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No4ce.
jritere will !>.? a meeting of tit* Busi?
ness Men's Association this evening In
the (.riiee .if S. G. Cummins. Business
of great importance. Please be wn
hand.
jan'ilit. W. E. TvAWSON. :
\\T ANTHD.-A good canvasser for |
V> 'Hampton and vicinity, flood com?
mission. Address E. B. Kf,DD, Atlan?
tic Utotel. Newport News, Va. ja2I-3Lp
S. J- Brown. G. B. floaalami, |
Brown & Hoagland,
Law, Collection & Real Estate,
Office opposlte'lPopular avenue,
PHOEBUS, VA.,
j HAVE
Lots on Easy ond Liberal Teiitis
^ from $10.00 to S500.
"Hoagland/
West Hampton, 250 feet from railroad j
traclc,sur.!ounded by four junction roads
ilirtinn
on the most liberal terms. Plans and
?speci'flcarlons furnished gratuituosly.
AdUress Lock Box 223. Hampton, Va.
E. G. Darden.
A chance at any time to get the
worth of- your money. We don't
give prize packages and then over
charge for our goods.
Our stock consists of
Dress Goods,
/VUllinery,
FNotions,
Boots,
SHoes, &c
E. G. DARDEN,
N. E. Cor. King and Queen Sts |
HAMPTON, YA.
P. B. MESSENGER,
General* Carpenter,
-MANUFACTCKKR OP
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES,
Frames, Sash, Blinds & Doors,
MantcJs and
biaT-ly Mouldings. |
Queen Street, HAHPTC?, VA.
O. Box. 101.
?4 Of a Life Time.
""'o^otice tiiis great reduc?
tion in Blankets this week
at
To A. Gooke's.
All Wool Blankets that
sold for $7-00 now going
at $5.00.
All Wool Blankets that
Sold for $5-00 now goin
at $4 00.
A beautiful Grey Blanket
thatdidsell for $3.00 now
$2.50.
A hrge line of Counter
panea very cheap. The
price will astonish y ou.
A beautiful Billow Case,
36x45 inches, made of best
cotton, for 15 cents.
Big drop in prices of Un?
derwear. JNow is the time
to buy.
. Gome and see for yourself.
X. /\. Cooke
a AS. M. GUMMING,!
Real Estate and Rental ftgeitt.
22 E. QUEEN ST. HAMPTON, VA
hov6 diu
WE. Owen, who has been appoint
* ed in piace of R. H. Clalborn.
resigned, of Hampton Cabinet. No. 647.
Amerisan Alutual Benefit Society, would
respectfully ask all members to call and
sebtle Units Ivefore Jan. 15th, 1898. All
members who have been suspended
would' do well to call and be- reinstated.
W. E. OWEN, Cashier.
Office No. 6 Queen St., Hampton,
jan 8-lm.
\^fs%^?H j
y \i
Give Him a
Warm Welcome
Santa Claus
Tou can't have a Christmas heart in,
a chilly body.
No use to poke the fire if the stove la
a rackety wreck. We'll sell you a new
one for about the cost of winter repairs
on the old. Come and iielp yourself 10
Christmas warmth at peace-and-good
will prices.
Geo M. Richter,
3?o. 8 Queen street, Hampton, Va.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Market Quotations From the
Leading Business Centers.
(NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
>NIBW YtX.fK, Jan. 60.?Money on rail
?>isy at 2 per cut.; last loan 2 per cent.;
prime mercantile paper SS^i per cent.;
stei ling exchange quiet and steady with
actual business in bankers'' bHls at
$4.*l'/i?M.Sl% for demand and at $4.S2V4
<g4.S2% for sixty days: posted rates
$4.f?f?M.S3% "and $4.85',(;<ft!4.S6; commT
ei.il bills W.S1%@4-S2; silver certiflcuKs
5G%<<?T>~lb; bar silvcir 57%;' Mexican dol?
lars 4S\4; government bonds easier;
state IbonMIs quiet; railroad bonkls firm.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-TSiight losses |
iie>?u'lt'.d from the day's trairsa_th)ins, the
stock market which was irregular and j
depressed on the tesumption cyf Cuban I
and currency agitation at Washington
giving courage to certain iurge be3T in?
terests. Recent professional manipula- |
tlo.n of stocks is crcdiUd to people
te.rested Ini making a market for Winds
acquircG during the1 reorganizations.
Western tiod-.1 a&Vices continued good
an'.l further reflected favorable tmfric
returns wltl?h wore published today by
prominent railroad lines. The market
had hardly recover 11 from its ea:.ly
hesitancy wh- n liquidation and short
sales were apparent with resultant
sharp declines. Toward! the dose there
was a somewhat improved ton, and In
crcaseM. activity. Londo-n bought-a lit?
tle on balance.
Pullman. Mohlie and Ohio rm'd nation- |
al lend reflected the declaration of divi?
dends on those properties. Or>gon Im?
proved advanced' 1% on an intimation
j if possible changes in thot company's
relations with othtr properties in th ?
northwest. Great activity and strength
nt North American in- lt?e fino.1 hour was |
based' on rumors of a possible recon?
struction of the company's business.
The total sale of st,>rks today amount,
ed to .100.100 shares.
The leading stocks clos.;'j as follows:
Atcliisou. 2U I
Baltimore & Ohio. 12J |
Canada Paclic. 90
Canada Southern. 52}
Chesapeake & Ohio. 21J
Chicago Sc Alton. 105}
Chicago^ Burlington & Quiney.. 991
C. O. C. & St.. I,. 33}
do do pref'd. 80
Delaware & Hudson. Ill
Delaware, Lack. & W. LIU I
Erie (new) . 141
Port Wayne . 169
Great Northern pref'd. 1110
Illinois Central. MW} |
Lake Shore . 179
Louisville & Nasliviiie.
Manhattan L. 1103
Michigan Central. 104J [
Missouri Pacific. 831
Mobile & Ohio. B0i |
New Jersey Central. 94
New York Oeutrai.1121 |
Norfolk & Western. 14
Northern Pacific. 27} I
do pref'd. 04}
Pittsburg. 108
Reading. 21}
Kock island. 80? j
St. Paul. 04i j
<lo pref'd . 144
Southern Pacify. 20J I
Soiitliern Railway. 8J \
do prefd .
Texas & Pacific . 12
Union Pacific tr. ret*., s. a. p., . 31 j j
Adams Express. 158
American Express . 11H
United States Express. 41
Wells Fargo Express.112
American Tobacco. 8tU
do prePd . 113
People's (las. 05*
Consolidated (las. 1831 |
General Electric. 35i
PaciUc Mail. 31
Pullman P.tiaco. 175
Silver Certificates. 50}
Sugar . IMi
do prei'd . 112}
Tennessee Coal & Iron.
Western Utiioii.,. 90}
Chicago Northwestern. 1215
do pref'd. 1044 |
Chicago Great Western. 31 j
CHTCAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20.?'Ail the grain and
provisii >n markets were strong to.it]
and mude additions t.> their form,
prices. The feature in wheat was tl
str mgth shiwn by the July optlo
which advanced a e-.nt under Leitet
lisylrig and covering by shorts. Ma'
closed at % cent advance. Corn
.Hits closed. cen t higher each and pro:
Visioc? udvanood' 5@20 cents.
WHEAT? Open" nigh Low Closed
.lau Vii 94 92? 93i
May ?Ii 92i 915 ills
.Tilly 33fr 844 83jj 83*
CO UN
Jan 27 27 205 27
May 2!? 29 28 29
.Inly :;o soj yo 30
OATS?
Jan 23| 23} 235 23}
May 22} 22i 22} 22?
POKK
Jau 9.524 A <r.7J 9.521 9.574
May 9.52i 9.70 9.524 9.70
LARD?
Jan 4.05 4.05 4.021 4.70
May 4.721 4.77i 4.72* 4.771
July 4.80 4.871 4.87j
iuhs
jan 4.72i 4.721 4.721 4.72J
May 4.75 4.82i 4.75 4.S2J
Cash quotations were as follows
Flour steady; No. 2 yellow corn,
27(i?}-, No. 2*i>riug wheat, 874@S8;
No. 3 spring wheat, 84(&U0; No.
2 red, 93(j"9<J: No. 2 corn,27}; No.
2 oats, 23<?g23; No. 2 white, 2?j: No
3 white, 24i@25J;No. 3rye, 45; No,
2 barley, 27A@41; No. 3 ?; No. 4 ?
-; No. 1 flax seed, 120@124i; prime
timothy seed, 2.70; mess pork pel
barrel 9.57i<j9 024; lartl perlOO pouim
4.70@4.72}; short. ri->& sides (losjsej
4.0i)(rtj4.90; Iry salted shoulders
(boxed), 4}(<?5; short clear shies,
{boxed),4.60ijA5.10; whiskey, distillers'
tiuiedied goods, per gallon, 119.
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
P.ALTiMlORB, Jan. ?0.?Wheat firm;
spot, monit-h and Feb. 98V6@i>St4; May
94%@iH'&; steamer Nix 2 n?=d ?STs?SH;
Southern wheat by sample 9-i?9fl; d-j ?c
grade- l?1/&?98.
Corn firm; spot and' month 32V4: Feb.
S*54^K!BV6; steamer mixed S0%@31;
Sou chtrn white corn 29@34; do yellow 28
@93.
Oats firm; No. 2 white 2?i,i?i)30; N>.
2 mixed 28. . ?
Rye firmer; No. 2 neanby 52'?; No.
2 W-.siein 53% bid.
HaysteUiy; choice timothy J1S.00.
Uiain freights <tuiet and easy; stjam
to Liverri ?. per bushel 3Vid Feb.: cork
for orders p t quarter 3s 4'?d Jan.; 3s
4.%d Feb.
Sugar strong; nnchanged.
Butter quiet; unchanged.
Eggs quiet; unchanged.
Cheese Steady; unchanged.
Wiiiskey unchanged.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.?CKton futures
I closed steady; sa'es 11K.100 tie'.es. Ju:;f
fiSl; July f?4; Au*. 586; Sept. SVXN; Oct.
1601:; Nov. 593; Jan. 5?S; F. b. 5?8; March
April ?75; May 578.
(lnn't Twee Spit and Smote Yuor Life Avr.y
If yen want to quit tobacco using oasllj'
and forever, bemado woH, strong, magnetic.
Tull or now life aud vigor, take No-To-?ac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
Uroni?. Many ',;uu ten p?tiu<ls in ten days.
Over'400.000 enfed. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist,' under guarantee to cure, 50c or
|1,0ft. Uooklet and sample mailed free. Ad
Sterling Remedy (Jo..t:UicagoorNow Yosic.
Sfampton Qurtan,
K'.ng Street, near Que?n. opposite the J
new postofftce )
AH news letters fmr publication ; In
this departiiu'ui should be addressed
to Dally Press Bureau. Hampton.
The Daily Press will be found for
sale eveu-y. morning at the following
places:
Hampton?Postoffice news stand.
Cudbert's book store, and at the King
street office.
Old Polint?Baulcb's stationery ana
book store, Hygela Hotel and Oham
berlin" Hotel.
Sherwood Hotel
FRIDAY. JANUARY 21. 14?.
COL TABB'S CHARGE
Says He Was Misrepresented
by the Press.
WHAT THE OFFICERS SAY
Proportion lo Knlargs the County Court
House. A Cart! From Captain 8.
II. Wood. Oilier Items
of Interest.
In the accounts given in tbse col?
umns of the sensational ending of the
pro.eedings in the Ashby case iv. the
county CiL'urt chamber, last Tuesday ev?
ening, the Daily Press correspondent
endeavored to be absolutely fair. So de?
sirous, inVlefd, has he been to avoid
even- th-e. suspicion of an inclination to
critic tee the eonv3uct of Cotonel Tabb
thntigb the columns of the Press, that,
in yesteirdUy's eUition, be offered the
only excuse that has been pubiicly
made in behalf of the distinguished at
'torne y.
Yesterday afternoons however. Colon?
el Talhb met the Daily - ress correspon?
dent at the corner of Kinig and Queen
streets and abruptly infomieU> him that
"this thing had gon?.- far enough." and
in a tone of voice which clearly be
traiyied the anger which he felt, inti?
mated that it had to stop. He the i
stated that be had been-misrepresented,
alleging that t'he Press had err-d in
saytngr that bis speech in the court?
room was delivered hevfoie the jurors
were discharged. The p>int does
not seem to be one of much importance,
for if the colonel intended to say?which
the writer by no -means asserts?that
the eleven jurors remaining in the box
were either lncomp tent or mercenary,
it could have mode no. difference, so far
as they were concerned, whether he '.Md
it be-fore- or after their discharge. The
only apparent difference is that lawyers
sometimes say things to men in court
?which they would not enre to repeat
outside. But he that as it may.
In order to be sure that to ? was cor?
rect in the statement complained o<f by
Colonel Ta.l>b. the Daily Press corres?
pondent called upon. Deputy Clerk Har?
ry Holt. Common wealth's Attorney Col?
lar. Sheriff Curtis, until otbeTS?whose
names can be giwn if required?all of
whom were present, and was tevl'j by
them that his report was entirely ac?
curate. .
This statement is not mode in ill to i
ir,.g to wand Colonel Tabb. or for the pur.
pose of adJiing to the unenviable prom?
inence Into which' his unfortunate
speech .has forced him, but for the pur?
pose of dispne-ving tin - charge of unfair?
ness whiich he yesterday made. The
SDuily Presss correspondent has repeat?
edly remarked on the streets that, he
diil ndt believe that Colonel Tabb in
tenlcled to insult any man on the Jury,
arJJ he does not now think so. But the
personal opinion of a journalist and his
duty to the pape r that employs him are
different matters, so very different, in?
deed, that he is fietiuently called upon
to take account of things to wb'ieb. If
he ccrild, he would glaiijy ciosn Ks
t-.u m. In writing up the courthouse in?
cident the IXii.y Pre-ss corresipsmdenit
did no more than, his <Suty.
A COURT-HOUSaD IMPROVEftliBNT.
Proposition to Etnlurgee the Old Build?
ing.
The attention of the board of supervi?
sors, at their next meeting, will l>e
called to a suggestion concerning the
enlargemtrr.-t of the county courthouse.
Tbi structure, like that at Newport
News, is somewhat unique in poSnt of
architectural urangeraent, and might,
at moderate .xpense, be greatly Im?
proved both in appearance and' conven?
ient es.
The main entrance is througn a pair
of large doors Wh'ich open upon a nar
nevw pe>rch covered with a brick arch
and pren-Med with a brick floor, partly
worn away by Virgin5a heels of many
g neremwac. At the right is a small
room caHetl by courtesy an office, and
at the klft is the stairway leading to
the court chamber on the second! floor.
The latter is an affair of angles and in
some respects reminds on.;, of tbe means
of ascent met wi'th in monuments of
limited dimensions.
The proposed improvement contem?
plates the removal of the stairway and
a portion of the walls which incieee it.
as well as these oif the little room at
tihe rigbt. and the closing up o4 the
porch. The space thus acquired Is to be
turned into two rooms 15 feet square
and the entrance to the" eVAirt chamber
is to be by a Might oT steps beginning
half way between- the building and the
Kling s?ie- t sidewalk and en'iing at a
doorway at the place over thv arch now
o- cupie?i by an antediluvian window of
srairious proportions. The hall on the
first flaeir is to be continued to an en?
trance under t'he steps, wb?-eh can be
don.;-, without interfi.Ting with the di?
mensions of hhe rooms em either steife.
What it wenld cost the county to
make these changes Is not known. It is
saiel. however, that unless some such
impn -vi 'me.nits are made the time is not
far distant when a new courthouse wili
be a noeessS'ty. The grciwth of :itigatle>n
in recent years is abundantly testifle1!
to by t'he crowded condition of th-?
county, clerk's rrffkv, whUe Captain
Wood's quarters amc holding their own
as a first-class seoonde There is now no
place for the board oif supervisors to
bold their metinjars. and htnee. twice a
month, they turn thv? circuit clerk, bag
and baggige, out of doors and take
charge of his office.. The addition of
the two roms suggested would provide
them with a ebamber of the It own,
either by giving them tbat now i? d by
the town council and tbe police court
or the n-'-w one immediately in fnent of
it. ard furnish room, on the other sid-;
ft the hallway, for the corny nience of
attorneys an'li their clients desiring to
entjige ir>. private conversation* The
vault in the crnnty clerk's department
is at pre? int the only consultation room
in rbe building, anv> in.vecw of the fact
tihat it contains papers anidi records of
jgteat va?ue Its employmenvt for ibis pur?
pose is fre-qui ntly the source of ebnsid
I eraHrte concern to the Ovflflciuls.
NOT CAPTAIN 8. B. WOOD.
But a York County Man that Walked
Off the Pier.
The frtenlis of Captain S. B. Wood,
clerk iof the circuit court of this county,
have been poking fun at him durhvg the
past two days evn account of a local ar?
ticle in Wednesday's DaS'ly Press re?
lating the unfortunate experience of a
York county man who walked off of one
df the piers at Newport New?, whHe
under the in?u- v.<->- ot liquor and nar
rowtj- escaped drowmlng. The fact that
the name given in the story was S. B.
Wood gave the local run-makers ample
latitude to enjoy themselves at the ex?
pense of the genial circuit olerk. All
this Oaptatai Wood) took goodnaturedly.
boswever; but when he- began to reflect
that ttw. publication of the article In a
newspaper of wide circulation might
leave an erroneous impression upon the
nxir.ds of some of his numerous frtenUs
In other cities, h*. concluded that an ex?
planation was In order: After going to
Newport News aiid seeing the man who
walked overboard- and learning that his
harne fe S. P. Instead OST S. B. Wood, the
captain sent thw following note to the
Dally Press correspondent:
"Boar Sir:?'Be kind1 enough to say tin
the iocatl columns of your paper that the
party Whose name was published in the
Press of the 19tb inet., to the Newport
NV'Ws loftl columns, as S. B. Wood, and
who was fool enough, a'fter Retting
dntink, to walk Into the James River.
1ttietaaU of going lTi the back counties,
i where he betcnged, was not S. B. Wood,
of Hampton, Va.
"I took the trouble to go over to the
I lall at Nl 'wpOTt News last night for the
I purpose of seeing the. man, who it was
said bore the same name as myself, end
leain-:d from JaHor Ban Curtis and
Sergeant Milsteaid? that the man was
named Sl'm?n P. Wood, of upi>er York
county.
"Very truly,
"SAMUEL B. WOOD."
BRIEF ITEMS.
A biTI ha? been sent to Sheriff Curtis
for dinner for eleven Judges at the late
prlmair-y eleetlion. The Joke is that the
sheriff took no part In the '. lection.
Sergeant Jones, c* Battery H, Fort
Monroe, who. was married at Phoebus
W^Jnesday night, was seienadeU by his
comrades last night.
Hermta White, of Sewall's Point, was
arptsted here yesterday by Sheriff Cur?
tis and' Officer DIestel. He is wanted at
Norfolk for house-breaking.
Deoemlvr 30 will be celebrated as
founders' Day by the Hampton Insti?
tute.
As will be seen- by reference; to an ad?
vertisement in another column an Lm
poitant meeting of the Hampton Bus?
iness Men's Association will bo held thw
evening in the office of Alttorney S. Gor?
don- Cumraihg.
JAPANESE CRUISER LAUNCHED.
Deadly Engine of War Christened .With
Emblems of Peace.
(By Telegraph.)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.?The Jap?
anese cruiser Kasagi was launched at
Cramp's shipyard today. True Oriental
ipirit pervaded the event and .perhaps
for the same reason that the dainty
Japanese begin their dinners with pie
and end them with soup, this deadly
engine of war was christened with ail
Che emblems of peace, tranquil ity and
!ove. .When the breathless moment
came and the huge ship began to slide
down the' ways to her first bath in the
muddy Delaware, six doves fluttered
from -a basket at the bow and encircling
lbout the fast receding hull, scattered
?lowers on her deck, and on the nonde?
script structure of -timber and iron
from which she slipped gracefully
?way. It was a very pretty piece of
mechanism, and It was not at all in?
congruous that the chief actor of the
Allegory should be a charming Ameri
?zin girl?Miss Helen Long, daughter
?f the Secretary of the Navy.
There were .no after ceremonies at the
>ard, but Uhe Washington party, the
most conspicuous members of which
?vere Secretary Long and his daughter,
went to the 'Hotel Walton, where they
were guests of the Japanese minister
.-.t dinner. There was some speech
making there, hut it was of an entirely
informal character, and later in the af?
ternoon the visitors left for home.
McOOY MEANS BUSINESS.
(By Telegraph.)
(NEW Y?FJC. Jan. 20.?KM McCoy de?
posited J5.OO0 today with a sporting pa?
per, as a forfeit to fight Coitbett or Fi:z
simmons for the heavyweight cham?
pionship of the world.
BUTLER MA'HONE NOMINATED.
(By Telegraph.)
W1AISUITNCTON. Jan. 20.?The Pie-si
dent toLiay nominated Robert Butler
Ma hone, c'f Virginia, to be consul at
Neuvo Laredo. Mexico.
.GAVE HERSELF AWAY.
The woman mentioned in"this little
story, says the Omaha WorldJHerald,
may be called IMrs. dlaugh'ty, but she
is known in almost every community
by other names. She is inclined- to do
all -she can to make other people be
lieve^he is somebody, and that she is
fitted for it higher sphere chain the one
she is forced .by adverse circumstances
to live in.
A short time ago IMrs. Haughty call?
ed cm a neighbor and accepted an invi?
tation to s-teiy to supper. Mush and
milk was the principal supper dish, a.nd
Mrs. Haughty declared with sundry
ejaculations that she had never eaten
that delightful compound. The steam?
ing platter of mush was set im the cen?
ter of the fable and a bowl of milt
nlaced before Mrs. Haughty.
"Just help yourself, 'Mrs. (Haughty,"
replied the hostess.
"Really. I do not know how to begin."
said -Mrs. Haughty, as she picked up
her s-pevo-n.
iMrs. Haughty made a move, and one
of the chliMren leaned over to her m th
er and whispered:
"She said she never ate mush and
milk, but she dipped her spoon in the
milk before she dipped it into the
mush."
That little -movement gave Mrs.
Haughty away, for every lover of mush
and milk knows that the spoon is first
dipped into -the milk so the mush will
not stick to It.
WILLIINIG TO GTVE IT A TRIAL.
There was a look of suppressed anx?
iety on the face of the Janitor of a De
triot theatre as he approached the man?
agers, says the 'Dertoit Free Press. He
L'wiste'd' his hat in his hand and kept his
eye riveted ?uponi the operation.
"?I know times are pretty husy," he
began in a halting way, "but I thought
that is, I came around to ask if I
could get'off fur a week, heginnin' Mon?
day?"
"Goln' duck shootin' ? "
"No,. I never do no htintim,' 'ee.pt to
fish a 'little new and then."
"You dnr/t belong to any of the foot
bftlUtearns-?" with a smile. '"We can't ]
spare spare you to go out acrid get
wrecked on a gridiron."
"I've helped to fight Injuns," said the 1
Janitor, as he momentarily raised his
e/yes from the twirling hat, '-but I'd go
to Jail before d\l go im to a foot bail
game. It hain't no pleasure that I'm
askln' a Wttie time off," and the sent?
ence ended in a d"eep sigh.
"Oh, I beg your p.ardon. None of your
folks are seriously ill or dead? 1 might
have noticed that you seemed in grief."
No, tfhey'Te all alive, and I guess they
are all well. There's nothin* of that
kind bother-in' me."
"That's goud. From what I can gath
j er. then, yvni simply want a vacation.
Feel that you need a resit and a
change?"
"I don't need no rest and hain't ex
pectin' any, but I suppose it'll be a
change. You know I've been a bachelor
a good while, and I've always heen un?
certain about-"
"Oh. ho! Going to get married?
That's it?"
"Yes. I thought I'd Just try Tt once,
and the hat went faster than ever.
The year 1800 produced many -wonder?
ful men, among them being Wwliani E.
Gladstone, Tennyson, Abraham "Lincoln.
Darwin. Blackie, Mark Lemon and Oli?
ver Wendell Holmes, The 'IGrand Old
'Man" Is the sole survivor of this fa?
mous coterie of distinguished men.
CANNED FRUIT AND INDIANS.
A FosaSble Solution ot the Oatbnatb 'Prob*
lern Suggested by tin Indian Agent.
''About eight years ago I was in Kansas
on business for a newspaper," said a man
who has traveled hither and thither in the
west for 85 years. "I received a message
ordering mo to Fort Bono in the Oklaho?
ma country. The message Informed me
that there was a threatened uprising of
the Cheyennes and Arapahocs in that
country.
"I had been In that country before, and
X remembered that I had never soon a lazi?
er lot of Indians than the Oklahoma lot.
But I had my orders and started. Fort
Reno Is about sovon miles from ?1 Rono,
a station on. the Bonk Island road. I
reached El Kuno early in the evening and
rode over to the fort as rapidly as an Okla?
homa horse could bo driven. Colonel
Wade, son of old Ben Wado, was command?
er of the fort. Ho received mo in his quar?
ters in anything but a military make up.
When I explained my mission, ho laughed.
He talked, to me until lute in the night
and told mo that if tho white people would
attend to their buslncsK the Indian would
take care of himself. Ho told mo ho would
furnish me v. l;h a homo and a map, and
that I might ride over every mile of tho
country where he hod jurisdiction, ond if
I behaved myself he would guarantee
more protection than I could got in any
city in the country.
"Tho next day I wont over to Darling?
ton, which is tho Indian agency. This
storehouses and tho schools arc there. I
had a letter to Captain Lee, who was In
charge. He told me that there was no
danger of any uprising in that country
unless the stock of canned fruits gavo out.
In that case he would not stay In the
country.
"I learned that tho Indians had worked
up an unsatisfied oppotito for canned
goods. They were content to forego their
'chuck,' which Is Indian for beef, if they
could get canned stuff. Nearly every In?
dian on the reservation had credit at the
Indian stores. This is not becauso they
are so honest that they want to pay, but
fbero Is no chance for tho storekeeper to
lose. He turns in his bill to tho agent,
and the amount is deducted from thu noxt
payment of land money to tho Indian by
tho government.
"A fow days before two young buck*
who hod boon students in a well known
Indian school in the cast entered ono ot
tho stores and stole six cans of cherries.
They wcro drunk ond refused to pay for
the fruit. They galloped away on horse?
back. They we.ro pursued by tho store?
keeper and a half brood, overtaken and
thrashed. Tho canned goods wcro recov?
ered.
"Out of that incident came the rumor?
of another uprising among the Choyennes
and tho Arnpahoes. I tell you that since
Sitting Bull went out of tho Indian busi?
ness there hus been no danger from the 1
Teds."?Now York Sun.
Her Swiss Clock.
"I'm sure I don't know what is coming
to Mr. Homer," said Mrs. Homer despond
ontly. "Ho scorns to havo a regular mania
fo. buying tip things, whether they uro ul
any uso or not. Tho other day ho wont Id
a gala and bought up a lot of schoolbooks
that bo said would do for Maria when sho
grows big. Sho'll bo 8 in .-.not her eight
months, I know, but at the rote thoy arc
finding out things and making changes
all thu arithmetic, and geometry and tiiosc
things will be quite different in three or
four years and tho Latin pooplo will talk
quite different from what's In thoso books.
But I think this last piece of business is
right down foolish."
Sho sat down with a sigh and read her
husband's letter again.
"Yes, It's plain enough. Ho has bought
a Swiss clock. Now, wo do want a serv?
iceable olook, but whatever is tho good of
buying a Swiss clock? Nobody can tell
tho time by it. If it had been a French
olook, I might havo made Romo uso of it
because Mrs. Prattle knows a little French
?enough to toll tho time by it, I dnro say.
But I don't know ono solitary person who
can talk Swiss. Ob, dearl"?Strand Mag?
azine.
Tea Drinking.
Tea is nn agreeable stimulant, quicken?
ing intellectual operations, removing
headache and fatigue and promoting cheer?
fulness and a sense of well being. A cup
of tea now and again is a most refreshing
and excellent thing, but when it is used
to excess the digestive and nervous sys?
tems oro especially affected. Tboro is no
doubt that thero uro cases of dyspepsia
cattscd by the inordinate use. of strong tea,
and it is also a mat ter of common obsarva- j
tlon that sleeplessness, palpitation of the I
heart and nervous Irritability often follow
the prolonged .and .excessive uso of this
beverage. People whp drink tea to excess
aro to bo found In all classes of society,
and the fact should bo impressed upon
such persons that tea is not a food, and
cannot, therefore, without risk to health,
bo substituted for articles of diet which
form both flesh and bone.?Now York
Ledger.
Are lo-j the Real Tennyson?
Tho annoynnces to which Tennyson was
subjected from tho curiosity of tourists
had its humorous side?for tho onlookers.
"It must bo confessed,'' remarks Professor
Mullor, "that people wcro very inconsid?
erate. Bows of tourists sot like sparrows
on the paling of his garden, waiting for
bis appearance. Tho guides were actually
paid by sightseer particularly by those
from America, for showing them tho
great poet. Nay, they went so for as to
dress up a snilor to look like Tennyson,
and tho result was that, after thoir trick
had been found out, the tourists would
walk up to Tennyson and ask him, 'Now,
aro you the real Tonnysouf "?"Alfred
Lord Tennyson."
His Vice, For Mercy.
In a hog stealing caso in a Georgia jus?
tice court the judge asked tho prisoner
What he had to eay for himself.
He hesitated a moment; then, stepping
forward, said:
"I stolo dat hog, jodgo?yo' homier?
but I wants you tor make do sentence
light, kaso he got 'wuy furn mo no less
don six times, en I sprain two legs cn one
arm fo' I finally kotehed him on got him
an de fire!"?Atlanta Constitution.
When bilious or costive, eat aCascaret,
candy eaithartlc, cure guaranteed, 10c.
JSc.
Cascarets stimulate liver.kllneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken >r gripe
tOc_
Plans Wanted.
The IBiVard of Supervisors of t'he coun?
ty of Elizabeth City w.HI receive com?
petitive plans for t'he new Jail, soime to
be delivered to the clerk of the court
on or btrf..r?- tbe li>t.h day of February,
ISM.
The buildung to be of brick, two-sto?
rks high, the first floor to contain sher?
iff's oPfi-ce, kftchen, store-room, toil t,
I bath, and boiler room.
The second floor to contain hospital,
jailor's room, .toilet, '?bath,., linen room
and two padOed cells.
The building to contain three tiers ol
cells, six in* eaerh tier, thre-e on each
side, .and each cell to be large enough
to accommodate four persons.
The building to be e^quipptd witb the
most thorougih system of Ven tilat lot
and plumbing. All 'drawings* submit-tei
to be drawn to a scale of 1-4 inch u
1 foot.
Cost of bundling not to exceed $S,000
and to be heated by steam.
The successful .competitor will receive
2.5 per cent on the cost of the bulltlinj
for bis working plans and specifica
I lions. ja21 lv
Mackey's Cafe
R. J. MAOKEY, Puopriktor.
The Brat.Known Saloon Han
\^ In Newport Newa. ? ? ? ?
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
flrl&ST EXFORT BEER MftDE.
Comfortable Pool and Billiard
Parlors Adjoining Cafe.
R. J. MACKEY.
The Pleasure
A Piano gives In a year will
repay for Its purchase price. Hut the
pianos we sell lost many years and afe
a constant source.of pleasure and joy".
Our representative will call und ace
you at any time on the subject. No
trouble to show catalogues and our
prices. Ca<Sl and see our stock.
The Hume, Minor Co,
240 MAIN STREET,
NORFOLK. VA.
OC l-F.Su&WSm
Our represents tlve 'a In Newport
New? every week. _
I Erat /At
MACKEY'S . . .
. . RESTAURANT.
Steals at nil hours. First-class Din
tier, 35c. From 12 to2 P. M. The lies!
that the market affords in every re?
spect. Game in season. Suppers fur?
nished to parties on short notice.
Cor. Washington Avenue and 24th Sr.
tiP-STAlRR.
GEORGE LOUSE. Mgr.
Home At Last.
A New Year's Toast.
"Peace, happiness and prosperity to
you. this bright New Year. We con?
gratulate you, that through the aid of
Thomas It. Henley & Co., you are at
last content in your own home. May
you live long to dispense euch hospi?
tality."
If you desire this boon, let us help
you with our advice as to future values
in building lo-ts, houses and farms?
For Sale,
On 44th street, between Wash?
ington andi Lafayette avenue, is
a nice 6-room house at $1,300.
$100 cash and balance to suit
purchaser.
On Oak avenue, near 26th
street. Is a new dwelling with
six rooms, at $760. $200 cash,
balance on easy terms.
On 27th street Is a nice new
brick building with store below
and four rooins above. Price
$1,500. Terms accommodating.
On 86th street, a nice 7-room
house with attic and city water.
Price, $2,000. Terms accommo?
dating.
On 26th street, near Washing?
ton avenue, is a nice dwelling
containing eight rooms and mod?
ern improvements. Price, $2,700.
Terms $700 cash, and balance in
6, 12 and 18 months.
On Lafayette avenue is a nice
dwelling of S rooms and attic,
with city water. Price, $2,200.
Terms accommodating.
For Rent.
FLATS
No. 1136 26th street.*10 00
No. 8004 Washington avenue. 25 00
Flat with store above, 2!>th street
and Oak avenue. 25 00
STORES
A very desirable store on Washington
avenue.
No. Lafayette avenue $20.00.
rilOS.B HENLEY & CO
Real Estate and Insurance.
2700 Washington avenue.
NEWPORT NEWS. VA
j .tcAn Offered to anyone bringing mes Walch th
'pDUU cannot put in first-class order.
? (A. J. H?USER, . . .
s .... WrYTGtlES AND JEWE-.L.RV
? PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER.
- Ho. 208 Twenty-eighth Street,
v j au?2fl-?m NewBort New*. Va
RACKET
STORE.
New Year Announcement!
Bargains in Every Una.
Inventory time has come,
and to close out the stock as
much as possible befor
starting*, everything in the
store will be offered at less
j than market prices. Come
early and avoid the rush.
2915 Washington Avenue.
W. P. BOSfr-E-lf,
BUILDER.
Plans .'uhI Specifications famished
or nil kinds of buildings.
OFFICE
i "nr. 33d St. and Vir-inia A venu?
OLDEST BUILDER- IN NEWPORT
_NEWS.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
M^ITE STEAMER sCX M^CAl?
X will leave Newport News with both
? trelght and passengers for Petersburg
-very Monday, Wednesday and Friday
I about 7:15 A. M-. and Will leave Newport
News for Norfolk every Tuesay, Thurs?
day and Saturday -bout 3:30 P. M.
Will leave Nortoas* ev%ry Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday at 8 A. a.
ihaip. i. W. PHILLIPS.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO.
DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
.MEW YORK AND VIROINIA POINTS.
The elegant passenger steamships
Jamestown, Yorktown, G, \var.dotto,
Roanoke and Old Dominion le?v* Naw
fork every day except Sunday at 8:00
P. M. for Norfolk and Newport New?,
touching at Fortress Monroe on tha
south In in ml trip.
The- shi|>s of this line leave Norfolk
for New York direct every night at 8:09
o'clock. - _^
A short, delightful and lnvtg?~&Xixi*^**^
voyage.
FARE:
Firse-claee. straight, including
meals and- berth.$ 8 00
First-class, round trip, includ?
ing meals and berth. IS 00
Steerage without subsistence. 4 60
Steamer Luray arrives from'Smlth
tieid and leaves for Norfolk dally ex?
cept Sunday, at 8:30 A. M. Returning
eaves Norfolk from Bay Line wharf
<-v?ry day except Sunday at 3 P. M.
_M. B. CROWF.LL, Agen
I*- UE NORFOLK s WASHINGTON
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The New and Powerful Iron Palace
Steamers, Newport News. Washington
i..d Norfolk, will leave daily as follows: '
NO^TH BOUND.
Steftmers leave Portsmouth, foot
of North streit at._5:5" p m.
Leave Norf oik. fcjt of Mathews
street at..6:10 p. m.
Leavo Old Point at.7:30 p.m.
Arrive Washington at. 0:46 a.m.
I B. & O. P.. R. PENN. B. R,
j Leave Washington at 8:00 a m 7:20 a n
Arrive Philadelphia at 11:10 am 1U:4*? a m
Arrive New York at '2:00 p m 1:28 pm
South bound. B. &. O. R. R, Penn. R. B
;.eaves".New York at 11:30 a m 1:00 p a.
Leaves Philadelphia at 1:33 p m 3:18 p ra
\rrives in Wasnington 4:30 p m 0:1* p
Sieaincrs leave Washington st 7:00 p u
Vrrive Fortres* Monroe at 0:80 a nt
Vrrivc Norfolk at 7:30 a ra
i Arrive Portsmouth at 8:00 ? m .
'1'hc trip down the historic Potomao^ivcr
md Chesapeake bay on the elegant steamel^__
>f this Company is unsurpassed. Th*
Hteameru are coE-paratively new. having
been built in isr.?, and are Otlcd up in the
most luxuriant manner, with electric lights,
I -'all seil? and steam beat in each room. Tho
^blos are supplied with every delicacy ol
the season from the markets of Waahlr gton
md N'ortok.
For fun bur information apply to
D. J. CALLA H AN, Agint,
MorfnlU
C1 HESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY
I TWO TRAINS DAILY FOR WASH?
INGTON. TWO THROUGH TRAINS
FOR CINCINNATI.
In EFFECT JANUARY 5, 1808.
WESTWARD. I No. 1
' 8:00a.
11:16 a.
3:40 p.
2:15 p.
5:41 p.
8:57 p.
Lv. Newport Newa
Ar. Richmond
[ Ar Washington
i Lv. Richmond
Ar. Charlottesvllle
I Ar. Clifton Forge
[ Ar. Hot Springs
Ar Ronceverte
I Ar. White Sulp. Spga
i Ar. Huntington
Ar. Cincinnati
Ar Louisville
No. 3
4:3S P.
6:to p.
11:30 p.
10:30 p.
*:t39P.
?:30ft.
9:00 a.
i 7:26 a.
8:51 p.
lieg
S:S6 a. IS-.30 p.
7:65 a. 6:18?.
UtOOa. j 8:0? ft.
?Except Sunday. Other time daily.
No. 1 Old Point to Cincinnati and
Louisville dally. Parlor car Old Point
to Richmond and Pullman sleeping car
EUchmond for Cincinnati, Louisville and
.. Louis. Meals served on din in? car
est of Gordonsviile. Connects at Rleh
I mond for Lynchburg and Lexington,
Va.
No. 3 for Cincinnati daily. PullmaB
sleepers Old Poict to Hintun, W. Va.,
md Gordonsviile to Cincinnati and
Louisville. Meals served on dicing car*
a'est of Gordonsviile.
Fop
_Norfolk. _
Lv. "Newport News I 11:06 a. I ?-.00?.
Ar. Norfolk 1 li:05 p. i 7:00 p.
Ar. PorUinouth__| 18:18 p. M^15_P;_
j-or j No.S i No. 4
_Old Point_I Dally.J Da?y._
Lv. Newport New? I 11:06 a. j 8:06 p.
Ar. Hampton 11:88 a. 6.S3 p.
Ar. Old Po.nt_j 11:36 a. I ?:????_.
Steamer Louise 'oaves Portsmouth,
laily at 7:40 A. M. and 8 P. VL\ Iaav*i
Norfolk 8 A. M. and 3:80 P. M. for New?
port News.
For tickets, rates and other Informa?
tion, apply to E. W. Robinson, ticket
agent, Newport News. Va., ot John D.
Potts. assistant general pngaengeg
agent, Sichmoadh . >..., _ . ^
I No. S I No. *
_ j. DaUyJ Dail?_
I 11:06 a.
I li:06 p.
1 12 :18 p.