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THE CRIMINAL RECORD.
Cownrtl1y Assassination Of n Nc
gro In Shelby County, Ky.
4 Gang Of New York Roughs Offer
Battle to tho Police.
Tho James and Younger Brothers. sAlarm-
Ing Kentucky Bankers.
THREE RAscALs DAaGED.

THREE RA9CAL5 9AGGEo.
ssntetat Dsspdteh 10 The Chica7u 3r.bhnf.
rEoniA, ILL.,, Juus 2l-Sherff Frank Hitch
cock arrived tiofo this noon viii, tlsrco Peoria
birds namod respectively Ed Dntst. Joo stutlor.
aud Ed Lawrence, whom l,o had arrested at Hlr-
fngton, In. II is beloved that theY arc tao
aamo parties that robhou tho I'ost'0illco at
0assfors', in this county, abont week ago. nil
account Of which was aent you Ut tho time.
Tioy wore neen in Kingston, n short distance
md tt,o eiscns.antai M evitloco a ngnns. tao,n Il
worry damaging. Tlloy. Of course, deny. ali
knowledge of The affair. but It will 90 hh1l With
them. Notwithstanding, II IL beloved by Hitch.
cock that tloro ia a rogn!aty organized foIco OF
Wsseanxiu, 1ndana. a"d th!s stato. lhts
crowd belongs to tho Ieotia branch, and to
ttom cau, no doubt, 10 traced all the crimos
TINT hayo occurred ii, th!a vicinity lor ycass.
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orcrnn,cna tfa.b .bost et tstiouc1 at Tim 11n{verat-
!" n ~. nc, nn.or tbs nhsrun ~ rsc snrcne5inn
non,ot on,,v s,s,,ne treosn .n.n.c
Wbif;n,1" scccf,.cd inc trnst in bohaIf Of ti's
r,sss r,f99 ~ ri, ef''>A '"' %1'7* 80 1'''"'e 'Ao
e'SHu Snsic IL folrov.d vber,nnor "rbo g,,onbcrl
OF Da"dos." sr. !. i. Norfis. made an aaj1e.s
snnta Wa HHno'It" aup""h ,hrnr,i, raf
ssu M ~ au o,etn,y, ,a.t,'y, snn,.iHi,,. svH ~
tn,.sne " ~ ri .,e ,non1,ora .n,1 v'aws 81 liz
finivs,sity and in rnrromnt1hos' md sn1o,,neod
.o @ 1n;.a,st, o e'aas; " rx"n,a m'tE ~
liz ,hotorrsnhlc - No h. t.tnr IN ch.rro hv csch
.unns.stst .sninr r.ss " rha nnrtsfn 80. tho,,
dronnnd md thc t,snd hoc,n Ia NAV Tha nnrt
crcr!,sn NJ, I'm nrorramrno VIA 1nvhtoriot,slr
ustns,l s1' w 'A0 oS1"A'''' "S' ''''0''s0'''
's'"'a rvv c,,,,orv
1vhen tho cn,tain rosa Triangular iahio occ,,.
,aa ~ na9,,ra ~ ,ha .tsnn .,snm ~srt,
y" Iormo fissnra va ~ strctfhc cream euria,n.
IEnc I"n Il. hn;ns sas,ad l., tnn roar Tbe ,,sm.i
s,,mmo,' sn,4ts trom II 'Sc .restv dcsn wero
..,a .m..oit, .s,t, ht' a,Ita.t" 1r,t,,+ H..
S SSonos shnys1i h;s xoncrn%ta },c.d th1oxmrh ia
trtsnc,l]sr tablo' nnI Announced lis wil!ngnose
- ,r9iS +to tvt''-o iastSniao ~ tl,c ci.aa M
anhots ,os, ~ 'du snd souirod
sf,cr thoir enrara1ca tt,n xnirt wl,nsn senntchra
vnica snd rcn!;v 1y,t remin3ni i,is snnns|ntnncns
~ Nr Wt,fta rnunond,rr in . ,nannnr ct1iri, II,
- ..,.. t.t....ti -. s.... il. i.H..-
mnet's ofoiy iHntAHIe, pEonbht uuNA tuo iio'so
This noTol methou or prophecy was sohfco OF
genera p1caanto e. t1o hunionGo, ano tne nany
lacal h'te O. Af, Hhfto Wero thoIoughly appso,'
eatcur some ol tno nest alo 1eIeInaitet IeGp,o'
eas natcs; no Ercoctea, Mould 1ennn tne ING"
nonaot oIpaan eHsn!e scnlnhly, npf no'n nc1es.
Special attention given to bofs.' US e.iecesa
was ceItah', 1oE tta 1nosI' "outu W
nniScrelty must scacst hl1 RnoWI~
edeo. Hnfso ss'etald 20 known '9rough-
Guy the Wottu "a musieat composer. nitcRson
twho 1olnea inc ciaes th!h n1ohth vas opllgeu 70
graduate this year. said tho spltit, on account
q q solemn contract WIN hla mothes.ln'ia.3 !
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SILENTLY STOLE AWAY,

: BFtH3ds NJstkIE1A ID 1Hs ChE1Nd 7f7t1H3.
LINCOLN, Neb., Juna 21.-Lunts Mailer, who
week ago ran array from this city 1cav!ng
$1,000 In debts, was sppreheuded vt Cheyanna
on Saturday. flo wss arrested for detauItinx
with S4oo funda Of tho Knights Of Pyshias, OF
Ia expected 10 arrivo With him Tomorrow. Ho
wiu he prosecuted to the full oxtont Of tha law.
Mahasr hAs for yosra Ioen prominent buaiaoHa.
man, aud has had many fnenda.
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CUTTING AFFRAT.

Special Dispatch to Ihe thtca7o 1ffbuns.
LA8A11E, ILL.,. juno 2l.-A bloody fight oc.
CURED In Peru this morning between III old man
BY tue name Of uptegraw aod young man BY
tito namo Of Cornolius Murphy. Tho former
drew knife and cut gasn In tho left thigh Of
the latter moro than u foot long, nnd one
inches long close By The side Of the Rroat artery
ESCAPED bleeding to death boforo surgical ail
could ho procured.
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tho mission Of woman. It was greeted with
much applause.
4 chorus By The young ladies cloaed tho ex-
0rclHc6.
As whale, tho exercises Of TIM school wcre
vary cgetlisable to thu PRINCIPAL, Mrs. Hatos. nnd
her teacllnrs, especially those III clocutfon aud
rreE ~ M TO- ~ 10 ss
old enough to have a graduating class.
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The PQsIMAsrEG.GENERAt.

spteias Dtspateh to The chleago Tribune.
INDIANAPOLIS. Juno ol.-0euozA suporlntentl-
cut Hinyson, al Vaudslia, left for 81. Lousa to.
night, sud will accompany Sir. Jewell ID his visit
here tomorrow. Tho leading post,nasters Of tho
state will bo hcte to mect thu pustmantor- uen-
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p1r7snuno, H., Juno 2l.--J. G. ltcid. George
Watson. and Ja1nes Lyons we're arrested yoster,
day on board \ train on tho pan-lIande Road,
coming from Columbus to th[s city. They are
charged with countozfei.ing, aud wero arrested
BY detectives ftom this city. who waut ta Coluu,-
bus for that purpose. Iheis guilt ~ almost :
certainly, and several other psrkies In tAis yiil-
ity are believed to be Implicated.
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Special Dt4Datch to TIA Chtcdoo 19faunA
OTTAWA, ILL.,, juno 3l.-In tho Circuit Court
Robert Fisher, aged 18. indicted for burglary
from George II, Eyans' store at Dana, April IL,
1878 WAS found guilty by the jury aud sont 10
tho Penltentsasy Tor ono year. Pred Fol-, a8ed
uaa seut up for tho sa1no UlenAo tor &lrue
Yp4rE
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New Yong, June 3l,-1Ao t1ial OF Mrs. Sarah
O. Mcrsigsn, for tho murder Ut Afisa 5lasgla
lIAmtuill, ut the house Of tho former, iu Se.,.
tembef, 1873, wAa concluded to-day in THO BROCK.
un Court by Enlargement OF tho Jury.
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THE JAMES AND YOUNGER BROTHERS.
LOUISVILLE, ky., Juno Alt is understood
that the Younger and Janoa brothers. whoas ex-
plosts 1t Gad'B Hill aud other points In Missouri
and Ksnsas haxe created such sensation, arc
1t present In Kentucky anticipating attack. Tbs
ths dspperadoeH ars lurking have placed guatds
OYER thor yhultd.
, 1875-06-22

Fever and Aeue cured for flfty Fonts Theso ts
nn all oher mafnrnu., billions, rcarot, f}rhod, Jcllow
and ntler fcrets tsaed IT, hadwa5s ll*l quidk a.
Haawaya ttnsdv 1lelt.f. FlftY cnnta pee hottla
6oia 6y ufuRgtsts
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

The following Sales of Property are advertised in
this paper fuller particulars being found i'll the adj
vertisements:
On NJ IL av. May oath, ny Geo. NJ Cochran Jr., ThoS.
c. ED II and Tlos. y. Ransom, Commissioners, the
real estate of the Buffalo Gap Iron and Steel Co,
includ ng 459 acres OF mineral and a farm OF s A.
acres, two valuable Iron furnaces, Saw and Grist
M and Brick Dwellings There is a nice village
at the place The Works are on the Chesapeake s.
Ohio r. r.. 10 miles west of stanton.
tap saturday. May lst 1879 Mai Jed Hotchkss, trus-
tee. will sell that valuable farm on the Northern
border OF the city, known as Selma, the property
OF VIM. Easton, residence OF the late Col. H. l..
1pe--to be sold in three parcels. VIII sell prf.
yately before that day.
Gin Nav 9th 37s acres OF land lying between Church
vile and jennings Gap. Sale in front of she Court
House by Thos. c. Elder and n X. Trout, Commits
sioners.
On Saturday. July 25th, house and lot in waynes-
boro now occupied by John 4. Lutz. sale by f.
NJ. Ellis. trustee.
For sale 1888 acres of land near Rockbridge Baths
neighborhood desirable, and will be sold extremely
low. Apply 10 VIM. Dold Lexington, Va, or W.
II Il. Lynn. Stauntoa.'
GA Monday, April 18th, by Geo. M. Cochran, ,jr
and n X. Trout, comm'rs a tract IF 1G91@ acres
near Spring Hill, with two dwelling houses and
other improvements
On Monday, April Goth, in front of the Court house,
by n. X. Trout, Commissioner, will be sold a tract
Of 1903 acres, located about four miles from Mt. So
lon, owned by Chas n. DoWell. Ii has tolerabe
Improvements. and quantity OF good timber on
il.
On Monday, April 26th al auction, i'll front OF
the Court house. the house and lot on the Green
vile road known as the ''Toll Gate Property" II
is located near the Southern edge of Staunton
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

HANDSOME CHAPEL ORNAMENTS.
There has just been erected in the chapel
of the Virginia Female Institute tablets
containing the Lords Prayer, the CoIa-
mandments and the Greed, the lettering
being done on black ground and tbs
whole work taking three months time by
Prof. Scharf the artist 1t is q remarka
bic piece of work, the letters appearing IL
be done in plain c. lor, but, upon close
examination the spectator finds there are
three or four colors on each letter. inyoly.
ing an incredible amount of patient labor.
Over each of the doors entering the chapel
from the South are, by the same artist, the
notices Remember now thy Creator in
the days of thy youth and 'sYe shall keen
my Sabbath and remember my Sane tuary -
The notices were selected by Rev. MT.
Phillips as he was looking over some man-
uscript sermons of which they were size
texts, preached by Parson Marye 49, years
ago. These manuscripts were found in thu:
ruins of the old globe house in Spottsylva-
MA. The notices and the lettering are.
done by Mr.. Scharf, in the highest perfee-
ton OF art, Of which he is master. He Is
the same artist who painted the anatomi-
cal plates i'll the Medical Department OF:
the University of Virginia.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

AN OLD NEGRo.-Tlere has recently
died near Goshen a negro woman. who.
before the war, belonged to the late Joseph
Bell, of Goshen. at the advanced age of
ilS wears; according to the estimate of j.
Marshall Bell. and by the estimate Of other
members of tie l} II family. III. She WAS
Il native Of Africa. and, II il+mhers when
her parents sold her. she being at that
time 10 wears old She was present at the
surrender of Corvallis at Yo rktown, and
was there bought by an American soldier
with Continental money. The father of
the late Joseph Bell purchased her from
this soldier and she belonged to the Bell
family until the close of the late war. She
was q negro Of unusual intelligence, and
remembered and rel tied very wildly many
instances connected with her long life
LerinutGn Gazette.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

Gov. Jacobs, of ". Va. says he will re-
move the capitol archives to Wheeling
notwithstanding the Injunction. Wheel
ing has subscribed 500 600 to build a new
capitol.
The widow of the late Thomas Emery,
| of Cincinnati, proposes to give S75,u00 OF
$4,000 towards Il new structure for the
Young Mems Christian Association of chat
city.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Herald says the busl
ness of the Pullman sleeping cars hasbpen
nearly broken up in that section by the
| passage of the civil rights bill.
Marcus L. Dean, a broker, committed
suicide in Providence. r. | j., Saturday
morning. An old lady in his family com
mitted suicide the day before.
Rev. DR.. S. S. Roszell of larl isonburg
will deliver an address at Winchester on
the 26t inst, the anniversary Of Madison
Lodge, l. O. o. F.
The ignting of the altar ornaments at
st. P,trick's church, Richmond, one night
last week, caused violent stampede of
the congregations
The case of the Petersburg regist rars and
Judges of election goes up to the Z. ). SUI
preme Court, Judges Bond and Hughes
having disagreed.
J. B. Compton, Of Washington, has been
appointed by the Virginia State Bureau of
the Patrons of Husbandry, grange agent
for that city.
DR.. J. W. Smellie, an English resident
of Winchester, Va, was drowned in Flo
rida a few days since.
Prior Woodson, a police officer of Lynch
purg, drew $4,000 i'll the Greensboro, n.
g., lottery.
Mason Bare. formerly member OF the
legislature from Rockingham CO., Va, is
dead.
There are about 400 copies of the New
York dailies sold in Richmond every day.
Tie trucking business around NeiTolk
was killed dead by the cold snap.
In Germany labor has been cut down
from ST. so to SO cents day.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

Governor Dingey, of Maine, has declin
expects at the expiration of his term tC
return to his profession of journalism.
| PronCuncing matches are taking tho
place of spelling bees, the first being
given in Cincinnati Friday, for the benefit
Of Trinity Methodist Church, there.
DIR. J. C. Waters, one of the editors OF
! the Baltimore ''Cathollc Mirror, has tele-
| graphed 20 his son in Dublin, announcing
himself candidate for Tipperary.
Mrs. d. B. Davis, of Buckingham CO.,
Va, gave birth to child with two perfect
ly developed heads and necks, last week.
The agents of the French Government
have made contracts in Bohemia for TO-
900 horses to be delivered next June.
Ex-Confederate GenerafJ J. b. Hood has
beaten his sword into plowshare and up
turns the soil of Minnesota with it.
Gen. P. B. Starke's -four mill in Bruins
wick CO., Va was burned a few days since.
Loss MISUNDERSTANDING SIS. 600.
Ex-senator Revels, of Missss ppi, is the
pastor of Methodist church in@his own
State. and doctor Of divinity.
John Wetzel, an old citizen of Green
brier co.. w, Va, and the oldest Free
Mason iu that section, is dead.
A spelling bee is to come off in Lexing-
ton, Va, for the benefit of the Jackson
Memorial Association
Nathaniel Mann, only II was crushed to
death by rolling log, in Monroe, CO., W.
Va, last week.
Two dollars pound is what San Fran
cisco paid last month for San Jose Straw
berries.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23
school Exhibition.

Correspondent of the Stannron ViNDICAToR.1
STRIRLINt3 SPRINGS. April 16.
Our people have Just witnessed most
delightful exhibition at the Oak Grove
Seminary, three miles from here, given on
the evenings of the 18th and 14th insts.
There were about $50 persons present.
After an excellent address by Prof. E. F.
Vincent. the curtain was drawn, showing
a number Of ladies beautifully dressed in
white ranged in a line of crescent shape.
Then came some very fine readings and
beautiful tableatx and dramatic represent
ations participated IN by IS ladies and 10
gentlemen. Among the vlsito S present
were Mr.. John A. English. OF Baltimore,
and Mr.. Deakin, of your city.
The fruit, grass, and grain in this vicini-
ty is much damaged by the cold weather.
PENN,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

WnEREABours OF OUR Ex-M1L1TAKY
RULERs.-A most interesting Washington
letter in the Alexandria ssGazette'' gives
the following about the military men who
governed Virginia for awhile:
took look at the McVeigh house just
before going to Washington yesterday,
and it suggested among other things the
condition of Virginia from the collapse OF
the Confederacy to the great triumph OF
1885, This, | suppose, induced me to make
inquiries at the Federal Capitol III regard
to General Stoneman and General Scho-
field, both of whom are remembered kind
ly by the people of Virginia. ] ascrr aimed
that General Schoiieid, WIG is in command
of the Pacific coast, made over 100000 by
speculatig wisely in 1.-THE great b"nan-
Ia, and that General Stoneman, having
been retired from the army, resides neal
Los Angeles, in California, and that his
vast orange groves. now ii source of 70
fitable revenue, will be a large fortune to
him ten years hence. Gen. Cam ,beil. who
was on both their statfs. and who was de-
servedly popular, especially with the IL VS.
paper fraternity. has resigned the Cover
norship Of Wyoming, and is nav. 'nt OF
/: he Assistant Ser -tarlts of 'tatr whr as
sist Mr.. Fish in Ike ping our foreign lela-
lions untangled,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

GREAT COUNCIL OF RED Memoir
Tuesday last j. X. Smith, of Harrison
burg, Grand Sachem of the Great Council,
Col. JAS. P. Reilly, of Winchester, Past
Grand Incohonee of the Great Council of
the United States, G. A. B. Cotfroth, OF
Winchester Great c .lief of Records, land Re-
personalities J. J. Bowen OF Frederick and
J. S. Melton of Clarke arrived in Stanton
on their way to Petersburg, to attend the
Great Council Of the |. 0. Red Men. They
left on Tuesday morning. VIM. Loeb,
Great Sannar, and DR.. VIM. J. Points, rep
resentatlve of Minnnehaha Tribe, No,s33,
of Harrisonburg, passed through on Tues
day and OH the same day Capt. Thos. j.
Crowder, representative of Hiawatha
Tribe No. So of Staunton, left for the
same destination.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

SIX WIVES IN A LIFEtiME.-The Troy
n. Y. Gazette" has interviewed an oil
gentleman who has been married six times
II is . queer view of life and is worth print
ipt. The Gazette says;
They live at go North street, Troy. N.
Y. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith. The husband is
ni'ss tv-three years of age, and las been
mar. ed six times The wife is pretty old,
too, nearly eighty, perhaps, but She refuses
to tell her exact age. She is a grand daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Marsh, at one time Governor of
Connecticut. Mr.. Smith is now exceed
ingly frail and almost deaf. In 1878 he
married his first wife by whom he had
three sons and IL daughter, three of whom
survive. the eldest being sixty-two years of
age and the youngest tifty-three. He can
not now remember the name of his first,
second, third and fourth wives. All thar
he remembers is that, except the first, eacl.
of them did not live long: and that he lived
happily with them all. His fifth wife. who
had considerable property, died about foul.
years ago, leaving the bulk of it to hel nus
band.
81 have had six of them, and they have
all been good wives to me" he said. Il
am too old and feeble now to have anath-
| err About TWEEN y years ago, Mr.. Smith
duu MIS- 1liIlCit NO. . IctupNeO W IToy
where he has resided ever since, Mrs. Smith
| diving four years ago, as abnve stated. and
where he married Mrs. Smith No. 6. three
years ago. having OILY c"urted her two
nights previously, but a great many more
| nights according to Mrs. Smith.
| The latter. indeed, Nas inclined to be
not little Indignant at the statement Of
her husband that they had only two even
ings' collrtship before marriage. She knew
all about him, she says, before they were
married. She did not want it to be under
stood, however, AS saying that she had not
enjoyed her married life. She liked her
husband. though he was so in6rm he could
scarcely walk, and so deaf that he could
scarcely hear She wonld remain will
him as long AS he lived. and after hisdeat
she would go and stay with her rich friends
She continued: Il like married life, ana ii
my husband WAS to die to-day, | would
marry again to morrow if L got the
chance.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CHARAC~
rER.-Col. George W. Gayle, formerly a
prominent lawyer Of Selma, Ala, died N
that city few days since He was very
eccentric, ana in 1854 inserted in the Ca
haba s'Gazette" an advertisement offering
81 ,0OO, 900 for the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln. though he was not worth as
many cents. After the war Gayle WAS ar
rested and confined about one year in For
tTess Monroe He was, however, mainly
through the intercession of his wife, by
President Johnson tt leased. During his
confinement in Fortress Monroe he became
partially para1yzed in his lower limbs, from
which he never recovered.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

SINGULAR CoNTEs FuiAN Es ATE.
About Il year ago on Anthony 10 'eS, az
eX-Virgina slave, who, f II -om- Y ars had
been the janitor of the Fanwood Insair
Asylum, died inte,tate, having about
$40 900 in cash. When ], Public Admin
istrator attempted o admins er upon th"
property two sets Of contestants appeared
and demanded the money. Patsey Minor
and her child. colored.' residents of Viz
ginia, claim it as the wife and etn of the
deceased, while Mary Smith and Dave
Smith, also eX.slavrs, claim ii as the
brother and sister. The argument iii tue
case was made yesterday before the re-
fierce, Mr.. Van Schaick, to whom it was
referred by the Surrogate. when some nice
points of law RS To- the laws of Virginia
caring upon the marriage Of colored per-
sons were raised, Public Administrator
Dayton, who appeared for the State, main
tanning that the laws of Virginia, at the
time Of the alleged marriage with Patsey
Minor, did not recognize marital rela-
tons, and therefore the property must
csc eat to tie State. Decision reserved.
N. I. Herald
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23
m'.he MinhftatGr.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL %, 1875
Local
To Advertisers.

1t isan undisputed and indisputable fact that the
vINDleAToR has a larger paid up subscription list
than any paper in the State outside OF the large
most substantial citizens OF this and adjoining coun-
ties, who have become familiar with the CASH
PRINCIPLE the very class it most interests adyer
tisers to reach. No investment pays merchants and
other business men 50 well as thai of advertising lib
ton among those who have been. accustomed to the
practice of paying cash for what they get. The
subscription List of the VINDlcAToR is always open
to the inspection of advertisers and is arranged
(beng MALE by machinery that its numbers be
seen at glance.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

HE CLARA WILDMAN TROUPE This
fine diam ltic troupe op.as AZ Town Hall
Monday night. 1t is hard to write no.
tlce of tins troupe, for it is impossible to
say anything COOL IF them that the neonlc
do not already think. For chaspe. ele-
giant and artistic entertainment noho.lv
can approach them in the estimation of
the staunton people, and it is an estima-
ton well founded in every respect. TIN.
opening play is ''The Ltly Of LYONS, ;,
with Clara Willmtn as Pauline, ] F
Wildman as Claude, and the rest of the
characters well filled.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

THE LOUISIANA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
organized on Saturday by the election Of
Trezevant clerk, and other conservative
officers. The terms Of the award were
carried out in the Senate by unseating
Elan, democrat. and by seating F. $.
Goode, democrat, in place of Crozier, col
ored, republican. A joint resolution re-
cognizing Kellogg was adopted with but
two dissenting votes. Later accounts say
the Democrats have turned Out four more
Republicans than they bargained for, and
trouble is brewing.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

PATIENCE.-A conductor on the Union
Pacific railroad put dead beat off his
train politely once: kicked him off three
times, then, finding the impecunious in
the car again, inquired: "Where in blazes
are you going, anyway" We'll" sid the
not-to'bo- got-rid-of. I'm going to Chicago
if my pants hold out, but if I'm going to
be- kicked evary five minutes I don't be-
lieye Ill make the trip" The conductor
let him ride little way.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-23

TAXATION AND TANPAYERs IN VIR-
GINIA.-By the report OF the Auditor of
the Treasury of Virginia for 1873, the
number listed for capitation tax, outside
of the cities of Lynchburg, Norfolk, Pc
tersburg, Portsmouth, Richmond, Staun-
ton, Williamsburg, Winchester, and Alex
andria is as follows: Whites, 1856. 22l; col
ored, IS ,239.' OF those who had not paid
this tax there were: whites. 1852: col
ored, Is, 494. The number listed i'll the
above named cities was 152, 2S2 whites and
9s,O7I colored. In the same cities the
white delinquents were 1927, and coiored
&C, 2s7. In Albemarle county, out Of ISIS
colored persons, 1.541 paid no capitation
tax. In Elizabeth City county. out of
/, 295 colored, 1,043 paid none, and out of
2,5e2 in the city Of Petersburg 2,1a6 were
delinquent. Out Of 6,1s6 in Richmond
city. 5,4S3 were delinquent. Out Of 7s6 in
Alexandria city, $40 were delinquent, and
Of 500 in Alexandria county, 259 were de-
linquent ~