Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-01

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Augusta street, opposite the Spectator Office.
Junel6-tf
| SINGULAR.-On Thursday morning, 23rd ult.,
two white men, calling themselves Sims and
Thomas, were found in the barn Of Mr. Jno.
Keiser, near Waynesboro', in perfectly nude
condition. They said they were from Eastern
Va, and had been hunting for work in the VAL
ley, but owing to the dry season could not pro-
cure any, and had started home. That in trav-
cling down the G. & 0. R. R. track, about
O'Clock the previous night between Mr.. Hugh
Mcclure and Mr.. Keiser's, they were accosted
by five men, armed with guns pistols and blud-
geons, 1.-TWO of whom they knew to be colored,
who demanded and took their money EST in all.
Not satisfied with this they stripped them of
every particle of their clothing and turned them
loose, and that on this account they sought shell
ter in Mr.. Keiser's barn MI. K. gave them suits
of clothing and something to eat and they left,
going eastward.
This is rather strong highway story for belief,
and suggests the idea that they may have been
escaped penitentiary birds, and denuded them
selves, in order to get other clothing, to enable
them to travel in daylight.
BOILER ExPLosIoN.-The Steam Boiler, which
runs the Door, Sash and Blind Factory of Messrs.
Shomo & Foster, in this place, exploded on
Monday evening last, about 4 o'clock. The
front end of the boiler was blown out and swept
the Factory building from end to end destroying
the finished work and damaging the lumber in
the building. The remainder of the boiler was
thrown about $50 feet from the building and land
ed in the creek revolving endwse and striking the
ground six times in its course. The brick casing
was thrown in every direction, tearing out the
whole corner of the building, ripping up the
floor in the second story, and bursting through
the roof in many places. There were, at the
time five men in the building and not one Of
them hurt by the explosion, yet, to look at the
scene now, one would be at a loss to find where
one man could have stood with safety. One
man, Mr.. Pritchard, in attempting to get out of
the second story was slightly injured by the
steps being knocked from under him.
Messrs. Shomo & Fosters loss is estimated at
from 81 900 to 81, 500. We learn that they have
ordered new boiler and will be in operation
again in two or three weeks.
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALs.-Since our last
issue the following cases have been argued and
submitted to the Court:
Markham us. Boyd. Appeal from decree of
Circuit Court of Boteteurt; Barksdale, Smith &
Elder for Appellant and Pepdeton for Appellee.
Booten u.s. Scheffer. Appeal from decree of
Circuit Court of Augusta Green and Williams
for Appellant and Baldwin and Cochran TO:
Appellee.
DEc1s1oSs.-Poague ct. al. as. Spriggs ct. al.
Appeal from decree of Circuit Court Of Rock
0ridge-Decree of Circuit Court affirmed
Carter u.s. Allan ct al. Appeal from decree Of
Circuit Court OF Albemarle-Decree of Circuit
Court affirmed.
Pidgeon as. Williams Adm'rs ct. al. Writ
of error to judgment of Circuit Court of Freder-
ick-Judgment of Circuit Court affirmed.
Coffrnan vs sangston ct. al Appeal from de-
cree of Circuit Court of Rocking am-Decree of
Circuit Court affirmed.
Moffett us. Bickle. Supersedeas to judgment
of Circuit Conrt of Acknowledgment of Cir
cult Court reversed.
Hlb Us. Peyton. Supersedeas to judgment of
Circuit Court of gusta-Judgment of Circuit
Court reversed, Judge Anderson dissenting.
Newman vs. Turk. Supersedeas to judgment
of Circuit Court of Acknowledgment of Cir
cult Court affirmed.
Slower, Assignee ps. Hamilton ct. a. Super
sedeas to judgment of Circuit Court of Augusta
Judgment of Circui. Court affirmed.
THE REPUBLICAN Cow ENTIoN, advertised in our
last, met, in the Town Hall, on Monday last,
and was organized by electing Maj. Jno. A.
Harman Chairman, and H. Risk, Secretary.
On motion, A. NJ Crane Dan'l Fishburn,
Isaac Myers, Oscar Morris (colored) and Joe Bar
rison (colored) were appointed Committee on
Resolutions.
On motion, VIM. l.. Herr. Jno. Yates, Henry
Eakle, F. Overton (colored) and Aaron Shove
Ter (colored), were appointed Committee on
County organization.
Judge Riley, of Northampton, late Judge of
the 5th Judicial District of Va, addressed the
Convention, at some length, and made as able a
defence of the enormities of Republican Legisla-
ton as it was capable Of but did not do that JUS
tice to himself he would have done if he had had
good cause to sustain.
The Committee on Resolutions, through Mr..
Crane, reported series of resolutions endorsing
Gen. Grant, the Ku-Klux Bill and the Republic
can Legislation generally, and denouncing the
action of the State Legislature especially on the
Funding Bill, and also the County Judges for
failure to give Republicans fair proportion of
the judges of election. The resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
The Committee ON County Organization,
through Mr.. Herr, rep orted plan of County Or
ganization, which was adopted.
The following were appointed delegates to at
tend the District Convention at Harrisonburg,
| on the 9th of September next Maj Jno. A.
Harman, Oscar Morris (colored, A. M. Crane,
Thomas D. Vaughan (colored,) D. Fishbur n, E.
Houff, H. Kindig, Us. Anderson; Alex. Gibson,
j. E. Beard D. Walker and James McCutchen
The following were appointed delegates to the
Republican State Convention, to meet in Rich
mond on the 9th of September Jno. Yates
Aaron Shoveler (colored) and Sam'l Fauver
Mai. Hartman and Mr.. A. NJ. Crane also delv'
! cred short addresses.