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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
LIVE STOCK.


CHICAGO January lin cattle. buyers
took hold freely. at advances of lOGl0c.
Sales of beef steers We're made at 50 5000 .
for common TO strictly choice grades, the
bulk Of the cattle selling at 81 $500 90, and
fancy beeves were scarce and s1lahe
around s. 1913 30. Exports bought freely
at 81 SOFAS 90. Texas cattle We're in good
demand grass steers being wanted at 50 70
Q3 40 and corn fed at So 5Gd4 80
In hogs local packers and eastern ship
pers took hold freely. but they succeeded
in putting prices on an average Of nickel
lower. Common TO best droves sold at So %
as 49, and the larger portion of the offer
ings crossed the scales nj $50 2l02 S.
There was a fairly active demand. but
such heavy supply put sellers to a disa1-
vantage and prices averaged ice lower.
Sheep sold from s. 2jU2 30 for the poorest
up 20 So 50N3 so for the best, and lambs
sold at g 25N3 30 for common up to s. UO0
10 for the best. Lambs showed the most
weakness and ruled about zoe lower.
Receipts-Cattle 1900; hogs 1900; sheep,
2l0G0.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa, January 1l-Cat-
tie slow; prime 81 S0I5 60; feeders So coo
90; bulls. stays and COWS s. O003 50.
Hogs. dull aad lower; prime medium
weights So JJU3 So; best Workers 50 4fu} 49,;
heavy hogs 50 25N3 -; roughs s. OO03 %.
Sheep, prices unchanged.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. January 1.-Hogs.
active and lower at 81 1913 40, receipts o.
200; shipments LOO.
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list THE LOB FOR HIM

"Are you much of an actor?"
The man in the frayed Prince Albert
coat looked at the inquirer somewhat
suSpiciCUsly.
Opinions seem to differ as to that, 3"
he said, and at the last place I played
the noes seemed to have it so unani-
mously that had 10 quit"
well, I want to load a few phono-
graph cylinders with dramatic gems, &"
explained the man who had made the
inquiry, land l thought possibly I
might engage you to talk into them"
The whole air of the man in the
frayed Prince Albert coat underwent
an instant change.
"Now, I'm with YOU" he exclaimed
CHATS q great scheme. l talk to the
photograph and the photograph talks
to The audience. Consequently, the
phonograph gets the eggs and other
missiles, and, of course, the phono-
graph can stand it. Say! 1 wonder
why more people don't try that sys-
ten. Chicago Post
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

steamer mixed 25G251sc; receipts, 205,534
bushels; exports 17,142 bushels; Southern
white and yellow 3G2Sc.
Oats steady: No white 2iG25iac; re-
cctpts lies bushels; exports, none.
Rye, frmer; No. ? western 44iac; receipts
10. 80; exports, none.
Hay. firm. for choice descriptions; choice
timothy $l3 500 u TO-
Grain rights duil, but firm.
Butter. steady; fancy creamery 2042lc.
Eggs, steady; fresh lie.
Cheese. firm; fancy New York lie.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. January n.-Flour
quiet and easy. Wheat, quiet NO. , red
s-i2c recei. Is 500 bushels; shipments 5000
bushels.
Corn, firm: No. mixed 22lzc.
Oats steady: No . mixed 19i&Q2)c.
Rye, dull No. . 3Gc.
Lard. firm, So sos So.
Gulkmeats firm, 81 O0d4 02ia.
bacon. steady, 81 S1l2.
Wniskey, active, sales 1,227 barrels on
basis OF 81 is for spirits.
Butter, weak; fancy Elgin creamery BIC;
Ohio lJQl6c; dairy sac.
Sugar, steady
Eggs. easy, 12c.
Cheese, steady; good to prime Ohio fat
TOLEDO. Ohio January u.-Wheat,
lower, steady; No cash 92c: May 93c
Corn, dull, steady: No. mixed &c.
oats, steady; No. , mixed 1712c.
Rye, duh; No > cash, CSC.
Ci9verseed, dull, lower; prime cash s. 10.
Oil, unchanged
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. January IL
Butter, firm; good demand; fancy western
creamery dc
Eggs. dull 1c lower; fresh nearby lie;
do western l60l1C.
Cheese, unchanged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
PRODUCE.


CHICAGO. January 1l-Wheat opened
weak and averaged 30 during the session,
closing with q decline of rs cents. The
feature was the weakness Of the Liver
pool market which was q great surprise
TO spectators. Corn and oats We're ike
wise weak. declining &c and &c respect
lively. Provisions were strong and made
small advances.
Flour, easy.
Wheat. cash No. . spring 779z605sc; No.
3 spring l6c; No. . red S6i6ISIsc; Janu-
airy O14UOa+c, Tlasc; May SuNSGsc, S0lsc;
July l54WG Sc, i0'sc.
Corn, cash, No >, 22Hc; No yellow corn
.. V22hc; January 12isN221sc 22l5c; May
- az C, 2p2c; July ~ li25s44 Bc, 253sc;
September 26osU2lc, z63sN4c.
oats, cash, No. >, 1910; No. white T. o.
b., l98iN-02ic; No. 3 white l,l2lflSc; jan
uary l55z'l9.sc, l5l2c; May lS3s4lS;sc' lS12c.
no. barley. nominal: No. +. o. b.,
2il32c; NJ. +. o. b., 2i025c.
No. I flax seed 73076c.
Prime timothy seed 81 60.
Mess pork. cash, 81 God7 s.: January
closed s. -; May 81 90US o.. IS 20.
lnrd. cash. So 921zN3 90; January Sc 92la
Short RIBS. cash. sides, g 9OQl 10; Janu-
aryr 81 O5Q4 %, 81 %; May 81 Oll2q4 Is.
Dry sailed shoulders Hlaf4c.
Short clear sides H404asc.
Whislley, disullers finished goods per gall
IoA 81 is.
Sugar. unchanged.
TIE butter market, firm; creameries $50
19c, diaries 9Ullc.
Cheese, steady. NaN9iac.
Eggs. steady; fresh 15c.
/. elptS Jour, econ barrels. wheat, H.
G0 bushels; corn. 1l4,031 bushels; oats, 49,
QG1l bushels; rye, 4ovJ bushels; barley 2''oVO
Shipments-Flour. 500 barrels; wheat,
$500 bushels; corn, $4,000 bushels; oats,
lN3E0 bushels; rye, none; barley, 5000
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
The Smart YOuus Lady Wanted to
Teach Him q Few Things About
Electricity.

The Smart Young Lady Wanted to
Teach Him q Few Things About
Electricity.
Ir was during the exposition, and at
that time, Edison. not knowing when
he should visit Chicago again, was
seeing everything in the electrical line
10 DE iouud. One day while downtown
he happened TO see the single of an
electric belt concern-a belt YOU put
around you, YOU know hecoaluJ hit
around YOU, j mean, claimed to cure
anything, you know. Well, thinking
that perhaps there was something in
the application of electricity which
was new to him, he went up to the Of
flee.
A very pert young lady Immediately
inquired what she could do for him.
"Weu, began Edison. II wanted to
know how these belts worked, and
thought / might learn 10y coming up
here.
Certainly said the young lady,
picking up q belt. you see, the cur
rent of electricity goes from the copper
10 the zinc plate, and then
"Just o moment said Edison; Il
don't hear very well at times. Did
YOU say the current went from The cop
per 10 the zinc piatc:
SCI certainly did. Then, as 1 was say
ing
Just one minute" interrupted Edi-
son. Let. me understand this. You
say it goes from the copper TO the
zuc2"
Yes. sir, it goes from the copper to
the zinc.
well. do You know 7 always thought
it went from the zinc to the copper?"
''WeU it don't
"But, are YOU sure?' Edison asked,
smiling
well. maybe You know more about
electricity than I DO" snapped the girl,
and she threw the belt down and giar-
cd ct the wizard.
Perhaps 7 do" Edison admitted,
end he turned end lei, the place
ChiCaEO Tiucs-Ter3ld.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
NETAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. January 11-Pig iron duh
southern, ST 0ofi12 %; northern, 81 GJTI3 O.
Copper, strong; brokers' l1Ssc; exchange
$l1 55011 62ia
hin, firmer; straits $l3 O5a1S 10; plates.
dull.
Lead continued strong with domestic
quoted 81 50 by a leading brokerage house
against Sc C2i@N3 %. the exchange figures.
Fifty tons January lead are reported on
change on So % and fifty tons do lighter
age free at 81 OPP
spelter, quiet; domestic So 9Oa$l %.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
OcI-LAR ENIDFNCE-

cone Of the great objections to whis-
Ky" said the man of abstemious hab-
its, els the fact that in this era of adul-
reration it contains so many foreign
substances"
Young man." replied Colonel Still
well, ''yho have Just given utterance to
one of the most impressive truths that
7 know Of. Why, sub last night l
saw a man pouring watah into it,
washington Star.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK January lit has been 4
quiet market in all departments. Weather
conditions were unfavorable. Mail orders
took n fair quantity of staple cottons. but
seasonable goods were less active. Print
ing cloths developed some inquiries with
sales of 5000 pieces regular At PFC, and
about 15,O0U pieces odds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

For a pain in Che chest a piece of
flannel dampened with Chamberlains
Pain Balm and bound on over the
seat of the pain. Gndr another on The
back between the shoulders. will al
fo.d prompt relief. This is especially
valuable in cases where the pain is
caused by a cold ana there is ten
dency toward pneumonia For sale
by all druggists.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
rrcTrPATTVTLY- SPEAKING.

"Chumrleigh's marriage reminds me Of
q course ic arithmetic"
CLOVIS that"
'Veu. ne first added up her fortune,
and then multiplied his addresses to her
tim he obtained her undivided attention,
and
''Thon they were married?"
eyes and now with the aid Of the court
ne g. trying 10 perform q problem Of sub
traction. '-Chicaro Times-HCrald.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

wheelwoman forth on herbike to freeze
70 death, a process certain to be re
tarded by the projection Of these leg
ging tights. FLORETTE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
a46,OOOOoO GAIN On ONE YEAR.

Tremendous increased I'm the Exports o.
American Manufactures Under the VIII
soa Law, as Compared With the MciAin-
lev ActI
New York World.
The following table. compiled for the
World exclusively from advance proof
sheets of Government Statistics. SHOWS
tho increase in exports for lss6 under the
Wilson tarjT bin over those for 1894 under
the Mckinley tariffs bin.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

NEW YORK, January n.-Money on
Prime mercantile paper 8'la4k per cent;
Sterling exchange strong with acJudI
business In bankers bills at 4S140iS7i2 for
demand and at 4Sfl4 asa for 60 days,
Posted rates 4Sii2N4Sp2 and 4SI24 1852.
Commercial bills 1895.
Silver certificates Gi&i.
Bar silver 6ia, 06jl2
Recommendations.
State5-Dul.
RafIr0aGs-Firm.
New L.. $ As Registered..... e. ......1zll2
New T. >. IS Coupons. 800. ,.......I-Vt2
IT, 5. Us lstered....................
L. =. IS Coupons. ......................''l
L. $. IS EegiStered..... .........lluts
I. ). Il S0uponS...;. -. 49, SO '''''''4dl
L. :. - Registered. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 92le
Pacific 6S Of 'H3..... &C.. -. ........iV-'7
SrOcks-The market to-day was generally
heavy but irregular of movement under
the influence of liquidation in Union Pdcl-
nc a. frmcr market for exchange and UNI
favorable traffic returns for the ilrst week
i'm January. The volume OF business was
very light and the de1ln NV nroies-
Sional. The SpeClaltlcs were
and scored exceptionally t.
I'm some instances pa '.t-
Steel, which after yiclC t. f
$3.50. rallied 10 36c; Min ".. oH
other hand, fell Az 20 {.
coal shares were deciC
ports of an unsatisfactory -I H.
anthracite trade. Lac
per cent. and New Je
cent on the theory tn
OF the respective com
TO follow the leads of
son and reduce their
was eNerte6 against
feet Up0n The genera .f
siop Of The alleged
coal = and 10y a @ ,
was foii0Wed by ..I..
I'm Wheeling and l. ID
1885,. Union Pacific ID. ''f
railway list and W
downward mOvemC
washington dispa
ruel'y formally al "r II
tho funding bill. ... at.'t d
the general list. r.r re-. L.,
at @ but sold Oft to a. -.lf ness
ON coVerug then yielding 70 "a. us, on
purchased freely of the international
Shares but the traders appeared TO favor
% rarptirn Manhattan and General EleC-
trio were hammered 1's and IL per cent,
~..Dcctively. The other declines We're
mainly fractional and support was receiV-
al al intervals ON covering of short con-
t-rrt- The general list developed bet
trr tone I'm the late trading under the lea
Car-hip or sugar and the market left OFF
firm at slight net changes. BonqS We're
higher Governments rose slightly. The
total sales Of stocks to-day were l2l,5N
shares Quotations closed bid:
Alcnsol. '... &c. .''''' 80 ''''' ''''''', 20
Adams ENNr-SS ...-..... .............'.I.v
Alton and Terre Haute .................. %
DN pref erred ---...S ...................
Adams Express. .... -. -. ..... ''.1lV
Baltimore and ohio..... .... ...-.'... lo'2
Crr.Ul /. ciilC..... ... -
Canada Southern .....-... -..'....''.'' 40
Central TaCi.o..... 90. ... Gee. is
Cnt-. ne1 Sc and OliO.-... ...... "A
Chicago and A.tlI.-... .... ........lb5
Chicaeo Burlington and Quincy. IA
Delaware and hudson ..................1l1Ss
Delaware L8ckawana and Western-l5
Denver and Lil Gr7ute. preferry0...... 4iB
Dfstiners and Cattle Feeders Co ......
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N1aud-"What is the height Of your am
bition dear?"
Marie b,ushing)-"Oh, something he
tween five and a half and six feet"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

run the rode wot gifts into my medders
aforesaid shall hav his tail cut of by me.
Obadiah Rogers"
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CHICAGO. january Q.
Wheat


Car lots-Wheat, 20; cats, 81; corn, $50;
Estimates for to-morrow-wheat, 80;
oats, 232; corn, 5G4; hogs, Sl,oCJ.
NEW YORK. January n.-Flour, re-
ceipts, 4NQ barrels; exports, 1863 barrels;
lower 10 sell ON spring patents but STEADY
otherwise.
Wheat. receipts. 925 bushels; exports. o.
$50 bushels, spot weaker; NO. / hard y3lec;
options opened weak AMI closed llb0ssc
net lower; No. . red January closed SS4lc;
May closed Sl3Sc.
Corn. receipts g. 425 bushels; exports. 3d.
S33 bushels, spot easier; No. >, 2yc. OPP
tions duh and weaker and closed A0i2c
net lower. January closed 2S'sc; May
closed 3OiaC.
oats. receipts $500 bushels; exports 7lO2
bushels; spot dull and easy; No. 2, 2l4c;
options duh but moderately steady. clos
ing partly lsc lower; January closed DC;
May closed z2Mc.
Hay. firm: shipping 52ls@5r4c; good to
choice yn'5ci hops, steady; hides quiet;
leather firm; wool. steady; beef, steady;
cumeats, quiet; lard tlrmer, western
steamed 81 %; refined, higher; pork, firm;
tali0W, dull ana easy; petroleum, steady;
United closed Ole bid; rOsin, steady, strain
ed common to good 81 ,Q0l l2ls; turpen-
SCS, steady.
Cottonsaed oil. firm; prime crude 2OG21c:
OF crude lota4l9c; prime summer yellow
25I2c; better grades 2jC.
Coffee, options opened quiet at a decline
of 500 points. closing barely steady at
5020 points decline. Sales. $500 bags.
Sugar raw. steady; fair refining p 3-16c:
Centrifugal csc test 3-16c bid sales 20
tons. Muscavado Soc test , 13-1Gc; 25O bags
molasses SO test > GIG landed; refined. quiet.
BALTIMORE Md. January 1.-Flour.
firm. but inactive: western superior 50 S50
30; winter wheat patent SIS 00U5 p; spring
do 81 650'i gj spring wheat straight 81 O90
4 20; receipts l3Sl5 barrels; exports 9Sl1
barrels
Wheat, lull. lower: spot MH0gHc: May.
SS4S,i4c; receipts 52.3 bushels; exports,
none; Southern wheat by sample 92093c;
do on grade S6&WIAc.
Corn, steady; spot and month 27G27lkc;
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Willie had swallowed a penny and hi

Willie had swallowed penny and his
mother was in state Of much alarm.
"Helen." she called to her sister in the
next room send for doctor. Willie has
swallowed q penny"
The terrified and frightened boy looked
up imploringly "No, mamma he inter-
posed. send for the minister"
''The minister" asked the mother in
creduously. send for the minister"
Eyes: because papa says our minister
can get money out of anybody. Boston
Budget.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12
- ENGIIsH TpTTAPH.

A SLIGHT contribution 10 the literature
Of er.tauhs is made by Anna Bowman
Dodd in her "On the Boards
CAS- we were turning our backs on the
old t0mhs an eDitaph caught my eye. 1t
was such an epitaph as aroused grave
doubt:
pigr the affecti0naJe husband of Eliza
beth Pirg.
Verses on a tomb are praises idly spent,
a mans good name is his best monument.
Which of these Pigs was the humor-
ist2 or were they both victims Of a Var
mouth wag?-New York Post.
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INCREASE YOUR INCOME
sly SPECULATION IN
GRAIN. PROVISIONS AND STOCKS.

Continuous quotations from Chicago and
New York. received direct by private wires.
SLAGLE 81 co, Brokers, 1923 Mario st.
Telephone 30. sci 3y0e,I,g
Commission Is.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

CLEVELAND, LORAIN AND
~ WHEELING RAILROAD.
Schedule effective November -!, %
Cleveland Depot foot or a9uln N @.e-
GOING SOUTH.
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OHIO RIVER RAILROAD co

on and after sunday, July II, 1896, Pass
erger Trains will run as follows. DAILY.
fD3i.y except sunday. Eastern Time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-12

daily.
WHEELING AND oPITTsBURG DIvI-
For Pittsburg. Washington. Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York. $40 a. m. and
$40 D. m, daily.
For Pittsburg, 700 a. m. daily.
PittsbdrB express, l:3j p. m, except Sun
day.
ARRIVE.
From New York. Philadelphia, Balu
more, Washington and Pttsburg 1910 a.
m. daily II 80 p. m. daily except Satur-
DAY and 2:SO a. m. Sunday only.
Pittsburg mail, 1870 p. m, except Sun
day and $3.50 p. m, daily.
From New York. Philadelphia Baltimore
and Washington. 500 g. m. and t.25 p. m,
TRANS-OHIO DIVISION.
Fov Columbus. Chicago ana the West
7:2j a. m. and 3:l5 y. m, daily.
Columbus. Cincinnati anG o. Louis l0is
a. m. daily. 1l:iJ p.-m. daily except Satur-
day and 2:i0 a. N. Sunday only
St. Clairsville accommodation. lQJJ a. m.
and $40 D. m, except Sunday
Newark accommodation, $40 p. a..
daily. except Sunday.
Sandus!ey mail, lO.l5 n. m, daily
ARRIVE
From Chicago, lis a. m. and lliJ a. NJ,
daily.
From St. Louis, Cincinnati ard Column
bus. sos "a. m. and 500 D. M. daily
St. Clairsville accOmmOd ton, ly. FL. No
ana 30 =. H., except Suicly
Newark accommodation, 1000 % mo
daily, except sunday.
SandusGy mall. $50 p. r., fa.ly..
CHAS. O. SOUL
General Passenger So ~
]. T. LANE. 7. L. Agt., wheeling. N. Fo'
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-. ,,-----r-,rrl,HERs or SECRET Sc.
VA IT, csH et west va. Printing Co.
S! ,595 md i5gl Market street ana cam.
i no our ,5l samples OF secret Society address
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daily.
Cumberland accommodation. 7:25 p. M.
except Sunday.
Grafton accommodation. 1910 a. m.
daily.
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- q. SIT TIATE;
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12
A HARMONY MEETING.

There was mass meeting of the Dem.
ocratic voters of the First ward held in
the circuit court room last night and the
object seemed to be in the interest of har-
mony. There were about thirty five men
present and the meeting was presided
over by John NJ. Hart, with Chas. S. Bel
Ter secretary. A resolution was offered
by L. w. Miller and adopted, that com.
mittee of five he appointed to confer with
the city Democratic executive committee
to devise ways and means whereby the
delegates to the State convention..in Au-
gust might he instructed, IF any of the
wards so desired. Also to get the spring
election postponed for week if it was
found most advisable. This committee
is also to confer with the delegates select.
ell at last Saturdays meeting to bring
about harmony. The following gentle
men were uamed by the chair to compose
the committee: T. w. Miller, J. H.
Cutchin, W. p. Dupuy, D. S. Good and
G. w. Priddy. There being no further
business to come before the body they adj
journed to meet ut the call of the com
mittee.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12
'ROSEuBAUlu.
BROS.

me opportunity presented itself to
purchase some good values in Figured
y organdies, and when you see them you
must admit that they are exceptionally
pretty-the quality good, and prices way
below anything offered heretofore for
the same grade of material; they would
be cheap at is cents and 20 cents-we
will offer them out alto cents and 12 1-2
cents.
A few more pieces Jaconot Duchess, to
close at cents.
10 pieces Lace Striped velours-sold
all the season at cents aud 10 cents
( will close Mt cents.
10 pieces Silk Striped Challie. cream
ground, just the thing for wrappers, at
10 cents.
3 In connection with orr big assortment
OF waist goods we are also showing all
colors of thin Innings at z cents.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12
FUNERAL. TOMORROW.
Brief Sketch of the Life Of COL Frank
Huger.

{ s.
Huger.
The funeral services Of Col. Huger will
be conducted from st. Johns Episcopal
Chutcn tomorrow afternoon at 1890
O'CLOCK. conducted by Rev. DIR. w. III.
Meade, and the remains will be shipped
to Lynchburg for interment Col. HUI
gers brother, Mr.. Pinkney, OF New
New York. So -
ool. rank Huger WAS born at Fortress
Monroe, Va, September 81, 1887, his
rather, General Benjamin Huger, who
WIS native South Carolinian, being on
visit to Fortress Monroe at the time Of
Col. buyers birth. He entered West
Point as cadet in 1856, graduating from
that institution in 1860. In 1851 the
war between the North and South broke
out ann young Huger, at that time "a
years Oh age assumed the captaincy of a
company OF artillery known as "Huger's
Battery" He subsequently, served at
Norfolk In 1862, attached to the army of
Northern Virginia as first lieutenant Of
Alexander's Battalion OF Artillery. He
was promoted to Colonel and given com.
mand OF Huger's Battalion, which posi-
tion he held during the war. Colonel HUI
ger was always in active service, was in
all the battles in and around Richmond
and was taken prisoner in. 1864 ut Sailors
Creek, the last fight of the army of
Northern Virginia. After the close of
the war he was employed as secretary of
the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad in
1860, was subsequently superintendent of
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio rail
road anu at the time of his death was SUI
perintendent of transportation of the
Norfolk and Western railway. He was
married in I,ynchhure, tn Mice T,l;o
Tribe and is survived by his wife and
four children. Ee had only one--brother,
Mr.. Pinknev. of New York. His sud
den death has cast call over the city
and the sympathy of everyone is extended
the grief. stricken relatives.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12

The advertising which has been dis.
tributed about the city during the last
few days has inspired many to attend the
summer session. Parents, investigate
the work done and enter your boys and
girls with this school. Glasses for pre-
paratory students in the public school
branches. Glasses for more advanced
students in book keeping, where the stu.
dents buy, sell and trade with one another
and keep their own books. Shorthand
typewriting, telegraphy and special pen
manship are also taught in the most prac-
tical manner. Enter your boys and. girls
for something practical.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12

FREE-A copy of Munsey, the Puri.
tan, or Ladies' Home Journal will be given
nee each month to paid in advance call
subscribers of the Washington Post, New
York World, New York Journal or Her
AID, providing the Sunday issues are also
taken. Jacks news depot.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12

If your horses are lame and you find
that no one else is able to make them go
straight, take them around to j. S.
SHANER, 307 Salem avenue, and he
GUARANTEES to make them 30 all
right. No doubt about this, he is the man
to fix your horses up o. X. This "old
reputation" Is played out. Work tells
the tale
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-06-12
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A large and new supply of negiigee
shirts, in ali sizes and styles, soft and
starched, with or without collars Try one
OF our good brand fifty and seventy five
cent shirt. You will find it to be the best
bargain in the city. At r. SCHILLER'S,
the Furnisher.