The Roanoke times. [volume], August 01, 1890, Image 1

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i ?L. VI?NO. 194.
-AT THE
?3?Side band suitings, closing price, 7c
a yard.
Outing cloths in beautiful patterns,
it 8 and 10c a yard.
Flannelettes in new and; stylish
?attorns at 12Jc a. yard.
Dross ginghams, ?">. Sand tOca yard.
A few pieces of Scotch ginghams at
JOc, worth 25c a yard
Stiila ew challiesat Ic and pica
yard.
Also a few more pica s of (da-eked
mohair at 25 c a yard.
Mohairs in all sha les a; 25, :o: and
50c a yard.
White.goods in ah the newest ma?
terials and nt lowest prices.
A special bargain in pure Turkey
red table covers. 8 !. 75cand ^ 10 >>7:c
??ach.
Table linens, towels ami napkins in
endless variety, and at prices that
defy competition.
Another case of white bed quilts at
> each.
Ladies' and Gents' underwear and
hosiery in great assortment and at
bottom prices.
Large stock (?:' bleached and un?
bleached cottons and sheetings in all
widths.
Ohildrens w hite lace hats and caps
I com 15c up.
Faus. Fans, 1';'!:-. Fans,from 2cup.
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Salem, Va.
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C. A. HEATH,
The well-known Jefferson Street
BARBER,
Has opened a Barber Shop in Hotel
Roauoke.
Room in basement.
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ROANOKE.
BUILDING - COMPANY
E. il. STEWART, President,
il. ti. COLE, See: and Trcas.
.1 V. B?rRB' ?Uli, lienM Manager.
MTKACTUKo k KU1UM
Office with <ii:\v A IJOSWKLL, Jef?
ferson St reet.
Large Brick Buildings a
Specialty.
[Tomes btnll on easy pay meats: Pat
ronage : ? I. Estimates cheer
fuliv fnrnished on npplication;
OENERAL MANATEE.
Ill $ CHALfi?
?- .!'. keep tin- largest
assortment of
HARDWARE
?t Virgiuh
:eeci> c ! a 'er:.
?OF?
*ap iiobes, Horse Covers
Bre.ecli Loading Guns,
? AM)?
Bporfmg Goods.
i's and Railroad Sin idie
A Specialty.
i 9 'in mi
is' 0
if
Fish, I i ans and Game in [
son .-. specialty.
Fred. Weber? i
L. F. BURKS, I
Practical PI umber I
KAM Fl
Anddealer in all kinds of PIamber,
I i., I Steam Fitters' Supplies. j
Prompt Attention to Orders-, stud
S ttisfaetion ii:? rantced.
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IAN OH B?RO, VA.
ll? ? '? ?mmerce Si reet,
iel-2-Uuto ROAXOKE, VA.j
1.1 LIillYJIBERfHO
[leal Estate Agents,
Mo?m?w Block, No. 9.
W< have a fine list of property from
which to select.
in location, price and terms, we
hope to suit. all. If you have
P OPES 7 Y
To ..- el! or exchange, calk
Be ;t of references given. junlO Ira
DYEING,
CLEANING and REPAIRING
Ybn will fnvs^ money by brin^'ir,;:
your dirty clothes to be cleaned or
dyed and repaired to me. Charges
mo lernte. Work first class.
Corner Campbell an.] Henry str<
Rbanoko, Va. ? if
HOLLINS INSTITUTE.
YiKwIXl \.
For the higher edtar.a: ion of yonn ?
ladies, equipped at cost oi ^l .u.; .. .
employs 23 oiheers ami teach Tot]
whom are male professors, of both:
American and European training.
Languages, Literature, Science, Art,
Mosic, Elocution^ e e., are taught
ander best standards: For n< irly a
half century it has commanded public
conQdence without distinction of re?
ligious beliefs. 1,200 feet above
level, and surrounded by picturesque
mountain scenery, it enjoys tlie fur?
ther advantages of mineral w.-irer
and a bracing mountain climate. At?
tendance last session 209 from 18
states. The '18th session will open
September 17th. P. 0. and Station,
H?llins, Va. CHAS. H. COOKE,
jy23-tf Business Manager;
CARR THE SIGrN WRITER, COR.
ner Third avenue ami First street
N. W. mar?-tt
2, VIRGINIA, mil).
IT T A OS MONET
_ ?
TO RUN THE ROANOKE POST
OFFICE RIGHT.
EOSTSiSTEB EMM SPEAKS
TU? ItciiMOM <>! Our InoHrcffiil M.til
Service I?i>t? W? Compare With
a.ynelibiirj; in Increase Mll.M he
!*!titte Fit v U Vit Mr. V. i'!>:?.::::?.!?it.
The allow; nee; iOa.dc by the gov
ffiiitreni For th ? postoflico in this city
ire entirely inadequate, and Pbst
nastcr AsLerry intends to make 9
rip to V. in i.iii at oii>';- and
?. ? -n ? i.- ?;. advocate an increase of
"Ali increase mast be made," said
fr. Asbcrry yesterday, "if the office
? to be conducted efficiently and in a i
m si i mann r. aud I wou't run it
?? fhc fie oj stamps since I took'
barge Ol the office t? u mouths ago
"The a I So ?vaucc foreirrieal hire alone
a Lyuclihurg'.Is us much as we are
... hire-; . < \ ; idci che difference ;
Kjre-diiuc'uh serve than Lynch-,
?irg. In the Jattt-r place it you carry !
? : er :<> a m once you know :
aeh. I ? itch .? eriti
; v. hen i he amount
.'. -.-;-r;u;! i'(?? tunisfer
li . led in his resigha -
.? h en an increase in
? 1 r:?. k cliarge. ii
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ng to st e it 1 iMii.i'it con
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i u.t?c?] nut] 31 ::>ule?l
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at! its charter to; do a no tu-1
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. ; to its friends !.<?;?!?. have
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thai the-site winch !!;?? club is
about i ? eel a hundred-thpni-aud
doilar :' in atre is on the point at
the i ? i James river into
flainpt?u P.i >-? ?-. opposite Fort lie: s
id that t lie rich vachtsmen
of Ney," Fork will l>e specially at
rri ? i to the rmgnificent sailing
? ???.!?. - !?? the Roads and up tin- river
(re thetact that yachts can. by
: the liaritan canal and Raritan
riys r, ? ? ! ' ii ? ? ?' ?11 the way from
New 5 rk to Hampton Roads and
avoid the rough weather on the
Winirj oeerai, just n-s the Clyde Line
ol ' .. ? rs do Over the same route.
It i? also declared that yachts can
? practice cruises; owing to
i her do wn I here, a couple
>a months earlier than up lien*.
. .. : be any gambling down
there." these New Yorkers say.
"hi : pr.i ii may he foughtiinder
the charter, and debt-laden Virginia,
whose Legi lat-urewon't meet again
for two years, isn't going to spend
i,i i r an extra session to repeal
this charter."
Picnic Tomorrow.
To-morrow thesixrh annual picnic
of the Lee Street Methodist Sunday
school/will b< held at Can"sGrove_on
tire dummy line near Vinton;
At U o'clock the ears will leave the
station et Tii<: corner of Jefferson
sfreel ? :. i Railroad avenue. Tickets
can Lo had at the <}rui: store of Bud
well, Christian & Barhee for ? cents
the round trip. Baskets, hammocks
and swings may be left at Scott's
store in Newtown, or if more con?
venient at the corner of Railroad
avenue and Jefferson street; A most
enjoyable time is expected by the
children of the Sunday school, and
everyone hopes that they will not be
disappointed.
Hole! Roanoke Arrivals.
B. !?'. Cod wise, Ind; M. C. Stuart.
Saltville: W. II. Buckingham, Balti?
more: W. C. Wingen, Va; W. W.
',Vcrny, Danville; J. M. Schwinrin. >'.
\ : V. F,. Kutter. S. C; .1. L. Brek,
W. Courtney, Rich?
niond; E. iL Johnson. Phil?; D. J.
Lfregoi .'.Lonisville: i\i rs. s. D. Raihev,
Miss Di"Rainey, Mrs. iL C. Edring
ton and two children, Miss Mol lie Ed
rihgton, Ft. Worth., Texas; George
Wind, Lr.lt: Wm. B. Knight, Ike;
Adler, (.in: T. W. Butler. La: John II.
Chrfstiaii, Lynchburg, W. S. T-urrnr
and. wife, Cincinnati; L. V. Clark, Jr.
I Phila.
Tu Resign.
I It is said that Air. W. H. Wade, the
sieht freight agent of the N*. & W.
] will soon resign and W. E. Block will
take Iiis place. Tliere will also be a
number of changes in the clerical
i force.
j Buy }oar cookirig stoves from M.H
Jennings & Co., near market house.
Salem avenue. T
AY MORNING, AUGUJ
rut: r.i,i;<no.\ bill.
Keimfoi Hour's Lnii^nnec General
Muster Workman I*o?v?lcrly
Agnlusl Ii
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, at
a Republican caucus, is reported to
have said: " While I favor passing th<>
tarill bill, sooner than that this Con?
gress should not pass the Federal elec?
tion bill, I would prefer to ecc'every
manufacturing establishment in Mas
suchusctts burned to ashes and the
people (-I't liar state required to labor
in callings in which they could not
make more than 50 cents per day ami
be r< (piired to live on cod li.-h."
fteneral Master Workman Powder
ly says of the hill: "Il the citizens of
tue United States value their inde
peudoucc they-will promptly resent
such tampering with their, right to
make state, territorial and municipal
laws tcrsuit themselves. If the gov
? rnmeui of the United State- shall
have theright to supervise the elec
ticn of its own officers and take that
right ont of the hands of the people,
who are supposed to he represented,
of wh it use is it to support tlio-gov?
ernment of theseparate states and
territories? Where does Congress get
the authority to annul u state, terri
torial or municipal law/
I .\ TI M L0AT t( i N tXC R V. A SKI).
'?Iris told by its friends that that
i iw i- to ope rate in rhe South.and that
it- passage will enable the people of
that section to guard against bulldoz?
ing and intimidation. There is more
intimidation contained in four lines
of that law than in all the Southern
outrages that have taken place since
the war. It is claimed that this law
will enable the colored citizens to
vote free from intimidation olid in
llueuce. That may be true of the
outside of the polling place, but it
simply transfers the intimidation and
in Mm-ma- to the inside of the pooling?
hoo.h. Why not act the part of men
and say the colored men are not lit to
have a vote, for that i- what they
mean. If there is a body of men in I
tbl- land v bo d>> not know < notigli to j
do their own voting, if they lack the
manhood to defend their ballots with
t heir lives u t the polls, t heu t hat |
body <>f men are not the kind to be
privileged tovote for those who maker
In ws f< ?r ol hers.
'?The democratic party does its I est
ro intimidate the colored citizens of
the south, and they give as a reason j
that if they did.not do so they would
besubjectto negro rule down, there, '
or, a- they put it. 'ignorant rule.' In
the north the employers of labor in 1
timidate the workmen in the interest |
? <i the republican party, b?t that
party cannot lay claim to so respecta
ble an excuse as to desire to avoid F
'ignorant rule.'for the workinenofr
rh<-north have never imposed igno?
rant rule where they elect their own t!
representatives.
\"OTKS:S SHOULD RKA-D AXU WHITE. '
"' Mir laws should not be framed in i
such a way as t<> recognize ignorance |
or illiteracy, for to reeognize il liter- I
aey i- to perpetuate it. _ Every law !
should aim at the abolition of illiter?
acy, and instead of making laws.to
trd the uneducated-man at the !
i>olIs we should make laws to guard I ?
the republic against illiteracy, byj
obiigingall voters to know-howto
read and v. rite before voting. A law '
that would fix on a certain day in the.
futun u! wbiidi all citizens would be
re'piired to know bow to read and!
vrite before voting,and which would
not interfere with those who are j
voters at the present time, and yvbo l
are not so educated, would go farther
toward regulating the election of
Congressmen in an honest wav than '
tlie piece of machinery now on the 1
: iht? ot the United Slates Senate.
"The adoption of the Australian
election law would solve the difficulty
so far as an honest count and an tin- 11
inllucnced election i~ concerned, but '
I fear that that is not the aim or in- j
tent ol' the promoter.- of the proposed
'aw; in fact, 1 believe that if we had ,
! ??; agitated so vigorously and so sue- <
cessfiilly in favor ol the adoption of
the Australian law there would be no
fear of an houest election, and, as aj
consecpience, no necessity for th ? su- |
[) rvision of congressional watch-dogs.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The dividend on the St. Louis and
San Francisco ?rstjpreferred has beeu
passrd, owing to tin- fai t that the
earning for the first six months did I
I::-; jusl ify its pa\ ment.
Advices from prominent railroad .
ollicials in Chicago speak hopefully
of the proposed advance in rates.
They also seem to think there is a
fair prospect that the new schedule of
rales will be maintained.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
is to be sued for ?1,000,000 by the
people in whose land the Richmoud
and Alleghany was built: When the
charter was granted to the old James
Rlverand Kanawha Canal Cotupany
it was for a canal only and property
owners along the route think that the
property should revert tothein. A
test case is soon to he tried. i
A special train over the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad recently broke the ;
record for fast running. The trip
from Hoanoke, Va., to Magerst own,
Md.. was made in six hours and eigh?
teen minutes, which is two hours and
seven minutes faster than the time of
ihe express trains.
Under the new assessment the rail?
roads of Virginia, 3,075 miles, are
taxed ?171,557.04, of which tl ie Nor?
folk ami Western's share is ?'10.058,SI
The main line of the Norfolk and
Western is assessed at ?15,000 per
mile, the New River Branch at ?10,
? I, tiit- Cripple Creek branch at?7.
500, the Clinch Valley branch at ?5,000.
Owing to the insurmountable legal
difficulties encountered in the State
of Texas, the committee of second
mortgage bondholders of the Interna?
tional and Great Northern railroad
has abandoned its purpose to dispose
of its holdings of the bonds at 90.
Train No. -1 on the New York Cen?
tral railroad, it is believed makes the
fastest time on that road between
Byron and Chili Junction. The dis?
tance is fourteen miles and the sched?
ule time of the train is thirteen min?
utes. This is at the rate of sixty-four
miles an hour.
In addition to the complete stock of
new instruments, such as the world
ri nowned Knabe. Kranich and Bach,
and New England Piano Co. pianos,
and Kstey organs, thai The Robbie
Music C(>.,'Lynchbnrg. Va.. have al?
ways on hand, they also have several
second-hand pianos and organs, which
are real bargains.
Erysipelas and salt rheum war
driven entirely away from .Mrs. J. C.
Anderson, Peshtigo, Wis., by Bur?
dock Blood Bitters. No equal as
a blood purifier.
Olliee lor Kent
In Masonic Temple Building. Steam
heat and water. Apply to WILLIAM '
F. WUSCH, room No. 1. jvil-2*. I
3T l, ssiio:
POOR PLAYING,
THE BRIGHT STARS DIDN'T
SHINE YESTERDAY.
PHEY BAD A BEAUTIFUL GOOSE EGG
?tun!?);?-! ii us Tun ?J ucti lor flic Visilor?.
?till I lie Home t'luli Butted I.aux
Bruuil All Ou r I lie Field-Thirteen
It ii us Made hy Koauokc.
The Bright Stars, of Baltimore,
didn't shine very bright'y yesterday
at Riverside Park.
Never afany timeyduring the game
wi re they in it. and when the ninth
inniug was finished they wen- the
worst;beaten;club that lias been to
Roanoke this season. Prom 111? ? very
hegiuniug the boyssolyed Langgood's
feeble curves and hit hfin in a way
;!;;t! discouraged tin- visitors. Lang;
good i- decidedly too light for the
Roauokers, and men who seldom
made a hit j>>< there with both feet
yesterday. Smith as catcher wasgreat,
but Reefer was greater ami took in
tin- halls of the incomparable Quarles
like a human machine.
Roanoke was in great form and
commenced all right. A couple of
wild throw., by B?chel man put Wig
!.'H iiud Ford on b:isesand Rosen
tliafs infield hit forced Ford to second
and Wigui?re tallied; Then sly Rosey
Htole -i.nd and third and came home
"ii JLichelmuirs tow throw to catch
him.
The second iuning was not pro?
ductive oi anything from either side,
but the third left them away in tue
rear. Sproul was hit by a pitched
ball and limped to Bret. Then Duke
made an error and of course Sproul
took hisrsecond. Ford struck out and
Roscuthal Hew one to the left, which
was justf as promptly mulled and he
gol hi- first. .\ wild throw by Mich
elman gave Sproul a chance to get
home, and Rosen thai took his place
i>n third w ith a hop, skip and a jump,
l^uarles madea sacrifice .hit and Rosey
(-home. Brodie toolchis base, on
balls and Dohm next sent a red hot
one to 1 b .--naiier, which was fumbled,
is. ? !??;? made a single and Brodie
scored.
There were two men on bases when
Widgin rubbed his hands in the dust
tbout the plate and selected a stick.
Begot into position and the ball
lropped gracefully toward him. He
hit the leather a welt that sent it over
the left tiehl fence, while the grand
-;and wi nt wiid with excitement,
lb- earned two runs and walked
around amid the cheers, making a
home run.
h: the i'.:':h Roanoke scored again.
Dolan took his base on balis, stole
it.uiLand when Reefer made a Sin?
gle he came in home, escaping by a
hair's breadth.
! ii i be eighth inning the home club
lid not score but once-, and that run
was forced bone by a base on balls.
Rosenthal reached first on balls,
iuarles made a very palpable hit and
Polau got there on an error of l.ang
good. Keeter was given bis base on
balls and Romenthal was in this way
forced home. Then Wigmore was
thrown out at first, retiring the side.
In the eighth very rocky fumbles
by Smith and Michelnian and a
tnuffed tly of Yingliug's brought
Rosenthal and Ford in.
Th" ninth was uninteresting. Wig
inore, Sproui and Ford all made
? ingles aial this earned Rbanoke's last
run. Following is the detailed score.
hoaxoke.
i:. lit. c.o. i. c.
IVigfriore, ?.'!>. :l 1 2 ??
Sproul. -L't. I I '? o 11
i;,; i.... f. i l ii o o
Uosenthal. U. I ,! " " "
}, p . " " ?"> 0
A."i:ni.fi.. . '. . I 0 1 o
I ???hin. c.f. ~ ? ii o ii
Km . I i 1! 1 l
Wlilgin, 3b,. I 0 1 i'
Totals..W 10 ST II I
inuillIT STAUS.
Kim?, r.f. . .
Hussnatu
Michi lnittH.SU..
in ..-, lb. .
!.:iiil'l-iw,;. -..
I. Smyth, e .
U. Smith, ss. .
li iikei-. I. f.
Totals. 0 J-'S 14 15
seoitK uv i'.mm;-.
1 2 3 I .'. i' 7 s i*
Roanoke.- 0 >; 0 10 1 ?' L?13
Uri; In Stars . . " 0 0 0 <> U 0 0 0? 0
SUMMARY.
Earned runs -Uoanokc, 3.
Home nm. Wiflirin;
ftierillce hits Uosenthal. Quarles.
\i,,<. < stolen Wijrmore* Sprout, Ford, llo
setiliiul. Quartes; ? Kinir.-*.
IIa-.-- oh balls?Off Quartes, I; off Lan:.
L-OOll.7.
Hit by pitcher Lsnsysrood. 1.
struck out?byQunrtes, 15; by Langvood,'..
i -n ?. -1 InUU?Smlrli. 1.
Wild pitch Quartes. 1.
Mi.-.-< ?: irroundcr? King',3. Ilcssnoucr, Mich?
elnian. Duke.
Muffel thn ?m balls?ITessnani r. bake.
>;::!!.??! By balls?V'lnjrllnif; Jenkins.
Wild throws Koefei% Miohulmau, 1. Long?
?..1. Smyth.
Tinieot iranie?l:t0;
Umpires?Welch mi l G e t tig-.
Base Ball Games of yesterday.
By United Vn =s.
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
U Newark?Newark, 10; Harris
burg, 0.
At Baltimore?Baltimore. 12,Leban?
on. "J.
At Wilmington?Wilmington, 10:
Hartford, 11.
At Washington?Washington, ?:
New Haven. 8;
PLAYERS1 LEAGUE.
At Buffalo?Buffalo, 5; Boston, 2.
At i?ittsburg?Pittsburg. 13; Brook?
lyn. 1.
' At Cleveland-Cleveland, ?, Phila?
delphia. 12.
At Chicago?Chicago, 1: New
York, ??).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati?Cincinnati, 8; Phila?
delphia, ?i.
At Indianapolis?Cleveland, <J:
New York. ?.
At Chicago?Chicago, 1: Boston. 1.
AM ERICA X A SSOC1 ATION.
At Philadelphia?Athletic, 15;
Colubmus, Q.
At New York?Brooklyn. 9; To?
ledo,^.
At Rochester?Rochester. 3: Louis?
ville, ?._
Ladles Have Tried It.
A number of my lady customers
have tried ??Mother's Friend,*1 and
would not be witbo.it for many times
its cost. They recommend it toall
who are to become mothers. R. A.
Payne, .Druggist. Greenville; Ala.
Write Brad field Reg. Co., Atlanta,
<5h?., for particulars. By Budwell,
Christian and Barbee.
PRI
ROAXOKE FEVERS.
?omclbliiK About tbe Horses 5fo? at
the Melrose Stable*.
The stablesat Melrose Driving Park
are filled at tin's time with a number
of very line horses, most of them bred
right here in Southwest Virginia,
They are being trained by .Mr. Wil?
liam Harrington and his assistants
for the coming fall season, In Octo
her. after the meeting at Mel rose
Park is over, Mr. Harrington will
carry from the city the finest string
of horses ever gathered together in
this section.
There will be Mr. T. C. Wilhams1
"Auction Hoy." Mr. Harrington's
?.Melrose.'* John Davis' two horses,
"'Negro Baby" and "Roanoke Maud"';
Tims. Connelly's "Frederick," Mr.
Barbee's "Hilly Button," and Henry
S toll's"Esterhrooke.'1 There are also
several other horses being trained.
Mr. Snydar will carry with him
Little .Jim. Virginia Volunteer, <;ypsy
Joe, Woeful, Mohawk Maid and a
number of promising colts.
These horses will he entered at tin
rates in a number of the smaller
towns in Virginia, Maryland and Dei
aware They will be at fho fair al
Lynchburg, also at Richmond ii there
is one. and at Baltimore, Herr; :
Elkton and Dover.
Roanoke may Ik; justly proud of
these horses and they will do a great
deal to draw the attention of people
elsewhere to the great advantages
enjoyed In' the Sou Invest a.- a horse
i aising sect ion
TO SERENADE THE GOVERNOR. ;
A Special excursion lo Blue Ri?l-;c
Spring? mis Evcninsr,
There will be a big excursion from
lloanoke to the Blue RidgeSi>rh -
tonight.
ftov. McKinney and his family are
-topping there, and the Roanoke
Machine Works baud, the best in the
State, will go along and serenade the
Chief Executive.
A special train will leave the Union
depot at 8:G0 o'clock in the eveninpr,
and there is no doubt that it will
rarry down an immense crowd ol the
governor's admirer-.
One of the advantages of the excur
don i.? that it has been so arranged
that the excursionists can not only
mi joy a pleasant eveniug, hear 1 ?:
excellent music ami greet the goveru
?r. lutt return home by eleven o'clock
:i t he evening. The excursion it cot
:en up by Messrs. Jam< s S. Siinim us
ind Lee II. Simmon-.
?R. HUNTER 1-EMH.ETOX.
Glc< o il Professor ol Cliemlstr.v a! llic
Virginia Military In.stitiite
Dr. Hunter Pendleton, who !- visit
ng his old friend, Judge W.S< Goocb,
11 this city, received notification yes
erday that he had just been elected
Professor of Chemistry at the Vir
riuia Military institute.
The position is quite a prominent
>ne.
Dr. Pendleton is a native of Louisa
:ounty. tie was graduated as an A.
SI. at the University of Virginia and.
then studied in Europe, having the
legreeof Ph. I), conferred on him by
he University of Gottingen. Ue luv,
recently been teaching at College
Hill. Mass., and more recently at
I !"t hany.
He is in every way qualified by
?iueation tor the position to which
ie has been elected..
VSItl.l.MA NOTES.
Items of Interest From All Paris oS
tbe Stale.
Mayor Ellyson is not an aspirant
for Congress in the Richmond dis?
trict.
The Democratic headquarters are
to be opened in Richmond about
.Yimu*t 1st.
The Christadelphiansol that region
will hold a camp-meeting in Kim:
William county, near Richmond.
The Dan river is on the rise, and
some of the low grounds are under
w ater. Damage to the crops is feared.
The defective columns in the Lee
monument at Richmond are to be
removed and replaced by perfect
ones.
Work on the granite monument to
the private soldiers and s..i!or> of; i..
!oufederate States in Chimborazo
Park. Richmond, is progressing
rapidly,
Captaiu .). R. Jordan last week
sold 150 acres of land on the north
ride ol New river at Radford to a
syndicate for ?50,000. Tue West End
Railroad Company on Saturday last
-old eighty-live lots to a syndicat at
[trices aggregating ?25,000.
J. Middleton Stewart, of the firm of
Smith, Stewart A Co.. tobacco
brokers, of Lynchburg, died Morday
ifternoon.
It is anthoritativelv announced
that a ?2,000,000 steel plant will be es?
tablished'in the vicinity ot Norfolk
by a Northern ami English syndicate.
A difllculty occurred in Lynchl urg
Dn Monday between Hugh Watkins
and d. W. Burnet, in which the '< r
mer cut the latter in the left side with
a razor, inflicting a wound live inches
in length.
Colonel John M. Die'censou died at
his home in Grey son county on
Thursday. He represented his coun?
ty and d strict for forty years in the
legis'a ore, was clerk ot the > >unt*
court fourteen years, and slier '1 -? > ;.
ye irs.
Two young while men. named
Thomas "Stephens and A. L- Mont?
gomery, engaged in a difficulty in
North Danville Saturday night, when
the former seriously cut the latter
across the back, shoulders and on
the left side of the neck.
Richard Holme.- and Richard Mon?
tague, colored living near Locii.-r
Hill, Middlesex county, quarreled
Sunday evening aboui some po]
wood. Montague struck Holmes on
the head with a pitchfork, inflicting
injuries which will probably prove
fata l. Montague has lied the county
and the sheriff is in pursuit of him.
Miss Bayard, daughter of ex S< cre
tary Bayard, who is at the Warm
Springs, has had a most miraculous
escape from instant death. She had
ridden up to "Flag Kock." the top?
most peak of the Warm Springs range,
in company with Mrs. Catlin, of Bal?
timore. In attempting to turn the
buggy it was upset and rolled over a
precipice. Miss Bayard fell about
forty feet, and strange to say was un?
hurt.
Captain William Booth, a promi?
nent citizen of Chincoteague isla mi.
was drowned Sunday in Assawoman
inlet. He had gone with his schooner
into theAssowoman bay to deliver a
cargo of coal and was returning
home. His vessel -went aground on
Assawoman bar. He got into a small
boat and tried to lind deep water,
but the wind, which was blowing a
gale, caused the boat to capsize; and
he was drowned before assistance
could reach him. He was GO years
old. and leaves a wife and three
young children. The body has not
yet been recovered.
CE -
- FIVE CENTS.
A BIG FIRE IN A PENNSYL?
VANIA TOWN.
AN EDITOR KILLED EY h SENATOR
The Western Wheat Crop 111 I>:i:ig.? r.
Slow Work <>ii (he Tar I n*-Thc Sail?
ors* Strike; Tomorrow ?A Wife
Shooiinc.
Three Hundred l'?oj,>Ic Homeless.
PlTTSBi kg-. Pa., July 31.?Forty
onc dwelling houses were destroyed
by lire in Praddock thi- afternoon*
Mure than three hundred persons are
rendered homeless. The houses were
owned and occupied by the employees
of the steel works and families of
laborers. Loss $G0,000.
Drought Ruins K.ttts.-is Cs-oos.
By United Pi-ess.
Abilenk, Kansas, July :jt.?It is
admitted at last that all the corn
crop ol Central Kansas is ruined. No
matter how mach rain falls, the hot
winds have blown for three days,and
the stalks are shriveled. Only local
rains have f?llen for over a month,
and the prairies are so dry that the
lire breaks out daily. The hay crop
is an entire failure, as is also the fruit
crop.
A large acerage of wheat will be
put in if it rain- enough to plough.
Stock is being rushed to market for
fear of a lack ot feed.
The drought i- considered the se?
verest experienced in the last twelve
years, and there is no sign of its be?
ing broken.
Stun Work on the Tnr'il*.
Washington, July. 31.?-The House
today discus ed :.: length and non
concurred in the Senate irrigation
amendment to the sundry civil bill.
In the Senate tha discussion of the
tarilT bid was continued. Pour pages
of the bill were finished. All ot the
finance committee amendments were
agreed to. Mr. Blair stated that at
this rate of progress the bill would be
finished about the middle of Decem?
ber.
Sforc Bodies Recovered.
By United Press.
B?ltdioiik, July 31.?The IV
tapsco today surrendered the bodies
of two more of the victims of Monday
night's terrible catastrophe. They
were: Maggie Eller, ii years old,
r>f Washington, and Willie Haas, 7
years old, oi"this city. Every one of
the missing is now accounted for,
except Laura Weeden, is years old,
who is still missing- The total num?
ber of recovered bodies now is l'uur
tei h.
An Editor Shot.
Jackson, Miss.. July 31.?A private
telegram from Friars' Point, Missis?
sippi, received hi re last night, an
nounces a fatal shooting of Freeland
Chew, editor of the Gazette of that
place, by State S< nator J. W. Cutrer,
who is a candidate for the constitu?
tional convent ion. No particulars are
given; but newspaper criticism is
supposed to have provoked the affair.
The Sailors' Strike Tomorrows
By United Press.
Chicago, July 31.?Tomorrow will
be inaugurated the sailors' strike, in?
volving every >[ ecies of sailing craft
on i be lake system. The strike is due
to the demaudof the Seamen's Union
for an increase in wages and that
every man under the rank of captain
shall he a member of the union.
Shot His Wife.
By United Pre ;s.
Long Branch, July rjt^-Stephen
it. Billings fatally shot ids wife at
their cottage at Eatontown today.
The cause ol the murder is unknown.
Billings has been arrested.
Cholera at JZecca.
By United Press.
London, July 31.?A despatch from
Mecca reports that cholera is raging
at that place. Deaths from the dis?
ease average eighty daily.
THE FORCE BILL.
Grauuj Hoar and Johnny Davenport
Mill at Work Upon If
WASHINGTON, July So.? Senator
Hour, chairman of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, is still work?
ing upon his revised draft of the
Lodge elect ion bill before reporting
it to the Senate.
This afternoon he was closeted In
his committee-room with. John I.
Davenport, chief supervisor of New
York, it is not known whether or
not the bill will be reported before
the Senator's return from Massachn1
sets, for which State he leaves to?
night. Several Republican Senators
are taking advantage of the pending
tariff debate to visit their homes.
Brainwcll X< us.
Bramwell, W. Va., July 31.?Mr.
C. W. Straley. a wealth merchant and
banker, died at bis residence, Prince?
ton. Mercer county, Tuesday evening
at <i o'clock, of typhoid fever, in the
thirtieth year of ids age. Mr. Straley
was considered to be the wealthiest
man of his age in the country.
Burglars eutered the storehouse of
Mr. A. P. Brown, of Graham, Va.,
Tuesday nig!., and took out his iron
safe and carried it on a wheel-barrow
a short distance from town. They
biew it ojien with dynamite and got
about $50 in money. It is supposed
that the robbery was committed
early in the night, as a number of
,: izens heard an explosion between
'.) and 10 o'clock.
For rheumatism, Iamb go, r.eura
gi.i, cramp and colic, the.e is no rem.
edy superior to the genuine Dr
Thomas' Electric Oil.
Go to Geyer's to get your spring
j and summer suits my20 tf.