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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
SUMMER NORMAL SCHOOLS.

Hon. John E. Massey, uperintendent
of public instruction of the State of
Virginia, has issued circular relative
to summer normal schools to be con-
Quoted at different parts Of the State
during the coming vacation period.
Judging from the line Of work laid out
the time at any of these institutions C an
be very prof tably spent by the teachers
of our public schools. In the announce
ment to teachers and school officers, Mr..
Massey says:
The success attending the application of Pea
body funds to teachers institutes or summer nor
NAL schools in Virginia. through series of years
has impressed the State with the value OF this
important branch OF school work. BY an act of
the general assembly, approved March B. 1884, an
appropriation of $4,000 was made for the cstab-
lishmcnt and maintenance of summer normal
schools. This act declares that, 1.-The purpose OF
said normal schools shall be to familiarize the
teachers in the public schools OF this State with
more advanced methods OF teaching, and to fur.
nish such additional academic training will
tend to promote the usefulness of the public
schools"
The appropriation made by the State Is by no
means sufficient 20 accomplish all that is desired,
but DR.. Curry has generously agreed to supple
ment the State appropriation from the Peabody
fund as literally rs the income at his disposal
will justify. While the State now assumes con.
troll OF this work for the first time in the history
of the schools, the plans outlined for the summer
of 1894 made feasible only by the Joint appro.
priations OF the State and the Peabody fund.
1t is exceptionally fortunate that
there should be sufficient amount of
money available to carry on the work
as outlined and the opportunity for
such instruction should not be disre-
garded. The Virginia Summer School
of Methods, which is to be held at Bed
ford City from June 25 to July 90, pre-
sents corps OF exceptionally able
educators who will be in charge o. the
different lines of work
Those teachers who have not re-
ceived the circular should write at once
to the superintendent of public inst-uc-
ton, postoflice drawer 903, Richmond,
Va, to avail themselves of the informa-
ton which it contains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Bodies of Three Coxe,ite- Found.

DENVER, Col June 1i.--'chree bodies
of the Coxeyites drowned in The Platte
by the wrecking Of their boat have been
found up to date. By the overturning
of boat yesterday between Brighton
and Platteville Or. Purcell, of this city.
lost his life. He had joined tho party
as surgeon for the fleet.
The army mas now dwindled into
forty. five, and will stop at Lacale to.
night, only ten boats surviving TO that
distance. Others are walking and
breaking up into small bands to steal
rides on freight trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
MAD ST. BERNARD DOG.
Bites Seven Persons, Three of Whom, 1t is
Thought Will Die

DALLAS, Tex, June IA mad dog,
huge specimen of the ST. Bernard breed,
yesterday bit seven persons, three OF
them it is feared fatally, besides killing
two cats and three dogs Albert Adams,
negro boy, was bitten so badly that he
cannot live.
Mrs. Mary Arthur, an invalid. was at
tscked in her bed and so badly lacerated
that her life is despaired Of.
Jennings Moore had his arms. legs
and body badly torn, and George Young,
Mrs. Worden and Nick Powers were So
verely bitten.
1t is feared hydrophobia will result in
o number Of cases. Doctors are apply
ing madstones but they will not stick
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
ERAsTUS wIMAN ON TRIAL.
He VIII Attempt to Prove His Innocense
ofForgery.

New YORK, June 1l.-Eras tus Wiman
was placed on trial to- day before Judge
Ingraham in the court of Oyer and Ter
miner, on two indictments charging for
gerry. The court room WAS we'll filled
with spectators loog before the Judge
took the b-nch Tho defendant entered
at 1920 with two Of the counsel, who
will fight to prove his innocence.
Although there arc two indictments
against Dir. Wiman, both in connection
with his partnership dealings with the
firm of +. &. Dun Il Co the district at
torney had decided to try him on the
one wtich charges him with having
fo:gtd the signature c. L W. Bullinger
on checS on the Chemical National
Bank, of this city, dated February 6.
1893, for $1,000, drawn by r. g. Dun &
Co., to Mr.. Bullinger's order.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
German Baptist annual Meeting.

THE annual meeting OF tho German
Baptist Brethren will be held at Meyers
dale, Pa, on the PiLtsburg division of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, COM
menciDg May "a, 1884,
For this occasion the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets to Meyersdale and return
from all stations on it's system of lines
at rate OF one frst-class fare for the
round trip. From points east Of and
including Pittsburg and Wheeling the
tickets will be sold from May 22nd to
2sth inclusive, and will be valid for re-
turn passage within thirty days from
date of sale.
From points west OF Pittsburg and
Wheeling the tickets will be sold from
May 2lst to Goth inclusive, and will be
valid for return passage within thirty
days from date of sale.
For time Of trains, etc., address the
nearest agent of the b. & o. r. R. Co.
or o. p. McCarty, gen'l pass. agent. b..
& 0. S. w. R'y, st. Louis, Mo-; L. S.
Allen. asst genl pass. agent, b. & O..
r. R., Chicago, Ills; e. D. Smith, div,
pass. agent, b. e 0. r. R., Pittsburg,
Pa, or B. f. Bond. div. pass. agent.
Il. IL o. r. R., Baltimore, Md; Chas.
o. Scull, gen'l pass. agent, b. & o. R.
R., Baltimore, Md.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
All Free.

THOSE who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it free. Call on the advertised drug
gist and get trial battle. free. Send
your name and address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get sample box OF
DR.. Kings New Life Pills free, as we'll
as copy of Guide to Health and House.
hold Instructor, free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing. Christian & Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Shot by "A Justice of tho Peace

VICKsBUKG, Miss, Juno 1l.-One of
tho most cold blooded murders ever
committed in this county was perpe-
trate1 yesterday afternoon by Justice
Of the Peace j. Lanicr, who shot and
instantly killed Charles Scott, colored,
without the slightest cause or provoca-
ton Tho coroner's jury returned YER
dict OF homicide not in necessary self
defense. Lanier has not yet been ar
rested. though he offered to surrender to
his fellow magistrate.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
May be ~ Lynching Bee.

NORFOLK, Juno ia white man at
tempted TO commit criminal assault
upon tho 11-year- old daughter of Capt
w. x. Face, OF Atlantic City, this after
noon. He was frightened off by the
girls screams. The police believe they
will arrest the fiend before morning. If
captured in Atlantic City there will be
lynching bee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
EX-MAYoK OF NORFOLK SHOT.

John Ludlow, While Intoxicated, Pulls a
Pistol, But the Other Was Quicker
NORFOLK, June 11.-Ex-Mayor John
LUDLOW was shot and painfully wounded
by A. Jordan, saloonkeeper of this
city, this afternoon. Captain Ludlow
went to Jordan's saloon and asked for q
drink. He was intoxicated and liquor
vas refused him. He used threatening
language and drew his revolver.
Jordan grabbed up pistol and fred
four shots in rapid succession, two Of
which took effect, one in the head above
the right ear and the other in the right
arm. Neither is dangerous. Jordan
was arrested and bailed in the sum of
81 00O
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Five Young Women in Fatal Melee

HUNTINGDON, w. Va, June l1.-At
Breedon. forty miles south of here, five
young women got into fight last even
ing, and in the melee knives and pistols
were used and Mrs Lizzie MAYNARD
was killed and Jennie Morris mortally
wounded. 1t is thought that the affair
originated from jealousy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Reported Lynching In Texas.

SWEET HOME. Tex, June 11.-Albcrt
McElroy and Walter Hogden, two white
boys living at William sburg, were at.
tackled by Lon Hall and Bascom Cook,
negroes. McElroy had his skull crushed
and he cannot live. 1t is reported that
tho negroes were arrested, but taken
from tho officers and hanged.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
waylaid and SHOT hvaNeoro

BUNKIE, La, Juno Thames X.
Bond, an ex-member Of the legislature.
was waylaid, shot and killed last night
by > ohm Jones. colored. Bond leaves a
wife and six children.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
He Exneotedito Die.

For years suffered from rheuma-
tism, dyspepsia and kidney diseases.
Three of the best doctors in the city
said must die, but am alive and we'll
to day, cured by Microbe Killer. e. P.
HATCH, Al Maverick street, Chelsea,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Scarcity of Coal and Lack OF Business

PADUcAH, Ky, June 1.-THE Chesa-
peake, Ohio and Southwestern shops
have shut down hero, throwing over 800
mon out of work Eight trains have
boer taken off one end OF tho road and
SIX oil the other Scarcity Of coal and
falling off buSincAs Is the causn
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
No Conference at East st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, June il.-Less thsn a
dozen miners and only two operators
were on hand when the conference was
called in East st. Louis to-day. Rccog.
nizing the whole affair as q failure, the
meeting adjourned sine die,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
A Crowd Applauds Breckinridge's Oppon.
ent.

LEXINGTON, KY, June 11.-An i'm
mense crowd OF people were in atten-
dance at The opera house tonight at the
meeting between Settle and Owen. Tho
latter was received with wild applause.
He ana Judge Morton, who introduced
him handled Settle and Colonel Breck-
inridge without gloves.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Scotch Miners VIII Not submit to a Re-
duction.

EDINBURG, June 1.-THE Scotch Mine
Owners Association was officially
warned to day tina: "a 900 miners would
strike work on June "a if the associ-
alton carries out ito intention of reduc.
ing wages by one shilling day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Goes to CharIottesvIlIe.

WARRINGTON, June ll.-Vice-. Presi-
dent Stevenson left Washington to. night
on q special train over Richmond and
Danyille for Charlottesville, Va, where
he will deliver an address at the
University Of Virginia tomorrow.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Deputies Kill Three Strikers.

UNIoNTOwN. Pa June IA baltic
between seven armed deputies and a
mob OF 800 strikers occurred yes
tetday morning at o'clock at the
Lemont, No. g. works Of the Mcclure
Coke Company. One striker, a S az,
was killed instantly, and two other Slav
strikers were fatally wounded, The
deputies were surrounded and fired
upon by the strikers before they shos
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12

Have you seen the new bound copies Of
"The Magic City," Call I'm and examine
them, either at The Times office or at
johnson s. Jobnson's
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
More Troops Ordered Out.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 11.-Governor
Mckinley ordered the Fifth regiment OF
infantry into the field tonight to do
duty in protecting property in Ssrak
and Tuscaroras counties, where the
miners ale burning bridges along the
lines OF the Wheeling and Lake Erie
and Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
roads. All the armed force OF the State.
except the First regiment, is now in The
fold
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12

HOODS Pills cure liver ills, constipation,
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-12
Enjoying the Best of hcaIth
MFR. E. q. Chichester

better tlan have been for years. recon-
mend hood's Sarsaparia to all for it was a
blessing To me-" EMORY b. CHICHESTER.
Manager OF Tuscaloosa Lumber Co., Hull, Ala.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08
The Drug Store TeIepbo,e

Accommodation bureaus are all right
when they are conducted as such, +" said
west side druggist, "but the sign over
my door was intended to inform the
public that drugs were dispensed within
and not information doled out or tele-
phone messages delivered blocks away.
l make no kick when stamps are asked
for and the city directory consulted by
people, but when they ring up the tele.
phone and call me from my work to an.
swer it and then want a message deliv-
cred to friend living'a long distance
from the store only certificate of men,
bership in the Antiswearing club which
have pasted on the transmitter keeps
me from uttering fancy language. This
morning was at the breakfast table and
was called to the phone. found it was
a lady who patronized me about once q
month. She didn't talk plainly and
kept me guessing for 10 minutes what
she was driving at discovered that
she wanted me to tell her next door
neighbor that she wouldn't be home to
dinner and ask her to open q window of
the house and for mercy sake feed the
poor little cat. The telephone has been
removed. Buffalo Enquirer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08
The Way Of Long Twilight.

On first thought 1t seems &c be q
rather paradoxical statement that the
nearer we approach to the equator the
shorter is that intermediate stage or
transition from day to night and from
night to day, which we call twilight -
This being the case, however. the period
Of duration Of ''the dim. uncertain
light" in all tropical countries is very
short when compared with that Of coun
tries of high northern or southern lati.
tude. The explanation is this On the
equator the suns path is at exact right
angles with the horizon. The last beam
Of light fades from view when the sun
is at lS degrees below the horizon
This IS degree mark is quickly reached
at the equator for reasons given in the
first sentence of this explanation The
farther from the equator we get the less
become the angles which the sun 9
course makes with the horizon. and the
longer the time required for him 20
reach the IS degree mark hence the
longer the period of twilight. st Louis
Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08
MARKED ALIKE.
A Weird story OF Two Men Whose Singular
Wounds Were the Same.

81 am not believer In ghosts, rein
carnations or the supernatural in any
shape but had singular experience
some years ago which have never been
able to account for satisfactorily, said
j. =. Lacroix Of Montreal
81 was second mate Of merchant ship
in 1882. Among the crew was n tough
customer named Lander, always in
trouble. He had q frightful scar, ex-
tending from brow to chin, the result
Of n dock fight. lie had bullet wound
which had taken away the lobe of his
right ear, besides u peculiar protuber-
ance like wen on his forehead.
would take my oath there was not an.
other man alive marked just like him.
At the end of that voyage Lander killed
his wife and cut his own throat He
severed the windpipc, but he recovered.
The wound in his throat healed, but
left hole, which he had to cover with
his hand when he spoke. He breatlcd
through asilvcr tube. lie was tried and
convicted, and happening TO bc in port
] was present ut the hanging and saw
the body buried.
"In 1890 | was on the gold coast Of
Africa. Ashore one day came across II
man bossing "a gang OF negro laborcrs.
His form seemed Strangely familiar, and
started with surprise when ] saw him
place his hand over his throat when
giving some orders. Going closer, | saw
the scar, the wen, the lobelcss ear, the
hole in the throat, the silver tube and
every feature and characteristic of n
man l saw hanged and buried. got
into conversation with him. He said
his namo was Danler lie was unable
to tell how he came by the wound in
his throat, ear and face. lie said he
must have had n long illness. He re-
membcred being in % hospital, he said,
but it was like n dream, and he had no
recollection of his life before that
He said he remembered, while still
i'll, taking long voyage-hc didn't
know where from-until he had landed
where / met him. He told me my face
looked like one he had seen in dream,
but he knew he had never seen me be.
fore. How do l account for it? | don't
try to. l am only telling the facts
don't know whether Danler was Lander
come to life again or reincarnation of
him. Maybe Lander's neck was not
broken and some scientific chap had
been experimenting on him with bat
terry. All | know is that no two men
could possibly be marked in exactly the
same way. If it was Lander, he was
greatly benefited by the change, as on
inquiry l found that he bore splendid
reputation as quiet, law abiding, peace.
able citizen. "-Chicago Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08

The death Of Jean Carries, the sculp-
tor, recalls an anecdote in which he and
the late President Carnot We're the prin-
cipal actors. The artists busts and
figures at the Champ de Mars excited the
admiration of all, and they were de-
servedly classed in the first rank. M.
Carnot, when on his visit to the salon,
noticed an old man, who seemed much
moved on seeing him, standing before
the works Of art Of the sculptor. Some
one said to the president after pointing
out the artist: Here is need for repara.
tion, M. le President Carries is one
of our most skillful men of art, and he
is not yet decorated. Forthwith NJ.
Carnot detached from the buttonhole of
one Of the officers Of the military house
hold in the place of cross of the chev.
alier a cross Of an officer of the Legion
of Honor and placed it himself on the
breast of Jean Carries. The next day.
in The Officiel, the artist was named
chevalier Of the order. London Figaro
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08
A FAT MANS DEED.
Story Of n Tragic Scene on n Brooklyn Troll
ley Car which Might lie True.

A very stout old Brooklyn gentleman
squeezed himself past two women ON 70
Putnam avenue car and wedged in be-
tween one of them and man at the
other end Of the seat. The nc was such
tight one that the women held their
breaths and assumed pancake appear
ance At the corner where the cur turns
into Putnam avenue the fat man turned
like big turret and put up chubby
finger. The car stopped.
putnam avenue; Grand avenue and
Fulton street," shouted the conductor.
The fat man settled back and rcsum-
ed reading II newspaper, which he had
dropped in his lap
WANT TO get out herc?" asked the
conductor, with his hand on the bell.
rope.
The fat man shook his head There
was nn angry twang Of the cord, and
the trolley began TO whiz.
AT Nostrand avenue tho chubby fin.
ger went up again. The car stopped.
Nobody moved. Then the man who rings
up the fares got angry.
See here" he exclaimed after he
had climbed along the step on the side
of the car until he was opposite the
fat man, "what do you mean by telling
me to stop for when you don't want to
get OFF,"
"Why, responded the mountain of
flesh as coolly as such mass of adiposc
could be cool, "the car jolts so that
couldn't read this paragraph, which is
slightly blurred. ! merely wanted to
have the car stand still until had fin
ishcd it, That's all. Now, if you can
90 along slowly without jolting, will
be able to get along very nicely, but if
come across another bad limo or two
I'll put my hand back of my head, and
you stop. It's too much trouble for me
to turn around "
The conductors eyes twittored in the
orbits. He placed his hand to his head
and uttered shrek after shrek. Reason
was shattered. He had become cross
eyed and insane. New York Mail and
Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08
ANCIENT LIGHTHOUSES.
Beacon Lights to Guide Mariners Coevai
with the Earliest Commerce.

Beacon lights to guide the wavc
tossed mariner to n safe harbor must
have been almost coeval with the earli-
est commerce. There il positive record
that lighthouses were built in ancient
times, though few evidences now re.
main to us from old writers or in crum-
blcd ruins. This Is not strange, for light
towers, never the most stable architcc-
tural form, We're exposed to tho storms
of sea and war.
The Greeks attributed tho first light
houses to Hercules, and he was consid-
cred tho protector of voyagers. 1t is
claimed by some that Homer refers to
lighthouses in the nineteenth book of
the "Iliad."
Virgil mentions light on temple
to Apollo which, visible far out ut fea
warned and guided mariners. Tho Co
lossus at Rhodes, erected about 800 Il.
G., is said to have shown n signal light
from its uplifted hand.
Tho oldest towers known were built
by the Libyans in lower Egypt. They
were temples also, and the lightlIecper
priests taught pilotage, photography
and navigation. The famous tower on
the isle of Pharos, at Alexandria, built
about 2s5 b. c., is the first lighthouse
of undoubted record. This tower, con-
structed by Sostratus, the architect, was
square in plan, of great height and built
In offsets An open brazier at the top
of the tower contained the fuel for the
light. AT Dover and Boulogne, on eli
ther side of the English channel, were
ancient lighthouses built by the Romans.
But the lighthouse at Corunna, Spain,
built in the reign of Trajan and recon.
structed in 1884, is believed to be the
Oldest existing lighthouse. e p.
Adams in Casters Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-08
An Uneasy Plaster.

81 want an uneasy plaster, sahl'
The colored woman, whose head wa.
done up in bandanna handkerchief, tur
ban fashion, offered silver quarter OF
a dollar to tho apothecary as she spoke.
'I-or-don't think | understand
you, replied the man behind the coun.
ter.
IT'S an uneasy plaster | want, " re.
peated the woman.
"What's that?"
Uneasy plaster, sab. >"
81 don't know what you mean.
'Tho missus said was ter git an un.
easy plaster. Here's the money for il. -
The apothecary reflected for mo-
ment and scratched his head. Then an
idea seemed to break upon him.
IA porous plaster is the most uneasy
kind Of plaster / know Of" he said.
"Ill give you ono of those. II it's not
right, you can bring it back" "
Tho colored woman did bring it back
about 10 minutes later. She also had q
note from her mistress explaining that
adhesive plaster, for a cut finger, was
the article wanted. This, by the way,
Is true story. Washington Star.