Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-08-29

THE NEW STREET MITRAILLEUsE.-The blasts in
the New street improvement continue daily, and
| make life in the neighborhood exciting. On
Saturday the otreet sommittee moved up their
battery and opened fire a female school. The
practice was good and though none of the girls
have been killed yet, bet er things are hoped for
| before the close Of the engagement. The first
explosion lodged boulder in the small of the
cooks back, destroying number of able edltorl-
ais, and giving that lady fashionable carriage
for several months to come. So demoralized have
the scholars become, that, at the first warning
cry of s'fre'' from the blasting men, they break
for the cellar, from which place of security much
| ezertion is required TO fish them up for their
meals. The artillery men complain bitterly of
the ladies. No sooner is fuse lighted than two
or three of them prowl right in the way. The
blast man PUSHES up to them and cries ''6re' and
they stop stock still and ask him t'where the fire
is? and fits Smith 5? and if it's that Smith that
married Henrietta Tompkns ?'' and while they
are saying this catechism the blast goes OF,
and they skate away with one hand clenched on
their hoops and the other with vice like grip on
their bonnets, and reach home breathless to tel
they do think he ought to 60 and shoot the blast
man. and Charles, who has been waiting for his
dinner, looks grim and thinks so too--but not
for the same reason. 1t puts everybody in the
neighborhood to trouble, hired girls want their
wages raised for leading forlorn hopes into the
back yard for wood, family dogs that have
snoozsd the front steps for years. have left for
9TH oFto 1ocip in
trying to watch the blast men, chickens that are
wan d for dinner have to be 6shed out of bar
rels or bonnet boxes where they have taken
refuge and men who used to go home to dinner
with the regularity of clock-work now 60 to the
Virginia where they may reach out for vinegar
without danger of seeing the castors swept away.
A tragic feature the other day when couple
Of tons of rock serenaded minister of the Cos
pei as it hummed by his left ear What doth it
profit city ift gain the whole of New street
and yet lose its own clergy?
Cool HoRsE THIEF Not long since horse
thief named Hogan R. II. Sinclair from Bed
ford, with two horses, was arrested by Officer
Parent here, carried back to Bedford, convicted
and sent to the penitantiary. While he was in
jail Mr. Coiner, who had lost mare, wlote a
letter to-the jailor, asking if Hogans could tell
| anything of it and Hogans wro-e the following
cool reply !:
Dear Mr.. Ward or Mr.. Conner are Mr., Cromer.
| Sirs, / understand that you making enquiry
ing about a marir & wish for Information from
the prissner now conf ned in Liberty Jail of
Bedford Co., Va if it is your de ire & Wish to
obtain the mar & not 20 prosecute it, is more
than likely that you game tho desire men
thioned in your scroll to Mr.. Eelam, you offer
$40 dollars for the ashorence of the nair but that
is ront sufficient reward for to satisfy wish if
the mair is worth anything she is worth more
than that ore you don't want her very bad if you
will give $50 to the prisoner himself it is likely
he will put you on the track that you may OBJ
| tain your wish if he knows emmy thing about
Ter & if don't get her he will returne the money
back to you if either of the partys wish to sad
isfy THAR curos.t5 tina can obtain my knoledge
Cor the amount OF fifty dollars, the Jailer wit
ness yours very resecfull