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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12
A New Town.

Correspondence Of the Staunton VMDIcAToRl
WILLrAMsoN's, Sept. 6th.-I am enjoy
ing the salubrious air Of the mountains at
Williamsons, the western terminus of the
eastern division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad. While the mercury
ranges about as high here as it does in
Staunton, the heat is not near so oppres-
sive. which I account for by the air being
so much purer than in your locality. I I'M
derstand this place is about on the same
sea level as Stanton. Vegetation is as
early here, or nearly so, as there, while be-
tween the two places. there is a belt of
country where it is not so. The noun
tains around are rich in mineral deposits,
awaiting capital and energy to awake to a
prosperous and happy future.
Without trial of it, you would scarcely
credit the buoyanG feeling and easy res
piratiOn afforded by the breezes from the
surrounding mountains. This place has
taken start lately, which promises well
for its future. The C. & o. R. r. Com
pany has erected three double tenement
houses, which Staunton would be far from
blushing to own, if set down on her streets.
l understand the same company will soon
nave more houses put up, also the much
needed round house. In addition to these
buildings, citizens and outsiders are put
ting up comfortable dwellings. Twenty
buildings have been put up within the
last twelve months.
A railroad is now being made, miles in
length, from Cooks Furnace, which will
intersect the G. & o. about one mile west
of this.
We have two stores, ten pin alley, post,
express and telegraph offices; hall, just
about completed, which will be used as a
church until we can do better. We have
a bar or two, but not that kind whereat
lawyers practice for a. living, and some of
these days we will have lodge of the
Knights Of Honor. and then look out for
your laurels. L.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12
At the Meade Memorial T. E. Church,


At the Meade Memorial T. 2. Church,
Manchester, Va, Aug. II. there were
three ministers in the pulpit, representing
three generations. They were the present
rector, Rev. J. II. Stringfellow; his faith
er, Rev. DR.. J. II. StringfelloW, of Ala
bama, and Rev. J. Fl. Stringfellow, OF
Hanover, the grandfather of the Rev. J.
FL. Stringfellow, of Richmond, and father
of DR.. Stringfellow, of Alabama,
Archibald Roane. once Assistant Sec
rotary of State of the Confederate States.
fell and died suddenly in the street at
Washington City last week. 1t was Caleb
Cushing's recommendation Of Mr.. Roane
to Jefferson Davis for a position under the
Confederate Government that led to the
refusal to confirm Mr.. Gushing as a judge
Of the United States Supreme Court.
Miss Jessie Gordon, well-known teach
or in Richmond. was married last week to
Mr.. W. o. English. and at Fredericks-
burg. 1t. N. j. Whitehead. .. 3. r.. vas
married to Miss Mamie Campbell, Q
daughter Of the late Chas. Campbell, au-
thor q the history Of Virginia
The farm of Col. Mann Splitter, situated
four miles south of Luray. was sold last
week for 5000, Mrs. Splitter being the
purchases, NJ.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

Doc Grayson, the defanlting officer Of
tha Turay Va. Bank, who was arrested in
Ohio was released by the court there by
seas0n Of the failure aof Gov. Bishop, Of
Ohio. TO state the character of the epbeZ-
clement in his warrant to the Sheriff.
Mr., John x. Booten. OF Page CO., Va,
last week sold to Alex. J. Brand, Esq,
agent for 3 Philadelphia company OF CAPT
talists, his copper mine located In the Blue
Ridge mountain, some u or Is miles from
Luray., The purchase price Is $4,000
cash. -. ra~ls al l
Lucian Nofsinger, formerly Of Botstourt
a. Va. who assassinated man in his
hed IN Texas, has been convicted there of
murder in the first degree. His father
vent from Botetourt to attend the trial.
Col. W. A. Gillian has sold his Bote-
tourt farm OF 1876 acres to Mr.. Henry
Hook. The Colonel will move to ALLIE
ohany this Fall.
The telephone has been introduced to
communicate in the various buildings of
the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Williams
burg. 10 s465 :laiIgs - 9i1a0 g
The number OF visitors at the White
SULPHUR Springs has been reduced to
about three hundred and fifty.
Mr.. william Nelson, Of Vs., has been
elected principal Of the high school at
Taston, Md. 49, as2 35'iR '1'''- ~
strychnine, taken as remedy for obes-
nv. killed q young woman at Rapids
Bridge, N. Y. IS o.
Cherokee county, n. c. has fozty,ops
different kinds Of marble.
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The Union soldiers in Office at Washing
ton, are, we are panied to see, suffering at
tho hands of the Administration. Capt.
Edward Howard, of Connecticut, who
wears cork leg in remembrance of hisser-
vices as Connecticut volunteer, and Col.
Nat Davidson, who has shed gallons of ink
in defence OF the principles for which the
gallant Captain fought, have both been 70.
moved from clsrkships in the Treasury
Department. These gentlemen had been
appointed at the suggestion of James
Blaine, ESQ.,. a connection Of VIM. Multi
gan, and removed on the suggestion OF
John Sherman, Esq.,, q connection OF Mrs.
Agnes jerks. The attention Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic is solicited to this
statement. Il ii 'aaai5ai-aals re 1l
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A Prize Ohicken-the One $500 Bird
Among 1854.

John E. Hagerty, Of st. Louis, yesterday
sold seventy-two dozen hickens under cir
cumstances that were out of . the usual
routine of trade. One Of the 1854 chickens
sold and Immediately killed was, for few
minutes, valued at $500. 1t occupied, as
it were, the position of capital prize in a
lottery. The circumstances were like this:
Mr.. Hawthorne, sojourner in st. Louis,
whose home is in Syracuse, N. Y, was
strolling up Broadway yesterday morning,
observing the huge proportions of the
poultry and game business of the city. A
number of coops of very fine chickens cum
bered the sidewalk in front of Hagerty' s
place. Mr.. Hawthorne was and is the
owner Of very fine diamond cluster pin
of seven stones. and valued at $500.
While leaning over coop Of chickens,
playfully stirring them up with his cane,
one of the fowls suddenly shot his head
through an aperture in the top OF the coop
and with rapid, firm movement and grip,
tore the glittering diamond from the
snowy expanse of Hawthorne's shirt front.
The pin actually presented front with
the circumference of dime. AS a grain
of corn it disappeared down the gullet Of
the veraclous hen. Mr.. Hawthorne at
once became wildly excited. He ran into
the store and loudly proclaimed his loss,
and then danced out on the sidewalk and
bewailed his bad luck. There were a
number of hucksters buying chickens at
the time. They we're pulling the
coops about, and somehow between the
unfortunate mans excitement and the
handling Of the coops by the hucksters
he lost all knowledge of the identity Of the
particular coop in which the prize chicken
was strutting. Hawthorne was in despair,
when John Hagerty came to the scene.
John explained that there were seventy
| two dozen chickens in the cOops. In order
to surely recover the pin they must all be
killed. Hagerty sells more dressed chick
ems every day to the hotels than that, and
all he asked Hawthorne to do was to pay
the price of twenty five cents per dozen
| for the actual labor of killing and dress
| ing the birds. To this the owner of the
missing Jewels consented. The poultry
were taken back to the killing and dress
| ing room, where seven women were con.
stantly kept employed dressing fowls fol
| market, and the work of slaughter began
Mr.Hawthorne and Mr.. Hagerty watching
| the examination of the craW OF each bird
| The women were not aware that they vert
hunting for premium bird, and the ont
who discovered the cluster in the craw Of
a bird when there was but six more left tt
clean was thoroughly surprised. The pir
was found uninjured, and after good
washing, resumed it's position on its own
ner's shirt front. He very handsomel!
gave the woman who found the diamond
al$1O note, paid Mr.. Hagerty $18 for kill
ing the chickens, and set up the drinks
about So worth. He will not care to ex
anime Gagged poultry too closely in the flu
| ture,-St Louis Globe,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

OF Capt. J. II. II. Figgatt of Botetourt,
the nominee for the Senate in the Rock
bridge district, Judge Allen in seconding
his nomination, said: He was elf-made
man and won his political spurs at the
great gubernatorisl convention of 1876.
when as q member Of the committee
on privileges and elections, he pre-
sented and made q speech sus-
tanning the majority report. That speech
made great impression upon the large
and turbulent body and all over the build
ing was heard the question, "Who is he ?
who is, he p Robert Goghill, General
Tsliafe,roj and other veteran politicians,
pronounced it the best speech they had
ever heard from q young man. And he
won his military spurs in one of the early
battles OF the ConfedsRacy when for gal
lantry he was promoted from the ranks by
speeial order Of, the Secretary of War.
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Tribute to the Late Prof. Long.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
Confon, hor 9Th 1910

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
September 9Th 1879.
At q called meeting Of the Faculty, held this day
the following preamble and resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
WHEREAS it has pleased the Almighty to remove
Professor George Long after life OF eminent use
fulneSB and ~
gratitude the signal services rendered by Professor
long when he, as member OF the first Faculty,
helped to lay the foundation OF the new Institution
and to organize the peculiar system by which 1t has
since made itself known; and
WHEREAS his numerous friends in Virginia and
the whole south of the Union have with great graft
location followed his brilliant career and ever
promptly and fully appreciated The eminent services
Resolved: That the Faculty Of the University OF
virginia, IN leir own name and in the name OF the
many former pupils Of Professor Long desire to give
expression to theit great ara sincere grief at the
Resoived also: That the Chairman be requested
surviving @s@6sIs st Professor Longs dly
sfhe Saturday Review" and the London Athene'
up" and the leading papers Of the South. =.
Chairman of the Faculty.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

Mr.. Ho-Kun-Hua, the new Chinese Pro.
dressed man of forty. He is now estab-
lished at Cambridge with his wife and six
children. He is engaged to teach Manda-
rian Chinese for three years at 5000 q
month. 1t will be taught simply for COM
mercial purposes to those young business
men intending to 60 to the East.
Edmund Z. Coleman, of Chicago, a
merchant who had amassed large fortune
discovered in January that he had Bright's
disease. A few weeks ago with his fami-
y, he went to Leesburg, Loudon county,
Va, for the purpose, as he expressed it, of
dying in the home of his childhood, on
Virginia soil. He died on Friday last.
He was forty-four years of age.
A North Carolina tar-heel, living near
Washington, in that State, is credited with
having In three hours devoured three wa
termelons weighing forty pounds, two and
a half pints of whiskey, two dozen raw
eggs and quart Of peanuts, and then was
willing to bet on another bait.
The wife and child of Reuben Hugheart,
of Smythe. county, W. Va, died a few
days ago from drinking the milk of dis
eased cows. One of the cows is since dead
and another dying.
At Lovingston, Nelson CO., Va. "Pina-
fore" was performed last week by an anna
teur troupe under Miss Dufour. Miss Ire
land was the s'Little Buttercup" and
Miss Haas, of Woodstock, was Joserhine.
The wife of Lew Benedict, the negro
minstrel, has obtained divorce in Mil
waukee. She is the daughter of Metho-
dist minister, and lately inherited $4,000.
Mrs. Estelle johnson, of st. Louis, wife
of Ex-Governor Charles P. johnson, COM
mitted suicide Saturday night by taking
arsenic. Grief over the death of child
had brought on mental arrangement.
Bernard L. Callisop. who accidentally
shot himself while examining pistol near
the White Sulphur Springs, died from the
wound on Sunday.
Within radius of forty miles surround
ing Steubenville, Ohio, prominent sheep
growing centre of the state, the farmers
this year realized over So, 100000 from the
sale of their WOOL
Miss Porter, of Detroit, paid a hackman
less than he demanded, and he angrily
struck her. She drew revolver from her
satchel and shot him dead.
The Houston, TEX Glenwood Cemetery
officials offer reward of $500 for the arrest
of the thief who stole a wreath from
grave in the cemetery.
Gov. Nichols, of La, left Botetourt for
his home last week. His family remain
some weeks longer.
Bishop Whittle confirmed a class at
Front Royal. Warren county, Tuesday of
last week.
Memphis clamors to- the Governor for
an acclimated criminal judge.
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Clouds Of Mosquitoes.
MEN WORKING WITH HEAVY SHEETS OVER
s THEIR HEADS.

MEN WORKING WITH HEAVY SHEETS OVER
THEIR HEADS.
The other day group Of 1ongshoremen
stood on the pier in Lewes, DEL, waving
their hats and handkurchiefs around their
heads as though filled with enthusiasm
awakened by some cause that was not then
apparent. But when the passengers In the
Old Dominion steamer landed they too be-
gan waving hats and hanGkerchiefs vigOr-
Ously. The cause of these demonstrations
was cloud OF mosquitoes. At the rail-
way station at LeweS there we're fires of
pennyroyal and other weeds burning in
front of the windows to drive out the in
sects, and the passengers were glad to get
into the smoke and enjoy a moments I'M
munity from the annoyance.
At Rehoboth Station, on the Junction
and Breakwater railway, the mosquitoes
were more numerous than in Lewes. The
negroes in the peach orchards had their
heads covered with old sheets, with holes
cut through for their eyes. The men around
the depot and the passengers in waiting
had their heads covered with mosquito
nets like wells. It was impossible to pur-
chase piece OF mosquito netting in the
neighborhood. While the stages were
waiting man was stationed at the head
of each horse to hold the nearly frantic
animals. At Rehoboth Beach the mosqui-
toes were thicker than at the station.
There were at the beginning of the week
over 400 guests at the Bright House, and
on Friday not over twenty-five remained.
They had been driven away by the mos
quitoes. Persons walking in the streets
were nearly obscure by the clouds Of mos
uuifOea around them &
BY bringing the hands together a hand
full of mosquitoes could be caught at a
single sweep. The ladies' light dresses
were almost black, so thickly were they
covered. The hotel proprietors were so
pestered with the insects that they seemed
not to care whether their guests remained
or not. Double nets on the windows and
darkened rooms gave partial relief, but the
mosquitoes made their way everywhere. It
was only by having q waiter at each per-
son at the tables that guests could partake
of their meals. 1t is said that the winds
| and muggy weather brought them from
the South Jersey and Delaware swamps,
and that the pest would probably be ended
with strong wind from the ocean. Sail
ors say they met the mosquitoes many
miles out at something they never
before experienced. Nearly all the places
along the coast were similarly infested
but none Of them to the same extent as the
northern part of Delaware.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

The people of Virginia will be a pretty
mad set when time shall reveal to them
the underlying motives which form a part
of this campaign of disturbance. Maj
John W. Daniel at Winchester said that
one Of them was scheme to get hold of
the States Sinking Fund with which to
purchase the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio
railroad. He added that Gen. Malone
himself had drafted . bill for this purpose.
AS questions to candidates are now the
order Of tho day, it would not be, possibly,
q Ruthless experiment in some OF even our
Valley counties to question their candl-
dates on this point.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12
A Presbyterian Recollection.

A writer in the Greenbrier "Indepen-
dent about the early settlers there. says
something interesting to Valley Presbyte-
rians generally:
The early settlers of the Greenbxier Val
ley were almost all of Scotch Irish extrac-
ton, and of Presbyterian proclivities.
About the close of the Revolutionary War
my parents left the State Of Delaware and
came to Staunton, Va, and afterwards
turning westward, they made their home
on Towards Creek, in Greenbrier county.
Their migration was influenced by the tide
with some alterations, is the history Of
most OF the early settlers Of our beautiful
valley.
The first Presbyterian minister who did
anything like stated labor within the
region drained by the Greenbrier river and
its tributaries was the Rev. John McCue.
He being self-denying pioneer, and as an
organizer of our churches, deserves to be
held in grateful remembrance. A note
before me says Mr.. McCue was one Of the
twelve ministers who constituted Licking
ton Presbytery at it's organization in Sep
TENDER, 1885. At the second meeting Of
the PresbYtery he was appointed to sup
ply one Sabbath at Muddy Greek and one
in.the Sinks. October 23rd, 1857, he was
appointed to visit Dunlap's Creek and 9th
or points, in company with the Rev. Mr..
Graham; April 18th. 1889, he was appoin-
ted, in connection with the Rev. Mr..
Montgomery, to administer the sacrament
at the Levels; September Goth, 1871, he
was released from his charge IN Greenbrier
and Monroe. and accepted q call to the
Thinking Spring church in Augusta coun-
ty. He remained in charge Of this church
until his death. His labors in the Green
brier valley extended over period of some
eight years, and left the Presbyterian ele-
ments which had been coming in from
various sources. (mestly from the Valley
OF Virainia,) in an organized state. For
period of three years succeeding Mr.. Nc
Cues ministry the churches of Louisburg
and Concord, las the churches of this Sec
ton are designa ted upon the minutes of
the Assembly, seem to have been visited
by the Rev. Messrs. Brown, Lyle, Wilson
and others, coming by appointment of
Lexington Presbytery.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

A CHANCE FOR TEACHERs.-T. W.
Bicknell. editor and publisher of the INA.
tional Journal of Education" BOSTON,,
offers a premium of $50 for the best essay
Of not less than 1900 and not more than
10000 words, on one Of the following
topics: Oral Teaching: its Limits and
Methods; The Proper Functions Of the
Free High School; School Hygiene; What
Constitutes Teaching Professionp The
Examination and Certifcating of Teach
ers; A Complete State System of Public
instruction. The paper must be prepared
on or before December 18th, and the
award will be made by competent COM
make known their purpose to Mr.. Biek-
nell, on or before October 1st.
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The NUDE IN ARIA few nights ago
Conductor Verrill, Of the Virginia express
train, was going thro ugh his car when he
noticed lady asleep in her seat. Her head
was resting on the window, and her feet
extended TO the aisle. Her dress was so
badly disarranged that her ankle and a
goodly portion Of an exquisitely fashioned
calf we're plainly viaible, and number Of
men few seats further down were smi-
iingly contemplating the scene, Mr.. Yer,
iii, who always. keeps ot things pretty
straight on his train, noticed this, and
her. 0Madam. excuse me for disturbing
YOU. but your dress is SO disarranged that
yonr ankle is exposed" "Oh, that makes
no difference. sir, !" replied the lady, smi-
ling sweetly, tits nothing but cork
Hiroinia Chronicle. s.s sts iss..
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

RAPE OF THE LocKs.-Miss Alice
Crooks, young lady of Roseyille, Ohio,
had remarkably full, luxuriant and alto
gether beautiful head Of hazel brown hair.
Np Monday Of this week Mrs: steip, q
peiehb0r to the Crooks family, left homa
for the day. and before her departure re-
quested Miss Alice to look after certain
matters about the house in the afternoon
such as feeding the chickens and the like.
This the young woman agreed to do, and
g, entering the no house By back b. do9F jast
the work. While in tho house she was
seized saVagely from behind and struck
on the head with bTudgeon. Recovering,
she found that the front Of her dress had
been torn into shreds and bound across
her mouth, aud. MOST strange of all, her
hair was gone-had been rudely she7n to
the roots. She had not been hurt other.
wise, and succeeded In walking home.
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FRIDAY MORNING. SEPT. u. 1879.

The obstruction in the path Of the agi.
tetors in Virginia, and which makes their
canvass such an up hill business, is the
common sense Of. the people. They can
not understand how settlement of their
debt. greatly reducing its principal and its
interest, should not at least have trial.
The mere fact that the agitators promise
them that the bill will be failure goes
for nothing, as in either event, success OK
failure, the people are the gamers. Al
ready q sixth of the debt has been actually
funded, by which alone there is saving
of hundred and fifty thousand dollars .
year. If it were to stop to-day. that
saving is still safe.g II it goes on, to tho
funding Of half the debt and then fails.
there is Q saving Of nearly q half million Of
interest each year iucvocably made.
And so on with every million or every
hundred dollars funded. & The agitators
say that the State cannot meet its require
ments. Well, that, even they must ad-
NIT, is q question to be decided in the flu
ture. What would be the common sense
Ol l6luSu4& d1 advantageous VAAOA V1-0oy
because you think it possible that here.
after you cannot meet its requirements
IF you can relieve yourself Of it now you
can do it hereafter. The bill does not de
priye tao Commonwealth of any vantage
ground she holds to-day. ANYTHING that
she can do to-day she can do under thif
bill five years from now. How idle, then
is this talk about repeating the bill with
out trying it. And it is this plain. practi.
cal view Of it that has caused the agita-
zion to lose ground SO rapidly since the
active CANVASS commenced. A business
proposition such as the settlement of the
debt is, cannot be presented for the con-
sideration Of the tax payers in any other
than business light, and the people of
the State are looking at it in just this
way. They want to take the business
common sense view Of the bill and try it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-12

The residence Of Rev. Geo. Williams at
Fairfax e. H., and store adjoining were
burned last week,
John A. roayue has a fruit canning and
driving establishment in full blast near
Fancy Hill, RockDfld9e: ~,s;.,s. :.