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EstabUSHED 1865.
f?HUSHEU BVRBs MOBNINQ BXI W
MONUAS.
1 1KG1NIAN B?IIjDINQ.
?JAlt! AND COMMEB?B STttBEXS,
M. QliENNANi Owsku.
in ul inMter.
? inr CUU l 1 AT1UN ?FTHE VlKOlNa
1AN Ii I.AltOELV IN EXCELS o( any
other psy-er pobltshcd in Kastor? Vir
? H? circolRtioii in Noriolfc. ?n i Ports
Cicntb ie Khutor than that of ?ny l>.*por
. cnblifbe.i Ol circulated in tbo two civ.ve.
It it delivered in the citiee of Norfolk
and Portsmouth and rnbnrbs tor tOoenu
s week. Mr.il ?nbsrriptionB. poidnRo paid,
J-ivo 1'oilBrP per veur: Tbreo 1'olUrs for
Eis niontbp; One Hollar and Fifty < enta
for tbrer months: ami rifty Cents for one
IDA"vert;fen3'<ute Interted at tho rate of
76C.ESTS a fcjtiAiiB I-mat laarUTios: oaob
rnl^eqiuid nifersiou 37? Cents, or 50
i lM,uvm> ITiKnTKD BTEHI OTBKB DAT.
Contrsctcvs i.ro not allowed to exceed
their fpnee or advertise other than thotr
IfKitimnto bnsinoss, except by papus
?vreis'lv for tl e nume.
TDF^'raiY VmniMAN akcCahousi**.
e-.ebt pagcK, ic delivered, portage pun'.,
throe months, 'J r.: six montas, CCo.;
twelve nioulhe. II.
Tee appeal of tho strickened peo
.pie of Nohra l;n has beon beard ami
tl e South baB responded liberally
from its abundance.
The Duke of Argyle faiuted whilo
tanking a political speech. Ho is not
like the fire* Americau stu mper
who is always the last man in tho
bouse to faint.
"I'd bet." remarked Mr. .Tnson to
Iiis w fe, ns they eat iu tho family
circle at the p ay, "I'll bet from the
looks of it, that the dress that there
woman in tho box is wearin' is ouo
of them elegant dresses one-half j
. bff wo soed advertised yistorday in j
the papers,"
'It has boon discovered," lays
{he Birmingham Ago-llerold, "that
cotton seed meal and hulls will fat
ten cattle mitch better, quicker and
cheaper than corn. It costs 10
cents a day to fatten beef o:? cottou
seed meal, whilo it costs -J0 cents a
day to fatten beef on corn."
The Emco.or of China has issued
nn order for the execution of three
Admirals and a number of division
commanders who are charged with
cowardice at the battle that resulted
in the capture of Tort Arthur. If
' this thing keeps ou China will be
the one country without a Colonel.
~ Si veral of the theatre managers of
Carthage, Mo., arc preparing a bill,
?which they v?ih usk the Legislature
to pass, making it a misdemeanor
for ladies attendiug theatres to wear
>bats of a size sufficient to oblitorato
the view uf the stage from one o.
more pereous. The bill is to be of
iered m g<. od faith, but a storm
awaits the fellows who votu for it,
A ?'A It V A ? ION I * in" KBHSSKa.
Dtressiug news oomes afresh
from Nebraska that the oouditiou of
the people in that State is appalling,
ami iliar at leist 30,000 of men,
tfoiaea and children have actually
been brought laco to fooo with star?
vation. The rmatiou is that
hundred i of families have neither
fuel nor anything to eat,except what
is giv.u them, and that children
are so nearly naked that they are
kept at home from enhool.
iu one couuly one fourth of its
population have become public
charges wl.ioh has depleted tho tren
eury, and it is impossible to care for
all the ueople without otitsido nssis
sistauce, This is a distressing con
dition of rflairs and hard to uu ?r
Btand by people who have a plenty,
yet tho picture is not overdrawn,
und it is to hoped that succor may
be afforded before it is too late, The
Smith has douo much for the relief
.of these people, and The Virhinian
is glad to know that tho good work
is still g.iing on. Norfolk and this
section should seud on its donation
of oorn,
Ttu; vbiij.ol.i3 or viiocoiiT,
Tho Knoxvilla Tribune, in treat?
ing this question, very properly ad- I
vincos the opinion that tbo number
ot writers wno use absolutely pure
and faultless English is very small,
'iiiig is true, nud the rnle will apply
to ah classes oi writers, tho excep?
tion being made possibly with that
class known as authora of books,and
magazine writers who, having time
to carefully prepare aud revise their
matter bet?re it meets public ga/.o,
escape what might auder other cir?
cumstances invite criticism.
With tb9 newspapers this con
dition of affairs does not exist. Yet,
i?h our couterupornry remark?, the
bent, the most vigorous, Jucid and
ready writers of English arc to be
loond in tho newspaper rauka,
Ksjoopsper editorial work must be
done rapidly. Thoro is a rapidity
of thought ami execution which the
tuagazioe writer or author of a hook
ii not required to submit to. There
i-n diversity of subjoets over coming
up, vory frequently without warn?
ing, which tno newspaper editor j
must deal with then aud thoro. and
it i.s often the caso when he baa
neither time nor opportunity to
revise what ho has written,
Whilo an article for a inngu/.iuo iu
written nud rewritton perhaps a half
dozen times before'it goes to prose,
it is not infrequent for au editor'.i
copy for a daily newspaper to pas
from his bauds after the first writ
ing, aud not be socn by him again
until tho pnpor is printed and de?
livered. It is one thing for a write
to uavo time to revise aud rewrite;
to strike out inaccuracies in tbo
proof eheots of his book; to have all
ucidcd tune to compare notes und.
to perfect his copy, and it is quite
another thing for an editor of a daily
newspaper to be required to writo
from one to two to three and more
columns n day for the year round,
averaging from three to sis articles
on as nii.iiy subjects,aud yet present
them all in pure and faultless Eng
lisb.
Therefore, it is true that "tho
number of writers who use abso
hitely pure ami faultless English is
very unoli." This cau be said, how
over, for tho newspapers, and that
is, that they are the greatest educat?
ors of the time.and tbi& too, despite
the fact that sometimes their diet ion
mny not stand the critical test of
what is termed pure and faultiest
English.
j li.MII.lt I III. II.IU <>t A
I IIUKIKiM ? Ol \ ? BY.
Tno Statistician of the New i'ork
Produce Exohange snys that during
tbo year of isnl there wero shipped
I to Europe ltil cargoes of grain ag?
gregating 9,676,042 bushols, in the
vessels of tivo lines, each hue of
which was owned eutirely or con?
trolled by Americans, yet not u
bushel ot this grain weut under the
American flag." Ships owned by
British firms carried 80,000,000
bushels of grain tho same year, while
other foreign owned ships otrried
10,000,000 bushels. Tho .Savannah
i News in commenting upon this
I state of affairs uotes that in all this
trade tho American owned ships
living tho American flag did not
appear at all, the owners who took
part in the ourryiug were forced to
do so under tho 11 *g of a foro:gn
country. This is a cad commentary
upon the shipping laws of the
Uuitcd States, and so long us the
"protective" system coutiuuos the
country need no; expect to boc
American products going to loreigu
Icouutries iu American bottoms
tloatiug the American flag,
POPF WROTESTsT
Pe'.itton Before the Senate About
South Carolina's Governorship.
r.v Southern AssooiatdPraua.
Washington, daouary 22,?Sen
otor Butler laid before the Senate
tho petition of Mr. Simpson Pope,
late candidate for tlovornor of
South Carolina ou tho Democratic
ticket. Tho petition is in the baud
writing of Mr, Pope, is addressed
to the Souato and makes some
very plnin statements relative to
the conduot of tho election, It
says:
"Tho undersigned respectfully
represents that be is a citizen r.i the
Stato of South Carolina, und at the
election bold iu that State on Novem?
ber ctb, 1694, ho was a candidate for
the office of Governor, aud was, as
he believes, defrauded at said elec?
tion to such on extent as to deprive
him of said office; that members of |
the General Assembly wore elected i
at tho same election, who have re?
cently elected B. A, Tillmaa a I
United States Senator; that thona-I
ands of voters were prevented from I
casing their bnllois at said
election by reason of fraud, j
lorco and intimidation; that j
thousands of ballots were thrown
out or destroyed, und in many in- |
I stances othur ballots were substi?
tuted for tbcm by manugere; tbut I
I the ounetitutiou ol tbo United .States
and of the State of South Carolina I
aud the laws passed put nun: Ihuie
to were utterly diregarded; that
these frauds were committed under
the direction of Jienjamiu 11, till,
man oud of Hon. J. L, M, Irby,
chairman ol the State Executive
Committee,who i-> a member ol yo u
houoruble body. I
"Whereforo; your petitioner prays
Hint n oommittee may bo appointed
by your honorable body charged
with examining into the conduct of i
said election, with power to send for
persons and papers and on the com- |
ing in of the report of said commit?
tee that such action may be taken in
the premises as the report will justi?
fy."
Intend llulldtna- In flic ftJonlU.
tiv Southern Associated Pres*.
Boston, January 22. ? in the Sen?
ate this afternoon tho Merolmntile
Committee reported a bill author?
izing the Boott cotton mills to en
j gage iu business ontsuio of tho
State. This is ouo of the mills thut
I intend to build in the South.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Matters of Interest to All Virgin?
ians.
HpecUl Dispatok to tlio Virginian.
Rk-iimonp. Vu., Jauuary 22.-?
A very interesting ouso was tried iu
t!:o United States Circuit Court
here to day. It was that of Mrs,
Jcnuiu Sublett against the receivers
of tho Richmond and Danville road.
Sho was sold a ticket at Charlottes
ville to take her to Montreal, iu
Nelson county. When on the train
tbo coudnetor told hor ho could not
stop at Montreal, The lady pleaded
with him to lot hor of! there,
but ho insistod that the
train could not ttop without
au order from a superior oliicial.
Finally tho conductor said it was
possible that he might send hor back
to Moutrcul on a train bo would
meet inrtuer down the road and ho
would ascertain aud let hor know at
Arringtou, tbo noxt station to Mon?
treal, where his train would stop for
wator.
A atop of five minntea wns tuado
nt Arrington, and tho conductor uot
keepiug bis promise Mrs, Sublott
feared she might be carriod ou to
Lynchburg and jumped just as tho
train was moving. Sho wus in deli
cato condition nud her fell caused
her several months guttering. Muj.
Chariea M. Bluokford, of Lynoh
burg, represented tho railroad com
pauy and Messrs. Ooleman & Cas
kie, of Nolsou, the plaintiiT, Tbo
jury gave her 6'2.0X which was
only ???? less than slio sued for.
Tho Court of Inquiry ordered to
convene here to day, to investigate
tho troubles iu tho First Regiment,
was uunble to proceed to business,
as Copt. Nelson, of Cbarlottesville,
one ol the members, failed to show
up. Ho was telegraphed to and ro
plied that ho thought to morrow
was thu day, lue court ad?
journed until 11 o'clock to?
morrow, Capt. Nelson got here
to-night. It is already apparent
that tho contest between Colouol
Jones und his oppououts is to bo
pushed by both sides. Colonel
.Jones bus |as hisicouusel Mr, ?. V.
Meredith, of this city, und Lieuteu
ont Qerbardt, of tho United States
army. Capt. George Wayne Au
dorsou represents the othor side.
A Mter was received to-day by
Mr. W. 11, Trigg from tbo agent in
New York of the vessel Norria,which
sailed from Newport News on tho
luthgjof October for Barcelona,
Spain, with Mr. Edward Bane
wiuckel, a brother-iu law of Mr.
Trigg's on board. This veescl, as is
welt known, has never been heard
from. Tho agents write that Mr.
llunewinckcl'a relatives should uot
despair for tho vessel or its pnsseu
gerR may yet show up nil ri^ht.
Thoy woro not ablo to write any?
thing, however, to give much hope
to Hanewinekel's friends,
Tho unit of the administrator of
Lucy A. Booker aguinut the Rich
mond Railway aud Electric Com
pauy for ?I0,()00 damages was begun
iu tbo Law nud Equity Court to
day. Lost year Mies Booker, a girl
ol about 12 years of ug-, was driving
ou Franklin street in a phtnton with
a daughter of Dr. Joseph A. White.
The pony took fright and rau oil.
Miss Booker fell or jumped out of
the vehicle, receiving injuries that
resulted in death, it i.s alleged that
the pony was frightened by the
ouroless bauiihug of an arc light
fixtures, which an employe of tbo
defeudunt company was handling,
benco the suit. It is rather n novel
enso and will be watched with in?
terest,
Bon. John E. Massey, Superin?
tendent of Public Instruction, ar?
rived in the city this afternoon from
Cbarlottesville, lie ih on his way to
Norfolk, and it i.s understood that
his suit agaiust tlio Pilot newspaper
will be brought to-morrow,
Versailles, Mo.
Like Morning Dew
Hood's Sarsaparilla Freshens,
Strengthens and Cures
Heart Palpitation - Distress ?
That Tired Fecliny.
"I ;.ra glad to state that Hood's Sarsapa?
rilla has done tr.n lots of no. .1. I was ??b?
le !l to cramps in the stomach, liver com?
plaint. Indigestion, palpitation ol the heart,
and that tired feeling. Hood's Sars:ii>nrilla
relli ved me wonderfully, ami now when 1
feel the least uneasiness I resort to Hood's
Sarsaparilla,and it always gives me imme?
diate relief. I could not <h> without It,and
several ol my neighbors have nu d it upon
my rccommeudatfon ami round it
An Excellent Medicine,
dointf theiu sood after all other medicines
failed. 1 am :d,o highly pi sed with the
effects of Hood's nils. Ai morning dew
Hood's par"; Cures
refr^shPS withered grass, so Hood's Sm
sanarlllaand ri?s refresh the human boilv
of ills and pahii " Hakhiet M stovem
Versailles, Missouri. Get HOOD'S,
Hood's Pills are hand made, and p?
fsot in proportion und appearance. 2Ce,
Prices to clean up
the surplus stock is
the maxim now.
The clay of profit
j is a liuitter of the
j past.
tr
Keep your eyes
I on the Show Win
: clows.
Those Ten Dol
; lar Suits are just
j as good for value as
the Two Fives
that are attached to
them.
The Pants dis
| played at Three
I Dollars are all
I right goods; lit well,
j look well and wear
j as well as they look.
S3
>
3
rices
??9
Some RARE BARGAINS
in the East Window this
week.
LINEN COLLARS, guar?
anteed standard manufac?
ture, are going at only FIVE!
CENTS EACH to clean up j
the lot-FIFTY CENTS PER
DOZEN. Some are worth!
Twenty Cents, and none!
that are not worth double |
and many treble the price
charged for them.
C
? -a*
Remnants in HEAVY
MEN'S UNDERWEAR at
only TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS.
A little lot of Soiled!
White Shirts, all FIRST
CLASS GOODS, are mark?
ed down to A DOLLAR to
wind up the broken Scale
of Sizes.
C/3
The Five Dol?
lar Pants are just
as good for Solid
Worth as one Y
is worth another.
Another lot of
Children's Pants are
put on sale THIS
WEEK, all sizes, at
only 25 Cents.
Sightly, Service?
able and Well-Made
Youth's Suits only
Seven Dollars,
S3
S3
Men's ^Overcoats
and Children's Over?
coats at Slashing
Discount to make
! them sell quickly.
5ll_3 cdbp
j KEEP THEJMU ROLLING!
That is what we intend doing, and the only
r way we know how to do it is to reduce prices to
2 rapid closing figures. Don't want for l?wer
S prices; there is no way to make them. Now is
"l your golden opportunity to secure bargains un
5 prccedented in our annals as Clothing, merchants.
?n
iUlilil
A workshop that em loyi uemrly two hundred hands rerjuiros lots
of Bash.'so we cannot afford to carry 0;othing from t-tauon to s ;asi n
Tln^e are\<>'ir advantages in trading yonr dotlari here. Wo hand yuu
bone it. Keady-Made O othing. direct from the ? oik table No middle
Ii an a jiro?t ao when wo assert tuoro is no way to make them lower you
are at bottom notch.
COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
On< Hundred and Fifty-Four Men's Drepg Business Suits that
Children s .-nits mostly small sized, were Twelve and Fifteen Dollar?.
The price* wmo as hi^h as Five Dol? '.ours at
1.. i ou tame: to clean thorn out \>ill
goat
$1 a Suit.
We will allow no exchange on
this lot.
Storm Overcoats that were 'Jen
and Twelve Dollars, to close,
$6.75.
$8.25.
Meu'e Good Workiuc 8uit-. Only
a few more left. SVbilu they last
will ?o at
$2.?Q,
Cannon Ball Clothing Co,, 89 Main St, Norfolk,I
aas? iiaaa man
, bs? nezn be?e
laen und? asas)
Srsan eene eees, naeta ao
nna Sana ebob bbbS Cjbu
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8 Thirty-two boxes, countless thousands of
8 yards of Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Em
p broideries, our own importation, are now ready
8 for Sale. Buyers will find them marked at 8
8 the really surprisingly low prices that are 8
8 rendered possible by the new tariff when the g
? store is big enough to buy direct, 2c, 3c, 4c, ?
8 5c, 6C, 8C, IOC, 124c, 15c, 17c, 18c, 20c, 22c, ?
? 25c a yard. |
Also on import, New Feather Stitch Braid, 8
? 5c, 8c, 10c, 15c a piece. Novelties in this lot. g
8 One case White Check Nainsook, 5c a yard, o
X Buyers who want to profit by these special o
? offerings should not delay. ?
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1 WATT, RETTEW & CLAY, |
CXXX}OOOOCOCK2CK300CKDC>OOOC>^
CALL AT
DONOVAN'S,
143 and 145 Church St.
250 Rolls New Matting
from ioc.
20 Rolls Linoleums from
60c. to $1 per yard.
Baby Carriages
from $5 to $75.
OIL CLOTH
trom 25c. to 50c.
New Refrigerators.
Buying for cash we can
sell right.
D. F. DONOVAN]
A LAUOE STOCK Off
Cotton Baskets,
Oyster Bags,
Coal and Pino Tar,
TCmcn WE ARE SELLING EXTREME?
LY LOW.
Hill, ConsoWo & Taylor,
Ship Chandlers and Growers,
96 Water Street.
'PHONE NO. 148.
PK?CTICAL DECORATOR,
I6? CHURCH STREET.
HOLIDAY GOODS !
APPLES, ORANGES,
MIN O EM E AT, PRESERVES,
Jb.LLY, ItAlSI.Sa.
OlTllON. ?J CAN UTS,
M1NCI M EAT, CANNED CORN,
CANNED IBAOBE8.
CANNED TOMATOES
W- F. ALLEN & CO.
WE CONTINUE THIS WEEK
?THE?
If II lit!
All of These Goods Ar?
New,
Stylish Shapes,
Well Hade.
And Good Material.
The prices they are of?
fered at brings the cost of
these line goods to less
than common goods aro
usually sold for;
The inducements offered
will probably enable us to
close out this entire special
purchase this week.
98 and rear of 92, 94, 96
98, 100 and 102
(MAIN STREET.
WINDOW GLASS I
Having aeoured the nola agency for tue
Chambers-McKet'. Glass Co.,
mahn aotiireri 01 tl.o eolobrated ''JKAN*
NRi'lE' l>ruu.l* WINDOW ?.I.VS.S. w?
aro 1 r^p'"e i !?> till .'II i r l< m from oai
liirgu atouk. '1'hla Klaas ia aekuoaletlgedj
i,y the trade id be equal in Mrengtli,
oearneas and ?ii oikcr respect* lo tue
beat French glasg.
COOKE, CLARK &CO
