The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-12
Efsc Staylut0n Fair,
Correspondence al the Richmond ptspatch.1
STAUNroN. VA, Oct. 10, 1870.

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! STANTON, VA, Oct. 10, 1870.
| The Augusta County Fair, which will
COME CT on the 18th, 10th. and 10th OctO-
! her, is BOW occupying; the attention OF the
citizens OF both town ana county, and the
! Executive Committee have been untirin%
iii heir eitoris to make ii Il grand success !;
and Colonel Baldwin, the President, says it
, shall be, and he IL hOst in himself. The
! damages to tile grounds by the recent flood
! have all been repaired, and everything is
! again in order.
! ON the first day there will be Il balloon
ascension. and the celebrated mrofiaut, Miss
! Loltie st. Ciou. OF New York, will ascend
! from some prominent part OF the ground
! at g =. NJ. The trial Of speed Of horses
sill also come off same day, which i
! ALWAYS an attractive feature c. the Fair.
! The second day Senator Thurman, OF ONO,
| will deliver the annual address, followed in
; the afternoon Dya dance on the green, with
! a fine band of music in attendance. The
great attraction the third day will be the
! grand tournament i'll costume, followed III
| lhc evening by Il grand coronation III The
rutunda, With band Of music.
| | am authorized to say That regular
| through trains will run OH the 10th. both
passenger and freight, and parties who wish
! TO send stock. implements, or machinery,
can ship the same in full time to be entered
| for exhibition. Special trains VIII run
| daily during the FAIR from Charlottesville
| to Staunton, returning the same day. l
Will state also that regular line OIL wagons
will run from Lexington to Staunton for
The purpose Of accommodating merchants
having freight in this depot. ).
THE EIGHTH DIsTRlcT.-Cnlcss we arc
more mistaken than Ne ever were about
ANYTHING that has happened within our re.
collection, the people will set matters all
right in this district on the Sth day Of No
yelnber by the triumphant election of Gen.
Terry Hythev,Ue Enterprise.
The Bristol NeacS says:
1.-THE truth is, McMullin would doubt
less retire if his previous course had made
it possible for him TO do so gracefully.
Having dared, tainted, and dehed the
party. he cannot now withdraw In favor OF
It's unity. He will simply be beaten. and
beaten very badly. He facet McMuilln."
The Abingdon Ti7yin'an says:
.Our own opinion is, based upon the
best information we can get, that Governor
McMullin will not carry single county IN
the DISTRICT
At the October meeting of the g Farmers
Club" ut Guinea depot, it was ordered
that committee Of three, consist
iDZ OIL MtSSIS. HDiH;lS ~. w CiSh, wv ~
TYLER, and John Washington, represent TO
| the Legislature Of Virginia that the charges
| for freight and passengers on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad are
oppressive and unjust, especially as II re-
spects the local charges, and that the Lc-
giolature he petitionea to extend some re-
| ri.-tredcr2chSburg Herald.
TIE BUSINESS MEN OF R1cHMOND.-A late
| trip TO that city has convinced lis that our
people may there find Il market offering as
great inducements us any other Nortn OF
South. The business men are enterprlsins
and courteous, their stocks In trade arc
very large and various, the access TO the
city j, direct and easy, and the advantage
in distance over the northern cities must OF
necessity tell very much Ii her tafor.-
u ythcviHe Enterprise.
A bill will be introduced into the Legs
Iatnre at this session for 4 charter for rail-
ro.d from point ut or near the Wider
ness. in Spotsylyania county (there 10 con
meet with the Fredericksburg ana Chaf-
| lo,tesviile railroad), to run thence oy the
| way of Culpeper Courthouse. sperry Viie,
&C.. to HarriSonburg, i'll Rockingham couh'
fredericksburg Heratd'
Col. CARu1SGToN has submitted TO the
| Iyrebburg Common Council plan Tor re-
huiIdipg. With that city's aid, "the Lynch
burg level" Of the James liver ana hana.
villa canal, the company being unable ~
present to 10 it,. The Council referred iht
| nian 10 committee, with power TO employ
a lawyer to draw up contract. IL