Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-03-04

COUNTY COURT --Feb. ZSth.-A very large dt-
Ainqeent list was returned by the Sheriff and Or
,dered to be certified to the Auditor.
las. F. Davis, F. B. Carson and VIM. H. Wood
'ueli, qualified as Notaries Public.
Robt. G. Bickle Esq, was elected Presiding |
Justice, eice Junius F. Maupin, removed from the
county. Mr. Bickle has had large experience as a
Magistrate, and also in the position to which he
has just been elected, and we consider that the
Justices made a most judicious selection.
Saml. Kennerly, N. P. Catlett, Jas. W. Bald
win, T. A. Bled soc, John Wayt and Alex. H.
.Fnltz renewed their bonds as Notaries Public.
Eward Kyllmaa, a native of Prussia, declared
his intention to become . either of the United
States.
John W. Risk resigned his position as consta-
BILE in the Middlebrook district.
Geo. W. Sutler qualified as Assistant Commits
.sioner of the Revenue for the lst district.
Daniel Propst was exempted from payment Of
all Parish and County levies on account of age
and infrmity.
GA Wednesday last, one of ''our fellow-citizens
of African descent, ;" came into our Office, bear
ing a covered salver, which we supposed to con-
tain "Coffee ana Pistols for two,' and presented
IL note to the Editor. Wondering, as we opened
1t, whom we had insulted SO grossly, we inyol-
antarily looked at the bottom Of. the note and
saw Morton Bledsoe, which we understood to
mean death or B1edsoe. Anxious to see how we
were to die, we uncovered the salver, and, in
stead of pistols and coffee, fouad a refreshingly
cool beverage, surmounted with oran &c and mint,
which a friend present, after tasting, pronounced,
"a nectar tit for the Gods Being as innocently
ignorant az our ~neighbor of the fiEpectator,' we
inquired Of the sable bearer s9what is it ~ With
acknowledge far ahead of his years and with
pompous dignity he replied: "Wy de fust mint
-djnlip OBJ de season wild de compliments oh misser
Bledsoe, 90 de 'Merriken HOTEL
Thus enlightened, we return our grateful ac-
acknowledgements to friend Bledsoe, who under
stands not only how to keep a Hotel, but how to
please the editorial fraternity, and consequently
the public. " . ~
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