'm^^. M. GLRI COR. MAIN and COMML' Glass. Rnnk -HsV'- ^^m'4> ■^^ IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC. Rock and Rye, . Peach and Honey "Whiskies of all Grades, Werner's "AMERICAN" Champagne Eq\ial to Imported French Wines, PUT UP IN SAME STYLE. fills, (i ifti.) 11 1 lisi, CuirlSj (I ioi,) $11 1 Urn. " m m\m mm mm" Sure and Swift Cure for Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, etc., KEY WEST CIQARS A SPECIALTY. OF ALL KINDS IN FLASKS A? D BOTTLES OF ALL SIZES, AT I ANDREW J. DALTON'S 125 :iv£a,in- Street, opposite Citizens' Bank, NORFOLK, VA. 5;^f°.ibJ.l O-oocis O-VLStraan-teed. as ^^epresean.ted.."'fBa - O dear Saviour, meelc and mild, who wast once a little child. Listen while we children pray for Thy blessing day by day. The Norfolk Virginian '^'^^i^^V^'S:?^^ /f' A Sketch of Its History. uected Witli It. The Men TP7/0 Have B^i Coii Its Jjyji'k and Lahors. The first number of Thk Virginian was issued November 21st, 1865, by Messrs. G. A. Sykes & Co. A. M. Keily, Esq., and Captain James Barron Hope were the editors. Col. Kichard Lewellen was the business manager. Tlie office was then locfited on Main street, opposite the Exchange National Bank, now Marshall's dyeing establishment. The pros- pectus set forth that "apart troni the usual fea- tures of journalism, we design that Tnii; Viit- GiNiAN should be especially devoted to the ad- vancement of the prosperity of Norfolk and her sister city, and the large sr-ction of Vir- ginia whose interests are common with them." Five months after the first issue a change in ownership and staff occurred, an interest in the paper having been purchased by Col. Lew- ellen. Capt. Hope retired from the paper, and Col. William E. Cameron, the present Govern- or of Virginia, assumed the editorship. Some ijionths afterwards a new compan}^ was form- ed, consisting of Col. J. K'. Lewellen, Solomon Hudgcs, Edward J-L 1 lodges, T. B. RufRn and J. C. Adkissou, under the firm name of J. R. Lewellen &■ Co. In November, 1866, Colonel Lewellen wnthdrew in order to take charge of the Norfolk Journal. His interest was pur- chased by the remaining partners and the firm name was changed to S. Hodges & Co., with J. Marshall Hamia as editor. ] In January, 1867, the management of the paper was tendered to M. Glennan, Esq., (then in his twenty-second year) and on the 17th of the month he entered upon the discharge of the duties of the position. The new firm made their purchase of Tnii Virginian on a capital of PiKTY-Fivi: DOLLARS, the total amount of spare change in their pockets, and the terms of the agreement were, that the entire purchase money should be paid in two years, in equal weekly installments, and a failure to mcLt any one of the payments would be considered a forfeiture and the payments made looked upon as oul}^ so much rent. Mr. Hanna retirmg from the editorship after a service of a few months, the position was offered to and accept- ed by Capt. Hope. In November, 1867, Mr. Glennan purchased an interest in the paper, and on August 1st, 1868, the office was re- moved to Nos. n6 and 58 (teanoke avenue, a building erected expressly for the purpose, enlarged quarters being required in order to meet the increased business demands of the paper. On February 9, 1870, Mr. Sol. Hodges disposed of his interest to the other members of the company, and the firm name was chang- \ ed to Glennan, Kuffin it Co. In the following , j'ear Mr. Kdward H Hodges, on account of < failing health, sold his interest, and on De- cember 14, 1872, Mr Glennan purchased the interest of T. B. Ruffin, and the firm name was changed to Glennan & Adkisson On 1st October, 1873, Capt. Hope retired from the editorship of The Virginian in order to enter , upon the same duties on The Landmark, with which paper he was likewise connected in the ' ownership The lamented ' apt. John Hamp- den Chamberlayne, one of the ablest and most J brilliant journalists of the country, was select- , ed to fill the vacancy. The business of the paper having steadily increased, it was found necessary either to seek new quarters or im- 1 prove the premises then occupied, and the owners of the property assenting to the latter in consideration of a renewal of the lease, then expiring, for a new term of six years, a new story was added to the building for the special use of the composing-room of the newspaper i department, the jobroom occupying the entire ' second fioor. This improvement was comple- ' ted in the latter part 1873. On Uth of March, \ 1876, Capt. Chamberlayne retired from the ^_ paper, in order to commence the publication of < his paper. The State, in Richmond. Capt. John S. Tucker, afterwards mayor of Norfolk, ' was tendered and accepted the editorship. On ' March 24th, 1876, Mr. J. C. Adkisson disposed ^ of his interest to Mr. Glennan, in consequence \ of which the latter became the sole owner of ( the paper. In June, 1878, Mr. Glennan, finding that the increased business of The Virginian required ' more commodious quarters and greater facili- \ ties, and at the same time wishing a more cen- tral and convenient location, purchased the , large and splendidly-built four story. brick- building on the S. E. corner of Main and Com- 1 merce streets. The location is in the very \ business centre of the city, on the principal^ thoroughfare, and in the immediate vicinity of i the postofEce, banks and banking houses, tele- graph offices, &c. Immediate steps were taken i to improve it. The entire interior of the build- < ing was changed, the lower fronts on Com- * merce and Main streets remo>ieled by putting' in a handsome open front. The two lower \ floors were divided into stores and oflaces from , which a revenue could be derived, not only to pay the interest on the investment, but also i materially assist in reducing the principal The corner offline on the ground floor, was re- 1 i^as its influence as a leading journal been con- ' served for the countingroom of The Vtegin ', IAN. The two uppe: stories were devoted en- tirelj' to the mechanical depai'tments of the I oflice. The composing, and dryingrooms oc- ' cupying the upper story, and the extensive ' jobroom and bindery the third floor. On this '' floor was also located the editorial rooms and ' private oflnce, but recently, the increased busi ', ness demands ol the joboifice and bindery re. quiring more space, the editorial rooms were ceded. In all matters relating to the advance- ' ment and prosperity of Nortolk its opinions | have been respected, and in the advocacy ot^ all measures that tended to develop the great , natural resources of Virgiiua, its record has , been most enviable. Its establishment found Norf )lk occupying "the least place among the ' great Atlantic ports." Now Norfolk occupies a proud position and ranks as one of the prin- -^ „- . , - , cipal cotton ports in the country. Then mili- rsmoved to the upper story, in order to give ; ^^ry rule 'foreign to the genius of our govern- thejobaud bindery depart i:. cuts the entire ' j-^gut^ and utterly incompatible with liberty", use of the third floor. In tlu- rear of the main i j^gj^i sway in the Commonwealth, now its peo- ' building was erected the pret^s and engineroom, j ^\q enjoy the blessings of "Home Kule," and and connecting the pressroom with the com- \ during tlie last decade Virginia has shown an posing and jobrooms is an elevator used for | incj-g^e in population of four hundred thou:-| lowering and hoisting the newspaper and job j sand. Her vast mineral wealth is being rap- forms. Every store, office and workroom in | j^j^y developed, agriculture is largely and pro- the building is supplied with water for the j fitably engaged in, railroads are extending in needs ot tenants and employees are placed on ] every direction, steamboat linei \ each floor. Every convenience and improve- I ment for the rapid dispatch of business intro- • duced. Nothing was overlooked that would • tend to facilitate work and add to comfort. ' The purchase and improvements, including the • cost of a magnificent press, built expressly for *The Virginian and capable of printing tAvo , papers at a time, were made at an outlay ot every direction, steamboat lines have been and are being established, and on every hand, and on every side we have evidences ot wonderful enterprise, and witness the cheering results ot thrift and progress. During its career. The Virginian has con- ^ stantly supported the cardinal principles and , leading measures ot the National Democratic , nearly twenty thousa,):! dollars. On the first party belieymg the success of that paity bes ofJanuary,ltf7y,theuew quarters were for- ; calculated to promote the prospei y of all merly occupied, the entire removal of all the ^ sections of our common country /! l^f "^- eflects from the old oflice having been made s sted upon reform m ^^^ }''^}^^^'%'^Jlt^^^, the day previous, without a break in the usual ; lie service and economy m the administiation businei and the event was celeb, ated by the of National Sta e and ^^^f^^^^^'^'^^'-Jl i«,,,p of in eiaht nao-e naner eivino- a full lias been a taithlul defender of public credit, ?i of he fecal ^eventJ'o? the g-I"Sus year and has earnestly struggled to preserve the a history of our municipal government, and a , honor of Virgin m froni being sullied m the review of the city's trade On the 31st of slightest by the taint of repudiation It poin^ March, 1880, Capt^ Tucker retired from the with satistac ion to its advocacy of the fm.^^^^^^ editorship, which department has since been , tion of a paid hre department, the establi.^^^ rnndnctpd hv Mr Glennan nient of the city water A\orks, the consoUda- '°?n hlloSy^arfhe^^^^^^^^ all the de- I tion of the railroads IbrnnX^^ ^ partmenti of The Virginian has bean greatly tolk and \ estern I'^ll^oad e edemij^^^ added to. In order to secure dispatch m the the Second Conpx^ssional D.^tnc u 18«^"* ^J. " f ^ capacity of the jobroom, and extensive addi- combined armies «* Araenca and Fianc , < tions in the wa3 of cutting and stitching ma- ^^^ ^^^'l^ ^flf ff. .^^^l ^^.^^J'^vt^S^ • chines have been put in the bindery, thus ren- tablis led the United btates o ^me ca and » deringthe office one of the most complete in was tlie crowning epoch "//, ,^ ^^^,\"'"J^;";"\ ; the .Lh; and so pronounced by all .^lo have struggle ^^^^^^ ^^^i^^^^^ ;"Sin brief is the sketch of the business i -^by ^overiior 1^1^ (Career of liiE Virginian. It is a record ol successful journalism unparallelleil in history of the i)ress of tiie South. Because of the fact, that its success has been secured by individual efl'ort unaided by the help generally secured by reasons of stock companies, or the aid ren- dered by corporate or other influence. In its struggles it has fought its own battles, and it is gratifying to note that while its success as a business venture has been recognized, so also ment of commissioner to represent Virginia at the Centennial, and Captain Tucner was se- lected by Senator Johnston as the secretary of the Yorktown Centennial Commission. In December, 1881, it commenced to agitate the formation of a merchants exchange, and to- day our city boasts a most excellent organiza- tion of our merchants in the Merchants' and Maniifactui-ers' Exchange of Norfolk and Portsmouth. ■P In its desire to advance the business and I commercial interests of Norfolk, The Virgin- ian has spared neither labor or expense, and J its efforts in this respect have elicited and com- manded not only words of praise from our ' people, but the most favorable comments from I the prtss of the country. Specially for this , purpose it inaugurated ihe issuing of eight and , twelve page "special mammoth editions " when i ten thousand copies >f each were issued and 'Circulated all over the country. These issues ' contained the first general exhibit of the trade I and commerce ol JSorlolk in all its branches. I By this means the outside world was made , acquainted with the rapid strides our city has > taken in its onward march. The magnitude ' of this growth was explained by tables of sta- tistics, showing with the brevity of figures the I kind and quality of business done at this port, and the "issues" contained maps of the city, with a plan of proposed extension, and of its ' trade onraa, exhibiting railroad, steamship and canal lines terminating at Norfolk. They were also illustrated with views of the city land harbor. The press ol the country com- , piled statements of Norfolk's trade from these I editions of The Virginian, and by this means ' our prosperity was heralded throughout the ' land. In this sketch of The Virginian, I will not be amiss to allude to the links which connects it with the history of the press of this and other States, furnishing as it has so many for those who have been associated with it, to edit and conduct and manage the departments of I successful and enterprising journals. In this ' city, it has given to that able journal, the Nor- folk Landmark, Captain James liarron Hope, I to edit ; Mr. IS. S. Nottingham, Jr., to manage, and Mr. J. S. Barcroft to superintend its job department. To tlie enterprising and success- ful Ledger it gave that veteran Democrat, Col. I J. R. Lewellen, its able manager, Mr. J. G. Fiveash, and its well known and clever local editor, T. B. Kuffin, Esq Colonel Lewellen and Mr. Fiveash, previous to the establish- ment of The Ledger, were connected with the management of the Norfolk Journal, going to ' that paper from The Virginian. The Mor- , folk Weekly Herald is owned by that ener- , getic young journalist, Mr. W. 8." Copes who ' commenced his business life on The Virgin- ian. The Portsmouth Enterprise was estab- lished by Mr. John VV. H. Porter, who just previous was t'le Portsmouth city editor of ] The Virginian, by the late Mr. M. W. Con- , cannon, who learned his business in Thk . ViRGiniAN office, and Mr. R. W. Glassett, who ' in 18G6-67, was attached to this paper. He is now the excellent Portsmouth city editor of [ The Landmark. Mr. J. Wilcox, the editor |of the Portsmouth Weekly Observer, Is also , of The Virginian's staff. From The Vir- iGiNiAN the present Executive of the State, Governor Cameron, was called to edit the Petersburg Index, and at this writing Mr. W. y. Copelaud, one of the owners of the Peters- burg Mail, left the service of this paper to es- tablish that journal. To establish the Rich- mond State, ihe lamented John Hampden Chamberlayne resigned the editorship of Thk i Virginian, and associated with him that bril- liant journalist, lately departed, "Brevity" I Jeiinett, who was connected with Thk Vir- ginian in its infancy. Major James F. Milli- ' gan, since connected with so many papers,] was in 1866-67 and 68 the active local editor of Thi; Virginian, leaving it to assume the same position on the Norfolk Journal. Then, < too, we have Mr. Henry S. Brooke and Mr. Alex. Bell, who commenced their journalistic' careej as city editors of The Virg inian, and \ who are now respectively associated with jour- ' najs in New Mexico and New York. There, are others, whose names we cannot noAV recall, i but those mentioned will tend to demonstrate ' the strong ties that connect The Virginian with so many of its associates in journalism. Such so far has been the work of The Vir- ginian. Ic has not been as complete as iti would wish it, yet it has been as complete as i its means and its laliors permitted. But for' the kind assistance of a generous public, who have ever shown their appreciation, it could | not have been as successful as it ha.s been. In [ '. the future as in the past it will seek to merit i i'that confidence and support that has alwa3'S( I been extended. THK VniGINIAIl ROOK AND JOll PRINTING ES- TABLISHMENT. This department of Thk Virginian's busi- ness is the most extensive and complete of any establisliment in Eastern Virginia and North i Carolina. Its facilities lor turning out work ' are unexcelled, and we are prepared to exe- ' cute every description of job and letter press ] printing, from a business card to a mammoth poster, with neatness, correctness and dispatch. ; Fine and color printing is a specialty. Every ! attention will be giveu to the printing of books, ' ^ catalogues, lawyers' briels, letter and note ' I heads, bill heads, shipping tags, business cards, | I show cards, hand bi.ls. programmes, wedding' j invitations, railroad and steamboat printing. I Large experience in business, tlie employment i of skilled workmen, and the addition of new designs for fancj' priming are among the re-' sources of the establishment. Its specimens ! of printing are always subject to inspection, I and all who desire printing are invited to ] ! come and judge for themselves. We are pre- I pared to compete with Northern publishing ^ i houses, and sin^. ply ask an examination and' j trial. j OUR BINDERY, BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTORY | I AND RULING DEPARTMENT. i I Besides its job printing establishment. The ' ] Virginian has also an extensive bincery and ' , blank book manufactory and paper rulii g c.c- I partment, by which it 's prepared to manu-, facture, in the best manner and at the shortest ( notice, all kinds of blank books, such as ledg- ers, journals, cash and day books, invoice and ' order books, check and note books, and bills ' of lading books, in any manner that may be | needed, and at figures that will compete with [ , the lowe.^t Northern rates This department j S'"ve.s an.l Tinware, I . . ., , r • J „„j „„„,,„f„r,f <'a'"riai'e aud Harness 3()'1,0G() lis in the charge of experienced and competent | oysters 880,000 workmen, and we guarantee our work to com- j Butcher Trade ' pete in quality and style wi'.h any. Old books I Newspaper, Job Printm- and Binding •rebound, and pamphlets, magazines, music, i ^l\;^;,f;';;-;-;;;;;;;--;;;;;;--;;;;;;-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; '^^^^^^^^ ' newspapers, periodicals, bound in the best style. By the addition of our ruling depart- ment we are able to fill all orders for letter heads, bill heads, note heads, railroad and ' steamboat blanks, and all work of this nature, at reduced rates. Orders solicited and prompt- ] ly attended to. 3iistne-s of 1«8 ►.. Iiioiease in favwr < .S6il„Q0O 125,111)1) :175 000 55,220,ri.'S(i 38,200,4aa 1" UHH S;n,020,220 This it will be admitted is a grand showing. Norfolk's Export Trade. The Trade of Norfolk for the Year 1888. The first systematic and nearly actual com- pilation of the trade of Norfolk, was presented by Thf, Virginian in its celebrated trade is- sue of Monday October 4th, 1880. It was a \ paper that comprised a vast amount of busi- , ness statistics as well as a complete reriew of ithe city's municipal government and local hi^- ' tory. In our special issue of August 5th, 1879, ' a very complete statement was furnished. I Both these issues commanded conspicuous at- I tention, not only throughout the United States, I but abroad, and this time we have demands for copies of the same. We issued editions of ' ten thousand copies and Norfolk was never ' better or more thoroughly advertised. Its I showing, as a business point then was consid- I ered remarkable, and we think we can safely say that since the issues of these papers, our • city has been more spoken of, and a greater ' prosperity has been witnessed than even be- I fore recorded in its history. In 1880 our trade exhibit presented a busi- ness of $38,;200,43fi our present showing gives I an exhibit of $.15,01 1 ,6.16, an increase of nearly $17,000,000. I'lie following is the trade exhibit of last year as compiled in TiiK Virginian of July ' ist, 1S84 : TUK K-VHIIUT OI'' 1H8:1. )Coit)n 1 I (irocerie.s - Dry Goods I'.oots and Sboes [ Tobacco and Cigars Liijuors Uat3 and Cai* ' Agricultural Iiuplonients Icanuts Hay, Feed and (irain including ("orn Ifriigs, Paints and Oils Hardware f'lotbing ' (ietieral Commission Sliip Chandlery, Railroad and Steamship Sup. plies i Furniture Lumber I Truck Flour and Meal Bak- ries Ferlilizers ' Kngine and Iron Works I Coal ' Building Material Books and Stationery , Seed Business Jewelry, Watches and Clocks 25,227,456 8,275 (MM) 1,(;(M),0U() !I75,(HH) l,!tOO,()()() 1,11)0,000 215,000 400,000 1,5(17 (MM) l,.500,0ll0 425.01 M) 500,000 (iOO.OIMI 000,000 :!00,()00 .■i75,000 1.700,000 2,05O,(M)0 1.50,000 250 000 750,(M)0 25 ',000 000,000 500,000 75,000 ()O,()0O 175,000 The export business of the port of Norfolk, for the year ending November 30, 1883, reach- ed a total of sixteen million, four hundred and nineteen thousand, seven hundred and lifty- two dollars. The figures are as follows : December, 1882 $ 4,639,-262 January, 1883 2,252,921 February, 1883 1,124,570 March, 1883 1,662,788 April 972,522 May 1,123,897 June 23,670 July 157,460 August 2.1,470 September 6,1,714 Oct.^ber 1,081.366 November 3,250,112 Total $16,419,752 The following is the cost of the articles ex- ported, for the year ending Nov. 30th, 1883, comprised in the above statement : Cotton (331,397 bales) $15,692,696 >taves 304,678 Lumber and Logs 118,764 Corn 263,898 Maganese 18,780 Bark 15,596 Toik 5,,100 Flour 1,576 Shingles 1,179 Miscellaneous Articles 2,088 Total $16,419,752 The number of vessels entered was 58, with a tonnage of 55,958. The number of vessels cleared was 1:U, with a tonnage of 108,550. I Oiir Cotton Business. I In 1858-59, the cotton receipts of Norfolk j reached 6,174 bales. During the last fiscal ' years 1882-83, they reached 800,133 bales— I Ihe 1 1 rgest ever recorded. It is a wonderful j exhibit, speaking well for the enterprise and I activity of our merchants engaged in the cot- j ton trade, and demonstrates our capacity and facility for handling and shipping the great j Southern staple. 9,;i+4 12,502 The following is a statement of the receipts for the fiscal year, ending August 31, 1883 : Routes. Through. Local. Total. N & w K R ir,:! :i.".7 227..'")iw two.ss.o S. A R. R. U 9!).0!)!t lim.Ori 289.111 ^.8. R. R 17,212 37.827 ,1.5,0:59 A, & v.. Canal 4,794 H2.780 ti9,574 i'.S. Canal 9U 1,:M6 1,44.1 C. .4 0. R. K 1,410 1.410 Suffulk. Nanseniond and James riveis, etc „ i.r>m 4,.')99 Total recPiptK 274,61>I Deduct receipts fronr) Mobile, Ahi Deduct recciptH Iroui Wiluiinftton, N. C. Net receipts at Nor- folk 787,631 Our increase in receipts is shown by the fol lowing comparative statement of the receipts for the pa.st fiscal ye^ir: Season. Through. Local Total. 1S82 83 274 .161 ff^ifili 8IH),I33 1881-82 240,1171 382.212 r.22,H83 1,S80-8I 334,K49 384,067 719,.'>I6 1879-80 3U,743 283 343 .197,08,-, l«78-79 222,20(1 221,025 443,285 Showing an increase over the season of 1881-82 of 177,250 bales over 1880-81 of 80,617 bales, over 1879-80 of 203,047 bales, and over 1878-79 of 35f),848 bales. Our exports dircrX to foreign ports of Great Britian and the continent were 372,529 bales. There was also shipped to foreign ports on through bills of laden, via Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia, 91,288 bales, making a total of 4(53,5:29 bales exported of the cotton received at Norfolk. Our coastwise shipments reached a total of 414,833 bales, as follows : New York, 128,378 bales; Boston, 95,448 bales; Providence, 6i,- 900 bales; Baltimore, 102,839 bales, and Phila- delphia, ;i6,7(i8 bales. The following is a comparative statement of the direct forcMgn exports and coostwise ship- ments for live years : Season. Foreign. Coastwise. Total. 18S2-S:{ 372,.129 414.833 787.3ii2 1881-82 331,817 289,032 620 849 1880-81 328 818 391,843 720,001 1879-80 257.00.1 ,337,220 594,291 1878-79 203,.13G 239,158 442,694 The estimated value of the cotton handled by our merchants during the year, viz : 525,- 572 bales, valuing each bale at $48, is the splendid sum of $25,227,456 — of this amount our direct exports reached to $17,869,682, that being the actual value of 372,529 bales, cleared through the custom house at this port, and our own shipments to foreign ports, via coastwise, $4,368,000 the estimated value of 91,000, ma- king a total value of our foreign shipments reach $22,237,682, a very respectable sum. The other 92,0 13 bales of our receipts were disposed of to American spinners. The following exhibit shows the increase of exports on through bills of laden : Season. Bales. 1882-8,1 91 288 1881-82 42.749 1880-81 40,873 1879-80 25.614 1878-79 30,270 MUNICIPAL GOTERNMENT OF NOR- FOLK. We give below the exhibit of the municipal statistics, including the city government, a statement of the cit)''s financial condition, in- cluding its bonded debt and requirements, and also the; organization and work of the various departments of the city : CITY 0PPICKR8. Mayor — William Lamb Mayor's Clerk— W. K Lamb. Treasurer — A. L. Hill Assistant Treasurer — Jno. S Moore. Deputy State Treasurer and Collector ofi State Taxes— Srimuel E. Shipp. Auditor— B. F. Tebault. City Collector of Taxes— Geo. W. Black. Deputy Collector City Taxes— If. li. Webb. Commissioner of Kevenue, (acting) — H. B. Nichols. City Attorney — Geo. W. Godwin. (-'ommonwealth's Attorney — T. li. Borland. Judge Corporation Court — D. J. Godwin. Clerk of Courts — Samuel Kimberly. City Sergeant — Frank L. slade. Deputy Sergeants — A. J. Morrisette, Chas. L. Quinn, N.Dickson. Jailor — Peter Daughtery. Physician to Almshouse — Dr. J. D. Gait. Clerk of the Market — E. S. Reynolds. Keeper of the Almshouse — G. T. Keefe. City Gauger — R P. Brown. Keeper of Market Scales — T. Church. Keeper of Roanoke Avenue Scales — Geo. W. Batley. Weigher of Hay — J. J. Burke. Sealer of Weights and Measures and In- spector of Wood and Coal — J. N. Pebworth. Custodian of Chri.st Church Clock — W. F. Lintz. Superintendent City Cemetery, (acting) — Kesley Henison. Janitor— A Foreman. Messenger tor Council — B. T. Camp. Measurers of Grain, Coal and Lumber — R. T. Ames, James Doland, W. T. Wicslow, J. A. Rogers, W. Roberts, R. O. James, B. J. Grey, C. J. M Spottswood, and T. B. Gresham. COMMON COUNCIL. President— C. G. Elliott. Vice-President — Barton Mj'eis. Members— W. T. Allen, W. H. Carrick, A. S. Martin, M. T. Cooke, S. S. Dawes, V. D. Groner, J. R. Guy, J. N Jones, E. R. Johnson, lohn O'Conner, S. A. fctcvens, J. E. Fuller and P. VV. Wilson. Clerk — Jno. A. Moore. SELECT COUNCIL. President— Geo. S Oldfield. Vice-President — James H. Carlow. Members — Charles Egts, O. E. Whitehurst, \ S. T. Oliver, Henry, Proescher, and Louis Hilliard. Clerk— W. K. Lamb. Justices of the Peace— Geo. H. Miller, T. P. Warren, H. Armstrong, and Wm, Stevens. Quarantine Commissioners — Wm. B. Kogers Dr. W. J. Moore, B. F. Loyall, Dr Jas. Parish, Jas T. Borum, E. A. Hatton, Geo. N. Halstead; quarantine officer, Dr. J D. Gait. Sinking Fund Commissioners-r-John B. Whitehead, Dr. Wm. Selden, W. H. Taylor. HARBOK COMMISSIONBKS. E. Norfolk — V. D. Groner, president ; W , Foster, secretary ; A. G. Milhrt io. Portsmouth — John J. Williams, A. H. Lindsay. Norfolk County— John (i. Wallace, J. R. Gillett. Harbor Masters — E. W. Face, P. O'Connor Clerk— K. C. Murray. HEALTH DEPAI.TMENT. Dr. S. S. Keeling, Dr. W. T. Sutton, B. P. Luyall, Dr. L M. Fitzgibbon. Sanitary Inspector — J. R. Pettes. The Fire Department. — The organization of I the fire department consists as follows : Com- niissioners, J. F. Collins, President; W. A ' Anderson and Joel C. White. The officers of the departments are as follows : Chief Engi- |neer, Thomas Ke^dll; First Assistant Engi- \ neer, E. Vance, Second Assistant, W. H. Allen; Fire Marshal, A. Gordon Milhado; Clerk, I Richard ilalstead; Foreman Engine No. 1, ' Frank Wood ; Foreman ^o. 2, James Bryan ; 'Foreman No. 3, H. F. Jordan. The Police Department. — The organization of ' the police consists as follows : Commissioners, \ William Lamb, G. A. Martin and S. W. Seld- I ner ; Clerk, W. K. Lamb ; Superintendent of I Police, Joseph A. Rolland ; Assistant Chief and I Captain, E. J. Mann ; Sergeants, A. W. Reid, ' John E. Scribner and J. J. Clark, who acts as lieutenant; Members, F. N. Bensm, J. C. Bnrch, Geo. T. Barrom, Wm. H. Crosby, G. L. \ Cuthriell, S. Cherry, Luther Dear, Jos. Engle- I bery, Wm. H. Frost, Wm. H. Fentress, Geo. , M. Graham, Jno. A. Gawk, James Hambery, Wm. T. Hoy, Jno. J. Kelly, John Lester, Geo. W. Taylor, A. M. Osborne, C. II. Plummer, ' M. A. Pitt, Jas. R. Robinson, Andrew Stevens, ' IL T. Thompson, C. W. Taylor, Wm T. White, ; J. B. Walters. Substitutes : W. II. King, J no. ,T. Wood, James Fanan, Chas. Wilkinson, G. W. Wise, H. C. Currier, G. W. Smitli, Benj Turner, J. A. Peyton, Jesse A. Coffee, Thos. ' E. Jones. TJic number of arrests for the year ending June 30th, 1883, was 3,043, of whicii number 1,680 were whites and 1,363 colored. Tlie Water Department. — The organization , of the Board of Water Commissioners consists lof tlie following officers and em])loyees : Board of CfJinmissiouerj^ — W. II. Morris, chairman; Geo. VV. Dey, treasurer. Superin- tendent, TI. L. Smith ; Registrar, J. R. Todd ; Clerk, W. II. Lee ; Lineman, Jno. W. Gale. Pumping Department — Chief Engincn-, Wm. \ Wright ; Assistant Engineers, James Wright, \ Thos. Gray, and two firemen. At Lake Law- I son pump, John Alimand and Thos. Collins. Department of Street, Sewer and Draint.- The organization of the Board of Street, Sewer and Drainage is as follows : Commissioner, [ and (acting) Treasurer, Ethen Allen ; Secre- I tary, Daniel Halstead ; Clerk, T. B. Jackson ; j City Engineer, chaige of sewers and drains, I W. r. Brooke; Inspector of Plumbing, Jos. I L. Oden'hal ; Rodman and Assistant to En- 1 gineer, J. F. Ferguson; -treet Inspector, M. 1 J. Vellines ; Pumping Engineer, James S. ! Belote ; Assistant, D. F. Williams ; Firemen, I Walter White and D. Harrison. I Our Public Schooh — The organization of the school board is as follows : School Commissioners — Charles Reid, presi- dent ; Jno. B. Whitehead, Richard C. Taylor, T. A. Williams, W. Jones, R. Y. Zachary, Jacob Riddick, colored ; John Gibson, colored; the President of Select Council (exofficio), the President of Common Council (exofficio), the chairman of Joint ommittee on Schools. W. Talbot Walke, clerk ; W. A. Simmons, acting superintendent under appointment of Decem- ber 1, 1883. Teachers (white), Fenchurch Street — W. A. Simmons, Miss G. F. Garuett, Mrs. Jane B. Byrd, Miss Margaret R. Beale. Bush Sti-eet — Wm. Sharp, Miss Lucy F. Graves Mrs. Jane L. Davidson, Miss Blanche Baker. Chartotte Street— Geo. W. Sheffield, Mrs. Mary A. Hodges, Mrs. L. B. Telghman, Miss Juliette Carej^ Queen Street — James P. Britt, Mrs Mary S. Hughes, Mrs. L. M. Hutchinson, Miss I. V. Moss. Bank Street Primary — Miss Indie Saunders, Miss. Lucy A. Hall. Teachers (colored) — Robert Bagnall, Jr., Misses L. E. Davis, M. J. Riddick, A, B. Poole, Hattie A. V. Fisher, Georgie Harris, Mary A. Milvin, Richard Tucker. Janitors — Cornelius Merton, Stephen Jackson, Samuel Jones, Martha John- son, Amelia Tabb. The total white enrollment of scholars is 864 — with an average attendance of 705 95-100, and of the coh)red schools, 55b' — with an average attendance of 496 21-100. The City Jail. — The organization of the city jail is as follows : F. L Slade, sergeant ; A. J. Morrisett, C. L. Quinn, N. Dickson, deputy sergeants; P. Dougherty, jailor. The Water Department. — The entire cost of ' construction up to tlie 1st of July, 1883, was $575,068.27. The revenues during the year were as follows: Taps, 1,529.00; Rents, 87, 008.74 ; Pernuts, 359.52 ; Fines, 274 58 ; mak- ing a total of $39,171 82. The total number of gallons pumped during the year was 355,- 849,884 ; and tlic cost to deliver the same per million, $48.15. The number of taps made during the year was 303, and the operating expenses of the works were $16,175.32. Number of Licenses Issued for 1883-84.— The licenses issued for the j^ear 1883-84 reach- ed a total of 1,118, as follows; Wholesale liquor dealers 8, retail dealers 36, barrooms 140 ; malt, wholesale 3 ; book agents 9, house agents 4, land agents 4, fertilizer May, 1901 Waicr .'>(Ki;0(iO (HI Apr. 1782 True »OI,50f> 00 " ' Sep., ifloo... •2ir2,im m Jan., 1894... Hl.fltKi 00 " " Apr., 1911... 3:^0,000 00 Jan., 19t'J... 34,5(K) oo 1 6 " KegisU'red JSlock due 18»;i-'J-.^ 4,Vi,'J«4 00 Coupon Bond.<>, Jau , 1912, in Hands of Bank and may be issued .'r6,.')0(i fMi lAtss , Amount to life Credit of Bond Re- demption Act •2,1M,(,64 00 l.'i,4i!8 2« 2,141.A'W) 72 Resources of the C%.— The Kesonrces of the ' City are as follows : COLLKCTIOWS ; Roll 188:} 174,(HI0 00 Town f oint Rents 1.172 2-} ' Mercliants Liceiinss 47,oOo (K) ' Tobacco Warehouse Rent 2,.''i"i oo I old Dowiuion Steamship Co 1,172 (m> Oonirnerce Street lOO oo Fayette Street 100 OO Pa kerand Wide Water l.'iO 00 Newton Street 2.'i oo Old Fair firound 7») OO Cemetery Lot 12 oo Dog Taxes 1,100 oo Finos and Feeo, Mayor and MagiBtrates 0,000 oo Market Stalls 6,000 00 Market Collections ."i.OOO 00 , Charge.s on Rolls 2,500 0 00 In.stallments on Assessment Bonas .3,787 27 ' Delinquent Taxes, '73-4-0 :t75 00 •' '76-7-8 4.0O 00 " '79 fiW) 00 , Carts and Drays .3,000 (X» 200 4.18 51 Birthny Maniages and Deatha- — The follow- ing is statement of the births, marriages and \ deaths m the city during the year ending Jan- ' uary 30, 1883 : Number of births reported , for 1882, whites, 271 ; colored, 340 ; total 611 ; 1 being in the ratio of 25.8 to the 1,000 of popu- lation. Marriages celebrated from July 1, 1882, to June 30, 1883 ; whites, 161 ; colored, 1 64 ; total, 32."). Report of deaths from July 1 , 1882 to June 30, 1883 ; estimated population, whites, 13,777; colored, 12,411 ; total, 26,188. Number of deaths, 693. Ratio per 1,000 of ' white population, 19.9 ; ratio of colored popti- ' latiod, 33.7 ; ratio of whole population, 26.4 ; ' males, 350. The Work of the Street, S*Mer and Drain* Department — The total amount of sewer pipe * laid up to the 1 .st of Jaoaary, 1884, is as fol-J lows : 2.1.141 F.^et, nr 4 7C-100 Miles in Section C. 21,4.10 '• 4 06- 100 '• " B, Total... 46,091 8 «2 IWj. Section C is in full operation and, so far, successful and satisfactory ; but section B re- quires 11,808 feet, or 2 24-100 miles of the heaviest part of the work still to be done, in order to render it of any service, or the portion laid can be utilised. The cost of this work has been $139,403.19, and to finish it the en- gineer's estimate is as follows : To Complete Section B will require 139,- 096 37. There have been 61 houses connected with the system, having the following fixtures: 96 closets, 10 washtubs, 5 urinals, 19 kitchen sinks, 27 bathtubs, 3 pantry sinks, 15 wash basins, 37 water tanks The totiil number of feet of new streets curbed, guttered, and shelled was as follows . Brown street, 460 feet ; Push street extension, 600; Faulkland, 700; Char- lotte extension A50; Riley or Clay, street, 600; besides Cove street was relaid from end to end, a distance of 1800 feet. New Ilvuses Erected. — During the year end- ing 31st December, 1883, the number of new ' houses erected in Norfolk was 27:5, i>f a value of $463,800, as follows: I.3I Bric't IIr)tt8fs $:io7,700 00 142 l'"rame Houses l.Kl.KiO 00 , Toul. 27:» «4i;:i,800 iX) ' This is a wonderful exhibitof the growth of( our city, and never exceeded in its history, i During the three years of 1877, 1878 and 1879, ' the total number of houses erected in the city ' was 234, valued at $445,765. Assessments and Tax Collections. — We have received from Mr. Geo. W. Black, the city col- lector of taxes, the following statement of the i assessments for the city of Norfolk for 1882 and i 1883, and the list of taxes returned for collec- ' tion : 1882— Real Estate $9,500,431 Personal Property and Incomes l,446,46fi Total sfll,o:if. 897 188:l— Keal Estate $»,77i).]97 '■ Personal Property and Incomes 1,.S70 8G1 Total 11,647,0.58 ( Increase in 1883 610,161 United States Custom House. — The organi- zation of the United State-? Customhouse at \ this port is as follows : Geo. V.. Bowden, col- lector ; E. W Massey, deputy collector ; W. T. Webb, cashier ; Jno. W. Stevens, marine i clerk ; Jacob E. Keid, James F. Milligan and W. H. Sparrow, inspectors ; Rufus S. Jones, ' inspector at Old Point, and A. C. Dezendo:'", | clerk. Norfolk and Portsmouth Cotton Excliange. — ' The present officers of the Norfolk and Ports- ' mouth Cotton Exchange are : President, Geo. L. Arps ; Vice-President, W. H. Morris, Treas- urer, W. D. Rouhtree ; Directors, E. Fachiri, i E. C. Brooks, M. L. Eure, W. H. Holmes and Jas. Maybrick, Superintendent, Norman Bell: Olerk, D. L. Watts, Messengers, F. Roland and Davil Cane. The Postoffice. — The personnel of the Norfolk Postoffice is as follows: J. W. Long, post- master; R. G. L Paige, assistant postmaster; F. B. Wing, superintendent of carriers; S. D. Hope, registry clerk; Geo. W. Jones, deliv- ery clerk ; O. J. Egerton, money order clerk ; Geo. B Hart nnd O. F. Ruffin, mailing clerks ; Miss Cora V. Griffin, stamp clerk; Richard Cooper, stamping clerk. Letter Carriers — C. C. Curtis, Geo. W. Dawley, Moses F. Jordan, D. D. Hitchings, John R. Ross, Moses R. Bag- nail, and Armon K. Stith ; W.'. T. Greenhow,,. auxilliary. ■.!--- The Merchants' and Manufacturer's Ex- change- — This association was organized early in 1883. Its purposes are -to incuTcate just and ■ equitable principles trade, establi.^h and main-., tain integrity in commercial usages, and to acq .lire and disseminate valuable business in- formation and adjust contentions and misun- derstandings between its members. Its officers are as follows : William F. Allen, President ; M. L. T Davis, first Vice-President ; William C. Dickson, second Vice President; E. T. Gwathmey, Treasurer; Washington Taylor, Secretary; Charles U. Camp, Assistant Secre- tary. Tiie board of managers comprises Messrs. I William F. Allen, M. L. T. Davis, Wm. C. | Dickson, E. f- Gwathmey, E. T. Powell, K. j y. Zacliary, Joseph H- Parker, of Portsmouth; C. A. Nash, Luther Sheldon, T. A. WilUams, Washington Taylor. Harbor Improve'/nent. — The improvement which was recommended by the United States Advisory Board and substantially adopted by the Harbor Commissioners,, was the rectifica- tion of the port warden lines, after which to secure by dredging a channel of sufficient width and twenty-five feet in depth at mean low water from tlie deep watei of Hampton Roads to Norfolk harbor, so as to afford access to the largest class of merchantmen as well as to men-of-war on th'iir way to and from the Gosport Navyyard ; to improve the inner har- bor by dredging through the bar at the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth river; by deepening and widening the channel at the mouth of the Southern Brai ch, and by dredging off the fore slopes of the flats of Berkley and Portsmouth, to afford more room for anchorage, and to re- store, in a measure, the cro.ss sectional area which has been lost between t'-ese flats during past years. The work has been prosecuted under appropriations by Congress as follows : August 14th, iH7(i $ -.mm .Tunc 18th, 1878 f>0,iVO March ad, 1879 7.'>,0()0 Jane 4lh. 1880 ftO.OOO Ma-ch :id, 1881 7r..(K)0 August 2d, 1882 7.''.,0(M) Total »:!(l(i,UOO The work accomplished is the dredging of a channel through ScweU's Point bar 210 feet wide and 14,000 feet long; a channel through Western Branch bar 365 feet wide and 4,400 i feet long. The dredging of large areas of the i flats of Portsmouth and Berkley, the excava- ' tion of channels in the Eastern and Southern, ' Branches, and of a large one below the Nor- j folk and Western railroad bridge, (to render , available the area added to the inner harbor , by the removal of the county toll bridge), i Dredging has also been done at many points ' in the inner harbor. In the prosecution of ' this work there has been removed by dredges ] 2,171,578 cubic yards of material. The following officers have had chaige of^ the work: S. T. Abert, United States civil, engineer.; Cai)taln Ohai-res B. Phillips, corps of < engineers, ;to his death, June 14th, 1881, since •' that time Captain James Mercer, corps of en- 1 ginefers. LOCAL EVENTS OF 1888. .lANUARY. 1st. The day was suitably observed. Banks, \ Cotton Exchange and business generally sus- pended. 8th. Fii-st day's service of the Week of < Prayer. - . 9th. First good snow storpi of the season. 10th Annual meeting of the directors of the \ Norfolk and Western railroad. 12th. Decision of Judge Godwin in the case ( of Long vs. Branham, in favor of Long. 15th. Finding of the body of Abe Griggs, a ' sailor, in Richardson's paint .«?hop, on Eothery's \ lane. i 18th. Inaugural concert of the St. Cecilia? Society. r23. Organization of the United Chiirities As- sociation. 30. Collision oftlKi steamer Luray with the) steamer Grace, off Craney Island. K. H., Wood, a passenger on the Grace, was killed. J A collision of the steamer Carolina, ot the Bay? Line, with the steamship Riversiiale, off Cedar^ Point, Chesapeake Bay FRliUXJAltY. :id. Organization of the Merchants' and? Manufacturers' Exchange, with W. P. AUen,^ Esq., president. 8th. Terrifflc explosion of gasoline at theS dining-room of Mr. A. J. Smith, on Market? square. 12th. Murder of a young negro named Wes-? ley Capps by another negro named Boston^ Bright, in Rliea's lane. 14th. Trip of uewspapc^r rt;porters to the^ Hollys over the Virginia B(;ach railroad. 22d. The day celebrated by a parade of the) Norfolk Blues, ' ity Guard, Old Dominion? Guard of Portsmouth, and Company K, of the^ 5th Maryland Regiment, the guest oftlie Blues.i 27th. Departure of Governor Cameron andj staff, the Norfolk Blues and City Guard to thei Piankitank river, to capture the oyster pirates.) 28th. Arrival of steamer Pamlico, with cap-S tured oyster pirate ', in charge of Colonel H. O.S Hudgins, of the 4th Regiment Virginia Volun-^ teers. HABCH I 3d. Collision between pilotboat W.A. Graves ( od. Return of Governor Cacaeron from O'" ^'''I^Z:S!:^^o. .., illegal an-est' oyster war. ^ . .^ Cf P^,.;iia of Mr. H.J. Wood, keeper of the cemeteries,; 8tlr Second grand concert of the St. Cecilia j ^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 'l^^{, bocioty. V -D -^ * TTi^i^oU ^f! 9th. Election of delegates to the Lynchburg: 10th. Inspection by President Kimball of j Democratic Co- vention. the Nortol,; and Western railroad. | jg,j^ Meeting of the sixth annual conven- j tion of the National Cotton Exchange at Old Point. 20th. Reception and dinner to members of J I the National Cotton Exchange at Virginia , j Beach. I 22d. Arrival of the steamer Andean in ' I Hampton K'oads, with yellow fever reported on | j board, visited by Di-s. Glennan and Gait and ' I declared free of the fever. 25th Assembling of the Democratic Con-, ventionat Lynchburg 28th. Selection of Fisherman's Inlet, near < Cape Charles, as national quarantine station, J by -urgeon General JIamilton. 29th. Aciion taken by the Catholics of Nor- folk to establish the schools of the Christian , Brothers in this city. AUGUST. 14th. Arrival of first bale of new cotton, con- signed to Messrs Reynolds Bros 21st. Decision of Miyor Lamb, suspending , Keeper of Cemeteries Wo< d, rendered. 2 th. Attempted killing of Alexonia Em- 1 'tierson, colored, by her husband, by shooting ' her 23th. Arrival of first bale new North Caro- lina cotton, consigned to Eure, Farrar v.t Price. l?th. Launch of the new steamer Martha A. Dickerman, from Graves' shipyard 13. Visit of Governor Thomas J. Jarvis of N )rth Carolina, and Lieutenant Governor James L. I'oblnson, toour city. 17th. Arrival of the finst car load of coal fover tlio Norfolk and Western railroad from •the r-nnlflr-lds at Pocahontas, New River Divi- * si( n ol 111 : Norfolk and ^^ estern railroad. [ ".ilst v^onsecration of St. Luke's Episcopal ) Cliurch. > 24th. Presentation of a gold headed cane to » Past Archon Samuel li'eeve, of Friendship > Conclave No. 2, Seven Wise Men. ^ APRIL. ) 12th. [Reaching of the hteamship Merdia on > the shoals below Fort Norfolk. ^ 18th. Visit of Genenil Sam Thomas, of the I East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, and other distinguished railroad men to our city. 26th. Celebration of the sixty-fourth anni- versary of the introduction of Odd Fellows into the United States. 1st. Formal opening of the Pythian fair at the Opera House. '2d. Session of the "^upreme Lodge of Inde- pendent Order of M'^chanics ot the United -tates. nth. Visit of Hon. James E. Shepherd, of North Carolina, Hon Thomas L Kenan, At- torney General of the same State, and Mon- sieur .\uguste de Bocaude, ot Paris, agent of I tiie General Transatlantic Transportation Com- pany, to our city. 15th. Annual meeting of the Virginia Ftate SI-PTKMBSIi. 1st. Visit of Mrs. Stonewall Jacksoa and daughter to Norfolk. 9tii. Capture of a sperm oil whale off Vir- ginia Beach. 11th. Tii"; ViroiNTAv attaches Brown's fold- ing machine o its splendid press, and is en- abled to print and fold paper at the same time. 12th. Presentation ot a magnificent service* Pharmaceutical Association at the Academy of j of silver to Captain James E Barry, president | of the Bank of Commerce, by the directory. 13th. The business men of Norfolk pledge J themselves to the contribution of one-fourth of < the cost of constructing a new railroad from i Portsmouth to Raleigh. 15th Suicide of the venerable Judge Mayo, J on the steamer Virginia. 18th. Murder of" Mr. Chudius Bonuey in] Princess Anne county, by John Jarvis. 2"*th. Nomination of Wm. B Martin and Andrew J. Dalton, Democrats, for the Legisla- ture, by couvention at Virginia Hall. ' Music 19th. The resip;nation of Major Henry Fink, vice president and general manager of the i Norfolk and Western railroad, announced. 28th Arrival of President Kimball, Mr. Cliirence Clark and a party of twenty railroad men and capitalists. The hundred and fourth , anniversary of Ireland's great poet, Tom Moore, was celebrated by a party of gentle- i men by a visit to Lake Drummond. JUNE. 13th. Visit of the Pennsylvania Editorial 17th. Rev C. S Blackwell, pastor of the I Disciples' Church, tendered his resignation. JULY. 1st. Information received of duel fought be- Itween Beirne and Elam, of The State and Whig, newspapers of Richmjnd, at New Hope, Augusta county. 2d. Ground broken for new addition to St. Vincent's Hospital. 3rd. Lecture at the Academy of Music by ( Father Ryan, the priest poet. ' inth annual i meeting of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Cotton ' Exchange. 12th. Accidental killing of little Nellie Bell ' on Church street, by being run over by street \ car No. 13. 16 Reception of the honored remains of the ^ Confederate death of North Carolina, which ' were taken from Arlington to Raleigh for in- , terment. 8111 h. Mayor J jamb purposes to let the peo- ple know that he ismayt r, and tells the Build - ' m'^ Committee he will erect the barricades, as he has suspended the ordinance empowering ] the committee to erect them. K'JVKMBER. « 2d. Judge Blow issues an injunction restrain- ] ing Mayor Lamb Irom interl'en ing with the du (ties of the Building Commiltcf' 8d. Information of the i -'anvil le riot re ceived. 14lh. Disastrous conflagration at Noriblk 'and Western depot; 5,0-jO bales of cotton and I two warehouses consumed. Loss, nearly half ,a million. 2lJth. Grand celebration and jubilee by the I Democracy of Norfolk and Portsmouth and counties of the Second District, over the victo- ly in Virginia. Chief Marshal, M. Glennan. 22d. I'irst grand drawing of the Dismal I Swamp Lottery Company. 2yt:. Escape of five prisoners from the city >jail. DECEMBER. 1st. Bishop Keane administered confirma- I tion at St. Mar 's c hurch. 13th. Conference hehl in the city of colored ' men from the State at large, in reference to 'the nanville not. 17th. I'apers served on Judge Godwin, sum- i moning him to appear before the Legislative Committee on Courts and Justice, to stand in- ivestigation of alleged official misconduct and 'uniitness for office. First annual exidbition ' oi Norfolk Gymnasium Club in Academy of ! Music. 2Uth. Second grand drawing of the Dismal I Swamp Lottery. Ticket 11,748 drew the capi- lial prize of $5,000 — ticket sold in Georgia. 2;:id. Presentation of a magnificent gold headed cane to Kev. Father U'Keefe of St IMai-y's Church, by Emerald Beneficial and I Literary Society. !sECROIC on Chapel ttree'. • c .NOVEMBER. ( 1. Alarmofflrecausedby burning of chimnej^ ) in the rear of Mr. Huriuss' stou^ on Watpi-) street. 4. Alarm of fire caused by the burning of ai house on the corner of Bute and Duke streets. Fire on ^\ ater f^ctt, rpjjcsife Cotton Ex-' change, among coiton bales. ■ 12."'Alarm caused by the burning of chimney in the rear ol Academy of .Music. Alarm of, of fire on ,\iain street in a boardinghouse. 1-*. A very clisustiuus fire at the Norfolk and Western depot, liy which a vast amount of property was destroyed, including two ware-' houses and .5,000 bales ol cotton. Loss, nearly $500,000, 1.5. Fire on Fenchur h street. No. 64. 1(3. Alarm of fire caused by the lime shed of Batchelder & t ollins, 18. Alarm of fire on Concord street. ly. Fire on Commerce street in the ware house Oi John Core. 27. Alarm of fire on Newt'^n street. 28. Alarm of fire oil N\ est Main street. Fire on board of a 6teai:;er connected with the Clyn'^.IJne. DKCEMBER. 1. Fire in the job office of The Virgikian, building. 17. L'lie at t harles Hey's junk store on Water street. oO. Fire at the Purcell House, caused by a' defective fiue. iii:i i(;rous. 10. Fire on A'ain street next to the custom- house, occupied by the U. S. Engineering De- partment. 21. Fire discovered in Messrs. Wrenn, i Whitehursl & Co.'s agricultural implement lac- tory, at the corner of Chesapeake and Plume streets. AUG UST. 2. Alarm of fire caused by the burning of a chimney on Smith street. 18. Alarm caused by the gas light in the t window of .Mr. Jacob's store on Main street. SEPTEMBER. 10. Fire on Water street in an old building unoccupied. 14, l^'ire at gashouse,but put out before the department arrived. 19. Fire on street. 20. An incendiary trick to set fire to the hat store of ^^ m. .- tevens. 28. Fire on Fayette street among nine bales i of cotton. Tho lollowing ' omprises a summary of the ' statistics lor 1883 of the princjpal denomina- t ous in V'lrginia: METHODIST EinCDPAIi CHURCH, SOUTH. Number of churches, 1,185 ; number of itiner-* ant prtachers, 510 ; number of local preachers, J 399; number of members, 111,000; value of, church property, $],r.0O,0GO; contributions* duiii.t, xy^^-j X-x ^v-iiL-ral religious j^urpose? $115,000; paid for ministerial support in 1883 < (local preachers leceivq no salajy), $162,CC0 ; ' number of parsonages, 159 ; value of parson- ages, §;2C0,0G0; number of Sunday-school schol- \ ars, (J3,0CO. MISSIONARY BAPTISTS IN VIRGINIA. The Baptist Year-Book fcrlSSS'give the fol- ' lowing statistics of the Baptists in Virginia : | Number of Associations, '33; number of, churches, 1 371; rumber of ordained ministers, ( 792 ni;mler of taptitmsduring-theyear,9,329;i total membership in the State, 210,088. These; figures include colored as welt de white Bap-' tists. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF VIRGINIA. The lollowing are the statistics of the Synod I for 1-83: Presbyteries, 10; ministers, 216; li- ' centiates, 8 ; candidates, 5l ; churches, 325 ; elders, 1,167 ; deacons, 850 ; added on exami- nation, 1,170; added on certificates, 765 ; total i communicant, 25,437; adults baptized, 842; 'infants baptized, 8,457; number in Sunday school and Bible classes, 19,441. TROTESTANT EPiSCOPAIi CHURCH. Bishops, 2; clergy in charge of parishes and •missions, 131; professors and teachers, 4; 'without charge, 15; ordained since Council, 9; \ totiil clergy, 151 ; lay readers, 84 ; baptisms— in- ifants, 1,092; adults, 279— total. 1,371; commu- I nicants, 14,153 ; Sunday-school teachers, 1,521 ; • scholars, 11,211— total, 12,'32; confirmations 'reported by the Bishop, 928; contributions, ; $222,731.15. EVANGKLIOAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. Number of district synods, 4; number of I chui-ches, 170 ;' number ot communicants, about , 14,000 ; number of Sunday-school teachers, offi- t cers, and scholars, 8,000. CATHOLIC PIOCESE OF RICHMOND. , Churches, 35 ; chapels and stations, 28 ; priests • on the mission, 26 ; clerical students, 11 ; female I r ligious institutions, 12 ; female academies, 6 ; ' male parochial schools, 15 ; male pupils, 1,060 ; 'female parochial schools, 17; female pupils, 1 1,5 .8 ; orphan asylums, 2 ; number of orphans, 1 107 ; benevolent and charitable institutions, 4. » (j itholic population, 18,000 ; communions dur- >ing the year, 63,597; children attending sun- » day schools, 2,605 ; parish schools, 1,959 ; acade- *mies, 172; baptisms— adults, 146; infants, 593; [confirmations, 661; marriages, 142; member- I ship ot confraternities, 3,599 ; of societies, 1,028; I burials, 314. DISCIPLES. Organized churches, I'O; church buildings> , 13 ', capable of seating 33,000, worth $190,000; , number of members, 15,000; Sunday schools, 1 120 ; teachers, 700 ; scholars, 7,500. PORTSMUUIH. Its Municipal (jJovernment. CITY OFFICERS. J. Thompson Baird — Mayor. E. Thompson, Ji'. — City ) • c . James M. Binibrd — Treasurer, •lames M .Brown — City Auditor. R. A.. Hutchins — City Collector. Virginias Butt — Commissioner of the Rev- enue. A. "<. Watts — City Auditor. J . W. Wood — Street Inspector. Edward M. Grant— Clerk of Market. George W. O. Maupin — Physician of Alms- house. F. If. Benson — Keeper of Amsmouse. Joseph B. Brown ley — Wood Teasurer, etc. Jesse Brovvnley — Keeper of Cemetery. Wm R. Peters — Grain Teasurer. C. W". Murdaugh— Judge Hustings Court C. T. Phillips— Clerk of Cou' t. R. 0. Marshall — Commonwealth's Attorney. Fj, W. Maupin — Sergeant, C. C. Walker — Deputy Sergeant. Thomas K. Hodges ••* ity - urveyor. City Council — Legh R. Watts, president. First Ward— Legh R. Watts, A, M, Tabb, ' Charles R Nash, R. J. Neely. \ Hecond Ward— David W. Ballentine, Dan'l i Brownley, Wm. A. Pmith, Robert H. Barrett. Third Ward— W. L D. Vernelson, Van. R Hewlett, ^amuel Fisher, Jr., Thomas J. Howe, * Job 1.'. M-.mning, James J. Riley, Wm. T. [ Boole. ^-'chool Board, James F. Carr, chairman ; H. F. Butt, clerk ; John 0. Ashton, George O'N. Palmer, James F. rarr, O. V. Smith, Walter ■ T. Pope, John .T. Burroughs, C. E. Ironmon- ger, John s. Williams, P. M McDonough,; Wm B. Thomas, G. F. Edwards, superintend- ' ent of schools. Justices of the Peace — John ?lash, John, Borum, C. syer, S. s. Nottingham, James G'l Holladay ; High ' onstable, F C. Johnston. Fire Department — ' hief Engineer, W. P. Robinson ; First Fire Warden, Joseph D. Kn'pp; Second Fire Warden, • ornelius] Irwin ; Third Fire Warden, James E. Powell. Police Department — J. Thompson Baird, i mayor; Commissioners, James H. Robinson, P. 0'( onnor, Wm. P. Lawrence, John T. Gal- lilee ; Chief of Police, E. G. Bridges. Board of Health — B. H. Owens, president ; A. B. Owens. John (;. Tee, Williamson Smith, ] John E. West ; Sanitary Inspector, F. P. Johnson. THE CITY'S CONDITION. From the recent annual report of Mayor i Baird we learn that the statement furnished i by the commissioner of the revenue shows a < steady increase in the business of the city each ' year, beginning with year 1880 and ending' "with the year 18S3. The same year also pre- ' sent an unbroken advance in the value of pro- ', perty, both real and personal. This is the surest evidence ot prosperity in any commu- nity. The last census makes the population | 11 ,390 ; a fair estimate at present would doubt- 1 less give at least 12,000. The health report for ] the past year shows 275 deaths. At the latter ( figures the death rate would show but a small * decimal over 22 to the 1,00,) inhabitants. The ' increase in marine traffic is easily manifest by a ' visit to the river front. In the past three years \ this part of the city has been improved by the ( erection of many mimmoth warehouses, the > excavation of new docks, the building of fine ' wharves, and, finally, th>^ addition of two cot-' ton presses tor handling that ereat staple. The ] year has been in some respects the most re- markable in the history of Portsmouth ; the i grading and paving of many miles of s'reets ; ( the erection of a handsome City Hall and Mayor's Office ; the determination to build a new city jail which is to be worthv of our day ' and generations ; the conclusion of a contract J for the introduction of water from the great < 13 ) lake of the Dismal Swamp. These substan- '. tial evideuces of prospi rity entitle tlie past V yuar t ) honorable distinction. ( The following is the report of city finances > for the )'car ending July 1, 1883 : ' roRTSMOuxn's financial condition. ( lilABILlTIKS. To six per ciTit. coupon bonds $8i',«imi of) To sfvcn tlirof-ieutbs per cfiil. coupotj bonds Uii,!>()0 (HI To six per cent, coupon bonds p i> - ingj KKMHJO 0(» To l.ilU payablf 8 1.4ih) (ki To iiitere: the de- ' j mand. There are some portions of the city] i without any protection whatever In the i lower part water is used from the river, which i 1 necessitates the using of a long line of hose — ' I seldom less than a thousand f^et to each en- |gine NUMBER OF FIRK8 IN rOUTS.MOUTn AND VI- CINITY. From Jane 30th, 1882, to July 1, 1883 were as follows : November 14, 1882, dwelling, Washington street, between South and Bart streets. Acci- dental. Loss, $12 November 18, I8"<^, kitchen, corner of Mid- dle and Queen streets. Accidental. Loss, i $150. December 3, 1882, Ocean House, High and'^ Court streets. Defective flue. Loss, $">. December 3, 1882, dwelling. South near; Effingham street Accidental. Loss, $10. December 19, 1882, N. T. Hodge's kitchen. Defective fine. Los.<;. $1. December 19, 1882, eating-house, Gosport< bridge. Incendiary. Loss, $5. January 1, 1883, ''raw ford, between High] and King. George W. H. Watts. Defective, flue. Loss, $10. May 5, 1883, Guider's slaughter house, cor-< ner Chestnut street Incendiary. Loss, $10. June 1, 18S3, kitchen, Crabbe, between Din- widdle and Court streets. Defective flue June 1, 1883, alarm caused by explosion at] Armstrong's mill. No damage by fire. Total amount of loss in city for the year, i $202 10. May 10, 1883, lumber, etc , at Union Car " Works. Accidental. Loss, $1,500. THE POSTOFKICb;. The personnel of the postoffice consists as ] follows : Robert G. Staples, postmaster ; Thos. D. Hodgden, assistant postmaster and mailing] clerk ; James E. Land, delivery and stamp i clerk; Peter Jordan, messenger. The hours i of business — For delivery of letters and sale of < stamps from 7 a. si. to 7 p. m For money or- ' ders and registered letters from 9 a. m. to 4:30 ' p. M. The postoffice is never closed to holders Board. The Governor is ex officio president, * I of boxes and drawers. [ but in his absence either of the other members , MILITARY. I can preside. Old Dominion Guard— Captain, James M. | boakd of public works. Binford ; First Lieutenant, K. L. Herbert ; Sec- ' The Governor, Auditor of Public Accounts, cud Lieutenant, Wm. O Hope. Non-Com i and Treasurer compose the Board. Secretary i missioned Officers — First Sergeant, K E. War- j of the Board — Wm. Randolph Smith. ren ; Second t-ergeant, John W. ]\IcHugh ; ! _,^>^_-^>,_-^>;_-,,.>^ Third Sergeant, Kenneth Gayle ; Fourth her- : geant, Eultace Conway ; Fifth Sergeant, Sam- ! ORGANIZATION OF THE GENERAL AS lUel Hope. The membership numbers about ^ SEMBLY. I sixty members. ' OFFICERS OF THE SEN' ATE. John F. Lewis, president ; Kockingham ; , postoffice, Harrisonburg. John L. Hurt, president pro tern ; Pittsylva- nia ; postoffice. Hurt's .-tore. J. D. Pendleton, clerk ; Orange ; postoffice, \ Gordonsville. Z. T. Weaver, sergeant- at-arm ; Giles ; post- ( office. White Gate. R B. Wilson, doorkeeper ; Roanoke ; post- ' office, i-alem. OFFIOEES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. OFFICERS OF THE JsAVY-YARD. The following are the ollijorsof the Navy- Yard : Commodore, W. K. Mayo ; Captain, ' George E. Belknap ; Commander, C. M. ' Schoonmnker ; Livil Engineer, P. C. Asserson ; I Naval Constructor, W. i\. Varney ; Assistant ' Constructor, George F. Mallett ; Pay Inspec- I tor, Ed. May ; Paymaster, L. A. Fraily ; Passed I Asssistant Engineers, J. A. B. Smith and A. I B. Willetts ; Boatswain, 1'. H. Smith; Gunners, ' W. N. Carter and P. Lynch ; Carpenter, L. L. Martin ; Sailmaker, Alex. Cassel ; Mate John iMcManus. GOTERNMENT OF TIRGINIA. Governor — Wm. E. Cameron, Petersburg. Lieutenant Governed- — John F. Lewis, Har- I risonburg. Auditor — Morton Marye, Alexandria. Second Auditor — Frank Ruffin, Kichmond. Treasurer — Isaac R. Barksdale, Albemarle. Registrar ot Land Office and Superintendent Public Buildings— J. A. Wingfield. Superintendent of Public Instruction — R. R. I Farr, Alexandria. Superintendent of Public Printing — U. R. |Derr, Roanoke. Superintendent of Penitentiarj'- — Gen. Wm. W. Terry, Bedford. Secretary of the Commonwealth — Judge I Henry W. Flornoy. SUPRhME COURT OF APPEALS. Judges — Lunsford L. Lewis, president . ' Benjamin W Lacy, Robert A Richardson, T; ' T. i'auntleroy, Drury A. Ilinton. Clerk — Gecjrge K. Taylor. Librarian t(; the Court Fowler. The Supreme Lourt of Appeals holds sess'ons I at three places annually — at Richmond, at Staunton, and at Wytheville, and their terms ' commence as follows : At Richmond, on the first day of November, fifth day of January, and fifth day of March, and continues one hundred and sixty days if I necessary. At Staunton, on the tenth day of September, and continues sixty days if necessary. Clerk — J. B. Dorraan. At Wytheville, on the tenth of Julj% and continues sixty days if necessary. Clerk — W. C. Pendletoa. BOARD OF EDUCATION. •The Governor, Superintendent of Public In- struction, and Attorney General compose the Charles E. Stuart, speaker ; postoffice, Alex- \ andria city. | J. Bell J3igger, clerk ; postoffice, Richmond i city. Tliomas M. Waller, assistant clerk ; postof- ' fice Partlow's, Spottsylvania co. J. C. Hill, sergeant-at-arms ; postoffice, | Scottsville. A. O. Sullivan, doorkeeper; postoffice, ( (. hristianburg. A.^B. Cottrell, doorkeeper; postoffice, Lo- rain,'Henrico. J.^F. Johnson, first assistant clerk. 11. M. Patton, second assistant clerk. A. E. King, S. A. Smytli, J. A. Phillips, L. H. Christian, J. E. DeJarnette, clerks of com- mittees. J. J. Lafl'erty, stenographer. GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. < Governor — Thomas J. Jarvis. Lieutenant Governor — James L. Robinson. Secretary of State — Wm. L. Saunders. Auditor— -W. P. Roberts. Treasurer — John M. Wortli. Superintendent Public Instruction — J. C. Scarborough. Attorney General — Thomas S. Kenan. Adjutant General — Johnstone Jones. State Geologist— W. C. Kerr. Commissioner of Agriculture — Montford " McGehee. State Librarian — Sherwood Haywood. SUPREMK COURT. Wm N. 11. Smith, of Raleigh, chief jUvStice ; i Thomas S. Ashe, of AVadesboro', and Thomas ( Ruttin, of Hillsboro', associate justices ; Thos. ' S. Kenan, of Wilson, reporter ; William H. ' Baglcy, of Raleigh, clerk ; Robert H. Bradley, ' of Jx'aleigh, marshal. The Supreme ( ourt meets in Raleigh on the i first Monday in February and October of each year, and its sessions continue until its busi- ness is disposed of. CRIMINAL COURT. Oliver P. Mears.of Wilmington, judge ; Ben- jamin l{. Moore, of Wilmington, solicitor; , John W. Dunham, of Wilmington, clerk. SUPhRIOR COURTS. The State is divided into nine judicial dis- I tricts, and for each a judge and solicitor are , elected bj' the voters of the State at large, who I are required by the Constitution to reside in I their respective districts. RELI«IOU« STATISTICS OF THE UxMTEl) STAT IS Ihc Catholic Church in the United J^tates [comprises 13 archbishops, 59 bishops, r),64(i , priests, 6,241 churches, 1,180 chapels, 1,768 sta- I tions, yi ecclesiastical seminaries, 81 colleges, ' 579 academies, 2,491 parochial schools with * 428,642 sciiolars, '275 asylums, 185 hospitals, [ 6,888,000 catholic population. , 'x lie Methodid Episcopal Church in the United I States has 10 bishops, 11,000 ministers, 11,967 I local preachers,, 18,152 churches, l,57:i,000 •members, 1,6-^9,300 Sunday-school scholars; I value churches, $65,467.0(J0 ; parsonages, $9,- , 250,000. The CTcneral Ccjnierence will hold its , twenty-fourth quadrennial session inPhiladel- I phia, beginning May 1, 1884. ' 2'he Methodint Episcopal Church South has ' 38 annual conferences, 3,736 ministers, 5,869 J local preachers, 877,300 members and 483,426 ^.Sunday-school scholars. The Ueueral Con- I ference wull meet at Kichmond, Va , in Mav 1886. ■' The Protestant E/itscopal Church in the United States numbers 48 dioceses, 3,672 cler- [ gy and 372,484 communicants. The General ^Uonvention will meet in October, 1886, in , Chicago. llic 8uulh£rn Presbyterian Church is com- ) posed of 13 synods, 67 presbyteries, 1,070 min- > isters, 2,040 churches, and 127,000 communi- ' cants. The General Assembly will meet in J Vicksburg, Miss , May 15, 1884. I Thi Presbyterian Church in the United States ,of America (Northern) has 23 synods, 182 (presbyteries, 282 licentiates, .5,218 ministers, > 5,858 churches, 600,695 communicants, and ■contributes annually about $9,660,000. The ^ G^enerai Assembly will meet at Saratoga May I lo, 1884. , Ihe Methodist Protestant Church was organ- )ized in Baltimoie, 1830, and now- has 44 an- > nual conferences, 1,500 itinerant ministers, 2,- [500 local ministers, 130,000 members, and ^ $3,000,000 in church pr 'perty. The General , Conference will meet May 16, 1884, at Fair- I mount, W. Va. The Lutheran Church in the United States, i embracing the General Synod, General Coun- ' cil, General Synod tSuuth, Synodical Confer- [ ence and independent Synods, has 3,500 min- , isters, 6,:i00 churches and 817,000 communi- , cants. In the world there are 40,750,(00 Lu- , therans. The General Synod, Eev. Dr. John • G. Morris, of Baltimore, president, will meet t at Harrisburg, Pa., May 27, 1885. TJue Baptist Church in the United States has ( 1,167 associations, 26,931 churches', 17,100 or- dained ministe. s and 2,394,742 members. There are 14 general nnd 37 State organisations. The Southern Bapti,st Convention will meet in Bal- timore May 1, 1884, and the Northern Conven- tion at Saratoga June 2 J, 188 1. The lieformed Kpkcopal Church has 7 bish- ops, 60 ministers, 63 churches and 7,500 com- ' municants in the United States and Canada. The ninth General Council, Kev. J. A-Latane, of Baltimore, presiding bishop, will meet in , May, 1885, at Peoria, 111. The Church of the United Brethren in Christ. organized in Baltimore by Phillip William Otterbein, in 1800, has 49 annual conferences,' with 1,L^35 itinerant and 750 local preachers, 2,250 churches, 157,500 members, and i)r.iperty \ value.! at $3,000,000. The General Conference will meet at Gabon, Ohio, May 8, 1885. Ihe Reformed Church in the United .-tales' has 7 district synods, 50 classes, 767 ministers,' 1,432 congregations, 268,000 members and 107,-' 000 Sunday-school scholars The General (triennial) synod meets in Baltimore Mav 7 1884. ^ ' Tho Universalists have 23 State conventions, 719 churches, 722 ministers, 36,238 memViers' 51,793 Sunday-school scholars, and $6,443,000 ' in church property in the United States. The ! Universalist General Convention will meet at Peoria, 111 , in October, 1884. Tlie CJirU tian Church in the United States has 650,000 members, 5,000 churches, and 3,- 700 preachers. ^ I'he Ecariffical Association is composed of 24 English and German conferences, 1,600 churches, 120,000 members, 950 ministers and 613 local preachers. The Society of Friends in the United States has 96,.'2.") members, of whom 70,180 belong to the Oithodo.x and 26,345 to the Unitarian branch [ The Hebrew population of the United States ' is 230,000. The Young Men's Christian Association in' America has a membership of 100,000, divided ' into 1,000 associntions, with 69 buildings val- ued at $4,000,000. The African Methodist Episcopal Church comprises 41 annual conferences, 1,738 itine- rant ministers, 3,720 local preachers, 2,151 churches and 387,;-60 members. The General Conference will meet in Baltimore May, 1884. The Afi icmi Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. embraces 22 annual conferences, 2,500 minis- ^rs, 4,350 congregations and 231, 000 members. The next General Conference will meet in Kew York May 7, 1884. THE SHENAM)OAH VALLEY, NORFOLK AND WESTERS RAILROADS A>D VA., TENN. AND GEORGIA AIK LINE. NOTES AND HINTS FOR TUEISTS AND TRAVEL- ERS GENERALLY. The Shenandoah Valley route presents un- > bounded resources in the way of unrivaled' scenic attractions and points of historic inter- ' ' est Among the many and most promiuent i are the wonderful caverns of Luray and the i famous Natural Bridge of Virginia ; and many ' of the most noted Virginia Springs resorts are ' directly on its line. The Warm Springs, and ' Asheville, N. C, are most comfortably reached [via Morristown, Tenu., directly by rail -with- out staging ; and other Summer and Winter resorts of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida are directly and conven- iently accessible without the annoyance and discomfort of numerous changes. Referring to the Caverns of Luray, this great natural wonder must be .seen to be appreciated ; its extent and fascinating beauty are clearly brought out by the brilliant illumination of the electric light. The Luray Inn is entirely new^ erected m the early English cottage style ; its appointments complete, and conducted in every particular to please the most fastidious. x^.t the thriving city of Roanoke is the " Ho- tel Roanoke, similar in style to the Luray Inn, and under the same management, together ' with the excellent dining stations at both points. At Natural Bridge the " F'orest Inn" and " Appledore " are under one management, and offer excellent accommodations for visi- tors Traversing the most picturesque section of America, with double daily passenger-trains and perfect i uUman car service, over a road- way of unsurpassed physical condition, this route takes its position as the popular trunk line between the ^ orth and South and South- west . Within the limits of that vast section of the United States of America, east • f the Missis- sippi Kiver and its tributaries, there lies a re- gion embracing much of Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Western North L arolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, which, possessing in ' a most remarkable degree those great re- sources of individual and natural wealth rep- resented in the products of their fields, forests, I mines, and water-powers, likewise presents an , array of scenic attractions and health and pleasure resorts unsurpassed throughout a land favored most liighly among the nations of the world, with all that charms the eye and pleases the senses. Traversed in all essential directions by a transportation service, now^ rendered cohesive I and harmonious by common interests and ' common management, the railways of the Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line, and their connections, departing from the banks of the Susquehanna, the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay in the l^iortheast; the waters' of the Gulf of Mexico and the orange groves' of Florida on the .^"outh and Southwest; the' cotton fields of the Mississippi on the West; the | blue waves of the Atlantic on the Southeast, ( and the busy scenes of Norfolk and Hampton . Roads on the East, ascend rapidly to that vast ' plateau pierced and eucirled by the Appala- chian Mountain Ranges, and finding the J shortest routes of union bet-\veen the great , cities of the North and South and Southwest, , furnish highways of luxurious and speedy < travel, amid surroundings of natural beauty and person fi.l com f.'rt unexcelled tliroughout| the land. ' Starting from N'orfolk, the Norfolk andj Western Railroad, the initial road of this greats system, penetrates the richest and most pictur- ( esque portion of Virginia — connecting at Bris- tol, 408 miles from Norf jlk, and the East Ten- nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and ' forming the shortest and most direct route to | Chattanooga, Memphis, Arkansas and Texas, , Macon, Jacksonville, Montgomery, Mobile ( and to Atlanta and New Orleans Located on the line of the Norfolk and Wes- tern Kailroad is the ancient city of Petersburg, ' possessing a colonial and civil history. Here' is the historical Crater, where was fought one ', of the bloodiest battles of the civil war. At i Jamesville centres a large section of tobacco and grain farms. Appomattox C. H., world- renowned as the place of Lee's surrender, is ' near the line of the road. Lynchburg is also' on the road, and of the most progressive of the , prosperous cities of the South Here, also, is , Roanoke, the magic city of the South. At this i point the Shenando'ih Valley Road, 280 miles' from Hagerstown, joins the iSTorfolk and Wes-' tern The city, scarce two j"ears old, boasts of 7,000 inhabitants, and its growth lias been! marvelous. Branching out from New River Station the i New^ River branch penetrates the heart of the i wonderful ore beds and coal fields about Po- cohontas. The scener}' along the New River' countrt'' is superb, and many points of interest | to attract the tourist and sight-seers. Located along the line of the Norfolk and Western J\ailroad are manj'^ famous Summer i Kesorts— Blue Kidge, Springs, Bedford Alum, ' Alleghaney Yellow Suliihur, the celebrated J Peaks of Otter, visible from the train, and. Mountain Lake — all of which are resorted to i annually by thousands, who seek in this re- treat health and rest from the cares of busy ' trial. THE OLD RELIABLE. Tipia, him anl Esor^ia Air-Lins, FROM BOSTON, PROVIDENCE, NEW YORK,! PHILADELPHIA and BALTMORE, i -AND FK'O.M- lorfolk, felershrg, Hicksiiil \\i ly&ciibiirg TO ALL POINTS All claims for "Through Rates Given and Quick Time Made. Losses, Damages or overcharges, promptly adjusted. THIS LINE IS COMPOSED OF Merchahts' & Miners' Trausport-.itiou Co., from Boston and Providence ; Old Dominion Steam- ship Co., from New York; Phila,, Wilmington & Baltimore K. R., and Clyde Line Steamers from I'hiladelphia; Baltimore Steam Packet Co., from Baltimore; Norfolk and Western K K. ; East Tenn., Va. and Georgia K- R. ; Memphis and Charleston R. R. ; Nash\nlle, Chat, and St. Louis R. R. ; Western and Atlantic i\ R. ; Selma Div. E. T., V. & G. K. R. ; Vicksburg & Meridan K. R. ; Mobile North, East and West^ Coiuprising'ttio Ncnv and Elegant Palace Steamers With elegant Saloons and Staterooms, and Tallies prepared in a ,si_\ Ic Llnslllpa^se(l by any first class Hotel or Iv'estaurant in tlie countrj\ The comfortable honrs of Deparlure from and Arrival at all points, the undisturbe 1 niglit's rest on the Steamers, are also objects worthy the consideration of the traveler. IC^"No Omnibus Transfers. Trains stop immediately at Meamers' wharves. It is also THE POPULAR FREIGHT ROUTE Between NORFOLK and BALTIMORE, And ail Points SOUTH and -WESl", ITaving Five Kiiie Steamers (in addition to those mimed above) that were built especially for the Freight traffic of the Company. Connects at Baltimore with Ocean Lines for ]>iverpool, Bremen, London, &c., and Baltimore and Ohio and Northern Central Railroads, for Freights to and I'rom all points West; and at Norfolk with Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern Railroads; and at Rii-tsmoutli with Seaboani and l^janoke Railroad, for the South and Southwest. orfolk 0irpiHn ANNUAL THE YEAR 1884. WITH TABLES CALCULATED FOR THIS LATITUDE n.LfSTKATKU BY 1 I.AUING ARl ISTS, Md^lLY AMERICAN. CALENDAR 1884 M'TWiT F ..II 7|8 2Ii22 28 29 1884 S M, T W T. F S 4 51 6 1 1:12 13 iS 19120 '27 3 10 17 23124 30,.. . .I I 7)8 I4'I5 21 22 28 29 4. 5 II 12 1819 24|25 26 31 I 8 15 16 22|23 29'3o 5 6 I2[I 1920 26J27 31 4 10 II I7ii8 425 15 21 22 2829 1884 7 r^ 14 3: |2i 28 M T W T F S 5 12 it I 2 3 8 910 15 i6'i7 24 456 1112 13 18 I9|20 2627 I4ii5 21J22 28:29 4 5 IIII2 1819 2526 3 10 16 I7'i8 23'24|25 3031 ■• . . . .1 I 6; 7 8 '3 14 15 2021 22 27 28 29 2 3! 4 56 9!iolii 12 13 i6'i7!i8 IQ 20 2324I252627 3o|3i|..|..[.. Published by 1^. Gi-nL.E:isrisr.A.:N", NORFOLK, VA. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE (OF THE UMBRELLA), — Miss Edwards. Eclipses, etc. Ill the year 1884 Ihere will be five Eclipses — iliree of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, on the morn- ing of March 27, invisible on the American Con- tinent. II. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, on the morn- ing of April 10, visible throughout the United States. III. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, on April 25, invisible in North America. IV. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, on the evening of October 4, visible in Europe, Asia, .\frica and the Atlantic Ocean ; and later phases visible in the eastern jjart of America — /. e., tiicse places where the Moon rises before the end of the Eclipse. V. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun on Octolier iS ; the earlier, and in some places the middle phases, lieing visible in the Western part of the LInileil Stales, near the Pacific Coast. ri.ANETS BRIGHTEST. Venus, June 3 and August 17. Mars, February i. Jupiter, January 19. Saturn, Decemlier 12. Mercury is brightest, or best seen, at the fol- lowing dates : January 4, after sunset ; Febru- ary 13, before sunrise ; April 25, after sunset ; June 12, before sunrise; August 23, after sunset ; October 5) before sunrise ; December 17, before sunset. MORNING AND EVENING STARS. Morning Stars. — Mercury, from January 20 to March 30, and from May 17 to ]uly 13, and from September 19 to November 4. Venus, from July 1 1 to the end of the year. Evcfting Stars. — Mercury, until January 20, and from March 30 to May 17, and from July 13 to September 19, and from November 4 to the end of the year. Venus, until July 11. THE FOUR SEASONS. Winter begins December 21, 18S3, at 10.44 1'. M., and la>ts 89 days and 53 minutes. Spring begins March 19, 1884, at 11.37 r. m., and lasts 92 days, 20 hours and 14 nimutes. Summer begins June 20, 1884, at 7.51 p. m., and lasts 93 days, 14 hours and 21 minutes. Autumn begins September 22, 1884, at 10.12 .\. M., and lasts 89 days, 18 houi^s and 13 minutes. Winter begins December 21, 1884, at 4.25 A. M. Tropical year, 365 days, 5 hours and 41 niiintles. .MOVABLE FE.\STS. Septuapcsima Sunday February 10 Sexafjesima Suiulay " 17 Ouinquasesima Sunday " 24 Ash VVednesdav . " 27 Quadragesima Suiidav Marth 2 mid-Lent " 23 Copyright, 188:1, b.v .liimes Silt Ion. Wholfsale aid Hclail Pcalfr in FRENCH AND AMERICAN CALF SKINS. OAK AND HEMLOCK SOLE LEATHER BOOT. SHOi: and CrALTHER UPPERS AND SHOE FINDINGS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, DKAI.r.R IN Fresh Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Fish, Oysters, Eggs. COR. Granby and Charlotte Sts., W.M ». U ll.TK Til Ft. S (i A UNI- XT. Jk. Ltilf Jinli/r, t(-c WHITE & GARNETT, Attorneys and Counsellors at I^aw, ^^oc:o2c 1:14- Jdain >3::vs:. Jf^C WhoUsah nnd Retail Dealer 171 'irLe :E^a-rr:Lil3r Q-roceries,>- SHIP STORES, PROVISIONS, Fine Wines, Licinors,^Cigars. Tobacco, &c., 13 and 15 Corner Market Sqnare, and 1, 3 and 5 Union Street, NORFOLK, TA. Smithfield Sams, Roasted Coffee and Fine Teas a Specialty. HAVING ASSUMED THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ->^^s;:^%«5«^ NORFOLK, YA, ^ dej to announce- to my friends and fhe, traveling viidHc' gen- erall. , that it is located in the most central par: of the ousiness section of the city, convenient to Steamooat Wharves and wrapped that their contents cannot be readily exammed. Two cents per half-ounce. Skconu Class. — Publications mailed direct from publishers and news agencies to subscribers, etc., under special postal rates. Thiku Class. -Books, transient newspapers, periodicals, circulars, ])roof-sheets and manu- script accompanying same, and printed matter generally (except that b.-longing in the second class). Upon matter of this class, or on its wrapper, tlic sender may write his own name, precedcil by the word " from ;" may mark any printed passage to call attention to it ; may write date, address and signature of circulai-s, correct typographical errors, and write on cover or blank leaf of any book or other printed article of this class, a simple dedication or presentation inscription not in tlie nature of personal corre- spondence. One cent for each two ounces. Fourth Class. — Merchandise and other ar- ticles not liable to damage other mail matter. Upon this matter tlie sender )nay write his name and atldress, preceded by the word "from," and may also write number and names of articles inclosed. One cent for each ounce. Unm.vil.vble. --Liquids, poisons, explo.sives, ointments, pastes, fresh fruits and vegetables, animals, alive or dead ; articles having an offen- sive odor, obscene and indecent books, prints or other like articles. Miscellaneous Information. -Letters and postal -cards directed to a person who has re- moved, or is temporarily absent from his usual place of residence, will Ije forwarded, on his re. quest, free of charge ; but droj) letters cannot be forwarded to other post-offices except on fur- ther prepayment to an amount suiticient (with that alieady prepaid) to cover postage at three cents per half-ounce. Postal-cards bearing on their lace or address side any mesage or pan of a message, or any writing or printing other than is necessary to secure their proper delivery, are unmailable, and will be returned to the sendere. Foreign Mails, Etc.— Letters to foreign countries, composing the "Universal Postal Union," five cents f(.)r each half-ounce — prepay- ment optional. Newspapers and other printed matter (including book.s, pamphlets, commercial papers, photographs, sheet-music, maps, engrav- ings, deeds, legal papei-s, and all documents wholly or partly in wrilmg, and not in the nature of i')ersonal correspondence), and on sam- ])les of merchandise, one cent for each two ounces. Canad.V (including Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick, Manitoba and Prince Edward's Island)— Letter's, three cents for each half-ounce. Tran- sient newspapers and other jirinled matter, one cent for each two ounces. Second-cla.ss matter, same as in the United States; samples of mer- chandise (no tlutiable articles or articles of in- trinsic value admitted), ten cents for each pack- age, not exceeding eight ounces in weight — pre- payment compuLsory. Registr.xtio.n.— letters and packages can be registered on payment of ten cents and full postage. The name and address of the sender must be indorsed by him on each letter or pack- age. Mail matter may be sent registered to any post-office in the United States, Canada, or in any of the countries of the "Univei-sal Postal Union." Money Orders. — Money Orders, limited to $50 each, payable in the United States, can Ix; obtained at any post-office. The " Garden of the Gods," one of Colorado's sights, is a small valley just on the edge of the mountains, near Colorado Springs, inclosed by an almost vertical wall of massive white sand- stone. The rocks inside are soft sandstones, their bright brick-red color forming beautiful contrasts with the grassy slopes. These rocks have been subjected to a vast amount of erosion, to which they readily yielded from their soft- ness, and the many ridges and tower-like forms scattered throughout the garden are the remains of upturned parallel strata. Fanciful names have been given to these rocks, such as " Ca- thedral Spires" and " Montezuma's Cathedral." The entrance to the garden is through " The Beautiful Gate," an opening through one of the highest ridges, and beyond which is to be seen Pike's Peak, raising its snowy head above the clouds. The rocks in the " Garden of the Gods " vary in height from loo to 300 feet. According to statistics the number of railroad travelers killed in France is one in each 1,600,000,000 kilometres run, which is a distance equal to 40,000 times round the world. This excursion would last 3,044 years, traveling day and night at the rate of sixty kilometres per hour. So that, supposing an average life-time of sixty years for a healthy man before he could be killeci by a railway accident, he would have died fifty times a natural death. — Nature. 1st Mo. JANUARY. 31 days. >, .c >, >, 1 u) tn 'n nj -^ cfl -^ ca Noon. a> +-* c "2 c 2 ■ rt Q ga % Q Wash'ton C (/) i<^ §-■ > S 5 IVl. Time. 3 ■s. 5"^ H. M. S. H. M. H. M. H. M. 1 1 Tu 12 3 44 7 19 4 49 8 19 2 2 \V 12 4 13 7 19 4 49 9 22 3 3 Th 12 4 41 7 19 4 50 10 26 4 4 Fr 12 5 8 7 19 4 51 11 31 5 5 Sa 12 5 35 7 19 4 53 morn. IQ. 6 6 S 12 6 2 7 19 4 53 38 7' 7 M j2 6 23 7 19 4 54 1 47 8 8 Tu 12 6 54 7 19 4 55 2 54 9 9 W 13 7 19 7 19 4 56 4 1 10 10 Til 12 7 43 7 19 4 57 5 4 11 11 Fr 12 8 7 7 19 4 58 6 2 12 12 Sa 12 8 30 7 18 4 59 rises. F. 13 13 S 12 8 53 7 18 5 6 34 14 14 M 12 9 15 7 18 5 1 7 39 15 15 Tu 12 9 37 7 17 5 2 8 41 16 16 W 12 9 57 7 17 5 3 9 41 ir 17 Th 12 10 18 7 17 5 4 10 39 18 18 Fr 12 10 37 7 16 5 5 11 36 19 19 Sa 12 10 56 7 16 5 C morn. 20 20 ji^ 12 11 14 7 15 5 7 32 3Q. ai 21 U 12 11 31 7 15 5 8 1 28 22 22 Tu 12 11 47 7 14 5 9 2 22 23 23 W 12 12 3 7 14 5 11 3 16 24 24 Th 12 12 18 7 13 5 12 4 7 3.5 25 Fr 12 12 32 7 12 5 13 4 56 26 26 Sa 12 12 46 7 12 5 14 5 43 27 27 S 12 12 58 7 11 5 15 sets. 28 28 M 12 13 10 7 10 5 16 6 8 N. 29 29 Tu 12 13 21 7 9 5 17 7 12 30 30 W 12 13 31 7 8 5 19 8 17 31 31 Th 12 13 40 7 8 5 20 9 24 ■Ill E. "JEt. O-^LE & SOjSF, TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS, &C- (^ur woods arc solectofl with grfaf cure, which, fur durability and comfort, as well as tor bcaiily of" finish and stvlc, e;iniiot h»' surpassed. We have also a lurg.' slock of Ruhhcr and Leal her Biois, for C>ystcrnicn. Fishermen, Luni- bern)en, Boys and Youths. Also Solid School .Shoes, for Girl? and Hoys, to stand ahu.-e. A cordial invituion is extended to all to call and examine our stock. Prices Lowest in the City. E. R. CiALE c^ BON, 160 MAIN STREET, Head of Market Square K. r. I'OWKl.l, .1. r: row 1.1,1. E T, POWELL, SON & CO,, Wholesale Grocers, -ANO DKAl.EUS fN- FLOUR. PROVISIONS, FiSH. SALT. &C.., ./\*, J£. Cor. W'lifcr i\- Coiinni't'cp Sis., NORFOLK, VA. CHAPMAN & GALE, DEALERS IN 'atehes^ Ol^Oilis,, Je^walF^^ SILVER and PLA.TEO WARE, SPECTACLES, EYE-(;LAS>ES, &c. .Ab. 152 MAIK STREET, Head of Market Sqanre, NORFOLK, VA. The. repairing of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., a specialty. Engraving done in the best manner. Hair Jewelry made to order. C. F. GREENWOOD & BRO N'c. 163 jUain Jfrset. - ' - - JTGCRFOLK, VA. DKALEKS IN ESTABLISHED 1847. FUED. (iUliKNWOun. /Spectacles aful Fancy Goods- Special attention given to the repairs of Chronometers and fine Watches Hair and other Jewelerv made to order and re[)airel by best workmen. O. C. K.VRiiAR, Tarbor.), N- 0. M- L. r;uRE, (iatjsville, N. C. GEO. F .TONE*, New York. THEO. H. PRICE, Norfolk, Va- EURE, FARRAR & PRICE, General Commission Merchants, Cotton ExoHA^GE Building, Water St., NORFOLK, VA. FARRAR & JONES, Cotton Brokers and Commission Merchants. 132 Peai;l Street, NEW YORK. W. iJ. HUI{K()U(.41IS, Lo,te City JuiUfe. J. J. BURROUGHS. Wmw(i^%%M i ®!Felliieip, ^TTOK.ISr'E"yS Jk.T ILsJ^'^^ p. (). BOX 152. ACADEMY OF MUSIC— ROOMS I aud 2. NORFOLK. VA- All Tax Questions, Muiuuipal and Corpor-ite Bouds and Public Securities a Specialty. COURTS.— Nortblk and Portsmouth Cities, and Surrounding Counties; U. S. District and Circuit Courts, Norfolk ; Court of App.;als, Riclimond ; Supreme Court, U. S.,Washington. J\^-.M^^ ir-:^:}% y-^'^^m 2d Mo. FEBRUARY. 29 days. » so > 1 5 Noon. Wash'ton M.Time. CO CIO 3 CO 1^ 1- H. M. S. H. M. H. M. H..M. 33 1 Fr 12 13 49 7 7 5 21 10 31 33 o Sa 12 13 56 7 6 5 22 n 38 34 3 (-4 12 14 3 7 5 5 23 morn. 35 4 M 12 14" 9 7 4 5 24 45 ly- 3() 5 Tu 12 14 14 7 3 5 26 1 50 37 •6 W 12 14 19 7 2 5 27 2 53 3S 7 ■I'll 12 14 22 7 1 5 28 3 52 311 8 Kr 12 14 25 7 5 29 4 45 •JO 9 Sa 12 14 26 6 59 5 80 5 32 41 10 S 12 14 27 6 58 5 31 rises. 4-i 11 M 12 14 28 6 57 5 32 6 24 F. 43 12 Tu 12 14 27 6 55 5 34 7 25 44 13 AV 12 14 26 6 54 5 35 8 25 45 14 'I'll 12 14 24 6 53 5 36 9 23 46 15 Fr 12 14 21 52 5 37 10 20 47 16 Sa 12 14 18 6 51 5 38 11 16 48 17 S 12 14 14 6 49 5 39 morn. 49 18 M 12 14 9 6 48 5 40 11 3Q. 50 19 Tu 12 14 3 6 47 5 41 1 5 51 20 W 12 13 57 6 45 5 43 1 57 5-2 21 Th 12 13 50 6 44 5 44 2 46 53 2-i Fr 12 13 43 6 43 5 45 3 34 54 •Z3 Sa 12 13 35 6 41 5 46 4 18 55 24 S 12 13 26 6 40 5 47 4 59 56 25 M 12 13 17 6 39 5 48 5 38 57 20 Tu 12 13 7 6 37 5 49 sets. N. 58 27 W 12 12 57 6 36 5 50 7 10 59 28 Th 12 12 46 6 34 5 51 8 18 60 ' 29 Vr 12 12 34 6 3.-i 5 52 9 27 After leaving the great Laramie plains the westward bound overland tourist begins to see some of the peculiar rock formations for which the Rocky Mountain regions are famous. Take the Weber Canyon for example: here Nature seems to have indulged in mad freaks, min- gling the sublime and the grotesque in fan- tastic confusion on every hand. Here are pillars, alone, in groups, and massed in rows and tiers. Many of the shapes so resemble the monuments and structures of man that the trav- eler is startled, and tinds it hard to believe that he is not among the ruins of a gigantic civilization. Women obtain from the United States Gov- ernment an average of about sixty patents yearly ; seventy is the number for the year ending July, i88o. As mightbe e.xpected, most of them relate to lightening women's work. Among them are a jar lifter, a bag holder, a pillow-sham holder ; a dress protector, two dust-pans, a washing machine, a fluting iron, a dress cart, a lish-boner, a sieve adjuster, a lap table, a sewing machine treadle, a wash basin, an iron heater, andirons, a garment stiffener, a folding chair, a wardrobe bed, a window cleaner, a napkin, a clothespin, a weatherstrip, a churn, an invalid's bed, a dipper, a paper dish and a plating device. A SWARM of bees contains from io,ooo to 2o,ooo in a natural state, and from 30,000 to 40,000 in a hive. THE FINISHING TOUCH. — Miss Edwards. The manufacture of collon was understood by the Mexicans and Peruvians long; before the ad- vent of Europeans. Columbus found the plant growing wild. In the United States cotton seeds were first planted "as an experiment" in 1621. In the province of Carolina the growth of the cotton plant is noticed in a paper of the date of 1666 ; but it was little known except as a garden plant until after the Revolution, at the commence- ment of which Gen. Delagall had thirty acres of the green-seed cotton under culture near Savan- nah. In 1784 eight bags shipped to England were seized, on the ground that so much cotton could not have been produced in the United States. Cotton is a native of India, but seed brought from there to the United States, where it is an exotic, will produce a better article, tend- ing to long and better staple continually. Ameri- can seed planted in India produces, the first year, nearly equal to the original, but every year of reproduction from the same seed will bring a steady depreciation until the product reaches the level of the native Indian cotton. The introduc- tion of cotton manufacture in the South, on the largest scale, does not seem to have affected the growth of the New England factory towns appre- ciably, showing that the United States is rapidly taking the lion's share of this industry from other nations — a consummation as appropriate as de- voutly to be wished. We can grow all the cotton and make all the cloth that the world needs, and we are going to do it "rigjit away." Sound moves at the rate of 400 yards per second — a mile in 4^ seconds — whichas about the speed of a cannon-ball when issuing from a full charge. Edison in his telephone accelerates sound by the aid of magnetic influences. More than 400,000 persons, according to the Railway World, ai-e employed on the railroads in this country, and five times that number de- pend upon the roads for support. Dental authorities estimate that the 13,000 dentists throughout the United States are packing into the teeth of the people not less than half a ton of pure gold every year. The IMble was so named in the fourth century liy Chrysostom. It had previously been known as tlie " Scripture." By the fourth century papyrus had given place to ]3archment and the roll was changed to a book. The present chapter arrange- ment was made by Cardinal Hugo, in the thir- teenth century. The division by verses was intro- duced by Robert Stephens in 1551. The game of billiards was introduced into Europe from the East at the time of the Crusades. J. E. BARKY, Prf«ident. W. S. WILKINSON, Cashier. -^J>ai^V^ OF NORFOLK, VA- (Originally Organ i/x-d in IHO^, under SUite Laws.) TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. H. L. PAGE & CO.. Real Estate Agents, i^uctioneers and Rental Agents, a J ('ofnNiercc. St.. cor. Main, ( Virgin! (tii Duildlui!'. Norfolk, Va. OFFICE HOURS— to h. SATURDAYS, 9 to 8. Property sold privately or by Auction. Rents collected, Tenants secured and j)rorapt returns made every month. Taxes and Insurance on Property attended to. MONEY LOANED ON REAL ESTATE. Houses and Lots for sale or rent in all parts of Norfolk and the surrounding country. Luther Sheldon, SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS and BUILDING MATERIAL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION 16 West Side Market Square and 49 Roa^noke Avenue, NORFOLK. VA. Established IS 26. S. S. PEED, Supt. GEO. L. CRO\AA, Sheet Iron & Copper HEATERS, Furnaces, ;^.« Lamps, Lanterns, Lamp Goods, Elaine Oil, &c. Ship ,ind House (PluTKbing, Lightning (Bods, iSUncil Gutting. (Plain, Japanned and (Planished Ti-n-Ware NORFOLK, VA, AyentH for The New Golden Sun and Splendid Fire Place Heaters. iji/m I f' THE WEIGHT OF RAIN. In the latitude of Washington about forty inches of rain falls per annum. Let us compute the weight of the rain that falls upon an acre of land. An acre is 4,840 square yards. Multiply this by 1,296, we obtain 6,272,640 as the number of square inches in an acre. Rain falling to the depth of one inch will give us, therefore, 6,272,640 cubic inches of water to the acre, and a year's rain, forty inches, will give 250,905,600. What is the weight of this volume of water? It is easy to determine. Knowing the weight of 1.728 cubic inches of water, which is 62^0' pounds, we find, by an easy calculation, that the weight of 250,905,600 cubic inches, the amount falling per annum on an acre, is 9.080,- 780 pounds, or 4,540 tons — a full load for 9,000 horses on a macadamized road. ' 3d Mo. MARCH. 31 days. >, JZ >^ u, 1 ^ w rt ^ rt tMoon. C w> !oCi §Q 3J CI Wash'ton c - c (.0 ^ >- 2 5_ M. Time. 3 cc 3 5 1^ H. IM. s. H. M. H. M H. M. 61 1 Sa 12 12 22 6 32 5 53 10 36 62 3 S« 12 12 10 6 30 5 54 11 43 63 3 M 12 11 57 6 39 5 55 morn. 64 4 Tu 12 11 43 6 27 5 56 47 10- 65 5 W 12 11 29 6 36 5 57 1 46 66 6 Th 12 11 15 6 24 5 58 2 40 67 7 Fr 12 11 6 23 5 59 3 28 68 8 Sa 12 10 45 6 21 6 4 11 69 9 S 12 10 29 6 20 6 1 4 48 ro 10 IM 12 10 14 6 18 6 2 5 24 71 11 Tu 12 9 .57 6 17 6 3 rises. F. 72 12 \\ 13 9 41 6 15 6 4 7 11 73 13 Th 12 9 24 6 14 6 5 8 9 74 14 Fr 12 9 7 6 12 6 6 9 5 75 15 Sa 12 8 50 6 10 6 7 10 1 76 16 .«» 12 8 33 6 9 6 8 10 55 77 17 M 12 8 15 7 6 9 11 47 78 18 Tu 12 7 57 6 6 6 10 morn. 79 19 W 12 7 39 6 4 11 38 ■)0. 80 20 Th 12 7 21 2 6 12 1 25 81 21 Fr 12 7 3 6 1 6 13 2 10 82 22 Sa 12 6 45 5 59 6 14 2 52 83 23 1 S 12 6 26 5 58 6 15 3 81 81 24 M 12 6 8 5 56 6 16 4 8 85 25 Tu 12 5 50 5 55 6 17 4 45 80 26 W 13 5 31 5 53 6 18 5 31 87 27 Th 12 5 13 5 51 6 19 sets. N. 88 28 Fr 12 4 55 5 .50 6 20 8 19 89 29 Sa 12 4 36 5 48 6 21 9 29 90 30 H 12 4 18 5 47 6 22 10 37 91 81 IVI 12 4 5 45 6 23 11 40 "^"'^1^'"^ ^1 .■^\>^y THE WEIGHT OF RAIN. In the latitude of Washington about forty- inches of rain falls per annum. Let us compute the weight of the rain that falls upon an acre of land. An acre is 4,840 square yards. Multiply this by 1,296, we obtain 6,272,640 as the number of square inches in an acre. Rain falling to the depth of one inch will give us, therefore, 6,272,640 cubic inches of water to the acre, and a year's rain, forty inches, will give 250,905,600. What is the weight of this volume of water? It is easy to determine. Knowing the weight of 1,728 cubic inches of water, which is 62V2 pounds, wc find, by an easy calculation, that the weight of 250,905,600 cubic inches, the amount falling per annum on an acre, is g.080,- 780 pounds, or 4,540 tons — a full load for 9,000 horses on a macadamized road. «gy ^ M^ 31 days. | 3d Mo. MARCH. >• >^ « +-' cfl ■^ nj Noon. 0) ^^ -t^ C W >- '^ 5 S '^ $ Wash'ton M. Time. CO 1: CO 5 |l| H. JM. S. H. M. H. M H. m. 61 1 Sa 12 12 22 6 32 5 53 10 36 62 W 13 12 10 6 80 ■5 54 11 43 63 3 •M 12 11 57 6 29 5 55 morn 64 4 Tu 12 11 43 6 27 5 56 47 iQ- 65 5 W 12 11 29 6 26 5 57 1 46 66 6 Th 12 11 15 6 24 5 .58 2 40 67 7 Fr 12 11 6 23 5 59 3 28 68 8 Sa 12 10 45 6 21 6 4 11 69 9 H* 12 10 29 6 20 6 1 4 48 70 10 M 12 10 14 6 18 6 2 5 24 71 11 Tu 12 9 .57 6 17 6 3 rises. F. 72 12 M' 12 9 41 6 15 6 4 7 ii 73 13 Th 12 9 24 6 14 6 5 8 9 74 14 Fr 12 9 7 6 12 6 6 9 5 75 15 Sa 12 8 50 6 10 6 7 10 1 76 16 « 12 8 .32 6 9 6 8 10 .55 77 17 M 12 8 15 6 7 C 9 11 47 78 18 Tu 12 7 .57 6 6 6 10 morn. 79 19 VV 12 7 39 6 4 11 38 •'Q- 80 20 Th 12 7 21 6 2 6 12 1 25 81 21 Fr 13 7 3 6 1 6 13 2 10 83 22 Sa 12 6 45 5 .59 6 14 2 52 8:3 23 S 13 6 26 5 58 6 15 3 31 84 24 I\I 12 6 8 5 56 6 16 4 8 85 25 'l"u 12 5 .50 j 5 55 6 17 4 45 86 26 W 12 5 31 5 53 6 18 5 21 87 27 Th 12 5 13 [ 5 51 6 19 sets. N. 88 28 Fr 12 4 55 1 5 .50 6 20 8 19 89 29 Sa 12 4 36 5 48 6 21 9 29 90 30 IS 12 4 18 5 47 6 22 10 37 91 31 M 12 4 5 45 6 23 11 40 1 _ = 1-^ BARRETT BROS., I 148 & 172 MAIN ST., NORFOLK, VA. j Artificial Te&th a specialty. A Great Reduction to those i who have had their teeth ex tractefl. New methods and improved instruments c for Extractint; Teeth Easy, Nitrons Acid Gas administered. Teeth Filled with Gold akd Silver. Gold Crowns and Points to broken teeth, Contour Fillings, restoration of" the natural teeth with Force-, lain Crowns and Points. Dr. A. D. Barrett's Office, 148 Main Street, head of Market Square. Dr. Randall Barrett's Office, 172 Main Street,over Baer's dry goods store. COiSTWlSI Ml 1ST IKDIA STEAM LIES, New York and Charleston, S. C. New York and Wilmington, N. C. New York, Hayti and San Uomingo. Philadelphia, Richmond and Norfolk. Philadelphia and New York. Philadelphia and Charleston, S. C Phila. and Washington, D. C., and Alexandria.Va. Balto., Norfolk, Newbern and Washington, N; C. liiiiglplig^ iilieni iii leifoll lfii» WM. P. CLYDE 6l CO., General Managers, f Nc. 35 Broadway, New York. - - 12 South Wharves, Philadelphia. JAS. W. McCARRICK, General Southern Agent, Noifolk, Va. 4 .IL #< *^^ mi ^p CHAS. W. PETTIT, PROPRIETOR. f M m W8& WmwMM Btmmmt^ Mammi^m MA-SUFACTURERS OF Engines, Boilers, Saw & Grist Mills Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, FORGINQS and CASTINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. T77-or3=in.erL Sont O-u-t on .A-pplication. u H COTTON FACTOR •^ L^-f No, 1 COMMERCE STREET. Norfolk, Va. -^€i" 4th Mo APRIL. 30 days. M to » CO ^ (0 ^ (0 Noon. « ■^ c % C « •SQ CO o s 5_ Wash'to.i M. Time. o<« 2? 2±- H. M. S. II. M. H. M. H. M. Hi 1 T»i 12 3 42 5 44 6 24 morn. <« 2 VV 12 3 24 5 42 25 36 |l O. lU 3 Th 12 3 6 5 40 6 26 1 27 il5 4 Fr 12 2 48 5 39 6 27 2 11 '.Hi 5 Sa 12 2 31 5 37 6 28 2 50 '.•7 Ji^ 12 2 14 5 36 6 29 3 25 '.18 7 M 12 1 56 5 34 6 30 3 58 ll!) 8 Tu 12 1 40 5 m 6 31 4 29 UK) <• W 12 1 23 5 31 6 32 5 101 10 Th 12 1 6 5 30 6 33 rises. i'\ 1(12 11 Vv 12 50 5 28 6 33 7 54 103 I'J Sa 12 35 5 27 6 34 8 48 104 13 © 12 19 5 25 6 35 9 41 105 14 M 12 4 5 24 6 36 10 32 106 If) Tu 11 59 49 5 22 6 37 11 20 i(>r 10 \V 1 1 59 35 5 21 6 38 morn. 108 17 Th 11 59 21 5 20 6 39 5 109 18 Kr 11 59 7 5 18 6 40 47 3y. no 19 Sa 11 58 54 5 17 6 41 1 26 111 20 ^ 11 58 41 5 15 6 42 2 3 M 11 58 29 5 14 6 43 QO 1 v^ !^1 AS o.' 113 22 Tu 11 58 17 5 13 6 44 3 14 114 23 M' 11 58 6 5 11 6 45 3 51 115 24 Th 11 57 55 5 10 6 46 4 29 116 25 Kr 11 57 45 5 9 6 47 sets. N. 117 20 Sa 11 67 35 5 7 6 48 8 18 118 27 © 11 57 26 5 6 6 49 9 25 110 28 M 11 57 17 5 5 6 50 10 27 1-20 29 Tu 11 57 8 5 3 6 51 11 21 lei 30 W 11 .57 1 5 2 6 59 morn. How mighty are the noiseless forces that are always at work in behalf of the farmer ! The silent power of evaporation lifts 3'early as high as the clouds, for every acre of land, 4,540 tons of water, which is precipitated upon his soil, in measured quantities, to give life, plentj', wealth. In comparison with the work of these potent forces of nature, how utterly insignificant is the work of our own muscles, or even our boasted applications of steam and electricity ! The daily income of the Czar is $25,000 ; that of the Sultan is $18,000; the Emperor of Aus- tria, $10,000 ; of Germany, $8,200 ; and the King of Italy, $6,400. The velocity of light is about 1,000.000 times that of sound. Light travels 190.000 miles per second, and there is no sensible space of time occupied in its passage between any points on the earth's surface. THE UNBROKEN FOREST, — Specht, An American forest in all the grandeur of its unUimmed, natural beauty, is in strong contrast with tiie more literary celebrities of Europe. Take, for example, the forest of St. Ciermain, a really large tract which has been jealously kept for the kings of France through many centuries. Here a day's tramp will show little l)ut what we would call "second growth," and small at that. What a revelation it must be to the foreign tourist, when he stands beneath the giant pines and mam- moth trees of California, gazing at tops pushed 300 feet above, and trunks spread 30 or 35 feet in front ! And 2,500 years of age ought to be refresh- ing where everything else is so palpably " new ! " MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF PLAIN, JAPANNED AND STAMPED ►iff TXl^T TKr^^TZ:E:. f^' Lamps AND LAMP Goods, ROUSE rumsiNS (iOODS, METALIC ROOl'lNG AND i^^mw '^"'^'''''• STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, &c. OUR FACILITIES FOB WORE IN OUR LINE ARE UNSURPASSBB, AND IN LINE OF GOODS WE KEEP ALWAYS A COMPLETE -AND EXTENSIVE STOCK. 104 & 106 Water St, 34 & 36 Roanoke Ave., B. P. SALE, &W& ^3 ^ ^s i_.o-3r-^iL.iL.'s x^^nsriB, •Om^FOLK, WA, AGENT FOR i ullJ pim ill! C!EIjEEIS.A.Ta33D BUD^AAEISS, Bavarian and Bohemian Beer BOTTLED BEER A SPCIALTY. '^^ ORDERS SOLICITED AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, //# ^\ ~-^ m £A\ A POSER FOR THE MASTER. — N icoll. In proportion as the people become wealthy- anil industrious thev require more and more gold, so that the diminishing- production of gold will be barely sufficient for the use of the arts and manufactures, and the yellow metal will disappear, little by little, from circulation. At all times gold has been a subsidiary money — a money of luxury. It was a consequence of natural laws. Economical necessities will oblige men to submit to them. That which has passed since the date of tlie publication of Dr. Suess's book (1877) has plainly confirmed his predic- tions. Already the scarcity of gold has created an appearance of disquietude. Latin was spoken by the inhabitants of Latium, probably 10 or 15 centuries B. C. It afterward became the language of the Romans. Latin was in its highest perfection in the first century B. C. It became "a dead language" about the eighth century of our era. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the chief town of Northumberland, is best known to Americans for its coal. This trade has existed since 1239, and its engrossing importance there became a by-word — "coals to Newcastle." The town is built on three steep hills, and extends about two miles on the river bank, communicating with Gateshead on the opposite bank by a hand- some stone bridge. The " high level bridge " carries the railway at a height of 118 feet, over six massive piers, 124 feet apart. The old castle, built in 1080 by Robert, eldest son of William the Conqueror, is one of the finest specimens of Norman architecture in the king- dom. It has recently been restored in many important parts. 5th Mo. MAY. 31 d.>3. >N n ^ ^ S" Noon. 1 s; ■s c "0 c ^' > 1 Wash'ton M. Time. 5ii CO 5 1^ H. M. s. H. M. 11. M. n. 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LQ-- Westpoint is situated in the most romantic region of the Hudson Highlands, conceded to be the finest of the river regions of the world. The idea of a military academy was suggested by Colooel Piclcering in 1783, but it was ncit until 1794 that an appropriation for the purpose was made by Congress. Each Congressional district, each Territory, and the District of Columbia are now en- titled to have one cadet at the academy, and there are ten yearly "at large" appointed by the President ; the others, on the nomination of the representative in Congress, are appointed by the Secretary of War. The age must be between 17 and 21. To secure admission can- didates must be proficient in arithmetic, reading and writing, including orthography, and must have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar, of descriptive geography, particu- larly of their own countrjf, and of its histor)'. The pay of a cadet is $500 per year and one ration, against which are charged his board, clothing, books, stationery, etc. The course of instruction occupies four years. The acad- emic duties begin September i, and run till about June 20. Between these dates the cadets live in tents, and devote their time to military duties — riding, sword exercise, pyro- techny, practical military engineering, signal- ing, telegraphy, etc. On graduation the cadet is commissioned in the engineers, ordnance, artillery, cavalry or infantry, according to the duties he may be judged best fitted to perform. LAKE MINNETONKA. — Taylor. NORTHWEST HEALTH RESORTS. To the people of the Southwest and great Mississippi Valley, a cool, healthful refuge from the heats of midsummer is not so much a luxury as a necessity; hence even the most distant sea- side and mountain resorts of the East find from these regions a numerous and profitable delegation every season. Of late years, however, the claims of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Northern Michigan are being recognized, and a sort of home interest created in the interior sections of the country, fostered and developed by the intelligent liberality of the great railroads identified with the advance- ment of the Northwest. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul is one of the most conspicuous of the great enterprises whose iron roads, main lines and branches, pierce and surround the important re- gions of the great territory to the north and west of Chicago. Much of the scenery on the lines of this company is not to be surpassed by anything anywhere in the United States. Minnesota ^las its " lake region." Surrounding St. Paul and Minneapolis the entire country is one beautiful park, which, for charms of waters, trees and rolling surface, is unrivaled anywhere in the world. The calm crystal of its lovely sheets, with pastoral .surroundings, from the smallest i^ond to the good-sized Minnetonka, is charm- ingly contrasted with falls and cascades in running streams of clearest purity and wildest rugged nature. The Minnehaha of Longfellow, thanks to the poet, is as well known by name as Niagara — and the beautiful falls and cascades of the Ver- million at Hastings are as wildly picturesque as the Glen's Falls of the Hudson, made famous by Fennimore Cooper. Across the broad bosom of the Upper Missis- sippi, even here a magnificent sheet of stream, in the Wisconsin lake region, we find the famous Devil's Lake, with its ' stupendous rock-bound shores, and the Wisconsin river, with its " Dells " of similar rocky charms. Those who have seen Watkin's Glen and the chasm of the Ausable, will here find those scenes reproduced a hundred fold ; and it has been said that people who find one day enough for Niagara, will linger with interest for weeks among these weird beauties. A sail by moonlight through these rocky gorges and overhanging cliffs is an experience that should make a poet, for the time being, even of the most matter-of-fact Yankee the nineteenth century has made possible. GIFFORDS, OCONOMOWAC LAKE. — Taylor. FOOT OF COMMERCE STREET. STEAMER KEYSTONE, CAPTAIN (J. W. JESTER, liesiLves every IVIonday^ at G A. M. for Willow Branch, Mt. Gould, Point Comfort, Coleraine, Holly's Wharf,**, Woodlcy's Pier,^ Tar Lanoiinj^, Water Oak Landing, Petty Shore,^ Raynor's Wharf, Taylor's Mill, Winton, Old Tcnvn Land- ing, Spieres' Landing, Mapleton, Maddrey's Linding, Mnrfreesboro. STEAMER HARBINGER, CAPTAIN C. H. JOHNSON, LEAVES EVZEY WEDNESDAY, 7 P. M.. and SUNDAY at 3 P- M. for Long Point,^ A. & C. Canal Landing,'' Coinjock, Newbern's Landing, Jarvis- burg, Morgan's Mill, Winslow's AVharf, Bnrgess Landing, Hobb's Wharf,^ Darden's Wharf or Belvidere, Newby's Bridge, Hertford. STEAMER CURRITUCK, CAPTAIN J. J. JONES, Leaves every Wednesday at 6 P. M, for Johnson's Landing,^ Freeman's Landing,^ Todd's Landing, Mill Landing, Thunderl)()lt,^Sansouci, Ryan's Wharf,^Avoca, McGlanghon's Lan- ding,^ Steele's Landing,^Blanehard's Land ing^' and Windsor. STEAMER HELEN SMITH, CAPTAIN J. S. PERRY, LEAVES EVERY TUESDAY and THURSDAY AT 6.30 A. M. FOi?. Great Bridge,^ A. & C. Locks,f Mt. Pleasant,^ Carson'.s Wharf,'' New R. R, Bridge,'' Old's Point,^ North Landing,'' Pungo Ferry ,^ West Neck/ Black Water,^ Ferrebee's Island,^ Tail's Creek.'' .^^nd. ^Trer37" ^^rid-a,3r a,t B IF. livdl- for Indiantowu,'' Coinjock'" and all A. & C. Canal Landings. Freight guaranteed as low as any other line. All landings marked thus^ must be prepaid. For further information apply to W. Y. JOHNSON, General Agent, J^orfolh, Va- The NORFOLK & WESTERN R R. THE GREAT TRUNK LINE TO THE Via PETERSBURG, LYNCHBURG and BRISTOL. The quickest and most direct Route, via KNOXVILLE and TELLICO, to LOUISVILLE, KANSAS CITY, CHICAGO, St. LOUIS, CINCINNATI, OMAHA, Via CHATTANOOGA and MEMPHIS for Doiible Daily Passenger Trains No Change of Cars Norfolk to Cliattanooga. it _ PO&-i»^ti" PAg_AcE SLEEPiMG CAR S 4 .. 1. Washiuirtoii to New Orleans, witliout change. 2. New Yi->rk to Chattanooga, " " .3. Lynchburg to Memphis, " " 4. Baltimore to Macon, Ga., " " Always see that one ooupox of your Ticket is via The NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILROAD. The Only ALL RAIL LINE to RICHMOND, WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE, PHILADEPHIA, and NEW YORK, is via PETERSBURG. If you are going to Travel or want any information about Tickets, Rates and Routes. dro|) a letter or postal card to ALLEN HULL, Passenger Agent, Lynchburg, Va. TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL POINTS, North, South, East & WEST. mWMBm H. S.4MBS, S. P0P1, Oe,ne,ral Svperintendent. General Pass, and Ticket Agent. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS Will ba arranged with the nndersigned THROUGH TICKETS now on sale at all Coupon Offices, North « id South, via the SBhenandoali Valley 3Eloute. All licbls permit S^op Ovsr at Natural Brills a&l Lrraj Caro, JOS. H. SANDS. Oeneral Superintendant. A. POPE, Oeneral Pasn. it Ticket Agt., Roanokf,Va. LURAT r>^ Sitaated in Page Co., Ya., on line of th^ SHENANDOAH VALLEY R R Discovered in 1878, and visited in 1883 by 15,000 People. Ample aeeommodations at Luray Inn for tht .most fattidioua. IBM. i®wp©^ amii JOHN L. ROPEE, President. R. H. KADEK BIGGS, Vice President. W. S. KADER BTGGS, GEORGE W. DEY, E. T. I'OWELL, THOMAS E. KLLIOTT, S. A. STEVENS, ^ ^V. S. WILKINSON, LUTHER SHELDON, ' L. HARMANSON, WYNNE, Secretary. WILKINSON, Treasurer. C. L. UPSHUR, GEORGE M. BAIN, A. A. McCULLOUGH. R. S. DODSON. Rev. R. M. SAUNDET S. Principal, Professor of Mental ami Moral Science. ,;;;;Mrs.: M. J. T. SA U SDERS, Modern Lavijiuujes. Rev. THOMAS HUME, Jr , A. M., D. D., Trof. English Language c English Literature NEWTOIj FITZ. Profensor of Mathematics. Rev. THOMAS HUMP:, Jr., Professor of Ancient Languages. Rev. R. H.WYNNE, Assistant Profetur of Latin. Rev. R. M. Si\UNDEi?F!, Professor of II y si cal Sciences. Miss VH.GINIA W. HANKINS, Blietoric and Composition. Miss VIRGINIA SCHOLEFIELD, • Elocution, Calisthenics and Penmanship. NEWTON FITZ, Professor of M^isic, Instrumental and Vocal. ANTON F. KOERNER, Ad juTict . Professor of Instrumental Music. Miss EMILY STANKO WITCH, (Gnulua e of Lep^ic Coj se.v tory.) Vocal Music and Ciiltivation of the Voice. Miss EMILY STANKOWITCH, (Gaiiuaie iif LP]b:c Cun-erv.ilnr> .1 Assistant in Instrumental Music. Madame de FALETANS (Paris.) Art^ Department, French and German Conversation. Miss VIRGINIA W. HANKINS, Principal of Intermediate Department. Miss BELLe BOYKIN, y Principal of the Primary Department. Miss s. TOMMIE HALL, Assistant in English. Mrs. LUDIE BOWDOIN, Matron, ' Miss CATTIE V. BOUSH, Domestic Department. New, elegant brick buildings, llirL't.' t^tori(_v< high, tb^ mumh vuntil ,tion, abnndance\of light, gas, water from City Water Works, batli rooms, with Iiot and cold water, well heated by steam radiators. Every possible convenience and comfort provided for boarders. Best modern educational appliances. Full Collegiate course of study. Course in English, in ' addition t(Hh& usual prc^iaratory studies, includes Anglo-Saxon, Phil dlogy' Wtid- Historical Grammar, as well as Literature and Criticisn?, and in its metliods of teaching is tiie workof an experienced specialist. It is. supplemented by a Post-Graduatc Course of Readings and Lectures. Special provision Ibrbcst instruction in Calisthenics, Elocution, Natural Sciencfes, Music, Drawing and Painting, Ancient and Modern Languages, conversation in French and German daily. Under Protestant influences, but undenominational. Three hundred and tliirteen Pupils last session. Charges very bno wlien superior advantages are considered. For Qftti8>llOgu©, contaLnin'g ''.firll int'ormation, address R.- ^H. Wyiine, Secretary, or Rev. R. M. Saunders, Principal, Norfolk, Va. ,aa;rjfc-w%-- ■•11^;^.,: tv\^ \ ^ " The Lexington of the Sea " was fought on May ii, 1775. An English armed schooner, the Margaretta, was lying off Machias, Maine, when the young men of the place seized a lumber sloop, and with such weapons as they could muster, started to capture her. The English captain tried to escape, even by cut- ting adrift his boats, as he was not yet advised of the particulars of events around Boston, and did not desire a collision. After a long chase the vessels came together, and the farmers boarded and took the Margaretta. Though short, the conflict was sanguinarjr, twenty men on both sides being killed or wounded. Cap- tain O'Brien, the hero of this affair, next trans- ferred the armament of the Margaretta to a sloop, and soon after captured two other small English cruisers. Previoils to 1797 there was not one journal in all Italy. In 1836 there were only 185, and of these no were published in Rome. Now there are 1,454, of which 149 are dailies, but Rome no longer has the lead. It is Milan, with 216, that comes first. Rome then follows, with 147, Naples with 114, Florence with no, Genoa with 56, and Venice with 32. Rome has 18 daily papers, Naples 16, Palermo 13, Milan 12, Florence 9, Turin 6 and Venice 5. On an aver- age, there are 8,000 readers for each Italian newspaper. An off color diamond dipped in violet ink, and just wiped or washed off, will temporarily become a white or first-water gem. 7th Mo ■ JULY. 3l day;>. >, -C >-, >^ (/} :.') 'n 0) rt ■♦-' «J -^ rt N 00 n. Q) ■*-' ^ m c ^ > 5_ Wash'ton M. Time. to 5 -^ H. IM. s. H. M. H. HI. H. 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F. 191 9 W 13 5 1 4 43 7 27 8 5 192 10 Th 13 5 9 4 44 7 27 8 42 193 11 Fr 13 5 17 4 44 7 26 9 16 194 12 Sa 13 5 25 4 45 7 26 9 50 195 13 « 13 5 33 4 46 7 25 10 24 19(5 14 M 13 5 38 4 46 7 25 10 .58 197 15 Tu 12 5 44 4 47 7 24 11 35 ■iQ- 198 16 W 12 5 50 4 48 7 24 morn. 199 17 Th 12 5 55 4 49 7 23 16 200 18 Fr 12 5 59 4 49 7 23 1 2 201 19 Sa 12 3 4 50 7 22 1 55 203 20 S 12 6 7 4 51 7 21 2 53 203 21 i\r 13 6 10 4 53 7 30 3 57 204 22 Tu 12 6 13 4 53 7 20 sets. x. 205 23 AV 12 14 4 54 7 19 7 55 200 24 Til 13 C 15 4 54 7 18 8 32 207 25 Fr 12 6 15 4 55 7 17 9 7 208 26 Sa 12 6 15 4 56 7 16 9 39 209 27 S 12 6 15 4 57 7 16 10 11 210 28 M 13 6 13 4 58 7 15 10 44 211 29 Tu 13 13 4 59 7 14 11 18 10- 212 30 W 13 9 5 7 13 11 54 213 31 Th 12 6 G 5 7 12 morn. 100 and 102 WATER STREET, - NORFOLK, V A. RECEIVER AND SHIPPER OF ALL KINDS Building and Finishing Limes, Shell Limes; Portland, Roman, Keene's and Rosendale Cements. Calcine, Dental, Casting and Land Plasters. Marble Dust, Coal Dust, Laths, Fire Clay, Press, Angle, Cornice, Fire„ Paving and Building Bricks. Tar, Rosin, Slates, &c. Special rates in freights and prices for wholesale lots. HARRY SALE, ^WASMINeTOl HOPSE,^ No. 205 Main Street, - - Norfolk, Va. RESTAURANT AND BAR. co:E=-A.i^T3srEi^sxn:F' 3>totioe. A. J. FRANCIS AND J. T. FRANCIS, Have this day formed a copartnership under the style of For the purpose of conducting a GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS, strictly on a CASH BASIS. Consignments of Cotton, Corn, Peanuts and other produce respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made and money remitted as advised. Advances made only on produce in hand. A. J. FRANCIS, NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 15th, 1884. J. T. FRANCIS. Charles E. Rloeber, D. D, S. ' {Successor to Dr. John Linn.) 1(1 ^IDEIsTTIST©^ ^(©1 { 144 MAIN STREET, 1 M&MF0JE,m9 W^. \ \ G. D. Pakker, ? Commonwealth Attorn 14 .'15 •iu> \-i\H .>1» \'£20 Wl ^ n I Noon. S° Wash'ton § M. Time H. M. S. 13 5 58 M i 13 5 M 5 47 5 41 5 3J 13 13 13 13 13 5 37 13 5 19 13 5 10 12 5 1 12 4 53 13 4 41. 13 4 81 13 4 19 13 4 8 13 3 55 338 339 1330 !.'31 333 I •-':« 334 , 335 li 33G 1337 111 -,'38 |!i 339 ;j:34o I 341 ii 343 'i: -■« ;V,'4-i ; 31 ■ !?^ ; n 59 3 43 3 29 3 1(J 3 1 3 47 3 32 3 16 2 1 44 1 37 1 10 53 34 10 H. M. 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 6 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 5 9 5 9 10 5 n ■> 13 ■) 13 ■> 14 ■) 15 5 10 17 18 5 19 19 20 5 31 5 23 5 33 5 34 5 35 5 36 5 37 5 38 5 38 H. M. 7 n 7 10 7 9 7 8 7 6 7 4 7 3 7 8 7 1 6 59 6 58 6 57 6 56 6 54 6 53 6 52 6 50 6 49 6 48 U 46 45 6 43 6 42 40 6 39 6 38 6 36 6 35 ! 6 33 I H.M. 34 1 17 2 4 2 »> 3 50 rises. 7 18 7 53 8 27 9 1 9 38 10 17 11 11 49 morn. 44 1 43 2 47 3 5;^ sets. 7 3 7 37 8 10 8 43 9 17 9 53 10 30 11 12 11 56 mom. 6 31 ! 47 10- An Enchsh.man, accuslomcd to sec "dinn- ers'' driving their two or three fat sheep to market, must be astonished at a real \Vestern "drive" of many thousands! The first sheup were introduced into the United Sutcs at Jamestown, Va., from England in 1609. They were introduced in New York and Massachu- setts about 1625. The Northern and Western States raise the best sheep for mutton, and the Middle and Southern for wool. There is no country where more attention has been paid to the improvement of the breeds of sheep, both domestic and foreign, or where more success has been attained, than Great Britain. It is to be sincerely hoped that the time has come when American farmers will take pride in fattening something besides hogs, and insist upon having the best possible meats for their own tables, to the end that leanness and dyspepsia may not be thrown at us as national characteristics. Lumbering is the third great industrial in- terest of the United States, following uponfiour and grist milling and iron working. Pennsyl- vania. Michigan, New Vork, Wisconsin, Ohio and Maine are the great lumber States, ranking in the order named ; they yield over one-half the production of the country. The annual cost of primary education for each inhabitant of the United States, according to M. Donnat, is $2.18, and the annual cost for war purposes for each inhabitant is $1.50. In most European countries the \var cost is about $4, to $1 for education. FRONTIER SERVICE, — F. O. C. Darley. The humblest village in whicli youf lot may be cast has in it a little library which offers to you and to your ciiildren a chance to sail the seas with Columbus and discover new continents — a chance to fight with Napoleon all the way froni the fiery sands of the Syrian desert to the anni-' hilating winter of Russian cold — a chance to laugh with Dickens till the endless oddities of human life open up before you an inexhaustible source of amusement. You can inaugurate re- formation with Luther and counter-reformation with Loyola. You can join the crowds and hear Peter the Hermit preach his crusade ; enlist under the banner of the cross; have a hand-to-hand combat with Saladdin himself; cleave the infidel to the chine, or get your own neck so dexterously severed liy his razor-like cimeter that you have to shake your head to believe it is actually off, and tlien come home again, safe and sound, only to set out on a fresh voyage for Iceland, or help Washington try to catch Benedict Arnold, or hurry up to be in time to see the Northumberland weigh anchor for St. Helena with the emperor a prisoner on board. — Francis Tiffany. Frontier service is precarious business, as those who engage in it will testify. Last year's remarkable raid into the wilds of the Sierra Ma- dre, Mexico, by Gen. Crook, and his capture of Apaches, give interest to Mr. Barley's drawing, which is true to life and in the artist's best style. on DoniiiiQii Sleamsliip Compaiif's Linss. TO AND FROM ROANOKE. aUYANDOTTE. OLD DOMINION. RICHMOND, WYANOKE. BREAKWATER, MANHATTEN. Passenger Steamer leaves NORFOLK for NP:M' YORK at 6 P. M., every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and leaves NEW YORK for NORFOLK at 8 P. M., Every Tuesdax, Thursday and Saturday. FOR RIC-HMOND,— Steamei-s leave Norfolk every Sunday, Wed- nesday and Friday Nights, arriving at Richmond next morning. Tickets sold and staterooms reserved by W, T. AVALKE, under Atlantic Hotel. Steamers NORTHAMPTON, LURAY and ACCOMACK, sailing daily, except Sunday, run a regular morning and afternoon schedule between Norfolk, Old Point, Hampton, Newport News and Smithfield. These steam- ers connect at Newport News with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, East and West bound, and make tri-weekly trips to Cherrystone, Mathews, and Ware river. Steamers leave Norfolk for Cherrystone, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, A. M., and for Matthews and Ware river, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, A. M. For NEWBERNE, N. C, and points on NEUSE and TRENT Rivers, Steamer SHENANDOAH leaves Elizabeth City, N. C, every Monday and Thursday, connecting with trains of the Norfolk Southern Railroad. For WASHINGTON, N. C, and points on TAR and PAMLICO Rivers, Steamer NEWBERNE leaves Norfolk (via Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal) every Monday and Thursday Morning for Washington, N. C, direct. Freight rec^eived daily, except Sunday. For further information apply to CULPEPER & TURNER, Agents. LKI cim^srscnf uuss Steam.er I- -ID. aOIjE:]^^-^3>T, •^X^' ' Leaves Taylor's Wharf, Norfolk, every For Columbia, Spruill's Bridge and all landings on the Scuppernong River. or Tlioaranas HSTe-w^ozi, Leave Norfolk every WEDNESDAY AND SATUKDAY, AT 6 A, M., For Elizabeth City and all landings on the Dismal Swamp Canal. 'Freights for the above Steamers received daily, from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. F. H. CAMP, A^ent. HENRY ROBERTS, Superentendent. m. --JfHE DlbMAL SWAMP CANAL will admit shm^p iuilt vessels drawing Jive feet of water, lighter built vessels, four feet. l^he locks will admit 96 feet length, and 16^ feet breadth of beam. Rafts secured with chains must not be over 14 feet wide; secured with binders, not over 12 feet wide. Ihey must be well secured to the satisfaction of ths canal authorities. Steamers will not be admitted witJwut a permit from this office. Company Steamer leaves Elizabeth City every MONDA Y and TTWRSDA Y, at 5 A. M., and will tow vessels from there to Turner's Creek. Apoly to B. F. SPENCE, <& CO., Ageuis at Elizabeth City. J^. -^ OI^I^IOE!I^S: @ JOHN B. WHITEHEAD, President. HENRY ROBERTS, Superintendent. H. C. WHITEHEAD, Secretary Bnd Treasurer. S. W. GARY, Collector. DIRECTORS : J. B. Whitehead, W. H. C. Elms, C. W. Newton, J. Y. 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Time. to 1/1 5 of II. M. S. 11. M. 11. M. 11. M. 075 1 w 1 1 49 25 5 57 5 42 2 20 % Th 11 49 7 5 58 5 41 3 22 3 Kr n 48 48 5 59 5 39 4 27 i-Jfs 4 Sii n 48 30 5 59 5 38 rises. F. •279 5 @ 11 48 12 6 5 36 6 13 •,'80 G M 11 47 55 1 5 35 50 ■J81 7 Tu jl 47 38 6 2 5 33. 7 43 •iS-J 8 \V n 47 21 3 5 32 8 35 ' -'83 9 Th 11 47 5 6 4 5 30 9 32 •-'84 10 Fr 11 46 50 6 5 5 29 10 32 ,:S5 11 Sa 11 46 35 6 5 27 11 35 3g. i'.'86 12 H n 46 20 6 7 5 20 morn. '■■-'8r 13 M 11 46 6 6 8 5 24 39 ,•-•88 14 Tu 11 45 53 6 9 5 £3 1 42 •-'89 15 W 11 45 40 6 10 5 21 2 45 •.".)0 10 'Ih 1 1 45 28 6 11 5 20 3 46 ■Jill ir Fr 11 45 10 6 12 5 18 4 46 •293 18 Sa 11 45 5 6 13 5 17 sets. N. ■293 19 •^ 11 44 54 6 14 5 10 5 48 •294 '.'0 U 11 44 45 6 15 5 14 6 24 •295 521 'I'll 11 44 35 6 10 5 13 r 3 •296 00 A\' 11 44 27 17 5 12 7 40 •297 23 Th 11 44 19 6 19 5 10 8 32 •208 •24 Fr 11 44 12 20 5 9 9 21 ! ■299 25 Sa 11 44 6 6 21 5 8 10 i;^ 1 .■',00 2(5 © 11 44 6 22 5 6 11 7 :J01 27 M 11 43 .55 6 23 5 5 morn. 1 y. ■■'.02 28 Tu 11 43 51 6 24 5 4 5 '■ :!03 29 \y 11 43 47 6 2."> 5 3 1 5 j ?04 30 Th 11 43 44 2(; ."1 2 2 7 1 :-!05 31 JM 1 1 43 4^2 -27 5 3 11 The James River is the largest stream that has its whole course in Virginia. It is 450 miles long, and navigable by vessels 01 130 tons to Richmond, a distance of 150 miles from the sea. From Richmond it is accompanied along its upper course by the Kanawha Canal, by which supplement its waters are made avail- able for 196 miles further west to Buchanan. The scenery is varied and very beautiful. .\ characteristic charm is the beautiful bluish at- mosphere, which softens and tones the hard outline feature charged against our northern landscapes. The river breaks through the Blue Ridge about 15 miles N. E. of the Peaks of Otter, and in this vicinit}' the sightseer will find ample reward for his tour. Any citizen, or applicant for citizenship, over 21 years of age, may enter one-quarter section (that is, 160 acres) of any unappropriated public lands, which are subject to pre-emption at $1.25 per acre ; or he may enter by pre-emp- tion So acres of such unappropriated lands, valued and classed at $2.50 per acre by the Government. It is estimated that the total supply of hides of all kinds used in the leather manufacture of the United States exceeds 7.000,000 annually. Horse hides are little used here, but in Europe are largely manufactured, some portions of the hide making a fine, soft leather. CLIFF SCENERY OF UTAH. No pen can well describe— 'lin h thnu—rt-^- have attempted the work— tin \\ 1 I ui 1 \ ml beauties of the canyons by \ ni ii ^ili L iko ^_^^ -_ City is approached from the ^' 1 ' li > iD'i ^ ~- Weber being names destined to iimujit liiij ov -z^^z^ canvas and between covers quite as assuredly as any ^-M competing point in the Eu- ropean Alps of Switzerland or the American of Color- ado. It is in Southern Utah, however, that the grandeur of the Territory may be said to culminate — in that broken chain of mouritains, running parallel with the Wahsatch and apparently a part of it, in which the great Colorado has its rise, to I'un southward and southwest- ward thence to the Gulf of California. It is in that marvelous region of rock and water, at and about the Rio Virgen, a confluent of the Colorado, that the scene of our picture is found . The mind of man cannot con- ceive of anything in nature more truly blending the beautiful and the awful than this spot, happily named "Valley of the Babbhng Waters." WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE GULF STATES. 1. Eight difTerent crops on the same piece of ground dur- ing the same year, to wit: Irish potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, running beans, rad- ishes, cabbage plants, mustard and turnips. 2. Rice cast on unplowed ground growing with the as- sistance of water only, from 6 to 7 feet high, never worked, yielding from i8 to 20 barrels an acre. 3. Corn planted on well plowed and prepared ground growing without any work whatever, and reach the height of 12 feet and yield abundantly very fine corn, well filled. 4. A peach tree coming out of the ground in the Spring, growing 12 feet high in one season. 5. Cotton growing from 9 to 10 feet high in one season. 6. Irish potatoes meeting in growth 5 feet across the rows, and yielding as high as 40 barrels out of i barrel of plant. 7. A beet weighing iS lbs. 8. Sweet potatoes weighing g lbs. apiece. 9. Orange trees bearing as many as 5,000 oranges to a tree. 10. Banana trees nearly 20 feet high. — Capital and Labor. LEIGH BROS, & PHELPS, General Auclioijeers, Real Estate aijd Reijtal Agents, 3^0- S-^ n^v^a^in street. Under Academy of Music. NORFOLK, VA. Farms, Trustee Lands, Wharf and Warehouses, City and Surburban Proberty of every description for sale. Parties wishing to buy are requested to give usa call. Telephone Number 171. GEO. E. BOWDEN, President. H. C. PERCY, Cashier. Imp I NORFOLK. VA. Chartered 1874. Capital $50,000. Transact a General Banking, Exchange and Collection Business, but devote Special Attention to SAVINGS DEPOSITS. Sell Exchange on principal European Cities. Interest on Savings Accounts from day of deposit. BANK HOURS: Daily, Sundays and Holidays excepted, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Saturday Nights from 6 to 7 o'clock. Deposits sent us by Mail or Express Credited and Bank Book promptly sent. STEAMER BONITO, CAPTAIN I. CAIN, Carriug U.S. Mail, will leave Hunter's (formerly Old Bay Line) Wharf, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY for VAN SLYCKS, and all intermediate Landings. Connecting with Steam- er Wave for Roanoke Island and intermediate Landings Freight received daily and carried at old rates. For further information apply to W. E. HUDGIJ^S, Agent. EDWARD SPAULDING, 'TWmmmmW'''M'^ at aw Office, Cor, Main Street and Roanoke Ave. Over Home Savings Bank, NORFOLK, VIRG-INIA. W^ DUr yj Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Beef, Pork, Mutton & Veal, Hsi, 2 imMk §Uf MopW. OWARD Sc BRO., Wholesale Dealers in AND AU. KINDS OF TRUCK, Nos. 4 and 5 Campbell's Wharf, Norfolk, Va. ^, COTTON FACTOR, AND General Commission Merchant, 10 and 12 Commerce Street, NORFOLK:, V^. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. — Thomas Moran, 11 -^ 'y The magnificent Dornburg is on the banks of the noble nver within the old Duchy of Saxe- Weimar, that small territory so celebrated in the world of letters, and notable lor the resi- dence there of the immortal Goethe, in that portion of his life in which he maybe said to have made the most notable and enduring mark on the mmd of his generation. Dornburg is by no means one of the popu- lous cities of the earth ; its population being scarcely more than one thousand, if so many • but the splendor of its situation, the health- fulness of the whole neighborhood, and the aroma of genius blended with antiquity have made it a place of delightful visit with those who understand how and where to pick those places which supply what Halleck well desig- nated as the " Meccas of the mind." Tender their ser\ i -s as Bankers, having special facilities in the colleition of NOTES and DRAFTS, payabU in this City, or at any accessible points in this >tate or North Caro- lina, WILL REMIT PhOMPTLY ON DAY OF PAYMENT AT THE LOWEST RATE OF EXCHANGE on NEW YORK. I'articular attention paid the purchase and snle of City and State Securities On Ordcn-s. Holders of Norfolk Ci'y Bonds furnished with (.^ucjtations as to tJie value and character of the same. Coupons and Interest collected by sendinfr power of Attonuey. Issue Bills of Exchange on every city in Europe. :i<>N.\L BA.NK. ATK & Ct>. New York Correspondents, \ ^"''A'U NATJ W. R. BARHAM. B. G. POLLAKD BARIIAM & POLLAlll), &mMMW^A% _Vl\ uO ^Roanoke Square, Norfolk, Va. -^^E:^'x:2^ to- Uwathmey cfc Bhms, New York. John C. Grafflin ct Bro , Baltimore, Afd. Kxrhaiuje National Bank, Norfolk, Va. Wamble dt Cluipman, Smithjieid, Va. .Sjtecial altrntioii piiiil to thf Hale o/' Orft-n Stuff in St-ttson- bspOp AND DISTILLERS^ AQENT. ■DEALER IN- OLD CROW, GAFF'S STAR, CAPE JFSSIMIJVF and OLD RESERVE WHISKIES. RUM, GIM and BRAJYDIES. Orders Solicited. ALTER J , Simmons. "^iS^ii^ Norfolk, Va. ^M- F. DAKM, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in BOLOGNA SAUSAGE, CORNED BEEF, &C, stalls 22 ancL 2^ HSTorfolls: dlty I^arlsiet- g@°°Special attention Given to Sliip Supplies. TERMS CASH. E. E. MeCLEARY, Livery, Sale and Exchange Stables 58, 60, 62, 64, 66 & 68 UNIOIST STREET, Formerly Hall's Old Stand. NORFOLK, VA. Will keep con.stantly on band a full stock of Horses and Mules. All Stock warranted as represented. City and Orders from the Country respect- fully solicited, and prom{)t attention piiid to the same. Address, E. E. McCLEARY, Norfolk; Va. k^^^ 12th Mo. DECEMBER. 31 days. >^ -C >-, ;._ to w u> ^ ^ n l^loon. c % c " SQ §° ffl Q Wasirion 5r? c s " > 5 $ M. Time. 3 I/) 5 5°- 11. M. .S. H. M. 11. M II. M. 33(5 1 M 1 1 49 31 7 1 4 39 5 22 337 Tu 1 1 49 55 7 2 4 38 rises. K. 338 3 \y 11 50 19 7 2 4 38 6 1 339 4 Th 1 1 50 43 7 3 4 38 7 7 :M0 5 Kr 11 51 8 7 4 4 38 8 15 ■in Sa 11 51 34 7 5 4 38 9 22 34-3 - >S 11 52 7 C 4 38 10 28 ■443 8 M 11 52 27 7 7 4 38 11 32 34^ 9 Tu 11 52 54 7 8 4 38 morn. •fQ- 345 10 \y 1 1 53 21 7 9 4 38 33 3-IG n Th 1 1 53 49 7 9 4 38 1 32 34? vz Vr 11 54 18 7 10 4 39 2 30 348 ]3 Sa 11 54 46 7 11 4 39 3 27 340 44 Hi 11 55 15 7 12 4 39 4 23 :!.->0 15 M 11 55 44 7 12 4 39 5 17 851 16 'J'u 11 56 14 7 13 4 40 6 9 352 17 W 11 56 44 7 14 4 40 sets. N. 353 18 Th 11 57 13 7 14 4 40 6 1 35-4 19 !*■!■ 11 57 43 7 15 4 41 6 54 :!55 20 Sa 11 58 13 7 15 4 41 7 48 356 21 S 11 58 43 7 16 4 42 8 45 357 22 i\I 11 59 13 7 16 4 42 9 43 358 23 'I'll 1 1 59 43 7 17 4 43 10 42 359 24 W 12 13 7 17 4 44 11 42 3fi0 25 Th 12 43 7 17 4 44 morn. IQ- 3(51 26 Fr 12 1 13 7 18 4 45 45 362 27 Sa 13 1 43 7 18 4 45 1 50 363 28 S 12 3 13 7 18 4 46 3 58 364 29 M 12 2 41 7 19 4 47 4 6 3(iF, 30 Tu 12 3 10 7 19 4 48 5 14 366 31 W 12 3 38 7 19 4 48 6 10 F. The Egyptians computed time by instru- ments. Log calendars were anciently used. Al-mon-aght is of Saxon origin. The most noted early almanac was published in Oxford, England, in 1380, and called John Somers' Cal- endar. Poor Richard's Almanac (Franklin's, Philadelphia), first appeared in 1733. The most noted lighthouse for size and an- tiquity was the Pharos of Alexandria. Com- menced by the first Ptolemy, it was finished about 280 B. C. The tower was of white stone, 400 feet high. It existed 1,600 years. THE OLD MILL.— J. D. Woodward. Crockery ware has many names — pottery, delf, crockery, china. The Cliinese understood its manufacture a kjngtime ago; but as far as we can find out, the art of making it was known still earlier — among the people who lived in I'alcstine before the time of Moses. The ware was of a very rude, rough sort, but it answered every purpose. It was at first made of clay, mixed, with water and baked hard and brown. The Chinese, how- ever, learned how to make it in more beautiful and delicate style as far back as 185 years B. C. The finer kinds were first introduced into Europe about the year 1500. The calcined flint, which makes the fine white cups and sausers, was discovered by a potter named Astbury. In 1720 he was travehng from his native town to London on horseback, and he found that his horse's eves were diseased. On the way he stopped at an inn and asked the hostler to see what he could do for the horse. The man look a jiiece of flint and burned it, and then powdered it fine and blew it into the horse's eyes. While Avalching the operation the potter noticed that the powder \\'as beautifully ^^■hite, and he at once said to himself: "That powder will mix well with my clay, and I can make fine white dishes." He did so and it was a success. Some travelers, searching among the tombs in Egy]:)t, found, wrapped around a body that had laid in the tomb 1,700 years, a piece of fine linen. They look it and washed it, and found it strong and good. In 1253 the people in -England began the manufacture of linen, but it was not until as late as 1834 that it was manufactured in mills in the United States. The first mill was at Fall River, Mass. BANK SALOON, LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S iDi3sria>TCi- isocHivdis ana. xa'EST.A-TU'i^-A-isrT, CHAS. HEROLD. Proprietor, Societiefi, Wedding rind Pic-Nir Pnviiiii fiirnixh^d with Dinners and Supperx in the Mghi-ttt style. <<(?. §^^<^ ikjs- ItfSiilt M> 232 Church Street, Grand Piano Concert EVE'RY EVEMJiG. P, HEILEMANN, Proprietor. established 1875. J. MCHUGH & Co. And Wholesale Liquor Dealers, §1 latir 3ii IS iiiilell llrtrti. NORFOLK, VA. FURNITURE ARPETS; WINDOW OHIADES, AND LACE CURTAINS. Onr thirtv-five years ])ractic;il experience, both as manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of Houseliold Furniture, and poi-sessing every pof-sible facility for the most convenient and economical conduct of our extensive business, enables us to offer to buyers the best made, largest assortment, and most iashionable Furniture, at the lowest prices. Our jjoods are all manu- factured to our own order, and in many lines we take the entire products of the factory, making them so that we have everything at first hands, and can guarantee our prices as low as any first diss house in the country. Our goods are all m'ade of the best seasoned material, and of best workmanship. It is with leelings of great pleasure and pride that we can announce to our old friends and the public that from a small beginning in this city, over eighteen years since, that we have built up a business in our line second to none in the South, and we believe it is the result of doing business on the most exacting principles of honest dealings, selling first class goods, and at reasonable prices. Our best customers are oui- oldest, and we (an assure all who favor us with their patronage that the same unflinching rule of business rectitude shall characterize our transactions, which have made our house the good name it has. We buy all our goods for cash down and our customers shall have every advantage we obtain by the superior facilities we possess of d(.ing business. Wholesale Furniture and Carpet Pealefs,, Cor. Main and Granby Streets, 3si oi^^ifolicv"^. i^s^'^c^;^ 'c" CHRISTMAS MORNING— Kittei. I love these little people ; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God. love us. — Dickens. Blue is the sweet floiuer called the '■'■ Forg-et-me-not :''^ Wear it upon thy heart and think 0/ me ! LAUNCHING THE SHIP. Formerly New York was the great centre of ship building in the United States, and the craft which left the stocks of her great yards were known the world over as equal in their various classes to anything which skill and enterprise of man could produce. But now, wooden ships are mostly built in Maine, near to the timber— and iron ships on the Delaware, near to the mines — in both cases saving largely in cost of ground too valuable around the great metropolis for these uses. It is a grand sight and an intensely inter- esting moment when the great vessel is ready to take her proper element. If everything is pro- pitious, when the great bulk begins ta move, nothing can be imagined more beautiful in me- chanical matters than the easy, graceful motion from the ways, until, like an aquatic bird, she floats upon the waters. No wonder the crowd cheers and joins in the triumph of the master mind. AMERICAN FERTILIZING CO OF NORFOLK, VA. Importers of Guano & Chemicals, AND MANUFACTURERS OF HIOE SEiDE 111 STH SUFEE-FHOSrim; 163 & 165 Water St., Norfolk, Va. C. L. UPSHUR, President- W. J. ROBINS, S«^cretary. DiitK< ToHS: Jni). \j. Roper of Norfolk, . las. E.Barry of Norfolk, Jno.F. 3now,of Snow , Church & Co., Baltimore; J B. Daughty, Norfolk, S. B. Carney, Norfolk. We iire Mannfaftureri^of' C. L. Up.iriilar Stan nuthiiig in the Market. It is especi- ally tine for Tt)p-Dressing, >r used in any way Peruvian is u.sed, and good on all crops. It is njadeof the Highest Grade and Finest Materials, Anali/i^in : 10 per mit. Aininonin, Ifi to "20 pi r nul. lime P/uispfmtr, 2 to 8 per cent. Pi>tnx/i. Upsbur's Stanilarii 7 Per Cem. kmonia Suaso, or Special Irisli Potato Guano ■I'lii.x (iiiano lias pioniixil to oxii^l the hesl Poruvia-i (iuaim wiifiu'vir used in roiiiputitinii with it. anii is preparpil espcially for ihc POTATO r![toi'. Il matures the I'otatup.R «arlii'r, iiroluces more and a Miperior (quality, rost.s $1,1 to $H* ppr Inn less than Pprnvian. mid pprmanently enriches the soil In the finest inpchanical condili^Mi. nnH is vprv luilky. AiMifxIx: 7 ^>8 per C4' lit- Ammonia, 16 to20percr/tt. Bnu: P/i OF THE HIGHEST GRADE- We also ofTer for sale Lohos's Guano. Standard .\ualysis. .\1so all kinds of l"ertilizing ihemical. such as Sulph Ammonia, Nir. Soda, Sulph. Magne.sia, Sulph.and Muriate Potash. Kainit. Bone Dust, Pure Fish Scrap, Fine Ground Fish .South rar'>lina Acid Phosohate, Ac, Ac. Oiir President is an experienced manufacturer of Guanos also a practical farmer, and employees of the Com- pany are practical and experienced Fertilizer manufacturers and dealers. AMERICAN FERTILIZING COMPANY, ill 0lf illlllp iffifliM m in 1 ^■« . I THE QUICK AND RELIABLE DAILY ROUTE TO Eastern iNorth Carolina, FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. COl^T^STiBOTZOl^TS- MMMmmmTM €iTrg With Old Dominion Steamship Company's Steamer Shenandoah, for Newhei'ne, evey Monday and Thursday. With Clyde Steamer, for Washington, and all points on Tar River. Also with Company's Steamers, MARY E. ROBERTS and MARTHA E. DICKERMAN, which leave Elizabeth City every Wednesday and Satur- day, lor Columbia, Spruil's Bridge, Creswell, Fairfield, Gum Neck, and othfr landings on the Pasqua'tank, Little Perquimans, Scuppernong and A lligator Rivers. With Roanoke, Norfolk and Baltimore Steamboat Company's U. S. Mall Steamer Plymouth, for all landings on the Roanoke River, connecting at Jamesville with J. & W. R. R. for Washington, and at Williamston, with trains of Albemarle and Raleigh Rail Road for Tarboro and othei' Stations. Connection is made with Steamer for Windsor and for points on the Chowan River. Through rates to all points and close connection at Norfolk with Steam Lines to and from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, etc. Through tickets on sale at Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York and at principal Stations. H. C. HUDGINS, Tor "PC pri('l< rnaiiufactured and the trade' furnished at LOWEST CA81I PRICKS. Onlers solicited for any style of BiiiUling or Paving Briek, and pronjptly filletl. Ad.lress, NORFOLK or BRAMBLETON, VA. WALTERS & CO. 7 and 9 Atlantic Sireet, NORFOLK, VA. Wines and Liquors for Family & Medicinal Purposes, at 8 BANK STREET, NORFOLK, VA. Pistablished 1849. F. A^. KA-RISJ & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, G. W. GiiiBEBT, Prop'r. 166 Main Street. NORFOLK, VA. HILL & MARSHALL, .. .^.„-*...- OFFICES: 78 Main Street, Norfolk, and 209 High St, Portsmouth, Practice in the State and Federal Courts of Eastern Virginia, and in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. FENTRESS & O'BRIEN, j>}?es .^ler in Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry, Solid Silver and Flated Ware, Engagement and ' Ye Iding Rings. Watches and Jewelry Repaired and Warranted. Hair Goods made to order. HAiafANSON. Jas. E. Heath. HARMANBOlSr & HEATH, OFFICE, 57 MAIM STREET, KORFOLR, VA. i/lccon^rr)odaliorjS or 2uU tiucsi ucsis. Th'.y .\riLKS FROM ISM. KM, VA., TWELVE MILES FROM ROANOKE CITY, ON LINE OF NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD. COOL, DRY, ELEVATED, NO FOUS, NO DAMINKS.\ ^WILL OPEN MAY 15th, 1S84. Livery, Billiard and Bowliug Saloon, excellent Band of Music, large Ball Room, good Koads, grand 8cenery, and good Huntinir (.Jrfninds. Stage leaves Salem, every day tiir the Springs. Invalids furnished easy goinc vehicles. Telephone connection with the railroad. Sulphur, Chalybeate, Freestone and Limestone waters. The Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs is one of the most delightlul Summer Kesorts. It possesses all the enjoyments of a tirst-class watering place. Its water is highly prized for its medical virtues, and is conceded to be on? of t'-e best mineral waters in Virginia. Those seeking health, pleasure and comfort will do well tcj spend the summer here. For families it has many advantages. The Cottages have connecting rooms with fire places in each room, and thoroiighly ventilated. The Lawn is very large and very dry, and well shaded, with no dangero.is ])laces fir children. The Springs are located in" Roanoke County, under the shadows of some of the outlying ranges of the Alleghanies, surrounded by a beautiful and luxuriant growth of native trees and evergreens. With an elevation of 2,200 tieet above sea level. There is a daily mail, excellent music, hot and cold baths, and all that will tend to render the place a delightful resort for families. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. For full particular'! address, T.J CHAPMAN. ^OAJVOKE, i^A. PJiu' Slvi -THE- ^eo^ iast )esl f TOiife line !> Through thp Grandest Scenery on the Continent. FAST TRAINS, wit!. New and Elegant PULLMAN SLEEPING-CARS AND DAY COACHES BETWEEN LOUISVILLE and CINCIN- NATI AND WASHINGTON. Solid without change of Cars. Connecting in "Washington, in same depot of arrival, with Pennsylvania Railway to and from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. At Louisville and Cincinnati, connections are made to and from the West, Southwest and Northwest; and at Ashland, to and trom Columbus and tho Lake Region of Northern Ohio. TWO TRAINS EACH AA^AY -BETWEEN- Connecting in Richmond with R. F. & P. Ry. for Washington, Baltimore and New York. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is the only ALL BAIL Line from Old Point Com- fort and Newport News, and is the SHOETEST route to the West and Northwest. COMBINED OCEAN AND RAIL TRAVEL. Old Dominion Steamship Company connects to and from New York at Newport News. By this new arrangement the trip has been Shortened 20 Hours. TIOICEITS EXlOTJI^SIOIsr TO THE CELEBRATED VIRGINIA SPRINGS, OLD POINT COMFORT. VA., AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA., ARE SOLD DURING THE SEASON. Passing en route through the most picturesque and eminently historical country in America, through the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, the wild mountain scenery of the Kanawha and New Rivers, the broad valleys and the grand and towering mountains of the Alleghanies and Blue Ridge. STEEL RAIL TRACK, Stone Balasted, Free from Dust. WEST- INGHOUSE AIR-BRAKES, MILLER PLATFORMS, And the most Improved Equipments conductive to Comfort, Speed and Safety. For intbrmation as to Rates-, Resorts, Excursion Tickets, and Sleeping-Car reservations, apply to any of the Agents mentioned : ST. LOUI-^, Mo., 108 N. 3d Street. W. G. FOSTER, Western Passenger Agent. CHICAGO, 111., 130 Washington Street, B. V. JACK-ON, General Northwestern Agent. LOUISVILLE, Ky., 340 W. Main Street, W E. ARNOLD. CINCINNATI, O., 171 Walnut fetreet, F. W. BUSKICK, Ticket Agent. LEXINGTON, Ky.,C. & O. Depot, G VV. BARNEY, Ticket Agent. OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Ticket Office adjoining Hygeia Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. C, 513 Penna. Avenue, FRANK TRIGG, Northeastern Agent. NEW YORK, 229 Broadway, H. W. CAUR, General Eastern Agent. RICHMOND, Va., J. C. DAME, Southeastern Agent. C. W. SMITH, H. W. FULLER, Gen'l Manager, Richmond, Va. GenH Pass'r Agent, Richmond, Va. I 12, %t^ RAILROAD FORMS PART OF TEE THROUGH PASSENGER & FREIGHT ROUTES ^TtANTic Coast Iiine -ANF)- ^BABOARD ^IR lilNE, BETTT^T^EEOSr Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor- folk, Portsmouth, and other Northern and Hastern Points, and Weldon, Tarboro, Goldsboro, Raleigh, Newbern, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Charlotte, Florence, Charleston, Columbia, Savannah, Jack- sonville, Augusta, Atlanta, Macon, Mobile and New Orleans, and other Southern and Southwestern Points. -e^' THE ONLY DIRECT LINE FOR BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE, THE MERCHANTS' AND MINERS' TRANSPORTATION COM- PANY are now running ilicir nev/ and splendid first-class Freight and Passenger Steamships, D. H. MILLER, Capt. S- Howes, ALLEGHAJfT, Capt. W- A^ Hallet, BERKSHIRE, Capt F- M. Howes- Leaving Company's Wharf, Norfolk, every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at about 3 o'clock P. M., not sooner. The regularity, safety and dispatch of these Steamships cannot be surpassed. FOR PROVII>E]5rCE DIRECT, WM. KEMXEDY, Capt. J. C Parker, BLACKSTOJ^E, Capt. E. E. ICent, GEO. APPOL D, Capt. Foster. Leaving Company's Wharf, every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at about 2 P. M., not sooner FMEmmW mW E^&WM&W BmWEB. For further information apply to CARRYING U. S. MAIL. TRIWEEKLY LINE TO WASHINGTON. D. C. STOPPING- AT FORTRESS MONROE, PINEY POINT, POINT LOOKOUT, AND ALEX- ANDRIA, VAv Going and Returning. On and after TUESDAY, September 25th, the magnificent Steamer GEORGE LEARY will leave the Boston A¥harf every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY at 4 o'clock P. M. Tickets to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and staterooms can be secured at W. T. Walke's, under Atlantic Hotel. Baggage called for and checked from hotel and private residences by Knox & Lawson'o express. For further particulars apply to V. D. GRONER, Agent. INLAND NAVIGATION! Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal, TOGETHER WITH THE M^h k Uwm M and Umm k Saritas Casa FOHM THE GREAT INLAND NAVKJATiON FRength Ft. Width \\ Deplli Ft. Albemarle and Cliesa|'eako Canal, 14 220 -40 7 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 14 220 24 9 Delaware and Raritan Canal, 43 220 24 7 Erie, of New York, ;M5 110 18 7 Light-draft steamers bound to Charleston, Savannah, Florida and the West Indies take this route. Steam tug-boats leave Norfolk, towing sail vessels, barges, ra%, A M'fUrmX Eiidowrnent Society of the City of K or folk, Cliartered hy the Legislature OTh tJw 10th day of Fehrii- anj, 1880. Col. ALEXANDER SAVAGE, General Snperinteiident E. r. J 'O WELL, Treasurer. Rr.v. R. IL. JONES, Secretary and Ge^ieral Agent. , , GrerLeral IDirector^r: Col.- A. SAVAGE, E. T. POWELL, Esq., Captain J. B. RIDDICE:, Reo. RICHARD H. JONES. Tins Society pays ;it death from S 1,000 to $6,000 according to Class insured in. Glass 1 }K\ys $1,000; Class 2 pays $2,000; Class 3 pays $3,000 ; and all Classes, if taken together, pay $6,000. Male and Female applicants are taken on same terms. Deal Is certificates are paid by mortuary assessments, thus making the members tlieir own insurers and treasurers. The Society is the cheapest and one oi' the most reliable in the country, and is in the most prosperous condition. FoT-fnll {)articulars, Constitution and By-Laws, or blank applications, call at ()ffi(e, or address, No, 6 ACADEMY OF MUSIC, - - NORFOLK, VA, Tin: VOTE OF VlRGINrA IN 1882-83. iViae. Maxiey. Ai'coinac \fim ^.tKX) Allipmarlt' 1,8.')2 •2.2.VI Alexamlria To... liiT 18.'. Alleu'heuy 241 274 Amelia 608 2:»o Ariiher>t 88« 1,588 Apiioinattox 72ti 5.'>!t AuKUs a 2,014 2,782 Bath 290 :{ir. Bedfiird 1.706 2,«7v: Bland 2nO :!81 Boieroiirt ' Cumherland «07 287 Dinwi.ldie 1,172 .I't.-. I)ick :!47 Kiiit; William.... 712 4.");i Lancaster Car- ter'.sC not in . 701 .'lO'.t T.,eo 7:i2 ."1.50 I.oiidouu 1,120 2,i:!8 i.ouisia 1,181 1,010 I.iinenbur;; 879 H^ Madijon 886 618 Mai hews 324 52.'! Mecklenhurs 2.0U; ta4 -Middlesex .54:! :i67 Montgomery 601 715 Nansemond' 1,102 777 Nelson I,o6o l,:!0o 4:!9 l,7!ll 245 / Norfolk Coui ty. 1,247 / Northampton... !)27 67:{ } Norlbuiiiherl'd .. 627 6;i7 S Nottoway 1,123 128 \ Orange 586 906 < PaKe !)6!t ti44 J I'ati ick 497 886 / rittsylvauia 2.895 3.7.i7 804 1,471 2i'.:! / Frinee ICdward.. 444 ) Prinoe (ieoige.,. 564 2:1:! \ I'rinee \V illiani. 228 942 \ Princess .Vniie... 758 572 554 470 582 1 Rappahannock .. 744 Richmond 694 4:5:! r Roanoke 844 521 ) Rockbridge 1 .596 1.4:!l 1 Buckinsliam 2,609 l.'.»!l8 Demo- craU. 2,.58'i :{,o:)6 2:16 (•,74 608 1.861 873 3,25:5 48:{ 3,:i77 4.82 l,i;:{5 1,1.52 199 1 ,275 4,070 1.484i 1 30: i 405 1 5:i« 1,'!I06 1,1.54 6:!o 1,476 618 54!t :i20 449 81;! I 1.801 2.2ta 9.57 '.,l>64 2,816 l,:i83 8115 1,164 787 1,156 612 :!,2.so 2,l:t:! 1.971 1..5IW 5l;i 1,190 .17ti 1,011 57;i 901 570 1,2.5:1 2.2Sii 1,4:14 818 945 HXi 1,582 58:i 1,39:1 1.2'.t7 l,r>i5 499 1,898 862 789 :}90 1,260 .841 1.1.54 4,798 6:i5 ".•77 :is;i 99:1 988 899 887 66.5 l,.-.:!8 2,19(i 2,6:55 Coiili- tionisls. 1,1.56 2,229 323 444 91 N) 988 880 2,249 3!I4 1,.52» 517 791 1,.5C,0 3fH; 1.508 2.886 i,t;iui 1,002 611 1 .072 l,5(;'.i 352 7.5 1,1:59 1.021 675 258 775 1.102 1.4):ti l.:i:i8 1,247 8IM1 l,ii.Vi 437 .'J78 1,244 766 1,118 I 156 I :597 : 2.986 1,985 2,641 1,1 r.2 :i46 1.482 189 946 699 982 586 1,*.».> 1.267 1..594 1.048 919 477 1.9:14 1.299 1,.S25 1,1:50 I-.48 1.841 915 8.5? 1,029 1,0(;2 1.169 708 0,.547 828 1.498 719 .570 962 61 i1 710 715 I 1,:598 I 2,0.50 2,678 ' Russell 58ii ! Scott 1,02:! Shenandoah 1,608 Smyth 864 Southaioptoo.. .. 1,.574 .SpotsylvaDla .599 ' StafTord .5t;'.i Surry 4.S5 f^ussex 95:i Tazewell I.:i49 Warren 202 WarwicK 216 Wa.«hington l,o.5:< Westmoreland... 855 Wise 407 Wythe 887 York .5.5:5 Cities. RIcnmond 3 o-jo Petersburg 2.o:l5 .Norfolk 1,.531 Alexandria City. 776 Manehe.-ter :5:5;5 Stauii'on 41.5 I'ort«iuouth 8tv5 Winchesier 4!ti; Wiliiain>liurg 175 Lynchburg 1,26o DaiiTilie .sil North [MDTille.. 115 Frederichsburtf.. 227 Add Cbestirfield [thrown ou ... l,24o Addl iCioucester [thrown out... Totals loi,2;52 ;i97 900 1.475 277 1,292 1.597 1,:508 1.794 1.912 534 1.0.52 1,0.55 1,073 1.9:50 ',900 .'.66 826 887 .502 708 745 443 1!60 849 .503 777 1 216 409 1.010 1.717 822 939 269 1:50 417 .585 1,525 2,r>:i2 1,993 386 769 8.54 20t! 7.55 .519 .502 1,.'i21 1.229 :5.52 607 Ik59 5,4 •..5 7,8!15 5,278 1.000 1,924 2.182 1 575 2088 2,407 I,:i75 1,7.V. 990 5!l7 1,015 .571 695 762 441 1.0:56 1,248 1,2-27 40!* 444 429 1,510 [includ 1ii5 ing in Campbell.] ^ 6i,:t 'Mn 26 181 220 00' 514 .592 301 < MaJ. 1I4,8.S5 126,951 THK VOTF-S OF rilK SKCOND Dli^iTRICT BY C1TIE.S AM) I OU. NT lies I .\ (ilCNFRAL ASSii.MBLY, KLKCTIoN, NOV. I8s:; NORFOLK CITY. For House of iielegatesT Dem. I Coa'n. i Rep, i Ind. Names of Wards. C K 1st Ward I 673: fW-'! .3881 iJOO 3d Ward ! 539 !Vii' .380' 381 :W Ward I 697 695 -575 .575 4th Ward | 1791 179 lOtil 1061; '1 7 7 6 ») . 3 3 . 18 18 .. T- tal :a)88|2069i24Q4!2407| 34| 34| 1|... NORFOLK COUNTY. For Mouse of D Names of Precincts, Oak Grove Corner House fndian Creek Hiokorr Grore Bell's Mills Rethel Branibleton Zion Church Cross Koaas Churchland Bower's Hill Glebe Schoolhouse. Deep Creek Hall's Corner .2 O £> C t-' o « I 7i| 313 91 101 1 137| 2S5 181 12(5 137 120' 46! la 8.5 1 791 -i x£ c~ s- as t o O "S3 !^3 51 393 761 1; 8 61 67 103 280 1J7I 121, 19C! 981 266 •i- 2< 15 ( 62( 77 ( 33 ( 89, 87' 3' 15' 65 ( 3 .50, 158, 41 Total I 18981 1841; 671 PORTSMOUTH CITY ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. Names of Precincts. PRINCESS ANNK COUNTY. Names of Precincts. Court House.... London Bridge. , Capp's Shop Creed's Bridge.. Blackwater Kempsville 312 20.5 191 lae 63 193 Total l". 98§| Whitehead's major'ty over Owens, 26. For House of Delegate^. Carrsville Oucksville Windsor Zuiii ''ourthouse Burwell's Bay. Hail's Store Smithfield ("arrolltOD For Senate. I Fdp House. G 9.5 06 2.-)0 18(i 144 2;il 127 102 181 65 :-iG 150 05 12i 67 2'4 151 155 185 100 144 18« 2:U 148 139 192 150 ' 121 224 1 151 100 I 188 15.5 , 03 -l-= (.- o S c t* o S 03 P %'^-B ©*=§ o Total I 1317 I 1341 | 1307 | 1374 i The vote of CarrolJton was thrown out giving the election to Lawson. W3 SUSSEX COUNTS'. 201 14- 33 48 74 4611 Names of Precincts SOUTIIAMl'TON COUNTY. Names ot Precinct." Franklin I Jerusalem Black Creek.. Berlin Ivor Drewrysville. (ireen Plain.. ' Boy kins Worrell's Newsom's I Joyner's House. 19(1 I 107 ! 83 1 212 I 315 I 290 64 I 311 I 94 I 165 163 402 260 135 207 151 134 34 279 85 149 94 195 108 86 234 216 290 64 311 94 163 1«2 403 258 1.30 202 150 136 34 279 84 153 96 Courthouse •^omanswell Henry Precinct. Stonev <_'reeii LittleMill Newville Jjittleton Waverly Wakefield •S-a C rrie Total For House of D, :aq 103 78 38 97 I 48 I 1 15 I 123 22 I '772 I 1216 I 102 90 161 103 131 52 157 90 76 SURRY COUNTY. Total lloOO I 19.30 | 1913 1925 NANSEMOND COUNTY— Nov. 6. 1883. Names of Precincts. For Senate. 1 For House of I) a Q "ft a 3 d a t CO g pa V a zs Suffolk 239 127 99 102 40 36 215 144 39 31 167 55 170 266 121 112 91 123 137 151 75 1.55 307 122 211 102 97 102 31 31 211 169 2(iG 121 112 91 J 23 137 25 24 Copeland's Mi.] 1 6 8 3 (i 3 Kilbv'sMill Norfleets' 1.38 1,51 39 72 31 1,55 168 .306 55 122 Holy Neck Yates Total 1297 1 1830 1219 1 1825 1 76 j Senate. House of |)oleffates. Precincts.! Page , Rogers Derii ' Coal Willsoji j Blanu 1 >.llis Dem i Coal. ] Rep. Cobham... 241 B'Kwater. ISO (iuiitord.. 1 268 401 I7r 29> 239 180 241 400] I75I 28(> 2.". Total 689 660 1 861 I r-RINCE GEORGE COUNl 1 Precints. Senate House of Deh'eates. Page Dem. Rogers Coal. Wilson Dem . Blana t'Oai. KIlis Rep. Templetou I 156 I Rives 117 ! Bland I 103 | Brandon.... ] 126 Blackwater I 1 25 I ~T?ot.alT;^ 144 1 134 I 324 j 170 I 172 1 113 63 99 73 123 140 I 166 I 327 I JS6 167 ' 630 948 I 986 I ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY. I Senate. | House of Delegates. Brockwell's majority over Bryant and Damvillle 530. ' Cruinpler's mnjority .533, C c K ^- . 1 1 Name of Precint. 'u 0' p 1 «■ 1 « !« P E w Wythe 1 192 1 335 124 1 189 394 129 Chesapeake 1 170 1 325 154 1 165 331 155 Smithfield | 98 1 93 117 1 95 95 120 Total I 460 I 753 1 395 | 449 | 775 ' 404 WAUWC K COUNTY, Xaiiirs of Prt'cim-ls. J- Z ^ — ! '-c 1 House of D. ■■J ^ "• - — i *•> ii; J . ur. 2>A 12 r>tMihoiub (iiij fit;, -I 146 2-2X1 !•_. Ii2 Ki i:s 2«K :jr,7l 27 145, 271 Ct'i 2 22X 12 )i4 1) Total :».'i« 2:j YORK COUNTY. 1 S.^ii«te Ho I lIHI los 2:11 r.n7 !><• Of P. Names nl I'lTtinots J "■ i - 1 =« 1 ' i *" ! * - 1 -a !« 1 C 21:il 3T ; s Ni'lson 17.^1 4ii i!»7 HKi 122 l'.>qiici.ln .... 74 I.Vi 1 22',ti 12 71".' .".O lo.-. 1 22it 1.. Toliil .... i::il vi .TAMRS CITY CoUNTV. >"iiate I HoQteur P. I i I p Xiiinesr'f I'n'tincis .S i « iwliniaii lOx 1 .)aiiu',stov%n Ill , Sloiu'honse 0.1 City of U'iiliainsbuig !»2 Tola). 'A - lli7i~! 1:'m!| 142 ir.:t — I "- ' 5 \UH 207 Ill i:i4 :t2 (U*. 142 U2 Hio a4 .170 111.51 m « HARLES CITV COUNTY. I Seuat« Ml House i-fD. Karaes of Precincts '(iill's Store : 14.-> imtliKiise j 12.S I'ulliird's Store | 151 Total ! 424 NEW KENT ~ ~ 1 0: i i 2 ,0 •0 24!l .. 140 24.3 22(i 4 121 •£i:,\ 12ti 144 1:13 I Seuale | House of L. Names of Precincts a 5 c Cumberland ' 15(ii l".):ii.... St. Peters 1021 tSJl Weir Creek 120 Ho... ; Black Creek , V.a Ul .... Total I 5I1I 64ol lot) 118 120 THE GAME LAWS OF VIRGINIA. DetT, September 1 to January 15; quails. October 15 to January 1, except in the coun- ties of Jiedford, Brunswick, Dinwiddle, (lies-i terfield, Henrico, Hanover, Caroline, King' George, vVostniorelind, Northumberland,' Richmond, Lancaster, Essex, Middlesex, King J and Queen, Gloucester, Matthews, King Wil- , Ham, ^ ew Kent, James t ity, York, Elizabeth , City, Warwick, t iiarles C ity. Prince G."!orge, < Surry, Isle of Wight, Nottowaj% Sussex,' Sfnithampteptember 15 to Januarj' ] 15. The counties of Lee, Wise and Buchanan , are exempt from these provisions as lo ruffed grouse, turkeys and blue birds. THE FEDERAL GOVERN.MENT- > X KCUl T V K D b PA KTM E N T. President — Chester A. Arthur, of New York. ^ Vice-President — George F. Edmunds, of Vermont. Secretary of State — Frederick T. Freling-' huysen, of New Jersey. First Assistant Secretary— John Davis, ofi the District of Columbia, Second Assistant .-ecretary — William Hunt- er, of Rhode Island. Third Assi.'^tant Secretary — Alvey A. Adee, \ ot the District of Columbia. Chief Clerk. Sevellon A. Brown, of Xew Yoik. Secretary of the Treasury — Charles J. Folger , j of New York. First Assistant Secretary — John C. New, of Indiana. Second Asssistant Secretary— Henry F, French, Massachusetts. Chief Clerk— Amos Webster, of Massachu- setts. Register^Blanch K. Bruce, of Mississippi. Treasurer — James Gilfillan, of Connecticut. Comptroller of Currency — John J. Knox, of Now York. Commissioner of Internal Revenue— -Walter l S. Evans, of Keutucky. Secretary of War — JtobertT. Lincoln, of Illi- nois, Chief Clerk — Jolin Tweedele, of Pennsylva- nia, Secretary of the Navy — William E. Chand- ler, of New Hampshire. ( hiet Clerk — .Toh ri W. Hogg, of Tennessee. Postmastf;r Gen^^ral — Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana. First Assistant Piistmaster General — Frank Hattou, of Iowa. Second Assistant Postmaster General — Eichard A. Elmer, of New York. Third Assistant Postmaster General — A. D. Hazen, ol Pennsylvania Chief <1erk— t'. M, vv'alker, of Indiana, Secretary of the Interior — Henry M. Teller, of Colorado. Assistant .^'ecretary — Merritt Jjslyn, of Illi- I nois. Chief Clerk — George M. Lockwood, of New 'York. Commissioner Goneral Land Office — N. C |McFarland, of Kaissas. ' Commissioner ot Pensions — Thomas M. I Dudley, of Indiana. Commissioner of Patents — Benjamin But- I terworth, of Ohio. Commissioner of Indian Affairs — Hiram I Price, of Iowa. Commissioner . of Agriculture — George B. , Lorin, of Massachusetts. Attorney General— Benjamin H. Brewster, of Pennsylvania Solicitor General— Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina. THE .JUDICIARY. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. I Chief Justice, Morrison II. Waite, of O. App. ' Associate Justice. Samuel F. Miller, Iowa, '62 Stephen J. Field, Cal., '63 J-)seph P. Bradley, N. I., '70 John M. Harlan, Ky., '77 William B. Woods, Ala., '80 " " Stanley Mathews, O., '81 " " - Horace Gray, Mass., '81 S. Blatchford, N. Y., '82 J Clerk, James II. McKenney. , Marsh; 1, John G. Nicolay. Report 3r, J. (!, Bancroft Davis. THE UNITED .VFATES ARMY. Riu.k N:i:'io Ilea '(luartcrs Lieut Gen'l, Philip J( Sheridan, Washington, D C. Maj. Gsn'l, W. S. Hancock, Governor's Island, New "^'ork. " J. M. Schofield, Chicago, 111. " John PTo. 23 BarLls: Street- N. B. — Special attention is given to Heater and Furnace Work of every. description, And satistaction guaranteed. The Brush-Swan Electric Light Company, OF NORFOLK, VA. Special attention i.s invited to our Arc I^amps, adopted to lighting Stores, Warehouses, etc. Prices: 9 o'clock lights, $8. 33 ; 12 o'clock, $12.; all night, $20 i)er month. Orders left at the office, 128 Main Street, (over the Citizens' Bank) will receive attention. THEODORE S. GARNETT, WM. W. CHAMBERLAINE, Secretary and Treasurer. President, ESTABLISHED 1847. DEALERS IN M^Y» €'&MM^ &^T&» Mm^E,9 Pm^&9 Mm& Fmem Cotton^ Seed, Meal. TIMOTHY HAY and SEED OAT a Specialty. No. 18 ROANOKE SQUARE, Gustavus Bergner, Prest. Theo. C. Bngel, Treas. Charles Engel, Dir'r Gen'l The Bergner & Engel Brewing Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. NORFOLK VIRGINIA, DEPOT, OFFICE AISTD ICE HOUSE, MADISON STREET, NEAR CLYDE LINE WHARVES, THOMAS S. SMILEY, YARB Ajy'D DOCK, GRAM' BY STREET, (Near Stone Bridge,) NORFOLK, VA. Best Oak aud Piiie, Sawed and Split to suit, and delivered at lowest rates. Orders solicited. K;. B. JLLLEIlsr <5c CO., ^erts. MANUKACTUREFtS' AOKNTS, IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Eailway/Maciiiiiisl, Mill, himu\ Mimg ani Eailroail Srplies, : Leather and Gum Belting, Pipe and Fittings. 112 Water St., Norfolk, Va. Oils, (Urease, Tallow, Waste, Bolts, Washers, Packing and Hose. jf, m. mmtomm^'umm, LIVERY, SALE and EXCHANGE STABLE, Horses, Buggies, and Horses for Hoisting Purposes, Also full Saddle Horses constantly kept on hand for hire. Horses taken on Livery by the day on month. Stock of all kinds sold on Commission. Corner Union and Mehraska Streets, Norfolk, Va. BOOKS AND STATIONERY, U ths Lealin; School d CoUojo Tesst-Sooh. COUNTING-HOUSE AND SCHOOL -'••fs Lithographing and Printing. Card and Wedding Invitations Engraved to order. Fancy Goods of every de.scription, in Russia, Plush and Leather Goods. BEST NOW MADE AT FACTORY PRICES. Baoks^ller^ and Statlone^^^ Dealers in Fancy Goods, Pianos and Organs, I 104 Main Street, Norfolk, Va. Special -A-tteiition to ToTo'foixs.gf. tmi^,. -t'^^^i^^i'^ THE 2^oie:For.3= TT-iEsa-ia^Xu^iNr PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, EXCEPT MONDA Y. M. GLENNAN, Owner. Mail Subscriptions, postage paid. Fire Dollars year ; sixmonths, Tliree Dollars ; one mo, ilh. Fifty Cenls. |4.5^ffo'lSp.^O?fo^oJffflfor- ^-^^Perannur.,,ostagefree,one oopy,UM; .copies, ^f^^^? ^"-"J^'^^^T "^ T^EVIRGINUN, Daily and Weekly , eiceeds that of any other o.njer published in Eastern nrgmia. Its City Circulation is GREA TERthan that of any othl '^^ ^r^.f^TJ"'^ Country or Mail Circulation of The Virginian is GREATER 'T//4Y All TUP OTHER PA PERU OF THE CITY Daily and Weekly, combined. "^-""-^""^ ^"'^^^ "^^^^ ™^ :<-:.'^.:>. ¥-