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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
THE SUDDEN PANIC THEORY.

We see that the WING" and a number
of our Readjuster exchanges account for
the smallness of the vote for the Indepen-
dent ticket by sudden panic on or about
this day of election. This is mistake.
The Hancock and English club of Staun-
ton had the vote of the Valley counties Of
this congressional district month before
the election, and the only errors of any
consequence were that Augusta was put
down at hundred less for Allen than she
gave and Rockingham gave hundred less
for Paul than she was estimated at. There
was no sudden panic. From the day that
the Readjuster State Committee refused
any compromise and showed their deter
mination to give Garfield a good chance by
running a third ticket, the Democratic
Readjusters made up their minds flat
they would vote with the Democracy.
There was not much waiting to find out
the strongest ticket either; auost every
body easily knew the horse from the
colt.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

The DEJARNETTE CAsE.-The case OF
Thomas Dejarnette. who murdered his sis
ter in Danville several months since, is set
for trial at the present session of the Court
of Appeals. At the September term of the
Corporation Court of Danville DeJarnette
was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to
be hanged on Friday. the 10Th day Of o.
tober. His counsel appealed from the SELL
tence, and the Court of Appeals in session
at Staunton, October 18th, gram ed a writ
of error to operate as supersedeas, the
condemned man to remain IN custody un-
til his case could be heard. The grounds
of appeal were: first, that the Court erred
in accepting three jurors prejudicial to the
prisoner at the bar, and who had formed
and expressed opinions as to his guilt; Sec
ond, that the Court erred in excluding
from the jury the several questions pro-
pounded to DIR. Thomas w. Keen; third
that the the Court misdirected the jury as
to the law; fourth, that the Court erred ill
refusing to give to the jury the instruc
tions asked for by the prisoner; fifth, that
the verdict was contrary to the law and
the evidence; sixth, that one OF the jur, :
men, was not at the time OF the trial, of
sound mind.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

Emmett, the actor, said to a st. Louis
audience when intoxicated: ssI'm gentle.
man when I'm sober and Pm brute
when I'm drunk. You see how it is with
me now. Pm drunk, and beg your
pardon
The Echo Musical Club of Shenandoah
Iron Works, has just presented Rev. A.
Poe Boude with the bes. cornet thay could
get in the United States. Mr.. Roude is an
excellent performer on that instrument.
James R. Keene, the we'll known mil
lionaire, of New York, and party arrived
at Mt. Jackson, Va. in special train last
Saturday, ard were the guests vf Capt.
John G. Meem, of Mt. Airy.
Rev. Alex. Glennie, an Englishman by
birth and rector OF an Episcopal church
in South Carolina, died on the 1st inst,
at the residence of Capt. 7. L. Parish, In
Albemarle.
Col. Thos. L. Macon, formerly of Abe
marie county Va, has recently been ap-
pointed member of the Board Of Police
Commissioners for the city of New Or
leans.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad has re-
duced its passenger fare to three cents a
mile between all stations.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
How Fate Pursued a Murderer.

1t will be recollected that last Summer
a colored man, stealing ride on freight
train, leaped off in the Blue Ridge tunnel
and fractured his leg. He proved to be
Albert Mitchell who, under sentence OF
death, had escaped from Louisa county
jail. DR.. J. st. P. Gibson, of Staunton,
the railroad company's surgeon, was sum-
moned and aaputated his g. A tele-
gram from Louisa G. H. last Friday, says:
Albert Mitchell (colored) was executed
here to-day in the Jail yard for the murder
of Charles K. Walton (whlte) IN March,
1879. Aside from the court officers and
the representatives of the press, but few
spectators were present, and there was no
crowd outside the Jail, as at former exc
cutiOns. The crime for which Mitchell
suffered death was fastened upon him in a
curious manner. On the night of March
9th, 1879, the store of Charles K. Walton,
at Yanceyville, Louisa county, was de-
strOyed by fire, and the body of Mr.. Wal
ton was found in the ruins, the head
crushed in, and presenting evidences that
murder had been committed before the
building had been fired. Walton had always
worn heavy gold ring, and search was
made for it in the ashes of the fire in the
place Wnere Inc cnarr6O remains OF his DO
dy were found. Suddenly negro. named
Bill Talley, who was helping in the search,
held up the ring saying, Here it is; have
found it!'' 1t was at once recognized by
Walton s friend, and the significant Cir
cumstance that it showed no signs of ever
having been in the fire attracted attention.
Talley was arrested, and then confessed
that Mitchell had given him the ring the
day after the fire, and that he did not
know it was Walton's until he heard 1t
talked about. He then got scared and en-
| deavored to get rid of it in the way de-
scrlbed. Mitchell had just Ceen married,
| and search upon his premises disclosed
broken pickle jars and cans that had come
| from Walton's stock. Mitchell was ar
rested. and made full confession. He
| had been engaged to be married, and lack.
ed the means to supply bridal feast uI
| to his ideas Of proper style. Taking his
axe, he went to the store late on the night
| of the murder, and as soon as he was let il
he bowed Walton down. He then filled 3
| sack with cakes, crackers, pickles, candy
cheese, nuts, Bologna sausages, and suct
other things that struck his fancy; broke
| open the money drawer and took its con
! tents, despoiled Walton's body of all valu
| ables, and then spread coal Oil about an(
set fire to the building. The next day he
got license and was married. The feas
was one of the most sumptous the coloreC
population had ever known on such an oc
| casion. 1t was certainly expensive. for i
| cost two men their lives.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
Large Sale Of Iron Property.

Last week an order was entered on the
chancery side in our Circuit Court in the
cause of Johnston, Trustee, VS.. Johnston,
Administrator Of the late VIM. W. Boyd,
confirming the sale of the Arcadia Iron
property, in Lower BOtetourt. The re-
cords in this case show that Messrs. J. W.
and Walter N. Johnston have sold the
real estate belonging to Mrs. Boyd, first,
at private sale, the farming land on Jen-
nlng's Creek and elsewhere, for $4,000;
and secondly, the iron property for $145,-
600, making a total Of $1S1 900! This is
doubtless the largest sale ever made in
Botetourt county. In addition to these
actual sales for monied consideration,
they realized on the Arcadia sale $25, 900
worth of stock in the James River Steel
Manufacturing and Mining Company.
The above sale is confirmed and the
title is directed to be made On full pay
mrnt of purchase money, to Leonard
Forbes Beckwith, trustee, who will hold
the title as such trustee for the Pa. u Va.
Iron and Coal Co., of which company he
is to be the new president, succeeding
Gov. Hartranft. This company is the
owner OF Quinnamont Furnace on the G..
Il o. Railroad (which now turns out 81
uOAo "a pig luOooA uoIIy3 1AO WuOlO tAO
company have 300 coking ovens;) and also
OF Ferrol Furnace, in Augusta, where
they are now making 20 tons of pig metal
daily.
1t is said that this company will begin
operations at Buchanan within the next
two weeks, preparatory to shipping ore,
to putting the present furnace in opera
ton, and to beginning the erection of
new furnace, which is to be one of large
capacity. The plan of the company is. in
addition to shipping ore elsewhere to supply
their QuinnamOnt furnace with Arcadia
ores; and the same Cars that take this ore
to Quinnamont will bring back coke for
Buchanan furnaces. Thus they will be
making all around on their own resources
on material furnished by themselves.
AS to the cost of manufacturing pig
metal at Buchanan, those WHO have looked
into the question carefully are satisfied
that it can be made at Arcadia at from SIS
to So per ton cheaper than at Quinnamont
and with still greater advantages over fur
naces in the Lehigh and Schuylkil valley.
The above facts are truly encouraging,
and indicates a brilliant prospect ahead
for this section Of the State.-Fsncastte
Herald.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

AN AUGUSTA MANS SUCCESS IN CAL
IFoRNIA.-Dr. Hugh ]. Glenn, who emf.
grated to California from the adjoining
county of Augusta, owns and cultivates
sixty-f thousand acres of land in the
Sacramento Valley, forty=6ve thousand
acres of which are IN wheat. His farm has
on it one hundred and seventy-five miles
OF fencing. Of this years crop DR.. Glenn
says, although he has on hand three hun
dred and fifty thousand sacks, each hold
ing one hundred and forty pounds, he
thinks they will not hold his wheat. He
has his own machine and blacksmith shops,
boring, turning and planning machines,
buzzsaWs, &c. He manufactures his own
wagons, separators, headers, harrows, and
nearly all the machinery and implements
used. He has employed fifty men in seed
ing and one hundred and fifty in harvest,
two hundred head of horses and mules
ffty-ive grain-headers and other wagons,
one hundred and fifty sets Of harness,
twelve 12-foot headers, five sulky hay
rakes, twelve eight-mule cultlvators, four
Gem seed-sowers, eight Buckeye drills,
eight mowers, one forty-eight-ineh ,separa-
tor, thirty-six feet long, two forty feet ele-
vators for self-feeder, one steam, barley Or
feed mill, and two twenty-horse power en-
gines. The forty-eight inch separator, on
the SSh of August, 1879, threshed 5,779
bushels of wheat in one day.-Charl0ttes
pile Chronicle.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

Figures shown at the Wool Convention
that there is plenty of room for an increa IA
of sheep raising in this country. For the
year ending June 80, 1880, we imported
121 ,139, 900 pounds of wool, valued at $685.
700, 900, or more than half our whole con-
sumption. American growers could i'm
prove their yield and meet the whole of
this demand.
A nan known az the Rev. John Edward
Giles died recently at Naskayune, New
York. He had long been a colporteur
but of late years, from paralytlc attack,
his mind became affected. After his death
$40, 900 in Government bonds and over $500
in bank bills were found on his person.
Mr.. Thomas Marshall, great-grand-
son of Chief Justice John Marshall, of
Virginia, was married in New York,
Wednesday, to Miss Maud Barhydt, who
is direct descendant of the historic VOL
tt-Griswold family, of Lyme, Conn.
Among the guests were ex-Gov. Saml. J.
Tilden, and Senator Randolph. of New
Jersey:
Thos. Bach, of Garrard county, KY,
was fined 500 last week for kissing a pref
ty school mistress chat he met on the
streets of Harrodsburg. He was intoxi-
Gated and had never seen her before.
Robt. Wilson, of Rockbridge, known as
'Old Bob" nearly ninety years of age,
fell iyto the river near Lexington one
night last week and was drowned.
DIR. Ed. D. Campbell, a promising young
physician, son of Prof. J. L. Campbell, of
f,exinrton. died there last week. Several
Of Prof, Campbell's children are IL;
Mrs. Kate Chase sprague has com.
menced suit for a divorce from her hus-
band,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

The ex-Empress Eugenie has sold the
"Villa Eugenie," plain two=story resi-
dence on an elevation near the sea at the
famous little watering=place of Biarritz,
on the Bay of Biscay. where she and Ma
poleon Ill spent part of the summer regus
larIy from the time of their marriage un-
til the fall Of the Empire. The price paid
by the purchaser, whose na.Ge has not
been made public, is said to be $500. 900,
and the ex.1mperial estate will be cut up
into building lots and resold.
Tuesday morning last, Mr.. Henry MIN
mo, of Charlottesville, while at work on
the new Presbyterian church at Coves-
vile. was killed by the falling of heavy
piece of timber which he was elevating to
its proper place in the structure by means
of derrick.
A Tennessee mountain gil who went as
seryant 70 household t. k aoS as gaia
dence, said that she now swept under
meath the rugs.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

A CURE FOR DIPTHERIA.-The celebra-
ted DR.. Field, during t e ravages of DIP
liberia in England few years since, used
the following remedy: A teaspoonful OF
flour of birthstone in wine glass OF
water, stirred with the finger rather than
a spoon, as sulphur does not readily ANAL
gamate with water. W en- well mixed use
as gargle and swallow. In extreme cases
where the fungus was ITO nearly closed to
allow gargliug. he lew the sulphur
through quill lite tin throat, and after
the fungus has shrunh, then gargle. If
the patient cannot gargle, sprinkle the
flour of birthstone on d i've coal and let
him inhale the fumes. Birthstone kills
every species of fungus in man, beast and
plant. Dr. Field never lost a patient from
diptheria, during all his immense practice.
So says the ''Southern Planter and Far
mer,'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
Senator Withers Robbed.

AFoRGED CHECK SENT AFTER HIM.
Several weeks sin % Hon. r. E. Withers
was invited to speak at grand Democrat
ic rally in New York. He accepted the
invitation and the crowd numbered one
hundred thousand men. Ten speakers
were occupying as MANY different stands
and the rally went on sWimmingly. In the
jam incident upon this great political as
semblage, pickpockeLs were afforded a
splendid opportunity of plying their voca-
ton, and Col. Withers fell victim to one
of them. His purse was extracted from
his pocket. containing $35 or $40 in bills.
several blank checks on the Farmer 3
Bank at this place and cancelled note
bearing on it's back the Colonel7s sigma
ture. Soon after the Colonel returned
here, a check for ST. $50 was forwarded by
the German Exchange Bank of New 7 Ork
city to the Farmers Bank at this place
signed .'R E. Withers." DR.. V. G. Hut,
Cashier, believed the signature to be gen
uiue, so we'll was the forgery executed, but
at lie same time suspected that something
WIS ''rotten in Denmark" and mentioned
the matter to Col. Withers who stated his
robbery as above mentioned. Dr. Hun
then had the check protested and returned
it to the Cashier of the German Bank, in
quiring if it had been paid by that bank
and asking the name of the patty who
presented it, &c. The bank wrote that
the check was presented by one Of their
customers who plead innocence, and the
endorsatiOns on the back Of the check
showed that it had passed through the
hands of several parties as far as names
could indicate. The check had not been
paid by the Bank and upon its return pro-
tested it was turned over to the party who
presented it. Next came letter to Col.
Withers from a law firm in New York,
stating that the check had been placed IN
their hands for collection, that. they had
compared the signature with his name as
signed by himself on the hotel register; and
moreover that they were prepared to prove
by two witnesses that they saw the check
executed by him and the money paid to
him on it, and that, unless the matter was
adjusted at once, they would pursue q
course at law to make the amount. The
Colonel wrote the lawyers the particulars
of his robbery and stated to them that they
might proceed to prosecute for the recov-
cry of the amount If they Saw proper, dur
ing which prosecution he might possibly
be enabled to arrive at the parties who had
robbed his person. The counsel who have
the matter in hand in New York may have
been honest IN their efforts at collection
for fraudulent clients, but the affair will
most probably drop at this juncture never
to be heard Ut again. WytheUilte (VG.)
Enterprise.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
DEATH OF AN EsT1MABLE CITIZEN

DEATH OF AN EsTIMABLE CITIzEN.-
Mr.. Jos. B. Wilson died at his home in
Collierstown (Mrs. Sehorn's) on Monday
night last. at an advanced age. Mr.. Will
son was quiet, unobtrusive citizen, but
his life was characterized by his liberality.
Some years ago Mr.. Wilson gave to Union
Theological Seminary 500 in James
River and Kanawha first mortgage bonds.
During the month of October last he gave
to the Seminary an additional sum OF So
5S5, and to Hampden Sidney College, ST.
0GO. By his will he gives to the Seminary
his entire estate, undistributed before
death. All his requests to the Seminary
are directed to be invested and the inter
est to be. applied annually to the aid and
support of young men IN the Seminary who
are unable to defray their expenses whilst
prosecuting their studies with a view to
the ministry in the Presbyterian church.
His total requests to the Seminary will
amount to thirty thousand dollars. Leo
ington Gazette.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

His bed and his sick room furniture is
made from the same lot Of lumber his
church furniture is from. and put up by
the same man. The doctor gives him
medicine, prepared in Philadelphia labo.
Yankee drugs. He dies-and dressed in
MORT hern made clothes his Sunday best, he
is laid into Cincinnati casket, they
make them cheap out there, only $100) his
requiem is sung to New Jersey organ.
The ''dust to dust ashes to ashes'' is pro-
nounced over him out of his Boston prayer
book, and the grave is filed by his sorrow
ing friends each of whom handles an
"Ames'' shovel. ALAS poor Yorick. y
His foreign clothed dust may remain IN its
foreign built coffin, but his soul has been
| carried ON Angels wings straight up to
Abraham's bosom where his foreign tax
gatherers could not follow him. His was
The browning virtue-Charity:
VINDEX.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12

Very few bidders we're present at the
auction sale of boxes for the Bernbardc
engagement in New York on Thursday.
A stage box for the season was bought at
$500. The balcony boxes for the first
night brought $50 each, and those on the
second tier $42.5 each. Practically there
were only four purchasers, as most OF the
boxes sold were taken by Spectator.
Manager Abbey expresses himself as salts
fed with the sales, as those sold for the
first night produced $4,000, and the total
receipts from the sales so far reach SAC, 900.
The general admission will be 81 or $1.50.
Sarah Dempsey, aged Ill years, the old
est woman In New Y ork State. was found
dead in heI bed in hut OIL the Ulster
mountains, near Ellenville, where she had
lived alone for many years. She had evil
IDENTIFY died from starvation and weakness,
and the following note was found scrawled
in pencil near her bed: 'My God! l am
dying by inches from hunger. Ny money
will be found" and there it ended.
Lady hunters are very numerous in the
French provinces this year. They wear a
semi masculine garb of wide black trou-
sers, reaching below the knee, where they
are met by high buckskln boots. The
jacket is thrown open to show tie waist
coat, and the felt hat is caught up on one
side.
Cooper & Bailey, the proprieJors of the
London Circus. have dissolved partner
ship, Bailey having bought out the share
of Cooper for $4,000. Bailey is to take
the animals in the menagere, including
the baby elephant and it's mother. to
Europe. and the superfluous trappings
have been sold at auction in Philadelphia.
Sister Gertrude Verena, Sister of
Charity of st. Johns Home, a charitable
institution of the Episcopal church, was
shot three times by an insane man, in the
streets of New York, Sunday, while visit
ing the poor. He had never seen her be-
fore. She was at the door of the Home when
shot. 1t is thought she may recover.
Scion Robinson, for twenty or thirty
years past an agricultural correspondent
of the New York Tribune died at
Jacksonville, Fla, on Thursday last. Mr..
Robinson was author of 'Hot Corn; or,
Life Scenes in New York. pa work which
had quite an extraordinary sale.
AS De Pasqualis was singing Rigoletto
in Rome he noticed a commotlon in the
parquette, and d M0man was carried out
in fainting condition. He sang on, and
applause encouraged him. When be reach
ed home he found that it was his mother
who had tainted. She was dead.
DR.. Geo. M. Hoover. of Rockingham,
who had gone to New York, to complete
his course in veterinary surgery in an in
stitution in that city, died there suddenly
October Goth.
An exchange suggests that this is a
good season of the year to begin practising
upon the almost ''lOst art" Of shutting the
door after you.
General W. W. Belknap was at st. Louis
last week, having accompanied his son on
his bridal trip from their home at Keo-
kuks Iowa.
The Donk;n farm near Keezletown,
Rockingham, has been sold to E. Bowman
and B. G. Keezle for "a 800.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-11-12
THE DEMOCRATIC PA RTY.

41E D1LM OO1bA44O a LIZ L L
Just now we hear here and there disap-
pointed Democrat talking about never
voting again, breaking up the Democratic
party, the South holding off from Nation
al conventions and such like thoughtless
conversation. This is but the incoherent
rambling of disappointment. The Demo-
cratic party of America is something that
Outlasts both victories and defeat. Last
week Notwithstanding the unfayorable Cir
cumstances under which it entered the
fight it came within twenty thousand Of
carrying the popular vote of the country
in total vote of over six million and its
actual success was only prevented by the
internal discussions and bad management
in a Democratic State-New York. What
do our grumblers think of the courage and
perslstency of the Northern Democracy2
Take Vermont for instance. In that State
for fifty-six years-since 1924, twenty
thousand Democrats have been regularly
walking up to the polls every year and de-
posting ballots that have never yet been
counted. They have never elected Gov
ernor, nor has their vote been counted for
any President that was ever elected, but
nevertheless these veterans of many de-
feats make their campaigns with as much
vigor and 90 to the polls as early every
election day as if victory was in their reach
and as # stonewall of twenty Thousand
majority did not stand between them and
it. There's Democracy for you! A different
article from that which when defeated is
tearing its hair over its misfortune and
conjuring up expedient holes to hide in
or discussing the feasibility of the Nv hole
South voting for the Republican nominee
and similar idle talk.