Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-04-11

school girls He receives poetry that it is very
hard to refuse, but still harder to publish, and
he gets little pink notes about it until be wish.
es he had never been born. The last this paper
| got was poem entitled "Are there tears in
Heaven" and while we don't pretend to be much
| of Judge of poetry, we think that if there was
much of that sort re lched Heaven, there wouid
be tears there, and good many of them, too
| The writer said it was for the "Vindicator or
| The waste basket as we might choose. We
elected the latter. 1t came again af err publica-
| ton day, the writer 'tfeeing assured that my
| former note had been mscarried' which we
| swear it had not and adding that its publica-
lion would ''please large number of our sub
scribers." If it would, they are easier to
please than we have ever found them, so We in
| vested two cents with the q. S. Postal Depart
ment, and returned it to romantic name as
desired. 1t was dead sure thing that she
would come again and she did. This time it
was ~ shall know him there" We were
| very sorry for his sake to think that she would
There were fourteen verses and if she knew him to
that extent, he would find it to his advantage
pursuing man into the next world, is contra
ry to all established ideas of humanity. Ru,
his troubles were none of our business and we
invested another Two cents. If he is there. it
must have pleased him to know she couldn't
get at him through The newspapers. n girl
would take any advice outside of her dress ma
ker's, we would like to say, and we put this with
all the solemnity Of an affidavit, that we are no
judges of poetry and its no use sending any
more. We don't want ou' money hack for re-
turning them; we only want rest-our heal
needs it. Any mans would that had to read
the poetry we read
RAPID IMPROVEMENT OF AN AUGUSTA Town.
Traffic in real estate in Wavnesboro' betokens
FIRE on the terrapin's back'-she begins to
crawl. The philosophy of the thing is about
this: that Waynesboro' is too near S. aunton
not to be occasionally Topped bv the tidal wave
Of prosperity on which she rides, and which
will tell on her in time so triumphantly. The
sale last week of The Shelton pro perty, "central
square," Main street. to Messrs Kilian Hen
kle. for 2,50o, which is to be greatly improved
and fine brick store and dwelling house to oc-
cnpv the vacant ground, is followed this week
bv the sale by Maj VIM. A. McCue. Of his prop
erty, purchased of the estate of the late VIM.
Chapman on which a new store house has heen
erected within the past year, to Mr.. Elliott Fish
burn, son of the late Daniel Fishhurn. Mr.
Fishhurp will add greatly to the standard worth
Of the mercantile fraternity. and will be wei
coined there. The price paid for the property
was So 900. a considerable advance on the late
sale over and above improvements.
The purchase by Col B. J. Jordan of the
Benz Lines iron property has been consumma-
ted and the money paid, SO far as required in
cash. This property is Immediately around the
approaches to the Blue Ridge tunnel, west end
Price about S. 900 equivalent to cash. The
property is famous for its specular ore, and in
the time to come will be of immense value. The
quantity is "a mounaiu'' The same party also
purchased of the James Minor property, adjoin-
ing, to make the lines more complete, Is acres
Of very unsightly land, ST ,6oO-equal to cash
The timber is certainly no,0 growing, which is
TO build hig furnace right there
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THE Poor House council, at its last
meeting. adopted resolution instructing the
COMMITTEES on the poor to irqnire into the pro-
priety and exrediercy CT establishing an Films
house, and it understood that the committee is
now engaged collecting statistics ard material
on which TO found report. On looking over
the last report Of the oversecr of the poor for
March. il appears that several of the paupers
cost The city from Sl2 TO $40 for that month,
mort exhorbtapt rate hut enc inseparable from
the present system. There should he no snch
thing by the city ss "out door relef' That
should be left to the charitable organizations Of
the churchmemher and other citizens The only
tout door relief" shat should be granted by
the corporation would be IN case of a very Sc
we're winter when soup house could be stated.
This soup house system has been subs ituted for
all out door aims in all the large cities and is the
right method.
AssAuLT.-On Friday last, officer Kurtz arres
ted stranger for an assault on Thos J Roche
Upon being carried before Justice Ker. the m n
who gave his names as O. Willis, Martin
Ham and Geo Hanlon-all three, seemed to take
humorous view of the matter, interrupting the
witnesses with "that's right, Johnny make it
strong for your side' and Judge, that amt
law and similar expressions until he INDUCED
IN few oaths, when the justice madeit serious
matter for him by fning him So so and sending
him to Jail for three months.
ROBBERY On Sunday afternoon last, while
The family Of Saml. Tisdale YVES absent from thu
residence, short distance from town, some thief
entered it by pricing the shutter of the kitchen
window eff. and going up stairs into one of the
chambers opentd with nail, trunk belonging
to Mr.. Randolph Tisdale, taking therefrom $ll
including e5 cents in coppers. There is no clue
TO the authors o. this daring raid, made in
broad light of day, nd liable to have been in
corrupted at any moment by the return of the
owner.
CLOSE OF THE TERM-The Offices of assessor
and assistant assessor of the Internal Revenue
will be abolished on the Goth of May. The u.
s Commissioner notifies all that the law will
be put into effect on that day and at that time
the services of all assessors, 230 in humber and
the assistants, about 1900, will be dispensed
with. The law provides that it shall go into
effect on or before the LIST of July next, and the
commissioner has selected the goth of May as
the most convenient time
-D-&~>%<-G,-
Coon FINANCIERING On the lst of October
II the Indebtedness of The Deaf Dumb and
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