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Mrs. T. R. N. Speck is visiting relatives In Baltimore.

Mr. JohnDavidson of Millboro,wasin the city Tuesday.

Mr. Geo. W. Swink is quite illat hishome in Moscow.

Miss Natalie is visiting heroasin, Mrs. E. C. Ralston near Day-

Miss K. D. Taylor the popular andefficient postmistress at Craigsville,was in tbe city this week.

Miss Kitty Hutcheson is attendingthe State Teachers' Association InCharlottesville.

Among tbe patents granted thisweek was one to Frank F. Freed ofFishersviile, for a manurespreader.

Mr. Chas. L. Todd, Jr., of Richmond,is visiting bis uncle, Hon. John W.Todd, near town.

Miss Olga Mohler of Sbendun, wastbe guest of Mrs. J. B Rawlings this

Miss Nannie Berry of Moffatt'sCreek, Is visiting ber sister, Mrs.Frank Bratton in Covington.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Houff of thePenrose neighborhood, havebeen spend-ing tbe week with theirsons nearLadd.

Mrs. T. A. Dawson has., returnedborne from a visit to relatives in easteraVirginia.

Mr. John Weimer and brideof Highland county, are visitingMr. and Mrs.Hiner near Fishersviile.

Mrs W. P. LiaeweaverofHarrison-burg, visit?d herparents, Mr. andMrs.Parrieh here this week.

Mr. Arthur Clementsof Buena Vista,is visiting his brother, Mr. JessieCle-ments at Augusta Springs.

Rev. John H. Taylor of Laurel Hill,will preach at Pleasant View churchnext Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Mr. John B. Shawof Newport News,has been spending some weeks at bisold home here.

At the recent session of the grandChapter, Royal Arch Masons in Rich-mond, Mr. Win. B. McChesney waselected grand royal arch captain,

Rev. R M. TuttleofLexington, fath-er ofDr. J. B. Tuttle of Craigsville,who has been in poorhealth for sometime, is under treatment inRichmond.

Mrs. Thomas C. Bowling has rethrn-ed to her home in Charles Town, W.Va., after spending some time withrelatives here.

Mr. W. H. Snuff, an old Stauntonboy, but now of Cooper's, W. Va., ar-

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Subscription $1.00 Per Year.

Friday, November 20.LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

LOCAL BRIEFS.JosephH. Burger a most worty citi-

zen/jf Greenbrier Co., W. Va., is dead.

Rev. Dr. Turnbullof Lexington, willpreach at New Providence churchnext Sunday.

Mr. Frank L Sublett of Harrison-burg, losta finedriving horse last weekfrom colic.

The Auti Saloon Leagueof Virginiameets iv Richmond January 1214

Dr. C. T. Lewis has purchased for85,000 the old Wayt property on Central avenue, adjoining the Y. M. C. A.

The ladies of Midway will serve din ? jncr on Thanksgiving Day beginningat noon. A baby show will be held inconnection with it. Read their an-nouncementfor particulars

Democratic leaders of Maryland saythat one outcome of thtir rtcenl suc-cets at the polls and t eir control of

both branches of the next GeneralAssembly will be the passage of a JimCrow bill by the legislature.

Mr. H. F- Harusbergerjbf near Middlebrook, will sell his personal proper-ty at the old Henry Mish place, on

Nov. 25th, sale will commence at 10

a m This sale is positive, as all thegiock must leave the place by the 26th.

Mrs. Renlck, widow of the late JasH Renick. of Greenbrier county, W.Va was paraljzed last week. She wasa MiBS Mathews, a daughter of tbe lateAndrew G. Mathews of Pulaski Co.

She was taken to a hospital in HintonMonday.

The first person baptizedin the newBaptist church was little Miss Ann

Bell Nelson Eubank, daughter of if.

H and Salhe W. Eubank of EtnaMills King William county. The ritewasadminlteredbyßev.H.A.Wi.lisof HebronBaptist church, that county.

David Dolan of Roceverte, a youngman working for the W. Va. Spruce

Lumber Co., was killed at Cass, V.Va last week, by being oaugut whilecoupling cars. His brother was killedaboutone yearagoalmost at the samespot in a similar manner.

Mr Thomas Hogshead has purchas-ed ofMrs. M. E. Partlow for $5,500

cash, tberesidenceproperty adjoining

the handsome home of Mr. N. C.

Watts, on the old Wesleyan FemaleInstitute property. Mr. Hogsheadwill spend several thousand dollars in

beautifying it.

Rev Dr A. M. Fraser, moderatorofthe recent session theVirginia Presby-

terianSynod hasappointed the follow-ingcommittee on evangelization andhome missions-Rev. Dr. W. R. Laird,ofDanville; and Ruling Elders J. 8.Craig, of Goshen, J. E. Caskie, of

Lynchburg, and George Perkins, ofCharlottesville.

Col Dan O'Connell who is carryingon a large lumber operation on An-thony's Creek, near White Sulphur,

W Va , has employed acolony of Aus-

tri'anstodobiswork. It is reported

that they give entire satisfaction, be-

ing industrious, sober and very hardy.

Last Saturday a hunting party ofStauntouiansreturned home from aweek in the mountains beyond WestAugusta. They had captured a fine

buck, a doe and much small game.Those composing the party were Hon.

EdwardEchols, W. Arthur Willson

J W H Pilson, Percy Wilson, DavidNaill. J.A. Hupruan, William Hilde-brand, William and George Snyder

and W. S. Burke.Mrs. George W. Nelms, the Stone-

wall JacksonCamp sponsor, returnedfrom her Newport News trip Satur-day,bringing with ber as a presentfrom the Grand Camp managementthe large C S. battle flag that decorat-ed the stag during tbe meeting, also ahandsomepin badge that was present-ed her by the commander of the NewYork camp. Mrs. Nelms was a trueeponsor for the Staunton veterans, for

all of whom she securedpleasanthomes

before they had everreached NewportNews and looked after their everycomfort.

William Myers bad bis arm wrench-ed off Friday while at work feeding acorn husker near Sangerville. Hisarm was taken offnear theshoulder,

Mr. W. H. Kelsey of Jackson, Ohio,formerly of this city, was here thisweek on some matters of business andwas greeting many old friends.

Miss Minnie Condon, who bas beenthe guest of Miss Kate Hoge for thepast two weeks, leftWednesday forherhomein Baltimore. . -

Mr. W. B. Sellers, for some yearsproprietor of the macblne works andstove plant here, has moved to Way-nesboro with his family, where theywillreside in the future.

Dr. J.B. Tuttle, for many years apopularphysician at Craigsville, baspurchased the home and practice ofDr, B. O. McCatchan at Greenvilleand will locate there.

Invitationsbave been issued to tbemarriage of Miss Margaret JohnstonFoster to Taylor McCoy, which willtake place in Trinity Episcopalchurchon Thursday, December3, at 10o'clockin the morning- No cards in the city.

Mrs. R. K. Points, widow of the lateA. G. Points, has gone to Phoenix,Ariz., where she willmake ber home inthe future. Mrs. Points makes thischange in the hope of improving berhealth, which has been delicate forsomeyears.

Mr. C. E. Wallace andwife of Chi-cago, returned home this week afterspending several weeks at Mr. Wallace's old borne near Craigsville. Heis city electrician of St. Charles, asuburb of Chicago, and has resided inthe west some years.

Bridgewater Herald: Miss AnnieMinor is visiting ber sister, Mrs. JohnClark in Greenville. Mr. EugeneMontgomery of Deerfield, is in chargeof the graded school. Miss JennieFultz of Sangerville, is very sick. Herbrothers who havebeen attending col-lege in Richmond were called homelast week.

Dr C. W. Rogers and Mr Wm. C

Marshall of this city, spent last Thurs-day in the county hunting betweenBrand's Station and Fishersviile. Atrophy of the hunt was a large turkey

hen. On investigation after getting

home, thepreciousbird proved to be

an old setting hen from the farm yard

of Mr J. H. Coiner, which had strayedInto the woods to feed. The old hen

had raised a large brude this seasonand was starting a second family when

run down by the huntsmen. She wasas poor as thereputed Job'sblue tur-key hen.

Miss Isabel Stevenson Opie, daugh-ter of Dr. Thomas Opie, dean of tbeCollege of Physicians and Surgeons ofBaltimore, was marriedMonday noonto Mr. Jack Quarles Hewlett Smith,Jr., formerly of Pittsburg, but now of

Baltimore. The wedding took place atGrace Protestant Episcopal church,the chancel of which was adorned withwhite chrysanthemums and lightedwith tapers. Rev. Arthur ChiltonPowell, rectorof thechurch, officiated,and thebride was given away by herfather, with whom she entered thechurch. Tbe bride is a nieceof Sena-tor John N. Opie of this city, whereshe is wellknown.

The Highland Recorder hasreceivedthe following letter from Newton &Co., of Jersey City, N. J., in regard tosome two year old cattle recently soldby Mr. E. A. Dudley of that county :"Enclosed find a clipping from yourpaper that was sent to us. Will sayit speakswellfor Jacksonsriver cattle,but we want to say we sold 47two year jolds for Mr. D. V. Ruckman afew daysago thathe bought of oneof your best jgraziers, Mr. E. A. Dudley, of Crabbot- jtorn, that weighed here 1140, and were jsold to Shamburg & Sons, the largeßt jexporters in the U. S. and out of the47 they sent 42 to the London market,whereonly fine quality of cattlego. Sodo not think Jacksons river is in itwith Mr. Dudley."

Valley Virginia :?Advices fromJohns Hopkins hospital, where MayorLoth is under treatment, state that heis thought to be steadily Improving.If convalescencecontinuesheand Mrs.Loth, who is with him, will probablygo to Old Point for a time. Mrs. JohnMish, of Middlebrook, who bas beenspending some time with Mrs. D. 8.Condon, returned home Monday, ac-companied by Mrs. Condon, who willvisit in the Middlebrookneighborhoodseveral weeks.

Rev. Geo. Braxton Taylor, chaplainat Hollins Female Institute, and hisfather. Rev. Oeo. Broadman Taylor,for 30 years Baptist missionary toRome, Italy, were guests this week oftheirrelative, Mrs. Edwd. E. Pattesonat Augusta Springs. These gentlemenbad been attending the Baptist Asso-ciation here,and werevery prominentfigures in its proceedings. The elderMr. Taylor was the first pastor thatthe Baptist church had in this city,and has for more than a quarter of acentury been active in foreign missionwork. He has been in Americaon va-cation since June last.

Mr. T. M.Reynolds of CliftonForge,returned home thisweekafterattend-ing the Baptist Associationand visit-ing his friends and relatives. He wasa guest in tbe borne of his nephew,Mr. Chas. O. ¥ eager. Mr. Reynoldshad not been to Staunton (his formerhome) for manyyears, and found suchimprovements in the city that he wasjmuch impressed with its progress.Thebusiness portion of the town west

'of Augusta street, including Central

' avenue, the postofflce and vicinity1has all been built since he was here,and landing in that section from a 1night train he was quite confused fora timeto get his beariDgs.

Apples and Wheat at lbe World's Fair.Since it Is known that the Virginia

Commission is collecting 1,000 barrelsof apples for its exhibit at St. Louis,I am frequently asked what they ex-pect to do with so many and how dothey expect tokeep them till springand through the seven months of theWorld's Fair, which does not com-mence till tbe first of next April. Thisis the explanation?the fruit is nowbeing received in Richmond and asfast as it is picked over is repackedand placed in cold storage there. NextSpring when they areready to receiveit at the expoeition,it will be shippedto St. Louis in refrigerator cars andimmediately placed again in tbe largecold storage there. It will be spreadouton long tabl-8 displaying the manyvarieties to the best advantage, asmuch as several barrels at a time.Then everymorning this exhibit will

!be picked over and the specked applestakenout and replaced with soundones,so that we will have constantlyon band a presentable display of per-fect and attractive fruit. This planwill require a large stock of apples.It is said that Missouri, being so

convenient to the exposition will pro-bably endeavor to eclipse all otherStates in a fruit exhibit, but, with theimmense crop here both in quality aidquantity, Virginia does not hesitate toenter the lists and our people will haveoccasion to be proud of theirState inthin exhibit.

As to wheat, I have heard of noneyet that, in proposed for the f*ir thttcomes up to the two bushel sampleweighing (>."> pounds to The bushel

Pill be shown from Augusta byBowman, of Black & Bow-tatiuton.

T. C. Moktom,Press Agent.

\u25a0WEDDINGS.FISHBCRNK?CHILD.A pretty home wedding was solem-

nized In this city Wednesday morning

Ihe residence of the bride's father.G. G. Child, when Miss Annie De

.c Child became the bride of Mr.ius R. Fishburne. Promptly at 10ock the bride, precede by her maid

of honor. Miss Mary P. Miller, enteredtbe drawingroom with ber father,andwere met at the altar by the groom andbis best man, Mr. J. Baldwin Ranson,where the ceremony was impressivelyperformed by Rev. Dr. A. M. Fraser.The bride wore an exquisite gown ofWhite eolian crepe, with point lacethat had adorned ber mother's wedding dress, and a large white picturehat. Shecarried white chrysanthe-mums. Miss Miller worewhite crepede chine and carried yellow chrysan-themums. Mr: and Mrs. Fishburnewill be at home, 313 E. Beverly street,after DecemberBth.

Among those from a distance pres-ent were Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Fish-burne, parents of.the groom, Mr. andMrs. CD. Fishburne, Jr., Mr. andMrs. John Fishburne, of Charlottesville; Messrs. John C. and LathanChild, of W. Va., and Mrs. LouisaToddof New York. j

VAN METER M'CHESNEY.Miss Frances McCnesney, daughter

of the late Dr. W. S. McCnesney, ofthis city, and Mr. I. 0. Van Meter ofLexington Ky., wereqaietly marriedvVedoesday evening at lue home of thebride on Kalorama street. Toe cere-mony, which was witnessed by only afew immediate friends and relatives ofthe contracting parties, was perform-ed by Rev. Dr. A. M. Fraser. Mr. andMrs. Van Meter will make their homein Lexington X--

WOLFREY?:LIVICKAt the Baptist parsonage on Wed-

nesday evening at 9 o'clock, Mr. Win-free W. Wolfrey and Miss EdmoniaV. Livick werequietly married. Rev.M. L. Woodperforming the ceremony.The bride is adaughter of Mr.and Mrs.A. J. Livick, and the groom is alsowell Known.

EARLY?HUFF.A qniet wedding took placeWednes-

day afternoon near Valley Mills, whenI Miss Annie Huff, apopularyoung ladyof that section, became the bride ofMr.. JosephW. Earlyof tbe same neigh-borhood. The ceremony was perform-ed by Rev. FrasierFurr.

SHEFFER?BALDWIN.A quiet wedding occurred in this

city Wednesday morning when Mr.Wm. C. Sheffer and Miss Katie Bald-win, both of the county, were unitedin theholy bonds of matrimony.

A Former Siatiotonian off for SouthAmerica.

A. G Barman of Goshen, a formerenterprising citizen of Staunton, wasto sail from New York Tuesday forGuaykill. Ecquador, on engagementfor at least one year, to resume hisposition with tbe Guaykill & QuitoRy. Co. as its superintendent of con-struction. Mrs. Harman accompaniedhim as far as NewYork to see him offMr. Archer Harman of New York, isManaging Director of tbe road, andMajor John A. Harman now in Ec-quador, is chief engineer of tbe road,which is to go through the Andes fromGuaykill to Quito, 120 miles, openingup a magnificent country rich in gold,silver, copper, lead,&c, also abound-ing in sheepand cattle. Twelve thou- ,sand laborersare on the work whichAl. Harman will direct. He gets thefine salary of $6,000 in gold and his ex-penses from the timehe left Stauntontill his return, which may be morethana year from now. His trip willtake him three weeks, going by steam-er south around Cuba toColon, acrossthe isthmus of tbe new State of Pan-ama, thence down thePacific coast ofSouth America to bis destination inEcuador. His son, Kenton, is inEcuador as private secretary of Maj.Harman, also ona nice salaryof $2,400a year.

' Happenings at Stover. IStover, Nov. 18.?The German Bap-

tist Brethren wbo have been holdinga, series of meetings here for severalweeks, closed it Wednesday night.

MissKenme Reeves,formerlyof thisplace, but now of Mossy Creek, wasmarried to Mr. Charles Rusmiselle, ofMoscow, Tuesday, Nov 10, inChurchville,by Rev. J. M. Plowden of thePresbyterian church. Miss Reeveswas quite popular and had manyfriends here.

Mr. Hiden of Lyndhurst, bought R.H. Ralston and Son's saw mill lastTuesday.

Mrs. Sarah A. Dinkle is right muchcomplaining.

Mrs. P. H. Silling and son, Wade, ofnear Staunton,spent Sunday with Mrs.Silling's sister, Mrs. Valentine Hup-man.

Mrs. Wm. Hogsett spent last Tburs-dap with ber sister, Mrs. JamesReevesof MOssy Greek.

Mr. and Mrs. S. P. McKee spentSat-urday and Sunday with theirdaughterin Mount Sidney.

Miss Myrtle Obaugh spent Sundaywith Mr. William Obaugh's at Mos-cow.

Miss Maude Floyd is staying inBridgewater with hersister, Mrs. Chas.N. Hiner,who has been quite sick forthepast few dayß.

Mr. A. R. Gilkeson went to Head-waters Monday to meet his cattle.

Mrs. Bruce Whitmore and Mrs.George Dunlap spent Tuesday andWednesday with Mr. Bruce Dinkle'sand Mr. Wm. Hogsett's.

Mrs. Richard McNair is visiting herniece, Mrs. White in Bridgewater.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Zigler went toMonterey Monday.

Mr. William Silling from MiddleRiver, was here on business Tuesday.

Mrs. Sarah M. Whitmoreand daugh-ter, Miss Ida, werein Staunton Satur-day, and spent thenight with Mrs. P.H Silling.

Mr. andMrs. John Shipiet,and Mrs.Lucy Frye spent a few days last weekat Mr. W. J. Shipiet. They left Sat-urday to visit relatives near WestView.

Mr. J. H. Ralston and Rev. JohnGlick went toBarren Ridge Thursday.

Miss Mary Hess Silling is visitingMiss Francis Anderson near Staun-ton.

Mrs. Mary Dryden returned homefrom Mossy Creek Thursday, afterspending some time withher daughter,Mrs. James Reeves.

Mrs. Bruce Dinkle spent Friday withher sister in-law,Mrs. Virginia Lightncrat Valley Mills. j

Miss Cora Beard of Rockbridge, ishere visiting the Misses Beard.

Mr. R. W. Skeleton lost a calf Sun-day ofblack leg. i

Greenville Gleanings.Greenville,Nov. 17.?Mr. Campbell,

of Bueoa Vista, has brught from tbeheirs of the late James B. Collins, theCollins farm of 78 acres, two milesnorth of here for $3,100.

Samuel M. Serrett bought last Fri-day, from Messrs. Moore andLetcherof Lexington, the A- A. McCormickfarm near Rockbridge Baths, o'-182for$6,500.

C. D. McClure, who bought theB.F.McClung Mill farm of 180aci-esfor 87,---250 nearhere, has moved to it from theold Misb farm near Middlebrook.

Mr. Harnsberger, who bought theMish place nearMiddlebrook, has soldit to M.\ "s«)wton Baylor, and will givepossess,;. J'Mi. Ist, 1904.

Dr. B. B. 1 icCutchan, whobas beenpracticing medicine here for severalyears, has soli out his business andproperty here to his brother-in law,Dr. Tuttle of Craigsville, and willlocate in Richmond. Dr. Tuttle hasmovedhis family here.

Lawrence Mct'amy, a coloredyouthot rather bad character, was arraign-ed before Justice McKee Friday laston tbe charge of robb'ug the diary ofDr. T. Van Davis last August, andwas sent on to the grand jury.

Several days ago Mrs. Col. H. J.Williams, whilstcoming downthe stepsmadein mistep and broke a bone inber leg. It will be remembered thatshe bas beenparalyzed on one sideandthis broken leg is the paralyzed one.She is doing well.

Mrs. Annie Hawpe,widowoftbe lateAdam H. Hawpe, bas been granted agension by the U. 8. Government.[er back pay will $633 with monthly

pay of $8 for herself $2 per month eachfor her six cl-ildren.

Mr. F. G. Sbultz, mailcarrier onroute No. 2,hasmoved into bis comfor-table new home, just oppositetbe Bap-tist church.James G. Elliott, Esq., removed afewdays from tbe McClung Mill here ito the Bell's Mills near Swoope.

Messrs. Moore and Letcher of Lex-ington, were in town Friday on busi- jness.

H. B. McGuffin, Esq., left Mondayfor Wilson's Springs on abear hunt.

Hiner and Miller bought a lot oftimberfromH.J.Williamsandare nowcutting and sawingit.

Sudden Death of a Prominent Farmer.Mr. Jacob Zirkle, one of the bestknown farmers of the county, died

suddenly Wednesday eveningabout 7o'clock while en route to his home afew miles north of Staunton. He hadbeen to town on business and was re-turning home when stricken, and wasdead before they could get him to thehouse a short distanceoff. He is sur-vived by his wifeand two sons, Messrs.Frank Zirkleof Washington, and Lu-ther Zirkle, who resided with his par-ents. Mr Zirkle has been a residentof Augusta county nearly the whole ofhis useful life. He was about 60 yearsof age, a member of Bt. JamesLuther-an church, and deservedly popularwith everyone. During thelatewar hebore arms with the Confederacy, andhad arecord for bravery and patriot-ism of which any one might well beproud. His funeral will takeplace to-day from St. JamesLutheran church.

Court Meets Monday.The county court begins its Novem-ber term next Monday, the 23rd. The

following gentlemen have been sum-moned to serve on juries: Ivan H.Ligbtner, Frank McCue, John A.Shuey, H. E. Gay, F. L. Chew, JohnT. Bocock, W. F. Fretwell, S. H Har-per, W. B. Kremer, Jr., E. L. Eakle,JamesT. Ker, Crawford W. Simms,Lee S. Christian, W. A. McComb, J. J.Bowman,and W. R. Youell.Tbe jurors summoned for Tuesday,November24, 1903. are as follows:Charles M. Patrick, G. CrawfordMiller, S. H. Parkins, Charles Brooks,Robert Kunkle, Stuart Boiling, Wil-liam Bashaw, Silas Barger, A. J.Ritchie, J. B. Goolsby, JosephS. Cald-well B. N. Fry, John Tutwiler, J. 8.Jordan, G. W. Trimble, and R. L.Crawford.

Will Close Thanksgiving.We, the undersigned merchants do-

ing business in the city of Staunton,do hereby agree to closeour respectiveplaces of business on Thursday, No-vember 26. 1903. "Thanksgiving:"Albert Sbuliz, S. D. Timberlake. H.H. Bolen, H. L. Lang, D. L. Switzer,D. A. Kingan, H. M. Lewis. Caldwell-Sites Op., H. Clay Miller & Co., McH.Holliday, Tutwiler & Parrent, E. B.Lipscomb, Mrs. George R. Kingeter,W. S. Knißley, JohnT. Barris, Sbreck-hise & Bear, American Stock Co,Tbe Timberlake Shoe Co., A. LeeKnowles, M. Summerfield, J. S. Mote,Hanger & Garber, N. Harris, JosephL. Barth & Co., Weinberg ClothingCo., Zirkle& Bryan, Southern Install-ment Co., Euritt & Woodhouße, A.Loeb & Co., Parlor Millinery, LoebBros., J. D. Campbell, C. E. Ault, V.L. Denny, James H. Woodward andA. E. Harnsberger.

A New Daily Paper.We are to haveanother daily paper

soon, to be known as tbe StauntonDis-patch. The publication is to be anafternoon paperand will be editedbytbe veteran newspaper man, R. D.Haislip, who is too welland favorablyknow to thereading public to need !any introduction at our hands. Mr.Haislipwill be ably assisted by Mr. F.M. Lorraine, formerly of the DailyNews, who will attend the businessdepartmentof tbe new paper, givingit that persistent energy that basheretoforecharacterized his efforts.The publication has secured quarterson North Augusta street betweenMain andFrederick, and will makeits bow to the public about the first ofDecember.

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City Markets.CountryProduce.

Staunton.Va.Nov. 19,1903.CorrectedBy J. A.Fauver &t!o., anil the

Whltestar Mills.Wheat? 80IT lour?patent 4.25@4.50

Family 3.85a4.100Straight 3.65 a 3.90Offals, per ton $20.00 a21.00Chickens per lb, young 10Kksts .... 25Butter Id

Live Stock Markets.Baltimore, Nov. 17.

Cattle?Receipts for the week 3913 head,against 4051 head last week.

85car loads on sale. With the ezceptionof a veryfew selected butcher cattle themarket ruled 15c to 25c lower, and closedvery dull.

Quote?Steers, export, ?5.00a 5.25; butch-er, *4.00a4.75; heifers, 12 50a4.00; cows$1 50aS 25; bulls, 62 25a3 85. jHogs?Pair supply and market slow.Quote?Westerns, light, ?5.60a ; fromother points, ?5.10a5.25; roughs, $4 00a4 75

Sheep and Lambs?Pair supply, marketsteady. Quote?Sheep, J2.0Ja4.00; Lambs, I$4.25a5.85j Calves?Fair supply; market steady.Quote oommonto best *4a8.00.

Fresh Cows?Fair supply: market stea-dy. Quote?common to best, 917a50 perhead.

ToastTablets. Iting Session?Dedication of the INew Staunton Church. I

Virginia Baptist General Asso-met here last Thursday nighteightieth annual convention.

00 delegateswere in attendance.The exercises were opened by Presi-

dent George W. Beale. Theintroduc-tory sermon was preached by RevThomas Shiptnan. Rev. M. L. Wood,pastor, delivered the address of wel-come, which was responded to by Mr.E. L. Grace of Martinsville,Va. Thefollowing officers were elected: President-Judge W. W. Moffett, Salem,Va.; Vice-Presidents?T. H. Ellett,Richmond; Rev. W. P. Hmes, Ports-mouth; Dr. John Poljard, Bowling

RI. B. Lake, Upperville; beereta-C. Smith, Appomattox; Treas-

B. A. Jacob, Richmond; AuditorMontgomery, Richmond The

rer reports that there was a balanceon bandof $8 802.M, Dr. S. C. Mitcbell and Dr John, of Atlanta,spoke on tbe negroquestion. Dr White saiJ lhat of the25,000,000 inhabitants in t!.e South today 9 000,000 aie negroes and 4,000,1 00are foreign tjorn. The problem whichconfronts tbe South is a startling one.Those who stand tbe nearest the bur-den are best prepared to be,ar it, hesaid. The negroes weredeclared to benaturally of the Baptist persuasion,and the speaker said it is incumbentupon the Baptists to look after theirwelfare.

Dr. Mitchell said that if an anti-negro plank be placedin the next Demo-cratic platform it will be morefatal tothe party than the slavery question.

The home mission report was madeby Rev. B L. Pickard. Tbe openingaddress of the evening was made byRev. R. B Garrett, who madea strongappeal for the continuanceof the workof home mission.

The newand handsome Church herewas formally dedicated, the exercises itaking place at 3 o'clock Sunday af jternoon. j

Always on the lookoutfor some-thing new and useful, we feel that inoffering our "SmartToasts for SmartiPeople " beautifully etched on brassand mounted on a frame, we have secured a real novelty at a reasonableprice.

We have small booklets illustrating the designs we carry in stock,which we will mail to any one onrequest.

So we say select your favoriteToast and send to your friend.

H. L. LANG,St tnlon, Va.

THE BURGOMASTER.

Tbe Merry Muslclal Comedy Here To-morrow Nlgbt.

That jolly jingle''TheBurgmaster,"oneof the merriest musical comediesthat has ever been in Staunton willmakeits bow here at tbe operahouse,Saturday evening, Nov. 21.

The production promised this time,in more ways than one, is decidedlydifferent from that seen last season,and although it contains all of the oldfamiliarmelodies, nevertheless it ad-mits of many new musical numberswhichare introduced, in addition tomany vaudevillefeatures. The compa-ny is the largest andmosteminent thismerry melange has ever had, and com-prisesRath White, OscarL. Figman,Thomas Ricketts, William RileyHatch, R. J. Hoye, CharlesSharp, Geo.McKissock, Helen Dexter, HammettSheldon, Louise Brackett and Josep-hine Ditt, in addition to the celebrated"girlie" chorus of Western beauties.

"The Burgomaster" vivedly recallsto mind that insinuatingly "catchy"strain of "The Taleof theKangaroo,"as sung and danced by a trio andchorus. In fact this little musical"hit"isgreeted with moreenthusiasm,laughter and applause and whistles,blended Into a volume of sound, thatit is the nearest approachto an uproarthat the theatre has known for manya day, and before the response to thefirst encore in completed, the gallerytakes up the air and the theatre ringswith a whistledrefrain.j {A new song,"Mdlle. New York"has made a big hitin Chicago, where "TheBurgomaster"has just finished a run. As a whole"TheBurgomaster" is a blending ofbright music, comedy (and is truecomedy) clever entertainers, prettyfaces and shapely forms, costumesthat arenovel, unique and rich andscenic and electric effects that rivalAladdin in his splendor. Seats nowsale at Shultz's Bookstore.

THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.

National Park.Every voter in Augusta county is

urgently solicited to co operate in aneffort that is being madetosecure fromCongress an appropriationfor the pur-pose of purchasing Betsy Bell moun-tain and converting it into a NationalPark, and for the erection thereon ofa monument as a memerial to bothConfederateand Union soldiers, '61 65.All that is askedfor from the voters isthat they clip the following petitionfrom this paperand after signing it,mail the same in a2c stamped envel-ope to S. P. Brockway, Staunton, Va.«who willforward it to Congress, to-gether with tbe petition that is beingcirculatedand freely signed by votersof Staunton.

PETITION,To the Honorable Member of the 58th

Congress, U.S. A.The undersigaed voters in the State of

Virginia, respectfully petition your bodyto vote an appropriation of1100,000for thepurpose of securing possession of a moun-tain known as Betsy Bell and convertingit into a National Park, and also for erect-ing thereon a monumentas a memorial toboth Confederate and Union soldiers,1861-65.

SignP. O. Address !

j. ne presentation or the building wasmade by Capt. William H. Kable onbehalf of the committee. An able de-dicatory sermon was preached by Rev.

IJ-. M. Frost, of Nashville. Tenu. Rev.Dr. George B. Taylor, Rev. JamesNel-son and Rev. Charles Mauley, formerpastors of tbe church, were present.- Dr. Taylor, first pastor of the churchand nowa missionaryto Italy,preach-ed the morning sermon to about 800persons. There were over 400 dele-gates in attendance at the conventionand about 600 Staunton people that[were present filled the new church totits utmost capacity. There were atleast a thousand persons who couldnot Igain admittance.

Rev. Dr. VV. J. McGlathiu spoke onthe SouthernBaptist Theological Semi-nary and its work, Ray. Dr. Richard-son, Dr. W. E. Hatcher. Dr. Hall, Dr.J. M. Jones, Dr. J. M. Frost and Dr.Eakle, liaaucial representative of theseminary, spoke ou the same subject.

Dr. Jones said that while he consid-ered the seminary under discussionthe ministerial school of Virginianshe had nothing to say against the oth-et theological schools of the country, jwith one exception?that of Chicago,endowedby JohnD. Rockefeller. Rath-er than havefounded that infidel institution, said theDoctor withmuch em-phasis, Rockefeller would have donemorefor religion had he thrown hismillions into thewatersofLakeMichi-gan. Its teachings of new ideas andnew religious discoveries,declared Dr.Jones, are a blight upon the country.

The Baptist General Association ad-journed Monday to meetat PetersburgNovember 15,1904.

Dies Suddenly.

Rev. Wickliffe Y. Abraham, a wellknown Baptist minister, diedsuddenlyof heart disease Monday afternoon inRichmond. He was on his way fromthe session of the General Associationat Staunton and waa stricken while ona street car. Death resulted in a fewminutes.

Mr. Abraham was a member of aprominent Virginia family, wasborn near Goshen, and was well knownthroughout the South. He filled sev-eral important pastorates, but gaveup the ministry on account of deafnessand had for several yearsbeen engagedin the business. He issurvivedby his mother, widow and twochildren.

Saw Teeth Extracted Without Pain.Our reporter visited the office of the

BaltimoreDental association and cawteeth extracted absolutely withoutpain by their new painless method.By interviewing tbe managerhe learned that this is a newprocess gotten upby the associatiou which they havebeen working on for a number of yearsand have recently perfected it forwhich they deserve great credit. Theyhave extracted hundreds of teet 1 inthis city and gave entire satisfactionin everycase and everybody*has a goodword for tbe association.?LynchburgNews-Herald.

Their office in Staunton Marquisbuilding, corner of Malu and Auaustastreets. Entrance on Augusta Street.

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sutatteel SENATOR THURSTON,

The Brilliant Statesman from Nebraska,Makes an Important Public Utterance,

OTERIOR OF THE TOTTED STATES SEXATE CHAMBER.Ex-SenatorJohn M. Thurston, of Omaha, Nebraska,'Is oneof the most promi-nent and influential men in the country. He made the speech nominating Presi-

dent McKinleyat the St. Louis convention,and was made permanent Chairmanof thisconvention. He was also made Chairman of the convention that renomi-nated the late PresidentMcKinley atPhiladelphia. He was appointed by Pres-identMcKinley tobe Chairman of the St.Louis Exposition Commission.

This prominent gentlemanrecently wrote the following letter to The PeranaMedicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio:

Washington, D. C, April 6,1901."Ihave usedPerunaat various times during thepastyearor twowith most satisfactoryresults."It entirelyrelieved mefrom an irritating cough?the result of

excessiveeffort in tbepresidential campaign, and I am a firm be-lieverIn its efficacyfor any such trouble."?Jno. M. Thurston.catarrh nas alreadybecome anational

curse. Its ravages extend from oceantoocean.

More than one-half the people areaffected by it. It has become such aserious matter that it has passed theboundaries of the medical professionand become a national question. Sena-

are talking about it; Congressmenare discussing it.

They arenot only considering theex-tent and chronic nature of the disease,but the possibility of finding a nationalremedy to meet this national calamity.

The catarrhremedy, Peruna, seems tobo the main expectation In tills direc-

Dr. Hartman, President of The Hart-man Sanitarium, devised the remedy,Peruna, over forty years ago, and theremedy as acatarrh curehas been grow-ing In favorsteadily all these years, t-It stands to-daybefore the nation as a

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