Roanoke daily times., December 29, 1889, Image 1

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LARGEST CIRCULATION |
OF ANT PAPER
Tills SECTIOS Ol' THE
STATE.
V?E VI-NO. 25,
ROA.MoKE, VIRGINIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, b*9.
THE LEADING PtiHg
AJTD THE DKST
ADVERTISING MEDJ
-IN
SOUTHWEST VIIKUNr.t
PRICE?FIVE CENTS
FOB SA I.K AT A
BARGAIN.
The outiiv stock
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC,
?rhich ha* been reduced by the recent
EOSt sale, will he closed out to
any one wishing a
GOOD BUSINESS
as well as a good stand at a
LIBERAL DISCOUNT.
But wish to say, until such arninp:e
nients are made, we will
continue to sell
A T AM) BELOW COST.
We sti!! have oearly overythipg desired.
Ai! wool silk wraps, 38-mch henriettas
for SI. ai 75 cts; all wool silk
finish, 4<.*>-inch henrietla*, Bold lor $1.
sold at 75 cts.; all wrool 46-incb
hetirietta, sold for 85 cts. now c2Jcls..
all wool 38-inch heurieUas, S'?ld tor!
rf) cts. oow 37A cts.; all wool 38-inch I
Ifeariettas. sod for 371 cts. now 25 cts. i
IN CLOAKS , i
We have a full iue oi plush wnin>,
modjetfkas, uewmarkets, and jackets,
uid w4can save you the profits other
^ouse^uro makiug.
IN STAPLE GOODS
WE II AVK
Fruit of the loeiu. bleach, 8) cts.
Lona ir.it bleach, SJ cts.
Lousd . cambric, 1' i cts.
iVainc*? uua. bleach, 11 cts.
X,-w York mills, 11 cts.
Priiie >>t the West, bleach. 12J cts.
Forsvth, 4-4 browu cotton. Ods.
Dutub e. 4-4 brown cotton 6 cts.
Mohawk ValVy.10-4 bienchtd sheet
ititr fo 24 cts . worth30 cts.
Utica. 10-4 bleached sheeting for 27
cts. wori!? 35 e s.
Pepoerall, 10 4 bleached sheeting.
22i cts.
Clark's U X. T. spool cotton, 4 cts.
t er -[tool. 43 cts. per d'?zea.
t wi I pa> you loesamiue our stock
6 are : urchasim:.
134 Salem avenu?
ASTRAL
Oil
In presenting Pratt's Astral Oil
to your notice, we oiler the best
Burning and Illuminating Oil ever
put on the market. The perfection
reached in its manufacture is the
result of the very best methods, un?
remitting care in its distillation, em?
ployment of the highest mechanical
skill, and the closest attention to
every detail. The oil is
ODERLESS
and of unequalled burning quality.
FOR SALE BY
-OF THE
SEASON !
WE have a line or Ladies' NEW
MARKETS and JACKETS that
we are offering at greatly reduced
prices: v
Fora?er Trices. Now.
1 Lot Newmarkets . $4 50 $3 25
1 " " . 5.50 4.00
1 " ?? . 8.00 0.00
L " " . 10 50 8.0
1 " ?? . 14 00 10 00
1 Lot Jackets . . . 2 50 1.75
1 " ... 4.00 2 75
1 " ?? ... 4.50 3 50
I ?? ? ... 5 50 4 00
1 ? ... 6 50 4 5,0
1 >l 4* ... 7 50 5.00
1 '?? ?? ... 8.00 G 00
1 ? " ... 0.00 7.00
FULL LINE of Tlush Coats. Jackets,!
Modjeskas, and J Jackets.
JUST RECEIVED
A new lot Children's aud Misse*'
loug Cloaks and Jackets, ranging from
4 to 10 years.
-USEFCI_
Full assortment Silk Hankkerchiefs,
Silk Mufflers. Fancy and Plain White |
L'ueu Handkerchiefs.
LADIES' AND GENTLE MENS'
SILK UMBRELLAS.
Blankets, Comforts and Counter
paues, Lace Curtains and Poles.
A WORD FROM OUR
Millinery Bpttent
We have just replenished our Block
of Wool and Fur Felt Hau aud Tur
biues. Birds. Feathers. Plush and S^!k
Velvets, iu all cdors.
We haveu't the space to enumerate
our Hue assortment ?f Dress Goods
.\11 we ask is an inspection, and we
guarantee to please vou.
ROSENBA?M BROS.
42 Salem avenue.
C MARKLEY'S
Checkered Front Grocery
?ON
SALEM AVENUE,
MOOMAW BLOCK,
Is well supplied with a full fresh and
varied stock of fancy and select
GROCERIES
Aud all kinds of
Fruit in Season.
-AND
I
CELERY - SA|l-T
Lancaster Bros.,
i '
Civil and Mining Engineers.
Surveys, Plans and all Branche? of
Engineering Attended to Promptly.
No. ?J effereon street. 8. W.
RUA*OKE,,VAi
WANTS.
MRS. s. b. wiTliams will
open her class in vocal music,
January 6th. For terms, apply to
Music Rooms, 315 Commerce street.
deci'J, 31, & jan4. *
?TR?y ED oil stolen?(5 n E
0 deep bay horse having a scar on
breast and front knees, also had har?
ness on when last seen. Any infor?
mation about the horse will be re?
warded by applying at the city
bakery. F.P.goodwin. dec29 11
PIANO FOR saLE. t)n k 11AZEL
ton Bros. Square Grand Action
Piano. The owner wishes to leave
Roanoke in a short time, and will
offer the above piano for a few days
at a greatly reduced price. Apply
to MISS It. P. whitehead, 378
Eighth avenue, S. w. dec29 Ut
TjlOli SALE -nice FARM, 87
acres, good 5 room dwelling, 50
acres fine lumber, for only $000 cas'>.
Apply to .T. F. VVIN'^FIELD, Insur?
ance and Real Estate Agent.
TpARM 209 ACRES ONE MILE
* from R. R. Depot. $1,000 cash.
Apply to.I. F. WINGFIELD.
TJIOR SALE?FIRE, LIFE AND
accident insurance, the best in
the world, ami therefore the cheapest.
J. F. WINGFIELD, agent.
"ClUll SALE?Nit E DUELLING,
nine rooms, for $1,050, in month?
ly payments of
I Ait In Edge w<>od for $:!C0, $50 cash
and $10 per month.
House and lot on Eighth avenue
$2,000, $300cash and *;5 per month,
House and lot on Eighth avenue for
$1,350, cash$850 and $20 per month.
Hvde Park lots at $250 to $300
.1 F wingf1eld,
Insurance and Real Estate Agent, 143
Salem avenue
POR S.\LK.?L' >TS NUMBER 15, 16,
Jl and if. fronting on Stewart street,
section 4, Belinont addition, for $450
each. One third cash, balance in one
and two years. Address lock box 188,
City. dec28 lw
FORS?LE?ONE LOT FRONTING
on the east side of Jefferson street
between Third and Fourth avenue,
opposite new opera house : price
.*4..r)00. One-third rash, one third
November I, lSi<>). balance November I,
1891, Address lock box 188, City.
d*c28 l w
POR SALE-2O0.OO0 WELL-BURNT
I brick, also two dump-carts and;
harness, new. E DIDIER. dec271w
1X7" ANTED?A BOY WHO HAS HAD I
?1 some experience at tiie printing!
business. Apply at this office. dec23t(
POR SALE-EE LOW ?OST, ONE|
F iron fence, suitable for a ceuie
tery. Lot 15x30 C R.Evans. dec251w.
VOR SALE?FIFTEEN SHARES
" Roanoke Milling company stock.
Refer to S. W. ?O rt ERTON.
\yr A NT E1) - T Wo GENTLE M :?: N
M boarders at 106 Fourth av nue,
so ithwe&t; good room and board.
dec21-2w
POR ~ RENT?AN EXCELLENT
r stable nquire at HOBBS &
BAKER'S Store, Salem avenue.
dec21-2w
1HOARDERS WANTED?A GEN
)tleman and wife can find board in
a private family. Rooms large an.I
pleasant. Also two rooms to rent
Apply at 503 Third Avertue. S. W.
*_ d ec. 1?, 3 taw 1 m
H" ANDS WANTED? BY ROANuKE
Manufacturing company. The
Roanoke Manufacturing company
want three or four ^ood good .-Imp
workmen. Fair wages will be pain
for good, worthy men. Nothing els
need apply. dec 14-tl
FOR SALE.?NICE DWELL1 NO.
nine rooms, for $1,650, in montbl)
payments of $30. J. F. WlSGFIELD,
real estate and insurauce agent.
nov24 tf_
y R E E. - STENOG < A I'llV A N D
typewriting free. Firm-class facil
itie- aud hast of teachers. Address,
with stamp for return postage
THE PARISH MFG. CO..
no9 t.f Parish. X. V.
shMioITalleTr^r
OHRISTMAS
HOLIDA RATES
O.VE FARE
?FOR THK?
Excur-ioo Tickets will be on sale
Decemher 21st to 25th, inclusive, and
December 30th to Jauuary l?t, inclu?
sive. Good to return ou or before Jan?
uary 5th, 1890.
0. nOWARD ROTER,
General Passenger Agent,
dec 17, 10, 21, 22, 24, 29 and 31._
MRS. POLE I CO
Collecting Agents and Manu?
facturers of
RUBBE.t STAMPS,
STEEL DIES,
STENCILS.
SEAL PRESSES.
HOUSE NUM HERS,
DOOR PLATES.
ETC.
All claims placed in our hands for
collection will receive prompt atten?
tion. We are connected with most oi
the foreign collecting ai?sociations and
merchants unions, which enables us to
collect accounts abroad as well as at
home
For further information call upon or
address ^
Wilbur .Pole&Co.
ROANOKE, VA.
Offica Stewart building, opposite
postoffice. dec 8 6m
GEORGE ALLEN,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Main streeet, Opposite Duval House.
SALEM, VA.
Correspondence solicited con cernin
the purchase or sale of property in
Salem. Personal attention given to
all business entrusted'to. me, and full
ratwrats?bn guaefaveted? ' oo22:lf
HAPPENINGS IN AND AROUND
THE CITY.
'iAt?ERED BY OUR REPORTER
Building in ProvreMMluff In Ron
nwke Liirt;c Contractu for Hie Fa?
in re Increase In Ittc .\uml>cr ?>f
M nrrIngeM.
Two other gentlemen were Inter?
viewed yesterday by the TlMKS re
porter on the business outlook, for
L8SM), iu addition to those til read}
mentioned,
N. Partee, general manager of the
Roanoke Construction und Building,
company: "Our company has at pres?
ent ubout $50 000 worth of work on
hand, and bus made estimates tor
$5U,0u0 worth more. We have been
considerably troubled thib year by the
luck of building material, ami cs
peciully has there been a scarcity of
brick. We have, during the present
^??jimiii. constructed tweuty-llve build?
ings, a large proportion of which are
o! brick. We closed u contract ttii>
morning and purchased a lot just
west ol Hotel Roanoke, on which we
will erect ten houses/' Work on these
will be commenced at once and pushed
ti> completion. I he outlook lor build
in;; in IfjlK) i* better, I think, than it
baa ever been before."
(justal Bottiuger, architect: "1
cuuuot sa_\ that my business is uny
brisker Uow than it has lieen fur some
time, but I urn kept busy ill the time
and have plenty to do. 1 think, how
ex er, that .is t-oon as spring opens,
building will go forward with a rush.
Une thiug 1 um glad to see now is
that the class ol houses being erected
is luf superior to that of last
year. Of course, there are some tirms
who will always construct cheap
houses, hut the majority ot buildings
now in course ol construction are
UUCh better than those of last year.*'
X .VTK1.KO.MAL.
RoMiiotti- !fol Onijr Nhown mi Increase
in (Suit ill hit, bui iu Mnrrlaite*.
Matrimony is increasing in Roanoke,
but not relatively iu the same propor?
tion as other things in this live ami
progressive eity. An inspection ol
the register nt the corporation clerk's
office r-huw- thai while men have been
building houses here ami accumulat?
ing fortuues, the) have been taking
unto themselves wives, and thereby
preparing for the solace and comforts
of connubial bliss during their eurthl)
sojourn, in l??? 10?marriage licenses
wer?- issued, "I which forty live Were
to com:cd persons. (*i the men seek?
ing to unite themselves with partners
for life, s'J were single, Rev. J 11.
Boyd married fifteen of these happy
couple.-. Rev W, C. Campbell tied
the nuptial Knot lor len und Uev. J.
C. Bushucll united the same number
in marriage, Uev. W. 1*. Shrim-r
married eight others.and various otbw
ministers,w bite und co ored, oQiciateQ
t" a I es s ex t< nt in this regard.
In 18851 there were I4G marriage li
censes issued, ?'>!> of which w ere given
to colored people. Ol these 130 were
single men. and of the officiating
clergymen Rev. .1. 11. Boyd and Uev
Dr. u.F. I lippo ni irried respectively
twenty live und lit teen couples, Rev.
.J. E. Busbueli married nim, md Rev.
father Lynch live. As iu the pre
vious y?ar great diversity was muni
tested in the choice ol officiating cler
gyiuen it being shown in this asm
many other thing.-, that woman will
have her way whenever it is possible
In LS?O the greutest number ol mar
riages was in December, the uggre
gate to date '?eiug twenty-two. In
November this year nineteen mar
riage licenses were issued, in October
the same number ol candidates for
marital felicity was recorded, and in
January of this year the number was
only thirteen. The comments might
be continued indefinitely, tor in mar?
riage there is no end to the whims o
the parties most deeply interested;
but since t he plan is said* by some to
be a lottery, it only remains for the
reporter to hope that all have drawn
rich prizes, and that life is prosper
ousand happy to them.
TUE CATHOLIC FAIR.
A I.nrtfe ami Well-Pleased Crowd In
A ; ; ? n'lan re.
Tlie Catholic fuiruud festival at St.
Andrews hall continues to be a de?
cided siK-cess. About two hundred
and Ufty persons were present last
night and participated in the enjoy?
ments of the evening, and those who
laiied to attend lost an evening ot
pleasure. Dancing was begun ea.ly
in the evening and was kept up until
10 o'clock when an intermission was
taken, giving all an opportunity ot
partaking ot the refreshments that
had been prepared by the ladies.
Alter intermission dancing was re?
sumed and kept up till a late hour.
The music furnished oy Prof. Keiley's
orchestra, was excellent. During r,be
evening a number of ?rtieles ot value,
audalready mentioned by the TlMK?,
were contested lor. Mr. W. S. Shaw
won a toilet set and Mr. Edward Pur
cell a handsome dressing case.
Admitted to Hail.
J. P. Meliee was before the United
States commissioner, G. T. Rhodes,
yesterday alteruoon on the charge of
having lift) or sixty gallons of un?
stamped whiskey in his possession.
He waived an examination and was
admitted to bail in the sum of $500.
for his appearance before Judge Paul
in Lynchburg at tht March term of
the United States court.
The only case of importance before
Mayor Carr yesterday was that of
John Weird, "charged with shooting
Romeo Thornton in the West End
yards a few days ago. He was sent
on to await the further action of the
grand jury.
Gi rat Demnnd for Houses.
Mr J R. Hoekaday, the real estate
agent, says he has been in business
here seven years, but never knew
the demand for houses to be so
great. He has not now in all
the proprtiees he represents a
single room or house to rent. This
coming from a man of Mr. Hockaday's
experience and popularity as a real
estate agent, is certainly a wonderful
showing. Ho says while houses are
being constantly erected, the rush of
people from abroad makes the demand
greater than the supply.
Xeeda Attention.
The water cut off on the north side
of Campbell, between Roanoke and
Lewis streets, is a very unsafe adjuuet
to the sidewalk at that point, and
needs the immediate attention of the
city engineer. It should be brought
to a level' with the; pavement with?
out delay, or the cifcy may have, at
an early date, a fiist-cl&ee damage
miit cm its hantig
r J. KSO .\.V L POINT?.
Coining* nnd Goings ol Persons H'?
Know.
Mrs. Dr. E. W. Sale, of Liberty, is
visiting Mrs. G. McH. Gish, of Vinton,
Mr. F. H. S. Morrison has returoed
from Lexington.
Mr. Eddie Cnmdon, of Salem, is in
the city.
WisR Ottle Creoshaw, of Lynchbnrg,
is visiting friends hero.
The Misses Moomaw, of Cloverdale,
were in the city yesterday
Mr. G. B. Thomas is visitin? friends
in Elizabethtowu, Tennessee.
C. B. Moomaw, Esq., i? at his home
in Botetourt county.
Miss Willie Smith, of Hollins, has
r fumed home after a vi-it to friends
in this city.
Mr. M. \. Rife. President of the
Rife Hydraultio Ram company, is in
Richmond on business.
Mr. A. W. Williams, of the firm of R
Walters, Baltimore, brother of
Judge H. G. Williams, is in the city.
Mr C. M. Ryan, of Vinton, whose
left eye was enucleated a few weeks
ago, is improving very rapidly.
Mr. R. F. Wingfleld returned from
a visit to friends in Ohristiansburg
yesterday.
Mr. M. F. Taylor returned yester?
day from a visit to relatives in Peters?
burg.
Mr. George S. Jack, of the Vinton
traded school, was in the city yester?
day.
Mr. H. W. Shepherd and wife, of
Radford, were visiting Iriends in the
city yesterday.
Mr R. L. HolTman left yesterday
evening for Liberty, whpre he will
spend to-day with relatives.
Mr. R N. SheafT returned yesterday
from Buena Vista, where he is engng
ed in business.
Mr. George Wright is having a very
pretty porch built to his residence on
Campbell Btreet.
Mr. Seiden Johnson, of Auditor
(-oxe's office, left yesterday for Fred
eriek.-btirg, to be absent several days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Barksdale are
visiting Mrs. Barksdale's father,
Judge D. C. Miller, at Marion, Va.
Mr. R. C. Taylor, of the Norfolk
and Western offices, is visiting friends
in Christiansburg.
Mr. William Waldrom. of the firm
of Waldrom & Co , of Lynchburg, was
in the city yesterday.
Miss Maggie Mitchell, teacher in
the Third Ward school, is visiting
friends in Lynch burg.
Mr; E. A. Winfr^eand wife returned
yesterday from a brief visit to Wash?
ington.
Mr Harry Tansill, formerly of the
Norfolk and Western offices; passed
here yesterday on hiswny to Bluefield
lmm a visit to Lyuchbu-g.
Mrs. Belle Nickolas. who has been
visiting relatives in Georgia, returned
yesterday, and is stopping with her
son-in-law, Mr. J. J. .1 firman.
Mr. Harry M. Word, of Knoxville,
Tenu., who has been spending the
hristmas holidavs with fripuds in
this city, left yesterday for his home.
Mr. H. N. Claxton, general agent of
tin Pochontas coal company, return?
ed yesterday from a week's visit to
'r ends in Philadelphia.
Mr. Graves Sims returned last Fri?
day night from Buena Vista, where he
h?s been superintending some work
being done by Skinker and Sims.
Mr. Alexander Eubank, of Lynch
burg, is visiting hin brother-in-law,
Mr. Armietead Holt, in the Third
ward.
Bris Arrington and Doc Edwards
were before the mayor yesterday on
the charge of keeping a disorderh
house, and the case against them was
dismissed.
Mr. A. H. Gunnell. the popular day
clerk at, Hotel Felix, returned yester?
day from a visit to friends in Lynch
burg.
Mr. M. L. Coraann, th*> popular
traveling correspondent of the Lyneh
bury Advance, was in the city yester?
day.
Mr. Fletcher Clements, the popular
clerk at the City hotel, went to Lynch
burg yesterday on a business trip,
returning in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Bogus and Miss Carrie
Priddy, of Gile6 county, and Mrs.
Robert Howard, of Liberty, are visit?
ing Mrs. J. H. Camden.
Mr. James Oyler, a clerk in Hobbs
& Baker's dry goods house, was called
to the bedside of his father at Hale's
Ford, Franklin county, yesterday.
S. M. Bropley, Esq., who has been
out of the city for some time past on
a business trip, Is spending a few days
with his family here.
Prof. W. M. Graybill left last night
for Fincastle, Botetourt county, where
he will hold a teacher's institute Mon?
day and Tuesday of next week.
Mr. Spencer C. Jones, clerk of the
Maryland curt of appeals, is in the
cit y prospecting, having made already
several important investments in real
estate.
Mre. W.'A. Meeks, daughter and
sou and Mrs. Booker Jones, all of
Lynchburg, are visiting Mr6. Meeks
and Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs. Thomas
M. Cock on Campbell street.
Hon. W. P. Dupuy, member of the
house of delegates from Prince Ed?
ward county, accompanied by bis
brother, ? r. J. A. Dupuy, left yester?
day for Farmville where he will spend
a few days before the legislature reas?
sembles.
Larry Tinsley and Steve Muse, col?
ored, were before Mayor Carr yester?
day on the charge of robbing Mr. Wil
liams, ol Franklin county of $65, and
were dismissed because of the absence
of an important witness.
A Valuable Invention.
? Mr. R. H. Brown, of Marion, Va.,
is in the city, exhibiting bis
folding step for the convenience of
passenger coaches. Mr. Brown will
form a joint stook company for the
manufacture of his steps, provided he
meets with sufficient encouragement
from railroad officials after a full test
of his invention, and in case of succets
he will make bis headquarters in this
city.
school Hatten.
The Vinton graded school will re?
open tomorrow after a week's vaca?
tion for Christmas. The school board
for Big Lick district met. in regular
monthly session in this city yester?
day. The board is composed of Dr.
G. T. Walker, and: Messrs W. P. Moc
i maw and D. E. Eefauver. Very litt e
business of ioportoooe tm&s
WHAT WE WEED
A TARIFF TO BE EQUITABLE
SHOULD BE GENERAL)
lUIT of our rbprlsbntawes.
How to* Nouth Ha* Xeeloctcd Her
UupordinltieM A Geucrnl And
I*roj?er Revlnlon of lue Tariff
Would Benefit All.
At a period not remote from the
present a constant stream of gold
flowed from the South to the North,
and in return we received nearly every
manufactured article that ministered
either to the necessities, comforts or
luxuries of life. Agi iculture and pol?
itico were the staple industries of this
section. The lowlands poured forth
their plenty, t>lit the hills Rial moun?
tains merely cumbered thecarth, only
iu the glory of the golden autumn,
giving to dull eyes some premonition
of the riches that lay hidden within
The North explored and brought to
light, its underground wealth, built
manufactories, and with the aid ol a
high protective tarilf, grew wealthy
and powerful. But at lust a change
has come about and we have come to
realize that instead of being incum
brauces, our mountains hold within
them great storehouses of wealth,
and which are to furnish our future
power and greatness. Ores of all
kinds, coal, timber and stone lie close
together with streams that would
furnish the motive power for the ma?
chinery of a continent, and a climate
that makes existence itself a luxury
With the extremes of temperature
unkiiow u: neither the summer's heat
or the winter's cold, retard the hand
of labor, wliile the soil furnishes with
lavish profusion every product that
the taste of man <an desire. No
wonder, then, that the North, which
at first ridiculed, has at last come
<"o look upon this as a rival.
The cotton spinners of Massachu?
setts and < Connecticut have bepu made1
vo realize that the monopoly which j
they heretofore had is passing" away,
and that hereafter the largest profits
in their business will be made in a
liCCtion which, a Very lew years ago,
Chey as little dreamed of antagonizing
them as of central Africa doing ?o.
What ha.- been done iu cotton will be
done in metal, in wood, in stone and
in coal. There the manufactory is far
irom the raw tuaterial and the fuel,
with an unproductive soil and harsh
climate which retards and makes
more expensive work during a num?
ber of months of each }oar, while
here we have the minerals, coal and
marble, almost crowded in the same
lull, shaded by a virgin forest, and
watered ever by (lowing streams.
Therefore, New England is clamoring
bet?re the doors ot congress for free
wool, fret? lumber aud free coal,
while east Pennsylvania asks for free
iron ore. in the wisdom of these latter
days the old theory of protection has
been found wrong in one respect?
raw material should come iu free
This is the star that has risen to guide
these wise men of the North out of
the slough of despond to the birth?
place of a new era of prosperity, and
as a very potent means of doing away
with what is called the New South.
It will never do, according to these
new evangelists, to compel the New
England manufacturer to come way
down to Virginia to get the coal to
run his engines, when he could get it
much cheaper from Nova Scotia or
some other English colony, if the
duty was removed. Besides, some
reckless fellow, regardless of life
and all the proprieties, might start a
manufactory in Virginia and under
fell him. Nor does the fact that ir^n
can be made at several dollars less
per ton in Virginia than in Penn?
sylvania, striue the Pennsvlvanian as
a"blessing altogether without alloy,
and he believes it would be much
more in accord with the eternal
iitness of things if he could
import cheap foreign ores free of
duty, and be thus better able to com?
pete. From our standpoint the pres?
ent and rapidly approaching condi?
tion of things appears somewhat more
serene and lovely, and if we show sure
that congress would let well enough
alone, our cup of happiness would be
full. We are inclined to think, if we
are to have a say in the matter, that
we have been playing cow long
enough and ought to do some of the
milking. Being of a naturally light
and sanguine temperment, the Vir?
ginian does not lie wake at night on
account ot the misery he feels because
nearly all the railoads and factories of
New England are run by Southern
coal, or because we can sell pig-iron
cheaper than the Pennsylvanian in
Iiis own markets?both of which we
believe to he facts, nor do we exactly
agree to this addendum to the system
of political economy prevailing in
these United States. What is raw
material? They fny raw ores and coal,
because New England and Pennsyl?
vania want ores and coal. Next it will
be pig-iron; for in a few years we will
have enough furnaces to make that a
question with them, and so on ad in
linitura. The whole theory of protec
1 ion is based upon t he assumption that
it helps the laboring man and en?
riches the country If this is true,
why should coal and irou ore be made
free, that the miners of Nova Sco?
tia and other foreign countries
get what is now pa>'d to our citizens?
Is it better to destroy Pocahontaa,
Bramwell and all the other coal
towns on the Balt*rnore and Ohio,
Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake
and Ohio railroads and sap the life
out of Roanoke, Norfolk and the
growing towns on all the mountain
railroads, to benefit our Northern
brothers who have had th^ir turn and
have been growing rich out. of the
tariff from a time whereof the mem?
ory of man runneth not to the con?
trary? Or have our sympathies been
so awakened for the "pauppr| labor"
of Europe that we feel constrained to
aid them at the expense of the whole
South. We for our part do not want
to see the millions that are being
poured into Virginia on account of
coal and iron ore stopped too sudden?
ly, *ve think, in fact, the old state
should be allowed to taper off gradu?
ally^ least. We think, too, that our
Pennsylvania brethren had better
show their philanthropy by employ?
ing the negroes at home to mine ores
and let those in Africa alone for
a while, and if they do not make
quite as much money they will have
the satisfaction of knowing that they
are laying up treasures hi heaven,
and some of them will find that it
will be convenient, at least,to have a
deposit there to draw upon. The
bill now pending in congress to take
these duties off, in our opinion, should
' be defeated. Virginia is in no posi?
tion to make experiments. Governor
Lee has lately shown that her increase
i in wealth is unprecedented, and 'this
' iubrea*? is msiaiy due Vo ttee vfpfeai?g
her iniDes. We have not reached a
Soint wiiere we can compete with the
forth in manufactories, and have to
depend at present upon the sale of
our raw material for wealth, and the
North of necessity is our market. The
passage of this bill would destroy the
market for our two principle sources
of wealth, ana we think in all fairness
and justness that if their finished
product is to be protected by an al?
most prohibitive duty, our unfinished
products ought to be allowed the very
small protection it now gives them.
What the mining of coal and iron
have done for this state, the thou?
sands of men that have been given
employment, the millions of dollars
that have here been spent, the new
cities and towns, the new railroads
and their enormous increase in traffic
show. And how does it effect labor?
Goto a furnace and see how few are
engaged in manufacturing pig-iron,
and to the mines of coal and lime
stone and iron ore and see the hun?
dreds engaged in getting it out.
Those questions will have to be ans?
wered. The hundreds?we might say
thousands?engaged in mining are to
be discharged, and the few will be
retained to run the furnace with for?
eign ore, while the Virginia owner of
the mining lands is to be told that his
coal and iron and limestone is worth
nothing, because ore can be bought
cheaper across the seas. j.nd the Virgin!
larmer.who has found a home market
for his products, is to be told that his
market is to be taken away because a
beneficent government has concluded
that it is unnecessary to protect raw
materials which are produced at home
while every thing that is brought from
elsewhere is taxed with a duty. He
will very likely wonder why the
machine don't work both ways.
This great industrial awakening
has produced another result of equal
importance with the precuniary ben?
efit. It has eLabled the young men
of Virginia to earn an honest living,
with opportunities to secure wealth
and honor without leaving the old
?t?te to do so. Scattered all over this
broad country are young Virginians
full of energy, talent and manhood,
driven from t^eir native 6tate because
they could find nothing to do. The
mountains of Virginia are now filled
with these men and boys?Roanoke is
made up of them, and everywhere
they are doing well. The Norfolk an
Western railroad employs about two
hundred and fifty in civil engineering
alone. That it is possible tor these
young men and boys to support them
selves without expatriating them?
selves, is due to the mining industries
of this section, and if there were no
other reasons tor allowing the tariff to
remain as it is this should be enough.
If the system of protection is to pre?
vail or not must be determined by the
people of all these United States." But
let it be one or the other, and not a
half and half unjust and inequitable!
system for the benefit of one section
and injury of another. A system
which will make states already rich
richer, and states poor poorer. A tar?
iff is in the end but a sacrifice, and it
should be general, as also should the
benefits be. A general and proper
revision of the tariff would be of ben?
efit to all. but a partial revision would
be sure to benefit some and injure
others; in this case we would be the
sufferers. While we were theorizing
before the war the Nonth was making
all it could; while we were shouting
state rights the North was asking and
obtaining Federal aid. and perhaps
history will again repeat itself. We
will become so enthusiastic over tariff
reform that we may reform ourselves
into the poor house. It is to be hoped
that the Virginia representatives in
congress will do all they can to defeat
this most insidious assault upon the
growth, wealth and welfare of our
state. Virginia Democrat.
?C3TDAY TOPIC*
Churches Where Aerrfees will be Held
To-day
Several thousand people in Roan?
oke will read the Times this morning
and then go to church.
At St. Mark's Lutheran church.
Rev. J. E. Bushnell, pastor, services
will be held at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p.
m. The subject for the morning dis?
course is "Soulship with God," and in
the evening the sermon will be on
"God's purpose to 6ave everybody."
The Sunday 8chool, of which Hon.
H S. Trout is superintendent, meets
at 0:30 a. m. The Christian Endeavor
society will hold a twenty-minute ser?
vice at 7 p. m.
The Second Lutheran church will
hold a sunday-scbool at 3 o'clock.
Mr. J. R. Terry will conduct the ser
vices in the absence of Superintendent
Kohn.
Services at the Baptist church will
be conducted by the pastor, Rev. < ?.
F- Flippo, and will be held at 11 a. m
and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 0:30
a.m., Mr. W. G. Evans, superinten?
dent.
At Greene Memorial church. Rev. J.
H. Boyd will preach at 11 a. m. and
and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school meets
at 9:30 a. m., Mr. G. L. Stevens, su?
perintendent.
At. St. John's Episcopal church,
Rev. William H. Meade. ^ the
rector will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p.
m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock in the
?fternoon.
Rev. J. H. Hamniersley will preach
at Lee Street Methodist church at 11
a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday school
begins promptly at 2-30; class meet?
ing atxK) a. m
Afr&he Catholic church services will
be held at. 8 and 10 a. m., conducted
by Rev. J. W. Lynch. Sunday school
w'ill be held at t p. m., Mr. W. A.
Carr, superintendent.
Religious services will be conducted
at the First Presbyterian church by
the pastor, Rev. W. C. Campbell, who
will preach at 11 a. m. from Revela?
tions, 2d chapter, 19th and 20th verses,
and at 7.80 p. in., from' Luke, 13th
chapter, 6th to 9th verses. Sunday
school at 9.30 a. m. The Bethany
Sunday-school meets at 3 p. m.
Carlos I Takes the Oath ef Office.
By Associated Press.
lisb05, December 28.?The cere?
mony of proclaiming his majesty
Carlos I as king of Portugal and Al
gavares, took place today. Crowds
of enthusiastic people thronged the
streets through which the king
passed on his way to the palace. The
king left the castle at Bellem at. 11
o'clock and Journeyed to the palactj
where he took the oath of office
lynching Affair.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, December 28.?Word
comes from Charleston, S. C, that
eight negroes were taken from the
jail at BarneviUe this morning and
shot. No particulars given.
Eminent DlTtuo.
Bishop I. W. Joyce, of the Method?
ist Episcopal rihurch and Rev. * Dr. J.
F. Spence, of Grant Memorial univer
sity, Georgia, will be in the city on
January 19. Bishop Joyce will preat h
that day in the Lee street Methodist
FATAL WRECK.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.
TEN KILLED AND FORTY WOUNDED
All the Coacliox Wrecked and the
Car* Take Fire?Physicians Sura
montd from Richmond Partic?
ular* Ifard to Obtain.
Special to the Times.
Cliftox Forgf, Va., Dei i mh
A disastrous wreck occurred two miles
west of the White Sulphur Bprii
on the rihesapeake and Ohio railroad
today at 7 a. m., to train No. '?'>, west
bound, fast flying vestibule. Abroki a
rail was the cause of the accident; ; ?
engine passed over safe but ail th-j
coaches were wrecked and to*.k .'. .
Baggagemaster Barksdale and
news boy were killed and the con
tors leg broken. Official: Ten:. '.
and forty wounded. All < .
every doctor called to the scene; I
a special car of doctors front
rnond. The whole theatrical
were killed. The particulars are hard
to obtain.
PROHIBITION TO PRO Hi Dir.
Vigorous Proclamation ij:u ist Traf?
lie in Liquors.
By Associated Press.
Concord, N. H. Dcct. : .
Governor Goodel today issued . a
following extraordinary procloni
tion: In view of the various hi i
crimes which have b^en cbinniitiifid
in our state within the past few*w ? ~"
directly traceable to the use of in
icatincr liquorg, the sale of which
criminal laws have been viol:
Now thererore, I warn all persons
engaged in the illegal and den
traffic to desist therefrom turned
ly, and I call upon the attorney
eral of the state, solicitors and
iifs of the counties, mayors of cities ?
und selectmen, and all other o cett
throughout the state, and upon
good citizens of every part}-, to b
in one supreme effort lo <*!<\?e n-; . i i
suppress every liquor saloon of V.
description, within our borders,
no guilty man escape." Numerous de-tf
cisions of our.supreme eo;;.-i the/a
constitutionality of our pi'-'-.'f/.coHkij
liquor laws. Let them be vir^orpwjfcc
ly enforced that our people may ^Sdr
joy the great beq-.^VVL'hich are sj?&
to follow; and I citify ?y;r : ;
urging all churches, ?:? ^'ii^XlS^
gauizations and all persons \ IT**10
sire the best good of our eorurjj
wealtn to redouble their ellorfej
promote personal sobriety an??j
perance amongst our people
TROriSI.es IX BRAZIL,
Forcian Residents PjroteatfAisl
Xatnrulizniion s< iV..
By Associated P ress.
London, December 28.?.*
number of foreign residents of JB-SP
have protested against the i:
tion scheme of the provincial gov<
ment. A number of French. Portu-'
Kuese, German and Italian mercbaivta ?
residing and doing business fn Brar.i.
have applied to their respective go;.':
ernment8 for protection. 'They say
that they do not wish to interfere
with Brazilian politics and that they
will not Bubmit to the loss of their
national rights. Should the pro?
visional government dispute those
rights they will leave the country-'
after disposing of their business, to
the detriment of Brazil. Baron de.
Peuldo, the late imperial minister of
Brazil to England, is preparing a
pamphlet in which h?? will reveal the
intrigues of the republicans^ prior to
the overthrow of the empire. *?c
THE GRADY MOXrWEl*."T
Subscription Fund Swelled ta Sfe irty
Flue Thousand Dollar?. ?
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., December 23.-=i
Nearly $9,000 have been raised by tuo
young men's committee for a monu?
ment to Henry W. Grady, and only a
few subscriptions have been received
from outside of Atlanta as yet. From
all parts of the state come tetfegramS
Baying that the people want to help
in the work, and doubtless many of
Mr. Grady's friends, Northand-Sonth;
will desire to aid in building thi
monument, and for that reason
committee, in charge, has decided ro
hold the lists open for some days.
Among those who wired suc?
tions from the North yesterday ?
iBadore Strauss, of New ;.':ork.
George I. T. White, of New York,
$100; C. B. Potter, of New York, $100;"'
Asa P. Potter, of Boston, $100, and
Charles A. Sinclair, or Portsmut: !_h-.
N. 11.,$'0". Several letters -c$-\-Z^t\- ~~
ing subscriptions have been rec(:
from other Northern cities, bur
not yet been reported to the commit
tee. Orion Frazee, the sculptor, w
Mr. Grady sent to New Orleans to
procure a death-mask of Jeff
Davis, for the monument here, did
not see Mr. Grady again until he v
to take a mask of him. B^ih. n
are perfect._ ,
A RonjU Ps?baare.
By Associated Press.
New York, December 25.?':"
steamer State of Alabama, from < Hi
gow, which arrived today rep
that she had a continuation of?...
southwest to north-northeast g
with very high seas throughout
passage. She carried away two |
life-boats, broke ventilators and
tained other damage about her dec
The steamer V eendam from w
dam, also experienced heavy weather
during her entire passages
steamer Panama, from Bordeaux, had^
strong west and northwest gales. OS/a
the 12th inst. in latitude 46? 10', \o/s&~
tude 21? she passed the Norwegi
bark Atlas, abandoned aud full ol
water. ' _ r
Dlvorce Suit. ?
By Aisoeiated Press.
Losdojt, December 28.-r?apta$p
O'Shea, an ex-member of the hou.-e of /
commons, has filed a petition for di-;
vorce from his wife on the ground of
adultery, naming Charles Stewart :
ParneU as the co-respondent. j.?o
specific acts are alleged to have taken.
place during the period ester
From April, 1886, to the dat? c
petition, at Eltham, No. 34 Ywr.s '
race, the residence of Mrs. p$$&83&
Regents park, BrighfoD,- Aldi::,
and Sussex. In an / interview; jwagjfe
Captain O'Shea said that the crr^^
made in his petition were <tni??gn|
?ided, "1 d