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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-06
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-06
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1CLINCH VALLEY
%N COMMAEDERY, NO. 20,
~ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Meets first Monday IN each Month.
JAMES O'KEEFFE, E. C.
w. 7. WITTEN, Recorder.
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

keep In my seat without holding on
with both hands. I've been in cars tha;
nave done some pretty tall running.
and over some mighty rough roads. but
never before or since knew a car TO
jump, and roll and shake herself CEN
orally as that car did began -
think that the engineer was either
drunk or crazy. and that the passengers
had got so scared that they had lcr,
me train. TO tell the truth. ! would
nave been glad to have left the train
myself. but | never was fond of hmm.
ing, and if there Is any man VIII, so Va
mat he likes To jump from a train tina,
Is DOING 40 or 80 miles an hour. why /
Just don't believe him.
MI OF sudden ] thought of the
peil c,l'd, and ! decided that I would
pun 1t and stop the train. Then If any
conductor appeared | would tell him
VINO | was. and inform him that if ne
didn't make the engineer, RIM the train
IN decent way. | would take GOOD
care that the division SUPERINTENDENT
should know all about the thing. So /
got held of the bell cord and gave II q
lnirlsh sort of a pull-not the very hard
est sort OF Il pull. you understand but
Just a moderate pail. The cord brok
In my hand as easy as If il had been a
piece OF thread, and all chance Of stop-
ping the train that way disappeared.
looked at the bell cord and saw that
II was as rotten as politicians con
science, so ] just broke of n piece nr
it, about two or three yards long. and
put II in my pocket intending TO show
it to- the division superintendent as q
specimen of the way in which Pullma n
car conductors attended TO their bust
ness.
"All the time the train was rushing
ahead at a speed that would have been
counted worth noticing even on the New
York Central. When she struck n curva
and there were lots of them-she just
left the track entirely, and swung
round the curve with her wheels in
the air And when she did strike the
track again you can bet that things
shook. or course don't mean that tho
train did actually leave the track. hui
Continued on Eighth Pagc.)
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Town Of SUFFOLK

coiored man, who lived on Colloden
street. Were to-day taken to Balm of
ment. 1911 - -e'H
STOCKHoLDERs' MEETING, -Tbe
stockholders of the Suffolk Normal and
Collegiate Institute had a meeting thts
afternoon. Thda institution, recenaly
established for the higher education or
a ene SoiSred youth, Is apparently on a
hrrn basis. and is receiving q liberal pat
ronage. -.
The Langdon Dramatic Company pre-
scented rip Van Wrinkle" at the City
Hall Theatre Tonight
ihere has been a number of converts
at the revival in progress this week Mt
the Fine Street Baptist Church, under
the conduct of Claretta Avery the To-
year-old evangelist ~
Mr. Philip S. Chapman, of Baltimore,
was IN SUFFOLK tonight, having been
to Smithfield TO visit his wife, who has
been ILL., o N'eiS
The Grays and Light Infantry expect
TO nave a battalion drill in the new Ar
mory Friday night.
A new board crossing was TODAY Iaid
at the intersection of East Washington
street with the Suffolk and Carolina
road.
"A. colored woman named Martha Sils
died to-day on Liberty street Of con-
sumption.
Mr. r. S. Boykin. Deputy Collector
has been in Richmond and Petersburg
this week on official business.
The fox hunters are expecting a lively
chase Friday.
James u. Burgess is convalescing,
after q weeks Illness
Kings Daughters, Circle NO 2, will
have an important meeting Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. w. IT. Graham.
Schooner Oliver Schofield. Capt. Brock
way, VIII sail tomorrow for New York
with n cargo from the r. G. Dennis
Lumber Company
Mrs John T. King, of Windsor. Va.
was io-day visitor to Suffolk friends
MI }. 7. F'arr has opened green
grocery on East Washington street
Joseph r. Lattimer, ESQ. of Isle nj
wight county, was to-day in Suffolk
on business.
Mrs. Lee Britt is able to be on the
streets. after severe Illness
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an was lI,tle scared mxself, thnnrh

II was little scared myself. though
as a rule, never trouble myself atAyut
railroad accidents, knowing that they're
bound TO come, and you can't help YOUR
self. There had been terrible bad ac
cident on that very road Just before
the express quit running over it. A
train with a Pullman car fun of pa
sengers went OF the track just as She
struck the bridge over the Muska hoot
river and as the bridge was over so
feet nigh. and the river Was over 20 feet
deep. nobody ever saw hide OF hair of
that train. or of anybody connected
win IT from that day to this
Well, got up TO my brothers. along
about or mebbe half-past S O'Clock in
The evening. and found him gone AWAY,
anu the house locked up. 1 hammered
on tne doors and tried the windows til
had settled that there wasn't any one
al nome. and that / couldn't break In
anu Then ! nieandered back to the sta
ton. - 'culating to pas the night in the
WSot j. and take the train back Ia
jericho the next day 1t had been
showing hard, and there wPs near n
1907 OF snow on me level. let alone rhe
Dig drifts that Were here and there. I
was pretty well tagged out when | got
10 the station, which, Of course. was
smut up for the night. and II 1t hadn't
been that had quart flask of whiskey
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
AN EXCITING RUNAWAY
a Frightened Team With a PowarIsss Driver
Take a Lively Run Through the City.
JUDGE PREaIIs MEETS WITH ANAceIDEA1
TWO Honsebreakers From southamp.
ton Taken to the Peniteuttary-
ihe Literary Club-Buricd In the
county stockholders Meeting
Fox Hunters Expect Good sport.

Suffolk. Va, Jan. .-(SpeciaD-Two
horses with wagon attached tonight
had lively runaway. They became
frightened on Sycamore street and ran
through Washington and Riddck. The
oriFer remained in the wagon, but was
po~eriess TO check their speed They
were finally stopped without serious
damage. NJ 10. 80
SOUTHAMPTON CoNvICTs.- sher-
III j. w. Williams. Of Courtland South
a!npton county, passed through last
nlsht with two prisoners for the peni-
tentmTy. They were under a sentence
OF two years each for housebreaking. He
was accompanied by a. guard
THE LITERARY CLUB.-The Suf-
folk Literary Club had a meeting last
evening with Mrs. John g. Primer,
brooklyn Heights. In addition to the
literary exercises the club was enter
tanned by violin renditions by Miss
Helen Quimby. A musical feature will
be hereafter added TO the programme.
ACCIDENT TO JUDGE PRENTIS.-
Judge Prentis, while riding II bicycle
this afternoon. had a heavy fall as he
was going to the postoflicc. The wheel.
for some reason, WIS lost control of and
the Judge was precipitated violently
to the ground. The handle Of the ma
chine was badly bent The rider es-
capped with 4 few bruises.
BU Ri ED IN TILE COUNTY.-The
remains of David Saunders. pious old
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

any affair OF mine. opened both doors
OF the car 10 let a little air blow
through. 70. ii was very musty, and
then | picked out good berth. and
calculated 10 turn In for the night |
soon found that those berthS weren't
III for any Christian to sleep in, for
the bed clothes were as damp as If
they had been left out in rainstorm.
Where the water had come from that
nau soaked them l couldn't imagine.
Tor II hadn't rained any for q week.
ana IL stood to reason that the snow
couldn't have drifted into the car. shut
up as tight as II was. Then II puzzled
ME to Imagine why the porter hadn't
taken the wet clothes away, and what
had become of the Niger anyhow. The
whole business was enough to throw a
man OFF his balance, and | gave up
thinking about il, and going into the
wash room, | sat down in the wash
basin, which was the only dry seat In
the car. and, leaning against the cor
her, tried to get nap.
BY this time the train had left the
station several miles behind, and was
running ut rate that knew would,
have been risky on any road. let alone
as rough road as the one we were on.
At first didn't mind this. the runnin,,
OF the train not being my business, bu:
pretty soon l found that 1 could not
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in my pocket I should have come near
freezing to death.
II went into the wood-shed, and got
round behind the wood, where the wind
couldn't reach me. and after cussin' my
brother for Il spell, on account OF his
having gone off and shut up his house
made my prepare rions for taking q
nap. Just then | heard the rumble of
a train. This naturally astonished me-
knowing as l did exactly what trains
were running on that road, and that
there wasn't any sort of train due at
that station for the next Il hours. How
ever the train kept coming nearer and
nearer, and pretty soon heard the
grinding of the brakes, and understood
that the train was coming to stop.
didn't lose any time in getting out Of
that wood-shed and going for that
train | could see it standing close to
the water-butt. about 80 yeards down
the road. and knew, of course, that the
engineer was taking in water. When I
reached her ! saw that the train con
sisted only Of a baggage car. and q
Pullman sleeper. ] swung myself OH the
rear platform of the sleeper, and push
ed the door open with n good deal Of
trouble, for the woodwork seemed to
nave sweiled, and there wasn't any
body to help me from the inside of the
car
When ! got inside 7 looked around
or the passengers, but there wasn't n
single one. Neither was there any sign
OF the niger porter, who ought to have
been there 10 ask me for my ticket, and
10 pretend that | was making him a lot
or trouble by asking for a bed You
know the ways of niger por,ers, and
| now they always make you feel that If
you don't give them q pretty big tip.
you are a good deal worse than a slave
| arlVer The car was lit up after fash
ion by a single oil Imp, and all the
9erths looked as = the passengers had
JUST Jumped =. of them, and the porter
hadn't been round to make up the beds
couldn't think what had become Of the
passengers, seeing as they couldn't
nave gone into the baggage car, and 1t
e e seem bic that a whole car
at way stations. However. that wasn't
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
ihe LoquaCious Station Master Relates His
Actual Experience With GhOstLy Flyer.
NOTHING IMAGINATIVE ABOUT THE TALE
No Lies or Poetry, But Cold Undis.
puted s-Circiiuisfmntiai Ac.
count OF Phantom Special Not
Down on The Time Tabic-A Grisiy
Night Ride md Its Ending.
(BY w. l.. ALDEN.)

Copyright 1896. by w. l.. Alden)
do You mean to tell me-" / asked
s the station maStcr, that You really
believe that train has ghost, and
that ghostly trains run over actual
railways at night?"
..if you were railroad man." re-
piled my friend, you'd see the foolish
ness of asking such n question: Do
believe in ghost trains? You might as
well ask me If l believe in Pullman
cars. Why. man! Every railroad man
knows that ghostly trains are liable TO
be met with almost any night. l don't
say that they are common. but do say
that there are lots Of them who have
seen EN-, and have just as much reason
believing In EN- as they have for be-
lieying in any regular train"
Have you yourself ever seen
ghost train?" l asked
The station-master cthewed his cigar
for moment In silence. and then said:
Seeing as it's you that asks ME, I'll
tell YOU something that | haven't told
any man for more than 10 years, un-
less he happened to be an experienced
railroad man. You see, | got tired of
having people doubt my word and in
slnuate that / was lunatic, or had
been drinking too much whiskcy. You'll
perhaps think the same, but what I'm
goin' to tell you is Il cold fact, and there
amt bit of lying, or poetry. or poit
ical argyfying. or any of those sort OF
imaginative things about 1t.
You know the road from here to
I1oerius Center? It's pretty near a
straight line, but when first came
into these parts. the trains used to run
from here to Tiberius Center by
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

mighty roundabout way. The line. as
II was originally laid out, ran in n
Z sort OF semi-circle, taking in haIf-a.
oozen small towns lying northwest NJ
Inls place. After a while the comnanv
surveyed the new line, and bored ~.
Dig tunnel through the Blue Earie
mountain. The old line wasn't ent,rn-
ny abandoned, until about two years
) ago, out after the tunnel was finished
there was only one passenger train each
way daily on the old line, and a freight
train three times q week.
- mad a brother who lived IN a.,
Z Maniius, a town on the old line about
40 miles from here That Is to saw MAJ,
: nus was his postoflice address. bur he
4 lived In house that was three miias
from the station, and there wasn't anS
\ town OF Manlius. except the station.
mouse. and little Ehanty that was
7 used as postoffice ! was a kind of .
5 general assistant at thishyer station
4 where we are now. and there not being
n very much work on hand. I got two
Gays leave and took the train up To 500
e my brother. i was just about a wear
4 after the new line had been opeued
Il ana as the company meant to abandon
q the old line. they hadn't put any re-.
y pairs on 1t worth speaking of, and n
y Was about the toughest road ycu ever
& travelled over. ~ eSei
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
LADIES' CHEMISES.

Round and square yoke. full wide and
long. Soc. These were 75c
LADIES' CHEMlSES-Of fine muslin
and cambric. zoe. Marked down from
si;W Many styles. but only seven dozen
SKIRT CHEMISES-Daint trimmed
muslin 15c. Cambria, s1.oO Round or
square yoke. These substitutes for skirts
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
LADIES' SKIRTS.

. LADIES' SKIRTs-of fine muslin
ffomnce, nine inches Wide. These are
- oo These were slS9-Oniy two dozen
/, LADIES' SKlRTs-Of Lonsdale c.r-
brio, IL tucks, a wide eambrtc fionnna
very very beautiful , Torchon edge, about
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
Clearance Sale after Inventory.
LADIES' DRAWERS.

LADIES' DRAWERS-First rate mus
III; %ide torGhon lace, cluster OF tucks,
d, Dand or Torchvn lace inserting, then
s asnother CLUSTER OF tucts-There are only
% s6o pairs rs: soc: they are, marked down
IRON Y.hD 5ff; 2 P PAL ur,ps !. go.
loom muslin. ruffle of Hamburg, in
c On , vide: ten narrow tucks, three bands
marked down from s1.OO. Are GOOD value
at $l9G Only about 6 dozen Of them.
LADIES' DRAWERS-Of Lonsdale
Cambria. hemstttched ruifle Valenciennes
lace. Is fine tucks: Then some with wide
dot . imce r4fie. and six double rows
Only about six dozen Of these. And the
styles assorted. -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

Mr. Gillian introduced a bill 10
amend the act i'll relation 10 tho killing
OF wild fowl in the waters OF Back
SAY and its tributaries in Princess
Anne.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

y bill! was introduced in the House by
Mr.. Winston to authorize the Board of
Agriculture to employ some competent
person To collect. classify, locate and
the Department OF Agriculture of Vir-
ginia
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Continued on Eighth Pagc.)
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Notwithstanding the announcement
in q morning paper that there would
he q conference .: the Democratic mem.
hcrs If the Legislature tonight TO
consider the election hills, the meet
ing did not materialiZe. Mr.. Cookie
chairman OF the caucus. said to-day
he had called no meeting, and as far
conference is held ii will be entirely
informal.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
WISE men OF THESTATE
And the Measures They advocate and Urge
for the Benefit of Thslr Constituents.
STILL PROBNG RANDOLPA'S CHARGES
Two New Witnesses Oh the stand
Tencher Yates Seems TO Have Rccn
Gay Lothario-A Road Surveyor
for Norfolk Couuty-New Ferry
Company for Norfolk.

Richmond, VA, Jan. 0.-(Special)-A
Dill was intRduccd in the House to-
day by Mr.. Ndwbcrne. by request pro-
viding for working and keeping In ori=r
the public roads of Norfolk county. 1t
gives the supervisors power to make
rules and regulations for Keeping the
public highways in order and author
ICES the employment OF q surveyor at Il
salary OF not less $500 per year
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salary OF not less $500 per year
Mr. Gillian introduced a bill TO
amend the act i'll relation 10 tho killing
of wild fowl in the waters OF Back
Say and its tributaries in Princess
Anne.
Mr.. Maynard introduced in the Sen
ate n bin TO incorporate the Norfolk
ana Newport News Ferry Comnany
with L. II. Shields, L. D. Smith, John
Is. Kimberly, j. l.. Maryc, Jr., and
samuel ID. Davis as corporators. The
bill authorizes the company 10 operat
one or more steamers between Norfolk
Newport News, Old Point, and VIII
loughhy Spit. The capital stock il to
De not less than $4,000. nor more than
100000.
The House to-day did not reach the
Bill authorizing the Beard of Supervis-
ors OF Norfolk county to borrow money
Senator sncnd introduced today in
relation to lawful fence in Princess
Anne county.
The investiga ton into the charges
preferred against the Deaf, Dumb and
5lind institute proved CT considerable
interest this morning. MIR a. c. Tuck
CT, printer Of Richmond, and Mr.. w.
=. Hitter, compositor on the Staun-
ton News. We're the only witnesses
Air. Ritter Is president of the ASS eta
non OF the Deaf and Dumb in Virgil
ma ana consented to testify only ut
the request Of both sides MIR. Tucker
had seen teacher Yates sitting in the
classroom holding a Miss Lawrence in
ms lap. This occurred often He was,
confident that Superintendent Dovle
crank TO much liquor. Had seen him
so drunk he could not walk straight
fucker said Yates once gave him n
terrible beating for Offering some s,,,.
gestiohS about organizing a dcha ting
society. He complained in writing 10
superintendent Doyle, but the latter
would not read ii, and drove him from
ms Office. MIR. Tucker spoke well of
oiilceES connected with the institution.
AT hilter also thought tina, Captain
posie was too fond of liquor. He had
seen the CAPTAIN cruelty beat a blind
boy VINO mad done no wrong MIR. Rit
Ter haa heard Il good deal about i'm
ihorahiy al the institution, but knew
nntnihg OF his personal knowledge. He
nia KNOW that a Miss Riggs wrote 10 his
VIE saying that she had been ruined
AT Inc school. All Ct these things 10
latea by the two witnesses occurred
several years ago. Alr Ritter said H..
oid not believe that there was i'm
morahty at the institution now. and
pehsNed II was managed in a model
way.
several witnesses were on the stand
TINS afternoon but the DEVELOPMENT @
We're not startling. Miss Annie Riggs.
OF AccoInac. v':n is said 10 have CON
leSssa TO stvcgsil persons that Yates
ruined her, has been summoned to give
testimony.
senator Jones. of Highland has come
10 me front with three important oys-
ae. DUES. one of them is entitled IAN
act 10 regulate and promote the cystnr
interest and TO raise revenue tbercfrn,,,
oy providing for the collection of all
ites' hne*. taxes, rerts and all o her
moneys arising. creating and accru.nc
unaef any of the laws OF the Common