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Punished for Contempt.

Granger Davidson of Cripple Creek, (son
of that sterling old Democrat, Capt. Bob
Davidson, now deceased, who used to rep
resent Tazewelf county in t4e Legislature
Of Virginia)ssWas fined $1U-and incarcera-
ted for FIVE hours in the county jail on Mon
day last for contempt of court Itseems
that Davidson, who Isl ReadJuster In
politics and who had been an ardentsfrlend
and supporter, for the Office he now ILLS,
Of County Judge, presumed upon that fact
to take liberties re the court roomAduring
the May term which subjected MIN to re-
proof from the Bench. N OF rellshing this
sort of treatment, he determined to give
the Judge "a good genneel cussin'' when
ever he could s'ca5ch him out. = me OPP
portunity presented itself last week as his
Honor was On his way to AshDufy to- at
tend d school exhibition. Meeting MIN IN
the road and extending the nsual greeting,
the Judge was surprised by = volley OF
oatbs and abusive epithets in esponse. to
his polite and friendly salutation. En-
quiring the REASON for such strange con-
duet on the part OF his old friend, he was
informed THAI the s,ebukeS fps talking III the
courthouse at the May term was the oc-
casion Of it. The Judge quietly submitted
Is the insult, and nothing more was heard
OF it from him until last Monday. when
process was issued against the offender,
requiring him to appear and show cause
why lie should not be punished for con-
tempt In obedience to the summons the
accused cafnesto taw on'Thursday, was ar
raigned in the ':awful. presence plead
guilty to the charge against him, express
ed his deep SORROW .,and repentance and
threw hmseIfsupess the mercy of the Court.
The Judge thertupotl, after expressing the
pain which, on. ACCOUNT of the past rela-
lions between them, and because of the
respectable family CONNECTION Of the ac-
the lille of SIC, sas bJooYe Stated, aud order
dered the Sheriff. TO, confine the prisoner in
jail for five hours. The lesson to.Granger
will no doubt prove 4 very salutary one,
teaching him 70 haveidue respect for the
powers that be- N required no little
to make an texamReaW his personal and
political friend, and hesdeserves credit for
it, Wytheuile Enterprise.
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The Miners Riot at Leadyille. Colorado.

W. Mel. Hartman, formerly of Staunton.
now merchant at Leadville. Colorado,
writes Sunday, June 10 h, to his wife, the
daughter of Richard Hawkins. ESQ.,, in
Stanton about the rioting of the striking
miners there as follows:
Everything here is in wild excitement
and conflict betwe en- the striking miners
and the business men is momentarily ex-
pected. FROM yesterday morning 10
O'Clock all business is suspended until to-
morrow morning, and yesterday evening
the citizens and merchants assembled and
formed into companies and paraded the
streets under arms, l among the number,
We, the military, were about 2OCO srrong
with column headed by band OF music.
The crowd on the streets was variously
estimated at $4,000 to 10000 persons. and
the excitement was beyond description.
The fear is FIRE by the mob and now I am
almost tAoke down from watching our
premises day and night. Only got about
two hours sleep Friday night and last night
the same. am now duly sworn in as a
State lnilitiaman and all arms bearing
men share the same fate. We are liable
to be called upon for action any moment.
NY new clerk, Mr.. Lee was on duty last
night and would have been also, but be-
ing business man was excused to watch
ur store Martial law has just been pro-
claimed and lively time is expected.
stopped just here to
60 to the door with drawn pistol In hand
and there found mob of excited miners,
but they were soon dispersed by the mill
tary.
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Death Of the Man Who Discovered Gold in
California,

General John A. Suffer, the discoverer
Of gold in California, and one of the earli-
est pioneers on that coast, died at 1:2O P.
M. yesterday. at his room in Mades' Ho-
tel. He had been sick for about week
with Inflammation of the kidneys, and
passed away quietly, in full possession
of his faculties. The sad news Of his death
was at once telegraphed to his home, at
LittiZ, Lancaster county, Pa, where his
aged wife resides. A friend of the family
will reach this city to-day and will take
charge of the remains. which will be re.
moved to his home for interment. The
time of the funeral has not yet been ar
ranged. General John Hammond, the
New York representative. who is an nd
Forty Miner, will e.de.vOr to have dele
cation of California pioneers follow their
old CONT ade to his grave. John A. Sutter
was born at Baden, Germany, in 1907, and
when not twenty years of age entered the
French army as Lieutenant. After
serving for seven years he entered the
Swiss army, where he remained until 1884
He then determined to try his fortunes IN
the New World. His first stopping place
was st. Louis, and from there he pushed
on to Westport, Mo-, where he engaged in
an active and extensive trade in live
stock. At this period his adventurous
spirit was aroused by a description he
heard of, the Pacific coast. then All almost
unknown country. In 1888, i company
with six men, he undertook the journey OF
two thousand miles over the wild, wide
waste of Indian country After varied
experience he reached Fort Vancouver
amt, not finding any means of reaching
San Francisco. he took passage for the
Sandwich Islands. After engaging u
trade between the Islands and the Pcifit
coast in the year 1S47 General Suffer found
ed colony u short distance UP the Sacra
mento river. He became an extensive
cattle dealer and trader, and his hous'
opened its hospitable do I to the foot-sor'
adventurer and traveller. and his generosi
ty IS one of the bright pages in the histor.
of the early pioneer Gays OF California. L
was in digging a mill-race That gold wa
first discovered. For the past fifteen yea
he has been trying to obtain some recogni
tion from Congress, but, like all priva,
claimants, he has been neglected. unit
death has rendered all -eparation impossi
BILE. The ssPost'' very recently devote
over column to Mr.. Suffers eventfu
history Washington Post.
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&
DEATH OF THE LADY WHO WROTE IL
WANT TO BE AN ANGEL. Miss Sidney
Paul Gill, who wrote Il Want to be an
Angel" died Saturday at Newark. Miss
Gill was fine business woman, and was
closely identified will! Newark Protestant
charities, having loag been Secretary of the
Female Charitable Society, and being lden-
titled with other instii utions. The way
she came to write the well-known hymn
was this: She was member of the Clin-
ton-Street Presbyterian church, Philadel-
phia, of which Rev. DR.. Joel Parker was
pastor One Sunday they had an anniver-
sary celebration. and between the morning
and afternoon services Miss Gill wrote the
hymn. It was read then for the first time
and afterward published and translated
into several foreign languages. Great
numbers of letters we're received from pa.
rents, saying that their little ones had died
with II Want to be an Angel on their
lips. Miss Gill wrote good many othel
HYMNS, but this alone commanded atten
ton because Of its simplicity. -.-a---..--.
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The revision of the salaries of postmas-

The revision of the salaries of postmas
ters appointed by the President has re-
suited in an increase in most of those in Vir
ginia but some decreases abingdon. 81 ,OO(
to 81 400; Alexandria, 81, 100 to 50 600; Cul
pepper, 81 100 to 81 ,30U; Farmville, 81 200 tx
ST 800; Fortress Monroe. 81 200 to 81 300
Hampton. 81 100 to ST. 800; HarrisonDurg
81 400 to 81 500; Leesburg ST. 200 to 81 800
Liberty, Fl 200 to 81 600; Lynchburg, 81,
500 to 81 800; Salem, 81 800 to 81 400; War
renton, 81 400 to $500; Winchester, 50,
600 to 81 900; Wythsville, 81. 900 to 81 300
During the reign Of the Commune in
Paris ,Gustave Courbet, the French paint
er, aided to pull down the column in the
Place VendOme. lie has been sentenced
by the courts to pay $50, 900 fine for this
with thirty years time to settle in. But
be has died since the sentence and his sis
ter and heir has taken his effects, chiefly
valuable paintings, to Switzerland out OF
reach Of the Frerch government.
At the Bunker Hill celebration in Bos.
ton list Friday, "a noticeable feature was
t presentation Of a flag from the city OF
New Orleans to the CITY OF Boston. The
flag was carried there by the Continental
Guards of the tOrtuer city.
We are informed that Gen. Alfred Beck
ley, Of Raleigh county, grew in his garden
this year strawberry that measured 81 by
AZ inches in circumference. -Fuyette W.
Va.) Enterprise.
The remenant of the property of the once
millionaire hotel keepers Of New York,
The Leland Brothers. is reported by the as
signee to bs sixty-three dollars and sixty
three cents.
A nephew of General Robert E. Lee
Edward Childe, Esq. now living ut Paris,
and who married Blanche, the daughter of
tile Baron de Triqulte-tias written life
Of his illustriuus uncle i'll French.
Rev. Solomon Funk, of Singers Glen,
Rockin ham county, is dead; aged fifty
five. He Was Il minister OF the New
school Baptist denomination.
The as % of John Satterlee u Co., con-
tractors on S. V. r. R., has been removed
from Front Royal to Milford.
AT Richmond College last week among
the graduates was Harry A. Latane, of
King and Queen county.
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A RoCKBRIDGE MAN LIVING IN THE
FINEST HOUSE IN CHICAGO.-Mr. Cyrus
H. Mccormick, of reaper fame, formerly
of Rockbridge county, Va, has recently.
finished one of the finest houses in Chica-
90 for his private residence ample
space about it, with broad halls, lofty cell
ings, hardwood finish by Narcotic, a we'll
chosen library which Mr.. Greeley in his
last years helped him to select, and a hand
some room at the top for musicals, private
theatricals and thes like. At the age of
seventy one, the lively young old man gives
the fondest paternal attention to his two
youngest children. aged about four and
graduated at Princeton, is already taking
an active part in the management OF the
business
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-25

Peyton S. Coles, Grand Master of Ma
sons of this State, has been invited by the
Executive Committee of King 8 M ountain
Centennial and by the Grand Master of
Masons of South Carolina, to cooperate
with him and to, participate in the ceremo
MES of laying the cornerstone, on the 23rd
of June, OF the monument to be erected on
the battle-ground of Kings Noun tain.
Crawford Howell Toy, L. l.. D., q grad
uate of the University of Virginia, has
been elected Professor of Hebrew and
other oriental languages at Harvard Col
| lege.s For fourteen years he was the pro-
| fessor of the Old Testament in the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Lou
lsvilie, KY. AssA
load of fine watermelons passed through
our city to-day from Augusta, Ga. They
| were consigned to MessrS. Lee, Taylor u
Payne, of Lynchburg, and have been
promptly transferred from the Richmond
and Danville road to the Virginia Midland
NeDs, nth. 49,
Mr.. William Keyser, second Vice-Presi-
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
was driving on Saturday ON Howard
street, near Centre, when his horse became
frightened and dashed off at furious rate,
| throwing Mr. KeySer out and causing him
| to sprain his left knee and sustain other
injuries. Baltimore American.
John Burnside who commenced business
in small way at Fincastle, Va. many
years ago, now operates eight sugar plan
| tatiOnS in Louisiana, producing Cos, 900
pounds of sugar and 1890 barrels of mo-
lasses. aggregating $4,000.
Noah Towner, of Doddfidge county, W.
| Va, committed suicide Wednesday by
| blowing his brains out with a shnt-gun.-
| He left note, saying he had betrayed a
| young woman and could not endure the
remorse OF conscience.
During the performing of an operation
by two physicians, Who were removing
broken glass from the foot Of Mrs. Sarah
Vandoren, of Maysville, N. j., Wednes-
day, the lady expired. 1t is supposed her
death was due to the effects of the chlOro-
form administered by the doctors.
Rev. T. DaWitt Talmage delivered the
address before tbs literary societies of Ran
dolph-M Macon Collage, at Ashland, Va,
Wednesday evening. The address occupi-
ed two hours in delivery aud Was an elo-
quent effort.
Mr.. Isaac Van Wort. of Richmond, Va,
and his wife are proud parents Their
five children have received two yold and
twenty-five silver medals for department
and proficiency in their studies in the pub
lie schools of that city,
At one of the Cincinnati variety shows
last Friday night VIM. Condor, one of the
performers, qnarreled with Lou Perry, one
Of the actresses, and killed her by striking
her on the head with banjo.
Isaac Long, of Page county, has pur-
chased the farm of g. M. Thurmond, in<l
Albemarle county, Va, 800 acres, for $751;
600; besides which he paid So 900 for the |
stock and growing crop of wheat.
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LESSEE E. Mitchell, tried in Campbell
Ii L. al. -.

LESSEE E. Mitchell, tried in Campbell
county. Va, for blackmailing and obtain:
ing gold watch and otaer valq ,s from
unity and his punishment liked at five
Years in the -psniteutIsry. 1t appears
tnat he had held ii threat over her OF ex
posing her, four years, during which time
he had killed her brother III light.
! Bishop Scott, of the M, E. Church, ac-
ceptine, in his seventy Ell. nth year; the
much-needed rest from his Official labor,
Fi lf .fonr wears ago he entered tile timer
ant ministry; thirty-two years ago he be-
came a BOOK agent at New York; and
overweight years ago Bishop.
Gen. Longstreet, who has been FEEDER
al oce-holder the best part of the time
Min G u,o 70 Tn kew. The Democrats in
tbs Senate good-naturedly confirmed the
appointment.
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A SINGULAR DEATH.-The Rochester
IN. " Express" describes singular
case of death by lightning in the town of
Belcoda, on the night OF the 9TH instant,
the victim being the wife of Charles De
Gaugh. Mrs. De Gaugh, who was about
twenty years of age, heard the storm APP
preaching early in the evening, and said to
her husband she was afraid of lightning
and would go to bed. She did SO, taking
her child, not yet two years old, with her.
Later in the night the husband was ava
kened by the cries of the child, which had
been sleeping in the arms of its mother,
and discovered that his wife Vas dead
There was no mark or trace OF the hight
ming on her body, except that her hair
was sIigki12 singed. The post of the bed
neaxel - was split aud Clipped off as
~ ikAs 3 Aatcliet but there were no
traces on the flor or the wall where the
bolt I'D entered ar pissed out. Neither
the child nor its father were injured in the
least.
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THnSurNANpoAH VALLEY RAILROAD

The SHENANDoAHV VALLEY RAILROAD
= Extending its Surueys.- Monday last
corps Of engineers of the Shenandoah Val
ley railroad began the survey OF theAne OF
railroad commencing at Alton, in Abe
marie county. Va, following the eastern
slope of the Blue Ridge, through the coun-
ty Of Nelson, by buffalo Springs and Bal
COW Falls on to Liberty, on the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio railroad, west OF
Lynchburg; thence through Chambllsourg
and Taylor's Store, and Rocky Mount, n
Franklin county; thence through Patrick
county to Tayiorsville, near Rock Castle !;
then crossing the North Carolina otate
line to Mount Airy, in Surry county;
then into Wilkes county, to BrHr Creek
and Wllkesboro'; then through nlkvllle,
Kings Greek, Fort Defiance, to Morgan
ton. which is on the line of the western
North Carolina railroads; from Morganton
to Asheviile, in Buncombe county; tnence
up the French BROAD to Daytonvllle, ln
Pennsylvania county; then following ,l tne
Chattano ,ga river d 'wn to Taccoa Clty,
which is on. the line Of the Atlanta ane
Richmond Air Line. This proposed road
passes through the finest mineral DELI VI
the South Atlantic States.
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p U. S. Senator Vance, Of North Carroll
ma. was married at Louisville, KY, last
week to Mrs. Steele. widow of the late
Samuel Steele. 4 wealthy pork merchant
of that city. The couple, it is stated, will
summer at the White Sulphur Springs.
A Stauntop (Va.) Baptist deacon knows
not how to express his admiration of his
new pastor. 1t is very well to please the
deacons.-I Religious Herald, <.
Araminsa johnson. a much respected
coored domestic, died at Leesburg, Va. a
few DAYS age at the unusual age of one
hundred and G'ne years.
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Kisses soon to descend upon his head.

JOHN KELLEY, OF NEW YORK; KISSED
DOWN.
The Secretary calls New YORK, ana inc
reading clerk reads the names sent W. by
the Tilden delegation. John Kelley rises
and calls out, ''Mr. Chairman" Nosoon-
er does he utter these words than thefe IS
slight appla use, followed by loud Missing
and cries OF s'Sit DOWN. Put him OUT.
&c. Hoadlay raps with his gavei ana Or
ders the clerk to read on. Kelley ag IA
says, 'sMr. Chairman" and the hlssshg
and cries c. ltnue. bu5 more Vloieng thail
before. u peTseveres in spl OF tae s. LIS =
loud voice. II object; - he says. ito smith
Weed as member of the Committee on
Creole, tials. His seat is contested ana q, he
has 10 right to voice in that body. : me
Kisses drown his voice, and he Is ordered
to sit down. which he does.
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A BR1DE's FLIGHT FROM THE ALTAR.

A BRIDES FLIGHT FROM THE ALTAR.
Miss Kitty Minugh, prepossesslng
Young blonde, who resides on st. Pauls
avenue, Jersey City Heights, and Is en-
poyed in Lorillard's tobacco factory, was
TO have been married to respectable
young man, who resides on Pacific avenue.
The appointed time aud place for the cere-
mony were 3o'clock Sunday afternoon and
st. joseph's Church, on Baldwin avenue.
at that hour the bride and groom and
few Intimate trends repaired to the
church. AS the officiating clergyman was
alb ut to pronounce the solemn words
which would make them man and wife the
bride suddenly turned and fled out of the
church at the top of her speed. The groom
aud spectators y ere filled with consterna-
ton, but nothing Was left for them to do
but to eturn home and seek an explana-
zion. Whai TRANSFERRED st the bride s house
is not publicl known, hut in the evening
the bridal party returned to the church,
the thread of the cer-m my was taken up
where the BRIDES sudden caprice ha q
dropped in in tn forenoon, and carried
through to the end without further inter
ruption.-N. Y. Times.
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FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE Is. 1880

The nomination Of Ge1l. Winfield S.
Hancock at Cincinnati yesterday puts an
end to the bloody shirt and to electoral
commissions. It will put soldier in the
White House who recognizes the superior
ity Of the civil law, and will elevate one to
the Presidency who will in reality know
no North, no South, no East and no West.
Tt is a ticket that will bring both victory
and peace between the sections OF our
country.
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There is to be a grand military picnic at
Fishers Fin, near StFssD1fK ~ vi July
nv ia. 600 people, including the military Of
Staunton, Harrisonburg, Woodstock and
Winchester.
John W. Garrett and hia ifa and daugh-
ter sailed from New Yofksief Europe Fri
day.
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The Board of Visitors of Emory and
Henry College have elected Rev, David
Sulllns, of Bristol, President, AMI DR.. =.
E. Wiley, r. II. Sharpe and DR.. John L.
Buchanan, Professors. The last n8Iaed
gentleman is the present President Of the
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Blacksburg. and concerning his
election to Emory and Henry, the Lynch
burg News" says; 1.-THE matter is easy
Of explanation when we remember that
the state of affairs at the Blacksburg Col
lege has not been particularly pleasant and
harmonious for some time past. and that
the Doctors term Of office was by no means
certain, as the new Board recently appoint
ed have the power Of thorough re-organ-
ization." - -
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-25

Senator Blaine while in town last FIJI
dav. called at Col Duk. $ office and sFent
a short while with the Col. i'll sscla' con.
versation. The Senator was cpeaker OF
th House while Col. Duke was ptmoef
of Congress TIE STRIKING resemblance
betwe, n Senator Blaine and Judge Barton
was noted Ivy many of our people sing
the Senator's Isl 0 It's place III, iiHay'
He was taTei fi..judg r rtnn i'y mr.
and Others ttak i,sn :. / .Indae BaitthS
BROTHER ChorlftcsriU, JtDtrso1,lnn.
In the Dorsey VIII case in New Orleans,
in which jefferson D Wis is the tgatee,
the ex- President t. tid d that Mrs. Dorsey
believed the truths held by the Conttdefa-
cy were eternal AID Should prevail; that
he believed them too d if this made H.
sanity, both he and she were insane.
John Atkins (Grant), collector at Savan-
nah, lost his head to-da, for third terming.
The var against Grant Federal officers has
commenced in good earnest. How much
more comfortably Mr.. Russell Call now
sleep than some others IN Virginia. Wdsh-
inoton Cor Richnlond DISPATCH.
Miss Della Dickinson, daughter OF
Henry Dickinson. of F.iyette county. w.
Va. while bathing her feet from boat IN
the river, fell cut Her body was found
fourteen miles below the spot at which she
| fell in.
| L. P Morton and Bel'j. Wilson, of New
York, are credited with having purchased
the Red Sulphur Spring Roanoke county,
| Va.
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CHENANDOAH VALLEY ACADEMY,
y WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.
To be conducted as under The late able Principal
A. NJ Smith, M. A. The Sixteenth Session begins
September 18th. 1882 Preparation for University,
for College or for business. Full Corps OF Instruc
tors. Location unsurpassed for beauty and health.
Complete gymnasium and extensive suburban
grounds. A9e Send for Catalogue
c. L. c. MINOR. M. A, LII: D.,
Uate President Va Agl. Mich College)
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HORSES WAN TED!

IL
Two car loads of good HEAVY WORK HORSES,
weighing from LOO to 1.4C0 lbs, and
FROM TO YEARS OLD,
on Monday, the 2stn OF June, (Courtday,l by Penn
sylvania buyers.
Sc Call at Burke,s Livery Stable On that day.
HOPKINS & HARRISON.
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New Advert isem ents.

New Advert iSc1n entS.
CsERNICES viii be conducted in the Lutheran
y church next Sunday morning and evening by
Rev J. f. Campbell, d. D.. President OF the VIZ
ginia Synod. Iuhe-o H.
GUNNER CLASS FOR YOUNG I.ADIES.-Young
y ladies wishing to pursue their studies during
the summer have an opportunity with
: PROF. S. H. COLEMAN.
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