Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-11-20

lce Oinditator,
Staunton, Wa.
FRIDAY MORNING NOV. 20, 1868.
Local..
For superior Old Mountain Whiskey go to Tor
Colenaans. s-.
The revival 1.-The NJ. E.aChurch in this place. j
still in progress There has beena large accessio
to the membership Of the church. .7sa =
We call attention to the card of Col. B.
Jones' author of Prison Prose and Poetry Of tn
South eHedesFes to secure agents to soici
Subscriptions for the second edition of his work,
Sss7 ar. So
Messrs EchOls Bell, Catlett & Co, Real Estat
Agents, will shortly issue anew edition of thei
RESI- Estate Register Those having lands TO
saleiwould do well to have them advertised in tn
Register. See advertisement elsewhere.
For pnre imported Wines go to Tom Coleman $
We calf the especial attention ef nachinists ant
Others to the private sale of the machinery of thu
late extensive Locomotive Works of Ross Winan.
Esq., Baltimore. For particulars see the adyer
tisement.. i3tsi
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For the best drinks go to Tom Coleman's.
Mr.. J. S. Trout has become sole proprietor and
editor of the Shenandoah Herald, by the purchase
of the interest of Mr. Gatewood in that paper. MFR.
Gatewood has purchased an interest in the Old
Communicable, Harrisonburg. We wish them
both success in their new fields. 81
For genuine imported French Brandy go to Tom
Coleman's.
We were panied to hear, through the last Lex
ingtod Gasette g. Banner, of the death of Col. S.
Fl. Letcher, very recently editor of that paper
He dieds,t the residence of his mother, in Lexing-
ton, on the 10th inst. We tender our sympathies
o the family and relatives of our deceased confrere.
Maj Y Howe Peyton, announces in the Lynch
burr Ners of the l6th the severance of his edi-
toriaI connection with that paper, on account,
solely, of the pressure of private business.
We regret the loss of Maj Peyton to the frater-
nity and extend our wishes for his success In
whateyeyer vocation in life he may choose.
If YOU want good Cigar. go to Tom Coleman $.
on Sunday morning last, the large boarding
house and residence of Prof T. j.. White, Princ-
nal of the Messy Creek Academy, was destroyed
by fire. The furniture, bedding &c. &C., in the
lower portion of the house was to great extent
saved, while nearly everything in the upper sto-
ries was DESTROYED The loss to Mr.. White is
heavy and very embarrassing considering the
laroe number of students attending his school this
session. We learn that the school will be eontn-
ned. AS though this unfortunate accident had not
occurred.
busy man is a locomotive, and life a TRACK
Every night he drives into the house, and stops
Every morning he is fired up anew, and away hi
oes switching off IN direction and then IN an
other In this routine of business he forgets tina
the nh ysical organization is of the most dehcat
kind. If hard iron locomotive needs constan
care and to be we'll oied up and rubbed OF every
.iay how much more necessary ist that all men ano
women should use ftdnEltlOu Ditecio; "hieh "a
fhe9as plus ultra of everything which Is necessary
IN keen the system in a perfect tone of health.
MAGNOLIA ATER-Superor to the best i'm
ported German Cologne. and sod at halt thu
price
\ HeaE STILL and a splendid specimen OF work
rnanship, we saw, few days since, manufactures
nv August 4. Grubert of this place. This Still
and cap is IL feet inches high being two stills
combined. on the Prussian plan. The condenser,
: feet 6 inches high is elevated above the still
and connected with it by pipe feet long. Con-
Meeting the condenser with the worm is a pipe IA
feetlong the Worm being AS feet in length
This splendid piece of workmanship is intended
for the large steam distilery of Alexander, Smart
and HANGER now being erected by them, neal
Waynesboro.
For a spree, quarrel or fight don't go to Tom
Colemans.
SrAUNroN I.YcEuM The question for tonight
is as follows:
Are all statutory prohibitions binding on The con-
conscience 2''-To be debated by Messrs. Bumgard-
ner and Skinner in the affirmative and Messrs.
Christian and Baylor in the negative.
The question for next Friday night will be as
follows:
Sought Staunton to vote subscription oil
sloo 600 to the stock of the Valley Railroad Com
pany-Staunton to be point on the road PHO
be debated by Messrs. Ransom and Young IN thu
affirmative and Messrs. Latane and Hanger IN
the negative.
For fine Scotch pale ale go to Tom Coleman s.
THE SrAuNToN MUSICAL ASSOCIATION has beeb
are-organized. A large number of members have
been added. BY the payment of So to the Treas
sarer a certificate of annual membership is Sc
all rehearsals. Soirees and Concerts during the
year.
Nothing is so calculated to raise the standard
>of music in a community as just such an associa
tl0n. Stanton has been much benefited by It,.
Therefore let all who can become members an
encourage the Association in its endeavors to ele-
~vate the standard of music in this musical com
munity.
For pleasf 1t game Of Billiards go to Tom
Coleman S.
The rhetoric shower, observed here on Sat,l'
day morning last, was observed at New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond Fortress
Monroe, Charleston, New Orleans, San Francisco.
and doubtless at almost every point in the cou.
try and was exceedingly brilliant. From the re-
port of Commodore Sands, Sup't. ofNational Oh
servatory, Washington, who, with his assistants
plotted the track of over ninety and counted
5,O78, we learn that at A. NJ the shower wa;
greatest at which time they fell at the rate of 2,