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OF IMPORTANCE Decisions by the Court of Appeals Rendered Thursday. CASES OF LOCAL INTEREST. Statutes of Pcnco I-n-v. DoctHncs of SubrogatJon -iiid l-acbcs. __.j_-.l- of Marricnl tVonicii. atul Suit to Set AsUlo a Dccd. Thc presrnt "S-SS-on or the Court of Appeals end'd on Thursday last, -when the court adjourned to m-et again on the Cth day of March, r.'-"* Opinions ?were renaei"-- in rfive cases. several of -V-Jlcb w re of local irapor tancc and nearly all of tl.-.m involved flU-sUons of much interest S-olh to tho iawjcr and to tbe layman. Tlie ca<-e of Eaves vs. Vial, which was apj.ralcd from the Chancery Court of tne chy of Richmond, Involves the dctcrm'na li_ii of some delicute. points as lo tne ad mlS-lblUty of parol .vidence to establish thc agret-ment to reconvey property ?which had previously been granted by deed of f-ift. ln the case of llirth vs. HirUi, app-_Je<_ trom tbe Law and ISqulty Court of Kicii mond, the opinion sets forth the nocess-ty of the posscsslon of a separate estate as a. condition prccedent to a valid promi.e of a conlractual nature on the part or _, marriid woman. Thc case of Poindcxter vs. "May, ap? pealed from the Circuit Court of Loui.-a county, decides the slalus of the law of this Slate relatinir to fenees, and the <"_> l_at lo which rdlel may he had for <l-in ajte done by trcspass-'ng stock. ln Nalle vs. _*_uxlsh, appealed from the Circuit Court of Cttlpcper county, the court rendered an Interesting decision. which -was an cxhaustlve review ot the iliiclri-c of subroitation. ln the cas_ of Covington vs. Grifiin'3 Adminlstrator. also appealed fr.im tho Circuit Court of Cafcyoer county. tho opinion clearly deiui-s th,_l cxi-_it to which a court of equily will go in review ln*- an old claim. and also the limitations ?which grow out of laclies and unrcasona ble uelay on the part of the claim.int. SUIT TO AMEND A DEED. Eaves vs. Vial. Opinion by Judge John A. Buchanan. Appealed from the Chancery Court of the city of .wcl. mond. The bill in this case was iil?d by tho appellee, who alleged, among other -blngs. that his father. E. R, Vial, died :n 1.S3, leaving certain real estate, whi. h. by his will, he directcd should be held by his widow until his youngest child was twenty-one years of age, when it should be Cqually tiividod among his livo children: that In tbe year 1S85, at the instance of one ?nt' the children 'Mrs. Shepherd), her Interest in said real es? tate was asslf-nod and conveyed to lier by virtue of proceedlngs lnslltuted fnr the purpose: that !n tiie year IS-sS the widow died. and ln the year _K!'7 the residue of the real estnte was partitloned in a suit between the parties entitled; tliat in this t-uit the share of the ap? pclleo was oEslgmed t___liis sister. the ap p. llant, it appearlng lhat she had ac (juired the legal title tbereto by a deed dated Febniary C, _S9G. Appellee alleged tl_s.t said deed was voluntary and witii out c-onsidcrutlon, and was made by him 1o secure the -property tempofarily from the temptatlon to -.quander it under whiih lic- la.bored on account of lhe wild life he was at the time leading. and -with the distinct understandlng that -when bo requested she would reconvey tho pro? perty to him, which she -vow refused to do; he further alleged tliat he -was ad- ; visfd that he was a tcnant in common with the appellant In lhe property n.s i-ienod to her ln the partition suit. and prayed that th_ deed <?f February C, 1S9C, 1). SL-t aside and partition of the land ; made. T,> this appellant filed demurrer nnd j answer. Tlie answer admitted all the : :illef.i(tions except os to the deed, but j denied that there was any agreement to i reconvey, or that he had any Interest in | same. - j I"pon a heai-ng of the cause, the tritil , court, beinp- of opinion that tho husband i of the appellant, who had been made a 1 party defendant. wafi not a proper party. i either in his own right or as admlnlstxa- ? tor of the testator's estate, stistalned the j demurrer In that partlc-ular. a-id dis mlssed the bill as to him: nnd being further of opinion lhat tho evidence frihowed lhat the deed of February C, .SM*. wa-s mnde with the undcrstanding tind agreement that the appellant would reconvey the property to the appellee when so requested, adjudged that hc was i entitled to one-lialf interest ln the real j estate asslgncd to her in ihe partition suit, and deereed Uiai the appellant j should reennvcy lhe same to him. The first orror asslgned by the appel? lant is t'nat the court crred in not dis mtssing the bill upon demurrer. .because lt shows -on the face in the partition suit of Eaves vs. "Eaves. tr, which the appel? lee was a party, thc appellants' claim to the property ln controvcrsy was clearly set forth. and it was ad.ludged that the property had been acqulred Iby her ander the deed of Febraury Cth. 1S9-, and that the question was rcs adjudicata. This court holds that. without passing upon tho question whether that defence could be made by demurrer. it is sufli cient 1o say that the rlghts which the appellee is now assertlng in this care. were not in lssue, nor were they involyed in that case. As to thc adm.ssion at the trial in the lower court of parol evidence as to the agreement to reconvey, thc court holds that the failure to raise the preper ob -jecuons at the time is construe.1 tn bc a ?walver of any ri-*iits under the *'_"tatute of Frauds": and of the rule of law that contemporaneous oral evidence ls not permlssible 10 vary the terms of a writ? ten instrument. and the case must he heard and determined Iby this court up.m the same evidence upon which lt -was heard and determined Iby the trial court. In summinsr up thc evidence the court Kald "lf the rcspoctive ccntehtlons were equally reasonaiWe and pmbable. there mlirht bc some -qu'-stion as to -ivhether tlMj parol agreement set up by the ap? pellee had been satisfactorlly proved. but the cOntentSon of the appellant that her brother. a young man just beginning life. had conveyed to her more than ?4.0X? worth of property. practically strlpplng himself of evt-rythlntt he owned. without coiif-idoraiion atid xvlthout any under iiianainR or agreement for a roconveyance, js so unreasonable and Improbable, that ?under the evidence in lhe case -we are ratistled that ,the agreenjent for a recon veyance. as sf-t up in :hf bill. has -b<.en f.atlsfactorily proved, and fhat there ls 110 error ln the decree cornplalned of, and that it must he aillrmed." CONTliACT KICHTS OF MAUKiKD. AVOM1CN. ? lllnth vs. Ulrth. Opinion by Judpe George M. Iliu-rison upon a contract of a married woman made during covcr lure. This was a suit appealed from the l?iw and Equlty Court of the city of i-lchmond. The plalntlff In error contended that tlip court bc-low crred ir. overru'lng the ilemurrer to the declara-tlon which was n-s-de on the ground that the declaration ftd'ed to a\--r that the plalntlff in error ; owned any separate estate at the time lhe promise sued on was entered into. 23M contcntlon being that such an a:"e- j I Screw Worms and T.cks .., Are Instantly Killed when' is c ;eJ. Also kills a Spnvin, Curb cr Splinf. Cur-_ a Cut, Kick or liruisc, anJ I'oot Itot in Catlc and Shccp. Stooa's I.ir.r.r.cr.i is an inralnable remedy for?an as well :.* bcast. Taken intcrnai'v, It cufes Craraj>s andColic It is the ...... '. Bei;t Antiseptic Known.) Rvcrybctlle is~arranted. Soldbydrurrgistsanddcalcrs geiser-Jl?. Fam!lystze,25C. Horse size,50c. and $1x0 Preprrtd by D3, EARL S. StOAN, Boston, Mass, gatlon was icssential because she had. J no power to make the alleged contract i unless she did own separate estate. i ln aevicwing tho case the Court of j Appcals ?ald: "At common law a mar- | ried woman had no power to contract; ? hctv "Ongagemcnts were simply void. j This common law disabllfty remains in i full force in this State except so far as . it is modilird by statute. The only : power a marrled woman has to con- ] tract ls conftTrcd by section 22SA of the Code. "This act does not'eonfer uoon a mar- j ried woman power to contract generally. j Bt limits such power to marrled women I who havo separate estate. AVe ho!d, ! therefore. that a marrled woman is now, i .'is al common law, dncapable of mak- ! ing a contract, unless she owns separate .. esta*oe alt the time the contract is made." '? As "to the correctness of the pleadirigs !n the c.-ise before the lower court the j court said: "The ownershlp of separate ? estate by a marrjed woman beinsr a : prerequisltc lo the exercise by her of i any /contr.nctual power, it follows that ? in ord?r to maintain an action at law j upon a contract imade by her during i ooverture. it is necessary for the dcclara- j tion or other pleading filed in the ; cause, to avcr. that she not only made Uie promise sued on, but to aver als* ] suoh a slate of facts as will show, that j her promise is such a?, umW the statule, ; she was authori-cd to make." For the reasons above clted the court | held that the demurrcr to the fieclUra tion should have been sustained, and ? entered an order reverslng the judgment. ; sotthig aside the verdict. susiaining the J demui?or, and remanding the cause to ? the trial court. with leave to the defend ; ant 5n error io amend the declaratlon. LAW J.BGA.I!.niXC. FIBNCES. | r<->Indfxir>r vs. May. Opinion by Judge George M. Harrison. This was a case in which the appcll"e | in tMs court ?secured a-n injunction In the " trial court. na.mely, the Circuit Court of ' : Louisa county. rostralmng the appellnnt | from allowinig, penmltting or suffering i ; his cattle ond horses to trespass upon > \ appeilee's premises. On hearing the in- j j juncfion was made perpetua' against the j j appella.it by the lower court. to the ex- j [ t-ent of restra n'mg him from turning his \ ! horses and ca.irte in nmn the Iands of ; . appellee. Apprllnnt arsigns a? error one. ! ; the action of the court in overruling ihe \ ; demurrer to the bill praying for lnjunc- . ; tion; two. its nclion in granfing the in- j | "uncilon r"str;unir!rr him from turning ; ! his cattle upon appellec's land. Und. r l ! Rule IX. the appelUe asslgns as error the ? j action of the court below in refusing to i j rostrain apellant from a.llowing, permit- ; ! ting or suffering his cattle to stray upon i J apiiellee's land. ! After an ex'haustive review of the vari- I ous enactments of thn Virginia Legisia- ; I turc relative to the matter of fences. the ! i Court concludes that the general fence ? ? law of Virginia Is now to be found: in i ? chapter 03 of the Oodfi of ISS7, except see- . ' tion 203S and the amendrnent thereof, to- i ! gether with 1he act of 1893-*94 (p. 941), ; ' which is in the words of sectton 203S, de- | | lining what is a lawful fence. &c. As to j ! the conlention that the statutes have : i not ropeaJed the common Inw rule. which | requires the awnc rs of cattle to keep them upon their own Iands on paln of be- I i coming liable ln trespass for their entry i j upon rhe Iands of bfiliers, tbc Court held j ; that the rule of the c;>mmon law. above mentioned, wns n<u in force in this State '. at pre-ent. having been superseded by : special legislation govcrning the question. As to the conlention that the "fence law" ; as oonlained in the present statutes in \ unconstitutlonal, because in violaition of j the Inherent right secured to every one : of "the means of aequiring and possess ing property,*' and also because in viola- I tion of tflvs provision that "private prop- ; erty shaai not be taken for public use witihout just compen--a.tion." the Court j ,held them both to tlie groundless and j stated that "although the people of Vir- j ginia have been Iiving ima?r fence laws ! for nearly three. hundred years, and ? there have been severai constitulions ! adopted since the foundation of the gov- j frnment. in which no reference is mnde | tv> Ihe subject. this is the first time. so j f:;r as we know. Uiat their constitution- i ality has been qaestloned in ihis court. j Tlie legislature has the power to re:rul:ite j j tlie relative rights and responslbllities of j | - - j Groceries Given Away Special Sale This Week. Sugar, Flour and Coffee at cost. AVe | have 30 car-loads of them and must be sold. Van Ilouten's Cocoa. *'-lb pack age only. i? .IS "-lb Can California Peaches.15 i_-lb C;ti;e Chocolate. No. l.ir, Fancy Creamery Butter.J*> Ranquet Saltine Wafers, package .15 2 pwekages Jellycon. 25c: 2 packages Cream Custard. 25c.? 50c: both for.2."? ]"in? Country Butter. for cooklng use.-.'.... .!"> Fine Little Small Hams.T ?_ Home-Made Leaf Lard. _-!b can 1.45 Large California Prunes, per lb.. .03 4 Large Cans Swa.n Baklng Pow der for.-?""> 1 I!-lb Can Sonp Tomatoes. each.OtJ j Nice lot of Thin Breakfast Bacon, per pound.OS | Large Cui;for:ii;t Oranges, per dozen.L'" S-lb can Clam Chowder. the best .i-*"? | J"anc.v Carolina Rico. per Ib.OT" j 5 boxes Huttrr Milk Sweet Soap.. .-.-> I t cans Sugar Corn for.?5 , Large Box Hbi.king. .?* for.<??"-. | Frencli Mustard, per galion only .'?'.<* , New Orleans Dark Molasses per galion."? --0 10 l.arce Bar.. of Soap or 10 Pack? ages Soap Powder for.-"?"" 3 dozen Small Mackercl for.-5 Hclntz's Chow-Chow. ]ier quart... .15 All of our goods retailed at wholesale price. guaranteed in every respect or nvancy cheerfully refunded. Very respeetfully, ; _.j _? Anpst BracmT Co., (ill to 6i3 East Marshall street. NEWPK0-JE38I. OLD 'PHONE 1232. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Cannon-ball Delivery at express rates. oi:g.\xi/>i;i> is:j_-. I Fire and Marine insurance Company OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ASSETS, - - - $800,0G0 W. H. PALMER, - - President W. H. IBcCARTHY, - - Seeretary ' tho proprletors of enclosed lands and i the owners of stock that is allowcd to j run at Iarge. <uid can, therefore. ? take from every man his remedy for a tres pass by cattle, unless he enclose his lands ! with a lawful fence, without violat'ng uny right guaranteed by thc constitution i of the State or the United States." The position taken by thc appellant that he has a right, under Uie fence law, '' to turu his cattle in and upon his nelgh bor's premises, where the latter has failed i ;to cnciosc his land v.-ith a lawful fence, , was held to bc wholly without m-erit. I The decision of the lower court was aflirmed. t;ni.eason*akli" dblat. Covinfrton vs. Griffin's Administrator. Opinion by Judge James Keith, P. This was a case appealed from the Circuit Court for Culpeper county, where jiidj-ment had been bbtaJned upon a suit brought to enforce thc collection of a debt alleged to be due on a bond. The facts ln the case, briefly stated. nre as follows: Zaehary Grifiin died in l_.."i2, leaving a will, which was admitted to probate in June or that year. James M. Grifiin, one of his sons, r-ualified as his executor. ar.d In 1S54 attempted an : ex parte settlcment of his accounts before a commlssioner, and proof of .debts against the estate being called for, Thos. '. 1. Grifiin, a brother of the executor, ap j peared and claimed that his father was ! indebted to him by bond. a. copy of which ? was liled before the comniissioner, in j the sum of 52.000. For some reason the ex partc f-ettlement i was not made. In 1S5G James M. Grifiin ; liled a bill in his own right and as executor of his father. A referer.ee was made. to a commlssioner to settle the exeeulori.-il accounts and nscertain tho debts. and in 1SC0 a report was filed sliotvlng a balance due by the executor of "1,266.33, and two debts against the es? tate?one to Amy Hall aniounting. prin? cipal and Interest. to $447.81, and the other due by bond to Thomas I. Grifiin nmoitnting. principal and interest, to $3,447.48; Thomas T. Grifiin died in 1S.">7 and James M. Grifiin qualified as one of the administrators of his estate, so that ; he became the administrator of th ; creditor at the same time he was execu 1 tor of Zaehary GriiTin. the debtor. The report of thc 'commissioner was excepted to, but tbe exceptions do not appear in the record and were never passed upon, and the report remained unconfirmed. No further aetion seenis to have been taken in thc case until 1S07. when a paper termed a "suppletnental bill and bill ot revlvor" was filed. ln the mean time, ; nearly all the original parties to lhe suit were dead. The executor of the debtor and administrator of the creditor had died some time prior to 1S97, and his ad? ministrator was not made a party to this procecdinsr The bill does not set up any eircum stance in any way explanatory of tlie failure to prosecute the original suit for : the settlcment of the estate of Zaehary C-riiiin. lt merely reclte*. the exlstence of the debt from Zaehary. tho father, to Thomas 1. Grifiin, the son. that it is un paid. and that the only assct for its pay ment is a. small tract of land in the yios session of Thomas II. Covington, who ! holds it under the will of James Jl. Grifiin. Covington answered the bill. denylng the existence of the debt, avcrring Insutii cient proof, and claiming tliat it had been paid off. In revlewihg the case the court said: "We are of opinion that the record shows that Zaehary Grifiin executc-d the bond in controvefsy; also, that the de? cree entered iu the original suit stopped the'runnlng of the statutc of limitations as to ail lhe debts due by Zaehary Grifiin, and there is much in |the case : to repel the presumptlon of payihcnt arising from lapse of time. but that nothing can call forth a court of chan? cery into uclivity but conscience, good f.iith. and reasonable diligence. When these are lacking the court is passive. Laches and nej-lect are always discoun tenanced, and, therefore. from the be ginning of this jurisdiction there was al v.ays a limitation of suit in this court. "i.easonable diligence' is as essential .to the granting of reiief in c-quity as con? science and good faith. It certainly can? not bo said that there. has been rea.on able diligence ln this case, hen'ce we are of opinion that thc decree of the Circuit Court should be revcrsed and ihe sup plemental bill dlsmissed." DOCTR1NE OF SUEIIOGATION. -\alle vs. Farrish et als. Opinion by Judge John "W". Riely. This is a case involving thc title of cer? tain land, and was appealed from the Circuit Court of Culpeper county. ln 3.S7, Andrew l.ey.ser purchased a tract. of land under thc decree of the Circuit Court of said county. entered in the case of Bickers vs. Farrish. peuding thereln, and mado a cash payment of one-third, executing a writing binding himself to convey tho said land to his daughter, tSaiiie J. Nalle, the wife of Tfoseph Nalle, when the land was paid for, upon the condition that she pay tho bonds given for the deferrcd payments. Jas. P. Thomas and Lucy K. Thomas. liis wife, the latter being the sister of Joseph "Nalle, weru put iu possaesion of the land. When tho last bonS fell due, Joseph Nalle having paid the first two bonds, he agreed to convey the land or have lt conveyed to his sister, provided she would pay the last bond. ln order to raise the money for this purpose she and her husband sold 10-J 3-4 acres of tho land to James IM. Shadrach, who paid to Latnam. commissioner of tho court, the amount of the last bond, and the balance of the purchase money he paid to Thomas for the land sold to him by Thomas and wife, and they, in ISTS, made a deed to him for uatne. Latham receipted the bond. showing payment hy Shadrach for Thomas, trans mitted it to Nalle and wife, and made a deed to Mrs. Nalle for thc land bought by Keyser, her father. Nalle and wife, not being aware that Commissioner Lath em had made a deed to the latter for thc land bought by Keyser and filed it in the elerk's ollice, in lSftti brought suit ln the Circuit Court of Cuh.eper county to obtain a conveyance thereof. In this suit the widow and hclrs of Shadrach liled their -petltlon to have the title to the 10- 3-4- acres of the land made to them in order to perfect their title in same, oi- to have the money which Shad? rach had paid refunded by Mrs. Nalle, and ihe land subjected to its payment. The court below decreed that the title bo conveyed. This court held that Mrs. Nalle, being a married woman, was not -compe.ent to make a valid contract for the sale of the land. and tnat the court belcw was with? out. of power to decree a conveyance to tho heirs of Shadrach founded upon any contract made for its sale to him by her or by her husband as her agent: that she was, however, not entitled to a conveyance of the land by the court through its commissioner, until all the 1 purchase money was paid, and there ex i istcd upon the land the vendor's lien for ! the purchase money until Same -was all paid; while there was no contract proved on the part of Nalle and wife which tha court could specifically enforce. nor had it tho power to decree "against Mrs. Nalle the tepayment.' of "the 'money "paid' by | {"hadrach, yet he would be entitled,. if he 1-wcre livlng, to be substltuted^to the llen upon the land for 'the bond which he pafd off and In the interests of right and jus? tice to have lt enforced at least against tho land which he purchased, and this right contlnues for the benefit of his estate. Tho court said "The doctrlne of rubro gatlon, which 'does not depend upon con tractual relatjons between the parties to be nffecfed by it, is board enough. it ls said, to include every Instance in which ono party. who ls not a volunteer. pays a debt for which another Is primarily llable, nnd which in equity and good eonscicnc* should have .been discharged by tbe latter.?Sheidon on Subrogation, se3 I; Hahsburger vs. Yancey et als." For the error ln decreeing the convey ance of th<> parcel or land of IOS ?.-4 acres to the widow and heins of Shadrach in stead of substituting his estate for tho amount paid by him ln discharge of tho bond of Keyser to the Ilen thereon for Its payment and decreeing the sale of tho land therefor, if the same be not paid within a reasonable time. the decree "of i the Circuit Court is rcversed, and this ; court will enter such decree as should ' have been entered in the premises. Summavy. Judge James Kelth, P : Covington vs. GrilHn's Admlnlstrator. 'Circuit Court of Culp'eper county. Re versed. Judge John W. Riely: i Nalle vs. Parrish. Circuit Court of Cul peper county. Keverscd. Judge John A. Buchanan: Eaves vs. Vial. Chancery Court of city of Richmond. Aiiirmcd. Judge George M. Harrison: Foindexter vs. May. Circuit Court of Louisa county. Amrmed. IHIrth vs. Hirth. I.aw and Equity ' Court. city of Kichmond. 'K.vrrsrd. Xorfolk nnd Western Railway vs. Grecver. iPetition to rehear refused. ; Jett vs. Xortnn. Discussed by appel ; lants. Metropnlilnn Life Tr.sur.-iner* Company : against Rutherfoord. Argued by Hill | Carter ror plaintllt in error, and J. S. Par i rish and F. A. L. Smith for defendant in | error, and submitted;. MEETING OF DOCTORJ ; Tri-State Associfiiion Meets in CIiarleE ton Xc.vt "Week. Tbi" Tri-State Medical Association of i Virginia and ihe Carolinas wiil meet in I second annual session at Charleston, S. | C, on the 20th to 22d ir.stant. j An exeellent programme has been ar j ranged for the occasion and besljes tha j reguhir reading of reports -_nd the rou | tine businc-cs to be transaoted a number j of subjects have been named for disciis i sion. Dr. Paul B. Barringer will speak on ; "The American Negro and tiie Infiuence of I Heredity Upon Him," nnd Vr. J. Ilerbert ! Claiborne, of Petersburg, has chosen ss j his subject for discussion. "The Negro i L'nder Uie Environments of Slav.-ry. j and the Xegro Under the Environment of i Freedom." j Among the .papers to be read will be | the following: "The Consumptive-and the >' State," by Dr. Louis F. High, of Dan I ville; "The Heart in Life Insurance," by ! Dr. J. N. Upshur, of Richmond; "Indi j cations for and Method of Operatlng on ! the Middle Turbiniutedi Bone." by Dr. I John P. Davidson. of Richmond: '"i'iie ! Air Ceils of the Mastoid Region," by Dr. i John Dunn. of Richmond; "Tiie Unfor j tunate Sequences of our Abdomina j Work. with Suggestlve (Remedles," by 1 Dr. W. L. Roblnson, of Danville; "Four Cases for Penetratlng Wounds of the Ab domen," by Dr. Hilgh M. Taylor. of Richmond: "Diagnosis nnd T.-eu.tment of Chronic Posterlor Urethrltis," by Dr. Stuart McGuire, of Richmond; "Have We a True "serve Tonic,'' by Dr. Robert F. ! Williams, of Richmond; "Uses of Xormal j Saline. Soliition," by Dr. Virglnus Harri ; son. of Richmond; "Remarks on Recent j Mastoid Cases," by Dr. J. A. Wlilte, of | Richmond: "Some Points .in the CDiagnosIs ! of Pneumonla," by Dr. H. Stewart Ma.c ! Lean, of Richmond': and "Fermentive I DIsorders of the Alimentary Canal of i Infants." by Dr. L. G. Frasler, ot" Port j Xorfolk. All sultable arrangements for 'tlie co-m i fort of the attending members havo been j completed! and the usual great success is* ' assured. i Tiie officers of tho Association are as | follows: President. Dr. W. H. H. Cobb, : Goldsboro. X. C.; Vic'e-Presldents Dr. H. I B. YVeaver, Asheville. X. C; Dr. C. W. ! Kollock, of Charleston. S. <".; Dr. W. L. I Roblnson, Danville. Va.; Seeretary and Treasurer, Dr. Paulus A. Irving. of Rich? mond, Va. DUBLIN DOTS. A I'oat Built to Cniry Immbcroii Now l.iver. DUBL1X. VA., Feb. 1C?Special.?Pro tractfid services have been held in the Methodist church of Dublin during the last severai weeks. during which thirty sermons were preached and as a result of wHcJi thirty accesslons were made to ?the. church at the closlng service on Sun? day last. The pastor is continulng the good work in Xswbern, of whose church he is also pastor. Rev. Robert Sheffey, an aged exhortrr of seetlonal renown. is an able su-pporter of the work of grace with his eloquent prayers. The remains of Mrs. Robert YVysor were brought to this place from where she. had removed about a year ago with her husband and' children to VElizabeth ton. Tenn., on Monday evening. Inter? ment took place at Dublin Grove Ceme? tery to-day. J. E. Card well has constructed and lar.nchcd a boat seventy-six . feet in length by eiglit i:i breadth on the Xew river. severai mii-es below Dublin. Iis purpose it to carry Iumber from the sawmill of Caldwell & Barton to Radford, three miles belaw. Ultimately the boat Is to be propelled by steam. but at pres? ent is maklng successful passage by mt-ans of oars. Farmers in this section are much en couraged over the healthy condition of the spring crop of lambs. 1 865?1 900, STAR pfl iizers Have stood the test of 35 years 011 TOBACCO, M;9 Ci And Al! Spring Crops, The demand increasiug every year, which is the best evideiice of their value and purity. Every Bag guaranteed to be of Standard Quaiity Allisfi i Aflflison's BRANCH VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond. Va NEWS OF HORSES Trotlers in Win'er Quarters at Mon tezuma Farm. KODRAS AND FIREWOOD THERE Xhe Maryland nnd Viifjinia Agricnl I ural nnd Trotting Circuit?Limit and Her Foals ? Sale . of AVyoming. Of conimanding stature and massive | buiid, genial and kindly, and always ! ready to lend a helping hand, few horse- j men in the South are better known or j more generally ltked than Joseph Las ittcr, who conducts the P.ichmond Horse Bazaar, on east Franklin street, -wh-TO semi-weekly auction sales of all classes of horses are held and numerou. of others are disposed of at private sale. For more than a quarter of a century [ Mr. Lasitter has been identilied with tlie | | horse trade of Richmond, and during that ' timo has figur.d extensively as owner and braedev of high-class horses. as well as- a dealer. At his country home. Mon ! tuzema Farm, near the city, he has in winter quttrttrs a stable of trotters and | paeers and they are doing well. By the . records the fastest of tha lot is the bay : gelding Kodras, 2:15 1-4. by Norval. out : of Bianca, by Blackwood, Jr., who went | down the line ot the Grand Circuit in I IJougias Thomas- hands in 1S97 and trot ! t.d to his record. Then comes the bay ; gelding Firewood. 2:171-4, by King _"ut ! wood, out of Medina, by Middletown, I whose mark, earned last fall at Kaleigh, | is the trotting record for the State of ? North Carolina. In addition to these two \ fast geldlngs the stable includes Robert . it:unsom, 2:29 3-4, br. h? by Gamaetta. : dam (Black Maria, by C. M. Clay. Jr.; : General Dashwood, 2:29 C-4, bik. g., by ; Simon.-, dam Nelly Grant; Samantae, b. j i*_..9,b_- Norval; dxim MlHy*. by Onward.see j ond dam Docia Payne, sister to -Hamlln's I Aimont. Jr., 2:20; the brown mare Lady -"immons, by Simmons, dam Miss Sontag. i 2:2S. by Victor Jlohawk, who is in foal to : Fg-wood. 2:181-2; Dobbin, 5, a bay gelding j by General Dushwood, who is regarded ; as very promismg; Suzel, b. m., by Nor ' folk; b. g., by Egwood, dam Sally Hor net, .by Champ l''erguson; ch. m., 7, St. Just, dam by Harold; ch. f., 2, by Gen ! eral Dashwood. dam Anna Dawson, by ? Jack Dawson, and ch., c., 2, by Norfolk, j dam Belle of Kiehmond, by Daniel Lam | bert. The recent meeting in Baltlmore represerrtatlves of agricuitural and rac ing assocations in Maryland and Vir? ginia rcsulted in the formation of a cir? cuit of fairs and race meetings to be known as the Maryland and Virginia Agr'cullural and Trotting Circuit. with 12 trueks and the probability of several add-trons. The racing is to start August 7th and to continue to the end of Otcober. Dur? ing these months t.ie horsenien are of fert d not only grood pur.es, track acco j modatiou and continuous raciiig, but I -here are just enough dates for racing j on the differeut tracks 'to permit owners ; ; . (ind classes for any and all horses ! they have in shape. j While con.'lic-ttng date? nre not des'ra I ble as a ruie, this circuit is of such I an-pl.e siz. that the duplications may | prove beneficial, especially as the dis I tances to be traveled from one track to j another are so short and the shipments so cheap that inducements are" thus of i fe-red to owners to visit any. lf a stable [ cannot win in a circtttt where the ex ! pense is so small it will be the fault of the stable. "_*-S-erday*s mfleting was a business consultation from start to fiuish. those pre-rnt proving that they were lm bued with horse sense. Presi? dent "William H. Evatis, of Gen tiemen's Driving Park Club, pre sided, wil'h [*6l. Robert Hough secre? tary. Tlie circuit ls arranged as fol? lows: Cape Charies City, Va.. represented by ILloyd W. W. Brockenbrpugh, August 7 to 30. Tasley, Va., W. W. Cock, August 14 to 17. ljppor Marlborough. Md., Dr. R. S. 11:11. August 21 to 24. Tolchester, Md., Capt. W. C. Eliason, August 2S lo -1. Eas-ton. Md.. Joseph B. Harrington and Charies Lloyd. Augnsit 2S to 31' Rr---kv.lle. _i__.; President Dorsey and Secretary Muncaster, September 4 to 7th Timonium, Md., not represented, but' has dates?Septembar 4 to 7. Prospect Park, Md., Stgretary Joseph E. Paul. S-eprt-nher 11 to i4. Gentlemen'-- Driving- Park, President "Wilila.m H. Evans and Secretary Joseph A. Ellis, Soi'iember IS to 21. Electric Park, President A. Fenneman, September 2."> to 2S. Norfolk, "Va., Joseph A. Elis, October 2 to "?. Belair, Md., R. C. Richardson, October 9 t_ 11'. Dover. Del., is not in the circuit. but has claimed tihe first week in October. Frederick is not in, but has claimed Octo'cer y to 12. liag-erstown is not in. and has claimed October 16 to 19. Brightwood, D. C, may hold a fall meeting; also. ?S-cr-etary H.btigh was ompowered to apee-.t applicatfons from the possible Association members and add them to the circuit if they desire to join. The members of the Association are each to arrange th-eir own classes, amounts of purses, conditions, etc. They are to be sent to Secretary Hough, 1S.2 North Charies street, not la/er than April 15th. He will then issue a g-enera! circuit programme, several thousand of which will be sent each Association for distrlbution. One of the cleverest road.'ters here is ,Mr. Thomas Atkinson's good-looklng bay mare Lizzie S.. nine-years-old, who was sired by Jakei the son of Messenger. Chief and Sal Swope. by Bourbon Chief. that trotted to a record of 2:23 3-4 and got the fast pacer Nora L., 2:10 1-4. The dam of I_izz'- S. was Kate. by Parkc-r's Pat.chen, a son of the nc>!ed sire, 31am br'no Patchen. With very little handling, "W*. P. Bi-r*rs drove I.izzie S. three trials over a half-mile track ;it Baltlmore, in 2:2Sl-2, 2:29 aud 2:27 :;-4; while she could reel off (Hiarters at a 2:15 gait. In addition to Eizzie S. amiong others owned by Mr. Atkinson is a handsome bay mare, Limit. by Vacher, dam Ver ?fvey. dam of Wattseon. 2:19; Edifice, 2:20, etc. by Haw Patch, the son of Hamb letonian, 10. and sire of Magnolia. 2:09 1-4. B'"ed in IS*'" to the imtxsrted Hackney str.llion lianesfort. Limit produced a bay filly in 1S97; from his serviee in 1S"17 came a bay colt th,. rollowing year. while maited with the same sire fn 1S9S she \clro;-_ie_; a chestimt filly last season, which is the handsomest and most blood like of the trio, but bred back she failed to catch and no foal will result this yenr. Limit. her foals and other well bred horses. are owned and kept by Mr. Atkinson, at the noted Rocklands Farm near Gordonsville, which was for? merly owned by the' Haxallt. * _ * There Is some cholce material ln the biir training barn at Alamance Farm, Graham, _\*. C, the property of Mr. L. ?Banks Holt, that prince of buyers and breedws of the Old North State. "Wil? liam Chatman, the farm tralner ls jog TNA LIFE IXSURAXCE COMPAXT. M ax: >F DECEMBKi:, 1S39. i IPAXY". ORGANiZED t'^^^rpifauc AC i STATE OF COX.NECTICUT. MADE TO THE ALDUOR OP F^T m THfi COUXTS FOR THE COMMOXYVEALTH OF Vn.GI*MA PURSUA** * . LAWS OF VIRG1XIA. Xame of the company in full-AETXA LIFE IXSURAXCE <r??,S_^ COXX. Locatlon of home or principal office of said cornpany?'"A";1* ?<^;<^__>_*X'I Character of the business transacted by tho company?LI-,'> -v-"?-^ ? IXSURAXCE. President?M. G. BULKELEY.. Seeretary?J. L. ENGLISH. Organized and ineorporated?1S20. Commenced business?1SG0. . . -. _ ?_.>_-,-? -, /~r> _nd "W. "W. Xatne of the General Agent la Vlrginla-J. B. MOORB & CO.. ana HARDWICKE. Residence?RICHMOXD, VA. . ---'??.-..?- ' The amount of capital stock. ??. i?Accident. Amount. Tha number of policies and the amount of Insurance effected thereby in force at end of previous year.$109,SSl,*-"0 The number of policies issued during the year and the amount of insurance thereby._S3.709.300 Totals.5333,5n,0_O The number of policies and the amount oi insurance which have ceased to be ln force during the year. ^,'iSr,5oO The whole number of policies in force. and the amount of liabilities or riski* ;....."... ffl.TaO.OCO 00 .* *" -_Jfe.--1 Xo. Amount. 94 3f*7 $1S:,'JCC.333 thereon at end of y< ; J135.S07.47a 13,330 107,717 7,448 100,271 RECEIPTS. The amount of premiums received during the year. The a.mount of interest received sources. The amount of a!i other receipts.. from all Accident. SS55.-C6 S4 Totals..'. SSt55,56SSS4 DlsBURSEMEXTS. The amount of losses paid. $3t'2.3Sr> .;?' The amount of matured endowroents raid. The amount paid fnr surrender values.. . Tne amount ot dividends paid to ipolioyholders._?-??? The amount of dividends paid to stoekholders. 43...'"0<> The amount paid for expenses (includlng taxes. an,i fees?51S.3sl.06. Accident: $-*I3.40a 73, Life. 33..00. 63 The amount of all other disbuirsements. 2+.90S.101 ?S2.30-.3n;', _ra-.ssr.a3 flGS.H3.7W Life. W.2GS.0SI 70 2.342.-31 41 "....SI SO .*^.*;.j, i.<7 ai :_*.:"i:.r>i.-* 33 I.lK't.WT C> 3*0:369 :;i JiOSS.312 SI K3.4C0 00 r.S38.743 27 Totals. $74:l.ll:; 13 .;r. .-? ?-, ASSETS. {Life and Accident.) ?Bonds. market value...,. Stocks. market value. Real estate. unencumbercd. market value. . Loans secured by lirst murtsage on real estate..... .. Cash in banks. trust companies and company s office. Loans on company's policies. assigned as collateral.... Premlum notes. etc.?_.-.-??-. Loans secured by pledge ot stocks and bonds. Interest due and accrued..-. Rents due and accrued. Uneollected and deferred premiums. All other assets.?.?.'. Tota'ls (oarr.ee" out at market value). LIABILITIES. The amount of losses unpaid? Unadjuvted?"7l_-,57"'.32. Aocident; Re sisted. j_3.614.;i\ Accident.$102.226 14 Urtadjusteri?--103.604, Life; Resisted? S26.12S. Life. The amount of mattired endowments un? paid..... . . The amount of liability on policies. etc. in force 31st December last. on bosis of 4 per cent., octuarles, mortality table. 302.462 SS Special reserve in addition to the 4 per cent. reserve.?. The amount of other liabilities. l.iiflO cO .$ Xtr7>4.-.72 fO . _5,S?9.685 24 513. Ho 71 . B-.-tJff.fleO 76 . 6.WJ7.185 23 . I,6_5._-06 00 45-.SOI S3 23..vir, 06 ? J-2.S74.40" 50 1S3.7S2 00 56.760 00 LSH.OOO 00 Tota'ls. .SKW4S302 BUSINESS IX VIRGIXIA DURING -SO*. 1-Accident.-, , / Xo. Amount. Xumber and amount of policies in force December 31st of previous year. 332 $1^54.650 Xumber and amount of policies issued during the year. 071 2.970-.600 Totals. Deduct number and amount whi.h have ceased to be in force during- tiie year. :.::?; sco Total number and amount of policies1 in force at end of year. iji):! Xo. Amount of losses and claims on policies unpaid December31st of previous year. 1 Amount of losses and claims on policies incurred durin.s: the year. 48 Totals. & Amount of losses and claims on poli_;ies! paid during the year.0.. Amount of assessments. premiums, c_es $4,125,-30 2.7'">-o 51,379.400 Amount. I.0S6 Xc mcT fees coMected in Vi year. in cash and notes or credits. without any_d?.uetion t !-. A r:? ? 11::. ? $l.-"f.M7 453,163 S2.0_l.--2 1 .-7.2-6 JI.S67."76 Amount. 1 4,000 00 32.S-2 00 $;'2.S42 70 lurlng tho divi? dends. commissions. or other expenses: Life. $69,2S-.."-" $7S,-.64.2-5. \cchlent, "3-J8t.S8. Total. M. G. P.rr.KELE" J. L ENGLISH, S President. .-retary. (Sisned) (Si;rned) !-! State of Conneotieut. I Seal of ! City of Hartford?s?.: I Xota.rv 1 Sworn t.> January 26. 190C. befor* _ FRANK \Y. BrDWET.r.. Notary Publi -iiE & G0? General Ap. I. W. HARDWICKE, Special Agent. GEO. G. JEFFERSON, Local Agent, ging on the road and on the half-ml'e j track at the farm, Mattie Lyna Holt, b.-y I mare, 5, by Baronet. 2:11 1-2, out of | Kellis, dam ot Fiare, 2:263-1, by Jay Bird; Giles Mcbar.e. 4, a grand Iooking j young stallion of exqufc-tite tinish and ? beauty, by John R. Gentry. out of th"' great" brood mare "Winnie D-. dam ot* Hulman. 2:20. etc. by Hannis; "Mary Vaden. bay tilly. 4. by Baronet, out of Sue H.. by Woodburn Hambletonian; Eliza Ingram, chestnut tilly. 1, by John R. Gentry, out of Blondette, dam of Governor Holt. 2:15. by Leiand; Anr.a "Williams, bay filly. *., by John R- Gen? try, out of Oneida Girl. by Thomas K.. second dam Fantina. dam of Jean Val jean. 2:14: Catherine Wharton. black tilly. 4. by Baronet. out of Coralyn. by DIc tator: Maid of Alamance. chestnut tilly, J 4, by John R. Gentry, out of Lou Gra- I ham. by Melviile Chief: Ethei Hardinc. , bay filly, 3, by Gregorian. dam Gretna [ Green. by Aberdeen; Lina Clark. bay j filly, 2, by Gregorian. dam Blondette, j and Annie Coleman. chestnut tilly, 1, by j Gregorian, out of Winnie D. ", P. Reville. Jr.. or Baltlmore. has pur- ? chased of Boston Fear. same city. the j handsome and highly-ti nis'r.ed black stal- j lion Wyom'ng. 2:25 1-2. by WUton. out I of the triple-producing mare Lucille j Blackwood, by Blackwood. Among the produce of Lucille Blackwood fa the handsme bay stallion Egwood. 2:IS 1-2. now the property of Janv-s Stackhouse, Marioi. S. C. but owned for a numb-T of vears by the late H. C. Cham'oUn. of Marlon. S. O., but owned for a number the prize-winnlng son of Egbert as one ot the great_st horses ever brought to Virgrinia. ? * In Foxie Lambert. sevcn-year-old, a bay daughter of Alsatian, out of An toinette."fuII sister of Lady Foxie. 2:24 1-2, bv Daniel Lambert. Mr. W. F. Torrar.ce. of this'-clty, owns a blood-like har.d-somo mare who is much faster than her rec? ord of ?.*_- 1-2 indicates. Driven by Joseph Staton. Foxie Lambert trotted to ber record ln 1S3S. She was not raced last season, but during the coming one her owner look;, for her to show mi..es rignt around 2:15, and will -start her at the Norfolk s*irin*r meeting. - * One of the choicest brood mar.s at" Fosliall Farm. Norfolk, Va.. is Jessie Stamboul. by 9tam.bouI. 2:07 1-2. out of Astroive by Alcyone. second dam famcus l old Jessle Pepper. by Mambrino thief. By Nutwood, Jessie Stamboui produced I the fast horse Clesentoy. 2-17 1-4. Sne j was bred in 1S9- to Fo.-hall Farm s pre? mier sire. Great Stakes. 2:20. and appeaxs to be in foal. Jessle Staratoul was se-uS-" ed and purchased by Mr. F. Covington. the able manager of Foxhall. who It aa astute judge of individuality and breed in*:. ? , ? Joseph Staton. the well-known tralner and drlvcr. who drove Miss Nelson. by SS-orfolk, to a four-year-o-d record of ?-?17 1-4: Walter Herr to one or _:1- 1-4; and who marked a score or more fast trotters and pacers. ls now with Smyth ?Bro_her_k ol ihe Southern Ho-W? BaaUH", ? but when the season opens. Staton will very likcly be seen in tile sulky ag-Jxt, ? . * The auction sale oi Srnyth Brothers. ot tho Sot-tfe-rn Horse Bazaar, on Wedn - day last was one of the best of the sea? son. and about 3C0 head of horses and rr_'.es were disposed of to *--.-d a-tvan The consignments were made by some of the best-kno-wn shippers in the We. t. while buyers congregated from t;ie South ar.d t-i-ding was fcri-k. Thc Messrs. Smyth. who are tv.-!n broth? ers. are young r_en of push ar.d ener**y, rank high, and no f'.rm of conrr-niL-ioii dealers in the country "aaa acqu-red a bettef reputation for straightforward business rnethods than the pruprie-ors ot the Southern Horse Bazanr. In December they declined an eff.-r ot J10.COO, made thetn by the Unron Stock Yards ceo-pl- of IndianapoIIs. to remova their business from here and to loeata at the big Indlana ci'ty. At their semi-weekly auction sale on Wednesday r.ext the Messrs. Smyth will offer a iargre lot or horses. core-ignetl by sMppers from Kentuelcy. Ohio and y.ther Sratcs, also a select lot of mules. -The bCferings will laclade clever road. saddle. $rer.era.!-piirpo-.-e. and draft horues and rr.-uies of all slzes. BROAD ROCK. Tlie Debate Closed. "Yes. sir!" shouted the little man with thin, straggiing hair, "the Constitution of the United States suarant.es to every man liberty of sneech. and I'd like to seo any one try to deprive me of It!" "John Henry." exclaimed a Iarge woman of a decided mien. who had just entered the room. "you dry up and come home."? New York journal. Salted Brazll nuts are a rather heartier dainty than the salted almonds, but ura valuable as an occasior?.l varlety. A cup ful of them should be bianched and mari naded in a tablespoontul of olive oil. _.et them stand about three-_u_,rt<-ra of an hour before they are thoroughly salt? ed and browned in the oven. StOO?REVTA T-D? SlOO The read'ers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dread ed disease that scienee has been abla to cure in all its stages. and that ls Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only posltlve cure known to the medical fra ternity. Catarrh being a -constitutional disease. renuires a eonstitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls takea ln temally. acting directly upon the blooc and mucous suface of the system. there'oy destroying the foundation ot the disease. and giving the patient strength by bulld' Ing up the constitution and ossistlng na? ture In doing Its work. The proprletors have so much falth ln its curatlve pow? ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure. ? Send; for 11st of testimonlals. Addres*t. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. ' Sold by Druggists^T-c. Hall's Family Pllls ar" the best.