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LAND RECORDER VOL. XXII. MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA.. MAY 25. 1900. NO. 22. Down the canon of tho streot, Heat tho muffled mtretting feet! Hear the thousand-throated hutt), A* tho soldiers m-arer come! Eagerly the people crowd; Faintly now, and now more loud, While we listen, breathless, dumD, Comos tho droning of tho drum. Marching down tho western light, Bursts the column ou our sight! Through the myriad golden motes Splendidly our banner floats! Thou tho sudden-swelling ehoer, Voicing nil wo hold most dear, Wondrous, welling wavo of sound, Till the whirring drum is drowned! Now the marching mon havo passed; Wo bavd watched them to the last, Till the column disappears In a mist of sudden tears. Loves and hates before unguessed Tremble in the troubled breast; Loves and hates and hopes and foars Waking from the sleep of years. >v,. jQffS: Tr^i Cl. ' * -a rn L vi </' ,-<: to T was in tho carly part ol' the war, in the summer ot' 'GI, that -luck Killis on lisied. There was a recruiting office at Lake City. In front of tliis office a baud ..'. fy. ? ui iuib omeo ii uaui , M was playing patriot f . '?,- j0 airs; above ita /m roof tho Stars aud ' y ., . ?'., Stripes were flying. And thero Major n ' ?: j 4 / J Seel y harangued f w/'j ? tho young men. ?V|f?* ' .Tack llillia was seventeen and a month, but ho was tall and large and looked twenty. So he signed his name aud was accepted. It was a possibility that his mother had never imagined. Sho was patri? otic, though abe averred she belonged to the peace party. Sho' did not be? lieve in war. And now, not forty miles from tho farm, was this loud? mouthed, shoulder-strapped fellow inveigling her boy and others into Biguiug ms papers. She would seo about ii. Of Mrs. Hillis' four sous Jack was her favorite. Simon, the eldest was in business, and married. Ho was already making great gains on his merchandise because of the state_of the country and tho fears of the fu? ture. He would most assuredly not enlist. Eben had receutly graduated from a medical college. He talked loftily about going into the field asa surgeon if Uncle Sam needed him. Bat as a common soldier??"no, thank you." Next there was Joe. It was the general opinion in the family and the neighborhood that Joe was good be? cause be lacked strength of character to be otherwise. No one knew his de? ficiency better than did his mother. .He had always beeu the'stupid one of the family. He .was the drudge for his mother and brothers. Jack, the youngest of tho quartette of sons, was the darling of the house. He was the brightest of the family. And now he had enlisted! On the evening of the day that Major Seely had released Jack, Joe was comiug home from the Raynor farm-house. The Hillis and the Ray? nor farms joined. Jennie Raynor met Joe in the shadow of a hedge. Of all the girls in the neighborhood Jennie was the only oue who had beeu kind to Joe. On this evening, after talk? ing over Jack for some time, Joe said: "If I should enlist I don't believe mother would try to get me off." Jennie hesitated. She felt that Joe spoke the truth. After a pause she continued, "But you won't enlist, Joe?" "I don't know; I'd rather volunteer than bc drafted. I don't like the joe's fabevbiiL to na oiul uk left bbhutd. idea of being driven out to bc shot at." "Ho you think tho war's going to last long?" "I don't kuow. ll it does I'm going-" . , - "Oh, Joe!" aud Jenuie s face was very white. Joe, watching her, felt his heart give a great leap and then stand still. Could it be possible? He, tho stupid of the family, the blockhead of tho neighborhood, and she, the prettiest, the brightest and the best girl in the world! There was a silence for a miuu'oi $^^?cr; g. '??.-.'-,%KV^' ??'* * * ? *>*?? ?. '*1 then Jeunio said she must go, home. Joe detained her by the very slightest touch on her sleeve. "Would you care, Jennie? If I go to the war or if I stay at home, do you care?" "Yes, Joe, I care very much," Jennie answered, with flushing cheeks and downcast eyes. Sho lifted her eyos. Joe's face was very near her own. The twilight was deepening. Their lips met, aud each felt that this was their betrothal. Aud so it came to pass that within less than six months from the time of tho chance meeting in the shadow of tho hedge Joe Hillis came home from Bradley looking very thoughtful. After supper he said: "I enlisted to-day, and I'm going into camp the first of next week, I belong to Terry's cavalry." general before long?" Eben asked, laughing. "No, I guess not," Smalley an? swered. "But he's got the title of hero if ever a man got it, and he'll keep it, too. Future histories will I LIEUTENANT HILLIS BORE THE COLORS HIMSELF. mention how Lieutenant Hillis, when officer after officer was shot down, steadily kept the men under control, prevented a retreat, and at last led them, bearing the colors himself, and captured the battery that was doing so much harm-" "Then he'll bf* captain or something higher?" Jack exclaimed, eagerly, and springing from his chair. "No, he won't be anything," Smalley said, sadly. "But why?" Mrs. Hillis asked, sharply. "Because, Mrs. Hillis, I came to tell you?wu thought it would be bet? ter?and I got a furlough?and?I brought Joe home with me, and-" There was the sound of slow-mov? ing wheels at thc gate. The father, from where he sat, looked through the open door. Thero was a hearse at the gate, di apod Avith the Stars and Strip cs. TO MY SONS WHO DIED FOR HE /776 -w /SOO "Joe, why have you done this?" his father asked. "For tho same reason that other men aro doing the same thing; be? sides, it looks to mo as if a family of five men ought to produce at least one soldier." Yes, it does look that way," bis mother said, in a hard, unnatural tone; "aud I don't see how auy of the rest could be spared. I hope you'll keep your wits about you, and try to understand what's said to you, and not. bring any-" she hesitated, came near saying "more," but fin? ished, "any discredit on us." "I'll do my best, mother, as I al? ways do." Aftor Joe was gone he was missed by the homo folks because of the work ho had done. His older brothers found it a continual joko that Joe had gone to be a soldier. There were letters, dutiful and kindly, from Joe to his father and mother. After a time he mentioned skirmishes and battles ho had been in. Oucehe was wounded, and wrote from a hospital. His name was in the newspaper lists. After seeing his name in print Joe's family knew that he was no longer a private. He was mentioned as Lieutenant Joseph Hillis. There was a general pause in thc family conversation. Tho mother said, "Siuco he was the only one that could bo spared, I'm glad he's doing so well." lt was Sunday afternoon, and all the Hillis family were at the farm. There was a step on the porch. Mr. Hillis arose aud met at the door a mau in soldier-blue. His face was pale aud thin and his right arm was in a sling. "You don't know me?" he said, smiling; and then Mr. Hillis recog? nized Jim Smalley, who had gone into the army -with Joe. He was warmly welcomed, but ho responded coldly. Jack said, "Well, I say, Jim, isn't our Joe coming out in fiuo feather? You ace bim ouco in awhile, even if ho is an officer, don't you?" "Yes, yes, I seo him sometimes." "Po you think he'll bc a brigadier "And did he remember us? Did he send any message?" Mrs. Hillis sobbed. "Yes, he remembered; he mentioned you especially. He said I should tell you that he was glad it was himself instead of either oue of the other boys; that ho was sure he could be best spared. But Joo always was modest." Best spared! Mrs. Hillis recalled her own words. He could be spared at the time he went away, and the others were so precious. But never to see him again! This patient, silent, unappreciated son! The manner of Joe's death was told over his remains, and each year as Memorial Day comes little children hear the story of the young soldier whose grave is marked by a tall monu? ment and a fiagstafl' where the colors aro always flying. A QnsCCfW Custom. It is a graceful and beneficent cus? tom which has been established of de? voting ono day in the year especially to the commemoration of the virtues of the dead. Their memory comes to us, bidden or unbidden. It comes with the morning light; it comes with the evening shades; it comes in the stillness of the night. Whenever it conies it is always welcome and precious. Indeed, oue of our chief companionships, which we cultivate and enjoy more almost than auyolher, is the recollection of thoso we have loved and lost. ? In ltevertiiro Trcail. In reverence tread near the spot where they lb* Ami dei k it with garlands the fairest; Let tears like the dews that ara wept lroin on high Refreshen its verdure, tho rarest; For nearest to beaven of all earth is tho sod Where dust of our bravo boys reposes, And nearest their souls to tho great throne of God When death their proud history closes. When the Antietam 1 Was Red With Blood, | OUBLY sacred to "tut hearbs of many West ern families are the waters of Antietam. because those water? were crimsoned bj the blood of father-, brothers, husbands and sons during one of the most sanguiu avy battles of the Civil War. The pict? ures herewith given will be of special in? terest to the veterans of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, the 'First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth and Twenty-fourth Michi? gan Infantry; the Seventh, Four? teenth, Nineteenth aud Twentieth In? diana Volunteers, and the Second, Third, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, for they were all most terribly mixed up in the many bloody encounters of the 16th and 17th of September, 1862, along the Antietam from Hagerstown to Sharps burg. God alone knows who owned the good right arm, the photograph of which is above, but it probably be? longed to one of General Sedgwick's commands, who made theil1 famous charge through the cornfield just north and east of the historic Dunker Church, for it was plowed up in this field five years after the battle, aud has been siuco that time in the office of Drs. D. Fahrney aud son, of Hagerstown, Md. Its wonderful state of preservation cannot be accounted for, as a chemical analysis of the soil in which it was fouud shows no pre? serving or mummifying qualities. The other picture is of the old mill and falls just above the stone bridge which was the scene of a bloody con? flict between the Federals, who were defending Hagerstown, aud the Con? federates, who were endeavoring to gain possession of the towu. lt is said the slaughtor of horse and meu was such at this cavalry fight that the Antietam ran blood for several hours below these falls. The ground in this locality, especially along the banks of the stream, is almost solid rock, and the blood rau rapidly int'j the creek. There'is a gentlemau in Chicago, having an office in the Board of Trade Building, who was a major in the Federal army and provost marshal of Hagerstowu at that time. Just over the hill back of the little brick house shown in the picture is a female academy, from the balcony of which the Confederate sharpshooters were firing upon the Union offioers down in the city, aud there are to this day many musket halls bedded in the walls around the public square at the crossing of Washington and Potomac streets. The Eighth Illinois Cavalry was en? gaged iu these skirmishes, and mauy members of that organization, which was under command of Colonel W. Gamble, will call to tniud the hot time in that old town. ?.Jratefully Kemeuiltereil. The aimil al occurrence of the day when the nation pays its tribute to and reveres aud honors the dead who fought toe the preservation of the Union, who suffered aud slaved aud sacrificed everything eveu life, for the country they loved, brings te the at? tention of all patriots tho fact that those who serve the nation are not for? gotten. Though they have patted away, the boys who wore thc blue are remembered, aud their graves are dee orated by loving bauds, that appre? ciate and respect and honor their courage aud services. An Occasion That U Uui<,ue. No other nation has a Memorial Day just like this of our own, save, perhaps, Germany, which every year renders to tho soldiers of tho Empire certain honors modeled after our ex? ample. lu spite of the occasion which it offers for sports anil amusement* ?innovations much regretted, but entirely inevitable?Memorial Day of all our holidays remains tho most picturesque, characteristic aud im? pressive. I .mn- That ls Deathless. The Herominglos'lwith the dust, But Glory shrines his deathless fame; The tomb received its hallowed trust, But unborn ages breathe His name! Yes, mighty dead! In every breast Thou still shall .live, to memory dear; This turf, by virgin footsteps prest. Shall witness Sorrow's dewy tear! Bars **z-i Js-.v* u."i-i. HOTEL BLAZE, CHICAGO DISASTER RKSCLTS IN DEATH OF Tn KKK PKOPT.K. 14 SERIOUSLY INJURED. Karly Horning Coaftagnttloa Destroys a Hostelry in the Windy City?Several BallsMSl Rescues Were Reported, the Heroes in Which were a 1'orter nnd Several Policemen. Chicago, III., (Special.V-Three person! were killed and 14 were injured in a (Ire which destroyed the Hotel Helene, at 110 to 114 Fifty-third street. Five of the injured will probably die. The dead: Charlotte Paterson, dining-room girl; found In her roora, barned to a crisp. Lena Pearson, found burned almost beyond recognition In room with Miss Paterson. S. G. McNaddln. The seriously injured: W. E. Horn, burned about face and hands and hody, 'eg brokeD. will die; E. E. Tarbux, 1 urned about the body, recovery doubtful; Elizabeth Florence, Internally injured and skull fractured, un? conscious, recovery doubtful; E. B. Alien, both ankles sprained and Internally injured in jumping from third-story window; Mrs. T. Allen, back broken and internally injured, jumped from third-story window, will die; Helen Joseph, badly bruised and overcome i by smoke; Stella Neilwolski, chambermaid.' jumped from first floor, overcome by smoke and injured Internally: L. James McNeil, porter, bumed about face; Sarah Hutchin? son, high school teacher, injured in falling from second floor; James Costin, fireman, out by falling glass; airs. Bruce and baby, overcome by smoke; Thomas Morgan, polloe raan, back Injured, and Mtv. Adella Lawson, badly bruised. The loss to the building and fiirn'shings was $40,000. The destruction of the hotel was replete wifh daring rescues and nairne escape, in which Jamas McNeil earned himself the title of hero. Ho was a porter in the hotel and the first to warn the sleeping occupants of their danger. He carried Helen Joseph down a swaying ladder from the third floor, and thou, amid the cheers of the oulookers, re? turned to the second floor, where a woman was lying unconscious, her clothing on fire. He carried her to the window and dropped her into the arms of Policeman Wolf. The effort and the heat were too much for McNeill, and he staggered back into the smoke. The people below thought he was l06t. A policeman mounted to the shoulders of a brother officer, and. clamb? ering over the window ledge, caught Mo Nell by the feet and dragged him from the room. McNeil was passed down to the ground and soon recovered consciousness. The rescue of a woman and her baby aroused the enthusiasm of the crowds. Mrs. Bruce, with one arm around her infant, was clinging with the other arm to the ledge pl a second-itory window. Smoke was pouring out and Mrs. Bruce seemed to be on the point of failing. Her fingers were re? laxing, when suddenly three policemen, carrying a blanket held taut among them, rushed into the flames, which were then darting from tho basement windows, just in time to catch the woman and her child, sav? ing th^m from almost certain death. Mrs Bruce was badly burned, but had succeeded in protecting her baby. There were many other narrow escapes and exhibitions of courage during the burning of the structure, aa there was ouly one entrance to the build? ing, which compelled the greater number of tho guests to make their exits ai best they could through the windows. The rescues wore nearly all accomplished before the firemen arrived. The blaze spread so rupidly that, had the people in the hotel been compelled to await the arrival of the hook and ladder company, more lives would have been lost. The policeman and others on the ground early, however, were able to secure ladders from a paint store nearby, and by this means saved many of the guests from death. The fire started in the basement and spread with the greatest rapidity. But for the horoio action of Porter McNeil every person ia the building would undoubtedly have perished. A FATAL DJCIVK. ?James Bartley, of Staunton, Found Dead in a Surrey. Staunton, Ya., (Special.)?Elmer Britt,his wife and her brother, John Bowe, hired a surrey after midnight, James Bartley being the driver. Most of the party, it is said, were drinking. They drove to Basic City and returned at ii o'clock, all but Howe, who was left behind, lying on the back seat of the surrey. Bartley was dead. At a coroner's inquest evidence was to tho effect that in a quarrel Bowe struck Bartley on tbs head three or four times with his fist, as a result of which Bartley died. STRI'CK HY A LOCAL FREIGHT. Uno Hrother Kill, il and Another Serious? ly Injured. Parkersburg. W. Ya., (Special).?Adam and Carl Eckhart. brothers, aged 18 and 'lo year;, respectively, employed hy the Par? kersburg Chair Factory, while returning tome about 7 o'olock were struck by a local freight train near the Baltimore and Ohio shops, the former being instantly killed and tho latter seriously injured. Mules for South Africa. New Orleans, (Special.) --The steamer Monarch sailed for Cape Town. Africa, with 1,500 mules, nnd the steamer Corinthia bleared for tho same port with 1.450 mules, nil tho animals being consigned to British army officials. Fire at Paris Imposition. Paris, (By Cable.)-A fire occurred at the f'.xposition. The flames were discovered in ;h<< basement of tho Chateau d'Etau. The ire was extinguished after an hour's hard work. Roanoke's Cotton lilli. Roanoke. Ya., (Special.)?The Ronnol:1 SottOH Mill will be in operation In a few nontbs. The stockholders elected officers for the first year. FROM WASHINGTON. The government officials are vigorously pushing the investigation into the alleged costal frauds in Havana. A dispatch from (hat city says that one of the culprits bas made a confession which implicates others besides Charles F. W. Neely. The House, by a majority of one, unseated Mr. Crawford, Democrat, of North Carolina, ind seated Mr. Pearson, his Republican com? petitor. "Jurisprudence" was tho topic d scussed it the final day's lession of the American jjodal Science Association. THE NEWS. The Masonic Order in Topeka. Kau.. 11 Interested in the prosecution of Christian Scientists who attended the widow ol > Knight Templar. The woman died of peri tonitis. ' Elizabeth Longnecker sue?i Zion Eva igel ieal Church, of Mannheim, Ph., an 1 filed a bill claiming that thc church secured 15,000 in county bonds from her by fraud. Jefferson Leake served notice OB Rev. Thomas Simontou, of Lower Valley. N. J., that he would sue thc preacher for marrying his minor daughter without his consent. Thc Chinese of Han Francisco have re? tained attorneys to contest in tin; courts thc light of the health authorities to compel them to submit to inoculation. Lorenzo N'addor. from Badi f'eslh. lauded In New York on Saturday. was easily swin? dled out of all the money ho had, and theo asked to be deported. Prof. Roy Wilson White, of the ia* de? partment of the University of Benns;, ka? nia, was brutally murdered ly unknown parties In Philadelphia. Several city councilmen of shamokin, Pa., were convicted ly a jury of conspiracy in connection witta the street paving contracts. A secret meeting ol vaudeville theater managers wai held in Boston, it is claimed, for the purpose of forming a trust. The fight between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner! ind thc Allied Building League was called off. Martin Frey, of near Newviile, Pa., Ulled his brother-in-law, Giorgi Collin, la a quar? rel. Gardiner S. Williams, a veteran profaner of Cornell University, died of paralysis. A proclamation of outlawry was issued at Fayetteville against Thomas Fort. Alois Coulter was assassinated in Lis tarn, near Marliugton. W. Ya. Miss Dora Wolfe was iwona In as mail carrier at Ripley, W. Va. The granite strike in Westerly, R. L, WU fettled. A letter cf commendation i repired by the colored pastors of Macon has been sent to Ex-OoTirnor MacCorkle, of West Virginia. Horr.ce S. Clark, of Mattoon. has been nominated for Congress by the Republican! of the Nineteenth Illinois District. The Washingtou Supreme Court ha* affirmed the decision of the King* County Court iu the case of George C. Lawrence appellant, vs. the Times Printing Company and the Associated Press, respondents from Kings county. Both the Yosemite Valley stages?one go? ing each way?were held up at night by a lone highwayman at B g Neck Flat. The 18th quadrennial session of the Meth odist Protestant Church Conference of the United States opened in Christ Church, At? lantic City. Dr. J. W. Hering, of Westmin? ster, Md., presided. The. St. Louis Presbyterian Assembly re? commended to Congress that no more ap? propriations bo made to national exposi? tions in this country unless they be closed on Sunday. The Missouri House of Delegates passed the bili to revoke the frai chise of the vari? ous St. Louis street railway companies in case they failed to run cars in Compliance with terms of city ordinances. Reports have been received to the effect that two men were killed and seven injured, three fatally, by the explosion of the boiler of a locomotive on the Illinois Central Pail road at Dubois, 111. Two hundred employes of the Briggs Seabury Clan and Ammunition Company quit work. It was declared that the (dot to blow u] tho Welland Canal probably originated in New York. The Iowa City Fogal Ruilding was dam? aged 150,000 by fire. Insurance- unknown. Negotiations for the i-ale of the Rawhide mine, the once-famous gold prod-ttccr ol Tuolumce county. California, to an English syndicate have been practically completed. The price ls said to be 1850.0 Kb Tho strike situation of tho building trades, the telephone and electric light line. nen m.d Un* girls employed at tho eigll factory of Harberger, Homan A Co., Phila delphia, romulus practically unchanged. According to Acting Commissioner Mc? sweeney, the largest number of immigrant. ever received nt an American port in om day arrived at the Barge Office in New Y'>rir W. dnesdey. The Missouri Republican Convention adopted resolutions indorsing President McKinley and denouncing trusts. Two persons were killed and 15 injured, five fatally, In the burning of tho Rote] Helene at Chicago. Nearly all St. Louis street car lines began operations with non-union men. The autl-lmper'alists are considering tho project of holding a National Convention soon after the Kansas City gathering. Tho Southern Industrial Conference Chattanooga indorsed the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Thc directors of the National Tobo Com? pany declared the regular quarterly divi? dend of 1*4 per cent, on thc preferred stock ami a quarterly dhideud of \\^ per cont, on the common stock. Thc Childs' Diniug-llall Company, capital 11,060,000, was iii'-orporated at Trenton, N. J. The Gonoral Conference of the Methodist Kplscopal Church voted to increase by tw? its board of general superintendents, thus adopting the majority report of the commit? tee on episcopacy. Former President Cleveland, accompanied by E. C. Benedict, boarded the steam yacht Oneida for a two-weeks'cruise in the We-1 Indies, Including a visit to Havana. The body of Charles N. Bertram, a theatri? cal manager of New York, who had been missing since April 21, was found In til? ba v. Thirty-seven Japanese were arrested In New Whatcom. Wash., who are alleged to bo paupers and who aro endeavoring lo secure entrance iuto the United States. The stocking factory of Morgan <V Men? zies was totally destroyed by fire nt Wilkes barre. Pa. Tho loss is *60.000, covered by insurance. William Willis, a negro, who shot and killed Alexander Whitney at Augusta, (ia . was lynched by a mob about twelve miles from that city. A quarrel between children at Dunmore. Pa., was Wowed by Mrs. Mary Pace, mother of CM of tho children, making a lurioui nttack on Mis. Sylvester Bellow*, mother of the other child. with a butcher kail ?. Charles IL Cole, former president of tho Globe National Bank of Boston, was sen? tenced to eight years' Imprisonment for mis? appropriating funds. The Municipal Loagup of Philadelphia calls upon Mayor aahbiidgl "> "Ither dlsa vow ni! connection with the ailee- i| -, i ;.:,.. to intimidate Mr, Wannmaker or . . . .. . OffiCC,.4." . THE OLD DOMINION, I.ATKST NKWiOLSAKJCO IKO.U VIKI' <M s PABTI Ol VIKI.IMA. WASHINGTON AND LEE. I nt* rr it lng Fragrant far the Coisuiaee meiit PJaeretota?Tho Drtmtfc in ih?aa iloala Thoma* ii. Ollltam United ai rrtnuhasii, flsBeil Olileiagl Kxoncratee at Newport New .. The annual commencement exercises ai Washington and Lee University, which begtl .lune 17, will be oue of ninny Inter, s ing fea turee, the central one being the dedicetiof Of the John Baudolph Tucker Memoria Ball oa tho morning of June 19 at ll o'clock. Addiesses are to bo delivered bj OX Ollie t. ry Jbhl (i. Carlisle, of New York, formei Boiieitor-QeeeraJ Conrad, of Winchester, anc" a poem on the occasion by Bev. Dr. Bev? erley ]), Tucker, of Norfolk. Sunday. Jun* 17, thebacealaur 'ateaermoa will be preached by Bev. Dr. Randolph il. MeKim, rector o Epiphany Episeo; a' Church. Washington D. C. The addre-s b?fore the Young Men'.' <' rUtion Assoo'atlon wi'.l be delivered bj the Rev. William A. Birr. ..f ttlohmood Hu-. John W. Davis, of Weat Virginia, wit deliver Mic address before the Alumi AMO elation en June IO, The closing ixereieei Will t:ike p'aoi Jun" 20. In order to gratify a very natur il d' ^ir" on the part of the lae stud-id^ of Washiagton and !.-<*- Caivenftj b-<-t a re.- r>re nowi>l'ig held tn tho Tuekei Memorial Hall, io that thou of the grad nat tug elate m;<y in after \"ar- relate that the] w re thc Brat to attend Jaw leotard in tl:*: hands' me memorial to one of Ylrgtnfe'l gn steal law expounder*, lu a few days th* hail will be completed In every detail eat* ready for the dedication. A>- it ls now th? entire building, both Interior and exterior presents itself to the spectator as being i building of creat beauty and mnssiven'-ss The oil palntlngi which Washington aud Lee iniversity ll to receive by the bpques' of Mr. Yincent L. Bradford, of rhiladel i bia. ar-' estimated to be worth * 16.000 There are 62 of them. In the catalogue ar< works by Rubens. Tintoretto. Paui Yerouese. Correggio and Tani Bril. There are alse works from the brushes of several doses other artists of fine standing, if not of na 'tional repute. Beware american*. EoflW of the paintings are of saer-d character, yel the subjects are of Unlimited variety, em? bracing sea, liver and landscape view-, wai and domestic scenes, romance and mythol? ogy also being Included. The possession of thia bluest will add another interesting feature to the mauy at ih"* university. They will be brought here this summer, havlny leen turned ov r to the university, and placed in the larcro room on the second Hool of the Warren-Neweornb Hali, which war intended to bo used as an art gallery whee the building was erected. Thomas M. Gilliam Railed. Thomas M. Gilliam, charge.I with the sc. duelion of a daughter ot Mr. M. W. sterne of Petersburg, was taken from thejail bj Sheriff Boisseau. of Prince George, and car? ried before Justice Lane, of that county, where the alleged oftVnee was committed, The examination was waived by soaaeal foi the accused and the ease certified to the next torm of the County Court. Gilliam was next taken before Judge Timothy Rives, of the County Court, before whom application foi bail was made. The Court allowed bail, lr the penalty of 11,000, which was readih given. The Drouth in Shenandoah. The drouth continues In Shenandoah county. But one rain, aud that of little con sequence, has fallen since april 23. The water supply is getting low and in many localities the farmers are hauling water foi farm purposes. The oldest eiiiz-ns cannot recollect such a spring droath nnd say un? less tt ia soon broken that nothing canbe expected from the spring cops or from wheat. Already the newly planted clover has been killed, and wheat, although hardly mon! than 12 inches high, is beginning tc head. Tho Shenandoah river is lower than ever known before at this time of the year Died Pron Lockjaw. Fannel Cherelly, a florid; well known in Alexandria and the District of Columbia, died of lockjaw at hi- home on the Hunting Creek road. He had established there very extensive green botttv I and did a flourishing business in the Washington and Alexandria market!. A few days ago he injured his hand and from the wound came the lock? jaw, which showed itself and caused hi? de?th. Olllcer Olddiii?s Exonerated. Officer S. W. Giddings is now entirely re? lieved of the oharge of the murder of "Jim" Eppe, the segre who was shot in Roeketts. The grand jury Investlge'ed the case, and after examining all of thc witnesses that could be procured, announced that thej could return no true bill. Virginia Brevities. Mr. John E. Battye, master mechanic foi the Norfolk and Western machine shops at Roanoke, is dead. Col. P -rry Nugent, for many years a prom? inent citizen Of Roanoke county, died neal Greenville. Miss. Rev. James Haynes died al hi- home, rn?ni St. Clair. Tenn., on april '!?>. WOO, aged 6* y iais. Mr. Haynes was a native of Monroe county, Weft Ylrginia. Sudan Ilahy. In the Church of All Saints in Cairo took place lately an interesting cere? mony, where an infaut memorial of tho overthrow of khalifadom la Africa wa3 christened in the presence of a large gathering of English people and under the auspices of Queen Victoria. The small heroine cf the gathering was the daughter of Col. Sir Reginald Wingate (pasha, sirdar of the Egyptian army and governor of the Sudan) and of Lady Wingate. The queen, represented by the Hon. Mrs. Talbot, was the prin? cipal godmother. The child was born the day after Sir Reginald Wingate's victory over the khalifa at Om Debrikat. where the dervishes were routed and the khalifa killed. Her majesty presented a diamond pendant to her godchild, who also received a handsome cup from Lord Cromer, a golden cross from the bishop of Jeru? salem, who performed the ceremony, and a diamond cross from Sir R. Statin. \Ve never know what we can do un til we have failed to make somebody else do lt for us,