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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19
Merchant of Venice.

All who have had the privilege of hear
ing Mrs. Bellows read from Shakespeare
or Browning will wish to avail them
selves Of the opportunity which will be
given them Saturday afternoon at First
Parish house and all who never had that
pleasure should not miss this opportunity
to hear her fine interpretation of this
masterpiece of tie immortal poet. For
particulars see advertisement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19
"Mrs. wi.slow's Soothing syrup

"Mrs Wfnslow's Soothing syrup
Eas been used over Fifty Years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind
Colo, regulates the bowels. and is thu best
remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising from
teething or other causes. For sale by Drug
gists in every part Of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 20 cts
bottle
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19
pittsfield Residence Burned.

Pittsfeld, March 1s.-Last night about
half-past eleven o'clock fire was disoov-
cred In the Hathorn house. Pittsfeld.
now owned by Allen Hackett 1t was
ons of the finest residences in town.
The walls ars standing but the house
is nearly rEined by fire and water. 1t
evidsntly caught around tbs chimney.
The loss is partly covered by insurance. :,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19

FACSIMILE signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER
is on the wrapper of every bottle of cAsroRIA.
When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them castoria.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19
OBITUARY..
George w. Gardiner.

George W. Gardiner, for long time
a church singer and teacher of singing
schools, died at his home in this city
Wednesday evening, aged 65 years, from
the effects of stroke of paralysis. He
leaves q widow. The funeral will take
place Saturday afternoon at O'Clock
from the late residence Of the deceased,
So Winter street.
Mrs. Charles If. Baker.
:. Mrs. Charles II. Baker, who died sud-
denly on Monday morning, was the
Oldest daughter of John and Nancy Kim
ball, kthe former widely known archi-
tect and stair-builder of old Portland,
the latter descendant of the early set
tiers OF Falmouth Neck. She was a
member OF the New Jerusalem church on
High streeu and by her sunny. genial
temperament, tunfaillng courage and
ready sympathy, had greatly endeared
herself to her family and friends. She
leaves husband, daughter and grand
SOD, beside two aistsrs and brother.
Mrs. Asa Parks, Miss Charlotte Kimball
and Mr.. @. B. Kim ball the artist.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19

1t is understood President Mckinley
end Senator Hanna have decided upon
Major Dick as the next secretary of the
national committee to succeed Gen. VIM.
Claiborne of Boston,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19

DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup is a
perfect cure for coughs and colds of all
sorts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19
II 1.2c EACH.
75C EACH.
RINES BROTHERS co.
FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1897.

FRIDAY. 1897.
Innings.
~ NE of the most perfectly appointed depart.
~ ments in the new store is the Innings big
section Of itself in convenient part of the
floor.
The Innings department is equipped with
stock that embraces every staple thing and every
worthy novelty in lin ing way and the very reason
able scale of prices at which everything is sold has
had much to do in making it popular
Among the specially fabrics for lining
spring and summer costumes is forty inch lawn
in pink blue heliotrope, nile and yellow at 15c
yard "A thirty-six inch "Florentine" in cardinal,
navy myrtle, apple green, heliotrope, and other
colors at II yard. "Damasse" is another
new one. black only Silk finish Rhadame soft
finish percalines fancy coors. Silk taffeta Innings
thirty-sx inches wide, at Ioc, 1-2c nc and csc
a yard. Black Percanes, silk finish sateens
Fitted foundations for dress collars stocks. etc.,
stiffened ready for at 1oc-.-we'd like you to
know about our Innings department.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19

The Basement will sell today hundred Bam-
boo Tables, grass tops at soc each--great bargain.
A fresh new line Of oak, white enamel and
bamboo Jardnere Stands, also in the basement
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SPECIAL VALUES IN

New Patterns i'm all linen
stamped Tray Cloths. good size
with ( agOtted borders, at
New Patterns and Color Com.
binalions in fringed Table Gov.
ers, patterns all worked with
silk, full size at
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RRra0nal MAINTAIN


Miss Belle Camper has returned from
an extended visit in Virginia.
Mrs. Virgie Thrasher, of Savannah,
this county, is visiting relatives in Mon.
Zoe county.
Mrs. Sarah Finley, who spent the
summer here, left Tuesday for her home
i'll Staunton. Va.
Attorney-Genera f. Z. Rucker will
in short time move his family from
WEIGH to Charleston to live.
Misses Lulu and Sue Mays returned
TO their home in Charleston Tuesday
after month 3 visit TO relatives here.
Geo. w. Warren, Esq, late of Hin
ton, has bought the Clifton Forge Re.
uie,c, and has taken charge Of the paper
as owner and editor. We wish him
abundant success in his new field.
Thos. III. Dennis is attending to legal
business in the Monroe Circuit Court
this week. r. =. Rittenhouse and Chas.
G. Larew were also at said Court this
week as witnesses In the case of Shank
lin vs.. The Farmers Home Fire In
surance Co.
Judge A. N. Campbell, of Monroe
county, w. Va, familiarly known as
Nelse" Campbell and who was called
the " Big Sergeant of Bryan's Battery
in war times, was here attending the
Reunion last week.-Glfton Forge Re
uieto, the 23rd.
The State encampment Of the knights
OF Pythias convened in Charleston
Tuesday. Several of our people took
advantage Of the cheap railroad rates
and left Tuesday morning for that CITY.
Among the number we note--Col. B..
F. Harlow, Miss Annie Bell, Miss Mag
gle Harrison, Mrs. II. III. Beirne and
Mrs. Ed. l.. Warren.
Mrs. S. &. Beard, Mrs. A. NJ. Buster,
Misses Lille and Emma Beard. Mamie
and Florence Pole, Ann Brown, Ruth
Mason, and Messrs. Sam Beard, Joe
Stratton and Tom McClung left last
Friday for Hot Springs, Va All re-
turned Tuesday, except Mrs. Beard and
Mrs. Buster, who Will not return until
the latter part of the week.
Walter w. Dunlap, of Lexington,
Va, representing the Rites Hydraulic
Engine Mfg Co., of New York, was
here several days last week the guest of
Col. j. w. A. Ford. He was here to
sell our Town Council Hydraulic
Ram to be used in pumping the water
from Knapp's spring, if that source of
supply was deemed adequate and prac-
ticable.
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Commissioners Sale.

ID L RSU ANT to the authority vested
L in me az Special Commissioners of
the Circuit Court OF Greenbrier county,
in the chancery cause of VIM. III. Van
hoy, plaintiff, against Mary NJ. Duncan
and others, defendants. by decree pro.
nounced in said cause on the 18th day
of July, 1897, l will sell at public auc-
ton in front of the StrattOn s Hotel lot,
in the town of Lewisburg, in said
county, on
Nonddv, the lst day of November, 1897,
at II O'Clock M, the land in the bill and
proceedings mentioned and described
and containing, to-wit: FTty-due acres
and one hundred and fpe poles, lying and
being in Blue Sulphur district i'm said
county, adjoining the lands of j. ii .
George and others.
TERMS OF SALE.
An amount sufficient to pay the costs
of suit and expenses Of sale will be re-
CURED cash in hand on day of sale, and
for the residue, a credit of six and
twelve months will be given, the pur-
chaser to execute bonds bearing inter
est from day OF sale, with approved Sc
curity, and the title retained as ulti
mate security till all the purchase money
is paid. j. w. ARBUCKJE.
Special Commissioner.
VIM. L. Scott, Auctioneer.
l hereby certify that the above named
special Commissioner has given bond
with security rs provided by law.
JONATHAN MAYS,
Oct. 7-4w. Clerk.
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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
- GREENBRIER COUNTY, ss.: At
rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Greenbrier county, On
the first Monday in the month of
October, 1897.
l.. j. Williams, trustee for w. Wal
lace, Complainant.
VS..
III. a. Wallace and others, Defendants,
IN CHANCERY.
The object Of this suit is to enable
said trustee to settle the affairs of W.
Wallace, deceased under the direction
of a Court of equity, to ascertain what
debts were owing by W. Wallace, and
to whom and the amounts thereof at
the time of the assignment, and to as
certain what debts are prOperly claimed
under said trust and it appearing, by
affidavit fled that the defendant, l.. l..
Lewis, is a non resident of the State of
West Virginia, and that the personal
representative of Waller II. Staples, de-
ceased, is unknown, it is ordered that
they do appear here at the next Rule day
after the date of the first publication
of this order, and do what is necessary
to protect their interests in this suit.
Teste:
JONATHAN MAYS,
l.. j. Williams, sol. Clerk.
Oct. 7-4w.
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Ptckups im Town and County.

Greenbrier Circuit Court will con-
yene on Monday, November 9Th.
Rev. r. II. Wilson is conducting a
revival meeting at Falling Spring, this
week.
j. A. Lowance threshed this season
with his machine IL. 700 bushels of wheat
and 5000 bushels of oats. Next?
M. w. Venable, of Charleston, and
John o. Handley, of our town, are now
locating the route for the water works.
Mrs. Lucy Mathews, of our town,
who had her leg amputated some time
ago, is able to go about the house on
crutches.
j. A. Lowance, of this vicinity re-
ports that he raised head of cabbage
this season which weighed 26 pounds
Who next?
Rev. II. M. Roane will commence a
protracted service next week at James
Chapel, beginning next Sunday, Oct.
3lst, at IL O'Clock a. m.
Rev. Il. w. Brown commenced a pro-
tracted meeting at Fairview last Mon
day night, assisted by Rev. V. w.
Wheeler, of Clifton Forge, Va.
Mrs. Lydia Argabrite, relict of the
late Abram Argabrite, died at her home
on Muddy Creek, this county, of con-
sumption, on Friday, Oct. 22nd, 1897,
aged about 20 years.
1t IS said that there is a move on
foot to build modern hotel on the
old store site of Col. j. w. A. Ford
There is a splendid opening for first
class hotel man here.
ThOs. Fl. Pare seems to have the call
for the office Of postmaster at Lewis
burg. Mr.. Dorr is backing him. We
believe the appointment will be yery
acceptable to the patrons of the office.
The cry of fire was heard again in our
town last Thursday evening about dark,
The people came from every direction,
very much excited, but were wonder.
fully relieved when they found it was
only chimney at the Wallace Hotel
burning out.
There are now Is prisoners in our
county Jail, Constable Chas. McClintic
of Williamsburg district, lodging seven
there this and last week, as follows -
Bye Williams, Wallace Clutter, John
Sizemore, Emerson Walton, Joe Nicely,
Norman Nicely and John Windon-all
charged with misdemeanors.
Miss Maybel Livesay, daughter of
Mr.. VIM. Livesay, died at the home of
her parents, in the Richlands, this
county, of fever, on Monday last, the
25th inst, aged about Is years. "Sbe
was fine young lady," was the remark
one OF her neighbOrs made to us. TruIy.
in the midst Of life we are i'm DEATH
Her funeral was conducted by Rev. r.,
w. Brown. of this place, Tuesday.
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us that he has eliminated the wa
ter rents" in his estimate as they
"will amount to but little" If the
people do not rent the water there
Will be no need to run the engine af.
ter the first filling of the tanks. Tho
water will simply remain in the
tanks and the engine remain idle
until there is fire or some such
need to empty the tanks. How can
this cost $4,000 year? If, on the
contrary, the people take water, as
believe they will, then the water
rents should be included in the esti-
mate of maintenance, and not be
eliminated as Maj. Harris has done.
In closing let me say that do not
deem it necessary for me to enter
into any defence of Mr.. Venable.--
His reputation is strong enough to
bear all the strain that has been put
upon it. That his abilities are
largely recognized and appreciated
IS evidenced by the important char
acter of the work done by him in
this and other States during the last
twenty years. In behalf Of my as
sociates on the committee let me
say, that neither l nor they sought
the unenviable prominence our APP
pointment to this work seems to have
given us. We fully recognized.
when we entered upon it, the thank
less character OF the task assigne d.
Nor were we uncon scious of
our limitations in such work, and
therefore secured the aid and advice
OF an experienced civil engineer
MAJ. Harris speaks of the commit
tee as three very respectable gen.
tlemen," and apparently assumes
that the only or chief qualification
they possessed for such a work was
their responsibility. am fully
conscious that there are other gen.
tlemen in the town who could have
rendered better and more efficient
service than |, but / do not believe
two more faithful, practical and ca
pable gentlemen could have been Sc
lected than the two who served with
me on the committee. While rec
ognizing and confessing my limita-
lions for this work, / do not yield |
first place to any man in the sincere
interest feel in the upbuilding and |
general development Of the town,
in the deep and abiding conviction |
have concerning the absolute neces- |
sity of just such an enterprise as |
that which is now before us. 1t is |
reasonable, it is practicable, it is i'm
perative. 1t can and will be done
for even less sum than the amount
named by our committee. stated
in my first article that the commit.
tee in their estimate gave outside
figures. The cost will probably be
less" Every day this statement is
being confirmed by the investiga-
tions of the Board. Our vlndica-
ton is approaching and we can af-
ford to wait for it.
II. l.. TELFORD.
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case amounts to something over &c
per cent. Of the cost of the plant.
The cost Of putting this machinery
in place and laying the pipes and
connections is arrived at from large
practical experience in this class of
work. The cost of burying the
pipe lines below frost is based upon
total length and size of bitches to be
dug and consideration of the ma
terial likely to be encountered in
making the excavation, and a price
per yard considered sufficient to
meet this cost is used in the esti-
mate. To this estimate is then
added round sum for contingencies,
certain per cent. for cost of engin-
eering, and still another percentage
for contractors profits, all of which
items when summed up go to make
the approximate offered, the question
of maintenance practically settles it.
self. The system proposed does not
require constant operation of pumps
even if tho whole population takes
water. If few or none take it as
Mr.. Harris thinks, the cost Of coal
and pumping will amount to little
or nothing with the reservoirs full
and good pressure at the fire plugs
and ample water for street sprink-
ling and public uses the occasional
expense of filling the tanks will be
nominal. But l think it rehec-
ton on the intelligence of the COM
munity to intimate that they would
permit a six-inch stream of pure
soft water to flow by their doors and
not use it. Very respectfully,
NJ. w. NENABLE.
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Business Rules.

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MoRRIsTowN, HAMBLEN Co., TENN,
Oct. 10Th, 1897.


Editor Greenbrier Independent
l understand some haye agitated the
question Of Texas fever" in connec-
ton with the cattle which 1 took from
this place to the Feamster farm near
Lewisburg. w. Va.
L wish to state that | am something
like $50 miles east of our State quar-
antine line and am north of the same,
and our cattle are no more quarantined
than those of West Virginia, since the
Y. 5. Government recognizes the State
line, as will be seen per special order
Y. 5. Depart. Of Agriculture, signed
by j. Sterling Morton, dated Oct. 1st,
1897.
L investigated the quarantine laws
and know that l have complied with
the same in as much as they do not
have Jurisdiction over cattle in this
section of the State, and hundreds are
now gong to the Valley of Virginia
from here. l correspondent with the
Federal and Virginia authorities as to
crossing the quarantine lines and got
from them my information. Hoping
this may put at ease the question am,
Respectfully, f. w. TAYLOR,
Morristown, Tenn.
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Laying the Corner stone OF the New
Catholic Church at White sulphur
Springs.

Laying the Corner Stone of the New
Catholic Church at white sulphur
Springs.
The Corner Stone Of the new Catho.
lie Church at White Sulphur Springs
Will be laid with beautiful and impress.
sive ceremonies on Sunday, November
eth, at 800 p. IN.
Rt. Rev. Il. j. Donahoe. Bishop of
the Diocese, will be there for the occa-
sion, accompanied by some of his as
ststants from Wheeling. The process
sion will be formed at the Grand Cen.
trail Hotel in the afternoon, and will
move from there to the site of the
Church in the following order: First.
the Rt. Rev. Bishop attended bv the
clergy present. Second, altar boys and
members of the Ronceverte and Sweet
Springs choirs. followed by laity.
In the forenoon Low Mass Will be at
o'clock and High Mass at 10. The
sermon will be preached either by
Bishop Donahoe or Rev. Father Harris
Chancellor of Diocese. Very Rev. 10.
seph w. Stenger, of Charleston. w.
va, who is known throughout the Do
cese as an eloquent and able speaker,
was asked to preach the sermon. but
had to decline on account of previous
ARRANGEMENTS for that day.
Soil was broken on the ground over
which the Sanctuary will stand, on last
Monday, the 25th inst, by Rev. Father
Schilpp, and the Cross planted there.
Special effort will be made to have
excursions run from Hinton and Cliff
ton Forge to White Sulphur, and to
have all fast trains stop there on that
day.
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In effect Sept. Goth. 1897.
EASTBOUND.


Trains leaye Rome everte as follows
G.I2 u. IN. daily. Express for Wash
ington, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York, Rich
mond, Old Point Comfort
and Norfolk. Dining Car to
Washington.
9.32 p. m. daily. f. f. V. Limited
for Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York
Richmond, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk. Dining
Car.
800 p. m. Daily Express for Clifton
Forge.
wESTBOUND.
1925 II. III. Daily. f. F. V. Limited
for Cincinnati, Louisville,
st. Louis, Chicago, West
and Southwest. Dining Car.
9.51 p. m.-Cincinnati and st. Louis
Special for Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, st. Louis, Chi
cago, Louisville, West and
Southwest. Dining Car.
$50 a. M. Daily Express for Hunting
For additional information address
"A. b. G.. Bray, Agent, Ronceverte, or
Fl. w. FULLER,
Genl Pass Agent.
&. w. STEVENS.
General Manager.
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QUIZ farmer friends should not for
get that it is against the law in West
Virginia for any person to kill quail in
the State for Il period of two years
and we hope they will prosecute anyone
violating that law whom they may ap-
prehend upon their farms. 1t should
be everybody's duty to uphold the game
laws of the State just as vigorously as
they would uphold any other law
MdrtinSburg Statesman.
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Commissioners Sale of
Valuable Land.

I'D PURSUANT to authority vested in
Il us, as Special Commissioners, bV
virtue of decree of the Circuit Court
of Greenbrier county, made on the Goth
day of April, 1897, and an order entered
at the June term 1897, In two causes in
chanccry pending therein, in one Of
which l.. III. Cooke, trustee, is plaintiff
and l.. w. Squres ct al. are defendants,
and in the other Geo. n. Riggs is plain
tiff and l.. w. Squires and others are
defendants, we will sell, at public auc-
ton. to the highest bidder, in front of
Stratton' s Hotel, in the town Of Lewis
burg, on
Monday, November Sh, 1897,
the following real estate in Falling
Spring district l.. w. Squires' home
place, known as the LudingtOn farm,
containing AIS acres brick house, good
barn, good water and in every respect
one Of the most desirable farms in the
county-the house about a mile from
Frankford-and if this farm does not
realize enough to meet the amount de-
creed, we will sell so acres and l20polcs,
adjoining the home place, ana also tho
Knobs land, consisting of two tracts,
and aggregating 800 acres. This Knobs
land is fine grazing property.
The home place is sold for part of the
purchase money, and under lien Gre
ated by deed of trust in which l.. w.
Squires' wife joined. These two debts
amount to some $4,000. Look at this
land. 1t is valuable.
TERMS OF SALE.
Cash sufficient to pay the costs i'm the
two cases above mentioned and the eX-
penses of the sale, and as to the residue
on credit of 6, II and IS months, the
purchaser to give bonds, with approved
personal security, bearing interest from
date, for the deferred payments. Bid
der must comply on day Of sale.
HENRY GILMER,
j. w. DAVIS,
Special Commissioners.
|, J. Mays, Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Greenbrier county, dohereby certify
that Henry Gilmer and Jas. w. Davis,
Special Commissioners in the above
case, have given bond and security as re-
quired by the decree of sale.
JONATHAN MAYS,
Oct. 7-5w. Clerk.
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S. w. ANDERSON loaded a train of
cattle at Fort Spring recently. He had
bought them in Greenbrier and Mon
roe. Two engines were required to
move the train over the Alleghany.-
Three hundred head were billed to Glas-
COW; and averaged l ,516pounds. In ad-
dition to his export cattle, he had as
good carload of two.year old heifers
as was ever raised in the State. They
were of the Polled Angus stock and
averaged 100 lbs.