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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
NEW YORK MONEY MAnKEr.

New York. May 3.-Moncy on call.
steady a las per cent. last loan. 4
per cent; prime mercantile paper, 81
W4A per cent; sterling exchange.
easier. with actual business In bank
crs bills at stS7hG4S7a. for demand,
and AT SiS5laGiiS69. for sixty days;
posted rates. MS6E and $iSSt.: COM
mercial bills, SSiisMiS5: silver certi-
hcates, 62sI6e&c.: bar silver, 6l7sc.;
Mexican dollars. 4Siac.; Government
bonds. strong: State bonds. inactive;
railroad bonds. strong
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
GRAIN. Hay AND n1cn


mixed. 42c.: from store, Acc ;c.'' store 4Se';
NJ lbI, FEED-Market steady. IRA,
Ii9m 90. shii9re SidoS; middlng. from store.
UIIAAIYs,SSteady; mixed. SIC: white, ssc.
MlLLED KiCE-As to erades-5u %
ROUGH R1CE-o5d7sc. per busheI.
PEANUTS AND PEAS.
: ,r Pr =, firm: fancy gaze
sslr51,etiy prime. sic; prime. &C.. common
Ed65tse' Spanish. Soc. per bushel.
fEAS-Biaekeye. 500 per bag.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
eot IN soi ~ JI.hi-Live steady; chickens old
1;gc "Vq d ,oc;, spring chickens. steady. at il
I;GGS-Steady. lie per dozen
DDbH,ITEK-Good country. II to Ice.
ole, 10Y ~ NT tn : Quiet: Smithneld
lima n iS o,i loQi2l9c.; good North Cara-
N p9TAToL [:5, Northern seed ssooas5O
yellow, sl.5oul,C6 go Per oarrei;
CCAA,H,lE;AltG.h :, in market.
CNIONS-S3. O0fl3. % per bag
bEhMu DA-S2o0 per box.
FRUITS.
- ArrLEs-Northcrn. ;5.0oaooo per bor
LEMONS 5oa3.cO per box
PDACHES-None
Inn ES-ti 30 per neck
PINE APPLES-3 TO iee.: FIori,, ., :,
to 500 per case ua VIZ
BBAANNANAs:maPor bunch. zoe. OSLO
COCOANCTS-lc 10 bar. 81 90
= e4+lFOKNIA ;t.ii rs se.OV
SS'ocq3.25; naveis. ss75qi.oo per box. .'''''s D
GROCERIES.
FLOUR Market strong; spring wheat.
IA pNxs fEt xt-s,,
ard patent. si2o. winter whco:. half pat
cnt. So aO winter wheat. best straipht
$3.50; winter wheat. choice straight, SS. ;o:
winter wheat. family. $3.50; winter wheat
fair TO good grades of extra, $3.50: win.
ter wheat super S3.00Q3iO
MEAI-Per bag 100 lbs. sI.Os; 90 lb
coFTEE-Javn. 2ia25c.: do. 1nrpor,
I2Gi3c.: choice Rio. lU4mlihc: prime, do
l9ploi.c-; fair. do. sQs3ic.; common, do
BU'rTrR-Prlm to choice grades. c,c
far to good grades, % to 2lc.; Ialr grades
49,: small full cream. 1870. A'' erea H.
SUGAH-Markct very firm at the
a adndint % out ooi of town prices DE-
iercnt points: Cut Loaf. 59S; Patent
Cubes go: Powdered, 566 Granuated
I IA Gran1iatrd In 5-lb. bags, 5.5i Granu-
~. Kerstone y, st:9S; American 4, I.9S;
C1,entcnnial a. l.ss: California 4. l.SI:
FRANKLIN u. IS'; keystone b. no: Ameri-
can fah ~, 40: Centennial H.. 4.GG: California
4. $50; Franklin Extra c, i5i; Keystone
Extra c. AS American Extra G. All:
c. ].35 Franklin Extra c. a.s5 ''' i1A''"
SNRUPS AND MOLASSES Market
irmer a; the advance: syrup good TO
ohoice. 29I?2; lower grade syrup. l2Il5:
Cuban, meme: New Orleans. fair 10 cnoice
u 10 Sc: common. IL 10 IL.
PROVISIONS.
BULK MEATs-Markct higher; r,h
sides. 5hN5i.c.; bellies eastern. 5iaSf5a. =
bellies. western, 5,4G5asc. iN''
liAMS-Sugar cured 9isc.
DRY SAI;TED !oWLEs-ihc.
MESS rORI<-Old $.Go
HAM PORk-pcr barrel. $1,000
EARD-Pure butchers, in ticrces cue
compound terccs. BE-; So-lb tubs and
SOLD. tins &c more. "''u
WOOL AND HIDES.
WOOL-Unwashcd. Isc: bulky 70 ?.
less: washed Wool Csc: black. i2tsc. TO lse
lUpES-G. $. ~; green. 69. dry INIT
"a: drv salt. illa damaged Z.
SALT FISH
HERRING-Ncw; Eastern Gross. rer
barrel. none; muliets. loO-lb. kegs. s275;
2. s2l.oo
FRESH FISH
Spots. none: breakers. per pound, &C.;
none; large rock, per pound,
buck. &c: roe, lie.
Householders take notice, For house
hold paints, bath tub enamel. floor
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
SWEET CHALYBEATE SPRINGS,
ALLEGHANY COUNTY. VA.

This entire property has been purchased
by Mr.. CARTER IILAXTON HUNTER
OF West Virginia. who proposes making
many improvements and refurnishhing
the hotel and cottages throughout The
management OF tho hotel will be oont.n
ued Under Mr.. II. f. EAKLlr. who has
for the past three years operated 1t so
successfully.
These charming springs arc situated in
a lovely valley. cnsconccd in the back-
bone Of the Alleghanies. at an elevation
of 5000 feet. In the midst of the Springs
Region OF Virginia. and only n. ne miles
from Allegheny Station-the highest point
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway By
actual analysis the best chalybcat c
water in this country: none better in the
world elegant bath pools. Beef and NUT
ton s17Tftrd froru tiIe .1;ttr---f7.iic- era SIS
sod. NcSetabie in abundance. grown in
the garden Of this noted property. Rates
moderate. For further particulars write
Il. l.. EAKLE. JR,
ap4-4m Manager.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
BOND MARKET
CHICAGO MARKET.
wheat. Corn. oats. Provisions. Lar1. Short
MS Etu.

Chicago. Ill. May S.-Fears Of cur
taiIrnent in the Spring wheat acreage
on account of unreasonable weather in
the Northwest, with II sharp advance
at Liverpool, strengthened wheat to-
day. Profit taking near the end wiped
out most OF the advance. however, July
closing With a gain of only lsMAc.
Corn declined hMAc. Oats advanced
~, Pork lost 25@27l2c.; Lard. nc,
and Ribs. 5Q7i4c.
Tie leading futures ranged as follows:
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore. May 3.-Flour. quiet. un-
changed. Wheat, dull; spot and
month. June and July, 76@76hc.
Southern by sample, 70@77c. Corn.
firmer; spot 3Sss @p3S%c.; month. 3Shdb
3Sesc.; June, 3SssQ3S7sc; Southern
white corn. 4i6il1ac. Oats. dull: No.
white. 35Gp35hc. Rye, easier: No. .
nearby, =; No. Western, 63lac
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04

sunrise anu sunset arc computed for the
Visible rising and setting; the observers
eye 10 feet above sca-lcvel ana view un
INSTRUCTED
In the tide columns. Oh. com. is mid
night: IL Il Uom. Is mon.
Small tides range Is to ~ feet rise:
average tides. 23 TO 30 feet: great tides.
80 10 SO feet. Gales from ncrth 10 east
cause extreme high tides
MOONS PHASES:
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
NORFOLK MHRKETs
for Grain. flag, Groceries, Provision,
sc,

e"o'nfionsat Wholesale Prices. nm
"'"cr"tHe statcd, md prices arc
'""I'e' 10 nuct"Rtion in market.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
The Cotton Markets.

New York, May 3.-Speculative opera
tons in cotton futures continued upon
q conservative scale and fluctuations
were within a narrow scope. The mar
ket opened quiet, at an advance OF 1M2
POINTS, cables being better than had
been generally looked for, resulting in
starting UP a little demand from local
shorts. Orders from outside sources
failed to come In, however, and the
market soon became easier and very
dun. BY noon the little advance Sc
cured at the opening call had about
disappeared aud for the rest of the scs-
sion the variations were quite unim-
nortant; an order either way would
disturb the market n point or so. but
there was no general trade ut any time.
Few private cables were in circulation;
such as reached here indicated 4 dispo-
sition In Europe to procrastinate, as to
dealings in future deliveries. pending
further crop data. The effect of the
weekly weather bureau report was
bearish, but was offset by special dis
patches from New England cloth mar
lSets. indicating decided strength with
printers competing sharply for large
lines of cloth. The final phases Of tho
market were sieadier on later bullish
crop accounts, with indications of frost
in tho southwest, notably in Texas,
and also better late cables. On light
covering the market recovered rapidly
and returned to the best prices of the
morning. The close was steady, / To :
points net higher
New York, May 3.-Cotton quiet;
middling Csc; net receipts, 5i3 bales
gross, 4.256 bales; sales. 42l bales; stock
1G6,546 bales.
Total to-day: Net receipts, 124st
bales; exports to Great Britain. CATS
bales; to the Continent. 1864 bales;
stock, 113.022 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 5312s
bales; exports to Great Britain u sc!
bales: 10 France. 7.SSi; to the Cont
nent. 36.iS9 bales.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts, 7.906.i95 bales: exports to Great
Britain. 1886, SOS bales to France, G75.
6S5 bales; to the Continent, 2.49l O2s
bnles.
New York, May s.-cotton futures
opened quiet: May, $40 June, 5.S2 July
5.SG. August. 5.S7; September. 5S5: Oc-
tober, 5.SI: November, 5SS: December
5a9; January 5.95; February. sos;
March, COL
Futures closed steady: May, 5.77;
June. ISL; July. $50: August 5.S7: Sep
tcmber b.Sl: October. 5S7: November
ass: December. 80: January. 5.95:
February 5.9S; March. col.
spot cotton closed quiet: middling up-
lands. Csc; middinS gulf, 6asc; sales,
i21 bales.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
BYRD, BALDWIN & CO.,
RENTAL AGENTS. ROOMS ~ AxD.s
slADuINGrON BCII.DISG,
GRANNY STREET..

\ Il ~
10 Falkland. $3.50.
f2o Church. $500.
STORES.
lG1 Church. $50. 90.
S3l Church. $1,000.
337 Church. 5000.
So Bank. $40 90.
Go COMMERCIAL. SIS.
800 CRANKY. $500.
3l4 CRANKY. 5000.
OFFICES.
Warehouse and Of
nccs cor. Water
and Fayetie. sS3.S4
I05 CRANKY. $500.
2l7 Main. $40 each.
400 Main. stables. IS
West building. cor.
Main and Church.
Haddlngton Build
ing, cor. CRANKY
and City Hall ave.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04

GtSoS, ~. AIS tnereln pending. as Special
commissioners acting under the said de-
cree. we shall offer for salo at public auc-
ton at the front door of the County
courthouse. In the City OF Portsmouth,
MONDAY. THE 18TH DAY OF MAY. 1889
ut 12 o'clock m. the two following tracts
of desirable real estate:
First. All that certain piece or parcel
OF land situated, lying and being In butts
Road May!steria District, Norfolk
County. Va. bounded and described as
willie Payne; on tho west by the lands
Of John Payne; OH the north by The lands
lands OF Willie and Samuel Paynei' co o"e
tanning two acres, mere or less, togcthc
with the buildings una appurtcnances to
taining. being the same Tract or land
which was conveyed to Samuel Payne Ivy
3o moc dav r az Mesh st 1X by desd daed the
IN the Clerks office OF the County Court
of Norfolk County. Va.
:, Second. That certain tract or parcel OF
ihhu situated in Butts Read Mnsistcrial
District, Norfolk County. Va. the same
nelns az that certain Piece or parcel OF
land which wns assigned to llnoch Payne
ny commissioners Felix Jennings. +. l..
Jennings ana John Fentress, said tract or
parcel of land being known and described
as follows: to-wit: llcng the southern hair
of the Walker Tract" which formerly
belonged TO Enoch Payne. deceased, and
adjoining the land of chas. Charming. es-
or less. being tho same tract Of land
which was conveyed 10 John l.. Dsnl by
Enoch Payne ct ux. by deed dated tho
ard day OF December 1899. duly or record
IN the clerks office of The County Court
Of Norfolk County. Va.
price cash; the residue In two equal in
stalments. payable In ono and two years
respectivoiy ficm the day Of sale the de-
ferrcd payments. bearing six per cent.
interest from the day OF sale To he Sc
cured by deed of trust on the sad prop
erty, to be drawn. recorded and released
at the purchaer's expense.
GEORGE G.; ARTIN
NJ. r. PETERSON.
Special Commissioners.
Dennis Etherdgc. surviving partner &C.,
Jerome p. Fcntress. ct. ais.
T CERTIFY THAT THE BOND RE-
l. quired in the above described suit has
been duly given.
Testc:. l.. NJ. SYLVESTER.
Clerk OF the Circuit Court OF Norfolk
county. va. my2-tds
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
SUM MER LAW SCHOOL.

UNIVERSITY OF VlnGINIA.
Both Summer Term, July to Sept. !, 1899.
In mountainous and nou-nalnrinl section of
Virginia. These courses have proved peculiar
~ profitable TO BEGINNERS: tocnndidates for adj
mission to the bar and to practitioners who have
lacked systematic instruction or need review.
For catalogue, address r. G. MINOR, Sec'y.
Charlottesville, Va.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
PORT CALENDAR

STANDARD TIME.
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 1880. CAL
CULATED FOX U. $. MAYNARD.
NORFOLK, VA. a.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04

Householders take notice, For house
hold paints, bath tub enamel. floor
stain and wax, oils. turpentines and
brushes. go to the Gemmell Art Co. 4l6
Main. street. apS0-1w
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
AUCTiON SALES FUTURE DAY.
AUCTION SALE
Valuable Farming Lands
In Norfolk County.
AUuTiON sALss- FUrUnE DAY.

Pursuant to a. decree OF. the Circuit
o on ibo i9 Dr., Norfolk COUNTY Va. rendered
Chancery SUIT OF Dennis Etheridge.' sur.
viving partner, &c, VS.. Jerome b. Fen
lress. ct. ais. therein pending. as Special
cree. we shall offer for salo at public auc-
ton at the front door Of the County
Courthouse in the City OF Portsmouth,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04

We can furnish you with a better ano
cheaper cream than 1t Is possible to get
elsewhere. Come and sample our cream
and get prices and be convinced.
CHURCH STREET. OPPOSITE HOLT.
BOTH PHONES. Coz.
au11-ood-su. tu th-tf
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
T. F. Rogers,

ING. GRANNY STREET
STORES.
Store 2C7 Water street.
Warehouse Nos. II and 81 Woodside Lane.
Offices over the Business Mems Associa-
ton.
Storo No. 16 Nivlson street.
Stores Nos. 2G7 and 259 Water street
Nos. ~ md 81 Commerce street.
Offices: CRANKY. Bank and Commerce SIS.
Store and dwelling No. 81 Qnieefp street
Store 30 Water street.
DwE.ctNSa
Dwelling No. 222 York street.
Dwelling No 12G High street.
Dwelling No 80 North street
Dwelling No. 2G7 Brewer. street.
Five new brick dwellings on Yarmouth
street. all modern convenences
Dwelling Olney Road dhcnt.
Flat No. IS Washinton street
Two rooms With bath. CRANKY street.
Ward Cottage at Virginia Beach
FOR SALE.-Lot at Virginia Beach.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04

NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
New Orleans. May. S.-Cotton futures
dun. May. b.j2Q5.54; June. 5.50GD5 co:
July, 5.G9W5.6S; August $500 pei: Sep
TENDER, 5-5SI5C0; October. '559Gi5Go:
November 5.h9M5.6i: December. $500
$40: january. 6.6,G5.69; February, 5 G9m
5.71: March, 5.73G5.15.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04

DWELLINGS.
1877 Corprew. $3.50.
2llis Maltby. $50.
Ave. Il. y. c.. Sl2.50
i3S Reservoir. 81.
1876 Maple, $3.50.
ZIG Front, A. c.. SIS
NJ a bry Arch. Client,
Warren Crescent
Client. 5000.
Warren Crescent
Client. $1,000.
q Cecilia ave. $3.50
ROOMS.
6 Cecilia, $3.50.
300 CRANKY. $1,000.
20S Pr. Anne, $500.
10 Church. $50.
1872 Maple $3.50.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-04
Norfolk Cotton Market.
COTTON RECEIPTS.

- 49,. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

The news from Philadelphia of the
discovery of tubing in the walls and
floor of Keely's work shop is, on the
whole, rather notifying. The Phila-
adelphia Press vouches for the story.
1t AYERS that the Keely work shop has
been ripped up; that under the floor
was a steel reservoir capable of hold
ing compressed air at high pres
sure, and that the tubing found was
small but very strong, and also capa-
BILE of standing severe strain. The
sad inference is that keely was a poor
old fraud, and used compressed air to
produce the remarkable mechanical
effects with which he regaled his visi-
tors. The Investigators seem to have
been somewhat Jealous to prove that
he was q deceiver, and it may be that
the believers in Keely, if there are
any left, will doubt their findings; but
the story as it is told seems fairly con-
elusive, and the hidden tubes, if they
can be shown in position as found,
will require deal of explanation, OBJ
serves Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

In connection with the discussion
regarding the competition in trade be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States, the English and American
Gazette says: There is hardly
branch of trade in which America does
not now compete with Great Britain.
She has developed her native talent,
which now finds abundant outlets at
home and abroad. In every single
manufactured article that the States
produce England could if she liked,
compete. That she does not is solely
and wholly owing to her not attempt
ing to do so. Her sons, badly edu-
Gated, are fonder of play than of work;
her technical schools are in their in
fancy, whereas in the States and in
Germany they are fiourishing and of
long standing, and properly State
subsidized Until England adapts
herself to the times, until trade strikes
cease, or until other nations are in
volved in war, SO long will British
goods be replaced in other markets by
more of her competitors.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

Professor Witthaus did discover poison
in the contents of the bottle. and as soon
as it was possible for the district at
torney's office to go ahead with the in
quest it did So.
In consequence of the publicity which
the case was given" continued ColoneI
Gardiner, certain persons had became
suspicious and We're put on their guard
Certain methods had therefore to be
adopted to disarm suspicion. WereaIized
that we must have evidence Of the hand
writing of the person we suspected. We
suspected also that the person who COM
mitted the crime had knowledge of
chemistry.
The first witness placed on the stand
(Cornish) was made to suspect that we
thought he was the guilty party, and the
evidence he gave was the evidence of
man ful of CONSERVATION. But We dis
armed suspicion from the really guilty
person. The very next man to go upon
the stand (Molineux) was the person that
the public had settled upon.
when this witness was called and my
able assistant treated him in such an
apoloretic manner it was done to dis
eral feeling of anger against the district
attorneys office on this account. But
we had a duty to perform. We were
placed in the position to make it appear
that Cornish was really the guilty per
SON. Then the guilty person, seeing that
he was not suspected, was perfectly will
ing TO give us all the handwriting We
wanted and we got it. The evidence
given by these experts in handwriting
seems TO me to be conclusive. There
was another element in this case of Won
derful Importance. That is the circum-
stantial evidence which was brought out.
There was the purchase of the bottle
holder. Where was that bought? In
Newark on the 21st day Of December.
Roland B. Molneux was in Newark on
that day. Where was it mailed? On
the Broadway side of the postoffice.
Molineux was in that vicinity at the time
1t was mailed"
Colonel Gardiner then told the circum-
stances under which Moltneux admitted
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

With AdOlphe d'Ennery passes away
the last of the great French melo.
dramatists who were coeval with the
elder Dumas. 1t is not too much TO
say that he did more to make the
drama of emotion by situation and
machinery widespread than any other
playwright. He was content if his
ventures paid largely, and let art take
care Of itself. His "Two Orphans"
showed him at his best. His heroes
and heroines were apt to be very much
of kind, but OH, what villains he
constructed. He lived lightweight
years, and died worth 50, 600, 900.
Virtue in his plays was never more
conspicuously rewarded.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

r,ison bv ,oerclrir cyanide admins
tarad ,,. Harry : Cornish +, whom said
nofson h1d been SEM i'm a bottle. of bromo
salt2nr bv Roland II Nnlfueux
Tho roronar immodiataIv issu4d a war
rant for the arrest Of MoIintux ard the
Iotto,, was a+ ones arraipoad baf,,.. him
,rhr,,,,r,, wi, .,,,,,,o,. t,.,rt,r,. : V-aaus
ba dsnnnda,l -, immediate b-,,irr but
Assistant Dist,irt Att,rr-,. n,bnrna OBJ
iacts1 sovinc II wa, iD,nnssfbI. f., nro-
caod vim tho bn,rirp b.haarfnp YEA :
+hon sat d,,y, for ,nmorr,,y rnrnirr al
1I,2o o,rlorl, Nnlireuv was committed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03
ABOUT AMERICAN HOTELS.
one Man Who Travels All the Time say
They Are Fairly Good.


81 have record of over 100 hotels
where have stopped volunteered a
well known popular minstrel PER
former to Washington Star reporter,
(which are scattered all over our
glorious country, from Maine to the
Rio Grande, and it is to be presumed
that | know something OF hotel life
after having lived in them and in
hotels alone nine months ont of every
year for the last twenty-five years.
Besides the 700 and over | have a rec
ord OF have stopped at some hotels
where | did not make a record. AT
many of the 100 | have stopped from
ten to twenty times, generally from
one to six days each time. Now, what
| am trying to get at is that those who
complain most OF hotel life in this
country are those who know the least
about it. During three months of
each year | live at my own home
or at some friends home. | come in
contact with wandererS-traveling
people like myself and assoc:ates-by
the thousands, and | hear what they
have to say about hotels and hotel
life. The professional traveller has no
kick, like the amateur or occasional
traveller; he knows enough to know
that he is as rule better fed at even
the second grade hotels than in the
ordinary private house-that is, he
has more to eat, if he desires, and a
large" selection to choose from. As
far as the room is concerned, the
travelling man only has it to 81 ep in,
and. provided the bed is good he
does not care a rap about the other
furniture or whether the room is
paperel or whitewashel or not, so
that it is clean. In the minstrel bust
ness Il ballad singer is generally the
hardest man to please, and if we find
that he likes a place it suits all the
rest OF the company, My opinion that
the hotels feed we'll goes with them
all, north. south. east and west.
Now and then some are specially
good. The difficulty with the So
called poor hotels is that the eaters
are bad; it is not the food. A poor
sleeper likewise makes very poor
bed. The ballad singers say this, and
what they say goes for all it is worth.'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

1t may be that new fashion in
matrimony has been created in the
mountain Businesses of Virginia. Not
long ago a comely young woman of
that region was wooed by two suitors,
one of whom she preferred. An
engagement and marriage ceremony
followed in due time, despite the
adage about the course of true love
not running smoothly, As an act OF
grace an invitation was extended to
the rejected swain to attend the mar
riage proceedings. He displayed his
fortitude by accepting, and, accom-
panied by a number of friends, he at
tended. On one sleeve he wore
broad band of crepe, symbolic OF his
dead hopes, and throughout the cere-
mony he and his friends expressed
their dolorous sentiments by a con-
tinuous, subdued moaning. This DIS
play OF appreciation for the brides at
tractiveness evidently aroused none
but the pleasantest sentiments in the
breast of the happy man whose name
she was taking, for there is no record
of a disturbance, and it is to be
assumed that none occurred. 1t would
be interesting to see this custom
transplanted to other spheres of So
ciety. The suggestion affords many
possibilities of variation, tending to
add materially to the interest in these
'-ually cladscme occasions
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03
Died an Unknown Suicide.

Winchendon, Mass, Feb. 27.-An un-
known woman was found in the snow on
the road to Rindge, N. H, Saturday
night, and her death yesterday causes
poison with suicidal intent. Shortly be-
fore her death she partially gained con-
seriousness, but was unable to give her
name. She said she had relatives in
Rindge, and that she had taken laud-
anum. She was about so years of age.
was feet inches in height, and
weighed about $50 pounds She was
dressed in black and wore black bonnet
and dark gray shawl.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-03

President and Mrs. Mckinley have
iuaugurated dinner regime which
will make the White House rs famous
soriallyas it was in the days of Dolly
Madison. The great corridor of the
executive mansion is now the state
dining room. The tab placed i'll the
centre is most elaborate affair. forty
feet lolg. Atthis table about seventy
guests are usually seated. The Ques
ton Of seats is one of paramount i'm
Oortanrp. Ms. Mrkinley prefers TO