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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
.S3a ok Creek Notes.

VALLEY CENTER, Jan. 15.-Mrs.
Robert Matheny has been quite
sick for some days, threatened with
pneumonia. DR.. Campbell is at
tending her.
D, O. Bird has been housed for
several days with q severe cold, but
is now much better.
Mr.. Joe Crickenberger, who has
been running j. w. 'Heyener's mill,
is now with Mr.. Ed. Matheny get
ting his saw-mill ready to operate.
Nr. G is to run the mill.
Rev. W. H. Wolf preached at
Rehobeth, Sunday morning, to a
large CONGREGATION. An interest
ing prayer-meetng and bible class
is conducted regularly at the
church.
Nj. Mclaughlin is teaching
school in the pey Schdolzhouse
IN Back Creek, near Mr.. Harouff'S
Mr.. Charles Burns is still housed
with his limb. 1t does not I'M
prove. A surgical operation viii
likely be necessary
Mr.. Rexrode has made an at,
tractiye Improvement in his dwell
/ ing house. ADIEy.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE BACK CREEK
LAND.

BY virtue Of deed of trust executed
BY Agnes Ervinc, &c, on the Cd day of
August, 1887, to the undersigned, to Sc
cure bond to l., II. Stephenson, which
deed is duly recorded in the Clerks Of
fee Of the county court OF Highland
county, in deed book No. 7, page 1902, de,
fault having been made in the payment
of the debt secured, and being requested
by the beneficiary SO to do, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, in
front of the courthouse of Highland
county, en-
Tuesday. January %, 1890,
that valuable farm upon which said Ag-
res IRVINE now resides, lying on Back
Creek, in Highland county, containing
about SO acres and consisting Of two
tracts, one Of G9 acres and the other of
Il acres. This is valuable farm for
grazing or farming purposeg: '''''
TERMS-Cash.
], " STEPHENSON, Trustee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
An Appalling Record.

Since there is IA way CT jOdg;.,
p n The he's ffSdtnre'o>t ~ The pass
and forecast of the future being
| helpful to the present, it Is worth
4 while to consider such condensa-
s t,ons Of the history of crime in the
] JJniten States in 1850 as are gwen
in the Chicago Trihune's tabuia.
ton of capital offcnses. 1t appears
that the year was, in the aggre-
gate of tragedies, full, up to -t the
average, making dde'allowan zee Tor n
the increase of population inns Is Is
L.the way the report compares with
+ HE story Of previous years. oa'h 10
Aand including lS9O: '
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17

w. r. Smiths College, Lexington,
Kentucky, Is where hundreds of
clerks, farmer boys and others have
invested from $50 to $50 for tut
ton and board for an education
and are now getting 800 and over
a month in banks and mercantile
Offices. Prof. Smith, President Of
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17

It will be observed, ana douotirss
with much satisfaction. that lynch
mos have been on the decrease for
three wears; but it must be eonced-
cd that there is still room for Ii, I'M
|1nroyement in this regard 1he
Eribune is AUTHORITY for the state
lent that 144 of these homlcIae s.
h justified by law, occurred N
l. south, which leaves twenty
,en to be credited to She rest OF
country. The peculiar con 1
to which this disparity ~ due
we'll understood; - It az. appears '1S
tbat the current year WILL ~
evs = I'M" more married decrease IN ~
singS. orr his belief .tr rests fonr In
kectats.m that the courts ars
r agen' les Of lns. -, are
i.4,r HEze .&ts :
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
We're is what we have in the last

We're is what we have in the last
iysI of the Rockingham Register
IN M regard to the leading MAN tor
Congress in this district;
"State Senator G. P. Jones, OF
Highland county. brother OF DR.
T. o. Jones. of Harrisonburg, is a
candidate for Congress in the tenth
district, and is considered one ~
le leading candidates now in th'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
gonterev, Highland county, ha

Eonterey, Highland county, has
Out 800 inhabitants in it. and
lot a.death occurred in the village
1885. The people must be eth
Y very tough or the place mighty
health .-Sprit of Valley.
The above statement. as to there
heing no deaths in our village dur
ing '95 is correct. M-nterey Is a
mighty healthy place which is
the result of pious living regular
habits, &c.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
GOODS AT COST!

With a view to a change in my
business, will offer at cost, for
cash, my entire stock of goods at
Mcdowell and Valley Center, va,
Very Respectfully,
j10-2m }. b Bradshaw.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17

mine head of fine beeS cattle
we're recently stolen from the farm NJ.
of W. NJ. Coffman in Greenbr'er
co county and were driven to High,
land county, Va, where they were
shipped to market by thieves ,
The above item, which is taken
from the Pocahontas Hefqfa' leaves
the impression that Highland is a
shipping-point for stolen or con-
'traband goods. The cattle men
TONED were traced from GreenOrler
county, through Pocahontas and
Highland counties, t. Sugar trove
Pendleton county. where all trace
jof them was lost. Who the thieves
were, or where from, is not known
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17

A bill to provide for thu protec..
ton Of domestic animals; "a an,
thorize and empower the Iadard OF
Agriculture to. establish 1--we stock
quarantine lines, rules and regula-
ton. ,yd 10 prescribe penalties for
violating the same, was recently
introduced in the senate by its pa
tron, Hon. &. P. Jones. As this Is
\ stock-raisirg section we'will pub
rlish the bill,in~e&r next ISSUE. ="
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17

81 Lonis Globe Democrat: It's
encouraging to find that the Scum
is raising more grain and not SIM
iply talking about it as the right
to do. Its harvest OF gram
nb- was 6ll,00O.OOO bushels,
bed at s3O2,OoO,OOO, or more
the value of the entire cotton
The southern grnn crop
year exceeds that OF last year
100000 bushels. Increasing
lfity in the South IS one OF +
the signs of. the times and the TACT
that it is learning to diversity
1 crops, or, in other words to use all ,
Its agricultural advantages lnSteaa
pose. contributes a great deal 10
TITS rapid advancement.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
It seems that the new jail build

1t seems that the new jail build.
ing has brougt the county bad
luck. Avery short time after Ahe
building was completed it w$a ap-
:propriately Dedicated, and e since
/ that time. We feel sure the average
, number of prisoners has been at
least two. The old building was
mot 80 inviting and in the latter
;,lays of It's History it was Il rare
r sight to see face behind its bars.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
1885, THE! SUN 1926,
BALTIMORE MD.
TNEPAPE OFTHE Pc PIE
FOR THE PEOP, Z AND
WITH THE PEOPLE.


The Sun publishes all the news
all the time. but it does not allow
its columns to be degraded by ru-
clean, immoral or purely sensation-
al matter.
Editorially, The SIM is the con-
sistpnt and nnchanging champion
and defender Of popular rights audi
interests against political machines
and mohopolias Of every fasrnctsr::
Inden ndent in all things. extente
in none. 1t is for good laws, good
government and COED order. H..
Bv mnil Fifty Cents q month,
Six Oollprs d veas. 4" =. "a
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17

Everybody that wants goo
chew uses Little Edwin" tobacco.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-17
or Silver, or Paper.

We have $500 COMBINATION, ~
follows:
The herald., 1896-06-14
A Questionable Joke

British stupidity, in the presence of a
cracking American joke, has had many
grievous tales told of it, but the stu
pidest Englishman yet held up to rid
icule for not seeing the point is a Lon
don publisher He had issued and
copyrighted in England a high-priced
poster, designed for one of his series of
books, and was somewhat surprised to
see it reproduced, without authoriza-
ton, in the Overland Monthly of San
Francisco. letter of polite protest to
the editor brought back a note in which
the whole trouble was traced to the
well-known lack of humor in the Eng
lish character. The editor could not see
that he was at all to blame, or that
there is any explanation due you.''
Coming to the real point, he added:
AN American publisher would have
looked on the whole matter as Joke,
but of course British insularity prevents
appreciation in this line" The infer
ence is clear that an American, brought
up on broad continent, would split
with laughter at the merry conceit of
taking his property without permis-
sion or acknowledgement. We must
say however, that we have known
more than one American publisher
with nothing insular or British about
him, who had but the smallest "appre-
citation in this line" In fact, we be-
lieve Americans would rival even the
Scotch in joking "wi deefeeculty,"
when the point Of the jest lies in
stealing their goods.-New York Even
ing Post
The herald., 1896-06-14
A Single Tax Island

We notice that by the last mail the
Rev. Shirley w. Baker, D. D., received
his diploma of LID, from the Univer-
sity of Chicago, in appreciation of his
work in Tonga. We are all cognizant
of the fact that the late king Of Tonga
asked DIR. Baker to draw out a consti-
tuition for Tonga, which has been the
admiration of many. The secretary of
state of the United States, the late Mr..
Blaine, very freely expressed his ad
miration of It, and also the code of laws
which DR.. Baker gave the Tonga islands,
and from time to time the department of
intelligence in connection with the Unit
ed States has sent very flattering re-
ports of the results of DR.. Bakers labor
in Tonga. DR.. Baker was young man
when, in 1862, he first induced the late
king to set his people free from serfdom,
an act which is commemorated every
year on the 4th of June and called Lib
erty Day." and held as public holiday
1t was then he introduced the single tax
and that each native should have tax
garden, SO that he could be in a position
to pay his taxes and support his family.
The wisdom of this course is seen in the
advance of commerce and the prosperity
of the islands. In 1875 DR.. Baker drew
out the present constitution, national
izing the land on q f1rmer basis, intro
ducing the one-man-one vote, and man
hood suffrage, with an educational quail
ification. So firmly has the constitu-
tion grounded itself in the national mind
that the natives have been charged with
worshiping it as kind of fetch, and the
late Mr.. r. L. Stevenson, when in Auck-
land, said that "Mr. Baker was the only
man who had lastingly impressed his
mind on any nation in the South seas"
DR.. Baker has printed many education
al works which are used in the govern
ment schools, and he now has several
in press. We congratulate DIR. Baker
on the honors which he SO richly de-
serves.-Auckland News.
The herald., 1896-06-14

state as a whole, no matter what might
be the majorities in the respective con-
gresional districts. These are samples
of the numerous laws which cumber the
statute books and advertise the need Of
missionary work in Delaware.
The Single Takers have undertaken
heavy job, but they appear to be SAN
guine that they can make enough con-
verts, in addition to those already con-
verted, to win the contest. Congressman
Mcguire informs the committee that he
would be much pleased to visit Delaware
again soon and spend a week there on
the stump, but important legal business
at home will require him to start for San
Francisco Immediately after the ad-
journment of congress. Whether the
Delaware reformers succeed or fail it
is certain that this remarkable cam
paign will be known in history as one
of the most persistent, bold and excit-
ing political contests of modern times.
RALPH e. HOYT.
The herald., 1896-06-14
SINGLE TAX CAMPAIGN
IN DELAWARE

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
WILMINGTON, Del, June 6, 1885,
Startling incidents and sensational de-
velopments in connection With the sin
gle-tax campaign in Delaware are be-
coming more and more frequent as the
contest goes on. The latest sensation is
the arrest and Imprisonment at Dover.
the state capital. of George F. stephens
of Philadelphia. the recognized COM
mander-in chief of the invading army.
This Is the fourth or fifth time in the
campaign that a Single-tax speaker has
been arrested for the alleged crime of
addressing public meeting in public
thoroughfare. Only few nights ago
William Horan, while speaking at an
outdoor meeting in Dover, was pulled
in. tried, after a fashion, before a
Dover Dogberry, and sent to Jail for
thirty days, which was the limit of pun
ishment under the Dover ordinance. In
the case of Stephens. according to the
facts as related by eye-witnesses, the
arrest, mock trial and imprisonment
constituted one of the most fragrant vio-
lations of constitutional rights ever per-
petrated, even in Delaware. The stupid
policeman who made the arrest, pre-
sented to the court the astonishing
statement that the offender was charged
with preaching single-tax." He fur
ther stated that the crowd was noisy and
the street obStructed. Two credible
witnesses, however, swore directly to
the contrary on both points. The alleged
justice, Peter l.. Cooper by name,
promptly sentenced Stephens to confine-
ment in the musty old Jail for twenty
days, and afterwards expressed his re-
gret at not having made the sentence
thirty days instead of twenty.
To say that this affair has excited pub
lie Indignation is drawing it very mild.
Good citizens of this and adjoining states
regardless Of political affiliations, de-
nounce the proceeding as an outrage
The herald., 1896-06-14
r1r. Kipling Was Only SsasIck

BOSTON, May PA rumor was cir
culated throughout this city tonight
that Rudyard Kipling had met with
serious accident on board a Gloucester
fishing vessel, which might terminate
fatally. Upon investigation, however.
1t was ascertained that the only trouble
with Mr.. Kipling was a temporary dis
arrangement of his stomach. He went
out for a days sport after deep water
fish and q heavy swell brought on Sc
we're case of seasickness. He paid the
same tribute to Neptune that thousands
have done before and was very weak
when the vessel arrived at the wharf.
The herald., 1896-06-14

Thomas Slater has a message for
every man on page %. Don't fail to
read 1t.
The herald., 1896-06-14
WHEN THE FISH REFUSE TO BITE

Silver men are foolish,
N no one else Is right;
Country's goin' to ruin,
Fer th' fish refuse to bite.
Protection amt th' ticket
To put the blues to flight
M free trades all a bunko
When tn fish refuse to bite.
Imagine me a-sittin,
TIL hours a-draggin' by,
Whilst minnys come a'robbin'
My fish-hook on th' sly.
IN not a single pickrel
Has got enough o. fight
To leave his shady holler
N come n take bite.
Nothin' seems a-goin'
Th' way it ought to go;
N how to get 1t started
There's no one seems to know.
My notion is tn nation
Would shuttle off TIL blight
If some gigantic genius
Could git tn fish to bite.
Frank Putnam, In Buffalo Times,
The herald., 1896-06-14
STORY OF HIS LIFE.
If You Are Weak in Vitality or Have Varfcocee This
Letter From Mr.. L. L. Jaccard, a Prominent Jew.
eer of San Leandro, CAL, Will Interest You.

Deeembr H. -
T.
emy se nps1a
wel-a 0 new,
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When seeking alment sappirn
life naturally look for which highly
recommended by persons who you
indefinite unknown skepca
honesty because don't know
chances somebody heard Of But when
friends the leading of the State merchant
and respected by all in business who everybody
within radius of twenty miles of where he ves when
testimony of such dispute
Mr. L. L. Jaccard. For all
Electric Belt
indous disease which the strength from men absoua
and the only The book Three Glasses Men"
read by weak 1t free Call
derfu Belt regular praccng physician of thirty exper
be consulted here free charge When medicines
used they will be given free with the Belt Address
SENDGN ELRCTRIC
ao41 South Broadway Corner Second St. Los Angeles CAL
The herald., 1896-06-14
Many Died by the Hand of the
Assassin
THE NEW RULER AN ENIGMA
What Kind OF q Ruler viii He
Make?
Too Young for Hip Future Course to Be
Indicated-Now at Work Estab.
fishing Q fiarem

According to a time-worn custom the
young shah of Persia is now engaged in
the mournful task of giving away all of
his foster mothers to his favorite court
iers. These ladies formed the harem
of the shah recently assasinated, and,
with his many other possessions, the
young shah inherited them. If he felt
like 1t he could have their respective
heads cut off. This might create some
gossip, and, besides, the young man has
great respect for the memory of his late
father.
Coincident with the work Of cleaning
out the old harem Is the more agreeable
task of e-establishing it. 1t is deemed
the highest mark of honor among the
ladies who compose the Persian swell
set to be given a place in the shah's
harem, and the intrigues carried on by
their fathers and brothers to secure the
honor are many and intricate. A family
with daughter in the harem is of much
more Importance than family without
The herald., 1896-06-14

upon natural rights and a disgrace to
the town and state in which it was per-
petrated Legal proceedings looking to
the speedy release of the prisoner by
habeaS corpus, were at once begun and
are now pending. The defendants at
torneys are Jackson Ralston, the we'll
known single-tax lawyer of Washington
City, and Judge Henry Emmons of this
place. Owing to the temporary absence
Of the judge of the higher court the case
cannot be heard until several days
hence. AS matter of fact there is but
little prospect Of the prisoner being re-
leased until the expiration of his twenty
days. Delaware has some very strange
statutory laws, and some still stranger
city ordinances. To go back still further,
there are some rather remarkable pro-
visions in the states constitution. The
organic law was adopted in 1892, 1t has
not been amended since 1881. sixty-fve
years ago. The statutes of the state are
supposed to be in conformity with the
constitution, and the petty ordinances.
manufactured from time to time, by
stupid, narrow minded, municipal
statesmen, are supposed to be in har-
mony with the state laws Under these
legal conditions any so-called Justice
of the peace" in the state of Delaware
and in a town like Dover, has it in his
power to arbitrarily convict man, as
in the Stephens case, of the awful crime
of exercising his natural right to ad-
dress his fellow citizens at an open-air
meeting within the corporate limits of
the town. If the alleged justice happens
to be pleased with what the speaker is
advocating no complaint is made and no
punishment inflicted, but the talker can
talk on and on till midnight, if he has
The herald., 1896-06-14
Fer UNDERGROUND Wires q

Colonel Virgins, the weather expert
of Canada, says electric wires undoubt-
edly attract the electricity of storms
and produce tornadoes such as that in
st. Louis. All wires should be buried in
all cities.-St. Louis Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-06-14

requestl Surely the great thought which
he needed was God. When the crisis
comes, there Is but one person that will
answer.-Christian Work.
The herald., 1896-06-14
The Great Thought

"Give me great thought that may
quicken myself with it," was the Ian
guage of Herder to his son during his
last illness. How significant was that
The herald., 1896-06-14

The fact of his being helped ashore to
carriage gave rise to the senseless ru
NOR that he had been fatally injured
Chicago Tribune.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-05-13

The two bunco men who were ar
rested here Saturday for robbing
two Cuero countrymen had their
examing trial before Justice Levy
tltie morning.
They gave the names of Charley
Miller aQad w e MsKernan. The
evidence went to- show that Nc
Herman aeoosted tie boys at the de-
pot, and after engaging them in
friendly conversation, had showed
them how TO open o mysterious
pocket-knife, About this time
Miller, who had been lettering
around in the vicinity stepped up
and asked if some gentleman in
the crowd would lend him q pocket
knife: Miller promptly handed
him the knife he had bsen showing
To his Cuero friends. at the same
time wiulSing at saidifriends in IL
very knowing manner. His pal
pretended to be unable to open the
knife, and offered to- bet 500 chat
nobody in the crowds could do SO,
at the same time hourishing $50
consisting of a ten dollar confeder-
ate bill and two five-dollar bills on
an extinct Tennessee bank-in Il
very aggressive manner. Tho other
man took the wager, betting that
one of his Cuero friends could open
the knife in ten seconds. He found,
however, that he had only IS, and
asked his friends to lend him the
rest They only had So between
them, but Miller affably suggested,
that he would accept their watches
for the rest of the wager. The
money and watches we're accord,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-05-13
selman Escapes.

FL Paso, Texas May 8.-John
Selman JS., son ofthe late Constaa-
bic Selman, who was killed by
George Scarborough, escaped from
the Juarez Jail last night and is
now in Ell Paso, He has been con-
fined in the Juarez Jail for eight
weeks charged with abducting q
young girl whose father is now sec
rotary of the Peruvian legation at
the City of Mexico. Selman mas
never had a trial, but friends have
beenspermitted to visit him in Jail.
A scheme was made up whereby
he was to escape. and last night a
friend crawled upon the the prison
wall and passed SelmGn a rope
and soon they were beth on the
outside, but ran into the arms of
the police with whom they had a
fight They then escaped to the
river bottom pursued by Mexican
officers and several shots were fired
at them. They managed to reach
point on the river opposite old
Fort Bliss and swami across. To-
day the Juarez authorities arrested
selmanls lawyer, the jailer and two
guardsand have them in prison
chargedI with assisting selrnan to
escape.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-05-13

inly put up, Miller holding the
stakes.
One Of the Cuero youths then
took the knife and confidently
started to open it, but didn't have
any great success. The ten seconds
were counted off relentlessly, but.
the knife blade wouldn't nudge a
bit, Miller then pocketed the
stakes and walked off. He was cap
tured later by Marshals Criswell
and Davis in q Chinese restaurant
on Front street where he had just
secretsd the watches in a.bunch of
lettuce.
McKernan also LETT the Boys a
few seconds later, telling them he
was going up town to get the money
to pay them back what he had bor-
rowed, Officers Neusome and Law
renee found him about an hour
later in a vacant lot in the suburbs,
evidently waiting for his pail.
After hearing the evidence. and
arguments Of the attorneys, Justice
Levy bound the men over in the
sum of $3.50 to await the action Of
the Lavaca county court. They
were taken to the Hallettsville Jail
by Officer Charley Jordan. Mr..
Will 7. Bagby defended the pris-
oners, and Mr., sterre represented
the stately oakum Graphic.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-05-13

plain and touching story of the
crime. took up the testimony of
jackson, comparing it with oppos-
ing testimonies of commonwealth
witnesses as to his movement on
Friday and Saturday, and. he asked
the jury if it was likely all these
idisinterested witness 8 for the pros
;ecutlon would deliberately perjuie
themselves and the truth be told
by one Jackson, whose interest in
the case was'supreme. Col. Nelson
occupied the whole day with argu-
ment, concluding at 5 p. m. He
made the testimony of Scott Jacks
son in his own defense the theme
of his argument,
Scott Jackson the prieoner never
before came so near losing his self
composure, as during Col. Nelson's
terrific arraignment.
Judge Helm announced this af-
ternoon that the Scott Jackson cnse
would'not be. ready for the jury
till Thursday. He then postponed
the trial Of Alonzo Wailing, for the
murdered Pearl Bryan, unit, May
22nd.