Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-09-16

will be made Of all that is desirable or approved in
style and quality throughout the season and having
great advantages and long experience in this line of
business, we and do offer the greatest induce
ments to purchasers.
On the SECOND FLOOR we prepared to show mer-
chants much the largest and most attractive stock we
have ever had and which offer upon liberal
terms those ofany House in the Union. The whole
sale department is distinct from the retail, but
chants will have the privilege of selecting from both
Il KEEN, BALDWIN l. co.
Richmond. Sept &c. 1857.
VTIRGINIA.-At Rules held at the Clerks Office
Y of the Circuit Court of Bath county, on Monday,
the 18th day of September, 1887, Emma Johnston, in
her right and as Executrix of John J. Johnston,
c'd.,-Plainti0,
Edwin Bowen and Eliza his wife, James NJ. Johnston,
Joseph T. Johnston, Emma Johnston. John ]. John.
ston Amos Hansbarger and Ann b. his wife, and
Henry hiller,-Defend 1% xo,ny
The object Of this suit is to obtain decree for the
sale of the land in the bill and proceedings mentioned
belonging to the heirs of John J. Johnston decd.
The Defendant James NJ Johnston not having en-.
tered his appearance, and it appearing by satisfactory
evidence that he is not inhabitant of this Common
wealth On motion o. the Plaintiff it is ordered that
the said Defendant do appear here within one month
after the publication OF this order, and answer the
Plaintiffs bill and that copy Of this order be pub
| shed once week in the "Staunton Spectator" for
four successive weeks and posted at the front door Of
the Courthouse of said county the first day of the
next Court hiter is Puphcauon'
Sept 1G, 1s57-4w S. A. PORTER, Cpk.
MALE SCHOOL.-The subscriber will open q
| lkl Male School in the basement of the Lutheran
Church. the 18th of September, 1857, and continue
it ten months. The branches taught will be the Latin,
Greek and French languages, and their literature;
Mathematics including Algebra, Geometry, plain and
! Spherical Trgonometry; the usual branches of the
English language, embracing ancient and modern &C.
ography and History.
|
Tuition in Primary English for ten months, $50
Higher English, CinclndDg Geography and Histo-
English and Mathematics ......... 80
Classics and Mathematics, Observation-Disclosures. IS
He takes the liberty of referring to the following
gentlemen of his own county and neighborhood: Rev.
Dickinson, Rev. James Fife, of Charlottesville, Hon.
Shelton +. Leake, of Charlottesville. Thos j. Ran
dolph, OF Shadwe and Rev. Sam'l B. Rice, Of Staun-
ton. JAMES N. CRANK.
Staunton, Sept. lG, lS57-4t
CIFTsI GIFTs!I GIFTSI!!-A PRIZE
! " TO EVERY PURCHASER. AT THE QUA
KER CITY PUBLISHING HOUSE OF DUANE
| RULIS0N.-By buying Book for 81. or more, you
are at once presented with Prize, worth from 25
cents to $780, consisting of Fine Gold Jewelry Watch
es, &C. All orders by mail will be promptly filled, and
the prize prizes will accompany the books. Our list
contains all the mos. popular books of the day, and
will be sold at the usual retail pdces-many OF them
for less. Persons wishing any particular book can
order at once and it will be forwarded with gift A
Catalogue giving full information, with list of books
and gifts, will be sent post paid. BY addressing
DUANE RULISON,
No. 80 South Third ST., Philadelphia.
| ~ Agents wanted.
! Sept l6 ls57-3m
Tn COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF STANTON,
| i August 21st, 1857, the following Ordinance was
passed:
can Ordinance Prescribing the Mode of Sell-
ing Grain, &c.
| n q
ton that and after the first day Of September 1857,
all kinds of Grain shall be sold by weight-yiz: Rye,
SO lbs. to the bushe; Wheat, 60 bs Corn, So lbs,
Oats so lbs Barley, and Meal 80 lbs. to the BUSH
els subject to the inspection of the Chief of Police,
whose duty it shall be the same, and to
the enforcement of this Ordinance.
| g. Any person violating this Ordinance shall be fined
not less than one than ten dollars, to be
covered before the Mayor Recorder, or any Alderman
Sept. is, ls57-at JAS F. PATTERSON, Crk.
DUBLIC SALE OF sHORT.HORNED
| i DURHAM CATTLE.-I will expose to the high
est bidder without Sns hs on rid yv ls
raj Fair, q number of DURHAM CATTLE, ...,-D
Frs. E%
Breeders of Durhams will do we'll to call --.
and see this lot Of Cattle. A Catalogue of Pedigree
will be furnished on dav of sale.
TERMS OF SALE-A credit of four months will be
given purchasers to execute notes with approved Sc
su s HgSas and tie Sqa
Sept IL, lS57-tds
lTRUSTEE'S SALE.-The undersigned, who
Il has been substituted by the County Court of Au-
gusta Trustee in the place of X. p Kinney, decd
will on Nursday, the ST. day Of October next, sell at
auction on the premises the following property
ycyed to the said Kinney by John Rexroad, by deed
trust dated April 49, 1885, and duly recorded in the
Clerks Office Of the County Court of Augusta, viz
526 ACRES OF LAND. more or less, lying on the
Galf Do ahOut mil 10 frou
| together with some PERSONAL PROPERTY en-
braced in said deed. Terms cash.
Sept. 16, 1851. JAMES WILSON, Trustee.
T IKENESSES.-The undersigned will return
IL shortly to the counties Of Augusta and Rocking
ham, to continue the Picture business, perhaps in
greater perfection than ever at least in greater vare
ty.
He is now taking Pictures on Glass, Iron and the
Daguerreotype Plate, though partial to the latter,
when taken in all the projections of the art, and finish
ed accordingly II any one is the most durable It IL
the latter though he rarely takes them, and some
artists have ceased taking them at ALL owing to their
requiring more labor than any of the three.
Sept Is, 1857. D. A. FLICKER.
VALUABLE SLAVES FOR SALE.-Ihaye
| for private sale Negro Woman and her three
children The woman is an excellent cook, servant
of good character and habits, in perfect health, and
about s. years old Her three children are boys aged
will sell September Court day, at public auction,
a good SECONDHAND CARRIAGE: ,
WN. Is. JOHNSON.
Sept. Is, ls57-tf-Vin. copy.
TXECUTOR'S NOTICE.-Al persons indebt.
u ed to the estate of VIM Gamble s decd by Bond
previous orr given at the sale OF December the 10th,
1856, are requested to pay up Immediately, indu-
gence may not be expected beyond the first Of Nov.
are are requested 10 present them for settlement
| THE0. GAMBLE
Exor of VIM. Gamble decd.
| Sept 16, lS57-2t-Vin. copy ct
ITO THE CREDITORS OF JAMES A.
| l. COCHRAN, DECD.-You are hereby required
to produce your claims together with the proofs there
Of before me, at my office in Saun;on, on or before
the I'd day Of October, 1857.
JN0. n HENDREN
Sept. IL, ls57-3t Com'r in Ch'y
T GATHER BELTING.-I.eather Beliing for
IL all kinds of Machinery, from 4 inch. to l2fnch
wide; Lace Leather; Copper Rivets; Patent Oilers.
and Wire Nppers, at the new Hardware Store, under
Union Hall, of ID. w. KENNEDY.
| Staunton, Sept. 10, 1857.
DEK1N TEA COMPANY have just recey-
| J. ed, from the Pekn Tea Company fine assort-
ment of TEAS, warranted TO be genuine article OF