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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

In the suit of the Receiver of the Char
lottesyille National Bank against the
stockholders upon their individual respon-
sibility to the receiver for the full value of
the stock held by them, a comp omlse has
been effected by which the stockholders
are to pay 921 cents on the dollar.
Young Gilbert, painter by trade, was
arrested last week in the house of his
father wealthy citizen Of Portsmouth,
Ohio. en- tie charge OF robblng d store at
Charlottesville, "a
A sharp young fellow sod forty eight
Bibles in Chicago by printing On the
covers. f'Qne thousand recipes for making
handsome womsn."
J. H. Shue, Clerk Of Rockinaham Cir
cult Court, has gone to Hot Springs, Ark,
for health,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

A joke ON AN OLD WIDoWER.-Ths
San Francisco newspapers tell of cruel
joke that was played on Mr.. Noon. He
was an old widower, and his tendency to
love making greatly annoyed the young
women who boarded in the same house.
They dressed a handsome boy IN girls
clothes, and introduced him to Mr.. Noon
as visitor from Virginia City. The boy
was complaisant, and the widower became
Immediately attentive, taking him out rid
ing and to the theatres. A favorite
evening amusement in the boarding house
was to leave Mr.. Noon and the bogus girl
alone in the parlor, and watch them
through the glass doors. But there was .
climax in the discovery by Mr. Noon of
the cheat, and he gave publicity to tho At
fair by threatening a lawsuit.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

Mr.. Jorgensen, the Republican member
from the 4th Virginia district. has given
tha ex- Confederates considerable amount
OF taffy in bill be has offered to apply to
the Bank of England and certain mer-
chants aad others in England and else
where for the money they hold belonging
70 the late Confederacys to be divided
among the NAMED ex-Confederate SOL
diers. To make the holders disgoFge would
be a h Apply result but it won't come about
through congress.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

SCHOOL TEACHER KILLED BY PU-
P1L.-Oliver Ferguson, school teacher, of
Derry township, Pa. had some trouble
with scholar sohn Frds E and and him
force his way into the school house and
the teacher resisted him. In the scuffle
which ensusd the boy seized poker and
struck the teacher over the head, killing
him instantly.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

THE JOHNNY RoACH JoB.-The postal
appropriation bill, with the clause inser-
ted in it giving 100000 year for mail
carriage by John Roach's steamer, be-
tween Brazil and New York, has passed
the Senate. Tho Brazilian subsidy clause
was adopted by % to II, Senator Withers,
of Virginia, voting for it. The following
incident Of its passage is given in the
Warrington correspondence Of the Balti-
moro "American:''
Mr. Dorsey said he was tired { hearing
all this talk about John Roach, which he
pronounced to be Ill humbug. 1t was
not true that under this bill John. Roach
alone could compete for the contract
There were several otner ship-buil' lers who
were able to bid for the contr act and
would bid for it.
Mr.. Withers, in very angry manner,
then said he had stood long enoug b all the
insinuations that this subsidy was = job.
He repealed all such lnuendoes.
Mr.. Voorhees,, replying to Mr.. Withers,
said with considerable animation that 1t
was useless for anybody to attempt tt, dis
guise the fact that this subsidy was
for the benefit Of John Roach. Everybody
30 understood 1t. AS for himself, he un-
hesitatingly pronounced it to be one Of tho
most shameless jobs he had any knowle< lge
Of during his long service in Congress
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

A Hoes LONG FAsT.-An employee on
the farm of John Best, near Monocacy
Junction, Md, whilst removing straw
rick few days since came across hog OF
largo frame. but greatly emaciated. The
stack was made on the 31st of July last,
and Mr.. Best Is confident that tho hog has
been imprisoned under it ever since, a pc
riod Of seven months and fifteen days. On
Tuesday the hog being too weak to digest
the food which was given it died, having
lost in weight during the Imprisonment
three hundred pounds. So says the Fred
erick "Times.''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

HORRIBLE DEATH.-On the 18th inst.
Mr.. Henry Wood, living on James river,
in Botetourt county, was engaged in haul
ing wood, and while cutting down tree,
a portion of the top broke, and in falling,
struck him, splitting his head, and forcing
it into his body between the shoulders.
The tree decended with such force as to
drive his legs some distance into the
ground causing instant death.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

WHAT RUM WILL Do.-Eight years ago
Frederick Burroughs owned one Of the
largest hat establishments in Broadway,
Wiiliamsburgh. Last night he was found
in the gutter, near his old store, helplessly
drunk. His family is broken up, and he is
now, through rum, not only an outcast
but cripple. A year ago his fingers and
toes had to be amputated on account Of
frost bites. He was sent to the Inobriats
Asylum.-N. Y. Nesus.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

IL any doubt was entertained in the
Democratic mind Of the coming pro-
grsmme of the Republican party, the re-
election Of Logan, from Illinois; Mat Car
penter. from Wisconsin, and Zach Chan
der, from Michigan, 60 the U. S. Senatss
should remove it. 1t means the same OLD
electoral fraud Of 1876.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
THE CREDITORS PROPOSITION
THE RAILROAD BILLS.

The bill to revoke the charter of the
Valley r. R. unless the work is com
menced in certain time is under discus
sion in the Senate. Mr.. Koiner, represent
ing the interests of Augusta county, OPP
posed it.
The Governor, as we learn by telegraph,
yesterday signed the Richmond & Ale
ghany r. R. bill.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

BOLD ASSAULTS By THIEF-OR 4
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES assaults have been
made upon ladies walking upon the streets
alone after dark during the past week by
some unknown man, who is evidently in
tent upon kidnapping some fair victim, or
1t may be that he is harmless monoma-
MAC of the same stripe that once visited
this city in early days and struck terror to
the female heart by his penchant for pos
sessing himself OF every Iady's shoe whom
he happened to fancy.
Several ladies were thus waylaid, ono OF
their shoes stripped off, and then they were
permitted to 20 on without further moles-
tation, but always badly frightened and
minus one shoe. The fellow became such
an intolerable nuisance that he was order
ed out of town by the authorities, and that
we know.
And now comes another night prowler
who seems to have no more hostile inten-
ton than carry somebody CT or perhaps
possess himself Of a dainty lady slipper. A
few evenings ago young lady and her
mother we're assaulted on Fourteenth
street by man who caught hold Of the
young lady's foot, but before he could get
her shoe off, il such was his intention,
they managed to elude him and call some
one to the rescue. Since then three ladies
one of the trio being a young lady and the
others elderly, were wsylaid in the same
manner and in the same vicinity as they
were on their way to church.-Dabuquc
(Io,oa) Telegraph.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

We are glad to learn that Mr. James A.
Corwardin, senior editor of the Richmond
AsDispatcn'' has quite recovered from bis
Nate illness. The loss Of such a man would
mot only be a loss to the press of the State,
but TO the State itself.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
Letter from Mt. Sidney.

SHIPMENTS FROM THE DEPOT-BUSINESS
CHANGE-GONE WEST, sc,
Correspondence of the Staunton VINDIcAToR]
Mt. SIDNEY, Feb. 25th.-Our enter
terprising citizen, Mr.. W. f. Weller, has
leased the handsome depot at this place
and assumed the duties Of depot and ex-
press agent, which is a great convenience
to both this town and community. Since
our last letter there has been ship
ped from this station, to various points,
but principally to Richmond, va, about
5000 bushels of wheat and, judging fl ION
present indications, we can safely assert
that this is station at which more bust
ness will be done than at any other on the
road.
The hitherto fiourlshing mercantile firm
of Mr.. S. G. Harper, Of this place, has
been sold 10 Miss Mamie Harper, who,
with the co-operatjen of her nephew, will
hereafter conduct the same business at
the old stand.
With tine intention Of changing his place
of business, +. E. u. Eakle is now dis
posing Of his stock Of merchandise at cost,
and occasionally at auction; and will CON-
tlnue TO do so until his entire stock is eX-
hauste1.
One of our townsmen, Mr.. E. l.. Shu-
make. las emigrated to Illinois to endea-
Voc to Accumulate fortune. May success
crown his efforts.
Our popular and efficient pastor, the
Rev. Andrew Robey, preached his last ser
mon, in this place. for this conference
year, on last Sunday morning to an atten-
tive congregation. His pathetic and i'm
pressive discourse was based upon the 1st
and End clauses of the 18th Psalm: IF l
forget thee, Oh! Jerusalem" We trust
be will be returned to US for at least an
other year; but should he be assigned to
another work, the prayers of this church
will arise as the prayer of one man, in his
behalf and for his success in winning souls
for Christ.
P. A. R.
M. w. Wallace, of Albemarle, the re-
markable blind business man, has Under
taken the management Of the Healing
Springs IN Bath CO.. for the coming sea-
son. His lack of sight does not impair his
business ability.
The Wytheville Enterprise" says Mr.
Henry Brown, residing six miles from that
place. has opened a valuable coal mine on
his farm. The vein is five feet thick, and
the quality excellent.
Wisconsin and Illinois courts have de-
cided that where parents and teachers do
not agree as to the studies child shall
pursue, tho wishes of the parents shall pre-
vail,
The saw-mill of s. Proper, near the
Shenandoah Iron Works, was burned on
the 5th inst, just as the owner had gotten
a large contract Cor saving lumber,
Judge &. R. Calvert, Of New Markell
Was 70 lecture at Woodstock, last We'd
nesday, On Infidelity.
The almost soiidly democratic House of
the Alabama legislature has elected a
colored Chaplain. -
The Bank of Winchester building, in
that town, was sold to Holmes Conrad, re-
Gently, for $3.50.
Mr.. A. D. Mosby, father of Col. John 8.
Mosby, died on the 18th inst, at his home
few miles west OF Liberty.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

Among the flowers at New York
lady's funeral were seven hundred lilies of
the valley.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF JUDGE
RIvEs.-At the opening of his court at
Danville Tuesday, Judge Rives in his
charge to the Grand Jury is reported to
have used the following language which if
put into effect literally would indict every
State Judge in this district:
''Conficts between State and Federal
courts are caused by violations of law on
the part of State judges. The fact that
col red men are seldom seen On Virginia
juries raised the presumption that they
are on account of race, &C., left off of the
lists of names furnished to sheriffs by cor
poration and county judges from which to
draw juries. This is a violation of the
laws Of the United States, and wherever
colored men re habitualy left off these
lists there was prima facie evidence that
they are left off On account of Face &C.,
and thus is perpetrated a willfuI violation
OF law. aud hence it is the duty of the
grand jury to inquire into this matter, aud
wherever the facts justify it present these
judges for indictment and punishment in
this court"
On the application of Attorney Gene, al
Field. Judge Rives continued the case of
Lee and Burwell Reynolds until April 22d
to await the application to the United
States court for a writ of mandamus.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
THE DIRECTORS CONVENTION.

IHE BJECIORS' CON LIN 1ION.
The Directors Convention assembled in
Richmond on Tuesday. Gen. Malone was
the central figure. The negro delegates
present, some dozen or so assured the OBJ
jectors Of their support. 1t was resolved
to reject the. creditors offer. A party
organization was completed with
State, and county committees. On
the 18th district was placed the name of
Chas. S. Roller, Of Augusta, and ON the
county committee for Augusta that Of S.
Brown Allen. The only delegates pre-
sent from Augusta were W. FL. Peyton,
J. n. Vanlear and J. II. Hamilton. AS
we propose to give hereafter a sketch Of
the convention proceedings we merely
give these facts Of local interest. La the
meantime it may be considered failure.
THE CREDITORS PROPOSITION.
The Senate having adopted the credi-
tors proposition by 80 to II, the House Oh
Wednesday by vote Of go to 43 laid the
Barbour bill on the table, and took up the
creditors bill. Yesterday, as we learn by
telegraph, Mr.. Moffett S ams ndment to the
bill striking out the words by which the
date Of the new bonds is fixed for Jan. l,
1879. was defeated by vote of So to So.
This action indicates an intention of the
House to pass tie bill just as it came from
the Senate.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

CONGRESSMAN CABELL's DAUGHTER
ELoPEs AND IS MARRIED.-For some
time, says the "Danville News" Mr.. L.
H. Lewis, q young man who has lately be-
come resident of Danville, has been pay
ing his attentions to Miss Sallie d. Cabell,
eldest daughter Of Hon. Geo. c. Cabell,
. member OF congress from this district.
The parents of the young lady were not
willing to the match, however, and being
determined upon marriage the young
couple resolved to elope. So arranging
everything between themselves; they went
over to Pelham. just across the State linz inc
ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr..
Walker. at 80 O'Clock p. m. The newly
married pair then returned to the city, aud
are stopping at Mrs. p. r. Jones' boarding
house on Main street.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

The following is the vote Icy which the
bill for accepting the creditors offer 10 set
tie the debt WAS passed in the Virginia
Senate:
AYEs.--Messrs. Belts, Bland. Brooke,
Chiles, Daniel, uickerson, Gayle. Goode,
Gfifiir, Gri;ns!ey, Iairston, Hart of Hall
fax. Hurt OF Pennsylvania, Johnson. Koi-
ner, Lee, Marshall, Moulton, Murray,
Mum, Phlegar, Sinclair, Smith, Splitter,
Stevens, Tanner, Tyler, WalsJon. Ward,
and Wortham-30.
NoEs.-MesSrs. Bliss, Elliott. Fulker-
son. Massey, Norton, Paul, Powell, Que
senEerry, Sherrard, SleMp and Wood-11.
ABSENT OR NOT VOTING -Messrs.
Hinton and Nash-2.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28
REMARKABLE STORY OF AN A11Br.-

REMARKABLE STORY OF AN Abba
special dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, to
the Cincinnati Gazette" says: "ln the
jail of this county, under sentence of death
for murder, lies negro with q strange
history. In November, 1876, man named
Holmes was murdered in the most foul
and wanton manner. This negro, Sam.
Hall, was ar :ested on the charge of being
the murderer, and after long trial was
convicted and sentenced. The circum-
stantial evidence was strong against him,
and the sheriff of Muscogee swore, to the
best of his belief, to the identity of the
negro. He was sentenced to be hung. He
now states that in 1872 he was sentenced
to the penitentiary for fifteen years for
horse stealing. He effected his escape
February. 1877, and was consequently in
prison in November, 1876, when the murder
was committed. This story has been sub
stantiated in the most complete manner,
and the innocence If the negro of the crime
OF murder il clearly proved. The negro
says that when he was arrested on the
charge of murder he felt, as he knew HIM
self innocent. that he could not be cOnvic-
ted. He therefore declined to acknowl-
edge himself an escaped convict until he
found that his life depended on it. He
will, of course be carried back to Jail to
serve out his sentence for horse stealing"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

The death OF Col. Chas. A. Davidson. of
Lexington, Va, at Clifton, N. Y, width
er he had gone for health. is announced, as
also is that of Capt. Thos. McCorkle, a
prominent farmer OF Rockbridge.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-28

A telegram to tue VINDICAToR says the
Tobacco bill, reducing the tax to 16 cents,
was passed by the House of Representa-
tives, and goes to the President for his
signature.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-26
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made In the
conditions Of a certain mortgage made
and executed by Naoma A Rutledge
to E. b. Graham, and dated the 10th
day Of August, A. D. 1877, and given
to secur the payment Of the sum Of
eight hundred and fifty dollars tS950),
and which said mortgage was on the
goth day of August, A. u. 1877, duly
recorded in the office Of the county
clerk and ex-oficio register of deeds Of
Laramie county, in Wyoming Terri
tory, in book etC', of mortgages, on
pages No. 226, 227 and 228. And,
whereas, by virtue Of the conditions in
said mortgage contained, the whole
amount of money secured by said mort
gage has been declared due by the said
mortgage, and there is claimed to be
due upon said mortgage at the date Of
this notice the sum OF S1,038.5 80, and
no proceedings at Law or in equity hav-
ing been instituted for the recovery of
the same or any part thereof; now,
therefore, by virtue Of the power Of
sale in said mortgage contained, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale of the mortgaged premises, and for
that purpose the said premises and the
equity Of redemption Of the said Naoma
A. Rutledge and her heirs and assigns
in and to the same, will be sold at pub
lie auction for cash to the highest bid
der, at the front door Of the court house,
In the city of Cheyenne, county Of
Laramie, on the 18th day Of January,
A. D. 1879, at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon. The premises covered by said
mortgage and to be sold as aforesaid
being described as follows, to wit: All
that piece or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in the county of Lar
annie and Territory of Wyoming, and
more particularly known and described
as follows, to wit: Lot number eight
(8) In block number three hundred and
twenty-one 1921, in the city of Chey-
enne, said county and territory, to-
gether with the improvements thereon.
Dated November 18th, 1873.
E. b. GRAHAM, l3a
noy17-60t Mortgage.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-26
FROM CHICAGO.
Hebrew Charities Work-The
Ignis Fatnus Of Politics, Etc., Etc

| go u -
Special Correspondence OF The Leader
CHICAGO, Jan. 20, 1873.
The past week has been noted chiefly
for grand display Of toilets at the opera.
There were a half dozen or more pleas
ant weddings during the week, and a
number of sleighing parties and club
soclables, but these were the minor
events Of these stirring times.
A number of Hebrew ladies are ac-
lively engaged in charitable works, and
the coming week will bear many evil
dences Of their benevolence among the
poor and needy of our great city.
Messrs. Pentecost and Stebbins be-
gin revival work here to-day. The old
tabernacle is converted into a large
store building, but Moody's church and
Farwell hall will be donated to these
noble workers.
The senatorial contest is ended at
last, after a good deal of hard work and
abuse; and the successful nominee re-
turned from Springfield Saturday night
flushed and inflated with victory, while
the defeated aspirants well they
weren't entirely crestfallen. Why it is,
men will hold that is but a foretaste
of glory, when experience, nine
times out of ten, proves otherwise, we
cannot zee.
There is a kind of ignis fatuus which
is seen futtering ov er the wild moors
and fenny of Od England, and the pol
itician Of to-day rears in his imagina-
ton objects, not more tangible, and
which flicker over the fields Of his
contest with q light not less radiant.
So he is hurried on through bog and
duns and quagmire, little needing
stumbling stones or defeat, after a
bright phosphorescence which has al
lured him. but which at last, If he is so
fortunate as to get near, e~ffervesces and
vanishes in air, leaving him tired out
and with enthusiasm gone. For those
whose eyes have been upon him during
the ace are quite willing to retire
when they see that it is done and he
can furnish them no nor excitement.
Yes, even a successful candidate for
office is little to be envied. After all
the wear and tear of soul and body
that is required to prepare a man for
any trust in these days it is not much
wonder that he pounces upon the
emoluments Of his position as a half
famished gourmand would upon a we'll
spread feast. The semi-barbaric days
of Rome when gladiators entered the
arena of the amphitheatre, not for re-
dress of personal wrongs, but the love
of fame and the applause of the popu-
lace. And what happened eighteen
hundred years ago was but a beginning,
of what in different conditions since.
Men do not fight with sword and buck.
Ter in the enlightened ages, but the
abuse and vituperation with which they
have been known to assail each other,
has an edge which a soul not enacted
in brass, feels no less keenly.
But this is a new strain.
Her majesty's opera is still here and
is meeting with tremendous success.
One of the prime dome, however, has
given as an example of artistic life be.
hind the scenes, which III good and
indulgent people will not be in a hurry
to forgive or forget. Minnie Hauk can
never be to IS brave and heroic. She
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-26
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-26

Universal Lassitude, Pain In the Back. Dim
ness OF Vision, Premature Old Age, and many
other diseases that lead TO INSANITY and Con-
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Full particulars in our pamphlet, which we
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-26

No Advertisement inserted for less haa my
cents.
-DAILY LEADER, all transient advertise
ments 10 cents per line, Honpariel. each In
sertton 9 insertions eight cents per line; 30
Insertions, s cents per line.
local Notices, per line, bourgeois, each in
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per line.
WKEKLY LEADER, all transient advertise
ments Is cents per line, nrst Insertion ; one
month 30 cents per line; six months. 10 cents
per line; one year S cent? per line.
Cheyenne. Oct. LIST. 1871.
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Commercial Job Printing

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