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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
A Humorist's Wedding Journey.

A personal friend of Bill Nye, the
humorist, who asked that his name be
not mentioned, yesterday told reporter
touching little story of an incident in
Nyes life.
''For long time afte. Bill was mar
ned" he said, "he was very poor and
had hard work keeping the wolf from the
door, but at last his worth was recop-
nized, aud he began to reap the reward
he so we'll deserved at the public's hands.
lie was on lecture tour, and. rs its suc.
cess was much greater than he had nm.
ticlpated, he wrote to Mrs. Nye to come
to him and take her wedding tour fo,
when Bill was married he could NOT af.
iord that luxury. She telcgraphcd that
she would join him at once, and set out
to do so, her journey being one of Two
DAYS, rs he was in the West, somewhere
beyond Chicago. Two hours before her
train was due Mt the little tozn where
she was to join her husband he received
dispatch saying that both his children
had been stricken down Sitli scarlet
fever, and had been moved 10 an isolated
house, mile or so from their home.
wnere they would receive proper alton.
ton, but could not be seen by thei,
parents. 1t was great shock to Bill.
and all lie could do when his wife ar.
rived was to take her aside and tell her
the sad news. They took tho first train
back, and for several wccks Bill re.
manned ut home with her, both suffering
terrible anxiety, as the children wero
desperately ill. AS soou as they were
able to listen to the reading, the little
ones got letter every morning from
their father, telling of The wonderful
things he and their mother were seeing
out West, thus not letting the youngsters
know that their mothers wedding ,o,r-
ney, in which they had taken vast deal
OF interest, had been b.Dxen W. by thci-
sudden fllness. Bills unlimited jrncri-
nation made tho letter writing An casy
task, and their daily a.riva! kept the
children in such good hlimor that when
the turning-point was reached, and ,aev
began to mend, they did so at rate that
astonished the doctor in Charge of their
case. Subsequently, Mrs. Nyc had hse
wedding journey. Chicago Mail.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
A DRESS OF SPIDERS WEBS.

HRS. White mentions as n great curl.
osity the dress made from spiders webs
presented to the Queen by the Empress of
Brazil in 1877. Most certainly it is, and
to most British minds such u thing might
seem Incredible; but if your correspond
ent were to visit Fiji-which is famous
for its magnificent spiders-he might per.
haps have less cause for wonder. The
web made by tine big yellow spider here
is very large and strong; but in addition
to the web proper, in which flies, mos
qultoes, etc., are caught, it spins cocoon
OF orange colored, silky, gossamer-like
stuff, which, if taken up in the fingers.
requires quite an effort to break. This
stuH, L can conceive, might be woven
into material for dress. Might not the
dress in question have been composed of
similar material made by the Brazilian
spidersa
can hardly, even now, believe that it
could have been composed OF what We
understand to be the ordinary spiders
web. l can quite imagine, however,
that such material might be of some
commercial value, as one frequently hears
complaints ut the present day of q want
OF fineness in fibres or materials used for
scientific purposes.
may add tina. our cockroaches are
hugh, too; but by merciful dispense
tion OF Providence, our spiders are in
proportion. The particular enemy of
the cockroach here is not the big yellow
spider above mentioned, but q long,
legged, formidable-lookingb brown spider,
called the "hunting spider" 1 cannot
find out that this species spins any web,
but apparently depends upon its great
activity for securing its prey. I know,
however, that it can bite pretty sharply,
as once saw one draw blood from the
finger of a doctor friend of mine who
was capturing it for me. 1t is often to
be seen hugging large, Hatteued, cir
cular, cream -colored bag, which, take
it, contains its eggs We never kill
spiders in Fiji. The natives venerate
them as much us the Dutchman does his
stork, aud perhaps with more reason.
Since writing the above have been
told by friend of mine here that on
one occasion he had carefully examined
the long line stretched between two
points from which the web of tie big
yellow spider mentioned above was sus-
pended, and found that it had q beauti-
full golden, silky appearance, and was SO
strong that he was able to wind it round
piece of cardboard. If this can be con.
sidered part of the web proper, then in
all probability n light, silky material
could be woven from it, and the Brazilian
dress be not quite so extraordinary as at
first sight 1t might appear. Notes and
Queries.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
ways. His books and boat seemed t,

ways. His books and boat seemed t,
have lost their charm, and as for hi
walks, they were all in one direction,
and ended ut Braddon Hall. In about &
month Miss Conyers went away, and
then Jones began to haunt the postman,
and to get pretty little letters which al.
ways seemed to take great deal of an
swering.
Before the end of the winter he had an
invitation to Conycrs to spend month,
and furlough being granted, he started
of in great glce for Kent. Jones never
returned to the Eighty-fourth. The
months furlough was indefinitely length
ened-in fact, he sold out, and entered
upon diplomatic career under the care
OF Sir Thomas Conyers.
Eighteen months after the wreck
Colonel Underwood read aloud ut the
mess description of the marriage OF
Thomas Jones, of Milford Haven, to
Mary, only child and heiress of Sir
Thomas Conyers, of Conyers Castle,
Kent. And paragraph below stated
that "the Honorable Thomas Jones, with
his bride, had gone to Vienna on diplo-
matic service of great Importance"
"Just his luck, )" said Powell.
"Just his pluck" said Underwood;
"and for my part, when come across
any OF these fellows again that are afraid
OF hurting their mothers and sisters, and
not ashamed to suy so, shall treat them
as heroes just waiting for their oppor-
tunity. Here is to the Honorable Thomas
Jones and his lovely bride! We are
going to India, gentlemen, next month,
and l am sorry the Eighty.fourth Ia,
lost Lieutenant Jones; for 1 have no
doubt whatever he would have stormed
fort as bravely as he boarded wrecx."
The Ledger.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

According to the Chicago Graphic,
che passage of thc.ac limiting appeals in
criminal cases which may be carried to
the United States Supreme Court will
relieve that body of the consideration of
many cases, some of which are really
trivial i'll character. The &c. OF 1901
creating the courts of appeal permits
person convicted Of infamous crime,
which term includes the theft of so small
sum rs one dollar, to carry his case d-
rect to the Supreme Court on writ of
error. The new act restricts the criminal
jurisdiction of the court to cases in
which $4,000 fine has been imposed or
a sentence of imprisonment for over one
year or capital cases.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
FASHION NOTES.

Flower clusters appear ON sntln stripes.
Evening shoes mus. match the cos.
tune.
Baby blue is in the very height oil
fashion.
Combinations are made of gold and
English rose.
Black velvet and ivory satin are the
latest combination.
Dark red is to be worn with almost
every color and style of costume.
Gold shoe-buttons, set with jewels,
are the latest caprice of the very rich.
A pretty trimming for cotton gowns is
of white cambria, with dainty cord and
scalloped upon each edge in colors.
Most of the bodices for slender, youth.
full women are sharply pointed, and are
still made to fasten under the arm or
else at the back.
Artificial flowers are so true to nature
this season, and so perfect, one cannot
help beng disappointed to find the
fragrance wanting.
Gray seems to be gaining in favor, if
that were possible. Silks, cam5rics,
cambreys. millinery wraps, draperies
and lunchcons in gray, are the rule.
Sunshades are blossomlng cut in end
less variety, and such tempting styles, so
opposite in effect and SO novel and
dainty, render selection something of
task.
The prettiest trimmings for French
ginghams, batistes, zephyrs and similar
fabrics are of openwork embroideries,
point de Gene or the light and delicate
Irish linen laces.
One stylish bonnet is almost in the
shape of a skull-cap. 1t is worn we'll
back on the head, is very fat, and has
little trimming other than full bunch
OF plumes exactly at the back.
The pretty capes to be worn at the
seaside and in the mountains this summer
are rs rule made of French camers
hair, very light and soft to the touch,
but slightly rough in appearance.
Bonnets made of jeweled gimp are
pretty and stylish. They are very plain,
that is have little if any trimming other
than the material of which they are made.
inns, however, is SO elegant that nothing
further is required.
Gray gloves bound and stitched with
black are new. As usual there are some
startling eccentricities in gloves; green,
a medium blue and purple being among
the new importations. ALI the same, nv
lady doesn't wear them.
Round hats, in very mannish styles,
are effected by young ladies for street
wear. They are particularly liked with
tailor-made costumes, and will undoubt-
eddy be as popular as the Alpine, which
had such run some seasons ago.
One of the new French bonnets in
black is merely very large butterfly of
real lace, pair of spreading lace wings
lying fat upon the waves of hair. The
very slender body is of black plush, and
the head aud antonu@ are in sparkling
cut jet.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
The statistician of the United State

The Statistician of the United States
Department of Agriculture has prepared
n report on the wages of farm labor, the
result of nine Investigations from 1856 to
1892, with prior records of wages as far
back as 1s40. The report shows monthly
rates both with and without board for
the season or year and also by the day in
harvest time. 1t shows that for ten
years wages have been very uniform aud
well sustained in spite of fluctuations in
prices of farm products, and that steady
demand exists, with positive scarcity
of farm labor in large portion of the
country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

The Geographic accounts of the earth
4uoke shocks in California were but mn
imperfect understanding of the havoc
wrought and the panic excited. Here
is the narrative of SenatorThomas Rickey,
of Nevada, who was passing the night at
Vackaville on the occasion of the most
serious shake-ug: az was sleeping in tho
second story of two-story wooden build
ing. The bed ranged north and south.
the south end being snug up against the
wall. The earthquake was SO violent
that the bed was thrown two feet from
the wall to the north, as though the
house had been tipped up and the bed
had slid away that distance. A wash
stand at the foot was moved two or three
feet to the east out of its position, but
oddly enough no water was spilled from
the pitcher. A lamp was thrown of and
under the bed, and the chimney was
broken to pieces. Looking about after
arose,l lound the plastering all cracked,
crushed up, and fallen on the floor.
Everything was jammed up, crumpled
and wrecked. Nobody slept after the
shock. 1t was not known at what mo
ment another might come. For poo6
while there was intense but generally
quiet excitement. When daylight came
we found that the town was completely
wrecked. In the dim light we had seer
many buildings thrown out of position
and fallen walls, but we had not till day.
light fully realized the extent. TIL,
brick buildings were all on one side o
the street.-The is, on the south side
They were ranged along from east t,
west. Not one of them had been lief
intact. All were thrown down. l
!. seemed as though violent earthquake
wave hal come from the south an,
pitched the brick buildings north. TIL
rect was covered with debris. Not
was left standing"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

1t has been proof of the irony of fate
ihat up to the present time the world
has dwelt in ignorance of the personal
appearance of the man who made posi-
BILE the civilization of half of it. Among
the several portraits of Columbus having
q respectable claim to notice not one,
asserts the New York Sun, has hereto
fore been identified as veritablc like
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
I'm A MIST OF GREEN.

In q mist OF green the gardens lie;
The happy birds go singing by;
The sweet-breathed hyacinth is up;
The tulip lifts painted cup. ]
III, ,-Hi
The farmer whistles at his pillow; ~
The maple shows tasseled bough;'
The swarming elm buds are uncur!ed
For God has breathcd upon His world.
--aarY F. Butts. in Youths COMPANION.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
GRADUATING DRESSES.

Graduates were allowed this year to
have more latitude in dress material than
in previous years. Instead of the dead
white, which has always been the proper
graduates dress, there may be worn
gowns of pale pink, pale blue or any of
the wonderful new shades which are SO
beautiful aud SO becoming. Delicately
lowered silks, fiue challies and sprigged
muslins were likewise iu high favor for
graduating costumes.-NewY York Com
merclal Advertiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

In Melbourne, Australia, no Sunday
papers are permitted, no hotels ore al
lowed to open their barrooms from mid
night on Saturday until Monday morn
ing, and any one driving past place of
worship ut faster pace than o walk
while service is in progress is liable to
be stopped and summoned by the police
man on duty.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01
ONLY JONES.
BIZ AMELIA E. BARR.

HE officers of her
Diajcsty's T W c II ty-
fourth and Eighty
fourth Infantry were
sitting round their
mess table, in Castle
town, the capital of
the Isle of Man, one
evening more than
forty years ago-that
is, all of them except
one; but then that
nm xpno onl,, To,,o,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

robe. Widows do not indulge them.
selves in the soft voluminous folds of laos
we call wedding veil. Mam'selle won.
ders why. Have you any idea2 1t would
be IN interesting thing to look up the
origin of and superstitions about a bridal
veil.-Chicago Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

a female physician, DR.. Bissell, points
out the fact that, as tennis is one armed
sport, it has tendency to produce one
sided development. Yet, marvels the
Chicago Herald, she approves of cricket.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

France may take courage, consolingly
observes the New, York Commercial Ad-
yertiser. The Anarchist in presence of
loaded Lebel rifles is the most passive
creature extant.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-07-01

4 Milton Mobiles, the playwright, says
that there are 5000 actors who never
vote because election day finds them on
the road away from home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-16
BEAVER COUNTY.
second District Cours Continues Its session
Grand Democratic Rally

Grand Democratic Rally.
BEAVER, u. T., Sept. 15.-TSpecial tele
gram to TIE HERALD. lin the dis trict
court this morning the petit jury was i'm
paneled and the trial of cases on the
criminal docket proceeced with. The first
was the People VS.. two showmen named
Darrell and Thompson, wro got into a row
in hotel here in August and made it
lively for everybody in the place. They
were charged with assault with intent to
murder McCarty, acting United States
attorney The trial had not proceeded
very far when, at the suggestion Of the
court, the offer of the defendants to plead
guilty to battery, was accepted. Darrell
was sentenced to FIVE months and Thomp-
son six weeks in the county Jail.
This afternoon the case of the United
States vs.. Howard Spencer for unlawful
consolidation, which had been on the docket
here four years, was dismissed on motion
of Kenner, attorney for the defendant,
who discovered that the papers and all pro-
ceedings were irregular.
The case of the United States VS.. Gilbert
Webb, adultry; was then taken up. a
Jury was impaneled and the case is in pro
gress.
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY
in Fields opera house last night was a
great success from every standpoint
Soon after dark brass band with
torches paraded the streets, bombs were
exploded and the town thoroughly aroused.
The house was completely filed, great
number being ladies. The proceedings
commenced about o'clock, when r. r.
Tanner chairman, introduced Mr.. Green
wood of Fillmore, who spoke interestingly
for twenty minutes on the general princi-
pies of Democracy, eleciting frequenJ ap-
plause After music by the brass and
string bands the chairman introduced
Keuner, who was we'll received. He spoke
ON local issues for some time, but finally
engaged in a lengthy dissertation on ma
iional politics.
He was frequently interrupted by ques-
tons from Republicans, ali of which were
answered satisfactorily, and, finally the
interruptions ceased. Kenner spoke over
an hour and half, and received abundant
applause.
1t was nearly 1890 when the meeting
closed, and the audience was as large at
the finish as at the commencement. Beaver
county is all right.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-16
BOUGHT A HUSBAND.
Wealthy Cheyenne Widow Now
Repenting Her Bargain.
A RICH AND RACY DIVORCE CASE.
An Adventurer Marrries Emma Jane Nagle a
Year Ago-Marriage Proves a Failure
with Them-ghe Husbands Cruelty.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. b. Especial
telegram to The HERALE. THE greatest
divorce cnse this town ever had was
started today. 1t is entitled Emma Jane
Maggie White vs.. Charles A. White, and the
story is rich one.
White is an sdventnrer of 30. and the
woman is over so aud wealthy widow.
They met at Hot Springs, Ark, two sea-
sons ago and were married here in August
in 1891. 1t wss said at the time that
THE WIDOW BOUGHT THE YOUNG FELLOW
for 100000 She owned the finest resi-
dence in the city, half the stock in the
biggest mercantile house in the state much
business property, several coal mines,
stocks and bonds and lots of unimproved
real estate, al worth fully half million.
The petition develops that there has been
trouble in the house since the first week of
their married life. White at first abused
the woman and her dead husband only
with his tongue. Then he became wife
beater, and on one occasion he all but muir
dered the woman, when her son. lad of IT,
APPEARED ON THE SCENE WITH SIX
SHOOTER.
White has had her of-attorney and
has been living in riotous style. He kept a
stunning stable, followed a big pack of
hounds over the prairie, and made frequent
trips east and west Within a month he
has given her note for s75, 900, running
ninety days and secured by blanket
mortgage. A few days ago he started east,
presumably to negotis this paper.
The plaintiff AYERS that White has a
salary of 500 year as manager in New
York for the American edition Of the Lon
don Illustrated Nelcs He has claimed to be
a writer, and while speaking fanilsry of
metropolitan newspaper men, no one has
ever seen any OF his works. He has
threatened TO buy a paper here several
times, and 1T one time was an incipient
candidate for the place of governor on the
Democratic ticket. He was at the Chicago
convention with Tsmmany and claimed to
be corresponding for New FORK paper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-16
THE BULLEpIN EXPLAINED.
Mrs- Harrisoa's Present Illness Dates Back
to the Winter OF 1890

Mrs. Herrisoa's Present Illness Dates Back
to the Winter OF 1890
Especial to THE Observation-Disclosures Dispatch. ]
LOON LAKE. Sept. 15.-One of Mrs. Har-
r1son's physicians has authorized the fol-
lowing statement OF her case, as an explana-
ton to the bulletin issued yesterday morn
ing: s'She was first taken WITH severe
attack of the grip in Washington in the
winter of 1890, followed ana aggravated by
severe bronchial and pulmonary troubles,
lasting some time. While az Cape May in
the simmer OF 1891, she again took a heavy
cold snd the bronchial troubles reappearec.
1t Was some weeks before this attack
yielded to treatment. Last winter she had
second attack of the grip, which this
time was followed by catarrhal pneumonia
lasting seven or eight days. After that
she was tror bled by severe cough, fol-
lowed in March last with slight hemor-
rhage of the right lung, followed by con
solicitation of the right apex. This consoli-
dation has gradually increased up to the
present time, accompanied throughout
with nervous prostration. The conditions
stated in the bulletin then ensued, result
ing in the development of illusions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-16
Across the sea.

ROTTERDAM, Sept 15-One case of
cholera was reported in this city yesterday
PARIS, Sept l5.-Up TO o'clock last
city, two deaths less than Tuesday.
hAykE, Sept. 15.-There were thirteen
new cases and two deaths OF cholera here
yesterday as against eleven new cases and
seven deaths the previous day.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 15.-It is said hat
there is marked decrease in the cholera
throughout Russia, particularly in the
provinces at first most violently afflicted.
ANTWERP, Sept. l5.-The cholera is
spreading here. Since yesterday ten pa
tients have been taken to the hos pital and
others are i'll at various houses Two
children and sailor died yesterday
aboard vessel in the harbor.
TRHERAN, Sept 15.-The deaths from
cholera in this city from Sept. q TO IL were
2, 335. In the Shah's camp, fifteen miles
north where he and the upper classes pass
the summer. there have been $50 deaths
from cholera.
the cholera infected district in Antwerp
were landed at Dover yesterday by the
steamer Apollo, bound for New York No
opposition TO their landing was made at
Dover and the stowawaYs subsequently
started for London, The local government
board OF this City heard OF the matter and
ordered the stowaways stopped. They
were intercepted st Canterbury and put in
quarantine. 1t is reported that man suf-
fering from oholeric disorder has been
taken to the hospital at Middlesbourough
from the steamer Amazona, just arrived
from Bilboa.
HAMBURG. Sept 1.-two hundred and
four new cases OF cholera were OFFICIALLY
reported here yesterday, and eighty -one
deaths, an increase of six new cases and
fifteen less deaths. The hospital author
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-16
News from Quarantine.

QUARANTINE, Sept. 15.-Tne Trave ar
rived at S:45 with full list Of cabin pas
sengers, but no immigrants. She reported
al well. and about 6 O'Clock she was per-
mitted to go up.
Millionaire Hearst cabled from Paris.
placing at the disposal of the physicians
composing the medical conference ap-
pointed by the chamber of commerce, the
use of his famous yacht Vamoose DR..
Walser, deputy health officer, issued the
following bulletin
--Moravla all well on board; Scandal. all
well today with few exceptions of measles
Wyoming, one infant died OF Inorasmus this
morning; Normannia, all well on board
It ia claimed the death of the child Min
RE Levinger, at All East Forty-sixth
street, last Sunday, was directly traceabe
TO four immigrant girls who came from
Antwerp on the Friesland. DIR. Jenkins
evidently does not put faith in this theory,
and explains that his deputy reported no
Illness OF the Friesland when she arrived.
he admits. however. that il might be pos
sible The report from DR.. Byron at
Swinburne tonight reports one death of
pneumonia following an attack Of cholera.