Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-03-29
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Hendren presiding, met on Monday.
Probate-The will of Mrs. M. M. Engle
! man was admitted. The will of Rebecca
Myers was admitted and John M. Myers :,
Ed. Fur, N. Drumheller, David Wheeler
and Samuel Hunter appointed appraisers
of the estate. The remuneration of Mary,
A. kiracofe of the will of the late Georgia
Kiracofe, her husband was entered. p A.
JAS A. Ruff and J. A. Wilson's commits
sion in that capacity was revoked. The,
estates of Henry Deidricks, VIM. Fisher,
John Calbreath and q. G. McCutchen were,
committed to Sheriff Lightner. Mary j.
McManaway qualified as ADMINISTRATIVE of
Andrew McManaway.
Commemorative Cdses.-The cases OF
the State against VIM. H. Marshall andl
Adam Yaga were dismissed, and against
J. W. Engleman, Geo. and Jacob Gear
heart for assault were settled by the de-
PENDANTS confessing Judgment. J. G.. APP
pie tried for stabbing Frank Parrack at
Greenville was acquitted. David Fur for
various cases of housebrea king and steal
was awarded eight years in the peniten-
tiary. .
Roads.-The road accor lnts allowed we're
OF unusual amount in consequence of the
damage by the late flood. The following
road surveyors were appointed: South
River District-A M. T}rannaman, No. 2,
vice J. F. Leonard; W. H. Warner No. Fl,
vice Cyrus Koiner; Mar ion Koiner, No. 80,
vice A. J. Palmer; A. NJ. Bowman No. 81,
vice HI. B. Jones; Middle River-B. j.
Craig, No. SO, vice Henry Hahn; Henry
Deffenbaugh, No. 10, isvice Levy Myers;
Beverley Manor-John A. Desper, No. 2,
vice M. McAleer; Riv'erheads-A. J. Mil
Ter, No. IL, vice E. T. Crist. In same dis
trict precinct No.. WIS divided and G..
Lewis Dull, appointed surveyor Of one por-
ton and Jacob f. Clemmer of the other;
Pastures-Geo. Miller, precinct No. 26.
PersonoJ.-Jacob F. Clemmer qualified
as Notary Public. Rev. Thos. W. Booth
was granted license to celebrate marriages.
VIRGINIANs IN TExAs.-Maj. A. M.
CARRIER is travelling through Texas, and
writing up the sta te for the Dallas "Cona-
mercial.' His letters are very interest
ing and contain frequent mention of
former residents of Staunton and this Sec
tio1l of the valley. From Lancaster he
writes:
With Ellis & White l fird my old friend
Willie Baskins, who left Staunton, Va,
two years ago, to the great regret of the
wide circle of friends he had made, in
building up large trade for Funkhouser
& Co., of which he was the &C.," But
warded for his pilgrimag1by taking unto
himself one of Lancas terS fairest dssugh-
tiers and findin g as MANY friends here as
he left behind. His father, James Bas-
kins, Esq, and brother, John, ga liant
Stonewall soldiers, are prosperous farl ners
two miles from here, and. like all Virgin
ians meet, who work and carry the honor
of the old State with them, they are pros
perlng, as they deserve, and, as your pa
per truly says, SO are all who come to Tex
as from old Virginia.
H. Y. Peyton has removed his law Of
fee to the public square, in Mr.. Ed. T.
Kings jewelry building.
From Ovilla he writes
Mr.. Adam Shultz, formely of Rock
bridge, Va, has recently purchased the
finely improved farm of Mr. Waldron., of
your city, known as the mays FARM one
mile from Ovilla, for $4,000 1t has every
improvement and contains 100 acres, and
Mr.. Shultz will soon make it the model
farm Of Ellis, as he comes from that stock
of farmers who make the valley of Virgin
ia so famous for it's productiveness and
beauty.
iani settled, among them Capt. w. B.
Dorman and the Oonneveys, of Rock
bridge, and a pleasanter neighborhoo can
not be found in the State.