Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-10-08
Adjourned

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Presiding.- Court met again on Fri
day morning last pursuant to adjournment
and the following business was transacted
Memory Of Mayor TsoM.-A preamble
and resolution of the Staunton bar on the
death of Hon. N. K. Trout, were presen-
ted and ordered to be spread upon the
records.
Probate Business.-The estates of Mrs.
F. M. F. Wiseman and Hannah thinner
man, were committed to VIM. l.. :Mowry,
Sheriff for administration.
Road Matters. The petition of R. S.
Harnsberger and others, asking that GER
tain portions of the public roads precincts
/ Nos. 20 and %, in Middle River District,
leading from Meyers Cave Depot, in the
direction of Mt Vernon Iron Works and
certain Touring mills, be McAdamized, was
presented, considered and referred to VIM.
Crawford, T. e. Stout and G. Eakle, spe-
cial commissioners and viewers for their
report as to whether such roads are OF
such public importance us to justify the
expenditures by the County of Augusta,
requisite for tie improvement proposed, III
addition to the sum of $500, subscribed
| and to be contributed by the petitioner.
A change OF road was established upon
! petition of Henry Edison, Jr., and others
of the road recently established on E. l.,
| Houff's petition from Burke'S Mill road on
| Calhoun land to the Valley Pike, the
change being so as to locate the road on
| the land of Eidson's heirs as originally re-
ported instead CT the land of w. F. Wei
Ter. Damages allowed to Eidson's heirs,
$116.47.
William Lalley qualified as Notary Pub
| lie.
Election .Judges-F. S. Fultz was ap-
pointed Judge Of election at Sandy Hollow
vice Jonn N. Opie. and Ro. S. Harnsberger;
at Mt. Meridian vice J. Davis Craig.
Court adjourned until the fourth Mon
day.
ASA VoTER--She WON'T do as voter
We watched her Sunday at the Church
meeting. When they handed her the ballot.
She said ''Thank you,' as if the man had
handed her saucer Of ice cream, and she
said it in such sweet way that her hus-
band looked jealousy at the paper. Then
she borrowed piece of lead pencil, and
put the little piece of paper on her knee
and the end of the pencil between her
teeth and gazed up at the ceiling for five
minutes. And Their it seemed to strike
her how to vote and she wrote in a hurry
and rubbed it out, and wrote on the other
side and rubbed it out, and then she threw
it away and tore Il piece out OF the hymn
book and made fresh start. She asked
old Mrs. Badger VINO she was going TO
vote for and then she asked Mrs.
Potts how She was going to vote
and never asked her husband once
how he was going to vote. And then she
put the paper On her knee again, and he1
little boy reached out and chewed the
ballot up, and got set down SO tlercely that
it Jared his little ears loose. When she
got the ballot all right she put it in the
box as carefully as if it would break and
then peeped over everybody's heads TO see
the ballot counting. She was very much
excite ed in identifying her ballot as the
clerk of the meeting counted them, re-
marking to the lady who sat next her,
ssThot's mine. Marla--no faint; that's
mlne Oh, which is mine, l don't believe
the man S got it at ALL And when they
were all counted without her seeing hers >,
she went home firmly believing that the
clerk had swallowed it, and never counted
it at all.
PRoF. ANDERSON, THE WIZARD, who
is such favorite with our people opens
tonight at the Town Hall. It is throw
ing away space to recommend Anderson to
the Staunton people, but we may say that
| he seems to like them as we'll as they like
| him for we see that he has broken off his
engagement in Richmond, where he was
having crowded houses, houses that yield
| ed $500 a night, in order that he might
keep his promise with the Staunton peo-
pie. There has been quite Juror over
him in Richmond on this visit and the
notices of the gold watches, tea sets of $50
pieces and other valuable presents given
away there would seem to indicate that
there was benefit on both SIDES.
STRANGE AcCIDENT.--One day last
week as Miss Fannie Bright, an employee
at the W: L. Asylum, was walking by the
side of the Chesapeake Il Ohio r. r.
track, between the stone bridge and the
South end of the platform, a poker, used
| lo Grn Of trai of
the tender, striking her on the head and
rendering her senseless. The train was
going at good rate and the impetus was
| so great that Miss Bright's head was bad
! 1y cut. She was picked up by some per
sons who witnessed the accident, and in g
short time had recovered sufficiently to
walk home.
DIDN'T WANT HIM,-A day or two
since the authorities here received tele
gram from Hanover county saying: ''Johr
Moore; tall negro, scar on his face. d.
YOU want him?" and Jailor Harlan tele
graphed back: "Don't want him." Thi!
tall negro is the eel brated chicken THE
who escaped from the chain-gang herr
the other morning after experiencing
Change of heart in his cell a few week.
ago. TIE authorities here don't want
him as long ~ he will stay away.
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HARNESS REcoVEnBD.-Abo twt
weeks ago set of harness WIS stple2
from the stable of Mr.. A. S. Lara. an,
the Saturday morning afterwards VIM
Randall eoiored ian passed brusf
heap guarded by yellow cog not far iron
Mr.. LIS stable. but attracted by ne furl