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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-23
PRELIMINARY NOTICE..
e. BRO w N OLD.
OF 80 YEARS EXPERIENCE,
No. 20, Neay Street,
Virginia Hotel Building, opposite Mr.. Alloys Cloth
ing Store,


Virginia Hotel Building, opposite Mr.. Albys Cloth
ing Store,
STAUNTON. VA,
takes pleasure in announcing to his friends, custom
ers and the public generally that he has engaged
and has now the cooperation If that eminent Artist
Matchmaker. notwithstanding Jeweer md Engraver,
MR.. J. H. GARDNER.
of % years experience. Watch and Clock repair
ing. watch case making and repairing. Jewelry
made to ORDER either PAIN engraved, chased or ell
ameled. s. Diamond and other precious, stone
watches and clocks. a speciality. Plain and orna-
mental lettering and engraving, door and coffin
plates made to order. Cold Silver Nichle Plating
Old Gold Refined and Made Over Roman Gold
and Etruscan Work hard soldered without chang
ing color. All work warranted to give satisfaction.
Specimens of Mr.. Gardeners work and engraving
can be seen at my store, and general invitation is
herewith extended,
Most Respectfully,
E BROWNOLD
No. 30 New St. Va Hotel Building.
apr At Staun0n Va.
T oNDoN & LANCASHIRE
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF LIVERPOOL
hOoD " OAMfbELL, DStIlCt NIdildStIS,
Baltimore, Md.
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL 81 100000
+ TOTAL CASH ASSETS 81. SIG, 943 81
ASSETS IN UNITED STATES,
Including $4,000 deposited
in Virglnia,) S 775,0O3. 10
NET SURPLUS. S 419,781 08
Insures Town and Country property at rates as
low as any other strictly first class Company. Poll
cies issued for two, three, four five years upon
Dwellings, Schools, Churches OF Farm property at
reduced rates. Losses adjusted and paid through
the Baltimore office without discount and without
reference to Liverpool CT elsewhere.
WILLIAM FRAZIER, AGENT
Staunton. Va.
Before accepting this agency 1 took pains to in
form myself OF the character and standing of this
Company. ] am satisfied TIL re is no safer fire In
surance company i'll Great B. itain or the United
States It has won the confidence Of business men
in European and American cities; and with bust
ness men Confidence is plant of slow growth
can be seen communicated with at the law
office of Mr.. Richard p Bell
mar26 tt VIM FRAZIER.
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The Legend of StiEenbach.

The Legend of Stifenbach.
WITH A TEMPERANCE MORAL.
One day Baron Stiffenbach among his fathers slept,
And his reIct DER his ashes, like water goddess
wept
Till her apparatus lachrymal required so many !
'.goes''
From certain flask; that soon there shone ruby |
on her nOSe
The Dowager OF Stiffenbach was fair enough to
view,
And having her dead husbands wealth, could
touch the rhino too;
But yet of all the negh'bring nobs not one would
ere propose
Because she wore ruby-a large ruby on her nose.
At this the ieweled baroness was very much an
noyed
But rival harnesses her perplexity enjoyed,
For the ruby was by-word and a triumph to her
Who spinster, wife or widow-all exulted at her
nose.
The Baroness of Stienbach now called the doctors
in,
And gave freely for drugs and shrugs great quaint
ties of "tin.''
At length, they said, twas surgeons WORK then
gravey all arose,
And left her, as they found herewith the ruby on
her nose.
Now came the surgeons. First they voted all the
doctors fools,
Then drew from curious armories multitude OF
tools,
That they were armd to fight bear stranger
would suppose,
And then to dig ruby from baroness's nose.
But now among the surgeons, vital difference we
For some proposed to cut before. and some to cut
behind;
And soon, in scalpelmachy. they well nigh came to
blows,
For the baroness's ruby-for the ruby on her nose.
At length came forward one, by lot elected from the
rest
But, alas! the eager brotherhood too closely round
him pressed,
For they stood upon the corns of the operators
toes,
Who leaping, with the ruby sliced away the nose.
They stitched it on Immediately, yet, why has not
transpir'd,
That very day the baroness capriciously expired;
Thus died thelovely lady, by a judgment some sup
pose,
For having led the baron his life time, by the nose
They made her grave three fathoms deep by Rhine's
embattled tide,
And bowed her gently downwards by her Stiffy's
side;
But her restless spirit wanders still, and oft at
evenings close,
She haunts the castle ramparts with her finger or
her nose.
Grim reader! let blubber DER the melancholy
fate
OF the quandom Baron Stiffys Notwithstanding
mate;
And for the future solemnly, if possibly, propose
To shun the weird elixrS that bring rubeS on the
nose.
Fair Alice, of the ball the belle,
Tripped lightly on her dainty feet,
When suddenly she slipped and fell,
And on the floor she took seat
The maiden, blushng like a rose,
Quick with her sister flies away;
"Oh, sister, did they see my-toes-
Those hOrrid men?-dO tell me 'nay?'"
s'They didn't 1ook-they were discreet"
Miss Alice, pouting, says: tits mean
My new silk stockings look SO sweet
But don't you think just one was seen :"
oil City Derrick
Two ragged urchins stood one day
Beside the great church door,
And watched the folks in rich array
From out the temple pour
my eyes! but amt they tony though!
And don't they sport the dress!
What be they, Joe 20 "Oh, dunno
They're Christian folks, I guess.''
'They be! Then, if we had the cash,
And nothing else to do,
And washed and dressed and cut a dash
Should we be Christians to0?'
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
" STAUNToN, April LIST, 1880.
McCoy's Admir-, vs. McCoy's widow and ais;
and
S. A. Mccoy and ais, VS., McCoys widow and ais.
All parties interested in the foregoing consolida-
upon the
9th dag of April, inst,
to settle the several accounts required by decree in
said causes entered the 22nd day of March, 1889,
in the Circuit Court of Augusta county. All persons
having any claim against the late Chas. D. Mccoy
me on OF before said date and all parties interested
in these suits must appear that day without fur
Their notice.
Given under my hand as Commissioner in Chan
Gerry of said Court this 1st day of April, 1880.
JOHN NJ. KINNEY,
apr2 At Commissioner.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-23
LORDS HOTEL
RIChMOND, VA.
$3.50 PER DAY

. pEPDAy $3.50 PER DAY
Situated in the heart of the city commanding me
views. and adjoining the Capitol square anu uoVei
nors Mansion. ;+n.+e5i
II is splendid new hotel, the OILY one sliuaueuiI
the fashionable port on OF the ely ana -
beautiful Capital Park with its statuary
fountains and flower bedss newly ana eiegtn NY
FURNISHED throughout, and its bill OF fare is not * *
celled ID quality and variety by any mouse III 'ho
State. 49,, ,,,d;d
rooms to this spacious house together WIN d III
and elegantly arranged reception room. ,s;ne
SPIT Ella. suits Ut rooms always ,ady ioi weu.irs
and large travelling parties The arrangements h US
frstalass III every respect. he price OF poaIa mas
been fxetl-owng to The great scarcity OF money
at the reasonable sum of
$3.50 PER DAY
The patronage OF my trends and the tfaT T
public axe invited to make Fordfs Hotel thcif nome'
pN0- Al FORD, Proprietor.
Late one of the Trop'rS OF the EXCHANGE Hotel
P.s.-My coaches run to aid from all depots and
steamboat landiigs deco
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-23

VIRGINIA IN VACATION.
Y In the Clerks Office. Circuit Court of Augusta
County, April 9Th, 1880.
William Key, John Key, Jacob F. Croft and Maria
his wife, Alexander Hays and Sarah his wife, Walt
er Key. Jacob Kerczensky and Polly his wife
Plaintiffs.
Lizzie R. Key, Administrative of George Y. Key,
decd; Lizzie 4. Key widow of George Y. Key. de-
ceased, and c. T. Acker, J. P. Key, Thomas Key
and Richard Key-DefendantS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

TO do much more than would keep
him. In some cases proprictors act
ually abandoned their property all
together. Some staid and eked out O
livelihood on the wreck, while the
best of kept an agent on the spot ana
lived in England on tenth OF their
former income. Thus matters have
gone on for many years, during which
large proportion Of Jamaica proper
~ has been sold in the West Indies
lncumbered Estate Court, and is no
longer in the hands Of the families OF
the original proprictors. During the
past five years, however, an encourage
ing circumstance is found in the sue
cess of the importation Of coolies, who
take most kindly TO the soil, desire to
stay when their period of contract
expires, anu seem likely to prove a
very valuable element; and more re-
Gently number Of Cubans have
sought a refuge there, who are report
cd to be prosecuting tobacco culture
with much success. A large proper
ton of the island has been allowed to
lie almost fallow for so long that it
would probably bear heavy cropping,
and if Jamaica tobacco gets u rcputa-
ton at all equal to Cubans there is no
saying how soon the island will not
once more assume Il more important
position among British dependencies.
Thus, while heavy losses and complete
ruin has attended the lot Of individuals
the probabilities are that, in time, Ja-
maica will again blossom as the rose,
its unproduclive estates again become
valuable, and its neglected plantations
the abode Of happy and prosperous
people. The mother country will be
the gaiucr from its increased revenues
and the ruin wrought by WHEREFORE
will be repaired.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
An Unfortunate DelusiOn.

Exists, that the liver Can be regulated,
and the bowels kept in state of efficiency
by the use of mercury, and purgatives OF a
drastic nature. A complete refutation Of
this absurd theory is furnished by the fact,
that no class of persons suffer more severely
with bihousness and its attendant ailments,
dyspepsia and constipation, none are more
"out of sorts" than they who habtually use
such remedies. The wiSestcourse they can
adopt, and one productive Of speedily bene-
fetal results, is to use instead of such PERM
cious drugs, Iostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which accomplishcs the work they leave
undone. Botanic in origin, pure, active
and highly recommended by medical men,
this acticle has no affinity with medicines
which act abruptly. 1t aids, does not
force Nature, and its ingigorating effect is
as perceptible as its regulating influence is
prompt and lasting.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
Degenerate Jamaica.


New YORK Times
A century ago nabob hailed from
the West, rather than the East, In
dies. When the novelist of that peri
Cd set about to depict fabulous wealth
and acme of luxury, he went to in
maica for his man. Tommy Merton's
papa. IAN extremely wealthy man,"
hailed from that famous island, and
the picture Of Tommy taking an air.
ing, attended by two negro slaves,
lives in the memory of millions of
her Britannia Majcsty's lieges in con-
nection with their first ideas Of splen-
dor. Up to that time, and for thirty
years later, Jamaica was, in certain
way, the fashion, which East India
never was. She even had ducal Gov
errors at quite an early date, the Sec
ond Duke of Albemarle, son Of the
famous George Monk, having (attend-
ed by Sir Hans Sloane, the founder of
the British Museum, as his physiciam
obtained the Governorship, chiefly
with view to raising sunken trea-
sure ship, an object in which he was
completely successful and long after
came Duke Of Portland to reign at
"Tho King House," as the Governors
magnificent residence was not inap-
propriately styled. Those were the
days when the Beckfords, Storcrs, FL
llsses, Lawrences, Tharpcs, Scarlcls,
Vasslls, and many more were deriv-
ing immense incomes from the island.
Greatly would they have been aston
ished had they been told that youth
of family which, albeit respectable,
had fallen from its high estate and
become merely provincial bourgeois,
was going to strip them Of their splen-
did position. None of those West In
dian magnates who gave balls in
Grosvenor Square aud drove currices
and barouches which We're the envy
Of young mobiles in Hyde Park had
then even heard of William Wilber-
force, and no more suspected the
source whence the blow to strike
them was to come than did English
Squires twenty five years ago recog-
nize their ruin in our wetcrn States.
Emancipation was--to Jamaica espe-
cially-a complete prostrating blow.
There was, 1t is true, u compensation
granted by Parliament, but 1t was u
mere drop in the bucket. The Jamai-
Gu negro lost no time in showing that
he considered he had worked enough
for oil time. As rule, he declined
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
A Chapter on Bald Heads.

A bald-headcd man Is refined, and
he always shows his skull-suro.
1t has never been decided what
causes bald heads, but most people
think il is dan'd rough.
A good novel for bald heads to
read-"The Lost Heir"
What does q bald-headed man say
to his comb? We meet to part no
more.
Motto for q bald head--Bare and
furbarc.
However high a position q bald
headed man holds, he will never
comb-down in the world.
The bald-headed man never dyes.
Advice to bald headers--Join tho
Indians, who are the only successful
hair-raisers.
What does every bald-headed man
put upon his head? His hat.
You never saw bald-headcd man
with low forehead.
Shakespeare says: There is a d.
vinity that shapes our ends.
Bald men are the oolest-headcd
men in the world.
Some bald men have heirs.-BoSton
TRANSCRIPT.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
The Student OF Upsala.

Mrs. Mary Hewitt, in her Life OF
FREDERICK Bremer," tells the following
story, which is SO pleasant and good
that it ought to be true, although it
is by no means new.
"There was, in the early part Of
this century, a young student came to
Upsala, the son of poor widow, who
was standing with some Of his college
companions in one Of the public walks
on fine Sunday morning.
Gas they were thus Standing the
young daughter of the governor, a
good and beautiful girl, was seen APP
preaching them on her way tochurch,
accompanied by her goyerness.
Suddenly the widows son ex-
claimed;
"I am sure that young girl would
give me a kissn
ellis companions laughed, and one
Of them, rich young fellow, said:
"It is impossible! Thou, an utter
stranger, and in q public thorough
fare? 1t is too absurd to think Of
Nevertheless, | am confident of
what | say returned the other.
"The rich student Offered TO lay q
heavy wager that, SO far from sue
ceeding, he would not even venture to
propose such thing.
Taking him at his word, the poor
student, the moment the young lady
and her attendant had passed, follow
ed them, and, politely addressing
them, they stopped, on which, in
modest and straightforward manner,
he said, speaking to the governors
daughter:
cit entirely rests with Frokcn to
make my fortune
"How so?' demanded she, greatly
amazed.
81 am a poor STUDENT said he, 'the
son Of widow. If Froken would
condescend to give me kiss, | should
win large sum of money, which, en-
abling me to continue my stndies,
would relieve my mother Of a great
anxiety.
elf success depends on so small o
thing said the innocent girl, Il can
but comply and Herewith, sweetly
blushing, she gave him kiss, just as
if he had been her brother.
without q thought of wrong-do-
ing, the young girl went to church,
anu afterward told her father of the
encounter,
"The next day the governor sum-
moned the bold student to his pres
ence, anxious to see the sort Of person
who had thus dared TO accost his
daughter. But the young mans mod
est demeanor at once iavorably i'm
pressed him. He heard his story, and
was SO well pleased that he invited
him to dine at the castle twice a
week.
sin about year the young lady
married the student whose fortune
she had thus made, and who is at the
present day one of the most celebrated
Swedish philologists. His amiable
wife died few years since"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

Somebody who has examined the
statistics of some of the big battles of
the war, finds that 80 soldiers, all shot
above the hips, aud all Of one rcgi-
ment, fell dead at ono v0lley, in the
battle of Gettysburg. AT Fair Oaks,
20 men went down, ono upon another,
in q square of q few feet, and never
moved limb among them after fall
ing. Ono she'll, ut Cole Harbor, oX-
ploding in tho ranks of III Ohio legi-
mcnt, Killed l6 soldiers. At Savage
Station, during McClcllan's charge, u
solid shot fired from a federal piece Mt
an infantry column, marching by
fours, killed q men. Ncar Vicksburg,
a gunboat threw u singlc shell at u re-
bel battery, and killed ~ men, wound
ing 10 others.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
HAYDOCK'S
Y ITALIZED BUCHU.

VIII give almost immediate relief, when oil other
means have failed The most powerful existing
medicine for the cure Of female complaints. Fifty
years experienCeincontcstabl proves this remedy
upryalled for the disorders incidental to the female
sex. No family should pc without IT, and II may be
taken by young orold, as twill restore health when
every other means prove unsuccessful.
To the stomach we trace dyspepsia, headache and
general debility 10 the liver, bile, jaundce, and
yellow fever to the bowels. diarrhoca dysentary,
constipation piles, and hs'ula; to the lungs, con.
sumption, etc; to the blood, scrofnla, scurvy,
and all ruaneous eruptions. By keeping these
organs and vita fluid pure and healthy we may
safely defy the attacks of disease and no medicine
yet prepared for this purpose can equal the &C.
ton of
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

|M During recent lawsuit in London
tr'he opinion of experts regarding the
nt7alue Of the land in that city was
oBrought out-one acre is worth 81, ll6,-
Ene20.
Mn A plucky Yankee woman in Pitts
hhsield, Maine, scared a quack out OF his
foeyen senses one day recently. lie had
n promised to cure her of neuralgia If
byhc would lay q roll of greenbacks on
"a he kitchen table. She put the money
$vpn the table as he requested. He then
Masked for pen, inkand paper, and when
,,fhhc went up stairs to fetch them he
2 disappeared with the money. In
IA moment she was behind him with
N evolver at his ear, and she kept it
st,here until he had crawled back into
mhe kitchen, put down the money and
Z begged for mercy.
~ Frankfort on-the- Main, witha pop.
piilation one hundred thousand,
hes regarded as the richest city in the
towhole world. 1t sasserted that there
arc 100 Frankfortcrs worth from ST.
yd00 900 to So, 100000 each, and $50 who
i pre- worth ST. 100000 and upward. The
bccity is one Of the great banking centers
ycpf the globe. Its aggregate banking
iteapital is estimated at $lO0,0OO,OOO,
armore than onc-fourth of which the
|inRothschilds, whose orr ginal and parent
house is there, own and control.
Nv, The street car company Of Geneva,
|ifSwitzerland, have decided to increase
| tMhe pay of their conductors and dri-
'thters by giving them share in the re-
|m;eipts. This participation in the bus
Ihcness done will be doubled after eight
| zen months and increased again twelve
Tinonths later. 1t is thought that the
ofAdoption of this plan will increase the
.,Feceipts Of the company, by causing
The drivers and conductors to be care
s,fnl and obliging, and to keep bright
s,tr watch for customers.
| T} Clark Davis, farmer at New Ro-
| cfchclle, N. Y, has portrait of Maj.
crAndre, painted by himself with the
bAid Of a looking-glass, during the brief
imprisonment preceding his execution.
| fcIn the picture, which is mounted in
,nthe original frame, Maj. Andre is rep
wresented as attired in the uniform of
bis rank, with q red coat with light
s,gwcn facings, ornamented with large
Ogilt epaule,s, buttons and embroidery,
land with cambria ruflles around the
fawrist.
Mr.. Fawcett, the Postmaster-Gene-
btal of Great Britain, has hit upon q
,IOTery clever device for the purpose of
Asncouraging the saving of money
R4mong Tho lower classes. The govern
hent has issued at its various postof-
vices on official strip of paper, having
Qhpon 1t places for twelve postage
9Ibamps to be stuck. The possessor,
OMAN, woman, or child, can, whenever
The has spare penny, buya stamp and
obut IL upon the slip. When the slip
fs full, that is, when twelve stamps
havc been glued on, the holder can, by
making the slip to the postoflice, get a
1R}avings bank receipt for shilling,
(which is the minimum deposit that
7I3he postoflice savings bank wilp take
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

Y The "London Hair Color Restorern
Nil the most delightful article every in
Introduced TO the American people and
h totally different from all other hair re.
y storcrs, being entirely free from all
Zimpurc ingredients that render many
Mother articles tor the hair obnoxious.
GWhere badness, or falling Of the hair
I exist, or premsturely grayness, from
Nsickness or other causes, its use will
yestore the natural youthful color, and
csuscs q healthy growth, cleansing the
Scalp from all impurities, dandruif, ETC.,
~ the same time a most pleasing and
Y 1asting hair dressing. fragrantly per
fumed, rendering the hair soft
and plyablc, making it an indis-
ocnsable ia every toilet
~ your druggist for London Hair Cole
Dtorer. Price ~ cents bottle. C)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills,
They first make you sick and then leave
you constipated. Carriers Little Liver Pills
regulate the bowels and make you well.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

~ A gold watch has been plowed up
IN the battlefield at Chickamaugua,
= nd with slight repairs will be a good
h,ime-keeper again.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

course OF this medicine viii restore the loFt iunc.
tions and procure health and happiness, where be.
fore was dependency and gloom. The Specific
Medicine is being used with wonderful sue
GEES.
Pamphlets sent free to all. Wnte for them and
get fun particulars,
Price, Specific. 81 60 per package, or ''x pack.
ages for So o. VIII be sent by mail on receipt Of
money Address all orders,
j, b. SIMPSONS MEDICINE CO..
Nos. lGi and 100 Main St. Buffalo, \, Y
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
G A U T | o n.
To Nervous Suiferers-The Great European Rem.
edy--Dr. }. b. Simpsons Specific Medicine

DIR. j h. simpsons Specific Medicine ia a posi-.
tive cure for Spermatouhea, ImpOtency, Weakness
and all diseases resulting from SclfAbuEo. az Ner.
yous Debility lrrltabillty Mental Anxiety Languor
Lassitude, Depression ofSpirls and functional de
rangements of the Nervous System generally Pains
in Back or Side, Ioss Of Memory. Premature OlG
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

M. RICHARDSON, Sac and Fox Agency
dsan Territory, says: The "Only Lung
kdv has restored me to health, and shall
glad " recommend II to any onc.-See
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

Nathan Thompson recently picked
'p eight Spanish milled dollars, some
= old as 1928, on Indian Island, near
'Iolon Ferry, Me.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23

q. II Ga week In your own town, S. outnt FEE No
NOOrlak. Reader, II you want n business al
which pcrpons OF either sex can make great
day oil the time they work write for particulars to
", UALLETT n CO.. Portland.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23
Disorder of the Kidneys.

In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they eecrete too much or too little water or
whether they be afflicted with stone or gravel or
with aches and pains settledn the Ions oyer the
region of the ktdnpya
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-23


Age and diseases
that lead TO Con
sumption lnsani.
~ and an early
grave, or both.
No matter how
shattered I h @
system may be
from excuses of
any kind, n short