Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-19
Augusta and staunten as They Look on the
State Rocks.

county or Augusta and the county seal,
Staunton. The statements are minute
and we give suci. OF them DIS are likely to
interest our readers. Augusta and Staun~
ton have four representatives in the legis-
lature, inc who last year received in addi>
TO $4S,40 each for mileage the following
sums, Marshall Hanger, Speaker at $40
per day. 81 200, A. B. Cochran $72O, J. Da-
Wis Craig, $720, A. H. H. Stuart, (from
January 10Th, '76,) 1925. The Judge Of
our Circui, Court, Hon. VIM. McLaughs
lin received S2,046, (including $50 for spec,
ial terms) salary and $685. 80 as mileage.
We give the following summary Of
THE WEALTH OF THE COUNTY AND CITY.
The real estate of Augusta in 1873, in~
Guiding Staunton was assessed at $10,O OIL,
$40 and in 1875 excluding Staunton (as~
sessed separately at 81, 710, &c. was assess>
ed at. $3.50, 143. The returns in 1875
showed the following results in the coun-
ty:
Beverly Manor.-Whites, males over q
years of age 615, colored 29S, 1,096 horses
worth $59,790, 1872 head of cattle worth
S31 1888, 622 sheep worth So, 074, l 1902 hogs
worth $3.50, $50 vehicles worth $18,OS9,
books and pictures $2,255, mechanics tools
81, O6S, farming implements $10,3S5, 1872
watches $4,479, 2S9 clocks 81, 493, 10S sew
ing machines $2,375, 1920 WORTH of pia~
nos, S4S,s71 worth of furniture, and ST.
555 worth OF plate and jewelry.
Middle River.-843 whites and 142 color
ed, 1881 horses worth $113 $50, $3.50 head
of cattle worth SIC ,535, 1,494 sheep worth
81 321, 3,311 hogs at $l2,1 79. 1927 vehicles at
S34 is 42, books worth $1,41S, mechanics
tools worth $1,41S, farming implements at
S24 1852, $40 watches 81, 22S, 457 clocks ST..
64S, 81 sewing machines 1920, pianos to
the value of So, 625, furniture $63 600, jew
elry and plate 1920.
North Riuer.-Whites $40, colored 50,
horses l ,533, worth $50, 924, 1905 head Of
cattle at $50, 1876, 1885 sheep at $4,37S.
3,445 hogs at SIC, ALB, 697 vehicles at $685.
5S2. books SC. to the value OF $1,677, me-
chanics tools worth S 1854, farming imple-
ments $12, 561, 1914 watches at S2,5l2, $50
clocks at 81 1855, 125 sewing machines at
S3,577, pianos sc. to the value OF 81 1904,
furniture $51 ,43S, jewelry and plate $427.
South Riyer.-Whites 700, colored 276,
horses 1,49s, worth SOL 100, 3,12O head Of
cattle, worth 1858 ,so5, 1,493 sheep, worth
81, 6O5, 1882 hogs at $11 ,525, 7o3 vehicles
at S29, 1856, books &C., $3.50. mechanics
tools $4,000, farming implements $780, 15,
200 watches at So, 1870, 4O4 clocks, $2,lO5. 1l3
sewing machiues, $4,1s5, pianos valued at
81, 19O, furniture, SCI 500, jewelry and plato
$3.50.
Observation-Disclosures ISL, colored 161,
1,5GO horses at S33, $50, 1851 cattle at
S46, 200, 2,O11 sheep at So, 465, 2,6OS hogs at
SO, 200, $50 vehicle at $23 ,O45, books at $780,
tools at S2,o15, farming implements, .S1O,>
955, 176 watches at S3,225, AS clocks, $3.50
1874 sewing machines, 81 ,710, pianos valued
at So, 175, furniture $o9,640, jewelry and
plate, $1,045.
Pastures.-Whites 534, colored 145, hor~
SEES 943, valued at S46 OLA, 1856 cattle at
$3.50, 531, 1918 sheep at ST. 6S. ! 1908 hogs at
S5,5O1, 465 vehicles at SIS, 2O5, books to the
value of $612, tools. 1910, farming nipple
ments, So .9O4, 113 watches at $1,S48, 3SS
clocks, $1.125, IS sewing machines, $1,927
pianos valued at ST, O40, furniture, $33 1856
jewelry and plate, 1878.
The aggregate shows that there are 1888
whites and ,120 blacks in the county over
q years of age. S,403 horses worth $487,-
03S, 7,4O1 head of cattle worth $3l5 ,140,
$500 sheep " orth 1923 GIL, Is 1901 hogs worth
$50, 74s, 1926 vehicles worth Sal .64S,
books, pictures, &c., valued at 1922, me-
chanics tools valued at $1O.541, farming
implements aggregating 1884, 1882, 1,10S
watches worth $21, 742, /; 2,52S clocks worth
SIC, BIT, 6O7 sewing machines worth $49,-
1874. pianos to the value of $16,4S4, furni-
ture amounting to $31S, 265. and plate and
jeWelry to the value Of $4,9O5.
sTAUNToN.
Staunton has 945 whites and $40 blacks;
230 horses, valued at S13 1888; 156 head II
cattle, valued at 81 ,27O; POS hogs, worth
1919; 143 vehicles, at $l3 ,os9; $14. 1877 WORTH
of books. pictures, &C.; $2,576 worth of me-
chanics tools; 4S5 watches, worth $lS,56s;:
3SS clocks, at So, 490: POS sewing machines.
at So, lO1; SIS, 900 worth of pianos; $l13,-
$50 worth of household furniture, and
Sc, 577 worth OF jewelry and plate.
FINANCIAL.
Augusta county reports 81 ,O15 $50 in
solvent bonds, &C., and Staunton reports
1886 1919. Staunton reports $32, $50 capital
employed in trade or business, while the
little town of Winchester reports twice as
much. The county reports $39, $3.50 incomes
for taxation, and Staunton reports
$1OO, 1898.
The value of the buildings in Augusta
is 81, 1853, 1863, and in Staunton ST. ,O43, 800.
WEO PAYS THE LICENSE TAX?
In the county the merchants pay $69S;
liquor merchants, $206; book agents, $50;
agents for articles made in other states,
STAG; distillers, $500; retailers of tobacco,
$20S. In Staunton the liquor dealers pay
$1,000. The circus paid the county $155
last year, and the merry-go-rounds, So Sc.
The doctors and dentists of the county
paid $500. while in Staunton the same pro-
fessions paid 1920.
All the levies of the county aggregate
$50, 449. rs. Her %jailor's account was 81 $685.
81; payo of jurors, $3.50, and pay Of witnesses,
$1o1.71. Staunton's %jailor's account was
S74.30; jurors pay, Sill, and pay uf wit
nesses, $11.40.
INsOLVENT TAXES.
The insolvent capitation tax in the
county, for 1855, was 81 1888, and the
insolyent property tax, $273. In Staunton
the insolvent capitation tax was 1927, and