Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-01-30

of South Mountain land. Sale by Wm
Crawford, Ex'or.
Friday, February 18th, will be sold one
tract of los and another of 205 acres:
near Craigsville, owned by the late Jas.
Berry. The tracts are so situated as to
be made one farm. Sale by Orlando
Smith and Thos. c. Elder, Commission
ers.
Tuesday, Feb. I'd, will be sold at auction,
at Middlebrook, IS acres of valuable
land. Sale by S. Travers Phillips.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, will be sold at auction,
three half acre lots and house at Fair
field. Sale by W. III. H. Lynn, Trustee.
At private sale farm of 1913 acres, four
miles from Staunton. For sale by Jno.
S. Churchman, Ex'or.
On Saturday, Feb. 18th, will be sold at
auction the house and lot of Jasmes J..
Clarke, in Mt. Scion. The lot is I OF an
acre. and the house is partly new. Sale
bv II. B. Niche and G.. M. Cochran, jr.,
Commissioner.
COUNTY CoURT.-The County Court,
Judge J. N. Hendren presiding, met on
Monday last and adjourned on Wednesday.
The following is summary of the BUSH
ness done:
TRESPAsS.
In the case of Rev. W. A. Hicks of the
M. =. Church, North, indicted for tres
pass in forcing open a school house, on
Back Creek, so that he might use it to
preach in, the matter was settled by the
defendant confessing judgment for one
cent and costs.
PROBATE MATTERS.
The wills of Simon B. Slower, Jacob
Edmunds and Regina F. Tompkies were
admitted to probate. The following guar
dams were appointed David Sheets for
Mary S. Landes Jacob A. Sheets for SUI
san J. Cochran Joseph Landes for Ed. G.
Ruebush, Jacob A. Whitmore for Martha
E. Ruebush and A. J. P. Dill for Mary E.
Dill and others. The estates OF Reuben
Conner, George M. Apple, Braxton Davis
were committed to Sheriff Mowry. Ad-
ministration was granted to Jno. A. Shu-
ey on the estate Of John Shuey, decd, the
the widow having declined. The widow
of jesse G. Mckay renounced her rights
under his will.
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
A. M. Bowman gave bond as collector
of South River Township Jos, A, Lor
gan, Jno. B. McCutchen and Jos. B.
Woodward were appointed and qualified as
Registrars Geo. A. Mowry, VIM T.
Lightner and G. A. Roller, qualified as
Deputy Sheriffs, C. A. Roller was appoint
ed Constable for Middle River Town
ship; W. w. Cropp qualified as Notary
Public; Christian Eakle was appointed
Commissioner of Roads of Middle River
Township, vice S. 2. Slower, decd.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The account of Geo. Harlan, Jailor, for
1927 As was allowed.
Erroneous assessments against Samuel F.
Miller for 1872 and 1878 and against Jos.
Desper, were ordered to be committed.
The portion of Sauuel E. East for a
change in the Mt. Scion road was RECON-
mitted.
Garter Cabell (colored) who has served
- months in jail for an indecent assault
on white girl, was ordered to be released
he having no means to pay 800 fine inclu
ded in his sentence.
The cases of the Valley R. r. Co. against
N. P. Catlett, Margaret L. Gay and the
heirs of Jno. D. Brown, were continued
until next term.
There were so deeds and other writings
recorded at this term, IS fiduciary settle
ments confirmed and inventories and APP
praisments admitted,
PERsoNAL.-Hon..' A. H. H. Stuart was
in the city, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. M. P. Handy, late of the Richmond
Dispatch, now promoted to the editorial
staff Of the New York Tribune for his
great success, as the representative of that
paper, in distancing the Herald and all the
other journals by being the only journalist
who witnessed the surrender of the Vir-
ginius, was among the arrivals at the Vir-
ginia Hotel this week, being on his way to
visit his father, Rev. DR.. 1. w. K. Handy,
Of this county. Besides the great energy
and tact shown in his Cuban feat, Mr.. Han
DIV has intellectual qualifications which
will make him valuable addition to the
staff of the Tribune or any paper in this
country.
DR.. F. T. Stribling, Superintendent OF
the Western Lunatic Asylum, has been
called to Richmond to gi We the Legislative
committee the benefit of his long expert
ence, in the matter Of the contemplated
new Asylum.
Ex-Gov. Letcher has been in the City
several days.
Col. Ben. J. Jordan has leased the Iron
Mines at Elizabeth Furnace in this County
and settled there to work them.
Col. II. II. Robertson Of Allegheny, was
in this city yesterday, having just recover
ed from very severe indisposition.
A CIRCUIT HUNTER: -Rey. S. S: Ryder
of the NJ. E. Church South, in charge Of
the Highland Va. Circuit and doing the
full work of an itinerant preacher, has dur
ing the past season killed seven five deel
and the largest bear seen, and never missed
an apnOiptmont