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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09
SUDDEN DEATH IN WYrHE G,

SUDDEN DEATH IN WYTHE COUNTY.
We learn from the Wytheville Enter
prise that Mr.. Jefferson King, aged 55
years, resident of Wythe county, about
6 miles from Wytheville, died suddenly
of heart disease Sunday morning of last
week about 8 o'clock. Deceased had
labored hard Saturday on his farm and
retired without complaint. About the
hour named his wife was awakened by
his arm being thrown roughly over her,
where it remained, but thought but little
of it at first. Upon rising shortly after
ward and lighting candle she found
her husband perfectly dead.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

THE BELL PUNCH SYSTEM.-The
Philadelphia Press expresses the opin-
ion that the introduction in that city OF
the liquor bell punch would probably
cover the whole cost of supporting the
almshouse and house of correction, as
well as the public schools. If the liquor
traffic cannot be suppressed, it may at
least be made to contribute to the re-
duction of the taxation resulting from
abuses for which it is responsible.
Judge Christian, the newly-appointed
Judge of the Hastings Court at Rich
mond, Va, includes the Moffett register
law in his first chargeto the grand jury.
He will send to the jury the names of
all dealers in liquor charged with not
obeying that law. He informed the jul
nv that he would refuse to renew the
licenses of many persons unless their
returns were much larger than those
heretofore made. The failure of the
liquor seller to :'turn the crank" sub
iects him to fine OF not less than $50
nor more than 500.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09
CoM,lIssIoNER,s OFFIcE

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
StauntOn, Va, April 9th, 1873. :
baylor In the Circuit Court of Angus
I'D VS.. ia county.
Mcmahon,
All parties to this suit are hereby notified,
that have appointed the
LIST day of May neat,
at my office in StauntOn, to take an account,
LIST. OF the real estate owned by the Defendant,
rental value: and. Ind. The liens and Their nri-
critics, binding the same, prior to the deed of
trust from Mcmahon to Echols and Green,
when aScouts are lequirgo ny 1ecree IN Iore-
time and place, all parties holding such liens
are required to appear and prove the same.
apr9-4t JOHN NJ. KINNEY, Com'r
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

SENATOR WITHER's AFFLICTION.-
For four months United States Senator
Withers, of Virginia, has suffered very
little from his right eye. which for some
time has been diseased. Friday week, he
did good deal of writingin committee,
denly worse. Monday of last week his
physician ordered him to go into dark
room and remain for ten days or two
weeks. He then proposes to perform
an operation on it, which he hopes will
prove beneficial. His general health is
excellent, and that is very much in his
favor
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

Judge Christian, Of the Hastings
Court of Richmond, in charging the
grand jury last week, indicated his pur-
pose not to renew the licenses of liquor
dealers whose returns from the whisky
bell punch are SO Insignificant as to raise
the suspicion that they are not making
honest returns.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09
NEW SILVER DOLLARN

can be made selling our chromos. crayons
notices, frames. SC, &c. Dealers, agents and
PRICE LISTS, embracing many new goods as
well as complete assortment Of the most de-
sirable old subjects.
$1,000 per day made easily.
and we can prove that many Of our agents are
doing even better. We do not offer q $500 out
fit free or gold watch or horse and buggy
first-class goods thatwill sell at sight anywhere
and our prices are lower than the same goods
can be bought elsewhere. Please send postal
card and get our circulars; it will cost you but
one cent and will enable you to make thou
sands of dollars. Address BAYRD & GOLD
STEIN, LA Ontario ST. Cleveland, o. jan22-3m
EHstilI's Heirs VS.. Washington, NJ. M.
~ Loiiiand and ;sls.-In pursuance Of a
decree of the circuit court for Augusta county.
entered April 4th, 1875, in this cause, shall
proceed at my office in Staunton, on
Wednesday, Nay LIST, 1878,
eral tracts of land referred to in the petitions
S Sou sGs wsngs a0ah Ea ab and ais aver
and whether said petitioners have paid their
purchase money and are now entitled to deeds,
apr9-4t G. NJ. HARRISON, Com'r.
1OOO wanted to act as agents for Il. The
best Boys and Girls paper published in the
west. Beautiful presents to subscribers and
money canvassing during leisure hours non't
fail to send for it at once. To introduce 1t we
Will send to any address on trial three months,
pie of paper and particulars FREE.
Cleveland, Ohio. X IL II.
Gorge and Martha WASHINGTON.
" Lincoln. Douglass. Gen. Sherman
Grant. X. E. Lee, StOneWall jackson.
For hfteen cents, we will send by mail post
pald. beautiful Gil portrait of either OF the
ABOVE eminent persons. A pair for Is cents, or
the set of eight for 90. These are not in
ferior daubs but really fine portraits pro-
nounced by good judges to be perfect likenesses,
Liberal inducements to agents. Price list free
All the popular chr6mos and frames at the yery
bottom prices. A splendid Assortm ent of 24x30
chrOmos on stretchers. Bayrd & GOidstein
Cleveland, o.
StOver's Admir- VS.. StOyer's Widow
~ and als:-In pursuance of a decree of the
circuit court for Augusta county, entered April
flee, in StauntOn, on
Manday May 9Th, 1878,
70 lake, state ana Seftle an account of the acts
and doings of David s. Sheets as Administrator
o. !, simon P. Sheets decd, showingthe assets Of
said estate; what debts have been paid by said
administrator and what are still outstanding.
apr9-4t JOS. A. WADDELL, Com'r.
Drops VS.. Props Fnfts, skc.-fn pursu-
ance of a decree of the circuit court for
augusta county, entered April End, 1873 in this
cause, shall proceed at my office. in Staunton,
ON Friday, May 3rd, 1873,
70 lake an account, showing, LIST, The payments
and credits to which Sam'I II. Props is entitled
On ms purchase of the land sold id this cause;
fr nu, tns amount Of purchase money still due
from MIN, and to whom the SAND Is due &C.
aPrs-4I JOS. A. WADDELL, Com'r.
A MEErING CT THE STOCKHOLDERS
- -, OF me STAUNTON GAS COMPANY is
1erepy called to convene at the Law office. on
" ~ AZ ord LAY llth, ISIS, at IL O'Clock,
apr9-4t BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

EX-CONGRESSMAN VANCE'S DIsAP-
PEARANCE.-The Philadelphia Times
publishes the following dispatch from
Cincinnati, dated April 2: "The state
ments of parties who arrived in this
city Tuesday from Gallipolis put diff
ferent face upon the matter of the disap-
pearance of ex-Congressman Vance.
Before leaving that city two weeks ago
Vance borrowed large sums of money
from his friends and relatives, aggregat-
ing, it is said, fifteen or twenty thous-
and dollars. Upon arriving in Cincin-
natl he borrowed further small sums
from political friends, and on Thursday
evening DISAPPEARED. simultaneously
with his disappearance from Cincinnati
the pretty wife of a Gallipolis music
teacher disappeared. The fact that gos-
sip has been busy with the name of this
woman in connection with that OF
Colonel Vance for some time back led
his frieds to suspect an elopement. Both
parties have been heard from in st.
Louis, but SO far Mr.. Vance's relatives.
who are in pursuit, have obtained no
definite clue. Vance married the daugh-
ter of Joseph Aleshire, one of the wealth.
lest citizens of Gallipolis, and his do
nestle relations have always been pleas
ant. His friends are at loss to account
for the recent Developments
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

Rev. w. J. Smith, of the Seminary,
and for several years past editor and
business manager of the Roanoke COL
legiaaa, has received and accepted call
from the Lutheran congregation at Sal
isbury, N. c., which congregation was
formerly served by Rev. DR.. T. w.
DOsh.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

An old darkey who was asked if i'll his
experience prayer was ever answered,
replied: well sab, some pra'ars is an
sud an some isn't-'pends on wat you
axes fo'. Jest arter de wah, wien it was
mighty hard scratchin' TO- de cullud
breddern, I 'bsarved dat w'enebber l
pway de Lord to sem one of Marse Pey-
toms fat turkeys fo' de ole man deere was
no notice took of de partition, but wen
L psay dat he would SEN de old man TO-
de turkey de matter was tended to be-
fo' sun-up neX' morning. dead sarten ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09
Russia and England.

Inc Bait. Nun says that 1t Is TO De as
sumed that Russia well understands the
great risk of becoming involved in war
with Great Britain, and while it may
be admitted that war with Russia would
appear rash and imprudent en- the part
Of the latter, it is not logical conclu-
sion that because Russia has a larger
army..than England the latter must inev-
itably be whipped if she engages in
the contest single-handed. 1t is not
consistent with English ideas of bust
ness to send small army into the inte-
rior of a vast territory to allow it to be
surrounded and destroyed by larger
one. AS the New York Bulletin aptly
expresses 1t, England has way of econo-
MIXING her expenses and her risks by
sitting down on some vital strategic
point on her enemy's seabord, with her
fleet in the background as defense or
source of retreat, and as protection
to her line Of communication and base
of supplies. At the beginning, as the
same journal remarks, she does not re-
quire very large force to secure her
position, and subsequently she aug
ments her armies according to the re-
quirements of the situation. Thus she
is enabled to wear out her adversary by
forcing upon him enormous expendi-
lures and the waste of5hattle and disease,
while her fleet is blockad ding ports and
crippling commerce. ~Fhe present
wretched condition of Russian finances,
the losses estimated at about 10000 men
in the Turkish campaigns already, and
the immense requirements of more men,
money and material which war..with
England would entail, all combine to
demonstrate the extreme gravity of a
resort to war by Russia as means of
settling the pending controversy. Add
to this the pos sibility of an Anglo-Aus-
trian alliance, which would at once
place fresh army as large as that OF
Russia upon the Russian frontier, and
sush resort to arms by the Gar would
seem little short of madness. The pro-
posed Russo-Turkish alliance, now that
both of the recently combatant armies
have been reduced so heavily by war,
would scarcely counterbalance the ad.
vantages of the situation in favor of En-
gland-the naval and military combi.
nation, the money power, and, as a con-
sequence, the inexhaustible resources al
England's disposal-to say nothing OF
the further advantages to be derived
from local provincial support and sym
pathy-and, lastly, still to add to these
advantages. the alliance of such a
power as Austria. A writer in Black
woods Magazins hae likened conflict
between Russia and England to fight
between a horse and fish. England
however, is a marine animal with GER
tain amphibious attributes which render
, her exceedingly dang erous either or
land or sea.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

FIRE MADISON COUNTY.-On Mon
day night of last week, the new frame
dwelling, just completed, of Capt. NJ. w.
Strother, near james City, Madison
county, was destroyed, and almost all
it's contents, the inmates barely escap-
ing. Capt. Strother was In Richmond,
being assistant superintendent Of the
penitentiary.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

wv EhSONO H1AlA4LLD yin Lib W ~
O. RAILRoAD.LBetween one and two
o'clock last Tuesday morning, Frank
d. Beazley, of Richmond, aged twenty
one years, who had been brakeman on
Ches. & o. Railroad for about three
months, fell off the train when near
Louisa Courthouse and was instantly
killed. He had charge of the first four
breaks next to the engine, and in at
tempting to step from one car to another
missed his footing and fell across the
track. A number of cars passed over
the body, cutting it to pieces. The train
was stopped as soon as possible, and the
train hands in going back, found por-
tions of the body scattered along the
track. The head of the unfortunate
man could not be found, and it is sup
posed it was mashed to pieces. The
fragments of the body were gathered
up, placed on the train and sent to his
home in Richmond.
Between five and six o'clock on Mon
day evening of last week, near Hanover
Junction, Mr.. w. G. Tompkins, an old
and esteemed citizen of Caroline county,
formerly of Richmond city, whilst
walking on the track was run over and
killed. He saw the train and started
to get off the track, but his foot caught
and he fell down. It seems that the
train was right upon him then and the
engine ran into him. His body was
horribly mangled and death followed
instantly. The remains were taken to
the Meadow" Caroline county, where
the deceased lived with relative, and
the funeral took place Tuesday at II
o'clock.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

DIR. ]. J. Norman has been elected a
member of the Board of Trustees of
Roanoke College to fill the place made
vacant by the death of the late Colonel
Watts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

COMMISSIONERS TO THE PARIS EXPO
sITIoN.-The Governor has appointed
the following gentlemen as Commits
sioners to the Paris Exposition, and to
represent the interest of the State atsaid
exhibition. They are not entitled to
any pay or compensation, but have the
same status as the Honorary Commits
sioners: Marshall Hanger, of Augusta
Henry Edmunds, of Halifax; M. T.
Cook, of Norfolk James B. Ficklen, Of
Buckingham !; Alexander Mcdonald, Of
Lynchburg; G. R. Boyd, of Wytheville
and J. A. II. st. Andrew, of Farmville.
AS this list was originally made up as
far back as January last, it was headed
by the name of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston
but that citizen, on account of business
engagements, could not serve.
The Governor has nominated Profes-
sor HI. III. Harris, of Richmond College
as Honorary Commissioner, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Major
Ro. Archer. This appointment is made
by the President.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

DEATH OF Col. WALTEE d. BLAIR.
AT his residence in Richmond on last
Wednesday morning, Col. Walter D.
Blair, prominent merchant OF Rich
naond, aged 81 years, died. He had
many acquaintance and friends in this
county. He was father of Prof. Blair,
of William and Mary College, and of
Circuit Judge Blair Of Salem, Roanoke
county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

Arrangements have been perfected
by which Ten Brock and the Califor-
mia mare Molie Mccarthy are to run
four-mile heats at Louisville, July 4th
next, for the sum of $4,000.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

THE DEAD OF THE LATE Wharf.-The
Provost Marshal General has completed
q careful compilation, from the muster
rolls, of all the deaths in battle, from
wounds and disease, in every regiment
and company of every loyal State, from
the beginning to the close of the war
From it, it appears that 270,739 officers
and men lost their lives in the service.
Of this number ,52l commi ssioned of
ficers and 90,8S6 enlisted men were kill
ed in action or died of wounds, while
2,351 commissioned officers and 1S2, 1926
enlisted men died of disease or, in few
cases, from accident
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

The Massachusetts senate has rejected
a resolution to engraft woman suffrage
on the State constitution by a vote of
10 to 16.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

Rev. T. w. Hall, of Lynchburg, has
declined call to the First Presbyterian
Church, Raleigh, N. C.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

FATAL COLLIsIoN.-A collision be-
tween an oil train and a freight train on
the Lehigh Valley railroad, near Stat
ington, Pa, early Friday morning, caus-
ed the explosion of the locomotive boiler
of the oil train, setting fire to the oil on
the cars and to adjacent property, caus-
ing considerable destruction. Two men
were killed, including VIM. Shoemaker,
OF Lockport, the other unknown.-Fif-
teen men were seriously burned. some
fatally, and about twenty-five others
slightly, including women and children
living at the scene. Details Of the &C
cident show that the freight train stop
ped at the station to cool off hot jour
nal. when the Oil train, consisting of the
engine and forty tanks, running twenty
miles anihour, dashed into the rear, with
the result stated. Twenty Of the oil
cars were uncoupled and saved. The
town at one time was threatened with
destruction. The machine shop and
fouDdery of Brown & Williams was
burned, loss $4,000 and the small iron
bridge on which the trains. collided was
wrecked. The depot and other build
lngs were more or less damaged. The
total damage is estimated at 100000.
The engineers assert that the signal
was not turned on blythe rear brakeman
OF the freight train, as his duty demand
ed when his train stopped, though it Is
said even if it had been it would have
been impossible to have stopped the oil
train in time.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

REsIGNED.-COl.A A. S. Gray, Marshal
ofthe Western District of Virginia, has
resigned, to take effect on the LIST OF
Nav. H
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

The Irrational party" Of Pennsylva-
MIA will hold their State convention at
Philadelphia May 8th.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

SUDDEN DEATH.-On Monday after
noon of last week, at Culreper G. H.,
Mr.. Newton S. Bowie, father of Capt.
Bowie, Proprietor of the Waverly Hotel
of that place, died suddenly. He was in
his usual health, and after dinner walk
ed into the office of the hotel and took a
seat, and while in the act of putting on
his spectaoles fell back and immediate
]y expired. He was about seventy-three
wears old
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

SALMON IN THE sPoToMAc.-Captain
.C.S. White, fish commissioner, put an
other installment of 10000 California
! salmon in the Potomac, near Keyser,
last week, making, with q, 900 previous
ly put in, 10000 in the North Branch.
They were put into small streams near
the river to protect them from destruc-
ton by the bass.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

The dwelling of Mr.. James Woodson,
of Appomattox county, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday night of last week,
and Mr.. Woodson persisted in the
flames.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

Russia has an army on paper of about
1,6OO, 900 men, from which should be de-
Quoted 10000 men lost in the late fight
ing with Turkey. The forces of Great
Britain on paper are 49s, 122 men, COM
posed of 1873, 72O regulars 139, 1881 militia
enrolled; 1880 yeomanry ia, al vol
unteers. and $4,000 reserve veterans.
The Indian army, besides the 62,652
regulars included in the above, COM
prises native army of regulars of 1885,
1913 men, and q combined native army
under the command of hereditary chief
tains of $4,000 men. In case of wal
Great Britain could, besides the above
forces, control the army of Egypt of 26,-
900 men, and on emergency could re
cruit 200 900 men in her various colonies
all around the world. The English navy
is the most powerful in the world, af
everybody knows, and in point Of
| wealth and material resources Great
Britain could sustain a war with i'm
minse superiority over Russia or any
other continental nation.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

LAW VS.. LYNCHING.-The Philadel :
phia Press, in an article on lynch law,
truly remarks that if the aim of lynch
law is to appal men, it utterly pales be-
fore the deliberation of legal proceed
ing. A brutal man of true animal in
stinct suffers lass in passionate revenge
than in a prolonged legal process. To
the acute Imagination nothing is more
horrible than the memorable, unimpas-
stoned course of the law. This tremen-
dous aggravation of capital punishment
is lost under the wild system of illegal
retaliation.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

A meeting Of German Catholics was
held in New York city theother evening,
when steps were taken to from Ger
man Catholic Union" to educate Catho-
lie young men to their religious and
social duties, and propagate among them
a useful knowledge of the sciences.
J. w. Warren, at Millboro' depot,
. Bath county, has a short-horn calf, ten
months old giving two quarts of milk
per day and weighing five hundred and
eighty-five pounds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

A YOUNG GIRL ACQUITTED OF MUIR.
DER.-Near Columbia, S. c., last No
vember, colored man named Samuel
Henry made some improper proposals
to Miss Sallie Pauline Wood, an estima-
BILE young lady, which being promptly
refused, he attempted by violence to
effect his object, when the girl, sudden
ly escaping from Henry's grasp, secur-
ed pistol and shot him dead. A Co
lumbia dispatch states that the trial OF
Miss Wood, who was arraigned on the
charge of murder, resulted on Tuesday
last in a verdict of acquittal. The girl
was but IS years of age, and an orphan.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

NIRGINIA.-AtR Rules held in the Clerks
office Of the circuit court for Augusta
H. j. Willbargar
against
J. H. Crickenbarger. John w. Sandy. Henry
Smith John Wright, Joseph Tutwiler, and j.
In Chancery on an Attachment.
me object of this suit is to recover of the De-
Iendant, :. II. Cr1ckenbarger, the sum of S349.68
WIN lnterSsI on si6i6s, part thereof from Oc-
october 9th, 1875, till paid; and to attach any
estate, debts or effects, due or belonging to said
Cr1ckenbarger, in the hands of the Defendants
aaloresaia, OF either OF them, or found within
the county of August, sufficient to satisfy 10
said Plaintiff the amount of his said debt WITH
interest and costs. "-'-'
1t appearing by AFFIDAVIT filed that the Defen.-
uant, J. H. Crickenbarger, is o non-residept Of
tnls state, 1t is ordered that he do appeal hcra
within one month after due publication OF this
notlce and do what Is necessary TO protect his
interest. Teste, -1'
Eflnger, Craig & Grattan, p. a. a Tlss1t
4 Narr d Wife vs.. Brooks Admir- 4, NJ
~ In pursuance of a decree entered in this
cause November 10th, 1877 1 shall proceed at
my office in Staunton, on CIV
Tuesday, AprH 30th. 1878,
TO settle further account of the transa etiapS ~
Charles Brooks, as Administrator of lanes NJ
Brooks, decd, since his last settlement &c &C.
ap2-4ts JOS, A. WADDELL, Com'r.
OF CO-PARTNER.
~ sHlr;-l have this 7th day of March.
business formerly conducted under the naroe
on Stutz q Bales, and have admitted Geo =
Stutz as partner to conduct the hnsineSs
nnown as the SO cent Store. Hoping to receive
Inc past am your obedient servant,
WALTER S. STUFF.
The business in future will he condnctod r. H.
9er inc name Of STUFF SON. mar26-3t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-09

SUICIDE IN VIRGrNIA.-At suffolk,
on Wednesday last, Josephus H. Gard
ner, committed suicide by blowing his
brains out with pistol. he kept a
small grocery, and has been suffering
with brain affection for several years.
He was about thirty years of age, and
leaves young wife, but no children
When found he was lying on a bed in
the back room of his store, his hand
badly burned with powder and the top
of his head blown Off He transacted
business as usual up to within few
minutes of his death, and had sent his
clerk out on an errand when the deed
was committed.