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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

AT Point Pleasant Clarence Filson.
boy of ii, thought to amuse him
self by making gas well out of his
fathers water well. He took a To-
gallon can OF gasoline out of the cell
lar, poured it down the well, and
then touched match to it. The re-
suit was fully AZ startling as he had
anticipated, for it blew the curb of
the we'll forty feet high, burned the
boy nearly to death, and spouted
flame fully ten minutes.
THE catalogue Of the 42nd wear of
Roanoke College is a handsome PAM
phlet Of sixty pages. 1t shows an
enrolment of I6l students, a gain of
twenty-three per cent. over the en-.
rollment Of the previous year. The
students came from eighteen States
and Territories and four foreign
countries. y Choctaw will be a
member of the next Senior class.
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Tributes OF Respect.

At Il meeting of the Bench and Bar
OF the Circuit Court of Greenbrier
county, held June 2Sth, 1895, to take
proper action concerning the death of
JOEL M. HARRIS, Il member Of this
iar, on motion Judge A. y. Campbell
was called to the chair and J. MAYS an
pointed secretary.
On motion the Chair appointed the
following committee to draft resolu-
tlons touching the death of Joel NJ.
Harris, viz: VIM. L. Rucker, J. NJ.
McWhorter, JnO. A. Preston, Henry
Gilmcr and l.. J. Williams.
On motion the meeting adjourned un-
I'll TO morrow ut > q clock to allow the
committee to report.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH, 1895.
Pursuant to the adjournment on YES
terday the Bench and Bar assembled at
= o'clock, p. m.
The committee appointed Yesterday
10 report resolutions to this meeting
touching the death of Joel NJ. Harris
respectfully submit the following:
1t is with deep regret that we learn of
the death Of JOEL MCPHERSON HAIR.
RIs, Esq, which took place ut the
White Sulphur Springs, J une 9th, 1895
that in his death we have lost All able.
honorable and valuable member, one
ever kind and courteous to his brethren
OF the Bar and respectful to the Court
that in all his conduct and department
rs a member of this Bar he acquitted
himself withhonCSty, fidelity and ability
always giving to his clients INTEREST,"
most faithful and diligent attention
and we here record our high respect,
appreciation and regard for him rs a
lawyer and gentleman, and our sincere
sorrow at his death-his quiet, gentle
and respectful bearing will long he kept
green in our memories that notwith.
standing he was the youngest member
OF the bar, being only ~ years of age
he had been twice elected to the office
of Mayor of the town of Lewisb burg
and discharged the duties Of this re
sponsible office with modest dignity and
executive ability.
| Within the sacred precincts of the
domestic circle and bercaved home We
dare not intrude, hut venture to tender
to his stricken father and each memb el
of the family our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved, That copy of this paper
attested by the Chairman and Secretar,
of this meeting, be furnished the family
OF the deceased that the Circuit and
County Courts Of Greenbrier county b,
| iSiucSlcu W SpIcau the same upon the
records, and that copy he sent the
GREENBRIER INDEPENDENT and Val
ley Messenger for publication.
WIN. i. RUCKER,
j. NJ. MCWHORTER,
john a. PRESTON,
HENRY GILMER,
l.. J. WILLIAMS
j. MAYS, A. n. CAMPBELL.
Secretary, Chairman
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Notice.

I HAVE located at West Sewell, Fay
L cite county, on the G.. 81 q. Railway,
for the purpose of conducting a first
class Jewelry business. Fine Watch
and Clock repairing speciality. also
keep full line Of Spectacles, and, I'M
der an entirely new method, am able to
make a careful examination of the eyes
free of any charge. My glasses are all
the finest pebble ground. / will be in
Lewisburg, West Va, the 4th week of
each month. Any work in my line
coming in during my absence can be
LETT at Drs. j. l.. Nelson Il Sons Of
hce. Very respectfully,
j. A. LOWE,
June 2O-tf. Jeweler q Opticlan.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

At meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of the town of Lewisburg, held at
the Mayors office, July End, 1895, the
Following paper was unanimously
adopted
Since the last meeting Of this Board
the hand of death has removed from our
midst JOEL NJ. HARRIS, for nearly two
years last past Mayor of this town, and
we desire to express our great sorrow
at his untimely removal and our appre-
cation of his worth as a citizen and
officer. Rarely does one so young i'm
press himself SO favorably upon COM
munlty 10y diligence and strict atten-
ton to every duty imposed upon him
The fact that, after having served one
full term as Mayor of the town of Lew
lsourg, he was last spring, by a unan-
nous vote of the people, elected to a
second term, speaks in louder praise Of
the faithful and able manner in which
he discharged his duties than any wo- DIS
at our command. And yet, in this the
hrst meeting of our Board since his
death, when our hearts are saddened by
the thought that he shall no more be
with us in our deliberations, we cannot
refrain from putting on record our high
estimate of him as conscientious and
able oificer--looklng ever to the best in
IeTeSIS OF lne lOWn-and our testimony
to his uniform courtesy and fairness as
the presiding officer of our Board.
In all his walk and conversation
amongst us he eyinced the spirit of the
true gentleman. AS a lawyer he was
watchful of the interests of his clients,
and above suspicion in all his profess
sional conduct as an officer of this
town he was guided alone by a sense of
duty, and as a citizen and man his good
department and modest Difference
gained for him the respect and conf
dence of all with whom he came in con-
tact /; therefore be it
Resolved LIST, That to his bereayed
family we tender our most sincere SYM
pathy in this their sore bereavement.
Resolved End, That this minute be
spread upon the records of this Board :;
that copy of the same, attested by the
acting Mayor and Secretary, be fur
nished the family of the deceased, and
that the GREENBRIER INDEPENDENT
be requested to publish these proceed
ings.
Resolved 3rd, That out Of respect to
the memory of our late Mayor this
Board do now adjourn.
j. a. HANDLEY. Acting Mayor.
GEO. Il. ARGABRITE, Sec'y.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

THE fourth trial of William r..
Laidlaw's action against Russell Sage
to recover $4,000 damages for inju-
ries alleged to be due to the defend.
ants act in moving the plaintiff so
as to shield himself from the explo-
sion caused by the lunatic Norcross,
was concluded last week. The jury
returned verdict in favor of the
plaintiff, awarding Liadlaw $40, 600
damages. A stay in the case was
granted until next September.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04
DIED.

On Friday, June 2Sth, 1895, at Red
Key, Indiana, Of malarial fever. little
LAWRENCE o., son of Mr.. Thos. G.. and
Mrs. Mary Eta Boggs, formerly Of
this county, aged . years, 7 months and
IL days.
On Sunday, April 2lst, 1895, at his
home near LOngmont, Colorado, Mrs.
JACOB Ii. FRANTz aged 80 years, 6
months and days. Also, near the
same place, on Saturday, Feb. End,
1875, MIR: PETER 5. FRAETZ, aged 40
years. The subjects of the above no.
tice were sons of David Frantz, of
Dawson, this county.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

The best wearing, most stylish, and
the greatest value of any $500 Mems
Shoes on the continent.
Best calfskin, dongola tops, solid
leather soles, with all the popular toes,
iaSts and fastenings, and Lewis Cork
Filled Soles.
Each pair contains a paid-up Acct
dent Insurance Policy for elOO, good for
90 days.
Wear Lewis Accident Insurance Sboes
once and You will never change. The
insurance goes for "full MEASURE
Talk with your dealer who sells Lewis
Shoes.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

EN- UNITED States Senator j. N.
Camden says that all the arrange
ments for the construction of the
new railroad from Clarksburg to the
Ohio river at New Martinsville,
Wetzel county, have been completed
and that work will begin in 80 DAYS.
The road will be 80 miles long and
will connect the Monongahela river
system with the Ohio River Rail-
road.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

TIE Liberal Government in Eng
land, headed by Lord Rosebury as
Premier, has resigned in consequence
OF an adverse vote in the House of
Commons. Lord Salisbury, the
leader Of the Conservative party, at
the request of the Queen, has formed
a new Cabinet. Il is thought that
Salisbury will be more favorable to
the proposed monetary conference
than Rosebury.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

AT Williamstown, Wood county,
one day last week, State Senator III.
q. Henderson received a sound
threshing from his brother-in-law,
Mr.. Snodgrass. He charged Hen
derson with i'll treatment of his sis.
ter (Henderson's wife) who has been
confined in the Asylum at Weston
for the last twelve years or more.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

LEASING oil territory i'm the inte-
rior counties, as well as along the
ohio river south Of Tyler and Pleas
ants, is still very active. and when
tested may lead to some new and
important discoveries.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

own satisfaction. Men like Cleve-
land, Carlisle and John Sherman,
and the many who follow them, say
Yes. Men like Senators Daniel,
Harris, Morgan, George, Voorhees,,
Blackburne, and the many who fol-
low them, saw No.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04
Banner Business

this Spring and took the Blue Ribbon
over all our competitors. First, For
having sold by far the most Goods. s.
Second, For their excellent quality and
latest styles. Third, For paying at all
times the highest prices for Country
Products. Last, but not least, for
never failing to trade for any quantity
OF Produce that was marketable
With all these facts before us we are
truly inspired to strive harder than
ever before to make first class market
for all Products raised in this section,
ana TO maintain our reputation mt all
times on
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

THE Charlottesville, Va, Wooden
Mills has received from the quarter
masters department of the Schuyl-
XIII arsenal, Philadelphia, an order
for $4,000 yards of sky-blue kersey
standard army cloth.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

THE Examiner states that for each
convert made in foreign fields dur
ing the last year it has cost the
American Board Congregational
$500, the Missionary Union (Baptist)
$50, the Methodist Church 1895, the
Church 1884, and the
Presbyterian Board 1878.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

GREAT interest is manifested
throughout Virginia in the libel suit
now on trial at Norfolk, in which
Hon. John +. Massie, State Supt. Of
Schools, is plaintiff and the Pilot
Newspaper Co. is defendant. Able
counsel are employed on both sides,
John $. Wise being Of counsel for
the defendants.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

EX-SPEAKER Crisp and his son
Charles will sail from New York on
July 9th for Southampton. They
will travel through England and will
return TO America about the middle
of SeDtemhar.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

AT Charleston, :. c., Circuit Judge
Simonton dismissed the case involv-
ing the South Carolina registration
law in which Judge Goff's decision
was reversed
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

CAMPos, the Spanish General in
Cuba, is said to be calling on the
home government for more troops
to put down the rebellion. Recent
news indicates that the rebels are far
from being ready to capitulate.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

SECRETARY HOke Smith has for
warded to the Treasury Department
certificates showing that each State
and Territory, except the District of
Columbia and Alaska, is entitled to
$2l 900 for agricultural colleges for
the fiscal year 1896.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

2 AS the result Of the recent munich
pal election in Huntington the
Democrats have complete control
Notwithstanding the effort Of the
Legislature to turn the city over to
the Republicans. At recent meet
ing of the newly elected council all
the officers appointed were Demo-
Gratis
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

1T is said that Hon. John w. Fos-
ter, late Secretary Of State, will get
fee of S25O,OOO for services rem
dered the Chinese Government in
the peace negotiations with Japan.
Considering that Japan got every
thing and China nothing the COM
pensation of Mr.. Foster seems quite
liberal
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

On the ground that he is not col
lege graduate and has declined SINH
lar honors from other institutions,
Mr.. Cleveland declines the degree of
LID. recently conferred upon him
by the Wherefore University, the
Oldest institution in the country for
the education Of the colored people.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-07-04

JUDGE ID. B. Lucas is billed for a
silver speech at Clarksburg next Sat
urday.
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New Advertisements.
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FISHBURNE SCHOOL
WAYNESBORO. VIRGINIA.

Full course OF instruction, with military train
ing. Beautiful location Modern equipment lin.
tied. Climate" Valley OF Va" Full information
In Catalogue. Address
JAS. A. FIsHBURNE. A. D., Principal
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and are doing business on the same plan
they did before being burned out. We
never say anything through the press
that we fail to do in the Store. We are
most happy to- acknowledge and thank
our many patrons and friends for their
liberal appreciation of our strong eff
forts to please them, and to tell you We
did our
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how much them Not much at time Yes,
little Il
head Try it, If cant solve somebody
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-03
Wanted-A National Song.

With each recurring Independence
Day or other patriotic occasion the
American people are brought face to
face with the fact that they have no
national songs. Even "America'
owes at least halfsts inspiration to the
grandeur of II borrowed hymn. "rhe
Star.Spanged Banner" "Hail Colum-
bin," and columbia the Gem OF the
Ocean" are all primarily war songs,
not especially appropriate to peaceful
occasions, and sometimes provincial
in sentiment, Their martial music is
adapted only to great choruses and
great instruments. Perhaps no chorus
is more uniformly failure than "The
Star-Spangled Banner" from the un-
couth adaptation of words to muse
and the fact that several different
versions of the music are in use.
"America" is the only one of these
songs which can be sung by n mixed
assemblage with any approach to an
inspiring rendition. Any attempt at
either of the others is almost sure TO
result in II ludicrous and notifying
failure. AT one of the patriotic meet
ings on July A it was announced that
the audience, led by the choir, would
sing "The Star-Spangled Banner. "
The audience rose and sung perhaps
two full lines of the piece. Then the
voices fell away one by one until at
last the choir was left singing alone.
Even to the choir words and music
alike seemed to be unknown. The re-
suit with "Columbia the Gem Of the
Ocean," was even worse,
1t is a matter of remark abroad that
America has no National hymn. Ger
tainly there is nothing to be put for II
moment in the same category with the
"Marseillaise, "Dio Yacht am
Rhein," "God Save the Queen" or
the National hymns Of Sweden and
Norway. There is fine opportunity
here for some American song writer
TO make name and fame by giving the
Nation patriotic song to be reckoned
with there. Chicago Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-03

The accounts Of the royal state i'll
which the wife of Ii Hung Chang, the
Viceroy of China. lives in her magnlT-
icent palace on the banks of the Pei
Ho read much after the style of fairy
stories. A thousand attendants, IT Is
said, stand ready to fulfill her slight
est wish. Song birds make the AR
melodions in the great, gardens about
the house, and there are more en-
chuntments about the palace than are
pictured in the arabian Nights.
Her wardrobe embraces two Thousand
costumes, and she bathes in the oil Of
oranges How great the fortune OF
her famous lord and master is, the
Western world will never definitely
know, but it ranges, by estimate, from
five million to fifty million dollars.
Frank Leslies Weekly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-03

The Kern County California; Land
Company, which has half floor OF
offices in the Mills building, has
placed an order with Bakersfield
firm for complete abstract OF all Its
landed property in Kern County,
which consists Of all the old Haggin
and Carr interests. These embrace
about 35, 600 acres of the best land in
the Kern delta, extending for dis
lance of about sixty miles north and
south and thirty miles east and west,
on the western side Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. There ARE over
LOO miles of irrigating canals on the
property, which take water from the
Kern river. There nrc about 10000
ncres sown to alfalfa and 1000, 900
has been expended in fencing. W. ID.
Carr, who has had an interest IN the
property for Twenty-Five years, recent
ly disposed of his interest for 81, OOO,-
600 and 10, 900 acres Of fine swamp
land aud retired from the firm.
The abstract of tins property Will
probably be the largest one ever made
in the State and will cover about Co.
600 type. written wages and i'll require
year to complete t.-San francisco
Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-03

Men are cheap and plenty in China.
Human life is Of little account. So
when it was thought necessary to lay IL
province under water, to retard the eX-
pected march of the japanese invaders
towards Peking. the Chinese mandarins
did not hesitate to cut the dykes and in.
undate an entire section of country.
That few hundreds or thousands of
miserable Cinnamon were drowned was
Il consideration of no Importance at
all. There were more common people
In the land than We're needed, anyhow,
and disregard of human life is too com
mon in that barbarouS country to excite
either pity or comment. So the poor
people were swept away along with
their houses and gardens, and the ter
ritOry was converted into desert and
Il swamp, to keep the armies Of the
MikadO out of reach Of the sacred Chi
nese capital There have been lnunda-
tons before this one, in history, affect
ed by invaded people, to defend them
selves. The most remarkable are those
which were practiced in Holland. That
part of Europe is mostly below the level
of the ocean, which is only kept from
overlooking the land by immense dykes,
built with great patience and expense.
When the Dutch reyolted against the
Spanish King the troops of the latter
besieged the city of Leyden, but the
Dutch broke the barriers which held
back the sea, and it rushed over the
land, drowning out the bcsiegers and
thus rescued the beseged Again when
Louis XIV, with a magnificent army,
invaded Holland, the same resource
was adopted, and the grand monarch
was obliged to escape the waves by
hurrying back to France. But any civ
ilized people who have thus been COM
PEELED to drown their own land have
always done what the Chinese officials
have Omitted-they have given timely
notice to their own people SO that they
could save themselves.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-03

In their lnrval state mosquitoes form
an important branch of natures army
of tiny scavengers. The larvae live
in the water of stNgnant pools and
marshes, and feed upon particles OF
decayed matter, aud as their number
is so very large, the amonnt they de-
YOUR is considerable. BY thus purl-
flying the water they destroy the
miasma which would otherwise arise
and pollute the atmo phere to SUCH an
extent that no human being could
breath it with safety. The value OF
the work accomplished in tropica
countries by these tiny scovenS"S Is
very great. 1t is estimated that the
air of certain marshy regions would
be 50 poisonous that no animal higher
than reptile could breathe 1t and
live, were their purifying influence re-
moved. We do not know that mos
quitoes in the winged state have any
useful mission beyond TINT of deposit
ing the eggs which produce the larvae,
but that alone saves them from being
uothing bnt II nuisance. Detroit
Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-03
SELECT SETTINGS.

In the Rosin Bible the word rosin
was substituted for balm.
A snow-white coon has been caught
in Livingston County, Kentucky.
1t is said that the cordage on a first
class man of war costs about Sl5, 600.
The tunnels of the world are esti-
mated to number about 1142, with a
total length of 5l4 miles.
The dome of the Palais de Justice
in Brussels, Belgium, is made Of pa
pier mache and weighs sixteen tons.
One of the most brilliant and sue
cessful students at the California
State University is Newell Perry, who
is totally blind.
Gideon Strong, Knox County
(Tennessee) man, fired gun to drive
burglar away and scared his own
daughter to death.
Two eighty-fve-year-old citizens OF
Camden, Me-, are to have walking
match fnom that town to Boston to
decide which is the spryest.
Schlegel, who lectured in Latin OF
the age of seventy. two, had peculiar
stimulant. He always had his snuff
box in his hand when lecturing, as,
without it, he fancied he could not
get on.
The area of the United States, in
Guiding Alaska, is 1902, 800 square
miles. Alaska's area is 577, 800 square
miles. The area of the Dominion OF
Canada, including lakes and rivers, is
3,456, 900 square miles.
A Manistique (Mich.) poultry fan.
cier hopes to raise brood of chick
ems that won't scrat oh by crossing 9
short-legged oreeper with a long.
legged Shanghai, the offspring having
one short and one long leg.
Chillicothe, Mo-, is to follow the
example of number of Western
towns and revive the curfew bell. II
is to ring at nine o'clock, and will be
a signal for all children under four.
teen to hurry home, under penalty OF
arrest.
The skeleton of white woman wal
found recently at the mouth Of White
Bird Creek, on the Salmon River, il
Northwestern Idaho. 1t is believed
to be that of Mrs. Manuel, who was
captured by the Chief Joseph Indians
from pioneer train in that region il
1877.
Aprospector from the Pend d Oreill
district came into Hope, Idaho, weel
or so ago to sell the furs he had gath
cred in odd moments of trapping dur
ing his winters mining operations
He had the skins of seven bears, eigh
beavers, eighteen martens, and a mum
be, OF wolf, fox and other pelts.