsh rattle and clauter
OF vehicles in the streets. This will be en-
tirely abated, and the main source of the
nervousness that so universally affiiets city
dweliers will disappear. To this benefit to
heaith Will be added another no less i'm
portant.
Any observer can see that the filth in
cessantly deposited in the city streets is
almost wholly due to animals. With the
disappearance OF this, vast amount of dis
ease produced by the microbes thus contin-
ualiy sent broadcast into the air. will be
prevented"