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Year: 1878

overshadowed by the question of our
return to the Union, and the saliva
ton of our local self government
These objects have been gained,
thanks to the good and wise of our
State. There now stands out in bold
relief, not only before ourselves, but
before the civilized word, this grave
problem of the debt. Then it was a
question of government; now it is a
question of honor. The former can
not live without the latter.


Those who now enter upon Office,
cannot say that Ii is new and unc0-
sidered. They were elected bee


they professed to know all about


was made the sole issue in the Ca


Even if they wished, there Is


of shirking the responsibility.
have promised to settle the
some matter once and forever.


and believe these promises wi
filled l know that, standing


ground before the eyes of the


they dare not, they will not


cast a stigma upCn the name


tory of our beloved COmmonW


There is no counting the loss


its discussion and unsettled con-


has inflicted on our State. II has u,
Ell wealth and industry from our DO.
ders it has created false views of our
liabilities and resources. But, worse
than all else, it has lowered the grade
of public morals, and conjured up
spectres from which are stretching the
frightful fingers of Communism.


Now is the time to end it. Long
enough has it troubled the rest of the
good citizen long enough has it been
hawked in every com mercial centre,
making the faith and credit of the
State equivocal long enough has it
driven labor and capital from one of
the grandest countries that the sun
visits in diurnal circuit long enough
has it hampered the growth of peO-
pie painting for higher and wider
power 1t ought now to be settled
and this Legislature, fresh from its
discussion, has promised that it shall
be settled. Let that promise be kept.
There is time enough in the present
session. But woe to the man, who,
in that settlement, betrays the trust
or sell the honor of Virginia. It were
better for that man had he not heen
born. For when the smoke of excite
ment has hoated away, retribution,
swift and sure, will follow like an
avenging Nemesis.
Year: 1878

tropolis are far behind the times in
their appreciation of the facts in the
case, therefore be it


ResoEUed, By the General Assembly
of Virginia, That the seat OF govern
ment of this Common wealth, the
capjtol of the State of Virginia, with
ali it's equipments and paraphernalia,
be speedily removed hence from its
present site to more cOngenial cline
to some Blue Ridge height or rustic
glen where healthier air may give
helping b nd to the advancing strides
of Readjusters where Funders who
love TO honor their country with cou-
pons and peelers will cease to trouble
and make afraid, and where the 81
mon Pures will be at rest forever and
ever more.


Referred
Year: 1878

In one hOase alone thirty>seyen
dead and filty three wounded Turks
were found, some of the latter in
half decomposed and putrid state,
and the wound d in condition tLat
can be more easily imagined than de
scribed. Some Of the wounded were
able to crawl about and clutch at odd
morsels Of food that were found in the
hands of the dead, devOuring it with
fevcrish avidity,' but thousands of
them were utterly helpless aHd await
ed death or succor with listlesS ia
talsm..


DEAD AND WOUNDED PILED LIKE


WOOD,
Year: 1878

Promptly at 1880 o'clock yesterday MORN
ing the members OF the society Of the Army
Band, left the Bates House and marched to
the Metropolitan Theater. The morning
was cold, with slight sprinkling of snow,
which had a tendency TO keep large num-
ber of the members away, and when the
meeting was called to order by the president,
General w. T. Sherman. there were not
more than rs members In the body of the
hall and only eight or ten on the stage. A
fair number of visitors were in the gallery
and lobbies.


LETTERS READ.


The president announced that the first
thing In order was the reading Of the jour.
Year: 1878

able TO drink its water; and the
fishes were observed to be very un-
easy, jumping frequently out of the
water, where they were apparently
uncomfortable from its heat. On
the banks Of the stream great fiss-
ures were opened which became
filled with water that gave forth
such a stencil that persons who had
encamped on its banks were obliged
to leave the vicinity. Small hill
locks of sand, having the same
smell, were thrown up in different
spots. Nearly all the coffee and
sugar plantations for several miles
around Qua and the other towns
near Qua have been more or less
injured, but fortunately no lives
have been lost.
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, July 2s.-The Times to-day gives
an account of the seizure, robbery and outrag-
ing of a very wealthy and respectable newly
married lady of Boston, who had been on a
visit in the interior of the State and started via
the New York Central Railroad, expecting to
reach Albany, where her husband was to meet
her. Towards evening she changed ears at
Rome, and noticed that two men got on the
train with her, and seated themselves near
her, and by their glances and gestures seemed
to have her under discussion. There was
nothing unusually suspicious in their appear
anee. The men were middle-aged, neatly and
soberly dressed and had an air of respectable
ity. Very soon the conductor of the drawing
room car came through and she was on the
point of paying him the extra price-she had
secured a through hticket-when one of the two
men said, quietly: EDO not take that ladv's
fare; she. is in our, charge; we will pay for
her." and informed the conductor that she
was insane and that they were taking her to
the State asylum at Utica.


Despite her protestations and prayers that
she was not insane and did not know these
men, the conductor and passengers allowed
these villains to take the lady off the train at
Utica Here she was placed in q carriage,
chloroformed and taken toa house on the out
Year: 1878

| BOSTON, July 28.-Denns Kearney arrived
| here this morning by the Boston and Albany
| train There was q large crowd at the depot
| to greet him, and the streets in the immediate
vicinity were packed. The WOrkingmens pro.
| cPssiOn was promptly on hand to escort him
to the Sherman House


He appeared at the window Of the hotel and
spoke as follows:


Fellow Workingmen of Boston: / am q
wOrkingman. You will excuse me for not be-
ing able to address you on this occasion
however you will have ample opportunity to
hear me in the near future. / bring you glad
tidings from California. We left the


plains Of California, strewn with tie
We hope to see the United States Of America


organized as we are on the Pacific slope. |


do not intend to address faction, class or u


party. Ny simple mission is to address the
honest. horny handed sons of toll
| have proclaimed from the inception of


this movement. death to the machine politi-


Clans death to the thieving capitalists, and


death upon death to the numbering, plunder-


ing land pirates Now, my friends, / hope


you will excuse me from taking any further


action, rs you will soon have ample oppor-


tunity to hear me In the open air meeting.


hope, however. to see the wOrkingmen or


ganize in this State and carry it at the next
gubernatorial election.


We do not propose to discuss the issue of
nationality; we do not propose to take into
our organization any 'sms;" we mean to or
gantze ourselves together as workingmen, to
ameliorate our condition by the ballot, that
we may become more powerful than
the sword Of monarchcal legions.
wish to state, however. that | have
been msrepresented by the press
The Associated Press has taken pleasure in
fixing up the reports of my utterances in Cal
ifOrnia; they have been fixed up in San Fran
cisco by the INSCRIPTIONS minions of hisuing
capitalists fwhoop, In and boodsuckers gem
orally. They have distorted my speeches and
] have never had q fair show.


| am not man who was made by the news
papers; am man who was made by God,
and despise the corrupt monopoly govern
ing the press of the United States The work
ingmen have come to look upon the star
spangled banner as a Haunting lie. as q fit
token of a national protection to numbering
monopOlists, who are day by day grinding
the workingmen into the dust


We propose, as | said before to ameliorate
the condition Of the laboring men, Wepro-
pose to do in this section what the laboring
men have done In California; that Is. to meet
the capitalists in square fight; labor won.
and to-day labor Is chained.


At the close of Mr.. Kearney's address, and
when the cheers of the audience had died
away, he returned to his room to make ar
for future proceedings.
Year: 1878

The Missouri Republican states that reports
received from 1908 different places show a
total Jewish population of only 227, ,528, and
with all the chances Of oversight and omis-
sion the number cannot be estimated above
1000. 1t is remarkable evidence of thrift
and intelligence that this comparative hand
full of people in our forty-odd millions should
have raised themselves to such prominence.
It is new proof of the wonderful character
istics Of race which has always been one Of
the most marked in the world, and without a
country or native land, is to-day as marked
and distinctive as it was 1000 years ago.
Year: 1878

The holders Of State indebtedness oppose a
constitutional convention on the ffmsy pre-
text that it will favor reputation. On the
contrary, such changes in the constitution as
terest OF these men, as the expenses of the
government will be thereby reduced and
more prompt payment Of the interest on the
State debt assured.
Year: 1878



 The spread-eagle on the ninety cent silver dollar is not success, and it is al- ready announced that search is to be made for better one. The bird does not occupy an enviable position, and it should not be expected to make very good appearance, but it is believed that the first attempt at cheap representation car be improved upon. The fact that the designer of the new dollar is an Englishman has led some critics to think that he tried to present an American bird with an English aspect ; but this. it is ex- plained, was not his purpose. The eagle of the old dollar had broad shield on his breast and this was declared to be contrary to all rules of ornithology. He bore also the ap- pearance of bird which was just setting down, and the designer thought it would be more appropriate to give him the appearance of rising for new flight This was mistake The ninety cent eagle ought to be very quiet bird, and it would not be inappropriate if he should have his head tucked under his wing. The new bird retains the arrews which the old eagle held in his claws, which is very consd- crate, because if ever an eagle seems likely to need means of defense this is the one.

 What the new design is to be we have not yet heard, but if the silver certificate bill is passed it will be we'll to put waste-paper basket in the eagles beak to indicate the kind of pocket books that will come into use if pa- per representatives of uncolned bullion arc to be made an unlimited legal tender-Neao YOrk E0enSeq Post
Year: 1878

An almost incredible story is related of Marshal Canrobert, who was sent to Rome to represent France at the funeral of Victor En- manuel and the accession to the throne of Humbert. For the expenses of himself and suite he was given 90, 900 francs, of which he spent only 1S,O00. On his return home he went to the foreign office and handed to the minister of that department the balance, amounting to 1T, 900 francs. The minister re- fused to take the money, saying that there was no precedent for such a thing; that the outlay was made and accounted for. and that there was an end to it. The marshal answered that if it was absolutely necessary that somebody should steal the money he would rather some one else should do if and

 asked for a receipt
Year: 1878

The resident of Washington Territory, hav- ing heard that another man had settled in the western part of the territory, immediately ap- piled Tor admission into the Union ss state, and has promised to elect the other man to the Legislature, if the other man will pledge him. self to vote for him for United States Sena- tor.
Year: 1878

The Treasury policy of resumption has now now
been clearly laid before the country by secretary Sei
man I'm hs interview with the Senate Finance Commit
tee We have 10 express qualification at this EXPOSE
t,on The finance officer, who IN the brief space OF nine
,nnntbs will have TO carry the Resumption Act into
eject has plainly forth his construction OF the act
and bs OF additional legislation to carry u
into eject And this construction has the happy quality
10 suit both the greenbackers and those that tnk them
selves for the specie Dasis therefore thc dito" i,s
isistion osked Tor IL likely be acceptable 10 BOTH
Indeed tbe Resumpton Act Is thus shOrn Of It's errors,
and is found to be measure upon winch resuhp'ioS'
and ann nj iODlss unite.
Year: 1878

A significant feature of Bannings Army Bill
a thai N repPas the OF the Revised Statutes
which prohibits the appointment OF eXC0nfedciates TO
the army AS Congress Is full OF exConiedeiates there
IL oerhaps no longer any reason for excluding them
fop the army but 10 is somewhat remarkable that the
very bill which proposes 10 retire or egslae large
number OF LOYAL officers OF the army should at The
time open the doors for the admission OF exConeder
Year: 1878

Of the most stylish and tasteful de-
signs, embracing the handsomest
products of the European markets.
More than usual effort has been made
to make this opening a success, it
will include in addition, a beautiful
line of Domestic Cloaks. We have
decided to make our store the popu-
lar resort for all who wish to look at
the newest and best goods at the
lowest possible prices.
Year: 1878

Young men contemplating marriage have
so frequently called upon US to advise them
in the manner of popping the allimportant
question that we have concluded to give our
opinion once for all. Never propose to a
young lady after hearty meal The blood
is needed to aid digestion, and her imagina-
ton is chilled. Nor should it come just be-
fore q meal, for the longings of an impor.
tuned system conduce to anxiety and ir-
ritability, and the shock may prove hazardous
It would be better to select the evening, and
invite her to some entertainment which you
know she wants to attend, and then propose
to her just as she is ready to start This will
be greatly to your advantage, for she will
easily see that a rejection will upset an even
ing's amusement.
Year: 1878

Many of the ills and diseases prevalent
among women in our days are, no doubt,
traceable to the sedentary mode of life so
modern industrial art has done away with
much of the household drudgery to which
women were formerly subjected, and the re-
suit is in too many cases want of sufficient
occupation for needed bodily exercise. The
fruits of this state of things are striking]y
exhibited in certain observations made by the
late Mr.. Robertson, Manchester surgeon,
who in his practice as a specialist for wo'
mems diseases found that in women who
performed all their household work there was
no trace of certain complaints; that these
complaints begin to make their appearance
in women with one servant, become more
pronounced in women who have two servants
or, worse still, with those who have three
servants and so on. He showed statistically
that the deaths from childbirth were four
times greater in the case of women with four
servants than those with none.
Year: 1878

1t is given out that ladies will wear vests
precisely like the gentemen's this winter.


When married man goes to bed he will
have to put chalk-mark on his vest, or
next morning he may slip on his wife's and
not discover his mistake until he inserts his
thumb and forefnger in the right-hand pock-
ct for pinch of fine-cut, and finds nothing
but piece of chewing gum and the stub of
short black lead pencil Then he will sud-
denly remember that there was q roll of ten
dollar greenbacks in the left-hand pocket OF
his vest, that is, if he is an editor, he will,
and he will rush back home in Rarus time.
Year: 1878

but when l got within 80 yards of the
door, two or three colored women and
men gathered their little children,
hats, &C., and made across cotton
field that was white with cotton when
they FIRST started across it, but after
they had COTTON across. am sorry to
say. it all lay on the ground. Get
ting into our buggy we continued on
down In the direction of Wrights
Chapel, passing certain house where
we thought two young ladies of Milan
were stopping, my companion was
puzzled as to how he could see them.
He suggested that we drive beyond a
certain brid dge and return, leaving the
impression that We had been to preach
ing, this we did, arriving at the house,
we came to halt and called at the
top of our voice; it was no hard mat
ter to make them here. for we suppose
they had been watching our move
ments. A lady opened the door about
six inches and my companion inquir-
ed if Miss was there. No sir,
she has gone, and the door shut, leav-
ing US to ponder what other steps to
take. We soon found out it was best
for US to leave those regions, which we
did rapidly; not forgetting to sprinkle
n little carbolic acid, along the road
to assist in keeping yellow jack out Of
the country.


We then proceeded out the McLe-
moresville road; had not gone far
when we met our friend NJ. l.. Baird
on his way to town he giving us some
information as to our route, and we
assuring him that there Vas no fever
in Milan. We then passed on and
soon came upon the camp, where our
young friends, Hardy Deshong, Bry-
ant Newhouse and Henry McCarley
were stopping. We found all at home
and some company, Mess. VIM New
house and VIM Coley being there.
They seemed glad to see US, but we
noti ,e.they kept a respectable distance
from us. We then proceeded on to-
wards the camp of Mess. Davie q
Chambers, Mr. Wm Newhouse kindly
showing MS the way. We journeyed
along, but soon found ourselves at the
residence of a lady friend of ours;
soon the young lady came out, and
kindly inviting us in assuring us that
they were not afraid of the fever, we
thanked her, but we had to 60 to the
camp of Dayie ~ Chambers, MILAN
refugees, at New Hope; we suggested
that she should go with us, she kind
lv consented. The writer then assist
ed her in the buggy. We all then
started, (the writer not having more
room than he wanted) an soon ar
rived at our destination. Z.
Year: 1878

We earnestly clll the attention of
our citizens to the fact that there has
been formed ia our midst, Howard
Association, for the better protection
against the terrible scOurge now doing
its deadly work in our midst. The As
sociation has now scarcely dollar in
its treasury, and numerous bills have
been made for the relief Of the sick,
must be pail. Several of our citizens
have nobly responded when called up
on, but to the shame of a number
who have been approached, they very
grudgingly contribute such sums as
25c. whep they can well ;.fford to give
ten times that amount. None of the
persons who have died or are now sick
were members Of the association, nor
does its members expect to contine
their ministratiDns to members of the
Association, but propose to minister to
all alike who may be so unfortunate as
to fall. II does seem hard that this
little band, in addition to their atten-
ton to the sick and dead, should be
forced to pay all expenses, attending
the same, and it is to be earnestly hop>
ed that in future all who may be called
upon will consider it privilege and
will cheerfuIly and in sans sufficient
to do some good.
Year: 1878

for one of their party. which wcs
about to be n failure. He brought
his wise counsel to bear in the case,
sent one of the party to the house
to get the old man off in the field to
see his cotton and corn, the old man
went out to show his earthly posses
sions, and in his absence they succeed
ed in getting the young lady away.
The happy couple are blessing yet.


Baker while out ia the country, ref
ugeeing, went duck hunting one day
last week md killed II ducks. He
got back into camp aud had them all
baked. and he noticed laughing in the
crowd but never paid any attention to
it. He said he killed them liz a big
pond near the Obion river. But poor
Baker was seen TO look very bad when
4 country man came into camp next
iav and said some man had killed IA
If his ducks, and seeing the feathers
scattered around the camp he said,
some one of this crowd killed them.
He pulled off his coat and demanded
pay for the ducks. gazing if he didn't
-get pay he would whip some one.
The other boys squealed on Baker.
Baker then shivering like ali aspen leaf
lsked how much was the bill. The
country man said $3.50. He plid it.


Two stylish young men Of Milan,
one married and the other single,
eft last week during the excitement
% stay until the epidemic was over.
they went to a farmers house and Of
fcred to work for their board one
week. The farmer said alright. Be
core day light next morning he had
those two boys husking corn. After
breakfast he told Joe to catch old kit
and take the corn to the mill, Mac,
you catch old John and hilch him to
the plow and plow ap the sweet pOta-
toes and put them in large pile,
and after supper you and Joe build a
shelter over them. That night the
poor boys slept sound. The farmer
arose next Rosning and said boys get
up, its late, four o'clock, and milk the
COW, curry and feed the horses and
Irive the cows to the pasture before
breakfast. Mac said to Joe, less go
home, Joe says alright. they got up
md put their 'duds" in il collar box,
and walk II miles to Milan and got
here in time f3r breakfast.
Year: 1878

call their names but they are so nu-
merous we have not the space, in fact
nearly every one when called upon has
gone promptly to his post of duty.
These men, and woman, we are proud
OF, none Of our members have as yet
died, for this we should be thankful to
the Almighty.
Year: 1878

We will sch all cur goods at panic
prices, and all we ask is to come and
examine our stock and see what we
have got.


We call the attention of the Ladies
to our fine stock Of Dress Goods and
Cloaks. And to you Young men we
would sag, If you want good fit in
Suit of Clothes, come to us, to the
Star Cie,hing House of Milan. We
keep open from 5 o'clock a. M. until
10 o'clock pm. or as long as you have
a nickel to spend, Also remember
that va take great pleasure in showing
you throagh oas stock. Remembey
the BANKRUPT STORE.
Year: 1878

In Clothing for men aGd boys, we
are prepared to show more exten>
sive line than we ever did before.
Prices on these goods are much lower
than ever before. We claim the larg-
est stock in town. You cUn decide
yourself when you come and see. Its
strictly for sale and we will sell it low.
Year: 1878

Lee We'll has got back from the
East, and brought one of the Finest
and Largest Stock of general Dry
Goods, ever was brought to the town
of Milan. Prices are very low, and
below we give you Price List Of some
Of our goods.
Year: 1878

We have extended our premises
clear around from Main to Front street
and it will be a treat to any one to
look through our mammoth stock: We
claim more cheap goods than any one
concern in town We prefer light to
darkness and it makes us feel good TO
give good fat bargains. Come and see
lis.