Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-04-15

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says that REV. ]. I. Miller. Principal of staun-
ton Female Seminary, has announced his pur-
pose of retiring from that Institution, and of
again entering upon the active duties of the
ministry"
Though he is an able minister and would do
efficient service in the pulpit, yet we would re-
greet to lose him from the position he now fills
SO successfully, for we believe he is "the right
man in the right place." and that the interes is
| of his church as we'll as the cause of education
would suffer if he should change his field of
| labor We are decidedlysof the opinion that it
would be to the interest of his church to make
| it his interest to continue the position he
now fills with so much credit to himself and so
much benefit to the pupils of his school direct
| ly, and to his church indirectly.
P.S.-Since the above was in type we have
received the following communication from
Rev. ]. I. Miller:-
EDITORS SPECTAToR:-Pleasea announce thro'
your paper that the statement made in the
ptadtcdtor and Goodson Gazette of last week is
not correct. A month ago, in consequence of
| the delicate health of Mrs. Miller. did adver-
t1se for Principal in the Lutheran Observer but
on account of the decided opposition on the
considered the matter before the statement re-
ferred to appeared in the papers of our town.
| The school will go on, as heretofore, under its
| present management. ]. I. MILLER
We hope all papers that have noticed the sup
posed resignation of Prof. Miller will be kind
enough to make the correction in accordance
with the above statement.
| CITY CoURT-APRIL TERM.-In the Corpora
| ton Court, which commenced last Thursday
the case of the Commonwealth VS.. Ann Haw-
k1ns Tor keeping house of iH-fame was dis
posed of by quashing the indictment found by
the grand jury, at the March term last. The
ground for quashing was, that of the grand
jury. five were ascertained to be ineligible. be-
cause their capitation for the year 1878 had not
been paid. making the indictment invalid, be-
cause not found by a regularly constituted
grand jury.
The Indictment against Noah Lands was also
disposed of in the same way for the same rea-
| son.
The tax on liquor sales reported for March
amounted to s2SS.58.
Judges Of Election. for Ward No. I-Messrs.
| Staples, Cooke and E. W. Shot; for Ward No.
| z, Messrs. Burke, Glenn, and Trout were ap-
pointed to serve for the ensuing year.
Rev. James E. Booker. of the second Presby-
terrain church, was authorized to solemnize the
rites of matrimony as required by law.
The land aud property books belonging to the
city were ordered to be bound in convenient
| sized volumes in pursuance of an act of the last
Legislature requiring all such books through
out the State to he so treated.
Liquor license was granted the following
persons:-
Il. W. Burke, wholesale and retail, ID W.
Beverly; Jno. Burns. retail and bar, No. Ill 8.
Augusta; Thos. Burke, retail and bar, No. 10 N.
G. H.; W. L. Bumgardner & Co.; retail and bar.
No. s. New Jno D. Crowle, retail and bar, No
q s. New; VIM. Kinney. retail and bar, No. LII
IS. AupuSta IOn M
bar, No. 1Ol s. Augusta Jno. B. Scherer & Co.,
retail and bar. No. 20 c. H. Alley; VIM. Wholey,
retail and bar, No. II S: New.
G; G. Wheat is receiving fresh shad, herring,
IocA-nsn anu percn. ap82ts
The PASSOVER FEsTIvAL.-The Hebrew fes-
tival OF the Passover was inaugurated in He
brew households on Monday evening of last
week.
| The seventh and eighth days of passion week
were celebrated in the same manner in the
nrst and second. The ceremonies attending
the rascal meal in the homes of all ertho-
ooA hebrews is peculiarly interesting and
! Impressive. The tables are laden with the
unieaVeneo bread and other articles spe-
claliy partaken of on that occasion. The head
OF tne family chants the service for the night,
| containing O recital of the suffsrings of the
| ~ H1Sypt, N1OSeSS MISSION 10 Rna-
roam ana the exodus of the Israelites from the
land OF their bondage. Blessings are then said
over Inc food and the wine, and thanks return
eo 10 Goa Tor His guidance of the race from it's
departure from Egypt until the present day.
Alter tne meal, which is than enjoyed, prayers
are oHered up and psalms sung.
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| ANsNERs To PUZZLES IN LAST ISsUE.-The
| answer TO the Land Problem" is as foliows:-|
Ihe GU acres were divided into three tracts,
one oi ioz o-a' acres at Sc per acre; the second,
~ 12o' acres, at S. per acre; and the third, OF
zaS 9-S7 acres, at 81 per acre, which will give
equai money values to the three inheritors.
Inc answer to "How is t?'' or the chamber
MAIDS problem. as furnishea us, is as follows:
me MAID PVT. two gentlemen in room No. /;
Snen as she puts the third gentleman in room
NOS. we will infer that room No. l holds the
nrst anu second gentlemen. If, when she has
nAeo room NO. 10 with the eleventh gentle
man. she returns to room No. to procure an
occupant for room No. IL; then that poor old
'"eiitn man Is left out in the cold: or if we
suppose the twelfth man to have shared room
No. l in the beginning, we must do SO to the
exclusion OF the first or second man. Enlarge
lyeur boarding-house."