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Strictly
Up-to-Date
Clothiers
AND
Furnishiers
are what we claim to be and
a glance through our stock
will convince you of this
fact.
Not a garment in ?ur store
that is not fresh from city
workshops. All clothing
direct from our own factories
und to you minus the regu
ar middleman's profit.
An Extra
Inducement
In a
Young Han's
AH Wool
Suit for
$3-48.
A big lot of Men's Yacht
and Golf Caps just re?
ceived in black, blue, gray
and white. Regular price
75 cents and $1, our price 25
cents each.
32 W. Queen St..
HA UPTON.
P. B. MESSENGER,
General* GarDenter,
-MASCFACTUREIl OF
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, j
Frames, Sash, Blinds & Doors,
Mantels and
ma 7-ly MouldingSa
Queen Street, HAMPTON, VA.
P. O. Box. 1M.
6- J- Brown. G. B. noagland.
Brown & Hoagland,
Law, Collection & Real Estate,
Office opposite Popular avenue,
PHOEBUS, V/V,
HAVE
Lots on Easy aa? Li?erai Terms
from $10.00 to $500.
"Hoagland,"
West Hampton, 2S0 feet from railroad
track,surrounded by four Junction roads
Money Looned lor Building Purposes
on the most liberal terms. Plans and
?pecificationa furnished KTatuituosly.
AoMresa Lock Box 225. Hampton. Va,
AT
T.ftCooke's
l ids sir
12 West Queen St.
Hampton, Ya
This (week will toe on sale 36-EN'CIK
SLACK STtflC that sold1 for $1.00 per
yard, bow at 75c
?S-lnchi Dress Goods, SPRING
ETTYX.ES, worth 50c., ifor 23c.
?-4 Oltend'le TA5BU3 COVEPJS tor 60c.;
Worth 76c.
A large assortment Oif SHOES at very
low prices.
' ALCTj GOODS 'T>ELIVEIR!E!D FREIE OF
y CHARGEt
THE PLACE:
T, A. Cooke
J. W. DAVIS,
CONTRACTOR
FOB BRICK AND STONK WORK,
CONCRETING, ETC.
Estimates cheerfully given. Office la
room Wo. 1, CdiUaen* and Marine Bank.
P. O. Sox 118. fea3-3in
Kitchen Ranges
that will make your cook smile
all over are here for you. Perfectly
?made and handsomely finished. They
can't fail to give satisfaction. You
won't have to coax them to cook. They
will do all that is required of a range.
Cfeme In and look at them.
Geo. M. Richter
No. 6 Queen street Hampton. Va.
NEWPORT NEWS ADS.
Home At Last
A New Year's Toast.
"Peace, happiness and prosperity to
you, this bright New Tear. We con?
gratulate you, that through 'the aid of
Thoraas B. Henley & Co., you are at
last content in your own 'home. May
you live long to dispense such hospi?
tality."
If you desire th7s boon, let us help
you with our advice as to future values
tn bMilding lots, houses and farms.
For
On 44 th street, between Wash?
ington and) Lafayette avenue, le
a nice 5-room house at $1,300.
$400 cash and balance to Bult
purchaser.
On Oak avenue, near ?9th
street, is a new dwelling with
six rooms, at $750. $200 cash,
balance on easy terms.
On 27th street is a nice new
brick building with store below
and four rooms above. Pric?
$1,600. Terms accommodating.
On 36th street, a nice 7-room
house with attic and city water.
Price, $2,000. Terms accommo?
dating.
On 2Qth 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 IS 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. 3004 Washington avenue. 25 00
Plat with store above, 29?h street
and Oak avenue. BS 00
STORES
A very desirable store on Washington
avenue.
No. 3505 Lafayette avenue $20.00.
THOS E HENLEY & CO
Real Estate and Insurance.
2700 Washington avenue.
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.
Trustee's Sale.
By- virtue of a certain deed of trust
executed to me on the l?lh day of Slay,
1S33, by J. W. Demon and Maggie J.
Denlon and U>uly recorded' ;n the cleric's
office of the County Court of the county
of. Warwltk, I shall on the
SD DAT OF MARCH. 1S0S,
at 12 M., at the front door of the court?
house in- the city of Newport News, Va.,
proceed to se'.l all that certain lot, piece
or parcel of ground situated in the city
Of Newport INe/ws, Va., known' and des?
ignated on a certain map entitled'"map
of part of the city of Newport News,
V.," mtide by E. E. McLean, civil engi?
neer, a copy of which was filed in the
clerk's office of the county of Warwick
on .the 29th day of September, 1SS4, by
the Lot No. 43 in Block No. 29.
TERMS?Cash es to the sum of $L000
with interest thereon from May 15th,
1S93, and terms as to residue of the pur?
chase price made known on the da? of
sale. _?
A. C. GARRETT.
February 20, 1898. Truste?.
_f a0-3w._
I Eat At
MACKEY'S . . .
. . RESTAURANT.
Meals at all hours. First-elaes Din?
ner. 25c. From 12 to 2 P. M. The best
that the market affords in every re?
spect. Game in season. Suppers fur?
nished to parties on short notice
Car. Washington Avenue and 24th St.
UP-STAIRS.
GEORGE LOHSB, Mgr.
e7~W. johnson
Contractors and Buildeb
NEWPORT NEWsi, VA.
Plans and Specifications Prepared on
Short Notice.
HOUSE WORK A SFEC3EALTE
made me a man
SlgsZk. AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CDRI
ml ^\ <A??>A'rimM X>Urfi?c$? Failing Merc
W8 ory. Im potency, Sleeplessness, etc.. cause-.
by Abuse or othor Excesses anfjf India
h cretions, Tht*y trmivkly an<? aurvlt
r restore Lost Vitality in oJdoryounfj.anc
^ fit a man for study, business or marriage
_JpFwrpnt Insanity and Oousmnption 11
taken in time. Their-ise ?Lews lmmodinto improve
mentand effects a CURE wbero all other fail In
?Ist upon having the genuine Ajax Tablets. The;
I bare oared thousands nnd willouroyoc. Ws ?iva ti to*,
itive written guarantee to effect a c-' ^ -
mail, in plain wrapper, cnon receipt of priue. Cirottlai
?*? AJAX REMEDY CO., ^cSfJSTn?"
Fox sale in l.ewport New?, by A K. <3
ksm. > 33-tu, ta, m-iK
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Market Quotations From the
Leading Business Centers.
INEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
JJU3W; YORK. March 3.?Money on
calll, 2{iv.;M; t>er cent.; '.ast loan. 2 per?
cent: prime iraircoffitHe paper, 3%4i*'As
per cent.; sterling exchange, easier,
with actual Business in, banket-si' bills
at Cor demand ant* at 4.S2@4.S2>M)
foil sixty d'ays; posted! rates, 4.S3?
4.SO1/?; commercial ibiMs, 4.SVM?: s?Tvsr
toemtlilflcaites. 5">M:@??14; bar silver, 54;
Mexican dollars. 45; Gv'Ver.niment bonds,
?weak; State bonds, dull; rail'.ioad' binds,
firm.
NEW YOtRiK SWOCK MARKET.
NEW YORK, March! 3.?Some of the
buW 'traders bid up prices of spectaltBeg
bhts morning' und carrfied the general
4ted with them in an efroilt t> psaiiew the
imll camiwiign. Rut there was no out
sidle inteivst. and the efforts of the lead?
ers were mot seconUed. The market
.jiiliftitd Mstlkja?y for the rest of the day.
sometimes up and sK?metitmea down, and
had somi?> part of the earVy gains ne
imainiing for most stocks at the close.
Buying vif .New York Central 'in the last
?ur on the receipt of the mews f?.?n
tbany that th,_- Assembly had passed!
measure assuring true legality of the
nd 'issue necessary for the consolida?
tes m wtitlh the Lake Shore, caused u
.iffen'ing of the market i'n the closing
eatings. Thv-re wert? lung periods U'ilt
i!g the <lia.v when ottetiness 'was almost
tagnant, and pniCL-s moved very slug
?isihiy.
The total sales of stvx-k to-day weine
?JS3.000 shares.
Atchison. 115
Baltimore & Ohio. 17$
Canada Pacilie . 84?
Canada Southern..* 49$
Chesaj)eake & Ohio. 21i
Chicago b Alton. 15?
Chicago, Burlington & Quincv.. 954
C. C. & St. L.81$
do do prefd. 75
Delaware & Hudson. 110
Delaware, Lack. & \V.152
Erie (new). 14*
"ort Wayne. 16!)
Great Northern prefd. 155
'llinois Central. 102i
Lake Shore . 191
Louisville & Nashville. 54}
Manhattan L. 100
Michigan Central. 1<>7*
Missouri Pacific. 27}
Mobile & Ohio. 28
New Jersey Central. 98$
New York Central. 1145
Norfolk & Western. 14
Northern Pacific. 24
do prefd. 02*
Pittsburg. 109
Reading. 19*
Kock Island. 87*
St. Paul. 081
do prefd . 147J
Southern Pacific. 18
Southern Railway. 85
do prefd. 285
Texas & Pacific. 10$
Union Pacific tr. rets., s. a. p., . !SU
Adams Express. 102
American Express. 125
United States Express. 42
Wells Fargo Express. 115
American Tobacco. 91}
do prefd . 115
People's (ins. 93$
Consolidated Gas. 183*
General Electric. 33$
Pacific Mail. 205
Pullman Palace. 178*
Silver Certificates. 55$
Sngar . 127j
do prefd . 112*
Tennessee Coal & Iron. SI*
Western Union." 87^
Chicago Northwestern. 128S
do prefd. 175
Chicago Great Western. 11
CirrCAGO (MARKETS.
OHTCAGO, Match 3.?It was an irregu?
lar market tin wheat 'tto-day. July was
stn-ng, tilotagh du'.i. and closed at an
aiivance of Vic Reports that Sjnun had
?reduced the 'duty on grain and ordarBng
to the continent of California earg es
afloat w?re factors. Mae was strong
?i a tirne, .but seJKrcg !by interests -who
have -been disposing of Et for two weeks
ultimately bad its effect, the el'.cse
showing *ic decline.
Corn artd oats were dull!, ibut smxing.
jffi c'j tet.d %<9%a. and %@V4c. higher,
respectively.
Provisions wVHtie a'iso firm, and ad1
vanced 10?j-22V:-c.
WHEAT? Open. High Low Closed
Eeb 1054 1061 105 105i
May 105* 107 105* 100
July 91* 9J| 91 91J
I CORN?
May 30$ 305 30i 305
July ?Ii 31* 31| 31*
Sept 32| 32 325 325
I OATS?
May 2GI 27 205 2Gs
July 24* 245 24* 245
PORK?
Mav 10.50 10.70 10.50 10.G7i
July 10.57$ 10.72*10.55 10.72$
faARD?
May 5.20 5.30 5.20 5.30
July 5.25 0.37* 5.25 5.37$
RIBS?
May 5.20 5.27* 5.20 5.27$
July 5.S5 5.35 5.S5 5.88
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour dull; No. 2 yellow corn,
29@29?; No. 2 spring wheat, 93@95;
No. 3 spring wheat, 98@99; No.
2 red, 105$@S; No. 2 corn, 29?5; No.
2 oats, 26j; No. 2 white, 285(&30$; No.
3 white, 28$@29;No. 2 Rye, 50; No.
2 barley, 32$@39; No. 3, --: No. 4, ?;
-;No. 1 flax seed, 121*@125i; prime
timothy seed, 2.95; mess pork per
1 barrel 10.60@10.65;Iard"per 100 pounds
5.22$@?5.25; short ribs sides (loose),
5.10<?15.40; dry salted shoulders
boxed 45@5; "short clear sides,
boxed, 5.40?5.60; whiskey distillers'
finished goods, per gallon, 118$.
i&MLTTMOIRiE MAIRKETS.
BALTIMORE, Mainehi 3.?Wheat
Firmer; spot and moatn, 103@1D2W,:
April and May. l??Vi%102%: steamur
No. tied', 97M.@97?i; Southern, wheat,
by samp.o, 99@103; do. on gradle, 99@
Corn?Steady; spit, M&tHSlU; mon'.th,
34%@34%; April, 34%@?34%; steamer
mixed, ,XiVz&3'i%: S.'uifh?rn white oorn,
3Sa4(S;!4'%; do. yellow, 33',A@34%.
:M;-(fi'35; mixed do., S2@32>A.
Ryei?S?-.ady; No. 2 nearby, 56; NiO. 2
I Western, 57.
(Hny?'Stipedy to. firm oini the1 best,
gnadics; Chkriee timothy, 12.50@13.00.
Grain Freights?Quiet; rat'es etieaijiy
and unchanged.
Sugar?'Strong and unchanged!.
iBu tt?D?ITnohangtdi.
Eggs?Quiet; fresh, 02.
Claeese?Steaily and, umchangvd.
I^ettn'oe?'l.OOJil.SO per 'basket.
WMJskey?L26(g?1.27 i>er gallon for fin.1
Is'hed goods tin cir 'lt.iads; U28@V29 per
gailion for Jo1>bing iots.
!NEW YORK COTTOIN MARKET.
iNHW YORK, March 3.?Coi'Jtan fu?
tures closed dUifiet a'nd steat.iiy; sa".es,
Wil.100 bales; IMar.h, 6.11; Aprlii, 6.14;
j Mayt 6.17; June, 6.19; JuHy, 6.??2; Au?
gust, 6.24; iSeptemrt>er, 6.19; October
6.II7; 'Nowmber, 6.16; TJectmber, 6.17;
JamuQiry, 6.20.
Just try a 10c. box of Cascaretk, th?
finest liver and bowel regulator evei
made.
Cascarets stimulate liver,kidneys an<!
bowele. Never sicken, weaken or gripe
loo. ?.*Ma,i<-"***inmwsi
HAMPTO
^f\t Mmlu press,
King Street, near Queen, opposite the
new postofflea
AM news letters for publication in
this department should be addressed
to Daily Press Bureau, Hampton.
The Daily Press will be found for
sale every morning at the following
places:
Hampion?Postoffice news stand,
Colbert's book store, and at the King
street office.
Old Polln t?Baulch'8 stationery and
book store, Hygeia Hotel and Cham?
ber! in Hotel.
Sherwood HoteL
FRIDAY. MARCH 4, lS'.l.S.
TO DEFEND THE FLAG
Colonel Austin Organizing
a Regiment.
MEETING OFTHECOUNCIL
Business Men's Association Asks tlio Town
Solons to Protect the Merchants
ARiUuBt I-eritllcra and to Display
the Names of Streets.
Col. <J. 1?. Aufcitiln, of Phoebus, is or?
ganizing a regiment to defend this
I>art of tile country in case of war with
Spain.
Tito regiment, the Colonel says, will
'be composed of ten companies, and will
be made up of men from Old Point,
Phoebus, Hampton and Newport
Newri.
The work of organization is well un?
der way. and already one company has
been sllairted at Old 'Point, .while Phoe?
bus haa .two to her credit. The compa?
nies hiave commenced drilling.
Colonel Austin In conversation with
the Daily Press -correspondent yester?
day i-aid:
"War is sure to come. The situation
at present is best indicated by the un
unusual activity on the part of thif gov?
ernment 'and of Spain. 1 feel confident
that there will .be war; li:n fact 1 don't
?see how we could get out of it if we
wonted to."
"What do you think of Secretary
Lmg's siuaitemerot ?"
"1 dion't think ithait is any oriiter'ton to
go 'by. His -action in ithait Is in keep?
ing with the policy of ithe administra?
tion."
"What do you think is the intent of
the government?"
"To delay any action in order to ful?
ly prepare for war. We are not pre?
pared for ?hostilities, and that is why
1 have started my regiment."
"Wiheii your regiment is fully organ?
ized what do you intend to "do with it?
Turn it over to Cokrniel Prank at the
fort?"
"No. I will put it at the disposal! of
-the Governor of Virginia, and he can
do w-lrait he .thinks best with it."
Colonel Austin says that 'the was *o
have .been one of the party that left
Old Point last .night for Cuba, butt the
Anita left without him, ?and wlhen, he
went to Old 'Point yesterday .morniiing
to embark the ongressional party was
well on its way ,to Havana.
'MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
Buii.ntss Men's Association Asks For
Legislation Against Peddlars.
A regular meeting of the town coun?
cil was beld last night, ait -which the
following business was transacted:
The mayor's 'report for 'the month of
Febrtirry was presented a'nd accepted.
The report of the town se.rgearfit was
read and accepted.
The ?petiiBton of Mr. ?D. M. Waller, for
permission to ,put a shingle roof on his
house, was referred to the comrnlititee
in charge of the Arc deparbmenlt. with
the underatandling that if lM-r. Waller
presented a Higned agreement from his
meighbors to trh'e effect itihait they did
?not object to this kind of-roof, the per?
mission would be granted.
?Mr. L. B. M'anville, superintendent of
New-pont News Light and power Com?
pany, asked for penmissiim to lay a
waiter pipe on Hospital street. The pe?
tition was referred to the street cooi
miititee.
A vote of thanks was 'tendered to
Mayor J. B. Ho.pe and Attorney G.
Gordon Cumiming. for goFng to 'Rich?
mond in behalf of the amendment to
the 'town charter.
A resolution from the 'Business Men's
Association was presented, asking the
council to hlaive the ordinances referring
to i>ed.dlars and others doing business
wiuh'ouit a license 'rigidly enforced.
The resolution further asked the ?coun?
cil to 'take 'steps toward properly n-um
ebrimg the builldimge of the -down, and
having the names of streets conspicu?
ously displayed at the earners of the
streets.
The council laidvtifiied the delegates .of
the Business Men's Association Ito have
?the attorney of that organization draft
an ordinance in regard iro peddlars Bind
submit it to the ooTOmdlttee on: ordi?
nances of the council. The matter of
numbering the buildings and! .posting trf
street signs on the corners was referred
to the street oarnimittee.
'Mr. 'G. Wray Booker was 'the only
member absent from the meeting.
TELEPHONE TALKS.
Hampton's "Hello" System Ito be Im?
proved -ait an Early Date.
Before many 'days have elapsed
Httmphin will have its .facilities foi
carranuntoaiUioB. by telephone greatly
?increased. By the middle of the month
the Hampton Telephone ompamy,whiio'r
is already connected with the -South
era Situ tea Company, of Norfolk, wiffll
be connected with the Citizens' Tel?
ephone Company, the new o-rganizatior
of Newport News.
Mr. W. E. Lawson, pn-sidemit of tftM
local ooimipainy, said yesterday rtfhait ais
soon it wats possible to have com
munica'tfoui established with Newponi
;News the necessary wires would tx
strung. He expressed the 'belief that
?the new company would be ready foa
business in fifteen days, at ithe expira?
tion of which time work of coranectinf
the wires of the two companies will Sx
commenced.
The local) company will bear the ex
.pense of running wires (as far as Riv
lervJew, where 'the (New-port New? com
pa.ny will meet them and continue 'tht
line.
Tlie Bell Telephone Company now
has a -monopoly on 't he telephone
' business between Hampton and New?
port News, and the service in tihls citj
is inadequtaite -to -meet ithe demands o
the public There 'is only one .phon?
over which it is now possible to tall
? 'to Newport News, that one being ii
- the Barnes Hotel.
The Hampton Tele-phone 'Company
? wlwn it has made -comneeMons wiltfl
, Ithe CitlaemB' Telephone 'Company, o
; Newport News, will have nearly ithre
?taruusjaind phones on -its list, as th
Svotithern Company, -with which it i
i already cortneCted, has a very iarg
: list v>f 'subscribers in Norfolk, Ports
mouth amd Other towns in uhait vlcrihity
I When this long needed conineotkim i
I made, any of the subscribers of -th
. Hamptocn Telephone Company's phome
I will 'be able ito talk to the ^bsorlber
of the Citizens." Company.
Of coun-e this feature will be of groat
value to the public Ln general, and to
business mein of booh places in part be?
ulten-.
IMl POUT A NT E X A* !TM BNT.
An aot was pussed at the last session
of the Generali Aseerrtbly which mate?
riality effects the justices of 'the peace
?of Hannptwm, and in- ftwt of all the cit?
ies and towns of the Slate.
The most important parts of the act
read:
"Ite it enacted by the tlenera.1 As?
sembly of Virginia, than sections :t.9;w
land :s.9&6 or the code of Virginia bo
amended amid re-enacted- so -.ls to road
as follows:
"A judge of la Circuit Court. County
or ConporaJti'on Court, in vacation as
weil as in 'term, or a justice, may issue
(process for -the* air rest of a person
charged witlh an offense: provided, thtu
in o?tiies and towns in whicin then* is a
police justice or mayor, who possesses
the jurisdiction and exorcises the pow?
ers of a justice of the peace in criminal
matters, nlo such process sihull be is
suiii by any other justice unless such
police justice or mayor is absent from
his corporation; ??r in h'i-s judgment is
bx> unwell, or so situated as 'to -render
it improper for .him to act."
The i.iv.t funtihcr provides tihiat 4n .the
city of Richmond six justices v>f the
peace shall be appointed by tire Hus
tiimgs Court, and In Norf .lk three jus?
tices of the peaee. to be designaited by
'the Corporation Court. shail-l have bhe
right bo issue wairnamts for offenses al?
leged to have been commit ted in any
?portion of tiheir respeet?ve -cities.
The- act wertt into effect from its
pai?i- age.
Heretofore any justices of tihe peak?
OOUld issue warrants land try criminal
causes, tout under the new act.which was
approved on February li. only the
mayor can try such cases in Hamp?
ton.
ARRTVAES AT THE HTK38E1 A.
Th*- ifoH'towHrug are 'the latest arivais at
tbe Hygeia Hotel:
IO. A. Oa'lrok, BaiTblmore: 'P. F. Hope.
Philadelphia: H. W. 'Caffery. Chester.
Pa,: N. T. (Bamrett, New York City:
E. L. Gardner, wife and two o.hihlron.
Ridge wood, N. J.: G. Eviirc and wife.
.Roeton: N. A. Oondmoin, H. N. Cunnp
bol.l. iNew York-City: Hon. W. A. I>?t'tle.
Jr.. Va.; M. IF. Maser, New York City;
A. G. Stevens. LyncWburg, Va.: "VV. iR.
Terraince, New York: O. Martlet and
wife. Troy, IN. Y.: H. Evans. Bradlford,
Conn.: R. R. Window. New York: F.
B. Beachiaim and family. Baltimore;
Wrn. Knight and wife.iNashvi'U'e. T.-nn.:
ClKss M?mvie Ward, Miss Lizzie Free?
man. Va.: J. F. Smith. Baltimore:
Maj. T. G. Peyton. Maj. D. A. Walker.
Rioihmon-d: M. T. Murniy ami wife.
New Y-ork: T. 'R. 'Siving and wife, liin
clntnBltii: G. P. Flainn-n-y. 'Minneaipbli-s,
Minn.:'S. Baldwin and wife. Now York:
F. R. Monanan. Philadelphia: T. W.
Bnander. New York: W. R. Gordon.
Bailtiitmore: C. M. .Hawkins and wife. N.
C. : John- Stewairt Bryan, Richmond: T.
J. Dnrden. Va.
BRIEF ITEMS.
The people of Phoebue are in?
tensely interested in .the Spanish-Amc-r
ioain situation, and much speculation is
indulged :iin by every one.
Oigby Bell appeared in the 'VHooisier
Oootor" alt the Soldier's Home theatre
last nighu. Quite a. number of ladies
and gen Homere from Newporl News
came over to see the performance.
Joseph Gary (colored), was charged
with (assault before Mayor 'Hope yvts
terday morning by Emmet Elves, also
colored. The hearing showed thtvt
?Epes .haul used abusive language, and
hhe .mayor decided to let Gary go after
paying niie ousts. He fined Epes $2.
The Hampton Transfer Oompainiy Iras
?been .given the contract tfior caxryJng
tmie malils to and from the post-office.
A soldier from Fort Monroe solid yes?
terday that, mew gums were [being
m'ounted ait the fort, and it-hait the of?
ficers werv of the opinion that there
would be war. He Teports the fort in
exsoelleinit condition.
ROC THE BRAZILIAN.
A Typical Pirate Who Wae?"'- Ferocious
War on the Spanitth.
Mr. Frank R. Stockton, writing "The
Buccaneers of Our Const" for St. Nicholas,
describos the career cf a famous churacter
on the Spanish main.
This famous buccaneer was called Roo,
because he had to hnvo a name, and his
own was unknown or suppressed, nnc'l
"the Brazilian," because he was born it.
Brazil, though his purents wnro Dutch.
Unlike most of his fellow practitioners,
ho did not gradually bocoma a pirate.
From his early youth he never had an in?
tention of boing anything else. As soon
as ho grew to be a man he became one ol
the buccaneers, and nt the first opportu?
nity he joined a pirato crew and had made
but a few voyagos when it was peroeivod
1)^. his companions that he was destined to
become a most romarkablo sea robber. Ho
was put in command of a ship, and in a
very short time after ho had sot out on his
first independent cruise ho fell in with a
Spanish ship loaded with silver bullion.
Having captured this, he sailed with his
prize to Jamaica, which was one of the
great resorts of the English buccaneers.
There his success delighted the commu?
nity, and soon ho was generally acknowl?
edged as the head pirate of the West Indiea
As for Esquemeling, he simply revoled
In the doods of the great Brazilian desper?
ado. If ho had been writing the life and
times of Alexander tho Great, Julius Ciesar
or Mr. Gladstone ho could not have been
moro enthusiastic in his praises. And as
ln "Tho Arabian Nights" tho roo is de?
scribed as tho groatest of birds, so, in the
eyes of the buccaneer biographer, this Roo
was the greatest of pirates.
This renowned pirato from Brazil must
havo boon a torrible fellow to look at. He
was strong and brawny, his faco was short
and very wide, with high cheek bones, and
his countenanco probably resembled that
of a pug dog. It was his custom in the
daytime to walk about carrying a drawn
cutlass resting easily upon his arm, edgo
up, very ninth as n fine gentleman carries
his high silk bat.
He was a man who lnsistod upon boing
obeyed instantly. But although ho was
so strict and exacting during the business
sessions of his piratical year?by which I
mean when he was cruising around aftor
prizes?ho was very much more disagree?
able when ho was taking a vacation. On
his return to Jamaica from one of his ex?
peditions it was his habit to give himself
? somo relaxation after tho hurdships nnd
dangers through which he had passed, and
on such occasions, with his cutlass waving
high in the air, ho would often rush into
the street nnd take a whack at evory ono
whom ho met. As far as was possible the
citizens allowed him to havo tho street to
himself, and it was not at all likely that
his visits to Jamaica wore looked forward
- to with any eager anticipation.
? Tho hatred ol tho Spaniards by tho buc
canoors began very early in the settlement
' of the West Indies, and, in fact, it is very
? likely that if there had neon no Spaniards
' there would nevor have been any bucoa
' neers, but In all tho instances of ferocious
' enmity toward tho Spaninrds thore has
been nothing to equnl tho feelings of Roo
[ tho Brazilian upon that subjoct. Ills dis
f like to everything Spanish arose, ho de
; clarod, from cruelties which had been
i practiced upon his parents by pcoplo ol
> that nation, and his main principle of ac
s tion throughout nil his piratical careci
? seems to have been that thore was nothing
? too bad for u Spaniard. The object of his
? lifo was to wage bittor war against Span
j lah ships and Spanish settlement*. Hewu
j ft typical pUate.
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ItLblLL'b S/ i I
OF VALUABLE REAL E S T A
NEAR TUB: CITY OF N'EWPoRl
NEWS. VIRGINIA
By virtue of the provisions o ? ei
tain deed of trust bearing d-itr on th.
10th day of October, 1SU2. executed to
me as trustee, by the North Carolina
and Newport News Company, and dul>
recorded in the clerk's office of the
County Court of Elisabeth City Coun?
ty, Virginia, in Deed of Trust Book 6
page 449, default having been ">ade in
the payment of the debt therein se?
cured, at the request of the beneficiary
thereunder, 1 shall sell at public auc?
tion to the highest bidder, on
TUESDAY. THE FIRST DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1898.
at 11 o'clock A. M., on the premises, the
following property, to-wtt:
All those certain 178 Lots situated on
Hampton Roads near Newport News, in
the County of Elizabeth City County,
State of Virginia, known and designa?
ted on a plat or map of the lands of the
Newport News Com ny, made for said
Company by Braxton, Chandler & Ma
rye, Civil Engineers, and recorded it?
the Clerk's office of Elizabeth City
County, Virginia, Ivy .he following fig?
ures, viz.: Block 34?Lots Nos. 1 to 24
inclusive; Block 25?Lots 21 to 40 in?
clusive; Block 15?Lots 21 to 40 inclu?
sive; Block 7?Lots 1 to 24 Inclusive;
Block 6?Lots 1 to 9 Inclusive, and Lota
26 to 41 inclusive; Block 24?Lots 1 to
20 Inclusive; Block 16?-Lots 1 to 20 In?
clusive; Block 35?Lots 1 to 9 inclusive,
and Lots 25 to 39 inclusive; and'Block
34?Lot 39. said lots being situate on the
streets and alleys as laid down and
named on said plat, which Is h-re.by
made a part of this deed.
TERMS?CASH.
WM. P. DESAUSURE, Trustee.
Sale adjourned' for two weeks to 16tlh
day to February, 1S98.
WM. P. DeSAUSSURE.
Trustee.
February 5, 1S9S.
Sale further adjourned for two weeks
to March 1.
Sale further postpone!.!! for hen. days,
to Kardh 11, 1S98. mrl
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call on Powell, Brothcs & King, w?o
will furnish maps and give all deslrsd
particulars. Office in basement of Citi?
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enth street, Newport New?, Va.
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