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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
SHIPPING NEWS.
Fort of NnrfoIH md Portsmouth
January =. IS3S.

&NlN1Sl N-AIZS-
British stmp. Fitzclarence, Pattie.
arrived in Hampton Roads to wait
orders.
Schr. Marguerite. 10 VIM Lamb &
Co, agents, for coal. from PrOvidcnce
.Schr. 5. l.. Me:win, 10 VIM. Lamb IL
Co, agents. for coal
Barges Norfolk and Western Nos. .
and .. to VIM. Lamb & Co. agents. FOR
coal.
CLEARED.
British stmp. Vulcan, Naile, to Avon
mouth, with grain. by y. a. r. Co.
SAILED.
Schr. Sarah w Lawrence. for Provi-
dencc. with coal by VIM. Lamb e Co,
agents.
Fargo Washington. for New York.
with coal by VIM. Lamb e Co. agents
ALBGMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE
CANAL.
NoRTHBoUND
Stmr. Comet, general merchandise,
North Carolina to Norfolk
Stmr Edith. light, North Carolina to
Norfolk.
!, s:mr. Virginia, towing, North Caro-
lima TO Norfolk
Barge Rcan, lumber. North Carolina
to Norfolk
Schr. C W. Morse. oysters, North
Carolina TO Norfolk
SOUTHBOUND.
S:mr. Comet. general merchandise,
Norfolk to North Carolina.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS.
ARRIVALS.
Schr. Stella b. kaplan. Portsmouth.
Stmp. Dulwick. Galveston.
Stmp. Duchess of York. New Orleans.
Barge Clintonla, Providence
Barge FRANKIE Pendic:on New York.
Stmp. F:uhamia, Marseillcs
Stmr. Powell Andre, jeff, Baltimore.
S,mr. Adams. New York.
Schr. Mary +. Palmer, Bostor
SAILED.
Stmn. Nenia. Copenhagen.
Stmp Sutton, --
Stmp. Dulwick. Rotterdam. .a-
Stmp. Duchess of York, Rouen.
Schr. S. +. Blackburn. Boston,
Furs Furs. Furs. Furs. Large
consignment from The manufacturer.
WALTER J. SIMMONS &c co.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
h9Tgh0IlIS' SINNERS TRANSFORMATION g.
DIREGr roUTE

For DOS AM I'..oS iDnNCE.
boston. MONDAY, WEDN ESDAY
AND FRIDAY AT Coo t. Al
FOR PROVIDENCE.
Every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SAT.
RDAI at d y. ~.
FARES TO BOSTON AND PROVI.
DENCE. b.
First-c!sss. including meals and
Statero1fn berth ...... ................ 50 co
Second-ciass. including mears and
berth ........ ............. .............. 800
Pcr!shahle freight sent via Trovid. dec.
forwarded by early train to Boston, and
1T the Harne rate as by dir,ct steamers TO
Boston.
Tor further Inforrnn ton apply TO
Il. II. WRIGHT, agent. SCIfnlk, Va.
4: p STEEBl Ms. Asst Tariff Mgr.
w. F. TURNER. General Pass. AGt
J. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager hex
General Offices. baltimore. AID.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
NOTICE.

have this day purchased from TIIOS.
klINlL1. all his book accounts, notes
Judgments, etc, and hereby appoint W.
h. ALLEN my agent TO collect ana re-
cG.pt FOR same: also to conduct q general
brokerage business .'rI.' -'Et :
j1i-2w NARGARET C. ALLEN,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
to change Without
Norfolk Z Southern R. R. GO.
SCHEDULE I'M EFFEcT SEPT. 10, Is:

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPT. 49, 1897.
MAIL AND EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
.EOLK daily ,texeep. Sunday 10 a.. mi for
Roper, Pantsgo, Belhaven. etc. Connecfs:s.
at Edenton with N. s. $. r. r. steamer
as follows: Daily Except Sunday for
Plymouth, GAINESVILLE. Williamson and.
windsor. TUESDAY, THURSDAY and;
SATURDAY for all iandings ton ChoWan3
river; on MONDAY and. FRIDAY. for
for Avoca Connee1iIig at lBclhaYen with
steamer Virginia Dare Tor Vile.
termcdiate landings: Connects at sElfza-i
beth civ Monday and Iqednesday5 Win
steamer EeWberne. for Roanoke Island.
Oriental and Newberne, tts5:y = "a ss55faS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08

EVENING EXPRESS LEAVES NON
FOLK Mt 4:io j. m. Tuesday, 2,hnrsday and
Saturday for Elizabeth, City. Edenton anil
With the steamer Neuse for ;NswEeriia.
Morehead City Klpston and Gold shdro;y iaI
Wilmington, N. G. and for all stations On
the w Il n. r. r.. Stops tsEsoahokeg Isl;
land Tuesday and Saturday. "a Z. t2llI
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
Chester and Lgloiil R..R,

Gops .south--laastern Time Standard. !,
Leave Horto.H .......S. A. L.....i BAG b. M
EEhh!e r.., ,..,.. 4 tL.,2;iS g. m
Ar.ive LeSoir &c : I::.losh m
. G ,ssHisf:ie 500 $50, S;05 pz rns5
SnssteE $50. .; A. ~ 40 a.. M
.-sspe S1neskSr .-s.... ". o:8Q a. nj.
ATFlVe forREilts I.... O.. q Las. III 80 a. m
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08

{ EASTERN y. CAROLINA D1SPATGR3
MINiONH LINE between all points Is0TshS
and Fast VIA Norfolk ands Norfolk gS1d
Southern railroaS ana lN = fa1xt ~
Frei I daily; untiiSb b; II Il
forwar ied promptly I! low rate 81 '
General Office Sof 5ths a, b I;
Norfolk Va. a. s
4 fI. r. KING. asnel 4
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
.pDIvE AT NORFOIK,

ARRIVE AT NORFOLK. sy2S SIS ri
Sunca 81 at l:sS p. m. and morning i!trsi:t
al ii nni Tuesday, Thursday. and saturday2
Sorfoik Tor tho North, East and SlWess.s
Fassenger stations foot o: East Main 81
and Western depo :, : reig hs gstn.s;
NNnfef atreeL 90. NJ.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08
Live stock.

BeeswaX -93Q24c. per pound.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08

sDaiiy except Sunday. Other time daily
No. l-Norfoi 10 Cincinnati and Louis
Vile daily. pnrIor car Old Point TO Rich
mond Pullman Sleeping Cars Rich
monl FOL Cincinnuti. Louisville and ST
Louis Meals served on diiiini; cars west
of Gordousvile. Connects nj Richmond
for I,ynchburg and Lexington. Va.
No. b-Dnily except Sunday. Richmond
to West Clifton Forge.
No. 3--NOrfok to Cincinnati and Louis
yIllo daily. Pullman sleeping cars Old
Point 70! Cincinnati and Louisville. Meals
served ON utn!ng cars west of Gordons-
vile.
Steamer Louise arrives ut Norfolk daily
~ :05 noon and f:D D. IN. '.
Fol- further information apply to
T.. W. CURD, Passenger Agent.
c. and o. Ticket Office. CRANKY street.
Under Atlantic Hotel.
@f John u. POTTS.,
Asst. General Passenger Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-08

Furs. Furs. Furs. Furs. Large
consignment from the manufacturer.
WALTER J. SIMMONS & co.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
All Our Chalk from England.

One of the few exclusively important
imported British products used In our
country is chalk. 1t comes from the
banks of the River Thames, being OBJ
tainable nowhere else in large uuanti-
ties. In Its crude form, remarkable
hint fossils are sometimes found. usual-
~ the remains of fish. The process of
manufacture from the natural state to
that OF form when it can be utilized
Is simple. When received at the mill
the chalk is put into great machines
ana ground in water, then foated off
into vats of water, where all the i'm
purities and foreign substances are pre-.
clpitated. the water being afterward
drawn Off by series of tiltering oper-
ations, and the soft residuum dried nv
steam heat and exposure to the air.
the substance Is then reduced TO n
powder of different degrees of fineness
by grinding in burr mills and betting
when 1t Is ready to be packed in bar.
rels and shipped for use. among tba
largest consumers being the rubber
goods manufacturers; rubber, in its
crude state, being sticky, unmanage-
able and available only for very simple
purposes, becomes vulcanlzed and hard
ened by adding TO it chalk while il is
hot thus rendering it suitable for the
various uses TO which it is put. As is
aiSo well known, large quantity of
chalk is employed in the preparation
OF paint and putty, being termed whit
ing when in this form
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

Among the many new things startad
by the Glasgow corporation is n fam.
lily home.' 1t is intended mainly for
widowers and widows who 90 out to
work. There are one hundred bed.
rooms, each of which contains a good
bed for the father or mother and n
broad cot for the younger children,
For these rooms the parents pay five
shilling six pence week, and that
sum includes the lighting, heating and
cleaning of them. Clean linen is sup-
Piled once a week. In the home. also.
there are dining, recreation and nurs-
cry rooms. The children are looked
after and cared for while the parents
are at work for an infnltesimal sum.
The cooking, washing and bathing ar
rangements are excellent, and as the
thing Is done ON large scale and eco
nomically arranged the establishment
Is expected TO pay for itself. Glasgow
henevolence is nothing If not practical
and this new home seems a most nd.
mlrable institution.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
THE TRAGIC STEAMER sULTANA.

2,1OO Union soldiers, who had been pris-
oners at Columbia, Libby, Anderson
vile and other Southern prisons. and
who had either been exchanged or freed
by the flight of their jailers. The SOL
diers We're from the West, and there
were several cases of 100 or so belong
ing to one regiment.
This was an enormous load for the
steamer and she made slow progress
up the river. The boat coaled at Mem
phis. After taking on an unusually
large supply, she left Memphis at 8
o'clock at night, April 26, 1865. She
pulled out of the harbor for the last
time and started up the river. But she
did not go far. About ten miles above
Memphis, while all were asleep. the
vessel exploded. 1t was o'clock in
the morning, April 27, 1865, that the
Sultana was wrecked, with loss of
LOCO men, nearly all Union soldiers.
One of the boilers burst, tearing ont
one whole side of the hull The vessel
then listed TO one side, while the other
which had caught fire, burned furiously
as the swift gale famed the flames into
roaring blaze. 1t was a horrible
scene. Twenty-Five hundred men were
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
PERILs OF SEA eUNNERY.
The Mates Agility and Quick Witted-
ness Save the Ship.

ness save tne SHlp'
An officer of the United States Navy
relates the following as illustrating
some of the perils of gunnery at sea:
Il am glad to see you again, and all
the more so, because, without knowing
it, came very near going up into the
air in small bits on this last squadron
cruise. We were at heavy gun prac-
1 tice at sea, and but for the quickness of
a gunner's mate would never have re-
turned. As you probably know, the
heavy guns in the turrets are fired by
electricity, the gun being discharged
simply by pressing button. The Off
Ger in command of the forward turret
on our ship during rapid-firing practice
was just about to press the button to
fire one of our big guns, when a gun
ner's mate was seen to grab at some
thing on the wall of the turret and then
fall in heap on the floor. The officer
pressed the button, but the gun was not
discharged. When the mate came to
he was asked what had happened, and
he Informed the officer that the breech
of the gun had not been locked and that
what he grabbed at on the wall was the
wires forming the electric firing cir
cult. When he saw that the officer was
prepared to fire the gun and at the
same time observed that the breech of
the gun was not locked, the only thing
that occurred to him to prevent the gun
being discharged was to destroy the cir
cult, which he did promptly and effec-
lively. When all this occurred there
was charge of go pounds of powder
in the gun, another charge of the same
size in the turret ready to be served,
and the passageway leading to the pow
der magazine was wide open. But for
the quickness of the gunner's mate the
gun would have been discharged the
breech block would have blown out in
side the turret, the gases from the
burning powder would probably have
ignited the charge lying in the turret,
this explosion would have ignited the
powder in the magazine, and the
chances are that the whole ship, crew
and all would have gone up in the air.
A thought that has occurred to me is
this: Suppose the accident had occur
red, what do you imagine the verdict
of a board of inquiry as to the cause of
the loss of the ship would have been?
Since this experience the department
has adopted electrical means to prevent
the discharge of any of the large guns
until the breech is locked"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

threw gold, emeralds and other pra.
ciOus metals and gems into a sacred
lake, in which he afterward bathed.
Beginning in 1882 the Spaniards sent
many large expeditions to search for
this phantom city, and most of them
ended disastrously, hundreds of lives
being lost. One explorer, Orellano.
averred that he found Ell Dorado in his
voyage down the Amazon in 1910. This
was disproved, but the search was con-
tinued down to the eighteenth century,
Some of the results We're the conquest
and settlement of New Granada. the
making known to the world of the
mountain region of Venezuela, the dis
covery of the noble rivers, the Orinoco
and the Amazon, and the exploration of
the vast forests west of the Andes.
About the end of the sixteenth century
an English expedition either sent out
by or under the personal leadership of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
The FL Dorado NIytb

Ell Dorado is the term now heard on
every side In connection with the placer
mines of Alaska and the Northwest
Territory of Canada. Its derivation is
OF interest. In the fifteenth century il
was rumored that there existed in the
northern part of South America a city
OF great wealth called Manoa. whose
King El Dorado by name, was period.
ically smeared with gold dust until his
whole body had a gilded appearance.
IL was said that on these occasions he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
GREAT NAVAL TRAGEDY.
Explosion on the Sultana that Killed
1,5OO American Troops.


I,5OO American Troops.
Dreadful as is the loss of more than
$50 lives on the Maine, this fatality is
not the worst in the naval annals of
the United States. BY far the greatest
loss of life from one American vessel,
and probably unsurpassed in the his
tory of the world, was when, at the
close of the civil war, the Mississippi
steamer Sultana blew up her boilers
near Memphis and hurled 1,500 Union
soldiers to death.
The Sultana was fine, large vessel,
285 feet long, which piled between St.
Louis and New Orleans. She left New
Orleans one fine April morning in 1865
on her return to st. Louis with heavy
cargo. She touched at Vicksburg on
her trip up the river, and took on board
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

Raleigh penetrated into Guiana, there
by obtaining claim on that country
which has resulted in the requirement
of the modern British colony of that
name.
1t has been supposed that the origin
OF this fable arose from the yearly cele-
bration of tribe of Indians near Go
gotta, whose chief was on these occa-
sions gilded with gold dust, but this
ceremony was never witnessed by the
Spaniards, and the story may simply
be another version of the Ell Dorado
myth.
The name Ell Dorado was commonly
used to describe the city or country
which was the object of the search, but
later usage of the term has been its
figurative application with regard to
any region of more than common rich
ness. Ell Dorado County, in California.
was the scene of the famous gold finds
of 40, and since then the expression
has been used to describe many gold
camps.-Pittsburg Commercial Ga
zette.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

population of over 100000. had in 1890
TWO years prior to the adoption of the
city charter, 43,29S inhabitants. Seven.
ty-hve years ago East Boston, Charles.
town, RoXbury, Dorchester, West Rox-
bury and Brighton were separate com.
munlties, East Boston not being an.
neXed until 1886, RoHbury until 1867,
dorchester until 1869 and Charlestown,
Brighton and West Roxbury until 1873.
Furthermore, in 1882, the great Back
Bay territory had not been reclaimed
from the waters of the inner harbor.
and the new commonwealth lands in
South Boston were not in existence.
Nearly every young man has the no.
ton that something important is liable
to so on down town at night
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
The Whirligig OF Time.

Mary had little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
Its fleece is still as white as snow.
But Mary's lamb has grown.
And now she'd rather walk three milas
Than face that lamb alone.
Truth.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25
EXPLOSION OF THE sULTANA.

blown into the air, and fell into the
water with the shattered ruins of the
once proud Sultana. Many of the men
We're torn to pieces. while hundreds
sank beneath the waves.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

Almost every one holds an old piece
OF paper or silver money which he
nopes some day to get something for"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

W men woman has been in society.
ana turned out, she is us disagreeable
as the man who has once been up in
the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-25

Growth of the City of Boston,
The city of Boston, which now has n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
The Marsac Mill.

Hon. R. C. Chambers, superintendent
of the Ontario, who has returned from
Park City, informs The Herald that the
Marsac mill is running successfully on
Ontario mill tailings, and that the plant
is handling about eighty tons daily.
In speaking of the operations of the
Marsac, Mr.. Chambers stated that r.
B. Watson, who has been in charge of
the teaching department of the mill for
the past five years, had departed on
Thursday of last week for Mexico, to
accept a position at San Luis Potosi as
manager of both the mine and mill at
that place and at a good salary. The
company very much regretted losing
Mr.. Watson, who is a man of ability
and character and a gentleman who
thoroughly understands his business.
His place at the Marsac is now held
down by George D. Blood of California,
who is filing the position very satisfac-
torily to the company
Mr.. Chambers states that there is no
probability that the Ontario mine will
be started up again with a full force
until some time next spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

1t is with pleasure that The Herald is
able to state that everything is at last
clear sailing with the Geyser- Marion
company, operating in the wonderful
gold camp of NIercur, as arrangements
were perfected yesterday whereby a
settlement was effected in the Mosby
vs.. Generalization case in which the
supreme court decreed that a one-half
interest in the CSeyser claim. embraced
In the compaRy's holdings, rightfully
belonged to the plaintiff in the case,
The decision carrying with it an order
that the company must pay to Mr..
Mosby one-half of the net profits ac-
cruing during the time it has been
worked and operated by the company.
While the details of the settlement
have not been made public and win not
Tor some time to come, it is learned
that the terms are eminently satisfac-
tory to all parties concerned, and 1t is
stated that the settlement gives the as
ISOLATION relief and release from the
payment Of any further damages, and
at the same time it vests with the COM
pany full and complete title to Mr..
Mosby's undivided one-half interest in
the Geyser claim, which, as a matter
Of fact. is but a small portion Of the
valuable property now owned by the
ONlIl lSdllA
The settlement of this dispute places
the company on an excellent footing,
and clears the calendar of the last
vestige of litigation and Of the numer
Gus suits that have clouded the horizon
OF the incorporation ever since it began
doing business in Camp Floyd district,
the first suits being between the Geyser
and the Marion companies, the consoli-
dalton of these rival corporations set
Ting forever the disputes between them,
and now that this Mosby case has been
disposed of. there is no reason why the
company should not enjoy tranquility
and prosperity in the future, as it will
not be long before the amount due Mr.
Mosby will be paid, when the company
once more viii be installed on a diVi-
dend-paying basis, having already dis
tributed $4,000 among it's stockholders
since the consolidation, the outlook for
the company being especially bright, as
it is understood that in the workings
Of the mine splendid bodies of good
milling ore are in sight, the property
being in better Shape at the present
time than has ever been the case in its
previous history.
The tone Of the mining share market
would and should indicate what effect
this settlement would have on the
shares Of the company, and as Geyser-
Marion stock was buoyant and strong
yesterday, it is believed that it will
soon reach former figures in its quota
TONS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY, DECEMBER

week in the development of the prop
erty of the West Mercur Mining COM
pany, which embraces a group of
twenty three claims on the west dip of
Camp Floyd district, nine of which are
pending patent.
This valuable property adjoins the
Snowstorm mine on the south, and the
indications are that within the environ
ments of this extensive group there
will be found 1850 feet of the extension
of the Daisy, South Daisy and Snow
storm ledge, to demonstrate which the
company viii do some extensive devel-
opment work this winter and coming
spring, and as this splendid mineral
belt is permanent and continuous, as
proven by workings in adjoining prop
critics, there is good reason to believe
that the West N1ercur will soon see the
day when this ground can be classed as
milling and paying proposition.
Connected with this enterprise is j.
D. Kiefer, president and manager of
the company, who has already made a
fortune in Camp Floyd district; Arthur
Murphy, of the Four Aces; G. w.
Kiefer, D. S. Taggart and c. E. Peyton,
the latter being secretary of the COM
n9nV