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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
Gift for DIR. Ryland

A few days ago Dr. Robert Ryland
and his wife celebrated their golden
wedding at their temporary home. In Lex
Ihe First Baptist church, Of this city,
remembered the venerable man. and a
committee was appointed 20 select a suit
able token OF mat remembrance and
send il 10 him on the part OF the church.
THAT committee consisted Of Drs. j. X.
Garlick and II. 4. Upper and Messrs.
r.. NJ. Leftwich and john G. Williams.
10 was decided 10 send DR. Ryland $50
In gold. a gold dollar for each year or
his weddcd life.
Dr. Ryland is now more than ninety
years old. but In good physical and men
tai health, and is the chaplain OF the
Southern West Virginia Institute. lie
was the first president Richmond Col
lege ever had.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
SUPREME COURT.
Decisions Handed Down i'm Appeal
Cases at Wytheville.

WYTHEVILLD, VA, July Especial
The following proceedings were mad in
the Supreme Court OF Appeals to-day.
Judge James Keith. p. Watts VS.. Knoll
Circuit Court OF Tazewell county. Az
hrmed by divided court.
Anderson VS.. CrestOn Land Company.
Circuit Court Of Roanoke county. AZ
hrmed.
Carnahan VS.. Ashworth Hastings
Court city OF Radford. Reversed.
Judge John W. Riey-Banner vs. Rosser.
Circuit Court OF Scott county. Amended
and affirmed.
Judge r. II. Cardwell. Francis vs.. Cline
and others. Circuit court OF TazeHell
county. Reversed.
Judge John A. Buchanan. Osborne and
ais vs.. Hammer and ais. Writ Of error
10 the Circuit Court of Montgomery
county Dismissed as improvidently
awarded. Matney VS.. Ratclin $ admr.
Circuit Court of Buchanan county. De
cree affirmed.
Judge George NJ Harrison. Brown vs..
Christian. clerk of the Hastings Court
city OF Richmond. Writ Of mandamus
denied.
White VS. Valley Building and Inv. Co
Hastings Court city OF Roanoke. Appeal
dismissed as improvidently awarded
Baylor and Carr vs.. Fulkerson. Cir
Bank vs. Hansburgers admr. Circuit
Court OF Page county. Appeal and sup.
Bond $3.50.
Town Of Harrisonburg VS.. Roller, Cir
cult Court Of Rockingham county. APP
peal and sup. Bond $500.
Thompson admrs. vs.. Wtten and ais,
Circuit Court OF Tazewell county. Writ
OF error refused.
Mitchell VS.. Woolford and ais Circuit
Court Of Blanc county. Writ OF error re-
fused
Flennery vs.. Pennington Circuit Court
OF Lee county. appeal refused.
Wilson. trustee vs.. Hundiey. Petition
for rehearng refured.
Franklin county vs.. Saunders and same
vs.. ellis and Johnson argued and submit
ted.
Reusens VS.. Lawson Partially argued.
The court will adjourn its session here
so soon as all cases from eighteenth cir
cult judge Dupuy have been heard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08

ANNISTON. ALA. July j.-IAehning
played a very peculiar freak on the farm
OF Mr.. W j. Snow. Ia Chocc0locco val.
ley seven miles east 0f here. during
a thunder storm "a few afternoons since.
The flashes were particularly frequent
and vivid over a certain spot I'm a field
Of cotton and after the storm was spent
IL was noticed that for O. round place
0ne-siXtcenth OF an acre IN area the cote
ton and an other vegetation looked -
~ il had been scaided. though there was
no mark ON the ground. Time showed
that the cotton and other vegetation
was killed outright. as II did nor revive
There was a similar phenomenon on The
farm Of Captain r. .. Bush. president ot
the Mobile ana Birmingham railroad
which is located about thTee miles from
that OF Mr.. Snow. two or three years
ago. but In this latter instance The fer'
fifty Of the ground Itself seems 10 have
been killed. "a II has been impossible 20
raise anything OF consequence on IL
since.-Atianta Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
Rerormatory for Negro Youth.

The Broad Neck estate In Hanover
county, about eighteen miles from Rich
mond will be purchased for the establish
ment OF the proposed reformatory Tor ne
gro boys and girls II the balance OF the
money needed 10 make the first payment
can be raised Within two weeks. The
option on the property expires at that
time. and President John II. Smyth and
those associated with him m the move
ment 10 get this institution for the hene-
ht Of the young are az work 10 secure the
amount needed so as not 90 lose the OPP
portunity TO get such a desirable farm.
They appeal 10 the public 90 help them
secure the property The Virginia Trust
Company OF this city Will receive con-
tributiOus.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
General Wheeler.

We can quite easily believe the story
from Santiago that General Joe wheeler
did not want 10 wait fOr the siege guns.
"Old age ne'er cools the Douglas blood Do
But General Shafter showed sound mill
tarv sense and fitness for command when
he held his fiery subordinate In leash,
and made him wait. They have proverb
in the south OF Europe that he who goes
prudently goes with a whole skin II IS
a wise prOverb. Hartford Courant
This il easily believed Of Major Cen
eral sixty-two years old who climbs trees
in uniform. General Wheeler Is as fierce
as a wildcat and as full Of life and en-
ergv as a school boy. Old age. forsooth!
He is one OF the men who never grow old.
New York Commercial-Adverti
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
JUSTICE JOHN.
John W. Madison and Peter Shorts
Placed Under Bond.

John W. Madison. a cOlored preacher,
once candidate FOR mayor. was before
the court on the charge OF trespassing
upon the property known as Magnolia
Springs Grove"
The facts are that Madison applied 10
Mr.. j. ID. Carneal agent for the property
and expressed his desire TO rent IL. The
sum OF 30, rent FOR three months was
required IN advance. but Madison re-
fused 10 pay II. and then ne sent several
emissares 10 see the agent ana the own
er. One OF them happened 10 be col
ored lawyer, named Peter Shorts, who
found that he couId get the place
by paying one months rent IN advance.
He reported the matter 10 Madison and
arrangements were made FOR the occupa-
ton OF the place by Madison. a contract
having been drawn up by Shorts, In
which II was specified that Madison
should pay Shorts the money and the
latter 10 pay the agent.
Madison took possession or the property
and erected pavilion and other things
thereon, and enclosed the place with
wire fence. Then he opened a picnic
ground.
Mr.. Carneal discovered that the place
was being occupied without his consent
and he ordered 1t 10 be closed.
Then the facts came our and II was
shown that the agent had received no
money whatever and had not even been
aware of the occupation or the property.
Shorts had given the contract under tina
impression that Madison would pay him
the money so that he could pay the
agent. but Madison had paid him only
$3.50. half OF which was for his services
in getting him the park
Madison stated that he rented the
place in good faith from Shorts. believing
mat he had paid for the park I'm advance.
and that he had spent about $50 in put
ting up improvements.
When the evidence had been heard and
tbs lawyers had made their speeches In
a very few words the Party on the throne
announced his decision.
This is a high-handed outrage" he
said. II believe Madison knew that he
was acting badly and that he made
tool OF Shorts. Shorts should be pun
ished. however. for allowing himself 10
be used and ! place both OF them under
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
THE ROUGH RIDERS FIGHT.
Stories of Brave Deeds Told by Ser
.,.,,s n.sIa.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. July e-Sergeant
Ousler Of the regular army. the man
Who carried Hamilton Fish to the rear
after the first Santiago night, arrived
in Washington a few days ago 10 get
the commission that was promised him
for his gallant work on that accession
His term OF service was up several days
before the fight took place. but he stayed
on with his outfit. over time, in order TO
be In the beginning Of the game before
the heights OF Santiago.
THAT story about Assistant Surgeon
Church. the young Washington medico OF
the Rough Riders. who dressed a fallen
mans wound away OUT ahead OF the line
amid a hail or Mauser bullets. has been
published. see" said Ousler. but the
GOODNESS Of that young fellow wasn't even
half described. While he was making
an examination OF his wounded comrade
paying no attention 10 the whistle Of the
bullets. Young private 81 the Rough
Riders, who had ben college mate Of
Church az Princeton. yelled over 10 him
from q distance OF about twenty feet
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
Incarccrated for Murder.

WINSTON. y. c.. July L-speciai-
John Jack Mays. the white man who
stands charged with numbering. robbing
and then burning the home Of Mrs. Mar
tina Higgins. an old woman near kapps
Mills, Surry county. was brought here
by Sheriff Davis this afternoon and placed
IN Jail for safe keeping.
NAYS was given "a preliminary trial
a few days ago and bound over 20 the
next term Of Surry court
The evidence agains, him IS very dam
aging.
The state Executive Committee has
decided 20 not hold a State Sunday
School Convention this year.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
i Warren Rocker Very Ill.

The many friends OF Mr.. j. Warren
Booker. OF 5ft l-2 north Fifth street Will
be much grieved 10 learn that this popu-
lar young man is critically III with
typhoid fever Mr.. Booker has been
complaining for some time but only call
ed In medical aid a few days ago. when
It was found that the fever had already
taken hold
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. July -
Special-Mr John Tyler night engineer
at Smiths Ice Factory. who was SO seri-
Dusty burned a few nights ago. by the
explosion OF a lamp. died to-day from
his injuries. He was 50 years old and
came here about one year ago from
Hanover county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
Dickinson County.

DWALE VA. July Especial. The
long dry spell has been broken by a good
rain. There had been 30 rain Tor about
two weeks Crops OF aI kinds are look
ing well Wheat ana rye a.e being har-
vested Both are good We'd ~ IL said
that corn viii be the best In ton years
Shake Ross and Isaac Cantrfll have
gone 60 help fight Spain. They are the
first 20 volunteer from DlcksnsOn county
Tho alOriOus Fourth was observed at
Clnfu 0y shooting rre-crackeTs and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
Eugene Pvl. I'm the <rmy

Mr.. d. Hardy Pyle has received a let
ter from his son. Eugene, who mas re-
sided IN Baltimore for two or tnree years
stating that he had enlisted In company
!, First Maryland volunteers ana would
Join the command at Fortress Monroe
next week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08

months should begin 70 run and had no
reference 70 the conditions imposed upon
the privilege OF redeemlng. Mandamus
refused.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-08
~. lfill ImnroYinr.

Mr.. Robert Hih JT., continues slowly
20 improve. He 10 now considerably better
than he was a week ago and the chances
OF his recovery are favorable.
The oasis., 1898-12-10
Whole No. 2oo.

Line City Division No. 355, B of S. E., was organized last Sunday. Of- ticers, w. F, Schoonmaker, chief en- gineer; D. Avery, Sec. Eng; w. E. Butler, K. A. E., W. P. Murphy, sec- retary of insurance and journal agent
 Sunday morning Doctor II. S. Sevey, who had been visiting his family at Nogales several days, returned to Santa Elena, where he is the surgeon for the Santa Elena Mining Co., The doctor contemplates coming back to Nogales and entering practice here.
 Late Saturday afternoon of last week the infant son of Mir and Mrs. L. w. Mix was suddenly siezed with cerebro-spinal meningitis, and during the night passed uway. The obse- quies, Sunday, were largely attended by sympathetic friends The little one, who seemed remarkably healthy right up to the time of the fatal at tack, was about one month old.
 Pains in the chest when person has cold indicate tendency toward pneumonia. A piece of flannel dam pened with Chamberlain's pain balm and bound on to the chest over the seat of pain will promptly relieve the the pain and prevent the threatened attack Of pneumonia. This same treatment will cure lame back in a few hours. For sale by Jas. B. Mix & Co.
 Elegant ladies watches and gents time pieces, the best makes, in solid gold cases, and a large and well select ed assortment of iine jeweIry large stock just received by the Sonora News O., in their new store in the Marsh x ldain pluck. The large and unique assortment of Mexican drawn linen. filigree jewelry, curios, etc, has beep greatly increased and prices within Ahe reach of all.
 The improvements now just com pleted at the station grounds at Mo- gales by the railroad have added greatly to the appearance of the town aud the facilities for doing business The two handsome and well finished depots, one each side Of the lines l20 feet apart, are very imposing structures, kept as neat and clean as housewfe's Kitchen present very handsome appearance. In surveying what has been done one must give the devil his due-yet there are nu- merous improvements which can be still suggested and would add greatly to the handsome effect already real ized. For instance, the blind siding next to Morley avenue might be thrown over on the other side of the tracks.
The oasis., 1898-12-10
MORALES NOTES.
Items Gathered Around the
 Line Cities.

Fine Christmas calendars, elegant for holiday gifts. at J. B. Mix &Co. s.
 Remember that Pascholy sells toys, notions and all Xmas goods at any price offered.
 Monday morning Colonel Allen T. Bird of THE OASIS, went to Hermo- sllo and Minas Prietas on business. He expected to return this evening. l All subscribers to THE OASIS fail ing to receive their paper regularly are requested to notify the publica- tion office, SO the error may be rec tifed
 For a Dice, clean shave or an artistic hair cut go to P. P. Bustamante Calle Elias, Nogales, Sonora; fourth door from Hotel Cazabon. Good barber, careful attention.
 Monday MT. J. H. McKim, who is operating the very rich and famous Nina Roy, in the Pilares district south of Bisbee, passed NOgales, CT route to Hermosilio, on business.
 Photograph albums, toilet cases fancy work boxes, shaving sets, and numerous other fancy articles, emin' ently suitable for Christmas and New Years gifts at J. B. Mix & Co.'s.
 Prominent and public spirited citi zeDs of Nogales, Sonora, who have ample capital to carry out their pro jects. contemplate erection of a hand some, modern theatre in that city.
 FOR RENT-A good house of seven ] large rooms beside kitchen and store room, a wide hall and large porch Suitable for boarding house or lod ging house. Apply to Geo. Darms.
 Art squares. rugs, hassecks, mats and over sixty different patterns Of carpets, from the cheapest iDgrains tc the best velvets, at very reasonable prices at Stambaugh's furniture store
 Monday Mir. Harry Van Treese who went to Cuba as member of the famous Rough Rider regiment re turned to Nogaes. He will return tt 1 the service of the Sonora railway com pany.
 l RAILROAD MEN ATTENTION IF Fleischer Bros are now the sole agents for the famous union made 1 Carheart Overalls. Every customer l is furnished with a time book free of charge
 Sunday morning MT. R. w. Curtis travelling agent for the Texas X Paci l fic railway, passed Nogales en route to Hermosillo, Guaymas and other points in Sonora, on business for his company.
 Monday morning Colonel F. H Seymour, president-proprietor of the Torres & Prietas railway, Mrs. Sey mour and Miss Seymour, passed No gales returning home to Torres aftel protracted visit in California.
 Mir. B. s. Parker of Cairo, Illinois was visiting Nogales the latter part of last week, the guest of MT. Joar Dessart, president of the Interna tional bank. Monday he went soutt for short tour through Sonora.
 Sunday morning Mir. Demetrio Gil I of Tucson, passed Nogales en route through Sonora upon a trip cumbin ing business and pleasure, in whicf he contemplated visiting the Altar district, Hermosillo and Guaymas.
The oasis., 1898-12-10
SONORA SETTINGS.
coiIectIon of Happenings in the State
 Over the Line.

Tuesday morning MT. Jos Pollen, hook keeper for the Grand Central Mining Co.,, at La Colorado, went to San Francisco to enjoy d holiday vaca- tion.
 At the Hotel Cohen at Hermosillo, tbe little six months old baby Of MT. and Mrs. Jose Maria Maytorena. of the house of Moller & Co. of Guay- mas, died after short illness
 About the 20th inst, MT. F. J liar rington, agent for the Sonora railway, will go to California on leave of absence for the Christmas and New Years holidays. MT. w. c. Bowman will act as agent in bis stead
 Last week oranges on the trees at Hermosillo sold for sl.50 per box in Mexican money. In the days of the Wilson tariff act. in the United States, when the duty was about half that nov levied, Sonora oranges sold for seventy-fve cents per box upon the trees.
 At Fl Globo, the great commercial house of Marburg X Luders at Her mosilo, has been recently received an elegant line of French and English cassimeres for gentlemen's clothing, ladies' dress goods, laces, etc. For Christmas and holiday gifts they present a new and elegant assortment of the choicest perfumes.
 Hermosillo has of late been infested by number Of American tramps who are begging on the streets, annoying everybody with their importunities and making of themselves nuisances generally. It. Is thought that the numerous depredations committed of late in that city are due to them. The authorities ought tO take them in hand and put them into the army.
 The water has been pumped out Of the Ahogado mine, and the owners have started to sink the shaft to a greater depth and open up new work ings below. This promising property is owned by company of which MT. James McNab of San Francisco, is president, George J. Wanless of Her mosillo, is general manager, and J. D. McGilvray superintendent. The lat ter was in HermosillO from the mine early this week.
 The Hermosillo branch Of the Mexi- can ore Co. Is doing ushing busi- ness and handling all the ore it can possibly handle with present facili- ties This week-amOng other nu- merOus consigumeuts- was several carloads Of copper matte from the Quntares mine, near Alamos This property has an almost continuous record of two hundred years as a producer. small furnace reduces the ore to matte, which is run through arock breaker, sacked and shipped The matte is rich in silver.
 The Rio Grande, Mexican x Pacific railway, now running from El Paso to Casas Grandes, in the state of Chi huahua, Is making desperate effort to diver from Bisbee traffic out of the aontezuma district. The railroad company recently offered to contract freight from El Paso to the mines at Flares, and to contract to carry ores directly from the mouths of the mines at Pllares to the shelter at El Paso, transporting the freight by pack trains between Casas Grandes and Flares, and assuming all care and Responsibility the entire distance.
The oasis., 1898-12-10

dOluJ Op.f udo EDuc lp iut rItut VI his labors, reaching La BarraDca early in the present week. El Traico states that the exploration force num- bers two engineers and more than fifty workmen of various kinds, with a splendid outfit of tools and imple- ments for the work in hand. It IS anticipated that about fifty laborers will be employed. several months in sinking shafts, running tunnels, etc.
 Graham Bulletin James Colqu- houn and Col M J. Eagan left Solo knoxville Tuesday morning by private conveyance for Clifton MT. Colqu- houn, general superintendent of the Arizona Copper Co.,, arrived in Solo, knoxville on Monday from visit to Blsbee aud Nacosari in company with Prof. Douglass. MT. Colquhoun was very much impressed with the Naco- sari country. The railroad from Bis bee to Nacosari will not be completed for five years, but a railroad connect ing the mines with the smelters at Nacosari, five miles in length, has been completed aud the mines are being worked V igorously.
 The floating gang on the sonora railway, under charge of Mr. J. c. Flores, which worked the greater part Of last year about Magdalena, Imuris and Pearson, and was moved to Her mosillo some time in the summer, to put in the loop which replaced the Y {, was reorganized when the latter work was completed. The Chinese labor CTS were all dispensed with, and in- stead MT. Flores was given charge Of force of ten teams of hOr; es, with the necessary blows, scrapers, drivers and helpers all native Mexican work men. With these he is working below Torres, widening embankments, en- larging dtches and waterways, and improving the roadbed generally,
 Prescott Courier: Some time ago the Courier noted the fact that James Shirley, of the mining firm of Van derbilt & Shirley, had returned from Sonora. where he had obtained au op- tion on mining bonanza. On last Sunday, in Hotel Burke, S4,000 was paid to secure this mine to Nauder- bilt & Shirley and Mir. Mitchell, the latter d copper expert of Jerome. Mir, Mitchell went to Sonora to look at the mine, which is located lu the Ca- nanea mountains, and is reported to have been simply dumfounded at the almost incredible extent aud richness of the properties, in which it is said there is now over S6,000 900 worth of copper in sight. There are forty claims in the group. A hundred thousand dollar property will be put on the properties, a railroad will be built, and about TOO men will be em- ployed when the plant is in opera tion. Mr. Mitchell will be superin- tendent. Judge Sanford, who fixed up the papers when the transfer and first payment was made, will be at torney for the new company. MT. Vanderbilt has expended thousands of dollars in mining hereabouts; he has pinned his faith to James Shirley as a successful mining man, and now that both seem to have millions in sight it is a matter of congraCulation, for no matter where they make their money, old YsyapaI will catch the bulk of 1t.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-06
liam Herschers sister and permitted to
FRENCH AND GERMAN.

When Fanny Mendelssohn died her
brother Felix fell forward fainting for
a month he would neither speak, read,
write nor play the piano, and shortly
he died. He confessed toward the end
he had no wish to live since he could
not see his sister again in life, and he
was buried beside her whom he seemed
to have loved more tenderly than wife
or children. AS an admirable musician
this sister was of inestimable value to
Mendelssohn, and her few compositions,
pretty bits of fancy, he loved to play
as much as his own great productions.
No wit less noble than these other
Accordingly devoted and unselfish sis
tiers was Henrietta Renan, 30 whose
cheerful resignation of marriage for his
sake her great brother, Ernest, testi-
fies. Though an honest man offered
Henriette his heart and home, with all
that the prospects of wifely dignity and
maternal ties must have meant to such
a woman, she, without hesitation, laid
the whole offering on the altar of sis
terly fidelity.
Dorothy Wordsworth was the woman
who persuaded her brother to devote
his life to poetry, and as guarantee
of her faith in him she bore all her life
with his trying idiosyncracies, INDUCED
his humors. stimulated his courage and
played such a part as Jane Welsh failed
to assume for Carlyle or Mary Shelly
for the great poet
FANNY ENDERS.