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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-03-19
THE MANurAcr1R1Ne MOVEMENT

THE MANUFACTURING MOVEMENT
On Saturday Afternoon, Mayor Trout as
sumed the chair of the adjourned meeting.
held for the purpose of advancing the
manufacturing interests of the city. It
WAS held in the Court House and about
100 persons were present. The commit
tees appointed at the first meeting were
not ready to report. Mr.. W. A. Burke
from that on blast furnaces, said Gen. st
John, an important member, was out of
the city but would return Tuesday Col.
NJ. e. Hartman from that on manufactures
of all kinds reported that they would be
ready saturday Mr.. Jno. NJ. Hardy from
that on the manufacture of wagons report
ed that they were trying to get all the in
formation that could be obtaiued and
would be ready by Saturday Mr.. T. D.
Ransom from that on paper mills said cor
respondence had been opened with sew
eral paper manufacturers to obtain data and
ne would probably be ready Saturday, and
Mr.. W. ]. Nelson from the committee on
board Of trade reported that no meeting
had been held. Col. Hartman said that in
conversation with Gen. st. John he had
been much encouraged by that gentleman IS
expression of the opinion that Staunton
had as good facilities for manufacturing
iron as any place in the world, and that he
was willing to prove his faith by putting
money in concern for that purpose. AS
the committees would likely be ready by
Saturday with their reports the meeting
adjourned to meet at Town Hall, Satur-
| day at u O'Clock.
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LovlxasroS. Va, Oct. 81, 1858.

~. DEAR S1R: Il saw your card in the Lynchburs
Virginian about the 10Th of September last an.
nouncing your visit to Lynchburg, prepared
with remedy for the cure of Cheers and lliks
diseases having at that time an ugly lookinsp
tumor under my right eye, which made i,s an.
pearance about six months since. and WHICH ha,a
begun to assume the appearance of q cancer. =
determined to call on yoa and try your remedv
and accordingly went to Lynchburg and calIea
upon you, about the 18th Of September. ana
obtained box Of your Gamer Ointment -
and applied it to said tumor ten daya faccn,a-
ing to yonr direction, by which time Il VS.
reduced to the surface, but. not being satia6ed
with its appearances, continued the application
i've days more, when ell irritation had snhs;.
ded. and the affected part presenting smoosh
surface, with white cost that could not be -.
moved BY Washing. then ceased the an,i;cs.
ton of the ointment, and applied little sajve
composed of equal parts of mutton talloyv. nae.
wax, sweet oil and spirits tarpentine. and IN
five or six daysit was entirely well leay;nr :
very slight trace Of it's formss existence aad m
to this time it presents no symptoms al re.sp.
considered yon, therefore, dsss,yedly eusi.
.led to ths fse paid you, as we'll a. my tessi-
mony 10 the efficacy Of your remedy.
b Respectfully.
0avllIl Lov1sa.
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A UCTION GOODS
FOR CASH!
BUY RIGHT AND MONEY IS ALREADY
SAVED

We buy our Goods NJ Auction Houses, and
who has ever attended these auctions will notice
how prices ductuate ard will mark the steady
downward tendency sale after sale and day at.
ter day, straight through the season. affordiug
to real judges of good capital chances 10 under.
quote the regular market by atsleast 20 to IS per
cent, and to sell to the public. and to men to
RETAIL at less then the case price at the mill.
An importer, hard up, will offer goods at cost
to raise money, but when note is due to NOR
row and money must be had, he tumbles his
goods into the auction rooms where cost or no
cost, they must go. We buy them at nearly our
own price.
Money isla tip-top thing, but brains is the
master. We buy our goods CHEAP aud our pro.
fits are already saved and made, giving us the
double advantage of selling at prices that must
crush the opposition, who will at once start the
cry that our goods are stolen, or that we are
about to fail, getting up reputation for US,
without TIE expense of advertising-so by ju.
dicious management We may easily turn the
enemy's guns upon his retreating line or put
him in harness upon double duty.
To-day woo+u mill stops, tomorrow their
goods will be displayed in he auction room end
sold for half its value. Mex. day Hosiery
house fails, their stock goes to the same place
and sold at an immense sacrifice. So, day after
day, through a dozen auction HOUSES, these
bursted merchants and these moopshine million
aires go crushing through at prices that would
bewilder both buyer and seller, only to prove
that, in this advanced age Of stubborn and un-
yielding fighting, it is your duty to make every
eoge cut, and to take advantage of every chance
these giant engines afford.
We do not pretend nor do we wish to lead
the public to believe, that we keep full or reg
ular assortment of Goods. We buy everythin at
auction, if we get it below its value, without
regard to getting up an assorrment-but what
we have got will be sold at astonishin2ly low
prices.
Our present stock consists principally of Gen.
tlemeus' Undergarments, Clothing, Cassi eres,
Cloths, Cassinets, Hats and Caps, Notions, and
all kinds of Boots and Shoes, Ladies' Shawls,
a large assortment of Furs, principally Misses
and Children.
Our auction sales will continue as heretofore,
Tuesday, Thursday and saturday, to commence
at o'clock in the evening. except at the month
ly courts, when we will have our auction sales
in the day time, and commence at 10 O'Clock in
the morning.
Submitted to the cash trade by
Oct23 S. q. HILB l. co.
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CTEAM ENGINES AND OTHER
MACHINERY FOR SALE.

In addito to full line of NEW ENGINES,
SAW MILLS and other MACHINERY of our
own improved build, which we keep constantly
on hand or build o order, we have now for sale
the following second hand MACHINERY, all
in perfect order, which we will sell at very low
figures viz:
2 double HOSTING ENGINES, so-horse pow.
er, with drums and other hosting gear COM
plete.
8 4-horse STATIONARY ENGINES, good as
4
l FLUE-3OTLER 2e feet long, 40 inches diane
Ter with fues Ia inches diameter iron front
and other fittings complete.
l5O-horse power ST ATfONARY ENGINE
2 TUBULAR BOILERS, SO horse power each {;
2 80 horse power STATIONARY ENGINES;
l 8.horse PORTABLE ENGINE, as good as
new, of our own make;
l 16-horse STATIONARY ENGINE with new
vertical boiler,
Several STEAM PUMPS and FAN BLOWERS
of various sizes
ENGINES for threshing, grinding and gin
ming m united on wheels or not, as may be pre-
ferred by the purchaser.
rs REPAIR WORK SOLICITED. uAEN
WIN. e. TANNER l. CO.,
Metropolitan Works,
feb5-y Richmond, Va.
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A SCHOOL PANIc.4-On Wednesday af-
ternoon about O'Clock the high wind pre-
vailing blew down the wall of an old burnt
building near the colored school on ALL
gusta street with a tremendous crash,
creating panic among the scholars, some
200 in number, who thought their own
building was coming down. The teach
ers, Messrs. Waddell, Calhoun, Hiser and
Paris showed great presence of mind,
and restored order and got the children
safely out without one being injured. On
examination it was discovered that the
jar of the falling wall had sprung the wall
of the school, and Superintendent Ladd
thought it best to close the school few
days until it was made absolutely safe.
The School Board met yesterday and took
steps to have it strengthened, so there will
be no possible damage to the scholars. The
wal! is being repaired by Maj. B. T. Bagby,
and the school will be reopened On Monday.
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HoMrAFFA1Rs IN THE LEGISLATURE

HOME AFFAIRS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The Staunten resolutions about exempt
ing manufacturing capital from taxation
have been presented in the legislature by
Mr.. Hanger. In the Senate the House
bill for law library at Staunton for The
U. S. Supreme Court has been passed after
being amended by Mr.. Cochran so as to
limit the expenditure for books to $500 a
wear. The House bill to better enable
Capt. Mccoy, Principal of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Institution to discover in all
parts of the State the objects of public
charity, was passed. Mr.. Cochran has in
troduced a bill in the Senate for charging
the accommodations of the Eastern and
Western Lunatic Asylums; similar bill
has just been defeated in the House by a
vote of 60 to AZ. The bill amending the
charter of Waynesboro has become law.
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UNUSUAL RELIGIOUS MEETINGS
The prayer meetings OF the Y. M. q. Asso
cation Sunday afternoons have assumed
extraordinary proportions, both as to the
attendance upon them and as to the va
riety of people who exhibit interest in
them. They have attracted to them per-
sons of all sorts of avocations, to give an
| idea of which we give the occupations OF
the sixteen persons who addressed the
meeting on last S Dday afternoon essrs
Humphreys (engineer), Echard salesman J,
Mcclure (iron manufactnrer), Simpson
| imerchant), Waddell (lawyerl, Ladd (Su-
perintendent Public Schoolsl, Ransom Jaw
yer), Henkel (dentistl, Grattan (lawyer),
ker (Seeretary Wesleyan Female Collegel,
Burke local dealerl. Guy (lawyer), Nelson
tlawyerl, Hartman president of an Iron
Manufacturing Company, Harlan (jailor),
MeGilvray loeksmithl, and Bagby (master
builder. The meeting was held in the
and was presided over by Mi. B. 7. Bagby.
The place was densely crowded, and per-
sons We've standing in the ball waiting for
some. tined OF standing, to come out, that
they might get in; but few came out. The
singing was beautiful. and the addresses
were short, full of earnest purpose, and
had a touch or two of what is called sex
perlence" One well-known citizen re-
lated how his life lia6 been changed 10y the
utterance of single word by a gentleman
Al III oh, ,xrifb him at,.1
that gentleman was then within reach OF
his voice. And this is just one of the
things that makes these meetings so at
tractive to those who would otherwise be
uninterested. 1t comes home to the nearer
as sharp and clear as the crack of rifle.
It is man talking that has been just like
YOU. YOU know-not a whit better-and
arouses that fellow feeling that ''makes all
the world AKIN The audience seemed SO
deeply absorbed with the proceedings that
it was hard matter to adjourn the meet
ing. One would want another hymn. and
another would want to hear another
prayer-e'iust one more before we go, you
know''-and so it got to be sunset before
they could be gotten away; and after the
breaking up, little knots of people hung
around. the doors and stood out on the
sidewalks talking of what they had been
hearing. The meeting next Sunday at A
2. M. is to be in the Town Hall, larger
room being absolutely necessary. 1t you
go there you will see some queer things
that you will never see anywhere else
some people who havn't seen the inside OF
church for years; some faces that the
rouge of long dissipation has hardly yet
worn off: some young men who have just
dropped in 'sfor change and some old
ones who have dropped in preparing for
the great change; some of those rare men
who are Christians in their business life
as well as Sundays; and you will have the
satisfaction of having been at the opening
meetings of movement that bids fair to
lead to great religious revival.
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A CUNNING THIEF.--Last week the
proprietor at Clemmer's distillery, near
Eiddlebrook, in this county, had occasion
to be in his bonded warehouse, and dis
covered that one of the barrels was empty,
though it had been put in there full. Upon
turning it over an augur hole was found in
it, and through the floor were found six
augur holes, the thief having gotten under
the house and bored up six times before
he struck barrel. When he did strike
he managed to carry off in jugs fortv-fve
gallons of Clemmer's best.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR GENTLEMEy's FURNISHING
GooDs is at 1890 Main street, Richmond, Va.
where E.. B. Spence & Son have all the lates,
novelties in neck-wear, collars, suspenders,
handkerchief cuffs, seeve-buttons, underwear,
and the celebrated Pembroke SHIRTS. In under.
wear they have the medlcated red flannel shirts
aud drawers. and. also, heavy n.erino under
shirts at one dollar each For large stock,
great variety, and low prices in furnishing
goods, call on E. B. SPENCE & Son, merchant
tailors and clothiers, 1900 Main street. Rich.
mond, Va.
FALL CAMPA1sN.-All ready; forward, march
right to 1900 Main street, Richmond, Va, where
you will find very large assortment of Eng
lish and French CLOTHS, diagonal ana worsted
coatiugs, and fancy cassimeres and vestipgs
uittble for fall and winter wear, and B.
SPENCE Son have expect cutters and. workmeu
eady to make up your clothing to order in the
latest and most fashionable style, and at prices
as lowest Call on them and leave your orders
or your fall and winter clothing,
In ANTICIPATION OF LARGE INCREASE IN BUs1.
HHsoi viz oiu n"uso vi Il. D. SPENCE q SON
merchant tailors, 1900 Main street. Richmond,
Va, have enlarged their establishment, and, in
addition to their stock for merchant tailoring.
have provided q large and wel-selected stock OF
ready made clothing, consisting of all the new
styles Of dress and business suits, embracing the
Prince Albert and cut4way frocks and double
breasted sacks, and pants and vests in great va.
riety. In overcoats they have all the new make:
of sacks, Glengarys, talmas and capes-all al
prices to suit the times. Remember to call or
3. B. SPENCE & Son, 1900 Main Street, Rich
! mond, Va, for your winter clothing,
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MARRIED..

Tuesday evening March
9Th by Rev: A. }. Porter ?. F., Richmond District
Speer, near Fairfax G. H., Va, Mr.. John E. Evans
of the Virginia Conference NJ. E. Church. to Mrs
Esther Ophela Roberts.
TRICKLER--NEWLAND- Mt. Clifton. Shen
andoah Co. Va on March 4, 1875, by Rev +. s.
Bennick Mr.. John F. Stricken and Miss Mary +,
NeWland the former OF Rockingham and the lat
ter OF shenandoah Co., Va.
UINI4AN-HEPPARD-At Waynesboro', March
18th, by Rev. C. Beard, Mr.. Jas. T. Qu1nlan 10
Miss Bette A. leopard, daughter OF Geoge
SIPE-MIIl. ER-At Burkes Mills, March 18th, Mr..
Jno. H. Sipe to Miss Lucy A. Miller, daughter OF
Jno. Miller, Esq.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS The Catholic
Hibernian Society of Staunton has elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
John J. Mcmahon, President Thomas
Burke, list Vice President /; VIM. H. Cor
man, I'd Vice President Jno. McQuaido,
Recording secretery E. White, Asst
Rec. Sec.; D. o. Donnell, Financial Sec
rotary VIM. Kinney, Treasurer T.
Knightly Marshall; Rev. J. E. Riley,
Chaplain John Fallon, T. Hounihan and
Ed, Burke, Trustees.
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2 New FIRM.-A card in another column
announces that DIR. Carter Berkeley hav-
ing been appointed to the North Carolina
agency of the Piedmont and Arlington
Life. Insurance CO., has turned over his
Virginia agency to Capt. Jas. Ker and
Capt. T. C. Morton. B 18th these gentle
man are men of the highest character, full
of life and well-directed energy and are
worthy successors of the retiring agent.
The Piedmont and Arlington co is . liv-
ing evidence of the fact that Virginians
can be enterprising. Started i'll little
mountain village in Virginia, it has spread
all over this. country and is now one Of the
wealtliest and safest in the Union.
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MARRIAGE.-The Washington papers
notice the marriage there on the 18th inst,
at Trinity Church, by Rev. Dr.. Addison,
of Judge j. ". Green Smith, Of the Hust-
ings court of Stanton, to Miss sallie w.
McKelder, daughter Of Hon. Jno. G..
McKelder, President of the End National
Bank of that city and former Mayor Of
Washington The Judge arrived home
with his bride on Tuesday and that night
was serenaded by the stonewall Brigade
band and large gathering Of our citizens.
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HEe1RA OF THE CHILDREN OF PHI

HEGIRA OF THE CHILDREN OF PHA-
RoAH.-And it came to pass that the anger
of the Grand Jury was kindled against the
children of Pharoah, and they said one to
another: Lo. these people are an abomina-
ton in the sight of the Law, and it becom-
eth us to arise and smite them out of the
land. And they called unto them the
scribe, Elder, whose surname is Thomas,
and said unto him: Make for lis writings
whereby we will encompass these uncir-
cumcised, that we may destroy them. And
! when these sayings came to the children
of Pharoah, they were amazed and sore
afraid, and lifted up their voices and wept.
And they said: Lo, these many days have
we played with the gentle pasteboSTd and
tie harmless chip, and our fathers before
us, and there was none to make us afraid;
and now for these things we must die.
And the voice of moaning was heard
throughout the land. And the elders OF
the tribe gathered themselves together and
said unto one another. what shall we do?
Then spake the first elder, and lie saith:
LET us not lsve strife with our breth-
rem. hut let US rather fly from tile land.
will HE me 10 the city of the CIarlottes-
Williams until tile anger of the Grand Jury
hath subsided-but lave never, witt.
mine eyes, seen tie game played.'
| And the second elder saith: "Lo, | also
| will fold my tent and skip me into the
| county of Rockingham until this storm
eath blown over-but may perish if l have
az rer seen the game played.''
A. nd another elder threw ashes upon his
head and saith: my shekels have given
ont b,ut I will grid my loins up and foot
it to thu, pleasant land of Flshersville, and
r will MT return to my own country
though as / live, have never seen the
game played.
And upon The seventh day the children
of Pharaoh gathered themselves together
and journeyed to other lands. Neither
did they prepare any victuals for their
Journey, but only bottles of glass with
corks in them, and cigars that they did
smoke. And it came to pass that Which,
the Grand Jury was told that the people
had fled, they tore their hair, and were
| full of wrath against these children OF
| Pharaoh who had ''never seen the game
Played
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RoBBER SHoT.-One night last week,
Mr.. Daniel O'Rork, residing about four
m les from town, on the Schutterle mill
road, while sitting up with a sick child.
b ard some one breaking into his smoke
house. Going to the window he found
that his dog had seized a thief who was en-
deavoring to get rid of him by throttleing
him. He reached for his gun and fired at
the man who fled, though he must have
been badly wounded as his flight was track
ed for four miles by the blood on the
hpoW.
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DEBATsNess osIETE .-Ehe question for
next Tuesday night is the time-honored
one Of ''Was Queen Elizabeth justifable in
beheading Mary Queen of Scots,'' with
Messrs. w. N. Bradley and Geo. S. Krouse
OH behalf of the Commonw wealth and
Geo. M. Harrison and S. M. Wilkes. in the
interest of the beautiful but unfortunate
Queen" This society has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Jas. H. Skinner;
Vice Presidents, P. A. Baylor, A. M.
Fauntleroy, r. S. Hamilton, W. H. H.
Lynn, and j. w. Todd; Treasurer, G. w.
Hunter.
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CARTER BERKELEY.

In taking charge of the business Of the Pied
mont Arlington in this district, the under
signed beg leave to assure its agents of our hear.
ty cooperation in every honest effort to advance
the interests of the Company and its policy hol-
ders, and to remind the latter, that nothing con.
dnces more to the prosperity Of company than
the united and nnwsvering support of its pa
irons. Her cause is your cause her success is
your prosperity, and her misfortune is your
loss. AS agents and policy holders we are in
timately associated in the management and sup
port of one of the most prosperous, we'll manag-
ed and popular companies in The country and the
leading company Of the South, and our relations
should be cordial and confidential. Any infor-
nation or assistance in our power to give will
be chrerfully and promptly rendered and in re-
turn wesolicit your earnest Cooperation Ac-
tive and reliable Agents wanted in every coun-
ty.
A.
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CHILD KELLED.-A few days since just
after the mail train had passed through
the Blne Ridge Tunnel. going East, a lit
tie daughter of Mr.. David Shuler, of At
ton. was playing near the East end when
she was struck on the head by stone
weighing over twenty pounds, which came
down from the top of cut, a distance of
sixty or seventy feet, splitting her head,
breaking her left arm, hand, and severa!
of her ribs. from which she died in twenty
Or thirty minutes. sff1s
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DOUBLE TRAINS TO RICHMOND AGAIN.
On and after Sunday next there will be
4 double service OH the Z. q O. road. be-
tween Richm md and Stanton. Passen.
Ger trains for Richmond leave here at ii
A. M. and 2.15 A. NJ, and passenger trains
from Richmond arrive at 4.05 2. NJ. and
11.4oP,M. The passenger train arriving
at 4O5 stops here, but that arriving at
11.4OP, M. goes on West.
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City Notices.
srAuxroN, February nth. 1871!

STANTON, February nth, 1875.
TIE THE AGENTS AND Policy HoLDERs OF THE
Valley AND PIEDMONT DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Having taken charge, of the business of the
Piedmont & Arlington Insurance Company in
North Carolina, | have turned over this district
to Captains James Ker and T. C. Morton. Both
Of these gentlemen are experienced and skllful
district has feel due to their valuable assis-
lance in'lo luced the Piedmont & Airing
ton Company - yon eight years ago, when the
Company was in its infancy you wisely help
ed me to build it up in this section because it
was Virginia institution, and you knew that
the only way TO build up our State was to en-
courage home enterprise, and now you have
the qualification to know that your faith was
we'll founded; that you have retained millions
in the State that would have been sent off to
enrich Others. We have done more business
in this part of Virginia than all the companies
combined. The Company has been splendidly
managed and is just the pride of Virginia. Its
President, Col. W G. Darlington and Secretary,
D Hartsook, have practically attested their
financial skill and ntiring energy.
1t now does business in 20 States, has passed
the rigid scrutiny of the insurance departments,
North and South, the only Southern Company
that has has issued 49, 900 Policies, paid out
10 widows and orEhans ST. 800, 900, has assets
to the amount of $2lo7, COILS, surplus be-
yord all positive and contingent liabilities Of
S27l 5000, notwithstanding the panic its as
sets increased last year $i47, 1871 90, the figures
speak for themselves. In retiring ask at your
hands for my successors the same kind support
that you have given to me.
Yours Respectfully,
GADrup Pr,rrruv
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SENTENCES FOR HORSE STEALING
Horse thieves are getting lively time of
it at this. session of the Circuit Court
John Cats was awarded 5 years in the
State Prison, ana to be tried on another
charge March 31st VIM. Mitchell was
given 10 years ; Gilmore Thomas was Civ
en- 10 years, and Elijah Helmck, in whose
case the jury htlng, gets another trial,