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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
Luckless Aeronauts.

,. Phenix, Ariz., Aug. 2.-Aeronaut Barke made an ascension by moonlight last evening in a hot air balloon, but in de- scending in his parachute he fell on top
 of a ,house, sustaining injuries from which he shortly afterwards died. His partner Nelson. made an attempt short time before. Nelson had got a short distance from the ground when one of the ropes broke, precipitating him to the earth He escaped with a broken arm.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
LAK.EVIEW.

Bring your best girl out to see the finest display of fire- works and enjoy dancing in the pavilion Tuesday even- ing, August 6.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
Cold Weather Gone.

Wards coal yard can furnish coal and wood on short notice They have the best coal for summer use in the market Buy from them and you will not com- plain. Will also put coal in for winter Telephone 4S7 7-1g-tf
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Our entire stock of Ladies Oxfords at cost.
 Birmingham Shoe Co.,,
 21S N. 18th street.
23 1nlo
Puddlers Strike.

Ironton, O., Aug. 2-The puddlers and helpers in the Eagle mill at Ironton went out yesterday because they could get no satisfaction as to the scale under which they were to work The mill will shut down. The men will not return to work until a satisfactory scale is settled.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

Young gentlemen having ambition to play orchestral or band instruments of any kind should consult Professor Weber at the Birmingham College of Music. Splendid opportunity
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
Music at East Lake. 5-2o-tf
Notice.

Notice. We have just received a carload of choice California wines, such as Clarets, Port, Sherry and White Wine. They are equal in quality to any imported wines; prices are within reach of everybody. Special inducements to parties buying by the barrel Samples free of charge. Give us a call.
 M. & A. WISE,
 Corner Morris Ave. and 20th St.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

of property at that place. He said he was so anxious for the road that he would start the subscription with a loan of $500 This created applause and others made known the amounts they were will ing to give, and the result footed up as
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
SECOND EDITION.
HE WEAIHER.

Washington. Aug. 2.-Forecast for Ala bama and Mississipi-Showers in south ern. fair in northern portion; variable 1vfndu
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

lOc round trip on the Besse- mer and Birmingham rail- road Sunday. S32
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

H~CAUTIoN-Be sure that the name "California' is on each package. There are many similar preparations for sale of more or less merit-some with out any merit at all. Insist on getting the" California There is none as good.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
Muslc at East Lake. 5-ao-tf

Music at East Lake five nights a week for dances by Montana Bros.' Italian band. Chase's city bandevery Sum- day, 10 tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

Music at East Lake five nights a week for dances by Montana Bros Italian band. Chase's city band every Sum- day. 40 If
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

THE LATEST FAD.
 Trolley parties all the rage. For private car telephone IS. Birmingham Railway and Electric company. 7-24-t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
Music at East Lake. 5-2o-tf

Fresh bread and candy made daily at c. w. Cody's, 1920 to 1926 Sd avenue. ie5 H2p
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Old papers for sale cheap at this office.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
INTERESTING BUT UNCANNY,
Says Member of the Book Club Concerning
 Miss Winnie Davis Novel.

Says Member of the Book Club Concerning
 Miss Winnie Davis Novel.
 q have been reading Miss Winnie Da- wis novel," said a member of the Book club, "and I find it very interesting, but somewhat uncanny. It is called The Yelled Doctor Miss Winnie seems to have a partiality for the uncanny. Her first attempt at literary work was mag azine article on 'Serpents.' Her last absolutely harmlesss. One package will preserve from 20 to a5 pounds of fruit or vege- tables.
 Price, Per Package, 25e. All frst-class dealers sell it. If
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

ing ladies would be admitted free when accompanied by a gentleman.
 The weather was very fine and the track in excellent condition.
 First race, six furlongs 102 (Grifin), l to 4, won Babe Murphy sec ond Semper Lex third. Time, Ills.
 Second race, mile and one-sixteenth-- Arapahoe. 97 (MeClain). to 5, won; Lord Nelson second, Orida third. Time, 1:4S
 Third race, four and half furlongs- Crimea, 10S GA. Clayton), to1, won; Mar quise second, Predicament third. Time, 0:5S
 Fourth race, a mile and one-sixteenth- Brandywine, III (GrifIin), l to 10, won; Dunraven second, Lookout third. Time, 1:51%.
 Fifth race, four and a half furlongs- Sky Blue, 103 (Griffin), to l, won; Prin- cess Noretti second, Rosalind third. Time, 0:564.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
LAKEVIEW

LAKEVIEW. The young people can dance during and after the fire- works Tuesday evening, Au- gust 6.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03
THE RACES.

ARATOGA, N. Y,
 Aug. 2.-Today's five
 sweepstakes on the Saratoga track were witnessed by even a smaller crowd than that of yesterday, de- spite the fact that the management announc- ed last evening that throughout the re- mainder of the meet
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

Music at East Lake. 5-ao-tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

The Worlds Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in Ieav- ening power as fhe Royal. Our entire stock of Ladies' Oxfords at cost.
 Birmingham Shoe Co.,,
 21S N. 18th street. 2 g 1mo
 Music at East Lake. 5-2o-tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-03

lOc round trip on the Besse- mer and Birmingham rail- road Sunday. 832t
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01

A very full and excellent report of a
meeting of citizens of Rockingham at
which the subject of a subscription to q
new railroad was presented, appears
in the last Rockingham Regis
ter. It seems that party which has pro
jected the scheme Of a railroad from The
coal fields of West Virginia to the waters OF
Chesapeake Bay and which originally intend
ed to build by the cheapest routeby way OF
Browns Gap and thence through West
Augusta. now PROPOSES In consideration OF
Rockingham people making subscription
OF $15O, 900, to take a route fifteen miles
longer and which would cost from $300,0G(
to 100000 more in order to get through
Rockingham. Such q proposition would
naturally arouse cautious feeling. and that
feeling was exhibited in the remarks Of the
speakers present. An apparent strong
point was made in ti:e fact that the com
pany was willing not to ask fos the sub
scriptian till the road was completed and
equipped through Rockingham, but Mr.. J.
3. Stephenson weakened it by recalling
''booni," memories in which silniiar guar
antees had bes;;. followed by bringing the
subscribers to grief. The meeting con-
tented itself with simply aa:,ating resolu-
tions approving the efforts of those be-
friending the scheme, One good was
accomplished by it, however, and that was
that the disadvantage of being on single
line of railroad was well brought to the
front, and that will set the people to think
ing about the advantages of two.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01
Walton Law and the Spring
Elections.
From the Richmond Dispatch Jan. a7t

from the Richmond Dispatch Jan 9th.
Mr.. J. d. Clay OF Clay's Mills, HALIFAX
county, writes to the Dispatch stating that
''under the Walton election-law all persons
wishing to be candidates for county offices are
required to send their names to the County
Court CLERK so many days before the cleo,
tion," and asking IF this is all that is re.
quired under the law, and if the Clerk is re.
CURED to send the name to any one." He also
wishes to be Informed 'M the county elections
will be held under the Walton law"
Yes, the spring elections will be held under
the Walton law
As we understand, Attorney General Scott
.ntsrprets the law to mean that it is the duty
Of persons wishing to be candidates in county
elections to file their names with the County
Court Clerk at least twenty days before such
election; or in case of elections in cities, to
nle saldd nfatice with the Clerk of the Hastings
Court; and that as in the case OF candidates
for county and national Offices it is required
Of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to
furnish to the secretary Of the Electoral
Board LIST of the candidates for th9se Offices;
so in the case of city ana county elections he
CONSTITUTES it to be the duty of the county or
city clerk to furnish the secretary of the Elec-
toral Board in his county OF city with the list
OF tae lanaiGates whose names have been
filed with him as provided in section of the
Walton bill.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01
Letter from General r. E. Lee to
a Little Girl,
TFrOm the WASHINGTON Post. /

[From the Washington Post
The following letter from General Robert
E. Lee to ayoung female friend in the North,
who had requested his photograph for her
album, will lie read with special interest at
the present time
RICHMOND, May ), 1861.
My Dear Little HI am very grateful for
your kind letter and the cordial expressions
it contained. You are not only welcome to
that severe representation of me, but any,
thing else you may fancy. l pray you will
not exhibit it; however, as 1t Will only serve
to bring down denunciations on my head
You, hope, will make allowance for my
position and failings, and think as kindly of
me as you can | shall never forget you and
require no work OF art to keep you wildly
before me. 1t is painful to think how many
friends will be separated and estranged by
our unhappy disunion May God rennite on.
several bonds Of friendship ana turn Our
hearts to peace! l can say in sincerity that
bear luminosity against no one. Wherever the
blame may be, the fact is that we are in the
midst of fratracidal war must side either
with OF against my section OF country. CAM
not raise my hang against my birthplace, my
home, my children. should like, above all
things, that our difficulties might be peacea-
bly, arranged, and still trust that mercful
God, who know will net necessarily ahlicl
US, May yet allay the fury OF war. Whatever
may be the result of the contest, I foresee
that the country will have to pass through a
terrible ordeal a necessary expiration, per-
haps, of our national sins, May GOD Direct
ali for good and shield and preserve you and
yours, 4. E. LEE.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN
POLITICS.

Congress is doing simply what it has
been engaged in since the short session be-
gan-talking.
TIE irrepressible Kolb continues to ''lift
the veil and reiiays the PRESSURE in Ala
bama. His last feat was to SEND message
to the legislature as if he were the Cover.
nor, urging the passage Of law to punish
usurpers.
Most Of the Virginia congressman are
still ''driven" 10y their constituents, and
one Of the Avenue spectacles is still rep
resentative from the old State with two OF
three constituents, haunting the Depart
ments.
Mr.. Yost ssntfadiets the statment of the
Lexington News that he lost votes by the
recount in Rockbridge and adds:
So far from having lost votes by that re-
count, my ACTUAL act gain was A. thus in
creasng my plurality in the county from 70
to 119. A recount of the ballots has been
made, by consent. in the counties of Rock
bridge (not including Busna Vjstal, Allie
ghany, Augusta, Botetourt and the city OF
Stanton. My net unquestionable gain upon
this recount has been 1885, without consider
ing any matters connected with the contest
of a mere correction Of the errors made by
the judges Of election.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01
as WAS EXPECTED,

About four years ago a company was
formed in the United States, or more par
ticularly in the Northern and Eastern sec
tion thereof with the ostensible purpose
of buildinga ship canal across Nicaragua
1t surveyed the route, expended small
amount in other preliminary preparations,
and came to halt. We said at the time
that it was a syndicate raid on the Z. S.
Treasury, and so it has proven. Over a
year ago its lobby appeared in the halls Of
congress asking government aid. At that
time the press generally, though there were
exceptions, attacked it vigorously. Never
theless the ''promoters' pushed on and t.
such good purpose that last week they got
through the =. S. Senate bill to guarantee
its bonds to the amount CT SO, 900 600 more
than seventy-fve times as much as the
company Itself had put into the work. or
course all the old ''safeguards7' were intro
duced as in the Pacific Railroad bond
guarantee. Qns would think that the dis
astlous fate of the Panama canal woult:
haye kept the Nicaragua enterprise
in the BACK ground for more decent length
of time, but it did net. The bill which has
been passed has been SO manifestjy against
both the policy and profit of the country
that We publish the vote on it:
Yeas-Megsfs 4 larich, Allison, Burrows,
Butler, Cameron, Chandler. GIliol2, Esulk-
ner, Frye, Gallinger, Gibson, German, Hale,
Roar. Hunton, Lodge, Mcmillan, Henderson,
Mitchell {Ore.l, Morgan, Murphy, Plat,
Power, Pritchard, Proctor. pngh, Ransom,
Squire, Walsh, White and Wilson-3i.
Nass-Messrs. Allen, Black burn, Blanch-
ard, Caffrey, Gall. Cockrell, Daniel, Davis,
George, Gray, Hill, trby, Jones Ark. }, Kyle,
Mills, Palmer, PETER, Pettigrew, Iurpie,
Villas and Woioott-21.
Between issuing bonds to get gold on
and bonds to guarantee the digging of a
canal outside of the limits of the United
States, our Treasury will have about all il
can attend to.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01
A TIMELY THOUGHT.

The tinkle of the sleigh bells is. delight
full, bat it Should not ba1iisiil@ the thought
that snow-eoyered world is world Of
great anguish to the poor. Beneath the
white snow seems to be hidden away their
last hope of work. Business is checked,
activity ceases, and even the petty avenues
for earning pittance are closed. This is the
time that you should remember the City
Mission for the poor. Give them all you
have to give moac-old clothes, blankets,
comforts-anything that will make warmth
and whatever Of food you can spare. Y GU
VIA have no trouble finding the Mission, it
is keeping open house from noon to 8
O'Clock every day opposite the City Hall.
Try and think of something you can send
there, nc matter how little.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01
The Riverheads Assessor.
Editor of the Tindicator :

Editor of the Tindic0tOr:-
! 1see in your last paper "a Protest from
Riverheads' concerning the appointment of a
commissioner to re assess the lands. &C.. OF
said district, which seems to me to speak very
uujustly OF the Judge of our county, and MI
George 2. Lightner. It is true, as 1 believe
that COL Il. j. Williams did present to the
Judge petition with a number of signatures
to it, and think the Colonel would have
made very good assessor, but it is also true
that Mr.. Lightner could have gotten just as
many, OF more, if he had gone to the trouble
to do it, Petitions with long lists of sigma
lures are not always for the best man for the
Office. 1t may some times happen that the
man who has time to solicit signers to petit
| ton, is man who has not succeeded very
we'll, and seeks the Office more for his own
benefit than that of his constituents, therefore
it would not always do to commission the
man who holds the petition. Col. Baldwin
once said she could get signers to a petition
to hang man.
| We would consider it a "violation of the
rights Of free and liberty loving people" if
we would tie the hands Of the judge nd not
allow him to select whom he thinks best suit
ed for a position out of number of applicants.
| Colonel Williams promises to leave eyery
man satisfied. understand that to mean to
put every mans land as low as he wants it
for taxing purpose. l think MI Lightner's
idea is to reduce the valuation of the land
| generally, and assess each mans land in com
parison with his neighbor, taking in consid-
Grafton the Improvements of the land and
buildings, whether it is quite as low as some
may want it OF not: some people make vast
difference between the assessing and the SELL
ing price of their property. We know some
thing OF MI Lghtner's private life and bust
ness qualifications, and consider him safe
man, worthy of any position he would accept
j. NJ
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01

THE CHANGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THE CHANGE IN NORTH CAROLINA
We shall look with some interest to the
good or evil which the people of North
Carolina shall derive from the political
change in the managers of their State
government. 1t has been ill Democratic
hands for q long time and the government
has been administered SO economically,
especially thslG of the counties. that it has
been held up by us in Virginia as model
to our law makers. And SO we see with
some surprise that one of the chief objects
OF the new Republican-P opulist fusion is
to change the county system. Their pro
gr;tmme which has been published seems
to include some heavy taxation; that or
estates at the death of owners, especially.
If q man die there, under the proposed law
his estate il Wocth say S25, 600, would
before division, have to pay tax OF 81 ,0ot
to the State. If worth more II larger tax
and If worth less Il smaller one. 1t il
affirmed that under the programme Of thu
new government the ublio institutions
shall re main untouched cir cases where Nc
charges are preferred against their mana
gers" but we i'll Virginia who have seen
the temptation of selling Oh the rich
newly come into power, will lot place
much faith in this. Indeed we see that
already there are charges" brought that
the Stewards Of two OF the State lunatic
;.sylums, at Morganton and Goldsboro,
have favored their political friends in MAX
ing their purchases. The likelihood is that
the new fusion will seize on all the institu-
lions, both educational and charitable. The
appropriations to maintain the State mill
tary will be cut off, so that we may look to
North Carolina as a very inviting field
hereafter for mobs. as it is not likely a
State militia of any strength Can be kept
up without State aid. The State railroad,
the ''Atlantic & North Carolina" it is
frankly stated will be reorganized and put
under officers of the Republican and Popu-
list faith.
AS in all other political revolutions, we
see that long forgotten politicians are being
resurrected. Hon. Josiah Turner of
Hillsboro. whose name was so prominent
as that Of Democratic kicker in recon-
struction days, has come to the surface
again as that of a gentleman who asked to
be permitted to address the fusion caucus
the other night. Taking it for all in all
our neighbor State is about to have such
time as Virginia had from 1879 to 1888,
and we tender her our sympathies in ad-
vance.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-02-01

1t is supposed they came from North Noun
tain. because of the deep snow. They went in
the direction of Newmarket, Va
On Wednesday, Messrs. Mart G. Minnick
and Pierce Sprinkle were hunting in the
Massanutten mountain. Near Pitts Spring,
about miles east of Newmarket, they killed
a very large black bear, which weighed fully
275 pounds. The hide has market value of
SIS,
Warrenton Index: ''The portrait of Chief
Justice Marshall, painted several years ago
by Il. N. Brooke and hung in the corridor of
the House Of Representatives, was jabbed
and torn by mop in the hands of careless
scrubWoman. 1t had to be removed for re-
pairs
Johu Armistead Carter, who represented
Loudoun county in the State constitutional
convention of 1850, died at his home last
Friday in his SSth year. He had represented
his county in the legislature for several terms,
both before and after the war.
Professor Porter, of st. Louis, has made an
elaborate Investigation of the weight of
women, which shows that during early girl
hood brunettes weigh a trife more than
blondes; but that after they have attained
womanhoOd there is no significant difference
in their weight.
II. W. Massie, one of the most successful
farmers OF Allegheny county, raised last year
1000 bushels Of corn, considerable portion
of which he has already sold at SO cents per
bushel
Mrs. Amelie Rives Chanler is at "Castle
HILL" Albemarle, again after long pleas
ure trip to the shores of the Mediterranean.
Her new book ga Child of Many Prayers
will soon DO published.
The State Dinner of President Cleveland
last Thursday was so largely attended that it
had to be held in the hall of the White House
instead of the dining room. There were sixty
six foreign guests present.
Mgr. Carina, Librarian of the Vatican,
died suddenly Friday during service in. st.
Peters. The Pope was shocked greatly by
the news Of his death.
Col. William McCreery, cashier of the Bank
Of Fincastle, during the war, died recently at
Raleigh Court House, W. Va, aged seventy
three years.
Alpheus Boiling editor and manager of the
Southside Virginia Sentinel died at
hospital in Richmond last week. He was
buried at his old home in Lunenburg'
The regular annual maneuvers of the Rus
sian army will be practically Napoleon's
march to Moscow in 1872, and over the same
roads.
A man and wife of Plattsburg, Mo-, raised
nine children Of their own, adopted four Or
phan girls, and are now left alone, the last
of the thirteen marrying last week.
There are more Europeans now going from
the United States to Europe than are coming
here,
Col. John S. Mosby, the famous cavalry
man, was in Bedford City last week visiting
his mother who lives there.
Col. Jno e. Mosby once Adjutant Gene
raj of Virginia, died in Richmond Saturday,
aged seventy three.