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Year: 1871

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A Rtn,a,cdy Match-A Wealthy Heiress
Elopes Nth one of our Prominent Citizens
= Washington the Gretna Green.--For a
long time, one of our well known promi-
nent citizens, whose appearance would in
dicate him past the age of indulging in ro-
nance, has been paying devotion to faxen
headed daughter of Richmond, the least OF
whose charms consists in a codicil to the
will of the old gentleman, making her the
recipient of fifty thousand dollars when she
becomes of age. His attentions were so
objected to by friends of the fair-haired
heiress, that they demurred to them and
endeavored to place an impossible gulf be-
tween the two. Nothing daunted by the
frowns of relatives she played the part Of
heroine so well as to meet her admirer in
secret, when vows of eternal fidelity were
given and received. These secret meetings
resulted in mutual determination to seek
some spot where the laws of marriage were
less mandatory, and where the consent OF
the twain was only necessary to have the
knot firmly tied. ttiA si


All arrangements having been quietly,
but steadily, made, yesterday afternoon,
love snapped his fingers in the face of friend
and foe, and directed the happy pair to seek
passage by the Richmond and Fredericks-
burg road, and never stop until the White
House at Washington came in view. Obey
ing implicitly the directions of the mischiev-
GUS god, the two left Richmond yesterday
afternoon, and ere now have so manipula-
ted the laws of nature as to become one in
stead af two. The young lady in question,
supported as she is by the liberal provisions
of the will of her deceased 'sparient," !" has
been unsuccessfully sought by many a
young gentleman, who imagined it would
be SO nice TO walk in and hang up his hat on
a fifty thousand dollar peg.


Even our own profession was impudent
enough to imagine a young lady, possessed
of so many charms, would be willing to
share the difficulties and trials Of newspa-
per life. She refused to see it in the same
light.


Young, handsome, and elegant gentlemen
all bowed at the shrine of beauty, intelli-
gence and wealth-but in vain. 1t re-
manned for gentleman past the meridian
OF life, while the less experienced were
struggling for the prize, to step in and bear
it off.


They have gone, and successfully gone,
and no doubt are successfully married. We
wish the pluck Of the young lady may be
rewarded by a long and happy life with the
man Of her choice, who has, indeed, won a
prize, although at the cost of sacrifice OF
age and experience, by indulging in flight
and romance.


On account of the inclcmency of the wea-
ther, and the absence of the Governor, we
have consented to withhold the names OF
the happy PARTIES.
Year: 1871

Important Notice.-We have been re-
quested to call the attention of those inter
ested, to the advertisement of John w.
Wright, Esq, Sheriff of the city, giving no
tice of the law requiring parents to pay the
capitation tax of one dollar before theil
children shall be allowed to enter the pub
lie schools. 1t is but right that we should
be particular in calling attention to this law,
as so many Of our friends are likely to be
ignorant Of its provisions. Come up, then,
and pay the tax all you who have children
to educate, as by refusal to do so you will
deprive them of the benefits of education.
1t is important the tax should be paid at
once, as the sheriff will soon be required to
return list of the delinquents.
Year: 1871

Picnic at Hest Point, Tomorrow. .-Un-
der the auspices of Harmony Division, Sons
of Temperance, a grand picnic will be
given at West Point tomorrow. A special
train is chartered for the occasion, and will
leave the York River depot at 1880 to-mor-
row. A band of fexcellent music has, soith-
out doubt, been engaged to accompany the
party, and render the trip the more plea
SAINT. lf n s.a f4Yss


Ample provisions have been made for all
who may wish to attend. TIE price of
tickets is so low that none can complain.
This promises to be one of the most de-
lightful excursions of the city, and we hope
a generous public will encourage our young
friends in any enterprise likely to result in
the decrease of drunkenness and vice.
Year: 1871

TLEGA MT HAIR adds charm to the plaln-
~ est f;lcr but when faded, features before
agreeable lose their cnmcincss, and the whole
expression is that Of advancing ago. This being
n fact. it is not surprising that even injurious ar
ticlcs should have been prepared to supply the
millions who wish to avoid premature gray hair
Under these circumstances it will scarcely be
wondered ut that NATTANS CRYSTAL DIS
ECOVERY should have met with such extraor-
dinary success.


1t is the only preparation furnishing Il safe
and reliable rcstorcr for the hair absolutely free
from all poisonous and dcletcrious matter and
without sediment and thousands above thousands
have availcd themselves oft, not simply because
it restores tho color of tho hair but because it
supplies nourishmcnt. 1t feeds the roots of the
hair, so that where dccaycd it becomes vigorous
and healthy again. From all sections of the
country orders AMI testimonials received
daily. speaking in the highest terms of its quail
ties as the only preparation that ever gave entire
satisfaction Those who have used CRYSTAL
DISCOVERY will not use any thing else; but
TO those who have not tried this excellent
article it is recommended that when they are again
in want of something Of the kind t" give 1t 4
trial; you will bc more than pleased; you Will
he delighted with it, and will never again be
without it. Dom let your druggist, if he has not
rot CRYSTAL DISCOVERY persuade you TO
buy something else or you will be disappointed;
rather 20 where you can get it put up i'll larg"
bottles, containing half a. much more as any
other in market and, consequently much the
cheapcst Price one dollar. For sale by W AR
FIELD Il HALL, and druggists generally.


mar Sit
Year: 1871

: The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in tho side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss of
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costiye, some
*times alternating with lax
/ with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hav-


ing left undono something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining Of
weakness, debility and low
;spirits Sometimes MANY of
Year: 1871

Reflect that Il sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage thn
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and fllcd with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is bightcd with our own.
Year: 1871

An infatuated New York
girl who fell in love with a
stranger at a fair and engaged
herself to him, would not credit
the stories about him till she
was introduced to his wife and
two children.
Year: 1871

THTRE is a good deal of truth
in what a Cincinnati preacher
said about the press of the coun-
try, that it does the practical
thinking for a large portion of
cur people. They are busy or
too indolent to do it for them
selves, so they allow men to sit
up nights, state the facts, draw
the conclusions, and advocate a
theory,-do the whole up in a
convenient package and slip it
under the front door. In half
an hour they have not only learn
ed what is going ON in the world,
but have ascertained how they
ought to think, and how they
ought to feel about the mixed up
business of the great, rushing
planet of ours. This habit of
vicarious thought is growing
upon us, and is producing evil
results. 1t takes the place of
research and investigation, and
error is as likely to find a lodg-
mentin the public mind as truth,
And We really see that this is
the case, by finding the same
phase of it held by so many per-
sons, which indicates for it a
common origin.
Year: 1871

Fifteen negroes invaded a
white mans house in Arkansas,
and after beating him until he
could not stand any more Of that
kind OF abuse, heating a shovel
red hot and laid it upon his fore
head. t
Year: 1871

A gentleman recently travelling
from Philadelphia to New York,
fell into a chance conversation III
the smoking car with a stranger
having all the appearance of res


probability. After some half an
hours talk, the stranger politely
asked the gentleman if he would
take cigar, at the same time hold
ing out two cigars, one looking
like Regalia, the other smaller /;
such as Is usually called the Lon
don size. The gentleman happen.
ing to take the large: one, being
nearest to him as presented; the
stranger recommended him to take
the smaller one remarking that he
thought it was of better favor.
Afte smoking about quarter to a
third of the cigar, the gentleman
discovered that he was suddenly
becoming very dizzy. A suspicion
flashed throgh his mind that the
cigar was not all right. He inn
mediately threw it away, but his
giddiness increased SO much that
it was with the greatest difficulty
that he reserved his self-poSsession.
In a few moments a most copious
perspiration started from every
pore Of his body, AID the water
fairly run off bis person.


The stranger meanwhile was
apparently sound asleep on the
other end of the seat. On his ar
rival at New York the gentleman
with great difficulty got out OF
the car aud took a carriage for
his hotel, where he was soon al
ter violently attacked with vomit-
ing and passed a very sick night
lie had been for several years
Tesident OF Cuba, a great smoker,
aud is fully convinced that the
cigar was drugged, and that this
as a new dodge to eetrap the un-
wary traveller for the purpose Of
fob5try. He attributes his es-
cape TO the fact Of his smoking
but little OF the cigar, and to bis
very robust constitution. Our
railroad managers will be obliged
TO issue supplement- to the no
tice" sometimes seen in the cars:
"Beware of weli-dres sci men who
ask you to play euchre," caution
ing the public to "Beware of well
dressed men who offer you a cigar. ;"
Year: 1871

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, September In
the matter Of the spiriting away Of the
young Catholic lady, who was to be
married to q Protestant man, the Jour
nal says: 1t appears, if reports are to
be believed, that the young lady re-
ceived an invitation from the Lady
Superior OF the Convent, near this city,
to call, as she wished to see her. The
young lady answered the invitation in
person, and went to the Convent to pay
her respects to the Lady Superior.
Arriving at the Convent, she found
several OF the Catholic priests Of this
city there, besides a goodly number
of nuns, ready to catechize her in rela-
ton to the offense Of being married
by any one except a Catholic priest.
What transpired there, particularly, we
do not propose to state. but those who
know the ways of Catholics, in such
matters, can draw their conclusions.
The young lady persisted, it is said, in
her unholy attempt to marry the man
Of her choice, in the church of her
choice; but suddenly, on Thursday
morning, the morning Of the wedding,
it was found that she had disappeared
from her house, from her friends, from
her lover, from the city, without a word
Of explanation to anybody. The ut
most concern is felt by the Protest
ants, who allege the improbable
story that the girl has not been kid
mapped and lock up in the adjacent Con-
vent. but has been spirited away to St.
Louis or Chicago. The victim of this
outrage is cool and patient, but he de-
clares that he will yet vindicate his
rights, and rescue the lady from her
pprseputOrS
Year: 1871

ner step blithely away to his task 1t was then
nearly II o'clock, and she sought her own
chamber,


Barney was sitting at his vigil, and so far all
had been we'll The night seemed very long, for
he had no means of counting the time. At times
q thrill went through him, for it seemed as if he
could hear low, suppressed breathing, not far
away but he persuaded himself that it was the
wind blowing through the crevces of the old
house. Still it was very lonely, and not at all
cheerful.


The face in the coffin cleaned whittier through
the darkness. The rats squeaed as if famine
was upon them, and they smelled flesh. The
thought made him shudder. He got up and
walked about, but something made slight rose
as if somebody was behind him, and he put his
chair with the back against the wall, and sat
down again. He had been hard at work all day,
and in spite of everything he grew sleepy. FL
naly he nodded and snored.


Suddenly it seemed as if somebody had touch
ed him. He awoke with start, but saw nobody
near, though in the center of the room stood
white figure.


Curse you, get out of this - he exclaimed,
in fright, using the first words that came to his
tongue.


The figure held up its arms, and slowly ap-
preached him. He started to his feet The
spectre came still nearer, pressing him into the
corner.


"The devil take you p' cried Barney, in his
extremity.


Invountarly he stepped back still the figure
advanced, coming nearer and nearer, and extend
ing both arms, as if to take him in ghostly
embrace. The hair stood up on Barney's head,
he grew desperate, and as the cleaning arms
would have touched him, he fell upon the ghost
like a whrlwlnd, tearing off the sheet, thump-
ing, pounding and kicking, more and more out
ragged at the resistance he met, which told him
the truth,


As the reader knows, Barney was big and Fritz
was little and while pummeling the little tan
ner numerically, Fritz was trying to lunge at
Barney's stomach, to take the wind ost of him,
both plunging and kicking like horses, they were
petriied by hearing a voice


Take one of your size, Big Barney !"


Looking around, they the corpse sitting
up in his coffin, This was too much They re-
leased each other and sprang for the door. They
never knew how they got out; but they ran
home like stags.


1t was Barbara herself who came and opened
the door upon Ernest the next morning.


"It's very early one more little nap" said
he, turning over in his coffin.


So she married him and though she sent Fritz
and Barney invitations to the wedding, they did
not appear If they discovered the trick, they
kept the knowledge to themselves, and never
willingly faced Barbara's laughing eyes again.
Year: 1871

The public are requested to give their attention to the above circular of s J. GOLD, who has been so long engaged in the business of Heating, and manufacturing apparatus for it.

 The plan upon which this new ap- paratus is made and operated is entirely new and novel.

 It is constructed upon the most sim pie and yet the most effectual principle of Heating yet discovered.

 There are number of them now in operation in different parts of the coun- try, and the results of the trial have been very gratifying to both the invent or and manufacturer.

 The economy in the use of fuel and its heating capacity is t,uly wonderful, no such results having ever before been achieved by any previous invention.

 It is only designed in this notice to call the attention of the public or any who may wish to secure what the in- ventor says in his circular above,- ample warmth without injury tc health, ,'-to this new invention which probably will come into general use in all our country homes, as well as in the ; homes of the wealthy who live iu the large cities and towns. It is subjec of interest to all who have homes where health, comfort and pleasure are sough after.

 ~Any person who may wish par ticulars about the size, price or descrip tion of the apparatus, or any informa tion whatever, are requested to call an' see one in operation, or address
Year: 1871

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and efectusl
for preserving tile
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to its original color
acih the gloss and
.feshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1871

The undersigned, late principal business man
ager Of the very successful Mercantile Library
Gift Concert at San Francisco, California, has
been appointed agent and manager of the Gift
Concert in aid Of the Public Library of Ken
lucky.


The drawing will take place in public, and
everything will be done to satisfy buyers of tick
cts that their interests will be as well protected
as if they personally superintended the entire
affair
Year: 1871

The MOONS INFLUENCE ON RAIH.-Mr.
James Glassier, +. r. S., of England, in
recent lecture, said that the whole of
the rain had its origin and fall 500 feet
from the earth. Desiring to discover
the influence of the moon on the ele-
ments, he found, after long series of
Investigations, that on the ninth day of
the moon there was much more rain
than on any other day, and that on the
first and last week of the moon there
was the least amount. He had taken
account, from 1915 to 1869, of every day
on which there had been an inch Of
rainfall, and he, had found that on July
26, 1867, the rainfall amounted to
three and seventeenth inches-the
largest amount that had fallen i'm one
day at the Royal Observatory. From
careful observations made by him he
had no doubt that the moon did exer-
else an influence upon rain. Another
of his investigations was rs to the time
of day that rain fell most, and he had
found that the largest quantity of rain
fell at about four o'clock in the after
noon.
Year: 1871

crack occur, it would be much easier to
mend this earthenware work than to
remedy the same in an iron stove and
the chances of such an occurrence are
as likely in the one material as in the
other.


As to the question of expansion of
material under the influence of fire, it
must become subject of trial and con-
trivance on the part of the worker who
would seek to make fortune as well as
to acquire grateful place in the minds
of millions he would benefit.
Year: 1871

We have only two calms on record, and
the greatest velocity extended one hun
dred miles per hour, rate without pre-
cedent in meteorological record. The
observations on clouds are very limited,
there having been only six clear days
during the month. A very remarkable
phenomenon presents itself in the rapid
changes in the relative humidity of the
atmosphere
Year: 1871

Prof. Huntington writes to the Boston
journal .. s-.5. f-... H-.. .r..


One who has viewed the grand pano-
roma that is spread out before the be-
holder, who stands on the summit of
Mount Washington, only through the
haze of a summer day, can hardly ina
gine the grandeur of the scene as it APP
pears on a clear day in winter. Would
you not like to see it Then 90 with
me, for to-day it is so mild and pleasant
that we cannot stay within DOORS The
sun shines brightly above, the sky is
intensely blue, and III the zenith deep
ems even into purple. Such sky is
seen only at high attitudes. The at
mosphere to-day must be free from all
impurities. We will stand on the very
highest point of the mountain-nO, this
will not do, we cannot see westward.
On the Tip Top House the view is bet
ter, but the roof is steep; can we walk
up? Certainly, for the frost adheres to
the roof so that we have secure foot
ing. Now we can go no higher, but this
is all we could wish. To-day, so clear
and transparent is the atmosphere that
space seems half annihilated. Instead
of one vast mantle of white, as we might
have expected, the variety of colors is
greater even than in summer and the
shadows-could any artist desire any
thing more grand?


To follow round the whole horizon
and study the scene that is spread out
before us would take several days. One
feature more of the scene that is par
ticularly striking we will notice here,
namely: the shadows as they. fall
aslant the sides of the mountains or
across the deep valleys. On account of
the snow and the transparency of the
atmosphere, not to say anything of the
heightened shadows of winter, they are
much more noticeable than in summer.
On Monroe, Franklin and Pleasant
there is the same beautiful rose tint just
over the border, and the dark shadows
of the mountains, as. they fall ON the
snow, where the light streams through
the deep ravines, and as the sun climbs
higher we watch the shadows until the
sunlight flashes down the sides of the
mountains. In the afternoon it is
grand to watch the shadow of Mount
Washington as it falls into the deep
gorge westward, climbs the snow-clad
summit of Mount Moriah, falls into the
valley of the Androscoggin and then
climbs the heights beyond Now we
think to lose it. but it fingers yet, for it
mounts high upon the hazy atmosphere
and then gradually fades away as
the sun sinks beneath the western
horizon. -r -. af
Year: 1871

In Ararat township, in Pennsylvania, .
portion Of a railroad track recently sank
into the earth. and disappeared from
sight. An investigation into the cause
Of this singular occurrence revealed the
fact that underneath the railroad for q
considerable distance Was deep subter-
ranesn pond, covered by crust Of black
earth six feet in thickness. This crust
supports . heavy growth Of wood. The
pond is said to contain many fish, pick
eral among others, but all without eyes.
In the same township is another pond
about twenty acres in extent, upon which
similar crust 10 aoumulating. A large
part of this pond has been covered within
the past twenty years, and the process il
still going on. For some distance from
the shore it is filed with dense growth
Of water lilies. and these it is supposed
furnish the foundation for the superstTuct
! urs Of earth.
Year: 1871

It is said that Mr.. Greeley got five
hundred dollars for telling the Houston
folks what he knew about farming. The
old gentleman says he has lost too much
money on Southdown heifers to give the
people down South the benefit Of his
experience for nothing.
Year: 1871

. The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint arc uneaslness


and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The storn-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costire, some
stimes alternating with lax.
l with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation Of hay
ing left undono something
which ought to have been
done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
:snirits Sometimes many Oh
Year: 1871

Register your orders early in
the Custom Department, which
consists of Suits in effective and
stylish combination, while our
Coatings, Trouserings and Vest
ings are of that elegance of taste
and chasteness Of colors, from
the silent to the loud, calculated
to please the most fastidiOus low
er of fine trimmings, artistic cut
and stylish make.
Year: 1871

Reflect that II sound mind and body are the ,
happiness Indeed, without these the Journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage, me
nrospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness Z"
another is blghtcd with our own.