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N. BAtiB & CO., Re \1atato Aprenta. BEDFORD CITY, V?. VOL. IX.-NO. 14. INSIDE PROPERTY AT BOj^lsrOKB, The great industrial center of Virginia. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1890. Woodland Park, Three blocks from the established busi? ness center of Roanoko. at the junction of the Norfolk and Western and lloan? oke and .Southern railroads, has been subdivided into lol^s. and will be sold at auction October IT. Scheduled prices will admit of from 100 to 1100 percent, profit to the purchasers in the immedi? ate future. A large attendance of buy? ers is expected from all parts of the country. This sale will inaugurate i be great fall activity hi the Koanoke real estate market, and is the best oppor? tunity over offered for both quick turns and permanent investment. One of tho most noted auctioneers in tho country will officiate. Watch the newspapers for further announcements of this ex? traordinary sale Woodland Park has long been hold with tho idea that, tho city would take it and make it a park in the center of lloanoke. Wo have pur? chased it and will sell it for business and residence purposes. It contains fifty twenty-live-foot business lots on Campbell street, an established busi? ness street, with a thirty-foot alley, through which side tracks will be built to make available for wholesale and warehouse, purposes; loo line residence lots on a beautiful wooded elevation overlooking lloanoke. It will all ulti? mately come into use for business, be? ing only two or three minutes' walk from the corner of Jefferson street and Salem avenue. Enormous profits in the prices at which these lots will be olfered. WooiW Part Lai Co., E. A. PARSONS, .IAS. S. SIMMONS, Secretary. President. T. A. FRIERSON, Auctioneer. TIIK ROANOKE ANI> SOUTHERN. *Work to I). IIcKim on tills ICiid of the I.un? til h Few Wci lc. It is only a few weeks at most before work on the lloanoke and Southern will be commenced .at this end of the line. The contract with the Roanoke and Southern Guarantee and Development Company requires that work ho com? menced at this end within thirty days after the right of way in the city limits has been turned over to the road. The preliminary steps fordoing this have already boon taken, as published -by TllK TlMKS yesterday morning, and all the necessary arrangements will be made in a few days. The 5ast subscription of $100,000 by the city was made on conditions that work be commenced in the city limits or within one mile of the boundary within ninety days from tho time when the subseribtion was made. The City Couw.il ordered the subscription on the 2th of August, making it necessary for work to begin by the 5th of No? vember. Work will probably be commenced at the terminus, and a track connecting with the. Norfolk and Western extended as it may be needed. Ask the news stands and newsboys how the people like THE TIMES in its new form. Three times, us many visitors read THE TIMES as read any other paper. That's n point lor real estate advertisers. Another$fariufacturlng Com} any. A charter was granted yesterday by Judge William Cordon Robertson, of the Hustings Court, to the Monitor Steam Generator and Manufacturing Company, The. capital stock of the company is $250,000, divided into .shares of $50 each, and the purposes of (he company Are to manufacture and sell the generators in all parts of thcfountrytoontrollod ivy the .contract. The real estate to be owned .by the company is not to exceed 100,000 :acres at any one .time. Roanoke is to be tho place for the principal office, anfj the flames of those se?octcd *o conduct c he affairs of the company for Abo first year are as follows: President, H. M. Eiigile; -viee-presidont, George M. Rain; seeve tary and treasurer, H. C. Musser; di? rectors: H. M. Engle, H. C. Musser, T. M. uliones, P. S. MiHer, J. VL Hartlote, and-iL M. Harris. A I''in? Country. G. A- Turner, Esq., rette/ted last night from a three weeks' visit to Franklin and Henry counties. Wuero be has been settling up several opt ions on mineral lands along the line of the Roa? noke and Southern road secured by him. .Mr. Turner is enthusiastic in regard to the mineral prospects in those counties and says the Koanoke and Southern railroad, besides the many commercial advantages which it will make avail? able, will open, up a splendid mineral district in tha'j section. Everybody roads THE TIMES' "Want Column." If you have houses or rooms to ront, pro ,)orty or anything else to sell, put a smull Ad. in THE TIMES, it will bring you calls. ROANOK RO?NOKE'S POSTAL RECEIPTS. Assistant Postmaster O'Brien Makes a Comparison. For the Quarter Kmlliif; September 30 the UeceSpta Were ?s.aoo.ot, mi In erease of Morn Tlmu ?0 I'er Cent. Over the C<>rre?iM>nillii({ Quarter Last Vear ?-A Steady ami Conxtunt <iui?. The liest indications of the growth of a city next to the erection of houses and the increase in the value of real estate, are the receipts of the postotlice. Roa noke, taking these criterions as a guide, not to mention the imperfect returns of the census, which still gave her an im? mense momentum as one of the rapidly growing cities of Virginia and the South, still holds her own and all the best ad? vantages of this section of the State un? der the cold and uncertain calculation of figures which never lie. It has been said that figures never lie, but that men sometimes lit? with figures. In such cases the crime is not with the integrals, hut the individuals. They are the si? lent showers of facts and when they are in ado known the figures are always there. Such has been the history of the world, of cities, individuals:.and such is the history of Roanoke, the Magic City of the Southwest, and of all other places which rely on the truth and tests of their progress and advancement. In every growing city the postoflloo is the barometer which indicates the ebb and How of the human tide within its borders, and taking t his as the guage.'as the following figures will show, it will lie easy to see how Roanoke is growing and bow people still continue to gather w ithin her borders. According to the report of the efficient assistant, postmaster, Captain .1 . M. O'Brien the gross receipts at the Roan? oko postotlice from the sale of stamps and all other sources of revenue for the quarter ending the 30th of last Septem? ber were $8.300.01. For the quarter [ending June 30th, 1800, the receipts wore S7,705. For the quarter ending I March 31st, 1800, the receipts were 30,313.22, and for that ending December j 31st, 1880, the ofllcecollected$5,210.01, A comparison of the quarter ending I September :t(), 188!?. with that of the i same date of IS'.K), shows that the re i celpts of the office then were only $.">. 185.43, against the $8,300.01 of the quar? ter ending September 30 of this year, leaving an increase of $3,114.58 for this year. Resides showing the wonderful in? crease in the business of the postotlice j and the population of the city, the I above figures toll-plainly that more men are needed by the postmaster to render i his service effective, and that the office should be located in a building owned by the Government. THE Y. 1*1. C. A. Made Rich by a Fortunate Invest? ment, It Will Build. Secretary Johnson, of the Y. M. C. A., who entered upon bis duties this week, is at work to increase the interest in the association. Prominent business men have subsc ribed $1,500 for the current expenses of .the year, and a reorganiza j tion will be effected soon, probably with ! thne-e or four hundred members. As soon as everything can be put in shape the reading room will be supplied I with a large number of first-class news? papers and periodicals. The present location of the os social ion. on the third lloor of Tin: Timks build? ing, is only temporary until more suit? able quarters can be secured. State Secretary II. O. Williams will be here in a few days, and a thorough ef? fort, will be made to secure, better quar? ters. The association hopes to erect a build? ing next year. It now has a lot on the corner of Jefferson street and Kirk av? enue which cost $3,500 three years ago, and Cor which they have refused an offer of $35,000. The lot fronts 7."> feet on Jefferson street and 170 on Kirk avenue. Plans have already been drawn for a $50,000 bulldfng. to be four stories high, with three store-roomsion the first fioor. The plan is to have a building large enough to give the Association plenty of room, with several offices for rent to help pay current expenses. THE TIMES is the loading paperof the mineral belt of tho two Virginias. If you want to keep posted on the development of this auction you cannot afford ito be without it. "THKM STJKKKS." A Pair "f Cuttle at the Slaughter Pen with a Questlouubjtc Ownership. A poorly el ad countryman offered two fat steers for sale at the market yester? day morning. One buteher offered to buy and the price asked was:550, but the man readily offered to take. $35. The butcher suspected from the ap? pearance and manner of the man thath? was trying t? sell stolen property, and asked that he produce proof <f?f his own? ership. The man left and soon came back with one of the most disreputable negroes on Railroad avenue. The ne? gro's testimony was not deemed suffi? cient, and a tramn aas brought next, but the butcher still declined to pur? chase, and the steers are still at the slaughter pen, the pretended owner hav ing disappeared. There is no need to buy a Baltimore, Philadelphia or Now York paper to find tho news. By subscribing for THE TIMES you can huvo it served to you every morning ut your breakfast table twelve hours In ndvr.nce of tho Northern papers. E, VIRGINIA, SATURE 1'ETKKSmJUCJ. Uni si hi; the ruy of tho Police?A Colpnlsa tiou Scheme--LnnBHton Coining. Pbtei<8BURQi Va., Oct. 3.?[Special]? At a meeting of the common council last night the pay of the police was in? creased. The pay of tho chief was made ?1,000 per annum, instead of ?800; lieutenants, ??00, instead of ?700; ser? geants, ?700, instead of ?000; privates, ?2 per day of actual service, instead of ?1.50. In consideratien of this increase the polico are to uniform themselves. An ordinance was passed giving to George Beadle, the proprietor of the Petersburg street railway, tho privilege of constructing and operating a street railway on dilferent streets of the city, tho said lino to bo operated by electric? ity as a motive power. Tho ordinance, under the rules, lies over until the next meeting of the council. The following resolution was also offered, which will be acted upon at tho next meeting : Resolved, That a special committee of the members of the council be ap? pointed for the purpose of inducing I capital, labor and industrial enterprises j to come to the city of Petersburg, which I committee shall have authority to ex I pend, before the first day of July, 1801, I a sum of money not exceeding ?1,000, to be drawn from the general city fund, in carrying out such plans as may seem to said committee best for the furtherance of the object contemplated by this reso? lution. Mr. .1. T. Donahue, iirst junior lieu? tenant of tho R. 10. Leo battery; lias ten? dered bis resignation. Rev. Mr. Ilurlbutt, of Ohio, addressed the Chamber of Commerce and other citizens at the Tobacco Exchange last night on his plans for establishing a colony of Western settlers in Prince George county, a short distance from Petersburg. It is proposed to purchase between 8,000 and 0,000 acres of land in ' said county and lay the same out into a town and small farms. .lohn M. L?ngsten is expected here to night from Washington, lie will ccr ; tainly be a candidate for Congress from this, the Fourth district of Virginia, at the next Congressional election.. Cock a dr. Read THE TIMES every morning for the news. Delivered at your house by ; carriers for 50 cents per month. TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES. After an investigation by Deputy Col? lector Ingham, Rev. Dr. Minkenberg and Rev. Dr. Loenthurth, two Catholic j clergymen who arrived at Philadelphia Wednesday on board the steamer Hel? genland and were not allowed to land, under the provisions of the contract labor law, have been released and pro? ceeded for St. Paul. Congressman Frank Lawler has been nominated for sheriff by tho Democrats of Chleago, The sixteenth annual meeting of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Cotton Ex? change was holet Wednesday. A dispatch from London says that the Scotch iron trade is at a complete stand? still, as tho manufacturers have given notice to their men that they will he locked out on October 4 unless pending differences aro meanwhile arranged. The fires in a number of furnucos are already out. Should the lockout be de? clared 100,000 men will be thrown out of employment. Six thousand Irishmen assembled in ; Indianapolis Thursday night to express their sentiments in regard to the Tip I perary troubles. The Republicans of Idaho claim the election of Shoup for (iovernor aud Sweet for Congress by 1.800 majority and tho entire State ticket by the same majority. They claim that the Legis? lature stands k.' Republicans to 10 Demo? crats, with two members in doubt. Ex-Uovernor Philip Francis Thomas, of -Maryland, who was Secretary of the Treasury under President Buchanan, and who had held almost every ollice in the gift of the people of Maryland, died Wednesday night, aged 80 years. I Acting Indian Commissioner Reit has instructed Indian agents to refuse appli? cations for Indians to join "Wild West" shows. Tho directors of the London (las Light and Coke Company yesterday omphatic j ally declined to accede to the demand made by tho National Gas Workers' Union that only union monbe employed in the works. At a meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League yesterday, Gco. Wm. Curtis was elected president for the en-suing year. The treasurer's re? port showed a balance of $2,000. A terrific gale prevailed in the North Sea Thursday and five vessels foundered during the storm. The White Star Steamer Germanic from Liverpool with Count of Paris, Duke oi Orleans and Prince of Join vi Ho on board, signalled off the Highlands at 10:10 o'clock this morniDg. Ernest Humphreys, a negro who shot and killed Dicy Miller, another negro, at Princeton, Ky.. Wednesday, was taken from jail at that place Thursday and hanged. Col onel J. R. French,editor of the Hois*? Sun, of Roiso City, Idaho, died Thurs? day evening. He win prominently con? nected with anti-slavery agitation and 1 edited the Herald of Freedom,one of the I first anti-slavery papers in New England, j He served nine years as Sergeant at I Arms of the I'nited States Senate. j The New Orleans September crop state j ment Issued yesterday by Secretary I Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange shows the largest movement is cotton for the first month of the sea? son since the war, it not in the history of the trade. The amountbrought into sigiit for the month was 851,024, against f|08,08fl in September, 1880,and 433,078 in September IS?i8. The early crop of 1387-8* brought into sight in September j that year, wa 882.4,QOf) bales, the nearest, to this season's movement on record. Tho statement shows receipts at ports for month 722,770 bales Against 571.551 last year. >AY MORNING, OCTOI IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE. A Light Attendance at Yester? day's Session in New York. The Delegates Prefer Sight-Seeing to Hear? ing a Paper on Aluminum Steel?They Virtit Telephone Exchange*, Telegraph Office* ami Peep Into the Suhway Sys? tem?A Trip to Edison's Establishment. Nkw York, Oct. 3.?[Special]?There were very few peoplo in Chickcring Hall at half past 10 o'clock this morn? ing, when Sir James Kitson called to order tho third day's session of the con? vention of tho British Iron and Steel Ins? titute. There was no business to transact beyond tho reading of the last paper on tho list, "Aluminum Steel," by It. A. Hadfteld, of Sheffield, England, and as the printed copies of this had been dis? tributed yesterday the members of the institute who attended tho banquet last night and others who witnessed the theatrical performances, did not feel like sitting the morning session through. Nevertheless, a number of the Eng? lishmen made an early tour of the olec tricial works of the city. They started from Park Avenue Hotel at S o'clock, under the guidance of S. S. Wheeler, tho expert of the hoard of electrical control, and visited the offices of tho telephone j exchange in Cortlandt street, where the 1 mysteries of the switch-board were explained to them. Thence they w< nt to the Western 1'nion building, of which they made a tour, to the branch works of tho Brush Electric Light Company In Elizabeth I street, and to the Edison works in 30th street. They also examined several of the manholes on the sub-way system workings. j After the reading of Mr. Hadfield's I paper in C hickcring Hall .Mr. J. E. i stead, of Middlesboro, England, com? mented upon it at some length, and the meeting adjourned. A large number of the delegates went to the Edison laboratory at Llowoyn Park, where luncheon was served by Mr. Edl son. a Others visited the Tilly Poster' ore mines and electrical separating works, Stoyen's Institute of Technalogy at Hoboken and the Spiral Weld Tube Works in East Orange. N. J. The dele? gates will leave to-morrow morning for Philadelphia. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 3.?[Special] ?An elaborate programme has been ar? ranged by the local committee for tho entertainment of the English and Gor? man iron and steel men on the occasion of their visit to Birmingham. Excur? sions will be made to fifteen of the most important points in this district. Local committeenien will attend who spoak German as well as English. A souvenir pamphlet "In both languages has been gotten up for the guests. Ask the news stands and newsboys how the people like THE TIMES In its new form. Three times as many visitors read THE TIMES as read any other paper. That's a point for real estate advertisers. Defining the Lottery Act. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.?[Special]?As? sistant-Attorney (ieneral Tyner, under direction of Postmaster-General Wana nvaker, has prepared a circular letter to postmasters containing instructions for their guidance in carrying out the anti lottery law. The instructions stated that tho law applies to any letter, ordi? nary or registered, if it concerns any lottery, gift concert, or scheme de? scribed in the act. and to lottery tickets. Checks, drafts, bills, money, postal notes, or money-orders for tho purchase of lottery tickets, or any share or chance in a lottery or gift enterprise, and to drawings at any lottery or similar scheme, and forbids carrying them in mails or delivery of them from post offices. Racing Yesterday. WKSI' CHK8TEH UAltK. first race, three-fourths of a mile? Walk over for Volunteer Second. Sec? ond race, seven-eighths of a mile?Ob? jection won, BePo d'Or second, .loa Courtney third; time, 1:30. Third race, a mile and one-eighth?Salvini won. Castaway second; only two started: time, 1:50>?. Fourth race. McGrath iana handicap, five-eighths of a mib ? Blithe won, IlllviUo second. Forerunner third: time, 1:02. Fifth race, mile heats, Matterhorn handicap?Eurus won, Benedictine second, Los Angeles third: time. 1:40. Sixthnace, five and a half furlongs, selling?Kirkovcr won. Wood? cutter second, Early Blossom third; time. 1:??7%. Seventh race, maidens, a half mile - Annie won. No Sass second, Ella T. third; time, .48. Schriller'* i;i -t it m om. CoLUMnus, Intl.. Oct. 3.?[Special]? Last night William II. Shriber, recently arrested in Detroit. Mich., for robbing the First National Bank, in this city, of 8300,000 in cash and securities in No? vember, 1888, and brought to this city and lodged in jail, sent for the bank of? ficials and turned over to them all his ill-gotten gains. Ho will go before the judge asd enter a plea of guilty and ask for mercy. All the money not wasted by young Schriber was invested in real estate in Michigan, near Detroit, and is said to be wWth about 815,000. Hase Hull Yesterday. League?Chicago, 10; New York, 0; Cleveland, 4: Philadelphia, '<: Pitts burg. 4; Boston, 0. Brotherhood?Chi? cago. 2; New York. 2; Cincinnati, s: Boston, Pittsburg, 4: Brooklyn, 10; Cleveland, 5; Philadelphia, 0. Associa? tion? Louisville. :>; Columbus. ;:. Compuro THE TIMES' news columns with tho^e of any other paper published in ii radius of 200 miles. If you want the news you cannot afford to be without it. The Limerick corporation at a meet? ing yesterday adopted resolutions cen? suring the government for the recent Tlpporary arrests. ?ER 4, J890. PR .mormon CONVERTS. Pretty Girls Willing to be one of Eight Wives. Sew York, Oct. 3.?[Special]?Tbc authorities at the bargt? office thismorn ing used an immense amount of moral suasion on thirty-two young Mor mons who arrived on the steamer Wyo? ming to induce them to forego their in? tention of becoming proselytes to tho Mormon faith. The girls wero separated from the other passengers as they landed and placed in a room by themselves. Three female missionaries from the Emigrant Girls' Home went among them and tried to convince them of tho folly of their course. It was a very hard undertaking. One of the girls, Rarer Sylvestersen by name, who acted as spokeswoman for the party, frankly acknowledged that they wero all willing to be one of seven or eight wives, and were fully aware of tho principles of Mormonism. The girls are all young and some of them remarkably pretty. The attempt of the missionaries to influence them proved an utter failure, and as all the barge office authorities can do is to use persuasion, the entire party will pro? ceed on their journey to-morrow by the Old Dominion Line via Newport News, Virginia. The party comprises all told252 souls, of whom thirty-two are children. Among the lot is a married English woman who left her husband in England to take up the Mormon faith. She said she was milled ami compelled to go. She re? fused to tell her name. THE TIMES is the lending paper of tho mineral belt of tho two Virginias. If you want to keep posted on the development of this section you cannot attord to bo without it. GUATEMALAN MATTERS. A Strong Footing off Discontent Against President Barilla*. City ok Mexico, Oct. :t.?[Special]? Dr. Uenegoccha, son-in-law of the late General llarrundia, leaves for Washing? ton Monday with good letters to present in the llarrundia case, lie says tho greatest discontent reigns in tluatemala among the masses against President Barrillas, and predicts war within four months. Hull Fighter Mascarino has been ex? pelled from Guatemala for shouting, "Vive Ezeta," as has also a tierinan named Ileschmann, for making love to liarrundia's daughter. Senor Sobral, ex secretary of state, is still a prisoner in his own house, which is carefully guarded. Eleve n prominent men have been called recently to cabinent positions by Presi? dent Barrillas, but all have refused. Everybody readB THE TIMES' "Want Column." If you have houses or rooms to rent, property or anything else to soil, put a small Ad. in THE TIMES, it will bring you calls. KILLED BY THE CARS. A Negro Called "Night Hawk" Has His Head Cut Off. A negro who was known by the nick? name of "Night Hawk" was killed by a freight train on the Norfolk and Wes? tern yard, just below the Commerce street crossing, last night about twelve o'clock. He was found with his head severed from the body and mashed almost to a jelly, his head lying in the middloof the track and several feet from the body, which was lying on the side of the track, lie was discovered by Officer W. A. Vest. It is not known how tho accident oc? curred; but it is supposed he tried to cross the tracks in advance of the loco? motive and became bewildered and con? fused at its sudden approach. He was at 11 uddleston's bar on Rail? road avenue trying to sell a bucket of butter a few minutes before tho acci? dent. The blicket of butter was by him when found. The body was turned over to Undertaker Woolwlne. tii10 COMTE DE PARIS Arrives In New York and Will Visit His old Campaigning Ground. New York, Oct..'!.? [Special |?-A num? ber of prominent New Vorkors, includ? ing several of tho Comto do Paris' former comrades in arms, went down the harbor this morning to meet the Germanic, which bore him to America. Their meeting was very cordial. The j Comto speaks excellent English. The party consists of the Comto do Paris, the Duo d'Orleans, Due d'l'ses. Marquis do Lasteyril, Comto d'Hanson ville, Col, Do Parseval, Captain Mor han and Dr. Recamier, The party will be at the Windsor Hotel three days and will go from here to Craigen's Point, West Point, then visit Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Baltimoro and from there to Richmond by boat. Urban Population?. Washington, Oct. 3.?[Special]?The census bureau to-day announced the j following populations of cities: Clovo I land. 261,540; increase 101,400; Chnrlos j ton, S. C, 54,502; increase 14,008; Find lay, O., 18,074; increase 14,041; Fort Smith, Ark., 11,201; Incrcaso 8,102; El Paso City. Texas. 10,s;ti?: Increase 10,100; Charlotte, N. C, 11,555; increase l.ttli: Winston. N. ('., T.'.'ss; increase 5,134. A Treaty With Zuullmr. ? ilERI.IN, Oct. ? ? [Special]? A treaty I has boon signed by Germany and Zani bar relative to the coasting trade along the east coast of Africa. The Gorman government pays the Sultan of Zanibar four million marks for the concession, Comparo THE TIMES' news columns with those of any other paper published . In a radius of 'JOO miles. If you want tho ' news you cannot ultord to be without it. Bedford City Real Entarte la Mfc. paying Investors. Wrlto to N. BALE & CO. ICE THREE CENTS. A SON OF_OLD VIRGINIA. Gen. Roger A. Pryor Appointed to the Bench. Governor Hill Makes Him Judge of the Court of Common I'leas--The Interest? ing Career of i? Itemnrkable man. ?Editor, Lawyer, Orator, Lecturer,. Politician ami Man of Letters. Nkw York, Oct. 3.?[Special.]?Gen. Roger A. Pryor has just been appointed judge of the court of common ploas by Governor Hill to fill tho vacancy caused by the resignation of Chief Judge Rich? ard A. Larremore. General Pryor is a Tammany Democrat who has had an eventful career. The now chief judge of the common pleas court is 02 years of age. Ho was liorn in Dinwiddio county, Va., in 1328. He was the son of the late Rev. Theo derick Pryor, 1). 1).. and boasts descent from colonial ancestors on both sides of the bouse. Ho was graduated froui llampdon-Sidney College in 181(>. and from the University of Virginia two years later. He was then admitted to the bar. but did not practice at once. He became editor of the Washington Union, and. with .lohn W. Forney, sup? ported the Pierce administration. While connected with that paper he wrote a review of the Russian and Crimean war which provoked widespread controversy and made him we 11-1 mown through tho country. Ho noxt became editor of the Richmond Enquirer. In 1S.VJ he was a delegtao to Cue Na? tion convention at Haltimoro which nominated Pierce for the Presidency. In 1855 President Piorco sonfc hira as a special envoy to Greece to adjust the controversy between tho two countries regarding tho American missionary, Jonah King. Previous to that, as editor of the En? quirer, ho hail led the light against Know-Nothingism, and in 1850 he had successfully opposed William L, Yancy, who had made a motion in Convention to revive tho slave trade. In 1857 he was made visiting lecturer to the Uni? versity of Virginia. i He was elected to Congress in I8."iS to represent the Fourth district of Virgin? ia. In 18(U) be was re-elected, but was prevented from taking his seat by tho secession of Virginia from tho Union. Immediately following he was elected a member of the Confederate Congress un? der Provisional Government, and. upon the expiration of his term, however, ho resigned to enter tho Confederate army. Governor Hotelier, of Virginia, appoint? ed him r colonel to begin with; but ho won additional henors by personal brav? ery at the battle of Williamsburg, and was made a General in consequence. In 1804 ho was taken prisoner by tho Union forces, and confined in Port Lafayette. At tho close of the war, in 13ti5, General Pryor moved to Now York, where he has since lived and practiced law. When he tlrst came here ho con? nected himself with tho Daily News as editor. The paper was then a morning sheet, and the chief Democratic organ. While editor he read law. and was soon admitted to the bar. Since then he has devoted himself to law practice, and has, written numerous articles for tho American Review and the Forum. He has contributed much upon law subjects to the Encyclopaedia Kritannica. Ho has also been in domund as a lecturer before the literary societies of various colleges. He was a delegate to the national Democratic convention which nominated Tilden in 187G, and to tho convention which renoiuinated Cleveland in 1888. TUE TU*I* i. k \ N V TRIALS. A Police Spy follow* the Suspects Into - Church. Dtmi.lK, Oct. :i.?[Specialj?The hear? ing in the case of the government against, Dillon and O'Urion and other National? ists, who were arrested on a charge of conspiracy, was continued in tho magis? trates court at Tipperary to-day. No evidence of moment was adduced. In tho course of the proceedings, tho ques? tion arose as to tho time the trials would occupy, and Ronan, prosecutor for the crown, declared that he was entirely ig? norant of the time it would take to pre? sent the case for the government, or for I ho accused to make their defence. Healey, of counsel for dofonce, said ho was in mortal fear lest the trials would last for six months. Henley's remarks excited the laughter of those present at the bearing. Much excitement was occasioned in the courtroom by the evidence of one of the witnesses, a policeman, who testi? fied that be followed several of the de? fendants into the vestry of the Catholiu church and tried to overhear what was said there by them. Tho policeman was cross-examined by Mr. Harrington, who called him a ''shadow." Tho magistrate called upon Harrington to withdraw tho expression. Harrington refused to do so, and was ordored to leave the case. An uproar ensued. Messrs. O'Rrien and Dillon commenting freely upon tho manner in which tho ease was con? ducted. Finally a half hour's adjourn? ment was ordered. Mr. Harrington's clients decided to defend themselves, when the proceedings were resumed. Dillon had just begun to address the bench when a cheer was raised for Har? rington. This so exasperated the magis? trate that he ordered the court cleared, and proceedings were adjourned abrupt? ly amid the greatest confusion. A large body of police was massed outside the court. Lcroy Turnhull Returns. Leroy Turnbull, who escaped from the ohain gang here and was recently captured in Lynchhurg, was brought back to his old place yesterday by Of? ficer Hrowning. The Weather To-day", For Virginia, South Carolina and (leorgia : Fair weather, variable winds, slightly warmer.